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Besides being the cradle of the french culture in North America, Québec is the homeland of all Ducharmes from the Charron dit Ducharme family. Needless to say that there is a lot to see and to do here for a member of our family wishing to find his roots. The goal of this short article is to highlight some of the places that are a must for a Ducharme to see during a trip in Québec.
Indeed, although every one of the 20 regions in Québec would deserve a visit, some are especially of interest for Ducharmes. Among these, Québec City, one of the oldest towns in North America, and the only one still surrounded with walls, Montréal, our main city, and most of all the area called Lanaudière, around the towns of Berthier and Joliette, on the North Shore of the Fleuve St-Laurent (St-Laurent River).
Lanaudière is without doubt the homeland of Ducharme families. Almost every village there is full of memories of our forefathers. Most likely your direct ancestor, the one who left Québec for the United States a few generations ago, was born in one of the following places : Berthier, Ste-Élisabeth, St-Thomas, St-Félix-de-Valois, Ste-Mélanie, St-Paul, St-Jean-de-Matha, etc. But let's begin with the beginning.
Planning your trip
First of all, it is important for you to gather as much notes as possible on your ancestors, so you will know exactly the places that you would like to visit. Be sure to pinpoint the places where they were married or burried, for instance. Likely, the churches still exist, and it may be even possible to find the graves of some of them in old cemeteries.
Among other documents available from these offices : pocket-size guides for each region, including Québec, Montréal, and Lanaudière of course. I suggest that you ask for these handy guides, that will give you details on every town and villages, and suggest roads and tours, places to see, restaurants and hotels, etc.
Coming from any point in the United States, you will like to first come to Montréal, following (in the other direction) the road that your ancestor took to leave Québec for the USA. Located on an island, Montréal is a large town (2 millions inhabitants), but nevertheless the athmosphere is very friendly and safe. Don't hesitate to take the Métro (subway) to visit the town. It's fast and unexpensive.
I suggest that you find an hotel or a bed & breakfast not too far from the « Vieux Montréal », that is Old Montréal. Our first ancestors, Pierre Charron and his wife Catherine Pillard, landed here between 1662 and 1664. Each street in the « Vieux Montréal » has a long story; take the time to browse. But be sure to visit Notre-Dame church, on Notre-Dame street: Pierre and Catherine were married there on October 19, 1665 (that is in the first church built on the site), and also buried in the cemetery that is now just under the actual church. Also in that part of the town are the « Archives Nationales » (National Archives), where you can find actual copies of birth, marriage or death certificates of your ancestors (see below).
I suggest also that you visit "Ferme St-Gabriel", a few minutes from the Vieux Montréal. The "Filles du Roy" (King's daughters, as Catherine Pillard was), were received there before their marriage. The house goes back to 1698 or so, and is the oldest in Montréal. Daily visits are most interesting. The museum of Pointe-à-Callières is also a must, as well as the Bonsecours Chapel, and many other places. Walk alongside the river, follow St-Paul Street, and take the time to drink a coffee (or any other beverage, for that matter!), on Place Jacques Cartier. Remember : your ancestors walked these streets in the XVII century.
Back in 1665, Pierre and Catherine's first land in Montréal was located in the eastern part of the town, at a place known as Longue Pointe, an very early settlement on the Island of Montréal. Although there is nothing much to see now, you may like to walk in their steps, and at least stop to see this land. Take Notre-Dame street heading east, up to the spot where the autoroute 25 (highway 25) crosses the Fleuve St-Laurent : the land of Pierre and Catherine was just there. Details on this land were published in « Le Trait d'union » (volume 8, no 2).
After selling that first land, Pierre and Catherine moved to the other side of the Fleuve St-Laurent, in Longueuil, to a land that was also described in « Le Trait d'union » (volume 5, no 3). You must cross the Jacques-Cartier bridge to get into Longueui, also an old town. Take the time to walk on St-Charles Street, around St-Antoine-de-Pade church.
Leaving Montréal heading toward Lanaudière, take autoroute 40 east, that will bring you in 45 minutes to Berthierville (also known as Berthier). If you have more time to spare, you can alternately take road 138 east, that will bring you to Berthier alongside the Fleuve St-Laurent. This road, the oldest in Québec, is called the "Chemin du Roy" (King's road), and your ancestors certainly took it more than once; before getting to Berthier, road 138 will bring you to Lavaltrie and Lanoraie, where may Ducharme's lived in the past and still live today. Many antiques boutiques on raod 138, by the way.
When in Berthier, be sure to visit first Ile Dupas, one of the islands between Berthier and Sorel, that you can access to with your car. This will bring you suddenly hundred of years ago. Francois Charron dit Ducharme, son of Pierre Charron and Catherine Pillard, the first one to use the nickname Ducharme, raised all his family on a small island near Ile Dupas. This island is still known as «Ile Ducharme». Yet, unfortunately, no access by car to this island is possible. But be sure to see the church on Ile Dupas, where a few of the children of François and Marguerite were christened.
Going back to Berthierville, take a look (and visit, if possible) St-Genevieve church: almost every member of the firsts generations of Ducharmes after Francois were married there, for almost a century. A few other places are worth a visit in Berthier, like the Cuthberth Chapel. Old houses in Berthier (and all Lanaudière in fact) are typical of French Regime house-building. The villages themselves are also typical : they are built around the church, which is often a work of art by itself.
From Berthier, follow Route 345 heading toward Ste-Élisabeth. The road follows a river, which is called Rivière Bayonne. Just after leaving the city of Berthierville, there is a covered bridge on Rivière Bayonne, to your right, that is nice to see. The church in Ste-Élisabeth is new, the old one having burned in 1955 or so. But beside you will see the old presbytery and, behind, the cemetery, where many members of our families are burried.
Keep on road 345, heading for St-Félix-de-Valois. This must be the place in the world where the largest number of Ducharme lived and died. Take a look at the church, and also at the cemetery behind, just to check if I am right! St-Félix church is very typical of churches in Québec. Take some time to walk in the village.
From St-Félix, you can take road 131 north to visit St-Jean-de-Matha, Ste-Mélanie (where our member and friend Doug Ducharme's ancestor came from at the end of the XIX century), a very nice village on road 348, or go to any other villages in the area. After browsing, many roads will bring you to Joliette, the main town in the area. The cathedral is very impressive, for a town of that size. While there, you can visit the art museum, specializing in religious art.
From Joliette, you can take road 31 south to go back to autoroute 40 or road 138. From there, you can come back to Montréal, or go east to Québec City (about 2 hours from Berthier). The purpose of this article is not to described Québec City, but it is certainly a must to visit. While in Québec City, be sure to go around the Ile d'Orléans, in front of Québec. From this place, you will see Québec's Cap Diamant exactly like our ancestors coming from France saw it 350 years ago.
Other regions to see.
As said before, most Ducharme's come from Lanaudière. Most, but not all. For instance, a few lived in St-Eustache, north-west of Montréal : they were Louis-Joseph Ducharme, son of Louis and Scholastique Renaud, who married there Véronique Presseau in 1802, and their own son, Louis Ducharme, who married Marie-Anne Leclair in 1828. Louis and Marie-Anne left Québec soon after the 1837 rebellion, Louis being a patriot. They are the ancestors of many Ducharmes from Wisconsin, including our member and friend Craig Ducharme.
The actual St-Eustache church is exactly as it was then : check the marks of the bullets on the frontwall. Likely, Both Louis and his son were inside when the British gave the final assault. Take the time to walk in the old village.
Genealogical researchs.
While visiting Montréal, you may want to do some researchs on your ancestors. One of the best places to do so are the « Archives nationales du Québec ». Our national archives are kept in different locations, but documents for Montréal and Lanaudière areas are kept in Montréal. The Montréal's office address is 535 Viger Street east, in Old Montréal.
You will find there microfilms of all parish registers up to 1900, marriage contracts, wills, birth, marriages and burials repertories, genealogical dictionaries like Tanguay and Jetté, and many other documents. Researchs are free, and employees are very helpfull. You can make copies of most documents for a dollar or two (canadian dollars, that is), or even for a few cents when microfilms are concerned.
Of course, these are only a few notes. There are many other interesting places to see, and of course many things to do. Is your ancestors are mainly from Québec, you may also want to look for other sides of your family. This will bring you in other regions.


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Smoking can kill you. We've known that for at least 50 years -- and yet millions still smoke, and thousands more pick up the habit every year.
Why? Their stories involve strong addictions, passionate defiance -- and billions spent to make people act against their own best interest.
How bad is it?
In 1965, 42% of the population smoked. Today, 19% of Americans do, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That number sounds comparatively small, but that's an estimated 43.8 million Americans -- and the decline in smoking has plateaued, experts say.
Saturday is the 50th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Surgeon General's report that linked smoking with bad health. The government has issued yet another edition of the report, its 32nd. Barring a drastic change, experts say the government will be issuing these same reports, warning of the dangers of smoking, for many more years.
Smoking is still the No. 1 cause of preventable death in the United States, and has been for decades. It kills more people than obesity, substance abuse, infectious disease, firearms, and traffic accidents, according to the CDC. Some 443,000 Americans die from smoking-related illnesses every year, according to the U.S. Department of Health.
Even President Barack Obama, who has pushed some of the toughest anti-tobacco laws in history, admitted in 2009 that he stopped smoking but still "falls off the wagon" sometimes. The urge to smoke is that strong.
A portrait of defiance
"Smoking is my best friend," Barry Blackwell said. Blackwell perfectly embodies the predicament of how the smoking culture has changed, but his smoking hasn't. He is so closely associated with the habit he is featured in an elegant portrait series documenting smokers' lives.
"I thought it was interesting to explore why people continue to smoke in the face of public repulsion," said Laura Noel, a professional photographer and Emory University instructor who hopes to turn the series into a book.
While shooting these portraits, she noticed the age difference among smokers. Young smokers, she said, enjoy it with a kind of practiced defiance. "You see a little more of the addiction when people get older."
Blackwell is nearly 60 and runs the last black-and-white photo development studio in Atlanta.
He says he has held onto this other old-fashioned activity -- smoking -- for about as long as there have been Surgeon General warnings. When he started at age 8, however, he knew nothing about the health risks.
Blackwell is a child of tobacco country. He grew up in North Carolina. Like several generations before him, he spent summers working the family tobacco farm.
"Everyone around me smoked, everyone," Blackwell said. "Every room in the house had an ashtray. I don't remember anyone at school telling me it was bad. I even remember going to the doctor for a regular checkup and he'd examine me with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. It was a way of life."
When he joined the Marines, the government daily gave Blackwell cigarettes with his C-rations. Over the years, though, his smoking-supportive environment changed.
Smoking despite the restrictions
His own mother quit a couple of decades ago after experiencing chest pains. "She's been after me ever since," Blackwell says. Fewer public places let him smoke. Even the park Blackwell used to exercise in went smoke-free last year.
And while he jokes he was a "pretty young thing back in the day" and "had (his) fun when it was more socially acceptable to smoke" it's harder now for him to date. "Women don't like guys who smoke," he said.
Smoking despite the restrictions
His own mother quit a couple of decades ago after experiencing chest pains. "She's been after me ever since," Blackwell says. Fewer public places let him smoke. Even the park Blackwell used to exercise in went smoke-free last year.
And while he jokes he was a "pretty young thing back in the
He's put restrictions on himself, keeping his smoking to one room in his "mancave." But he's not ashamed of smoking, and refuses to lie about it like the estimated 40% of traditional cigarette smokers who say they do, according to an independent research firm that conducted a recent survey on behalf of an e-cigarette company.
Still, Blackwell said he understands the reasons behind deception.
"People look at you with less regard when you smoke," Blackwell said. Strangers who see him smoke tell him it will kill him, he said. "It's one of the few socially acceptable prejudices left."
He's tried to quit, but nothing worked. In fact, in the '80s he had more success quitting a drug that is supposed to be more addictive."Cocaine was a lot easier to kick than cigarettes," he said.
There's a very good reason for that.
'They will lose their capacity to make a free choice'
While smoking harms your health, you don't notice it at first. That's why the World Health Organization calls tobacco a "gradual killer." By the time smokers may feel the effects, they're addicted.
"Smokers typically start smoking as adolescents or young adults, with initial smoking occurring in social situations," said Sherry McKee, the director of the Yale Behavioral Pharmacology Lab. "Most young smokers believe that they can easily quit at any time and nearly all believe that they won't be long-term smokers."
"Ultimately, they will lose their capacity to make a free choice to smoke," said Jed Rose, the director of the Duke Center for Smoking Cessation in North Carolina. "Then 30 years later, that's when we typically see them in our program desperately trying to quit, because now they can't go a single day without (a cigarette)."
In addition, tobacco marketing strategies can be persuasive. Several studies show the marketing and advertising works, and increases the likelihood that youth will start smoking.
In 2011, cigarette companies spent $8.37 billion on ads and promotional expenses in the United States alone -- even with tight federal regulations on advertising, according to the CDC. That breaks down to about $23 million a day or $27 for every American per year.
Warnings on cigarette packs themselves have used increasingly stronger language over the years. In 1965, federal law required the warning "Caution: Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health" be placed on a side panel of the pack, according to theCDC. That changed to "Warning: Cigarette smoking is dangerous to health and may cause death from cancer and other diseases" in 1967, then "Warning: The Surgeon General has determined that cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health" in 1969.
Today's packs use one of four warnings, including "Surgeon General's warning: Smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema and may complicate pregnancy" and "Surgeon General's warning: Quitting smoking now greatly reduces serious risks to your health."
However, warning labels in the United States are considered "weaker and less prominent" than those in other countries, according to the CDC. Some other nations use graphic images.
A U.S. move toward use of similar tactics on cigarette packs wasblocked by a federal judge in 2011. U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon cited First Amendment rights against unconstitutionally compelled speech as a factor in his decision.
Meanwhile, a strong combination of psychological and biological factors keep people smoking.
"The chemicals in cigarettes work on the structures deep within a smoker's brain, literally rewiring it so the habit becomes deeply ingrained," said Rose.
With drugs like cocaine, there can be extreme discomfort from withdrawal in those first few days, but it goes away. "The behavior addiction of smoking may be far more compelling than just the short-term withdrawal symptoms of a hard drug," he said.
That means smokers may be more addicted to the smoking behaviors than the nicotine.
"Every move a smoker makes: the lighting of the cigarette, the inhaling, all the feelings and sensations of it, the whole package becomes highly addictive," Rose said.
That's why, when helping people quit, Rose said his organization has found a patch or lozenge or drug in combination with behavioral change techniques is more successful. They're also exploring e-cigarettes as an alternative.
Quitters resolve
Behavioral modification and the patch: that's the approach smoker Derrick Jones is taking with his New Year's resolution to quit.
Jones doesn't remember why he started smoking. In fact, the 36-year-old communications consultant said he forbade his mom and grandma from smoking when they rode in the car with him.
He thinks he started to relieve stress when he moved to Washington in the mid-'90s. He tried quitting last spring, but "booze" was a trigger, he said. He can't avoid being around alcohol; on Sundays he hosts karaoke at a local bar, and says it always leaves him with an urge to smoke.
This time the patch seems to help, but it interrupts his sleep. "The patch gives me nightmares and wakes me up at 5 a.m.," Jones said.
He heads to the gym on those mornings. The exercise seems to be an adequate distraction, he said.
"I figured I'd change everything at once, my eating habits and exercise habits and smoking habits so I'll be better ready for a total change."
Blackwell, meanwhile, said he thinks he's quit trying to quit.
"I still run and am still healthy and I've got lots of smokers in my family who lived long into their late 80s," Blackwell said. "Smoking is always with me long after friends have left and people have gone. Cigarettes are always here."


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I demoed home-cured bacon at the Blogher 2010 after party Saturday night, with the help of the excellent students of the California Culinary Academy (thanks for the perfect set-up, chef-students!). I couldn't do it start to finish, of course. You need to give the belly a dry rub for a week. Then you need to cook it for an hour or so. People drinking bacon martinis on a Saturday night don't want to stand around watching pork belly cure.
I showed the steps though, cooked some up (the folks at CCA had cured it perfectly). I thought everyone was good to go.
But the next day, as I waited for the airport shuttle, a woman told me she wanted to cure bacon, even had a smoker (nice but not essential). She said, "But I'm afraid."
"Well, didn't you see my demo, didn't you see how easy it was, didn't it put you at ease?"
"I had to go to the bathroom," she explained. "There was a line."
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2 ounces (1/4 cup Morton or Diamond Crystal coarse kosher) salt
2 teaspoons pink curing salt #1 (I use this DQ Cure from Butcher-Packer, $2)
4 tablespoons coarsely ground black pepper
4 bay leaves, crumbled
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 cup brown sugar or honey or maple syrup
5 cloves of garlic, smashed with the flat side of a chef's knife
2 tablespoons juniper berries, lightly crushed (optional)
5 to 10 sprigs fresh thyme (optional)
—Put your belly in the zip-top bag or on a sheet tray or in a plastic container. Rub the salt and spice mixture all over the belly. Close the bag or cover it with plastic wrap, and stick it in the refrigerator for seven days (get your hands in there and give the spices another good rubbing around midway through).
—After seven days, take it out of the fridge, rinse off all the seasonings under cold water and pat it dry.
—Put it on a sheet tray and put it in the oven (put it on a rack on a sheet tray if you have one) and turn the oven on to 200 degrees F. (if you want to preheat the oven, that's fine, too). Leave it in the oven for 90 minutes (or, if you want to measure the internal temperature, until it reaches 150 degrees F.).
—Let it cool and refrigerate it until you're ready to cook it. But I know. You won't be able to wait. So cut off a piece and cook it. Taste it, savor it. Congratulations! It's bacon!
Notes: If you don't have five pounds of belly, either guesstimate salt based on the above or, if you have a scale, multiply the weight of the belly in ounces or grams by .025 and that's how many ounces or grams of salt you should use.
If for any reason you find your bacon to be too salty to eat (it happens, especially if you measure your salt by sight, which I sometimes do), simply blanch the bacon and dump the water before sautéing it.
Pink curing salt means "sodium nitrite," not Himalayan pink salt. It's what's responsible for the bright color and piquant bacony flavor. You don't have to use it, but your bacon will turn brown/gray when cooked (you're cooking it well done, after all), and will taste like pleasantly seasoned spare ribs, porky rather than bacony.
If you have a smoker or a grill, you can smoke the bacon (strictly speaking, it needs to have the pink salt in the cure if you're going to smoke because, in rare instances, botulism bacteria from spores on the garlic could grow; pink salt eliminates this possibility; but I never worry about this, you're going to cook it again in any case).
You can also, instead of roasting it or smoking, hang it to dry, in the manner of pancetta.
There are plenty of reasons not to cure bacon: fear should not be among them.
Bacon is life itself: embrace it!


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Aside from a few showers here and there, the weather has been awfully pleasant lately, and that has us thinking about all sorts of outdoor activities, especially picnics and barbecues. May is National Barbecue Month, and we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than to review the role of these delicious social occasions in Florida's past.
The concept of getting a large group of folks together for a good meal outdoors is timeless, and some of our earliest photographs in the Florida Photographic Collection are of Floridians enjoying picnics and barbecues with friends, family, churches, and communities.
Anytime can be the right time for a barbecue, but special occasions make a particularly good excuse to fire up the grill. Florida communities have often celebrated groundbreaking ceremonies, anniversaries of momentous events, and dedications of new buildings and structures with large barbecues and picnics.
Barbecues have also had a close connection with Florida politics. Candidates have long used them as a way to rub shoulders with their constituents during campaigns, to celebrate victories, and sometimes even to celebrate Election Day itself. Politics being what they are, these occasions were at times marked with a little roughhousing between the partisans for each candidate. Ellen Call Long described one such Election Day incident in her book Florida Breezes:
"Around the square, people gathered in knots; candidates or their friends made speeches, and all was good humor and sociability, but these culminated with the barbecue, and as whiskey circulated, many a proud-stepping sovereign of the morning yielded his sceptre to King Barleycorn; and there were uproarious haranguers of what American citizens can't and won't submit to; and there were fist fights, and consequent bruised heads, with blacked eyes; and oh, those "sons of the soil" that were so gallant, so solemn in that early day – we must spare them, for I dare say there was at home many a 'sullen dame, gathering her brows like gathering storm, nursing her wrath to keep it warm.'"
Thankfully, in more recent times the barbecues associated with Florida politics have been much tamer, as these photos demonstrate.
So what are you waiting for? Celebrate National Barbecue Month by planning your own barbecue with friends or family. If you're looking for a great place to do it, check out the Florida State Parks website to find out more about the 161 park facilities operated by the State of Florida.
Also, have a look at the Florida Park Service photograph collection.
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'The permanent secretary in Kenya's finance ministry estimated last November that he lost a third of his budget – $2bn – to graft'."
The Kenyan daily The Nation writes about a growing corruption scandal:
A scandal similar to one that led to donor freeze of Free Primary Education funding has emerged in the programme to save communities from the effects of drought.
Billions of shillings committed by various donors and international lending institutions for fighting drought in Northern Kenya are frozen as the country begins to confront suspension by the World Bank of a critical drought management project that has been running since 1996, and which is currently under the ministry for the Development of Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands. It is financed by the government and a World Bank loan.
The forensic audit exposed massive corruption and fraudulent transactions across seven districts of Northern Kenya.
From transactions picked at random from the seven districts, the audit established fraudulent transactions amounting to Sh362 million in two financial years.
The forensic audit catalogues cases where money was spent on dispensaries that were not in use, butcheries that were not certified by Health ministry and schools that did not exist.
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A tiny example of the sad reality in Kenya:
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A tiny example of the sad reality in Kenya:
Officials of Mawingu IDP camp in Nyandarua Central district were allegedly intercepted on Sunday night as they ferried 91 bags of relief maize. IDPs who spoke to the press said they have been suspecting that the officials have been selling the food aid. The IDPs said they laid a trap and nabbed a lorry with grains, at 2am They smashed the lorry's windscreens and windows.
The World Bank has now finally reacted to the corruption in Kenya:
Nairobi - The World Bank did not renew funding for a project to help more than 1 million Kenyans to withstand recurrent droughts after some of the money could not be accounted for, an official said on Friday.
Johannes Zutt, the World Bank country director, said the group chose not to give new funding to the Kenyan government for the Arid Lands Natural Resource Management Program until it accounts for $4.1 million that was used.
The unaccounted money was part of $120 million the bank gave to the project from 2003 to 2010. The Kenyan government says it is looking into the fraud allegations.
Critics say mismanagement and endemic corruption in Kenya's government are partly to blame for the hunger situation in Kenya where the UN anticipates that 3.5 million people will need food assistance in coming months.
Kenya, East Africa's largest economy is one of the most corrupt countries in the world according to anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International which ranks the country at 154 of 178.
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In spite of the widespread corruption (In the 2010 Corruption Perception Index published by Transparency International, Kenya was number 154 out of 178 countries surveyed) the steady flow of aid to Kenya continues:
The government of Finland has donated 643 million shillings to the Kenyan government in an effort to promote efforts aimed at attaining Millennium Development Goals in the country.
German chancellor Angela Merkel recently visited Kenya, and promised more aid - although she also spoke about fighting corruption. Whether there will be any actual improvements in the near future, is highly doubtful:
Visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday pledged increased development aid and stronger trade ties with
Kenya on her first visit to the country.
Merkel said the strong business delegation accompanying her underscored the desire to deepen economic ties, but stressed the success of the bilateral support is pegged on transparency and the effective fight against corruption.
She praised progress in implementing the Constitution and promised Germany's support in setting up credible institutions to fight corruption and organise next year's General Election.
There is, of course, the question whether development aid to Africa - even under the best kind of circumstances - in reality does more harm than good. But even those who still believe in the usefulness of foreign aid, should abstain from giving to corrupted regimes and countries. It is also worth noting that the likelihood of corruption increases with more and more of e.g. EU aid going to fighting (imaginary) human caused global warming/climate change.


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Lynn English High School is proud to announce that senior Tallia Dudley has been awarded the QuestBridge National College Match Scholarship.
Lynn English High School is proud to announce that senior Tallia Dudley has been awarded the QuestBridge National College Match Scholarship. Match Scholarship Recipients are admitted early to QuestBridge college partners with full four-year scholarships that are provided by the colleges and universities, ensuring for these students and their families that an education at a top college can be affordable.
QuestBridge's 40 college partners include top liberal arts colleges such as Amherst, Pomona, and Williams and exceptional research universities such as Columbia, Duke, Rice, Stanford, and Yale. The Match Scholarship is offered as part of a generous financial aid package provided by the college that covers the full cost of attendance, including tuition, room and board, books and supplies, and travel expenses. Tallia will attend Tufts University in the Fall 2020, and the annual $76,000 cost of attendance will be covered all four years.
QuestBridge, a national nonprofit based in Palo Alto, California, connects the nation's most exceptional, low-income youth with leading institutions of higher education and further life opportunities. By recruiting, developing, and motivating these students — beginning in high school through college to their early career — QuestBridge aims to help talented low-income students attend the nations' best colleges and to support them to achieve success in their respective careers and communities. Principal Thomas Strangie would like to congratulate Tallia, her family, and all the Lynn Public Schools teachers who educated and supported her throughout the years!
Mr. Strangie and the Lynn English High School Hall of Fame Committee
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Mr. Shawn Bleau '88
Mr. Gary Bogart '66
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Mr. James Down '69
Mr. Kevin Franklin '78
Mr. Peter Holey '81
Ms. Joyce Knappe '68
Mr. Donald Lucia '55
Mr. Joseph O'Connor '80
Mr. Michael Pazik '68
Ms. Christine Pierce '78
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"OUTFest's Fusion is the only LGBT people of color film festival of its kind. Fusion is a multi-ethnic, gender inclusive forum for films, panel discussions, and community networking."
I've said it before: The great thing about shorts is brilliance in brevity. OUTFest celebrates films by people of color in this off-shoot of the large Los Angeles festival happening in the summer. The event is an excellent primer for the bigger event and an awesome opportunity to showcase quality filmmaking with an unintended splash of color. With a very strong programming this year, here is just a small taste of the films screened this year:
STOP IT - ALMA by Director Mike Rose
This hilarious spoof of the reality intervention programming spends five minutes with Alma, a culinary addict who has gone off the deep end after her husband leaves her for "not having dinner cooked." One in a series of "Stop It!" vignettes, "Alma" pokes fun at the genre and characters across the social spectrum, a real flash in the pan of funny!
REVOLUTION by Director Abdi Nazemian
When an Iranian mother (Sheila Vosough) fires her maid for teaching her son Jack (Logan Aria) a Filipino prayer, the replacement maid (Busy Philipps) comes with a teenage son of her own, Gabe (Zach Cumer). With the arrival of these newcomers, the family also finds themselves weathering a momentous wave of change.
This is a graceful film with an unexpected message about the places we find common ground and tolerance.
TIME AFTER TIME by Director Laurie Thomas
In the span of one Cyndi Lauper's song, one woman experiences the magic of falling in love, the joy of expectation and the chill of reality. This short features no dialogue, but the performances clearly speak volume.
ANDY by Director Andrew Ahn
Through the eyes of six-year-old Andy (Ryan Ko), we see how a father (Tae Geun Kim) reacts when his son returns from the makeup counter wearing lipstick. In just seven minutes, Director Andrew Ahn leads the audience through an slue of images that initially appear ominous, but ultimately turn out to be innocent. This short is an unexpected and skillful exercise in suspense and misdirection. Terrific debut by Korean director-writer Andrew Ahn.
REMEMBER ME IN RED by Director Hector Ceballos
Beloved Alma Flora () has died, sending shockwaves of sorrow through her small but close Transgender community. Her best friend Fidelia is hit doubly hard when her parents arrive from Mexico, and are intent on burying her friend according to their wishes; which means as a man under the birth name Alejandro.
This melancholy drama is not without humor and a great deep of charm, although maybe a touch overplay by the performers. Makeup and music are the stand-outs for me in this short, as well as a thoughtful message about how we honor the memory of our lost ones.
FAMILY IN THE FRAME by Director Neelu Bhuman
This experimental multimedia collage merges photographs with affected video footage, accompanied with voice over from the subjects of the piece: an unlikely threesome. The piece makes a direct analogy of the difficulty people encounter perceiving their relationship with a short that is quite literally, visually difficult to see. The concept is intriguing, however for me, the end product is only marginally successful.
THE QUEEN by Director: Christina Choe
The crowd pleaser of the evening is this delightful little indulgence on the adage, "Dance like no one is watching…" Featuring a boy working at a dry cleaners at closing time, a pretty girl dropping off a prom dress in the eleventh hour and the real hot boyfriend who comes with her. Winning bursts of random applause several times, The Queen is brilliance in brevity, hitting the bull's-eye in cinematography, editing, story and performance. Congrats to Director Christina Choe. I will be on the lookout for her future projects.
CHANGE by Dir: Melissa Osborne & Jeff McCutcheon
Perhaps the most provocative short of the evening. Taking place on the day of the 2008 presidential election, Changes juxtaposes the election of Barack Obama, the nations first African American president with the passage of Proposition 8, the measure that banned same sex marriage in California. The event is seen through the eyes of a young African American teenager in a rough Los Angeles neighborhood. Sean McClam gives a wonderful performance that
Weathering the shockwaves of profound social change from opposite ends of the spectrum. Jubilation on the heels of tragedy.
I have been trying to get to this film event for years and I am so happy that I finally made it. Having finally come to Fusion, it's doubtful I'll miss it again for some years to come. Definitely look for this festival next spring. It's a blast.
OUTFest Fusion 2011, Los Angeles LGBT People of Color Film Festival is March 4-5, 2011.
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That's me. I'm a first timer at the NGS Conference & so far I'm enjoying myself.
Last night I drove down to the Marriott for a dinner given by FamilySearch for bloggers. It was a friendly evening with a delicious salad, pasta & breadsticks. Jennifer Anderson challenged my mind when she talked about the more than one billion records published. 2014 will be the Year of the Obituary. Jennifer said, "Dead men tell no tales but their obituaries do!" Sign up to help index! And help with "Lift Where You Stand' a project slated for Sunday, July 20, 6 pm MDT – Monday, July 21, 6 pm MDT. They are looking for 20,000 participants to help index in those 24 hours. Lets lend a hand.
Myself & Cheri with our Blogging Beads
At the dinner, I was delighted to meet some fellow bloggers who I had only met through their blogs in the past. Cheri from Carolina Girl and Lisa from The AccidentalGenealogist to name two.
Today I went to the Opening Session where the National Genealogy Society, its mission & its plans were explained. The 'Genealogists Declaration of Rights' was set as a goal for the future where we have access to records on county, state and federal levels. Awards were given to volunteers & to authors of family newsletters. Joshua Taylor spoke briefly for FamilySearch. Then Dr. Sandra Treadway, Librarian & State Archivist, talked to the large crowded room about 'The Evolving Library'. She painted a wonderful picture of the Virginia Library in the future & invited us all back in seven years to see the changes for ourselves.
These were the sessions I attended today:
· Are Those My Virginia Ancestors? Eric Grundset
· The Records of the Southern Historical Society, Kathy Huber
· Repopulating the Past: Using the Collections of the Virginia Historical Society, Frances Pollard
I have the printed syllabus [much too heavy to carry around to the sessions] & the digital notes but I took my own notes as well to remember all the good tips I learned today.
I talked to many friendly people from various parts of our country who were eager to talk & share their stories. I spoke to an older gentleman who had been to several conferences, was not impressed by anything he heard & promptly fell asleep in the folding chair next to mine; then woke up and left before the end of the session.
Of course, I visited the Exhibit Hall & of course I spent too much on books! And I'll probably over indulge tomorrow as well. ha!
Most of all I am proud that I did not get lost once, both driving to Richmond & navigating the conference center & the Marriott. Looking forward to learning more tomorrow!