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Jason Kelleher has over 16 years of experience managing and supporting international technical assistance, training and education programs. Currently, he serves as an AED Senior Program Officer, leading business development for the AED Center for Enterprise and Capacity Development. In that position, he identifies and develops projects for donor consideration, particularly those related to international youth development, workforce and enterprise development, and capacity development. He has coordinated, contributed to and authored numerous successful proposals for AED, including several multi-million dollar, multi-organizational bids. In addition, he manages projects as assigned. Previous examples have included serving as Program Manager/Development Specialist for the Training Future Leaders Program, a USAID-funded scholarships program for emerging leaders from Asia and the Near East; Task Order Manager for the START/E-Learning Project, for which he managed the development of E-learning modules on Local Economic Development; and as Acting Task Order Manager for the START/Pakistan Teacher Education and Professional Development Program to strengthen teacher training. He also managed the highly successful US Department of Labor-funded program to build the capacity of the Romanian National Agency for Employment and the Ministry of Education to provide effective employment training, counseling and placement services for persons with disabilities. Prior to joining AED in 2000, Mr. Kelleher spent seven years in Central Europe, including five years in Budapest, Hungary, where he served in several positions for Central European University, lastly as Director of Student Services. In that capacity, he oversaw all university admissions, alumni, student recruitment, and student services for a diverse student body representing all countries of the Russian Federation, Europe and Eurasia. Mr. Kelleher holds a Masters in Education and Human Development.


DVD containing 3 rare productions created by Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling. One of the three productions is A Town Has Turned To Dust which stars a very you William Shatner.
Guaranteed that if someone is a Shatner fan; they probably don't have this disc.


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Ad Hoc Committes, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Chairman, Ad Hoc Review Committee for the promotion of Dr. Joseph M.R. Furman to Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1990.
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Listed in Marquis' Who's Who in the World, 7th Edition (as of 1984).
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Elleman Lecture: Vascular compression of the facial nerve in hemifacial spasm: Neurophysiological concepts. Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Neurochirurgische Klinik, Berne University Hospital, Berne, Switzerland, 1991.
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NIH Extra-mural Grant Reviewing
Member of the Kiang Special Review Committee of the Scientific Review Branch of the National Institutes of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, Site Visit to Nelson Y.S. Kiang, Ph.D., Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, September 19-21, 1983.
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Member of the Special Study Section on Computing in Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, April 11, 1985.
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BHAIYYAJI SUPERHIT is a comedy movie starring Sunny Deol, Arsha Warsi and Ameesha Patel in lead roles.
Wajah Tum Ho movie is being produced by TSeries, and directed by Vishal Pandya.
The shooting of this movie recently starts in Mumbai.The is scheduled to releases on Dec 2nd, 2016.
Gorgeous Deepika Padukone to do a sizzling number in upcoming movie Raabta staring Sushant Singh Rajput and Kriti Sanon in lead roles.
Eros' Banjo, produced by Krishika Lulla & directed by Ravi Jadhav, is starring Riteish Deshmukh and Nargis Fakhri in lead roles.
The movie will release on Sep 23rd 2016.
Actress Yami Gautam informed "I am playing a blind girl alongside Hrithik Roshan in Kaabil.
Parineeti Chopra and Ayushman Khurrana starer Meri Pyari Bindu movie shooting continues.
Anil Kapoor son Harshvardhan Kapoor debut movie 'Mirzya' is scheduled to release on Oct 7th, 2016. The team announces a surprise on June 8th 2016. It could be trailer or poster of the movie.
Vidyut Janwal and Huma Qureshi starer Dillagi romantic song is sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. The song will be out on June 8th, 2016.
Sonakshi Sinha starer Noor movie is based on the book 'Karachi you're killing me' is set in Mumbai. The shoot of the movie begins in July 2016. Noor will release first half of 2017.


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Robert Randall Byington
Name Robert Randall Byington [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
Born 17 Feb 1847 Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15]
Died 15 Apr 1927 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13]
Buried 18 Apr 1927 Lawler Cemetery, Augusta, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA [11]
Person ID I1150 Boynton
Father Randall Byington, b. 16 Sep 1806, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA , d. 8 May 1887, Galesburg, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA (Age 80 years)
Mother Mary Scott, b. 18 Oct 1813, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, USA , d. 21 Sep 1899, Rutland, Barry, Michigan, USA (Age 85 years)
Married 30 Jan 1837 Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Family ID F83 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Susan C. Marks, b. 3 May 1852, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin, USA , d. 24 May 1910, Arkansaw, Pepin, Wisconsin, USA (Age 58 years)
Married 19 Nov 1868 Pepin, Pepin, Wisconsin, USA [9, 16, 17, 18]
1. Effie Adeline Byington, b. 3 Dec 1869, Ella, Pepin, Wisconsin, USA , d. 22 Jun 1965, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, USA (Age 95 years) [natural]
2. Elmore Dilbert Byington, b. 11 Sep 1871, Wisconsin, USA , d. 20 Mar 1927, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA (Age 55 years) [natural]
3. Tessie Byington, b. Abt 1873, Ella, Pepin, Wisconsin, USA [natural]
4. Joseph Darwin Byington, b. 10 Nov 1874, Ella, Pepin, Wisconsin, USA , d. Bef 1929, Ohio, USA (Age < 54 years) [natural]
5. Arthur Clifton Byington, b. 22 Jan 1878, Ella, Pepin, Wisconsin, USA , d. 9 Jul 1945, St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA (Age 67 years) [natural]
6. Clifford Robert Byington, b. 11 Sep 1887, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 4 Jul 1951, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA (Age 63 years) [natural]
Born - 17 Feb 1847 - Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Married - 19 Nov 1868 - Pepin, Pepin, Wisconsin, USA
Died - 15 Apr 1927 - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Husband of Susan Marks
Photo courtesy by Patricia Davis
Robert and Susan Byington
Parents of Effie, Elmore, Tessie, Joseph, Arthur & Clifford
Byington, Robert and Susan (Marks)
Marriage Record ~ 1868
Byington, Robert Randall
Note: Item 10 in this death certificate is in error. Robert's father name should read Randall Byington, not John Byington.
Son of Randall and Mary (Scott) Byington
Husband of Susan (Marks) Byington
Father of Effie, Elmore, Tessie, Joseph, Arthur and Clifford
Plot: It's highly likely Robert is buried in this Cemetery but it's not yet been verified.
The Robert and Susan (Marks) Byington Story
Researched and Written by Jeff Byington
Husband of Susan C Marks
[S1] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
Record for Robert R. Byington
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=82
Record for Susan C. Marks
Record for Robert Randall Byington
Record for Effie Adeline Byington
Record for Mary Scott
Record for Susan C Marks
Record for Joseph D Byington
Record for Arthur Clifton Byington
[S17] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Garrettsville, Portage, Ohio; Roll: 1314; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0083; FHL microfilm: 1241314.
[S32] U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, Historical Data Systems, comp, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;).
[S172] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;).
[S180] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
[S190] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Charleston, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Roll: M653_548; Page: 237; Family History Library Film: 803548.
[S228] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Frankfort, Pepin, Wisconsin; Roll: T624_1731; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0151; FHL microfilm: 1375744.
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=107118171&pid=2627


A Papa John's pizza delivery man called the police after smelling marijuana in a home. The homeowner was a medical pot user. That puts a new meaning to the pizza company's ad campaign, Papa's in the house.
The full story can be read here. Remember it used to be Big Brother was watching, now when you open that door for food delivery it could be Big Papa. So keep this tale in mind – you never know who is in the food delivery outfit and who they might call.


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Over the course of the last 40 years, the undergraduate population at MIT has remained within the range of 4,000-4,600 students. To illustrate this stability, MIT's undergraduate student population was 4,577 in 1981 while the reported figure for 2020 is 4,516 - a difference of only 61 student
Enrollment of graduate students and the number of post-doctoral employees fluctuates depending on the independent decisions of academic departments. These decisions are governed by a variety of factors including the availability of research funding, the ability of international students to obtain visas, and more recently the impacts of a global pandemic. Over the last ten years, the average annual growth rate for graduate students was 1.3%. Over the last five years, the average annual growth rate has dropped to 0.7%.
With the opening of the Schwarzman College of Computing, MIT expects its student population to increase over the next decade, matching the augmented teaching and research facilities and faculty available to serve them.
Cambridge-based Staff
Head Count
10,234 10,596 10,801 10,813 10,805 10,000-11,000
8,743‡ 9,009 9,148 9,217 9,198
Post-Doctoral Staff**
Cambridge-based Faculty
Number of Cambridge Residents Employed at Cambridge Facilities
Total Undergraduate Students
6,537 6,599 6,695 6,742 6,780* 6,500-6,800
14 7 124 2 6
Non-Degree Students
Total Students Attending Classes in Cambridge
Non-resident students not included
*International students account for 42% of the 2019 graduate student population.
MIT's faculty and staff employment is largely based on the needs and strategies developed at the department, laboratory, and center (DLC) unit level rather than through a central Institute-wide planning process.
Approximately 105 DLCs manage their own staffing in support of their objectives with funding that is assembled from a variety of sources. There was a reduction of more than 900 employees in the recession more than a decade ago. The staff population did not recover to pre-recession levels until 2015. Since then, staff population has grown at an annual rate of 1.5%, although employee growth has been flat in the past year. The proportion of employees who are Cambridge residents, around 20%, has been stable for the last decade.
Postdoctoral employees are staff who have completed their formal education but continue to gain research experience by working in academic laboratories, similar to how medical doctors complete a residency program to specialize in a field of medicine. The number of postdoctoral employees has dropped at an annual rate of -0.8% since 2015, remaining nearly flat at 1,452 for this year.
The number of faculty members has been growing at 0.5% annually since 2010. The Schwarzman College of Computing is expected to increase the faculty headcount by 50 over the next several years.


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John Westbrook at Antietam
There are half a dozen unfinished posts waiting in the queue for this (very occasional) blog, but I am prompted to actually publish one at last by some fascinating email correspondence from Marianne Tierney, whose great-great-grandfather John Westbrook you see here. Marianne and her cousin Art Van Allsburg have collected and have shared some family treasures concerning their ancestor and Antietam.
John Westbrook (postwar, courtesy M. Tierney)
This photograph is magnificent, but more exciting is a letter written by Marianne' s grandfather Van Allsburg in 1964 which recalls what he heard from his grandfather Westbrook firsthand. With it, and some other tidbits I've dug up, we can follow something of this soldier's life through and following the catastrophic Battle of Antietam …
Westbrook was born on 27 September probably in 1842 [44?] in Castile, in Wyoming County – a small town east of Buffalo in far western New York. Named for the city in Spain, it is now – as it was in the 1860s – a rural community of about 2000 residents close by a deep gorge on the Genesee River. By 1861, young John Westbrook was a farmer living across the canyon in Nunda, in Livingston County.
Western New York (from County Map Of The States Of New York, New Hampshire …, 1860)
And war had come to America. His grandson takes up the story:
Look up the history of the battle of Antietam
Gr. pa [Grandpa] Jno. [John] Westbrook saw the Northern recruits marching South – as they passed his school hse. [house] 20 miles so. [south] of Buffalo, I am not certain but have reason to believe the troops were called the Green Mountain Men from Vermont –
I hope these men were not literally marching from Vermont to the defense of the capital, Washington DC, by way of Nunda, NY. From July through September a number of units were raised in and departed Vermont for the "front" – notably the 4th, 5th, and 6th Infantry Regiments. This was a period of active recruiting and intense excitement.
any how! he slid his books under the corner of the school house at age 19 he marched south with the Army.
John enlisted as a Private in Captain Henry Tuthill's Company – which would soon become Company A of the 104th New York Volunteer Infantry, the Wadsworth Guards – on 25 October 1861. The other Company officers were 1st Lieutenant Lewis C. Skinner and 2nd Lieutenant Albert S. Haver. Tuthill had marched about 60 Nunda boys to the regimental rendezvous at Geneseo on September 30th, being the first to arrive.
Combined Military Service Record cards (US War Department, 1892)
Private Westbrook and his mates trained at Camp Union, Geneseo as other recruited companies gathered and drilled with them between September 1861 and February 1862. John's brother George soon joined him, enlisting in the Company in November. Company A formally mustered into 3-years Federal service on 26 February 1862. They were ordered to Albany as a Regiment on that date, and their Regimental Officers were commissioned on 8 March. Among these were John Rorbach, Colonel, R. Wells Kenyon, Lieutenant Colonel, and Nunda's Lewis Skinner, the new Major.
Now officially the One Hundred and Fourth New York Volunteer Infantry, the Regiment left the state on 20 March by train for Washington DC. There they served under the command of the military governor of Washington – their namesake and sponsor, Brigadier General James S. Wadsworth – until posted to Catlett's Station, Virginia early in May 1862.
Battle flag of the 104th, presented at Catlett Station, Virginia, by Gen J. Wadsworth, 1862 (NY State Military Museum)
Wrote Nunda historian Henry Hand "This Regiment was particularly unfortunate in having many of its men captured by the enemy, also in having frequent changes of Officers, and in a disposition to quibble over minor matters. Several of the officers resigned, or were forced to do so. a lack of harmony seemed to prevail. The men, however, that escaped death and imprisonment re-enlisted, proving themselves brave and patriotic."
Private Westbrook was counted "present" with the regiment continuously from his enlistment to 17 September 1862. During that time, he and his unit patrolled the vicinity of Warrenton, Virginia, were at Thoroughfare Gap, and finally, by 9 August got to Cedar Mountain. They saw a lot of marching but no actual combat in that period.
They were in action, though, at 2nd Bull Run on 30 August where they suffered their first casualties with 94 men killed, wounded or missing/captured. The Regiment's two top officers, Colonel Rorbach and Lt. Colonel Kenyon, departed the Regiment ill soon after. Both were later discharged for disability, in October and September, respectively. This left Major Skinner in command as senior officer present.
In September the 104th moved on the Maryland campaign under Gen. McClellan; assaulted Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September, and lost 82 in killed, wounded and missing at Antietam early on the 17th, where the First (I) Corps, under Gen. Hooker, opened the battle before dawn.
Miller's Cornfield, Sharpsburg, Maryland (author photo, September 2008)
Battle authority Ezra Carman narrated the action of the 104th New York at Antietam. They were in Abram Duryee's brigade along with the 97th and 105th New York and 107th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiments, and …
"… Hartsuff's and Duryee's brigades were directed to flank to the right out of the Poffenberger woods and then advance south, Hartsuff in deployed line, with Duryee in column of divisions in close support on the right … It was daybreak when Hartsuff and Duryee obliqued to the right, out of the woods, to the grass fields east of the Joseph Poffenberger barn."
"… Duryee, passing to the right, went through the North Woods and over Magilton's brigade (which was lying in them), and halted in a plowed field, where a detail was made from the 105th New York to Captain James Thompson's Battery C, Pennsylvania Light Artillery, which had accompanied the brigade and was short of men. The advance was resumed under a terrific fire of shot and shell from S.D. Lee's guns, by which many were killed and wounded. Passing Matthew's battery, the brigade went down a gentle incline, deployed along the north fence of the Miller Cornfield at about 5:45 a.m. (the 107th Pennsylvania on the right, and the 97th, 104th, and 105th, in order named, on the left), and the 1,100 men lay down." [AotW map]
I think this is about where Mr Van Allsburg can catch us up with John Westbrook:
At the Battle of Antietam he was lying behind a rail fence, in back of a field of standing corn. When the So. [Southern] Army approached after the 1st volley of [ ] there was not a stalk of corn standing. His partner turned and told him his foot was shot off – two men with charcoal pots backed him up against a tree, and seared the arteries. One was shot working over him –
About 6:00 a.m. the rest of his regiment went over the fence, through the corn, and into even more murderous combat there and beyond, but Private Westwood's battle was over. Also wounded in that action from the 104th were Company A's Captain Tuthill, and about 60 others – including John's older brother George, who was shot in the head. George survived to go home on a disability in December.
Due to his gunshot wound, John Westbrook had his right leg amputated and began his recovery from that traumatic event at the Smoketown Hospital, a tent hospital set up in a grove of trees about 1 – 1/2 miles from where he was hit.
Smoketown Hospital (c. 1862, from Bob Zeller's Civil War Photography)
In additions to tents, many barns, homes, and churches for miles around Sharpsburg were pressed into service as hospitals for the large number of wounded from the battle. This put a terrible strain on the communities, and the many people – most civilians – who volunteered to help. Isabella Fogg, of the Maine Soldier's Relief Agency said of the Smoketown Hospital in November:
"This place is in a most miserable condition, the men complain very much, although Mrs. Harris and several Penn. ladies, with a great quantity of supplies were there. The effluvia arising from the condition of these grounds is intolerable, quite enough to make a man in perfect health sick, and how men can recover in such a place is a mystery to me."
And on a later visit she wrote … "Again we went to Smoketown, hoping to find them in a more comfortable condition than when we were last there, but how sadly were we disappointed… How I wish I could introduce you, and the Washington Com. to Smoketown Hos. in the midst of this driving snow storm! You could have seen the poor fellows huddled together, with their pallets of straw on the gound, their tents connected by flyes, the same as erected in the heat of summer, many without walls and no stoves. Those who were able to creep out of their tents were crouched over fires, built in the woods, their heads covered with snow. And all I may say, almost without exception with thin muslin shirts on."
According to his service record data, Westbrook was at Smoketown Hospital through December 1862, at which time he was certified as totally disabled for service as a soldier. I believe the almost impossible signatures at the bottom of the Certificate are those of hospital director Dr Bernard A. Vanderkieft.
John Westbrook's Certificate of Disability (US Army, 1862)
In April 1863 he was shown in Regimental records as being at the General Hospital, Washington, DC, and in August as being a "loss" to the Regiment, being discharged at Washington for disability. He was, however, as late as 11 November 1864, still recuperating – at the Columbia US General Hospital (possibly the Columbia College hospital located at 14th and Clifton Streets, NW).
As a result of being disabled, he was granted a monthly "Invalid" pension in May 1863, which he continued to receive for the rest of his life. His widow Phoebe (Phebe) also became eligible for one in 1920.
Pension records (courtesy Marianne Tierney)
After physically recovering, perhaps as part of what would now be called occupational therapy or re-training …
He was sent to Gloversville N.Y. and learned to make gloves – Indians furnished tanned deerhide in Michigan soft & pliable. – The deerhide best suited was eather side of the deers back bone for the length of the hide –
Perhaps not surprising, Gloversville was a center of glovemaking in the 1860s, becoming the 'Glove Capital of the World' in following decades. The Michigan Indians mentioned would likely have been those he encountered after April 1867 when…
Gr. Pa married Phoebe Ballou [1868] and the two homesteaded 160 @ [acres] 12 miles E. of Hart [Michigan] = In the woods = Their nearest neighbor was an Indian family 1 mile away. There were no rail-roads – they got to Pentwater [MI, on Lake Michigan] by boat, and walked the 12 miles into the woods, to their log cabin.
The Gov't pension built the log cabin, and roughly furnished it. Gr. Ma [Grandma] Phoebe Ballou belonged to Boston Ballous – Hoosie Ballou was a Boston Minister. Gr. Pa's Gov't pension supported him for life. After 10 yr's at Elbridge [Michigan] he sold the farm for $10,000.00, and bought the home in Hart.
In that period, Oceana County, Michigan (top left on the map below, Detroit is lower right) was a frontier area.
central Michigan (from Asher & Adams' Michigan, 1874)
The primary businesses – supported by shipping on Lake Michigan – were lumbering and farming, and clusters of houses and stores large enough to be called towns had only existed in the area since the mid 1850s. I find it extraordinary that a one-legged veteran would take on such a wilderness, but clearly he was successful there.
He got a new leg from the Gov't every 3 or 4 yr's with transportation pd. [paid] both ways to Buffalo N.Y. The improvement in cork leg's thru the years was noticable.
When I was 4 yr's old – possibly 6 yr's – he took me to Buffalo with him for the new leg. We went by train to Detroit, and then by boat to Buffalo – an over night boat ride.
During more than 50 years of his life in Michigan, he made a living as a glover and farmer, raised a family, and contributed to his community. By 1890 – according to a local history – he was also making broom handles and had served the local community as Justice of the Peace, Township Treasurer, Highway Commissioner, Deputy Sheriff and Councilman. He was also a member of the Joe Hooker (Hart, MI) Post, Grand Army of the Republic, a national Union Veteran's organization.
There are many Westbrooks in N.Y. State. Some migrated to Canada – there must still be many around N.Y.
"Nunday" [Nunda, NY] was the town 20 miles south of Buffalo. Gr. Pa's father was a lawyer there. I have been there but don't know how to spell it.
Gr. Pa's one recreation was playing poker – they played weekly for high stakes = but he said none were 3 or $400.00 one way or another at the end of the year.
So, perhaps all was not work and no play.
After a very full life, John Westbrook died at about 78 years of age on 21 March 1920.
Gr. Pa and Grand Ma are buried on Dad's family lot @ Hart.
I obtained Private Westbrook's records – some reproduced here – from the Compiled Military Service Record [about CMSRs] for John Westbrook, Co. A, 104th NY Infantry from the US National Archives, Washington, DC.
The period New York and Michigan maps above are from original prints in the magnificent David Rumsey Collection online – one of the finest web presentations of a visual archive I know.
Phisterer's view of the 104th and officers is online from the Internet Archives text collection.
Information about casualties in the 104th at Antietam are from Hough's Duryee's Brigade history at GoogleBooks and from Internet Archive.
Hand's Nunda history is also nicely presented online from the IA. And, it includes these two faces (page 506):
Henry G. Tuthill (c. 1862)
Lewis C. Skinner (c. 1862)
Lewis Skinner, incidentally, married two of Tuthill's sisters, Delyea (to 1872), then Eliza.
More about George Westbrook (1841 – 1917) is online from Robert N. Colombo's To Save the Union: Volunteers in the Civil War from Centerville, Hume and Granger Townships, Allegany County, New York (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2007) – pages 163 and 297
Ezra Carman's description of the Regiment's actions on the morning of 17 September are from page 217 of Jake Pierro's edition of his manuscript.
The Smoketown Hospital photo is from Bob Zeller's The Blue and Gray in Black and White (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005). Bob also runs a lovely organization/website called the Center for Civil War Photography.
Ms Fogg's observations are from her report, in exhibit on AotW.
There's a brief bio also of John Westbrook in Louis M. Hartwick and William H. Tuller's Oceana County Pioneers and Business Men of Today, (Pentwater, MI: Pentwater News Steam Print, 1890). GoogleBooks has it online.
Grandson John Neal Van Allsburg's (b. 1893, Michigan) 1964 letter of his recollections of his Grandfather Westbrook is transcribed in its entirety below. I posted the digital page images (1, 2) on AotW.
I interspersed this text in the post above except for the statement about John being captured at Antietam. I found no evidence that he was ever a prisoner of war in the military records. Though it's not impossible, it seems unlikely, as very few Federal troops were exposed to capture in or near the Miller Cornfield on 17 September. I'm not sure what to make of that statement.
Gr. pa [Grandpa] Jno. [John] Westbrook saw the Nothern recruits marching South – as they passed his school hse. [house] 20 miles so. [south] of Buffalo, I am not certain but have reason to believe the troops were called the Green Mountain Men from Vermont –
any how! he slid his books under the corner of the school house at age 19 [probably 17] he marched south with the Army. At the Battle of Antietam he was lying behind a rail fence, in back of a field of standing corn. When the So. [Southern] Army approached after the 1st volley of [ ] there was not a stalk of corn standing. His partner turned and told him his foot was shot off – two men with charcoal pots backed him up against a tree, and seared the arteries. One was shot working over him –
He was taken prisoner and sent to Richmond Va – then traded back north in prisoner trade. [?]
Gr. Pa married Phoebe Ballou and the two homesteaded 160 @ [acres] 12 miles E. of Hart [Michigan] = In the woods = Their nearest neighbor was an Indian family 1 mile away. There were no rail-roads – they got to Pentwater [MI, on Lake Michigan] by boat, and walked the 12 miles into the woods, to their log cabin.
The Gov't pension built the log cabin, and roughly furnished it. Gr. Ma [Grandma] Phoebe Ballou belonged to Boston Ballous – Hoosie Ballou was a Boston Minister. Gr. Pa's Gov't pension supported him for life. After 10 yr's at Elbridge [Michigan] he sold the farm for $10,000.00, and bought the home in Hart. He got a new leg from the Gov't every 3 or 4 yr's with transportation pd. [paid] both ways to Buffalo N.Y. The improvement in cork leg's thru the years was noticable.
There are many Westbrooks in N.Y. State Some migrated to Canada – there must still be many around N.Y.
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Marianne Tierney says:
Thank you so much for researching and putting this together which honors my great-great grandfather's service and his life. This has been a journey for our family and I appreciate that you have been a part of our quest. Thanks you for your dedication in this website.
Larry Freiheit says:
Thanks for this excellent piece and great research on this veteran.
Bob Zeller says:
I enjoyed the accounts of Smoketown Hospital. There are several other images of the hospital that weren't in my book.
Thanks for coming by, Bob. Your Smoketown Hospital views are fantastic. There's much online potential for more work on that hospital's history.
Thanks as well for the link to CCWP. BZ
K. Lufkin says:
This site is a beautiful gift to all his descendants who will follow with pride in their ancestor and gratitude to your efforts to preserve the memory of a Patriot.
Eric Schwarz says:
This story came to me as I searched for additional information on my Great Great Great…Uncle Henry G. Tuthill.
I have letters from him from Antietam, Gettysburg and other active service encounters of Company A, and the 104th as he became Colonol of the regiment. I also have letters (over 800) from his sisters and brother dating from 1848 to 1890 and they chronicle his activies of becoming politically active, leaving his occupation to join the US Army and muster Co. A in Nunda NY. My letters are available for research, they are catalogued and they have been typed by my Aunt and Uncle and placed in a very thorough and complete geneological history of Henrys family. This is a spectacular first hand experience of the culmination of tension to the bittersweet post era of their the Northern victory from a Civil War family, it makes Cold Mountain (which I enjoyed) look like a short story. You should also search Charles Barber and you will find a book on Amazon that his family published. It to is a collection of letters from a private in Co. A. That book is really awesome. What a blessed man Charles Barber was! The title is "The Civil War Letters of Charles Barber" By Gary E. Swinson & Raymond G. Barber
One additonal comment that I can confirm is not true. Henry Tuthills sisters were, Emiline (Never Married), Rachel Anne, (Never Married), Laura (Married David Bratton), and Sarah Jane (died in 1864 developmentally handicapped). So there was no marriage of Henrys sister by Lewis Skinner as your research suggests. The letter collection can be viewed in East Otto New York. We donated a copy of the published collection to their historical society. East Otto is the town of the Tuthills New York state homestead. I also have a copy of the collection at the Blue Pike Lakehouse in Ashtabula Ohio. This is a vacation rental and my renters love the letters.
John Westbrook says:
My name is also John Westbrook, I was also born on 27 September, I also have light hair and eyes and sport a beard very close to the same style, had broken my right leg but did not lose it, enlisted in the Marines in the month of October like John and looked very close to his picture at that age when I was younger. Very interesting read I must say.
Wim van de Giesen says:
The "almost impossible" signatures at the bottom of the Certificate of disabilaty for discharge of John Westbrook are indeed those of hospital director Dr Bernard A. Vanderkieft. There is absolutely no doubt about it, as far as I am concerned. Mr. Mike Fitzpatrick wrote a very interesting article about Dr Vanderkieft:"A Dutch Doctor in the Union Army" in Military Images of March/April 2001 with pictures of this very capable and appreciated doctor.
Mark Czerniach says:
Very interesting story. I recently purchased a vintage Civil War walking stick but the name carved into it is James Westbrook. Did John ever go by the name James or might you know of a James in the family who also fought at Antietam which is also carved into the walking stick?
Thanks in advance for any information you may have.
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New England: Aug. 1 to 5. Organized by The Hanover Mall Walkers. We will be staying at the Inn at Crompton-Fox. Cost is $990. For details, call 717-637-7840, 717-965-7418 or e-mail: grbrown_232@comcast.net.
Colorado, Pikes Peak and the Rocky Mountains:Aug. 5 to 15. Organized by the West York Leisure Group. Includes motor coach transportation, lodging, breakfasts, eight dinners, tour of the Garden of the Gods, visit to the U.S. Air Force Academy, Royal Gorge Bridge and Park, Historic Manitou Springs at the foot of famous Pikes Peak, guided tour of Colorado Springs and visit to the U.S. Olympic Training Center. Cost: $999 per person, double occupancy; $979 per person, triple and $1,309 for single occupancy. For details, call Paulette at 717-764-7018.
Williamsburg, Va.: Aug. 5 to 7. Organized by the Dover Township Recreation Commission. Cost includes round trip bus transportation from Dover Township Building, two night accommodations at Holiday Inn Express North with daily breakfast and bus transportation to local attractions Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg Outlets or Busch Gardens. Cost is $350 per person double occupancy, $580 per person single occupancy, $135 per person for triple or quadruple occupancy. A $100 deposit is due at booking. Final payment is due March 25. For details, call Chalet Harris, Director of Parks and Recreation at 717-292-3634 or charris@dovertownship.org.
Michigan Treasures Tour:Sept. 11 to 16. Organized by the West York Leisure Group. Includes motor coach transportation, lodging, breakfasts, three dinners (including 5-course gourmet dinner at Thunder Bay Resort), two lunches including the Grand Lunch Buffet at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Rouge Factory Tour, admission to Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, free time in Frankenmuth, horse-drawn carriage tour of Elk Preserve at Thunder Bay Resort, Mackinac Island round-trip ferry; and carriage tour of Mackinac Island. Cost is $1,299 per person. For details, call Paulette at 717-764-7018.
New York City: Sept. 19 to 21. Organized by the Pacesetters of Dallastown. Trip includes two nights lodging, two breakfasts, two dinners, admission to National 9/11 Museum, driving tour of upper and lower Manhattan, ferry ride to visit Statue of Liberty and a special visit to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum plus a souvenir gift. Cost is $450 per person, double occupancy. For details, call 717-757-3209.
Myrtle Beach S.C.: Sept. 24 to 30. Organized by The West York Leisure Group. Cost is $699 per person based on double occupancy. Includes bus, lodging, breakfasts, four dinners, shows at the Carolina Opry and Alabama Theatres, special guided tour of the Historic area of Charleston or Georgetown, Barefoot Landing and visit to Broadway at the Beach and all taxes and meal gratuities. Departs from Dick's Sporting Goods, W. Manchester Township, York. The trip is open to the public. For details, call Paulette Cape 717-764-7018 or e-mail travelwithpaulette@gmail.com.
Niagara Falls and Toronto, Canada featuring Orioles at Blue Jays Baseball in the Toronto Skydome: Sept. 25 to 29. Organized by The Red Lion Senior Center and the Widows Support Group. There will be tours of both Canadian cities and Niagara-on-the-Lake; eight meals, IMAX Theater, American and Canadian falls overviews, winery tastings, floral clock, Welland Canal, Eaton Center and "Maid of the Mist" Boat Ride. Opportunities to explore the Canadian Falls at the Tablerock, famous Clifton Hill Shopping and Amusement area and the CN Tower in Toronto. Passport is required. Cost is $695 per person.
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I wonder as we are "lost" in the world of unbelief it that is how God feels. If His heart is breaking, knowing that HE can't force us to be safe (and found). I continue to think about this over the last day. And I am just so thankful to know that my God just loves and cares so deeply, but so saddened by the fact that I hurt Him and disappoint Him.
In those moments, I was so filled with fear, and anxiety, over the what ifs....and just as quickly those thoughts were stripped away as I held her in my arms. And I can't help but think about how once we have come to Christ, if our slipups and disappearing acts (when we kind of walk our own way instead of His) hurt our Maker that same way. And then the joy that He feels as we choose to follow Him. Gosh, the heartache that He must feel, with the way so many denounce Him.
Being a parent has changed the way I think about my faith and about how I feel about God. I don't think I still can grasp the amazing love that He has for me, but I'm getting closer since He has blessed me so wonderfully with these two precious kiddos. I am just so humbled through this experience, that God chooses to love us, dispite the risk of losing us, or of us rejecting Him. How truly amazing is our God?


Arguably one of the most influential bands of all time and a must for the indie bands blog. The Velvet Underground, started as collaboration between Lou Reed, a native of New York and John Cale, from West Glamorgan.
Reed was under contract as a songwriter for Pickwick Records, and Cale was a classically trained musician, it was this diversity of backgrounds, which probably brought about the conflict that was associated with the band. Sterling Morrisson, on guitar, and Moe Tucker on drums, completed the first line-up of the band which took its name from a pulp fiction book popular at that time.
In 1965 The Velvet Underground met with Andy Warhol, collaborated with his 'Exploding Plastic Inevitable' movement, added Nico on vocals and produced their first album, The Velvet Underground and Nico – Andy Warhol, also known as the Banana Album.
Unlike many bands of the time, The Velvet Underground wrote about the darker side of the hedonistic side of the time and as a result finding a record company to press the album was no easy task and it wasn't until March 1967 that Verve records released the album.
Nico continued her solo career having no more to do with the group and the band disassociated themselves with Andy Warhol in 1967.
The second album, 'White Light White Heat' was riven with internal conflicts in the band. 'Sister Ray' a 17 minute piece, recorded live in the studio featured some of Cale's most inspired instrumental work.
The relationship between Cale and Reed reached breaking point and Cale was fired, to be replaced by Doug Yule on bass.
By 1970, Reed abandoned the group and Yule took over, with the band releasing 'Squeeze' which was poorly received and is not perceived, by many as a Velvet Underground release.
The recorded music by the band was frequently not officially released and this led to a considerable amount of material being issued after the band had finally dissolved. While their recorded output was limited, The Velvet Underground were always an active live band and although not commercially successful, their influence was spread wide and far.
Despite the short life span of the band, which was riven with internal conflict, the Velvet Underground remain highly influential, either directly or through those originally inspired by the band.
The Velvet Underground are not for everyone, but their influence on generations of bands is undeniable.


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Jordan E. Cooper is a 27-year-old Obie Award-winning playwright and performer who was chosen to be one of OUT Magazine's Entertainers of the Year. His play Ain't No Mo' was a New York Times Critic's Pick and in 2019, Cooper won a special citation Obie Award for Ain't No Mo'. He was recently selected as a Whiting Award winner for Drama. Jordan was also featured on the final season of FX's groundbreaking series Pose as MC Tyrone. He recently created and executive produced his first television project The Ms. Pat Show which is hailed by critics as "One of the most radical sitcoms of the modern era". He is currently the youngest black showrunner in television history and is now also the youngest American playwright in Broadway history.
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The psychic who didn't see this coming.
The fact that this person received two copies of this book after only ordering one.
The driver who will hopefully learn something from his book.
This packaging that requires some sort of special tool to get into.
The fact that this message pushed the email onto a second page.
This truck that should have been made out of corrosion-resistant materials.
This act of parking enforcement.
The label on this tube of glue.
And finally, the guy who broke up with his girlfriend before finding her shampoo in the bathroom.


The tranquility of two peaceful countries has been shattered by gunfire in the last few days. Life in New Zealand and Netherlands has been jolted by bullets and the ensuing blood and gore. As the perpetrators are caught and assessed to find out the objective of their barbarous acts, the answers lie somewhere else.
I have lived in Utrecht for 6 months between 2008 and 2009. Going from Bangalore to Utrecht felt like going to a sleepy village. The effect was more profound because I was there during the winter season. No birds, no leaves on trees, there used to be hustle and bustle on the streets between 8-9:30 in the morning and 4-5:30 in the evening. Rest of the time, it used to look like an urban desert. I saw police cars 4 times in 6 months and 3 times were outside departmental stores. I heard a vehicle honk once in 6 months. Honking is considered to be abusing there (God bless Indians). I heard about one road accident in 6 months. I couldn't sleep for the first few days because of no sound. In India, sounds of human activity can be heard all through the night. Lack of any sound was so new and overpowering for me. A decade on from all of this, the city being in the news for random gun related killing is extremely disturbing.
But this is not without an irony. Bursting firecrackers is banned in Netherlands except for New Year celebrations. I do not understand banning firecrackers and allowing people to possess guns. Here is a typical case of this guy from New Zealand.
He used to own a gun for farming related reasons. I have seen farmers chasing away birds from their farmlands in my hometown by bursting firecrackers. In farmlands all kinds of animals exist. Small birds come to eat beetles and insects, those birds are eaten by larger birds of prey, snakes come to eat rats and snakes in turn get eaten by mongoose. This is nature's way of maintaining its ecosystem. So what can guns do on a farm that fire crackers cannot?
An argument can be made that guns help people protect themselves. From what? Lets say armed robbery. If robbers know people have guns, they would also try to get a gun by stealing or by illegal means. What chances do people have in a shootout? It could go either way. In commando and special ops training, trainees are taught to use anything available as a weapon. Moreover any tools that we use like knives, screw drivers, etc can be used as weapons. But all of those have some utility value and serves multiple purposes in our daily life. What purpose do guns serve other than taking lives?
Even more ironic and silly is the assessment of perpetrators of gun related crimes and profiling of candidates to be given license to have guns. Here is a news item from last year about the Netherlands government profiling candidates to be legal gun owners. Human emotions and behaviors are influenced by circumstances, genetics and hormones. Our genetic structure supposedly contains information from our 7 previous generations. So it is possible that our genes may have information about robbers, murderers and rapists. Those information could become dominant in an environment that nurtures them and influence our behavior. This could explain many crimes because with a sane mind, criminals don't seem to be able to comprehend how they committed the crimes, something which society has been explaining away as the influence of Satan. So tendencies to commit crimes may arise anytime within us. What can the government do about someone who was given license to possess a gun 10 years back, the person had to face severe problems in life after 8 years and in despair took out the gun and killed his family and himself?
What is worrisome is the gun related killings spreading to all parts of the world. As people migrate to all parts of the world, their cultures hold them back from integrating themselves into the new society they are in. There have been many cases of men from Muslim countries migrating to western countries and finding it hard to contain their sexual desires when they see the attire of women in those countries which are in stark contrast to the burka tradition prevalent in their own countries. Crime rates have increased in Europe after the European countries opened their doors to asylum seekers from many strife torn countries in Africa and Middle East. Inability to adjust to new cultures, despair because of leaving their homeland and loved ones behind, frustration at having to start life from scratch in a new place all contribute to mental disturbances leading to violent behavior. While the perpetrators of the massacre in New Zealand have been attributed to white supremacy, the one in Netherlands has been identified as a Turkish man whose motive is yet to be found out.
Guns empower us to assume that we can provide quick justice and get rid of problems instantly. Politics, human and animal atrocities, there are so many issues and instances that make us feel helpless which in turn invokes the sense of vigilantism within us. We may be able to eliminate a corrupt politician with a gun but not corruption. It is possible to kill an individual but guns cannot destroy a system. If we look at it closely, no guns in society makes more sense that having them. Then why aren't governments all over the world taking a unilateral decision to ban guns?
World War II was termed as the "war to end all wars". But there have been armed conflicts after the war all over the world and continues to this day. Research to develop more lethal and sophisticated weapons is a black box and consumes unimaginable amount of money. The weapons are not meant to protect humanity from alien invasions. We are developing those weapons to fight among ourselves and kill our own kind. Why do we still have borders between countries and armed forces? The answer is very simple. Weapons manufacturing is one of the biggest and most profitable industries in the world. The same companies provide funding to political leaders during elections which makes the leaders accountable to them than to the people. From shopping malls to hospitals it is people and their lives that create revenue for the corporate. The gun lobby in the US is extremely powerful and influential. This is why there are only talks of banning guns without a ban ever coming into existence.


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How many games does Pablo Mari need to play to prove his worth to Arsenal?
By Admin Martin - 22 April 2020, 21:44
Pablo Mari seems keen to remain at the Emirates. Who can blame him? The Spaniard has hardly had a home in his footballing career.
However, he will not be offered a permanent deal at Arsenal just because he wants to stay.
He has played just two games for the Gunners but seems to have made an impression in his short spell at the Emirates, including in training.
The Spaniard hardly put a foot wrong in those games, but are those two games enough to give him a permanent deal?
There is a good chance that he will not play for Arsenal again, that is if the current suspension extends until August.
I think to offer him a permanent contract shouldn't be a rushed decision, not when you do not have sufficient games under the belt.
However, Mari does looks a good fit for Arsenal. If he can deliver the performances he did in his first two games, I think he has the base that Mikel Arteta can develop his game from.
But we simply do not know right now and I would suggest that at least a good six to ten more games in an Arsenal shirt would be enough time to see if Mari is indeed destined for a long career in North London.
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Innit says:
If my calculations are correct, he needs to play exactly 17 games
Robert Acedius says:
How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind… THE ANSWER IS BLOWIN' IN THE WIND. Robert Allen Zimmerman, 1962.
jon fox says:
Well I still don't know the precise answer Robert. Perhaps I should eat nothing but baked beans and prunes, to find out, since the answer is apparently "Blowin'in the wind"!
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind.
Say 18 – 17 is a prime (number).


Since our last post, we've been hard at work implementing player feedback from the game and gearing up for the BETA. A lot of it is testing and bug fixing which is pretty boring stuff so we won't to go into those details and send you to sleep.
2018 is behind us and 2019 is well underway. We have lots of exciting things bubbling away at Glitchers and with haste (excitement?) we accidentally announced our first ever PC online multiplayer game to twitter — it's called 'Drive Buy'.
Already off to a bang, we were super excited to be featured amongst our peers in Kotaku's 'Games of 2019' British List.


When an evacuation order is given, your best choice is to travel to an area outside of the anticipated impact area. Know Your Zone!
2) have special medical/functional needs OR require government transportation assistance to a public shelter.
Residents who wish to participate in the Special Needs Program, for transportation assistance to a public shelter or supplemental medical assistance in a public shelter during a disaster, must enroll and update registration information annually prior to hurricane season (June 1st), even if there have been no status changes.
Enroll On-Line - use the Florida Division of Emergency Management's web-based Secure Registration Tool - individuals can self-register or have their caregiver or a relative register for them. Online is the preferred method of enrollment. Alternately, individuals or caregivers can download a paper version of the enrollment questionnaire and mail the completed form to the Emergency Operations Center. Residents with questions about the Special Needs Registry may contact the EOC at 548-0900.
All "medical needs" registrations will be confidentially reviewed by a public health nurse to determine if each enrollee's needs can be met in the Special Needs Shelter. Enrollees may be contacted directly by the reviewing nurse to discuss their care needs. Addresses of enrollees requiring transportation to a public shelter during an evacuation will be mapped to determine bus pick-up routes prior to disaster impact.
Please call the EOC at 548-0900 and ask for help with the Special Needs Registry if you have questions.


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Answering Machine Stage Fright
Has technology changed our very personalities?
I mentioned in an earlier posting that our modern social media environment has forced us to become shameless self-promoters, hucksters, salesmen, and amateur celebrities. Whether it is grooming your Facebook page by uploading (carefully chosen) pictures of your fabulous life, tweeting amazing thoughts in 140 characters, or creating YouTube channels where you are the star, we all have made ourselves into public figures, thanks to social media.
'Twas not always the case, though, in this country.
At one time, believe it or not, people had private lives in this country. Private lives and private thoughts - thoughts that might have been kept to themselves or in a locked diary, but not tweeted and posted for the world to see.
What drove this home to me was thinking the other day about the early days of answering machines. You may not recall this, but in the 1970's, answering machines first became popular for the average schmuck like you and me. Before that, they were hugely expensive machines that only businesses had. The advent of cheap cassette technology (and later, micro-cassette) meant that you could go to Radio Shack (remember them?) and buy a machine for under $99. It helped also that regulations were changing and the phone companies were no longer requiring you to use their equipment - as well as the standardization of the RJ-11C phone jack - replacing the four-prong "modular" plug of years' past.
A funny thing happened, though. I met people who were afraid to record the greeting on their answering machine as they had "stage fright". They felt it was presumptuous to make an announcement like that, as if they were a radio or TV personality. These same folks would also be "afraid" to leave a message on the machine if they called you.
You'd come home from work and find a message from Grandma going like this: "Hello? Hello? Is this thing recording? I don't know what to say......" or some other garbled message. People just weren't as self-confident back then as they are today, and I really mean this.
Of the two, recording the greeting was harder, as you had to get your greeting into the allotted time period and do it in a voice that wasn't weird or breathy, and you had to be prepared to speak on cue after the beep. A lot of people just couldn't handle it! Some still can't - relying instead on the generic greeting that many VoiceMail systems now provide.
And of course, on my first answering machine (a huge thing the size of an attache case) my greeting was, well, sort of lame. "Uh... Hello.... you have reached Bob... uh, like, leave a message...."
The era of cassette tapes is long gone, of course. The answering machines have all long ago gone into the trash. And today, we are a lot less shy about announcing ourselves to the world - through social media, videos, texting, tweeting, and so forth. There is little room for shy people left in the world.
And of course, this took place over a period of time. By the 1980's, people were less shy about self-promotion on their answering machines. People made funny recordings for their greetings, or make joke greetings or whatnot. You stopped hearing from people about being "too nervous" to record a greeting.
Maybe this was due to increased cocaine use. After all, in the late 1970's and early 1980's young people in particular started caring more about how they looked and how they were perceived. The grungy anti-materialism hippie look was out - in favor of the feather-cut and blow-dried penis-head haircut and designer jeans. The VW beetle was out, the Monte Carlo was in.
With the advent of these answering machines and the newest technology - Pagers (beepers) - we all started to think of ourselves as Important People whose opinions were so valuable that we had to be accessible 24/7 (a phrase in an of itself, dates from that period).
By the late 1980's, cellular telephones became cheap enough that even a young law clerk could afford one. We had important jobs and had to call in and check our VoiceMail (another feature that appeared on the horizon) because we were so damn important and what we said was important as well. Driving a car, of course, was secondary.
Then, the Internet. Now we had to check out e-mails 24 hours a day, and send off oh-so-important messages to one another. Actual real work, of course, was less important. And then, instant messaging, hand-held cell phones, smart phones, and eventually social media - first MySpace, then Facebook.
People who I knew were schmucks like me had fabulous lives on Facebook. They changed their "profile" picture from what appeared to be a mugshot taken in a room with fluorescent lights, to a kicky fun photo that showed only half their face. Clearly they were having a good time and not taking any of this seriously!
Grooming our images on the Internet became paramount. And some people went nuts with this - thinking that an amazing life on the Internet was better than just living in the real world. It didn't matter what you did or who you did it with, what was important was documenting it all for posterity (and your "Facebook friends") to make sure it all looked like you were having fun.
What is scary about all of this is not how it has played out, but where it is going. Virtual reality and first-person-shooter video games, along with "fake news" are only the beginning of what could be a perfect storm creating an alternate reality that some people may never escape from.
Why indeed should you live an ordinary life, when you can escape into 3-D virtual reality where you can choose the avatar of your liking (why bother going to the gym?). It is already clear that the Internet and social networking is addictive, the coming technologies may take it to the next level.
Of course, it has been tried already - "Second Life" tried to create an alternate reality with avatars and online sex (what really sells on the Internet). It failed not because people didn't like it, but because they were trying to use a technology too advanced for the hardware of the time - people were still using AOL and dial-up modems, along with older PCs which could not render 3D graphics quickly enough.
The problem is, of course, that there really is no going back. We are not going to revert to an "aw shucks" Mayberry RFD way of living - even if we wanted to. But maybe, on a personal level, we can choose what level of participation we want to have in this brave new world. Myself, I got off Facebook when I sensed that there was something fundamentally wrong and evil with it. And I never understood twitter, which only seems to make the news when something awful happens as the result of it (no one will ever win the Nobel prize for a tweet, but on the other hand, you can lose a job, a career, a spouse, or go to jail over one). It is possible to simply not accept some of this new tech, as they haven't made it indispensable to daily living (yet).
Maybe I should dig that answering machine out of the attic and plug it in again....
Upside Down on a Car?
The See-Saw of Housing Prices
Bizarro World!
Donald Trump on Mars
Moentizing Your Blog - An Update
Make Your Own Twirl-A-Squirrel!
Bob's Buggy
Now Versus Later
Great Intentions, Unintended Consequences
Reputation Blackmail
Is Trolling Protected Speech?
When You Make It Expensive To Employ People.....
Selling: SMART
Eradicating the Cancer of Fake News
Bureau of Specious Statistics, New York Times Edition
LifeLine Screening
Comparing Ourselves to Others - and the Past
Why Facebook Can't Kill Fake News
Debt-to-Equity Ratio in Personal Finance
The Genius of Donald Trump
Dear Democratic Party....
Fifty-Dollar Lunch
The Death of Identity Politics
Ancillary Costs
Limousine Liberals, Trailer-Park Conservatives
The Culture Trap, Part II
Luxury Hybrids
Welcome to the United States of Go Fuck Yourself.
Pandora and Debt Culture
The Storage Lot
How to Get in the Paper or on TeeVee
Are We Sitting on a Powder Keg?
Monetizing Blog Update II
What Ads Should You Block on Your Blog?
Have Yourself a Scary Little Christmas....
Landlord Insurance?
Is Private Equity Evil?
Cheap Durable Furniture
What Happened to Waterbeds?
Buying Tires - Again!
Read the Fine Print? Don't Bother!
Is Wealth Evil?
The Marble and Stone Shop
To Dream the Impossible Dream...
The Obama Legacy - the First Twitter President
Glide Slope
Bob's Buggy, Part II
Making Glasses From Bottles?
I've Been Hacked By Russian Cyber-Warriors!
Back to the Future, Part II


ISLAMABAD, Jun 1 (APP): Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has prediced very hot and dry weather in most parts of the country during the next 24 hours.
Malakand, Zhob divisions and FATA during evening/night.
south Punjab (Multan, Bahawalpur, DG Khan divisions) will remain in the grip of intense heat. Dust raising winds are also expected in Multan, Bahawalpur, Quetta, Mirpurkhas and Hyderabad divisions.
the country during the last 24 hours. However, rain-thunderstorm occurred at few places in Khuzdar.


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VISTA: Deputy allegedly attacked by crowd while trying to issue ticket
VISTA —- Seven people were arrested and one person was shocked with a stun gun Tuesday morning after a disruptive crowd tried to prevent a deputy from citing a man for a traffic violation, authorities said.
A San Diego County sheriff's deputy pulled over a vehicle with two men inside at 7:40 a.m. after he saw the vehicle violate a traffic law near the 200 block of Civic Center Drive, Lt. Jim Duffy said.
The driver, who was later identified as Ismael Martinez, 51, did not have a license, and neither did his passenger, Francisco Martinez, Sgt. Mike Arens said.
The driver began calling people to come to the scene while the deputy was ticketing him, Duffy said. The driver refused to stop calling people and struck the deputy on the hand, he said.
The deputy was arresting the driver when the passenger got out of the car and attacked the deputy, Arens said. The three struggled.
A tow truck driver who was standing nearby jumped into the fight to help the deputy, Duffy and Arens said. The deputy used his stun gun to shock the passenger during the struggle.
More deputies came to help control the situation and finish the arrests, Arens said.
A few minutes later, about 25 people showed up in response to the driver's earlier phone call, Arens said. Most of them were men and appeared to be the driver's relatives.
The people were disruptive and tried to free the driver, but they quickly dispersed and moved to the other side of the street once the deputies started arresting people, the officials said.
Raul Martinez, 25; Alfredo Martinez, 27; Jorge Martinez, 20; Fernando Martinez, 26; and Aldo Martinez, 22, were arrested on suspicion of crimes including refusing to disperse, inciting a riot, assaulting a peace officer and criminal threats, Arens said.
The passenger was taken to a hospital for treatment of his injuries, then booked into Vista Detention Center, Arens said.
The first deputy suffered minor injuries, but he was not taken to a hospital, Arens said.
He said no one else was hurt.
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/vista/article_c8e03bfc-b613-5c51-94a4-9c6d0cd41069.html
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    move-result-object v0

    return-object v0
.end method

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Report: Brett Favre compares himself to Baker Mayfield
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Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield listens to a question during a news conference Monday, April 1, 2019, in Berea, Ohio. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)
By: Courtney Shaw
CLEVELAND — Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre said he sees a lot of himself in Baker Mayfield, according to News 5's media partners at the Akron Beacon Journal.
Favre told the ABJ that there's no question the sky is the limit for Mayfield.
Mayfield was drafted by the Browns after going 0-16 in 2017. When Mayfield took over as the starting quarterback the following season, the team went 7-8-1.
When Favre was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in 1991, before getting traded to the Packers the following season. Green Bay hadn't reached a playoff since 1982. He led the team to their first playoff appearance in more than 10 years in 1993.
Odell Beckham Jr., John Dorsey and Ron Wolf have also made the comparisons between the two quarterbacks.
To read the Akron Beacon Journal's full story, click here.
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