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Most Andhras do not understand what we mean by self-rule. They ask, 'You elect your MLAs and MPs and they already represent you in Indian democracy, so what else do you want?'
Most of them do not understand how our Indian democracy works. In addition to holding elections and electing our leaders, India has many institutions to safeguard various minorities and underprivileged so that they are not suppressed and marginalized. Some of those institutions include legal proceedings in a court, and even carving new states where necessary.
For example, Indian courts come into protect the rights of minorities even when majorities use their superior numbers to cow down the minorities. In case of Telangana, Supreme Court upheld the Mulki Rules to protect the interests of Telangana in early 1970s, but the Andhra politicians resorted to use of majority to revoke that decision. Those are the instances when a majority has failed to protect the interests of minority thereby hijacking our constitutional democracy.
Self-rule can be loosely defined as having a government that is representative of the people of that region. Currently the Andhra Pradesh government is dominated by Andhras. Though Telangana people elect their MPs, MLAs and MLCs, these representatives form a minority in the state of Andhra Pradesh and therefore are not able to truly represent the people of Telangana, work towards betterment of Telangana, and be accountable to people of Telangana.
Having MPs, MLAs and MLCs is not good enough if in a state the politics is divided strictly along regional lines and if the majority is working consistently for its vested interests suppressing the minority. That's what's happening in Andhra Pradesh and the history of fifty three years gives us innumerable instances to back that case.
Having a Chief Minister from Telangana is not good enough either because a CM in Indian democracy does not form the entire executive function. Without support from the cabinet and legislative bodies a CM cannot take any decision. An uncooperative cabinet and legislative assembly can reduce a CM to a figurehead. Only when he is cooperated by the cabinet and legislative bodies does he truly become the executive.
Lot of people do not relate to the above without giving examples. During 1930 and 1940s India had 'democracy' under the aegis of British Administration. We had elections where in people of Indian voted and elected their leaders of Congress, Muslim League and United Party. And these elected leaders held posts and governed India. And yet, Indians did not think it was self-rule. That's because the ultimate power to make important decisions was still with British who were not representative of people of India. Such experiments failed and eventually India was content only when British left India completely.
The same holds true in case of Telangana. Though we have our elected leaders, they are still not in a position to take ultimate decisions within the state because they are suppressed by the majority Andhras. Things would have worked out if Andhras had kept their promises of Gentlemen's Agreement, and various other accords. Since we have a history of fifty three years of bad faith in which the minority Telanganas were suppressed, it makes a case to form a new state for Telangana so that the executive and legislature are now representative of Telangana and hence accountable to people of Telangana. All this can be done within the confines of Indian Constitution as a legal and legitimate entity called State.
Andhras don't understand when Telangana people say they are fighting for self-respect. They ask, 'how does one get self-respect, just by creating a new state'?
I could easily answer that by saying, 'Exactly the way you got self-respect by creating Andhra State out of Madras State'. But then most Andhras wouldn't understand that either because they have no clue why their leader Potti Sriramulu fought for a new state. They continue to believe that their great leader fought for unification when in fact he fought for the exact opposite- the division of a state, which Telanganas are now fighting for.
Within the state of Andhra Pradesh, Telanganas do not have their own identity though they constitute a distinctly cultural group. Efforts could have been made to ensure their place in Andhra Pradesh was carefully managed so that they were recognized by their unique identity. No such measures took place. Instead all efforts were made to do the exact opposite - to blur Telangana identity completely by imposing the Andhra history and culture onto Telanganas in every aspect of the society, and whatever was remaining it was reduced to ridicule.
Right now Telanganas do not have their identity accommodated in this union of regions. Their history has been erased and replaced by history of Andhras. Their language is demoted and ridiculed while the language of Andhras is encouraged and lauded. While the language of Andhras is considered elite, the language of Telanganas is equated to the languages of lower class, the coolies, the workers, and sometimes even reviled as languages of gundas and eve-teasers.
As long as such perceptions continue to exist and continue to proliferate, we will see continued discrimination of Telangana people by Andhra people in all spheres. Telangana people end up having a low self-esteem because of their language and hence will make attempts to hide their accent to fit into the organizations they work where Andhras happen to be the bosses. Over a period of time, even Telangana people discriminate their own ilk based on the language because they now have a class divide within Telangana people on who speaks refined Telugu.
Telangana language, Telangana songs, Telangana dress sense are ridiculed, and equated to Naxalites, who are considered bad guys now by most Indians. Many of their ballads were banned during the height of Naxalite Movement. Talking Telangana is now equated to being a Maoist or Naxalite. Such characterization is no different than how Blacks continue to suffer discrimination in USA because of their language and accent equated to that of uneducated and unrefined.
Self-respect comes from the ability to rule oneself on one's own terms without being subject to ridicule or ignominy. That will come to Telangana with its new state. Now people of Telangana can say to themselves and others, 'You have Andhra Telugu, we now have Telangana Telugu, so please don't tell us that we are under one banner called Telugu which is nothing but Andhra Telugu. We reject such characterization.'
KCR and other leaders coming onto the stage and openly speaking Telangana Telugu during this agitation is nothing but affirmation that Telangana Telugu will no longer be relegated to a buffoon or a villain but that even the leaders and heroes can speak that language.
That, for some of us, is self-respect.
[The related posts are at: Case for Telangana, 6: Hyderabad State?, 8: You need to make a case, History of Telangana I, 10: Congratulations!, History of Telangana II, 11: Why so much opposition?, 12: Ignorance, Bad Faith and Low Opinion. 13: Let's stay United!, 14: Letter to Andhra Brothers, 15: Concerns, 16: Samaikya Andhra, 17: More Concerns, 18: Betrayal, 19: Hyderabad a Union Territory?, 20: Welcome the Change, 21: Status of Hyderabad, 22: Cheat the Cheated, 23: Tidbits, 24: United we Stand, 25: Congratulations Andhra, 26: Untoward Incidents and Unity, 27: Violence mars Telangana Agitation, 28: Stickers, 29: Reporting from Hyderabad, 30: How Telangana Movement Spread, 31: Free 1948. Surrender 1956. Free 2010. 32: Don't give in. Don't give up. 33: Notes on 'My Telugu Roots']


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NWSB Insider and Seattle Supersonics blogger Brandon Choate tells us the five players that make up his all time starting team in the next chapter of our Moments In Time series on Northwest sports teams. The players mentioned on this list include: Nate McMillan, Jack Sikma, Fred Brown, Shawn Kemp, and Gary Payton. That sounds like a dream team to me!
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Here at ZiggityZoom we love to make things. We especially enjoy making things from recycled materials that can provide fun for kids. These super cute animals can be made from discarded cracter and cereal boxes. Kids might like the plain cardboard side, which they can decorate themselves with markers or the side with printing already present. I started to paint these little critters but I thought the coloring from the cracker box added some whimsy so we didn't paint ours.
All you really need is the cardboard and some pinch style clothespins. We found ours at a craft store but you might also find them in the grocery store. Make a whole herd of one type of animal or a zooful of different animals. Lots of fun to be had.
What You Need:
- Cardboard
- Clothespins
- Scissors
- Marker
- Paint (optional)
What to Do:
- Draw body and head of animals on cardboard. Our bodies are about 4 inches long, to give you an idea of perspective. Include ears or cut out ears separately and then attach with glue stick.
- Animals do not have to look perfect, that's the charm.
- Cut out animals. If desired, paint them and let dry.
- Attach clothespins for legs.
- For even more fun, attach tails made out of string or yarn.
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Meet-Ups in Brisbane, January 2012
The main get-together will be at 1:30pm, Sunday 22nd January 2012, at... (Correction! The venue has been changed. Details are in a more recent blog post.)
A smaller gathering will be held a week earlier, at 10:30am, Sunday 15th January 2012 at Tognini's cafe near the State Library of Queensland bookshop.
I chose those dates and venues partly because the Lifeline Bookfest, the largest second-hand book sale in the world, will be nearby at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. A map of the area is on www.culturalcentresouthbank.com.au.
If you think you may be able to join us on Sunday 15th or 22nd January, please email me at the address shown in the sidebar.
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Brisbane is a bit far from my normal hunting grounds, so I'll have to give you a rain check on this one. Maybe, someday, I'll be in Australia and can meet you, in person. :)ReplyDelete
Yes Pam, Arizona is a bit too far from Brisbane! But I do hope we can meet in person someday. Two members of our team (one from the Netherlands and one from Australia) intend to meet up at the National Archives in The Hague later this year. Opportunities like that are an unexpected bonus for members of Genealogists for Families!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 09, 2012
Judy, I should be able to come on Sunday 15th after all. Look forward to meeting everyone.ReplyDelete
What a shame I won't be able to make this meeting, especially with a bookfest.ReplyDelete
Pauleen, we very much hope that you can join us on the 15th. Julie, fingers crossed that you can meet some of our team when you visit Australia later this year.ReplyDelete
I thoroughly enjoyed our first team gathering yesterday. We met at 10:30 for coffee, and we were still chatting happily a couple of hours later, so we stayed for lunch! Fiona, Chris and Ken came up from the Gold Coast, and Helen and I were the Brisbane representatives. Nola had to cancel at the last minute but hopes to be at the second gathering (next Sunday, 22nd). Pauleen was also unable to come, but may be able to join us for another event in late February or early March.ReplyDelete
There will be a change of venue for next Sunday's meet-up. The cafe I originally suggested is (in my opinion) not suitable now that it has a 'new look, new management and new menu'. I will post an update when I have confirmed the new location.
Updated details for the meet-up on Sunday 22nd January 2012 are in a new blog post. I would be interested in your comments on the question I asked at the end of that post.ReplyDelete
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American Express to Cut 8.5% of Staff
American Express plans to eliminate 5,400 jobs that resulted in a $400 million restructuring charge in the fourth quarter, the credit-card company said in a surprise earnings announcement. David Benoit joins Lunch Break with details.
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|Climbing Tunitas
Here are some of its statistics:
Distance: 4.9km
Avg Grade: 8.1%
Elevation difference: 395m
Climb Category: 2
The first time I went up this climb was in 2010, when I visited California for the first time to get in a good block of winter training. Ryan convinced me to go for the QOM on OLH and on one of my last days over there I went for it. All I can remember was that it was very painful. My time was 19:24, I beat the record.
Then, last year, a Swedish ultra-cyclist (Catherina Berge) took the crown from me, improving the QOM by a full 20 seconds to 19:04. I was over in California again in 2011, but couldn't get myself into the right frame of mind to try to regain the crown (it hurts, you know!).
Now a tradition, I came over to the US again in November 2012. I had just submitted my PhD thesis two weeks before travelling. I had been three months off the bike to get the thesis finished before my submission deadline. I had become fat and unfit. And sick. I had been on a whirlwind trip involving four flights, a wedding in London, a gala dinner back in Dublin before taking an early morning flight back to London for a connecting long-haul to SFO, very little sleep and a bad cold before collapsing on a bed after arriving in California. I was determined to get my training in and suffered through it. I wasn't lucky with tropical storms making training very wet outside when I was just back in health and a 24hour stomach bug flooring me yet again. Finally, in the last week of my 3 week stay good health and good weather coincided and I could enjoy a super week of riding.
Still fat and only a little fitter, trying to regain my OLH crown this year was not really on my radar. I was also riding quite a lot in the last 2 days before we were due to fly back home (about 9 hours), so I just thought "another time". Instead I thought I might try to break the HWY 9 record - a rather long and shallow drag with the help of Ryan's draft. But then Ryan just said the night before we were due to fly: "Mel, you're not doing HWY9 tomorrow, you're doing Old la honda." And as soon as he had put that little voice in my head that I may actually be able to break the record, my mind was set. I had a good nights sleep and thought about OLH, visualizing the pain I'd have to endure to get up it. I have learned a lot the last few weeks about pain and suffering, not in an injury sense, but in a training sense (more on that in a future blog post), and was ready to take the suffering a record attempt would surely bring.
|Tired, but happy
|Got the Fred Tattoo to prove it!
I was very happy with that time, especially considering my condition and recent time off the bike. Statistical estimates suggest that drafting counts for roughly 10-15 seconds. But what I think was the real advantage to having Ryan there was his pacing. It takes a lot of confidence and constraint to go into a record attempt with such a negatively paced split.
I just noticed that there's a new 2nd place on this segment - nice to see more riders testing themselves on this climb (and I'm glad Ryan paced me for a faster time than an 18:59)!


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This article examines the mechanisms producing the meaning of infertility and the new ways of producing life through the use of conceptive reproductive technologies. The normative underpinnings of maternity and/or reproduction are highlighted, as well as the emergence and shaping of this field as a contemporary drive toward the commodification and consumption of biotechnology. Scientific progress, in this case, is incorporated in the techno-embryo, linked to the fetishization of the gene and the assertion of traditional values associated with consanguineous families.
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antisoma needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 120 designs submitted by 49 freelance designers.
I'm looking for a new logo for a project called International man. I'd like to incorporate Leonardo Di Vinci's Renaissance man sketch into it: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archiv…iatour.jpg
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International Man is about travel and adventure for modern day Renaissance men. I like the incorporation of Da Vinci's man sketch, but if there's something else you have in mind, I'm open to suggestions.
I'm looking for a logo that can be used on the website and in print.
What I have in mind is simply the di vinci logo on the left and next to it the Project name: International Man and below that the tagline:
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Helped Miners shut down high-flying Pumas Saturday.
Missouri S&T senior linebacker Chris Horn, who led the Miners in tackles in their 14-13 victory Saturday over Saint Joseph's, has been named as the Great Lakes Valley Conference's "Defensive Player of the Week".
Horn, who finished the contest with 12 tackles, was part of an overall effort that slowed down one of the league's top offensive units this season. The Pumas entered Saturday's game with averages of 482.3 offensive yards per game, 264 rushing yards per contest and a league-high 33.8 points a game.
The Miner defense held Saint Joseph's to 168 yards on the ground – and just 106 after a 62-yard touchdown run on the first play of the game – 279 yards overall and 13 points. The total yardage and point totals were season lows for the Pumas, as was their 111 yards through the air.
S&T's defensive unit allowed only 13 completions in 33 pass attempts on the afternoon, recorded four quarterback sacks and intercepted four passes – all of them coming in the final 6:37 of the contest with the Miners clinging to a one-point lead. In addition, five of the Pumas' 18 offensive possessions ended with negative yardage.
The award is the second in Horn's career, as he was also honored after S&T's win over Urbana late last season.
The Miners, who improved to 3-4 overall and 2-1 in the GLVC with Saturday's win, will play Truman State Saturday in Kirksville, Mo. Game time is at 1 p.m.


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When reading about 21st century learning I often come across the term "curation". Beth Kanter defines content curation as "the organizing, filtering and "making sense of" information on the web and sharing the very best pieces of content that you've cherry picked with your network" (be sure to read the whole post).
As more and more information is published on the web, we need tools to help us find, filter and organize that information. Students need to learn that not all information is created equally and that learning requires us to evaluate and edit information constantly.
I use quite a few tools that help me with these activities:
twitter – a continuous rich stream of links come to me from my PLN through twitter
delicious – a great way to bookmark sites, research papers and other sources of information to refer back to
google alerts – an easy way to automate searches that you perform on a regular basis
rss reader – a "dashboard" for bringing all the blogs, news sources, and other things together in one place for catching up
Increasingly there are tools that bring disparate sources together and present them in a visually appealing way – almost like a magazine – and it is one of these that I've been playing around with lately.
Scoop.it is a tool that helps you to explore your favourite topic by bringing content (sites, posts, videos, etc) together in an online exhibit. Scoop.it will even crawl the web looking for links that might be of interest to you. You can follow topics and other scoop.it posters and easily pull links that appeal to you into your own curation page.
I'm just getting started with this project, so far I've pulled together some of my all-time favourites and will add new things as I come across them. I'm hoping this will be an effective way to pull together information to engage people (in particular parents) who aren't necessarily tuned in to the latest web tools.
Asking people to jump right into twitter or blogging or social bookmarking can be a bit overwhelming. My hope is that by exploring topics of interest through scoop.it they will see the power of curation tools for their children and might even try it for themselves.
What I'm scooping right now:
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I came. I saw. I heard. I caught an accent. The accent virus (unlike the common cold virus) has finally been nailed.
Th virus affected more persons than a common cold. Affected persons were perfectly sane people who spoke Inglish. A visit to America and the accent would catch on. Inglish (the Indian way of speaking English) would give way to Americanese (yeah, the same thing). Words become gnarled on the tongue. Simple, straightforward "processes" become "processeees", "ands" would be preceded by a tarzanish eeaah. The bigger symptoms were that the infected persons R's were rolled and S's emanate d from somewhere lower down in the stomach, where stethoscopes could not reach. Three days was all it took to catch an accent. Accents are or were, I believe, contagious. They were also uncurable. Once caught, the victims lived with it. They were caught through (according to various research) food, water, air or by watching any foreign news channel. It found its way through the highest security. Accents were duplicated faster than duplicates. It was peculiar that the accent that the infected acquired was always a US or UK version. The African, West Indian, Japanese accent was never as infectious. Indeed a visit to these "non-infectious" nations sometimes created a similar symptoms of the Americanese kind. While researchers struggled over the causes, something happened.
The triple dose of the BPO vaccine and Channel V and cricket commentary have all but made the accent infra dig. The first one suddenly made the infection less potent since the BPO virus ensured that any call center associate would have a learned (and hence polished) accent that was far better than the infected accent. The second one of Channel V, "We are like this wonly" made us proud of "Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani". The third showed our very own Gavaskar, Harsha Bhogle hold their own against other accomplished commentators each of whom spoke with their own accent (Michaeal Holding being a prime example). Today, Inglish ( the accent, I mean) is a symbol of India and perhaps a symbol of national pride as well.
Friday, July 15, 2005
Accent virus
I came. I saw. I heard. I caught an accent. The accent virus (unlike the common cold virus) has finally been nailed.
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- Jayesh said...
Good post . But the accents do matter in certain kind of sectors, certain MNCs and whom you report to. Indianized English is still what the vast majority still speaks. Also the accent should not make one oblivious to Indian insights. I have covered the South Mumbai stereotype in my latest post which also is sometimes out of touch with India.
- 12:24 PM, July 16, 2005
- Neelakantan said...
I disagree with that. An accent is what you put on when you want to be identified with someone/something. Expats, foreigners are not so concerned with accents (I have worked a few of them myself).
But the second part of your comment is nice. An accent is something people used to put on to say "Oh, well, we are different from the hoi polloi". But I think those days when an accent got you noticed are gone.
- 3:09 PM, July 16, 2005
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For each holiday, Emma and I have decorated sugar cookies together and Mother's Day was no exception.
You can see all of her cookie projects :
1st Valentines Day (2 Months)
Pumpkins (10 Months)
Snowflakes (12 Months)
Easter Chicks & Eggs (14 Months)
Strawberries (17 Months)
As she's gotten older she likes to be more hands-on in the decorating process... no longer can I give her a cookie to play with while I intricately decorate the others. So, I adopted a new, streamlined method for decorating.
Instead of classic Royal Icing, I made a simple butter glaze that I pour over cookies when they're still warm. The glaze covers the entire top of the cookie and the remaining drips off. Then, I go back and add very simple details with a piping bag (usually during nap time). I found that the butter in the glaze keeps the cookies really moist and tastes better, too. And, as always, you can find my standby Sugar Cookie recipe here.
As you can see, Emma chose to sugar some of her cookies before baking.
Butter Glaze Cookies
-Sugar Cookie (warm from the oven) recipe here
-Cooling Rack
-4 tablespoons of butter, melted
-2 tablespoons of milk
-3 cups of powdered sugar
-food coloring
In a microwave safe bowl, microwave butter with the milk until the butter is melted. Add powdered sugar until good, pourable, but not too runny, constancy is achieved. Add color (see my tips here).
When cookies come out of the oven, remove the cookies with a spatchula and place them on a cooling rack. Place a clean baking sheet lined with parchment underneath. Pour icing glaze over the cookies tilting each cookies so the tops are completely covered.
She's a very serious and precise decorator - next time I'll video! She'll spend several minutes on each one dunking, re-dunking and tasting.
Almost nap time!
Speaking of strawberries - it is almost strawberry picking time. Emma and I plan to be there next week during the first few days of the season filling our baskets!


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2013-04-29 • CARTWRIGHT of VA
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Seventies: Is anyone going to chat today??
Khathu: Hello Seventies and alt
alt: hello y'all.. how ya doing today? Khathu, what's up?
Khathu: 'm good, just getting back from the Loudoun County Archives
alt: wonderful, was it a successful trip?
Khathu: I pulled some manumission records. Philip Cartwrightr is the father of Nicodemus, Warren and Ann
alt: great!!!!!
Khathu: Not sure if Philip is also the father of Joseph Cartwright Although Philip is also listed as Lewis on a deed record I located. The name Lewis is interesting because Joseph named one of his sons Lewis
alt: was Philip/Lewis a 'free' black himself?
Khathu: He was listed in the 1820 Census yes he was
alt: Loudoun Co,,, is the Leesburg (?) and how far is that from you in DC? Denise, the former AfriGeneas chatter did a lot of work with the Balch (?) spelling library there in Loudoun Co. Denise Oliver-Velez
Khathu: All of the cartwrights in the Record of Free Negroes 1844-1861 were children of Philip Cartwright
Seventies: Hey y'all.
alt: hello Seventies
Khathu: So it is highly likely that he is also the father of Joseph
alt: Are the Singleton's in those Loudon Co. records as FPOC?
Khathu: I just noticed that I forgot to obtain a copy of page 208 featuring Nicodemus Cartwright Leesburg is about a 75 minute drive outside of DC I will write to them to obtain Nicodemus Cartwright manumission document.
alt: wonderful!!!!! So, Phillip had to 'free' his children, they must have been born of an emslved woman.
Khathu: Ann and Anna Mahala Cartwright are the same person. The first entry she is by herself and the second one she is registering her children.
alt: enslaved .....did Phillip "own' their mother?
Khathu: He freed some of his children. Now Joseph was emancipated by a John Rose in 1819
Seventies: How many children did he have? This Phillip Cartwright.
Khathu: Yes, that is correct. I am not sure he if 'owned' their mother.
alt: sounds like Joseph may have been a brother. or some other type relative, to Phillip.
Seventies: He got knocked out...
alt: Oops, Khathu probably got bumped wb Khathu
Khathu: Joseph would have been too young to have been a brother.
alt: okay NIcodemus & his family is the only one I can find that came into Ohio.
Seventies: You're going to have to do an update in the forums.
Khathu: I am planning on doing it this evening
alt: wonderful!!! the update Did I mention the "goodie" I found over the weekend..... a Petition to the Senate of the State of Ohio in 1838 by my ancestor Lewis Adams... it is online.
Khathu: It appears that most of Philip's children were born between 1817-1830
alt: do you have any idea where the other children went after they got their 'freedom'?
Khathu: A review of birth dates of the Joseph and Philip shows that they are more likely brothers - Philip b.1775 and Joseph b. 1783
alt: ah so.. that's my impression .. brothers or cousins, or maybe even as Denise would say "plantation kin".
Khathu: Maybe - since they are the only Cartwrights in the County, I am assuming they are definitely related.
alt: yep what's up with you Seventies?
Seventies: Nothing. I talked to vicky a little while ago... just to check in with her.
alt: Is she home now?
Khathu: The information I found on Joseph Cartwright concerning his emancipation was a court order determining whether or not he would be allowed to remain in the County
Seventies: No still in TX. Family is trying to get things in order. She says she's doing fine.
alt: okay, thanks Seventies
Seventies: I was wondering about that Khathu. With the registering and all.
Khathu: The court order was dated 14 Dec 1819. Unfortunately the actual deed of John Rose emancipating him has yet to be located. He never registered. This order was found in the FPOC Papers. They was loose papers
alt: many VA counties had Black Codes stating that Blacks had 1 year to get out of VA after being freed, or retuned to slavery.. That is where the FPOC petitions to remain in the State come from.
Seventies: ok I recall that from the Blair Underwood episode of WDYTYA
Khathu: So back on that we can assume that he was emancipated between 1817-1819
alt: another good point... Cartwright was "owned" by John Rose, but took the surname of Cartwright .. interesting..... or at least he was 'freed' by John Rose, right?
Khathu: one or the other Hopefully, I will obtain more information from reviewing the church records.
alt: wishing you the best Khathu
Khathu: I haven't found anything on Philip's emancipation By the way, the Singletons were not listed in the Free Black Records of Loudoun County
alt: okay thanks Khathu a thought on Phillip.... he didn't need to be emancipated because he was born of a free woman, possibly a white woman named Cartwright.
Seventies: ok all, gotta run. take care.
alt: take care Seventies
Khathu: That is a thought
alt: there are so many, many possibilities Khathu
Khathu: Yes, there are alt Now according to a questionaire take at Mt. Zion in the 1970s, Joseph had several brothers Willie, Frank and Harry and his father was a Hamilton Cartwright
alt: this is some interesting work you're doing Khathu .... I'm very much into the workings of FPOC, how they became free and their lives after becoming free.
Khathu: This is new territory for me alt It is very fascinating
alt: ah so, okay... Mt. Zion is that the AME church in G'Town?
Khathu: No it is a ME
alt: okay, but is this the church in G'Town?
Khathu: Yes, it is. Philip's wife was named Sophia
alt: I've been there several times.... and knew it was ME, but I thought it was AME LOL so, most of the other Cartwright's went to the DC & MD area from Loudoun Co., while Nicodemus came to Ohio?
Khathu: I have only been able to locate Joseph and Nicodemus after 1850
alt: okay
Khathu: I will post an update to the forum later today.
alt: wonderful.. I'll follow it with great interest.. And if you don't mind respond with my information on the descendants of Nicodemus here in Ohio.
Khathu: Okay
alt: thank you
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When the Skyllberg Iron Works planned to introduce steam power on their railroad in 1881, master mechanic Olaus Bork (see "A railroad builder in the family" ) did not have to go far for advice. Since 1875 his younger brother Per Gustaf Bork was employed as a locomotive engineer, and later master mechanic at the Hjo – Stenstorp Railroad (HSJ).
Per Gustaf was born in 1844 at Liljendal, Rämen parish, eight years younger than his brother Olaus. He is only seven when his father dies in smallpox, and their mother remarries his father´s assistant Olof Johnsson Roth. Per Gustaf starts to learn the blacksmith trade, and in 1865 he moves to Rönneshytta. This is a blast furnace which delivers pig iron to the rolling mill at nearby Skyllberg, where Olaus has just been appointed superintendent. Brother-in-law Gustaf Elg (married to Maria Sophia Bork) also moves to Rönneshytta where he is a master blacksmith.
In Rönneshytta Per Gustaf marries Amalia Persdotter, and daughter Tekla Olivia is born in 1869, the couple´s only child. In 1870 the family moves to Arboga. Per Gustaf´s profession is now listed as "machinist", perhaps a sign that he has taken a first step from blacksmith to the new mechanical engineering industry.
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In 1872-73, the first parts of the Nora – Karlskoga railroad opens for business, and we can safely assume that it is here that Per Gustaf learns his new profession. In 1873, brother Olaus also oversees the construction of a railroad from Skyllberg to the new standard gauge mainline at Lerbäck – although his line will initially be horse-drawn.
The boom spirit of Karlskoga is broken by a deep recession in late 1873. By 1875 Per Gustaf moves his family to Hjo, a small town in southern Sweden, located on the shore of lake Vänern, one of Sweden´s largest lakes. Here he is employed as an engineer on the new Hjo-Stenstorp railroad (HSJ.
HSJ was one of the first common carriers on narrow gauge rails in Sweden. The gauge, 3 Swedish feet or 35 1/12", was the most common narrow gauge in Sweden. Like many other such projects, HSJ was built by local businessmen in Hjo, to connect a town which had been bypassed by the main trunk lines.
The pier in Hjo. An HSJ train and passenger steamer steamer "s/s Trafik". Source: Swedish Railway Museum ( www.samlingsportalen.se ) Jvm.KDAA03023:
Since 1855, Hjo also had one of the best harbors on Lake Vättern (Sweden´s second kargest lake), and while the railroad was seen as a threat to the harbor, the harbor also came to account for a fifth of the freight shipped on the railroad. Shipments included aspen wood for the matchstick factory in Tidaholm, raw liqour for a liqour factory in Hjo, and beet sugar for a sugar refinery in Lidköping.
Villa Olga, around 1900
I have not been able to uncover many details about Per Gustaf Borks career at HSJ, but he seems to have done well. His job title advances from "engineer" to "engineer foreman" and eventually "master mechanic", and in the final years of the century he is able to purchase Villa Olga, located in a park in Hjo. Today the building is a historical landmark. Bork passed away in 1927.
Relations between the two railroading brothers were perhaps not entirely without frictions. In 1873, HSJ orders their third locomotive, "Tidaholm", from Henry Hughes in England. Already by 1877, HSJ tries – without success – to sell the locomotive to the Lidköping – Skara – Stenstorp railroad, another 891 mm gauge line which connected to HSJ at Stenstorp. In a document dated October 1883, the locomotive is described as "totally unsuitable" and should be sold immediately. By the autumn of 1885, what appears to he the same locomotive is found on brother Olaus Bork´s Askersund – Skyllberg – Lerbäck railroad, but again meets with little enthusiasm. Among other problems, the short wheelbase makes it prone to derail, in particular when clearing snow. The Skyllberg company tries to sell the loco already in July 1891, and it is finally scrapped by ASLJ in 1903.
Location of Hjo, in southern Sweden


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This seems to be Bovine Day on the blog, so I will post a link to an interesting article about North America's native wild cow, the buffalo: "Bison herd a link to Texas' history". (Note: When I checked this link on 4/3/11, it was extinct. The article may be purchased from the Dallas Morning News.)
The article tells the story of a small herd of southern buffalo that were rescued from certain extinction by Charles Goodnight, a Texas rancher of fame and legend, and his wife Mary Ann Goodnight. Descendants of the herd are now the official Texas Bison Herd.
Through the years, some of the buffalo in this herd have been cross-bred with cattle and have picked up some cattle genes. Others in the herd are still 100% buffalo. The genetically pure animals are a particularly important gene pool for the buffalo species because they carry some bison genetic markers that are rare or non-existent in other herds.
From the article, a comparison of the southern buffalo:
Characteristics : North American bison males may reach a length of 10 1/2 to 12 feet, while females may be 8 to 10 feet long. Weight ranges from 1,800 to 2,000 pounds for males and 700 to 900 pounds for females. Southern bison are generally smaller than northern bison and lighter in color. Some bulls may reach 6 feet at the top of their hump. Both males and females have short black horns curving upward then inward with narrow tips.
The eastern buffalo has been extinct since 1825. It too was a smaller animal than the Plains buffalo. Neither the southern nor the eastern buffalo were true subspecies. However, there were obviously regional differences in size and coloration.
TAXONOMIC NOTES Two subspecies are recognized: the plains bison (B. b. bison) was once widespread from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachians, and from the Canadian prairies to northeastern Mexico; the larger, darker and warier wood bison (B. b. athabascae) lived farther west, extending northward as far as the Northwest Territories and possibly as far west as the Bering Sea coast of Alaska. Two other races were listed at one time but no longer are considered valid, and are extinct in any case. They were the pale-colored mountain bison (haningtoni) of Colorado, and the eastern bison (pennsylvanicus) of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, which was almost black with a grizzled face and smaller hump. There are large numbers of plains x wood bison hybrids in Yellowstone (U.S.) and Wood Buffalo (Canada) national parks and elsewhere. The only remaining pureblooded wood bison are found in sanctuaries in the Northwest Territories and Alberta. (Source: "Bovids", an informational page from Safari Club International.)
I found the following quote about buffalo on a page titled, "Old Mobeetie Texas Association: Red River War.
The southern buffalo were long and tall and slabside. They were like the Texas cattle in build while the northern buffalo were more like the Hereford. They were probably the same specie, but the northern bison had longer, blacker, and better wool. The southern buffalo's wool turned yellow in the fall. (Attributed to J. Wright Mooar, Buffalo Hunter)
Here is another comment on the various appearances of American buffalo from someone who lived much closer to the age of the buffalo than we do:
Had the bison remained for a few more centuries in undisturbed possession of his range, and with liberty to roam at will over the North American continent, it is almost certain that several distinctly recognizable varieties would have been produced. The buffalo of the hot regions in the extreme south would have become a short-haired animal like the gaur of India and the African buffalo. The individuals inhabiting the extreme north, in the vicinity of Great Slave Lake, for example, would have developed still longer hair, and taken on more of the dense hairyness of the musk ox. In the "wood" or "mountain buffalo" we already have a distinct foreshadowing of the changes which would have taken place in the individuals which made their permanent residence upon rugged mountains. (Source: The Extermination of the American Bison, by William Temple Hornaday (1854-1937), published in 1889 by the Government Printing Office in Washington D.C.)
In an article titled, "The West: Buffalo Hunting on the Great Plains: Promoting One Society While Supplanting Another" by historian and lecturer Keith Miller, three major causes are cited for the final near-extinction of buffalo on the American continent in the late 1800's. First, a very efficient process had been developed for tanning the hides. Second, gun technology improved during and after the Civil War, so the rifles used by buffalo hunters were more accurate and more powerful than ever before. Third, the railroads made it possible to ship massive quantities of buffalo hides.
In the period 1872-1874 the bison hunts in the southern plains peaked, for example, with a buffalo death toll of 4,374,000. To that level of killing by white hunters must be added the 1,215,000 bison taken by Indians on the southern plains.
Such an horrendous slaughter had prompted the action of Congress. First, in 1872, that legislative body voted for a measure to limit buffalo hunting, and then, in 1874, passed a much more restrictive bill. But, to no avail, because President Ulysses S. Grant declined to sign either proposed law. So, the killing continued unabated. With this result--by 1875 the southern buffalo herds ceased to exist.
Source: "The West: Buffalo Hunting on the Great Plains: Promoting One Society While Supplanting Another" by Keith Miller


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Since 1860, The Open has been played over some of the world's most cherished links courses and has produced a remarkable legacy of great champions. It is the oldest and most international championship in professional golf and the Claret Jug - first presented in 1873 - is one of the most iconic trophies in all of sport.
From earlier greats such as Harry Vardon, Bobby Jones, Henry Cotton and Walter Hagen through modern legends such as Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Gary Player and Seve Ballesteros to exceptional talents of today Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy, the greatest players in the world have faced the unrelenting challenge of The Open for more than 150 years.
Explore the sections below to learn more about the history and heritage of The Open.
The One, The Open is a short film celebrating the heritage of The Open. The three minute film captures the essence of what makes golf's oldest championship a unique event in world sport. Going beyond some of the great moments in Open history, the film conveys the drama and emotion of the players and the fans and their shared experience of the unrelenting challenge of links golf.
Produced by David White and written and voiced by, television commentator and former British & Irish Lions rugby player, Eddie Butler, the three-minute film evokes the special narrative of The Open's150-year history with stirring images of the championship, the champions and the fans throughout golf's illustrious history.
Please click below to view the short film.
On 17 October 1860, eight professionals assembled at Prestwick for a tournament to determine who would be the Champion golfer.
The winner was to receive the Challenge Belt, a prize crafted from red Moroccan leather and worth £25. The competitors played three rounds on the then 12-hole links, with Willie Park Sr beating Old Tom Morris by two shots. A year later, Prestwick announced that the tournament "shall be open to all the world."
The Open has a remarkable legacy of inspiring Champions. For more than 150 years, the world's finest golfers have set out to become the "Champion Golfer of the Year" and lift the iconic Claret Jug.
Millions around the world have been united by shared memories of the unforgettable moments that unfold at The Open. Three of the greatest-ever champions, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson, all produced tremendous displays of passion and unmatched skill to capture the imagination of golf fans everywhere.
Click on the players for a short biography and to learn more about their success at The Open.
Exciting, flamboyant, wild, unpredictable – Seve Ballesteros ushered in a new era and made a new generation of fans fall in love with the game. He was runner-up as a 19-year-old in 1976 and three years later at the age of 22 became the youngest Champion of the 20th century.
In 1984 he birdied the 18th at St Andrews and celebrated his second Open victory joyously. At Lytham in 1988 he produced a wondrous closing round of 65, a win sealed with a fantastic chip at the final green.
Jack Nicklaus played his best golf for longer than anyone else – precise and conservative, hitting glorious long-iron shots and holing the putts that mattered. His first Open win came at Muirfield in 1966 and he triumphed twice at St Andrews, in 1970 and 1978.
Between 1963 and 1980 in The Open, Nicklaus won three times, was second seven times and third three times, and other than finishing 12th once, was never worse than sixth. An incomparable record.
Between 1975 and 1983, Tom Watson won five Opens in nine years, a better rate of conversion than anyone ever before. He won on his debut in 1975, in a play-off over Jack Newton, and two years later pipped Jack Nicklaus in the "Duel in the Sun" at Turnberry.
Watson won his third Open at Muirfield in 1980, then again in 1982 at Royal Troon before securing his fifth title at Royal Birkdale a year later. In 2014, aged 64, he extended his record as the oldest known competitor to complete 72 holes at The Open.
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If there was a prize for heavenly baking smells, I think coconut might just pip vanilla to the gold medal slot. I sit typing this in January's Stygian gloom and yet the smell wafting down the hallway is of sunshine and tropics – divine!
I'm drawn to biscuits at the moment. I think they have stealth qualities that are admirable at this time of year e.g. you can sneak a biscuit out of the tin and eat it before you've even cut a slice of cake; you can walk around doing stuff whilst eating a biscuit – there's no need for a plate or a fork. Most importantly of all, you can totally lie to yourself about how many you've eaten – when you opened the tin there were several in there, when you closed the tin there were several in there...who's counting?
The recipe may have made two more biscuits than are shown here; I cannot confirm nor deny it.....
Chocolate and coconut is a perfect marriage of flavours and pack these biscuits full of flavour. Coconut always gives baking a nice, short texture; a comforting crumbliness. The texture doesn't change as the biscuit ages either – they stay crisp and crumbly for several days.
225g unsalted butter, at room temperature
140g caster sugar
1 egg yolk
280g plain flour
100g desiccated coconut
100g milk chocolate chips
Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan oven 170°C/375°F/ Gas mark 5.
Line two baking sheets with baking paper or non-stick foil.
Put the butter and sugar in a bowl and beat until light, whippy and pale in colour.
Beat in the egg yolk.
Stir in the flour.
Stir in the coconut and chocolate chips. The dough will be stiff but not firm enough to roll out.
Take tablespoons of the dough and shape gently into balls – don't squeeze!
Place the ball on the prepared baking sheet and flatten the top slightly
Place the balls about 2-3cm apart to allow for them spreading whilst baking.
Bake for 10-15 minutes or until the biscuits are a light golden brown. Don't panic if yours take a little longer; mine took 20 minutes (possibly because I made them bigger than the recipe said!)
Remove from the oven and place the trays on wire racks to cool. Don't attempt to remove the biscuits from the trays until they have cooled as they will be crumbly when hot.
The biscuits will store in an airtight tin for several days.
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E3 Easy Epidemiology for Everyone
Indiana Epidemiology Newsletter
August 2007
E3is a new feature of the Indiana Epidemiology Newsletter dedicated to exploring the fundamentals of epidemiology Each month, a different epidemiology concept will be explored to enhance understanding of basic epidemiology.
"Whoever wishes to investigate medicine properly, should proceed thus: in the first place to consider the seasons of the year, and what effects each of them produces for they are not at all alike, but differ much from themselves in regard to their changes"
Hippocrates, 400 B.C.E
This quote from Hippocrates represents the very foundations of modern epidemiology. "Epidemiology" is derived from the Greek words, epi (upon) + demos (people) + logy (study of). (The word epidemic has similar roots.) Epidemiology is recognized as the basic science of public health. The textbook definition of epidemiology is "the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations and the application of this study to control of health problems" (Last, p 62. 2001). Epidemiology draws on many different disciplines in an effort to describe cause-and-effect relationships and is responsible for directing public health action (Dicker, 2002).
Like other sciences, public health epidemiology is based on a scientific method. Inthis case, the method, as outlined below, should be thought of as the natural, logical steps taken when "doing" epidemiology.
Data gathering, often ongoing, to monitor the level of disease in a population
|Descriptive epidemiology
Categorizing and displaying data to better understand aspects of a specific disease or condition
|Analytic epidemiology
If differences appear between groups in the descriptive data, further analysis can help determine if the differences are real and if certain groups are at greater/less risk for the outcome of interest
Based on the findings of the analysis, actions can be taken to positively influence the health outcome of interest
Follow-up to determine if the intervention was effective
One of the basic premises of epidemiology is that "disease doesn't occur randomly, but rather in distinct patterns that reflect the operation of underlying factors" (Friis and Sellers, p 108., 1999). It is in these patterns that we need to look, and the monthly E3 topics over the next year will demonstrate how this is accomplished.
There have been many successes attributed to epidemiology—the most famous is Dr. John Snow's removal of the pump handle on a drinking water pump on Broad Street in London in the midst of a cholera epidemic in 1854. More recent examples exist in infectious disease control; cancers; cardiovascular disease, in particular the Framingham study; and advances in maternal and child health. Epidemiology is the very cornerstone of public health science.


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Mavis L. Strickland Raynor, 86, of Carolina House, died Friday, June 21, 2013, at Hinkle Hospice House.
Mavis L. Strickland Raynor, 86, of Carolina House, died Friday, June 21, 2013, at Hinkle Hospice House.
An inurnment service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Wayne Memorial Park, 2925 US Highway 117 South, Goldsboro, by the Rev. Jim Willoby.
Mrs. Raynor was born Oct. 30, 1926, in Edgecombe County to Hirum Strickland and Annie Glascow Strickland. She was a nurse assistant for Woodard Nursing Home and a member of Lakeview Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; and husbands Lonnie S., Raynor and Bruce Coolidge Byerly.
Surviving are son Jeff Raynor (Sandra) of Lexington; daughters Mary Ann McNeill (Ralph) of Williamston, Janice Raynor of Morehead City and Cheryl Boyle (Gerald) of Cary; 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and sister Eva "PeeWee" Crawford of Sharpesburg.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Davidson County, 200 Hospice Way, Lexington, NC 27292.
Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.


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A delegation of British human rights leaders, recently returned from Germany has reported finding a volume of official arrogance and politically-endorsed intolerance that was both "astonishing" and "perplexing."
The five-man committee - two members of the House of Lords, accompanied by professors of philosophy and sociology and a religious scholar - say they were astonished by the stark contrast between what they personally observed and the blunt German denial of the same facts.
Despite clear evidence gained throughout the tour of widespread violations of international human rights agreements to which Germany is a signatory, officials interviewed by the delegation all maintained that there was "no discrimination" in Germany.
And they say they were perplexed because no one, not even the German officials with whom they spoke, was able to explain why such disruptive social conditions are not only not addressed, but are actually fostered from within Germany's major political parties.
Although the committee did not frilly resolve this issue, its report states that "It is worth noting that in September 1996, the former Minister of Justice, Sabina Leuthheusser-Schnartenburger, criticised proposed measures specifically against Scientologists as a tactic to set aside 'constitutional principles, the rule of law, land] the restriction of the authority of the state' in order to erode individual rights and introduce a 'thought police' in Germany."
"In other words," the committee noted, "the former Federal Justice Minister is saying that the attacks against the sects are simply a device to dismantle constitutional safeguards for all Germans."
The committee felt that this at least was a plausible explanation for what is otherwise an inexplicably irrational and unconstitutional campaign condoned by the German government.
Old Churches off the Mark
The delegation consisted of Lord McNair and Lord Hylton, Professor Anthony Flew, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Reading University, Dr. Dennis O'Keefe, senior lecturer in the Sociology of Education at the University of North London, and David Rosser-Gwen, a writer and lecturer on religious affairs.
As the "Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate Discrimination Against Religious and Ethnic Minorities in Germany," the delegation was formed in response to the serious criticism of Germany's recent human rights record in documents such as the 1994 and 1995 reports to the UN by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Application of the Declaration on Eliminating all Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Conviction, and a 1995 publication by Human Rights Watch/Helsinki entitled "Germany for Germans - Xenophobia and Racist Violence in Germany" ...
The investigating committee visited Germany in September and interviewed representatives of 17 minority groups which have experienced politically-motivated discrimination, and also met with officials from the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the Ministry of Justice.
The committee also investigated evidence that much of the hysteria generated to discourage people from looking for new approaches to spintuality comes from the state-supported Catholic and Lutheran Churches, which have been suffering declining attendance for years. Evidence of their concern is that they have appointed at least 140 "sect priests" whose entire function is to disseminate negative, generalised propaganda about "sects" throughout Germany.
Despite the prior reports of human rights abuses, the published report of the investigating committee begins by stating that its members felt "completely unprepared for the sheer scale of prejudice, discrimination and even persecution which our witnesses recounted."
The committee also expressed surprise "at the millions of DM and the thousands of man hours that are being poured into this campaign against minority religions."
"Our inescapable conclusion," continues the report, "is that the might of the state and church apparatus has been brought to bear on these minority religions and an uneven playing field has been created in an attempt to destroy them" ...
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The numbers and the standings will change, but heading into this week's games, they were lined up too perfectly to ignore.
Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning reached the halfway point of the season with a 5-3 record and 2,404 yards passing.
Colts quarterback Andrew Luck reached the halfway point of the season with a 5-3 record and 2,404 yards passing.
Though Manning, the 15-year veteran, and Luck, the rookie out of Stanford, are hardly mirror images, their fates over the past 12 months have been as interconnected as their numbers were entering this week.
And so far, this has all the makings of a win-win situation for both teams and both quarterbacks.
Colts interim head coach and offensive coordinator Bruce Arians, who also worked with Manning when he was a rookie, says Manning was great in his first year and Luck is every bit as good.
"He's light years ahead of where we thought he would be," Arians said. "There's nothing really left to put in the playbook that we haven't installed, and he's been extremely good in clutch situations."
Had the Colts chosen not to part ways with Manning—the quarterback who essentially defined the franchise for a decade and a half—they may still have picked Luck first in the draft. But chances are he'd be watching, not playing.
There's no crystal ball to tell how that would've gone. But installing Luck as the starter is working out just fine.
If the playoffs had begun at the season's midpoint, the Broncos and Colts, who beat Jacksonville 27-10 on Thursday night, would have been matched up for a first-round game. Despite that, despite the winning record and the 10 touchdown passes, Luck only gave himself a 'C' when asked for his own midseason grade.
"I think a perfect grade would be if you won every game, didn't have any incompletions, no interceptions, so we'll keep working until we get to there," he said.
Some things he's doing, however, go well beyond average.
This week, Luck's jersey was sent to the Pro Football Hall of Fame after he threw for a rookie record 433 yards in a 23-20 win over Miami on Sunday. With that performance, he joined Manning as the only other player to throw for 300-plus yards four times in his first year.
While many teams will dumb down offenses, or build them to fit specific skills of rookie quarterbacks (see the Redskins and Robert Griffin III or the Seahawks and Russell Wilson), Luck is essentially working with a complex, pro-style offense—and is also asked to pick up the slack for a running game ranked 19th in the league.
Despite the running game, and despite receiver Reggie Wayne standing as Indy's only "big name" playmaker, the Colts have the NFL's fourth-ranked offense. Luck has won close games (three-point wins over Miami, Minnesota and Green Bay and an overtime win over Tennessee), has engineered big comebacks (from 21-3 down against the Packers) and has quickly gained the confidence of his teammates.
"He has definitely come in and helped us win games," Wayne said. "For the offense, he's put us in good situations to make plays. He's made some unbelievable throws, especially on the run. He's used his feet well."
While Luck has been piling up yards, his quarterback rating was only 79.0, 25th in the NFL, in part because he completed only 56.5 percent of his passes and was averaging an interception per game. The Colts, meanwhile, still have two games left against AFC South leader Houston and one game at New England. Daunting.
Still, with a rookie quarterback and coming off a 2-14 season, there weren't many people picking the Colts as playoff contenders in 2012.
"I'm really pleased with where he's at, his competitiveness, his spirit, his grit, leadership," Arians said. "Those are things you hope you have in a quarterback, and he's got them all."
Denver's schedule was frontloaded—Houston, New England, Atlanta and Pittsburgh were among the first five opponents. Because of that, and because Manning was coming off injury and starting with a new team, expectations weren't that high for early in the season.
But after a 2-3 start, the Broncos have won three straight. It's an understatement to say Manning has been rounding into form. He has completed nearly 76 percent of his passes over the last five games. He leads the league in passer rating (108.6) and has 20 touchdowns and only six interceptions. He says he always expected to improve as the season wore on.
"I think you never stop learning," Manning said. "Eight games and I'm in my 15th year, you're still learning, but I think we're working to try to get on the same page and trying to be more productive each week than we were the week before."
When he chose Denver, Manning's ability to bounce back from his injury was every bit as big an unknown as how Luck would respond to his first year in the NFL. As the season has gone on and the Broncos' offense has risen to the top of the AFC West behind the league's fourth-ranked passing game, questions about Manning's arm strength have all but disappeared. The chemistry Manning built with Wayne, Marvin Harrison and Dallas Clark in Indianapolis is slowly seeping into the offense in Denver, where Eric Decker, Demaryius Thomas and Joel Dreessen are getting the hang of doing things Manning's way.
"I think the more we get on the same page, the more we understand nonverbal cues, certain routes and how to read defenses," said Decker, who has caught touchdown passes in five straight games. "All of those things, you can use to your advantage offensively. We're definitely clicking more as a unit offensively."
When Manning chose Denver, he was very clear about his goals. The decision, he said, was about winning now. At 36 and with the injury he was returning from, he knows there aren't many more seasons left to win another Super Bowl.
"I realize I don't have 14 years left, by any means," Manning said on the day he signed.
Luck, on the other hand, might. And he certainly wasn't joining a team that was one, or even two or three pieces away from Super Bowl contention.
Or so the Colts thought.
Asked to compare the quarterbacks at this stage in their careers, Arians said he'd give Luck the nod, mainly because they've asked him to do more than they asked from Manning.
"Peyton, we gave two or three plays in the huddle, he was great at that phase of it, but we didn't do the no-huddle until his second year," Arians said. "I think (Luck's) a step ahead only because of what we're asking him to do. And he's doing it with a bunch of rookies, whereas Peyton had some really good players on that team."
AP Sports Writer Michael Marot in Indianapolis contributed to this report.
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