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Captain John Morgan The First and The Missing Will
Captain John Morgan (1645-1712)
John being such a popular name, it comes as no surprise that there are several generations of John Morgans in my family tree. Sometimes you can distinguish one generation from the next by using titles. But not in this case. Captain John Morgan, my 6th great-grandfather, had a son who had a son–all called John, and all achieving the rank of Captain in the Connecticut Militia. (Despite a bit of a kerfluffle surrounding the third John, which I wrote about here.)
Besides all the Johns, there were several James Morgans, also, and besides passing their names on from generation to generation –James, son of James, son of James, son of James, etc.–it seemed that every James had a son named John and every John had a son named James.
Now that I have that whining out of my system, I will explain the "Captain" part of the name. Titles were held in high esteem in the early Puritan communities. If a man held an elected office, that title would stay attached to his name forever. Captain, the highest rank elected in the militia, therefore became the most common title, sort of like Colonel in the old South.
John's Young Life
John Morgan was born on March 30, 1645 in Roxbury Massachusetts. His father Captain James Morgan, had arrived in North America from Wales in 1636. John's mother Margery Hill came from Essex in England, and married James in 1640. John was born third, after a sister who died as an infant and the eldest son James, Jr. After James was born, he saw two of his three younger siblings die in infancy.
When he was five years old, John's family moved to New London Connecticut. Settlers named the area on the Northern edge of the Long Island Sound "Pequot," for the predominant native tribe in the area. The town's name became Groton, and John spent the rest of his years in Groton, Connecticut.
First Marriage and Children
At the age of twenty, Captain John Morgan married Rachel Dymond, a native of Connecticut. (Some records list her maiden name as Deming, and I have not seen an original record, so am not sure which is correct, but the majority seem to be Dymond.)
Fourteen months after the wedding, their first son, another John Morgan, was born, and Rachel gave birth to six more children:
1667: John (2nd) Also to become a Captain.
1669: Samuel, my Fifth Great-grandfather.
1670 Isaac
1671 Hannah (named for her father's sister)
1675 Mercy
1680 James (Named for his grandfather Capt. James Morgan the first settler)
John and Rachel were fortunate in that all of their children lived to adulthood. However, the offspring outlived their mother. Rachel died in August,1689, leaving six children between 9 and 22 years old still living at home. The first four children married quite late for that period–29, 39, 29, and 30.
2nd Marriage and More Children
That made for quite a houseful of people! Particularly since Captain John Morgan quickly took another wife and had more children. He married the widow Elizabeth Jones Williams very soon after Rachel died, because their first child, who died in infancy, was born in 1690. Since Elizabeth is not in my direct line, I will not write about her separately, but would like to mention here that she was the daughter of the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. Her grandfather had been the Governor of Connecticut.
In 1692, the family moved to Preston, Connecticut. The town of Preston, like Groton, lies in New London County, but is north of Preston and inland.
With his wife Elizabeth, Captain John had seven more children after the death of infant Elizabeth.
1690: Elizabeth (Died in infancy)
1693: William (Died at 36 years old) (Named for his grandfather William Jones).
1697: Rachel (I find it interesting that ancestors in this period frequently named a child in the second marriage for the spouse from the first marriage.)
1697: Rachel's twin, Andrea.
1699: Margery (Named for her paternal grandmother)
1700/1701: Joseph
1703: Theophilus (Named for his maternal grandfather Theophilus Eaton, former Governor)
1705: Mary
Captain John Morgan's Life
Besides rising through the ranks of the Militia, he held important offices in his communities. He followed in his father's footsteps and those of his brother James in both the military service and civic service. He was an Indian Commissioner and Advisor. He also was chosen as a deputy to the General Court from New London in 1690 and from Preston in 1693 and 1694.
Being an Indian commissioner must have been very serious business. In 1637, a vicious battle had virtually destroyed the Pequot people, and for the first time the English settlers felt safe in New London. Serious settlement began in the 1650s, so John's family were among the first settlers in New London County when they arrived in 1650. The English turned from fighting to trading with the Pequots and purchasing land from them, working as later settlers in the Western United States would do to "civilize" the "savages."
What the Records Show (Or Don't)
My biggest frustration in researching these Morgans is that I have not found clues as to their livelihood. I have to assume that most were farmers. In John Morgan's case, he moved away from the Bay of Groton, but stayed along the river. This could have to do with sea trade, but also could be because of fertile land in a river valley. Unfortunately, his will does not give me any clues.
I have only second-hand information from the book called History of James Morgan of New London, Connecticut and his Descendants. That book relates part of the will, written on 23 August 1711. Probate date 12 February, 1712, so although I do not have proof of a death date, he had to have died between those two dates.
It took some time for a new community to set up their government. After all, they had land to clear, houses to build, and Indians to fight or try to pacify. So although the Puritans kept excellent records in their established villages, the best we have to go on with these earliest settlers often is an index of old records that have never been photographed or digitized, or references to old records that no longer exist.
Captain John Morgan's Will
In John Morgan's will, according to the book, he mentions his wife Elizabeth and 12 of his 13 children, so we also know that Elizabeth died AFTER 23 August 1711. However, secondary records seem to all list her death date as 23 August, 1711, instead of AFT. 23 August, 1711 as they should. And as for John's date of demise, we only know that it happened some time between the date he wrote his will and the probate date. That will is one of those missing pieces that I long to get my hands on.
A curiosity of the will, mentioned in the History of James Morgan, lies in the omission of his son Joseph. Joseph brought some genealogical fame to the family by marrying the daughter of William Brewster, Deacon of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. However, the author of the "History" includes this maddening teaser:
The record shows that the probate of this will was appealed from, and in the litigation that followed, this Joseph is mentioned as one of the parties. I had a reference to the case and intended to examine it, but lost or mislaid the reference.
Nathaniel H. Morgan, author of The History of James Morgan (etc.)
Gee, thanks a lot Nathaniel!
Next time we will talk about John's father James, my 7th great-grandfather, thought of as the founder of this branch of the Morgans of America.
Vera Marie (Kaser) Badertscher is the daughter of
Harriette Anderson Kaser, who is the daughter of
Vera Stout Anderson, who is the daughter of
Harriette Morgan Stout, who is the daughter of
Jesse Morgan, who is the son of
Timothy Morgan, who is the son of
Samuel Morgan, who is the son of
Capt John Morgan (1st).
This entry was posted in family and tagged Captain John Morgan, Connecticut, Groton, New London, probate records on April 21, 2019 by Vera Marie Badertscher.
Searching for Samuel Morgan
Samuel Morgan, 1669-1734
I thought that Samuel Morgan, my 5th great-grandfather would be fairly easy to track down, since he was born, lived and died in the same place--Groton, New London County, Connecticut. (Groton was part of the town of New London until 1705).
This map, from 1766, shows Groton's location on the bank of Long Island Sound where the Thames River empties into the Sound. The town name is hard to see here, but it lies just north of the long pink island. The title of the map is "To the Right Honorable, the Earl of Shelbourne, His Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the Southern Department. This plan of the colony of Connecticut in North-America." Map is from the Library of Congress, Geography and Maps Division.
To further boost my optimism, Groton was one of those Puritan communities where the busy-body government/church/courts triumvirate kept records and kept everyone in line.The Averys and the Morgans were important families on the coast of Connecticut, and have a multitude of descendants tracing their lives.
It was those descendants that proved to be the most helpful in unraveling Samuel's life. A more thorough search would include traveling to Connecticut and searching through libraries and courthouse records. Some questions will just have to remain unanswered for the time being.
Why Not Get Married, Old Man?
Alas, the more I looked at Samuel's life, the more questions remained unanswered.For instance, why did he not marry until the ripe old age of 39?
Samuel Morgan (one of many, many Samuels in the Morgan family), was second-oldest of Capt. John Morgan's fifteen children with two wives. Samuel's mother, Rachael Dymond gave birth to a total of eight children before she died in 1689. His father remarried to widow Elizabeth Jones Williams. Samuel saw seven half-siblings born before his own marriage in 1708. He was sixteen years older than his 23-year-old bride, Hanna Avery. Mystery: Why did Samuel wait so long to marry? Why did he choose a much younger bride? Was he living at home all that time, working with his father? Doing what?
After his birth, the next fact documented in Samuel's young life is his baptism on December 28, 1681 along with his older brother John and his baby brother James who had been born in 1680. Why, in this religion that called for infant baptism, were Samuel and John not baptized until they were twelve and fourteen years old?
As I read various histories of the the area in which Samuel grew up, and histories of particular family names, I pick up clues as to what his life might have been like. The book, "New London County, Connecticut with Biographical Sketches" (1882) gives extensive descriptions of court cases. Those tell us what people were expected to do and what offenses were serious enough to haul the offender into court.
Citizens were expected to attend church at the Meeting House on Sundays and to refrain from commercial activities on that day. Single men were expected to live with a family or with their wife. (So we know that Samuel was not off living on his own between his teens and his marriage at 39.) Courtship was serious business and a man could not solicit the affections of a woman unless he had declared his intentions to her family and friends.
I had to laugh at the spectacle of a young man being hauled into court for "sitting under an apple tree with [a young woman] on the Lord's Day in [her father's] orchard." So the song should go, "Don't sit under the apple tree." Period.
Towns had responsibilities, too. For instance in 1674, the court chastised New London for not providing "an English school." I wonder if they got the school going in time to help Samuel and his many siblings?
The Averys and the Morgans
On March 24, 1685, Samuel married Hannah Avery. Marriages between the two families were common. His cousins (children of his uncle James Morgan) included three Morgan men who married three daughters of James Avery. The Morgans, as we know, came over from Wales. Hannah's Avery family came from England.
Thanks to the flare up of interest in history and genealogy at the time of the transition from 19th to 20th century, I have many books to consult regarding the histories of these two families, and have been able to trace both of them, as well as Hannah's mother's family back to the pioneers in America–my 8th and 9th great-grandparents.
Two James
Descendants of the Averys and Morgans, justly proud of their accomplishments, erected a monument in the Avery-Morgan cemetery commemorating the pioneers. James Avery and his father arrived about 1642 and the James Morgan, one of three Morgan brothers to immigrate to various places in America came to Connecticut about 1655. Both men named James gravitated to the settlement then known as Pequot that later became New London. (The county was not organized until 1666). The seaport presented a familiar landscape to these settlers from the coast of England and Wales and promised future wealth with its safe harbor for shipping, abundant oystering, and rich farmland inland.
The Family of Samuel and Hannah
Although he got a late start as a father, Samuel and his young wife produced six children, all of whom lived to adulthood.
9 Mar 1710, Samuel (M. Abigail Heath, died in Preston.)
17 Apr 1712, Elijah (M. Eunice Williams on 13 Nov 1735)
13, Feb. 1713/14, Hannah
6 Jul, 1715, Abijah (sometimes spelled Obijah) Listed in French and Indian War rolls in 1758 and 1762, although he is listed as a deserter in 1758.)
9 Mar (or May) 1717, Lucy
1723, Timothy (M. Deborah Leeds and died 13 Oct 1795. My Fourth Great Grandfather.)
As I mentioned in my previous post on Timothy, some sources list two other children, but no one gives any details about them, and I have concluded that Experience and Theophilus, probably were entered as Samuel's children by mistake. There are other Morgans of those names. Samuel's probable will gives the best clue to their non-existence.
Samuel died in 1734. Although some sources say May 31, 1734, one source says the probate inventory was dated May 31, 1734. Since that inventory has apparently disappeared, and I have found no other record, I'll settle for just 1734 as the death date.
Samuel's Death
The carefully researched "The Groton Avery Clan" (1912) contains details of legal papers that show that Samuel might have written a will that included all of his children. The other interpretation would be that an inventory divided his accumulated lands equally among his children. This information comes from indirect information, given in bits and pieces of legal findings quoted in the book.
Apr 18 1734, Samuel Morgan deeded land to his brother Elijah.
Jan. 25, 1739-40, Abijah, Hannah and Lucy deeded to their brothers Samuel and Elijah land inherited from their father.
Jan 21, 1744, Timothy Morgan of Groton deeded to brothers Samuel and Elijah land that had belonged to his father Samuel.
I could speculate all day on why four siblings decided to consolidate their father's land in the hands of two brothers. Particularly several years after one of those brothers had given land to the other one. I am left with those mysteries and several others. How much land did Samuel own? Was it farmland? Or did he have some other main occupation?
Until some of those history books I've been reading unveil something new, I'll just have to wonder about Samuel Morgan.
Samuel Morgan.
Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), (Samuel Morgan, parents John and Rachael.) From Amazon.com
Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, (John, Samuel and James Morgan. Father John. Bap Dec. 28, 1681.) From Ancestry.com
Connecticut, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index,
CT 1635-1807 Misc. Records , accessed at Ancestry.com. 1790-1890. Ledyard Township, Samuel Morgan.Year 1727.
Connecticut, Marriage Index, 1620-1926, Groton, New London, Connecticut. (Samuell Morgan and Hannah Avery, 30 Dec 1708). Ancestry.com Film Number001306249 .
Find a Grave, (Samuel Morgan, Groton, New London, Connecticut). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62142298 accessed 4 April 2019.
The following books are available on line at archives.org
A History of James Morgan and his Descendants , by Nathaniel H. Morgan, (1869), Hartford: Case, Lockwood and Brainard. p. 25, 34.
The Groton Avery Clan by Elroy McKendree Avery, Catherine Hitchcock Tilden, 1912, Published by subscription. p. 128
New London County, Connecticut with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneer and Prominent Men, compiled by D. Hamilton Hurd, Philadelphia: J. W. Laws & Co. 1882.
This entry was posted in family and tagged Avery Family of Groton, Connecticut, Groton, New London, Samuel Morgan on April 4, 2019 by Vera Marie Badertscher.
Timothy Morgan
Timothy Morgan (1723-1795)
When I think about the Welsh Morgan family on my maternal line, I generally am thinking of the flashiest subject for stories, Jesse Morgan, the Forty-Niner. However, the Morgan family had been in American for several generations before black sheep Jesse. After my previous posts on Jesse Morgan, the elder, I decided to dig further back in that Morgan family to Timothy Morgan.
The Life of Timothy Morgan
Timothy Morgan, my 4th great-grandfather, and his wife Deborah Leeds spent their lives in Groton, New London County, Connecticut.
The grandfather of the younger Jesse, Timothy Morgan seems to have been a typical hard-working New England family man. Timothy and Deborah had a whopping eleven children, which guarantees that Deborah was also a hard-working New England woman.
Unfortunately, I have found few clues about Timothy's life. I will be able to get a better feeling for how he lived when I read a detailed history of the town of Groton, the county of New London and/or the state of Connecticut. The larger events of the 18th century will shed life on the daily lives of my ancestors. But I am saving that history for earlier members of the family, since the Morgans spent many generations in Groton and the area.
Meanwhile, the good news: We have Timothy's probate papers. Even better, they contain not only his will but an inventory and receipts signed by his children for the portions they received.
Timothy Morgan's Parents and Family
But to begin at the beginning, Timothy was born to Samuel Morgan and Hannah Avery in 1723 in the seaport town of Groton Connecticut. When Timothy was born in 1723, he had three brothers, Samuel (1710), Elijah, born (1712), and Abijah/Obijah. Two girls balanced the family–Hannah, (1714) and Lucy (1717). Some records indicate two more children, Experience and Theophilus, however a search for them comes up blank.
Further, a book called "The Groton Avery Clan" (1912) lists land transactions between the siblings, and heophilus and Experience are not mentioned. "January 12 1744, Timothy Morgan of Groton deeded to Bros. Samuel and Elijah land that had belonged to his father Sam'l." Other transactions name Abijah, Hannah and Lucy, for a total of six children of Samuel.
Because the Morgans, like many families in that age liked to repeat names from generation to generation, it is possible these two do not exist, and Timothy was Samuel and Hannah's youngest child.
Timothy and Deborah's Family
Timothy and Deborah Leeds married about 1747 or 1748. I have found no record, but assume the marriage took place in Groton. Timothy mentions nine of his descendants in the will. In the list below, you will find the two deaths that happened before he wrote the will. However, the couple turned out to be very fortunate in that they seem to have had no infant deaths.
22 July 1749, Experience (M. Peleg Brown)
1 Mar 1751, Deborah (M. Nathaniel Brown) [Note: I have not determined if Peleg is a brother to Nathaniel, whose parents have the interesting names Temperance and Comfort Brown!]
8 Feb 1753, Timothy [Jr.] [Per James Morgan History. Moved West, probably died unmarried.]
8 Sep 1754, Elizabeth (M. ____ Williams)
2 Aug 1756, Daniel, [Died before father wrote will in January 1794, so Daniel died before he was 38 years old.]
27 Jan 1758, Twins, Jesse [my 3x great-grandfather] and
David, ["removed west N.Y., no child probably" according to the James Morgan Family History. However, I have evidence that David had children, and we now know he was in touch with the family–at least to receive his inheritance.]
12 Oct. 1759, Theophilus, (M. Mary Hinckly)
12 May, 1763, Samuel,( m. Mary Holmes)
27 May 1765, Aaron, d. Apr. 1786, at the age of twenty.
26 July 1767, Hannah, (m. Daniel Parker.) [The James Morgan Family History hints at a tragic story of Hannah's young death at a young age. However, we know that she lived long enough to sign the receipt for a distribution from her father's will on 16 Dec 1796.]
As we later see from his will and inventory at death, Timothy seemed to be a small farmer, rather than having a profession that related to the sea. Since there are many coopers in the family, it would not surprise me to see that might have been his profession, but I see no solid evidence.
However he earned his living, his life centered around the first church of Groton that had been built in 1703. The Averys, a family name entwined with the Morgans, established the First Church, Congregational.
The Revolutionary War
The War of Revolution affected everything touching the lives of the Morgans. Economically, the seaport saw tough times both before and during the war because of disruptions of shipping. To some extent sailors compensated for the lag in trade by turning into privateers.
The city suffered personal losses, partially caused by the privateering. Groton included Fort Griswold, and in 1781, Benedict Arnold led British forces in what some called a massacre, killing or injuring a large percentage of the males in town. The battle would go down in history as the Battle of Groton Heights.
Personally, the family worried about Timothy's twin sons, Jesse and David were nineteen, a prime age for service in the military. (See Jesse's story). The older daughter's husbands no doubt served in the militia, if not the official army. Supplies were short and Deborah would have to do a lot of making do.
The Morgan family lived through frightening times.
Time to Make a Last Will and Testament
By September, 1794, Timothy felt the weight of age and drew up a will. His brother Obijah had died in 1778 and his young son Aaron departed in 1786. Some time in 1793, twenty-year-old Aaron died. On January 6, 1794, Timothy Morgan signed his last will and testament and appointed two sons as executors.
And then in the worst blow of all, his wife, Deborah passed away nearly eight months after Timothy had written his will. Deborah's tombstone bears the death date of August 22, 1794, and says she was 65 years old. If the complete record is in the probate file, Timothy did not update his will or enter codicils in the record. It was left to his son Theophilus to resolve the conflicts created in distribution of Timothy's property.
Tombstone of Deborah Leeds Morgan from Find A Grave. Posted by C. Cunkle.
The Will
After dispensing with the boiler plate language found in most 18th century wills about his present condition, committing his soul to God and paying all just debts, he proceeds to say,
Then I do give and bequeath unto my loving wife Deborah Morgan the improvement of one half of all my Real Estate During her Natural Life and Eight Cows, one yoak (sic) of oxen and one horse, twenty sheep and three hoggs (sic) and all my household Furniture to be at her Disposal forever.
The Children's Shares
Timothy then proceeds to name his children and in each case indicate they are to be paid by his two sons Theophilus and Samuel. In a separate paper, Timothy designates these two sons as his executors. We learn from a separate entry that in November, after his father died, Samuel turned down the responsibility of being an executor. Although Samuel signed some papers as witness, Theophilus is left as sole administrator.
The papers in the probate packet include receipts from some, but not all of the children, and an interesting departure from son Jesse (my 4th great-grandfather). I have listed the named children and their bequests below. The second number indicates the amount contained in the receipt. Each child received an increase on distribution, presumably because their mother had died and Theophilus decided to divide her belongs rather than keep that amount for himself.
Timothy (Jr.), £26; Received £40, Signed receipt "D. 1796"
Jesse, £32 *See next section.
David, £32; Received £40, Signed "23 D. 1795"
Experience, 15 shillings, Received ?? [No receipt in file for Experience and her husband Peleg Brown.
Deborah, 15 shillings, Received £13,8 s., She and her husband Nathaniel Brown signed "26 D. 1796"
Elizabeth, £2, Received £13, 8s., She and husband Samuel Williams signed "Sept. 26 1796." [Unlike the others who lived in Groton, the Williams' lived in Colchester.]
Hannah Parker, 10 shillings, Received £9. "Sept. 16, 1795."
In addition to these seven children, Timothy gives to Theophilus and Samuel "all my Estate both real and Personal heretofore Not mentioned to be Equally Divided between them, to them their heirs and assigns forever."
I find it interesting that there is no specific description of real property and buildings, which leaves us wondering how TImothy made a living. The inventory shows that he owned 71 acres with buildings and appurtenances, which could be a small farm. It also mentions two acres of Salt ____. The number of animals he owned do not point to a very productive farm–eight cows, a yoke of oxen, twenty or perhaps thirty sheep, one hors and 4 hogs.
His personal property indicates he was well dressed–8 linen shirts, one great coat and also two "close-bodied thick cloth coats" and a fur hat, as well as thick jackets.
I have puzzled over an entry for funds due that relate to each of his sons-in-law. The four each owed him an identical £13, 11 s., 1p. (13 Pounds, 11 shillings and one pence).
The Jesse Morgan Acquittance
On the twenty-fifth of April, 1795, my 4x great-grandfather, gave back his bequest to his brother Theophilus. Apparently he borrowed £200 from Theophilus, to be secured by his share of their father's estate. Note this is after the will was made, but before his father died, so there must have been some question about what the final amount of bequest would be.
The first paragraph says that Jesse is bound unto Theophilus Morgan …in the sum of two hundred pounds. However, the second paragraph says that Theophilus has paid Jesse forty pounds to be his full payment for relinquishing his rights. If I am translating the legal language correctly, it says that Jesse, immediately upon his father's death, will give Theophilus all that he (Jesse) inherits, and that will end the obligation. Otherwise he will owe Theophilus £200.
Jesse Morgan Sr. signature 1795
If you read about Jesse's attempt to get a government pension for service in the Revolution, you may remember that his lawyer pleaded that the poor old man needed the help of the government. Apparently, Jesse was already having financial difficulties.
Timothy's Life Ends
Timothy lived another year after he signed his will with a rather feeble scrawl, dying on 13 October, 1795.
Timothy Morgan signature on will 1794
How much wealth had Timothy Morgan accumulated to share with his nine surviving children? While there are many complex factors that make equivalents between Colonial money and today's dollars shaky at best, most measures would say that the £40 pounds mentioned here is worth several thousand dollars. Timothy's total worth (according to inventory) added up to £364–not shabby at all.
How Am I Related?
Harriette (Anderson) Kaser, who is the daughter of
Vera (Stout) Anderson, who is the daughter of
Harriette (Morgan) Stout, who is the daughter of
Jesse Morgan (1805), who is the son of
Jesse Morgan ( 1758), who is the son of
Timothy Morgan (1723).
The bulk of the research for this article came from the probate packet for Timothy Morgan, Groton Connecticut.
Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut, (1795), Case #2266, Timothy Morgan. Accessed through Ancestry.com
United States Federal Census, 1790, New London, Connecticut,Timothy Morgan, Census Place: New London, Connecticut; Series: M637; Roll: 1; Page: 76; Image: 53; Family History Library Film: 0568141. Accessed through Ancestry.com
Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934,FHL Film Number3336, Timothy Morgan, 13 Oct. 1795. Accessed through Ancestry.com
James Morgan and his Descendants, accessed through Ancestry.com and archives.org.
Find a Grave, Deborah Leeds Morgan https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59052372/deborah-morgan,
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READING ADVERTISEMENT
State will be in charge of environmental impact study
READING—The Reading planning board announced at the Thursday, Feb. 18 meeting that the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) would be in charge of the environmental impact statement for the proposed Finger Lakes LPG gas transfer station project.
The planning board received a six-page letter earlier in the month from the commissioner, with the DEC's final decision on who should be the lead agency for the State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR). In a letter to the board, the absent chairperson Gordon Wright said it would probably be a couple of months before the town heard anything else from the DEC. Until the SEQR is completed by the lead agency, construction on the Finger Lakes LPG facility cannot begin.
In the DEC's letter, Commissioner Alexander B. Grannis said the decision "is based on my finding that it has a broader jurisdictional responsibilities over this project and a stronger capacity to conduct the review than the Planning Board."
Grannis added that the planning board did not respond with additional information concerning site plan review and special permit jurisdiction when it was requested. The commissioner also cited the DEC having the breadth of authority and capability to assess the environmental impact better than the planning board can.
In Wright's letter he added he would be asking the applicant, Inergy, for an extension concerning a SEQR decision. Bill Newel, who was in charge of the Feb. 18 meeting, explained a decision is needed 60 days after a public hearing is held. The planning board held a public hearing Nov. 19.


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Cents and Non-Cents about Inflation
No, it isn't Biden's fault.
Steve Max
Board member, Three Parks Independent Democrats. Associate Director Emeritus, Midwest Academy
Photo credit: Andrey_Popov / Shutterstock.com
Yes, inflation is back—only 6 percent as of October, which is nothing like the 13.5 percent that brought down Jimmy Carter in the election of 1980. The exact numbers don't really matter. Rising prices, especially gasoline prices, are always bad news for the party in power. We must remember, and keep saying, that Biden is trying to improve the quality of life for all Americans, and of course the Republicans will try to change the subject and create division.
If you were taught anything at all about inflation, it was probably that "inflation is too many dollars chasing too few goods." The problem with this traditional definition is that it creates the impression that people aren't involved. The dollars run after the goods, the goods run away from the dollars; all untouched by human hands.
Actually, inflation is rising prices, and people raise prices. Prices don't raise themselves. Psychology has a lot to do with it. If you buy a sack of flour for your bagel factory, you price the bagels not on what you already paid for the flour, but on what you anticipate the next sack will cost. Once the idea of inflation gets started, it takes on a life of its own with everyone raising prices to get ahead of what they think the next guy is going to do. Inflation actually has three components:
1) Economic: having to do with the dollars and the goods.
2) Psychological: it becomes real when people believe in it.
3) Political: the political debate influences the psychology, which in turn changes the economic reality.
Inflation is very strange.
CNN reports:
"Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio blamed Biden for the rising prices in gas in a tweet Monday, noting that the average gas price increased by 86 cents per gallon from June 2020 to June 2021 and pointed at "President Biden's economy!" to explain the difference in cost. Similar arguments have been made by Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa as well as right-wing groups on social media."
So, now it begins, it's all Biden's fault. Would you like to know who is to blame for rising gas prices? Here is the Washington Post from January 28, 1981:
"President Reagan yesterday removed the remaining price controls on gasoline, propane and U.S.-produced crude oil, in what aides called a first step in his promised campaign to "deregulate America."
The lifting of the network of petroleum regulations permits refiners and gasoline retailers to change whatever they chose for their products, and some service station operators may test the market with sharp increases."
That's right, the price of gasoline was once regulated. Instead of continuing the regulations, the Republicans repealed them. Here we see an example of the paradox that has been repeated in American history over and over since the New Deal. Everyone insists that we must have a free-market economy. Then, when things don't work out as expected, which is much of the time, everyone wants the government to protect them from the logic of the free market. When a hapless president steps in to help, why, that's regulation, and everyone knows that regulation leads inevitably to socialism.
Unfortunately, instead of defending Biden, some academic and Wall Street insiders are joining the pile-on. These include former Obama Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers who says inflation should temper Biden's ambitions, and Steven Rattner, a former Summers advisor who now heads Bloomberg's investment arm. Apparently these guys don't understand the danger of giving a veneer of bipartisan support to the attacks coming from the Trump Right.
Rattner recently wrote an "I told you so piece" for The New York Times, which, in part, blames government stimulus checks for Americans having saved $2.3 trillion more during the pandemic than they otherwise would have saved. Now, he warns all this money is about to be spent on "everything from postponed vacations to clothing," thus driving up inflation. Rattner ignores the fact that almost all of the increase in savings went to the very rich. Close to half (42 percent) went to the richest 1 percent. (Remember them?) In all, 80 percent of the increased savings went to the richest 20 percent of the population. Now, these are not people who are just waiting to cash their stimulus checks in order to buy clothing.
The London-based Center for Economic Policy Research did an extensive study and came to the opposite conclusion from Steven Rattner.
"The bottom line from these three sets of considerations is that, although large by historical standards, the savings accumulated by US households during the pandemic do not appear to be "excessive" when set against the extraordinary need of many American families and the unprecedented government intervention to support them. It is certainly possible that some of these savings will pay for extra travel and entertainment once the COVID-19 nightmare is behind us, but our conclusion is that the resulting boost to expenditures will be limited."
The situation is becoming alarmingly dangerous for the Democrats. A recent poll shows that 62 percent of voters believe that Biden is at least somewhat responsible for rising inflation, and this is rapidly emerging as the main Republican attack point in the 2022 elections. It may be the ultimate proof of muddled thinking to claim that an inflationary trend that started months ago is the result of Biden's spending that hasn't even begun yet. However, there is a method to their madness. Remember that sack of flour in the bagel factory? If enough people are convinced that inflation will occur because of Biden's program, then it will occur just because everyone believes it and is raising prices to stay ahead of anticipated rising costs.
Energy policy is one of the few tools available to Biden that might reduce inflation. The Washington Post recently announced that Biden is releasing 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Reserve and has convinced a number of allied nations to take similar steps. Of course, this doesn't guarantee that the refiners will actually lower prices at the pump instead of pocketing even greater profits. On November 17 the President called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the gas industry for raising prices beyond increases in their actual costs.
As the economist Paul Krugman pointed out in the November 22 Times, spending a few trillion dollars over the next ten years is nothing compared to the size of the total economy over that time: $288 trillion. The Biden program is far too small to have any real inflationary impact. (Even if government spending did cause inflation, which it doesn't.)
Krugman concludes:
"So don't believe politicians who are trying to portray Biden's investment agenda as somehow irresponsible and radical. It's highly responsible, and it's an attempt to restore the all-American idea that government should help create a better future."
This is the message that Democrats need to repeat on every possible occasion.
Steve Max is a Board member of the Three Parks Independent Democrats, a Manhattan Upper West side Club. Since 1973 he has been with the Midwest Academy, a Chicago-based community organizing school. During much of that time he was also with Citizen Action and U.S. Action. He has worked in the Civil Rights, Student, Anti-War and Union movements, as well as being an election campaign consultant and manager.
This essay first appeared in the Democratic Club newsletter on November 23 in a slightly different form.
Keywords: Capitalism, Democracy, Economy, Inflation, Oil, Politics
Related Names: Jim Jordan, Joe Biden, Krugman (Paul), Lawrence Summers, Ronald Reagan, Steven Rattner
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Hickory Man Receives 8-13 Year Sentence For Assaulting Officer
Barry Talmadge Hildebran Courtesy of Nathan Key, 36th District Attorney's Office
A Hickory man will serve an active prison term of eight to 13 years following his conviction for assaults on a law enforcement officer during Catawba County Superior Court on Monday (February 25).
48-year-old Barry Talmadge Hildebran was sentenced to serve his prison time by the Honorable Nathaniel J. Poovey, Superior Court Judge from Catawba County, after pleading guilty to assault with a deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer, assault with a firearm on a law enforcement officer and possession of a firearm by a felon. Hildebran will serve the prison sentence in custody of the North Carolina Division of Adult Corrections.
The offenses occurred February 12, 2016, when Deputy Scott Gay of the Catawba County Sheriff's Office tried to serve a warrant on Hildebran at the residence where the defendant was staying.
Deputy Gay observed Hildebran attempting to climb out of a second-story window. Deputy Gay announced "Sheriff's Office." At that time, Hildebran pointed a shotgun at the deputy, who ran back to his patrol car while radioing for help, and grabbed his AR-15 rifle.
Hildebran then jumped from the window and again pointed his weapon toward the deputy. Gay and Hildebran fired their weapons simultaneously. Deputy Gay's bullet shattered the wooden stock of the shotgun and struck Hildebran's hand. Hildebran then ran toward Lake Hickory and jumped in, attempting to swim away but eventually swam back to the shoreline.
Later, as Hildebran was being taken into custody, he attempted to pull a knife on deputies. Hildebran's charge for possession of a firearm by felon stemmed from an October 2013 larceny after breaking/entering conviction in Cleveland County.
The cases were investigated by the Catawba County Sheriff's Office. Assistant District Attorney Melanie Earles prosecuted the cases for the State.
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I've been back and forth with a cancer man. We stopped talking in February...I saw him again 2 weeks ago and we both acted very casual. will anything materialize from this? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
One of you is going to have to stop retreating into your shell for protection. Will it be you who takes a chance? Because without one of you taking a risk, this isn't going to happen.
thank you so much for your reply. I know we both have problems with communication, but I don't know how to get through to him. I know I need to open up and let him into my world so we can both start building trust, but I don't know where to start.
the problem is that he doesn't want to talk. I've tried sending him a nice text asking him how he is once or twice after he stopped talking with me but he doesn't reply. I don't want to put too much pressure either because that might make him retreat even more. what to do?
Please let me know if and when you can.
Thank you so much for your gacious replies. you are such an amazing person and I really look up to you and your abilities.
I think it's time for honesty. Send him a text explaining how you feel. Lay it on the line. Cancer people understand talk about feelings. If he gets in touch, well and good. If he doesn't, then at least you know he wasn't as interested as you were, and you can move on to someone who will appreciate you.
would sending a text telling him how I feel make him feel pressured? would he run away even further?
do you see us working out? do you see anyone else coming into my life other than him?
How long do you want to draw this out for? Stop worrying that you will chase him away. He's already away - now you must find out exactly how far away he is and if there's a chance of him coming back. Just ask him what he wants from you.
I'm hesitant because we have the same group of friends and I don't want to pour my heart out and not get a response and then have to face him afterwards when we all are together hanging out.
I am feeling he has another involvement with someone else.
so then I guess that means I need to leave him alone and not text him. He's involved with someone else and he will only ignore my text. this is so disappointing...I don't understand why my feelings for him haven't faded.
do you see anyone else coming into my life Captain?
Of course, if you are open to meeting someone new and don't cling to the past.
Please don't get offended, but why would I send a text to him if he's involved with someone? unless he got involved with her in the past week or so...I'm just a little confused...I'm not trying to belittle your talents or question your abilities...I'm just curious I guess.
What if I had text him, and he was already involved with with another woman? what would that have done for me?
The point of the text was to get honesty and clarity from him about how he feels about you. So that when he said no, you could move on and stop wasting your time on him. Because I'm not sure you will believe there is no chance unless he tells you himself.
I know I have some deep feelings for this guy, but sending him a text telling him how I feel only to get rejected seems like an awful thing to do to myself. to hurt myself so badly, only to go further deep into my pain that I already have. I'm not sure that it would have made me move on faster. you told me that I'm insecure, on another thread, and that I give out insecure vibes...dont you think that me actually finding the courage to send him a text finally, only to get rejected, make my insecurity worse?
Again, I'm not trying to belittle your talents....i'm just confused....please don't take offense.
Captain, I DO want to thank you for everything you've told me. I know I sound ungrateful, but I really am very happy and blessed by the fact that you took time to respond to me. I honestly am just frustrated and confused by my situation and the fact that I can't get over him. for some reason I felt such a strong connection, which clearly he didn't feel, and I don't know why I cannot get past him or why I cannot. I've met a few other guys, but for some reason, he's stuck in my heart. I just want you to know that I appreciate everything you do.
ScorpVirgo, what would you prefer - to go on wasting your life pining for a guy who doesn't want you or to find out the truth and be able to move on to find a real love? This romance has been all on your side - the guy just likes to flirt with you, as he does with other women. You are in love with a fantasy which is why you can't let go. You have blown it up in your mind until it seems so wonderful that you don't want to believe it's only a one-sided dream. But sooner or later, you are going to have to face reality. It's not this guy you want, but a perfect relationship. And there is no such thing as perfection in this world.
you're right. I do want the perfect relationship, and we got along so well that I thought he was it. I thought he was the one for me. he understood me so well and I thought we could be something wonderful. he had his flaws, as well as me, and we just "clicked". I want him because he's one of the only people who finally understood me. but at the same time, he doesn't want me and he does flirt with other women. that's something I have to understand and accept and get over it already. I don't know how to...that's the confusing part.
I have blown this out of proportion and I keep thinking that if we could start talking again, we could get into this wonderful relationship. when in reality, he doesn't want a relationship and I am living in a fantasy world. how do I fix this? where do I go from here?
You come down from your cloud and find something more real by learning how to ground yourself. Getting out into nature, eating grounding foods like potatoes and meat, listening to earthy music such as rock 'n roll or jazz are some of the ways to do it. Look up more grounding methods on the internet.
Could you tell me what my 2010-2011 year looks like? is anyone new coming into my life? what about my career? family?
Thank you so much Captain!


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10th Cancer Crosslinks: Precision Treatment Reviewed
For the tenth time the cancer experts gathered to share knowledge and ideas at Oslo Cancer Cluster Innovation Park. Cancer Crosslinks 2018 presented a diverse program covering themes from immuno-oncology to cachexia, to big data.
Cancer research is changing rapidly. Immunotherapy and precision medicine has revolutionized cancer treatment. This year's Cancer Crosslinks took a closer look at developments over the last decade, and highlighted "Precision Treatment: Exploiting Recent Advances – Fast and Furious?".
Weber Gazed into the Crystal Ball
The leading immunotherapy expert professor Jeffrey S. Weber visited Cancer Crosslinks for a second time. Weber has worked with immunotherapy for 30 years. He provided an overview on recent advances. He shared new data showing that the combination of a certain vaccine and a type of immunotherapy called Checkpoint inhibitors, are especially effective against cancer. He also gazed into the crystal ball and made predictions on the future of cancer treatment. Weber is optimistic and thinks there are several promising combinations of precision treatments on the horizon. He believes we can hope for a survival rate of 70-80 percent for people with certain cancers.
A Fiber Diet is Recommendable
Professor Laure Bindels from Belgium explored the theme of Microbiome, Cancer and Cachexia. Diet can be an important tool to fight cancer and cancer symptoms. Her research on mice indicates that changing to a fiber-rich diet can prevent undernourishment and increase the survival rate for cancer patients.
Hege Russnes and Anne Hansen Ree introduced us to the MetAction project where they conduct extended personal diagnostic testing to give cancer patients better and more effective treatment.
From the USA, we were introduced to precision treatment of gynecological cancer from Douglas A. Levine. He was followed by Professor Andreas Engert, who raised the hot topic of establishing joint European guidelines for treatment across Europe for hematological cancer.
A Big Maybe to Big Data
The last speakers of the day where Assistant Professor Marcela Maus from Harvard Medical School, and Elisabeth Wik and Marc Vaudel from the University of Bergen. Professor Maus explained the use of CAR T- cells in cancer treatment. CAR-T Cells are T-cells with modified receptors to make them more effective against certain diseases, in this case cancer.
Elisabeth Wik and Marc Vaudel, with backgrounds from cancer research and computer science, discussed the use of big data in cancer research and treatment. Will big data revolutionize cancer treatment? The answer is maybe. We don't know yet, it has potential. We need to continue exploration, research, and collaboration to find out.
Download the Presentations
For those of you who missed the event or would like to revisit:
You may watch most of the presentations here.
You can download presentations from the meeting here:
Opening and Welcome with Jutta Heix from Oslo Cancer Cluster and Anne Kjersti Fahlvik, Executive Director Innovation, The Norwegian Research Council.
Jeffrey S. Weber. Opening Keynote: Cancer Immunotherapy – The Journey So Far and Where We Are Heading.Jeffrey S. Weber, Professor, Deputy Director and Co-Director, Melanoma Program, Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, USA.
Laure Bindels. International Keynote: The Microbiome, Cancer and Cachexia.Laure Bindels, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
Hege G. Russnes and Anne Hansen Ree : From Feasibility to Utility in Precision Medicine – Experiences from the first Norwegian Study of NGS-Based Therapy Decisions in Advanced Cancer.Hege G. Russnes, Senior Consultant and Researcher, Oslo University Hospital, Norwegian Radium Hospital, NorwayAnne Hansen Ree, Professor, Akershus University Hospital, University of Oslo, Norway
Douglas A. Levine. International Keynote: Precision Medicine for Gynecologic Cancers – Opportunities and Obstacles.Douglas A. Levine, Professor, Director of Gynecologic Oncology, Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center & Head, Gynecology Research Laboratory, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, USA.
Andreas Engert. International Keynote: Roadmap for European Hematology Research and Hodgkin Lymphoma: (Immuno)therapy, Late Effects and the Way Forward.Andreas Engert, Professor for Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital of Cologne, Germany.
Marcela V. Maus. International Keynote: The Next Generation of Engineered T-cells for Immunotherapy of Hematological and Solid Tumors.Marcela V. Maus, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School & Director of Cellular Immunotherapy, Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
Marc Vaudel and Elisabeth Wik: Making Sense of Big Data for Oncology Patients – Vision and RealityMarc Vaudel, Center for Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital and KG Jebsen Center for Diabetes Research, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, NorwayElisabeth Wik, Centre for Cancer Biomarkers, University of Bergen and Department of Pathology, Haukeland University Hospital, Norway


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Worlds Apart, Book Two
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Spoilers ahead for How Much for Just the Planet?
Dilithium.
In crystalline form, the most valuable mineral in the galaxy. It powers the Federation's starships ... and the Klingon Empire's battlecruisers. Now on a small, out-of-the-way planet named Direidi, the greatest fortune in dilithium crystals ever seen has been found.
Under the terms of the Organian Peace Treaty, the planet will go to the side best able to develop the planet and its resources. Each side will contest the prize with the prime of its fleet. For the Federation--Captain James T. Kirk and the Starship Enterprise. For the Klingons--Captain Kaden Vestai-Opari and the Fire Blossom.
Only the Diredians are writing their own script for the contest--a script that propels the crew of the Enterprise into their strangest adventure yet!
Notable quote:
"Scott's eye was caught by an unusual constellation: a ring of stars haloing a distant peak. 'Look at that now. Doesn't it awe you a little? To think that there might be a higher power than us, arranging matters?'"
- Author John M. Ford and an interesting little "dig" at Paramount and its control over the Star Trek brand.
Here we come to one of the true conundrums of Star Trek fiction. How Much for Just the Planet? was written by John M. Ford, author of a previous classic novel, arguably the best novel in the entire Star Trek library: The Final Reflection. In that novel, Ford examined the Klingon culture and presented an Empire that was rich in history and depth. While not the same Klingons we would later encounter in modern incarnations of Trek, the Klingons as envisaged by Ford were fascinating to say the least. Many fans were interested in a sequel to that earlier novel. To that end, How Much for Just the Planet? was written.
However, How Much for Just the Planet? is most decidedly NOT a sequel to The Final Reflection, at least not in the sense that many readers would have expected. I get the feeling that readers of this novel either love it or hate it. Simply put, How Much for Just the Planet? is Star Trek done in the style of musical comedy. The sheer number of absurd elements that Ford was able to work into the novel is mind-boggling. Everything from a pie fight to a giant inflatable starship, from Vulcan milkshake mishaps to Gilbert and Sullivan musical numbers, all is explored at some point in the pages of this novel. I will admit to actual, out-loud laughter while waiting in an airport terminal and reading one passage in particular, this one involving a Klingon captain finding that his foot is stuck in a toilet. Yes. That happens.
While Star Trek has done broad humour before, How Much
for Just the Planet? is in a league all its own.
How Much for Just the Planet? plays with the reader's expectations about what Star Trek is and should be about. The text itself could be seen as somewhat subversive, and to that end, many fans I've talked to do not enjoy it. However, I cannot be counted among that number. I thoroughly enjoyed the novel, and while my knowledge of musical theater is limited, I still appreciated many of the references and spoofs contained in its pages. The events in the novel are nothing less than laugh-out-loud hilarious. A weaker writer would not be able to pull this off, but Ford's talents are such that the reader is all too happy to go along on the ride. Some would criticize this novel for being "unrealistic" or "absurd." Well, yes, it is both of those things. But it works brilliantly. If one is willing to give this book the benefit of the doubt, it is a hell of a lot of fun to read. While Star Trek has never been a stranger to absurd humour (see: "The Trouble With Tribbles," "A Piece of the Action," "I, Mudd," et al), How Much for Just the Planet? takes it to dizzying new heights. And those fans who are willing to accompany the author on this romp are rewarded for it. In fact, this novel has gained such a following that conventions have actually organized performances of some of the musical numbers! While I have never had the pleasure of seeing one performed, I can only imagine the sheer amount of enjoyment to be gained from such an event.
Based on a cursory sample of online comments and reviews, How Much for Just the Planet? is a novel that tends to polarize the fan-base. However, love it or hate it, this novel is extremely well-written, and while it may not be the sequel to The Final Reflection we would have loved to see, it is a riotously amazing, laugh-out-loud novel that was a true pleasure to read. While Mr. Ford may not have written the novel that many fans initially wanted to see, satisfaction can be gained by witnessing the resulting alternative. Ford is able to exercise his singular talent as an author able to challenge the expectations of his readers. As a bonus, we got an incredibly entertaining work of art out of the deal. I call that a win.
The text of this review has been altered to reflect the fact that I was mistaken about some earlier assumptions about this novel. I had assumed, based on reading online reviews and material concerning How Much for Just the Planet?, that Paramount had nixed the idea of a sequel to The Final Reflection due to artistic differences. However, thanks to guidance from Star Trek author Christopher L. Bennett, I have learned that this was not the case. My review has been edited to reflect that fact.
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Red Hippo: mama to a five month old.
admitted into the emergency room for a bad case of croup, where thy gave him a steroid to help the inflammation of his airway and a couple of breathing treatments. he is feeling much better this week (the steroid works for 8 days). as soon as his cough settled down, he started teething. oh, snap. he is in a lot of pain and sleeping terribly. he's sleeping so bad, in fact, that i have brought him into our bed the last couple of nights because he only sleeps well next to me. on top of the teething, his rolling over (which was so cool at first) is also keeping him awake. we put him to bed on his tummy (tsk tsk, said the doctor) and he rolls over on his back and won't fall asleep that way. i have started referring to him affectionately as the turtle because he looks just like a turtle turned on his back with legs and arms flailing in the air while he is squawking for his mama.
he has started to laugh and giggle at just about everything. he loves watching his brother, who is such a goofball as you all know. sailor and easton get along pretty well- with just a couple of hiccups every once in a while (sailor isn't fond of easton poking him in the eye, who can blame him?).
he weighs just under 13lbs, which i think is huge but according to the doctor he is in the 5%tile. why i have such tiny babies, i'll never know. sailor eats quite well after his afternoon nap, but it's almost impossible to get him to eat before noon. i think he might be one of those people who never eat breakfast when he's older. he just doesn't seem to have an appetite in the mornings. so, i pump.
i miss him dearly when i send him to day care two days a week, and always feel just a little guilty. i was with easton 100% of the time until after he turned seven months. i feel like sailor is getting the short end of the stick- but he's surviving and so am i.
i love my little guy so much. is it to early to want another one?!?! i'll have to convince tony first!


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Q: How to write a template function where its parameter type is required to be inheriting certain class Is it possible to declare a template function where a certain type is derived from let's say B?
My goal is to achieve something like this:
template<class T : std::ostream> void write(T os) {
    os << "...";
}

template<class T : std::string> void write(T s) {
   // ...
}

Edit: I know it is not a solid example since it is not usual to derive from a string, but note that it's just a example.
So any solution like a workaround is welcome, however I would like to be able to explicit instantiate the template functions.

A: Yes, using C++11 <type_traits> it can be achieved.
If you only have C++03, you can use Boost's <type_traits> instead.
template <typename T>
typename std::enable_if<std::is_base_of<std::ostream, T>::value>::type
write(T& os) {
}

A: Any object that derives from std::ostream can be used as parameter for
void write(std::ostream os) {
    os << "...";
}

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A trivia round-up for March 2017
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Our viewing habits remain the same. The quiz shows mentioned in last month's round-up of recent trivia are still on series record, and my children and I watch many of them together. "Pointless" has been part of our family viewing for many years, and now so is "The Chase". My 12-year-old son has recently become an enthusiastic watcher of "University Challenge" with me, and has become familiar with many of the contestants now that we are past the quarter-final stage. The current format of the show means that each of the last eight teams plays at least two (and sometimes three) quarter-finals, and they have all appeared in at least two earlier rounds to get to this stage. Wolfson College Cambridge are already in the final and Edinburgh will face Balliol College Oxford next Monday for the right to play them. Earlier in the quarter-finals Wolfson beat Balliol but lost to Edinburgh so whatever happens the final will be a re-match from a previous round.
Like many viewers I enjoy watching Eric Monkman, the Wolfson captain, and will be supporting his team in the final, whoever they're playing. As I wrote in this piece, Peterhouse Cambridge's victory in last year's final gave Cambridge three consecutive wins, the first time that any university has managed this. Four in a row would be even better.
During the last month's episodes of "University Challenge", "Only Connect", "The Chase", "Pointless", "Who Dares Wins" and even the odd 15-minute burst of "Fifteen to One" (it's back, I hadn't realized), there have been so many questions repeated across the different formats that I have lost count. Some years ago Jeremy Paxman asked a question about "a fictional family", describing their location and some of the things that had happened to them. Neither side buzzed in. The answer was "The Simpsons" and in giving the answer he said, "It's "The Simpsons". It's always "The Simpsons"!" There are other types of question where the same answers come up repeatedly. A question beginning, "Which Tsar …" will often be Nicholas II (last Russian Tsar, last of the Romanovs, Tsar at the time of the Russian Revolution, died in 1918). At least three times in recent weeks it has been the answer to a question on one of these quiz shows. I have turned to one or both of my children and said, echoing Jeremy Paxman, "It's Nicholas II. It's always Nicholas II!" If a question begins "What kind of creature is a …" the answer is usually a bird. It if begins "Which English painter …" it's usually JMW Turner.
In recent weeks there have been questions on episodes of "The Chase" and "Pointless", while the shows were being broadcast simultaneously on different channels, which had the same answers. One evening (okay, it was 15 March 2017, I made a note of it) the answer was "An Englishman in New York". In "The Chase" Bradley Walsh read out a line from the lyrics and asked the contestant to name the song, and in "Pointless" the question was about missing place-names: complete this 1987 song: "An Englishman in — —-" On another occasion Psy was the answer to a picture round in "Pointless" and the answer to the question "Who recorded "Gangnam Style?" on "The Chase".
Earlier this month I wrote a piece specifically about "Who Dares Wins", and how it makes me think in 15s (15 countries beginning with B, 15 Premiership football grounds and so on). Last Saturday there was a question about English pub names. (It was in an earlier round, where couples predict how many items in a list they can name; in the jackpot the contestants need to give 15 answers to win £50,000.) A couple believed that they could name 12 of the 246 most common pub names but came unstuck after two. The King's Head and the Queen Victoria were there but "The Duck and Hound" was not. Not for the first time I was shouting at the TV. "Duck and Hound? Duck and Hound? Really?" The list that they used came "from information provided to the show by The Campaign for Real Ale and What Pub". I can't find a list with 246 names, but this one, from pubsgalore.co.uk, has 252, so it must be similar. I knew that there are more Red Lions than any other pub, and knew that the White Hart was high up the list, but beyond that wasn't certain of what else was in the top 20. How many could you name? (And remember, the Duck and Hound is not one of them.)
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I also tried the new 11″ iPad Pro late last year and was really temped to find an excuse to keep it around, too. That little bit of extra screen size and the new design were both very attractive, but the simple fact is, the Pros are just too expensive to justify having two new ones. I just couldn't make that work.
This is what makes the new iPad Air an interesting proposition. It occupies a middle ground position in Apple's tablet lineup that used to be left to devices from previous years that were either marked down or put on close out. In fact, there really hasn't ever been a current year model that has occupied this spot before. There has been the iPad Mini and now the iPad at the low end, and the Air, Air 2 and then the Pros at the high end. So the middle is brand new ground for Apple tablets, in a sense.
Going back to this 11″ Pro comparison, while the bezels are obviously bigger and the screen a little smaller, the new Air actually has the same basic footprint as the next device up the ladder. In fact, as I type this article with a Bluetooth keyboard, I have the Air in the Pad and Quill Contega Thin Case for the 11″ Pro that I reviewed earlier this year. It was more challenging to line up the camera, but the iPad Air itself still fits this case just fine. So this device has the same attractive balance of size, weight and screen size that made the 10.5″ Pro, and now the 11″ Pro, strong sellers.
What really sets the Air apart is that it comes in with a more appealing price, as well. I will be honest, the only feature from the 10.5 that I reviewed in 2017 that really stood out is the four surround speakers. You notice that they are missing when you are listening to music or video. While I am sure an artist or an engineer who does draft work would notice the lack of ProMotion, I can't. Most everyday users likely won't be able to tell that difference, either. That is more of a specialty feature and someone who is looking for that level of tracking precision is likely going to go with an iPad Pro to get it, anyway.
So what stands out about the iPad Air? Very little, but that's actually a good thing. It brings enough of the features that made the 2017 iPad Pros great to not pale in comparison. There are no major negatives that come to mind from the concessions that were made to cut the price. While the missing speakers are noticeable, they are also forgivable at a lower price point. It will be interesting to see if there are limitations that come to light in the future because Apple went with the A12 rather than than the A12X. However, I am using multitasking and doing things I normally do on my 12.9″ Pro and I haven't run into major slowdowns or issues yet. I will be sure to note anything that does come to light over the coming days.
So far on day one, the Air seems perfectly suited to the position its been given by Apple. Because of that, I expect that it will put a major dent in iPad Pro sales this year. This device delivers enough for its $499 base price that most of the people who would have stepped up from the iPad to a Pro for some extra features will now settle for an Air. You know what- there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, either.
The iPad Pros are likely to become niche devices for those who need the more advanced features for work, or who are just interested in having the latest and greatest. I am always going to be in that group, but I still appreciate the iPad Air for what it is and how it will change the iPad market going forward. And who knows, maybe I will end up keeping this Air for the long term. I couldn't justify parting with $700 for a second iPad Pro, but for $499, I may be able to let my first gen iPad Pro go and keep this as our house device. I think it would fit that role very nicely.
I will keep reporting on both the new iPad Mini and the new iPad Air in the coming days as I get more familiar with both.


Jusy wanted to mention that my regular Computer magazine "Computeractive" has suggested that unless you require to use Port Forwarding on your router for games etc then it is advisible to turn both off on the Bt HomeHub.
Apparently rarely used, this protocol lets programs and devices bypass a routers security without you manually creating firewall rules. These days UPnP is more likely to be exploited by maleware to attack your home network or use your router as part of a botnet. So, although this is a personal option if you do not use UPnP, it is recommended by the experts to switch off.
Please note, I am only passing this information on within the forum. To switch off on a BT HomeHub go to advanced settings, firewall, UPnP and turn both off.


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Where Does Roma Stand in the Serie A Hierarchy?
Not an easy question to answer, but we sure seem to ask it a lot, don't we?
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I've told the story of how I became a Roma fan many times, but in sum, it was simply this: I didn't have any connection to the Premiership or any other league or club, but desperately wanted one, and as a generationally (or two) removed Italian, I was naturally drawn to Serie A. At the time, there was no top flight club in my provincial hometown in rural Abruzzi, so I chose Roma simply because it was the next, closest option. In hindsight, I was incredibly naive thinking "Well, Rome is one of the biggest and most famous cities in the world, so I'm sure Roma is one of the most powerful clubs in Italy."
While I wasn't completely off the mark, the fine margins that separates Roma from the traditional powers in Serie A turn into giant chasms when you follow the club as closely as we do. If I possessed the capability to be perfectly (and abjectly) objective, then being a Roma fan is a cool breeze: nice kits, decent players, fervent fan base and generally in the Champions League, what's there to worry about?
So, yes, in that regard, Roma are in fine shape, but here's the bitterly ironic twist: We gravitate to sports, in part, as a distraction from our real lives, and in doing so we naturally, and without really knowing or realizing it, project our hopes and ambitions, as well as our fears and anxieties, upon the club of our choice. So, in a sick sense, the vehicle that was meant to provide us solace is actually fraught with peril, particularly when it becomes your main means of escape.
Think about it for a second: what the hell do we care how a team spends its millions? What bearing does it have on our lives? Why do we care if Roma finishes second as opposed to third, what difference does it really make?
Well, as it turns out, quite a bit. When so much of your identity and so much of your mental and emotional energy is tied up in...in this entity, other's perceptions of your club, and its worth relative to similar entities, does matter, to the point that their well-being actually starts to affect yours. You wake up at all hours of the day to watch them, you sing their praises to others, you debate, you scream, you argue, you care.
It makes absolutely no fucking sense whatsoever, but we're all in this equally, which is precisely why we care so much how Roma stacks up to Juventus, to Inter, to Napoli to anyone, really.
So, with all that in mind, I thought we would (to the extent possible) figure out exactly where Roma falls in the Serie A hierarchy. Now, even without digging too deeply into this, we can safely say Roma are a top five club full stop, but where exactly they fall in that upper echelon is a source of great content. Certainly we can't use the nebulous concept of 'prestige' as a mile marker, but if we look at revenues and results over the past decade or so, the picture does become clearer.
While no one will ever mistake Roma for Barcelona or Real Madrid in terms of their ability to rake in the dough, the Giallorossi have consistently been among the twenty most valuable clubs over the past twenty years. Every February since 1997, the fine folks at Deloitte have issued the Deloitte Football Money League, which, as you probably guessed, ranks clubs based on their value, with respect to their matchday, commercial and broadcast revenue.
Over those twenty years, Roma has landed in the top 10 four times (fourth most among Italian teams), peaking at number eight in 2002. Forbes, who have publish a similar list, have placed Roma within the top 20 most valuable clubs in the world since 2007, peaking at number eleven in 2008, and currently check in at 16, the second highest among Italian clubs.
While that's all well and good, what really matters to the fans is the results on the pitch, and in that regard, Roma have been bested by only one club over the past decade:
Eterni secondi da 10 anni. Eterni quinti/sesti ogni estate. Numeri e sentenze da custodire. Buon Ferragosto pic.twitter.com/IATNEzhx4D
— Alessandro Austini (@aleaus81) August 15, 2018
I'm not sure why that graphic became blurry, but if you follow the link you'll see that Roma's 805 points over the past decade is second only to—surprise, surprise—Juventus. That's no small feat when you consider all that Roma was up against over that time: a litany of coaching changes, players coming and going, and hell, even the sale of the club. And while they slipped from that perch a few times over the past couple years, they've been the closest team to the Old Lady throughout their unprecedented run of success.
But what about now? On the precipice of a new season, where does Roma stand relative to her Italian compatriots?
Based on 538's Soccer Power Index, Roma are currently the 16th best squad in the world, though they trail Juventus, Napoli and Inter Milan among Serie A teams on that list, the methodology of which can be found here.
So, what does all this mean? Are Roma the second best club in Italy? Third? Fourth? None of the above?
Objectively speaking, and based on the data we just looked at, Roma have sort of outpunched their weight class, staying one step ahead of both Milan sides while constantly nipping (to an extent) at Juve's heels on the actual table. Despite not matching their financial clout, Roma has been able to hang with Italy's traditional superpowers (Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan) on the table over the past ten to twenty years. Yet that success on the pitch hasn't necessarily led to success in the books, as they've fallen below 15th on Deloitte's list every year since 2010, sinking down to 24th on the most recent list.
It's an odd hodge podge in many ways; thanks in large part to the sustained excellence of Francesco Totti and Daniele De Rossi, as well as a few shrewd purchases and coaching appointments along the way, Roma has remained among the top two to three teams on the table over the past ten years despite not having the same financial clout as their peers.
By any measure, objective or otherwise, Roma are easily one of the three to four biggest clubs in the league at any point in time, but their inability to bridge that gap, to climb out of that chasm, has left them at arm's lengths from being elite.
And sure, I haven't even really answered the question at the top of this post, but that's kinda the point: Roma always leaves you wanting more.


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