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DIY Star Award Recipients
December 2010
Nassau County Supreme Court Information Center
Nassau County Supreme Court Library Staff
The Nassau County Supreme Court Library staff and Court Information Center staff received the New York State Courts Access to Justice Program's DIY Star Award for their efforts promoting and assisting unrepresented litigants with the Name Change Petition DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Form program. This is the first Supreme Court in the state to receive the prestigious DIY Star Award!
On December 10, 2010, an award ceremony was held at the Nassau County Supreme Court in Mineola, New York. NYS Courts Access to Justice Program Director Judge Fern A. Fisher, Nassau County Administrative Justice Anthony Marano, and NYS Courts Access to Justice Program Chief Counsel Rochelle Klempner, all spoke about the recipients' outstanding efforts furthering equal access to justice.
The recently re-vamped Court Information Center is located in the Nassau County Supreme Court library. Both the Library staff and the Court Information Center staff assist the public with the DIY Forms programs (in addition to all the other legal assistance they provide). Both staffs are a credit to the court system. The DIY User Surveys returned evidence the exemplary service that the staffs have been providing.(See extracts from User Surveys quoted below).
The Help Center staff is overseen by Deputy Chief Clerk Cheryl Davis. During the development phase of the Adult Name Change DIY Form program, Cheryl assisted the NYS Courts Access to Justice Program by testing early prototypes and contributing valuable feedback. She was instrumental in getting the program working for Nassau County litigants.
Our Nassau County DIY Stars include: The Court Information Center staff - Mary Gallagher, Paul Paoli, Barbara Mitchell and Susan VanOmmeren (and recently retired Dennis Mehr), and the Library staff - Jean Paul Vivian, Osei-Iwan Organ, Mary Maloney, Darlene Rizzo, Kevin Pabon, Marie Nikolaidis, Sonia Gallonoe, and Norman Karin. Read what Chief Clerk Kathryn Hopkins had to say about the Court Information Center staff. These individuals are all DIY Stars because of their commitment to facilitating usage of the Adult Name Change program.
Judge Anthony Marano and Judge Fern Fisher
View the photo gallery of the awards presentation.
Read a sampling of what litigants had to say about their DIY experience in the Nassau County Supreme Court's Help Center
"The two officers that helped me were excellent and professional. They guided me through the process." - Adult Name Change Program, November 18, 2010
"The staff at the 100 Supreme Court Drive help desk were quite pleasant and extremely helpful." - Name Change Program, October 18, 2010
"The woman that helped me in the library was nice and patient. Very helpful and made this experience a pleasure!" - Name Change Program, August 31, 2010
"The staff here was extremely helpful and friendly both over the phone and in person. I was quite impressed with their professionalism." - Name Change Program, July 15, 2010
"Employees were extremely helpful." - Name Change, July 1,, 2010
"Jose Salas gave all the attention. I really appreciate it. I wouldn't be able to do it without him." - Name Change Program, June 23, 2010
"This is great!!!!!. Very easy to use. The staff were also extremely helpful and courteous. They should be commended" - Name Change Program, May 11, 2010
"I was very satisfied with the program and the clerks that helped." - Name Change Program, March 26, 2010
"It is a great program! " - Name Change Program, November 11, 2009
"This was truly a great program; much easier to understand than the other papers." - Name Change Program, November 2, 2009
"This program was great. it was helpful and easy to use." - Name Change Program, September 9, 2009
"It was a great help - Name Change Program, August 17, 2009
"Very helpful!!!! Thank you." - Name Change Program, July 7, 2009


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The holidays are over and I'm back at it. Did you get anything you liked under the tree/in the stocking/other typical place?
Stenhaldi brought up the possibility of inserting bear abilities into the feral DPS rotation; specifically, bear Thrash (which is completely separate from cat Thrash) and Maul. After much wailing and gnashing of teeth (Most of SimCs' bugs have been squashed for DPS specs, less so for others) two simulations have shown bearThrash to be a 10-15% DPS gain for mass AoE situations. ("Mass" is still under discussion, but it's definitely 8+ targets, and likely 6+. Below that, tab-raking is better.)
Implementing it is pretty common-sense. You don't want to screw up cat Thrash or your energy regen, so you simply go Bear->Thrash/Maul->Cat when the following conditions are true:
1. Will not max energy before returning to Cat Form (so sub-50 energy)
2. Bear Thrash is down or almost down
3. Cat Thrash won't drop for the next few seconds.
It's still a loss (or a wash anyway) for single-target, though, so don't try it there. If you're looking for more info on AoE rotations, check out this thread.
PTR Funsies
Expect plenty of changes to come down the pike still (I did an initial rundown a few weeks ago) but two new things to note. First, they've fixed the various Ursol's Vortex bugs; no more unlimited Predatory Swiftness procs or Rip extensions in 5.2. :( Second, developers appear to be testing a change to the 2pc PvP set bonus. Instead of the 15% outdoor speed buff we've had since vanilla, it's now +8sec to SR. I doubt this will happen (druid rage would be significant) but if it did go live in thie form, PvP gear would be very very competitive for PvE.
Other Stuff
- AskMrRobot has a beta client up that recommends VP upgrades, gear recommendations based on your inventory, and optimization upgrades. Great site, and Zooper fields questions on our forum from time to time; go check it out if you haven't already.
- Elamari has a good roundup of various movement speed increases (and what stacks with what now) on his blog File under Feral.


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For the past 26 years, it has been my privilege to represent the 17th District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.
I would have been honored to continue representing you in Washington; however, this was not meant to be.
As a result of Congressional redistricting, the voters of the newly drawn 19th District elected Congressman Randy Neugebauer to represent you in the next Congress.
I took my first oath of office in January of 1979 and, in an effort to be as effective as possible, I chose to serve on those committees in the House where I thought I could do the best job for my constituents: Agriculture, Small Business, Budget, Veterans Affairs and, more recently, the House Armed Services Committee.
Agriculture is so important to the economy of West Texas, and I am pleased that I was able to spend my entire 26 years on this committee. As one of a handful of farmers in Congress, I believe I brought a unique and important perspective to this committee.
For the past eight years I have served as the Ranking Member of the Agriculture Committee, and I was privileged to co-write the 2002 Farm Bill with my friend and former Chairman Larry Combest of Lubbock. This was the fifth Farm Bill I wrote in 26 years. I am proud of what we were able to do to help restore the income protection safety net for commodity producers and to increase conservation spending.
As Ranking Member, I had a staff of thirteen dedicated professionals who focused solely on agriculture policy, and I know that a lot of you worked with them over the past eight years.
It appears that the new Ranking Member of the Agriculture Committee will be Congressman Collin Peterson of Minnesota. I have served with Collin since his election in 1990, and his policy interests reflect his Minnesota district: wheat, corn, soybeans, sugar beets, dairy and payment limits.
I am confident he will be an excellent Ranking Member and will continue the tradition of the Agriculture Committee and its staff of serving the national interests of agriculture to the best of their ability.
As your congressman for the past 26 years, it has been my pleasure to bring you a weekly agriculture radio show. While the topics have varied from time to time, price and weather have always been of tremendous concern.
This past October, the President proposed an assistance package for hurricane victims in Florida, to be paid for with an emergency spending measure. Unfortunately, the President's package did not include assistance for farmers and ranchers in other parts of the country.
I introduced legislation to compensate farmers and ranchers who were devastated by drought, flood, freezing weather and excessive rain in 2003 and 2004. In the end, the House Leadership decided to provide Florida with emergency assistance, but the assistance to producers in other parts of the country would be paid for by taking $3 billion from the Conservation Security Program enacted in the 2002 Farm Bill.
I continue to be concerned that the cuts made in farm conservation will have dire consequences for the future of the 2002 Farm Bill and will probably pave the way for large-scale cuts in agriculture programs. I sincerely hope that I am wrong in making this prediction.
Our country is facing tremendous challenges, both domestic and international. The best thing we can do as patriotic Americans is to unite behind our elected leaders in order to build a stronger America and to leave a legacy that we can be proud of for our children and grandchildren.
Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to represent you in Washington all these years. Very few Americans have the privilege of serving in the halls of Congress, and I can tell you it is an honor that I will always cherish.
Congressman Stenholm represented the 17th District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1979 and was the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Agriculture for many years.


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SACRAMENTO — An $11-million campaign donation that was secretly routed through an obscure Arizona group might have hurt the conservative effort in California on election day more than it helped, Republican operatives say.
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As the race continued in Botswana, Bates & Anthony braved crocodile-filled waters to win the leg while Max & Katie overcame a Speed Bump and a speeding ticket to overtake eliminated best friends Pam & Winnie.
Departing the Pit Stop in first place at 5:39am, hockey brothers Bates & Anthony ripped open their clue instructing them to drive to Boro Village. Without having their friends, country singers Caroline & Jennifer, to "cheat off of and follow" the hockey brothers initially struggled to find Boro Village. Eventually, they stopped at a local motel for directions. Turning down a rough, dirt road, Bates & Anthony reached a tiny village where people sang and danced at the river's edge. Bypassing the Roadblock clue, the hockey brothers instead chose to attempt the Fast Forward, which instructed them to have some fun on the Okavango Delta. To compete this challenge, the pair had to stay up on waterskis together for over a mile. Between a "Danger Crocodiles" sign and a past failure at waterskiing, Bates initially balked at the challenge, questioning whether he could complete it. Anthony tried to keep his brother positive, and Bates agreed to get in the water.
After putting on life jackets and skis, Bates & Anthony jumped onto a boat that headed into the middle of the river. The hockey brothers gingerly slipped into the cold water as they wondered whether any crocs were near. As Bates & Anthony grabbed hold of the tow rope, the engine roared to life, propelling the speedboat through the water and pulling the brothers behind. While Anthony stood up and balanced with ease, Bates struggled to steady himself, nearly falling. However, after a few more seconds, Bates finally found a position that allowed him to balance himself. He didn't move a muscle for the remaining mile of the ride. After passing the one mile marker, the brothers dropped their ropes and fell back into the river, having won the Fast Forward award. Getting back into the boat as crocodiles appeared in the near distance, Bates & Anthony ripped open their clue sending them by safari taxi to the Pit Stop on the grounds at the Royal Tree Lodge. Spotting gazelles, ostriches, and monkeys as they entered the grounds of the Royal Tree Lodge, Bates & Anthony stepped on the mat in first place once again and won $7,500 each. Even though they won another leg, Bates commented, "We're not taking anything for granted. There's some strong teams out there. They're coming for us, I know."
Arriving at Boro Village in second place, best friends Pam & Winnie ripped open their clue to find a Roadblock. In it, one team member had to use a makoro, a traditional dugout canoe made from a single tree, to transport two goats upstream to a nearby goat pen. Then, they had to travel back down the river on the makoro to receive their next clue. After rounding up two goats from the pen, Winnie stood in the back of the makoro and used a long pole to begin steering upstream while Pam held the goats on her lap in the front of the boat. Taking Pam's advice, Winnie used a wide stance to maintain her balance on the narrow boat to prevent it from capsizing as she tried to navigate through the reed-filled waters. Needing strength as well as finesse and balance, Winnie said, "This is really hard." In third place, Wynona began her second consecutive Roadblock as she tried to catch up to the five that Chuck already performed. She got off to a rocky start when she let one of her goats escape from the makoro, forcing her to run after it. From there, Wynona had difficulty steering the boat sending it around in circles. With Chuck only able to watch in frustration, Wynona snapped at him, "What are you going to do? Get out and do it for me? You think this is easy." As the makoro continued to drift and spin in circles, Chuck curtly responded to his wife, "Figure it out."
Leaving the Pit Stop in fifth place, country singers Caroline & Jennifer felt blessed for everything they'd experienced so far in the Race. Jennifer remarked, "Our faith is the most important part of who we are. We have God at the center of everything – our relationship, our life, the Race." Enjoying the incredible surroundings of Botswana on the drive back to Maun, a happy Jennifer failed to notice both the speed limit and a police officer holding a radar gun. When the officer signaled for the country singers to pull over, he informed them they were going 96kph in a 60kph zone. The country singers tried their best to talk their way out of the fine, but the officer wouldn't budge. As Jennifer gave him her driver's license information, she watched as roller derby moms Mona & Beth passed them on the road. The officer then told her the ticket would cost 820 Pula (about $100 US) that she would need to pay at the police station in Maun. When the country singers arrived at the police station, they discovered that the officers wouldn't accept US currency, and the duo didn't have enough Pula to cover the fine. With a limited number of options, Jennifer walked out of the station and found a local man she hoped could help. Caroline had to remain inside the station by order of the police. Jennifer handed the stranger $100US that he promised to exchange for Pula and quickly return to the station. As she stood outside, a worried Jennifer said, "This is such a nightmare. The first speeding ticket in my life cost us the Race." However, after a few minutes, the helpful local returned in his truck and handed a grateful Jennifer the Pula. After settling with the police, Jennifer hugged the man who helped them, calling him a "total lifesaver."
Even after all of the time they spent taking care of their ticket, country singers Caroline & Jennifer arrived in Boro Village in fifth place. At the same time, Winnie finished the Roadblock and began a ride with Pam on a water taxi down the Thamalakane River to a safari vehicle that would take them to the Royal Tree Lodge Game Preserve. Wynona and Beth both frustrated their partners and almost collided with one another steering their makoros. Caroline drew from her childhood as a tomboy, guiding her makoro upstream to the goat pen. Because she had a head start, Wynona finished the Roadblock in third place, but Caroline managed to overtake Beth for fourth place as Jennifer said, "Caro, I cannot even tell you how proud I am of you." Meanwhile, watching Caroline & Jennifer pass by, Mona fumed, "I'm going to lose my mind."
Departing the Pit Stop in last place, newlyweds Max & Katie got off to a tough start when Max couldn't remember where he parked the car. After wasting time running around, Max finally spotted the car and warned an irritated Katie, "Don't get on me about it. You can do it from now on if you think it's that easy." Next, Max got caught in the same speed trap that Jennifer did earlier after ignoring Katie's warning to slow down. An incredulous Katie said, "He's supposed to be the man. He can't find the parked car. Now he gets a speeding ticket. He's just digging himself his own grave." Fortunately, Max & Katie had enough Pula to cover the ticket, but they still had to spend time driving to the Maun police station to pay their fine. Once they settled, Max added insult to injury when he backed his vehicle into a telephone pole as Katie laughed, "Maybe I should drive." Max didn't enjoy the laughter and snapped back, "You are more than welcome to drive…it's so stressful driving."
When Max & Katie finally reached Boro Village, they were relieved to see YouTube hosts Joey & Meghan, who lost time driving through Maun, only just arriving as well. For their part, the lost Youtube hosts were also relieved to see the newlyweds. As Joey began steering his makoro upriver, Max & Katie started their Speed Bump, a task only they had to perform as a penalty for coming in last place in the previous leg. In this Speed Bump, the newlyweds had to finish beading a skirt and then take part in a ceremonial seduction dance. While Joey was spinning around the river in circles, Max & Katie quickly finished beading their skirts. Then, they dressed themselves in the finished creation before they each went into a small hut and had their faces painted bright red. When they emerged from the hut, the newlyweds began dancing in earnest with the locals. By the time Max & Katie had danced to the local's approval, they still had Joey & Meghan in their sights. With the stakes high, Max decided to steer the makoro, continuing to gain ground on Joey using speed at the expense of balance. By the time Joey delivered his two goats, Max was only moments behind. After a close makoro race back downriver, the Youtube hosts maintained about a five minute lead over the newlyweds as both teams jumped into water taxis bound for the Royal Tree Lodge Game Preserve. Katie explained the situation, saying, "Either we beat Meghan and Joey or we're out."
Arriving at the Royal Tree Lodge Game Preserve in second place, best friends Pam & Winnie ripped open their clue to find a Detour having the choice between Brains and Brawn. Brains required teams to go on a horseback safari in search of ten animal cutouts. After the ride, using their memory, they had to then choose tiles with representations of the animals seen and place them in the order they appeared. Once they placed them in the correct order, they would receive their next clue. Brawn required teams to stack firewood onto a traditional sand sled and with a carrot dangling from a stick, convince a team of donkeys to haul it half a mile to a camp. Once they delivered the allotted amount of wood, they would receive their next clue. Thinking Brawn would be faster and easier, Pam & Winnie began lugging the large, cumbersome pieces of wood to fill up their sand sled. Once they had a full sled, the best friends dangled a carrot in front of their donkeys, but their animals wouldn't budge an inch. When Caroline & Jennifer and Mona & Beth showed up and began quickly filling their sleds, Pam & Winnie became flustered and reconsidered their Detour choice. Winnie later commented, "We heavily prepared for this Race, but what you can't prepare for is that feeling on anxiety and that pressure." Succumbing to the pressure of seeing other teams, the best friends dropped the carrot and ran off to try Brains instead.
Arriving in third place, married couple Chuck & Wynona mounted horses, put on safari hats, and began a slow ride through the preserve keeping their eyes open for animal cutouts. Because they couldn't write down the names, Wynona kept singing them aloud in order – "zebra, buffalo, kudu, giraffe, groundhog" – so she wouldn't forget. Wynona joked, "I don't sing like the country girls, but I'm singing." Afterwards, Chuck spotted the next five animals, including a snake, cheetah, hog, ostrich, and a potentially confusing hippo with a bird on top of it. Dismounting their horses near camp, the married couple sifted through the wood tiles with representations of animals on them. Wynona quickly put her five in the correct order, but Chuck took a little extra time when he got to his last animal, the hippo with a bird on top. Chuck couldn't find a hippo tile, but he noticed a rhino and a separate bird tile. Because there was no hippo to choose from, Chuck decided on the bird as the tenth tile as a nervous Wynona reminded him if they were wrong, they would have to ride through the safari all over again. However, Chuck's reasoning proved correct, and the safari guide handed them their next clue sending them on a short run to the Pit Stop, where the married couple took fourth place behind Mona & Beth and Caroline & Jennifer.
With Joey & Meghan and Max & Katie approaching the preserve, Pam & Winnie began their horseback safari, spotting the first five animals with little difficulty. However, on the back half, they failed to spot the ostrich, so they assumed the hippo and the bird counted for two animals. As Joey & Meghan and Max & Katie began stacking wood in their sleds, Pam & Winnie stood over the wood tiles and began sorting the animals they saw along their safari. For the last two animals, the best friends incorrectly chose the rhino and the bird, believing that they represented the hippo with the bird on top of it. When the safari guide rejected their guess, the stunned best friends had to start all over, saying, "This is not good." As Pam & Winnie started their second horseback safari, Joey & Meghan and Max & Katie, believing they were battling by themselves for last place, finished piling wood in their sleds within seconds of each other and began a race with their donkeys. Max & Katie took an early lead when Joey couldn't coax his donkeys to move. However, once the Youtube Hosts finally got their donkeys going, the animals bolted ahead gaining ground on the newlyweds and nearly overtaking them until their sled got tangled in a bush. Once the teams reached a clearing with the camp in sight, Joey & Meghan again almost overtook the newlyweds again until their donkeys veered off the path. The two teams reached the camp and began unloading the wood from their sleds only seconds apart.
As the two teams continued their heated race, Pam & Winnie took their second guess with the tiles and again, they selected the rhino with the bird. Discouraged, they decided to switch back to the Braun Detour. Meanwhile, Joey & Meghan delivered all their wood from the sled just moments ahead of Max & Katie and ran to the mat to claim fifth place while Max & Katie finished in sixth place, stunned to realize one team was behind them. After finally finishing the Brawn Detour with their donkeys, best friends Pam & Winnie stepped on the mat in last place and accepted their elimination with smiles. The pair joked, "There's not going to be any tearful ending for us. Crying is for bitches." Being more introspective, Winnie added, "We might be eliminated, but it can't feel bad after doing this much cool stuff and going to this many cool places." Pam added, "May as well take the positive side of things and think of all the awesome things we did get to do. At least we got to see Africa. Pretty priceless."
Roadblock: A Roadblock is a task that only one person can perform. In this Roadblock, that person had to use a makoro, a traditional dugout canoe made from a single tree, to transport two goats upstream to a nearby goat pen. Then, they had to travel back down the river on the makoro to receive their next clue.
Performed Roadblock: Winnie, Wynona, Max, Joey, Beth, Caroline
Detour: A Detour is a choice between two tasks. In this Detour, teams had the choice of Brains or Brawn. Brains required teams to go on a horseback safari in search of ten animal cutouts. After the ride, using their memory, they had to then choose tiles with representations of the animals seen and place them in the order they appeared. Once they placed them in the correct order, they would receive their next clue. Brawn required teams to stack firewood onto a traditional sand sled and with a carrot dangling from a stick, convince a team of donkeys to haul it half a mile to a camp. Once they delivered the allotted amount of wood, they would receive their next clue.
Brains: Chuck/Wynona Brawn: Mona/Beth, Caroline/Jennifer, Joey/Meghan, Max/Katie, Pam/Winnie
Fast Forward: A Fast Forward allows teams to skip all tasks and proceed to the Pit Stop. In this Fast Forward, teams had to stay up on waterskis together for over a mile on the Okavango Delta. Bates/Anthony won Fast Forward
Speed Bump: A Speed Bump is a task only Max & Katie had to perform for coming in last place on the previous leg. In this Speed Bump, the newlyweds had to finish beading a skirt and then take part in a ceremonial seduction dance.
Order of Finish: 1. Bates & Anthony 2. Mona & Beth 3. Caroline & Jennifer 4. Chuck & Wynona 5. Joey & Meghan 6. Max & Katie 7. Pam & Winnie


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Fairfield forecast: Brrr-acing for the deep freeze
The region is in the grip of a deep freeze today and the next several days, according to the National Weather Service.
The daytime high temperature in southwestern Connecticut, despite clear skies, is expected to rise only to the upper-teens, the NWS says, with scattered snow flurries possible after 1 p.m.
The wind-chill value could feel as low as minus-7 degrees, because of a northwest wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Tonight, scattered flurries are possible as clouds move in. The overnight low temperature is expected to drop to about 5 degrees, with wind-chill values as low as zero. The northwest wind will be 5 to 8 mph.
Tomorrow should be mostly cloudy through mid-morning, followed by gradual clearing as the temperature rises to a high of about 20 degrees. There will be a blustery north wind 9 to 14 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon, that will push wind-chill values to minus-5 degrees.
Thursday night should be mostly clear, with a low temperature around 9 degrees, and wind-chill values as low as zero.
On Friday, the NWS says there is a chance of snow after 3 p.m., with temperatures in the low-20s. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Snow is likely Friday night, mainly between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. Saturday, with an overnight low temperature in the upper-teens. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent.
Saturday should be partly sunny, with a high temperature in the upper-20s. Nighttime will be mostly clear, with a low temperature in the low-teens.
The outlook for Sunday, according to the weather service, is mostly sunny and temperatures about 30 degrees.


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Thank you and farewell !!Proactum Open Meet Up was a unique open source networking event that brought together people interested in the present state and development of open source.The time has come to let go of Proactum Open Meet-Up events in its current format. Something new is emerging and we hope that you will be around when we are ready to launch.The Proactum Open Meet-Up activities started in May 2009 and during the last 5 years we have come together 25 times to enjoy sponsors' refreshments as well as presentations of interesting key-note speakers, such as Jyrki J.J. Kasvi, John Newton, Mårten Mickos, Monty Widenius and Mikael Jungner, just to mention a few.We would like to thank you all for participating actively throughout the years and of course our generous sponsors for enabling these events! Till we meet again.
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Do you have a Google Reader alternative picked out yet? I don't.
I moved half of my blog subscriptions to Feedly, but I'm not in love with it. Feedly wants to show me a bunch of visual stuff while I just want to scan blog titles to see if I want to read further. I also haven't warmed up to reading Feedly from my phone.
I'm also trying out The Old Reader at the same time. I moved some blog subscriptions over there, too. The site is similar to Google Reader. However, issues and wrinkles are still being ironed out and the site sometimes goes down. It lets me scan quickly over a lot of info, which I like. Plus, I can use hot keys (shortcuts) which is nice when I have 800 posts waiting. (Edit: short cuts work on Feedly, too. I just discovered this today.)
If there are other Google Reader alternatives popping up in the next few days, I won't be around to try them. The best I can do is back up all my Google Reader data--which I did--and wait and see what the magic Internets bring while I'm gone.
Do you use Google Reader? What's your migration plan?
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|Breathless at the so-called tomb of Annie Mary Paterson Palmer
Indeed, Geoffrey S. Yates, Assistant Archivist at the Jamaica Archives back in 1965, provided lots of evidence that Annie Palmer did not do the things she is accused of in the legends (murdering three husbands, taking slave lovers, one of whom ultimately murdered her, etc.). Indeed, the only truth at all is that she was married (her only marriage) to the plantation's owner, John Rose Palmer, and that she lived on the plantation from their marriage in 1820 at least until his death in 1827.
Just goes to show - don't believe all the stories you hear about an ancestor - find some evidence to back them up.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Although the MIT men's volleyball team has been on a two-week hiatus from competition, it managed to move up one spot to 13th in the most recent American Volleyball Coaches Association Division III Top 15 Coaches Poll. The rankings saw a considerable amount of shuffling as seven other teams found a new slot in the standings while one squad moved onto the poll as another dropped out.
The Engineers (19-11), who have now spent 35 consecutive weeks on the national poll, return to action this weekend when they host the MIT Scramble Tournament on April 5-6. They will square off with Regis College and Bard College on Friday before battling Southern Vermont College and nationally-ranked No. 14 Elmira College on Saturday.


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Norton, Mass. - Last weekend, MIT's swimming and diving teams competed against Tufts University, Wheaton College and Roger Williams University in the annual Charlie Batterman Relays. The Engineers women delivered a strong performance, winning eight of their nine events. MIT's men fared equally as well, as the two teams combined for sixteen wins and seven meet records.
The women set meet records in the 200 medley relay, 500 crescendo relay, 200 back relay, 4 x 100 IM relay, 400 free relay and 200 breast relay. Freshman Christy Rogers set a new MIT record in the 50 backstroke (27.95), to lead off the 200 medley. Freshman Joanna Yeh made a name for herself at the event, figuring in three victories for the Engineers. Senior Amy Jacobi was also a key component of two relay victories for Tech.
The men set a meet record in the 1500 freestyle relay. Freshmen Carlo Biedenharn and Tim Wall and sophomore Max Pruner made up the group that swam the record-setting race. Wyatt Ubellacker, Tony Chen, Brendan Deveney and Colby Dunn, the team that was victorious in the 500 yard freestyle crescendo relay, were all key players in multiple victories on the men's side.
While no official team scores were recorded, the meet provided an opportunity for swimmers to showcase their talents before the competitive season. The schools also participated in diving events, which were not scored.
The women's team will compete in their first head-to-head match on Wednesday, November 17, when they travel to face the Blue of Wellesley College at 7 p.m. Both squads will host a tri-match with Babson and Bowdoin on Saturday the 20th.


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Yesterday, when I wrote about the finalists for this year's SAVE Awards, in which the Obama administration recognizes federal employees for ideas to improve the efficiency of federal operations, an erstwhile colleague of mine weighed in on Twitter: "Frankly, these seem like things that should have been fixed years ago," she wrote.
I wish I could say I thought she was wrong. But look at the finalists' ideas:
- Allow veterans to track the delivery of mailed prescription medications online using the VA's web-based portal.
- Require the State Department to first use email (as opposed to regular U.S. mail) to request additional information from passport applicants if necessary.
- Mandate that comparable certifications of employees be transferable across federal agencies.
- Set up a secure website to allow Customs and Border Protection officers and agriculture specialists to collect payments by credit card at land ports of entry.
All of these are worthy suggestions, and it would be hard to argue that they shouldn't simply be implemented immediately. (Using email to correspond with applicants? That's a cutting-edge notion, circa 1995.) But that just begs the question why these proposals haven't already been put in place. It's something of a sad commentary on the state of the federal government that it apparently takes action at the highest levels to implement common-sense measures like this.
I know that's not entirely true, and that unsung efforts to implement ideas along these lines occur every day in government without attracting a lot of attention. Still, at this point, the SAVE Awards have two problems:
- They're small potatoes. In an era when the Air Force is buying $600 million worth of aircraft it doesn't really want, and then almost immediately mothballing the planes, the idea of letting employees transfer training certifications if they happen to switch agencies seems almost quaint.
- They have a tendency to make it seem like government is hopelessly behind the times. Early in the Obama administration (as in any administration), it made sense to highlight inefficient practices that needed fixing, to focus attention on reforms. But at this point, such stories mostly serve to send the message that government remains tethered to outdated policies and procedures. This, in turn, tends to reinforce the notion that agencies can't do anything right.
Maybe it's time for the administration to start declaring victory, and focus more on disseminating stories of impressive accomplishments by federal employees and organizations. That might even move the needle a little on the public's overall view of government.
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An open letter to Matt Kramer at The Wine Spectator:
Dear Matt:
I just read your online post "Are You Afraid of Italian Wines?" at winespectator.com and frankly, I'm disappointed you would write such a column. You are one of the most engaging and intelligent wine writers in the country, so I don't quite understand why you wrote what you did. Was it a slow news week for you?
You mention that at a a restaurant you ordered a Pecorino Colline Pescaresi from Tiberio, while admitting that you hadn't heard of the Pecorino grape, the Colline Pescaresi zone or the producer Tiberio. Let's look at your claims. I can appreciate the fact that you weren't familiar with the Pecorino grape, as it's planted in small numbers primarily in Abruzzo and Marche. Ok, Chardonnay it's not. But you admit to enjoying the wine, calling it "dazzling stuff." Pretty nice compliment, so I'm thinking you're glad you tried this bottling. It's a nice thing when you discover something new, isn't it?
As for not being familiar with the Colline Pescaresi district, alright, join the club. It's a small district in Abruzzo, named for the Pescara province. You apparently have a problem with this designation simply because it's not a household name. Yet how many wine drinkers know where the Ben Lomond or High Valley AVAs are located in California? Should wineries in these areas not use these terms simply because they're not as famous as Napa or Sonoma?
As for not knowing Tiberio, so what? You must realize that there are thousands of artisan producers from Italy whose wines are imported into the United States. You said that you loved the wine, so now you know Tiberio and now you know about the Pecorino grape. And the next time you see a Pecorino from Colline Pescaresi, I'll bet you'll think about ordering it.
Two major things here. Yes, there are hundreds of varieties used in Italy that are seen nowhere else in the world. Thank goodness for that! Do you really want a world where we drink wines made from the same 10 or 12 varieties? I would hope not! If you don't know the variety, you can always ask your server, sommelier or manager at the restaurant. If they have decided to carry particular wines - obscure or not - you would hope they would have learned about these offerings and would have trained their staff. If that's a problem, write about that, but don't write about the fact that you never heard of the Pecorino or Biancolella grape (as you did with another wine).
Are Italian wines confusing? To some degree, yes. For some people, the names are too long and as they don't want to stumble over the pronunciation or order something they're not familiar with, they stick to the tried and true such as Pinot Grigio and Chianti. How unexciting is that? Vanilla, chocolate and strawberry will always be the best-selling flavors of ice cream, but isn't it great that you can also order pistachio almond or nutty coconut at Baskin-Robbins? Thank goodness that A-16 in San Francisco as well as hundreds of Italian restaurants in New York City, Chicago, Houston, Miami and other cities offer such a wide variety of Italian wines.
Back to my question about Italian wines being confusing. There are hundreds of tiny DOC areas that few people know about; frankly people want to know how a wine will taste and what grapes are used. Education of Italian wines in this country has not been given the same emphasis that wines from France and California have enjoyed. But does that mean the Italians have to dumb things down? How did you want Tiberio to label its Pecorino Colline Pescaresi? As Bianco d'Abruzzo? That might have been easier for you and others to understand, but what would that have told you, except for the fact that it's a white wine from Abruzzo? The best wines the world over come from specific varieties and places. I think we all learn a great deal more when we are given more information to process. You may label it as confusing, but I prefer to think of it as valuable data.
So Matt, please help your readers understand more about Italian wines. I realize that in an off-handed way, you did just that with this column, as you sang the praises of an excellent Pecorino and Biancolella. But as a respected wine writer, you should do more than complain. Write about the glories of these singular wines from the Italian peninsula. Your readers will thank you for it, believe me! If you'd like, please also pay a visit to my blog Learn Italian Wines. I think you'll enjoy it - and you might even learn a few things!
By the way, I think I'll enjoy a La Sibilla Falanghina Campi Flegrei tonight. It's a gorgeous white wine made from the Falanghina variety in the Campi Flegrei district, located a little ways out of Napoli; La Sibilla is one of the area's finest producers. But I'm guessing you already knew that!
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The UK outlet Digital Spy caught up with MyAnna Buring(seen right) who plays Tanya. Myanna lives in the UK and has appeared in many UK films and TV shows.
Asked if she was sad that Twilight was coming to an end, Buring replied: "I'm quite good at realizing that everything has to come to an end, so as opposed to being sad, I'm really happy that I got to be a part of the end of such a massive saga.
"Whether you are a fan or not, you can't deny that it has propelled and moved people in such a huge way. I'm happy and I'm really excited about November – about it coming out and being able to see the six months of work we did and see the result of it."
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The name Tolo Barceló may not mean much to you, however the Alcudia goalkeeper scored a remarkable equaliser against Mallorca B this past weekend.
Playing in the Tecera Division of Spain, this incredible overhead kick came in the very last minute of the game as Alcudia rescued a point in this 1-1 draw.
It's always pretty impressive when a goalkeeper scores, let alone score a goal like this.
The goal was certainly celebrated in style as the whole side bundled the keeper to the ground.
Watch the incredible strike above.
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Requirement under Obama deferment program dropped
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration's requirement for background checks on illegal aliens being helped under the Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals program – which grants a two-year deferment from deportation – has been dropped.
Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal that the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services abandoned the requirement for background checks late last year to keep up with the flood of amnesty applications sparked by the Obama's plan.
The documents revealed that USCIS adopted costly "lean and lite" procedures in favor of the more time-consuming required background checks.
Judicial Watch initiated a FOIA action in October 2012 after receiving a tip from a whistle-blower at a federal law enforcement agency.
Judicial Watch asked for "all communications, memoranda, emails, policy guidelines, directives, initiatives, and any other correspondence respecting the scope and extent of background checks to be performed (or not) on aliens applying to the Obama administration's DACA program."
The Immigration and Nationality Act requires a "coordinated, uniform and efficient" system of background checks be used for all applicants.
INA also requires USCIS to maintain "direct and continuous" contact with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency to determine whether an illegal alien is ineligible to enter or remain in the U.S. due to criminal conduct, and other disqualifying factors.
To ensure that illegal immigrant applicants are not registered in any crime databases, INA requires that USCIS remain in contact with law enforcement agencies.
Before approving applications, immigrants are to be cross-checked through law enforcement agencies to see if they are indexed in the National Crime Information Center's Interstate Identification Index, Wanted Persons File, or any other files maintained by the National Crime Information Center.
The documents obtained by Judicial Watch instead show a costly, haphazard and cursory review process for background checks on illegal aliens seeking "deferred status."
The Judicial Watch investigation found a series of agency memos dated back to Sept. 14, 2012, instructing field offices to expect the National Benefits Center (which oversees collecting all DACA applicants) to only conduct "lean & lite" background checks on illegals applying for deferments.
"NBC will not perform full TECS checks or any evidence review on these cases before we ship to the field," the memo revealed. A memo dated Oct. 14 reiterated the same policy, "Hits will be sent to the field without resolution."
In late October, the St. Paul field director indicated the "lean and light" procedures would continue for an indefinite period of time.
An email chain from Sept. 5 to Nov. 14 brings to light agency pressure not to turn any illegal alien applicants away for failing to show a valid ID. An Oct. 3 memo explicitly directs workers, "Biometric processing should not be refused solely because an applicant does not present an acceptable ID," the Judicial Watch investigation found.
Agency personnel were instructed to report every two weeks the number of DACA requesters who appeared for biometrics collection during that previous two-week period. The field offices were also instructed to provide the reason why the DACA requester was turned away.
Additionally, the documents revealed that the DACA program would have an added cost to taxpayers.
An email dated June 28, 2012, to all regional service managers instructed them to determine the number of new guards and the required dollar amount that would be needed to meet the new DACA processing requirements.
"In support of the President's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals initiative, USCIS is procuring 40 additional biometrics workstations," the investigation revealed.
On Nov. 9, 2012, just days after President Obama was re-elected, an urgent message was sent within the agency stating, "Please put all DACA work on hold until further notice."
To date, there are no later-dated documents to indicate how or when USCIS resumed DACA background checks or application processing.
The Judicial Watch report said "contrary to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano's claim that DACA applied only to minors who came to this country illegally 'through no fault of their own,' the directive actually created a new avenue of chain migration, whereby immediate relatives of DACA requesters could be approved for amnesty."
"The Obama administration seems to be throwing public safety and national security out the door in implementing its illicit and unilateral amnesty program for illegal aliens. The costs and security lapses of this program show that this administration can't be trusted to implement any of the new security measures in the amnesty bill in the Senate," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "These documents show a crisis in law enforcement and national security caused by President Obama's unilateral decision to grant amnesty to hundreds of thousands illegal aliens."


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Ask This Old House "Installing a Recirculation Pump; Lining a Fireplace Chimney" Plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey installs a recirculation pump to provide hot water quickly to a bathroom. Then, general contractor Tom Silva shares a tip for fixing the handle on a casement window. Afterward, Tom, Richard, host Kevin O'Connor and landscape contractor Roger Cook ask, "What is it?" Kevin travels to Dallas to help a homeowner line her fireplace chimney. D
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American Woodshop "Scroll Saw Gifts" Intricate details make these projects amazing. Custom signature signs created. D
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Rough Cut - Woodworking with Tommy Mac "Flag Box" Veterans fold the flag for a box that feature splines made from live oak from the USS Constitution.G
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MotorWeek "2012 Drivers' Choice Awards" 2012 MotorWeek Drivers' Choice Award Winners. Goss' Garage: Air Filters. D
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America's Heartland California rice farmers find a new market in grain for sake. A Kansas ranch helps young people with disabilities. Discover the beauty connection between Cleopatra and pickles. D
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NOVA "Separating Twins" Abandoned shortly after birth at an orphanage in Bangladesh, twin girls, Trishna and Krishna, are joined at the head and have little chance of survival. Aid workers take them to Australia where they spend two years battling for life before doctors can attempt a marathon separation surgery to allow them to live separate lives.G
5:00 pm
Antiques Roadshow "Eugene, OR- Hour Three" At the King Estate Winery host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Kathleen Bailey discuss collecting wine glasses and decanters. Highlights include a circa 1861 Civil War cavalry guidon that may have been used in the Battle of Shiloh; and the "guardian of Venice," a 1960 jeweled gold moretto valued up to $60,000. Part 3 of 3G
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Antiques Roadshow UK "Glouchester" Host Michael Aspel and the team begin a new series in Gloucester, visiting Gloucester Cathedral with 1,500 to 2,000 visitors expected.G
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Rick Steves' Europe "Granada, Cordoba, and Spain's Costa Del Sol" Andalucia's Moorish heritage sparkles in the historic capitals of Granada and Cordoba. Rick tastes the smooth sherry and marvels at prancing stallions as he finds the passion in Andalucian culture. He finishes his visit with fun in the Spanish sun on the coast.G
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The Lawrence Welk Show "Love Songs" Anacani sings "Secret Love" for this 1980 show. "Love Me Tender" gets a great rendition by Tom Netherton. Kathie Sullivan asks "Why Do I Love You?" Bobby and Elaine dance to "Amor." Lawrence waltzes to "Love Makes the World Go Round."G
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Are You Being Served? "Hand of Fate" Everyone hopes fate is working for his or her particular promotion.G
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Last of the Summer Wine "Will Randolph Make A Good Impression?" Hobbo has advertised for a possible suitor for a lonely widow - Nora Batty's sister, Stella. Randolph, who responds to the advertisement, is not built for such a mammoth task.G
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Outnumbered Mum and Dad struggle to put things right between them. Karen is worried by her vital role in the school concert. Ben is busy recreating the assault on Everest on the stairs.G
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The Red Green Show "Harold's Leaving" Harold ruins everything by going off to college. Red builds a fishing boat out of furnace ducts.G
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Vicar of Dibley "Songs of Praise" The BBC religious series, "Songs of Praise," sends a production team to Dibley to tape one of their programs. Geraldine and David have misgivings about this, but Gerry (as she likes to be called) develops a crush on producer Tristan, while David casts his eye on production assistant Ruth.G
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Doctor Who Four "The Doctor's Daughter" The Doctor meets the most important woman of his life on the distant planet Messaline in the middle of an endless war. But as General Cobb threatens genocide, and Martha is kidnapped by the Hath, the Doctor faces an even greater battle - can he find peace with his own child?G


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Divorce Actions
| Researching Court Records
This article is part of a series.
|Overview of Court Records
|Court Procedures
|Equity Cases
|Divorce Actions
|Types of Court Records
|List of Court Record Types
|Researching Court Records
|Selected Proceedings and Courts
|Justice of the Peace Courts
|List of Useful Court References
This article originally appeared in "Court Records" by Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, FUGA, Loretto Dennis Szucs, FUGA, and Arlene H. Eakle, Ph.D. in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy
Divorce as a court action was introduced to the American colonies by Puritan settlers during the early 1600s. In 1620, Plymouth officials viewed marriage as a civil rather than an ecclesiastical matter. This recognition opened the door to the possibility of civil divorce. At least nine divorces were granted in Plymouth prior to 1691, when Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay were united into a single colony.
Records indicate the first colonial American divorce, however, was granted not in Plymouth but in Massachusetts Bay. In 1639, James Luxford's wife was able to show evidence that James already had a wife. The court seized Luxford's property and fined and punished him.<ref>Glenda Riley, Divorce: An American Tradition (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991), 12.</ref>
Divorce was not the tradition in the England the early colonists had left. At the time of the founding of America, an English divorce was rare, expensive, time-consuming, against Anglican law, and frowned upon socially. Lawrence Friedman states, "Henry VIII had gotten a divorce; but ordinary Englishmen had no such privilege. The very wealthy might squeeze a rare private bill of divorce out of Parliament. Between 1800 and 1836 there were, on the average, three of these a year. For the rest, unhappy husbands and wives had to be satisfied with annulment (no easy matter), or divorce from bed and board (a mensa et thoro), a form of legal separation. Separated couples had no right to remarry.<ref>Lawrence M. Friedman, History of American Law, 3rd ed. (New York: Touchstone, 2005), 142.</ref>
A study of the English system that formed the basis of divorce law in all the colonies is Lawrence Stone's three volumes: Road to Divorce: England, 1530-1987; Uncertain Unions: Marriage in England, 1660-1753; and Broken Lives: Separation and Divorce in England, 1660-1857.<ref>Lawrence Stone, Road to Divorce: England, 1530'1987; Uncertain Unions: Marriage in England, 1660'1753; and Broken Lives: Separation and Divorce in England, 1660'1857, 3 vols. (Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1990'93).</ref>
During the American colonial period, the extent and type of divorce differed from colony to colony. In New England, where marriage was considered a civil contract, courts granted civil divorces from early times. Grounds included adultery, abuse, neglect, and desertion by the husband. In other colonies, if divorce was allowed at all, grounds were limited to dissolving a marriage that was within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity or affinity.<ref>George Ryskamp, 'Common-Law Concepts for the Genealogist: Marriage, Divorce, and Coverture,' National Genealogical Society Quarterly 83 (September 1995): 165'79.</ref>
In the middle or border colonies-New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania-divorces were handled either by the governor and his council or by petition to the Assembly. Adultery or prolonged desertion were the only grounds recognized. New York did grant absolute divorces (a vinculo matrimonii) prior to 1675, thereafter only a mensa et thoro divorces.<ref>Ibid., 173.</ref> Penn's laws of 1682 gave Pennsylvania spouses the right to a "Bill of Divorcement" if their marriage partner was convicted of adultery.
The situation was restrictive in the southern colonies, where most followed the English tradition of no absolute divorce and only rare instances of divorce from bed and board.<ref>Friedman, A History of American Law, 142.</ref> Here, the Church of England had greater influence, thus few civil divorce laws were in effect until after the American Revolution. Eighteenth-century North Carolina law, for example, did not provide for absolute divorce, and, although legal in the nineteenth century, non-absolute divorce was rare. The few separations that were granted were in the form of orders of the General Court for separate maintenance, often called alimony. Records of these cases will be at the North Carolina State Archives among the Legislative Papers.<ref>Raymond A. Winslow Jr., 'County Records,' in North Carolina Research: Genealogy & Local History, ed. Helen F. M. Leary, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Genealogical Society, 1996).</ref>
In contrast, prior to its becoming a part of the United States in 1803, Louisiana's Superior Council regularly granted divorces of bed and board as shown by surviving French colonial records. These were almost always based on the charge of cruelty.<ref>Riley, Divorce, 30.</ref>
Following the American Revolution, divorce laws and attitudes towards divorce generally broadened, although regional differences remained strong. Divorce in the South continued to be rare. But in all of the original colonies and most of the other states divorce by legislative petition was allowed. This "legislative" or "private act" divorce required a petitioner's case to be heard before either the territorial or state legislature.
As these petitions increased in number, overburdened legislatures gave the judicial function to the regular courts. Maryland provides an example. By the mid-1830s, the Maryland legislature was granting slightly more than thirty divorces a year. By 1842, the number of divorces sought was so great that primary jurisdiction was transferred to the courts. Nine years later, the Maryland Constitution of 1851 prohibited legislative divorce entirely.<ref>James Van Ness, 'On Untieing the Knot: The Maryland Legislature and Divorce Petitions,' Maryland Historical Magazine 67 (1972): 171'75.</ref>
Profound differences have always existed from one state to another. Each state determines when legislative divorce ceases and goes to local courts and then which court will handle divorce cases-superior court, equity court, probate court, or family or domestic court. The procedure basically allows the judge to decide what is just and equitable in each case within the limits set by the law. Because of this lack of uniformity, a researcher must study the development of divorce in each relevant jurisdiction. Studies such as Thomas E. Buckley's The Great Catastrophe of My Life: Divorce in the Old Dominion, which examines the 471 surviving divorce petitions to the Virginia legislature for the years 1786 to 1851,<ref>Thomas E. Buckley, The Great Catastrophe of My Life: Divorce in the Old Dominion (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002). </ref> is one example of a regional work that would prove useful to Virginia researchers. (See the suggested readings on divorce in the references section at the end of this chapter.)
The divorce rate escalated after the Civil War. In some areas of the Midwest and West, legal tolerance of divorce ranged from slightly permissive to wide open. In Iowa, between 1870 and 1880 the divorce rate jumped from forty-nine to sixty per hundred thousand of population. Factors that may have contributed to this were a liberalizing of religious beliefs, varied ethnic and racial values, and disruptively high rates of migration.<ref>Glenda Riley, The Female Frontier: A Comparative View of Women on the Prairie and the Plains (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1988), 22.</ref>
Throughout the latter half of the nineteenth century and well into the twentieth century, only one state defied the rising numbers. The laws of South Carolina, despite an experiment with a divorce clause from 1868 to 1878 (during which time not one divorce was granted), did not allow for an absolute divorce until the 1949 Divorce Act went into effect. Only then was divorce allowed and jurisdiction placed in the Court of Common Pleas.
Divorce Records and Their Location
Divorce records will be found in colonial court records and territorial and state legislatures, as well as in county, state, and territorial courts. Pre-Revolutionary divorces may be found in colonial legislative records. Copies of the private acts for divorce may be recorded in the Colonial Office volumes, available in print in large research libraries. Each volume is individually indexed for all documents abstracted or calendared. Originals are in the Public Record Office, Ruskin Ave., Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU, UK.
Multivolume sets of selected abstracts for most of the original colonies have been printed in archive series at government expense and can be found in most large research libraries throughout the United States. Abstracts should be used as indexes to the originals.
Divorces filed in the years immediately before and following statehood may be in the proceedings of the territory or the state's legislative body. The granting of a divorce was usually recorded as a Private Act in the legislative proceedings. There should also be evidence of the divorce, such as details of settlement, at the county of residence of the plaintiff. Legislative divorces continued to be granted in some areas long after the same powers were granted to the regular courts, so researchers should check the records of assembly and council as well as the court records. Delaware was the last holdout of legislative divorce, which survived in that state until 1897. Legislative divorces will appear in printed volumes that can serve as name indexes to the original files.
Most nineteenth-century and some earlier divorces will be found in county or circuit courts or their counterparts in the county where filing occurred. These will be in civil court records that are usually well indexed. Divorce records may be recorded in volumes with the regular court cases or in separate volumes reserved for divorce cases. The index provides quick identification of a divorce because the plaintiff and defendant will carry the same surname.
Some indexes and abstracts are in print (a few are listed in the reference section), others are online. Various indexes to local civil case files that contain divorce are online, including those for the Utah counties of Cache (1860-87), Davis (1875-86), Salt Lake (1852-87), and Weber (1852-87).
The manner of entry in court books or in a case file or case packet parallels the record-keeping of other civil cases. A case file may provide affidavits, lists of children with their ages, property inventories, and other data. The date and place of marriage, ages or dates of birth of the couple, places of birth, and the grounds for the divorce are usually included. Divorce records may list the names of other family members, since the children may be in the custody of grandparents, uncles, or close family friends.
Some states require a certificate of divorce, with a copy filed at the state bureau of vital statistics. New Hampshire has issued certificates since 1880; other states did not begin this practice until well into the 1930s. Court records are public records, but those issued in the past fifty years might be protected by privacy legislation, and the permission of the divorced party may be required to get the data. Some states do not have certificates on file but can verify dates and refer queries to the court that has the record.
A researcher may find the first indication of a divorce in local newspapers. Early newspapers often carried notices placed by husbands to warn local tradesmen that they would no longer be responsible for debts incurred by their ex-wives. On occasion, wives also placed notices of freedom. This pair of entries, is from in the Vermont Gazette:
- January 7, 1796: Whereas my husband, Enoch Darling, has at sundry times used me in an improper and cruel a manner as to destroy my happiness and endanger my life, and whereas he has not provided for me as a husband ought, but expended his time and money unadvisedly, at taverns, to the detriment of myself and his family, I notify the public that I am obligated to leave him and shall henceforth pay no debts of his contracting. Phebe Darling, alias Phebe Adams, Bennington.
- January 7, 1796: Phebe, my wife has left my bed and board without just cause or provocation. I will not pay debts of her contracting. Enoch Darling, Bennington.<ref>Marsha Hoffman Rising, Vermont Newspaper Abstracts 1783'1816 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001), 115.</ref>
Newspapers also carried legal notices to inform missing parties and creditors of the pending case. (During the colonial period, notices were posted on the town bulletin board at the courthouse, church, or city hall). If the location of a defendant was known, he would be served with papers by a court official. If the whereabouts were unknown, a notice was published in the newspapers. Such news notices often ran as long as forty weeks. As communications improved, the time was gradually decreased to three to four weeks. Some newspapers, particularly the urban press, would publish lists of divorces granted.
The disposition of property in any divorce case is determined by state statute or by equitable decision of the court. Alimony is the allowance a woman is entitled to receive from her husband during separation and after divorce. The amount is usually set by the court based on the financial circumstances of the husband and the needs of the wife. In rare instances, a husband may be granted alimony from his wife. Alimony can be paid in monthly or annual installments or as a single lump sum, and the obligation usually ends when the spouse remarries. In some jurisdictions, a wife guilty of adultery is denied alimony; in others she receives payment regardless of such circumstances.
According to South Carolina State Archives, Before 1868, a legislative act or the district courts of equity could grant divorce or separate maintenance but did so only rarely. From 1868 to 1878, when divorce could be obtained in the courts of common pleas only 163 divorces were granted. Divorce was not legalized until 1950.
In South Carolina, or states that severely limited the grounds for divorce, courts accepted petitions for alimony to provide for the needs of family members who wished to live apart.
In most jurisdictions, until recently, if the wife was not guilty of adultery, she was entitled to her full dower and one-third of her husband's property at his death, even though a divorce had taken place. Some jurisdictions subtracted from the dower the amount already received in alimony. A husband could claim, by right of curtesy, one-third of the wife's property.
As they do today, courts outlined provisions for children of dissolved marriages at the time the divorce was granted. In the 1832 divorce of Patrick and Susannah Martin in Gibson County, Indiana, the children Jane and Martha went to the father while the mother received "the babe, two beds, two colts, and one cow."<ref>Gibson County (Indiana) Circuit Court, civil order book D, August 1829'February 1838, p 113.</ref> The custody of children is usually awarded based upon individual circumstances, although some jurisdictions today permit children above a certain age (eight to fourteen) to choose which parent they wish to live with.
The law may have stipulated that the father must help pay for the upbringing of the children. The amount was determined by the court, based upon the earning ability of the father and the number of children. Few legal remedies were available for cases of non-payment.
Most divorce files prior to the mid-twentieth century are open to researchers. Some modern courts seal all or part of the records of divorce proceedings, and they are available only to the parties.
Divorce Meccas
Certain states (or counties or colonies) gained reputations for easy divorce. Stringent laws in one state led to migration into states and cities where divorces were easier to obtain. Ashtabula County in Ohio, which was readily accessible from New York, Pennsylvania, and Ontario, Canada, granted many divorces to non-Ohio residents. Chicago granted four hundred divorces in 1868 alone. Indiana had no residency requirements until 1859 and Utah Territory not until 1878.
Early Utah quickly gained the reputation of being a divorce "mecca," with its broad grounds for divorce, inexpensive court procedures, and lack of residency requirements. Thus, Christina Anderson, in 1866 Weber County, could obtain an divorce for abuse and maltreatment, grounds that were not allowed in eastern courts.<ref>The Division of State Archives website at http://archives.utah.gov/inventories-ac.htm lists this the Christina Anderson v. Peter Anderson divorce in the Weber County (Utah) Probate Court, Civil and Criminal case files (series 1593), entry 117. </ref> When out-of-state people began arriving to take advantage of this situation, Utah stiffened its residency requirements and lengthened the waiting period.
About 1890, the city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, became the newest divorce mecca in the United States. As the hub of major railroad lines, the city, on the eastern border, featured easy access for divorce seekers. An abundance of attorneys and courtrooms and a thriving night life perpetuated its image as a "rollicking and extremely lenient divorce colony."<ref>Riley, Divorce, 99.</ref> The short residency requirement of just ninety days in the county where filed and the practice of notification by publication, not delivery, meant the defendant need not respond in order for a divorce to be granted.
Western states, in particular, gained notoriety for their liberal divorce laws. There the divorce rate rose faster than in northeastern or southern states, even when discounting migratory divorces. Two Census Bureau studies conducted 1867-1887 and 1887-1906, showed that the most common single ground for divorce in the Western states was desertion. A high percent of these were by females who left husbands behind when they headed west, perhaps because leaving was easier and less expensive than petitioning for a divorce. But most divorces due to desertions were filed by males. A wife who refused to join her husband in the West, choosing instead to remain in their former home in the East, was considered a deserter in jurisdictions whose laws stated that a husband's domicile constituted the family domicile.<ref>Riley, Divorce, 68.</ref>
This extreme rise in numbers was in part responsible for movements in the latter part of the nineteenth century to regularize and control divorce in the entire United States. But it was difficult to change state statutes, and, even when done, enforcement was defective. Divorce would continue as would the debate and controversy.


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Ancient Greek heroes - Achilles
Sing, Goddess, sing of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus— that murderous anger which condemned Achaeans to countless agonies and threw many warrior souls deep into Hades... - Homer's Iliad. Opening verses.
Achilles was the son of the mortal Peleus and the Nereid Thetis. He was the mightiest of the Greeks who fought in the Trojan War, and was the hero of Homer's Iliad.
Thetis attempted unsuccessfully to make her son immortal. There are two versions of the story. In the earlier version, Thetis anointed the infant with ambrosia and then placed him upon a fire to burn away his mortal portions; she was interrupted by Peleus, whereupon she abandoned both father and son in a rage. Peleus placed the child in the care of the Centaur Chiron, who raised and educated the boy. In the later version, Thetis held the young Achilles by the heel and dipped him in the river Styx; everything the sacred waters touched became invulnerable, but while she was dipping him in the water she had to hold him by the heel so the heel remained dry and therefore unprotected.
When Achilles was a boy, the seer Calchas prophesied that the city of Troy could not be taken without his help. Thetis knew that, if her son went to Troy, he would die an early death, so she sent him to the court of Lycomedes, in Scyros; there he was hidden, disguised as a young girl. During his stay he had an affair with Lycomedes' daughter, Deidameia, and she had a son, Pyrrhus (or Neoptolemus), by him. Achilles' disguise was finally penetrated by Odysseus, who placed arms and armor amidst a display of women's finery and seized upon Achilles when he was the only "maiden" to be fascinated by the swords and shields.
Achilles then went willingly with Odysseus to Troy, leading a host of his father's Myrmidons and accompanied by his tutor Phoenix and his close friend Patroclus. At Troy, Achilles distinguished himself as an unbeatable warrior. Among his other exploits, he captured twenty-three towns in Trojan territory, including the town of Lyrnessos, where he took the woman Briseis as a war-prize. Later on Agamemnon, the leader of the Greeks, was forced by an oracle of Apollo to give up his own war-prize, the woman Chryseis, and took Briseis away from Achilles as compensation for his loss. This action sparked the central plot of the Iliad, for Achilles became enraged and refused to fight for the Greeks any further. The war went badly, and the Greeks offered handsome reparations to their greatest warrior; Achilles still refused to fight in person, but he agreed to allow his friend Patroclus to fight in his place, wearing his armor. The next day Patroclus was killed and stripped of the armour by the Trojan hero Hector, who mistook him for Achilles.
Achilles was overwhelmed with grief for his friend and rage at Hector. His mother obtained magnificent new armour for him from Hephaestus, and he returned to the fighting and killed Hector. He desecrated the body, dragging it behind his chariot before the walls of Troy, and refused to allow it to receive funeral rites. When Priam, the king of Troy and Hector's father, came secretly into the Greek camp to plead for the body, Achilles finally relented; in one of the most moving scenes of the Iliad, he received Priam graciously and allowed him to take the body away.
After the death of Hector, Achilles' days were numbered. He continued fighting heroically, killing many of the Trojans and their allies, including Memnon and the Amazon warrior Penthesilia. Finally Priam's son Paris, aided by Apollo, wounded Achilles in the heel with an arrow; Achilles died of the wound. After his death, it was decided to award Achilles' divinely-wrought armour to the bravest of the Greeks. Odysseus and Ajax competed for the prize, with each man making a speech explaining why he deserved the honour; Odysseus won, and Ajax then went mad and committed suicide.
During his lifetime, Achilles is also said to have had a number of romantic episodes. He reportedly fell in love with Penthesilia, the Amazon maiden whom he killed in battle, and it is claimed that he married Medea.
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On Sunday, May 1, at 12:30 am., Beaumont police officers responded to a major crash at the intersection of College and Major.
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(Sept. 29, 2009) - The ETSU men's soccer team dropped a tough match to UNC Asheville as the Bucs fell 1-0 to the Bulldogs on an extremely windy Tuesday afternoon at Greenwood Field in Asheville, N.C.
"This was a disappointing result for us," said head coach Scott Calabrese. "We played under difficult conditions with the wind.
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"In the second half I think we figured out how not to become susceptible to the counter attack," Calabrese said. "They got their goal on a set piece where we just lost our concentration. We had to push the pace late in the game as we had some chances but couldn't get the equalizing goal."
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ETSU put on the pressure late in the second half the Bucs had a couple quality chances. Schoenfeld had a ball go off of the crossbar in the 87th minute, and a point blank shot saved in the 90th minute as the Bucs could not get the equalizer.
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