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Have had a rather exciting find for 2011. My father’s family of HILLENBRANDs in Syracuse started with grandfather Jacob HILLENBRAND coming from Markelsheim, Wuerttemburg in 1885. I have mentioned this before on this blog, and his photo can be seen on my main website at www.UNYG.com.
Well last month I received an email from my new best friend, a genealogist that actually lives in Markelsheim and she offered to help! Wow, you should all be so lucky.
This very kind lady went through the church record books and was able to take some of my Markelsheim lines back almost to the 1500′s. I had done the best I could with my self-taught Genealogical German when I used these same records on microfilm at LDS in Salt Lake city some 25 or 30 years ago.
The earliest HILLENBRAND ancestor that I had recorded previously was a Caspar HILLENBRAND, a baker of Markelsheim with an estimated date of birth of about 1760 with no known location in Germany. His wife’s name was Barbara (PFAU), with no further information that I had been able to discover.
So now with a native German researcher going through the same Catholic Church records she was able to locate his parents names and place of birth as another Caspar HILLENBRAND, also a baker of Röttingen, Wuerttemburg, Germany, which is only about 8 miles up the Taube River from where Markelsheim is located.
So now I will be ordering the microfilms of Röttingen to see what I might find. This caused a light to go on in my noggin as Röttingen is right on the border with Bavaria. The reason that is so exciting to me is that there was another family of HILLENBRANDs in Syracuse that came in 1866, and for many years I have always told every one that we are not likely related as they were from Bavaria and my direct line was from Wuerttemburg .
So fortunately I have been working on the “other” HILLENBRAND family off and on, with quite a bit more research in the past month as I bought the book, “Unbroken” by the best selling author, Laura HILLENBRAND, (she also wrote “Seabiscuit”), and it turns out she is a descendant of this same “other” HILLENBRAND family in Syracuse.
Now we get to the title of this Blog post and what it has to do with the World War I Draft Registration Cards. This excellent collection of some 24 million names of men that registered for the draft has been available on Ancestry.com for quite a number of years now and it has been very helpful in finding dates of birth and many other details like nearest relative, occupation and more.
If you have used these draft cards online before you will have noted that they are often quite hard to read as the image quality is very poor. Usually you are able to read it well enough to get some of the data and it is helpful.
So I found a card on Ancestry of an Anthony HILLENBRAND and lo and behold it listed his father’s place of birth as [unreadable] Bavaria, Germany. So I downloaded the image and ran it through photoshop, and enhanced it the best I could by sharpening the edges and altering the brightness and contrast and still the best I could guess at were names something like; Nissisedicl, Rissiuqid, Kissiseaicl, and about a half-dozen other total meaningless spellings.
Then I decided to dig deeper on these draft cards, and discovered that the National Archives southeast Region Branch near Atlanta has high quality scans available to purchase online. It is really quite easy. All you have to do is set up an account and this same account may be used for future purchases.
I ordered a digital download copy of Anthony’s card for five dollars and was told that it would be 4 to 5 days. I ordered yesterday, Sunday, and the order was ready today, Monday!
Well Bingo! The card is very clear to read and the name of the town is “Kissengen”, Bavaria, Germany. It is too soon to be sure but at first check of Google maps and an old World Gazetteer it is most likely Bad Kissengen which is just a little northeast of Würzburg, and as Markelsheim is just a little southeast of Würzburg, so we just might have a connection after all.
I will be trying to locate church or civil records of Bad Kissengen and for some reason it does not seem to be a place name that is in the LDS film catalog by doing a place search. I will find it for sure, this has all just happened today! Turns out the two towns are only about 68 miles apart.
In reading the description of the National Archives WW I Draft Cards they note that there were three different series of these cards issued in 1917 and 1918, and only one short group asked for the name of the father’s birth place, so we were indeed fortunate that Anthony registered when he did.
Here are comparisons of the two different scans.
Note the ancestry version is so compressed digitally that much of the card is hard to read, but a good high def scan of the original record is excellent. Five dollars well spent and you all might want to do the same on some of those hard to read draft cards.
My grandfather was a German immigrant to
He was the only son of an only son.
OK, I can see some of you rolling your eyes and muttering,
“Oh brother, this ranks right up there with ‘Hey, let me show you a few pictures of my grandchildren’…”
Well I’m going to spare you all of the juicy details, and here is why I want to use this as an example.
I have been avoiding the issue of the use of DNA testing for normal genealogical research.
I was chatting with some well known professional genealogists one day recently and the subject came up. When asked for my thoughts on the use of DNA in genealogy, my comment was something like, ”Well I do not want to take all of this hard earned and documented research that I have been doing for forty years and mess it all up with the FACTS!”
Realizing the absurdity of that statement and also noticing that there is now a very large elephant in the living room, and it isn’t going to go away, I decided to look into it a little further.
All of this scientific mumbo jumbo makes my hair hurt, and so I’m going to try to make this easy on you readers. As I understand it there are only two methods commonly used to build a huge database of genetic relationships. The (Y-DNA) is usually the first one explored, and genealogists should be quite familiar with this form of lineage discovery. Y-DNA is used to show exact or very similar markers in paternal ancestry. That is, a male can prove his father, fathers father, grandfathers father, and on and on. This is for just the male direct line ancestry. In order for a female to check her Y-DNA ancestors, she would have to submit samples for testing from a brother, father or uncle, etc.
Now everyone, male or female, can test for the Mitochondrial (mtDNA) female ancestral line. This would be for their mother, her mother, her grandmother, her great grandmother, etc. That is of the maternal direct line only. Some genealogists refer to this as the “Umbilical Line.” So what about everyone in between? Either of these two types of DNA testing will NOT prove relationships to all of the aunts and uncles, cousins, etc, in between. Look at a normal pedigree chart that you are all familiar with. The father’s paternal line is on the top and the mother’s maternal line is on the bottom, well that is ALL that can be proven at this time through these standard genealogical DNA tests.
The tests would show that those relatives in between the two direct line ancestors might have similar markers showing people that MIGHT have some common ancestry somewhere in past history.
For what it is worth, science has now shown that all modern Europeans, descend from one of seven original females, sort of prehistoric clan mothers, and also that we ALL came from Africa originally. That seemed so hard for me to grasp until I look at the three doggies we have; a Shih Tzu, a Pomeranian mix, and an English Springer Spaniel, and science also tells us that every single dog and all breeds descend directly from WOLVES!
So what does this have to do with Gramp mentioned in the start of this rant? Seems he would be an excellent candidate to explore doesn’t it? Gramp was born in 1862 in the small
So here is what I have always been satisfied with. I had NO other HILLENBRAND named direct relatives in
These people stayed in one tiny little area of Wuerttemburg for a couple of hundred years. I have no idea at all if any of the descendants of my 2nd great grand uncles ever came to
There are plenty of other families that spell the name exactly the same as we do, and scads of variety spellings, such as HILDENBRAND, HILDENBRANDT, HILLABRAND, and on and on. For what it is worth every single church record that I was able to translate spelled the name EXACTLY as we do now, back to as far as Caspar HILLENBRAND, a baker of Markelsheim, born about 1760. There is another family of HILLENBRANDs in the
Gramp came to America alone at about age 21, on the ship, Rhaetia, through the Castle Garden immigration center in Battery Park, Manhattan, about the time that the Statue of Liberty would have been having her crown installed.
I have heard one of the authors, of “Trace Your Roots with DNA,” Megan Smolenyak, speak a couple of times, and she has a way to make it all sound a little easier to understand. Megan is now the Chief Genealogist at Ancestry and a constant lecturer on this subject. If you are interested you can purchase her book by clicking on the banner at the bottom of this Blog, or if you want to look into this DNA testing program yourself you can check it out by also clicking the banner below. Megan explains that this type of testing is painless and is not the type that you might have seen on “CSI” or “Cold Case Files.” You will not have to give blood, or pull out your hair, or have a tooth extracted to get at the juicy pulp. Megan also says that these tests will not be used for criminal investigation, and they do not code for genetic traits.
The testing kit will arrive and all you do is swab the inside of your cheek with a sort of Q-tip gadget, seal it in the container provided and mail it in to Ancestry. You will be notified in a couple or few weeks of the results, and then the fun begins to compare it to others in the database. The more testing that gets done, the better the database results will be, for ever more.
Ancestry will guard your privacy and allow persons that match to correspond anonymously until such time that both parties are comfortable and elect to share names, addresses, emails, etc.
So we will probably pursue this further and get tested, at least through the Y-DNA method for now, and see if we can come up with any matches. There are plenty of other companies that do this same type of testing but we have settled on Ancestry.
Why not look into it and see if it is something that you would be interested in? I suspect that this is going to revolutionize the world of genealogical research, and if not be proof positive, will certainly pull you off routes of investigation that are totally wrong.
Sounds like fun.
Dick Hillenbrand – Upstate New York Genealogy – www.unyg.com
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I first heard about “The Sharing Table” when my son came home from kindergarten and exclaimed, “No snack for me today! I had three hot dogs – plus my home lunch.” I pictured the Oscar Wienermobile pulling up at his school, tossing hot dogs like Mardi Gras beads. “Where did you get three hot dogs?” “The Sharing Table, of course.”
The concept is simple. If there is something in your school lunch that you don’t like, you leave it on the table. If there is something in the school lunch that you want more of, or – if you are like my children – you would like to supplement to your home lunch, well, you can just help yourself. I couldn’t find any official Minneapolis Public Schools food policy, so I quizzed the kids.
Me: “So, how did you find out about The Sharing Table?”
- Oldest son (age 12): “Duh! It is right next to the Allergy Aware Table. You can’t miss it.” (This one has a peanut allergy.)
- Youngest son (age 9): “I didn’t really know about it, but then I think the Lunchroom Teacher told us at some point. The Lunchroom Teacher is kind of mean. If you forget your lunch, you go to The Sharing Table.”
- Daughter (age 6 1/2): “It’s right there! Kids put their grapes there. I like it when I can get the ‘mandrigan’ oranges. Sometimes I take something and put it in my lunchbox for a snack later.”
All three agreed that the only real rules were that the items on the Sharing Table had to be from the school lunch, i.e. pre-packaged. Sometimes the pre-packaged school lunches bum me out. When I was growing up in Louisiana, the lunches were not pre-packaged. They were made in the cafeteria kitchen by large African-American women who always seemed to be stirring giant stainless steel pots and having a grand old time. The East Baton Rouge Parish schools offered up jambalaya, shrimp creole, crawfish etouffee, cornbread, buttery rolls, yams, succotash, John Marzetti casserole, iced spice cake – for only 90 cents a lunch. My high school cafeteria had both a “hot lunch” side and a gumbo/salad bar/milkshake side.
Those East Baton Rouge Parish school lunches were some of the best in the world. The melamine compartment lunch trays (which I recall as being pastel green, orange, yellow, and blue) came back to the kitchen clean as a whistle – except when greens were served. Nobody EVER touched the greens. The greens remained on the trays in the perfect ice cream scooper-formed mounds in which they were served. The rumor was that the greens were actually grass and, in fact, there was some circumstantial evidence to support the hypothesis. Not only did they look exactly like grass, but I myself observed over years – at Magnolia Woods Elementary, at Wildwood Elementary, at Glasgow Middle Magnet – that greens were always on the menu THE DAY AFTER the janitors mowed. At Baton Rouge Magnet High, where students came from all over the parish, we did an informal survey and discovered that this was happening in all the school cafeterias. Harbinger of the locovore movement? Or just coincidence? You be the judge. All I know is that nobody EVER touched the greens.
One greens day when I was a sophomore in high school, I brought my lunch tray back to the kitchen. My tray was clean, except for the greens. On the conveyor belt, there was a long line of trays with ice cream scoop mounds of greens waiting to be dumped. The cafeteria lady who was spraying down the trays looked me in the eye and said,
“Y’all is wasting perfectly good greens. Y’all must not know what it’s like not having enough to eat.”
Y’all, in case you don’t know, can be used both in the singular as well as the plural. I understood exactly what she was saying that day – she meant both. The only possible response to this was, “Yes, ma’am.”
By which I meant, “I’m sorry.”
Last year 65% of kids in grades K-8 qualified for free and reduced lunch. I think The Sharing Table is a fine way to make sure that all of these kids get enough to eat. At my kids’ schools they also have R.O.T., where the kids have to sort the remains of their lunches into recycling, organics, and trash. I think that’s a good idea, too.
This Thanksgiving I am thankful for the many blessings in my life: for my family, my health, the opportunity to do good work. I rediscovered my love of writing this year and I’m grateful for that, too. I’m thankful to that long-ago Baton Rouge High School lunchlady. And I’m also thankful for The Sharing Table. My children are learning lessons at school that are not in any curriculum. They are learning a lifestyle of avoiding waste and paying attention to what happens to their garbage. They are learning, by giving and taking equally, that if you have more than you need, you should share it. If you need more than you have, you can take it without questions or shame. It’s not political, it’s just about being together in a community. Today I am thankful that I am not alone in raising these children to be good citizens of their community.
Throwdown* Crawfish Etouffe
1 lb. crawfish tail meat (can also use shrimp or catfish)
2-3 teaspoons Tony Cacherie’s Creole seasoning (if you don’t have that, use 2 tsp. salt, 2 tsp. garlic powder and 1/2 tsp. cayenne)
1/2 stick of butter
1 medium yellow onion, chopped
2 bunches scallions (green onions), chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 can Rotel Tomatoes (diced tomatoes with green chiles)
1 can Campell’s Cream of Mushroom soup (the TRUE secret of Cajun cooking!)
Mix seasoning with crawfish and put in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Over medium-high heat, melt the butter in a heavy pot. Add the chopped onions, celery and garlic and saute until the yellow onion is translucent. Add the seasoned crawfish and mix real good. After about a minue, add the can of soup (no water) and stir. Then add the Rotel tomatoes and mix. Lower the heat, cover the pot, and cook the rice. Stir the etoufee often and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Season to taste with more Tony’s.
*The lazy version
JOHN MARZETTI CASSEROLE
Not my recipe, but I ate a whole lot of it and make it for my family now. I do wonder how a dish from Ohio became such a mainstay on the EBRP public school lunch menu. Here is the source for this version of the recipe.
3 tbsp. olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
¾ lb. mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
2 lbs. lean ground beef
3 ½ cups tomato sauce
1 ½ lbs. cheddar cheese, shredded
1 lb. elbow macaroni, cooked and drained
In skillet, saute onion in oil until limp, about 3 minutes. Add mushrooms and fry until juices are released, about 5 minutes. Add beef and cook, stirring, breaking up clumps, until no longer red. Remove from heat and mix in tomato sauce and all but 1 cup of cheese. Transfer to greased 9- by 13-inch baking dish and add macaroni. Toss gently to mix. Scatter remaining cheese on top. Bake, uncovered, in 350-degree oven until browned and bubbling (35 to 40 minutes). Serves 10 to 12.
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Yet another reminder that smallpox continued to be a local concern, not just a concern of people living in poverty in third-world nations, in 1934. The county had "several cases" at the time.
Harper’s. Exciting new formals have just arrived! Waltz-length? Next post at noon.
Without any specific references to either the victim or the killer, I’m not going to attempt to find out what this editorial was referring to. Why this guy chose to single out women, I don’t know. Next post at 9 a.m.


Coupe and Roadster variants of the Fiat 500 are not in the Italian hatchback’s future, a new report suggests. Adding too many bodystyles could risk harming “the value and genes” of the original car, Fiat brand chief Gianluca Italia told Autocar. The 500X, then, may be the last 500 bodystyle.
Italia explained that while Mini is a brand, the 500 remains just a model, so there’s a limit to the number of variants the company can make to leverage the car’s strong identity.
Currently, the Fiat 500 lineup includes the standard hatchback and Cabrio in base and Abarth versions with the mid-level 500T and 500E electric vehicle on the way. Soon, the four-door 500L and 500X crossover will arrive, as well. A seven-passenger 500XL with two occasional-use hatch-mounted rear seats is also coming to Europe, and we wonder whether we’ll ever see 500L or 500X Abarth models.
In Europe, Fiat can rely on other models including the Punto and Panda to fill showrooms, unlike Mini. What do you think: Should Fiat reconsider and spend engineering resources on a 500 to battle the Mini Coupe and Roadster?


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Monday was one of those oh-I-so-don't-want-to-even-think-about-cooking days. Actually, this probably was linked to me spending pretty much the whole afternoon in the kitchen making custard squares and Tim Tam truffles and a couple of other things - by the time it got to dinnertime I was so over preparing food we thought we'd pop out for Subway. I haven't had Subway for aaaaaaages but - tragedy - when we get there they're all out of Italian herb bread! The horror... I don't know why I care so much, but I decided I could not possibly accept any of the other options so we thought we'd look elsewhere. We're pretty spoilt for choice, living where we do, so it wasn't an exceptionally rash decision - am I crazy?
We settled on Wholly Bagels, as we adore their 'naked' bagels - you can buy a baker's dozen for $20 in delicious flavours, so we usually have a stock of them in the freezer for easy lunches. They also do filled bagels, and gigantic pizzas. We decide to eat in, even though our apartment is just across the road. This way they'll clean up after us, too! ;-) (there is something rather luxurious about not having to lift a finger, isn't there?)
We opted for bagels, and I have a yummy sounding Tuscan one with aubergine, mushroom, mozzarella and pesto. The fillings are yummy but overall it's a bit dry and lacks cohesion. Fills the hunger spot, though. Mr Cake chooses a bacon one with lettuce, tomato, red onion and mustard, and again while it's fine it doesn't quite have the magic going on - though the jalapeno cheddar bagel he puts it on is pretty tasty! The bacon is more like ham, I think - I'm not sure quite what defines the difference but this isn't at all crispy or bacony.
Wholly Bagels make delicious bagels, and they always seem to be buzzing when the pizza oven is fired up so perhaps we made the wrong choice - I think maybe we'll stick to buying them 'naked' from now on. Still, it was nice not making dinner or clearing up afterwards! What's your local go-to when you want a night off cooking?
Wholly Bagels is located on the corner of Tory St and Wakefield St, Wellington, ph 04 801 6011, www.whollybagels.co.nz


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The iPhone and the packaging it ships in have come a long way since the gadget's 2007 debut. Amid Friday's arrival of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, it's worth recalling how the iPhone has evolved.
We looked back at previous models, tracing the iPhone's evolution over time to see just how much the smartphone has changed in only seven years:
Apple released the first iPhone in 2007. It came with a tiny amount of flash storage--4GB or 8GB. While it was small in virtual storage, its 2.75-inch deep box was clearly designed to pack a lot more. Included with the 8GB iPhone were not only headphones with a built in microphone, but also a dock, USB wall adapter similar to the one included with iPads and a metal SIM ejector tool.
It also came with a whopping price tag, starting at $499 for the 4GB model and $599 for the 8GB. Apple quickly dropped the price down to $399 a few months later.
iPhone 3G and 3GS (2008/2009)
Apple’s successor to the first iPhone came with more curves and sported plastic instead of aluminum. But missing from the slimmer 2.25-inch box was the previously included dock and the full-sized power adapter, which was replaced with a more compact version. This reflected the significant price drop for the iPhone 3G, which started at $199 for 8GB and $299 for 16GB.
The iPhone 3GS, which came a year later, saw similar accessories included in the package, but Apple still managed to reduce the size of the box more to two-inches even.
iPhone 4 and 4S (2010/2011)
The iPhone 4 was a huge departure from the original iPhone with its aluminum frame, glass front and back, along with the new high-resolution Retina display. While the iPhone 4’s thickness was reduced to 0.37 inches, down from the 0.47 inches of the 3GS, its packaging only saw a slight reduction down to 1.93 inches.
iPhone 5 and 5S (2012-2013)
The iPhone 5 was Apple’s answer to big screen phones that were starting to take over the smartphone market. But instead of going wider, the company went taller with its 4-inch display. Also included in the package were Apple’s EarPods, its redesigned headphones, and a Lightning USB adapter. While the smartphone’s size resulted in a larger box measuring 5.75 inches tall, the packaging continued to shrink down to a compact 1.75 inches thick.
iPhone 6 and 6 Plus (2014)
Apple’s iPhones went “bigger than big” this year with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Previous iPhone boxes featured a photo of the smartphone front and center. But this year the company chose a different approach with an embossed imprint of the smartphone on the front of the box. Beyond that not much has changed inside the box, which includes the same accessories as the iPhone 5S.
iPhone 6+ box! the phone is so cool!! pic.twitter.com/ULarGDPjJG
— Meela (@meelagarza) September 19, 2014

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Victim of fatal Columbia County crash identified
Two medical helicopters and a crash reconstruction team were on site Sunday night following a fatal wreck in rural Columbia County.
The accident happened at approximately 4:20 p.m. on Hwy. 16 near Seier Road between Columbus and Rio.
Investigators said a van and a car collided, sending the car into a ditch.
The coroner pronounced Jerome Renz, 36, dead at scene. He had been driving the car.
Medflight flew his two passengers to UW Hospital, while the van’s driver and its two passengers went to Columbus Community Hospital.
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office is holding back the names of those involved and their conditions tonight.
Sheriff’s deputies are still investigating, but they believe that neither speed nor alcohol were factors in the crash.


When members of Omega OPC in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, go door-to-door to meet neighbors in the surrounding community, they often discoverCoverwhelming needs. “Nearly everyone we come into contact with is poor,” says deacon Michael Harer.
Poverty isn’t the only problem. Harer says the neighborhood suffers from violence, drug use, and kids without parents to guide them. That dynamic poses a significant challenge for Omega’s deacons. How can the young church plant offer the hope of lasting transformation instead of just meeting temporary needs?
Harer says the deacons start by asking a simple question: “What is the greatest need here?” They always arrive at the same answer: “The greatest need is for a relationship with Jesus Christ.”
The same principle that drives Omega’s diaconal work undergirded the teaching at the OPC’s nationwide diaconal summit at Wheaton College June 7–9. Nearly 190 deacons, elders, and ministers from around the country gathered at Wheaton (during the General Assembly) to hear good teaching, enjoy rich fellowship, and consider the best ways to cultivate diaconal ministry that encourages deep relationships with Christ and the church.
The summit marked the second time that OPC deacons have gathered together. The Committee on Diaconal Ministries (CDM) conducted their inaugural summit at Wheaton two years ago, aiming to provide deacons with solid teaching and meaningful fellowship across the broader church.
This year’s conference had a similar goal, but added a new feature. In addition to large-group meetings, the CDM also planned breakout sessions with training and discussion about the nuts-and-bolts issues that deacons face in their work of serving those in need.
As a new deacon, Harer was attending the summit for the first time, but other deacons from his church attended the first conference two years ago. That’s where they heard Brian Fikkert discuss mercy ministries using material from his book When Helping Hurts.
“That brought a fundamental shift in the way our deacons were working,” says Harer. The diaconate maintained its commitment to meeting material needs, but intensified its focus on addressing spiritual needs, with the goal of fostering long-term change by God’s grace.
Now when the deacons encounter poverty, troubled youth, and other material needs, Harer says they ask: “Are we simply alleviating those things, or are we bringing Christ into every single one of those lives?”
In the large-group meetings, speaker Steve Corbett—coauthor of When Helping Hurts—addressed that question by expanding on the teaching that Fikkert offered during the conference two years ago.
Even though most Americans are rich by the developing world’s standards, needs still run deep in our own communities. Corbett reported that the U.S. is experiencing its highest poverty rate in fifty years, but he noted that poverty isn’t measured just by a person’s bank balance.
As a broken sinner, every person is poor and needs the restoration that Christ alone can give. Corbett reminded the deacons that their work hinges on helping those in need pursue right relationships with God, themselves, and others.
The speaker also offered practical steps for improving diaconal ministry. He emphasized that much of good diaconal work involves saying no when helping in the short term could hurt in the long term by enabling poor decisions.
A series of small-group sessions offered workshops on how to put the principles into practice. A handful of deacons and ministers led seminars on three topics: how to handle short-term needs, how to manage long-term needs, and the importance of deacons and elders working together to provide ministry that addresses both material and spiritual needs.
Each workshop ended with the men meeting in groups of two or three to discuss case studies that presented a diaconal challenge and then reporting how they would handle it.
Doug Vos, who has served as a deacon for twenty years at Oakland Hills Community Church in Farmington Hills, Michigan, said the workshops were particularly helpful for thinking through complicated problems and hearing how deacons from other churches have handled similar situations. “Deacons really get discouraged when they don’t know what to do next,” he said. “That’s where this education is really vital.”
That education has already played a role in Vos’s own church. He said that after the summit two years ago, their deacons developed written policies for the first time. Those policies have helped them navigate their work more effectively.
Carl Foley, a deacon at Amoskeag Presbyterian Church in Manchester, N.H., said his diaconate wrote policies after the first summit as well. He said the inaugural summit helped him rethink his own ministry. “I had never really considered when helping hurts,” he said. “But it really can.”
Foley said he valued this year’s workshops and the practical counsel, adding that the interaction with other deacons was enormously helpful in improving his own work. Like many others at the conference, Foley also found the worship to be a rich experience: “The singing in the auditorium with all those men—it’s really something special.”
The deacons had opportunities to fellowship with the commissioners to the General Assembly during shared meals and during the CDM’s report to the assembly on Friday evening. On Saturday morning, the fellowship continued at a joint meeting of the commissioners and deacons. The men prayed, sang, and listened to a stirring message about mercy ministry from Wheaton College president Philip Ryken.
Ryken underscored how each piece of Reformed theology informs mercy ministry. He encouraged the men to perform greater acts of service, following the example of the robust mercy ministries of John Calvin and Thomas Chalmers.
By the end of the summit, Chris Sudlow, a CDM member and deacon at Bethel Presbyterian Church in Wheaton, said the response had been overwhelmingly encouraging. “You begin to create a vision of the wider church and an awareness that it’s not just our congregation,” he said. “You realize that you’re connected to something broad and deep. I think that’s very, very rich.”
The author is a member of Matthews OPC in Matthews, N.C., and news editor of World magazine. Photos by Doug Johnson and David Porter. New Horizons, Aug.–Sept. 2012.


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"A Footnote on History" by Major General L.H. Bash, The Quartermaster Review, May-June 1935, pages.16-18. Entire issue.
Contains journals of the American Alumni Council. Materials date 1964-1973.
Contains periodicals, records of alumni activities, as well as photographs. Materials were collected by Brigham Young University's (BYU) Alumni Association and relate to BYU's Alumni Association or to other universities' alumni groups. Also includes records of alumni activities including Homecomings and Founder's Day celebrations. Materials date 1891-1988.

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OK here’s part 2 of my first UBass song lesson. It’s about learning to play the Sting classic ”Moon Over Bourbon Street” on a UBass (or any bass really). Please check out part 1 here (if you haven’t already) before you continue…
In the video below I do a version based on the original studio form. I recorded my own vocals ”on-top-of” a midi-file imported i Apple Logic. Then I played the transcription I did for a gig with Andreas Gustafsson and friends this summer.
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Associate Creative Director
Jon received an MFA in Graphic Design from Boston University and has 10 years of professional experience in interactive design. He is currently was originally the only user in the office.
Senior Lead Designer
Dakota is a New Yorker who studied design while spending some years in Louisiana dodging hurricanes. He has 15 years experience designing & developing for the web and mobile. He is a geek and enjoys typography, design, UI, cooking, reading and skiing.
Caleb received an MFA from Columbia University’s creative writing program and has since worked as a journalist, radio commentator, and copywriter. His first book is slated to be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2012.
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Matt received a bachelor’s degree in Digital Media from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX and an MFA in Graphic Design from Boston University. His interests include movies, pugs, fiber arts, biking, and cider.
Senior Web Producer
Damien received his bachelor’s degree in Interactive Media Design from The New England Institute of Art. His hobbies include tae kwon do, photography, freelancing, cooking, and occasionally sitting back to watch a good movie or two.
Charlie is a Mass Art grad and Boston native. Having worked in advertising for a number of years, he knows how make nifty and creative things at break neck speeds. Though he’s a reasonably well adjusted adult, he enjoys playing video games, tinkering with Legos, and riding his bike.
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Bronwyn studied fine art and English. She likes reading, knitting, cheese and has two orange cats.
Ashley is a friendly Midwesterner with a BFA in Studio Art from Michigan State University. Aside from design and coding, she loves photography, gardening, painting, coffee, bunnies, drawing letters, and anything involving water.
Gloria received her BFA in Visual Communication Design and BA in Art History from the University of Washington. She is also a certified Zumba Fitness® Instructor and enjoys dance, Yoga, fashion, the sun, and a good cup of coffee.
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ASI8Boundary-layer physics and parameterizations in weather and climate models
|Convener: S. Zilitinkevich | Co-Convener: A. Petrosyan|
This session focuses on the nature, theory and parameterization of boundary layer processes relevant to weather-prediction and climate modelling. It aims at bridging the gap between the currently used parameterizations and modern demands from the new-generation, high resolution models.
• Nature and theory of turbulent boundary layers in the atmosphere and the ocean
• Large-eddy simulation of turbulent boundary layers
• Modelling of boundary-layer type flows (sea breezes, katabatic winds, internal boundary layers, etc.) and parameterization of the sub-grid scale flows in GCMs
• Calculation of the near-surface turbulent fluxes: verification, comparison, and testing of schemes currently used in GCMs; prospects for their improvement over land and water
• Boundary-layer clouds and marine, cloud toped boundary layers within atmospheric GCMs
• Atmospheric boundary layers over heterogeneous terrain, archipelago and coastal zones: flux aggregation problem
• Weather and climate phenomena essentially dependent on the interactions between the atmosphere and underlying land/sea/ice surface.


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Digital Spending Control, Harnessing Technology For Financial Wellness
In today’s digital age, our devices play a central role in our daily lives, but they can also lead to unexpected expenses if not managed carefully. Here are five tips to help you maintain healthy money habits by tracking and managing your digital spending effectively
- Budgeting Apps: Utilize budgeting apps and financial tracking tools to monitor your expenses. These apps, such as Mint, YNAB (You Need A Budget), or PocketGuard, link to your bank accounts and credit cards, providing real-time updates on your spending habits. Set spending limits for different categories, like entertainment or subscriptions, to keep your finances on track.
- Audit Your Subscriptions: Regularly review your subscriptions, including streaming services, software, and cloud storage. It’s easy to accumulate subscriptions over time, and they can quietly drain your finances. Identify which services you genuinely use and cancel the ones that are no longer essential. This simple step can save you a significant amount of money each month.
- Set Digital Allowances: Allocate a specific budget for digital purchases and set up allowances for yourself and your family members. This includes app store purchases, in-app subscriptions, and online shopping. Staying within your allowances can prevent impulsive buying, keeping your digital spending under control.
- Track In-App Purchases: If you have children with access to devices, make sure to enable parental controls and monitor their in-app purchases. Many apps offer in-app purchases, and these can add up quickly if not managed. Keeping an eye on these expenditures ensures you won’t face any unpleasant surprises on your credit card statement.
- Regularly Review Your Financial Statements: Make it a habit to review your bank and credit card statements at least once a month. This practice can help you spot any unauthorized or unusual charges and ensure that your digital expenses are accurately recorded. It’s a simple yet effective way to stay informed about your financial health.
By following these tips, you can harness the power of technology to manage your finances effectively and cultivate healthy money habits. Digital tools and apps are invaluable assets for tracking and controlling your expenditures, allowing you to enjoy the convenience of technology without the stress of overspending. So, take charge of your digital spending and watch your financial health flourish.
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Report on Turrialba (Costa Rica) — 12 November-18 November 2014
Smithsonian Institution / US Geological Survey
Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 12 November-18 November 2014
Managing Editor: Sally Sennert.
Please cite this report as:
Global Volcanism Program, 2014. Report on Turrialba (Costa Rica) (Sennert, S, ed.). Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 12 November-18 November 2014. Smithsonian Institution and US Geological Survey.
10.025°N, 83.767°W; summit elev. 3340 m
All times are local (unless otherwise noted)
OVSICORI-UNA reported an explosion from Turrialba that started at 1926 on 13 November which lasted about 10 minutes. Another explosion occurred at 1342 on 14 November and lasted about 15 minutes, although the strongest part was 7 minutes long. National park officials reported ashfall at the top of Irazú. Volcanologists observed the 14 November explosion and collected samples at Hacienda La Central, 3 km SE of West Crater.
Geological Summary. Turrialba, the easternmost of Costa Rica's Holocene volcanoes, is a large vegetated basaltic-to-dacitic stratovolcano located across a broad saddle NE of Irazú volcano overlooking the city of Cartago. The massive edifice covers an area of 500 km2. Three well-defined craters occur at the upper SW end of a broad 800 x 2200 m summit depression that is breached to the NE. Most activity originated from the summit vent complex, but two pyroclastic cones are located on the SW flank. Five major explosive eruptions have occurred during the past 3500 years. A series of explosive eruptions during the 19th century were sometimes accompanied by pyroclastic flows. Fumarolic activity continues at the central and SW summit craters.

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By Meagan Malloch
Calorie conscience women worried about gaining weight from binge drinking, restrict the amount of food they eat during the day in order to consume more alcohol at night.
Many young adults are putting their health at risk by participating in an alternative form of binge drinking known as ‘drunkorexia.’
Clinical psychology student at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Daniella Sieukaran was the first to study the long-term connection between dieting and heavy drinking with young adults.
“I wanted to know the effects of dieting and heavy drinking over time,” Sieukaran told Humber News.
The ‘drunkorexia’ phenomenon surfaced a few years ago and Sieukaran’s research found that the dangerous combination of dieting and heavy drinking is most common in post secondary students, with the majority of those students being female.
According to an article written on Mail Online, U.S. researchers found that 16 per cent of students surveyed reported “restricting calories to ‘save them’ for drinking. But the practice is three times more common among women than men, with women reporting they want to lose weight and spend less money getting drunk.”
Sieukaran surveyed 227 students between the ages of 17 to 21 and found the combination of dieting and alcohol abuse can lead to greater alcohol-associated behaviours.
“We found that individuals are also likely to have unprotected sex and alcohol overdose,” said Sieukaran
‘Drunkorexia’ is not classified as an eating disorder but research did find that it could link to substance abuse and other forms of eating disorders like bulimia.
“They are weighing their calories and balancing it with alcohol,” said Sieukaran. “With the other types of disordered eating, there was actually a decrease in those types of behaviours. So there is a real connection between dieting and heavy drinking.”
Eating before and even while drinking is important for one’s health, and responsible drinking is something Health Canada advises that it is important not to drink with and empty stomach.
Victoria Dew, an early childhood education student at Guelph-Humber said eating before drinking is important for her.
“I don’t want to get alcohol poisoning, and I want to be able to enjoy myself and not be throwing up all the time,” said Dew. “There is more talk surrounding females with stuff like eating disorders so it makes sense to have this common in girls.”


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Director of Women Services
Registered Nurse, Neonatal ICU
Full Time FTE 1.0
HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital
Fort Pierce FL
HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital & Heart Institute is a 380-bed acute-care hospital offering a full range of services. Lawnwood is home to the most experienced Heart Institute on the Treasure Coast providing interventional and therapeutic care, including open-heart surgery. Other hospital services include adult and pediatric emergency services, labor/delivery and birthing, pediatrics, orthopedics, oncology, nuclear medicine, diagnostic services, as well as inpatient and outpatient surgical services.
Lawnwood is designated by the Joint Commission as a Certified Primary Stroke Center. The Physical Rehabilitation Center is CARF accredited and we are designated a Level II Trauma Center by the Florida Department of Health and verified by the American College of Surgeons. We also offer a freestanding ER in Vero Beach providing emergency treatment for adults and children closer to home. Additionally Lawnwood offers the area's only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). At Lawnwood patients come first – no matter what! We invite you to work in a fast-paced environment with a team of top healthcare professionals while enjoying a culturally vibrant, yet laid-back quality of life centered on Treasure Coast beaches, boating, fishing, community and the outdoors.Benefits:
We are committed to providing our employees with the support they need. At HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital, we offer an array of medical, dental, and vision packages as well as several add-on perks to make your benefits package truly customizable to you and your family needs. Some of our unique benefits we offer include:
Student Loan Repayment*
- Tuition Reimbursement/Assistance Programs*
- Paid Personal Leave
- 401k (100% annual match – 3% to 9% of pay based on years of service)
- Identity Theft Protection discounts
- Auto, Home, and Life Insurance options
- Adoption Assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)*
*If applicable, please refer to the CBA or the local HR office to confirm if this benefit applies to your position.
The Director of Women's Services assumes the role as a leader in planning, directing and managing the L&D, NICU, PICU, Peds and staff to assure quality service on a 24 hour basis. Is responsible for staff performance and accomplishment of department responsibilities in accord with corporate, hospital, departmental and safety policies and procedures, to meet both company and regulatory requirements. Responsible for providing high-quality patient care and acts as a liaison for patients and their representatives. Promotes teamwork with physicians and all health care providers, for promoting internal and external customer satisfaction and for appropriate resource management. The Director is also responsible for the efficient operation of the department while optimizing resources to maximize productivity and minimize both indirect and direct costs.
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The Walking Dead: World Beyond
A group of teenagers living in a community sheltered from the dangers of the apocalypse receive a message that inspires them to leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-country journey to save their father.
While the group works together to cross the Mississippi River, a plot to steer the teens back home hits a snag.
When an unexpected newcomer reveals information that could help them reach their destination, the group cuts a deal.
While the group searches for something to advance their quest, one of them recalls their struggles in the early days of the apocalypse.
A horrific discovery finds the group at crossroads and prompts one of them to revisit past trauma.
This isn’t a bad series, but it doesn’t catch fire until episode 8 of 10 — for real. It opens as a completely sanitized, almost kid-friendly tween version of “The Walking Dead,” with no villains, no zombie bites and not even a gruff or self-serving character. Everyone is good natured, well-meaning and pure of heart. The zombies ( “empties”) are slow and lethargic, some of them literally molting into the moss. And some of the dialogue is outright bad: “this journey will change us!” But as the family dynamic of young people on an adventure catches on, the family becomes more and more dysfunctional, and darkly so. By episode 8 there’s real questions as to who is a traitor or a sociopath.
hey everyone, i just joined shudder yesterday and this spin off reminds me of a modern day Stand By Me , only , the dead come to you !!
It's The Walking Dead meets Dora The Explorer. I love it! I can't wait for season 2!
I’m a huge fan of TWD however this is a waste of time. Bad acting, bad script & forgettable annoying characters.

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Amir Deula: Staying Strong After All These Years
Having spent more than a decade in the music industry, Amir Deula is a popular and adored name in the field of Nepali music. Specialising in melancholic melody songs, the talented singer is lauded for his voice and sentiments he brings into music. He has gone through thick and thin in the course of his musical journey and the success he embraced in return of his hard work and struggle. WAVE got the chance to have a brief conversation reflecting on his entrance into the music industry.
Here’s what he had to say.
How did you get interested in music?
I realise now that I was always interested in music from the very beginning, even before the time I remember anything. I used to be amused whenever I listened or sang any song. I was even more interested in creating music and I learned Guitar and Piano as well. Later on, I did a Diploma in music from Kathmandu University, Chupinghat, Bhaktapur. Gradually I recorded my first song in 2001.
When did you actually enter the field?
Like I said earlier, I recorded my first song “Baato “ in 2001 during the period when I had plenty of free time after the completion of my higher secondary school. I got good responses from my friend circle but it did not do well in the music market. There were lots of mistakes I realised and I had plenty of room for improvement. Yet, I was optimistic that I would get there one day. I was not sure what kind of songs or genre would suit my voice and meet my passion. Finally, I wrote and composed ‘Dubaai Afailai’. I got positive feedbacks and gathered much love from listeners and viewers. I got addicted to recording more songs, but I faced a financial problem during that period. Fortunately, I got sponsorship from my college principal when I was doing my engineering in 2002 after which I recorded my first album. ‘Dubaai Afailai’ was a huge hit in the national FM stations and TV channels which introduced me as singer in the music market. Perhaps that’s how I started off.
Who inspired you to choose this career?
I would like to credits my mother and my best friend. They have understood my passion for music. They are the one who encourage me to take on my passion because music keeps me alive. There’s never been a day without music, whether I’m making it, singing it or just listening. But unfortunately, my best friend left this world a few months after I entered the industry, and could not witness my success. This is one of the most disappointing moment of my life.
Your musical journey must have taken a turn following your friend’s demise then?
Yes, it was much more difficult afterwards. There is a different struggle prior to creating music and the struggle later after its release and promotion in the market. During that time, I met a lot of wrong people from media. There was a barter system between some so-called media persons and emerging artists. Such media people used to seek something from artists pledging them to promote their creation music videos or songs in return. Such activities were more of a business deal and I was no exception. I also had the delusion that my career entirely depended on them. But, I came to my sense later and detached myself from such people. Meanwhile, there is an equal number of good media people, too, who have supported and guided me throughout because of whom I am still here.
You took a break for six years and have come back. Is it because of the problem in the industry as you have mentioned?
It was the time when I released a song ‘Meri Priya’. It was getting good views and reviews, but the market was very much influenced by fast beat music, especially the remix one. Since it was not my forte and I did not have much interest in it. I rather felt the need of learning music, to strengthen and hone my skills, because I wanted to be in this industry throughout my life. Additionally, the trend of pen drive and piracy were influencing this sector and business. I was rather learning music and exploring the knowledge in music production. I produced music for various singers of Nepal like Ravi Bajracharya, Rajesh ‘virtual’, group 36 to name a few. I made my comeback with my third album ‘Arati – Limited edition’ where I compiled my nationally awarded songs ‘Sapana ko Mel’ and ‘Mutu Polcha Ni’ as well. I released two music videos from my recent album on YouTube already where ‘Mero Bhabishya’ is doing well with more than 1 lakh viewers in a short period of its release.
A lot of people come and go in the industry but only a fe make it. Do you think the field of music and give a sound career to genuine artists?
Absolutely. Many undeserving people step into the music career for unnecessary attention but the quality of music they deliver in concerts and live shows will show how competent and able they are as a musician. Eventually, we get to where we deserve to be. These days, people can even earn from the YouTube views. Artists are taken to many out of valleys places and even abroad. We can sell our albums there as well. We can also support a good cause at the same time like I’m doing for a nonprofit organisation, ‘Yes Humanity’. Our respected brother Om Krishna Shrestha is its president, Arya Krishna Shrestha the vice president and singer Udesh Shrestha the goodwill ambassador. The organisation had launched a relief campaign post-earthquake, distributing necessary materials at many affected places to quake victims. Representing the organisation, we have also been observing places and trying to find out the most important materials they need and facilitating them with the same. Since the cause is noble, I am donating 40 percent of the sales of my album “Arati – Limited edition” to Yes Humanity. I have recently lent my voice for a film song as well. So yeah, there is a sound career for talented artists, however, consistency is necessary.
Many undeserving people step into the music career for unnecessary attention but the quality of music they deliver in concerts and live shows will show how competent and able they are as a musician.


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- The Forecaster
Falmouth’s spring sports teams look to cap what has been an amazing school year. Baseball welcomes a new coach and could be a sleeper capable of making a playoff run. Softball looks to post a winning mark and make noise in the postseason. Boys’ lacrosse is coming off a breakthrough season and hopes to finish the job. The girls’ squad has consistently contended in recent years and should be solid once again. The boys’ track team is coming off a state title and returns an abundance of top athletes. The girls’ squad will be formidable as well. Boys’ tennis looks to return to the top of Class B and has to like its chances. The girls’ team has had no peer in recent years and should once again be dominant.
Coach: Kevin Winship (first year)
2009 Record: 7-9 (no postseason)
Top returning players: Mitch Beaulieu (Senior), Sam Bonsey (Senior), Ben Burnes (Senior), E.J. Rogers (Senior), Nolan Tapley (Senior), Joe Barns (Junior), Dillon Dresser (Junior), Ben Goffin (Junior), Brett Emmertz (Junior), Matt MacDowell (Junior)
Pivotal games: May 5 (H) GREELY, May 12 (H) YORK, May 14 @ Yarmouth, May 21 (H) CAPE ELIZABETH, May 24 @ Greely, May 26 (H) YARMOUTH
Coach’s comment: “I expect us to be very competitive this year. We are working hard on being a fundamentally sound baseball team. We have a very balanced group with great senior leadership. They’re working hard and getting better everyday. Our strength will be our pitching and defense. Offensively, we will look to play aggressive baseball and put pressure on opposing teams.”
The Forecaster’s forecast: Falmouth’s five year streak of making the postseason came to an end last spring in what proved to be a tumultuous campaign. The Yachtsmen have a fresh look in 2010 with a new coach in Winship, who served for several years as an assistant with the Portland and South Portland high school programs, as well in American Legion ball. He takes over a team loaded with seniors, many of whom have enjoyed glory in other sports this school year. On the hill, Beaulieu, a reigning Western Maine Conference all-star, hopes to lead the way. He was 2-1 with four saves, 15 strikeouts and a 2.34 earned run average in 2009. Bonsey, Dresser (2-2, 29 strikeouts, 1.44 ERA last year), Goffin, Rogers and new sophomore Nick Spencer will also get an opportunity to pitch. The offense is paced by Beaulieu (.375, two home runs, 21 RBI last spring), Dresser (.350 with 14 hits last season) and MacDowell, another all-star from last year, who smacked 24 hits, while batting .470 with 12 RBI in 2009. Other players to watch include Barns (shortstop), Burnes (catcher/outfield), Tapley (outfield) and a pair of new sophomores (outfielder Jeremy Lydick and infielder Ryan MacDonald), along with freshmen Andrew Emple (first base) and Drew Proctor (middle infield). A year ago, seven of the Yachtsmen’s nine losses were by one or two runs, suggesting they were very close to getting over the hump. Last week, Falmouth opened the new season with a hard-fought 4-2 loss at top contender Cape Elizabeth, but the result was encouraging as Beaulieu threw well. If the Yachtsmen can get consistent offensive production, they’ll have an opportunity to be among the best teams in Western Class B. Look for last year to be an aberration as Falmouth figures to play some very good baseball in the weeks to come.
Coach: John Keyes (sixth year)
2009 Record: 8-9 (Lost 2-1 to Oak Hill in Western B preliminary round)
Top returning players: Lauren Boucher (Senior), Nicole Foley (Senior) Katie McCarthy (Senior), Emily Whitmore (Senior), Sarah Collmus (Junior), Kelsey Freedman (Junior), Jessie L’Heureux (Junior), Lauren O’Donnell (Junior), Allison Carver (Sophomore)
Pivotal games: May 3 (H) GRAY-NG, May 5 (H) GREELY, May 12 (H) YORK, May 14 @ Yarmouth, May 17 @ Fryeburg, May 21 (H) CAPE ELIZABETH, May 24 @ Greely, May 26 (H) YARMOUTH
Coach’s comment: “The kids are really excited about the season. Both Sarah and Kelsey begin their third year of pitching and both have developed into good pitchers. We’ll go to Florida and play a lot of games. When we come back, we’ll be ready. Our goal this year is to continue to improve both offensively and defensively and make a deep run in the playoffs.”
The Forecaster’s forecast: Falmouth overcame a 2-5 start last spring to make the playoffs, continuing a recent trend that’s seen the Yachtsmen qualify in odd-numbered years and fall short in even-numbered campaigns. Falmouth hopes to put an end to that in 2010 and is off to a promising start after last week’s season-opening 13-8 victory over Cape Elizabeth. In that one, the Yachtsmen built a 12-1 lead and went on to the win behind a 15-hit attack. Falmouth has the luxury of going with two pitchers this spring, as both Collmus (7-4, 60 strikeouts in 2009) and Freedman (1-4, 33 strikeouts last year) have been through the battles. Both saw action against the Capers. Freshman catcher/infielder Maddie Inlow could make an immediate impact. She debuted with a flourish, rapping three hits in the opener. McCarthy is another catcher who is skilled with the bat. On the infield, Carver, L’Heureux and Whitmore all have experience. New junior Addie Weller, sophomores Ashley Collins and Michaela Franco and freshman Sarah Sparks will see time as well. In the outfield, Boucher, Foley (three hits in the opener) and O’Donnell return and are joined by new sophomore Molly Nevins. The Yachtsmen aren’t getting a lot of early season buzz, but they could be a factor as the season progresses. Don’t be surprised if Falmouth wins more than it loses, is competitive throughout and is a factor come playoff time as it seeks to advance past the quarterfinals for the first time since winning the (Class C) state title in 1993.
Coach: Mike LeBel (fourth year)
2009 Record: 9-5 (Lost 11-7 to Cape Elizabeth in Western Class B Final)
Top returning players: Dan Hanley (Senior), Chris Janelle (Senior), Mike Kane (Senior), Kyle Lucas (Senior), Nick Bachman (Junior), Brendan McDonnell (Junior), Jack Cooleen (Sophomore), Mike Ryan (Sophomore)
Pivotal games: April 30 (H) YARMOUTH, May 5 @ NYA, May 8 (H) SCARBOROUGH, May 15 @ Brunswick, May 18 (H) CAPE ELIZABETH, May 21 @ Yarmouth, May 25 @ Greely, May 28 (H) NYA
Coach’s comment: “We return every point that was registered last year. I’m not sure I’ve seen that before. Every point scored in 2009 was by an underclassman. We have to play our best this year. Everyone will play their best against us and that’s what I want. Our preseason games have given the guys some confidence. If we can stay consistent, we can play at the highest level. Kane and Hanley could be the top two middies in the state. I’d say we have as good a shot as anyone.”
The Forecaster’s forecast: If Opening Night was any indication, Falmouth not only has a good shot, but might be the favorite this spring. Friday night, at perennial power Cape Elizabeth, the Yachtsmen beat the Capers for the first time, pulling away in the second half to win with relative ease, 11-4. Hanley (a first-team all-star last spring) had five goals and Bachman added three, while new sophomore goalie Cam Bell (who was at Cheverus last year) came up with 14 clutch saves. Falmouth arrived as an elite program a year ago, earning LeBel Coach of the Year honors, then graduated exactly one senior and figures to be one of, if not the team to beat in 2010. Bell is aided by a strong defense, featuring Ryan (a groundball specialist) and seniors Sam Bennett and Tom Caswell. The midfield is what sets the Yachtsmen apart. Hanley (who is headed to Bowdoin College) stole the show against Cape Elizabeth, but on any given night, the Endicott College-bound Janelle, Kane (who is going to Salisbury), Lucas, McDonnell or even freshman Willy Sipperly could step up. Newcomer Abyn Reabe-Gerwig showed great faceoff promise in the opener. Hanley and/or Kane will also handle faceoff duties at times. The attack is highlighted by Bachman and Cooleen. That’s an awful lot for any opponent to deal with, even elite rivals like Cape Elizabeth and defending Class B state champion Yarmouth. After Friday’s win, LeBel’s biggest challenge might be reigning in his team and keeping them from getting overconfident. Falmouth has a lot of tough teams on its schedule, including a rematch with Cape Elizabeth, contests with always tough Class A contenders Brunswick and Scarborough and two showdowns each versus NYA and Yarmouth. If the Yachtsmen stay humble and healthy, this season could end very happily. Falmouth has arrived and appears as if it will have plenty of reasons to celebrate over the next eight weeks.
Coach: Robin Haley (eighth year)
2009 Record: 5-9 (Lost 12-4 to Waynflete in Western Class B semifinals)
Top returning players: Sarah Girouard (Senior), Emma Sipperly (Senior), Jess DiFillippo (Junior), Laura Fay (Junior), Jen Greene (Junior)
Pivotal games: April 29 (H) CAPE ELIZABETH, May 4 @ NYA, May 10 (H) GREELY, May 12 (H) WAYNFLETE, May 15 @ Brunswick, May 22 @ Yarmouth
Coach’s comment: “We’re pretty athletic across the board. We have five seniors, but we’re still pretty young. We have more skills going in and we’ve been competitive in games. The girls have worked hard. It’s a very good group with good chemistry. We gained confidence in the preseason. Hopefully we can pick up some more wins. We hope to do better than last year.”
The Forecaster’s forecast: Falmouth has made it to the playoffs four years running and last spring gave eventual champion Waynflete fits for awhile in the semifinals. The Yachtsmen appear to be getting closer to elite status and hope to make the same leap the school’s boys’ team made a year ago. Fay (a second-team Western Maine Conference all-star in 2009) will spark the offense, not only with her scoring ability, but also with her draw acumen. Sipperly and freshman Alex Bernier will also look to score. On defense, standout athletes DiFillippo and Girouard will protect Greene, who could be one of the better goalies in the conference. Falmouth’s improved skill, speed and athleticism should serve it well in the weeks to come. The Yachtsmen face some very tough opponents, but there are also several winnable games on the slate. If Falmouth takes care of business against the teams it is supposed to beat and can compete confidently against the premier teams, it will in for a very strong season. The playoffs are once again a very realistic goal and it’s possible that if all goes well, that the Yachtsmen could reach the regional final for the first time. This program is only going to get better.
Coach: Danny Paul (ninth year)
(Boys) Class B state champions
(Girls) 5th @ Class B State Meet
TOP RETURNING ATHLETES:
(Boys) Reilly Bayer (Senior), Alec Dunn (Senior), Mike Gardner (Senior), Eric Hemphill (Senior), Kellen MacDonald (Senior), Mike Serunian (Senior), Charlie Swerdlow (Senior), Andrew Kowalsky (Junior), Will Wegener (Junior), Henry Briggs (Sophomore), Tom Edmonds (Sophomore), Tim Follo (Sophomore), Conor McGrory (Sophomore), Jimmy Polewaczyk (Sophomore), Reid Pryzant (Sophomore)
(Girls) Rachel Brown (Senior), Francesca D’Alfonso (Senior), Corey Morganstern (Senior), Erin Morris (Senior), Sarah Abramson (Junior), Adrianne Michalakis (Junior), Maggie Parrish (Junior), Kate Sparks (Junior), Amy Webster (Junior), Evie Perry (Sophomore), Jenna Serunian (Sophomore)
Top foes: Cape Elizabeth, Greely, York
Coach’s comment: “Overall, we have good numbers which should lead to more depth and ability to cover all the events. We have 77 boys and 52 girls, our largest team ever. The boys hope to get back to the state meet and repeat as champions. We cover all the events well and have a strong, experienced group returning. With our numbers up and some promising returnees, the girls hope to move up in the big meets.”
The Forecaster’s forecast: As always, the Falmouth outdoor track program is loaded with superb talent.
The boys’ team won its first Class B crown last winter and even after graduating standouts Kristopher Floridino and Tommy Winger, has a great shot to repeat if it stays healthy. Returning scorers include Dunn (second in the 110 hurdles, fourth in the 300 hurdles), MacDonald (runner-up in the 300 hurdles, fifth in the 110 hurdles), Wegener (third in the 400), Swerdlow (third in the racewalk) and Follo (seventh in the mile). Gardner and Serunian scored in the relays. This year, top sprinters include Dunn, Gardner, Polewaczyk and freshman Jaco Buhelt. In the hurdles, look for Dunn, MacDonald and Pryzant to be tough. Goldstein and Swerdlow are threats in the racewalk. The distance contingent is formidable and includes Briggs, Edmonds, Follo, Hemphill, McGrory, Serunian, new junior Johnny Lake and freshman Azad Jalali. On the field side, Pryzant is a jumper to watch. Bayer is the top pole vaulter. In the throws, Kowalsky and new juniors Andrew Edwards and Jack Horton will seek to make an impact. There are a lot of potential points here, meaning the Yachtsmen should be strong throughout. It took awhile to win a first Class B title, but don’t be surprised if Falmouth turns right around and captures a second in succession.
On the girls’ side, the Yachtsmen are coming off a second straight top 10 state finish. This time around, Falmouth hopes to compete for the top spot. The Yachtsmen return state meet scorers Sparks (fourth in the shot put), Serunian (fifth in the shot put) and Michalakis (seventh in the 100). Brown, D’Alfonso and Morris scored in the 3,200 relay. Brown, D’Alfonso and Webster also scored in the 1,600 relay. This year, Michalakis, Perry and Sparks, along with new sophomore Hayley Mucci, will contend in the sprints. Freshman Summer Greenwood is a top hurdler. In the distance, Brown, D’Alfonso, Morris, Parrish, new sophomores Catherine Hebson and Olivia Hoch and freshman Meg Palumbo could all be heard from. Abramson (Falmouth’s Winter Female Athlete of the Year) is the team’s top racewalker. Morganstern and Webster will look to score in the pole vault. Serunian and Sparks are top returning throwers. Falmouth, seeking its first state title since 1991, will be a factor in virtually every event and should be a top team in the conference and at the postseason meets.
Coach: Bob McCully (39th year)
2009 Results: 12-3 (Lost 4-1 to Yarmouth in Class B Final)
Top returning players: Nick Polko (Senior), Chad Prichard (Senior), Tommy Bazarian (Junior), Connor Burfiend (Junior), Harlan Cutshall (Junior), Taylor Dimick (Junior)
Pivotal matches: April 27 @ Fryeburg, April 30 (H) GREELY, May 3 @ York, May 5 (H) CAPE ELIZABETH, May 7 (H) YARMOUTH, May 10 @ Greely, May 12 @ Waynflete, May 19 (H) WAYNFLETE, May 24 @ Yarmouth
Coach’s comment: “I graduated four of my top seven, but I had a deep team and tried to play a lot of players last year, knowing I would need them this year. I expect the league will be very tough with Waynflete dominating. This will probably significantly impact the Heal Points for Class B, which may go a long way in determining postseason success for Class B teams.”
The Forecaster’s forecast: Falmouth’s three year run as regional champion came to an end a year ago, but the Yachtsmen remain a top contender. Falmouth has averaged 13 wins a season since 1994 and will threaten to be just as triumphant in 2010. Polko (a first-team all-star last spring) returns at first singles. Prichard is also highly touted. Bazarian, Burfiend, Cutshall and Dimick all have a chance to make their mark this time around, as will sophomores Hutch Hurwitz and Will Robinson. Freshmen Chase O’Connor, Sam Holland and Tom Wilberg figure to be household names in no time. While the Yachtsmen lack the depth and all-star names they’ve boasted in the past, this team will still be very strong. Falmouth will be competitive with everyone on its slate and should boast a very good record by the end of the season. If the Heal Points work out in their favor, the Yachtsmen could play a couple postseason matches at home and be in position to return to the state match.
Coach: Sandra Stone (eighth year)
2009 Results: 16-0 (Defeated Waterville 5-0 to win Class B state championship)
Top returning players: Amanda Gallagher (Senior), Emma Wilberg (Senior), Annie Criscione (Sophomore), Analise Kump (Sophomore), Steffi Rothweiler (Sophomore)
Pivotal matches: May 3 (H) YORK May 5 @ Cape Elizabeth, May 7 @ Yarmouth, May 10 (H) GREELY, May 12 (H) WAYNFLETE, May 14 (H) NYA, May 25 @ York
Coach’s comment: “We have great expectations for the players we have to work with this year. We have accomplished skills and tough match experience very much in our favor. The girls have all been delightful to work with so far. The team looks very strong. It might be our best season yet.”
The Forecaster’s forecast: Falmouth has become a juggernaut over the past five years. In that span, the Yachtsmen have lost only seven matches and captured four Class B state championships. A year ago, Falmouth won just once by a 3-2 margin and could be even more dominant in 2010. As usual, the Yachtsmen mix solid returners with some promising newcomers. Stone (our reigning Coach of the Year) will use two sophomores and returning league all-stars (Kump and Criscione) and a freshman (Libby Voccola) in the singles spots. Another freshman, Abby Payson, joins Rothweiler at first doubles. Co-captains Gallagher and Wilberg are at second doubles, giving Falmouth enormous depth and balance throughout. Even though the Yachtsmen are nursing some minor injuries as the regular season commences, they are without question not only the favorite in Class B, but are considered the be the premier team in the state. Unless Falmouth falls victim to overconfidence, there is every reason to believe that another championship run is in the cards.
Falmouth senior Mitch Beaulieu could be one of the top pitchers in Western Class B this year.
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Senior Dan Hanley leads an explosive offense as Falmouth’s boys’ lacrosse team chases glory this spring.
Junior Brendan McDonnell is a threat on offense and defense for the Yachtsmen.
Falmouth junior Laura Fay is a budding star for a team that could make some noise in 2010.
Junior Jen Greene returns in goal for the Yachtsmen.
Sophomore Conor McGrory is a top distance threat for defending state champion Falmouth.
Senior Erin Morris is one of Falmouth’s top scoring threats in 2010.
Falmouth’s girls’ tennis team celebrated yet another championship in 2009. The Yachtsmen could be even more dominant this season.
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The central government on 3rd June 2021, said it had inked a deal with Hyderabad-based Biological-E for 30 crore doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, which is still in clinical trials. The Union Health Ministry will advance Rs 1,500 crore to the company for the same.
The shot being developed by Biological-E is an RBD protein sub-unit vaccine and is likely to be available in the next few months.
The doses will be manufactured and stockpiled by Biological-E from August to December 2021, the ministry said.
Biological-E’s vaccine is currently in Phase-3 clinical trials after showing promising results in Phase 1 and 2, the government said in a statement. The company’s proposal was examined and recommended for approval by the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19 or NEGVAC.
The move comes days after the Centre said it would complete the vaccination exercise in India by December.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court said the Centre’s policy of arranging free Covid-19 jabs for the 45-plus age category, Health Care Workers (HCW) and Front Line Workers (FLW) while asking the 18-44 age group to pay was “prima facie arbitrary and irrational”.
The Delhi High Court, too, had pulled up the Centre yesterday, saying some people need to be “charged with manslaughter” for sitting on the “untapped potential” of Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing.
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The STEVAL-DPS334C1 is a digital power supply control kit, consisting of a main board based on the STM32F334R8 microcontroller from STM32F3 family and an adapter board to program the microcontroller.
The STM32F334R8 microcontroller includes the high-performance ARM® Cortex®-M4 32-bit RISC core operating at up to 72 MHz frequency, a floating point unit (FPU) and high-speed embedded memories (64 Kbytes of Flash memory and 16 Kbytes of SRAM). The MCU offers two fast 12-bit ADCs (5 Msps), three ultra-fast comparators, an operational amplifier, three DAC channels, a low-power RTC, one general-purpose, 32-bit timer, one timer dedicated to motor control, four general-purpose, 16-bit timers and the high-resolution timer (HRTIM), specifically designed to drive power conversion systems.
The main board embeds a standard 64-pin DIN 41612 connector for connection with a power board, providing all the control signals, sensing networks and protection features needed for a wide range of digital power supply applications. The board can be supplied by an external 5 V supply voltage either through a dedicated connector or through the main connector.
The adapter board provides a configurable user communication (SMBus, CAN or RS-232) with two DB9 connectors and the appropriate transceiver ICs, a dedicated 10-pin connector which provides the SWD interface for debugging and USART communication for user interface (UI), as well as the standard JTAG connector for programming. The board includes a reset button and a termination resistance between the CAN lines.
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Food blogger Janelle Maiocco of TalkOfTomatoes.com keeps a list of recipes which, in her words, “take little brainpower, use minimal energy and are often quick to assemble.” These buttermilk Parmesan chicken tenders are on that list. (Click here to see the recipe.)
“In fact, as I write this, my 11 year old son is in the kitchen making this,” Maiocco notes in one of her blog posts.
Prior to baking the chicken, Maiocco soaks the tenders in buttermilk to keep them moist. They’re then dredged in grated Parmesan cheese and bread crumbs, placed on a baking sheet, and drizzled with extra virgin olive oil. Our Everyday Fresh oil would be perfect.
The tenders are baked in a 500 degree Fahrenheit oven for 12 minutes. (Click here to see the recipe.) And that’s it!
Being the olive oil lover that I am, I’d give my tenders a finishing drizzle with our peppery Miller’s Blend. It would complement the tang of the Parmesan. Any of our oils, however, would be just fine. Pick your favorite!


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A Texas man, possibly a Cisco certified technician, who appeared to have codes to enter cell tower sites and keys to access Sprint equipment that permitted him to steal routers from dozens of compounds was arrested Monday in Fort Worth and is currently in jail awaiting a detention hearing this morning.
Fort Worth Police Detective Stephanie Phillips, assigned to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said in the FBI’s criminal complaint that Van Su Tran, 44, was charged with injuring, interfering and hindering communications systems. If found guilty he could be steeply fined and imprisoned for up to ten years.
Used routers have fingerprints and are difficult to peddle
The routers that Tran stole are most likely manufactured by Cisco which Sprint is probably buying for just north of $1,000, according to a Cisco CCNA certified technician that requested anonymity.
“You’ll see them – onesies and twosies – on eBay, but if you’re going to try to sell a number of them it’s almost like putting out a warning flag embroidered with ‘I did it’,” he said, noting that the config files can be reset for personal use, but Cisco would have documentation that it is a Sprint router.
“They’re password-protected, but there’s an easy workaround to that,” he said, stating that the thief might have been Cisco certified and knew the aftermarket, although he said it’s not profitable since legitimate companies are offering 60% or more off on used Cisco routers.
Site alarm breadcrumbs led to his arrest
Beginning in or around June 2020, Sprint cell phone towers in the San Antonio, Austin, Houston, San Marcos and Abilene areas began to suffer outages as a result of the routers being stolen from tower compounds.
When a router begins to fail, the carrier will get an alert and is able to manage the problem, but when it is removed all spectrums are taken down and an entire neighborhood will lose service.
Based on the timing of the outages, Sprint believed that an individual or individuals were going from tower to tower and stealing their router, often in quick succession within the same day in a particular area, causing serious customer service issues.
Sprint’s investigation found that a suspect vehicle – a silver-colored Toyota Tundra – had been captured by a surveillance camera near a router theft site that occurred in San Marcos on July 3, 2020.
On July 15, 2020, Sprint’s regional security manager contacted Phillips for assistance in locating someone that might be in the process of stealing routers from 18 towers in the area.
The Fort Worth Police Department was alerted and began looking for the Tundra while being guided by a list of the towers that had reported alerts along with the time that each alert was received, according to court documents.
An alert was received from a multi-tenant monopole site located off East Rosedale Street. Police were then able to retrieve a photo of the Tundra from a City of Fort Worth camera located in the area.
Shortly thereafter, Sprint provided a real-time alert to the officers for a router theft at 5201 Bridge Street.
Five minutes later, police located the Tundra about a mile away and saw Tran get out of his truck and throw something into a dumpster. When they approached his truck they were able to identify through a probable cause search his haul of 16 routers, one later being identified as coming from the Bridge Street tower. The truck was registered to Tran.
Following his arrest, Tran filed that he was indigent and was appointed a Federal public defender.
Three industry insiders Wireless Estimator spoke with said that it’s feasible that the FCC and Homeland Security might take an interest in how easy it was for Tran to disrupt carrier service on a large scale, and possibly reassess safety measures at cell sites.

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