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It has been almost a year since I last wrote about the search for Lucy Arnold's family. The questions right now are:
- Are Thomas Arnold and his wife Rachel (possibly Smith) the parents of Lucy?
- Do Thomas Arnold's deeds provide clues about his wife's family (possibly Smiths)?
As I looked at the date of my last post, I had to admit, it is NORMAL for a year to go by with no news. This "brick wall" is pretty strong but, I think, solvable. I am related to Lucy Arnold in the following way: my grandmother Edna Darling –> Russell Darling –> Addison Parmenter Darling –> Ellis Aldrich Darling –> Nancy Anna Aldrich –> Mercy Ballou –> Lucy Arnold.
My current strategy is to examine deeds from Smithfield, Rhode Island to see what I can learn about Thomas Arnold's life, and also to compare these details with other sources of information like tax and census records. On my recent trip to the Family History Library I had a chance to save about 21 deeds from Smithfield, Rhode Island, of property transactions under the name of Thomas Arnold. Once I got the copies home, here is what I did.
Analyzing the deeds
- I re-read the chapters on deeds and probate from Val Greenwood's The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy. (Third Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000.) Always good to know what a messuage is (a dwelling) and in this case, the definitions of rod (16-1/2 feet), chain (66 feet), and link (7.92 inches). Mr. Greenwood always has excellent advice.
- I reviewed each deed closely for clues that they referred to OTHER Thomas Arnolds. I eliminated seven deeds, leaving 14.
- I abstracted the fourteen deeds into about 6 pages of notes.
- I abstracted the notes into a chart.
A READABLE pdf version of the chart is HERE.
The five deeds colored in green seem to me to definitely belong to Thomas Arnold. The five marked in blue are additional deeds ascribed to this Thomas Arnold in Richard Benson's book, The Arnold Family of Smithfield, Rhode Island (citation below). The remaining four, in white, may very possibly refer to Thomas Arnold.
I will go through these one by one and give the best evidence only. I really can't rule any of these out. I investigated the persons mentioned below primarily through my own tree and the sources cited at the bottom of the post.
What I noticed about the people
- 1764 – Seller is John Smith 3rd and his wife Mary Smith. While common names, I suspect the Mary is Mary Phillips, who would be a cousin of Lucy Arnold's future mother in law, Elizabeth (Phillips) Ballou. I am unsure of the Smith connection.
- 1766 – "… by my father Thomas Arnold, deceased."
- 1776 – Witness George Comstock is married to Thomas Arnold's sister, Catherine.
- 1766 – Seller Thomas Smith is possibly the son of the couple in the next deed (#5)
- 1767 – Sellers Thomas Smith (physician) and his wife Abigail (Aldrich) were neighbors of Thomas Arnold. I had a theory this couple could possibly by Rachel's parents. But after finding the wills of Dr. Thomas (1777) and Abigail Smith (1783) online (THAT was lucky, thank you, Dan!) , I suspect Rachel was not their daughter.
- 1767 – Seller John Arnold (married to Martha Bucklin) was Thomas Arnold's half-brother.
- 1768 – This is the only deed where Thomas Arnold's wife Rachel is also on the deed.
- 1770 – The witnesses (the Herendeens) appear in several other deeds as witnesses. Other than that, no clues.
- same as #8.
- 1770 – Witnesses Jacob Arnold was likely Thomas' cousin (son of Joseph Arnold).
- 1770 – Buyer Jacob Arnold, named in #10. Witness Caleb Arnold, also likely a cousin (and brother to Jacob).
- 1772 – Thomas Arnold sold a large property, that he lived on, to Israel Wilkinson.
- 1774 – Thomas Arnold sold a tiny amount of property to his uncle Peleg Arnold.
- Witness Joseph Buffum was married to Thomas Arnold's half-sister, Lydia. Buyer Caleb Arnold was the cousin mentioned in #11.
A general note about the names – several named individuals who are not closely related to Thomas Arnold seem to be descended from the Eleazer Arnold branch. This could be a coincidence (I believe they were among the wealthier inhabitants) or perhaps Rachel is related to them.
What I noticed about the property
- The place clues I found included Trout Brook, Thousand Acre Line, Cedar Swamp, Hemlock Island, iron forge, iron mill, the Branch River, forge, Crook Fall River, brook near Camp Bridge, Edmund Arnold's dam, Daley's Hole, cedar swamp at Woonsoket, Seven Mile Line/Abbot's Line.
- I am not getting a lot of information from my attempt to match some locations. But if I could compare it to a map of the early Smithfield homesteads, it might be helpful.
What I noticed about the sequence of events
- 1765 [note: Thomas Arnold was 32 years old] – Thomas Arnold's father, Judge Thomas Arnold, died in 1765. His grandfather, Hezekiah Comstock, died in 1764 and made a bequest to him, among many others. The judge divided a forge among several heirs; the details are not clear to me since I haven't read the probate record yet (there were mentions of it in the Arnold book).
- 1767 – Thomas Arnold bought a quarter share of a forge and some property from his half-brother John Arnold for 150 pounds.
- 1770 – Thomas Arnold sold a quarter share in a forge to a blacksmith for 84 pounds.
- 1770 – That same blacksmith sold 110 acres of land and his dwelling to Thomas Arnold for 480 pounds.
- 1770 – Thomas Arnold sold "my homestead where I now dwell" to John Comstock (probably a relative) for 140 pounds
- 1772 – Thomas Arnold sold "land on which I now dwell" and 107 acres to Israel Wilkinson for 520 pounds.
- 1774 – a small sale of land to uncle Peleg Arnold
- 1774 – the 1774 state census shows a Thomas Arnold family of six.
- 1778 – The Smithfield 1778 tax record shows only one Thomas Arnold, with property (a horse) worth 12 pounds.
- 1790 – Thomas Arnold is not in the federal census of 1790 in Smithfield.
The death dates and burial records of Thomas and Rachel are unknown to me and I've never found a probate record. Did they become impoverished, or ill? Did they move elsewhere? Did they move in with family? There are few or no vital records for this family; most books put details together from other records.
Next Step
- Visit Smithfield and explore each of these places more thoroughly; visit the public library there.
- Investigate the possibility that Thomas Arnold left Smithfield for a nearby town or possibly near other relatives in New York state. Try to find a probate record and see if Lucy or Lucy's children are mentioned.
- Explore the impact of the Revolutionary War on Smithfield and its soldiers. I don't think Thomas Arnold died as a soldier. Was he disabled?
- Several of Thomas' siblings were Quakers. Explore Quaker records at the RI Historical Society.
- Read Thomas Arnold's father's probate record – probably on microfilm at the RI Historical Society.
- Investigate every Rachel living before 1730 in or near Smithfield (any area on the north side of Providence, at that point). Rachel may well have been named for someone.
- Keep investigating every name on the deed grid I made. I suspect someone on there is closely related to Rachel, and it's not the ones I thought. There are some Arnolds from the "Eleazer" branch – could Rachel descend from them?
- Cast a wider net around the Dr Thomas Smith and his wife Abigail mentioned in some deeds. I now know Rachel is unlikely to be their daughter, but may be related.
- Find early maps of Smithfield homesteads.
- Keep exploring the Providence Gazzette, available on GenealogyBank.com for this period.
- Move in the other direction, and learn more about Lucy Arnold and Richard Ballou. They moved to a different section of town, but perhaps one of her relatives also moved near them.
In summary
As I learn more about these people, places, and resources, I find myself growing more curious and knowledgeable, and making connections easily. I would say my work on this one is about 35% done. So while not a "success" story yet, it IS moving along in the way that many tough problems do.
- Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, with Additions and Corrections by John Osborne Austin, and Additions and Corrections by G. Andrews Moriarty. Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969.
- Ballou, Adin. An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America Providence: E.L. Freeman & Son, 1888.
- Bartlett, John R. (arranged by). Census of the Inhabitants of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations … 1774. Providence: Knowles, Anthony & Co., 1858.
- Benson, Richard H. The Arnold Family of Smithfield, Rhode Island. Boston: Newbury Street Press, 2009.
- Farnham, Charles William. "John Smith, The Miller, of Providence, Rhode Island – Some of His Descendants" in Genealogies of Rhode Island Families From Rhode Island Periodicals, volume II, p. 1 – 150. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983 [originally appeared in the 1960's as a series of articles in Rhode Island History, v. 20 – 24].
- Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790 – Rhode Island. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1977.
- Richardson, E. History of Woonsocket. Woonsocket: S.S. Foss, 1876.
- Sanborn, Melinda Lutz. "Smithfield, Rhode Island Death Records Culled from Probate." New England Historic Genealogical Register, October 1992, p. 343-351.
- "Smithfield 1778 Tax List" a series of articles in Rhode Island Roots (a periodical from the Rhode Island Genealogical Society), 1995-1997.
- Steere, Thomas. History of the Town of Smithfield. Providence: E.L. Freeman, 1881.
- Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. 3 volumes. Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.
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Pretty pinks and purples- always a favourite as hantaran for the bride-to-be. The groom lets me choose the flowers as I please and here they are: purple white phalaenopsis, fuchsia spray roses, pink cherry blossoms and lilac phlox. As usual, a must are the ever elegant glass pearls and purple crystals and beads. And another of my signature: a fluffy big bow :P
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Colts bench Richardson in favor of Donald Brown
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The United States must do more than the recently passed "fiscal cliff" measures if the country is to rescue its sovereign rating from its current negative outlook, rating agency Moody's Investors Service said on Wednesday.
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It's a fool's task to make assumptions about NFL offenses based on anything we see before training camp, but the hints exist.
Take the Kansas City Chiefs, for example. Wednesday's organized team activity session was highlighted by a "barrage of big passing plays" from quarterback Alex Smith to his wide receivers, the Kansas City Star reported. That's not something we've seen out from the Chiefs in recent days, but new coach Andy Reid is digging in.
"We're just kind of continuing to press to see what we can do ... finding out what we're capable of," Smith said. "You've got to find that out at some point. This is what the practice field is for."
Smith led the NFL in completion percentage last season with the San Francisco 49ers, but he threw the ball deep only 19 times during his 10 appearances. He tossed just 43 deep balls during his 16 starts in 2011. Over two seasons, Smith connected on 42 percent of those throws, not exactly record-setting numbers.
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Two boxes are coming from Valve, one black, the other orange. They are known as The Black Box and The Orange Box. Today, valve officially revealed the contents of each box. The Black Box is for the PC and includes Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2. The Orange Box will ship for the PC as well, but will also be made available for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. This box will include everything that's packaged into The Black Box as well as the full versions of Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One.
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Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has taken another step towards Italian politics by attempting to rally support behind Italy's technocrat Prime Minister Mario Monti for another term in office.
Montezemolo's think tank, Italia Futura, has started collecting online signatures to put forward a list of candidates at next year's election, although it is not yet clear whether the Ferrari boss will stand for a place in the Italian Parliament himself. The candidates will be put forward under the "Towards the Third Republic" party, which was formed by Italia Futura in November to support Monti.
The news emerged as ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced his intention to seek re-election after his party recently withdrew its of support of Monti, whose approval ratings have taken a battering with the introduction of austerity measures over the past year.
Montezemolo's actions are believed to have the support of Monti after the two men met this week, but Monti has not yet confirmed whether he will stand for another term. Montezemolo is expected to make his own plans clear following an announcement from the Prime Minister.
"Italia Futura is entering the playing field," a spokesman was quoted by the Times. "Mr Montezemolo could play any role. He could be the manager. He could be the trainer."
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A proxy is "an interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly". Source: Proxy - Wiktionary.
Environment variables
Some programs (like wget) use environment variables of the form "protocol_proxy" to determine the proxy for a given protocol (e.g. HTTP, FTP, ...).
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export http_proxy=http://10.203.0.1:5187/ export https_proxy=$http_proxy export ftp_proxy=$http_proxy export rsync_proxy=$http_proxy export no_proxy="localhost,127.0.0.1,localaddress,.localdomain.com"
Some programs look for the all caps version of the environment variables.
If the proxy environment variables are to be made available to all users and all applications, the above mentioned export commands may be added to a script, say "proxy.sh" inside /etc/profile.d/. The script has to be then made executable. This method is helpful while using a Desktop Environment like Xfce which does not provide an option for proxy configuration. For example, Chromium browser will make use of the variables set using this method while running XFCE.
Alternatively you can automate the toggling of the variables by adding a function to your .bashrc (thanks to Alan Pope)
function proxy(){ echo -n "username:" read -e username echo -n "password:" read -es password export http_proxy="http://$username:$password@proxyserver:8080/" export https_proxy=$http_proxy export ftp_proxy=$http_proxy export rsync_proxy=$http_proxy export no_proxy="localhost,127.0.0.1,localaddress,.localdomain.com" echo -e "\nProxy environment variable set." } function proxyoff(){ unset HTTP_PROXY unset http_proxy unset HTTPS_PROXY unset https_proxy unset FTP_PROXY unset ftp_proxy unset RSYNC_PROXY unset rsync_proxy echo -e "\nProxy environment variable removed." }
If you do not need a password then omit it.
As an alternative, you may want to use the following script. Add this script into your ".bashrc" and source the ".bashrc" file. Note that, It is recommended to put these kind of scripts in a separete file like "functions" then source this file instead of putting everything under ".bashrc". You just need to change the areas "YourUserName" and "ProxyServerAddress:Port" obviously. You may also want to change the name "myProxy" into something short and easy to write.
#!/bin/bash assignProxy(){ PROXY_ENV="http_proxy ftp_proxy https_proxy all_proxy no_proxy HTTP_PROXY HTTPS_PROXY FTP_PROXY NO_PROXY ALL_PROXY" for envar in $PROXY_ENV do export $envar=$1 done } clrProxy(){ assignProxy "" # This is what 'unset' does. } myProxy(){ user=YourUserName read -p "Password: " -s pass && echo -e " " proxy_value="http://$user:$pass@ProxyServerAddress:Port" assignProxy $proxy_value }
Keep proxy through sudo
If the proxy environment variables are set for the user only (say, from manual commands or .bashrc) they will get lost when running commands with sudo (or when programs like yaourt use sudo internally).
A way to prevent that is to add the following line to the sudo configuration file (accessible with visudo) :
Defaults env_keep += "http_proxy https_proxy ftp_proxy"
You may also add any other environment variable, like rsync_proxy, or no_proxy.
Automation with network managers
- NetworkManager cannot change the environment variables.
- netctl could set-up these environment variables but they would not be seen by other applications as they are not child of netctl.
About libproxy
libproxy (which is available in the extra repository) is an abstraction library which should be used by all applications that want to access a network resource. It still is in development but could lead to a unified and automated handling of proxies in GNU/Linux if widely adopted.
The role of libproxy is to read the proxy settings form different sources and make them available to applications which use the library. The interesting part with libproxy is that it offers an implementation of the Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol and an implementation of Proxy Auto-Config that goes with it.
/usr/bin/proxy binary takes URL(s) as argument(s) and returns the proxy/proxies that could be used to fetch this/these network resource(s).
{ pkg-config 'mozjs185 >= 1.8.5'; } fails .
As of 06/04/2009 libproxy is required by libsoup. It is then indirectly used by the Midori browser.
Web Proxy Options
- Squid is a very popular caching/optimizing proxy
- Privoxy is an anonymizing and ad-blocking proxy
- For a simple proxy, ssh with port forwarding can be used
Simple Proxy with SSH
Connect to a server (HOST) on which you have an account (USER) as follows
ssh -D PORT USER@HOST
For PORT, choose some number which is not an IANA registered port. This specifies that traffic on the local PORT will be forwarded to the remote HOST. ssh will act as a SOCKS server. Software supporting SOCKS proxy servers can simply be configured to connect to PORT on localhost.
Using a SOCKS proxy
There are two cases:
- the application you want to use handles SOCKS proxies (for example Firefox) then you just have to configure it to use the proxy
- the application you want to use does not handle SOCKS proxies then you can try to use tsocks (available in extra)
Proxy settings on GNOME3
Some programs like Chromium prefer to use the settings stored by gnome. These settings can be modified through the gnome-control-center front end and also through gsettings.
gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy mode 'manual' gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy.http host 'proxy.localdomain.com' gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy.http port 8080 gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy.ftp host 'proxy.localdomain.com' gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy.ftp port 8080 gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy.https host 'proxy.localdomain.com' gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy.https port 8080 gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy ignore-hosts "['localhost', '127.0.0.0/8', '10.0.0.0/8', '192.168.0.0/16', '172.16.0.0/12' , '*.localdomain.com' ]"
This configuration can also be set to automatically execute when Network Manager connects to specific networks , by using the package proxydriverAUR from the AUR


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Game of Thrones has always opened itself up to some creative cosplay, but this one really takes the cake. Not only does it capture two characters from the books, it immortalizes one of the most iconic moments from the second book/season.
Warning- It's a season/book 2 spoiler!
The photo of this unnamed cosplayer was snapped last week at Comic-Con by Gene Miguel, and comes to us via pretty much everyone on Twitter today.
Excellent. Good King Renly deserves no less.


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Another grouping of seats. This time it is very comfortable armchairs and sofa in a family room located between the living and bedroom areas. A bay window opens out to the garden and the music system is cleverly concealed under the ledge below the windows.
Accessories - paintings and antiques - have been carefully co-ordinated with each of the furniture groupings and help give a distinct identity to each group. For example, the core grouping in the living area is distinctively oriental in flavour. Elsewhere, African tribal artifacts form a coffee-table grouping adjacent to a tribal wall-hanging. In another group it is a shell collection which forms the focal point.
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Australian Buyout Deals Stall
Australia has all the ingredients to be a hotbed for private-equity activity: big-ticket buyout targets, a stable political system and a growing economy.
Yet such deal activity has stalled in the country, as potential buyers and sellers have failed to agree on terms, as evidenced by surfwear retailer Billabong International Ltd., which has danced with interested parties for more than a year and is still in talks.
The volume of private-equity deals completed in Australia fell 18% to $2.61 billion in 2012 from 2011, according to Dealogic data. Gone were the multibillion-dollar buyouts; the last was 18 months ago, when Bain Capital LLC bought accounting software provider MYOB for $1.25 billion. The biggest deal last year was the $716 million buyout of cleaning and food-services firm Spotless Group, done by local firm Pacific Equity Partners.


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The Ocean Film Festival Australia Supports Conservation
Australian audiences can immerse themselves in the wonders of the ocean without getting their feet wet this March as the Ocean Film Festival Australia hits cinemas across the country. The festival, which features 11 of the world's most captivating ocean-themed short films, will light up silver screens in 14 cities.
Project AWARE is proud to be a conservation partner and encourages scuba divers and ocean advocates to grab a ticket as $1 from each ticket sold will support marine conservation.
Designed to mesmerise and enthral, the Ocean Film Festival Australia showcases more than two hours of sublime footage taken above and below the water's surface. The films document the beauty and power of the ocean, and celebrate the divers, surfers, swimmers and oceanographers who live for the sea's salt spray; who chase the crests of waves; and who marvel at the mysteries of the big blue.
The films feature captivating cinematography, complete with awe-inspiring underwater scenes and fast-paced wave sequences that have been captured from unbelievable vantage points. Mesmerising images of schooling fish, colourful coral gardens and jellyfish blooms are complemented with up-close footage of curious marine creatures such as seals, dolphins, whale sharks and eels.
Heart-stopping shots of surfers riding wild waves and adrenalin-inducing scenes of divers swimming with white sharks will leave audiences on the edges of their seats. Inspiring and thought-provoking, the Ocean Film Festival Australia is filled with moving footage, touching interviews and insightful narrations. Each of the festival's films conveys a deep respect and appreciation for the world's oceans and the creatures that call them home.
The Ocean Film Festival Australia will tour the country in March. Tickets are on sale now visit www.oceanfilmfestivalaustralia.com.au
Tour dates:
BRISBANE 4 March – Schonell Cinema, University of Queensland
MELBOURNE 5 March – The Capitol Theatre, RMIT
GOLD COAST 6 March – The Reading Cinema, Biggera Waters
CAIRNS 7 March – Centre of Contemporary Arts
TOWNSVILLE 8 March – Riverway Arts Centre
ADELAIDE 12 March – Mercury Cinema
CANBERRA 12 March – National Film and Sound Archives
SYDNEY 13 March – The Hayden Orpheum, Cremorne
AVOCA BEACH 14 March – Avoca Beach Picture Theatre
NEWCASTLE 15 March – Tower Cinemas
DARWIN 19 March – Darwin Entertainment Centre
PERTH 20 & 21 March – The State Theatre Centre of WA, Northbridge
BROOME 22 March – Sun Pictures
HOBART 26 March – Stanley Burbury Theatre, UTAS Sandy Bay Campus
BYRON BAY 27 March – The Palace Cinema
Support Ocean Conservation - purchase tickets today! www.oceanfilmfestivalaustralia.com.au


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Tom Renner, associate vice president for public and community relations at Hope College, will retire at the end of the calendar year after serving at the college for 47 years.
Hope College President John C. Knapp expressed appreciation for "a commitment that may never be equaled," not only for its duration but for its quality and extent.
"Hope College has been at the center of the Renner family life for his entire career," Knapp said. "He's been on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, disseminating news of Hope's successes and tragedies and telling the Hope story through the lens of his ever-present camera with a perspective honed by decades of experience and interactions. Five Hope College presidents have relied on Tom for advice in serving the media, and two-thirds of all Hope alumni have graduated with Tom snapping photos at their commencement. His is a tale of loyalty and love for Hope for which we are all deeply grateful."
Renner, who is 68, had originally considered retiring earlier in the year, but—with characteristic dedication—remained at the college to support the transition for Knapp, who became Hope's 12th president on July 1.
"I am personally grateful that Tom stayed long enough to assist me with my transition into the presidency," Knapp said. "His wise counsel has been invaluable since my appointment was first announced last March."
A member of the Hope staff since 1967, Renner developed and directs the college's overall program in public and community relations, which includes the college's news, sports information and media relations programs; community programming such as Community Day and Winter Happening; college home web pages; and multiple publications.
He supervises a staff of five, and is the primary college spokesperson. Among other roles across his career, he has served as the primary college photographer, shooting more than 500,000 images featuring the people, places and events of Hope. He helped establish the college website in the 1990s, and has continued to update the "KnowHope" and "Hope Today" home pages through the current semester.
Renner developed the college's sports information program, which he directed from 1967 through June of this year. He was the first editor of "News from Hope College," which is the magazine published five times per year for alumni and friends of the college. For many years, he also supervised the staff members responsible for the college's alumni relations program and summer-conference program.
He was league publicist and statistician for the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1967 until 2008, and in 2008 was named MIAA historian, a position he will continue. The MIAA established the Renner Association Sports Information Associate Award for students in his honor in 2008.
In conjunction with his role as sports information director, he presented the daily "Hope Sports Report" on WHTC radio for nearly 30 years (1984-spring 2013), often incorporating other college news and events.
Through the years Renner has been honored by multiple professional associations, including receiving awards for publications from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the College Sports Information Directors Association of America (CoSIDA), and recognition for service from CoSIDA and the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan.
In the summer of 1996, he was chosen to be a volunteer in media relations, in men's basketball and women's gymnastics, with the Centennial Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Ga.
In 2006 he received recognition as a Paul Harris Fellow from the Holland Rotary Club for service and humanitarian efforts in Holland and for Hope College.
Renner, who is a member of the college's Class of 1967, received a Meritorious Service Award from the Hope College Alumni Association on April 28, 2012.
He was named a recipient of Hope's "Vanderbush-Weller Award" for strong, positive impact on students on May 2, 2013. In his role at Hope, especially in the area of sports information, he has been able to involve many students in the life of the college.
Renner's family has also been devoted to his work, regularly participating in his activities at the college through the years. His wife, Carole, is a Hope alumna, Class of 1967. They have four children, Deb, Susie, Daniel and ReBecca, all of whom attended Hope, and nine grandchildren. In 2007, the college named the media section of the DeVos Fieldhouse in honor of Tom and Carole.
Tom and Carole have supported a variety of major projects at Hope, including all of the new athletic facilities (Dow Center, DeWitt Tennis Center, Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse, Boeve and Wolters stadiums in baseball and softball, Van Andel Soccer Stadium, and VandePoel-Heeringa Stadium Courts). They are also members of the Second Century Club.
Immediately prior to joining the Hope staff, Renner had served as editor of the South Haven Tribune. He and Carole have continued to live in South Haven, where both have been involved in the community, where Tom served as assistant fire chief for many years and also on the city council. In addition to his work with the college, his involvement in the Holland community included serving on the Tulip Time Board of Directors and Executive board for several years, and the committees for the commemoration of Holland's 1997 Sesquicentennial and "Celebration 2000" event. He has also co-chaired the college's United Way drive. He and Carole are members of Christ Memorial Reformed Church in Holland.
In retirement he will continue to serve Hope as a volunteer. He will write a chronicle of Hope athletic history from 1970 through 2013, continuing a series that includes two volumes by former faculty member Gord Brewer covering 1862-1955 and 1955-1970; and will also assist the college in further organizing the photographs taken during his tenure.


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A video clip featuring the winners of the 2010 High Cotton awards has now been posted on the Farm Press Web sites.
The High Cotton awards, which are sponsored by Farm Press Publications and The Cotton Foundation, are presented annually at the National Cotton Council's Beltwide Cotton Conferences. This year's Beltwide was held in New Orleans in January.
The video, which is produced by Lost Planet Media, was shown during the High Cotton awards breakfast held by Farm Press Publications and the co-sponsors who help make the awards program possible.
"The High Cotton awards give us the opportunity to reflect on the conservation efforts of all cotton farmers," says Greg Frey, vice-president for Farm Press. "We hope our readers will enjoy seeing this video as much as we enjoyed making it."
To see the video featuring this year's winners — Mike Griffin, Suffolk, Va.; Jimmy Hargett, Alamo, Tenn.; Jeff Posey, Roby, Texas; and Allen Pierucci, Buttonwillow, Calif. — go to http://southeastfarmpress.com/high-cotton-award/2010_winners/.


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Cárdenas, Lázaro
Lázaro Cárdenas (lä´särō kär´dānäs), 1895–1970, president of Mexico (1934–40). He joined the revolutionary forces in 1913 and rose to become a general. He was governor (1928–32) of his native state, Michoacán, and held other political posts before he was, with the support of Plutarco E. Calles, elected president. After a bitter conflict Cárdenas sent (1936) Calles into exile and organized a vigorous campaign of socialization of industry and agriculture based on the constitution of 1917. Large landholdings were broken up and distributed to small farmers on the ejido system, and many foreign-owned properties, especially oil fields, were expropriated. Cárdenas, determined to make Mexico a modern democracy, became anathema to large landowners, industrialists, and foreign investors, but—himself a mestizo—became a hero to native peoples and the Mexican working classes. He relinquished his office at the end of his term, acting in accord with his desire for democratic and orderly constitutional processes. Cárdenas was recalled to public service as minister of national defense (1942–45). His political influence as the leader of the Mexican left continued in the years after World War II.
See biography by W. Townsend (2d ed. 1979); study by J. C. Ashby (1967).
His son Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano (kōō-outā´môk, sōlôr´sänō), 1934–, seen since the 1980s as his father's political heir, held posts within the ruling Institutional Revolutionary party (PRI) before 1988, when he formed the leftist Democratic Revolutionary party (PRD) in opposition. He ran unsuccessfully for president in 1988 (when he lost as a result of vote fraud) and 1994, but in 1997 he became the first elected mayor of Mexico City. He resigned in 1999 to make a third attempt at winning the Mexican presidency, running on a leftist nationalist platform that opposed free trade. Cárdenas lost to Vicente Fox Quesada in the elections of July, 2000.


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Diane Rivest needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 65 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
iMA Consulting is a boutique consulting firm that has been in business for about 4 years . We are specializing in Market Access, Reimbursement, Health Economics, and Strategic Pricing mainly for companies launching pharmaceutical products.
We need a logo to be used on our business cards and letterhead. The logo will be part of our up coming web site as well (different contest)
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We are looking for of a logo that will convey professionalism, modern and high quality services with an edge.
Eye catching, bold, original, innovative
Colors: Rich dark red wine and maybe one other color that is internet favorite and will match with it.
We favor simplicity over complexity
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20th Century Fox appears to have scrapped plans for a 3D re-release of Roland Emmerich's 1996 sci-fi alien invasion epic "Independence Day."
Exhibitor Relations revealed through Twitter that Fox has decided not to release the post-converted film in theatres. The Will Smith-starrer was slated for release on July 3rd 2013.
How this affects the proposed sequels in development is uncertain at this time.
Source: Twitter


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Diagnosing Melanoma
Diagnosing melanoma can be a difficult task, even for a trained dermatologist or physician. Because the symptoms are not always obvious, it is critical that you pay close attention to caring for your skin, and notify your doctor right away if you have concerns or find a suspicious mole – especially if you have a family history of melanoma.
If you or your doctor is concerned about a suspicious lesion, he or she may perform a biopsy.
Watch our YouTube video of Dr. Whitney High, MD, JD, MEng explaining all that goes into making a melanoma diagnosis.
Step 1: Biopsy/Tissue Analysis
There are several different types of biopsies. Most commonly, tissue is removed from the skin and examined under a microscope by a skin analysis specialist, often a dermatopathologist specializing in melanoma biopsies. After analyzing the tissue, the pathologist will issue a pathology report. The pathology report will include detailed scientific information on the biopsy and will help your doctor determine your treatment options.
The main types of skin biopsies are:
- Fine Needle Aspirate (FNA)
- Shave Biopsy
- Punch Biopsy
- Incisional Biopsy
- Excisional Biopsy
Step 2: Lymph Node Status
If the original or primary melanoma has certain high-risk characteristics, your doctor will want to examine your lymph nodes to determine whether any cells have traveled beyond the initial site.
To confirm whether cells have migrated, your doctor will perform a sentinel lymph node biopsy. If melanoma cells are found in the sentinel node, a second surgery to remove and examine additional lymph nodes should be performed. These additional lymph nodes are also evaluated by a pathologist to determine if they contain any melanoma cells. If no melanoma cells are found, then no further surgical intervention will be performed.
The extent of lymph node involvement, as well as several other factors, will help determine the stage of diagnosis. Your stage at diagnosis will determine the best treatment option(s), and ultimately, your prognosis.
Catching a melanoma early can save your life! Learn how to perform monthly self skin exams and what to expect at a yearly checkup. You may also be interested in viewing pictures of melanoma.


text: On Sat, 11 Mar 2006, Jeremy Baker wrote: >> >> In spite of it being in "unfit" individuals only, >> if you lose those individuals you lose any possibility of ever getting >> that gene right! >> > > An artificial Founder's Effect. > > Vermont's sugar maple trees are migrating north towards Canada. In the new > territory, the ideal genotype for the region's soil and weather factors > may never evolve c/o natural selection, if during the transition phase > those trees containing the ideal genes for Canadan soil were not yet > generally dispersed over the entire matrix's meta population. > > I have read that the discovery of more protein iterations than does exist > genes may encourage humans to rethink the Central Dogma theory of one gene > one protein. Advantageous phenotype behavior may not always result as a > causual relationship with a genetic change as drastic as a new gene locus, > if spliseosomes have epigenetically caused the beneficial behavior. > > I guess the idea is that nature is sometimes recursive and that the island > model can be used to help explain gene behavior? If someone where studying > genes, I would think their model would be constrained to their specie of > study, and the behavior between paramecium and trees probably would have > radical chromosome differences. A couple of comments. First, remember that a GA isn't quite the same thing as Darwinian evolution as realized in nature. Genes (or base pair triplets) as templates for protein generation, chromosomes as blueprints for lifeform assembly out of gene-encoded proteins, and the feedback of e.g. radiation, oxidative processes, metabolic processes, the environment may well contain all sorts of improvements on the "basic" GAs used in computer science, that are generally the simplest sorts of shuffling/selection mechanisms. Gender, for example, is present in nearly all complex life forms, including plants, where there is little or no biological dimorphism or different "roles" for the sexes to explain the advantage. Clearly there is an evolutionary advantage of some sort to having two sexes at the algorithmic level (but not three, four, six, at least that "nature" has discovered) but I'm probably one of a very few people that has even experimented with algorithmic sexual differentiation in GAs (published attempts so far having yielded null results for improved efficiency) and I don't publish; this is all work I do prospecting for gold as it were. So I don't think that island model explains gene behavior in nature at all -- I think it is what I said it was -- a nature-inspired attempt to beat a brutal and entirely practical limitation on GAs used within numerical optimization engines. Second, along the same lines, paramecia and trees are infinitely complex as far as modern GAs are concerned. I have some damned good GA code, GA code with a bunch of bells and whistles I've "invented" and added to it to try to deal with the premature convergence, miss the optimal valley problem. It's good enough to "solve" a bunch of highly nonlinear problems of fairly low dimensionality -- extremely complex landscapes -- by e.g. optimizing the weights of a neural network. It also does measureably, significantly "better" at finding solutions to problems with very high projective dimensionality on the inputs -- as many as hundreds of variables -- than standard (non-enhanced) GAs. This is roughly the level of problem complexity managed by an RNA virus (order of 10-10^2 genes, ~10 kilobases if you think that way). Except that the biological mechanisms of transcription into amino acids bound into proteins and so on contain a LOT of incidental complexity in the HIGHLY nonlinear problem space viruses inhabit. However, if there is a "good" model for computational GAs in nature it would be viruses, as viruses, like computer programs, rely on an externally provided "computer" (protein factories in cells that are NOT encoded into the virus itself) to transform the codons into a structure that can be subjected to selection. Alas, at this level of complexity viruses do not generally engage in "sex" (crossover) and viruses, like so many biological systems, are more concerned with remaining STABLE on a slowly varying niche optimum than they are wildly sampling the bulk of their genetic variability to seek newer better optima in other niches. So even here the metaphor is strained -- many GAs are like sexy viruses risking everything on trying to "crack" the optimum of some particular artificially selected niche. To summarize, GAs, like neural networks, are METAPHORS of biological processes transmogrified to human algorithmic purposes in information processing, and the Island model is a nature-inspired attempt to extend the metaphor to address the specific problem of trying to shuffle a "perfect hand" out of a finite deck of cards (where you are forced to systematically discard cards from each round of the game, some of which might be needed by that perfect hand) by permitting the game to be played at several tables at once, each with their own deck, and periodically replicating players with the best hands so far between the tables to "replenish" prematurely depleted codons, one hopes. With a few tweaks, a really good metaphor, actually -- for many problems the solution space has an unknown but potentially large degeneracy (like a royal flush in any one of FOUR suits having equal, optimal, weight). It does no good to send a player with the best hand so far (in a suit that HAPPENS to be clubs) to a table where the best hand so far HAPPENS to be spades, especially if you have waited until all the good spades have been eliminated at the club table so it isn't that likely that one of the "extra" cards in the best club hand is the ace of spaces. I personally prefer a "tribal" model to an Island model per se -- where a tribal model is in systematically closer contact than an Island model and where special games are played to permit tribes to conserve different codons pools while still remaining in sufficiently close contact to be optimizing the same "species" -- or "suit". Either way the problem remains -- stability/convergence and exploration (exploration of a VERY VERY LARGE SPACE -- 100 BINARY variables represents 2^100 individual cells, about 10^30 possible states -- with 100 N-ary discrete or continuous ordinal or non-ordinal variables far worse) are fundamentally at odds in the optimization process, and if you make a model good at one it is bad at the other. It is very difficult indeed to make a general purpose GA that is good at both, and some very real but (still, as far as I can tell from the literature) undiscovered scaling laws in the no-free-lunch space that this represents. I have some ideas on how to build the "ideal" GA for solving at least certain classes of problems and perhaps one day soon I will have the time to explore them within MY code base... my base of real C code:-) All that I can say is that anybody who has actually played with GAs and/or studied biogenetics could never, ever, doubt the generalized theory of evolution -- reproduction (with any mechanism at all of variability) mixed with selection is a very, very powerful optimization algorithm. rgb -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu


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What's In A Word?
Greetings. Today's post is a more permanent reminder, to accompany the ever-changing "update" found on the home page of this blog, that this, and my other blog, plus my Twitter account were invaded by an unwelcome guest. I know when it happened and considering we live in a world of technology that expands at extreme rates, it's easy for me to understand how easy it may be for some who have the inclination to "hack" into blogs, accounts and other places of the virtual variety.
It's not a worry for me, but please do keep in mind that some content seemingly produced and placed on the "interwebs" may not be mine as the major contributor of either blog or Twitter account holder of @creasesinger. Sara Daniels contributes, so the same also applies to her. For those familiar with either/both of my blogs, it's business as usual. Things in my personal world ebb and flow. It's rather a natural state and quite normal when seen as a whole. For those who are new or more recent readers (and listeners/watchers-AV is a part of the mix that creates the big picture), my personal "self-expressions" may appear fractured or "choppy" at first. Considering I've been sharing on the internet for almost 13 years in various ways, it's understandable.
Moving on; there are often times when a single word has more than one definition. Recently, a discussion of the English word "respect" occurred in one of my circles and it caused me to visit my good friend, the dictionary. Here is the Dictionary.com definitions of the word "respect". When the conversation started, I was thinking in terms of the origins of the word and stated that it first meant "to look back." We "speculate" and see things in "circumspect" and wear "spectacles". Sometimes we even make "spectacles" of ourselves. Originally, the Latin word was "respectus". In modern day English, however, it is most often first thought of as the linked definition indicates. We should "respect" the meaning of words.
It's been proven throughout history, and I'm sure you can think of some examples in your everyday life as well, that simple words can cause a great divide. Sometimes words can even start wars. Words can be used to hurt another. Words can be misunderstood and cause divorces, anger, hate, and much, much worse. Words are how most of us communicate. Sign language may not be spoken "words", but language is the key word. With any form of "language", interpretation can very easily break down and degrade to the point of utter disaster.
The reason "words" have become the subject of this post is because it became evident that even one, single word, "respect", caused a simple conversation among friends to escalate into something that very nearly created a divide that could not be mended. It wasn't that any party was attempting to do anything but communicate. I'll be an advocate for communication until I breathe my last breath, so there's no finger pointing or judgement implied on my end. The problem was so simple, we didn't even know there was a problem until it was almost too late to repair.
The conversation involved different people, born and raised in different places. When words in any language are used to communicate, they are always heard and perceived in the manner in which the person who takes them in and processes them was taught since birth to interpret them. Often, even a single word can be internalized by each individual person as meaning something very different. When words are added around the original "single" word and context comes into play, well, the conversation can take a very sharp turn toward "bad" and no person in the conversation is actually to blame. If you think about it for just a minute, it happens all the time; everyday. We tend to believe that those we are conversing with have the exact same understanding of each word we use. We take the time to communicate, but the communication is received as something, often times, completely different than the origin.
In short, any word that proceeds out me may not be received as intended, therefore, I ask that those who have attempted any sort of communication with me as a person remember that I will never be bothered or annoyed if I am asked to clarify or restate something in any conversation, on any level. Words help us come together, but they can also destroy. Internally, words can linger as hurt for the entirety of a person's life and the deliverer of those words may never have even known the words sent forth could do such a thing, let alone be the cause of pain.
It also became clear at one point that some parties were discussing things on one level, while others were using the same words and seemingly participating on that same level, but as it happened, the conversation was taking place on more than one level and rifts created weren't discovered right away. To those who hope to "elevate the conversation", I feel it prudent to remind them that it is wise to always keep in mind that all conversations as they "elevate" do not simply exist on one level. In other "words", the more "elevated" the conversation, as many like to think of it, the more levels must be addressed at once. The "ground level" conversation which was the origin of the communication does not disappear and it is the "foundation level" that the "elevated conversation" stands upon. Without every level, the conversation becomes fruitless and lacks the result many believe an "elevated conversation" will produce.
It's okay to call me a nerd of grand proportion after reading this post. I do like to "get deep" as some have described it, but in essence, it's just me walking around observing things and sharing thoughts. I do take the time to "look back" and I, personally, do strive to bear in mind that "words" are not the entirety of any conversation. Even if other people take offense when I ask for clarification, I will still continue to do it, because I know that a "conversation" as we know it to be, involves more than just one party.
Until there comes such a time that "words" aren't even necessary and we all have one single awareness, hence "conversation" should be changed to "Universal understanding" in terms of "words", mankind will continue having disputes brought about by "words". Is there a "Universal understanding"? To answer in human words on one level, "yes". On other levels, we are still working and it takes patience and time. As the speed of human communication methods get faster and faster, so too does the amount increase of humans who get left behind and out of the conversations on almost every level.
I, for one, do not have it in me to leave masses of people behind simply because mankind believes it has the authority and knowledge to create life on Earth; then turn around and leave that life behind, scrambling in the dust, fighting for scraps and contending with the wolves with ever decreasing resources to survive. As I've stated in at least one previous post, life is a gift and having the gift to create it as humans should also include the ability to sustain that life. I trust in my heart that the right thing to do is remain grounded in the basic "conversation", physically standing along side those who barely eek out an existence, all the while fully aware and actively engaged in what is called the "elevated conversation". I trust in love and though "words" aren't necessary on one level, as a human, they are the gifts, if used properly that help unify. It is not for me to decide who should get left behind, so until I become aware that it's time to stop, I will not simply look upon another human in any circumstance and assume that person is worthless.
I am who I am and though being the person I was born to be makes other people find me "weird", "strange", and use an entire dictionary full of words in attempts at causing me to feel shame or guilt or gain some advantage over me, I will be exactly the same as I have always been, no matter what "words" or actions are used by others to hurt me or try to change me. There is nothing in me that intentionally causes other people hurt or suffering and I will stand by that through any judgement. The only time I would ever use any sort of force would be if another life or my own were in danger.
Some humans were built to run right into the fire if life is at stake. Sometimes, those of us who do that naturally, will also stay in the fire and sort through the rubble to make sure no one gets left behind. Sometimes, of those who will do that, a few will also be the first to draw fire so that the rest can reach their destination unseen and unharmed. We all have our "thing" and if you know what your "thing" is, please don't let the "words" and judgments of other humans make you feel worthless or less. None of us are alone, no matter how hard the rest of the world tries to convince you otherwise. Someone always cares and while my words may not mean much on some levels, I would not put them out into open forum of the internet if I wouldn't stand behind them right until the moment I die. Don't let words hurt you and never think you are alone. I care, at the very least, one human cares and I assure you, there are plenty of others out there who are right there with me.
Anything is possible. Words can mean many different things, but communication can achieve clarity with patience and effort.
Peace – Mia – email@example.com and @creasesinger
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Mystery Worshipper: Bishop of Stortford
Church: Holy Trinity
Location: Witney, Oxfordshire, England
Date of visit: Sunday, 13 September 2009, 10:45am
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The building
It is a neo-Gothic stone building from the Victorian era, looking much larger on the outside than the space it provides inside. It has recently been reordered, with a nave altar and chairs replacing the pews. However, the choir still uses the old choir stalls, partially screened off from the rest of the congregation, and the eucharist is ministered at the communion rail at the high altar.
The church
They conduct house groups for people who wish to study the Bible or discuss moral issues. The celebrate holy communion on all Sundays of the month except the fourth, when they recite morning prayer.
The neighborhood
The town of Witney, in rural Oxfordshire, derived its wealth from the wool trade and was once famous for the manufacture of blankets. The blanket industry is no longer part of the town's economy, but the town still retains many of the trappings of wealth. Holy Trinity Church is in a newer residential area in the corner of a small village green. There is a small children's playground behind it and the building itself is partially hidden amongst a clump of trees.
The cast
The Rt Revd Bill Down, retired Bishop of Bermuda and Honorary Assistant Bishop of Oxford, presided. Bishop Down was assisted by his wife, Sally Down. Jeff Hill, team evangelist, preached.
What was the name of the service?Welcome to Worship Holy Communion.
How full was the building?
Around 100 people, which is approaching the capacity of the church. About half of these, including this Mystery Worshipper, were there to witness the baptism of Leo Adderley.
Did anyone welcome you personally?
One person greeted me with a "Good morning" and another handed me a stack of service books as I walked through the door, trying to control my four children.
Was your pew comfortable?
Yes, very adequate upholstered church chair with a tray in the back of the next chair for the multitude of books.
How would you describe the pre-service atmosphere?
The large baptismal party, many of whom were not regular churchgoers, were in good voice. With the organist providing some background, it had something of the air of a wedding rather than a Sunday service.
What were the exact opening words of the service?
"We sing our first hymn from the green hymn book, number 486."
What books did the congregation use during the service?
I was handed a decent library of books when I arrived, including the New English Hymnal and the Holy Trinity Hymn Book. There was also a parish newsletter, a service sheet for holy communion, and a separate service sheet for holy baptism. The Holy Bible, New Revised Standard Version, was in each row of chairs.
What musical instruments were played?
Pipe organ.
Did anything distract you?
As preparations were being made to distribute communion, one of the wafers fell to the floor. The bishop bent down, picked it up, and put it back in with the others. As I went up for communion, there was this nagging suspicion in the back of my mind that I might receive that particular wafer.
Was the worship stiff-upper-lip, happy clappy, or what?
Straight down the middle of the road. Nothing remarkable nor dreadful about it. A nice service of the kind I have come to expect from a decent C of E parish. The service was called "Welcome to Worship" and was one of those slightly, but only very slightly, shortened holy communion liturgies with plenty of hymns. But alas, the baptism of little Leo did not go all that well – read on!
Exactly how long was the sermon?
13 minutes.
On a scale of 1-10, how good was the preacher?
6 – Jeff Hill had the manner of a computer programmer giving his first presentation after going on the "how to do a presentation" training course. He used a slide projector to reinforce his sermon. He included a cartoon joke about text messages that contained several examples of the abbreviations that people use when texting. (I have given him an extra point, because the use of text messaging as a theme in the sermon got my teenage daughter's attention, which is a minor miracle for any preacher.)
In a nutshell, what was the sermon about?
He preached on Mark 8:27-30 (the disciples are not sure who Christ is, but Peter confesses him as the Messiah) in the style of a group of teenagers texting to each other. He had some fun with this concept, flashing up pictures of a mobile phone on his projector with the letters, for example, "WITG" (Who is this guy?) and "NAS" (Not absolutely sure), and so forth. He threw in a few references to baptism, which was, for half the congregation, the main event of the morning.
Which part of the service was like being in heaven?
This was a typical English congregation coming together for their typically English act of Sunday worship – confidently, quietly and without a lot of fuss. It was a nice example of Church of England community. Perhaps this is what heaven will be like.
And which part was like being in... er... the other place?
At the baptism, Leo, who is about 18 months old, was not at all impressed by the process of having water splashed in his face "in the name of the Father." In fact, he screamed for his mummy as though he had just fallen down and bumped his head. However, rather than stop and comfort the poor lamb, the bishop continued to slap more water in his face "in the name of the Son and Holy Spirit." I thought it rather unfair on the chap, since this was his big moment of welcome into the Church, that he found the experience so traumatic. But he soon forgot the trauma, and had a right good time waving his lighted candle about and splashing wax on the floor.
What happened when you hung around after the service looking lost?
I'm afraid I didn't really get a chance to hang around until everyone had left, as I was involved with taking photos of the family.
How would you describe the after-service coffee?
I didn't manage to find where the coffee was served - there was certainly no mention of it in the notices. There was a Traidcraft stall ("Fighting Poverty Through Trade") at the back of the church selling ground coffee, amongst other things.
How would you feel about making another visit (where 10 = ecstatic, 0 = terminal)?
8 – I was in my comfort zone here with the Church of England at its best. Possibly a bit bland for some tastes, but you could do a lot worse.
Did the service make you feel glad to be a Christian?
Apart from my slight pangs of shame at being part of a religion that uses water torture as an initiation rite for toddlers, I was filled with the gladness that I always feel when standing amongst a crowd of friends and strangers, united in a well run eucharist.
What one thing will you remember about all this in seven days' time ?
The baptism of Leo.


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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 05:45 PM
The Vegas bachelor bash "The Hangover" won the Golden Globe for best musical or comedy Sunday, while James Cameron earned the best-director Globe for his science-fiction blockbuster "Avatar."
Cameron's space fantasy is following in the footsteps of his "Titanic" as a box-office record-breaker and awards darling.
The win for "The Hangover," a huge audience favorite, brought uncharacteristic awards attention for broad comedy, a genre that often gets overlooked at Hollywood honors.
"I just want to thank my mom, who supported my decision to become a director when she realized I wasn't as smart as my two sisters," said "Hangover" director Todd Phillips.
"Avatar" also was up for best drama, along with the Harlem tale "Precious," the recession tale "Up in the Air" and the war stories "The Hurt Locker" and "Inglourious Basterds."
Among acting winners were Sandra Bullock as a football mom in the football tale "The Blind Side," Robert Downey Jr. in the crime romp "Sherlock Holmes," Meryl Streep as chef Julia Child in "Julie & Julia," Mo'Nique as a loathsome, abusive welfare mother in "Precious" and Christoph Waltz as a gleefully bloodthirsty Nazi in "Inglourious Basterds."
Cameron had kind words for ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow, nominated as best director for "The Hurt Locker."
"Frankly, I thought Kathryn was going to get this. She richly deserves it," said Cameron, whose "Titanic" earned the directing and best-drama Globes 12 years ago on its way to Academy Awards triumph.
The blockbuster "Up" came away with the award for animated film.
While Streep is a perennial at awards shows, the prize marked a dramatic turning point for Mo'Nique, who was mainly known for lowbrow comedy but startled audiences with her ferocious performance in "Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' By Sapphire."
"First let me say, thank you, God, for this amazing ride that you're allowing me to go on," the tearful Mo'Nique told the crowd.
She went on with gushing praise for "Precious" director Lee Daniels and newcomer Gabourey Sidibe, a best dramatic actress nominee at the Globes with her first film role, playing Mo'Nique's abused, illiterate daughter.
"Lee Daniels, the world gets a chance to see how brilliant you are. You are a brilliant, fearless, amazing director who would not waver, and thank you for trusting me," Mo'Nique said. "To Gabby, sister, I am in awe of you. Thank you for letting me play with you."
Streep's competition for best actress in a musical or comedy included herself. She also was nominated for the romance "It's Complicated."
"I just want to say that in my long career, I've played so many extraordinary woman that I'm getting mistaken for one," Streep said. "I'm very clear that I'm the vessel for other people's stories and other people's lives."
Waltz, a veteran Austrian actor who is a relative newcomer in Hollywood, won the supporting-actor Globe as a gleefully bloodthirsty Nazi in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds."
"A year and a half ago I was exposed to the gravitational forces of Quentin Tarantino," Waltz said. "He took my modest little world, my globe, and with the power of his talent and his words and his vision, he flung it into its orbit, a dizzying experience."
The nominees offered a mix of far-out fantasy ("Avatar") and ripped-from-the-headlines reality (the Iraq drama "The Hurt Locker," the recession tale "Up in the Air") at the Globes, Hollywood's first major film honors that will help sort out the Oscar picture.
Though one of Hollywood's biggest parties, the Globes bore somber reminders of tragedy in the real world, many stars wearing ribbons in support of earthquake victims in Haiti.
Films from Pixar Animation, the Disney outfit that made "Up," have won all four prizes for animated movies since the Globes introduced the category in 2006. Past Pixar winners are "WALL-E," "Ratatouille" and "Cars."
"Up" features the voice of Ed Asner in a tale of a lonely, bitter widower who renews his zest for adventure by flying his house off under helium balloons to South America, where he encounters his childhood hero and a hilarious gang of talking canines.
"When it came to finding the heart of the film, we didn't have to look very hard," said "Up" director Pete Docter, whose film also won for musical score. "Our inspiration was all around us. Our grandparents, our parents, our wives, our kids. Our talking dogs."
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner won the screenplay honor for "Up in the Air," which Reitman also directed. The foreign-language honor went to "The White Ribbon," a stark drama of guilt and suspicion set in a German town on the eve of World War I.
James Cameron's sci-fi epic "Avatar" came in with four nominations but lost its first two categories, for song and musical score. Cameron's tale — which has soared up the box-office charts with $1.6 billion worldwide, second only to his own "Titanic" at $1.8 billion — had to wait until the end of the show for its next categories, best director and drama.
The song prize went to "The Weary Kind" from the country-music drama "Crazy Heart."
"Mad Men" won for best TV drama, while Michael C. Hall won for best actor in a TV drama for "Dexter," in which he plays a serial killer with a code of ethics, killing only other murderers. Hall's publicists revealed this past week that Hall is being treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma and that the cancer is in remission.
"It's really a hell of a thing to go to work in a place where everybody gives a damn. That's really the case with `Dexter,'" Hall said. "It's a dream job. I'm so grateful."
"Dexter" also won the supporting-actor TV honor for John Lithgow. Other TV winners included Juliana Margulies as best actress in a drama for "The Good Wife" and Toni Collette as best comedy actress for "The United States of Tara."
The rain-drenched red carpet was a rare sight for an awards show in sunny southern California, stars in their finery getting damp under umbrellas as storms swept the region.
The Globes got a makeover, featuring Ricky Gervais as master of ceremonies, the first time in 15 years the show had a host.
One of his most biting quips came as he sipped a beer on stage.
"I like a drink as much as the next man, unless the next man is Mel Gibson," Gervais wisecracked as he introduced Globe presenter Mel Gibson, who made an anti-Semitic rant a few years back during a drunken-driving arrest.
Gervais opened by mocking Steve Carell, star of the U.S. version of "The Office," based on Gervais' British comedy series. While a stone-faced Carell watched, Gervais yammered on about how fans love Carell and wonder where he gets his ideas from.
Carell then mouthed and pantomimed, "I will break you," to Gervais, an executive producer on the U.S. version of the show.
Gervais joked about the international causes near and dear to Hollywood stars.
"You can be a little Asian child with no possessions and see a picture of Angelina Jolie and you think, `mommy,'" he said.
d With stars sharing dinner and drinks, the Globes traditionally are a loose and relaxed affair compared to the courtly Oscars. Celebrities sometimes are caught more in reality-show mode — Jack Nicholson once mooned the crowd for a laugh, and Christine Lahti had to rush from the restroom to collect her Globe for the TV drama "Chicago Hope."
Sunday's winners could get a last-minute boost for the Oscars, whose nominations balloting closes Saturday. Last year's big Globe winner, "Slumdog Millionaire," went on to dominate the Oscars.
The Globes are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a group of about 90 reporters covering show business for overseas outlets. The show airs live on NBC.
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