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Let $k$ be field. Let $A$, $B$ be $k$-algebras, and let ${}_AM_B$ be a dualizable bimodule.
Pre-Question (too naive): Is the algebra of $A$-$B$-bilinear endomorphisms of $M$ necessarily finite dimensional?
Answer: No. Take $A$ some infinite dimensional commutative algebra, and $M={}_AA_A$. Then $End({}_AA_A)=A$ is not finite dimensional.
Question: Assume that $A$ and $B$ have finite dimensional centers. Is it then true that the algebra of $A$-$B$-bilinear endomorphisms of $M$ has to be finite dimensional?
Special case for which I know the answer to be positive:
If $k=\mathbb C$ or $\mathbb R$, and if we're in a C*-algebra context, then I know how to prove that $End({}_AM_B)$ is finite dimensional. But my proof relies on certain inequalities, and it does not generalize.
A bimodule ${}_AM_B$ is called left dualizable if there is an other bimodule ${}_BN_A$ (the left dual) and maps $r:{}_AA_A\to {}_AM\otimes_BN_A$ and $s:{}_BN\otimes_AM_B\to {}_BB_B$ such that $(1\otimes s)\circ(r\otimes 1) = 1_M$ and $(s\otimes 1)\circ(1\otimes r) = 1_N$.
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I thought I'd start my own topic to write about my experiences with fasting, dieting and other things. I hope that I can get a better understanding of myself by writing this down.
I also hope to get to a better solution than what I have been doing before. I'm not very often on this forum and often I write nothing for months so updates on this
topic can take a long time.
My health program:
I started fasting many years ago. Then came the diets. My latest "program" looked like this: I was doing 24-hour water fasts twice a week. And I ate a paleo diet with one
cheat day a week. Once a month I did a longer water fast (3 days). I also do Qi Gong exercises at least once a day.
About one month ago I learned a new Qi Gong/Tai Chi technique that caused some positive changes in my body and mind. Then I had a strong feeling that I should just eat
what I wanted to and to stop the diets and the routine fasting. I was afraid to suffer negative consequences (e.g. feeling bad, having less energy, health problems, etc.
I think many of you on this forum know what I mean) at first but I trust my intuition more than anything else so I did it. Only now that I changed my habits I start to
understand why I want to/should stop fasting now and why I needed to start doing it seriously about 5 or 6 years ago.
I had some pain on the first day of eating "normal" but after that I felt better than on my fasting/dieting routine. I even had more energy than before. This went on for a few weeks.
Then I started to feel sick for a few days (like having a cold) but I could continue to work normally and do everything that I usually do. I just had less energy than normal.
It was over after a few days but a state of having less energy remained. Some days later I did not feel very good so I did a "spontaneous" fast that lasted for about 2.5 days.
On the first day I noticed an increase in my energy level. Now I'm trying to find other ways to maintain an energy level that is high enough for me. I recently found out that just following my intuition
and always acting on it helps me a lot here again. I'm also experimenting a bit with things like fish cod liver oil, pine pollen and practicing more Qi Gong and Tai Chi.
Some conclusions for myself:
- Eating what your body desires to eat can be very healthy. At least it makes me happier.
- The paleo diet is not necessarily good for me. This depends of course, I found out that my mood increased when I ate only fruits and vegetables and left out the meat for breakfast, for example.
My mood decreased again after having mainly meat for breakfast. It probably depends on your body and your desires/needs. After eating vegan some years ago I had a strong
desire for meat and it felt very healthy to eat. Now I have overdone it and it feels healthier to eat bread and other meals made of grains.
What I want to do:
- Eat whatever I want and still enjoy optimum health and have a lot of energy.
Maybe I should add why I even started to get involved with fasting and health. There was a time when I didn't feel very good. I think I did not really have any health related problems (I was only 15 or 16). But fasting helped me feel better, I didn't know of any other solutions. I had more energy and felt balanced inside. Now I feel it's time for me to let go of that. I just want to eat "normal" again. Now that I try to do that, I see the following: Fasting is very effective in regenerating yourself but it also makes you feel "empty" inside, as I would describe it (low or no libido, weaker desires and wishes in general, and a state similar to boredom; you're not enjoying the material world anymore but rather "yourself" or nothing at all). There's also less need for social contact and I tend to isolate myself the more I fast. But this is only my experience with it. Maybe it's a bit similar to what JMW describes in his book about fasting people. I have to say that I don't like that state of emptiness very much. It might just not be an experience that I need to have at the moment.
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I have the same experience. As soon as I wanted less and less to be in society from fasting, I tried to come back and eat 'whatever I want" within reason of course, and have the same energy and "zest for life" that I did before the consciousness expansion and fasting. But for me, it's been impossible to go back. My body reacts to everything, my psyche is dulled, and most things aren't that exciting to me anymore, like money and material things. I seem to always feel nothing really makes sense here anymore. I dont really fit in anywhere anymore, as I spend a lot of time alone now. It's not really a depressing thing, it's just I don't feel I need much!
I also started fasting as an intuition to feel better and more balanced. Now I see where all of this will take me if and when I choose to fast longer.
I wish you the best on your fasting/eating experiments!
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Hi RBE,
thanks for answering and describing your experience. I can relate to much of what you write, for example that feeling of the body reacting to different foods and having a weaker psyche after eating them. A few years ago I thought this was a negative reaction to food but after I started doing Tai Chi and Qi Gong exercises those negative effects mostly disappeared. What I understand now is that my body was out of a balance and through the exercises it got back to a more balanced state. Though at that time I continued the diets and the fasting because I thought they would be good for me. Maybe I also just needed that back then.
What do you mean exactly? What will happen if you choose to fast longer?
I hope I won't need many more experiments with fasting or dieting
. I'm a bit tired of them. I'm rather trying to find a way to live without them. Fortunately, it has worked great since I started this topic. I feel much better now, without any need for fasting or changing something about my nutrition.
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If i keep fasting i will disappear, literally.
Qi gong and yoga seem to make me more sensitive but they do re balance me.
Everything i eat affects my vibration so it does get old after a while.
I guess we are all different and i still don't understand the "why" as i find my self asking that question all the time now
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Kenneth Feinberg has handled compensation for Virginia Tech shooting victims and the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, and now he is the administrator for the One Fund, which will compensate the victims of the Boston Marathon twin bombings. The One Fund has currently raised over $21M and has had more than 50,000 individuals contribute. Feinberg joins Morning Joe to discuss.
A fund to help victims in the Boston Marathon bombings will be divided up first to families of those killed, then by the severity of injuries, but no one should expect to have 100 percent of their expenses covered, the administrator said Monday night.
"Whatever we do with this fund is inadequate," Ken Feinberg, administrator of One Fund Boston said in town hall for victims and their families. "Everyone, please lower your expectations about this fund. If you had a billion dollars you would not have enough money to deal with the problems with these attacks."
Feinberg is a Massachusetts native who also administered funds involving 9/11 victims as well as victims in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater massacre and Virginia Tech shootings.
He did promise payouts by June 30 to the families of three people killed in the blasts, the MIT campus police officer killed in the aftermath as well as people who suffered other severe injuries such as double amputations.
Families of the dead and those who lost more than one limb could potentially each receive "well over $1 million," he said.
In addition to the people killed, some 260 others were wounded or injured in the twin bombings, and several required amputations.
"It's unique to have so many catastrophic injuries that require compensation," Feinberg said.
Feinberg talked through a draft protocol that when finalized will dictate who gets money in the fund and how much. He said mental trauma compensation would be "iffy," and also said outpatients -- people went to the hospital but were then quickly released -- are unlikely to get much if any of the funds.
Rock Center checks in on Celeste and Sydney Corcoran, the mom and daughter wounded in the Boston bombings. They move from the hospital to a rehabilitation facility where the journey of recovery continues. NBC News' Natalie Morales reports.
The protocol includes categories of physical injuries with death, double amputations, single amputations, paralysis, brain injuries at the top and less severe injuries below.
Feinberg and his staff will make the final determination on the protocol, set to be in place by May 15, when applications will be available for victims to apply for aid. Those seeking compensation will have until June 15 to submit an application.
Payouts to individuals are expected on June 30, when the fund's administration will be turned over local board of directors.
One way to decide on compensation is to find out how long each victim has been in the hospital, Feinberg said. But whether the existing insurance coverage of victims or other financial wealth should be taken into account — so called means-testing — is still unresolved.
In the other victims' compensation funds, it was decided not to account for individual financial resources because it slows the process down, he said.
A least two members of the town hall audience agreed that means testing would be a drag on quickly getting victims money, a goal set by the fund.
Another town hall to receive input on the process will take place in the same location – the Boston Public Library at Copley Square – at 10 a.m. on Tuesday.
Feinberg said more than 50,000 private individuals and companies have contributed to One Fund Boston, many with $5 or $10 donations.
The fund has already raised more than $28 million, Feinberg said. Some $11 million dollars of that is already available, and the $17 million remaining is pledged but not yet donated, he said,
At Virginia Tech, Feinberg said, students who witnessed the carnage in the classroom shooting were compensated for mental trauma. That hasn't been decided in Boston yet, but he called it "iffy."
Tragedies such as the Boston bombings bring an outpouring of generosity, he said, and bring the country together. He noted that the entire One Fund Boston fund was from private donations, unlike the $7.1 billion 9/11 compensation fund, which was legislated by Congress.
"I'm always amazed at the charitable impulse of people," Feinberg said. "We have 50,000 private donors. It reaffirms your faith in the American people."
Still, some in the audience appeared disappointed that outpatients were unlikely to be compensated, including victim who have no insurance and must pay their entire emergency room bills.
Killed in the blasts were Boston University grad student Lingzi Lu, 23, from the city of Shnyang in northeastern China; Krystle Campbell, 29, a steakhouse manager from Arlington, Mass. and Martin Richard, 8, of Dorchester, who was waiting for his dad, Bill Richard, at the finish line along with his mother and sister, who were seriously wounded.
Sean Collier, a 26-year-old MIT campus officer, was fatally shot by the bombing suspects Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as they fled a massive manhunt in the wake of their public identification, police said.
- Funeral director in Boston bombing case used to serving the unwanted
- Tsarnaev pal can be released with limits, lawyers say


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Risen Rose: Sushi with karaoke on the side
Like its Japanese eponym, who taunted U.S. soldiers in the Pacific during WW II with her infamous radio broadcasts, Tokyo Rose, the restaurant, has been taunting sushi lovers in Charlottesville for months with rumors of its re-opening. Of course, we're sure the new owners weren't spreading propaganda, but sushi lovers still want to know: when will Tokyo Rose be back?
Get ready to karaoke! Dish has learned that the new owners of Tokyo Rose plan to re-open the beloved sushi joint December 20. Unfortunately, the new Rose won't be hosting the Goth and alternative music scene of the former incarnation, but they have installed a karaoke space downstairs, complete with new video screen and stereo system. Interim Rose spokesperson Misty Goode said that while there will probably be no live music, there's still room downstairs for dancing and, of course, lip-syncing your favorite pop tunes.
Still, the renovations are impressive. In addition to the new bar and karaoke room downstairs, and new tiles on the floor, the old upstairs bar has been transformed into a large wood and glass sushi bar.
In the old sushi bar spot, the owners have installed a private VIP room and glass display case with flowers and a shimmering red kimono. As far as Dish could tell, the owners have spared no expense in up-scaling the Rose, including a luxurious ladies room and a gleaming new kitchen.
According to Goode, the new owners expected to be open this week, but Goode has grown conservative after a few delays– hence the December 20 prediction. Asked her role at the Rose, Goode laughs and says, "I speak English."
Apparently the new owners– who also own Soho near Dürty Nelly's– are as authentically Japanese as we hope their sushi will be. For late-night karaoke fun, the new Rose will be open 'til 2am on Saturday and all others days until 11pm.
KIKI LIGHTS UP 5th STREET
"Don't go breaking my heart/I couldn't if I tried..."
Sorry, but Dish can't help thinking about Kiki Dee's duet with Elton John every time we think about the new place on 5th street, Kiki Café and Bar.
Of course, there's nothing '70s about Kiki. The cool lime green design suggests something more modern, complete with shimmering steel-colored bar and a flat-screen plasma television. (Incidentally, the space was designed by co-owner Jeanie Brown's architect husband, Mike Stoneking.)
Maybe it's just the lyrics. In early November, Kiki told us they'd be opening after Thanksgiving. Come mid-December, it had begun to feel like a gentle brush-off: "Yeah, I'd love to get together with you. Maybe next week sometime. We'll talk."
Heartbroken, Dish knocked on Kiki's door to get some answers.
"We've just been trying to work the kinks out," says battle-weary co-owner Michael Fitzgerald from behind the bar.
"We opened for a test run last night, and it was a little wild." Fitzgerald can be forgiven his shell shock at opening the new business. Asked if he's had any previous experience running a restaurant, he says, "Well, I used to own a kite shop."
In the end, Kiki didn't go break Dish's heart. In fact, the small but stylish venue had another test run on December 10 and is planning a grand opening for December 15. In addition to Fitzgerald's self-proclaimed "best in town" mojito, the menu offers fresh paninis, clams casino, salads with pork loin and London broil, and fresh guacamole.
Kiki is also stepping up to plate as a late-night venue. They'll be open 11am-3pm during the day, then 5pm-2am at night. We've been waiting for a place to liven up that forgotten corner of 5th street near the C&O on Water Street, and it looks like Kiki Café and Bar might be just the ticket.
The Rose's new karaoke room
The old bar becomes a sushi bar.
The old sushi bar becomes the VIP room.


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PLEASE NOTE that the Tennessee State Library and Archives does not hold copies of all of the items listed in this bibliography. Please check the Tennessee State Library and Archives Online Catalog or visit the Ask Us a Question! web page to contact the Library and Archives and verify we have an item in our collection. We will respond to e-mail requests promptly; response time may vary, depending on the amount of research required to answer your question and the unique nature of your request. If you need immediate assistance you may call the reference desk at (615) 741-2764 or visit us in person.
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Alford, Bobby. History of Lawrence County, TN. N.p., the author, 1994. 181 pp.
Annals of Lawrence County, TN. Lawrenceburg, Lawrence County Hist. Soc., 1970-1972. 2 vols.
Biographical directory, TN General Assembly, 1796-1969 (Lawrence County, Preliminary #27). Nashville, 1971. 61 pp.
Cole, Estha. Places in Lawrence County, TN, "then & now." Loretto, the author, 1994. 101 pp.
Flood insurance study: Lawrence County, TN, & unincorporated areas. Washington, D.C., FEMA, 1988. 15 pp.
Goodspeed's history of TN (Lawrence County, pp. 749-763, 807-849). Goodspeed, 1886.
Lawrence County, 1980-1987: an economic analysis. Nashville, TN Dept. Emp. Sec., 1988. 12 pp.
Lawrence County Hist. Soc. Bulletin. No. 1-55, 1953-1967. (monthly) Lawrence County Hist. Soc.
Matthews, James T. Characteristics of Lawrence County beef producers & their farms; Management practices of Lawrence County beef producers; Factors influencing beef management practice adoption by Lawrence County beef producers (three related special problems in lieu of thesis, UT, 1968. 150 pp.)
Moore, Lewis E., ed. "Glimpses of Lawrence County history," a class anthology for American History 2121L, Columbia State Community College, winter quarter, 1970. Columbia, the college, 1970. 73 pp.
Morrison, John F. A brief history of early Lawrence County, TN. By John F. Morrison, Jr., the county historian of Lawrence County, TN. Lawrenceburg, n.p., 1968. 50 pp.
Murray cycle. A bicentennial series: "Great moments in Lawrence County history." No. 1, Oct., 1975-no. 15, Dec., 1976 (a special series of the Murray cycle, Lawrenceburg, TN, Murray Ohio Co.)
Oldham, Patricia C. Lawrence County, TN: planning for the global economy: an examination of local human capital development, emerging telecommunications technologies, & the increasing self-sufficiency of local economic development. UT thesis, 1994. 156 pp.
Preparing for economic growth & change, Lawrence County. Prepared by M. Lynn Holliday et al. Nashville, TN Advisory Comm. on Intergovernmental Relations, 1990. 84 pp.
Rowles, W.P. Life & character of Capt. Wm. B. Allen, of Lawrence County, TN, who fell at the storming of Monterey on the 21st of September, 1846; with an appendix, containing a number of his essays & speeches. Columbia, J.J. McDaniel, 1853. 228 pp.
Soil management of Lawrence County farms according to their soil resources. Knoxville, UT Ag. Exp. Sta., 1951. 48 pp.
Soil survey, Lawrence County, TN. Washington, D.C., US GPO, 1905, 1959.
Stearns, Richard G. Hydrology, geology, & erosion by leaching in Skillman Basin on the western highland rim, Lawrence County, TN. Nashville, TN Dept. Conservation, 1971. 33 pp.
TN Dept. Transportation [county maps] issued periodically.
TN Valley Authority. Ind. Div. Agricultural-industrial survey of Lawrence County, TN. Knoxville, TVA, 1934. var. pp.
US Geol. Survey [topographic maps] issued periodically. Quadrangles: Riverside, Henryville, Summertown, Sandy Hook, Ovilla, Deerfield, Ethridge, Campbellsville, Westpoint, Long Branch, Lawrenceburg, Bodenham, St. Joseph, Loretto, Bonnertown, Appleton.
Wilson, Charles M. The impact of industrial development on Lawrence County, TN. UT thesis, 1965. pp.
Wilson, John M. Geohydrology of Skillman Basin on the western highland rim, TN. Nashville, TN Dept. Conservation, 1968. 79 pp.
Yesterday & today in Lawrence County. Vol. 1, Apr. 1978-. (triannual) Lawrence County Hist. Soc.
David Crockett in Lawrence County
Kelly, C.C. Tennessee's hero of the Alamo, Col. David Crockett & businessmen's directory. Written & compiled by Sen. C.C. Kelly. Lawrenceburg, n.p., 1922. 24 pp.
Lawrence County Hist. Soc. David Crockett in Lawrence County, TN: historical information. Lawrenceburg, 1953-1955. var. pp.
Morrison, John F. & Bob Hamslely. The real David Crockett, a short, authentic, illustrated history of TN's famous hunter, frontiersman... & hero of the Alamo, Col. David Crockett... Lawrenceburg, n.p., 1955. 38 pp.
Industrial Development Board of Iron City. Economic resources report, Iron City, TN. Iron City, the board, 1982. 97 pp.
Album: the historic Lawrenceburg region. Lawrenceburg, First National Bank, 1976. 35 pp.
Alexander, William F., Jr. & John T. Morrison, Jr., comps. Early sales & ownership of lots in Lawrenceburg, TN. Lawrenceburg, Lawrence County Hist. Soc., 1970. 97 pp.
Bryce, Sibyl N. History of the First Methodist Church, Lawrenceburg, TN, 1824-1962. Lawrenceburg, J.D. Vaughan Pub. Co., 1962. 76 pp.
Carpenter, Viola H. & Marymaud K. Carpenter. Our hometown, Lawrenceburg, TN: the crossroads of Dixie. Lawrenceburg, Lino-Litho Printers, 1986. 457 pp.
Fleming, Jo L. James D. Vaughan: music publisher, Lawrenceburg, TN, 1912- 1964. Union Theological Seminary dissertation, 1972. 173 pp.
History of Loretto, TN area: as we remember; as we've been told. History Committee, Estha Cole, chairman. Loretto, Byler Press, 1986. 154 pp.
Reeves, Charles E. Loretto in the happy long ago, 1800-1954. Lawrenceburg, n.p., 1954. 15 pp.
Curtis, Sandy. A look at the past. Lawrenceburg, Bassham's Print Shop, 1976. 106 pp.
Smithson, Jesse H. A history of West Point, TN, formerly Blountville. N.p., 1981. 209 pp.
Welch, Paul. A history of West Point & surrounding territory: "I tell the tale as 'twas told to me" & other things from memory. Lawrenceburg, the author, 1962. 137 pp.


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Friday, January 27, 2012
Check Out Megan Smolenyak's New Look
In celebration of her new book, Hey, America, Your Roots Are Showing (Kensington, 2012), internationally-known Megan Smolenyak has developed a new website giving her a whole new look.
The website, MeganSmolenyak.com, is fresh, clean and inviting, giving a new crop of genealogists an approachable way to get to know Megan and her love of genealogy.
After checking out the new website I gave Megan a call to get her take on the site and what's going on in her life.
Megan tells me that it was her new book that sparked the idea for the new website. She wanted to provide a site that wasn't overwhelming for a more mainstream audience.
The main page of the website features a photo of travel trunks taken by Megan at Ellis Island. Megan says it's the first thing you see when entering the immigration building at Ellis Island and really gives a sense of our ancestors journey to America.
A fun, whimsical feature on Megan site is the appearance of floating, glowing circles on the individual trunks. Viewers need to hover over the circles to see what they reveal, creating a click and see what's behind this curtain effect that leads the viewer to more in-depth content.
One of the things Megan likes the best about her new website is that it is easy to navigate. "It's straight forward and easy for people to find the information they are looking for."
On the very front of the home page is a short 3 1/2 minute video. Megan says, ""I hope people watch the video. It's a fun introduction."
What About the Old Website?
Have no fear, the old website isn't going away. Her Honoring Our Ancestors site will remain firmly in place and act as a repository for the in-depth and historical content that already exists on the site.
What's Happening Next?
In the coming months Megan will be doing book signings at a number of Barnes & Noble bookstores in the NJ/Philadelphia/DC area promoting Hey, America, Your Roots Are Showing which is being released Tuesday, January 31, 2011.
Be on the lookout for book signings coming to your area.
Congratulations Megan, on the new website and the new book!
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Braun, Burkhard (d. 1567)
Burkhard Braun (Bämerle, Bärml), an evangelist, one of the first preachers of the South German Anabaptists at the beginning of the Reformation. He was born in Ofen, was a goldbeater by vocation, and is known in the court records mostly as Burkhard von Ofen. Only a few facts have been handed down about his work. We hear of him first soon after the Martyrs' Synod, which met in Augsburg, 20 August 1527. He apparently joined the Anabaptists at that time; in the following month he was arrested at Augsburg because he had been baptized, and on 1 October 1527 was expelled from the city with his wife and children as a nonresident. He became a zealous worker in the vicinity of Augsburg as elder of the church; in Göggingen he baptized both Margarethe Anwald and Bernhard Zirgkendorfer, who were therefore executed with Eitelhans Langenmantel 11 May 1528, at Weissenhorn. At Christmas 1527 he conducted a meeting in the big house near Wellenburg. Then he went to Passau, where he also preached and baptized in January 1528 and ordained the schoolmaster of Burghausen, Wolfgang Welser, as elder; this was related by the captured members of the congregation at Passau. Later he went to Moravia and joined the congregation in Austerlitz. When this congregation divided in 1530 he sided with Georg Zaunring and Wilhelm Reublin. When this group went to Auspitz he was given charge of the care and comfort of the sick and the children who were left behind and could not follow until homes were prepared for them in Austerlitz. In the same year he was banned because he criticized the church, but, as the chronicle states, the authorities could produce no evidence.
He joined the Philippites, and by 1542 had joined the Hutterites. According to Hutterite accounts he was imprisoned and tortured in 1557 and died in 1567 after becoming a Hutterite Servant of the Word.
Beck, Josef. Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: I, 256.
Nicoladoni, Alexander. Johannes Bünderlin von Linz und die oberösterreichischen Täufergemeinden in den Jahren 1525-1531. Berlin: Gaertner, 1893.
Packull, Werner O. Hutterite Beginnings : Communitarian Experiments During the Reformation. Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995: 285, 288, 397-398 (n. 31).
Roth, Friedrich. Zeitschrift des Historischen Vereins für Schwaben und Neuburg 27-28 (1900, 1901).
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Hege, Christian and Samuel J. Steiner. "Braun, Burkhard (d. 1567)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 2009. Web. 12 Jul 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Braun,_Burkhard_(d._1567)&oldid=165603.
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Hege, Christian and Samuel J. Steiner. (2009). Braun, Burkhard (d. 1567). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 12 July 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Braun,_Burkhard_(d._1567)&oldid=165603.
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American League Central Preview
America's pastime returns today which means summer is coming. Fans can now enjoy hot dogs and crackerjacks while watching pitchers toss fastballs, and hitters blast home runs into the outfield seats.
On Opening Night last night, the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers for their first American League win since switching leagues. Today is Opening Day for the rest of the Major League Baseball teams.
Here's a quick preview of the American League Central teams in 2013:
Detroit Tigers:
Last year, the Detroit Tigers fell in the World Series to the San Francisco Giants, and this year they may be the favorite to get back there from the American League.
The Tigers have the most complete team in the division from pitching to hitting, and are set to win the division title for a second straight year. MVP and Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera comes back alongside Prince Fielder, and Victor Martinez is healthy again. Plus, the Tigers signed veteran outfielder Torii Hunter. Their pitching rotation is led by Justin Verlander, 16-game winner Max Scherzer, and a healthy Anibal Sanchez.
Chicago White Sox:
The White Sox may be the only team that may challenge the Tigers. The Sox are led by power hitters, Paul Konerko, and Adam Dunn. They return infielders Alexi Ramirez, and Gordon Beckham, and their pair of young outfielders may be counted on more than ever. Alejandro De Aza hit .281, with nine homers and 26 stolen bases, and Dayan Viciedo hit .255 with 25 home runs last year.
Their starting rotation may be their biggest weakness. They have an ace, Chris Sale. Sale was 21-11 with a 2.89 ERA, but then the rotation gets inconsistent. Jake Peavy was 11-12 with a 3.37 ERA, Gavin Floyd was 12-11 with a 4.29 ERA, and Jose Quintana is coming off his rookie year.
Kansas City Royals:
The Royals may be the most underrated team in the division. The Royals farm system may finally be developed, and this may be their year. They are led by star outfielder Alex Gordon, who hit .303 with 23 home runs a year ago. Billy Butler, Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Danny Duffy, and Aaron Crow are all under 25 and appear ready at their shot at the Big Leagues.
Their star may be catcher Salvador Perez, who will start the year on the disabled list. Perez' stat line was .331/.361/.473 in just 158 plate appearances a year ago. Outfielder Lorenzo Cain will get to play a full year after being blocked by Melky Cabrera. Cain hit .303 in 181 plate appearances last year.
The Royals ace will be James Shields, who comes over for heralded prospect Wil Meyers.
Cleveland Indians:
The Indians have a new manager, Terry Francona, and paid big money to get free agents Nick Swisher, Michael Bourn, Brett Meyers, and Mark Reynolds.
Their rotation has potential, but has question marks. Justin Masterson won 11 games last year with a 4.93 ERA and Ubaldo Jimenez lost 17 games. Brett Meyers was a reliever last year, and will have to get used to being in the rotation again. Their closer, Chris Perez is their strongest pitching option. Perez had 39 saves in 2012 for the Indians.
Minnesota Twins:
The Twins finished in last place last year, and are young again. Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau, the M&M boys', will lead the team.
The Twins traded away Ben Revere and Denard Span to make room for outfield prospect Aaron Hicks. Hicks had a fantastic Spring Training, as he hit .350/.397/.650 with four home runs, 16 RBIs, 16 runs, and three stolen bases.
Trevor Plouffe will also look to build off a strong 2012. Last year, the third baseman hit .235 with 24 home runs, 99 hits, 56 runs, 55 RBIs in 119 games played.
Their biggest weakness last year was their pitching. In the offseason, they bolstered the pitching as Opening Day starter, Vance Worley comes from Philadelphia. His best year was in 2011 when he went 11-3 with an 3.01 ERA and 119 strikeouts.
Scott Diamond is ready to build off his fantastic rookie season, where he went 12-9 with a 3.54 ERA and 90 strikeouts. Diamond is scheduled to be back April 12 in the rotation after suffering an injury.
Glen Perkins is the Twins' closer, after going 3-1 with a 2.56 ERA and 16 of 20 in save opportunities.
It should be a fun year for baseball fans as they cannot wait for the umpire to yell, "Play ball!"


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CenterPoint settles lawsuit with family of 2 burned children, begins inspection of guy wires
As part of a settlement with a Spring family whose children were burned by a loose wire, CenterPoint Energy will inspect all 220,000 of its guy-wire installations in the Houston region.
The company also agreed to launch a television campaign to raise awareness about potential safety hazards of broken or damaged guy wires like the ones that caused two children to be critically burned in February 2013. A guy wire is a non-electrical tension cable used to stabilize a utility pole.
"This is an unprecedented settlement," attorney Anthony Buzbee, who represented the family, said by email Saturday.
Christopher and Sarah Zarsky sued CenterPoint Energy and CenterPoint Energy Houston in the 164th State District Court after two of their three children were burned last year when a guy wire that had come loose from its anchor in the ground contacted energized components of a CenterPoint power line, according to court documents.
Christopher Zarsky said in the lawsuit that he had notified the company that a corroded guy wire broke away from the underground anchor, leaving it to swing loose.
Despite knowing about the loose wire and its proximity to the energized power lines, "CenterPoint failed to do anything to repair the loose guy wire or otherwise prevent it from becoming energized," the plaintiff's petition stated.
It went on to say that CenterPoint management knew about the "extreme degree of risk" posed by insufficient insulators on its guy wires and by buried guy-wire anchors but did nothing to correct "this systemic problem."
Backyard tragedy
The 3-year-old boy and 5-year-old girl who were playing in the backyard when the guy wire contacted the utility pole's energized components were electrocuted, knocked unconscious and severely burned, the petition stated.
Their 7-year-old brother was also in the backyard, helping to watch his siblings, but he was out of range of the electric current, documents stated.
The injured children were taken by medical helicopter to Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston, where they received burn treatment, including multiple skin grafts and surgeries.
A confidential settlement reached last month was announced Friday by CenterPoint Energy. The settlement included trusts in undisclosed amounts for all three children.
"We are sorry the family had to experience this traumatic event," Tracy Bridge, division president of CenterPoint Energy Houston, said in a prepared statement.
"While these types of incidents are extremely rare, CenterPoint Energy takes them seriously and is committed to identifying and remedying potential safety issues related to guy wires."
The children are doing much better, Buzbee's email stated.
"Although they have a long road ahead of them, they have a close and supportive family," he said. "Shriner's burn unit in Galveston has been wonderful."
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Any needed repairs uncovered by the inspections are expected to be completed by summer, the company said.
CenterPoint says anyone who sees a broken or damaged guy wire should call the company at 713-207-2222 and should stay away from the equipment until it is repaired.


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Writers and neurosis, it's like peanut butter and jelly. Oh sure, they can be separate, but chances are they are going to come together. That's the wonderfully cracked world that = writer/director Josh Boone's covers in his debut feature Writers. It's about a family of writers, a successful father (Greg Kinnear) with a literary legacy, and his two children: Lily Collins' a uber-cynical college student who just published her first novel about her sexual misadventures, and Nat Wolf's struggling high schooler obsessed with Stephen King. Kinnear pays his children to keep diaries, which is ripe for reading and embarrassment and the absent mother (Jennifer Connolly) recently left the family in a painful divorce that scarred them all.
In Boone's hands the loosely autobiographical material became a comedy of sadness, a tone helped in no small part by star Greg Kinnear. A former talk show host turned actor with a string of interesting work in films like As Good As It Gets, Auto Focus, Little Miss Sunshine, and Ghost Town, Kinnear has carved out a place for himself as a charmingly befuddled leading man equally capable of loosening his audience's tear ducts and tickling their funny bones. Collider participated in a group interview with both the director and star shortly after the film's premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, delving subjects like awkward autobiography, playing with big screen personas, and the difficulties associated with landing a Stephen King cameo. Hit the jump for all the details.
Question: How long did it take for you to get this first film off the ground?
JOSH BOONE: I always wanted to make movies. I watch the JJ Abrams movie Super 8 with tears in my eyes because that was me and my friends growing up. I think writers write about writing because that's what we know best. If you look at Stephen King books a writer is often the main character, so I think that's common. It took ten years to get this made though. I had other projects with great actors attached, this just ended up being the one that I finally got to roll down the mountain. I wrote the first scene in the classroom in high school. That first page I had for a very long time. And then I wrote Lilly's first monologue in college and I had that for a long time. Then eventually I just started writing notes for about 8 months after looking back on both of those scenes. Then I sat down and wrote it as fast as I could. I blazed through it. I'd thought about it for years before hand, but when it's time to write, it's time to write and I sit down for 6-8 hours a day and get it done.
How did you get involved with the film Greg, and are you apprehensive at all about working with first time filmmakers?
GREG KINNEAR: Well, I've done it a few times, not a lot. Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Farris were the last ones on Little Miss Sunshine and that obviously worked out. They were great, very organized. I thought Josh was very organized. He had written a script that was very personal. In fact, I sat down with him the first I met with him and he told me that the relationship between myself and Jennifer Connolly's character was born out of his wishlist for his parents. His parents had a divorce and it was always devastating to him, which he talked about quite openly and said, "you know, if they could have found away back this movie was always the dream." They didn't, but I just thought that was a sweet sentiment and interesting starting place. The "what if" of that. There's something kind of romantic about it, so I read the script with that in mind. And then it's obviously a multi-generational story. All these multigenerational storylines, high school, college, first love and all that. All of the plotlines had something that resonated with me or felt honest anyways. So that's how I came on.
And you didn't have to shave either, which was probably nice.
KINNEAR: Yep, I didn't have to shave, which is great for the first week and then you start scratching and thinking, "goddamn to I want to shave right now. I'd give anything for a nice hot shave." I won't be in a beard anytime soon. My hat's off to Jeff Daniels for that Noah Baumbach movie now.
That was a serious beard.
KINNEAR: Oh yeah, I didn't give him enough respect before. He deserves it.
Josh, was it difficult for you to be directing actors in such a personal and autobiographical story?
BOONE: Yeah, It's really personal and there were definitely moments on set when I was very uncomfortable and had a hard time shooting. I feel a little better about it now, but it's still very personal. Greg was great about it though.
KINNEAR: That's right, keep it up Josh.
Have your parents seen the movie yet?
BOONE: They've seen it and they are very emotional about it. My mom read the script and has been a big supporter. They aren't very much like Bill and Eric. They are very different characters. I just based some of the things about the divorce on my parents divorce and fictionalized it a little bit. It's more about the kids and how they felt about the divorce that made it very personal for me. It was wish fulfillment to get my parents back together, but it's not completely clear if that happens in the end. I'm an optimist though. I think it worked out.
Greg, how did you find playing such an odd father compared to what I'm assuming is a much more sane home in your own life?
KINNEAR: Well, my guy doesn't have a lot of relaxed time because he's so neurotic. I have three daughters and that's a lot of responsibility right now. It's was interesting and a little jarring when I read the script looking at how my character spoke to his children, because it's just so straight forward and such an adult approach. Ultimately I found it refreshing because its just such am untypical father/daughter dialogue where there's normally a generation separating their communication. It was very straightforward and very honest. Not the kind of conversation that I have with my own children, but I thought there was something refreshing about that. Obviously it's a double-edged sword because if you treat your children as an equal, then they'll treat you as an equal and start talking about you having sex and stuff. It was a little uncomfortable at times to have Lily addressing some of the things that she was addressing with me, but I did enjoy it. He's the cool Dad. I'm not sure I'm a cool dad.
I enjoyed how damaged and neurotic the character was. Do you like to play characters like that to play on the image people have of you?
KINNEAR: Well, I don't know what image people have of me.
You're a nice guy.
KINNEAR: Oh damnit. I need to swear more. I need to smoke more. I need to get hooked on pills. I do have Bob Crane, I guess. I'm not sure. I think I responded to this in another way. Someone said yesterday, is this a drama or a comedy and I'm like, "yes, yes." I do like movies that delve in both. It's not easy to tell a story about writers and make that feel like a complete story and an interesting story. But I thought there was something interesting happening with these characters. They were pushing and pulling each other in their own storylines that ultimately resolves itself in a great way. They've all changed and moved each other, ending in a great place. And that aspect of the show did appeal to me.
Was it difficult to get Stephen King for his cameo and did you have any other options?
BOONE: I still remember when [producer] Judy Cairo called me. We were about to shoot and still didn't know, which is pretty terrifying because it's such a big part of the story. But she called me and said, "I'm going to be your favorite person in the world, I got you Stephen King," I started jumping up and down. I don't know what we would have done otherwise. I told them, "if we can't get Stephen King, I'm not going to do this movie." It was that serious. I actually wrote him a letter when I was twelve. My parents were very Christian so I wasn't around to read them. I used to tear the covers off and hide them in Christian books and keep them in the boxspring under my bed. My parents found It and The Stand and threw them in the fireplace. I actually sent him some of my writing when I was a kid. I came home from school a couple weeks later and there was a big box from Stephen King, he sent me a beautiful letter about being a writer and that I should keep going. My parents were so moved by the fact that he took the time to do that, that my parents let me read his books finally.
Do you miss your talk show at all Greg?
KINNEAR: There are times when I do. I enjoyed doing that show a lot. I took over from Bob Costas and he didn't have an audience, but when I came in the network wanted an audience. I'm not really sure that was right for that show. When an audience comes in there are certain demands on the interview. I do like talking to people and I wouldn't bring in an audience if I ever did it again, but I do miss it at times.


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The 18,000-square-foot facility, open to men and women, will include more than 100 cardio machines from Cybex, Life Fitness, Precor and Concept2, plus three strength lines and an add-on option of personal training. Other features include a RoqBot music system that allows members to customize their music through their iPhone or Android device.
Basic memberships begin at $19; a $27 membership allows a member to bring a friend on each visit.
GymIt is owned by Mark Harrington and his sons, Matt and Mark Jr.
"People want choices for their workout without a major investment," Matt Harrington said in a statement. "GymIt is our response for those people who want to have a clean, fresh, high-quality gym option but aren't prepared financially or mentally to commit for a year-long contract."
The Harringtons own and operate Healthworks, which has five upscale for-profit clubs in the Boston area, plus two nonprofit facilities for homeless and low-income women.


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In this weeks episode of The Readers we head back to the Victorian era and the dark gas lit times of mystery as we talk 'The Somnambulist' with it's author Essie Fox who stays to join us for a discussion on Victorian Literature of its time and the modern twists authors give it now. From Charles Dickens to Sarah Waters and all those in between there's a lot for the lover of Victorian tales and those who want to dip a tentative toe into the genre. Apologies for some wobbles in sound!
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A dog named Bean
"One Health" initiative advances wellness for humans and animals
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Each year, Karen Vernau examines 500 cats and dogs as chief of the Neurology and Neurosurgery Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. So what made Bean stand out?
Where do we begin?
Usually, when we hear about translational research, it's moving from an animal model to the human. In this instance, however, it is the human medical expertise at UC Davis that informs a veterinary case while also providing another example of the university's One Health initiative, which emphasizes the integration of human and animal medicine to advance the health and wellness of all species.
Bean, a two-year old pit bull adopted by Vernau, is a medical mystery of sorts, beset by a web of afflictions that have challenged UC Davis veterinarians — and their colleagues in biomedical engineering and the School of Medicine — to push the envelope and provide the dog groundbreaking treatment.
Bean also may be the most loveable, grateful, resilient dog on Earth. Many pet owners make similar claims about their cherished animals, but Bean — who has gamely endured eight surgeries and multiple other procedures in her short life — proves the point every day.
Let's back up to Bean's first meeting with her UC Davis admirers, which came after her April 2012 rescue by the Humane Society of Silicon Valley. Noting the dog's stiff, abnormal gait — "like an old man wearing flippers," Vernau recalls — shelter staff brought her to the veterinary hospital, where an evaluation revealed improperly formed hip joints and neurological troubles.
"But through it all, Bean has just been an inspiration to all of us fortunate enough to care for her. Her will to live, her incredibly kind disposition — considering all she's been through — it's amazing and hard to put into words. You just have to meet her."
— Peter Belafsky, M.D.
Bean finds a new family
Corrective surgery helped, but Bean's underlying issue was more serious — a form of muscular dystrophy that was also attacking other parts of her body. Within a few months, the gray and white pup was having persistent trouble with regurgitation, the result of a malfunctioning esophagus.
By this time, the Humane Society had determined that Bean was a poor candidate for adoption — and Vernau had fallen in love. So it was that Bean found her new family, which includes Vernau's husband William, also a UC Davis veterinarian, their two children, and two other dogs.
Landing in the lap of highly trained professionals was a stroke of luck for Bean, as her maladies only multiplied. The persistent regurgitation put her at risk of life-threatening aspiration and pneumonia, and the discovery of a massive hiatal hernia soon led to surgery number two. That brought some relief from her swallowing woes, but it was short-lived, as the muscles in her esophagus refused to effectively move food to her stomach.
Unable to hold on to her meals, Bean grew thin, battled pneumonia, and was plagued by regurgitation episodes that sometimes caused her to choke and pass out. By the fall of 2012, her veterinary team needed help and consulted Peter Belafsky, a renowned UC Davis surgeon and an expert in human swallowing and airway disorders.
Human surgeon alleviates a canine's problem
Belafsky concluded that stopping Bean's dangerous regurgitation required a total laryngectomy, or removal of her larynx. Uncommon in dogs, such surgeries typically are used to address cancer, not swallowing problems. Bean marked Belafsky's first such canine larynx removal, and the surgery (performed in conjunction with UC Davis veterinary surgeon Bill Culp) took more than three hours and required two assistants to complete.
Belafsky is no stranger to heroic patients; the type of medical interventions he performs — removing vocal chords, performing the world's second documented larynx transplant, for example — can profoundly affect a person's quality of life. So it was for Bean, who lost her bark and ability to breathe and swallow like normal dogs.
"But through it all, Bean has just been an inspiration to all of us fortunate enough to care for her," Belafsky marvels. "Her will to live, her incredibly kind disposition — considering all she's been through — it's amazing and hard to put into words. You just have to meet her."
One of Belafsky's surgical colleagues on the case, Maggie Kuhn, a clinical fellow in otolaryngology, came away with a similar impression.
"Bean's resiliency in the face of this life-altering procedure has reminded me that a canine or human creature's will to live is, in large part, a product of his or her spirit. Optimism and attitude make such a difference in responding to adversity," Kuhn said.
Bean now breathes through a small hole created in her trachea, or windpipe. But her inability to swallow required the insertion of a permanent feeding tube. That posed a new challenge, because standard adaptors connecting feeding tubes to syringes used to inject the food were too small, causing complications.
Bean prompts another UC Davis collaboration
Thus began yet another collaboration sparked by Bean, as one of her original veterinarians, gastrointestinal specialist Stan Marks, asked the UC Davis biomedical engineering department if they might design a larger adaptor to simplify the feeding process. Marks, along with Belafsky, oversees the university's award-winning One Health integrated aerodigestive tract team, which has led to some of the most complicated surgeries ever performed in humans and canines. In Bean's case, the feeding challenge was met, and the adaptor works so well that engineers are exploring a patent and possible commercial uses.
Today Bean has more good days than bad, and still enjoys destroying soccer balls, watching TV on the couch with the kids, and accompanying Vernau to the vet hospital. There, she has become not only an ambassador of sorts, but also a teaching tool, showing off her tracheotomy and allowing students to experience canine tube feeding.
"She loves people, and sometimes she wags her tail so hard she falls on the ground," Vernau says. "We didn't intend to go down this path with her, but she just sucked us in."
Bean's indomitable spirit
So what does it all mean, this story of Bean? Belafsky hopes her indomitable spirit can inspire human patients struggling with the loss of their voice and the need to breathe through a hole in their neck. He envisions a guest membership in the "Lost Cords Club," which consists of people who've had a laryngectomy and lost the ability to speak and taste.
Marks believes Bean's multiple health issues spurred collaborations that prompted her UC Davis team "to hone our skills and think outside the box in ways that will help countless other animals and people with similar challenges."
And Bean? She's merely grateful for the chance to snuggle and slobber her way through another day.
To learn more about Bean, check out her Facebook page, How is Bean.


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Virginia Indians
Centuries before Europeans first landed at Jamestown in 1607, powerful Native American nations and communities thrived in Virginia, establishing multiple legacies of vitality and diversity.
Three distinctive tribes dominated the territory now known as Virginia during the late 16th century through the 17th century - the Powhatan, the Monacan and Cherokee.
They spoke three different languages - Algonquian, Siouan and Iroquoian - and lived along the banks of the coastal waterways, in woodlands and mountain valleys. They worshiped, hunted, fished, farmed, traded, and enjoyed life.
Today, Virginia Indians maintain their strong cultural heritage, including diversity, within Virginia's Indian communities. Virginia's eleven officially recognized tribes promote Virginia Indian traditions of culture through dance, art, jewelry, clothing, crafts, storytelling - and through their chiefs, reservations, and political activism.
Throughout Virginia, one can find examples of museums, attractions and events where anyone can connect with the vibrant, enlightened life Virginia Indians offer today.
Virginia Indians
Museums and Attractions & Upcoming Events
Virginia's 11 officially recognized tribes today:
- Chickahominy - Charles City County
- Eastern Chickahominy - New Kent County
- Mattaponi - Mattaponi River/King William County
- Upper Mataponi - King William County
- Nansemond - Cities of Suffolk and Chesapeake
- Rappahannock - Indian Neck/King & Queen County
- Monacan Indian Nation - Bear Mountain/Amherst County
- Pamunkey - Pamunkey River/King William County
- Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) - Courtland/Southampton County
- Nottoway of Virginia - Capron/Southampton County
- Patowomeck - Stafford County
Learn more about the early Indian tribes:
The Powhatan Empire
Long before 104 Englishmen landed at Jamestown on May 13, 1607, Powhatan and 10,000 of his people lived in the coastal regions of Virginia all the way north to Washington, D.C.
Powhatan and his famous daughter Pocahontas lived among the Pumunkey Tribe, the most powerful in the Powhatan Empire.
They spoke the Algonquian language and had conquered 30 of the 36 tribal capitals.
Visit the following sites to learn more about the Powhatan:
Central Virginia
Henricus Historical Park - The "Citie of Henricus" in Chester was the second successful English city. It was first inhabited by the Appomattocks tribe, where Pocahontas spent her time as a little girl.
Southern Virginia
MacCallum More Museum & Gardens in Chase City has an extensive Native American collection and is the site for an annual Native American art show and archeology event.
Coastal Virginia
Jamestown Settlement in Williamsburg is a re-created Powhatan Village, where visitors can enjoy hands-on activities, such as scraping out a canoe like the Indians did!
Pamunkey Indian Museum located on the Pamunkey Indian Reservation in King William County. Watch Pamunkey women make the pottery they are famous for throughout the world!
Hampton University Museum in Hampton has one of the most extensive collections of Native American art from more than 93 different tribes.
Mariners' Museum in Newport News features a dugout canoe that was used around 1630 by the Powhatan people.
Chesapeake Bay
The Mattaponi Museum & Minnie HA HA in West Point features traditional articles and display of ancient artifacts. See Pocahontas' necklace here!
Northern Virginia
The Museum of Culpeper History in Culpeper features Native American life through artifacts, displays and special exhibits.
The Monacan Nation
The James River Monacan primarily controlled the area of the upper waters of the James River at Richmond in Central Virginia.
The Monacan also controlled areas of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Shenandoah Valley during the time of the Jamestown landing in 1607.
They were members of the Catawba tribe of the Sioux and spoke the Siouan language.
The area of Bear Mountain in Amherst County has been their ancestral home for more than 10,000 years.
Visit the following sites to learn more about the Monacan:
Shenandoah Valley
Monacan Indian Living History Exhibit in Natural Bridge depicts what life was like more than 300 years ago. See how their homes were built, what they planted and how they played.
Central Virginia
The Monacan Indian Nation Ancestral Museum in Amherst is on the actual land the Monacan have inhabited for more than 10,000 years.
Amherst County Museum & Historical Society also features Monacan history in its permanent exhibits.
The Cherokee
The Cherokee occupied the mountain valleys of southwest Virginia and along the banks of the Nottoway River near the North Carolina border during the Jamestown landing in 1607. They spoke the Iroquoian language.
The Cherokee Nation did not have contact with the English settlers until around 1630, when they began trading with the English who migrated westward.
By 1700, the Cherokee Nation claimed most of the land in southwestern Virginia, but they were forced to give up their land to the United States government in 1768 under the Treaty of Hard Labor.
Through the Indian Removal Act in 1830, the Cherokee were forced to relocate on foot to Oklahoma. Thus, the Trail of Tears. But some of the Cherokee hid in the mountains and later became U.S. citizens. They are now known as the Eastern Band of Cherokee, now living in North Carolina.
Visit the following sites to learn more about the Cherokee:
Blue Ridge Highlands
Learn the Cherokee legend of the fairy stone at Fairy Stone State Park in Stuart. Fairy stones are made of iron aluminum silicate and look like little crosses!
The Museum of the Middle Appalachians in Saltville features artifacts and an extensive collection of Native American beadwork.
Wolf Creek Indian Village & Museum in Bastian features a re-created village near the site of an actual archaeological excavation. Interpretive guides explain the lives of the scattered Eastern Woodland Indians, who spoke the Iroquoian language.
Heart of Appalachia
The Historic Crab Orchard Museum & Pioneer Park presents artifacts from the Cherokee dated more than 10,000 years ago dug from the Crab Orchard archeology site. Also, see the diorama of a Cherokee settlement and learn about the newly discovered Cherokee burial ground nearby.
Southern Virginia
Occoneechee State Park in Clarksville has a great Native American Museum, and has been the venue for powwows in the past.
Learn more about Virginia Indians.
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Craft Hack began as a chance to meet other, local crafters, but has evolved into a network of artisans, teachers and Etsy entrepreneurs. Anne Watson Barber, Stephanie Liebold and I began Craft Hack at Gangplank in early 2012. Originally we just met to share space while we worked on our own projects. "It's good to set aside time to do something hands on and get away from our screens," Stephanie added. Soon we teaching skills, demonstrating new materials and trading tips on monetizing our hobbies.
"We wanted to be a place for people to enjoy crafting and if they are dreaming about making it into their own business, we have the resources here at Gangplank to help them launch their business," Anne said. Anne is volunteer Mentor Coordinator at Gangplank Chandler and an Online Marketing consultant.
Each Craft Hack features a demonstration of a skill or material. In March, I demonstrated the new Shrinky Dinks
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Craft Hack is expanding this summer. In collaboration with TechShop, we will be producing a half-day crafting conference. It will include advice for marketing and production-scaling for craftpreneurs as well as highlight the many local projects combing business-training and craft skills to benefit local charities. Save the date: August 8, 2015. More info soon.
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