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I didn't get Kölsch until I went to Cologne. From the bottle and keg it had always just tasted like a dry pilsner to me, and a very plain one at that. What's the fuss about? That changed when I got to drink it closer to the source. The smoothness offered by the version served from wooden barrels in the better Cologne pubs adds a vital dimension to the Kölsch experience you just don't get any other way. So I was intrigued and more than a little suspicious when I got hold of Thornbridge's bottled take on the style. Would bottle-conditioning make that all-important difference?
Tzara pours a clear limpid gold. I was careful to avoid any sediment, but really there was very little to be found. The mittelfrüh hops are very apparent in the aroma: the heady fermented grassiness of warm silage. The flavour is sweeter, though, making the most of the carapils malt to balance the green flavours with a bit of residual sweetness. And most importantly of all, the carbonation is light. Not cask-smooth, but far from being pale yellow burp-water. I think they've done a good job here, and are showing the joy of Kölsch much better than, say, bottled Früh does.
Raven, Thornbridge's black IPA, doesn't mess about. From the opaque black-brown body comes a bolt of pithy aroma preparing the way for intense bitterness on tasting. Dominating the proceedings is flinty Nelson Sauvin in its dry, less fruity, incarnation. I get a lot of the harshness I associate with Sorachi Ace in large quantities but none of the fruity peachy fun that I feel the Centennial ought to be supplying.
The wife really enjoyed it, and got a good roasted dark ale flavour from it. I couldn't detect that under the citric punch: it's another one of those black IPAs I would swear is pale when drinking with my eyes closed. There's no doubt Raven is complex and interesting, but I just feel a bit abused by it. Too much of a workout for my weak and feeble palate.
Next up, Versa, the puntastic weissbier. It comes out a lovely, almost red, shade of gold and only slightly hazy given the style. At 5% ABV it's on the weak side, and offers very little other than wateriness on the nose. What it loses in welly, however, it gains in drinkability. No overpowering banana esters or other heavy flavours. Instead it's mildly zesty with an easy-going sherbet effervesence rather than full-on fizz.
I'm sure it's a perfect summer refresher but I've no objection to it in the depths of winter either.
For the proper chilly evening sipper I've reserved a bottle of Bracia, Thornbridge's super-limited strong dark ale brewed from a whole host of malts, including brown and peated; a plethora of hops including Sorachi Ace and Pioneer; and with a bonus addition of Italian chestnut honey. It's a beer to take very seriously indeed.
It pours slowly and unctuously, lazily forming a dark tan head. The aroma is odd: lots of roast, but the dryness is sweetened by a floral character which I'm guessing comes from the honey.
It tastes weird. Intense perfume pervades the whole thing and makes it hard to get at the beeriness beneath. I can just about detect the peat, and the roast barley is present on the finish. There's possibly a bit of chocolate buried in there too, but overall it's quite difficult to take. Still, I suppose when it's €10 for half a litre you don't want to be charging through it. I'm not at all sure I'd buy another bottle, and the price is only part of the reason.
And that concludes the beer reviews for 2011. All that remains for this the last post of the year is the handing out of...
The Golden Pint Awards 2011
Looking back on the 2010 awards (2009 is here), I think I can safely say I achieved my ambition for 2011: to travel. 12 countries and 4 of them new to me is a personal best. And the beer scene in Ireland has moved on quite a ways in the past year. I'm excited at the thought of similar progress over the next 12 months. Anyway, here's how it's all panned out:
Best Irish Draught Beer: Metalman Windjammer
A brewery that was no more than a logo this time last year stormed out of the blocks with a kickass flagship ale and this stunning summer seasonal. All kiwi hops made it a pineapple and mango flavour grenade. I'm limiting the award to the cask version, however. It all fell a bit flat when filtered and kegged. Caskless Irish pubs: start your engines.
Best Irish Bottled or Canned Beer: Knockme
Lots of Irish beers made an appearance in bottles this year, including old favourites such as Trouble Dark Arts and Galway Hooker. I give the prize to another brand new brewery for 2011, however: Eight Degrees and their hefty-yet-drinkable porter Knockme
Best Overseas Draught Beer: Wild Esra on Cherries
Even at a festival where imperial stouts, barrel-aged rarities, sour one-offs and weird fruit beers abounded this one from De Molen had enough character to stop me and make me pay attention. It's the whole picture. The world of beer geekery in a single glass.
Best Overseas Bottled or Canned Beer: Great Divide Smoked Baltic Porter
They say Great Divide ain't gonna be exporting no more. I'm willing to donate one of the last bottles of this in the country to a local brewery for cloning purposes.
Best Overall Beer: Wild Esra on Cherries
No question. It's not a drink-all-year sessioner. It's an unforgiveably room-dividing one-off of the sort that shouldn't get awards from people who aren't insufferable rarity-chasing spoogebeerians. But it's just too damned tasty not to take the prize.
Best Pumpclip or Label: De La Senne Equinox
The wife spent a fair few days in Brussels on business this year, which meant a Belgian beer bonanza for me. Ordering by remote control can be a dangerous game but I've never had a problem in saying "Just anything by De La Senne. You'll know them by the labels." From a brewery with a wonderful eye for design, brooding Equinox is one of my favourites.
Best Irish Brewery: Metalman
You want to know what I think is missing from Irish beer? Bravery. With just a few exceptions, mostly from the established companies, we're still stuck in the Stout-Lager-Red Ale Beermuda Triangle of traditional Irish styles, only now we have a hoppy-but-sessionable pale ale thrown in too. Metalman, while sticking to a solidly reliable pale ale to make a name for themselves, haven't been afraid to play around with other ideas for the limited editions. So we had the antipodean-hopped not-quite-amber ale mentioned above for one, and second up was a peppered witbier made with saison yeast: Alternator. Beer is all about diversity and Metalman get this gong for giving us that from the very start.
More of this sort of thing, please, Gráinne and Tim.
Best Overseas Brewery: 1516
Back to the very top of the year for this one, and one of the highlights of my trip to Vienna. Breaking the lagerland mould with hoppy pale ales and plenty more besides. Bravery and diversity once again.
Pub/Bar of the Year: Bowe's Lounge
I haven't ventured too far from my usual local haunts in 2011: The Bull & Castle, Against the Grain, The Porterhouse, L. Mulligan. Grocer: chances are, that's where you'll find me. But we've seen an interesting development in Dublin pubdom this year. An increasing number of "normal" pubs -- some of them guidebook classics -- have started stocking beers from the independents. The bright green light on the O'Hara's IPA keg font is the most welcoming sight in any Dublin pub. It says "Yes, you can stay here for a drink".
The Palace on Fleet Street has long been ahead of this curve, but this was the year they went cask and got a Dungarvan beer engine installed. The Long Hall now has Hooker; there's Carlow bottled and draught beers in The Church on Mary Street. But one of the most enjoyable evenings I had all year was the Sunday night session in Bowe's Lounge. O'Hara's IPA on tap, Fuller's ESB bottled, and a casual yet wonderful trad session in the corner.
Bowe's is a decent, untouristy, unpretentious boozer that happens to take its beer a bit more seriously than most. We need dozens more like it in this town.
Beer Festival of the Year: Borefts
I think the local highlight was Bloom in Phoenix Park back in June, but the geektastic Borefts festival at De Molen in September was something else entirely.
World-beating beers aside, it was the most enjoyable drinking session I had all year. Thanks to Derek, Ron, Lexie, Mike, Chris, Dom, Evin, Menno and Her Outdoors for making it so.
Supermarket of the Year: No-one
Looking back, I realised I've bought next to no beer in the supermarket this year. None of the offers have really caught my eye. The only one giving us any decent amount of diversity is Marks & Spencer, and their stuff is just too expensive for what it is. I've been pleased to see off licence chain O'Brien's really raise their game beerwise this year, with Carlow, Dungarvan and Eight Degrees all now in stock. But really, only the independents have been meeting my needs in 2011.
Independent Retailer of the Year: The Beer Club
Partly because it's headquartered on my doorstep, but mainly because manager Stephen has shown an incredible enthusiasm for the whole speciality beer segment. It has been a delight to deliver the tasting sessions in the basement (and if you were at one of them over the past few months -- thanks for being such a great crowd) and even more of a delight to be at the sessions where other people did the talking. I'm looking forward to more of those in the New Year.
And extras like this aside, I love that I can just nip around the corner to buy beers I've never had before. I never thought I'd see the day.
Best Beer Book or Magazine: The Oxford Companion To Beer
Simply for existing, and being a huge sign of beer's growing stature in the culinary world. The errors and ommissions, while they should never have happened, provide a new opportunity to help right the historical wrongs that have been done to beer. As such, The Oxford Companion to Beer is the antigen in the beer writing system, and Alan's wiki shows a healthy immune system.
Best Beer Blog or Website: DrinkStore
Yes, it's a shop that sells beer online, but I'm giving it this award for its role as a reference source. New beer comes and goes on the Irish market quite quickly, and not everything gets reported by drinkers in the field or the responsible retailers like Bradley's in Cork and Jay at Hollands of Bray. When I'm wondering where my next blog post is going to come from, DrinkStore's beer section is where I look first. Where did I find out that, at last, Ireland had Thornbridge? DrinkStore's website.
Best Beer Twitterer: BoakandBailey
One of the best things about their blog is the way it acts as a sort of clearing house for informed and mature commentary on all things beery. Their long overdue arrival to Twitter has extended that to the microblogging world and we get wonderful links and observations that we would otherwise miss. They get this award despite the unfair tweeting advantage of having four thumbs.
A dishonorable mention, of course, goes to SimonHJohnson. If you're into beer, on Twitter, and not following him, you're doing it wrong.
Best Online Brewery Presence: Eight Degrees
Dungarvan got the gong last year for sheer busyness. This year, for the same reason, it goes to Eight Degrees (not that Dungarvan have slowed down or shut up or anything). Great outgoing support for the local businesses that stock their beers, and by extension great support for the customers who want to find and drink it. Howling Gale on draught is a rare beast: it's great when Scott and Cam give us the coordinates to find it.
Food and Beer Pairing of the Year: Cheese, generally
I'm no wiser about the principles of beer and cheese matching than I was in January, despite the government dedicating an entire long weekend to teaching me. However, I've had an enormous amount of fun this year just picking random cheeses and beers and seeing what happens when they're put in close proximity. I'll be doing lots more of this in 2012.
In 2012 I'd Most Like To: Try going pro
I've had fun this year trying my hand at the whole public speaking malarky. Together with Stephen at The Beer Club I've discovered that there are people out there willing to give up their evenings to be talked at by me about beer (previously it was just a question of picking the bar stool next to me) and having a receptive audience and a bit of back-and-forth is very rewarding. So, more of that for 2012, until I decide I hate it and don't want to do it any more.
Which leads effortlessly into a shameless plug for the gigs I'm doing at The Carlyle Institute starting in January. Two hours; six beers; small classes; lots of cheery-beery banter and only limited quantities of awful puns.
Open Category: Most Exciting Beer City
By all accounts London has really got it going on at the moment. But I wasn't there in 2011 so can't comment. My award goes to Prague for its ale revolution sitting atop a well-deserved reputation for kick-ass lagers. Well worth a weekend if you're anywhere in the vicinity.
I wouldn't say no to a return to Vienna or Amsterdam, mind. It has been a good year.
But here endeth 2011. I'm off to the beer fridge to begin putting 2012 into some sort of drinking order.


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|SSD Benchmark Tests: SATA IDE vs AHCI Mode
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|Friday, 16 April 2010
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SandForce: CrystalDiskMark
Using an NTFS formatted ADATA S599 Solid State Drive, bandwidth speed tests were conducted on the SandForce SF-1200 SSD controller:
SandForce SF-1200 SSD Performance on ICH10 AHCI
SandForce SF-1200 SSD Performance on ICH10 IDE
SandForce CrystalDiskMark Summary
CrystalDiskMark 3.0.0b reported sequential read and write speeds that heavily favored AHCI over IDE mode on the SandForce SF-1200 controller. Reported AHCI sequential read/write speeds: 211/90 MB/s. Reported IDE speeds: 167/70 MB/s.
512K read tests also indicate a substantial advantage for AHCI over IDE performance in both the 512K read and write tests. 4K performance was similar between SATA modes, although the results slightly favored IDE mode.
4K tests with a queue depth of 32 produced made a significant difference on the SandForce controller. 4K QD32 read tests favored AHCI mode with 115/82 over IDE mode with 20/66.
SATA Mode Recommendation: AHCI
Ever tested SCSI versus SATA at the same RPM? Well there you will see exactly the benefit of access-times. Speed is rubbish when AT isn't good.
Test controllers on AT first, speed second, the picture will be a lot different in favor of IDE mode.
Same as with Internet, band-weight is nice, but if your ping is crap it won't be fast either.
You focus on the wrong points to measure a drive.
it would be more like:
IOPS is the ship's speed, Bandwith is the cargo capacity.
If you want to build a small house, and you need parts that can be delivered by either:
1x Big slow ship, that has 100x the capacity required
1x Small fast ship, that has just the capacity required
you'll be able to start building your house sooner with the fast ship, as it will arrive sooner.
Another would be to compare bandwidth and IOPS to a highway. Bandwidth determines the number of lanes, and IOPS determines the travelers.
The lower the number the closer they can drive behind each other, also affecting the IOPS.
As such access-time is the most important number over all of them.
IOPS can not be fast if your access-time is slow.
The access-time is the time the device needs to find the data and start delivering it.
There is no way on earth your IOPS can be high with a low access-time.
Sorry Olin, but you better find a new job if you don't understand the importance of access-time.
And yes I have read your article, and it's way too much focused on band-weight.
Typical mistake, why do you think SCSI drives are twice as fast as the fastest IDE drive at the same RMP and band-weight?
Exactly, it's the low access-time that causes this...not throughput.
Because of your wrong interpretation of access-time, I consider your entire article and conclusion as useless for anybody.
Do research on the matter, you will find I'm right.
Your IOPS versus Access-time is completely wrong.
IOPS means I/O operations per second, if your access-time is low it means it will do LESS I/O operations per second as it needs to wait for the device to access the data.
Do your research before writing rubbish as you make a fool of yourself.
Practice ... preach ... honestly.
It would be nice to see some Tests/Reviews of Benchmarks that provided results for both camps ( Intel & AMD )
I would also be appreciative to see Microsofts AHCI Driver tested/included as well as AMD's ATI AHCI Driver tested/included. As well as the Marvell AHCI driver that is more commonly seen in AMD platforms verses what shows up or is seen in the Intel Platforms.....
Thanks for this review, but it is hard to apply what I have read to my AMD Platform which uses ATI AHCI Drivers &/or Microsoft AHCI Drivers if I use the MS Windows 7 generic AHCI driver......
If you would like to push a drive to the maximum performance in a real world situation, you should put a single large paging file on the drive and use programs that drive the paging rate as high as possible. When that settles down to a constant rate over time, then a measurement of paging rate will tell you what the maximum performance is in a real world situation. I am not sure that TRIM will actually improve performance in a busy drive, and it certainly loses the ability to recover any deleted file. A smart TRIM handling on a drive would queue the TRIM requests up and satisfy them when the drive is not otherwise busy, rather than giving them the priority they have under existing classification. TRIM could certainly help in a situation where the read to write ratio is high and the drive is not particularly busy, but this also would lessen the advantage the SSD has over a drive with a large built-in cache.
There is no point in doing NCQ as there is no rotation of the drive where command ordering is needed or even wanted.
NCQ has been proven to hinder the performance as it can stall the controller by making the computer WAIT before giving new commands.
SSD is a matrix and ordering is silly as all cells deliver data at the same speed, there is no ordering wanted to optimise the rotations in where data can be read.
But AHCI is still doing it, as such it lowers performance, and this can be noticed when using better benchmarks that can do proper I/O reading and writing combined with multiple commands at the same time. That benchmark has been here for ages, called ATTO.
Give ATTO a high command-que depth and see what happens, it will show the difference. As ATTO gives read and write speeds, for me it's the best harddisk/ssd benchmark on the planet when used properly.
Meaning VERY large Block-size and high Que-depth, then it gives pretty accurate numbers.
That's only applicable in a single-threaded system.
Your modern PC is more akin to a large downtown reconstruction effort after Catrina...
Also, comparing the HDD with a big cargo ship...
On a large cargoship, unless your goods are all in one container, or all the containers with your goods have all been stacked on top of each other, they will need to unload some containers inbetween yours. Then probably reload the inbetween containers.
A better analogy would be a long freight-train carrying cargo containers that passes under a single crane that can lift containers off the wagons.
What is more effective?
1. Unloading the containers belonging to one customer(1, 15, 33, 7 - the last one was a recent addition that was fitted there after container 7 was removed on an earlier stop), then the next customer(4, 8, 12, 13, 14, 53)?
". Or to offload them in a sequential order?
Remember, the crane can only offload containers at a fixed speed, the train can only be moved forward or back at a low accelleration...
Vertex 3 120gb SSD
WD 1.5tb SATA2
A recent BIOS update added VRM MOS protection.
This disables access to the BIOS settings during POST .
If the Windows 7 based TouchBIOS utility is used, and the SATA type is changed from IDE to AHCI in CMOS and the system is rebooted. Windows renames the Boot drive from C:\ to E:\ and Windows Blue Screens during loading. Normally this wouldn't be a big problem, since the BIOS setting could be changed during POST. However, the VRM MOS protection forbids changing those settings during POST. The BIOS must be reflashed with a legacy BIOS (F6) or earlier, that does not have VRM MOS protection, in order to enable the IDE type support that Windows was installed with. I believe this VRM MOS protection is a standard part of the new types of BIOS required by Windows 8. So it must be enabled during OS installation or it could be lost

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In wake of Pariseau high-rise fire, Manchester housing officials consider smoking banBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 20. 2013 10:12PM
MANCHESTER - Top officials at the Manchester Housing and Redevelopment Authority said the organization will discuss a smoking ban in the apartments it owns, after a smoking-related fire last week at the Pariseau high rise.
The housing authority has so far resisted calls from the federal government to convert the authority's 1,271 apartments into smoke-free zones, but officials said it will be discussed, at least informally, among the governing board of the authority.
"Obviously, with what's happened at the Pariseau, it's something the board should talk about," said George Copadis, chairman of the housing authority Board of Commissioners. "It's a double-edged sword; these folks, basically it's their homes."
Last year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development encouraged directors of public housing authorities to make some or all of their properties smoke-free. Most public housing authorities in New Hampshire have banned indoor smoking - including apartments. But the larger authorities, such as Manchester, Nashua and Concord, have not, according to data compiled by the New Hampshire Tobacco Prevention & Control Program.
Some housing authorities have been smoke-free for years.
At the 580-unit Portsmouth Housing Authority, a smoking ban went into effect in July 2009, said Craig Welch, the newly named executive director. He said the smoking restrictions protect the health of non-smoking residents and employees.
Tenants can smoke, but not in their apartments or indoor common areas. Some of Portsmouth's larger projects offer outdoor smoking areas.
"It's still difficult," Welch said, adding that mentally ill tenants are the ones who most often violate the smoking ban. Although no one has been evicted for violating the smoking provisions of their lease, that is possible, he said.
The 250-unit Laconia Housing Authority went smoke-free in August 2011. Smoking is prohibited on housing authority property entirely. Interim Director Claire LaMay said if smoking were allowed outdoors, smoke could drift into apartments.
"We do not stop people from smoking; they just cannot smoke on our property," she said,
Both housing authorities gave lengthy notices of the change in policy. No-smoking provisions were added to individual leases when they came up for renewal. And the authorities offered smoking cessation programs to tenants.
Stewart Property Management, which manages privately owned, low-income apartments in New Hampshire, has also taken steps to make its properties smoke-free, including the downtown Carpenter Center in Manchester.
HUD urged public housing authorities last May to make the change, noting that the elderly, youth and people with chronic illness are especially susceptible to second-hand smoke and related illnesses such as heart disease, respiratory problems and cancer, HUD said.
It also said that smoking is the leading cause of fire-related deaths in multi-family buildings, based upon a 2005 report. The HUD recommendations are not binding.
Dick Dunfey, executive director of the MHRA, said a no-smoking policy has been discussed at the staff level. Currently, smoking is prohibited in common areas such as hallways and activity rooms.
He said tenants haven't been pressing for a smoking ban. Several months ago, one resident complained about cigarette smoke around the entrance of a building. The staff encouraged smokers not to smoke so close to the entrance, and they complied, he said.
Dunfey is cool to a ban, and said it's not wise to set policy based on a single incident, such as the Pariseau fire.
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Residential real estate prices increased in January by the most since June 2006, indicating the U.S. housing market strengthened at the start of the year.
The S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values in 20 cities climbed 8.1% in January from the same month in 2012 after rising 6.8% in the year ended in December, the group said today in New York. The increase exceeded the 7.9% median forecast by economists in a Bloomberg survey.
Improving home values will lure more buyers into the real estate market by inducing current owners to put their properties up for sale and prompting builders to begin work on new dwellings. Historically low lending rates and a stronger labor market have helped fueled the rebound in housing, which is a source of strength for the economy.
"The housing market keeps on recovering," said Christophe Barraud, an economist at Market Securities-Kyte Group in Paris. He correctly projected the January gain and is the third-best forecaster of home prices in the past two years, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. "Interest rates are staying low, which means more first-time homebuyers."
Estimates for the year-over-year price change ranged from increases of 6% to 8.9%, according to forecasts from the 30 economists surveyed. The Case-Shiller index is based on a three-month average, which means the January figure was influenced by transactions in December and November.
Stock-index futures held gains after the report, with the contract on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index expiring in June rising 0.2% to 1,549.6 at 9:09 a.m. in New York.
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Figures from the Commerce Department showed orders for durable goods climbed more than forecast in February, propelled by automobiles and a rebound in demand for commercial aircraft. The 5.7% gain was the biggest since September and followed a 3.8% drop in the prior month.
Home prices adjusted for seasonal variations rose 1% in January from the prior month after a 0.9% gain in December. Phoenix and San Francisco showed the biggest adjusted monthly increases, with prices climbing 1.9% in both metropolitan areas. Atlanta posted a 1.8% gain, while values advanced 1.7% in both Las Vegas and Tampa, Florida.
Unadjusted prices advanced 0.1% in January from the previous month as nine of 20 cities showed an increase.
The year-over-year gauge provides better indications of trends in prices, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller group. The panel includes Karl Case and Robert Shiller, the economists who created the index.
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What foods should a person with diverticulitis avoid? My mother was recently diagnosed and I`d like to be sure she gets the right diet.
There is no specific "diet" for patients with diverticulitis, but there are two general dietary changes that are recommended. First is to increase the daily amount of dietary fiber such as fruits, vegetables, and grains and even add a fiber supplement if necessary. Second most physicians also recommend avoiding foods that contain nuts, seeds, and kernels. These hard materials are not digestible and in theory could occlude the opening of diverticuli in the colon and precipitate an attack of diverticulitis (never been proven, however).
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When we live through a thing, no matter how hard it is, we still have what matters most -- our life.
A few weeks ago, I heard A.S. King deliver a speech at the Printz Award ceremony in New Orleans. This is something she said in her speech. For fifteen minutes I laughed, wiped away tears, decided I loved her, and asked myself repeatedly why I had not yet read Please Ignore Vera Dietz, a 2010 Printz Honor Book. In her speech, King spoke of life and death, of mothers and fathers, of lies and truth, of daughters and of soulmates. All of these were relative to her own life, but it occurs to me now that these are really what this book is all about, too.
This is the story of Vera Dietz, a motherless girl who dutifully learns her vocabulary words and delivers her pizzas and drinks her vodka and tries to blend in. "Please ignore Vera Dietz" is the message she silently tries to transmit to the world.
Vera's best friend Charlie is dead. Her mother left when Vera was young, and her father stuck around. As we move through the book with Vera, her dad, and Charlie, we slowly learn the truth of what happened with Charlie and how Vera and her dad survive all of this life and loss.
I don't want to tell you too much about this book because it unfolds so slowly and carefully and perfectly, and I want you to uncover its secrets for yourself.
One of the things I will take away from this book is a reminder of the lesson I first learned from The Sound of Music as a tiny girl, what the Mother Superior told Maria: "These walls were not meant to shut out problems. You have to face them. You have to live the life you were born to live." No matter how horrible or uncomfortable or wretched, we have to face the truth of our lives. No matter how crazy and crooked things become, for as long as we're alive, we all have the power to right our own courses. This is one of the many lessons of Vera Dietz.
There were moments in this book where I had to stop reading, close it, and hold the book for my chest and just breathe for a minute. Here is one:
Here's me using the word tandem in a sentence.
We will learn to forgive ourselves in tandem.
--Vera Dietz
I'm doing a lousy job of capturing how funny this book is and how heartbreaking and how really, truly real. Every little detail of what it feels like and is like to be a teenage girl was so vivid and painfully and wonderfully authentic -- I could taste and smell and touch those memories, both Vera's and my own. I'm not even beginning to capture how very much I loved it.
The thing you don't see while you're still there on Earth is how easy it is to change your mind. When you're in it and you're mixed up with feelings, assumptions, influences, and misconceptions, things seem completely impossible to change. From here you see that change is as easy as flicking a light switch in your brain.
--Charlie Kahn
It's so good! It's so good. A.S. King said this in her speech, too:
Our time on earth is far too short to distract ourselves from reality no matter how ugly it is ... something important stayed with me from those few moments I had no mother ... part of me stayed in that immature zone where dreams can come true if you work hard enough, and where reality is exactly as it seems, and where cynicism has little power, and where soulmates can really happen. I am very proud to say I still live in that zone, and I'd like to invite you all over ... you don't have to RSVP ... just drop in when you feel like talking about the truth ... be prepared to laugh. And bring your library card.
She is awesome, and so is her book. Please Ignore Vera Dietz is the best young adult book I've read this year. I will remember it for a long time. And I probably will bug you to read it until you do.
(Special thanks to Sophie Brookover, author of Pop Goes the Library and Printz committee member, for inviting me to the ceremony and for extolling the virtues of this book. I am grateful.)
(Here is King's Printz speech. The video isn't great, but the audio is fine, and that's what matters. I think you will like it. If you hear someone sniffling uncontrollably in the background, it is possibly me.)


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Justice Department Targets Medical Marijuana Despite Increasing Support For Legalization
Despite the fact that public support for medical marijuana is currently at all-time high, and may be legal in up to 24 states and the District of Columbia by the end of this year, the Department of Justice continues to crack down on medical marijuana on the federal level.
The DOJ has been targeting the landlords of medical marijuana shops in California as an indirect way to tamp down medical marijuana use. Although medical marijuana is legally under California state law, it is still illegal under federal law.
Federal prosecutors are pressuring landlords to either shut down their shops or risk losing their property under a civil statute originally designed to allow the government to seize drug-trafficking organizations' assets. Greg Baldwin, a former federal prosecutor specializing in white-collar criminal defense, explains the logic behind the DOJ's indirect approach:
BALDWIN: Filing asset-forfeiture lawsuits against these commercial properties is a very clever way to handle an otherwise horribly difficult and controversial situation. If you bring criminal charges against these medical marijuana businesses, the federal government gets pilloried in the press for attacking California law and sick people.
Although the DOJ is attempting a slick PR move, the intentions are clear. The Obama Administration has continued to restrict medical marijuana despite the fact that 3/4 of the American public believes the federal government should back off enforcement against medical marijuana in states where the drug is legalized. There's a reason the federal government is worried about risking media attention for bringing criminal charges against medical marijuana shops, and it's because it realizes the public is not on its side.


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KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Aracelis Torres's two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the seventh inning lifted Yale to a thrilling 2-1 victory over Iona on the final day of the Rebel Games. Torres had three of the Bulldogs' four hits in the game. Rebecca Wojciak pitched a four-hitter to earn her second win of the season. Earlier in the day, Yale cruised to a 9-0 win over Florida A&M. Kayla Kuretich tossed a two-hit two shutout. The Bulldogs (8-4) have won four straight games.
The winning rally in the seventh against Iona started when Megan Enyeart reached on a two-base error with one out. Courtney Blachford then walked, and Ashley Sloan's infield single loaded the bases. After the second out, Torres laced a shot just inside the right field foul line that scored pinch runner Lauren Huddleston and Blachford.
Iona (3-6) had taken a 1-0 lead in the first inning on Becky Riccitelli's RBI ground out.
Wojciak struck out four and worked out of a couple of jams. The Gaels had the bases loaded with only one out in the first but managed just the one run. In the sixth, Riccitelli doubled with one out, but Wojciak struck out Amanda Glaser and got Laura Hackimer to ground out to short.
Yale also had a couple of chances to score. In the second, Allie Canulli was hit by a pitch and McKynlee Westman walked. Nicole Wolfe followed with a sacrifice bunt, but both runners were left stranded. In the sixth, Torres led off with a single and moved to second on Tracy Timm's sacrifice bunt. Riccitelli, Iona's pitcher, though, retired the next two hitters.
Riccitelli was the hard-luck loser. She struck out four and did not allow an earned run in 6.2 innings.
Against Florida A&M, the Bulldogs had 10 hits. Sloan, Canulli and Megan Boon all had two hits.
Yale took a 1-0 lead in the first. Sloan reached on an error, stole second, moved to third on a ground out and scored on Torres's sacrifice fly to right field.
The Bulldogs didn't get their first hit until Enyeart doubled home Katie Edwards, who had walked, in the fourth.
Yale broke it open with four runs in the fifth. The big hit was Torres's bases clearing double. Canulli capped the rally with an RBI single.
Sloan's inside-the-park homer run in the sixth made it 7-0, and the Bulldogs added two more runs in the seventh. Boon plated the first with a single to right, and Holly Gutterud's RBI ground out capped the scoring.
Kuretich, meanwhile, cruised through Florida A&M's lineup. She struck out two and retired the last five batters she faced.
During its four-game winning streak, Yale has outscored its opponents 47-9.
The Bulldogs return to New Haven on Monday and will host Stony Brook in a doubleheader on Wednesday beginning at 2 p.m. at Dewitt Family Field.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity


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1. Re: Static Initialization at server startupCharles Ng Mar 5, 2002 1:27 PM (in response to Ed Ludke)
You can have an initialization servlet. Put all the initialization code in the init() method. Add "load-on-startup" in the servlet section of your servlet in web.xml.
It's kind of a kludge... but it works.
2. Re: Static Initialization at server startupEd Ludke Mar 14, 2002 1:01 PM (in response to Ed Ludke)
Thanks for the reply!
Actually, that is exactly what I ended up doing. One of the problems I was having though, is that I didn't know about the "'load-on-startup' in the servlet section of your servlet in web.xml" at the time.
Here's some more of the details that I found out regarding this attribute in case it helps anyone else (it's a snip from a post to another board):
"I was able to find the following in Chapter 13 of the Servlet Specification pertaining to this attribute:
'The load-on-startup element indicates that this servlet should be loaded (instantiated and have its init() called) on the startup of the web application. The optional contents of this element must be an integer indicating the order in which the servlet should be loaded. If the value is a negative integer, or the element is not present, the container is free to load the servlet whenever it chooses. If the value is a positive integer or 0, the container must load and initialize the servlet as the application is deployed. The container must guarantee that servlets marked with lower integers are loaded before servlets marked with higher integers. The container may choose the order of loading of servlets with the same load-on-start-up value.'"
The integer represents the load order: the lower number the earlier it is loaded. Since this is the only app I'm doing this with, I set it to 0.
Thanks for the help - and thanks for JBoss!
Ed Ludke
3. Re: Static Initialization at server startupDaniel Cohen Jul 8, 2002 9:25 AM (in response to Ed Ludke)
You can also use a javax.servlet.ServletContextListener, defined in the Servlet 2.3 spec. The listener class has a callback method invoked when the web application is deployed, and another when the application is undeployed. It's a cleaner solution than loading servlets on startup, IMHO; unfortunately not available in Servlet 2.2.
4. Re: Static Initialization at server startupTilo Thiele Jul 11, 2002 10:15 AM (in response to Ed Ludke)
you folks are nice tricky, but your approaches have some restrictions.
Recent weeks I meditated a lot about this subject because I'm realizing a J2EE project using JBoss/Tomcat.
The point is, that these services have (in my case) the properties:
1. They exist only once in the system
2. They access local files (containing settigs e.g.)
3. They create Threads which must work synchronized.
If you locate these services locally in the web tier (tomcat)
your application is not scalable because you violate (1.).
That means you only can run a unique Tomcat. Acceptable for small
applications, not acceptable for 'real world' applications.
On the other hand you can't locate them in a bean. (2.) and (3.)
violate EJB restrictions.
My solution was to use MBeans. They are really great and JBoss
has made the right approach to provide an appropriate media to
solve these proplems.
Unfortunately my clients urged me to provide an port to other
systems like JRun or Webspere. And is a problem because they are
poor concerning this issue.
I think it is nessesary to put this services in a new war which
contains these unique central services (including a management
console). It seems I must reinvent the JMX-wheel.
5. Re: Static Initialization at server startupSimon Godden Jul 13, 2005 4:18 AM (in response to Ed Ludke)
This is a common question for Java EE, and we have solved it in the same way described here.
But now comes a problem. This works as long as the EJBs are unsecured. Recently, we have looked at securing our EJBs to prevent unauthenticated access.
But if we do that, then how do we call those EJBs from the init() method of a servlet, when no authentication has been established?
Run-as role does not cut it - that just changes the role the servlet is running as, and does not actually enable us to have the servlet work authenticated.
So, my question is - if I have secured EJBs, how can I indicated that a servlet in a web app in the same EAR is trusted, and can call those EJBs?
6. Re: Static Initialization at server startupkalyan120 Jul 18, 2005 2:46 PM (in response to Ed Ludke)
Since you are invoking EJBs from the init method of the Servlet, can I presume that your EJBs here are only serving the application requirements, but not the end user/client requirements? If that's the case, can you not use different credentials to authenticate requests to those specific EJBs that are getting called from the init methods? For the normal methods used by the end user, you can make use of his/her credentials.
7. Re: Static Initialization at server startupElias Ross Jul 20, 2005 12:35 AM (in response to Ed Ludke)
Sounds like you want an MBean. MBeans/JMX have not much to do with SNMP. JBoss services are built around a JMX architecture.
8. Re: Static Initialization at server startupSimon Godden Jul 27, 2005 11:52 AM (in response to Ed Ludke)
I want to be portable, thus reluctance to use MBean.
I tried also to do a client login in the init() method with hardcoded user id and password, and that did not work. I got no errors from the login but still got a authentication failure on EJB invocation due to a null principal.
Because we have encapsulated functionality in different EJBs, even if I created a new unsecured EJB, it would need to call the secured ones.
9. Re: Static Initialization at server startupkun-woo lee Aug 1, 2005 4:23 AM (in response to Ed Ludke)
I strongly advise you to use 'Service Locator Pattern' by using Singleton Pattern. If you had done this methodolgy, you could have make the module more efficiency.
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A friend's Path does 28 MPH easily on the flats, and he can hold 35+ MPH on the downhills. He does great going back across the the Snake River bridge at a fairly decent 10 ~ 14 MPH clip, that's about 4% going up to 8% at other end.
Me, am lucky to get to 6 (more like 2) though I don't ride it every day like Roger does.
For real hills though, Roger has to take breaks. Am thinking he's gearing up for the August Pedal for Patients run; shortest is 25 miles with a couple of big hills. He keeps asking if I'll go. I'd be in last place for sure on the Rover i8. And all that for $40 entry fee ... maybe if I had electrical assist. (!)
I know Roger and I are promoting recumbent trikes in the area, but if I keep coming up in last place that's not looking too good. Though it is supposed to be for fun ... baking in the heat, last place, $40 ... retirement must be good if one can ride every day. Rest of us still have to work.
Only bad thing I heard about the Path is trying to get out of it when his knees get sore. Last time he drove his truck to Denny's.
Heard the Sportster was an upgraded Path. Path blows the Rover out of the water.
Although Roger set his up with a Schlumpf in the front and a NuVinci 380 in the rear. His marathons are about to go bald. LOL
Not a typo.
Not a typo.
Those speeds are up in the range of some very high end trikes with riders that also are very fit. My Zoomer SL weighs 30Lbs it has a 27 speed drive with a 26 rear wheel, Durano tires at 90 psi and no additional accessories, flags, bags, lights to add weight or impede aerodynamics. I'm in above average condition weigh 175 lbs and cannot approach and maintain those speeds.
You're riding with a extremely fit individual.
TrikeBirder wrote: »Wait... I want to place my vote for facts... Real facts, not "alternative facts" - there is a difference between what some brag to friends, and the physical limitations of both rider and trike.
I am confident @IdahoTrailLizard, that you merely, reported what your friend told you, but my guess was he was pulling your leg, exaggerating, or needs to get his measurement instrument fixed. No flame, just rider helping rider. Trike on friends...
With the new bushings installed the steering was scary at 20 mph. Now a long downhill glide might be fun!


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Scott County, Illinois Genealogy
United States Illinois Scott County
Guide to Scott County Illinois genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
|Scott County, Illinois
Location of Illinois in the U.S.
|February 16, 1839
|County Seat
|Illinois Regional Archives Depository, Illinois State Archives
| Scott County Courthouse
101 E. Market Street
Winchester, Illinois 62694
(217) 742-3178
- 1 Scott County Organization
- 2 Resources
- 2.1 Biography
- 2.2 Cemeteries
- 2.3 Census
- 2.4 Church Records
- 2.5 Court Records
- 2.6 Ethnic Research
- 2.7 Genealogy
- 2.8 History
- 2.9 Land and Property
- 2.10 Maps
- 2.11 Military
- 2.12 Naturalization and Citizenship
- 2.13 Newspapers and Obituaries
- 2.14 Probate
- 2.15 Repositories
- 2.16 Social Groups Online
- 2.17 Societies
- 2.18 Taxation
- 2.19 Vital Records
- 3 Web Sites
- 4 References
Scott County Organization
Scott County's civil records start the following years:
|Beginning Dates for Scott County Records
| 1877
| 1839
| 1877
| 1840
| 1823
| 1839
County records are most often kept at the County Courthouse or another local repository. For further information about where the records for Scott County are kept, see the Scott County Courthouse page.
Historical Facts
Scott County was established on February 16, 1839 from a portion of Morgan County. It's territory was first part of Illinois County, created by Virginia in 1783. In 1787 this sparsely settled county became part of the Territory Northwest of the Ohio River. In 1790 present day Scott became part of St. Clair County which was one of the initial counties located in Indiana Territory when it was formed in 1800. In 1809, that county became part of the new Illinois Territory and Scott county's territory moved through several county organizations as the population of Illinois began to expand rapidly: first Madison in 1812; next Greene in 1821; and as the last step before becoming its own county it became part of Morgan in 1823. This very rural county retains much the look it had during it's early days. See the diagram of the county's derivation at the Scott County ILGenWeb Project
- Scott County was formed 16 February 1839 from Morgan County.
- Named after Scott County, Kentucky through influence of emigrants from that county.
Parent County
Boundary Changes
- No known changes
See an interactive map of Illinois boundary changes.
Record Loss
Places / Localities
Populated Places
Cities: Winchester
Towns: Naples Villages: Alsey . Bluffs . Exeter . Glasgow . Manchester
Precincts: Alsey . Bloomfield . East Winchester . Exeter . Glasglow . Manchester . Merritt . Naples . North Bluff . North Winchester . Oxville . Point Pleasant . Sandy . South Bluffs . South Winchester
Unincorporated Community: Riggston
Neighboring Counties
Illinois cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.
- Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone. May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.
- Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in Scott County and links to the information for the individuals buried there.
- Scott Co. IL USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks.
- Scott County Cemeteries in the Rootsweb site has many cemeteries listed and some have a list of people buried in those cemeteries. The give coordinates, section, township, and range. If there is a township name, that is also listed.
- Illinois Cemeteries by county.
- The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in Scott County. Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.
- ePodunk list of Scott County cemeteries gives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site.
- The Scott County website of ILGenWeb has many pages of information on the county's cemeteries at www.pikecoilgenweb.org/index.php.
- Illinois GenWeb Cemetery Records for Scott County has transcriptions of more than 50 cemeteries.
- Cemetery Location Project of the Illinois State Genealogical Society lists cemeteries in Scott County by their names, aliases, and locations, noting their type (Church, veterans, etc.), their conditon, and whether they are or have been online.
|Historical populations
|IL Counties 1900-1990
- 1840 Pensioners
- A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. Washington, D.C., 1841. FHL 973 X2pc 1840; FHL 2321; digital version at Google Books. [See Illinois, Scott County on page 188.]
- 1850 Census
- Index: 1850 Census of Scott County, IL at Rootsweb – Free; index
- 1850 Mortality Schedule
- 1850 Scott County Mortality Schedule at Rootsweb – Free; alphabetical
- 1860 Census
- 1860 Census of Scott County, IL at Rootsweb – Free; index
- 1860 Mortality Schedule
- 1860 Scott County Mortality Schedule at Rootsweb – Free; Alphabetical
- 1870 Census
- 1870 Census of Scott County, IL at Rootsweb – Free; Index
- 1870 Mortality Schedule
- 1870 Scott County IL Mortality Schedule at Rootsweb – Free; Alphabetical
- 1880 Mortality Schedule
- 1880 Scott County IL Mortality Schedule at Rootsweb — Free; Alphabetical
Church Records
The earliest Christian congregations in Scott County were likely Camp Meetings organized by Methodist preachers who came to the area in the early 1820s. The Baptists were also in the county by about 1825. Other denominations didn't appear to be established till later: the Catholics in 1860, Episcopalians in the 1870s, followed by like the Free Methodists and German Lutherans. [2]
A few resources referring to Scott County churches and their records have been found on the internet.
- See Linkpendium. For references to various church related sources.
- WorldCat has Scott County church directories for 196? and 1979
- Records for 1891 to 1900 of the Presbyterian Church in Wincester are available through the Family History Library FHL film 468338 item 2.
Major denomination in Scott County, Illinois include Evangelical Denominations, Catholic Church, American Baptist Churches, Assemblies of God, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Evangelical Lutheran Church, United Methodist Church. To see more about the churches by town, Click here.
Court Records
Ethnic Research
African American
The following have information concerning African American research.
- African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records
- Illinois State Archives pamphlet on African American Research describes what records are at the State Archives with an online method for ordering records.
- African-American Resources for Illinois
Land and Property
Original land records are held in the office of the County Clerk . See Illinois Land and Property for more information about using land records.
Records at the Family History Library
- Deeds 1839 to 1897; index 1888 to 1901 FHL films 1311760 to 1311444
IRAD holdings
- Deed records 1839 to 1874
Online Resources
- Beginning 1820 Land Patent Search See Illinois Land and Property for more information about this database.
- Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database
- 1796–1907 U.S. General Land Office Records found at Ancestry.com ($)
- Illinois Public Land Purchase Records This record extract includes over 538,000 land sales from the 19th Century. Each entry includes the purchaser's name, purchase date, number of acres, price per acre, and in some cases the purchaser's sex and residence. Available at www.ancestry.com ($)
- Sheldon, Theodore. Land registration in Illinois. Chicago: Callaghan Co., 1901. Digital book. Expains the laws regarding land and the land systems used in Illinois. Includes court cases involving land issues. In addition to being on Ancestry, this book is available online at no cost at Internet Archives and Google Books.
Civil War 1861–1865
Civil War service men from Scott County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Scott County.
- - 14th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company K.
- - 27th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company B.
- - 28th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company C.
- - 33rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company F.
- - 61st Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company F.
- - 91st Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company G.
- - 129th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies D, F, H, and I.
- - 137th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company E.
Other Civil War records may be locate to help you with your ancestors.
- Civil War Discharge Papers at RootsWeb – Free; Alphabetical
Spanish-American War 1898
- Volunteer Soldiers of '98 and '99 at Rootsweb – Free; History, biographical sketches.
Naturalization and Citizenship
IRAD Holdings
- Natutalization Records, Circuit Court 1859 to 1904
- Naturalization Records, County Court 1864 to1906
Newspapers and Obituaries
- Newspaper and Other Articles of Genealogical Interest to Scott County Researchers at Rootsweb – Free; Incomplete
County Courthouse
County records are most often kept at the County Courthouse or another local repository. For further information about where the records for Scott County are kept, see the Scott County Courthouse page.
Family History Center
Though there are no family history centers in Scott County, certers in nearby couties include:
- Litchfield Illinois Family History Center
12367 Robertson
Litchfield, Illinois, 62056
- Centralia Illinois Family History Center
2241 E Calumet St
Centralia, Illinois
- Jacksonville Illinois Family History Center
1053 E Vandalia
Jacksonville, Illinois, 62650,
Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD)
IRAD Depository (UIS)
University of Illinois at Springfield
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407
Telephone: (217) 206-6520
Public Libraries
Bluffs Public Library
110 North Bluff Street
Bluffs, IL 62621
Phone: (217) 754-3804
Winchester Public Library
215 North Main Street
Winchester, IL 62694
Phone: (217) 742-3150
Social Groups Online
Vital Records
Marriages were first recorded in Scott County in 1839--when the county was organized. The early marriage records may or may not contain the marriage application (which would contain parent names). Birth records were first recorded in Scott County in 1860; deaths were first recorded in 1877. It was not until 1916 that the recording of births and deaths became mandatory. These vital records are available through the Scott County Clerk/Recorder, 35 East Market St., Winchester, IL 62694. Phone: 217.742.3178.
Birth Records
IRAD Holdings
- Birth Certificates 1880 to 1900
- Birth Records 1877 to 1903
- Birth Records Index 1877 to 1903
- Birth Afftdavit Records, Chidren of Civil War Casualties 1861 to 1875
Published abstracts:
- Early Births Registered in Scott County, Illinois (1850s-1860s), courtesy: Researching Your Roots in Central Illinois
- Births During 1900: Scott County, Illinois, courtesy: Researching Your Roots in Central Illinois
Marriage Records
- 1839-1900 Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 for Scott County 1839 to 1900
IRAD Holdings
- Marriage License Applications 1876 to 1900
- Marriage Licenses 1876 to 1927
- Marriage Records 1839 to 1914
- Marriage Record Index 1839 to1945
Published abstracts:
- Scott County, Illinois Marriages Groom Index 1900 - 1915, courtesy: Researching Your Roots in Central Illinois
- Scott County, Illinois Marriages Bride Index 1900 - 1915, courtesy: Researching Your Roots in Central Illinois
Death Records
IRAD Holdings
- Death Records 1877 to 1913
- Death Record Index 1877 to 1913
Published abstracts:
- Scott County, Illinois Deaths 1878 - 1903, courtesy: Researching Your Roots in Central Illinois
- Scott County Patient Deaths at the Illinois State Hospital (1910s-1930s), courtesy: Researching Your Roots in Central Illinois
- WWII Deaths from Scott County, Illinois, courtesy: Researching Your Roots in Central Illinois
Web Sites
- Family History Library Catalog
- Scott County - ILGenWeb/USGenWeb
- Scott County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- Scott County, Illinois Resources (Researching Your Roots in Central Illinois) Extensive Atlases, Cemetery, Census, Directories, Local Histories, Military, Soldiers' and Sailors' Home Records, Vital Records
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Scott county bicentennial book, 1976, ([S.l.] : Bluffs Times : Winchester Times, 1976)p. 28-33.


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The Middle When Axl (Charlie McDermott) comes home for Christmas he wants to spend time with his friends in this new episode. 8 p.m. ABC
Melissa & Joey Jaime Pressly guest stars as Meredith/Mel's (Melissa Joan Hart) incarcerated sister, who's come home on furlough to spend the holidays with the kids (Taylor Spreitler, Nick Robinson), but Joe (Joey Lawrence) isn't happy about it in this new episode. 8 p.m. ABC Family
Back in the Game The Cannon (James Caan) decides to spend Christmas with his buddies and Danny (Griffin Gluck) asks the team for help with a Christmas gift for his mom (Maggie Lawson) in this new episode. 8:30 p.m. ABC
Modern Family Jay and Manny (Ed O'Neill, Rico Rodriguez) set out to cut down their own Christmas tree in this new episode. 9 p.m. ABC
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Russell (Ted Danson) and the team are on the case when a company's extravagant Las Vegas holiday party — with live reindeer and real snow — is the scene of a murder. Elisabeth Shue, Paul Guilfoyle, George Eads and Jorja Fox also star in this new episode. 10 p.m. CBS
South Park Wendy plays matchmaker for Butters in this new episode of the animated series. 10 p.m. Comedy Central
Rodeo Girls This new series captures the lives of five female barrel racers in and out of the rodeo ring. 11 p.m. A&E
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale This new special offers a comedic musical take on a traditional holiday tale. Joining Kelly Clarkson are Blake Shelton, Trisha Yearwood and Reba. 10 p.m. NBC
One Direction: Off the Charts The band One Direction is profiled. 10:30 p.m. E!
CBS This Morning Claire Danes; Ryan Ferguson, who was wrongfully imprisoned for nearly a decade. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS
Today James Roday and Dule Hill ("Psych"); Ina Garten; Ashley Wagner; The Piano Guys perform. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC
Good Morning America Emma Thompson; Juliette Lewis; Jack Hanna. (N) 7 a.m. KABC
Good Day L.A. Tichina Arnold and Sinbad ("Debbie Allen Dance Academy All-Star Gala"); Dolvett Quince ("The Biggest Loser"); Khandi Alexander ("Scandal"); Melissa Peterman and Chelsea Kane ("Baby Daddy"). (N) 7 a.m. KTTV
Live With Kelly and Michael Emma Thompson; chef Guy Fieri; Katie Brown. (N) 9 a.m. KABC
The View Trista Sutter; Julianne Moore; Giada De Laurentiis; Rosemary Watson. (N) 10 a.m. KABC
Wendy Williams Kirstie Alley. (N) 11 a.m. KTTV
The Talk Patti LaBelle; Carrie Keagan; Chi-Lan Lieu. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS
The Queen Latifah Show Alyssa Milano; J.B. Smoove; Pentatonix performs. (N) 2 p.m. KCBS; 7 p.m. KCAL
The Dr. Oz Show Chronic knee pain; cancer myths. (N) 2 p.m. KABC
Dr. Phil A woman says her teenage daughter is suicidal. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS
Katie A man wrongly convicted of murder wins his freedom after nearly a decade; Mel B performs. (N) 3 p.m. KABC
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Tom Hanks; Andrew McCutchen. (N) 4 p.m. KNBC
The Doctors Decoding food labels to identify potentially hazardous chemicals; grass-fed vs. grain-fed beef. (N) 5 p.m. KCAL
The Arsenio Hall Show Kelly Rowland; Dan Bucatinsky; Ashanti performs; Luenell. (N) 11 p.m. KTLA
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Reza Aslan. (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central
Chelsea Lately Moshe Kasher; Kerri Kenney-Silver. (N) 11 p.m. E!
Conan Benedict Cumberbatch; George Takei; John Legend. (N) 11 p.m. TBS
The Colbert Report Elizabeth Gilbert. (N) 11:30 p.m. Comedy Central
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Tyler Perry; Ken Jeong; The Head and the Heart perform. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC
Late Show With David Letterman Emma Thompson; Josh Groban presents the Top Ten List; Andy Cohen; Nick Lowe performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS
Jimmy Kimmel Live Ryan Seacrest; Bradley Whitford; Mac Miller performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC
Charlie Rose (N) Midnight KOCE
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Joaquin Phoenix; Candice Bergen; Iron & Wine and Calexico. (N) 12:36 a.m. KNBC
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson Jim Gaffigan. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS
Tavis Smiley Composer Hans Zimmer. (N) 1 a.m. KOCE
Last Call Director Steve McQueen; Jenny O performs. (N) 1:36 a.m. KNBC


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CUNY SPH DPH Program goes to APHA
Many CUNY School of Public Health DPH faculty and students traveled to Boston to attend the annual American Public Health Association meeting. Dean El Mohandes supported the attendance of our presenting doctoral students. Details provided by these students about their presentations and experiences attending APHA are below.
Nisha Beharie, CSH Track, 2009 Cohort
I was able to attend APHA due to Dean El-Mohandes' efforts to send me to the ASPPH Leadership Institute held during the conference. Overall, I was able to connect with people in the field around issues that I am passionate about. More specifically, I am very interested in promoting public health models to address mental health issues, and engaging with members of the mental health section of APHA is one of the rare opportunities to connect with those with similar interests. The highlight of the conference for me was attending the Leadership Institute hosted by ASPPH where I learned that different situations call for different leadership skills, and successful leadership entails being able to match them appropriately. I also had the opportunity to meet the incoming director of Peace Corps during the institute who is an amazing inspiring leader in her own right!
Helen Cole, CSH Track, 2010 Cohort
I presented a poster, along with one of the staff people that I supervise, "Quality of life and physical activity among foreign-born and u.s.-born older black men with hypertension residing in New York City." The poster session was well-attended and we both got to speak with lots of interested fellow researchers, all of whom had ideas for future directions for our work. In addition to the vast selection of presentations that I attended at APHA, I also had the opportunity to reconnect with former coworkers and classmates from past educational and work experiences, and to get to know our new Dean! Our presentation was particularly meaningful to me as it grew out of my DPH leadership project, completed last year, for which I focused on trying to improve research staff training and mentorship at my job.
Sonia González, CSH Track, 2009 Cohort
As part of a session entitled "The Impacts of Social Media on Public Health" we had an inspiring conversation on the importance of public health communication and literacy specifically around making public health messaging accessible across all platforms including social media.
I was especially happy to connect with a fellow doctoral student to discuss the measures I utilized in the study I presented, "Are texting and social networking site's instant messaging appropriate sexual health education tools for urban young women of color? A mixed-methods study." In addition, I was able to meet with a current post-doctoral fellow at Emory who is doing similar research and was able to offer some advice and connect me to her team at Emory. And perhaps one of the greatest rewards was being able to connect to other CUNY SPH faculty, staff, and fellow students since that isn't always easy to achieve given our fast-paced NYC lives.
Allison Kliegman, CSH Track, 2011 Cohort
This was my first time attending APHA and it was a packed conference as I tried to make the most of the experience. I moderated a student session, presented alongside my classmate Lindsay Fram, volunteered at the CUNY SPH booth, and attended the School's evening reception. In between all those scheduled events I found time to attend as many presentations and events related to reproductive health as possible! Overall it was a great conference and I connected with many fellow SPH students. Thank you for the opportunity to let us all attend.
Amy Kwan, CSH Track, 2008 Cohort
I was a co-author on the following presentations:
Romero D, Kwan A. For or Against Same-Sex Marriage and Meanings Ascribed to 'Family' Among Heterosexual Adults.
Watnick D, D'Amore M, Bestoff C, Beharie N, Kwan A, Romero D. "'If it happens, it happens' vs. 'It was planned': Conceptualizing the ways people approach the possibility of pregnancy."
D'Amore M, Watnick D, Bestoff C, Beharie N, Kwan A, Romero D. Perceived ideal circumstances for childbearing across groups of different social position.
Nell E, Fram L, Kliegman A, Kwan A, Romero D. Varied priorities and changing attitudes towards traditional parenting partnerships in a diverse New York city sample.
I attended these (and several other CUNY) presentations -- it was wonderful seeing so much CUNY representation at APHA -- all of the presentations I saw were extremely compelling, engaging, and well-delivered. Another highlight of the week was of course connecting with fellow CUNY colleagues, friends, faculty and staff, and feeling united as a school.
Ryan Lee, HPM Track, 2010 Cohort
This was my first opportunity to both attend and present at the APHA Annual Meeting, which turned out to be a fantastic experience. My poster was entitled "Availability of dental oncology services at NCI-designated and comprehensive cancer centers," which discusses the public health and policy implications of this nation's shortage in dental services for cancer patients and survivors, even at the highest-ranked oncology centers. I was able to connect with other graduate students and professional colleagues with shared interested in health policy, oral health, and oncology, which is only possible at a meeting like APHA. Thank you CUNY SPH for providing valuable funding for this trip!
Michael Schmeltz, EOH Track, 2009 Cohort
Having many colleagues present and talk about their research at APHA this year bouyed a sense of pride and community among the CUNY SPH members, especially during our informal social gatherings. Having presented both a poster and a talk I think its important to show the public health community what the CUNY SPH has to offer. I made great connections after my presentations and was surprised when a lead researcher in my field enthusiastically came up to me to further talk about my research and schedule a meeting to talk again since we both do similar work on climate change and are based in New York. I look forward to many CUNY SPH students and faculty to be present at next years annual conference.
Michael won 1st place for the Environmental Section Student Achievement Award for his presentation.
Stephanie St Pierre, CSH Track, 2008 Cohort
I presented "Feminisms at Work in Public Health Women Activists and Environmental Health" as part of the Women's Rights Committee session. The session resulted in a lively discussion and I was invited to participate in the Committee's plans for next year at APHA.
This year's meeting marks my last as a member of the APHA press board after severing for two terms. I also attended the business meeting for the Bioethics SPIG (soon to be a section we hope!) and volunteered to take on the role of shadowing next year's program chair.
I enjoyed manning the CUNY School of Public Health table in the exhibit hall which gave me a chance to meet DPH and Master's students and was I able to share insights about the program with prospective students. Meeting others in the program was fun and left me feeling excited about the future of our school. The party and dinner with our new Dean were both really inspiring. I appreciated his focus on students and inclusivity which were evident in his words and actions.
Dana Watnick, CSH Track, 2010 Cohort
This year's APHA meeting was busy, informative and inspiring. I gave an oral presentation based on data from Diana Romero's SPAFF study on family formation about the language that people use to talk about "getting pregnant." I was pleased with how well attended my session was, but was even more excited to hear my classmates' (Ali Kliegman and Lindsay Fram) presentation on the same dataset. They were amazing! Another very special highlight of this trip was getting the opportunity to have dinner with the Dean and fellow students. We students should feel so lucky to have him in our corner. His support, both financially and otherwise, is truly appreciated and is going to make all the difference in helping me to become a productive and innovative public health practitioner.
Submitted on: DEC 26, 2013
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Skip to comments.WaPo on Michelle Obama: 'So Many Eye Her With Awe and Disbelief' (triple bag barf alert!)
Posted on 06/19/2009 8:55:21 AM PDT by lewisglad
The Washington Posts Robin Givhan goes all gooey for Michelle Obama again at the top of the Style section on Friday, comparing the First Lady to Clair Huxtable, or as explained by the caption under their pictures: "As portrayed by Phylicia Rashad, Clair Huxtable was an accomplished yet down-to-earth figure. In Michelle Obama, the nation now has another symbol of success and style." Givhan writes with an admiration so dazzled that you worry shes going to faint:
She serves as a symbol of middle-class progress, feminist achievement, affirmative-action success and individual style. And she has done all this on the world stage...while being black.
Time and again, observers grasp for adjectives to describe Obama's combination of professional accomplishment and soccer-mom maternalism. It's no wonder so many eye her with awe and disbelief. Or why a minority still view her with suspicion. There have been few broad cultural precedents for what she represents.
Givhan hailed how "Historically, television has been more progressive than reality, preparing society for the moment when what only existed in the shadow surges into the spotlight," but television "rarely introduced viewers to anyone like Michelle Obama. The last similarly accomplished and wholesome black woman" on TV was Clair Huxtable on The Cosby Show.
Playing off a column in the hard-left Nation magazine by professor Patricia Williams, Givhan complained that few black female characters on television "really reflects a generation of black women with advanced degrees, solid self-esteem, and no anger issues."
Set aside for a moment the idea that Michelle Obamas never displayed "anger issues," while we wait for the story of what happened to Jackie Norris, fired as the First Ladys chief of staff only four months into the job. Givhan really overplays just how awfully racist American culture has been up until this moment:
In a culture in which every white woman is presumed to be Everywoman until proven out of the mainstream, Obama has brought the normalcy of black women into the broader social consciousness. All it took were her two Ivy League degrees, a six-figure boardroom salary, a Norman Rockwell family, soccer-mom bona fides and an ability to dress herself without the aid of an entourage.
In many ways, the first lady has made people see -- really see -- black women for the first time. [Italics hers.] For example, when a black model appeared on the May cover of Vogue, news articles credited the "Obama effect," ignoring the concerted lobbying by fashion industry activists that began long before Barack Obama was even a presidential contender.
The role of style in defining the first lady might easily be dismissed as a distraction from more substantive issues. But Williams says the fan magazine breathlessness is significant because "it implies a kind of parity we really needed."
A reader who's not black or female can sympathize with the feeling that black women are undervalued or mischaracterized in pop culture. But the Post and Givhan seem unaware of how they're casting their readers as backward racist and/or sexist rubes whose heads are filled with crude stereotypes -- that is, until the vision, the colossus that is Michelle Obama graced the public stage.
The Post and Givhan also seem unaware of how this gooey prose about Michelle's perfection can really sound like the mandated meringues of a state-run newspaper in a airless dictatorship.
Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.
Does the exposed bra strap come with the orange tank top or is it one of Michelle's touches?
Oh, I pray that Michelle is not expecting. The hype would be more than we could stomach. 'scuse the pun.
...which, judging by her appearance at most every public function, she needs.
The media might as well be telling us that Helen Thomas is Ava Gardner's twin when they gush about Michelle's fashion and style sense.
She dresses like she's going to the mall or trying to be her daughters' friends' buddy. Her 'ability to dress herself' is BROKEN.
That was her "I'm the black widow, don't f' with me" dress.
"She serves as a symbol of middle-class progress, feminist achievement, affirmative-action success and individual style.".....
Sounds like tingly leg syndrome to me!
EHHHGAADDS!....where in hell did that picture come from?
Little did we know that night marked the beginning of America's Sweater Era!
Manly-man legs!
What a load of dirty diapers.
Michelle sucks. End of story. So does her husband. I can't wait until they are gone.
I have nothing against her, except that she's a flaming liberal who seems to hate the United States.
The media's desperate attempt to portray her as some kind of paragon of charm is amusing. It would be better for her, IMO, if they gave her more serious coverage of her first lady activities.
Photoshopped cankles! You owe me a new Reuben to replace the one I just barfed up!
If I were a Black woman, I'd be very insulted. What on earth does the color of her skin have to do with anything? I wonder what the author thought about Condi? (A woman who succeeded on the world's stage without a husband's coat tails? Never-mind, dumb question!
Whew, baby got back.
Sarah Palin, on the other hand, used fashion to convey pretty, not power, said Givhan. If Palin had spent the $150,000 at Wal-Mart rather than at Neiman Marcus and Saks, Givhan suggested, perhaps people wouldnt have been so appalled at the cost of her wardrobe. But the high-end designs and expensive jewelry were out of touch with her Joe Six Pack audience. Additionally, Palins wardrobe, while expensive, wasnt particularly noteworthy: Nothing about her clothing choices crafted an image of power.
Robin Givhan on another politically smart woman.
Playing off a column in the hard-left Nation magazine by professor Patricia Williams, Givhan complained that few black female characters on television "really reflects a generation of black women with advanced degrees, solid self-esteem, and no anger issues."
It's perfectly true - I eye her with awe and disbelief every time I see another of her thriftstore outfits. Can't SOMEONE tell the Empress, if she doesn't do another thing, LOSE the too-tight cardigans!
I can certainly understand the "disbelief" part. Who can possibly see MO as a fashionista in good standing? She mostly looks frumpy and over-done, although occasionally she wears something tailored and attractive.
Mostly, she is being overplayed for political reasons. And the more "they" talk her up, the greater the disparity between what we hear and what we see with our own eyes.
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Very nice image of the light on the foreground rocks. I wish there was something more to take in on the top half of the frame.
The top left hand corner is where the illumination for the scene is coming from. Making the top left and right to look the same will leave the viewer wondering where the light source is? Personally I think the balance of the image is just right.


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What's New With Tony?
It's fun to stop by my old blog here from time-to-time. My blogging interests have moved in several directions and taken on more of a business model. Besides my kids ministry site, here is a breakdown of sites I'm currently managing:
- Madison Indiana Observer - this is a news and information blog for our town. We're just getting started but hope to add some writers and grow the site into something useful for our community.
- Devotional Christian - this is a blog I launched a few years back. I am more of a technical manager helping other writers share their talents with the world.


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WALTHAM, Mass. – For the second year in a row, the Brandeis University men's soccer team has qualified for the NCAA Division III tournament. The Judges, who posted a 14-4-1 record in the regular season and earned an at-large berth to the tournament, will once again host the first two rounds.
Brandeis will take on Great Northeast Athletic Conference champions Johnson and Wales University (14-1-6) on November 16 at 5 p.m. The other first-round game to be played at Gordon Field will pit 17-5-1 Rutgers-Newark and 15-5-2 Roger Williams University at 7:30 p.m. The winners will meet in the second round on Sunday, Nov. 17, at 5 p.m.
Under head coach Michael Coven, who is in his 41st year, Brandeis is making its 11th all-time appearance in the NCAAs. The Judges won the NCAA championship in 1976 and were runners-up in 1984. Last season, the Judges reached the Sweet 16. In 2013, Brandeis finished in fifth place in the University Athletic Association (UAA), but were ranked second in the New England region in the most recently-published NCAA rankings. They peaked at No. 12 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division III poll and at No. 7 in the d3soccer.com poll, but enter the tournament ranked No. 22 in both.
Brandeis tied for the UAA lead in scoring with 49 goals and was third in team defense with 0.98 goals-against average. Individually, the Judges boasted the top goal-scorer in the league in junior forward Tyler Savonen of Orleans, Mass., who had 10 tallies, and the top assist man in senior back Ben Applefield of Avon, Conn., who had nine helpers. Savonen was tied for second in overall scoring with 23 points. Junior goalkeeper Joe Graffy of Concord, N.H. was third in the league in goals-against average (0.99) and fourth in save percentage (.758).
Johnson and Wales is making its fifth NCAA tournament berth as champions of the GNAC, but its first since 2007. The Wildcats are coached David Kulik, who is in his second year at JWU after 12 seasons at Clark University. Johnson and Wales earned their berth with a 5-3 penalty kick win over Lasell College in the GNAC championship match after a 3-3 draw in regulation. Junior goalkeeper Ryan Dzierzawski was the tournament MVP after making 22 saves in three matches. The Wildcats were second in GNAC in scoring with 42 goals and in team defense with and 0.63 GAA. Junior O'Kyle Corridon led the team with eight goals and seven assists for 23 points, while sophomore Kyle Metz was just behind with five goals and 12 assists for 22 points. Dzierzawski is seventh in Division III with a .893 save percentage, while the Wildcats are second overall at .886.
This will be the first-ever meeting between Brandeis and Johnson & Wales. The squads had two common opponents this season. Brandeis defeated Lasell, 5-1, on Sept. 18, while JWU defeated the Lasers in the regular season, 2-1, on Oct. 12, before their draw in the GNAC tournament. Against Mount Ida College, the Judges produced a 1-0 win on Oct. 28, while Johnson and Wales suffered a 2-0 loss to the Mustangs two weeks earlier.
Against other teams in the tournament, JWU's only match was a 1-0 win at Elms on Sept. 18. Brandeis posted a 2-2 record against NCAA tournament squads, with non-conference wins over MIT (2-1 in overtime) and Wheaton (2-1) and UAA losses to Carnegie Mellon (2-1 in OT) and Rochester (3-2).
Live stats for the matches can be found at http://livestats.prestosports.com/brandeisjudges, while an audio broadcast can be heard courtesy WBRS Sports, 100.1 FM and on-line at http://www.wbrs.org. Tickets will cost $6 for adults, $3 for students and seniors, $2 for children under 12 and free with a Brandeis Student ID.
For more information about Brandeis men's soccer, please visit our web site at http://www.brandeisjudges.com/sports/msoc.


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For Martha Group, being a superintendent has never been about the title — it's about being able to achieve more for the district. Though she's one of only six female superintendents out of the 30 area school districts, she doesn't feel that her gender created any roadblocks.
For Martha Group, being a superintendent has never been about the title — it's about being able to achieve more for the district.
"It gave me the opportunity to really bring the pieces together," said the 57-year-old, Vernon-Verona-Sherrill superintendent describing budget, academic and community involvement.
Though she's one of only six female superintendents out of the 30 area school districts, she doesn't feel that her gender created any roadblocks.
"I never thought there was something I couldn't do. You just have to work as hard as you can. And I've had some very good mentors," she said. "I was encouraged by other women who were already in those administrative positions."
Over the past two decades, the gender gap in education administration has decreased and continues to do so; however females still face obstacles.
"There's a perception out there that women can't handle the difficult decisions or make the hard choices," said Kathleen Davis, Holland Patent Central School District superintendent. "I think women in general are still continuing to battle those misconceptions,"
Historically, schools in the 19th century were run by women when the one-room school house was common, said Barbara Bradley, New York State School Boards Association deputy director of communications and research. It wasn't until after World Wars I and II that men began filling the administrative roles as schools combined to form districts.
Now, however, that gender gap is decreasing.
In the Mohawk Valley, of the 105 area school principals, 49 are female and 56 are male.
Statewide, the number of female superintendents has increased with women comprising 8 percent of superintendents in 1991 to 30.9 percent in 2012, according to New York State Council of Superintendents triennial surveys.
The major increase occurred between 2006 and 2009 when the percentage of female superintendents increased from 24.2 percent to 30 percent respectively.
Due to the exceptionally high turnover and more or less simultaneous creation of a lot of openings, some boards might have become more open to considering female candidates at that time, said council spokesman Robert Lowry.
One of the obstacles for women in administrative roles could be child-rearing and family responsibilities.
Only 13 percent of female superintendents statewide reported having school-age children in 2012 compared to 43.8 percent of men, according to the superintendent council survey.
Perhaps for the same reason, the average age of female superintendents in the state was 48 compared to 45 for men, though the gap has closed since 2009, according to the survey.
Now 52, Davis has been an administrator since the age of 27.
"It's a calling for me," she said. "If you're going to become a superintendent, you have to be prepared to sacrifice in your personal life, to give 100 percent, 24 hours a day to the children and the community that you serve."
Female administrators typically come through the teacher ranks, compared to their male counterparts who may start in administrative roles, Bradley said.
Males and females may bring with them different administration styles, but one is not necessarily any better than the other, she said.
Having members of both genders in atypical roles can be beneficial for students, for example having a female superintendent or male kindergarten teacher.
"Some little boys are served just as well by having those male role models at an earlier age, just as females are served by seeing women in greater positions of authority," Bradley said.
"It's a not a male-female thing. I think it's a matter of experience and teamwork," she said.
But she has heard of issues where boards have chosen a male candidate over a female with equal qualifications.
Women do have to work harder, smarter to get the administrative positions, Davis said. "There are different expectations placed on female administrators. I do think that you have to prove your abilities more so than your male counterparts."
But in the end it's about the individual, she said. "It's back to a skill set and doing what's in the best interest of the children — keeping that as your focus certainly will guide the way."
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I think it sucks on many fronts. For those of us whose parents are out of the law school loop, it is really difficult to figure out a lot of what they are asking for. I don't know what the market value of my mother's house is, and I doubt she does either. I am terrified of screwing it up!
what do you do if your parents haven't filed their taxes yet...
Yes, needaccess was the worst thing ever. What do they need to know about my car for?
Quote from: antaresvi on February 20, 2008, 01:59:35 PMYes, needaccess was the worst thing ever. What do they need to know about my car for?So they can make you sell it to pay for law school.
Anyone else think this form is too invasive?I thought I wanted to do criminal law, but now, my life's goal will be to put an end to this invasive and way too personal form.


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