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MacDonald, George
George MacDonald 1824-1905
Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet, homilist, essayist, critic, and translator.
For further information on MacDonald's life and works, see TCLC, Volume 9.
MacDonald was a key figure in shaping the fantastic and mythopoeic literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Such novels and fantasy stories as Phantastes (1858), Lilith (1895), The Princess and the Goblin (1872), At the Back of the North Wind (1871), and The Golden Key (1867) are considered classics of fantasy literature. These works have influenced C. S. Lewis, Charles Williams, T. S. Eliot, J. R. R. Tolkien, and other writers who sought divine truth, adventure, and escape from mortal limitations. During his long, prolific career, MacDonald also wrote in several other genres, achieving particular success with his novels of British country life. These, like his work in all genres but fantasy, are nearly forgotten today.
Biographical Information
MacDonald was raised and educated in rural Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and attended the University of Aberdeen. There he discovered and delighted in the literature of E. T. A. Hoffman, Novalis, and other German Romantics. MacDonald worked for two years in England as a Congregationalist minister, resigning his pulpit in 1853 because of protests against his universalism and pantheistic view of nature—he believed that the spirit of God is manifest in all beings and things and preached that, after death, all souls will be united in fellowship with God. After his resignation, MacDonald resolved to spread his beliefs through writing. He spent several impoverished years dependent upon the patronage of Lady Byron—the widow of the poet Lord Byron—before he enjoyed commercial success. This came in 1863 with MacDonald's first realistic novel, David Elginbrod, written in Scottish dialect. Thereafter, MacDonald's books found a ready audience, although he was still occasionally denounced in the press for his unorthodox Christianity. MacDonald was the friend of nearly all of Great Britain's noted nineteenth-century literary figures, including Lewis Carroll, Lord Tennyson, and John Ruskin, whose troubled affair with young Rose La Touche MacDonald was fictionalized in Wilfrid Cumbermede (1872). Throughout his career, MacDonald was a beloved and much-sought-after public speaker, attracting enthusiastic crowds to his readings throughout Britain and the United States. Because of poor health—he suffered from asthma and bronchitis—MacDonald spent his last years in near silence, waiting for death, which came in 1905.
Major Works
"Death is the theme that most inspired George MacDonald," wrote Tolkien. C. S. Lewis defined this recurring theme as "good death," or release from mundane reality and physical or spiritual limitations into a dimension of beauty, fulfillment, and unending wonder. Death and evil are seen as tools used by God to chasten and discipline humanity into renewing the search for the divine. The theme of the spiritual quest runs through much of MacDonald's fiction, reflecting the author's deep admiration for John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. MacDonald's treatment of the search takes its best-known form in his fantasy literature. Here, his protagonists are led through unexpected doorways into a supernatural realm inhabited by talking animals, mythical sylvan creatures, biblical characters, and spiritual beings. MacDonald's works share affinities with those of other nineteenth-century fantasists, including Carroll, Hoffmann, and Novalis, who is acknowledged as MacDonald's strongest influence. One of Novalis's aphorisms is often cited as MacDonald's credo: "Our life is no dream, but it should and perhaps will become one." During his career, MacDonald published several volumes of poetry, each marked by a Wordsworthian religious spirit. MacDonald worked in this genre throughout his professional life, often sprinkling verse into his prose works. At the Back of the North Wind contains his best-known lyric: the often-anthologized "baby poem," which begins "Where did you come from, baby dear?" This poem, which echoes Wordsworth's "Immortality Ode," is emblematic of the pervasive theme of At the Back of the North Wind—that in the everyday world reality is seen "through a mirror, dimly," but that worldly problems find their justification in another dimension. In this and all of MacDonald's other fantasy works, commonplace objects and beings are at once recognizable as such, while also conveying intimations of timelessness and a corresponding existence in the supernatural realm. MacDonald's stories and fairy tales for children, including The Princess and the Goblin, "The Golden Key," and "The Light Princess," are informed by unobtrusive symbolism and delicate fancy. Phantastes and Lilith, which stand respectively at the beginning and end of MacDonald's career, are deeper explorations of the quest theme, and they emphasize the biblical paradox that states, "He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life." This theme is also present, to varying degrees, in MacDonald's realistic character novels set in Scotland and England, of which Alec Forbes of Howglen (1865) is usually considered the best. The dialectical Scottish novels, including David Elginbrod, Alec Forbes of Howglen, and Robert Falconer (1868) exhibit a strong skill in characterization and portray the quiet dignity of honest rural labor. The moralistic English novels, such as Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood (1867) and Wilfrid Cumbermede often draw upon elements of the author's personal experience.
Critical Reception
In his seminal essay that serves as a preface to George MacDonald: An Anthology (1946), C. S. Lewis acknowledged the weaknesses of MacDonald's fiction. These include the Victorian tendency toward meandering wordiness, endowing his child characters with baby talk, and the inability to draw villains as interesting and believable as his heroes. Other critics believe MacDonald's writing is spoiled by a bent towards moralizing, while his admirers see his sheer imagination and his ability to create and sustain a sense of awe to be a redeeming strength. Regardless, MacDonald's role as an influence, rather than an artist in his own right, is emphasized by many contemporary critics. His themes of transdimensional travel and joyous spiritual rebirth are found throughout Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia and Ransom Trilogy, and evidence suggests that Phantastes and the story "Cross Purposes" may have inspired Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Madeleine L'Engle wrote, "Surely George MacDonald is the grandfather of us all—all of us who struggle to come to terms with truth through imagination."
Principal Works
Within and Without (poetry) 1855
Poems (poetry) 1857
Phantastes (novel) 1858
David Elginbrod 3 vols. (novel) 1863
Adela Cathcart 3 vols. (novel) 1864
A Hidden Life and Other Poems (poetry) 1864
The Portent: A Story of the Inner Vision of the Highlanders, Commonly Called the Second Sight (short story) 1864
Alec Forbes of Howglen 3 vols. (novel) 1865
Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood 3 vols. (novel) 1867
Dealings with the Fairies (short stories) 1867
Unspoken Sermons (sermons) 1867
Robert Falconer 3 vols. (novel) 1868
The Seaboard Parish 3 vols. (novel) 1868
At the Back of the North Wind (short story) 1871
The Princess and the Goblin (novel) 1872
Wilfrid Cumbermede 3 vols. (novel) 1872
England's Antiphon (criticism) 1874
Malcolm 3 vols. (novel) 1875
The Wise Woman (novel) 1875; also published as The Lost Princess, 1895
Thomas Wingfold, Curate 3 vols. (novel) 1876
The Gifts of the Christ Child and Other Tales (short stories) 1882
Donal Grant (novel) 1883
The Imagination and Other Essays (essays) 1883
The Princess and Curdie (novel) 1883
Unspoken Sermons [second series] (sermons) 1886
What's Mine's Mine (novel) 1886
Unspoken Sermons [third series] (sermons) 1889
The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories (short stories) 1890
There and Back (novel) 1891
The Hope of the Gospel (sermons) 1892
A Dish of Orts (essays) 1893
Heather and Snow (novel) 1893
Lilith (novel) 1895
Salted with Fire (novel) 1895
George MacDonald: An Anthology (aphorisms) 1946
The Golden Key (short story) 1967
Getting to Know Jesus: Sermons (sermons) 1987
Robert Lee Wolff (essay date 1961)
SOURCE: "Lilith," in The Golden Key: A Study of the Fiction of George MacDonald, Yale University Press, 1961, pp. 326-71.
[In the following essay, Wolff discusses the events in MacDonald's life that led up to his writing of Lilith.]
"This River has been a Terror to many, yea the thoughts of it also have often frighted me."
—The Pilgrim's Progress
For the MacDonalds, the eighties and nineties were decades of trial. They named their house in Bordighera "Casa Coraggio": MacDonald had long before discovered that "Corage, God Mend Al," was an anagram...
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Richard H. Reis (essay date 1972)
SOURCE: "The Imaginative Fiction," in George MacDonald, Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1972, pp. 75-105.
[In the following essay, Reis examines the symbolism and prose style that distinguish MacDonald's fantasy fiction from his conventional writings.]
Compared with his conventional novels, MacDonald's "imaginative fictions" are few, but that deplorable circumstance has its compensating advantages. It means, for instance, that I shall be able to treat these few stories with the fuller attention which they deserve because of their superior merit as literature by presenting a more or less detailed summary of each...
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Rolland Hein (essay date 1982)
SOURCE: "'I Wis We War A' Deid!': Lilith," in The Harmony Within: The Spiritual Vision of George MacDonald, Christian University Press, 1982, pp. 85-111.
[In the following essay, Hein examines MacDonald's theological beliefs as they are expressed in Lilith.]
"There is no joy belonging to human nature, as God made it, that shall not be enhanced a hundredfold to the man who gives up himself—though, in so doing, he may seem to be yielding the very essence of life."
—From the sermon "Self Denial," Unspoken Sermons II
Almost thirty-five years after writing Phantastes,...
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Rolland Hein (essay date 1982)
SOURCE: "Showing the Unshowable," in The Harmony Within: The Spiritual Vision of George MacDonald, Christian University Press, 1982, pp. 148-55.
[In the following essay, Hein summarizes MacDonald's literary and religious beliefs as they appear in his fiction and nonfiction.]
"Law is the soil in which alone beauty will grow; beauty is the only stuff in which Truth can be clothed; and you may, if you will, call Imagination the tailor that cuts her garments to fit her. …"
—Preface to the 1893 American edition of The Light Princess and Other Fairy Tales
Today, many who think about...
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C. N. Manlove (essay date 1983)
SOURCE: "Circularity in Fantasy: George MacDonald," in The Impulse of Fantasy Literature, Kent State University Press, 1983, pp. 70-92.
[In the following essay, Manlove examines MacDonald's use of the typical pattern of fantasy literature wherein the hero returns to his home after an adventure.]
Unlike the traditional fairy tale, in which the hero often betters himself in the world and may move place, most modern fantasy involves the notion of a return to a starting point so that one ends where one began. This motif of circularity is an image of the preservation of things as they are, and thus one expression of fantasy's delight in 'being'. It may take the form...
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Roderick McGillis (essay date 1985)
SOURCE: "George MacDonald's Princess Books: High Seriousness," in Touchstones: Reflections on the Best in Children's Literature, Vol. I, ChLA Publishers, 1985, pp. 146-62.
[In the following essay, McGillis discusses the many ways MacDonald's Princess books can be interpreted.]
If influence testified to greatness, then The Princess and the Goblin and The Princess and Curdie would be assured an honored place in the history of children's literature. These works (and George MacDonald's other tales for children) began a tradition of romantic fantasy for young readers that includes such writers as Mrs. Molesworth, Mrs. Ewing, E. Nesbit, J. R....
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Karen Schaafsma (essay date Spring 1987)
SOURCE: "The Demon Lover: Lilith and the Hero in Modern Fantasy," in Extrapolation, Vol. 28, No. 1, Spring 1987, pp. 52-61.
[In the following essay, Schaafsma includes MacDonald's fiction in a discussion of the role of the archetypical Lilith character in fantasy literature.]
In The Great Mother, Erich Neumann asserts that "the peril of present-day mankind springs in large part from the one-sidedly patriarchal development of the male intellectual consciousness, which is no longer kept in balance by the matriarchal world of the psyche." He warns, "Western mankind must arrive at a synthesis that includes the feminine world—which is also one-sided in...
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Joseph O'Beirne Milner and Lucy Floyd Morcock Milner (essay date 1987)
SOURCE: "Sacred and Secular Visions of Imagination and Reality in Nineteenth-Century British Fantasy for Children," in Webs and Wardrobes: Humanist and Religious World Views in Children's Literature, University Press of America, 1987, pp. 66-78.
[In the following essay, Milner and Milner include MacDonald's works in a discussion of religious and poetic symbolism in nineteenth-century fantasy literature.]
Writing classic British children's fantasies in the 1860's and 1870's, George MacDonald and Lewis Carroll essentially established the traditions of modern fantasy. Though they were personal friends and admired one another's work, these two writers held profoundly...
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Cynthia Marshall (essay date 1988)
SOURCE: "Allegory, Orthodoxy, Ambivalence: MacDonald's 'The Day Boy and the Night Girl'," in Children's Literature, Vol. 16, 1988, pp. 57-75.
[In the following essay, Marshall examines MacDonald's use of generic fantasy elements in "The Day Boy and the Night Girl."]
"Since polarization dominates the child's mind," writes Bruno Bettelheim, "it also dominates fairy tales" (9). The characterization in George MacDonald's fairy tale "The Day Boy and the Night Girl" evinces such polarization: Photogen knows and loves only light, Nycteris can survive and flourish only in darkness. But the story, the last fairy tale MacDonald ever wrote,1...
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Susan E. Howard (essay date Fall 1989)
SOURCE: "In Search of Spiritual Maturity: George MacDonald's Phantastes," in Extrapolation, Vol. 30, No. 3, Fall, 1989, pp. 280-92.
[In the following essay, Howard analyzes the role of stories in Phantastes.]
Of all of the many seemingly unrelated episodes in George MacDonald's adult fairy tale, Phantastes, one of the most puzzling is the narration by Anodos of two tales that he reads during his sojourn in the fairy palace. At first reflection, the two tales appear merely yet another instance of the many curious adventures that Anodos experiences in Fairy Land. Whatever text he might choose to read, Anodos relates, he finds himself actively...
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Judith Gero John (essay date December 1991)
SOURCE: "Searching for Great-Great-Grandmother: Powerful Women in George MacDonald's Fantasies," in Lion and the Unicorn, Vol. 15, No. 2, December, 1991, pp. 27-34.
[In the following essay, John suggests that MacDonald's fantasies are valuable for feminist study because of the positive light in which they portray older women.]
And when she was married and had a child of her own, Sylva plucked the silver strands from her own hair and wove them into the silver ribbon, which she kept in a wooden box. When Sylva's child was old enough to understand, the box with the ribbon was put into her safekeeping, and she has kept them for her own daughter to...
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Daniel Boice (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: "A Kind of Sacrament: Books and Libraries in the Fiction of George MacDonald," in Studies in Scottish Literature, Vol. 27, 1992, pp. 72-79.
[In the following essay, Boice argues that libraries are the most significant settings in MacDonald's fiction.]
"Collecting jewels in a rather irregular fashion,"1 is how G. K. Chesterton describes reading the fiction of George MacDonald, whose wordiness is indisputable, but whose literary gems continue to excite interest. Chief among the jewels is a remarkable, often startling use and recurrence of settings, character types, and, especially, symbols. Castles, attic bedrooms, tutors, reflected light, and...
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Colin Manlove (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: "George MacDonald's Fairy Tales," in Christian Fantasy from 1200 to the Present, University of Notre Dame Press, 1992, pp. 164-82.
[In the following essay, Manlove discusses Christian elements in MacDonald's fairy tales.]
What we shall see with MacDonald and Kingsley is something quite new in the development of Christian fantasy. We shall find both trying by literary means to show, to make us feel, that God is present in nature and this world. In earlier literature God's existence could be assumed, but now it is necessary to prove it. And, in order to do this convincingly, one must start from the apparently empirical facts of existence, not from any...
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Cynthia Marshall (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: "Reading 'The Golden Key': Narrative Strategies of Parable," in For the Childlike: George MacDonald's Fantasies for Children, The Children's Literature Association and The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1992, pp. 99-109.
[In the following essay, Marshall discusses the ways in which MacDonald's pilgrimage plot contributes to the loose form of "The Golden Key."]
"The Golden Key" is regularly recognized as George MacDonald's masterpiece in the fairy tale mode. The work may not be, however, without its problems for modern readers, who may question the integrity of the tale's structure. "The Golden Key" seems, for example, repeatedly to be on the verge...
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Michael Mendelson (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: "The Fairy Tales of George MacDonald and the Evolution of a Genre," in For the Childlike: George MacDonald's Fantasies for Children, The Children's Literature Association and The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1992, pp. 31-49.
[In the following essay, Mendelson provides a close reading of three fairy tales that are exemplary of MacDonald's use of the genre.]
My intention here is to provide an overview of George MacDonald's fairy canon. I will approach this task by first examining the relation between these fairy tales and MacDonald's other literary output, most notably his critical essays and his adult fantasies. Following this general orientation, I will look more...
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Adrian Gunther (essay date 1996)
SOURCE: "The Multiple Realms of George MacDonald's Phantastes," in Studies in Scottish Literature, Vol. 29, 1996, pp. 174-90.
[In the following essay, Gunther disagrees with the notion of dualism in MacDonald's writing, positing instead that his works explore multiple realms of spiritual and psychological reality.]
Critics have often referred to George MacDonald's dualism. Recently a book has been published centered around this concept and opening with an essay entitled "The Two Worlds of George MacDonald."1 These two worlds are variously seen as those of "reality" and "fantasy", of "intellect" and "imagination", of the...
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U. C. Knoepflmacher (essay date 1998)
SOURCE: "Erasing Borders: MacDonald's At the Back of the North Wind," in Ventures into Childland: Victorians, Fairy Tales, and Femininity, University of Chicago Press, 1998, pp. 228-68.
[In the following essay, Knoepflmacher explores the ways in which At the Back of the North Wind diverges from expected themes and forms of its genre.]
As still was her look, and as still was her ee As the stillness that lay on the emerant lea, Or the mist that sleeps on a waveless sea. For Kilmeny had been she ken'd not where, And Kilmeny had seen what she could not declare. .....But O, the words that fell from her mouth Were words of wonder and words of truth!...
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Further Reading
Triggs, Kathy. The Stars and the Stillness: A Portrait of George MacDonald. Cambridge, England: Lutterworth Press, 1986, 182 p.
Illustrated biography that includes a select bibliography of primary and secondary works.
Auden, W. H. "George MacDonald." In Forewords and Afterwords, pp. 268-73. New York: Random House, 1943.
Asserts that MacDonald succeeded as a fantasy writer because he was endowed with a "mythopoeic imagination."
Benson, A. C. "George MacDonald." In Rambles and Reflections, pp. 145-54. London: John Murray, 1926....
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WEBSTER CITY – Jill Ilene Echelberger Eckardt, a woman of faith and of grace, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on June 20, 2013.
Jill, born on August 26, 1953, was the daughter of Robert and Clysta of Kamrar, Iowa. After graduating from Northeast Hamilton High School, Jill earned her degree in Chemistry from Iowa State University. She met her husband, Steve Eckardt, in Pampa, Texas. They were married on July 10, 1981. Steve and Jill began their life together in Texas where their daughters Beth and Whitney were born. They moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1987. Steve and Jill then moved their family to Webster City and have been active members of the community ever since.
Jill started her professional life as a chemist. She worked at Alcon in Texas and most recently as the director of operations at Boehringer Ingelheim, Riverside Plant in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Jill loved spending time at Lake Okoboji with her family, running with her daughter, Beth; fishing with her daughter, Whitney; and anticipating her annual photo books from Heather. Steve and Jill loved traveling, especially to watch their favorite baseball team: the St. Louis Cardinals. However, nothing Jill did was ever as important as her relationship with Christ and sharing that love with others.
Jill's spirit and grace will be most missed by her family. She is survived by her husband, Steve; her daughters: Beth of Auburn, Alabama; Whitney of Dexter, Iowa; step-daughter, Heather Albert (Brian) of Kingwood, Texas; her darling grandchildren: Jaxton, Laney, Isaiah, Nicholas, and Bryson; her parents, Robert and Clysta Echelberger of Kamrar, Iowa; her sisters: Jan Neubauer (Tony) of Blairsburg, Iowa; Joy Randle of Everly, Iowa; Jeri Babb (Ron) of Des Moines, Iowa; and Joni Thornton (David) of West Des Moines, Iowa; and mother-in-law, Betty Burton of Evansville, Indiana. She will also be missed by her many other cousins, nieces, and nephews and in-laws.
Jill was a member of the Missionary Alliance Church in Blairsburg, and in lieu of flowers the family is requesting memorials to be sent to the church, Israel Family Hospice House in Ames, Iowa, or the American Cancer Society. Adams Funeral Home in Ames is assisting the family with arrangements.
Condolences and photos may be shared at www.adamssoderstrum.com.
A memorial service will be held at the Missionary Alliance Church in Blairsburg, Iowa on Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. Family will be available for visitation from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. prior to the memorial service.
"Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her." Proverbs 31:28

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By MELANIE AVE
Published August 27, 2006
ST. PETERSBURG - As Tropical Storm Ernesto chugged through the Caribbean Saturday threatening to become a hurricane, dozens of concerned Floridians came to hear how they can be better prepared for a storm.
"You can't rely on luck," said Pinellas Park's Milton Rosado, 47, after learning how he could get an insurance discount for securing his home. "Luck can change."
About 200 people attended the first state-sponsored "Fortify Florida" expo held Saturday at the Coliseum despite cloudy skies and rain that organizers said may have kept many people away.
The event featured about 50 vendors who offered everything from tip sheets on assembling personal disaster kits to displays of windows that can withstand strong winds.
Preparedness was the word of the day. One big publicity push was for the state's new mitigation program, called My Safe Florida Home. The program offers up to $5,000 in matching grants to insured homeowners to make home improvements and free inspections to show weaknesses.
Lawmakers set aside $250-million for the three-year program and already thousands have applied. The grants are available to insured property owners with homestead exemptions.
"We're trying to educate people about how to harden their homes against hurricane damage," said Audrey Sumrall Brown, with the state's office of insurance regulation, which co-sponsored the expo along with the governor's office and the Department of Financial Services.
Two other expos are scheduled, for Pensacola on Sept. 30 and Palm Beach Oct. 14.
For St. Petersburg resident Dave Ryan, 67, the expo proved a great discovery. He's been searching the state for the best way to secure the roof of his 1952 home should a hurricane hit Pinellas County.
He came across an article detailing a roofing reinforcement method he can do himself, thanks to a booth operated by Pinellas County.
"I've been searching and searching," said the retired researcher, "and here it is."
Christy Rojer, 53, walked from vendor to vendor. She kept hearing the same questions, over and over.
"Do you have a cooler with supplies? Do you have enough batteries? Do you have a first aid kit?"
Her answer: "No, I don't."
"I learned I'm not as prepared as I should be," Rojer said. "This is good information."
Tom and Sandy Warren of Bradenton said they were a bit disappointed in the expo, hoping to see more how-to displays from builders and contractors and more items that could be used to reinforce a home.
They consider themselves to be prepared homeowners after having bought flood insurance and hurricane shutters and windows with high impact glass. But they still need to secure their garage door. "Everyone tells you you need braces," said Sandy. Warren, 58. "We went to Home Depot and Lowe's. They don't know anything about it. "We were hoping to find out more here."
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Apple has around $25 billion in cash at the moment, but it does not have plans to pay significant dividends or purchase shares back just yet. The company is looking forward a massive strategic acquisition target so that to increase value and capabilities of the company.
"We strongly believe that one or more very strategic opportunities may come along that we are in a unique position to take advantage of because of our strong cash position. I think we have demonstrated a really strong track record of being very disciplined with the use of our cash. We do not let it burn a hole in our pocket, we do not allow it to motivate us to do stupid acquisitions," said Steve Jobs, chief executive officer of Apple, during a conference call with financial analysts.
In the recent years the company took over a couple of small chip designers that resulted in creation of A4 chip that powers the iPad and the iPhone 4. Given the size of those companies, it is clear that while both brought strategic value for Apple, those were not major acquisitions. A major takeover for Apple would be a large chip designer, but since influential makers of chips that can actually be bought (such as AMD, Nvidia, Qualcomm, etc) are usually involved in sales of components, something they will not be able to continue doing as part of Apple, such a deal hardly makes a lot of sense.
Keeping in mind that Apple not only designs chips, but also creates software, sells content, offers a number of services and does a number of other things, it may acquire respective companies in some of those areas.
"We would like to continue to keep our powder dry because we do feel that there are one or more strategic opportunities in the future. That is the biggest reason. And there are other reasons as well that we could go into. But that is the biggest one," added Mr. Jobs.
Apple this week announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 fourth quarter ended September 25, 2010. The company posted record revenue of $20.34 billion and net quarterly profit of $4.31 billion, or $4.64 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $12.21 billion and net quarterly profit of $2.53 billion, or $2.77 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 36.9% compared to 41.8% in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 57% of the quarter's revenue.


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I haven't been able to use it yet, because you have to have the inch worm cubes to go with it, and I didn't catch that, so I didn't order them. Other cubes are not combatible, so I can't use it unless I get inch worm cubes. A good suggestion would be to sell them together as a package. :)
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Baseball - Archives 2017
The baseball camp dates have been set and registration is available.
Kyle Hendricks '12 provided 4.2 innings to start game seven of the 2016 World Series, a game in which the Chicago Cubs eventually won, 8-7, in 10 innings.
Dartmouth College and the Department of Athletics and Recreation inducted 17 new members into the Wearers of the Green in a ceremony after the homecoming football game on Saturday evening.
Kyle Hendricks threw 7.1 innings of two-hit scoreless ball in game six of the National League Championship Series to Clinch the Chicago Cubs' first pennant since 1945.
The baseball team will travel to Florida three times, once to play a Miami team that advanced to the College World Series last year.
Kyle Hendricks is the first Dartmouth alumnus to lead Major League Baseball in ERA for a season.
Throughout the summer, DartmouthSports.com will be focusing on members of the Class of 2018 who are currently in their "Sophomore Summers." This week features Dustin Shirley of the baseball team.


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HSN101 - Foundations of Food, Nutrition and Health
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Campus: Burwood (Melbourne) and Waurn Ponds (Geelong) students - 1 x 2 hour class per week and 3 x 1 hour seminars per trimester.
This unit provides students with foundation knowledge in food, nutrition and health, including food sources of nutrients, food and nutrient recommendations for health and methods for measuring food intake and behaviour, historical perspective of why we consume the foods we do today and how our scientific knowledge may influence foods we eat in the future. Students also gain an understanding of interactions between the environment, technologies developed to produce and harvest foods and scientific advances in food and nutrition. The topics include: food history, Australian food culture, food production, food sources of nutrients, food and nutrient recommendations and their relationship with health and methods used to measure food intakes and behaviours. Students also have an opportunity to align their interests and values to future career options.
Assessment task 1: Three multiple-choice cloud (online) tests (5% each) 15%
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|The following story was submitted by the team's coach. To submit stories about your team, send text and photos via e-mail.
The U13 Swoosh boys wrapped up a very successful season together with a second-place finish in the Director's Cup. With three gold medals (Gem State Challenge, Performance Cup, Canyon Rim Classic) and one silver (Director's Cup) and a record of 15-2-6 in their last 23 games, the Swoosh boys are a perfect example that dedication and hard work can turn in positive results. (See story from the Canyon Rim Classic below.)
This team really gelled both on and off the field which fueled their desire to improve both individually and as a team. With the results this Swoosh team put together, combined with the Nike team's recent State Cup championship, a very good argument can be made that the Idaho Rush has the deepest talent group in the state of Idaho in this age group. Congratulations on a successful season boys and keep up the good work.
-- JR Wind
|Swoosh team clinches Canyon Rim Classic in PK shootout
|The boys U13 Swoosh team kept its momentum going after winning the Performance Cup by taking gold again in May at the Canyon Rim Classic in Twin Falls. After winning their bracket while recording three shutouts, the boys played a good PVSC team in the final. The game went back and forth with PVSC striking first, but towards the end of the first half Manasse Mbuyi equalized with a fantastic goal to bring the score to 1-1. For the next 45 minutes the Swoosh defense continued its strong play in keeping the opponents attack under control sending the match to a penalty shootout. Alex Koehl continued his stellar play in net by saving three kicks from the spot. After goals from TJ Terral, Alend Amedi, Jack Patek and Blake Ririe, the deciding kick came to Jarod Hembree who placed a well struck ball in the corner to seal the win. In the eight matches combined in the tournaments the boys scored 17 goals while only allowing 3 goals and ran their record to 6-0-2 in that span.


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October 21
6:30–7:15 and 7:45–8:30 pm
Wilsey Court, de Young
Bringing together the sounds and experience of one of Africa's greatest young kora players, Karamo Susso, and the skills of a few of the Bay Area's top musicians, Roots of Manding creates a new blend of Manding music with American funk and jazz. The kora is an instrument more than 700 years old, with a major role in both historical records and creativity in West Africa. Karamo Susso started playing kora as a tiny child and was performing for large crowds before he was even big enough to hold the instrument up by himself. Audiences have been mesmerized and moved by his evocative music, dazzled by the precision of his hands as they flash up the strings, quickened by the passion and culture he articulates in gusts and expansions.
Artist Fellow Todd T. Brown presents a series of performances and panel discussions with Red Poppy Art House resident artists and special guests as part of his fellowship at the de Young.


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DOE Releases Proposed Determination
DOE Releases Proposed Determination
Links for this News Update:
On Wednesday, December 31st, the Department of Energy (DOE) posted a Proposed Determination entitled "Proposed Determination of Hearth Products as Covered Consumer Products." The rulemaking seeks to establish "coverage" over essentially all gas hearth products; there are no energy standards directly proposed or put into place by this proposed determination, but DOE does indicate that adoption would be seen as "positively determin[ing] that future standards may be warranted and should be explored in subsequent energy conservation standards and test procedure rulemakings."
The proposed DOE definition of "hearth product" is "a gas-fired appliance that simulates a solid-fueled fireplace or presents a flame pattern (for aesthetics or other purpose) and that may provide space heating directly to the space in which it is installed."
DOE goes on to say that the "proposed definition includes (but is not necessarily limited to) all vented and unvented hearth products. More specifically, it includes vented decorative hearth products, vented heater hearth products, vented gas logs, gas stoves, outdoor hearth products, and ventless hearth products."
Although it is not certain DOE will seek efficiency requirements on every product listed above if the Proposed Determination is adopted, by virtue of classification as a covered product, they would have the ability to do so.
The final Proposed Determination has been published in the Federal Register, starting a 30-day comment period that ends January 30, 2014. Comments can be submitted electronically here. While DOE will accept comments on any aspect of the Proposed Determination, comments are specifically being sought on:
• The proposed definition of "hearth product";
• Whether classifying hearth products as a covered product is necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA);
• Calculations and values for average household energy consumption of hearth products;
• Availability or lack of availability of technologies for improving the energy efficiency of hearth products.
It is a virtual certainty that DOE is anticipating a future rulemaking to address efficiency standards for at least some gas hearth products. While it is not yet known exactly on which products DOE will seek to apply efficiency standards, the reality is that this rulemaking would open the door for them to do so for any of the products listed. HPBA's court victory from earlier this year essentially anticipated standards only for "vented hearth heaters."
Your HPBA Government Affairs staff is working with consultants and affected manufacturers to determine the most appropriate and encompassing response legislatively and in our comments to DOE.
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July 10, 2007 at 09:53:53 Jul 10, 2007 @ 09:53
are apc sanfordized?
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funny, i wear the same size as you...and i got people on this forum telling me i'm some fat bastard. lol...
Originally posted by Inactive UserDamn, so if I had to size down that would put me at a 21...does APC even make 21 waist denim?
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yeah, that's what I was thinking, the 19 cm's right? other than dior though, any other brands? dior's cost about 500 here in canada.
A lot of kids on here are on the shorter side. I'm 6'6, not fat... Im just a skinny giant kid with a cylindrical build. I definitely don't have to cuff or hem my APCs. Interestingly enough, I actually found a super slim jean that doesn't look that bad in 36. The puma x evisu slim actually can be worn by a big dude without his balls bulging out, or looking like a thick chick. Now if only I could figure out how to rack a pair... fuck the puma store.
never knew a.p.c NS's came in black.
but if the dior cut is based off apc NS then what makes the diors better than NS's?
fuck whats in style if you like the jeans then buy them
^^^ Yeah, people have been saying on niketalk and whereever that the Evisu daicocks or whatevers have been played out for quite some time. Like years.
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kank put some pics up on how they fit in the thread
edit: smh i just got my new standards in today and they and "new cures" fucking people sent the wrong jeans
id say maybe NS fit similar to 501s correct me denim Gods if i am incorrect
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I'd say rescues fit more like stf, since there is no taper and they are a straight fit. I think the NS is cut a bit slimmer.
id say maybe NS fit similar to 501s correct me denim Gods if i am incorrect


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How Tall is One World Trade Center? A Council Will Soon Decide
A group of architects and engineers are convening in Chicago Friday to answer a question: Will One World Trade Center measure up to its owners' high expectations?
At stake are bragging rights for the tallest tower in the Western Hemisphere, currently held by the Windy City's 1,451-foot Willis Tower—formerly the Sears Tower.
One World Trade Center's owners–the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Durst Organization—have long said the building should be counted as 1,776 feet.
More In One World Trade Center
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- New Port Authority Subpoena: One World Trade Center Deck Deal Faces Scrutiny
- Poll: Would You Feel Comfortable Working at One World Trade Center?
- One World Trade to Open Nov. 3, But Ceremony is TBD
- World Trade Center Lures New Tenant
- Manhattan Seeing Surge in New Office Construction: Report
But the decision rests not with the owners, but with the nonprofit Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, the widely accepted referee of skyscraper height, which is composed of architects and professionals in the tall buildings field.
The main issue before the council: whether the signature tower rising at the redeveloped Lower Manhattan site should be measured to the peak of its 408-foot mast, which is also a broadcast antenna, or whether its height is counted to the roof of the building, at 1,368 feet, because the mast isn't architectural. Before the mast was put up this summer, the owners stripped it of its designed geometric white shell, leaving exposed steel and catwalks never designed for public view.
While fussing over the official height may seem inane, it matters very much to those involved: the Durst Organization and the Port Authority routinely boast of the tower's altitudinal supremacy in their leasing and marketing materials meant to fill the 3 million square foot office building.
The Council's criteria simply say masts that are part of a building's design count toward the architectural height while antennae don't, making the One World Trade issue a bit unclear.
"There's so much involved in this debate," Antony Wood, the Council's executive director, said in an interview last month. "There's an argument one way and there's an argument another way."
One World Trade Center was first conceived more than a decade ago as part of the master plan for the site, which called for what then would have been the tallest building in the world (if counted to the full 1,776 feet).
But amid the slow and protracted rebuilding effort—the tower still isn't set to open until 2015—the rest of the world has zoomed past the U.S. in the race for skyscraper primacy. Six buildings under construction are expected to be taller than 1,776 feet, and another two have already been built, according to the buildings council. The world's tallest, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, opened in 2010 at 2,717 feet.
Meanwhile, tall towers across the world have been increasingly attaching spires. Some resemble simple poles that reach upward and boost the height by hundreds of feet, while others appear to better match the building's architecture, like the Chrysler Building, Mr. Wood said.
"We unbewittingly opened ourselves up to problems because we created this criteria where we said spires count and antenna don't," Mr. Wood said. The spirit, he added "was based very much on projects like Chrysler and [Kuala Lumpur's] Petronas, where the spire was an extension of the expression of the building—the skin, the form."
Don't expect a widely publicized decision later today: The Council says it expects to announce the result next week.
The Port Authority also announced it would, for the first time, light up the giant beacon atop the mast in a test run this evening, which is expected to be able to be seen for miles.
In other World Trade Center happenings, the first tower on the site, 4 World Trade Center, is set to hold a ribbon cutting next week. Built by Larry Silverstein, the developer who signed a 99-year lease to the World Trade Center six weeks before the 2001 attacks, the 72-story building is on the southeast corner of the 16-acre site. It is about half leased, to both the Port Authority and to the City of New York.
The ribbon cutting, though, doesn't mean the tenants will move in next week: they still need to build out their offices, which is expected to be finished in mid-2014.


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This past Saturday I had the pleasure of pacing my friend Zsuszanna Carlson at the rugged and wild Grindstone 100. In this story, I'll refer to Zsuszanna by her nickname, simply "Z", because no matter what, I always mispell her name. Anyway, I had offered to pace her several weeks before the race, but didn't confirm actually pacing until two days prior. I was more than happy to oblige. This was my second time pacing at Grindstone, and one of many times running with my friend Z.
The objectives were quite simple. Pick up Z at mile 66, North River, and run with her to the finish. When your runner arrives after 66+ miles of mountain running through the night, you're never quite sure what you're gonna get. A number of the runners coming into the aid station looked sleep deprived, haggard, weary on trashed quads, you name it. Could you really blame them? Would Z be joining the ranks of the walking dead? Initial word was that she was 4th, or 5th female, and running very close to our local friend, and strong runner, Kerry Owens. This was good news, but news that, at this point, may be several hours old. Then just around noon, Kerry pops out of the woods and seconds later there's my friend Z. Z is the fourth female and looking energized, but she is also 15 minutes off her time splits from last year. In 2010, Z was fourth female in 29:40. Would today be the same?
Z doesn't stay at the aid station long and pretty soon we are off to conquer the final 35 miles. The fall weather is as lovely as you could ask for. It was cool in the morning, but near 70's in the day. A perfect temperature to be outside, yet for the tired runners it came as an exausting wave of heat. At times like this even the beauty of your surroundings can't dull out the growing pain and fatigue. We climb to the ridgeline with Kerry, but pull away nearing Lookout Mountain at mile 72. Several runners have dropped at the aid station, including the first female. Z is in 2nd place! Another quick in and out, and soon enough we are making our three mile descent into Dowells Draft. This is where Kerry finally passed us for good, and would charge on to become 2nd female. Z's quads are shot, blisters are hurting, and the relentless pounding is taking it's toll. Our goals now are to beat last year's time and maintain a top 3. I know what she is feeling, but I also know what it will take for her to reach her goals. We talk about life, relationships, running, and so on. Talking is the most I can do to keep her focused off the pain, but we gotta keep moving.
Mile 80 comes and goes, and then a long climb up Crawford Mountain. It is late in the day, but the remaining sunlight keeps it warm on the exposed southwest ridges. 87 miles done. The sunlight fades away and the chill of the evening approaches. Z is looking strong and determined. We shift from fleeting moments of goofy song singing to silent focus. Z is tough, but even so she reminds me how much she is hurting. The miles roll on, but don't we know how far back the next female is, and with ten miles to go, Z is very close to her projected finish from last year. We don't want to finish in the same time, we want to beat it. The night brings cold, but the climbs bring heat. It's an on and off battle to regulate body temperature and to keep moving forward.
The moon is about two thirds full and casting shadows along the trail. Then there's the occasional bobbing of headlamps in the distance and the quick small talk as runners pass eachother in the quiet night. Though it breaks the monotony to see other runners, there's always the fear that one is a female contesting for a top 3. We hear a female voice. What? It turns out the female is a pacer for a male runner. Z is still 3rd. The time gaps between these short interactions are a little reminder of how isolated you really are on the mountain. We arrive at Elliot Knob and make the final descent of the race. Z's quads are thrashed, and after 95 miles of ups and downs, this one hurts the most. The lights from the town below are a welcome site that make us feeling like we are finally in the home stretch. However, Z is still running, and trying to break 29:40. It will be close.
We spot tents in the woods, and smell the odor of recently extinguished camp fires. We are very close to Camp Shenandoah, and we are now 1.5 miles from the finish. Z has 29 minutes to cover 1.5 miles to set a personal best. With this knowledge she starts walking. "Z, you gotta run this! Any mistake, and we don't break 29:40" I urge her not to cut too close, though we are so near to the finish. It doesn't help either that the trails are sparsely marked, and it is very dark. A wrong turn would be easy to do. Z is now running with all her might. We make our way around the lake. There's only a half mile to go! What a sight to behold. The clear night sky, a bright autumn moon reflecting off the lake, and then there's Z running her heart out. Truly a majestic backdrop for an inspiring finish. We enter into the camp, and from 100 yards away we can see the finish clock. It is 11:31pm, and Z has finished her second Grindstone 100 in a personal best time of 29:31. She also finishes as the 3rd female. I simply stand back and watch my tired friend enjoy her accomplishment. I am proud of Z, and thankful to be part of her journey.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
3 comments:
- Jess said...
How incredibly inspiring all around!! That's so very cool!!
- October 11, 2011 at 5:55 PM
- Joe G said...
That was a great account of what a superb pacing job you did, and what a strong, talented and tough individual Zsuzsanna really is.
Hats off to both of you. I was a few hours behind you and busy enjoying my own adventure. The Grindstone is a wonderful race.
Great report and nice meeting you on Friday afternoon.
- October 13, 2011 at 8:21 PM
- Mike said...
Joe G,
Great job finishing a tough race. Running through two sunsets and two nights. I can't imagine. I'm sure I'll see you soon at the races.
Now that your 50k is done. How does a 100 miler sound :-)
- October 18, 2011 at 6:44 AM
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Hi everybody!
Apart from this being just another intro, I would like to find out something along the way.
What is it about tea that makes us want to convert other people to better teas?
I've just started into green teas(and *LOVE* them now, btw), but yet I strongly want to convert my family into being tea connoisseurs - whether black or green. For instance, my dad tends to drink coffee and a lot of Lipton iced tea(black), but I have this strong urge(and/or obsession) to get him into liking especially green teas, or at least a quality black tea..
Why is that?
Is it the caffeine, the 'ritual' of making a good green/black tea, the 'snobby' feeling of going for better tasting teas, or what???
What is it about tea that seems to make many of us want to make many more 'pod' people?!?


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You met George Lucas?!?!?!?!?! Holy----!!!!!!! U lucky son of a gun!! how did it happen? im so jealous....congrats btw.
SO AWESOME! That would be the best thing in the world. Meeting George Lucas!
That is one cool photo. Congrats man, I was thinking the worst reading the thread title!
Oh man that is so sweet... congrats, and nice looking suit too!
That is about seven different kinds of awesome . And I can imagine all of you grinning like children under your lids
Awesome photo. But how did the slightly tubby TKs with the FX lids get infront of you??
Sweet! You're a very lucky guy!
Very cool!!!
are you sure that is the real GL, he is not wearing flannel?
The event was at the Field Museum in Chicago, a place that I had trooped 10 years ago as one of my first troops so have fond memories. They were showing ESB on the big screen at the Museum on Friday night and Saturday afternoon and evening, with all proceeds going to the museum's childrens outreach programs. We were requested just to troop the last 2 evening shows on Saturday and George was there for a VIP reception before the second from last movie. When we found out about the event a few weeks back, LFL requested only a Darth Vader, a Boba Fett, 4 Stormtroopers and anyone who had an R2-D2 with all the bells and whistles. Anyone who wanted to sign up to troop it had to send pictures of themselves in costume through the Garrison CO to LFL.
A couple weeks later, LFL got back with us and then wanted heights and weights of each person who submitted photos (yeah, I somehow must have slipped by the weight thing. ), and it was LFL themselves who picked which of the costumers who signed up they wanted to troop in the 6 slots they assigned for the 501sters. At first I felt bad as a Fett costumer, knowing the event was to celebrate ESB and my costume was an ROTJ, but folks reminded me they were using an ROTJ Boba as the Celebration 5 logo (celebrating the 30th anniversary of ESB), so if LFL didn't care, I still signed up. It ended up they chose an ANH Vader costumer as the Vader they wanted and brought their own Ewok, so I guess spanned the trilogy. Since it was ESB, we all thought they might have wanted Snowtrooper costumers, but no they didn't.
LFL provided their own Chewbacca and Ewok costumers, I assume being made by ILM:
.....and like all Boba costumers, I HATE how the camera flash washes out the weathering on my jumpsuit and yellow armor.
Our quick chit-chat:
Back to the changing room. Another successful troop done and my first time in almost 11 years of Boba costuming that I had the chance to meet George Lucas!
I just realized that you were wearing a ROTJ Fett to a screening of ESB, Isn't that like wearing white after labor day.
the pics look great even if it did bleach out your weathering
I personally felt bad, as a Fett costumer, that I didn't own the correct Fett costume for that movie. But, no ESB Fetts signed up for the event and LFL wanted a Boba Fett there, so I still got to costume it.
.....and not a single person in the crowd mentioned I had the wrong Boba. They just saw "Boba Fett".
so awesome! congrats
Awesome Andy!
Your lucky my Fett it's only 70% complete. LOL
Just messing with ya.
Trust me, Arturo. That thought DID cross my mind before I signed up to troop this.
Awsome, Brilliant, Fantastic......there really are not enough superlatives to describe how cool that must have been for you, you have a great costume, great pictures too
I hope we have some screenings of "The Empire Strikes Back" here in the UK not heard of any yet though......somehow I don't think George would show up
Unless there were some real star wars fans there I doubt that anyone would notice that that's not the right movie.
I just pointed that our to be the nerdiest one the the thread, I am a die hard Star Wars nut and I would not have noticed that a year ago before my time on this forum.
Your Fett looks GREAT regardless of which film, and if you listen to Lucas in some of his interviews he may not have realized it.
Good stuff Mr Fett... congrats
Awesome man!!!
My next costume projects are adding the silver onto the black piping of my Boba boots to make it more like Magic Of Myth (my main reference for my own suit), new ankle spats, and then a more accurate vest with the really old tackle twill material I picked up from BobaFettish's material run he did like 6 years ago.
So this past Saturday I got to meet George Lucas, and next Saturday Jeremy Bulloch and Daniel Logan are once again rolling into town for my local comic con, and I was also contacted by one of Lucasfilm's illustrators who wants to take pictures of me sometime this week to use as reference for a Boba Fett illustration he's supposed to do so this is quickly turning into the biggest "Fett month" I've ever had.
Jeremy comes to our comic con about every other year, and Daniel has been there a couple times, but just due to the fact hanging with them 7 days after meeting Lucas makes it a killer Boba week for me!
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Some museum fun afterwards............
"Zombie T-Rex! RUN!"
Wow Andy !! Your journey is now complete !
You started out as one of the very first accurate Fett's waaaaaay back in the day and inspired many !
There are members that have come, and gone that used you for reference time and time again.
Let it be known, that this guy is one of the very first fan made Fetts that I personally laid my eyes on back
on TDH Fett Ref Ver. -0 !
Now, you got to fulfill one of your long time fantasies as I'm sure we all have pondered over - and that is
meeting the MAN himself !
Congrats Old timer !!!!
.....and I was sporting a full set of Fettpride armor and ROTJ rangefinder while I was there, so it was like you were there in spirit, Chris. Thanks for everything, my good man.


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Megamouth shark
The megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, is an extremely rare species of deepwater shark. Since its discovery in 1976, only a few megamouth sharks have been seen, with 54 specimens known to have been caught or sighted as of 2012, including three recordings on film. Like the basking shark and whale shark, it is a filter feeder, and swims with its enormous mouth wide open, filtering water for plankton and jellyfish. It is distinctive for its large head with rubbery lips. It is so unlike any other type of shark that it is classified in its own family Megachasmidae, though it has been suggested that it may belong in the family Cetorhinidae of which the basking shark is currently the sole member.
Physical characteristics
The appearance of the megamouth is distinctive, but little else is known about it. It has a brownish-black color on top, is white underneath, and has an asymmetrical tail with a long upper lobe, similar to that of the thresher shark. The interior of its gill slits are lined with finger-like gill rakers that capture its food. A relatively poor swimmer, the megamouth has a soft, flabby body and lacks keels.
Megamouths are large sharks, able to grow to 5.5 metres (18 ft) in length. Males mature by 4 metres (13 ft) and females by 5 metres (16 ft). Weights of up to 1,215 kg (2,680 lb) have been reported.
As their name implies, megamouths have a large mouth with small teeth, and a broad, rounded snout, causing observers to occasionally mistake megamouth for a young orca. The mouth is surrounded by luminous photophores, which may act as a lure for plankton or small fish. Their mouths can reach up to 1.3 metres wide.[citation needed]
In 1990, a 4.9-m (16-foot) male megamouth shark was caught near the surface off Dana Point, California. This individual was eventually released with a small radio tag attached to its soft body. The tag relayed depth and time information over a two-day period. During the day, the shark cruised at a depth of around 120–160 m (400–525 ft), but as the sun set, it would ascend and spend the night at depths of between 12 and 25 m (39–80 ft). Both day and night, its progress was very slow at around 1.5–2.1 km/h (1–1.3 mph). This pattern of vertical migration is seen in many marine animals as they track the movement of plankton in the water column.[1] The shark captured in March 2009 was reportedly netted at a depth of 200 m (660 ft).
Reproduction is ovoviviparous, meaning that the young sharks develop in eggs that remain within the mother's body until they hatch.
The first megamouth was captured on November 15, 1976 about 25 miles off the coast from Kaneohe, Hawaii when it became entangled in the sea anchor of a United States Navy ship. Examination of the 14 1/2-foot (4.5-m), 1650-pound (750-kilogram) specimen by Leighton Taylor showed it to be an entirely unknown type of shark, making it one of the more sensational discoveries in 20th-century ichthyology (see also coelacanth).
Known specimens
As of 2012, only 54 megamouth specimens have been caught or sighted. They have been found in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. At least ten specimens have been found in the vicinity of each of Japan and Taiwan, more than any other single area. Specimens have also been pulled from the waters near Hawaii, California, Mexico, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Brazil, Senegal, South Africa, and Ecuador.
On March 30, 2009 off Burias Island in the Philippines, an 880- to 1,100-pound (400- to 500-kilogram) 4-metre (13-foot) megamouth shark died while struggling in a fisherman's net and was subsequently taken to nearby Donsol in Sorsogon province, where it was examined by scientists, before being butchered and sold.[2][3][4]
On 12 June 2011, a three-metre male deceased juvenile was found by fishermen near the western Baja California peninsula coast, in a region called Bahía de Vizcaíno. It was picked up by the same fishing vessel that in 2006 captured another megamouth specimen in Vizcaino bay, which has led Mexican scientists to believe that the megamouth could be a seasonal visitor to the Baja Peninsula. The new specimen was taken to Ensenada, Mexico, where it was photographed and sliced in order for Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Mexican researchers to study the structure of its muscles and gills.[5]
See also
- For a topical guide to this subject, see Outline of sharks.
- ^ Piper, Ross (2007), Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and Unusual Animals, Greenwood Press.
- ^ Aca, E.Q. 2009. Megamouth Shark # 41: Megamouth shark in Whale Shark waters. Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department.
- ^ "CTV: Rare megamouth shark caught, eaten in Philippines". Ctv.ca. 2009-04-07. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090407/shark_eaten_090407/20090407?hub=SciTech. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ "MEGAMOUTH SHARK FOUND: National Geographic". News.nationalgeographic.com. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/090407-megamouth-shark-eaten-picture.html. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ "Elusive megamouth shark snared in Mexico". http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/4609/elusive-megamouth-shark-snared-mexico.
- Compagno (2000). Megachasma pelagios. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 10 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as data deficient
- "Megachasma pelagios". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=159983. Retrieved 23 January 2006.
- Berra, Tim M. (1997): "Some 20th century fish discoveries". Environmental Biology of Fishes 50: 1–12.
- Taylor, L.R. et al. (1983): "Megamouth — a new species, genus, and family of lamnoid shark (Megachasma pelagios, family Megachasmidae) from the Hawaiian Islands". Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 43A: 87–110.
- Elizaga, Elson "Megamouth Shark in Cagayan de Oro"
- Sun Star Cagayan de Oro "Megamouth shark found dead in Oro"
- Florida Museum of Natural History Megamouth Shark # 38: The First Megamouth Shark, Megachasma pelagios, Found in Mexican Waters


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wiring.jpgI am using the T-Bridge and Crtl-X combination with 2HB pups, single volume control and TBX tone control in custom guitar. I have attached a wiring diagram to see if anyone knows if this is the correct modification.
wiring.jpgI am using the T-Bridge and Crtl-X combination with 2HB pups, single volume control and TBX tone control in custom guitar. I have attached a wiring diagram to see if anyone knows if this is the correct modification.
I believe you spoke with our other Tech, Bryan, on the phone yesterday. Were you able to get everything resolved?
That wasn't me that called. Would love to talk to someone about this. The L.R. Baggs schematic for the two humbuckers with two volume would have to be altered since the leads from two pickups would have to go the the pickup selector before the volume control not after. If Bryan could look at the attached schematic that would be great. I am assuming that if the combined magnetic pickup signal goes to the white lead on the Mini-Toggle then it should work. The Fender-TBX tone control is just a variation of a standard tone control.
Hi Lumenire,
I would not install according to the diagram. That diagram included with the T-Bridge instructions is an interesting option but should be omitted from the package. That specifically references keeping both independent magnetic volume pots and is for cases where the player insists on it. Joining the two ORANGE wires to the output jack's RED wire eliminates a simple MASTER VOLUME you can have if you opt to have only one pot for master magnetic volume, as that single volume wires into the CTRL-X as the master for the entire signal in MONO mode.
From what I see in the diagram, you have one volume and one TBX tone pot stack. Whether the TBX is wired parallel to the magnetic selector or in series after it, the magnetic signal enters the CTRL-X circuit via the WHITE wire on the CTRL-X mini-toggle switch and should do so before the magnetic volume pot. Wire the magnetic volume pot between the two ORANGE wires and the output jack's RED wire as shown in the CTRL-X manual.
When the CTRL-X is in MONO mode, that magnetic volume pot acts as a MASTER and cuts all signal from the guitar while the CTRL-X pot is a BLEND of the mag and piezo signals. When it's in STEREO mode, the magnetic volume will be just that and the CTRL-X pot will become a volume for the T-Bridge signal only.
Please reply here or call 805-929-3545, ext. 111, for clarification or more info.
Thank you Bryan. It looks pretty straight forward. If I have any questions I will give you a call.
Bryan, would you recommend the tone pot be parallel to the mag switch?


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Comments about Learning Resources Avalanche Fruit Stand:
I use this for preschoolers who need to strengthen their hand grasp. I don't always follow the rules of the game as published, but easy to make your own rules for more fun!
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As an OT working in a school system I ordered this game as a fun way to increase fine motor skills and intrinsic hand strength. It also targets turn taking, color and fruit identification and simple counting. I am not disappointed. The kids love using the tongs to pick up fruit. I can adjust the game for level and understanding of the particular student.The game itself is easy to set up and the tongs and fruit pieces are durable enough to withstand the frequent use. I am able to pack it up nicely to go in my bag from school to school. This game is a keeper!
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My 7-year old son gets excited to play this game. He thinks the whole idea of trying to not let the fruit fall is very funny. I bought it for him because he needs help developing his fine motor skills. The tweezers that come with it work the best, but we also take turns using some tools that come in the Helping Hands Fine Motor Tool Set.
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Fun game!
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We love this game but it did not include directions, so we made up our own. Kind of frustrating but still fun!
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This is a fantastic way to help students develop fine motor skills!
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I bought this for my preschool and the kids LOVE it. It is fine motor skills training at its best! The night we got it, my husband and I played it twice, and we were thoroughly entertained, too!
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Good game but virtually no directions
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Really like this game but there are no directions on how to play. It just says spin the spinner and grab a fruit of matching color but the spinner also has a 2 and a 3 on it and a star. Sooooo, what do you do when the spinner lands on those? Take three fruit out? Put three back? And what is the star for?
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This game is sturdy, colorful, and engaging. My son needs extra practice/strength for his pencil grip and this game is just the thing to keep him building skills without getting bored.


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Hey everyone, do you know of a place I can buy a Jersey like the ones the Russians wear when they play? I have a feeling World Cup might be an answer, but I want one before then so I can get it signed at cup! Thanks guys!
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TheStink - Their jerseys are made by Style Supply. I know last year at Cup they had them for sale right there at the event so you can get it and have it signed by the players since they were stopping by the booth often. So you may want to contact Style Supply and confirm they will be at Cup again.
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Posted 18 December 2011 - 12:48 AM
go to J-Rab's facebook, ask, he will prob give you an e-mail address, e-mail him, get the jersey. i asked and he said 125$ +shipping
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