Ready to discover a healthier you? Order your analysis and use the GenoPalate app to start eating for your genes.

GenoPalate is a rather new web site that will appeal to many people, genealogists and non-genealogists alike. The company analyzes your genome and provides the DNA-based nutrition guidance you need to become your healthiest self. The plan is to create a list of foods and nutrient recommendations that are best for your DNA. So, how does that work?

According to the GenoPalate web site:

First, your unique genetic results are analyzed and compared to peer reviewed research studies that have shown positive health outcomes in people with similar genetics.

Additionally, the company looks at how your body metabolizes certain nutrients. This analysis provides recommendations for 20+ nutrients (including your macronutrients, vitamins, and minerals), insights on your potential sensitivity to lactose and gluten, as well as your metabolic rate of caffeine and alcohol.

Next, your genetic analysis and nutrient recommendations are compared to GenoPalate's food database. Foods are selected for you based on how well they match your genetic-based nutritional profile. Your personalized list of foods will have the highest amount of the nutrients that may benefit you the most.

According to Sherry Zhang, PhD-Molecular Biology, Founder and CEO of GenoPalate:

"Let's Unlock Your Genetic Mysteries Together

"I still vividly remember how the idea of GenoPalate planted its seed in my mind and heart. One morning, I was in the lab reviewing some exciting genomic sequencing results just coming out of the "oven." We identified an obesity gene that could tell us if people were at higher risks for gaining weight. That day, I got the "itch" that I could create a DNA nutrition test to help people learn about their biology so they could make better health decisions.

"I developed a number of technologies that enabled us to research genetic variations in the human genome responsible for all kinds of individual characteristics that affect the quality of life and health. My knowledge of how human genomics influences people's food metabolism eventually became the proprietary genetic testing technology that powers GenoPalate. With it, we translate people's DNA into personal needs for nutrition and metabolic health."

GenoPalate's services are available at 3 price levels:

Starting at $79, a comprehensive analysis, will discover your individual, DNA-based needs so you can set the foundation for a healthier diet and lifestyle. It includes:

• Get a genetic-based, personalized nutrition analysis for an optimal diet
• Uncover sensitivities to lactose, gluten, caffeine, and alcohol
• Discover 100+ foods that work best for your DNA
• Reveal genetic-based eating predispositions and stress responses

Starting at $199, your genetic insights are used to level up your health with DNA-based nutritional guidance. You’ll meet with a Registered Dietitian to discuss your test results and actionable steps you can use to tackle your health and wellness goals. It includes:

• Everything included in the $79 test plus:
• Initial 1-on-1 consultation with a Registered Dietitian to help you analyze your results and learn how to integrate your report into your lifestyle
• Together, talk about your weight, diet, exercise, hydration, and sleep goals

Finally, starting at $349, GenoPalate will create a plan to achieve your health and wellness goals, and get the support you need to stick to it. You’ll partner with a Registered Dietitian in a 4-week program where you’ll leverage your comprehensive DNA insights and receive personalized nutrition guidance.It includes:

• Everything included in the lower-cost tests plus:
• Three additional 1-on-1 follow-up sessions with a Registered Dietitian (4 total)
• Together, design and optimize a well-rounded, sustainable plan that can help you achieve your weight, diet, exercise, hydration, and sleep goals
• Five personalized recipes to support your plan and health goals

How well does all this work? I have no idea as this information is all new to me. However, if you have used the services of GenoPalate, please post a comment in the comments section below this article describing your satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the product.

You can learn more at https://www.genopalate.com/.

The following announcement was written by the Pennington Research Association:

FALLS CHURCH, VA, 19 SEPTEMBER 2022—The National Genealogical Society (NGS) and the Pennington Research Association (PRA) today announce the formal dissolution of PRA and the transfer of its digital and financial assets to NGS.

PRA was founded for the sole purpose of collecting, preserving, maintaining, and disseminating materials related to the genealogical structure of the Pennington Family. Last year the association decided to dissolve requiring it to find a home for its financial assets and digital information. PRA selected NGS as the recipient of those assets.

“PRA’s long support for the Pennington family genealogical and historical resources is an important contribution to the family history community in America,” said Matt Menashes, CAE, executive director of NGS. “We are grateful to PRA for entrusting its assets to NGS to ensure they remain available.”

“When we decided to dissolve our nonprofit corporation, we immediately sought out NGS as a partner to take on our assets. We are thrilled to be able to provide these assets to a national organization, one that will ensure we continue to disseminate information about the Pennington family and that is able to continue to provide genealogy education for Pennington descendants,” said Gene Pennington, who facilitated the discussions with NGS and served many years as PRA’s chairman and research director.

Under an asset transfer agreement NGS agreed to support PRA’s family tree maintained on a MyHeritage website; provide an annual stipend to Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, which preserves PRA’s physical assets; and establish the Pennington Gift Fund to ensure PRA’s financial assets are properly managed. NGS is also providing complimentary one-year memberships to former PRA members.

“While we know it is never an easy decision to close a nonprofit genealogy organization, we were glad to provide this opportunity for PRA to continue its legacy,” said Kathryn Doyle, NGS president. “With thousands of small family associations and genealogy organizations in the United States, some will close occasionally. NGS can help those organizations maintain their assets and continue to leave a legacy going forward.”

Need to reduce the size of your audio files? Here are a handful of ways to compress large audio files on Windows, Mac, Android, and more. An article by Andy Betts published in the Make Use Of web site tells how: How to Compress Large Audio Files: 5 Easy and Effective Ways

The following is a press release from the Library of Congress:

Chronicling America Reaches 50 States
New Hampshire Joins the National Digital Newspaper Program, Expanding Online Access to America’s Historic Newspapers

Chronicling America, the searchable online database of historic American newspapers, will soon include digitized newspapers from all 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and housed and maintained online at the Library of Congress, Chronicling America offers free online access to 19.9 million pages of newspapers published in the United States between 1777 and 1963.

NEH recently awarded its first grant award to a National Digital Newspaper Program partner for the state of New Hampshire, ensuring access to significant newspapers from the entire United States. Dartmouth College will serve as the New Hampshire state hub, partnering with the New Hampshire State Library, the New Hampshire Historical Society, and the University of New Hampshire Library to identify historical newspapers that reflect the state’s political, economic, and cultural history for inclusion in Chronicling America. Among the first newspapers to be digitized and added to the online repository are the New Hampshire Gazette, the first newspaper known to be printed by an enslaved person; The Dartmouth, founded in 1799 as the Dartmouth Gazette, the nation’s oldest school newspaper; and Among the Clouds, a newspaper printed on top of Mount Washington between 1889 and 1917.

“Building on 40 years of collaboration between NEH and the Library of Congress, Chronicling America is a uniquely rich national resource that documents the histories of the events, ideas, and individuals that make up the American story,” said NEH Chair Shelly C. Lowe (Navajo). “The addition of the 50th state partner to the National Digital Newspaper Program is a milestone achievement that will expand coverage of this unparalleled resource to encompass all U.S. states, giving the public access to the ‘first draft of history’ from the perspective of communities across the country.”

Established in 2005, Chronicling America gives users on a computer, tablet or phone direct access to American history as it was recorded locally in more than 3,700 newspaper titles in 22 languages. Users can browse the pages of the 1789 Gazette of the United States, a partisan paper friendly to George Washington’s administration and the emerging Federalist party; search for headlines related to the sinking of the Titanic or the United States’ entry into World War I; or read contemporaneous newspaper coverage of the 1963 March on Washington. NEH grants to state newspaper projects allow program partners across the country to select historically important newspapers published in their respective states and oversee the digitization of those titles for inclusion in the Chronicling America database.

“The Chronicling America collection is a treasure-trove of newspapers of record, community voices and local history unlike any other openly available primary source material,” said Deborah Thomas, chief of the Serial and Government Publications Division at the Library of Congress, and the Library’s program manager for the National Digital Newspaper Program. “Adding New Hampshire regional and local news to the Chronicling America collection will expand our understanding of American history and society.”

Join a Virtual Lecture on the Role of the Black Press in WWII

Members of the public are invited to learn more about Chronicling America and the National Digital Newspaper Program by tuning in to this online event:

“Double Victory in Black and White: What Digitized Historical Newspapers Reveal about the African American Experience of WWII” by historian Matthew Delmont on Sept. 29 at 4 p.m. EDT

In his plenary address as part of an annual conference of all state and jurisdictional partners of the National Digital Newspaper Program, Delmont will explore how Black newspapers led the Double Victory campaign during WWII to secure victory over fascism abroad and victory over racism at home. First championed in 1942 by The Pittsburgh Courier, the largest Black newspaper in the United States at the time, the “Double V” campaign was embraced by prominent Black newspapers across the country, which highlighted the vital role Black troops played on the frontlines; brought the triumphs and tragedies of the war home to Black readers; and helped lay the groundwork for the civil rights movement by promoting patriotism while raising questions regarding race, democracy, and citizenship.

Sponsored by NEH and the Library of Congress, this talk is free and open to the public. To register, visit: https://www.loc.gov/item/event-405634/ 

Matthew Delmont, the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History at Dartmouth is an expert on African American History and the history of Civil Rights. He is the author of the forthcoming Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad, which received research support from an NEH Public Scholars award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. His previous books include Black Quotidian: Everyday History in African American Newspapers (Stanford University Press, 2019), and Making Roots: A Nation Captivated (University of California Press, 2016), among others.

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs is available at neh.gov.

The Library of Congress: The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library, offering access to the creative record of the United States — and extensive materials from around the world. It is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. Explore collections, reference services and other programs and plan a visit at loc.gov; access the official site for U.S. federal legislative information at congress.gov; and register creative works of authorship at copyright.gov.

The following is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman. 

Genealogy research is a fascinating endeavor. After all, your family tree is a puzzle that needs to be solved. In fact, you are literally finding out where you came from. I strongly recommend that anyone with an interest in ancestry do their own research. Indeed, it is fun and challenging.

As author of this newsletter, I sometimes field questions from genealogy newcomers -- questions like how they can hire someone to research their family tree for a fee. I typically respond with still another question and a comment: "Would you pay someone to play a round of golf for you? While that might complete the objective, you will miss out on the entire experience."

Despite my rather cavalier remark, I will suggest that professional genealogists can be your best friends and assistants after you have started your own genealogy research. Yes, you should do the basics yourself. You should start with yourself and then find information about your parents, your grandparents, your great-grandparents, and so on, as far back as you can possibly go on your own. Researching your own family tree is fun and can be inexpensive. However, when you do hit a "stone wall" and cannot go back any further, it may be time to call in the professionals.

For instance, you may exhaust all the resources that you know of. At that point, you may wish to hire an expert who has years of experience in the same area to see if he or she can find information that eludes you.

Even when you do know where to look next, you may find it impossible to travel to a distant records repository to look at some record that has not yet been put on the web, on microfilm, or even in a printed book. You will find it far cheaper to pay a professional researcher who lives in that area to look at records for you and to make photocopies. That usually will beat the costs of traveling there yourself with all the expenses of airfare, hotels, and meals. The professional may also notice things that you missed on that document or possibly on other documents in the same repository.

Another good use of a professional's time is when you simply need advice from an expert. Paying for a few hours' consulting time from someone who is an expert in the geographic area or the ethnic group you are researching may provide an education, enhance your genealogy experiences, and point you in the right direction to continue your search.

All professional genealogists are not created alike. Almost all of them are specialists of some sort. A person who is expert in New England research or in Jewish research may not be as competent in the records of Pennsylvania German immigrants or Alabama Civil War veterans. You need to find a person with the expertise that you seek.

Professional genealogists may do research for hire based on their knowledge of, and access to, resources for a particular area of expertise. Researchers specialize in many different areas, including:

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"Good-bye folks. It's been nice knowing you."

Actually, I'm not ready to say goodbye to the human race just yet. Then again, I do suggest we not ignore the warnings.

Writing in the Futurism.com web site, Victor Tangermann writes:

"An existential catastrophe is not just possible, but likely."

Existential Threat

Researchers at Google Deepmind and the University of Oxford have concluded that it's now "likely" that superintelligent AI will spell the end of humanity — a grim scenario that more and more researchers are starting to predict.

In a recent paper published in the journal AI Magazine, the team — comprised of DeepMind senior scientist Marcus Hutter and Oxford researchers Michael Cohen and Michael Osborne — argues that machines will eventually become incentivized to break the rules their creators set to compete for limited resources or energy.

"Under the conditions we have identified, our conclusion is much stronger than that of any previous publication — an existential catastrophe is not just possible, but likely," Cohen, Oxford University engineering student and co-author of the paper, tweeted earlier this month.

Computing Catastrophe

In their paper, the researchers argue that humanity could face its doom in the form of super-advanced "misaligned agents" that perceives humankind as standing in the way of a reward.

You can read a lot more at: https://futurism.com/the-byte/google-oxford-paper-ai-humankind

The following announcement was written by Findmypast:

Findmypast adds thousands of school and parish records this Findmypast Friday  

Ancestry CEO Deb Liu shares her experience working at Facebook and explains her move to Ancestry.com in a video on Yahoo! at https://news.yahoo.com/deb-liu-explains-why-she-102342861.html. (Click on the icon that looks like a loudspeaker with an "X" to enable the audio.)

For 12 long years, former beauty queen and long-time US actress Eva LaRue was being stalked by a psychopath, who regularly sent letters to her southern California home, threatening to rape and kill her and her young daughter. Sustained efforts by law enforcement agencies to nail the perpetrator failed.

The FBI’s sharp minds then turned to genetic genealogy, a science that can be used to identify remains by tying DNA to a missing person’s family member or to point to the likely identity of a perpetrator. They extracted DNA from the envelopes of the threat letters and ran it through a DNA database, which yielded a list of the suspect’s relatives. The 58-year-old stalker was identified after his DNA was extracted from a discarded straw at a restaurant

Details may be found in an article by Vikram Sharma published in the Deccan Chronicle web site at: https://bit.ly/3LfyQRY.