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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
The "Burial Permit Index"
If you search the Family History Library Catalog at FamilySearch.org you will find a resource listed under "Illinois, Cook, Chicago - Vital records – Indexes" called "Indexes to deaths in the city of Chicago during the years 1871 to 1933 : showing name, address and date of death" created by the Chicago Board of Health. It's a very long, descriptive title, but it's somewhat misleading.
It's true that most of the people listed in this index died in Chicago, but the index also includes people who died outside the city. And, in fact, a note in the catalog says, "These indexes are believed to be for burial permits, the actual deaths having occurred both in and outside the city of Chicago, often times out of state." That's probably why some researchers call it the "Burial Permit Index," but that's misleading, too. As far as I've been able to determine, the numbers given in the index don't lead to burial permits; they lead to death certificates and/or death register entries.
For lack of a better title, I often refer to the index as the "Chicago Death Index, 1871-1933" (CDI) as a short way of distinguishing it from the Illinois Statewide Death Index online.
What's the index like?
The CDI is arranged alphabetically by surname, then given name, then death date. For example, a John Smith who died in 1888 will appear before a John Smith who died in 1902 and both will appear before a John C. Smith who died in 1872. Each entry includes a name, a place of death, a death date and a few codes and numbers which I'll talk about later.
What makes this index useful?
I'll list a few answers to this question and then illustrate the points with a case study from the lookups that I did today.
· The index includes deaths between 1871 and 1878 that aren't in the online index. If you find an early entry here, you can be pretty sure that the county clerk's office will be able to provide you with a transcription of the record if you send in a $15 request.
· The index lists place of death. If the death was in Chicago, you'll see a street address. This can be very useful if you're trying to figure out when someone with a common name died if you have a last-known address from a directory or census or other source. If the death was somewhere else, you'll see a city and state. Sometimes people who are buried in Chicago aren't in the online index because they died some place else—like Michigan. A quick check of the CDI can sometimes save a lot of time and frustration trying to pull an index entry out of the online index when it just isn't there. Out-of-town death records for 1909-1915 are available on FHL microfilm. In most cases, though, I think it's best to try to get a copy of the original death record from the place where the person died.
· The index lists stillbirths for some years. (I haven't focused on these entries and so I'm not able to provide additional information about what years are covered or how to find the corresponding records. There are some stillbirths listed with the Illinois Statewide Death Certificates, though.)
· Sometimes names are spelled differently in this index than they are in the online index.
· Sometimes a year is wrong in the online index. Cross-checking with this index can help you figure out where to look for the death record.
So what about the numbers in this index?
This index appears to provide register numbers. For deaths from 1916 forward, the register number is the same as the certificate number from the online index and you can use it to locate the actual record on FHL microfilm.
For deaths between 1878 and 1915 the register number is different from the certificate number and it can't be used (directly) to find a death certificate on FHL microfilm. However, if a name is in the index, it's very likely that there is a corresponding index entry in the online index and it's worth digging for it using Stephen Morse's One Step access if it doesn't pop up immediately.
For deaths between 1908 and 1915, there is a small subset if FHL microfilms arranged by register number as well as an overlapping set arranged by certificate number. The numbers from the CDI can be used to find records on the register number films. (It's not obvious from the FHLC which films these are; it's best to use my key which is available on the Wilmette FHC website.)
So, how about a case study?
Today I was looking for three deaths from the 1890s, none of which seemed to appear in the online index. (I'm going to change the name to Smith but the details remain the same.)
Minnie Smith 9/16/1893
Lilly Smith 1892
August Smith 4/2/1891
Using Stephen Morse's One Step site, I was able to find an index entry for Minnie. She was listed under "Winnie."
I then found two possible matches for Lilly:
In the CDI, one of the two was listed with the same address of death as Minnie—most likely the record the client was searching for.
August was a bit more difficult.
I didn't find any good matches in the online index for him but searching the CDI I found an entry for
Smith Augustus F 4 2 1892 [2 Apr 1892]
The chances of two August[us] Smiths dying on the same day and month are small and so my guess is this is the person the client was searching for even though it was off by a year. (Hopefully the client will be able to tell based on address, occupation, birth place, length of time in Chicago, etc.)
I went back to the online index and was able to pull up the matching entry. It was listed under the initials G. F. but based on the address of death it was the match.
I might have stumbled on the index entry for G. F. if I had looked closely at death dates for every Smith who died between 1890 and 1892 (I often broaden the date range because sometimes dates are wrong) but the Chicago Death Index made the search much simpler.
Now the question is this: If the death certificate just has initials, where did the name listed in the CDI come from? If I figure it out one of these days, I'll post!
2 comments:
- gensearch said...
I have used Stephen Morse's One Step access and I received the following message:
"1 records were found.
0 of them satisfy the additional constraints and are shown below."
What does "0 of them satisfy the additional constraints and are shown below" mean?
No record was shown below.
Thank you.
- Cynthia said...
When you get the 1 record found, 0 satisfy the additional constraints, then I think it means that the name was located but something like age or year of death didn't match what you were looking for.
One thing that happens to me--I'll look for "John Smith" 1930-1940 and get no results and think, "How odd!" Then I'll realize that I've left the form searching the records to 1915 and of course there are no matches!
Thanks for the comment, gensearch.
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The Fourth of July is beer's annual breakout party, with weekly sales often surpassing $1 billion around Independence Day. So when the Fifth of July falls on a weekday like this year, employers are advised to, well, manage their expectations.
Excessive drinking costs the economy more than $220 billion -- or about $1.90 per drink, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which studies the negative externalities of alcohol consumption each decade. Seventy-two percent of the costs came from lost workplace productivity, according to the 2006 survey, which suggests that the economic drag from hangovers is about $160 billion (... also the total cost of natural catastrophes in 2012.)
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John Baldessari: Pure Beauty
John Baldessari is one of the most influential American artists working today. This long overdue retrospective will feature more than 150 works spanning the artist's career from 1962 to the present day, and include works on canvas, photography, videos and artist's books. Baldessari's text and image paintings from the mid-1960s are widely recognized as among the earliest examples of Conceptual Art, while his 1980s photo compositions derived from film stills rank as pivotal to the development of appropriation art and other practices that address the social and cultural impact of mass culture. Throughout and continuing today, Baldessari's interest in language, both written and visual, raises questions about the nature of communication. The exhibition is curated by LACMA's Leslie Jones, Prints and Drawings, with Jessica Morgan, Contemporary Art, at Tate Modern. It will also feature a special installation conceived just for this retrospective.
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This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in association with Tate Modern, London. Additional support for the Los Angeles presentation was provided by LACMA's Wallis Annenberg Director's Endowment Fund and the Jamie and Steve Tisch Foundation Inc. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. In-kind media support provided by KCRW.
Tetrad Series: What Was Seen, 1999, digital print and acrylic on canvas, 94 x 94 in. (238.8 x 238.8 cm) overall, collection of Craig Robins, Miami, © 2009 John Baldessari, photo courtesy of Baldessari Studio.
The Director's Series: Michael Govan and John Baldessari
LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director Michael Govan in conversation with renowned contemporary artist John Baldessari. Michael Govan and John Baldessari talk about the artist's collaborations with LACMA, including his acclaimed design for the Magritte and Contemporary Art installation, LACMA's new logo, the large-scale banners seen along Wilshire Boulevard, and next summer's retrospective of his work.


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With Connacht confirming that they no longer intend to take part, the Interprovincial Series could be dead in the water.
This year's competition was scrapped in August after Connacht revealed that they would not be putting forward a team and - speaking to RTE this morning - their provincial council secretary John Prenty may have sounded the death knell for the competition formerly known as the Railway Cup:
"We feel it has run its course and we decided at the beginning of the year that we wouldn't compete this year. I don't think we'll take part again but what the other three provinces will do again I don't know."
The Railway Cup used to attract huge crowds in its prime and it was viewed as the ultimate honour for a player to represent his province. But it has struggled to find a place in the GAA calendar since the club finals took its traditional St Patricks Day slot.
Things got even worse when it was switched from February to December, with only 150 people attending last year's football final in Carrick-on-Shannon, where Pete McGrath's Ulster took the silverware.


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BEIJING, March 27 (UPI) -- The Chinese government is considering a measure to ban cigarette sales on May 31, World No Tobacco Day, officials said.
In addition to the ban, which has been called a symbolic measure, officials are looking to add to the list of areas where smoking is prohibited. The anti-smoking draft regulation will be published Friday for public review.
The draft also would ban in outdoor areas at hospitals and universities, as well as ticket offices and waiting areas in bus and rail stations.
Suo Chao, spokesman for the Chinese Association for Tobacco Control, said the well-meaning World No Tobacco Day ban will not curtail smoking in the country, which has the third-lowest tobacco tax rate in the world.
"It's well-meant but hardly any effect can be shown from a one-day resolution," Suo told China Daily.
China is the world's top tobacco producer, home to 35 percent of the world's smokers. About 1.2 million Chinese die of tobacco-related diseases every year.


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"Zuma did it again." Gertruida issues the flat statement with an air of despondency.
Boggel puts down the Cactus Jack in front of her, raises an eyebrow. "Another wedding? Twins? More improvements at Inkandla?"
"No, Boggel. He'll need the services of an orthopaedic surgeon this time." She takes a swig, sighs happily, "Boy, am I glad we live in Rolbos. At least we're too unimportant to notice, otherwise he would have had a dig at us, too."
"What are you going on about, Gertruida? You don't make sense…" The question marks in Servaas' eyes are all too plain to see.
"Our dear president," she pauses a second to emphasise her point, "has just said that Africans should not have pets. And if they do, they shouldn't take them to a vet. And may I remind you his massive complex is situated in KwaZulu Natal, one of the places with the highest incidence of Rabies. Oh, and he didn't stop there. He said Africans should stop trying to be White. Only White Africans are supposed to keep pets – it's a bad habit. According to him, straightening hair is a denial of their heritage. He wants to implement a program to 'correct' the thoughts of the younger generation – so they can learn how to be African again."
"But that has been the purpose of other governments in the past, as well. I mean: to 'educate' the population to think correctly. Go look at the history of Europe, you'll find it there." Sammie doesn't like politics or discussing it. He says Jews have suffered enough – he wants to be left in peace, that's why he set up shop in Rolbos.
"Yes, and he lashed out at the fashion industry as well. Said women shouldn't use facial creams, especially if it lightens their complexion. And that young girls should have children, because it'll teach them to be mothers."
"That must have been quite a speech," Kleinpiet shakes his head, "was he sober?"
"Ag man, he usually makes funny statements. A few years ago he said he cannot tolerate gays. I don't think he always follows a prepared speech – he simply rocks up at a meeting – any meeting – and says whatever comes to his mind. And you know what? People love it. They cheer themselves hoarse and sing his praises. Then they go home to feed their dogs and pets – and put on skin-lightening cream while they straighten their hair. It's all a show, Kleinpiet. Just a show."
"So why, Gertruida," Boggel brings her back to her initial statement, "would he need an orthopaedic surgeon? It sounds more like he needs lessons in diplomacy?"
"It's called the incurable and highly contagious oropedal deformity, Boggel. It's an extremely serious condition for people with a high public profile. In fact, it's often the cause of a spectacular fall from esteem, tending to end up with them flat on their faces." This, she can see, is way over the heads of her little audience. "It's a form of foot-and-mouth disease, guys. When it's in that deep, only a qualified surgeon will be able to dislodge the foot from the mouth. There's only one condition with a worse prognosis: the infamous cranio-anal malformation."
Of course, she doesn't have to explain any further. If you've lived in South Africa long enough, the antics of politicians can't surprise you any more. And we don't laugh about it anymore, as well.
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Lawyers for a Rancho Cucamonga woman suing Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center are asking the state Supreme Court to require the hospital's review board to release medical records they say will help them prove their case.
The patient, April Cabana, alleges that the hospital subjected her to an experimental procedure without her knowledge or consent. The hospital claims state law does not require it to release the documents.
Cabana's attorneys filed their request earlier this month.
The court is expected to determine within 60 to 90 days if it will hear the matter, said Cabana's attorney, Bijan Esfandiari.
The state's highest court only reviews 5 percent to 10 percent of the cases sent its way, said Esfandiari, who expects to be granted a hearing.
"I think (we) have a good chance," he said.
Cabana's lawyers are seeking documents from the hospital's internal review board. The board would have had to approve Cabana's procedure, Esfandiari said.
|Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
"Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center is pleased that the Appellate Court ruled in our favor in this law suit," said Kathy Roche, a hospital spokeswoman. "We don't believe the plaintiff's petition to a higher court has any merit."
Some hospital records are protected, especially if they involve physicians' reviews of their colleagues' performance, Esfandiari acknowledged.
He plans to argue, however, that Cabana is seeking records related to medical research that are not subjected to confidentiality law but those being sought involve research, Esfandiari said.
Cabana's lawyers filed the lawsuit in July 2011. The suit names Dr. Ali Mesiwala, who treated Cabana, the hospital and a medical device manufacturer.
The case is expected to go to trial in May 2013.
By Monica Rodriguez, Staff Writer, firstname.lastname@example.com, 909-483-9336, Twitter @PomonaNow
Source: The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin


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The Charter Review Committee will present its recommendations to the City Council on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. in the Art Pick Council Chamber.
On February 18, and May 17, 2011, the Mayor and City Council appointed the following Riverside residents to a seventeen-member Charter Review Committee:
Charter Review Committee meetings will be open to the public. Agendas and Minutes of the Committee's work will be posted as their work commences.
Click here to send comments to the Charter Review Committee.
For further information, contact the City Clerk's Office at 951-826-5557.
3900 Main St. 7th Floor
Riverside, CA 92522
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It makes sense that while I've been overwhelmed with the rest of my life lately, the one matter I've somehow made time to post about, is the one topic that vegan Portland is jumping up and down about: the downtown opening of our very own Veggie Grill.
It's the growing chain that offers more than just novelty – Veggie Grill boasts the delicious normalization of vegan food in mainstream America.
Most importantly, the Veggie Grill in legitimate downtown Portland is NOW OPEN. The sneak peaks were held last week, and the very grand opening just happens to be today, June 6th, 2012. As usual, the location is shiny and new and sending countless people home with bellies full of soy chicken burgers and kale every single day. That's what you really need to know.
Mac-N-Cheese and much more ahead…
I would say I became a Veggie Grill fanatic back in January, when sure, they invited myself and a few other Portland area food bloggers for a weekend tasting event down in Los Angeles. I had stopped by for a meal here and there on past visits to the area, and I enjoyed it, but the devotion was official while sampling nearly every thing they offered, including knife & fork items that were recently developed, while meeting the founders and head chefs. I had returned from a month-long escapade to Southeast Asia mere days before, and looking back, I realize their American vegan cuisine could not have come into my life at a better time. I remember people asking me if there was anything I had missed, vegan wise, while spending a month expanding my life and culinary horizons, and the only thing that came to mind was nooch sauce and seitan tenders. Cue nachos. Cue tenders.
Most recently, I've had the pleasure – the tasty, tasty pleasure, of attending two Veggie Grill events in the past couple of weeks.
Let's start with the most recent, the sneak peek of the much-awaited downtown Portland locale on SW Taylor & 5th.
Janessa's Thai Chickin' Salad
Without a doubt, my new favorite item is the B-Wing Salad, with Buffalo glazed wings and creamy ranch dressing.
All Hail Kale Salad, Bayou Chickin' Sandwich. All Veggie Grill chickin' is a Gardein-ish substance, which trust me, tastes way better than that sounds.
Near definitive Veggie Grill Feasting ™
The gluten-free Urban Plate, featuring an entire portobello mushroom on top of tempeh and caramelized onions.
Uptown Nachos: an easy favorite
Veggie Grill offers both beer and root beer
A week or two before the downtown opening, Michele, Janessa and myself traveled all the way to Beaverton for a new menu items tasting. The things we do for Veggie Grill access! We were joined by Kristin, from Beaverton-based blog Our Ordinary Life, for a family style debut of B-wing Salad, VG Rollers, the Blackened Chickin' Plate, "Crab" Cakes and a couple of other dishes we'd been fortunate enough to have a sneak peek of back in January. Bring it on.
Behold, a sign of great hope in the suburbs. How much better is this than a TGI Friday's or a Subway?!? At least 200x.
Serious preparation
Once again, more glorious Veggie Grill Feasting ™ lays ahead…
My adorable VVC cohorts and fellow Veggie Grill enthusiasts, Michele & Janessa. Appropriately hiding behind a menu.
Another brand new item: VG Roller, spicy tortilla bites with blackened chickin', cabbage & zesty Santa Fe spread.
Also new, the "Crab" Cake with tartar sauce. Intriguingly chickin' of the sea-like.
Time to bring on the kale – the Blackened Chickin' Plate, one of the newer homestyle, fork & knife plates on the menu.
Instant classic? The Crispy Chickin' Plate with cauliflower mashed potatoes and porcini gravy. Don't you just want to cover it in nooch?
Another encore: The Urban Plate
I can't get enough! This was first time trying the B-Wing Salad. I even brought one home for my girlfriend. She's had it twice new, and declares it "the best thing on the menu. Obviously". I concur.
Ed Casey insisted we try their staff-inspired Mac-N-Cheese paired with the bonus spoonfuls of basil & garlic pomodoro and pesto. I'm glad that Michele was there to remind me about my silly little nut allergy and I stuck to the pomodoro with my mac – delish!
VGF™ in progress
Michele liked the crab cake so much she went for a full order. Nice.
Ah, dessert. The new chocolate pudding parfait awaits.
Tah dah! Digesting with Janessa.
Hold up, carrot cake.
Til we meet again, Veggie Grill!
As in…tonight, for dinner.
Full disclaimer: All dishes featured in this post were courtesy of Veggie Grill.


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by John Goralski
Sports Writer
Defenders knew that Southington would come out throwing in the mid-1950s, but nobody could stop them. Opponents knew that Southington's runners would be circling around the off-balanced line, but no one could contain them. Southington's opponents knew who they had to reach to stop the single-wing offense. The question was, how to do it?
Joe Llodra was always in the way. He led the rush as the pulling guard and rolled over defenseman as running backs sprinted into the open field. He battered back blitzes to free up the pass, but his name never graced a headline.
Llodra was Southington's secret weapon.
"If he didn't make a play, any run to the outside was not going to be successful," said former Southington High School standout Ray Thorpe. "That pulling guard position was probably the most significant position in the single wing, especially with our unbalanced line. We always favored running to the right."
Joe Llodra was the key to everything that happened on the field. An all-state guard on offense and defense, Llodra was the unsung hero on every single play. Southington went undefeated in 1954, and Llodra was the reason. His teammates knew it. The fans knew it, and by the end of each game the losing team would know it.
"Joe was a real leader," said Andy Meade, the quarterback on Southington's 1954 team. "Whether it was practice, a game, or whatever, he would just play his heart out. He was very vocal to stir the team on. It was constant. He played hard in practice and the game. He was just dominant."
Llodra said that he fell in love with the game of football long before he arrived at the high school. He remembers scrambling through a make-shift game with his childhood friends using a potato for a ball. He dreamed of playing at the high school, and he still remembers fighting for the right to play at his very first high school practice.
"Every day Jay Fontana would open a bag and dumped a bunch of helmets out on the ground, and all the freshmen went in and started fighting for them," he said. "There weren't enough helmets for the freshmen, so if you got a helmet you got to play at practice that day. At the end of the day, you put it back in the bag. There was a message there. If you wanted to play, you had to be hungry."
Llodra rarely missed a practice. By mid-season, he had worked his way into the starting lineup as a special team player. At the end of his freshman season, he had already earned his first varsity letter.
"To my knowledge, he was the only four-year letter guy at the time. He won a starting spot as a freshman, and I think that speaks volumes about him," said Thorpe. "He was a pretty big guy, but he had a great understanding of the fundamentals. He was a tough player, and he was strong. Then, he was a smart player and a good leader."
Llodra didn't care what he had to do. He just wanted to play. As a sophomore he served as quarterback, a blocking position in the single wing offense. As a junior, he moved up to center because he could spiral the ball better than any blocker in the shotgun-style offense, but it was his senior season as captain and pulling guard that drew scouts to the small, blue-collar community.
At 5 foot, 10 inches and approaching 200 pounds, Llodra was the perfect size and speed for most college programs. An assistant coach from Boston University showed interest. He was contacted by alumni from Brown and Holy Cross. Llodra had never considered going to college, so the upperclassmen threw himself into freshman classes just to catch up. He attended morning and afternoon classes during Southington's split sessions, and earned himself a scholarship to Fordham University in New York.
"Rose Hill is a neat looking campus in the middle of the Bronx. You'd never know that you were in a borough of the city, and I said that this was where I wanted to go," he said. "Shortly after that, they dropped football. Where the heck was I supposed to go? I decided to go to UConn."
It was a decision that changed Llodra's life. As a sophomore, he battled his way into the starting lineup as UConn rallied for three undefeated seasons in the old Yankee Conference. Once again, Llodra blocked for the skill players. Once again, he rose past them to be named captain. Along the way, he continued to study the game of football from his perspective on the offensive line. When his playing time came to an end, Llodra wasn't ready to walk away.
"I liked football. I loved sports, so I thought I'd become a teacher and a coach," he said. "I thought that coaching would be a neat thing to do. It was something I liked to do. I always figured that I should do what I loved and love what I do. And I did."
In 1960, Llodra was named as the freshman line coach at UConn under former head coach Bob Engels. Over the next five years, he coached at Southington High School, Greenwich High School, and eventually moved to Massachusetts when a head football coaching position opened up at Adams High School, but Llodra began to stretch his skills beyond the gridiron. At Greenwich, he coached the baseball team to their first and only state title. In the winters, he coached their freshman basketball team.
It didn't matter what sports he embraced, Llodra had a knack for coaching. "It's how you relate to people," he said. "Whether it's coaching or being an athletic director, if people you are working with know that you're sincere and really care about them, you are going to have some success. IF you're a phony baloney, people will see that."
By the mid-1960s, Massachusetts lured the Southington native across the border. He served as head football coach at Adams High School for one season. He served as the coach at Drury High School in North Adams the following year. Soon, college coaches came calling again, and Llodra left the high school ranks to try his hand at college football.
"I really wanted to be a college coach. That way, I could spend all of my time on football. That was my love. It was the other woman in my life, but once I got up there I hated it," he said. "You couldn't have warm feelings for a kid that couldn't help you to win because, if you didn't win, you'd get fired. In my third year, I knew that something was wrong. I mean, I love football, but I hated that job. I was so unhappy that I decided to go back to high school."
Once again, he packed up his family and returned to Massachusetts. In 1970, he was hired as the varsity coach at Chicopee Comprehensive High School, and he served with the Chicopee school system through his retirement in December 2000.
Boston Red Sox sports writer Ron Chimelis was a student at Chicopee Comp in 1970. "He came in with a tough, no-nonsense, but fair reputation that under the circumstances was very well received," he said. "Llodra built a winning attitude at Comp and encouraged quality athletes to play the sport. In the early 1970s, he reached one high school Super Bowl and nearly another, and also defeated Chicopee High twice after Comp had lost to its cross town rival seven years in a row,"
Once again, Llodra stretched his coaching skills beyond the football field. When school officials threatened to disband the floundering swimming program, Llodra stepped in to save it.
"They were going under water. I think we only had something like three swimmers, but we knew that once you lost a program you'd never get it back," he said. "I had them work hard, and we kept attracting other kids. We even won the division a couple of times—both the boys and the girls, and that was neat. It's really all about the kids. They keep you young. You develop relationships, and that's the best part about it."
Llodra spent six years as the swimming coach at Chicopee Comp. He spent six years with the girls track team and 10 years with the football team. His reputation as a jack-of-all-trades helped open the door for Llodra's next career—administration.
Llodra moved across town to serve as faculty manager at Chicopee High School from 1990 to 1995 and rose up to the level of athletic director for both Chicopee programs in 1995.
"The interesting part of Joe is how he changed with the times," said Chimelis. "As years passed, he became more accepting of a different philosophy among his kids—hair length is one example that comes to mind—yet without sacrificing the values of hard work and the expectation of commitment. From an 'old school'' coach, he became a respected modern coach, not an easy transition to make."
It's no surprise that the selection committee chose Llodra for induction into the Southington's Sports Hall of Fame.
"Once you're a Blue Knight, you're always a Blue Knight," said Llodra. "It feels very good to be inducted into the hall of fame, but I'm really honored that they're inducting the 1954 football team. That was certainly a special year in all of our lives."
On Thursday, Nov. 8, he will be honored in a ceremony at the Aqua Turf. Llodra will be inducted for his own contributions and as a member of the 1954 football team. For tickets, contact Jim Verderame at (860) 628-7335.
To comment on this story or to contact sports writer John Goralski, email him at email@example.com.


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Phil Rizzuto
Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto, who overcame his diminutive size to become a key contributor to numerous New York Yankees championships and followed his playing career with a lengthy and entertaining stint in the team's broadcast booth, died Tuesday August 14. He was 89.
Rizzuto's playing and broadcasting careers were in contrast with each other. As a player, Rizzuto had the reputation for being an alert, heads-up competitor with keen baseball instincts that eventually earned him a place in the Hall of Fame. Behind the microphone, he was at times oblivious to the events on the field; nevertheless, his lack of polish as an announcer was ignored by generations of Yankees fans who accepted his eccentricities the way family members do an amusing relative.
In many ways, the Yankees were Rizzuto's family. Except for a three-year stretch in the United States Navy (1943-45) during World War II, Rizzuto was the Yankees' regular shortstop from 1941 into the 1956 season, when he retired under somewhat disagreeable circumstances. The next year, he began a broadcasting career that would run 40 seasons through 1996, the first year of the Yankees' most recent stretch of success under manager Joe Torre.
In retirement, Rizzuto frequently returned to Yankee Stadium to throw out ceremonial first pitches on special occasions. After Derek Jeter's famous shuttle toss home in the 2001 American League Championship Series, Rizzuto mimicked the play, in tribute to the current Yankees shortstop, rather than throwing from the mound, to the delight of the Stadium crowd.
Rizzuto was part of the Yankees' dynastic years of the 1940s and '50s that included a record five straight World Series championships from 1949 through 1953. It was during that period that Rizzuto was an American League Most Valuable Player, in 1950, a year after he finished second in the voting to Ted Williams. In his 13 seasons with the Yankees, Rizzuto played in nine World Series and was on the winning side seven times. He was a rookie on the Yankees' 1941 championship team that beat the Brooklyn Dodgers for the first of five times in the Series before losing to their Flatbush rivals in 1955, Rizzuto's last postseason appearance.
Among the highest compliments paid Rizzuto came from Williams, who frequently said the Boston Red Sox might have been in all those World Series had Rizzuto been on their side. As a member of the Hall's Veterans Committee, Williams lobbied hard for Rizzuto's enshrinement in Cooperstown, N.Y., which became reality in 1994. Rizzuto had been the oldest living Hall of Famer. That distinction now belongs to former American League president Lee MacPhail, with former second baseman Bobby Doerr the oldest living Hall of Fame player.
Friends said that Rizzuto felt a personal wound 10 years earlier when his Dodgers counterpart, Pee Wee Reese, who was also a good friend, was elected by the Veterans Committee to the Hall, believing that they should have gone in together. Rizzuto simply refused to talk about the Hall after than until the day of his induction, when no one could shut him up -- thankfully. Rizzuto's speech was a delightful ramble without a shred of pretense, filled with recollections of his well-known superstitions and phobias, all the while fanning the air with his hands to shoo away annoying flies.
Yankees fans over the years learned about Rizzuto's love of golf and Italian food, especially pastry, and his fear of snakes, rodents, insects and lightning. He also hated traffic and bolted to the press elevator as if running out a base hit to get to the parking lot for a hasty exit out of the Stadium lot and over the George Washington Bridge to his longtime home in Hillside, NJ.
Rizzuto broke away from his play-by-play or analysis to wish happy birthday to fans and friends, many of whom ran restaurants and bakeries and often sent him treats, notably boxes of canolis which he shared with writers and others in the press box. If he missed a play, he'd write in his scorecard "WW," for "wasn't watching." He spoke fondly of his devoted wife, Cora, perhaps the only person he never described as a "huckleberry."
Both as a player and broadcaster, Rizzuto seldom referred to teammates or colleagues by their first name, with the exceptions of Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford. For them, Rizzuto used no last name. He once opened a Yankees telecast by announcing himself as Bill White, Rizzuto's partner at the time. White, who later was the president of the National League, said, "That was the only time in 18 years I heard him mention my first name."
Rizzuto received the nickname "Scooter" while in the minor leagues, from fellow infielder Billy Hitchcock, who later managed in the Majors. Hitchcock took note of Rizzuto's short legs and said, "You ain't runnin', you're scootin.'" Another nickname Rizzuto had in the politically incorrect past was "Little Dago," a derogatory term for men of Italian descent, but in a way it, too, was a compliment, since it was a play on "Big Dago," which was what many opponents called Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio.
One of the more poignant stories about how much of a loner DiMaggio was came from Rizzuto. On the day Joe D.'s 56-game hitting streak ended in 1941, Rizzuto offered to take DiMaggio out because he knew his teammate was upset. DiMaggio asked Rizzuto to loan him $20 and then went into the night alone.
Being little was something Rizzuto could not deny. Even in an era when many players were not six feet tall, Rizzuto was spare of build at 5-foot-6 and less than 160 pounds. He was athletic, however, and carved out a career as one of baseball's best defensive shortstops and base runners and mastered the lost art of bunting. The five-time All-Star's .273 career batting average was well-earned.
According to the record books, Fiero Francis Rizzuto was born September 25, 1917 in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of a streetcar conductor. However, Rizzuto once told New York Daily News baseball columnist Bill Madden that he had lied about his age by a year after some players told him it would add a year to his career. Scooter played both baseball and football at Richmond Hill High School in Queens and had dreams of playing baseball for a living, which was nearly shattered when he failed to impress the Dodgers, his favorite team, in a 1937 tryout.
"I just got out of high school, and Casey Stengel was managing the Dodgers," Rizzuto recalled in 2000 for the Hall of Fame's Legend Series. "He took one look at me, and I will never forget this -- I would never let him forget this, either -- he said, 'Listen, kid, you better go and get yourself a shoeshine box. That is the only way you'll make a living.' I was going out to Ebbets Field to try to impress someone. I was crushed. And then the Yankees called me. They had a one-week tryout camp. It was a little bit of what they could see, what you could do. And you could play a game every day. It was a good thing I knew how to bunt and steal, although I did hit one in the seats. I hit a home run down the left field line, it hit the foul pole, and so the Yankees signed me to a contract."
Rizzuto would be reunited with Stengel when Casey became the Yankees' manager in 1949, by which time Scooter had established himself as one of the AL's most reliable players. Joe McCarthy was the manager when Rizzuto joined the team in 1941 and hit .307 in 133 games. The only other time Scooter batted over .300 was in his MVP season of 1950, when he hit .324 with 200 hits and 125 runs.
Stengel moved Rizzuto from the bottom of the lineup to the top, where he usually batted second and occasionally led off. Rizzuto's bunting ability helped him lead the AL in sacrifices for four consecutive seasons, He was among the top five basestealers seven times. Gold Gloves for fielding were not given out until 1957, ther year after Rizzuto retired as a player, but he likely would have won several. He led the AL in double plays and chances three times each, in fielding percentage and putout twice apiece and in assists once.
"My best pitch is anything the batter grounds, lines or pops in the direction of Rizzuto," teammate Vic Raschi once said.
Rizzuto lost his hold on the position in 1954 when he hit only .195 with 15 RBI in 307 at-bats, and Stengel used Willie Miranda and Jerry Coleman often at shortstop. Billy Hunter actually played more games at shortstop than Rizzuto in 1955, but Scooter started all seven games of that World Series, although he was removed for a pinch-hitter in three games.
The end of the line for Rizzuto as a player came on Old-Timers Day at the Stadium August 25, 1956, the same day the Yankees claimed outfielder Enos Slaughter off waivers from the Kansas City Athletics. Rizzuto met with club officials, who were discussing ways to get Slaughter on the 25-man roster that had to be cemented within the week for his eligibility for a possible World Series.
Rizzuto realized that he was the player the Yankees intended to release, which they did. He maintained that Stengel and general manager George Weiss reneged on a promise that if the Yankees made the Series, Rizzuto would be put on the roster as the backup for Gil McDougald, the regular shortstop, but Hunter was kept instead.
Little did Rizzuto realize at the time that his years with the Yankees were not over. Rizzuto toyed with the idea of joining the Giants' broadcast team but decided against it when he heard the club intended to move from New York to San Francisco after the 1957 season. Instead, at the urging of the Ballantine Brewing Company, which sponsored the Yankees' games on radio and TV, Rizzuto was added to the booth with legendary announcers Mel Allen and Red Barber.
Although Rizzuto occasionally came into the booth when he was out of the lineup due to injury, he was not welcomed warmly as a colleague by the two veteran broadcasters -- even Allen, who had witnessed nearly every game of Scooter's career. Rizzuto believed Allen and Barber resented him because of his inexperience. Former players such as Harry Heilman and Dizzy Dean found success in the broadcast booth, but Rizzuto was a first in the media capital of New York.
Yet it was precisely his unsophisticated manner and nasally Brooklyn accent endeared him to Yankees fans over the years. He refused to give up his "Holy Cow!" call that had been used first by another broadcasting legend, Harry Caray, because it was a phrase Rizzuto had used since childhood to avoid swearing. Anything that was part of Phil Rizzuto was part of his broadcast.
Rizzuto's first media appearance occurred on February 2, 1950, when he was the initial mystery guest on "What's My Line?" Rizzuto appeared several more times as a panelist on the popular game show that ran on CBS every Sunday night for 17 years. He did commercials for various products, and for a number of years was spokesman for a loan company known as The Money Store.
Among Rizzuto's most famous calls were Roger Maris' 61st home run in 1961 and Chris Chambliss' pennant-clinching homer in the 1976 AL Championship Series. Scooter became so identified with the Yankees that the singer Meat Loaf asked him to record some play-by-play for use in the 1977 song "Paradise by the Dashboard Light."
His uniform No. 10 was retired by the Yankees Aug. 4, 1985 on Phil Rizzuto Day, but he ended up being upstaged by Tom Seaver, who pitched his 300th career victory that afternoon for the Chicago White Sox. Rizzuto never failed to bring that up to Seaver during their eight years as partners on Yankees telecasts from 1989 to 1996.
In 1993, a book edited by Tom Peyer and Hart Seely, "Holy Cow!: The Selected Verse of Phil Rizzuto," featured portions of Scooter's stream of conscience broadcasts in the form of poetry.
Rizzuto once said on the air upon learning of the death of Pope Paul VI, "Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankee win."
So does the passing of Phil Rizzuto.


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DailyDirt: Talking Animals Are Real
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Parrots are well-known as non-human animals that can speak our language with some degree of intelligence, but there are a few other examples of animals that can perform similar feats. So far, the vocalizations of these animals are a bit difficult to understand, but it's clear that there are some non-human species that want to imitate us. Before anyone else says it... I, for one, welcome our new _____ overlords.
- An Asian elephant named Koshik can say five Korean words -- "annyong" ("hello"), "anja" ("sit down"), "aniya" ("no"), "nuo" ("lie down") and "choah" ("good"). This 22-year-old male elephant was born in captivity, and this may be the first time researchers have heard an elephant use its trunk to modify its vocalizations. [url]
- Some dog owners have trained their dogs to speak short English words and phrases. In a few more (hundred) generations of human-directed breeding, maybe we'll have dogs that are fluent in human languages. [url]
- Hoover the seal was famous for being the first non-human mammal to speak recognizable English words. He lived at the New England Aquarium and spoke with a thick Bostonian accent.... [url]
- Beluga whales are sometimes referred to as "sea canaries" because they're so vocal, but now there's recorded evidence that at least one of these creatures can mimic human speech. A beluga whale in captivity didn't actually say anything recognizable, but it made sounds in an audible range of normal human speech -- which is much lower than usual whale noises. [url]


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Never has an episode of Homeland garnered such contrasting responses. For some, like Esquire's Alex Berenson, it was a disappointment: Berenson reckoned it "featured some of the lousiest dialogue Homeland has had, flat speeches with painfully obvious subtexts." (Vulture's Matt Zoller Seitz said the "episode felt a bit like 90210 with security clearance," though, as he noted, that might be a realistic portrayal of the CIA these days.) Meanwhile, Grantland's Andy Greenwald called it his favorite episode of the season. He noted that like "The Weekend," Episode 7 of Season 1, which was also written by Meredith Stiehm, "Carrie and Brody found themselves Frenching amid foliage, turning each other on by toying with the truth. … And once again Saul accompanied Aileen Morgan on a critical, one-way journey."
Hitfix's Alan Sepinwall spotted some similarities among the show's characters:
Brody and Aileen are both all-American types who, for different reasons and under different circumstances, wound up working with Abu Nazir. Both have suffered great loss as a result of that decision: Aileen's husband was gunned down by the very organization they were a part of, Brody endured years of physical and mental torture and later had to murder his partner (for the second time, as far as he was concerned). And both are now deeply unhappy with who and what they've become as a result of their choices: one a literal prisoner of the government, one figuratively.
Slate commenter Kristen Roupenian also focused on those characters' odd connection:
[T]he most powerful part of the hour, was the parallel between Aileen and Brody: both locked for years in a box underground and both broken by the experience, but Brody, unlike Aileen, holding on, at least, to the courage to live. He says that doesn't make him a hero, but by the end of the episode, I started thinking it did.
Among the many plaudits for Mandy Patinkin's performance as Saul Berenson, Time's James Poniewozik was particularly perceptive:
The events of last season have left Saul in his own form of solitary confinement, alone without his wife; has he been kidding himself to believe he could survive that? The episode shows off Mandy Patinkin's brilliant, understated character work; he manages to show what effort it takes for Saul to maintain his constant front of unflappability, which makes it all the more effective when it fails him.
Finally, commenter BriefWit asks a question I've pondered myself:
Why can't the show bring interesting characters and/or actors back and keep them for more than one episode? First, the tailor, now Aileen Morgan. There was much more potential for her. A Caucasian American wife who becomes a zealous acolyte of Islamic fundamentalism begs for exposition almost as much as an American POW does. Plus the actress who plays her is quite good.
Marin Ireland is indeed a wonderful actress. It's a shame there's now no chance of her returning—except, perhaps, in a flashback.


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# DPorts background:
DPorts and pkgng
-Dports is
an effort to use FreeBSD's ports system as a base for DragonFly, and the pkg tool as a way to manage binary packages built from DPorts. This is complicated, so I'll explain each part in order
+Dports is
DragonFly's own third-party software build system. It is based on FreeBSD's Ports Collection. Differences between ports and DPorts are intentionally kept to a minimum, both to maintain familiarity for mutual users of both operating systems and also to leverage the tremendous amount of work the FreeBSD contributors put into ports. DPorts can and does feature ports unique to DragonFly, so it's truly a native system
-FreeBSD ports are a FreeBSD-specific collection of software installation files that automate building 3rd-party software on FreeBSD. You've probably already heard of them. (Note there's no mention of DragonFly.)
+The __pkgng__ tool called "pkg" is a modern and fast binary package manager. It was developed for FreeBSD, but PC-BSD used it in production first, followed soon after by DragonFly. In the future, it will be the only binary package manager on FreeBSD, just it is the only port manager in DPorts.
DPorts is a collection of files that map to existing FreeBSD ports, and contain any changes necessary to make that port also build on DragonFly. Many of those programs build without changes on DragonFly. DPorts builds from source
__pkgng__ is not a replacement for port management tools like `ports-mgmt/portmaster` or `ports-mgmt/portupgrade`. While `ports-mgmt/portmaster` and `ports-mgmt/portupgrade` can install third-party software from both binary packages and DPorts, __pkgng__ installs only binary packages. On the other hand, many people use __pkgng__ by itself and never install the optional portupgrade or portmaster tools
-pkg is used for package management, and is usable on FreeBSD, PC-BSD, and on DragonFly. The binary packages produced from building with DPorts can be installed from remote locations and managed separately using pkg, so that software upgrades and installation can be performed with binaries only. (It's much faster that way.)
+## Getting started with pkgng
-Every port seen in DPorts is known to build on DragonFly. A port is added only after it builds successfully, using poudriere as a bulk software tool. Ports are only updated to a newer version when that newer version builds, too, so once something arrives in DPorts, it should never break from being updated at some point in the future.
+DragonFly daily snapshots and Releases (starting with 3.4) come with __pkgng__ already installed. Upgrades from earlier releases, however, will not have it. If the "pkg" program is missing on the system for any reason, it can be quickly bootstrapped without having to build it from source or even having dports installed:
-## Installing packages.
+ # make pkg-bootstrap
+ # rehash
+ # pkg-static install -y pkg
+ # rehash
-The 3.4 Release of DragonFly is the first to provide official repositories. It also provides pkg and pkg.conf preinstalled with the release repository pre-selected.
+If pkgsrc has ever been installed on the system, make sure all binaries produced by it have been removed:
-The /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf is predefined as:
+ # rm -rf /usr/pkg
- PACKAGESITE: http://avalon.dragonflybsd.org/dports/${ABI}/RELEASE
+Currently it's necessary to manually install the configuration file, but this requirement should disappear in the future. After installing the configuration file, you may want to open it up and edit it to select a different mirror.
-The user would first run "pkg update" to download the inventory from the PACKAGES. From there the user can browse the repository, install packages, etc. "pkg help" and "man pkg" has a wealth of information and much of the FreeBSD handbook is pertinent: [5.5 Using pkgng for Binary Package Management](http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/pkgng-intro.html).
+## Configuring pkgng
The RELEASE repository is static, but the LATEST repository is periodically updated. If bleeding edge is what you want, change pkg.conf to reflect that
Older versions of pkgng saved their configuration at /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf; this file made reference to a PACKAGESITE. pkgng will still work based on this file, but will output errors
- PACKAGESITE: http://avalon.dragonflybsd.org/dports/${ABI}/LATEST
+ # pkg update
+ pkg: PACKAGESITE in pkg.conf is deprecated. Please create a repository configuration file
+ Updating repository catalogue
+ pkg: Warning: use of http:// URL scheme with SRV records is deprecated: switch to pkg+http://
DragonFly 3.5 users can also use pre-build binary packages, but they will need to override the ABI in pkg.conf
If you do __not__ see these errors, then skip to "Now, navigate to `/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/`", otherwise
- ABI: dragonfly:3.4:x86:32 # for i386 platform
- ABI: dragonfly:3.4:x86:64 # for x86-64 platform
+Listen to the errors: hash out the packagesite line, save the file, and move on. This can be done with vi:
There are already a few mirrors available which can be set in
# vi /usr/local/etc/
-* North America: http://avalon.dragonflybsd.org/dports/${ABI}/LATEST
-* Europe: http://pkg.wolfpond.org/${ABI}/LATEST
-* Europe: http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/DragonFlyBSD-dports/${ABI}/LATEST
-* Europe: http://dfly.schlundtech.de/dports/${ABI}/LATEST
+There will be two lines in the file like this:
-** IPV6 Users please feel free to use dfly.schlundtech.de
+ # Default Dports package server (California)
+ PACKAGESITE: http://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/dports/${ABI}/LATEST
-## Building DPorts from source
+Hash out the offending line:
-The average user will probably not build packages from source. However, it's easy to do and it can be done even when packages have already been pre-installed on the system. Common reasons to build from source are:
+ # Default Dports package server (California)
+ # PACKAGESITE: http://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/dports/${ABI}/LATEST
-* The port is new and there's no pre-binary available yet
-* The pre-built binaries use the default options and the user needs a package built with a different set of options
-* Testing FreeBSD port in order to patch them and submit to dports
-* The user just prefers building from source
+Note that, as of time of writing, there are two working package repositories:
+ # Default Dports package server (California)
+ # PACKAGESITE: http://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/dports/${ABI}/LATEST
+ # European mirrors
+ [...]
+ #PACKAGESITE: http://dfly.schlundtech.de/dports/${ABI}/LATEST
+Test their performance---we will be using the fastest one. This may, or may not, be the one closest to you (the California site for the New World, the German site for the Old World).
+ # ping schlundtech.de
+ PING schlundtech.de (188.8.131.52): 56 data bytes
+ 64 bytes from 22.214.171.124: icmp_seq=0 ttl=49 time=101.433 ms
+ 64 bytes from 188.8.131.52: icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=59.177 ms
+ 64 bytes from 184.108.40.206: icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=79.550 ms
+ 64 bytes from 220.127.116.11: icmp_seq=3 ttl=49 time=88.268 ms
+ 64 bytes from 126.96.36.199: icmp_seq=4 ttl=49 time=120.060 ms
+ [...]
+ --- schlundtech.de ping statistics ---
+ 20 packets transmitted, 19 packets received, 5.0% packet loss
+ round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 49.555/96.064/186.662/33.559 ms
+ # ping mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org
+ PING avalon.dragonflybsd.org (18.104.22.168): 56 data bytes
+ 64 bytes from 188.8.131.52: icmp_seq=0 ttl=47 time=208.013 ms
+ 64 bytes from 18.104.22.168: icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=256.441 ms
+ 64 bytes from 126.96.36.199: icmp_seq=2 ttl=47 time=281.436 ms
+ 64 bytes from 18.104.22.168: icmp_seq=3 ttl=47 time=281.103 ms
+ 64 bytes from 18.104.22.168: icmp_seq=4 ttl=47 time=285.440 ms
+ [...]
+ --- avalon.dragonflybsd.org ping statistics ---
+ 19 packets transmitted, 19 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
+ round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 208.013/264.017/334.180/31.549 ms
+Now, navigate to `/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/` and rename one of the configuration file samples you find there. Edit the one you renamed:
+ # cd /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/
+ # ls
+ df-latest.conf.sample df-releases.conf.sample
+ # cp -v df-latest.conf.sample df-latest.conf
+ df-latest.conf.sample -> df-latest.conf
+ # chmod -v 644 df-latest.conf
+ df-latest.conf
+ # vim df-latest.conf
+Enable whichever server was faster (Avalon is American, SchlundTech is German), and pkg+ to the url and mirror_type to SRV:
+ Avalon: {
+ url : http://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/dports/${ABI}/LATEST,
+ mirror_type : SRV
+ [...]
+ enabled : no
+ }
+ SchlundTech: {
+ url : http://dfly.schlundtech.de/dports/${ABI}/LATEST,
+ mirror_type : SRV
+ [...]
+ enabled : yes
+ }
+Before using, consult the man page (`man pkg`) and then try these examples:
+ # pkg search editors
+ # pkg install vim
+## Basic pkgng Operations
+Usage information for __pkgng__ is available in the pkg(8) manual page, or by running `pkg` without additional arguments.
+Each __pkgng__ command argument is documented in a command-specific manual page. To read the manual page for `pkg install`, for example, run either:
+ # pkg help install
+ # man pkg-install
+## Obtaining Information About Installed Packages with pkgng
+Information about the packages installed on a system can be viewed by running `pkg info`. Similar to pkg_info(1), the package version and description for all packages will be listed. Information about a specific package is available by running:
+ # pkg info packagename
+For example, to see which version of __pkgng__ is installed on the system, run:
+ # pkg info pkg
+ pkg-1.0.12 New generation package manager
+## Installing and Removing Packages with pkgng
+In general, most DragonFly users will install binary packages by typing:
+ # pkg install <packagename>
+For example, to install curl:
+ # pkg install curl
+ Updating repository catalogue
+ Repository catalogue is up-to-date, no need to fetch fresh copy
+ The following packages will be installed:
+ Installing ca_root_nss: 3.13.5
+ Installing curl: 7.24.0
+ The installation will require 4 MB more space
+ 1 MB to be downloaded
+ Proceed with installing packages [y/N]: y
+ ca_root_nss-3.13.5.txz 100% 255KB 255.1KB/s 255.1KB/s 00:00
+ curl-7.24.0.txz 100% 1108KB 1.1MB/s 1.1MB/s 00:00
+ Checking integrity... done
+ Installing ca_root_nss-3.13.5... done
+ Installing curl-7.24.0... done
+The new package and any additional packages that were installed as dependencies can be seen in the installed packages list:
+ # pkg info
+ ca_root_nss-3.13.5 The root certificate bundle from the Mozilla Project
+ curl-7.24.0 Non-interactive tool to get files from FTP, GOPHER, HTTP(S) servers
+ pkg-1.0.12 New generation package manager
+Packages that are no longer needed can be removed with `pkg delete`. For example, if it turns out that curl is not needed after all:
-### Installing DPorts tree
+ # pkg delete curl
+ The following packages will be deleted:
+ curl-7.24.0_1
+ The deletion will free 3 MB
+ Proceed with deleting packages [y/N]: y
+ Deleting curl-7.24.0_1... done
-DragonFly 3.3 or later is the minimum version that can build dports from source.
+## Upgrading Installed Packages with pkgng
-It's probable that pkgsrc binaries are already installed. It is necessary to
-rename /usr/pkg so that the existing pkgsrc binary programs don't get accidentally used while building DPorts, causing breakage. If anything goes wrong with DPorts when you are installing it, you can go back by removing all the DPorts packages with "pkg delete -ay" and renaming /usr/pkg back to normal. (Don't confuse pkg, the management tool, with /usr/pkg, the normal installation directory for pkgsrc. ) For the installation of the base port files:
+Packages that are outdated can be found with `pkg version`. If a local ports tree does not exist, pkg-version(8) will use the remote repository catalogue, otherwise the local ports tree will be used to identify package versions.
- cd /usr
- make dports-create-shallow
+Packages can be upgraded to newer versions with __pkgng__. Suppose a new version of curl has been released. The local package can be upgraded to the new version:
-If you've already renamed your /usr/pkg directory, git won't be in your path any more. You can instead download a tarball and unpack it, which also happens to be possible automatically via that same Makefile.
+ # pkg upgrade
+ Updating repository catalogue
+ repo.txz 100% 297KB 296.5KB/s 296.5KB/s 00:00
+ The following packages will be upgraded:
+ Upgrading curl: 7.24.0 -> 7.24.0_1
+ 1 MB to be downloaded
+ Proceed with upgrading packages [y/N]: y
+ curl-7.24.0_1.txz 100% 1108KB 1.1MB/s 1.1MB/s 00:00
+ Checking integrity... done
+ Upgrading curl from 7.24.0 to 7.24.0_1... done
- cd /usr
- make dports-download
+## Auditing Installed Packages with pkgng
-Downloading via git is fastest, so if you do need to use the tarball via make dports-download, build devel/git, delete /usr/dports, and then pull it again with make dports-create-shallow. This all comes from [John Marino's Github site for DPorts](https://github.com/jrmarino/DPorts/#readme).
+Occasionally, software vulnerabilities may be discovered in software within DPorts. __pkgng__ includes built-in auditing. To audit the software installed on the system, type:
-### Managing DPorts
+ # pkg audit -F
-DPorts doesn't use pkg_info, pkg_add, and the other tools traditionally seen on DragonFly for pkgsrc. Instead, package management is done with pkg. Use pkg info, pkg install, pkg remove, and pkg update to list, install, delete, and upgrade various packages on your system. Packages built from source or downloaded as prebuilt binaries are managed the same way, using these tools.
+# Advanced pkgng Operations
+## Automatically Removing Leaf Dependencies with pkgng
+Removing a package may leave behind unnecessary dependencies, like `security/ca_root_nss` in the example above. Such packages are still installed, but nothing depends on them any more. Unneeded packages that were installed as dependencies can be automatically detected and removed:
+ # pkg autoremove
+ Packages to be autoremoved:
+ ca_root_nss-3.13.5
+ The autoremoval will free 723 kB
+ Proceed with autoremoval of packages [y/N]: y
+ Deinstalling ca_root_nss-3.13.5... done
+## Backing Up the pkgng Package Database
+__pkgng__ includes its own package database backup mechanism. To manually back up the package database contents, type:
+ # pkg backup -d <pkgng.db>
+Additionally, __pkgng__ includes a periodic(8) script to automatically back up the package database daily if `daily_backup_pkgng_enable` is set to `YES` in periodic.conf(5). To prevent the `pkg_install` periodic script from also backing up the package database, set `daily_backup_pkgdb_enable` to `NO` in periodic.conf(5).
+To restore the contents of a previous package database backup, run:
+ # pkg backup -r </path/to/pkgng.db>
+## Removing Stale pkgng Packages
+By default, __pkgng__ stores binary packages in a cache directory as defined by `PKG_CACHEDIR` in pkg.conf(5). When upgrading packages with pkg upgrade, old versions of the upgraded packages are not automatically removed.
+To remove the outdated binary packages, type:
+ # pkg clean
+##Modifying pkgng Package Metadata
+__pkgng__ has a built-in command to update package origins. For example, if `lang/php5` was originally at version 5.3, but has been renamed to lang/php53 for the inclusion of version 5.4, the package database can be updated to deal with this. For __pkgng__, the syntax is:
+ # pkg set -o <category/oldport>:<category/newport>
+For example, to change the package origin for the above example, type:
+ # pkg set -o lang/php5:lang/php53
+As another example, to update lang/ruby18 to lang/ruby19, type:
+ # pkg set -o lang/ruby18:lang/ruby19
+As a final example, to change the origin of the libglut shared libraries from graphics/libglut to graphics/freeglut, type:
+ # pkg set -o graphics/libglut:graphics/freeglut
+_Note_: When changing package origins, in most cases it is important to reinstall packages that are dependent on the package that has had the origin changed. To force a reinstallation of dependent packages, type:
+ # pkg install -Rf graphics/freeglut
+# Building DPorts from source
+The average user will probably not build packages from source. However, it's easy to do and it can be done even when packages have already been pre-installed on the system. Common reasons to build from source are:
+* The port is new and there's no pre-binary available yet
+* The pre-built binaries use the default options and the user needs a package built with a different set of options
+* Testing FreeBSD port in order to patch them and submit to DPorts
+* The user just prefers building from source
-See some of the [other](https://mebsd.com/make-build-your-freebsd-word/pkgng-first-look-at-freebsds-new-package-manager.html) [writing](http://ivoras.net/blog/tree/2012-07-26.pkgng---best-thing-since-sliced-bread!.html) about pkg for FreeBSD for details on how it works.
+## Installing DPorts tree
Since DPorts doesn't update a package until it gets a successful build, and installations are of successfully built binary packages, upgrades with prebuilt packages should always succeed. Since they're binary, they should be fast. There's a lot of 'shoulds' in this sentence, but these are reasonable suppositions
DragonFly 3.4 or later is the minimum version that can build DPorts from source
-### Building
+It's probably that pkgsrc binaries are already installed because it comes bootstrapped with new systems. It is necessary to rename `/usr/pkg` directory so that the existing pkgsrc binary tools and libraries don't get accidentally used while building DPorts, causing breakage. For the installation of the DPorts tree, type:
-Building from source works similar to ports and pkgsrc: cd into the appropriate program's directory, and type 'make'. 'make install' to install the software, 'make clean' to clean up work files, and so on. Use 'make config-recursive' if you want to set all the port's options, and the options of its dependencies, immediately instead of during the build.
+ # cd /usr
+ # make dports-create-shallow
-*You will eventually want to do this:* Set BATCH=yes to take all default package options without having the build stop to ask questions.
+If the `/usr/pkg directory` has already been renamed, `git` won't be in the search path any more. One option is to download a tarball of DPorts and unpack it. To do this, type:
-If you just want to set the options for one package, and accept the default for all of its dependencies, do 'make config' in the package in you want non-default options, and then 'make BATCH=yes'.
+ # cd /usr
+ # make dports-download
-Note that this is only necessary if you want to build from source with a non-default config, or if you don't have a binary repository available to pull files from with pkg.
+For future updates, pull delta changes via `git` is fastest, so it is suggested to convert the static tree to a git repository by typing:
-## What about pkgsrc?
+ # cd /usr/dports/devel/git
+ # make install
+ # cd /usr
+ # rm -rf /usr/dports
+ # make dports-create-shallow
Pkgsrc and DPorts shouldn't be used at the same time, since one system's packages may be at different versions but still get picked up during building for the other system. That's about it for restrictions
The git repository is hosted on the [github account of John Marino](https://github.com/jrmarino/DPorts/#readme)
-DPorts is brand new so the normal caveats apply; don't install it on a mission-critical machine, and be ready to deal with any surprises from using it if you do try it out.
+## Final thoughts
-## Which ports are available?
+Building from source works similar to ports and pkgsrc: cd into the appropriate program's directory, and type 'make'. 'make install' to install the software, 'make clean' to clean up work files, and so on. Use 'make config-recursive' if you want to set all the port's options, and the options of its dependencies, immediately instead of during the build.
-Browsing the Github repo will show you all listed packages. It changes as more packages are built. Changes from DragonFly builds are sometimes relevant to the original FreeBSD port, so there's benefits for everyone here. The pkg tool can show which packages were actually built and available for your platform (e.g. pkg search, pkg rquery, etc.)
+To take all the default build options and avoid getting the pop-up dialog box, set `NO_DIALOG=yes` on either the command line or the make.conf file.
-## What next?
+If you just want to set the options for one package, and accept the default for all of its dependencies, do 'make config' in the package in you want non-default options, and then 'make NO_DIALOG=yes'. Note that this is only necessary if you want to build from source with a non-default set of options, or if no pre-built binary package is available yet.
-This is experimental; this will not necessarily replace pkgsrc. It's available in this release for further testing and feedback. Remember, this is a new project, so a willingness to deal with problems and contribute to fixes is necessary.
+## More reading
+* How fix/add broken ports: [[docs/howtos/fixdports]]
+* [Trick: How to get i386-only software via dports](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/users/2013-06/msg00023.html)
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The UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities will announce the results of a first-of-its-kind study commissioned by the State of California that details barriers to access and utilization of mental-health services among Latinos in California and offers solutions for reducing those disparities. The study is based on a series of community forums with Latinos throughout the state.
UC Davis MIND Institute auditorium, 2825 50th Street in Sacramento. A map and directions are online at www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/mindinstitute.
Monday, June 25, 2012, 11 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, professor of internal medicine and director of the UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities, along with community forum participants.
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Are..... Are you asking us how you can manipulate an atheist to get into his/her pants?God would be disappointed.
I only got interested in this forum because I like this atheist. I want to know how far I can make it work if it does work.
Quote from: hiraichu on August 18, 2012, 03:43:32 AM I only got interested in this forum because I like this atheist. I want to know how far I can make it work if it does work.Welcome. Had you thought about what it would be like if you died while dating an atheist? You'd go to heaven and every day you'd hear their screams as they're tortured for all eternity because they followed their own reason.That would suck... but what do I know?.. I don't believe in that stuff.
I was theist when I met my now fiance. He was in the process of deconverting, it was inevitable that I would follow the cookie crumbs as well. Welcome to WWGHA, I hope you enjoy your stay and use your interest in this atheist to motivate you to finding knowledge.
i'm an atheist. a while back, in 2007, i dated a girl who was raised catholic and then converted to a pentacostal... loved her to death, but that's the one area that we didn't agree. i made several attempts to go to church with her, just to illustrate that even though i didn't follow her faith, i would support her decision. ultimately we broke up because she had an identity crisis. two years later, she came back an athiest. it still didn't work out, but it had nothing to do with faith or lack thereof.advice on a theist dating an atheist? same advice you'd give anyone else. treat each other with respect, and don't go forcing your beliefs on one another.
I won't change that for him.
Quote from: Brakeman on August 18, 2012, 08:13:02 PM You'd go to heaven and every day you'd hear their screams as they're tortured for all eternity because they followed their own reason. I just wish they wouldn't be depicted that way.
You'd go to heaven and every day you'd hear their screams as they're tortured for all eternity because they followed their own reason.
You're funny I don't even want to get into his pants I want to know if it can work out.
Thanks, OBA! I really feel uncomfortable when people force their beliefs on others. Each person is entitled to their own opinion. You're totally right about the treating each other with respect and not forcing each beliefs on each other. I'm pretty sure I'm a theist. I won't change that for him.
That said, if you really know your religion and he really understands why he doesn't believe - you will have a fundamentally different view on the world and how it works.
I want to know if it can work out.
QuoteI want to know if it can work out.This would depend entirely on the both of you.But could a theist and an atheist work together in a relationship? Why not? It just requires that bother parties accept their differences. If he's more interested in proving to you your God is not real and you're more interested in saving him from hell, then it's I don't think it could end well. If you're open about each other's views and are happy to talk about them maturely and respectfully, then I don't see how it would get in the way. Such couples have worked before and to be honest, if theists and atheists can be friends, why can't they be lovers. The main thing I see getting in the way is 'hell', because generally theists view us as hellbound and we're not looking to be saved, because it's disrespectful, heck I might even say insulting. But not every theist thinks that way, heck I know theists who believe that I would be welcome in heaven, so I won't pressume to know your beliefs. And of course, we don't know what this other person is like. Some atheists, like any other type of person in the world, can be a-holes, they can be full of themselves, arrogant and annoying. The fact you're asking this question suggests that maybe he isn't that type, as hopefully those traits would be a turn off, then again, some people are attracted to that. :S I'd say atheists are a varied bunch, but I'd say if I were to date a Christian, the main thing I would hope is that they don't shove religion down my throat, I'd be much happier if we communicated on the same level, not necessarily on the level of atheism, but on common traits, on things we can appreciate and put aside our differences, because as far as everything else is concerned, they're not important to the relationship. Anyway, welcome to the forums. I hope that you're able to come here and have a good stay. I'd say as far as atheist forums go, we can be a tough bunch, I'd say wear thick skin and unless somebody actually does make a personal attack (in which case hit 'report to moderator'), avoid taking anything personally, because even if somebody's comment is loaded with sarcasm, they're not trying to get personal. Your arguments will no doubt be scrutinised. Some theists don't like how it works here, some do. The rules & mods try to accommodate for free speech as much as possible, but obviously, if something gets out of hand, someone will likely act (if they are aware, hence 'report to moderator' button ). We're actually quite varied here in terms of who we've got in terms of atheists, different people have different approaches. Regardless, we're not an unfriendly bunch (chatter is a good place to wind down, might be useful if you get in an intense discussion) and if there's any support you need, generally I like to think people are good at giving it.


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"What we believe God is up to is bringing blessing to Israel
to trigger revival among the Jewish people," said Chernoff.
"The Lord is setting things up right now for the release
of a wave of his Holy Spirit that will spark a great revival in
Israel. We want Israel to see God's heart of compassion."
MJAA's Joseph Project has been shipping humanitarian aid to Israel
since 2000 -- non-perishable items like furniture, building materials,
toys, clothing, bedding and toiletries. This aid goes to Israel's
neediest: the poor, many of whom are new immigrants; those unemployed,
many because of the intifada; terrorist victims; and an estimated
250,000 children living below the poverty line of $314 per month.
The goods are distributed through 22 Messianic Jewish storefronts
and 110 government social service centers.
"Who knew when we started that the intifada would break
out again?" said Chernoff. "The war is very expensive
and Israel has increasingly cut its Social Service budget. Still
50-75,000 immigrants enter the country every year and they generally
cycle into the bottom of the economic ladder. Tourism, the second
largest industry in Israel, is almost non-existent, triggering
escalating unemployment and poverty. There are tremendous social
service issues. They can't take care of their own."
That is the emergent crisis the Joseph Project addresses. But
assistance serves a longer-term goal as well. That goal has its
basis in a prophecy to the MJAA that anti-Semitism will increase
in Eastern Europe, spawning an enormous influx of immigrants to
"The Jews of Eastern Europe and Russia have a very short
time before they will be either driven or frightened out of Eastern
Europe and Russia," reads the 1996 prophecy. "Over 1
million of these people will end up in Israel. The deeper purpose
of our effort to send aid to Israel at this time is not only for
those that are in need in Israel now but also for those who are
to come. Even as Joseph prepared for famine for seven years and
Egypt was able to prosper in times of great physical disaster,
so we are to bring leadership (like Joseph) to this effort."
"As Joseph prepared for famine in ancient Egypt, our goal
is to provide a very large asset, a blessing on Israeli soil to
be prepared for those immigrants," said Chernoff.
While goods that have been shipped to date have only served immediate
needs, the door has opened on an opportunity to stockpile that
aid for the future. One of the largest relief haulers in the world
has dedicated two ships to the task. That will accelerate the
giving. It has taken the Joseph Project two years to get 35 containers
to Israel. But, one ship will carry 75 containers, and 35 shiploads
are planned over the next 3-5 years.
This places the Joseph Project at a pivotal point in its history.
Money must be raised to support this shipping process -- $15-20
million. That much will enable the Joseph Project to ship an estimated
$656 million in supplies, depending on the cargo, and to provide
warehousing. The goods themselves are donated by individuals,
corporations and humanitarian organizations.
The first ship is almost ready to depart from Galvestan, Texas.
It will cost $450,000-$500,000 to move that $18 million worth
of humanitarian aid to Israel and get that aid into the hands
of the needy.
"The muscles of the Messianic community are still pretty
weak," said Chernoff. "The opportunity is amazing, but
we can't do it alone. We need our Christian brothers and sisters
to step up."
This partnership will not only facilitate distribution of aid,
it is the very essence of the message that the Messiah Yeshua
wants to speak to the Jewish people: the Messianic Jewish and
Christian communities are "one new man".
"When Christians try to bless without the Messianic community,
Jews don't understand the message spiritually," said Chernoff.
Jews are confused by the historical relationship between Judaism
and Christianity, he said. Christianity has been such a source
of sorrow to Jews.
"As our people see this huge blessing from our Christian
brothers being led into the land by the Messianic brothers, the
message as preached in the New Testament becomes clearer,"
said Chernoff. "The message is that this faith in Yeshua
truly is Jewish and for the whole world."
"How desperately our Jewish people and the whole world need
to see the unity of Jew and Gentile as preached in John 17:20-23
and Romans 9-11. As Israel sees this truth played out in a very
practical way through the Joseph project, we believe that the
revival of Israel will be accelerated from where it is now,"
said Chernoff.
The Messianic community has grown dramatically around the globe,
but not in Israel, said Chernoff.
"The Holy Spirit has not been poured out there," said
Chernoff. "But people are ready. The crust of resistance
is thin. Once it catches, it will be like a flash fire.
"But we can't just talk," he said. "We must bless
the people with real blessings. The skeptics will be silenced
as we show our love for them. The stakes in this are nothing short
of the revival of Israel and of the world. For when the world
sees Israel turn to the Messiah Jesus, the world will do the same."
To donate, visit the
web site or call 1 800·225·6522. Donations of
goods can be funneled through the humanitarian organizations listed
on the web site.
A caring friend will be there to pray with you in your time of need.


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Geneabloggers' 52 Weeks to Better Genealogy is to examine genealogy societies in your region.
This is a challenge I'm quite excited about because there are several societies and organizations in my area that provide wonderful resources and events.
Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society, (LLCGS) Lincoln, Nebraska
I consider this my "home" society. Not only do I live here, but I feel that as a genealogist I am very fortunate because my maternal ancestors and family have been in the area since the early 1870s and my father's family has been here since the mid 1920s. It means that a lot of my family history is within arms reach at all times.
Society meetings are held at 7:15 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month and meet at the Dick Administration Building at Union College. Business meetings and announcements are followed by an informative and educational presentation on some aspect of genealogy or family history research.
The resource I find most valuable to my research is the society's searchable online database that contains information about cemeteries and marriages. I can't even begin to count the number of my family members for whom I've located burial or marriage information. In the case of marriage records, the search result will provide the book and page number where the record can be found in the Lancaster county marriage records. Cemetery records provide a link to the page of the society's cemetery index publication.
When it comes to publications, here is a list of those developed and offered for sale by the society.
The society's library is located at the Union College Library, 3800 South 48th Street in Lincoln. The library includes materials on Lancaster county and the city of Lincoln, exchange newsletters and quarterlies, research guides on specific topics and geographic areas.
The society sponsors conferences in which nationally recognized speakers are brought in. The most recent was last month's presentation by John Colletta. The society also publishes a monthly newsletter. Society members teach beginning and intermediate genealogy classes at Southeast Community College.
Presently, individual membership is $15 and a family membership is $20.
Greater Omaha Genealogical Society (GOGS), Omaha, Nebraska
I'm in my first year of membership in GOGS and just last weekend attended my first conference sponsored by the society. Since many of my relatives lived in Omaha, Douglas County, Cass County and Sarpy County, this society provides resources to aid in my research in those areas. The society's blog, linked above, serves as the society's web site.
Society meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month except July, August and December at the Crown Point Retirement Center, 2820 S. 80th Street in Omaha.
At this time, membership is $20 for individuals or $25 for family. The society publishes a newsletter and provides announcements via email. The society offers free workshops, research library lock-ins, publications, member discounts on conferences, and a tape rental library. Genealogical resources are housed at the W. Dale Clark Library in Omaha.
Publications available from the Society are listed on the web site.
Now, on to the really good stuff! The Society has provided an amazing resource of event indexes on the web. On each of the following links, the index is located by alphabetical letter on the right side of the screen.
Omaha Births - these have been extracted from newspaper obituaries. Copies of the birth announcement are available from the Society for $5.
Omaha Marriages and Anniversaries - This is an index to the marriage records available on microfilm at the W. Dale Clark Library.
Omaha Obituaries - now has more than 200,000 listings!
Cass County marriages - this is of great interest to me as many of my ancestors settled and lived here. Copies are available for $5.
Sarpy County marriages - more than 9,000 listings at this writing.
The Society's indexes now also extend well outside of the greater Omaha area with the following listings:
Brown County marriages - more than 2,500 listings at this writing.
Hall County marriages - more than 4,500 listings at this writing.
Rock County marriages - more than 4,000 listings at this writing.
Thurston County marriages - nearly 2,000 listings at this writing. Source of many Native American names
Wayne County marriages - more than 1,000 listings at this writing.
Nebraska State Genealogical Society
This is another society membership that I treasure. The state society has a web site and a page on Facebook. The Society also has the Tombstone Photo Project which now has more than 55,000 entries.
Society membership is $20 for individual or $23 for family. This includes subscriptions to the quarterly publications, Nebraska Ancestree and the NewBrassKey. Membership also gives you access to the members only portion of the web site which includes three decades worth of Nebraska Ancestree publications. Yes, I've found some information on my family there!
The Society sponsors an annual conference. This year's conference in Norfolk featured two full days with Paula Stuart-Warren. The next annual conference will be held May 6 - 7, 2011 in Nebraska City.
The Society is also collaborating with Ancestry.com on the Nebraska newspaper digitization project.
The book library of the Society is housed at the Beatrice Public Library, 100 North 16th Street in Beatrice.
Members whose families settled in Nebraska may apply for a Pioneer Family of Nebraska certificate if their family settled here between 1868 and 1879. First Family certificates are an option if your ancestors settled here before 1867. Century Family recognition is for those whose ancestors settled in Nebraska at least 100 years prior to the submission of the application. I just realized that my ancestors fit all three categories!
Society resources include a variety of Nebraska, county and newspaper records on microfilm that can be checked out.
In addition to these genealogical societies, I also hold membership in the Cass County Historical Society Museum in Plattsmouth and the Nebraska State Historical Society. The Nebraska State Historical Society's blog is absolutely one of my favorites to follow. It always has great photos and stories from the museum's collection. The society is also active on Facebook.
When a person has access to such great resources, it's easy to take them for granted. None of these societies would be what they are today without the work of their team of dedicated volunteers and members. My heartfelt thanks to all of those people who keep these societies, their libraries and archives viable resources for researchers.
52 Weeks To Better Genealogy is a series of weekly prompts that are a bit more challenging and are geared towards those new to the field of genealogy and family history as well as those who want to brush up on some skills which might be a bit rusty.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
52 Weeks To Better Genealogy - Challenge #45 - Genealogy Societies - my Nebraska societies
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By: Tim Glon
ADA — The first overtime game in Ohio Northern football history will be remembered for a long time.
The No. 12 Polar Bears stopped a 2-point conversion try in the first overtime to defeat Otterbein 34-33 Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
ONU improves to 2-0 overall and is 1-0 in Ohio Athletic Conference play, while OU falls to 1-1, 0-1.
After Austin Schlosser hit Brock Burzanko on a 7-yard TD pass in the first overtime to pull Otterbein within 34-33, Schlosser's 2-point conversion pass to Trey Fairchild in the corner of the end zone was incomplete against a great deal of pressure from the ONU defense.
Northern scored on its overtime possession on a 8-yard run by quarterback Tyler Rue to give the Polar Bears a 34-27 advantage.
ONU had a chance to win the game in regulation, but a bad snap led to a blocked 34-yard field goal attempt with 23 second left and the game tied at 27-27.
Rue finished the day 15 of 33 passing for 139 yards and a pair of touchdowns to junior Justin Wilson.
Sophomore Justin Buenger eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark for the second consecutive week, running 26 times for a career-high 122 yards and a TD for Ohio Northern.
Schlosser completed 20 of 35 passes for 201 yards and two TDs for the Cardinals.
Ohio Northern scored 24 consecutive points to take a 24-7 lead with 1:23 left in the first half.
OU opened the scoring on a 18-yard end around by Fairchild on the game's first possession and the visitors dominated much of the game's first 10 minutes.
But Senior Zack Click intercepted a pass and returned it to the OU 15-yard line, swinging the momentum and setting up a 32-yard field goal by sophomore Luke Rice.
ONU would march 69, 77 and 43 yards for TDs on its next three possessions and it looked like Ohio Northern was in control of the game.
Rue hit Wilson on TD passes of 5 and 20 yards to make it 17-7 ONU and Buenger plowed in from one yard out to give ONU a 24-7 lead with just 1:23 left before intermission.
But the Cardinals swung the momentum back in their favor and pulled within 24-14 on a 6-yard TD pass from Schlosser to Fairchild with just five seconds left before the half.
Otterbein would then march 57 and 60 yards for field goals on its first two possessions of the second half to trim the ONU lead to 24-20 with 1:48 left in the third quarter.
A 27-yard field goal by Rice would make it a 27-20 game with 10:18 left in the game.
OU would then drive 62 yards in 11 plays and tie the game at 27-all with 3:55 remaining on a 1-yard run by Schlosser.
Northern would answer by driving 45 yards in 13 plays to set up the potential game-winning field goal that was not to be.
Senior Chad Coward and sophomore Malcolm Burrell each set career-bests with 13 tackles to lead the ONU defense.
Northern out-gained Otterbein 361-333 and held a 222-132 advantage in rushing yardage.
The Polar Bears will return to action next Saturday with their first road test of the season, a 1:30 pm OAC battle at Muskingum.


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The Loneliest Planet
Alex and Nica are young, in love and engaged to be married. The summer before their wedding, they are backpacking in the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia. The couple hire a local guide to lead them on a camping trek, and the three set off into a wilderness that is both overwhelmingly open and frighteningly closed. Walking for hours, they trade anecdotes, play games to pass the time of moving through space.
And then, a momentary misstep, a gesture that takes only two or three seconds, a gesture that's over almost as soon as it begins. Once it is done, it threatens to undo everything the couple believed about each other and about themselves. All the while, they are not alone. They are always with the guide, who witnesses their every move.
Starring Hani Furstenberg, Gael García Bernal, Bidzina Gujabidze
Directed by Julia Loktev
Running Time - 1:53
Genre - Suspense/Thriller
Opened in Theaters - Wednesday, October 26th, 2011 (2605 days ago)
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