#STS-51-B

[lonestarflight]

Reference guide of all the external changes made to the Space Shuttle Orbiter Challenger (OV-099) during her lifetime.

Date: 1983-1985

Documents by Alfonso X Moreno: link

#Space Shuttle #Space Shuttle Challenger #Challenger #OV-099 #Orbiter #NASA #Space Shuttle Program #reference guide #STS-6 #STS-7 #STS-8 #STS-41-B #STS-41B #STS-11 #STS-41-C #STS-41C #STS-13 #STS-41-G #STS-41G #STS-17 #STS-51-B #STS-51B #STS-51-F #STS-51F #STS-61-A #STS-61A #STS-51-L #STS-51L #my post #April

[hometoursandotherstuff]

I feel so bad for this beautiful 1805 home in New Bedford, Massachusetts. It wants to be a home again, b/c it's currently being used as an office. Why is this allowed? I hope someone buys it and puts it back. 6bds, 4ba, reduced from $1.05M to $980, probably b/c of what they did to the kitchen, alone. Let's assess the damage and what has to be done.

Okay, they get points for leaving the original railing and putting a nice runner on the stairs. They left the chandelier and painted the woodwork white. But at least it's original. I could live w/the white. The Exit sign and industrial fire alarm need to go, along w/the water cooler. And, the indoor/outdoor carpeting comes up, too.

The sitting room looks nice- I wonder if they painted the walls a more homey/Victorian color and put some furniture around. Thankfully, they didn't put in neon lights and the fireplace is original.

The fireplace is here. That doesn't look like wainscoting, though, it looks like molding.

They completely eliminated the kitchen, but kept the pantry. So, it needs a whole new kitchen.

I don't know if they put up that wall w/the door.

This is what's behind the wall. It was probably a sun porch.

Maybe this is a dining room. The windows are beautiful.

A staff kitchen upstairs.

Oh, no, they made built-in cubicles. Get the sledgehammer.

This door has a fire safety opener, I guess you can live with that.

Well, the back yard's gone and there's a series of ramps and stairs, plus parking. The lot measures .51 acre.

There appears to be a side yard.

And, they cut the front yard in two to make a large drive with an entrance and an exit. There's a lot to do to make it a home again.

#victorian office conversion home #renovated victorian #houses #house tours #home tour

[todaysdocument]

Discharge Petition for H.R. 7152, the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Record Group 233: Records of the U.S. House of RepresentativesSeries: General Records

This item, H.R. 7152, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, faced strong opposition in the House Rules Committee. Howard Smith, Chairman of the committee, refused to schedule hearings for the bill. Emanuel Celler, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, attempted to use this discharge petition to move the bill out of committee without holding hearings. The petition failed to gain the required majority of Congress (218 signatures), but forced Chairman Smith to schedule hearings.

88th CONGRESS. House of Representatives No. 5 Motion to Discharge a Committee from the Consideration of a RESOLUTION (State whether bill, joint resolution, or resolution) December 9, 1963 To the Clerk of the House of Representatives: Pursuant to Clause 4 of Rule XXVII (see rule on page 7), I EMANUEL CELLER (Name of Member), move to discharge to the Commitee on RULES (Committee) from the consideration of the RESOLUTION; H. Res. 574 entitled, a RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H. R. 7152) which was referred to said committee November 27, 1963 in support of which motion the undersigned Members of the House of Representatives affix their signatures, to wit: 1. Emanuel Celler 2. John J. Rooney 3. Seymour Halpern 4. James G Fulton 5. Thomas W Pelly 6. Robt N. C. Nix 7. Jeffery Cohelan 8. W A Barrett 9. William S. Mailiard 10. 11. Augustus F. Hawkins 12. Otis G. Pike 13. Benjamin S Rosenthal 14. Spark M Matsunaga 15. Frank M. Clark 16. William L Dawson 17. Melvin Price 18. John C. Kluczynski 19. Barratt O'Hara 20. George E. Shipley 21. Dan Rostenkowski 22. Ralph J. Rivers[page] 2 23. Everett G. Burkhalter 24. Robert L. Leggett 25. William L St Onge 26. Edward P. Boland 27. Winfield K. Denton 28. David J. Flood 29. 30. Lucian N. Nedzi 31. James Roosevelt 32. Henry C Reuss 33. Charles S. Joelson 34. Samuel N. Friedel 35. George M. Rhodes 36. William F. Ryan 37. Clarence D. Long 38. Charles C. Diggs Jr 39. Morris K. Udall 40. Wm J. Randall 41. 42. Donald M. Fraser 43. Joseph G. Minish 44. Edith Green 45. Neil Staebler 46. 47. Ralph R. Harding 48. Frank M. Karsten 49. 50. John H. Dent 51. John Brademas 52. John E. Moss 53. Jacob H. Gilbert 54. Leonor K. Sullivan 55. John F. Shelley 56. 57. Lionel Van Deerlin 58. Carlton R. Sickles 59. 60. Edward R. Finnegan 61. Julia Butler Hansen 62. Richard Bolling 63. Ken Heckler 64. Herman Toll 65. Ray J Madden 66. J Edward Roush 67. James A. Burke 68. Frank C. Osmers Jr 69. Adam Powell 70. 71. Fred Schwengel 72. Philip J. Philiben 73. Byron G. Rogers 74. John F. Baldwin 75. Joseph Karth 76. 77. Roland V. Libonati 78. John V. Lindsay 79. Stanley R. Tupper 80. Joseph M. McDade 81. Wm Broomfield 82. 83. 84. Robert J Corbett 85. 86. Craig Hosmer87. Robert N. Giaimo 88. Claude Pepper 89. William T Murphy 90. George H. Fallon 91. Hugh L. Carey 92. Robert T. Secrest 93. Harley O. Staggers 94. Thor C. Tollefson 95. Edward J. Patten 96. 97. Al Ullman 98. Bernard F. Grabowski 99. John A. Blatnik 100. 101. Florence P. Dwyer 102. Thomas L. ? 103. 104. Peter W. Rodino 105. Milton W. Glenn 106. Harlan Hagen 107. James A. Byrne 108. John M. Murphy 109. Henry B. Gonzalez 110. Arnold Olson 111. Harold D Donahue 112. Kenneth J. Gray 113. James C. Healey 114. Michael A Feighan 115. Thomas R. O'Neill 116. Alphonzo Bell 117. George M. Wallhauser 118. Richard S. Schweiker 119. 120. Albert Thomas 121. 122. Graham Purcell 123. Homer Thornberry 124. 125. Leo W. O'Brien 126. Thomas E. Morgan 127. Joseph M. Montoya 128. Leonard Farbstein 129. John S. Monagan 130. Brad Morse 131. Neil Smith 132. Harry R. Sheppard 133. Don Edwards 134. James G. O'Hara 135. 136. Fred B. Rooney 137. George E. Brown Jr. 138. 139. Edward R. Roybal 140. Harris. B McDowell jr. 141. Torbert H. McDonall 142. Edward A. Garmatz 143. Richard E. Lankford 144. Richard Fulton 145. Elizabeth Kee 146. James J. Delaney 147. Frank Thompson Jr 148. 149. Lester R. Johnson 150. Charles A. Buckley4 151. Richard T. Hanna 152. James Corman 153. Paul A Fino 154. Harold M. Ryan 155. Martha W. Griffiths 156. Adam E. Konski 157. Chas W. Wilson 158. Michael J. Kewan 160. Alex Brooks 161. Clark W. Thompson 162. John D. Gringell [?] 163. Thomas P. Gill 164. Edna F. Kelly 165. Eugene J. Keogh 166 John. B. Duncan 167. Elmer J. Dolland 168. Joe Caul 169. Arnold Olsen 170. Monte B. Fascell [?] 171. [not deciphered] 172. J. Dulek 173. Joe W. [undeciphered] 174. J. J. Pickle [Numbers 175 through 214 are blank]

#archivesgov #December 12 #1963 #civil rights #civil rights act of 1964 #1960s

[breelandwalker]

RVA Witch Markets - Fall & Winter 2023

Here's a quick list of the markets where I'll have a table from Sept-Dec 2023. Make sure you check out the River City Witch Markets and Mystic Markets pages on Facebook for a full list of witch market events in Richmond, VA (USA).

Hope to see you there!

Pride Bar Crawl with Mystic Markets

Saturday, September 16 2023, 12pm-5pmpm Strangeways Brewing: Scott's Addition 3110 W Leigh St, Richmond VA

Harvest Witch Market

Sunday, September 17 2023, 12pm-6pm Diversity Thrift, 1407 Sherwood Ave, Richmond VA

Autumn Witch Market

Saturday Oct 7 2023, 12pm-5pm Strangeways Brewing, 2277A Dabney Rd, Richmond VA

Howl-O-Ween with Mystic Markets

Saturday Oct 21 2023, 1200pm-500pm Kindred Spirit Brewing, 12830 West Creek Pkwy Ste J, Goochland VA

Nighttime Witches Market

Saturday Oct 21 2023, 6pm-10pm Alewerks Brewing, 189 B Ewell Rd, Williamsburg VA

Samhain Witch Market

Sunday, Oct 29 2023 4pm-9pm Diversity Thrift, 1407 Sherwood Ave, Richmond VA

Hello November Market

Saturday, Nov 4 2023, 12pm-5pm Strangeways Brewing, 2277A Dabney Rd, Richmond VA

Crystal and Oddity Witch Market

Sunday, Nov 19 2023, 12pm-6pm Diversity Thrift, 1407 Sherwood Ave, Richmond VA

Christmas Cheer & Beer Market

Saturday, Dec 9 2023, 12pm-5pm Strangeways Brewing, 2277A Dabney Rd, Richmond VA

Winter Solstice Witch Market

Sunday, Dec 17 2023, 12pm-5pm Diversity Thrift, 1407 Sherwood Ave, Richmond VA

#witch community #witchcraft #witchblr #pagan #witch market #baby witch #RVA

[robbothepeasant]

POV: You are researching Cuno DeRuyter Controversy

“ As the 50′s continued, the RCM found itself exhausting it’s manpower supply so thoroughly that it was deemed necessary to ‘expedite the careers’ of the certain members of the the Junior Detective Childhood Outreach programme. Figure A, Cuno DeRuyter, is one such member...

“Records show that Fig. A was first enrolled into the Junior Detectives in 10. March ‘51, but records have proven to be unreliable...”

 “ ...Fig. A was stated as 16 years of age when he was enrolled into the Programme, but 5 years later he was matriculated into the RCM’s 41st precinct as a Lt.(Junior grade), in the Major Crimes Unit, at the age of 18...”

“Medical records obtained through ICP show a consistent pattern amongst Figures A, B, D, and G...[ ] “

“between the years ‘53 and ‘57, Precinct 41′s Dr. Gottlieb, had issued 3 referrals to the St. Bastiens Childrens Hospital, for ‘Severe Amphetamine Withdrawals Symptoms’...Fig. A had a known history of Amphetamine misuse, antisocial personality disorders, seizures and self harm.” 

 “... Data from the RCM Departement de Recours humains shows a reduction of 36% percent, in some cases leaving entire precincts unmanned. International Collaboration Police and the International Community began to press Restructural proposals, which included a low interest loan of 134 million real to modernize the equipment, in response to mounting violence...”

“Fig. A was dispatched to the DUSAD (Débardeurs Union Special Autonomy District) on 14th December ‘57, to ‘oversee domestic imports at special autonomous checkpoint #2...”

“... reports of a body found in Martinais that match the medical records of Fig. A appear two weeks after he was declared M.I.A. Investigations have not been furthcoming with conclusive resolutions. Investigators report diffuclty with to I.D body in a dismembered state and with advance stage of decay. Current available records from the RCM DRH list Sgt. DeRuyter, M.I.A...”

“This reports has found that while some outliers, such as Fig A and G, may find resemblance to a ‘Child Soldier Programme’ the vast majority of cases where participants in the Junior Detectives Programme were allowed to matriculate into RCM were beneficial instances where the administration was forced to find the most efficient solution to a crisis in officer retention.”

#disco elysium #cuno de ruyter #Headcanon #Spent a whole day writing this

[beardedmrbean]

The 16-year-old girl caught on camera pummeling an Asian mother from Nevada as she was riding a Manhattan train with her family last week has been charged with assault.

Arrest and charges: The teenager reportedly turned herself in to the New York Police Department (NYPD) on Tuesday morning in the same area where the attack occurred. She was arrested and charged with two counts of assault for repeatedly punching Sue Young, the 51-year-old mother, and Joanna Lin, a 34-year-old bystander who filmed the viral incident.

The viral attack: Young and her husband, Ken, and their 11-year-old twin daughters were onboard a southbound F train near West 4th St. station at around 8 p.m. on Aug. 3 when three teenage girls, including the arrested 16-year-old, began laughing and pointing at the family.

When Young decided to laugh with them as a way to stop their apparent taunts, the trio became enraged. According to Young, the girls began cursing and at one point said, “Go back to where you came from, b*tch!” The girls stood over the family as Lin began recording the altercation.

When the 16-year-old saw Lin recording, she allegedly punched Lin multiple times. Lin said the girl hit her in the first and second attacks and then dragged her by the hair to the floor and hit her “a few times” in the head in the third attack. Young was also attacked as she tried to get to Lin, causing bruising to her arm and head.

“As soon as I made contact and pushed her shoulders away, they all came after me. I backed up, but the girl in the white t-shirt came slugging at me… She grabbed my hair, I grabbed her hair, and I basically just grabbed onto her hair to shield my face because she was swinging,” Young told the New York Post.

It was then other passengers intervened to protect the family. The three teenagers managed to flee the scene at the next stop

Investigation: The NYPD previously offered a $3,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the 16-year-old girl. According to police, the incident is being investigated as a possible hate crime as the alleged perpetrator made an “anti-ethnic remark” during the assault.

Young and Lin’s statement: However, Young and Lin said that they do not think that the incident was a hate crime. While Young said that stereotypes of Asians being less confrontational had likely led the young Black women to view them as easy targets, she does not believe that the attack was initially motivated by racial animus, according to NBC News. Young and her husband said they do not want to harbor or spark resentment toward the girls and the Black community.

“These are very young girls. Somebody or something or some circumstance has made a big impression on them — whether it’s historical pressure, societal pressure, social pressure,” Young told NBC News.

Lin, who is relieved by the 16-year-old’s decision to turn herself in, also hopes that the teen will issue an apology and receive “therapy, counseling and mentorship.”

#nunyas news

[kaiyves-backup]

Challenger Anniversary Research Tape— various clips and b-roll of the preparations for STS-51-L and the disaster.

#i love the space shuttle #shuttlepunk #Youtube

[mongrelmutt]

My books read list for 2023! For the first time I met my goal of at least one book a week!! 😁

1. "A Conspiracy of Kings" -- Megan Whalen Turner

2. "Thick as Thieves" -- Megan Whalen Turner

3. "Return of the Thief" -- Megan Whalen Turner

4. "Vatican II" -- John O'Malley

5. "The Catholic Church: A Short History" -- Hans Küng, translated by John Bowden

6. "Confessions" and "Letter to Coroticus" -- St. Patrick

7. "Through the Brazilian Wilderness" -- Theodore Roosevelt

8. "The Wind in the Willows" -- Kenneth Grahame

9. "Period: The Real Story of Menstruation" -- Kate Clancy

10. "Star Wars: Padawan" -- Kiersten White

11. "Star Wars: Master and Apprentice" -- Claudia Gray

12. "Deep Down Dark" -- Héctor Tobar

13. "The Lost World" -- Michael Crichton

14. "Provida Mater Ecclesia: Apostolic Constitution of Pope Pius XII Concerning Secular Institutes" (English translation) -- Pope Pius XII

15. "Frankenstein" -- Mary Shelley

16. "Kenobi" -- John Jackson Miller

17. "Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law" -- Mary Roach

18. "Trigun" and "Trigun Maximum" -- Yasuhiro Nightow

19. "Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American Revolution" -- Andrew M. Wehrman

20. "Gay and Catholic: Accepting My Sexuality, Finding Community, Living My Faith" -- Eve Tushnet

21. "The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth" -- Beth Allison Bar

22. "Turtles All The Way Down" -- John Green

23. "All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1)" -- Martha Wells

24. "Artificial Condition (Murderbot Diaries #2)" -- Martha Wells

25. "Rogue Protocol (Murderbot Diaries #3)" -- Martha Wells

26. "Exit Strategy (Murderbot Diaries #4) -- Martha Wells

27. "Network Effect (Murderbot Diaries #5) -- Martha Wells

28. "Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot Diaries #6) -- Martha Wells

29. "Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History" -- Erik Larson

30. "The Johnstown Flood" -- David McCullough

31. "The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World" -- Riley Black

32. "Beastly Brains: Exploring How Animals Think, Talk, and Feel" -- Nancy F. Castaldo

33. "The Rise and Reign of Mammals: A New History from the Shadows of the Dinosaurs to Us" -- Steve Brusatte

34. "Dog Sense: How the New Science of Dog Behavior Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Dog" -- John Bradshaw

35. "Evolution Gone Wrong: The Curious Reasons Why Our Bodies Work (or Don't)" -- Alex Bezzerides

36. "Immune: A Journey Into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive" -- Philipp Dettmer

37. "Catholicism and ADHD: Finding Holiness Despite Distractions" -- Alex R. Hey, PCAC

38. "The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery" -- Sam Kean

39. "An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us" -- Ed Yong

40. "Lesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig" -- Mark Essig

41. "The Mind's Eye" -- Oliver Sacks

42. "Loveless" -- Alice Oseman

43. "The Monkey Trial: John Scopes and the Battle Over Teaching Evolution" -- Anita Sanchez

44. "The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet" -- Henry Fountain

45. "Kiki's Delivery Service" -- Eiko Kadono (translated by Emily Balistrieri)

46. "Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas" -- Jennifer Raff

47. "Ancillary Justice" -- Ann Leckie

48. "An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives" -- Matt Richtel

49. "System Collapse (Murderbot Diaries #7)" -- Martha Wells

50. "Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures" -- Nick Pyeson

51. "Howl's Moving Castle" -- Diana Wynne Jones

52. "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" -- Shirley Jackson

53. "Sarah, Plain and Tall" and "Skylark" -- Patricia MacLachlan

54. "The Haunting of Hill House" -- Shirley Jackson

55. "All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings" -- Gayle Boss (illustrated by David G. Klein)

#books read 2023 #reading #books #long post #personal

[thenobxdies]

indie smut rp blog featuring a/b/o, breeding, pregnancy, and other kinks. Mun is over 30, and all muses are 21+ . information under the cut. Dash only only, i dont write on discord or in IMS. Blog contains potentially triggering and t*boo plots, this is your only warning

Opens || Memes || Wishlist

All females have male genitalia unless otherwise plotted and are only interested in females. My girls are typically higher muse than my male.

Savannah Thompson - 25 - Sydney Sweeney

Samantha 'Sam' Winters -35 - Blake Lively

Melissa St. James - 36 - Alexandra Daddario

Brooke Thatcher - 22 - Hailee Steinfeld

Rebecca 'Becca' Ellis - 40 - Kate Mara

Raven Crawford - 30 - liz gillies

Lexi Taylor - 30 - Halston Sage

Veronica 'Ronnie' Mitchell - Jenna Ortega

Ripley Winterbourne - Sophia Bush

Emma Ravenscroft - Katie McGrath

Mary Jane Watson - 22 - Sadie sink

Barbara Gordon - 28 - Anya Taylor joy

Diana Prince - 35- Marie Avgeropoulos

Cori St. James- 31 - Carlson Young

Erika Crawford- 26 - Danielle Rose Russel

Felicia Yarrow- 21- Kiernan Shipka

Jason Beckett - 27 - Joe Keery

Logan Gray - 49 - Pedro Pascal

Malcolm Yearwood - 50- Idris Elba

Carol Danvers - 51 (looks in her 30s) - Brie Larson

Wanda Maximoff- Elizabeth olsen - 31

Zeus - Kathryn Newton - N/A

Hades - Adelaide Kane - N/A

Poseidon - Emila Clarke -n/a

Kinks:

A/BO

Pregnancy

Breeding

Taboo (incest, etc)

corruption

Daddy/Mommy kink

bondage

im sure theres others but i cant think of them

My only real rule is i only write against female muses, and please no one liners.

#pinned

[lonestarflight]

"Microgravity

STS-51-B, Spacelab-3, Payload Specialist Lodewijk van den Berg on flight deck with earth view out window."

Date: May 1, 1985

NASA ID: 555148

#STS-51B #STS-51-B #STS-17 #Space Shuttle #Space Shuttle Challenger #Challenger #OV-099 #Orbiter #NASA #Space Shuttle Program #May #1985 #Space #Earth #Astronaut #my post

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Lovely 1933 English Tudor in Indianapolis, Indiana. The thing about fully decorated homes is this: It's someone else's taste and either you love it or you don't. If you don't, it's not worth the cost and work involved in redoing everything. 5bds, 3.5ba, $1.150M. So, what do you think of the decor?

Beautiful entrance hall with arches and columns.

The large sitting room has an amazing ceiling, a bump-out sitting area, and a magnificent fireplace. Not sure I like the stained glass light fixture. I kind of prefer chandeliers.

This is a cool room. Love the shelving, but I don't have a piano, so it would be a library or plant room.

Like the guest powder room. It looks castle-like.

The dining room is tasteful, but I'm not really into it.

The everyday dining space is in an alcove off the dining room. I like this, better, b/c of the ceiling.

Off the everyday dining alcove is a porch. Love the skylight and windows.

Kitchen's nice, but a little dark. Look at how far apart the "work triangle" is, though.

It's hard to believe that this is the primary bedroom. It's long and opens to a terrace, but I expected something more attractive.

The en-suite is all done up. I kind of like the crown motif wallpaper.

Very nice closet looks newly constructed.

These 2 secondary bedrooms look nicer than the primary.

Love this bath.

Another bedroom with a terrace.

View from one of the terraces.

Look at how cool the basement is. Looks like a real rathskeller.

Back room, maybe a spare/guest bedroom w/its own entrance?

Beautiful deck out back.

Gorgeous pool.

Lovely gardens on a .51 acre lot.

3 car garage and a back porch.

https://www.redfin.com/IN/Indianapolis/5420-N-Meridian-St-46208/home/82239980

#english tudor #old house dreams #houses #house tours #home tour

[uwmadarchives]

How far we've come!

by Chloe Foor, Student Historian 2022/2023

As the semester has wound to a close, I find myself reflecting on just how much I’ve done since starting as a Student Historian in Residence back in July. I have had the opportunity to research the history of the LGBTQ+ community in Madison, dive through the archives, discovering the exact moment where queer UW students announced that they would not be invisible any more, and have had the opportunity to interview three prominent activists in the city’s history, and all of whom used their spirituality to empower themselves.

The first person I interviewed was the wonderful Becca Bedell, a recent graduate of UW’s MFA in poetry program. They worked with PresHouse, the Presbyterian ministry on campus, to preach queer theology, as well as found the group Queerly Beloved, a place where students can find support related to their spirituality, sexuality, gender, or even simply find a friend. It was wonderful to talk with Becca, and I am so excited to be able to publish my interview with them so that you can hear all of their incredible insights on faith, gender, sexuality, and life in general.

The next person I interviewed was Ken Scott, a UW graduate and  a member of Integrity/Dignity, a group for queer Christians. This interview was the only one that I have conducted in person so far, the others were done using a program called TheirStory, which is similar to Zoom but is made specifically for oral histories. I had two oral history sessions with Ken (he had a lot of incredible stories and we wanted to make sure that we got all of them down). The first session was in a conference room in St. Francis House, an Episcopal church on University Avenue. St. Francis House has a lot of historic value for the LGBTQ+ community in Madison, as it is where the Madison Alliance for Homosexual Equality first met, as well as a place where Integrity/Dignity met a lot. It was amazing to be in a place with such history, and Ken loved the homecoming. Huge thank you to Mother B. at St. Francis House for letting us use your space!

View an image of Ken Scott (left) and his partner Brian Bigler (right) during their Holy Union Ceremony in 1995 from the Wisconsin Historical Society.

The most recent interview I conducted was with Rich Fluechtling, an incredibly influential person in the United Church of Christ’s acceptance of gay people, and a participant in some of the earliest activism in Madison, such as the MAGIC picnic in Brittingham Park. Though he now lives in California, he spent 51 years of his life in Madison, most of it associated with First Congregational, the UCC church closest to campus. Through his work, it became the 76th UCC church to be called “Open and Affirming,” the designation used to signify its openness towards the LGBTQ+ community.

Fluechtling is pictured on the website as a member of the Board of Directors & Leaders of the UCC Southern California Nevada Conference.

After these three oral histories, I started looking for more people to conduct interviews with, as I want as many as possible so as to give a variety of perspectives on how UW students have navigated spirituality and queerness. I was having trouble finding people to interview, but then I thought of reaching out to the GSCC to see if any current students might be interested in telling their story. I posted on the “Spiritual Queers” Discord channel, and a few people have already reached out to me that they might be interested in helping! I am also planning on emailing various clubs and organizations to ask if I might be able to talk about the project during a meeting! That being said, if anyone reading this thinks that they might like to do an oral history and are queer, have been impacted by religion in some way, and are affiliated with UW, please shoot me an email at [email protected]!

In the meantime, I have spent some time in the archives, going through Daily Cardinal articles from the early 1970s, when the LGBTQ+ community really first started making themselves known on campus. Whenever I find something interesting, I scan it. My eventual hope is that I can publish these on a website as a sort of collection of early queer history at UW!

Speaking of the website, I have recently been given access to the Wordpress account of the archives website! I am looking forward to creating a platform to share my project, and have it be more accessible to people, maybe even people outside of UW! I also hope to create a page where every future Student Historian will be able to publish their own research!

I am very excited to see what the new year brings for this project! Thank you for following me on my journey :)

#student historians #undergraduate research #uwmadison #campus history #queer history #lgbtqia history #oral history

[yatescountyhistorycenter]

The ultimate sacrifice, three times over

By Jonathan Monfiletto

According to the Civil War monument that stands in Courthouse Park in the vicinity of the Yates County Courthouse and county office building, 2,109 people from Yates County served in the military during the Civil War – out of a population in 1860 of 20,290 or a little more than 10 percent of the residents here at the time.

Of those 2,109 people, approximately 200 – another 10 percent, this time of those who served – died during the war, according to Penn Yan and How It Got That Way, by Frances Dumas.

And of the families of those 200 people, possibly none suffered more than the family of Romeo and Rachel Gaylord, of Bellona. The family sent three sons off to fight in the conflict between the North and the South – the rebellion, as contemporary newspaper reports often called it – and two of their sons died during their service while the third was wounded during the war.

I began to learn this family’s story when I went for a walk through the Bellona Cemetery one day earlier this summer and came across the Gaylord family gravestone there. The gravestone tells quite a story if you take the time to listen to it.

The marker lists parents Romeo and Rachel on the front of its four sides; Romeo died in 1867 at age 66, while Rachel lived to be 90 years old. Another side lists daughters Amanda and Emily, who both died in childhood at age 7 and less than a year old, respectively. A third side lists son Charles W., who died at age 25 in the Battle of Gettysburg while serving as a private with Co. B of the 126th New York Volunteers, along with daughter Lydia A. Cooper, who died at age 51 in 1891. The final side lists son Oliver C., who died at age 31 in St. Louis while serving as a private in Co. G of the 3rd Michigan Cavalry, along with son Benjamin F., who died at age 37 in Mississippi in 1872. He had been a corporal with Co. H of the 102nd New York Volunteers during the Civil War; whether he was still serving the military at the time of his death, I haven’t been able to determine.

A letter to the editor in the March 3, 1864 edition of the Yates County Chronicle titled “An Afflicted Family” and signed “A Friend” adds more details to the story already told by the gravestone. “There are so many cases of affliction all over our land – caused by this most unholy war and about which so much has been said – that it sems almost like needless repetition to speak of others; but finding that the patriotism of this family is worthy of at least a passing notice, I have ventured, although unaccustomed to writing for the public prints, to state the simple facts in regard to them,” the letter begins its tribute to the Gaylord family.

Friend notes the Gaylord family “has been long and favorably known by many who will peruse this notice,” before he tells of the fates of the three sons called away by military service during the war. Oliver, the eldest son, had resided in Michigan “for several years past,” according to the letter, and enlisted in Co. G. of the 3rd Michigan Cavalry in October 1861. Six months later, in April 1862, he died of chronic diarrhea in St. Louis, having never been in battle.

Frank – as Benjamin F. seems to have been called – the next eldest son, enlisted in Co. H of the 102nd Regiment in December 1861 and was wounded in August 1862 at the Battle of Cedar Mountain in Culpeper County, Virginia. The wound was enough to disable him from further service during the war, and he was discharged in October 1862. It seems he returned to the family property in Bellona, at least for a period of time.

Charles enlisted in August 1862 – August 8, in fact, just a day before Frank was injured on August 9 – in Co. B of the 126th Regiment. He was killed in July 1863 during the Battle of Gettysburg, the northernmost battle of the war but not the only battle to take place outside of the Confederacy.

“And we have the fullest assurance that the two [Oliver and Charles] who have been ‘relieved from duty,’ were well prepared to report to the head-quarters of the Captain of their Salvation,” Friend concludes his letter.

According to Census records, the Gaylord family had at least two other sons – Byron, who was 13 in 1855, and Edward, who was 8 at that time – and at least one other daughter, Elizabeth, who was 21 in 1855. In 1855, the Gaylord family is listed in Torrey, but in 1865 the family is listed in Benton.

Frank’s gravestone indicates he died in Mississippi in 1872. Though I have been unable to find any further information, other than Frank married his wife in New York and they bore their son in Mississippi, I wonder if Frank had somehow re-enlisted in the military and served as part of the occupation of the South during Reconstruction and then somehow died during this service.

Perhaps this was another sacrifice made by the Gaylord family – a family who had already witnessed so much sacrifice and heartache during the Civil War.

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All Love Radio 2 💜❤️  A Late 20th Century Rock Music Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre

“Meat-eating orchids forgive no one just yet” – Kurt Cobain

Our original All Love Radio mix, released in 2021, celebrated the Saint Valentine’s Day holiday with a sugary batch of modern rock ’n’ roll love tunes from the current century; this time we decided to give the nostalgia junkies a treat, so we time-tunnelled back to the late 20th century and brought back a heart-shaped box full of of sweet indie/alt rock confections from the 80s and 90s. Featuring passionate, romantic, and/or heartbroken musical outpourings from XTC, The B-52s, Lyres, the Flatmates, Iggy Pop, Shonen Knife, the dBs, Primal Scream, BMX Bandits, and eleven more bands who want to be somebody’s valentine (maybe yours).

Cover art background photo courtesy of PX Here.

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Running Time: 1 hour, 2 seconds

Tracklist

Intro [Excerpt from 'Ode to St. Valentine' by Calvin Johnson] (0:23)

Loveland (4:53) — The B-52's | Athens, GA | 1982

Love At First Sight (3:06) — XTC | Swindon, UK | 1980

Love is for Lovers (3:16) — The dB’s | New York / North Carolina | 1984

So In Love With You (2:08) — The Flatmates | Bristol, UK | 1986

This Is Love (3:10) — The Gist | Cardiff, Wales, UK | 1980

Our Love Is Heavenly (3:25) — Heavenly | Oxford, UK | 1991

Together Forever in Love (2:23) — Go Sailor | Berkeley, CA | 1995

This Is Why You Love Me (1:51) — The Brian Jonestown Massacre | San Francisco, CA | 1997

Love Me Till The Sun Shines (3:56) — Lyres | Boston, MA | 1984

(Love Is Like A) Heatwave (2:45) — Shonen Knife | Osaka, Japan | 1994

Love Makes the World Go Round (2:45) — BMX Bandits | Glasgow, Scotland, UK | 1996

Funnel of Love (1:33) — The Jody Grind | Atlanta, GA | 1992

Love You More (1:27) — Fastbacks | Seattle, WA | 1993

Love Barge (3:26) — Big Dipper | Boston, MA | 1990

Love Is a Beautiful Thing (2:31) — Young Fresh Fellows | Seattle, WA | 1992

Love to Hate to Love (3:28) — Eleventh Dream Day | Chicago, IL | 1989

Love You (4:43) — Primal Scream | Glasgow, Scotland, UK | 1987

Sea of Love (3:37) — Iggy Pop | Ann Arbor, MI | 1981

I Need Your Love (3:07) — Ramones | Queens, NY | 1983

True Love Will Find You in the End (2:10) — The Reivers | Austin, TX | 1987

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Hollis Frampton, "A Stipulation of Terms From Maternal Hopi" (1973/75)

1. [] = The radiance.

2. ]D[]Y[ = Containers to be opened in total darkness.

3. ]PS[]L[ = A drug used by women to dilate the iris of the eye.

4. ]H[]H[]L[ = Epithet of the star ]S[]S[]N[*, used while succulents are in bloom. 

5. ]PT[]Y] = Last light seen by one dying in the fifth duodecad of life.

6. ]XN[ = Heliotrope.

7. ]TL[]D[ = Rotating phosphenes of 6 or 8 arms.

8. ]BN[]T[ = Shadow cast by light of lesser density upon light of greater.

9. ]V[]TR[ = The pineal body; time.

10. ]XR[ = The sensation of sadness at having slept through a shower of meteors.

11. ]MR[][ = The luster of resin from the shrub ]R[]R[, which fascinates male babies.

12. ]NX[]KT[ = The light that congeals about vaguely imagined objects.

13. ]DR[]KL[ = Phosphorescence of one's father, exposed after death.

14. ]SM[]N[ = Fireworks in celebration of afirstborn daughter.

15. ]GN[]T[]N[ = Translucence of human flesh. 

16. ]TM[]X[]T[ = Delight at sensing that one is about to awaken.

17. ]TS[]H[ = Shadow cast by the comet ]XT[ uponthe surface of the sun.

18. ]R[]D[ = An afterimage. **

19. ]D[]DR[ = A white supernova reported by alien traveller.

20. ]K[]SK[ = A cloud; mons Veneris.

21. ][]Z[]S[= Ceremonial lenses, made ofice brought down from the high mountains.

22. ]KD[]X[ = Winter moonlight, refracted by a glass vessel filled with the beverage ]NK[]T[.

23. ]P[]M[]R[ = Changes in daylight initiated by the arrival of a beloved person unrelated to one.

24. ]G[]S[ = Gridded lightning seen by those born blind.

25. ]W[]N[]T[ = An otherwise unexplained fire in a dwelling inhabited only by women.

26. ]G[]GN[ = The sensation of desiring to see the color of one's own urine.

27. ]M[]K[ = Snowblindness.

28. ]H[]R[ = Unexpected delight atseeing something formerly displeasing.

29. ]H[]ST[ = The arc of a rainbow defective in a single hue.

30. ]L[]L[]X[=The fovea of the retina; amnesia.

31. ][]R[ = The sensation of satisfaction at having outstared a baby.

32. ]ST[ = Improvised couplets honoring St. Elmo's Fire.

33. ]V[]D[ = The sensation of indifference to transparency.

34. ]Z[]TS[ = Either ofthe colors brought to mind by the fragrance of plucked ]TR[ ferns.

35. ]X[]H[ = Royal expedition in search of a display of Aurora Borealis.

36. ]T[]K[]N[=Changes in day light that frighten dogs.

37. ]Y[]X[ = The optic chiasmus (Colloq.); abysmal; testicles.

38. ]N[][]T[ = The twenty-four heartbeats before the firstheartbeat ofsunrise.

39. ]F[]X[= A memory of the color violet, reported by those blinded in early infancy.

40. ]T[]Y[]Y[ = The sensation of being scrutinized by a reptile.

41. ]B[]NM[ = Mute.***

42. ]N[]T[]N[ =The sound of air in a cave; areverie lasting less than a lunar month; long dark hair.

43. ]S[]TY[ = The light that moves against the wind.

44. ]B[][ = Changes in one's shadow, after one's lover has departed in anger.

45. ]N[]GR[ = The fish Anableps, that sees in two worlds.

46. ]RZ[]R[ = The sensation of longing for an eclipse of the Moon.

47. ]H[]F[ = Stropharia cubensis.

48. ]S[]LR[ = Familiar objects within the vitreous humor.

49. ]W[]X[][ = A copper mirror that reflects only one's own face.

50. ]MN[]X[ = Temporary visions consequent upon trephining.

51. ]G[][]KR[ = Cataract.

52. ]RNpW[ = Hypnagogues incorporating unfamiliar birds.

53. ]M[]D[ = A dream of seeing through one eye only.

*Probably Fomalhaut (alpha Piscis Australis). **Also used as a classifier of seeds. ***Standing epithet of ancestral deities.

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May Wed[nesday] 1

5 1/2

11 3/4

fine morn[in]g F[ahrenheit] 51° at 5 1/2 and 45° at 6 3/4 outs[ide] my wind[ow] - in the lib[rar]y pass[age] - br[eak]f[a]st at 9 in 3/4 h[ou]r

fr[om] th[e]n to 4 1/2 busy dust[in]g and arrang[in]g b[oo]ks - happ[il]y finish[e]d my job and h[a]d Sharp up to sweep the lib[rar]y and

lib[rar]y pass[age] whi[le] I chang[e]d my clothes and wash[e]d and made mys[elf] comf[orta]ble - no Mr. Parker - th[e]n m[u]st be so[me]

mista[ke] - dawd[lin]g and look[in]g at my b[oo]ks - din[ner] at 6 - Mr. Parker s[e]nt one of h[i]s clerks fear[in]g th[e]re w[a]s so[me]

mista[ke] - s[ai]d I sh[oul]d be engag[e]d tomor[row] - b[u]t w[oul]d be at his off[i]ce bef[ore] 2 p.m. - sat talk[in]g to my a[un]t and 1/2 asleep

till ca[me] to the lib[rar]y to my desk at 8 20/.. - calculat[in]g and writ[in]g out 1/2 yearly rent-rool for Washingt[o]n (till w[e]nt

d[o]wnst[ai]rs at 9 3/4 for 1/2 h[ou]r) th[e]n calculat[in]g ag[ai]n till 10 3/4 - fine morn[in]g till aft[e]r 12 - aft[er]w[ar]ds rainy

or ver[y] show[er]y aft[ernoo]n - F[ahrenheit] 52 1/2° now at 11 5/., p.m. -