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Mount Taishan
Mount Taishan
The sacred Mount Tai ('shan' means 'mountain') was the object of an imperial cult for nearly 2,000 years, and the artistic masterpieces found there are in perfect harmony with the natural landscape. It has always been a source of inspiration for Chinese artists and scholars and symbolizes ancient Chinese civilizations and beliefs.
Mont Taishan
Objet d'un culte impérial pendant près de deux millénaires, le mont sacré Tai abrite des chefs-d'œuvre artistiques en parfaite harmonie avec la nature environnante. Il a toujours été une source d'inspiration pour les artistes et les lettrés chinois et il est le symbole même des civilisations et des croyances de la Chine ancienne.
جبل تايشان
يأوي جبل تاي المقدّس، وهو موضع عبادة الأباطرة لمدّة أكثر من ألفي عام، تحفاً فنية متناسقة كلّ التناسق مع الطبيعة المحيطة. ولطالما شكّل الجبل مصدر وحيٍ للفنّانين والمثقفين الصينيين لا بل هو رمز حضارات الصين القديمة ومعتقداتها.
source: UNESCO/ERI
source: UNESCO/ERI
Гора Тайшань
Священная гора Тайшань («шань» по-китайски – гора), гармонично вписанная в окружающий ландшафт, на протяжении примерно 2 тыс. лет была важнейшим культовым объектом. Это место всегда вдохновляло китайских художников и ученых, и символизировало древние традиции Китая.
source: UNESCO/ERI
Monte Taishan
Lugar de culto imperial durante dos milenios, este monte sagrado alberga obras maestras de la arquitectura y el arte perfectamente armonizadas con su entorno natural. Símbolo de las civilizaciones y creencias de la antigua China, el Monte Taishan ha sido siempre una fuente de inspiración para los artistas y letrados de este país.
source: UNESCO/ERI
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Taishan berg
De heilige berg Taishan ('shan' betekent 'berg') vormde bijna 2.000 jaar lang een bedevaartsoord voor Chinese keizers van verschillende dynastieën. De berg is altijd een inspiratiebron voor Chinese kunstenaars en geleerden geweest. De gevonden kunstschatten zijn in perfecte harmonie met hun natuurlijke omgeving. Gerenommeerde geleerden – waaronder Confucius wiens geboorteplaats Qufu slechts 70 kilometer verwijderd is van Taishan – hebben gedichten, proza en kalligrafie opgedragen aan de berg. De tempel van de God van Taishan en de Tempel der Azuren Wolken – opgedragen aan zijn dochter, godin Laomu – dienden als model voor andere tempels tijdens de keizertijd in China.
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Outstanding Universal Value
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Mount Taishan is the most famous sacred mountain of China, with exceptional historic, cultural, aesthetic and scientific value. Settled by humans as early as the Neolithic (a Dawenkou site is nearby), the mountain has been worshipped continuously throughout the last three millennia. A large and impressive rock mass covering 25,000 ha and rising to 1,545 m above the surrounding plateau, Mount Taishan is considered one of the most beautiful scenic spots in China and was an important cradle of oriental East Asian culture since the earliest times. The mountain was an important object of the cult worship of mountains even before 219 BCE, when the Qin Emperor, Huang Di, paid tribute to the mountain in the Fengshan sacrifices to inform the gods of his success in unifying all of China. On the mountain there are 12 historically recorded imperial ceremonies in homage to Heaven and Earth, about 1,800 stone tablets and inscriptions, and 22 temples, which together make Mount Taishan the most important monument in China, a world-renowned treasure house of history and culture.
The key monument, the Temple to the God of Taishan, contains the Taoist masterpiece painting of 1,009 CE "The God of Taishan Making a Journey". Inscriptions include the Han Dynasty stelae of Zhang Qian, Heng Fang and Madam Jin Sun; the Valley of Inscribed Buddhist Scriptures inscribed in the Northern Qi Dynasty; the Eulogium on Taishan by Tang Xuanzong, and the Parallel Stelae of the Tang Dynasty. There is also a number of ancient and significant trees, including six cypresses of the Han Dynasty planted 2,100 years ago; Sophora japonica of the Tang Dynasty planted 1,300 years ago, and the Guest-Greeting Pine and the Five-Bureaucrat Pine, both of which were planted some 500 years ago. All the architectural elements, paintings, in situ sculptures, stone inscriptions and ancient trees are integrated into the landscape of Mount Taishan.
Criterion (i): The landscape of Mount Taishan as one of the five sacred mountains in traditional China is a unique artistic achievement. The eleven gates, the fourteen archways, the fourteen kiosks and the four pavilions, which are scattered along the flight of 6,660 steps that rise between heaven and earth are not just simple architectural achievements, but are the final touches by human hands to the elements of a splendid natural site. Its very size places this scenic landscape, which has evolved over a period of 2,000 years, among the most grandiose human achievements of all time.
Criterion (ii): Mount Taishan, the most venerated of mountains in China, exerted for 2,000 years multiple and wide-ranging influence on the development of art. The Temple to the God of Taishan and the Azure Cloud Temple, dedicated to his daughter, the Goddess Laomu, were prototypes built on Mount Taishan and subsequently used as models during the imperial period, throughout all of China. The conceptual model of a mountain bearing the traces of man, where graceful structures – bridges, gateways or pavilions – contrast with sombre pine forests or frightening rocky cliffs, could only have originated by referring to Mount Taishan.
Criterion (iii): Mount Taishan bears unique testimony to the lost civilizations of imperial China, most particularly in relation to their religions, arts and letters. For 2,000 years it was one of the principal places of worship where the emperor paid homage to Heaven and Earth in the Fengshan sacrifices, conducted by the Son of Heaven himself. Since the time of the Han Dynasty, it has been one of the five mountains symbolizing the Celestial Kingdom, in accordance with the Doctrine of the Five Elements, a fundamental premise in Chinese thought.
Criterion (iv): Mount Taishan is an outstanding example of a sacred mountain. The Palace of Heavenly Blessings (1,008 CE), located inside the Temple to the God of Taishan, is one of the three oldest palaces in China. The Azure Cloud Temple, also constructed under the Song Dynasty, is typical of a mountain architectural complex in the arrangement of its courtyards and buildings, and the Divine Rock Temple with its Thousand Buddhas Hall are outstanding and complete examples of great temples. Together they illustrate the cultural and religious aspects of the Tang and Song periods.
Criterion (v): The natural and cultural ensemble of Mount Taishan comprises a traditional human settlement in the form of a cult centre dating from the Neolithic (Dawenkou) period, which has become an outstanding example of traditional culture under the impact of irreversible change wrought by increasing visitation and tourism.
Criterion (vi): Mount Taishan is directly and tangibly associated with events whose importance in universal history cannot be minimized. These include the emergence of Confucianism, the unification of China, and the appearance of writing and literature in China.
Criterion (vii): With nearly 3 billion years of natural evolution, Mount Taishan was formed through complicated geological and biological processes, which resulted in a gigantic rock mass covered with dense vegetation towering over the surrounding plateau. This dramatic and majestic mountain is an outstanding combination of a beautiful natural landscape dominated by the cultural impacts of thousands of years of human use.
Due to its long-standing status as a sacred place, Mount Taishan has been preserved with little alteration. The ensemble of elements enables Mount Taishan to entirely and accurately represent its harmonious combination as a natural landscape modified and enhanced by human agency to become the embodiment of ancient Chinese belief and culture.
A cable car was built before the property was inscribed as World Heritage but most visitors reach the summit area by climbing the 6,660 steps. The integrity of the property has been impacted little by tourism and associated facilities, however there needs to be a definite limit of the extent of development of such facilities. There are substantial and impressive areas free of both historic and modern features such as the very impressive Rear Rocky Basin. Much of the mountain has a grandeur and wilderness that belies its thousands of years of human use.
The elements of the cultural heritage of Mount Taishan meet all requirements of authenticity: form and design, materials and substance, use and function, traditions and techniques, location and setting, spirit and feeling. The humanistic and ecological environment of Taishan has been well preserved through all the dynasties. The age-old geological relics, ancient architectural ensembles, stone tablets and inscriptions, and ancient and rare trees all have been carefully protected and maintained.
Protection and management requirements
Mount Taishan has been protected and managed for over 3,000 years. The present administrative organization is the Management Committee of Scenic Spots and Historic Sites of Taishan, Taian City, and comprises representatives of the National World Heritage Office, the Bureau of Cultural Relics and Religions, the Bureau of Hygiene and Environmental Protection, and other functional departments and administrative units. Financial resources for the maintenance and protection of Taishan are allocated from the government and supplemented by entrance fees to scenic areas.
In 1982, Taishan was designated as the National Top Scenic Spot by the State Council of the People's Republic of China. According to the law on the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage and other relevant laws and regulations of the People's Republic of China, a document laying out the Overall Planning of Protection of Taishan was adopted in October 2000 by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of Shandong Province, which provides a legal basis of effective operations for the integrated management of protection of Mount Taishan. In 2004, the government of Taian City gazetted the World Heritage property area for highest-level protection within which any construction project must be approved by relevant administrative departments according to established laws and procedures.
Management and protection issues included the concept of adopting a carrying capacity and designing facilities to be used to control access, and to consider proposals to progressively remove or replace incongruous buildings with those of an appropriate architectural style. The location, number and type of small scale photo and refreshment operations also need to be rationalised and controlled to reduce adverse impact on visitor appreciation of natural and cultural values. Finally, a proper resource inventory of the natural features of the site is needed in order to better document the full value of the park. The specific long-term management objective for the property is to control business and tourist activities within the protection zone in order to safeguard both integrity and authenticity of the property.
Long Description
The majestic site of the sacred Mount Tai (Taishan), with its dense forests and ancient temples complementing each other has been the object of imperial pilgrimage for some 2,000 years, and the artistic masterpieces contained within it are in perfect harmony with the natural landscape. It has always been a source of inspiration to Chinese artists and scholars, and symbolizes ancient Chinese civilizations and beliefs.
Located in central Shandong Province, just north of Tai'an City, Taishan rises abruptly from the vast plain of central Shandong. Geologically, it is the oldest and most important example of the palaeo-metamorphic system representative of the Cambrian period in eastern China. Referred to as the Taishan Complex, it comprises magmatized, metamorphic and sedimentary rock and an intrusive mass of various origins that were formed in the Archaean era 170-200 million years ago. Subsequently, in the Proterozoic era, the Taishan region began to rise, and this uplift continued until the middle of the Cenozoic era. The gneiss that emerged in the Taishan region is the foundation for all of North China.
Vegetation covers 80% of the densely wooded area and the flora is diverse, 989 species. Medicinal plants total 462 species, include multiflower knotweed, Taishan ginseng, Chinese gromwell, and sealwort, which are renowned throughout the country. There are over 200 species of animal in addition to 122 species of bird. Large-scaled fish are found in running water at 300-800 m.
Taishan has a very rich cultural heritage, and the integration of this with the natural scenery is considered a precious legacy. Cultural relics include memorial objects, architectural complexes, stone sculptures, and archaeological sites of outstanding importance. It is one of the birthplaces Chinese civilization, evidence of human activity dating back 400,000 years to Yiyuan Man in the Palaeolithic period. By Neolithic times, 5,000-6,000 years ago, it had become a significant cultural centre with two cultures flourishing, the Dawenkou to the north and the Longshan to the south of the mountain.
The Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) of the Zhou dynasty (1100-221 BC) witnessed the first flare of cultural creativity with the emergence of two rival states, Qi to the north and Lu to the south of the mountain. During the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), the State of Qi built a 500 km long wall as protection from possible invasion by the State of Chu. The ruins of this earliest of the great walls in Chinese history are still evident.
For over 3,000 years, Chinese emperors of various dynasties have made pilgrimages to Taishan for sacrificial and other ceremonial purposes. Rock inscriptions, stone tablets and temples testify to such visits. Renowned scholars, including Confucius whose home town, Qufu, is only 70 km away, have composed poetry and prose and left their calligraphy on the mountain.
Taishan was also an important centre of religious activity for both Buddhism and Taoism. In 351 BC an eminent monk named Lang, the first to come to the mountain, set up the Lang and Divine Rock temples. During the Northern and Southern dynasties (AD 420-589), the Jade Spring, God's Treasure and Pervading Light temples were built.
Prime Minister Li Jiefu of the Tang dynasty (618-907) regarded the Divine Rock Temple as first among China's four temple wonders. Places for Taoist activities included the Temple to the Heavenly Queen Mother, the Palace of Goddess Doumu, the Azure Cloud Temple, the Rear Rock Basin Temple and the Supreme Lord of Heaven Temple. The Temple to the Heavenly Queen Mother, built before the period of the Three Kingdoms (220-80), is the earliest whereas the Azure Cloud Temple is the most influential, its influence extending over more than half of China.Source: UNESCO/CLT/WHC


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Former high school football star turned farmer and family man, Scott Murphy finds himself with a unique opportunity to revisit his glory days during the Ohio State championship game where he permanently injured his knee in a game-winning play. Given a second shot at his destiny, Scott seeks counsel from Coach Hand, Scott's longtime mentor on and off the field, to help him decide whether to let his fate unfold, or follow a path that will change his future.
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We might have a merrier Christmas than was thought even one month ago. October's retail sales surged 1.4 percent, which means that consumers may have decided to unleash their pocket books for the holiday season. This, and several other economic indicators should give the pessimists pause. The recession is over, and those businesses will profit from it that are also willing to spend again on expanding their production of goods and services.
Even BusinessWeek in jumping on the bandwagon. It projects that businesses will begin to hire and payrolls stabilize over the next couple of months with more than 80 percent of S&P 500 index companies exceeding estimated earnings in Q3. Corporate profits have as much as tripled over 2008 for the likes of JP Morgan Chase, Travelers Insurance, and a handful of S&P 500 members.
What was remarkable about the retail sales figure was that sales were led by a rebound in auto sales from a post-clunkers slump, said Commerce Department. This means the auto industry is recovering. Even GM said that it could begin to pay back some of the $50B billion it had borrowed from the Treasury.
Firing on all cylinders after selling or killing off its stale assets before its emergence from bankruptcy, a revitalized GM will look to pay off the extra $6.7B USD that the government loaned it during the bankruptcy process. According to both The Detroit News and The Washington Post, GM's board of directors and the U.S. Treasury have agreed on a repayment plan that would involve GM paying $1B USD per quarter, starting on December 31.
Also, Single-family starts were at 476 thousand (SAAR) in October, down 6.8 percent from the revised September rate, but 33 percent above the record low in January and February (357 thousand). Just like for total starts, single-family starts have been at this level for five months, in part because the government is paying first-time buyers as much as $8,000 to buy a home. But any further improvement will depend on a drop in the vacancy rates, which are at a historical high
We have another indicator of a "V" shaped recovery, if one looks at a history of industrial production. It shows that in the severest recessions industrial production tends to have the highest bounce back. This recession mirrors the worst—in 1948, '54, '58, '74, and 1981. So those expecting a "V" shaped recovery would expect industrial production to be tracking at or above the "severe recessions" line (since this was the worst recession since the Depression), according to the Calculated Risk Blog.
A quicker recovery also seems more likely because exports, a large part of industrial production, should continue to grow due to the cheap dollar exchange rate. Real exports of goods and services (after inflation) increased 14.7 percent in the third quarter GDP report, vs. a 4.1 percent decrease in the second quarter.
A merry Christmas depends on merry consumers who are in a spending mood. Third quarter real personal consumption increased 3.4 percent, in line with the jump in GDP growth, but much of it was also auto sales due to the cash for clunkers program. The good news from the latest retail report is that auto sales have picked up even after expiration of the cash for clunkers program, showing that consumers want a Merry Christmas.
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1 cup
chocolate cookie crumbs
1/4 cup
butter, softened
2 tablespoons
white sugar
1/4 teaspoon
ground cinnamon
3 (8 ounce) packages
cream cheese, softened
1 cup
white sugar
8 (1 ounce) squares
semisweet chocolate
2 tablespoons
whipping cream
1 cup
sour cream
1/4 teaspoon
2 teaspoons
instant coffee granules dissolved in 1/4 cup hot water
1/4 cup
coffee flavored liqueur
2 teaspoons
vanilla extract
1 cup
heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoons
confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons
coffee-flavored liqueur
1 (1 ounce) square
semisweet chocolate
Fantastic cheesecake!! I did have some trouble melting the chocolate, so the 2nd time I made this cheesecake, I just melted the chocolate in the microwave and stirred the 2 Tb. of cream in with with sour cream. I also combined the 1/4c.water, instant coffee and liqueur & put in the microwave til it was hot. By doing this, you avoid overmixing the batter and warms the batter slightly so the chocolate blends easier! Great recipe and I really enjoyed making it!!! Thanks!!
I had some trouble with this recipe. First, their was not enough crust to cover the pan so after making what the recipe originally calls for, I had to cut the crust recipe in half and make it again. That made enough. I also recommend melting the butter, it makes it much easier to mix. I too had trouble getting the chocolate to melt. As soon as I added it to the cheesecake batter it became lumpy. Does it need to cool a bit? The recipe doesn't say. I did serve this the day after making it and I thought it tasted just OK. Honestly, it was a little bit bitter and needed more sugar. I also couldn't taste any coffee flavor. I don't know that I would make this again. Something was off.
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I have made this cheesecake at least a dozen times and my family and friends request it all the time!!! I make a few modifications: instead of instant coffee dissolved in hot water, I use 1/4 c. espresso for a little stronger coffee flavor. If you don't have an espresso machine, you can pick up an espresso at the coffee shop. I also use 1 1/2 times the crust recipe so that the crust is a bit thicker and I can press it halfway up the sides of my springform pan. I also buy a 16 oz. container of whipping cream and use the remainder (after using 2 Tbsp to melt the chocolate) to make the whipped cream, which means I double the powdered sugar and coffee liquer.
I can't say enough good things about this recipe!
This is a wonderful cheesecake that is easy to make. I make a cup of expresso instead of instant coffee and then I melt some dark chocolate in a small amount of whipping cream and pour it over the cooled cake. It hardens and forms a delicious crust.
This was good the first day, but excellent the next, so I would recommend 24 hours for the cheesecake flavors to meld. I subsituted 4 t instant coffee, disolved in 1/2 a cup of whipping creaam for the coffee and coffee liquer the recipe calls for. I used chocolate sandwich cookies for the crust and would either use more cookies or less butter the next time, I think chocolate grahams would work better than the sandwich cookies though. I melted the chocolate in the microwave with no problems. All in all, excellent recipe.
Wonderful cheesecake! I made a few changes including doubling the crust portion, otherwise I thought it would be too thin and used 1/2 cup strong coffee (4 tsp instant coffee in 1/2 c. water) for the coffee and coffee liquer. I also used strong coffee in the cream portion and increased the amount of sugar (times 3) to make it sweeter. It got raves and I will definitely make it again!
I made this as a piece of an insanely decadent birthday cake for my husband, so I divided the batter in half and baked it in an 8" spring form- the resulting cakes were maybe 2" thick, so it makes a nice, thick cheesecake. Because I made it thinner/smaller, it didn't have to bake as long (about 30 min). I used 1/2 cup of espresso instead of the liquor and instant coffee and I sweetened it using concentrated fruit juice. I also used low far cream cheese. The chocolate seized with the cream (I used it anyways) and it still smoothed out in the batter.
The cheesecake turned out fantastic. The final product is really only as good as the chocolate and coffee you use though, so don't skimp and buy cheap stuff. I'd recommend melting the chocolate alone (without the cream) and then just add the cream alongside the sour cream.
I will make this many times over, I'm sure. Thank you for a wonderful recipe!
I love this cheesecake, and so do everyone else who have tasted it! This was the first cheesecake of any kind that I ever tried to make, and it turned out PERFECTLY! Everyone thought I bought it from a bakery. I used espresso instead of strong coffee, and I baked it in a water bath. It took 3 hours to make.
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ASI receives major gift from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
A gift of nearly $1.6 million from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to the University of California, Davis, will support a national network that will focus on improving children's access to healthy food.
The $1.57 million gift creates an endowment that will be managed by the Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis to support in perpetuity the Inter-institutional Network for Food, Agriculture and Sustainability, a network of scholars from 14 universities. A primary goal of the network will be to improve food-system sustainability to advance the health of people, society and the natural environment.
The Kellogg funds will enable the network to nurture a diverse corps of scholars in the early stages of their careers who will lead initiatives to address food-system challenges.
"This gift recognizes the work of leaders from across the United States, and I am gratified that my colleagues in the network have endorsed the UC Davis Agricultural Sustainability Institute as the network's host," said Tom Tomich, the W.K. Kellogg Endowed Chair in Sustainable Food Systems at UC Davis and director of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute. "We also are grateful to the Kellogg Foundation for supporting such important work," Tomich said.
Neal Van Alfen, dean of the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, also emphasized the gift's importance. "UC Davis is recognized globally for its agricultural and environmental research and is a leader in scientific study of sustainability," he said. "This investment by the Kellogg Foundation will allow us to work nationally with colleagues to identify the most critical issues in agricultural and food-system sustainability and to provide solutions toward sustainable food systems for everyone."
The network includes scholars from Iowa State University and its Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Michigan State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina State University, Ohio State University, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Minnesota, University of New Hampshire, University of New Mexico, University of Vermont, University of Wisconsin and Washington State University. Additional institutions and scholars will be added in the future.
About the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Established in 1930, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation supports children, families and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. Its grants are concentrated in the U.S., Latin America, the Caribbean and southern Africa. More information about the foundation is available online at: www.wkkf.org.
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Located close to the state capital, UC Davis has 32,000 students, an annual research budget that exceeds $600 million, a comprehensive health system and 13 specialized research centers. The university offers interdisciplinary graduate study and more than 100 undergraduate majors in four colleges -- Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering, and Letters and Science. It also houses six professional schools -- Education, Law, Management, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing.
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Relationships & Love
Beautiful advice from a divorced man after 16 years ofmarriage.
My advice after adivorce following 16 years of marriage, by Gerald Rogers.
Obviously, Im not arelationship expert. But theres something about my divorce being finalizedthis week that gives me perspective of things I wish I would have donedifferent After losing a woman that I loved, and a marriage of almost 16years, heres the advice I wish I would have had.
1. Never stop courting. Never stop dating. NEVER EVER takethat woman for granted. When you asked her to marry you, you promised to bethat man that would OWN HER HEART and to fiercely protect it. This is the mostimportant and sacred treasure you will ever be entrusted with. SHE CHOSE YOU.Never forget that, and NEVER GET LAZY in your love.
2. Protect your own heart. Just as you committed to beingthe protector of her heart, you must guard your own with the same vigilance.Love yourself fully, love the world openly, but there is a special place inyour heart where no one must enter except for your wife. Keep that space alwaysready to receive her and invite her in, and refuse to let anyone or anythingelse enter there.
3. Fall in love over and over again. You will constantlychange. Youre not the same people you were when you got married, and in fiveyears you will not be the same person you are today. Change will come, and inthat you have to re-choose each other every day. SHE DOESNT HAVE TO STAY WITHYOU, and if you dont take care of her heart, she may give that heart tosomeone else or seal you out completely, and you may never be able to get itback. Always fight to win her love just as you did when you were courting her.
4. Always see the best in her. Focus only on what you love.What you focus on will expand. If you focus on what bugs you, all you will seeis reasons to be bugged. If you focus on what you love, you cant help but beconsumed by love. Focus to the point where you can no longer see anything butlove, and you know without a doubt that you are the luckiest man on earth to behave this woman as your wife.
5. Its not your job to change or fix her your job is tolove her as she is with no expectation of her ever changing. And if shechanges, love what she becomes, whether its what you wanted or not.
6. Take full accountability for your own emotions: Its notyour wifes job to make you happy, and she CANT make you sad. You areresponsible for finding your own happiness, and through that your joy willspill over into your relationship and your love.
7. Never blame your wife if you get frustrated or angry ather, it is only because it is triggering something inside of YOU. They are YOURemotions, and your responsibility. When you feel those feelings take time toget present and to look within and understand what it is inside of YOU that isasking to be healed. You were attracted to this woman because she was theperson best suited to trigger all of your childhood wounds in the most painfulway so that you could heal them when you heal yourself, you will no longer betriggered by her, and you will wonder why you ever were.
8. Allow your woman to just be. When shes sad or upset,its not your job to fix it, its your job to HOLD HER and let her know itsok. Let her know that you hear her, and that shes important and that you arethat pillar on which she can always lean. The feminine spirit is about changeand emotion and like a storm her emotions will roll in and out, and as youremain strong and unjudging she will trust you and open her soul to you DONTRUN-AWAY WHEN SHES UPSET. Stand present and strong and let her know you arentgoing anywhere. Listen to what she is really saying behind the words andemotion.
9. Be silly dont take yourself so damn seriously. Laugh.And make her laugh. Laughter makes everything else easier.
10. Fill her soul everyday learn her love languages and thespecific ways that she feels important and validated and CHERISHED. Ask her tocreate a list of 10 THINGS that make her feel loved and memorize those thingsand make it a priority every day to make her feel like a queen.
11. Be present. Give her not only your time, but your focus,your attention and your soul. Do whatever it takes to clear your head so thatwhen you are with her you are fully WITH HER. Treat her as you would your mostvaluable client. She is.
12. Be willing to take her sexually, to carry her away inthe power of your masculine presence, to consume her and devour her with yourstrength, and to penetrate her to the deepest levels of her soul. Let her meltinto her feminine softness as she knows she can trust you fully.
13. Dont be an idiot. And dont be afraid of being oneeither. You will make mistakes and so will she. Try not to make too big ofmistakes, and learn from the ones you do make. Youre not supposed to beperfect, just try to not be too stupid.
14. Give her space The woman is so good at giving andgiving, and sometimes she will need to be reminded to take time to nurtureherself. Sometimes she will need to fly from your branches to go and find whatfeeds her soul, and if you give her that space she will come back with newsongs to sing. (okay, getting a little too poetic here, but you get the point.Tell her to take time for herself, ESPECIALLY after you have kids. She needsthat space to renew and get re-centered, and to find herself after she getslost in serving you, the kids and the world.)
15. Be vulnerable you dont have to have it all together.Be willing to share your fears and feelings, and quick to acknowledge yourmistakes.
16. Be fully transparent. If you want to have trust you mustbe willing to share EVERYTHING Especially those things you dont want toshare. It takes courage to fully love, to fully open your heart and let her inwhen you dont know i she will like what she finds Part of that courage isallowing her to love you completely, your darkness as well as your light. DROPTHE MASK If you feel like you need to wear a mask around her, and show upperfect all the time, you will never experience the full dimension of what lovecan be.
17. Never stop growing together The stagnant pond breedsmalaria, the flowing stream is always fresh and cool. Atrophy is the naturalprocess when you stop working a muscle, just as it is if you stop working onyour relationship. Find common goals, dreams and visions to work towards.
18. Dont worry about money. Money is a game, find ways towork together as a team to win it. It never helps when teammates fight. Figureout ways to leverage both persons strength to win.
19. Forgive immediately and focus on the future rather thancarrying weight from the past. Dont let your history hold you hostage. Holdingonto past mistakes that either you or she makes, is like a heavy anchor to yourmarriage and will hold you back. FORGIVENESS IS FREEDOM. Cut the anchor looseand always choose love.
20. Always choose love. ALWAYS CHOOSE LOVE. In the end, thisis the only advice you need. If this is the guiding principle through which allyour choices is governed, there is nothing that will threaten the happiness ofyour marriage. Love will always endure.
In the end marriage isnt about happily ever after. Itsabout work. And a commitment to grow together and a willingness to continuallyinvest in creating something that can endure eternity. Through that work, thehappiness will come. Marriage is life, and it will bring ups and downs.Embracing all of the cycles and learning to learn from and love each experiencewill bring the strength and perspective to keep building, one brick at a time.
These are lessons I learned the hard way. These are lessonsI learned too late. But these are lessons I am learning and committed incarrying forward. Truth is, I loved being married, and in time, I will getmarried again, and when I do, I will build it with a foundation that willendure any storm and any amount of time.
If you are reading this and find wisdom in my pain, share itthose young husbands whose hearts are still full of hope, and with thosecouples you may know who may have forgotten how to love. One of those men maybe like I was, and in these hard earned lessons perhaps something will awakenin him and he will learn to be the man his lady has been waiting for.
MEN- THIS IS YOUR CHARGE: Commit to being an EPIC LOVER.There is no greater challenge, and no greater prize. Your woman deserves thatfrom. Be the type of husband your wife cant help but brag about.


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gluten free menu had good selection, but was very limited for me because I'm allergic to egg. there were only two items for me to order. I was a little sick after, but I think it was the curry, not gluten.
I don't have a PF Chang's in my hometown so I try to eat at one whenever I'm traveling. We went to this one when visiting family in Las Vegas. The staff is always well trained and this one was the same as the rest. We had an assortment of GF plates and Gluten eaters at our table so when the cucumbers I ordered came out in a regular serving bowl I immediately noticed the mistake. I had ordered a GF cucumber and they brought me regular ones. The waitstaff were great about fixing it and they left the Gluten ones for the rest of the family as well. This is where knowing that the GF food at PF Chang's comes on white plates with black PF Chang's logos on them. If you keep that in mind, you'll always catch a mistake like that if it happens.
Good food. Only Chinese place I'll eat. Yes, gf menu is at least $1 more for each plate. The waitress brought out gf soy sauce with out even being asked! Btw, the chocolate dome was amazing! It's like a dome of ganache. My husband ordered a second one :)
My husband & I can eat here for under $30 which I think is cheap. Love the Singapore street noodles & the spinach appetizer. Addicting!
the gluten free food is great but a little pricey. totally worth it
The only Chinese food place I know of with a gluten free menu and they do it very well! Very delicious and several dishes to choose from
7894 N Blackstone Ave., Fresno, CA 93720
My experience was good. Food was clearly marked and handled as GF. Tasted great. There were about 6-7 GF options which was nice. Now, if only they had GF fortune cookies!
148 West Bridge Street, Homestead, PA 15120
Had the gluten free lemon chicken. Yum
766 South Osprey Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236
Excellent place to eat. Lots of options and the food is delicious. Management and waitstaff are knowledgeable and helpful. Great meal for my celiac daughter and the waiter made her laugh by serving her food with humor "shrimp fried rice hold the gluten."
5488 South Padre Island Drive #5001, Corpus Christi, TX 78411
Ordered from GF menu, no issues following. Identified everything we ordered as GF coming out of the kitchen. Must have resolved previously mentioned issue. Had a great evening and Artie was awesome.
1401 North Waterfront Parkway, Wichita, KS 67206
I received excellent service. I let the server know I couldn't have gluten, and ordered off the GF menu. The chef came out and asked if I had any other dietary concerns she should be aware of. Wonderful!
12071 Elm Creek Blvd., Maple Grove, MN 55369
The food was good. Had chicken fried rice and egg drop soup. The gluten free soy sauce didn't taste normal. I liked that the menu stated that the soy sauce on the table wasn't gluten free. There were a lot of options for the gf menu and my food came on a specially labeled plate. A little disappointed that it was only a flourless chocolate cake for dessert. Just because I'm gluten free, doesn't mean I like choc cake lol. More options in the future would be great! Been 3 days since I ate there and haven't had any problems so I would say this is a good place to go.
3405 Nicholasville Road, Lexington, KY 40503
Perfect! Love PF Changs
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great options!
2361 Fountain Square Drive, Lombard, IL 60148
My son had a great experience here tonight! We told the server that he has celiac disease and the server automatically said "What would you like off our gf menu?" Also he told us that all the fried items are done in the back so that there is very little chance of there being any cross contamination issues. His food came out on different plates than the rest of the group as well. We will be back for sure.
2801 W Big Beaver Rd, Troy, MI 48084
Absolutely, positively horrendous experience. Though our waitress was wonderful, the food (every single time I've gone) always had some trace of gluten in it. If you're very sensitive to gluten do NOT eat here!!
4325 Glenwood Avenue #2089, Raleigh, NC 27612
Eaten here on a number of occasions. They understand the importance of cross contamination etc. for Celiac's. Great food and never had any reaction.
600 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
The food was good. The service- especially the hostess who went to far as to help my elderly dad tie his shoe- was excellent.
1190 Farrow Parkway, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
Always a great experience. We need more in NYC area
2525 W End Suite #2535, Nashville, TN 37203
If you have Celiac STAY AWAY! My husband and I made reservations to celebrate our anniversary late and it was our first night out in a year! I informed them when I made the reservations that I had celiac. I informed our waitress that I had celiac, needed the GF food to be prepared separately. She appeared to know what I was talking about and assured me they deal with this all of the time. My husband who is not celiac even ordered from the GF menu so there would be no confusion or problems. The food and service was good. The next morning though, I woke up to realize I have been glutened! Severely. I know this is a risk I take every time we eat out, but it is now day 2 and I am still terribly sick. I reached out to our Celiac support association who said to contact the Manager at that location. I am upset and disappointed that what was supposed to be a fun and memorable night was ruined by gluten.
210 Andover Street, Peabody, MA 01960
Excellent menu as far as variety. The staff take precautions with the sauces and specially marked plates. One of our "go-to's" for Chinese.
1125 Fashion Drive, Nanuet, NY 10954
This place is terrible. Go to the Hackensack location if you don't want problems. I ordered 3 entrees to go - 2 gluten free and one regular. When they brought them out, nothing was labeled and the server was trying to figure it out based on the "order" the boxes were placed in the bag. No thanks! I left without any of it because I was so annoyed at not only their process, but the fact that they failed to take the gluten free order seriously and thought they could arbitrarily label the GF items after the fact. Hell to the no.
2110 Hamilton Place Boulevard, Chattanooga, TN 37421
I have eaten here a number of times, and always had a great experience. GF food comes on special plates. Safe place for Celiac's.
10281 Midtown Pkwy. #137, Jacksonville, FL 32246
My favorite place to eat. Always safe.
2500 North Mayfair Road, Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Incredibly happy with my gluten free experience! The menu had many options, the plates were different than those that other food was being served on, and my server even came back to check on which gluten free beer I had asked for!
26001 Chagrin Blvd., Beachwood, OH 44122
The wait staff is extremely careful when ordering gluten free. I love the gf lettuce wraps and the fried rice (gluten free) I have never gotten sick here. Very clean facility and during happy hour in the bar area the lettuce wraps are only $6 instead of $12--
2201 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815
Very helpful staff. Servers and management came to assure me that my food would definitely be gf. It was!
1180 Galleria Boulevard, Roseville, CA 95678
Great gf menu and food. Great service. You don't feel like your missing out and best part I didn't come home feeling sick or worrying I might have been slightly cross contaminated!
2801 W Big Beaver Rd, Troy, MI 48084
I have gotten cross contaminated here. Chang's spicy chicken has made me sick multiple times. Lemon chicken, same story. I believe it is because the chicken is fried in a contaminated fryer. They have gluten-free soy sauce and there is a ton of options.
3525 West Carson Street, Torrance, CA 90503
Never a problem here. Wish the would put lemon scallops back on the menu.
5915 Sky Pond Dr., Loveland, CO 80538
They do gf right!
322 West Farms Mall Space F226, Farmington, CT 06032
Unfortunately, not only am I celiac, but also allergic to seafood. That removes like 75% of the menu for me😢 that being said, they revamped the menu and dishes. The lemon chicken is the only meat dish I can eat. The new improved version was out of this world. I just wish there were more entrees I could eat. They do have a nice gluten free menu.
390 West El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Enjoyed an early dinner on a Wednesday. I ordered GF Singapore Street Noodles (a bit dry, not enough sauce) and GF Spicy Chicken (just right). Shared some with my date. For the most part, I find PF Chang's to be consistently safe for me, a Celiac, and the food is tasty. Service at this location at that time was not very attentive, even though it wasn't busy. So for this visit, 4 of 5 stars.
10840 Tamiami Trail North, Granada Shoppes, Naples, FL 34109
Great gluten free restaurant and menu!
1330 Stoneridge Mall Road, Pleasanton, CA 94588
The gf food is usually tasty and I haven't gotten sick. The service can be a bit slow and the hostess team often seems annoyed when interacting with anyone, but the gf food hasn't failed me yet!
1885 N Hwy 17, Mt Pleasant, SC 29464
Very accommodating and always excellent service!
2500 North Mayfair Road, Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Gluten free Chinese! What a treat! Server was very knowledgable and food was tasty.
Av. Colina de la Paz 25, Fraccionamiento Boulevares, 53140 Naucalpan de Juárez, Méx., Mexico 53140
Same as in us selection of plates prepared in diff plates and utensils to prevent cross contamination.
410 Legacy Place, Dedham, MA 02026
One of my favorite places to eat. You will always know it's gluten free because it is served on special designated plates. Plus the flourless chocolate done is the best!
910 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland, MS 39157
Not the best service but I've never gotten sick from their food. My go to gluten-free Chinese.
575 East University Parkway A-20, Orem, UT 84097
I will never ever ever go here again (Orem mall). Every time I go I get sick big time. Never ever again!
40762 Winchester Road, Temecula, CA 92591
Delicious. Always specify if you are ordering off the gluten free menu and always specify if you have an allergy.
3667 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Yummy & affordable Chinese food. When you order off the gluten free menu, always specify the items that are gluten free because they have to know to use the gluten free sauces. You cannot taste the difference though. You won't even feel like yours is a special order (hate that feeling when in groups). If you are eating family style in a group, encourage everyone else to also order gluten free since there is no extra charge. It is more expensive in Vegas than in California so if you are traveling then do not be surprised by the inflation.
1400 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431
Update: July 2015-- This location is no longer safe. The chef has been replaced and the GM either doesn't care anymore or is new. 3 visits in a row my meal came out with gluten containing ingredients on it. The 3rd time I got glutened because I didn't see it til it was too late. All three times the server gave me attitude for sending it back, and the manager on duty did not make the situation right. Do Not Go Here! ------------ I eat here very frequently and am a celiac. of the tens of times in the last year I have eaten here I've never had a problem. all staff are extremely well trained and know how to handle gf requests with out issue. not once have I worried about my food, it is always stress free and like ordering as a 'normal' person. Lol safe and tasty option. always a good option in Boca. even when they are busy as can be.
720 Briarwood Circle, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Celiac-- everything was yummy. Didn't get sick. Tons of options!
2500 North Mayfair Road, Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Love the food and GF breading on the lemon chicken dish and chicken fried rice. The lettuce wraps are great too!!
8 Park Plaza Space D6, Boston, MA 02116
Good service, aware of celiac, consistent good food typical of the chain.
2300 Village Dr. West Bldg #140, Maumee, OH 43537
Great! Great food. Knowledgeable staff. Separate plates for gf items.
6809-F Phillips Place Court, Charlotte, NC 28210
Delicious, safe for celiacs! Read more: http://glutenfreecarolinagirl.com/2014/06/24/restaurant-chain-review-pf-changs/
983 Baltimore Pike, Glen Mills, PA 19342
Updated my review because while I had previously given it five stars the last two visits were horrible and I won't be back. On a dinner visit with a friend who has a gluten sensitivity (and I am diagnosed celiac) we both did not feel well afterward. I saw this coming as the waitress didn't seem very attentive to our sensitivity/allergy needs And on a recent lunch visit the waitress actually rolled her eyes when I said I had a gluten allergy. That was the nail in the coffin for a restaurant that one of my go-to's.
9435 Civic Center Blvd. Streets of Westchester Bldg. 1, West Chester, OH 45069
Great food. Wish they had veggies with meals. Good staff
740 S Mill Ave. #140, Tempe, AZ 85281
Staff are knowledgable about cross contamination and gluten sensitivity. However, be very careful ordering...there is a specific plate that they serve gf food on. I went twice to the Downtown tempe location and was given non gluten free singapore noodles, all night i was sick in pain. When i called the manager, he did absolutely nothing about both incidents. Horrible manager here not safe for celiacs and over priced for something thats already gf. Pick another Pf Changs if u have celiac or an intolerance. Downtown tempe definately not a good option.
1401 North Waterfront Parkway, Wichita, KS 67206
We eat here all of the time and have never been contaminated :-) they bring the gluten free dishes out on different plates so there are no mix ups. Make sure you ask for the gluten free soy sauce and other spices. They will bring you your own set.
3333 Buford Drive, Buford, GA 30519
Delicious as always. Consistent service and food product no matter which one I visit. I love pf changs.
2418 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
Super bad service. The server was very rude while my wife was trying to explain what our 2 years old son's food allergies were and then he left without any explanation, 10 minutes later brought the drinks saying that the manager was going to be with us shortly, another 15 minutes to bring a piece of paper with options for my kid to eat, another 10 minutes and then he stop to ask if we were ready by the I tried to ask for reasons why a plate on kids menu (fried rice) want an option and he said is only what we have in the list while knocking hard the table with his finger, after that I immediately ask for the check for drinks and left. Even when he came back saying that it was just a dollar And that I didn't have to pay I left the dollar at the table. Again.... Super bad service to people with allergies
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I eat here all the time- at least once a month or more and never had any issues. I'm super sensitive to gluten but haven't had any issues ordering from their gluten free menu. The majority of the staff are knowledgeable and go out of their way to make sure my allergy is taken seriously- even the bartender! Love this place!
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It looks like we are finally getting into the real fall weather this week. The trees are at the height of their glory. The colors are looking really nice and this weekend should be a good time to drive around southwest Iowa and take in all the splendor. The amount of ducks and geese flying around seems to be higher than usual.
The harvest is also in full swing, and I always like to stop and watch a field or two being picked. The mountain of corn is starting to grow at the local co-op. Get out and take a look around — nature is working overtime right now. As I look out the window right now, snow showers are making their first appearance of the year.
A week from today all the little goblins will be out trick or treating. If the extended forecast is any indication, it may be a nice Halloween this year. The forecast I read is calling for temps in the mid-50s during the day and cooling off toward the evening.
Bright Eyes, the annual fundraiser and good time for kids in the park, is this Saturday. The good time is at McKinley Park and always attracts a lot of kids and businesses to the event. It's a good way to spend a few hours with your little goblins.
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Don't forget to get your flu shot. It is that time of year where the "creeping crud" starts to rear its ugly head. At least if you get a flu shot, you might have a good chance of missing out on the fun.
The end of the fall sports season is getting close. This weekend is the end of the football regular season and volleyball is also getting near the state playoffs. Several of the area high school teams look to make the playoffs. Also, cross country and swimming regionals are about to take place.
I think I have eaten about 100 apples over the past month. The apples this year sure are good. The wet and cool spring got the apples off to a good start. Some of the apples I have bought at the orchard in Nebraska City are just "humongous." Some of the honeycrisp apples I purchased are about the size of grapefruits. Plus, they are just super sweet this year. Remember "an apple a day...keeps the doctor away."
This Monday is the Creston News Advertiser's Holiday to Holiday event out at the SWCC gym. The fall event has more than 30 booths brought to you by local merchants. It will also give you many ideas for the coming holiday season. Plus, a number of the booths have goodies to sample — always a plus. Tickets are $5 in advance and $8 at the door, and it is an entertaining evening. Lots of door prizes will be given away, too.
Thought for the week: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have a grave announcement to make. Incredible as it may seem, strange beings who landed in New Jersey tonight are the vanguard of an invading army from Mars." — Orson Welles, Halloween 1938. Many took the message seriously and panicked.


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Dallas, TX (Sports Network) - Brad Richardson picked a good time to tally his first goal of the season, while Justin Williams added the difference-maker shortly afterward in the third period as the Los Angeles Kings downed the Dallas Stars, 3-2, on Sunday.
Richardson, who was appearing in just his third contest of the season, returned to the lineup to help his team break a 1-1 tie.
Jeff Carter scored his 20th goal of the season and Williams provided a tally that made it a 3-1 contest for the Kings, who bounced back from a shootout loss at Minnesota on Saturday and have now won three of their last four.
Los Angeles netminder Jonathan Bernier made 13 saves as his team held a commanding 40-15 shot advantage in the victory.
"It was a big win, we were trying to get some separation from some other teams," Richardson said. "It's been a trying year to say the least, but you know, stick with it and when you get your chance you got to try and do your best."
Jamie Benn scored a goal and Ray Whitney supplied a power-play tally for the Stars, who have dropped two of three overall and nine of their last 11 matchups in Dallas against the Kings. Kari Lehtonen stopped 37-of-40 shots faced in defeat.
Richardson, who had been a healthy scratch for the majority of the season, scored his first goal of the year to give the Kings a 2-1 edge 5:40 into the third period. Kyle Clifford helped create a turnover in the Dallas zone before poking away a pass right to Richardson, who put a wrister past the netminder for the go-ahead tally.
Just over a minute later, Williams made it a 3-1 contest. Los Angeles had numbers on the offensive, and Dustin Brown centered a perfect pass which Williams punched in on a second shot after Lehtonen made the first save.
Dallas, though, wasn't done and capitalized on a Mike Richards hooking penalty at the 9:18 mark of the third. As the power play came to a close, Whitney got the puck at the top of the right wing and one-timed a blast through a screen past Bernier to make it a 3-2 game at 11:04.
The Stars could not come up with the equalizer over the final eight-plus minutes, however.
"It was like teams from two different leagues tonight, and they were back-to- back, so thank the Lord that they weren't fresh," Dallas coach Glen Gulutzan said. "We're fighting for our lives here. After an embarrassing outing in front of our home fans like that, we better come out hard tomorrow."
The Kings struck just 25 seconds into the contest, as Carter sent a harmless backhander from the corner to the net, but the puck deflected off a Dallas defenseman and snuck in for a quick 1-0 lead.
Los Angeles continued to control the tempo of the game for the rest of the first period and most of the second, but Dallas fittingly got on the board on its first shot of the middle period.
The Kings tried to clear the puck and get a quick line change, but Dallas' Alex Goligoski got the disc in his own end and found a wide-open Benn across the end of the ice. He then deked Bernier for an easy backhander to tie the game at 1-1 with 6:44 left in the period.
Dallas still holds a 2-1 edge in the series this season, winning both contests
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Dallas ... The Stars only managed four shots apiece through the first two
periods as Los Angeles built a 31-8 advantage in that category.
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Saturday, December 4, 2010
First things First: The Historian Needs Organizing
Right now all my family documents (such as they are) exist in actual and virtual file folders. The real ones consist of one file per family (Hood, Nordstrom, Eldridge, and Epperson), plus a fifth miscellaneous one which contains useful items like library maps. Oh and there is a bonus folder of notes I took while I was in Knoxville that have languished in the said folder since August. The items in these files range from copies of letters, death notices and those little programs you get at funerals, photocopies of newspaper clippings, handwritten notes and who knows what else.
The virtual files on my computer live in four places. There is the genealogy folder, the images from Ancestry folder, an FTM folder, and photos scattered throughout the official Windows picture folder. Many of the the files within the genealogy folder are copies of notes. I got in the habit of typing up all my notes when I worked as an architectural historian. By the time I got to my PhD I skipped handwritten notes entirely; information went straight from the source to the computer.
I must admit the papers and notes I collected while doing my PhD are just as disorganized. I was always moving things from Scotland to the United States, on top of not being sure how to organize them in the first place. Actually, I think I am just a disorganized person. Everything in my house looks neat and tidy, but open any drawer, cupboard or file cabinet and the illusion is quickly shattered.
There was a discussion on the APG conference in Knoxville about organization and offices. Some people are terribly tidy, others were not; some used file folders, others notebooks; some had TONS of space, others not so much. One woman had NO paper files because she had no room for them - if it wasn't digital it became digital.
I have a medium amount of space and a small budget. Actually there is limited shelf space, but I could create more file cabinet space. But I do love the idea of notebooks. I am comfortable using the computer and kind of like the idea of making as much as possible digital. Would I miss being able to handle actual paper?
There are too many choices and I need help. Since I'm basically starting from scratch, I thought I'd ask you for advice. How do you organize your family history files? What do you think is a good system? What works for you? Are there good "how-to" books? Files or Notebooks? How cheaply can this project be done? Any experience using OneNote? Anything that ended up being a bad idea? Real or virtual?
Send your thoughts via the comments or contact me via email. I'll publish a summary of what everyone suggests and announce what I decide to do. Then, if all goes according to plan, I'll actually do it.
5 comments:
- Michelle Goodrum said...
I primarily organize my family history files by surname. Some things are organized by geographical area.
I use a combination of files and notebooks and am trying to move more to digital using the same organizational scheme.
There are some great resources out there. Some of my favorites are:
Organizing Your Family History Search: Efficient & Effective Ways to Gather and Protect Your Genealogical Research by Sharon Carmack is my favorite book on the subject.
As far as digital organization on your hard drive, here are a couple of resources I really like:
First an article at AnceStories on naming your files:
Next, two podcasts episodes of "Family History Genealogy Made Easy"
Episodes 32 and 33 are on Hard Drive Organization.
Finally Lisa Louise Cook has a video on YouTube on this topic at:
Hope this helps some. It barely scratches the surface. The important thing is to develop a system that works for you.
- December 4, 2010 at 3:55 PM
- amandasathenaeum said...
Welcome to the Geneabloggers!
- December 4, 2010 at 7:52 PM
- TCasteel said...
Since I started researching in pre-internet times, I have a lot of notebooks. Over time I am reducing the paper copies down to essentials filed by surnames in filefolders. Since many doc (census records) can easily be seen on line now I feel comfortable not keeping the bulk of papers/xeroxes like I used to. It takes time though...but the upside is I am stumbling across notes or info that I had forgot about that now make sense & sometimes fill in blanks.
- December 4, 2010 at 8:00 PM
- Dr. Bill (William L.) Smith said...
Welcome to the Geneabloggers family. Hope you find the association fruitful; I sure do. I have found it most stimulating, especially some of the Daily Themes.
May you keep sharing your ancestor stories!
Dr. Bill ;-)
Author of "Back to the Homeplace"
and "13 Ways to Tell Your Ancestor Stories"
- December 5, 2010 at 5:15 PM
- Mavis said...
Welcome to the Geneabloggers community.
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Title: life's a cabernet - part 2
Date: June 27, 2005
Summary: Steve decides whether or not to destroy Beaver for treasure.
Cast: Beaver, Steve, Rupert T. Roach
Onomatopoeias used: "SPLATCH!", "GROAN."
"Fin" style: The ribcage of a fish skeleton spells the word.
Number of panels: 13
Panel 1
Beaver is washing dishes at the sink.
Beaver: "Don't worry I'll soon have all you dishes spotless!"
Panel 2
Beaver: "That includes you Mr Sieve!"
Panel 3
Side view of Steve leaping at Beaver, brandishing a spatula, with Rupert on his back. Beaver looks scared.
Steve: "Yaaaa!"
Beaver: "Steve! What are you doing?"
Panel 4
Beaver lies on the ground, using a hand to shield his head from Steve. Steve holds up his spatula high above his head.
Steve: "The voice says I have to destroy you!"
Beaver: "Fight it Steve! Fight it!"
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A close-up of Steve's head shows Rupert whispering to him while Steve looks into a thought-bubble with Beaver's head in it.
Rupert: "Don't listen to him! What has that vainglorious buffoon ever done for you?"
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A flowery panel shows Beaver and Steve dancing and smiling.
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A heart-filled panel shows a frightened Beaver screaming as he rides on Beaver's back, but Beaver looks very pleased.
Panel 8
A star-filled panel shows Steve smiling and riding a giant worm, while Beaver is trapped in its mouth.
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Steve looks angry and lifts up his spatula again.
Steve: "He's my friend!"
Rupert: "Hmm... This may bode ill for my immediate future..."
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A close-up of Steve's ridges shows Steve SPLATCH!ing Rupert into orange goo with his spatula.
Rupert: "Oh cruel spatula! Akh!"
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Beaver has his hand on Steve's shoulder, both are happy, and Rupert is still on Steve's ridge.
Beaver: "I'm proud of you Steve!"
Steve: "Thanks Beaver... my friend!"
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Beaver turns back towards the sink with the fish skeleton in hand. Steve looks surprised.
Beaver: "And now maybe I can finish the washing-up."
Steve: "THE TREASURE!"
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Steve is standing on Beaver's back, and Beaver is lying on the ground, GROANing. Steve is holding up the fish skeleton like a prize, and sauce is oozing on his head.
Steve: "I'm RICH!"
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- There are 13 panels (Ooh, eery!).
- Beaver talks to dishes when he cleans them.
- This is the third time Rupert has died.
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