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Anne Hills Concert June 2
Beverly Unitarian Church "The Castle"
7:00 pm
Tickets $20, Call 773-719-7059
Anne Hills is one of the most beloved voices of the contemporary folk music scene, receiving awards and recognition for her live performances, her unique solo and collaborative recording projects, and her overall artistry and benefit work. Her song "Follow That Road" was the title cut of the Martha's Vineyard Songwriter Retreat and has been a certified folk classic since the late 1990s. Whether she is singing her own songs, the words of six-year-old Opal Whiteley, or her song settings of the Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley; accompanied with her guitar, banjo, or simply a Tibetan bell, she puts her whole heart and soul into the moment. You won't want to miss a chance to hear her songs and stories in person.
Women of the Castle Receive Award
Every year, A New Direction (AND) bestows an award upon a partner who helps them fulfill their mission of providing domestic violence services, which include legal advocacy, children's therapy, and domestic violence education. At Ridge Country Club on Saturday, October 22, 2016, at AND's annual fundraiser, the Women of the Castle were recognized for their "steadfast support of A New Direction over the years." The Beverly Unitarian Church is proud to support the work of those who improve the lives of women and children and we are proud to have our longest member, Mary Sparks, accept the award. Mary is a lifelong supporter of women and issues around women's rights.
BUC to Host "Siberia Souls" Exhibit
Friday, Sept. 16 through Monday, Oct. 10, BUC will host "Siberia Souls," an exhibition of LED light sculptures created by artist, neuroscientist and friend of our congregation Audrius "Andy" Plioplys. The exhibit arose out of Andy's work on the Hope and Spirit project at the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture in Chicago, which marked the 70-year anniversary of the mass deportations to Siberia by Stalin and commemorated the victims of these atrocities. Four of Andy's blood relatives died during NKVD interrogations, and eight were deported to Siberia. In the creation of Hope and Spirit, over 400 letters and photographs sent from Siberia were found and saved from oblivion.
Andy writes,
"In the LED light sculptures I incorporate these photographs and letters. If we remember departed individuals, in a sense they remain immortal. Memories are stored in neural networks in our brains. The photographic images appear from under layers of my own neural networks, brain scan images, and brain wave tracings.
The primary purpose of this project was to inform the general public of these events and the deaths of millions of innocent people. If history is forgotten, it will repeat itself. Recent events indicate that my concerns were indeed prophetic. History is repeating itself."
BUC will show seven light sculptures and four color prints. The rest of the works in the series will be on display concurrently at ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is the world's largest competitive art exhibit, taking over the entire city for a month. This sequence is being premiered at Fountain Street Church in an exhibit concerning social justice and is co-sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union.
The exhibit will kick off with an opening and artist lecture on Friday, Sept. 16 from 7 to 9 PM. The church will be open for drop-in viewing hours on Saturdays from 10 AM to 2 PM and Sundays from 12-2 PM. In addition, "Siberia Souls" will be featured as part of the Beverly Art Walk, Saturday, Oct. 1 from 12-7 PM.
Buddhist Meditation
Reverend Marcia Curtis invites you to participate in Buddhism-based meditation in a group setting. Join us Sundays at 7:30pm in the church sanctuary. Newcomers welcome. Meditation and Dharma talks are very week.
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Pennacchio Says School Funding Reform Should Include Fixes Highlighted During Select Committee Process
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With the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee set to vote on school funding reform legislation, Senator Joe Pennacchio (R-26) said that proposals offered last year by Republicans on the Senate Select Committee on School Funding Fairness should be included in the effort.
"I want to commend Senate President Sweeney for working to change the narrative on school funding, especially when Governor Murphy is looking to perpetuate the same failed policies of the past," said Pennacchio, who served as co-chair of the Select Committee. "We spent much of last spring holding hearings of the Select Committee to identify critical fixes to New Jersey's broken school funding formula. There were a number of good ideas produced through that process that merit inclusion in any school funding reform legislation that advances."
Pennacchio highlighted the following school funding reforms proposed last year by the Republican members of the Select Committee:
- To ensure educational opportunities for our state's most vulnerable children in every school district , it's crucial to re-calibrate how we fund special education:
- Extraordinary special education should be fully funded, and that should be enshrined in the constitution to guarantee that it happens every year. School districts should not have to cover the entire financial burden of a $100,000+ cost that may accompany a child with special needs.
- The current census approach to special education funding should be eliminated. We should return to a system where money follows our most vulnerable students depending on their unique needs, and not base funding on average needs.
- Special education funding should be based entirely on the student and their individual need, and not be impacted by the incomes within a student's district as is currently law. There should be no wealth equalization in special education funding.
- School funding should follow the child so that enrollment changes and need changes are tracked and accounted for every year. A constitutional amendment would ensure that the State no longer allows certain practices employed in recent State Budgets, such as flat funding, across the board increases or hold-harmless aid. If a district has more kids and/or greater need, their funding should increase more than other districts. If a school district has a lower enrollment and fewer student needs, then funding should comparatively decrease.
- In a small state like New Jersey, we must eliminate the use of any geographic cost adjustment because commuters and services flow across regions all the time.
- To ensure that school aid is distributed fairly to school districts, payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) must be properly accounted for:
- PILOTs should be distributed to local governments and schools in the same proportion as property taxes. A municipality should not be allowed to benefit from a PILOT to the detriment of the school district or county.
- The local fair share or ability to pay of a local school district needs to include the full market value of any PILOT properties, regardless of taxes paid or previous blight.
- Enrollment should be measured in a manner that is more difficult to manipulate than the current measure in SFRA – attendance on a single school day. Budgets should reflect needs over the entire year.
- The measure of at-risk students needs to change from easily-manipulated enrollment in the Federal free and reduced-price lunch program. The greater needs of a district should be measured in other ways, such as the median income of a district or the percentage of children living below the poverty line.
- For school districts in the Highlands, Pinelands, Meadowlands or other areas of our State where land-use is highly regulated, the NJDOE's determination of local fair share must be adjusted to include certain communities' land-use restrictions that may artificially lower property values.
- Lastly, we have to work to ensure that any new formula is sustainable year after year. The current SFRA is not sustainable, which means it is never fully funded, leading to unfair distortions that hurt both students and property taxpayers.
"It seems that almost everyone agrees that the current school funding formula is broken, and there's a consensus that items like special education costs and PILOT abuses need to be addressed," added Pennacchio. "We shouldn't assume that those items will be fixed in future legislation if we skip over them today. Let's use the momentum we have to get school funding reform done the right way."
There were a number of good ideas produced through the Senate Select Committee on School Funding Fairness last spring that merit inclusion in any school funding reform legislation that advances. https://t.co/v4sFHnDPBm
— Sen. Joe Pennacchio (@joepennacchio) June 18, 2018


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CHANDIGARH: In a rare gesture, a kidney swap was successfully conducted between a Hindu family from Bihar and a Muslim family from Kashmir at a private hospital near here.
The surgery was performed by doctors led by Priyadarshi Ranjan, Consultant with Fortis Hospital in Mohali, Punjab.
The families of Manjula Devi from Bihar and Abdul Aziz from Kashmir were looking for suitable donors since the spouses' kidneys were a poor mismatch for each other, the hospital said in a statement.
The families crossed paths within three months after they got themselves registered in a mobile app iKidney which is developed by Ranjan.
After conducting all requisite tests and examinations, experts opined that the kidney of donor Sujeet Kumar (46), husband of Devi (42), was a good match for Aziz.
Similarly, the kidney of donor Shazia (50), wife of Aziz (53), was a good match for Devi.
Both families agreed to undergo surgeries for a paired kidney exchange.
"Both the families are extremely happy as the patients are recovering and responding well to the post-surgery treatment. This fortunate matching was possible through iKidney app that explores for possible paired kidney exchange between eligible donors and patients," Ranjan told reporters here.
Devi, who received Shazia's kidney, said: "I feel very lucky that we got in touch with Shazia's family. It gives me a great source of strength that humanity, above all religion, is the greatest religion of all."
Aziz, who received a kidney from Sujeet Kumar, said: "We now know that helping a human in times of need is the greatest deed for anyone. Humanity as a religion makes us humane.
"What we experienced through this swap is nothing extraordinary but exemplary display of humanity, love and care."
This amazing coincidence was made possible by the iKidney app, which has been developed by Ranjan, who is also the Programme Director for Swap Kidney Transplantation and currently runs the busiest kidney Swap programme of the region.
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I love this DIY Lip Sugar Scrub. Winter will soon be here and apparently my lips already think it's arrived! Peeling and flaky lips are not an attractive look especially with all of those fabulous holiday red lipsticks!
Give your lips a little TLC this winter by making a sugar scrub. This would also make a great holiday gift. Try pairing it with a body sugar scrub for the ultimate delicious gift! Find the recipe here for the body sugar scrub. Also consider using a peppermint essential oil instead of lemon for a holiday twist on the recipe. Happy scrubbing!
This recipe is for one small container but if you want to make a large batch for gift giving then feel free to double per container used.
DIY Lip Sugar Scrub:
1 tablespoon white granulated sugar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon honey
1 – 1 ½ tablespoon olive oil or almond oil
Small containers (I found these containers 2 for $1 in the travel size item section at Wal-Mart)
3 drops of Lemon Essential Oil
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In a small bowl or measuring cup mix the brown and white sugar together.
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Mix in the honey. The consistency will be sticky, but the oil will help smooth it out.
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Divide into small containers.
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Posted on: May 27, 2015 by Newmark Insurance
Throughout your education and training to become a real estate professional, you've likely heard unlimited advice about what it takes to be successful; from ensuring you know how to market yourself to making sure you are financially protected with the right Real Estate Professional Liability Insurance Policy. We'd like to summarize some points on what it takes to be a successful real estate agent. While this is by no means a comprehensive list, these pointers are the beginning of what it can take to make your business stand out.
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According to RIS Media, one of the key factors of successful real estate practices includes understanding the market and how to set prices accordingly. Successful agents, RIS states, view comparable homes and other real estate for sale in order to help clients determine a competitive price.
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Want to stay on top of the real estate game? Make sure that you ask for referrals and stay in touch with former clients. If you're good at your job, surely your former clients will help your portfolio grow and thrive. Even with the incredible advancements with technology and social media sharing, word-of-mouth is still a powerful marketing tool.
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Not losing weight or belly fat with PCOS on levothyroxine and Metformin - will Atkins work?
I'm a 23-year-old female who weighs somewhere around 149-152 lbs. In June 2011 my weight had gone up to 198 lbs. I managed to get down to 128 lbs by October 2012 through logging a lot of time at the gym and dieting by watching my caloric intake & sodium. However, I randomly ballooned up to 150 lbs from then to February 2013. I knew something was wrong so I had my thyroid levels checked, and it turns out my TSH levels were high and I had hypothyroidism. I started taking levothyroxine (25 mcg, and now I'm up to 50 mcg), which I've been on for a few months. The weight still was not coming off, so I started taking Metformin for PCOS and supposed insulin resistance, which I've been on for a month now. I think I lost a pound on it, initially, on a regular, calorie-restricted diet, but there wasn't much change.
I am so frustrated as to why I still have all this weight on me, especially my belly fat. I started Atkins a week ago, and I lost two pounds (of what I assume was water weight) in the first two days, but I'm scared that I'm just going to keep wasting time. I know it's only been a week but I'm terrified that either this diet won't work or I won't lose the belly fat or fat on my body.
Is there any advice from anyone who's been through a situation like this? I'm at my wit's end.
I should also add that I do cardio every day - elliptical, running, walking, and strength training every other day.
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You seem to be doing optimumly what is required for your condition . I'd suggest you to include more fiber,fruits and green leafy vegetables in your diet . Any other diet is gonna take your metabolism to a spin considering you have PCOS the hormonal imbalance will definitely make things tough . I suggest you not to indulge in strength training which will encourage more androgen production which is not good for pcos . . Other than that you are trying your best which is advisable . . Just keep up your routine coz it takes time to see results with this conditionSource(s): My GF suffers from identical condition like you pcos and thyroid . . We know the frustation
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- DebraLv 44 years ago
No exercise? LMAO! Atkins will just kill you. Yes I'm against it. You must eat healthy. Dot not cut any carbs or any of that junk. You can stop eating junk food but you can still have good fats and sugars. Drink water instead of juice, because it has zero calories and is good to keep your body functioning. You've got to be strict with diet and exercise. Gosh, walk for a n hour day a couple times a week. It's not that hard. You just have to eat enough to give you energy. Here's an example menu: Breakfast: Multigrain cereal with soy milk Snack: An apple Lunch: Salad sandwich on wholemeal bread (put chicken, cheese, tomato, carrots, etc on it). Snack: Yoghurt Dinner: Brown rice, stirfry vegetables and meat of your choice (is so quick and eay to make). Last snack: Something only around 100 calories. That's just an idea. I ate like that for 2 months + walking, lifting weights, jumping on trampoline and situps. I lost 20lbs. The meals are small portioned and you eat every 3-4hrs to stop binge eating and it's good for your blood sugar. Don't look for a quick an easy way. Do it the hard and long way and you will really see results.
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- JamesLv 67 years ago
Atkins should work fine for you, but I'd suggest you look into the paleo diet. It works a treat for PCOS.
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pick up a 5 or 10 pound weight at the gym and visualize that weight coming off holding the weight in your hands helps bring home just how heavy even 5 pounds of extra fat can be
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"We'll be thinking about this one. It's tough," Curry said after Thursday night's 114-110 loss in Game 6. "But our DNA and who we are and the character that we have on this team, I wouldn't bet against us being back on this stage next year and going forward. So, really proud of the way that we fought until the end, and this five-year run's been awesome, but definitely don't think it's over."
Curry's remarks came before the team announced that Warriors swingmanKlay Thompsonhad torn the ACL in his left knee. That emotional blow comes just three days after Warriors star forward Kevin Durant ruptured the Achilles tendon in his right foot.
Green echoed Curry's sentiments, remaining buoyed by the knowledge that the Warriors have dealt with so many emotional highs and lows over the past five years.
"I think everybody thinks it's kind of the end of us," Green said. "But that's just not smart. We're not done yet. We lost this year. Clearly just wasn't our year, but that's how the cookie crumbles sometimes. But, yeah, I hear a lot of that noise, it's the end of a run and all that jazz. I don't see it happening, though. We'll be back."
Before the Thompson news, Green was one of several teammates to praise Thompson for the way he competed before leaving Thursday night's game in the third quarter with his injury. Thompson injured his left hamstring in Game 2 and had to sit out Game 3 before returning to help the Warriors the rest of the series.
"Probably the guy that got the most heart on this team," Green said of Thompson. "It's not really the most popular opinion, but as a guy who's been with Klay for seven years, I don't know many people with as much heart as Klay. So the way he was playing, as aggressive as he was, he was carrying us, and when he went down, obviously we lose a lot."
The Warriors now face the strong possibility that even if they retain Durant and Thompson this summer in free agency, both All-Stars will miss most -- if not all -- of next season.
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr spoke with pride about the way his team battled until the end of this series, as it dealt with multiple injuries along the way, including Kevon Looney playing through a nondisplaced first costal cartilage fracture on his right side.
"It's hard to put into words how I feel about our team," Kerr said. "What I've witnessed as their coach over the last five years is just an incredible combination of talent and character and commitment to each other. This just doesn't happen. A group of guys like this doesn't come around together and do what they did over the last five years. And I've been lucky enough to be their coach. That's what I told them in the locker room.
"I can't tell you my gratitude in terms of just being put in this position to be with this group and to coach them and to help them. But I could not be any luckier as a coach to be with these guys every day and to watch them compete and, boy, do they compete. I think they showed that throughout this series and throughout the playoffs."
As sad as the Warriors felt about losing the series, Green said there was some solace to be found in the way in which the group played and fought until the end.
"Obviously, you feel good about it, but it's no shocker to us," Green said. "We know what this team has been made of all along. I said it over and over again, the pretty offense will always be the storyline, but this team, a ton of heart. Everybody that steps on that floor displayed a ton of heart. So it's no shocker to us that we continue to fight, but we came up a little short and that's just it."
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Inadequate food items in an Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, camp in the outskirts of Bauchi State, has forced children to feed on onion leaves for survival.
Reporters, who visited the camp, located about two km from Rindebin community in Bauchi Local Government Area, noted that the children, between the ages of three and five, looked pitiful as they consume the leaves.
We are helpless – parents
Some of the parents of the children interviewed said there was not enough food, as such, they had to 'improvise' ways of tackling hunger. They said they believed onion leaves were nutritious and would also protect their children from hunger and diseases.
One of the parents, Aisha Musa, said that for the past one year, children and adults in the camp had been struggling to survive, with little or no assistance from all quarters.
Another parent, Ajidda Ahmed, said the hardship being encountered were enormous, adding that most of them had given up any hope of living a normal life.
"Both adults and children suffer from hunger; this has resulted in forcing us to eat raw onion leaves from sellers that come into the camp.
"Rainy season is about to set in and another fear is the outbreak of childhood diseases. Because for the past year, our children were not immunized and there are no water, sanitation and hygiene facilities.
"We defecate in the bush and the rainwater will soon wash our faeces back to the stream, where we source for water to drink," she lamented.
Commenting on the situation, the leader of the IDP camp, Bulama Gojja, said that there were over 200 people of the Shuwa-Arab stock from Marte, Marfa and Jere local governments of Borno State. He said they were forced to relocate to the camp last year as a result of the activities of 'Boko-Haram' insurgents.
Gojja enumerated their challenges to include insufficiency of food items, lack of potable water, health facility and education for their children.
He said that in 2018, no fewer than 20 pregnant women delivered in the camp without the required medical attention, expressing fears that the off-springs might develop health challenges due to lack of immunization.
He lamented that in spite of their efforts at drawing sympathy over their plight, assistance was not forthcoming from any quarters.
The leader, therefore, solicited for assistance from both government and non-governmental organisations, particularly in the areas of health, education, potable water and agriculture inputs like fertilizer, seed and herbicides to enable them engage in farming.
When contacted yesterday for comment, the Bauchi State Government, through one of its senior officials, said a visit had been scheduled for the IDP camp today, and they will react accordingly after the visit.


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Gorgeously illustrated and with a classic feel, this is a brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and a bear who discover that things are always better when they're shared with a friend. Ideal for readers moving on from picture books. 'A perfect animal double-act.' (The Times, Book of the Week) SPLASH! A Mysterious Thing lands in Rabbit and Bear's peaceful summer lake. Is it exciting, or terrifying? Is it a tiny fluffy owl, or a huge hungry monster? And has Rabbit finally met a creature with worse habits than himself? Rabbit's SURE he can solve this mystery. But when he accidentally turns the Best Day Ever into the Worst Day Ever, he needs Bear's help ... From novelist and playwright Julian Gough, and the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Jim Field, this is a tale of friendship, acceptance, and what you can do with blueberry poo. 'Rabbit's Bad Habits is a breath of fresh air in children's fiction, a laugh-out-loud story of rabbit and wolf and bear, of avalanches and snowmen. The sort of story that makes you want to send your children to bed early, so you can read it to them.' Neil Gaiman
When a lost baby owl fetches up in their forest, grouchy Rabbit, judicious Bear and their friends face a dilemma: lock up the newcomer or welcome his arrival? Beneath the bantering, the slapstick gags and the scatological humour there's a timely message about immigration and nationalism -- James Lovegrove - The Financial Times
These joyous stories of a very special friendship are perfect to enthuse newly confident readers to enjoy books on their own....Jim Field's wonderfully expressive illustrations are key to the success of the book....There's plenty of gentle humour to enjoy (including an unusual way to decorate the walls!) and the wonderful relationship between Rabbit and Bear goes from strength to strength - Parents in Touch
The Rabbit & Bear books are funny and sweet ... beautifully-illustrated with around 100 pages each, the language is straightforward, and readers may even pick up some facts about wildlife. - Mummy in the City
The latest in a series of neat little chapter books with funny pictures, poo jokes, a bear, a bigoted rabbit and life lessons. This one is a bout a tiny owl blown in from elsewhere, and how prejudice works. - The Sunday Times Ireland
When readers aged 8-10 stop giggling at the bird burps, musical farts and amazing uses for blueberry poo (eeuw!) they might also ponder the dangers of prejudice and benefits of acceptance that this witty little illuminates. - Evening Echo (Cork)
I like Rabbit & Bear - which could appeal to both boys and girls - because they are sweet, funny and beautifully illustrated books with around 100 pages. Clever and charming books for young readers! - Mummy In the City
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|Julian Gough
|Jim Field
|Hodder Children's Books an imprint of Hachette Children's Group
|112 pages
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Julian Gough is a novelist, playwright, poet, musician and script-writer, and this is his first series for children. He was born in London, grew up in Ireland and now lives in Berlin. Jim Field has illustrated a wide range of projects including CATS AHOY! (winner of the Roald Dahl funny prize), MAGIC INK, and Kes Gray's OI FROG! and HOW MANY LEGS? He lives in Paris.More About Julian Gough
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The Family Puzzles - Demystified (Sort of)
Curtis Hussey Pettit1833 - 1914
Name Curtis Hussey Pettit Born 18 Sep 1833 Hanover Township, Columbiana, Ohio Gender Male Died 11 May 1914 Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Person ID I423 My Genealogy Last Modified 20 Mar 2009
Father Joseph Pettit, b. 28 Jun 1809, Hanover Township, Columbiana, Ohio , d. 30 Oct 1892, Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States Mother Hannah Grubb Hussey, b. 29 Aug 1810, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States , d. 11 Nov 1869 Married 21 Nov 1832 Short Creek mm, Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio Divorced Yes, date unknown Family ID F161 Group Sheet
Family Deborah Mcbride Williams, b. 28 Oct 1833, Oakland, Juniata, Pennsylvania , d. 26 Mar 1926, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Married 2 Jun 1857 Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Children 1. Irene Hussey Pettit, b. 1858, d. 1877 2. Louis Williams Pettit, b. 6 Jan 1862, Oakland, Juniata, Pennsylvania , d. 23 Jul 1884, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA 3. Edward Curtis Pettit, b. 30 Apr 1864, d. 11 Aug 1865 4. Alice Mary Pettit, b. 18 Oct 1868, d. 6 Jun 1869 5. Bessie Tabitha Pettit, b. 22 Oct 1870, d. Yes, date unknown Last Modified 24 Feb 2006 Family ID F168 Group Sheet
Event Map Born - 18 Sep 1833 - Hanover Township, Columbiana, Ohio Married - 2 Jun 1857 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Died - 11 May 1914 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA = Link to Google Maps = Link to Google Earth
- EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical ======================================================== Vol III, pg 243-246 HON. CURTIS HUSSEY PETTIT On the pages of the pioneer history of Minneapolis appears again and again the name of Curtis Hussey Pettit, and on down through the years it is identified with almost every chapter in the annals of the city's development and progress. His life work, therefore, constitutes an integral part in the records of both city and state, from the time when as land agent he began handling properties in Minnesota and down through the years when as banker, as journalist and as grain merchant he largely directed the commercial and financial development of the city, while at the same time he was giving of his ability and his efforts in shaping the political history and the civic progress of the Northwest. A native of Ohio, Curtis Hussey Pettit was born near Hanoverton, Columbiana county, September 18, 1833, and traced his ancestry in direct line back to Thomas Pettit and his wife, Christian, daughter of Oliver Mellows. Thomas Pettit was in Boston as early as 1634 and removed thence to Exeter and later to Newtown, Long Island, where according to the public records he was appointed marshal in 1655. Younger generations of the family scattered over New Jersey and other states. Nathaniel Pettit, son of Thomas Pettit, located on eight hundred acres of land in what is now the city of Trenton, New Jersey. William Pettit, the great-great-grandson of Nathaniel Pettit, became a resident of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and his grand-son, Joseph Pettit, married Hannah Grubb Hussey and with his young wife went to Ohio. It was this worthy couple who were the parents of Curtis H. Pettit of this review. Both father and mother were ambitious to give their children the best educational advantages possible and provide them with every means for the development of high character and the attainment of liberal culture. Curtis H. Pettit accordingly attended a Friend's school at Sandy Springs and afterward the public schools of Hanoverton, Ohio, and later became a student in Oberlin College. A severe attack of typhoid fever, however, obliged him to give up his college work and with the recovery of his health lie started upon his business career as a bookkeeper in the Forest City Bank of Cleve-land, Ohio, which had recently been established by his uncle, Joseph G. Hussey, who was the president of the institution. After about a year's experience there Curtis H. Pettit, following the advice of another uncle, Curtis G. Hussey, for whom he was named, went to Pittsburgh and became an employe of the firm of C. G. Hussey & Company, controlling one. of the first iron and steel interests of that city. The oppor-tunities of the west, however, attracted Mr. Pettit and in the fall of 1855 he determined to investigate these for himself and made a prospecting tour to Galena, Illinois, thence traveling by boat and stage to Minneapolis, where he arrived on the 22d of October. The natural advantages and resources of the country and the possibilities of the embryo city at once impressed him and he made purchase of a lot, with twenty feet frontage, on the east side of Nicollet avenue between First and Second streets, then the business center of the town. He also purchased a small frame building at the south-west corner of Nicollet and Washington avenues, which had been used as a meat market and after making arrangements to have the little building removed to his lot he left on the same day to return to the east with the intention of bringing his posses-sions to Minnesota before navigation closed for the season. In the shortest space of time possible he returned with a capital of five thousand dollars for investment, due to the liberal kindness of his uncle, Dr. Curtis G. Hussey of Pittsburgh. Mr. Pettit then opened a bank and real estate office in his little building, sleeping in the office and taking his meals with the family of Mr. Edwards, from whom he had purchased his land. His was the second bank opened in this city, the first having been started by Samuel Snyder and William K. McFarlane, early in October, 1855. Mr. Pettit was at the time but twenty-two years of age. He realized a considerable profit on a quantity of pork and some flour which he had bought in Iowa, but during his first year he confined his attention largely to dealing in townsite shares in Glencoe, Hutch-inson, Watertown and other places, owning for a time a quarter interest in the town-site of Glencoe. He continued in the banking business and was one of those who put into circulation notes of eastern banks, endorsing them across the face with a guar-anty of payment and he redeemed each of these at its face value, amounting to over twenty thousand dollars. By the 12th of July, 1856, so wisely and carefully had he managed his business affairs that he had an investment of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in his bank and land agency. In the summer of 1856 Mr. Pettit went to board with the family of Captain Louis H. Williams, who had removed to Minneapolis from Newville, Pennsylvania, and on the 2d of June of the following year he was united in marriage to the second daughter of the family, Miss Deborah McBride Williams. It was in the fall of the following year, 1858, that Mr. Pettit became the first owner of the Minneapolis Journal, which he started with his wife's cousin, John G. Williams, a well known newspaper man of that period, as editor. After a few years, however, Mr. Pettit disposed of the paper and in 1860 sold his banking interests, while in 1861 he established a retail hardware business, which later developed into one of the present large wholesale houses of the city, under the name of the Williams Hardware Company, Mr. Pettit entered into active connection with the lumber trade in the autumn of 1866, by becoming a member of the firm of Ankeny, Robinson & Pettit, operating a sawmill at the Falls. He also became interested in the manufacture of flour, erecting, in con-nection with others, the Pettit mill, operated by the firm of Pettit, Robinson & Company until it was destroyed in an explosion in 1878. It was immediately rebuilt, however, and Mr. Pettit remained an active owner of the business until it became the property of the Northwestern Milling Company in 1891. In 1879 Mr. Pettit was one of the builders of Elevator A, the property of the Minneapolis Elevator Company, of which he was a stockholder. This elevator was erected near the tracks of the Great Northern Railroad at Chestnut avenue. It was the largest elevator west of Chicago, having a capacity of seven hundred and eighty thousand bushels. Mr. Pettit was treasurer of the company, with Loren Fletcher as president. In 1884, associated with Jabez M. Robinson, with whom he was connected in various other business ventures, Mr. Pettit purchased a large amount of land in the northern part of the state, in St. Louis and Lake counties, in order to acquire the pine timber and stumpage remaining on it, but with no idea at that time of the vast beds of iron ore that were later developed on the Mesaba range. Some of these properties acquired by Mr. Pettit and Mr. Robinson proved to have valuable deposits of ore, so that in the later years of his life the man-agement of his ore lands constituted the chief business interest of Mr. Pettit. He was also prominently associated with the development of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad, of which he was a director from the organization of the company. From the time of his marriage until his demise Mr. Pettit continued to make Minneapolis his home and here five children were born to him and his wife: Irene Hussey, Louis Williams, Edward Curtis, Alice Mary and Bessie Tabitha. The last named was the only one to reach maturity and she is now the wife of George P. Douglas of Minneapolis. While Mr. Pettit rose to notable distinction in business circles with the passing years he was equally active in support of those forces which contributed to the civic, political and moral development of his community. He always manifested a most helpful interest in public affairs and in 1859, less than four years after his arrival here, was elected a member of the second city council. In 1866 he was chosen to repre-sent his district in the state senate and was reelected to that position in 1868, 1869, 1870 and 1871. Three years afterward he was chosen a member of the house of ses-sions and was reelected in 1875, 1876 and again in 1887. His political allegiance was always unfalteringly given to the republican party and for many years he served as a member of its county, congressional and state central committees and at different periods acted as chairman thereof. From Governor William R. Marshall in 1869 he received appointment as member of the board of trustees of the State Reform School and with the exception of a few months in 1897, he continuously served in that capacity for thirty-two years, or until the board was (with the boards of other state institutions), superseded by the state board of control in August, 1901, through act of legislature During the last twelve years of that thirty-two year period Mr. Pettit was president of the State Reform School board. He always manifested a personal interest in the boys sent to that institution and the position to him was not one of political preferment but rather an opportunity to help misguided youths. He became acquainted with them as individuals and in later years there were many, who, having become good and use-ful citizens, came to him to express their thanks for his friendliness and fatherly interest, which had helped them to regain their self-respect and aroused their ambition to make good in spite of the first misstep. The Minneapolis patrol law up to 1887 had been in force only as a city ordinance, which could be amended or repealed at any time by the city council. During the legislative session of that year Mr. Pettit intro-duced a bill, which became a law, defining the limits and making operative the patrol law by act of legislature, thus taking the matter from the control of the city council and making the patrol limits practically a permanent policy of the city government. This law proved to be one of the very best devices ever used for controlling the liquor traffic in cities before the days of national prohibition. Mr. Pettit also deserved the honor of having definitely shaped the plan by which Minneapolis and Hennepin county united to erect a much needed building, in which to conduct city and county business. During the same legislative session in which he secured the enactment of the patrol law, he outlined his ideas and had the bill drawn up, which he introduced. The site of the proposed building was fixed in the bill, this foresight solving the problem of a location which might have caused great difference of opinion and long delays. At the time of its erection Mr. Pettit was much criticized for the magnitude of the structure but that he would have been justified in making plans tor a building twice the size was proven long prior to his death. It was on the llth of May, 1914, after gradual and general failing of strength, without being confined to his bed, that Curtis H. Pettit passed away. He had long been a devoted member of the Westminster Presbyterian church and had participated in its organization on the 23d of August, 1857, at which time six of the eight original mem-bers were members of the Williams family. This church was incorporated under the revised statutes of Minnesota, April 6, 1858, and Mr. Pettit was elected one of the board of trustees. He served continuously in that position until his demise fifty-six years later and during the greater part of that time was chairman of the board. He was interested in the various branches of the church work, was a careful guardian of its financial interests and did everything in his power to advance its welfare and growth. He was regarded as an ideal trustee and not a little of the success of the man-agement of the business affairs of the church was due to him. He served on the build-ing committee in 1876, again when the church at Nicollet avenue and Seventh street was built and was chairman of the building committee at the time of the erection of the present house of worship, at the corner of Nicollet avenue and Twelfth street. He was ever a man of broad, benevolent spirit and wise philanthropy. He was continually extending a helping hand where aid was needed, always in a quiet and unostentatious manner and frequently no one knew of his benefactions save himself and the recipient. He was ever cheerful and his kindliness of heart and honesty of purpose, his quiet strength of will and his warm sympathy have made his memory cherished by all who knew him. He was in the eighty-first year of his age when "the weary wheels of life at length stood still and he slept." His name is closely and honorably associated with the early history and later development of Minneapolis and there is no phase of her progress along commercial and financial lines, or in relation to her intellectual, civic and moral development with which he was not associated to a point of notable and resultant helpfulness.
- (Research):«b»A Half Century of Minneapolis
«/b»By Horace Bushnell Hudson
PETTIT, Curtis Hussey (C. H. Pettit), a pioneer of Minneapolis who has been prominently identified with the business, social and political life of the city for the last half century, was born in Ohio, at Hanover, Columbiana county, September 18, 1833. He was the son of Joseph and Hannah G. (Hussey) Pettit. To give their children the best education possible was the strong desire of his parents, and though a farm er's boy he had the somewhat unusual chances, for those days, of a course at Obcrlin, after some time spent at a Quaker school at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. After leaving college Mr. Pettit entered business in Cleveland for a short time going from Cleveland to Pittsburgh where he remained about four years returning to Cleveland for a few months. At the age of twenty-two he came to Minneapolis, in 1855, where he at once established himself in the banking business, maintaining at the same time a real estate and land office. In 1860 he disposed of his banking interests and engaged in the hardware trade until the autumn of 1866 when he went into the lumber business for a lime, operating one of the saw mills at the falls under the firm name of Ankeny-Robinson & Pettit. Later he went into flour milling and in connection with other parties erected the Pettit mill which was operated by the firm of Pettit, Robinson & Company. Tin's mill was destroyed in the mill explosion of 1878 but was immediately rebuilt and Mr. Pettit continued to hrve an interest in it until it became the property of the Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company in 1891. The mill was then dismantled and converted into an elevator. Mr. Pettit has long since retired from active executive work in business, finding his time fully occupied in looking after his extensive interests. From the first Mr. Pettit took an active part in public affairs of Minneapolis. He was a member of the second city council elected in 1859 and, always an active republican, was for many years a member of the county, congressional and state central committees of his party and at different times was chairman of each. He was a member of the Minnesota State Senate for the sessions of 1866, 1868, 1869, 1870 and 1871, and of the House of Representatives for the sessions of 1874, 1875, 1876 and 1887. The Minneapolis Patrol Law up to 1887 had been in force only as a city ordinance which could be amended or repealed at any time by the city council. During the legislative session of that year Mr. Pettit introduced a bill which became a 1 iw defining the limits of and making operative the Patrol Law by act of the Legislature thus taking the matter out of the control of the council and making the patrol limits practically a permanent policy of the city government. This law has been and is one of the very best devices ever made use of for controlling the liquor traffic in cities. During the same session Mr. Pettit prepared, introduced and secured the passage of the law under which the present Hennepin County Court House and Minneapolis City Hall has been erected. He was appointed a member of the board of managers of the State Reform School, now the State Training School for Boys and Girls, by Governor William R. Marshall in March, l8(xj. which position he held, with the exception of a few months in 1897, continuously for about thirty-two years and until the board was, (as were other boards of the state institutions) by an act of the legislature, superseded in August, 1901, by a State Board of Control. During the last twelve years of his term he was president of this board to which postion he was first appointed by Gov. A. R. Mc- Gill in January, 1887. He was married on June 2, 1857, to Deborah M. Williams, and has had five children, of whom four died. His youngest daughter, Bessie Tabitha, is the wife of George P. Douglas, and has three children. The family is Presbyterian.


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A few striking numbers - some of them stunning numbers - from the Virginia exit polls. Obama carried white men with 55%. He carried Latinos with 55%. He carried voters with incomes under $50,000 with 59%. He carried Catholics with 52%. He carried independents with 62% - and far more independents voted in the Democratic primary, for Obama, than in the GOP primary, for McCain. And he carried Republicans who chose to vote in the Democratic primary (they constituted 7% of the vote) with 70%.Clinton is focusing on Texas and Ohio (two more states between now and then, Wisconsin and Hawaii). The way Texas selects delegates might not favour her, and Obama is already running TV and radio ads in Texas.
Announcer, in Spanish: Barack Obama is talking to me. He's faced many of the same challenges that we've faced in my family. His parents weren't rich, but through hard work, he earned a scholarship and found his way — graduating from Harvard Law School. And instead of accepting job offers that paid a lot of money, Obama decided to work with churches, giving a helping hand to those less fortunate in his community.It's looking grim for Clinton. As such, it's time to start taking a hard look at what Obama is policy-wise, or how he's shifting policy-wise, for example, on Gaza.


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Introduction: Getting George's Attention
For better quality images of every picture included in this document go here ( http://tinyurl.com/orrwbc9 ).
Not too long ago our friend George asked us for some help with running his hotel. It seems many of his guests don't ring the desk bell whenever they need George and this causes the guests to get frustrated. The challenge would come from where George lives; that being an island not in the U.S. Transportation of materials can be rather slow. Cost in both material and power to keep it running would have to also be considered as George runs his hotel from a generator. Then there's also the problem that George isn't always near the front desk; he may be helping another guest in a completely different floor. So our team of tech-savvy individuals had the idea to build George a rudimentary beeper. This beeper would light up if and when a guest stands in anywhere near the front desk. It would be small enough to carry and require a small amount of electricity from a disposable or rechargeable battery; something George seems to have an abundance on his island. The device is simple enough to build but can be rather difficult when it comes to programming (see Pic# 1 for the prototype of the device).
Getting into detail about the device we decided to build a pressure plate connected to an Arduino. When a guest steps onto the plate, disguised as a welcome mat of some sorts, they will complete a circuit and allow the Arduino to send a small message to another Arduino carried by George. If George's Arduino receives a message a bright LED will begin to shine(see pic#2). If you've ever worked with Arduinos you might know that these specific models don't come with wireless capabilities from the get-go. That's where a radio frequency, or rf, transmitter and receiver come to play (see pic# 3 for rf receiver). To build this device you'll need a few things.
Bill of Materials
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2x Arduino Uno's (Pic# 4. These will be the devices that communicate with the RF transmitter and receiver)
1x dance pad or any old pad that registers pressure (Pic# 5. We built a simple pad out of cardboard and aluminum foil so if you're in a pinch)
1x LED of any color (Pic# 6. Preferably any easily noticeable color such as red or blue)
1x spool of 22 AWG wire (Pic# 7. You won't be needing much so if you find some strands of wire odds are that'll be enough)
1x 10k Ohm resistor (Pic# 8. This was used in the device as a pull-down resistor to make sure we received an accurate signal from the pressure pad)
1x 250~350 Ohm resistor (Pic#9. This will protect the LED from blowing up)
1~2x Arduino enclosures (Pic# 10. Or simply any box that might fit an Arduino. A regular Altoids tin will work just fine although you will have to drill holes into either option)
1x pair of RF transmitter and receiver (Refer to Pic# 3. This is what's going to allow us to communicate with both Arduinos wirelessly)
Optional--- 1x Perforated board
(Pic# 11. This is only used in case you are planning to reuse the components at any time. Soldering the leads to the perf board makes for an easier removal process)
You will of course need a few tools such as (pictures of tools can be found at the top):
(Pics# 12-16 in order)
a soldering iron
wire strippers
a multimeter
some copper tape
The Schematics
Pic# 18 is for connecting the first Arduino to the pressure plate and rf transmitter. For a bigger and better quality picture go here ( http://tinyurl.com/n48xoe5 ).
Pic# 17 illustrates the connections needed to be made with the second Arduino board and the rf receiver. Again, for a bigger and better quality picture go here (http://tinyurl.com/pa9jrvl).
The Steps
Let's make the Arduino receiver first, just to get into the groove of things before tackling the big stuff. If you're using a perf board then the first step to connecting the rf receiver to the first Arduino will be easy. It would look something like Pic# 19.
To increase the range of the receiver you will need to solder a small spool of wire onto the on-board antenna(Pic# 20). On the side with the copper coil will be a small opening, this is where that wire spool will go. Refer to Pic# 3 for pin layout. Solder either data pin to the Arduino's A0 slot. Make sure it's the A0 slot as working with small components can result in accidental wiring up of leads that shouldn't be together. Connect the VCC, or simply voltage in, pin of the receiver to the 3.3v out slot of the Arduino and not the 5v out slot. Make sure to take your time soldering as to not drip solder onto any other parts. Lastly, for the receiver, solder the ground lead, labeled as GND, to any of the arduino's ground slots.
The next step is to connect the LED you will be using and the 250~350 Ohm resistor to any open slot labeled a digital pin. With this model of the Arduino the digital pins are all on the right side. Do keep track of which pin you hooked up the resistor to as that will become very important in coding the Arduino; if you are unsure which slot to use just go with digital pin 8. Afterwards, connect the battery supply to the Arduino at Voltage in and to the LED. We recommend using a 9v battery but anything above 5v will do. Next comes programming the Arduino board to read any signal the receiver catches. Plug the Arduino into a computer using the cable that came with it and download the Arduino IDE software from here ( http://www.arduino.cc/en/main/Software ). Then open the software, install it by following the on-screen instructions and starting up the now installed program. Go to file on the left hand corner and select new. Anything after 2 "//" is unnecessary code that you can erase. Its only purpose is to elaborate on what the code is actually doing. Copy and paste this code into the program:(picture for this is Pic# 21.)
#define readPin A0
#define ledPin 8 //change this 8 to any number you used to connect the LED
int data = 0;
const int numReadings = 10;
int readings[numReadings];
int index = 0;
int total = 0;
int average = 0;
void setup(){
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(readPin, INPUT);
pinMode(9, OUTPUT);
for (int thisReading = 0; thisReading < numReadings; thisReading++)
readings[thisReading] = 0;
void loop () {
// subtract the last reading:
total= total - readings[index];
// read from the sensor:
readings[index] = analogRead(readPin);
// add the reading to the total:
total= total + readings[index];
// advance to the next position in the array:
index = index + 1;
// if we're at the end of the array...
if (index >= numReadings)
// ...wrap around to the beginning:
index = 0;
// calculate the average:
average = total / numReadings;
// send it to the computer as ASCII digits
if (average < 375 ){
digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);
digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
Then click the upload button and wait for the Arduino to be programmed (Pic# 22). You can download a finished file and simply choose to upload that to the Arduino here ( http://tinyurl.com/kv6shpf ) or at GitHub here ( https://github.com/jreed2/Getting-George-s-Attention/tree/master ). Check that every solder point is making a connection by using a multimeter in the continuity setting. If all solder joints pass current proceed to the next step, if not solder the connection again. Next, place the Arduino board, now connected to a receiver and LED, with a battery hooked up in the Voltage in, seen as Vin, and one of the ground slots of the Arduino, into a small box or enclosure. Make sure to drill two small holes for the antenna to pop out of and for the LED.
Now comes the last part of building the beeper. To begin, follow the schematic for the transmitter, the one that includes the pressure pad (Pic# 18). Solder the data pin to the digital 9 slot of the Arduino (Pic# 23). Make sure to check that solder hasn't fallen to any other pins, this might interfere with the sending of signals. Connect the rest of the pins according to the schematic, leaving enough length of wire to be able to place the pressure pad under a mat while still being able to connect to the Arduino board behind the front desk. For the pressure pad we used it was simple enough to connect the leads of the dance pad to the Arduino . We soldered the pad lead to the Arduino by way of a wire (Pic# 16). We then programmed the Arduino with this code:(Pic# 24)
const int digitalInPin = 8;
const int digitalOutPin = 9;
int sensorValue = 0;
int outputValue = 0;
void setup (){
pinMode(digitalOutPin, OUTPUT);
void loop (){
digitalWrite(digitalOutPin, HIGH);
Serial.println("sending High");
digitalWrite(digitalOutPin, LOW);
Serial.println("sending Low");
You can download and upload this code from here ( http://tinyurl.com/prxuda5 ) or here ( https://github.com/jreed2/Getting-George-s-Attention/tree/master ). This code makes it possible for the Arduino to read if anyone is standing on the pressure pad. Make sure to supply power either in the form of a battery or having the Arduino connected to a computer. After this step you're done. Place the pressure pad under a welcome mat and carry the other Arduino with you to be notified if anyone needs assistance.
Closing Thought
Finishing this project gave us insight in what it takes to transmit data wirelessly. The rf transmitter and receiver proved difficult to program as the group had very little knowledge in programming languages. New concepts and modifications to the overall projects such as ever changing schematics to allow for more additions proved a very high wall to overcome. If you consider creating a simple beeper, such as was instructed in this project, take the time to fully understand radio frequency and its advantages alongside its disadvantages. When building our own pressure pad we also encountered some minor complications when it came to receiving a stable signal. But don't let that stop you; if you can imagine you can probably build it.
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June 6, 2013
IWM Posters
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- Template sent around to email@example.com
Data Upload Scheme
- Coordinate model changes that affect OA dumpers (with Juancarlos) well in advance of model freeze and upload deadline
- Model freeze on Friday, testing until Tuesday, upload all tested data by 10am Tuesday for Citace build
- Next freeze, Friday July 12th, upload for citace Tuesday July 16th, Wen submits Citace to Hinxton on Friday July 19th
- Maybe we can develop a more explicit pipeline for testing all model changes before upload
- CVS repository (or elsewhere?) there can be a list/summary of all classes that are affected by any new model changes
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- Good if curators can run through the "Take a Tour" tutorial
- For the IWM, we can request:
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June 13, 2013
OA Drop Down menus
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- Many curators are fine with leaving drop down options hard coded into the OA
- The drop-down field and the auto-complete field could be merged into a single field type, allowing both behavior
- Existing drop down menu lists need to be formatted into an OBO file and updated accordingly
- Curators need to be careful about deleting terms or changing names of terms (particularly if there are associated annotations)
New curator responsibilities?
- Transgenes, Phenotypes
- Expression pattern sequences
- Gold-standard enhancers/binding sites/regulatory regions
Standing/ergonomic desks
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- Free-standing desks
- Adjustable height
- Desk top monitor lifters?
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- UCLA printing center accepts Powerpoint files
- ~$127 for a 44" x 44" poster (on fabric)
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Slight modification to Curation Status Form
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- Changes documented on the Curation Status Form Wiki
June 20, 2013
New Spica machine
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- Seems to be running smoothly
- Testing welcomed
Poster printing
- We will submit posters to Caltech Graphics department this afternoon
- Collect comments and polish off posters this morning
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Nobel Lectures
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Betroffenheit, the much-anticipated dance-theatre collaboration between Kidd Pivot and the Electric Company Theatre, finally arrived in Vancouver this past weekend following its acclaimed debut during the PanAm Games in Toronto last summer. Given how widely the personal backstory to the piece's development is known in the local performance community, and given as well the professional pedigrees of its two primary collaborators, Jonathon Young and Crystal Pite, the stakes around what the work would deliver were extremely high. Happily, Betroffenheit, which was presented by DanceHouse, more than measures up, both in constellating with such intelligence and artistic rigour ideas and concepts and emotions that are more than the sum of Young's personal tragedy, and in signalling an exciting new turn in Pite's career not just as a choreographer, but as a stage director.
As Young noted in conversation with Pite at a public forum earlier in the day, the seeds of Betroffenheit came from the compulsive writing he was doing in an attempt to gain some control over the traumatic loss of his daughter. He showed these pages to Pite, hoping that she might agree to stage them. The title comes from Ann Bogart's And Then, We Act, and refers to a state of bewildered shock in the wake of an event, a space that exposes the limits of language to make sense of experience, a space of "fertile and palpable silence" where, in Bogart's words, "everything is up for grabs." A space, in other words, of theatrical imagination--one where social reality can be explored in an other, more heightened register. And, indeed, it was only after the two artists had begun collaborating that they discovered that the story they were telling was about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and related issues of addiction.
In the world of Betroffenheit these issues are translated, initially, into the hollowed out world of an empty sound stage that but for the electrical cables retreating like garden snakes before our eyes soon after the curtains part could double for an antiseptic psych ward (the amazing set is by Jay Gower Taylor). Our protagonist, Young, cowers in a corner; soon we hear him--or rather sometimes him and sometimes him in voiceover--having a conversation with himself about what he is not to do: that he shouldn't respond; a system is in place; the user only gets used. Young's interlocutors multiply, his voice distributed across any number of objects on stage--including, most compellingly, a HAL-like amplifier whose mechanical responses to Young's questions seem oddly comforting. Eventually, the narrative voice of Young's text gets distributed across other bodies as well, with Jermaine Spivey first showing up in a blue leisure suit and face paint to take over the amplifier's side of the conversation through the embodied technique of lipsynching, a choreographing of the voice that in Pite's hands is as precise and accomplished as the gestural phrasing and orchestration of dancers' limbs that accompanies it.
Spivey plays Young's alter ego; his, we might say, is the voice of Young's subconscious, or perhaps more properly, altered consciousness. For it is Spivey's role to lure Young back to the razz-ma-tazz world of "showtime," the imagined variety show that is Young's drug of choice and out of which Pite conjures spectacular tap and salsa sequences that wonderfully showcase the additional dance talents of Out Innerspace's David Raymond and Kidd Pivot regulars Bryan Arias and Cindy Salgado, respectively. Young and Spivey also engage in a charming vaudeville-style double act, the patter of their lipsynched conversation as diverting and seemingly harmless as their accompanying soft-shoe routine. However, in conversation earlier in the afternoon Pite also commented that it was important for her to make this world of showtime not just a pleasurable and joyful release--for us as much as for Young's character--but also dangerous. To this end, we get Tiffany Tregarthen, who plays a devilish and (quite literally) explosive imp, and whose fantastically physical and entangled duet with Young (who is revealed over the course of the entire piece to be a virtuosic mover) leads to what, in this "disordered system" of the stage, is the equivalent of an overdose. It takes all of the combined efforts of the other five performers to revive Young for his climactic solo number, a moving song of longing and regret that is of course not a solo at all--because his voice is lifted by a chorus of bodies, a corps, who in forming a chain of support illustrates through dance the network of sustaining relations in life that lets us know, no matter the claims we make upon them, that they have our back, that they will make sure we make it safely back down to the ground. And on this front it's been a while since I've responded so enthusiastically to Pite's penchant for tethering her group movement at the wrist. Whereas in the past the accordion-like unfurling and contraction of bodily bellows in her work has sometimes seemed like an exercise in momentum without direction, here the chains of movement seem to hint both at sequentiality (events unfolding over time) and obligation (how we are fettered together by those events)--as when, for example, the group slumps in succession against the stage right set wall, a submission to fate and to gravity that, combined with Young's song, made my heart catch in my throat.
Act 3 of Betroffenheit, which begins after a brief intermission, follows the pattern Pite has established in previous works like Dark Matter and The Tempest Replica. The ensemble, having traded in their sparkly "showtime" costumes for standard issue rehearsal sweats, deconstructs much of the action of the previous acts through pure movement. It begins with a spectacular off-axis solo for Arias, in which he spins his body around violently, like he is trying to exorcise a demon. Later he and Salgado will partner in a ghostly echo of their "showtime" salsa steps, only this time on their knees and in a desperately vertiginous bid to right themselves and prevent the other from falling over. Young, in the afternoon conversation, likened this section to the experience of withdrawal, and Pite supplemented this idea by saying that she was interested in staging various micro-scenes of rescue (a favourite theme of hers). To this end, I was very affected by the duet between Salgado and Tregarthen, who helped convey a sense of shared pain through a simple bit of gestural unison, moving their hands from knees to hips to elbows to heads through a sequence of facings, but also interrupting the cycle at different moments to place a solicitous hand on the other's body. As compelling was when all five dancers were on their hands and knees, their arms twitching uncontrollably--as if they are being collectively wracked by the DTs, or a horrible night sweat. The movement only stops when they slide a hand across to the person next to them, applying a different kind of physical pressure to still the mental anguish. If one of Pite's greatest concerns was figuring out how to distribute the narrative voice of trauma across the piece's entire ensemble, a consequent result has been how she has likewise shown how the physical symptoms of trauma can spread and be shared across different bodies.
To this end, after a couple of chimeric glimpses of showtime's lingering traces (a curtain reproduction of the set and a mysterious reappearance of a self-ambulating magician's box), the piece concludes with a reprise of Young and Spivey's earlier duet. This time, however, to echo both the voiceover (which has also returned) and the conversation between Young and Pite from earlier in the afternoon, we are made to realize that there will be no epiphany. There can only be the slow and painful practice of learning how to reengage with the world. And that starts, as Spivey demonstrates for us, by standing up on one's own, finding one's legs, putting one of those legs in front of the other, and beginning to move uncertainly into the future--a future that doesn't try to leave behind the past, but that accepts (and not without some measure of comfort) that it will always be present.
Sunday, February 28, 2016
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These two methods have been on long-standing with one another when it comes to having the upper hand in safeguarding data. But how can one decide which is better than the other? Access control is defined as a security technique used to regulate who has the authority to view what data; while encryption simply encoding all data into an unreadable format and only allowed access if one holds the decryption key.
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