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Teamwork made humans brainier: study
Brain expansion Learning to work in teams may explain why humans evolved a bigger brain, according to a new study.
Compared to his hominid predecessors, Homo sapiens is a cerebral giant, a riddle that scientists have long tried to solve.
The answer, according to researchers in Ireland and Scotland, may lie in social interaction.
Working with others helped humans to survive, but he had to develop a brain big enough to cope with all the social complexities, they believe.
In a computer model, the team simulated the human brain, allowing a network of neurons to evolve in response to a series of social challenges.
There were two scenarios. The first entailed two partners in crime who had been caught by the police, each having to decide whether or not to inform on the other.
The second had two individuals trapped in a car in a snowdrift and having to weigh whether to cooperate to dig themselves out or just sit back and let the other do it.
In both cases, the individual would gain more from selfishness.
But the researchers, reporting in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, were intrigued to find that as the brain evolved, the individual was likelier to choose to cooperate.
"We cooperate in large groups of unrelated individuals quite frequently, and that requires cognitive abilities to keep track of who is doing what to you and change your behaviour accordingly," says co-author Luke McNally of Dublin's Trinity College.
Keeping tabs
McNally points out, though, that cooperation has a calculating side. We do it out of reciprocity.
"If you cooperate and I cheat, then next time we interact you could decide: 'Oh well, he cheated last time, so I won't cooperate with him.' So basically you have to cooperate in order to receive cooperation in the future."
McNally says teamwork and bigger brainpower fed off each other.
"Transitions to cooperative, complex societies can drive the evolution of a bigger brain," he says.
"Once greater levels of intelligence started to evolve, you saw cooperation going much higher."
Physiological limits
Commenting on the paper, Robin Dunbar, an evolutionary anthropologist at Oxford University, says the findings are a valuable add to understanding brain evolution.
But he says there were physiological limits to cooperation.
Humans would need a "house-sized brain" to take cooperation to a perfect level on a planet filled with humans.
"Our current brain size limits the community size that we can manage ... that we feel we belong to," he says.
Our comfortable "personal social network" is limited to about 150, and boosting that to 500 would require a doubling of the size of the brain.
"In order to create greater social integration, greater social cohesion even on the size of France, never mind the size of the EU, never mind the planet, we probably have to find other ways of doing it" than wait for evolution, says Dunbar.


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This is an unplanned post, but yesterday's barbecue produced some nice surprises. I was experimenting with a mop sauce and salsa to go with grilled lamb. I wanted something a little out of the ordinary and I had blueberries that were rapidly aging and would soon be fit only for the compost pile. The prime directive of old cooks is use it or lose it, so it was only natural to work with the berries. Thirty minutes later I had another variation of sauce and salsa for summer barbecues. Not only did they work, they worked well. So, I have a couple of more recipes for you. I hope you'll try these afterthoughts. They're PDG.
Blueberry Salsa
1-1/2 cups blueberries, stemmed and washed
1 large Bartlet pear, peeled, cored and cut in 1/4-inch dice
1/4 cup finely minced red onion
1/4 cup diced red bell pepper
1 Jalapeno pepper, stemmed, seeded and finely mined
Juice of 1 lime
1 teaspoon honey
1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Coarsely chop 1 cup blueberries ( food processor may be used). Combine chopped blueberries, 1/2 cup whole blueberries, pear, onion, bell pepper, Jalapeno, lime juice, honey, oregano, garlic salt and cilantro in a small bowl. Serve shilled or at room temperatur. Yield: 1-1/2 cups.
Blueberry Barbecue Sauce
1/2 cup tomato catsup
1/4 cup blueberry sauce or melted blueberry jelly
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon sriracha
1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke
1/4 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Salt and pepper
Combine catsup, sauce, vinegar, worcestershire, sriracha, liquid smoke and mustard in a small bowl. Whisk to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Yield: 3/4 cup sauce.

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I was at the store yesterday and mangoes were 25¢! I bought 9 of them with hopes to freeze a bunch and put them in smoothies. I also grabbed a box of strawberries, sometimes its nice to have a taste of summer in the cold winter.
When I got home I decided to make some muffins, and thought about mango muffins, but how much better would they be if I added fresh strawberries and in the middle a scoop of strawberry jam!
Mango & Strawberry Muffins
2 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp sea salt
3 mango-peeled and chopped
10 strawberries- chopped
1 cup milk
2 egg replacements
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup canola oil
strawberry jam
Preheat oven to 350
Mix dry with wet. Stir in fruit.
Scoop into greased muffin tin 1/2 way.
Place a spoonful of strawberry jam in the middle.
Top up with the rest of muffin batter
Bake for 45 minutes or until done.


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Dive and snorkel reefs with giant elkhorn coral, brilliantly-colored parrotfish, fierce barracuda, and World War II shipwrecks. Let your cares melt away as you swim, sunbathe, and kayak at secluded coves with mangroves and white sand beaches. Explore rugged, wind-swept stretches of rocky coastline with surfers, sailboats, and wave-jumping windsurfers. Go horseback riding or bicycling. Hike parklands with boulders, limestone caves, natural bridges, lava rocks, Aruban parakeets, and other unique flora and fauna. Do it all from the comfort and luxury of your private Palm Beach or Eagle Beach vacation rental villa, home, condo, or apartment. Plus enjoy a full kitchen, and save money compared to the big resort hotels.
Explore Aruba's Dutch-flavored capital city, Oranjestad, just minutes south of your money-saving Palm or Eagle Beach vacation rental. Buy your Aloe vera sunscreens and lotions after a tour of the Aruba Aloe Museum & Factory. Take the whole family to the Historical Museum of Aruba and Fort Zoutman, built by the Dutch in 1798 to defend against pirates. Go back in time 4,500 years to the beginnings of human habitation of Aruba at the National Archaeological Museum, located across from Oranjestad Bus Station.
Tee off at Aruba's only 18-hole championship golf course, Tierra Del Sol, a Robert Trent Jones, Jr. designed Bermuda grass course near Arashi Beach and the California Lighthouse at the north end of the island. For a quick 9 holes, tee off at the Links at Divi Aruba at the Divi Village Golf & Beach Resort. For an unusual 9 holes tee off among the goats wandering the Aruba Golf Club, whose oiled sand greens, 20 sand traps, and 5 water traps are near San Nicolas and Valero Energy's Lago oil refinery for Venezuelan crude at the south end of the island.
With so many beaches and secluded coves, the big question upon awakening in your relaxing Palm Beach or Eagle Beach money-saving vacation rental may be where to start first. Either avoid, get an eyeful, or join in the topless sunbathing at Manchebo Beach. Explore rocky Malmok Beach. Dive or snorkel around the German Freighter Wreck from World War II, not far from the California Lighthouse and Arashi Beach's calming white sands and clear snorkeling waters. Spanish Lagoon, a pirate-hideaway with mangroves near Oranjestad and Reina Beatrix International Airport, is good for family fun and kayaking tours. In the south, near the Valero refinery, Baby Beach is nice for snorkeling. With the whole island drivable in an hour, you can easily get to all the beaches from your money-saving Palm Beach or Eagle Beach vacation rental.


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Note: Google Calendar will always send notification emails to users who don't use Google Calendar whenever an event they are invited to is created, updated, or deleted.
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- In the top right, click Settings Settings.
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Kumar is giving his job with the Obama administration a puff, puff, pass.
According to Entertainment Weekly, the "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle" actor is leaving his White House job to go back to acting -- specifically to film a third movie in the series about two pot-head friends. EW reported the latest installment will have a Christmas theme and is scheduled to be released in 2011, possibly in 3-D.
Kal Penn famously surprised Hollywood last year when he left his role on the popular FOX medical hit "House" to work as an Associate Director at the White House Office of Public Liason where worked with Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities, specifically arts groups.
Penn's "House" character was abruptly killed-off so the actor could go to Washington.
White House officials declined to confirm the report Friday, saying only "Mr. Modi is honored to serve in this Administration and has no announcements to make about his tenure here at this point," according to Washinton Post. As a public servant, Penn was known by his government name, Kalpen Modi.
The new "Harold and Kumar" will reunite Penn with actor John Cho, who plays the uptight Harold. No word if Neil Patrick Harris is signed on to reprise his cameo as a drug-addled, hooker loving version of himself.


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Alexa Ray Joel is following in her mom's footsteps.
The singer has just been named the new face of Prell, the hair care brand her mother, Christie Brinkley, famously fronted in the 1980's, not long after the "Uptown Girl" married Billy Joel, Alexa's dad.
"I am so excited and honored to be named the new face of Prell — especially following in the footsteps of my mother," Alexa, 24, said in a statement according to TVGuide.com.
According to TVGuide.com, Alexa's Prell campaign will run in spring and summer. It will also feature Alexa's music. She will also have a fall campaign.
The news comes two months after Alexa was taken to a Manhattan hospital after reportedly taking a possible overdose of pills.
Following her release from the hospital, the singer, through her rep, offered thanks to, "everyone for their outpouring of love and support."
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There is no greater scourge to our universe than blatant shapism. The people of the Square Planet have subjugated the Ball People, crushing their spirit beneath their sharply-angled boots, but they didn't count on the heroic Round Ball and his unique ability to roll with the punches. I could do this all day.
Unleashed on the iTunes app store today by developer Majaka, Square Planet is a charming little accelerometer-based platformer in which our rotund hero uses the Square People's biggest weakness against them. He can roll. They cannot. Using this advantage he must traverse 16 different levels, braving obstacles, scoring power-ups, uncovering secret areas and — most importantly — freeing his captive brethren.
The gameplay is basic and the game a little short in its current state, but multiple play-throughs are in order to catch all the quirky happenings in the background of this 3D world.
You can download Square Planet for free via iTunes right now, and you should.


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Phi Sigma Iota recognizes outstanding ability and high standards of students and faculty of foreign languages, literatures and cultures (including classics, linguistics, philology, comparative literature, ESL, bilingual education, and second language acquisition). It is the highest academic honor in the field of foreign languages. Phi Sigma Iota has initiated over 60,000 members since its foundation in 1917, and it has created and supports numerous scholarship programs.
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- Major or Minor in one of the above fields;
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Students are nominated by foreign language, classics and comparative literature faculty in January and February and students are notified of their nomination in early March.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — The financial sector's recent strong performance makes it unlikely the bull market is close to a top.
At least, that is the conclusion I reach from contrasting recent sector performance with their typical behavior prior to past stock market peaks.
The notion that the sector performance rankings are a leading indicator of a stock market top is not new, of course. I wrote a column on the subject nearly one year ago, in mid May, based on a study conducted by Ned Davis Research. (Read my May 18, 2011, column, "Leading indicators of stock market top.")
That study's finding was that it wasn't that unlikely we were "entering the early stages of a market-topping process."
Not bad, considering that the column appeared only a couple of weeks after the market had in fact formed a top. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.40% at the time was less than 300 points below its late-April bull market peak; it would proceed to fall another 2,000 points between then and its early October low.
The success of that year-ago analysis prompts me to apply it to today's market.
The key is the average performance of the S&P 500's sectors in the three months prior to past bull market tops. Since the early 1970s, Ned Davis' researchers found, the two sectors that most often outperformed the market prior to tops were consumer discretionary and consumer staples, while the laggards tended to be financials and utilities.
A year ago, of course, the sector performance rankings followed this template rather closely.
Not today, however.
One of the strongest sectors in the S&P 500 over the last three months, in fact, has been financials. Based on the SPDR Select Sector Financials ETF XLF, -0.47% , this sector has produced a 13.0% total return over the last three months, in contrast to an 8.0% gain for the SPDR S&P 500 SPY, -0.37% .
Only two other of the major S&P 500 sectors beat the market over this three-month period: consumer discretionary XLY, -0.23% (with a gain of 11.3%) and technology XLK, -0.60% (with a gain of 14.6%).
All the other major sectors underperformed, including consumer staples and utilities.
That means that, of the two sectors that tend to lag the market prior to tops, one has handily beaten the market over the last three months and one has lagged. A similarly split verdict applies to the two sectors that tend to lead the market prior to tops.
The data don't speak with one voice, to be sure. They never do.
But I think it is safe to say that the sectors' recent returns do not fit the mold of performance prior to past market tops.
This doesn't mean the market isn't close to a top, of course. It just means that, if the market is, it would be following a different script than the one that the market has tended to follow over the last four decades when forming such tops.
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Thanks for joining eBird! We welcome your participation in the project, and we hope you find it rewarding to become part of our family of thousands of birders who are providing millions of records each month from around the world. Your contributions are a critical part of the puzzle, and every record you submit is a valuable piece of information. Below are some basic data entry tips, and eBird concepts that are important to understand.
The most effective and useful way to get your data into eBird is at the site level. Each time you go birding you should try to keep a complete checklist of birds with estimated counts of each species, and try to limit your checklists to fairly refined geographic areas (e.g., your yard, a local park, a favorite birding location). eBird has the ability to accept data at the county and state level, but these broad-scale observations are harder to work with for analysis, and eBird really thrives on site-specific bird information.The more specific you are about your locations, the better the My eBird tools are at building your lists, so it's a nice mutually beneficial relationship. There is no limit to the number of locations you can have, and a good general rule for eBird is that the more specific you are with your site information the better. More information about this topic.
To enter your data into eBird:
- Go to the 'Submit Observations' tab at the top of the page.
- Enter your country, state, or county into the Find it on a Map search option.
- On the map that opens, use the 'search' option at the top of the map to find a more specific location. You can type your address in here to zoom in on your house, or you can enter coordinates from a GPS, and you can even search for other landmarks of interest. You can also just use the controls on the map to pan, and zoom in or out. To quickly zoom in on an area hold your shift key down and then draw a box on the map with your cursor.
- Once you are zoomed in to the area where you made your observations, you can click on the map to create a new location, or if there is an eBird Hotspot marker very close by, choose that for data entry by clicking on it. eBird Hotspots are simply existing public locations where many birders are entering data. You can use these if they accurately represent the location where you were birding, or you can create a more specific new personal location. If you create a new location, give it a sensible name and then click 'Continue'. If your new location should be an eBird Hotspot, select the 'suggest as a birding hotspot' box, but make sure not to duplicate a hotspot that already exists on the map.
- The next step is a way for you to tell us 'How' you went birding. In other words, were you walking a trail, sitting in one place, etc. Most birders are performing some kind of 'traveling count'; in many cases very short ones. A walk around the block in your neighborhood could be a 'traveling count' of .5 miles. Also pay attention to duration, i.e., the time you spent birding in the field. These things matter for analysis – the importance of the details of distance and time cannot be overstated. There is a big difference between covering 10 miles in 10 hours and seeing 10 Black-capped Chickadees, or covering 1 mile in 1 hour and seeing 10! This information helps us analyze your data, and it really adds value to your observations. More information about protocols and how to make your checklists more meaningful can be found here.
- The next step is the checklist page. Here you can use the "Jump to Species" box to quickly type and find the birds you'd like to report. You can type in species common names, and you can even put in things like 'eagle sp.' if you were unsure of a bird's identity. If you can't find the species you're looking for on the checklist, use the 'Add a species' box to search our taxonomy. Ideally you report estimated counts for each species, but some people prefer to put 'X' to indicate 'present'. There are many reasons why counts are better, and those are elucidated here. More data entry tips can be found here.
- At the bottom right there is a very important question: "Are you submitting a complete checklist of the birds you were able to identify?". We want to find out whether you are reporting all the birds you were able to identify to the best of your ability. Answer "Yes" to this question when you record every species present that you found; not just the highlights. We realize that all birds are not identifiable and user abilities vary. You should always answer 'Yes' to this question unless you are purposefully excluding some species (e.g., European Starlings) from your checklist. You do not need to count all the individuals present to answer 'Yes' to this question (you can enter 'x' for species you observed but did not count). Please do try to report all species; it improves our ability to analyze your data. More discussion about this information is here.


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Keith F. Brewer, MD, is board certified in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He has been practicing in Davis, California for 23 years. He is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and was President of the Sacramento Society of Plastic Surgeons.
Dr. Brewer has focused his practice on cosmetic/aesthetic procedures, but continues to do reconstructive breast and facial surgery. Most common procedures done are abdominoplasty (tummy tucks), breast surgeries (augmentation, lift, reduction), rhytidectomy (facelift), upper & lower lid blepharoplasty (upper and lower eyelid lifts), rhinoplasty (surgery of the nose), chin augmentation or submental liposuction. Dr. Brewer also specializes in body contouring which includes liposuction, thigh lifts and brachioplasty (arm lifts).
It is his artistic expertise and commitment to excellence that allows him to set goals with his patients to restore a more youthful, refreshed and natural appearance. He has authored articles in national plastic surgery magazines and is up-to-date on the most current continuing medical education.
Be assured that his office appreciates the magnitude of your decision to undergo a surgical procedure. He is dedicated to listening to your specific requests and desires for change and will work with you to achieve realistic goals.
With safety in mind, Dr. Brewer operates at a state-of-the-art, licensed outpatient surgical facility. Anesthesia is provided by board certified anesthesiologists, and our RNs are highly trained in Pre, Intra and Post Operative Surgical Care.
The practice of Keith F. Brewer would like the opportunity to meet with you in consultation to discuss options that are available to you for rejuvenation at his Davis, CA plastic surgery practice. Under his care you can start with skin care (retinoids), injectable fillers (Restylane), or Botox and can progress to surgical intervention as needed. It is his desire to establish long-term relationships with patients who can see him for the length of time he practices. His office looks forward to your call.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Planning a Research Trip
I have a lot of work to do before I can set foot in the car. One of the places we'll be stopping is Germantown, New York. In order to make the trip worthwhile I need to figure out what records are available before I leave home.
For Germantown, my target time frame is 1780 to 1800. I will be chasing down every person with the Edwards surname in that town during that time frame.
Here's what I need to do as part of my planning:
1. Create a Research Guide
In order to effectively search for records I need to know what is available in Germantown. I need to create a research guide that provides information on vital records, probate, military, church, land and every other kind of record that I can think of. I will likely create an easy-to-read chart that separates the items by types of records and dates. While my main focus will be on the 1780 - 1800 time period I will likely include more than that in my research guide. I will start by looking in Ancestry's Red Book at the New York chapter. Then I will hunt out a New York specific research guide. I'll check FamilySearch too, to see if they have a research guide on New York. Of course, I'll have to check out the FamilySearch Wiki as well.
2. Conduct a Literature Search
Next I'll want to check what has already been published about Germantown, New York. To accomplish this I'll do a Persi search. I will also do a search of Worden's Index to the New York Genealogical & Biographical Record. This should give me a good idea about the types of things that have been published about the town.
3. Get Local - From a Distance
Next I'll need to survey the catalogs of the local library, historical society and museums so I can get a good idea of what they have available. I'll particularly keep my eye open for special genealogical or local history collections. I'll make note of any that I feel will be helpful in my research.
4. The Hunt for Manuscripts
While I won't physically be going to other locations I will want to check the catalog of the New York State Library at Albany. They may have relevant items that could help in my research. And if they have more items than appear available in Germantown, I may need to rethink my research strategy. Other catalogs I'll check will include the New York Public Library, The New York Historical Society and the Library of Congress.
5. Make a Research Plan
After doing all this background research I'll need to create a research plan. The plan will outline specifically what records I want to check and where they are located. The plan will include blank space for me to include notes about my findings.
6. Prepare a Contact List
The last thing I'll want to do is create a contact list. You can see a sample here that I created previously (scroll to the bottom of the page to find the pdf sample). I like to create a contact list with the names of the repository or archive that I'll be visiting along with their physical location, hours, phone and any restrictions, fees or pertinent information. That allows me to see at a glance when they are open and lets me shift gears quickly if I need to alter my plans.
This is only my second research trip to New York state. If you have any suggestions that would make my trip more productive please share them with me. I could use all the help I can get.
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I don't have helpful suggestions but wanted nonetheless to say thank you. You brought back a great memory for me, that of going to Milford, Connecticut, with my Dad on a family history trip in 1990. He showed me his elementary school and his family home when he was a young kid. He also pointed out the homes of all his grandparents. My best to you and your Dad. Have a great trip!ReplyDelete
Thanks Barbara! I've been meaning to do the same thing with my Dad. He's from Providence, RI and I would really love to visit three generations worth of family homes and sites. I'll have to put that on my to-do list for this fall.ReplyDelete
The only thing I would add would be to email the repositories you're intending to visit to confirm their hours (small town + summer = flexible hours) and to alert them to your interests and intended visit. I've gotten great suggestions from archivists that have been real time savers.ReplyDelete
Great suggestion Susan! Thanks!ReplyDelete
Sounds a great trip and fantastic that your Dad will be with you!ReplyDelete
I would also suggest contacting the local libraries and historical societies in advance detailing your names and dates of interest as not everything is in the catalogues. Also they may have other suggestions about who to speak to in the local areas.
Hi Marian, as you already may know, I have been working on the Schmidt/Smith lines in Columbia County for over 8 years. I believe Christina Smith, who married William Edwards is the daughter of Johannes (John) and Anna Barbara Kaufmann. You have Christina's baptism, I believe from 1770. There are so very few documents from pre 1800 for this area, which was still considered a frontier for the most part. Livingston Manor, where most people resided at the time was owned by the Livingston family and for the most part folks were living in a leasehold system, not really owning their own property. You may want to visit Clermont, which has a lease book from the time you seek I believe. Clermont was an estate of one of the grandsons of the original Lord of the Manor. Some of the lease books from the rest of the Manor are on microfilm at the FDR Library in Hyde Park, NY. The originals are in the New York Historical Society Collection in NYC, I believe. These records are sketchy, as they show only the financial transactions for each property, and no specific genealogical information, although you may find the Edward name in there ---or not. I would also recommend a trip to the State Library at Albany, that has a full collection of the transcribed Church books for churches that existed in Columbia Co at the time (7th floor). Also the Columbia Co Historical Society headquarters in Kinderhook may be worth a trip. The State Library at Albany has the original tax assessment lists for 1786-1788 and possibly 1799-1803 that may be helpful. Check out the DAR bible and lineage records on the 7th floor as well. Look for a Family genealogy onthat floor too. I believe William was from Wales, so not sure whether he had any family travel with him, or was a loner Edwards in the area. Hope this helps.ReplyDelete
Also, the Columbia County Historical Society in Kinderhook has many, many books of cemetery transcriptions and there is an index.ReplyDelete
Marian - have you checked the Biographical Index for Montgomery County, or wherever the children and grandchildren of William and Christina were living? It was the fashion in the late 1800's to write a biography about the family and have it published in a Biographical Index for the county you were living in. Virtually every county in New York and across the country has one, usually in the 1880's and 1890's. I have found these can be great leads and sometimes accurate, but there are errors in there too, as they were written by each family themselves and the material was not validated at all.ReplyDelete
Awesome! Thanks so much Sylvia! I'll probably contact you more offline. But yes I do have the family biography you are speaking of. Quite a bit is known about the family but very little is ever mentioned of William Edwards and Christina Smith. They really want to keep us guessing.ReplyDelete
From my last research trip I learned to figure out in advance where to get lunch near the libraries, historical repositories, etc. I would be visiting, mainly to save time - the library had a small lunch and snack bar, which was convenient. For a few of the places, it was best to bring one's own lunch. (I also learned that I can research straight through until about 2:30, then I run out of steam.)ReplyDelete
Fantastic post! I especially like the idea of making a chart for your research guide and the contact list to take along.ReplyDelete
Greta, you and I think alike - food! It hadn't occurred to me however to research eateries near where I would be researching. I've always relied on asking someone once I get there. Great idea.


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... back to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel ... Cypress's parliament rejected a plan to states attacks bank deposits ... to bail out the local banks so now what ... Wall Street Journal Europe editorial page editor Brian Carney joins me now from London ... Brian what star with the basics year high that these banks find themselves ... in such a pickle the beginning ... well the Cypress's banking sector this huge compared to the size of the Cypriot comments ... estimates vary but probably somewhere around ten times the size of the economy which is ... bigger than Prince bigger than America is much bigger than the European average ... and ... as we saw with Iceland for a seven to the bank he said about twelve times the size of its economy when you take huge banks and they get into trouble ... the government to sell some of the resources to recapitalize them ... Cyprus as other problems that's a big part of why a Cyprus is gone to it's it's the European neighbors for a bailout ... the original solution that was proposed ... was meant to tax both secured and unsecured depositors ... I'd ... doesn't seem fair to me was that the car on the right to reject this proposal ... the Parliament clearly fell there was a political loser the whole tax idea was a little bit ... crazy right I mean they they wanted to have paid the deposit is depositors ... are creditors of a banking on that they don't keep your money in the fall they rented out and sell on and ... so the idea was to help them help pay for it not least because a lot of the depositors in Cypriot banks or overseas Savant of them are Russian ... lot of people in Europe think that this probably some shady money there even as Cyprus is always insisted that its banking sector is playing ... into this so well ... we we have to ... have them there are some of the cost of a brother them do that in the normal way which would be ... to say OK if you're uninsured deposits or lose some Your Money is your bank is pro ... they came up with this idea that tax that ... would apply at different rates both to insured and uninsured depositors in so that getting them at ... a haircut instead of ... going through the normal bankruptcy type procedure ... they came up with this idea of attacks and I'm told that they hoped ... that the tax would be so this is the kind of fiscal measure by the government that wouldn't be seen in some sort of ... 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Medication Reconciliation: AMA, NQF, ISMP
Why is medication reconciliation a subject worthy of special consideration in a medical home setting? To answer that question, consider active conversations which went on among high school students during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Whereas Latin was and still is a part of a classical education – one of my granddaughters will graduate from high school having had four years of Latin – these discussions were about how the study of Latin would help a student who is interested in medicine as a career. Little did those students know that essentially the only place where Latin was of any use was in writing prescriptions. Some of the common Latin prescription abbreviations used on prescriptions by physicians included:
• ac (ante cibum) means "before meals"
• bid (bis in die) means "twice a day"
• gt (gutta) means "drop"
• hs (hora somni) means "at bedtime"
• od (oculus dexter) means "right eye"
• os (oculus sinister) means "left eye"
• po (per os) means "by mouth"
• pc (post cibum) means "after meals"
• prn (pro re nata) means "as needed"
• q 3 h (quaque 3 hora) means "every 3 hours"
Perhaps, we should include ad nauseam in this list? Fortunately, the use of Latin abbreviations in medicine is decreasing and hopefully will soon be eliminated.
There was a time, actually quite recently, when the "magic and mystery" of medicine was considered part of the art of medicine and often actually probably made people "feel" safer. Patients had enormous trust in their physicians and looked upon them as their most favored and MOST trusted counselors. Prescriptions written in Latin were reassuring to the patient who believed that their very-well-educated physician knew more than they did because he or she could write a prescription which they, the patient, could not understand. Most patients took one or two prescriptions a year. Today that number ranges from 25 to 44 prescriptions a year for patients 65 years-of-age and older, depending upon the state in which the patient lives. Medication regimes are much more complicated and are changed much more frequently.
There were not many medications in the 1940s. In the Health Care financing Review (Winter, 1996/ Volume 18, Number 2, p. 15), it is stated, "Many of the changes in clinical medicine by the early 1960s were the result of pharmaceuticals: the antibiotics, psychotropics, tranquilizers, hormones, and other drugs. It was estimated that 90 percent of the drugs prescribed in 1960 had been introduced in the previous two decades and that 40 percent of the prescriptions could not have been filled in 1954."
The good news was progress increasingly made valuable and useful pharmaceuticals available for treating patients. The bad news was that more and more people were taking multiple medications, some with complicated "sig" codes (written instructions in Latin) and others with an increasing number of serious interactions. The first pitfall in dealing with these interactions is "to rely upon your memory in assessing medication interactions." There are too many of them for any one person to remember all of them.
The following developments created an environment where accurate medication lists in provider records and accurate understanding by patients of what medications they were to take as well as when and how to take them became imperative:
• The number of medications grew, – today there are over 10,000 prescription medications and over 300,000 over-the-counter drugs.
• The "magic and mystery" of the medical profession decreased both because of an increasingly knowledgeable populace and because of a decreasing trust in physicians.
• More and more people were taking more and more complex medications
• Medications had increasingly serious and dangerous side effects and interactions.
• Technology created these new medicines and it would take technology to keep track of them.
A major sociological shift took place in the United States as well. Demand increased to take all of the magic and mystery out of medicine. Hospitals required that abbreviations, particularly Latin abbreviations not be used in hospital records. Medication lists given to patients were required to be written in English instead of Latin abbreviation, i.e., instead of "Sig: 1 po qid," medication directions were required to be written in "Directions: one tablet by mouth four times per day."
As early as the mid, 1970s, healthcare professionals and organizations like the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), which describes itself as "A Nonprofit organization educating the medical community and consumers about safe medication practices," began to raise the alarm about the need for safe medication practices. In a 2007 publication titled, "Protecting U. S. Citizens From Inappropriate Medication Use," ISMP stated, "3.4 billion prescriptions (were) dispensed in 2005…an increase of nearly 60% since 1995…81% of adults…take at least one medication…and 27% take five."
Magic and Mass: The magic of medicine was gone and the mass of medicines had increased. Both are good things but both require new skills and attentiveness by providers. Medication reconciliation is the most important result of these changes. And, it is still a fact that one of the two most difficult tasks facing all healthcare providers is maintaining an accurate and up-to-date medication list on all patients.
In 2010, the National Quality Forum (NQF) published a study titled "Preferred Practices and Performance Measure for Measuring and Reporting Care Coordination: a Consensus Report." One of the critical quality measures is Medication Reconciliation. One of those measures is described as: "The plan of care document should include essential clinical data documenting the patient's current state, including, but not limited, to problem lists, medication lists, allergies and risk factors, age-appropriate standardized clinical assessments and screening tests; immunizations status…." Repeatedly, medication reconciliation is included as an essential part of care transitions at every point whether the transfer of care was made from clinic to home, hospital to ambulatory care, emergency department to nursing home, hospital to hospice, hospital to skilled nursing facility, hospital to long term acute care or other transitions.
Physician's Role in Medication Reconciliation
(all of the following information is from this AMA monograph)
In 2007, the American Medical Association published its monograph titled, "The Physician's Role in Medication Reconciliation: Issues, Strategies and Safety Principles." The preface gives this warning to physicians: "Medication Reconciliation is essential to optimize the sage and effective use of medications. It is one element in the process of therapeutic use of medications and medication management for which physicians are ultimately held legally accountable…" The document then gives illustrations of harm to patient and legal disasters for physicians when transitions of care were made without effective medication reconciliation.
The AMA documented that in between 2004 and 2005, "in the United States 701,547 patients were treated for an adverse drug event (ADE) in emergency departments and 117,318 patients were hospitalized for injuries caused by an ADE. Insulin, warfarin and other drugs that require monitoring to prevent overdose or toxicity were implicated in one of every seven ADEs treated in emergency departments."
Steps and Principles of Medication Reconciliation
1. Assembling the lists of medications – notice the word is "lists," not list. In a recent meeting about a regional health information exchange (HIE) an alarm was raised by the potential need to reconcile medication lists from five to ten locations. The response was that the good news was that for the first time, all providers would know that patients were getting medication from multiple sources and providers would have access to the "real" lists for medication reconciliation.
2. Ascertaining accuracy (review and compare prior and new lists)
3. Reconciling medications and resolving discrepancies
4. Formulating a decision, i.e., making a medical judgment, with respect to the patient's condition and medications.
5. Optimizing care to best meet the patient's needs with this information.
6. Checking the patient's (and/or caretaker's) understanding of their medications
7. Documenting changes and providing the patient with a copy of his or her current medication list.
1. Medication reconciliation is a necessary component of safe medication management. The process is ongoing and dynamic
2. The medication reconciliation process should be patient-centered.
3. Shared accountability between healthcare professionals and patients is essential to successful medication reconciliation outcomes.
4. All patients should have an accurate medication list for use across sites of care and over time.
5. The medication list should not be limited to prescription drugs.
6. Within all settings, the medication reconciliation process should happen at every medication encounter, regardless of the care location.
7. Across all setting, the medication reconciliation process must happen at every transition in the patient's care, regardless of the care transition.
8. The process of medication reconciliation is interdisciplinary and interdependent – and reliant on a team approach.
9. Physicians are ultimately responsible both ethically and legally for the medication reconciliations process.
10. Some medication information may be emotionally or legally charged, but nevertheless significant. It may be added at the discretion of the patient or prescribing health care professional by mutual consent.


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"I know all about waiting."
Behold y'awl! The Force has finally awakened! Star Wars: The Force Awakens is everything you wanted the Star Wars sequel to be.
After spending almost a decade devoid of force, J.J. Abrams walks in with the next big installment of the immortal saga with a brilliant plot in his baggage. Star Wars: The Force Awakens does the franchise justice it deserves. The sequel series has once again commenced and it has one of the most pragmatic plots in its vanguard. It at once gallops to answer 'what could have happened next' with three young actors to take the 'new' story-line forward.
Here we get a new perspective altogether for the first time, unlike previous installments, of a sentient Stormtrooper who doesn't wish to be evil. John Boyega might have played a clumsy character for the better half but he is onto something big. Finn is scared but there is something good in him that compels him to do the right thing. Also, he brings an element of humour to the tale.
Daisy Ridley's Rey wears an endearing personality throughout the flick and plays a crucial role whilst packing a fair protagonist punch trying to figure out her connection with the force. To watch Adam Driver play the badass antagonist was awesome. His voice was heavy like Vader's, his deeds terrifying, and his anger destructive.
Oscar Isaac's Poe Dameron can't be ignored either. His flying capabilities remind you of Luke's bad-ass runs from the prequels. There is one single shot where Po flies the X-Wing and performs so many thrilling take-downs. It was brilliantly taken from Finn's vantage. Snoke braces us with a cameo that clears the dust for an impending doom. Andy Serkis hammers another CGI to perfection.
The flick has elements that will haul you back in time with nostalgia. Reminiscent references, images, and characters from the previous parts cloud the screen quite often and you just can't help pointing them out like Easter eggs. Be it be the badass Vader music in just a mere glimpse, or a circular frame-changer like the one used in previous parts, it has every element shoehorned in to call it a definite Star Wars movie.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a brilliant tribute to the most revered tale in the whole universe. If you haven't watched it yet, just run to the theatres already! May the force be with you!


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"Let Me In"
Chloe Moretz ("Kick-Ass") stars alongside Kodi Smit-McPhee in the remake of "Let the Right One In," about a mysterious young girl who moves in next door to a young boy who's being mercilessly bullied at school. In theaters everywhere, read our full review and watch the trailer
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David Fincher's stylized visuals are perfectly suited for Aaron Sorkin's time-darting narrative, but it's Trent Reznor's ominous score, swelling from robotic, syncopated beats to uneasy, desolate soundscapes, that best conveys the film's underlying theme: Hollowness. In theaters everywhere, read our full review and watch the trailer
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Meanwhile we need to put a more competitive team on the field. It is all -- charlie27858 05/17/2018 08:19AM
That's our point...We don't honor and respect your system Nick. -- SkullCandy 05/16/2018 11:07AM
It will never be a true playoff until its inclusive ** -- JollyRoger 05/17/2018 07:08AM
Saban says not fair? The system shuts out half the teams. That's not fair -- BPirate 05/16/2018 10:24PM
Alabama has two national titles in years they didn't even win the division. -- PirateJP 05/16/2018 9:44PM
One Point about the UCF Schedule -- louisvillepirate 05/16/2018 5:06PM
That's what happens when you pick the final four based a conference.... -- RowdyDowdy 05/16/2018 5:06PM
I would expect Saban/Frost/fill in the blank to say whatever benefits them ** -- PortCityPirate 05/16/2018 2:25PM
Often called real life, human nature. ** -- SuperRegionalDreaming 05/16/2018 9:19PM
Also called selling out. ;) ** -- 00-Buc 05/16/2018 10:58PM
I couldn't care less about Nick Saban's opinion on the subject ** -- CapnFritz 05/16/2018 2:09PM
You are correct Fritz: the king just trying to keep his servants -- HighRockPirate 05/16/2018 6:58PM
Agree, Saban is part of the problem. ** -- Kave8991 05/16/2018 2:13PM
The UCF thing is childish. Schedule somebody ** -- captain crunch 05/16/2018 1:59PM
They beat Auburn ( who beat Bama and UGA) Memphis twice, USF all ranked -- BPirate 05/16/2018 10:22PM
They did not "beat Auburn very easily." That game was close..... -- Kolchak 05/17/2018 12:08AM
That's college football, even Bama had 3 one score wins -- oasispirate 05/17/2018 08:02AM
Maybe, but not as childish/corrupt as the current playoff system. If -- Ignatius Pell 05/16/2018 9:01PM
They did schedule teams. FBS Teams!!!! (with the exception of Austin Peay) -- NYPirate02 05/16/2018 3:53PM
100% disagree. MOST of these schools, including ECU would love to schedule -- Lochmere 05/16/2018 3:14PM
And if we did it would be an away game most of the time ** -- highseas 05/16/2018 3:19PM
So true, that is why I have respect for VT. They will come to Greenville. ** -- Kave8991 05/16/2018 3:42PM
The strength of schedule will ALWAYS be an issue for non P5 school ** -- Lochmere 05/16/2018 3:15PM
Yet we do just fine at scheduling a good OOC schedule ** -- ecupirate07 05/16/2018 3:49PM
Well it is not like these ACC schools are going to be in contention... -- RowdyDowdy 05/16/2018 5:07PM
Clemson gets a lot of press ** -- charlie27858 05/17/2018 11:22AM
This is a Catch-22 situation for any non P5 school that you cannot win ** -- Lochmere 05/16/2018 3:20PM
This is a catch-22 situation that a non-P5 school cannot win ** -- Lochmere 05/16/2018 3:19PM
We actually agree.......eweceeF claiming a Nat Champ is a joke ** -- gvegaspirate 05/16/2018 3:10PM
Went unbeaten. Beat Auburn who beat Alabama. What more do you want? -- boucan 05/16/2018 6:32PM
If they were worthy, they would have been in the CFP. Plain and simple ** -- gvegaspirate 05/17/2018 09:37AM
That's pretty funny. They always let the worthy in? ** -- boucan 05/17/2018 11:22AM
The 4 best teams in the Country played in the CFP last year -- gvegaspirate 05/17/2018 12:07PM
This whole thing is set up to keep them and us out ** -- boucan 05/17/2018 12:23PM
The question isn't whether the system is fair........... -- gvegaspirate 05/17/2018 12:25PM
Not a joke. UCF should have had an opportunity to prove it on the field. -- Kave8991 05/16/2018 4:07PM
The system is what it is....when they take their check, they accept it..... -- gvegaspirate 05/16/2018 5:41PM
Total bull. They should have at least been in playoff ** -- Lochmere 05/16/2018 3:21PM
They should have played a tougher schedule if they wanted to be included ** -- gvegaspirate 05/16/2018 3:28PM
BS. No teams will schedule them! Then they cry about SOS. Total BS -- BPirate 05/16/2018 10:26PM
How can you be an ECU fan and believe that P5 lie? Most non-P5 schools -- Lochmere 05/16/2018 5:07PM
I'm steeped in reality..if we go undefeated this year.. -- gvegaspirate 05/16/2018 5:43PM
UCF could have had Alabama, Oklahoma and Ohio State on their schedule last -- Lochmere 05/16/2018 5:10PM
They didn't and they wouldn't have won all those games either. Maybe 1 ** -- gvegaspirate 05/16/2018 5:44PM
Would this schedule Shut Saban up ? -- V.I. Pirate 05/16/2018 3:04PM
You forgot a few in that schedule.......... -- gvegaspirate 05/16/2018 3:46PM
Not really, Mizzou and Tenn are pretty weak teams, Ole Miss is on probation -- PirateJP 05/16/2018 9:52PM
I guess you forgot LSU, aTm and Miss St.......... -- gvegaspirate 05/17/2018 09:39AM
SEC is a usual Football Powerhouse but last year was slightly down for them -- V.I. Pirate 05/17/2018 09:07AM
They had Ga Tech and Maryland on the schedule -- oasispirate 05/16/2018 3:01PM
Maryland won 4 games and has never been a perennial top 25 team much less.. -- Kolchak 05/17/2018 09:24AM
Im not so sure UCF doesnt win the pac12 -- oasispirate 05/17/2018 10:15AM
Austin Peay was added after GT would not reschedule ala NCST -- V.I. Pirate 05/17/2018 10:10AM
I disagree about the speculation on UCF.... -- Kolchak 05/17/2018 1:53PM
In totality over the last Decade their level of accomplishment far exceeds -- V.I. Pirate 05/17/2018 2:22PM
The road to a natty doesnt go through College Park, MD/Atlanta, GA. Ever. ** -- SuperRegionalDreaming 05/16/2018 3:20PM
Wrong again, GT has 4 NCs (most recent 1990) -10 ** -- CoronaPirate 05/16/2018 9:39PM
Historically not true, but I agree they aren't powers -- oasispirate 05/16/2018 3:28PM
There is NOTHING a non P5 school can do to change this ** -- Lochmere 05/16/2018 3:21PM
Maybe they tried. ** -- CoronaPirate 05/16/2018 2:48PM
Do you really think Alabama will play in Orlando or Greenville?** -- Kave8991 05/16/2018 2:26PM
Wasnt Saban the same dude who lobbied to slow the game down -- V.I. Pirate 05/16/2018 1:04PM
College Football is the only sport where we don't have a real National -- Kave8991 05/16/2018 11:55AM
Alabama's football national title is just as real as Vilanova's basketball -- Kolchak 05/16/2018 1:18PM
Not even close. -- CoronaPirate 05/16/2018 2:53PM
UCF defeated 3 straight Top 25 teams to finish out the season. NOBODY -- Elizabeth City Pirate 05/16/2018 2:22PM
Your statement "by some miracle that ECU got into the playoff" -- Kave8991 05/16/2018 1:44PM
Miracle because we have never had a team good enough.... -- Kolchak 05/16/2018 11:55PM
Again, you missed the point. No matter what we do or any G5 team -- Kave8991 05/17/2018 07:36AM
Valid points other than that last sentence. -- CB Pirate 05/16/2018 1:24PM
You're making to much sense...so stop it! Just Stop it! ** -- PirateJordan 05/16/2018 1:23PM
System is BCS 2.0. Same old s#1t ** -- Kyle1 05/16/2018 11:55AM
And it's a system ECU fans would gladly join.... -- Kolchak 05/16/2018 1:23PM
Even if ECU were in the ACC I'd still want a 16 team playoff w all conf -- BPirate 05/16/2018 10:31PM
Just not true. -- Jack75 05/16/2018 2:04PM
So you were opposed to us joining a BCS conference? And.... -- Kolchak 05/16/2018 11:46PM
FBS member schools should not have to be prostitutes -- Jack75 05/17/2018 12:03AM
Sorry, but I don't believe you were against everything Holland and Hart... -- Kolchak 05/17/2018 12:09AM
Of course, any G5 school would, but it still doesn't make it fair or right. -- Kave8991 05/16/2018 2:04PM
^^^^THIS^^^^ If you were drowning and Hitler threw you a life preserver -- Kyle1 05/16/2018 3:31PM
Better analogy would be... -- Kolchak 05/16/2018 11:59PM
Join it yes -- oasispirate 05/16/2018 1:32PM


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