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International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications(IJISA)
ISSN: 2074-904X (Print), ISSN: 2074-9058 (Online)
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IJISA Vol.5, No.6, May. 2013
On Some Comparison Properties of Rough Sets Based on Multigranulations and Types of Multigranular Approximations of Classifications
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In this paper we consider the inclusion properties for upper and lower approximation of union and intersection of sets for both pessimistic and optimistic multigranulations. We find that two inclusions for pessimistic cases are actually equalities. For other six cases we provide examples to show that actually the proper inclusions hold true. On the approximation of classifications a theorem was proved in Tripathy et al to establish sufficient type properties. We establish here that actually the result is both necessary and sufficient one. Also, we consider types of elements in classifications with respect to both types of multigranulations and establish a general theorem on them.
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R. Raghavan, B.K.Tripathy,"On Some Comparison Properties of Rough Sets Based on Multigranulations and Types of Multigranular Approximations of Classifications", International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications(IJISA), vol.5, no.6, pp.70-77, 2013.DOI: 10.5815/ijisa.2013.06.09
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The love of music and a friendship of more than nine years brought together the musicians Julián Garita (vocals), Felipe González (bass), Felipe Apéstegui (guitar), Sebastián Suñol (drums) and Martín Brandt (keyboard). Two years ago, this group of friends decided to approach their musical project in a more serious manner. And the band Magpie Jay was born.
Now they’ve released two albums: “Monte Claro” (2015) and “Islita” (2016). For both albums the band went to Guanacaste to create their music, and the albums’ names pay homage to the places in which they were created. Magpie Jay is a band that combines the music and art skills the band members have. Apéstegui designs the album covers and singer Garita does the photographic documentation.
The Tico Times sat down and spoke with bass player González and guitarist Apéstegui about Magpie Jay’s work at our offices in Barrio Amón.
What is the meaning of music for you?
FG: For me it’s an expression of emotions, feelings and memories. I think it symbolizes that and I’m really thankful to be able to express myself in that way. I can have various sessions of me playing and it all depends on my mood at the time. Regarding that, I play different things. It’s not only about playing, but also about listening. Music has [that power] that it’s about when you identify yourself with it. When a girlfriend breaks up with you, you can listen to Coldplay and it’ll make you cry. It can go from that until the feeling of wanting to exercise while listening to music. It’s about both expressing yourself and identifying with it.
FA: Music allows you to communicate things that you can’t express through writing because the feelings are very abstract. Sometimes you’re happy, but not that happy because it’s difficult to concretely explain that. For me, music is that language that’s better understood with what you have on your inside. It’s also a medium that allows you to communicate with the masses if you’re sufficiently listened to. It’s a platform that allows you to say your things and for others to listen. In a certain way, it makes you think about what you want to say, what’s going on in your life and who you are for the people that are listening to you. It also breaks barriers. It’s a universal language.
What do you want to communicate with your music?
FG: We’re not a band that wants to express a social or political message.
FA: Maybe not yet. [Laughs]
FG: We write the songs in accordance to what’s happening in our lives. In general, most of the songs in “Islita” are about breakup. It’s about a lot of expressions that we don’t want to communicate. Rather than communicating it, we want to express them and the most gratifying part is when people identify with it. I think that’s what fulfills us the most.
FA: For now, the message has been very intimate. In most of the songs that Garita writes, what he does is that he thinks out loud and analyzes himself. As Feli was saying, we’re not a band with a political or social message, but I think that has a lot to do with our ages. I’m 22, he’s 24 and the rest of the members are within those two ages. I think it’s an age in which you’re questioning a lot of things like what you were doing before and the end of your childhood and adolescence. You’re in a stage in which you’ve got to make decisions for the rest of your life. It makes sense for me to be making music in that way because it’s what you have in mind. Maybe in a few years, when you’ll have resolved those things, you’ll probably begin looking toward what surrounds you.
Which are your inspirations?
FG: We’ve got a lot of inspirations. The Red Hot Chili Peppers will always be our inspiration. At some point we learned to play about 70 of their songs. We listen to a lot of new music.
FA: We’ve got a lot of inspirations from bands because every time new music comes out, we want to listen to the new albums. The inspiration is something strange because you sometimes find inspiration in anything. Sometimes I watch a video in which someone does a new technique on guitar that I haven’t explored, so I want to try it out. I’m not necessarily thinking of Magpie Jay, but I just show it to them afterwards and each one of them will interpret it on their own way.
FG: Our inspiration also comes from us because everyone has that dream to keep playing and hopefully travel around the world doing what we love. In that sense, everyone is on the same page. The inspiration comes from us; that need of wanting to record and release an album because it’s difficult. It’s all a process.
How did the process differ between “Monte Claro” and “Islita”?
FA: For “Islita” everything was taken much more seriously. With “Monte Claro” we were nothing. The band had not been consecrated. No one knew what Magpie Jay was, not even ourselves. It was sort of like an experiment. I’m pretty sure that at the studio, Miguel, the producer, and Popeye, the sound engineer, saw us as a group of friends that had been playing for a long time, had their original songs and wanted to record an EP only for the experience. As we went along recording it and listened to it, we saw the potential it had. Afterwards it was about giving the album an image and begin playing live. It became a snowball, in the sense that we noticed that there was much more to do with Magpie Jay. For the second album, which lasted one year and a half in its creation, you grow both musically and personally. Maybe that musical and personal maturity is reflected in the album and in the production process. We had three trips to Punta Islita for the pre-production. It was not taken lightly anymore and we were more focused on the details while composing by trying to polish the songs better than in the first album.
What do you enjoy the most while performing live?
FG: It’s very different for each environment. We enjoy a lot when we rehearse at the garage, but we also enjoy playing on stage. When we released “Islita” at El Steinvorth, which was a few weeks ago, we realized that people were singing our songs. While you’re playing, you listen to the people sing and I think there’s an energy created between the audience and us. People are listening and watching, so you’ve got to be able to stimulate both senses. At least, lately, it’s been that dynamic between the audience and us.
FA: It’s weird because you’re not going crazy by the fact that people are cheering for you, but by the fact that you make your music to share what you’re trying to communicate with others. When you’re playing in front of 200 people you’re just feeling that link with them. People are experiencing the songs in the same way as we’re playing it. It’s a strange relationship in which we both feel the same way. During that night or that moment in which the song is playing, everyone’s on the same channel and when you feel that, it’s a fuel for all of the crazy things done on stage. We’re having a special moment with the audience. It’s where the magic happens.
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Naija Ninja boss, Sound Sultan is one of those who had the opportunity of meeting the Greatest boxer on his visit to Nigeria in the early 80’s.
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The NLS scanner
NLS stands for non-linear system and is inspired by Theodore Van Hoven, introduced the theory of quantum entropy logic. He explained that the exchange of information between systems is conducted at a distance, in an associative and selective way, never linear and thanks to the appropriate amount of electromagnetic radiation with the adequate energy for the destabilization of the links of the elementary structure of the system. Watch a video here.
The intensity of the exchange of information between two systems increases in the middle of any of them destabilizing, and that’s what Van Hoven called entropy.
Bioresonance is based on the concept and observation that all living organisms and their components, the cells, tissues and organs, emit measurable electromagnetic waves.
The frequency of these waves can vary from cell to cell or organ to organ and from tissue to tissue, based on their biochemical and physiological environment. Accordingly, these can vary in responses to a variety of stresses from biochemical and physiological responses to pathogens, allergens, chemicals, or alteration in DNA. They measured that electromagnetic waves or oscillations emitted by diseased organs including cancer cells vary from those emitted by healthy cells due to their differences in cell metabolism and DNA damage. By working with different tissues and organs under different pathological conditions it has been shown that each disease state elicits its own signature resonance frequency compared to the healthy ones.
Modern electronic equipment allows non-invasive scans for diagnosing different diseases, and in their early stages undetectable by other means. Bacteria, viruses, allergies, fungi, waste toxins, hormonal imbalances, adverse stress responses and electromagnetic pollution from various sources alter the physiology, biochemistry and functions of various organs and tissues which manifests into disease state. This in turn interferes and alters the cell resonance frequencies. Logically it follows that altering the natural frequency of healthy organs will create an unhealthy environment for the cells and tissues which in turn promotes allergies, illness, and disease. It has been determined that resonance frequency emitted in diseased state compared to healthy one is lower and if compensated and increased by external input can help restore the energy deficit and promote healing and reversal of the disease state. In short unhealthy cells or organs emit altered electromagnetic waves and that changing these waves back to normal will minimize the damaging effects of the disease and promote healing and cure of the body. This is the basis of Bio resonance Biofeedback Therapy.
Thus, the NLS scanner evaluates the human body, captures its frequencies let’s say very small particles (quantum) that each organ and system have, informing of the destabilized state or entropy of each one, and showing how each organ is electrically and what is its future trend. It also interacts with the patient through bio resonance, returning healing electromagnetic frequencies (that’s what we call therapy) according to what the patient needs.
All information about the state of your body is delivered to the brain and the sensors used by the NLS scanner are specially designed in a form of headphones to connect to the scanner and get the necessary information. The information is then processed by an automated software to decode the data and creates the three-dimensional models very similar to the organs, tissues, and cells of an 87 at 93% accuracy.
The machine begins to receive the frequencies of all the organs, cells, bones and tissues and compares them with a pattern of a healthy man or a woman, stored in the memory as a virtual model of the patient’s body. The system displays which parts of the body in focus emit a frequency different from the healthy frequency. The patients at the end of the scan observe with the doctor the analysis of his own body.
Geometric figures with assorted colors determine the degree of illness according to the received frequency. The yellow hexagon being the one corresponding to a normal state and the black square to a state of evident illness. Once we complete the scanning or analysing the patient, the software begins to determine a diagnosis, according to a database in the memory.
All the frequencies found correspond to a chemical element, virus, or bacteria, and are affecting a specific organ or body system. After discovering the problem, the program can find within its database AN ANTIDOTE. Once the NLS transformed the antidote into frequency, through the electrodes it sends it back to the organism to restore the EQUILIBRIUM. It all happens in seconds.
NLS can also detect potential problems in the future and provide a prognosis. Over time, certain problems can produce a disease, if we do not treat them. Initial scan might last an hour and treatments up to 40 minutes.
Based on the results, the doctor will determined best way to utilize the NLS treatments in a combination with natural, homeopathic or conventional medicine. In this way the disease is being worked on from PHYSICAL and the ENERGETIC levels. The treatment sesions with the NLS
95% of the diseases are first generated at the energy level and then «densified» or manifest at the level of MATTER.
First, the Subtle Electrical Body becomes ill and then the Physical Body or «dense» body becomes diseased. While we can treat the Physical Body with physical medicine or conventional medicine, we treat the Subtle Body with energy medicine. NLS technology does frequency or energy treatments, while the doctor, at the same time, provides other treatments with conventional medicine and thus the disease is «worked on from two perspectives. »
In conjunction with NLS therapy, the doctor will utilize major methods of biological medicine, ozone therapy, autologous stem cells, chelation, colon hydrotherapy, depurative diet, according to age, the iris and the blood group, homeopathy, acupuncture, etc.
To fully understand it, it is necessary to define WHAT IS ENTROPY? The ENTROPIA is the second Law of Thermo-dynamics, which postulates that: «Every system, with time, tends to reach its maximum expression of disorder.
For example, in a biological system, DEATH represents maximum entropy and HEALTH AND LIFE minimum entropy. The Law of «entropy» opposes the LAW OF EQUILIBRIUM, which postulates that: «With the appropriate and sustained energy impulse, every system can keep functioning in time, efficiently and adequately indefinitely. » The balance is our health and levels of entropy represents illnesses. When applying the «Entropy Index Analysis and it’s statistical trends» the NLS helps to predict a disease. It allows for CURATIVE AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE.
Each organ and each cell of the human organism possess their own spectrum of electromagnetic vibrations characteristic of each one of them.
There is an electromagnetic spectrum for healthy organs or tissues and there is also an electromagnetic spectrum for each disease or infectious agent. The NLS device has stored in the memory of your software, a database with all the frequencies of the pathological processes of more than 540 specific sections of each organ, and more than 14,000 characteristics of pathologies considering age, sex, and other variables. The system also has all the frequencies of healthy tissues stored by age and gender. We have all this data thanks to the University of Moscow and more than 20 years of research and data compilation. In this way NLS can use mathematical algorithms to compare the current frequencies of the patient, with the frequencies of healthy tissues and to know for sure if the patient is moving away or approaching the healthy frequency. (ISE: Spectral Similarity Index). This principle helps the doctor to make a future 3–5-year statistical projection and know if what you are doing now will improve or worsen your health.
«If you keep doing what you’re doing until now, you’ll continue to get what you’ve always gotten so far»
The software allows to project in time the «Entropy Index» and thus predict probable future diseases. The RED lines represent the catabolic processes, and the BLUE ones represent the anabolic processes. The processes of DESTRUCTION (red) and REGENERATION (blue) of the cells. Ideally, both lines should be as close together as possible.
The system uses headphones as magneto-inductors and do not produce any sound during the session. They need to stay in place throughout entire process. If removed, the software detects it and indicates that you are not receiving the bio-inducing signal.
Every part of our organism, including the smallest ones, emit different sounds that are not heard, for example: the retina emits a sound of 8.2 Hz and the bones of 1.8 Hz and so on every part of our body.
In an extraordinary way, the system captures the electromagnetic frequency of each body system evaluats and compares it with a great database and shows it by means of graphs, comparing it with our healthy tissues.
In summary, each pathological process has its particular and individual graphic stored in the memory of the program. The Institute of Applied Psychophysics in Omsk (Russia) states that according to the frequency characteristics of the biological object examined, the device can compare the degree of similarity of its spectra with the corresponding healthy tissue, pathological tissue, infectious agent and define the pathological process more analogous or more similar, as well as the trend in relation to its origin. Through combined processes, the virtual diagnosis modality allows us to establish a differential diagnosis for each of these processes and their treatment.
THE MORE UNSTABLE, DAMAGED AND ENTROPIC IS THE TISSUE, THE MORE INTENSE WILL BE THE ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION THAT WILL BE SENT TO THE BODY.OBSERVING THE INTENSITY OF THE RESPONSE WE CAN OBSERVE THE DAMAGES ACCUMULATED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE ORGANISM REFLECTED IN THE PICTOGRAMS ON THE SCREEN.
It is a powerful healing method and with excellent clinical results, and no side effect, no contra indication, no discomfort, it is painless and comfortable for the patient.
INTERESTING: The NLS is also capable of preparing allopathic medicines WITHOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THEM. Most side effects come from contaminants, additives, adjuvants and manufacturing practices.
The NLS technology prepares the medicine based on its curative FREQUENCY, without the contaminants that produce the «side effects». The remedy goes directly to the Energetic Body without adverse side reactions.
- Diagnoses diseases with preventive character.
- Analyze all the organs of the body and see duck morphology, nosologically forms and analysis of microorganisms, biochemical homeostasis and more.
- Detects accumulations from early hours that generate diseases in the future.
- Detects conditions and problems or pathologies that still have no symptoms.
- Detects localized infections in tissues and organs no matter where the body is Analyze chromosomes.
- Analyze accumulated problems in the bones.
- Apply treatment to any alteration in organs with visible changes and improvements.
- Applies treatment by electromagnetic waves NLS.
- Analyze twelve body systems, organs, glands and more than four thousand diseases.
- Provides information on phytotherapy, homeopathy, foods that are bio magnetically compatible with the person and much more.
- Visualize the improvements in an organ in the same view or from one view to another.
- Treat diseases from the energy body and the physical body.
- Measure in your test cup which medicines, allopathic, phytotherapeutically, homeopathic and herbs or foods are compatible and help the patient to heal.
- Analyze more than two hundred organs in 3D with graph of the degree of alteration of the gastrointestinal system, respiratory system, urinary and reproductive system. You can make a study of the mammary glands, cardiovascular system, hematopoietic blood system, lymphatic system with mediastinal lymphatic vessels, endocrine system, the nervous system (including spinal cord and brain), also the somato-sensory system (which are the ears, eyes, hair, nails), also the osteo muscular system and the chromosomes, all of them represented in colors for identification.
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Trying to find out about your status as a Certified Nursing Assistant requires that you understand the CNA certification verification process. Every state has a specific service that is responsible for helping residents determine the status of any CNA qualified to work in that state. This service is called the Nurse Aide Registry and it can be accessed online. This is a useful service for nurse aides, nursing homes, and consumers that rely upon healthcare professionals to care for their loved ones.
In order to verify your certification, there are two ways to identify yourself as a health care provider. Depending on the state of your certification, you will be provided with a credential number. In some cases, this is a unique number generated at the time of your certification and in other cases, it is your social security number. The credential number can be used to locate your file on the registry if it has been processed and accepted. The other way to locate your listing is by name. The registry allows users to search through nurse aides by their names and many people find this to be the most convenient strategy. Searching by name may be frustrating for new CNAs, however, because it is a less direct way to locate an entry. If you have recently completed your certification exam and are checking to determine whether your certification is complete, it may take several days or weeks to appear in the registry.
The registry is used by employers and nursing homes as well. Through the Nurse Aide Registry, employers can provide feedback on specific CNAs. This is not for giving job feedback and work reviews; it is mostly used for recording serious violations of nursing ethics and workplace conduct. Nurse aides that are fired or accused of misconduct are listed on the registry in order to promote transparency and accountability in the workplace. Many nurse aides take for granted that the patients they treat are considered extremely valuable by their loved ones, and sometimes forget to treat the patients as such. If you are accused of improper conduct on the job, your employers will most likely use the Nurse Aide Registry to inform other employers about your misdeeds.
That being said, the registry is only a secondary consideration for most nursing homes. They do not rely on the registry for employee reviews and only resort to making records when forced by the law. The registry plays an important role for consumers and employers, but it is also useful for nurse aides. If you are a certified nursing assistant that was trained in one state but want to relocate and work in a new state, you will need the nurse aide registry to apply for reciprocity in your new state. Because the mandatory training qualifications vary between the different states, all nurse aides must be certified for their specific state. Applying for certification by endorsement or reciprocity can only be achieved through the nurse aide registry. Again, it will be necessary for every CNA to be able to locate themselves on the registry, but using a certification number will allow nurse aides to access a great wealth of information about their job performance and other resources for employment opportunities.

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You don't wanna miss any album by Cana's Voice. Every album they released is a revelation of both beauty and diversity. There's a stunning beauty when TaRanda Greene, Jody McBrayer and Doug Anderson sing. Not only are they able to wow the most lethargic listener with those sky-scraping high and those challenging elongated notes, they are also able to convict the most resilient hearts with their softer whispers. Simply put, when this trio sings, they command attention and they incur transformations. Such an evaluation is by no means idiosyncratic, evidenced by the fact that the famed Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir has often invited the trio, particularly Greene, to sing with them.
Moreover, the albums are also known for having songs that bend genres and extend boundaries. In these two regards, "Don't Wanna Miss This" doesn't disappoint. Not only are the threesome in sublime vocal form, but these songs encompasses traditional Gospel, CCM, worship music and Southern Gospel. If "Don't Wanna Miss This" is gorgeous in terms of their vocal department and their song coverage. why isn't this a 5/5 review? The discount comes in terms of the song selection. Though producers Wayne Haun, Jim Hammerly and Jerard Woods try to imbue drama into a remake of Avalon's "Orphans of God" and granted Greene sings with the utmost conviction, the song meanders far too much that it doesn't contain a punching touchdown.
Kudos to the producers for giving the title cut "You Don't Wanna Miss This" a sizzling cinematic build-up, but the problem lies in the song. The song blanches with an uninspiring melody. Over the course of Michael English's career, he has had cut some signature tunes, but "There is Love" isn't one of them. There is a generic blandness to the both the lyrics and the chorus that just doesn't scream: "I need a 2019 cover!" Things don't really pick up until 6 tracks in. "Again and Again" is one of album's better songs. Boasting a catchier melody, "Again and Again" is a worship number calling upon God to work in our lives again. Fred Hammond's "We Are blessed," with its tropical drum roll, is enjoyable. While the piano-led Diane Warren-esque "I Stand Redeemed" and the harmony-stacked meditative "Centre of It All" are the album's finer moments.
The languid "What Are You Waiting for" has a late-night jazzy feel which is not a bad invitation hymn for us to welcome Jesus into our lives. While most artists tend to showcase their lead single at the album's front end, Cana's Voice has submerged theirs at the end. While first singles are often the album's strongest offerings, "At Midnight" is a so-so ballad that again doesn't have a focused and distinguished hook.
As a huge fan of Cana's Voice and also as an aficionado of each of the individual artist, "Don't Wanna Miss This" is a tad disappointing. But not all is lost; the album still does has its share of ace-sounding material, particularly the aforementioned prime cuts. And when it comes to top-tiered singing, Cana's Voice is still peerless.


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Yes! You're only 25 minutes away from away from a crispy on the ouside, soft and pillowy on the inside baked potato. A good baked potato is a delicious stand alone side but can also be vamped up into the star of main dish! For example: I had some leftover steak and grilled brussel sprouts so I chopped it all up, tossed on top of this quick baked potato with some sour cream and cheese... heaven in my mouth! It almost reminded me of a corned beef and cabbage spin off with all the soft chopped brussel sprouts and potato mixed together.
Ok! So the biggest tip I have is par-cooking your potato in the microwave before finishing off in the air fryer. Here's how we do:
- Scrub a potato (russet works the best for that classic baked potato vibe).
- Using a fork, poke several holes around the potato, place on microwave safe plate (leaving it wet).
- Microwave on 50% power for 5 minutes. If you can remember, flip the potato halfway through the cook time.
- Carefully (your potato will be HOT) spritz some olive or avocado oil onto the potato and sprinkle with salt or kosher salt
- Air fry at 400° for 20 minutes
- Enjoy your perfect quick cooked bake potato with all the toppings your creative soul can come up with!

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Goodyear Offroad ORD truck tyres have been selected for Gerard De Rooy’s four race trucks, while Goodyear Omnitrac mixed-service tyres are the selection for the service trucks.
The line-up for the 2017 De Rooy team comprises:
Gerard De Rooy - two times Dakar truck class winner (2012 & 2016), driving an Iveco Powerstar 4X4
Fredrico Villagra - 3rd in his first Dakar in 2016, driving an Iveco Powerstar 4X4
Ton Van Genugten - 5th in Dakar 2016, driving an Iveco Trakker
And Wuf Van Ginkel – a new team member with 12 Dakars under his belt, driving an Iveco Trakker.
De Rooy says the choice of Goodyear Offroad ORD tyres is based on a long and successful partnership, with engineers from the Goodyear Innovation Centre in Luxembourg optimising tyre performance for all conditions during the Dakar 2017.
“The Goodyear Offroad ORD 375/90R22.5 truck tyres are fantastic and were a key element in us winning the 2016 event,” states De Rooy.
“We have had incredible technical support from Goodyear engineers and this is why we have chosen Goodyear again.”
In detail, the race trucks will compete on standard Goodyear 375/90R22.5 Offroad ORD tyres, as will all the fast service assistance trucks.
The other service trucks will use Goodyear 315/80R22.5 Omnitrac MSS II and Omnitrac MSD II truck tyres, mounted on the steer and drive axles respectively.
The first stage of the rally starts in Asuncion, Paraguay on 2 January 2017, and the teams will have to complete 12 stages and more than 8,500km of challenging terrain including deserts, high mountains and rocks.
More than 550 trucks, cars and motorcycles will cross into Bolivia, driving up to La Pax and then down into Argentina where the event ends in Buenos Aries on 14 January 2017.
The Dakar comprises a total of 12 stages covering over 8,500 km of the most challenging terrain including deserts, high mountains and rocks.


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Elevate your cooking level to chef status with this healthy, easy, homemade bone broth recipe made in your Instant Pot. Add it to soups, stews, sauces and more! Freeze in packets or use Souper Cubes for later use.
- 3 pounds assorted beef bones (get at butcher shop)
- 1 chicken foot (if you can find them, often in frozen section, adds a good “mouth” feel to the broth)
- 1 celery stalk, rough cut in big pieces
- 1 onion, cut in 1/2, leave skin on
- 3 carrots, rough cut in a few pieces
- 1 head of garlic, cut in 1/2 (leave skin/paper on, cut in 1/2)
- 1 2 inch piece of ginger, roughly cut
- 1 T. kosher salt
- 2 T. black peppercorns
- 2 bay leaves
- assorted fresh herbs, whole-(I like to use rosemary, thyme, basil, sage, parsley)
- 3 T. apple cider vinegar to extract out minerals in the bones
- about 8 c. water or more (fill up Instant Pot to max line)
- Preheat oven to 425°.
- Place the bones on a baking sheet and bake for 45 min until brown.
- Place hot bones (carefully) in Instant Pot. Add bits of brown scraps from baking sheet, if there are any but leave the fat/grease.
- Add remaining ingredients and fill liner up to almost max with cold water.
- Allow to sit for at least 30 minutes but an hour is best. The vinegar will help extract out the minerals in the bones.
- Cover with lid. Set to Sealing.
- Press manual or pressure cook and set time to 180 minutes. If your Instant Pot doesn’t go to 180, do 120, it will be fine. My 6 qt doesn’t go that high so I do 120 if I make the broth in that size pot.
- When finished, allow to naturally release. Divide into 2 pans so the broth will cool faster. If your broth didn’t make 10 cups, then add ice. This will cool it down faster as well.
- Cool in refrigerator overnight. This allows the thin layer of fat to rise to the top and you can easily skim it off. If you don’t mind the fat, you can use it right away.
- The next day, break off and skim the layer of fat and throw it away. Put broth in vacuum sealed bags and freeze flat until needed. Or try the Souper Cubes !
About the Freestyle Smart Points and Nutritional Information: Unfortunately I was unable to put “bones,” in the WW Recipe Builder, but I do have the calorie count at the bottom (but the calorie count includes the fat which I take off the next day). If you take off the fat the next day as I suggested in the recipe, I would think that the Freestyle points would be equivalent to the “Homemade Broth” in the tracker and the calorie count would be less. This is my best guestimate.


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Boarding School Blues: Chapter 40
By Louise Peloquin
“Wistful and admiring”
Straw-colored twine secured the last box of Monsieur Dubé’s books. As soon as Blanche pulled on its lopsided bow, the top eased open and dust bunnies took flight like little genies happy to be released from confinement. Blanche watched them circle, illumined by rays of sun from a far-off window. They danced to their own inaudible waltz before gently landing on a shelf or on the polished floor.
“I guess I’ll have to volunteer to dust the whole library when I’m done with the boxes” Blanche told herself. “Worth the hassle if it can keep me here. Let’s get goin’.”
The contents had been dumped inside pell-mell. “No way would Sister Gerald think this is ‘orderly’ “, she assessed. “Wow, whoever filled this box didn’t care about these books. Big ones crushing small ones, cracking covers and folding pages. What a lousy job! Gotta be extra careful but has to be done now if I wanna get to the treasure chest.”
One by one, Blanche removed the books, classics mostly. There was Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “The American Scholar” in pamphlet form. She remembered visiting his home during a family outing to Concord.
The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. Every day, the sun; and, after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow; ever the grass grows. Every day, men and women, conversing, beholding and beholden. The scholar must needs stand wistful and admiring before this great spectacle. (1)
“This guy must have communicated with the Pennacooks. I’ll have to check that out” she decided.
The next book was a first edition of Herman Melville’s “Billy Budd”. “I’ve only read ’Moby Dick’. Let’s see.” A paragraph caught her eye as she skimmed.
He was young; and despite his all but fully developed frame, in aspect looked even younger than he really was, owing to a lingering adolescent expression in the as yet smooth face all but feminine in purity of natural complexion but where, thanks to his seagoing, the lily was quite suppressed and the rose had some ado visibly to flush through the tan. (2)
“I wonder if Titi knows any ‘seagoing’ people. This one sounds kinda cute. I’ll have to put this on my reading list.
Oh boy, here’s Edgar Allan Poe. I love him.” She recited.
At midnight, in the month of June,
I stand beneath the mystic moon.
An opiate vapor, dewey, dim,
Exhales from out her golden rim,
And, softly dripping, drop by drop,
Upon the quiet mountain too,
Steals drowsily and musically
Into the universal valley. (3)
“Titi and I will have to plan on going up to the roof as soon as Spring comes. I’m not afraid to get into trouble cuz maybe I’ll get library duty again” she mused.
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Rappaccini’s Daughter” was next to make Blanche’s heart flutter.
He rushed down, and in an instant was standing before the bright and loving eyes of Beatrice. A moment ago his wrath and despair had been so fierce that he could have desired nothing so much as to wither her by a glance…. (4)
“Talk about a dirty look! Yeah, when I think of it, the headmistress can ‘wither’ us ‘by a glance’ too. But I guess this is a different kind of glance.”
She rummaged through the pile. Jack London’s “To build a fire” caught her attention. “Good advice for marshmallow roasting at the lake. The grown-ups don’t allow us to hang around fires alone but we’re adults now so we have to know this stuff.”
…tangled in the underbrush about the trunks of several small spruce trees, was a high-water deposit of dry firewood – sticks and twigs, principally, but also larger portions of seasoned branches and fine dry last year’s grasses. He drew down several large pieces on top of the snow. This served for a foundation and prevented the young flame from drowning itself in the snow it otherwise would melt. The flame he got by touching a match to a small shred of birch bark that he took from his pocket. This burned even more readily than paper. Placing it on the foundation, he fed the young flame with wisps of dry grass and the tiniest dry twigs. (5)
Blanche was absorbed in thought. “The lake in winter is as great as it is in summer – tobogganing down the hill onto the ice, skating, ice fishing without getting a single bite let alone catch anything. Frozen heaven, that’s what it is. I can’t stop daydreaming. These books are preventing me from finishing my job. OK, next. Cool! A couple of women writers for a change.”
Blanche picked up “The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather”.
Well, it was a nice snowstorm; a fine sight to see the snow falling so quietly and graciously over so much open country. On his cap and shoulders, on the horses’ backs and manes, light, delicate, mysterious it fell; and with it a dry cool fragrance was released into the air. It meant rest for vegetation and men and beasts, for the ground itself; a season of long nights for sleep, leisurely breakfasts, peace by the fire. (6)
She concluded “I like looking at snowstorms, especially in class, even though it annoys the teachers. Don’t they understand that watching snow fall during a test can help you remember stuff and concentrate? Teachers were students once too. But that was too long ago and they don’t get it anymore. They should become students again to see what it feels like. OK, a last woman writer. ‘A Curtain of Green and Other Stories’ by Eudora Welty.”
One summer morning when I was a child I lay on the sand after swimming in the small lake in the park. The sun beat down – it was almost noon. The water shone like steel, motionless except for the feathery curl behind a distant swimmer. (7)
“Summer, my favorite season. I can’t wait to go swimming again. And besides, I’ll be outa here. OK, I guess I’m an ignoramus cuz I’ve never read any Eudora Welty stories. ‘Eudora’, that’s a nice name. Isn’t it the name of one of Maman’s aunts or cousins up in Québec? Most of them have names with an ‘A’: Lumina, Albina, Mérilda, Filomena, Carmela, Emma, Olivia, Victoria, Daniela, Josepha, Clara, Gloria, Anna. No Pamela’s though. And thank goodness there’s no ‘Blancha’ cuz it sounds really weird.”
She continued handling the books, all American authors, and finally got to the bottom of the box when Sister Claudette tip-toed beside her and pointed a thin, bent index which could have belonged to a witch. For Blanche however, she was the Fairy Godmother.
“It’s time. Off to class you go” the librarian said, finger poised in the dusty air.
1)“The American Scholar” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Oration delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard College Cambridge, August 31, 1837.
2) “Billy Budd” by Herman Melville. Novella begun around 1886, left unfinished at Melville’s death in 1891 and not published until 1924. The first edition appeared as part of the Standard Edition.
3) “The Sleeper” by Edgar Allan Poe. Final version published in 1845.
4) “Rappaccini’s Daughter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. First published in 1844.
5) “To build a fire” by Jack London. First published in 1908.
6) “Obscure Destinies”. From the definitive edition of Willa Cather’s fiction – “The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather”, Library Edition 13 vols., 1937-1941.
7) “A Memory”. In “A Curtain of Green and Other Stories” by Eudora Welty. 1941.
Read Chapter 3: Readying
Read Chapter 4: Au revoir!
Read Chapter 5: Arrival
Read Chapter 6: Settling In
Read Chapter 7: Beginning to Belong
Read Chapter 8: Quick Showers
Read Chapter 9: Inside & Outside Study Hall
Read Chapter 10: Math Manoeuvres
Read Chapter 11: Cinephiles
Read Chapter 12: Camera, Action, Lights
Read Chapter 13: Reconnecting
Read Chapter 14: Back to the Fold
Read Chapter 15: In the Night
Read Chapter 16: Parlez-vous?
Read Chapter 17: On the Agenda
Read Chapter 18: Dress up, sit up, chin up
Read Chapter 19: Post Conference Assessment
Read Chapter 20: Orderliness
Read Chapter 21: Inspection
Read Chapter 22: The Inner Sanctum
Read Chapter 23: Going Home
Read Chapter 24: Merci Mon Oncle
Read Chapter 25: The Food Fairy
Read Chapter 26: Bon appetit!
Read Chapter 27: Friends
Read Chapter 28: A Grocery Stop
Read Chapter 29: Tempus Fugit
Read Chapter 30: The Chapel
Read Chapter 31: A Nice Kind of Weird
Read Chapter 32: Mnemonic Device
Read Chapter 33: Cuisses de grenouille
Read Chapter 34: Run along now
Read Chapter 35: Consequences of playing hooky
Read Chapter 36: Good Vibes
Read Chapter 37: Never too many, never too much
Read chapter 38: Dust Bunnies
Reach Chapter 39: I’m into something good

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By DJ Astrocreep
My final day kicks off with I Saw The World Burn, a couple of bands into the Stage Two schedule. After a quiet start, the room busies up quite nicely, with the Stoke-on-Trent thrashers doing a very good job of entertaining those giving them a chance. Capable, crushing riffs and full of energy, a great way to start my day.
After a break for food and interviews, it’s time for Pist.on on Stage One, running a bit behind but with a fairly full room to play to. There’s a level of groove and something a bit different to them – not exactly Gothic metal as I’ve seen them described, but maybe a darker edge of traditional heavy metal. A couple of sound issues apart, they’re on pretty good form, with more movement visible from the crowd as we get further into their set, showing that they do win over those who are maybe previously unaware of their back catalogue. They find time for an excerpt of Alice In Chains’ ‘Junkhead’, which is performed decently enough, with their set, in general, being well performed.
Sworn Amongst are playing the second stage, which also has a fair few in for them, the music being a bit more on the technical side, with a healthy dose of groovy thrash. They get a generally good response from the crowd, with a good standard of musicianship on show. They come across like a mix of Lamb of God and the more melodic side of Killswitch Engage, switching well between the two and working the crowd well. Entertaining set.
Wolf are the last band I catch at Hammerfest and a very busy room shows that they’re well thought of amongst the festival attendees, too. A mix between power and old school metal works very well for them, with a lot of friendly faces nodding in front of them indication that the set is going down fairly well all around. They are technically proficient, tight and everything you would expect from a band that have been around for over 20 years together. A great final band for me to take in.
- PHOTO CREDIT: Photo courtesy of SD Photography/Hammerfest. Copyright held by the photographer.
- All content © Über Rock. Not to be reproduced in part or in whole without the express written permission of Über Rock.

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Pet Dog Tag 6 LEDs - Pink
- It has 6 ultra bright white LED lights which flash in a sequence from right to left.
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River Nile Tour Uganda and Jinja nile ( 5 days Uganda safari)
5DAYS TOUR TO MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK AND TRIP TO JINJA
Day 1: Transfer to Murchison Falls national park.
You will wake up early, have your breakfast and then your guide from AA safaris and tours will drive you to Murchison Falls national park. You will stop at the top of the falls once you get to that park, later on enjoy an en route game drive where you will see different animals out in the park before you proceed to the lodge of your choice and this will be either
Luxury; Paraa safari lodge/ Nile Safari camp
Mid range: Sambiya River lodge
Budget: Red chili rest camp or Sambiya Lodge bandas
Day 2: game drive and Launch cruise.
You will take a cup of coffee and then go for an early morning game drive across the savanna, along Lake Albert Delta searching for wildlife like elephants, Lions, hippos, giraffes, buffaloes, humorous appearing warthogs and the different bird species and then return to that lodge for mid morning breakfast, wait fro lunch. In the afternoon, after your lunch, you will go for the launch cruise along the Victoria Nile and there you can expect to encounter crocodiles, hippos, buffaloes and many other animals which will be there taking water along the Nile river Banks and while at the bottom of the falls, you will enjoy the view. You can also opt to climb to the top of the falls which will take you 1 hours hike on the cliff but an extra cost or return with the launch cruise back to where you started from. Later return to your lodge.
Day3: transfer to Kampala- Jinja
After breakfast, we transfer to Kampala, you will have a lunch enroute some where along the way and then late proceed to Jinja and along the way you may wish to stop and have look at the sugar and tea plantations before you proceed to Jinja and once there later in the evening hours, you will spend a night as well as the meals at either.
Luxury; Nile Resort Jinja.
Midrange; Gately on the Nile
Day 4; Day in Jinja.
After your breakfast, you will do White water-rafting along the Nile, kayaking, quad biking or horse riding. White water rafting is an exciting exercise although many of them happen to go for it for the very first time as it does not require any experience. All training can be done there one you first day.
You will return for lunch later on and after lunch, you can visit the source of the Nile during the boat ride, visit the Bujagali Falls or number of fishing villages. Dinner and overnight will be back at your lodge,
rafting in Jinja
Day 5; Jinja – Entebbe
After breakfast, you will go for one more activity which will may not have done the previous day before you drive back to Kampala. You may stop at Mabira a natural forest and check out all primates, birds and the different tree species. You will have a lunch en route and you will arrive Kampala at your own desired time depending on your program. You may be taken to the airport if you are leaving on that day otherwise the guide will have to drop you at your hotel in Kampala or Entebbe.
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Schroders has hired an Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) integration specialist, focussed on enhancing the company’s’ ability to embed sustainability across its investment teams to better meet the needs of its clients.
Stephanie Chang (pictured), joins as an ESG Integration Manager, a newly-created role, and will report into Schroders’ Head of Sustainable Research, Andrew Howard.
She previously spent almost five years at PwC where she was an Assistant Director for Sustainability and Climate Change, focussed on the impacts of climate change for financial services and helping clients develop risk management frameworks to respond to the low carbon transition.
Her clients included global banks, insurers, asset managers and private equity houses.
Jessica Ground, Global Head of Stewardship, Schroders, says: “Stephanie brings a wealth of ESG knowledge and expertise when it comes to measuring, managing and integrating sustainability. Our clients are increasingly asking for ESG to be embedded into their portfolios and, in turn, we are also constantly seeking to improve how effectively we integrate ESG across Schroders’ investment desks.”
“Stephanie’s appointment will enhance our ability to deliver the best sustainable investment outcomes for clients across the asset classes in which we invest.”
Schroders continues to build-out its ESG-integrated products, having announced the launches of the European Sustainable Equity fund in January and the Sustainable Multi-Factor Equity fund late last year.
The United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investment has awarded Schroders with an A+ rating – the highest ranking available – for its approach to responsible investing and ESG integration for the past four consecutive years.


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Pomegranates are a delicious, nutritious winter treat.
Behold the luscious, red pomegranate—it is a fruit rich in flavor and nutrients and is a delectable wintertime treat. A symbol of abundance and fertility throughout history, the pomegranate has achieved superfood status in recent years. It offers a wide array of nutritional benefits and adds a delicious, colorful element to any meal.
The pomegranate is a rich, red fruit about the size of an orange. The outer husk of a pomegranate is inedible; however, inside the fruit are hundreds of tiny seeds called arils. These tiny red seeds are loaded with antioxidants. Some people consume the seeds whole, while others prefer pomegranate juice.
The pomegranate was originally native to Iran and Northern India; however, it has been cultivated in the northern hemisphere for centuries. Its peak season is between September and February.
Health Benefits of Pomegranates
Rich color in fruits and vegetables indicates a concentration of nutrients. Pomegranates are a vibrant, red color, so it’s no surprise that they are loaded with nutrients.
Pomegranates are rich in:
Pomegranates have been found to have many health benefits, including:
That’s a tall order for such a tiny seed. Researchers are scrambling to evaluate the benefits of pomegranates in scientific studies. Although numerous studies have identified strong health benefits associated with the consumption of pomegranates, it’s important to remember that pomegranate is no substitute for medical treatment. However, daily consumption of pomegranate seeds or juice can’t hurt and just might help promote health.
Pomegranate seeds and juice are a wonderful addition to the menu.
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Good wool, poor execution
Smartwool makes decent stuff, no doubt. However, I'll have to really rant on this one. First the pros: I agree with others, wool is the way to go when it comes to anything you'd put close to your mouth. The anti-stink property is not something synthetics can beat. Icebreaker and Ibex also make neck gaiters, and their fabric is just as good if not better. Now the cons: the execution is extremely poor on this piece. Who in the right mind of an apparel designer would put a huge label on a neck gaitor?!?! Consider putting a label that's either printed on, or that's small, inconspicuous, flat, etc. But Smartwool has managed to put something quite big, double layered at that, on the inside, double stitched to the seam. You have the choice of either put it against your neck which is quite uncomfortable, or wear it inside out which makes you look...not very smart, or take a knife to cut it out. I went with the last option, and of course in doing so, while trying to get a clean cut on the label, undid the seam that holds the gaitor together. So now I have a gapping hole on the inside of the gaitor. Also, has Smartwool ever heard of flat seams?! They've managed to have the thickest seams they can put on a extremely simple piece of accessory. Unbelievable, and not recommended.


Premise of research. Permineralized wood along with fossil leaves, reproductive structures, and dispersed pollen and spores are preserved in the uppermost Lower Eocene (~49.0 Ma) Blue Rim escarpment of the Bridger Formation in southwestern Wyoming. Each component of the flora provides a slightly different view of the diversity and environment, but the wood assemblage provides additional information on the taxonomic composition, forest structure, and local seasonality and climate. Methodology. Fossil wood specimens, including occasional in situ stumps, were collected from Bridger strata exposed at Blue Rim, north of Green River, Wyoming. Thin sections in the three standard orientations were prepared of each specimen and examined by light microscopy. Specific gravity and vulnerability index values were calculated for well-preserved specimens. Tree height was estimated from diameter measurements obtained from 10 specimens. Pivotal results. Seven wood types are recognized in the assemblage, including a single specimen of Pinaceae, the only conifer macrofossil recovered at Blue Rim to date, and six angiosperms. Angiosperm woods have affinities to Canellaceae, Fabaceae, and Anacardiaceae. The specimen of Canellaceae is the only Blue Rim wood with scalariform perforation plates, predominately uniseriate rays, and mostly solitary vessels. A new Caesalpinioid species, Peltophoroxylon diversiradii, lacks storied structure and has conspicuous paratracheal axial parenchyma. The most abundant wood type has radial canals and prismatic crystals in the ray cells and is assigned to Edenoxylon parviareolatum (Anacardiaceae). Conclusions. While the wood assemblage has significantly lower taxonomic diversity compared to the leaves, reproductive structures, and dispersed palynoflora, it includes some taxa not otherwise recognized from Blue Rim. These trees, reaching ~16-28 m tall, would have supported co-occurring climbers in the same flora. Diffuse porosity, generally absent or indistinct growth rings, rare scalariform perforation plates, and the high vulnerability indices of the Blue Rim woods suggest that climate conditions were warm with limited seasonality.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Plant Science


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This is the Oral History Research Office of Memphis State University. This project is "An Oral History of Women Leaders of Memphis". The place is Memphis, Tennessee. The date is June 25, 1977. The interview is with Miss Elinor "B" Bridges. The interview is by Eleanor McKay, former Curator of the Mississippi Valley Collection at Memphis State University and was transcribed by Ms. Carol Laney. Description: 31 leaves. Forms part of: Oral History Collection, Special Collections... Topics: Bridges, Elinor, Women -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Biography, Women -- Tennessee -- Memphis --...


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Trivia from Our Archives
Check out fun facts and photos from the St. Croix Collection, the local history resource of Stillwater Public Library!
Browse through books, photographs, maps, and clippings files focused on the city of Stillwater, the St. Croix Valley, and Washington County, Minnesota.
Become a house detective! Did you know that the Queen Anne style house at 119 West Chestnut Street provided an excellent vantage point for its original owner, Alexander Johnson, to watch over the daily activities of his sawmill? The house was built in 1894-95 with all of the latest trimmings, and a barn was added two years later (which today serves as a garage). To learn more about this home and to explore the histories of other Stillwater homes, tap into the resources of the St. Croix Collection. You can access digitized building permits, view Sanborn fire insurance maps, and peruse house history files. You can also visit the City of Stillwater’s Heirloom Homes and Landmark Sites to uncover more intriguing facts about these historic places.
Brrr! Imagine spending January and February harvesting thousands of pounds of ice from local lakes and rivers. This photo, from the Runk Collection, features the Lily Lake Ice House Crew in 1947. Interested in learning a bit more history about winter work on the water? Try this short article from the January 2018 edition of St. Croix Valley Magazine: The Risks and Rewards of the Frozen St. Croix.
Walk through history! Visit our outdoor historic photo walk in Lowell Park in January – March 2021. As part of Wintertime in Stillwater activities and attractions, 31 historic Stillwater photos from the library’s St. Croix Collection are temporarily installed along the path in Lowell Park. Walk by and view some of the many treasures of this special collection.
Travel through time with us! Meet the Holcombes in their Stillwater home on Christmas in 1900. Continue the journey and join the family for birth, marriage, new homesteads, historic floods and Lutheran choir parties as you page through this amazing collection of photos taken and developed on glass negatives by Fred E. Holcombe in Stillwater from 1893-1908. Stop by the library to view this local history resource, one of the many treasures found in our St. Croix Collection.
Local photographer John Runk captured many historic images in and around Stillwater, including this one of the Blackfeet Indians of Glacier National Park in front of the Lowell Inn (dated 1928). If you have an interest in looking through historic photos of Stillwater, but do not want to venture out, try the Minnesota Historical Society Collections Online. To refine your search, select “Narrow to items with digital content” and then select Stillwater under “Narrow by Place.” When you enter a search term, you will be limited to photographs of Stillwater!
The library’s St. Croix Collection contains many gems of local history, including the Sinclair Stereopticon Slides. James Sinclair was a Stillwater area photographer from approximately 1876 to 1890. His collection, titled “Views In and Around Stillwater,” portrays people and scenes in the late 1800s. Most images feature scenes of early Stillwater businesses, homes and views of the St. Croix River. A selection of these may be viewed online through the Minnesota Reflections Minnesota Digital Library.
The background photo with the yellow border is of Fairy Falls, north of downtown Stillwater near Highway 95. The photo with the orange border is Florence Mill on Second Street. The photo with the purple border is Charles Bean’s residence located on North 3rd Street.
The St. Croix River Valley has long been an area for archeological exploration. The library’s St. Croix Collection includes a 1979 dissertation titled Archeological Investigations of the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, Minnesota and Wisconsin. News clippings in our vertical files from the 1980s discuss evidence of a 1500 year-old community site north of Wolf Marina. Articles from the 1990s show findings dating back to 5000 years ago.
This summer, archeologists discovered new clues about early residents of the St. Croix River, including artifacts from roughly 1000 B.C. to 1000 A.D. Read about these recent excavations in article by Greg Seitz, St. Croix 360. We will add this latest information to our files and keep building our local history records!
Who is the fourth player from the left?
This is an image of the Stillwater Loggers baseball team on July 4, 1954, from left to right: Jerry Ryan, Jim Ponath, Ed Gamm – Manager, Bud Grant, Jim Buege, and Jack Junker. Photo is available online through the Minnesota Historical Society Collections Online and is also available in the library’s St. Croix Collection.
Are you interested in local history facts and photos? Here are two digital resources available for browsing that should not be missed.
Minnesota Reflections is a database of digitized original materials, and is the first online project of the Minnesota Digital Library. It is a collection of more than 55,000 images and documents depicting the history of Minnesota. Nearly 200 institutions including historical societies, public libraries, special archives, universities and colleges have shared their original materials with the Minnesota Digital Library. These materials include images, text, audio, film, and more, with new items added on a regular basis.
Minnesota Historical Society Collections Online is another place for history enthusiasts. Search for photographs, three dimensional and archaeological objects, artwork, oral histories, moving images, maps, and more. Digital images from the Stillwater Public Library’s Runk photo collection are available in this online database, providing a glimpse into the events and daily life of Stillwater starting in the 1900s. A search of baseball in Stillwater provides a visual history of the leagues of the past, including the 1954 picture of the Stillwater Loggers with player Bud Grant.
The Proctor House is one of the earliest homes in Stillwater. Where is it located, and when was it built?
The Proctor House, located on 220 Fourth Street South, was built in the Greek Revival style. The County Assessor dates the house to 1852.
220 4th Street South is referred to as the Proctor House in the Heirloom and Landmark Site Program. The home was actually first occupied by Francis R. Delano, the first warden of the Stillwater State Prison, who assumed his duties in March 1853. He was also the mayor of Stillwater from 1862 for one year.
The house later became the home of John Proctor and his wife Caroline. Proctor came to Stillwater in 1849 from Missouri. He ran a general merchandise business of Short, Proctor, and Company from 1852 to 1856. He opened a hardware store under the name of Proctor Brothers and was part of the St. Croix Boom Company until 1880, when the Governor appointed him the surveyor general of logs and lumber for the first district. Proctor served two terms as register of deeds and postmaster, three terms as mayor from 1877 to 1880, and was appointed as the warden of the Minnesota State Prison in 1860, a position he held until 1868.
Today Gregg “Spike” Carlsen and his wife Kat make this house their home. Spike serves on the Stillwater Library Board of Trustees. Spike built a tree house at the age of 8 and has been swinging a hammer ever since. He worked as a carpenter and contractor for 15 years, then as an editor with The Family Handyman, the world’s leading DIY magazine, for another 15 years. He’s the author of the award-winning A Splintered History of Wood, Woodworking FAQ, The Backyard Homestead of Building Projects, and Cabin Lessons.
For more information about this house, view the Proctor House History brochure (compiled with help from Spike Carlsen). The brochure also contains information about the Heirloom and Landmark Sites Program of Stillwater, as well as a list of St. Croix Collection resources available for learning more about Stillwater’s historic homes, the people who lived there and what may have happened in the past.
Does this Sanborn Insurance Map show the library?
No, the Carnegie library was built in 1902 and postdates the August 1891 insurance map. If you look at Image 6 of the online version of the 1891 map, try to identify where the library will be built. Ascension Episcopal is on the map at its present location.
In the 1800 and 1900s, Sanborn Map Company published detailed maps of cities and towns to help companies assess fire insurance risks of properties. The maps contained an index of streets and addresses,outlines of each building and outbuilding, locations of windows and doors, property boundaries, building use, house and block numbers, and often the names of churches, schools and businesses. While no longer published today, Sanborn maps are a valuable tool when researching the history of a particular town, area, bulding or even a specific residence.
The library owns Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Stillwater in large format photocopy versions for 1884, 1888, 1891, 1898, 1904, 1910, 1924 and microfilm editions for 1884 – 1950. Digital versions are also available from the Library of Congress. An article from Family Tree Magazine (magazine available at the library) offers a how-to guide on using online Sanborn maps for genealogy research.
Is this Stillwater voting photo from the first time women were allowed to participate in national elections?
Perhaps not. This is likely a photograph of voting for a local school board election in approximately 1915.
Local Stillwater historian Don Empson researched this photo from the Runk Collection: “This voting booth was on the northeast corner of North Third St and East Elm Street on ‘Prison Hill.’ Notice the bluff behind, and the stairway down the bluff on the far right side of the photo. The woman, fourth from the left, is Georgina Simonson, who lived in Stillwater between 1906 amd 1915 when she was a proprietor of a grocery store at 406 E. Poplar Street in Dutchtown. Her presence and the style of clothes suggest a date of approximately 1915 when women were allowed to vote in school elections.”
Brrrrrr! Was it so cold in 1929 that a stove was needed on Main Street?
The average temperature in November 1929 in the Twin Cities area was 29 degrees Fahrenheit, historically below average for the month of November. The Northern States Power Company made the most of this cool weather by setting up a stove outside on the corner of Olive and Main Street to demonstrate the heating powers of coke.
The “Gas House Coke” photo is part of the library’s John Runk Collection and is dated November 27, 1929. The men shown, from left to right, are Reverend Herman Piper of Salem Church, John A. Granquist, Al Kempf, and Mike McCleer on the corner of Olive and Main Street. On January 10, 1983, the Stillwater Gazette published the photo and asked for further information. Lawrence Kempf of San Diego sent a letter back to the Gazette, which was published on January 17, 1983. Following is an excerpt from the letter, explaining the photo:
“One of the men included in the photo is my father, Albert Edward Kempf, who then was an employee of the Northern States Power Company. The stove was set up outside their office building on that corner in order to demonstrate the heating capabilities of coke, a byproduct of their gas plant located further south on Main Street. Whether or not this was my father’s idea, I don’t know, but I do know that he demonstrated the product there for at least several weeks in the dead of winter in order to improve sales of the product. (Yes, we used coke in our hot air furnace in our home at 717 West Oak Street, Stillwater, for many years.) You will note a wind break about waist high behind the men to keep the chill winds off as they enjoyed the warmth of the fire. I remember that the stove … would get red hot even though the temperature outside was near zero.”
Who is this group?
Company K, First Minnesota from 1916 or 1917
Company K, First Minnesota mobilized on June 19, 1916, to defend the Mexico border. Due to increasing friction and violence along the border, Army troops were sent into Mexico to pursue violent revolutionaries. This left key unguarded areas. President Wilson called the National Guard into active duty, and troops from across the U.S. assembled to patrol the border. The large presence of troops deterred the raids, and nine months later the guard was released. Company K, First Minnesota returned home to Camp Bobleter at Fort Snelling and mustered out of service on March 25, 1917. Just 11 days later, the First Minnesota was called back to active duty and redesignated to the 135th Infantry Regiment and assigned to the 34th Division in World War I.
To learn more about the 1916 Mexican Border conflict and its importance in preparing America for World War I, view 1916:Trial Run on the Mexican Border by Jack Johnson as provided by the Minnesota Military Museum.
To learn more about Minnesotans serving in World War I, stop by and visit the St. Croix Collection. Peruse a copy of the Last Buddies Bully Beef Club booklet (the last man’s club for World War I veterans), or look through A History of Washington County, Minnesota in the World War (1917-1918-1919): A Chronicle of the Activities of Soldiers, Sailors, Officials and Citizens.
Tale of the Blue Light? The Ringing Bell? Battle Hollow Hauntings?
Local lore about the spirits of the St. Croix Valley.
A journey through the St. Croix Collection’s vertical files reveals historical news clippings detailing spirit sightings in the valley.
The Tale of the Blue Light: Joy Powell explored the legend of the haunted blue light in an article published in the Stillwater Gazette on March 5, 1984. Powell wrote that around the turn of the century a farmer lived in a house below the old Soo Line Bridge on the Minnesota side of the St. Croix River. The farmer was reported to have been employed as track checker, using a blue light to warn railroad engineers if track conditions were hazardous. According to the lore, sparks from a passing train caused the farmer’s house to ignite, burning his wife and animals alive. Since this time, a blue light has been spotted in the area of the burned farmhouse, reportedly the farmer’s ghost haunting the tracks.
The Ringing Bell: Joy Powell also wrote about scary stories broadcast as part of Hank Sampson’s “Heritage” historical series. One story featured the old Sabin Mansion. Deserted at the end of the 19th Century due to the declining lumber boom, the house was in a state of neglect and decay. It became a dare for school children to walk by the abandoned mansion in the moonlight to listen for the sound of the tinkling bell inside.
Battle Hollow Hauntings: The homes in the Battle Hollow district of Stillwater have had their share of peculiar sightings. In a two-part article published in the Stillwater Gazette in October, 1987, writer Dawn Aerts shared the case of 14-year-old Mary Sharpe. In 1903, Mary came down with a mysterious fever and went into a death-like coma. She just as mysteriously awoke from the coma and recovered from the illness. She told family members about the strange apparition that spoke to her and helped her regain consciousness. The apparition’s name was Edwin Emeny. One of Mary’s attending doctors, Mrs. Cora Emeny, was shocked when she heard this. It was the name of her brother who had died 15 years earlier – a name and man that Mary would never have known.
To learn more about these tales, visit the St. Croix Collection. To read about other Minnesota haunts, check out these titles: The Nearly Departed: MN Ghost Stories and Legends by Michael Norman (133.1 NOR), The Minnesota Road Guide to Haunted Locations by Chad Lewis (133.109776 LEW), Twin Cities Haunted Handbook by Jeff Morris (133.109776 MOR), or Ghost Stories of Minnesota by Gina Teel (133.1 TEE).
What was Pest Island?
Located near the Osceola Landing on the St. Croix River, Pest Island was a site used to quarantine immigrants in the 1850s who were ill and suspected of carrying cholera.
The mysteries of this forgotten island are explored in a local history research paper written by Kathryn Nordstrom. Kathryn researched the background of the cholera pandemic and conducted interviews with descendants of Swedish immigrants to piece together the tale of Pest Island.
In the 1800s, the world suffered a series of cholera pandemics. The second pandemic reached the Americas in 1832, with cholera striking in waves several more times over the next thirty years. Evidence suggests that cholera arrived in Minnesota in the 1850s, possibly spreading from immigrant populations traveling up the Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers on crowded river boats.
A grandson of Swedish immigrant Maja Lena Johanson spoke about his grandmother’s story at a centennial celebration of the Swedish Methodist Church in Lindstrom: “In 1854, [Maja Lena] was with a group of immigrants from Sweden, some of whom had contracted cholera in Chicago. From Chicago, they went by steamboat down the Illinois River to St. Louis. There they transferred to a steamboat carrying supplies to soldiers at Fort Snelling. Again, they transferred to another boat, went back down the Minnesota River to the Mississippi and then up the St. Croix River to Taylor Falls. On the St. Croix River, when people died of cholera, the boat captain would pull in near shore and have the dead hastily buried.”
In an interview with Kathryn Nordstrom, Roy Strand related a story about the island itself. “His grandfather, Gustav Strand, was living near Marine-on-St. Croix when he heard that a boat with Swedish immigrants, from the area in Sweden he had come from years before, was on its way to Stillwater with cholera. Those with cholera were taken upriver near Osceola, Wisconsin and put on an island. Gustav bought groceries, rented a boat, and took food to the island. It was there that he met his future wife. About six people died and were buried on the island. Their surviving relatives intended to move the bodies at a later time but when they returned to the island, it had disappeared.”
Although now washed away, a marker at the Osceola Landing memorialized the resting place of these immigrants. The sign read:
Paddlewheelers carried mail, supplies, and fear to the isolated villages along the river. Cholera might be aboard.
A hundred years ago, before shifting channels and highway road fill altered the river banks, the peninsula was an island. Many immigrants bound upstream for new land traveled no farther than the island’s temporary hospital. The “Pest House” quarantined the ill and suspected plague carriers. Some were apparently buried here.
To learn more about Pest Island, stop by the library to read Kathryn Nordstrom’s research paper, or discover another unique facet of valley history by delving into the St. Croix Collection’s one-of-a-kind scrapbooks, journals, and papers depicting the valley and its people.
What is this river relic?
A belt buckle made from a mussel shell from the St. Croix River.
In late 1916, Richard and Walter Kaiser formed the St. Croix Pearl Button Company of South Stillwater (now Bayport) and joined the multimillion dollar mussel industry in the United States. Shells were cut and stamped into blanks from locally harvested mussels and from mussels shipped in from other areas. The blanks were sent to finishing factories in New York to be made into mother-of-pearl buttons, buckles and other ornaments for high-end apparel.
While the St. Croix River was never in the top five rivers nationally for production, over 50 tons of mussels were harvested from the riverway in 1917 alone. Clamming or mussel harvesting was a popular activity for many. People waded and raked the shorelines in search of mussels. Some built special hooked rigs to drag along the river bottom from the back of boats. (Click to view a photo of a clamming boat on the Mississippi River in Red Wing in the Minnesota Reflections digital archives collection).
By the 1920s and 1930s, overharvesting and habitat destruction had significantly affected the supply of mussel shells. Parts of the St. Croix were closed for mussel harvesting due to steep population declines. Lack of supply combined with the invention of plastic buttons and zippers slowed the industry along the St. Croix.
Learn more about freshwater mussels and the button industry in the following articles: St. Croix River Mussels, Native Mussels in Minnesota, and From Freshwater Pearls to Button Factories. Read more about the St. Croix Pearl Button Company in an article by Brent Petersen, Washington County Historical Society.
What was the first Last Man’s Club?
Thirty-four surviving members of the volunteer infantry from Company B of the First Minnesota Regiment of the Civil War formed the “first” Last Man’s Club of Stillwater in 1885. After World Wars I and II, Last Man’s Clubs formed across the United States. The Last Man’s Club of Company B of First Minnesota claimed to be the first.
In April of 1861, eighty-nine men from Stillwater marched away to the Civil War as Company B of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The company fought in the battles of First Bull Run, Antietam and Gettysburg. The regiment was mustered out of service in 1864 with only 43 men coming home. In 1885, the survivors gathered for a reunion in Stillwater, calling themselves “The Last Man’s Club.” They decided to meet annually on July 21 on the anniversary of the Battle of Bull Run.
The above photo, from left to right, is of Adam Marty, Peter Hall, John Goff, and Charles Lockwood. The photo is believed to be from July 21, 1921, when 4 of the 5 living members attended the reunion. In 1930, Charles Lockwood was the last surviving member of the Last Man’s Club. Lockwood passed away in 1935.
Read more about the Last Man’s Club in an article by Brent Petersen, Washington County Historical Society and an article from the Pioneer Press archives. Stop by the library’s St. Croix Collection to browse biographies of the members of Company B or view the documents online on the Minnesota Reflections digital archive.
What was the class yell and motto of the Stillwater High School class of ’19?
1919 that is.
Class Yell: S-e-n-I-o-r-s, S-e-n-I-o-r-s, Seniors, Seniors, SHS!
Class Motto: Out of the valley, into the open road!
Photos, invitation, graduation program and class information is from The Girl Graduate, Her Own Book. This special scrapbook journal details Bessie Bernstein’s years at Stillwater High School as a member of the class of 1919. Bessie’s graduation photo is shown above.
Stop by the St. Croix Collection and check out this amazing scrapbook by a Stillwater Senior one hundred years ago, or view the scrapbook online at Minnesota Reflections digital archive.
Our thanks to the Bernstein family for this donation.
Where is Little Venice?
North of Stillwater on the St. Croix River between the High Bridge and Boom Site Landing
The tree-shaded channels of the St. Croix River between the High Bridge and Boom Site Landing were nicknamed “Little Venice” by locals in the early 1900s. This 1924 photograph by John Runk depicts a canoe pass between the isles of Little Venice. A unique segment of the St. Croix River, Little Venice marks the transition between the meandering river to the north and the deep lake-like water to the south. The islands are formed from sand deposited by the slowing St. Croix.
Read more about the history of the river and find mentions of Little Venice in two books found in the library’s St. Croix Collection —The St. Croix River: Midwest Border River by James Taylor Dunn and Stillwater by Brent Peterson. Stop by the library to view historic photographs of the St. Croix, part of the Runk collection featuring Stillwater and the surrounding area between 1860 to the 1960s.
“From here to Stillwater the main channel was not for us. We explored, instead, the sylvan, shaded wonders of Little Venice Canal – one of the many catfish trails of the lower river . . .”
-Author James Taylor Dunn, The St. Croix River: Midwest Border River
What year was The Teenagers Dike created to help save downtown Stillwater from flooding?
Heavy rain and snow runoff raised the St. Croix River above flood stage in 1965. Residents, students and even inmates from the Minnesota Correctional Facility came together beginning April 10 to build a dike to save downtown Stillwater. There were so many teens helping fill sandbags, there was a sign naming it The Teenagers Dike. By April 15, government officials closed off downtown to foot and vehicle traffic. The River crested at 694.07 feet above sea level on April 18. The Teenagers Dike held fast! Downtown reopened April 21. You can see still the sign at the Washington County Historical Society (wchsmn.org).
What building served as Stillwater’s first reading room and public library?
The Jassoy Building
Immediately west of the junction of Chestnut and Third Street is the Jassoy Building, built by Theodore Jassoy in 1886. He and his son Herman owned and ran one of the finest harness and saddlery shops in Stillwater and in the state. The building, known as the Jassoy block, housed the family on the second level of the building with businesses on the first and a meeting hall for the Stillwater Lodge No. 7, Knights of Pythias on the third. In a blurry photo of the building taken in 1898 (not shown), the southernmost window of the lower level has the words “Public Reading Room” inscribed. The year the photo was taken was the year the first Board of Directors of the Stillwater Public Library was formed and had their initial meeting in August. At this meeting, it was moved that the first floor of this block ‘will be leased for a term of 3 years at a rental of $50 per month’ from Jassoy for use as a library, with the understanding that the rooms on the first floor would be connected and supplied with additional lighting and adequate heat. This was the inception of the library that has transformed into what we now have today.

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