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Welcome to the Old Oakhamian (OO) Club.
All past pupils of Oakham School, along with former staff, are automatically members of the OO Club. They are known as Old Oakhamians (OOs) and Honorary OOs respectively.
The OO Office works together with the Old Oakhamian Committee to develop and improve lifelong relationships between the School, former pupils and staff.
Founded in 1888, the OO Club is at the heart of that extended family and aims to help OOs maintain contact with their friends, teachers and the School, as well as making the most of Oakham connections for their work and career development. These pages include details of OO events, OO news, and how OOs can help, and be helped, in terms of career development
OO Office
Based in College House (next to the School Chapel), Jon Wills is Chairman of the Old Oakhamian Club. He was a pupil here from 1968–1973 and has worked at Oakham since 1980 in various guises (as Housemaster, sports coach, and Geography teacher). Becca Maddocks is the Alumni Manager and can help with any queries you may have or reunions you might like to plan. Together they work with the Old Oakhamian Committee to support the OO community.
If you would like any further information regarding the OO Committee, please email Becca Maddocks.
We would like to be able to contact all OOs by email so if your details have changed recently, or you haven't heard from us in a while, please email the OO Office or call 01572 758599.
Jon Wills
Old Oakhamian Club Chairman
My association with Oakham stretches back to 1934 when my father started here in School House. I attended Oakham as a pupil from 1968 to 1973 and returned to teach here in 1980. My role involves daily contact with Old Oakhamians and hosting OO reunions. I was Housemaster in Lincoln, Haywoods and School House for a total of 17 years. I used to teach Geography and coach rugby, hockey and cricket.
Becca Maddocks
Alumni Manager
My time at Oakham School began in May 2018, when I joined the Development Office as the Graduate Internship role of Development Assistant. Although this was my first encounter with the Oakham Community, I was not a stranger to the history of Oakham School - my Father, David Maddocks (84), my Uncle, Nigel Maddocks (79) and my Auntie, Susan Maddocks (78) are all OOs.I feel delighted to be continuing on my journey at Oakham School as the Alumni Manager. I am thoroughly looking forward to further enhancing the incredible awareness that has already been implemented within the Old Oakhamian Club and the Oakham School community. I hope that our engagement with Old Oakhamians and Honorary Old Oakhamians will only continue to grow, as we encourage more to maintain their lifelong relationships with each other, and with the School.
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Het Kon-Tiki Museum is een museum gewijd aan de expedities van Thor Heyerdahl gelegen op het schiereiland Bygdøy in Oslo, de hoofdstad van Noorwegen.

Het Kon-Tiki Museum is een van de bekendste musea van Oslo en toont onder meer het balsahouten vlot Kon-Tiki waarmee Thor Heyerdahl in 1947 van Peru naar Polynesië zeilde. Ook een nagebouwd exemplaar van de van papyrusriet gemaakte boot Ra II, waarmee Heyerdahl in 1970 van Noord-Afrika naar het eiland Barbados in het Caribisch gebied zeilde, wordt hier tentoongesteld.

Daarnaast omvat de verzameling een aantal traditionele boten uit verschillende delen van de wereld en een kopie van een van de grote stenen hoofden (Moai) van Paaseiland. De bibliotheek bevat onder meer een collectie van ongeveer 4500 boeken over Polynesië afkomstig uit het bezit van Bjarne Kroepelien, die Heyerdahl tot zijn ondernemingen hadden aangezet. Voorts bezit de bibliotheek de originele reisdagboeken van Heyerdahl, zijn correspondentie, onderzoeksaantekeningen, zijn persoonlijke bibliotheek en een grote verzameling van foto's die Heyerdahl tijdens zijn expedities heeft gemaakt. Deze documenten staan, samen met de films van de expedities, die worden bewaard in de Nationale Bibliotheek van Noorwegen, sinds 2011 op de werelderfgoedlijst voor documenten onder de naam "Thor Heyerdahlarchief".

Het museum was sinds 1949 provisorisch gehuisvest. Rond 1950 werd begonnen met het uitwerken van de ontwerpen van F. S. Platou en Otto Torgersen. De opening was in 1957 en twintig jaar later werd een nieuwe vleugel toegevoegd.

In 2012 werd een tentoonstelling gewijd aan de productie van de speelfilm Kon-Tiki uit datzelfde jaar door Joachim Rønning en Espen Sandberg. In de nabijheid van het museum liggen enkele andere musea, zoals het Frammuseum, het Norsk Folkemuseum en het Vikingskipshuset.

Zie ook
 Lijst van musea in Noorwegen

Externe link
 Officiële website

Museum in Oslo

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Fireball Meteor and Northern Lights Over Iceland!
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Did you see the fireball meteor that shot across the sky last night in Iceland? Right at the same time as the Northern Lights were dancing across the sky?
I didn't.
I was relaxing at home last night in the centre of Reykjavík and at around 23:30 I glanced at my phone and saw that a friend had posted some images of gorgeous Northern Lights in the sky, and comments of various people saying they spotted a meteor in the sky.
Now, I love the sky and stars and space and anything to do with nature, I once even entered a competition to be sent to space (I didn't win), so of course I was bummed to have missed this meteor display.
Missing the Northern Lights is ok, I see them very regularly and have seen Northern Lights hundreds of times in Iceland - last time just a couple of weeks ago, but I was bummed about missing out on the meteor.
And what a meteor it was! It could be seen for up to 10 seconds crossing the sky!
One couple was lucky enough to have their wedding photo taken right underneath it! The above shot was taken by photographer Kristín María, that works for the travel agency Pink Iceland that specialises in wedding planning. This shot is from Búðir, on Snæfellsnes peninsula.
Talk about being at the right place at the right time! This has got to be the most amazing wedding photo ever taken!
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Photo from Twitter by P. Pszeniecka.
It was seen at around 22:50 last night (12th of September 2017), and spotted by hundreds of people as it just so happened that there was a lovely Northern Lights display around the same time that a lot of people were admiring.
See also: Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) in Iceland
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The Icelandic Astronomy Association posted a video of it and dozens of people have commented on it, describing where they saw it and what it looked like. Just have a look at this (low quality, but amazing) video of it:
It was a yellow and red fire-like flare with a long tail that eventually broke apart with a blue colour resembling a firework display. A so-called Fireball Meteor. According to the Astronomy Association the colour of it means it was most likely made out of rock and not iron. The glow of it was really bright, with some people even mistaking it for a street lamp (until they saw it moving) or a burning and crashing airplane!
A friend of mine thought it was the start of an alien invasion, so it definitely sparks different emotions in various people!
Since so many people were unsure of what they had seen, they got in touch with the Astronomical Societies in Iceland, and the chairman of the Astronomical Society of Seltjarnarnes said it was 'brighter than the planet Venus'.
Picture by Diana Robinson, taken by Snæfellsjökull glacier in west Iceland on a different occasion.
It may not be the prettiest, or biggest, meteor to have ever been spotted in Iceland, but it is probably the one with the most witnesses, as it could be seen not only from Reykjavík but also the Westfjords, South and North Iceland. It's estimated that it was around the size of a tennis ball, entering the atmosphere with a speed of 20km (12.4 miles) per second and breaking apart at a height of only 20-30 km (12.4-18.6 miles).
The above picture was shot in North Iceland, by Lake Mývatn by Raymond Luitjens and JimB, from Foss Hotel.
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It's not the first time a large meteor is spotted above Iceland at the same time as the Northern Lights, as can be seen for example in the video at the top, taken 2 years ago in November.
I've written about some other natural occurrences taking place in Iceland, such as supermoons, meteor showers, the midnight sun and solar eclipses - but to this day I still haven't seen a solar eclipse or a meteor myself! Hopefully I'll catch it one day.
See also: See the Supermoon in Iceland
See also: Solar Eclipse in Iceland in 2015
In no way am I some sort of an expert on astronomy, and I have very limited knowledge about planets, Northern Lights and space (don't we all?), but I love reading up about it and am just mesmerised by its beauty. I always get excited whenever I see the Northern Lights, and they are as common in Iceland as rain is in the UK. I LOVE thunder and lightnings (which we never get in Iceland, I've seen a lightning once in Iceland!) and I'm still waiting patiently to see a solar eclipse.
I also love learning more about this fascinating universe we live in, and can't wait for a planetarium to finally open in Iceland soon. Iceland's first planetarium is scheduled to open in late 2018 in Perlan, or the Pearl, situated on top of Öskjuhlíð hill.
Did you see the fireball meteor last night? Where were you and can you describe it in comments? Post your pictures in comments if you have any!
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Q: Android(Java): DRYer approach using interfaces and less duplication Is there a good way using interfaces lessen the duplication here. Currently there are 3 types(kelvin,celcius,fahrenheit) of conversion which results in 6 combinations.
Is there a more scale able way of handling this, lets say we want to add 2 more types (total of 5) its going to start to become a bit of a hassle to maintain all the combinations?
Here is the code:
public class ConvertTemperatureJava {
        private static final String TAG = "ConvertTemperatureJava";

    static String TEMPERATURE_KELVIN = "kelvin";
    static String TEMPERATURE_CELCIUS = "celsius";
    static String TEMPERATURE_FAHRENHEIT = "fahrenheit";

    private float inputValue = 0;
    private String inputUnit, outputUnit = null;

    public void setInputValue(String inputValueString) {
        // convert input to correct type
        try {
            this.inputValue = Float.parseFloat(inputValueString);
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
            this.inputValue = 0;
        }
    }

    public void setInputUnit(String inputUnit) {
        this.inputUnit = inputUnit;
    }

    public void setOutputUnit(String outputUnit) {
        this.outputUnit = outputUnit;
    }

    public float convert() {
        // same units, no conversion required
        if (inputUnit != null && outputUnit != null && inputValue != 0) {
            if (inputUnit.equalsIgnoreCase(outputUnit)) {
                return inputValue;
            }

            // kelvin and celsius
            if (inputUnit.equalsIgnoreCase(TEMPERATURE_KELVIN) && outputUnit.equalsIgnoreCase(TEMPERATURE_CELCIUS)) {
                return kelvinToCelsius(inputValue);
            }
            if (inputUnit.equalsIgnoreCase(TEMPERATURE_CELCIUS) && outputUnit.equalsIgnoreCase(TEMPERATURE_KELVIN)) {
                return celsiusToKelvin(inputValue);
            }

            // kelvin and fahrenheit
            if (inputUnit.equalsIgnoreCase(TEMPERATURE_KELVIN) && outputUnit.equalsIgnoreCase(TEMPERATURE_FAHRENHEIT)) {
                return kelvinToFahrenheit(inputValue);
            }
            if (inputUnit.equalsIgnoreCase(TEMPERATURE_FAHRENHEIT) && outputUnit.equalsIgnoreCase(TEMPERATURE_KELVIN)) {
                return fahrenheitToKelvin(inputValue);
            }

            // celsius and fahrenheit
            if (inputUnit.equalsIgnoreCase(TEMPERATURE_CELCIUS) && outputUnit.equalsIgnoreCase(TEMPERATURE_FAHRENHEIT)) {
                return celsiusToFahrenheit(inputValue);
            }
            if (inputUnit.equalsIgnoreCase(TEMPERATURE_FAHRENHEIT) && outputUnit.equalsIgnoreCase(TEMPERATURE_CELCIUS)) {
                return fahrenheitToCelsius(inputValue);
            }
        }

        // fallback
        return 0;
    }

    private float kelvinToCelsius(float input) {
        return input - 273.15f;
    }

    private float celsiusToKelvin(float input) {
        return input + 273.15f;
    }

    private float kelvinToFahrenheit(float input) {
        return (input * 1.8f) - 459.67f;
    }

    private float fahrenheitToKelvin(float input) {
        return (input + 459.67f) * (5f / 9f);
    }

    private float celsiusToFahrenheit(float input) {
        return (input * 1.8f) + 32f;
    }

    private float fahrenheitToCelsius(float input) {
        return (input - 32f) / 1.8f;
    }
}

A: Do like what the United Nations does with languages. Pick one unit as the intermediary unit (like English is at the UN), and then define all of your other converters in terms of going to/from that standard unit.
For example, you could pick Kelvin as the standard unit, and then implement celsiusToFahrenheit(input) as kelvinToFahrenheit(celsiusToKelvin(input)).

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Video: Calgary gas-and-dash victim described as 'mom who sacrificed her life' at Mother's Day service
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WATCH: A tearful memorial service was held on Sunday for a Calgary woman killed in a fatal gas-and-dash two years ago. As Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports, Maryam Rashidi's mother expressed her grief while friends are demanding workplace changes.
Dozens of mourners gathered at Rocky View Garden of Peace cemetery on Sunday morning to celebrate the life of Maryam Rashidi.
Rashidi was killed in June of 2015 when she tried to stop a man from driving away from the Centex gas station she was working at without paying for fuel.
"I know there was conversation about, yeah she should not have done that. But this is nonsense," said Fariborz Birjandian, CEO of the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society, who spoke at the service.
"At that time, she felt something wrong was happening and she was trying to correct it."
Friends called Rashidi a brave and intelligent woman. She is being remembered as a mother and engineer, who took a job at a gas station to support her family.
"A mom who was trying to put food on the table. A mom who was trying to right a wrong. A mom who sacrificed her life for the well-being of her kid," said memorial organizer, Ehsan Hosseini.
Memorial organizers want to prevent a tragedy like this from happening again. They're asking for a provincial pay-before-you-pump law, and for employers to promote better safety through training.
"We can correct it for the newcomers in the future that they know their rights. They should know their rights," said family friend, Gina Masnadi.
"We can correct it with law and legislation about the gas stations, that people should get trained and know their rights.
"One of the things is remembering Maryam as a friend and as a brave lady. And also giving this message to the community that we should be supporting each other," said Masnadi.
Those at the service want to know what has changed in Alberta since Rashidi died two years ago. After her death, the provincial government said it would look into pay at the pump legislation.
"We are still in mourning. We still feel that she really died for no reason. And we are hoping that should be prevented," said Birjandian,
On May 5, Joshua Mitchell was acquitted of second degree murder in connection with Rashidi's death. Instead, a jury found him guilty of manslaughter. A decision that isn't sitting well with people who knew Rashidi.
"There has been some uneasiness about that decision that they feel that the punishment that this man is going to face does not really fit the crime that he committed. But at the same time, we have our faith in Canadian justice and I would urge everybody to do that," said Birjandian.
Members of Calgary's Iranian community are now making arrangements for Rashidi's mother to travel to Calgary from Iran for Mitchell's sentencing in August, and to finally see her daughter's grave.
"She's devastated. I was hoping that after two years she would be better and more settled, but unfortunately she is not," Masnadi said of Rashidi's mother.
Source: http://globalnews.ca/news/3450719/calgary-gas-and-dash-victim-described-as-mom-who-sacrificed-her-life-at-mothers-day-service/
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The Pastoral Ministry Leadership Team oversees the licensing and ordination process for the US National Conference and gives leadership to the professional development of its ministers.
a. Chairperson of the Pastoral Ministry Leadership Team.
c. Up to eight additional members appointed by the Executive Leadership Team.
The Pastoral Ministry Leadership Team shall meet at least semi-annually. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum.
1. The Pastoral Ministry Leadership Team shall report to the US National Conference and Executive Leadership Team.
2. The Pastoral Ministry Leadership Team shall develop in conjunction with the bishop a strategy to recruit new pastors.
3. The Pastoral Ministry Leadership Team will be responsible for promoting professional development and continuing education for pastors.
4. The Pastoral Ministry Leadership Team is responsible for ministerial education for the US National Conference.
5. The Pastoral Ministry Leadership Team shall set all guidelines pertaining to licensing and ordination.
6. The Pastoral Ministry Leadership Team shall appoint and oversee regional Ministerial Licensing and Ordination teams.
7. The Pastoral Ministry Leadership Team will have the final authority to grant licenses and approve ordinations.
8. The Pastoral Ministry Leadership Team shall establish procedures for the discipline and restoration of ministers.
9. The Pastoral Ministry Leadership Team shall encourage healthy clergy lifestyles and provide support for ministers experiencing burnout.
10. The Pastoral Ministry Leadership Team shall set guidelines and procedures for pastoral assignments.
11. The Pastoral Ministry Leadership Team shall maintain and revise the Pastoral Ministry Handbook, stating information about the description, qualifications, licensing, expectations, and accountability of the various categories of ministers.
The Executive Leadership Team will fill vacancies on the Pastoral Ministry Leadership Team. The PMLT may suggest persons to be considered for appointment by the Executive Leadership Team.
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Where can I find a bust shot of ISABELLA MARTHA "BELL, BELLE, BELLA" ANGEL BAWDEN.
She was born in Peoria, Peoria, IL, parentage unk. but supposedly her father died in Civil War in Battle of Shiloh TN.
She went to Springfield, OH, with son Dr. George Stephen Bawden and wife Annie Seibel, died and was buried there.
I saw this pic on a website and didn't think to copy it to my desktop.
Thank you very much for any help.
TALMAGE of Jacksonville, Morgan, IL: My Dr. George Stephen Bawden married Frances R. TALMAGE
I have them both in Find-a-Grave. On Frances, basically no bio info, no parentage, no birth date.
She and Dr. George died in Indianapolis and are buried in Crown Hill Cemetery. Her bdate on the marker is 1885.
I'd love to know her parents, birth date and any bio info.
HASKIN or HASKINS - Burial Information For You
Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Scott, IA
I have a list of 11 of this family from the sexton database.
Some markers say Haskin and database says Haskins.
My link is Alice Martha Robeson Haskin's daughter Edna Cameron who married my Stephen Phelps Bawden.
1. Franklin, b ca 1870-71, Davenport, Scott, IA; d 18 May 1873 Davenport; 3 y 4 mo, scarlet fever, interred 18 May 1873; sexton database entry 1294/4384; Sec 13 Lot 98
2. Margaret C. b ca 1753 Salem, MA; d 11 Mar 1877 Moline, Rock Island, IL, 84 yo, hemorrhage, widow, interred 13 Mar 1877; sexton database entry 1668; Sec 1 Lot 67
3. William Edgar b ca 1809 NY, d 3 Oct 1883 Pleasant Valley, Scott, IA, 74 yo, dropsy, widower, interred 5 Oct 1883; sexton database entry 2391; Sec 7 Lot 157
4. Harriet b ca 1841, Iowa, d 19 Apr 1888 Davenport, 47 cancer of lungs, single, interred 21 Apr 1888; sexton database 3064, Sec 7 Lot 192
5. Charles b ca 1856, NY, d 19 Jun 1902 Davenport, 46 y 9 m 1 d, uremia, married, interred 21 Jun 1902; sexton database 5390, Sec 9, Lot 94. Ran livery stable in Davenport. Husband of Alice M.
6. Mrs. Mary, b ca 1845, Scotland, d 21 Oct 1905 Davenport, 60 yo, anemia, married, interred 23 Oct 1905; sexton database 6087, Sec 13 Lot 98
7. Alice Martha Robeson b ca Dec 1847 Davenport, d 21 Feb 1909 Davenport, 51y1m23d, myocarditis, widow, interred 24 Feb 1909; sexton database 6903, Sec 9 Lot 94, wife of Charles, mother of Edna Cameron. (Edna remarried when Stephen died. Burial info unk).
8. Robert Henry b ca 1843 IL, d 23 Mar 1912, Davenport, 69yo, cerebral hemorrhage, widower, interred 25 Mar 1912; sexton database 7740, Sec 13 Lot 98
9. Evan H. b ca 1869, Missouri, d 10 Nov 1917 Davenport, 48 yo, pneumonia, married, interred 14 Nov 1917, Sec 19, Lot 8
10. Jessie M. b ca 1873 Rock Island, Rock Island, IL d 9 Sept 1918 Davenport. 41yo, tuberculosis, married interred 11 Sept 1918; sexton database 9437; Sec 7 Lot 15
11. Franklin, scarlet fever, 3y4m, interred 19 May 1873; no birth date, born and died in Davenport.
If you can fill in the blanks, could you take the time to email Oakdale @ OakdaleOMG@aol.com for database entry. Thank you.
ELDRIDGE: Jacob MULLEN merits an entry in The History of Davenport and Scott County, Iowa 1882
Jacob M. ELDRIDGE, arriving in Davenport in 1845, became an active and valuable factor in the business interests of the city and at the same time his opinions carried weight and his labors produced substantial results in financial circles. While he won success, his interests were never so self-centered that business excluded participation in projects and measures of progressive citizenship. On the contrary he was ever alert to the best interests of the community and his cooperation constituted a valuable force in inaugurating measures which were of public benefit. A native of New Jersey, Jacob M. ELDRIDGE was born at Haddonfield, New Jersey, November 20, 1824, a son of Duncan CAMPBELL and Rachel BROWN ELDRIDGE. Duncan was the first postmaster of Davenport.
Rachel died when Jacob was but four years of age and the boy then went to live with his widowed ELDRIDGE grandmother. His father, having remarried to Rebecca LIPPINCOTT of the publishing family, came west and had conducted a store in Davenport at the time of the death of the grandfather. Jacob M. ELDRIDGE, then a boy of thirteen years, was thrown upon his own resources and soon afterward commenced teaming.
Carefully saving his earnings, it was not long before he was able to purchase a team and in that field of activity he continued to labor for some time. Later he turned his attention to clerking and, actuated by the laudable ambition which was ever one of his strong characteristics, he soon made it possible to become the owner of a mercantile enterprise. This he conducted until 1845, when he came to Davenport, his attention having already been directed to this city by the fact that it was the place of his father's residence. He arrived in Rock Island [Illinois] on the 23d of December after a two months' journey from Philadelphia and spent Christmas eve in Davenport.
The next spring, however, he returned to the east to settle up his business affairs in that section of the country and in the succeeding fall again came back to this city. He had entered land from the government about three miles northeast of Davenport, for which he paid the usual price of a dollar and a quarter per acre.
The improvements which he placed upon it and the natural rise in value consequent upon the rapid settlement of this section of the country enabled him in 1874 to dispose of that farm for one hundred and twenty-five dollars per acre.
He was one of the first land agents of this city and followed that pursuit during much of his life. His keen judgment and sagacity enabled him to make judicious investments and profitable sales and at the same time he contributed to the substantial improvement of this section of the state by his careful manipulation of
realty interests.
At all times Mr. ELDRIDGE was mindful of his opportunity to promote public progress and was actuated by a public-spirited devotion to the general good that was manifest in many tangible ways. He was prominent in the movement that extended the Chicago & Rock Island [rail]road to the river and continued its construction across the state as the Mississippi & Missouri road. The second line afterward consolidated, forming the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. Mr. ELDRIDGE was also a member of the company that secured the franchise for the
second railroad bridge and he put forth earnest effort wherever he believed it possible to secure the adoption of a project that promised material benefit to the city, county and state. The town of ELDRIDGE was laid out by him and the city of ELDRIDGE, North Dakota, was named in his honor, though he never lived in either.
It was through the influence of Mr. ELDRIDGE that Frank P. BLAIR became a resident of this city and a most important factor in its later upbuilding.
In the field of politics Mr. ELDRIDGE was equally well known and prominent. He was a delegate to the convention held in Iowa City in 1855, which led to the organization of the republican party in this state. In 1872 he was sent as a delegate from Iowa to the convention of liberal republicans that nominated Horace GREELEY for the presidency. He regarded it as the duty as well as the privilege of every American man to uphold by his ballot and his influence the principles in which he believed and, while he never sought nor desired office for himself, he stood staunchly in support of those issues which he regarded as vital to
good government.
He conceived and instituted the idea of placing a memorial tablet in the rotunda of the courthouse in honor of the Scott county pioneers?a tablet which will preserve for future generations the names of several hundred residents who came here prior to 1848. He was one of the oldest and most faithful members of the Christian church, to the support of which he contributed generously, while in its various activities he took helpful part. One of the most honored members of the Old Settlers' Association, he filled all of its offices, including that of president. He was also president of the Board of Trade at one time and instituted various projects which were accomplished through the medium of that association.
In 1848 Mr. Eldridge was married to Miss Mary Louisa WOODWARD, who passed away eighteen months later. In June, 1851, he married Miss Mary HIGH WILLIAMS, and on 28th of September, 1866, he wed Agnes SMITH, who survives him. She was a daughter of Robert Smith, a farmer by occupation, who retired in 1861 and established his home in Davenport, where he spent his remaining days, dying at the age of eighty-eight years. The six children of Mr. ELDRIDGE were all born of the second marriage, namely : George Wallace., Mrs. Reuben R. ELDRIDGE [Dr. Elizabeth], Mrs. Samuel LYTER GLASPELL [Kate], Mrs. Carl E. SCHLEGEL [Minnie], Mrs. George W. BAWDEN [Jennie - this blog author's g-grandmother], and Frank Wallace.
The death of Mr. ELDRIDGE occurred June 8, 1892, and brought a sense of personal bereavement to a large majority of Davenport citizens, for during the many years of his residence here he was honored and respected by all who knew him. The value of his public work cannot be overestimated and his record furnishes a splendid example for emulation in its public-spirited devotion to the general good. As the architect of his own fortunes he built wisely and well and did equally good work for the city, his name being on the roll of the representative men whose labors have constituted the chief elements in progress and improvement here.
BAWDEN: Stephen Phelps is subject of entry in 1882 History of Davenport and Scott County, Iowa
The law has become so complex that it would be difficult for any individual to be equally at home in all departments of practice and, while a lawyer may continue in several fields, it is the tendency of the times to concentrate one's energies upon a special branch. This Stephen P. Bawden does in his attention to probate and title deed branches of law and yet he has won success in other fields and may be termed a general practitioner.
Mr. Bawden is one of Davenport's native sons and his parents were Stephen and Mary Ella (WOODWARD) BAWDEN, the former being of English parentage and the latter a native of Pennsylvania. Their removal to the west and settlement at Davenport made this city the scene of the youthful efforts and activities of S. P. BAWDEN as well as of his later years.
Having acquired his literary education in the public schools, he continued his studies in preparation for the bar and after his admission to practice in the courts of the state opened an office in Davenport, where he has since remained. His natural predilection tends him toward probate and similar departments of the law and for five years he devoted almost his entire time to those branches in the office of DAVISON & LANE. Inclination and opportunity were thus satisfied and his thoroughness and capability in this branch of the profession have won him deserved success. His two most dominant characteristics are determined persistence and thorough and honest exactness. In law and especially in real-estate law these traits are of prime importance and guarantee progress.
Mr. BAWDEN has met with good success because of these qualities and is one of the best known of the younger members of the bar in this field of practice. He enjoys the good fellowship of his brethren of the legal fraternity here and all recognize that his advancement has come as the merited and legitimate reward of his efforts and ability.
PHELPS FAMILY HISTORY: Israel b 3 Apr 1681 in Westfield, Hampden, MA, m. Rachel JONES (no info)
I. Israel PHELPS b 3 Apr 1681 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; m 7 Mar 1703 Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut to Rachel JONES (no info) Israel died 16 Apr 1713 in Enfield
[Israel's older brother John PHELPS (jr) b 8 Dec 1779 in Colebrook, d Oct 1839 Granville, Licking, Ohio]
A. Israel's son David PHELPS b 25 Aug 1716 in Enfield, m. 29 Mar 1737 in Enfield, Margaret COLTON, dtr of Josiah COLTON (no mother), Josiah was born 30 Dec 1685 in Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts. m. Margaret PEASE {no info), 6 Jan 1706 in Enfield. David died 13 Jan 1803 in Enfield.
1. David's son John PHELPS b 11 Feb 1756 in Colebrook, Litchfield, Connecticut, m. Anna BAKER on 22 Mar 1779 in Colebrook, who was born 23 Apr 1738 Colebrook. John d 13 Oct 1841 in Colebrook; Anna d 4 Apr 1797 in Colebrook.
John's son Elihu PHELPS b 10 Apr 1782 in Colebrook, m. 19 Aug 1816 in Schroon [River?], Essex, New York Margaret CROOKSHANKS/CRUIKSHANKS (var sp) who was born 1795 (no date) in Salem, Washington, New York (no death date), Elihu died 7 Dec 1856 in Schroon.
1. Rensselaer (Female) b 19 Apr 1818 Schroon, Essex, New York; d 27 Apr 1857 - no spouse info
2. Orin J. b 29 Nov 1819, Schroon, no death date, Essex, NY, m. Jane MAYNARD, Jane POWELL 5 Oct 1853 Schroon.
3. James Francis b 6 Oct 1821, Schroon d 3 Apr 1906 in home 1223 3rd Ave., Davenport, Scott, Iowa, bur. Oakdale Memorial Gardens, aka Oakdale Cemetery, Davenport, m. 1. Lucinda TYRRELL b 1828 m. 1848 (no date) in Schroon, 2. Jennett FINCH b 5 Jun 1829, m. 20 Dec 1854.
4. Sanford b 26 Aug 1823 Schroon, d 31 Oct 1842 Schroon
5. Anna b 6 Jul 1825 Schroon d 4 May 1882 Schroon m. 18 Apr 1844, N. Hudson, Essex, New York, Daniel WYMAN b 6 Apr 1816 (no info)
6. Elizabeth b 25 Aug 1827 Schroon m. 12 Apr 1849 Schroon, Pelopidas POTTER b 26 Oct 1820. No death info for Liz.
7. Margaret b 11 Feb 1830 Schroon, m. 10 Feb 1847 Crown Point, Essex, NY, Calvin Walker HEUSTIS b 1817 (no date), no dod for Margaret.
8. Mary Helen b 31 Jan 1832, Schroon, d 22 Oct 1912, Davenport Scott, Iowa bur. Oakdale, m. 8 Jul 1859 Schroon River, Essex, NY, James Edwin LINDSAY b 12 Apr 1826 (see sep blog), Lindsay died 13 Oct 1915 in Schroon?? or Davenport, Scott, Iowa
9. Emily b 19 Jun 1834 Schroon, m. 9 May 1859, Schroon, Darius Jacobs RICHARDS, no dod for Emily
10. Amelia b 29 Aug 1837 Schroon, d 29 May 1919 New Rochelle, New York, m. Hawley Silas HEPBURN b 2 Mar 1840
11. John Baker (J.B.) b 19 May 1840 Schroon m. 20 May 1889 Davenport, Cornelia Rebecca WOODWARD ("Cornie")
b Jan 1864 in double ceremony with sister Mary Ella "Ella" WOODWARD and Stephen Douglas BAWDEN in the Woodward
home in Rockingham Twp, Scott, Iowa, dtrs of Benjamin Beckwith and Elizabeth Evans MORGAN WOODWARD. JB died of heart attck 16 Jul 1900 in Davenport. Bur Oakdale. This writer's link thru Stephen BAWDEN.
12. Eunice Ellen b 30 Sept 1843 Schroon, d 17 Jun 1928, Davenport; m. Major Eugene B. HAYWARD on 7 Apr 1864 in Schroon while Eugene was on a brief furlough. He was born 25 Oct 1842 in Essex County, New York. He died 3 Feb 1927 Davenport. 1 son Elmer Leland b 26 May 1866 in Port Henry, Essex, New York and 1 dtr Ellen Imogen b 1877 (no date).
13. Charles b 1855 no date, Schroon, no other information.
LINDSAY: James Edwin, logging king in Village of E. Davenport, m. Mary Helen PHELPS in Schroon River, Essex, NY
James Edwin LINDSAY DOD 1915 Oct 13 Davenport, Scott, IA, Chronic Myocarditis,
interred 1915 Oct 15, Sec 20, Lot 21, Inter # 8670
Prominent for many years among the mill operators of the Mississippi river were James E. LINDSAY and John B. PHELPS, who as LINDSAY & PHELPS were for nearly forty years connected with the manufacture of lumber at Davenport.
James Edwin LINDSAY, the subject of this sketch, was born at Schroon, Essex, New York, April 12, 1826. His ancestors came from Scotland in 1731 and settled at Argyle, New York. His great-great-grandfather was Donald LINDSAY, who was interested in the grant which was extended to Laughlin Campbell and was one of the hundred founders of that early Argyle community.
His training between 1826 and 1847 terminated with one year's schooling in civil engineering at Norwich, Vermont. His father was a hotel keeper, farmer and lumber manufacturer combined. Young LINDSAY worked at measuring and the hauling of logs at his father's mill, a water power affair propelled by the old-style "flutter wheel." This sawmill was facetiously called the "Thunder Shower Mill" on account of its utter inability to operate unless a frequent rain would kindly fill the small creek dam from which it drew its water power.
Young LINDSAY was in an atmosphere that was apt to make him a lumberman and included his neighbors Israel Johnson, the inventor of the much used "mulay" saw, and Philetas Sawyer, the long time prominent lumberman and for many years United States senator from Wisconsin.
Logs measured about two standards to the log, a standard, according to Dimmock's rule, being measured on the basis of thirteen-foot log, nineteen inches at the top end. They were made up of perhaps twenty-five per cent clear at fifty dollars a thousand; twenty-five per cent second clear at forty dollars; twenty-five per cent select at twenty dollars; and twenty-five per cent common, worth fourteen dollars. Before his twenty-first birthday, a young LINDSAY already had some experience in the logging business in partnership with his brother-in-law John Tompkins. The firm was named LINDSAY & TOMPKINS and existed for four years.
In the fall of 1856, the year he was thirty years old, he came west, and with his savings and what had been entrusted to him, secured about seven thousand dollars worth of lands through land warrants in the Black River Falls (Wisconsin) country.
In March, 1861, Mr. LINDSAY located permanently at Davenport, Iowa, and his Black River timber was logged and rafted to Davenport, where it was sawed into lumber by the thousand at the mills at that place. He had formed a partnership with E. HARRIS, of Queensberry, New York, the understanding being that Mr. LINDSAY was to come west and look about and take an interest in whatever looked most favorable. The absolute trust of his partner in Mr. Lindsay's judgment seems to have colored his subsequent career. He had not only his own interests to further but also had absolutely in his keeping the interests of another. This tended to make him conservative, and he has always been a conservative man. This conservatism, however, should not be misjudged, for he has ever had an aggressive and enthusiastic confidence in the future values of timber lands.
Later in 1861 Mr. LINDSAY secured a lease of the RENWICK mill in Davenport. Shortly afterward John B. PHELPS bought Mr. Harris' interest and the firm became LINDSAY & PHELPS, and it has so continued ? barring its incorporation in 1890, for nearly fifty years. In 1866 LINDSAY & PHELPS built a mill at Davenport. It started with a circular saw; a gang saw was added in 1867, at that time the only gang mill in this section of the country; and in 1880, a band mill was added and other necessary machinery for a more modern plant.
The mill at Davenport continued in operation until the close of the season of 1919? a period of thirty-nine years. The corporation of LINDSAY & PHELPS Company is still being maintained, the present officers being J. E. LINDSAY, president; R. E. LINDSAY, vice president; Fred Wyman, secretary and treasurer; and George F. LINDSAY, assistant secretary and treasurer.
John Baker PHELPS, Mr. Lindsay's long time partner, died in July, 1900.
Mr. Lindsay's confidence in pine timber was of the broader kind, and as early as 1882, with his close friend and associate, C. R. Ainsworth, of Moline, Illinois, he personally located the first holdings of the LINDSAY Land & Lumber Company in Arkansas. Perhaps it may be due to Mr. LINDSAY and Mr. Ainsworth that they be called the pioneer northern lumbermen in Arkansas, and surely they were among the earliest to purchase timber lands in that section. The company's first officers were J. E. LINDSAY, president; C. R. Ainsworth, vice president; J. B. PHELPS, secretary; William Renwick, treasurer. The late Hon. D. N. Richardson, a newspaper man and close associate in those early days of investment in the south, asked Mr. LINDSAY in conversation one day,
"Is there a chance for an outsider to put some money in your southern timber company, Mr. LINDSAY?"
"Not for you, a newspaper man," was the reply, "for it takes long patience and years of constant outgo of money to work out a proposition of this kind, and you who are accustomed to annual dividends would lack the 'sand' to stay with such a proposition." Without hesitancy Mr. Richardson replied, "We have the sand and only ask you to make the opportunity."
Mr. RICHARDSON went in, and up to the time of his death, that quality of sand first shown was ever apparent.
Resulting from Mr. RICHARDSON's enthusiasm later came the RICHARDSON Land & Timber Company, with D. N. RICHARDSON as its first president. The present officers are J. J. RICHARDSON, president; Fred WYMANH, vice president; and M. N. Richardson, secretary and treasurer. The directors are J. E. LINDSAY, Rebecca RENWICK, J. J. RICHARDSON, Fred WYMAN and J. B, RICHARDSON. This company made purchases in Little River, Dallas, Sevier and Howard counties, Arkansas, and later extended its operations into Mississippi. At one time its holdings amounted to one hundred and fifty thousand acres in Arkansas. At this time it owns nearly fifty thousand acres in Mississippi.
In 1884 when RENWICK, SHAW and CROSSETT went north to Cloquet, Minnesota, and organized the Cloquet Lumber Company with George S. Shaw as its manager, Mr. LINDSAY and Mr. PHELPS became members of that company, Mr. LINDSAY now being a director.
The big trees of the Pacific coast next attracted LINDSAY & Phelps' attention and, associated with Weyerhaeuser & Denkmann and the Richardson interests, they organized the Sound Timber Company on December 23, 1899. The officers are J. E. LINDSAY, president; Fred C. DENKMANN, vice president; George F. LINDSAY, secretary and treasurer; and with F. WEYERHAUSER, Joe R. LANE and M. N. RICHARDSON form its board of directors. This company owns something over fifty thousand acres of fir, cedar and spruce in Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom and King counties, Washington, and Lane county, Oregon.
Interest was again directed to the south in 1901, and Mr. LINDSAY, with Weyerhaeuser & Denkmann, the Laird, Norton Company, Dimmock, Gould & Company, and the Richardson interests, formed the Southland Lumber Company
on May 4 of that year, for the purchase of timber lands in Louisiana. Its officers are: F. E. WEYERHAUSER, president; F. C. DENKMANN, vice president; George F. LINDSAY, secretary and treasurer; Fred Wyman, assistant secretary and treasurer. The directors are F. WEYERHAUSER, E. P. DENKMANN, H. A. AINSWORTH, J. E. LINDSAY, F. S. BELL, F. H. THATCHER, Fred C. DENKMANN, Calvin AINSWORTH, Joe R. LANE, M. N. RICHARDSON and Fred WYMAN. The present holdings are in southwestern Louisiana and approximate one hundred and thirty thousand acres of longleaf yellow pine.
The Southern Lumber Company of Arkansas was organized January 28,1902, by WEYERHAUSER & DENKMANN, DIMMOCK, GOULD & Company, the RICHARDSON interests and J. E. LINDSAY, purchasing the holdings of the LINDSAY Land & Lumber Company, previously referred to, and has at the present time a sawmill in active operation at Warren, Arkansas, and seventy thousand acres of short-leaf yellow pine. The officers are F. E. WEYERHAUSER, president; E. P. DENKMANN, vice president; George F. LINDSAY, secretary; Fred WYMAN, treasurer; N. H. CLAPP, Jr., assistant secretary and treasurer and general manager. The directors are F. WEYERHAUSER, C. H. AINSWORTH, J. E. LINDSAY, F. E. WEYERHAUSER, E. P. DENKMANN, Calvin AINSWORTH, Joe R. LANE, Fred WYMAN and M. N. RICHARDSON.
Mr. LINDSAY is still active in business, keeping in touch with the affairs of the companies with which he is connected, and spending several hours daily at his office. Local enterprises have always received the strong support of LINDSAY & PHELPS, and Mr. PHELPS was before his death, and Mr. LINDSAY now is, identified with many local organizations.
Mr. LINDSAY married in 1858 Mary Helen PHELPS at Schroon River, Essex County, New York. Three children were born of this union; Ralph E. LINDSAY; Mrs. Fred WYMAN, who died in 1905; and George F. LINDSAY. Mr. and Mrs. LINDSAY have two grandchildren, Edith Helen WYMAN and Edwin Blair LINDSAY.
Mr. LINDSAY has always manifested a deep interests in the religious and charitable institutions of the community. He is identified with the Baptist church, having been one of its most loyal supporters for many years. His interest in young men was evidenced by his liberal contribution to the Young Men's Christian Association.
The results of environment are very apparent in a man of Mr. LINDSAY's character. Long years of association with kindly mother nature as exemplified in her vast forests have intensified in him those inherent qualities which are characteristic of the grandest forest growth. Their physical qualities find their counterpart in his mentality ? strength of purpose, uprightness of character and those other admirable traits which are typified by the giants of the forest and the stalwarts among men. He has a minute knowledge of lumber and logs which always he is glad to share generously with his friends and of which they partake with the utmost confidence in his judgment, notably in his home city, the center of a great lumber interest, where and in the adjoining cities of Rock Island and Moline between the members of the LINDSAY & PHELPS Lumber Company and all competitive lumber and logging interests in the three cities Mr. Lindsay's thorough knowledge and sterling character are well known and highly honored.
While of a modest and retiring disposition, one's first impression of Mr. LINDSAY, unconsciously conveyed by him, is that of personal dignity; yet he is always approachable. He is never hasty in judgment and his decisions are always the result of intelligent deliberation. Perhaps the only voluntary exercise of his innate qualities that needs restraint is his ready generosity, his practical sympathy for misfortune. In the sense that makes the characteristic a strongly commendable one, he is one of the most conspicuous figures in the lumber industry of the middle west.
BAWDEN: John DUVALL "Tim" does Boy Scouts lifelong, works for family printing business, marries Joyce Edith GARBER and has 3 children
"Tim" was the youngest of 2 born to George Ray "Ray" and Viola Katherine "Vi" DUVALL BAWDEN on 23 Sept 1929 in Davenport, Scott, Iowa. His brother was George Ray "Binc" BAWDEN, Jr. (see blog)
At a young age Tim displayed a talent for the printing and publishing business when he founded a neighborhood newspaper called "Heights", which he wrote, printed and distributed himself for over 4 years from 1942-1946.
He graduated from Davenport [Central] High School in 1947, from St. Ambrose College in Davenport with a B.A. degree in 1950, and earned his Masters degree in Journalism from Northwestern University in Evanston, Cook, Illinois in 1952.
He was drafted into the Army where he served two years as Sergeant at Ft. Bliss, El Paso, Texas. At his father's death in April 1954, he returned to Davenport to enter the family printing business, BAWDEN Bros. Inc., with his uncle Harry ELDRIDGE BAWDEN and brother "Binc". He became president of Bawden Printing, Inc. and vice-resident of Advertising Communications, Inc. - a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bawden Bros., in Davenport and Iowa City, Iowa.
Tim's life-long interest in the Boy Scouts of America began in grade school when he joined Troop 4 at McKinley Elementary School on Davenport's Middle Road, under the leadership of Dr. Carl H. Matthey. He became troop leader during his St. Ambrose College years, began a scout troop while in the Army in El Paso. When he returned to Davenport in 1954, he became leader of Troop 4 at McKinley. Through the years, he has been leader of Explorer Post 4 at McKinley, Post 7 at the First Presbyterian Church in Davenport, and Troop 24 and Explorer Post 24 at Riverdale School in Bettendorf, Scott, Iowa. Over 100 boys have earned their Eagle Scout Award due to his efforts.
He served for 25 years on the local Boy Scout Council, and as a member of the National Boy Scout Committee as chairman of the National Boy Scout Advancement Committee. He received two of the highest awards: Silver Beaver for outstanding local service and Silver Antelope for exceptional effort on the regional level.
Tim married Joyce Garber on 19 Aug 1961 in Randolph, Fremont, Iowa's Presbyterian Church. She is the daughter of Chester Christopher and Mabel Ione CHAMBERS GARBER. Joyce was born 7 May 1935 on the family farm near the former village of Anderson, Fremont, Iowa. The CHAMBERS family came to Walnut Creek Twp, Fremont, Iowa from Pennsylvania in 1856.
Joyce graduated from Randolph {Iowa] High School and from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa in May 1957 with a BA in Music Education. She taught school in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Fremont-Mills High School in Tabor, Iowa and J.B. Young Intermediate School in Davenport before her marriage.
She had been a leader in many educational and cultural organizations in the Davenport area, serving as president of the Junior Symphony, president of Chapter LM, PEO and president of the Pleasant Valley, Scott, Iowa school board. She sang in Davenport's First Presbyterian Church choir for 20 years and served on the advisory board for Women's Athletics at the University of Iowa.
The Bawdens have been active members of 1st Presbyterian Church where Tim served as elder and deacon. He was chosen Outstanding Young Man of the Year by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, president of the Outing Club, a Davenport dining, bowling and social club, and a member of Davenport Kiwanis Club.
They had 3 children all in Davenport:
1. Michael Thomas b 22 Aug 1962, graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, married Caroline Susan Kammann 28 Jul 1984 in Crown Point, Indiana
2. Peter CHAMBERS born 14 Oct 1964; chosen high school all-state football lineman, earned Eagle Scout, graduated form Arizona State at Tempe in political science.
3. Cynthis/Cindy ELDRIDGE born 18 Oct 1967. Graduated from Colorado State University at Fort Collins.
Tim also commissioned a family gene study for Alice Richardson Sloane, C.G., author and compiler, Davenport. It was vinyl-bound, printed in 1986 in Decorah, Iowa, 290 pps with photos, no ISBN and no copyright in the possession of this author. There was no interaction between Ms. Sloane, the printer, or Tim and I am making it a several-years-long project to give it some integrity.
Tim died 15 May 1992 in Davenport. Ashes were given to the family.
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If an adventure offer is laid out on the table, wanna know my advice? Take it! & that's exactly what I did.
While in Bali, the gals threw out a potential Milford trip the weekend after I returned (forever grateful it was the weekend after I returned home, thanks to the food poisoning I brought home with me… but that's another story) My innate panic about packing for a weekend away kicked in the moment I started to pack. I don't know if anyone else is like me, literally panicking about how many pairs of socks to take away on an overnight trip?
Our head guide / driver / fastest hiker in the world unfortunately struck an illness the night prior to departure but like the true explorer she is managed to pull through while napping in the back of the car en route to Milford while I rode shotgun (hallelujah for car sickness) & Zemira safely transported us into the magical world of Fiordland.
Theres something so great about being on trip with like-minded humans. By likeminded humans I mean nature frothers, photographers and Instagram Queens. The ray of light we all spotted and wanted to stop for was captured beautifully, the mood that greeted us as we exited the homer tunnel was played with, all the while dodging the tour buses swinging their way round those narrow roads. We took it slow and stopped when our creative brains wanted, which made for a beautiful scenic ride deeper into Fiordland National park.
The weather that greeted us when we reached Milford was to die for. I mean it was raining, cloudy and overcast but c'mon who doesn't love that Milford mood? I think anyone else may have been a wee bit disappointed but we were out of the car quicker than a kea could steal your picnic. Frolicking in the mist and rain, taking it in turns to photograph each other under the majestic Mitre Peak, the swing was also a great find and all was going swimmingly until one hungry sandfly decided to give Zem some natural lip fillers.
Now sporting her Kylie Jenner style / mother nature incident we tanked back to Te Anau for homemade pumpkin soup (just call me Ramsay) and a well needed rest. Cut to about four hours later. The ice box we were staying in was dropping in temperature by the minute and I took to hammering the temp up button on the heater to no avail. At least when my alarm went off an hour later I was already deliriously awake and ready for a sunrise mission. First mission however was a sprint to the shower block in the freezing cold to warm bones, fingers and facial muscles.
I can't quite put in to words how magical the sunrise was. The whole sky was a pasty white colour, then out of nowhere turned the most beautiful pastel pink, intensified and then faded welcoming the new day. We used the jetty to our advantage & the dream like reflections before rushing what for toward the boiling kettle to warm our fingers and toes!
Key Summit was on the agenda today. An hours drive back through Fiordland brought us to the divide. Snacks packed, water bottles filled and off we went. The walk is pretty easy, a steady incline for around 1.5 hours – this is of course is if you include all the photos stops we did. When you reach the tree line the whole world opens up before your eyes. Looking down into Fiordland national park, surrounded by mountains, the native bush, the sun shining & the cool air. I had a sudden realisation, this is where I was meant to be, right here, right then, hiking and connecting with the beauty that surrounded us.
I pretty much floated to the summit, high on the adventure and never-ending snow-capped mountains. The boardwalk will lead you straight to a tarn which perfectly reflects the Humboldt and Darran Mountains opposite. After carefully navigating the sinking bog and walking further along the boardwalk for another pano view and a sneaky glimpse at Lake Marian, we descended, filled with content.
Our drive home was slow and quiet. A pit stop for sour cream with a side of wedges, I kid you not it was pretty much a bowl of mr whippy style sour cream in Te Anau we headed home.
Home… Queenstown, wait one second while I pinch myself again. What an adventure!
Looks incredible! I went for a day trip when I was in NZ, but would love to go back and see it all over again.
Thank you! I'm itching to go back already!


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I, Cochran Cockroach, Am Worth a Million Dollars!
Hey, did you read the October 31, 2007, newspaper item? My creator Carolyn did, and she showed me the amazing article. It gave me a whole new view of myself. I, Cochran Cornell the Cantankerous Cockroach, am worth a million dollars!
It was amazing how quickly his joy turned into rage.
"How could they?" he shouted.
Carolyn shifted her eyes toward the ceiling. "Calm down, calm down," she told him.
Their interest piqued, the ants gathered at the edge of the flypaper, raptly listening as Cochran told his story, ending it woefully.
Cochran might have noticed the flypaper laying across the countertop if his nature wasn't so skitterish. Or at least he might have smelled the wonderfully sweet aroma identifying the danger. But the insult he was tossing over his shoulder to Lazybones was too good and it had distracted him from self-protection.
The faces in the cockroach community expressed horror at seeing one of their own in a situation of certain demise.
The organizational response, most stopping dead short in their path, lasted only a moment before their roach nature brought back the chaotic scooting. Running past each other, bumping into each other, they commented on the situation.
Cochran Cornell the Cantankerous Cockroach finds his natural behavior gets him into trouble. The situation becomes so disastrous that he KNOWS his end is near. As his friends abandon him, he finds a creature so unlike him for support. Click back to find the continuation of the saga, which will be filed under Cochran's writings on this blog www.carolyncholland.wordpress.com .
Sunbeams shone through the window, heralding the arrival of spring while illuminating the craggy corner and making visible the dust bits dancing through the air. This light dismayed Cochran, who normally skittered helter-skelter to a dark crack in the wall or hid under an appliance at the first inkling of any kind of light. But today was different. Today he was stuck, literally imprisoned, unable to escape the abhorrent brightness that descended in the room.


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Q: How do you override :set_initial_state from AASM when testing with Factory Girl factories? Update
Answered below.  In case the linked site disappears, you can use mocha to stub the initial state and prevent overwriting as in ...
require 'mocha'
class OrderTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
  def setup
    Order.any_instance.stubs(:set_initial_state)
    @order = Factory(:order, :state => "other_state")
  end

  ...
end

Original Question
I am currently running the Acts As State Machine Rails Plugin (has been a huge time saver, incidentally) and having some challenges using it with Factory Girl (also wonderful).
I want to be able to set the object state when I create the object with Factories.  A generalized way of asking this question is "how do you call class methods when creating a object with Factories?"
class Transporter < ActiveRecord::Base
  validates_presence_of :company_name, :on => :update
  acts_as_state_machine :initial => :created, :column => 'status'
  state :created
  state :active
  state :inactive, :after => :inactivate_transporter_activity
end

Factory.define :transporter do |f|
  f.sequence(:company_name) {|n| "transporter_company#{n}"}
end

>> t=Factory(:transporter)
=> <Transporter ... status: "created">
>> t=Factory(:transporter, :status => 'active')
=> <Transporter ... status: "created"> #as expected, changes state back
>> t.activate!
=> true
>> t
=> <Transporter ... status: "active">

I can always call the t.activate! method within every test, but this will make my tests brittle.  I'm looking for a way to run this method at Factory creation level or set it within factory.rb.
Thanks...

A: You can use a mocking framework (mocha) to override set_initial_state and get the correct state on your object.
>> require 'mocha'
=> []
>> Transporter.any_instance.stubs(:set_initial_state)
=> #<Mocha::Expectation:0x21ee6e4 ...
>> t = Factory(:transporter, :state => "active")
=> #<Transporter ... state: "active">

Idea stolen from here.


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Where & how to buy Monero?
What is the best wallet?
Monero is a private, untraceable, open source, and fungible coin. As bitcoin, it allows you to become your 'personal banker' because it eliminates the need for a third party intermediary. It also protects your financial transactions from being accessed or altered by the general public. It does so by covering up all your transactions from being accessed by the other members of the network. It extends this cover to all of your receipts, funds transfers, and purchase ledgers.
This currency was created in April 2014. It was initially called BitMonero and was based on the CryptoNote protocol. It differs widely from other digital currencies in the sense that it has different algorithms that make it difficult to understand.
Monero differs widely from other digital currencies of its kind. Unlike other crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin and Etherum, it keeps your transactions inaccessible by the wider public. It also secures your currency details in such a manner as to make them completely untraceable. This digital currency accomplishes this feat by utilizing complex cryptographic techniques.
This digital currency's system is designed in such a way as to uphold censorship resistance and maintain privacy. Due to this, all your transactions are invisible to the wider public. This includes those who have access to that particular blockchain. It also does not compile a 'Rich List' as is the case with other crypto-currencies. Because of this, you cannot access even those accounts that have the highest number of coins.
It also comes along with an exclusive ring signature algorithm. This is basically a validation criterion that uniquely identifies a user in a blockchain. Being unique, it greatly obscures transactions by making them completely untraceable. For this reason, your identity is withheld at all times. This ring signature also prevents other users from tracking your transactions back to you.
All the coins that are generated by this digital currency have the same value and are also equal in worth. As such, all the accompanying transactions display some level of ambiguity. This being the case, no user, vendor, or entity can turn them down or blacklist them altogether. This is the core reason why most entities are opting for Monero in lieu of other digital currencies like Bitcoin.
This currency safeguards the integrity and security of all of your transactions. It accomplishes this feat in two main ways. First, it secures each transaction cryptographically by utilizing the capacity which is provided for conscientiously by the peer-to-peer distributed network. Secondly, at the time of creating your account, you are furnished with a special 25-word mnemonic seed. This is the 'password' that you will use to validate every subsequent transaction. It is also required whenever your account is tampered with and in need of a recovery.
All Monero transactions are conveyed via a peer-to-peer network. In such an arrangement, all the nodes (terminals) within the network are of equal stature and significance. This equality negates any special preferences for one node over the other. Consequently, no single node has greater access, influence, or control, over transactions at the expense of the other nodes. Further to this, no individual within the node may be able to keep track of transactions. You may, therefore, trust this system to deliver to your highest expectations.
Monero is primarily intended to be an open source product. This means that it allows the general public to access its source code to authenticate both its validity and security. In addition to this, the crypto-currency also allows each of its features to be systematically and mathematically verified. This is by reason of being compatible with several peer-reviewed study papers.
This exchange is a bit complicated for the average beginner. It is nevertheless one of the top exchanges in existence. This platform grants you the ability to trade Monero currency (XMR) with US Dollars, Euros, or Bitcoins (XBT).
It provides a flawless way of exchanging Bitcoins or Altcoins for Monero. Its exchanges rates are nevertheless non-competitive. The platform does not require you to create an e-mail account or provide other personal identifying pieces of information. Because of this, it is very convenient and suitable for exchanging small amounts of money.
To buy Moreno via the ShapeShift.io platform, you simply need to click the 'deposit' alternative. You then have to specify Moreno as the 'receive' option. After this, the software shall prompt you to furnish your personal Moreno address. (You may conveniently furnish this piece of information by copy-pasting it from the initial.address.txt.file). You will then have to provide your personal Bitcoin refund address to cushion you against unforeseen circumstances. To finally effect the purchase, you will have to agree to the terms and conditions governing the use of ShapeShift software.
PS: In case you are withdrawing money from the Moreno wallet, you will have to leave your Payment ID field blank. You are also required to pay extra attention to the minimum and maximum deposit caps. You will have to stay within the prescribed limits to avoid any unnecessary errors or mishaps.
Upon receiving your full exchange requests, ShapeShift shall proceed to exhibit your Bitcoin payment address. Your requested Monero payment shall then be released soon after it has been broadcasted across the entire blockchain.
On the whole, ShapeShift is pretty simple and convenient. For this reason, WannaCry Ransomware Creators recently opted to use it to convert their Bitcoins to Monero.
This is a registered exchange that allows you to trade Monero in fiat currency. To trade this digital currency via this platform, you will have to buy or sell using the OKPay. You will then receive or be able to send the specified amount via your wallet.
BitSquare is basically a decentralized computer application software platform. It is designed to greatly facilitate the trade of currencies between two or more individuals. It carries out its exchanges by establishing a connection through TOR platform. This ensures that your privacy is upheld when making all your Monero purchases. Only your trading partner may view your payment information finer details.
On the flipside, this platform is somewhat complicated. It also lacks the needed liquidity for the successful trade of Monero. Further to these, the platform takes longer to identify potential Monero sellers in your locality.
This platform is by far the largest and preferred Monero exchange. This is mainly because it offers the lowest prices and deepest liquidity. It is however not as secure and private as should be the case. In order to carry out a transaction via this platform, you will have to sign up using your e-mail address. The entire exchange is then facilitated via the TOR connection. As such, your e-mail address has to be compatible with TOR.
It is pretty similar to the online wallet. It describes that Monero wallet which is connected directly to the internet. It enables the smooth sending of funds. However, it is not so secure. You are hence advised not to store a lot of funds in it.
Unlike the hot wallet, the cold wallet does not require an active internet connection. Instead, it is generated by a computer or any other trusted devices by use of an air gap. In case such a gadget is to be used again, the data that is stored has to be overwritten securely.
NB: These accounts may be stored in any media. These include the CD, DVD, USB drive, paper, or any other hardware wallet device.
Ledger is a hardware wallet providing the highest possible security. As of writing this article.
This wallet adds an extra Graphical User Interface (GUI) to the core wallets that are mentioned above. It is still in its trial version though. It supports only Windows, Linux, and Mac, alone at the moment.
Apart from merely storing funds, this wallet allows you also to store pertinent pieces of information. It also enables you to send and receive Moneroj. The wallet software also keeps a safe record of all the transaction logs. That aside, it also enables you to sign messages cryptographically. It is supported by Mac, Windows, Arm, Linux, and BSD.
This is strictly speaking not a wallet as such. Instead, it is a website which offers free web hosting services for Monero accounts. It thus allows you to leverage the services and benefits of Monero without necessary running the blockchain in your personal account. Through it, you can gain access your Monero funds.
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It is the act of running a special program on computers that verify and process crypto-currencies like Monero. These transactions have to be first and foremost be announced by other users via the world wide network.
Monero is potentially rewarding. That's because it is centered on Proof-of-work. It also comes along with smoothly-varying block rewards. These individual blocks are to be re-targeted by the difficult and comprehensive 60s block target.
In order to actualize this process of mining, you will have to go through the following stages. You will have to use special software and a computer to solve some intricate mathematical problems. In case you are successful, you will receive tokens in the form of Monero digital currency. This feat requires a great deal of computational power. This power may be derived from CPU or GPU. On the whole, any kind of person may accomplish this mining task.
For a start, you may choose to mine alone, or in the company of others. Going alone is potentially difficult, especially so for starters. Due to this, you are strongly advised to do it in the company of others. Teamwork approach also expedites the process. This is because of the collective effort of each individual user, reduced variance, and a steady flow of income.
You may contemplate joining a pool. As earlier mentioned, pool mining is generally more effective than solo mining. You are strongly encouraged to join a smaller pool in case you are a starter.
Alternatively, you may consider investing in a special mining hardware. Such hardware has the potential to simplify your task of mining and bolster your mining hash rate.
There exists numerous mining software. You may consider acquiring as many of them as possible. You should thereafter try them out to find out which one is most effective.
Identify and join an appropriate mining pool. This is the only way to boost your chance of achieving success. To get started on this, you may wish to pay a visit to moneropools.com. There is a long list of some of the various pools that may help you to get started. You are also strongly advised against opting for solo mining. That's because you may have to wait longer before receiving any rewards.
The miners are ordinarily run from the first command lines (there are very few miners that are based on the Graphical User Interface). To do this successfully, you are simply required to follow the documentation of the software. You are then to run it with your pool's address and the other miner's information.
Monero basically works by generating coins which may be subsequently mined. It comprises a principal emission curve that generates in excess of 18.4 million coins that may be mined within a duration of 8 years. The 8-year duration is anticipated to last until the year 2022. Indeed, by May 2022, it shall have generated and released approximately 18 million coins. Shortly afterward, it shall steadily release approximately 0.6 by MR for every 2 minutes block. This shall result in a 1% sub-perpetual inflation that shall be accompanied by a 0.87% yearly rate of inflation starting May 2022.
Unlike most other crypto-currencies, Monero's reward mechanism is devoid of block halving. On the contrary, it smoothly decreases with time. As has already been intimated, Monero also comprises the Proof-of-work algorithm (CryptoNight). This is an Advanced Encryption Standard algorithm. It is also memory heavy and quite intensive, so much so that, it minimizes the GPU and CPU advantages significantly.
This is basically a privacy monitoring control tool. It basically hides your identity and address from being viewed by others in the network.
It covers up all the pieces of information that pertain the transaction amounts. This feature operates by default and will from the end of 2017 be made mandatory.
This address basically hides all information that regards the receiving address of the transactions. It, therefore, prevents unsuspecting third parties from accessing your vital records unnecessarily.
Other than the tools that are mentioned above, there are other additional safety features in the pipeline. One shall be able to conceal the transaction's original nodes. Another one shall be a router that shall be basically intended to support this operation.
WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF MONERO?
As has already been stated above, Monero was officially launched in the year 2014. It has since doubled and even quadrupled in price. Bictoin's low scalability is speculated as the main reason why many prefer Monero. Its faster speed and lower prices have further accentuated interests from various quarters. This being the case, Bitcoin's continued low scalability is likely to drive further interest in Monero and other alternative crypto-currencies.
At the beginning of the year 2017, Monero did incorporate the RingCT. This feature further bolsters its privacy, a move that is likely to elicit further interest. Monero has also demonstrated a steady show of maturity and stability in value. These traits, combined with Monero's ease of deployment, interchangeability, and Bitcoin's market instability, makes it all the more preferable.
Going further, Monero is more likely to be applied and used outside of the financial sector and in such areas as insurance and technology. This is due to the fact that its underlying control systems do dispatch and confirm transactions speedily. This has made it a viable option especially by global firms that would wish to enhance their security and operational transparency. The same case applies also to those firms that may wish to improve their operational efficiencies.
Monero is still in infancy, by reason of having been launched only recently (in 2014). It waits to be seen just how far and how much progress it is likely to bring along.


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La ville d'Argostóli (, anciennement Argostólion, katharévousa : ) est la capitale de l'île grecque de Céphalonie depuis 1757, ainsi que celle du district régional et du dème du même nom.

Histoire
Avant 1757, la forteresse vénitienne de San Giorgio dans le village d'Ásos avait fourni un refuge contre les pirates pendant des siècles. Lorsque la menace des pirates diminua, la population commença à descendre vers Argostóli, afin de tirer parti des possibilités commerciales offertes par la baie abritée.

Comme Argostóli commençait à prospérer les habitants ont demandé à l'administration vénitienne de faire de la ville la capitale de l'île et, au grand dépit de son rival de toujours, Lixoúri, cette demande a été accordée en 1757.

Argostóli prospéra et devint l'un des ports les plus actifs des îles grecques avec l'exportation de raisins secs et l'importation de vêtements et de meubles italiens.
Sa population est approximativement de .

À l'est de la ville, à la fin de la baie, se trouve la lagune  qui est une réserve de gibier d'eau.

La lagune Koutavos était autrefois un marais presque impraticable, où le paludisme sévissait, et le pont construit au  pour traverser la lagune permettait de ne pas avoir à traverser ces marais.

Origine du nom d'Argostóli
Plusieurs hypothèses coexistent :
le port de Kráni (une des quatre cités de l'île sous l'antiquité) était très fréquenté par les vaisseaux d'Argos. Certains prétendent que ce soit de là que vient le nom d'Argostóli qui en grec signifierait la flotte d'Argos (Stoli=flotte de guerre).
 qui se nommait Argo.
Dans la mythologie, les Argonautes sont un groupe de héros qui partirent de Iolcos, (l'actuelle Vólos) avec Jason à bord du navire Argo pour retrouver la Toison d'or. Il fit relâche dans le port de Kráni et y trouva un peuple aguerri aux dangers de la mer et à la construction navale.
La dernière hypothèse peut paraître la plus vraisemblable, il s'agit d'une explication du domaine de la navigation maritime.
À la hauteur de Lixoúri les vents arrière (venant du sud) se terminent, il n'y a donc pas de vent pour entrer dans la baie d'Argostóli (Lixoúri signifie la fin des vents portants, de lixis : « fin de », et « ourion » qui sont les vents portants en navigation), pour entrer dans le port d'Argostóli les galères devenaient donc très lentes (Argos=Lent, Stoli=flotte).

Lieux et monuments

 Le pont De Bosset
Sous le commandement du gouverneur britannique de l'île, Sir Charles James Napier, un pont en bois a été construit en 1813 par Philippe de Bosset, administrateur suisse au service du gouvernement britannique de l'île. Quatre ans plus tard, des arches de pierre ont été ajoutées et, 26 ans plus tard, le pont a été entièrement reconstruit en pierre.
Au milieu du pont se trouve un obélisque sur laquelle une plaque avait été apposée avec l'inscription "A la gloire de l'empire Britannique".
En 1865, soit un an après le rattachement de l'île de Céphalonie à la Grèce continentale, cette plaque a été détruite.
Depuis 2005, ce pont est fermé à la circulation en attente de rénovation par le ministère grec de la Culture.
Certains appellent cet ouvrage le pont des Anglais, d'autre le nomment le pont Drapano, du nom du quartier où arrive le pont.

 Le phare
Le phare Agios Theodori (saint Théodore), est nommé du nom de la petite église adjacente. Il est plus communément appelé Fanari (le phare), il a été construit en 1829 pendant l'occupation britannique, il a une première fois été détruit par un séisme en 1875. Il a à nouveau été détruit par le séisme de 1953 et reconstruit en utilisant les plans d'origine.

 Le musée archéologique
Y sont exposées les découvertes faites lors de fouilles sur l'ensemble de l'île, couvrant les périodes de la préhistoire jusqu'à l'époque romaine. Il possède une collection particulièrement importante d'objets de la période mycénienne.

 Le palais de Justice
En face du musée archéologique se trouve le palais de justice qui a été construit à l'origine par les Britanniques au  avec les murs cyclopéens de l'ancienne Kráni.

 Le théâtre Kephalos

Le théâtre qui porte le nom du héros mythique Kephalos, a été initialement construit en 1859, Céphalonie bénéficiait depuis le début du  d'une tradition dans le domaine théâtral. Ce théâtre a beaucoup souffert pendant la  mondiale et sa destruction a été totale lors du séisme de 1953, il a été reconstruit aussitôt après le séisme et peut désormais accueillir 500 personnes.

 Le musée et la bibliothèque Korgialenios.

Le musée du folklore et des traditions populaires Korgialenios se trouve au rez-de-chaussée de la bibliothèque du même nom. Les pièces exposées restituent l'histoire de l'île du début du  au . Y sont collectionnés de nombreux documents historiques, des portraits, et des collections d'objets personnels de personnalités de Céphalonie.
Le musée accueille aussi une collection folklorique remarquable. Entre autres des travaux d'aiguille, de l'argenterie, des porcelaines, des outils domestiques et agricoles, une chambre traditionnelle a été reconstituée, et près de  y sont exposées. Le musée vise à maintenir la tradition vivante et à sauvegarder l'héritage culturel de Céphalonie.
 L'avenue Lithostroto avec l'église catholique St. Nicolas

En longeant le palais de justice par la gauche on se retrouve au début de la rue Lithostroto, le rue piétonnière d'Argostóli qui comporte de nombreux commerces et qui, avec la Plateia Valianos, est le lieu de rencontres du soir.
Le long de la rue Lithostroto, à côté de l'église catholique, se trouve un tout petit musée consacré aux soldats de la division italienne Acqui.
Un peu plus loin se trouve la tour du clocher qui a été reconstruite en 1985 en conservant le mécanisme de l'horloge d'origine, au rez-de-chaussée de la tour se trouve un café géré par une association pour fournir un emploi aux populations locales en difficulté, principalement aux handicapés mentaux, qui servent les consommateurs dans une ambiance très chaleureuse. Une ascension au sommet du clocher permet de découvrir une magnifique vue sur la rue Lithostroto et sur la baie d'Argostóli.

  La promenade du port
Sur le quai du port d'Argostóli on voit souvent en été des tortues caouanne (Caretta Caretta), surtout le matin quand les pêcheurs locaux vendent leur pêche de la nuit.
Cette partie du front de mer est occupée par les yachts et les bateaux de croisière qui font escale en été, et par un bac qui relie Argostóli à Lixouri.
Pendant les vingt cinq minutes de traversée il est parfois possible d'apercevoir une bande de dauphins qui vivent dans la baie.
Une nouvelle jetée a été construite et mise en service en 2010, un peu plus loin à côté de la taverne Kiani Akti pour accueillir les gros bateaux de croisière.

Personnalités liées à la ville
 Ioannis Karandinos, mathématicien grec du début du , rénovateur des mathématiques grecques.
 Christian Zervos, l'éditeur parisien spécialiste d'art moderne et auteur du catalogue raisonné des œuvres de Picasso, est né à Argostóli en 1889.
 Ioánnis Metaxás
 Marin Carburi / Μαρίνος Χαρβούρης, né à Argostóli (1729-1782), ingénieur militaire qui transporta le socle du Cavalier de bronze à Saint-Pétersbourg.
 Nicolas de Loverdo (1773-1837) ,général des armées de la République française et de l'Empire Français, né dans cette commune.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Liens externes
  Site de la mairie

Céphalonie
Ville en Grèce


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