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The Report of Death states that James Hairston died near Durango in Falls County, Texas on March 25, 1905. His age was recorded as 36 giving him a birth year of 1868 or 1869.
In 1900, a James W. Hairston, age 31, is living in Falls County with his wife, Laura, and several children. James was born in Alabama in October 1868. His parents were both born in Georgia. J. W. Hairston married Laura Lemly on June 19, 1890 in Bell County, Texas. This appears to be the same family as by 1910, Laura Hairston, a widow, and these same children were living in Bell County very near James T. Lemly, her brother.
I do find the assumption that James Hairston was the son of John L. Hairston very unlikely. Most records point to John L. Hairston as being born in South Carolina, not Georgia. And, by 1868, John L. Hairston was paying taxes in Falls County, Texas.
A few people have pointed to the questionable James in the 1880 census record of John L. Hairston's family in Falls County. I believe that the entry that looks like James is actually Jane. Even if it is a James, it cannot be the James who died in Falls County in 1905. This James/Jane was 34 years old and the James who died in Falls County would have been only 12 years old in 1880.
John L. Hairston had a son, William, born in 1846. Some trees indicate that William and this James could be one in the same. Again, the ages don't match.
In 1883 it is assumed* that John L. Hairston died. His son, Phillip Hairston, his two daughters, and their families sold land and moved from Falls County to Erath County, Texas. Around that same time, Hairstons from Alabama moved to Falls County, Texas.
Edd and Jesse Hairston, sons of Samuel B. Hairston of Alabama were counted in the 1900 census of Falls County. Samuel's daughter, Ella Simonton, lived in nearby Bell County and his youngest son, Peter, lived in Fort Worth.
Samuel B. Hairston also had a son, James "Jim" Hairston, born about 1868 or 1869. Jim is found, with this family, on the Chambers County, Alabama census records at age 2 in 1870 and age 12 in 1880. This James W. Hairston in the 1900 census matches young Jim in age as well as his birthplace.
I believe that James Hairston, who died in Falls County, Texas on March 25, 1905, is the son of Samuel B. Hairston, not the son of John L. Hairston, my great-great-grandfather. John L. and Samuel B. Hairston are both said to be the sons of Hugh Brown Hairston. So, if this is true and James is the son of Samuel, then James W. Hairston would be John L. Hairston's nephew.
I cannot definitively prove this with the information that I have; however, I do feel that I have enough persuasive evidence that points in this direction. Further research, both in Alabama and Texas, might need to be focused on land and probate records.
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* No one really knows when or where John Hairston died and is buried. 1883 was the year that Phillip and the rest of the family moved to Erath county, but it's also the year that Phillip's mother-in-law died leaving her daughter land and possibly money. John might have died, but he might also have moved to Erath County with the family and might even be in an unmarked grave in the Bethel Cemetery. Just another theory . . .
"80 Year Old Temple Resident." E. V. "Ed" Hairston. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Mar. 2014. <http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txfalls/Obits/obitHAIRSTONev12311937.htm>
1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Falls County, Texas, Phil Hairston household; National Archives microfilm publication roll M432; digital image, Ancestry.com, http://www.ancestry.com (accessed 27 Feb. 2014).
Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. Archives, Orem, Utah.
Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006.
Quinn, Diana. "Moments in Time, A Genealogy Blog." : 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #8 William Hairston. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Mar. 2014. <http://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-8-william.html>.
Quinn, Diana. "Moments in Time, A Genealogy Blog." : 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #9 Sarah Jane Hairston and a Challenging Census Record. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Mar. 2014. <http://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-9-sarah-jane.html>.
Quinn, Diana. "Moments in Time, A Genealogy Blog." : 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #12 Samuel B. Hairston of Georgia and Alabama. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Mar. 2014. <http://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-12-samuel-b.html>.
"Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-13722-27228-79?cc=1827575 : accessed 30 Mar 2014), Falls county > 1868 > image 33 of 92; citing State Archives, Austin.
"Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973," index, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FX38-6JT : accessed 28 Mar 2014), J. W. Hairston and Laura Lemly, 19 Jun 1890; citing , Bell, Texas, , reference 2:TMX5RP; FHL microfilm 981036.
Year: 1870; Census Place: Fredonia, Chambers, Alabama; Roll: M593_6; Page: 87A; Image: 176; Family History Library Film: 545505.
Year: 1880; Census Place: Bloomingdale, Chambers, Alabama; Roll: 5; Family History Film: 1254005; Page: 240D; Enumeration District: 178.
Year: 1880; Census Place: Precinct 5, Bell, Texas; Roll: 1290; Family History Film: 1255290; Page: 386B; Enumeration District: 005.
Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 4, Bell, Texas; Roll: 1610; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0023; FHL microfilm: 1241610.
Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 4, Falls, Texas; Roll: 1632; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0022; FHL microfilm: 1241632.
Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 4, Bell, Texas; Roll: T624_1530; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 1375543.


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Oregon State University researchers say they have improved a monitoring system for detecting drugs in wastewater, the Associated Press reported.
The testing system, announced last year, saves time and money and decreases the risk of contamination by eliminating the need for sample preparation.
The system, which also measures use of pharmaceutical drugs, can be useful for determining the extent of illegal drug use in entire communities by testing water at municipal treatment plants.
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Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey and Alex Pettyfer claim removing their body hair was the worst part of playing male strippers.
The hunky actors all star in Steven Soderbergh's new film, Magic Mike, about the dark side of male stripping, and didn't find being naked on stage in front of a room full of screaming women the worst part.
Alex, 22, said: "Oh my god, I don't know how women shave," adding that his skin was irritated for weeks.
Matthew and Channing opted for a chest wax.
"I don't know what movie could make me do that again," Channing said.
"One time is enough for me," echoed Matthew.
British actor Alex also had wardrobe issues.
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Sunday, December 04, 2011
What Are Your Favorite Teen Reads?
18 comments:
My older two liked the Hunger Games.
- Dec 5, 2011, 1:54:00 PM
All of Chesterton's books. I can't get enough of them.
- Dec 5, 2011, 1:55:00 PM
I'm Sure all of Chesterton's books are worth reading, but here are some titles.
Heretics, Orthodoxy, The Everlasting Man, What's Wrong with the World, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Club of Queer Trades, all Father Brown mysteries, The Ball and the Cross, The Flying Inn, Manalive, The Man Who was Thursday, Napoleon of Notting Hill, The Trees of Pride, and many others
With C. S. Lewis there are:
Surprised by Joy, Mere Christianity, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Four Loves, The Problem of Pain, The Screwtape Letters, A Grief Observed, Miracles, The Abolition of Man, The Space Trilogy, The Weight of Glory, and others; anything Lewis wrote I think would be a good read.
- Dec 5, 2011, 2:06:00 PM
We push the classics in our household. It's a noble cause. Favorites include: Pride and Prejudice (Austin), The Spear (de Wohl), Little Women, Dracula (my WHOLE family loved this read aloud), and Screwtape Letters. Aside from the classics, the book THE ALCHEMIST will probably become a classic at some future point. Have you read the latter?
- Dec 5, 2011, 5:03:00 PM
- Maureen said...
I found a few books by that title at Amazon. Who is the author? I'll put it on my to-read list.
- Dec 5, 2011, 5:10:00 PM
Freakonomics provides an interesting read on economics, also The Hobbit, Till We Have Faces, anything by De Wohl, and I'm still trying to get through Pride and Prejudice - its good but its been a busy semester and as a result I've been progressing through it at a crawl. I'm also currently reading The Tell-Tale Brain - remind me to give you my opinion on it later (assuming I actually finish it).
- your son ;)
- Dec 5, 2011, 6:22:00 PM
I would also recommend "Till We Have Faces" it is a fascinating read. I still enjoy the Redwall series by Brian Jacques, and Jane Eyre.
If you're looking for some more spiritual books...Story of the Soul, I Believe in Love, and The Man Who Got Even With God are great titles to look into.
- Dec 7, 2011, 3:21:00 PM
I second The Hunger Games. They're making a movie out of it too, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgssLmsOa2s
- Dec 11, 2011, 2:17:00 PM
- Faith said...
I'll just list some of the books my older kids enjoyed reading. Anything by Chesterton, Lewis and Father James Martin. My son especially loved The Man Who was Thursday. I think he's read it several times now. The Great Divorce was the Lewis book I recall him really loving. Anything by P.G. Wodehouse. All my teens loved Life of Pi (I did too!). My daughter loved Austen (my son hated her!). My current 16 yo loves those Terry Pratchett Discworld books. My boys really enjoyed The Bartimeous (sp) trilogy by Stroud. Also the Ender's Game series. Dickens, Holmes and Poe are also authors my older teens enjoyed.
- Dec 11, 2011, 2:31:00 PM
Here are a few of my favorites, suitable for the Older Teen crowd:
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Killer Angels
Number 1 Ladies detective agency series
Death Comes 4 the Archbishop
Gone with the wind
The White Fathers
Court Martial of Daniel Boone
Cry of the Kalahari
Flame trees of Thika
Gaudy Night
A Joyful Noise-Gillespie
Our Lady of Guadalupe&the Conquest of Darkness
Endurance-Caroline Alexander
Into thin Air
Left to Tell
The Cypresses Believe in God
I Capture the Castle
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
A Town Like Alice
- Dec 11, 2011, 9:39:00 PM
- Ana Braga-Henebry said...
My teens have enjoyed the Rosemary Sutcliff books.
- Dec 12, 2011, 12:32:00 PM
- Bamboo said...
Thanks so much for doing the older teens first! I have a 9th and 10th grader and struggle with finding something for their "fun" reading that isn't too overbearing, heavy, or intense. We read classics, history, historical fiction and such, and they enjoy that, but sometimes they need a fun, deep but positive, lighter level of reading.
- Dec 12, 2011, 1:21:00 PM
- Tanja said...
Try something with a message: Shortcomings, by Ginger Jones Simpson. The review is here: http://www.ckvolnek.com/4/post/2011/7/book-review-for-ginger-simpsons-book-shortcomings.html - it's a great book.
- Dec 13, 2011, 8:43:00 AM
- Elizabeth Schmeidler said...
This might seem self-serving, but I kept young adults in mind when writing both my historical fiction novels. Forget Me Not is perfect for young ladies (high school)to show them an example of an honorable courtship and God's plan for love and marriage. It is also enjoyed by guys as there is suspense and mystery and also depicts how to honor the one you are courting. A Child Will Lead Them is good also for highschoolers, dealing with forgiveness, tolerance, and many other, faith and other family/social issues, yet it too, contains suspense and mystery. Both these books can be accessed by going to my pro-life website: www.willyoubemyvoice.com
Thank you for all you are doing for our precious children and next generation of stalwart Catholics :) God bless you!
- Dec 13, 2011, 10:16:00 AM
For complete fun, I recommend Georgette Heyer's Cotillion. Georgette H. writes stories like Jane Austen, set in the Regency Period. She does meticulous research too get manner, customs, dress, fads and slang exactly right. And she's very funny. She has written many books, Cotillion so far is the funniest. My daughter recommends The Convenient Marriage as well.
- Dec 13, 2011, 10:26:00 AM
I like the Homalanders Series, the Fairy tale retold series, and Harry Potter... I know not everyone likes the Harry Potter, but it's just my opinion. Thanks!
- Dec 20, 2011, 7:57:00 PM
- Michele said...
My teen boys were riveted by the Homelanders series, 4 books by Andrew Klavan.
- Sep 3, 2012, 7:36:00 PM
I haven't attempted reading them, but my older teen loves the Eragon series...
- Sep 11, 2012, 8:02:00 PM


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It was difficult for my relatives, right from the start.
When did it start?
Not last week, when my daughter got married in Jerusalem. They already knew what to expect: that the men would be on one side, women on the other.
Was it back in the eighties, then, when they first heard we'd put her in an all-girl school? Or before that, in an all-girl kindergarten? Maybe it dates back to when they first found out about the religious emphasis in the educational curriculum -- morning hours, Torah studies; afternoon for secular subjects. But how will she get into a good college?
Was it when I myself got married? This is segregation, my father had murmured, pained, under his breath. It makes your mother and sisters into second-class citizens. Can't we enjoy the wedding all together, as a family?
Didn't it start back in the seventies, when I stopped wearing pants? When my hemlines got lower, my sleeves longer, when I stopped going to coed college parties? When I wouldn't eat with them at restaurants, when I first koshered one of my mother's pots, one of her pans, a single set of silverware, when I had to say no to her vegetable soup, that I'd always loved, her homemade herb bread. On Saturdays, when I wouldn't join family outings anymore, when I wouldn't turn off and on lights... The phone would ring and they'd call, "Sarah! It's for you!" I -- sitting there on my isolated Shabbat -- looking deaf and dumb, befuddled, feeling guilty for all the discomfort I was causing. Of course, it's wonderful to find out more about your heritage, but why go overboard? Can't you discover your Jewish identity without being so extreme about it? You're going back to the Old World.
Last week they came from America for the wedding. All the relatives -- the agnostics and the conservatives, the Orthodox and the atheists. The female rabbi, the Reconstructionist, the Federation activists, the Jews for whom Jewishness seems so irrelevant that they don't even bother to define themselves - we kept joining hands to dance. We danced and danced and danced, not for one hour or two or three or four but 'til the wee hours of the morning, men on one side, women on the other, hundreds of us, in what my mother, amazed, called "an explosion of joy that just kept exploding all night."
What was it that lifted us up off the floor like that, almost as one person? For my part, it wasn't only what any mother feels upon seeing her daughter arrive safely on the opposite shore; it was tasting the first fruits. Here was the first generation born into this way of life after the break in continuity which had occurred, in my particular family tree, two and three generations back. Here were a young woman and a young man who have grown up in a society that emphasizes not a person's desires for satisfaction but his or her responsibilities; a society that says everything he or she does in the world has meaning, and importance, in ways that transcend human understanding. And one of this society's more noticeable hallmarks, for those looking on from the side, has always been that daunting separation of men and women -- a custom which to uninvolved observers seems so oddly archaic and unnecessary as to be outrageous. Why the all-girl, all-boy schools, why those weddings and bar mitzvahs and synagogues that insist on men on one side, women on the other?
Here was Michoel with his community of beloved friends, holding hands and dancing jubilantly on their side of the mechitzah, the separation. And in another sphere, hidden from those young men's view: the unrestrained, absolutely celebratory and exultant dancing of Rachel and all her friends, with whom she's grown up, young women who were raised to find themselves not in their possessions, or their mirrors, but in their deeds; who have imbibed an understanding from their earliest days that we're each given precisely what we need, if we only have eyes to see; that we can rejoice in another person's happiness because it can't infringe on our own. It's a society in which children don't judge each other by their clothes, or their coolness, or their looks, but in which they're taught to perceive the Divine image in every face.
Mine was the joy of seeing with my own eyes what all those years had been for. All those years of mutual embarrassment, and apology for hurting the people I most love, and their subtle sense of having been repudiated by my choice. All was worth it for the two children who have never been wounded by other relationships, so that neither is afraid now of giving himself and herself whole-heartedly, extravagantly, splendidly.
We were in an old world together, that's for sure, but not the one they expected -- not the stereotyped caricature of Orthodox Jewry to which they were accustomed. We were in the old world that is forever a new world: the world that lives like a hidden oasis within all of us, the Garden of Eden, green and lush and fresh. When all is stripped away, what are we each left with? What matters?
The dream at the center of the world: a young man, and a young woman, in love for the first time.
This article is from "A Gift Passed Along:" [Artscroll]. Sarah Shapiro's most recent book is "The Mother in Our Lives" [Targum Press].


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Liberty News
Japanese students pray for their country
The images and video of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan have drawn people to their television sets and computers for many days. On the Liberty University campus, perhaps no one has spent more time watching the news and viewing the horrific sights than the school's Japanese students, watching the devastation happen to the country they call home.
Ken Yamamori, a junior biology major from Tokyo, said he was watching live news from Japan when the tragedy struck.
|Liberty students Ken Yamamori and Naoya Kurosaki watch video footage online of the tsunami.
"I was watching the news and it was 2 a.m. and it just popped up — earthquake. … I was watching the city just being swiped — I just couldn't believe this, that it was Japan," he said. "I saw the Sumatra tsunami and some other countries' tsunamis, but they say Japan is tsunami country, but we've never experienced this big [of a] thing."
Yamamori, whose father is a pastor, said he called his family immediately and was relieved to hear everyone was well.
Naoya Kurosaki, a sophomore Worship major, said his home region of Nara was not affected, but he worries for some friends who lived in the areas that suffered the most damage.
"I tried to contact them but they couldn't use cell phones, of course they cannot use Internet, so we cannot contact with Facebook or Skype." As of Thursday, he had not heard from them.
The disaster struck at the beginning of Liberty University's spring break, but Yamamori said he still felt the need to join with other international students (who had not left the campus) to pray. A group, including Japanese students, met at the prayer chapel a few days later.
"We felt we should [pray] … I said that's the only thing I can do — just pray together," Yamamori said.
|Japanese students pray for those affected by the earthquake and tsunami.
The Japanese students also organized a prayer meeting on Thursday night at the home of Miho Camarata, a Japanese Liberty University Online student. Ena Klous, a 2000 graduate who is also from Japan, helped organize the meeting, which included Japanese students and other alumni and students and friends.
Klous works in Liberty's Center for Advanced Media Productions. She said her family was not harmed because they live in inland Hokkaido, in northern Japan, but she felt compelled to do something for the country.
She said the group prayed for people affected by the earthquake, who lost loved ones and those who got injured, people affected by the tsunami and people in area of the nuclear power plant at risk of a meltdown. They also prayed for the Japanese Defense, rescue squad and brothers and sisters in Christ and non-believers, as well as people who are willing to donate all over the world.
"God heard our prayers," she said. "It is a disaster but God has a plan and we just have to pray for those families."
The group has also discussed taking up a special offering during a convocation once classes resume next week and partnering with local relief organizations to send aid and supplies.
According to the Office of International Student Services, there are six Japanese students on campus. None of them are from the regions affected the worst by the disaster.
Dr. William Wegert, Dean for International Student Programs, said his staff contacted the Japanese students immediately to see how their families were affected and to offer any help.
"Our students are no strangers to crises," he said. "Whether it is an earthquake in Haiti, a tsunami in Indonesia, or a Maoist uprising in Nepal, it seems like world events often touch our students in profound and very personal ways. … When a disaster strikes, our staff immediately reaches out to communicate our care and concerns, to lift up our prayers for our students going through crisis, and to offer a place to go for love, comfort, and counsel. We consider students to be our 'family' while they are such a long away from their biological family members."
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Tag: quirky mixed media art
As promised, June 1 – New Work just in – This will be the Low Tide Limited Edition Collection – This is my rendition of Turtle Bay, a little piece of a very small mangrove just north of Bokeelia, Pine Island Florida and just south of Port Charlotte Bay. This masterpiece is 3ft by 3ft…
New Miniature Work – Gift for the Best Boss Ever… who is sadly retiring – Par 1 – New Beginnings, by MiMi Stirn
This painting was custom made for the best boss, mentor, and leader I have had in my professional career. He is retiring after 20 years with the Florida SBDC… The long story is, I made a glass ornamental necklace several years ago he has been trying to beg, borrow, and/or steal from me. The colors…
New Work In – "Shine" #428 in the Awaken Series by MiMi Stirn, Artist
6 Layers paint, molding paste, airbrush, jeweling, decoupage. 20″ x 16″ on gallery wrapped canvas. Special price to Facebook fans, till next week, then off to online gallery. Contact me firstname.lastname@example.com for pricing; series available online for purchase http://www.mimistirnart.com
New Works – Just In – Awaken Series #427 – "Laugh"
I have a set of four completed now, this is the 4th one. This one focuses on laughter and orchids – Resin pour, jewels, airbrush, decoupage, acrylics, matte paste, and I think that's about it – oh and a boatload of imagination. These are my "Happy" paintings for the year… Hoolandia owls returning this fall….
MiMi Stirn New Work – #422 Moon Bridge
New Work – #422 Moon Bridge – This one turned out beautiful. Layers upon layers of paint and resin – this takes awhile to do and is worth it. 12 x 12 on wood frame. Resin and acrylic pour. If you can find the fairy and an owl… then you are a fan.
MiMi Stirn's New Work!- Jupiter Blue #421
New Work!- Jupiter Blue #421 – Resin, Acrylic, Metallic detailing. Just finished this week and it's different – owls will come around soon – I have to get this creativity out. For sale now – I take PayPal – private email me firstname.lastname@example.com
New Works: The Owl, The Fox & The Poppies
OK, here we have it. This is an acrylic/resin, secret mix/technique, jeweled, and after a week of processing, one week of drying, it done. Everything is floating in resin layers, each layer painted (see side shots) I bring you, The Owl, The Fox, and The Poppies. 9″ x 12″ on gallery wrapped canvas – yes…
New Works – New Year – Secret Painting Formula
Been a good start this week with patience. Resin layers over acrylic with chemical process and here you have it. Broken Irises by MiMi Stirn.


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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Improve at Poker
How much time do you average per week actually studying poker? If you're anything like me, an average micro stakes grinder, then the answer is not much.
Yet we still want to win at this game and make lots of money... well thats just not going to happen. Unless we put in the effort required to get better. There is no activity, outside of the lottery, that i can think of where you don't have to put in a huge effort to get better at something in order to make good money.
Musicians, Pro athletes, Business Execs, Doctors... you name it, before anyone makes it big in any of these professions they have to put in a lot of work, Poker is no different. Sure some may be naturally talented/smarter, and it comes a little easier to those fortunate few, but even they put in a lot of work. For those of us less fortunate we have to get by on pure hard work and determination.
Again if you are anything like me then the urge to play is often stronger than the urge to study. I want to get in there and mix it up mano a mano rather than read about doing it. Of course the more you play the more situations you get to see, but that alone is not enough. when playing you often dont have the time to completely analyze a situation right there at the table. By studying away from the table we get to take everything into consideration and come to a better decision.
For instance, In a tournament you may be faced with a tough decision whether to call, fold, reraise or reshove. You could be in this situation several times and not be sure what to do. Away from the tables you could assign your villain different ranges and calculate your EV with different hands for each of these options. Now when you're at the tables and the situation arises again, you are prepared.
I've learned a lot and my game has improved tremendously since the beginning of the year, but i feel there is more i could be doing. I've decided that i need to spend at least 15 hrs each week studying poker.
My study will include the following;
-Reading poker books
-Watching PXF videos
-Reviewing my own tournament hand histories
-Reading various sites/blogs
-Reading & maybe contributing on some forums
I already do most of the things on this lists but not on a consistent basis and not with the right mindset. I'm about to change this and hopefully it will push my game to the next level.
5 comments:
- Mark said...
Hey Grinder... actually came over to let you know about my new blog but hey - best post in ages right here!
Your thinking fits with my philosphy on poker that it is one of those things people 'assume' they are naturally talented in (like driving and sex - everyone says they are 'above average' with those!). Yet those who really study end up with the money - go for it!!
Anyway - just put up a new blog, idea is to be a tounge-in-cheek 'alternative news' blog.
Have put you on the blogroll already and would be most appreciative of a link back... the url is www.meltedfelt.com
Cheers, Mark
- Game101 said...
Thanks Mark...
I remember when i hated the math part of poker but i now realize i have to know that stuff to get
checked out the blog and i lol'd... its good for a laugh, good poker comic relief.
good luck and much success
- Game101 said...
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It's funny you should post this mate because I've been re-evaluating my game and I need to put some work in if I am going to progress.
I've been focussed on logging hands by volume not quality and the amount of money and EV I've left at the tables this month is horrendous.
Time to dig out Pokerstove!
Very good post. I think not studying the game enough is something players can really lose sight of sometimes.
You really have the correct mindset here. With me, it's hard for me to justify putting so much time into studying if it is seriously cutting into my weekly playing time. Especially since I have such limited time as it is during my week. I can't tell if my logic here is flawed yet.
One of the reasons I feel playing time should exceed my studying at the moment is that I can read all the books and studies in the world. But, it's going to be damn hard to find something that specifically focuses on '50NL ring games on Pokerstars' (my current level).
I imagine that even 50NL ring games across sites can be very different. Even if I found some good material on my specific blinds for the appropriate site, I also imagine that different player's experiences on the same limits could be very different. Ask three players who grinded from 50NL to 100NL about their experience and they might tell you three different things.
Anyways, man I'm tired. Good luck if you play on Sunday. I have a feeling we will both be grinding away.


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With an assist from Mother Nature, the Phillies finished a 7-1 homestand with a 2-0, win over the Mets in a game called after four and one-innings because of rain.
Gavin Floyd picked up the win and Chase Utley homered but the the star of the game was center fielder Aaron Rowand.
Rowand made a spectacular catch in the first inning. With the bases loaded and two outs, Xavier Nady sent a fly ball that looked as if it may go out. Rowan raced back and caught the ball as he crashed face-first into the top railing of the 6-foot high fence. He fell to the ground, held up his glove to show he caught the ball, rolled over and remained on ground face down.
He eventually walked off the field on his own power, holding a towel over a bloody nose. As he exited the field through the right field gate, he received a standing ovation.
X-rays at the ballpark revealed a broken nose and lacerations that required sutures at Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He was admitted to the hospital and will have his nose repaired tomorrow.
"He won the game right there," said Charlie Manuel after the game. "For determination, that may the greatest catch I've seen and I've seen some good ones."
For the next 53 days, the Phillies will basically be living out of their suitcases as they play 18 games at friendly Citizens Bank Park and 29 in unfriendly waters. The schedule this year is quirky. During the first 34 games, 23 were at home. Next month, the Phillies are only home nine days all month. Between June 1 and July 2, the Phillies have just one weekend at home, those Devil Rays from Tampa.
Fan support during the completed homestand was electric, resembling the atmosphere of a playoff game. Don't think the Phillies didn't feel it. Electricity will return when the Red Sox come to town for the May 19 weekend. What is needed is electricity for the Milwaukee and Washington series at the end of this month.
A limited number of tickets are available for the Red Sox and again next month for the Yankees. Good seats for the 12 games against the Brewers, Nationals, Mets or Devil Rays can be had. Simply put, there aren't many times to back the Phils at home through July 3 but good seats are available.
During interleague games in Boston, New York and Baltimore, Phillies' fans seem to pack those parks. It is wild to hear cheers for the Phillies in Fenway Park. Friday night in Cincinnati, Phillies fans from that area get to see Cole (Slaw) Hamels make his major league debut. Slaw? Chris Berman made we write that. Forgive me, Cole.
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I just want to give it up to Aaron Rowand he is a spectactular player, I'm sad to hear that he was hurt in tonights game but he'll come back even stronger. Philly embrace him he is truly a blue collar worker in a Phillies uniform he'll break his back for you all. We all miss him back here in Chicago.
Just a White Sox fan sending well wishes for your new center fielder. As glimbo08 said, we really miss Aaron in Chicago. I hope he is better soon!
Rowand's catch was clutch and its unfortunate he busted his nose, the other Phillies should learn to play like their heads are on fire and good things will happen.
Rowand's catch AMAZING!
Phillies waiting until May to add padding to a wall that Rowand pointed out in November DISGRACEFUL. You can move the entire Left field wall in a couple weeks but could not find time to add padding? Another black eye for the Phillies' powers that be (to go along with the 2 Rowand is going to have)
As I watched the Rowand clip on the news (in Chicago) this morning, I winced and thought that perhaps we should start a "Save Aaron" fund with proceeds going toward installation of a padded wall. Please take care of that boy! With all due respect to our current center fielder, we miss Rowand.
I had Rowand on my roto team last year, and loved to watch him patrol CF for the ChiSox.
Get well soon Aaron.
(boo on the Phillies for not protecting their players better)
Rowand – you are the most dedicated and gutsy CF in baseball.****** that wall for not getting out of your way, it didn't know who it was messin' with. Sending a heartfelt wish for a speedy recovery from Chicago – We miss you!!!
As a Phillies fan I just want to say that Rowands catch was not only fantastic, but it showed the spirit and drive that we love. Get better fast, We can't wait to see you back in the lineup.
Just sending get well wishes to Aaron Rowand for Chicago. Great catch and many more to come once he's back from the DL. Miss him here in Chicago.
Not only did he fracture his nose he broke bones around his left eye socket.
Which is worse than anticipated.
Hopefully it won't effect his batting or fielding.
That was one spectacular catch. I must have seen it a hundred times and each time I still had to say WOW! Aaron you're the kind of player Phils fans love. Can't wait to see you back in center. Get well soon.
I just wanted to comment on Aaron Rowand's beautiful catch in Center Field. We haven't had that kind of heart in Philly since Dykstra. Either one of the other (2) sorry outfielders would have watched that ball bounce off the wall. We should trade Abreau, he flat out stinks. And just one comment from last nights game. What kind of idiot manager would take a guy out who is pitching a (1) hit shut-out?? I don't care if he had thrown 92 pitches, what kind of stupidity does it take to do something like that???? Victorino sure saved Manuel's butt last night, but the frown on Hamels face showed it all. He should have gotten the win last night.
I am a White Sox fan and I miss Aaron. I hope that he will be ok. Aaron is a true baseball player and will give everything he has when he is "at work". Aaron is the only National League player I voted for in the All Star balloting. Get well soon Aaron, because baseball needs players like you. I truly wish you were back in Chicago, but our lost is the Phillies gain. Philly be good to Aaron, because he deserves it.
We waited 88 years for a World Championship in Chicago and Aaron Rowand was the hub that the spokes of the wheel were connected to. Pure blue collar baseball player. I spoke to him at the Cell last year in May and told him the last time the White Sox were in the big show was the year I was born 1959. He autographed my sons glove and my glove. He said they were trying to keep it going. I was very mad he was traded to your lucky Philly team. I only follow the Phillys because of him. I wish him the best of luck and a speedy recovery. AARON ROWAND IS OLD TIME BASEBALL AND AN ALL STAR OUT FIELDER. Enjoy him Philly, because your team have a good shot at the playoffs if your other players show the heart he has.
The Jeckyll & Hyde season continued for the Phillies ace.
Lieber (5.52 era) was perfect for 6 & 2/3rd innings while raising his record to 3-4 on the season.
Lieber worked 8.2 frames, faced 28 swatters, threw 110 aspirins, allowed no runs on 2 potatos, no free lunches and paralyzed 6.
Flush Gordon (1.62 era) worked 1/3 of a frame, faced 2 swatters, threw 10 aspirins, allowed no runs, on 1 potato, no free lunches and paralyzed 1.
The sticks squeaked out 2 runs on six hits while stranding 11 Phightins on the sacks.
At 21-15, in sole possession of 2nd place in the NL East and 2 Games out, the Phillies on a hoagie roll in May are 9-1 in their last ten games.
Their magic number hovers at 129.
I know Philly fans have a habit of turning on their teams and players, but I'm hoping that is never the case with Aaron Rowand.
You can see by the responses on this board that we Chicagoans loved him, and we miss him. Our replacement CF has been good defensively and obviously Jim Thome has been incredible with the bat, but Rowand was the kind of guy you root for.
Case in point: on the same day as the Rowand injury Frank Thomas, the Sox all-time greatest hitter, got hurt sliding into 3rd base. There really hasn't been a peep about it amongst Sox fans cuz as great a player as the Big Hurt (how apropos) was, we just couldn't get behind him the way we could for Aaron.
And don't worry, just cuz Aaron got hurt doesn't mean he'll stop running into walls for your team. Just get the *******' padding up soon.
Get well soon, Aaron, and hopefully we'll see you in the World Series. You've actually given me a National League team to root for!
We don't turn on our teams or players that's a myth we do however eat our young.
Get Out the Brooms Phillies Sweep!
Phillies Smoke 13 Out Of Last 14 Games Like a Cigar.
Phillies 1 game out of 1st Place as Mets Fall to the Suds.
Ryan "Home Run" Howard's pinch hit sputnik in the eigth frame tied the game and a solo blast in the 12th broke a one-all tie to propel the Phightin's to their 22nd win of the season and their 1st triple sweep of the Reds since 2002.
It marks the 3rd time Howard's smacked two boxes of waffles in a game this season. Howard was 2 for 2 coming off the pine.
Shane Victorino's average stands at .395 after a 2 for 6 performance. The swatters scattered 8 hits and stranded 15 on the sacks in the getaway game.
Brett Myers (2-1, 2.73era) continued to make his case as the staff ace faced 26 swatters, threw 95 aspirins, worked 7 frames, allowed 1 run on 1 sputnik and 3 potatos, issued 2 free lunches, and paralyzed 5.
Rheal Cormier (2-1, 0.00era) continued to baffle the sticks, faced 5 swatters, threw 16 pills, allowed no runs on 1 potato, issued 1 free lunch.
Franklin & Rhodes worked 2.1 frames of scoreless ball while Geoff Geary, recalled from Scranton, notched his first win of the season in 2/3rd's of an inning of relief.
Flash Gordon (2-1, 1.53era) continued to shine picking up his 13th save of the season faced 4 swatters, threw 12 chiclets, allowed no runs, on one hit.
The Phillies gained a game in the hunt for the NL East as those Milwaukee Brewers downed the Metropolitans 6-5.
Did You Know?
Since gacking to a 1-6 start the Phils have gone 21-9?
I see there are a lot of comments here by White Sox fans. It is a great testament to Aaron Rowand. I want them all to know, however, that there are plenty of Phillies fans who also appreciate a great player like Rowand. He was popular enough even before THE CATCH (as it's quite properly being called here in Philly). Now, he's on another level entirely. He has already earned an esteemed place in Philadelphia sports history.
Best wishes to Aaron for a speedy recovery.
Best wishes to Aaron for a speedy recovery. We miss you in Chicago, Aaron!
NOW can they hang up the outfield padding please?
Aaron, you are amazing! I find your play inspirational. I show my son and the boys in the little league team I coach the kind of baseball player they need to emulate. Thanks for being the professional athlete that is now so rare in today's pro sports. I'm happy to see that the money has not changed your joy and passion for the game, and your humility as a human being. You are definitely THE MAN! Get well, and God bless you.


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October 22, 2013
Marv and Lucille Lemke
On Sept. 22, Marv and Lucille Lemke, both of Issaquah, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Bellevue.
The couple are originally from Wisconsin. They celebrated with their son Paul.
Penneys celebrate 50th anniversary
September 12, 2013
Fifty years after marrying in Spokane on Sept. 15, 1963, John and Carol Penney are joyfully celebrating a half-century as husband and wife.
The couple first met in kindergarten and attended grades K-12 together in the Spokane Valley. They began dating in high school, followed by a memorable courtship while Carol attended Washington State University and John attended the University of Idaho. Marriage soon followed.
John and Carol lived in Omak and Olympia before moving in 1972 to Issaquah, where they resided on Squak Mountain.
Sanellis celebrate first anniversary
July 9, 2013
Happy first anniversary, Stephen and Julie Sanelli!
Stephen and Julie Sanelli (Donate) were married July 14, 2012, on the beach at the Edgewater House in Ollala.
Stephen and Julie are both 2002 graduates of Issaquah High School, where they met.
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July 2, 2013
Couple celebrates 75 years together
The number 98 surrounds the daily lives of Providence Point residents Willard and Jane Williams.
Willard celebrated his 98th birthday in September last year, while Jane turned 98 in April. Their beloved cocker spaniel, Maggie, is 98 years old, too, but that's in dog years.
The couple will celebrate a more meaningful number, 75, on Aug. 19, the date of their 75th wedding anniversary.
"Married to the same man all those years, I don't know how I stood it," Jane said with a grin on her face.
Sitting in their Providence Point home, with their loyal dog Maggie resting at their feet, Willard and Jane reminisced about their years together.
The Woods celebrate their 70th anniversary
April 9, 2013
David and Joan Wood celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary March 22, 2013.
They both grew up in Seattle; David attended Roosevelt High School and Joan attended Garfield High School. They attended the University of Washington. David and Joan met while skiing with college buddies on a trip to Paradise at Mount Rainier.
Hagertys celebrate 50th anniversary
January 22, 2013
Tom and Su Hagerty, of Issaquah, celebrated their 50th anniversary Jan. 19, 2013, with their five children and nine grandchildren at the Mount Si Senior Center.
Tom Hagerty and Su Humphreys met in July 1962, when Tom's mother Ruth invited Su to dinner after choir practice at Kirkland Assembly of God Church.
Su was a student at Northwest College. Tom was employed at The Boeing Co., where he worked for 40 years before retiring.
Diemerts celebrate diamond anniversary
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Roger and Ruth Diemert were married Sept. 19, 1952, in Seattle.
Roger was born in Fargo, N.D., to parents Robert and Jeanette (Dickson) Diemert; Ruth was born in Seattle, to parents George and Evelyn (Markey) Palmer. Ruth met Roger when her brother Eugene was dating Roger's sister Corrinne.
Roger and Ruth have five children: Linda (Stan) Lawson, Arlene (Fred) Patterson, Michael (Joan) Diemert, Neal Diemert and baby Joanne, whom died in infancy. They have 12 grandchildren: Heidi, Seth, Jonas, Riley, Roger, Carrie, Julie, Heather, Michael, Hayes, Sarah and Harrison. They also have four great-grandchildren: Emily, Audrey, Trevor and Jared.
Roger was a union glazier apprenticing at Acme Glass in Seattle and continued to work in the glazing industry until retirement. Ruth retired from the J.C. Penney Co. after 25 years.
Hoegh-Christensens mark 70th anniversary
September 18, 2012
Preben and Ruth Hoegh-Christensen celebrated their 70th anniversary Aug. 2.
Preben and Ruth met in World War II during the German occupation of Denmark. The couple married in a downtown Copenhagen church in 1942.
After the German invasion and threat of a Russian occupation, they departed for the west and landed in Seattle.
The world-traveling duo moved their home base over the years from Ballard to Mercer Island, where they helped found the Bellevue Philharmonic Symphony and volunteered for more than 30 years, to their last stop in Sammamish. They still volunteer for the Sammamish Symphony, which they also helped establish, and at Overlake Hospital, in Bellevue.
The childless couple said years ago they decided to make the community their family.
High school sweethearts celebrate platinum anniversary, 70 years of marriage
August 7, 2012
Bud Cochran used to walk more than a mile to see his sweetheart Lorraine back when they were students at Puyallup High School in the late 1930s. With no car and a girlfriend that lived on the opposite side of town, the trek became a familiar path for the love-struck Bud.
"It didn't seem far at all," he said. "I was just smitten."
Seven decades later, the two longtime Issaquah residents are still together, having celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary May 2. Sitting in their cozy ranch-style home situated next to Issaquah High School, Bud, 90, and Lorraine, 88, fondly reminisced about their eventful 70 years together.
Lorangers celebrate 60th anniversary
July 3, 2012
Claire Loranger has been married for 60 years to the same man. She hesitates for nary a second to reveal her secret.
"I call it extreme patience," she said.
It never hurts to say that, but it helps even more when it comes from an expert.
Ed Loranger, a product of Bellevue, met the Massachusetts-born, Montana-raised Claire while she was in town babysitting for an ailing aunt. Ed was the aunt's mechanic. To keep a bored Claire from returning home, her aunt and uncle set her up on a date with Ed.
Fresh from a tour in Korea, soldier Ed was for an old-fashioned girl. A lifelong Catholic and the sister of a nun, Claire was looking for someone who had seen the world.
The year was 1951; she was 21 and he was 27. A year later, they were married in her hometown of Anaconda.
Sixty years later, they have three children, three grandchildren and a pile of hobbies. Well, she does the hobbies: bowling, traveling, choir, skiing and curling, or as Ed called it "watching paint dry."


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The wait is over. The 1930 US census—all 2,667 microfilm rolls of it—is officially open for business. On April 1, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) opened its doors in Washington, DC, and in regional facilities across the country to researchers eager to get their hands on these newly released records. Professional genealogy experts and hobbyists alike stood in line for a first crack at the census 72 years after it was taken, and here's what some of them had to say:
Denver, Colo.
The opening of the 1930 census at Denver's NARA branch was surprisingly quiet. There were only eight of us waiting for the door to open with almost as many staff and volunteers in the census room. Sydne McCoskey was in our group and reported that she was at the opening of the 1910 and 1920 censuses where there were at least 20 to 30 waiting in line.
Everyone had done their homework before the opening by using the finding aids such as enumeration district maps and descriptions and city directories. When we were comparing what states we were going to research, Susan Hertzke confessed that she had southern research and was going to use the Soundex.
Julie Miller was busy printing the pages from Broomfield, Colo. She plans post an index at the Broomfield County GenWeb site at www.rootsweb.com/~cobroomf.
I found my 12-year-old father in Roberts County, SD, within five minutes because I had the enumeration district by using the finding aids last month. However, my mother was more difficult to locate. She told me she was living in Red Wing, Minn., in 1930 with her father. NARA does not have city directories for Red Wing and I had not taken the time to search local city directories prior to my census research. I decided to simply read the census line-by-line, but the results were negative. Her mother and step-father lived on a farm near Eagle Butte, SD, so I read every census page in Dewey County, SD, without success. I telephoned my mother at this point and learned that the farm was in Ziebach County. Armed with this new information, I finally located her. What an embarrassing lesson! I should have obtained land records years ago and should have known that the farm was in Ziebach County. It just proves that we never known when and how we learn our lessons in genealogy.
Kathleen W. Hinckley
Author of Your Guide to the Federal Census
Washington, DC
It was a bright, sunny April 1 in Washington, DC, and a very important day at that. No, not April Fool's Day, but the opening of the 1930 US census for researchers. My husband, Jim, and I were fortunate in a couple of ways. First, we were in Washington working on a research project and away from our home in Minnesota where it snowed. Second, we were among those invited to an early morning reception and ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the census opening with John W. Carlin, archivist of the United States, and representatives of the Census Bureau, including the new director, Louis Kincannon. It was very interesting to hear the stories of the personal genealogical research being done by Census Bureau staffers! But, even they did not get to see the census until April 1.
Chairs were set up for us to sit on during the ceremony and short program at the NARA building on Pennsylvania Avenue. It's been a long time since we have seen so many reporters and cameras in one place. A large red, white and blue ribbon hung across the doorway to the microfilm room. Oh, it was tempting to duck under it and get to a microfilm reader! One interesting statement during the remarks was that about 20 million people who are alive today will be able to find themselves on the 1930 census.
After the remarks from the archivist and the director of the Census Bureau, they cut the ribbon and we were invited into Room 400. The excitement level was definitely rising. Reporters interviewed census researchers, photographers took hundreds of still shots, and the bright lights from the cameras of local Washington area television stations and the national media were everywhere.
There was no long line of people waiting for microfilm readers. Many of the researchers who regularly use the Archives had mentioned that they planned to stay away this week. NARA staff members indicated that the same thing happened when the 1920 census opened 10 years ago. Most researchers waited, hoping to avoid crowds the first week. As a result, the lines started to form the second week!
I had done my homework last week and was ready with my enumeration district numbers and microfilm roll numbers. On the 1920 census, my father had been only Baby Stuart and now I found him listed with his full name. I found many of the individuals associated with our research project and was pleased to find some relationships, occupations and ages at first marriage that will help in the ongoing research. I found the house we live in today and noted that, as on the 1920 census, the family living in the house had a servant.
Even though only some southern states are Soundexed, it was not difficult to locate almost everyone I was seeking. I was able to find several households in areas of dense population, Long Beach, Calif., and St. Paul, Minn.
NARA staff and volunteers have done a wonderful job of checking each roll for the enumeration districts, cities, towns and townships, gathering information for the labels for the boxes of microfilm and preparing helpful information sheets. Those who worked on this project had first to be sworn in as census enumerators and this meant they could not divulge any of the personal information on the census before April 1.
Be sure to check out NARA's Web site for the 1930 Census Locator at 1930census.nara.gov. There is a wealth of helpful information there. Enumeration District maps (M1930), Enumeration District descriptions (T1224), and Index to Selected City Streets and Enumerations Districts (M1931) finding aids have been microfilmed. I used M1931 to assist with the Long Beach address I found in the 1930 city directory. Alas, there was no listing in this finding aid for St. Paul, but using the ED descriptions and maps, I was able to narrow down the segment of microfilm to be checked. For the most part, I found this 1930 census microfilm quality to be far superior to the 1920 and 1910 census microfilms.
By the way, the Archives I building (in downtown Washington) installed brand new microfilm readers, and they were another plus for the day. I plan to return to do some more work on our project. I am sending the copies I made today to some of the individuals involved in the project and anxiously await their reactions. Now, back to preparing my list of additional locations to check over the next few days in the 1930 US census!
Paula Stuart Warren
Co-author of Your Guide to the Family History Library
10:45 p.m., March 31, 2002: As I drove the near deserted highway in the pouring rain, my sense of anticipation and excitement about the upcoming events grew. The plan to be the first facility to open the 1930 census records at 12:01 am on April 1, 2002, had been hatched, and plans made for archivists and volunteers to meet at the National Archives Regional Facility in Waltham, Mass., at 11 p.m. on March 31 without any assurance that researchers would come. The pouring rain and the fact that it was Easter Sunday were additional obstacles to be overcome.
I approached the parking lot of the Waltham NARA facility and was thrilled to see a full parking lot. Some cars were still occupied while the lobby seemed packed with animated individuals awaiting entry into the research room. I entered the lobby to see many excited researchers, reporters, volunteers and NARA employees anxiously awaiting the magic hour of midnight. I signed in, along with 63 other individuals, received my volunteer badge, machine assignment and began my briefing as to the upcoming events.
The file cabinets containing the actual census films were wrapped in red, white and blue ribbons with a giant bow. Ribbon-cutting scissors were placed nearby. One of the computers was logged in to the official Washington, DC, site where the NARA clock was visible to assure that the law of 72 years for confidentiality was honored.
After many photographs, several short speeches and presentations, the countdown was under way. At exactly 12:01 a.m., the ribbon was cut and the volunteers and NARA staff went to work assisting the researchers to find their ancestors in the rolls of microfilm. Most researchers found the individuals they were seeking; a few were disappointed, but not discouraged. Excitement was at its peak when Bill Read, one of the NARA employees and volunteers, found himself on the 1930 census film!
Many gasps of excitement were heard over and over again as the night progressed, with researchers sharing their finds with others. Excitement was the order of the night and it was easy to forget that it was the wee hours of the morning. Adrenaline ruled and most researchers never slowed their pace. Some took breathers, enjoyed the many refreshments (and coffee) provided by the NARA staff, and took time to share their successes with others. After the first hour, the volunteers had little to do because most of the patrons were buried deep in their microfilm machines reading long ago written names, ages, places, occupations, etc.
When I left the NARA facility at 5 a.m., most microfilm machines were still in use and many researchers were deep in their research, despite the hour. NARA's Waltham facility had successfully been the first in the country to officially open the 1930 census to the public.
Marcia Yannizze Melnyk
Author of The Genealogist's Question & Answer Book and The Weekend Genealogist
On Monday, April 1, I woke up before God. The 1930 census was making its debut at the National Archives, and I intended to be present for the occasion. From where I live, it's a 45-minute drive to the Great Lakes branch in Chicago. The facility was open at 6:30 a.m. for self-service with staff arriving at 8 a.m. I arrived at 6:45 a.m. And what to my wondering eyes should appear, but donuts, coffee cake, chocolate brownies and coffee on a display table at the front door. What a welcome! Ten people were already at the film readers.
About one year ago I had located all my family addresses in city directories, and a few months back I used the NARA finding aids to locate the appropriate enumerator districts. So I just started. Using the NARA 1930 census binders, I was able to identify the correct rolls of film easily. The one person I really wanted to find was my paternal grandfather, Frank Adams, who disappeared in Chicago about 1923. I had four good candidates from the city directories of 1928 and 1932. But to my dismay, none of the four men appeared at the given addresses or anywhere within the enumerator districts. Thirty-one years of trying to locate him, and I still did not find him. The microfilm room became busier around 8 a.m., although I never saw all the readers being used at one time. I did see author and lecturer Tony Burroughs reading his own films and making copies. After five hours of research I was ready to leave, and my time was almost over. Here's the score from my 1930 census searches: five families located in Bay City, Mich.; three families located in Detroit, Mich., for my cousin; four of my families located in Detroit, Mich. The only challenge was getting to a photocopy machine since the archives has only two.
The wait was about 20 to 30 minutes after each time I signed up. I did manage to obtain all the copies I needed. I found a few other stray records, and I left a few 1930 distant families for another day of research. The staff and the volunteers at the National Archives were exceptionally helpful as usual, and the atmosphere in the microfilm room was downright jovial. Congratulations to the Great Lakes Branch of the National Archives for a successful opening event.


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Here is a recent article I did for Southlakemoms.com. Hope you enjoy!
Who doesn't LOVE candy? I wanted to give my son's teacher a cute and fun gift at the end of Teacher appreciation week a few months ago and I decided that this would be a fun way to give candy and have my son participate. This is a really simple project that can be customized any way you want. Let me show you what you need to get started.
Supplies Needed
Small Terra Cotta Pot
Styrofoam Cone
Styrofoam Ball - 5" fits perfect into the Terra cotta pot
Washi or Craft tape
Candy - Fun Size or Snack Size
Hot Glue Gun
Let's Get Started.....
The first thing I did was paint my Terra cotta paint with a small bottle of chalkboard paint. I chose blue because that was Ms. Kristen's favorite color. After the paint dries, I hot glued the Styrofoam ball into the bottom of the pot.
Before I wrapped the stick in washi tape, I measured to see how short the stick needed to be. I decided it needed to be about 18" long. I cut the stick and then inserted it in the the cone. I decided to wrap the exposed stick in washi tape or craft tape. After I finished wrapping the stick I then inserted it into the Styrofoam ball that had been hot glued into the pot.
Now comes the fun part. Start by applying a small dot of hot glue (set on the lowest setting) to the top of the wrapper and press it onto the cone. I left about an inch hanging off and repeat this step until the entire bottom row is covered with candy. After the first row is full, start repeating the steps for the second row making sure there is a slight overlay from the other row and continue all the up until you have reached the top.
After all of the candy was glued, I covered the bottom of the tree with individually wrapped hard candies. I also decided to make a cute sign out of some left over scrapbook paper and secured it with a toothpick into the top of the topiary.
This topiary was so much fun to make and my son's teacher just loved it. It was great to see the look on her face when we brought it in. It was such a fun way to give candy as a gift. I know that this would be a great gift for any occasion.
Here are some other creative uses for giving this topiary....
Kid's Birthday party
Get Well gift
Welcoming a new neighbor
Baby shower gift or centerpiece
Teacher gift
If you are giving this as a gift too, you can also wrap it in a cellophane bag and top it off with a pretty ribbon.
Sharing at these Linky Parties........


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our next guest is one of my fave creative mavens. let's all say a big hello to cheri from the fabulous "I Am Momma Hear Me Roar"! now cheri is a woman of many talents. not only does she craft and sew she can diy the heck out of anything. i swear she could take any object and make it fabulous!
she's a busy mom of two adorable little boys and boy do i love that she has boys. she posts all the cute goodies she makes for her stylish litte men that i can drool over but never get to make that often. she can rock a hair accessory or hat like nobody's business, take a tacky playroom and make it stunning and sew, embroider, applique like a pro.
i mean honestly how cute are these?
so creative and oh so much fun! make sure you pop over and say hi to the lovely & talented cheri (always rocking some great hair) for me and make sure to check out all the crafty goodies on her blog. now let's hear from cheri...
I'm ready to head into the ring today. While I can appreciate the skills of the opponent, I'm fighting for sewing here. Why? Because it's faster and more doable. I had a sister who "took up knitting" several times and we always teased her because all the knitting ever amounted to was what we called a Barbie scarf.
Sewing also allows you to embellish clothing, which I absolutely love. Today I'm going to show you how I made this chevron tee. We all know the chevron pattern is all the rage. I thought it would be fun to try it on a t-shirt, adding a bit of texture.
I started off with a plain shirt and cut out two chevron shapes from an old t-shirt. The shirt had some gray sprayed on the side of it and I purposely used that part to give it more interest.
I took my scissors and snipped the top fabric between the stitched lines like this.
you're welcome cheri! thanks so much for joining in, i love the chevron tee! if you want more i am momma hear me roar check out cheri on her blog and on facebook.
have any of you been loving all the chevrons lately? what's your fave way to spice up a basic tee? share your tips and pics!


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Friday, January 30, 2009
Friday, January 30
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Thursday, January 29
Hello All!
We had another nice weather day here in Germany. We didn't make it out much - not sure why, but at least it is supposed to be nice again tomorrow.
Brenna and I are really glad to have Dustin home - it sure makes the day seem less long.
Well, I'm tired and going to bed - sorry not much else to comment on today!
Take Care!
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Wednesday, January 28
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Tuesday, January 27
Hello All!
Hope everyone is doing well out there (although we heard that get well wishes are in order for Margee - we hope you feel better soon, all we can say is ouch!). Brenna and I had a busy day today - we cleaned the apartment this morning - man is there a lot of dog hair! We also painted, colored, and of course played in the kitchen. We made a two person size cake - we haven't tried it yet - we will give the verdict tomorrow (although we did go ahead and make frosting so I'm sure it will be yummy!). We made the two person size of the apple crisp yesterday - that was pretty yummy too! I love the little mug-um books that I bought a while ago!
Dustin is already out of town (in England). I know that he wasn't looking forward to traveling so quickly - hopefully, he won't come home too exhausted. He may be in Turkey next week - bummer!
Well, I think I am going to have another early night. Not sure what activities Brenna and I will be working on tomorrow...Maybe the tap shoes tomorrow - we didn't manage to get them out this afternoon.
Well, Take Care!
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Monday, January 26, 2009
Monday, January 26
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Lab Techs in Rome!
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
Sunday, January 25
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Wednesday, January 21
Hello All!
I can't believe that we are past the mid-point in January already - I have to say where did the month go! But, I think I have been in a jet-lagged daze... Brenna and I are sleeping in later (around 9/9:30 - I know you are all jealous!, but I have been having problems sleeping at night)... Tonight is her first night in Germany without Justice by her side - we will see how that goes...
We are off to Rome tomorrow - I can't wait to have some warmer weather (even if it is supposed to rain the entire time we are there :-( Hopefully, we will still have a wonderful time.
I am going to try to go to bed earlier tonight - my mind isn't thinking well and I have been in a grumpy mood most of the day today - I'm sure the trip to Rome will do me good. Sorry, no pictures either - I spent all my free time today looking up stuff for Rome tomorrow. I'm sure there will be a bunch of pictures after our trip!
Well, that is it for tonight - have a great rest of your day!
Take Care!
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Tuesday, January 20
Hello All!
I hope everyone out there is doing well. Not much went on here at our household today. We skype'd with Dustin's parents (that is the best thing out there for seeing friends and family that are far awary), got some cleaning done, took the dog for a short walk, and read some books. Brenna even decided to read to Daddy to put him to sleep :-)
Dustin had another long day at work - hopefully, he will get some much needed rest before we leave for Rome on Thursday.
I put the video up of Brenna in her tap shoes - I think these are great (but I suppose I am bias!!)
Another January birthday - HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my Uncle Robert - hope you have a great day and hopefully, you enjoyed the video we sent you on skype :-)
Anyway - gotta get some sleep!
Take Care!
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm4-j6Twevk - she is a little bossy though!!!
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Monday, January 19
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
Sunday, January 18
Hello All!!!
Hope everyone is well! I think Dustin, Brenna, and I have been in a sugar coma all weekend from our cupcakes we made, lol :-) They turned out really well, and I can't wait to get a chance to make some more (although I think we better invite some friends over to share next time!!!).
Our apartment got a thorough cleaning today - I am done for all but the kitchen. I had hoped to get Dustin's help there, but he pooped out on me and went to bed already. Maybe Brenna and I will just tackle that tomorrow as it is getting late here. It was a very rainy day today (it actually made me miss the snow - especially when the dog came in with muddy feet on my clean floors)! The weather was nice enough yesterday that Dustin, Brenna, and Justice took a walk while I made dinner. We tried one our favorite recipes from the US and it turned out well - I think I am finally adjusting to the ingredients and food over here. I am trying to cook and bake with as many ingredients as we can obtain in Germany and France (the cupcakes were even a cake recipe made entirely from scratch!). I'm not sure how the Germans can cook without vanilla extract though - that may remain a mystery to me... I am going to try an angel food cake soon (although probably after our trip to Rome) - that should be interesting... I'm sure you all will hear how that one turns out.
Well, I suppose I should wrap things up for the evening - sorry no pictures from this weekend. I need to clean off the disc for our trip and didn't spend much time doing that this weekend.
Take Care!
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Friday, January 16, 2009
Friday, January 16
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Post 100 - Thursday, January 15
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Wednesday, January 14
Hello All!!
Today is post 99 - can you believe that!!! How quickly 100 has came (well, with tomorrow's post!). Brenna and I had a busy day with cleaning, baking some Moose Mud Muffins (we bought the book "Mouse, Cookies, and More" when we were in the States for Christmas - Brenna absolutely loves those stories and we just had to start trying the recipes in it), and playing "school". We walked to the store in a light snow, but by the time we had to walk Justice this evening, it was really coming down. Luckily, it didn't delay Dustin's flight.
I have German class for the first time since we have been back tomorrow - I know that my lack of studying is going to bite me back... It was just too easy to forget about studying and spend time with family and friends (sort of like the days of high school all over again). I think I have all my homework done, but this weekend (and going forward) I really need to spend some more time with my German. I'm sure that Brenna and Dustin will quickly pass me on their skills.
Brenna "read" several books to her stuffed animals today - that was really cute... (maybe I should have caught that on the camera today - but I didn't get the camera out at all). We also watched "The Wuzzles" on youtube - can you believe that you can find that show out there? Why were we watching "The Wuzzles" one might ask? Well, I have an old towel, that Brenna now has which triggered the "Let's see if we can find "The Wuzzles" on youtube". Yesterday, we even watched Floppy Dogs - I barely remember these in a cartoon, but really remember them as the stuffed animal. Anyone with a childhood in the 80s should really check out youtube. It is like getting one of those chain emails with a "remember when..."
Well, Dustin just got home, so I am going to call it a night!
Talk to you later and Take Care!
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Tuesday, January 13
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Monday, January 12
Hello All!
Well, at least I can say that I am feeling better today - hopefully, that bug won't go around this household here. Not a very good welcome back to Germany!!
Dustin is off to England and Brenna and I are by ourselves for the next two days :-( I'm sure we will be really glad to see him on Wednesday. We are hoping to do some cooking/baking in the kitchen tomorrow - I'm sure that will be fun!
Potty training is continuing - Brenna went 3 times today on the potty - but isn't too keen on staying there now after she is done. We had plenty of bare bottom chasing today!!
We did some dancing around the apartment and got her new microphone out today. She was a little concerned that I didn't have one, but that passed quickly. I got the video camera out for it, but she had to firmly tell me to put it away - that should be a cute video for her some day!!
Well, I'm going to try to tuck myself in and get a better nights sleep tonight than last night.
Take Care!
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
Sunday, January 11
Hello All!!
First - HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKSON!!!! Hope you had a great birthday - sorry we are missing it (although with my stomach bug - I would be missing it anyways :-(
Not much going on here this weekend. We stayed in all weekend (I know that Dustin was really bummed about this), but we worked on potty training Brenna and with my stomach - not a good weekend for travels. Brenna did pretty well all weekend. She had a dry pull-up all day today until the end - so progress on getting to the bathroom. She still isn't asking to go to the potty, but not fighting it when I say it is time to go too much. Hopefully, with our quiet week this week, we can continue to make progress. Hopefully, Dustin and her don't get my stomach thing. Today has not been a pleasant day here :-( - especially this afternoon.
Brenna and I will be on our own on Tuesday and Wednesday as Dustin has to travel for work :-( At least it is only a couple days. In February, he has to travel to Turkey for a week - what a bummer... Brenna and I will need to invite some people over or something...
Well, my stomach is still acting up - hopefully, it will settle down for sleeping tonight...
Take Care!!
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Friday, January 9, 2009
Friday, January 9
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Thursday, January 8
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Wednesday, January 7
Hello All!!!
Well, what an interesting flight back to Germany. We were originally scheduled to fly through Paris (with a very short layover) to Frankfort. We got to the Detroit airport and found out that our flight to Paris was cancelled, but they had booked us on the 5 pm flight to Frankfort (direct). Luckily, we had got to the airport early and just made the flight. The bad weather actually worked in our favor this time.
Anyways, we have not had very much sleep, so we are all going to try to get a few winks in.
Take Care!
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Monday, January 5, 2009
Monday, January 5
Hello All!
Today marks our last full day in the U.S. before traveling back to Germany tomorrow. We are saying some sad goodbye's, but at least it is only really for a short time... Brenna has been very good for the entire trip - I'm glad we got to spend some extended time with everyone.
Brenna has been doing really well with the potty lately - hopefully we can continue that when we get home so that our next trip back to the U.S. has no diapers...
Well, that is all I am going to say about our day today... Our next posting will be from back in Germany...
Take Care!
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Thursday, January 1, 2009
Happy New Year 2009!!!
Happy New Year to anyone reading today's blog. I thought I would finally share 3 of my favorite pictures from this holiday season. Hope you all enjoy them - I'm loving my new Christmas present from Dustin (a new lens for my camera!). The first picture looks like a New Year's Eve picture - but wasn't - the girls were just having fun with Grandma!
Time has flown by so quickly while we have been in the U.S. - if we didn't get a chance to visit with you - know that we were thinking about all our friends and family over here. If we didn't see you here - maybe you could visit us in Germany :-)
Anyway - I have been on the computer way too much this morning - I need to get visiting!! Hope everyone is well!
Take Care!
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On 20 May 2014 at the ILA Berlin Air Show, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the US corporation Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. (TBE) signed an agreement to install and operate the imaging spectrometer DESIS (DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer) on board the International Space Station (ISS). This DLR-built instrument will be one of four camera systems for remote sensing fitted to the MUSES (Multi-User System for Earth Sensing) instrument carrier to be installed by TBE on the ISS. DESIS will be able to detect changes in the land surface, oceans and atmosphere; it will contribute to the development of effective measures to protect the environment and climate.
"This scientific-industrial partnership with TBE will enable us to use the ISS as a long-term carrier of Earth observation instruments as it travels through space," explained Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Chairman of the DLR Executive Board. The project is intended to open up new possibilities in Earth observation and is the first to be developed in cooperation with a commercial enterprise.
A reliable view of Earth from the ISS
The MUSES platform has an area of 85 by 85 centimetres and can accommodate four instruments. It will be attached to a pivot arm on the side of the ISS facing Earth during an astronaut spacewalk scheduled for 2015. What sets this project apart from other satellite instruments is that the ISS instruments can be replaced or updated continuously to accommodate new technical innovations. The technology manufacturer TBE will operate the DESIS hyperspectral sensor on the ISS and will cooperate with DLR in using the data in various areas, for instance systematic and applied research.
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DESIS is a hyperspectral camera that records image data using an array of up to 240 closely spaced channels, covering the visible and near infrared portions of the spectrum (450 to 915 nanometres) with a ground resolution of approximately 90 metres. This multifaceted information allows scientists to detect changes in ecosystems and to make statements on the condition of forests and agricultural land. Among other things, its purpose is to secure and improve the global cultivation of food. The data from the ISS instruments will be available quickly in the event of a catastrophe and can help rescue teams operating on the ground to organise their deployment. DLR and TBE seek to combine the data from other MUSES instruments to develop advanced methods for remote sensing of the Earth. Cooperation in this scientific and commercial use will also promote hyperspectral technologies for future satellites.
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[SA 9.0.166 Pro] - PostgreSql - funct vs proc inconsistence
I believe I reported it already for SA v7.
But I'm ready to do this again.
First of all, postgresql doesn't distinguish function and procedure. All of them are functions.
But splitting functions onto categories is not bad idea at all*), as long as it's consistent.
I assume functions are term for methods which return single values while procedures return sets of values.
SA does some little mess in this.
1. functions returning void are in Procedure category. It should be in Functions one
2. functions returning TABLE are in Functions category. It should be in Procedure.
*) I would like to have possibility to join functions and procedures all together into single subtree of objects. It's because all of them are functions in postgresql. However I would rather stay with trigger functions separated. In short: pgAdmin3 style. If there are users who prefer more categories, then best way is to make selectable option.
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I assume functions are term for methods which return single values while procedures return sets of values.
SA does some little mess in this.
I believe if the result is void the it goes to procedures, else goes to functions. This is done for internal reasons to allow common SQL Assistant functions to work with PG the same way they are used with all other databases.
Thu Nov 03, 2016 2:00 pm
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Then it's more than unjustified.
First of all, GUI representation must not be in pair with how application handles those objects.
Second, IMO your approach doesn't match meaning of 'function' and 'procedure' RDBMS wise.
However, I looked into SA Queries, and found following code in Objects queries
CASE format_type (t.oid, NULL)
WHEN 'trigger' THEN 'PC'
WHEN 'void' THEN 'PR'
WHEN 'record' THEN 'FT'
I turned it into
CASE format_type (t.oid, NULL)
WHEN 'trigger' THEN 'PC'
making all functions (except trigger ones) be located in Functions branch. It meets perfectly my requirements. Should I expect some negative impacts?
BTW the case contain RECORD returned functions as separate category. Is it done this way for internal reasons? Just FYI, RECORD is just composite type, like array of varchar or json. Nonetheless. Just saying.
Fri Nov 04, 2016 7:46 am
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I answer myself a question about impact. Yes, the CASE options cannot be modified, because it causes SA stop to suggest function arguments.
Please revise whole part of SA related to splitting functions into categories
If I were you, I would create 2 CASE queries in Objetcs sql. One for internal usage, second for UI.
with regards
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Fri Nov 04, 2016 8:10 am
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Please revise whole part of SA related to splitting functions into categories
If I were you, I would create 2 CASE queries in Objetcs sql. One for internal usage, second for UI.
Thanks for your suggestion. I will pass it along.
I'm afraid it's not as simple as that. SQL Assistant is a cross-database development system. It attempts to present things in different databases in a consistent manner. Many of SQL Assistant users work with multiple databases. So there are multiple dependencies inside than what meets an eye in the Database Explorer view. For example, one can use SQL Assistant to compare schemas across different database types, to transfer data across database types, and so on... the SQL Intellisense is a dependency too, it uses the same internal structures and caches for all database types and it needs uniform internal data presentation.
You can certainly tweak the queries in the configuration to return the results you like, just please be careful with them, the changes may improve the display but break something else, which may or may not be a concern if you work with a subset of functions only.
Fri Nov 04, 2016 9:49 am
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Thanks for explanation. I can imagine complexity of internals as I'm programmer (not db only).
But right now we are considering UI presentation which is (should be) independent from internal one.
Thank you for your involvement. I'm looking forward to some changes.
with regards.
Fri Nov 04, 2016 10:12 am
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After some while I would like to rise up this issue again.
Splitting functions into 2 categories by void/non-void return type makes a work more difficult while the difference is meaningless (in case of postgresql at least)
The best option would be filtering functions into folders using optional, user-defined filters, for example:
- is return type record/record set - allowing to split functions and stored procedures (important for databases which differentiate those types, like mysql)
- is return type trigger - allowing to separate trigger functions from other ones (useful for postgresql)
- others, based on argument types, argument appearance, name pattern etc, as for customizing for personal needs
I can imagine it might be most demanding, but the result will be more flexible (across various dbms) giving significant return value for users as well as for future development.
Thu Jan 19, 2017 6:51 am
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Guys, please give some love to this issue.
Splitting postgresql functions into separate folders by void non-void return type really hurts.
Would be OK if all functions will be in the single folder
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I submitted new change request to make that separation optional and configurable.
Tue May 23, 2017 10:52 am
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Is this feature available already (in SA10)?
As you probably know, postgresql v11 supports real procedures. Since this Procedures folder should contain procedures only, while all functions (regardless returned datatype) should be put into Functions folder.
with regards
Wed Nov 07, 2018 12:59 pm
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We have this behavioral change scheduled for 10.1 maintenance release in which we will provide management interface for PG 11. As part of the change there will be proper separation of functions and procedures, they won't be mixed together.
PS. In my personal opinion PG development community took the right turn in finally after so many years embraced that procedures and functions play have different purposes. Or maybe take a step further, and accept that functions not returning anything are indeed procedures used to execute operations, not calculate results, so they should be called by their name "procedures" and shouldn't need a SELECT statement to execute them. Hope one day they accept that there is also a place for triggers instead of trigger functions.
Thu Nov 08, 2018 2:08 am
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It's great news. I'm happy to hear you are keep tracking new versions of databases
Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:45 am
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