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NFL Picks Week 18: Green Bay Packers favorites to beat Detroit Lions
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A wonderful NFL season reaches it's finale as we finalise the playoff spots after an amazing and entertaining football season ahead of the 2023 Super Bowl.
In a highly entertaining season so far, this week we'll look at three games involving the Dallas Cowboys taking on the Washington Commanders, the Los Angeles Rams game with the Seattle Seahawks and the Detroit Lions clash with the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.
We'll break down the exciting match-ups, give you our best free NFL picks, and see if we can earn you some extra cash for the end of the weekend.
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Dallas Cowboys vs Washington Commanders - 1/8/23, 16:25 ET
Dallas have had a stellar season so far and have already claimed their playoff spot, and could still potentially win the NFC East if Philadelphia are to lose in their final game of the season.
The Cowboys have so far managed to rack up a 12-4 record for the season, with two different four-game winning streaks helping them to separate themselves from the rest of their division.
They're currently on a two-game winning streak, defeating the Philadelphia Eagles on Christmas eve before a win over the Tennessee Titans in their most recent outing.
The Commanders have not had a particularly good campaign so far and are already out of the running for the playoffs, having gone 7-8-1 so far this season.
Washington are winless in their last four games, tying 20-20 after overtime against the New York Giants, before three consecutive losses against the Giants, San Francisco 49ers and Cleveland Browns.
NFL picks: Cowboys to cover the spread
The No. 1 seed is also up for grabs with an Eagles and 49ers loss and a Cowboys win, and that is why I expect them to be right up for this game.
The Commanders were eliminated from postseason contention in last week's loss to the Browns thanks to another Carson Wentz meltdown. Washington could well look to spoil the party, but after a relatively promising start to the year they have imploded and it seems very unlikely now.
The Commanders have failed to cover the NFL point spread in four straight games. Add to that the fact that the favorites in the last eight match-ups between these two sides have gone 6-2, with the Cowboys covering the spread in their last three.
Dallas Cowboys -6.5 Dallas vs Washington
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Los Angeles Rams vs Seattle Seahawks - 1/8/23, 16:25 ET
It's been a horrible season for the Rams so far as they have managed to put together a record of 5-11 so far, leaving them 14th of the 16 teams in the NFC.
LA have lost eight of their last ten, which includes a a shocking run of six defeats in a row between October 30 and December 8. However they're 2-2 in their last four, claiming wins against Las Vegas Raiders and Denver Broncos and losing to the Packers and Los Angeles Chargers.
Seattle on the other hand have had a really mixed season going 8-8, with their recent 1-3 run potentially costing them a place in the playoffs.
They beat the New York Jets last time out, snapping a three-game skid against the Carolina Panthers, 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs prior to that.
NFL picks: Seattle cover the spread
Seattle can still qualify for the playoffs with a win here, and they will be licking their lips at the prospect of coming up against the Rams.
The Rams have won two of their past four games, but they are a hard team to trust with an erratic Baker Mayfield under center and that should allow Seattle a real chance to run up the score.
The Rams have owned the Seahawks both in the win column and when it comes to covering the spread. However, this is not the same Rams team we are accustomed to seeing, and the Seahawks have got a lot riding on this game.
The home team is 5-2 ATS in the past seven games played between these two franchises so that seems like something to follow, although it will be close.
Seattle Seahawks -6.5 Dallas vs Washington
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Detroit Lions vs Green Bay Packers - 1/8/23, 20:20 ET
NFL Picks Week 18
Detroit Lions +193 +180 +178
Green Bay Packers -223 -220 -222
The Lions have had a crazy season, starting off 1-6 for the campaign before managing to turn the tide and going 7-2 in their next nine games meaning they can still make it to the playoffs.
As for the Packers they started the season 3-1 before going on a run that saw them lose seven of their next eight games to hurt their chances of the playoffs.
They bounced back to win their last four games in a row to still stand a chance of participating in the post-season, and a win in their home stadium will get the job done.
NFL picks: Green Bay cover the spread
The Packers control their own destiny, needing a win over the Lions at home to get into the NFL Playoffs. Simple, right?
Both the Packers and Lions are two of the hottest teams in football right now as their recent form suggests, so this will be no easy feat for them.
However leaning on the side of Aaron Rodgers and the Packers is the right way to lean, especially when the game is in Green Bay and they'll have all the fans on their side inside the stadium.
The Packers are 4-0 against the spread in their past four games while the home team is also 6-0 ATS in their past six meetings between these two clubs.
Taking into consideration that the Lions are a different team at home versus on the road, plus the jeopardy for Green Bay, I see them getting it done in style.
Green Bay Packers -4.5 Green Bay vs Detroit


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One of the best ways to ensure a site's profitability is to focus on its information architecture. Information architecture helps web designers create websites with the user in mind. Not only will a well-organized site be easier to navigate, but it will also be more likely to convert visitors into buyers and rank on Google.
When you focus on the potential, you have less to sell, because in many cases, a well-organized site can sell itself. If a site visitor can understand what a site is about and how to use it, it's very likely that those interested in buying it will as well. At that point, it becomes less about selling and more about demonstrating the site's potential.
Many freelancers struggle with selling more websites simply because they have an aversion to selling anything. Unfortunately, this is a part of the job. Unless you can afford to hire someone to sell your work for you, convincing someone to buy your work is just as important as creating it.
Selling doesn't have to be hard – especially when you focus on creating something that will make people money. At that point how you think about selling should go from convincing a potential buyer that your design is the best, to explaining how your design can help them.
In other words, selling changes from convincing to helping. Helping people is good right? Why would anyone be afraid to help?
Once you've explained to a potential customer how your site can help their business, all that's left to do is ask for the sell. Yes, you must ask – don't expect them to offer. Make it clear what benefit you are offering them and what you'd like in return. Remember, your website is a service that helps them – and you are the superhero that can get the job done.
Nowadays, there are millions of websites and likely millions of people who create them as a profession. As a freelancer, it can be very hard to stand out among the DIY website solutions and well-funded creative agencies. If you want to attract new clientele for the purpose of selling more websites, you'll need to advertise your work.
But wait, you're a freelancer; how can you find the time to build amazing websites and write compelling ad copy? You don't have to. Instead of using traditional forms of online advertisements, try marketing your work around the internet. When you are a solo shop, sometimes the simple act of putting yourself out there is one of the most effective strategies for freelancers looking to sell their services.
There are many ways to market your work. It can be as simple as listing your services on online marketplaces, or as involved as using social media to become a thought leader in your niche. You could teach web design classes or create websites pro-bono for exposure. How you get your name out there is entirely up to you, but just make sure you do it. Once people begin to know who you are, selling more websites will just happen naturally.
While no one should be afraid to sell a website, it is understandable that many people prefer not to. One way around this predicament is to partner with agencies that can sell your design services for you. When you do this, you still must sell your work, but you only have to sell it to the agency, and they handle it from there.
Partnering with agencies is one of the most effective strategies for freelancers that are focused on selling more websites and can work on multiple projects. This method frees up time for the designer to focus on what they are good at instead of negotiating new terms with clients or collecting payments. It also makes it easy to streamline processes, leaving plenty of time to focus on other projects or take on more work than you could on your own.
As a freelance web designer, you can partner with a wide variety of agencies including internet marketing firms and creative agencies. You can also subcontract to larger web design firms if they work with customers you are not interested in working with personally (such as corporate clients when you focus on small businesses). Subcontracting with agencies is one of the easiest ways freelancers can quickly start selling more websites and maintain a steady stream of work.
If you are lucky enough to partner with agencies, you will find that much of the work will be repetitive. This is actually a good thing because it will likely force you to create themes (if you haven't already). What many don't realize, however, is that website themes aren't just timesavers; they are also a great marketing tool.
One of the lesser-known marketing strategies for freelancers is promoting your work by selling website themes on online marketplaces. These themes are purchased by agencies, web designers, and individuals who are looking for a simple way to create professional websites without all the coding. When freelancers develop themes and sell them, they not only make a little money whenever their design is purchased (if they charge) they also establish their expertise as a website developer.
Sharing the themes that you no longer use is an easy way to show off your skills without trying. You help anyone who purchases them, and you also make it easy for them to return for custom work.
Even if you use marketplaces to sell your work, there is no reason to neglect your website. A well-designed site is one of the most straightforward strategies for freelancers that do not want to spend any extra effort on marketing.
Even though your website is likely your primary marketing tool, in its purest form, it is still a portfolio piece. It alone can be the most gratifying way to master selling more websites, because you can focus on what you are good at – making websites. If selling makes you anxious, hire a copywriter to help plan the content, then let your work speak for itself. You'll still need to do some form of marketing, but chances are you'll spend a lot less time selling.
Perhaps the hardest part of selling websites is remembering that you are not selling websites. You are selling solutions. If you create e-commerce sites, you are creating storefronts for people to buy the products they need. If you build websites for local businesses, you are creating marketing tools to help them gain more customers. If you design blog and magazines sites, you are developing publications so that people can consume information.
While the design is likely what closes the deal, it is the solution that brings them to the table. That is why it is crucial, from the website planning stage to the negotiation phase, to keep the solution in mind. Always show how your website will help solve the customer's problems. Always approach potential customers with the desire to help – not sell. There are many strategies for freelancers that want to sell anything online, but in the end, the ones that put the needs of their customers first, are the ones that keep customers coming back for more.


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Nato intorno al 1595 (morì infatti a "circa 44 anni" nel 1639), divenne un militare d'alto grado nelle truppe milanesi, venne inviato nel 1636 con il grado di "Luogotenente Generale d'Artiglieria" nella Repubblica di Lucca al fine di studiarne le fortificazioni. le poche informazioni sulla sua vita sono ricavate dalla nota biografica dell'editore Ghisolfi del Breve compendio di fortificatione moderna nell'edizione del 1639.

Professore di matematica all'Accademia Palatina di Milano, nel 1634 pubblicò gli Ordines et statuta del Collegio degli Ingegneri del Ducato, e introdusse le tavole logaritmiche, per la prima volta nell'area geografica italiana. Esperto di fortificazioni, il suo trattato Breve compendio di fortificatione moderna (Milano, 1639) venne pubblicato postumo dal nipote Pietro Antonio Barca con dedica al marchese de Leganes don Diego Felippez de Guzman, Capitano Generale e Governatore del Ducato di Milano.

Ferito a una gamba il 23 di giugno 1638 nell'Assedio di Vercelli, si spense il 10 marzo 1639.

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Joe Piette (2021-08-18). Protest demands ICE free all detainees. workers.org Philadelphia — Despite temperatures in the mid-90s, more than 50 community activists rallied here on Aug. 12 to demand Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cease transferring migrant workers and refugees from a detention center in York, Pa., to other prisons. Recorded voices from people impacted by transfers were heard by . . . |
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Pertussis Cases in California Reach 55-Year High
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) reports that as of Sept. 14, 2010, there have been 4,017 confirmed, probable and suspect cases of pertussis (whooping cough) reported in 2010 for a state rate of 10.3 cases per 100,000.
According to data from the CDPH, 3,985 of reported cases had disease onset in 2010, with 183 new cases reported this week, compared to 234 in the prior week. This is the most cases reported in 55 years when 4,949 cases were reported in 1955 and the highest incidence in 48 years when a rate of 10.9 cases/100,000 was reported in 1962. Previously, the peak was in 2005 when there were 3,182 cases reported.
Of the 44 percent of cases with known hospitalization information, 196 (11.2 percent) cases have been hospitalized; 115 (57 percent) of hospitalized cases were infants <3 months of age and 146 (74 percent) were infants <6 months of age.
Nine deaths have been reported; eight fatalities were infants <2 months of age at time of disease onset and had not received any doses of pertussis-containing vaccine and the remainder was an ex-28 week preemie that was 2 months of age and had received the first dose of DTaP only 15 days prior to disease onset. The majority of infant cases in 2010 have occurred in infants <3 months of age.
Rates are highest in infants <6 months of age (184 cases/100,000), in children aged 7-9 years (33 cases/100,000) and adolescents aged 10-18 years (24 cases/100,000). The majority of adolescent cases are in 10-11 year-olds. Overall rates by race/ethnicity are highest in whites (9.8/100,000), however age-specific rates indicate that the highest rates are seen in Hispanic infants <6 months of age (229/100,000).
The median case rate by county is 9.1 cases per 100,000 (range 0-128).


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CLICK to Family Planning (World Population Day Celebration 2018) | Be Informed, Every BaliwageKNOW deserves to Know.
Last July 31, 2018, the Municipal Population Office conducts a Photography Contest and Exhibit among Senior High Schools students within Baliwag. This is in celebration of the World Population Day with the theme, "Family Planning is a Human Right." The said activity has 6 entries from four (4) senior highschools: a.) three (3) entries from Sto. Niño High School; b.) one (1) entry from Baliuag University; c.) one (1) entry from Baliwag Polytechnic College; and d.) one (1) entry from St. Joseph College of Baliuag, Inc. The program was hosted by Mr. Michael Ismael Flores, with special participation of Mr. Lowell Tagle as one of the speakers. The photo entries of the students was judged by Ms. Maricel Sison, Mr. Antonio Sablan and Mr. Mark Joseph Villanueva.
The photographs of the contestants were conceptualized based on the 2018 theme of the World Population Day which aims to increase awareness on Family Planning among Baliwageño youth and to know how young minds understand the theme. The students were advised to use camera phones as their apparatus for the photos instead of high-end cameras. This promotes creativity as well as resourcefulness on making good shots with just using simple camera phones.
Three winners were selected after a careful deliberation by the judges: Grand Champion – Radiance Faith Domingo (Baliuag University); 1st Runner Up – Jeddie Kein Delos Santos (Sto. Niño High School); and 2nd Runner Up – Aira Joyce Ramos (Baliwag Polytechnic College).
The program was a big success since the contestants was able to share to their fellow youth their own thoughts on Family Planning as well as its importance even at their young age. Empowerment of our youth is not just something our Mayor Ferdie Estrella take for granted. The services and programs we provide is offered to all Baliwageños, Serbisyong May Malasakit to all ages.


For Hinduism, the cow is not an object of worship (it attracts no gods or goddesses) but it has become both a symbol (of what exactly?) and a taboo. In any urban environment, cows in India provide ready examples of how ill-fed and ill-nurtured they actually are. My grandmother was a strict – but quite normal – vegetarian (no fish, meat or eggs). Unlike the Jains she had no problem with dairy products or root vegetables or honey. I once tried to convince her that beef, coming from complete herbivores, was "more fundamentally vegetarian" than poultry, who were known to relish worms and insects when they were available. She was not amused. (She was not amused either by my arguments that whiskey was strictly vegetarian).
In the current political circus in India where all the ardent, self-styled Hindu fanatics (BJP, Shiv Sena, RSS, VHP ….) are castigating the eating of beef and all beef-eaters, they are attempting to rewrite a history which they conveniently forget. They have gone so far – and have fallen as low – as to justify the lynching of a Muslim for slaughtering and eating a cow.
Eating of beef only began to be discouraged when the Brahmins became significant land-owners and cattle-owners from about 500- 600 CE. The "general" ban on the killing of cows and the eating of beef by Hindus only goes back to about 1200 CE. Taking the roots of Hinduism as having first germinated at the time of the Indus-Saraswati Valley Civilisation, that would have been about 3,000 BCE (5,000 years ago). Which of course means that Hindus were eating beef for some 4,200 years while they have abstained from the practice for only about 800 years. As the practice of eating beef declined, cow-slaughter for religious sacrifice was increasingly restricted to very special and rare events. Inevitably the resulting beef was insufficient for all the multitude and so was reserved for just the most important Brahmins present. So the Brahmins were probably the last of the castes to give up the practice. Others couldn't afford it anyway.
Back in 2001, Professor D N Jha published "the best-kept secret in Indian history — the beef-eating habits of ancient Hindus, Buddhists and even early Jains" in his book Holy Cow—Beef in Indian Dietary Conditions. His scholarly work is probably the most definitive work ever on the subject. It is not available in India of course. A civil court in Hyderabad banned it. Some Government Ministers (BJP, who else) demanded ritualised book burnings. He was threatened and had to have police protection for a while. It was reprinted as the The Myth of the Holy Cow and can still be obtained – with some difficulty – outside India.
"Old and tired out" Jha may call himself, but there's something irrepressible about him. Bans and fatwas haven't stopped him from beginning work on his next book. "It will be called," says Jha with deadpan face, "Adulterous Gods and their Inebriated Women".
The Guardian – One man's beef …..
A few days ago the Wall Street Journal conducted an email interview with DN Jha.
The killing of an Indian Muslim man allegedly lynched last month by a Hindu mob who suspected him of having slaughtered and eaten a cow, has refocused attention on attitudes toward the animal in a constitutionally secular country with a Hindu majority.
The former Delhi University professor, who is now retired, says he received death threats after the publication of a 2001 book about beef in Indians' dietary traditions and based on ancient texts, "The Myth of the Holy Cow.
In an email interview with The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Jha discussed the emergence of the cow as a sacred animal and the politics of meat among conservative Hindus.
Mr. Jha: It was only in the early Christian centuries, around the middle of the first millennium A.D., that the Brahminical texts began to discourage and even disapprove of cow slaughter.
This change of attitude can be understood against the general background of the transformation of the rural society in post -Mauryan centuries, especially from around the middle of the first millennium A.D., which ushered in a phase of unprecedented agrarian expansion. Brahmins emerged as a feudal land owning class and, unlike in the earlier period, became more and more involved in agriculture. This led to the recognition of the pivotal role of animal husbandry, and the disapproval of killing of cattle by the Brahmins. All this is encapsulated in the concept of kali age in which many age-old practices came to be forbidden.
WSJ: Is eating cow meat incompatible with Hinduism today?
Mr. Jha: There is substantial evidence in ancient Indian texts which testify to the prevalence of the practice of beef eating for many centuries in ancient India. The practice gradually disappeared in those regions, which are now called the "cow belt." But it has continued in many other parts of the country, especially Kerala and north eastern states. In Kerala, 72 communities eat beef and many of them are Hindus. So, I would not say that beef eating is incompatible with Hinduism. But, at the same time there are many Hindus who would not even touch beef or even meat or fish.
What may be unacceptable to one set of Hindus may be acceptable to another. …..
The discouragement of cow-slaughter and the eating of beef was essentially an economic necessity of the time and had little to do with religion then. It came in when the value of a living cow far exceeded the value of a dead one, and when the wealth of the Brahmins was counted in cows. What easier way of maintaining their wealth than by introducing a regulation beneficial to themselves and justifying it on the grounds of the religion that they were the custodians of?


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All You Need To Know About A Town Where People Live Underground
By SteavingO (self media writer) | 2 years ago
Coober Pedy is a town in Northern South Australia, 845km north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. It is sometimes referred to as the opal capital of the world because of the precious opals that are mined there.
Opals come in different colours and sizes but not all opals are valuable. Some don't even worth a dollar. This doesn't mean that some opals are not valuable.
Although this town is known for its opal production, it is majorly and widely known for its "below-ground" structures or houses called DUGOUTS. This simply means that the houses in Coober Pedy are underground unlike other houses. The next sub-topic explains why they live underground.
History Of Coober Pedy And Why The Residents Live Underground
Normally, like any other place, Coober Pedy was a deserted area with no inhabitant. What mainly attracted people to the town was the opal that was found by Wille Hutchinson on the 1st of February, 1915. Due to the high value and worth of opal, other miners were attracted to the town. That was how the colonization started on the initial isolated desert. Most people who live in the town are miners. Also, Coober Pedy supplies most of the world's gem-quality (high quality) opal.
Why The Residents Live Underground
Coober Pedy has a very hot desert climate. It has very high
sunlight, low rainfall and very little vegetation (trees and grasses). Coober Pedy can be likened to a desert.
Most miners had to live in such harsh weather condition(very high temperature) inorder to perform their mining activities.
The are faced with a harsh weather condition and they had to find a solution or else they will die. Their only solution was to live in caves called DUGOUTS. A standard three-bedroom cave house with lounge, kitchen and bathroom can be excavated out of the rock in the hillside for a similar price to building a house on the surface (a normal house). Almost 80% of the population lives underground.
The underground houses have running water, power supply and other essentials of a normal house. The main purpose why they had to live underground is to escape from the hot temperature of the desert. Almost all, if not all of their buildings and structures are underground. There are also hotels for tourists that are built underground.
Other Information.
The population of the town is about 2,500 of people of mixed races, nationality, color and background. The inhabitants engage in sporting activities like playing golf (mostly at night because of the heat) and football(they even have a football team).
The town was also used as the setting (location) of some movies like Fire in the Stone, Opal Dream, Until the End of the World and so on.
What do you think about Coober Pedy?
Kindly like, share and comment below.
Also, stay safe and live a holy life.
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Adelaide Coober Pedy Northern South Australia Wille Hutchinson


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George Boh Sat May 31 1997
Looking for information on Martin BOH, Civil War Vet, date of death-1927/1929; Married to Mary HAREMAKER. Lived at Ohio, Coldbrook, New York 1868-?? Also looking for information on Raymond Boh , date of death 1967, Herkimer N.Y. Any obit records, or anything would be appreciated. Thank you.
Margie Homko Sat May 31 1997
BATES: I am looking for information on George Bates, born about 1776. He married Patience CHURCHILL around 1787. She was born in Tribes Hill, NY. They may have married in Ontario, as first child, Ezra, was born in Yonge Township, Ontario in 1792. Daughter Olive was born in 1812. We have ancestral line of Patience Churchill, but have no information on ancestors of George Bates. Thanks for any help you can give me.
Jillean Austin Sat May 31 1997
Looking for cousin(s) in the Amsterdam area. Grandfather Raymond CLINE GLEED from Mohawk, NY had brother William. Uncle Cline Gleed was mayor of Amsterdam, NY. His children still there. Have no info on grandfather. He died in 1946 in Mohawk, NY. Married to Margaret EDICK, Mohawk, NY. Send info directly to e-mail address please.
Gerry Meier Sat May 31 1997
Looking for information on the Nicholas BOODY family of Herkimer and Oneida County, NY. They lived in this area from 1790? until 1837 when some of them moved to Eaton County, MI. Jacob Boody stayed behind, as others may have also done. He lived near Westernville, NY and Rome Historical Society has quite a bit of info. about his accomplishments. Related surnames are NICHOLS, WINN, MOE, HOUSE, EICHNER. Nicholas Boody's children were Peter, John, Daniel, Catherine, Mary, Nicholas and Jacob. (That we know of.) If you know where the Boody family originally came from, please let me know. They spoke German, but we think they may have actually come from Holland. Were they related to the Boodys who lived in Vermont and New Hampshire?
Debra Eddy Sat May 31 1997
Need information on the desc. of Jacob NEWTON (b. ca 6 Oct 1803, Voluntown Twp., New London, CT - d, 28 Sept. 1863, Oneida Co., NY). He was a son of Nathan Newton and Eleanor "Ellen" PALMER. Jacob married Lois Ross CRANDALL (26 Aug 1800, Westerly, Washington Co., RI - 2 Oct 1870, Baltimore Twp., Barry Co., MI), a daughter of James Kenyon Crandall and Lydia ROSS. In 1830 and 1840 census, they lived at Winfield Twp., Herkimer Co., NY. In 1850, lived at Bridgewater Twp., Oneida Co., NY. Known children are: Albert S., husband of Celinda SPINK (my ancestors); Benjamin F., husband of Mary HOOK; Ellen, who married a JONES; Lydia; and Mary Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Hook.
Tricia Truax Fri May 30 1997
Looking for information about Johan Nicholas HERKIMER, son of Johan Jost and Maria (Van ALLEN) Herkimer, b. 24 Jan. 1771 in Ft. Herkimer, NY, and married Charlotte PURDY, daughter of Gilbert Purdy.
Irene Hahn Fri May 30 1997
I'm interested in the AMES Cemetery in Sharon Springs, Montgomery Co., NY. Does anyone have a listing? Thanks.
Note: Irene's query is most timely. Sharon Springs is actually 3 to 4 miles south of the border of the town of Canajoharie, in the township of Sharon in Schoharie County. If anyone has a list of this cemetery, please send us a copy. We are currently making charts showing townships in neighboring counties that border Herkimer and Montgomery Counties border townships. This will be posted within the week.
Ermine Payne Thur May 29 1997
Looking for birth info of my g-grandmother Tryphena TAYLOR (maiden name) born 5 Feb 1833 in Herkimer County. Do not have parents' names. Tryphena's listing on 1850 census states her father was from England and her mother from NH, but no names have surfaced yet. Her husband was Ambrose D. TURNER, who was born in Maine, but I don't know if they marr. in Wisconsin or where yet. She was a teacher in Sheboygan on 1850 census there, not married. Ambrose lived in Lake Co. IL, but I have not been able to run down their marr. certificate in either state as yet. They soon after marriage moved to Boone Co. IL, where they both died. On her death certificate, there are no parents listed either. We have searched 1830 and 1840 census as well.
John C. Clark Wed May 28 1997
I am interested in finding the parents and birth and death dates for Russel KILBURN CLARK, found in the 1830 Fabius Onondaga Co. New York Census as living on a farm. Married to Elizabeth TOWNE, born 24 Feb.1804, in Winfield, Herkimer Co. New York.
An update to Bob Moore's May 25 Eglin/Dod query:
Robert Moore Tue 27 May 1997; posted 5/29
Also have info on the AVERY family who lived at Broadalbin (now Fulton County). Ever run across the name PAWLEY, PAULEY, PAULI etc. in the Mohawk Valley? Palatines - they were displaced persons because of the "Troubles" and had to go to Canada in 1783. Also try http://home.ican.net/~bedmonds/ElginOGS. It is our local genealogical home page. A lot of people from the Mohawk Valley, N.J. and New England worked their way through to Michigan and west.
Susan J Kenyon Thu 29 May 1997
Surname: FREDENDALL, Lawrence, b. abt 1810-9. Lived in Duanesburg, Schenectady Co., moved to Montgomery Co. (Fonda or ?Florida), about 1850. Appears in 1865 Census, Town of Florida, Montgomery Co., NY, District 1, page 1, which lists family #44 as (Info from an old family letter):
Lawrence FRITENDAL?, born Schenectady
Agness, born in Scotland
James, age 24
John, age 23
George L., age 21
Marion (Mathilda) age 20, born in Schen. Co
David T., age 15
Peter, age 12
Mary, age 3, born in Montgomery Co.
Surname: WOODBECK. William Henry, m. Marion Mathilda Fredendall after 1865. Her name on the marriage cert. appears as Matilda FRIGHTENDOL. Thank you for this wonderful Web-site...GOOD JOB! Sue.
Note: Starting in the early 19th century, New York State conducted state censuses that were taken mid-decade. Not all of these survive for any given census year for any given county. In the 1865 census for Montgomery County that Sue refers to above, people were asked to give the county they were born in. Jerry Reed has made a chart of the surviving censuses on his Otsego County GenWeb page. Copies of these censuses are at the State Library in Albany and at the library in Cooperstown, NY for on-site use. Jerry's award-winning Civil War section also includes rosters of all the area companies of the 121st NY Volunteer Infantry and is a great resource to search for ancestral surnames and Civil War soldiers enlisting from Herkimer and Montgomery Counties. Other regimental rosters of Civil War soldiers are in our Where the Boys Were section.
Tamara Wilkinson Wed May 28 1997
Looking for GETMAN family ancestors. My gg-grandmother, Delia Getman, was born 05 July, 1807. I think her parents were John Adam Getman and Maria ______. Delia Getman first married Gansvoort DEWANDELAER (b. 1803 in Tribes Hill or Palatine.) Married 28 Feb 1826. Their children: John Adams, James Gansvoort and Georgiana P. DeWandelaer. All were born in Palatine in the 1830's. Later Delia married a VAN VECHTEN (a mayor of Albany?) Would appreciate any information.
Nancy J. Curran Tue 27 May 1997
I'm helping a friend (I hope!) find out about John FERGUSON, who was in Montgomery up to about 1813, before leaving for Wayne Co. He had nine sons: Jacob, David, Stephen, Nicholas, Boice (which I think may have been Bryce), Hiram, Abraham, Emery and George B. His daughter Margaret married Samuel MINKLY. Of course, I'm trying to find parents for John Ferguson. So far, nothing in the church books or land records or surrogate records.
Jean Blacker Mon May 26 1997
Aaron SHAW: born about 1808 in Montgomery County, NY. Wife: Dalania MARTIN, Son: Horace Shaw.
David Rickard Mon May 26 1997
I am looking for information on William E. RICKARD, born sometime between 1836-1841, the son of Henry and Polly Rickard of the town of Minden, Montgomery County. William married Sally CRONKITE of Danube, also Sally HALL in 1865 and Louisa REBILL in 1875. I am looking for the place and date of death of William and if he left any children.
Duane Alan Runyon Sun 25 May 1997
RUNYON: Looking for Guy Taylor Runyon, a clockmaker in Mohawk, Herkimer Co around 1910. Family lore says he might have been a French-Canadian immigrant. Guy's son Richard married Wanda VANDERVOORT. The Vandervoorts were thought to be from either Fly Creek in Otsego Co. or Watervliet in Albany Co. and to have some connection to Gen. George GALLUP. I am just starting this research and would greatly appreciate any info or leads to good local resources.
Hi. I am looking for information about ancestors or other relatives of my great-grandfather Rev. George STEELE, who was minister of the North Colombia and South Ilion Methodist Churches during the 1920s/1930s. North Columbia is in the Town of Columbia and South Ilion is in the Town of German Flatts, both in Herkimer County. He officiated at the marriage of his daughter Marion Steele to Leon M. VANDAWALKER (formerly of Saquoit, Oneida Co, bordering Herkimer Co).
Bill Grummons Sun May 25 1997
Quite a few of my early ancestors were born and raised, married and died in Montgomery County. Mostly in and around South Salem and North Salem. The spellings vary from GRUMMAN to GROMMON to GRUMMONS, GRUMMAND, etc. Two brothers, Ebenezer and Ephriam. In checking names for Montgomery County, the spelling GREEMAN or GREENMAN has appeared. Would appreciate any information known about decendents.
Charles Milbert Sun May 25 1997
John MORAN and Cornelia _______ had a daughter Margaret Moran, b.Dec 7, 1866 in Stark Township, Herkimer Co, NY. I am looking for Cornelia's surname.
Robert G. Moore Sun 25 May 1997
DODS: Looking for anyone researching the family of Bartholemus DODS, born 18 May 1746 at Schenectady D.R.C.,son of John Dods and Catalyntje SCHERMERHORN. Married Pompton Plains, Morris Cty N.J. on 14 Sept 1769 to Maritjye DOREMUS, dau of Cornelis Doremus and Antje YONG. Moved from Beavertown N.J abt 1782, where he served in the Revolution. Back and forth from New York City and Pompton Plains until he moved back to Schenectady in 1788. Lived Town of Charleston Montgomery County and later Town of Florida. Purchased land in 1801 in the Benson Tract in what was then Town of Mayfair, Fulton Cty, now Town of Benson, County of Hamilton. He was likley engaged in lumbering. Bartholemus died March 1808 in Benson. His wife Mary died August 1821 Town of Amsterdam. Children:
1. JOHN bpt Aug 1767 - marr Elizabeth MANDERVILLE
2. Antje bpt mar 1769 - marr Christian WILKIE
3. Catherine born Sept 1769 marr John EGLIN (see my Eglin query)
4. Jannetje born Sept 1771 marr John DEHART
5. Cornelius bpt Sept 1774 marr Mary GLEN
6. Seaty bpt Sept 1776 marr Hendrick STALEY
7. Thomas bpt Aug 1778 marr Lodine FILKINS
8. Annequilla bpt Oct 1780 married ? Van HOSEN
9. Batholomew bpt 1781 living 1808
10 Moriah per the Maartje bpt 1782
11. Huldah married ? FLANSBURGH
12 Jacob born April 1787 died 1811 unmarried
13 Rachel bpt Dec 1789 marr Isaac P. MEAD
14. Engeltje, twin to Rachel and likely died young
Appreciate any info on this family and all children. Gladly provide any info I have and my research notes on them. Many thanks. Robert Moore 77 Metcalfe Street St, Thomas, Ontario, Canada N5R 3K6
Brenda Van Voorhies Fri 23 May 1997
I am looking for a Samuel ADAMS b. 1793 in Montgomery County, NY. He married a Mary Jemima JUDD b. 1794 in NY (don't know where). They had 6 children (we think all born in Buffalo, Erie County:
Henry Adams b. 1820
Samuel Judd Adams b. abt 1825
Mary Adams b. abt 1827
George B. Adams b. abt 1830
Sarah Adams b. abt 1832
Angeline Adams b. abt 1834
The problem I've run into is I don't know the Township in which Samuel was born. My mother and I went to the Fonda Historical Archives Dept. and all the Bible records were for each township. They did have quite a bit of info there but we were not able to spend enough time. We have yet to find Samuel Adams in census records. An inconsistency we found was Samuel's first child, Henry (our line), was born in 1820 in Erie County. But it wasn't Erie county till 1821. So that means he was actually recorded on the Niagara county census. Well we will keep plugging, any additional help you might be able to offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Carol Severson Fri May 23 1997
QUACKENBUSH, Peter and wife Caty Quackenbush m. 11 Dec 1817 in Fonda, Montgomery, NY. Had 11 children; only have names of Martin, Richard, Betsy, John, Lana, Louise, Elisa and Rachel. Peter was son of Isaac and Dirkje (Van ALSTYNE) Quackenbush and Caty was daughter of Abrahm and Catrina (HOFF) Quackenbush. Peter and Caty moved to WI 1850-60. Would like to contact other descendants.
Diana Granger Fri May 23 1997
The 1810 census shows a Harry DELONG in Montgomery County. I want to know if this was an ancestor of mine. I am looking for a Harry Delong who married a Mary Ann TOLBER in Wayne, NY and had a son William on July 13, 1843 in Bradford, NY. If you can give me any information, even to telling me where Bradford and Wayne are, I would greatly appreciate it.
Marilyn L. Nichols Trumbull Fri May 23 1997
Does anyone know the surname of Daniel NICHOLS' wife, Temperance, both of Danbury? My line is: Sgt. Francis, Isaac, Caleb, Samuel, Josiah, Daniel, Ezra, Eli, Ezra, Henry, Archie, Robert, Marilyn (myself). Any help would be greatly appreciated and any family members' info would be appreciated. I've worked on the Nichols and collateral lines for many years.
Pat Seibert Thu May 22 1997
Searching for my mothers' aunts: Ruth and Nina WHITE lived in Newport probably most or all their lives. Lived in old white frame house. Had a brother, younger, possibly Gary White. The aunts died probably in the 1970s. Could not find on 1920 census. Possibly born around 1900.
Richard Anderson Thu May 22 1997
Appreciate any info on COLE and/or BUCKIN families, e.g. Park Cole (1851 Fowler - 1910 MI) son of Ira Cole and Betsey Philpot m. 1871 Fowler to Mary Bucklin (1852 Little Falls - 1911 MI) dau of Alden Bucklin and Julia BONFY.
allan albright Wed May 21 1997
I am searching for the parents of Desire ROCKWELL, my gg-grandmother. She was born in 1804 , d. in 1843 and is buried at Old Stone Fort in Schoharie County. She married in 1822 Levi D. PARSLOW, his first wife in Charlestown, Montgomery Cty and they lived in Charlestown. The only Rockwells I can find are Silas under Montgomery Co in 1790 census and Elias and James under Charlestown in 1830 census. Her husband Levi remarried and died in Schoharie Cty. Her daughter Almira Parslow married Peter RIVENBURGH, both born in 1835 and moved to Greenville, NY. Peter and Almira are buried in Palenville, NY. Peter came from Charlestown also, but I cannot find his parents either. I am searching for Peter's parents in Montgomery Co - the spelling could have been RIFFENBURG/ RIVENBERGH/ etc. Al Albright
Cheryl Classick Tue May 20 1997
KRAUSS (CROUSE): Seeking information on the family of Jacob Krauss and his wife Catherine NELLIS. Their children are: John Jacob, Maria Elizabeth (1728), Maria Margarita (1731), Johann Just (1733) Robert (1736) George (1740) Catherine (1744) and Anna (1746) Lived in Fort Plain, St. Johnsville Area. Am trying to find possible relationship to my ancestor Benjamin Crouse (1812).
Leon Jessie Sun May 18 1997
I am trying to locate any decendants or ancestors of Lemuel CROSS listed in the 1790 census of Canajoharie Town, Montgomery County with 1 wife, 4 sons (under 16), 3 daughters. I believe he may be an ancestor of my gggg-grandfather, William H. Cross b.10/28/1809 Greene County NY, m. 10/23/1833 to Lucy Amanda BOARDMAN in Seneca Falls NY. I will try to help anyone else searching in upstate NY. Thank you for any info. Leon Jessie
Jeanne Belford Sun May 18 1997
Seeking origins of Private John WINN, who served in the 1st and 2nd regiments of the Tryon County Militia. This man should not be confused with the various Dutch Winne families in the Canojoharie, NY area. We believe our John Winn had a son, John, born ca. 1793 in New York and this son married Mary BOODY in New York, ca. 1809 and is shown in the German Flatts area of Herkimer County in 1820 and 1830. At the end of the 1830's John and Mary moved to Eaton Rapids, Michigan, where Mary died 13 Sep 1848. John married (2) Lucina (OAKES) Boody, widow of Daniel Boody, originally from Oneida County, New York.
EGLIN/DODS: Looking for anyone researching the family of Catherine DODS (1769-1845) dau of Bartholemus Dods and Marjte DOREMUS. She married Schenectady 1790 to John EGLIN (1769-1845) his parents u/k. Both buried Town of Benson, Hamilton County. They lived in Montgomery and Fulton Counties for some time (Town of Florida and Town of Mayfair). Some of the Dods Family lived Town of Glen. Children EGLIN:
1. Bartholemus: bpt 1792; m. Jane ? lived Town of Edinburg, Saratoga Cty near Clark Schoolhouse; died 1879 Edinburg; at least 3 children
2. Peter Doremus: b. 1794 m. Syntha ? 2nd Ann? will 1850; res Town of Amsterdam; at least 3 children
3. Thomas: b. 1796 marr? if at all; died 1878-9 Town of Amsterdam, Fulton Cty; also lived East Zorra Twp Oxford County, Ont, Canada 1836-1848 era
4. Annetje (Nancy): b 1798 married c1817-8 to Alanson Avery; likely Town of Benson. The Avery fanily lived at Broadalbin to West Zorra Twp, Oxford Cty 1822; died 1874 ,bur Ingersoll Ont. 13 children
5. Cornelius: bpt 1801 married Oxford Cty bef 1826 to Margaret Ann Dolson (dau of Abraham Dolson); to Porter Cty Indiana c 1843; d. Porter Cty 1862; 8 children
6. Silas W.: b 1806 died 1891 Town of Benson; marr Betsey Spears; at least 3 children
Trying to do a complete family history. I have spent considerable time at the Fonda archives without much sucess. Will gladly share info. R. Moore, 77 Metcalfe Street St, Thomas, Ontario, Canada N5R 3K6 Thank you.
James E. Roof Sat May 17
My 3rd GGF Benjamin ROOF was born in Minden, Montgomery County in 1807. He married Katherine Fikes, dau of Henry FIKES, before 1833. Children were born in Jefferson, Herkimer and Otsego Counties. Eventually settled in Delaware County. His father, Christian Roof Jr, was born in Stone Arabia in 1767. Other related families are DILLENBACH, BEEROP, and SCHITTERLY. Interested in hearing from anyone researching these families.
Mary Ann Ryder Fri May 16 1997
BRICKMAN, Lodowick, also known as Ludoric BRAKEMAN. Listed as living in Canajoharie in 1790 census. Served in Revolutionary War. Would like any information, ie family etc. Would like especially to know how he came to the colonies.
David A. Heiden Fri May 16 1997
I am looking for additional information on the Dr. Ezra AMES MULFORD Family. Dr. Mulford married a Zilpah PACKARD (parents unknown) in 1826. Several of their children were born in Montgomery Co. starting in 1827. Dr. Mulford would have been an early physician in the county. In about 1842, they moved to Walworth Co., WI where Dr. Mulford practiced medicine and farmed. In 1850 he was one of the signers of the Wisconsin State Constitution. I am trying to locate the parents of Zilpah Packard and make a connection to the name of their first named son: Delos WHITE MULFORD.


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Q: XAMPP 3.2.1 Virtualhost is not working I am using XAMPP 3.2.1 and creating new virtual host in http-vhosts.conf file in Apache the code below
<VirtualHost *:8080>
  DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/support/srinet"
  ServerName supportcenter.sevplcorp.com
  Alias /mrpdf "E:/temp"
 <Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/support/srinet">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride all
    Order Deny,Allow
    Allow from all
    Require all granted
</Directory>

When I open supportcenter.sevplcorp.com in browser windows it shows like below

A: You have to edit your host file located at : %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.
Add a newline 127.0.0.1    supportcenter.sevplcorp.com

A: Probably you haven't altered your hosts file to map the host domain to server's IP address. Assuming that you're running XAMPP on your own PC, open your editor as Administrator (notepad is sufficient), then open this file:
c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts
...and add this line to the bottom:
127.0.0.1    supportcenter.sevplcorp.com
Save the file and, after that, visiting supportcenter.sevplcorp.com should work. Basically, by altering the hosts file you're telling the browser (and everything else that might want to access supportcenter.sevplcorp.com) that it's actually your PC.

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Looks like we have a fight tomorrow night on HBO PPV boxing when Gennady Golovkin and David Lemieux meet for a middleweight title unification bout at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In the co-feature Roman Gonzalez will defend his WBC World flyweight title against Brian Viloria. Tureano Johnson and Eamonn O'Kane will kick things off in a middleweight bout.
Today the all fighters hit the scales to make weight. Below are the official weigh-in results for tomorrow's event.


-fly to Stockholm Nyköping (NYO) with Ryanair (very cheap flights, from £20 return) and rent a car. The journey from Nyköping takes 3 1/2 hours and is very pleasant with beautiful scenery on the way.
-fly to Stockholm Arlanda (ARN) and get a connecting flight to Kalmar. Hire a car in Kalmar and you're 30 minutes from the cottage.
-fly to Stockholm Arlanda, travel to Stockholm Central Station and get the bus straight to Öland.
-fly to Copenhagen, Denmark and get the direct train to Kalmar.
It is useful to hire a car during your stay as it allows you greater flexibility.


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New Venezuela body not to 'annihilate' opposition: key candidate
Caracas (AFP) – President Nicolas Maduro calls her "the tiger" as a tribute to her fierce loyalty to his socialist government. Delcy Rodriguez, an outspoken ex-foreign minister, would be the dominant figure in the all-powerful assembly being elected Sunday to rewrite the constitution.
The 48-year-old lawyer told AFP the goal of the voting and new assembly is not to "annihilate" the opposition. She said dialogue is "the only path" to end her country's political crisis, but insisted Maduro's Socialists — the political heirs of the late firebrand Hugo Chavez — were not considering giving up power.
Q: Why is the new constituent assembly necessary?
Rodriguez: "It's the only immediate way we have to solve the problems among Venezuelans, to secure peace and end the violence. It is bullets and hate versus ballots. The new constitution will be put to a referendum, and that will give it its legitimacy."
Q: The opposition says it will usher in a communist dictatorship.
A: "A constituent assembly can't roll back the rights that are in our constitution. Quite the opposite: this is to make rights more progressive."
Q: Will there be a witch hunt?
A: "This isn't about prosecuting people, only crimes. One of the proposals before the constituent assembly is to transfer the right to take criminal action from the prosecutors' office to the victim."
Q: Maduro has demanded crimes by the right (the opposition) be investigated.
A: "The right has swapped political action for criminal action. You have never seen the right issuing a condemnation every time a person is lynched or burned alive. On Friday, a woman in Barquisimeto was burned to death for being pro-government. Most of these leaders have parliamentary immunity, but they have taken it as a sort of license to commit crimes. Opposition followers are fed up with the fact that the only call they hear is for criminal action, and I am sure that we are just hours away from having a political majority that is in favor of peace.
Q: Will that…


Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to document Abby and Jared's engagements! Abby was actually in my home Stake growing up in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Our families had game nights all together! I have some cool memories with the Henrie family.
Abby and Jared are a sweetheart couple. They both are on their last few semesters at BYU-I with Abby in Exercise Physiology and Jared in Neurobiology. I love how carefree Jared and Abby are. They could do be doing anything together and they would be enjoyed it. When I asked Jared to slow dance with Abby I asked what their song was and they told me Perfect by Ed Sheeran. This song seems totally them! And I loved seeing Jared open the car door for Abby the moment they arrived and as they left.
The day before Abby and Jared's engagement session we had 40+ mph winds! I'm so glad that it ended up being a beautiful day. We enjoyed some time up at Kelly Canyon and the grass was just barely turning green! Abby and Jared will be getting married at the Idaho Falls Temple. Jake and I were married at the Idaho Falls Temple as well so it holds a special place in my heart! Can't wait to be a part of these two's wedding in June!


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Jardon, Adele, wife of F.X. Jardon, Apr. 8, 1839 - Age 29 y. 2 m. 15 d.
This massive monument was for Adele (Miller) Jardon and no one else. I outlined the inscription on the stone and it indeed was correct in everything written in the Tombstone Census book except for one thing. Adele died in 1889. Only 29 years old and just over five years of marriage. I am glad I now know what happened to Adele, I just wish it could have ended on a happier note.
In other news, it's the 900th Born Loser post and I am a little saddened that it is occurring on a day where The Born Loser makes a pun. A very bad pun.


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Review of Haunted Hills Hospital Haunted Attraction
Haunted Hills Hospital
Haunted Hills Hospital is a Haunted Attraction located in Crown Point, IN.
7611 East Lincoln Highway, Crown Point, IN 46307
Free Parking, Paid Parking, Food/Concessions, Gift Shop/Souvenirs, Special Events, You will NOT be touched, Original Characters, All-Indoor Attraction
Team White City Devils reviewed this Haunted Attraction on October 3, 2020.
This season makes it our third visiting the horror that is Haunted Hills Hospital (HHH) in Lake Station, Indiana. Considering we are also regular visitors of their off-season haunts, it is wildly impressive to see such extreme changes every visit with such little time between as well as juggling a whole production store online for costumes and masks!
It is always such a treat to walk through and visit our favorite patients of Lake Station and see what kind of horrific nightmares they are living out.
(20% of Cast Score) Did it seem like there were enough actors?: 8.85
On any given night, HHH has over 100 actors roaming between the midway and the haunt. There is seriously nowhere safe for visitors to hide. I don't believe we have ever seen so many people cower before even getting into the main attraction. Watching Hospital residents such as Reaper, Jax, and Alchemilla roam around and terrorize anyone insight is some of the most enjoyable times we have in October.
We happened to cross paths with a patient called Sid. Accompanied by a big sack of goodies (mostly body parts), Sid had a childlike behavior about them. Reflecting on that though, Sid actually sat down and drew a picture of us! I'll be sure to attach the pic with the review.
Actors inside the haunt were a ton of fun and looked like they were enjoying every moment of the scare. Walking into the clown room, the actor there held us for a moment and would not let up with great banter while keeping the whole act spooky. We ran into a Doctor who locked a patient up because it was "Better for us to ignore her". The locked-up prisoner made super wild accusations that the Doctor wasn't all he was cracked up to be, she begged for her "Bozos" and really did great banging herself in the confines of the office she was locked in.
Part of the fun of HHH is not expecting how devoted these scare actors are. When walking into a new area, we approached a lone lunatic. When we were dead center in the room he laughed and casually pointed slightly up. When we looked in that direction another actor dove from above and relied on a harness to stop him from falling. It provided a good sudden scare that we were not expecting!
HHH never fails to impress with costuming and makeup. What works well for them as a hospital themed haunt during the whole COVID crisis is that their PPE masks look like they're just a part of the natural attire! The majority of the actors of course garmented smock-like tattered clothes, all of which looked like it had not been washed in a while. This of course adds to the rough conditions of HHH and helps keep the story alive.
The "queue line" actors have more stand-alone outfits and attire as those characters have great detailed backstories easily found on their website.
HHH also is home to Haunted Hills Productions, a company that creates costumes and masks and such for purchase. Knowing this, it's no surprise that the quality of costuming and makeup they provided for their own haunt comes with high regard.
(25% of CS Score) How professional, helpful and friendly were the staff members?: 10
HHH is ever-changing (for the better) but the one constant is their guest service. Last year, they provided a security check on the grounds to assure guest and employee safety and continue to practice it this year. There is always a friendly face at tickets or merch and plenty of employees to talk to if there is an issue or concern. Local police volunteer their time and have not only a stop area for traffic to slow down, but this year also installed a speed bump (talk about going all out).
Because I'm not a medical professional, I can only say that HHH practiced all they listed down for their COVID-19 Plan. Part of this idea is to prevent a line entirely and they did so with the virtual line. What this means is guests have to provide a phone number that will receive a text message when it is your group's turn to enter the haunt. It seems HHH is really implementing some great ideas that work within their recommended guidelines.
One new feature that worked wonders is the Mayhem Midway and Hills Hallow Condemned Scare Zone. Guests can help themselves to the food vendors on-site as well as a great new area with photo op stations, roaming actors for entertainment, and a live DJ. It really transforms the usual "stand in line and wait your turn" idea to making a whole evening out of visiting the haunt!
We arrived roughly at just about 6:30 pm and probably left at about 9:30 pm. This was not because it took so long to get in, rather there is so much to do now and plenty of entertainment provided so we wanted to stick around.
There are add-on options to try including a five-minute escape room (we obviously suck at escape rooms and lost) and axe throwing (we also suck at this). HHH offers so much more now with the bigger midway in play and it really is a great addition. After talking with owners, I was glad to hear that even after COVID passes, they have no plans on changing the new midway.
(20% of SFX Score) How well were the scenes detailed?: 9
(25% of SFX Score) How well did they achieve & maintain the suspension of disbelief?: 9
HHH is always impressive when it comes down to their special effects. They are of high, professional quality and never fail to frighten. One of the highlights for the special effects department in my opinion is a rather minor detailed piece that is amazing. The marionette human has to be the perfect combination of creepy, disturbing, chilling, and detailed. Moving in rhythm to some 1930s-esque kid-friendly music (you know the creepy kind horror movies love to use) the human marionette is a personal favorite. I sort of categorized this piece as "minor" only in the sense of there being "major" effects throughout the haunt as well. Right before entering the garden area there is a ridiculously giant plant monster that can give Audrey II a run for her money.
One of my favorite scenes that makes great use of lighting and fog is the boiler room. Having the right amount of fog and light not only coming from under us but also from the giant tanks works amazingly. It is also highly effective when actors pop out of said tanks.
Overall, HHH clearly spends a great deal of time on details and they shine throughout the haunt.
(30% of Theme Score) Could you tell what the theme was?: 8.9
HHH does have a really great storyline and shows throughout the haunt. What I like most to relate into it is the old 1950s TV sets playing scenes that help follow up the story and kind of help provide almost a time stamp on when these horrors took place. The old-timey TVs play old-timey clips, and certain scenes also provide music samples from what I feel is the same time period. I have never really confirmed this, but these are some small details that do make me believe these patients may have been roaming these walls longer than we expect…
As I have said before and will say again, personally I am a sucker for themes. To help with a better understanding of the storyline behind HHH, I will end this category with what I have written from last year's review, detailing HHH's theme:
Hills Hospital houses the nation's worst of the worst mental psychotic prisoners that couldn't be handled in a general mental establishment. During their time here, the doctors and nurses show plenty of neglect toward these prisoners and even go as far as using them as experiments for inhumane practices. These patients eventually turned on the staff and unleashed the hell behind Ward H, a strictly secured ward that housed many of the most diabolical prisoners that were saved for experiments under the Truman Corporation.
What is great about this theme is all actors know the story, so they know the names of the medication we are introduced to and name these products out. When we reached the Truman Crop. held Ward H, the patients are also way more intense, here is where we had most actors banging their entire bodies against the walls it worked so well at convincing us that there was a special place for them in Ward H.
(30% of Scare Factor Score) How scary was it?: 8.9
(15% of Scare Factor Score) How well did they provide scares to the entire group?: 8.85
(25% of Scare Factor Score) How predictable were the scares?: 9
(15% of Scare Factor Score) How well did they provide a wide variety of scares?: 8.8
The actors in HHH clearly know and understand the art of the scare. As accustom as we have become by now in terms of being frightened, HHH actors always find ways to misdirect or jump scare and still affect us properly. When combined with amazing scenes and props, these constant scares are effective throughout and really mess with all of our senses.
HHH also provides plenty of creepy methods throughout as well that are terrifying. A great example of this would be the patient with the goat head. This is near the start where for a moment, all the halls align just right, and off in the distance is a person with a goat head (on their shoulders). Moving through wall to wall, and from room to room, we progressively had no choice but to get closer. This character did a great job at remaining ominous through that scenario and owned it.
What I really appreciate considering the scare factor is that it is not limited to just the haunt. HHH is still (during this season) chasing guests back to their cars during their finale. I truly believe this may be why the town installed a speed bump, just in case the chase goes too far out!
(30% of E&V Score) How satisfied are you with the entertainment received during the main attraction/s?: 9
(25% of E&V Score) How satisfied are you with the entertainment that's available with the ticket price, excluding the main attraction/s?: 9.05
(30% of E&V Score) How appropriate is/are the ticket price/s?: 9
Our walk-through time was just shy of 20 minutes, of course this varies from person to person as we ourselves have had longer times by a few minutes. With general admission being $20, our MPD value comes to .97 which is really amazing considering GA includes The Scare Zone and the Midway.
They have seemed to use all possible space with the new features so I cannot stress how good 20 dollars is for GA. VIP is a 30 dollar value and either ticket can have a five-dollar add on for a 5 minute escape room and axe throwing session.
HHH is a must-see on any season and is worth the short drive to Indiana but be cautious, you will run out of there right back to your car!
Guest Average: 9.83 out of 10
Jacob Spencer – 10/10 – October 9, 2021
I have to admit I was not holding very high hopes for the haunt this year with a new location and it …show more being an outside haunt. My 13 y old son(who is on the spectrum) loves haunted houses so we decided to bring him. The lines were a mile long but moved rather fast. We made it to the Midway and my son had a breakdown. We were sitting and calming him when a security staff member saw us and came over to ask how we were doing. I explained that we would not be able to make it through the haunt. This staff member took the time to talk to my son and assured him that the haunt was safe and generally helped my son calm down. This Security member did not have to help in the way he did. He went above and beyond to make our experience the best it could have been. While we did not make it through this day we will for sure make another attempt this season. I can not remember the guys name but I think it was Ron. My son is still talking about the Nice Security guy the whole ride home.
Danielle – 10/10 – October 6, 2018
I loved the newer updated design they did! I highly recommend going!!! We got scared multiple times …show more and it was well worth it!!
Corey Gensimore – 10/10 – October 31, 2016
This is probably the most craziest and scariest haunt I have EVER been to.
Best Midway (Given by: Team White City Devils)
Scariest Haunt in Indiana (Given by: Team White City Devils)
Actor Shout Out Award - Dr. Cropsey (Given by: Team Zombillies)
Actor Shout Out Award - Dr. Faust (Given by: Team Zombillies)
Actor Shout Out Award - Rabbit (Given by: Team Zombillies)


Pakistan International Airlines is facing some blowback over a goat sacrifice. The carrier resumed turboprop service this week following a crash earlier in the month and, as part of that process, ground staff in Islamabad sacrificed a black goat. The traditional sacrifice is believed to help ward off accidents and that's where the mocking comes in. Which is a shame.
No, I don't think that sacrificing a goat makes flight operations safer. But I also really don't mind that ground staff are choosing to follow traditions that they believe have historically added value and which have zero impact otherwise. Superstition (or religion) can be surprisingly useful at helping to convince people that it is worth paying attention to the checklists because things are going to work correctly so long as you do.
I also cannot help but wonder a bit about the bias shown in such judgments. The goat sacrifice is an offering to the gods, a plea for protection and guidance. How different is that from a Maori Haka performance celebrating the launch of a new airline route to New Zealand?
Or a Japanese Taiko drum ceremony to launch service to Tokyo?
Or a Chinese Dragon dance opening a trade show?
Each is based on centuries-old traditions and the presence or absence of any will almost certainly not affect a flight, route, conference, sporting event, war battle or whatever they're performed prior to. Yet only some get mocked. Which is a shame. But, hey, racism is apparently stylish these days.
Not all traditions have the same moral standing. Citing traditions that harm no one and are done for modern entertainment (akin to any other entertainment or show) to suggest that Killing a Goat is lighthearted entertainment sort of misses the point of the critique.
They're bringing weapons onto the tarmac. And killing a goat.
In Saudi Arabia women aren't permitted to drive. Is that merely tradition and something we should accept? Or it is fine to criticize tradition against modern moral standards?
I believe you are demonstrating exactly the point WA was trying to get across, i.e., applying one culture's "moral standards" to another's. I don't see how "bringing weapons onto the tarmac" is somehow morally reprehensible (potential security issue, but you don't make that case). I don't see how "killing a goat" is any more wrong than a Wisconsin bow hunter killing a deer and field dressing it. And by comparing the practice to other regional practices, you are merely reinforcing the cultural bias.
That you equate the killing of animals to subjugation of human rights is all sorts of messed up. Save for the goat in this scenario I'm pretty sure no one was harmed. And the "weapons" assertion is amusing, particularly given the myriad other objects that maintenance crews have at their disposal on the field on a regular basis.
I'm sorry your colleague doesn't like going to her native home. How wonderful that she has the choice to do so.
The throat of an animal was slit, and it bleed to death in front of an airplane. Imagine the terror that animal felt?
Surprised you don't get that distinction.
This action should be condemned. It was done by savages.
So to be clear, it's perfectly fine to slaughter and eat fish, chicken, beef, pork, goat, etc., but not okay in the context of a religious ritual, because the former presumably benefits people while the latter does not. Got it.
Ritual sacrifice historically has fed either the priests or the indigent. Suggesting that it is simply waste and savage is a very sheltered take IMO.
Spot on analysis! It's refreshing to see a change in how this is being discussed.
@Gary Leff: Screw the progress of "the 21st century" if it stands on the denigration, subjugation, and eradication of non-Western European cultures and peoples. Don't get me wrong, it's not OK to mistreat women, but it's your view that "YOUR progress" is innocent and does not have tons of blood on its hands that's a problem. It's just as problematic, in fact even more so precisely because it is packaged as universally innocent.
@Tim: Many cultures have ritual sacrifices. At least this one only dealt with animals. The US is built on native genocide and the African slave trade.
The reference to the 4th century comes from a Pakistani woman, I'm simply relaying it. There's a reason she wanted out to the United States. You're coming dangerously close to characterizing Pakistanis as 'noble savages' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_savage). I bet you don't understand which way traffic flowed over the Berlin Wall, either?
Day by day it is becoming more evident that there are perhaps multiple civilizations on this planet, not this antiquated paradigm of "we are the world," one universal civilization or even an East vs. West mentality. "Civilization" in the sense that it is a term to define the highest ordering of a subset of cultural beliefs, traditions, endowed rights, etc. The civilization boundaries that encompass the islamo-ethic traditions & beliefs have no desire for a Western mindset or a shared existence with neighboring civilizations. To argue such is a waste of time. There's no push to advance toward modernity. Modernity, or more specifically technologically advances, will not serve to advance the internal population's condition, but instead be used to further that civilization's identity (language/culture/traditions/heritage). The goat killers don't want blue jeans and cold beer. There is no universal "We." The world is an "us," a "them," and a "them,"etc.
The U.S. is many things, but it remains a shining city on a hill for hundreds of millions of people across our globe for a multitude of reasons, perhaps freedom or economic freedom being the most. Gwayrav's use of historic U.S. tragedies and abominations to make a relativistic point is perhaps the most revealing insight into his/her perspective. He/she is either implying Americans should not voice their disgust for pointless death because we have blood on our hands or he/she's equating historic victims of genocide/enslavement to a slaughtered goat. Either way…moronic point. He/she is once again proving we have no common humanity because apparently it's all relative and there is no inferior way to conduct ourselves. Wisdom from experience and/or tradition passed through a value system will always subordinate ignorance and relativistic views. It is Gwayray's relativism that enables this behavior (pointless goat slaughter) and the devaluing of life in general. It should be shunned and stigmatized…unless the goat was served up for lunch with eggplant and naan bread.
I completely agree with Tim. Killing an innocent creature in a brutal, painful and disgusting manner for the sake of it is wrong. But then if you don't get that immediately you never will. It's called empathy and basic caring for living things that feel emotion just like you.
I eat meat. I'm okay with animals being killed to provide that sustenance to me and to others. And, yes, there's blood involved when that happens.
Probably worth noting here that, generally speaking, the ritual sacrifice practices in that part of the world are based on principles that require the killing to be performed in a manner that is as painless to the animal as possible, similar to the way halal or kosher butchers operate. Calling it "brutal, painful and disgusting" might just be missing the point a bit.
I have personal issues with the killing of the goat for this reason – but that's my opinion, as someone who has lived his entire life in a very different culture and set of religious beliefs. So, while I may disagree with the killing of the animal for this reason, I also won't condemn the culture or religion that led to it happening. Who am I to judge, when there are many things about my life that the average resident in Pakistan would find offensive?
Regardless of beliefs about animal cruelty, using this as a means to make jokes, or to justify prejudices based on ethnicity and religion, is inexcusable. It's one thing to say, "I personally disagree with killing an animal in this manner" and a completely different one to use this as a means of justifying prejudice and discrimination.
The purpose of the ritual is to give the meat to the poor. So the animal is killed and the proceeds (food) is given to the poor. According to reports, it is done prior to boarding, but it may be visible from the airport lounge, etc.
As for the racist rhetoric, why is Gary's view of the world and how things should be the way it should be? Why can't a country not have skyscrapers and still be ok? Why can't a country be different and still ok? Just like not everyone has to collect miles or fly first class or constantly put people down on blogs.
No one is talking about 'skyscrapers' but you. We're talking about ritual sacrifice of living creatures, and subjugation of women that the women affected often wish to escape.
Not everyone must 'collect miles' (again something only you speak to here), but I do think our collective humanity can speak to cultural practices that treat some people as less than others. And if they can offer that judgment, then simply saying "but culture" is insufficient to prove a relativism that keeps us from offering moral claims about which practices are worse than others.
The racist rhetoric — suggesting that all practices are ok no matter whom they hurt, because those lives do not matter? — is yours EE.
Ok, so now you are saying that slaughtering an animal is wrong? But yet you eat meat? So if the consumer is white, it is ok, but to give meat to the poor is not ok. Pakistan has had female leaders, the US has not. Why are you making stuff up about women trying to escape? Many men and women now want to escape the US because of the incoming president. Just because one person makes a claim does not mean you should generalize that 3rd party info and spread it as fact.
As for your role in all this, Gary why don't you speak out on the cultural practice of white supremacists of killing jews, black people, and muslims? Or what about the cultural practice of police killing people?
I used to support your blog, but I can't anymore.
Genuinely lost by what you mean by I don't speak out by 'white supremacists killing jews..' I am Jewish and members of my family died in the holocaust.
I certainly don't think it requires moral perfection to speak out about moral questions. So you're welcome to challenge me on my own moral failings, there are plenty of hypocritical practices all over the world — but pointing out hypocrisy doesn't absolve everyone else their sins.
Animal rights is a complicated moral question when it comes to eating meat, I think it's probably beyond the scope of what we can accomplish in the comments section of Seth's blog. It's something I'm genuinely conflicted about. It gets bound in questions of where rights come from. And I'm not certain the ultimate answer here. But saying that moral questions surrounding eating meat are complicated, again, doesn't mean that all killing of animals (ritual sacrifice) is ok.
That's true, but it doesn't mean it is not okay either – just like eating meat.
I'm a staunch atheist, but I'm happy for people to kill animals for their beliefs subject to the same conditions as killing one for pure consumption: that it isn't pointless and the animal does not suffer unnecessarily. As I understand it, the animal didn't go to waste and the process of killing it was not notably worse (albeit different) than a normal halal/kosher animal death, so it's fine by me. If I'm wrong and the animal did suffer more than any other death causes, then then I would have a different opinion, but I don't believe that is the case.
They should've just smashed a champagne bottle over the goat's head. None of us traditionalists would have quibbled over that.
Kill a goat or don't kill a goat- as a meat eater, I'm not going to be hypocritical about it, as long as the animal doesn't suffer, and the meat is used.
But calling it a "noble practice"? Nope- sorry- it's not. It's another superstitious ritual. And fair game for mocking- given the safety performance of the PIA ATR fleet, anything other than a rigorous scientific focus on repair, maintenance, and inspection is unwarranted.


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Ather Energy launches highly anticipated new electric scooters and EV charging network
Micah Toll
- Jun. 5th 2018 12:35 pm PT
@MicahToll
Ather Energy has launched two new electric scooters today with a flashy unveiling event, after being in the works for two years.
The Ather 340 was revealed as the company's entry-level model while the Ather 450 is a higher power and higher speed version that retains the same physical appearance.
The Ather 340 has been teased for months, but it was finally wheeled out onstage this morning in Bangalore, India – the hometown of Ather Energy. It competes against many other electric scooters in a rapidly growing EV market in India.
With a 5 kW (6.7 hp) brushless DC motor, the Ather 340 is rated for a top speed of 72 km/h (45 mph) with a 0-40 km/h (25 mph) acceleration test of just 5 seconds.
The Ather 340 has a range of 60 km (37 mi) on a single charge and can be charged from 0% to 80% in just one hour. The battery is rated for 3-4 years or 50,000 km (31,000 mi).
Ather's larger electric scooter, the Ather 450, includes a more powerful 5.4 kW brushless DC motor and presumably a higher current controller, allowing it to reach speeds of 80 km/h (50 mph) and achieve a 0-40 km/h (25 mph) acceleration time of just 3.9 seconds.
The Ather 450 has a higher range at 75 km (47 mi) due to its relatively large 2.4 kWh battery pack.
The Ather 340 and 450 both look nearly identical from the outside, and both scooters sport cloud-connected 7-inch capacitive touchscreens to display speed, battery life, mileage, range, efficiency and even GPS map navigation, among other features.
Pre-orders opened for the scooters today in Bengalore only, with deliveries slated to begin in August.
The Ather 340 is priced at $1,490 while the Ather 450 stretches the wallet only a little further at $1,860. While these prices might seem cheap by western standards, the Ather scooters are some of the most expensive electric scooters in India. Competitors such as 22Motor's Flow electric scooter are priced as low as $1,125 in India.
But Ather Energy isn't only offering their new electric scooters to customers. They are also promising an entire charging infrastructure too – free charging included.
Ather is hard at work building up a robust charging network known as the AtherGrid across Bengalore, and plans to expand the network across 30 other cities. The goal is to eventually have a charging station placed no more than 4 km (2.5 mi) from any other charging station around the city.
The chargers are rated for 60 km/h (37 mph) charging for the first 80% of the pack's charge cycle, and allow for remote monitoring of your charging via Ather's charging app.
Charging stations are located at many local businesses, including offices, gyms, cafes, restaurants and malls.
Ather also offers charging for any vehicles in their charging stations, not just Ather scooters. However, Ather scooters have the added benefit of charging for free, and Ather will even cover your charging costs if you charge your Ather scooter outside of its charging network.
Ather's startup journey was aided by some very large players in India and internationally. US-based hedgefund Tiger Global invested the initial $12 million into the company. Follow-on funding of $30.5 million from Hero MotorCorp, the largest motorcycle company in India, helped propel Ather towards their successful launch today. The buy-in by such a large industry player is considered by many to be a major factor in helping Ather gain the support needed to compete in a quickly crowding market.
As Ather continues to expand their operation across India, let's hope that exports are on the company's horizon.
We've been seeing a lot of Indian electric scooters over the past few weeks and months, including the Flow, GenZe 2.0, these new Ather scooters and others. That's no surprise, since India has the largest two-wheeled vehicle concentration in the world.
The increasing number of designs coming out of India is incredibly promising. I would gladly hop on any of these scooters today, and can't wait until they are eventually exported to the US and the rest of the world. Sign me up.
What about you? Would you consider commuting on one of Ather's new scooters? Let us know in the comments below!
Micah Toll is a personal electric vehicle enthusiast, battery nerd and author of the Amazon #1 bestselling books DIY Lithium Batteries, DIY Solar Power and the Ultimate DIY Ebike Guide.
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