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Definition: tending to promote or encourage something to happen or exist--having the right conditions for something

Synonyms: favorable, contributive, leading, helpful, promotive, instrumental, expeditious

Antonyms: adverse, deleterious, hindering, unfavorable

Tips: If something is conducive to something else, it is helpful or beneficial in some way. For instance, the sunny weather may be conducive for a day at the beach.

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Exercising before bedtime is not conducive to sound sleep. (instrumental, helpful)

The relaxed atmosphere at the office was conducive to high spirits and good morale. (promotive, contributive)

My busy schedule is not conducive for taking a vacation at this time. (promotive, contributive)

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Monday, 28 December 2009

Blogging in 2009

Blogging is still a relatively new phenomena here in little old Jersey. It has been welcomed in some circles and frowned upon in others.
But there is no getting away from the fact that it is growing. Here at Team Voice, over the past year, we have seen our readership more than treble.

Senator Ben Shenton concedes “we are going to have to accommodate them” (Bloggers). How are you going to do this then Senator? Because web streaming of States meetings (as is currently being considered) is nothing short of “State controlled media” we have enough of that already, and that’s partly the reason Blogs exist in the first place. He also concedes “they are here to stay”….well he got that right!!

Because Jersey has no alternative “accredited” media - Blogs are filling a massive void. Blogs and Bloggers seem to be the only alternative to “the party line”.

2009 has seen the “accredited” media absolutely slate retired DCO Lenny Harper for his handling of the HDLG “historic” Child Abuse Investigation. An investigation where he has a 100% record of securing convictions against Child Abusers.

This - one could believe - is what helped put Jersey “Blogging” on the map.

Lenny Harper responded by submitting a 16,500 word, 31 page response with documented evidence “exclusively” to a Blogger. The Blogger - Senator Stuart Syvret - has seen his readership grow to almost a quarter of a million, which could be argued is a much bigger readership than ANY of our local “accredited” media.

Blogging, unfortunately for some, has got to be one of the fastest growing news outlets and can no longer be ignored by our “ruling elite” or our “accredited” press.

One of the only ways to slow down the growth of Blogsites here in Jersey is for the “accredited” press to stop towing the party line and start reporting all the “uncomfortable truths” and expose this Child Abuse Scandal, and many other things, for what they really are, don’t leave it for Bloggers to do.

Below is a short montage of some of our elected representative’s thoughts, or views, on Blogging…….What’s yours?

Tuesday, 22 December 2009

A year at the Helm.

2009 was a year that seen umpteen alleged child abusers escape facing a jury of their peers. It was also a year that saw history being made by protests being held, for the first time in eight hundred years, at the swearing in of the Balliff and Deputy Balliff.

A year that forced our most senior politician to flee the tyranny and oppression inflicted by our ruling elite. A year where retired DCO Lenny Harper “put the record straight” with an “exclusive” posting on a Blog rather than trusting our “accredited” media. A year where Gradwell was given a free reign by our “accredited” media to attack a fellow professional and expected us all to believe in tooth fairies.

Below is the first compilation of some the year’s events under the command of Captain Le Sueur, there will be more to come.

My thoughts and prayers are with all abuse survivors across the world and would like to remind our ruling elite and “accredited” media that Jersey’s Child abuse scandal, the illegal suspension of Chief Officer Graham Power, and all the other shenanigans that don’t make it in to the “accredited” media will be getting exposed by Bloggers……..Welcome to the 21st century!

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to one and all. 2010 promises to be an eventful year!

Carrie I believe some people are beyond forgiveness.

Thursday, 17 December 2009

It is such a shame that none of the 20 newly elected representatives took the opportunity to blow their trumpet, and as for CTV did anybody expect them to balance the Syvret interview?

Below is a set of statistics that show our ruling elite are not having an easy a time as they once enjoyed. This is partly thanks to the new incumbents but not exclusively, there are some hardened campaigners, like Deputy Bob Hill who has been bringing propositions, (16, including amendments this year) asking questions and campaigning for reform and Human Rights for the last 17 years or so.

1. Number of meeting days

TOTAL Ordinary business Ceremonial, etc.
2000 32 30 2
2001 37 34 3
2002 47 45 2
2003 37 36 1
2004 49 47 2
2005 49 48 1
2006 38 35 3
2007 45 44 1
2008 51 50 1
2009 60 59 0

2. Total sitting hours (including Liberation Day and other ceremonial)

2006 191 hours 05 minutes
2007 240 hours 49 minutes
2008 298 hours 50 minutes
2009 351 hours 2 minutes

3. Oral questions with notice answered during 90 minute/2 hour period

2009 2008
Economic Development 50 13
Chief Minister 46 21
Treasury and Resources 44 22
Home Affairs 40 27
Health and Social Services 36 16
Transport and Technical Services 23 28
Education, Sport and Culture 20 16
Social Security 17 24
Planning and Environment 17 17
Housing 14 10
H.M. Attorney General 13 3
Privileges and Procedures Committee 6 3
Comité des Connétables 6 1
Chairmen’s Committee 4 0
Economic Affairs Scrutiny Panel 1 0
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association 0 1
Total 337 202

In addition there were 51 oral questions with notice listed that were not reached during the 90 minute period allocated before September 2009 (no oral questions with notice remained unanswered after the period was increased to 2 hours)

4. Written questions

2009 2008
Treasury and Resources 65 34
Chief Minister 61 42
Transport and Technical Services 50 23
Social Security 43 28
Health and Social Services 42 18
Economic Development 38 35
Education, Sport and Culture 27 14
Planning and Environment 26 19
Home Affairs 22 23
Housing 14 22
HM Attorney General 13 2
Privileges and Procedures 8 11
Comité des Connétables 7 3
Chairmen’s Committee 2 0
Health, Soc. Sec. and Housing Scr. Panel 1 1
Environment Scrutiny Panel 0 2
Public Accounts Committee 0 1
Education and Home Affairs Scr. Panel 0 1
Commonwealth Parliamentary Assoc. 0 1
TOTAL 419 280

5. Public Business – number and type of propositions debated

2009 2008
Private members’ policy matters 44 31
Regulations 39 40
Appointments 32 18
Ministers’ policy matters 23 15
Laws 21 45
Legislative Acts (including Appointed Day Acts) 10 13
Standing Orders 3 3
Strategic Plan/Annual Business Plan/Budget 3 2
Scrutiny Panels policy matters 3 1
No confidence/dismissal/censure 1 3
PPC/Comité des Connétables policy matters 1 0
Petitions 1 0
Property matters 0 3
TOTAL 181 174

6. Public Business – time spent debating different types of proposition

2009 2008
Total time % of total time Total time % of total time
Private members’ policy matters 106h 46m 39.3% 60h 41m 26.3%
Annual Business Plan/Budget 74h 43m 27.5% 35h 22m 15.3%
Regulations 26h 54m 9.9% 26h 29m 11.5%
Laws 21h 53m 8.1% 39h 55m 17.3%
Ministers’ policy matters 16h 13m 6.0% 39h 44m 17.2%
PPC/Comité des Connétables policy matters 7h 39m 2.8% - -
Scrutiny Panels policy matters 6h 10m 2.3% 6h 32m 2.8%
Appointments 5h 23m 2.0% 3h 44m 1.6%
No confidence/dismissal/censure 3h 9m 1.2% 10h 44m 4.7%
Standing Orders 1h 52m 0.7% 2h 5m 0.9%
Legislative Acts (including Appt Day Acts) 0h 39m 0.2% 5h 8m 2.2%
Petitions 0h 6m 0.0% - -
Property matters - - 0h 5m 0.0%
Total Public Business 271h 27m 230h 29m

Monday, 7 December 2009

Further to our last Blog, Team Voice are very sad to report, despite being in contact with a few of the listed politicians, and despite being assured they will reply to the questionnaire, not one of them have.

This is most unfortunate because there are a number of them who work tirelessly for their constituents and for the greater good of the island. The questionnaire would have offered them the opportunity, not only to prove they are worth their money and seat, but also given them the opportunity to engage with the ever growing online community of voters.

For the rest it would have exposed them as bi-weekly 43 grand button pushers and they never were going to answer any questions, you the reader, can decide who falls in which camp!

Another update we are sorry, but not surprised, to report - is that of Channel Television and their interview with Senator Syvret in London where he was subject to a (Jersey style) “grilling” from Jess Dunsdon.

Regular readers will be aware we (Team Voice) were “holding judgement” as to whether it was a fair, impartial and objective interview. We suggested if there was a counter-balance interview subjecting either Magistrate Bridget Shaw, Attorney General Tim Le Coq, Advocate Stephen Baker, either of the Bailhache brothers, to a “Jersey style grilling” then it would appear fair, impartial and objective.

Team Voice have e-mailed Channel Television on two occasions asking them if they had any intention on interviewing any of the above and we reproduce the e-mails here.

Dear news @ channeltv.

As you will be aware, we at Team Voice, published a Blog covering the interview between Jess Dunsdon and Senator Syvret
here We are looking to do a follow up of this Blog.

Before we do this could you please advise us if you have any intentions of interviewing Bridget Shaw, Stephen Baker, William or Phillip Bailhache Tim Le Coq or anybody similar in order to give some balance to the Syvret interview?

Kind Regards.

Team Voice

|voiceforchildren voiceforchildren to news
show details Nov 23

Dear News.

Below is the e-mail sent to you on November the 19th. Unfortunately we have still not recieved a reply. Could you please inform us as to whether you are going to interview any of the key players mentioned or not.

If you have no intentions of interviewing any of them, then could you please explain the reason(s) for this?

Team Voice.

Unfortunately Channel Television have not replied so we are left believing the “Syvret interview” was a propaganda exercise which served our ruling elite’s purpose of telling the public how Senator Syvret is a naughty boy.

Come on Channel Television you’re “accredited” media aren’t you? We’re only asking for both sides of the story, in a word “Balance”.

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Victoria Beckham expecting baby No. 4

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Victoria Beckham. (AP)

A mere 10 days into the new year and already news of yet another pregnant celeb.

Victoria and David Beckham are expecting their fourth child sometime in the summer, according to news reports. Already parents to boys Brooklyn, 11, Romeo, 8, and Cruz, 5, the couple hasn't shared whether they are expecting a girl or a boy.

The former Spice Girl (Posh) and the soccer star married in 1999 and currently live in Los Angeles, where David Beckham plays for the L.A. Galaxy.

Victoria Beckham joins Jane Krakowski, Natalie Portman, Jennifer Connelly and former bandmate Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton in the ranks of celebs expecting in 2011.

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Last October, LU staff reported that Obamacare exchanges offered visitors an option to register to vote. Brian Cook, a spokesman for Medicare and Medicaid Services, was quoted as saying the exchanges were required to include that option under the 1993 National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).

But does that law also empower the exchanges to automatically register enrollees and, if so, as Democrats? That’s what happened to a La Mesa, Calif., couple. ABC News 10 reports that the couple, who asked not to be identified, received an envelope from Covered California, the state’s Obamacare exchange. Inside was a registration card pre-marked with an “x” in the box next to Democratic Party.

Howard PortnoyThe husband told reporters:

I’m an old guy and I never would have noticed it, except I have an accountant that notices every dot and dash on a piece of paper as a wife.

Covered California began mailing out voter registration cards to all enrollees last week after being threatened with a lawsuit by the League of Women Voters, Young Invincibles, other pro-Obamacare voting rights groups, and the ACLU. Their argument, presented in a

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Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) issued the following statement following the House of Representatives' passage of the fiscal cliff agreement that will permanently extend the middle class tax cuts, protecting American families and promoting economic growth:

"I am pleased that the House came together this evening to pass The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. While this bill is not perfect, it provides middle class families the certainty they need and deserve, while ensuring our economy continues on the road to recovery and our unemployment rate continues to decline.

"This legislation permanently extends the middle class tax cuts, ensuring more than 99 percent of Sacramento households and the vast majority of our small business owners do not face the daunting reality of paying thousands of dollars more in taxes in 2013. It also requires the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes, raising $620 billion in revenue. This revenue is a good first step as we continue to look for ways to responsibly reduce our deficit.

"In addition to extending the middle class tax cuts, The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 also extends tax credits that will benefit American families. Tonight's vote will ensure that two million people who have lost their jobs will not also lose their unemployment benefits by extending these benefits for another year. It also extends tax credits that families and students have come to rely on, including the Child Tax Credit, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the American Opportunity Tax Credit.

"I am also pleased that this legislation extends key renewable energy incentives, including the Production Tax Credit, a key incentive for developing renewable energy. The Sacramento region is increasingly known as the "Clean Tech Capitol,' and these renewable energy tax credits and business incentives will directly benefit our burgeoning clean tech industry.

"By delaying the indiscriminate sequestration cuts for two months this legislation also helps ensure that our country does not slip backwards into a recession. This is a move in the right direction but there is much more work to do. It is my hope that we can address these pressing issues in the new Congress without the political gamesmanship that brought us to the brink this evening."

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George W. Wood, Well Known Community Leader, Dies

George W. Wood III, M.D., died on March 27th, 2014, at Dirigo Pines Retirement Community in Orono.  George was 92 years old.

George was born in Macon, Georgia on December 5, 1921.  He was the only son and youngest of five children of attorney, George W. Wood Jr., and his wife, Daisy Sloan Hunter Wood. George attended public schools in Macon until his family moved to Coral Gables, Florida where his father continued his law practice.  George finished his early public school education in the Miami area, after which he attended the University of Florida, where he graduated in 1943.  He then headed north to New York City to pursue his medical degree at Cornell University Medical College, where he graduated in 1946.  While at Cornell, George met and fell in love with Adelle Sawyer, a young college graduate from Bouvé Boston School of Physical Education, which, at that time was associated with Tufts. Adelle was the Physical Education Director at the New York School of Nursing, which was affiliated with Cornell. George and Adelle married in 1944 in New York, and a year later they welcomed the first of their six children. After medical school, George and Adelle and their young family moved to Hartford, Connecticut, where, in the early 1950s, George completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Hartford Hospital with a specialty in lung diseases, specifically, tuberculosis.

 In 1952 George and Adelle moved their ever-growing family to Brewer where he set up his private practice in Internal Medicine. At the time, George was the only chest specialist in tuberculosis in Maine.  Over the next few years he participated in a significant evolution in the treatment of the disease, an evolution that resulted in the closure of most of the TB sanitariums in Maine. In 1955 George and Adelle moved their family again, this time to Adelle’s family home at 840 Broadway in Bangor. The home had been purchased by Adelle’s father, Haven Sawyer, in 1917.  The home at “840” became the center of the Wood family life and a hub of activity for extended family and friends for years to come.  It was here that George and Adelle raised and nurtured their children in the spirit of love, devotion, and commitment to family, to community, and service to others. They also instilled in them a strong work ethic, which came into play early on because there was a lot to take care of around their place, and who better able to handle the work than their six, strong able-bodied children!  In the early 1970s George and Adelle bought a cabin on the coast of Maine at Oak Point that became a summer gathering place for the Wood family and friends for many years.  To this day every summer Wood children, grandchildren, and their families get together at the cabin.

During their years in Bangor, George and Adelle became actively involved in many aspects of community life.  Adelle focused her attention on the Girl Scouts, the YWCA, and the Special Olympics, among many special interests. George focused his attention in other areas of the community:  he served on the Bangor Planning Board (1964-1966), the Bangor School Board (1966-1970: Chairman, 1967), and the Bangor City Council (1978-1981).  George and Adelle were strong supporters of music and the arts in Bangor, including the Bangor Symphony.  George served for many years on the Symphony Board and was President of the Board from 1985 to 1987. They were also strong supporters of their local church, All Souls Congregational Church.

During his years as a physician, George was very active in medical professional organizations, associations, and local hospitals. He served on the Executive Committee of Eastern Maine Medical Center and was President of Staff, 1959-1960.  He also served on the Executive Committee of St. Joseph Hospital and was Chief of Staff, 1970-1971. George was a member of the Maine Medical Association for many years in the 1960s and 1970s; he was President of the Association, 1972-1973.  He was a member of the Maine Delegation of the American Medical Association in the mid-1960s; he was Chairman of the New England Delegation of the AMA, 1970-1971. George served on the Board of Directors of the Maine Lung Association, 1957-1983; he served as President of the Board, 1962-1965.  He was also on the Board of Directors of the American Lung Association, 1973-1981. George was a founding member of the Maine Thoracic Society in 1955 and served as its President in 1957.

George was also very active on the political front. He served on the Republican State Committee from 1974 to 1978; he was a delegate to the Republican State Convention several years in the 60s and 70s. At the national level, George was a delegate from Maine and a member of the Platform Committee at the Republican National Convention in 1976.  And in 1982 George ran for the Maine State Senate.

In 1976, after 25+ years as an MD in the Bangor area, and guided by his interest in the health and well being of young people, George closed his private practice and accepted a position at the University of Maine Cutler Health Center where he served for the next ten years. He started as an Assistant Director, then became Associate Director, and finally became the Director of the Center, a position he held from 1980-1986.  During these years George and Adelle were strong supporters of many activities at the university including sports and the arts. In 1985 George began his many years of service on the Advisory Board of the Collins Center for the Arts. In 1986 George retired from the Health Center and from the practice of medicine, but he remained closely connected to medical and community affairs in Bangor and remained involved in activities at the university.  George was a Trustee of the University of Maine from 1987-1998.  Also after his retirement, George served on the Board of Directors for the Bangor Theological Seminary for several years starting in 1998.

In 1988 George’s beloved wife, Adelle, died.  A year or so later, George began seeing Nancy Nolde, widow of Dr. John Nolde, a professor at the University of Maine. In earlier years George and Adelle and John and Nancy travelled in the same circle of friends within the University of Maine system and at their nearby summer cottages at Oak Point. A couple of years after the deaths of their respective spouses, the friendship between George and Nancy blossomed into love, and they were married in December of 1990.  Nancy welcomed her new large family into her life and became affectionately called “Granncy” by the grandchildren.

George and Nancy took up residence in Orono where they were very actively involved in many aspects of life at the University of Maine.  Both were devoted to the academic, cultural, and athletic activities at the university, including the Hudson Museum, the University of Maine Foundation, the Black Bear Scholarship Fund, and the Collins Center for the Arts. In the early years of their marriage they traveled a great deal, often to visit Wood family members who lived far and wide in the U.S. And they spent many summers at their cottage on the coast of Maine. In 2003 George and Nancy moved to the Dirigo Pines Retirement Community in Orono where they remained until their respective deaths—Nancy died in April of 2013.

George is predeceased by his 1st  wife, Adelle, his 2nd wife, Nancy, and his grandson, Tod Schuetz.  George is survived by his six children and their families:  Winifred (Wink) Schuetz and husband, Chuck, their daughter, Christine, and her husband, Chris Hobbs;  Adelle (Dee) Gautschi and husband, David; their daughter, Heidi Gautschi, and her husband, Marc Dupont, and their daughter, Lola, and Dee and Dave’s other daughter, Lisa Gautschi; Katherine (Kate) Black and husband, Greg, and their daughter, Jenna; Beth Whitley and husband Michael; George (Woody) Wood IV and wife, Holly, and their sons, Geordie and Tyler; and Janet Menser and husband Mark; their son Luke and his wife Rachel and their son Sawyer; and Janet and Mark’s daughter, Michelle and her fiancé, Chris.

The Wood family would like to say a heartfelt thank you to all the wonderful staff at Dirigo Pines Retirement Community.  We especially appreciate their devotion and care of our father and Nancy during their time in Kenduskeag and for their ongoing love and dedicated attention to our father in the Arbor this last year. We would also like to give many thanks to the folks at New England Home Health and to the staff at New Hope Hospice for their care for our Dad.

A Memorial Service will be held 1:00 p.m. Friday, April 4th at All Souls Congregational Church, 10 Broadway, Bangor with the Rev. Dr. James L. Haddix, pastor and teacher, and the Rev. Joan Jordan Grant, officiating. The family invites relatives and friends to a reception at the church following the service.

Those who wish to remember George in a special way may make gifts in his memory to the University of Maine Foundation, Two Alumni Place, Orono, Maine, 04469 or to the Bangor Symphony, 891 Broadway, Bangor, Maine, 04401.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

October offering...

The Witch
Cameron 11/27/2011

She appears this time of year,
Hanging from porches and
October trees…
Seen on the faces of children
In cackling masks.
Where did she come from?
What was her form?

Tortured body
Bent over, twisted, grotesque,
Broken bones, shattered ribs,
Teeth missing,
Face green with bruises,
Swollen with blows,
Fingers smashed into claws
Clutching, desperate…

Draped in cloth soaked black with pitch
Stinking, bitter mercy
This crone of sixteen
Or twenty-two
Or forty-five,
Or sixty-five
Or eighty,
Riding the rumbling carts
Over rutted roads
Between jeering crowds
To the approaching fires,
For her “crime”
(Ultimate victim blame).
Only in the end rising free,
A dark black Phoenix
Of ash and smoke
Flying away on the wind of the world.

And today’s  autumn wind tugs this night
On fire proof black synthetics
And green plastic masks,
As children wear her form,
 Threaten tricks,
Seek treats,
 To the wind calling low
“Never again!”

  1. Whoa. That's powerful, love. Thank you for writing it. Love the movement and the power of imagery.

  2. I got to thinking about just *where* did the classic image of the Halloween Witch come from - green mishappen face, bent over form, clawed hands, black clothing...and it hit me that during the Burning Times in Europe when they hunted so called witches, what people saw was the end result after torture on the way to the pyre...the poem basically wrote itself after that.

  3. My friend Skeptic attempted to comment and was prevented from doing so by computer issues - she emailed me the comment instead, so I am including it here....

    Sorry I can't post to your blog!
    Anyhoo--here's what I would've posted about your poem, which inspired me to write
    one of my own--

    When it's time for witches, zombies and monsters,
    Hallow's masks must gaze back with remonstrance
    At teen terrorists, rich bitches,
    crackheads, morons, politicians;
    Real bugbears to those of good conscience.

    I always thought that people liked Halloween because it gave them a chance to be something different from themselves. Never realised till I read your poem that it actually gives them a chance to be something BETTER than themselves.
    Thanks for stirring the sediment--

  4. My friend Jay, also having computer issues, graciously sent me a comment on this poem and ask that I include it for her. Thanks Jay!

    Powerful poem. I wonder that I have never fully thought about where our Halloween image of the witch actually comes from. It is shocking to think of the broken damaged 16 year old as well as the broken damged elders that we usually associate with witchery. I recently corresponded with another friend about the horrific images of the Inquisition, how they bring us up short in our thinking about what it is to be human, what we are capable of doing to one another—that deep isolated and cruel darkness that must be part of human nature itself—it shows up so often and in so many contexts, sometimes in group actions and sometimes expressed in solitary viciousness. Again, powerful poem and closing image. I love bonfires myself, but they are reminders, aren’t they?


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"And I stood among strangers"--John Lemuel Stetson and the 59th NY in the West Woods

Traveling north from Sharpsburg along Route 65 you eventually come across a series of roadside markers on the right leading up to the 15th Massachusetts Monument. Before the markers, however, is an often overlooked memorial to John L. Stetson.

The monument, often mistaken for a tombstone, reads: "Here fell in the foremost of the advance of Sumner's Second Corps John Lemuel Stetson of Plattsburgh, N.Y. Lieut. Col. of the 59th New York 1862 - Volunteers - 1919." The year 1919 is the year the monument was placed by his family.

John Lemuel Stetson (March 8, 1832-September 17, 1862) was the son of Lemuel Stetson, an attorney, an Essex and Clinton County judge, and sometimes politician who served in the NY state assembly and in the 28th U.S. Congress (mid-1840s).

John married in 1856 Lucy Maria Platt (1835-1860) the great great grandaughter of the founder of Plattsburgh, Zephaniah. The photograph to the right was taken of the Stetsons in 1857. The couple set up their home and he his law practice in Plattsburgh. Maria died in February 1860 leaving no children.

With the outbreak of war, John helped raise the 59th New York and was commissioned as its Lieutenant-Colonel. The unit saw little action leading up to Antietam and spent most of its time on garrison duty in and around Washington.

In the days following the battle, families both north and south received telegrams telling of a son or husband's fate on September 17. Some received the news through the local newspaper's listing of the dead and wounded. If the family had the means, a father, mother, wife, or son traveled to Sharpsburg to their loved one. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., the father of Captain Oliver Wendell Holmes of the 20th Massachusetts (The Harvard Regiment), journeyed from Boston to Sharpsburg in search of his wounded son--he had received a telegram early on the 18th sent by Lt. Col. and Quartermaster W.G. LeDuc. The senior Holmes published an account of his journey in the Atlantic Monthly ("My Hunt After the Captain") and it represents the experience of those who hurried to the field to recover their own. While Holmes eventually reunited with his wounded son, Lemuel did not have as happy an outcome. What follows is a transcription of a remarkable letter Lemuel wrote to a friend and then published in the Albany Atlas & Argus of October 2, 1862 describing his journey and its sad ending. John Lemuel Stetson was the second son he had buried in the course of the then short war.

"Baltimore, September, 27, 1862.

Dear Sir:

I left Albany on the evening of the 19th quite abruptly and without seeing you as I desired. I had just seen my son's name, John L. Stetson, Lieut. Col. of the 59th, in the Journal's list of the casualties of the battle of Antietam; but it did not state whether killed or only wounded, and of course I went forward under anxious suspense. Arriving here the following afternoon I found at the U.S. Hospital two wounded privates of the 59th, just brought in from the battlefield. They left me little to hope; they reported him killed upon the field. I pursued my journey with many others, principally from Massachusetts and Rhode Island, who were equally anxious. We went by a special train to Frederick, and then via Middletown, Boonesboro, and Keedysville, by wagons and ambulances. At the latter place I came upon the hospital of Sedgwick's Division and found there a large number of wounded officers and men of the 59th. They confirmed the previous report. The Lieutenant Colonel was shot from his horse, in the heat of the action, at nine and a half o'clock A.M., Wednesday, the 17th of Sept. He was struck by a Minnie ball, in front, just below the pit of the stomach. The 59th stood in the center of Dana's Brigade; the 42nd N.Y. and the 7th Michigan being on the left, and the 19th and 20th Mass. on the right. They had pushed up the west bank of the Antietam two miles from Keedysville, crossed the turnpike leading from Sharpsburg to Hagerstown a mile and a quarter north of Sharpsburg, and entered the oak openings to the west of a broad cultivated filed a little way north of the Dunkard's Meeting House. They entered the forest under the direct order of Gen. Sumner, upon the doublequick. As they left the clear ground they passed a crest running north and south to which point they had been all the way ascending from the Antietam. This crest had protected them from the shot of the enemy--concealed by the forest to the west--while they were in the cleared field, except from shells thrown over the forest. Entering the forest the land descended considerably to the west, and then formed a plain some forty rods in width to the edge of the oak openings on the west side of the forest. This plain, however, was undulating and formed into gently rising mounds. At the edge (west) limestone rocks cropped out on the same level with the plain, and along this was a gully or ravine some six or eight feet deep, forming an impregnable line of defence for the rebels. From this ravine or natural wall or ditch, the land rose sharply to the west for half a mile, and upon this eminence the Confederates had planted batteries which raked the plain over the heads of their own men concealed behind the abrupt line of limestone ledge. Dana's Brigade, brought to the centre of the oak openings, received the double fire of cannon shot and small arms. But this was not all; the Divisions were not closed on the South, and the Confederates entering the opening flanked the Brigade as they stood exposed to the terrific cross-fire. The 7th Michigan and the [42nd N.Y.] {1} were turned, and General Sumner, ordered the line to fall back, which they did by moving hurriedly to the north upon their own line, under the pressure of the flank attack upon the left.

"The position of Lieut. Col. Stetson was at the right of his regiment, and as the men fell back to the point he changed front to the South, and earnestly stimulated the men to rally upon their colors. It was here that he received the fatal shot. He fell, and his horse galloped from the field. The Confederates occupied the spot until the following Friday morning, when the threatened pressure upon other parts of their line forced them to abandon this, the only point in the field from which they had been directly forced. Then the body of the Lieut. Col. was recovered, and was immediately interred, under the advice of Dr. Burr, the surgeon of the regiment.

"The rebels had rifled his pockets and turned them inside out. They had taken his hat and boots. But a Rebel Major returned his wallet, marked with his name and residence, to Lieut. Rosa, of the 59th regiment, lying wounded upon the same field, saying that it contained nothing of value which they wished to keep. They had emptied it of everything but Confederate notes, which had been procured near Richmond, and held as curiosities. Lieut. Rosa gave the wallet to Captain Lyne, and then died of his wound, and Captain Lyne placed the wallet in my possession.

"They buried the Lieutenant Colonel on the spot where he fell, upon a gently rising mound. Two trees stand to the west of the grave, the one, three paces from the head, and the other a like distance from the foot. The trees are scarred by shot, and the one at the south has three fresh hacks on the east side. Eight feet east of the grave lies and oak top, felled by a cannon shot. To the southwest and close upon the two oaks, the mound is skirted with several clusters (5) of dark brown moss covered limestone rocks, that crop out from one to four feet. Directly south on the next gentle mound or swell, is a long line of fresh earth; it covers the remains of the gallant men of the 59th, who perished in the same conflict. They were collected an interred by the burial party of the regiment, on Saturday. The forest is so open that you may drive a carriage almost in any direction; but the oaks are nearly every one marked with bullets, grape, cannon shot or shell. On some I counted over a dozen bullet marks. The marks upon the trees are so thick that it is wonderful that any one could have stood there in the conflict unharmed.

"I found the burial rude and imperfect, like all soldiers' graves upon the field. On Tuesday morning I returned from Sharpsburg with a burial party, and had a wall twenty inches high built around the grave, close to the vault. This was filled with fresh earth and raised above the wall, and completed in the usual form. Then along the sides to the crest I laid slabs of dark brown limestone, at at the head and foot stand heavy stones trenched into the ground. Over the whole I lad green boughs cut from the top of the white oaks felled by the cannon shot, nearby. The duty was ended; the burial was complete--complete as might be under an exigency, which cannot be understood without too long an explanation--and I stood among strangers,--the rank and file of the army,--to make my grateful heartfelt acknowledgments for their kind assistance.

"But you may in all times of affliction rely upon the the human and generous sympathy of the common soldiers. They have a respect for grief, and feel sympathy by instinct. I thank them again, one and all, for their kindness. The burial place and the field of battle at that point are owned by Colonel Miller, of Sharpsburg, now in the seventieth year of his age. He was a Captain in the war of 1812, in the 2nd Regiment Maryland Militia, and second under Colonel Richard K. Heath. I called upon him and received his own as well as the lively sympathies of his amiable family. His is a spirit of undoubted loyalty to the Union; and, I will say here that, I did not anywhere in all my journey and intercourse with citizens, from Baltimore to Harper's Ferry, meet any expressions or manifestations of feeling except of earnest loyalty. I have fixed your attention upon mine and myself--it was due to the occasion; but I do not desire you to think, that amidst my own profound grief, I was unmindful of the sufferings that everywhere, clustered along my path in the track of the army. I threaded the hospitals from Baltimore to Sharpsburg in search of a particular fact and the horrors that met my startled vision everywhere as I progressed were too appalling ever to be forgotten. Every church was a hospital. Private houses and barns were converted to the same use. Hundreds lay quietly upon the same church floor. The horror was not from any screeching or other manifestation of bodily pain. The wounded were without a solitary exception quiet and resigned. But it seemed that I had arrived among a race of men fashioned unlike the rest of mankind,--men with only one arm--men with only one leg--men with no arms--men with no legs--men with bodies otherwise disfigured, and yet men who talked and cheered, smiled and thanked God that it was no worse with them. Then again, in the vestibule of the church lay a naked body of a young man of exquisite form slightly covered with movable drapery. One large red dot in the breast marked the entry of the Minnie ball, another smaller one near it marked a slight bayonet wound, and the half closed eye and oppressed respiration told the beholder that his relief was nigh, and they he had given to the cause of the Union--all that a man could give--his life. I do not conjure up figures, I describe positive facts, unwelcome as they may be to the sensibilities of readers in the vale of comparative peace and happiness in the Northern States. Can you not see that when there are 10,000 killed and wounded, that there must be among the surviving sources of suffering and misery indescribable--not merely to themselves, but to anxious near relatives and friends?

"But I am departing from my purpose--the curse of mankind--war, is upon us; and yet it is only by war--vigorous, earnest, resolute war to the knife,--war in the minds and hearts of our people at home, as we see and feel the horrors of the front, and in the track of battle, that can save our nationality and preserve to us, or recover for us, the decent respect of mankind.

"From Sharpsburg, I returned by the way of Harper's Ferry, staying two nights on the crest of Bolivar Heights in Virginia, Sumner's Camp. The rebel pickets were two miles to the west. To get into camp I was forced to ford the Potomac, by the stupid driving of a full-blooded contraband. He did not know how to manage six mules with a single ribbon. He shut his eyes, threw up the rein, yelled and let the mules have their own way; they went wild and stuck fast against a heavy wagon loaded with part of a pontoon bridge. He lost his position in line of transportation, and wagons and artillery swept by for an hour. To extricate myself I took off my boots, put my sox in my pocket, rolled my pants up to my knees and took to the water. The water was warm and agreeable but the sharp stones in the bed of the river hurt my feet, but I had to bear it, for no teamster would take pity on me. I asked the passing artillery to let me mount a cannon, and offered money, but no, it was against orders,--red tape prevailed. I got three-fourths of the way over, and stopped on an island of small boulders, made by the low water, when a fine looking officer of the artillery recognized me, and asked if I could ride. I replied that I could ride better than I could swim or wade. He dismounted the private from a fine supernumery artillery horse, and I sprang into the saddle with the renewed horsemanship of youth and rode into camp at the very elevated Bolivar Heights with the pride and dash of a cavalry officer. My deliverer was Lieutenant Egan, of Rickett's Battery, a cadet of the last class at West Point--a native of my own village, a generous, whole-souled Irishman--a gentleman, soldier and humanitarian. I dined with his mess; and thanking him for his humanity, hope he will soon recover from fever and ague. Recovering the horse and accoutrements of my deceased son, I returned to this place last evening by train from Sandy Hook, one mile below Harper's Ferry. Some days may elapse before I can return North.

"The conduct of Colonel Tidball, and Major Northedge, of the 59th, is described as gallant and resolute in the action of the 17th. The regiment went into action with less than 400 men. It lost in killed 47; wounded 143; 13 of 21 officers were killed or wounded.

Respectfully yours, L. Stetson."

Stetson Kindred of America, Account of Second Reunion and Other Data, (n.p., n.d.); Brian Downey's Antietam on the Web at (blog entry); Freepages Genealogy (listing for Riverside Cemetery); Touched with Fire: Civil War Letters and Diary of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., ed. by Mark De Wolfe Howe (NY: Fordham University Press, 2000), p. 65-66 notes; Freepages Genealogy (; Maj. William Glidden (Ret), letter to the editor, Albany Times Union (September 20, 2009. Retrieved 11/11/09 at; photo John Stetson from Antietam National Battlefield Library.

{1} In article, "62nd N.Y." The 42nd New York was on the right of the 7th Michigan.

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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Hollie Has Done It Again!!

There are a lot of things I like about being on the Holliewood Studios Creative Team but the best thing is being surrounded by amazingly talented women including one of the best designers out there, Hollie Haradon.  Believe me when I tell you that I wait with eager anticipation for each new kit that Hollie releases because every one of them is stunning.  Stunning!  Her latest offering is no exception:  Teddy Bear Tea Party

Here are a couple of images that I created with this kit but if you really want to see talent head on over to DeviantScrap and take a look in the gallery!

  1. Holy cow, those digital scrap kits are AMAZING! Would never have found that site on my own, so thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

  2. Absolutely adorable, Amy! There's a soft spot in my heart for bears -- it's my husband's nickname!!! Hugs, Terri xoxo

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Speaking professionally–or not

I used the line”Rehearsals for retirement” (modified to say [semi-]retirement and with credit to Phil Ochs) in a Bibs & Blather essay a little while ago…well, OK, actually it was more than three years ago, in the June 2010 Cites & Insights.

This post isn’t another in that extremely intermittent series. Or maybe, in a way, it is.

While I’ve never been on the speaking circuit–quite deliberately–I have done a reasonable number of speeches and perhaps an unreasonable number of keynotes in the past. Without including the same speech (or what was billed as the same speech) given more than once (which has happened three or four times, always by request), it appears that I’ve done 129 speeches, including 39 keynotes. Of those 129 speeches, 115 (89%) were invited.

Clarification: I’d regard the speaking circuit as involving at least one of three elements and probably at least two: Submitting proposals to speak, which I’ve only done once (and that by request of a publisher); Being willing to speak as often as the arrangements are feasible (there were at least two years in which I turned down invitations because I’d hit the eight-trips-a-year limit I’d set for myself); Giving the same–or essentially the same–speech on several occasions (which, as noted, has happened only three or four times).

I’m not putting down any of those practices. They just haven’t been what I’ve done.

If you’re curious, the peak came in 1996, with 13 speeches (all invited), although I was at my self-imposed trip limit in 1993 and 1995 through 1998.

I’ve spoken on a wide range of topics. I’ve had the fortune to speak at and attend state library conferences in roughly half* the states (which is always a pleasure), and I’ve spoken in two Canadian provinces and twice in Australia. (“And attend”: My practice was and is to attend as much of the conference as possible.)

I’ve almost always enjoyed it–I can remember three bad experiences, which is a pretty decent record. (That’s my bad experiences; I can’t say how audiences felt, but I’d guess I had reasonably good word of mouth in the 1990s, given that I had more invitations after I was LITA VP/President/Past-president than before or during that period.)

The three bad experiences: Once I came down with food poisoning on the first day of a conference and spoke the second day, unexpectedly facing very bright TV-filming lights. I was babbling for the first five minutes. I know: They sent me the video. Another time I flew down to Southern California, a one-day trip, to do a luncheon speech, where my primary requirement had been “a podium or table for my notes.” There was none, so I was holding notes in one hand while trying to speak. I honestly should have walked out. The third time was a combination of a speaking format I didn’t care for and felt was more of a stunt than an informative event and loads of hassles in arrangements before and during the conference. In any case, three out of 129 is pretty good. I won’t even attempt to name the best experiences, although VALA, PUBRAISS, OLA (Ontario), BCLA, TxLA and AkLA (and WisLA and WaLA and several MLAs and…) are among the many highlights.

All of which is prelude.

I was just updating my vita, speaking notes and primary web page–the vita because it gets outdated easily, the other two because why not? {Caution: The vita is a 29-page PDF. Sorry about that.]

And thinking about whether I want to speak in the future.

The answer is yes. And no.

  • I love state library conferences and library conferences in general (with one exception, and it notably doesn’t have “library” in the name).
  • While I’m an introvert, I’m not antisocial, and I enjoy going to other programs and (within reason) social events at conferences.
  • I believe I still have things to say that are worth hearing–otherwise, I wouldn’t still be writing books.
  • We haven’t been traveling lately, so it’s a way to travel.
  • If your association concludes that I can offer perspectives that you wouldn’t otherwise get, I’d be delighted to discuss a possible speech.

Maybe not

  • There’s a lot to be said for hearing from people who are actually out there doing things.
  • There’s a lot to be said for hearing from younger librarians and library professionals. (Of course, when compared to me 90% or more of the field is younger, but there’s also a lot to be said for hearing from librarians and library professionals in their late 20s, 30s and early 40s, as well as for the more experienced folks who aren’t yet at retirement age.)
  • There’s a lot to be said–for some conferences–for hearing from a more diverse set of speakers, including hearing from more of the outstanding women in the field.
  • There’s a lot to be said for hearing from people who haven’t been heard from as often.
  • If you feel high-powered PowerPoint/Prezi presentations are essential, I’m not your speaker.
  • If you want absolute assurance about the future or punditry of a high order, I’m not your speaker.
  • If you want to be dazzled with infographics, you probably already know I’m not your speaker.

If there are groups who really do want to hear from me, and the arrangements make sense, I’m still interested.

And if there aren’t, that’s OK too. If I had to choose between Walt Crawford and [Jenica Rogers|Dorothea Salo|Jon Dupuis|Meredith Farkas|Laura Crossett|…] on a topic or for a situation either of them could handle well, I know which way I’d go.

*Added a bit later on October 11: I added a comment on the Friendfeed automatic posting of the title of this post, namely “Or “Why I might never be at NjLA–the most populous state I haven’t spoken in–and that’s OK.” To which Joe Kraus responded “NJ is not OK, not even close geographically”–which is very clever. Except that it led me to check the states I have and haven’t spoken in, and it turns out OK is close to NJ in one respect: It’s the next-most-populous state I haven’t spoken in [yet]. It appears that I’ve spoken in 29 of the 50 states and DC, including all but three states with at least three million people (Iowa’s the third).

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MUSIC:  Acoustic folk, pop and country guitar and vocal duo – Mary and Dick Dale performances feature a gentle mix of acoustic guitar and amazing vocals. Featured artists covered include: Bonnie Raitt; Trisha Yearwood; Adele; Kate Wolf; Neil Young; Stevie Nicks; Karla Bonoff; Judy Collins and many more. They play at small venues, clubs, restaurants, farmers markets, concerts and private parties.


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Dr. Nicolas Cowan, Northwestern University – Heat and Tidally-Locked Planets

Sep 30, 2013

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Nicolas Cowan of Northwestern University explains how cloud cover moderates the temperature of tidally-locked exoplanets orbiting red dwarf starts.

Nicolas Cowan is a research assistant professor in the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics at Northwestern University where his research is focused on understanding the climate of exoplanets. His research projects involve creating maps of distant planets by monitoring their brightness and color change.  He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Washington.

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Dr. Nicolas Cowan – Heat and Tidally-Locked Planets

Most of the stars in the Milky Way galaxy are smaller and redder than the Sun.  Data from NASA's Kepler mission indicate that rocky planets orbiting such "red dwarfs" are ubiquitous.  A planet orbiting a red dwarf must huddle close to its host star to gather as much sunlight as Earth receives from the Sun.  The tidal forces exerted on a close-in planet are huge, so shortly after formation it will become tidally locked, with one hemisphere always facing its red dwarf host, and the other in perpetual night.

How close could a tidally locked planet orbit to its host star without boiling away its oceans?  We tackled this question with a three-dimensional global climate model, the same kind used for predicting climate change on Earth.  We found that tidally locked planets receiving a lot of sunlight from their star tend to be cloudier and hence nearly as cool as planets receiving modest sunlight.  Most of the day-side of such a planet is covered in thick clouds like the ones found in Earth's tropics.  The clouds are highly reflective, which keeps the planet cool.

Seen from far away in the thermal infrared, the day-side of such a planet would look downright frigid.  Instead of seeing the room-temperature surface, you would see the cloud tops, which are about as high and cold as the summit of Mount Everest.  The cloud-free night-side of the planet, on the other hand, would appear warm. The James Webb Space Telescope, which NASA plans to launch in 2018, will monitor the thermal radiation from rocky planets orbiting nearby red dwarfs. If a planet appears to have a cold day-side and warm night-side, we will infer that it has a cloud shield and hence liquid water at the surface.

Production support for the Academic Minute comes from Newman’s Own, giving all profits to charity and pursuing the common good for over 30 years, and from Mount Holyoke College.


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Katheryn L. ‘Kate’ Burgess, 93

Katheryn L. ‘Kate’ Burgess, 93, a resident of Perry Township, crossed over to heaven with her loving children beside her on Jan. 1, 2014, at St. Rita’s Medical Center.
Kate was born on Sept. 25, 1920, in Van Wert, and graduated from Ridge High School. She held a teaching degree from Ohio Northern University and was a member of Alpha Delta Kappa. Children and teaching were two of her many passions and she enjoyed 20 rewarding years as a teacher; one year with the Perry School and the remaining 19 years as a teacher at Cridersville Elementary School.
In 1976, Kate was selected as the Outstanding Leader in Elementary and Secondary Education for the Wapakoneta City Schools.

Kate wholeheartedly lived her life and was an active member of Perry United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday School for over 50 years, and was president and treasurer for the United Methodist Women. She was a 4-H advisor for Perry Homemakers, a member of the Farmer’s Bureau in Grange, Ohio, a member of the Retired Teachers Association and Perry Township Historical Society. She also sang at nursing homes with the Bells and Bows.
She was proud to be the only girl of six brothers born to the late Darrel Elza and Chloe Pearl (Webb) Prior. Kate married John ‘Howard’ Burgess on July 29, 1939, and for over 68 years they cultivated their love for God, their farmland and family together.

Kate will forever be remembered and cherished by those that were fortunate to know and love her.
Her legacy lives in her children, Joyce (Ronald) Camper, John (Rose) Burgess and Faye (Phil) Fletcher, all of Lima. Her grandchildren: Mark Camper, Kim Rowland, Rick (Deb) Camper, Lisa (Denny) Gross, Connie (Rusty) Rush, Chris (LouAnn) Burgess, Brandon (Amanda) Burgess, Rob Fletcher, John Fletcher and Justen Fletcher, all of Lima, and Lura (Jeff) Sandy of Hilliard. She is also survived by 19 great—grandchildren, 14 great—great—grandchildren, brother Richard (Jane) Prior of Palm Springs, Calif., sister-in-laws, Dortha Prior of Van Wert and Helaine Prior of Indian lake, and brother-in-law Robert (Ruth) Burgess of Lima.
She was preceded in death by her husband John Howard Burgess, who died on June 24, 2006, and siblings: Henry (Wanda) Prior, Herbert (Loralie) Prior, Darrell Prior, Jr., John (Barb) Prior, Raymond Prior and her late husband’s sister, Anna Mary (Wilson) Naas.

Kate lived her life for God, cherished her family and had the highest respect for her country and servicemen/women. She loved laughing, playing cards, fishing, gardening, cooking, watching hummingbirds from her kitchen window and spending precious time with her family and friends.
The ladies of the family will long remember the treasured times of the yearly slumber parties and tea parties. Many generations of children from Perry Township will remember her for dressing up on Halloween and passing out homemade popcorn balls. Kate touched the lives of many people and she found great happiness in the simple moments in life.

A funeral service will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday at Perry United Methodist Church, with Pastor Alex Wiles and Pastor Dave Burkhart officiating. Burial will follow in Fairmount Cemetery, north of Uniopolis.
The family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. on Friday at Bayliff & Son Funeral Home, in Cridersville, and an hour prior to services at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to Perry United Methodist Church, 3250 E. Breese Road, in Lima, 45806.
Condolences may be shared at www.Bayliff AndSon.com


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Monday, December 7, 2015

From Pearl to Surigao

Some of you might remember a dream project that I conjured up almost a year ago at this time.

The basic concept was to show two very different time periods in the life of the USS West Virginia, which was one of the ships heavily damaged on December 7, 1941.

I want to have a rotating display which will show two different versions of the West Virginia.  One of these will illustrate the immediate aftermath of the attack:

I want to show the transformation of the burned out hulk of this wounded warship into something entirely new.

This is the reconstructed West Virginia.

A stunning difference... from an antiquated "Dreadnought" warship with open mount and casemated 5 inch guns to a vessel which participated in many significant late war actions.

These elevation drawings also show the dramatic transformation that I look forward to rendering in 1/700 scale!!   You can really see the layout of the secondary armament, the lack of AA, the ancient masts and funnels.

I cannot wait to see the two kits side by side.

That moment is here!!  I was finally able to secure both the pre war and reconstructed versions.

As my extreme good fortune would have it, both kits are from the same company, Trumpeter Models.

Better yet, these are of very high quality (more so than many kits I have seen), but not so incredibly expensive.  I had been seeing some prices as high as $120 for a single kit.

This is the late war version of the West Virginia which I will show participating in the Battle of Surigao Straight.

The size of the box was the first indication that I had scored something quite nice.  It was HUGE, with each of the parts organized into various sections, all wrapped so carefully.

The excellent instruction booklet suggested something I assumed that would be necessary, and that is assembling and painting this in many smaller sections at a time.

This is probably going to present even more of a challenge than the water effects.  Since the camo patterns will have to cross over all of these surfaces, I will probably have to map out everything very carefully in advance, and do a lot of touching up after assembly.

This is another element which is not in any of the previous 1/700 scale kits.  These brass etched parts are another major improvement.  I believe the really expensive kits contained a huge amount of these brass etched pieces.

The painting guide was also very impressive.

A hidden challenge will be forcing myself to chop up the 1941 kit so that it looks like this.  While it is not technically very difficult, it will likely pain me to start cutting away at a nice new shiny kit! :-)

Hopefully my finished October of '44 version will look like this.  It will let me create two very different water effects.  For the sunken version, I want to have oil leaking out of the gashed hull.

These Tamyia kits will be my "practice" trials.  Hopefully I will learn enough working on these ships to make my dream project come alive in the way I envision!!

As always, stay tuned.


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Monday, February 22, 2010

Puzzle food

We discovered a great trick for eating out with small kids last night. We went to Lisa's Trattoria in Terenure for dinner. We'd been stuck in all weekend with coughs and colds and also me being on call which means I can't leave the house.

Sean was fairly cranky when we got there and we asked for soup for the kids ASAP, while we chose our food. When it arrived, Sean calmed down and ate the soup with hardly a word from him. He got a bit shirty again when it was all gone but then Midori's mussels starter arrived and this is the trick...

Midori gave Sean a few mussels and he set to work on them but mussels aren't the easiest thing to eat. For Sean anyway, there's a good minute of poking around to try and get the mussel out of its shell. Each one is a new puzzle and he quietly sat there solving each one for its little meaty reward. He was completely engrossed in it and when the mussels ran out, he went back and checked every empty shell to see if there was anything left. We ate our food in peace.

I can't think of any other puzzle foods that make kids work for each bite. I'd love to find a few more.

Sean also had a great time with my rigatoni. Each tube fitted nicely on a finger. He ate loads of everything. We also had a visit from a child of the family that run the restaurant. He played with Riona a little and at the end of the meal we got free coffee! I've been here three time and had free stuff twice! Lisa gave us free ice cream when we were there just after Sean was born. I think she likes kids and the little boy had a good time and told us we should come here every day.

Anyway, it was a nice food and plenty of it, although a bit pricey. The recession doesn't seem to have reached their menu yet. I think that explains why they were a bit empty while other restaurants on the same street were pretty busy.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Some advice on the Nordic Eco showerhead

I bought a Nordic Eco showerhead from The Cultivate Centre in Dublin on a money-back basis. I got that promise beforehand because at 50 euro, I didn't really fancy trying it and being stuck with something that doesn't work. I'm glad I did. This gadget may well be great but it is completely pointless for my shower.

In the brochure that comes with it, it says it will cut your shower from 22 litres/min down to 9 litres/min but it will still feel like a great shower. Sounds great. What I didn't realise is that my shower does only 4.5 litres/min! With the new shower head attached, nothing much changed and in fact the old shower head was better for that rate of flow.

The moral of the story is, if you're thinking about one of these, get a bucket or a jug or whatever and figure out how many litres/min your shower does before buying anything.

In hindsight I could have worked this out in advance, even without a bucket. It's a 10.5KWh shower. It takes 4000J to heat 1 litre of water by 1 deg C. I need to heat my water to about 40C and let's pretend it's starting at 0C (it's close enough in the winter). So it takes 40C*4000J/C = 160000J to heat 1 litre of my cold water to 40C. A shower that does that once per minute is using 160000J/60s = 2666W. So a 10500W can do that about 4 times per minute, i.e. about 4L/min.

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

The truth.

Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

I do... hold on, do you want it depth first or breadth first?


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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Soldiers Buried At Thames Battlefield

From The battle of the Thames: in which Kentuckians defeated the British, French ...:

Mound of Battlefield of the Thames where the dead soldiers were buried.

An article, from a Chatham, Ontario, newspaper, added this:

"....those who fell in battle were either left on the field for locals to deal with, or hastily buried by their comrades.  Such was the fate of Privates [William] Hardwick and Foster Bartlett.  ...the fact is, they are here, somewhere. Even more startling than that fact though, is the realization that they're not alone. ...not just...the Americans, who were the victors of the battle. The remains of British soldiers and their Indian allies no doubt also lie beneath Chatham-Kent soil, unmarked. Nobody knows exactly how many people died in battle that day, but it looks like between 38 and 78 casualties were recorded altogether."

The Kentucky Guard blog mentioned William Hardwick and Foster Bartlett and the search for their burial sites.  Even DNA is requested via Facebook in Henry County, Kentucky, for Bartlett relatives!

Friday, November 29, 2013

John Ellis Wool

From the National Park Service:

His [John Ellis Wool's] military career spanned more than 50 years, beginning when he organized a volunteer brigade in 1812 and became the Captain of the Thirteenth United States Infantry

There are John Ellis Wool Papers at the New York State Library.  A bio was also provided:

"When the War of 1812 broke out, he raised and headed a company of volunteers in Troy, and on 14 April 1812, he was commissioned a captain in the 13th Infantry. His troops were engaged in action at the battles of Queenstown and Plattsburgh. In between the battles he was promoted to a major in the 29th Infantry on 13 April 1813, and, afterwards, was brevetted a lieutenant colonel on 11 September 1814. He was made colonel and inspector general of the Army on 29 April 1816 and maintained this grade for more than a quarter of a century."

Major General Wool was buried in Oakwood Cemetery.  He died 10 November 1869.

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Fort Mifflin

My presumed ancestor, William Hinds, died near Fort Mifflin on June 25, 1813.

Source [On Mud Island - Map Depicting Revolutionary War era]

Mifflin: The Fort That Saved America, by Andrew M. Coker, was featured here.  Excerpts below:

"After Jefferson was elected, he decreased the funding from $15,000 dollars in the year of 1800, to $1,000 dollars in 1801. Since the nation’s capital had moved from Philadelphia to Washington D.C. the year before, officials no longer saw the importance of Fort Mifflin."

"As a precautionary protection measure for Philadelphia in the War of 1812, Fort Mifflin was once again actively manned. Captain James Nelson Barker was appointed commander of the fort on July 16, 1812. Although the fort was prepared to defend Philadelphia, it saw no action during the War of 1812."

From The Story Of Philadelphia:

Meanwhile there was a good deal of nervousness at Philadelphia which was practically unprotected. Colonel Izard and Lieutenant Colonel Winfield Scott had taken the bulk of the Fort Mifflin troops with them to fight in Canada and the West. There were, in fact, only fourteen invalided soldiers in the fort.

A Fraternity Formed in the War of 1812 Era....Fort Mifflin and the Society of Red Men:

"...does conclusively prove the existence of a Society of Red Men at Fort Mifflin during the war of 1812."

Source: Another Revolutionary War era map [Fort Mifflin Played A Part In That War]

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Charlottesville Hospital

Just on the outskirts of the town (Charlottesville, Ontario, Canada) a rough frame building was erected in 1813 for a hospital.  This was put up during the cholera epidemic of that year.  From Ontario History

Canada's Fort Norfolk was also in Charlottesville.

Monday, November 25, 2013

Lt. Col. George McFeeley

Lieutenant Colonel George McFeeley was the commanding officer at Fort Niagara, War of 1812, and issued the following report [excerpted below] to General Alexander Smyth as found in the Official letters of the military and naval officers of the United States, during the war with Great Britain in the years 1812, 13, 14, & 15 : with some additional letters and documents elucidating the history of that period .

Fort Niagara, November 25th, 1812.

I beg leave to inform you that on the morning of the 21st instant, at 5 o'clock, a heavy connonading opened upon this garrison from all the batteries at, and in the neighbourhood of Fort George, which lasted, without intermission, until after sun-down. The garrison was not as well provided with artillery and ammunition as I could have wished; however, the batteries opened a tremendous fire upon them in return, with hot shot, admirably well directed.

An instance of extraordinary bravery in a female (the wife of one Doyle, a private of the United States' artillery, made a prisoner at Queenstown) I cannot pass over.  See related Doyle post.

Only two of the above men were killed by the enemy's shot, the rest by the bursting of a 12 pounder in the south-east block house, and by the spunges of the guns on the north block house, and at the salt battery.

Below, date line Carlisle 24th March 1812, is McFeeley's acknowledgment of his appointment as lieutenant-colonel (from Fold3).

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Battle Of Wild Cat Creek

What Wikipedia has to say about the Battle of Wild Cat Creek.

A recent newspaper account:

"The Indians ran into a ravine. The Americans followed, unaware that it was a trap. Over a hundred Indians opened fire on the militia. The militia spurred their horses to retreat, thus the nick-name of Spur’s Defeat. Eighteen men were lost within 2 minutes."

Friday, November 22, 2013

Correspondence: Major Armistead To General Smyth....

...regarding being engaged at Fort Niagara during its bombardment Nov. 21, 1812:

Major Armistead to Brigadier General Smyth
Lewistown November 22, 1812

I left Niagara with the intention of seeing you, but finding my horse not able to proceed, I have declined going.  My business was to get, if possible, some ammunition for the garrison, as we nearly expended all we had yesterday, and which did the enemy great damage--destroyed one of their best buildings, and did the town considerable damage; sunk a schooner that was sent out of Genesee river, and dismounted several of their guns.

...but my greatest concern is, the want of provisions, which, if not supplied, we will inevitably have to evacuate the post.

I am sir, your obedient servant, W.K. ARMISTEAD

The engagement was also noted for the bravery of Mrs. Doyle (see more about her here and here).

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Extracts Of The Journal Of Peter Davis

Peter Davis, the author of this Journal, was born at Shrewsbury, New Jersey, September 16, 1783, and came with his parents to the vicinity of the town of Salem, Harrison county, West Virginia, when but six years of age.  Here he grew to manhood and served with the Harrison County troops in the Western Virginia Brigade, with the Northwestern Army in 1812-13.  On is return from the war he settled on Middle Island Creek, about four miles below West Union, now in Doddridge county, West Virginia, but later removed to "Westfield" in Lewis county.  He was for many years a devoted minister of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. He died March 4, 1873, aged ninety years.

Ohio River

October 20, 1812--"Brigade crossed the Ohio river...."

October 21, 1812--"Encamped at Gallipolis."

October 23, 1812--"Encamped on Big Racoon Creek, at the sign of the "White Horse."

October 25, 1812--"The Brigade arrived at the Scioto Salt Works."

October 26, 1812--"Marched down Salt Creek.... ."

October 27, 1812--"...encamped on the edge of town of Chillicothe."

October 31, 1812--"Struck the tents; waded the Scotia river on a cold, blustering morning; marched fifteen miles, and encamped on the Pickaway Plains."

November 1, 1812--"Marched through the Plains; at a distance of four miles, passed a small town called Jefferson; three miles further, passed through Circleville; proceeded twenty miles this day, and encamped on a large creek."  Source

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Overcoming The Odds

A scholastic paper by Major Joseph D. Davidson:

"With victory in Europe behind them, the British could begin diverting battle proven troops, and supplies to North America. This policy perhaps had the potential to change the complexion of the war to heavily favor the British in numbers of experienced and battle hardened troops."

An earlier post delineated nine districts; the tenth was the Washington, D.C., area.

Monday, November 18, 2013

From A Map At Horseshoe Bend NP

A day or two later [after the Battle of Talladega] the people of Hillabee town about the site of the present village of that name in Clay county, Alabama, sent messengers to Jackson's camp to ask for peace which that commander immediately granted. In the meantime, even while the peace messengers were on their way home with the good news, an army of one thousand men from east Tennessee under General White, who claimed to be independent of Jackson's authority, together with four hundred Cherokee under Colonel Gideon Morgan and John Lowrey, surrounded the town on November 18, 1813, taking it by surprise, the inhabitants having trusted so confidently to the success of their peace embassy that they had made no preparation for defense. Sixty warriors were killed and over two hundred and fifty prisoners taken with no loss to the Americans, as there was practically no resistance.   [Source]

Sunday, November 17, 2013

The Coming Attack On Fort Wayne

The gist of General Harrison's letter from The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana: A Review of Two ..., Volume 1

"Writing from Piqua on the 5th of September, Harrison pictured conditions to the secretary of war. Said he:
'I received information last night that a British army left Detroit on the 13th ultimo for the purpose of attacking Fort Wayne and, if successful, Fort Harrison [near Terre Haute] and Vincennes.'"

See Siege From Darnell's Journal.

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Mahlon Burwell, His Capture And His Map

The colonization survey of the Talbot Road was made by Mahlon Burwell, a resident of Dunwich, who lived...near the home of Col. Thos. Talbot. Burwell surveyed from the Niagara to the Detroit.

He made a map and plan of Malden in time to give Gen. Proctor when on his way to Ft. Malden during that war. Letters to surveyors, Generals and other officials show he was at Niagara 1812-1813. In 1814 a small body of American soldiers ravaged the Pt. Talbot settlement, and Mahlon Burwell was carried off a prisoner.  [Source]

See more about Mahlon Burwell's capture at the Elgin Historical Society's website.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Southerland Mayfield's Abstracted Pension File

Abstracts of pensions: soldiers of the Revolution, 1812 and Indian wars who settled the Blue Grass region of Kentucky ([n.d.]), by Lucy Kate McGee

Mayfield, Southerland
Private   Amelia
Private  Captain C. H. Holder Company
17th U.S. Infantry and Captain Robert Edwards
Kentucky Militia
War of 1812  O.W. 23795
W.C. 22380 - Old War Invalid File 25646

"The above named soldier lost one foot during the War of 1812 to the heel and all of his toes on the other foot, signed -- Dr. John H. Wood and Dr. S. Willis"

The soldier participated in the Battle of The River Raisin.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Battle Of Nanticoke Creek

The Western Corridor 1812 website related the story of the Battle of Nanticoke Creek in Canada.

On a page at the Norfolk Militia (Heritage Regiment) at (at the Upper Canadian Heritage), Filming At Backus, included the following:  "Although this skirmish at Nanticoke was small it did bolster the morale of the people of the district at what must have been a bleak time for them."

The Nanticoke Generating Station was built upon the site of the Battle of Nanticoke Creek (skirmish).

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Captain William Griffith

From The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana: A Review of Two ..., Volume 1:

"...Quartermaster Sergeant (later Captain) William Griffith, one of the survivors of the Fort Dearborn massacre... ."

"Detroit was surrendered the day before the Chicago Massacre took place. As soon as information of the tragedy reached Detroit, Judge Woodward appealed to Colonel Proctor in behalf of the prisoners and possible survivors of the Massacre at Fort Dearborn. The information given by Judge Woodward in this letter to Colonel Proctor probably came from William Griffith, a survivor who had reached Detroit." [Source]

"...William Griffith, afterward a captain of General Harrison's spies. He joined Harrison's army after his escape to Michigan, was placed in command of the spies, and received two wounds in the skirmish at the Moravian towns a few days before the battle of the Thames, but participated also in the latter engagement."

"He was the son of William Griffith, Sr., a farmer of Welsh descent whose home was near the present site of Geneseo, NY. His sister, Mrs. Alexander Ewing, removed with her husband to Michigan in 1802 and thence to Piqua Ohio in 1807 from which place William Griffith probably came to Chicago. He died in 1824, leaving two sons and a daughter and was buried near old Fort Meigs, Ohio." [Source]

Monday, November 11, 2013

The Mississippi Territory

"....the Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812, accompanied by a complete roster of the soldiers of the young Territory which, only fourteen years before, had been released from Spanish rule."

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Input Of Baron De Gaugreben

The Canadian Historical Review published a portion of the memoirs of Baron De Gaugreben (Captain, King's Royal German Engineers also known as the King's German Legion), who entered service with the British in 1811, and served in Canada 1812-1815, entitled The Defence Of Upper Canada, dated 10 November 1815 (excerpt below):

Experience has proved that a regular cordon of strong places properly distributed on the frontiers, was the surest expedient of preserving a country from all hostiles schemes.  For these most important points are preserved by a few of our troops, in order to enable our whole force to collect in time, with a view to take advantage of any favorable moment.  But this requires discernment, presence of mind at the time of danger, activity perseverance, and intrepidity in the Commanding Officer.  Is this the case, the fortified places will admirably support the Operations of an Army against an Enemy superior in numbers, and the Engineer Officers will then be highly esteemed, admired and supported.  Therefore I conclude with the following motto:
No Genius, no Honor.)

Saturday, November 9, 2013

1812 Letter Written At Fort Harrison

From Indiana History:

Zachary Taylor, Fort Harrison, Indiana Territory, to General James Taylor, Newport, Kentucky

General James Taylor and Zachary Taylor were cousins.  Per Wikipedia:
"Gen. James Taylor Jr. was Quartermaster General and paymaster of the Northwestern Army during the War of 1812, thus Newport became a vital center for war supplies."

Papers of General James Taylor are held at the Kentucky Historical Society.

Jackson's Campaign In Alabama

General Jackson's Campaign
(Seen At Horseshoe Bend NP)

The next great battle was at Talladega [after Tallaseehatchee], on the site of the present town of the same name in Talladega county, Alabama, on November 9, 1813.  Jackson commanded in person with two thousand infantry and cavalry. Although the Cherokee are not specifically mentioned they were a part of the army and must have taken part in the engagement.   [Source]

Thursday, November 7, 2013

From The Whittlesey Papers....

General Simon Perkins to General Wadsworth....

Camp at Huron
 Sept. 8, 1812

...there is or was last night at Sandusky, a number of Indians and British who have burned the public store. The spies saw the enemy and fire, but could not determine their numbers. My present arrangements are to march my whole force to Pipe Creek, except one company...

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

When America Came Into Her Own

Thus closed a war in which little was nominally gained, but much in reality. By it, indeed, the United States consummated their independence, which hitherto, so far as regarded England at least, had not fully existed. In other words, the war of 1812, freed the popular mind in America, from a sort of provincial reverence for Great Britain. It also removed that dread of her military prowess which had descended from the revolutionary epoch, but which was wholly unbecoming a nation so vigorous as the United States had since become. It is not too much to say that the military spirit of the Republic, which has since shone with such brilliancy, had its birth in the war of 1812.

The early misfortunes of the war, considered in this light, were not without benefits. They forced the nation to put forth its whole strength, and thus developed a capacity, of the existence of which, even she had been ignorant. From that hour the United States took a prouder stand among the nations of the earth. From that hour her flag was respected. Source

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Major Larrabee

General Harrison At Tippecanoe

"Major Charles Larrabee commanded a company under General Harrison at Tippecanoe, receiving his commander's special notice for his good service in that notable engagement with the Indians...

Bullets Embedded At Brownstown

...and at the battle of Brownstown, in August, 1812, he lost an arm while managing the artillery." [Source]

Description of a letter written by Major Larrabee's wife in the inventory at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Monday, November 4, 2013

A Political Attack On Sir George Prevost

The Letters Of Veritas, .... (thought to be written by Major John Richardson*):

*Relentlessly, the English party in the province kept up its attacks. Samuel Gale and “Veritas” each printed a malevolent series of letters in the Montreal Herald and subsequently published them as pamphlets. A diligent investigation ensued to unmask “Veritas.” John Richardson, a Montreal merchant and executive councillor, has been suspected, but the author was Solicitor General Stephen Sewell, Jonathan’s brother, whom Prevost suspended for his involvement in the campaign against him. [Source]

Sunday, November 3, 2013

General Coffee At Tallaseehatchee

General Coffee's Portrait At Pope Tavern

As the army advanced down the Coosa the Creeks retired to Tallaseehatchee, on the creek of the same name, near the present Jacksonville, Calhoun county, Alabama. One thousand men under General Coffee, together with a company of Cherokee under Captain Richard Brown and some few Creeks, were sent against them. The Indian auxiliaries wore headdresses of white feathers and deertails. The attack was made at daybreak of November 3, 1813, and the town was taken after a desperate resistance, from which not one of the defenders escaped alive, the Creeks having been completely surrounded on all sides. [Source]

The blog, Blue Alabama, has additional details.

Saturday, November 2, 2013

General Ripley's Testimony...

...regarding the preliminary activities to the Battle of Crysler's Farm, from Memoirs of my own times, Volume 3,  By [General] James Wilkinson.

"That in September and October 1813 he [Eleazar W. Ripley] was colonel of the 21st regiment of infantry, stationed at Sackett's Harbour, and left that place on the 16th of October, to accompany the expedition, down the St Lawrence. Previous to this, he thinks, there had been no embarkation of his regiment; but a battalion of the 11th regiment of infantry, attached to his command, under Lieutenant-colonel Upham, had embarked a few days before, whether for the purpose, of proceeding on the expedition, or simply to change position, he cannot tell. They landed about a mile from their former position and encamped."

Due to "a sudden squall, many of his boats were dispersed and driven ashore, and three or four days elapsed before they reached Grenadier Island. ...they arrived at French Creek about the 2d or 3d of November.  Whether there was any unnecessary delay, at Sackett's Harbour, he could not answer without knowing the state, of the several staff departments of the army. But there was no delay at Grenadier Island, for which a commanding general could be accountable, owing to the variable and tempestuous state of the weather."

Friday, November 1, 2013

Portrait of Stephen Van Rensselaer

From The War of 1812 website:

"Despite being an anti-war Federalist, a political rival publicly suggested that Van Rensselaer be named a major general in the New York militia. Van Rensselaer knew his reputation would be at stake if he refused, and so he reluctantly became the leader of over six thousand men that were expected to conduct a successful invasion of Canada. Luckily, he had a family ally who was also a capable commander; his cousin, Solomon Van Rensselaer."

From the Historic Lewiston website:

"Why the Americans Lost the Battle of Queenston, in the words of the losing American Major General, Stephen Van Rensselaer written the day after the historic War of 1812 battle [to General Dearborn]."  Apparently it was a career-ending loss for General Stephen Van Rensselaer.