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There is no regulatory or legal framework for unpaid dating. Nothing happens during paid dates that doesn't happen in unpaid dates. From a legal perspective they should be seen as identical. No regulatory or legal framework is necessary for paid dating.Brown writes from years of experience having sex with prostitutes (after forswearing sexual relationships of the unpaid kind). He gives a clear, easy-to-read, matter-of-fact, nonpornographic account of it in "Paying For It," which I read yesterday.
What I hope we're moving toward is a time when giving and receiving money is part of the normal give-and-take of sexual activity. It won't be what everyone does, but it will become so common that no one will think it odd, disgusting, or unusual if one adult (male or female) pays another adult (male or female) for sex. It will be seen as normal.
I'd be especially interested in talking about this subject with people who have actually read the book (and I'd appreciate it if you would use the link above to buy it). There is rich material for thinking about the legal aspects of the subject. The discussion of the difference between "decriminalization" and "legalization" at pages 191-197 is especially interesting.


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Submission + - OCZ to cache your HDD with SSD (theregister.co.uk)
sl4shd0rk writes: OCZ is coming out with Synapse Cache; an SSD cache for your hard drive. The SSD runs software which copies data into the cache, from your hard drive, as you work with it. The data sits on the SSD until it gets less activity and gets flushed to the hard disk. Aside from boosting your IOPS to 10k/75k (read/write) The SSD also comes with capabilities for AES encryption, SMART and TRIM.

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text: THE MIDDLEBURY SQUIRT A/B team won the state championship with a 2-0 win over Burlington on Feb. 23 in Waterbury. Middlebury allowed just one goal against in the four final tournament games. The team, coached by Mike Morgan, Scott Barnes and Heather Hodsden, includes Abel Anderson, Nicholas Austin-Neil, Carson Barnes, Kate Donahue, Hale Hescock, Daniel Hodsden, Ryan Nadeau, Joey Niemo, Logan Pierson-Flagg, Noah Quesnel, Trystan Quesnel, Tucker Stearns, Luke Stevens and Solomon Wells.


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This weekend's action splits between Premier League and FA Cup, with Wigan's trip to Everton the first match of the weekend in the quarter-finals.
The Toffees will start as favourites after seeing off Oldham Athletic in a replay in the last round, whilst the Latics were impressive in their emphatic victory over Huddersfield Town.
Manchester City host Barnsley in the day's late cup kick-off, and Roberto Mancini's side know the competition offers their only chance of significant silverware this season.
The match offers the Tykes some relief from a Championship relegation battle, but anything other than defeat would be a major shock at the Etihad Stadium.
Sandwiched in between the two ties, four league matches are set to have major implications on the bottom of the table.
Reading host Aston Villa in a game neither side can afford to lose, whilst QPR can move closer to their rivals with a win at home to Sunderland – who aren't out of trouble themselves.
Southampton, whose defensive problems could prove to be an Achilles heel this season, travel to Norwich in hope more than expectation, whilst West Brom host Swansea in a battle of two mid-table sides.
On Sunday, two Europa League sides are in league action, with Newcastle hosting Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur traveling to Liverpool.
However, the Super Sunday clash is overshadowed by the day's late FA Cup kick-off, with Chelsea travelling to Manchester United in the pick of the weekend's matches.
Rafa Benitez and Sir Alex Ferguson will continue their feud at Old Trafford, and both come into the match on the back of disappointing European nights.
Before that, Millwall and Blackburn meet in an all-Championship clash at the New Den in a fixture that guarantees a lower league team in the last four.
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New Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers could snatch midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson away from his former club Swansea.
Sigurdsson is yet to sign a contract with the Swans despite agreement on a club-record £6.8million deal to sign him permanently from Hoffenheim following a successful loan spell. Rodgers had pushed the Welsh club to sign Sigurdsson, who he also worked with at Reading, but the Northern Irishman's move to Anfield could prompt a rethink by the player.
"Gylfi came to Swansea because I was there as manager and his scoring record was fantastic," Rodgers told various Sunday newspapers.
He has vowed to let Sigurdsson talk to the new Swansea boss first - after agreeing with chairman Huw Jenkins not to poach any of his former players for 12 months - but said he would make a move for the Iceland international should any talks break down.
Rodgers added: "I pushed the club to make an agreement [to sign Sigurdsson permanently] and they did that in terms of the fee - and agreed the salary.
"So I have said to Huw: 'I'm not going to do anything untoward.
"This is a guy you want, but it is down to Gylfi'.
"If he comes on the market I have to be interested. He knows that I rate his qualities and abilities.
"I said to Huw: 'If I speak to the kid I'll tell him to speak to the new manager, whoever that is'.
"But if he's not comfortable with that, he's in the market place then - and I have to look at him."
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Jamie Moyer and the bullpen one-hit the Marlins as the Phils increased their lead to five games over the fish, as they defeat the Marlins, 4-0.
A combine one-hit shutout by Jamie Moyer and the bullpen, and three home runs from Raul Ibanez and Ryan Howard starts off the Phils' second half with a win, as they defeat the second place Marlins, 4-0. The victory increased the Phils' lead in the NL East to five games, guaranteeing that they'll leave Florida with the lead by the time the four-games series is over.
The Phils took the lead in the second as, with one man on, and nobody out, Raul Ibanez hits a two-run home run, his twenty-third home run of the season, scoring Ryan Howard, who had earlier singled, giving the Phils a 2-0 lead. The Phils increased their lead in the fourth as, with one man out, Ibanez hits a solo home run, his second home run of the night, and his twenty-fourth home run of the season, making it a 3-0 Phils' lead. In the sixth, the Phils made it 4-0 as, with one man out, Ryan Howard launched a solo shot of his own, his twenty-three home run of the season, and the 200th home run of his career, becoming the fastest man to do so as he broke Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner's old record of doing so in his 706th game, as he hit his in his 658th career game. Meanwhile, Jamie Moyer was having an easy time with the Marlins, only getting into trouble in the Marlins' fifth, as he gave up a lead-off single to Jorge Cantu, and a one-out walk to Ronny Paulino, moving Cantu to second base. But, he would then get out of the inning by getting Cody Ross to foul out to the catcher, 2-unassisted, for the inning's second out, and then getting Brett Carroll to hit into a force out, 5-4, wiping out Paulino at second base. The Marlins would never threathen again after that, as Moyer handed the ball over to Ryan Madson, who pitched a 1-2-3 eighth inning, and who in turned handed the ball to J.C. Romero, who pitched a 1-2-3 ninth, preserving both the one-hitter and the shut out.
Jamie Moyer got the win, as he pitched seven very strong innings, giving up only a single and a walk, while striking out four. His record is now 9-6, as he won his 255th career victory, placing him in 41st place on the All-Time Wins List, with a 5.58 ERA. Ryan Madson and J.C. Romero combined for two scoreless innings, as they got out all six men that they would face, striking out one batter (Romero) between them. Chris Volstad took the lost, as he pitched six innings, giving up four runs on seven hits and a walk, while striking out five. His record is now 6-9 with an ERA of 4.53. Luis Ayala, Brendan Donnelly and Kiko Calero all combined for three scoreless innings, as they gave up three hits, (one hit apiece) and one walk (Donnelly), while they struck out five batters (Ayala (1), Donnelly (2), Calero (2)).
The Phillies would collect ten hits in the game, with both Ryan Howard and Raul Ibanez both leading the way with two hits apiece, with Howard's hits being a single and a solo home run, the 200th of his career, and Ibanez's hits being a two-run home run and a solo home run, accounting for all of the Phils' runs. Jimmy Rollins, Shane Victorino, Chase Utley, Pedro Feliz, Carlos Ruiz, and Jamie Moyer collected the other six Phils' hits. The Phils start the second half on a winning note, as they continue to be the best road team in the majors while they increased their winning streak to six games.
The Phillies (49-38, 1st) continue their four-games series with the Marlins (46-45, 2nd) tonight. The game will be played at Land Shark Stadium and will start at 7:10 pm. The Phils starter will be Cole Hamels (5-5, 4.87), who is coming off of a no-decision against the Pirates on July 11, as he pitched six innings, giving up five runs on seven hits, as he struck out six, in the Phils' dramatic 8-7 come from behind win. He will once again try to show that he is indeed the ace of the Phillies rotation. The Marlins will oppose with Ricky Nolasco (6-7, 5.76), who is coming off a lost against the D-backs on July 10, as he pitched six innings, giving up seven runs on nine hits and a walk, while he struck out eight, in the Marlins' 8-0 lost. He will be trying to keep the Marlins from trailing the Phils even further in the pennant race. The Phils will be seeing if they can increase their winning streak to seven games while increasing their lead in the NL East to six full games, thus making things easier for them for the rest of the season.


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This should be opt-in, not opt-out. As cool as the idea is, someone messing with your emergency services by lighting emergency signals from space on your country just isn't cool. The countries should sign that they agree to have such emergency warnings issued above their territory. And maybe should otherwise participate in the system. Such deals are much better done with opt in, not opt out.
Also, who runs the system? It should be multinational, otherwise someone might decide to run false warnings during a w
Could you imagine a nation whose citizens are not informed about this? They will develop new fears. "Billy, don't look at the sky you might go blind". and then after Billy goes blind from looking at the laser beam, the island gets hit with a tsunami at which point they will accuse Billy of being a prophet of doom.
Well, in conclusion, I think opt-in with formal education about not looking in a particular direction in the sky would be a good thing.
Formal education would remove some of the need for tsunami warnings in themselves. For example, the American tourists who saw the water recede sharply before the Indian Ocean tsunami (an obvious warning sign), and took that time to explore the newly uncovered beach rather than getting to higher ground. Then we can just skip the laser satellite, and focus on education and audible warning systems (which do not depend on people looking the right direction)
I guess there's some misconception about what such a "light" would look like.
Everyone seems to react like this was going to be a streetlight type of a thing. You'd need a rather big nuclear powerplant to get that sort of power density on the ground. Assume we want 1W/m^2 on the ground, and a "square" area 5,000km on the side. That's 2.5E10 m^2, so you'd 25GW of optical power output for your illumination. How anyone sees that much power being generated in orbit using current technology -- I don't know. Even getting a 1MW generator in the orbit would be a big feat. You can't exactly put a chiller tower up there. Dissipating all the waste heat would be a huge fucking problem, no kidding.
For what's achievable with current technology, we're talking about a faint star that say can be red, green or blue. So beam forming to a point where "a country could opt-in" etc. is a fantasy at this point. How hard is it *not* to look up?
I'm not an expert on tsunamis but I understood that tsunamis start as very low waves that roll over the face of the ocean for many many miles before reching land. Only where the sea gets less deep they turn into the ferocious waves that destroy everything. So even if you could see them then with a satellite you would still be warned late.
Just give them cell-phones that can do that instead.
Make each cell phone have an emergency receiver.
The phone is more likely to be close to the person.
It has a greater chance of being charged.
People will not ignore it.
And the best part is that cellphones are spreading even in poorer countries.
Implementation costs would be minimal, just make sure every cellphone receives an emergency band.
(and being waterproof with a solar charger on the back would be nice too)
Living in one of the countries affected by the Boxing Day Asian Tsunnami, the problem was not lack of a way to reach people, but the lack of a mechanism to pass the message along. IN particular the people who had the warning, said they did not know how to contact the governments of some countries (which shows a worrying lack of resourcefulness, but that is another subject).
As you say, mobile phone penetration is easily high enough to work, but you will need to guard against hoax calls. A designated number of warnings would have to be well publicised.
Radio will work, but you hardly need to distribute them specially: just ask all radio and TV broadcasters to broadcast an emergency message. It may not work that well late in the night. For times like that vehicles with big speakers on them driving through towns with loud warnings should work well.
The laser idea is stupid: there are all kinds of lights in the sky to confuse people: I remember a huge number of people seeing "UFOs" in London in 1990 or 91 because someone said there was one on a popular radio station, so people started looking up and seeing all kinds of things they normally never noticed.
Of course the laser idea is stupid! How is the shark going to swim in space? I'm pretty sure they need water to breathe, too!
I reviewed a prototype for a mobile phone four days ago that would be perfect for this.
With mobile devices still pretty big and requiring something to stow them in, this company is trying to fill a niche market with a mobile device that's completely voice driven and pretty small as far as phones go. You don't actually stuff it in a purse or pocket, but rather pin it on your shirt like military insignia. They are offering integration with the audio system in your house for advanced features that require a co
Yes, the cell phone based solutions are much better.
The dedicated satellite solutions will never happen. They're way too expensive, high technical risk, have a single point of failure, and are politically more tenuous (primarily, who will pay the billions for it?). The use of a high powered flashlight would also REALLY be hard to pass through (not to mention the size of it makes it impractical even if the international political entities could get behind it).
A much more feasible solution is bouys connecte
Even cheaper than that, using existing cell phones and a "broadcast" message from the towers. No need to make new hardware for that.
Heck you could just send a mass SMS to everyone along the coast.
Here in Chile, everyone rushed to call their relatives when the earthquake came. The three main provides of GSM telephony collapsed, because of the huge number of people calling, oversaturating all the base stations. Also, the lights went off, and most towers shut down. Almost no one could place a call, and certainly not at the epicenter.
So I think that sat phones are a better idea for tsunami warnings.
Exactly the same happened in Perú in our last big earthquake (2008). The epicenter was about 200 km south of the capital (Lima), but nobody in all the region could make a call after several hours (afterward there was a government investiagtion to the carriers, pure blah, blah..) Cell phones are useless at least in standard commercial installations or configurations.
Interestingly, the DSL services remained operative (at least in the capital) and it was the only way to communicate with peers.
low power standby mode until a certain signal is received?
In other words switched on.
Wouldn't it be cheaper to hand out emergency radios that wait in a low power standby mode until a certain signal is received?
Not to mention more effective. The people who were affected by the Boxing Day Tsunami didn't know what it meant when the ocean suddenly receded. How will they know what a blinking light from space means?
With a radio, you greatly reduce the chances of the message being misinterpreted. I fear this satellite may become worshiped by some isolated people as the great God of the sea.
No, because the amount of energy, in the form of light, would be immense. You're talking at least 10 watts per square meter, much more during the daytime. Tsunamis can affect hundreds of miles of coastline.
By my impromptu math, you'd need at least a gigawatt of power to light up that kind of area. So a medium-size nuclear reactor in the sky.
How about, instead, we just use these devices that transmit sound and vision via lower-frequency light, aka radio and television? Cheap transistor radios are much, MUCH cheaper than launching a reactor into the sky.
This idea will never fly. Ten out of ten for style, but minus several million for good thinking.
You'd still need enormously powerful lasers, and sufficient power generation on the ground. We're talking about space-based weapon class power here, and honestly politicians would be far more excited about the offensive capabilities of such a system than 'merely' saving civilian lives.
A slightly more realistic approach would be to use massive space-based tinted mirrors to reflect sunlight toward the ground. You'd still need truly enormous mirrors for this to work at all -- $$$$$$$. It's not gonna fly.
How you gonna get enough power to make daytime *brighter*?
Was the idea to cook people and see who notices?
How about bad stormy weather which the (visible light) laser can't penetrate?
You going to have geostationary satellites so far away as to multiply the power required and the tremendous power losses?
Or were you going to have low level satellites, and need thousands to make sure every inch of ground was within a few seconds of any satellite coming into position?
How about topography blocking line of sight?
There are so many FAILs all over this idea.
It's a comic book idea, should never have gotten past the hangover stage.
you'd need at least a gigawatt of power to light up that kind of area.
You are sure it is not 1.21 GigaWatts? If we just could find a way to pump a lighthing bolt into space, we would be able to go back to the
Look, we just need a bright flash of light. It doesn't have to be a laser.
Put up a large number of satellites, much like GPS or Iridium. Each one holds a 30 megaton nuke. When an area is affected by a tsunami, we set off all the nukes that would be visible above the horizon.
Tsunamis are rare enough that we can normally launch a replacement system fast enough, assuming we don't put spares in different orbits. Have replacements ready to launch.
Look, we just need a bright flash of light. It doesn't have to be a laser.
Put up a large number of satellites, much like GPS or Iridium. Each one holds a 30 megaton nuke. When an area is affected by a tsunami, we set off all the nukes that would be visible above the horizon.
Take out their power grid, their radios and computers, their cell phones, and their vehicles with the EMP. And, of course, the power grids of everybody else who can see those satellites above the horizon. Then while they're going "WTF???" hit 'em with the tsunami.
Not to mention you'd also destroy pretty much every non-military (ie very seriously rad-hardened) satellite which didn't have the Earth between it and the nuclear device.
So, a large area of Earth based elecronics destroyed, and even if you've managed to avoid that, no communications or Earth observation satellites to aid in recovery.
(...and yes, most satellites are built with rad-hard components, but they're not designed to withstand an EMP, which requires substantially more shielding).
Dear Iran,
This is a test of the Emergency Tsunami Warning System. Had this been an actual emergency these EMP pulses would have been followed by a tsunami. This concludes this test of the Emergency Tsunami Warning System.
My impromptu came up with a similar number.
The sun is awful bright, so the laser would have to be (awful bright + some) * the area covered.
The more practical answer is to have warning sirens in populated areas, so they would know to go to higher ground quick. Sirens are an awful lot cheaper than a network of specialized satellites, and hoping people noticing that the ground is lit up by a funny light *and* hoping people don't look up and blind themselves befo
At 10W / m^2 it would light up the sand! You don't need anywhere near that amount just to see a "light in the sky". You can see stars, they don't put out 10W/m^s.
That said, your basic ground-based siren is the way to go.
There are two problems with that solution:
1) Its already been done (at least in Sri Lanka), so there is no point suggesting it
2) Its too low tech and non-geeky, and does not user lasers.
3) It does not work well with sharks.
if you need just 1W per square meter (very low for a visible light), 100 square miles (a tsunami danger zone would probably be bigger) would require >200MW.
I think we are currently 2-5 magnitudes away from feasability.
CU, Martin
Getting a laser from a sattelite to one place on earth so it could be seen would require a LOT of power, even at night. Illuminating an entire part of the earth would take more power than you could imagine...
Even measuring the ocean's height with a satellite would be challenging.
However, I think you've uncovered the real problem. It's not warning people that's the issue ( you could easily broadcast radio and pick it up with a small receiver ) it's that there's no desire to create such a system.
Usually, the authorities would prefer to be the only ones to know. Then they can make the decisions... Do they tell people in all areas? How do they handle the evacuations? etc.
Your heart is in the right place, but your idea itself presents a lot of problems... If you really want to help, then spend a few years teaching yourself world politics. Speak to experts in the field of emergency services and become one yourself. Don't wait for others to pick up your idea, make it work yourself and become an expert. Most experts are simply people who were driven for one reason or another to keep on learning about a particular field.
As a suggestion? The easiest way to address tsunami's might be without sattelites and high-tech... Perhaps just keep an eye on the situation by following the websites that publish that kind of information, then set up your own website to co-ordinate redistribution of it - Then people who are worried about it, such as yourself, can subscribe - perhaps you could even use SMS to notify them?
Big ideas are easy to implement and opt-in is the best system.
if the laser was intense enough to be visible on the ground in the day, how intense would it be at 40,000 feet? would we be frying pilots eyeballs?
disregarding the impossibility of generating that much energy in space. and the lack of Pink Floyd to go with the laser light show.
Getting a laser from a sattelite to one place on earth so it could be seen would require a LOT of power, even at night. Illuminating an entire part of the earth would take more power than you could imagine...
Watched Star Wars a few too many times?
Of course, the Death Star would get everyones attention.
A warning system that requires GW of power (we are talking about making light visible over several km, right?) and people have to be looking at it (and having an unobstructed view to the sky)...
I suspect the power requirement would only be sort of manageable during night time, but that is when people sleep and a laser would not go far in waking them. Now, if it was SHARKS with lasers...
The superscript "2" that was next to km was "eaten" by the slashdot comment engine, I was talking about the surface to be covered, although the distance is also a factor of the power requirement.
Wait a damn second here. You are against warning people about tsunamis because some might use it as a chance for looting? Personally, if there is a giant wall of watery death heading my way, I'd like to know about it. If some moron decides to stay behind to grab my stuff, I'll the aforementioned wall of watery death deal with him, wash away all evidence, including the moron himself.
Why not just get Superman to fly backwards around the world really fast thereby (somehow) turning back time? He could then fly under the country in danger and lift it up until the tsunami passed safely underneath.
Seriously - why is this crap get on the front page?
Connect them satellites to Google Maps and draw arrows on the streets in the safe directions.
Zap everybody that isn't listening.
While we're at it. If there is no water, there is no wave.
Use the lasers to evaporate the wave part of the sea before it hits the shore.
Yeah, now brainfarts... directly on slashdot... the only thing more stupid than anything following "Hey y'all watch this" are usually exposee introduced by a falsely humble "crazy idea" which in 90% of the case is totally retarded and in the 10% remaining already more common than water but the bragging genius was to dull to understand how it worked in the first place.
Seriously, keep this for april first or Digg...
Oops. Did i just break the stupid concept in another way?
Especially the idea of a continuous light.
There is no practical way to generate enough light to alert people on the ground of an approaching disaster. At best they would see a bright light if they looked in the right direction.
Solar sails in orbit could be used to illuminate the surface of the Earth and I have seen proposals to use them to illuminate disaster areas where infrastructure has been destroyed. The idea was to give people light to work by until the sun comes up but I suppose you could illuminate the location of an anticipated disaste
The article poster may get a better reception emailing advertising agencies - using orbiting lasers to beam down advertising to millions.
From a technical standpoint, as another poster on here already mentioned, the power consumption could be greatly reduced by illuminating only sections of area at a time instead of all at once in a strobe like fashion.
Or a more practical way, which is likely already feasible now, is to illuminate the sky instead of the ground.
As far as detecting tsunamis from space, while n
Typically a better solution is to use radar or infrared, laser tends to have problems penetrating cloud cover and the like. Space based radar altimeters are nothing new, and yes you could theoretically set up a tsunami warning system in space. Radar technology has come a long way in terms of power and range. I work in the radar altimeter industry so maybe I am biased.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-Based_Radar [wikipedia.org]
This is obviously absurd, as pointed out by plenty of the above posters. What I'm more concerned about, is why this got posted to the Slashdot front page. We have the Digital Economy Bill about to be passed without debate in the UK, various stories on the LHC's full power experiments, all sorts of lunacy in the US with patents, and we get a "hey guys, what about this idea" from a random slashdotter.
If this were coming from a noted astronomer, a major figure in disaster relief, or GWB, then it would be Slashdot-worthy. But seriously, what value did this Ask Slashdot add?
Also, the previous story on the sun-chandelier was such a non-story as to be shocking.
I've now started tagging stories: ohnoitskdawson
Wow this story is almost as crazy as my idea to build a giant water tower in the ocean to lower sea levels, see http://izit.org/content/all-water-earth [izit.org] for more details.
In all seriousness the poster seems to be interested in using the laser to communicate, is that such a big problem ?. The world is a much smaller place than it used be, I suspect that simply activating the laser would take some time, possibly calling the local officials would be almost as effective.
The idea that you can outshine the sun with a man made satellite is so absurd, you have to question the intelligence of the person asking this question. At night it would be easier, but still require an insane amount of power and be totally useless when there are clouds.
At first I thought the question might be about measuring the oceans for tsunami waves, but this kid wants to put up some kind of disco lights.
You already need binoculars to see the ISS and then you can only spot it if the light reflects of
You already need binoculars to see the ISS and then you can only spot it if the light reflects of it in the right way.
Patently false. Every overhead pass of the ISS results in a very bright, fast-moving display. In fact, the ISS is one of the brightest objects in the night sky. Most passes are magnitude -3.4 (very bright) to -3.0 (bright) - recall that stellar magnitudes are brighter the smaller the number, and are logarithmic [wikipedia.org]. For reference, the brightest star is Sirius [wikipedia.org] at magnitude -1.46. Venus is as brig [wikipedia.org]
Good old fashioned air raid sirens would be much cheaper and a hell of a lot more effective at getting the information to the people most likely to be in harm's way during a tsunami. The people who are most likely to be affected are the poor and uneducated, or tourists. The poor and uneducated are not likely to know what the "different colors in the sky" mean, no matter how hard you try to educate them. Tourists won't understand either unless they're from a place where such things are also a likelihood.
This. is the voice. of the Mysterons...
Sounds like a space-age version of the weather lights on top of the old Hancock building in Boston:
Steady blue, clear view.
Flashing blue, clouds due.
Steady red, rain ahead.
Flashing red, snow instead.
(During baseball season, flashing red means the Boston Red Sox game has been called off on account of weather.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Building [wikipedia.org]
Or at least keep them to yourself.
No that how they set them off and it's a good way to be able to have a under cover way of
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After getting swept for the first time this season, the Kenai River Brown Bears hope to gain some cheer heading into a holiday break.
The Bears host the Fairbanks Ice Dogs at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Soldotna Sports Center before taking a three-week recess.
Kenai River is coming off back-to-back losses to the Alaska Avalanche of Palmer and sits in third place in the North American Hockey League West Division with a record of 16-9-1 and 33 points.
Alaska is in first at 22-9-2, good 46 points, while Fairbanks holds second at 15-7-6, good 36 points.
Coach Oliver David called this a huge series, which figures to be a recurring attitude as the Bears battle for playoff positioning in the tight NAHL West.
"We just have to get comfortable with being in a high level of competition," said David, whose squad is off to its best start in club history. "It's like college football or college basketball, you literally lose one game and you can lose 10 spots in the rankings and you still have an unbelievable winning record. When you're ranked — and we're not ranked — but when you are, and you drop one game or you drop one weekend, everything shifts. The landscape shifts."
What has shifted over the past month is where the Bears stand in the division.
Kenai River enjoyed the top spot during the early portion of the schedule, but has since been leapfrogged by both Alaska and Fairbanks.
Alaska has played seven more games than Kenai River, meaning the Bears will get their chance to close the gap, and Fairbanks has two games on the Bears.
And despite the fact the Avs lead the division and recently swept the Bears, David said the Ice Dogs are the toughest draw for his side.
Kenai River is 2-2-0 against Fairbanks. The teams have six straight games against one another, with a pair of two-game sets slated for January.
"I still feel Fairbanks is not a great matchup for us. They are very crafty, and we have a lot of things to clean up in the defensive zone," David said of the defending league champs. "They should be good games, and hopefully we come out even or better."
Not only are the Bears chasing a pair of in-state rivals in the standings, but they are trying to hold off the Fresno (Calif.) Monsters and Wenatchee (Wash.) Wild.
Fresno trails Kenai River by two points and Wenatchee is three behind.
What it amounts to is a five-team race for four playoff berths. Fairbanks, Kenai River, Fresno and Wenatchee are separated by just six points — the equivalent of three victories.
"It's going to be an incredible second half of the season," David said. "There's no other division in the league like it. Most of those races have already been determined."
Lubanski signs with Holy Cross
Brett Lubanski, Kenai River's captain and longest-tenured player, has signed with College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass.
The school features a Division I hockey program.
"It's pretty hard to describe," said Lubanksi, 20. "That's been a goal of mine, for us to win and for me to achieve personal success along the way."
Lubanski joined the Brown Bears in 2009-10 and endured a last-place finish in his first year.
The Michigan native was named captain the following season and helped engineer the squad to its first winning record in franchise history, leading the Bears in assists.
This season, Lubanksi also is the squad's assists leader.
He hopes to play immediately for the Crusaders, who are currently 8-7-0. Holy Cross belongs to the Atlantic Hockey Conference.
"They have said they would like to see me come in and play right away," Lubanski said. "I have to show them that I am capable of doing that. It's great to hear that they have the confidence in my ability to play right away."
Ramsey headed to Air Force
Jesse Ramsey, who joined the Bears midway through 2009-10, will play next season at the Air Force Academy.
Air Force features a Division I program, leading the Atlantic Hockey Conference standings with a record of 9-4-2.
"It feels great," Ramsey said. "All the hard work I put in has finally paid off."
Ramsey, 20, has played forward as well as defense for the Bears. He currently is tied for second on the team with 13 assists. Ramsey, a native of Rogers, Minn., is expected to play right away.
"It was a perfect fit," David said. "It's his dream-type school."
Ramsey was drawn to the Falcons not only for their hockey stature, but because he is interested in pursuing a career in aviation. He will play defense for the school in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Ramsey said he hopes his signing motivates teammates to stick with the Bears through their entire NAHL career.
"I'm sure with the younger players, it motivates them to play until they age out," Ramsey said of the league 20-year-old age limit. "Colleges want you to be away from home so you know what's it like, so you don't get homesick. It's exciting for sure."
Dahlstrom bound for Northern Michigan
Mathias Dahlstrom, who was a goaltender for the Bears last season and now plays in the United States Hockey league, recently received a full-ride scholarship to Northern Michigan University.
David said he is the first current or former Bear to land a full ride.
"It's incredible for him," David said of the native of Sweden, who split time in net with Josh Benton in 2010-11. "He had five or six schools going after him, and he got a great offer."
After getting swept for the first time this season, the Kenai River Brown Bears hope to gain some cheer heading into a holiday break.


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SLIPPERY ROCK — Bounce-back ability? The Rock has it.
Coming off a disappointing home loss to East Stroudsburg in a battle of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conderence division leaders the night before, Slippery Rock University's men's basketball came out smoking Saturday night.
The Rock (10-3, 7-2 PSAC) sank 15 of its first 20 field-goal attempts in the first 12 minutes — including seven treys — and rolled to a 99-76 victory over Kutztown at Morrow Field House.
The early flurry gave SRU a 37-16 lead with 8:07 left in the first half. The margin peaked at 75-44 with 10:34 left in the game.
"We let down our guard a bit defensively at that point," SRU coach Kevin Reynolds said. "But they never got closer than 16 the rest of the way. We didn't lose focus and we attacked the basket."
SRU's women won the first game of the evening, 66-60, behind 23 points from senior guard Erinne Cunningham.
Five Rock players scored in double digits in the men's game, paced by senior guard Darious Clark's career-high 33 points. Clark was 7 of 11 from 3-point range.
"If I get an open shot, I feel like it's going in," Clark said. "Our game is finding the open man and have him let it go.
"Chances are 50 percent we're going to grab the offensive board if we miss, so we score on a high percentage of possessions."
SRU had 20 assists on its 36 field goals, including 16 on its first 20.
"That's going to happen," Clark said. "Somebody has to pass the shooter the ball."
Devin Taylor had 16 points and five rebounds in 26 minutes of action for SRU. Luiz Santos had 14 points and six boards, Gerald Brooks 12 points and 10 rebounds, Sa'Quan Davis 11 points and three assists. Aubin Reeves had eight assists.
"We're working the ball around and playing together," Reynolds said. "Eight guys played 17 minutes or more. That's good to see.
"We went 7-2 against the (PSAC) East this year. That's the best we've done since I've been here."
Micah Fraction, a senior guard averaging 17 points per game, struck for a career-high 35 for Kutztown (3-12, 2-7). No other Golden Bear cracked double figures.
Because of injuries, Kutztown had only seven players available. The Rock had a chance to score 100 points, but took a shot-clock violation rather than put up a shot in the final seconds.
"Yeah, 100 points would have set the crowd off and allowed them to go nuts, but we're not going to do that at the expense of a depleted opponent," Reynolds said. "That's not what we're about. That's not what this university is about."
Slippery Rock (women) 66, Kutztown 60 — The Rock (4-9, 3-6) fell behind 6-0, but took an 11-9 lead on a Megan Hardiman layup with 13:30 left in the first half and never trailed again.
SRU's lead peaked at 46-30 with 11:15 to play and The Rock had a 13-point lead with 5:31 left before holding off a late Kutztown rally.
The Golden Bears (7-6, 5-4) were coming off an upset win at PSAC West contender Edinboro the night before.
"You show up, play hard and anything can happen," Rock coach Tanya Longo said. "This is a tough league.
"We've been doing better in practice for a while now. It's nice to see some results in the games."
SRU also defeated East Stroudsburg on Friday night.
Cunningham hit two critical treys late in the second half, had a key steal in the final minute and drained two free throws with 13.6 seconds left to finally seal Saturday's win.
Kutztown had crept within 63-58 as SRU missed six consecutive free throws before Cunningham iced the game.
"That's my job," she said of making the free throws. "I'm a senior and I have to be a leader out there."
Cunningham is second in the PSAC with 33 minutes played per game. She logged 34 minutes Saturday, adding seven rebounds, two assists and two steals.
"Erinne is all energy and she can play so many roles for us," Longo said. "We need her on the floor. Her battery never stops. She never gets tired."
Cunningham hit four treys in the second half after missing all four of her 3-point shots in the first 20 minutes.
"Once I see that first one go in, I'm good to go," she said.
D'Asia Chambers had 12 points and 14 rebounds for SRU, while Emilee Vitez had 10 points, Hardiman nine points and seven boards, Alexas Brown six assists.
Ashley Wood scored 20 points for Kutztown, while Alyssa Bonenberger had 18 points and 20 rebounds. Team rebounds were even at 43.
Both SRU teams travel to Lock Haven tonight to begin a stretch of 13 straight games against PSAC West foes.


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2011-05-04 / Obituaries
Fay Valentino, former Massapequa resident, loving matriarch
Fay L. D'Agostino Valentino was a woman who loved life. She was diagnosed with cancer in 2000 and twice thereafter, but never complained, said her family. She wanted to enjoy life. Mrs. Valentino died April 7, 2011 at the Fulton Commons Care Facility in East Meadow at the age of 90.
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While cloud services can pay off on their potential, they can't promise technology nirvana, an enlightened environment where IT problems never occur and the help desk is not needed. Like with many important decisions, moving critical applications such as email and productivity tools online can come with a tradeoff, according to MessageOps founder Chad Mosman.
"The cloud has a lot of advantages, but one of the disadvantages is that you have a lot less visibility into what's going on in the underlying systems," Mosman said in an interview. His firm, a Microsoft partner, makes 365Command, a monitoring and reporting tool for Office 365 environments. But less visibility doesn't necessarily mean fewer problems; that's simply known as sticking your head in the sand. When issues do arise, it can be tougher to identify causes and fixes.
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"With cloud services, if your users are having problems connecting or something is slow, it's difficult sometimes to determine: Is the problem on my side? Is the problem on Microsoft's side? Is it my Internet service provider? Things like that," Mosman said.
Microsoft gets that. While you might be more likely to see choreographed dance routines than troubleshooting tips in their ad campaigns, the company offers a range of free tools for ensuring a healthy Office 365 environment. Several of them require little to no technical expertise, either, which make them a good fit for small businesses and other organizations that prefer cloud applications for ease of use. These are Mosman's must-haves for Office 365 administrators.
"[Administrators] don't have access to the servers like they used to," Mosman said. "These tools at least give them some visibility into what's going on in the Office 365 cloud."
1. Office 365 Outlook Connectivity Guided Walkthrough
This is the go-to tool for anyone who fields the "Hey, I can't see my email" variety of help-desk tickets. (No, those don't magically disappear in the cloud.) The Office 365 Outlook Connectivity tool tests for issues affecting the connection between Outlook clients and Office 365 mailboxes. User mailboxes are the most common troubleshooting scenario, according to Microsoft, although the tool can be used for Archive and Shared mailboxes, too. A key reason why Microsoft provides the service: This large bucket of issues keeps their support lines ringing, too.
"This is the one of the most common problems and it's a big support cost for Microsoft," Mosman said.
2. Message Analyzer
Most Exchange administrators know about the Remote Connectivity Analyzer, according to Mosman. What's relatively new is a message-trace feature called Message Analyzer. (Click on the Message Analyzer tab at the far right of the Remote Connectivity Analyzer screen.) Mosman calls this one of the most useful tools out there for administrators because it helps determine the cause of message delays. The next time a user gripes about an email that took two days to reach its recipient, you can simply copy-and-paste the message header into the Web-based tool.
"It will automatically show you where the delays occur -- whether it was on the sender's side or the Microsoft side," Mosman said, adding that the tool can serve other purposes, too, such as migration testing.
3. Mail Protection Reports for Office 365
This Excel plug-in makes it easier, Mosman said, for administrators to capture data and generate spreadsheets about their email activity in the new versions of Office 365. (Note: It requires Excel 2013.) So you'll essentially have ready reports on things like inbound spam levels, top 10 senders, top 10 recipients and so forth. "In the old version of Office 365, it was a little bit of a hassle," Mosman said. "[This] makes it easy for anybody to open up this spreadsheet and get data relevant to their organization, mainly around messages coming in and leaving the [company]."


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Another Xbox chief leaves for EA
Executive exchange program
It's becoming more and more plausible that Electronic Arts and Microsoft's Xbox unit intend to keep swapping executives until they run each other's companies.
The latest round of chieftain interchanging involves John Schappert, Microsoft corporate veep of Live, Software, and Service. The job put him in charge of Redmond's console software, Xbox Live, and Games for Windows — but he's also been doing the keynote circuit lately, most notably for Microsoft's E3 showing last month.
Today, Microsoft announced Schappert is packing his bags to return to EA as chief operations officer. He follows Xbox division chief Peter Moore leaving for EA in 2007, who was replaced by EA's game studio chief Don Mattrick.
As EA's new COO, Schappert will take charge of the game maker's worldwide publishing, the online platform group, EA interactive, and central development services. He will replace John Pleasants, who is leaving to become the CEO of MySpace game developer, Playdom.
Schappert founded the game development studio Tiburon in 1994 before selling the Florida-based business to EA four years later and acceding up the corporate totem pole. In 2007, Schappert jumped over to Microsoft's Xbox unit where he oversaw the expansion of Xbox Live and the introduction of the console's New Xbox Experience makeover.
"After nearly two decades working in or around this company, I've got EA in my blood," Schappert said in a statement. "This is a team that is intensely focused on quality and innovation."
He leaves Microsoft just after keynoting at the E3 expo, where the company debuted its motion-control add-on for Xbox, Project Natal. (And his avatar didn't even wave goodbye).
Schappert will get a $1m bonus for his return to EA, according to the company's regulatory filing.
Microsoft apparently doesn't plan on replacing Schapert when he begins his new job July 14. Instead, the executives directly under him, Marc Whitten and Phil Spencer, will lead their respective businesses, Live Services and Microsoft Game Studios, and report directly to Mattrick. ®
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Sheriff Warns Of Exploding Targets
ST. MARYS — A local law enforcement official is warning residents about the dangers of using exploding targets for sport shooting.
Auglaize County Sheriff Al Solomon said his office has handled several recent complaints regarding the use of Tannerite or exploding rifle targets. The targets, which are legally sold at shooting supply stores, are designed to explode when shot with a certain caliber bullet.
The issue, Solomon said, is that residents are purchasing the mixture and mixing large amounts of it to make large explosion.
Some of the reports have indicated the resulting explosions have rattled windows at nearby homes.
"We cannot have county residents in their home being startled by a loud explosion," Solomon said in a news release. "They don't know that it is Tannerite being set off. They also should not have to tolerate the windows in their home being rattled or debris from an explosion hitting their home."
While there is currently no law banning the practice, Solomon the sheriff's office is looking into possible disorderly conduct violations in some cases. Some county gun ranges, Solomon said, do not allow the use of the product because of the damage it causes.
"I feel that it will be illegal to buy at some point due to the problems it is causing," Solomon said. "If (it's) not illegal, it will be limited on the amount you can buy."
Currently, Tannerite is available by the pound. Solomon noted one pound of Tannerite can cause "a huge explosion."
Solomon checked on Tannerite's status with the ATF, which told him it is legal to possess and shoot the material. While his office has yet to handle any reports of injuries associated with shooting Tannerite, Solomon said he believes it's only a matter of time before someone is injured.
"Anytime you deal with an explosive there is a potential for injury," Solomon said. "This explosive you can buy in large enough quantities to shake the ground. Again, I am in no way against guns, shooting and hunting but this product is becoming an issue and I feel people need to be warned a head of time of the actions we will be taking."
All cases will be handled on an individual basis. If the shooting of Tannerite does cause a problem, Solomon said the cases will be sent to the prosecuting attorney's office.


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- Jul 18:
- Boulder coroner: Sophia DuBose died of blunt force trauma, drowning in creek accident
- Jun 16:
- Silent auction, dinner fundraiser set for family of Sophia DuBose
- Jun 6:
- Driver in fatal Boulder Creek crash was on probation for DWAI
- Jun 5:
- Memorial for Sophia DuBose, 13: 'She wants you to live and dance and love and skip'
- Jun 4:
- Boulder DA: No charges in death of Sophia DuBose
- Jun 3:
- Sophia DuBose's family asks for gifts to be sent to Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center
- Jun 1:
- Name of 13-year-old girl swept away in Boulder Creek withheld
- May 31:
- Girl, 13, swept away, killed after pickup crashes into Boulder Creek
Sophia DuBose celebration of life memorial service
When: 4:00 p.m. Thursday
Where: Shining Mountain Waldorf School Festival Hall, 999 Violet Ave., Boulder
A community in mourning is remembering 13-year-old Sophia DuBose as a spunky, red-headed girl who smiled often and was extremely close to her twin sister Eliza.
Sophia, of Rollinsville, died Saturday after the pickup truck she was riding in with her father and sister struck another vehicle that had stopped for a bear in Boulder Canyon, then plunged into Boulder Creek.
Though dozens of rescue personnel tried to save her from the rushing water, they weren't able to reach Sophia until about 90 minutes after the crash.
She floated several miles down the creek before being pulled from the water behind Boulder High School. The Boulder County Coroner's Office withheld officially identifying Sophia until Monday morning.
On Sunday, around 150 people attended an impromptu community gathering for Sophia at Shining Mountain Waldorf School in Boulder, school director Susan Levine said.
Sophia was a week away from finishing seventh grade at the school.
"She was a very spunky, fiery gal and much beloved," Levine said Monday. "She was just a spunky girl. Several people commented this morning and remember her wonderful smile. She's one of those people who radiates love in the class.
"I think we're just holding her in light and love for her transition."
Levine said the 28-person seventh-grade class had returned from a rafting trip last week in Buena Vista and that Sophia "had the time of her life."
School administrators are trying to maintain a sense of normalcy before the school year ends on Friday. Levine said there were five counselors at the school Monday to talk with students as they deal with the loss of a classmate.
Students will be creating prayer flags for Sophia this week, Levine said, and a memorial will be held at the school on Thursday afternoon.
Her twin Eliza said she doesn't want her sister to be anonymous.
"I want people to know what an amazing person she was," she said.
Speaking through Levine, the family described Sophia's "introspective wit." During a recent visit at a coffee shop, Sophia looked at a macaroon and said: "You know, chocolate macaroons are better than boys because they're sweet, they're covered in chocolate and they don't talk back."
Sophia's family, speaking through Levine, said they lost many personal items of sentimental value during the accident and are asking for them to be returned to Shining Mountain if found.
Seventh-grade teacher Michael Janzen, who knew Sophia for five years, remembered her massive stage presence during several productions at the school, including "Don Quixote de la Mancha," for which she was a narrator.
"She wrote all of her own narrations with another classmate, and they would come out and introduce the scenes," Janzen said. "Just the way she would come out, and sometimes she would do a little dance to get the crowd's attention. Sometimes she would come out and throw a joke out there.
"She really was big in her presence on stage and really captured the audience's attention."
Janzen said Sophia loved being at school and loved the community at Shining Mountain, which has roughly 330 students.
When she spoke, people listened to her, he said.
"Sophia had a dynamic personality and even though she was small of stature, her spirit was massive," he said. "The way that she approached life was truly contagious."
In remembering Sophia and reflecting on her life, students evoked both laughter and tears, Janzen said.
"They are responding extraordinarily well," he said. "Certainly there's some sadness and grief, but there's also a huge amount of openness to bring the light out of the darkness."
Janzen said Sophia and Eliza were extremely close and supported each other socially, emotionally, academically and athletically.
Eliza, the surviving sister, attended classes at Shining Mountain on Monday. Janzen said Eliza spoke strongly to him about wanting to be in classes this week to keep moving forward.
"They were inseparable and really did a lot together," he said.
Another teacher Kelly Morrow remembered Sophia's "deep love" of animals and nature, and said she often hugged or smiled at younger kids at school.
"Sophia had a determination that matched her red hair," said Morrow, who taught Sophia from first through fifth grade. "She carried this with her throughout her life and especially when she encountered something more challenging in her life's path. She also had a warm and caring heart."
Peter Davison, co-artistic director at Boulder Ballet, where Sophia performed in several productions, remembered her as a "lively, humorous, enthusiastic performer."
In addition to her fine arts talents, Sophia ran cross country this year for the first time, said athletic director Mike Hawkes.
"She was a great cross country teammate," he said. "Sophia ran with a carefree grace and always with a smile on her face."
At Sunday's unplanned memorial to Sophia, teachers and friends read aloud some of her writing, including a poem she had written about home and the heart.
"She was so thoughtful," said Jeanie Manchester, whose daughter Emma was in Sophia's class. "It was like she was beyond her years in her spiritual understanding of life."
Manchester remembered the spunky "powerhouse" of a girl who came over for a birthday party sleepover with her sister and a handful of other girls.
She said losing Sophia is like losing a daughter for everyone in the tight-knit Shining Mountain community.
"This whole community lost a child, that's what it feels like," Manchester said. "It's not your biological child but it is your community child. The community is totally present for this."
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Willie Sutton explained that he robbed banks because that's where the money is. The Obama and Romney campaigns talk constantly about the middle class presumably because that's where the votes are. In the two debates so far, there's been scarcely a mention of the poor — except for Republican crocodile-tear references to the rising poverty rate on President Obama's watch.
Nary a mention so far from the Obama camp about the plight of the poor or the cities where the poor mostly dwell, nary a mention what might be done to address this sorry, shameful situation in a bold, effective ways rather than the same old ineffective ways. This seems surprising given that cities in general and African Americans in particular are rock-solid constituencies of the Democratic Party.
Maybe the Obama camp calculates that the cities and blacks, being in the political bag so to speak, don't merit any attention. Why waste even hot air on them if they can be taken for granted? Or maybe the Obama camp calculates that paying any attention to cities and blacks therein would draw unwanted attention to the Great Depression-era unemployment numbers, the crime and the social pathologies long plaguing these loyal, taken-for-granted constituencies. — The Trentonian


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"You've got to be a boat knowing where you're going," saith the sage of the Green Monster. "We've got money. We're famous. But you've got to know what you want. ... If we want to repeat, we're going to go and do it. Everything is possible in life. ... Hey, you're the architect of your life. Let me tell you something. We've got so much bad stuff inside, it's up to us to make the best of it." ...David Ortiz:
He's ready to go this year ... The guy is a machine, man. I have learned so much from Manny since I got here. The guy is prepared to play. I don't care what people say. In this game, to be at the top of the league as a player doesn't come just because you're sleeping at home. You've got to work to get to it. That's why Manny's numbers have always been where they are. ... The good thing that happens to the two of us is that we know each other pretty good, so when he does something wrong, he'll tell me and when I do something wrong, he'll do the same thing. That helps us to figure things out, from one at-bat to another.Yesterday against the Twins, both Ramirez and Ortiz singled and doubled. Today, Manny hit a two-run home run in the first inning.
[Ramirez] seems very sincere in preaching an optimistic life view, an outlook that has him convinced that the Red Sox will want to keep him next year if he has a great season.
"Not if," he declared. "I'm going to have it. No doubt. Hey, I'm Manny Ramirez."


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I have come to be of the opinion, in the last few years of my serious pursuit of genealogy as a profession, that genealogy is a social science and should be classified with the other social sciences on an equal footing. Genealogy has its own theoretical base, propounded by Donald Lines Jacobus and Val D. Greenwood. It has its own methodology, made more rigorous by the work of Elizabeth Shown Mills and others. And it produces -- and has for many years -- academic-level work product in professional journals.
And we're getting there. Boston University has recently begun offering coursework in genealogy, though not yet a degree (and, of course, Brigham Young University has been offering a degree in genealogy for decades in an ever-improving program). And there are individuals out there who are both qualified historians and certified genealogists, and who are breaking new ground in combining the sources and methodology of genealogy with the pursuit of historical inquiry of academic quality.
One of these is Carolyn Earle Billingsley, with whose work I became familiar today, when my copy of her book Communities of Kinship: Antebellum Families and the Settlement of the Cotton Frontier arrived. I found out about the book last week, through a curious set of circumstances which had put me on a similar path as Dr. Billingsley, though on a smaller scale, before I knew about her work.
As I am down to the wire with my present book, Non-Federal Censuses of Florida, 1784-1945: A Guide to Sources, I was casting about for an idea for a subsequent book. I really cannot describe the process by which I arrived at this idea. I'm not sure myself how it happened, as the events of the past couple weeks have been fast and furious. Anyway, about two weeks ago, while I was crossing the campus of the University of North Florida on my way to a quiet uninterrupted morning of study in the library, I saw a sign announcing an undergraduate research grant. I inquired into it and decided to apply, but needed a subject.
At times, we have various ideas amorphously formed in the back brain, where they stew and percolate, and come pouring out in what seems a concatenation of events pushing us in a particular direction. That is what is operating here. I am at UNF studying history and Spanish, and having taken two courses in learning how to read very old Spanish documents, because I have decided based purely on my location to study the old Spanish lineages of Florida. I wrote my book on the colonial, territorial, and state censuses of Florida as a means of familiarizing myself with the extant sources in my area. So to apply for the research grant, I thought I would take a genealogical approach to the history of St. Augustine during the second Spanish period (1783-1820). I want my approach to be one not often used -- to first establish the family relationships of the population of St. Augustine, and then examine the historical events during that thirty-seven year period through the lens of those family relationships.
In perusing the literature as part of preparing my grant application, and as part of a personal inquiry into further educational opportunities for myself, I came across mention of Dr. Billingsley's book. I ordered it from Amazon.com. Turns out that my idea is quite similar to hers.
Dr. Billingsley studied the kinship of one family, and its allied lines, through a longer period of tiem over a larger geographic area, but the basic idea of studying history though the lens of genealogy is the same for her as it is for me. I read the introduction of her book today (I'm home in the process of becoming increasingly miserable through the process of having a cold), and with every paragraph, I liked the lady more and more. She and I are thinking along extremely similar lines! It's exciting.
The professor I have chosen to direct me in my study, as the grant will be used in a directed individual study next term, is the professor who taught the paleography courses. He seems to think I have a solid idea with considerable potential, and is on board with the genealogical angle of it. This is a logical approach for colonial St. Augustine, as kinship ties were very important to the Spanish in those days (not to say they are not important today).
Well, it's quite a feeling being a pioneer.
Karen LeSueur Packard Rhodes's musings about genealogy, including recent developments, methods and sources, her own family history, and whatever is and can be related to them.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Getting Genealogy Into the Academy
2 comments:
- Thomas MacEntee said...
I loved this post - so much so that I read it last night and gave it a re-read this morning. I agree with you that genealogy is a social science and there should be more degree programs in the topic.
- October 24, 2009 at 10:03 AM
- Amy Coffin said...
I've had the pleasure of socializing with Carolyn through the LoneStar APG events. She is a wonderful person. 100% Southern personality. Very friendly and approachable, should you want to drop her a note about your studies.
I look forward to reading more about your work.
- October 26, 2009 at 11:03 AM
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Patrick Geraghty of Florida Blue on why Florida should accept Medicaid funds
Patrick Geraghty, Chairman and CEO for Florida Blue, offers reasons why Florida should take the $51 billion in Federal Medicaid funding. Florida Blue, Florida's Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, is the largest health insurer in the state.
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Capitol Commentary
By Maggie Hershey, Sr. Director, NA Public Policy, SEMI
On President Obama's 100th day in office, SEMI member companies met in Washington to press government officials to increase their commitment to policies promoting innovation in the United States. The SEMI 2009 Washington Forum was held April 29 with over 20 industry executives meeting more than two dozen policymakers. During the Forum, SEMI presented the annual North America Government Leadership Award to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) (see related article).
The Washington Forum included members of the North America Advisory Board and other senior industry executives who came to Washington to educate officials and push for policies that benefit the industry. The executives were mobilized in small groups to lobby on specific issues. The themes this year focused on solar energy/PV, R&D and export control reform.
Given the industry's growing involvement in photovoltaic manufacturing and the rise in new energy-related government initiatives, two teams were dedicated to solar energy/PV lobbying issues. They met with officials from the Department of Energy and senior staff from the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The teams also conferred with three Members of Congress, the Chief Tax Counsel for the Ways and Means Committee and several other senior congressional aides.
One of the solar lobbying teams in front of the Capitol: John Odam, DuPont; Leo Berlinghieri, MKS Instruments; Jonathan Davis, SEMI; Chris O'Brien, Oerlikon Solar; Joe Pasetti, Applied Materials; Brian Trafas, KLA-Tencor)
The solar teams discussed the grants and other provisions supporting alternative energy that were passed as part of the stimulus bill. The Department of Energy expects to release more details about grant opportunities this month. The teams also discussed tax credits, the potential creation of a "Clean Energy Bank" to provide loan guarantees and direct loans for solar projects and the formation of a new Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy.
A key topic for the meeting with the House Energy and Commerce Committee was the climate change proposal currently under consideration. The cap-and-trade portion of the bill includes provisions related to fluorinated greenhouse gases such as NF3 that are used in semiconductor production. The SEMI team urged the committee staff to modify the bill to adopt a downstream control at the facility level for these gases if they are included in a climate change bill rather than controlling them at the gas production or importation source.
We are planning a lobby day on solar energy issues for October 1 and we encourage you to email email@example.com if you are interested in participating.
Two teams also lobbied on a range of innovation issues with an emphasis on federal investments in R&D and extension of the R&D tax credit. These teams met with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN). In addition, the teams met with three Members of Congress and several congressional aides.
President Obama recently made a major announcement about the U.S. government's commitment to basic science. In a speech to the National Academy of Sciences, Obama pledged to invest three percent of GDP in science and to double the budgets of three key science agencies— the National Science Foundation, the National Institute for Standards and Technology and the Department of Energy's Office of Science. He also pledged to improve math and science education and to make a national commitment to clean energy.
The SEMI teams urged Congress to support these goals and to approve necessary funding. The recently passed stimulus bill included unprecedented investments in science. Appropriators will be called on to make hard decisions during the difficult fiscal environment this year and SEMI urges the government to continue this commitment to innovation.
The SEMI lobby groups also advised Congress to renew the R&D tax credit before it expires December 31, 2009. This credit has lapsed 13 times since it was created in 1981. SEMI urges the Congress and Obama Administration to make it permanent so that companies can count on this important tax incentive when making their decisions about R&D investments.
Export Control Reform
Export control issues continue to be a top policy priority for SEMI since member companies derive the vast majority of their revenues from overseas sales. The Washington Forum export control team met with officials from the Departments of Commerce, State, Defense and the National Security Council.
A major goal for this team was to push for continuation and expansion of the Validated End-User (VEU) program. This program provides streamlined licensing for pre-approved companies doing business China. The program has encountered some challenges although many of these have been addressed by a recent agreement between the U.S. and Chinese governments on end-use visits. During the Washington Forum, the agency officials announced that they have approved additions to the Validated End-User program for China. In addition to the five existing VEUs, the government approved Aviza Technology China as a VEU and they expanded the range of approval for current Validated End-User Applied Materials.
There is some interest in government circles in conducting a fundamental review of export control reform to modernize the control list, streamline licensing and revise visa rules. SEMI supports this effort and continues to meet with policymakers on these issues.
Other Meetings
Several members met with the co-chairs of the House High-Tech Caucus, Representatives Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Michael McCaul (R-TX). This is a bi-partisan group in the House focused on innovation issues. Eshoo and McCaul discussed government initiatives to promote solar energy and their commitment to make progress on an innovation agenda this year.
The SEMI industry executives opened the Washington Forum with remarks by Bill Reinsch, President of the National Foreign Trade Council and former Undersecretary of Commerce for Export Administration. Mr. Reinsch discussed the prospects for export control reform and progress on trade policy issues. He also raised an issue of increasing importance— the potential elimination of tax deferral rules on U.S. corporations' overseas earnings.
Co-chairs of the House High Tech Caucus and industry executives. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX); Jeannine Sargent, Oerlikon Solar; Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA); Leo Berlinghieri, MKS Instruments; Terry Brewer, Brewer Science)
Current U.S. tax law allows companies to avoid taxes on much of their overseas earnings if the funds remain offshore. This levels the playing field since many other countries do not tax their companies' overseas earnings. The Administration proposes to change these rules which could result in a tax increase for many SEMI members. Given the potential impact on industry, the business community has organized a coalition to share resources in an effort to defeat this proposal. To learn more about this issue, please contact the SEMI Washington office at email@example.com or visit the Promoting America's Competitive Edge coalition website at www.pace4jobs.org.
Washington Forum attendees also welcomed guest speaker Peter Cleveland, VP of Legal and Corporate Affairs and Director of Global Public Policy for Intel. Mr. Cleveland is also the former Chief of Staff to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). He discussed Intel's public policy priorities and shared his perspective on how companies can effectively work with Capitol Hill.
While the SEMI Washington Forum is the association's annual lobby day, member companies are encouraged to visit Washington at any time. SEMI staff can help arrange meetings with key officials and provide updates on key policy issues. If you are interested in participating in a lobby day on solar energy issues on October 1, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Feb. 26, 2009
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Yale fencers will head to Waltham, Mass., for the IFA Championships this Saturday. Coming off a 2-4 Ivy League finish, the Bulldogs will meet Ivy rivals again among others.
The Intercollegiate Fencing Association was in existence before the NCAA had collegiate fencing, thus the IFA Championships is a non-NCAA tournament between the colleges that are in the IFA. It has an unusual format and its own trophies.
Instead of NCAA team fencing, where the three starters fence each of the other three starters (for a total of nine bouts), the IFA format is such that each of the three starters is named either "A strip," "B strip" or "C strip" and they only fence opponents in the same strip for three bouts. So unlike the NCAA format, where the winning team has won at least 14 of 27 bouts (nine per squad x three weapons), the IFA winning team has won five out of nine bouts (three per squad x three weapons).
Because there are fewer matches in this format, more teams can fence in a given day. Yale will therefore be fencing the Ivy League, Brandeis, Vassar, Boston College, MIT and NYU. Against the aforementioned opponents, Yale is 7-4 this season. The four losses come from Ivy League foes Harvard, Princeton, Pennsylvania and Columbia.
The IFA gives trophies to the first-place team as well as to each first-place squad. The epee squad came in second place last year.
The IFA Championship then becomes an individual tournament. The highest eight "A Strip", six "B Strip", and two "C strip" fencers are entered into a direct elimination tournament. Unlike NCAA fencing where all bouts are the first to five touches, a direct elimination bout is fenced to 15 touches.
The team is optimistic about this weekend's tournament.
"I think we are very ready for IFAs," noted junior sabreist Katherine Arden. "We fenced well against some tough teams at Ivies and I think that has given us the confidence to go into IFAs strong. I am very excited to see how our strong freshmen foil squad will do in the individuals. Kate Pitt and Valeria Makeeva have been fencing well all season, and I expect they will do well."
Tentative Starters:
Foil: Valeria Makeeva, Katharine Pitt, Jillian Liu
Saber: Katharine Arden, Farrah Kimovec, Jennifer Ivers
Epee: Rebecca Moss, Abigail Fraeman, Kristin Saetveit
The following Sunday, the Bulldogs begin their NCAA journey with the NCAA Regional Championship in Cambridge, Mass.
Report filed by Dominique Fenton '10, Yale Sports Publicity


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(MCT) — CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois coach John Groce warned not to let Joe Bertrand's soft-spoken manner fool anyone.
"He sometimes can come off like a quiet guy but Joe has big-time energy," Groce said.
And he knows when to supply it.
Bertrand ripped off his own 10-0 run during a critical span of less than two minutes to help Illinois pull ahead of Georgia Tech and whip the crowd into a frenzy en route to Wednesday night's 75-62 victory. The No. 22 Illini now have won four straight Big Ten-ACC Challenge games.
"This summer (Groce) had us shooting a lot of 3s," said Bertrand, who scored 15 points and hit 3 of 4 3-pointers. "Everybody had to make 11,000 or more. That really helped with my shooting. It really helped my confidence."
The Illini have plenty to feel confident about after an undefeated start.
Bertrand's hot streak sparked a 21-4 Illini run to end the game.
"A lot of confidence," Groce said about his feelings toward Bertrand. "He always competes. I very rarely will watch practice film or game film and say Joe's not playing hard."
The entire team was on target from the perimeter, making 14 of 28 3-pointers. Illinois, which entered the game leading the nation in 3-pointers per game, was just one shy of tying an Assembly Hall record and two off a single-game team record.
The Illini were better off from the arc than the free throw line, where they hit 7 of 18.
The Illini had trailed by six points in the first half, but cut down on turnovers in the second half (only two of their 14 total) and switched between man-to-man and zone defenses against Georgia Tech (4-2).
Guard Brandon Paul also scored 15 points, while D.J. Richardson and Tyler Griffey chipped in with 14 apiece.
Kammeon Holsey led Georgia Tech (4-2) with 14 points.
During Bertrand's tear, Groce turned toward the crowd and demonstrably waved his arms to pump up the 12,224 fans.
"I don't do that a whole lot," he said. "I just thought it was a heck of a play and we needed them. That picks our guys up. That makes a huge difference."
Illinois (8-0) is sure to see its profile rise after the nationally televised victory. The Illini already had garnered attention after winning the Maui Invitational tournament with a title victory against Butler.
Groce said he will quote Will Rogers at the next team meeting to help the Illini keep perspective.
"Even if you're on the right track if you sit still you'll get run over," Groce said. "We want to keep getting better. I'm going to rely on the older guys."


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A Tap on the Glass - Vol. 69 - You Have to Believe!
Beliefs are the most powerful force in the world. What we believe to be true about ourselves appears in our lives as our lives.
How do you visualize your world? Do you hold the belief that nothing good happens to you, that you will never win the prize? Our prosperity, or lack of it, reflects our thinking. Would you like to be on the receiving end of prosperity?
Then change your thinking and you'll change your world! You will become what you think about most.
Erase and Replace
All of us talk to ourselves all the time. We are thinking machines that never shut down. The more you think about anything in a certain way the more you will believe that that's how it really is. Become aware of what you are thinking. Make a list of your thoughts. Most people are unaware of just how many negative thoughts they think about themselves and the world around them. If you can't be bothered making a list, have a friend say "negative" every time he or she hears negative self-talk. It will stop you in your tracks. You will be surprised how many negative thoughts you think in a day's time.
You need to be aware of everything you tell yourself about yourself.
Here are a few examples of negative self-talk:
- I'm so clumsy
- Just my luck
- I never know what to say
- I'm too shy
- I don't have talent
- It's just no use
- Nobody likes me
- I'm too poor
- There's just no way
- I hate my job
- I just can't handle this
The human mind will do and believe anything you tell it if you tell it often enough and strongly enough! If you tell it the wrong things about yourself, it will accept and act upon it.
Our conditioning, from the day we were born, has created and reinforced most of what we believe about ourself. Right or wrong, true or false, the result of it is what we believe to be true. It all starts with programming.
I can't - Your greatest foe. You say something negative about yourself and accept it.
I need to, I should - Your recognition of your need to change, but don't.
I never, I no longer - You recognize the need to change and make the decision to do something about it.
When you replace a negative thought or action with I never or I no longer, your mind will eventually accept it. For instance, if you are a smoker, every time you light a cigarette say to yourself and out loud, I have no desire to smoke or I never smoke. Say it to yourself until your subconscious mind accepts its new directive and creates a new non-smoking version of you. You no longer smoke! That's exactly what you told your subconscious mind; that's exactly what it will do.
I am - The better you. The most effective thought pattern. It has been used the least and is needed the most. You are telling your subconscious mind, "This is the me I want you to create! I don't smoke! I am living the life I choose, I do everything I need to do when I need to do it. Your past negative thought patterns are turned around. You are no longer thinking, "I can't remember names" instead you are thinking "I have a great memory". Which do you want your subconscious mind to accept?
This is how the brain works
- Programming creates beliefs.
- Beliefs create attitudes.
- Attitudes create feelings.
- Feelings determine actions.
- Actions create results.
Start with the first step. Change your programming.
What would you do if you had no chance of failing?
Thanks for reading...


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Belle Fourche Man Killed in Lawrence County Crash
A Belle Fourche man was killed early Monday in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 90 in Lawrence County.
The Highway Patrol says 35-year-old Greg Alan Baier was westbound just after midnight when his pickup went off the road near the Spearfish Exit at Mile Marker 10.
The vehicle struck a snow gate and overturned, coming to rest on its wheels between the westbound driving lanes and the off-ramp.
Baier was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from his vehicle.
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Unusual New Species of Dinosaur Identified 49
cervesaebraciator writes "A new species of heterodontosaur, called Pegomastax, has been identified. Paul Sereno, a University of Chicago paleontologist, published a description of this species in a recent issue of ZooKeys. Although this diminutive (60 cm or less) species was herbivorous, it also possessed a set of sharp, stabbing canines in its parrot-shaped beak. Dr. Sereno holds that these canines where likely 'for nipping and defending themselves, not for eating meat.' Perhaps the most imaginatively intriguing aspect of all, the body of the Pegomastix might have been covered in porcupine-like quills, making for perhaps the least attractive dinosaur of all time. You can almost hear Dieter Stark screaming 'Helvetes jävlar!'"


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Well, as the last few weeks of the baseball season wind down, it's time for some of the best baseball to be played.
I tuned into the Reds game last night, 16 innings!
They lost, but it was a pretty good game.
I am going to dust off the big screen and pop some corn.
Fajitas, beer and some nachos.....
GO baseball!
Dang! I forgot that football starts tonight!!!


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Browsing for books around the world
Despite the dire predictions of recent years, print books refuse to die. Here's a collection of photos of people browsing bookstores, market stalls and book fairs around the world -- everyone's looking for something to read, without an e-book in sight.
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