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Sunday, April 10, 2011
The Civil War and My Ancestors
Bill West of the West in New England blog issued a challenge to all genealogy bloggers with Civil War-era ancestors:
"Did you have ancestors in America on 12Apr 1861? If so, where were they
and what were their circumstances? How did the Civil War affect them and
their family? Did the men enlist and did they perish in battle or die of illness?
On which side did they fight, or did you have relatives fighting on BOTH sides?
How did the women left at home cope, or did any of them find ways to help
the war effort? Were your ancestors living as slaves on Southern plantations
and if so when were they freed? Or were they freemen of color who enlisted
to fight?"
All of my ancestral lines were in this country by 1800, so all of them were involved in or affected by the Civil War. The only family for which I know nothing about their experiences in the Civil War would be the family of my brick-wall great-grandmother, Lizzie Smith Brinlee.
That still leaves quite a few families to cover, so I am going to follow Susan Clark's lead at Nolichucky Roots; she gave an overview of her ancestors' involvement in the Civil War and plans to cover each person's or each family's involvement in a series of posts under the theme "Civil War Saturday." In this post I will provide an outline of all of my ancestors who fought in the Civil War and of the nature of involvement of the families, including some mysteries surrounding the deaths of some of the ancestors and what is known about some of these families' views on slavery, the Union, and so forth. I have found quite a bit of material in the form of service records, pension applications, unit histories, and other items; some of it has been transcribed and analyzed and some has not.
To the extent possible, I will include both direct ancestors and "collateral" ancestors (uncles) in the participants in the war, except for the brothers, half-brothers, and brothers-in-law of my two great-great-grandfathers who fought in the war (I have not yet researched in depth beyond these two great-great grandfathers, although I know who their families were). So in addition to these two great-great grandfathers, there will be three great-grandfathers and those of their brothers and their wives' brothers who were old enough to fight.
As far as I know, all of my ancestors who fought in the Civil War fought on the Confederate side. However, it appears that not all of them were wholeheartedly anti-Union. There is at least one family who owned slaves. Another family, according to family lore, also owned slaves, but I have so far not been able to find any proof of it. This seemingly small number of slaveholding families may be due more to financial circumstances than conviction, however.
So this post is essentially a research outline summarizing what I already know and setting out what I need to find more information on. I will organize it by family name.
The Brinlees are the known slaveholding family. In her article on Hiram Brinlee (Sr.), Bessie Sims Sheppard writes that the family is "recorded on the Slave census, Collin County, 1860, as having eleven slaves" ("Brinlee, Hiram" by Bessie Sims Sheppard in Collin County, Texas Families, Volume One, edited by Allison Ellis Pitts and Minnie Pitts, Champ, published 1994 by Curtis Media, Hurst, Texas; p. 42), but I can find only five listed. There is no record for this family on the 1850 Slave Schedule, although it is possible that one of the many misspellings of this family name make them hard to find. (See my post "Restore My Name - Slave Records and Genealogy Research").
According to the family story, all five sons of Hiram Brinlee, Sr. and Betsy Ann McKinney fought in the Civil War, but I am not so sure about the youngest son, William Hiram Brinlee, who was born in 1848 or 1850, depending on the source you read (all agree that sources vary on his age). So far I have found no records of his service, though I do find reference to it in an article by Aurelia Borgan Brinlee in Collin County, Texas, Families ("Brinlee, William Hiram," p. 48), wherein she writes that he "enlisted in the home guard unit under Capt. Tom Scottby" and that he later "officially enlisted at Mill Creek, Oklahoma in Company K of the 5th Cavalry, Martins Regiment under General Gano." This appears to be the same group in which his older brothers Richard, David Francis, and Hiram Jr. (second tour) served in. Tracking these records down will be one of my Civil War research tasks.
Richard Mason Brinlee (1836-1911) (great-great uncle): Enlisted on 5 July 1862 at age 25 as a Corporal in Company K, Martins Regiment Texas Cavalry (5th Partisan Rangers) at McKinney, Texas and appears on a muster roll for 1 January to 1 July 1863. According to the Statement of Service Slip in his Oklahoma Pension Board file, there are no further records on him, including prisoner of war records. Another area to be investigated. My first stop will probably be to check pension records in Oklahoma, since his third wife/widow, Nancy Ann Herrell Brinlee, apparently received a pension for his service.
George Robert Brinlee (1838-1927) (great-great uncle): Company D, Sixth Texas Cavalry (Stone's Regiment, 2nd Cavalry). The cards in his compiled service record indicate that he enlisted 13 March 1862 at Camp Mulberry, Arkansas.
Hiram Carroll Brinlee (1844-1920) (great-grandfather): I have his Confederate Pension Application, his widow's Confederate Widow's Pension Application, and his compiled service record for his first tour of service. The story goes that he enlisted near the beginning of the war, was discharged because he was found to be too young for service under the Conscript Act, and re-enlisted later when he was older. I used this hint to figure out a period of time within which his birthday should fall (see my post "Tombstone of Hiram C. Brinlee"). Hiram is also listed in Company D, Sixth Texas Cavalry (Stone's Regiment, 2nd Cavalry). He joined on 10 September 1861 in Dallas, Texas at the age of 17. He is shown as having been discharged on 13 June 1862 on a Register of Payments to Discharged Soldiers. His pension application indicates that he had also served "under [General] Gano for about 1-1/2 years." I do not have records of that service; they may have met the same fate as those of his brothers Richard, William Hiram, and David Francis in that group (Fifth Partisan Rangers).
David Francis Brinlee (1846-1893) (great-great uncle): I do not have service records for him, but according to the Confederate Widow's Pension Application of his widow, Sarah Ann Hendricks Brinlee, he served in "Co. K; Martin's Regiment, and Gano's Brigade." So, ditto the above on finding other records. Witnesses T. J. Cloyd and Dallas Sparin confirmed that he had served with them in D.C. Haynes' Company in this unit for about a year and a half. I do find a Thomas J. Cloyd and George M. D. Sparlin listed as having served in the Fifth Partisan Rangers.
This family, which I initially regarded as "just a plain old farming family," but loved anyway and wanted to research in depth, has turned out to be very interesting. One item of interest is that there appears to have been a big streak of pro-Unionism in this family. I had no inkling, but a genealogist who does a lot of research in Anderson County, South Carolina and nearby areas pointed this out to me; through several clues in names and associations and several articles in the local newspapers she found on my great-great grandfather William Spencer Moore, she indicated that the signs were that the family was pro-Union even before the war, and the fact that Spencer Moore ran for local office as a Republican after the war was not an aberration but a continuation of his beliefs from before the war. Spencer's wife Emily Tarrant Moore was in all likelihood a member of the Greenville County Tarrants, one of whom was a well-known Emancipating Baptist named Carter Tarrant. When I finally found Preston Moore in Izard County Arkansas on the 1870 census, he had a year-old son named Ulysses. This will definitely be a major research focus for me.
Preston Moore (ca 1843-bef 1878) (great-great uncle): Covered in my posts "Searching for Preston Moore" and "The Two Preston Moores." I have his compiled service record, a couple of prisoner of war records, and a unit history that includes his name.
Harlston Perrin Moore (1845-1921) (great-grandfather): I have his Confederate Pension Application and his widow's Confederate Widow's Pension application. His service is outlined in my post "Featured Family Friday: Harlston Perrin Moore and Martha E. 'Mattie' Lewis."
William Brewster "Bruce" Moore (1851-1924): His obituary in The Greenville News, dated 29 July 1924, describes him as a "Confederate veteran, 73 years of age." However, unless he was something like a drummer boy near the very end, he probably did not serve, as he was not quite fourteen years old at the end of the war.
The Normans do not appear to have owned slaves. I don't know whether they were pro-slavery/pro-Union or anti-slavery/anti-Union.
Joseph Madison Carroll Norman (1833-1901) (great-great grandfather): He is listed with two different units (Company H, 25th Alabama Infantry and Company B, 3rd Alabama) and Company C at the Camp of Instruction, but I do not think he saw much service. I have his compiled service record, his Confederate Pension Application, and his widow's Confederate Widow's Pension Application. His service timeline, as far as I can reconstruct it, is as follows:
Company H, 25th Alabama Infantry: March-April 1862. He was admitted to the 1st Mississippi C.S.A. Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi on 19 March 1862 and discharged from service on 16 April 1862. He writes in his Confederate Pension Application: "At Corinth Miss I was taken down with Rheumatism and been a sufferer every since." A physician, Joel Chitwood, testified that he suffered from "spinal affliction and rheumatism of the left arm and hand" and that he was "able to perform only one-fourth manual labor," and neighbors Thaddeus Wheatly and Mitchell Blackburn confirmed that he was in "poor circumstances." His Soldier's Discharge gives the date 28 March 1862.
Company C, Camp of Instruction, Talladega, Alabama: 1 Sep 1862-6 May 1864
Company B, 3rd Alabama: 18 May 1865 (contained on a list of paroled prisoners of war). Either his unit had been rolled up into the 3rd Alabama or all of the prisoners were lumped together under this unit.
Three sons of Elisha Berry Lewis and Martha Poole served in the Civil War; two of them died. Martha died some time right before or during the war, and after the war Elisha Berry married Frances Eleanor Campbell Bailey, the widow of John Marion Bailey. John Marion Bailey fought in the same unit as Elisha Berry's two oldest sons and died in the war. I do not yet know what this family's beliefs were regarding slavery and the Union. There is some evidence that two youngest sons (too young to serve) may not have been of the same opinion. William Henry Lewis, who served as Sheriff of Dallas County, was known to have prevented a couple of lynchings in Dallas, one of a black man and one of a man suspected of having a black mistress. He corresponded with relatives in Iowa who were known back home in South Carolina to have been abolitionists. On the other hand, the youngest son, John Sloan Lewis, is described in an article from the Dallas Morning News as a "Wade Hampton Man."
James West Lewis (1835-1904) (great-great uncle): Served as a private in Company B, 4th South Carolina Infantry. I have his compiled service record.
Samuel D. Lewis (1840-1864) (great-great uncle): The details of his service can be found in my post "Transcription Tuesday: The Death of Samuel D. Lewis." I have his compiled service record and some information from unit histories.
Manning P. Lewis (1843-25 March 1865) (great-great uncle): You can see that Manning Lewis' death from wounds occurred only a few weeks before the end of the war. He served as a private in Company D of the 1st South Carolina (Orr's) Rifles. He enlisted on 20 July 1861 at Camp Pickens. I have his compiled service record and some unit history information.
I cannot find any evidence that this branch of the Sisson family owned slaves and do not know what their views on slavery and the Union were.
William T. Sisson (ca 1826-1894) (great-great grandfather): He served as a private in Company H, 25th Alabama Infantry. He enlisted on 24 November 1862 in Talladega, Alabama. He was paroled as a POW on 20 May 1865 in Talladega, Alabama. I have his compiled service record, his Application for Relief by Soldiers Maimed or Disabled during the Late War under Act approved February 28, 1889, and his widow's Confederate Widow's Pension Application. According to his service record, he did extra duty as a teamster. In his Application for relief he states that he was shot in the leg at Chickamauga in October 1864 [? the Battle of Chickamauga took place in September 1864]. In her Confederate Widow's Pension Application, William Sisson's widow, Susan Caroline Tant Sisson, indicates that a previous application (apparently the Application for Relief) was turned down because he owned too much property to qualify.
According to family lore, the Floyds owned slaves, but I have not been able to find any records to back this up, yet. Some information on this is provided in my post "Memory Monday: A Family Story." Another Civil War-era mystery concerns the cause of death of several relatives who died during this time (it was probably from illness, but we do not know for sure): Nancy Finley Floyd, wife of George Floyd, who died in 1862, and Absalom C. Matlock and Nancy Malvina Harris Matlock, parents of Angeline Elizabeth Matlock, who died in 1865 and 1864.
Charles Augustus Floyd (1840-1894) (great-grandfather): He served as a private in Company F, 6th Texas Cavalry. I have his compiled service record. He enlisted on 9 September 1861 in Dallas, Texas. Then there is the "Floyd Family Legend," according to which one Floyd brother served as a Confederate and another served for the Union; after the war, they farmed side by side but never spoke to one another again. I think this legend is pretty much busted; you can judge for yourself by clicking on the link to the post.
As indicated in the "Floyd Family Legend," I do not know whether either of the other two Floyd brothers who would have been old enough to serve did serve or not (for either side):
David Harriet Floyd (1836-ca 1867): No record.
Henry Oscar Floyd (1843-1862): See my post on "Henry Oscar Floyd." He is The Big Question. If one of the Floyd brothers did serve for the Union, he would probably be the one (he reputedly died in Illinois in 1862), but I haven't found any records for him.
I suspect the father of Susan Elizabeth "Lizzie" Smith Bonner Brinlee, my great-grandmother, may have served in the Civil War. But I don't know, because I have not yet found her family.
I would love to have appended a beautifully written list of sources at the end of this post, but it is getting closer and closer to midnight and this is a big honking article with a whole bunch of sources. If you are interested in the sources for any of this information, just contact me and I will provide them.
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Thanks for the mention, Greta. There's so much to cover - just found another uncle's Confederate service record yesterday. I suspect more Confederates will show up now that I'm actively looking.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2011 at 10:48 AM
I think these kinds of posts have to be lengthy. If one had family in the states during that period of time, then one had many male relatives who served - on one side or the other.ReplyDelete
Now I am going over to read about your "Floyd Family Legend." I must have missed that one previously, and am quite curious...
Susan - yeah, funny how those records seem to multiply out there. Some are getting easier to obtain, too. I remember ordering five Texas pension applications some years ago; how I can get them on Ancestry!ReplyDelete
Dee - The Legend apparently resembles a common family story; I think it's "busted" but I suspect it has its roots in the many family squabbles. And you're right about having a lot of male relatives who served, especially since the families tended to be larger then.ReplyDelete
You have a very nice blog!!ReplyDelete
I am passing on to you the "One Lovely BLog Award"
You can stop by my blog and grab your award and passit on to blogs you find lovely.
You have a lot of research ahead of you Greta but I bet it be a lot of fun finding all the answers.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing all this in the Challenge!
Keeper - Thank you so much - you have made my day!ReplyDelete
Bill - Thanks for issuing this challenge. I think it has gotten all of us genea-bloggers with Civil War ancestors into the spirit - I am hoping that as I read what they have found and are going to be finding, I will get some ideas on where to get more information on my own guys - maybe some of their ancestors will have been in the same units as mine were!


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HPCwire was the first to report the story after catching wind that SiCortex had engaged Gerbsman Partners to help peddle its assets. Gerbsman published a notice on its blog here. SiCortex's PR team was unable to comment and deferred calls to chief executive Chris Stone, who did not respond to a Reg telephone call by the time of going writing.
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By Amaani Lyle - American Forces Press Service
Washington, DC | November 6, 2013
With a continued focus on recognizing and promoting excellence in education, Department of Defense Education Activity officials have extended the Teacher of the Year nomination window through Nov. 29.
The annual recognition event honors educators who have positively affected the lives of their students and provided inspiration to their peers, officials said.
"The Teacher of the Year program encourages teachers to take an active part in educational leadership," said Erika McCoy, DODEA's Teacher of the Year Program Coordinator. "As outstanding educators, selectees perform a variety of roles. They promote the teaching profession and work with school officials to enhance the quality of teaching and the education of young people in DODEA."
Officials also reported some changes to the program, notably a new online nomination process and a timeline adjustment to better align the program to the National Teacher of the Year program.
"We believe that the additional support and time will give our teachers a more competitive advantage, since other state Teachers of the Year have had a timeline similar to our new one for many years," McCoy said.
Peers, administrators, parents or students can nominate teachers for the award, and nominees will complete application packets to be submitted to the appropriate DODEA district office, where a panel assembled by the district and area coordinators select the District Teacher of the Year, McCoy explained.
A second panel at DODEA headquarters will then select the DODEA Teacher of the Year from the candidates each district submits, she added, and that winner will compete for the National Teacher of the Year title.
The application packet consists of nine components, including a professional biography, a list of community involvement, a philosophy of teaching, an essay on the teaching profession and major public education issues, and a videotape presentation.
Each component has a designated point value from 5 to 25, for a total of 115 points. Teacher selection is based upon an application's total point value following a virtual interview with top candidates.
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10 units
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Course handbook
Digital Music Production provides students with skills and knowledge of current technology trends in the music realm. Students will explore applications specific to the music digital domain and utilise relevant hardware and software. This may include digital audio recording, editing and mastering, surround sound applications, synchronisation, advanced utilisation of Music Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI), and integration of these technologies into other digital mediums. Students will gain proficiency in areas of emerging technologies pertinent to the professional music industry, and obtain an understanding of practical applications within the context of real world scenarios.
Not currently offered.
This Course was last offered in Semester 1 - 2015.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Be familiar with current digital audio hardware
2. Be familiar with current digital audio software
3. Have attained an advanced comprehension of MIDI theory and sequencing techniques
4. Practically apply digital editing skills (which may include digital video, audio and MIDI material)
5. Have obtained a developed understanding of synchronisation and its applications to the music domain
6. Acquire a knowledge of surround sound and variety of its practical applications
7. Competently configure digital music technology hardware and software
8. Have developed a knowledge of further applications of digital music technology outside the immediate realm of study
Material covered may include (but are not limited to) the following topics. (Topics may vary to retain relevancy with latest advances in technology.)
1.0 Digital Audio hardware (for example, audio interfaces, audio processing equipment, data storage/retrieval)
1.1 Installation (firewire, USB, ADAT interface, PCI devices)
1.2 Configuration (knowledge of hardware protocols and digital systems, hardware drivers)
1.3 Operation (competency of usage in practical scenarios)
1.4 Integration (usage with existing digital audio equipment)
2.0 Digital Audio Software (for example, Pro-Tools, Cubase, Logic, Sound Forge, Music Master)
2.1 Installation (system specifications, associated install issues, compatibilities)
2.2 Configuration (audio/MIDI routing and integration)
2.3 Operation (competency of usage, knowledge of Graphic User Interface)
2.4 Integration (file formats, data compatibility, data transfer)
3.0 Advanced Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) theory
3.1 Base level software communication protocols (eg. binary)
3.2 Advanced MIDI messages (Systems exclusive, patch and controller data)
3.3 Visual representations of MIDI data
3.4 MIDI hardware devices (eg. sound modules, controllers)
4.0 Sequencing Music in the Digital Domain
4.1 Digital music arrangement techniques
4.2 Using tracks and channels
4.3 Integration of audio and MIDI material
4.4 Hardware constraints
5.0 Editing Practices and Conventions
5.1 File management (data storage, transfer, backup)
5.2 Mastering procedures (pre/post procedures)
5.3 Automation
5.4 Plug-ins (eg. effects processing)
5.5 Destructive/non-destructive practices
6.0 Synchronisation
6.2 MIDI Time Code (MTC)
6.4 Synchronisation Hardware
7.0 Surround Sound
7.1 Psychoacoustics/placement
7.2 Encoding/Decoding
7.3 Surround hardware devices
7.4 Surround mixing
7.5 Surround audio data storage (eg. DVD)
8.0 Integration of Digital Music Into Other Technology
8.1 Video/film
8.2 Music Performance
8.3 Music Composition
8.4 Internet/multimedia
8.5 Contemporary Media
Assumed knowledge
It is assumed that students will have completed Introduction to Music Technology (MUSI1700) (or equivalent) before enrolling in this course.
A pass result in the written and aural music tests conducted for the audition process of the Bachelor of Music program (or equivalent) is assumed.
Assessment items
Written Assignment: Essays / Written Assignments
Practical Demonstration: Practical Task - Digital Music Transcription
Project: Practical Task - Digital Music Sequencing
Practical Demonstration: Practical/Written - Surround Sound


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It's that time of year to get a Valentines Day Printable up. Now if you follow my blog you may recognize this particular printable as the quote happens to be my 2013 theme. However, I have spiced it up a little bit in honor of the upcoming holiday. I have to say, I LOVE this Valentines Day Printable.
A few weeks into the new year and I'm finding that I still struggle with being to quick to judge those around me but by golly I will not give up. With some of the changes that are happening around here love is going to be pertinent and the more I can muster up the better.
This Valentines Day Printable is available on my website to download for free.
As usual the idea is that you print it on an 8 1/2 x 11 size paper and trim it to fit into an 8 x 10 frame.
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kryton wrote:udscbt wrote:descor wrote:udscbt wrote:lmjb1964 wrote:Hi, all. Long-time lurker, first-time poster. (Well, ok, I posted in Externalities, but first time in THIS thread.) I don't wish to sound too demanding, but according to the wiki, I believe this makes me eligible for cardinalship: "Any long time forum lurker who registered in solely to post in the One True Comic are eligible for Cardinal-ship." I will await delivery of the funny hat and staff. Or do cardinals have a staff? maybe that's just bishops.
Oh wait, maybe I did post earlier in this thread. Ok, I should get the cardinalship for THAT post.
Anyhooo... I heartily approve of all the earnest discussion about apostrophes. However, we could avoid the whole discussion by saying "the Watch of the Knight." No apostrophe needed. And then you have a great acronym, WOTK--ok, not so great an acronym, never mind.
I'm afraid that, since your first post was in the Externalities thread, you're not eligible for Cardinalship. You could, however, become a bishop, but as I said earlier I won't nominate new bishops today. I'm sorry, but I hope you will continue waiting with us Timewaiters.
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So ... my first post after being a lurker for ages was in the Time thread back on page 251. Does that make me eligible?
Yes, you are!
I, udscbt, Cardinal of the Timewaiters, Prefect of the Congregatio pro Doctrina Temporis, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, with the power granted me by Time, nominate you, descor, Cardinal of the Timewaiters. You will need another Cardinal to ratify you. After that, you can ask Arch-Cardinal buffygirl to make you a hat.
And now, after adding the new nominated Cardinal to the Holy Scriptures, I will coma. The blessing of Time be upon y'all.
EDIT: before going I should note to descor: you used the heretic word "newpix" in your first post, don't do that ever again
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Rats are having quite a year.
First it was Pizza Rat and now it's Selfie Rat.
Don Richards says he was visiting Brooklyn this week when he captured incredible footage of a rat climbing on top of a sleeping man in the subway and inadvertently taking a selfie with the man's phone.
The flash from the camera woke up the man who was very surprised to see a rat sitting in his lap.
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The Reverend Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (born Jesse Louis Burns; October 8, 1941) is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, and politician. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as a shadow U.S. Senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He is the founder of the organizations that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH.
- I am somebody.
I am a somebody.
I am a child of God.
I may not be educated but I am somebody.
I may not have any money but I am somebody.
I may not eat steak every day but I am somebody.
I may not look the way you look but I am somebody.
- Prayer during the Poor People's Campaign march in Washington, DC (21 May 1968)
- Politicians argue for abortion largely because they do not want to spend the necessary money to feed, clothe and educate more people... There are those who argue that the right to privacy is of higher order than the right to life. I do not share that view... That was the premise of slavery. You could not protest the existence or treatment of slaves on the plantation because that was private and therefore outside of your right to concerned.
- If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it because I am somebody!
Respect me! Protect me! Never neglect me!
I am somebody!
My mind is a pearl! I can learn anything in the world!
Nobody can save us, from us, for us, but us!
I can learn. It is possible.
I ought to learn. It is moral.
I must learn. It is imperative.
- Speech at Anderson College in Anderson, Indiana (4 March 1979), quoted in Psychology Through the Eyes of Faith (1987) by David G. Myers and Malcolm A. Jeeves. The first sentence is a modification of a quote by Napoleon Hill: "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."
- That's all Hymie wants to talk about is Israel. Every time you go to Hymietown that's all they want to talk about.
- Remark to Washington Post reporter Milton Coleman (25 January 1984), using an anti-semitic slur. See Coleman (10 April 1984) "A good reporter must put ethics ahead of other considerations" The Milwaukee Journal
- You must not surrender. You may or may not get there, but just know that you're qualified and hold on and hold out. We must never surrender. America will get better and better. Keep hope alive!
- "Keep Hope Alive", speech at the Democratic National Convention (19 July 1988)
- There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery. Then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.... After all we have been through. Just to think we can't walk down our own streets, how humiliating.
- Remarks at a meeting of Operation PUSH in Chicago (27 November 1993). Quoted in "Crime: New Frontier - Jesse Jackson Calls It Top Civil-Rights Issue" by Mary A. Johnson, 29 November 1993, Chicago Sun-Times (ellipsis in original). Partially quoted in "In America; A Sea Change On Crime" by Bob Herbert, 12 December 1993, New York Times.
- We need a regime change in this country.… If we launch a pre-emptive strike on Iraq we lose all moral authority.
- Speech against the Iraq War, reported in Brian Dakss (26 October 2002) "Shades Of The Sixties" CBS News
- See, Barack been, um, talking down to black people on this faith-based... I want to cut his nuts off. Barack, he's talking down to black people.
- Jesse Jackson, thinking his mic was off, on Obama's faith-based initiative, while on Fox News Channel; [1]
- We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
- As quoted in The Independent (9 June 1988)
- Jesse Jackson came by and said he wants to endorse me. I look on this with some doubt, because he generally makes his living criticizing people, not supporting them.
- Jimmy Carter, diary entry of September 8, 1980.[2]
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Canon introduces EOS 7DSV Studio DSLR
Canon announces today an EOS 7DSV DSLR optimized for studio, event and school photographers. Unwanted features and settings can be disabled by the user, and the EOS 7DSV will provide four different "lock" levels to keep camera settings consistent with an appropriate amount of functionality available to the user. Settings can be protected by password.
Coupled with a new barcode system, Canon hopes to put this version of the popular 7D into the hands of studio photographers looking for a streamlined workflow. Users can scan a barcode to embed specific data into the EXIF data. Wired and wireless barcode systems will be available for use with the 7DSV.
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The DC Department of Housing and Community Development
Hosts a Series of Community Needs Assessment Hearings
Michael P. Kelly, Director of the DC Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), announces a series of public hearings on "Housing and Community Development Needs in the District of Columbia". The hearing will help form a basis for developing the District's draft "Consolidated Plan for the District of Columbia Fiscal Year 2014 Action Plan" and the spending priorities utilizing federal entitlement funds. DHCD, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Health will each provide input into the plan.
Residents and stakeholders are strongly encouraged to come out and participate in the development of policies and programs in the following areas: 1) affordable housing; 2) special needs housing; 3) homelessness; 4) homeownership; and, 5) community development and public service activities. The Department is also interested in receiving community feedback on innovative strategies to enhance community participation during this planning process.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 ~ 6:30 pm
1800 Martin Luther King Jr, Avenue, SE, 1st Floor Conference Room
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 ~ 6:30 pm
Frank D. Reeves Municipal Building
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013 ~ 1:00 pm
Focus: Special Needs Housing
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1800 Martin Luther King Jr, Avenue, SE, 1st Floor Conference Room
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The Bishop Alfred A. Owens Jr. Family Life Community Center
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Residents who require language interpretation should specify which language (Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese-Mandarin/Cantonese, Amharic, or French). Interpretation services will be provided to pre-registered persons only. Deadline for requesting services of an interpreter is five days prior to the hearing date. Bilingual staff will provide services on an availability basis to walk-ins without registration.
Written statements may be submitted for the record at the hearing, or until close of business, Friday, April 12, 2013. Mail written statements to: Michael P. Kelly, Director, DHCD, 1800 Martin Luther King Jr., Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20020. EA


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2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GATEWAYS AND CORRIDORS (2010)
"Routes to the Next Economy" was held November 17-19, 2010 in Vancouver BC. We thank all participants for joining the dialogue along with industry leaders, academic experts and government representatives and helping to set the stage for Canada's prosperity in a 21st 'Century of Change'.
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Dr. Peter Königshof (*), Dr. Jurga Lazauskiene (**), Dr. Eberhard Schindler (*), PD Dr. Volker Wilde (*) and Prof. Dr. M. Namik Yalçin(***)
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Brief outline
The Devonian was a critical period with respect to the diversification of early terrestrial ecosystems. The geotectonic setting was characterized by the switch from the post-Caledonian to the pre-Variscan situation. Plant life on land evolved from tiny tracheophytes to trees of considerable size in combination with a global increase in terrestrial biomass, and vertebrates started to conquer the land. Extensive shallow marine areas and continental lowlands with a wide range of different habitats existed which are preserved in a large number of basins all around the world. Climate change finally led from greenhouse to icehouse conditions towards the end of the Devonian. Both, rapid evolution of terrestrial ecosystems and climate change had a pronounced influence on sedimentation and biodiversity not only in the terrestrial but also in the marine realm ("Devonian Change"). A major goal of the proposed project will be to focus on controls and interactions of the respective facies parameters in different paleogeographic settings in order to refine the global picture by international co-operation in a number of case studies. Geoscientific co-operation will include a variety of disciplines, such as sedimentology, paleontology, stratigraphy, paleoclimatology, paleogeography, geochemistry, paleooceanography, and structural geology.
The rapid evolution of early life on land and its interaction with sedimentary processes, climate, and paleogeography, both on land and in marine settings, will be covered by studies in different terrestrial and marine facies. Increasing colonization of the land by plants in combination with soil-forming processes and changing runoff led to major changes of sediment input into the marine system. On the other hand, sediment input and climate are major controls for carbonate production and reef development. The study of responses and interactions thus needs detailed characterization of facies and high-resolution correlation which can only be provided by a refined stratigraphy including biostratigraphy, lithostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy, etc. Characterization of facies and correlation of stratigraphic units is especially difficult in marine-terrestrial transitions and will be an important focus of the project. Resolution of sea-level changes will be enhanced by recognition and exact correlation of their effects which may be hidden just in these transitions. On the background of the global geotectonic situation (paleogeography s.l.), this will be an important prerequisite for a better discrimination of eustatic, climatic, and biotic controls, both on regional and global scale.
The focus of the project concerns the interrelated evolution of terrestrial and marine paleoecosystems with respect to biotic and abiotic factors in space and time. Studies will include individual paleoecosystems and their components as well as their paleobiogeographic distribution. Biotic and abiotic factors of paleoecosystems are controlled by both, earthbound and extraterrestrial triggers causing either cyclicity and/or distinct events. Thus in turn, such studies may give a clue to underlying causes of global changes. The project will include sedimentologic and climatic controls of reef development and distribution as well as diversity, and paleoecology of reef building organisms throughout the Devonian, because the Middle to Late Devonian was a peak in reef development with reefs spreading into latitudes as high as 45-60 degrees. On the other hand, accomodation space for Early Devonian reefs was greatly reduced due to major input of sediment from the continents in combination with sea-level lowstand(s). A marked decline in reef development towards the end of the Devonian was probably caused by climatic deterioration.
The integrative kind of research which is needed for the success of the project can only be carried out by a worldwide network of research groups representing different disciplines. Such a network can now be based on core groups successfully participating in the forerunner IGCP 421. Furthermore, the project will extend the results of the former IGCP 328. It will actively interlink with IGCP 491 which is mainly centered around vertebrate research. But, the IGCP 499 will concentrate on the correlation and interaction of different ecosystems in a more general way. Special attention will be paid to coupling effects between the terrestrial and marine realm. Co-operation is also intended with IGCP 497 "The Rheic Ocean: its origin, evolution and correlatives". Furthermore, an active network is represented by the members of the "Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy" (SDS). These existing networks will be integrated and thus providing the necessary base for an improved understanding of the Devonian period.
Full description of the project:
Knowledge about behaviour and development of ecosystems and climate in the geologic past is one of the most interesting tasks for future research. It is essentially needed for the understanding of Earth's history. Deciphering the respective archives requires a highly diversified approach, including biotic and abiotic systems. Accordingly, some key topics have to be considered which are contributing to the general picture of past ecosystems. Therefore, any kind of stratigraphic tool must be applied in order to understand, compare, and interpret the different kinds of rock sequences in space and time. This includes radiometric dating and the analysis of all kinds of biotic and abiotic events. Most important are controlling factors, both earthbound (endogenic and exogenic) and extraterrestrial. Effects such as cyclicity and the evolution of climate are directly triggered by these processes and events, and they in turn trigger bioevolutionary mechanisms. Where possible, comparison with modern ecosystems may allow for a more profound interpretation of the past.
The major focus of the project concerns the Devonian land-sea interaction with special regard to the following aspects. The Devonian period was characterized by extensive shallow marine and continental lowland areas. Therefore, a wide range of different habitats is preserved in the sedimentary record. The geotectonic situation following the Caledonian orogeny, the decreasing influence of climatic differentiation, and the rapid evolution of terrestrial ecosystems led to a unique framework of abiotic and biotic factors which has been comparatively well studied in areas like western and central Europe and North America (Old Red Continent and adjacent regions). Thus, controls and interactions of these factors should now be studied in a multitude of different facies and paleogeographic settings from fully continental to fully marine in other less known areas such as Asia and South America. This needs the global-scale co-operation of different working groups in geosciences including a number of disciplines: stratigraphy, paleontology, paleoecology, sedimentology, paleogeography, and structural geology.
Within the project, the rapid evolution of early life on land (e.g., Scott 1984, Gordon & Olson 1995, Niklas 1997, Gensel & Edwards 2001), and its interaction with sedimentary processes, including soil formation (Retallack 2001), and the atmosphere as especially expressed by climate (e.g., Gordon & Olson 1995) will be the subject of case studies in different settings (e.g., lacustrine, fluviatile, deltaic, shallow marine) and areas (e.g., Europe, North and South America, Asia). Special attention will be paid to collecting data with respect to related coupling effects (e.g., Algeo et al. 1995, Algeo & Scheckler 1998) on a global scale. The most important radiation of landplants is leading from primitive homosporous tracheophytes at the beginning of the Devonian to complex forest ecosystems including early gymnosperms in the Upper Devonian (e.g., Edwards 1980, Scott 1984, Gensel & Edwards 2001). This is coupled to an increase in the production of plant biomass from negligible in the Lower Devonian to considerable quantities in the Upper Devonian. The rapid evolution of landplants is the base for the rise of complex terrestrial ecosystems including organisms like fungi and arthropods (e.g., the Rhynie Chert ecosystem; Kerp 2002), and later in the Upper Devonian even vertebrates. Another consequence is a rapidly increasing influence of soil-forming processes on weathering and sedimentation (Retallack 2001). Accordingly, the global carbon budget changed fundamentally with respect to upcoming terrestrial sinks. At the same time, sedimentary input from the continents decreased radically with increasing plant cover and soil formation (e.g., Algeo et al. 1995, Algeo & Scheckler 1998). Nutrient cycling may have changed correspondingly, especially including phosphorus and nitrogen. As a result, marginal and other shallow marine ecosystems, including reefs, were strongly influenced.
The Devonian is one of the most important reef building episodes of the Phanerozoic (e.g., Copper 1988, 2002). The reefs were mainly constructed by stromatoporoids and corals as dominant frame-builders. One of the aims of the project is the parameterization of the environmental sequence in which reefs grew and their relation to other facies. A key factor in understanding the onset of reef growth is the identification and biology of pioneer organisms as well their environmental capabilities with regard to limiting external and internal parameters. Studies of the reef bodies themselves must cover the nature and size of reef builders including presence and abundance of cryptic habitats. An important aspect of the project will be the study of cyclic reef growth which can provide a tool for regional and global correlation with respect to different facies in shallow marine settings. Therefore, criteria for extending correlation of series/stage boundaries within and beyond these important Paleozoic shallow water sequences need to be established.
The Early Devonian was an episode of increasing coral, sponge and brachiopod diversity and provincialism (see e.g., Urals and South China). At the same time, erosion of the Caledonian orogens produced a large amount of clastic material reducing the accomodation space for reefs to continental margins, enhanced by sea-level lowstand(s). Therefore, these comparatively rare and poorly known reefs need to be studied in different paleogeographic settings. During the Middle Devonian there were several major reef belts extending over more than 2.000 km along western Laurentia, western Europe, southern Europe-North Africa, the Urals and the eastern side of the Baltic area, Siberia and Mongolia, and a smaller belt in South China with a length of more than 1.000 km (Copper 2002). Besides the well known reefs in Europe or North Africa, little is known about reefs in the western Sahara region, Russia (Pechora region, Siberia), or the Chinese reef complexes in Guangxi Province (Yu & Wu 1988, Bai et al.1994). Reef deterioration in the late Middle and Late Devonian was influenced by the Taghanic Event (middle-late Givetian) and the late Frasnian Kellwasser Crisis. This was finally leading to the disappearance of biohermal reef structures close to the Frasnian/Famennian boundary.
Evolution of terrestrial ecosystems in the Devonian as mainly mirrored by plants was obviously rapid and almost continuous. On the other hand it included major steps, such as the invention of extended rooting systems, secondary xylem, and elaborate mechanisms for reproduction (heterospory, gymnospermy) and dispersal (seeds) (e.g. Gensel & Edwards 2001, Kenrick & Crane 1997, Niklas 1997). In contrast, a number of global bioevents affected the marine realm throughout the Devonian, some of which are especially important for reef development. Causes as well as temporal and areal extent and effects of these bioevents affecting mainly groups of the marine fauna have been intensely studied, e.g., within the successful IGCP 216 and 335 and can be traced in different facies (summaries in Walliser 1996, Hart 1996). Even when the event-related phenomena are preferably recognizable in open marine settings, efforts are needed to trace them in near-shore environments and even into the terrestrial realm. It must be clarified to which extent there is a coupling between the marine bioevents, sea-level changes, major steps in landplant evolution, and/or climate changes, or even extraterrestrial catastrophes. An elaborate stratigraphical framework is one of the indispensable prerequisites for any correlation, and modern techniques and approaches (e.g., radiometric dating, palynology) have to be applied. Many specialists working on various elements of the Devonian fauna and flora which were affected by bioevents (e.g., corals, stromatoporoid sponges, brachiopods, conodonts, goniatites, trilobites, tentaculitids, ostracodes, bryozoans, and palynomorphs) have already contributed to event research and could get involved in the project (compare list of participants).
The project is partly succeeding IGCP 328 and 421. IGCP 328 focused on Paleozoic vertebrates and the results (see final report by Blieck and Turner 2000) have shown that many Paleozoic fish-bearing deposits can be correlated on a regional, paleocontinental or even a global scale. Microvertebrate remains have been found and analyzed mainly from deeper water facies, especially in order to correlate these data in the Devonian with the conodont standard zonation. The IGCP 499 will now focus on the interaction of shallow water and terrestrial ecosystems with respect to their evolution and climate change which was not the main focus of the IGCP 328 or 421. The latter one has terminated, but some research initiatives that emerged from it should continue with regard to the topics of the new project. Such a continuation was highly recommended by participants of the former IGCP 328 and 421. Additionally, there is a link to the existing IGCP 491 on middle Paleozoic vertebrate biogeography, paleogeography and climate which is succeeding IGCP 328. Interaction has also started with the new ICGP 497 on the "Rheic ocean: its origin, evolution and correlatives". These three projects should complement and benefit from each other.


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FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- European banks will begin next week to repay 137.2 billion euros ($184.15 billion) of the more than 1 trillion euros in cheap, three-year loans provided in December 2011 and February 2012 via the European Central Bank's long-term refinancing operations, the ECB said Friday. Surveys showed economists expected banks to commit to around 100 billion euros or so in initial repayments of the December LTRO. Banks can now commit to further repayments on a weekly basis through the LTROs' expiration in 2015. The euro EURUSD, +0.0541% extended a gain versus the dollar to trade as high as $1.3464, extending an 11-month high set earlier in the session. The euro fetched $1.3459 in recent action versus $1.3361 late Thursday. The LTRO repayments are seen potentially boosting money-market rates, making the euro more attractive to investors.
Banks to repay 137.2B euros of ECB LTRO next week
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|The United Religions Initiative (URI) is a growing global community of individuals, organizations, and associations working to build cultures of peace and justice for the benefit of the entire Earth Community. Care for the Earth is central to URI's vision and values, which are clearly expressed in its Charter, the foundation and guide for all URI activities. Among other stated commitments to diversity, inclusivity, and nonviolence are the following: "We unite to heal and protect the earth" (Preamble); "The purpose of [URI] . . . to create cultures of peace, justice, and healing for the Earth and all living beings" (Purpose); and "We act from sound ecological practices to protect and preserve the Earth for both present and future generations" (Principles). Members from different traditions and locations around the world are continuously creating the URI through their shared vision, partnerships, and projects. Although its global coordinating office is located in San Francisco, URI is a decentralized, non-hierarchical, and inclusive organization with regional staffing in seven geographic areas (Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, North America, and the Pacific). Self-organizing Cooperation Circles, which operate locally and are connected globally, form the core of URI. To qualify as a Cooperation Circle, a group must have at least seven members from at least three different religious, spiritual, or indigenous traditions. Through locally initiated actions, people from diverse religious and spiritual backgrounds draw upon their resourcefulness, creativity, and religious values to deepen their understanding of other faiths and contribute to positive change in their communities. Circles take on cooperative projects of various kinds, some of which focus specifically on environmental concerns. In India, for example, Cooperation Circle initiatives include: tree planting, water and waste management, environmental programs for youth, and the restoration of cremation grounds. Circles in the United States, such as Spiritual Alliance for the Earth (SAFE) in the San Francisco Bay Area and Faith in Place in Chicago, also focus on environmental issues. In addition to the Cooperation Circles, which form the heart of the Initiative, URI is supported by its Affiliates: individuals and organizations that share its values and participate in some of its global projects. At present, there are more than 200 Cooperation Circles with more than 15,000 members in fourty-seven different countries. Together, they represent over eighty-eight religious, spiritual, and indigenous traditions and consist of women, men, elders, youth, and people from different cultures and nations who share a common vision and commitment to the URI Charter.
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Ivanlee Timm has stared into a fire armed with a hose. He has chased down a fleeing suspects as a police officer in Herington. He spend his 21st birthday on the frontlines, part of the infantry in Germany.
"Where the lead flies," he said.
To him, these experiences are ordinary. He was just doing his job, his duty.
"I don't think he's ever expected accolades for anything he's ever done," St. Luke Living Center nurse aid Sue Gutsch said.
It was a recent battle that impresses Gutsch the most. She said it is an inspiration for other residents at St. Luke, although Timm would never see himself as inspirational.
Fighting fires, crime, and a war could not prepare Timm to fight to move his limbs again.
One night, nearly a decade ago, Timm rolled out of bed and struck the floor with enough force to injure his spine. He was partially paralyzed from the neck down. He was moved from his home at Hilltop apartments to the living center because he could not perform simple tasks like feeding himself. Timm prized his independence — this was the motivation to begin grueling segments of physical therapy.
Movement came back slowly. He started by strengthening his grip, he then worked to move his arms, and eventually he began walking with assistance. He's still confined to a wheel chair, but he can shuffle his feet and use his arms for mobility.
At his side through years of physical therapy was his wife, Maryann. Gutsch marveled at the comfort the couple confide in one another. They often share Ivanlee's room in silence, him working on puzzles and Maryann working on her writing.
They have been married 22 years. They met on a blind date in Herington and found out they were very different. Timm was reserved. Maryann has always been a firecracker, Gutsch said.
Maryann remarked after their first date that Ivanlee was too quiet, but it was Ivanlee who boldly invited Maryann to dinner less than a week later. They were married about a year later.
Comfort can be attained through shared experiences. Ivanlee and Maryann lost spouses in 1988. Ivanlee was married twice before. His first wife Florabell died of Leukemia. They had been married over 20 years, hitched when he came back from World War II. Ivanlee was married to his second wife Mabelle four years before she died during a colon operation when they were living in Arkansas. The doctors could never explain what went wrong.
Maryann lost her husband Monty Avery, to pancreatic cancer. The couple have an understanding of the pain of losing a loved one, they understand that those first loves, both high school sweet hearts, were special.
They continue to be yin and yang, compatible opposites. Maryann said Ivanlee never gets angry, he has never cursed. His resistance to boiling over just makes her anger steam forth.
Throughout his therapy sessions, Gutsch said Ivanlee always kept a positive attitude. He said this was born from bullying he received in his youth. With the help of Maryann, Ivanlee never got too depressed even when suffering setbacks.
Ivanlee has gone from not being able to use his arms to being the living center's top artist. A string picture of a sailboat hangs above his bed — the yellow wires of the sail stretch over a three-dimensional boom. String art requires patience and attention to detail. An elaborate puzzle commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster resides on the hallway wall near Ivanlee's room.
Sometimes ordinary things, like a puzzle that living center residents pass every day, can be a symbol of an extraordinary effort.


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Digitalgypsy66 wrote:Here's a question: does my city "run" when I'm not playing it actively? I went back to the first city I created and it was quite a bit bigger than I remembered it, and their was sufficient coin in the bank. This is a private region, with a few cities that I run by myself.
I would imagine a region with trade between cities would have a city "run" whilst I was away, but not sure about solo cities.
I'm pretty sure it pauses, but makes resources available to others.


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Wisconsin court system taking smarter approach to mental health issues
Madison, Wisconsin - May 23, 2012
By Shirley S. Abrahamson,
Chief Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
Note: This column is written in recognition of May as Mental Health Month. (external link)
Serious mental illness may have devastating effects on individuals, families, and communities, especially when the illness is left untreated.
An estimated 3.6 million American adults have untreated severe mental illness. Of those, an estimated 200,000 are homeless and 319,000 are in jails or prisons, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported in Imminent Danger, a recent series of reports on mental health-related issues.
Serious mental illness is of significant concern to the court system because, in some cases, mental illness may be an underlying factor that contributes to an individual's involvement in the criminal justice system. Unaddressed, mental illness may worsen and an offender may again become involved in the criminal justice system in a cycle that can strain resources and services without changing behavior or addressing the underlying needs of the individual.
The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that throughout the country nearly a quarter of state prisoners and jail inmates who had a mental health problem had served three or more prior incarcerations, compared to a fifth of prisoners and inmates who did not have mental health problems. In effect, jails and prisons have become mental health institutions.
Wisconsin is likely no exception to this trend, and the numbers are significant. A 2009 state Legislative Audit Bureau report found that as of mid-2008, 2,263 prisoners, or 10.1 percent of the state prison population had severe mental illness and another 4,694 prisoners, or 20.9 percent had some mental health need.
Recognizing the need for a smarter approach, the Wisconsin court system has been working collaboratively with mental health experts, local government, law enforcement and other justice system partners to identify and address mental health issues that affect the courts and the criminal justice system.
This month, the Office of Judicial Education offered a half-day training session to help judges understand how mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders may be affecting individuals and the criminal justice system. Judicial Work at the Interface of Mental Health and Criminal Justice focused on the role of the judge in this collaborative environment, interactions with persons with mental illness and the challenges with accessing mental health care. The session was presented by the American Psychiatric Foundation and the Council of State Governments Justice Center to more than 160 Wisconsin judges as part of the 2012 Criminal Law & Sentencing Institute held in Pewaukee. The judicial training was a result of recommendations made by the Chief Justice's Task Force on Criminal Justice and Mental Health, which was convened in 2010 to assess existing programs and to come up with ideas to improve the criminal justice system's response to persons with mental illnesses. The 80-member task force, supported with a grant from the Council of State Governments Justice Center, issued an extensive 65-page report on the topic in September 2010.
Other approaches to addressing mental health-related issues, such as the establishment of mental health courts, have taken root at the county level. Eau Claire County established the state's first dedicated mental health court program in 2008. The pioneering effort has served as an example for other counties interested in establishing mental health court programs. With the support of county officials and agencies, as well as a federal grant, Outagamie County is in the process of starting a mental health court program.
Mental health court programs divert from jail to treatment, people with serious mental disorders charged with misdemeanors and non-violent felonies. The court may require participants to comply with community programs for mental health and chemical dependency treatment and monitors compliance.
These are just a few of the approaches we are taking to address the issues that occur when people with serious mental health issues become involved with the criminal justice system. No doubt, the challenges are daunting. But we are setting the stage for a long-term collaborative problem-solving approach to improve public safety, our system of justice, and outcomes for individuals and families who are in great need of help.


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Illustrator and Snow Leopard
As a lot of you have heard, CS4 versions of Adobe's Creative Suite apps have been tested with Snow Leopard and the few problems we found were mostly minor. For more a whole lot more info and perspective, read John Nack's post "Adobe Snow Leopard FAQ"
This entry on Infinite Resolution meant to give you a bit more specific information about Illustrator. We have done extensive testing of CS4 on Snow Leopard, as well as a shorter set of tests with CS3. Although we certainly have not done the exhaustive tests with CS3 that we would need to do in order to say that we officially support this configuration, I can tell you that for the most part both CS4 and CS3 versions of Illustrator work well on Snow Leopard.
So, what problems have we found that you should know about?
- Both .ai and .eps files saved from Illustrator open with Preview instead of Illustrator, until you tell the OS to use Illustrator for the file types. See this KB article for more details.
- Saving files to a server through SMB protocol may cause crashes. This looks like it is not specific to Adobe applications. See this KB article
If any new information surfaces, I'll update this blog to let you know.