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West Ham vs Everton Live: How can I watch the Premier League match on UK TV today?
East Ham return from the international break to start what they hope will be a hugely successful end to the season.
The Hammers will be chasing Europa League glory and have the first leg of their quarter-final against Lyon on Thursday night, but before that they host Everton at the London Stadium in the Premier League.
David Moyes' look is set to frustrate his hopes of securing Champions League football with a top-four finish, but the Hammers boss won't want to see league form disappear.
They face an Everton side who have not won away from home under Frank Lampard and are desperate to put on a decent run as they try to fend off the threat of relegation.
Where to watch West Ham vs Everton
TV channel: The match will be televised on Sky Sports Premier League and Main Event. Coverage begins at 1 p.m. BST.
Direct: Sky Sports subscribers will be able to watch the match online via the Sky Go app.
Live Blog: You can follow all the action via Standard Sport's live blog, with Jack Rosser providing expert analysis from the pitch.
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First page of Google search results Hijacked!
OK, I've got a problem, and it seems to be beyond my powers to fix. I ran through all the various fixes in the pinned topic, but it still seems to be around.
Yesterday I seem to have caught a persistant bit of adware that is hijacking my first page of Google search results. I downloaded and ran TrendMicro Housecall, AdAware, Spybot, all critical updates from Microsoft, the new Beta of MS Spyware Removal tool, and Hijack This!, ran them all, quarantined what was found, and removed it. Nothing is helping. I've cleared my cache and cookies. I downloaded and installed Mozilla Firefox, but the problem shows up in there too. I really am at my wit's end- and losing the first page of Google results when I search to try to find a solution isn't helping, either.
Here's my Hijack This! log.
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Ok first..Download LSPFix..unzip it to your Desktop..you can delete it when we are done.
Before opening your browser goto START>CONTROL PANEL>INTERNET OPTIONS and make sure your Homepage is correct,if not ,type the URL you would like in the HomePage box.
Thank you so much for the info and the speedy response.
Your directions seem to have done the trick- no more hijacking. Hopefully now that I'm using Firefox, I won't have this trouble in the future. Here's my logfile just in case!
Your logfile is clean quixotic ..
Hi had the same problem for long. No AV or antispyware software helped but the in the Microsoft Sntispyware Beta1 I've removed ALL unknown BHO (leave only the Acrobat ones) and it solves.
I've another issue on this Microsoft new software. I can't update signature...no Internet connection found! In XP SP2 I've allowed the needed exe (as fm instructions) to be authorized in WinXP firewall.
Any idea? Alternatively, I can get the new signature manually...does anybody know where to get them?
jedan58 .. PLEASE start your own Thread.
Read my note in my signature below and use the link to start your your own.
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A consortium of researchers dedicated to improving the understanding of the human causes and consequences of terrorism
START Hosts Delegation of CVE Experts from Middle East
April 29, 2015Beth Schwartz
On Tuesday, April 7, START researchers met with a delegation of Countering Radical Ideologies (or Countering Violent Extremism) experts from the Middle East. The individuals were invited to the area by the State Department to explore issues of CVE in the United States. These twelve individuals served as advisors and analysts in government and civil society.
The delegation consisted of twelve security professionals, academics and policymakers representing eight countries; Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia. Among the organizations they represented were the National Center for Security Studies, the Ministry of Defense and the Baghdad Operations Command, International Security Forces (Lebanon), the Rabat Chamber of Representatives and the Ministry of Islamic Affairs.
Executive director William Braniff spoke to the delegation about the various CVE programs and CVE-related research efforts currently underway in the United States. The delegation also spent nearly an hour engaging with START researchers and students working on CVE-related research projects.
"It is always a pleasure engaging in discussion over our research with CVE experts from around the world," Braniff said. "Since these delegation members were particularly well-acquainted with the causes and consequences of extremism, I was able to gain a great deal of insight. Of particular interest was the very mixed response from the delegation when I asked them how concerned they were with the heightened level of sectarian tension currently facing the Muslim world."
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Military.com: A year later, a Guardsman who responded to the Capitol riot recalls delays and uncertainty
The Role of Formers in P/CVE and Peacebuilding Workshop
Insurgent Terrorism: Intergroup Relationships and the Killing of Civilians
Soldiers of End-Times: Assessing the Military Effectiveness of the Islamic State
Erin Copland
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COVID-19 PACKAGE: Govt offers Rs 3 lakh cr worth of MSME loans
New definitions of MSMEs
The central government has started giving out the details of its 20 lakh crore ($250 bln) stimulus-cum-rehabilitation package announced in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the program yesterday, and said that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will announce the details in coming days.
Sitharaman said she would announce plans and schemes under the broader program everyday, focusing on one industrial sector per day.
Sitharaman said the government will finance the Rs 20,000 lakh crore stimulus and rehabilitiation package partially through extended borrowings.
She said further details of how the schemes will be financed will be revealed in coming days.
The key highlight of her announcement today is a program to give easy loans totaling Rs 3 lakh cr to small and medium industries across the country.
These loans would have tenures of up to four years and will be 100% guaranteed against default by the central government. In other words, the banks and non-banking finance companies that offer these loans do not have to worry about whether the industrial unit will pay it back or not, as the taxpayer will pay if the industrialist will not.
She said banks and NBFCs should not try to get any extra collateral before offering these loans. An estimated 45 lakh (4.5 million) industries and companies are expected to benefit from this scheme.
"This will help them restart their operations," she said, referring to the slowdown that the small and medium industrial sector finds itself in due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
Most of India's organized labor works in small and medium enterprises, and the move is aimed at guaranteeing the job security of people working in such units.
The loans will be available until the end of October.
EQUITY INVESTMENTS IN COMPANIES
She also announced a Fund of Fund for investing up to Rs 50,000 cr as equity into MSMEs.
Government officials will search for and invest in small and medium enterprises that they believe are 'viable' and promising, but are facing a touch situation because of COVID-19.
The fund will have an initial corpus of Rs 10,000 cr.
RELAXATION OF MSME DEFINITION
The investment limit for MSMEs is also being revised upward, the minister said, without specifying what the new limit is.
In addition to investment size, revenue-linked criteria is also being introduced, and the differences in the definition between manufacturing and service sector are being removed, she added.
Any unit with investment of up to 1 cr will be called micro unit or turnover of up to 5 cr.
EPF CONTRIBUTION EXTENDED
The government also announced liquidity relief related to statutory provident fund for all companies.
While the government of India had paid the employees' and employers' shares of EPF for March to May, Sitharaman said the facility will be extended for another three months.
"This shall provide 2,500 cr of liquidity support and 72.22 lakh employees will benefit from it," she said.
NBFC SUPPORT
The finance minister also announced a special liquidity scheme of Rs 30,000 cr for buying investment-grade debt papers of NBFCs, housing finance corporations and micro-finance companies.
"They need not be high quality debt papers, but can be investment grade papers also," she said.
This will ensure credit flow to small and micro industrial units.
"This will ease the flow of liquidity to these NBFCs who have not-so-good debt papers," she said.
Rs 45,000 cr liquidity infusion will be given to NBFCs through an expansion of an existing, Rs 30,000 cr scheme for credit guarantee.
"The scheme will now cover borrowings such as primary bonds, commercial papers.. all these will constitute the liability side of the balance sheet, but we are getting into that area also. But in this case, only the first 20% loss will be borne by the guarantor, which is the government of India," the minister said, adding that even unrated papers can be brought under this scheme.
"This, we believe, will bring money into the hands of microfinance institutions," she said.
Central government will infuse emergency liquidity of up to Rs 90,000 cr against receivables.
The payment will be routed via Power Finance Corporation and rural electrification corporations.
She said discoms, or the state power distribution companies, are sitting without having liquidity because of high receivables.
The money that is being to discoms will be guaranteed by the respective states, she added.
All central government agencies, including CPW, Railways and Ministry of Highways, will give an extension of up to six-months in the currently awarded contracts.
"They can take an additional six months to comply with the contract conditions," she said.
The extension will cover both construction and contracts for the provision of goods and services.
Concessional periods will also be extended by up to 6 months, she added.
Government agencies will also release bank guarantees partially to account for partially completed contracts, she added.
COVID-19 period will be treated as a force majeure and regulatory agencies can extend the completion deadlines and so on for real estate projects by up to six months.
TAX PROPOSALS
The TDS and TCS rates have been reduced by 25% of the existing rates. This shall apply to all contracts and payments, including commission, contract payments and so on.
This will come into force from tomorrow and be applicable for the rest of the current financial year.
"This will release Rs 50,000 cr to the people," she said.
TDS and TCS are source-based tax deductions meant to recover tax at source at the time of payment.
As for income tax payers, the pending refunds of all non-corporate tax payers will be processed immediately, Sitharaman said.
The return filing dates for the last financial year has been extended to 31 October.
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Well I 'll be continuing my investigation on this why I wasn't able to get 5434 when I tried a manual update today morning.
I'm in the wrong system right now so will check in a few minutes, thanks for the update.
If it's any consolation to anyone, my Vista refuses to update from 5433 although both my XP's updated fine.
Mine is at last 5435.
Im still on 5433, manual update says that I am up to date, and for that matter so does the MVT. This is the third time in a few weeks that my DAT file will not update, and I am getting tired of uninstalling etc or contacting McAfee helpdesk.
Let it do its thing. I think they must be having server issues, and there's noone around to ask.
So did mine, but I did get 5435 before that. Never saw 5434 though.
By comparison Avast updated 4 times on Sunday alone on my Windows 7 Beta test setup.
Woo hoo, just updated to 5436!!


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Mils (Sweden) to Hour angles
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1 Mils (Sweden) = 0.0038 Hour angles 10 Mils (Sweden) = 0.0381 Hour angles 2500 Mils (Sweden) = 9.5238 Hour angles
2 Mils (Sweden) = 0.0076 Hour angles 20 Mils (Sweden) = 0.0762 Hour angles 5000 Mils (Sweden) = 19.0476 Hour angles
3 Mils (Sweden) = 0.0114 Hour angles 30 Mils (Sweden) = 0.1143 Hour angles 10000 Mils (Sweden) = 38.0952 Hour angles
5 Mils (Sweden) = 0.019 Hour angles 50 Mils (Sweden) = 0.1905 Hour angles 50000 Mils (Sweden) = 190.48 Hour angles
6 Mils (Sweden) = 0.0229 Hour angles 100 Mils (Sweden) = 0.381 Hour angles 100000 Mils (Sweden) = 380.95 Hour angles
7 Mils (Sweden) = 0.0267 Hour angles 250 Mils (Sweden) = 0.9524 Hour angles 250000 Mils (Sweden) = 952.38 Hour angles
8 Mils (Sweden) = 0.0305 Hour angles 500 Mils (Sweden) = 1.9048 Hour angles 500000 Mils (Sweden) = 1904.76 Hour angles
9 Mils (Sweden) = 0.0343 Hour angles 1000 Mils (Sweden) = 3.8095 Hour angles 1000000 Mils (Sweden) = 3809.52 Hour angles


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MAIN : ACVIM SAIM Short Course : Vaccination Goes Wrong
When Vaccination Goes Wrong
Richard B. Ford, DVM, MS, DACVIM, DACVPM (Hon)
Raleigh, NC, USA
Since the 1980's veterinarians have seen the introduction of several new companion animal vaccines. Given the outstanding safety and efficacy record of routine vaccination programs for dogs and cats, introduction of new vaccines was readily accepted and implemented. Today, veterinarians practicing in the US have about 80 canine vaccines and 69 feline vaccines (proprietary) to choose from. While common sense dictates that every dog and every cat should not receive every type of vaccine available on the market every year, it is done. Today, there is no data that specifically documents an increase in the occurrence of adverse events that correlates with the increase in the number of licensed vaccines used in companion animal medicine. Unfortunately, published vaccine-associated adverse event data is lacking, despite the increase in the number and use of canine and feline vaccines.
Although veterinarians are encouraged to report known or suspected adverse events to the manufacturer (the recommended first line of reporting) then to the Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB) of the USDA, it is generally assumed that vaccine-adverse events are under-reported. Furthermore, neither the manufacturer nor the CVB are required to release information regarding adverse event report received. Any effort on the part of a veterinarian to report a vaccine adverse event, therefore, is uni-directional. Data pertaining to vaccine-associated injury is not released by either the USDA or the manufacturer. Unless the type of injury or frequency is so egregious (e.g., vaccine-associated sarcoma) that reports appear in the veterinary literature, vaccine adverse event data is generally not available to veterinarians practicing in the US.
Vaccination is, in fact, a medical procedure. Despite a relatively good safety record, there is always some degree of risk in administering biological agents to a dog or cat. In the absence of a national database through which veterinarians can obtain information regarding field safety of vaccines, information on vaccine adverse events is generally limited to personal experience and observation. This paper is not intended to provide a comprehensive review of all known and potential vaccine adverse events. However, it is intended to increase practitioners' awareness of potential vaccine-associated injury as well as provide information on adverse events associated with inappropriate administration of vaccine.
Vaccine Adverse Event
Taken from the USDA website, "the mission of the USDA is to ensure that animal immunobiologics are in compliance with the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act. Reports are assessed for the possibility of a product deficiency. When necessary, testing is performed or additional information sought. The USDA is, however, unable to make diagnoses or recommendations specific to individual cases. Some of the manufacturers do provide such services. Receipt of a report by the USDA does not necessarily imply that the product caused an adverse event, or even that a particular event actually occurred."
Furthermore, the USDA defines an adverse event as any undesirable occurrence after the use of an immunobiological product (e.g., vaccine), including illness or reaction, whether or not the event was caused by the product. From the standpoint of reporting an adverse event, a veterinarian is not required to establish a cause-and-effect relationship between vaccine administration and the observed "illness or reaction" in order to submit a report. Known, as well as suspect, reactions may be reported.
Adverse events may be reported to any or all of the following:
Manufacturer--Many biologics manufacturers maintain veterinary services departments to handle such reports and may also offer diagnostic advice, treatment recommendations, and guidance on product use. Note: manufacturers are not required to provide financial support for diagnostics or care on behalf of a patient that is reportedly injured following administration of a vaccine.
Center for Veterinary Biologics--Once an adverse event has been reported to the manufacturer, the CVB may be contacted:
On-line: Adverse Event Electronic Form: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/vet_biologics/vb_adverse_event.shtml
By fax or mail: Download the 2-page pdf form (17kb) and FAX to (515) 232-7120 or by mail to the CVB.
By telephone: Adverse events may also be reported by calling the CVB at (800) 752-6255.
Types of Adverse Events
In the absence of a defined classification scheme for reporting adverse events, this author finds it useful to discuss vaccine adverse events as acute onset (those that occur within minutes to hours following administration) or late onset (those that occur days or weeks following administration). Acute onset illnesses/reactions may tend to be short lived and resolve relatively quickly; they may also culminate in death of the patient. Late onset illnesses/reactions tend to develop slowly and require longer periods to achieve resolution, if they do. Both acute and late onset events may occur locally (e.g., vaccination-site) or systemically. Both acute and late onset adverse events may culminate in death of the patient. Because of the elapsed time between vaccine administration and development of the illness/reaction, late onset adverse events are less likely to be recognized as vaccine-associated and, therefore, less likely to be reported.
Acute Onset Adverse Events
Among the most commonly observed acute-onset vaccine adverse events recognized in dogs include angioneurotic edema (head and facial edema), particularly in puppies and small dogs (are dachshunds over-represented?), wheals, pruritus, and local swelling. Vomiting is a common acute onset reaction observed in cats. These reactions likely represent true acute hypersensitivity. In dogs, acute onset reactions are frequently, but not exclusively, attributed to administration of leptospirosis vaccine. Generally, smaller dogs are reported to have the highest rate of vaccine adverse events. Malaise, generalized pain, and pain at the injection site within 24-hours post-vaccination are observed by owners of both dogs and cats. Such reactions frequently resolve spontaneously within 72 hours. Use of non-steroid anti-inflammatory is commonly practiced either as treatment of pain/lethargy or as pre-vaccination treatment to prevent the development of pain/lethargy. Severe, life threatening reactions occur in both dogs and cats. The clinical events are not well documented but generally target the respiratory tract. Pulmonary edema, respiratory distress and hypotension may predominate. An association between acute onset adverse events and the number of vaccines administered has been suggested.
Prevention of acute onset vaccine reactions is empirical. Administration of oral diphenhydramine appears to be commonly practiced in an attempt to prevent reactions in dogs that have previously been observed to develop acute-onset angioneurotic edema post-vaccination. Efficacy of such treatment is undocumented. Corticosteroids are commonly used in the treatment of patients that develop acute onset post-vaccinal reactions. Interestingly, animals that have been spayed/neutered appear to have an increase in adverse reactions.
Late Onset Adverse Events
Because of the time between vaccine administration and development of clinical signs, recognition and documentation of late onset adverse events is significantly more difficult than documenting acute onset reactions. Feline vaccine-associated sarcoma (VAS) is perhaps the best documented, and arguably the most significant, vaccine adverse event reported among companion animals. Untreated, feline VAS is likely to be fatal. Most authors agree that inflammation at the injection-site, often attributed to vaccine adjuvant, is responsible. The AAFP Feline Vaccine Advisory Panel has recommended that, when feasible, veterinarians avoid the use of vaccines in cats that are associated with (local) inflammation.
Vaccine-induced disease is rare but does still occur subsequent to administration of modified-live virus (e.g., canine distemper and parvovirus vaccines) and avirulent live bacterial vaccines (intranasally administered Bordetella bronchiseptica vaccine). Documentation of the cause-and-effect relationship between vaccine-induced diseases is difficult to establish. Recent reports have suggested a relationship between administration of modified-live canine distemper vaccine and osteodystrophy (e.g., hypertrophic osteodystrophy and cranio-mandibular osteodystrophy).
Vaccine-associated ischemic vasculitis has been described as both a focal (vaccination-site) and generalized dermatopathy in dogs; similar reactions in cats are rarely observed (or reported). Reactions may cause loss of hair and discoloration of skin and hair at the injection site within 3 to 4 weeks post vaccination. More severe reactions may occur 1 to 3 months post-vaccination. Lesions may develop on the ear tips resulting in ischemic necrosis and loss of tissue. Occasionally, multi-focal and generalized ischemic skin reactions are observed. Rabies vaccine (killed-adjuvanted) may be over-represented.
Frequency of Vaccine Adverse Events
Reliable estimates of the rates of vaccine adverse events in veterinary medicine are not readily available. Information available to the USDA is based on voluntary (passive) reports submitted to the vaccine manufacturer and the USDA. While it may be possible to calculate a reporting rate, the relationship between a reporting rate and an incidence rate is not clear. This relationship may vary by type and severity of event, species, manufacturer, and even from one month to the next. Under appropriate conditions, a reporting rate may sometimes be used to estimate minimum incidence, which may be used for certain comparisons. Reports involving a large number of dogs and cats indicated the occurrence of vaccine adverse events was 38.2 per 10,000 dogs and 51.6 per 10,000 cats. Adverse events reports were limited to those occurring within 3 days post vaccination
Failure to Immunize
Although difficult to confirm, failure of a vaccine to immunize is also regarded as an adverse vaccine event. The most common reason that vaccine fails to immunize a dog or cat is inference by maternal immunity. Furthermore, individual animals may mount an inadequate immune response to one or more vaccines administered. Such individuals are deemed "non-responders". However it is particularly difficult to establish vaccine failure to immunize versus patient failure to respond to vaccination.
1. Meyer EK. Vet Clin N Am:Sm Anim Pract 2001; 31: 493.
2. Moore G, et al. JAVMA 2005227:1102
3. Greene and Schultz, Chapt 111 in Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat, 3rd ed. p 2006.
4. USDA Adverse Event Reporting: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/vet_biologics/vb_adverse_event.shtml
Richard Ford, DVM, MS, DACVIM, DACVPM (Hon)


The abbreviation TenWK stands for Yard scraper short version. This short version is directly the big difference with the normal TenW series. The distance from the front of the rubber to the centre of the lifting ball (3-point) is 750 mm. This is 400 mm shorter than the regular TenW.
The TenWK is only available with 3-point mounting parts (front lift) and in the sizes 2,700, 3,000 and 3,200 mm. The TenWK is standard equipped with a beam incl. adjustable angles. The 2,700 mm variant is also available with a straight beam, which is cheaper than adjustable angles. The rubber of the TenWK is 500 mm high. In this high rubber two rows of holes are drilled, allowing you to turn the rubber around and lower it. The rubber can therefore be mounted in four different positions.
The frame of the TenWK is treated with a high-quality 2-component anti-corrosion primer, and finished with a 2 component polyurethane high-gloss coating. The UNP beam, on which the rubber is mounted, is galvanized.
Shock valve: A shock valve is needed with vehicles above 4,000 kg. The shock valve provides protection when the scraper collides with something. In this case, the shock valve ensures that the oil from the cylinder, which has come under pressure, is moved to the other cylinder. As a result, the scraper swings past the obstacle and the chance of damage is reduced.
Completely galvanized: The frame of the TenWK is varnished and the UNP beam is galvanized. However, it is also possible to order the gate completely galvanized. As a result, the slide is no longer sensitive to weather influences, so that the rubber can be worn down to the frame.


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David Blank revisits his childhood in "Standing In Line" video
Words by Kristal Trotter
Today I-D Italia premiered Standing In Line, David Blank's emotional new music video. Through visuals directed by Tania Feghali and with the help of Creative director Stefano Libertini Protopapa, we follow Blank as he takes us to Camerano and Sirolo, two towns in the eastern Italian region of the Marche where he spent his childhood.
While the lyrics of the song are in english, you can hear him singing in Italian in the beginning of the video, but also give an impromptu performance towards the end, as he sings some verses from a song that speaks about healing, in Yoruba, the language of his parents. This hints at how multifaceted Blank's persona is and how those little towns must have felt tight.
In writing Standing In Line, Blank collaborated with producer ilromantico and FLUIDOSTUDIO.
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The trade war threat and political risks in Italy are reasons to remain cautious on bonds. Fred Belak, Head of Robeco's Global Fixed Income Macro team, expects bond markets to consolidate ahead of the November US elections. He is underweighting credits and remains cautious until spreads widen further.
The Italian elections and the response to the new coalition government has brought back old concerns that the Eurozone remains an unworkable currency union. "With risk premiums rising sharply in Italian debt in May and some contagion to other periphery countries, the ECB has once again moved to a more dovish stance pushing expectations for rate hikes even further out to later in 2019. We do not expect Draghi to raise rates before his term ends," says Belak.
Given the extreme financial repression in Europe, the reduction in market liquidity, and increased political risks in Italy, recent spread widening is causing concern among bond holders across credit markets. "In our view, spreads are still not at attractive levels," Belak concludes.


Image treadmills are perfect for those on a limited budget.
So if you're looking for a budget treadmill, then this brand might be of interest to you. However, I must warn you that like most budget treadmills, most of these Image units also come with below average quality. So don't expect these treadmills to be problem-free for very long.
Image is another one of those brands that are being made by Icon Health and Fitness. Image is actually one of the least popular brands from Icon which explains why they are being sold for such low prices.
Icon is the largest manufacturer and marketer of exercise equipment in the world. Icon owns and manufactures some of the most well-known brands in the fitness industry including ProForm, Weslo, and HealthRider, and licenses the popular Reebok and Gold's Gym brands. In addition to manufacturing, the company also performs all marketing, research, development and industrial design for these product lines.
Image models belong to the low to mid price range category with treadmills being sold from as low as $400 to some as high as $1,700. Most of these treadmills only have a 90 day warranty, which is something to be expected since budget treadmills usually don't last very long. Lately however, the company has been producing above average machines (Advanced series) with better quality and longer warranties at the same rock-bottom prices.
According to my research, there had been some complaints regarding Image's customer service. Other than that, they have fixed all their other problems in the past including their product's quality and the length of their warranties with their Advanced models.
In conclusion, Image treadmills are recommended especially for price conscious individuals. They have improved on most of their weaknesses in the past few years which makes them one of the better entry level treadmill brands. However, I must warn you that most websites still sell older models from Image which comes with poor quality and short warranties. You should avoid these models as they would only cause you headaches. I suggest you stick only with Advanced series models.
Update: I no longer recommend buying any Image products. This brand has been discontinued so warranties may no longer be honored and support and parts may no longer be available.
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Promoted from the Ricochet Member Feed by Editors Created with Sketch. What is the Problem with Illegal Drugs?
By Jennifer Johnson
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My father was a cocaine addict who died of an overdose. He began using when I was about eight, and died when I was 24. He tried to quit a couple of times — twice he went into treatment centers — but he was not successful.
I've spent a lot of time thinking about the problem of illegal and addictive drugs but have avoided drug-related threads because they've just been too painful to read. When I was younger and still considered myself a libertarian, I was very sympathetic to legalizing drugs. The "War on Drugs" is extremely expensive and its success is debatable. At this point, I'm just not sure which way is best. (For whatever it's worth, according to this ngram, the phrase "war on drugs" didn't become widely used until after 1980. Thanks to Mike H for that interesting link.)
Though — as I said — I haven't followed all the arguments as closely as I should have, I think there's a "supply and demand" aspect to illegal drug use that gets overlooked, mostly because both sides focus so much on the "supply-side" arguments, aruging either in favor of continuing or removing restrictions on the amount of drugs.
Is that the best way to look at the problem? In one sense, the cycle begins from the supply side: drugs have to be available before people can become addicted to them. But even if that's where it begins, it must also be fueled and fostered from the demand side. Some people want to use harmful substances, or are compelled through addiction to do so. Suppliers will find a way to meet this demand. If people did not want to use harmful substances — or if they were not compelled by addiction — we would not have our current problems.
Might our energies be better spent if we focused on how to legitimately reduce demand? Keeping harmful substances illegal probably dampens demand, mainly by instilling fear of getting caught in those who might otherwise use the harmful substances. I think we can all agree that it would be good to reduce demand based on the free and willing choice of individuals to refrain from those substances. If we could radically reduce demand for drugs, our problem would be reduced if not solved.
I'm not necessarily looking for a proactive policy suggestion here, but I'm not excluding it either. I'm really just thinking out loud, mainly because if we misdiagnose the problem, our solutions will never be effective and its certain we will always be arguing over them.
I first floated this idea on Majestyk's thread on the libertarian vision. In response, Midget Faded Rattlesnake asked a great question:
But to what extent is political policy a legitimate and effective tool for helping people to make this choice?
Ryan had this to say:
There are just so many factors contributing to why a person uses harmful drugs, it isn't a problem with any easy (or even realistic) solution.
He is probably right. Then again, when I accept that there isn't a realistic solution, I feel very sad.
What do you all think? Has our society misdiagnosed the problem? Is it more a supply-side problem, or one of demand?
Tags: Drug Policy, drugs, War on Drugs
Annefy
I (thankfully) don't have a lot of experience with this question, but I'm agreeing with Ryan. I think the illegality of drugs keeps a certain percentage of the population from even trying drugs – when I was a teenager (if I remember correctly) it wasn't a fear of being caught; it was the conclusion that if it was illegal, it was probably stupid. My children would laugh at the naivte of that argument. They've been pulled over and hassled too many times for that argument to have much weight.
Neither the illegality nor the knowledge that it's bad for you is a deterrent to most committed drug users. I've seen more than one success with 12-step programs, but in all cases the person was really, really trying to get off drugs.
My conclusion is that there's no hope for all addicts, but with one on one treatment and commitment, there's hope for some.
It's like many problems (homelessness for an example); there's no comprehensive law change or policy change that will ever make a damn bit of difference.
Micro works (sometimes). Macro doesn't (hardly ever).
If you haven't already, watch the movie Traffic. But don't watch Trainspotting. A family friend, who had successfully kicked heroin (he had money in the bank, so I think that's true) killed himself after seeing it.
https://ricochet.com/228751/archives/what-is-the-problem-with-illegal-drugs/#comment-2694758
November 21, 2014, at 6:00 PM PST
Fred Cole
So wait, why is it the government's job to police what people put in their own bodies?
Also: Where did Mike H get that link?
Fred Cole:So wait, why is it the government's job to police what people put in their own bodies?
I didn't parse every word of the OP, but if that was claimed, I missed it.
Parent A (if you prefer us to use this as your name here), I often (usually?) don't agree with you but as always I appreciate your willingness to share from your own life – I think it adds an important dimension to these discussions – for me it reminds me that even people one disagrees with have honestly gotten feelings and opinions on a subject, and that it behooves one to acknowledge and learn from these.
Fwiw, of course, I think that
The market for all recreational chemicals is driven by demand, not by supply
All demand is not addiction, which is a separate, serious, issue;
Addiction is driven by deeper factors in an individual's life – it is not substance specific, addicts switch substances when option one is unavailable; and
Addressing those deeper factors (where possible) is best done by families and communities – I don't think the Government can do this meaningfully
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Zafar:Parent A (if you prefer us to use this as your name here), I often (usually?) don't agree with you but as always I appreciate your willingness to share from your own life – I think it adds an important dimension to these discussions – for me it reminds me that even people one disagrees with have honestly gotten feelings and opinions on a subject, and that it behooves one to acknowledge and learn from these.
I have to admit that everything I thought about the war on drugs being in place at least for heroin I had to rethink last week. Thanks, guys. :)
My objections stem from stories I've read about how the drug dealers prey on the runaways in our cities.
I don't like the death penalty, but I can't think of any reason to spare these lowlife dealers.
But I realize that most people see heroin as just another drug, and I guess some people–and this I did not know until last week–can handle it.
So I don't know what to think about it anymore.
Fake John/Jane Galt
I have no love for the stronger or any drug being abused. I come from a family of alcoholics and drug abusers. For the life of me I can not see how taking an addict, an abuser, an alcoholic, with all the issues that go with those conditions and making them a criminal. How taking the individuals and their families' resources and using it to fight and pay the legal system to keep them out of jail instead of using these resource to help the individual and the family. I do not know what the answer to drug abuse is, but I do know what it is not, and that would be our current system.
I'm not sure I was clear enough in this paragraph:
…I do think that keeping harmful substances illegal puts a damper on demand, but mainly because it instills fear in those who might otherwise use the harmful substances. I think we can all agree that it would be better to reduce demand based on the free and willing choice of individuals to refrain from those substances….
I would like it to read like this:
…Keeping harmful substances illegal puts a damper on demand, but mainly because it instills fear in those who might otherwise use the harmful substances. I think we can all agree that fear is not the best motivator–refraining from illegal drugs due to fear it's a choice made in a negative sense because it's avoiding something. It would be much better if we could reduce demand by individuals refraining from those substances for positive reasons, not negative ones…
Thanks, Zafar. Either name is fine.
Parent A : I managed to navigate the 70s and 80s virtually unscathed. (There is a real benefit to being unattractive, wish the same for your daughters). I have a beloved sister-in-law who has an addicted father. I never even knew until recently he was still alive.
My SIL is an angel on this earth and a blessing to my family. And she will never, never get over that her father chose drugs over her and her sisters. I have never met him, but I can only guess at the seduction of addiction that he chose it over three beautiful daughters.
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It's tricky, in both practical and moral terms, because it brings into question the very basis of our freedoms.
On the one hand you have the principle that I should be free to put in my body what I want, since I accept the consequences of that choice. This sounds great on 4th of July, roasting weenies and waxing patriotic. It becomes much harder to stomach when the depredations of addiction hit home.
On the other hand having the state ban something that is so potentially destructive to myself and others holds the promise of protecting me from my own folly. In practice this serves to undermine civil liberties and contributes to the militarization of law enforcement.
My suggestion is that marijuana should be legal, at least at the Federal level (states and municipalities can make their own laws to suit themselves). "Hard" drugs such as meth and heroin should be decriminalized. They would be unavailable for general distribution (without a prescription), but possession would only warrant a fine. This would hopefully limit their use to a relatively small sub-culture, while also avoiding the problems of overzealous law enforcement.
November 21, 2014, at 11:03 PM PST
So, if we change the word "drugs" to the word "alcohol," why should our policy approach be different?
November 22, 2014, at 4:50 AM PST
Annefy:
Well, she was talking about attacking demand. So we have a public information campaign or something to convince people to not do cocaine. Why is that any of the government's business?
The whole premise starts with it being public policy to protect people from themselves. I'm asking why that is.
MJBubba
I am thinking that we should consider controlling all drugs, including marijuana, the way my state controls Sudafed. It is available "behind the counter," but there is a strict limit on how much an individual can purchase in a month. Since you have to show an I.D. and sign for it at the pharmacy, it is only available when the pharmacy is open. The Pharm Tech (no need for the Pharmacist) enters your name and the amount into a state database. If you exceed the daily limit or the monthly limit, no Sudafed for you.
This keeps Sudafed out of the hands of the dealers who use it to cook meth. It seems to me we could eliminate the dealers by simply allowing the users to purchase amphetamines. By placing a limit there could be mailed warnings about these purchases, and targeted outreach programs to offer help for people who find them attractive.
We could allow recreational drug use to be legal, but still be controlled and provide opportunities to provide aid for those folk who are self-medicating for mental health issues that could then be diagnosed and guided to better treatments.
It also makes people seeking allergy relief fee like criminals for marginal benefit.
Michael Minnott: On the one hand you have the principle that I should be free to put in my body what I want, since I accept the consequences of that choice. This sounds great on 4th of July, roasting weenies and waxing patriotic. It becomes much harder to stomach when the depredations of addiction hit home.
This is so true.
I've worried about homeless people all my life. And when people talk about them, they say, "But two-thirds of them are alcoholics and drug addicts. There's nothing you can do for them." It is the weirdest way to talk about people. But there it is.
The government housing programs won't allow them into available apartments. There's no room in the rehab programs. But it wouldn't matter anyway because those are too short and don't get the person completely well–with a job and an apartment. So it's thirty days and back out again. Very few halfway houses. They just can't get well.
So its cardboard boxes and under bridges for these people. No one even knows who they are–the numbers of unidentified homeless people buried in every major city every year is staggering.
I'm not in favor of prohibition, but these conditions existed when it passed, and I understand why people voted for it.
What's really hard to believe is that between 1920, when Prohibition was enacted, to 2014, we're no further along in preventing the side-effects from ravaging our fellow human beings.
There's nothing like telling myself "there's no answer" to wake up the rest of my brain to say "yes, there is, you idiot!"
I was just thinking that an unregulated drug marketplace might hold the answer. If people were able to access any drug they wanted, then the supply side would respond by developing safer drugs that do the same things for people–drown their sorrow, lift their spirits, whatever–that these illicit and addictive drugs do for them now.
I always look at the food marketplace as the model for everything else. It is a little bit regulated, but not much compared to education and healthcare. And it works!
You could make the same case about food that we make for healthcare. It's about life and death, blah blah blah. But there are inexpensive alternatives in the food marketplace. In healthcare, it's either the expensive option or none at all. That's because of the government's intrusion into it.
Thanks, MarciN.
Back to the headline question: "What is the problem with illegal drugs?"
They were outlawed for a reason. They all offer a false sense of feeling better. The taker may actually feel better for a while, but the negative effects of all these drugs are quite costly, usually with effects on mental health. They are most appealing to folk who have mental illnesses to start with; part of their appeal is that they provide a temporary relief from symptoms of real mental health problems. Many times those problems went undiagnosed, and the first indication of a mental health condition is a drug problem, which then masks the original problem. The legal complications make it that much harder for the drug taker to get steered into appropriate treatment.
America is way overdue for a thorough debate over mental health issues.
MJBubba: They are most appealing to folk who have mental illnesses to start with; part of their appeal is that they provide a temporary relief from symptoms of real mental health problems.
There used to be an often-quoted statement in suicide prevention that "suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem."
Midget Faded Rattlesnake made a really interesting point about heroin, that it is a sedative.
As long as people are killing themselves quietly, . . .
I think the rise in heroin use is a direct byproduct of the Great Recession. People don't see growth and hope. So they commit to a life of slow suicide.
Adding to the problem is the reality that schools are emotionally negative places. It really disturbed me when I was volunteering in public schools how boring and negative they were for at least half of the kids.
And the media adds to the problem too. People are surrounded by upbeat marketing messages specifically and television generally, which present "finished" middle-class happy lives, which seem impossible to attain for half of the young people out there. It must feel to a third of the population that America is having a party and they're not invited.
I can remember my parents' expressing their concern that Hollywood was "educating people to a life of discontent." It seems like a strange sentiment to express today, but I think there was some truth in it.
Heroin, I guess, is a symptom of a much larger problem, as you said.
MJBubba: They were outlawed for a reason. They all offer a false sense of feeling better. The taker may actually feel better for a while, but the negative effects of all these drugs are quite costly, usually with effects on mental health. They are most appealing to folk who have mental illnesses to start with; part of their appeal is that they provide a temporary relief from symptoms of real mental health problems. Many times those problems went undiagnosed, and the first indication of a mental health condition is a drug problem, which then masks the original problem. The legal complications make it that much harder for the drug taker to get steered into appropriate treatment.
You're making an irrationally broad generalization about "drugs" as if they're just one big thing.
First, they're not. Second, why not include alcohol?
Third, that they're most appealing to people with mental illness is just false. You're welcome to cite data to the contrary.
Fourth, even if that's the case, so the hell what? Aspirin and morphine are most appealing to people in pain and only provide temporary relief. You say this as if palliation isn't a perfectly legitimate use.
Fred, I think people do see all of the mood- and mind-altering substances in the same light–alcohol accounts for a third of the homeless population, by some estimates, and other drugs account for another third. No one in the addiction treatment world sees these differently.
The 1984-Brave New World aspect of drug use today, when one includes the full range of psychiatric drugs, looks like the government wants total control of this marketplace and population. It is creepy and weird that the government decides what addictions are okay.
The government loves to prescribe sedation to the mentally ill population. For obvious reasons. And they are always surprised when they don't get it right and some mentally ill person doesn't behave according to the government's plan.
Rehab is expensive; sedation is cheap.
November 23, 2014, at 11:52 AM PST
captainpower
MarciN: Rehab is expensive; sedation is cheap.
Opiates are the opiates of the masses, to twist Karl Marx's "religion is the opiate of the masses" quote.
captainpower:
I located this reference on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Narcotics_Tax_Act
This quote from there stood out to me:
House representative Thomas Sisson stated, "The purpose of this bill—and we are all in sympathy with it—is to prevent the use of opium in the United States, destructive as it is to human happiness and human life."
I'm just wondering about the back stories that precipitated the passage of the Act, if any. People's suffering is a powerful motivator. If enough grieving family members stood before lawmakers telling their stories, I can see why the Act was passed. But I'm just speculating–I don't know if that happened. Does anybody here know?
Excuseme, Jennifer, but you intentionally misread that article? You seemed to have missed a few parts…
From that same Wikipedia article:
At the beginning of the 20th century, cocaine began to be linked to crime. In 1900, the Journal of the American Medical Association published an editorial stating, "Negroes in the South are reported as being addicted to a new form of vice – that of 'cocaine sniffing' or the 'coke habit.'" Some newspapers later claimed cocaine use caused blacks to rape white women and was improving their pistol marksmanship. Chinese immigrants were blamed for importing the opium-smoking habit to the U.S. The 1903 blue-ribbon citizens' panel, the Committee on the Acquirement of the Drug Habit, concluded, "If the Chinaman cannot get along without his dope we can get along without him."
Wright further claimed that "it has been authoritatively stated that cocaine is often the direct incentive to the crime of rape by the negroes of the South and other sections of the country," though he failed to mention specifically which authorities had stated that, and did not provide any evidence for his claim.[6] Wright also stated that "one of the most unfortunate phases of smoking opium in this country is the large number of women who have become involved and were living as common-law wives or cohabitating with Chinese in the Chinatowns of our various cities".[7][8]
The drafters played on fears of "drug-crazed, sex-mad negroes" and made references to Negroes under the influence of drugs murdering whites, degenerate Mexicans smoking marijuana, and "Chinamen" seducing white women with drugs.[16][17] Dr. Hamilton Wright, testified at a hearing for the Harrison Act. Wright alleged that drugs made blacks uncontrollable, gave them superhuman powers and caused them to rebel against white authority. Dr. Christopher Koch of the State Pharmacy Board of Pennsylvania testified that "Most of the attacks upon the white women of the South are the direct result of a cocaine-crazed Negro brain".[4]
Before the Act was passed, on February 8, 1914, The New York Times published an article entitled "Negro Cocaine 'Fiends' Are New Southern Menace: Murder and Insanity Increasing Among Lower-Class Blacks" by Edward Huntington Williams, which reported that Southern sheriffs had increased the caliber of their weapons from .32 to .38 to bring down Negroes under the effect of cocaine.[4][8][12]
Despite the extreme racialization of the issue that took place in the buildup to the Act's passage, the contemporary research on the subject indicated that black Americans were in fact using cocaine and opium at much lower rates than white Americans.[18]
Most societies seem to be prone to panics – moral and other. Perhaps we inevitably have to go through a few bad iterations of laws before we stumble onto sensible ones? It's very hard to differentiate between fears/feelings and realistic outcomes.
Fred, I am putting forth these questions in good faith. "Intentionally misread" is a unfortunate choice of words to characterize my intentions here (not to mention an oxymoron). I'm trying to understand the full dynamic of what lead up to drug prohibition generally, and that Act in particular. For example, what other testimonies were given while that Act was being debated? Are the racially-related testimonies the only testimonies? More generally, what other kinds of drug-related outcries, if any, were going on in the culture between 1860 and 1914?
Zafar:Most societies seem to be prone to panics – moral and other. Perhaps we inevitably have to go through a few bad iterations of laws before we stumble onto sensible ones? It's very hard to differentiate between fears/feelings and realistic outcomes.
Good observation.
Jennifer, it strikes me that a question about 'illegal drugs' actually contains (at least) four issues:
Definitions: Drugs are precisely what? Is liquor a drug? How about nicotine? Sugar?
How useful is legality as a marker? (Why exactly is Bourbon legal and ecstacy illegal?)
How moral/efficacious is the infringement of free will by legislation in this case? And
Is the actual use problematic, why, why not, for whom, using what measures, who decides?
I know that they all interact, but each of these is a full discussion!
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This is a wheel. It's already been done.
Your life is unique. Throughout time, for all the billions of people who have dug their heels into this planet's bountiful soil, no one has been exactly like you. Or your family, for that matter.
But here's a news flash for you: You're not the first person to show an interest in preserving family history. Chances are, there's someone in your own family that's doing it right now. Researching family history is the No. 2 hobby in America, ranking right behind gardening and, according to some accounts, closing fast.
So, why not capitalize on all that interest by making your job a bit easier? As the saying goes, why re-invent the wheel? There are plenty of genealogy resources available on the Internet, many of them free. And there are hundreds of blogs on the topic.
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Who cares about ya, baby!
Sometimes you just have to wonder: Is it worth it? Does anybody else really care about what I'm doing?
This is a common lament heard by personal historians. Modern life is hectic, to be sure. Many Americans lead busy lives. Many families today are too wrapped up with coping with the present to fully appreciate their past. That extends to their children.
Even when a few minutes of down time pops up, kids are more likely to spend them watching TV, playing video games, visiting You Tube or myspace, text messaging friends or hunkering down with their iPods than listening to stories about grandma or great uncle Harry.
An interest in family history is rare in a younger person. It usually shows up later in life. Fortunately, most people develop an interest in their family history at some point. Sadly, that interest is often piqued after the death of a family member when the realization of what has been lost sinks in. But, at some point, most people want to know.
Every family has an "alpha child," one who takes an active interest in preserving family history. At some point, your family's alpha child will emerge.
Remember, that person whose eyes glaze over now when you go off on a good-old-days rant today, may be the same person that will be asking questions about those days later.
So, for now, share details of your family history when the time is right, as is suggested here. Someday those seeds you plant today will bear fruit. And here's a poem in praise of those alpha children who have cleared our paths to family knowledge.
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Uh-oh, my musical roots are showing
I spent some time last week reconnecting with my past as I worked on my own memoir.
That included a visit to my hometown of Council Bluffs, Iowa, where I enjoyed the company of relatives, reconnected with an old friend or two, and toured the city, taking photos of homes I've lived in, visiting many familiar landmarks and catching up on a few I'd either missed or have been added since I moved away.
One element of the visit caught me off-guard, however. It was triggered by a CD my mother gave me of some songs recorded by a musically-gifted uncle, Rick Andersen, and his wife, Harriette. It reminded me of the role music has played in my life.
I have the musical equivalent of two left feet, not exactly tone deaf, but close. I sang in the church choir as a teenager but it was one of those just-move-your-lips-Larry kind of things. My mother, on the other hand, had a wonderful voice and often did solos.
Although I couldn't sing, I once tried seriously to play the guitar. I fancied myself as something of a hybrid of Bob Dylan and John Lennon lyrically, but I was more of a Soupy Sales instrumentally. I did OK with the look and attitude, as the accompanying picture shows, but came up short at the actual musical end.
Still, I loved listening to music. Early in my writing career I wrote concert and record reviews, wrote a rock music column and met and interviewed people like Carl Perkins, Maybelle Carter, Waylon Jennings, Buddy Knox and Dion DiMucci.
Interestingly, there was a time many years ago when my uncle Rick and I were roughly equal in musical skills. But he stayed with it, adding the dobro and harmonica to his repertoire and regularly jamming with friends and relatives (including my fiddle-playing mother). He's even added a recording studio in his rural home and keeps busy recording others from the area. That's where he recorded the CD I was given.
Among the 17 songs he and Harriette put on their CD is a raucous number called "I Won't Go Huntin' With You Jake." Mom says my grandfather used to go around singing that song all the time, something I don't recall.
But, as I listen to my uncle offer his version of the number, it's easy to visualize grandpa enthusiastically spitting out the lyrics about wimmen-chasin' mountain men in his thick Danish accent, laughing loudly as my grandmother half-heartedly turns away in mock disgust.
That vision brings a smile to my face. Thanks, Rick, Harriette and mom.
Tags: family history, music, rock 'n' roll
Did I really say that?
Did you ever have a teacher that had you write a letter to yourself, that would be mailed to you at a later date, say, in a few years or so?
A couple of guys named Matt Sly and Jay Patrikios have taken that concept and adapted it to the Internet. Through their future me site, you can compose an e-mail to yourself, add your e-mail address, pick a future date and submit it. Presumably, your e-mail will be delivered to that address on that date.
Think of it as sort of an electronic time capsule. Nearly 400,000 messages are already on file, many of them made public by their creators and accessible through the site.
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Hit a research wall? How about checking your DNA?
Interest in researching family history has exploded in the Internet age.
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Granted, a DNA test won't tell you if your great great aunt Harriet really married that John Smith, but it can tell you if you're descended from Niall of the Nine Hostages, a legendary 5th-century Irish king, as are an estimated 2 percent of today's New York's European males.
DNA testing has been used in paternity tests for years, but has only recently been touted for genealogical work. Proponents say the test is as simple as brushing your teeth. You swab your mouth, drop the sample in the mail and wait for the results. Testing kits are available on line and in a growing number of retail locations.
The Zalewski family has embarked on its own DNA project to validate research or to fill in gaps where documentation has been lacking. Among the companies offering DNA testing are GeoGene, GeneBase and Family Tree DNA.
Flickr photo courtesy of herve.
Tags: DNA, family history, genealogy, personal history
A gift from the heart for Mom
Mother's Day is less than three weeks away.
If you're a last-minute shopper, that's probably like an eternity. If you're like most of us, there's still plenty of time to grab some chocolates, wine, flowers, plants or a card to mark the occasion.
But, to make this year's day extra special, I suggest digging a bit deeper, and I don't mean into your wallet or purse. Why not add a personal legacy letter to the mix?
A legacy letter allows you to give mom something truly unique for her special day. The simpler the better.
Start out by picking out one special lesson or value you learned from your mother. Then think how she taught it to you and what it has meant for you over the years. Search your memory for stories or situations related to the lesson or value you've picked.
Then begin writing. Start by clearly stating why you're writing the letter. Follow with the body of the letter, telling the stories of the lesson or value you've selected. Close the letter with some statement of gratitude and love for your mother.
Legacy letters can be used for many other occasions, too. They're a wonderful way to share what's truly important to you with the people you love the most.
Examples of legacy letters can be found on my web site.
Flickr photo courtesy of Daniel Y. Go.
Tags: family history, legacy letters, Mother's Day, personal history
A dash of this, a pinch of that: Cooking up some family history
I've written some of my Danish and German heritage. I've written less about the Irish and Czech heritage that I married into.
One of the many great joys of this merging of cultures is food-related. My wife is one of a lengthy line of great cooks of Bohemian food. The recipe card pictured with this post comes from her collection. It's a recipe for dumplings that she got from her aunt Caroline. It's allegedly the same recipe used at Omaha's fabled Bohemian Cafe. While I can't vouch for the authenticity of the recipe's lineage, you can probably tell from the stains on the card that it's a family favorite.
We reveal a good deal of our heritage through food. Indeed, many family cookbooks are laced with details of a family's history. In some cases, it's all a family has to connect it to its past. I suppose that's why I'm such a big fan of potluck dinners. I've always found it fascinating to see what others eat. While many non-Iowans see our state as a white bread, meat-and-potatoes place, that's definitely not the case. You're just as likely to find pud thai, empenadas or biryani at a Des Moines potluck as lime Jell-o or deviled eggs. There's a story behind every dish.
Here's the story behind 94-year-old David Eyre's pancakes, a recipe that's being passed down through the family and recently found its way to the pages of the New York Times magazine.
Think of the effect food has had on your life. How special it was to get an orange at Christmas. Those Fourth of July picnics. Wedding receptions. Family reunions. What are the stories behind your favorite recipes?
Tags: cookbooks, David Eyre, family history, food, pancakes
Oh me, oh my, oh mio...should I do books or video?
Ah, yes, the old which-format-do-I-use question.
This is often the second question I get as a personal historian, right behind "What is it you do exactly?"
As a writer by trade, I'm partial to the written word. Books, after all, have been around for centuries. Your ancestors are much more likely to deliver their stories in the form of old letters, diaries, journals, documents and articles clipped from publications than as audio or video records.
The written word, even though most of it is currently produced on computers, is less prone to succumb to the advance of technology. Music in my lifetime, for example, has gone from shellac (78s) to vinyl (45s, LPs) to magnetic tape (reels, two-tracks, four-tracks, eight-tracks, cassettes) to CDs to PCs (MP3s, WAVs, etc.) to iPods. Video has followed a similar path (remember Betamax?).
The truth is, though, that there's nothing quite like hearing a familiar story told in the familiar voice of a parent or grandparent. Even if you've never met a person, hearing their voice or seeing them on video, gives you a perspective that is simply unavailable in print.
Fortunately, most of my family history work involves interviews, which are recorded, transcribed and given to the client. In addition, I'm working with a local videographer so that we can provide the best of both worlds: I create a written work that provides the detail and depth that only a written work can while my video friend records the interviews and edits them into a professionally done 20-30 minute video.
In any personal history project, recording stories before they are lost is the No. 1 priority. Just about everyone has a sad story of how they always meant to record so-and-so's story, but they were gone before they could get it done.
Flickr photo courtesy of xanadubijoux.
Tags: family history, oral history, video history
Cruise looks into his roots; wants to buy them
Actor Tom Cruise spent some time around Roscommon, Ireland, a few years back, researching his Irish roots. He apparently became quite attached to the old family farmstead, a 33-acre plot in Kilteveen.
Now he's in negotiation to buy it, according to the Athlone Advertiser newspaper.
The land was once owned by the actor's ancestors, the Mapother family. He was born Tom Cruise Mapother IV in New York in 1962. His great grandfather Thomas is believed to have come to America in the early 1900s.
"We're the house with the Viking out front." When Carrie Heiser of Duvall, Wash., started tracing her family roots several years ago, she had no idea where it might lead. When she discovered that her family's Icelandic roots stretched back to fabled Norse explorer Leif Erikson and beyond, she knew what to do.
She commissioned an artist to create a 6-foot-tall, 800-pound bust of Erikson's grandfather, Olafur the White. The concrete creation now guards the family driveway.
Heiser told the Seattle Times that her three children, ages 13, 17 and 26, didn't initially share her zeal for family history.
"They make fun of my Viking things," she said. "But now, with Olafur out there, they're intrigued. It put a face to this story I've been telling them."
She said it. "The older I get the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball–the further I am rolled the more I gain." ~ Susan B. Anthony.
Flickr photo of Tom Cruise courtesy of Nancy Reimond.
Tags: family history, genealogy, Leif Erikson, personal history, Tom Cruise
What's in a name? Plenty
About 30 years ago, my youngest brother, Dave, and our Dad got bitten by the "Lehmer roots-hunting" bug.
Their painstaking research in those pre-Internet days produced a family tree that extended back to 1700 in Wettereau, Germany. Among the many family details they uncovered was the fact that the family split along three general lines, each with a different spelling of the surname - Lehmer, Leamer or Lamer.
While many family researchers are savvy enough to know that a family's generational lines frequently are cluttered with misspellings and other variations of the family name, I had never previously considered the fact that I may be related to a Leamer or Lamer.
I have since learned that the name means "worker of clay," which I choose to believe means that there's an artist (rather than brickmaker) down deep in the roots of our family tree.
Keep these spelling variations in mind as you research your own family history. You may be able to uncover pertinent family details that would otherwise go undiscovered.
Here are a few places where you can learn more about names:
Is your name James, but your mother calls you Petey? That's the situation in this post that points out how your legacy is tied to your name.
These people will create a book for you on the history of your name.
Want a beer stein with your family crest on it? These folks can do that, and much more.
What does your name mean? Go here to find out.
Flickr photo courtesy of Luke S..
Tags: family history, genealogy, personal history


An affordable-housing crisis has hit many big cities in the U.S., but for tech hubs that have experienced rapid expansion, the shortage has hit much harder. In an almost unprecedented move, Microsoft has stepped up to the problem by pledging $500 million toward affordable-housing development in the place it calls home, the Seattle area.
The housing shortage has been a side effect of tech-hub growth from the Bay Area to Brooklyn, where tech companies attract many well-paid workers, who drive up the cost of housing. At the same time, many middle- and low-income workers have seen their income failing to keep pace with the rising cost of living.
e housing, and $25 million in philanthropic grants to local organizations that fight homelessness. As the loans are repaid, Microsoft said it would lend it back out again.
By spreading the money across many projects, the company hopes that the initiative will produce tens of thousands of units. The new housing isn't intended only for Microsoft workers, but for the community at large. "Of course, we have lots of software engineers, but the reality is that a lot of people work for Microsoft. Cafeteria workers, shuttle drivers. It's is a supply problem, a market failure," Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told a meeting of journalists last week.
Other tech giants have taken different approaches to the problem, sometimes producing intense public-policy debates. Last year, Seattle-based Amazon successfully lobbied against a proposal to tax large businesses to help pay for homeless services and housing, on the grounds that it would put a damper on job creation. But in November, voters in San Francisco approved a similar measure, an initiative supported by Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff but opposed by Twitter chief Jack Dorsey.
"…The fact that a tech company has to step in to help ensure the development of affordable housing points to a long-building reality nationwide: The federal government has largely retreated from this role.