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United States Utah Archives and Libraries Family History Library
The Granite Mountain Vault will be shifting a large amount of films into their newly renovated space. This entails moving half a million rolls of film, and numerous cabinets of fiche and digital media. Since it will be risky to pull items during this time, the Family History Library will not be able to order any microfilms above 1,796,169. Films with numbers lower than 1,796,169 and microfiche can still be ordered.
This move is scheduled for early April of 2014 and will last about two weeks. Another update will be posted as soon as we have more information.
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Largest genealogical collection in the world—it is especially strong for the United States, British Isles, Scandinavia, Mexico, and parts of Germany, but also has material from all parts of the world. Includes civil vital births, marriages, and deaths, church records, county and local histories, court records, military records, probate records, American passenger arrival lists and naturalizations, and land records. The large microfilm and book collections are being digitized and are showing up on the FamilySearch Internet site.
Key Internet SitesFamilySearch containing all the other Family History Library related sites including:
Family History Library Catalog
title, author, subject, or keywords searches. Also available on WorldCat.
Family Tree worldwide pedigree you can edit, including portraits, and fan charts.
Historical Records Collection has billions of names across hundreds of our collections including
birth, marriage, death, probate, land, military, Ancestral File, and International Genealogical Index.
Patron Resources
Gifts of family histories, autobiographies, biographies, indexes, local histories, and well-organized collections of genealogy research are welcome. If you own the copyright, you can indicate that you would like the item digitized for the Internet. More details about donations.
Book and Film Numbers at the FHL
The Family History Library has used different methods to number its growing collection of books and films since its start in 1894. Formerly used numbers are still found in old family records in the lists of sources for the data. These old numbers are no longer used so the current numbers for the books and films must be determined.
For an explanation of the different systems used over the years (including the current system), and to see tables for converting old book and film numbers to new, click here.
Request a "Vault Film" before Visiting
Films in the "Vault" take several days to reach the Family History Library. If the Catalog shows a film is in the vault, order it ahead of time so it will be at the Library when you arrive. For details see Order Process.
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FamilySearch Centers
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Alternate Repositories
If you cannot find a source you need at the Family History Library, try one or more of these other repositories.
Repositories with very large genealogical collections


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"Transformation management intensity"—the real doozy, jargon-wise—is really quite simple (in theory): It's all about leadership that believes in digital and will work to drive transformation at an organization. Nike, for instance, built a digital division to corral and grow the many things it was already doing on social media.
"'Beginners' have barely started, usually because they're unaware of the opportunities, 'Fashionistas' adopt the newest or sexiest digital innovations, but without a cohesive strategy or eye to maximizing business value, 'Digital Conservatives' have a cohesive vision, but are slow to invest in new technology, and finally, the 'Digirati,' who both invest in digital and integrate it with their whole organization.
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The Global Farmer Network are farmers committed to inserting their voice and perspective in the global dialogue regarding food and nutritional security.
By Mark Jackson: Rose Hill, Iowa
Everyone loves an underdog, which is why Indiana farmer Vernon Hugh Bowman received such good press last week.
NPR called his recent trip to the Supreme Court "a classic case of the little guy taking on the big one," because he's the defendant in a lawsuit filed by Monsanto, the seed company. USA Today compared the legal battle to "David vs. Goliath."
In this telling, however, we should view the consequences should Mr. Bowman win. His effort to circumvent intellectual property rights threatens the future of modern agriculture and food production in the United States and around the world.
He may look like a little guy, but he's fighting against the interests of little guys everywhere. Not unlike like Mr. Bowman I grow soybeans on a family farm in the American heartland. My fifth generation farming legacy has taught me the asset of legitimate investment of time and money. Building from a strong foundation pays its own rewards and my ability to purchase high yielding pest resistant seed has more benefits than just my farm's profits. Clean air, water and ample food to feed the world's growing population are also at the heart of this conversation.
When high technology seed came to the market place in the late 1990's I quickly recognized the value it brought to my farm. Because of this I'm currently able to select from a broad selection of cutting edge seeds capable of adapting to my farm's variable planting/growing challenges. Today, I'm growing more food on less land than ever before. The seed trait called into question by Mr. Bowman is the same which has allowed me to switch to no-till farming methods while using fewer chemical sprays. On a broad note the biotech seed in question has allowed Iowa to employ no-till across nearly 60% of its soybean acres. This has a direct reduction on soil erosion, leading to clean waters--an essential advantage in our part of Iowa, where rolling hills define the terrain.
The genetically modified crops that we produce are safe, healthy, and beneficial tools of scientific innovation. Their high yields allow me and other American farmers to compete in world markets. A new report from the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications says that 17.3 million global farmers (over 15 million are small, resource-poor farmers from developing countries) planted more than 420 million acres with GM crops last year, a new record.
Biotech seeds exist because seed companies pour billions of dollars into research and development. They strive to come up with higher yielding products that help farmers fight pests and weeds. Their efforts empower farmers as we grow more food and contribute to environmental sustainability.
In the United States, it can take 10 years and a $100 million investment to develop a single seed trait cleared for full seed production. Intellectual property patent rights give seed companies the security and incentive to invest these millions. We can't recycle seeds from the plants we've already grown. Biotech seeds may be self-regenerating products, but they're also protected by patent.
Just as it's against the law to pirate DVDs, computer software, and digital-music files, it's against the law to pirate patented seeds. This principle is so broadly accepted that dozens of organizations have called on the Supreme Court to protect the integrity of patented seeds, including farm and technology groups as well as a coalition of top universities.
At the oral arguments last week, Chief Justice John Roberts made the point plainly: "Why in the world would anybody spend any money to try to improve the seed if as soon as they sold the first one anybody could grow more and have as many of those seeds as they want?"
Justices of differing political persuasions appeared to agree with this sentiment: Mr. Bowman's lawyer, reported the New York Times, received a "hostile reception."
Experts say that it can be a mistake to read too much into oral arguments. Yet I'm hopeful that justices will issue a ruling that preserves a system of scientific and agricultural innovation--and supports the millions of "little guy" farmers whose livelihoods depends on planting the best seeds.
Mark Jackson grows soybeans and corn on a family farm in SE Iowa. He has traveled extensively across the U.S. and around the world to learn more about soybean production. Mark is a volunteer member of the Truth About Trade & Technology Global Farm Network (www.truthabouttrade.org). Follow us: @TruthAboutTrade on Twitter | Truth About Trade & Technology on Facebook.
The interests of little guys? Really? Then feel free to characterize the debacle of the Stamp Farms LLC Bankruptcy and subsequent auction. Of, course, one of the debt issues was the $3.9 Million owed to a certain Biotech Company. While there were, of course, other debt issues, this is the one that is even getting the suspicious eye of the DOJ. (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/business/12seed.html?pagewanted=all.) From the Article, "The Iowa attorney general, Tom Miller, has also been scrutinizing Monsanto's market dominance. The company's genetically engineered traits are in the vast majority of corn and soybeans grown in the United States, Mr. Miller said. "That gives them considerable power, and questions arise about how that power is used," he said.
Critics charge that Monsanto has used license agreements with smaller seed companies to gain an unfair advantage over competitors and to block cheaper generic versions of its seeds from eventually entering the market. DuPont, a rival company, also claims Monsanto has unfairly barred it from combining biotech traits in a way that would benefit farmers."
While most new tech decreases in cost, the Monsanto Patents have increased. According to that report titled "Seed Giants vs. U.S. Farmers," which readers can view here, Monsanto alleges seed patent infringement in 144 lawsuits against 410 farmers and 56 small farm businesses in at least 27 states, as of January of this year.
Combined, Monsanto, Syngenta and DuPont hold more than half – 53 percent – of the global commercial seed market, which the groups claim in their report has led to a massive increase in the price of seed: Between 1995 and 2011, the groups say the average cost of planting a single acre of soybeans rose a whopping 325 percent, while corn seed prices climbed a staggering 259 percent.


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Ryback vs Daniel Bryan
Bryan kicks Ryback a few times and tries to feel him out, then Ryback corners him and kicks him before sending him into the ropes. Bryan kicks him a few more times but Ryback tackles him in the corner, then he rams Bryan with his shoulder a few times and chops him. Ryback scoop slams him and taunts the crowd, then Bryan kicks him again but Ryback hits him in the back and throws him out of the ring. Bryan jumps right back in the ring and shoves him outside, then he hits a suicide dive and gets the crowd to start a YES! chant. Ryback gets back in the ring and backs him into the corner, then he knees him a few times and picks him up over his shoulder. Bryan floats over and tries to kick him, but Ryback grabs his leg and tries to suplex him.
Bryan knees him in the head and tries to mount some offense, but Ryback picks him back up and press slams him over the top rope as we go to a break. We get back to see Ryback punching Bryan on the apron, then Ryback runs at him but Bryan rams his shoulder into Ryback before getting back inside. Ryback shakes it off and slams Bryan's head on the mat, then he charges the corner but Bryan kicks him in the face and leaps off the turnbuckles. Ryback catches him and powerslams him for a two count, then Bryan comes back with some more kicks and hits the ropes. Ryback drops him with a Thesz press but Bryan immediately rolls through and puts him in a single leg Boston crab, then Ryback powers out so Bryan goes back to some thigh kicks.
Bryan gets Ryback in the corner and kicks him a few more times, then he ties Ryback's legs in the turnbuckles and dropkicks his knee before heading up top. Bryna hits a missile dropkick and several more kicks to the chest, but Ryback catches one and powerbombs Bryan over the ropes. Ryback spills to the floor with him, then Bryan leaps off the apron but Ryback catches him and slams him into the ringpost before throwing him back inside. Ryback powerbombs him and backs off, then Bryan kicks his knee so Ryback powerbombs him again and sets up for a Meathook. He charges and Bryan and levels him with the clothesline, then he lifts him up and hits Shell Shock for the win.
Winner – Ryback
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I have a male bun, Binky, he was neutered quite some time ago now..and also a female bun, Winnie, she also has been spayed. At the moment one has the dining room to run around and the other has the kitchen.
I would like for both rabbits to run pretty much wherever they want around the house once bunnyproofed and i'd like for them to be together anyway.
Even after doing quite a lot of reading I can't help but still be really quite nervous about starting the bonding process.
It needs to be done in a room neither of them have been in, correct? Because of territory issues? So i need to bun proof the living room so that theres no escaping under the sofa, etc. Then how do i start? The vet says sight and smell first..no actual interaction?
I'm scared of them fighting as Binky is an attention hog. They've both seen each other as he has got into the kitchen a few times while Win has been in her cage. Neither of them have seemed that bothered by each other. Its only when Winnie tried to get on his territory while he was out of his cage I picked up on tension from Binky's side. I'm fairly certain they can smell each other as the dining room and kitchen are right next to each other, you have to go through one to get to the other and the only barricade is a big cardboard box.
Theres also getting them to the living room in the first place. Binky HATES being picked up and its very hard to do so. Hes terrified of being off the ground, Winnie can be difficult too.
I've considered putting both in their carriers and putting them nose to nose to begin with, so they cant actually touch each other but can really see and smell.
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Group Attacking McConnell's Pro-Gun Record
By Associated Press • Feb 5, 2013
FRANKFORT, Ky.-- A Washington-based group has begun airing a TV ad in Kentucky criticizing U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell's pro-gun record.
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee said Tuesday it is spending an initial $27,700 to run the ads in Lexington, Louisville and Washington.
The ad features a Berea resident, Rodney Kendrick, who calls it "unthinkable" that guns meant for war could be used on civilians and children. Kendrick said McConnell has taken campaign money from gun manufacturers, and he asks "Sen. McConnell, whose side are you on?"
McConnell campaign manager Jesse Benton said the senator knew that "protecting Kentucky from President Obama's gun control agenda would result in a flurry of attack ads from left-wing groups."


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P1 Tech Help: Hard drive duplicators
As I've mentioned in earlier articles, computers are continually being used to commit or plan crimes. I also have mentioned that many of today's cellular telephones share some or many capabilities as your run-of-the-mill personal computer. For this article I am focusing on hard drive duplication, but keep in mind that cellular telephones can function much the same as personal computers, and can therefore have data duplicated much like the hard drive in a personal computer.
A hard drive is actually the brain of the computer. It holds the digital information such as the operating system, electronic documents, and digital photos and so on.
Most police officers and detectives are aware that criminals use computers for criminal activity. Some will use computers promote and arrange meetings with Prostitutes, arrange criminal activity through a social web page like Facebook or My Space. They may even may be involved in some forms of illegal pornography. The fact is the criminal has changed methods of committing crimes. Now the computer is used for advertising and passing messages along to prospective "clients" or other like-minded people.
Once a computer has been seized or is to be investigated, two things may give us access potential digital evidence. We either:
1. get consent from the owner, or,
2. get a warrant.
Warrants are usually the best route because most people are leery of anyone looking into their computer habits, so getting permission could be difficult at best. A word of caution: ensure you are able and/or certified to gather digital information. Most states require a person gathering digital evidence to be certified to do so.
Digital information can be gathered by just about any digital equipment; cameras, cellular telephones, CD Rom's, flash (thumb) drives and possibly even your in-car computer.
Be careful gathering web page information because that information can be easily altered and therefore possibly ruining your evidence.
For example, once you have your warrant and are ready to gather information you must think of a method to gather it. One way is keeping the hard drive in the computer case and navigate through the computer or use ghosting software to duplicate data.
Or you can invest in a hard drive duplicator.
The disadvantage to Ghosting is that you need to prepare and start the computer you're investigating then you must either have a password to enter the system or hack into it. This method can be time consuming and you lose vital evidence due to time constraints.
Duplicating a hard drive is much easier because you can take the hard drive out of the computer without having to start it. There are hard drive duplicators available on the market. Some have several bays and are mainly used for mass media duplication.
For police investigations a single bay should suffice. Duplicators range from $180.00 up to several thousand dollars and are available online or any computer retailer.
Most if not all duplicators can duplicate accommodate laptop 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch hard drives in both the Serial ATA (SATA, or Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) and the old PATA (Parallel ATA), better known to some people as IDE connections.
The least expensive and most user-friendly duplicator I found is the Star Tech Duplicator. This duplicator will accommodate both types of hard drives, is hot swappable. Meaning you can switch drives without turning the device off and is only about $180.00.
The Star Tech has an onboard LCD screen that lets you monitor its progress and can transfer data up to 72 Mega bytes per second. It is small compared to other more expensive duplicators on the market and can be easily hooked up to a host computer to see hard drive contents without actually installing the hard drive to your computer. This ability let's you determine if it worth the time to duplicate the hard drive.
The Star Tech duplicator can also copy from a SATA to IDE or IDE to SATA without any complications and can be used as an external hard drive.
As I have mentioned before, computer investigations is a fast-growing element in law enforcement. Be sure to consult with your department regarding any investigation that includes searching computer files.
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Key matchups
OSU receiver Devin Smith vs. MSU cornerbacks Darqueze Dennard and Johnny Adams: Urban Meyer praised Smith for stepping up his game in the nonconference schedule. It's time for the sophomore to do it again. Smith was ordinary against UAB, with four catches for 39 yards. Michigan State's corners are a tougher test. He has to shine.
OSU safeties Christian Bryant and C.J. Barnett vs. MSU tight end Dion Sims: If Ohio State is in its base 4-3 defense, there are going to be times where the safeties cover the tight end in passing routes. At 6-5, 280, Sims is a tank with a significant size advantage on the OSU safeties. Sims is Michigan State's leading receiver with 22 catches, so he doesn't just stay in and block.
OSU defensive linemen Johnathan Hankins and John Simon vs. MSU quarterback Andrew Maxwell: The Buckeyes' first focus is to limit Michigan State running back Le'Veon Bell. But Ohio State must get pressure on Maxwell, preferably without shooting linebackers and safeties on blitzes. That means Hankins and Simons, the leaders of OSU's front four, must front that charge.
OSU running backs Carlos Hyde and Jordan Hall vs. MSU's front seven: The Buckeyes cannot survive with Braxton Miller being the only playmaker on offense. The return of bruising Hyde to the backfield is huge. Michigan State's front seven is big and physical. Hall might not have as much success between the tackles as the past two weeks. Hyde might need a big game for OSU to win.


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Nationals release Womack, trim roster
Team reduces number of players in Major League camp to 56
By Bill Ladson / MLB.com
The Nationals also optioned outfielder Frank Diaz to Triple-A Columbus and left-hander Mike Hinckley to Double-A Harrisburg. In addition, first baseman Nick Johnson and left-handers Mike O'Connor and Brandon Claussen are expected to begin the season on the disabled list.
"We had to [make roster cuts] because some of those guys were not getting enough at-bats and some of them are part of our future," manager Manny Acta said. "We would rather have them down [in Minor League camp] and get consistent work."
Womack and Hinckley were the biggest names who were cut. Womack, who signed a Minor League contract in January, was looking to be a reserve, but he went hitless in seven at-bats.
According to Acta, Womack, 37, took the news like a professional. The team felt it was best to release him early in camp so he could hook up with another club. Womack was not available for comment.
"We just told him that we didn't think he could help us and he is not in our plans," Acta said. "He took it well. We didn't want to waste his time. If he is not in our plans, then why keep him here until March 28 and then not give him an opportunity to hook up with another club?"
Acta hinted last week that Hinckley was going to start the season in the Minor Leagues. The team wants Hinckley to improve his mechanics on the mound and be more effective. In 2004, Hinckley was the Expos' Minor League Pitcher of the Year, but injuries and slower-than-expected development put him in the middle of the pack of the Nationals' pitching prospects.
Last year, Hinckley pitched at Class A Potomac and was 6-8 with a 5.52 ERA in 28 starts. He walked 63 batters in 148 1/3 innings and committed five balks.
Hinckley wasn't able to pitch in a Spring Training game. He has pitched in the intrasquad and accelerated games.
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Hinckley appeared upset on Thursday, but didn't comment. However, Acta said Hinckley took the news very well.
"He is right on track, and we just asked him to not waste any time second-guessing himself or our decision," Acta said. "We told him to go down there and continue to do what he was doing, have a good season and just become part of our future."
Claussen, Johnson and O'Connor were expected to start on the season on the DL before Spring Training started. Claussen is recovering from shoulder surgery and isn't expected to pitch in a game until May.
"I'm doing good," Claussen said. "We are staying on schedule. I haven't had a setback yet. I'm keeping a positive attitude. I want to give the Nationals everything I can, but I want to make sure that I'm healthy when I come back."
Johnson is still recovering from a broken leg suffered on Sept. 23 against the Mets. He still has a noticeable limp and there is no timetable as to when he will return.
The leg is getting stronger, however. Johnson is often seen walking with head athletic trainer Lee Kuntz. Johnson has even started walking up stadium steps.
"I'm trying to get this thing strong first," Johnson said.
O'Connor had minor elbow surgery during the offseason and most likely will not see any action until April. He has been playing catch on flat ground.
The Nationals are expected to make more cuts on Tuesday.
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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It is time for the fifth edition of "Ask the Insider"
After Wednesday's 4-0 LA Galaxy victory over the Puerto Rico Islanders, today's question comes from Christian LA who asks: Out of all the "reserve" players...who was your standout player?"
The LA Galaxy's 4-0 win over the Puerto Rico Islanders was certainly a comprehensive one with several standout players including the likes of Jose Villarreal and Michael Stephens, but for me, the night belonged to rookie midfielder Rafael Garcia.
While Garcia did not get on the score sheet, the 23-year-old rookie midfielder from Cal-State Northridge was integral in the Galaxy's midfield dominance of the Islanders. With Garcia partnered alongside Kenney Walker and Stephens in the midfield, the trio overwhelmed the Islanders through an industrious play and high work ethic which has been forged in Reserve League play. The trio were particularly effective in their distribution as they completed 135 of their 164 total passes for a completion rate of 82%. Much of LA's ability to complete passes came down to the play of Garcia, who controlled the center of the park by repeatedly winning challenges in midfield and then sending passes forward towards goal -- completing 38 of his 46 total passes on the night.
Although, the rookie midfielder faces a stern test to earn a starting role in a stacked Galaxy midfield, with his superior decision making and tenacity on full display during his performance against the Islanders, Garcia may become more of a presence on Galaxy game day rosters during the stretch run.
Thanks Christian, you can get your tickets by e-mailing email@example.com. For everyone else, remember to leave your questions on the LA Galaxy Facebook page following the club's next match against the Colorado Rapids on September 14th for the chance to have your question featured and win tickets to an upcoming Galaxy game.


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The "absolutely true information" you are referring to is a anything that has a positive impact upon your mind (anything that hascharles wrote:Even if it matches up, how can we be absolutely certain the texts it matches up with are truthful? How can we authenticate the validity of the texts beyond just scholarly analysis? Can we reach a type of "knowing" that, without a doubt, knows something to be absolutely true, and one which knows, without a doubt, that it knows absolutely true information? A type of epistemological certainty?Indrajala wrote:I've never had such visions, but if someone did and wrote it all down we could check it against existing canon and see how it matches up.charles wrote: If someone had a vision, dream, or transmission, how would they be absolutely certain they were not being deceived? Is it possible some being might deceive a human into believing it was a Buddha?
the power to reduce negative states of mind) and is known as Dharma. Certainly, we should investigate the teachings and trace their
mundane origin through lineage. However, the only way to test the teachings to see if it is "authentic" is to integrate them into our lives
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Much Virtue in "If"
Now available in paperback from Grove Press, with a new forward by James Norwood, Professor of Humanities, University of Minnesota:
Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom: the True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth
by Charles Beauclerk
Grove Press, 2011
Now is this golden crown like a deep well
That owes two buckets, filling one another
The emptier ever dancing in the air
the other down, unseen, and full of water.
What makes a history of Shakespeare "true"? Charles Beauclerk's story begins propitiously – he has the right man, Edward de Vere, and he knows that Edward de Vere drew from a deep, unfathomable well:
…the process of making images is largely unconscious, fashioned from the invisible components of the individual imagination, rather like an alphabet arising out of the unconscious of a new race. … In this hinterland of the soul, where images hatch, we are very close to the heartbeat of motivation, of sensing why an author writes as he does. (SLK, p. 156)
Remarkably, the author also knows his own part – and the part that every lover of Shakespeare's poetry performs – when we set out to transcribe and interpret these heartbeats:
We respond to him on a preconscious level – between the lines – almost as if we were co-creators, for the dynamic field in which his unconscious mind intersects with ours is intensely alive, making his work strongly akin to music. (SLK p. 164)
This unconscious intersection with our will, powered by Shakespeare's irresistibly mellifluous lines, is a form of magic. We can't help wanting to take his words in, to have them "by heart", to release them on our own breath. We are enchanted, and in this state, Shakespeare's story – the one we read between the lines of his kings and queens and all their devastating follies – touches a part of us that makes us love him and want to protect him.
The facts of Edward de Vere's troubled biography, placed alongside this poetry, vibrate through every synapse of the work, charging the lines, images and words with sparks of meaning. By the light of these shooting stars, like the bewitching glow of Ariel's "flamed amazement" on the topmast of our brave vessel, we read and listen for his heartbeat, instead of our own.
But are these new signals yielding a "true" history of Shakespeare? Such a prodigious intelligence will not give up its mysteries to weekend stargazers. Like Dante, Shakespeare dared to write his autobiography in colossal cipher. Does Charles Beauclerk have the key to Shakespeare's dramatic alphabet? I think he has one vital part of it. Towards the end of Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom, he tells us that "an essential quality of the plays themselves" is that "they are the life, not only of the dramatist, but of the times in which he lived. Their fabulousness is their reality." (SLK p. 325) In other words – and I hope I do justice to what Charles intended here – Shakespeare's plays and poems are fables. They may be populated with what seem to be real people from de Vere's life, but their "reality" has been transformed into something necessary to the poet.
The truth of fables is not a literal truth, that we can prove or disprove with historical documents, but a psychic one, transferred from the poet to the heart and mind of the true listener. The fabulous subconscious story that Charles Beauclerk hears is in some ways the same story that Edward de Vere seems to be whispering in my ear, each time I go back and read The Collected Works of William Shakespeare cover to cover. This tragic tale has five essential components:
1. Shakespeare's works betray a very personal, hyper-sensitivity to the stain of bastardy.
2. He thought of himself as a Prince, but along the way he lost his kingdom.
3. His poetic gift compelled him to transform the dross and agony of life into a surrogate kingdom of the mind.
4. His dramatic portrayals of Elizabeth suggest a privileged but volatile relationship.
5. "Shakespeare's desire for vengeance was real and one of the great motivating forces of the canon." (SLK, p. 274)
Even when one disagrees intensely – as I most emphatically do – with some of Charles Beauclerk's basic assumptions and theories, the great wonder of his "true history" is how much of what he draws up from below the mottled surface scum of the well remains pertinent. One bucket – for supporting facts in the historical record, cautiously interpreted – is often the emptier, and dances in the air, but the other sinks deep, and fills with water. Beauclerk is extraordinarily attuned to Edward de Vere's personal transformations of Ovid's Metamorphoses, with a keen eye for permutations of the Actaeon myth. Here are a few examples of what you will miss, if in your aversion to Prince Tudor theory or insistence upon historiographical rigor you neglect to read Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom, as I almost did:
In another extraordinary resurfacing of the Actaeon myth, Tamora is compared to Diana, the moon goddess. When Lavinia and her husband, Bassianus, come upon Tamora in the woods, the empress tells Bassianus that had she Diana's power she would mete out the same punishment to him that Actaeon suffered at the hands of the goddess. In the end, it is Lavinia who is fated to drink from this bitter cup, for like Actaeon transformed into a stag she loses the power of speech, and her delicate hands are turned into hooflike stumps." (p. 273)
Titus is a play that I know quite well, but this searing vision of Lavinia as a silent stag was a revelation for me. Venturing into more heretical territory, Beauclerk offers a terrifying insight into the personal relevance of Shakespeare's two published poems, Venus and Adonis and Rape of Lucrece:
Venus, who at the end of the previous poem flew off to Paphos, where she meant to "immure herself and not be seen," is transformed into the chaste and cloistered Lucrece; and the boar-pierced Adonis becomes "lust-breathed" Tarquin, who in destroying the chastity of "the silver moon," as Shakespeare describes Lucrece – i.e., in deflowering the goddess – brings down the monarchy. Thus Adonis becomes both the flower and the serpent under it. The flower that the goddess presses to her bosom is beautiful but deadly, rather like the asp that Cleopatra nurses at her breast. Thus the Shakespearean hero-archetype embodies within himself both the redeemer (Adonis) and the destroyer (Tarquin)… (p. 176)
"Thus Adonis becomes both the flower and the serpent": I had suspected as much, but have never had the courage to raise this topic for discussion in the usual Oxfordian chat-rooms and other venues. In this, and in his recognition of Oxford's vengeful nature, (quoted above), we seem to have witnessed the same disturbing basilisk, daring us to look in his eyes. Beauclerk doesn't flinch; his commentary on Falstaff is chilling in its penetrating accuracy:
Ultimately, Falstaff is imprisoned in his own kingdom of language, where wit takes precedence over feeling. When he says that his womb undoes him, it is his womb of wit – his invention – rather than his great belly. Though wondrously humorous, the fat knight seems to have almost no feeling toward others; he is too wrapped up in the great adventure on which his great wit is willy-nilly leading him.
Now for our differences. They are many, but only one really matters: Who were Edward de Vere's true parents? Charles Beauclerk's history begins with the tentative proposition that Oxford was the child of Princess Elizabeth and Thomas Seymour. Note the word "tentative", which I'll get to in a moment. My position is that Edward was John de Vere's firstborn son, but not securely legitimate, as the historical records show. The following brief essays, along with the file on the 1585 Depositions, outline the historical and literary basis for my alternative theory, that Joan Jockey may have been Edward's true mother: John de Vere's firstborn son; The Goddess of Justice; "Why dost not speak to me?"; "You bee a sort of knaves", sayd Skelton; 1585 Depositions Concerning Oxford's Legitimacy
When Beauclerk chose to build his story around the second Prince Tudor theory, surely he knew he was taking on a highly controversial and divisive premise. Disarmingly, with strategically placed deployments of "if" and "seems" and "whether… or not", he allows for our hesitations and doubts: when all is said and done, perhaps we will not find that he has proven his hypothesis:
p. 41 "Whether she bore a child by Seymour or not…"
p. 92: "Thus, if Oxford was Elizabeth's son…"
p. 101: "….like Hamlet he was, it seems, the son of the queen."
p. 158: "And if his mother was the Virgin Queen…"
p. 224: "If Shakespeare was indeed the son of the Virgin Queen…"
p. 296: "Whether he was the queen's son or not…"
p. 322: "… and Shakespeare, it seems, was the fruit of that trespass."
p. 334: "…in Oxford's case, if, as the evidence suggests, his mother was the most powerful woman…"
As Touchstone wittily puts it, "Your If is the only peace-maker; much virtue in If!"
Here's an "if" in return: "If Edward de Vere knew for certain that he wasn't John de Vere's son, but instead, was the bastard son of Elizabeth Tudor and Thomas Seymour, how would he feel about the exchange?" On page 86, Beauclerk writes:
Whatever comforts he could press to his bosom Edward de Vere knew for certain that there were those about him who saw through his "Oxford" mask; nor could he draw solace from the fact that the blood of the Tudors flowed in his veins, for his royal birth was far from being a political reality. [emphasis added]
But beginning on p. 231, under the sub-heading "Tudor-Celtic Mythology", he exposes the less-than-glamorous roots of the Tudor dynasty:
The Tudors were Welsh landowners… …In the Tudors we have a self-consciously created dynasty aware of their weak claim to the throne, who buttressed their credentials by tracing their line from King Arthur, the once and future king. In naming his firstborn son Arthur and having him christened at Winchester Cathedral, Henry VII was deliberately invoking the chivalry and glamour of Britain's semi-mythical past, a considerable irony in view of his own grasping, ungenerous nature and his relentless undermining of the old feudal nobility. (SLK, p. 232)
Lest we forget, neither Edward Oxenford nor William Shakespeare ever wrote a play about Henry VII, whom Francis Bacon tells us severely undermined the 13th earl of Oxford's power, in an apocryphal tale that sounds very much like one of madcap Ned de Vere's bibulous inventions. Continuing his deconstruction of the Tudor Myth, Beauclerk writes:
The Tudors, in the grandiosity generated by their lineal insecurity, embraced the notion that they were the promised descendants of Arthur…
Once on the throne, [Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond] played up the romantic image his deeds fostered in people's minds. In truth, the Tudor dynasty was founded upon conquest (and the killing of a king)." "Despite his insistence that this was a reconquest, which avenged the original Saxon invasion, a deep insecurity accompanied the dynasty through its 118 years of rule. (p. 233)
Life for [Henry VIII] was theater; his every act invited a fanfare. Yet all this show masked a deep insecurity, which became more conspicuous as his reign ripened. (p. 235)
As pater patriae (father of his people) and supreme governor of the Church of England, Henry VIII invested the monarchy with a revitalized, almost mystical sense of its sovereignty, yet he was an imperialist in outlook. … His veneration for the traditions, music and architecture of the Catholic church sat uncomfortably with his desecration of the monasteries, and his love of chivalry and the joust contradicted his protracted attacks on the old feudal nobility. (p. 236)
Would the 17th earl of Oxford and Lord Great Chamberlain of England, whose ancestors came in with William the Conqueror, have drawn any solace from losing his de Vere blood in exchange for that of the insecure Tudors? I don't think so.
In my reading of the evidence, both historical and literary, the earl of Oxford drew his sustaining identity from his claim to the ancient Vere line and their affinity. Their historical triumphs and quarrels were part of his legacy; their family traits were in his genetic makeup. If Nick Bottom's "mythic DNA is the Minotaur, the monstrous son – half man, half bull – of Minos, King of Crete" (SLK, p. 202) then so too is this strain running in the veins of the man who signed himself Edward Oxenford. When he gazed upon the faces of the effigies that once graced Colne Priory, he was seeing his grandsires and grandams, and the faces of his own future heirs. As we read in Chapman's eulogy of Oxford in The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois:
…he had a face
Like one of the most ancient honour'd Romans
From whence his noblest family was deriv'd.
These were his people. If we lose sight of this, we lose our first and best contact with Edward de Vere and how he became "Shakespeare". He loved his honor as a Vere; he owned his shame as a Vere; he wreaked his vengeance as a Vere:
…when Gloucester sees a beggar in the storm, he thinks a man a worm, and at that moment his son Edgar comes into his mind. Edgar, the outcast son, is the worm (worm in French being ver). When Cleopatra arranges to die in her monument, a clown enters with an asp – or worm, as he calls it – hidden in a basket of figs. (SLK p. 372)
"He that has a house to put's head in has a good head-piece" (III.ii. 25-26)
Say, is my kingdom lost? why, 'twas my care
And what loss is it to be rid of care? ~ Richard II
I agree with Beauclerk that Shakespeare's plays and poems bear witness to the pain of having lost a kingdom, but in my view, (derived in large measure from the political understory of the Howard family in Titus Andronicus) that kingdom was more likely to have been in opposition to the Tudor line than a part of it. On his own, Edward de Vere had three earthly kingdoms somewhat within his grasp, all of them lost by 1591. The first was a Plantagenet alliance through marriage to one of the Hastings girls, which Beauclerk mentions on p. 71: "It looks as though John de Vere had taken it into his head to arrange a royal marriage for his teenage charge…" The second was Oxford's impetuous and near-treasonous support for his first cousin Thomas Howard, who lost his head over the hare-brained temptation to wed Mary, Queen of Scots.
The third lost kingdom, as Beauclerk notes, was the ancient seat of the Oxford earldom: "Then in December 1591, …Oxford surrendered the heart of his de Vere inheritance by alienating Hedingham Castle to Burghley in trust for his three daughters. It was an abdication with rich consequences for literature, if King Lear is anything to judge by." (p. 330) But why would a prince of the realm and poet who boldly tells the queen's chief minister "I am that I am" have any need for a paltry scepter? Why would he be so foolish as to desire all the mundane distractions and obligations that turn a golden crown into a dull and heavy lump of lead? The true kingdom that Oxford strove mightily to maintain in his own sovereign control was that of the mind:
As James Kirsch says of Hamlet and his father, so might we say of Shakespeare and Elizabeth: his kingdom was the inner world, hers the political realm. (p. 295)
As in Hamlet, the only true king seems to be a ghost. Scratch the surface of these plays and one finds oneself staring at the crowned figure of vanity holding a skull in one hand and the fool's bauble in the other. (p. 210-11)
As if he could not believe he had a true right to his inherited "kingdom" based in Essex, Oxford recklessly divested himself of all its physical trappings, till he had nothing to pass on but his name and his words. The first went to his heirs of the blood, the second to his heirs of the spirit, an awesomely potent bequest that we still haven't learned quite how to decipher. The quest is daunting, too much for one lonely reader, or a whole fraternity of stargazers, to take on. How can we bear to follow King Lear on his journey out into the raging tempest that mirrors the demons in his skull, once we know that he is not a stage puppet but a breathing portrait of the author, and the purified condensation of everything that the name "Shakespeare" calls up in our hearts and minds? The jewel in the crown of Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom is Beauclerk's courageous attempt to do just that:
Opening one's heart to a great work of literature of the intensity of King Lear is like setting forth on a pilgrimage toward an inner realm on the horizon of one's being. Reading and walking, if undertaken in the spirit of wonder and intrepidity that transforms them into a way of life, refresh the soul in profound and allied ways. Thoreau's advice to walkers would be my advice to Shakespeare's readers: "We should go forth on the shortest walk, perchance, in the spirit of undying adventure, never to return – prepared to send back our embalmed hearts only as relics to our desolate kingdoms." As a work that shakes the foundations of western culture, King Lear demands this sort of self-abandonment. We never quite return from the journey.
My copy of Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom has furious scribbles in the margins of every other page, some of them less than polite. Yet when I told Charles Beauclerk in no uncertain terms that I could not agree with his theory on Oxford's birth, he was most gracious, replying that he is open to hearing other theories; would I send him a copy when I write up my thoughts? His True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth may not be your cup of true, but it is certainly the work of a generous and intrepid spirit. ~Marie Merkel


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He was born Jan. 23, 1915, in Aly to the late William Rash and Liller Arminda Gabbert Potter. He loved to raise a large garden, raise calves and going to the sale barn.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Everlee Armstrong Potter; parents; brothers, Earl, Vestie, Doyce and Ivory Potter; sisters, Hazel Lazenby and Ina Teller; and grandsons, Billy Potter Jr. and Timothy Potter.
Survivors include his children and spouses, Bill Potter of Plainview, Donald and Debbie Potter of the Kingston community, and Patricia and Thomas Miller of Kingston; grandchildren and spouses, Kelly and Larry Millwood, Michael Potter, LaNita and Randy Denney, Charles Falwell, Belinda Alvarado, Stacie LaMaster, Matthew Miller and Wesley Potter; 17 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 13, 2013, at the Plainview First Baptist Church with Joe Yates officiating.
Burial will be at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Briggsville.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Pallbearers include Michael Potter, Wesley Potter, Charles Falwell Jr., Matthew Miller, Ryne Millwood and Larry Millwood.
Honorary pallbearers include Randy Denney, Bobby Ray Potter, Tyler Potter, William Conley, Colton Dishongh and Casey Dishongh.
Arrangements are by Cornwell Funeral Home, Danville.
Online guestbook and condolences at www.cornwellfuneralhomes.com.


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Welcome back to 31 Days to Building a Cleaning Routine!
Yesterday I talked about cleaning baseboards and how I was going to tackle it today. Well, I didn't. I didn't get to the project. It seemed like too many steps PLUS, in the end the tutorial spoke about using dryer sheets to wipe over the wood, so that the dryer sheets anti-static cling properties help cut the amount of dust on the baseboards. That sounds wonderful, except that dryer sheets are bad for the environment and health. (I can't find where I read that right now, but just google it.)
I would like to follow these steps for baseboard cleaning, but does anyone have an ideas on what to use instead of dryer sheets?
Day 15: How to Clean your Stovetop
Cleaning the instead of the electric coils on my stovetop is something I'm NOT very good at. In fact, they look SO HORRIBLE I really hesitate in showing you a picture. But I'm going to do it, so that I'm motivated to clean it.
Really bad….
Step 1: Remove the coils and drip pans (the bowls underneath the coils).
This is as easy and lifting the burners up and exposing the wiring, which should detach easily. The drip pans are also easily lifted off the stove surface.
Step 2: Clean the burners
Use just regular soap and water to wipe down the coils and drip pans. The burners (coils) tend not to be as dirty since most spills burn off.
– If you want, you can soak the drip pans in dish soap and water (but don't soak the coils).
– For more scrubbing action, use a baking soda/water paste to get the tough spills:
Baking Soda Paste:
- Mix baking soda and water together. If the mixture is too thick, add water, and if it is too runny, add baking soda.
- Once the mixture is a paste, apply to the surface you are cleaning and allow it to sit for 30 minutes.
- Scrub hard.
- Rinse.
Step 3: Replace and Maintain the burners
To regularly maintain the electric burners, just wipe down the burners the same time you wipe down the top of the stove.
Take the burners apart and get under them whenever you drip or let a pot overflow (for me, usually that's nearly every day!).
I'll post an update when I clean my coils this week!! When was the last time you cleaned your stovetop?
See you tomorrow for the Take it on Tuesday blog hop!


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By DAVID HELMS/Pontotoc Progress
A 15-hour manhunt for two suspects wanted in connection with the alleged burglary of a pharmacy in Sherman ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 2) when two Tupelo men were arrested on Prewitt Road east of Pontotoc, reported Pontotoc County Sheriff Leo Mask.
Mask said that Donald A. Brown, 26, of South Green Street, Tupelo, and Preston C. Copeland, 22, of West Jackson Street, Tupelo, were arrested by officers who found the two suspects hiding in an old unoccupied mobile home on Prewitt Road.
Brown and Copeland are charged with allegedly burglarizing Sherman Drugs around 1:45 a.m. Wednesday and then leading officers on a high speed chase which led to a full-fledge manhunt when the suspects abandoned their vehicle on Prewitt Road and ran off into the woods.
Sheriff Mask said Brown and Copeland are charged with burglary of a commercial building (pharmacy), felony malicious mischief and possession of burglary tools.
Copeland, who was allegedly driving the suspects' vehicle, is also charged with felony fleeing, Mask said.
"We got a tip from the public late Wednesday evening concerning their whereabouts and they were arrested without incident and were unarmed," Mask said.
As of Thursday afternoon, no bond had been set for the two suspects, who were still awaiting an initial appearance in court, Mask said.
Sherman Police Chief Joel Spellins said the incident began around 1:45 a.m when officers responded to an alarm at Sherman Drugs, located at 670 Highway 178 in Sherman.
"The suspects had cut the phone line, used a crow bar to rip the electricity meter off the building and busted in the front door," Spellins said.
Spellins said a high speed car chase ensued which included police officers from Sherman, Ecru, Tupelo, Pontotoc and Pontotoc County Sheriff's deputies.
Officers chased the suspects from Sherman to Tupelo, then along the Belden/Endville Road, the Longview Road and finally onto Prewitt Road where two men bailed out of the car and ran into the woods, Spellins said.
Spellins said that K-9 units from Union County and Pontotoc County Sheriff's Departments, assisted by a helicopter unit from Tupelo Police Department, led the search for the two suspects.
Officers from the U.S. Marshal Service, Wildlife and Fisheries, Mississippi Department of Corrections and Constable Early McKinny also assisted in the manhunt.
Officers had been combing the countryside for about 15 hours when someone phoned in a tip.
"We found them holed up in that mobile home about a mile from where they had jumped out of the car," Spellins said.
Original Post
SHERMAN, Miss. – (WCBI)A manhunt that has consumed law enforcements' Wednesday has ended.
Sherman Police Chief Joel Spellins says the two unnamed suspects, were located in a trailer on Sherman Road Wednesday afternoon.
The manhunt began early this morning after the Sherman Drugs pharmacy was burglarized around 2 a.m.
Sherman police were assisted by Pontotoc and Union County authorities in this case.


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What is the diameter of the crankshaft-crank pin..co-rod area ? Going to have the crank checked but can't find any measurements in the Ford Service book. I don't think the crank has ever been out and turned ?
1.248 on both the rods and mains.
If you have the crankshaft reground be sure that you machine shop will maintain the radius in the corners of the journals. If they do not your crankshaft will be a piece of junk. (as it will break for sure and you will be the newest member of the two piece crankshaft club)
I have just joined this exclusive club on my 1915 Kanab tourer that I thought was just about ready , do I get a badge ? must get something .
Thanks for the info...don't think i want to join that club !
No badges, you just get the opportunity to hang the pieces on the wall in your shop. Just a reminder of what fun this is. I got a pair of those cranks from my speedster.


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Monitor Ledge Vineyard
Monitor Ledge Vineyard (1992) is a 43-acre parcel planted to Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Zinfandel, and Cabernet Franc. Located on the alluvial fan of Selby Creek, the site is composed of cobblestones and a gravelly sandy loam. Water drains rapidly in the lean soil, causing the vines to struggle to grow, thereby bringing about the fruit intensity and structure that make the wines from this area so unique. The Monitor Ledge Vineyard is located in one of the warmer growing regions of the valley. The vineyard is often the first we harvest and brings us an indication of the quality of the vintage to come.


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One of the best nights at Shea ever!
Very little could have made last night's game vs. the Dodgers more fun. Let's start with this: Gary Cohen's wife rocks so hard (although from now on we'll just call her Lynn!). All Mets fans should know how great she is, and they will, because Lynn and Gary filmed a segment for Mets Weekly yesterday–air date TBD–to help promote Lynn's awesome t-shirts for charity. Hopefully the camera captured her warm, funny, and utterly exuberant personality! She's a joy to watch the game with, and boy did we have a blast.
Lynn invited me and the always insightful Dana Brand to dinner at the Diamond Club–my first time at the delicious buffet and not just the big ole bar :-)–overlooking batting practice. It's possible I indulged in both cheesecake and key lime pie for dessert, although I didn't mean to eat them both. Entirely. Friggin' awesome desserts.
Then I saw our seats: Oh, what lovely seats. Third row loge box directly behind home plate. I don't usually get to watch the games directly behind home, and yes, now I see the attraction. PLUS it was definitely a game worth watching! What a joy to see our team playing like we expect them to. A stellar game for double-dingerer David Wright, not to mention some stress-free relief pitching. How 'bout that Schoeneweis this season? I confess I was surprised to see him batting with 2 outs and a man on first, but as long as the game stayed pretty, it was hard to complain. Maintaining a lead all game even when the opposing team makes a move to battle back, and then tacking on some insurance runs in late innings? What's not to enjoy. And kudos to Vargas for continuing to pitch like we need him to.
The late innings for our little group were spent in the SNY suite at Shea–a spiffy place to indulge in…erm…more desserts and listen to the Gary, Keith, Ron broadcast while watching the game in person. I thought the bright blue and orange napkins everywhere were a charming touch.
Finally, already giddy with victory and way too much sugar, I couldn't have been more excited when Lynn arranged for us to pay a brief but thrilling visit to the SNY broadcasting booth. On hand were Gary, Keith, and Ron, all smiles even after their tough night of work. Keith had to hurry along, but he was gracious enough to pose for a pic with me and Gary. I heart that pic, and I will treasure it forever (like I do my pic from spring training with Ron Darling, Matt Yallof, and Coop!). Gary couldn't have been more friendly and endearing–what a great guy we have in him. On his way out of Shea, he talks with the fans every night. And he continues to prepare for every game the same way he did when he started out 20 years ago. He truly cares about giving us the best broadcast possible, and I hope he knows how much we appreciate him for it. Ronnie couldn't stay long, but I was flattered that he remembered meeting me at spring training and didn't even need to be introduced!
Just to avoid any possible conflict with SNY permissions or the like, I'll keep my pics from the booth private. But here's one from just outside the booth, along one of the hidden tunnels behind the scenes at Shea.
Meanwhile, if you haven't yet bought your Lynn Cohen-designed t-shirt, Garykeithandron.com is featuring a Father's Day 15% off discount through June 15. Just use the coupon code "yodaddy" for all merchandise. Cow-Bell Man loves his tee and can't wait to get more!
Here are a few more pics from the SNY suite on our all-around special day 🙂


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On television, during a tidy one-hour time slot, couples decide which house to buy, single people find true love, and women deliver babies. If only major life events were really that quick and easy. When it comes to having a baby, Cortez family physician Kathy Lynch, MD, says the typical nine-month pregnancy culminates in labor and delivery that can actually unfold over the course of several days.
Some woman have early labor which can last up to a week. During this phase, contractions are not frequent or terribly painful and a woman can go about her daily activities, within reason. "Women are understandably really excited, but they need to save their energy for active labor," said Lynch. During early labor, a woman should try to relax, take warm baths and short walks, stay hydrated, eat light meals, and get as much rest and sleep as possible.
"When contractions are three to five minutes apart, getting stronger and stronger, and don't go away when a woman rests, that's active labor and it's time to go to the hospital," said Lynch. Other reasons a woman should report to the hospital during late pregnancy include having her water break, discharging bright red blood, or if she hasn't felt the baby move.
Upon arrival at the hospital, the woman is examined by an obstetrical nurse and put on a fetal monitor to see how the baby is doing. If a patient's cervix is dilated (open) by 4 cm. or more (about an inch), she will most likely be admitted. During labor, the cervix with eventually open to a full 10 cm. to allow for delivery.
Once active labor begins, contractions become more frequent and much stronger. The belly area tightens and is hard to the touch. "During a contraction, a woman isn't going to want to talk. Between contractions, she should rest and focus on relaxing," said Lynch.
Mothers everywhere compare notes about how long their labors lasted, but no two women are exactly the same. That said, in general a first-time mother can expect six to ten hours of active labor and up to two hours of pushing at the end as the baby is born (this may be up to four hours if she's chosen epidural anesthesia - more on that in a moment). For moms who are delivering a second or third baby, two to six hours of labor and an hour or less of pushing is the norm. "It's usually much faster after the first baby," said Lynch.
Women have options for how to manage labor pain. Some opt for no medication and experience natural childbirth. "In this case, she's hopefully attended childbirth education classes which have been shown to reduce labor pain," said Lynch. "Having a husband, partner, or birthing coach present is also helpful. They can rub the patient's back, give them cool clothes for their head, offer support, and make them more comfortable," said Lynch. Some women like music in the room, want the lights turned down low, get in the shower, or sit on a birthing ball to help them relax. If a woman chooses natural childbirth and then changes her mind during labor, she can ask for pain medication anytime during the process except for the last hour of labor when that window closes.
Many women opt for light IV medication during labor which doesn't numb the body but does take the edge off the pain. "This medication crosses the placenta, so we have to stop it an hour before delivery for the safety of baby," said Lynch.
The most popular method of labor pain control is epidural anesthesia. "Some women are afraid of this because they think a needle is used, but it's really just a small flexible catheter that's inserted into the back, not actually into the spinal cord," said Lynch. This catheter delivers medication that numbs the body from the upper abdomen to the upper thighs, but does not interfere with a woman's ability to push when it's time for the baby to arrive. "This method is very safe and effective and mom is fully awake and involved in the delivery," said Lynch.
Another effective pain control option is the pudendal block. Similar to the local pain medication that dentists use, it numbs only the area around where the baby comes out. "This is a good method for when a woman is too far along to have an epidural or IV, but when pain control is needed," said Lynch.
Having a baby is an exciting and special event. "We're all here to support both mom and baby and encourage women to work with their doctors to create birthing plans ahead of time. As long as it's medically safe, we'll try to do whatever a woman wants and make her birth experience as comfortable as possible," said Lynch.
Southwest Health Notes is a public service feature provided by Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez. The information provided herein is not intended as patient-specific medical advice or as a substitute for consultation with your personal healthcare provider.


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Marlins prospect Del Orbe stable after skull surgery
By Joe Frisaro / MLB.com
MIAMI -- Marlins pitching prospect Ramon Del Orbe underwent successful surgery on Thursday afternoon to eliminate bleeding on the brain.
Del Orbe, a 21-year-old at Class A Greensboro, remains in stable condition after being struck on the head by a line drive on Tuesday at West Virginia.
The initial hope was the right-hander would avoid surgery. But he sustained two fractures to his skull and sustained swelling and bleeding on the brain. He also has a concussion.
According to the Marlins, Del Orbe's neurological functions are all in place, and he is doing well under trying circumstances.
The pitcher will remain in the intensive care unit through the weekend, and best-case scenario, he may be discharged from the hospital by Wednesday or Thursday.
To stop the bleeding, surgery required a portion of Del Orbe's skull being removed. At some point, a second surgery will be performed to re-insert the piece of skull, which is being preserved at the hospital.
The injury occurred in the sixth inning on Tuesday, when Del Orbe was hit by a liner off the bat of West Virginia's Josh Bell in Charleston, W.Va.
A 5-foot-11, 190-pounder, Del Orbe signed with the Marlins as a non-drafted free agent in 2008. He is 5-8 with a 4.75 ERA in 23 starts.
Polanco feeling better after being hit in head
MIAMI -- Aside from being a bit dazed, Placido Polanco appears to have dodged a potentially major injury.
Polanco was involved in a scary moment in the eighth inning on Friday night when he was struck on the left side of the helmet by Santiago Casilla's 94 mph fastball.
The incident created a somber situation in the Giants' 14-10 win at Marlins Park.
On Saturday, Polanco said he felt better. He doesn't have any concussion symptoms. But as a precaution he was not available for the game against San Francisco, and he will be re-evaluated on Sunday.
"The good sign is, I didn't have any headache," said Polanco, who noted he didn't sleep well. "It's just a little balance. I got hit in the ear. That's how I feel. They told me to lay low today, and see how I feel [Sunday]."
After the game, Giants manager Bruce Bochy called Miami manager Mike Redmond to express his concern.
"I thought that was a class move," Redmond said. "He wanted to make sure he was all right. Obviously, any situation like that is scary for all of us who have been in this game. I hope he is going to be all right."
Marlins trainer Sean Cunningham checked on Polanco. To see if the veteran third baseman had his senses, Cunningham asked what day it was. A simple enough question, but a confusing one to anyone who wears a uniform, because games are played every day, so it took him a few seconds to figure it out.
"The trainer asked me a real tough question," Polanco joked. "It's an answer I don't even know when I am OK. That's the worst question you can ask a baseball player. I was like, 'seriously?' That's why I was laughing a little bit. I was thinking, 'We were off yesterday, so this is Friday.'"
It's not the first time Polanco has been involved in scary moment.
While with the Tigers in 2006, he was hit in the face by an Esteban Loaiza fastball.
"Really scary any time a guy gets hit in the head," Redmond said. "It looks like he's going to be OK. Today will be a day he takes it easy. He's not available for the game. Hopefully, he dodged one there."
Marisnick starts, hot-hitting Ruggiano sits
MIAMI -- Belting two homers along with a two-run double on Friday night didn't change Justin Ruggiano's status on Saturday.
Once again, the outfielder was not in the Marlins' starting lineup for the second game of the weekend series with the Giants at Marlins Park.
Ruggiano had a big night in Miami's 14-10 series-opening loss. Entering as part of a double-switch, he drove in four runs on three hits, with the two home runs.
For now, Ruggiano's role is as a reserve, as the Marlins are giving rookie Jake Marisnick regular playing time in center field.
Manager Mike Redmond remains committed to the plan of going with young players in what has been a developmental year for the organization.
Ruggiano received the bulk of the playing time in the first half, and he has 302 at-bats in 93 games. He also labored through a Marlins record 0-for-42 slump, which was snapped after he collected three hits at Kansas City on Wednesday.
In his last two games, Ruggiano is 6-for-8. He understands his situation.
"The patience [Redmond] had with me when I was going through a rut, I have so much respect for what he did when I was doing nothing," Ruggiano said. "The decisions he makes the rest of this year, I'm always going to have his back. I'm here to do whatever job he wants me to do."
Ruggiano on Wednesday was given the start in right field at Kansas City when Giancarlo Stanton took a breather.
Redmond said he gave consideration to starting Ruggiano on Saturday, but opted to stick with Marisnick, who is batting .200 in 22 games.
"It's funny," Redmond said. "When [Ruggiano] was 0-for-38, you guys thought I was crazy playing him over Stanton. Now that he is 6-for-8, you are wondering why I'm not playing him? It's funny."
Redmond noted that Ruggiano still may play, coming off the bench, if necessary.
"He's swinging the bat well," Redmond said. "Hopefully he will get a big hit for us coming off the bench.
"Jake is a young guy, and we want him to go out there and get some playing time. That's important to him. Rugg got in there and he took advantage of his opportunity. Who is to say he might not be in there [Sunday]?"
Eovaldi potentially tipped pitches in tough start
MIAMI -- Next time Nathan Eovaldi takes the mound, expect to see the Marlins right-hander more careful with his delivery.
After being rocked for 11 runs (nine earned) on 12 hits in three-plus innings on Friday night in a loss to the Giants, the Marlins wondered if Eovaldi was tipping his pitches.
Manager Mike Redmond, pitching coach Chuck Hernandez, bullpen coach Reid Cornelius and Eovaldi closely studied what might have gone wrong on Friday.
What they saw is perhaps Eovaldi was doing something subtle that the Giants detected.
"I think if you look at the video, maybe there could be something," Redmond said. "They hit him hard. That's the bottom line. Hopefully he will learn from that. I think it's always good to stay on top of guys' mechanics, especially our young pitchers, so they are relentless in their consistencies with their deliveries and their glove placement, and how they take signs and all that stuff. It's definitely something guys need to be aware of."
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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What originally started as a good first two months of this year has turned into seven months of false hope. It all started out with lower calf issues that migrated into achilles issues. I've been here before and I know patience is key. Two other times it has taken me about six months to get through it.
I've been patient this summer and tried a variety of things - rest, cross training, PT, icing, stretching, different work shoes, heel lifts for my work shoes, new running shoes etc. Through all of this, there have been times where the pain has been worse while doing nothing and less pain while doing more. I get conflicting signals from my body on what's working and not working. At the beginning of this month, I've had times of hope that the achilles are better. But then again, there are days that tell me otherwise.
It's the constant ache all day and night and the stiffness of the legs in the morning that tell me I shouldn't get my hopes up and I need to remain patient. Well, I lost that patience earlier this month. So I started running and the leg hurt less afterwards and they hurt less the next morning. So I ran some more. But then I tell myself that I shouldn't jump in too quickly and take a day off or cross train here or there. So I be patient and do that. Then my leg hurts worse. So I run again and the leg feels better. I try to stay on soft surfaces. Against everything you read with achilles, I run more hills and build hill workouts into my runs. I know to stay away from speed and I'm keeping the runs on the easy side.
With that, my legs are feeling better each passing week. I don't know if it's patience that's perservering or if it's more false hope. Whatever it is, I'm going to keep running. There will be no speed work for me or races to be had in my favorite time of the year. I'm just happy to be out exploring the paths and trails again.
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Patience. False hope. Had my fair share of each the last two and a half years. Not giving a shit has been leading the race since early this year, but I'm trying.
Feeling the growl again
You know, my PIA issues do that to me too. I've been missing a lot of days recently because of work-related stuff, the pain seems to have gotten worse. Since I'm jet-lagged all to hell I was out the door of the hotel at 5:00am today (nothing like running half-last in the dark through a strange city in a foreign country to get your blood flowing). The pain went away during the run...for 3-4 hours after it got bad again. But now it's loosened out.
Frankly I think if I was consistent it would keep things to a dull roar. I think the going back and for between running and slacking aggravates things.
The difference between hope and false hope is, with false hope, you should know better than to give a shit. And since your preconceived beliefs have a lot to do with how things turn out, I think it better to be patient and have hope until the handwriting is on the wall.
Perhaps thinking you will get in the best shape of your life again is false hope. But to think you will get back to where you can enjoy running and mix it up from time to time, I don't think is hoping too much.
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
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Perhaps thinking you will get in the best shape of your life again is false hope. But to think you will get back to where you can enjoy running and mix it up from time to time, I don't think is hoping too much.
Enjoying running, absolutely! Still time to get lifetime PR's, absolutely!
Just finished my biggest week since the week of Feb 20 and the biggest month since Feb of this year. It's a start! I'm feeling good with how the fitness is coming along. I'm tolerating the lower leg/ankle. The daily throbbing is gone with the more running that I've been doing. If I have to settle with keeping up with the current routine until the snow comes, so be it. Running through the woods and along trails have been fun and I've found some new places to run around here.
So far, patience is winning.
It's been a decent stretch over the last few weeks and things continue to feel OK. Not 100% but OK. Still no speed work though. Which is OK. I've had some good runs this fall and I've enjoyed it. Monday was one of those runs. I had a little time before my flight to Houston on Monday so I stopped at a forest preserve and pounded out a 9.5 mi run @ a 6:27 pace. It was awesome.
Fitness and strength are feeling good and I can feel the progress!
Camping in WI this weekend should be fun but maybe a little chilly and a little wet.
Patience is driving me fucking nuts right now. Coming off a year of back to back injuries I promised myself I'd take things very slow, but I don't want to take things slow - I want to run. A lot. Now.
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The latest round of polls are out and there is something of a consensus between New York Times/CBS News and NBC/Wall St. Journal polls. They say more or less the same thing: Obama the Man is the Sally Field of politics. Americans like him, they really, really like him.
Only problem is that, after six months, the public isn't so sure about the policies. Or wonders if there is too much being taken on. Or is concerned about the level of deficit spending. And there is some definite unrest coming from certain parts of his base, from his failure to be more assertive on some issues.
Stipulating that all this may be true, is it possible that Obama's biggest worry is that not only is he putting a whole lot on his agenda, he's putting too much on the public's plate too. Look, the attention-span of the average member of the public isn't that high in the best of times. But with a couple of wars going, a deep recession, multiple hot spots in the world and goodness knows what else, it's asking for quite a lot for the public to also figure out what the best health care reform might be -- and if there should be a "public option" or not.
But even this list isn't enough for the administration. What may turn out to be the final straw for the American public -- what indeed may actually cause people to fall out of love with him -- was the announcement this week that the president wants Americans to volunteer.
Specifically, he wants people to volunteer this summer.
It might seem like a small thing to make this request specific (it's not the first time Obama has called for the country to become more "of service" to the less fortunate): But, the average person is likely thinking, "Ya know, it would have been nice if the president had come up with this idea -- volunteering in the summer -- a month or two ago!!" Does he realize how complicated people's lives are? Does he know that middle-class couples with kids have had camp, vacations, summer school and goodness knows what else all planned out weeks in advance?
Or those who are in more shaky circumstances: The economy being what it is, a lot of people are taking second and third jobs just to help make ends meet. Such people might like to volunteer, but they're having quite a time just keeping their own heads above water.
Average Americans don't have a scheduler like the President of the United States -- that's why they have to get their plans set out with lots of notice.
And, one more thing: The optimistic "Yes, we can" generation that arguably elected Obama -- they are already doing a whole heck of a lot of volunteering. They don't need to be told by the president to do this. It's already in their DNA.
These kind of pronouncements sound a little, dare we say it, paternalistic? Maybe the POTUS should re-think this approach -- or at least get his own schedule together so he knows enough to put forth these ideas a few weeks ahead of time.
Robert A. George is a New York writer. He blogs at Ragged Thots.