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The President's Progress
Washington's journey to his inauguration resembled a triumphal procession of royalty, but he felt like "a culprit who is going to the place of his execution"
June 1969 | Volume 20, Issue 4
"I solemnly swear," said Washington, and repeated the oath. He bowed to kiss the Bible.
Livingston turned to the crowd. "It is done." Then he shouted, "Long live George Washington, President of the United States!"
Taken up by the crowd, the cry rose thunderously. Echoing among the buildings, it reached Washington's ear as an almost incoherent roar. From the harbor came the booming of cannon, the Spanish frigate again making the most noise. A faint, almost drowned-out tinkling was the massed voices of all the church bells. Washington bowed and bowed and then, when the sounds gave no indication of ceasing, he walked indoors and sat down in his chair.
It took some time before the dignitaries could get back into their seats and sink into quiet. Then Washington stood up with his speech in his hand. The audience also rose. His aspect, wrote a senator, was "grave, almost to sadness." His simple words of modesty and faith, his few broad recommendations were delivered in so low a voice—"deep, a little tremulous" —that all had to lean forward to hear. "This great man," wrote another senator, "was agitated and embarrassed more than ever he was by the leveled cannon or pointed musket. He trembled, and several times could scarce make out to read."
As he proceeded, Washington moved his manuscript from his left hand to his right and put several fingers of his left hand into his breeches pocket. Soon he pulled out his left hand, again shifted the manuscript, and put his right hand into his pocket. Then he extracted his right hand and made with it what one witness considered "an ungainly impression."
The famous orator Fisher Ames watched entranced at the effect of this simple delivery that so denied the importance of the elocutionist's art: "It seemed to me," Ames wrote later, "an allegory in which virtue was personified, and addressing those whom she would make her votaries. Her power over the heart was never greater." The whole audience, even the man most passionately jealous of Washington—Vice President Adams—gave way to tears.
When Washington finished and sat down, he looked old and tired. "Time," Ames noted, "has made havoc upon his face." But his day's duties were far from done. After much shaking of hands, Washington walked between walls of saluting militiamen to Saint Paul's Chapel, where the Right Reverend Samuel Provoost, the Episcopal bishop of New York, strung out at length his petitions to the Almighty. However, there was no sermon, and Washington was allowed to have his dinner quietly at home. Then he was out again in his carriage to attend a pair of receptions and to see the illuminations and the fireworks. His horses moved more and more slowly as ever thicker crowds engulfed them. Finally he had to abandon his carriage and walk.
After the church service, while Washington was wooing rest in preparation for the evening's festivities, the Senate had reconvened in the chamber where he had so recently moved all present to tears. A squabble instantly erupted, made the more heated, probably, by reaction to the previous emotion.
The object of the session was to prepare a reply to Washington's speech: the angry issue, whether it should be referred to as his "most gracious speech." That this was the wording traditionally used by Parliament in replying to addresses of the British king stirred up so many objections that the debate had to be continued the next day. Then it was decided to strike out the phrase lest the people consider the words "the first step of the ladder in the ascent to royalty."
The successful campaign against that sinister adjective "gracious" had been led by the hypochondriacal, radical, and suspicious senator from western Pennsylvania, William Maclay. Some historians have considered Maclay, although his character was very different from Jefferson's, a prophetic figure who took what was to be the Jeffersonian stand long before Jefferson himself had dreamed of leading an opposition.
In addition, because of a documentary freak, Maclay plays a major role in historical literature. Determined to protect its proceedings from the vulgar eye, the conservative Senate kept no detailed journal, thus in-advertently throwing the ball to its most radical member. Maclay filled the gap by jotting down from day to day a voluminous diary. Not only do his pages supply the only indications of what took place at many sessions, but, being in a perpetual rage of disapproval or indignation, he wrote in a spirited style that begs for quotation. The result has been to distort in an anti-Washington manner the record of the first year of the new government.
Maclay's reactions to the Virginian combined awe, suspicion, and resentment. Before the inauguration, he wrote in his diary: "This day … General Washington, the greatest man in the world, paid me a visit." Yet during the debate over titles, Maclay could not doubt that Washington had sparked the aristocratic agitation because of a lust to be addressed as "Your Majesty."


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Thread: Joe Lewis on streetfighters
5/24/2010 3:16am, #11
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--Although the bit about animal technique makes me wonder what is meant by "human" vs. "animal". If "human" means "effective for humans" I can agree with that.
In any event, I'm disappointed a magazine dedicated to martial arts would edit down something already so lean and measured. Yet I wonder what Lewis would have to say had he the chance to explain the caveats of martial sport. Judo comes to mind; cutting as deeply as has been done into what is permissible in competition seems to indicate a skewed focus in the direction of sport. How far can one go in that direction before all that remains is sport?
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-1A guy named Dennis Mad dog Downey comes to mind, he did serious time for beating the **** out of people in the street, He terrorized inmates and guards in Rahway prison, was an ok kick boxer, and got knocked out in his first pro boxing match. He even took on 4 police officers and beet them to the ground before they could even draw their guns. Shitty fighter in the ring, and deadly opponent in the streets. There are always exceptions to the rule, but fighting is an individual thing. Some are good at one or another and few are good at both. There are even untrained guys who can woop ass in the street against even a pro! But I will agree sparring and realistic fighting are key at least for me they are.
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Listen son, when you grow up let us all know we'll be waiting lol
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--Ooooooooooo damn, that's harsh, you told him to grow up! Are you gonna take that? Let the internet battle royale begin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5/25/2010 3:56pm, #16--Combatives training log.
Gezere: paraphrase from Bas Rutten, Never escalate the level of violence in fight you are losing. :D
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Pavel Tsatsouline: kettlebell workouts give you cardio without the dishonour of aerobics.
5/25/2010 5:20pm, #17--"The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero projects his fear onto his opponent while the coward runs. 'Fear'. It's the same thing, but it's what you do with it that matters". - Cus D'Amato
5/26/2010 9:13am, #18--
"There are even untrained guys who can woop ass in the street against even a pro!"
Who the **** is Saldathief? And why won't he go away?"Preparing mentally, the most important thing is, if you aren't doing it for the love of it, then don't do it." - Benny Urquidez
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I googled Saldathief and he's a wing chunner. Figures.
"Preparing mentally, the most important thing is, if you aren't doing it for the love of it, then don't do it." - Benny Urquidez
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Please don't underestimate the importance of street fighting. Me I never could hack a 'ring' fight. At least I have been barred from more then one mas club. But so what if the last 'street' fight i got in was in hospital, and against a bird? Ok we're never supposed to hit women right? Well this one gave me a black eye from out of the blue a years earlier, and do you really think that I was gonna let her pull the same trick again? HAHA. Yeah right, so I grabbed her, dropped her, half mounted her, hit her, twisted her ear and it took about five nurses to drag me off her. And No I wasn't charged, in the end. So is street fighting good, nah, but it does the trick in the end, sometimes, if needed thats all.


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Aeros Weekly Report - Dec. 19
by Staff Writer / Minnesota WildAEROS WEEKLY REPORT
Coming Attractions:FRI, vs. OMA, 7:35 p.m.
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The Aeros head into the holidays looking for another home win in their only game of the week. Houston is a perfect 4-0-0-0 this season against the Ak-Sar-Ben Knights, winning a pair of games at Toyota Center in November. After the first three meetings of the season were each decided by one goal - including two shootout contests - the Aeros beat Omaha 5-1 on November 11. The Knights are in their first AHL season. Houston has won its first four meetings ever with a team on just two other occasions. The Aeros opened up 5-0-0-0 against the San Antonio Rampage, and 4-0-0-0 versus the IHL Las Vegas Thunder.
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All-Star voting underway - Aeros fans, no fewer than six Aeros are among the league leaders in several offensive and defensive categories. Do you think they deserve an appearance in the 2006 RBK Hockey AHL All-Star Classic in Winnipeg. Click here to vote your favorite Aero into the Game, and for a chance to win a team-autographed 2006 AHL All-Star Jersey.
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12/16 vs. PEO 1-0=1, E
12/17 vs. PEO 2-1=3, +3
Totals - 2gp, 3-1=4, +3
In first two games since being named alternate captain, the veteran centerman posted four points, including three goals, and was plus-three in a pair of Aeros wins over Peoria...Scored go-ahead goal in 5-3 win over Peoria on Friday...Scored GWG, and team's final goal, in 7-2 victory over former NHL All-Star Patrick Lalime on Saturday, and added an assist on one of Patrick O'Sullivan's two goals...Continuing his comeback from cervical dystonia, Murray has posted 15 points (6-9=15) in 26 games, including seven points (4-3=7) in six December contests.
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The CHL's Austin Ice Bats are 9-12-2 for 20 points, fourth in the Southeast Division...D Aaron Schneekloth has 16 points (6-10=16) in 23 games...All six of Schneekloth's goals have been PPG...The ECHL's Pensacola Ice Pilots are 10-11-3 for 23 points, eighth in the South Division but only eight points out of first...D Chris Heid has seven points (1-6=7) in 16 games...The ECHL's Toledo Storm is 11-8-3 for 25 points, good for fourth in the North Division...LW Mike James has nine points (5-4=9) and 81 PIM's - second on the team - in 21 games.
Aeros sweep Rivermen, lead West by four points
Houston kept on trucking last week with a pair of victories over the visiting Peoria Rivermen. The Aeros lead the entire Western Conference with 44 points, and their West Division lead is four points over Milwaukee, which has three games in hand. Houston is tied for second with Hershey for the most points in the AHL, trailing only Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (23-2-2-1=49).
Friday: Kirby Law tallied a power play goal and two assists to reach the 400-point mark in his career, and Rem Murray and 20-year-old Patrick O'Sullivan each scored one of Houston's three power play goals, as the Aeros knocked off the Peoria Rivermen 5-3 at Toyota Center in the first of two straight meetings between the teams. Nineteen-year-old rookie sensation Roman Voloshenko and Bryan Lundbohm also scored and Josh Harding made 32 saves for Houston.
Saturday: O'Sullivan and Murray each tallied two goals and an assist, and linemate Matt Foy added a career-best four helpers, as the Houston Aeros ruined former NHL All-Star Patrick Lalime's Peoria debut with a 7-2 victory over the Rivermen. Voloshenko notched a goal and an assist in his final game before leaving for the prestigious World Junior Championships, and Erik Westrum and Josh Olson also scored for Houston, which got 40 saves from Harding.
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xc critique!!!!! 1 Attachment(s) Critique please!! chatt hills xc at BN level im riding a 2002 16.2hh tb geld. |
Not terrible, but looks as though you've pinched with your knees, causing your lower leg to swing back and heel to rise a little bit. Also looks like you might be a bit ahead of the jump there as well. You're a little low on his neck - did you by any chance cross over from hunters? Overall you look very secure in your tack, your horse is jumping beautifully and has a great expression - well done :). |
Do you have any more pictures from chatt?Surprisingly I've never done chatt before. Been to pretty much every other event in SC, GA and NC though! I plan to take my greenie to chatt in April. Will only be his 3rd recognized event, so just curious how the XC course runs! |
It's difficult to critique with a 3/4 shot, but I would agree - you LOOK good, but your position seems very non-functional for cross country. The photo is a picture of "perfection" when everything goes right - nice form, good knees, matched pair, but you don't look as if you'd stand a chance if it all went wrong. You're extremely "forward", very much in hunter position. I am not bashing hunter, but it's a discipline based on "posing" which it looks like you're doing. That's not to say hunter riders are NOT effective, but the stakes obviously change when you're hurtling at a 3'0" solid object that's not going anywhere when you hit it. I would work on getting that leg more stable and underneath you, and off your horses neck. The position over cross country fences has to be a lot more defensive and not so passive. Obviously you're not at a level where it requires SUCH a forward leg as you see at upper levels, but it's a habit you'll have to start getting into it and really moving away from all that hunter teaching. |
Yep, just a little bit ahead of the horse for xc. Just sit back and wait for the jump. Your horse looks very game. I like him and you are otherwise lookin' good! |
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Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath, 150pp RL 4
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Why, oh why do so many parents perish in novels for kids? So they don't go mucking up the adventures?
:) - September 26, 2008 at 4:19 PM
- Tanya said...
While I do think that an absent parent or two seems to be an essential key to exciting, interesting kid's book, at leas in all those I have read thus far (I guess it's too close to home - no pun intended - to have conflict be with a parent in a kid's book...Although, Moxie Maxwell had some good run-ins with her mom, but, now that I think about it her mom was running errands for most of the story!) you must not have gotten to the end of "Waffle." One of the things I loved about Primrose was her undying belief that her parents were alive...
PS - Polly Horvath has a new book that looks great, although I have not read it yet. "My 100 Adventures." Your library should have it by now. - September 27, 2008 at 6:28 AM
- Jeremy said...
We haven't tried Waffle yet -- I've got it on hold. And it sounds wonderful; I was just making a crack about the steady stream of orphans starring in this type of book. Seems like there's a long history of it too. Pippi comes to mind, having lost both parents, but having faith that her dad was ok.
It's become such a cliche convention already that I'm not sure why editors haven't long ago started rejecting or modifying any manuscript with a dead parent. Surely there are other ways to introduce tension and hardship without choosing the most trauma-inducing plot mechanism ever invented for children. - September 27, 2008 at 8:55 AM
- Jeremy said...
Thanks for this one...I finished it today and quite enjoyed it. I'm not sure if Ivy will like it as much, but we'll see.
- October 11, 2008 at 2:08 PM


text: Smashed San Francisco Civic Owners Tell Story Of Incredibly Bad LuckBen Wojdyla12/09/08 6:00pmFiled to: Offbeat NewsWtfSmashed Civichonda civicHondaCivicAccidentsbad luckFeatureTop191EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Remember the bewildering story of the smashed Honda Civic with an "AIDS note" in San Francisco? Turns out it was true. But there's more. Check out the back story and new pictures below. To update you on the original story of the note claiming an AIDS-infected suicide jumper, let's start with the car owners. Seems the car is owned by couple Mark and Lina who have had one hell of a couple months, starting with the Honda getting broken into in September, a motorcycle getting stolen in October, the Civic getting crushed by a suicidal, drunken AIDS-infected naked guy and insurance covering none of it. The whole terrible story, along with the timeline are below the gallery. Mark and Lina's Story – A Bad Couple of MonthsTimeline:September 13, 2008: Mark's Honda Civic get broken into in Hayes Valley, San Francisco, and the same weekend, two upstairs apartment units get broken into through an open window.October 10, 2008: Mark's Triumph motorcycle gets stolen from Hayes and Buchanan.October 24, 2008: License plates from said Triumph are recovered in Tenderloin, San Francisco by SFPD. Both the in the car pulled over by SFPD are on parole for auto theft and get arrested for possessing stolen motorcycle plates.November 14, 2008: Mark's Honda Civic gets crushed by a guy attempting suicide by jumping off the top of their building.December 3, 2008: Triumph motorcycle is found by CHP in Hayward, completely trashed, being held together by bungee cords and is totally unsalvageable.Lina's statement:"We'd had a couple of stressful months relative to cars and motorcycles, with the break-in of our car, the break-ins in our apartment building , and then Mark's bike being stolen. Needless to say when we walked to our car to drive to a friend's birthday dinner on Saturday the 14th, we thought someone was playing a joke on us. When we walked up, there was glass so far away from the car, we thought 'Oh my God, did someone break into our car again? For what!? The stereo's already gone!'Getting closer, it looked like just a lot of glass. When we got to the car, we realized it wasn't just a break-in – then we saw the hood and the now infamous note from our neighbor. We stood there in shock for a few minutes, and then a couple came out of 600 Fell St. and said 'Holy crap dude, is this your car?" We just sort of nodded in silence.The tenant went on to tell us what happened: The man on the 6th floor who jumped, and yes, who has AIDS, was not altogether sober, and this wasn't the first time he'd attempted suicide. He had jumped off his 6th floor balcony (about 80 feet up) and went through the electrical wires, spraying sparks everywhere, and then landed on our car. The wires broke his initial fall, and then of course he hit the hood. And yes, he was naked. Supposedly, he got off the car by himself and pulled himself to the curb, then passed out. The last news we heard was that he's in an induced coma.So, about the notes: there were two on our car when we got there, one which was a police report with an incident number – I filled out the report and sent it in but haven't heard back yet – and the other, hand-written one, was from our building manager. The car was left on the street from Saturday, when we found it, until Monday morning, when it was towed.We had the car towed, got some estimates to fix it and of course the damage was way more than the value of the car. We talked to our insurance company, which wouldn't cover anything. My husband didn't have theft insurance on the motorcycle to boot, so we're basically S.O.L.We ended up calling our local news-talk radio station, KGO-AM, to speak with their on-air lawyer Len Tillem about our legal options. He said that Mark was out of luck unless our insurance covered people falling out of the sky (or something to that effect), that the building can't be held liable and that our insurance policy doesn't cover it. The guy who jumped, no one has been able to figure out whether he's got insurance coverage, and he's in a medically-induced coma with no family around.To add insult to injury, when the CHP found the motorcyle, it was towed to a scrap yard in Hayward. It was a total wreck – looked like it had been dropped on either side, parts missing and other parts being held together by bungee cords, so obviously driving was out of the question, as was repairing it. So, we made the decision just to let it go. The real clincher was that we had to pay $370 for the towing fee, storage fee and disposal fee. It'd have been better for us if CHP just hadn't found it!So, that's our story for all the people who've wanted some answers. We certainly feel terrible for the person who jumped off of their balcony, and all things considered, we're blessed in our lives. Here's hoping that Hayes Valley becomes more secure. We love the area, but the last couple of months have been trying to say the least!(Thanks for the update Shane)Reply19 repliesLeave a reply


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Quick fact: Porter shot 69 percent in transition and led the Big East with 1.45 points per play in such situations.
June 25 Update: With so much up in the air in this draft, Porter to the Wizards at No. 3 remains a constant. He's appeared here in every mock and I think it's unlikely we move him. While the Wizards have a lot of interest in Anthony Bennett, sources say they are now leaning toward taking Porter at No. 3. He fits a need, fits their culture and, like Oladipo, is viewed as a sure thing by many NBA GMs and scouts.
June 24 Update: Porter was one of only three players to get a 10 rating (Noel and McLemore were the other two) in our Secret NBA Draft Big Board. But he also received several 6 ratings, showing a significant split between voters on Porter's future in the NBA. Where some see the next Scottie Pippen, others see Tayshaun Prince. It looks like his draft night range is 1 to 6.
June 18 Update: The Wizards continue to be in a strong position at No. 3. The two players they really like -- Porter and UNLV's Anthony Bennett -- are both on the board here. Both are getting looks from the Cavs, but neither is the favorite at this point. There continues to be a pretty strong debate on this one inside the front office, and it might come down to risk aversion for the Wizards. Do they go with more of a sure thing (Porter) or gamble on the guy with more upside (Bennett)?
June 14 Update: Should Cleveland select Otto Porter with the No. 1 pick?
Chad Ford: Yes -- if their goal is to make the playoffs this season and they can't trade the pick. Drafting Nerlens Noel is the long-term answer for the Cavs if GM Chris Grant and owner Dan Gilbert are willing to be patient the next two seasons. But if this team needs to make a push for the playoffs now, Porter is a perfect fit for the Cavs.
I don't think he has as much upside as Noel (or Alex Len, Ben McLemore, Anthony Bennett or Victor Oladipo, for that matter), but I think he's the type of player who is unlikely to fail. He does just about everything well, is humble but also a leader and, most importantly, doesn't need the ball in his hands to make an impact on the court.
To me, he's the best small forward and one of the three best prospects in the draft.
Jay Bilas: No. Porter does not grade out as the top prospect, but he would be worthy of the No. 1 pick if the Cavs really like him and don't see any other player as being a more valuable asset.
I see the NBA draft as being about assets. The player you believe is a great fit right now may not fit your plans later or could be an asset that helps you procure a player or future pick that makes you better.
Porter will be a good NBA player, but the only reason you take him No. 1 overall is if you don't see anybody better. I see a few players who are.
June 10 Update: Porter has yet to work out for a team, but in the coming days he'll hit Cleveland, Orlando and Washington -- that's it. He's seriously in the mix for both the Cavs and Wizards, and seems to be confident he isn't sliding past Washington. If he does slide, there's no way he gets past the Pelicans at No. 6.
May 28 Update: If the Cavs get scared off by Noel, don't be surprised if they select Porter with the No. 1 pick. The Cavs are among a handful of teams near the top of the draft that are enamored with Porter's all-around game. His high basketball IQ, versatility and high character make him one of the "safest" picks in the draft. If the Cavs pass, the Wizards, at No. 3, are a very strong possibility for Porter.
May 15 Update: From a skills perspective, Porter is one of the two or three most complete players in the draft. He could look great in the drills section, though he, too, is unlikely to participate. Typically the top six to 10 players in the draft skip that portion of the combine. Everyone expects Porter to be stellar in the interview process, so the athletic testing might be the real key for him. If he tests well with his vertical leap and lateral quickness, it would further cement his status as a top-5 pick.
May 8 Update (Projected No. 3, Cavaliers): Porter is the perfect fit for Cleveland, and according to sources he is the No. 2-ranked player on the Cavs' board right now. With two dynamic scorers in their backcourt and good size up front, they need a wing like Porter who can excel without having the offense run through him.
May 2 Update: While we currently don't project Porter to go No. 1 to any team, a number of teams -- such as the Pistons, Suns and Wizards -- would consider Porter there and would likely take him at the No. 2 spot if they landed it. While Porter doesn't have the sizzling upside of others on the board, he might be the most complete player of the draft.
Apr 15 Update: Porter declared for the 2013 NBA Draft. Porter is the top-ranked small forward on our Big Board, and for good reason. While there isn't any one thing Porter does that wows you, he may be the most complete basketball player in the country. He can shoot, handle the ball, pass it and post up on offense. He has the ability to defend multiple positions, and he's a humble guy who puts winning ahead of his own stats. He can carry the team when he needs to, but doesn't need to touch the ball to be effective. He should be a top-5 pick on draft night.
Apr 2 Update: Porter has yet to declare for the draft, but it sounds like he's leaning in that direction. With Shabazz Muhammad falling on virtually every NBA draft board, Porter has moved into the pole position to be the first small forward taken in the draft. With several teams like the Cavaliers, Pistons, Suns and Wizards looking for small forwards, he has a great shot of going anywhere from No. 2 to No. 6. He's also showing well in Kevin Pelton's projected WARP metrics. Pelton had him ranked No. 2 behind Nerlens Noel among all college players with a 3.1 projected WARP.
Mar 26 Update: Porter follows McLemore and Smart in a string of subpar performances in the conference and NCAA tournaments. After single-handedly carrying Georgetown to a series of huge wins in the Big East in February, he cooled off significantly the past two weeks. Porter, who has been very efficient most of the season, shot just 9-for-30 in his last two games, both disappointing losses for the Hoyas. Porter's game against Florida Gulf Coast in the opening round of the tournament was especially disappointing. Porter seemed bothered by the athleticism and didn't assert himself much at all in the first half. Porter still has all the intangibles scouts are looking for, and they won't read too much into two disappointing games. But Porter did miss a chance to assert himself as the best player in the country.
Mar 13 Update: We've had Porter in our top 10 all year, but in the past few weeks his stock has grown to the point that he now has a great chance to go in the top 5. The majority of GMs and NBA scouts I spoke with last week now had Porter rated ahead of Shabazz Muhammad as the top small forward on their draft board. With a number of teams in need of a 3 on draft night, Porter looks like a lock to go somewhere between No. 2 and No. 6. "He's the best pure basketball player in this draft," one NBA GM said. "He doesn't quite have the ceiling of some of the other guys, but those guys all have major holes in their games that could come back to haunt them. Porter is as complete as they come."
Feb 27 Update: No one has had a bigger man crush on Otto Porter this season than me, and over the course of the past month he's dramatically increased the size of his fan club. Porter's usage rate and efficiency have both risen greatly in Big East play. That doesn't happen very often. His career 33-point, 8-rebound, 5-steal performance against Syracuse on Saturday was one of the best individual performances of the season and has quieted critics who claim Porter can't dominate a game from end to end. It was so good, in fact, that a number of NBA scouts have told me he's now passed Shabazz Muhammad on their team big boards.
Jan 30 Update: Porter continues to grow as both a player and as the go-to guy for Georgetown. With second-leading scorer Greg Whittington out for academic reasons, Porter has taken on an increased offensive load. Over the past five games without Whittington, Porter is averaging 19 points and 9.8 rebounds per game while shooting 52 percent from 3-point range and 59 percent from the field. More importantly, Georgetown has a couple of big wins over ranked opponents in Notre Dame and Louisville. The two biggest concerns scouts had about Porter coming into the season were his jump shot and his ability to be a go-to player. He's done a great job of answering both question marks the past two weeks.
Jan 7 Update: Porter actually rates quite high on our Big Board (No. 8). But I confess to putting my thumb on the scale on this one. Many scouts, mired down by his pedestrian numbers, don't see Porter as a lottery pick. I see a potential Scottie Pippen-esque player who could end up being the best small forward in a draft that's pretty strong in terms of wings. Three numbers seal the deal for me for Porter: He's shooting a terrific 43 percent from 3-point range this season and has a high rate of steals (2.0 spg) and blocks (1.3 bpg) for a player at his position. Combine that with a no-nonsense -- almost humble -- approach to the game, and I think he's going to be a steal if he's drafted outside the top 10.
Dec 17 Update: Porter is the only player to appear on my list that isn't on Jay's list. That's OK. I love Jay's pick of McCollum, but I'm skeptical that he goes in the top 10 just because NBA GMs and scouts are pretty averse to selecting players his age (21) that high in the draft. Porter, to me, is the most underrated player in the country. John Thompson's offense is never going to highlight one player, and the diversity of Porter's skills tend to make him blend in. He might be a Jeff Green clone and, if he is, he'll be a bit of a disappointment. But I see some Scottie Pippen in him. With the right team and the right coach, he could be a star at the next level.
Nov 26 Update: Porter absolutely wowed scouts last week at the Legends Classic in New York with his strong play against UCLA and Indiana. His line against UCLA was a box-score stuffer: 18 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 blocks, 3 steals and 2-for-2 on 3-pointers. He struggled in the first half against Indiana the next night before putting the team on his back and carrying it into overtime. Porter had five points and a rebound in the last 30 seconds of regulation.
What's clear from watching both games is that Porter is now the leader of this team and he's markedly improved his jump shot from last year. Porter's long-range jumper and his leadership abilities were the two biggest questions scouts had about his game.
Porter's been ranked as a potential top-11 pick on our Big Board since July 1 and hasn't actually moved up in the rankings much, but it's nice to see so many others recognizing what a talent he is.
Oct 18 Update: Porter surprised a lot of scouts in 2011-12 with a very solid freshman season at Georgetown. It's hard to peg any one thing that Porter does spectacularly well, but he's the proverbial "basketball player" who always seems to be at the right place at the right time.
He wowed scouts at the LeBron camp this summer. His motor, his work ethic and a game with very few holes all bode well for him. As summer turned to fall, a few scouts have backed away a bit from huge Porter expectations -- especially in John Thompson III's more structured offense. But a few scouts I really trust see him as a potential lottery pick in what looks like a down year. I think they might just be right.
Nov 25 Update: Porter was one of my favorite players in Maui this year. He's a ways away from the NBA right now, but he's got good size as a small forward, is a good athlete who plays hard and has a smooth mid-range game. He needs to add more consistency on his 3-point shot and add some strength, but he's a potential first-round pick someday.


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Now, scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York think they have a new way to identify hypertensive patients who face the greatest risk of heart attacks. In a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, the researchers found high levels of blood renin, an enzyme known to affect blood pressure, in hypertensive patients who later suffered cardiac arrest. Those with abnormally high renin were five times as likely to have heart attacks as hypertensive patients with low renin.
The study may be controversial. Renin levels are influenced by a number of factors such as salt intake--and even posture. And the researchers, led by Dr. Michael H. Alderman, concede their results may be affected by the relative youth and health of their survey group. But if confirmed, the research could lead to more accurate diagnostic tests--and better treatments.


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By The Associated Press
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — Fifty years ago this week, NASA announced grand plans for Hancock County — the beginning of a process that would transplant 660 families and carve out from the woods the nation's largest rocket-engine test site, which is known today as the John C. Stennis Space Center.
The announcement came Oct. 25, 1961, five months to the day after President John F. Kennedy declared in a special address to Congress the United States should commit itself to landing on the moon by the end of the decade. Though the project was a massive undertaking, NASA officials, who were trying to win a "space race" against the Soviet Union and meet Kennedy's goals, were determined to test rockets in South Mississippi.
The preferred land was sparsely populated, could have shipping access to rivers and the Gulf of Mexico and the climate allowed rocket testing virtually year-round.
In the early years of the nation's space program, the famous rocket scientist Werner von Braun touted the importance of the Hancock County project.
"I don't know yet what method we will use to get to the moon, but I do know that we will have to go through Mississippi to get there," von Braun said.
Today, the federal government's operations here are on a 13,800-acre site within a 125,000-acre noise buffer zone. NASA still tests rockets at Stennis, but it's also home to a massive "federal city" where NASA, the U.S. Navy, other government agencies and private companies operate. NASA officials say the center's economic impact is about $875 million annually and offers locals many high-tech job opportunities. About 5,400 people work here.
In the early 1960s, property from residents of Logtown, Santa Rosa, Napoleon, Westonia and Gainesville, logging communities near the Pearl River, had to be secured to make Stennis a reality. In the 1850s, Gainesville had about 3,500 residents, a courthouse and a shipyard, but a few years later, the railroad bypassed the area.
By 1961, all five communities were sparsely populated, and the forests had mostly been logged off. The low population, deforestation and water access made the area attractive for rocket testing. It was chosen out of a half-dozen potential sites.
Some landowners clung to their properties, which in some cases had been in families more than 100 years. Teams of negotiators were sent to get the land. Sometimes they were met by shotguns and snarling dogs. They also had to coax elderly residents into selling out.
At times they faced political pressure. They also had to invoke eminent domain.
"These men did yeomen's work to get this thing done," said Marco Giardino, a NASA historian at Stennis. "There was a lot of political and social angst associated with it."
Then-Mississippi U.S. Sen. John C. Stennis, whose Washington clout helped get the site chosen, was also brought in to meet with the landowners. In what NASA officials describe as an impassioned speech at the Logtown School, Stennis promised holdouts the swamps and cut-over land would be home to a high-tech rocket center, with thousands of high-paying jobs that would be available to them and their future generations. The talk also came during the space race with the USSR, and Stennis naturally appealed to their patriotism.
Eventually, officials secured the more than 3,200 parcels of land and the 660 families began to move out. The bulldozers, excavators and other heavy equipment moved in. The tree cutting to make way for the rocket-testing center began May 17, 1963.
Engineers used sophisticated sensors placed far from the test-stand site to make noise-volume calculations to determine how far the "buffer zone" would need to extend, and settled on 212 square miles.
In the early 1960s, construction crews worked to turn a land of mostly fish camps and logged property into a place suitable to test rockets, originally named the Mississippi Test Operations.
They battled snakes, bugs and other creatures.
"There were a lot of stories of endless swarms of mosquitoes, and snakes, and even a story about a panther scaring a group of men who were around a fire trying to drive the mosquitoes away," Giardino said. "That's not unusual, because we sit on a little ridge between two large swamps (Honey Island Swamp and Devils Swamp). You have more critters there than most people want to see in a lifetime."
At the height of construction, 6,100 workers representing 30 prime contractors and 250 subcontractors were building at the inhospitable site.
Boyce Mix, former director of test and engineering who arrived at the site in 1965, recalled the traffic jams getting into the testing site, as thousands of construction workers and others came in and left each day on one two-lane road to Bay St. Louis.
They worked quickly though, Mix said.
"It was about building a test facility that could get man to the moon and beyond and this whole place was dedicated to that activity," he said. "There was nothing here and over a period of just a few years, this whole place sprouted up."
As they began the excavations to build the test stands, the workers hit water. It took much pumping to dry the land. They also built a 7.5-mile access canal leading in from the Pearl River, which during the Apollo program allowed rocket stages to be brought in by barge from the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans and out to what is now Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
"It was an heroic effort by the construction companies," Giardino said. "Not only was this site unprecedented in scope, in terms of its building and infrastructure, but it was done in an environment that clearly wasn't human friendly."
The first rocket test here took place April 23, 1966, when a Saturn V second-stage prototype was fired for 15 seconds.
The work at Stennis in the first few decades was crucial to the nation's early success in space. There, all of the engines on 11 manned Apollo missions were tested, including six trips to the moon. After Apollo, Stennis was revamped to test the main engines used on more than 130 space shuttle missions over the last several decades. The last shuttle engine was tested in 2009.
The next generation of rocket will be tested here, though, which gives Stennis leaders assurance of a busy future.
"That basically anchored Stennis and South Mississippi for another 30 or 40 years," said Patrick Scheuermann, Stennis Space Center director.
As part of its evolution, NASA renamed the Mississippi Test Facility the National Space Technology Laboratories in June 1974.
It wasn't until 1988 that the center was named for Stennis through an executive order by President Ronald Reagan in recognition of his role in its development. It appears 50 years after Stennis's efforts to get the center built, his initial promise to the holdout landowners of high-paying jobs for future generations was kept, NASA officials said.
Payroll records from the last five decades show about 45 percent of Stennis employees over the years are descendants or relatives of those original landowners. The average salary with benefits there today is $87,000 per year.
"That seems to validate Sen. Stennis' prediction that if they give up their home, they could go from owning a little fishing camp to having a high-paying, high-tech job," Giardino said.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Word last week that a California couple found $10 million in gold coins on their property has set off a Gold Rush of theories over who left behind all that cash.
One is that Jesse James' gang deposited it in hopes of someday financing a second Civil War. Another claims the coins originally belonged to stagecoach robber Black Bart.
The theory gaining the most traction this week is that the hoard is made up of most of the $30,000 in gold coins that Walter Dimmick stole from the U.S. Mint in San Francisco in 1901.
But Mint spokesman Adam Stump said Tuesday the government has done its research and can't link the couple's coins to the theft.
Rare coin dealer Don Kagin represents the couple. He says they think someone in the mining industry once occupied their land and squirreled away the coins over time.
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House History
Posted by catrackgraphics in Genealogy on January 28, 2015
I remember my grandparent's house well. It is one of those memories that conjures up both sight and smells. I can see it as if I had visited just yesterday instead of the 30 plus years it has been. It was a long, narrow, white clapboard building, wedged between two others, situated just outside of what once was a bustling downtown. When my dad was growing up, it was on the wrong side of town.
There was a big front porch that spanned the entire front and sagged this way and that. The front door was planted in the middle and a window flagged each side. We never went in the front door, we were family and that meant you used the back door that opened into a warm kitchen full of grandma's cooking smells. Getting to the door could be an experience to be remembered. Reaching out I could touch grandma's house on one side and the neighboring building on the other, which was good because in the winter time, the drainage from the roof would create a dangerous ice slick from the front to the back of the house.
Once safely inside the back door, you walked directly into the kitchen. The stove was to your left and a pantry area with the fridge and mobile electric ringer washer was to your right. A small kitchen table was directly in front and the houses only bathroom door just the other side of it. The floor and walls seemed to pitch and roll throughout the house and dad and the uncles had been known to crawl under the foundation and prop it back up on more than one occasion.
The dining room was the next stop on your way back through the house to the front, the stairway to the bedrooms was back against the wall we used to keep from sliding when making our way down the walk outside. Under normal circumstances, the room was full of furniture, a table and 6 chairs sat in the middle, a desk for paying bills to the right of the door and a large buffet across the wall adjoining. As if that wasn't enough, a china cabinet sat wedged in against the far wall that you had to squeeze past to get into the closet under the stairs. At holidays the dining room was impassible, the aunts and uncles all sitting at the table, the noise at a level I haven't heard in years. For a young person to get from the kitchen to the living room on the far side meant, squishing, squeezing and dodging past chairs and legs of relatives in the way.
The living room was small, a couch and a couple of chairs, one of them grandpa's rocker that he use to sit and smoke his pipe in, along with the TV. Somehow they found space to stuff a Christmas tree in the corner for the holidays and there was always a table full of Easter or Mother's day flowers positioned in front of the window during those holidays. Upstairs there were two bedrooms in the front, barely big enough for the double beds pushed in them, one bedroom in the hall that was Uncle George's and always had a stack of unopened Christmas boxes full of new shirts. Farther down the hall was another bedroom, a curtain hung in the doorway keeping the heat out and the floor took another drastic dip heading to the back of the house.
What I would learn as an adult was that the house had been owned by my great grandmother, Clemence Mary Defruytier Van Houtte. She purchased the house some time before 1930 and lived there until her death. She willed it to Uncle George with the stipulation that it be sold once he married and the money split between her four children. Uncle George would never marry, and my grandparents would live in the house until after Uncle George died and the money was divided among the living siblings. The house is gone now, and an ice cream store sits on its memory.
I went looking for what happened to the house in 1940, the year after my great grandmother died. I knew my grandparents would live there eventually, but in 1942 they were living in Olean, New York in a new home that they had built. I went looking for Uncle George and couldn't find him either.
After digging through the census records by hand I found that in 1940 Uncle George had rented the house out for $22.00 a month to Marion Miller Toles and her son Robert Toles. My curiosity got to me and I went looking to see what I could find on them. Marion was listed as married in the census and had lived in rural Cattaraugus County in 1935. Her 18 year old son was listed as having lived in my great grandmother's house in 1935. I found this curious, why would the son and mother not live together and where was the father.
What started out as curious got even more bizarre when I did a search for Robert Toles and brought up his death certificate. Robert died at 20 of a gunshot wound to the chest in a homicide in Erie, Pennsylvania. The reports that were in the paper claimed that Robert had been shot by his mother's fiancé, who had shot his mother, twice, non-fatally and then fatally shot himself. If that wasn't enough, Marion and Robert went by Bonnie and Robert Devere in the 1930 Census in Erie.
Bradford Era, April 23, 1942
FBI to Decide 2 Erie Deaths
Toles and Ziegler Deaths Are Probed; Shirt Examined
Erie, April 22 – (Special) Investigation into the deaths of Robert C. Toles, 21, of Bradford, and Albert J. Ziegler, 60 of Eris has been reopened, it was revealed in an announcement by Burton R. Laub, district attorney.
Toles and Ziegler were found shot to death in the latter's home, 2650 Poplar street, early the morning of April 12. Laub reporte he is awaiting a report from the Federal Bureau of Investigations as to whether powder burns were found on a shirt worn by Ziegler.
Laub said: "If powder burns are found on the shirt, Ziegler shot himself after he killed Toles and wounded Toles' mother. Mrs. Marian Toles, 58, during an argument about setting a wedding date."
Laub pointed out that if powder burns were not found on the clothing the Robert Tolse shot Ziegler, then killed himself.
Paraffin test failed to reveal who fired the .44 caliber revolver used in the double killing. Zieglers hands, Laub said, naturally had been washed preliminary to burial, thus spoiling the test.
Laub also said Mrs. Toles, who was shot twice, has been exonerated of the shooting. She is Robert's mother.
An autopsy shows that Ziegler may not have shot himself, according to Laub. The district attorney pointed out that the course of the bullet in Ziegler's body was not consistent with a left-handed man shooting himself.
Damian McLaughlin, assistant district attorney, conferred with Mrs. Toles who is confined to St. Vincent's hospital, and reported that her statements did not vary with the that she gave police the day of the shooting.
New Castle News, Monday, April 13, 1942, New Castle, Pennsylvania
Two Are Slain in Erie Home
Woman Is Also Badly Wounded in Tragedy of Sunday over Wedding Plans.
Erie Pa, April 13 _ Mrs. Marion Toles, 56 of Bradford, lay seriously wounded, while her son and the man she planned to marry in June were dead today, victims of the husband-to-be's anger over wedding plans.
Robert Toles, 21, the son, was shot through the heart as he tried to interfere after Robert J. Ziegler, 60 twice shot his mother at the Ziegler home in Erie early Sunday.
Ziegler then shot himself above the heart, authorities reported. Deputy Coroner Frank St. George issued a verdict of murder and suicide.
Toles had been living with Ziegler for three weeks. Last Tuesday Mrs. Toles came to Erie. Ziegler and Mrs. Toles had planned to marry in June but became involved in an argument over the former's insistence that they wed immediately. The shooting followed.
Police said Ziegler fired two shots at Mrs. Toles, one fracturing her shoulder, the other wounding her in the abdomen.
The Bradford Evening Star, Tuesday, November 23, 1943
Mrs. Marion Toles Seeks Damage on Death of Her Son
Erie – (Special) – Seeking to recover damages totaling $35,000 for the murder of her 20-year-old son, Mrs. Marion toles of 108 West 16th street, Erie, formerly of Bradford, Pa., has filed suit in Erie County courts against Charles W. Gorton, administrator of the estate of Albert J. Ziegler, who killed himself after firing a fatal shot into the youth's body during an argument in the Ziegler home on April 12, 1942.
Mrs. Toles served Ziegler as his housekeeper, and with her son Robert Devere Toles, also formerly of Bradford, lived at Ziegler's home according to her statement.
Ziegler was said to have wielded a revolver when he and Mrs. Toles allegedly became embroiled in an argument over their proposed marriage. When he allegedly threatened the woman, her son intervened and was shot to death. Mrs. Toles also suffered two bullet wounds before Ziegler finally turned the weapon on himself.
In her claim against Ziegler's estate, Mrs. Toles asks $10,000 punitive damages and $25,000, to recover for pain and suffering by her son and loss of his earnings.
The Toles lived in Bradford for a period of five years, from 1937 to April 1942. Here they were known as Mrs. Bonnie Devere and Robert Devere. They left for Erie on April 5, 1942, a week prior to the shooting where Mrs. Toles was to accept a job as a housekeeper.
Johannes Evanglieus West, 1786 – 184?
Posted by catrackgraphics in Genealogy on April 13, 2014
My fourth great grandfather on my mother's father's side of the family was Johannes Evanglieus West (Wiest, Weist or Wust) He was born in Hechigen, Wurttemberg Germany, January 28, 1786. Around 1824, Johannes and his wife Susanna (Haugh) immigrated to the United States with their children, Ulrich, Aldinger, and Petrus. By the early 1840s they had settled in the Clarion County, Pennsylvania area.
According to an article written about Ulrich West in "A Century and a Half of Pittsburgh and Her People," Johannes' (John) death was caused as the result of an injury inflicted by an unruly horse. It seems that Johannes was a blacksmith. From Census records, I could tell that the death had to have occurred between 1840 and 1850. In the 1850 Census, Susanna is living in Washington, Clarion county, Pennsylvania her daughter Mary, who was born in Pennsylvania around 1833.
Familysearch.org would provide another document that would help to narrow down the death date to some degree. By hand searching the Pennsylvania Probate records, 1683 – 1994, for Clarion county, there is a record in the Register's and Orphan's Court record index 1840-1891 Mi-Z for a John West, orphan children listed as Peter and Mary, letters date February 2, 1846. No death date is listed for John West. The administrator, executor or guardian is listed as Christopher Sigworth (Seigworth). There is only a minor's estate document number and page, no will information is listed. Although Familysearch has a lot of Pennsylvania documents available that you can manually search through, they do not have the minor's estate documents.
I searched for (Johnathan) Christopher Seigworth in the Clarion county area and found him, born around 1805-1808 in Germany, so I am pretty sure I have the correct John West and children. Peter didn't get married until 1850, so that would leave him in the household during 1846. I lose track of Mary once her mother dies, post 1850 Census. Christopher Seigworth and Susanna West were living just 2 houses apart according to the Census.
Ulrich, my third great grandfather, would move to the Butler county area and die there in 1900. His brother Peter would move to Mckean county and die in 1904. I lose both Susanna and Mary after the 1850 Census. After 1850, either Susanna died or remarried and I haven't found any documentation on a marriage for Mary.
Sorting through Siffrin Genealogy
Posted by catrackgraphics in Genealogy on February 3, 2014
It started out as barely a name and has turned into 50 pages and 10 generations of Siffrin genealogy facts. To say I know a lot more about this line of my father's family is a massive understatement.
The name has taken on multiple spelling variations from the mid-1700s until now. It seems the progression was something along the lines of Zeverii, Ziverii and Ziwerii became Siveri. From Siveri the spelling changed to Siverin or Siffering before becoming Siffrin. For some unknown reason, my great grandfather spelled the name Siffrinn. To keep my documentation straight in my family tree I have used the Siffrin spelling for all those members before my great grandfather and Siffrinn for those following. I have noted the difference in spelling with the Siffrin spelling.
I have traced the family back to Friedrichsthal, Saarland, Germany at the birth of my sixth great grandfather, Philipp (Siverin) Siffrin around 1745. The city of Friedrichsthal has its own interesting history. I am wondering, since having my DNA results returned showing Scandinavian roots, if this family actually came from Scandinavia. I have found Sievers listed as fourth cousins and they seem to be located in northern Germany. Could the family name actually originate in Norway or Sweden? Were there glassmakers in Norway and Sweden in the late 1700s?
Count Friedrich Ludwig of Nassau-Ottweiler inherited land from his father including Nassau and Ottweiler. The small town of Friedrichsthal was named after its founder and the glassworks was established in 1723. Coal mines from the area were used to fuel the furnaces of the glass factories. For the next couple hundred years the village would prosper.
Over the next 150 years my ancestors can be found in the Friedrichsthal area. It seems that most of them were glasmachers, not glasbläser (glassblowers). The difference between a glasmacher and a glasbläser, as I have been told, is that glasmachers make sheet or window glass, where glasbläser, create blown glass objects.
Around 1882, my great great grandparents and their family immigrated to the United States from Germany. They settled in Norristown which is near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At that time my great great grandfather can be found in a Norristown Directory listed as a glassblower. I don't know if the same distinction was made in the states between glassblowers and glassmakers like there was in the German glass industry. Grandfather Ludwig would die in Norristown in 1888. My Grandmother Lena (Caroline) would marry his brother William in Norristown two years later and remain in the Norristown area until 1900.
From Norristown some of the family would move on to Kane, Pennsylvania and continue to work in the glass industry.
DNA Puzzles
Posted by catrackgraphics in Genealogy on January 24, 2014
I am European. Not like that is a big surprise to me. My very pale, very sun unfriendly skin has reminded me of that every summer for as long as I can remember. The tanning gene skipped me completely, even though my mother can tan and quickly.
I sent off my DNA kit just shortly after Christmas to see what details I may not know about how European I really am. From the results did hold a surprise. Seventy-five percent of my ethnicity estimate was as I thought it would be. From the chart I see 30% Great Britain and 11% Europe East. These people I know very well although I would have guessed the Europe East would have been greater with all of the German ancestors that I have. Two of my great grands were of German ancestry, the West and Siffrin branches. My Belgian ancestors, Defruytier and Van Houtte, also fall in the Europe East classification, although also display under Great Britain.
For Great Britain I have the Oakley and Davis branches. The third section, placing last in the top four is my Irish ethnicity. Of the great grands represented by the Collins branch. One generation further into the great great grands more of the Irish branches are visible, Taylor, Collins, McKim and Donegan.
If you had asked me just days ago, I would have told you that I was, German, English, Belgian and Irish. What I found out was that I am 27% Scandinavian. Primary locations for Scandinavia are Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The secondary locations include Great Britain, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium Finland and the Baltic States. Although the secondary locations cover many of the areas that I know my ancestors lived, it more surprised me that Scandinavian would be my second highest marker.
I am relatively sure of my ancestors 6 generations back, at the 7th and 8th generation I start losing detail on some branches although others blaze on back into the 1600s. So far from the results I don't have any cousin matches. I think the things that surprised me most about that is my Stewart/Stuart branch that supposedly goes back to Ireland and Scotland. I would have thought that someone from that line would have already had DNA completed and cousin matches would have shown up. Also, my Burgess line is another that I thought would have shown matches, as wide spread as that family is and as far back as it is claimed to have been documented.
I t will be interesting to see what happens as more DNA results are gathered and my results become updated what the findings will turn out to be.
Another Taste Into My Past
Posted by catrackgraphics in Genealogy, Recipes on December 18, 2013
On my first trip to Europe, I visited Paris, France. My grandfather was born in France, his parents were born in Belgium. The family hopped back and forth across the line between the two countries as work was available. Although I don't consider myself any more than a brief dash of French, I managed to find several dishes in France that were worth adding to my family favorites.
Although this recipe is a bit lengthy to prepare, it is so very worth the time. The French really know how to do a ham and cheese sandwich. My very first taste of a Croque Monsieur was at a sitting outside at a bistro table at a small restaurant near Sacre Coeur. La Basilique du Sacré Cœur de Montmartre, Sacred Heart Church, is favorite location, and I made a special trip back to see it again this past October when in Paris. This time I climbed the stairs up towards the beautiful white church, passing the antique double decker carousel at the bottom.
I had two things that I knew I wanted to do, buy another painting from Behras and have a Croque Monsieur for lunch. I had lunch under the tent at Au Cadet De Gascogne that is surrounded by painters. Wedged into a long table, elbow to elbow with other travelers, I watched the world go by and lunched on my sandwich and wine. It was as I had remembered it from before, warm and cheesy on the top with the salty taste of the ham to follow.
I found Behras right where I had left him in 2010. He was working on a painting and had sold his last two before I got there. I said hello and he told me that he remembered me from my previous trip and purchase. He must not get a lot of short redheads that buy paintings! He gave me his email address on a piece of card board to contact him about a painting and I headed back towards Sacre Coeur for one last look.
Croque Monsieur
French Ham And Cheese Sandwich
2 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp flour
1 1/2 cups milk
A pinch each of salt, freshly ground pepper, nutmeg, or more to taste
6 ounces Gruyère cheese, grated (about 1 1/2 cups grated)
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese (packed)
8 slices of French or Italian loaf bread
12 ounces ham, sliced
Dijon mustard
Preheat oven to 400°degrees.
Make the béchamel sauce. Melt butter in a small saucepan on medium/low heat until it just starts to bubble. Add the flour and cook, stirring until smooth, about 2 minutes. Slowly add the milk, whisking continuously, cooking until thick. Remove from heat. Add the salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Stir in the Parmesan and 1/4 cup of the grated Gruyère. Set aside.
Lay out the bread slices on a baking sheet and toast them in the oven, a few minutes each side, until lightly toasted. For extra flavor you can spread some butter on the bread slices before you toast them if you want. You can also use an electric toaster to toast bread.
(Alternatively, you can assemble the sandwiches as follows in step four and grill them on a skillet, finishing them in the broiler with the bechamel sauce.)
Lightly brush half of the toasted slices with mustard. Add the ham slices and about 1 cup of the remaining Gruyère cheese. Top with the other toasted bread slices.
Spoon on the béchamel sauce to the tops of the sandwiches. Sprinkle with the remaining Gruyère cheese. Place on a broiling pan. Bake in the oven for 5 minutes, then turn on the broiler and broil for an additional 3 to 5 minutes, until the cheese topping is bubbly and lightly browned.
If you top this sandwich with a fried egg it becomes a Croque Madame.
A Taste of the Past
Posted by catrackgraphics in Genealogy, Recipes on December 17, 2013
I have been lucky enough to be able to get in touch with my heritage by visiting the places that my ancestors came from. Work has taken me to Europe twice so far and allowed me to not only see where they lived, but, on the first trip, meet not so distant relatives.
One of my favorite parts of visiting is returning home with favorite new recipes. On my first trip to Brussels, Belgium, my cousins introduced me to Belgian Beef Stew. When we sat down in the restaurant they ordered for me, beer and stew. What was sat before me was a wonderful mix of tender beef in a heavenly sauce with a bit of onion and carrots. All of this topped off with a cold Belgian beer and the best French fries ever, crispy on the outside, soft, warm and tender on the inside. The aroma was heavenly and I dug straight in. When I returned from my travels, I went straight into researching that wonderful meal.
The cubed beef had been slow cooked in beer for several hours, rendering it moist and tender. The flavor of the sauce was dependent on the richness of the beer, plus mustard slathered on bread that flavored and thickened the sauce the last part of cooking time. I don't know if my Belgian great-grandmother had this on her favorites to cook list, but it sure is on mine. Recipes from her were never handed down through the family.
I purchased a couple of Belgian cookbooks and searched on line for a recipe that would match the flavor of that first experience. It was called Carbonade Flamandes, French for Vlaamse Stoverij, stew from Flanders. This is the recipe that I have been using to make this hearty meal.
Vlaamse Stoverij
1 ¼ lbs. stewing beef or chuck steak (we use chuck roast), cubed
3 tbsp. all-purpose flour
4 tbsp. butter
1 large onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
4 carrots, peeled and sliced
11 ½ oz. bottle dark Belgian beer (the darker the beer the better the broth, enough to cover the beef)
Bouquet garni (6 parsley sprigs, 2 bay leaves, and 2-3 sprigs of thyme tided together with kitchen string)
2 tbsp. red wine vinegar
2 tbsp. light brown sugar
4 large carrots chopped
2 slices of rustic bread – white, dark brown, or spice cake)
2 tbsp. Dijon mustard
Handful of fresh parsley, chopped
Salt and ground black pepper
Generously season the beef cubes with salt and pepper, then coat in flour.
Heat a large, heavy cast iron kettle (oven safe) that has a tight-fitting lid. Melt the butter and the oil over medium to high heat. Add the cubed beef in batches and brown over fairly high heat for about 4 minutes to seal. As each batch browns, remove cubes from the pan and place them on a plate.
Add the onion to the fat remaining in the pan and cook gently for 6-8 minutes, until translucent, then add the garlic and fry for 3 minutes more. Return beef to kettle.
Return the meat to the kettle and stir well to combine with the onions.
Pour in the beer and bring the mixture to just below boiling point. Add the bouquet garni, vinegar and brown sugar. Cover the pan and place in a preheated 325 degree oven for 1 ½ hours or until the meat has become tender.
Add carrots to the meat and spread the bread thickly with mustard and place it on top of the stew, mustard-side down. Replace the lid and return to the oven for 30-60 minutes more. The bread will absorb some of the pan juices and dissolve to thicken the stew. (I found I had to stir it into the stew)
Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary. Remove the bouquet garni and stir in the parsley. Serve with fries, potato puree or breads, also good on egg noodles or rice.
A comment from a Flanders native on a blog site called the original beef-in-beer stew, Gentse Stoverij, Stew from Gent. It is a poor man's dish of beef, white bread and stale beer. His recipe was cooked on the stove top, not oven and included beef liver, a pound and a half of old white bread and a gallon of beer.
From personal experience, the darker the beer the better the sauce, so go for a dark rich lager. While in Brussels, this past October, I talked some of my coworkers into trying the local stew. It didn't take much nudging once I mentioned that the beef was cooked for hours in beer. It was interesting for me to taste the difference in this version over my first experience, although slightly different in flavor, was just as good.
Deyo, Oakley Connections
Posted by catrackgraphics in Genealogy on December 16, 2013
Zachariah Deyoe was born September 24, 1774. On February 13, 1799 (or February 12 1800), Zachariah married Phebe Oakley at the Schaghticoke Dutch Reformed Church. Phebe Oakley was born around 1784 and died in 1825.
The website that had this information caught my eye because my third great grandfather's name was Zachariah Deyo Oakley. Zachariah was born in Renesselaer county, New York, the same place as the location of the Schaghticoke Church.
I have searched to find if there are any connections between Phebe Oakley and Zachariah Deyo Oakley to cause Zachariah's father John I. Oakley to possibly name his after Zachariah Deyo. John was born about 1786 and died in Schroon Lake, Essex county, New York on February 24, 1859. John married twice, first to Phebe Newville, who bore him 6 children and died in 1834.
John would then marry Temperance Lane in 1837. He would precede her in death in 1859 and her in 1877.
I wonder if Phebe Oakly could possibly have been John Oakley's sister.


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Our "Peaks of the Balkans" adventure begins! Approximately 210km hike across some of the highest mountains in Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo. The shot here is from the deck of our ferry across Lake Koman (Albania) en route to the town of Fierza, with the day's final stop Valbona. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1GxQ05X
Komani Lake, Albania. We took the slow boat across, through the narrows, around the bends. 3 hours so we could soak up views like this. Photo selection today, a nearly impossible task. I also wonder what it's like to live in that house! This is Peaks of the Balkans. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1K2HFLz
A lesson in life, sometimes it is essential to look behind you. To understand from where you've come, for a different perspective. No less true in the mountains. Today we head straight up, 1200m, with the goal of finding a shepherd whose hut we will stay in for a night. As we slowly make our way across the Albanian Alps to Kosovo. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1Fu4gsq
Peaks of the Balkans, the big climb, Day 1, 1200 meters up from the village of Valbona, on the approach to the border between Albania and Montenegro. A beauty that almost frightens. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1JiHvjf
Shepherd Families in Albanian Alps
The shepherd's son. As we descended from the border between Montenegro and Albania, we encountered a hill dotted with shepherds' huts, just re-inhabited 10 days ago as families come up to the mountains from their lowland villages for the summer. We enjoyed a cup of Turkish-style coffee with them in their home. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1LG6N8m
Mt. Gjeravica, Kosovo
Astonishing landscapes need #nofilter. We crossed the border from Albania into Kosovo and summited Mt. Gjeravica (2656m/8714ft), the highest peak in Kosovo and Montenegro. The route between the three countries was once known as the Balkan Peace Park (BPP). Now, it's known as Peaks of the Balkans. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1JdLhri
Peaks of the Balkans, Trekking in the Karanfil Mountains - Albania
"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." -- Earnest Hemingway. Reminded of this as we walked the ridge from Mt. Talijanka and views of the Karanfil Mountains are revealed, in the midst of the border region between Albania and Montenegro. This is Peaks of the Balkans.
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Three spies, suspected as double agents, speak as follows when questioned:Albert: "Bertie is a mole."Bertie: "Cedric is a mole."Cedric: "Bertie is lying."Assume that moles lie, other agents tell the truth, and there is just one mole among the three; determine:1.) Who is the mole? 2.) If, on the other hand, there are two moles present, who are they?
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ummmm weren't the "experts" you speak of correct in having us 3rd in the division and the Colts winning the SB? I could be wrong and living in an alternate universe, so just let me know.
Not saying I want Moss over Spencer, to be honest I don't know who I would take at this point, but anytime you guys wanna let up on Blitz, you can go ahead and do that. Dude is going to develop a complex.


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