From: Jim Wisecup
Date: August 10, 2008 08:07:37 MDT
Subject: Springfield News-Sun Article
Hey! Guys! The Springfiel News-Sun has a Front Page article about Phil in today's (Sunday August 10th) edition.
Log on to the follwoing:
http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/
From his proud papa!
Jim
That article has been moved off the front page. You can find it here:
Rear Admiral Wisecup: 'After 31 years in this outfit, I'm happy to continue to serve.'
http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/search/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/08/10/sns081008wisecup.html
"Rear Admiral Wisecup: 'After 31 years in this outfit, I'm happy to continue to serve.'
By Tom Stafford
Staff Writer
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Rear Adm. James P. "Phil" Wisecup has plenty to keep him busy while commanding the Navy's most technologically advanced strike force group, led by the USS Ronald Reagan.
But in the back of his mind is the question of what contributions he can make when he arrives at his next assignment as president of the Naval War College in Newport, R.I., in November.
"If you look back in history, you see the people who have been president of the Naval War College have helped to take the Navy in certain strategic directions," said Wisecup, a graduate of the program. "I've got to give that some thought."
Students there are brought in "from many many nations" and with a goal of "taking our Navy and our officers in the right direction," he said.
The college "helps kind of pollinate all the thinking" of officers from all over the world.
A 1977 graduate of the Naval Academy, Wisecup throughout his career has alternated duty assignments in places like the Persian Gulf, the White House Situation Room and NATO Headquarters with advance degree programs at the University of Southern California, the War College and the Institute for Advanced European Studies at the University of Strasbourg, France, where he was an Olmstead Scholar.
The pattern has been instructive.
"One hand washes the other," he said.
"You know what questions to ask (in classes) when you have operational experience like that."
Wisecup has traveled the laboratory of foreign relations — the world — many times over in the Navy, learning more about international relations than he ever dreamed of when his interest for it was piqued by a Polish-born French teacher at Piqua High School, Gus Wincent.
"The idea of speaking a foreign language or going to Europe was very, very interesting to me," he said.
The career that propelled him has been "fascinating," he said.
"We're about fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships with other nations and our allies. Most of that passes under the radar."
He said it wasn't missed on the sailors he said who "flocked ashore" in the Philippines to be a part of the typhoon relief effort.
"This is also about conflict deterrence," Wisecup added, likening the Navy's work in that sphere to the work of a forest ranger "who sees that little wisp of smoke in the forest" and responds to it before the fire rages out of control.
In such instances, he said, there's the knowledge that his naval service — and the service of others — is part of something his parents always encouraged him to be interested in: history.
"When you talk about things that have happened in the past 15 or 20 years and you talk to Naval officers, they often will have been present in places like Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq.
"The one thing you learn in the Navy — if you're not present, you're not influencing," he said.
By being there, "You can help reassure people that the United States really cares about what's happening," he said.
While going about his duties, "I often think of you folks back in Ohio," said Wisecup.
He is a father of five — four girls and a boy, ages 25 to 13 — who met his wife, Anne, while studying in France.
"When I was home in May, I was able to go to my daughter's graduation at Miami (University in Oxford) and spent some time with my folks.
His parents, James and Bettye Wisecup, live in South Charleston.
"I always carry a buckeye in my pocket," he said, and he takes it out when he runs into guys like the seaman he spotted on deck the other day with an Ohio State tattoo.
Wisecup's latest promotion grants him another five years of naval service. Asked whether he'd like to ascend the next two ranks to admiral, he says, "that's all in the hands of the chief of Naval Operations."
Wisecup said he always tells sailors that promotions are not so much goals or achievements as they are the product of work — the kind of work he still enjoys.
"After 31 years in this outfit," Wisecup said, "I'm happy to continue to serve."
Contact this reporter at (937) 328-0368 or tstafford@coxohio.com."
Monday, August 11, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
So, what's new?
Life takes us all in funny directions. We move as the wind blows, affected by so many different things that it is all but impossible to account for them all.
This year has been like that. Mostly just free flowing, blowing on the wind from one day to the next. Usually heading in the same direction, with the occasionally turbulence to pull us aside and make sure we stay on our toes.
This year has been a very good year in most ways, and kind of tough in other ways.
How have you been? Did you travel?
Any new births and deaths in the family this year, how about last year?
Has anyone found out anything new about George Zimmerman?
Has anyone decided to plan a family reunion for any portion of the Carpenter Family? I will be happy to post that so you can spread the word.
Have you sat around the campfire and swapped stories about... anything? Why not write them down. Record them and send me the audio file, or send me a tape and I will get them transcribed if they are not too long.
Digital audio recorders are dirt cheap these days and it makes a great way to capture those stories before another generation leaves this life and becomes a part of history. We can capture that history while it available to a living mind who can recount the tale.
The current generation is becoming more aggressive about writing down their experiences. Blogging has become a tremendous opportunity to hear the thoughts of another human mind. But not all of those alive today are hip to the new technology. So, those of you who are, please take steps to make it easier. Give grandmother and grandfather a digital recorder and go over their regularly to get the files and keep them safe. You may not even do anything with them. Maybe it will be your children or grandchildren who get around to converting that to some usable format. So, get them recorded and then they are not lost.
YouTube is another avenue worth exploring. With so much opportunity, why not make recordings that are worthwhile and share them via TouTube with the family? We can blog that, or it becomes a searchable record. The reality of how these tools can be used to make current history come alive is really something we all need to take a good look at. One day, we will be that lost generation. Our own stories need to be recorded for posterity. If nothing else, just to share some part of ourselves with that next generation.
Please become a contributor to this website. My mission is to collect and share those stories. But I need you to collect and share them first.
I hope to hear more from all of you soon. I will also take my own advice and start collecting more stories from my branch of the family tree.
: Joseph W.
This year has been like that. Mostly just free flowing, blowing on the wind from one day to the next. Usually heading in the same direction, with the occasionally turbulence to pull us aside and make sure we stay on our toes.
This year has been a very good year in most ways, and kind of tough in other ways.
How have you been? Did you travel?
Any new births and deaths in the family this year, how about last year?
Has anyone found out anything new about George Zimmerman?
Has anyone decided to plan a family reunion for any portion of the Carpenter Family? I will be happy to post that so you can spread the word.
Have you sat around the campfire and swapped stories about... anything? Why not write them down. Record them and send me the audio file, or send me a tape and I will get them transcribed if they are not too long.
Digital audio recorders are dirt cheap these days and it makes a great way to capture those stories before another generation leaves this life and becomes a part of history. We can capture that history while it available to a living mind who can recount the tale.
The current generation is becoming more aggressive about writing down their experiences. Blogging has become a tremendous opportunity to hear the thoughts of another human mind. But not all of those alive today are hip to the new technology. So, those of you who are, please take steps to make it easier. Give grandmother and grandfather a digital recorder and go over their regularly to get the files and keep them safe. You may not even do anything with them. Maybe it will be your children or grandchildren who get around to converting that to some usable format. So, get them recorded and then they are not lost.
YouTube is another avenue worth exploring. With so much opportunity, why not make recordings that are worthwhile and share them via TouTube with the family? We can blog that, or it becomes a searchable record. The reality of how these tools can be used to make current history come alive is really something we all need to take a good look at. One day, we will be that lost generation. Our own stories need to be recorded for posterity. If nothing else, just to share some part of ourselves with that next generation.
Please become a contributor to this website. My mission is to collect and share those stories. But I need you to collect and share them first.
I hope to hear more from all of you soon. I will also take my own advice and start collecting more stories from my branch of the family tree.
: Joseph W.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Forums back online today
The Carpenter-Zimmerman.org Forums was taken down last October, because at that time there was a security problem with the software. It was a matter of better safe than sorry. I did not elaborate because most of our users do not want technical explanations.
I have been following the developer's progress, and it appears that issue has been resolved with a new version. When I am convinced it is secure, then I will put the forums back online. If you catch it during testing over the next few days, then you may see it go up and come down a few times while I bang on it to make sure it is in good shape.
Thank you for your continued patience, though it is interesting that nobody complained about its absence, or even asked the question. I wonder if this forum is something this website could do without? Let me know your thoughts. Send me Email.
I have been following the developer's progress, and it appears that issue has been resolved with a new version. When I am convinced it is secure, then I will put the forums back online. If you catch it during testing over the next few days, then you may see it go up and come down a few times while I bang on it to make sure it is in good shape.
Thank you for your continued patience, though it is interesting that nobody complained about its absence, or even asked the question. I wonder if this forum is something this website could do without? Let me know your thoughts. Send me Email.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Admiral James Philip Wisecup, U.S. Navy, nominated for his 2nd Star
From: Jim Wisecup
Date: February 22, 2008 14:05:15 MST
Hey! Joe! One nice thing that has happened in our family........
Our son, James Philip (called Phil) Wisecup, Admiral in the U.S. Navy, just has been nominated for his 2nd Star. Hopefully, it will soon be approved by the U.S. Senate and then it will become official.
Of course, Phil is a descendent of Adam Carpenter like his mother (My wife) Bettye.
We are proud!
Jim Wisecup
P.S. Thanks for fixing the website.
Date: February 22, 2008 14:05:15 MST
Hey! Joe! One nice thing that has happened in our family........
Our son, James Philip (called Phil) Wisecup, Admiral in the U.S. Navy, just has been nominated for his 2nd Star. Hopefully, it will soon be approved by the U.S. Senate and then it will become official.
Of course, Phil is a descendent of Adam Carpenter like his mother (My wife) Bettye.
We are proud!
Jim Wisecup
P.S. Thanks for fixing the website.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Articles page fixed; Future of site in question
No new content I am sorry to say.
Nobody has submitted news to the website in months.
Do you know anything worth mentioning? Hey, send it on it and I will post it.
Jim Wisecup let me know that the Articles page was throwing an error. I figured out that Google Docs changed something in the way they publish the links. Once I updated to the new format, everything seems to be working again.
Thanks Jim, for your patronage of the web site, and for the feedback!
Also, I just paid my $500 website bill. About half of that goes for this genealogy site. It brings to mind that I may have to do some hard thinking about how and why I am paying that extra bill by myself. Or, I might want to look harder for another place to host this site. Not as easy or secure, but cheaper. I will be thinking on that.
If you would like to help out, you can send a donation via PayPal by clicking the "Make A Donation" button on the home page. Since noone has bothered to to contribute either money or stories since the last reunion in June 2006, it sort of lets me know where things stand. I will be thinking on that also. I may have to either shut it down, or include some advertising, or find some other way to pay for it.
If you find this website to be a resource worth saving, then please let me know one way or another.
: Joseph W.
Nobody has submitted news to the website in months.
Do you know anything worth mentioning? Hey, send it on it and I will post it.
Jim Wisecup let me know that the Articles page was throwing an error. I figured out that Google Docs changed something in the way they publish the links. Once I updated to the new format, everything seems to be working again.
Thanks Jim, for your patronage of the web site, and for the feedback!
Also, I just paid my $500 website bill. About half of that goes for this genealogy site. It brings to mind that I may have to do some hard thinking about how and why I am paying that extra bill by myself. Or, I might want to look harder for another place to host this site. Not as easy or secure, but cheaper. I will be thinking on that.
If you would like to help out, you can send a donation via PayPal by clicking the "Make A Donation" button on the home page. Since noone has bothered to to contribute either money or stories since the last reunion in June 2006, it sort of lets me know where things stand. I will be thinking on that also. I may have to either shut it down, or include some advertising, or find some other way to pay for it.
If you find this website to be a resource worth saving, then please let me know one way or another.
: Joseph W.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project Newsletter - December 2007
From: John R. Carpenter
Subject: Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project Newsletter - Dec 2007
Date: December 31, 2007 15:46:21 MST
Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project Newsletter - December 2007
Greetings for the New Year!
The Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project is a diversified group. Every one is a volunteer and no one gets paid for any work. A special Thank You goes out to those that help others. This includes my fellow Administrators Jim Carpenter, Terry Lee Carpenter & John F. Chandler for all their efforts!
We now have 166 FTDNA members with 160 kits returned. This includes our Genographic transfers. When you add 17 kits from other DNA testing companies, this puts us well over the 175 mark.
We have 18 organized Groups based on DNA matches. Groups 98 & 99 (31 & 16) represent over 1/3 of our members.
Many members wait for a long time for a match to come along. Randomness can be very frustrating while waiting. Take a positive step by recruiting someone on your lineage will help create a Group and more interest. This means getting out there and talking to Carpenters about Carpenters and Y-DNA. You can do it!
I would be happy to list on our web page anyone that wants to become one of the Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project Group Leaders. This person would organize, encourage and recruit new members for their Group. They could also provide updates and material for other members. If you are interested in being a Group Leader, please let me know.
Our General Fund stands at $206.00. We have never had much more than this to help others for DNA testing. Donations are few and far between. If we had a good source for donations, we could upgrade some tests where needed and collect selected DNA samples. Several other Y-DNA Projects have sponsors, corporations or grants to assist them. Do you know someone who can help?
Be careful about your FTDNA password. If you forget it and can not get onto your personal results web page, contact Ashley Coursey at FTDNA.
ashley@familytreedna.com
The Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project uses the FTDNA kit number to represent you on our web page. When you upload your results to Y-Search, you are given another ID number. This is done to protect your privacy. When another member shares their information with you, please respect their privacy by not sharing without consent. We need to work together as a team to accomplish our goals. If you need help in this area, please feel free to let me know.
Have you checked your lineage on our lineage page to check for accuracy? If it is not there, did you forget to send in your Carpenter or related surname pedigree? See:
http://members.cox.net/johnrcarpenter/generallineage.htm
Sometimes new research will change your lineage. Does your new research change your lineage as posted?
How many Y-DNA markers are enough? Most of us are aware that 12 markers are good enough for Haplogroups or deep ancestry that involves thousands of years or more. Thus 12 markers are very limited to genealogical projects.
Table 1 represents the first 25 markers from left to right tested by FTDNA.
http://members.cox.net/johnrcarpenter/index.htm#table1
The 25 marker test is our suggested standard. This gives us the minimal number of markers to compare on the genealogical scale of within a thousand of years or so. For example the difference between Groups 2 & 3 is one marker out of 25. With random mutations, sometimes additional testing is needed to determine which Group a member may belong to. This is handled case by case today. We thank those selected members who were willing to confirm these markers by additional testing.
Table 2 represents markers 26-37 from FTDNA from the left with additional markers from Sorenson (SMGF). DYS441 starts the SMGF markers.
http://members.cox.net/johnrcarpenter/index.htm#table2
At the 37 marker test, we have enough markers to see some sub-group markers. These are mutations that may be specific to a particular branch of the Group in question. These branch or sub-group mutations can potentially help narrow the genealogical research area for those in need. At this time, only Group 3 has several members to hint at these sub-group markers.
Group 2 could benefit from more testing on 37 or more marker level to determine sub-group markers. The same may apply for Groups 7 & 8 who have some potential because of their numbers. Other Groups would have to be reviewed on a case by case basis as their numbers of members grow.
Table 3 shows the FTDNA DYS markers from 38 to 67 with a few SMGF marker overlaps.
http://members.cox.net/johnrcarpenter/index.htm#table3
The 67 marker test continues to show potential for sub-group markers and to show differences in very closely related branches. Very few members have tested at this level.
We have an alternate table of all FTDNA tested results for review at:
http://www.ftdna.com/public/carpenter%20cousins%20%20dna/
This web page is prepared by FTDNA and is a slow loader. Remember, it only shows FTDNA tested results, but always shows the latest results as soon as they are available.
Remember that additional testing from one level to the next level does not require a new DNA sample. FTDNA keeps your sample safe and reuses it as needed. You also save on postage and handling during an upgrade.
Our Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project will grow because of its members and their interest. Open your mouths and talk to other Carpenters. Tell them you have tested your Y-DNA. Refer them to me to for questions that you are not able to answer. I am glad to help.
I hope all is well with you and your Families.
Happy New Year!
John R. Carpenter
La Mesa, CA
Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project
http://members.cox.net/johnrcarpenter/index.htm
PS I have been just advised that the letters in the FTDNA ID and passwords should be
capitalized (passwords are now case sensitive).
If at any time you want to stop receiving e-mails from your DNA Project Administrator, please go to the "Setup Preferences" section of your personal page and change the corresponding setting.
Subject: Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project Newsletter - Dec 2007
Date: December 31, 2007 15:46:21 MST
Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project Newsletter - December 2007
Greetings for the New Year!
The Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project is a diversified group. Every one is a volunteer and no one gets paid for any work. A special Thank You goes out to those that help others. This includes my fellow Administrators Jim Carpenter, Terry Lee Carpenter & John F. Chandler for all their efforts!
We now have 166 FTDNA members with 160 kits returned. This includes our Genographic transfers. When you add 17 kits from other DNA testing companies, this puts us well over the 175 mark.
We have 18 organized Groups based on DNA matches. Groups 98 & 99 (31 & 16) represent over 1/3 of our members.
Many members wait for a long time for a match to come along. Randomness can be very frustrating while waiting. Take a positive step by recruiting someone on your lineage will help create a Group and more interest. This means getting out there and talking to Carpenters about Carpenters and Y-DNA. You can do it!
I would be happy to list on our web page anyone that wants to become one of the Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project Group Leaders. This person would organize, encourage and recruit new members for their Group. They could also provide updates and material for other members. If you are interested in being a Group Leader, please let me know.
Our General Fund stands at $206.00. We have never had much more than this to help others for DNA testing. Donations are few and far between. If we had a good source for donations, we could upgrade some tests where needed and collect selected DNA samples. Several other Y-DNA Projects have sponsors, corporations or grants to assist them. Do you know someone who can help?
Be careful about your FTDNA password. If you forget it and can not get onto your personal results web page, contact Ashley Coursey at FTDNA.
ashley@familytreedna.com
The Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project uses the FTDNA kit number to represent you on our web page. When you upload your results to Y-Search, you are given another ID number. This is done to protect your privacy. When another member shares their information with you, please respect their privacy by not sharing without consent. We need to work together as a team to accomplish our goals. If you need help in this area, please feel free to let me know.
Have you checked your lineage on our lineage page to check for accuracy? If it is not there, did you forget to send in your Carpenter or related surname pedigree? See:
http://members.cox.net/johnrcarpenter/generallineage.htm
Sometimes new research will change your lineage. Does your new research change your lineage as posted?
How many Y-DNA markers are enough? Most of us are aware that 12 markers are good enough for Haplogroups or deep ancestry that involves thousands of years or more. Thus 12 markers are very limited to genealogical projects.
Table 1 represents the first 25 markers from left to right tested by FTDNA.
http://members.cox.net/johnrcarpenter/index.htm#table1
The 25 marker test is our suggested standard. This gives us the minimal number of markers to compare on the genealogical scale of within a thousand of years or so. For example the difference between Groups 2 & 3 is one marker out of 25. With random mutations, sometimes additional testing is needed to determine which Group a member may belong to. This is handled case by case today. We thank those selected members who were willing to confirm these markers by additional testing.
Table 2 represents markers 26-37 from FTDNA from the left with additional markers from Sorenson (SMGF). DYS441 starts the SMGF markers.
http://members.cox.net/johnrcarpenter/index.htm#table2
At the 37 marker test, we have enough markers to see some sub-group markers. These are mutations that may be specific to a particular branch of the Group in question. These branch or sub-group mutations can potentially help narrow the genealogical research area for those in need. At this time, only Group 3 has several members to hint at these sub-group markers.
Group 2 could benefit from more testing on 37 or more marker level to determine sub-group markers. The same may apply for Groups 7 & 8 who have some potential because of their numbers. Other Groups would have to be reviewed on a case by case basis as their numbers of members grow.
Table 3 shows the FTDNA DYS markers from 38 to 67 with a few SMGF marker overlaps.
http://members.cox.net/johnrcarpenter/index.htm#table3
The 67 marker test continues to show potential for sub-group markers and to show differences in very closely related branches. Very few members have tested at this level.
We have an alternate table of all FTDNA tested results for review at:
http://www.ftdna.com/public/carpenter%20cousins%20%20dna/
This web page is prepared by FTDNA and is a slow loader. Remember, it only shows FTDNA tested results, but always shows the latest results as soon as they are available.
Remember that additional testing from one level to the next level does not require a new DNA sample. FTDNA keeps your sample safe and reuses it as needed. You also save on postage and handling during an upgrade.
Our Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project will grow because of its members and their interest. Open your mouths and talk to other Carpenters. Tell them you have tested your Y-DNA. Refer them to me to for questions that you are not able to answer. I am glad to help.
I hope all is well with you and your Families.
Happy New Year!
John R. Carpenter
La Mesa, CA
Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project
http://members.cox.net/johnrcarpenter/index.htm
PS I have been just advised that the letters in the FTDNA ID and passwords should be
capitalized (passwords are now case sensitive).
If at any time you want to stop receiving e-mails from your DNA Project Administrator, please go to the "Setup Preferences" section of your personal page and change the corresponding setting.
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