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Saturday, May 29, 2010
Follow Up To Yesterday's Post
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- May 30, 2010 at 1:05 AM
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- May 30, 2010 at 1:05 AM
- Carmen said...
Thank goodness we watch lots of Thomas with boys.
We tried Shrek this week. It sucks. Tons of sex jokes, cussing, and torturing of gingerbread men. Also annoyed that Fiona is cool and funny but ugly. She chooses to be an ogre so she can be herself. Why are the choices ugly and cool or hot and sexy? Can't they just make normal images for kids? And in Shrek2 Shrek doesn't want to be king so they have some weird storyline about that. What about her being queen? I mean the king is her father for pete's sake!
Sorry, just been hating Shrek all week and wishing we hadn't Netflixed it.
- May 30, 2010 at 2:24 PM
- Carmen said...
Have you watched "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs"? Its pretty funny for adults. Still has the geeky cute girl who is sooooo ugly cuz she has glasses and a ponytail but at least the girl is smart. Will Arnet (spelling?) is in it too... really, its funny.
- May 30, 2010 at 2:25 PM
- Unknown said...
Those Thomas trains are creepy - something about the eyes! The kids like 'em though.
I thought Shrek 4 was ok. I didn't notice any sex jokes, although there was Gingerbread torture again.
BJ likes to check www.parentpreviews.com before we let the kids watch anything new. We've found it to be extremely accurate.
We haven't seen "Meatballs" yet. Maybe we'll rent it tonight. Thanks for the recommendation.
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There are different types of stormwater management practices. The type that is implemented depends on site specific conditions including the compatibility with the type of development, location in a drainage watershed, and existing land conditions. The following stormwater management practices are typical in New Castle County.
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Christopher Marlowe's Contribution to English Drama
It was in the fifteenth century that tragedy came to English dramatic field. This was due to the Revival of Learning in Europe commonly referred to as the Renaissance and the translation of great Italian tragedies. Italian Renaissance exercised a vital influence on the development of English Drama. The first English tragedy was Gorboduc (1565) by Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville. In style and treatment of theme Seneca was very much their model. Although this tragedy showed some innovation, yet most of the Senecan qualities such as long speeches, ghosts, gruesome murders and talks and talks were very much there.
The tragedies that followed Seneca had the same qualities and properties. It required the mighty efforts of a genius to free the Elizabethan Drama from the worst features of the Senecan tragedies and it was Christopher Marlowe who has achieved this foundation for the realm of English Dramatic Literature. There are umpteen characteristic of Marlovian tragedies. In discussing Marlowe, we can point out how he formulated the English Drama and especially Tragedy which was improved upon and perfected by a genius like Shakespeare who owes Marlowe for all his greatness and grandeur.
Because had there been no Marlowe, there would have been no Shakespeare. It is also due to Marlowe that English Drama for the first time was bestirred with the vigorous poetry and passion. He has rightly been called the Morning Star of English Drama. Marlow's Great Tragic Heroes: The first great thing done by Marlowe was to break away from the medieval conception of Tragedy. The Medieval Drama was a game of the princes and imperial classes – the kings and Queens and their rise an fall. But it was left to Marlowe to evolve and create the real tragic hero.
All of his tragic heroes are of humble parentage, Tamburlaine, Barabas in the Jew of Malta and Faustus, but they are endowed with great tragic and heroic qualities. His tragedy is a tragedy of one man – his rise and fall, his fate and actions and finally his death for his own failings and incapacities. All the other characters fade into insignificance besides the towering personality and the glory and grandeur of the tragic hero. Even various incidents revolve round the hero. His heroes are men fired with indomitable passion and inordinate ambition.
His Tamburlaine is in full-flooded pursuit of military and political power, his Faustus sells his soul to the Devil to attain ultimate power through knowledge and gain the deity and His Jew of Malta discards all sense of human values with his blind aspirations. What Marlowe depicts and dramatizes is that all his mighty and towering heroes with all their sky-high designs and aspirations ultimately fall into failure and doom exhibiting their tragic and doomed end. Herein lies the greatness of Marlowe. Working of a passion: We have previously studied that Marlowe's heroes are dominated by the inordinate desires and passions.
These passions take the form of wealth, spirit of learning, high power. Through these, Marlowe imparts vehemence, fire and force in the drama. But in this way, we may trace the distinct influence of Machiavelli on Marlowe. Marlowe must have read his famous book, The Prince and derived this idea of ambition and spirit from him. Marlowe discarded the old concept of tragedy as decent from greatness to misery and supplanted it greatness by the greatness of individual worth. His heroes truly reflect the new Spirit of Learning because he himself was the product of Renaissance.
The Inner Conflict: Another great achievement of Marlowe was to introduce the element of conflict in the tragic hero especially in Dr. Faustus and Edward II. The conflict may be on the physical or spiritual plane. The spiritual and moral conflict takes place in the heart of man and this is of much greater significance and much more poignant than the former. And a great tragedy most powerfully reveals the emotional conflict or moral agony of the mighty hero. In the realm of England's dramatic literature, Dr. Faustus may be reckoned the first spiritual tragedy or the tragedy of the soul.
In this epoch-making drama, true and deep moral agonies and painful spiritual conflict has been superbly laid bare before us by Marlowe. Like the old Greek heroes, Marlovian Heroes are not helpless puppets in the hands of Fate and they are never destined by gods. They have free thinking of religion and carve their way themselves. The tragic end they meet is caused by the tragic flaw in their personalities and they achieve this end through their actions. This is the greatest contribution of Marlowe to the English Drama.
Moral Conception: It was Marlowe who first discarded the medieval conception of tragedy as it was distinctly a moral one. In old Morality Plays, the purpose was to simply inculcate a moral lesson by showing the fall of the hero. There is no such thing in Marlovian plays. The main interest centers on the sky-touching personality of the heroes with their tremendous efforts to attain the limit and their rise and fall in their struggle. Blank Verse: Another great achievement of Marlowe was to introduce a new type of blank verse in his tragedies. A new spirit of poetry was breathed into the artificial and monotonous verse of the old days.
In fact, the whole of Elizabethan Drama was enliven by a new poetic grandeur. Seriousness and Concentration: Another notable characteristic of Marlowe's work is seriousness and concentration on the theme and there is complete lack of humor. According to many critics, the clownish scenes and the other absurdities were interpolated by the later authors. There are also no women characters in Marlowe's works, this is also a typical quality of his. The episodes of Helen in Dr. Faustus and other female figures in other plays are only shadows or figure-heads.
Most of these features may also be regarded as the drawbacks, however; it was Marlowe's distinct way of writing which is typical of him. Or perhaps, for these reasons, he couldn't reach the towering high plane of fame as did Shakespeare. But we must remember that he was a pioneer and path-finder. He was the Columbus of a new literary World in England. It is due to Marlowe that we have Shakespeare whom we know and read, but had Marlowe not written such these works, there would have been Shakespeare, but no the one we know today. Shakespeare, without him, would have been only another writer.


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Mercifully, The Legend of Zelda series has never the opportunity to be ruined by Hollywood. Perhaps in celebration of this (or maybe just because he thought it would look cool), artist Marinko Milosevski has drawn these posters.
There's one for Ocarina, one for Majora's Mask and one for Wind Waker. And at the site below, some bonus pieces from Metroid. Enjoy!
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After the death of Leslie Small in 1957, The Kankakee Daily Journal Company was essentially a partnership between Len and Burrell. In 1969, the brothers divided the business. Len took the newspapers, and Burrell took the broadcast properties. Radio station WKAN had begun in 1947. A dozen broadcast properties were acquired over the years, and the Kankakee Cable Company originated in 1965.
In 1964, the Smalls purchased the La Porte Herald-Argus, in La Porte, Indiana, from the Lindgren family. Ed Shipley was moved from the editorial department at The Journal to become Publisher at La Porte. From 1969 to 1985, Dick Morrish served as Publisher. He had been a Business Administrator at the Wichita, Kansas, newspaper. Clem Otolski, promoted from Business Manager, served as Publisher from 1985 until his death in 2002. The paper was sold in 2007.
Len was inclined to expand the business. With the help of his Business Manager, Gus Janssen, credit was extended to purchase The Daily Dispatch, in Moline, Illinois, in 1969. As Publisher, Ed Shipley was moved from La Porte to Moline.
It was 1971 when both of Len's sons, Len Robert (Rob) Small and Thomas P. Small, started to work for the company. In Moline, Rob Small became Associate Editor and at Ed Shipley's retirement in 1979, Rob became Publisher. A new press was installed for Moline in 1974, and a Sunday edition was launched in 1976. A weekly newspaper, now known as The Leader, located across the Mississippi River from The Dispatch, was built up through acquisitions starting in 1978. Tom Small was the Leader's first Publisher. Tom had previously worked at The Kankakee Journal in the photo and sales departments, and with early computer operations.
A major expansion in Kankakee began in 1971 with the move to cold type. Extensive remodeling was completed in 1972 with the installation of the new Metro press, which more than doubled capacity.
The new press supported important commercial printing jobs. The Star Publication, a group of weeklies in the south Chicago suburbs with a circulation near 100,000, was printed from 1975 to 1995. Kankakee has won awards for quality for the 80,000 to 105,000 daily copies of USA Today it has printed from startup in 1983 to the present.
In 1976, the Company purchased one-quarter interest in Family Weekly, the national newspaper supplement now known as USA Weekend. Len was Chairman of the Board. It was sold in 1980 to CBS.
In 1978, Small Newspapers opened its Washington, DC, Bureau. Jennifer Small, Len's daughter, was a correspondent there.
The Rochester Post-Bulletin, then the third-largest afternoon newspaper in Minnesota, was acquired by the company in 1977. William C. Boyne, who had been a Publisher in E. St. Louis, was brought in to manage it, and he became Publisher in 1982. The paper today is the largest afternoon daily in the state and in 1997, was the top-ranked newspaper in its category in the NNA's national contest. Today, Randy Chapman serves as Publisher.
The Times-Press, in Streator, Illinois, was acquired by the Company in 1980. It is eight miles from the Ottawa Daily Times. John Bowman, previous Managing Editor in Kankakee, was Publisher in Streator from 1980 to 1982. Today, Cindy Liptak is the General Manager.
In 1970, Len had been President of the Inland Daily Press Association. In 1980, he was President-Elect of the American Newspaper Association. While traveling to his first meeting in that capacity, he was tragically killed in an auto accident.
His wife, Jean Alice Small, first became active in the newspaper in 1974, when she was named Associate Editor, and she wrote a popular column about etiquette, "Dear Journal." She was named Associate Publisher in 1976. The same year, she was the first woman elected to the board of the Inland Press Association. An early woman member of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, she was fond of saying that her journalism education came from seriously attending newspaper meetings and asking lots of questions. In addition, she experienced being a Pulitzer juror, as well as serving for three years as a board member on the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University. Upon her husband's death in 1980, Cordell Overgaard, attorney at Hopkins & Sutter, Chicago, joined the family as a member of the Board, a position he holds to this day.
Two California properties were acquired in 1981. A long-term employee, Roberta Donohue, today runs the Palisadian Post, a weekly in Pacific Palisades. The Press-Tribune, in Roseville, California, was a daily newspaper caught in the competition between the two larger Sacramento papers. First John Bowman, and then Tom Small, were Publishers there. A new building was constructed and a Sunday edition started. The paper was sold in 1988 to the Lescher Group.
Rob Small was named CEO of the company in 1983. In 1986, SNG acquired The Argus in Rock Island, Illinois, from the Potter family. The Argus is one of the state's oldest continuously published newspapers. Moline and Rock Island are neighboring cities, and the operations of the two newspapers were adapted for the switch from evening to morning publication in 1995. Today, the Publisher of both newspapers is Jerry Taylor, who had been Managing Editor for The Dispatch. Roger Ruthhart, previously the Managing Editor in Streator, is the Managing Editor at Rock Island. A Springfield Bureau was opened in 1999.
Jean Alice Small died in September, 2002. Len Robert Small is President of the Company, and Tom Small is Senior Vice President and Secretary. Other officers of the Company are Cordy Overgaard, formerly of the law firm of Hopkins and Sutter, and long-term legal advisor to the company, Joe Lacaeyse, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary, and formerly Business Manager at Moline, and Bob Hill, formerly the General Manager at the Rochester Post-Bulletin, and now Publisher at LaPorte.
Ken Munjoy became the Ad Director of the Daily Journal in 2003, and became General Manager in 2007.
Origins of the Small Newspaper Group are preserved at the Kankakee County Historical Society, on the site of the pioneer home of Governor Small's parents, Abram and Calista Small.


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2019 GMC Sierra Denali & 2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast
Season 38 Episode 12 | 26m 48s
This week we test a work hard, play hard pickup truck from GMC, the Sierra Denali. Pat Goss has a key tool to keep you cool. Zach Maskell goes Over the Edge with a crowd crazy for MPact. Finally, we take in the gorgeous curves and insane acceleration of the Ferrari 812 Superfast.
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VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced today the addition of attacking midfielder Daigo Kobayashi - pending receipt of his International Transfer Certificate and visa. Per Major League Soccer and club policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.
Daigo Kobayashi – Whitecaps FC midfielder
- 232 appearances in the J. League
- Won the 2005 Japanese Super Cup and 2004 Emperor's Cup with Tokyo Verdy
"We're really pleased that Daigo is going to be joining us," said Martin Rennie, Whitecaps FC head coach. "He's technically very gifted and he's got an excellent final pass. He can create goals for us and he's got a lot to prove. Those are the type of players we want in our squad."
Kobayashi, 29, joins Whitecaps FC after spending the past two seasons with Shimizu S-Pulse of the J. League Division 1, appearing in 38 matches.
"I'm very happy to come to Vancouver and play for the great fans of this city," said Kobayashi. "I look forward to giving my all to help this club continue to grow and succeed."
Prior to his stint with Shimizu, the 5-foot-10, 150-pound midfielder spent 18 months with Greek Football League side Iraklis FC, appearing in 14 matches.
In 2009, Kobayashi played with Stabæk Fotball of the Tippeligaen, the top tier of Norweigan soccer. The native of Fuji, Shizuoka, registered eight goals in 29 matches with Stabæk to help the Norweigan side qualify for the UEFA Europa League.
From 2006 to 2008, the Japanese international played three seasons with J. League Division I side Omiya Ardija. In 90 matches with Omiya, Kobayashi registered 14 goals. In 2006, the J. League veteran was teammates with current Whitecaps FC midfielder Jun Marques Davidson.
Prior to joining Omiya, Kobayashi appeared in 104 matches for Tokyo Verdy, helping his team win the Emperor's Cup in 2004 and Japanese Super Cup in 2005.
Internationally, Kobayashi has made one appearance for the Japanese men's national team, playing an international friendly against Trinidad and Tobago in 2006. On the youth side, the talented attacker was selected to the Japanese U-18 national team in 2001 and in 2003 led the team to the FIFA World Youth Championship (now the FIFA U-20 World Cup).
Daigo Kobayashi
Twitter: @DaigoKobayashi_
Position: Midfielder
Height: 5-10
Weight: 150 lbs
Born: February 19, 1983, in Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan
Hometown: Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan
Citizenship: Japan
Last Club: Shimizu S-Pulse (J. League Division 1)
How Acquired: Acquired by Whitecaps FC as a free agent on January 28, 2013
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You might recall that my last post was a "Lightened Up Summer Supper." You must think I've lost it following up with this Cream Puffs post. Sorry. This was actually a dessert I made at my Mom's house during the feasting, so it's decadence was more appropriate at the time than it's timing here. And let's face it... no one wants to read about a healthy dinner, right? Not two posts in a row, at least.
Here we go...
When we were little, my sister and I lived for Potlucks at Church.
That might be an overstatement. However, it did make getting up for Church a lot more exciting knowing that after the service a buffet of casseroles, homemade rolls, molded jello 'specialties' and a spread of cakes and pies awaited us in the basement (yes, the same basement in which we hosted Emma's Baptism Brunch). Nothing like sweets and carbs to motivate youngsters. And oldsters, for that matter. (The 'youngsters' is a shoutout to our childhood Pastor that always referred to kids as 'youngsters.' The 'oldsters' was just my endless creativity at work.)
One Potluck dessert that was particularly coveted was Mrs. Schluetter's* Homemade Cream Puffs. *Her name has been changed for her protection, and because I can't remember it. They were light, free-form puffs, filled with custard and dusted with powdered sugar. And there were only about a dozen of them. An early lesson of supply and demand.
Jill and I probably helped ourselves to seconds even before hitting the line of various Baked Mac and Cheeses and Green Bean Casseroles. Yes, I realize that that was rude and inconsiderate of us to all of the other patrons, but only so many lessons can be learned from a Cream Puff. And the lesson we elected was "Get while the Gettin' is Good." (My parents are shuttering right now...)
Here is my version of these beloved Cream Puffs. I topped them with Chocolate Sauce, but almost wish I would've dusted them with powdered sugar to have been able to really enjoy the delicate puff and homemade custard. That Mrs. Schluetter knew what she was doing. You can pick your poison.
Homemade Cream Puffs
with Vanilla Custard
Pâte à Choux (Puff Pastry):
1 stick of butter, cut into pieces
1 cup of water
1½ teaspoon sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
1 cup all-purpose flour
4 eggs
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Bring water, butter, sugar, salt and vanilla to a boil.
On a silpat lined (or parchment or sprayed) baking sheet, make 12 dollops. Bake for 30 minutes at 375 degrees, then 20 minutes at 300 degrees. Remove from oven and let puffs cool.
Vanilla Custard :
2 cups heavy cream
½ cup sugar
Pinch salt
5 large egg yolks
3 tablespoons of cornstarch
4 tablespoons of cold butter, cut into pieces
2 teaspoons of vanilla bean paste or extract
To make the pastry cream, heat cream, sugar, and salt in a saucepan over medium-high heat until simmering, stirring occasionally to dissolve the sugar. Meanwhile, whisk the egg yolks in a medium bowl and whisk until the mixture is creamy, about 15 seconds. Whisk in the cornstarch until combined and the mixture is pale yellow and thick, about 30 seconds.


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2011: Begins her rookie campaign with the Green and White ... has significant raw talent that she will look to start developing ... has the potential to be a very good performer for the Spartan program.
Personal: Is a sport management major … is the daughter of Gregory and Deidre Eames … born on August 28, 1992 … names her older cousins as the people she most admires … hobbies include playing basketball, running track, and hanging out with friends … favorite athlete is Jonathan Drummond … chose York because "it was close to home" … most significant athletic achievement is making it to districts her junior year of high school … after graduation she plans on becoming a sports agent or athletic director.


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The Vietnam War | Broadcast Version
10: The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward)
Episode 10 | 1h 51m 22s
While the Watergate scandal rivets Americans' attention and forces President Nixon to resign, the Vietnamese continue to savage one another in a brutal civil war. When hundreds of thousands of North Vietnamese troops pour into the south, Saigon descends rapidly into chaos and collapses. For the next 40 years, Americans and Vietnamese from all sides search for healing and reconciliation.
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Bold Brand Campaign for DuPont™ Kevlar® Kicks-Off with ESPN X Games
WILMINGTON, Del., June 3, 2014 – DuPont Protection Technologies today announced the new DuPont™ Kevlar® brand platform, Dare Bigger™, and a sponsorship of ESPN X Games through 2015. Kevlar®, an advanced material synonymous with strength, durability and performance in extreme conditions, is the perfect sponsor for the powerful global event platform where athletes break the boundaries of action sports. The campaign will begin running with the inaugural X Games this week in Austin, Texas.
"The DuPont™ Kevlar® brand and Dare Bigger™ are a great fit for the X Games," said Eric Johnson, ESPN executive vice-president of global multimedia sales. "The brand has long been a component in performance-based sporting equipment used by our athletes and we look forward to exploring the possibilities of this new collaboration in the years ahead."
In addition to the ESPN sponsorship, DuPont™ Kevlar® also is the subject of a documentary-style advertisement that premieres this spring during commercial breaks in the fourth season of the award-winning series, Horizons, which is sponsored by DuPont, on BBC World News. The Kevlar® Journey, Top to Bottom takes the audience from space to earth and below to showcase through spectacular footage how the technology can challenge boundaries. Kevlar® is seen in the design of such varied products as space suits, cell phones, high-performance sporting equipment and mining belts. To view: click here.
"Our potential to Dare Bigger™ is limited by what materials can do," said William F. Weber, vice-president, Kevlar®, DuPont Protection Technologies. "Products made with Kevlar® help enable you to challenge those boundaries, much in the way an athlete or astronaut defies the limits of possibility. That is the spirit of this campaign and the promise of this brand."
The breadth and versatility of the Kevlar® technology platform helps enable customers to design products that make a difference when performance and safety are crucial. It is lightweight, extraordinarily strong and flame resistant. Best known for its use in ballistic and stab-resistant body armor, Kevlar® has helped to save the lives of thousands of people around the world. The use of Kevlar® has been extended to everything from fire fighter and industrial protective clothing to vehicles, fiber optic cables, mining belts, commercial aircraft and city roads. Kevlar® fiber also is used in many consumer products such as mobile phones, tires, sporting apparel and equipment.
"The science behind DuPont™ Kevlar®, along with its proven strength, endurance and versatility, enables performance and safety that customers have come to trust," said Marc Doyle, president DuPont Protection Technologies. "Our science and application knowledge is what allows us to continue our legacy of market-shaping innovation."
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Stephanie Kwolek, DuPont™ Kevlar® aramid fiber inventor: "All sorts of things can happen when you're open to new ideas and playing around with things."
Scott Parazynski, retired NASA astronaut (7-time space walker): "Is my space suit going to protect me today? Without the presence of Kevlar®, I think it would be terrifying." – BBC Horizons, The Kevlar® Journey, Top to Bottom
Bruce Burkholder, global technology leader, DuPont Protection Technologies: "It's really gratifying because Kevlar® has been around for a long time and you still see it finding applications in cutting-edge technologies." – BBC Horizons, The Kevlar® Journey, Top to Bottom
Reuben Castano, design director, Motorola: "The beauty of using Kevlar® is we can actually design properties into the material and create something new." – BBC Horizons, The Kevlar® Journey, Top to Bottom
Kathy Kowalski, global brand, marketing and communications leader, DuPont Protection Technologies: "The Kevlar® brand has great heart based on its 50 years of enabling people to do the extraordinary and with the ESPN X Games partnership, Dare Bigger™ brings the world a new attitude for innovating to reach new levels of extreme protection and performance with Kevlar®.
Jeffrey Cohen, founder & co-chairman, Earthbound LLC: "We are thrilled to be working with the iconic DuPont™ Kevlar® brand. Kevlar® is a brand that has meant so much to so many people and has protected the lives of our armed forces, policemen, firemen - the people who protect us. We are so excited to be bringing the Kevlar® brand and technology to the consumer market! The X Games could not be a more perfect way to launch the brand. Earthbound is a brand management company that has always dared bigger, so we are ready to once again build a great success at the consumer level with DuPont™ Kevlar®."
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IT Providers Stew Over Big Data Privacy Regulation
Apr 18, 2014 3:57 PM PT
With the emergence of the Big Data era, technology developers see major benefits in the ability to manage huge volumes of information. However, with an onslaught of data breaches such as the recent hacking of the Target retail chain, consumers and their representatives in government are increasingly nervous about bigger threats to privacy.
"The immense volume, diversity and potential value of data will have profound implications for privacy, the economy and public policy," John Podesta, counselor to President Obama, said in January when he was tapped to lead a White House review on the impact of IT and privacy.
The purpose of the initiative was to examine "how Big Data will affect the way we live and work," and "how public and private sectors can spur innovation and maximize the opportunities and free flow of this information while minimizing the risks to privacy," Podesta said.
As part of that effort, the White House set up a formal program to accept public comment on a number of issues it planned to explore in the Big Data review. In addition, the administration set up an interactive public portal to invite input under WhiteHouse.Gov/BigData.
Existing technologies already pose significant threats of disclosing personal information -- and the emergence of Big Data simply compounds the problem, according to the Center for Digital Democracy.
"While today's Big Data-driven landscape may appear to be a recent development, it is really the consequences of historical trends in data processing, the growth of digital platforms, and the evolution of the commercial online marketing model," CDD executive director Jeff Chester said in comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology, which is conducting the Big Data review.
Consumers Unaware of Data Practices
The CDD listed several current practices it views as potentially dangerous -- and more so as Big Data techniques evolve. These involve the creation of a central repository known as a "data management platform" that can provide a person's financial data, social media usage pattern and demographic details, which are then offered to commercial interests.
Another is the creation of discrete geospatial tiles that pinpoint a consumers' whereabouts. Particularly disturbing to CDD is that such information is collected and used without the consumer's awareness or consent.
However, comments submitted to the OSTP from several IT groups reflected considerable concern about increased federal regulation that could impede innovations in electronic commerce. The Software & Information Industry Association, for example, cited many benefits of the technology.
"Big Data carries tremendous opportunities, ranging from empowering consumers with the full landscape of information they need to make optimal energy decisions to enabling civil engineers to monitor and identify at-risk infrastructure, to informing more accurate predictions of natural disasters," SIIA noted, referencing an earlier OSTP report.
A major benefit of Big Data is that "larger data sets and more affordable analytical techniques increasingly enable greater insights and create greater value for organizations and individuals," SIIA said. Another key element is that "in addition to finding answers to specific queries, Big Data analysis allows insights that could not be anticipated empirically or theoretically before the analysis took place."
The government should "proceed cautiously" in addressing Big Data policy issues so as to ensure the technology can develop productively, SIIA recommended.
"Whenever policymakers conduct a policy review of a rapidly evolving new development like Big Data, we fear that a rush to develop new policies could stifle innovative outcomes and threaten broad public benefits," David LeDuc, senior director for public policy at the Software & Information Industry Association, told the E-Commerce Times.
Privacy Danger Overstated
Specifically on the privacy issue, SIIA noted that "the vast majority of Big Data is not personal or sensitive data, and the vast majority of new insights generated from Big Data analysis do not rely on personal information."
The perceived threat to privacy from Big Data is overstated, according to the Technology Policy Institute, a research organization supported by major e-commerce companies such as Amazon, Experian, Google and Verizon.
"There is no evidence at present that Big Data used for commercial and other non-surveillance purposes have caused privacy harms," TPI concluded, citing its own December 2013 report.
"In fact, the proliferation of Big Data in recent years does not appear to have increased identity fraud and or data breaches. Since 2005, the overall incidence of identity fraud has been relatively flat and the total dollar amount of fraud has fallen -- from an average of US$29 billion for 2005-2009 to $19 billion for 2010-2013," TPI president Thomas Lenard said in comments to the OSTP.
While the decline in fraud values doesn't exonerate Big Data as a possible contributing cause to the breaches that have occurred, "my point is that when one looks at the currently available data on identity theft and breaches, there is no evidence that the growth of Big Data has contributed to an increase in identity fraud or data breaches," Lenard told the E-Commerce Times.
Since the perceived potential harm from Big Data is essentially speculative, the potential benefit to consumers that would result from regulation is equally speculative and could impede the development of technology, according to TFI.
Given the lack of evidence related to harmful impacts, "particularly in a new market such as the electronic use of information, it is much more likely that uninformed regulation will stifle innovation rather than provide net benefits," Lenard said.
Study Will Need to Assess Claims
However, privacy advocates remain unconvinced that Big Data poses few concerns for consumers.
"The data brokerage business model relies on one thing -- collecting more and more increasingly personal consumer data. The notion that they have, or will, voluntarily move away from their intrusive practices when millions of dollars are at stake is seriously misguided," Joy Spencer, associate director at CDD, told the E-Commerce Times.
"Privacy concerns are not overstated, because on a daily basis the rights of consumers are being chipped away with little transparency or accountability," she said.
The issue of consumer privacy remains a high visibility item for both business and government. Earlier this month, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on data breaches and personal privacy.
Committee Chairman Tom Carper, D-Del., noted that "as we embrace the latest technology both at home and in the workplace, there is little doubt that more of our sensitive personal information is at risk of being compromised."
The hearing provided an opportunity for the business sector to describe "common sense solutions that the private sector can undertake proactively without the help of Congress," Carper said.
After considering the comments it received, as well as related information from several other forums, the White House is scheduled to complete its review by April 30.


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Odile was my husband's great grand aunt and I actually have her and her late husband, Jule, already in my family tree...and with all their kids! Yay! I did not have Odile's date of death in the tree though. I've noticed that in my collection of clippings, the hand-written dates have (so far) always referred to the date of event. I verified this by checking on Ancestry.com and found Odile in the Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997. Now the date is in my tree and both the clipping and the Death Index have been cited.
While the newspaper has no publication information, I did see from the Death Index that she died in Brown county. I see from the obituary that her service was at SS. Peter and Paul Church and she was buried in Allouez Cemetery. While the name for the church is quite common, the three of those are not and it is most likely that this clipping (like most others I have) came from the Green Bay Press-Gazette. I will, of course, verify the next time I head up to Wisconsin.
|May 1960, Green Bay Press-Gazette
"Mrs. Odile Dart [hand-dated May 7, 1960]
Mrs. Odile Dart, 539 Henry St., died at a local nursing home this morning following a brief illness.
She was born Odile Motquin in Brussels and married Jule Dart 56 years at Brussels. They had farmed in Maplewood until 15 years ago. Her husband preceded her in death in 1949.
Survivors include three sons, Louis of Green Bay, Julius of Gardner, Door County, and Melvin of Sturgeon Bay; two daughters, Mrs. William (Anna) Lemense with whom she lived and Mrs. Lillian Claflin of Two Rivers; 15 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Josephine Herlache of Green Bay; on brother, Frank Motquin, Green Bay.
Friends may call at Malcore Funeral Home after 6:30 Sunday evening. The Rosary will be recited Sunday and Monday evening, Monday by the Rev. Peter Skell of SS. Peter and Paul Church and burial will be in Allouez Cemetery."


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As noted yesterday, Mickie James sat down with Brandon Baxter for an interview. Here are some highlights.
What it's like being outside the Impact Zone: "Oh my gosh, it's incredible. It's so incredible, because the live crowd. There's nothing like a live crowd, for one, especially when it's a live television crowd because they're so into it. And it's, five to 10 thousand people that you're wrestling in front of and feeding off their energy. It's incredible. Obviously we love the Impact Zone, but we as a company, as we're growing and expanding, it's cool to step outside and just be able to visit the world and bring the show on the road and just kind of show them what Impact Wrestling is all about."
What she likes to take with her on the road: "I do have little trinkets. I'm a little bit of a hippie so I have my wisdom rock it goes with me, it's always in my purse, wherever I go. That's just me, being a hippie. Obviously my wrestling boots, end up going with me everywhere, because you just never know. We never really know what we're doing until we get there. So you have to be prepared for pretty much anything. I like to have the championship in my bag, every time I go. Not necessarily right now, because I don't [have one]."
Flying with a championship belt: "The key is that you never check the championship. You always carry it on. So when you're going through TSA it's always a treat because for some reason they always like to pull it out and hold it way above their head [laughter], and throw it over their shoulder and put it across their waist; see what it looks like on them."
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The picture book, now available on Amazon, was written by former Tulane University Instructor Linda Cooper. She uses a classically repetitive rhythm to portray a day in the life of a young boy, showing the compromises he must make to get his heart's desires.
The colorful illustrations by Jonathan R. Hodge, a graduate of the Columbus College of Art and Design, capture how sharing snacks, taking naps and taking turns are often prerequisites for going out to play, making friends and having fun.
The ebook, which makes a delightful bedtime story, enables children to see how their own little dilemmas might be solved. Its back pages contain a template that allows young readers to create their own personal I Don't. I Don't. I Do! scenarios.
Cooper, a former high school teacher, said her children inspired the idea for the book, "but the surprise was that so many adults could identify with its theme. They told me they don't want to go to work or to exercise, but they do want a paycheck and good health. Dorothy Parker put it another way: 'I don't like writing. I like having written.'"
Hodge has also done medical illustrations for Stanford University and was a featured speaker at the 2012 Seventh International Conference on the Arts in Society in Liverpool, in conjunction with the Cultural Olympiad, an extension of the London Olympics. His portfolio also includes commissioned portraits on copper plates, and a large history painting entitled "The Wrath of Katrina," depicting the 2005 hurricane that hit New Orleans.
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Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station's Unit 3 returned to service at 3:16 p.m. EST today.
DELTA, PA (Jan. 27, 2009) - Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station's Unit 3 returned to service at 3:16 p.m. EST today.Operators safely took the Unit 3 generator off-line on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 4:00 a.m. EST to replace a main power transformer. The power transformer is one of three needed to transfer electricity from the plant to the power grid. Peach Bottom's Unit 2 reactor continued to operate at full power without interruption during the Unit 3 shutdown.Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station is located on the west bank of the Conowingo Pond (Susquehanna River) in York County. Units 2 and 3 are boiling water reactors. Unit 2 is capable of generating approximately 1,138 net megawatts and Unit 3 is capable of generating approximately 1,140 net megawatts.


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You'll find around 50 stallholders selling handmade, homegrown and pre-loved wares to holiday makers and locals.
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Fashion History: The New Look EraJanuar 27th, 2016
During World War II fashion responded to the restrained mood and economy of the war. Many fashion houses closed during occupation of Paris.
Fashion History from 1940 – 1950
During the World War II (1939 – 1945), all types of cloth were needed for a variety of wartime purposes, and material for clothing was severely rationed and limited for each year and its number decreased steadily as the war progressed. From 1940 onward, no more than thirteen feet (four meters) of cloth was permitted to be used for a coat and a little over 3 feet (1 meter) was all that allowed for a blouse. No belt could be over 1.5 inches (3 centimeters) wide. Despite this, haute couture tried to keep its flag flying. Fashions of the era emphasized shorter skirts than ever before, buttons for any type of clothes were limited to three per item, evening wear was also shortened and women were encouraged to make do with ankle socks and bare legs.
Among young men in the War Years the zoot suit became popular. After the war, the "American Look" became very popular among men in Europe. Certain London manufacturers ushered in a revival of Edwardian elegance in men's fashion, adopting a tight-fitting retro style that was intended to appeal to traditionalists. This look, originally aimed at the respectable young man about town, was translated into popular fashion as the "Teddy boy" style.
By the late 1940s and early 1950s, designers were tired of the utilitarian, minimalist clothing of the wartime era. Paris fashion, which had fallen from its position as the capital of the fashion world after World War II, made a strong comeback after the war in part due to the international success of couturier Christian Dior's first women's collection "Corelle" which went down in fashion history as the "New Look" in February 1947. His new clothing styles which emphasized rounded shoulders, full skirts, and narrow waists was so successful that it went down in fashion history. The "New Look" became revolutionary, strongly popular and influenced fashion and other designers for many years.
Christian Dior's New Look from 1947:
Fashion History from 1950 – 1960
The 1950s were years of nuclear anxiety, economic expansion, social conservation and the rise of American popular culture. Yet even as bourgeois standards of propriety and "good taste" were expressed in fashion through girdles, hats and gloves, young people were developing fashions of their own.
As the installation of central heating became more widespread the age of minimum-care garments began and lighter textiles and, eventually, synthetics, were introduced. A new youth style emerged in the 1950s and changed the focus of fashion forever. During the same period of the time, in men's fashion 'plaid' was very common, both for shirts and suits, which was often viewed as a symbol of rebellion and banned in schools.
Three of the most prominent of the Parisian couturiers in the 1950s were Cristobal Balenciaga, Hubert de Givenchy, and Pierre Balmain. Balenciaga is well known as one of the few couturiers in fashion history who could use their own hands to design, cut, and sew the models which symbolized the height of his artistry. In 1951, he totally transformed the silhouette, broadening the shoulders and removing the waist. Followed by the tunic dress which he designed in 1955 and which later developed into the chemise dress of 1957. The French designer Givenchy created a sensation with his separates, which could be mixed and matched at will. His first couture house was opened in 1952. Balmain liked to dress up sophisticated women luxurious elegance, simple tailoring, and a more natural look. His clientele was typified by the tailored glamor of the "New Look", with its ample bust, narrow waist, and full skirts. Along with his haute couture work, the talented businessman pioneered a ready-to-wear range called Florilege and also launched a number of highly successful perfumes.
In 1954, after closing different boutiques in the war years, Coco Chanel's strong comeback went in history. She detested the "New Look" to the fashion world and presented a collection which contained a whole range of ideas that would be adopted and copied by women all over the world: her famous little braided suit with gold chains, shiny costume jewelry, silk blouses in colors that matched the suit linings, sleek tweeds, monogrammed buttons, flat black silk bows, boaters, quilted bags on chains, and evening dresses and furs that were marvels of simplicity.
By the end of the decade off-the-peg clothing had become much more popular than in the past. It was literally the start-shot for the general public to access the fashionable styles for affordable prices.
See some beautiful designs of the most influental fashion designers of the 1950's:
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The above circuit diagram illustrates a simple
low-pass filter. This page provides a 'Java' experiment which you can use to explore its properties when the applied signal is a sinewave. This lets you discover the
Frequency Response
of the circuit.
The red line shows the input waveform and the blue line shows the output.
You can use the buttons provided in the above experiment to alter the values of the applied frequency and the circuit components. You should find that the circuit passes 'low' frequencies fairly well, but attenuates 'high' frequencies. Hence it is useful as a filter to block any unwanted high frequency components of a complex signal whilst passing the lower frequencies.
Of course, the meanings of 'low' and 'high' frequencies are relative. In this case they depend upon the filter's
Time Constant
which is normally represented by the Greek letter 'tau' and has a value
The action of the circuit can also be described in terms of a related quantity, the
Turn Over Frequency
, which has a value
The circuit's behaviour can be understood as arising due to the finite time taken to change the capacitor's charge when we alter the applied input voltage. As a result, the output voltage (i.e. the voltage across the capacitor) tends to 'lag' behind changes in the input. The more quickly we alter the input (i.e. the higher the applied frequency) the more this lag becomes apparent and the less chance we give the output to respond. Because of this behaviour, we find that the output sinusoid is out of phase with the input. We can therefore define the circuit's overall behaviour when we apply a sinewave in terms of two quantities
Voltage Gain
Phase Delay
The voltage gain tells the relative size of the output voltage compared to the input voltage. As is often the case the word 'gain' is misleading as the output turns out to be smaller than the input!
Try using the above experimental system to collect results and plot a graph of how the voltage gain,
, (and the phase delay) depend upon the input frequency and check that your result agrees with the above formulae. You should find that frequencies much lower than
are passed almost unattenuated (i.e.
approaches 100%), but frequencies much higher than
are strongly attenuated (i.e.
approaches 0%). Once you are happy that this is correct try using the experimental system to choose circuit values that give a turn over frequency of around, say, 2kHz. Then, if you get a chance, try building a real circuit and see if it behaves like the computer experiment.
Compare the results you get from this circuit with those produced by a similar
High-Pass Filter
More generally, you can use this page to 'design' a low pass filter. However, remember that, like most computer experiments, it may not be perfectly accurate, so your real results may differ a little bit!
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Marni Pre-sale 30% Off
However, there is the seldom sale that makes us pull out or downtown passports. A good Marni sale is one of those instances. Starting Friday, Nov. 14th Marni is pre-selling all Fall/Winter 2008 ready-to-wear, bags, shoes and accessories. The 30% off sale officially begins the following Friday Nov. 21st.
Bottom line: love Marni, dread SoHo and prefer the current sales at Saks and Bergdorfs. Passports are staying put!
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you are the best!
- November 13, 2008 at 11:45 PM
30% off is not enough to make me go below 14th street either!
- November 14, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Just heard from a friend that Fendi is having a pre-sale. Not sure what're the discount. So, please check!
- November 14, 2008 at 1:19 PM
For those of us looking to stay uptown, I was in Missoni Tuesday and they have a sale going on, I saw a few things around 50% off. Barneys is also having a private sale but it didn't look worthwhile.
- November 14, 2008 at 5:31 PM
I LOVE SOHO and I also LOVE parts of Madison (even though it's a bit to homogeneous uptown - I mean really, must you all carry a Goyard bag? Do you get deported if you don't).
- November 15, 2008 at 11:21 AM
- Lila Delilah said...
Pu-leaze Goyard is soooooooooo 2005!
Next you're going to be asking about Tory Burch Flats. (Again, 2005).
We've all moved on to LV totes and Vivier flats. You must not live up here because you didn't get the memo!
- November 15, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Hey Lila,
Doesn't matter if it's Goyard or LV.
You proved my point when you wrote "We've ALL moved on to LV totes"
"ALL" = homogeneous.
- November 15, 2008 at 7:38 PM


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Indiana Military Records
This entry was originally written by Carol L. Maki and Michael John Neill for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
The Indiana State Archives holds the following military records of interest to the genealogist:
Indiana State Militia, 1812'51. Alphabetical index of officers commissioned, giving name, rank, and unit.
Card file of Indiana Civil War Volunteers. This may include name, rank, company, regiment, period of original enlistment, place and date of enrollment and muster, age, physical description, nativity, occupation, date, place and manner of leaving the service, information on promotions, and wounds.
Card file of Indiana Legion, which was the Civil War State Militia. This may include name, company, dates of active duty, age, and county and town where organized.
Card file of Civil War Substitutes. This includes the names of citizens who hired substitutes, the names of the substitutes, and the unit to which that person was assigned.
Veterans' Grave Registration. Card file of veterans; includes fifty-one counties.
Veterans' Enrollments of 1886, 1890, and 1894. The books are arranged by county and township. They include name, company and regiment, state from which the veteran served, number of children under sixteen, medical problems, and current physical condition.
The archives also has card files on Indiana Militia (1877'96), Mexican War Volunteer Index, Black Hawk War Militia Index, Gold Star Roll of Honor for 1914'18, Indiana Spanish-American War Volunteers microfilmed registration cards, and Registers of Visitors to the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Indianapolis (4-9 September 1893). This repository has service records for all veterans who applied for the Indiana State Bonus for World War II and Korea; these records are restricted.
In addition to the Civil War material in the state archives, W. H.H. Terrell, comp., Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, 8 vols. (Indianapolis: Indiana Adjutant General's Office, 1869) is a printed source of service records.
The National Archives'Great Lakes Region holds Records of the Selective Service Board (1917'19) for Indiana. Included is an Index to Delinquent and Deserter Forms (incomplete for some areas) as well as docket books of registrants, arranged within state by county and division. Family historians with earlier settlers to Indiana may wish to reference Estella A. O'Byrne, Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Indiana, vols. 1-3 (Brookville, Ind.: Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution, 1938'82).


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• A full SHIMANO Groupset – 24 speed
• Hydroformed 6061 alloy 29" frame
• SUNTOUR XCT suspension fork
with lockout and preload
• TEKTRO mechanical disc brake set
• Strong double wall alloy rims
• Quando alloy quick- release hubs
• Includes alloy caged pedals
• Total weight – 15.3kg
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I last travelled this path with my father nearly fifty years ago. In my memories, it is not this overgrown. Saplings now sprout in the middle of the trail, not just along the edges. Even when the kings ruled Gondor, few but they ever came this way; since the last of Anórien's line rode away and did not return, fewer still disturb the hallows. Each steward thinks to come only twice, once with his father and again with his son. We hope the days will not prove so dark that we need to brave the way a third time to seek counsel.
It was well I remembered the path clearly, or I could not have travelled it a second time. Mindolluin is treacherous: nature and man forged paths leading everywhere and nowhere; Húrin's sons did not tread them often enough to make the right road clearer than the wrong.
I held my torch out before me, searching the ground for some time, while my other arm lay comfortably over the Horn of Gondor that hung around my neck. I had worn it every day since that first walk. I realised, as I sought the path on which I would lead my own son, that I would miss its comfortable presence.
"Boromir," I called, turning back to face him where he lagged behind. His head snapped around as he abandoned a furtive look down the mountain toward the pencil-thin towers of Minas Tirith far below. The seven circles would soon be ringing with song as the people celebrated his twentieth birthday, for they would not waste the opportunity that came only once every generation to mark the coming of age of the steward's heir. "They will still celebrate when you return," I assured him, "and they will sing all the louder for your arrival. But now you are needed here."
"The boy tries hard," Imrahil said.
I stopped mid-step. "Trying hard will not help him find the path when he must lead his own son this way," I said, trying to keep the irritation out of my voice. I heard Imrahil sigh and turned to face him, his torchlight dancing on my face. "Perhaps effort suffices in Dol Amroth, but in the White City it does not. The Shadow does not shrink back because we try hard, but because we remind it that Gondor is still strong."
Imrahil looked like he wanted to say more, but he restrained himself and continued silently up the hill past me. _You flatter yourself, Denethor_. The thought sprang unbidden to my mind. _The Dark Lord? Fear you? And what chance is there that Gondor will survive long enough for Boromir to lead his son this way?_ The Stone had revealed to me the armies festering behind the Ephel Dúath, and I shivered to think of them. All hope seemed folly, but Gondor would persevere beyond hope, until the king returned.
That cold laughter filled my head then, as unyielding and uncaring as it always was when I dared the Stone. Yet neither troubling words nor troubling thoughts should mar such a day as today. I banished them back to the far recesses of my mind and tried to think about happier times.
I walked back to Boromir's side, holding my torch out in one hand to light the way and laying my other arm across his shoulders. The horn lay between us, pressed into my side. "Do you see that oak, my boy?" I pointed out a tree we had passed a few yards back. Its trunk was split into two halves, each twisting around the other until they merged into one some way above the ground. "That tree stood there when your grandfather Ecthelion led me along this path when I was your age, and he said it stood when he was a boy as well. Look for it, when you bring your own son this way, so you will know you are not lost."
Boromir nodded, breathing in the crisp early morning air. A bird swooped past and he turned his head towards me to follow its flight. Its song broke the pre-dawn silence, and Boromir's eyes danced as he watched it. _Those are not the eyes of a soldier_, I thought, surprised by this unusual display of mirth. _Yes, a boy you are yet, for a few hours at least_.
"Denethor!" Imrahil called from ahead. "I found the clearing!"
At that, Boromir shrugged off my arm and sprinted ahead, and I hurried after him. _Aye, still a boy_.
We made our way through the last of the woods until finally we broke through the trees and found the clearing. Imrahil stood reverently before the raised mound. Above us, Elbereth's stars fought the night's last fight with Anor, before they surrendered the heavens for another day. They always lost, yet they fought on each morning. Eärendil's ship had passed from these mortal lands some minutes before, bearing his precious jewel far away. With the silmaril gone, Boromir -- my own faithful jewel, more precious to me than any work of craft -- now had no rival.
Boromir and I gravely took our places beside Imrahil at the row of white stones that circled the mound at the centre of the hollow. We stood in silence, captivated by the simple image of a white ship and an eagle flying high above laid out in white pebbles on the grassy slope. Is that
?" I heard Boromir ask, and Imrahil answered him.
What words he spoke, I could not say. They faded away, my son and my wife's brother, and I stood in Boromir's place, looking into my own father's eyes, asking him the same question.
"Nine ships there were," Ecthelion had said to me, his hand resting around my waist, "and they fled before the black gale of Númenor, out of that twilight of doom into darkness blacker than the night. And the deeps rose beneath them in towering anger. Waves like unto mountains moving with great caps of tortured snow bore them up beyond the fell clouds, and after many days they were cast down upon our forgotten shores."
I looked across at him, and his eyes were clouded over, searching out the furthest West. Was Elendil's cloud, that cursed cloud he had sailed through from Númenor to Middle-earth, like the one that now shrouded my father's eyes?"
"Four they gave us for Elendil," I replied uncertainly, "and for Isildur three, and for Anárion two. What more mercy should we ask of them?"
Ecthelion smiled at that. "Aye, you are right, son. Such wisdom!" He ruffled my hair. "You must forgive an old man. Sometimes we forget that the greatest trial often holds an even greater gift."
"Father?" Boromir laid his hand on my shoulder, pulling me back from my memories. I saw the same question in his eyes.
"Here Elendil lies." I knelt down and opened my pack, pulling out two flowers carved from the wood of one of Nimloth's heirs. "The Valar keep his grave well." I laid one flower on the mound, adding it to my father's tribute and my grandfather Túrin's before him. Standing up, I handed the other flower to Boromir and walked to the edge of the clearing. The ground fell away there, and I watched the sun's first light shine down on the glory that was Gondor.
Some time later I heard Boromir's footsteps behind me. "How many years?" he asked quietly. "How many years to make a steward a king?"
Now it was my turn to sigh. "You asked me that question before," I replied.
"I now ask it again," he insisted.
"And I answer you the same way," I said, trying to keep my voice calm. "In Gondor, ten thousand years would not suffice."
"And yet here we stand beside Elendil's grave. Ondoher is dead, and Eärnur rode into Minas Morgul near a thousand years ago! This king who shall return, where will he hail from? Perhaps he waits in Númenor and will one day spring out of the sea?" My head snapped around, my eyes begging Boromir to watch his words in front of his uncle. "It is as likely as anywhere else, father," he finished. "Gondor has no king to return."
I let my gaze drift far to the North, beyond where I knew the Argonath stood, beyond the horizon to Arnor, the land of the heirs of Arvedui, last king, home of the heirs of Isildur. Yet they had no claim in Gondor; that had been decided long years ago. Who else was there, then? Usurpers like Thorongil? How then could I tell Boromir that grown men should not ask such boyish questions?
He walked around to face me. "How many years, father?"
"The question is wise," I admitted softly, "but to ask it is foolish. You will be steward after me, and your son after you, until the king returns. And if he never returns, then you and I and our heirs will be stewards until death breaks our line or the world ends. And no one -- not I, nor your people, nor the Valar themselves -- will hold you in any less honour because the minstrels sang of Boromir the valiant Steward of Gondor."
Boromir nodded slowly, the words seeping in. And it was not Boromir son of Denethor who stood before me: for an instant, I saw Eärnur, high king of Gondor. The Shadow might return, but the Valar had sent me a mighty gift with which to fight it. I could not have asked for a more powerful weapon in this, the very hour of Sauron's return, the darkest hour the Faithful had endured this age. The boy was gone, for the moment at least, replaced by a man well suited to what honour would demand of him.
Imrahil approached and handed me a jewel-studded goblet. Boromir knelt without being told, pulled the scabbard and sword from his belt and passed them to his uncle. Imrahil grasped the hilt and held the sword out for me to inspect. I allowed my eyes to rest on the blade for a moment; custom demanded it, though I already knew its worth. Boromir had wielded it for four years already, since the day he joined the guard at sixteen, and it would serve him for many years to come. Today, we would put it to a new use.
I placed the goblet in Boromir's waiting hands, then took his sword and rested the flat of the blade on his shoulder. "In the name of Elendil, and Mardil, and all the Faithful, I name you, Boromir son of Denethor of the line of Húrin, my rightful heir. May your sword keep you and all Gondor safe, may your heart never falter, and may your legacy be a joy when the years have passed you by."
Boromir raised his head at that and met my eyes with a sincere look of his own. "Fealty and service to Gondor, and to her Lord, I now do affirm: to speak and to be silent, to do and to let be, in need or plenty, in my lord's dying and after his dying, from this hour henceforth, until death take me, or the world end. May my feet never falter, my hands ever find righteous work, and my heart stay true to what it holds dear this day. So say I, Boromir son of Denethor, Steward of Gondor."
I lifted the blade and returned it to Imrahil. Laying my hand at the base of the goblet, I raised it to my son's lips. As he drained it I heard Imrahil say behind us, "And so do I, Imrahil, Prince of Dol Amroth and kinsman of the Steward, hear and testify as long as I have breath to do so."
"And so do I also hear," I said at last, resolving not to let the tears welling in my eyes escape down my cheeks. "Though life may be bitter as this wine, may you drain it to the dregs as thoroughly as you have done here today." I took the horn that hung from my own neck and raised it to my lips, sounding it more fiercely than I had ever done before.
The birds in the trees around the edge of the clearing flew from the branches, and a great rush of wings accompanied my last call. Boromir bowed his head, and I settled the baldric around his neck. "Bear this horn to good fortune, my son. Sound it at need and a thousand orcs shall not keep your brothers in arms from your side."
Imrahil took the goblet from Boromir and I placed my hands on his shoulders and drew him up: Boromir or Eärnur or some new mix of the two, son of kings and son of stewards both. He bowed his head and I kissed his brow, contemplating his suddenly mature features. As I stepped back, he lifted his head and smiled at me, before we turned away to the path leading down Mindolluin toward Minas Tirith.
Whatever tomorrow brought, I would not return; whatever counsel I might need I would find elsewhere. 'Twould be sacrilege to spoil a haven such as this with anything so worldly.


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This blog is a journal of the simple living on a small 2 and a half acre farm. The ups and downs. The good and the not so good. Adventures of Hidden Haven animals and some of my own. The sharing of our frugal, hardworking, attempt to be as self sufficient as possible. Please stop by often as we love company!
Love it! I'm going to add it to my blog list.Amy
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