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Review: The Rocketeer/The Spirit: Pulp Friction #1
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by LOLtron » Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:59 am
A review of the new IDW miniseries.
Working with artist Paul Smith, Mark Waid's most recent book, The Rocketeer and the Spirit: Pulp Friction, is a cross-over between two of comics most recognizable pulp heroes. They are an odd team-up. Danny Colt (the Spirit) operates in the dark and gritty streets of Central City while Cliff Secord (the Rocketeer) soars in the bright lights of Hollywood. Danny is from the East coast; Cliff is from the West coast. Danny is serious; Cliff's a joker. Danny is alert; Cliff is reckless. Mark Waid and Peter Smith use the first issue of the series to explore these differences.
The two are brought together by a murder plot revolving around the 1940s expansion of television. A man killed on the east coast in the Spirit's Central City washes up on the Hollywood coast where his body is found by Betty, the Rocketeer's love interest. When the Spirit comes to interview Betty for his investigation, Cliff believes he is a villain trying to hurt her. The Spirit and the Rocketeer have a delightful fight in the sky, exchanging insults and punches. Still, having the two heroes fight at the beginning of a cross-over is a cliché at this point (most recently seen in Batman/Superman #1), but at least in this book the fighting makes sense and feels like just the beginning to the characters' conflict. In the aftermath of the fight, Betty literally falls for Danny setting up a love triangle that should continue the hostility between the characters.
Paul Smith's character art is solid, but it really shines when he is drawing setting details. These details help his art emphasizes the differences between the Spirit and the Rocketeer's universes. He draws Central City with towering skyscrapers and neoclassical architecture. The skies are grey and the ground is snow covered. On the west coast, it is sunny. Smith uses beaches and swimming pools as set pieces to highlight the difference. It would be easy to think the two cities were in different hemispheres due to the drastic weather change. Jordie Bellaire's always spectacular colors further emphasize the disparity between Hollywood and Central City. She uses blues and grays to color Central City, but opens up her full color pallet for Hollywood. At times, the differences can feel jarring. Nonetheless, the aesthetic mostly works because of the way the art parallels the story which pits the Spirit and Rocketeer as clashing, hesitant allies.
The first issue sets up the character conflicts nicely. Readers will get a good sense of the two titular characters and their relationship. The main flaw in the book is that it was very thin on plot even for a first issue. There are only about four or five pages of plot and they are just set-up. The subtitle "pulp friction" and the focus of the first issue lead me to believe that Waid will make character conflicts the focus of the book. That should work for a cross-over miniseries, but it might feel a bit slow for some readers. Despite its flaws, I enjoyed the book; this is a worthy addition to IDW's high quality Rocketeer library and rare chance to see the Spirit in action.
Written or Contributed by Cory Copeland
by HNutz » Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:22 am
Nice article, but you probably meant "soars", not "sores", unless there's some VD or something in this story...
by Amoebas » Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:30 am
Well, you never know with Betty (of whom, Smith does deliciously).
by CoryCopeland » Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:00 pmI'm sore-y for the typo.
I'll show myself out.
by LoganRSA » Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:52 pmI didn't even know this crossover was happening, but it sounds like something I'll need to check out.
by thefourthman » Mon Aug 05, 2013 10:32 amNice review. It didn't feel thin at all to me, it was action packed, which is what I expected.
by The Shadow » Mon Aug 05, 2013 6:26 pmI miss Dave Stevens
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Wednesday, 26 August 2009
jellyfish are the ocean's ghosts
today i made a jellyfish ocean ghost mobile in my room.
im going to hang white butterflies and stars inside.
maybe it will look like the jellyfish ghost
swallowed white butterflies for dinner.
naughty naughty that jelly butterfly belly.
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I think your blog is beautiful and oh wow, can i buy your music anywhere ?! "Owl In the Dark" is soooo amazing, beautiful and brought tears to my eyes.
- 26 August 2009 at 18:17
- a mouse said...
thanks so much!
that means a lot :)
i think the best way to
get it is on itunes under stephanie dosen
it was in stores in the UK
but not so much anymore
cause... where are the stores!
ah! theyve all closed down! :(
soooooo sad..
there is still great music out there
though.. we just have to be crafty
about how to find it!
heart heart and
glad you liked it :)
- 26 August 2009 at 18:45
- Raisa said...
Thanks for the comment!
The jellyfish ocean ghost mobile is so cute&cool!
- 26 August 2009 at 19:36
- Josephine Tale Peddler said...
Jellyfish are like knowing ghosts. I love that! xx
- 27 August 2009 at 02:35
- Karolina said...
the idea is so great I might even want to do something like that myself.. when I get the time :)
both your blogs are beautiful, got me knitting too!
lots of sunshine
- 27 August 2009 at 03:28
- joanne May said...
Thanks for your comment Mouse.:)
I wandered what bloglovin is but I have just found out. Thank you for adding me to the list!:)
The jellyfish is so delicate and a great effect. I use to have a net curtain hanging on my bedroom wall with white butterflies on it and behind the curtain I put white fairy light to make them glow at night, like moths!
See you again soon.:)
Love Jo May. xx
- 27 August 2009 at 03:35
- wildflowers said...
Oh it sounds so lovely :)
- 27 August 2009 at 04:12
- PinkBow said...
i always have my laptop on mute - i didn't even know you have your own music! i intend to check it out immediately!
i love this post - i love how creative you are!
i will look forward to your paris post too :)
- 27 August 2009 at 05:09
- Karen said...
How magical!
Your jellyfish just reminded me of a book I just read...
'The girl with glass feet by Ali Shaw'
A story set in a landscape of ice and snow where jellyfish glow luminous in the waters and a girl is turning to glass.
You might like it ?
- 27 August 2009 at 06:03
- a mouse said...
oooh that book sounds lovely..
icy.. snowy.. glowy .. ♥
thanks everyone for your comments :)
you are all sunshine! xoxo
- 27 August 2009 at 06:41
- KnitXcorE said...
i would hang rhinestones or crystals inside from monofilament, so it sparkles in the daylight.
maybe, like it ate some magic?
- 27 August 2009 at 10:16
- a. said...
uiii, i'M a bit afraid of jellyfishes but i'm much more afraid of squids.
thank youu sooo much for your lovely words about my words (sound stupid, a bit, maybe... huh)
oh and have a great afternoon, dear.
- 27 August 2009 at 10:19
- a. said...
oh and i never notice that the tune at your blog is your music. there was i day i wanted to ask you why the song called like your blog but my head was only a bit in the sky, sooo...
- 27 August 2009 at 10:21
oh i never thought that jellyfish could be described as oceans ghosts! that's so lovely! ♥
- 27 August 2009 at 10:49
- sugar plum fairy said...
oh that is just SO pretty & perfect
for your room. i have always been
fascinated with the wispy, delicateness of jellyfish.
they are so delicate yet powerful.
guess what i picked up at my
library last night? the princess
& the goblin!
- 27 August 2009 at 12:54
- a mouse said...
oh sugar plum happy reading!
dont forget the sequel! princess & curdie! ♥
thanks *a* im never sure about promoting
my music on my blog.. cause then it seems
... a little.. weird! but i suppose its part
of me so i share it :) ♥
oh sir knitXcorE! what a brilliant idea!!!!
crystals it IS! ♥
- 27 August 2009 at 14:11
- harps said...
ooh I want one in my room! In black though, I have a dark soul....
- 27 August 2009 at 16:11
- sara said...
oh jelly fish are quite ethereal, i love them!btw i've awarded you on my blog!
- 27 August 2009 at 16:24
- a mouse said...
harps i think you are a pure white soul that likes dark things! i like dark things too believe it or not :)
and sara! thanks so much for the award! :)
♥ xoxo happy happy xoxo ♥
- 27 August 2009 at 18:18
- juliette said...
haha it seems everyone has given you awards for your blog.
well i must do the same because your blog is so magical and dreamy ♥
- 29 August 2009 at 06:47

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Booker T. Bio (2011)
In Booker T. Jones, the seed was planted early. Not yet a teenager, he was already hauling his stack of newspapers to Phineas Newborn's front yard where, while folding them for his after-school delivery route, he could listen to the jazz great practice piano. With those notes ringing in his head, he'd set out into the neighborhood, picking up the sound of the streets, the sound of the city, the sound of the citizens--and form new rhythms in his musical mind.
That seed found fertile ground. Wandering to nearby Beale Street, the Harlem of the South, Booker stood outside of Club Handy and listened, tuned to what he was too young to go inside and see: Blind Oscar working the Hammond organ, coaxing new sounds from it like a Delta farmer urging his mule to furrow one more cotton row, to till one more field--getting more from the instrument than can those who don't know it intimately.
Booker's journeys continued, hastening on his bike after school to the nearby Satellite Record Shop that opened in his neighborhood in 1960--there, you could listen to records with no obligation to purchase. More seeds planted in rich, receptive soil. Satellite became Stax and two years later, when the success of "Green Onions" would have assured a flourishing studio life for this studious high-schooler, Booker chose a different path, leaving Memphis and the MGs for the University of Indiana. "Who would walk away from a life of stardom, the road, gigs, making money--to go to college?" he asks, and answers himself: "An idiot, or a maverick. Whatever, I was less than popular among my contemporaries for this decision." It made him a better player, a deeper listener--fecund territory in which the seeds could grow.
"Indiana had 24-hour access to their music library and I was always in there listening," Booker says. "I listened to a lot of French music, Claude Debussy. I listened to a lot of Russian music, a lot of Wagner and also British music, Italian music--and explored the politics of Europe. The actual music can mean an emotion, they can be one and the same. A piece like 'Finlandia' by Sibelius, how does a man write that? His country has been taken and belongs to another country. When an artist can put an emotion in a piece of music and a listener feels the same emotion, then it's been transferred. That's just a real true thing that you can't touch."
Booker has made real true things all his life. For more than 15 years at Stax, he explored the potential of soul and R&B with the MG's, both on their own albums and behind vocalists. They were pushing a new direction on their final Stax wax, Melting Pot, grabbing a groove and riding it longer than any pop song, to see where it would go.
In a sense, where it went is this disc, forty years later: The Road From Memphis. The innovations of Melting Pot became a favorite of the young hip hop DJs, crate-diggers in the 1970s and '80s mining the past for a groove to extend, a break beat to break down. Old soul records are the vocabulary of hip hop, and the funkiest breaks are its DNA. Enter The Roots, a hip hop band that carried the excitement from the turntables back to the instruments, ably proving it behind Booker. Keeping the sound authentic and true is Brooklyn engineer Gabe Roth, one of the soul revival's masterminds--he summoned classic sounds for Amy Winehouses's Back to Black and is the man behind Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. Roth studied the studio techniques of the records that Booker used to make, that The Roots find so exciting, and he gives these sessions the immediacy of their progenitors. This union of generations, then, is a godhead communion. The Roots rejuvenate the beats, Booker's organ raps atop them, and they dig the past to create tomorrow's music today.
Adventurous like Booker, drummer ?uestlove, guitarist Captain Kirk, and bassist Owen Biddle graft onto Booker's Memphis the legacy of the famed Philly sound--not just the monster soul hits of the 70s, but also the city's jazz history--as well as their solidly built hip hop/ modern pop gravitas. Surprisingly, this uniting of Philly, Bronx, and Memphis moves downriver instead of up, evoking the Meters, the New Orleans studio band equivalent of the MGs (and influenced by the MGs); they were the group behind so many of Allen Toussaint's great productions. The MGs said that their drummer, the late Al Jackson, Jr., used to drive the band; here, ?uest's beats sketch the terrain, fewer lines, a wider swath, leaving plenty of room for Booker to add more colors and captain them to the destination. The soul summit is rounded out by Detroit guitarist Dennis Coffey. Don't expect any Motown sheen; Coffey contributed to the popular Detroit label, but his signature is the driving, gritty rhythm.
Also contributing is Booker's daughter Liv Jones, a singer/songwriter who wrote lyrics for "Representing Memphis" and "The Bronx." As she begins to soar with her youthful achievements, he's drawn back to his own. "Harlem House" percolates with the energy of kids hopped up on hormones and carbohydrates. Named for a diner chain that served the city's African-American neighborhoods (Memphis--ever divided), the song evokes the late-night breakfasts where guys ogle the girls at other tables, the girls--some coy, some eyeing back; only the eggs flip over easy, but bacon is not all that's sizzling. "Harlem House" soars after the late breakdown, holding that high note, descending slowly, cinematically, ending with the organ voicing the restaurant's name, the final stroke that brings the picture to completion--"at the Harlem House."
The beautiful array of vocalists is testament to Booker's influence and renown--today's soul queen Sharon Jones, Yim Yames from My Morning Jacket and Matt Berninger from the National, the godfather of punk Lou Reed--and there's Booker himself taking a rare vocal, digging up a Hi Records groove (Stax's neighboring soul studio) and singing deep Memphis autobiography (check the references; you won't find them in history books).
Booker is undiminished in his creative powers, and Road From Memphis presents an eclectic mix of melodies, rhythms, and moods. The journey begins with the deliberate, funky march of "Walking Papers," "Anytime someone felt the need to move on to a different era in life," says Booker, "they would say they had gotten their 'walking papers.' This is a happy, undeniable groove about the excitement of a new life." Highlights abound. "The Hive" lays down a propulsive, hypnotic bed atop which Booker neatly fits a soaring southern soul melody. The groove is tightened considerably for "Rent Party," Booker flexing his jazz chops; he builds like a street-corner storyteller, a meandering narrative that hooks us all the way to the punch line. "Progress" is optimistic like mid-1960s pop, countered by the underlying menace of "The Vamp" and its carnival-esque chicanery. Booker's always made the space between the notes a key part of his playing. Like Monk, he creates dimension that way, groove heavy with deep feel. He shaves the beats, making them breathe like human beings, making them dance.
There's a timelessness to these new tunes, but also a startlingly contemporary feel. The Roots are pulling something from Booker, but Booker's also sending The Roots somewhere they've not gone--it's a union of musicians, nourishing each other. The culmination of the exchange may be in "Everything Is Everything," when Booker brings on the distortion, the madness, the pulsating aggression that is a new sound for him, that takes him to a new place and then winds down like great sex, a new seed planted.
Some seeds fall near the tree, some are carried by the winds to distant lands. Booker's first fruits were drawn from the root of American music--the Mississippi Delta's blues became soul and rock and roll. Memphis and New Orleans passed those rhythms forth and back, then shipped them out across the globe. Booker found his destiny manifested in California, leaving the murky provincialism of the Mississippi River for the vast embrace of the Pacific Ocean. Like any good pioneer, on his road from Memphis he brought only what he could carry, cherished what he could use, and he built a new life, sun-filled with possibilities, rich with distant echoes.


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Should Elevators Shame Us Into Taking The Stairs?
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But what if there were a way to eliminate this problem, or at least reduce it? One solution that I have often yearned for is the use of public shame. Imagine you get on at the first floor and press the button for the second floor. The elevator responds with a recorded message: "You have pressed the button for a floor that is only one flight away. Please press the button again to confirm that you cannot use the stairs."As I said, I was never aware that this was considered a "problem," but I can't see the shaming elevator being particularly effective. If anything I would imagine it would annoy more people as they now have to wait longer for the elevator to even begin its journey.
If you're carrying a package, having trouble walking, or any other socially acceptable reason, no doubt the other passengers will think nothing of you pressing the button again to confirm your selection. However, if you are in fact an able-bodied human being, who is using the elevator out of nothing but sheer laziness, perhaps public shame will force you to reconsider your choice. And if you're the only one on the elevator, press away!


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Merrimack County, New Hampshire Genealogy
United States New Hampshire Merrimack County
- 1 County Courthouse
- 2 History
- 3 Places / Localities
- 4 Resources
- 5 Societies and Libraries
- 6 Web Sites
- 7 References
County Courthouse
Merrimack County Courthouse
163 N Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603.225.5501
County Clerk has divorce records from 1840 and court records from 1823.
Town or City Clerks have birth, marriage, death, burial records.
Probate Judge has probate records from 1823.
Register of Deeds has land records from 1823.[1]
Towns Organized Before 1800:
Andover 1779
Bradford 1787
Bow 1727
Boscawen 1760
Canterbury 1727
Chichester 1727
Concord 1765
Dunbarton 1765
Epsom 1727
Henniker 1768
Hopkinton 1765
Loudon 1773
Newbury 1778
New London 1779
Northfield 1780
Pembroke 1759
Pittsfield 1782
Salisbury 1768
Sutton 1784
Warner 1774
Parent County
- Merrimack County was created in 1823 from Hillsborough and Rockingham counties. [1]
If your ancestor lived in the area that is Merrimack County before 1823, you will need to determine if the town where your ancestor lived was in Hillsborough, Grafton, or Rockingham counties. Ancestry's Redbook: American State, County, and Town Sources, 3rd ed., Provo, Ut., 2004 (FHL book 973 D27) has a map of New Hampshire on page 437, and after the map there is a list of towns giving to which county the town belongs now, and to which county it belonged before 1823.
The eastern half of Merrimack County including the towns from Hookset, up to Concord, and up to and including Franklin was taken from Rockinginham County in 1823.
The nothern two towns of Danbury and Hill were taken from Grafton County in 1823.
The western towns of Merrimack County in the line of Dunbarton, Hopkinton, Boscowen, Salisbury, to Andover and westwards were taken from Hillsborough County in 1823.
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
One record source that would be helpful, but was destroyed, is the 1890 census. There was a fire in Washington, D. C. in 1921 which badly damaged the records. None of the New Hampshire population records remain. The 1890 census Civil War veterans' lists were kept in a different building and were saved. They are available on microfilms from the Family History Library, and at www.ancestry.com. You can search for veterans' or widows' names.
Places / Localities[[Image:
Populated Places
Cities: The Family History Library has many records for Concord and Franklin.
Towns: The Family History Library has records for these towns:
Villages: The Family History Library only has records for Suncook of these villages:
Neighboring Counties
West of Merrimack County (established 1823) is Sullivan County,
North is Grafton County (formed in 1771).
Northeast is Belknap County (organized in 1841).
East is Strafford County (a 1771 county).
Southeast is Rockingham County (an original 1771 county).
South is Hillsborough County (an original 1771 county).
You can click on the name of one of the counties below and see the wiki article for that county.
Belknap | Grafton | Hillsborough | Rockingham | Strafford | Sullivan
The New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association has the most complete list of cemeteries.
The Findagrave organization provides a way for you to request that a volunteer will take a photograph of a gravestone. Often a volunteer will respond and will e-mail you the photo and add it to the web site.
Another internet site may help you find gravestone records. See www.billiongraves.com.
If you know the town of residence and the ancestor's denomination, contact the town historical society, or the public library for that town. They may have information on available church records. You can also see the Church Records section in the general information for New Hampshire. That section lists archives and other record keepers for the various religious denominations.
If you do not know the denomination, search for a marriage record. This may give the name of the minister. Then you can contact a historical society and learn at which church he was the minister. Also search for an obituary, which may mention the church the person attended. The death certificate may list the name of the cemetery. You can then write to the cemetery and ask if it is affiliated with a local church. The death certificate may mention the funeral home. Their file may have the name of the church, cemetery, or a copy of the obituary. Also, relatives might know the denomination.
Different churches contain a variety of types of records. Many churches keep baptism, marriage, and burial records. Sometimes birth and death information is included. The church records of brothers and sisters, etc. may give clues.
The Merrimack County courthouse is located at 163 N. Main St., Concord, NH 03301. The court records began in 1824 after the county was taken off in 1823 from Hillsborough and Rockingham Counties. The Family History Library has microfilms of these records (look under Merrimack County, New Hampshire - Court Records):
Court of Common Pleas, 1840 to 1867 (staff will check on ending date of the last cases). Indexes are at the beginning of most volumes in all these court records below.
Superior Court, 1840 to 1865, and an index for 1824-1888.
Circuit Court, 1874-1875.
Supreme Judicial Court, 1856-1900, and an index for some years.
For court records before 1823 you will need to determine if the town where your ancestor lived was in Grafton, Hillsborough, or Rockingham Counties. (See the heading Parent County above near the beginning of this article.) Ancestry's Redbook: American State, County, and Town Sources, 3rd ed., Provo, Ut., 2004 (FHL book 973 D27) has a map of New Hampshire on page 437, and after the map there is a list of towns giving to which county the town belongs now, and to which county it belonged before 1823.
See the New Hampshire article in this wiki for background information about the various courts and when they began and ended.
Directories (city directories)
The Family History Library has many city directories on microfilm. See the Family History Library Catalog and look up the city or town - Directories. For example Concord, New Hampshire city directories are available on microfilms and/or microfiche for 1830 to 1935 with gaps for some years. Those directories also often include the names of persons living in other towns in the county.
Many directories are also available on the internet at www.ancestry.com. Go to Ancestry's card catalog, and under Search Titles, then type New Hampshire City Directories. Then you can select the city and see for which years ancestry has digital images of the city directories.
To learn about New Hampshire gazetteers, go to the New Hampshire article in this wiki. There is a section where New Hampshire gazetteers published in 1823, 1849, and 1874 are listed. Those gazetteers can be ordered on microfilms from the Family History Library. Check at your Family History Center to see if they already have the microfilm you are interested in.
Deeds since 1823 are kept at the Registry of Deeds in Concord, New Hampshire. The Family History Library has microfilms of indexes to the deeds for 1823-1900, and also has microfilms of the deed volumes for 1823 to about 1919. There are indexes to grantors (sellers) and grantees (buyers).
If before 1823 your ancestors lived in the area that is now Merrimack County, you will need to look in the records of Grafton County, Hillsborough County, or Rockingham County.
To determine if the town where your ancestor lived was in Grafton, Hillsborough, or Rockingham Counties before 1823 see the section Parent County above. See Ancestry's Redbook: American State, County, and Town Sources, 3rd ed., Provo, Ut., 2004 (FHL book 973 D27). This book has a map of New Hampshire on page 437, and after the map there is a list of towns mentioning to which county the town belongs now, and to which county it belonged before 1823.
Local Histories
There are town histories for most of the towns in Merrimack County, and there is often a genealogical section with a great deal of family history information. The Family History Library has microfilmed many of those books, and some are on the internet.
For the following towns the Family History Library has town histories or genealogical collections which include a good deal of genealogical information: Andover, Boscawen. Bow, Bradford, Canterbury, Concord, Dunbarton, Epsom, Henniker, Hopkinton, Loudon, New London, Northfield, Pembroke, Pittsfield, Salisbury, Sutton, and Webster.
For the other towns, Allenstown, Chichester, Danbury, Franklin, Hill, Hookset, Loudon, Newbury, Warner, and Wilmot the Family History Library usually has microfilms of births, marriages, and deaths, and often cemetery records.
To look up the books, go to familysearch.org, and see the Catalog tab. Type in the box the name of the town you are seeking. Select the reference to that town, then click the Search button. You will then see a list of items for that town. See if "History" or "Genealogy" are listed. If so, look at those items.
The New Hampshire State Library in Concord, New Hampshire has a vast collection of books about New Hampshire towns and counties. Check their internet catalog for a town of interest.
The New Hampshire Historical Society also in Concord has a very large collection of local history books and other publications.
An interesting atlas published in 1892, with maps for most of the New Hampshire towns is The Town and City Atlas of the State of New Hampshire (click to see digital images), published in Boston in 1892 by the D. H. Hurd Company. The maps show the locations of homes, and the map gives the name of the person living in the home. The above web site is from the University of New Hampshire Library.
A town historical society may be an excellent place to obtain a map. The Association of Historical Societies of New Hampshire has a helpful list of historical societies. Town libraries may also have good maps.
There are two very good early atlases that show the county and town boundary lines. One was published in 1822 by H. C. Carey and I. Lea, A Complete, Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas: . . . Philadelphia: H. C. Carey and I. Lea, 1822 (FHL film 02083 item 6).
The second very useful early atlas was published in 1838 by T. G. Bradford, An Illustrated Atlas, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the United States, and Adjacent Countries. Boston: Weeks, Jordan and Company, 1838 (FHL film 02083 item 7).
Revolutionary War
The most complete listing of New Hampshire Revolutionary War soldiers is found in volumes 14-17 of the New Hampshire State Papers. You can go to google.com, and look for New Hampshire State Papers with the link to ancestry.com. There you will find a name index to volumes 14-17, then you can go to the needed volume and page for information on the soldier. Often the place of residence is given.
For a military history of New Hampshire, see:
Potter, Chandler Eastman, The Military History of the State of New Hampshire. Concord, N.H.: McFarland & Jenks, 1866. (Family History Library film 1033664; fiche 6046858.) You can search this book on-line by going to google.com. Look for ancestry.com as the internet way to search this book. This history comprises events from the first settlements in New Hampshire to the rebellion in 1861. It includes biographical notices of many of the officers and explanatory notes.
Civil War
Familysearch.org is a free source for locating names of Civil War soldiers and sailors. Ancestry.com is available free at FamilySearch Centers and is also valuable for finding names of soldiers and sailors.
You can go to ancestry.com and search for names in The Revised Register of the Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866, by Augustus D. Ayling. This book gives the age, residence, and service information about approximately 32,000 New Hampshire Civil War veterans. The book is also available on microfilm or microfiche from the Family History Library.
Town history books are available through the Family History Library, and other large libraries, for most of the towns in Hillsborough County. They often contain extensive information concerning the war and the soldiers. Following are examples of some of the histories:
- History of Chichester, Merrimack County, New Hampshire - Citizens of the town who enlisted and were mustered into the service of the United
States during the Rebellion
- History of Hill, Merrimack County, New Hampshire - Volunteer soldiers from the town of Hill.
- History of Wilmot, Merrimack County, New Hampshire - Some Wilmot residents who participated in the Civil War.
- Civil War service men from Merrimack County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are many companies or regiments that were formed from men of Merrimack County.
- - 1st Regiment, New Hampshire Cavalry, Troops A, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, and M.
- - 1st Regiment, New Hampshire Heavy Artillery, Companies A, B, C, E, and L.
- - 2nd Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Companies B, C, E, and H.
- - 3rd Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Companies B and E.
- - 4th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Companies D, E, and I.
- - 5th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Companies A, E, F, and I.
- - 6th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Company I.
- - 8th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Company H.
- - 9th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Companies A, B, and I.
- - 10th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Companies D and E.
- - 11th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Companies D, E, and F.
- - 12th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Companies D and F.
- - 13th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Companies C and E.
- - 14th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Companies H and K.
- - 15th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Companies D, F, and G.
- - 17th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Companies A and B.
- - New Hampshire Sharpshooters, 1st Company F.
- - New Hampshire Sharpshooters, 2nd Company F.
- - New Hampshire Sharpshooters, 2nd Company G.
- - New Hampshire Sharpshooters, 3rd Company.
Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Portsmouth,NH newspapers from the early 1900's covering local news that included residents from Merrimack County communities.
Another internet source is www.genealogybank.com. This site has Concord, New Hampshire newspapers from 1790 to 1890, (as of June 2012).
The original probate record volumes, 1-421, and indexes for the years 1824-1984, have been transferred to the New Hampshire State Archives in Concord, New Hampshire. If you are able to visit there you can search the index and request to look at the volumes.
Fortunately microfilms of the record volumes 1-145, for 1823 to about 1925, and indexes for 1823-1988 can be ordered through the Family History Centers of the Family History Library. See the Catalog, and in the place name box type New Hampshire, Merrimack County. The courthouse may have the probate case files which often contain additional information. (Will call and ask if this is so.)
Many town tax records have been preserved by town clerks and town tax officials. Town tax records were generally taken each year. The Family History Library has many town records on microfilms. For microfilm numbers see the Family History Library Catalog under New Hampshire - Merrimack County - [name of town] - Town Records. You may wish to contact the Town Clerk's Office to see if they have addtional tax records.
There is an index to the town records (which include many tax records) from the early settlement of the town to about 1850. This is the Index to Early Town Records of New Hampshire, Early to 1850 (FHL films 14942-15052). The index cards list volume and page numbers for the town records, many of which are on Family History Library microfilms.
Town Records
Many town records are still in the town office buildings. Many are on film at the Family History Library. Town records are an important source of family history information from the 1600s to about the 1940s. The early New Hampshire town records to about 1850 have an every-name index. The index and film numbers are listed just above in the Taxation section.
To look up the film numbers of town records, go to the Catalog tab at familysearch.org. Click on place name search. Then type in the name of the town. Select the reference to that town in New Hampshire. Then click on Search. You will see a list of subjects. Look for the subject "Town Records." Click on that heading to see information about the records including book or film numbers.
To see the types of family history information you might find in town records please go to the heading Town Records in our New Hampshire wiki article.
Vital Records
The birth, marriage, and death indexes below are on cards sent to the state of New Hampshire. If you do not find the record you are seeking, you could search a microfilm of records for the town, or you could write to the city or town clerk. In 1905, when the state created the Bureau of Vital Records and Health, printed cards were distributed to the local town clerks and earlier vital records were transcribed onto the cards and submitted to the state.
Certified copies of of birth, death, and marriage records are also available from the State Division of Vital Records Administration or from the local city and town clerk where the event took place. Original records are kept by the city or town clerk and copies are sent to the state.
- New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 are available online from FamilySearch.
- New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947 are available online from FamilySearch.
- New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947 are available online from FamilySearch.
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- The Merrimack County NHGenWeb Project, an member of The NHGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
- The USGenWeb Archives Project for Merrimack County
- The USGenWeb Archives Project for Merrimack County (backup site)
- FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Merrimack County
- Merrimack County, New Hampshire Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium).
- Merrimack County Genealogy (New Hampshire Genealogy)
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Merrimack County, New Hampshire page 452, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002. Cite error: Invalid
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- Yield:Makes a half gallon
- Active time: 10 minutes
- Total time:1 day, plus 30 minutes
- For the mulling spices:
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- 1 whole nutmeg (you will use only half of it once it is crushed)
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- 10 allspice berries
- 1 star anise
- 4 cardamom pods
- 3 disks crystallized ginger, minced into roughly 1/8-inch cubes
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Last summer's Fourth of July parade in the resort town of Aspen, Colo., was apple-pie middle America. There were Rotarians and librarians, prancing horses and dirt bikers. The mayor passed out flags. Cheers erupted as veterans passed, their signs like bookmarks in American history from World War II to Afghanistan.
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Aspen was the first town west of the Mississippi with hydroelectric streetlights. The controversial new proposal would use the same footprint of existing reservoirs, dams and pipeline routes from a small plant on Castle Creek that provided nearly all of Aspen's electricity from 1892 to 1958, when the city began buying cheaper power from sources elsewhere in the West, including coal plants.
Aspen got back in the hydro business in the mid-'80s for environmental reasons, installing turbines in Ruedi Dam, 20 miles away. That project, another small plant on Maroon Creek several miles upstream of Aspen, and other dams in the West supplied Aspen's municipal utility with roughly 42 percent of its electricity in 2011; another 30 percent came from wind, primarily in Nebraska.
The city stepped up efforts to scrub its power supply in 2006; climate models had begun suggesting narrowed ski seasons by 2050, and perhaps no skiing by 2100. According to a city study, the number of frost-free summer days has expanded from 73 to 107 during the quarter-century before 2008.
Given the existing infrastructure and Aspen's hydro-savvy, reviving the old Castle Creek plant seemed the most immediately attainable goal in the city's climate strategy. In 2007, a large majority of voters authorized $5.5 million in bonds for the project. Steel pipes 42 inches across and stretching 4,000 feet would replace the old wood flumes. Water would be diverted upstream of Aspen into a small reservoir, then down through the pipes to a new power plant smaller than many Aspen houses.
Nobody disputes the availability of water during spring runoff. Even after existing diversions, peak Castle Creek flows average 650 cubic feet per second (cfs), and Maroon's average 750. The new plant would divert up to 52 total cfs. The problem lies in low-flow months, mostly during winter, when Castle averages 15 cfs, and Maroon 25. Despite holding more senior rights, the city promised to keep flows at or above 12 cfs in Castle and 14 in Maroon, in accordance with the state's instream flow rights. A city study found "no measurable impacts" were expected to stream health, the fish community or macroinvertebrates from the reduced flows, but two Pitkin County studies found the city's data too narrow to draw confident conclusions.


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Caillou "It's Cold Outside! Brrr!" When Caillou's family makes a springtime visit to Jonas' ranch, he takes them on a sleigh ride to a maple forest where Caillou discovers how the maple sap is collected from maple trees and gets to help collect some. The twins, Jason and Jeffrey, have come to play with Caillou in the snow. An investigation into some small tracks in the snow, leads them to a mischievous and playful squirrel that soon has them running around the yard. D
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Barney & Friends "Sweeter Than Candy: Greece" Barney, Baby Bop and BJ are helping the park kids get ready for a school play. When Barney tells everyone that putting on shows began in Greece, they want to go visit! While there, they meet some friends and decide to put on a play in an amphitheatre. Barney knows a great story that originated in Greece called "King Midas. D
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Thomas & Friends "Laughing Together" Big Belle - Belle is very excited to learn that Toby also has a bell just like hers, and wants to go and be friends with him. Toby is a little intimidated when he sees how big and powerful Belle is. Belle decides that she wants Toby to do everything that she wants to do. D
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Curious George "Scaredy Dog/Say Goodnight, George" George and Hundley are scared off by a Big Creepy Noise they hearing down in the basement.G
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Martha Speaks "Martha's Slumber Party of the Weird/Return to Martha's Slumber Party of the Weird" Martha's Slumber Party of the Weird - The gang is camping out. The tent is pitched, they've played a hundred hands of Go Fish, and they've even eaten all the s'mores - but they still aren't tired. When TD suggests they tell science fiction stories, no one expects this story to end as it does: to be continued! Vocabulary: (E) science fiction, data, unpredictable, forsee(able), unforeseen, feline(s) (I) gather(ing), mysterious, peculiar, vine. D
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The Electric Company "Lights, Camera, Beetles" Jessica and Hector plan to surprise their cousin with a bug zoo for his birthday party. When Francine steals the prized rhino beetle, it's up to the Electric Company to get it back in time to save the party. D
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WordGirl "Whammer Anniversary/Rat Trap" WHAMMER ANNIVERSARY - Mr. and Mrs. Bots ford leave Becky to babysit TJ so they can celebrate their anniversary at a local ice cream parlor. When the Whammed can't get the sundae he orders he starts whamming. Becky has to find a way to save her parents, babysit TJ, and keep her secret identity intact. D
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Wild Kratts "A Bat in the Brownies" When a little brown bat crashlands into a plate of Jimmy Z's famous brownies, Martin and Chris out set out to convince Aviva, Jimmy Z and Koki that bats are nothing to be afraid of. With bat activated Creature Power Suits, the bros follow join their new friend on a nocturnal fly about, and the entire crew must come to the rescue when the bat colony's roost is destroyed by a lightning bolt. In the end the Wild Kratts crew "goes batty," as they gain a new appreciation for bat ecology, predators and insects and echolocation, and learn to love bats. D
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Jordan Simons, owner and trainer at Mahogany Hill Arabians in River Falls, Wisconsin, has dedicated many years of his life to gaining experience from some of the most elite halter trainers in the country. When asked what he looks for in a show horse, Jordan said there are many qualities he looks for, but beauty and charisma are at the top of his list. His favorite horse, DA Valentino was a prime example of these qualities. As Jordan stated, "I loved working with him!"
Jordan's interest in the Arabian industry was sparked when his father introduced him to the Arabian horse after a business trip to Scottsdale, AZ. As a result of the encounter, his father ended up coming home and wanting to buy Arabian horses.
Jordan has many years of experience managing and training show horses. He has earned professional titles both nationally and internationally. His most memorable recognitions include his first US National Championship as a trainer as well as winning the futurity Geldings in Freedom Hall. He was also nominated for the 2009 Arabian Professional & Amateur Horseman's Association (APAHA) Rising Star Award.
When asked what he would be aside from a horse trainer, Jordan was quick to share his aspirations to be a chef due to his love for cooking. In the meantime, he is enthusiastic about showing the Arabian horse world what he has learned throughout the years as Mahogany Hill blossoms to its full potential.
To learn more about Mahogany Hill Arabians and Jordan Simons please visit: www.mahoganyhillarabians.com


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Anthony 'Carlos Danger' Weiner Just Can't Keep It In His Pants
We can't wait to see how many Grindr handles get changed to "Carlos Danger" today!
New York City Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner is once again being besieged by allegations that he can't stop sending out dick pics or having sex chats with 22-year-olds.
Weiner confirmed today that the most recent salacious chats and photos that were revealed by nightlife website, The Dirty, are accurate.
He says in a statement:
"I said that other texts and photos were likely to come out, and today they have.
"As I have said in the past, these things that I did were wrong and hurtful to my wife and caused us to go through challenges in our marriage that extended past my resignation from Congress. While some things that have been posted today are true and some are not, there is no question that what I did was wrong. This behavior is behind me. I've apologized to Huma and am grateful that she has worked through these issues with me and for her forgiveness. I want to again say that I am very sorry to anyone who was on the receiving end of these messages and the disruption that this has caused. As my wife and I have said, we are focused on moving forward."
Of course, he doesn't mention how recently he was committing the same acts that resulted in him resigning from Congress in 2011. FYI, the anonymous woman that provided the chats and pics says she had an online relationship with Weiner (who used the pseudonym "Carlos Danger") from July to November 2012.
Compulsion, much? We're curious as to just how recently Weiner stopped sending out pictures of his other weiner? Think he's reined it in while on the campaign trail??
Will these new revelations impact his chances in the New York City mayoral race?
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The 520 TVL Series from EverFocus achieves 520 Horizontal TV lines. The series is equipped with a 1/3-inch Sony CCD image sensor and the digital signal processor circuitry utilizes an algorithm that separates the luminance signal and the chrome signal.
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[Illinois] GEM4 2012: Stem Cell Engineering: Challenges, Opportunities & Strategies
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Our objective is to educate researchers and graduate students about the fundamentals of cell and molecular biomechanics, and to provide an intense learning experience, and to facilitate interactions among engineers, biologists and clinicians. The goals are to help train a new generation of researchers with in-depth knowledge of mechanics and biology and to help engineers and biologists apply biomechanical approaches in biomolecular, cellular, tissue-level, animal model studies.
Todd C. McDevitt, PhD
Director, Stem Cell Engineering Center at Georgia Tech and the NSF Stem Cell Biomanufacturing IGERT
Petit Faculty Fellow, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience
Associate Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Todd C. McDevitt, Ph.D., graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) from Duke University in 1997 after double majoring in Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering.Todd received his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Washington in 2001. He completed his dissertation research in the laboratory of Patrick Stayton, Ph.D., working on protein engineering and micropatterning techniques to spatially control cell assembly for cardiac and skeletal muscle tissue engineering. In 2001, Todd joined Chuck Murry's lab in the Department of Pathology as a post-doctoral fellow. His post-doctoral research focused on signaling pathways mediating proliferation of cardiomyocytes derived from stem cells for the purpose of myocardial repair.
In August of 2004, Todd joined the faculty in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology / Emory University. In 2009 he was appointed as a Petit Faculty Fellow in the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience and was named as the Director of the Stem Cell Engineering Center at Georgia Tech.
(Source: http://mcdevitt.gatech.edu/profile/todd-mcdevitt)
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Tami Ritter's commitment to Chico together with her history as a community leader clearly set her apart as the most promising person in this year's City Council election.
I support Tami because I know she has the integrity to serve the whole community with an open mind and I fully trust her ability to study all sides of the issues before making any decision.
Tami is both intelligent and thoughtful and has proven track record in our community as a problem solver and consensus builder.?She has been a committed member of the Chico community for many years sharing her professional skills as an administrator with many of our community's exemplary programs including Catalyst, the Torres Shelter and Habitat for Humanity.
Tami is genuine and places great value on the interests of the Chico community — where it is today, and where it is headed in the future. Regardless of your political persuasion, if you believe that integrity, careful analysis and problem solving abilities are important attributes for a City Council member, then please join me in voting for Tami Ritter on Nov. 6.
— Mary Goloff, Chico


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April 26, 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Six unanswered goals by Springfield College in the first half propelled it to a 16-11 win over MIT in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic (NEWMAC) Women's Lacrosse Championship Tournament quarterfinal game on Wednesday night. Mary Harding posted a game-high five goals as the Engineers closed their campaign with a 5-7 record.
Laura Watson's unassisted strike put MIT on the board 2:35 into the contest. The Pride posted back-to-back goals before Mary Harding's free position shot evened the score at two with 22 minutes left. Springfield countered by going on a 6-0 run that spanned the remainder of the half.
The Engineers narrowed the margin to four (8-4) with a pair of goals in the first 1:44 of the second stanza. Watson registered another unassisted tally as Julia Roberts set up Harding for her second goal of the game. Springfield responded with a three-goal burst in less than two minutes. Roberts picked up her second assist following a goal from Watson and Casey Flynn tacked an unassisted blast, which made the score 11-6 with 18:50 left to play.
The Pride created some breathing room with three consecutive goals, but MIT ended the rally with scores from Amanda Hunter and Harding. Springfield found the back of the net 24 seconds later, raising its advantage to 15-8. Harding contributed another goal before Springfield recorded its final tally with six minutes remaining. The Engineers continued to attack with Harding and Samantha O'Keefe capping the scoring.
Stephanie Brenman paced MIT with four groundballs while O'Keefe notched two caused turnovers. Hee Jay Kang collected eight saves in net for MIT.


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Size? Probably too big knowing me.
Anyway, this isn't my best, I've gotten WAY better since last time i posted. I'll do another art for BCB, and it will definently outdo this one, I promise!
You shouldn't hate this, it's beautiful!
I love your Lucy!
This is very nice!! I look forward to see the next one!
ehhh! Sugoi Desunai!
I mean. That's adorable. Especially Jazzie
The ideas are great and the colouring is well-done.
I want to like this but I think the heads are too large. It looks strange rather than cute.
For a moment I thought that it was Mike instead of Haley ... oh well.
Wow, I wish I draw like this when I was your age. =O
I like the coloring a lot, especially on Jazzie's kimono. I am faving it.
I love the gaming lucy so much frustration on her face.
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Well, I can check this one off. What happened to my old cat Shemp? Answer ... Sitting 30 feet up in my backyard this a.m.
First person I thought of was my buddy John Cipolla of Greece. It was about this time of year 73 years ago when the embattled and beleaguered bastards of Bastogne, were cut off and surrounded, with little food, ammo or winter gear.
Anyway, there it was... The symbol of our Great Land, the American Eagle. Perched above my favorite fishing hole, he kept looking left, then right. I think he was waiting for my buddy, John Cipolla to descend from the clouds as he did 73 years ago. Dec. 16, was the start of the worst fighting in World War II. The Battle of the Bulge.
John was wounded three times in the wilds of the Ardennes Forest in Belgium.
I was really ecstatic a few hours ago (listening to Robin Trower-Day of The Eagle) but now the reality of this symbol has brought a tear to my eye. What those guys went through!
Imagine laying in a foxhole - if you were lucky enough to have one - in weather like today for six weeks, no winter clothing except for what you could take from the dead.
Some of the guys in the 501 P.I.R.. used to say "I know where I was ... but where the hell am I going?"
My early morning visit today only lasted for three sips of coffee, but it was long enough to be very thankful for our veterans and guys like John Cipolla.
When this beautiful raptor spread his enormous wings and flew away, I could hear him and John say "Currahee, Currahee!
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Desmond, Ramos power Nats past Fish
MIAMI -- With time running out to catch Cincinnati for the second National League Wild Card spot, the Nationals know they must keep pace by playing their best ball of the season.
Ian Desmond fell a home run shy of the cycle, as the offense pounded out 11 hits to back right-hander Stephen Strasburg's solid six innings in the Nationals' 6-4 win over the Marlins on Sunday afternoon in front of 18,990 at Marlins Park.View Full Game Coverage
MIAMI -- With time running out to catch Cincinnati for the second National League Wild Card spot, the Nationals know they must keep pace by playing their best ball of the season.
Ian Desmond fell a home run shy of the cycle, as the offense pounded out 11 hits to back right-hander Stephen Strasburg's solid six innings in the Nationals' 6-4 win over the Marlins on Sunday afternoon in front of 18,990 at Marlins Park.View Full Game Coverage
The Reds, who swept the Dodgers on Sunday night, sit eight games ahead of Washington in the race.
After managing just two hits against Miami on Friday, the Nationals collected 27 over the next two games to build some momentum as the team flies to New York for a four-game set with the Mets. As a team, the Nationals have scored five runs or more in 14 of 28 games since Aug. 9.
"I liked the way our lineup's swinging the bat," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. "It was a big day for [Wilson] Ramos -- he's been swinging the bat good. Jayson Werth's been swinging the heck out of the bat every time he comes up. We just need to continue. We can't afford to have any lapses. We've got to win them all."
Ramos handed the Nats a 1-0 lead in the second with a leadoff homer off right-hander Jacob Turner (3-6) for his 11th home run of the season.
Having struck out two batters in the first, Strasburg (7-9) faced trouble in the second, as Miami took a 3-1 lead -- thanks, in part, to a pair of balks. Back-to-back singles up the middle by Justin Ruggiano and Logan Morrison and a walk by Placido Polanco loaded the bases.
Before throwing his first pitch to Adeiny Hechavarria, Strasburg was called for a balk, allowing a run to score. Hechavarria's slow roller down the first-base line drove in Morrison. Following Rob Brantly's walk, Turner's sacrifice bunt placed two runners into scoring position with two outs.
Strasburg balked another run in prior to the first pitch to Chris Coghlan. He entered the game with just one balk over 415 1/3 career innings. It came on May 26 against the Phillies.
The Nats' ace said he decided to make a change -- pitching from the wind-up rather than the stretch with runners on base. After he went through the normal sequence of signs, he forgot about the men in scoring position and moved.
"Pretty embarrassed with the balks," said Strasburg, who went just two innings in each of his previous two starts against the Marlins. "Seems like something new happens every time this year. [I'll] learn from it and try to do better with that next time."
Washington evened it at 3 in the third with two runs on three extra-base hits.
Ryan Zimmerman blasted his third dinger in the past two games to left field. The homer, his 20th of the season, was the 23rd long ball in his career against the Marlins, his high against any team.
Werth then doubled and moved to third on Adam LaRoche's flyout to center. Desmond doubled him home with a liner to right-center.
The Nationals regained the lead, 5-3, and chased Turner with no outs in the fifth.
Ramos' RBI single to left scored Desmond, who began the inning with a single and stole his 19th base of the season. Anthony Rendon's one-out triple past a diving Christian Yelich rolled all the way to the wall, driving in Ramos.
Desmond's two-out RBI triple to straightaway center in the sixth off right-hander Ryan Webb made it 6-3.
Ramos and Desmond combined to go 6-for-10 with four RBIs and three runs out of the fifth and sixth spots in the order. Vying to become the first Nationals player since Cristian Guzman in 2008 to hit for the cycle, Desmond grounded out to the pitcher in the ninth.
"I started letting go with my top hand, and was successful for it," said Desmond, who was 1-for-8 in the series entering Sunday. "Every day I do something different. See the ball, try to put the barrel on it, and [on Sunday] the experiment worked out."
The Marlins trimmed the deficit to two in the sixth on pinch-hitter Greg Dobbs' RBI single to right. But Strasburg escaped further damage in his final frame.
Strasburg had settled down to retire 11 in a row, before hitting Donovan Solano to start the sixth. He then struck Yelich out looking. Ruggiano followed with a single to put runners on first and second with one out. After Dobbs' hit, Ruggiano moved to second on a wild pitch to place a pair of men in scoring position. Hechavarria struck out swinging to end the threat.
Despite his struggles, Strasburg improved to 6-3 with a 3.86 ERA in his career against Miami. Five of his seven strikeouts on Sunday came via his curveball.
"We came out and scored some runs against a tough pitcher," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said. "We just weren't able to lock it down and secure that lead. We gave the momentum right back. Against a good pitcher, you've got to take advantage of things. We know we've got to pitch and play almost perfect to win."
Denard Span extended his career-high hitting streak to 19 games with a single to left in the fourth, tied for the third-longest in the Majors this season.
Relievers Drew Storen and Tyler Clippard threw a scoreless seventh and eighth, respectively. Closer Rafael Soriano pitched a perfect ninth for his 39th save, tied for fourth-most in the Majors.
"We've just got to take it one game at a time," Strasburg said. "Obviously, we're not guaranteed anything, so we just have to worry about ourselves, do what we can and play some good baseball down the stretch and see what happens."
Christina De Nicola is a contributor to MLB.com.


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Ever see other people's impossibly adorable kid photos (particularly on facebook where we tend to share only the good, not the bad and ugly) and think...what a perfect, happy family captured on film? Those kids must be so sweet. And obedient. And calm. And so unlike my own wild bunch? Well here's something to make you feel better.
This ice cream shot of my two angels was taken last week on our Michigan vacation—cute, right? Facebook worthy. But what you don't see is the nonsense going on behind the scenes. And now you can. I didn't realize but Nick had been videoing and when he showed us all the footage later that night, we watched it about 15 times. I didn't even remember this happening but it so perfectly captures my children and what most moments of most days with them are like--there's really good stuff, immediately followed by the bad and the very ugly. Watch and next time you find yourself feeling envious or impressed by someone else's seemingly-perfect and camera-ready kids, remember that you probably don't have the whole story (this video could also be titled "What it's like to have a big brother" or "How to eat an ice cream cone really freakin fast" or... "Is it wrong to ask your kid if he's out of his mind?!")


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CARSON, Calif. -- Down a goal in their Knockout Round match to Vancouver Whitecaps FC, the Galaxy needed a goal to save their season -- enter Mike Magee.
In the 69th minute, David Beckham played a short corner into Juninho, who launched a cross into the box that found the right foot of Magee, whose volley found the back of the Vancouver net. Just four minutes later, Landon Donovan put LA up for good after a foul in the box by Vancouver's Martin Bonjour led to a penalty gave LA their second and final goal of the night.
Although Magee's postseason success is becoming a regular occurrence for the Galaxy -- his goal was his fourth goal in five postseason games -- the Galaxy attacker can't seem to pinpoint the reason for his success, but what he can explain, is the heightened intensity that the MLS Cup Playoffs bring.
"I feel it," said Magee. "I'm so much more nervous for these games than I am any other, but just as a team, we battle as a team, and I've kind of been the beneficiary goal-wise the last two years, but this team keeps battling away. Being down a goal, we had to push and tonight it was my turn."
Magee's teammates Beckham, Donovan, and head coach Bruce Arena discuss his goal below...
DONOVAN: "He's a type of player that shines in moments like this. There's something special about players like that, a lot of guys do it when games don't matter or they'll score the third goal in a three to nothing win that don't matter, but Mike
scores goals that matter. He's done it consistently since he's been here."
BECKHAM: "That's what Mike does. He gets in positions – he's a clever player, he's a really intelligent player, and we were putting a lot of balls in the six yard box, and I saw Juninho for the short corner and obviously he put it in a position right just at the penalty spot, and Mike was there."
ARENA: "Great goal, obviously an important goal. We're real pleased with the result; not an easy game."