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A basic example of a dotnet-based Apache Storm topology and how to run it on HDInsight. This example randomly emits a sentence, which is then broken into words. Finally, the words are counted and the word and count is emitted.
One of the following versions of Visual Studio
- Visual Studio 2012 with Update 4
- Visual Studio 2013 with Update 4 or Visual Studio 2013 Community
- Visual Studio 2015 or Visual Studio 2015 Community
Azure SDK 2.5.1 or later
HDInsight Tools for Visual Studio: See Get started using HDInsight Tools for Visual Studio to install and configure the HDInsight tools for Visual Studio.
SCP.NET package version
The SCP.NET package version that you use for this project depends on the version of Storm installed on your HDInsight cluster. Use the following table to determine what SCP.NET version you must use in your project:
|HDInsight version
|Apache Storm version
|SCP.NET version
About the code
This example Storm topology is implemented using the following components:
Spout.cs - This component emits one of five sentences to the output stream when it is called by the topology.
Splitter.cs - This component reads the sentences emitted by the spout and splits it into individual words. Each word is then emitted to the output stream.
Counter.cs - This component reads the words emitted by the splitter component and keeps a count of how many times a word has occurred.
Program.cs - This defines the topology, which describes how the data flows between the components, how many instances of each component to create, and other configuration information for the topology.
The following is a visual representation of the data flow between the components.
Deploy this sample to Azure
Once you have downloaded this project, open it using Visual Studio.
In Solution Explorer, right click the WordCount project and then select Build. This should download any required dependencies and build the project.
In Solution Explorer, right click the WordCount project and then select Submit to Storm on HDInsight. If prompted, authenticate to your Azure subscription.
In the Submit Topology dialog, select your cluster using the Storm Cluster dropdown list. Leave the other fields at the default values, and then select Submit.
Note: It may take a few seconds to populate the list of Storm Clusters.
Once the topology has been submitted, the Topology View will open. This displays the currently deployed topologies for the Storm cluster. Select the WordCount entry to display information about the topology.
Double click the Counter entry. This will display information for the Counter bolt.
From the Executors section, select the Port. This will display a log of information emitted by this bolt.
You can see the information logs, including the emitted tuples that contain information about the number of times a word has occurred.
To stop the topology, return to the Topology View, select the topology, and then select the Kill button above the topology information.
More information
For more information on working with C# topologies and Storm on HDInsight, see Develop C# topologies for Apache Storm on HDInsight using HDInsight tools for Visual Studio.
Project code of conduct
This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact firstname.lastname@example.com with any additional questions or comments.


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Headley 'feeling great' in recovery from calf injury
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Third baseman Chase Headley has had more good days than bad since he strained his right calf in an infield drill Feb. 22.
To be sure, Monday was a good day.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Third baseman Chase Headley has had more good days than bad since he strained his right calf in an infield drill Feb. 22.
To be sure, Monday was a good day.
Headley was able to hit in the batting cage for the first time since suffering the injury. A switch-hitter, Headley was only allowed to hit left-handed so he wouldn't put too much stress on the calf. But this was a step ahead in his rehabilitation.
"It's feeling great," he said. "As the doctor said, it's as good as we can ask for."
Headley suffered the injury in a rundown drill earlier in camp and an MRI showed that he had a Grade 1 strain of the gastrocnemius muscle, which is one of three muscles in the calf.
Headley said the pain started to subside almost immediately, and the crutches he used shortly after the injury to protect the calf were gone by the second day.
At this rate, Headley could possibly return to action by mid-month, which is still plenty of time for him to get his work in before Opening Day on March 30 against the Dodgers.
Headley, in the past, has estimated that he only needs 15-20 at-bats from each side of the plate before he's ready for the regular season.
The Padres have used several players at third base in Headley's absence, including Ryan Jackson, who got the start there Monday against the Giants. Jackson is trying to make the Opening Day roster as a reserve infielder. He's impressed the coaching staff at shortstop, too.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter.

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Hy-Vee is acquiring the Shopko Pharmacy in Glenwood, but management from Wisconsin-based Shopko has declined to answer questions concerning the future of the Shopko Hometown store in Glenwood.
On Friday, HyVee announced the acquisition of 22 Shopko pharmacies in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin, including the Shopko Pharmacy in Glenwood.
The desire to spread the word about a community she considers to be "one of the best kept secrets in Iowa," is the inspiration behind Anne Smith's decision to bring back a newcomers welcome program to the Glenwood area.
The community has been void of a welcome service for new residents since late 2011 when Suzanne Tuma retired from operating her Glenwood Newcomers business. Smith, who retired last year from a 22-year career with the Mills County Public Health Office, said she's looking forward to her new venture.
The staff at Glenwood Family Dentistry is settling in at its new location – the former Glenwood City Hall building at 107 S. Locust St.
Glenwood Family Dentistry, owned and operated by Dr. Paul Albertson, was started in the early 1970s by Dr. Dennis Gray who retired five years ago. The practice was previously housed at 514 First St.
"The other building was over 100 years old and had been kind of cobbled together," Dr. Albertson said. "It wasn't designed to be a dental office, so we always had to retrofit things to get it to work.
The Anytime Fitness club in Glenwood has undergone a major renovation over the last few months and will showcase its new look with a grand re-opening celebration on Thursday, Dec. 11.
Glenwood-area residents once again have a local hardware store to go to for those fix-it-up and lawn and garden projects around the house.
Garden Treasures Home and Hardware, located just south of the city limits at 22309 221 St., opened for business Tuesday, April 1. The store is an affiliate of the nationally-known Hardware Hank line of products.
Employees at a Glenwood insurance agency are getting settled at their spacious new location. In July, Accurate Insurance relocated its offices from the north side of Town Square to a new building at 508 S. Locust St.
Two staff members from The Opinion-Tribune newspaper have been recognized with journalism awards from the Omaha Press Club and Landmark Community Newspapers for work published during the 2010 calendar year.
Editor Joe Foreman and associate editor Joel Stevens were named winners of four awards earlier this month in the Omaha Press Club's annual "Excellence In Journalism Competition." They received three first-place awards and one second place award from the OPC.
Beginning Saturday, Feb. 26, residents of southwest Iowa - including Glenwood, Mineola, Silver City, Council Bluffs and four other communities that enjoy having unlimited local calling to the Omaha metro area - will have to dial the three-digit area code plus the seven-digit telephone number to complete their call.
If you're going to open a winery in Glenwood, it seems appropriate to locate on Vine Street.
That's exactly what Jim Gapinski, Ralph Ahsam, Doug Grave and Dennis Adams are doing. Next spring, the four entrepreneurs plan to open the Vine Street Cellars winery in the former Anderson Auto Parts building at 17 N. Vine St.
Cohron Ready Mix plant has competed a $1.5 million "ground up" re-build of its Glenwood plant.
The Glenwood plant, located along Vine Street and Railroad Avenue, opened in 1972. This is the first major overhaul at the plant since that original opening, said Steve McCracken, general manager of Cohron Ready Mix.
"It's a completely new facility," said McCracken.
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The Opinion Tribune is your source for local news, sports, events and information in the city of Glenwood and Mills County, Iowa.


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text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Redwood Trust ( RWT - Get Report) will continue to buy and securitize prime jumbo loans in 2013, despite new mortgage rules that would make it riskier to do so. The mortgage REIT (real estate investment trust), which reported fourth-quarter results Thursday, said it plans to acquire and package into securities $7 billion in residential mortgages in 2013, up from $2.3 billion in 2012. The acquisitions are expected to be predominantly prime jumbo loans that are too large to be sold to government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae ( FNMA) and Freddie Mac ( FMCC). Currently, the agencies buy mortgages up to a limit of $ 417,000 in most areas and over $625,500 in high-cost regions. Redwood and Credit Suisse ( CS) have been the two active players in the jumbo-mortgage market at a time when few others will touch them. Bond investors have largely been unwilling to buy mortgage-backed securities that don't have a government guarantee, and since the agencies don't back loans greater than $625,500, new originations of jumbo loans have consequently shrunk from $480 billion in 2006 to $148 billion in 2012, according to data from Royal Bank of Scotland and Inside Mortgage Finance. While there are signs that the private U.S. mortgage market is rising from the dead, the future for jumbo loans remains under a cloud. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently issued a rule that provides lenders and investors greater legal protection for making "qualified mortgages" -- loans that do not have excess upfront points and fees, have no toxic features such as interest-only loans, negative amortization and balloon payments, and where the borrower does not spend more than 43% of his income to pay down debt. According to analysts from Deutsche Bank, the rule, which goes into effect in January 2014, is expected to "significantly curtail the demand for jumbo loans," because at least 13% of these loans are either interest-only or above the debt-to-income limit of 43%. Still, Redwood says it remains comfortable buying prime, interest-only jumbo loans, many of which have favorable credit profiles. "Interest-onlys (IO) have traditionally been sought after by prime jumbo loan borrowers who prefer the IO feature to a standard amortizing loan. In the hands of these borrowers, IO loans have been historically safer (based on Redwood's experience in investing in prime jumbo IO loans between 1997 and 2007) than some of the so-called "toxic loans" they now, as a regulatory matter, appear to be lumped in with (e.g., IO loans that were extended to subprime borrowers as a way to increase purchasing power during the housing bubble)," the management said in its quarterly review. "We remain comfortable with this type of loan product and we are working to keep ourselves positioned to continue to acquire, securitize and invest in IO loans even after the qualified-mortgage rule goes into effect in January 2014." Redwood said it will expand its market share of interest-only loans should competitors become less comfortable with these type of loans once the rules go into effect. However, Redwood said one caveat would be how the risks related to these non-QM loans are regarded by credit rating agencies who establish the credit ratings for the firm's securitizations. If rating agencies take a harsh view of the risks, Redwood would find few takers for the loans. Other lenders -- notably First Republic Bank ( FRC - Get Report) -- have also said they would continue to participate in the interest-only residential mortgage market, which has been a source of extraordinary growth for the bank. JPMorgan Chase ( JPM - Get Report) is seeking to sell private mortgages for the first time since the crisis, according to Bloomberg News. -- Written by Shanthi Bharatwaj in New York >To contact the writer of this article, click here: Shanthi Bharatwaj. >To follow the writer on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/shavenk. >To submit a news tip, send an email to: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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On the Block
Here's a trio of interesting cars that we found in different auctions and/or for sale online.
1963 Corvair Monza
A find on our local Craigslist, this lightweight was listed for $2,250. For that you get a seemingly solid (but needs paint and a couple of small rust fixes) turbo Corvair. Not many of these were built, but they were well known to give imported sports cars a serious run for their money. The seller even has a new hood he's throwing in as part of the deal.
1962 Corvair Greenbrier Camper Van
With nostalgia cruising gaining more ground every year, finding a vintage road trip vehicle is becoming more popular for people who want to enjoy something that's family and long range trip friendly. Well, it'd be tough to find something better than this super clean '62 Greenbrier camper van. While the 80 HP 145 flat six won't win any races, it'll give you solid air-cooled reliability to get you to the destination. This one features custom cabinets built by the original owner, Coleman cooler, camp stove, and all sorts of other vintage accessories. It sold at the Mecum Monterey auction for a mere $9,000, and still has all its original paint and interior.
1963 Impala
Back on Craigslist, we found this project with potential not far from the Super Chevy office. For $2,500 you can own a complete (except for missing engine) '63 Impala that also has a clean Tennessee title. The owner says the interior is complete, but needs work, most of the chrome trim and taillights are in the trunk, and the passenger and trunk floors appear to be solid.
1968 Camaro
This was another sale at the Mecum Monterey event, and it definitely qualifies as a bargain. For a mere $21,000 (less than the price of a fifth-gen V-6 Camaro) someone left the auction with a pristine '68 Camaro. A base 327 V-8 car, this one has the factory fold down rear seat, front buckets with console, full documentation, protect-o-plate, and original dealer installed air conditioning. A perfectly clean slate to either leave as is, or build into the Camaro you wanted. You couldn't find one and restore it for that price!
Unrestored, Ultra Rare Z-11 Bubbletop Sells at Mecum Monterey
Photos courtesy of Mecum Auctions
Before Chevy went into its self-imposed racing exile in the '60s, the factory was working hard to keep the nameplate at the front of NHRA racing. The gurus at the skunkworks eventually came up with the famed Z-11 package for the lightweight Bel Air bubbletops. It consisted of aluminum fenders, hood, bumpers, and support pieces, along with a performance upgrade that included a new intake and camshaft for the 409 that resulted in output climbing to 425 HP. Not many were built in the two year run, and even fewer survived the rigors of drag racing through the '60s and '70s.
This particular '62 sets an even higher mark, being a documented survivor, with only 572 miles on the odometer and its numbers matching engine still between the framerails. It went up for sale at the Mecum Monterey auction back in August, and went to a new home for $200,000.
New Crate Engines Coming from Chevrolet Performance
We've been hearing rumblings from Detroit that Chevrolet Performance has been working overtime the last two years on a major revamp of its line of Gen I small-block crate engines. Well, our sources there are still very tight lipped on details, but told us to be ready for some unveilings at the 2013 SEMA Show. So, all we can do is tell everyone to watch SuperChevy.com the week of November 5th for when we can post about what Chevrolet Performance unveils, along with the other cool stuff we spot at the show.


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The Use of Information Sources by the Internet Users in Answering Questions
Sanghee Oh, Jung Sun Oh and Chirag Shah
ASIS&T 2008 Annual Meeting (AM08 2008)
Columbus, Ohio, October 24-29, 2008
The purpose of this study was to investigate what kind of sources people prefer to use when they answer questions online, especially, in the context of social Q&A. Social Q&A is a Web-based service, which allows people to ask questions and receive answers from their fellow users. In social Q&A, people often cite sources of information when they answer questions. It could be a name, a short description, or a hyperlink to the original sources. Yahoo! Answers was chosen for this study due to its popularity as a top ranked social Q&A service as well as the capability of separately indicating sources for the answers in its format. We collected data with a crawler that used Yahoo! Answers APIs. A total number of 5,391 sources were identified and analyzed with the following two approaches: (1) source distribution by online accessibility, and (2) source distribution by genre. At the early stage of this study, it was expected that the results of source preferences heavily relied on sources online, since people ask and answer questions on the Web-based service. Nevertheless, it was found that human (56.4%) was the most frequently cited source, and it was followed by online (40%) and offline sources (4%). According to the source distribution by genre, human (56.4%) was followed by the Internet (38.1%), books (3.6%), and mass media (1.6%). For the in-depth analysis, the sub-levels of each category were examined, and the source distribution was compared across the subject areas.
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Wabash River
For more up-to-date maps and additional information on the Wabash River, please visit the Wabash Heritage Corridor Commission Web site.
The Wabash has always been Indiana's most famous river. Occupying the heartland of the state, the river drains two-thirds of the 92 counties as it flows over 475 miles to its confluence with the Ohio below Mount Vernon. The river rises in Ohio near Fort Recovery and flows for only thirty miles before it becomes entirely an Indiana River.
It is a river of many faces and moods. At times it occupies a huge valley which was carved by a glacial runoff but it also flows through a partially filled valley formed before the glacial advances. In its upper stretches the Wabash moves across the fertile, flat land in a narrow, shallow trench.
The Indians had called it the Wah-Bah Shik-Ki which meant "pure white." When the French arrived they corrupted the word be calling it "Ouabache" and eventually of course, the settlers anglicized the word by spelling it "Wabash." But it was the Indians who first occupied the banks of the Wabash and many important villages were located along its length. French explorers, missionaries and fur traders were the first white men to arrive on the scene and the Wabash soon became the great trade route linking the lower Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. Much of the struggle for control of the New World by the French and British took place along the Wabash and later it was the scene of George Rogers Clark's surprise defeat of the British which eliminated the British hold on the Northwest Territory. The elimination of the British left the pioneer Hoosiers with only the Indians to contend with. In 1811, Governor William Henry Harrison and his army defeated Tecumseh at the Battle of Tippecanoe near Lafayette. This victory which should later launch the campaign slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too" probably propelled Harrison to the Presidency.
The river was not only the site of war and bloodshed, it was also a center of learning and social advance. This "civilizing" influence was epitomized by the Rappites, a religious group that formed a communal colony at New Harmony on the lower Wabash. Their experiment lasted 10 years until they sold their holdings to Robert Owen who initiated another communal colony which was based upon education and science rather than religion. Owen's work at New Harmony was short-lived but led to the birth of the Geological Survey and the concept of free public schools.
Of course, the Wabash's greatest contribution to the growth of Indiana was its role as a vital transportation link. When the river proved to be too unreliable, the Wabash-Erie Canal, America's longest, was built along the river. Soon after completion the coming of the locomotive in 1865 resulted in the doom of the canal. It left a long lasting heritage however, in the diverse ethnic groups who came to work on the canal and then stayed to settle in the valley. The "canal towns" which developed soon became industrialized and their focus changed from the transportation of goods to the production of goods.
A little known fact is that during the early 1900s the Wabash and the city of Vincennes in particular was a center of pearling activity. Mussels in the river were gathered in huge quantities to be used in the manufacture of buttons from the shells. Finding pearls in the mussels set off an unprecedented rush of activity. Most were imperfect and of little value but occasionally pearls in the $700 to $4,000 class were found.
A trip down any other river in the state will not give as complete a view of Indiana as the Wabash. You will not experience a pristine natural environment (except in isolated sections) but you will see Indiana today and a glimpse of the past. The river is usually muddy and slow moving as it drains much of Indiana's fertile farmland. This factor alone should not deter you from trying the Wabash. The upper end of the Wabash is very shallow with numerous log jams clogging the river and making navigation of the river tiring in all but high water (and then it may be dangerous).
Huntington Dam to Andrews
Put in below the dam on the left bank (south side) at Arrowhead North Recreation Area. Parking is available. This 10 mile run should take 4 to 5 hours. Watch for a low dam about 2 miles downstream. The best portage is on the right bank (north side). Some small islands, and heavy riffles are found as the tree lined Wabash flows northwest. About 3 miles below the small dam the Little River enters from the east. The area is known as "The Forks of the Wabash". The Wabash and Erie Canal followed the Wabash from this point on south and west. Remains of the old canal are visible in places. Good fishing (bass and catfish) is found west of the State Road 9 bridge. Take out at Andrews on the left bank (south side) about 1,000 feet before passing under the bridge. A high bank makes take-out a little difficult. A short trail goes up to the river road. To Andrews by car, from the Huntington Dam, go north on S.R. 5 to U.S. 224 and into Huntington. Take U.S. 24 west to S.R. 105 turn south, cross the bridge and take the first road east, about 1,000 feet, to the take-out.
Andrews to Wabash
The float to Wabash should take about 7 to 8 hours for the 14 mile trip, depending on the time spent sightseeing. The put-in site at Andrews is described in the previous section. The Wabash flows south and west from this point. Several small islands offer interesting canoeing in this stretch of the river. Watch for a prominent landmark, Hanging Rock, on the south side, about 6.5 miles below Andrews. One half mile below Hanging Rock the Salamonie River flows into the Wabash from the south. Another half mile downstream is the small canal town of Lagro. A well-preserved canal lock can be seen in the canal park about 3 blocks from the landing under the bridge. A rocky passage may challenge the canoeist just below the bridge. Take out at the access site in Wabash on the north side of the river three blocks west of the S.R. 15 bridge. By car from Andrews, follow U.S. 24 to Wabash. Turn left on S.R. 13 into town. go south through town and turn west just before crossing the S.R.'s 13 and 15 bridge.
Wabash to Peru
From the city of Wabash to Peru is a distance of about 15 miles by water which should take approximately 6 hours to navigate. The water is usually slow-moving and makes an easy float for the novice. The tree-lined banks are quite scenic and fishing is mainly confined to channel catfish, smallmouth bass and rock bass. The Mississinewa River is a major tributary entering the Wabash from the south. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam has created a large reservoir on the river and the State of Indiana operates facilities for camping, boating, fishing, hunting and hiking. Begin your canoe trip by putting in at the launching site located on the north side of the river three blocks west of S.R. 15 in Wabash. Take U.S. 24 west from Wabash to Peru. In Peru turn left (south) on Wayne Street and continue to the river. The take-out site is at the Wayne Street Bridge on the north bank of the river and the east side of the bridge. There is a power generating station there and ample parking area is available. If a shorter trip is desired you can cut the trip in half by utilizing a rest area at Rich Valley; watch for it on the north side of the river about 1 mile below the first bridge out of Wabash.
Peru to Logansport
Continuing down the Wabash from Peru to Logansport should take about 7 hours and will take you another 15 miles down the river. The character of the river is very similar to the previous section and the only hazards to watch for will be submerged rocks during low water. There are no state-owned recreation facilities nearby. Put in above the Wayne Street Bridge in Peru (northeast side). You will pass under the U.S. 31 bridge in about 1.5 hours. By car, continue on U.S. 24 to Logansport and locate 18th Street. Take out on the southeast side of the 18th Street Bridge in Logansport (the first bridge you will come to in Logansport). Parking is limited along the road.
Logansport to Pittsburg
It is about 20 river miles from Logansport to Pittsburg and you should allow about seven hours to make the trip. Here again the Wabash is a wide, slow-moving, meandering river which seldom clears. The banks are tree covered with cropped fields beyond. Game fish species present include smallmouth bass, sauger, rock bass and catfish (channel, blue and flathead). Put in at the previously mentioned 18th Street bridge in Logansport. To reach the take-out by car take State Road 25 south from Logansport. At State Road 421 turn right and proceed to Pittsburg.
Take out on the southeast corner of the U.S. 421 bridge. This is not a very good access point because of the steep bank and inadequate space for parking but there are no other public areas available.
Pittsburg to Lafayette
During the trip to from Pittsburg to Lafayette the river becomes wider and in places is nearly 150 yards across. The 18-mile trip will take 7 hours and if you care to fish, bass fishing is good at the confluence of Deer Creek and the Wabash. Take out at Mascouten park in West Lafayette located on the west bank of the river about one mile downstream from the U.S. 52 bridge. To reach the take-out by car go east on S.R. 18 to S.R. 25 until you reach U.S. 52, turn right (west) and cross the river to S.R. 43, and turn left (south) and watch for Mascouten Park on your left. There is a large parking lot and cement ramp at the Park. A public access is also located on the left (east) bank at Davis Ferry Park. See Tippecanoe River (lower segment) for direction.
Lafayette to Attica
This float is about 23 miles in length and should take about 7.5 hours. Putting in at Mascouten Park, drive south on S.R. 43 to S.R. 25. Proceed south on S.R. 25 and then turn west on S.R. 28. Take State Road 28 to U.S. 41 in Attica. Go north on 41 and just before the bridge take a left on Market Street then a right on Jackson to the river.
Attica to Covington
The trip from Attica to Covington is about 20 miles by water and will take about 6 hours to float. Launch at Attica at the U.S. 41 bridge and take out at the launch ramp in Covington. Take U.S. 41 south from Attica to Veedersburg then take U.S. 136 west to Covington. To reach the ramp, go to the north side of the Court House square in Covington and go west about 3 blocks to the river.
Covington to State Road 234
This float should take about 6 hours if launching from the ramp in Covington and taking out at the State Road 234 bridge. To reach the take-out go west on U.S. 136 from Covington to State Road 63. Turn left (south) on S.R. 63 and cross I-74 and State Road 32 before intersecting with State Road 234. Turn left (east) on S.R. 234 and proceed to the Wabash bridge. This is not a developed access site but you should be able to take out on the southwest side of the bridge.
State Road 234 to Montezuma
This float should take about 6 hours to complete as you travel approximately 15 miles by water. Use the southwest side of the S.R. 234 bridge to get to the river. Two of Indiana's most beautiful streams enter the Wabash through this section (Coal Creek and Sugar Creek). Take S.R. 234 to S.R. 63 and turn left or south and continue to U.S. 36, then turn left (east) to Montezuma. To reach the take-out in Montezuma, go one block east of the Wabash bridge (U.S. 36) then go south three blocks to the ramp at the city park along the river. By river, watch for the park on your left after passing under the U.S. 36 bridge.
Montezuma to Terre Haute
This trip is about 22 miles in length and you should allow yourself about 6.5 hours floating time. Dominant fish species through this section include carp, quillback, catfish, gar and sturgeon. The park in Montezuma has plenty of parking space and a boat launching ramp. To reach the take-out point by car go west on U.S. 36 to S.R. 63, then take S.R. 63 south to U.S. 40. Fairbanks Park approximately one block south of U.S. 40 on the river is the best take-out point. There is adequate parking near the new boat ramp at Fairbanks Park. Watch for signs to the boat ramp in the park. If a shorter trip is desired, you can take out in Clinton at Waterfront Park located at Water and Blackman Streets.
Terre Haute to Darwin, Illinois
This 20-mile section, like most of the lower Wabash, is not very scenic with mostly tilled land on either bank and a wide muddy flow. Put in at the new boat ramp at Fairbanks Park in Terre Haute and take-out at the Darwin Ferry ramp on the Indiana side. To reach the take-out site from Terre Haute go south on S.R. 63 approximately 5.5 miles beyond Prairieton to County Road 141 or the Darwin Ferry Road. Continue to the end then turn left and continue south then west as the road turns to the river where the ferry crosses to Darwin.
Darwin, Illinois to Hutsonville, Illinois
This 16-mile section should take about 4.5 hours on the river. Put in at the Darwin Ferry ramp as described above and take out at the State Road 154 bridge in Hutsonville. To reach the take-out return to State Road 63 and proceed south to S.R. 154 then turn right (west) and continue to the bridge.
Hutsonville, Illinois to Russellville, Illinois
This trip is 29 miles long, necessitated by a lack of good access sites. Put-in at the S.R. 54 bridge in Hutsonville, Illinois and take-out at the public launching ramp in Russellville, Illinois where there is also adequate parking. If a shorter trip is desired you can take out at the ramp at Merom, Indiana along S.R. 63. The car shuttle from Hutsonville should head west on S.R. 154 then turn left (south) on S.R. 1 in Illinois and continue to S.R. 33 then go southeast to Russellville. A public access site is also located in the town of Merom on Bluff Road.
Russelville to Vincennes
This section terminates at Vincennes near the George Rogers Clark National memorial, a facility you will not want to miss. The trip only takes three and one-half hours and covers about 14 miles by water. Put in at the launch ramp in Russellville and take Illinois route 33 south to old U.S. 50 and proceed left on U.S. 50 to the Clark Memorial Bridge. The launch ramp is under the bridge on the Illinois side of the river (north side of bridge). There are camping facilities in Vincennes at Kimmell Park.
Vincennes to St. Francisville, Illinois
Put in at the ramp located on the Illinois side of the river under the U.S. 50 bridge. To reach the take-out by car, cross back over the state line to Vincennes and take County Road 725 W south out of town to 750 W and continue south to 950 S where you will turn west and proceed to the water where you can take out with some difficulty. This trip is about 10 miles in length. If you would like a longer trip you can double the length by taking out at the bridge in Patton, Illinois.
St. Francisville, Illinois to Mt. Carmel
From St. Francisville to Mt. Carmel allow about 4.5 to 5 hours to make the trip. You will pass by the mouth of White River on your left and about 1.5 more miles downstream you will come to the Mt. Carmel bridge. Take out on the right side at the access about 100 yards upstream from the bridge. By car, take State Road 1 in Illinois to Mt. Carmel and turn left at State Road 64 then right at the dirt road at the beginning of the bridge, winding under the bridge to the access site.
From this point south there are few places to get to the river to facilitate a one-day trip. Therefore, we have terminated trip discussions at this point.


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America's drinks scene has never been better, but behind every beer, wine, coffee or cocktail is an inspired imbiber pushing things to even higher levels of deliciousness. We feature a number of these tastemakers in our inaugural "Imbibe 75" January/February 2013 issue, but wanted to know more about what makes them tick, so we asked a several of them to take five minutes to answer a few questions—here's what they had to say.
Imbibe 75: Coffee Person of the Year
James Freeman
CEO, Blue Bottle Coffee Company
James Freeman has quickly become a household name among coffee drinkers on both coasts, with five Blue Bottle Coffee locations in New York City, seven locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, and a new book, The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee. The famously meticulous roaster first attracted the national spotlight in 2008, when he installed a $20,000 Japanese siphon bar in his Mint Plaza café in San Francisco. Already a Japanophile, having been dazzled by Tokyo as a touring classical clarinetist when he was a teen, Freeman became fascinated with Japan's commitment to siphon and pour-over coffee brewing during a trip there in 2007. Freeman has helped popularize siphon and pour-over brewing in America, and with a cadre of new investors that joined Blue Bottle late last year, he's just getting started. This year the company will begin rolling out two versions of its bottled cold-brew—one black and one made New Orleans–style, with milk, chicory and sugar. A new cookbook by Freeman's wife and Blue Bottle pastry chef Caitlin is set to be published in April, and he plans to expand Blue Bottle's Oakland roasting facility to include a restaurant. It's one of several possibilities for expansion that Freeman's exploring, and one particularly close to his heart—the Oakland resident began experimenting with roasting and opened his first coffee stand there a decade ago. "I figure we should look in our own backyard," he says.
Favorite flavor: Umm, coffee.
Theme song: Tie between "Stockholm Sweetnin'" by Quincy Jones (as performed by Tadd Dameron/Clifford Brown) and J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1: C Major Prelude (as performed by Glenn Gould).
Guilty pleasure: Barbecue potato chips washed down with Vinho Verde.
Biggest inspiration: The people I work with every day.
Biggest challenge: Studying for my Japanese lessons.
Can't live without: Coffee!
Proudest accomplishment: Getting my son to school on time in the morning.
Desert-island drink: Just a pour-over. It's perfect—anytime, anywhere.
Imbibe 75: Person to Watch
Lindsey Johnson
CEO of Lush Life Productions & Co-founder of Portland Cocktail Week and Camp Runamok
This bi-coastal experiential marketer is quickly becoming the person to call if you want to get a new cocktail event off the ground. Her firm Lush Life Productions has had a hand in some of the most viral happenings in the drinks world as of late—Camp Runamok, the Kentucky summer camp for bartenders that will see its second year this September; Portland Cocktail Week, which after just three years has become a major national draw for drink pros; Tales of the Cocktail tweetups like Happy Houred; and the web video series Shaker Faces and 12-Second Cocktails. Watch for more Lush Life events at cocktail fests nationwide this year. "The national cocktail community is something I've seen grow from a few dedicated and passionate people to one of the most vibrant communities in any industry," says Johnson, who bartended early on before she turned her gaze to marketing and videography. "It might be trite, but this group feels like a family. I'm so honored to get to work with some of the brightest and most creative minds I've ever encountered."
Favorite flavor: I'm known to order my cocktails brown, bitter and stirred.
Theme song: "To Live is to Fly" by Townes Van Zandt
Guilty pleasure: A Lonestar Beer, neon green jello shot and $5 for the jukebox at Lily's in Lockhart, TX.
Biggest inspiration: I truly have the best family in the world, and they have set such an incredible example for me. My mother is basically a saint, and I've tried to channel all of her good deeds into my work wherever I can. My dad is the most creative person I know. Whenever a problem arises, I do my best to tackle it the way I think he would. And don't even get me started on my brother. His work ethic is remarkable.
Biggest challenge: Closing my laptop. Every day.
Can't live without: Coffee. The good kind. When I land in a new city, finding the good coffee shop is always my first priority.
Proudest accomplishment: Lush Life. I built this thing from scratch (with Leo Borovskiy, of course) and couldn't be prouder of how we've grown over the last six years. My work here has allowed us to not only create opportunities for my crew, but also for bartenders all over the U.S. We've helped grow small brands and revive established ones all while doing right by the bar community.
Desert-island drink: For practicality's sake, Topo Chico (Mexican sparkling water) is my first choice. But I'd be lying if I said I didn't want a bottle of Lagavulin to supplement all that water drinking. And while I'm making requests, can you send along a barista from Water Avenue coffee as well?
Imbibe 75: Beer Person of the Year
Scot Blair
Owner of Hamilton's Tavern, Small Bar and Monkey Pub
San Diego is a beer city to its core, and serial entrepreneur Scot Blair might be the scene's greatest champion. Blair's four beer bars have played a vital role in educating and strengthening the San Diego beer community—each celebrates local breweries with rotating tap space and an approachability designed to draw new consumers to craft beer. His first venue, Hamilton's Tavern, transformed a long-standing dive bar into a haven for serious beer drinkers. Its focus on hospitality and beer education, plus a carefully curated, rotating list of locally made beers paved the way for Blair's subsequent projects, the beer and cocktail den Small Bar, live music venue Eleven, and the brewpub Monkey Paw, which has won three medals and brewed more than 25 styles of beer since it opened in 2011. Next up for Blair? He's penning a book and developing a restaurant concept. The ever-bold entrepreneur is also eyeing the Pacific Northwest for a Monkey Paw expansion—his first project outside San Diego.
Favorite flavor: Vanilla.
Theme song: "My Morning Song" by the Black Crowes.
Guilty pleasure: Dateline NBC.
Biggest inspiration: The resiliency of the human spirit.
Biggest challenge: Keeping my beer lineup interesting.
Can't live without: Music, wife, dogs and beer!
Proudest accomplishment: Serving as a United States marine.
Desert-island drink: Old Fashioned.
Imbibe 75: Cocktail Bar of the Year
Joaquin Simo
Bartender and co-owner at Pouring Ribbons in New York City; partner in Alchemy Consulting
Manhattan's East Village isn't exactly hurting for cocktail bars. So when the Alchemy Consulting team opened Pouring Ribbons in September, it had to be good. The foursome behind Alchemy—bartenders Joaquín Simó, Toby Maloney, Troy Sidle and Jason Cott—didn't disappoint. They debuted a handsome, homey cocktail bar in a second-floor space above a run-of-the-mill liquor store on Avenue B. The impeccable cocktail menu defines the American cocktail movement of today—high-reaching yet approachable, inventive yet familiar, and drop-dead delicious. But the clencher is the service. With Pouring Ribbons, the Alchemy team—past projects include Chicago's The Violet Hour and Nashville's Patterson House—proves it has hospitality down to a T. Even the menu is designed to be user-friendly. Drinks are plotted on a grid with four quadrants: "refreshing," "spirituous," "comforting" and "adventurous." With a winning combination of world-class service, drinks and atmosphere, we can't think of a more deserving bar of the year.
Favorite flavor: Tonkotsu broth. It's the distilled essence of my favorite animal (pig) and the key to a transcendent bowl of my favorite meal (ramen).
Theme song: "You're So Gangsta" by Chromeo. I was raised in Miami in the mid-'80s, so gloriously cheesy synth-pop is totally my jam, much to my wife's chagrin.
Guilty pleasure: Vanilla vodka & ginger ale—tastes like grown-up cream soda, and you can get it in any bar, from an airport to a dive. A boozy relic of my happily misspent youth.
Biggest inspiration: Mainly food. I try to read a lot of cookbooks and books on flavors and culinary science (I'm a huge Harold McGee fan) and am fortunate enough to call plenty of local chefs my friends. We're always talking about new and interesting flavor combinations and I love the challenge of trying to recreate the basic flavor profile of dishes that have wowed me into liquid form.
Biggest challenge: Adjusting to my new role as a manager/owner while still being a member of the working staff. I have always prided myself on being an unselfish and motivated coworker, but that's a totally different skill set than what is required from an effective manager or an owner. I have a lot to learn about keeping my staff motivated, enthusiastic, feeling appreciated, and gaining a sense of pride and ownership in the program we have put together at Pouring Ribbons. Fortunately, my wife is a rock star executive director for a non-profit, so we have fantastic dinnertime conversations about management theory and hiring practices. Who says romance is dead?
Can't live without: Yank Sing chili sauce (or their XO sauce)—it's like an umami bomb went off in anything you add to it.
Proudest accomplishment: It's tough to top your peers across the country voting for you in a prestigious award, but since I never got into this business for accolades, winning American Bartender of the Year still manages to fall just short of the joy I feel each time a regular walks through the door. With so many choices in a saturated market like NYC, to have guests whom you have had the privilege of serving for years continue to come see you is something that I cannot emphasize enough as a source of personal pride. I have regulars who come in from other boroughs, counties, states, and even other countries, and their continued patronage and support (and tolerance of my good-natured teasing of them) is what keeps me behind the stick. Hospitality is my passion and that they keep coming back for more serves as a constant motivator to get better at my craft.
Desert-island drink: Daiquiri. I'm half-Cuban so there's really no question about that. On a hot, sandy beach, what could possibly be more appealing than a frosty Daiquiri?
Imbibe 75: Drink Ambassadors of the Year
Lynnette Marrero & Ivy Mix
Bartenders and founders of Speed Rack
When New York City bartenders Ivy Mix and Lynnette Marrero met while working the same shift at Mayahuel in 2009, they formed a fast friendship that would go on to enrich not just their own lives, but those of women nationwide. In 2011, they co-founded Speed Rack, a multi-city bartending competition that celebrates female bartenders and raises funds for breast cancer education, prevention and research. Instead of inviting competitors to create one creative cocktail, like many cocktail competitions do, Speed Rack is designed to test bartenders in real-life situations. They're judged on their ability to make cocktails chosen randomly from a list of 50 industry standards, with accuracy and speed. It's the first competition to highlight serious, quality-minded female bartenders, and for the women who compete, it's a chance to break into the national spotlight and launch careers as brand ambassadors or bar owners. It's caught on like wildfire, with new competitions added in cities like St. Louis and Seattle this year. In its first season, the circuit raised more than $69,000 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation and the SHARE cancer-help organization.
Favorite flavor:
Lynnette: Cinnamon.
Ivy: Smoke and roses.
Theme song:
Lynnette: "She Works Hard for the Money" by Donna Summer.
Ivy: "212" by Azealia Banks.
Guilty pleasure:
Lynnette: Television shows about singing/cooking competition shows.
Ivy: Grey's Anatomy.
Biggest inspiration:
Lynnette: Culinary, cookbooks.
Ivy: My friends and what they do. But is that competitiveness or inspiration? Who's to say?
Biggest challenge:
Lynnette: Subtlety.
Ivy: No wi-fi on airplanes.
Can't live without:
Lynnette: My incredibly supportive husband.
Ivy: My sissy.
Proudest accomplishment:
Lynnette: 2009 honoree James Beard women in mixology. It totally combines my love of food and drink.
Ivy: Jumping hurdles—on ponies and in life.
Desert-island drink:
Lynnette: Rum and lime in a fresh coconut.
Ivy: A Negroni, made by Jon Santer.
Imbibe 75: Person to Watch
Alba Huerta
Owner/operator of Julep Bar in Houston, Texas
This Texas bartender is a lot of things—president of the Houston chapter of the United States Bartenders' Guild, founder of her city's chapter of LUPEC (Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails) and general manager at the Lone Star State's top cocktail den, Anvil Bar & Refuge, among them—and this year she'll add "bar owner" to the list. Her long-awaited cocktail spot, Julep, is set to open in March in Houston's Sixth Ward, in partnership with owners of Anvil and its sibling The Hay Merchant. "It feels like I've been waiting a lifetime for this to happen, and I'm ready," Huerta says. "I'm fortunate to have found a historic building with beautiful features and charm. I plan to pour my heart and soul into Julep."
Favorite flavor: Fresh-baked agave.
Theme song: "I Did It My Way" by Frank Sinatra.
Guilty pleasure: I love driving the company box truck. When I get to an event with a truck full of booze, sets and bar equipment; it's the most gratifying feeling to know that I brought the party on wheels.
Biggest inspiration: My family. Not just my immediate family, but everyone that works with me. They've become my family and wholeheartedly support my every endeavor.
Biggest challenge: Finding time to sleep.
Can't live without: I have a small wooden box behind the bar that I stand on during service to add a few inches to my 5'2″ height. I use it to reach across the bar and sometimes I use as a soapbox.
Proudest accomplishment: I'm a self-taught individual. Everything I know about craft cocktails, spirits and my trade I've taught myself.
Desert-island drink: If I'm on an island there has to be some fruit to ferment and eventually distill. I won't know the drink until I get there.


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Travel Tips
Travel Tip: Traveling with Food Allergies
Peanuts, credit EuroMagic flickr
If you have to deal with food allergies, you know that traveling and dining out can be a real hassle. But between increased awareness and common sense, you can make the process a little easier.
What makes allergies especially tricky is when language barriers make it difficult to communicate your needs. One helpful resource is SelectWisely.com, you can order allergy and emergency cards in several languages, and you can even add pictures.
AllergyEats.com, which is also available as a smartphone app, lists allergy-friendly restaurants around the U.S., which you can filter by items like gluten, fish and dairy.AllergyFreePassport.com offers tips on travel, reading food labels, and snack suggestions.
Avoid buffets or other self-serve situations where there's a risk for cross-contamination. Just because an item doesn't have peanuts in it, doesn't mean the serving spoon doesn't have trace elements.
Speaking of peanuts, some airlines have stopped serving them, but not all. Right now the Department of Transportation is reviewing public commentary and studies to decide whether it should implement and across-the-board ban.
For more tips, check out our Travel Tips section.
Image credit EuroMagic via Flickr, Creative Commons


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A diverse group of people with HIV/AIDS -- a population that is not bound by ethnicity, gender, age, geographic location or behavior -- has been largely ignored in recent years. This population is something of a "non-community." The people within it share only one characteristic: All were infected with HIV through blood products before 1985.
They are hemophiliac Americans with HIV/AIDS, and they are the forgotten ones. One member of the hemophilia community is Jack Silliman. Jack is an HIV survivor for 20 years and a 25-year-old resident of Las Cruces, N.M. who refuses to be forgotten. I recently talked with Jack by telephone.
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in the small Texas town of Ft. Stockton. If you have ever driven down Interstate 10 through Texas, you probably stopped for gas or a bite to eat there.
How old were you when you became infected with HIV?
I was six years old. I did some research into my own past and found that I received the virus in 1981. I belong to a small -- almost non-existent -- group of Americans who between the years of 1980 and 1985 received HIV-contaminated blood products to help treat the disease of hemophilia. Thousands of hemophiliacs during these years contracted HIV. Many of these were young boys. I was one of these unlucky few.
How and when were you told that you had HIV?
It was Saturday morning, and as with all children, I had only one concern: cartoons! I sat there watching my cartoons, when my mother came in crying. I had noticed that she was talking on the phone earlier and I assumed that (something) had upset her. She sat next to me and said we needed to talk. She told me that I had a disease, something I told her I wasn't concerned about, because I had hemophilia. But she said this was a new disease, one doctors were not so sure about, and that I could die some day from it.
She asked me how I felt. Of course life and death issues to a 10-year-old are the last things on his mind. I told her that I wasn't worried and a new disease didn't scare me. If I could live with one disease, why not another? She simply smiled, and hiding her tears, walked away.
When did you realize the full import of her words?
We were gathered in my high school physical education class and were being taught the evils of sex and the results of unprotected sex: the STDs. We watched the horror films and slides of syphilis, warts and other nasties.
After a few students had puked, the coach stood and said that there was one more disease that the films hadn't mentioned: HIV. The floodgate opened and the memory that I had this disease came to me. I listened with horror as the coach explained how people with AIDS and HIV would die, and how quickly and horribly it would happen.
I listened as if he (was) reading my obituary. A friend of mine, one of my best buddies must have seen some distress and quickly nudged me, "Don't worry, only gay people get AIDS. They deserve it, all they have to do is round up all of those queers and let them die, fill up the Grand Canyon with the bodies." With that single line I realized the two things that would trouble me for the rest of my life: the stigma of having AIDS and how it was and still is to this day considered a "gay" disease.
How did having HIV affect the rest of your high school years?
Having hemophilia, you realize your physical limitations. Sports and outdoor activities take a second place. After my incident at school, I became even more of an isolationist. Fearing that I would infect my friends, my girlfriend and my family -- like the coach implied -- I changed my attitude. I changed it for the worse. I became mean, abusive and non-responsive. My grades dropped, my participation in what little activities I had waned, and I stopped dating.
Did you get any emotional support?
I found little. My parents would become too emotional to discuss it. It was a taboo subject. I could not tell my friends because I did not want to be treated differently by them. The town I lived in was small, and I didn't trust the counselors at school. The doctors, though they could provide some medical information, offered little emotional support. Instead, they sent me to support groups.
What did you find there?
I just didn't fit in. I was on average much younger than others in the groups. I was only 16. The second reason was these groups were primarily made up of homosexual males, and though I had no animosity towards them, they often had some against me for being different from them. They often felt threatened. So I spent little or no time in these groups. Instead I became self-reliant. I became my own therapist.
Were you put on any medications?
It was about this time that I began to receive my first symptoms of AIDS. I developed shingles, thrush, and numerous other little colds during my senior year of high school in 1994. It was enough to concern my parents and physicians and I was placed on AZT, then the only drug available.
How did you deal with that?
There is nothing I could write to describe my displeasure at this or the side effects of the drug on my life. Simply put, I felt better off the drugs, and my senior year passed into a haze of fatigue and nausea.
What was your lowest point?
(In college) I had started drinking to drown my sorrows and I still distanced myself from becoming too attached to anyone for very long. I had no ambition to graduate. In fact I figured at that point in my life I would never make it that far; I would be dead within four years.
I ended up in the hospital with pneumonia. I got better, but not much. In my opinion the end was near, no need to hide from it. I stopped taking my medications, I continued to drink, party, and live life to the fullest. A year later I was back in the hospital, almost dead with only five of my T-cells, Larry, Curly, Moe, Joe and Bob fighting a second round of pneumonia.
What was the turning point?
I set down a list of things I wanted to complete in the short time I would have. First, I was no longer living a lie. I went to my friends and told them the secret I had hidden away to myself. To my surprise they took it well, and several of them had figured it out on their own. After doing so I realized how much of a weight my secret had on me. I felt vitalized.
Afterward, I decided to add more things to my list. I wanted to graduate, perhaps get married, write a book, and of course visit Disney World. My health began to improve. That was four years ago.
Where do you stand now?
I have recently graduated from college with a degree in elementary education with a minor in history. I have tried to become an activist for both the AIDS and hemophilia communities. I have also become a newlywed, my wife Kelly has taken the place of my mother as caretaker, never ceasing with the constant barrage of food to keep my weight up.
What's in your future?
I want to become famous (said tongue in cheek). I want to become an image. I'd like for my life to be worth something, and become another image that can be associated with HIV/AIDS. My list of things has grown. I figure the longer the list, the longer I will live. Now I have some long-term goals, and high aspirations with public offices (somewhere on the block of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave). With this interview, I have started another goal: telling my story.
How do you feel about the way hemophiliacs have been treated in regard to HIV/AIDS?
When you hear about HIV through the media, they never mention hemophilia. The Ricky Ray Relief Act, which is monetary amends for all U.S. citizens with hemophilia infected with HIV before 1985, is not currently being mentioned in the media. In my personal opinion, we're not a concern for the media or the medical profession because blood products are no longer a primary cause of HIV transmission.
Is there a cohesive community of HIV-positive hemophiliacs in the way there is a community of say, HIV-positive gay men?
In my experience, there hasn't been, partly because of growing up in rural areas. I'm pretty sure that there are in larger cities. I've been to summer camp for boys with hemophilia. Last year they had me speak to the boys at one of the camps. Also, many of the hemophiliacs who contracted HIV have either passed away or are too spread out across the U.S. I tried to start an electronic community on Yahoo, but I got no responses after three months.
What has been your greatest challenge in living with HIV?
I'd have to say dealing with the emotions of having it at such a young age -- not knowing what to do, or who to turn to. Growing up, most of the studies were done on adults; there wasn't much information on kids with HIV. I was kind of like a guinea pig.
What has been your greatest triumph?
Surviving 20 years.
Any advice for other hemophiliacs with HIV/AIDS?
I would direct this toward anyone living with HIV/AIDS: Just enjoy life. I didn't start getting sick until I started worrying about it.


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Beginning for two weeks, up to Independence Day, the Bishops are having a Fortnight For Freedom:
On April 12, the Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a document, "Our First, Most Cherished Liberty," outlining the bishops' concerns over threats to religious freedom, both at home and abroad. The bishops called for a "Fortnight for Freedom," a 14-day period of prayer, education and action in support of religious freedom, from June 21-July 4.
Bishops in their own dioceses are encouraged to arrange special events to highlight the importance of defending religious freedom. Catholic institutions are encouraged to do the same, especially in cooperation with other Christians, Jews, people of other faiths and all who wish to defend our most cherished freedom.
The fourteen days from June 21—the vigil of the Feasts of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More—to July 4, Independence Day, are dedicated to this "fortnight for freedom"—a great hymn of prayer for our country. Our liturgical calendar celebrates a series of great martyrs who remained faithful in the face of persecution by political power—St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More, St. John the Baptist, SS. Peter and Paul, and the First Martyrs of the Church of Rome. Culminating on Independence Day, this special period of prayer, study, catechesis, and public action would emphasize both our Christian and American heritage of liberty. Dioceses and parishes around the country could choose a date in that period for special events that would constitute a great national campaign of teaching and witness for religious liberty.
We here at The American Catholic are participating in the Fortnight For Freedom with special blog posts on each day. This is the twelfth of these blog posts.
Prior to the American Revolution an English aristocrat related an incident in a letter. He asked a servant who his master was, and the man responded unhesitatingly: My Lord Jesus Christ! The aristocrat found this hilarious, but the servant was reflecting a very old Christian view.
Christ Pantocrator is one of the more popular images by which Christians pictured, after the edict of Milan, Christ, the Lord of all. This representation ties in nicely with the traditional American cry of "We have no King but Jesus!" which became popular during the American Revolution. At the battle of Lexington the phrase "We recognize no Sovereign but God and no King but Jesus!", was flung back at Major Pitcairn after he had ordered the militia to disperse.
Christ the King and We have no King but Jesus remind Christians that the nations of the world and the manner in which they are ruled, and mis-ruled, while very important to us during our mortal lives, are of little importance in the next. They also instruct us that the State can never be an ultimate end in itself, can never override the first allegiance of Christians and that the rulers of the Earth will be judged as we all will be. Although my Irish Catholic ancestors will shudder, and my Protestant Irish and Scot ancestors may smile, there is much truth in the inscription supposedly written on the sarcophagus, destroyed or lost after the Restoration, of that "bold, bad man", Oliver Cromwell, "Christ, not Man, is King."
it is a paradox of our day that many of the same people who sneer at patriotism, embrace a political ideology that exalts the power of the state. It is this type of ideology that is behind the HHS Mandate that tells employers to provide contraceptive coverage to their employees, no matter the religious scruples of the employer. This stands the traditional American view of government on its head. From the beginning of our Republic, Americans have believed that God endows all men with certain inalienable rights. The State may not infringe on those rights granted by God. Such infringement is what the fight over the HHS Mandate is all about.


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Cybercriminals have long had the advantage, continually finding new ways to steal data, break services, and disrupt the legitimate flow of information. They are not necessarily better. They benefit because of a mismatch between the incentives of attackers and defenders.
To better understand this misalignment of incentives, the Center for Strategic and International Studies surveyed 800 cybersecurity professionals from five major industry sectors in nine countries.
The report identified three key incentive misalignments between:
- Corporate structures and the free flow of criminal markets.
- Strategy and implementation.
- Senior executives and those in implementation roles.
The report concludes that cybercriminals benefit from greater speed and focus, driven by direct rewards for being faster, newer, and nimbler. Incentives for defenders aren't typically geared for speed and focus. But incentives can be changed. Just as companies have experimented with their business models to become more competitive, so too can they take lessons from the attackers.
Get an overview of key findings from the report, "Tilting the Playing Field: How Misaligned Incentives Work Against Cybersecurity."
This book from McAfee executives explains how misaligned incentives help fast-moving black hats control the nature and timing of assaults, while white hats play a perpetual game of catch-up.
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Parking Update for WSU Men's Basketball Games
Feb. 17, 2005
Fans are encouraged to arrive early for the Washington State-Washington men's basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 19. Game time is 4 p.m. and the doors to Beasley Coliseum will open at 2:30 p.m. Below is an update about parking for the game. For more information, call 1-800-GO-COUGS or log onto the web at www.wsu.edu/parking/ath_event.html.
Pregame Parking
Directional signage will be added along Stadium Way directing people to general, A/B and R parking. Signage at the entrance to lots will also be upgraded to reflective signs.
General parking signage will be added at Wilson and Stadium Way directing people down Wilson to Ellis Way. This will deliver cars to the lot behind the IPF.
Signage will be added at the intersections of Stadium Way and North Fairway and South Fairway directing people to appropriate lots.
Postgame Traffic Control
In an attempt to alleviate post-game traffic congestion, the following traffic control plan involving various detours to Stadium Way, has been devised.
WSU Police will be much more visible postgame.
Traffic control will be located at Stadium Way and Orchard Rd, North Fairway, South Fairway Rd, and Fairway Ln. Traffic control will also be located at Orchard Rd and Fairway Ln., Fairway Ln. and North Fairway Rd, Fairway Ln and South Fairway Rd and South Fairway Rd and Ellis Way.
Cars exiting the A/B lot from the SW entrance (by tennis courts) onto South Fairway Rd. will only be able to turn right heading towards Stadium Way.
Cars exiting the A/B lot from the SE entrance (by IPF) will not be allowed to turn right onto South Fairway Rd to reach Stadium Way. They will be able to continue south on Johnson Road towards Stadium Way or turn left onto South Fairway Road. From South Fairway Road, they will take a right onto Ellis Way which naturally turns into Wilson Road which intersects with Stadium Way.
Cars exiting the A/B lot from the NE entrance (by Beasley) will be able to continue straight on Fairway Ln to reach Orchard Rd or turn left onto North Fairway to reach Stadium Way.
Cars exiting the West entrance of the blue lot East of BeasleyColiseum will have to turn right on Fairway Ln. At the intersection of Orchard Rd and Fairway Ln, cars will have to turn right and return to Stadium Way via Valley Road.
Cars exiting the general parking lot behind the Indoor Practice Facility will be able to exit to the right up South Fairway Rd to Ellis Way or straight out of the lot to Roundtop Dr and then to Wilson Road.
Please be advised that those using the alternative routes to Stadium Way versus exiting directly onto Stadium Way from parking areas will most likely spend less time sitting in traffic.
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Ithaca College also offers graduate degrees in adolescence education and childhood education.
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The Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education offers graduate programs leading to the master of science degree in physical education and the master of science degree in health education. Students can choose either the thesis or non-thesis option, allowing them to match their program of study to their professional interests and career aspirations.
Both programs are geared toward a professional teaching certificate in education. Students with initial certification in physical education or health education are eligible for admission into the respective program. Successful completion will fulfill the educational requirements for professional certification in the State of New York. Students without an initial teaching certification, but with a degree in community health, wellness, health promotion, or a closely related degree can apply to the master of science in health education to obtain an advanced degree in the field. Applicants may require additional coursework before admission to the health education program.
The master's programs require just 30 credit hours of graduate coursework. The entire graduate program can be completed in as little as two semesters and one summer.
The master of science program with thesis serves a two-fold purpose: it can be a step toward advanced study in the field, and it challenges those individuals who wish to contribute to the knowledge base of their field. The thesis is based on the student's independent research -- both theoretical and applied -- and is guided by a thesis committee. The thesis option requires each student to successfully pass an oral examination in defense of the thesis. To be eligible for that exam, students must have completed all required courses and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or higher for all graduate courses completed as part of the program. The completed thesis must receive the approval of both the Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education graduate chair and the dean of graduate and professional studies.
The non-thesis option is designed for students whose major objective in graduate study is to enhance their professional background in physical education or health education. Upon completion of all required courses, students must pass a written comprehensive examination covering knowledge within the discipline, and research and statistical methods. To be eligible for that exam, the student must have completed all the required courses and have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher.
Admission to the graduate program is granted based on the candidate's cumulative undergraduate coursework, grade point average, and letters of recommendation. GREs are NOT required. Preference for admission and assistantship awards will be given to applications received by April 1 for the following fall semester. Students who choose to begin their program of study in January should apply by December 1.
To expedite the admissions and assistantship award process, it is recommended that applicants request letters of recommendation in a sealed, signed envelope. When the applicant has received all the required letters of recommendation, the applicant should place the letters in an envelope and submit it to the Division of Graduate and Professional Studies at Ithaca College. Applicants may also submit their letters of recommendation as a packet from the career services office of their respective institution.
Applications are reviewed on an individual basis, taking into account such factors as previous academic accomplishments, record of professional experience, and special personal circumstances. Students with questions regarding their eligibility for admission are encouraged to contact the chair of the program, Deborah A. Wuest, at 607-274-3108 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Irish singer Sinead O'Connor feared for her life last week after she was hospitalized with a mystery illness.
The Nothing Compares 2 U hitmaker fell ill last Tuesday and was taken to a hospital near her home in Ireland by her sister.
She was transferred to another medical facility amid fears she had suffered an abdominal aneurysm, but she was later diagnosed with kidney stones.
The 47 year old was discharged from hospital, but called out a doctor to her home on Friday and was given potent drug Demerol to combat her ongoing pain.
O'Connor admits she was so worried during her health scare, she started to make plans for her own funeral.
In a post on her blog, she writes, "I get seized by pain that feels like all my back ribs and all front are broken. Literally as if someone stamped all over me and smashed them… or I got run over by a car. So we're thinking ok… I could croak (die) any minute… and we start making plans… as to how the kids will be ok…"
O'Connor eventually returned to hospital again over the weekend and underwent a battery of tests, and has now blamed her ill health on "a physical reaction to an emotional trauma".
She adds, "(The doctor) says 'You do have a kidney stone but it isn't where it would be causing you a problem. People have kidney stones all the time and don't know… the kidney stone isn't whats causing your pain'.
"He asks me have I been upset about anything… I sob quietly and say 'Yes… something extremely traumatic happened about a week ago'… He says 'There's your problem'… So (I am) now in recovery mode."
Irish singer Sinead O'Connor feared for her life last week after she was hospitalized with a mystery illness.


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During the past couple of weeks, I've seen articles on the web, in newspapers and on the television news about new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force for calcium and vitamin D.
They are recommending against daily supplementation with 400 IU or less of vitamin D3 and 1,000 mg of calcium carbonate for healthy older women, stating that it doesn't work to prevent bone fractures in post-menopausal women. However, they say that the data is insignificant to make recommendations for larger doses of these supplements or for younger women or men.
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This event runs from 9:30am on the 27th March 2017, to 4:30pm on the 20th April 2017 and will take place at Y Senedd (The Assembly Rooms) Cardiff CF10 4PZ. It is being organised by Dorothy Russell, 01248 716316.
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Twice Makes Nice
Remember, bakers, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Perhaps I should rephrase that.
Oh! How about this:
If at first you don't succeed, do something different the second time.
Going in circles, we are.
See, generally you're going to want to erase your first attempt, and then try to improve things the second time.
Hey, way to put the "DUN DUN DUNNN" in redundant!
Don't worry, though; with a little practice and repetition, you too can tell people to go pee themselves.
Go, go, go!
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Windjammer Cruisingby Paul Motter, CruiseMates Editor | July 10, 2009
Since the demise of Windjammer Barefoot Cruises a gap for sailing adventure is slowly being filled by other companies.
Windjammer Barefoot Cruises was the company that made the name "Windjammer" famous for small sail-ship cruising. But it wasn't just the ships that made WBJC famous; it was the crew and the onboard atmosphere of fun. When WJBC was still in operation they had a wild following of "Jammers" who were dedicated to the carefree, laidback and always fun style of cruising offered on the line's small ships.
Unfortunately, the line went down in flames in 2007 with a spate of family disputes resulting in seemingly irresolvable lawsuits. The father, Michael Burke Sr., had built the company from scratch but could only sit by in awe as his five spawn took over and ran it into the ground, or sea, as the case may be. They fought over every detail and borrowed every penny they could find for themselves. So much money was taken out of the company there was nothing left to maintain the ships in even near working condition. Soon the ships all rotted at sea until they were reclaimed by creditors or auctioned off for pennies on the dollar.
And so the line went out of business. But left behind were thousands of "Jammers" who still want the Windjammer Barefoot Cruises experience; cheap tropical cruises on slow ships sailing to out of the way places with all the rum swizzles and silly pastimes they can handle.
What many people don't realize is that the word "Windjammer" is a type of sailing vessel, not just a cool word that Michael Burke had invented. And so today there are still cruise companies called "Windjammer," one of them in Maine that has been in business for decades and never had anything to do with the Burke family, and two others which are actually single small boat operations independently operated by former captains from the original Windjammer Barefoot Cruises company.
The main thing to remember about the original Windjammer Barefoot Cruises experience is that it was all about "party time" at sea. They gave away wine with dinner and had a "rum swizzles" happy hour daily. At one point they had as many as five ships in operation ranging up to passenger capacities as large as 120 guests. They were a viable company generating a lot of cash flow from cruise sales at one time. Unfortunately, those sales didn't exactly translate into long-term profits.
Windjammer Adventures Cruises The first of the two companies that are offshoots of the original Barefoot Cruises company is Windjammer Adventures, being run by a man the Jammers know as Captain Neil. The small ship, SV Diamante was purchased in Ecuador. After extensive renovations and reportedly a mountain of red tape, he has sailed it through the Panama Canal and is ready to start taking guests on week-long cruises originating in the Grenadines, beginning June 29.
NOTE: We have received word as of Oct 15, 2009, that Windjammer Adventures has been struggling financially. Some cruises went unfulfilled and the customers were not contacted - they lost money. The original sailing ship, The Diamante, has been lost and now the company is sailing on a catamaran. The general consensus of people who know - at "The Flotilla Message Board" at www.jammerbabe.com is that things do not look good with the captain, Neil Carmichael. Buyer Beware.
Their rum swizzles recipe is ready and so is the Diamante. The entire story in just the last three months has been like a lifetime for Captain Neil. You can read all about it in his Captain's Log at the company web site: windjammeradventures.com/CAPTAINS_LOG.
The Diamante has just six cabins; the crew is two captains, the chef, a bosun and finally the bartender-room steward-salsa instructor. There are also two women onboard, Jackie and Gale, although we are not sure what their jobs are.
The prices on Windjammer Adventures are certainly in keeping with the original Barefoot Cruising concept. All cruises originate in the Grenadine Islands. "Low season" (summer months) it is just $1300 per person for a 7-day cruise. Winter months (Dec-May) it is $1500 per person. I have really enjoyed reading their adventures in the weekly newsletter called The Scuttlebutt. You can see all editions at the web site: www.windjammeradventures.com.
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