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A man carries gas cans at a gasoline station in New York as a police officer in the background directs cars to pumps on Friday morning.
Updated at 2 p.m. ET -- NEW YORK -- New York drivers woke up Friday to the first widespread gas rationing since the fuel crisis of the 1970s, as the Northeast struggles to recover from the devastation of Superstorm Sandy and a subsequent snowstorm.
Officials said the gas rationing was imposed because something had to be done to ease the long waits for fuel, which they say has caused panic-buying and hoarding.
Police officers were assigned to gas stations to enforce the new system, beginning their shifts at 5 a.m. in Long Island and 6 a.m. in New York City.
"This is designed to let everybody have a fair chance, so the lines aren't too oppressive and that we can get through this," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. Officers would also make sure people "don't get pushy in line," Bloomberg told WOR-AM radio on Friday morning.
The nor'easter brought gusting winds, rain and snow on Wednesday and early Thursday before it moved on. Snow blanketed several states from New York to New England and stymied recovery efforts from Sandy as additional storm-weakened trees snapped and more power lines came down.
In New Jersey, after a difficult commute Thursday night that saw heavily armed police trying to quiet crowds at area bus and train stations, authorities added free buses and ferries Friday to try and ease commutes that have been four and five times longer than normal all week. Meanwhile, temporary ferry service will be offered from the Rockaways to Manhattan while the area's subway service is suspended.
New York City's program of gas rationing is modeled on one New Jersey implemented last week -- allowing drivers to fill up on alternating days depending on their license plate number -- that has reduced lines dramatically. On Thursday, Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., told reporters he plans to re-evaluate over the weekend whether New Jersey still needs to continue its gas rationing system, reported NJ.com.
"The last two days, I've barely seen any fuel lines anymore," Christie said. "There's order, there's easy access to gas."
In New York, however, Bloomberg indicated that the city had little choice but to implement the policy.
"It now appears there will be shortages for possibly another couple weeks," Bloomberg said, later adding, "If you think about it, it's not any great imposition once you get used to it."
Bloomberg said only a quarter of the city's gas stations were open. Some were closed because they were out of power, others because they have been unable to get fuel from terminals and storage tanks that cannot unload their cargoes.
Full NBCNews.com coverage of Sandy's aftermath
Gas will be available to drivers with license-plate numbers ending in an odd number or a letter on Friday. On Saturday, drivers with license plates that end in even numbers or zero can fuel up.
Buses, taxes and limousines, commercial vehicles and emergency vehicles are exempt from the plan, as are people carrying portable gas cans. Vanity plates that do not have numbers are considered odd-numbered plates. Out-of-state drivers are also subject to the system.
But, he added, with some evidence that it's made the lines for gas shorter in New Jersey, the system was worth a try.
New Yorkers, never known for holding their tongues, let their exasperation with the bad weather show.
"Kick in the gas," the New York Post blared in a headline on its website, a day after its print newspaper hit the streets with the cover headline, "God hates us!"
Anger at utilities
Hundreds of thousands of utility customers, mostly in New York and New Jersey, are still waiting for their electricity to come back on -- and some are losing patience, demanding investigations of utilities they say are not working fast enough.
An angry New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined the calls for an investigation on Thursday, ripping the utilities as unprepared and badly managed.
"It's unacceptable the longer it goes on because the longer it goes on, people's suffering is worse," he said.
But New Jersey Gov. Christie praised his state's utilities, saying he expects all of his state to have power back by early Sunday.
The utilities have said they are dealing with damage unprecedented in its scope and are doing the best they can.
There is no denying the magnitude of what they have done: At the peak, more than 8.5 million homes and businesses across 21 states lost power during Sandy. Early Friday, there were more than 288,000 outages in New York and about 273,000 in New Jersey.
Some people have lived for days in the dark in temperatures near freezing.
"We lost power last week, just got it back for a day or two, and now we lost it again," said John Monticello of Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. "Every day it's the same now: turn on the gas burner for heat. Instant coffee. Use the iPad to find out what's going on in the rest of the world."
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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Annual, perennial herb, shrub, tree, vine, monoecious or dioecious
Stem generally branched, sometimes fleshy or spiny
Leaves generally simple, alternate or opposite, generally stipuled, petioled; blade entire, toothed, or palmately lobed
Inflorescence: cyme, panicle, raceme, spike; flowers sometimes in clusters (dense, enclosed by involucre, flower-like in Chamaesyce, Euphorbia ), terminal or axillary
Flower unisexual, ± radial; sepals generally 35, free or fused; petals generally 0; stamens 1many, free or filaments fused; ovary superior, chambers 14, styles free or fused, simple or lobed
Fruit: generally capsule
Seeds 12 per chamber; seed scar appendage sometimes present, pad- to dome-like
Genera in family: 300 genera, 7500 species: ± worldwide especially tropical; some cultivated (Aleurites , tung oil; Euphorbia subsp.; Hevea , rubber; Ricinus )
Reference: [Webster 1967 J Arnold Arbor 48:303430]
Many species ± highly TOXIC.
Annual, perennial herb, generally monoecious, glabrous to hairy; sap milky
Stem prostrate to erect, < 5 dm; branches alternate
Leaves cauline, opposite, short-petioled; stipules present; blade base generally asymmetric, veins dark green
Inflorescence flower-like, generally 1 per node; involucre ± bell-shaped, bracts 5, fused; glands 4, distal appendages generally colorful, petal-like; flowers central
Staminate flowers 3many, generally in 5 clusters around pistillate flower, each flower a stamen
Pistillate flower 1, central, stalked; ovary chambers 3, ovule 1 per chamber, styles 3, separate or fused at base, divided to entire
Fruit: capsule, round to 3-angled or -lobed in X -section
Seed generally 4-angled, smooth or sculptured
Species in genus: ± 250 species: dry temp, subtropical worldwide, especially Am. Often treated as subg. of Euphorbia
Etymology: (Greek: ancient name for kind of prostrate plant)
Reference: [Wheeler 1941 Rhodora 43:97154, 168286]
Horticultural information: STBL.
Stem prostrate, rooting at nodes; glabrous
Leaf 27 mm; stipules fused, triangular; blade ovate to oblong, glabrous, tip obtuse, margin entire
Inflorescence: involucre < 1.5 mm, obconic, glabrous; gland < 0.5 mm, oblong; appendages wider than gland, scalloped, white
Staminate flowers 510
Pistillate flower: style divided 1/2 length
Fruit < 1.5 mm, spheric, lobed, glabrous
Seed < 1.5 mm, ovoid, smooth, white to brown
Ecology: Waste areas
Elevation: < 200 m.
Bioregional distribution: San Joaquin Valley, s South Coast Ranges, Southwestern California (expected elsewhere)
Distribution outside California: to e US; native to S.America
Synonyms: Euphorbia s. Kunth

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CHICAGO – The newest volume of the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) peer-reviewed online journal, School Library Research, opens with studies on college readiness, information literacy during the high school to college transition and educational stakeholders' perceptions of school library programs. The purpose of School Library Research is to promote and publish high quality original research concerning the management, implementation and evaluation of school library programs. Articles can be found on the AASL website at www.ala.org/aasl/slr.
"Of the three newest research studies to be published in School Library Research, two address the transition from high school to college from two very different perspectives," said Ruth V. Small, SLR co-editor. "One looks at how the instructions undergraduate faculty provide in student assignments convey learning expectations while the other studies how high school library skills instruction affects the ability of first year college students to complete their freshman research assignments. A third article used consensus-building activities to explore how to create external advocates who value and support school libraries."
In "College Ready—What Can We Learn from First-Year College Assignments? An Examination of Assignments in Iowa Colleges and Universities," Jean Donham examines the readiness of high school graduates to produce scholarly work that meets the expectations of college instructors. To do so, Donham conducted a qualitative analysis of college faculty assignment instructions. This analysis identified three main themes – information literacy, academic writing and learner dispositions – that have implications for educators working with high school students and first-year college students.
Jana Varlejs, Eileen Stec and Hannah Kwon examine school librarian and teacher working relationships in their article, "Factors Affecting Students' Information Literacy as They Transition from High School to College." The research team set out to determine why poor research skills were still being reported in first-year college students, despite the increased emphasis on improving information literacy skills in high school students. Their findings suggest that school librarians are seldom in a position to adequately collaborate with teachers and that their opportunities to help students achieve information literacy are limited.
To provide data for their article, "What Do Stakeholders Know about School Library Programs? Results of a Focus Group Evaluation," the research team of Nancy Everhart and Marcia Mardis ran four focus groups throughout the state of Pennsylvania to identify what educational stakeholders expect from school library programs. During the focus groups, Everhart and Mardis engaged attendees with research on the impact of school library programs provided by the Pennsylvania School Library Project. Their findings indicate that reaching out to stakeholders in an organized and purposeful way - not in a crisis mode - garners substantial support for school libraries and school librarians.
School Library Research (ISSN: 2165-1019) is the successor to School Library Media Research (ISSN: 1523-4320) and School Library Media Quarterly Online. The journal is peer-reviewed, indexed by H. W. Wilson's Library Literature and by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology and continues to welcome manuscripts that focus on high-quality original research concerning the management, implementation and evaluation of school library programs.
The American Association of School Librarians, www.aasl.org, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), promotes the improvement and extension of library services in elementary and secondary schools as a means of strengthening the total education program. Its mission is to advocate excellence, facilitate change and develop leaders in the school library field.


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The unspoken thrust of the essay was not to just knock down the Theravadin claim about its canon, but to defend the Mahayana from the criticism of not having the Buddha's word.
One would wonder how harsh the criticism of the Mahayana would be if it had not enshrined its criticism of those who did not agree with them in their sutras, putting into the mouth of the Buddha some pretty ugly things. Now, I do not buy into these statements as being accurate or appropriate criticsisms of the Mahayana -- they are not.Dan74 wrote:I've been told that Mahayana was a schism and those responsible are burning in the worst of hells. I've been told that Mahayana is invented by renegade monks drunk on samadhi or worse. That it is a forgery, a heresy and a perversion of the Buddha's teachings (the last instance of this sort of thing was not too long ago on this forum).
This criticism is, of course, easily supported by quoting Mahayana sutras.And of course I've been told that Mahayana is arrogant, supremacist and supercessionist.
Let me quote two things here with which I almost completely agree:I should perhaps add that the later genesis of all Mahayana Sutras is not commonly accepted in Mahayana. I don't think my teacher who is a monastic of many years particularly minds one way or another, but Red Pine, who is perhaps the greatest of the translators of Chinese Mahayana literature (though I will defer to Ven Huifeng on that judgment) does not hold much stock by the current academic consensus on this matter. I am no expert and so I don't hold to a view here.
Namdrol wrote:Likewise, while the Mahayana sutras were inspired by the blessings of the Buddha, I don't believe he actually taught a single one of them. Nevertheless, I think the teachings in them are profound and stand on their own.
Namdrol wrote:"So for example, it is spiritually meaningful that the PP sutras are set on Vulture's Peak-- but it sure is not a historical reality. Even though Shakyamuni Buddha certainly never actually taught Mahayana, nevertheless, Mahayana stands on its own and is valid as a spiritual path and practice because the folks that wrote the Mahayana sutras down were realized persons. The source of these teachings are all realized beings-- their assumed historical settings are merely skillful means to instill faith in the teachings in those person's who need to crutch of historical literalism."


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State Dept. Keystone XL Contractor ERM Also Green-Lighted Explosive, Faulty Peruvian Pipeline ProjectRead time: 8 mins
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By Steve Horn • Wednesday, April 3, 2013 - 05:00
Environmental Resources Management (ERM), the State Department consulting firm that claims TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline proposal is safe and sound, previously provided a similarly rosy approval for the expansion of a Peruvian natural gas project that has since racked up a disastrous track record.
On March 1, the U.S. State Department declared KXL's proposed northern half environmentally safe and sound in its draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), part of TransCanada's Presidential Permit application for the proposed tar sands pipeline.
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Because the Obama State Dept. has the final say on the project due to its crossing the Canada-U.S. border, clearing State's EIS hurdle was crucial for TransCanada. Just days later, though, watchdogs revealed that State had outsourced the EIS out to oil and gas industry-tied consulting firms hand-picked by TransCanada itself.
One of those firms - Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Group - has historical ties to Big Tobacco; published a study declaring "safe" a Caspian Sea pipeline that ended up spilling 70,000 barrels of oil; and has a client list that includes Koch Industries, ConocoPhilips and ExxonMobil - corporations all with skin in the tar sands game. ExxonMobil's Pegasus Pipeline recently spilled 189,000 gallons of tar sands crude into a Mayflower, Arkansas neighborhood.
An examination into the historical annals shows that ERM Group also green-lighted a major pipeline and liquefied natural gas (LNG) expansion project akin to KXL in Peru. The project in a nutshell: a 253-mile-long, 34-inch pipeline carries gas obtained from Peru's Camisea field - located partly in the Amazon rainforest with the pipeline snaking through the Andes Mountains - to Peru's west coast. From there, it's exported primarily to the U.S. and Mexico.
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" When life takes the wind out of your sails, it is to test you at the oars. "
– Robert Brault
This quote was in my email this AM, but I didn't read it until almost 6 PM. It is interesting how it that applies to my life today. My day started off okay, for the first 45 minutes or so. Then my friend shows up with her daughter, my God daughter, that I watch daily. She asked me if I was planning on putting my trash out today – it was trash day after all. &*%@#(*& Guess who didn't remember his chores last night? Yep. Jon. I ran to the garage (cursing all the way) and got the cans to the curb. Then I realize that not only did Captain Facebook not remember to empty the trash & take it out, but he neglected to sweep the floor – again – after I reminded him 4,356 times. Okay, maybe not that many, but those of you who are parents know exactly what I mean. How do I know he forgot? Well, aside from the crumbs, which doesn't always make it obvious because he is not the most efficient sweeper, I had surreptitiously left a blueberry under the table. We hadn't had blueberries since Tuesday, so, that has now become "Exhibit A". On the surface this all seems minor, however, this has been on ongoing battle with Jon. I know, he is 13, and this is just the beginning. I should be thankful that he is healthy and I am, but it doesn't make days like this any easier to deal with. Then home comes the interim grades report from school. Don't even get me started on that. Not only has the wind been taken out of my sails, but I think someone stole one of my oars. 😉
Now, I am not normally one to boo hoo on my blog, so now I am going to share something positive & useful. I got this email from Dee Valdez (Gluten-free Dee) today and want to help spread the news.
Would love to have you join us physcially, in mind or in spirit for this great event next Tuesday, Dec. 8 from 4-6 pm in Loveland, CO, my hometown. If you can't make it, feel free to send a donation. Special thanks to one of my clients, family owned, Denver based Raquelita's Tortillas for donating their wonderful gluten free flatbread, Sandwich Petals and challenging other corporations to join the cause. Thanks to Glow Gluten Free for being the first to accept the challenge and send their yummy gluten free cookies.
Press Release Follows – Please forward to any friends you have in the media or to your favorite bloggers. Would love to do some radio, TV, Newspaper, blog interviews before and after event.
A heartfelt thank for your continued support, friendship and encouragement. This is so exciting and humbling.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:
December 3, 2009 Dee Valdez 970-308-1062
Nationwide Movement To Get Gluten Free Food Into Food Banks Begins In Loveland Colorado
Loveland, CO, December 3, 2009 – "There is a great need to develop a systematic approach to establishing Gluten Free Food Banks across the nation," says Dee Valdez, who was diagnosed with Celiac Disease 17 years ago. About 15 years ago, Valdez remembers talking to a mother with a sick 7 year old who had Celiac Disease. The exasperated mom said she had to choose between feeding her whole family or just feeding her sick daughter the very expensive gluten free food she could find. The distraught mother said, referring to her Celiac daughter, "She's just going to have to live with diarrhea. "
"I was devastated by her reality," says Valdez, "so I gathered as much gluten free food as I could and left it on her doorstep. Unfortunately, my reality didn't allow me to help parents like her again, until now."
Bread is plentiful in food banks across the county.
Gluten free bread is not.
Loveland's House of Neighborly Service will be the test site for the new program Valdez is designing to be implemented in communities across the country. There are scattered efforts to gather gluten free food for the holidays or offer a monthly gift card to help offset the extra expense of a gluten free diet. "What I see that is missing is a systematic approach to feeding gluten free families in need," say Valdez. "If someone has Celiac Disease or a gluten intolerance, they can become very ill in the short and long term if they eat gluten containing food because that is all they have." Bread is plentiful in food banks across the country. Gluten free bread is not. Valdez, or Gluten Free Dee, as she is called, intends to change that.
Gluten free food donations are now being accepted at House of Neighborly Service, 565 N. Cleveland, Loveland, CO 80537. It is asked that the food be identified as such when dropped off. Anyone available to deliver their gluten free food Tuesday, December 8, between 4 – 6 pm can be part of an exclusive group dedicating the new gluten free section of the existing food bank with a Ribbon Cutting, Press Conference and Festivities.
"We are excited to be able to provide an option for people with gluten sensitivities who are financially struggling, especially considering the cost of a gluten free diet," says Erin Becerra House of Neighborly Service (HNS) Food Program Manager.
HNS provides food baskets for an average of more than 500 Loveland/Berthoud area households each month. The mission of the food program is to provide wholesome food to nourish people who are food-insecure.
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Although only about 1% of the U.S. population has Celiac disease, new gluten free food manufacturer General Mills says its research shows about 12% of U.S. households want to eliminate or reduce their gluten intake. July 2, 2009 WSJ.com article For General Mills, Wheat-Free Items Are Tricky to Make, Cheap to Market
"I honestly don't know how many additional people will come in for help knowing that we now have gluten free food available and how many of the families we are already serving will take advantage of this new option," says Becerra. "I believe that we will be able to provide assistance with the help of our generous community, and the support of gluten free food manufacturers and retailers who are willing to donate products for those who cannot afford them."
Families in need of gluten free food, who live in the Berthoud, Loveland areas served by House of Neighborly Service need to be screened for services Monday – Thursday. Please call 970-667-4939 to find out the appropriate paperwork to bring to determine eligibility.
"This is an opportunity to be part of a group setting a precedent that will spread nationwide," says Valdez. "We can make a difference. We can change someone's life."
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
4:00 – 6:00 pm
4:00 – 4:15 Music and Gluten Free Snacks
Tours of Gluten Free Pantry
Locals Bringing Donations
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4:15 – 4:45 Press Conference
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Celiac Sprue Association Representatives
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Gluten Free Sandwich Petals by Denver's Raquelita's Tortillas
5:00 – 5:15 Ribbon Cutting and Dedication
First Family Receives Gluten Free Food Basket
5:15 – 6:00 Music and Gluten Free Snacks
Tours of Gluten Free Pantry
Interview Opportunities
Please give us a tentative RSVP to Dee Valdez 970-308-1062 so we can reserve a parking spot in the overcrowded parking lot adjacent to House of Neighborly Service
I wish I lived in Colorado so that I could go. That is a long drive from Ohio!
Check out my newest Examiner article for places to get gluten-free holiday baking supplies in Columbus.
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Note: (You may skip this first paragraph if you have read the previous parts) This is a series of posts that reflect the classes I have taught about breaking down brick walls in genealogy at the Mesa FamilySearch Library. My next series of classes on this subject is scheduled for August, 2013 beginning on August 8 and continuing on Thursday and Friday mornings for the rest of the month. For more specific information see the Mesa FamilySearch Library Schedule of Classes. These posts are not necessarily class notes, but rather reflections on the subject matter covered in the classes. Also note, that I have discussed some of these subjects before, but I am repeating some things for emphasis and because I need to prepare for the classes.
When you start looking for an ancestor; where do you start to look first? If you are like most of the researchers in the United States, you likely begin by looking for your ancestors in the U.S. Census records. Well, suppose I suggest a different way of doing research? By no means do I suggest that you do not use the U.S. Census records (or any other census records from a U.S. state or records kept in any other country) because they may answer the first questions about finding someone in historical records. There are three things you need to know to identify a person; a name, a date and a place. Names can vary and change at a whim and people have even been known to mis-spell even their own names. Dates are usually vague. People have been known to lie about their age, women for a variety of reasons and men for different, but just as effective, reasons. A woman may have gotten married at age sixteen or even fourteen and wanted to appear older. Or she may have gotten married late in life and wanted to subtract a few years. Men may have wanted to join the military or its opposite: avoid the draft. People have all sorts of reasons, in addition to poor memories, to give inaccurate dates.
Where does that leave us as genealogical researchers? The most important fact of all is the place where an event occurred. There is only one unique place on the earth for each physical event (although one of my great-grandparents managed to be buried three times in three different cemeteries, but that is another story). Identifying a place far outweighs the name or the date in importance. The research to identify a place needs to be very, very, specific.
What happens if you ignore this rule? Nothing. Oh, that's what I mean, nothing happens, you don't find your ancestors. The reason is simple, all genealogical records originate in the jurisdiction of the place where the event occurred. Jurisdictions are like individual pancakes. They stack up. There are genealogically important records that are only maintained on a national (or even international) level. Likewise each lesser jurisdiction has its own records. For example, in Arizona, death and birth records are presently maintained on a state (or district or provence or whatever) basis (that wasn't always true and only happened quite recently, since mandatory records of births and deaths date only from about 1906). Some records are only kept at the county, township (where there are townships), municipal or town or village level. So, the first step is identify the location, that is, a very specific location, not something vague like Ohio or North Carolina, and then begin to search for specific records generated at each level of jurisdiction that existed at the time of the event. Saying your ancestor was born (or married or whatever) in Kentucky is not very helpful unless you are ready to search every single record source in ever single jurisdiction in both Kentucky and, depending on the time period, Virginia. That means every one of Kentucky's 120 counties and every one of Virginia's 95 counties and 30 independent cities including all their historical previous iterations.
So you had better know your history and geography if you want to keep finding ancestors. Oh, and by the way, it also a good idea to be conversant in finding and reading maps. Most importantly, researchers need to sort out the political, religious and social boundaries that govern where records are kept. If you ancestor was a Protestant in England, the records of his or her life may have been kept somewhere besides the Church of England, but for some Protestants, their records reside in the Church of England because they went to the Church to get married even though they were Protestants. Not knowing this kind of fact, simplified as it may be, can create an issue with finding the records.
I can say with almost complete certainty that the vast majority of brick wall situations in genealogy are caused by looking in the wrong place. In a significant number of cases, in a place that did not exist at the time of the supposed event. Jumping into a research project to find Great Uncle Rodney, is hopeless if what you have to go on is that he came from New York or where ever. To begin your search, you must begin at a specifically identified place. Let me say that again, you must begin at a specifically identified place. No ifs, ands or buts. If you don't have a specific place for Great Uncle Rodney, you have to start by gathering further information for the first person most closely related whose event location you can identify with certainty.
Back to the so-called brick wall. In fact, the wall isn't made of brick at all. It is made of ignorance of the place and the history of the time. To understand this, researchers must differentiate between an end of line and a "brick wall." An end-of-line event occurs whenever there cease to be records to support further research. This can happen in the first generation with an illegitimate child when the mother refuses to disclose the father or doesn't know the father. There are a few things a researcher can do to extend the line to the father, but this is usually not the case. Another example of an end-of-line is a foundling, left on the doorstep of a church or other institution. There may or may not be any way to find the parents, but if not, it is an end-of-line. A third example is the ancestor that simply disappears. Fathers did desert their families and change their names. These things happen and may create an end-of-line. Any time the records fail, either sooner or later, there is a possibility of an end of line, usually this occurs sometime in the mid-1500s in Europe or earlier or later depending on the country.
In any end-of-line situation, there is always a very slim chance that additional research will finally yield results. But with brick wall situations, it is almost certain that additional research at the right time and right place will yield additional information about the individual or the family. The problem is assuming that there are no records or not knowing about the records, when, in fact, there are records if you knew they existed. I can say with assurance that it is virtually impossible for one person to "search all the records" that might or can be found. Over the years, I have had dozens of people come to me with the statement that they have searched every conceivable record over periods of many, many years, and I have always been able to suggest additional records that remain unsearched. I do not make that statement lightly. I do not claim to find the lost relative, but I am more than reasonably sure that there are always records that have not been searched, most of the time records whose existence is entirely unknown to the researcher or researchers and most commonly, as I have already indicated, because the search has been made in the wrong place.
Sometimes when I am asked about a brick wall situation, I do not know the identity of the records, but I do know that additional records do and must exist. For example, when was the last time you searched the records for livestock brands? I have found livestock branding records in early New England town records, they are not just a wild West phenomena.
Remember, this class series I am teaching about breaking down brick walls, in this session, goes on for 16 hours of class. So this series could go on for a very long time.
Sunday, July 28, 2013
How to Find Really Obscure Genealogical Sources -- Part Three: Somewhere to start
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- Sven-Ove WestbergJuly 28, 2013 at 1:14 PM
Since this is about obscure sources.ReplyDelete
I would say that all your end of line event examples, is it with the sources currently known to the researcher. There might exist a diary somewhere that gives information about the end of line event.
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RAY CONSOL. COPPER CO. v. UNITED STATES.
268 U.S. 373 (45 S.Ct. 526, 69 L.Ed. 1003)
RAY CONSOL. COPPER CO. v. UNITED STATES.
No. 443.
Argued: Jan. 13, 1925.
Decided: May 25, 1925.
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Mr. Arthur A. Ballantine, of New York City, for appellant.
Mr. James M. Beck, Sol. Gen., of Washington, D. C., for the United States.
Mr. Justice BRANDEIS, delivered the opinion of the Court.
The Revenue Act of 1918, February 24, 1919, c. 18, title 10, § 1000a(1), 40 Stat. 1057, 1126 (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 5980n), provides:
'Every domestic corporation shall pay annually a special excise tax with respect to carrying on or doing business, equivalent to $1 for each $1,000 of so much of the fair average value of its capital stock for the preceding year ending June 30 as is in excess of $5,000. In estimating the value of the capital stock the surplus and undivided profits shall be included.'
How the value shall be determined is the main question for decision.
Ray Consolidated Copper Company, a domestic corporation engaged in the business of mining and smelting, has a capital stock of $15,771,790, divided into 1,577,179 shares of common stock of the par value of $10 each. Under the above provision, the company filed, on July 30, 1920, with the appropriate collector of internal revenue a return for the special tax for the year ending June 30, 1921, in which it reported that the fair average value of its capital stock for the preceding year was $34,803,608.99. The value so reported was arrived at by finding the average selling price of the stock on the New York Stock Exchange during the calendar year 1919 and multiplying the price so foundabout $22 a shareby the number of shares outstanding. The stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, was traded in almost daily, and the aggregate number of shares so sold during the year equalled nearly one-third of the total stock outstanding. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue refused to accept the company's valuation; took into consideration for the purpose of estimating the value of the capital stock, among other things, the value of the mining property theretofore established in connection with other federal taxes; concluded that the fair value of the capital stock considered as a whole was not materially less than the net fair value of the assets; fixed the value of the capital stock higher than the company had reported; and exacted an additional tax. Refund being denied, this suit was brought in the Court of Claims to recover the additional amount paid. Before the trial the Commissioner refunded a part of the additional tax. As to the balance, that court upheld the assessment. 59 Ct. Cl. 686. The case is here on appeal under section 242 of the Judicial Code (Comp. St. § 1219).
The company insists that the term 'fair average value of its capital stock' means fair average value of the aggregate shares of its stock and not the value of the corporate assets; that the fair average value of the shares, based upon bona fide sales of the stock in reasonable volume, was correctly stated in its return; that the aggregate value of the shares so determined by the fair average selling price of the individual shares must be adopted as the single standard for determining the value of the capital stock; that such determination cannot lawfully be modified by any consideration of the value of the corporation's assets; that the Commissioner based his determination upon the net fair value of the assets; and that the additional tax was therefore illegally assessed.
The tax is a special excise imposed on the privilege of carrying on business in the form of a corporation. Congress might have measured the value of the privilege by the net income of the year, as in the corporation tax, Flint v. Stone-Tracy Co., 220 U. S. 108, 174, 31 S. Ct. 342, 55 L. Ed. 389, Ann. Cas. 1912B, 1312; by the annual gross receipts, as in the sugar refiners' tax, Spreckels Sugar Refining Co. v. McClain, 192 U. S. 397, 24 S. Ct. 376, 48 L. Ed. 496; by the amount of capital employed, as in the bankers' tax, Fidelity Title & Trust Co. v. United States, 259 U. S. 304, 308, 42 S. Ct. 514, 66 L. Ed. 953; or by the fixed capitalization, as in the taxing acts of many states. It might have taken, as the measure, the aggregate value of all of the outstanding shares of stock and have directed that their value be computed by multiplying the average selling price, during the year, of a single share by the total number of shares outstanding. Compare The Delaware Railroad Tax, 18 Wall. 206, 209, 231, 21 L. Ed. 888. But Congress did none of these things. It declared that the tax should be measured by the 'fair average value of its the corporation's capital stock.' In so doing, it used a term which has no fixed meaning in taxing statutes and it gave no directions for ascertaining such value, except that in 'estimating' value 'the surplus and undivided profits shall be included.'
As the term 'capital stock' has no fixed significance, it must be construed in a particular statute by reference to the context, the nature and purpose of the statute, its history, and other aids to construction. We think that, as here used, it means the entire potentiality of the corporation to profit by the exercise of its corporate franchise. Central Union Trust Co. v. Edwards (C. C. A.) 287 F. 324, 328. As the method to be pursued in ascertaining the value is not prescribed, we think that it was left to the sound judgment and discretion of the Commissioner, subject only to the obligation to take into consideration every relevant fact. Compare Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co. v. Greene, 244 U. S. 522, 540, 37 S. Ct. 683, 61 L. Ed. 1291, Ann. Cas. 1917E, 97.
The capital stock of a corporation, its net assets, and its shares of stock are entirely different things. Compare Farrington v. Tennessee, 95 U. S. 679, 686, 24 L. Ed. 558; Tennessee v. Whitworth, 117 U. S. 129, 136, 137, 6 S. Ct. 645, 29 L. Ed. 830; Wright v. Georgia R. R. & Banking Co., 216 U. S. 420, 425, 30 S. Ct. 242, 54 L. Ed. 544; Des Moines National Bank v. Fairweather, 263 U. S. 103, 111, 44 S. Ct. 23, 68 L. Ed. 191. The value of one bears no fixed or necessary relation to the value of the other. The net fair value of the assets was clearly a relevant fact bearing upon the value of the capital stock. It does not appear that the Commissioner refused to consider the selling price of the shares or other factors. He may have given much consideration to the selling price of the shares, and have concluded that, under the conditions prevailing in the year 1920, the average price at which relatively small lots were sold on the Stock Exchange was not a fair indication of the value of the capital stock. We cannot say that he acted arbitrarily or abused his discretion in concluding that 'the fair value of the capital stock considered as a whole is not materially less than the net fair value of the assets.' Illinois Central R. R. Co. v. Greene, 244 U. S. 555, 562, 37 S. Ct. 697, 61 L. Ed. 1309. In Hecht v. Malley, 265 U. S. 144, 162, 163, 44 S. Ct. 462, 68 L. Ed. 949, where the provision here in question was upheld as applied to a voluntary association without a fixed or designated share capital, the collector had assessed the tax by 'taking the fair value of the assets of the Association over its liabilities, and calling the difference its capital stock.'
Mr. Justice SUTHERLAND dissents.
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A TEAM approach is being taken to make students at area elementary schools feel like they are part of a community made up of all schools in the Waynesboro Area School District.
Barb Martin, principal at Mowrey Elementary, gave a presentation on Project TEAM at Tuesday's meeting of the Waynesboro Area School Board.
"We want students to feel as though they are a part of something larger," said Martin.
Martin explained that the foundation for this program already exists with Character Counts program that builds good behaviors.
"We want to build on making those behaviors intrinsic," she said.
Building students up
Key parts of the program involve instilling six behaviors — positive change, anti-bullying, problem solving, conflict resolution, resiliency and leadership — in the students.
"We wanted a program that would address anti-bullying by addressing what happens to make a child bully," Martin said.
Project TEAM uses a pyramid to give students a strong support structure where the individual students are at the top, then the classroom, the grade level, the school and at the bottom the community — all working together to support the students.
Student leadership is also a focus for the program, but not how many might think.
"This isn't about student government," Martin said.
Part of the program involves finding students who have the potential to be good leaders and bringing that potential out with specialized instruction.
Showing growth
The program came out of its first year of use in the district in Mowrey with positive results.
"Office referrals are down 10 percent last year after a previously increasing trend," Martin said.
Other perks of the program included smoother assemblies and a common vocabulary among the students.
All elementary schools in the district will be joining Mowrey in Project TEAM starting in the 2014-15 school year.


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Nearly all homes in the United States own at least one television and TVs accounted for approximately 25% of annual consumer electronics electricity consumption in 2017. With televisions getting bigger and using more energy, it's no wonder that most consumers say that energy efficiency will be a factor in their next television choice. Look for the ENERGY STAR label to save energy, save money, and help protect the climate.
ENERGY STAR certified televisions are on average, 25 percent more energy efficient than conventional models, saving energy in all usage modes: sleep, idle, and on. The label can be found on everything from standard TVs to large screen TVs with the latest features like ultra high-definition (UHD) and internet connectivity. Some models that earn the ENERGY STAR incorporate organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), the latest in screen lighting technology.
Saving energy with ENERGY STAR certified home entertainment products helps protect the climate. A home equipped with TVs, set-top boxes, a Blu-Ray player, and a soundbar that have earned the ENERGY STAR, can save nearly $140 over the life of the products. If each TV, DVD player, and soundbar purchased in the U.S. this year earned the ENERGY STAR certified, we would save more than $250 million and prevent 2.9 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions every year, equal to the emissions of nearly 290,000 cars.
Learn how to save more energy by configuring the settings on game consoles to operate in the most efficient way possible.
Current Specification Effective Date: March 1, 2019
Televisions originally qualified for the ENERGY STAR label in 1998. ENERGY STAR certified televisions must consume 0.5 watts or less in Sleep Mode and On Mode power requirements vary according to screen area. External power supplies (EPS) packaged with TV products must meet level VI performance requirements under the International Efficiency Marking Protocol and include the level VI marking.
Televisions Key Product Criteria: ENERGY STAR
Today's Flat Screen TVs:
Today's flat screen televisions that are sold in the U.S. are mostly Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs), with a few OLED TVs, and some remaining plasma TVs on the market.
- Liquid Crystal Displays or LCDs are known as "transmissive" displays because the light isn't created by the liquid crystals themselves. Instead, a light source behind the panel shines light through the display panel, which modifies its color and brightness to create the image. LCDs are the most popular kind of TV technology today, and most are backlit with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) either via an array of LEDs in the back of the panel or along its edge.
- Organic Light-Emitting Diode or OLED TVs are another "emissive" display. Unlike LCD TVs, where the LEDs only provide the backlighting, in an OLED TV the LEDs (which can be miniaturized thanks to their organic (carbon-based) component) provide both the light and control its color and brightness directly: each pixel is a small light-emitting diode.
- Plasma TVs are known as "emissive" displays because the display panel provides the colored light necessary to create the image. The panel is composed of miniature gas-filled cells–similar in operation to fluorescent lamps–which glow when gas is energized to become plasma.
Digital Televisions
Digital televisions come in two subgroups, which are differentiated by sharpness of picture, usually described as "lines of resolution."
- Standard Digital TVs (SDTV) – display an image composed of 480 horizontal and 640 vertical lines.
- High-Definition TVs (HDTV) – display an image composed of either 720 or 1080 horizontal and 1280 or 1920 vertical lines. (The number of lines is also often footnoted with a "p" for progressive scan and "i" for interlaced scan depending on how the lines are illuminated.) More pixels produce a sharper picture. Most TVs sold on the market today are HDTV.
- Ultra High-Definition TVs (UHDTV) – have an aspect ratio of at least 16:9 and at least one digital input capable of carrying and presenting native video at a minimum resolution of 3,840 – 2,160 pixels.
- 4K UHDTV (2160p) has a resolution of 3840 – 2160 (8.3 megapixels ), 4 times the pixels of a current 1080 HD TV.
- 8K UHDTV (4320p) has a resolution of 7680 – 4320 (33.2 megapixels), 16 times the pixels of a current 1080 HDTV.
Comparing TV pictures?
Compare contrast ratios. Contrast ratio is a measure of color representation (how the color information appears against a dark background). The higher the number, the better the color representation.
What is progressive scan?
There are two ways that a TV picture can update itself to display moving images. One way is by using an interlaced signal and the second is by using a progressive scan signal. An interlaced signal, which is the method used by the standard analog screen, updates half of the scan lines (i.e. every other scan line) at a time (typically every 1/60th of a second, though some panels can update faster). A progressive scan signal updates all of the scan lines every 60th of a second. So progressive scan technology creates a sharper picture with less flicker.
What's a pixel?
The term "pixel" is shorthand for "picture element." A pixel is the smallest item of information displayed on a television screen. Think of pixels as the tiniest dots that the picture is made of. A megapixel is one million pixels.
Other Television Features
Automatic Brightness Control (ABC)
The ABC feature is a self-acting mechanism that controls the brightness of the TV relative to the brightness of the room in which it is located. The ABC feature is intended to enhance the viewing experience and also save energy.
Local Dimming
Local dimming is different than ABC. Local dimming typically occurs in LED-backlit LCD TVs when sections of the LED backlighting are turned off or dimmed to help produce deep blacks and save energy.
Network-Connected or "Smart" TVs
Increasingly, TVs can be connected to the Internet over Ethernet or Wi-Fi. Network-connected TVs allow viewers to download or stream content from the Internet to their TVs. These Smart TVs can have varying levels of ability to run apps, display interactive on-demand content, and provide access to other Internet-based programs in addition to providing traditional broadcasted television.
Pre-set Picture Settings
Many TVs are now shipping with pre-set picture settings that viewers can select, such as "vivid," "sports" or "cinema." These picture settings reflect changes in the brightness and contrast ratio to enhance the content in a specific manner. The default picture setting is the setting that has been used to earn the ENERGY STAR. To ensure you continue to see energy savings, make sure you use the ENERGY STAR setting as much as possible.
What's Next?
Integrating set-top box functions into TVs
Some technologies are emerging that allow you to watch live and recorded programming on any TV in a home, without needing additional, or any, set-top boxes. In one instance, RVU (pronounced "R-view") is a client/server-based technology that allows a central set-top box to send live or recorded programming to various consumer electronics, including TVs, without the need for additional set-top boxes in each room. In other cases, manufacturers are working with programming providers to offer limited service on their TVs without the need for a set-top box at all.


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Directions to LUU
From Leeds City Centre, head north on Woodhouse Lane towards Headingley. You will pass Leeds Metropolitan University on your left hand side and will cross the inner city loop road. You will see the University of Leeds' Parkinson Steps and Clock Tower straight ahead and will pass them on your left. Bear left around the main campus and go past The Eldon and The Packhorse pubs on your right. Get in the left hand lane at the traffic lights and turn left onto Clarendon Road before The Library Pub. You will pass Henry Price Halls of residence on your left. At the next set of traffic lights, turn left onto University Road, turn right and then immediately left onto Lifton Place. All of our venues are in the student union building at the bottom of Lifton Place.
We are situated on Lifton Place, Leeds, LS2 9JZ.
Parking is available off-street near Cromer Terrace (LS2 9JR), and also in the large University car park behind Halo Nightclub, next to the Parkinson Steps on Woodhouse Lane (LS2 9JT).
1, 28, 96, 97, 56 to Parkinson Steps / University
On foot
20 minutes from Leeds Station. Head up Park Row, through Millenium Square, past Leeds Metropolitan University onto Woodhouse Lane towards Headingley. Prior to the Parkinson Steps and clocktower, bear left into campus and follow signs to the students union.


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COLUMBIA - South Carolina is among five states that could see its rating fall, according to Moody's Investors Service, which identified the AAA states that are most sensitive to changes in the federal government's fortunes.
The other states, in addition to the Palmetto State, that are under review for a downgrade are Maryland, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Virginia.
"While all states are indirectly linked to the U.S. government to some degree, we have identified the five AAA-rated states that are most vulnerable to changes in the U.S. government rating," said Nicholas Samuels, a Vice President in Moody's State Ratings Team, in a statement.
"I urge the Congress to conclude its current debate involving the debt ceiling and federal budget," said South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis Jr., in a statement following Moody's announcement.
"A permanent solution must be found to balance the budget and eliminate Washington's habitually spending beyond its means."
Loftis, elected in November, could not be reached directly on Tuesday, because he is currently in the Ukraine volunteering for his private charity, The Saluda Charitable Foundation.
The ratings and outlooks of the 10 remaining states that have Aaa ratings, which have not been placed on review for possible downgrade, are: Alaska, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, North Carolina, Texas, Utah and Vermont.
Among the Palmetto State's vulnerabilities were above-average levels of federal procurement contracts as a percentage of state gross domestic product and relatively high Medicaid expenditures as a percentage of total expenditures.
While the news may have South Carolina officials squirming, Georgia leadership had reason for relief.
"Georgia has made the tough decisions to keep our budget in good order," Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said in a statement.
"We've lived within our means, which in recent years has meant seriously downsizing state government. Throughout it all, Georgia has remained a strong investment because it's a safe investment."
A state's credit rating affects a state's individual cost of borrowing money for infrastructure projects.
Reach Sarita Chourey at email@example.com or (803) 727-4257. Walter Jones contributed to this story.


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Why Is Canada Rewarding Anti-Abortion Activists?
The awarding of the Queen's Jubilee medal to two chronic clinic harassers is a travesty. Linda Gibbons, 65, and Mary Wagner, 39, have been given medals for repeatedly attempting to invade abortion clinics and "counsel" patients not to end their pregnancies. They are regularly sent to jail for their actions. They are also assiduously cultivating public martyrdom.


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Surgery for Stage IIIB Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Our mother was just told that she has stage IIIB poorly differentiated non-small cell lung cancer. They cannot do surgery because it is too close to her aorta. We live in a small town and we are wondering if there is a chance that if we went to a larger hospital, or to a different doctor in a bigger town that they may consider doing surgery to remove the tumor? We are also looking for survivor rates for people with lung cancer. Any help that you can give us would be appreciated.
Charles B. Simone II, MD, Radiation Oncologist at Penn Medicine, responds:
Patients with non-small cell lung cancer whose primary tumor invades the aorta, great vessels of the heart, trachea, recurrent laryngeal nerve, esophagus, vertebral body, carina, or other central mediastinal structures are not considered candidates for potentially curative surgical resection. In these cases, the risks of surgery can be substantial, and it is very difficult or impossible to remove all of the cancer with a surgery due to the tumor invading into these critical normal structures. If your mother was told that she has IIIB cancer and has disease too close to her aorta, she likely has aortic invasion by the tumor, as well as evidence that the cancer has spread, or metastasized, to lymph nodes in the center of her chest or beyond (T4N2 or T4N3). Patients with N2 or N3 nodal metastasis are also often not candidates for curative therapy. The most commonly pursued treatment for patients with either T4 tumors or N2-N3 disease is chemotherapy and radiation therapy, often given concurrently.
However, you may consider asking the surgeon how he knows that the tumor is invading your mother's aorta. Although her tumor may appear to be invading the aorta on a CT scan of the chest, these studies are often difficult to interpret unless the invasion seen on the scan is indisputable. An MRI of the chest and other specialized studies can help to sort this out. Having a radiologist and surgeon both experienced in thoracic oncology review the imaging can be important, and getting a second opinion can always be worthwhile. If her tumor does not actually invade the aorta and her mediastinal lymph nodes do not have cancer in them, she likely has a less advanced cancer stage than IIIB, and she may still be a candidate for surgery. Lung cancer survival is stage dependent, so it is hard to give you a cure rate until we know whether she has been accurately staged. If she truly has stage IIIB disease, the cure rate, unfortunately, is less than 10%, and the median survival is only 10 months. There is, of course, a wide variety in survival depending on how good your mother's performance status is, if she has had significant weight loss recently, and other patient and tumor factors. If the tumor does not invade the aorta, however, her cure rate can be significantly higher.


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ODU Defeats Drexel, 63-53 Behind Lee and Adams
By ODU Athletics
Feb. 7, 2009
PHILADELPHIA, PA-- Gerald Lee scored 23 points and hauled down 10 rebounds and Jonathan Adams added 12 to lead the Monarchs (15-8/8-5) to a 63-53 CAA win over Drexel ( 12-10/8-5) Saturday night. ODU has now won four straight games.
The victory for ODU puts the Monarchs in a three-way tie with Drexel and James Madison. JMU defeated George Mason earlier today. ODU is now 5-5 on the road.
For ODU's Lee, it was his third game in the last four with 23 points, his second straight double-double and third this season.
ODU held the Dragons to just 14 first half points on 5-25 (.200) shooting, while ODU hit .524 (11-21). For the game, the Monarchs finished at .477 (21-44) and Drexel was .321 (18-56).
ODU also dominated the boards at 36-30. In addition to Lee's game high of 10, Frank Hassell added six boards.
ODU led by as many as 18 (54-36), with 3:28 left. Thanks to three late Jamie Harris treys, Drexel got to within eight, 61-53 with 16 seconds left.
Seven of the nine Monarchs who played tonight scored. Ben Finney had eight, Darius James scored nine with a team high four assists.
Drexel was led by Jamie Harris with 20 points. He hit six -of-11 from beyond the arc. Gerald Coles scored 14, while Evan Neisler hauled down nine rebounds.
The 14 points by Drexel in the first half was the fewest in the first half by an ODU opponent since Dec. 11, 1982 when VMI only scored 11.
The Monarchs play at Hofstra on Tuesday night. That contest will be televised live on ESPNU which is channel 232 in Hampton Roads.