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Census Records for Wisconsin
This entry was originally written by Dawn M. Knauft and Carol L. Maki in Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Population Schedules
• Indexed'1820 and 1830 (as Michigan Territory), 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
• Soundex'1880, 1900, 1920
Industry and Agriculture Schedules
• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
Mortality Schedules
• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
Union Veterans Schedules
• 1890
All federal census schedules, for all states, are at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The society also has original state copy manuscripts of the 1850, 1860, and 1870 federal census for Wisconsin. Every-name indexes to the state copies of the 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses, on microfilm, are available through interlibrary loan from that repository. In addition, all the state's federal census records are indexed and available through online database services (see pages 16-17). Some variations between the state and federal copies of the federal population censuses may exist. Mortality schedules are indexed and available through interlibrary loan, except for the 1880, which is not indexed. The 1820 to 1870 censuses for Wisconsin were also indexed by the Works Projects Administration (WPA), listing each individual within the state in a given census year.
Territorial and State
When the territorial government of Wisconsin was established on 20 April 1836, it provided that an enumeration of the inhabitants of the several counties in the territory be taken by the sheriffs and sent to the governor before the election. This first Wisconsin census did not have preprinted forms. The sheriffs wrote the names of heads of white families with the number of persons in each family divided by sex and age in four groups. The sheriff of Crawford County regrouped his constituents who were deaf and dumb, or blind, and included tables of aliens and 'slaves and coloured.' Some heads of household on this census appear to have unusually large families. It appears, for example, that in Brown County, Daniel Whitney's 'family' of forty-nine included his workmen in sawmills, lumber camps, and at the Helena shot-tower.
Wisconsin territorial and state census original schedules, with a few exceptions, are in the State Archives at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Microfilm copies are available in the microforms reading room, through interlibrary loan, and for purchase. They include the following:
1836 (AISI index): Names only head of household, plus numeric listing of household; published in Wisconsin Historical Collections 13 (1895): 247-70.
1838 (AISI index): Includes name of master, mistress, steward, overseer, or other principal person; name of head of family and numeric listing of household; extant only for certain counties.
1842 (AISI index): Similar to 1838.
1846: Includes name of head of family; numeric listing of household by sex and color; some counties missing.
1847: Same as 1846; some counties missing.
1855 (AISI index): Similar to 1847, plus number of deaf and dumb, blind, or insane; includes number of individuals in each household of foreign birth; Kewaunee County not included (online at the FamilySearch pilot website).
1865: Listing same as 1855; schedules apparently were destroyed at an unknown date; only a few schedules survive (Crawford, Dane, Dunn, Green, Jackson, Kewaunee, Ozaukee, Racine and Sheboygan). A printed and bound index by Barry Noonan is available at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
1875: Listing similar to 1855 (online at the FamilySearch pilot website).
1885: Listing similar to 1855, plus some additional information on number of foreign-born persons (online at the FamilySearch pilot website); includes a special enumeration of 'Soldiers and Sailors of the Late War' (online at the website of the Wisconsin Historical Society).
1895: Same as 1885 (online at the FamilySearch pilot website), including veterans' schedules (online at the website of the Wisconsin Historical Society).
1905: Includes name of each individual, relationship to head of household, color or race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, place of birth of parents, occupation, number of months employed, whether home or farm is owned or rented; also includes veterans' enumeration (online at the website of the Wisconsin Historical Society); indexed, by county, on microfilm (online at the FamilySearch pilot website).
A very complete listing of Wisconsin Territorial and State Censuses is in James P. Danky, Genealogical Research: An Introduction to the Resources of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1986).
Local census enumerations were taken between 1848 and 1959, ordered for qualification as a municipality by the state. Copies were required to be kept by the county register of deeds and the village or city clerk. Some of these censuses have been found in circuit court files.
Evidence of migration to Wisconsin through the upper Great Lakes may be found in Donna Valley Russell, Michigan Censuses, 1710'1830, Under the French, British and Americans (Detroit: Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, 1982). Canadian voyageurs may be found in the same author's Michigan Voyageurs, From the Notary Book of Samuel Abbott, Mackinac Island, 1807'1817 (Detroit: Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, 1982).
City directories for urban areas may help fill the gaps where census records are nonexistent. The Wisconsin Historical Society has an extensive collection that includes directories for Milwaukee as early as 1846 and several cities for the 1850s. Local libraries, historical societies, and the Area Research Centers network may have directories for their specific locales.
External Links
- Wisconsin Census Records - free up-to-date guide to accessing Wisconsin census records. Identifies federal, state, and territorial censuses, as well as substitute records (FamilySearch Research Wiki).


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What are dual voice coil subwoofers?
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- Series: Series wiring lets you configure multiple woofers to one amplifier at an acceptable impedance. Wire both coils in series for an 8-ohm impedance, and then wire two 8-ohm subs together in parallel for 4-ohm total impedance (perfect for most 2-channel amps bridged to mono operation). Another example: if you have a high-powered 2-channel amplifier, wire four 8-ohm subs per channel (each channel sees a 2-ohm load).
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Is This Taught in Seminaries?
This past Sunday, I taught my Sunday School class about the prophecy of Immanuel in Isaiah 7:14 and how Matthew applied that prophecy to the birth of Jesus in Matthew 1:22–23. That's not as easy as it sounds if you're trying to deal responsibly with Isaiah 7:14 in its original context.
All too often, Christians have read Isaiah 7 like this:
"Uh, ok … Isaiah is talking to some guy named Ahaz … umm, something about Aram and Ephraim and Rezin and some son of Remaliah … hmmm, when do we get to the part about Jesus?"
When they finally do get to the verse which speaks of a virgin conceiving, they forget about all those strange names and details and think Isaiah is suddenly shifting his attention to events which would not take place for another 700 years.
I wanted to correct this approach by teaching my class about the original context of Isaiah 7. That of course, means explaining that the Syrian kingdom of Aram and the northern Israelite kingdom of Ephraim had formed an alliance against the southern Israelite kingdom of Judah, whose king Isaiah was telling to trust God for deliverance. A map of these kingdoms is easily worth a thousand words, so I opened a Map in Accordance and chose Divided Kingdoms from the Region Layers pop-up menu.
After I had oriented them, we looked at the nature of the "sign" of the child named Immanuel, and I explained that this was a sign that God would deliver the people of Judah quickly. If they had to wait 700 years just to receive the sign, that would kind of defeat the purpose of Isaiah's prophecy of deliverance! We then looked at the birth of this child and the fulfillment of the prophecy, which happens almost immediately in Isaiah chapter 8!
If all of this sounds confusing or is new to you, you'll find a good explanation of what is going on in this passage in most commentaries or study Bibles. The NET Notes, which almost every Accordance user should have, does an excellent job with this, and Beale and Carson's Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament is specifically designed to focus on these kinds of interpretive issues. My point here is not to get too embroiled in the details, but to show how Accordance makes teaching this kind of thing to an adult Sunday School class much, much easier.
By the time I had finished explaining the original context of Isaiah's prophecy and had discussed the way Matthew applied this prophecy to the birth of Jesus, the folks in my Sunday School class were pretty excited. Most of them had never heard these things before, and far from being bewildered by a more complete reading of these passages, they were actually encouraged by it. One gentleman then asked me, "Is this taught in seminaries?" I think he was trying to figure out why he had never previously heard these things taught.
I answered that I think sometimes preachers and teachers are reluctant to correct our overly simplistic and out-of-context readings of well-known passages because they're afraid they might upset people. Yet my Sunday School class was perfectly capable of accepting these things without any protest. I wonder if we aren't sometimes selling our people short by assuming they're not ready for more than a Christmas card-level interpretation of a passage.
Personally, I find that presenting my lessons using Accordance is always helpful when I'm challenging people to move beyond the shallow end of the interpretive pool. By showing them maps and passages on a projector screen, I give them something they can clearly focus on, which cuts down on the confusion that naturally accompanies having to unlearn long-held assumptions. I'd encourage any pastors and teachers out there not to be afraid to teach a deeper understanding of the Bible. Your people can handle it, and Accordance can help.
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I actually have been learning about such things in my seminary, FWIW, with a great class called "Use of the Old Testament in the New." Accordance has been an immense help in juggling Greek OT, Hebrew OT, and Greek NT texts (including the Beale/Carson commentary).
It's interesting to note, too, that to "deal responsibly" with an OT passage potentially looks pretty different in 1st century Jewish interpretation than in 21st century North American interpretation. I.e., we should not hold the NT writers to our same grammatical-historical criteria for what constitutes good exegesis, if they themselves had different hermeneutical lenses and methods.... understanding this has helped me better appreciate what the NT writers are doing--especially in a passage, for example, like the "out of Egypt I have called my Son" one.


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Straightening machines fall into two basic categories—straighteners (or flatteners) and corrective levelers. Straighteners typically operate five to 11 work rolls whose diameter and center distances vary depending on workpiece-material thickness and width. Generally, rollers are fairly large in diameter, widely spaced and not backed up. Straighteners will remove coil set from the material, allowing it to pass unrestricted through the die and satisfying most applications.
Corrective levelers will remove not only coil set but also camber, wavy edges, center buckles and trapped stresses within the material, so that it will stay flat after processing through a die. These machines are distinguished by small-diameter closely spaced rolls—with backups—and the ability to flex the rolls. They normally have a greater number of work rolls than conventional straighteners, and since they work the material much harder and their rolls can be flexed, precision levelers als are powered. Therefore, they require more powerful drives than do straighteners.
With pull-through straighteners, horsepower must be drawn from the feeder. This can either reduce its speed capability or greatly increase cost. Additional disadvantages to pull-through straighteners include material marking, should the nonpowered straightening rolls slip on the material during starts and stops; and inaccuracy from feed slippage, due to the additional load.
Power straighteners or levelers can be configured as part of the unwinder, as in the case of coil cradles, or for pull-off operation with coil reels. They also can be free standing with a second slack loop between the straightener and unwinder—as with pallet decoilers or in cases where delicate material would be damaged by pulling off of a large coil. In most cases, a slack loop follows a powered model, which allows continuous operation without starting and stopping. This reduces power requirements relative to combination feeder/straighteners, which straighten material as it feeds and are required to start and stop with each feed progression.
Principles of Straightening
In theory, three staggered rolls should be sufficient to straighten most materials. This basic approach can be applied if the amount of coil set in the material remains constant throughout the coil. However, coil set can dramatically increase as the coil is depleted, depending on material thickness, composition and yield strength.
In most cases, coil set is induced in the material during a previous process, such as slitting, edge conditioning or finishing. The coil's wraps are placed under tension and compression as the material bends around the outside diameter of the coil. Coil OD typically is 54 to 72 in., while the diameter of inner wraps around the inside diameter of the coil typically measures 16 to 24 in. This potentially large difference can result in a dramatic change in the amount of coil set in the material. With only three staggered rolls, the operator would have to constantly adjust the straightening machine to obtain an acceptable level of flatness.
Therefore, power straighteners are built with multiple work rolls to effectively address the issue of varying coil set. The more work the greater the ability to remove coil set.
Another basic principle of straightening: Thicker materials require fewer and relatively large-diameter rolls, with greater spacing between them. As material thickness increases, roll diameter and support-journal diameter must increase. Also, the work rolls must be able to withstand the forces required to back-bend the material without excessive deflection across their width.
Thinner materials will require a greater number of relatively smaller-diameter rolls, with spacing relatively short to effectively stretch and compress the material. On light-gauge material, consideration must be given to the support-journal diameter of the work rolls. As the width of the material and machine increases, so does the tendency for the smaller-diameter rolls to flex and deflect. This deflection of the straightening roll or journals can lead to material defects such as wavy edges, and machine problems such as broken journals and excessive gear wear.
Considerations in Equipment Selection
The modern metal stamper must build capacity and flexibility into his coil-processing and stamping machinery to meet the challenges presented by evolving product lines and new customers and markets. These overlying challenges present a substantial obstacle when specifying a new straightener. The stamper faces fundamental decisions early in the game related to the ability of the straightener to handle a variety of applications.
For example, a straightener with seven 4-in.-dia. work rolls located on 7-in. centers, and given adequate power and gears, will straighten ¼-in.-thick cold-rolled steel. The same machine will have minimal effect on 0.050-in. cold-rolled steel. Likewise, a straightener designed with seven 3-in.-dia. work rolls located on 5-in. centers will effectively straighten the 0.050-in.-thick steel but will lack the horsepower and roll strength to process ¼-in. material. If an application calls for this type of variation in material thickness, a fundamental decision must be made in regards to the cost effectiveness of building a special machine to meet the full spectrum of needs, versus building a standard machine that will provide optimum straightening at either the light-gauge or heavy-gauge end.
A heavy-duty straightener (shown) with seven 4-in. dia. work rolls located on 7-in. centers will straighten ¼-in.-thick cold-rolled steel, but will have minimal effect on 0.050-in. cold-rolled steel. Likewise, a straightener designed with seven 3-in.-dia. work rolls located on 5-in. centers will effectively straighten the 0.050-in.-thick steel but will lack the horsepower and roll strength to process ¼-in. material.
Stampers also must consider the maximum width of the material and machine, and the range of material thicknesses to be processed. As straightener width increases so does the tendency for work rolls and journals to deflect under load, thus impacting the machine's ability to process material with a defined thickness and width. This deflection can result in a loss of contact-surface area, decreased straightening efficiency, material slippage or broken work rolls.
Note: Do not request a machine capable of processing wide material without considering the effect that narrower material will have on the machine. A machine rated to straighten 48-in.-wide by 1⁄8-in.-thick steel may struggle to process the same thickness of steel, but as 12-in.-wide strip. The cross section and strength of the 12-in. material is substantially less than the 48-in. material, but the straightener rolls most likely will experience a greater amount of deflection when running the narrower material, as the forces and stresses are concentrated at the roll center. This area is furthest from the end journals and bearings that support the rolls. (A single row of backup rolls would allow the machine to efficiently straighten the narrower material.)
Horsepower Requirements
Although material thickness and width are fundamental, many additional factors impact the amount of horsepower required, including material yield strength. Most straighteners are rated by their capacity to process mild steel with less than 50,000-psi yield strength. Higher-strength materials will have a greater tendency to keep their coil set, demanding greater horsepower for straightening.
The combination of work-roll diameter and center-distance spacing can dramatically affect horsepower demands. For example, if two straighteners both have 3-in.-dia. work rolls and machine A has 5-in. center-distance spacing and machine B has 6-in. center spacing, machine A will require more horsepower to process material with the same thickness and width.
In a pull-off application, coil size and weight are critical variables in determining required horsepower. The maximum coil weight must be defined, since the straightener motor provides the torque and horsepower to accelerate the mass to line speed. The minimum and maximum coil outside diameter also must be defined. Though a coil has its greatest mass when at maximum outside diameter, this is not als the worst-case condition related to horsepower demands. As the coil is depleted, the straightener loses the mechanical fulcrum provided by the greater outside diameter, and its ability to overcome the drag-brake tension placed on the reel decreases. To address this issue, modern uncoiling systems include automatic drag-brake compensation.
The process requirements for throughput (in ft./min., or FPM) also are necessary to accurately calculate the requirements. To calculate required throughput, multiply the maximum speed of the press by the maximum progression length. For example, a press rated to 40 strokes/min. and a progression length of 18 in. generates a throughput of 60 FPM.
Note: Throughput often is established based on past or current production limitations, rather than on the potential of the equipment and tooling in the manufacturing process.
Achieving Maximum Effectiveness
Once a machine is specified and built, effective results depend on correct and consistent setup. The combination of pinch-roll pressure, drag-brake strength and work-roll depth setting will determine the effectiveness of the straightening operation. All straighteners use entrance-side pinch rolls to grip and pull the material; some also use exit-side pinch rolls to improve grip-and-pull capability. The amount of pinch-roll force required for a specific material depends on material width, thickness and surface condition.
Pinch-roll pressures typically are established by a combination air-pressure regulator and gauge. Heavy-gauge materials generally require greater pinch-roll forces, while thin materials tend to wrinkle under excessive pinch-roll force—which also can result in pinch-roll deflection and a loss of effective contact-surface area on the material, promoting slippage.
The drag brake maintains adequate tension on the strip between the reel and the entrance-side pinch rolls of the straightener. Optimum drag-brake strength varies with coil weight and outside diameter. When the coil is at maximum OD and there is insufficient drag-brake strength applied, the coil will tend to overspin and develop slack material between the reel and straightener. Eventually, the reel will decelerate and lose RPM due to the loss of tension in the strip. As the straightener continues to run, the slack is consumed and the strip will be snapped tight, possibly stretching or damaging the material. Excessive drag-brake strength, on the other hand, may cause material slippage through the straightener or lead to excessive tension on the material.
Establishing Roller Position
Most straighteners include a simple calibrated scale and pointer combination to establish roller position. The amount of work-roll penetration required to back-bend the material to an acceptable level of flatness varies with material thickness and type, roller diameter and roller center-distance spacing. With the optimum depth setting established for a specific material, the stamper must ensure that the work rolls return consistently to this position each time the job runs.
For those applications requiring more accurate positioning, digital roll-height indicators get the call. The upper work rolls of most straighteners are contained in precision-guiding slide-block assemblies. Methods for raising and lowering the rollers within the slide-block assemblies include fine-threaded screw and nut combinations, worm gear and screw mechanisms, and precision screw jacks.
Most often, coils are unwound from the top of the coil, so that the induced coil set naturally gives the material a downward bend. Stock straighteners typically are equipped with an odd number of work rolls, with the extra (or odd) work roll in the lower fixed bank of rolls. With proper setup, this configuration creates a slight upward bend in the material as it leaves the straightener, which helps the material slide across the die surface with a minimum amount of friction.
The guidelines for establishing proper work-roll depth settings tend to vary as much as the potential variations in material types, thickness and width. In addition, different machine builders recommend different setup practices for effective use of their machines. Here we'll assume use of a seven-roll straightener with three adjustable upper work rolls. Position the first upper work roll to a setting that alternately stretches and compresses the upper and lower surfaces so that 60 to 70 percent of the material crosssection exceeds its yield point. Then position the second upper work roll so that 30 to 40 percent of the material crosssection exceeds yield point. Lastly, position the third upper work roll to bring the material back to a flat condition.Use the least amount of roll penetration that produces an acceptable level of flatness. Excessive roll penetration will inhibit straightener efficiency, cause material to slip across the straightener, and place unnecessary strain on the machine's drive components. To set roll penetration, conduct a quick visual check of material flatness before the material runs into the loop area. Then, using the threading table or similar device to support the leading edge of the material as it exits the straightener, fine tune work-roll settings to the minimum depth required to give the leading edge a slight upward bend. Document these settings for reference, to ensure the same setup is used each time the job runs. MF
See also: Coe Press Equipment Corporation
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Rubio uses own story, Romney's history as examples of American striving.
Aug. 30, 2012 -- As he introduced the Republican nominee Thursday night, Marco Rubio linked Mitt Romney's personal history to his own family's immigrant narrative and the stories of people across the country striving to achieve the "American miracle."
"The story of those who came before us reminds us that America has always been about new beginnings," Rubio said. "And Mitt Romney is running for president because he knows that if we are willing to do for our children what our parents did for us, life in America can be better than it has ever been.
"It's the story of a man who was born into an uncertain future in a foreign country. His family came to America to escape revolution," Rubio later added, speaking of Romney's father, who was born in Mexico but later returned to the United States with his family. "They struggled through poverty and the Great Depression. And yet, he rose to be an admired businessman and public servant. And in November, his son, Mitt Romney, will be elected president of these United States."
Speaking before the Republican crowd gathered in his home state, Rubio, whose parents emigrated from Cuba to the United States in the 1950s, recounted the sacrifices his mother and father made to provide a better life for him and his siblings and noted how his grandfather repeated to him that there was "no limit to how far I could go, because I was an American."
"They emigrated to America with little more than the hope of a better life," Rubio said. "My dad was a bartender. My mom was a cashier, a hotel maid and a stock clerk at K-Mart. They never made it big. They were never rich. And yet, they were successful -- because just a few decades removed from hopelessness, they made possible for us all the things that had been impossible for them.
"He was grateful for the work he had, but that's not the life he wanted for us," Rubio said of his father's job as a bartender. "He stood behind a bar in the back of the room all those years so one day I could stand behind a podium in the front of a room. That journey, from behind that bar to behind this podium, goes to the essence of the American miracle -- that we're exceptional not because we have more rich people here. We're special because dreams that are impossible anywhere else, they come true here. That's not just my story. That's your story. That's our story."
Rubio weaved a thread between the success story of the young Florida senator and the personal attributes and leadership capabilities he said Romney possesses.
"Mitt Romney's success in business is well known. But we've also learned he's so much more than that. He's a devoted husband, a father, a grandfather, a generous member of his community and church, a role model for younger Americans, like myself," Rubio said. "Everywhere he's been, he's volunteered his time and talent to make things better for those around him. We are blessed that a man like this will soon be the president of these United States."
Rubio, who previously has called the president one of the most "divisive figures" in modern American politics, tonight said the problem wasn't that Obama is a bad person, "our problem is he's a bad president."
"Under Barack Obama, the only 'change' is that 'hope' is hard to find," Rubio said, citing Obama slogans from the 2008 election. "Now, sadly, millions of Americans are insecure about their future. But instead of inspiring us by reminding us of what makes us special, he divides us against each other. He tells Americans they're worse off because others are better off, that rich people people got rich by making other people poor. Hope and change has become divide and conquer."
"It doesn't matter how you feel about President Obama, because this election is about your future, not his," he added. "And it's not simply a choice between a Democrat and a Republican. It's a choice about what kind of country we want America to be."
Rubio's speech not only tried to highlight differences between the president and Romney, it also drew on themes of American exceptionalism, describing the ideals and principles upon which the country was built and claiming, "these last few years have tested your faith in the promise of America."
"America was founded on the principle that every person has God-given rights, founded on the belief that power belongs to the people, that government exists to protect our rights and serve our interests, and that no one should be trapped in the circumstances of our birth," Rubio said. "We should be free to go as far as our talents and work can take us."
Rubio made the case that in order to ensure the "American miracle" is achieved in future generations, the country must elect Romney as president.
"The story of our time will be written by Americans who haven't yet been born," Rubio said. "Let's make sure they write that we did our part, that we chose more freedom instead of more government. We chose the principles of our founding to solve the challenges of our time. We chose Mitt Romney to lead our nation. And because we did, the American miracle lived on for another generation to inherit."


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The old adage "money talks" certainly seemed to be the case in a number of primary races this spring.
Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina both outspent their competitors handsomely and walked away with positive results.
Still, money went silent in Proposition 16, the ballot initiative funded by utility giant PG&E to the tune of $50 million -- compared to the $100,000 spent by opponents. Wednesday morning, Prop 16 appeared to fail -- with 100% of precincts reporting, 52.5% of voters rejected the initiative.
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How is it that this proposal lost, given a 500-to-1 fundraising disparity? Several factors combined to thwart the PG&E effort.
First, many people just don't like PG&E. Unlike its two counterparts, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas and Electric, the company was the only major utility in California to go bankrupt during the power crisis of 2002. That speaks to bad management. Recent accusations that its new automated "smartmeters" have been overcharging customers have not helped its reputations. Simply put, people don't trust the company.
Second, there's the chutzpah factor. At the same time PG&E was spending $50 million to push Prop 16, the company was asking the California Public Utilities Commission for a $1.1 billion rate increase. Seeing this contrast, the average voter asked, how could the company justify a rate increase when it was spending gobs of dough for its own initiative? Never mind that the funds spent on the campaign were separate from the money used to operate the company -- it just didn't look right.
Finally, there was the "two-thirds" issue, a requirement in the proposal that any city seeking to establish a municipal utility would be allowed to so only with approval of two-thirds of the voters. Increasingly, that fraction is beginning to stick in the craw of California voters, who have come to see the requirement as a huge obstacle to enacting a state budget. Why add such an onerous rule to those hoping to reduce their utility costs?
Years ago, political scientist and public opinion expert V.O. Key wrote that "the voters are not fools" when it comes to deciding major issues of the day. At least on this issue, Key was right. Obscene amounts of money could not overcome the common sense of the voters who clearly saw that PG&E was operating in its own interest, not theirs. With respect to Prop 16, the scream of money fell on deaf ears.


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Initially I will use two different sensors for obstacle avoidance. lidar for closer range 2D image of space (obscale avoidance, scanning ground before landing, maybe SLAM)
and laser rangefinder for long range 1D distance sensing (looking for high buildings, maintaining altitude precisely, maybe high speed obstacle avoidance)
I went with cheapo robopeak hobby lidar, which seems to work well, here is a git repo for the library (node and beaglebone) (I also considered a lightweight hokuyo lidar) and for laser range finder I'll go with something like SF02 from paralax
these might be used in combination with some simple IR or just cameras (need more CPU but could double as optical flow sensors) used to locate becaons for landing or grabbing things
Ideally, both sensors should have an unobstructed front view on pitch dimension, with aditional unobstructed jaw dimension for LIDAR. Both sensors need to be able to independantly rotate on pitch axis for compensation of the angle of the drone when flying, and for scanning up and down (going in through windows, looking down when landing, etc) maybe rangefinder should also rotate on jaw axis on some fast servos for looking around independant of the drone orientation. not sure yet.
IR and ultrasound were also options, they are cheap but tricky and unreliable, (ultrasound behaves extra badly due to propeller noise on drones) These things can be compensated for, but laser rangefinding will always afaik give more accuracy and reliability at a price.
people often ask me why I own a drone, what is it for, and then half of the time they say that I could use it to record weddings and get some cash flowin'
If mention of recording weddings doesn't kill all my will for conversation, I'll say drones are so simple to make these days that I find it hard to justify not owning one. also, at the time there is no regulation and no one ever counts on you owning a flying robot, so its a sweet spot to own one. a drone is a flying sidekick, it can, in theory, do whatever a flying sidekick can do. it can enter through windows and steal jewlery with its tiny robot hands. Sounds ridicilous but technically it is not hard to do. In the following years we'll have to rethink space and what can be done, and before that happens, I get to be a kind of a superhero.
today, drones are very primitive. I'll fix some parts that I care about. and if I make anything useful, Im guessing drone related kickstarter projects would be welcome.
a few ideas,
few concrete things to work on, sorted by priority
this is a lot of work, but none of it is far fetched and all of this will be done soon, if not by me, then by someone else
if you care about this project, you can follow it at http://lesh.sysphere.org/tagcloud/personal_drone rss @ http://lesh.sysphere.org/tagcloud/personal_drone/rss.xml


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text: Share: October 10, 2010 Environmental Policy, Invasive Species, Emerald Ash Borer As you drive around Dutchess County this fall, try to get a look at the dusky yellows and purples of the ash trees, because they won't be around much longer.Ashes are among the first trees to change color. Their subtle tones set off the deep red creepers in their branches. Ash trees also are valuable as timber — most famously for baseball bats, but also for flooring and many other uses — and are commonly planted as shade trees.Ash trees are likely to disappear from Dutchess County and across all of North America as a result of the careless introduction of the emerald ash borer. This Asian insect probably traveled to Detroit in untreated wooden packing materials. Because it went undetected for several years, it was able to establish and spread beyond our control.Millions of dollars have been spent removing infested trees, treating trees with insecticides, quarantining infested areas, educating people about the dangers of moving firewood and researching biological controls, but it now appears the emerald ash borer will spread across North America and kill nearly all of our ash trees. The nuisance insect has already been seen in seven counties in New York, including Ulster and Greene. Unless a miracle occurs, it will soon appear in Dutchess County.The ash die-off will affect all of us. Nearly 7 percent of all the trees in New York state are ashes, so there will be a lot of dead trees. The loss of this many trees will affect the character of our forests for years to come and cost us dearly.For instance, the cost of removing and replacing all of the ash trees planted along streets and in yards has been estimated at $8 billion, money we will all pay for in the form of increased taxes or checks to tree service companies.Federal and state agencies have been working hard to eradicate the ash borer or slow its spread. Last month, Sen. Charles Schumer was in the Hudson Valley to announce $1.5 million in federal funds to help eradicate the insect.These well-intentioned but ultimately inadequate measures do not address the real problem: the careless movement of plants and animals around the world. Trying to stop the spread of established pests like the emerald ash borer is like trying to clean up the Gulf oil spill without capping the leaking well.Careless human activities have already moved thousands of non-native species into the U.S., and dozens more establish themselves each year. Many of these species cause ecological and economic harm.As long as we keep waiting until an invader has gotten out of control and causes huge damage, then defining the issue as "the ash borer problem," "the silver carp problem" or "the mile-a-minute vine problem," we are always going to be playing catch-up and will have few good options for solving these "problems." We need to start thinking about the next pest, not the last one.And the emerald ash borer is just the latest in a long list of invasive forest pests and diseases that have wreaked havoc with our trees — chestnut blight, Dutch elm disease, hemlock woolly adelgid, and Asian longhorned beetle, among others — and have caused tens of billions of dollars in damage. Many of these forest pests reach us on live plants imported for the horticultural trade or as unintentional stowaways in untreated wood packing material, such as crates and pallets.Both of these routes of entry should be shut off.First, we should ban the importation of live plants altogether. The horticultural trade will howl at this suggestion, but it reaps all the profit from this trade while U.S. citizens pay the steep price of economic and ecological damage.Second, we need effective enforcement of existing laws requiring wood packing material to be treated at its point of origin to kill insects such as the emerald ash borer. This would involve greatly beefed-up inspections at our ports and serious penalties for infractions.Third, we need to develop better networks for the early detection and rapid eradication of invaders.All of these steps could have prevented the ash disaster, and can prevent future disasters.Think about this when you're taking a last look at the ashes this fall, or writing a check to replace the dying shade tree in your yard. And if you're sad or angry or disappointed with our inability to wisely manage the beautiful world we've been given, share your feelings with your elected officials. Share: Feature Ash tree faces die-off as Asian pest spreads › October 10, 2010


text: alphaomega 97 Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) I got my hands on a second hand Samsung Galaxy S III. It has an unprovisioned SIM card and I got the carrier unlock code from AT&T. I'm trying to figure out if it's possible to disable the rear facing camera (broken protective lens) because I cannot get the camera app to work (or the other ones I've tested). When I try to launch the app I get an error: camera failed. Read online to try and force stop the app and clear data and cache. That did not work. Still get the camera failed error. I found the code online to get into the hidden diagnostic menu: Tested the front camera and it works. Tested the mega cam (I assume is the rear facing camera) and it fails. I also found the code to get into the camera firmware menu: I'm just checking to see if by chance anyone might know if there is a code I could use to disable the rear camera or if anyone knows of a camera app that would only use the front cam. It's not really important as I rarely ever take selfies and I can get to the front camera from the diagnostic menu. Just curious. Edited February 1, 2015 by alphaomega Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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The Bean Validation API (JSR0303) can be hooked up with JDO (DataNucleus extension) so that you have validation of an objects values prior to persistence, update and deletion. To do this
To give a simple example of what you can do with the Bean Validation API
@PersistenceCapable public class Person { @PrimaryKey @NotNull private Long id; @NotNull @Size(min = 3, max = 80) private String name; ... }
So we are validating that instances of the Person class will have an "id" that is not null and that the "name" field is not null and between 3 and 80 characters. If it doesn't validate then at persist/update an exception will be thrown.
Note that this was added to DataNucleus AccessPlatform in version 3.0.3


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"In vivo multimodal imaging of a rat model for Parkinson's disease: high resolution micro-MRI, micro-SPECT and micro-CT", 21th Annual Scientific Meeting - European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology, Copenhagen, Denmark, pp. 22-23, 2004.
"In vivo multimodal (MRI, SPECT) imaging of the 6-OHDA rat model for Parkinson's disease correlated with behavior and histology", Belgian Society of Neuroscience, May, 2005.
"In vivo multimodal (MRI,SPECT) imaging of the 6-OHDA rat model for Parkinson's disease correlated with behavior and histology", XXIInd International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow, Metabolism and Function and VIIth International Conference of Quantification of Brain Function with PET, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June, 2005.
"Iterative correction of beam hardening artifacts in CT", The First International Conference on Image Formation in X-Ray Computed Tomography, 06/2010.
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"Iterative correction of beam hardening artifacts in CT", Medical Physics, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 36-49, July, 2011.
"Morphologic and functional changes in the unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesion rat model for Parkinson's disease discerned with microSPECT and quantitative MRI.", Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, vol. 23, issue 2, pp. 65-75, 04/2010.


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In today's Friday Sermon Huzur initially explained about the Divine attribute of Al Rafiq and said that it connotes one who is gentle and kind, a friend, companion. According to lexicon it also means one who does not incur a loss in fact one who brings a benefit, a sympathiser and one who does everything without any crookedness. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) was first given an insight into this Divine attribute in 1903, when during the time of the endemic bubonic plague, through a revelation he was taught to recite 'Ya Hafizo Ya Azizo Ya Rafiq' as a safeguard against the plague. Al Aziz (the Mighty) and Hafiz (the Protector) are two other Divine attributes.
Huzur said in general terms people derive benefit from the Divine attribute of Rafiq and then there are servants of God who turn to Him with pure sincerity and consider Him Rafiq e Ala (the Most High Friend) among whom the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) was the most excellent model who called onto Allah in these words as his soul departed from this world thus setting us an example to focus on the Most High Friend rather than this world.
Huzur said the activity of the opponents of Islam is gathering pace these days and we have only one Rafiq to turn to with Whose help we can contend with them. Huzur said the enemy of Islam something lowly planned for today – Geert Wilder, the anti-Islam Dutch politician has made a film which he planned to release today but it was shown on a minor TV channel yesterday and was also released on the Internet. Huzur said the major TV channels have so far refused to broadcast it, may Allah continue to give them sense to desist. Huzur said Wilder has raised objections over verse 5 of Surah Muhammad (47:5), this, Huzur added is not a new objection; rather it is an age-old objection against Islam. Huzur said the teaching of Islam is based on such kindness and awareness of the feelings of others that it was necessary to explain and spell out the other side of the teaching as well. Islamic teaching is not too harsh neither too lenient. Huzur said those who follow the 'lenient' teaching in religion are the one who exhibit the most vengeful features, like Wilder.
Huzur said he wished to draw the attention of Ahmadis to something most significant and that was saying of durud (invoking salutations and blessings on the Prophet). Huzur said Ahmadis are very regular in saying durud and seek beneficence from it. Also Huzur had included it in the Khilafat Centenary Prayer programme, yet Huzur wished to draw attention towards it today. Further explaining the blessings of durud through the writings of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) Huzur said we should read it these days with profusion in context of the enemy, in their presumption, trying to discredit the Holy prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him). While the enemy will meet nothing but disgrace we, as a Community should focus on saying the durud. When we will collectively say the durud it will number in its millions. We should turn to Allah and seek His help to enable us to take the teachings of Islam to the world in a most splendid manner.
Huzur said we wish to make it clear that we do not believe in taking the law in our own hands, however, we believe in the Omnipotent God Who has power over everything, therefore fear God and change your attitude. While trying to imbibe in the Divine attributes we say to you to change. This is our last attempt, we now leave the matter with Allah.
Huzur went on to elucidate the beautiful teachings of Islam with reference to the false objections raised by Wilder and his ilk. Huzur explained the subject by citing verses 41 – 44 of Surah Al Shura (42:41).
Huzur also read many extracts from the writings of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) which expound the noble and blessed model of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) and also illustrate the teaching of the Holy Qur'an.
Huzur said those who are familiar with the Holy Qur'an are fully aware of the beauty of its teachings, however, the enemy finds objections. When the above Quranic verses are applied to the current time it is to inferred that in order to seek recompense one takes the help of the law.
Huzur elucidated the attributes of the kind and the compassionate blessed model of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) through Quranic verses (26:4) and (21:108) and explained them further by the expositions of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) with reference to the blessed model of the Prophet. Huzur also cited several Ahadith to relate the temperament of the Prophet that was simply an embodiment of compassion and kindness.
Huzur prayed that may Allah enable the world to see the truth with a fair mind and may He accept our invocation of durud so that we may see the light of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) illumine every corner of the earth and each enemy who tramples on the requisites of justice be disgraced.
Next Huzur gave the sad news of a martyr in the Peshawar, Pakistan area. A Dr. Muhammad Sarwer Khan sahib was martyred on 19th March by some unknown men when he answered a knock on his door. He was the only Ahmadi in the area and despite previous attacks did not move. He leaves behind six daughters and three sons, may Allah grant them steadfastness and may Allah elevate the status of the deceased in Paradise. Huzur announced that he would lead the funeral prayer in absentia after Jummah.
The Jumu'ah (Friday) prayer is one form of congregational worship in Islam. It takes place every Friday. Regular attendance at the Jumu'ah prayer is enjoined on the believer. According to a Saying of Muhammad(sa) this congregational prayer is twenty-five times more blessed than worship performed alone. (Bukhari)
"O ye who believe! When the call is made for Prayer on Friday, hasten to the remembrance of Allah, and leave off all business. That is best for you, if you only knew." more
"… (He who) offers the Prayers and listens quitely when the Imam stands up for sermon, will have his sins forgiven between that Friday and the next" (Bukhari)


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Methacton United Soccer Club strives to advance the sport of soccer by offering players of every skill level and ability the opportunity to learn and play the game. We offer fall and spring intramural leagues for the recreational player and a year-round travel program for the more advanced player. Our leagues are open to girls and boys ages 4 and up.
Our program, run completely by volunteers, provides approximately 1,000 children in Lower Providence, Worcester, and other neighboring communities with the opportunity to play soccer in a fun and safe environment. Each player shall be afforded the opportunity to play at the highest level commensurate with his or her ability and commitment to the game. We are committed to teaching and embracing a spirit of sportsmanship to our players, coaches and parents.


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Filed under: Democrat Corruption, Entertainment, Law, Music, Pop Culture | Tags: Confiscating Guitars?, Gibson Guitars, Summer Concerts
Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander is concerned about the summer concert season. Nashville is home to one of Gibson Guitar's factories, and to many of the famed bands and stars who use Gibson Guitars. According to the Examiner.federal agents are poised to seize the instruments made by Gibson Guitars, theoretically because the wood used in Guitar frets may not meet Indian and Madagascar environmental law, although the governments of India and Madagascar insist that they do.
Gibson Guitar factories in Nashville and Memphis were raided by armed federal agents nine months ago supposedly for violating the Lacey Act; and though they have been operating in a sort of legal limbo since last August, no formal charges have been forthcoming. The Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division (whose career staff is notorious for pursuing a green agenda) and senators are working to solve the situation. Alexander and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) met with representatives from the music industry, the wood import business and environmental and conservation groups on Thursday to settle on a solution. Alexander said:
"We held this roundtable because instrument makers like Gibson Guitars in Tennessee are an important part of our music industry, and if the Lacey Act as written is keeping them from being able to get the wood they need to make instruments, we need to make every effort to fix the regulation," said Alexander.
"The law was intended to prevent illegal logging and protect U.S. jobs that are threatened by illegal logging, it was never intended to seize instruments or wood products that were obtained prior to the passage of the Lacey Act amendments in May 2008 because they were made from imported wood—and when laws have unintended consequences, Congress has a responsibility to promptly make changes," he added.
This is a very odd case. It seems like an example of government gone wild, or at least government asserting their power— because they can. The Justice Department is already in difficult territory with their failure to prosecute the voter intimidation case of the Black Panthers, and Congress is pursing the Fast and Furious gun-running case. There is a significant amount of over criminalization going on. We have a number of departments in the Executive Branch that seem to be out-of-control, and acting illegally. I don't know how this will play out, but it is very worrying.


text: Toll Golf Toll Golf is the golf development and operations division of Toll Brothers, Inc. Established in 1998, the Toll Golf & Country Club Division was formed to assist with the concept, development, construction, and ultimately the day-to-day operations of the golf and country club amenities located within Toll Brothers' residential country club developments. Just like the award-winning homes and residential communities, Toll Golf & Country Clubs are designed and operated to the highest standards of quality. Toll Golf & Country Clubs offer their residents and members a vast array of unequaled services, events and world-class amenities that foster lasting relationships and enhance a luxurious lifestyle. These grand communities feature stately clubhouses, fine dining, pools, full-service sports pavilions, and fitness and spa centers that are surrounded by Arnold Palmer, Nicklaus Design, Pete Dye, Tom Fazio and Greg Norman designed golf courses. Toll Golf & Country Clubs present a place and way of living that residents and members will want to relish for years to come.


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I have read many articles on the creation of dynamic types and classes at run time. For example, the
TypeBuilder class in C# lets one create dynamic types. Python has this type function by which one can create dynamic classes. I have certainly good information on how I should create a class at run time, but I don't find enough information on why I should do this.
What is a scenario where one would be forced to create types at runtime?


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Denver's LoDo: Closing time deadly for Buckley airman
Buckley Air Force Airman Shaquille Hargrove was trying to prevent violence when he was gunned down.
His fatal shooting on July 13, 2013, happened in Lower Downtown Denver. He became one of the latest murder victims in a hot zone for violence early weekend mornings. His murder remains unsolved.
Closing time in Denver's "LoDo" entertainment district can be dangerous. Brawls and sometimes shootings can happen.
Colorado state law dictates that bars serving liquor must shut their doors at 2 a.m.
In LoDo, huge crowds of people pack sidewalks in the minutes before and after that deadline.
According to one Denver Post report, a person is more likely to be a crime victim between 1 and 3 a.m. in LoDo than in any other part of the city at that time.
It's been that way for a long time.
For example, in the early morning hours of Sunday, Nov. 6, 2007, 15th Street between Market and Blake streets in the heart of LoDo became a shooting gallery.
Rob McGowan, an audio engineer at Poor House Pub, 1435 Market St., told a Denver Post reporter at the time that he first heard tires squealing as a car raced down Market.
Then a fusillade of bullets erupted and people began dropping on the street.
Eight people were shot including Theodore Padilla, a father of three, who was fatally injured outside Hush nightclub.
In 2008, there was a closing-time gunfight in a parking lot at 18th and Market, in which officers killed one man and wounded another who fired a shotgun at them.
Hargrove's murder happened at 2:04 a.m. on a Saturday. The morning at closing time several fights broke out at 15th and Market streets.
It was chaos.
A gunshot was fired in a LoDo alley. In another incident, a man accidentally shot himself in the leg while pulling out a gun.


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That puts the Hideout in the same company as Bethpage Black in New York and Torrey Pines in California, who both have hosted US Opens in the past four years. Of note also is another course in our area, Pinion Hills in Farmington, NM which is #4 on the list.
The Hideout is also ranked fifth in Utah when rated to all courses, public and private. Those courses rated ahead of the Hideout include Sand Hollow and Coral Canyon in St. George, Thanksgiving Point in Lehi and Kokopelli, a new course in Apple Valley near Hurricane. Not bad company to keep.
People are finding out about our little gem here, with play up 10-15 percent over last year already and last year was the best year yet at the Hideout.
This past weekend, 158 golfers participated in the annual Arch and the Horesehead tournament, an event that features the Hideout and Saturday and the Moab Golf Club on Sunday.
Golf pro Tyler Ivins reports 158 golfers is the biggest event ever held at the Hideout, bigger than the heydays of the San Juan Amateur.
According to Ivins, and Sportshorts can confirm, the Hideout is in the best shape ever. The next event for the Hideout is the Grant Leavitt Memorial Tournament, set for Saturday, June 23, following by the annual Hideout Amateur on July 27-9. Better get on down to the Hideout and see what all the shoutin' is about.


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HOPKINTON � Middle School Assistant Principal Maryellen Grady is hoping students will be able to step into the school�s courtyard for the first time this fall � maybe even have the first school dance out there.
A project known as "The Sky is the Limit" to transform the building�s inaccessible courtyard into an outdoor classroom and recreational space is well underway. Over the summer, crews cleared the lot, planted grass seed and prepared to install three new doorways.
There were overgrown bushes and an unused satellite in the space�before the work.
"It was a wasteland," Grady said. "It was unused space. There were beautiful trees, but it was overgrown."
There is still a lot of work to do. The vision is to revitalize the space and open it to students with new trees, a performance stage, movie screen, gazebo and benches. The work will be done in phases, with the first phase simply opening up the space.
Students return to school on Sept. 4.
The idea has been in the works for over three years with the support from Principal Alan Keller.
"Alan said �Go for it, see what you can do," Grady said.
Grady, who is going into her fourth year as assistant principal, said teachers, staff, students, parents and others in the community have been working on the design together � and fundraising. So far, $150,000 has been raised.
Money is coming in from a variety of individuals and student and community groups. Two teachers, Kristen Mercier and Sarah Drury, ran the Boston Marathon to raise money. There have been spaghetti dinners, performances, restaurant nights, a yoga-thon and raffles.
Tom Dawson Architecture has donated services to help with the design.
A tribute of about $50,000 was donated by the Shayne Desroches Memorial Fund. Desroches, 13, an eighth-grader at the school, was struck and killed last year while riding his bicycle on Hayden Rowe Street near his house.
"Everybody wanted to remember Shayne in a positive way," Grady said.
Grady said the improved courtyard will create a safe space for students to meet after school, with many students saying there is nowhere to go. It will also be open for community events.
"The students will own it," she said. "That ownership will make them responsible and take pride in it."
While Grady has spearheaded the project, she says it�s been a community effort.
"The people of Hopkinton believe in this," she said. "It will be a place everyone in the community can use. This is not just for our school."
She hopes the work will be done by the end of 2015.
For more information go to hopkinton.k12.ma.us/middle and click on Sky is Limit Courtyard project.
Jonathan Phelps can be reached at 508-626-4338 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @JPhelps_MW.
Hopkinton Middle School courtyard project taking shape
HOPKINTON � Middle School Assistant Principal Maryellen Grady is hoping students will be able to step into the school�s courtyard for the first time this fall � maybe even have the first school dance out there.


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Remember Abe? Last time, he showed us how to make Cut The Rope cupcakes. This time, his project is less delicious but no less adorable: he walks us through how to make a Minecraft keychain.
I for one am impressed not just with his obvious love and dedication to games, but how creative this little guy is.
Minecraft Creeper Perler Bead Keychain Tutorial - Abe's World [AbesWorld2]


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- Lindsay McKerrow MSc., D.Pod.M., Cert. Sports Science, Cert. Sports Podiatry, MC Pod, FFPM RCPS (Glasg)
- Linda McKerrow B.Sc., D.Pod.M., MC Pod.
- Tim Greenwood BSc (Hons), MC Pod, HCPC
- Claire McKerrow BSc Pod, MC Pod, HCPC
- Aisling Dolan BSc (Hons), MC Pod, HCPC
Chiropody, or Podiatry as it is now known, is the treatment of conditions affecting the foot and lower limb, the cause may be linked to abnormal foot function, infection, underlying medical conditions such as arthritis or diabetes or trauma from ill fitting shoes.
There are many conditions which podiatrists deal with routinely, e.g. callous, corns, ingrown toe nail, thickened toe nails, Fungal Nail Infections and verrucae
This practice also carries out nail surgery and electro surgery (permanent removal of long-standing corns or verrucae) where appropriate. Patients often present with a variety of symptoms which may be caused by abnormal foot function, including arch pain (plantar fasciitis), heel pain, ankle pain, shin pain, knee pain, hip pain and low back pain. This area of practice is known as clinical biomechanics and may involve the use of in shoe devices known as foot orthotics.
The McKerrow Practice specialises in the supply of custom made casted functional foot orthotics as well as a variety of off-the-shelf devices and has over 25 years of clinical experience in this field.
Sports injuries
Many recurring sports injuries may be attributed to abnormal foot function. This practice specialises in the treatment of sports injuries; Mr McKerrow is one of the few podiatrists in the U.K. to have a Masters Degree in this subject and is consultant Podiatrist to the Highland Institute of Sport, he also works with Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC and Ross County FC.


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Many Top U.S. Scientists Wish They Had More Children
August 8, 2011
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With just under four weeks to go until Christmas, Royal Mail has revealed this year's top 10 most wanted presents, according to children in their special letters to Santa.
Father Christmas's team of Royal Mail elves, who have managed Santa's mailbag for 54 years, have carried out the most authoritative survey of children's wishes this Christmas.
Unlike most toy surveys in the run up to Christmas, the Royal Mail findings come directly from the children themselves.
Traditional toys continue to hold the top two spots, with Lego retaining its place at the top of the list. Lego has appeared in the top three since 2013.
Bikes have moved up from third place to take second place this year and video games consoles are a new entry in third place.
Hatchimals leap into fourth place, despite not featuring in the list at all in 2016, while scooters drop from second place down to fifth.
Mobile phones drop from fourth spot in 2016 down to sixth this year, with Paw Patrol also taking a tumble from fifth spot to seventh.
Two new entries to the list see Fingerlings and LOL Big Surprise Ball as the eighth and ninth most popular requests of Christmas 2017 with Nerf Guns falling from sixth to 10th.
Alex McConnell, Royal Mail's Chief Elf, who has the important task of ensuring children's letters reach Reindeerland at the North Pole, said: "Royal Mail plays a special part at Christmas. We are proud that for over 50 years Santa has allowed us to help manage the thousands and thousands of special letters he receives from boys and girls across the UK.
"His special team of elves at Royal Mail enjoy taking a peek at what children are asking for, and helping Santa reply to these special letters. Remember to include your full name and address on your letter so Santa can reply to you."
Royal Mail will be live streaming Santa in his grotto on its Facebook page this Saturday, December 4, from 11am-noon when he will read out a selection of letters sent in this year by children. It promises to be a whole load of fun with the opportunity to win some prizes throughout.
The special letters also show that many children like to ask Santa questions instead of just asking for the latest toy as a gift. Some of the questions that children have asked Santa this year are:
How do you and your reindeers fly?
How did Rudolph get his red shiny nose?
Which is your favourite reindeer
How is Mrs Claus doing?
When is your birthday?
When did you start magic?
Finally, Royal Mail is asking everyone to make sure Santa receives their letters on time by writing to him using the correct address, on a stamped envelope, no later than next Friday, December 8:-
Santa/Father Christmas
Santa's Grotto
And don't forget that Santa needs to know the full name and address of children to reply so please include this in the letter.


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Statesville Owls in the News
If you're a regular reader of this blog, you know one project of mine has been to locate and reunite players from the Angels' minor leagues in 1961, their inaugural season.
The Angels had two minor league teams that first year, the Triple-A Dallas-Ft. Worth Rangers and the Class D Statesville (NC) Owls.
After years of research, we finally reunited the Owls last September at the Angels' minor league complex in Tempe, Arizona. We weren't strict about who attended, as many of the players went on to more advanced levels in the system and wanted to see friends who didn't play in Statesville but did play in San Jose or Hawaii.
The Statesville Record & Landmark ran an article on November 15 about the reunion. It's not on their web site, but former Owls outfielder Jerry Fox, who lives in Statesville, sent me a copy. Click here to look at the newspaper article. You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the article.
I filmed much of the reunion, which included a visit to Tempe Diablo for fall instructional league, a reunion dinner, and a game at Chase Field between the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres. Roland Hemond, the Angels' original farm and scouting director, is now a Diamondbacks executive. You'll see him at the dinner and leading the Chase Field tour. He brought us into the Padres' broadcasting booth to meet Jerry Coleman.
Click here to watch the video. You need Windows Media Player and a broadband (cable modem, DSL) Internet connection to watch.
This is an abridged version of the full video I compiled for the alumni. A lot of it, obviously, was intended for private consumption. The abridged version will let you see everyone and sample what it was like.


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This Is Us received a nomination for the Student Academy Awards!
Preview clip from documentary film short.
These stories inspired the internationally-acclaimed feature film, TALL AS THE BAOBAB TREE. The movie comes with free educational materials correlated directly to the CCSS curricula standards for Gr 8-12, plus guided discussions for community groups and universities.


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Stereophile's Products of 2009
Annually since 1992, then, Stereophile has named a few choice components as its "Products of the Year." We believe these are special products capable of providing musical pleasure far beyond our formal review period. To keep the awards procedure straightforward, we have just five primary categories: Loudspeakers (including subwoofers), Amplification Components (preamplifiers, power amplifiers, etc.), Digital Source Components (transports, processors, music servers, disc players), Analog Source Components (phono cartridges, turntables, tonearms, FM tuners, etc.), and Accessories (all those little extras that keep us busy and satisfied). In a more recent tradition, each of our writers and editors also gets to declare his favorite product. Finally, the two most important categories are self-explanatory: Our overall "Product of the Year" is the best of the best; and my favorite category, Budget Product of the Year, leaves us with the most cash to spend on new records.
The voting went like this: Each of Stereophile's 16 hardware reviewers and editors was asked to nominate up to six components for each category. To be a contender, a product had to have been reviewed in one of the 12 issues of Stereophile from November 2008 through October 2009, in a full Equipment Report, a Follow-Up review, or in one of the regular columns by Art Dudley, Michael Fremer, John Marks, Kalman Rubinson, and Sam Tellig. That way, only those components could be nominated for which a writer had put his opinion in print for public scrutiny. We then compiled a ballot form listing all components nominated by three or more writers and/or editors. This process ensured that most nominees in most categories will have been auditioned by the most reviewers. Each editor or reviewer gave three votes for his first choice in each category, two votes for his second choice, and one vote for his third choice (if any). An unambiguous picture emerged as the votes came in, and the winners became clear. John Atkinson tallied the votesaddress your love letters and hate mail to him at firstname.lastname@example.com. (See JA's comments on how the voting process works.)
The prices listed were current as of the end of September 2009. To order back issues mentioned in this article, call (888) 237-0955, or visit www.stereophile.com (MasterCard and Visa only). "WWW" indicates that the review is available in our free online Archives.
And the winners are . . .