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Opus Prize recipient
Rev. Richard Frechette, C.P.
Rev. Richard "Rick" Frechette, C.P., an American priest and physician, began the work of the St. Luke Foundation for Haiti in collaboration with a group of inspired young Haitian leaders who envisioned a different path forward for their country. The St. Luke Foundation provides education, health care and dignified humanitarian outreach to 150,000 people each year while employing more than 1,600 Haitian staff. Though Father Frechette maintains a presence as a trusted mentor whose vision and tireless work continue to help shape the organization, he has built St. Luke's with a commitment to 100 percent Haitian leadership. The organization's programs have become a model for what is possible in Haiti when the enormous talent, passion and courage of the next generation of Haitian leaders are embraced.
Opus Prize recipient
Lyn Lusi, represented by Dr. Jo Lusi and Nadine Lusi
The war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has claimed more than 6 million lives since 1996, and mass rape continues to be used as a strategy of war, often spreading HIV/AIDS to the survivors. In an effort to repair the shattered lives of victims of these atrocities, the late Lyn Lusi and her husband, Dr. Jo Lusi, founded the HEAL Africa Hospital. The program's compassionate healing addresses the physical, social and spiritual needs of its patients. HEAL Africa works from the principle that lasting change can't be imposed but comes from within communities themselves. Since 2003, HEAL Africa has performed more than 1,500 fistula repair surgeries, provided primary care and post-rape counseling to more than 30,000 women, established 31 safe houses, trained 90,000 community activists in HIV/AIDS prevention and care, and funded more than 1,500 microgrants for families. Lyn Lusi passed away from cancer in March 2012. Lyn's husband, Dr. Jo Lusi, and her daughter, Nadine, are present to represent HEAL Africa's work and honor her memory.
Opus Prize co-recipient
Sister Beatrice Chipeta, RS, represented by Peter Daino
Sister Beatrice Chipeta, RS, a Roman Catholic religious sister and retired schoolteacher, is founder of the Lusubilo Orphan Care Project in the Karonga district of Malawi. Serving thousands of children who have been orphaned in the area's rural villages, Sister Beatrice manages massive food and infant formula distribution programs, instructs mothers on the importance of nutrition and proper child care, and organizes support groups for grieving family members. The organization has helped improve agricultural production so families can become self-sufficient. Young people attend educational programs, teenagers and adults learn a trade through vocational classes, and individuals are trained to assume leadership responsibilities. Sister Beatrice's staff also care for 380 orphan-headed households, helping teenage orphans who are caring for younger siblings develop life skill. Sister Beatrice is unable to attend and will be represented by Peter Daino of the Lusubilo Orphan Care Project.
Opus Prize co-recipient
Rev. John Halligan, S.J.
Since inviting a group of shoeshine boys to join him for lunch in the attic of a church in 1964, Rev. John Halligan, S.J., has worked to develop a comprehensive approach to lifting families up and out of poverty in Quito, Ecuador. He recruited Sisters Miguel Conway and Cindy Sullivan to join in the ministry, which provides food, shelter, health care and social services to entire families living on site at the Working Boys' Center. Children attend school, and teenagers and adults are trained to become some of Quito's most competent welders, furniture makers, bakers, mechanics and beauticians. Every family is required to save toward the purchase of a plot of land and help other families build their homes. The center has helped 6,000 families become self-sufficient and hosts thousands of volunteers each year who share in a faith and service experience with Father Halligan and his staff.
Opus Prize recipient
Aïcha Ech Channa
Aïcha Ech Channa is founder and president of the Association Solidarité Féminine, an organization serving single mothers in Casablanca, Morocco. The association promotes the rights of mothers and children within a culture that historically has marginalized and stigmatized single mothers, who often must fight to keep custody of their babies. The nongovernmental organization operates several businesses, and more than 50 women receive training each year in cooking, baking, sewing and accounting. Participants have access to child care, counseling and medical treatment. The Moroccan government recognized Solidarité Féminine as a charitable organization in 2002, and it has received financial support from King Mohammed VI. A Muslim, Ech Channa says she gains inspiration from a sense of justice rooted in the value systems and traditions of all religions.
Opus Prize recipient
Marguerite "Maggy" Barankitse
The focus of the work of Maggy Barankitse and the organization she founded, Maison Shalom, is to improve conditions for children while enhancing the lives of all Burundians, who are emerging from nearly two decades of civil war between the Tutsis and Hutus. The multifunctional service agency is helping heal and support 30,000 young people and families through the establishment of "children's villages" around the country, which provide them a nurturing environment by reintegrating the children into loving families. In early 2008, Maison Shalom opened a hospital complex serving mothers and children in Ruyigi, Burundi. The organization's model is being replicated with new outreach and aid programs to children in Rwanda and Congo. Barankitse is known in many circles as "the Angel of Burundi."
Opus Prize recipient
Brother Stan Goetschalckx, F.C.
Brother Stan Goetschalckx, F.C., is founder and director of the AHADI International Institute in Tanzania. With a Swahili name that means "working toward the fulfillment of a promise," AHADI educates refugees from the war-torn countries of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi so they can repatriate to their countries of origin armed with marketable skills. Based on a fundamental belief that education is the most powerful antipoverty strategy for the poor in Africa, the organization provides instruction each year for 25,000 students who are studying for their high school diplomas and post-secondary training via distance learning programs. Brother Stan, a member of the Brothers of Charity, a Catholic order founded in his native Belgium, also provides shelter, education and health care for hundreds of street kids in Kigoma, Tanzania.
Opus Prize recipient
Dr. Zilda Arns Neumann, represented by Dr. Nelson Neumann
In 1983, the late Dr. Zilda Arns Neumann created Pastoral da Criança, a network of
volunteers and community leaders dedicated to addressing family issues among
the poor in Brazil and Latin America, particularly those related to the care of mothers and children. In the municipality where her work began, infant mortality dropped from 127 deaths per 1,000 births to only 28 deaths in just one year, and
malnutrition declined significantly. Her focus soon went beyond infants to the care
of children up to the age of 6. Today, Pastoral da Criança is actively changing lives, breaking barriers and creating hope for millions of families thanks to its 212,000
volunteers and leaders serving more than 1.5 million mothers and children in Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean. Neumann lost her life in the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Her valiant work continues under the guidance of her son, Dr. Nelson Neumann,
who is representing Pastoral de Criança during Mission Week and brings his
mother's spirit to campus.
Opus Prize recipient
Rev. Trevor Miranda, S.J.
Rev. Trevor Miranda, S.J., founded and runs a system of 450 one-room schools
known as the Reach Education Action Programme. Located along one of India's
most populous and poverty-stricken transportation corridors, REAP provides
early childhood education programs in the hope of encouraging poor families
to continue to send their children to school. Since 1998, REAP has succeeded
in leading thousands of children into the mainstream municipal school system and established microfinance opportunities for thousands of women while promoting the conviction that they can be agents of social change. Through education, students discover a world of opportunity that stands in stark contrast to the factories and garbage dumps in which they might otherwise have to work during their adult lives.
Opus Prize recipient
Monsignor Richard Albert
At the very core of who he is as a man of faith, Monsignor Richard Albert believes in self-reliance, education, empowerment and liberation. Since 1976, he has been helping the people of Jamaica achieve these values through a variety of self-help programs and a vast network of charities and institutions that provide the country's poor with basic services and skills to transform their lives. Monsignor Albert has opened six community centers that provide aid to lepers, AIDS victims, abandoned elderly, and neglected children and teens. He also has established schools, skills training centers, libraries, soup kitchens and counseling services. Monsignor Albert often speaks of his work with the poor in Kingston, Jamaica, as his own personal conversion experience.


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Three Must Read Articles on Morgellons
I would like to refer you to several professionally written papers by Joseph Keleher on Morgellons.
Joe has written many outstanding articles on Morgellons, including the most exhaustive paper on the historical perspective of Morgellons dating back to near ancient times.
Joe has a category of his own on this blog that you can click at any time and see all of his articles.
HOWEVER, the articles referenced in the link below I do not believe have been published on my blog and I think you will benefit greatly by reading them. Please click the link below to access the articles.
Please see http://www.jwkeleher.com/morgellons-research.html

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LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears have agreed to terms with former San Jose State quarterback David Fales on a four-year contract.
The Bears also agreed to a contract with safety Brock Vereen. Vereen was selected by Chicago in the fourth round of the draft out of Minnesota.
Fales was selected in the sixth round after starting all 25 games as San Jose State's quarterback over the past two seasons (2012-13). He completed 639 of 938 passes (68.1 percent) for 8,382 yards, 66 touchdowns and 22 interceptions. He was one of only two quarterbacks in the FBS to pass for more than 4,000 yards in each of the past two seasons, along with Fresno State's David Carr.
Vereen and Fales are the first 2014 draft picks to agree to terms with their respective team.


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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — All that chest pounding from Metta World Peace last night was genuine, raw emotion in a game filled with it, a rivalry (yes, rivalry) that demands it these days.
Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and the rest of the Clippers certainly aren't afraid to embrace the challenge of picking a fight with Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and the rest of the Lakers. The bodies on court from opening tip until the final whistle serve as proof that the games between these two mean more than anyone was willing to let on when Paul joined the Clippers instead of the Lakers last month.
And when Gasol touched Paul on the top of the head in the final seconds of the Lakers 96-91 win at Staples Center, well … it was on:
"He touched the top of my head, and I didn't like that," said Paul, who nearly landed with the Lakers last month before NBA commissioner David Stern squelched the deal. "You know what I mean. I don't know if Pau's got kids, but don't touch my head like I'm one of your kids. I don't know what his intentions were, like, 'I'll treat him like little Chris.' I don't know if he's got kids, but I'm not one of them."
The best part is the Lakers and Clippers are not alone. The authentic nastiness that many of us grew up with, that made the NBA so special during the Showtime Lakers-Big Three Celtics era through the Bad Boy Pistons-Jordan Bulls era and beyond, is popping up all over the league.


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In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Freedom, Quran, Hadith &the war on terror
Freedom is God's great gift to humans. The Quran, the Holy Scripture of Islam, mandates religious freedom in verse 2:256, "There shall be no compulsion in religion: the right way is now distinct from the wrong way." And in verse 18:29, "Proclaim: 'This is the truth from your Lord,' then whoever wills let him believe, and whoever wills let him disbelieve".
Yet there are few, if any, Muslim countries which guarantee religious freedom to its citizens. However, religious freedom in the West fulfills the Quranic decree. For some of us American Muslims, it is easier (and safer) to practice our Islamic faith in USA. President Bush is correct in portraying the terrorists as having hijacked the great religion of Islam. This hijacking process started more than a 1000 years ago and is the cause of the morass of present day Islam. This take over can be grasped by understanding the two sources of religious law in Islam.
The first source is the Quran, which Muslims believe to be the direct word of God revealed to Prophet Muhammad through the Angel Gabriel. The revelation process lasted 23 years with completion in 632 AD. In addition to advocating religious freedom, the Quran advances property rights (4:6,29), freedom of commerce (2:198,275; 30:46) and mutually acceptable transactions (4:29). It condemns suicide (4:29) and declares that oppression (2:191,217) is worse than murder and that killing of one (innocent) person is like killing all of humanity (5:32). There are numerous verses in the Quran (2:190, 2:193 2:244, 3:146, 4:75-76, 8:39) which exhort us to fight to maintain religious freedom, suppress oppression and to defend or attack if aggressed upon. Logic dictates that those who uphold the commandments (Words in the Quran) are fighting for the source of these commandments (God or Allah in Arabic).
The finest hour for Islam, may well have been before the second source of Islamic religious law was initiated. In 870 AD, some 238 years after the revelation of the Quran, the first of many books of Hadith (the traditions) was published. Hadith is a term used to denote the purported sayings and acts, traditions, of Prophet Muhammad. The first compiler of a Hadith book was Al-Bukhari who examined 600,000 traditions. He rejected 98.8% as false and published 7,275 of them in his Sahih or 'Correct Book.' Critics protested that much of the Hadith had been concocted as propaganda. Some were executed for fabricating Hadith. Others mocked the collections.
Today, the overwhelming majority of Muslims accept Hadith books as a divine source of religious laws besides the Quran, even though numerous Hadith narrations contradict the Quran. Anyone questioning Hadith is considered a heretic in spite of the fact that the Quran proclaims that it (Quran) is a fully detailed book, the only source for religious law (6:114) and complete (6:38, 6:115, and 41:3). The Quran specifically uses the word Hadith (narration) to remind and caution the believers not to use any Hadith other than the Quran itself ("Which Hadith, other than this, do they uphold?" in 77:50).
In the Muslim world today, almost everything advocated or implemented in the name of Islam (English translation of the Arabic word: Submission) and Allah (God) originates from the various Hadith books. Thus a dictator simply needs to call on his "religious advisors" to come up with Hadith to conform to his policies. The clergy are more than willing to oblige. The clergy, which never got more than 5% of the popular vote in free elections in Pakistan's history, were the willing accomplices with General Zia, when he set about establishing an "Islamic State" in the 1980s.
Sunnis, Shias, Wahhabis and other sects in Islam have little or no disagreements about the Quran. Each sect has its own set of "authentic" Hadith furnishing reinforcement for their beliefs. It is these Hadith books, written centuries after the Quran, which make a mockery of Islam. Quranic verses are abused in an attempt to conform to various Hadith narrations.
Widespread acceptance of Hadith (and ignorance about the Quran) has led to a lack of freedom, despotism and oppression in Muslim countries. The covering of a woman's face; the woman's dress; treatment of women as second class citizens; cutting hands for thievery; polygamy; religious police; the beard; the head covering; excessive divorce rights for men and none for the woman; jihad and terrorism originate from Hadith. None of this has any support in the Quran.
Clearly, the West and specifically USA adhere to the principles laid out in the Quran more so than any country in the Islamic world. The free societies in the West and their political democratic systems originated from religion and religious freedom. Our divorce, inheritance and immigration laws, charitable giving and rights of women are in accordance with the Quran. Just over a hundred years ago, in England, in 1850, women were finally allowed the right to own property. In 1857, divorce became accessible by the formation of the court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes. The Quran granted women these rights fourteen hundred years ago (man-made Hadith has nullified most, if not all of these rights). The equality of a woman is illustrated in the Quran by the example of Sheba as a ruling woman of a nation who submitted to God (27:22-44) and practiced the religion of Submission (Islam).
The War on Terrorism truly qualifies as a war of Biblical Proportion. USA is leading the battle of good against evil. The country, which unknowingly practices the principles for a society advocated in the Quran, leads the battle against terrorists who are harbored by nations who have hijacked Islam. The pen and not the sword will eventually win the war. In this war against terrorism and our battle to win the minds and hearts of the Muslims masses the words of the Quran will become pivotal. Most Muslims have no idea what the Quran states. The majority of the Muslims in non-Arabic speaking countries read the Quran in Arabic without comprehension of the meaning. Most of the Muslims of Arabic speaking countries are discouraged to read the Quran as it is considered too difficult to understand. The Quran on the other hand asks in verse 54:17 "We made the Quran easy to learn - does any of you wish to learn?" The scholars and the religious leaders spend most of their life studying various Hadith books and literature rather than dwelling upon and observing the commandments in the Quran. Osama Bin Laden may hold the Quran in his hand, but what he preaches has no basis in the Quran.
The United States laws, its allies and Armed Forces have the means and resources to communicate about our freedoms, our ideals, our society and what we stand for from the very pages of the Quran which Muslims accept as their scripture.
Comment on the Editorial:
Submission.org, does not support any policy carried out by current or previous administration of the US government that is not based on the Quranic law of guaranteeing equal justice, freedom and dignity for all humans irrespective of their race, color, religion or national origin. We do not agree with any US government foreign policy which supports aggression, oppression or inhumane treatment by any state or groups against another. We do not agree with any US government foreign policy which supports dictatorial governments while the citizens of those countries do not have freedom of religion, political expression and/or private property rights. We do maintain that the basic laws of freedom and democracy in the USA, when applied, parallel the requirements advocated in the Quran.


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Frank Family Vineyards Winston Hill Red 2012
Region: USA » California » Napa
Winery: Frank Family Vineyards
Color: Red
Frank Family Vineyards:
It's no wonder that Rich Frank, one of Hollywood's most creative, vibrant and ingenious players owns one of Napa Valley's most unique wineries, Frank Family Vineyards. In the late 80s, Rich, a long-time Disney executive, couldn't find the time to get away for long vacations. Soon he started coming to Napa on the weekends, realizing it was only a short plane flight awa... Read more
It's no wonder that Rich Frank, one of Hollywood's most creative, vibrant and ingenious players owns one of Napa Valley's most unique wineries, Frank Family Vineyards. In the late 80s, Rich, a long-time Disney executive, couldn't find the time to get away for long vacations. Soon he started coming to Napa on the weekends, realizing it was only a short plane flight away from Los Angeles. In 1990, he purchased a home in the eastern hills of Napa in Rutherford. Two years later, in 1992, Rich received a midnight phone call at his home in Los Angeles from his friend Koerner Rombauer, telling him that the Kornell Champagne Cellars on the site of historic Larkmead Winery was for sale and if there was ever a time to get into the wine business it was now. Rich wisely told Koerner to offer half the asking price, and less than 24 hours later, the two were co-owners of the Calistoga winery. In 2007, Rich Frank and Connie Frank purchased Koerner's partnership share and assumed total control of Frank Family Vineyards. Next to the Antique Barrels Rich's passion for the Napa Valley and Frank Family Vineyards underscores a wildly successful long-term career in Hollywood. He was Chairman of Walt Disney Television and Telecommunications and headed Disney's syndication arm Buena Vista. He was then President of Walt Disney Studios for nearly a decade and oversaw the development of The Disney Channel. Prior to his tenure at Disney, Frank was President of the Paramount Television Group, President of Chris Craft Television, one of the founders of the USA Network and also served on their board. Under Frank's leadership, television and movie properties such as "Cheers," "Taxi," "Family Ties," "Shogun," "Winds of War," "Entertainment Tonight," "Golden Girls," "Home Improvement," "Ellen," "Regis and Kathy Lee," "Dead Poet's Society," "Good Morning Vietnam," "Pretty Woman," "Father of the Bride," "Aladdin" and "The Lion King" achieved phenomenal success. Rich was President of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for an unprecedented six years, a board member of the MPAA for eight and Vice Chairman and Executive Board Member of the American Film Institute. He also launched Telerep, a television ad sales firm, and was a buyer and media planner at BBDO. He remains active in the Television Academy and its Foundation, of which he is a member of the Board of Directors. In April 2003, Rich stepped out of semi-retirement and founded Integrated Entertainment Partners (IEP), a brand, advertising and marketing strategy company. In March 2004, he was named Chairman of the Board, The Firm, when IEP was merged into the high-profile management company. With clients ranging from Cameron Diaz, Martin Scorsese, to Snoop Dogg and Korn, The Firm was launched in 1997 by Jeff Kwatinetz, and made its most significant acquisition in 2002, when it bought the assets of former Hollywood superagent Michael Ovitz's Artists Management Group. In 2007, the Television Academy showed its appreciation for Rich's contributions by awarding Rich the Syd Cassyd Founders Award. The Award is named in honor of the Television Academy's founder, and was created to recognize members who have made a significant positive impact on the Academy through their efforts and service over many years of involvement. Only the eighth time the Academy has bestowed this prestigious honor, the Award was presented to Rich at the Creative Arts Awards Show on September 8, 2007 at the Shrine Auditorium. Additionally, Rich sits on the Board of two entrepreneurial companies: Hyperfactory, a full-service mobile ideas, media and execution company; and TerraCycle, an eco-friendly consumer goods company. Never one to rest on his laurels, the former adman turned Hollywood film and TV exec stepped into his role as Napa Valley vintner with ease, running one of Napa's most notable and profitable wineries, Frank Family Vineyards. Rich is the proud grandfather of three and currently splits his time between Los Angeles and Napa. Read less
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Science Friday® and SciFri® are registered service marks of Science Friday, Inc. Site design by Pentagram; engineering by Mediapolis.
The cell is the smallest, functional unit of life classified as a living thing. The human body, for example, contains more than 100 trillion, or 10^14 cells, with an average size of 10 micrometers and mass of 1 nanogram. But how did the word 'cell' come to be? Howard Markel, a a physician, medical educator, and historian of medicine at the University of Michigan, explains:
In this segment, we'll talk about the origins of the word 'cell' and the history of its meaning.


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Paint FX powerful HDR tools
Paint FX allows anyone to selectively apply photo enhancements, filters, effects and colors to specific parts of a photo. Version 3.1 adds 3 new HDR effects with advanced controls that can provide full customization to get just the right HDR look on the photos and well as adds new effects including "Flame", "Cracked Paint", "Cracked Tile", "Grunge Film", "Handmade Paper" and more. September 15, 2012


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Schedules Direct is now beginning to offer JSON guide data in Australia and New Zealand. Our initial effort will be for over-the-air content.
This is an open beta; depending on the response rate will help us determine whether we should proceed.
If you would like to use Schedules Direct, then please setup an account at our website and send me an email: <redacted> I will send you a coupon code for a 90-day trial. Please do not pay for the service at this time; if we must cancel the offering due to a low response rate it will be simpler to not have to process refunds.


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An Engine For Assassination: IO's Tech Director Speaks
December 9, 2011 Page 1 of 3
At some point, a triple-A studio must decide: when is it the right time to build a new engine? While the Square Enix Group studios are free to pursue their own paths when it comes to technology, Denmark's IO Interactive has always rolled its own. For 2012's Hitman: Absolution -- and what comes beyond -- the studio decided to embark on an entirely new engine, Glacier 2.
In this in-depth interview, tech director Martin Amor speaks to Gamasutra about why the studio came to that decision, and just what factors into it -- from satisfying the design team, to creating a more cinematic experience through advanced AI.
The architecture of an engine that has to support multiple titles is critical, and so is the decision-making process behind how its features are devised and implemented. Here, Amor walks Gamasutra through these and more, explaining what boundaries the team wanted to push with Hitman, and how these decisions impact the future of the technology and the studio.
Hitman: Absolution is the debut of your new technology?
Martin Amor: Exactly, yeah. We've been working on this technology for a while now and are very, very, very excited about it.
Basically, we were looking at the ambitions that we had for Hitman: Absolution and we thought, "Okay, we need to come up with something completely groundbreaking in order to fulfill these ambitions." And so we began to work on Glacier 2. Glacier 1 is our earlier engine that we used for the former games, and Glacier 2 is a completely new from, made from the ground up.
We're pretty far into this generation. How did you feel about getting a new engine ready at this juncture? This game launches over six years into the Xbox 360's lifespan.
MA: When we made the engine, it has been a big part of many of the decisions that we've made. So we made our engine in a way that we felt is trying to accommodate how we believe the future is going to be, and so we think we're in pretty good shape regarding this, for future platforms.
Also on the current generation of platforms, I still think we haven't fully explored everything that we have. There are still things to do, that we can do. We are hand-coding a lot of assembly on the PS3 to make sure that everything can get as much out of the hardware as possible. But it's kind of like a balance of effort and time, versus the cost, versus how much we actually get out of it. But there's more that can be done in this area.
I've talked about AI periodically with different people. I get the sense that AI hasn't progressed as rapidly in this generation as we might have anticipated at the outset.
MA: AI is quite complex, and I think a lot of the games, what they are challenging right now is not so much AI, but having the characters behave realistically. So you can put a lot of very complex behavior.
What we do in Hitman is also to have a lot of coordination between the characters, which is very important so they can connect the dots, right? So if one of the cops, they hear a gunshot, another cop sees a gun lying on the ground, and the third cop sees the player run away, they are able to kind of connect the dots between these events, and from that figure out what happened in this situation, and react to this in a meaningful way.
But coding the core of the AI is not the most challenging part. It's actually to have it perform realistically. So to coordinate the animations with the dialogue, and have them move around, and avoid other characters, and basically seem like real characters -- instead of uncanny valley sort of stuff. And I think that a lot of developers were kind of surprised how difficult this actually is.
It seems like it's a particularly interdependent part of the development process. It seems like with AI, art and sound design all really sort of gel together with tech, and in that specific node of character behavior.
MA: AI is kind of like at the end of the pipeline, right? Everything that all of the other developers are doing is feeding into this. The AI programmers have to work with the characters, and the animations, and the audio -- and music, not least, which is also a very important part of our Glacier 2 engine.
We have a very dynamic music system. So basically, the music system feeds into the AI, and understands what is going on, and plays music according to that -- and sound effects, and stingers, and everything like that. You're totally right -- it's the most difficult place to be, many times, is AI programming.
It's this synthesis of everything that the game has.
MA: It's also very fun. I think some of my AI programmers say they like to think that they are playing on the side of the computer, and against the player, and I think that they're having fun with that. But at the same time they have to very much focus on creating a good experience for the player.
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By far the greatest culprit behind male baldness is DHT. DHT (Dihydrotestosterone) is derived from the male hormone, "Androgen". Androgen in the bloodstream interacts with a certain enzyme (5-alpha reductase) and gets converted into DHT. Short version: Androgen + 5-Alpha = DHT.
DHT is the hair follicle "strangler". When there is enough of it in the bloodstream, it will bind to the hair follicles, choking out the hair's growth. Not suddenly. At first, the hairs grow thinner because of the condition of the constricted follicles. Eventually, no hair at all emerges from the follicles.
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Users attempting to connect to a Message Queue message broker must provide a user name and password for authentication. The broker will grant the connection only if the name and password match those in a broker-specific user repository listing the authorized users and their passwords. Each broker instance can have its own user repository, which you as an administrator are responsible for maintaining. This section tells how to create, populate, and manage the user repository.
Message Queue can support any of three types of authentication mechanism:
A flat-file repository that is shipped with Message Queue. This type of repository is very easy to populate and manage, using the Message Queue User Manager utility (imqusermgr). See Using a Flat-File User Repository.
A Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server. This could be a new or existing LDAP directory server using the LDAP v2 or v3 protocol. You use the tools provided by the LDAP vendor to populate and manage the user repository. This type of repository is not as easy to use as the flat-file repository, but it is more scalable and therefore better for production environments. See Using an LDAP User Repository.
An external authentication mechanism plugged into Message Queue by means of the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) API. See Using JAAS-Based Authentication.
Message Queue provides a built-in flat-file user repository and a command line tool, the User Manager utility (imqusermgr), for populating and managing it. Each broker has its own flat-file user repository, created automatically when you start the broker. The user repository resides in a file named passwd, in a directory identified by the name of the broker instance with which the repository is associated:
(See Appendix A, Platform-Specific Locations of Message Queue Data for the exact location of the instances directory, depending on your operating system platform.)
Each user in the repository can be assigned to a user group, which defines the default access privileges granted to all of its members. You can then specify authorization rules to further restrict these access privileges for specific users, as described in User Authorization. A user's group is assigned when the user entry is first created, and cannot be changed thereafter. The only way to reassign a user to a different group is to delete the original user entry and add another entry specifying the new group.
The flat-file user repository provides three predefined groups:
For broker administrators. By default, users in this group are granted the access privileges needed to configure, administer, and manage message brokers.
For normal (non-administrative) client users. Newly created user entries are assigned to this group unless otherwise specified. By default, users in this group can connect to all Message Queue connection services of type NORMAL, produce messages to or consume messages from all physical destinations, and browse messages in any queue.
For Message Queue clients that do not wish to use a user name known to the broker (for instance, because they do not know of a real user name to use). This group is analogous to the anonymous account provided by most FTPservers. No more than one user at a time can be assigned to this group. You should restrict the access privileges of this group in comparison to the user group, or remove users from the group at deployment time.
You cannot rename or delete these predefined groups or create new ones.
In addition to its group, each user entry in the repository has a user status: either active or inactive. New user entries added to the repository are marked active by default. Changing a user's status to inactive rescinds all of that user's access privileges, making the user unable to open new broker connections. Such inactive entries are retained in the user repository, however, and can be reactivated at a later time. If you attempt to add a new user with the same name as an inactive user already in the repository, the operation will fail; you must either delete the inactive user entry or give the new user a different name.
To allow the broker to be used immediately after installation without further intervention by the administrator, the flat-file user repository is created with two initial entries, summarized in Table 9–1:
The admin entry (user name and password admin/admin) enables you to administer the broker with Command utility (imqcmd) commands. Immediately on installation, you should update this initial entry to change its password (see Changing a User's Password).
The guest entry allows clients to connect to the broker using a default user name and password (guest/guest).
You can then proceed to add any additional user entries you need for individual users of your message service.Table 9–1 Initial Entries in Flat-File User Repository
User Name
The Message Queue User Manager utility (imqusermgr) enables you to populate or edit a flat-file user repository. SeeUser Manager Utility for general reference information about the syntax, subcommands, and options of the imqusermgr command.
Before using the User Manager, keep the following things in mind:
The imqusermgr command must be run on the host where the broker is installed.
If a broker-specific user repository does not yet exist, you must start up the corresponding broker instance to create it.
You must have appropriate permissions to write to the repository; in particular, on Solaris and Linux platforms, you must be logged in as the root user or the user who first created the broker instance.
Table 9–2 lists the subcommands of the imqusermgr command. For full reference information about these subcommands, see Table 15–15.Table 9–2 User Manager Subcommands
Add user and password to repository
Delete user from repository
Set user's password or active status (or both)
Display user information
The general options listed in Table 9–3 apply to all subcommands of the imqusermgr command.Table 9–3 General User Manager Options
Perform action without user confirmation
Silent mode (no output displayed)
Display version information [Any other options specified on the command line are ignored. ]
Display usage help
To display the Message Queue product version, use the -v option. For example:
imqusermgr -v
If you enter an imqusermgr command line containing the -v option in addition to a subcommand or other options, the User Manager utility processes only the -v option. All other items on the command line are ignored.
To display help on the imqusermgr command, use the -h option, and do not use a subcommand. You cannot get help about specific subcommands.
For example, the following command displays help about imqusermgr:
imqusermgr -h
If you enter an imqusermgr command line containing the -h option in addition to a subcommand or other options, the Command utility processes only the -h option. All other items on the command line are ignored.
The subcommand imqusermgr add adds an entry to the user repository, consisting of a user name and password:
imqusermgr add [-i brokerName] -u userName -p password [-g group]
The -u and -p options specify the user name and password, respectively, for the new entry. These must conform to the following conventions:
All user names and passwords must be at least one character long. Their maximum length is limited only by command shell restrictions on the maximum number of characters that can be entered on a command line.
A user name cannot contain an asterisk (*), a comma (,), a colon (:), or a new-line or carriage-return character.
If a user name or password contains a space, the entire name or password must be enclosed in quotation marks (" ").
The optional -g option specifies the group (admin, user, or anonymous) to which the new user belongs; if no group is specified, the user is assigned to the user group by default. If the broker name (-i option) is omitted, the default broker imqbroker is assumed.
For example, the following command creates a user entry on broker imqbroker for a user named AliBaba, with password Sesame, in the admin group:
imqusermgr add -u AliBaba -p Sesame -g admin
The subcommand imqusermgr delete deletes a user entry from the repository:
imqusermgr delete [-i brokerName] -u userName
The -u option specifies the user name of the entry to be deleted. If the broker name (-i option) is omitted, the default broker imqbroker is assumed.
For example, the following command deletes the user named AliBaba from the user repository on broker imqbroker:
imqusermgr delete -u AliBaba
You can use the subcommand imqusermgr update to change a user's password:
imqusermgr update [-i brokerName] -u userName -p password
The -u identifies the user; -p specifies the new password. If the broker name (-i option) is omitted, the default broker imqbroker is assumed.
For example, the following command changes the password for user AliBaba to Shazam on broker imqbroker:
imqusermgr update -u AliBaba -p Shazam
For the sake of security, you should change the password of the admin user from its initial default value (admin) to one that is known only to you. The following command changes the default administrator password for broker mybroker to veeblefetzer:
imqusermgr update -i mybroker -u admin -p veeblefetzer
You can quickly confirm that this change is in effect by running any of the command line tools when the broker is running. For example, the following command will prompt you for a password:
imqcmd list svc mybroker -u admin
Entering the new password (veeblefetzer) should work; the old password should fail.
After changing the password, you should supply the new password whenever you use any of the Message Queue administration tools, including the Administration Console.
The imqusermgr update subcommand can also be used to change a user's active status:
imqusermgr update [-i brokerName] -u userName -a activeStatus
The -u identifies the user; -a is a boolean value specifying the user's new status as active (true) or inactive (false). If the broker name (-i option) is omitted, the default broker imqbroker is assumed.
For example, the following command sets user AliBaba's status to inactive on broker imqbroker:
imqusermgr update -u AliBaba -a false
This renders AliBabe unable to open new broker connections.
You can combine the -p (password) and -a (active status) options in the same imqusermgr update command. The options may appear in either order: for example, both of the following commands activate the user entry for AliBaba and set the password to plugh:
imqusermgr update -u AliBaba -p plugh -a true imqusermgr update -u AliBaba -a true -p plugh
The imqusermgr list command displays information about a user in the user repository:
imqusermgr list [-i brokerName] [-u userName]
The command
imqusermgr list -u AliBaba
displays information about user AliBabe, as shown in Example 9–1.
If you omit the -u option
imqusermgr list
the command lists information about all users in the repository, as in Example 9–2.
You configure a broker to use an LDAP directory server by setting the values for certain configuration properties in the broker's instance configuration file (config.properties). These properties enable the broker instance to query the LDAP server for information about users and groups when a user attempts to connect to the broker or perform messaging operations.
The imq.authentication.basic.user_repository property specifies the kind of user authentication the broker is to use. By default, this property is set to file, for a flat-file user repository. For LDAP authentication, set it to ldap instead:
The imq.authentication.type property controls the type of encoding used when passing a password between client and broker. By default, this property is set to digest, denoting MD5 encoding, the form used by flat-file user repositories. For LDAP authentication, set it to basic instead:
This denotes base-64 encoding, the form used by LDAP user repositories.
The following properties control various aspects of LDAP access. See Table 16–8 for more detailed information:
The imq.user_repository.ldap.userformat property, if set to a value of dn, specifies that the login username for authentication be in DN username format (for example: uid=mquser,ou=People,dc=red,dc=sun,dc=com). In this case, the broker extracts the value of the imq.user.repository.lpdap.uidatr attribute from the DN username, and uses this value as the user name in access control operations (see User Authorization).
If you want the broker to use a secure, encrypted SSL (Secure Socket Layer) connection for communicating with the LDAP server, set the broker's imq.user_repository.ldap.ssl.enabled property to true
and the imq.user_repository.ldap.server property to the port used by the LDAP server for SSL communication: for example,
You will also need to activate SSL communication in the LDAP server.
In addition, you may need to edit the user and group names in the broker's access control file to match those defined in the LDAP user repository; see User Authorization for more information.
For example, to create administrative users, you use the access control file to specify those users and groups in the LDAP directory that can create ADMIN connections.
Any user or group that can create an ADMIN connection can issue administrative commands.
The following procedure makes use of a broker's access control file, which is described in User Authorization.
Enable the use of the access control file by setting the broker property imq.accesscontrol.enabled to true, which is the default value.
The imq.accesscontrol.enabled property enables use of the access control file.
Open the access control file, accesscontrol.properties. The location for the file is listed in Appendix A, Platform-Specific Locations of Message Queue Data
The file contains an entry such as the following:
service connection access control##################################connection.NORMAL.allow.user=*connection.ADMIN.allow.group=admin
The entries listed are examples. Note that the admin group exists by default in the file-based user repository but does not exist by default in the LDAP directory.
To grant Message Queue administrator privileges to users, enter the user names as follows:
connection.ADMIN.allow.user= userName[[,userName2] …]
The users must be defined in the LDAP directory.
To grant Message Queue administrator privileges to groups, enter the group names as follows:
connection.ADMIN.allow.group= groupName[[,groupName2] …]
The groups must be defined in the LDAP directory.
The Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) API allows you to plug an external authentication mechanism into Message Queue. This section describes the information that the Message Queue message broker makes available to a JAAS-compliant authentication service and explains how to configure the broker to use such a service. The following sources provide further information on JAAS:
For complete information about the JAAS API, see the Java™ Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) Reference Guide at the URL
For information about writing a JAAS login module, see the Java™ Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) LoginModule Developer's Guide at
JAAS is a core API in Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE), and is therefore an integral part of Message Queue's runtime environment. It defines an abstraction layer between an application and an authentication mechanism, allowing the desired mechanism to be plugged in with no change to application code. In the case of the Message Queue service, the abstraction layer lies between the broker (application) and an authentication provider. By setting a few broker properties, it is possible to plug in any JAAS-compliant authentication service and to upgrade this service with no disruption or change to broker code.
You cannot use the Java Management Extensions (JMX) API to change JAAS-related broker properties. However, once JAAS-based authentication is configured, JMX client applications (like other clients) can be authenticated using this mechanism.
Figure 9–2 shows the basic elements of JAAS: a JAAS client, a JAAS-compliant authentication service, and a JAAS configuration file.
The JAAS client is an application wishing to perform authentication using a JAAS-compliant authentication service. The JAAS client communicates with the authentication service using one or more login modules and is responsible for providing a callback handler that the login module can call to obtain the user name, password, and other information needed for authentication.
The JAAS-compliant authentication service consists of one or more login modules along with logic to perform the needed authentication. The login module (LoginModule) may include the authentication logic itself, or it may use a private protocol or API to communicate with an external security service that provides the logic.
The JAAS configuration file is a text file that the JAAS client uses to locate the login module(s) to be used.
Figure 9–3 shows how JAAS is used by the Message Queue broker. It shows a more complex implementation of the JAAS model shown in Figure 9–2.
The authentication service layer, consisting of one or more login modules (if needed) and corresponding authentication logic, is separate from the broker. The login modules run in the same Java virtual machine as the broker. The broker is represented to the login module as a login context, and communicates with the login module by means of a callback handler that is part of the broker runtime code.
The authentication service also supplies a JAAS configuration file containing entries that reference the login modules. The configuration file specifies the order in which the login modules (if more than one) are to be used and any conditions for their use. When the broker starts up, it locates the configuration file by consulting either the Java system property java.security.auth.login.config or the Java security properties file. The broker then selects an entry in the JAAS configuration file according to the value of the broker property imq.user_repository.jaas.name. That entry specifies which login module(s) will be used for authentication. The classes for the login modules are found in the Message Queue external resource files directory, whose location depends on the operating system platform you are using; see Appendix A, Platform-Specific Locations of Message Queue Data for details.
The relation between the configuration file, the login module, and the broker is shown in the following figure. Figure 9–4.
The fact that the broker uses a JAAS plug-in authentication service remains completely transparent to the Message Queue client. The client continues to connect to the broker as it did before, passing a user name and password. In turn, the broker uses a callback handler to pass login information to the authentication service, and the service uses the information to authenticate the user and return the results. If authentication succeeds, the broker grants the connection; if it fails, the client runtime returns a JMS security exception that the client must handle.
After the Message Queue client is authenticated, if there is further authorization to be done, the broker proceeds as it normally would, consulting the access control file to determine whether the authenticated client is authorized to perform the actions it undertakes: accessing a destination, consuming a message, browsing a queue, and so on.
Setting up JAAS-compliant authentication involves setting broker and system properties to select this type of authentication, to specify the location of the configuration file, and to specify the entries to the login modules that are going to be used.
To set up JAAS support for Message Queue, you perform the following general steps. (These steps assume you are creating your own authentication service.)
Create one or more login module classes that implement the authentication service. The JAAS callback types that the broker supports are listed below.
The broker uses this callback to pass the authentication service the locale in which the broker is running. This value can be used for localization.
The broker uses this callback to pass to the authentication service the user name specified by the Message Queue client when the connection was requested.
The broker uses this callback to pass the value of the following information to the login module (authentication service) when requested through the TextInputCallback.getPrompt() with the following strings:
imq.authentication.type: The broker authentication type in effect at runtime
imq.accesscontrol.type: The broker access control type in effect at runtime
imq.authentication.clientip: The client IP address (null if unavailable)
imq.servicename: The name of the connection service (jms, ssljms, admin, or ssladmin) being used by the client
imq.servicetype: The type of the connection service (NORMAL or ADMIN) being used by the client
The broker uses this callback to pass to the authentication service the password specified by the Message Queue client when the connection was requested.
The broker handles this callback to provide logging service to the authentication service by logging the text output to the broker's log file. The callback's MessageType ERROR, INFORMATION, WARNING are mapped to the broker logging levels ERROR, INFO, WARNING respectively.
Create a JAAS configuration file with entries that reference the login module classes created in Step 1 and specify the location of this file.
Note the name of the entry in the JAAS configuration file (that references the login module implementation classes).
Archive the classes that implement the login modules to a jar file, and place the jar file in the Message Queue lib/ext directory.
Set the broker configuration properties that relate to JAAS support. These are described in Table 9–4.
Set the following system property (to specify the location of the JAAS configuration file).
For example, you can specify the location when you start the broker.
imqbrokerd -Djava.security.auth.login.config=JAAS_Config_File_Location
There are other ways to specify the location of the JAAS configuration file. For additional information, please see
The following table lists the broker properties that need to be set to set up JAAS support.Table 9–4 Broker Properties for JAAS Support
Set to basic to indicate Base-64 password encoding. This is the only permissible value for JAAS authentication.
Set to jaas to specify JAAS authentication.
Set to the name of the desired entry (in the JAAS configuration file) that references the login modules you want to use as the authentication mechanism. This is the name you noted in Step 3.
This property, used by Message Queue access control, specifies the java.security.Principal implementation class in the login module(s) that the broker uses to extract the Principal name to represent the user entity in the Message Queue access control file. If, it is not specified, the user name passed from the Message Queue client when a connection was requested is used instead.
This property, used by Message Queue access control, specifies the java.security.Principal implementation class in the login module(s) that the broker uses to extract the Principal name to represent the group entity in the Message Queue access control file. If, it is not specified, the group rules, if any, in the Message Queue access control file are ignored.


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Isabella County, Michigan Genealogy
Guide to Isabella County, Michigan ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
|Isabella County, Michigan
Location of Michigan in the U.S.
|March 2, 1831
|County Seat
|Mount Pleasant
| Isabella County Courthouse
200 N Main St.
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
Phone: (989) 772-0911
Isabella County Website
- 1 County Information
- 2 County Courthouse
- 3 History
- 4 Places/Localities
- 5 Resources
- 6 Societies and Libraries
- 7 Websites
- 8 References
County Information
The County was named for Queen Isabella I of Castile. The County has Mount Pleasant as its seat and the County was created 1859. The County is located in the central area of the state.[1]
Isabella County, Michigan Record Dates
County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth, marriage, death, divorce and court records from 1880. [3]
Isabella County
The county is located close to the geographic center of the lower peninsula of Michigan. While primarily rural in nature, Isabella County is also noted for it's oil and gas production and the manufacturing of machinery for industry, food service and wood products. Mt. Pleasant is the home of Central Michigan University and the Clarke Historical Library, the second largest genealogy and historical library in the state. Central Michigan University was opened in 1893 as the Central Normal School and Business Institute. The school was operated by the city of Mt. Pleasant until 1895 when it was taken over by the State of Michigan and became Central Michigan Normal School. CMU became a four year institution in 1918 and a university in 1959. The county also encompasses the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Reservation, home of the Soaring Eagle Casino. City, Town and Village Names
Parent County
1831--Isabella County was created 2 March 1831 from Mackinac County and unorganized territory. It was attached to Saginaw, Ionia, and Midland Counties prior to organization 11 February 1859.
County seat: Mount Pleasant [4]
Boundary Changes
See COUNTY EVOLUTION IN MICHIGAN, 1790-1897 by Richard W. Welch for the development of the counties in the state. This will help you to determine place of residence of your ancestors and under whose civil jurisdiction they resided. It is also useful for when you start to read the census records.
For animated maps illustrating Michigan county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Michigan County Boundary Maps" (1790-1897) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.
Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.
Populated Places
The following is an alphabetical listing of cities, towns, and villages in Isabella County:
Many population places have several names that they were known by. Often, especially in Northern Michigan where the population was sparse and isolated, towns were named after places the people came from in southern Michigan, or their home state. When a post office was established another name was given to avoid mailing confusion. Places may also have been known by a prominent landmark, such as a saloon, hotel or sawmill. Towns and villages were often named after the person who first platted the land, and then later changed. In the 1870's railroad stations became local meeting places and appeared on plat maps as population centers. The railroad station served as a shipping and commerce point for the local area.
Isabella County has had 37 post offices (listing of Post Offices with postmasters) since incorporation of the county.
Albany - Post Office1857 to 1861
Alembic - Post Office 1874 to 1905
Beal City - Post Office 1892 to 1910
Blanchard - Post Office 1878 to the present
Boyden - also called Deerfield Center, there was a Post Office there in 1893,closed in 1902, located 7 miles west of Mt. Pleasant; in 1905 there were two general stores, a lath factory and cooper shop.
Blunt - Post Office1863 to 1865
Boyden - Post Office 1892 to 1906; Deerfield Township
Brinton - Coal City or Coal Town, Post Office 1888 to 1906; Coldwater Township
Bristol - Post Office 1872 to 1873; across the river from the Horr P.O.; Wm. K. Gibbs, Post Master; Sherman Township
Broomfield - Post Office 1871 to 1907
Bundy - Post Office 1894 to 1898; Broomfield Township
Burnham Station or Burnham Crossing - situated in Vernon Township, 2 miles to the south of Clare; Post Office official name was Russell; mill and depot were closed in 1896 after a fire destroyed the mill; Post Office was also closed at this time
Cahoon - Post Office 1891 to 1892; Coe Township
Caldwell - also called Two Rivers; Shingle mill operation; Post Office 1884 to 1906; Deerfield Township
Calkinsville - see Rosebush - Post Office 1873 to 1903; Isabella Township
Coe - Post Office in Coe Township in 1891 to 1904
Coomer - Post Office in 1892 to 1906; 8.5 miles southwest of Mt. Pleasant in Deerfield Township
Crawford - Post Office 1883 to 1904
Delwin - on the P.M. (Pere Marquette) Railroad 7 miles south of Coleman; Post Office established in 1880 to 1906
Denver -
Drew - Post Office 1899 to 1904; Sherman Township, Edward W. Benn, Post Master
Dushville - later renamed Winn in 1895; platted by Wm. Wiley Dush on 26 October, 1876. Part of Dushville was called by the name Hardscrabble; listed as a Post Office in 1890 in Fremont Township
Ellaville - Post Office 1878 to 1879
Floyd - Post Office 1891 to 1905
Gilmore - Post Office 1891 to 1906
Gough - Post Office 1882 to 1882; Deerfield Township
Herrick - village three miles east of Clare near US-10 in Wise Township, original settlement about 1875 named Lansingville; when the Post Office was established in 1895 (through 1908) the name was changed to Herrick. There was a saw mill, charcoal kilns and a blacksmith shop.
Horr - Section 16, Sherman Township, Corner of Weidman and Wyman Roads; Post Office 1884 through 1904
Indian Mills- also known as Isabella City and Longwood;
Isabella - Post Office 1865 through 1869
Isabella Centre - Post Office 1860 through 1863
Isabella City - also known as Indian Mills, name changed to Longwood in 1877; Post Office 1861 through 1871
Jerseyville - in 1897 it was a Post Office 8 miles south of Mt. Pleasant, by 1910 the P.O. was closed and mail was to RFD Shepherd; Post Office 1892 through 1906
Jordan - in 1910 it was a station on the P.M. (Pere Marquette) Railroad, located 10 miles southwest of Coleman
Leaton - Post Office 1880 through 1915
Letson - Post Office 1886 through 1888; Coldwater Township
Loomis - also known as Buchtel; Post Office 1871 through 1915
Longwood - also known as Indian Mills and Isabella City; Post Office 1871 through 1878
Matlock - Isabella County Enterprise, April 1, 1898. (front page). "A new postoffice is being established near the dam east of the county line in Midland county. It will be supplied from Mt. Pleasant and is named Matlock". From the January 6, 1899 issue of the Isabella County Enterprise. "The post office recently established at Matlock, east of Alembic, has been discontinued." contributed by Joyce McClain.
Mount Pleasant - Post Office 1869 through the present
Nero - Martin Ryerson Post Master; 1 mile south and 1/2 mile east of Brinton; Post Office 18771 through 1877
Rand - on the P.M. (Pere Marquette) Railroad; 1910 the postal address was RFD Wyman (Montcalm County)
Remick - Post Office 1879 through 1887; Rolland Township
Rosebush - also called Calkinsville; Post Office 1889 through the present
Rowland - Saw mill settlement given a P.O., February 26, 1868. Name is derived from the township of Rolland; 1st Postmaster was William Patterson. The Post office operated until April 29, 1905.
Russell - Post Office 1890 through 1902
Shepherd - also called Salt River or Salt River Corners; platted in 1866; became a village in
1887 and destroyed by fire in December of 1887; named after I. N. Shepherd.
Sherman City - Post Office 1871 through 1913
Stone Outlots
Strickland - Post Office 1870 through 1904
Summerton - Post Office 1882 through 1905
Vandecar - Post Office 1880 through 1905
Vernon City -
Weidman- lumbering town organized by John Sylvester Weidman; incorporated 4 July 1894; Post Office 1894 through the present Whiteville - Post Office 1884 through 1902; Isabella Township
Winn - also called Dushville; first post office established 19 December 1867;
Wiota - Post Office 1857 through 1871
Wise - Denver Township, 11 miles northeast of Mt. Pleasant on the P.M. Railroad, 4 miles from Coleman; Post Office 1884 through 1906
Woodin's Mill - Post Office 1886 through 1890
Neighboring Counties
Clare • Gladwin • Gratiot • Mecosta • Midland • Montcalm • Osceola
|Tombstone Transcriptions Online
|Tombstone Transcriptions in Print
|List of Cemeteries in the county
|Family History Library
|Billion Graves
|Tombstone Project
|Billion Graves
|See Michigan Cemeteries for more information.
- Riverside Cemetery Listings - from the City of Mt. Pleasant; database of over 9,000 burials.
State Census
- 1894 - Michigan State Census, 1894 at FamilySearch — index
Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Michigan denominations, view the Michigan Church Records wiki page.
Emigration and Immigration
- 1929 - 1966 Michigan, Crew Lists for various ports, 1929-1966 at FamilySearch — index and images
Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.
See Michigan Land and Property for additional information about early Michigan land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.
Local Histories
Local histories are available for Isabella County, Michigan Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Michigan Local Histories.
Finding More Michigan Newspapers
Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Isabella County, Michigan Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- The Saginaw News
- Do a Isabella County, Michigan Genealogy Place-name search for these and other records in the Family History Library Catalog (For instructions see FHL Catalog Place-name Search).
- 1820-2006 - Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006 at FamilySearch — index and images
In most counties in Michigan, probate records have been kept by the county judge. They include wills, fee books, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, probate packets, and dockets. The records are available at the county courthouse.
The FamilySearch Catalog lists films of probate records. To find the records for this county, use the Place Search for Michigan, Isabella and search for Probate records in the list.
- Note: Not every county in Michigan will have Probate Records in the FamilySearch Catalog.
Online Probate Records
- 1784 – 1980 Michigan Wills and Probate Records 1784-1980 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
- 1797 – 1973 Michigan Probate Records 1797-1973 at FamilySearch — images
Vital Records
Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased as shown below:
- Birth Records and Death Records from the Michigan Department of Community Health (from 1867) or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred.
- Marriage Records (from 1867) and Divorce Records (from 1897) from the County Clerk.
- Marriage Records (from 1867) and Divorce Records (from 1897) from the County Clerk.
- 1867-1917 - Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917 at FamilySearch — index and images
- 1867-1902 - Michigan Birth Registrations, 1867-1902-- Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch. Records include such information as name of child, birthdate and place, if still-born, illegitimate or twin, gender, race and record number.
- 1585-1945 - Michigan, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
- 1820-1937 - Michigan, County Marriages Index, 1820-1937 at FamilySearch — index
- 1820-1940 - Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940 at FamilySearch — index and images
- 1868-1925 - Michigan Marriage Registrations, 1868-1925 -- Free name indexes at FamilySearch. Records include such information as names of bride and groom, date of license, ages, race, residences, birthplaces, occupations and names of the fathers of the bride and groom.
- 1850-1880 - Michigan Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 at FamilySearch — index and images
- 1867-1897 - Michigan Death Registrations, 1867-1897 -- Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch. Records include such information as name of deceased, date and place of death, gender, color, marital status, age in years, months and days, disease or apparent cause of death, birthplace, names and occupations of parents, and the date the record was made.
Societies and Libraries
Isabella County, Genealogical Society Of
523 N. Fancher
Mt. Pleasant 48858
Genealogical Society of Isabella County
PO Box 117
Century House, 522 N Fancher
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48804-0117
Shepherd Area Genealogical Society
7859 E. Walton Rd.
Shepherd 48883
Family History Centers
Family history centers provide one-on-one assistance and free access to premium genealogical websites. In addition, many centers have free how-to genealogy classes. See family history center for more information. Search the online FHC directory for a nearby family history center.
- Mount Pleasant Michigan Family History Center 1404 S Crawford Dr, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858 United States
- Isabella County, MI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
- Michigan Genealogy Network Community on Google+
- Michigan Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
- FamilySearch Catalog
- Isabella County MI Genealogy (Michigan Genealogy)
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Isabella County, Michigan" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_County,_Michigan."
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Isabella County, Michigan . Page 343-351 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 346-349.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Isabella County, Michigan page 346, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).


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Chloe Brown
Chloe decided earlier this year that she wanted to do something locally to help her community, and because her father is a firefighter, she understands the importance and sometimes the dangers involved in public safety and military roles. When she heard that there was a K9, Oz, at the CCPD which didn't yet have a vest, that's where she set her focus. Instead of getting birthday gifts for her 7th birthday, she asked that her friends and family donate monetarily to this project. She did well, but hadn't quite reached her goal so Chloe then sold lemonade to make up the difference, and was able to raise enough money to present Oz with a vest. Her mom tells me that the idea was all hers and that this has been a great life lesson for Chloe. She is already trying to think of a project for next year.
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Ah, nevermind, got home today and the installer started... FINALLY.
Why does it take so long for the damn installer to start?
You can install thief gold manually, Albert. Can't go into detail here.
I have my thief gold executable set to compatibility of "windows xp service pack 2." Also check Run this program as an administrator (In properties of the exe.)
Ah, nevermind, got home today and the installer started... FINALLY.
Why does it take so long for the damn installer to start?
Ah. Well it's talked about in the FAQ, but I'm not sure why it happens exactly. Something to do with windows I guess.
Well, I've got it all pimped up, now. I think a Tafferpatcher (ugh! Sickening name!) for Thief and Thief gold would be great, though, because it's a bit of a hassle to find the old patches (besides the Thief EP).
Need help with file location. In darkinst.cfg we have these strings:
So which files' location is determined by each string? So far I know:
resname_base — *.crf, *.zip or unpacked resoures
language — optional subfolder for *.crf, etc
movie_path — *.avi, *.srt
What about miss*.mis files? miss*.osm? other *.osm files? saves? config files?
BTW, is there a limitation for a string's length? (not the paths in it, but the string itself)
Or... maybe I sould ask in Editors' Guild about that?
Which version of ddfix was used for tafferpatcher? I suppose it was 1.4xx? Which one exactly?
ddfix version 1.4.4.
After installation, you may replace this ddfix.dll with any other one. Then add the additional options from the new ddfix.ini to the old one if there are any.
BTW, I did the research and figured out the file placement:
Last edited by DJ Riff; 23rd Aug 2010 at 05:58.
Thanks a lot!
Well, that's not good at all. But better to know it now than stumble upon it later.The length of the entire path list can't be more than 255 characters.
That's why it's a good thing to use "." and ".." and other relative paths!
Would it be possible to "localize" the next version of the TafferPatcher? If I use the Installer with my german version I always have to change darkinst.cfg and install.cfg before playing because the Tafferpatcher installs english as the default language. This causes Thief 2 to crash so I must manually change "language english" to "language german" in the cfg-files.
Quite possible and easy since I've found a good way to determine the CD's language (SETUP.LID file). Next version will have this feature. Are there any German files that should be installed instead of English ones with the 1.18 patch?
Except for the two files everything works fine.
Finally made another totally fresh attempt to install T2 on Vista using this patcher and it seems to be working OK. Leastways I played the first quarter of the first OM with no hitches and half of one small FM. I don't know what was different from last time apart from I suspected my old CDs and gave them a good wash in warm soapy water. Menus, videos, all working OK. I settled for 1024 x 768.
I copied the install just in case of some future screw up so I can more quickly create a fresh install. I now have quite a few FMs to catch up on. Don't know if I 'll be able to play King's Story but if any problem then at least I doubt it will be the install. If I play it I think I'll start afresh.
Thanks to DJ Riff and others who contributed.
After a few days' play I'm tired of having to keep putting the CD in the drive so I searched back through my own stuff and found a cd with the no-cd crack and my own notes. I see I need to replace two files no problem also replace thief2.exe. Will this conflict with anything the tafferpatch did when installing?
Well, I guess I can try it. I'll back up the three files first. But I'd be grateful if someone could confirm it's safe.
Sorry, not able to search for no cd or no-cd.
Damn! All my gamesaves don't show! What does that mean? I just finished When Still level 1 yesterday, started 2 and saved near the start. None of that shows now but the files are still there. The save path is not listed in those cfg files.
Any ideas anyone?
And yes, replacing thief2.exe will conflict with all installed patches that require changes to .exe file (ddfix, multi-core, widescreen).
No idea. Did you try to start thief2.exe directly, not via Darkloader?Damn! All my gamesaves don't show! What does that mean? <...> None of that shows now but the files are still there
No, I'm using Darkloader. Anyway, I've done as you said and now I see the gamesaves again and it works without the cd. Many thanks DJ Riff.
I just wanted to post and say Thank you very much!
A bit over a year ago, I got a large, wide-screen monitor. Try as I might, I couldn't get everything working and looking right with Thief and my system. I tried everything, but I guess I never got it all set up correctly. I would try and try again now and then, through various computer upgrades, to no avail. New vid card, Win7, I was pulling farther and farther way from my beloved, aging Thief.
So I sighed, sat back, and consoled myself with the eventual release of TDM. I came to this forum less and less, because it felt like salt on the wounds. But I stumbled in one day, and stumbled onto mention of this.
Thank you, DJ Riff, and thank you to everyone whose hard work created the components packed into Tafferpatcher.
This works well thanks for taking the time to make it.
My only criticism was it asked where to install tafferpatcher when it also meant where to install thief2.
Just a bit confusing there but not a huge deal I can always move it.
Definitely made it a lot easier to install and get it working properly
Yes, I found that confusing too. Plus if you don't realize it's asking for your Thief folder and give it a path to install itself separatley then it complains it can't find Thief.
Just a note of thanks to DJ Riff. After building a new machine and installing Win 7 64 bit, I was frustrated to find that I was unable to get T2 to play. Even after all my usual tweaking, patching ect. TP worked flawlessly, and everything is taffing great! Now I can catch up on all the FM's I missed over the last few months! Thanks again
Thank you DJ Riff! Such a great job you had done!
Thanks, DJ Riff, for all your hard work!
With so many fixes and patches etc. etc. it's hard to keep track of them sometimes...
Question: Which version of DDFix is used in the Tafferpatcher? I believe the latest is Jermi's DDFix 1.5.4., but I could be wrong...
If the Tafferpatcher uses an earlier version of DDFix, will there be an update?


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Prisoner realignment came upon California so suddenly that there's little wonder the massive shift of convicts from state prisons to county jails, and from state parole to county probation, requires some tweaking.
The program has been in place about 16 months, long enough now to expose some dangerous holes in the policy shift that was prompted by a federal court's mandate that California drastically reduce its prison population. Several bills introduced in the state Legislature this winter aim to smooth out the rougher edges of realignment.
Two of those bills by Southern California legislators address the problem of mentally ill prisoners. One bill comes from a Republican state senator and the other from a Democratic assemblyman, but they appear to be complementary.
State Sen. Bill Emmerson's SB 226 would require that a mentally disordered offender receive treatment for his condition before he is released back onto the streets. Assemblyman Chris Holden's AB 1065 would require that a prisoner who has previously been classified as a mentally disordered offender or a mentally disordered sexual offender and has been required to undergo treatment in a state mental facility must remain under state supervision upon release, rather than county probation.
Emmerson's bill requires any felony offender suspected by the courts of having a severe mental disorder, and who would otherwise be sentenced to county jail instead of state prison under realignment, to be sent to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for a mental evaluation. If the CDCR determines he has a severe mental disorder, he would have to serve his sentence in state prison.
The sound reasoning behind this is that the state system can screen inmates and give them mental health treatment, and require the treatment as a condition of parole, whereas county jails cannot. Some offenders have slipped through that realignment loophole, failing to be screened for mental health issues or receive treatment before release.
Holden's legislation would close a realignment gap related to mentally ill inmates' supervision after they are released from jail. As it stands now, an offender qualifies to be held in county jail and released to county probation – instead of state prison and parole – if his offense was "triple non" – non-violent, non-sexual and non-serious. Holden's bill would require any inmate who has previously been classified as a mentally disordered offender or a mentally disordered sexual offender, and was required to undergo treatment in a state mental facility for a previous crime, to remain under state parole upon release even after serving a "triple non" jail term.
Again, the logic is that the state is equipped to provide treatment and intensive supervision for such an offender, while county probation departments are not.
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Ladybug Band by Rain Boot Media LLC is a 28-page rhyming musical storybook app that introduces children to different kinds of sounds and gets them involved in a musical performance with the Ladybug Band.
What we love…
Children are able to sing or play along with the band and have it recorded.
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Words highlighted in sync with the narration, repeat button for narration.
Ladybug Band is filled with colorful illustrations, different interesting sounds and fun interactive activities that will appeal to preschool children.
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The 4-member Ladybug Band lives on the island of Kacha and they love to perform every night by the sea. There is Squiggle on the microphone, Bouncer on the strings, Dotley on the drums and Cheeks on the reeds (a wind instrument). Readers are introduced to the sounds of these 4 musical instruments – voice, strings, drums and winds as each member appears on stage.
Then the story invites the readers to be a part of the music with a variety of actions like shaking the iPad, drawing the campfire, clapping and dancing to the beat! More interesting sounds are heard and these include the sound of the waves breaking, the crackling sound of the campfire, the scratching sound of drawing in the sand and the whistling sound of the wind. This book app is quite a treat to the senses!
But the most enjoyable part for kids must be the chance to be a member of the Ladybug Band, singing or playing their musical instruments to the Coconut Jamboree tune and recording (audio only) their performance in the app.
Up to 6 recorded sessions can be saved. When the recording is full, you just need to delete a previous recording to free up space for a new recording. These recordings are easily accessible from the home page which means that kids can come back frequently for a quick jamming session with the Band.
There are 2 reading modes – children can either read along with the app or read it by themselves. For the read along mode, I hope that the app will add a word-by-word highlighting feature to facilitate words recognition for younger children. It would be awesome if this feature is also added to the Coconut Jamboree lyrics in the sing-along section.
The story is simple but children will be happily engaged by the many interactive activities that are found in all its pages. The app is also easy and safe for young children to play by themselves. This is a delightful musical book app that gets children singing, dancing and performing together with the Ladybug Band.
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A new professional network, the Pacific Resource and Environmental Economics Network (PREEN), was established at a technical workshop in Suva yesterday.
The 2-day workshop held at the IUCN Oceania office in Suva was co-sponsored by IUCN, SOPAC and SPC. This technical workshop was the first of its kind in the region, bringing together practicing resource and environmental economists to discuss and share experiences and ideas in using economics to manage resources.
Talks and presentations covered a variety of topics, including the feasibility of biofuel, costs of climate change and disaster, and how to protect the coasts and fisheries. The participants also discussed ways to improve the way decisions are made about natural resources drawing on not only scientific but also economic information.
"Economic information helps us work out how to use our scarce resources and how and where to invest in their management" said Mr Taholo Kami, Director of the IUCN-Oceania which hosted the workshop. "Governments can use economic analysis, for instance, to decide whether it is better to declare a protected area over a forest or to sustainably manage the area for timber and non-timber products and other services valued by humans. Or they can use economic analysis to work out why people, say, choose to overfish so that we can then work out how best to control that".
"One of the challenges" said Ms Cristelle Pratt, Director of SOPAC, when opening the workshop, "is to make the use of economic information about resource use part of normal decision making, especially when there are so few people who understand its role". The workshop participants therefore also talked about options to target improved capacity for economic analysis in the Pacific, and how to 'mainstream' the analysis to normal decision making, as well as how to provide peer support for future work.
The proceedings of the PREEN workshop including copies of papers presented to the workshop are now to be reviewed and collated in a compendium to be published early next year. A website containing case study examples from the region and other useful reference material will also soon be online. "Making this information public is important to demonstrate how economic analysis can improve decision making in the Pacific", noted Dr Padma Narsey Lal, IUCN's Chief Technical Adviser. "There are a few great examples from the region about how economic information is helping to improve sustainable development. These also gives us", she said, "a lot to think about for how we can continue to improve in the future".
For more information contact:
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Hello, i have an export file in /exports/full_20010729.dmp and I would like to import this into a instance called prdw, this comes about form a problem that I have had ealier this month, my table became lock with an in-doubt transation and we tried everything that you guys suggested but still no luck. so I would like to put the table back the way it was before this happened.
I tried to import the table but it says unable to create intial extent for segment in table space dta_rel_erwkshft. I renamed the old table, but do I have to drop it in order to get rid of the old table space? Is the problem that the same table space still exsists? what would happened if I were to restore the file to which the table space points to, would that restore the table to way it was before, would that get rid of the lock on my rows?
I have tried
imp dwprd/dwprd@prdw file=/exports/full_20010729.dmp ignore =n full=n tables= ER_WORK_SHIFTS
it tries to do the import but then says it is skipping table ER_WORK_SHIFTS and says the import finished successfully without warnings
Could some body help me out, thanks
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The Justin Campaign is taking a break over the 2013 season.
After an intensive 2011-2012 campaign, and a fabulously creative and effective 4 years of action, the Justin Campaign is taking a break over the 2013 season. However, don't worry! The fantastic volunteers who make up the Justin Campaign media team will still be posting information and comment via the blog, facebook page and twitter feed. In addition, the Justin Campaign's initiative Football v Homophobia will continue to carry the baton of making football inclusive for all. To find out more about Football v Homophobia and to get involved with the campaign, please visit the website. If you would like to get involved in the Justin Campaign and have ideas for new events, projects, campaigns or activism, then please get in contact via email@example.com.
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The Justin Campaign was founded to demonstrate that ten years after Justin Fashanu's tragic suicide in 1998, homophobia is still hugely prevalent in both grassroots and professional football.
Along with raising awareness the campaign has a strong focus on Art, Events, Education and football. Through these four key initiatives and some forward thinking strategic work with other inclusive sporting organisations, The Justin Campaign seeks to challenge the stereotypes and misconceptions that exist around LGB & T (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans) people and work towards a future where the visibility of LGB & T people in football is both accepted and celebrated.
There are a number of things you can do to support us. Play for our campaigning team, The Justin Fashanu All-Stars, become a volunteer or make a donation.
"Justin Fashanu forced the world of football to acknowledge that you can love men, whilst at the same time be a world-class footballer. His bravery has created inroads for our community in the football world and has inspired a generation of gay and bisexual men, who now believe that we to, can be part of the beautiful game."
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