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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
* Coffee Filters and Watercolors Snowflake Art
Remember this little guy from my favorite things post last week?
The girls and I have been having fun with coffee filters all week.
I bought a package at the grocery store specifically for craft-usage.
We don't use this kind in our coffee maker-
we having boring brown #4 cone shaped filters
that aren't really good for much when it comes to crafting.
(They are, however, great for composting in our kitchen vermicomposter!)
"E" decided to make a color wheel with hers.
She said the window in my art studio, over my sewing machine,
is/was boring and needed some color.
She cut out the center of the filter,
then, carefully drew black lines with a marker
to divide each section. Then, she carefully painted
this little spectrum/color wheel.
I love it and it looks great with the sunlight streaming through it.
I love that she came up with the project completely on her own!
We also cut out snow flakes,
laid them on newspapers,
and carefully painted them with watercolor.
I like cutting them out first,
because the watercolor paint flattens them out
and stiffens them up a bit.
They display really beautifully
on windows, mirrors, and bulletin boards
when they're dry.
My new view from my sewing machine --
Thanks "E"!
pink and green mama, MaryLea
Labels: Create, Paper Crafts, Preschool, Rainbow, School Age, Tissue Paper Fun, Watercolors, Winter
Sunday, December 26, 2010
* Homemade Gift: Wood-burning Kid Illustrated Art Keepsake Boxes
So I couldn't post this project until after Christmas
because I didn't want Grandma's to see their gifts early.
But it's also my favorite Christmas gift we made this year
and it has been REALLY hard to not share it with you all!
I have complete directions on how to make these
wooden keepsake boxes in my Homemade Gifts From the HeART
lesson plan PDF booklet.
But here's a quickie version.
Start with some cute wooden boxes from the craft store
and some favorite drawings by your extremely talented
resident artists (your kids!)
Transfer the drawings to the wooden boxes with tracing paper,
then use your wood-burning tool to trace over the whole drawing.
Try not to pass out from the fumes!
Don't forget to add their names (in their own handwriting)
to the project. My girls signed and dated the boxes on the bottom.
Now for the tricky part, carefully watercolor your design/drawing.
The wood bleeds easily.
You don't need a lot of water.
I like nicer watercolors better (like my Yarka watercolors)
Use a tiny brush.
Some sap may come to the surface from the woodburning process-
creating a bit of a "resist" effect on the wood == frustrating!
Have facial tissues or coffee filters handy to soak up excess
watercolor blobs and mistakes!
Close ups of the sides of the girls' Christmas box.
Both girls worked on the picture together, doing different parts.
It really was a joint project.
Because I copied the original drawing onto the boxes,
I was able to make two identical boxes for both sets of Grandparents.
"E" is making the snail box to keep her fossil collection in.
You can seal the box with beeswax or clear acrylic spray,
I left ours plain.
Happy Wood-burning!
pink and green mama, MaryLea
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
* A Few More of My Favorite Things (and Little People!)
Okay... Just a few more shots of daily life around here.
Will post our Christmas crafts after the holiday so we don't spoil any homemade gift surprises!
I added little jingle bells to the girls' shoes this week.
(Might have to add some to my own shoes.)
It was so fun walking through the grocery store today
with my little jingle bell elf bouncing along next to me -- she got several smiles!
Lots of kitchen table crafting taking place here. Spoiler alert for Grandma(s)...
Don't look too carefully or you might see your Christmas gifts!
Part of our winter village set up on the playroom window sill.
"C" added the fiberfill "snow" yesterday from my sewing stash.
We also added peppermints as little walking stones and populated
the village with penguins in honor of my mother-in-law.
My great grandfather's clock.
The fireplace still works!
I have fond memories of sneaking out of bed at night, when I would sleep over at my grandmother's house as a little girl, to watch the "fire" in this clock at night. Now my own little girls love it.
We set up our jellybean-pooping snowman and penguin by the hearth.
It was "E"s idea to add the little presents, I wanted to make tiny
stockings but didn't have enough time!
More on this fun little project after Christmas! (Hooray for Winter Rainbows!)
Christmas "dinner" set up by the girls in the playroom for their baby dolls.
Yes those are real flowers and greens in the centerpiece.
More on this fun little project after Christmas! (Hooray for Winter Rainbows!)
Finally took down our watercolor rainbows and replaced them with snowflakes this week!
Look closely....
These are the BEAUTIFUL snowflakes my very talented Aunt Linda made me years ago.
Instead of their usual place on the tree, this year they have a new place of honor over our kitchen table.
I plan to leave them up for January as well!
More kitchen table masterpiece-making!
"C"'s Christmas Tree and Snowman Drawing!
We will be celebrating with both sets of Grandparents,
our Favorite Aunt and Uncle, and our favorite little cousin.
There will be lots of silliness, giggling, reminiscing, cookie consuming, cookie decorating, and hugs.
We wish you and your family
a very Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year!
pink and green mama, MaryLea
Labels: Christmas, Father's Day, Mother's Day, Winter
Monday, December 20, 2010
* These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things (and people!)
As Christmas, out of town visiting family, and
winter break from school all arrive this week,
I'm trying to slow down and enjoy the little things that make me smile throughout the day.
No crafts or projects to post today,
I'm just going to share a few of my favorite things,
(and favorite little people) around here.
First Snow of the Winter!
It was only about 2 inches but they still managed
to sled in it for three days.
New batch of re-cycled crayons
with Wilton heart pan, Ikea starfish molds and Ikea fish molds.
We'll stick with the heart molds-- the others break too easily!
Big sister reading Christmas books to little sister
on the couch in the morning
while I make breakfast.
Playing "Orchard" on the family room floor
in Pajamas. Nicely. Without Bickering.
Best. Game. Ever.
"C" Over the moon to have finicky Daisy Cat settled in on her lap.
Playing Barbies under the Christmas tree.
I think the whole world should be lit in Christmas tree light.
Wouldn't they make pretty street lights?
My beautiful, German, winter light from Mom and Dad
(favorite birthday present this year along with my wool felting set)
This will be up all winter, not just for Christmas.
Little girls playing under the tree...again.
"E" twirling in the Tree Skirt
the day we set up the Christmas tree.
Dimples just like daddy!
Baskets of Good books= lots of extra couch snuggling.
Happy Favorite Things
and Happy Holidays!
Remember to slow down this week and enjoy the little things
and little people who make your days worthwhile.
pink and green mama
Thursday, December 16, 2010
* Homemade Christmas: Toy Kitty Cat Carrier
My little 3.5 year-old "C" is OBSESSED with Kitty Cats.
She has quite a collection of stuffed kitty friends.
They all have names and distinct personalities.
She even has a "real" (pink) kitty bed upstairs in her room
that I let her buy on sale (with a coupon!) at the pet store earlier this year.
It's a really easy way to corral all of her plush feline friends.
She also loves carrying them around the house
but that usually means that mommy has to transport
6-8 kitties up and down the stairs several times a day.
I decided she needed a little cat carrier to keep her furry friends contained and portable.
My solution after looking at several
overpriced and ugly "real" carriers
was to make my own with stuff I already had in the house!
I used plastic needlepointing mesh material,
I don't know what this stuff is actually called!
I used one "Whole" Sheet of Plastic Mesh (far left above) as the topper
(10 1/4" by 13 1/2"),
One Rectangle as the Bottom (approx. 6" x10")
One skinny Rectangle as the Handle (7 1/2"x 2")
and Two Curved Semi-Circle Pieces
as the Back of the carrier and Front Door (approx. 6 1/2" wide by 6" tall).
I'm sorry about the wacky dimensions, this was one of those
make-it-up-as-I-go projects so I was just
cutting stuff out and using scraps I had to make it work,
(I really didn't want to go to the store!)
Same with how I sewed it together...
I just started stitching pieces together while sitting on the couch!
I did the little front door last.
Stitching away with pink yarn and a big embroidery needle.
Side view of the cat carrier
(also known as a mesh mail box with a handle)
View of the front of the carrier.
Pink elastic Ponytail holder stitched to the door to be the "clasp" for the door.
"Samantha" cat and "Strawberry" cat check out their new digs!
How many kitties can this thing hold?
Such a happy Cat Mama, she even brought her cat carrier to school for Show and Tell!
Happy Crafting!
pink and green mama, MaryLea
Labels: Christmas, Holidays, Homemade Gifts, Homemade Toys, Play, Sewing Fun, Yarn
Monday, December 13, 2010
* Homemade Christmas: Felt Bad Guys Set!
Role play is a huge part of our day around here.
Especially on the weekends.
Props like Masks, Wands, and Silk Scarf Capes
play a big role in that.
I apologize for the fact that you pretty much only see my kids
wearing Pajamas in all of my posts!
My kids live in their PJs at home
(we really do get dressed when we go out in public....
most of the time --
maybe it's because their mom lives in Jeans and Slippers)
I've had this little project
bouncing around in my head
for the past year and I finally made it last weekend.
And no...I couldn't save it for Christmas but it
WOULD make a fantastic Homemade Christmas Gift!
For the "Sack" I cut down an old
pillow case and made it not quite as deep
(It was a King Sized Pillow case and
little arms would have had a hard time with it)
Now, I have to admit I thought I was being clever
by re-purposing materials we already had
(using the pillow case) BUT....
sewing the Felt "Dollar Sign" to the pillowcase
was a giant pain in the butt
because I was trying to manipulate the whole pillowcase
through my sewing machine (ugh!)
Using a flat piece of fabric to sew the felt to first
would have been MUCH easier.
I also should have stitched down the two straight lines
of the "Dollar Sign" first then the "S" shape.
I did it in a different order and it doesn't look great up close.
(However, my kids don't seem to care.)
Pinning the "Dollar Sign" in place.
I made up my own pattern by tracing
an existing play mask from our Dress-Up Box
onto two pieces of Green Felt.
Then, I stitched it all up with a piece of elastic
sandwiched in-between as the strap.
Then, I carefully cut out the eye holes with my
sharp sewing scissors.
The finished Mask.
We might need some more in other colors!
Of course we needed some Gems and Jewels
for our Theif(s) so we raided our gold rocks
(gravel I spray painted Gold)
stash from "C"s Pirates and Mermaids Party
and some of our Dollar Tree Glass Stones
and Michael's Plastic Jewels.
Hey! Get that bad guy!
Happy Homemade Gift-Making!
pink and green mama
Labels: Christmas, Fun With Felt, Holidays, Homemade Gifts, Homemade Toys, Play, Recycle Crafts, Sewing Fun
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The Winnipeg Art Gallery is letting the clock run wild on February 23 for Birchwood BMW Art & Soul: One Hundred. Celebrating the most memorable moments, iconic personalities, and scandalous events of the past century, the theme of this year's annual fundraiser honours the WAG's 100th anniversary.
Have a cocktail with Andy Warhol, let your hair down with Nicki Minaj, and keep an eye out for Coco Chanel – anything is possible at this ultimate time travel party! A century of musical mashups by live DJs on all four levels is only the beginning. Each floor of the WAG will showcase an eclectic and vibrant social scene from every era of the last one hundred years. Get inspired by BMW luxury exhibits and step back in time while enjoying EQ3's modernist lounge. Expect the unexpected, including some gems that may have slipped your mind. Alive or dead, real or fabricated, naughty or nice…be who you want to be for one unforgettable night!
"Engaging our community is what the WAG is all about, particularly during our Centennial year," says the Gallery's Executive Director Stephen Borys. "Art & Soul draws hundreds of people each year, offering some visitors their first taste of a gallery experience. This is a fabulous opportunity to be introduced to all the WAG has to offer, get creative, and meet new people."
Birchwood BMW Art & Soul: One Hundred, hosted from 8:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. at the WAG, is guaranteed to surprise and delight. Featuring interactive experiences, live entertainment, access to art exhibitions, themes and music on every floor, costumes, exquisite beverages, and more, Art & Soul 2013 will once again be the winter encounter of the year!
"Birchwood BMW Art & Soul: One Hundred will attract an irresistible mix of characters dating from 1912 straight through to today. With all proceeds supporting the WAG, this unique party is a chance to pay homage to your idol or favourite decade, while taking in live local talent and décor genius," says Jennifer Nixon, Co-Chair of the Art & Soul 2013 committee. "From the mod squad and notorious rappers to famous politicians and silver screen divas – we're celebrating a century of heroes, sins, and has-beens!"
After the past two sell out successes of 2012 Birchwood BMW Art & Soul: Après Ski and 2011 Birchwood MINI Art & Soul: London Calling, tickets to Art & Soul 2013 are expected to go quickly. Tickets are $50 each (or 10 for $450) and are on sale now at artandsoul.wag.ca. Take advantage of this year's special offer: present your ticket stub at the WAG front desk for a 25% discount off a WAG membership (some restrictions apply). Stay in the loop with news and announcements from Art & Soul on Facebook and Twitter.
The Winnipeg Art Gallery is known internationally as the home of the largest collection of contemporary Inuit art in the world, which it has been collecting since 1957. It is only fitting, therefore, that the WAG celebrates this wonderful collection during its Centennial year. Creation & Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit Art will have a free public opening at 7pm, Friday, January 25. It will continue on view until April 14. For more information visit wag.ca.
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The Audio-Visual/Instructional Television Center supports the campus instructional program by making available a wide range of media and television services. Activities include providing equipment (from slide projectors to computer projection systems), access to the university media collection, cable telecommunication links, electronic classrooms, satellite telecommunications, videoconferencing, equipment installation and maintenance, grant consultation, and media production. AV/ITV's web site displays all aspects of AV's services, including specific details on technology support in each classroom, available equipment, and operational features of AV/ITV-designed media carts. In this rapidly changing field, new services contributing to more effective education will be described on the website as they become available.
The university media collection includes over 20,000 videotapes, DVDs, laserdiscs, CD-ROMs, films, and multimedia kits. The center acquires these materials based on faculty input and provides a web catalog of all holdings at www.sfsu.edu/~avitv/AV.mediacatalog.html (although this is the major university collection, separate film and video archives exist in both the center and the university Library). The Library's Media Access Center, built and maintained by the Library, the computer center, and the AV/ITV Center, provides students and faculty with access to both digital and analog video and computer tools, and with a cable television connection to all types of media held by the center.
Equipment provided by the AV/ITV Center to faculty in support of classroom instruction includes laptop computers, video projectors, multimedia integrated carts, slide projectors, audio and videotape recorders, video presentation carts, and digital cameras. A complete listing is available at our distribution web site (www.sfsu.edu/~avitv/distribution.html).
The center designs, installs, operates, and maintains all radio and television microwave links for the university, including C-band, Ku-band, and DBS satellite connections, an extensive campus cable television network, and a series of teleconference facilities across the campus. Using these services, faculty experiment with new teaching strategies; participate with their classes in satellite-based seminars; and both originate and receive distance education programming from around the state, the nation, and the world. To learn more about these services, visit www.sfsu.edu/~avitv/teleconf.html.
Faculty use AV/ITV Production Services to create media using a wide variety of resources--including digital video and photography, computerized graphics, and virtual environments--to develop self-teaching videotape modules, distance education on-line courses, multimedia packages, and Power Point classroom presentations to meet their classroom instructional needs. Other services include web page and multimedia support, CD-ROM authoring, and multi-format videotape production. In conjunction with Television Services, videostreaming is also developed in this area. Continuing support for faculty using slides, overhead transparencies, and charts is available. The center can also supply technical assistance in the preparation of production budgets for grant proposals.
This unit of the center plans, designs, builds, installs, and maintains instructional electronic equipment throughout the campus. The campus television network, electronic classrooms, and mobile electronic teaching platforms are examples of services provided by this area. Technical Services also has a comprehensive electronic/optic/mechanical facility for equipment fabrication, maintenance, and repair. Consultations and recommendations on technical specifications for media-related grant proposals are available to the campus community.
The center provides training in the use of equipment and media in a variety of ways. Faculty can receive individualized, hands-on training in the operation of audio visual equipment, electronic classrooms, and media production techniques by contacting AV/ITV staff, as listed on the center's web page. As announced through campus publications, the center participates as a PBS Adult Learning Service member in nationally distributed distance learning training seminars held throughout the year. Large numbers of instructional "how-to" videotapes and cd-roms suitable for individual study are also listed in our on-line catalog.
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) offers a wide range of technology services to the campus community: Internet/e-mail accounts, 24-hour computing lab, help desk support, campus-wide software licenses, and on-line services via the web. Students have access to on-line registration, grades, financial statements, class schedule searches, class schedules, address changes, transcripts, and Internet/e-mail account requests. Internet/e-mail accounts can be used for e-mail, dial-in modem access, publishing a personal web page, programming course work, and on-line research. Additional instructional computing tools are available to students in support of curricular activities provided through agreements with other CSU campuses: social science database archives, business databases, geographic information systems, etc. Some of the current campus-wide software licenses DoIT distributes include Microsoft Office and Visual Development Tools, Oracle databases and application development tools, and anti-virus software. Faculty have access to on-line class rosters which list student names, e-mail addresses, web page links, and some prerequisite information. DoIT also provides instructional computing support to faculty requiring on-line course work, videostreaming, database administration, specialized IT training for classes, and administering listservs.
The John F. True 24-hour computing lab allows students to have access to computing resources with connectivity to the Internet and standard software applications. In total, over 1,500 PCs and Macintoshes are available to students, supported by the colleges at SFSU. Many are general purpose computing labs, offering standard software applications; others are specialty labs, with discipline-specific software (www.sfsu.edu/~doit/labs.htm). Over 300 dial-in modems provide remote access for the campus community. All classrooms, computer labs, and on-campus housing have high-speed network access. There are a number of computer workstations on campus designed to meet the needs of students with various kinds of disabilities.
The Division of Information Technology offers free short courses and workshops throughout the year to faculty, staff, and students on basic, intermediate, and advanced skills in computers--from word processing and spreadsheets to graphics, databases, and web pages. In addition to the courses, technical assistance is provided via the web (www.sfsu.edu/~helpdesk), e-mail (firstname.lastname@example.com), phone (415-338-1420), and walk-in (ADM 110).
Administrative functions within the division support the technology infrastructure that is key to running the university. In addition to the areas named above, there are staff which enhance and maintain the intercampus networking, Internet/e-mail servers, web application development, telephone services, campus-wide administrative systems (student information, financial and human resources), data center operations, and equipment services.
The mission of the J. Paul Leonard Library (JPLL) is to empower its university constituency with lifelong learning skills to identify, find, evaluate, use, and communicate information in promotion of excellence in scholarship, knowledge, and understanding. To fulfill its mission within the context of the missions of San Francisco State University (SFSU) and the California State University (CSU) system, the library is committed to the following goals:
The J. Paul Leonard Library collections number over three million items, including books, periodicals, electronic databases, government publications, microforms, audio-visual media, computer software, and maps. Information about these materials is accessible via the library's on-line catalog, InvestiGator, and through consultation with the library's faculty and staff.
Access to InvestiGator Plus and to most of the library's other electronic databases is available to any member of the campus community at any time by remote access. Databases include indexes to journal articles and a growing number of full-text journals and other full-text resources.
Within the J. Paul Leonard Library, computer terminals and workstations offer access to InvestiGator and a variety of other electronic databases. At the Information and Reference service desks, library faculty and staff offer advice on library research and assistance using library materials, including print and electronic resources. Appointments may also be made with subject specialists for research advice on term papers and similar projects. A 24-hour facility for quiet study including a computer laboratory is available on the first floor of the building facing the quad.
Document Delivery Services provide access to material such as books, dissertations, and journal articles not available at the library. Other services offered include direct article ordering from CARL UnCover (SUMO); direct ordering of books through Link+, a single searchable catalog shared by a number of CSU and other California libraries; document delivery of articles and interlibrary loans with an average turn-around time of three days to three weeks.
Students may borrow from the library's main collection and many of its specialized collections by presenting a university identification card. A student who has paid fees, but has not yet received an official student identification card, may obtain a temporary library card by presenting proof of fee payment at Circulation Services (first floor). An official student photo ID card is required for library service fifteen days after the beginning of each semester. Neither the library card nor books borrowed on it may be transferred to another person. Loss or theft of a student ID, as well as any change of address, must be reported immediately to the library registration desk and to the Registrar's Office.
ADA Compliance Services: The library building is accessible to students with disabilities; and a handout outlining services and facilities for these students is available.
The Reserve Book Room provides materials in high demand for assigned readings in courses. An increasing number of readings are available through electronic reserves. Non-print materials on reserve are housed in the Media Access Center (MAC).
The Periodicals/Microforms area houses periodicals and newspapers, and library collections in microformats, along with equipment to read and copy from these formats.
The Media Access Center (MAC) provides access to the library's collection of non-print materials including videotapes, videodiscs, film, compact discs, audiotapes, pictures, and computer software. Audio-visual equipment is available for utilizing course-related materials in video and audio formats. Production equipment is available for analog and digital video editing. The Media Access Center also has the library's general use computer laboratory with networked PC and Macintosh workstations offering access to printing and scanning equipment, Internet, and e-mail. Computers are available on a first come, first served basis.
The Government Publications Department is a selective government depository housing federal, state, international, and local government publications. Many government publications are not yet included in the library's on-line catalog, InvestiGator, but access is provided through listings on the Government Publications web page at www.library.sfsu.edu/servcoll/govtpub1.html and through the GPO database.
The Special Collections/Archives Department houses archival material concerning the history of San Francisco State University, the Archer Collection of Historic Children's Books, and other rare or unusual materials. It also maintains the San Francisco Bay Area Television News Archives with KQED and KPIX historical film footage as its core.
The Frank V. de Bellis Collection of The California State University, is a library-museum of Italian authors and subjects representing the civilization of ancient and modern Italy, particularly in the areas of history, literature, fine arts, and music. Holdings include rare books, music scores, archival sound recordings, manuscripts, periodicals, microfilms, art prints, artifacts, and coins. The collection serves all the campuses of the CSU system.
The Labor Archives and Research Center, located at 480 Winston Drive, collects, organizes, preserves, and makes accessible the records documenting the lives of working men and women and their labor organizations in the Bay Area. The Labor Archives shares a building with the Sutro Library, a branch of the California State Library which enjoys a special cooperative relationship with San Francisco State University. The Sutro Library collection, which is open to all citizens of California, includes some 140,000 volumes and 40,000 historical pamphlets. Among the special collection strengths are natural history, Mexicana, Shakespeareana, records of the Pacific voyages of discovery, the history of printing, genealogy, and local history. San Francisco State University also has an alliance with the San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum (PALM), located in the Veterans Building in downtown San Francisco. PALM's collections focus on the history of the performing arts, with particular emphasis on the San Francisco Bay Area since the Gold Rush.
Another service of the J. Paul Leonard Library is the Rapid Copy Center providing on-demand copying.
The library administers the Basic Information Competence Requirement that must be completed by all undergraduate students before graduation. Most students will fulfill the requirement by completing a self-paced tutorial called OASIS (On-line Advancement of Student Information Skills), available on the web (http://oasis.sfsu.edu). The library also offers credit courses in library research, course-related instructional sessions for upper division and graduate classes, and open workshops devoted to database searching. In addition to instructional sessions, a self-guided audio orientation tour of the library, printed information guides, and research guides by subject are available at the Reference Desk. Many of the guides are also available electronically from the library's web site (www.library.sfsu.edu).
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At D7, NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker talked about the future of video, and said he thought that "television is still paramount," but that the industry needed to find new business models. In particular, he seemed quite enthusiastic about Hulu, which the company co-owns.
Zucker referenced a commercial that said all the content you like on the Internet is on TV first. Broadcast is generally an inferior model to cable, he noted, since it doesn't have the dual revenue stream--but he said broadcast still works, citing the Olympics and American Idol among other examples.
But he said that broadcast needed to change, because the economic model was designed to run programs 2.5 times; but now repeats are now on the Internet at a much lower revenue stream. Therefore, he said, the cost structure has to change with new distribution model.
A lot of the discussion centered on prime time ratings, with Zucker acknowledging NBC's problem with prime time ratings. "We'd like to be
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Swisher then asked about monetization, and Zucker said it was ahead of plan, and expected it to be cash flow positive very soon. "We have to continue to figure out the monetitization," he said, but the user experience came first. He said the site would be adding new things such as Hulu Labs.
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He talked about his earlier comment that companies were trading "analog dollars" for "digital pennies" and now "digital dimes," saying it was important to be clear about the business model.
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Police were investigating the shooting death of a 56-year-old local hunter whose body was found by other hunters in the woods off West Street this morning.
The shooting did not appear to be suspicious, according to District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death, according to a statement from Mr. Early's office. The identity of the dead hunter was not released tonight pending notification of his next of kin.
The hunter's body was found about 10:30 a.m. by other hunters who called 911. Police arrived and gathered yesterday on a dirt road off West Street that leads to a sand pit, across from a cemetery.
The death is being investigated by state police detectives assigned to the District Attorney's Office as well as State Police Crime Scene Services and Firearms Identification Section, state Environmental Police and Douglas police.
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For hunters, today marks the first day of shotgun deer season in Massachusetts.
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Navy will host Air Force on the football field Saturday, receiving the go-ahead because the game is not funded by the government. A sellout crowd is expected. Army will play its game, too, taking on Boston College.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Football is on at Navy this weekend, although all other varsity and club sports are suspended because of the government shutdown.
The Defense Department said Thursday everything was on hold through Sunday except for Saturday's football game against Air Force.
Navy and Air Force received the go-ahead to play because the game is not funded by the government. A sellout crowd is expected.
Army will play its game, too. Boston College said on its website that Saturday's game against the service academy will proceed.
"I'm thrilled our students and those from the service academies will get to play their games this weekend," athletic director Brad Bates said. "Thank you, fans, for your patience and understanding the past couple of days."
Service academy football games are paid for with nonappropriated funds and have been long planned. Such funds generally come from outside sources and are not approved through Congress.
Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk said his department had provided information to Pentagon officials to assure them that no government money will be spent on any aspect of the game. Gladchuk said a Navy home game brings in about $4 million from tickets, sponsorship, television and radio rights fees and other revenues such as parking and concessions. The game essentially pays for itself, he said.
Football revenue funds Navy's 32 other sports teams.
As for the consequences of a home football game being canceled, Gladchuk said Wednesday: "It would be devastating to our budget."


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The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace is working to develop an interoperable framework for a digital identity ecosystem to make online transactions more secure and enable more government and economic activity on the Internet.
The White House starts to build a digital identity ecosystem that will make online transactions more secure and ensure personal privacy. Read more.
The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace is considering commercial cloud services for authenticating third-party credentials of users accessing government websites. Read more.
NSTIC has awarded $9 million in grants to five pilot programs run by government agencies, industry and academia on different aspects of the ecosystem, including.
Here's a breakdown of each pilot project funded by the grant:
Third-party ID verification
Motor vehicle departments were not originally intended to be in the identity business and drivers' licenses were not intended for use as identification. But drivers' licenses have evolved into de facto government IDs, and DMVs have become the first line of government identity proofing. The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators' Cross-Sector Digital Identity Initiative will try to leverage that expertise with a framework to enable the secure exchange and verification of identity data.
"The whole concept of electronic IDs is a paradigm shift" for DMVs, said AAMVA's director of ID standards, Geoff Slagle. It potentially enables DMVs to become third-party sources for verifying identity for online transactions. The organization's program could use multiple sources of data to verify online identity.
Under the federal government's four levels of assurance for ID credentials, drivers' licenses now are rated at a strong 2 (with 4 being the highest), Slagle said. To raise that level of assurance so that licenses could be used for more sensitive transactions, license data could be associated with other sources. Doing so would require multiple verifications, each to be bound with the license information.
DMVs could play multiple roles in the scheme, both authenticating identities online for third parties and verifying personal information presented for licensing.
The CSDII framework would require establishment of standards and policies for the parties involved, and AAMVA will build on existing technologies and standards.
"We don't want to be re-inventing the wheel," Slagle said. "It's not our aim to be a standards development organization."
The program, now in its early stages, will include two proof-of-concept deployments before launching a larger pilot program, which is expected to wrap up within two years.
Participating in the AAMVA pilot are Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles; Biometric Signature ID, a provider of two-factor authentication; CA Technologies; Microsoft; and AT&T.
Commercial, open-source ID verification network
A team led by Criterion Systems, ID Dataweb and Google will launch four pilots with participants that include the Homeland Security Department, with an eye toward rolling out a commercial, open-source ID verification network in the coming year.
"Our pilot is predominately testing a business model," said David Coxe, cofounder of Criterion and CEO of ID Dataweb. The technology already is in place; the pilot will tie it together for commercialization.
The ID Dataweb Attribute Exchange Network leverages existing online relationships between end users and organizations, providing a gateway that will allow multiple relying parties to verify a user's identity by referring to the authoritative sources. Attributes used to verify an identity could range from a name, birthdate or phone number, to Social Security Number, biometric identifiers and digital credentials from government CAC and PIV cards.
The program began when Google hired Criterion and ID Dataweb to design open source software to support cloud-based Web services based on emerging standards including OAuth, OpenID and SAML, and to build out a network of endpoints to using the software. The result was the Attribute Exchange Network.
Relying parties will sign up to use the network, and providers of verification will register to provide services. Relying parties decide what identity attributes must be verified for authentication. Verification is returned without exposing the data it is based on.
Google's target was to build out a system that would support 100 million users. The NSTIC grant will fund four 50,000-user pilot programs in the retail, financial services and government sectors that will use the Attribute Exchange Network to verify open ID credentials.
The pilots will be:
The first 50,000 users opting to use open ID credentials for these accounts will go into the pilot program. Authentication could include multiple factors, such as a phone number verified through billing records, so that a one-time PIN for access could be sent to that phone.
Participants in the Criterion pilots include ID Dataweb, AOL Corp., LexisNexis, Risk Solutions, Experian, Ping Identity Corp., CA Technologies, PacificEast, Wave Systems Corp., Internet2 Consortium/In-Common Federation, and Fixmo Inc.
Multi-factor mobile authentication
Daon Solutions will lead five pilot programs with partners to expand the use of the IdentityX authentication platform, which uses mobile devices to provide risk-based authentication.
"Phones are not considered high security hardware tokens," said Catherine Tilton, Daon's NSTIC program manager. But using mobile devices such as phones and tablets to deliver multi-factor authentication could raise the level of assurance and enable transactions requiring higher levels of trust.
At the lowest levels of trust, a software certificate loaded on a mobile device could be used with a password or PIN to authenticate the user. When higher levels are required, additional challenges could be added such as voice or facial biometrics, geo-location data gathered from the device, and the use of the device to deliver a one-time password. "It is the relying party that maps the transaction to the authentication factors," Tilton explained.
Because the phone is an untrusted platform, it is used only for collection and delivery of data, and authentication takes place on the IdentityX server, hosted by the relying party. When the user initiates a transaction the application sends the authentication request to the server, which sends the appropriate challenge to the mobile device over a secure channel using the Transport Layer Security protocol. The device sends the requested information to the server, and if it is verified the user is authenticated for the application.
The technology is being used now in small, single-user pilots, Tilton said. The NSTIC grant will allow its expansion to larger programs, the first of which is expected to begin in May.
Participating in the pilots as relying parties are the American Association of Retired Persons, PayPal, Purdue University, the American Association of Airport Executives, and a major bank. Purdue will play a dual role – as a relying party in a pilot and providing research for the project on usability, accessibility, privacy, performance, and user acceptance, in laboratory and real-world environments.
Data encryption with broker verification
Resilient Network Systems will work with 17 partners to conduct two pilot programs enabling remote access to health care information and educational resources. Authentication for access will be over a Trust Network that uses cryptography to hide personally identifiable information and neutral brokers to access and verify it.
"We assume there is a lack of trust," said Pat Reilly, Resilient's executive vice president for business development. "We are working with ID providers," he added, such as the American Medical Association and local school systems, to verify attributes of users.
The relying party will set and enforce policies for access requirements, and a trust broker using those policies will verify attributes with multiple identity providers. Encryption and other schemes will hide the personally identifiable information used by the trust broker as well as the context of the access being requested, providing privacy for the end users.
The two pilots will be:
The Trust Network already is in use by customers using it with trusted partners, Reilly said. "This is a significant leap for us. This truly brings it into the wild."
The pilots are expected to be in operation by next summer and be wrapped up in October.Participating in the healthcare pilot are the AMA, Aetna, the American College of Cardiology, ActiveHealth Management, Medicity, LexisNexis, NaviNet, the San Diego Beacon eHealth Community, Gorge Health Connect, the Kantara Initiative and the National eHealth Collaborative.
Participating in the educational pilot are the National Laboratory for Education Transformation, LexisNexis, Neustar, Knowledge Factor, Authentify Inc., Riverside Unified School District, Santa Cruz County Office of Education, and the Kantara Initiative.
Attributes for authentication
This consortium of education and research institutions known as Internet2 will work with five member universities to help develop and deploy a set of tools to enable attribute-centric authentication.
"Our work is a little different" from other NSTIC pilot programs, said Ken Klingenstein, Internet2's senior director of middleware and security. It is not establishing the viability of a business model or scheme, but of an infrastructure for preserving privacy during authentication.
Attributes are characteristics associated with people that can be verified to allow access to online resources. These can include things such as age or age range (Over 18? Under 13?), location or residence, eligibility for services, or medical conditions. Often only one or a few of these attributes need to be authenticated, and do not need to be coupled with identifying information to allow access. The goal of attribute-centric authentication is "releasing the minimum amount of information, and giving the user control over what is released," Klingenstein said.
The components for the pilot are:
Participating in the Internet2 pilot are Carnegie Mellon University, Brown University, the University of Texas, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Utah.
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Therefore, pursuant to Louisiana Law Revised Statute 14:95.2(A) carrying a firearm or dangerous weapon by a student or non-student on school property, at a school sponsored function or affiliated function, or in a firearm-free zone is unlawful and shall be defined as possession of any firearm or dangerous weapon, on one's person, at any time while on a school campus, on school transportation, or at any school sponsored function in a specific designated area including but not limited to athletic competitions, dances, parties, or any extracurricular activities, or within one thousand feet of any school campus.
A firearm is defined as any pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun, or assault rifle, which is designed to fire or is capable of firing fixed cartridge ammunition or from which a shot or projectile is discharged by an explosive.
A dangerous weapon is defined as any gas, liquid or other substance or instrumentality, which, in the manner used, is calculated or likely to produce death or great bodily harm.
Weapons may not be dropped off or stored at the McNeese State University Police Department.
Violators of the "Weapons on Campus Policy" shall be subject to criminal charges. Additionally, students found in violation shall be subject to judicial discipline. Possession of a firearm, when in violation of state laws, University of Louisiana System policy, or MSU policy, shall be grounds for dismissal from the university.
A federal, state, or local law enforcement officer in the performance of his official duties, are except from the prohibitions of Louisiana Revised Code 14.95.
Report any violations of weapons on campus to the McNeese State University Police Department located at 4314 Ryan Street in Lake Charles or by calling 337-475-5711 24 hours-a-day.


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US Demands Transparency Everywhere -- But Only From Everyone Else
from the do-as-I-say,-not-as-I-do dept
Techdirt has written about the Special 301 report many times, but that's not the only US government publication putting other countries on the naughty step. Another is the less well-known National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (pdf):
The 2013 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE) is the 28th in an annual series that surveys significant foreign barriers to U.S. exports. This document is a companion piece to the President's Trade Policy Agenda published in March. The issuance of the NTE Report continues the elaboration of an enforcement strategy, utilizing this report, among other tools, in that strategy.
The report offers detailed discussions of the habits of 57 countries, but they all share a rather significant theme: transparency -- or, rather, the lack of it. It really seems the US just can't get enough of it. Here, for example, is a sample of the report's comments from the section on the European Union:
The U.S. pharmaceutical industry has expressed concerns regarding some EU and Member State policies affecting market access for pharmaceutical products, including nontransparent procedures and a lack of meaningful stakeholder input into policies related to pricing and reimbursement, including therapeutic reference pricing and other price controls.
Lack of transparency is also an issue for uranium, it seems:
The United States is concerned that nontransparent EU policies may restrict the import into the EU of enriched uranium, the material from which nuclear power reactor fuel is fabricated.
Public procurement is another area where transparency is cited as a big problem: countries singled out for a mention here include Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania and Slovenia.
Reading through the rest of the 400-page report, it's truly extraordinary to see transparency mentioned dozens of times as one of the US's key concerns with other countries around the world. Of course, that's deeply ironic, since the US was not only the lone holdout against ACTA transparency, and responsible for reducing what little transparency was present in the TPP negotiations, but it even refused to be transparent about its own positions on transparency. Hypocritical much?
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Anthony Weiner tells NBC 4 New York he is "100 percent not" having any type of online relationships with anyone now, and says for the first time he has not kept any records of his past lewd affairs.
"I don't have any of the records," Weiner said in an interview Friday. "I deleted everything."
A woman came forward last month with explicit photos of Weiner and messages from him, revealing that the married mayoral candidate's affairs had continued long after he resigned from Congress in 2011. Since then, the embattled Democrat has sought to turn the conversation back to the day-to-day issues of campaigning.
He has been trailed at every appearance by reporters and photographers, and gave a series of interviews Friday in what appeared to be an attempt to close the door on the conversation.
During his 15 minutes with NBC 4 New York, he grew weary of the topic, insisting at one point that the details of his illicit affairs, which he says ended about a year ago, didn't matter.
"The behavior that people know about, I did, over an extended period of time, with more than one person," Weiner said. "I just think at a certain point, OK, I think people know these embarrassing things about me. I think at a certain point now we have to have a conversation that goes to, alright, what else should people know?"
Weiner also dismissed the idea that Hillary Rodham Clinton, his wife's longtime boss, might be displeased with him.
He said he had not spoken with either of the Clintons recently.
"I have no reason to believe she's annoyed," he said.
As he has before, Weiner acknowledged that not all the details about his past affairs are known. When asked whether more women will come forward between now and the Sept. 10 primary, he said:
"I don't know, I hope not. I certainly don't like talking about this stuff," he said.
He went on to say he did not even like engaging in the relationships when he was in the midst of it.
"I didn't like when I was doing it, it was wrong to do, it was wrong to my wife, wrong period," he said.


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Flavia Pennetta shocked Li Na in the semi-finals at Indian Wells on Friday, beating the Australian Open champion 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 to set up a title clash with Agnieszka Radwanska, while Serbia's Novak Djokovic and American John Isner cruised into the last four with straight-sets wins in the quarter-finals.
Li, the Chinese world No. 2 who was the top seed in the elite WTA premier event, had pounded winners past Pennetta in a crushing 6-2, 6-2 victory in the Australian Open quarter-finals in January.
However, her bid to reach the final in the California desert for the first time was hampered by a welter of forehand errors and nine double faults.
"I don't think I was playing badly," Li said. "I think it was a pretty high-level match. At some points, I was feeling that I still have a chance, [but] more important point I got double fault."
Eight of her nine double faults came in the opening set, including one to hand Pennetta the set on her second set point in the tiebreaker.
Li put the double faults down to a change in the mechanics of her serve and said it was something she would just have to fight through.
"Of course, if you want to change something, you cannot change for just one or two days," she said. "You need time to organize everything," she added.
"I was feeling better and better, and should be OK in next tournament or tournament after," she said.
Pennetta, ranked 21st in the world and seeded 20th here, had never made it past the fourth round in 11 prior appearances.
Now she will vie for the title today against Poland's Radwanska, the world No. 3 and second seed who beat sixth-seeded Romanian Simona Halep 6-3, 6-4.
Djokovic hardly raised a sweat in the Californian desert as he eased to a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Frenchman Julien Benneteau, before the towering Isner rode his booming serve to a 7-6(7/4), 7-6(7/3) win over Latvia's Ernests Gulbis.
Djokovic was not at his absolute best, but was never in any real danger against the 32-year-old Benneteau, who beat him at Indian Wells eight years ago when Djokovic was still a teenager.
Djokovic, 26, raced through the opening set in less than half an hour with two service breaks and four aces, despite the windy conditions and an approaching sandstorm.
The first six games of the second set all went with serve before Djokovic reeled off the last three in a row to seal a comfortable victory in less than 70 minutes.
He broke Benneteau for a 4-3 lead when the Frenchman double faulted, then again to wrap up the win when his opponent hit a forehand long and wide.
"I felt like I was very focused on the court from the start, and it's what I was looking for. It's never too easy," said Djokovic, who won the Indian Wells title in 2008 and 2011.
Isner had a tougher time against Gulbis, saving a set point before winning the opener in a tiebreaker after the first 12 games went with serve.
Isner fell behind in the second set when Gulbis found a way to break his serve, for just the second time in the tournament, but the Latvian was unable to capitalize as the American broke back and won the second tiebreaker.
Djokovic was beaten by Isner in the semi-finals at Indian Wells two years ago, losing first and third-set tiebreakers.
Djokovic will go into the semis as a heavy favorite, but Isner will not be without his supporters.
"Two years ago, I took the court believing I could win that match, so it's much of the same here in 2014," said Isner.


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Latin America gets short shrift in US election
There's a running joke in Latin America that the region should be allowed to vote for the U.S. president because the outcome matters so much here.
But with less than two weeks to go before the election, the region is feeling left out of the race. With Pres. Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney focused on the U.S. economy and troubles in the Middle East, Latin America is getting short shrift on the campaign trail.
The final presidential debate this week on foreign policy, only underscored the point as Latin America was barely mentioned and both candidates seemed to try to answer every foreign policy question with a reference to the U.S. economy, said Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue.
"The foreign policy debate turned into a discussion about nation building in the United States — not nation building in Colombia or even Afghanistan," he said.
Just a few years ago, former President George W. Bush called Mexico the United States' most important bilateral partner. The country was barely mentioned in the three presidential debates.
Latin America was a "second-tier, or third-tier, or perhaps no-tier issue," Shifter said during a forum organized by the University of Miami's Center for Hemispheric Policy in Bogotá this week.
But in the globalized society, even far-flung political issues are at play in Latin America. When the candidates were asked about the pressing foreign issues of the day, they cited global terrorism, China and Iran. All three of those forces are at work in the region
Colombia is currently in peace talks with the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia, or FARC guerrillas, which are considered a terrorist organization by the United States. And those talks are being held in Cuba — the hemisphere's only nation considered a state-sponsor of terrorism by the U.S. government.
China has been making huge inroads into Latin America, becoming a key trading partner for many nations.
And Iran has close ties to Venezuela. Presidents Mahmud Ahmadinejad and Hugo Chávez have met almost a dozen times and the nations have announced more than 200 joint projects. Brazil — the hemisphere's second-largest economy — is Iran's largest trading partner in the region.
Venezuela and Cuba
Venezuela is where the two candidates' rhetoric is perhaps most divergent. A few weeks ago, Obama said the Andean nation, which is also the United States' fourth-largest supplier of oil, did not represent a danger to the United States.
Romney fired back, saying Chávez's coziness with Cuba and Iran make him dangerous. The Republican platform spells out the position even more explicitly, calling Venezuela a "narco-terrorist" state and an "Iranian outpost in the Western Hemisphere" that is an "increasing threat" to the United States.
"We will stand with the true democracies of the region against both Marxist subversion and the drug lords, helping them to become prosperous alternatives to the collapsing model of Venezuela and Cuba," the platform reads.
The GOP platform has also won praise from Miami's Cuban exile community for its call to maintain sanctions until the Castro brothers are out of power and there are free and fair elections.
Obama has found fans among reformers for his willingness to engage with Cuba's leadership and ease travel and remittance restrictions.
While the Democratic platform calls for "greater freedom" in Cuba and Venezuela, it provides few details.
U.S. fears about Venezuela and Cuba aren't necessarily shared in the region. The United States staunchest ally in Latin America, Colombia, has publically praised both nations for shepherding peace talks with the FARC. And Cuba has been welcomed into multilateral bodies, such as the Alba and CELAC, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.
Both parties' platforms highlight the need to fight drug cartels abroad, but don't mention U.S. consumption. And they don't address growing accusations in Latin America that Washington's drug war has failed and is driving record violence in the region.
"The United States should be providing an energetic and proactive answer to those complaints," said Bruce Bagley, a professor of international relations at the University of Miami.
But tackling the issue would mean taking on the powerful gun lobby and broaching the subject of treatment programs, or even legalization — both political kryptonite during an election year, wrote Ted Piccone, a senior fellow and deputy director at Brookings.
Latin America is torn by "violent crime, drug trafficking, and guns," he wrote in Foreign Policy. "The United States is a responsible party on all these issues. We buy the cocaine, methamphetamines, and marijuana that flow across our borders, and we sell the weapons that fuel the traffickers' gruesome attacks."
The one issue both sides agree on is the need for more trade with Latin America to pull the United States out of its economic doldrums. The Obama administration can take credit for passing free trade agreements with Colombia and Panama last year, and has been pushing U.S. exports to the region.
But Romney says Obama should have done even more.
"The opportunities for us in Latin America we have just not taken advantage of fully," Romney said during Monday's debate. "As a matter of fact, Latin America's economy is almost as big as the economy of China. We're all focused on China. Latin America is a huge opportunity for us."
Colombian Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas praised Romney for repeatedly pointing out the potential of North-South trade. But he also thanked the Obama administration for its support in Colombia's bid to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD.
The hemisphere's powerhouse Brazil — the world's eighth-largest economy, just ahead of the United Kingdom — was never mentioned in Monday's debate and isn't mentioned at all in the GOP platform. The DNC platform praises the country's vibrant democracy and concedes its growing importance, but offers few details about engagement.
In many ways, the fact that Washington isn't focused on Latin America is a sign that the region has progressed, said Bagley. It's no longer considered the war-torn narco-haven of the 1980s that threatened the hemisphere.
"From the point of view in Washington, the world is a dangerous place," he said, "but Latin America isn't."
But the spotlight is likely to return once the race is over, said Susan Purcell, the director for UM's Center of Hemispheric Policy.
"Everybody says they're going to focus on domestic issues but they can't withdraw from the world," she said. "Either Obama or Romney are going to be spending a lot of time on foreign policy."


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Daniel Severs was born about 1823, although some researchers indicate he was born about 1828. The 1850 census for Missouri shows that Daniel was 21 while the 1860 census, also in Missouri, shows that he was 37. Then in the 1870 for Arkansas he is 41. So, which is correct? Daniel does not appear in the 1880 census.
Daniel's parents were William Severs and Matilda, whose last name is unknown.
Family lore states that Daniel was bushwhacked in 1876 and was buried in Newton County, Missouri. On a trip to that area, I met a cousin who showed me broken pieces of headstones, one which was Daniel's. Through "witching" she was able to determine that this marker was for the Daniel Severs, son of William and Matilda. She also determined that he died in 1876. I have no further confirmation of this.
Daniel married Elisa Thurman sometime around 1853-54, probably in Missouri. I believe they had seven children. At least these are the names of children living with them when the census was taken, even if there were no indications of relationships.
John Severs (1855 MO – aft 1910) married Sarah Jane Crabtree
Sidney Parala Severs (1855-abt 1877) She is interesting because a girl was enumerated in one census as Sidney and another as Parala. I believe she married Jacob Kiser/Kaiser/Kizer, etc. in 1874 in Arkansas.
Frances Severs [female] (1859 MO-1908 MO) married Tilman Akers in 1875 in Missouri. Sometimes his name is spelled with two "l"s.
Daniel Severs (1863 MO-aft 1870 MO) I was unable to find another Daniel with the correct age in the 1880 census. No death or marriage information has been found for him.
Jacob Henry Severs (1867 MO-1950 KS) who married Mary Olive Teague who died in childbirth in 1906. He then married Dollie Gertrude Collins, or Stenfield, in 1924.
Eliza Jane Severs (1869 AR – 1938 CA) who married James Snow about 1883 in Missouri. Even though Eliza died in California, it appears that she was buried in Missouri.
Nathan Payne Severs (1875 KS – 1964 OK) married Luella O'Bannion in 1902 in McDonald County, Arkansas. Luella died in 1913 and Nathan married Stella, whose last name is unknown but she had been married to a Joseph Fitts, or Felts, or…. before she married Nathan in 1915, also in Arkansas.
I have copies of some documents related to these children, but most of the information was gained from online searches, mostly finding images.
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Afternoon: Ondessonk Guides will be available to greet participants and help you move into your rooms. Please feel free to go for a stroll around the main area of Camp, wander over to the pastures to view the horses, or enjoy the patio of St. Noel to get to know your guides and fellow adventure companions for the week. In the Welcome Circle, take an opportunity to introduce yourself, where you're from and how you found yourself to be here at Camp Ondessonk with us. Your Ondessonk guides will lead you on a small guided tour of the main area of Camp. Take a sneak peak of Camp Ondessonk's Road Scholar programs on YouTube. www.youtube.com/user/CampOndessonk#p/u/15/HxnSmmv-6aU. Just copy and paste the link in your browser.
Dinner: Dinner served family-style in the St. Noel Center Dining Area.
Evening: We will sit down to frame the week, share with the group in more detail the lay-out of the week's activities, get to know each other, and set our goals/expectations for your experience.
Breakfast: Breakfast will be served family-style in the St. Noel Retreat Center's Dining Area. A warm start to a great day!
Morning: Our first day on trail will be spent hiking on Camp Ondessonk's trail systems, giving you a taste of the geological formations that make Southern Illinois such a hidden gem. The morning will see us experiencing the East side of our property, visiting the highest free-falling waterfall in the state of Illinois and exploring some of the intriguing sandstone formations unique to this area.
Lunch: We will be hiking to a picnic-style lunch served in the out-of-doors under a pavilion overlooking one of our many small lakes. A great way to recharge our energy before hitting the trail once more.
Afternoon: Once back on trail, we will head towards an ox-bow lake surrounding a sandstone monolith, once the site of a Native American stone fort from the Woodland Indian period. We will also visit Phantom's Canyon; one of Ondessonk's crown jewels and largely unknown even to Southern Illinois residents. Upon returning to the St. Noel Center, there will be some down time to clean up and an opportunity to visit with fellow participants before dinner is served.
Dinner: Dinner served family-style in the St. Noel Center Dining Area.
Evening: Enjoy a presentation from an expert naturalist who will reveal why Southern Illinois is unique on several different levels. From inland seas to that vast glaciation of ice ages past, several prehistoric occurrences impacted and shaped the geology of this area. Learn how this geology, and the convergence of several different natural divisions, allows for the astonishing plant and animal combinations found in this area. Cacti growing within a hundred feet of a moist oak-hickory forest? Southern cypress swamps in Illinois? Join us after dinner to find out more!
Activity note: Participants will spend the day learning all about horses and then put their knowledge into practice on the trail
Breakfast: A warm breakfast served family-style in the St. Noel Center Dining Area.
Morning: Begin the day by assisting to feed our herd of over 70 horses! Our Equestrian Director will cover an overview of horse behavior, breeds, care, and other unmounted instruction. After the horse class sessions we will get in the saddle for some riding practice in the arena!
Lunch: Lunch served family-style in the St. Noel Center Dining Area.
Afternoon: After lunch we will get back in the saddle for an afternoon trail ride through our surrounding rolling pastures, oak-hickory forests, and rock-bottom creeks.
Dinner: Enjoy another delicious meal prepared fresh by our talented food-service director and served family style in the St. Noel Center Dining Area.
Evening: Sit around the campfire, roast marshmallows, or join us in exploring the enchanted nocturnal world with a night hike or astronomy lesson. Listen for the distant calls of coyotes echoing up the canyon systems you had been hiking through during the daylight hours. Listen to the Great-Horned Owls calling to their mates, or the Barred Owls squabbling over territory. See the stars like never before. Or just relax in the common area of St. Noel and enjoy a good card game with new friends as you recharge for tomorrow's adventure.
Breakfast: A warm, hearty breakfast served family-style in the St. Noel Dining Area.
Morning: Spend the morning learning basic skills and gaining the knowledge to paddle on our boating lake, Lake Echon, by canoe or kayak. Travel to the Barkhausen Wetlands Center to learn about the incredible bio-diversity and natural and cultural history of the area.
Lunch: We will enjoy a picnic lunch either at the Wetlands Center or at a picnic area near where we will be paddling in the afternoon.
Afternoon: The Gulf Coastal Plain natural division makes its northern-most reach into the southern tip of Illinois offering a rare opportunity to see swamps more characteristic of Mississippi and Louisiana. The Lower Cache River Canoe Trail offers paddlers a quality paddling experience, 3 to 6 miles in length, through a magnificent swamp filled with cypress, tupelo, and buttonbush. The highlight of the trail is Illinois' largest, and therefore state champion, bald cypress tree. Like many trees within the Cache River State Natural Area, it is more than 1,000 years old. Learn more about the area from a knowledgeable guide as you canoe or kayak through one of the Midwest's most unique landscapes.
Dinner: Enjoy a delicious Camp Ondessonk tradition! Our foil dinners will be prepared on a bed of hot coals. Burgers or chicken, fresh fixin's, and the works, all enjoyed in the fresh, crisp evening air.
Evening: Sit around the campfire, roast marshmallows, or join us in exploring the enchanted nocturnal world with a night hike or astronomy lesson. Listen for the distant calls of coyotes echoing up the canyon systems you had been hiking through during the daylight hours. Listen to the Great-Horned Owls calling to their mates, or the Barred Owls squabbling over territory. See the stars like never before. Or just relax in the common area of St. Noel and enjoy a good card game with new friends as you recharge for tomorrow's adventure.
Activity note: Biking about 17 miles (all down-grade, with breaks) on mountain bikes
Breakfast: A warm breakfast served family-style in the St. Noel Center Dining Area.
Morning: Today we'll embark on a day of bike riding. The bicycles are mountain/trail bikes. There will be some slight leaning over and our guides do a very good job of sizing everyone to the perfect bike. More upright, road style bikes can be acquired upon request. All rental fees are included in the price of this program. This morning we'll venture out on the Tunnel Hill State Trail, an abandoned railroad converted into a 50-mile walking and biking trail through Southern Illinois. We will enter the Tunnel Hill State Trail in the old village of Tunnel Hill where the trail gets its name. The tunnel goes straight through the hill and we will enjoy a roughly 9 mile (all down-grade) ride past lovely scenery and over an old train trestle to the lunch spot.
Lunch: We will enjoy a picnic lunch at a lovely city park in Vienna, IL (pronounced VAH'-ehn-ah) that is right on the trail.
Afternoon: After lunch we hit the bike trail for another 8 miles. We'll end at the Heron Pond State Nature Preserve where you can hop off your bike and continue on a short walk over an iron bridge spanning the Cache River to a floating boardwalk that winds through cypress and tupelo trees. See the state champion cherry bark oak tree, hike beneath ancient bald cypress trees. You may also choose to ride to the nearby winery for a taste of local wine. You and the bikes will be shuttled back to Camp from this point.
Dinner: A warm and hearty meal will be served family-style in the St. Noel Center's Dining Area.
Evening: An opportunity to reflect on time spent in the natural world, to share memories freshly made, and to recognize new trail companions who made the experience meaningful.
Breakfast: Breakfast served family-style in the St. Noel Dining Area.
Morning: After breakfast we'll wrap up with an opportunity to say your farewells to fellow participants and exchange email addresses to stay in touch if you so desire. If you're not staying an extra night, we will need to flip your rooms for our weekend guests, but if you're not in a hurry to get home, feel free to enjoy Camp for the rest of the day by going out on a hike on your own or ask us about other great things to do in Southern Illinois! "We have not ceased from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." -T.S. Eliot. Thank you for joining Camp Ondessonk on this journey through Illinois' hidden gem.
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The cast of the LCHS group interpretation performance of
"Sleepwalk With Me," by Mike Birbiglia, poses for a group
picture with the coaches. Front: Claire Conrady, Bekah
Harpin, Lena Stapleton, Abby Funk, Shelbi Fisher and Joella
Vermeire; back: head coach Jennifer Keith, Justin Broom,
Konnor Browne, Brad Miller, Matthew Langdon, Zac McCray, and
assistant coaches Wyatt Phillis and Betsy Buttell.
LCHS group interp speech team ends season on a high
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STANFORD — Senior Matthew
Langdon was awarded the honor of selection to the all-sectional cast
by all five judges for his performance in the Lincoln Community High
School group interpretation entry of "Sleepwalk with Me," by Mike
Birbiglia. Langdon led the group interp team to a fourth-place
finish. The team missed advancing to state competition by one point
but had their best performance to date.
Sophomore Braden Tanner and senior Matthew Langdon were
selected to the all-sectional casts for their performances
in the contest play "The Shape of Things" and the group
interpretation "Sleepwalk With Me," respectively, at the
Olympia Sectional on Saturday.
Sophomore Braden Tanner was
selected to the all-sectional cast for his performance as Adam in
Neil LaBute's "The Shape of Things." Other cast members were senior
Madison Bishop and sophomores Lena Stapleton and Zac McCray. The
40-minute cutting was directed by Buttell and Phillis and placed
fifth at Olympia.
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This competition marks the end of the competitive speech season,
which begins in October and continues through the last weekend in
March annually for the IHSA.
"Our kids were outstanding, They did exactly what they were asked
to do by their coaches, and sometimes the judges are looking for
something else," said Keith, head coach of the LCHS team.
"We are incredibly proud of their efforts and are so glad we have
so much talent in so many areas at LCHS," continued Keith. "It's a
great time to be a Railer."
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