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The recently published Online State Resources for Genealogy by Michael Hait is an electronic book in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format. It is the latest book from this prolific author.
I decided to put the book through its paces by starting with the state I know best from a research point of view - Massachusetts. Right from the start, I found he included a resource that I had not used before - Digital Commonwealth. Digital Commonwealth features links to collections of resources held by Massachusetts libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives. While it looks like a collection that is still growing, it is definitely a resource to keep an eye for future reference.
Hait's treatment of the Massachusetts State Archives provides a comprehensive look at its major holdings. He does not provide information on all of their collections but rather encourages readers to delve deeper into the online site to discover other resources on their own. Given the incredible volume of resources at this repository I think that is probably the best approach. He takes the same approach with all the repositories in his book.
Many researchers are perhaps not familiar with the incredible resources available at the often-overlooked Massachusetts Historical Society. An overview is provided for their many online collections including Anti-slavery Images, African Americans and the End of Slavery in Massachusetts, the Siege of Boston and Massachusetts Maps. This is just a sampling of the collections he features. A similar treatment is given for the major repositories of the other sates. Whenever possible he provides direct links to online collections.
Researchers who are delving into states that are unfamiliar territory will find this book a helpful introduction. Seasoned specialists will also find this book a handy reference to remind them of the tremendous collections available on the internet. Researchers should remember, however, that not all genealogical records are available on the internet and should make a point of contacting repositories to learn of non-digitized collections as well.
From a design point of view, the book is well laid out and easy to read. The Table of Contents provides internal links to sections on the major state repositories. The individual chapters provide links to the websites themselves. The links to the websites opened easily in my default web browser. I didn't encounter any errors or broken links. The index at the back of the book provides a way to search by record type if you prefer to do that.
Recognizing that the internet is constantly changing, Hait promises to continually update the book. In this first edition, he has grappled with the monumental task of organizing online state records. In an age that is heading more towards reading books digitally, I'm sure this work will become a genealogical standard. For such a comprehensive book the cost is priced reasonably at $15. I look forward to seeing this book grow and expand in coming years.
The author is offering all first edition purchasers a complimentary updated edition when it is released.
The book is available for download from lulu.com.
Online State Resources for Genealogy. By Michael Hait. Self-published on lulu.com. 310 pp. Index. Electronic Book (Adobe Acrobat format). $15.00.
Post Script: This book is best used as a reference for multiple states. If you are primarily interested in one state then your money would probably be better spent buying a book specifically on that state.


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Beat movement, also called Beat Generation, American social and literary movement originating in the 1950s and centred in the bohemian artist communities of San Francisco's North Beach, Los Angeles' Venice West, and New York City's Greenwich Village. Its adherents, self-styled as "beat" (originally meaning "weary," but later also connoting a musical sense, a "beatific" spirituality, and other meanings) and derisively called "beatniks," expressed their alienation from conventional, or "square," society by adopting an almost uniform style of seedy dress, manners, and "hip" vocabulary borrowed from jazz musicians. Generally apolitical and indifferent to social problems, they advocated personal release, purification, and illumination through the heightened sensory awareness that might be induced by drugs, jazz, sex, or the disciplines of Zen Buddhism. Apologists for the Beats, among them Paul Goodman, found the joylessness and purposelessness of modern society sufficient justification for both withdrawal and protest.
Beat poets sought to liberate poetry from academic preciosity and bring it "back to the streets." They read their poetry, sometimes to the accompaniment of progressive jazz, in such Beat strongholds as the Coexistence Bagel Shop and Lawrence Ferlinghetti's City Lights bookstore in San Francisco. The verse was frequently chaotic and liberally sprinkled with obscenities but was sometimes, as in the case of Allen Ginsberg's Howl (1956), ruggedly powerful and moving. Ginsberg and other major figures of the movement, such as the novelist Jack Kerouac, advocated a kind of free, unstructured composition in which the writer put down his thoughts and feelings without plan or revision—to convey the immediacy of experience—an approach that led to the production of much undisciplined and incoherent verbiage on the part of their imitators. By about 1960, when the faddish notoriety of the movement had begun to fade, it had produced a number of interesting and promising writers, including Ferlinghetti, Gregory Corso, Philip Whalen, and Gary Snyder, and had paved the way for acceptance of other unorthodox and previously ignored writers, such as the Black Mountain poets and the novelist William Burroughs.

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Machine Learning
What it is & why it matters
Machine learning is a method of data analysis that automates analytical model building. Using algorithms that iteratively learn from data, machine learning allows computers to find hidden insights without being explicitly programmed where to look.
The iterative aspect of machine learning is important because as models are exposed to new data, they are able to independently adapt. They learn from previous computations to produce reliable, repeatable decisions and results. It's a science that's not new – but one that's gaining fresh momentum.
Because of new computing technologies, machine learning today is not like machine learning of the past. While many machine learning algorithms have been around for a long time, the ability to automatically apply complex mathematical calculations to big data – over and over, faster and faster – is a recent development. Here are a few widely publicized examples of machine learning applications that you may be familiar with:
- The heavily hyped, self-driving Google car? The essence of machine learning.
- Online recommendation offers like those from Amazon and Netflix? Machine learning applications for everyday life.
- Knowing what customers are saying about you on Twitter? Machine learning combined with linguistic rule creation.
- Fraud detection? One of the more obvious, important uses in our world today.
Why the increased interest in machine learning?
Resurging interest in machine learning is due to the same factors that have made data mining and Bayesian analysis more popular than ever. Things like growing volumes and varieties of available data, computational processing that is cheaper and more powerful, and affordable data storage.
All of these things mean it's possible to quickly and automatically produce models that can analyze bigger, more complex data and deliver faster, more accurate results – even on a very large scale. The result? High-value predictions that can guide better decisions and smart actions in real time without human intervention.
One key to producing smart actions in real time is automated model building. Analytics thought leader Thomas H. Davenport wrote in The Wall Street Journal that with rapidly changing, growing volumes of data, "... you need fast-moving modeling streams to keep up." And you can do that with machine learning. He says, "Humans can typically create one or two good models a week; machine learning can create thousands of models a week."
More about machine learning
- Read Machine Learning with SAS Enterprise Miner to find out how machine learning techniques were used to analyze the practical problem of customer churn.
- Learn how Viseca Card Services used machine learning to create a new customer loyalty program in this white paper: Statistics and Machine Learning at Scale.
What Is Deep Learning?
Deep learning is a fast-growing area in machine learning research that has achieved breakthroughs in speech, text and image recognition. It's based on endowing a neural network with many hidden layers, enabling a computer to learn tasks, organize information and find patterns on its own. Recently, SAS took on a classical problem in machine learning research, the MNIST database, a data set containing thousands of images of handwritten digits.
Watch this webinar to learn what we did and what it reveals about the future of deep learning: The Thinking Machine – Experiments in Deep Learning.
How is machine learning used today?
Ever wonder how an online retailer provides nearly instantaneous offers for other products that may interest you? Or how lenders can provide near-real-time answers to your loan requests? Many of our day-to-day activities are powered by machine learning algorithms, including:
- Fraud detection.
- Web search results.
- Real-time ads on web pages and mobile devices.
- Text-based sentiment analysis.
- Credit scoring and next-best offers.
- Prediction of equipment failures.
- New pricing models.
- Network intrusion detection.
- Pattern and image recognition.
- Email spam filtering.
Video Timeout – Pattern Recognition
A popular use for machine learning today is pattern recognition because it can be used to recognize many types of images. For instance, the US Postal Service uses machine learning for handwriting recognition. This short video shows how easy it is to implement pattern recognition using SAS Enterprise Miner.
What are some popular machine learning methods?
Two of the most widely adopted machine learning methods are supervised learning and unsupervised learning. Most machine learning – about 70 percent – is supervised learning. Unsupervised learning accounts for 10 to 20 percent. Semi-supervised and reinforcement learning are two other technologies that are sometimes used.
- Supervised learning algorithms are trained using labeled examples, such as an input where the desired output is known. For example, a piece of equipment could have data points labeled either "F" (failed) or "R" (runs). The learning algorithm receives a set of inputs along with the corresponding correct outputs, and the algorithm learns by comparing its actual output with correct outputs to find errors. It then modifies the model accordingly. Through methods like classification, regression, prediction and gradient boosting, supervised learning uses patterns to predict the values of the label on additional unlabeled data. Supervised learning is commonly used in applications where historical data predicts likely future events. For example, it can anticipate when credit card transactions are likely to be fraudulent or which insurance customer is likely to file a claim.
- Unsupervised learning is used against data that has no historical labels. The system is not told the "right answer." The algorithm must figure out what is being shown. The goal is to explore the data and find some structure within. Unsupervised learning works well on transactional data. For example, it can identify segments of customers with similar attributes who can then be treated similarly in marketing campaigns. Or it can find the main attributes that separate customer segments from each other. Popular techniques include self-organizing maps, nearest-neighbor mapping, k-means clustering and singular value decomposition. These algorithms are also used to segment text topics, recommend items and identify data outliers.
- Semi-supervised learning is used for the same applications as supervised learning. But it uses both labeled and unlabeled data for training – typically a small amount of labeled data with a large amount of unlabeled data (because unlabeled data is less expensive and takes less effort to acquire). This type of learning can be used with methods such as classification, regression and prediction. Semi-supervised learning is useful when the cost associated with labeling is too high to allow for a fully labeled training process. Early examples of this include identifying a person's face on a web cam.
- Reinforcement learning is often used for robotics, gaming and navigation. With reinforcement learning, the algorithm discovers through trial and error which actions yield the greatest rewards. This type of learning has three primary components: the agent (the learner or decision maker), the environment (everything the agent interacts with) and actions (what the agent can do). The objective is for the agent to choose actions that maximize the expected reward over a given amount of time. The agent will reach the goal much faster by following a good policy. So the goal in reinforcement learning is to learn the best policy.
What's the difference between data mining, machine learning and deep learning?
The difference between machine learning and other statistical and mathematical approaches, such as data mining, is another popular subject of debate. In simple terms, while machine learning uses many of the same algorithms and techniques as data mining, one difference lies in what the two disciplines predict.
- Data mining discovers previously unknown patterns and knowledge.
- Machine learning is used to reproduce known patterns and knowledge, automatically apply that to other data, and then automatically apply those results to decision making and actions.
The increased power of today's computers has also helped data mining techniques evolve for use in machine learning. For instance, neural networks have long been used in data mining applications. With more computing power, you can create neural networks with many layers. In machine learning lingo, these are called deep neural networks. It's the increased computing power that enables fast processing of many neural network layers for automated learning.
Taking that a step further, artificial neural networks (ANN) are a group of algorithms that are loosely based on our understanding of the brain. ANNs can – in theory – model any kind of relationship within a data set, but in practice getting reliable results from neural networks can be very tricky. Artificial intelligence research dating back to the 1950s has been punctuated by the successes, and the failures, of neural networks.
Today, a new field of neural network research, known as deep learning, is having tremendous success in areas where many artificial intelligence approaches have failed in the past.
Deep learning combines advances in computing power and special types of neural networks to learn complicated patterns in large amounts of data. Deep learning techniques are currently state-of-the-art for identifying objects in images and words in sounds. Researchers are now looking to apply these successes in pattern recognition to more complex tasks such as automatic language translation, medical diagnoses and numerous other important social and business problems.
Did you know?
- In machine learning, a target is called a label.
- In statistics, a target is called a dependent variable.
- A variable in statistics is called a feature in machine learning.
- A transformation in statistics is called feature creation in machine learning.
What do you need to create good machine learning systems?
- Data preparation capabilities.
- Algorithms – basic and advanced.
- Automation and iterative processes.
- Scalability.
- Ensemble modeling.
Machine learning algorithms and processes
SAS graphical user interfaces help you build machine learning models and implement an iterative machine learning process. You don't have to be an advanced statistician. Our comprehensive selection of machine learning algorithms can help you quickly get value from your big data and are included in many SAS products. SAS machine learning algorithms include:
- Neural networks.
- Decision trees.
- Random forests.
- Associations and sequence discovery.
- Gradient boosting and bagging.
- Support vector machines.
- Nearest-neighbor mapping.
- k-means clustering.
- Self-organizing maps.
- Local search optimization techniques (e.g., genetic algorithms.)
- Expectation maximization.
- Multivariate adaptive regression splines.
- Bayesian networks.
- Kernel density estimation.
- Principal component analysis.
- Singular value decomposition.
- Gaussian mixture models.
- Sequential covering rule building.
Tools and processes
As we know by now, it's not just the algorithms. Ultimately, the secret to getting the most value from your big data lies in pairing the best algorithms for the task at hand with:
- Comprehensive data quality and management.
- GUIs for building models and process flows.
- Interactive data exploration and visualization of model results.
- Comparisons of different machine learning models to quickly identify the best one.
- Automated ensemble model evaluation to identify the best performers.
- Easy model deployment so you can get repeatable, reliable results quickly.
- An integrated, end-to-end platform for the automation of the data-to-decision process.
SAS machine learning experience and expertise
At SAS, we are continuously searching for and evaluating new approaches. Ours is a long history of implementing the statistical methods best suited to solving the problems you face. We combine our rich, sophisticated heritage in statistics and data mining with new architectural advances to ensure your models run as fast as possible – even in huge enterprise environments.
We understand that quick time to value means not only fast, automated model performance, but also time NOT spent moving data between platforms – especially when it comes to big data. High-performance, distributed analytical techniques take advantage of massively parallel processing integrated with Hadoop, as well as all major databases. You can quickly cycle through all steps of the modeling process – without moving data.


text: Well, looky there! Kris Humphries is sitting next to his mother on the Good Morning America couches, giving his first interview since Kim Kardashian filed for divorce. Wait, what? Didn't we hear about how Momager Kris included a clause in the couple's prenup that prevented him from talking about his relationship? From what it sounds like, yes — but it also seemed like Humphries was lured in under the pretenses that he'd be talking basketball with Josh Elliott, the GMA anchor who once hosted ESPN's SportsCenter, and was instead bombarded with questions about his reality romance, like "Do you still love Kim?" C'mon, bro, don't do a bro like that.


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DailyDirt: More 'All Natural' Ingredients Are Coming...
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
- Kraft changed its recipe for macaroni and cheese to remove the artificial preservatives and dyes -- without telling anyone. And... no one noticed the switch (and over 50 million boxes were sold). Kraft announced the "new and improved" recipe, hailing it as a success. However, doesn't that just mean no one reads ingredient labels (or that the labels are so vague/inaccurate that the ingredients can change without anyone knowing)? Essentially, if no one can taste the difference, Kraft just proved you can sell any set of ingredients without telling anyone. Soylent Green may contain some natural and/or artificial flavoring? [url]
- Reducing the preservatives added to food might involve changing the packaging that holds the food. Bread packaging with nanodroplets of oregano and clove essential oils can help keep bread free of mold -- for more than 2 weeks! [url]
- Mars candies (e.g., M&Ms, Skittles, etc) are all going to ditch artificial coloring in the next five years. So instead of seeing ingredients like "FD&C Red 40" -- we might see names like E120, which are already being used in the EU. [url]


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2012: Saw playing time in 25 matches for the Panthers... tallied 218 digs with a 2.63 dig per game average... recorded 20 service aces on the season... SAA Academic Honor Roll.
Pre-BSC: Lettered at Hewitt-Trussville High School... played outside hitter and middle back... three-year team captain... All-Area (2009-12)... 2011 Second-Team All-State... member of the 2011 North All-Star Team... Mu Alpha Theta and National Honor Society member...Played Club Volleyball for Team Sting.
Personal: Born on Nov. 18, 1994... daughter of Wendy and Michael Bedford... father was a decathlete at Auburn University from 1983-86... plans to major in English... also on the track and field team for BSC.
"I chose BSC because I liked the small campus atmosphere and family feel. I also really liked that it's a liberal arts school, because I am very interested in arts. The D3 sports program puts equal emphasis on our academic successes, and that really appealed to me as well because education is the ultimate reason I attend such a great school."


text: Prices End Week on High Note November 30, 2012 09:57 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Scott Harms, Archer Financial Services Email This information is provided by Archer Financial Services, Inc. 800-933-3996. The grain markets continued a steady recovery that began two Fridays ago before a setback on Thursday's trade. Before the late week setback corn values closed unchanged or higher in 8 of the last 9 trading sessions. A rally that was over $.50 from its mid-November lows. There has been little movement in Washington in regards to the current economic situation. (I think we are all tired of hearing the term "Fiscal Cliff") However, it appears that some of the fears that were prevalent in the market in the first half of the month have been reduced by some small signs of compromise and perhaps a realization that the "cliff" may actually be more of a "slope" that may have its impact felt over time and hopefully staved off by compromise. The rally this week was aided by the strongest weekly export figures of the marketing year in corn last week as well as growing concerns for the winter wheat crop. However, this week's exports were a disappointing 10 million bushels, which leaves the year to date total down 26% from the current USDA estimate. The Kansas City wheat contract has rallied over $.50 from its recent lows as reported crop conditions are the worst in 25 years. Further technical strength was the result of a corn market that violated its 50-day moving average. March Kansas City wheat rolled through a convergence of key moving averages near $9.15 which spurred more technical buying. The grain markets may now have reached levels where consolidation is expected and perhaps a 30-50% correction from this week's highs. March corn stopped at its 100 day moving average on Wednesday. We would look for a correction back to the $7.45 basis March corn over the next few weeks, before a steady to higher trend to resume into the January production report. The top end of our expected trading range is near the $7.85 to $7.95 where we will look to extend sales. Back to news


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California Supreme Court nomination a 'statement' to U.S.
As a boy, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar walked 7 miles each way from his home in Mexico to a school in Texas. On Tuesday, Cuéllar, a Harvard graduate and Stanford law professor, was nominated by Gov. Jerry Brown to the California Supreme Court.
If confirmed, he will be the court's first Latino justice since 2011 and its first Latino immigrant.
Cuéllar's appointment is "a statement to the rest of the nation as we go through this backlash against immigrants," said Laurie Levenson, a law professor at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles.
The state Senate's leader, President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, called the nomination "an inspired choice ... a timely reminder that our Golden State was forged by disparate immigrant communities who pushed frontiers and who, together, recognized a common strength in diversity."
Stellar credentials
Cuéllar, 41, gained stellar credentials - degrees from Harvard, Yale and Stanford, service in two presidential administrations and a law professorship - from an unlikely and modest background.
Born in the northern Mexico town of Matamoros, the child, known as Tino, walked through the border crossing each day to attend a Catholic school in Brownsville, Texas, said his father, Alfredo Cuéllar, who had attended the same school.
"We were an average family, not rich, not very poor ... but we were very fortunate to have a passion for education," he said. "Tino picked up that culture of education and books and historical issues, legal issues."
When Tino was 14, his father got his immigration papers and took his family to Calexico (Imperial County), where he had a job teaching Spanish. The father later became a visiting professor at Harvard and recently retired as an associate professor of education at Fresno State University.
His son, meanwhile, studied as an undergraduate at Harvard before attending Yale Law School. He obtained a doctorate in political science at Stanford.
Brown nominated Cuéllar to succeed Marvin Baxter, the court's most conservative justice, who is retiring at the end of his current 12-year term in January. With another vacancy to fill after Justice Joyce Kennard's retirement in April, the Democratic governor has a chance to shift the ideological balance on a court that has been controlled by Republican appointees since 1987.
The nomination also continues Brown's record of diversifying the courts. He previously appointed the court's first female, African American and Latino justices, as well as the nation's first openly gay and lesbian judges.
The last Latino on the court, Carlos Moreno, retired in February 2011 and was succeeded by Brown's first appointee, Goodwin Liu - who, like Cuéllar, was a law professor with no previous judicial experience.
With Cuéllar's addition, "you'll have two really strong academics up there," said Gerald Uelmen, a Santa Clara University law professor who has written extensively about the California court. And when Brown's next appointee joins a court that also includes moderate Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar, Uelmen said, "I think we have a new majority."
Fresno attorney Joel Murillo, past president of La Raza Lawyers Association of California, said Cuéllar would add to his colleagues' perspective on the real-world impact of their rulings and would be a "beacon of light" to the Latino community.
"It's critical to have a Latino on the court," he said.
'Add further luster'
Brown called Cuéllar "a renowned scholar who has served two presidents and made significant contributions to both political science and the law. His vast knowledge and even temperament will, without question, add further luster to our court."
Cuéllar was an adviser in the Treasury Department during the Clinton administration, from 1997 to 1999, and was President Obama's special assistant for justice and regulatory policy on the White House Domestic Policy Council in 2009 and 2010. He was also co-chairman of President-elect Obama's working group on immigration.
Cuéllar has been a Stanford law professor since 2001, teaching courses in international law and criminal and administrative law, and has directed Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies since 2013.
Cuéllar, a registered Democrat, is married to U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh of San Jose, an Obama appointee. They have two children.
In a statement, Cuéllar said, "I am enormously honored by Gov. Brown's nomination, and if confirmed, I look forward to serving the people of California on our state's highest court."
His nomination will go before the Commission on Judicial Appointments, which consists of Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Attorney General Kamala Harris and Joan Dempsey Klein, senior presiding justice of the state Court of Appeal. The hearing has not been scheduled.
If confirmed before November, Cuéllar will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot for voter approval to a 12-year term that begins in January.
Supreme Court justices make $225,342 a year.
Bob Egelko is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @Egelko


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Early 20th-century American author Wallace Wattles was fond of saying that �the exercise of gratitude will never fail to strengthen your faith and renew your purpose.�
Just because some people thought the man who wrote the 1910 self-help book �The Science of Getting Rich� was something of a spiritual charlatan doesn�t mean that his take on giving thanks is any less true or relevant today.
However, at a time when more than 13 million self-described atheists and agnostics (nearly 6 percent of the U.S. public) plus nearly 33 million others say they have no particular religious affiliation (14 percent of the population), Wattles� view of gratitude begs the question: Faith in (BEG ITAL)what(END ITAL)?
The well-documented rise of the �nones� -- who report not identifying with a particular religion -- is changing our social lives in ways we haven�t yet begun to fully quantify, much less understand.
According to the Pew Research Center�s Religion & Public Life Project, about half of Americans say the growing number of �people who are not religious� is bad for our society. About the same number say it�s either a good trend or doesn�t make much difference.
Yet there is something afoot. People are coming together to revel in fellowship, good music and the affirmation of life -- all without a deity to organize around.
Last week, several news outlets ran stories about the rise of atheist �megachurches.� As is happening in cities across the world, crowds of nonbelievers flocked to Los Angeles to a �Sunday Assembly� of merry-making and living up to the motto �Live Better, Help Often, Wonder More.�
Thanksgiving is the holiday where we acknowledge our blessings. With unprecedented numbers of people not thanking a particular holy spirit, it occurs to this ex-Catholic, that we should reconsider our traditional notions of gratitude.
After talking to several other �nones� about who or what they�d be thanking this Thursday, the consensus I found was that one can be plenty thankful without thanking a spirit. We can appreciate all that we are and all that we have without attributing the blessings to a particular faith.
�When I asked my husband who he thanks on Thanksgiving, he said he�s always thankful for the cook,� said Rebecca Hale, the president of the American Humanist Association, an organization made up of atheists, agnostics and other unaffiliateds striving to �bring about a progressive society where being good without a god is an accepted way to live life.�
She added, chuckling, �Well, I�m not grateful for the cook because I am the cook -- so it�s really all about your perspective.�
Taking a more introspective turn, Hale told me that to her, it�s really all about mindfulness.
�We humanists don�t like to say �thank you� to somebody with some sort of power over whether we have food on our table,� Hale said. �I�d rather be mindful of how wonderful the universe is, mindful of my family and how much I love them, mindful of the farmer who farmed the sweet potatoes I�m going to eat and the trucker who brought them to the store. It�s about taking that moment of pause to think about how fortunate we are.
�And that�s whether or not we�ve worked our butts off for what we have -- some people do work hard every day and still don�t have access to clean air, clean water or plentiful food.�
The inclusiveness of this mindset is appealing. Especially, I�d imagine, to the many culturally, racially and religiously mixed families gathering to share meals that are probably more diverse in their ethnic origins than ever before.
�Last year we asked our membership to write to us about what they were thankful for and the range of answers was, well ... heartwarming,� Hale said.
She sent me a large sample of responses and they were much like what you�d hear around any average Thanksgiving Day table: appreciation for family, friends, shelter and health. Maybe even with an added twinge of wonderment and idealism that, Hale said, the non-religious are rarely credited with.
My favorite: �My thankfulness is to have participated in this truly awesome Universe -- or multiverse, if you prefer -- and to have been born and lived a life that is meaningful in how I have contributed to our human society.��
Enjoy renewing your sense of purpose by being grateful and giving thanks freely.
Esther Cepeda�s email address is firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter, @estherjcepeda.
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Esther Cepeda: Giving thanks, the nones' way
Early 20th-century American author Wallace Wattles was fond of saying that �the exercise of gratitude will never fail to strengthen your faith and renew your purpose.�


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Removing window
At a home on Maisel St. off of Westport St., Mile Milanovic, part of the lead removal crew for the Coalition to End Childhoold Lead Poisoning, puts an old window covered in lead paint inside a plastic bag for removal. The organization is replacing all windows in the home. They will also make all floors "smooth and cleanable" by taking up old carpet and putting down luan plywood sub floor with a vinyl sheath on top. The worn bathroom floor will be covered with vinyl to prevent lead dust from gathering in the cracks. One of the bills presented to lawmakers in Annapolis would mandate window replacement in any home where blood tests reveal a child has elevated lead levels.
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Author Notes: Last week at a beach picnic, my friend Stephen (coffee aficionado, Big Green Egg aficonado, everything food aficionado) told me about a s'mores variation that I couldn't resist trying. He'd read about s'mores semifreddo online, abandoned it for being too complicated (home-made graham crackers and ice cream, who can blame him?), and struck out on his own with a pared down version using storebought ingredients and a little culinary improv. Adapted from Stephen Cornick. —Amanda Hesser
Serves: 8
Butter, for greasing parchment
One 16-ounce container Marshmallow Fluff
6 graham crackers
2 pints good vanilla ice cream
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate
1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil
- Heat the broiler. Line a baking sheet with parchment and generously butter the parchment. Spoon the Fluff onto the parchment. Wet your hands and pat out the Fluff into a thin layer (see photos below) that nearly covers the baking sheet.
- Place the Fluff under the broiler (about 6 inches from the flame) and toast all over. Remove the baking sheet from the oven. Using a spatula, turn in the sides of the Fluff, folding it like a letter, to expose the un-toasted portions. Place under the broiler and toast all over, again. Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
- Put the graham crackers in a sturdy plastic bag, and using either a rolling pin or the base of a small saucepan, pound the crackers into coarse crumbs. Spread half of them in the base of an 8-inch baking dish.
- Set out the ice cream for 10 minutes. Place it in the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (if you don't have a mixer, you can mix it by hand and skip the gym this week). With the mixer on low, mash the ice cream to loosen it a bit. Add the toasted Fluff and mix until just blended but not broken down -- you want there to be chewy bits. Scrape into the baking dish and freeze.
- Meanwhile, melt the chocolate and oil in a double boiler, whisking until they're smooth.
- To serve, spread the remaining graham cracker crumbs on top of the semifreddo. Drizzle the top with as much chocolate as you like! (You may also pass a pitcher of chocolate at the table, which your guests will appreciate.)
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Either way you go, America, you can't lose. Kree Harrison and Candice Glover, "American Idol's" two very talented Season 12 finalists, sang for the big win Wednesday night.
In what Ryan Seacrest called a battle between country and soul and the show's first all-female finale since season 3, each singer performed at the top of her game, tackling three songs in three rounds live before the judges, 7,000 fans crammed into the Nokia Theater, and the voters at home who would determine their fates.
In Round 1, each singer sang a song chosen by "Idol" creator Simon Fuller. Round 2 showcased the first single the singer would release, should she be crowned winner. (The song sung by last year's winner, Phillip Phillips, in the finale, "Home," went on to become the best-selling "Idol" single of all time, Seacrest reminded us.) And for Round 3, each contestant chose a song she had sung previously this season.
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Harrison had won a coin toss and with it the right to choose whether to perform first or last in all three rounds, Seacrest told us. In what may be a costly tactical error -- last is best, according to conventional "Idol" wisdom -- Harrison chose to perform first.
In Round 1, Harrison, dressed in white, performed a beautiful, haunting version of Sarah McLachlan's "Angel," sounding effortless as usual.
Glover sang Adele's "Chasing Pavements" and, with her round, bell-like tone, made it her own.
Mariah Carey said each had performed magnificently and each was at the top of her genre. Randy Jackson -- who is leaving the show and perhaps consequently (Seacrest noted) feeling free to speak his mind about the boss's choices -- felt that neither singer's song had been suitable. They were both a bit "sleepy," he said, though he gave the round to Glover. Carey piped up in defense of Harrison, calling her performance "delicate" and "subtle." "Too lackluster for me," Jackson said.
After Carly Rae Jepsen performed and we had been reminded that she'd once been a finalist on "Canadian Idol," Harrison and Glover took the stage for Round 2.
Harrison's single, "All Cried Out," allowed her to combine her easy lushness, country lilt, and gritty power and evoked her emotional backstory. It started slow, but built to a crescendo, earning a standing ovation from Jackson, Carey and Keith Urban, though not from fellow judge Nicki Minaj.
All the judges stood, however, when Glover finished her Round 2 song, a soaring anthem called "I Am Beautiful." Her vocal fireworks were far more spectacular than the projected ones exploding onscreen behind her. Urban felt each contestant's song had been "tailor-made" for her. But while he thought Glover's fit her "like a Glover," he gave the round to Harrison. Minaj, however, contended Glover had taken it.
For Round 3, Harrison reprised her version of "Up to the Mountain," backed by a gospel choir. The judges again rose to their feet. Urban toasted her "spirituality" and "soulfulness," Minaj her "beautiful voice" and "beautiful soul." Jackson called it "a winning kind of performance," her best of the night.
Glover, however, pulled out all the stops (as she does) with "I (Who Have Nothing)" and brought the house down, seeming to pour into it every bit of her desire to win this thing. The performance was arresting, exquisite, breathtaking.
"You're such a powerhouse singer, Candice," Urban said. "It's like a planet exploding to life." Minaj paid tribute to the singer's legs (oh, Nicki) and the way she commanded the stage, calling her a "superstar." Carey said she had the "innate ability to take any song and turn it into a vehicle for that amazing voice."
And Jackson, perhaps aware it was his last chance to let fly with his enthusiastic expulsions as an "Idol" judge, unleashed a flurry of them: "That girl can plumb flat-out sing" … "This is how you do it" … "a winning performance" … "a whole 'nother level" ... "That's what I've been waiting on because it's about singing, and baby, you got it all."
Oh, Randy. Maybe we will miss you after all.
Meanwhile, who are you pegging for the win? Me, I love both these singers, but I can't help rooting for Glover.


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YARN SALE!!!! SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY!!! 8 to 3!!!
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Malden, MA 02148
Take the Orange Line to Oak Grove station. I'm less than a mile away!
This is just the tip of the iceberg... those boxes are stuffed. There is more to come that I will sort out tomorrow. Nothing is over $10, not even bags of stuff (and I've bagged all the multiples together).
Please help me! As I went about my business for the last five years the yarn was taking over. I need to regain some sort of control.
Email me at email@example.com if you have questions!
P.S. Um, there's a man with a lovebird, I believe, right outside my window, not 10 feet away, kissing it and talking to it, like "meep meep meep mememe tick tick." And looking at me as I write this. Creepy.
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5 comments:
- KnittaPrince said...
Oh my...it's the only time I wished I lived in MA...are any of those cones in fingering or lace weight? Mmm...
- September 25, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- Susan said...
Malabrigo, Rowan, CTH, oh my. Stop torturing those of us who don't live in the Boston area!
- September 25, 2009 at 10:19 AM
- craftivore said...
Congrats on your new living space! Moving is always so hard, but so good to pare down and rearrange.
PS. I like to talk to birds too, and if I had a cute little lovebird sitting on my shoulder I would definitely talk to it. Though maybe not too much in public.
- September 25, 2009 at 11:17 AM
- Aline la Bergère said...
You are so much stronger than I will ever hope to be...to sell stash gives me shivers. LOL.
Best of luck with the new place!
- September 25, 2009 at 2:07 PM
- Tink said...
SELL it all and then come see us again... What, are you BANNED from the North Shore now or what?
- October 1, 2009 at 7:37 AM
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|Link #1
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Malaysia
Clannad Game Discussion
28th of April is the date. High school romance, YEAH! Oh, and don't forget some heart-wrenching tragedies. KEY loves to put those in their stories. But the final question is: Will it live up to the hype? We'll just have to wait and see.
For those who wanna take a peek:
|2004-03-30, 07:47
|Link #2
i am the mist
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Japan
OMFG another reportedly excellent game that non-Japanese may never see the light of!
Hmm... one month is still a wait (imagine the long delays this title had). I hope it has voice acting, otherwise I won't be able to play the game completely. I can play these types of games somehow trying to understand what's happening through the voices.
|2004-03-30, 15:27
|Link #3
Gomen asobase desuwa!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Age: 38
One thing that you should know: This game has no sex-scenes, so "CLANNAD" is not an "ero-game." Hence, you can buy this game on the shelf in the "daylight" section of a normal game store.
Will it live up to the hype? - It'll be difficult I can tell you that. It's been three years since "AIR," and TYPE-MOON's "Fate/stay night" broke the sales record for "AIR" in the January. Will fans accept a game that has no ero-scenes? Will fans still honor Key for their heart-warming stories? Will fans be willing to play a game that is rumored to be twice as long as "AIR" ?
|2004-03-30, 22:43
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Join Date: Nov 2003
|2004-03-31, 02:27
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Gomen asobase desuwa!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Age: 38
From Key's "CLANNAD" promotion page:
Product Details
Title: CLANNAD -first release edition-
Brand: Key
Distributor: VisualArts
Genre: Love Adventure Game
Media: DVD-ROM 1 disc + Music CD 1 disc (first release only)
Sale date: 2004.28 (Wed)
MSRP: 7875 yen (7500 yen + 375 yen consumer tax)
add. info: This game is meant for all ages
first release special: Arrange Music CD
*Please note that this game does not have character voices
Playable machine specifications
OS: Microsoft Windows® 98/2000/Me/XP Japanese version
Type: PC/AT 100% compatible computer
CPU: Pentium®266MHz or above (500MHz recommended)
HDD: minimum install - 10MB, full install - 2.5GB
RAM: 64MB or above (96MB recommended)
drive: DVD-ROM drive
graphic board: one that is capable of displaying 16-bit colors at 640x480 resolution (24/32bit recommended)
sound board: DirectSound 100% compatibility (BGM will be in PCM format)
others: Mouse, keyboard, PC must support DirectX 5.0 or above
|2004-03-31, 02:35
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Gomen asobase desuwa!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Age: 38
hmm...either Key is building this game off the same engine as "AIR" and "Kanon," their minimum machine spec is rather lame compared to TYPE-MOON's "Fate/stay night."
By comparion, "Fate stay/night"'s minimum specs were:
OS: Microsoft Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP Japanese version
CPU: Pentium III 400Mhz or above (Pentium III 800Mhz recommended)
RAM: [Windows 98SE/Me] 128MB or above/256MB recommended
[Windows 2000] 192MB or above/384MB recommended
[Windows XP] 256MB or above/512MB recommended
graphics board: one that can display 65k colors at 800x600 resolution (16.7 million recommended)
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Sound: DirectSound capable that can reproduce PCM
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|2004-03-31, 08:21
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i am the mist
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Japan
Well that's life... I'd better start learning Japanese instead of whining over here.
|2004-03-31, 21:12
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|2004-04-01, 03:20
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tsubasa o sagashite
|2004-04-01, 04:22
|Link #14
From his original comment "start learning Japanese instead of whining", I take it he knows little to none at all, hence the "no difference" conclusion.
Anyway, getting back on topic (somewhat), Key just announced the AIR movie, either it being an April's Fool or not is another question:
|2004-04-01, 04:56
|Link #15
i am the mist
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Japan
I wouldn't say I'm totally lost, there's stuff called game walkthroughs around. Also, I watch the anime equivalent first (if available), so I have a general idea of what's happening.
|2004-04-01, 10:09
|Link #16
tsubasa o sagashite
EDIT: The key website is being very sluggish for me. Perhaps now it's getting the moonphase effect (well, whatever Japanese game equivalent of slashdot ). So either this is true, or there's gonna be a lot of pissed off fans
|2004-04-01, 15:01
|Link #17
Gomen asobase desuwa!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Age: 38
The director, Dezaki Osamu blurted out in his online diary:
"dang, the art concept of Itaru-san's characters in AIR is very difficult for me"
several weeks ago, so there is much presumption that this is true and not an April Fool's joke. That and it was on MOON PHASE for quite sometime
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|2004-04-01, 15:42
|Link #18
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Looking for his book...
I sincerely hope it isn't a joke.
It's one of those few things I look forward to. Maybe before the movie and
Clannad come out I should completely finish AIR...
I'm only missing a few graphics and endings...
I wonder how many hours it would take me to get them all...
I believe I still hold a record of some kind in that it took me the better part of a
week and a half to get my first ending in AIR (playing about 2 hours a day).
|2004-04-04, 00:15
|Link #19
Rewrite of the Life
Yeah it is old LOL but thats ok. Yes KEY does RULE ^-^ I want to get it now LOL I can't wait to get it. I will wait to get it when I go to japan because the shipping will be a *bleep*. I so want to see this AIR movie last year their was rumors of an anime.
Back to Clannad, is their somthing to do with animals and stuff because I have seen some of the girls with animal ears and tails such as a fox, cat and bunny. And what is that CUTE little boar/pigs name???? It must be a food Piroshiki, Potato and??? LOL well you guys can see the clannad opening on www.freetype.net it looks CUTE. Gota love KEY
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Several months after its beta debut, Microsoft has officially launched version 1.0 of its new search engine on MSN. Replacing the Inktomi search engine licensed from Yahoo, the new MSN search engine took over two-and-one-half years of development. The new search portal now sits at the top of the MSN home page in 25 countries as well as all Microsoft pages, and its simple, cleaner interface takes a page from Google's book, and is a marked change from the previous versions.
Along with the usual web search function, MSN Search can also search Microsoft's Encarta encyclopedia, a feature the software company hopes will lure users away from rival search engines. Another new feature with a lot of potential an RSS tool which will allow users to track search results via an RSS reader. Similar to Google's local search function, MSN Search offers a "Search Near Me" option. There is also a music link to search MSN's music store, as well as a news search feature.
The 1.0 release of MSN Search constitutes a broadside against reigning search king Google. Recently, Google has seen its stranglehold on the Internet search market begin to slip a littile bit as both Yahoo and Microsoft reported significant gains. In terms of market share, Microsoft's search engine currently sits in third place (16.3 percent) far behind Google (34.7 percent) and Yahoo (31.9 percent), making for a steep uphill climb. Microsoft plans to turn up the pressure on the two frontrunners with a massive ad campaign commercials slated to run during the Super Bowl and Grammys. With the search-related advertising market as large as it is, and Microsoft having the deep pockets to bankroll advertising campaign after campaign, they will definitely try and give Google and Yahoo a run for their money. Will that be enough to get surfers to "Google" stuff over at MSN?


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When I was a kid, a friend of mine and I had a weekly ritual. When the school day ended, we made a mad, hell-for-leather dash across a four-lane highway to a small grocery store so we could check out the new comic books.
I never followed any particular titles consistently; I just grabbed whatever looked interesting off the rack. But comics storytelling is cumulative. Story arcs can span multiple issues, and continuity often extends across many different titles in elaborate, self-contained fictional universes. If you only pick up occasional issues here and there, it's sort of like trying to start watching a soap opera in the middle of the season. For undisciplined readers like me, things could get a little confusing.
Continuity can make life tough for comic writers and editors, especially when you consider that some characters have been around for decades, accumulating intricate backstories in the same way that shipwrecks accumulate colonies of marine organisms. When this complicated web of internal mythology becomes problematic, comic creators use "retconning," the retroactive alteration of in-story continuity.
Retcons usually take the form of a deus ex machina-like plot device that discards whatever aspects of the mythology are inconvenient and harmonizes between conflicting details. Thus when DC Comics decided to restore Hal Jordan of the Green Lantern Corps to its roster of heroes after Jordan lost his marbles, went on a cosmic killing spree, and died, it was a fairly simple matter to resurrect him and attribute his homicidal tendencies to possession by a cosmic entity.
Likewise, when the head honchos at Marvel decided that single underdog Spider-Man was preferable to responsibly married Spider-Man, they had only to put Peter Parker's Aunt May in the path of a bullet. Next thing you know, Spidey and his wife made a deal with the demonic villain Mephisto, who spared the old gal's life in exchange for the Parkers' agreement to allow him to undo history so that their marriage had never taken place.
By the time Marvel decided to make Spider-Man a bachelor again, I was no longer a regular reader of comics, so I found out about it only when the same friend with whom I used to run across the road to buy comics told me. But even to an ex-reader like me, the news packed a wallop. Die-hard fans were even more upset. One reviewer called it "infuriating and downright disrespectful to anyone who has come to love Spider-Man comics over the years." And little wonder. This one editorial decision erased over two decades' worth of character development, sweeping it aside as though it had never happened with apparent disregard for the emotional investment of thousands of readers.
Also…well, Spider-Man's wife was hot.
One of the reasons pseudohistory irritates me is because those who propagate it are practicing a similar form of cheap, lazy retconning when it comes to the past. The problem isn't that somebody is proposing something new; that's an integral part of the process of doing history, and we laud historians who make original contributions when those contributions hold explanatory power. The difference is that responsible scholars craft their interpretations to take account of the preponderance of the evidence, whereas pseudohistorians just set that evidence aside. They toss reams of primary source material and conscientious scholarship out the window like so much inconvenient backstory, while using out-of-context quotations and unsubstantiated anecdotes to the same ends as the deus ex machina plot device.
By ignoring a whole lot over here and adding a few bits over there, practitioners of bad history whip up a whole new self-contained continuity suited to their own preferences. They ignore all our evidence about the Founders' religious inclinations based on a few spurious quotes, and disregard mountains of contemporary documentation about the Confederacy in favor of a few fabricated stories of black Rebel soldiers. It's a distressingly cavalier approach to the business of understanding the past.
Granted, it's a lot easier to play havoc with history in this manner than it is to try to make sense of all the evidence at hand, just as it's easier to cut the Gordian knot of a character's backstory with a lousy plot trick than it is to build on a mythology that's been developed over years of storytelling. But there is such a thing as a responsibility to the truth; indeed, it's the most basic responsibility of anyone who wants to do history. If your need for a past that validates your own inclinations overrides that sense of responsibility, don't blame historians when they give you the cold shoulder.


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Former New Orleans Saints special teams star Steve Gleason explicitly says he did not authorize the release of any recordings made by Sean Pamphilon, and thus he did not authorize Thursday's release of Gregg Williams' speech prior to a Saints' playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers.
In the profanity-laced audio Williams can be heard instructing his players to target specific 49ers and to inflict harm on several players, including quarterback Alex Smith, running back Frank Gore and wide receivers Michael Crabtree and Kyle Williams.
"Sean Pamphilon and I have an agreement that all recordings ultimately belong to me and my family," Gleason wrote in a statement obtained by NFL.com's Steve Wyche. "Nothing can be released without my explicit approval. I did not authorize the public release of any recordings."
Pamphilon recorded the audio while working on a film about Gleason, who suffers from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and hasn't played in the NFL since 2006.
"In the spring of 2011, Sean Pamphilon approached me, and we agreed to collaborate to further document my familyâs journey," Gleason said. "I have a unique relationship with the Saints and the City of New Orleans. The Saints have been incredibly open and supportive of me and my family during my disease progression. From my perspective, the Saints have helped begin to shift the paradigm of how an NFL team should treat its players after retirement. Since my retirement, and specifically this year, the Saints have opened their doors and included me in countless team functions. I included Sean Pamphilon in some of these activities, because I felt my relationship with the Saints was an integral part of my overall journey. The Saints trusted me and gave us unlimited access in filming, and I, in turn, trusted Sean Pamphilon."
Pamphilon released a statement to The Times-Picayune on Thursday, in which he explained how the serious nature of the Saints' "bounty" scandal prompted him to release the audio.
"If this story hadn't broken and been made public, I would not have shared this," wrote Pamphilon, who didn't explain why he chose to release the audio just hours before the Saints' appeals of their "bounty"-related punishments. "I would not have compromised my personal relationships and risked damaging Steve Gleason's relationship with the Saints. I would have crafted these words and sentiments for another forum, perhaps years down the road."
Pamphilon declined NFL.com and NFL Network's request for an interview Thursday.


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Last June I attended my first genealogy conference, the Family History Expo at Loveland, Colorado. I had a wonderful time, learned a lot, met other genealogy and blogging friends from Facebook, and also came home with some terrific resources that were available from the classes and syllabus at the Expo.
I'm looking forward to helping Holly Hansen publicize and inform everyone about the events, classes and acrtivities at this year's Expo that will be held at the Embassy Suites in Loveland, CO June 25-26. Holly just posted this list of the "Bloggers of Honor"--those of us who will be blogging and "tweeting" (on Twitter) throughout the Expo. I'm in really great company!
Amy Coffin of We Tree
Arlene Eakle of Arlene Eakle's Genealogy Blog
Becky Jamison of Grace and Glory
Gayle Gresham of Colorado Reflections
Gena Philibert Ortega of Gena's Genealogy.
Holly Hansen of the Family History Expos Blog
Ruby Coleman of The You Go Genealogy Girls
Thomas MacEntee of Destination: Austin Family
If you're thinking about coming to the Expo, but haven't registered yet, I encourage you to register right now! The $65 registration fee is such a bargain! For all the details, please visit FHExpo.com When you get there, look me up!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
I'm Happy to be a Blogger of Honor at the Loveland CO FHExpo
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- GrannyPam said...
I keep hoping they will get closer to Michigan soon. I just can't travel out there, although I would love to. I will be there in spirit, and wishing everyone a great time!
- May 28, 2010 at 8:04 AM
- Amy Coffin, MLIS said...
Congratulations! I look forward to reading your coverage of the Expo.
- May 28, 2010 at 9:58 AM
- Heather Rojo said...
I'm in New Hampshire, and so I'll be follwoing your posts of the conference and "attending" vicariously through your blog!
- June 1, 2010 at 8:41 PM
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Do you want to see a strange horror film? Just check out The Visitor, a 1979 Italian film that has recently been re-released by Drafthouse Films and occasionally shows up on TCM. In many ways, The Visitor is a total and complete mess. But, as is so often the case with Italian horror films, that […]


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Third-graders and the Grand County High School band will be on hand to celebrate the veterans and their service to the nation.
In a nod to U.S. veterans, the National Park Service has announced that public admission to all U.S. national parks, including Arches and Canyonlands, will be free from Saturday, Nov. 10, through Monday, Nov. 12.
On Monday, Nov. 12, American Legion Post 54 and VFW Post 10900 will hold a special ceremony at 11 a.m. at the Grand County Courthouse.
The event will include a guest speaker and a performance by Grand County's own Valley Voices a capella singing group. Local children also will sing patriotic songs during the event, which is open to everyone, organizers said.


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Olympic figure skater Yuna Kim isn't just an amazing athlete – she's also a singer!!
The 23-year-old reining skate champ from South Korea claimed the top spot in the women's short program ahead of Russia's Adelina Sotnikova and Carolina Kostner of Italy, who are 2nd and 3rd, on Wednesday (February 19) in Sochi. We should find out medals soon after today's competition continues. Best of luck, Yuna Kim!
Well besides skating so beautifully, Yuna Kim also has a marvelous singing voice!
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For the first time since 1967 — and only the second time in the school's history — New College of Florida is throwing a presidential inauguration for its new leader Donal O'Shea, who started July 1.
The festivities include a Friday inauguration ceremony where O'Shea is expected to talk about his vision for the future as well as free lectures and panel discussions that lead up to an Inauguration Ball Saturday, where tickets cost $350 each.
"We're particularly thrilled we're introducing Donal O'Shea to the community and celebrating he's joining us. There's an objective to take it up a notch," said Felice Schulaner, a 1981 New College graduate who is now the chair of the New College Foundation's board of directors. "This is a real opportunity for people to get a vision of him and his leadership and get excited about the next chapter of New College."
On Friday, O'Shea is expected to receive the historic presidential medallion and then give a speech detailing his plan for New College's future. The inauguration ceremony, which runs from 3 to 4:30 p.m., will also feature the faculty and delegate procession in their academic robes as well music from a student A cappella group and the Riverview High School Kiltie Band.
"The hoods, the gowns and all that, there's a certain amount of dignity to it, a certain amount of formality," said New College spokesman David Gulliver. "It should be a pretty special event to watch."
The Inauguration Ball, the only event not open to the public, is a fundraiser to raise money for the college to pay for scholarships, operations and other needs. The event, paid for entirely by private and corporate sponsors, runs from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
"We're not spending tuition dollars or state funds or anything like that," Gulliver said on paying for the ball.
For more information on inauguration events, including times for the lectures and panel discussions, visit the New College web site.
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Milan is heaven on earth for lovers of expensive designer labels such as Versace, Prada and Louis Vuitton. The 'Golden Triangle' between Via Montenapoleone, Via della Spiga and Via Manzoni is home to the largest international brand labels. But there are also many unique boutiques, specialty shops and vintage stores: indeed, it is this varied choice that makes Milan such an attractive shopping destination.
The 47-metre dome of the elegant Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II was opened in 1877. Architect Giuseppe Mengoni tragically died shortly before the opening when he fell from the roof. The huge glass dome and mosaic floors are spectacular. This gallery, with its bars, restaurants, bookstores and fashion houses, is sometimes known as 'the living room of Milan' – although if so, it is the living room of a very chic and fashionable aunt!
The Brera district is located just a short walk or metro ride from the historic centre. It has always been an artists' neighbourhood, where old houses with beautiful balconies are strung together along charming narrow streets. It's no surprise that it's nicknamed 'little Paris'. As the district has become increasingly popular among yuppies, the artists have since fled to the Navigli district. Today's Brera comprises many unusual and pricey clothing boutiques as well as affordable shops selling handmade jewellery.
The Via Solferino, for example, is where you'll find the shop Meru, which started out in 1967 making jewellery out of leather and wool for people who couldn't afford actual gemstones. Since the composition of the neighbourhood has changed, it is now the rich who come shopping and looking for unique jewellery here. At the vintage shop Cavalli e Nastri just down the street, real fashionistas hope to score unusual retro clothing or jewellery by well-known designers such as Dior, Prada or Paco Rabanne. Originality is the key word.
"Where artists used to live, yuppies come today to buy original handmade jewellery and vintage clothing."
Brera is known for its wide range of specialty shops. Five to Nine, for example, carries only cotton pyjamas – for all members of the family – in all colours imaginable and in all sizes. And Nicoletta, the proud owner of Profumo, aims to sell only the best and most exclusive perfumes at her shop. The sweet smelling fragrances may be pricey, but they're also truly exceptional.


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Johnny Rico himself wants to stamp out child abuse, and while we applaud him for his honest effort, but it's a bit strange to see Casper Van Dien doing anything apart from killing bugs.
Hey, we've all seen our fair share of batty as hell scifi PSAs. Let's not forget the Star Wars Drunk Driving PSA, let alone all the things we learned about dangerous empty refrigerators from G.I. Joe (because knowing is half the battle). While we are all for actors using their press for a good cause, and raising awareness about child abuse, pairing PSAs and Starship Troopers is, well strange. Check out these ads the Johnny Rico did for Child Help.
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While pondering Christmas gifts for my husband, I looked through Neiman Marcus' annual Christmas catalog.
For over a century, the upscale retailer has stayed true to its founder's guiding principles of providing "distinctive merchandise and superior service."
After deciding to postpone the Rolls Royce golf cart and the Ciclotte – an $11,000 exercise bike – gifts until another year, one of the adventures that caught my eye is a luxurious trip for two to Africa to mine our own 25-carat diamond. The off-the-charts gift extravaganza is a $1,850,000 investment, and I began to think, "What if we mined the diamonds in our backyard rather than taking the trip to Africa to search for valuable jewels?"
The diamonds you seek are right beneath your feet. The first step is to open your eyes and recognize that brilliant shining diamonds are all around you. These gems are in your workplace, home and community, and are waiting to be noticed and excavated by you.
In the business world, how can you mine the diamonds in your career, business, employees, co-workers, clients and emerging opportunities? Personally, where are the gems in your health, home, local community and family relationships? They are all around you if you look for the sparkle and dazzle in your life.
We miss the opportunity of unearthing and examining the jewels of success because we think that the real gems are "over there" in someone else's backyard and not in our own. The myth that their backyard has more diamonds on it is so alluring that we must constantly and fearlessly be on a search in our own acreage for the brilliant and spectacular. In order to see the real gems in the rough, we need to take an excursion into cleaning up our own diamond mine. Is your mine, or backyard, so cluttered that you can't see anything of value? When was the last time that you took an inventory of your acreage to determine who and what are the real gems versus the rocks or stones that are taking up space?
Not all diamonds have the same 4Cs – cut, color, clarity and carat weight – so while they all look different, they are all precious and valuable, especially when polished and admired for their uniqueness and individual beauty. When you find a real diamond in the rough, are you taking the time to polish it or are you tossing it away because it may seem too small or it might take some work to make it more treasured?
To help your diamonds shine more brightly, you might consider inviting your most valuable employees and clients to the upcoming Crystal Lake Chamber Foundation's inaugural GEMs (generous, enthusiastic, motivated) Leadership Appreciation Luncheon on Feb. 13. (Thank you from the chairwoman for your support of this brilliant event). You will be awestruck by the twinkle in your guest's eyes before, during and after this inspiring event.
If you look for the diamonds of success, you just might find them within the acres of business opportunities in your backyard. If you can do that, you can make business success a reality in 2014 and beyond.
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GEOL 360 Geomorphology
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Prerequisites: GEOL 105
Introduction to surficial processes and landforms. Fluvial, eolian, glacial, karst, and coastal zone processes analyzed. Map and air photo interpretation included.
Detailed Description of Content of Course
The content of this course consists of the fundamentals of the study of landforms and landscapes. The discipline of Geomorphology overlaps the general subject areas of Geology and Physical Geography and, as a consequence, this course is offered as an upper-level course for both majors. The study of landforms has three components. First, landforms and landscapes can be measured, mapped, and described. This purely descriptive phase is known as form. Secondly, each landform has an origin which is the result of one or more geologic events. Origin is termed process. Thirdly, the landforms develop at varying rates, at different times, and perhaps as units within a sequence of landscape development. The time context of landscape evolution is known as stage. This course emphasizes form, process, and stage in an interrelated capacity. Many modern geomorphological techniques are highly quantitative. Some of these are introduced to the students who then work problems using these techniques. The physics and chemistry of weathering, erosion, sedimentation, and other processes are taught. The onset of the course addresses general geomorphic principles and the role of controlling factors such as climate and global tectonism on the Earth's surficial processes. The remainder of the course is largely organized into the various types of landforms. These correspond to distinct realms of climate and energy. Each major process is considered to be a system with energy and mass inputs and outputs; yet, aggregate processes are often combined into larger systems. The range of size and complexities of geomorphic systems is stressed throughout the course. The following topics (in order) are covered during the course:
- The geomorphic system; Approaches to geomorphology
- Morphologic evolutionary systems
- Cascading process systems
- Diastrophism
- Igneous activity and landforms
- Structure and landforms
- Lithology and landforms
- Weathering and Soils
- Mass movement; Hillslopes
- Rivers
- Drainage basins
- Fluvial depositional landforms
- Coastal geomorphology
- Karst
- Aeolian processes
- Glacial geomorphology
Detailed description of conduct of course.
The course emphasizes modern geomorphology. This includes quantitative techniques and the study of Quaternary climates. Lectures present the various principles and theories of the discipline. Problems assigned in class, from the course laboratory manual and as handouts, reinforce these concepts. Problems involve an understanding of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. The student is expected to spend a substantial amount of time solving the assigned problems. The problem sets are graded. The laboratory part of the course emphasizes interpretation of maps (topographic and geologic) and remotely sensed data (e.g. aerial photography). There are also many exercises that include quantitative problem solving. There is at least one fieldtrip during the course to interesting geomorphic sites in the Radford/New River Valley vicinity.
A research paper is assigned for the semester. A topic in geomorphology is chosen by the student who must then search the technical literature for relevant and recent material to be included in a bibliography. The paper is graded on technical content, writing style and grammar, depth of coverage, clarity, relevance to the course, organization, continuity, and neatness.
Geomorphology is an important component of environmental geology. For this reason, information on natural hazards and man's effect on surficial processes is a strong part of the lectures.
Goals and Objectives of Course
1. Students will better understand the scope and complexities of the study of surficial processes from the standpoints of form, process, and stage.
2. Students will be able to use modern approaches to solve geomorphic problems and interpret landscape evolution from a systems standpoint.
3. Students will develop analytical techniques through problem solving. They will attain an appreciation for detailed, quantitative work and develop an understanding of state-of-the art quantitative techniques such as computer graphics and statistical analysis.
4. Students will be able to learn laboratory and field techniques in order to show how the theory is applied toward real problems in various geologic settings.
5. Students will learn about the needs of society for qualified geomorphologists to help prevent and mitigate environmental problems. They will become familiar with the role of the geomorphologist in the planning process during economic growth and development.
Assessment Measures
The student is evaluated in every aspect of his or her work. There are three major examinations in the course. These include short-answer questions, brief written explanations, and quantitative problems to solve. Homework problem sets, laboratory exercises, and the research paper are graded. The attitude, preparation, and participation of the student in class and on fieldtrips is assessed as well.
Other Course Information
This course may be taken for partial fulfillment of the Engineering Geoscience option for the Bachelor of Science degree in Geology.
- Bloom, A. L., Geomorphology: A Systematic Analysis of Late Cenozoic Landforms, (second edition), Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 532 p.
- Ritter, D.F., 1986, Process Geomorphology, (second edition), William C. Brown, Dubuque, Iowa, 579 p.
- Chorley, R.J., Schumm, S.A., and Sugden, D.E., 1984, Geomorphology, Methuen, New York, 605
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A 24-9 run that spanned 13 minutes in the second half helped power visiting WPI to a 72-55 victory over MIT in a NEWMAC men's basketball game on Saturday. Billy Johnson recorded a game-high 20 points and nine rebounds for the Engineers (16-8, 7-4 NEWMAC), who are currently ranked No. 9 in the northeast. Adam Lirette led regionally-ranked No. 4 WPI (18-4, 9-1 NEWMAC) with 17 points.
WPI established a 9-2 lead early in the contest, but MIT narrowed the gap to two (9-7) courtesy of a three-pointer and a layup by Jamie Karraker. WPI registered an 11-3 spurt that resulted in its first double-digit advantage midway through the period. The Engineers stayed within striking distance, as another trey by Karraker cut the margin to eight (35-27) at the intermission.
MIT trailed by six on three occasions during the second half, the last at 44-38 with 16:11 on the clock. WPI responded with its pivotal run that put the game out of reach for the hosts.
Karraker finished with 15 points and five rebounds as Travis Tucker totaled nine points and five boards. Bradley Gampel dished out five assists while Patrick Sissman notched five caroms and four assists.
Jerome Kirkland totaled 16 points, four rebounds, and three steals for WPI. Jeffrey Robinson tallied 13 points off the bench as Ben Etten distributed five assists. NT Izuchi and Fernando Perez each collected four rebounds.