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Ok, so I didn't get my file system completed on my trip a few months ago. In fact, I didn't work on it at all during the trip. (I don't know why I thought I would)
I am now, however, working in earnest on getting the file system to work. This involves removing a lot of old code and rewriting some of the code. I'm basing my file system interfaces on Linux, which stores pointers to functions for open, close, read, write, lseek, and other system calls in the file and inode structures. This way each different type of file system (eg, FAT32, NTFS, or ext3) can supply its own set of methods for each system call. I'm simplifying the interfaces here and there, but it should be recognizable as being derived from Linux.
At first I am not going to write the Punix File System (which is stored on FlashROM), since that involves debugging PFS itself, the FlashROM block device driver, block buffer system, and the VFS interfaces. I am actually writing a memory-based file system, tmpfs, as the first file system. This removes device drivers and block buffers out of the equation. I only need to get VFS and tmpfs working correctly. Once tmpfs works, I'll start testing the flash driver and block buffer, and then writing PFS.
On an unrelated note, I made exceptions work correctly now. They used to panic regardless of the source (user or kernel). Now they panic only if they come from the kernel. Otherwise they send the appropriate signal to the offending process, which kills the process by default. I don't think signals are working completely yet, but they work well enough to cause a process to terminate.
While I was working on the link port driver, I uncovered a dormant bug in the "tests" applet in the shell which resulted in an Address Error exception:
Regardless of what caused the address error, the kernel successfully caught and handled it. I ran the applet in a subshell, so only the subshell process died, and the parent shell took over and reported that the subshell terminated and how. The system just kept running as if nothing happened. TI-AMS would barf all over itself in this situation. :)
Of course... Punix will send a signal like this only when an exception occurs. It can do nothing about a process overwriting memory that belongs to the kernel or to another process. I mean "nothing" as in "no practical way to do it". There are ways to detect when it happens, but every way to do so would add significant overhead in time or memory. One example would be to dedicate all of RAM to a single process and use FlashROM as swap space. This would be a significant overhead in time and memory (though this method would have a few advantages).
July 2, 2011
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Zen and the Art of Golden Temple Maintenance
200,000 gold foils, 1 mad monk and a 67-year-old craftsman... of such things are Japan's Kinkaku-ji Golden Pavilion made. With over 600 years of history, this magnificent building is perhaps the second most recognized symbol of Japan, after Mount Fuji. Located in an idyllic garden setting in Japan's ancient former capital of Kyoto, the glimmering structure is set like a jewel on the shore of a tranquil reflecting pond.
Commonly known as the Kinkaku-ji, the so-called "Golden Temple" is actually an outbuilding of the Rokuon-ji temple. It is also known as the Golden Pavilion or in Japanese, "Kinkaku" where "Kin" means "gold". The original building was constructed in the year 1397 under the patronage of the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and has been maintained until this day by the resident monks.
Over 1.5 million people visit Kinkaku-ji every year and the pavilion's structure and surrounding grounds have been branded as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. There is no "best time" to pay a visit - each season brings its own unique flavor. The vivid greens of Spring and Summer, the reds and ochres of Autumn and perhaps most especially Winter's light sprinkles of brilliant white snow all complement and enhance the luminous glow and harmonious lines of this truly exceptional structure.
Although Kinkaku-ji may appear to display an ethereal and timeless beauty, its history has not always been so serene. Tragedy struck in 1950 when a schizophrenic monk driven by voices that hated beauty, decided burn it to the ground. The story of the monk named Hayashi Yōken was told in novelist Yukio Mishima's notorious semi-fictional book "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" and was first published in English in 1959. The monk was captured and imprisoned (where he was interviewed by Mishima) after bragging about his crime to a prostitute. His mother who was unable to bear the shame committed suicide by throwing herself in front of a train. Yōken was released from prison in 1955 due to his illness and died a year later. By that time the restoration of the Golden Temple into its original specifications was already in full swing.
Reconstruction of the pavilion took many years of painstaking labor. The trademark gold leaf coverings on the upper floors were not completed until 1987 and their application was fraught with difficulty as only a few craftsmen were trained in such a specialized field. It was not until 2003 that the roof of the restored pavilion (which features a stylized golden phoenix perched at the nave) was finished to appease the satisfaction of the temple's monks.
These days, maintenance of the Golden Temple's exquisite visage is entrusted to one single man: 67-year-old Takesato Yagyu. You can read about Yagyu's devoted dedication to the Kinkaku-ji in detail right here. According to Yagyu the pavilion's original gold decorations were not rigorously maintained and after more than 500 years, little gold leaf was left. In this respect it can be said that the modern restoration of this iconic symbol of Japan has returned the Kinkaku-ji's appearance of the 14th century rather than 1949 (the year before the arson attack). After viewing the Golden Pavilion in all its restored glory, lit up and glowing serenely on a warm and fragrant Kyoto evening, I don't think anyone can argue against that!
Article by Steve Levenstein from Inventor Spot. Steve writes about weird and wonderful Japanese innovations on a regular basis and you can catch up on current & previous examples at his blog. Submit your thoughts - click here!

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Meaning Is What Now Defines All Of Our ExistenceTuesday, March 2nd, 2010
I recently had the pleasure of viewing an inspiring documentary titled Hasten Slowly: The Journey of Sir Laurens van der Post.
Sir Laurens spent a great deal of time with the Kalahari Bushmen, collecting their stories. For me, his extraordinary insights sum up in a few short paragraphs the essential wish that virtually all human beings harbor:
The Bushman in the Kalahari Desert talk about two "hungers." There is the Great Hunger and there is the Little Hunger. The Little Hunger wants food for the belly; but the Great Hunger, the greatest hunger of all, is the hunger for meaning. There's ultimately only one thing that makes human beings deeply and profoundly bitter, and that is to have thrust upon them a life without meaning.


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A few years ago, Chris Hall was a state senator from midcoast Maine. He had quit a job as a steel and mining executive, deciding "never again" to do the weekly commute from Portland to New York. But a defeat in 2004 opened the door for Mr. Hall to become the first president of one of the more unusual colleges in Europe: the American University in Kosovo.
After decades of repression and war, Kosovo's schools were in tatters. A privileged few studied abroad. But AUK, formed three years ago with funds from the Albanian diaspora and the only multiethnic private college here, aspires to help the somewhat battered new state build its next generation of leaders. It's a mission the Oxford-educated Hall deeply believes in.
Kosovo's declaration of independence on Feb. 17 may have brought angry protests from Serbs 30 miles away on the Ibar River, but Hall has a college to run. He sits in on statistics classes, juggles scholarships and budgets, coordinates with Rochester (N.Y.) Institute of Technology, which grants AUK degrees, and hires Fulbright scholars.
He's added a public policy program to what is now a business degree and helped create one of the freest weekly political forums in Pristina, albeit one in English. He wants the small school to breathe the values of civil society and intelligent democratic sentiments.
Just last week, Hall was in Chicago signing a partnership with the Illinois Institute of Technology for an AUK master's in law, which will be the only such degree offered in Kosovo.
Most important, Hall and many students say, AUK offers Kosovar youths a school where they encounter Western-style debates, interaction, and educational standards.
Student Tefta Kelmendi first considered going abroad for college, since there were "many other possibilities offered to Kosovar students for study abroad and scholarships," she says. But AUK allowed her to "be part of all these significant changes that are taking place" in Kosovo, so she stayed.
The college opened in 2003 in a crowded house with few facilities. But two years ago, AUK moved to a small complex in a hilly suburb, with lecture halls, information-technology facilities, and a cafeteria-cum-student hangout. Some 34 professors – from the Balkans as well asthe US – staff the school. Enrollment is 450, but Hall and company plan for 600. Last year, the school celebrated its first graduating class, of 57.
Of those, more than 40 now work in Kosovo, a point of pride for Hall and the AUK board, whose members include prominent American Albanians like businessman Richard Lukaj and Ron Cami, a partner of the New York law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore. Students come mostly from the Albanian diaspora in 11 other countries, including Syria, Nigeria, and Algeria. Four Serbian students attend – and have not left despite Kosovo's declaration of independence.
AUK is "a success story in a part of the world with few success stories at this point," says Louis Sell, a former US diplomat and an AUK board member who helped bring Hall to the school. Mr. Sell feels that after Kosovo's declaration of independence, a school of public service at AUK will make a contribution. The school is seeking $3 million in scholarships as part of a larger Kosovo package now before Congress. Kosovo "is a part of Europe that is nominally Islamic, but overwhelmingly pro-American. The US has been quite cautious in the money it gives. But we hope that is changing," Sell adds.
After Hall lost his senate seat in 2004, he ran into Sell, who lives nearby. Sell knew that Hall, a Briton turned naturalized American, had a longstanding interest in the Balkans. Hall was in one of the first tour groups to enter Albania in 1990 after it had been closed for decades. Sell, with other US diplomats, had worked with the Fund for the Reconstruction of Kosovo, made up of Albanians, to establish a nonprofit college in Pristina with $4 million left over from the monies collected from the diaspora.
Hall, who was going to be in Belgrade, agreed to pop down to Pristina. While the college was "this overstuffed house on a hill," as Hall recalls, he was "deeply impressed" with students. "They don't have the worldliness you find in so many American kids of this generation," he says.
Before 1999, Kosovar students lived in a virtual police state under the Serbs. After NATO intervention, they were going to schools that "suffered every conceivable form of setback. But Hall found "a degree of idealism and passion for learning that I had not expected.... [We] don't have the drugs and crime you would expect, either."
Hall taught public policy courses for two years, then agreed to be president in the summer of 2007. That meant living away from his wife, Jackie Wardell, who heads a staff of 80 at a community bank on the Maine coast that does a small business lending to women and minorities.
"We thought about it long and hard. It took a lot of searching," Hall says, adding that his administration's motto in working out knots and kinks in a highly sensitive locale is "to be diplomats – friends with everybody and allies of nobody."
"Kosovo has a population of incredible talent and energy; I wouldn't be here if I weren't optimistic," he says. Some of his biggest battles in what he calls "management by walking around" is raising faculty expectations of students: "I don't want to hear that we have to go easy because these are poor Kosovars. They have the talent to be every bit as good as RIT students."
Robert McCloud, an IT professor here on a Fulbright from Sacred Heart University in Connecticut, describes Kosovo youths as a bright and innovative generation who haven't been exposed to enough differing ways of thinking. But being isolated, he says, "They are much too self-taught." he says. In his graphics classes he tries to get them to expand into different types of software. "Everything is done in Photoshop. They buy the software for $1.50. So finally I tell them, don't show me any more Photoshop!"
For Hall, AUK's success is measured by the help it offers the new state. With a pedigree name (American University) and English fluency requirement, in gritty Pristina the school has a reputation as elite. Only about 20 percent of students are on scholarship, and the tuition is $4,000 a year, hefty by Kosovo standards. Still, an AUK degree is not "a passport out of town," Hall says.
Hall, who deeply loves Maine and its people, says he is giving AUK "three years, about right for this kind of commitment."


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Here\'s a recap of our live blog of all the action in the U.S. stock market Monday. You can read a compact rundown of all the action in Market Snapshot.
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- 9:43 am
- Dow record high
- by Laura Mandaro
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We're off, and we're already at new highs.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/zigman/627449/realtime DJIA this 16,584.82, a record.
- 9:49 am
- S&P 500 record
- by Laura Mandaro
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The S&P 500 just topped its intraday record, hitting 1,892.40. [This corrects an earlier post that gave the wrong SPX high after the decimal].
- 9:54 am
- Merger Monday
- by Laura Mandaro
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What's working for the market?
Mergers, for a start.
Hillshire Brands said it would buy Pinnacle Foods for $4.3 billion. The deal extends a string of moderate-to-large M&A deals that have been unveiled over the past few weeks.
M&A is traditionally good for stocks, and strategists are hoping that more deals will make up for the collapse in tech, growth and small caps.
- 10:04 am
- S&P 500's next stop
- by Laura Mandaro
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This is what Scott Redler of T3 Trading had to say about the S&P 500 before the open:
if we can get and stay above 1885ish and maybe now that this range frustrated both sides of the tape, maybe we get a cleaner move. 1892 is the next spot then 1897
Spot check on the S&P 500: It's up 13 points, or 0.7%, at 1,891.31.
Redler also makes this point about what's been a range-bound, convictionless market:
The S&P is flattish on the year, but the average S&P stock is down 12%.
- 10:09 am
- China's market reforms
- by Laura Mandaro
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What else is working?
China, apparently.
There was a slew of data and soundbites over night. What seemed to power the Shanghai Composite 2% higher was the unveiling of market reform plans, including a pledge to clean up the country's IPO structure.
Peter Boockvar, of the Lindsey Group, wrote:
Optimism about capital market reforms in China helped markets to look past the farce of a referendum in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. While vague and stated 6 months ago after the Chinese plenum, investors seized on the Chinese State Council repeating their desire to further liberalize China finance in areas such as IPO's and foreign investment in state owned companies.
Read more on what happened in Asia overnight, including Chinese officials' comments on future stimulus.
- 10:16 am
- Dow up triple digits, backs off
- by Laura Mandaro
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Markets update:
DJIA hit an intraday high of 16,695.18. It's now up 97 points at 16,680.06.
S&P 500 is up 13 points at 1,891.
Nasdaq Composite is up 53 points at 4,125.
Here's a wrap of the day's action, so far, in Anora Mahmudova's Market Snapshot.
- 10:22 am
- Bubble watching
- by Laura Mandaro
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Perhaps fitting for a day of multiple intraday records, columnist Brett Arends has a piece out on how to spot investing bubbles.
There's a few interesting points in Arends' discourse on the history of bubbles: One commonality is uncertainty; for instance, when investors disagree widely about valuation. Say, for instance, whether Tesla is going to $50 — or $500.
- 10:29 am
- Dow sets intraday high
- by Anora Mahmudova
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From MarketWatch Radio newscast: Ann Cates reports on new intraday record for the Dow and Hillshire-Pinnacle deal.
- 10:35 am
- Nasdaq rallies
- by Anora Mahmudova
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The Nasdaq Composite /quotes/zigman/12633936/realtime COMP is rallying, helped by big gains in biotechs and Internet stocks. The index is up 1.5% at last check.
The iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF /quotes/zigman/85342/delayed /quotes/nls/ibb IBB is up 2.3%
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund /quotes/zigman/1497276/delayed /quotes/nls/fdn FDN is up 2.5%
- 10:39 am
- WSJ Live: Stocks to watch
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Victor Reklaitis takes a look at which stocks traders will be watching during market action, including Twitter, Pinnacle Foods, and McKesson. Photo: Getty.
- 11:02 am
- Small cap stocks
- by Anora Mahmudova
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There is never a dull moment with the small-cap stocks. They are on fire today: the Russell 2000 index /quotes/zigman/2759624/realtime RUT is up 2.2%
Here is round-up of material about small stocks:
Barbara Kollmeyer writes about the index and peak-to-trough pullbacks.
Tom Bemis writes about 10 Russell 2000 stocks you're glad you never heard of.
Vic Reklatis write about small cap ETF losing 9% of its assets last week.
- 11:21 am
- Leading and losing sectors on the S&P 500
- by Anora Mahmudova
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On the S&P 500 seven of ten main sectors are trading in positive territory. Tech and industrials are leading gains. Utilities, telecoms and consumer staples are in the red. Risk appetite is here today. But lately, that has not been the case.
WSJ has an interesting article about the rotation from high-growth to dividend-paying stocks:
The stock market is caught in what analysts call a sharp rotation. It isn't much fun. http://t.co/xMzG5bmtMs via E.S. Browning @WSJMoneyBeat
— WSJ MoneyBeat (@WSJMoneyBeat) May 12, 2014
- 11:29 am
- More on rotation
- by Anora Mahmudova
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TrimTabs Investment Research reported today that there has been a massive rotation out of growth and into value this spring.
Growth-oriented U.S. equity exchange-traded funds have redeemed $5.6 billion (4.6% of assets) since the start of April, while value-oriented U.S. equity ETFs have issued $3.9 billion (2.6% of assets).
David Santschi, Chief executive officer of TrimTabs:
"Fund flows have shifted dramatically beneath the market's calm surface.
While most major U.S. stock market averages were little changed in recent weeks, investors showed an overwhelming preference for value over growth."
- 11:45 am
- Tech stocks rally
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Tech stocks, and Internet companies in particular, are having a field day today.
Salesforce.com /quotes/zigman/338061/delayed /quotes/nls/crm CRM is the top gainer on the S&P 500, up 5.6%.
TripAdvisor /quotes/zigman/7619815/delayed /quotes/nls/trip TRIP +5.5%
Netflix /quotes/zigman/87598/delayed /quotes/nls/nflx NFLX +4.2%
Pandora /quotes/zigman/5419837/delayed /quotes/nls/p P +4.2%
Twitter /quotes/zigman/23556538/delayed /quotes/nls/twtr TWTR +3.9%
Facebook /quotes/zigman/9962609/delayed /quotes/nls/fb FB +3.4%
Amazon.com /quotes/zigman/63011/delayed /quotes/nls/amzn AMZN +2.7%
- 11:48 am
- Technical levels
- by Anora Mahmudova
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New all-time high for #Dow #Industrials confirmed by #Transports #breakout this morning. All eyes now on #SPX test of 1,900. #indices
— Colin Cieszynski (@CCieszynski_CMC) May 12, 2014
- 11:59 am
- A bullish case from Carmine Grigoli
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Forget "sell in May and go away"—investment strategist Carmine Grigoli told CNBC Friday that he expects the market to "explode to the upside" over the next couple of months.
- 12:11 pm
- Momentum stocks leading Nasdaq's charge
- by Sue Chang
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TripAdvisor Inc. /quotes/zigman/7619815/delayed /quotes/nls/trip TRIP is leading the rally in momentum stocks, helping the Nasdaq rise over 1%.
Other notable momentum names in action are Facebook Inc. /quotes/zigman/9962609/delayed /quotes/nls/fb FB , Netflix Inc. /quotes/zigman/87598/delayed /quotes/nls/nflx NFLX , and Tesla Motors Inc. /quotes/zigman/118681/delayed /quotes/nls/tsla TSLA .
- 12:38 pm
- Morgan Stanley upgrades Peabody
- by Sue Chang
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Peabody Energy Corp. /quotes/zigman/282895/delayed /quotes/nls/btu BTU rose almost 3% after Morgan Stanley hiked the stock to overweight.
In a note titled "Back from the Edge," analyst Evan Kurtz said Peabody is the safe play amid signs of recovery in the coal sector due to less downside risk compared to peers.
In light of the ongoing modest recovery in the thermal coal market and bottoming met coal prices, we are upgrading Peabody to overweight and raising our price target to $30/share from $20/share previously. We believe Peabody is currently the best way to get exposure to these two themes while still managing downside risk.
Shares of Peabody gained 2.9% to $19.20 as of midday.
- 1:07 pm
- Will eBay start a cash repatriation trend?
- by Wallace Witkowski
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Could eBay Inc.'s /quotes/zigman/76117/delayed /quotes/nls/ebay EBAY decision to bite the bullet and pay $3 billion in taxes to repatriate its cash outside the United States start a trend?
Companies like Google Inc. /quotes/zigman/30194416/delayed /quotes/nls/goog GOOG , Oracle Corp. /quotes/zigman/19452757/delayed /quotes/nls/orcl ORCL , Merck & Co. /quotes/zigman/574389/delayed /quotes/nls/mrk MRK could be close behind writes MarketWatch's Ben Eisen, citing a Barclays note.
- 1:10 pm
- Health scare for Samsung Chairman
- by Sue Chang
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Samsung Electronics' Chairman Lee Kun-Hee was hospitalized over the weekend in Seoul after suffering an apparent heart attack, according to media reports. The 72-year-old tycoon was rushed to the hospital on Saturday after having trouble breathing where the emergency staff had to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
He is now in stable condition although the company did not say how long he will be hospitalized, The Wall Street Journal said.
Lee took over the conglomerate from his father in 1987 and is credited with building Samsung Electronics into a global behemoth.
Shares of Samsung /quotes/zigman/189457/realtime KR:005930 rose 4% overnight in Seoul.
- 1:34 pm
- Dow holds steady around 100-point gain
- by Wallace Witkowski
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/zigman/627449/realtime DJIA once again entered into triple-digit gain territory on the day, and is trading near it's intraday high of 16,695.18. At last check, the Dow was up 101 points, or 0.6%, at 16,684. A close at this level would make for another record.
Leaders on the index are Goldman Sachs Group Inc. /quotes/zigman/188479/delayed /quotes/nls/gs GS , up 1.6%; Nike Inc. /quotes/zigman/235840/delayed /quotes/nls/nke NKE , up 1.4%; and United Technologies Corp. /quotes/zigman/244482/delayed /quotes/nls/utx UTX , up 1.3%.
- 1:39 pm
- Jim Paulsen: Another bull market
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Wells Capital Management's Jim Paulsen believes the market has corrected many of its imbalances in recent weeks, from the current rotation out of momentum names to "excess sentiment" in more defensive names. That's setting up the market for another bull run, despite five years of record highs and valuations since the 2008 financial crisis, he said in an interview with CNBC.
- 1:42 pm
- Ron Weiner: Shirt from growth to value has been stunning
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"There are not a lot of other places to go," says Ron Weiner, president of RDM Financial Services. He says the shift from growth stocks to value stocks in the past three weeks has been "stunning."
- 1:56 pm
- Momentum bouncing back, but Goldman doesn't expect leading role
- by Wallace Witkowski
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Before momentum stocks started bouncing back on Monday, Goldman Sachs reiterated not to expect those growth to lead the market.
Fund managers argue that the broad sell-off in high expected growth stocks affected some firms that in their view did not merit a de-rating. However, once significant momentum drawdown occurs, the momentum factor is typically not associated with subsequent market leadership although the S&P 500 gains an average of 5% during the next six months. Instead, low momentum, low valuation, and low growth are usually winning factors.
Then again, maybe it's better to put these things into perspective. Stocks like Twitter Inc. /quotes/zigman/23556538/delayed /quotes/nls/twtr TWTR , which are up 5.5% Monday, are down 47% for the year.
- 2:01 pm
- S&P 500 marches on
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Something on resilient markets:
Next 2 weeks among the weakest seasonality. $SPX ignoring it thus far as the most resilient mkt in history continues. pic.twitter.com/B1QFI4BCx6
— Charlie Bilello, CMT (@MktOutperform) May 12, 2014
- 2:08 pm
- Jonathan Krinsky on record levels
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Jonathan Krinsky, chief market technician at MKM Partners has a note title "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", in which he sums up why he is not all that optimistic about the current state of affairs in the equities market.
"The Good: On the one hand, its hard to say anything bearish about the S&P 500 and Dow being at or near all-time highs.
The Bad: On the other hand, the way in which they are getting there is of concern to us. The recent sector rotation is consistent with late cycle behavior, not dissimilar to what we saw in 2000 and 2007.
The Ugly: Finally, the Russell 2000 has been a massive laggard, reaching a 10% intraday peak-to-trough decline last week.
While the S&P 500 has 80% of components trading above their 200 Day Moving Average, the Russell 2000 hit just 42% on Thursday. Dating back to 1995, that 38% spread is the widest it has ever been.
- 2:35 pm
- Budget surplus in April
- by Anora Mahmudova
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In economic news, the U.S. government sees $107 billion budge surplus in April.
The surplus for April is $6 billion, or 5%, lower than in April 2013. April is usually a surplus month, as Treasury sees a spate of tax payments from individuals and corporations.
Though smaller than last year's, the April surplus contributes to a steady decline in the deficit for fiscal 2014. For the first seven months of the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, the deficit is $306 billion. That is $181 billion, or 37%, lower than it was for the same period in fiscal 2013.
- 2:40 pm
- Market update
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Stocks are marching on steadily with the tech and small-cap stocks leading the gains.
S&P 500 /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX +0.85%
Dow /quotes/zigman/627449/realtime DJIA + 0.67
Nasdaq /quotes/zigman/12633936/realtime COMP +1.6%
Russell 2000 /quotes/zigman/2759624/realtime RUT +2.3%
- 3:14 pm
- In other markets
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Equity markets in Asia, Europe and emerging markets did well today.
Stoxx Europe 600 +0.72%
Shanghai Composite +2%
Sensex +2.4%
Nikkei 225 -0.35%
Oil futures +0.60%
Gold futures +0.68
- 3:39 pm
- Only 2 types of investors right now
- by William Watts
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A look at what's been happening in stocks and bonds right now leads to the conclusion that there are only two types of investors: ultra-conservative and not, writes Dan McElwee of investment advisor Venura Wealth Management, in emailed comments:
Whether reading periodicals, listening to economists, or speaking with clients, it is not difficult to make the case for either a strong recovery or an economy entering stall speed. This is typical investor sentiment for May, but it also highlights the fragility of the current situation.
The S&P 500 has risen around 1.6% so far in 2014; at this point last year, it was up close to 14%. With the weakness the markets have experienced in both growth stocks and small caps, investors seem to be hedging their bets, focusing on large multinationals instead of domestic oriented corporations.
One thing is for sure: central banks around the world are committed to pushing the recovery forward. With that in mind, we remain focused on asset allocation and avoiding non-performing asset classes
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Count Jerry Webman, chief economist at OppenheimerFunds, among those keeping an eye on a slowing housing market, though he's not ready to hit the panic button.
In a note, Webman points to remarks by Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen last week marking out troublesome signs, including a sharp fall in March new home sales and weak housing starts alongside a softening of new-home sales that's been the case for almost a year already (albeit due in part to fewer sales of foreclosed homes, which is an indicator of improving consumer financial health but no longer a big contributor to the residential-investment component of GDP).
"Home price-to-income measures suggest that housing isn't quite as affordable as it recently was, and even Janet Yellen has alluded to the fact that young adults are staying at home for longer at the highest rates we've seen in 30 years (probably due to a combination of a tough job market and lack of affordability)," Webman writes.
"Eventually, the percentage of Generation Yers leaving the nest and forming their own households will likely give housing a lift, but this drag on the housing market could persist for some time. For now, as Yellen seemed to suggest, we probably shouldn't expect housing to contribute as much to GDP as many expected would be the case," he says.
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The S&P 500 and the Dow end the session in record territory , while the Nasdaq Composite saw the biggest one-day percentage gain since Jan. 30. Small caps and tech stocks bounce back after a recent rout:
S&P 500 — up 18.17, or 1%, at 1,896.65, marking its ninth record close this year.
DJIA — up 112.13, or 0.7%, at 16,695.47 for its third record close of the year, extending its win streak to four consecutive sessions.
Nasdaq Composite — up 71.99, or 1.8%, at 4,143.86


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Brad Argent
- Ancestry.com.au
Since early 2007 Brad Argent has looked after the acquisition of Australian and New Zealand content for Ancestry. Whilst based in Sydney, Brad is often on the road in the hunt for content and the stories it can tell. Brad has been doing his family history for about five years (a beginner by most standards) and has discovered that all the villainy was clearly on his mother's side of the family.
Mark Beasley
- Geelong Heritage Centre: Discover your treasure in Victoria's largest regional archive collection
Mark Beasley has been Manager of the Geelong Heritage Centre – Victoria's largest regional archive collection since 2007. Mark describes the collection as an unpolished gem that not only contains a wonderful collection of public & private records but also holds many 'unique' items that make it a remarkable family history resource. Prior to joining the Geelong Heritage Centre he was with the National Archives of Australia for 10 years based in Melbourne.
Lauren Bourke
- Introduction to family and local history research at the Public Record Office Victoria
- Accessing your state's archives in regional Victoria: featuring Ballarat Archives Centre, Bendigo Regional Archive Centre and Places of Deposit
Lauren Bourke has been Coordinating Public Record Office Victoria's Community Archives programs since 2007. Lauren currently manages the Local History Grants Program, Archival Support training program and is involved in supporting PROV's regional archives initiatives including the Ballarat Archives Centre and Bendigo Regional Archives Centre. Previous to this role, Lauren worked for five years in PROV's reference services team at the Victorian Archives Centre and Ballarat Archives Centre assisting researchers in accessing the archives for family and local history research.
Anne Burrows
- Finding families at the State Library of Victoria
Anne Burrows has been Genealogy Librarian at the State Library of Victoria since October 2000. Prior to this appointment, she worked at the State Library of South Australia for over twenty years, including four years as Family History Librarian and three years as Manager, Published Heritage Collections. In 1994, she was co-compiler of Kith and kin : sources for family history (Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1994). Anne is a member of the Council of the Genealogical Society of Victoria and of the Committee of the Victorian Association of Family History Organisations. In 2007 Anne was elected to a four year term as the Australian representative on the Standing Committee of the Genealogy and Local History Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Anne has written articles for many historical and genealogical journals. Anne has responsibility for the services and collections of the State Library of Victoria's Helen Macpherson Smith Genealogy Centre opened in September 2003.
Kerry Farmer
- Tracing English ancestors
- DNA for genealogists
Kerry worked for many years designing, writing and testing computer software. Teaching family history classes since 1997, Kerry is on the Education Committee of the Society of Australian Genealogists, and presents seminars and classes there as well as at adult education colleges and elsewhere. She currently teaches online courses in "Australian and New Zealand Genealogy" through the National Institute for Genealogical Studies (see www.genealogicalstudies.com ). Kerry and Rosemary Kopittke recently wrote the book "Which Genealogy Program?" published by Unlock the Past. More recently Kerry wrote the book "DNA for Genealogists", also published by Unlock the Past. Kerry's website is www.familyhistoryresearch.com.au. More details.
Heather Garnsey
- Are you sure you aren't reinventing the wheel? Why you should check if the Society of Australian Genealogists already holds your family's history
Heather Garnsey has worked full-time with the Society of Australian Genealogists since 1984, where she is also a Fellow and holds the Diploma in Family Historical Studies. She regularly lectures on a wide range of family history topics and contributes a monthly genealogy column to Australian Personal Computer magazine.
Jacqui Haraldstad
- 1942: War comes to Australia
Jacqui is Business Development Manager for Clean Cruising, and is partnering with Unlock the Past in organising and managing the Unlock the Past cruises and War Comes to Australia tour of the Northern Territory.
Shauna Hicks
- It's not all online: where else can I look?
- Asylums: looking for the sick, the poor and the aged
- Google your family tree: tips & tricks
Shauna Hicks has been tracing her own family history since 1977 and worked in government for over 35 years primarily in libraries and archives in Brisbane, Canberra and Melbourne. She is currently Director of Shauna Hicks History Enterprises and a collaborative partner in Unlock The Past. Shauna has a number of tertiary qualifications from Queensland universities as well as the Diploma in Family Historical Studies from the Society of Australian Genealogists. She is a Fellow of the Queensland Family History Society; a recipient of the Australian Society of Archivists Distinguished Achievement Award and in 2009 received the AFFHO Services to Family History Award. More details.
Jenny Higgins
- National Library: family historians' treasure trove
Jenny Higgins is the Family History Reference Librarian at the National Library. For over a decade she has assisted numerous family historians researching their origins and regularly conducts Reader Education sessions. Sharing her vast knowledge with colleagues, she recently developed and delivered a family history reference training course for National Library Reader Services staff. Originally a computer programmer, she has researched her own family history for 33 years and assisted at the local family history and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints libraries in Canberra for over 10 years. Prior to joining the National Library Jenny undertook contract family history research. In recent times, Jenny has given many talks on family history resources in the National Library's collections and about digitised newspaper content in TROVE.
Andrew Kilsby
- Captain Octavius Skinner Burton
- Researching Pre-Federation Military Ancestors
Andrew is an early career historian, published author and researcher. His strengths as an historian lie with military, biographical, business and social history in the period 1850-1920, but he has wide ranging history interests across most periods. His history consulting firm, Cooee History & Heritage, was established in 2009. More details.
Rosemary Kopittke
- Findmypast.co.uk
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- Connecting with family lines online
- ScotlandsPeople: the place to launch your Scottish research
Rosemary has been tracing her family since 1985. A statistician by training, she has worked as an hydrologist, teacher and biometrician though now works as a consultant for Gould Genealogy & History. She has published numerous indexes but is best known for Emigrants from Hamburg to Australasia 1850-1879. A current member of the AFFHO Council and the Queensland FHS Management Committee, Rosemary is a Fellow of QFHS and in 2006 received the AFFHO Award for Meritorious Services to Family History. More details.
Peter Mansfield
- Regional newspapers: a wonderful resource
Dr Peter Mansfield was formerly the CEO of three public library corporations and is a member of the Geelong Historical Society Inc. He has a PhD from Deakin University and is the author of 'Generous Providers and Stern Custodians: the development of colonial libraries' and 'In Perfectly Safe Hands: local government in Geelong and District since 1836'.
Anne Major
- Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies: a treasure trove for family historians
Anne Major is an English born experienced researcher who has played a significant role in AIGS over some 16 years. She has been a past AIGS Councillor and currently convenes two English County Interest Groups and conducts numerous individual personal tuition sessions for both AIGS members and non-members. Anne is also an accomplished speaker and spokesperson for AIGS at Libraries, Probus Clubs and other similar organisations.
Laura Miles
- Museum treasures of regional Victoria
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Paul Parton
- FamilySearch: Ancestors At Your Fingertips
- FamilySearch: More Records to More People Faster
Paul Parton is a presenter for FamilySearch in their Outreach program. He also gives technical support to 145 Family History Centres Australia-wide. He has had an interest in family history for more than 40 years. Paul was a professional trainer prior to his retirement as Pacific Area Director of Information Technology Services with FamilySearch's parent organisation. He was also involved in the early development of data acquisition systems for Australia's nuclear research facility.
Alan Phillips
- 1942: War comes to Australia
Alan has been involved in local and family history since 1971. He was foundation President of the Torrens Valley & District Historical Society in 1976 and The Gumeracha and District History Centre soon after. He has contributed to, and published, a number of books and booklets on the Hannaford, Kelly and Randell families of South Australia - as well as assisting with 3 historical books on the North Adelaide Football Club. He established the following historical/genealogical services.
- Gould Genealogy & History (1976)
- Gould Publishing Services (1990)
- Archive Digital Books Australasia (2003)
- Family Photo Book (2009)
- Unlock the Past (2009)
Kate Prinsley
- The collections of the Royal Historical Society Victoria
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Carole Riley
- Social media for family historians
Carole Riley is a professional genealogist based in Sydney, Australia with a background in computer programming and an interest in using the web to further genealogical education and networking. Carole serves on the Council of the Society of Australian Genealogists and is the Convenor of their IT Committee. She is also the founder of the Sydney User Group of The Master Genealogist (TMG) and is currently serving as a Director of the Association of Professional Genealogists . She has a Master of Applied Science (Psychology of Coaching) and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Sydney, and a Diploma of Professional Counselling. Carole writes two blogs - Genealogy in New South Wales about genealogy research in NSW and elsewhere; and Carole's Canvas , which is her personal blog about her own family history and other topics. More details.
Dr David Rowe
- Soldier Settlement in Victoria
Dr David Rowe has a Bachelor of Arts (Architecture), Bachelor of Architecture and a PhD (Architecture) and he is the Heritage Advisor to the City of Greater Geelong and Golden Plains Shire. David is also Director of Authentic Heritage Service Pty Ltd, a private heritage consultancy company. Over the past 18 years, David has prepared a large range of local government heritage studies, Conservation Management Plans and other heritage assessments on thousands of places across Victoria and has authored a number of heritage publications. He is a member of the Heritage Council of Victoria's Technical Advisory Committee and a course presenter for the PLANET training programs offered by the Department of Planning & Community Development for planners throughout Victoria. In 2008, he was the lead consultant in a Survey of Victoria's Veteran-Related Heritage, prepared for the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development.
Dr Liz Rushen
- Researching Irish immigrant women
For many years, Liz has been researching the first wave of immigrant women to the Australian colonies. These women left Great Britain and Ireland with nothing more than the promise of a job and hope of a better life. A research fellow at Monash University, Liz is the former Executive Director of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. She is the author of Single & Free: female migration to Australia 1833-1837, (initially published 2003; new edition 2011) and co-author with Dr Perry McIntyre of Quarantined! (2007), The Merchant's Women (2008) and Fair Game: Australia's first Immigrant women (2010).
Bruce Smith
- Family history and sports archives
Consultant Archivist Bruce Smith holds an MA (Archives & Records) (Monash Uni) and has over 25 years experience as an archivist and archive and records management educator. From the early 1980s until 1990 Bruce undertook various roles at the Public Record Office, Victoria. He then became a Lecturer in archives and records management at the University of Melbourne (1990-1994) and RMIT University (1995-2002). Since mid 2002 Bruce has undertaken a range of archival projects and has provided training services in the archives and records management field. Over the years Bruce has also been involved in genealogical research and has been on the Councils of both AIGS and AFFHO and has presented papers at genealogy and local history conferences and seminars. More details.
Dianne Snowden
- Heritage tourism
- Tasmanian family history research: repositories, records and rogues
Dr. Snowden is a professional historian and genealogist based in Hobart. She has served on the Tasmanian Heritage Council including as Interim Chair. She represents the Tasmanian Historical Research Association (THRA) on the Federation of Australian Historical Societies (FAHS). She is a Board Member of the National Trust (Tasmania), a director of the Female Factory Historic Site and a member of the State Library of Tasmanian Advisory Board. She is Secretary of the Female Convicts Research Group (Tasmania). Since 2008, she has been a member of the National Archives of Australia Advisory Council.
She is founder and convenor of the Friends of the Orphan Schools, St John's Park Precinct, and as an Honorary Research Associate at the University of Tasmania, is working on a longitudinal study of children admitted to the Orphan Schools. In July 2010, she presented a paper at Queen's University Belfast on the free children who accompanied convict parents to Van Diemen's Land.
Dr Snowden has taught Adult Education classes in family history for more than 25 years and is currently lecturer for the UTAS Winter School Researching Family History. She is also a member of Founders and Survivors project team.
Dr Snowden completed her doctorate – ' "A White Rag Burning": Irish Women who committed arson in order to be transported to Van Diemen's Land' at UTAS in 2005. She is currently working on its publication. In 2008, Dr Snowden was commissioned by the FAHS to write Heritage tourism in Australia: a guide for historical societies. She is completing a history of the Rajah with Dr Trudy Cowley and working with Irish historian Joan Kavanagh on the history of the women and children of the convict ship Tasmania (2)
Kay Söderlund
- Preservation of your records
Kristen Thornton
- Regional and university libraries
Kristen Thornton is Curator and Librarian, Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library, Deakin University Library
Susie Zada
- Genealogical Society of Victoria
- Look local, it's not all on the web: regional family and local history societies
Susie Zada has been researching her family since the late 1960s and working as a genealogist, historian and researcher since 1990. She completed an Associate Diploma in Local and Applied History at University of New England (Armidale) in 1996 and has been working in the area of the built Heritage since 1996. Susie has been guest speaker on various topics at genealogical and historical societies and community groups across Victoria and has worked on Heritage Studies in various municipalities in Victoria. She has researched and published several books as well as historical interpretive displays, CD-Roms, indexes and extensive web sites on local history. Susie is Assistant Library Manager at the Genealogical Society of Victoria. More details.


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Microsoft reported second-quarter earnings on Thursday of 76 cents a share, with $21.46 billion in revenue. Analysts' consensus estimates were for 75 cents a share on $21.6 billion in revenue.
"Our big, bold ambition to reimagine Windows as well as launch Surface and Windows Phone 8 has sparked growing enthusiasm with our customers and unprecedented opportunity and creativity with our partners and developers," CEO Steve Ballmer said in a statement. "With new Windows devices, including Surface Pro, and the new Office on the horizon, we'll continue to drive excitement for the Windows ecosystem and deliver our software through devices and services people love and businesses need."
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DAVIDSON, N.C. - The Davidson Wildcats had its three-game losing streak snapped tonight with an 80-69 loss to Southern Conference rival East Tennessee State in women's basketball action at Belk Arena.
East Tennessee State (1-5, 0-1) was led by Chris Forman who scored a career-high 32 points on 12 of-21 shooting including eight three-point baskets. Davidson (4-3, 0-2) got 25 points from junior guard Janna Magette (Birmingham, Ala.) in the loss.
The Lady Bucs got out to an early 14-7 lead by controlling the offensive boards and taking advantage of open jump shots. A three-point field goal from Forman with 6:26 on the clock. pushed ETSU up a first-half best 12 points, 27-15.Davidson made a mini-run as the first half came to a close as senior Kim Taylor and Magette scored five points in the final 17 seconds of the half to make the score 35-32 at the break.
Magette lead all scorers with 15 points in the first 20 minutes of action.Unfortunately for the Wildcats, the momentum from the closing seconds did not carry into the opening of the second half and the Lady Bucs rattled off a quick 9-2 run over and pushed the lead back to 10 points, 44-34.A Davidson timeout seemed to revive the team and the Wildcats sliced the lead in half with just under 13 minutes left to play.
Unfortunately for the 'Cats, the revival was short lived and ETSU began to slowly add points to the lead. A three-point basket from Robyn Flewelling with 7:52 left to play once again pulled the Wildcats within striking distance at 56-52, but the Lady Bucs would not relinquish the lead.Over the final six minutes of play Davidson got the Lady Bucs lead under 10 points only once as a Magette three cut the lead to eight, 65-57.
ETSU's Forman followed that three pointer with three three pointers of her own and pushed the lead to 17 points, the largest margin of the evening.Even though Davidson held the edge in free throws for the evening, ETSU made 13 three pointers on the night compared to just six by the Wildcats which proved to be a large factor in the downfall of the Wildcats.
In addition to a career night from Forman, ETSU got 11 points on the night from both Erin Thurman and Megan Jackson. Davidson freshman Meghan Bryant recorded her fifth straight double digit performance of the season with 13 points. She also contributed five blocks.


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This is probably the world's slowest blog! The Max is happy and flies as often as weather will allow, now fitted with a fine liquid crystal ribbon tacho, pressure gauge and fuel gauge which has made a big difference to the flying. Being more confident about how much fuel is on board has made the sorties steadily longer. There is a VSI in the instrument as well although it isn't as I want it yet but it has made space for a GPS on the panel. Radio is now a Yazoo which sounds better than the old Icom
I've not really been on the forum for well over a year now, but have been happily flying my Flash 2 Alpha on local bimbles around Cheshire, sadly only managing around 12 hours a year (New baby, very busy job, terrible weather).
The F2A is a lovely machine and the 503 engine has been super reliable to me, I've spent a lot of time and effort on her, upgrading from twin fuel tanks to a 65L tank, installing antenna and radio, Lynx interface, upgrading the altimeter, replacing fuel lines,
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Hi all
I have an old Comunica headset and intercom system and it went faulty last week. I opened up the intercom to see if there was anything obvious like a fuse blown etc. Unfortunately when I removed the circuit board a small black wire came adrift from the back of the board and I can't tell where from.
I was hoping someone else may have this type of intercom and able to tell me where this wire should be connected.
Autumn 2014
Some of the best flights in my training were the solo consoldation 'out and backs'.
Chris would send me out a few miles to a point on the map then have me come back and report what I saw. It gave me inital practice in departing the circuit, starting some nav, and rejoining again.
So for the first time, I left the circuit, heading out into the wider world on my own. Well, only a little bit into the wider world - but it was still 'out there'.
Late summer 2014.
Finally I was a solo flyer and could break out of the circuit!
Well kinda...
I did quite a few solo circuits, with Chris pretending to be cool and drinking tea on the ground without paying much attention to what I was doing. Yeah, right...
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*The [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] located in Salt Lake City, Utah has many New Hampshire probate records available on microfilm. For collection details see the [https://www.familysearch.org/
*The [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] located in Salt Lake City, Utah has many New Hampshire probate records available on microfilm. For collection details see the [https://www.familysearch.org/ Catalog]. Use the "Place Search" option to search for a specific New Hampshire county. Then look for topics labeled "Probate Records" or "Guardianship."
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United States New Hampshire Probate Records
Record Synopsis
Probate is the "court procedure by which a will is proved to be valid or invalid" and encompasses "all matters and proceedings pertaining to the administration of estates, guardianships, etc."[1] Genealogists often refer to 'Probate Records' as "All records which relate to the disposition of an estate," whether the person died leaving a will (testate) or not (intestate).[2]
Various types of records are created throughout the probate process. These may include, wills, guardianships, bonds, petitions, accounts, inventories, administrations, orders, depositions, decrees, and distributions. These documents are extremely valuable to genealogists and should not be neglected. In many instances, they are the only known source of relevant information such as the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their places of residence. They may also include information about adoption or guardianship of minor children and dependents.
For further information about the probate process, types of probate records, analyzing probate records, and to access a glossary of probate terms, see United States Probate Records.
Probate records from 1636–1771, originally filed in Portsmouth and Exeter, are now in the collection at the New Hampshire Records Management and Archives. (See Statewide Record Collections below.) For other counties, probate records are found in the county courthouse of each county.
These probate files include letters, affidavits, bills, receipts, original wills, and inventories.
Records of towns along the Massachusetts border may be found in either Massachusetts or New Hampshire. This is because New Hampshire was under Massachusetts from 1641 to 1679. The governor of Massachusetts was also the governor of New Hampshire to 1741. The boundaries with Massachusetts were not finally settled until 1739-41.
State Statutes
New Hampshire Judicial Branch, Circuit Court Probate Division site has information and forms pertaining to probate. It also has a list of the probate divisions, one for each county.
State and Local
The Family History Library has microfilms of the probate records of most of the New Hampshire counties for the 1700s and 1800s. The films can be borrowed through the Family Search Centers.
Some counties have sent their probate records for early years to the New Hampshire State Archives in Concord, New Hampshire. You can see their list on the Internet and learn about records sent there. You may also wish to see their more detailed inventory, and look under Probate Records. As of March 2012, they indicate that these probate records have been sent to the State Archives:
Cheshire County probate records, 1771-1899. (On films to 1899 at the Family History Library.)
Grafton County probate records, 1773-1899. (On films to 1933 at Family History Library.)
Merrimack County probate records, 1823-1984 (one list says to 1950) (On films to about 1943 at the Family History Library.)
Rockingham County probate records, 1771-1918 (On films to 1969 at Family History Library.)
- The New England Historic Genealogical Society located in the heart of downtown Boston, Massachusetts has early New Hampshire probate records available on microfilm. To search their online library catalog click Here.
- The Family History Library located in Salt Lake City, Utah has many New Hampshire probate records available on microfilm. For collection details see the FamilySearch Catalog. Use the "Place Search" option to search for a specific New Hampshire county. Then look for topics labeled "Probate Records" or "Guardianship."
Statewide Record Collections
*New Hampshire Province Deeds and Probate Records from 1623-1772. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975. Microfilm of original records at the Historical Society in Concord, New Hampshire. Includes index.On 118 FHL films beginning with 1001345
- New Hampshire State Papers. This collection includes abstracts of wills and other New Hampshire probate records, 1635-1771. There is an every-name index at the internet site, and the volumes can be viewed there also.
- Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire. Reprint, Bowie, Maryland.: Heritage Books, 1989–1990. (FHL book 974.2 P2p) These volumes are reprints of volumes 31–39 of the New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers. They include abstracts of the wills and probate records between 1635–1771. The indexes include the names of those mentioned in the records, including the names of heirs, witnesses, and owners of nearby land.
Digital versions of volumes 31-39 (1635-1771) are available online through Internet Archives:
vol. 31 (1635-1717), vol. 32 (1718-1740), vol. 33 (1741-1749), vol. 34 (1750-1753),
vol. 35 (1754-1756), vol. 36 (1757-1760), vol. 37 (1760-1763), vol. 38 (1764-1767),
vol. 39 (1767-1771)
Volumes 31-34 (1635-1753) are also available on Ancestry ($).
Learn More
Published Materials
- Melnyk, Marcia D. Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research, 4th ed. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. (FHL 974 D27g)
- ↑ Henry Campbell Black, Black's Law Dictionary, 5th ed. (St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Co., 1979), 1081, "probate."
- ↑ Val. D. Greenwood, The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy, 3rd ed. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 309.


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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Outlook brightens a bit for 2010 IT spending
Over at Computer Economics, we've just release the findings from our special November survey of IT decision-makers regarding their IT spending and staffing plans for 2010. See the six year trend chart above, with our 2010 projection.
Although the 2% projected rise for 2010 in IT spending at the median of the sample is surely not a barn-burner, it's a welcome improvement from the dismal results for this year, when IT executives at the beginning of the year expected budgets to be flat. As it turns out, that was certainly optimistic, according to our survey.
From the media alert:After a year of budget cuts, layoffs, and delayed projects, IT executives are looking forward to 2010 as a period of stabilization and rebuilding. According to the Computer Economics fourth-quarter outlook survey, the typical IT organization plans to raise its IT spending on operations by 2.0% in the coming year.The full report, Outlook Brightens for 2010 IT Spending, also provides detail on what specific actions--both positive and negative--IT leaders have been taking in the past three months to increase or cut IT spending levels. Interestingly, while there are plenty of cost-cutting actions still taking place, there are some positive trends as well. For example, over half of our respondents report that they have refreshed/upgraded computer hardware or started a major new project in the past three months. This is a vast improvement over the results of our survey a year ago, when few organizations were taking such actions.
The in-depth survey of 139 U.S. and Canadian IT organizations shows that more than half anticipate increasing IT spending in the year ahead, with the median budget increase projected at 2.0%. The survey indicates budget cutting and layoffs are in the past for most organizations, although hiring and capital spending will continue to be restrained through at least the first half.
As one might expect, the outlook for 2010 appears upbeat only in comparison to an anxiety-filled 2009. The projected 2% rise is operational spending lags behind the 2.5% rise in 2005, during the recovery in IT spending after the previous recession.
Outlook for enterprise software buyers
Where does this leave buyers of ERP and other types of enterprise software? Although there are signs of an uptick in spending levels, it is still too early for this to be affecting software vendor financial performance. In other words, vendors are likely to still be hungry for new business. So if you are shopping for software, it's still a buyer's market.
In addition, there are signs in our survey that buyers are still negotiating hard on existing vendor contracts. About half of our respondents indicate they have renegotiated a vendor contract in the past three months. Keep in mind, this means all sorts of IT contracts, not just for software. The increased attention on the value (or lack thereof) of vendor maintenance contracts is likely to continue, regardless of whether the IT spending climate improves.
More information
- The full report: Outlook for IT Spending and Staffing in 2010
- The research byte: Outlook Brightens for 2010 IT Spending
- The media alert: Forecast for 2010: IT Operational Budgets to Rise 2%by Frank Scavo, 12/16/2009 12:54:00 PM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Revisting Epicor's Shared Benefits program
I wrote about Epicor's Shared Benefits program about a month ago, when it was first announced. The program, in brief, offers customers to get back half of the savings if Epicor delivers its implementation services at less than estimated, and only pay half of Epicor's hourly rates if Epicor exceeds its estimate. In essence, it's sort of a compromise between a time-and-materials project and a fixed-price engagement.
After my initial post, Epicor wanted to brief me more fully on the program, so I agreed to take a phone call this morning from Craig Stephens, Epicor's VP of Consulting Services, who is based in the UK.
Time and Materials vs. Fixed Price
The problems of time-and-material contracts are well-understood, as many ERP prospects have heard the horror stories of projects that run well over budget. Many therefore jump at the chance to have the vendor take on the implementation as a fixed-price contract. In our buyer consulting services at Strativa, we point out, however, that this can often be a mistake, for two reasons.
Stephens believes that the Shared Benefits program represents a better approach, reducing the risk of a time-and-materials engagement for the customer while avoiding the risk premium required for a fixed price contract. He claims that Epicor does not include a risk premium when quoting these projects, thereby saving the customer money.
- Customers often don't realize that with a fixed price contract, every change in scope becomes a change order. Every assumption must be spelled out in the contract. Furthermore, as the inevitable misunderstandings become apparent during the implementation, the project manager often winds up spending more time negotiating change orders than managing the work itself.
- Secondly, customers don't realize that a fixed-price contract can often cost more than a time-and-materials engagement, as the vendor immediately jacks up the price by 20% or more as a risk premium for doing the project as a fixed price.
The other point that I find attractive with the Shared Benefits program is the alignment of incentives between customer and vendor. With fixed price contracts, Stephens points out, customers are under little restraint in trying to include additional scope within the fixed price. Under Shared Benefits, customers can still try to interpret the implementation plan to include more work, but they will share in the cost if the project exceeds budget.
Resources for Epicor 9 rollouts
While I had him on the phone, I asked Stephens about Epicor's ability to support its push to roll out its new version, Epicor 9, to new and existing customers, especially in light of workforce reductions that Epicor has taken in the past year in its professional services group.
Stephens indicated that headcount is flat from the previous year and that there are adequate consulting resources on board to support Epicor 9 implementations. He also indicated that much of the functionality in Epicor 9 is an upgrade from Epicor's previous Vantage 8 product, though the financial modules are new and different. Hence the major training effort for Epicor's consultants is in the E9 financials.
In response to my question about documentation, Stephens also assured me that the system documentation was all up to date for the new version and in fact sometimes was developed more quickly than the product itself. As this is so different from what I've heard from my own sources, I'd be interested in any feedback readers have on this issue, or any other matter involving Epicor. Leave a comment on this post, or email me privately (my email address is in the right-hand column).
Innovation in services delivery
As I wrote in my earlier post, Epicor should be commended for at least trying to do something about the problems facing organizations generally in contracting for and implementing ERP. Whether Epicor's Shared Benefits program is an answer remains to be seen as the program is just now being rolled out. Stephens says he expects about 40% of Epicor's new contracts to include the Shared Benefits option and it is the "default" option in writing new business. Over the next few months Epicor should get some early results from this program, which hopefully will demonstrate the success of the concept.
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Science Scoops: Crime Scene Insects
by Stephen James O'Meara
"CSI: Crime Scene Insects," a new exhibit making a world tour (booked through 2007), explores the rapidly growing field of forensic entomology— in other words, how maggots and insects found at a crime scene can provide investigators with clues and help bring murderers to justice (see the January 2004 "Crime Scene Science" issue of ODYSSEY).
"It's really kind of exciting," says Lee Goff, the exhibits curator and chairman of the forensic sciences program at Chaminade University in Honolulu, HI. "It's a chance to bring something to people that 20 years ago I don't think anyone would have been interested in."
Here's the buzz. The types of insects on a body and their stages of development can help determine the time elapsed since the death occurred. They can also provide clues to the cause of death, where the victim was killed, and whether drugs or other toxins might have been involved. For example, in Hawaii, blowflies will start laying eggs on a corpse within 10 minutes of death. The eggs, in turn, hatch into maggots, which morph into pupae, which emerge from their shells as adult flies. Other insects show up later, Goff says—some to nibble on the corpse, some to prey on the other bugs, some to do both.
Insects' development is so predictable and their behaviors so reliable that courts allow them as evidence. "They're predictable and they really don't care," Goff says. "And as long as you do a nice objective analysis of what's going on, and you kind of follow their trail of evidence, they're going to bring you to the truth about what happened."
The interactive exhibit gives visitors of all ages and interest levels the chance to sort through insect evidence at simulated crime scenes, and then try to solve the cases. "It's a little graphic, but they see worse stuff on prime-time TV," Goff says.
- Is a blowfly a scavenger or a decomposer?
[anno: A blowfly is a scavenger.]
- Why is it helpful to forensic entomologists that blowflies are very predictable?
[anno: It is important to forensic entomologists that blowflies are predictable because it helps the entomologists pinpoint how long a person has been dead.]
- Why is it also important in the natural world that blowfly behavior follows a pattern?
[anno: Answers may vary but could include that it is important that blowflies always land and nest quickly on a decomposing body because it keeps the cycle of nutrients flowing through a food web.]


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Circulation and Climate Variability in the Atlantic Driven by Spatially Non-Uniform Mixing
OCCI Project Funded: 2001
Proposed ResearchThe overturning circulation of the ocean plays an important role in modulating the Earth's climate. Amongst many competing physical processes, diapycnal mixing has been identified as one of the most important factors governing the size of the meridional overturning cell. For spatially uniform mixing, it is well known that the meridional overturning rate increases as the mixing rate is enhanced. While almost universally portrayed in terms of a turbulent diffusion coefficient, diapycnal mixing is ultimately driven by sources of mechanical energy. The sources of this mechanical energy can vary widely in space and time, and they have not hitherto been portrayed realistically. As a result, our understanding of the meridional overturning cell remains rudimentary. Since the diapycnal mixing rate directly affects water mass transformations in the world oceans, we anticipate that non-uniform diapycnal mixing will have major impact on the oceanic general circulation. We propose here to implement an improved representation of diapycnal mixing in an Ocean General Circulation Model (OGCM) study of the Atlantic Ocean. Our intent is: (1) to document the differences resulting from this new scheme relative to the spatially uniform case for the modern ocean, (2) to assess the sensitivity of the model with the new diapycnal mixing scheme to small amplitude changes in surface forcing, and (3) to modify the mixing scheme to represent likely conditions at the last glacial maximum and examine the model's response.
Final ReportWith financial support from the Ocean & Climate Change Institute, we have successfully completed this project.
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