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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
In Response to Comments on Family Tree
Is Family Tree overwhelming?
Well, I think genealogy as a whole is pretty overwhelming. Despite the gratuitous statements made by large online commercial genealogy sites, genealogy is involved and very challenging. It is only easy if you are careless and don't care about sources and documentation. However, Family Tree is far from overwhelming if taken in the context of genealogy programs in general. Most of the commercially sold genealogy databases are much more complicated and include a lot more "features" than Family Tree. But if you are coming to genealogy cold, Family Tree or any other program for storing genealogy can be intimidating.
What to do about wrong information in Family Tree.
The answer in two words is: FIX IT. The whole idea of Family Tree is to allow the users (you, me, everyone) to edit or fix the information that is inaccurate or incorrect. I cannot tell you how many times I have to say this to some people before they get it. Go into the program. Click on the inaccurate information. Click on the Edit link and start changing the wrong information. But, the whole idea here is to put in correct information. So before you get to this step, make sure your own information is correct and then make the correction and be sure to put in substantiating sources for everything you do.
Are the details in Family Tree overwhelming?
You can see my response from my first answer up above. But here the question deals with details. Hmm. That's what I always though genealogy was all about: details. If you are overwhelmed with details perhaps genealogy is not your favorite pastime? You could watch TV or play shuffleboard or do some thing less detail oriented.
Family Tree and GEDCOMS
Let me start this discussion with my own personal opinion. I think that Family Tree and similar programs should not allow anyone to upload a GEDCOM file. My own experience is typical of the problems this seemingly simple solution to data entry can cause. So years ago, I uploaded two of my GEDCOM files to the Pedigree Resource File under the guise that they were "backup files" because that is how they were billed. Guess what? These old files were incomplete and inaccurate except now they are enshrined forever in the CDs of the Pedigree Resource File and have come back to haunt me in New.FamilySearch.org and now in Family Tree. In my opinion, Family Tree should have left everyone with a clean slate. Now on to reality.
Yes, you can upload a GEDCOM file to Family Tree but it is a slow and somewhat difficult and I might say painful process. Thankfully. The instructions, which I will not repeat here, are in the Resource Manual which is available in the Family Tree training materials with a link in the FamilySearch.org Help Center. Essentially, you upload your GEDCOM to the Pedigree Resource File and then you can transfer the information to Family Tree. This can be a very time consuming process.
What to do about relatives who keep changing information without proof?
Family Tree provides a whole set of tools to respond to people who make irresponsible changes. Basic to this whole process is the feature that allows you to watch any changes to any individuals you choose to include in your watch list. At the top of the page for each individual there is a link for "Watch." Clicking on this link automatically adds that individual to your Watch List and then FamilySearch sends you an email every week listing any changes made to your Watch List people.
If you see a change that is not sourced or is wrong information, then you can change it back and send the person who made the change an explanation. This is an opportunity to educate people. You might be careful to include all your own documentation as a deterrent to further posting. If that doesn't work and the person persists in putting in wrong information, then send a complaint to FamilySearch in the Feedback link explaining the problem. They have already indicated they are willing to take care of troublesome posters.
Deleting wrong spouses and children
This is the whole idea of the program, you can correct wrong information and don't hesitate to do so. If you need help there is are several documents in the Help Center that will specifically tell you how to do this. See the Family Tree training materials for some instructions. Hint: you have to delete all of the wrong children from the wrong marriage first before the program will let you delete the wrong spouse.
Family Tree not available upon sign in
After registering with FamilySearch, if you sign in to FamilySearch and Family Tree does not appear in the menu bar then you need to go through the process of Gaining Access to Family Tree. If that still doesn't work, then call the Support Number in the Help Center and ask for help.
19th Century Adoptive Sealings
Family Tree may show 19th Century Adoptive Sealings as marriages. It is up to the family to leave these in the program or delete them. I see no reason they cannot be left in the program with a simple explanation as to the reason they appear in the Other Information section of the individuals.
Family Tree availability
Family Tree is available to both members and those who are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. See my comment on availability above.
Negative feelings towards New.FamilySearch.org and Personal Ancestral File (PAF)
I my personal opinion such feelings are fully justified. I have spent countless hours trying to help people unravel the problems that have been caused by both programs. But I always viewed both programs to be early attempts. I used both programs until I could see a way to move forward without them. I see Family Tree as a way to finally get past both programs.
I could write a whole bunch of posts about what I think of still using PAF. That one program has caused me more wasted time and grief than everything else on computers except Microsoft and Apple.
A document anyone can edit
This is real interesting issue. Ron Tanner in his presentation at RootsTech in February of 2012 talked about My-Tree-itis. The idea that somehow you own your genealogy information. Well, you don't and being upset because other members of your family or anyone for that matter can contribute is rampant my-tree-itis. Get over it. Family Tree works because everyone can edit it. I have years of experience with wikis that say this is true.
Negative comments about genealogical goals
I wouldn't mind commenting about what I think of genealogical goals but I have a policy not to do so. I think my daughter's response is appropriate, "it's unfortunately common for local leaders to establish programs like that without any understanding of how genealogy, the local family history centers, or temple submissions work."
Cannot merge in Family Tree
I have written about this previously. Right now FamilySearch is working on untangling some of the more egregious combinations of people from New.FamilySearch.org. Meanwhile, you might find that some of your ancestors are "frozen" and cannot be merged. Have patience. It will be solved.
Amy and Ardis finally called off the comments. Thanks for the opportunity to comment back.
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I just wanted to let you know I enjoy reading your posts, even if I don't leave a comment. :)ReplyDelete
I will take your advice and look at the help tips and figure out how to delete people. Thanks for keeping us updated.Replies
Tina, you can not delete people in FS-Family Tree. You can separate them from spouse, children, parents -- thus leaving a possibly nonexistent person as a floating artifact in the Tree. Or you can move a person from a wrong family to a correct one. You can merge two individuals. You can not change wrong gender, either.Delete
Okay, I need to look into this to see how to seperate a wrong spouse and all her children. I don't have someone else to connect her to because I have no idea who she is. I just know she didn't marry my person and have those kids with him.Delete
I did find a relative who was listed as dead and she is very much alive at 95. I changed it and then got an email and a phone call to verify that the info I posted was correct. Then they changed her to living.
James, you said "What to do about wrong information in Family Tree.ReplyDelete
--The answer in two words is: FIX IT. The whole idea of Family Tree is to allow the users (you, me, everyone) to edit or fix the information that is inaccurate or incorrect."
You can't fix wrongly combined persons from n.FS in FS-FT. In FS-FT you can't even really see what happened.
See the latest discussion on this:
Since in FS-FT one can not recover the data on the wrongly combined persons, or sort out what elements (such as vital dates, spouses) of the resulting purported "person" was derived from completely different individuals, one can not even realistically do the recommended thing by re-creating the "disappeared" persons using FS-FT.
James, you said "What to do about relatives who keep changing information without proof?ReplyDelete
--Family Tree provides a whole set of tools to respond to people who make irresponsible changes."
By far the worst offender is the FS programming, which keeps migrating wrong data from new.Familysearch into FS-FamilyTree -- often the same wrong data over and over. There are some families that I have now fixed 3 times due to this problem. When FS does this there is no source data and no rationale except the unstated one that it was in n.FS.
Two priorities here which I cannot over-emphasize, and I speak as a non-member professional genealogist.ReplyDelete
(1) Fixing it requires an open mind. If we truly are the generation to repair this on-line genealogy mess, members may have to take occasional advice from non-members. And may have to admit that non-members, often, have better data. At present non-members will not have the ability to edit, only to view.
(2) Your pedigree is only as good as your proof. "I seen it in print" is not proof. Presence of a line on the Ancestral File is not proof; my own grandmother is listed thereon with the wrong sex, I sent through a correction diskette in 1994, and it never got fixed. Presence of a line on the Pedigree Resource File is not proof, and individuals of unusual size with minor tweaks to fool the filters that allowed IGI downloads and TempleReady uploads to cycle round and round and round will always be with us.
Good luck, everybody.


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Invisible war wounds hinder vets' job hunts
While there are many wounded warriors from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that may fit Hollywood stereotypes of disabled veterans -- Lt. Dan from "Forrest Gump," for example -- the bulk of the wounds from those wars are more insidious because they are invisible.
So when veterans make the transition to civilian life, striving to reintegrate into a very different world, those invisible wounds are often the elephant in the room when meeting strangers, most especially potential employers.
For current Arizona resident and former Marine Staff Sgt. Jay Ramirez, the tone of his post-service job interviews after returning from Afghanistan in 2011 seemed to circle frequently around it.
"I was confident in my interviews, but I wasn't getting hired," Ramirez, 37, said. "Some of the questions they were asking, after the interview, I felt like they assumed or thought that I would snap."
Doctors and scientists are still only beginning to understand post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injuries and their creeping, destructive natures. And if they are just starting to wrap their heads around the issue, public understanding likely lags even further behind.
- Manufacturers launch program to hire more vets
- After war, vets fight for jobs at home
- For National Guard, civilian jobs hard to come by
Once part of an urban sniper detail, Ramirez freely admits to the negative affects the trauma of his service had on his daily life. Besides losing a couple of his fellow Marines to IEDs, Ramirez was diagnosed with the symptoms of traumatic brain injury from the same IEDs, as well as issues with post-traumatic stress.
He had a law enforcement job when he got back to America, but he admitted he "wasn't able to decompress quick enough," so he lost it. Months passed for the married father of three; numerous job interviews came and went. But all the while Ramirez stuck to a regimen of psychological counseling and therapy.
Even telling employers he was on that regimen didn't change things.
So Ramirez did what veterans advocacy and support groups across the country recommend to everyone who will listen: He networked with them and fellow veterans and reached out for help until something finally happened. For him, groups like the Wounded Warriors Project (WWP) are lifesavers.
"Wounded Warriors taught me to be confident and to let me know there are people out there who care," Ramirez said.
Fortunately for veterans like Ramirez, there are numerous private groups beyond just the Wounded Warriors Project that care, and that try to help wounded veterans find work, such as Disabled American Veterans, vetjobs.com, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, to name a few. Beyond those, the military and the Veterans Administration have been pushing in recent years to do more than just discharge soldiers and wish them luck.
The Army, for example, has been recently bulking up the resources for its Warrior Transition Command (WTC), and it even has a more-specific Employer Partnership Office for reservists. WTC spokeswoman Cynthia Vaughan said there are 200 advocates across the Army that work with veterans, including a focus on employment and education opportunities. On November 1, they launched a nationwide initiative to get employers to consider hiring more veterans.
Daniel Lessard, director of WWP's Warriors to Work program, said more is never enough when it comes to helping wounded veterans find jobs.
"When (employers) look at a physical disability, they feel that as long as they provide an adequate environment, they can be successful," Lessard said. "The mental side, they don't know how to support someone with PTSD. They're concerned about what could happen if they have an episode. The reality is, what we try to explain to them, is that most of the warriors are able to go back to work at a high level of function whether or not they suffer from TBI or PTSD. Therapy and time helps them deal with it."
The VA reports that as many as 20 percent of veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars experience full-blown PTSD, which is best described as a disease wherein one's ability to function has been impaired to some degree by a traumatic experience. In Vietnam veterans, the VA says the rate is as high as 30 percent. Privately, many mental health professionals say all of those numbers are likely much higher.
Whatever the actual rate, as Lessard explained, PTSD is a manageable disease, and there are numerous free resources available to veterans to help them cope and become fully functional employees. Still, the perception among perspective employers that veterans might "snap" is a difficult prejudice to overcome.
Jorlui Sillau, 34, a former Marine who deployed to Iraq in 2004, was diagnosed with PTSD upon return. Besides the difficulty it presented him in his daily life, Sillau said it became a clear hindrance to finding employment after he left the service in 2005.
"Sometimes it did feel a little uneasy during the interview," Sillau said. "There are some stereotypes that do come along."
Sillau, however, ultimately succeeded by doing the same thing Ramirez did: He reached out to fellow veterans and veterans groups, volunteered his time, and eventually found employment counseling fellow veterans at Workforce 1 Veterans Career Center in New York.
The former Sergeant of the Guard said he now advises fellow veterans to just keep plugging away, as hard as it might seem. It's not easy to demand initiative from men and women who have spent the majority of their careers being told what to do, but it's necessary.
"One of the things that really helped me out was establishing a support network - from different organizations, support from family and friends," Sillau said. "That period of transition from discharge to finding employment is a very crucial time. If the individual isn't busy or feel like they're needed, it's tough, tough to go through that."

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Sen. Feingold turned deaf ear to 97.5% at Listening Session
At first some thought the room was packed with Obama supporters, but as the questions were asked, it became clear from the response that most people were against ObamaCare. Just how many would be affirmed later.
It was rather difficult to hear out in the hallway as Feingold's mike wasn't as loud as the attendees' microphone. I wrote down the questions as best I could and the key words or essence of the response from the Senator. Words I am not sure of are in brackets. My questions and answers are not direct quotes but will at least give you a flavor of the meeting. Topics of questions will be in bold, so you can easily skip to the ones you are interested in or skip to the conclusion at bottom. My favorite 3 questions are in red. Feingold did not always give a response to the question or statement.
Listening Q: Why aren't you and your colleagues listening to [us?]
We don't want this & resume Q: The majority of people don't want this but it's being shoved down our throats...without transparency, you and Obama promised transparency. We are fed up and you better get your resume ready! (See video clip below)
A: Feingold said something like I vote according to what I hear.
BIG Boos
He then said something about how You've got transparency.
Again, BIG negative response from crowd.
Stimulus jobs Q: ...about stimulus jobs. Private jobs pay for themselves; government jobs cost us money. I'm not going to hire additional people...
Next was the astute mystery woman in the purple beret that Fox News was trying to find for a further interview. (I thought her beret was royal blue.) Fox's producer told me they were running the clip of her question all day. (I don't have cable but found a link*.)
Her Constitutionality Q: You took an oath to support the Constitution...the Senate bill mandates coverage...Under what part of the Constitution [does it say] to purchase [health] insurance, and don't say the Commerce Clause...
A: Feingold hedged but finally said something like, I have to think it's probably Constitutional.
Not representing Wisconsin Q: Woman who owned 3 companies, income cut to 25% of their income. I don't think you are representing Wisconsin. Look at this session! I expected 25 people!
A: I find this session very useful.
Washington out of touch Q: I don't think Washington knows at all. She then cites the AP Stimulus story on how Stimulus didn't help unemployment. Health care issue is a disaster. Billions of dollars for 30 million people to get insurance. Cap and Trade will not work. Health Care insurance will not work! I am totally ashamed of our senators in Congress. PLEASE be a bigger leader and respect each other and us! Don't be a lemming and follow off the cliff! (Part of her question is on video clip below.)
Cadillac plan Q: Man says he has a Cadillac plan and says, keep up the good work.
Scientology Q: Woman rambles reading a list of meeting dates and something about the Church of Scientology and a man with x-ray vision. Maybe she hoped he could get a job as part of the airport security team? ;-)
What people want Q: Man asks that Feingold follow the wishes of the people.
Cap and Trade Q: Man mentions that small businesses can't afford Cap and Trade. Joy Global, Rockwell, etc. can't afford it. I'd like your pledge to oppose Cap and Trade!
Free market/less government Q: Woman states, I believe in the free market. We're one of the highest tax states. We need less government not more government.
Senior/Medicare concerns Q: Man says, This health bill says you will take huge amounts out of Medicare. What are senior citizens going to do for doctors? This bill will hang us out to dry.
A: Feingold assures, I hope every senior knows this will close the doughnut hole in Medicare.
Lots of groaning from audience.
Feingold continues, We won't get what Ben Nelson gets, but we get some...
Trojan horse Q: Man says, This health care plan is a sham. You are for public option. This is a Trojan Horse.
(I'm not sure if this was same man) The 2nd statement off your website about intelligence...use all resources...yet you called for Bush's censor. You are out of touch! I urge you to take the path of Dodd and Dorgan and RETIRE.
A: Feingold quips back, I think the [??? best] way to get reelected is to vote against this bill,
BIG APPLAUSE, BUT I'm not going to do it for political reasons.
Medical fraud, abuse, corruption Q: Woman states she watched a video on fraud, abuse, and corruption. We could save billions on just cutting fraud. I don't see anything in the health care bill to eliminate fraud. Stop paying the crooks!
Energy Q: Man: We are only looking at solar and wind...
Anti-trust law Q: Woman asks, Anti-Trust laws, do they apply to health insurance companies?
50/50 split Q: YouTube video clip Man asks the question I wanted to ask about Feingold saying that 50% were for and 50% attendees were against government healthcare at his listening sessions. Feingold muttered something about that statistic being from last year. BIG GROANS
Q: How many people are for the health care as proposed? Man counts twice and gets 10 raised hands. (I did too, 10 our of 400 = 97.5%) He says, ok, a dozen. ...and I assume everyone else is against it, is that correct? APPLAUSE
He goes on to talk about Feingold's reelection, If you aren't going to be responsible to the people, you know what the next step is?...
A: Feingold says, I've been doing these for many years...90% of people in Wisconsin want health care reform...BIG GROANS
Don't marginalize this anger Q: Voters believe in 2 people, their doctor and... You can't marginalize this anger. There are so many unintended consequences with our size of government--it's too BIG. We should get back to [what's important.] All elected give up their health care and start paying for their own. We need to focus on how our government is making our country less safe.
Trust Q: Man says we have no reason to trust you.
A: Feingold says it was all on C-Span when senate was in session.
Imperfect bill Q: Woman, At what point will you not vote for these bills? Why did you vote for the Senate version if there are 100's of things wrong?
A: Feingold makes excuses, If you fill the doughnut hole, that's a good thing. You never get a perfect bill.
Costs always higher Q: Name me one program that has not exceeded costs...BIG APPLAUSE
A: Feingold offers this as an answer: No one has called for the repeal of Federal programs, so that must mean they like it. (GROAN)
Conclusion: Well, that took a little more than an hour. There were a few interruptions and I missed writing down the question, but I got most of them.
One particularly interesting one was that Feingold claimed the Senate bill "would require people in Congress to have the same kind of insurance as the rest of us. He said he wouldn't vote for the bill if it didn't and he got booed hard. No one believed him," from ResistNet.com
I heard him insist that the Senate version required them to have the same coverage as us, but this was a new one on me. Someone was talking to me at the time, so I can only refer you to ResistNet for particulars.
I would agree that although the crowd was very upset and angry, they were pretty polite. On a very small front, the TMJ4 report said there were less than 20 in favor of the health care bill present in Pewaukee. Interesting, since it was pretty clear that only 10, count 'em, 10, raised their hands.
I can't help but think if just 1 of the 60 senators who voted for the Senate version would now state they are not supporting the final version, that others would bail too. At this point, all I can do is pray that happens and call the senators again! Senator Russ Feingold: Milwaukee (414) 276-7282, Washington D.C. 202) 224-5323.
More reading/viewing: Feingold Feels Health Care Heat TMJ4
TMJ4 Video clip from Listening Session
Report on Feingold's "Non-listening" session from today in Pewaukee-claims over 50% of WI WANTS Obamacare
*Fox News: Gretta On the Record video of WCTC Town Hall I did find this link online. It shows the woman in the beret asking a question, but it is not on the Constitution. Craig Dedo did ask about constitutionality too.
Links: Practically Speaking, Fairly Conservative, Betterbrookfield, RandyMelchert, Jay Weber, Vicki McKenna, The Right View Wisconsin, CNS News, Mark Levin, Breitbart BigGovernment, The Heritage Foundation
Labels: Conservatives, Health care, Legislation, Politics, President Obama, United States


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February 09, 2014
By Bill Varble
for the Mail Tribune
It's 1941, and songwriting brothers Jimmy and Bobby have landed in Hollywood on a do-or-die mission: Write a hit song for dictatorial studio head Merwin M. Garner's latest movie. Oh, and do it by this afternoon, or else.
If it sounds vaguely familiar, it should. Writers Bob and Jim Walton have crammed their small musical tour-de-farce "Double Trouble" with an actor's trunk-full of tropes from Hollywood's Golden Age.
In the production of "Double Trouble" that opened Friday night at Oregon Cabaret Theatre, the familiarity of the material acts as a sort of shorthand that frees up the audience to sit back and take in the comic song and dance of John Keating and Galen Schloming, who play the brothers, and on trying to keep track of the amusing mechanics of a two-man show with 11 characters.
A tune called "Just the Two of Us" sets the scene. The brothers are in this together. They can hardly believe their luck. And they are naive. Not hicks from the sticks, exactly (they've worked on Broadway), but fish out of water in the shark tank that is Hollywood.
What plot there is revolves around the boys' dealings with the series of bizarre characters they meet as they hole up in the studio's writers' cottage trying to compose a song called "Gotcha." There's improbably old, narcoleptic sound engineer Bix Minky, nerdy intern Seymour Beckley, sexy starlet Rebecca Lefleurdelemaganis, and many others.
To say the humor is broad is like saying the Grand Canyon is a big ditch. "Your face looks a little pail," Bobby says to fast-talking agent Swifty Morris as he staggers out of a broom closet with a bucket on his head.
"Are you British?" Bobby asks flamboyant director Preston Creest. "No," Creest answers in that upper-crusty accent favored by many 1930s movie stars, "Just affected."
When femme fatale Lefleurdelemaganis (Keating in drag) seductively tells Bobby she wants to be a big star with her chest crushed against his face, he blurts, "You're already pretty big."
And so on. Many of the jokes refer to the plot's requirement that the boys make innumerable quick changes and, though they are never seen together, sometimes seem almost to bump into each other or one of their alternate characters as they pull off yet another lightning turnaround between exit and entrance.
"It's like I'm talking to myself in here," Jimmy says from the sound booth, where he's closeted with a dummy Bix.
"I'm not the same woman I was 10 minutes ago," Rebecca tells Jimmy (because the boys take turns playing Rebecca to each other, get it?).
Seymour says of Bobby, "We're so much alike, sometimes I think I'm him."
Quick-change shows sometimes rely on one-sided costumes that can be slapped on actors in front and simply stuck together with Velcro in the back. Not here. As Keating and Schloming dance and spin, the audience sees the back of the costumes: real duds. And Kerri Lea Robbins' eye-popping costumes catch and add to the giddy spirit of the play.
The Waltons gleefully pile up the absurdities. Under pressure from tyrannical mogul Garner, who is always firing somebody (think Jack Warner, who fired actors from Douglas Fairbanks Jr. to Rin Tin Tin), Seymour learns to play piano (sort of) from a book in a few seconds.
Characters keep confusing the likes of agoraphobia with narcolepsy with kleptomania. The impressions in a lightning series don't have to be actually good to be recognizable (Groucho, Cagney, George Burns, Mae West, Johnny Weissmuller, Bogart).
Director Jim Giancarlo keeps "Double Trouble" moving at a mile-a-minute pace (if it didn't, it would be flat). Some of the schtick works better than others, but the talented, young Chicago-based actors sing rollicking harmonies to music director Sarah Wussow's piano and dance like demons (tap and other '40s styles, think Gene Kelly) to Giancarlo's choreography.
Speaking of demons, dressers Stephanie Jones and Maureen Vaughey had to be the busiest people around.
"I'd like to see backstage," a woman said.
"No, you wouldn't," said an OCT staffer.
A musical farce like "Double Trouble" is to a straight play as a bar menu is to the dinner menu. It's fun and easy to get yourself around and quickly digested. If you're hungry for light fare, this one will fill the bill.


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|Transgender Initiative - Gender Social
- Program/Event:
- Transgender Initiative, Significant Others Friends Family Allies (SOFFA)
- Event status:
- Confirmed
- Event date:
- Monday, November 25, 2019 8pm - 9:30pm
- Location:
- LGBT Center of Raleigh, 119 East Hargett St, Raleigh NC 27601
- Center Room:
- Conference Room
- Event Contact:
- Devin Lentz
- Contact Phone:
- 919-832-4484
- Contact E-mail:
- firstname.lastname@example.com
The Gender Social is a low-key social event filled with games, casual conversation, and general fellowship for the Gender non-conforming community. Our group is open to people of all genders, including non-binary identities and those questioning their gender, or even gender itself. Respectful allies are also welcome. Game night, book club, .... It can be whatever you want!
Take some time to meet others in the community in a welcoming environment. Socials are held in the Center's Activity Room on the fourth Monday of every month, starting at 8pm.
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It's been a while since I have blogged here regularly. One of the nice things about genealogy is that you can put it aside for a while when you need to. Those pages (or memories) may have faded a little more, but on the other hand there's usually a whole lot more digitised records online.
I hope to get back into my family history work, and this blog, soon. Meanwhile, I am looking after myself in other ways. If you want to read about my exertions, and I do mean exertions, take a peek at my other blog.
Blog post
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Miss me?
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Missed you heaps - but have your ears been burning?ReplyDelete
I mentioned you in two of my talks on the UTP Cruise - Android Genealogy and Family Historian.
Yes indeed...look forward to hearing from you again.ReplyDelete
I hope to read more from you again soon Shelley.ReplyDelete
Happy Blogiversary! I need to get a post on my blog soon, but it's nice not to always have a deadline on these blogs.
Regards, Grant Davis
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Less than half an hour's drive from Wild Mahseer and situated on the north bank of the Brahmaputra River is the ancient town of Tezpur, administrative headquarters of the Sonitpur district.
Tezpur does not have big shopping centres or shopping malls, but scouring the small markets dotted around the town for bargains is a lot of fun. If guests are looking for cheap trainers and winter jackets they will find a large selection in the markets.
The most popular shopping district is Chowk Bazaar on MC Road in the heart of Tezpur. It is not only a fish and vegetable market but also a good place to buy clothes (it's surrounded by showrooms and dealers), shoes and traditional hand woven Assamese silks.
Hunt down elegant saris and Assamese national costumes for yourself or to take back as gifts for your friends at home. Shop for traditional handicrafts, in particular cane and bamboo household articles and musical instruments, bell-metal utensils like the xorai traditionally used for offering betel-nut and paan to distinguished guests, and of course both silk and cotton handlooms for which Assam is so famous.
Other traditional crafts include clay, pith, wooden, bamboo and cloth toys, pottery, woodcraft, masks and gold jewellery.
If haggling is not your idea of fun and shopping is more a chore than a pleasure visit the small department store KF located at Mission Chaarali. There is a range of knickknacks here that can serve as gifts for the folks back home including attractive cotton print garments – all at fixed prices.
While in Tezpur why not take in some culture too? You can combine shopping with the half-day Temple Tour.


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EU investigates Apple, Starbucks, Fiat tax deals
A global crackdown on corporate tax avoidance ramped up Wednesday as the European Union launched an investigation to determine whether the tax relationships Apple, Starbucks and Fiat have with several EU nations violate antitrust law.
The probe will specifically address whether decisions made by tax authorities in Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg breached EU rules on state assistance.
"Under the EU's state aid rules, national authorities cannot take measures allowing certain companies to pay less tax than they should if the tax rules of the Member State were applied in a fair and non-discriminatory way," said Joaquín Almunia, the European Commission's competition commissioner, in a statement announcing the investigation.
Apple said the tech giant is "proud to have been doing business in Cork, Ireland, since 1980" and has grown its workforce there to more than 4,000 employees. "We have received no selective treatment from Irish officials. Apple is subject to the same tax laws as scores of other international companies doing business in Ireland," the company said.
"Apple pays every euro of every tax that we owe. Since the iPhone launched in 2007, our taxes in Ireland have increased tenfold," Apple added.
Fiat Finance and Trade in Luxembourg said it was confident the EU's inquiry will confirm the legitimacy of the tax ruling it received from Luxembourg tax authorities.
Starbucks said, "We comply with all relevant tax rules, laws and OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) guidelines, and we're studying the Commission's announcement related to the state aid investigation in the Netherlands."
Eric Wiebes, state secretary of finance for the Netherlands, said his country would cooperate with the investigation. "I am confident that the ultimate conclusion is that there is no question of state aid and that the agreements with Starbucks ... comply with the OECD guidelines on transfer prices."
Similarly, Ireland's finance ministry said it is "confident that there is no state aid rule breach in this case" and pledged to "defend all aspects (of the investigation) vigorously."
But a May 2013 report by the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations concluded that Apple avoided tens of billions of dollars in U.S. taxes on its income by shifting the funds through a global web of offshore entities, including three that had no official tax residency in any nation.
The three entities were run by some of Apple's top U.S.-based executives. But they were located, on paper, in Ireland, where the Senate report said they negotiated a special corporate tax rate of less than 2%.
One of the entities reported $30 billion in net income for 2009-2012, yet filed no corporate tax return and paid no income taxes to any government during those years, according to the report.
Testifying at the Senate panel's hearing on the report, Apple CEO Tim Cook insisted the global tech giant doesn't use tax "gimmicks" and said, "We pay all the taxes we owe, every single dollar."
Michael Collins, Ireland's ambassador to the U.S. at the time, formally disputed the report findings and declared his nation was not a tax haven for Apple. In a letter to the subcommittee, he wrote that Ireland's 12.5% tax on corporate income is set by law, "so there is no possibility of individual special tax rates being negotiated for companies."
Amid questioning of Cook during the hearing, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the subcommittee chairman, described Apple's drive for lower corporate taxes as "the Holy Grail of tax avoidance."
Levin on Wednesday said the EU investigation "adds momentum to an ongoing global effort to ensure that profitable corporations, which count on governments to provide a host of basic public services, do not shrug off their tax obligations to support those services."
Hjelmgaard reported from London and McCoy reported from New York


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Well, NIGR is over and I did not meet my goal of blogging about it every day. The days were full!
We had a similar schedule each day. We started at 9 am on Monday, but thereafter at 10 am so that those who wished could do an hour of research before the first lecture. We always had fifteen minutes between lectures and an hour for lunch. There's a small cafeteria in the basement; leaving NARA to get lunch was an option, but most of us tried to minimize the number of times that we had to go through the security process and so stayed inside the building. If there was an optional evening event such as our visit to the DAR Library, there was enough time to get dinner between the last lecture and the event. NARA is open until 9 pm Wednesday through Friday, so research was another option those evenings. There are some wonderful restaurants quite near the Archives, providing the opportunity to end the day with a very nice meal.
Our classroom was actually the Archivist's Reception Room (which explains why it was so beautiful). We were allowed to leave our NIGR notebooks and any papers in the room overnight, so that we need not carry them back and forth. I opted to take my notebook back to the hotel and just brought the syllabus of the day with me each time, and I think a few others did the same. There was always a good variety of drinks and snacks available in the room, which was much appreciated. I was surprised at how cool the old building was kept in the heat; several of us kept sweaters and shawls handy.
I was so impressed with our lecturers' knowledge and presentation skills; there was only one instance where I felt that the lecture's take-aways were rather elementary and the discussion of records anecdotal rather than systematic.
Figuring out the NARA security rules of the day was always interesting: did they want my laptop in or out of bag going through the machine? could I use a clear plastic bag for carrying laptop, cellphone/camera, and mouse into the documents room or not? It could be frustrating.
As I think I mentioned in my first post, I was initially glad that I had brought the Genie Guide to Research at NARA with me; but honestly, once the course began I did not consult it again. It will remain an important reference book on my shelf, but I don't think I'll need to bring it on future research trips—the research guides and record experts in the Finding Aids Room are the on-site resources for figuring out which records are pertinent.
Speaking of the experts—Navy experts don't like to be asked about Army records; Army experts don't like to be asked about Navy records. You've been forewarned!
One thing that surprised me was that I didn't need to know all that "record group-subgroup-series-file unit-record item" stuff in order to request a record. I was even more surprised to find that my requested record did not come neatly labeled with all that info! (Call me naïve.) It kind of made sense when I saw the pull slip returned to me—it notes the physical location (stack, shelf, etc.) rather than the original administrative categorization. But this meant that creating a citation for my requested record entailed, you know, work. Thank goodness for Elizabeth Shown Mills's recent post on just this issue: https://www.evidenceexplained.com/content/quicklesson-4-nara-citations-finding-aids. [1]
Most of my research this trip was in Civil War records, although I also made use of the microfilmed newspaper collection at the Library of Congress for some non-military research. Since I had the luxury of some extra days in Washington, I took time to go through the records I'd ordered rather than just quickly scanning them and going on to the next set of records. I spent most of my research time one day in looking at a three volume set of the Regimental Descriptive Books (Civil War) of the Sixth Michigan Heavy Artillery. I knew that my guy would only appear at the end (I was right) and that I was unlikely to find new info about him (right again), but it was very interesting to see what all was contained in those three volumes, and the number of different places that individuals (including civilians) were named.
I'm so glad that I was able to get to NIGR this year. I learned a lot, met interesting people, and enjoyed being in Washington. I'm eager to use my new perspective on federal records at the nearby Boston branch of the National Archives, and look forward to some future trip to Washington to do more research.
[1] For some reason, my footnote didn't come through. It should be:
Elizabeth Shown Mills, "QuickLesson 4: NARA Citations & Finding Aids," Evidence Explained: Historical Analysis, Citation & Source Usage (http://www.evidenceexplained.com/content/quicklesson-4-nara-citations-finding-aids : 24 July 2012).


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I am so excited to kick off my new "Ten Things I Can't Live Without" series with none other than Eddie Ross. Let's face it, he doesn't really need an introduction. Eddie's incredible talent and undeniable charm have made him extremely successful in the blog world and design industry. He is such a sweet and funny person and I am so glad that he decided to start his blog in order to share his ideas with us. I've certainly learned a lot through reading it. I know that Eddie is a favorite of many, so I am sure that you will enjoy reading about some of his favorite things that he just couldn't live without.
1. Carnations are inexpensive, last forever and when you group them together; they make a beautiful arrangement that's really a bang for your buck.
2. CB2 Glasses are light & thin, and can go with anything from casual to formal.
3. Black Candles are edgy & elegant. They add haute couture to any space.
4. Kiehl's Coriander Body Wash smells clean and delicate. Perfect for waking up, winding down & it lasts forever!
5. Target's Hemstitched Napkins are timeless, inexpensive and come in the perfect colors. For casual occasions, I like to wash & dry them and use as is. For more formal occasions, I'll iron them nice and flat.
6. The New York City Flea Market is full of unique finds and pleasant dealers. It is the perfect activity to do on the weekends and is also a nice time to visit with friends.
7. The support from my best friend & partner Jaithan. The blog—and my life—would not be possible to run without his love, talent, and creativity.
8. Maas Metal Polish is a one-stop polish. It works on everything, (my old favorite was Gorham which recently went out of business).
9. The obsession to collect antique tableware, (which might be a small problem). I have many different personalities- definitely when it comes to setting a table, so I like to have countless beautiful options & since antique tableware never loses its value, it is also an investment!
10. 71 Irving Place House Blend Coffee is bold but not bitter. The smell is amazing to wake up to every morning and their decaf blend is the perfect way to end a dinner party.


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Authors Guild Continues To Battle The Present; Attacks Another Legal Service As 'Infringing'
from the i-can-hardly-wait-until-it-starts-battling-the-future deptAs the world and its accompanying technology continue to hum along at the pace of life, the Authors Guild is apparently of the mindset that being firmly entrenched in the realities of yesteryear is the only rational response. If anything, the trenches should be deeper. After hearing the various frontmouths proclaim everything from text-to-speech to lending e-books to be detrimental to the interests and income of all authors everywhere, one is hardly surprised to hear it decry another new service as "violating authors' fundamental rights."
Nate Hoffelder at The Digital Reader has the details on the latest "threat" to the Authors Guild, a scanning service that converts customers' books into PDFs:
Publisher's Weekly is reporting the Author's Guild, publishing's own rearguard Luddites, is now objecting to the services provided by 1DollarScan.Laugh all you want at the "fair use defense," Paul, but I don't even think that's the real issue. This also sounds like it might involve the "right of first sale," which is completely out of the authors' hands. I'm pretty sure that if I buy a Scott Turow hardcover, I can then rip it from its binding, shove it through the scanner and make my own PDF. From that point on, I can paste it all back together, cross out Turow's name and write "BY TIM CUSHING" all over the cover and put it in the 25-cent bin at the next garage sale, all without fear of litigious reprisal.
1DollarScan offers a cheap book scanning service. You mail them the book and they scan it and email you the PDF. Their process usually results in a destroyed book, so it isn't of much use for rare and valuable books. But it does offer an opportunity to get an ebook for a title that might not be available digitally.
According to the Author's Guild, what 1DollarScan is doing is illegal. PW reached out to Author's Guild executive director Paul Aiken, and this is what he said: "If the information on its website is accurate, this is a copyright infringement service. Their fair use defense is laughable."
I love it when someone in power spouts off about topics they clearly don't understand, and Paul proceeded to dig himself a deeper hole: "There are differences between digitization projects of 1DollarScan and Google and HathiTrust, but they share this: each is subverting the author's fundamental right to choose whether or not to make a work available digitally, and under what terms. Though it makes sense for most authors to enter the digital book market, digitization has clear risks. It's not up to unlicensed third parties to choose whether to take those risks with an author's work."
And what exactly is this phrase supposed to mean: "subverting the author's fundamental right to choose whether or not to make a work available digitally?" The authors can "exercise" this "right" all they want, but it doesn't change the fact that the technology exists and is cheaply available. And I love love love the irrational fear of piracy contained in "digitization has its clear risks." Third-party services should just stop because sometimes bad things happen. Nice.
Hoffelder points out that, despite all the Guild bluster, it's really got nothing to stand on, legally:
What's more, I seriously doubt that any copyright infringement suit against 1DollarScan will succeed. A basic reading of the website will tell you that the customer gives up the original book in order to get the PDF. As I see it, to show that a copy was made you'd have to show the judge the original book as well as the PDF. That's going to be a little hard, given that the original book was likely destroyed as part of being scanned.Once again, the Guild's almost-willful ignorance has reduced 1DollarScan into a vehicle for piracy. At the very least, the Authors Guild has convinced itself that a service many readers would find useful is "subverting" authors' "rights." Being completely at odds with what your customers find both useful and morally acceptable isn't going to win you any new readers. Resolutely taking a hard line against technological advances only puts you further behind the curve.
I don't claim to be a lawyer, but I will bet dollars to donuts that so long as 1DollarScan maintains a process that's one to one it's going to be rather hard to convince most judges that they're committing copyright infringement. But more importantly, it's going to be hard to convince most readers... After all, no one would blink if the reader did it themselves. How could a service that does the exact same thing be illegal?
The more the Authors Guild speaks up on issues like this, the more out of touch they appear. Its batting average at this point is so low that attentive readers are having a hard time remembering the last time it made contact. From the comment threads at the Digital Reader:
Yeah. That sounds about right.
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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) Spencer Dinwiddie scored a career-high 29 points and Andre Roberson added 15, helping Colorado hold off Colorado State 70-61 on Wednesday night.
Buoyed by a big first half, the Buffaloes (7-1) bounced back from their loss over the weekend to Wyoming, which dropped CU out of the AP poll.
Roberson added 14 rebounds.
The Buffaloes played in front of a Coors Events Center-record crowd of 11,708, and the noise clearly agitated the Rams (6-1) early as they trailed by 25 points in the opening half.
Colton Iverson scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half and grabbed 14 rebounds. Dorian Green added 18 points as the Rams fell a win shy of their best start in school history. They also were on the cusp of possibly appearing in the AP poll, something that hasn't happened since 1954.


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LOS ANGELES — If you step onto a frozen pond or ice rink this winter you probably won't think much of it. It seems simple enough — Water and cold weather, right? But there's a lot more that goes into creating a premium skating surface for the elite professional hockey players of the NHL.
The National Hockey League has been regularly scheduling outdoor games since January 1st, 2008 when the first Winter Classic was held in Buffalo. Each year it is held in a different city (in either an open-air baseball or football stadium), and no location or weather is the same.
Snowy greetings from Michigan Stadium on the morning of the #WinterClassic! pic.twitter.com/2AcyRYKdf4— NHL (@NHL) January 1, 2014
Dan Craig, known as the "Ice Guru", oversees and monitors every NHL arena's ice and is in charge of outdoor games such as the Centennial Classic in Toronto on January 1, 2017 and the annual Winter Classic which takes place this year in St. Louis on January 2nd.
He and his team have built rinks in blizzards, rain, freezing cold and even sunny California — first in Dodger Stadium in 2014 and again in Santa Clara in 2015 with the NHL's outdoor Stadium Series.
The science helping Craig and his team is a 53-foot, multi-million dollar mobile refrigeration unit with 300 tons of refrigeration capacity to remove heat from the ice by pumping 3,000 gallons of coolant through pipes under the ice.
10 days: The @YorkHVAC ice truck is ready to make the ice nice for the @Bridgestone NHL #WinterClassic. pic.twitter.com/hUOGpkn7nt— NHL (@NHL) December 22, 2015
The biggest threat to the rink is direct sunlight, and the team covers the ice with reflective, insulated blankets until the sun goes down. The ice team can spend up to ten days misting 20,000 gallons of tap water until it forms a two-inch thick sheet of ice at a perfect 22 degrees Fahrenheit that is monitored by a number built-in sensors. The result? A perfect day for hockey. Watch the video to see the most bizarre and distasteful ice rink yet.


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(Boston, Mass. – Feb. 17, 2011) – A metal finishing and electroplating facility in Saco, Maine, has agreed to pay $38,250 to settle claims it violated state and federal hazardous waste laws.
Southern Maine Specialties violated state hazardous waste laws as well as the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act by improper storage, labeling and other management of hazardous waste, as well as by not providing adequate employee training, according to the settlement between EPA and the company.
The complaint grew out of an inspection of the facility in January 2010 by EPA. After the inspection, Southern Maine quickly brought its facility into compliance with state and federal waste management laws.
The specific violations against Southern Maine included:
- failing to determine whether waste generated on-site was hazardous;
- storing containers of hazardous waste next to incompatible material;
- failing to provide required hazardous waste management training for employees;
- failing to manage hazardous wastes in accordance with requirements by storing two 55-gallon containers of sodium hydroxide sludge together, in excess of the 55-gallon limit for hazardous waste accumulation areas;
- storing hazardous waste in a tank that was not designed for that purpose and that was not being managed in accordance the required tank operating standards.
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"The 'how,' many change, but the 'what' is fundamental to risk management."
I heard these sage words at a recent ISSA (Information Systems Security Association) meeting from a CIO speaking about security from the cloud.
He continued, "Risk is not unique to the cloud. It experiences the same issues that affect any outsourcing or third party deliverable. It is bounded by the same concerns regarding governance—does it meet the requirements of my industry? Is my data free from co-mingling? Are the proper notification protocols in place?"
Do a Google search on "cloud security" and the first entry is "How secure is the cloud?" True professionals know the argument is not about technology or how security is delivered, but rather one of governance. You need to know exactly who HAS access to what resources and if these levels of access are appropriate. You need to know who IS accessing resources, and if they don't have the proper credentials, you need to be notified immediately to take further preventive action. You need know that protocols for compliance are in place and routinely and successfully generate the reporting for periodic audits. You need to know your rights, liabilities (SLA) for any application or service acquired and that they conform to your risk management practices.
The key asset in all this is data. Data is stored in many forms, via many servers and applications across the enterprise and it is processed and accessed in just as many ways. Effective governance is the ability to have a centralized map of all these information roads and create certain controlled access points, road blocks (encryption), privileged private lanes/public highways…in short, governance is about accountability.
This then becomes an internal process; making sure you have the identity management rules and capabilities in place, making sure the access management provisioning is set. Ensuring you employ the means to view it under a single pane of glass (unified security) in order to make the necessary decisions to better secure the data. You must have context and historical perspective. The chief component to governance is visibility. And any first course of action would be to enhance existing visibility.
Governance is a critical challenge. Not every "whizz bang" development (be it cloud application or nifty BYOD device) will be able to meet a particular organization's governance standards. It is up to the CIO or CSO's due diligence to understand all the implications on how the deployment will affect the holistic enterprise. What liabilities are exposed? What vulnerability gaps does it close? How could it impact user productivity versus potential risks? The answer will not be the same for every company. However, dismissing cloud out of hand is not only faulty and outdated logic, but can restrict the organization from responsible growth.
"When cloud computing is treated as a governance initiative, with broad stakeholder engagement and well-planned risk management activities, it can bring tremendous value to an enterprise," said Emil D'Angelo, CISA, CISM, international president of ISACA and founding member of the Cloud Security Alliance.
This extends to the functions and capabilities of managing security from the cloud (cloud-based security) as well. When due diligence is done, a CIO will have a clear idea of an initiative's risk versus return and whether a cloud security deployment meets the individual requirements of the company. And, with all things being equal in terms of control, compliancy and reach, then the significant benefits of the cloud and its affordability, scalability and agility make it a wise investment. But cost savings should not be the first line of acceptance (although he TCO and ROI are considerable). Any security solution must first prove it is up to the task of preserving IP, upholding all aspects of regulatory compliance and keeping sensitive data sacrosanct.
To gain this level of governance visibility, it potentially incorporates several solution sets that need to work in harmony and do so in real time. It needs to connect (and put into proper context) certification, policies, roles and requests. For example, seeing who has accessed a certain application gives you historical perspective, but, what if it is a retired account or tries using a decommissioned password? If you know within moments of its occurrence, you can trace the attempt and prevent further breaches. Or if a partner accesses certain parts of your database to which they are entitled, but quadruples their order in the dead of night to be shipped to Phnom Penh? Or through an open back door, a "customer" can see and download other clients Tax ID numbers. There are literally thousands of scenarios by which leveraging the cooperative functionality of IDM, AM, SIEM and Log Management creates not only the holistic visibility to drive governance policies, but offers significant barriers to keep the IT enterprise safer.
Security is just as much about weighing the risk/return scenarios as it is bolting the castle door against the enemy. Cloud security (and to a greater extent, a unified security initiative from the cloud) can be the effective, flexible and strong enterprise balance for prevention and audit. The challenge facing most security teams, therefore, is to provide line-of-business users with the access they need while ensuring that the access is appropriate and does not expose the enterprise to unnecessary business risk. But first you must ensure visibility–and when you know where all your data is and all the multiple ways that it is available, then you can best manage the policies, roles, and security functions that best connects your requirements.
And…my sincere thanks to everyone who voted for CloudAccess in the recent UP Awards poll. Your votes counted and we were successful in reaching the final round for Best Cloud Service Provider and Best Big Data Solution. We will be making our final presentation at the UP 2012 Cloud Computing Conference in December.
Kevin Nikkhoo
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Reverend Andrew Suplicki was pastor of St. Anthony's parish and baptized, married, and buried many of our ancestors. Fr. Suplicki died December 28, 1921 and his obituary was published on the front page of the Toledo News-Bee the same day.
Father Suplicki Dies, Bell Tolls; Ill Three Weeks
The Rev. Andrew J. Suplicki, 52, pastor of St. Anthony's Church, Nebraska and Junction avenues, died in Mercy Hospital at 10:35 a.m. on Wednesday, after an illness of three weeks. Pneumonia, that led to complications, caused his death.
The bell on St. Anthony's Church, tolling solemnly, carried the message of death to hundreds of parishioners who on Christmas day said prayers of hope for the stricken pastor.
Born in Poland
Father Suplicki had been the regular pastor of St. Anthony's Church since 1901. In his early career he served for a short time as curate of the parish and his later return at the head of the church was joyfully welcomed by the congregation.
Born in Poland, in 1869, Father Suplicki came to America with his parents when 11. His father was Joseph and his mother Katherine Suplicki. The family moved to Cleveland and he attended the parochial schools in that city.
He later attended Resurrection College, in Berlin, Ont. In 1888 he entered St. Mary's Seminary in Cleveland to study for the priesthood. He was ordained on Dec. 21, 1893. He came to Toledo as curate of St. Anthony's Church and established lasting friendships in the parish.
Here Since 1901
Afterward he was assigned as pastor to St. Adelbert's Church in Berea, where he remained six years, coming to Toledo as pastor of St. Anthony's in 1901. He served in that position uninterruptedly since that time.
He leaves four sisters, Mrs. Frank Westfall, of Toledo, Mrs. Joseph Lange and Mrs. Taflmar Tlowacki, both of Cleveland, and Mrs. Frances Dendowski of Swnton.
The remains of the Rev. Suplicki will be brought to his home on Nebraska av. on Wednesday evening. At 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, the remains will be taken to St. Anthony's Church and will lie in state until the services on Monday morning.
Bishop Samuel Stritch will officiate at the services on Monday morning. The burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Edmund Erdman was a son of Marianna Przybylski and Joseph Erdman. I don't believe he ever married.
Edmund J. Erdman
Edmund J. Erdman, 1610 Vance St., died Sunday in his home after a 3-month illness. Mr. Erdman, born in Toledo 49 years ago, was employed 17 years by the city forestry division.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Mary Erdman, brothers, Casper, Louis, Leo and Daniel, all of Toledo; sisters, Mrs. Cora Nases, Detroit, and Mrs. Virginia Dembowski, Mrs. Martha Podiak, Mrs. Eleanor Jaroszewski, Mrs. Angela Zielinski and Mrs. Dorothy Adamski.
The body is in the Sujkowski Mortuary. Services will be Thursday at 9 a.m. in St. Stanislaus Church, with burial in Calvary Cemetery.


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Happy Boxing Day! It's Amy here with a look at some of my holiday thank you cards. I never tire of coffee, so I decided to make them latte cards:
These are square 4.25 x 4.25 inches cards. The coffee cup is from Concord & 9th's Let's Chat! It's been stamped with Versafine Onyx and watercolored with Zig Clean Color Markers. The sentiment is from SugarPea Designs, Espresso Yourself.
With the help of my Mini MISTI I was able to whip up 6 of the same design.
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Well, you wanna see what my project was? Do ya? Do ya?
Tah-daaaaah! My own Pottery Barn knock-off lounge chairs.
I was looking through some Pottery Barn Kids magazines, and they have the cutest stuff! I love the new beach designs they've come out with this summer! I've really wanted some cute lawn chairs for the family, and decided to make my own. I bought 2 lawn chairs, some fabric paint (don't use the acrylic paint, it'll just rub/wash off!) and some stencils. I let my kids chose the designs they wanted and here's what I came up with!
I totally had visions of having pictures with my kids chillin' in them. Sunglasses, swimsuits, a glass of lemonade in hand with the sprinklers going in the background....it was going to be PERFECT. Then, the morning I was supposed to get the pictures taken it was 40 degrees, SUPER windy, and starting to blow snow flurries. CRAAAAAAAAP! So, the kids sat in the car with the heat on full blast while I got out in my winter coat and took pictures as quickly as I could. Sigh.
But...I think the chairs turned out AWESOME! And, since they're personalized, I don't have to worry about them fighting over who gets what chair! ;) Plus, they are so easy, ANYONE can make them. (Come on...you know you wanna!)
Now...time to vote! You get to vote for your favorite top 3! I would be sooooo thrilled if you voted for mine! :)


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Currently, I am interested in the Satipatthana Sutta which I take as instructions.
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It starts with the long breath (after the instruction to get to an empty place and to sit, I mean). As far as I know "long breath" refers to a breath of long temporal duration, about a minute or more for each breath circle. So that was my starting point: I slowed my breath down to 50 seconds (counting the seconds of a clock). When doing so for several breath circles I noticed something interesting: the whole-body awareness suddenly became more pronounced.
What I mean is: we are aware of our physical body in two ways: One is one part of our body (hand, leg, head, etc) at a time and the other is the physical body as a whole. Most of the time, at least for me, the "one part" awareness is dominating. To slow my breath I had to relax both mind and physical body. To relax the physical body I need to relax it part by part and whenever a new tension arises somewhere I had to purposefully address it and relax it again. And then, suddenly, the whole-body awareness became dominant as if an image of my tactile sense of the whole body flashed in and off, slowly starting to stabilise.
Has anybody else tried to slow the breath to about a minute and experienced the same?
And regarding the satipatthana sutta: is this whole-body awareness that started to dominate during the long breath the "whole (breath-) body" in the satipatthana sutta? :
FreawaruEver mindful he breathes in, mindful he breathes out. Breathing in a long breath, he knows, "I am breathing in a long breath"; breathing out a long breath, he knows, "I am breathing out a long breath"; breathing in a short breath, he knows, "I am breathing in a short breath"; breathing out a short breath, he knows, "I am breathing out a short breath."
"Experiencing the whole (breath-) body, I shall breathe in," thus he trains himself. "Experiencing the whole (breath-) body, I shall breathe out," thus he trains himself.


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Here we go again. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the California Science Center, an organization affiliated with the Smithsonian, is facing a lawsuit from a group called the American Freedom Alliance. The group planned to rent the Center's IMAX theater in order to show a movie called "Darwin's Dilemma," which attacks the theory of evolution and promotes intelligent design. When the anti-evolution, pro-ID Discovery Institute stepped in, the Center used a clause in the contract to cancel the showing, attracting suits from both groups.
The AFA's vision statement says that it "aims to build a national alliance of people of faith," and the group apparently decided to use the public controversy over evolution as a way to do that. The film it chose features several Discovery Institute fellows, and was produced by a company that lists the DI as a "research link," along with an organization, the Access Research Network, that has Discovery fellows on its board.
Discovery has a bit of a history of conflict with science museums. In the past, it's rented space for one of its films at the Smithsonian itself, presumably in order to lend itself a veneer of scientific reputability. The Smithsonian, for its part, was widely criticized for its decision to play host to a group that promotes anti-science agitation. History seemed to be repeating itself, as the DI issued a press release in which it proudly announced that an "intelligent design documentary" would be premiered at "the Smithsonian Institution's west coast affiliate," and that the event would feature one of its fellows.
Unfortunately, the contract to show the film was contingent on the California Science Center approving all promotional materials. It hadn't seen the press release in advance, so it cancelled the show. The AFA is now seeking punitive damages and compensation for lost revenues, while the DI is trying to get all the documents involved with the decision to cancel.


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Washington Post Names New Managing Editor
The Washington Post today announces that Kevin Merida becomes managing editor for The Washington Post, responsible for news and features coverage as well as the Universal News Desk. His new role is effective immediately.
Reporting to Merida will the editors of The Post's National, Foreign, Metro, Business, Sports, Investigations, Outlook, Style, Arts, Travel, Food, Local Living and Weekend/Going Out Guide sections and The Washington Post Magazine. He joins managing editor John Temple, who in his role will now oversee digital operations and initiatives, all presentation units, the multiplatform desk, budgeting, and newsroom operations.
"Kevin is a journalist of remarkable accomplishment, with a record of strong leadership. During his 20 years at The Post, he has covered Congress and presidential campaigns, as well as stories that called upon his great strengths as a long-form feature writer. He has cultivated a talented staff on the National desk, and he has won the admiration and affection of his colleagues. I'm delighted to have him leading coverage across the entire newsroom," said Marty Baron, executive editor for The Washington Post.
Most recently, Merida was The Post's national editor, leading the coverage of news events that have consumed the country's attention: the BP oil spill, the killing of Osama bin Laden, the 2012 presidential campaign, the Ft. Hood, Aurora and Newtown shootings, the battle over health care, the debt ceiling and fiscal cliff fights, and more. During his tenure, Fact Checker was introduced, The Fix was expanded, and The Post started a new blog, She the People, to showcase the voices of women. The Post's national staff also enhanced its digital presence through live-blogging as well as The Grid, providing comprehensive coverage of live events.


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Inspired by "Thai-Lue" arts and crafts, Sibsan Luxury Hotel Rimping,
exclusive 5-star boutique hotel on the northern side of Chiang Mai,
is only 10 minutes from Chiang Mai International Airport and twenty minutes from the city's downtown attractions.
Abutting the River Ping and surrounded by the friendly local people of San Phi Suea,
the hotel offers a beautiful and relaxing setting that features Doi Suthep Mountain,
the jewel in the city's crown which acts as a breath-taking backdrop.
While enhancing Chiang Mai's setting as an ancient Lanna city, SIBSAN LUXURY HOTEL RIMPING, features the landscape of Northern Thailand's country-side incorporating "Thai Lue"-architecture, contemporary art and luxurious amenities and offers Thai generosity of which make the hotel a shining example of Lanna art and hospitalities
8 Deluxe Twin rooms (size: 43-48 sq.m.)
The room's decorated with dark brown tone and dedicated crafted wooden. The main theme is the "Tai-lue" character and the lanna boutique design. It's a intelligence way in designing and perfect combination between modern and conservative. Guest could feel this unique luxurious and attractive comfortable in the room design.
12 Deluxe Double rooms (size: 43-48 sq.m.)
The room's decorated with red and brown color representing "Tai-Lui" concept and a dedicated wooden. The main theme is a famous "Lod-Num" sin-cloth pattern over the bad. The design is a perfect match between furniture and main theme. This room is luxurious and tell the story of Thai-northern style.
4 Grand Deluxe rooms (size: 81 sq.m.)
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"Huern Kham" Restaurant
Huern Kham restaurant serves a superb selection of all international cuisine. The restaurant is decorated to a modern Lanna art concept design. Our chef has extensive experience in serving international food. Our crews are exceptionally well trained to work in luxurious restaurants. The restaurant is designed to meet our guest's aesthetics in both tasting our culinary delights whilst absorbing the hand selected pieces of art. Huern Kham restaurant compliments and completes Sibsan Luxury's accommodation.
"Huern Thong" Coffee house
"Nothing is of more importance than a cup of coffee whilst enjoying a beautiful scenic view", Huern Thong Coffee house is located to the rear of the hotel adjoining the banks of the "Ping" river with "Doi Suthep" acting as the perfect backdrop. "Huern Thong" coffee house is our signature. We use the amenities tea set and famous "Doi Tung" coffee bean. It is a real Lanna style coffee, served in the finest Hermes crockery.
|Huern Kaew, the spa at Sibsan Luxury Hotel Chiang Mai,
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Huern Kaew Spa intends to maintain the standard of services, the quality of products, and the staff professional for all customers, let yourself discover our spa products and services in order to indulge your body and soul.
"Huern Nugn" Library is set off by a relaxation atmosphere. The library is designed to keep in private and a peaceful character. Guests could relax and enjoy their favorite book and a good music in "Hurn Nugn" library. It's a great place to escape from the hurry world, have some space for thinking and finish your job by the afternoon. The room is decorated by red color tone and dedicated wooden which would present "luxurious" concept and capture elegance looking. The room's facilities include all those business's need to connect online or print out some works. Moreover, guest could take some beverage order such as afternoon tea or signature coffee and enjoy in "Hurn Nugn"
Fitness Center
The fitness room is located in a middle of the hotel. The location could view all 180 degree from the gym point. It's almost like a huge screen of beautiful swimming pool and surrounded garden.
Salted Swimming Pool & Garden
Sibsan Luxury Hotel's salted swimming pool is located in the middle-rear section of the hotel. Every room can connect to the salted swimming pool easily and it's been designed to embrace the natural peaceful atmosphere. The swimming pool is surrounded by the Hotel's gardens which lend themselves perfectly for a party , wedding or organized event. It's a truly wonderful lanna style luxurious swimming pool.
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Lieut James Bell SALMOND , 7th Black Watch served in WW1 with this Fife Battalion although he was born in Arbroath and he and his cousin, Lieut Patrick Wright Anderson , 8th black Watch , 10 Black Watch and 18 Sqn RAF were awarded the Dux medals at the Arbroath High school. JB Salmond won the English Medal that took him first to the University College Dundee and then onto St Andrews University and then to London to work as a Journalist and his cousin Lt P W Anderson won the Dux medal at the same school for Science and then went onto the University College Dundee and he was a corporal in the St Andrews Uni OTC when war broke out and he was commissioned from the OTC to the 8th Bn Black watch .
Lieutenant J B Salmond wrote several War Poems such as the Poppies and the Forfar Bus and I thought you readers may like the Forfar Bus :
On the Forfar 'bus in a morn of spring ,
A nipping wind and the frost's sharp sting ;
And I can't tell why, but you want to sing
If your heart's like the heart o 'me .
The folks in the 'bus, they stretch their legs ,
And talk of the fall in the price of eggs,
Of mile by the pint, and butter in kegs,
With "Drop in some day to your tea ".
And my mind goes back to the days that were
Days of turmoil and days of stir,
And a 'bus from Albert to Pozieres,
And fellows that rode with me.
We cursed the night , and we cursed the wet ;
We envied the luck of the men we met
Coming out of the trenches at Courcelette
A deuce of a place to be .
The Forfar 'bus brought me back once more
As the clock a the Pillars was striking four ;
Though the wind may blow and the rain may pour ,
There's a chair and a fire for me .
But the lads that jumped off at the duckboard track -
(Cold was the night , and heavy the pack )
They didn't join on when the 'bus went back-
And they'll never come in for their tea .
J B Salmond , Lieutenant The Black Watch
Lieut J B Salmond after the war decided not to return to London but worked with DC Thomson in Dundee and then was appointed the Editor of the Scots Magazine for many years . That magazine reported the Battle of Culloden in 1746 even ! J B Salmond's cousin Lieut P W Anderson served in France and Salonika with the 10th Black Watch and then in France serving with the 18 Sqn RFC (RAF ) from November 1917 but sadly on 27th June 1918 he his DH4 day time bomber was attacked by 10 EA over Flanders and thankfully his Canadian Pilot got them back to their lines and a CCS at Aire on the Somme and on 11 November 1919 Lieut Anderson arrived back in Arbroath on an Ambulance Train to dress his wounds daily but he died of these wounds on 2nd November 1921 and he was buried in the Western Cemetery at Arbroath (compartment D).
You will know that Lieut J B Salmond served in action in France and was hospitalised at the Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh for a short time and during the time there he was the war hospital magazine editor and his sub editor 2nd Lt Wilfred Owen and some of the articles were submitted by Capt. Siegfried Sassoon MC . Lt Salmond returned the his Regiment in France and Lieut Owen took the editor's chair and then he too was back at the front but days before the Armistice he was killed in action .
Lieut P W Anderson was my namesake Uncle and yes, Lieut J B Salmond were cousins !


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