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Does anyone remember when Saint Ronald Reagan began closing all of the psychiatric centers in California? His supporters were all staunchly in favor, and the results, good or bad, were meaningless. This was a Crusade, nothing more, nothing less, with people on both sides of the political spectrum involved in its passage for their own reasons. What were the results? The results were small, short-term care facilities, and an awful lot of homeless people. Nobody cared all that much at the time.
Fast forward to the 1980s, and New York State followed suit, dumping, and I do mean dumping, literally thousands of helpless individuals into the street. Hospitals, small private agencies and the like, did their best to replace what these psychiatric centers delivered, but without much success. I remember a study done some time after, in New York City, spurred by an increase in the homeless, that showed over 80 percent of these people had psychiatric issues. I'm not sure why that required a study. In the meantime, our prisons are posing as long term care facilities.
What was the motivation? The largest motivation was money, plain and simple. Psychiatric patients didn't receive the same sorts of funding as the Developmentally Disabled. Other than money, there were the usual Liberal groups of "do-gooders", as my father used to say, who decried "Warehousing", and ill treatment, and lack of freedom. Some of this was certainly true, but for an awful lot of sick individuals, meals and health care, housing and clothing was provided, as opposed to living in a box in the street. Anyway, what's done is done. So why discuss it now?
We discuss it now because most of the same people, those who oppose most expenditures of public money, those who hate public employment of any kind, now call for more care for the mentally ill, including providing long term care facilities! Why now, what's changed? The 2nd Amendment is under attack in their eyes, that's what's changed. The argument is to steer any and all changes in law as a result of recent slaughters of innocents by maniacs with guns, is to incarcerate, forcibly incarcerate, the mentally ill. The call is now to identify and force these people into treatment. OK, I can see that as part of the solution, but then have to ask where all the money is going to come from? Forget the fact that most gun murders are committed by people that are not mentally ill, at least legally speaking, but it would address those few high profile cases where people were killed by crazed killers with guns, and helps to hide the real issue of there just being too many guns in this country. But, this is not going to be about gun control, there's been enough of that. I do want to discuss the issue of the mentally ill and what we're going to do about it.
There have been several high profile cases in New York City where people with serious mental issues pushed innocents onto train tracks. The shooting in Connecticut, the movie theater in Aurora, and the murders at Virginia Tech were all committed by people who probably should have been in some sort of lock down unit, the sort of long term facility that no longer exists. How many can we build and staff? It wasn't that long ago we collectively decided the answer to that question was "Zero!" And already I have seen advocates for the mentally ill decrying the stereotyping of them as dangerous, stating that the majority are not. That might even be true, but then there is that issue of whether they can care for themselves, but I guess that's not part of the equation from anyone's side. As long as they can find a box to sleep in, and their existence doesn't interfere with gun ownership, nobody seems to care.
I do know in some cases, people who had been patients in Psychiatric Centers for years were reevaluated at closing, and many determined to have various "Developmental Disabilities," and shipped to the system in place for that population. I know, I worked with that population for many years. Just like now that most facilities for Juvenile Delinquents have closed, that population is being labeled with many new and strange "disorders" that now qualify them to also move into the system for the Developmentally Disabled. The latest plans from the state are to get out of that system as well, dumping this collective population into private agencies. It will save money, no doubt, but I'm thinking we're going to need an awful lot of boxes.
I must backtrack a bit, to point out that the large buildings that used to house the Developmentally Disabled were closed years ago and the individuals they served moved into a series of "Group Homes", I must admit in some cases a more humane and decent place to live and receive treatment, but in other cases merely a difference in size. Anyway, from what I understand, those group homes will be closing, at least those run by the state. I'm not sure where those requiring total, hospital like care will go, or those too violent to ever be released and clearly not wanted by any existing private agency that I know of. Remember that poor young woman murdered in Buffalo by two of those juvenile criminal type individuals? She'll have company in the headlines, I have no doubt. You can't staff on the cheap when dealing with some individuals. But, we will save money, and that's what counts, at least until one of them is on the street, gets a gun and kills a bunch of people causing an outcry to ban or restrict guns. Then the 2nd Amendment folks will be at the front of the line demanding more facilities be built, more people locked up, and we're back to square one again. Once again, where will the money come from?
Rhetoric and political dogma rarely, if ever, truly address reality and actual needs and issues. Anti-tax, anti-public employee types are always at the front to demand closing the very places they're now asking the government to provide. Some don't even realize that's what they're doing, as they don't understand that the small hospital facilities for Mental Health care are not designed for long term evaluations. They're designed for short term care to medicate symptoms to some sort of control and then back out into the world with no way of ensuring that those medications will be taken. That's the difference. The exact same points can be aimed at those who advocate for the mentally ill to have free choice as to whether they receive treatment or not, basing that opinion mostly on whether they're dangerous to others. Whether they can care for themselves doesn't seem to matter.
All I see from individuals as well as the people they elect to represent them are totally conflicting demands on spending and services and laws. But then it's difficult to take a stand or a position on certain things when one's stand or position repeatedly changes depending on the circumstances.
Paul Christopher is a Dunkirk resident. Send comments to email@example.com


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Doing and Viewing Art (ages 4-12). Family tours are followed by related hands-on art projects led by professional artists. Children under 8 years old must be accompanied by an adult.
October 13: Flying Colors: Playing with Color
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This article will describe how Firefox handles downloads for different types of files and how you can change that behavior.
- For help with embedded media on web pages, see Fix common audio and video issues.
- For help changing the e-mail program that Firefox uses, see Change the program used to open email links.
Download actions
When you click a link to download a file, the MIME type determines what action Firefox will take. You may already have a plugin installed that will automatically handle the download, such as Windows Media Player or QuickTime. Other times, you may see a dialog asking whether you want to save the file or open it with a specific application. When you tell Firefox to open or save the file and also check the option to "Do this automatically for files like this from now on", an entry appears for that type of file in the Firefox Applications panel, shown below.
Changing download actions
This will not affect media embedded in a web page - only links to the files themselves.
- Click the menu button and choose . .
- Select the panel.
- The Applications panel will display. Select the type of file for which you want to change the default action. Multiple entries for the same file extension? Some extensions are used by more than one MIME type.
- The Action column will give you a drop-down menu, with options on action to take, whenever you click that type of file.
- Always ask: will prompt you to select what action you want Firefox to take when you click on that type of file. This can be useful if Firefox is automatically saving a file type or is always opening it with a certain program and you want to be asked what to do.
- Save File: will always save the file to your computer using the Where to find and manage downloaded files in Firefox, whenever you click that type of file.
- Open the file with an application or plugin of your choosing.
- Close the about:preferences page. Any changes you've made will automatically be saved. after making changes.
Adding download actions
- On the web, find a link to a file matching the type you want to add.
- Click on the file link to download it.
- Select how you want Firefox to handle the file:
- Open with: Saves the file to a temporary folder and opens it in the default application for that file type. To select an application, click Do not choose Firefox to always open a certain file type, as doing so can cause a problem where Firefox keeps opening many tabs or windows..
- Save file: Saves the file to the download folder (specified in the Firefox Main panel).
- Open with: Saves the file to a temporary folder and opens it in the default application for that file type. To select an application, click
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Items like the iPhone and the Kindle make it possible to cram books, music, pictures, and games into one single device with ease. With these devices closely linked to GPS and Internet, consumers would assume that locating these devices would be easy if stolen or lost. High tech gadget companies are telling consumers, think again.
Makers of these high tech devices have taken different approaches when it comes to handling theft and misplacement. Amazon's Kindle is quickly becoming a favorite for techies but if it's lost or stolen, well that's a different story. According to Amazon, the only way the company will deactivate a stolen Kindle is with a phone call AND police report from the cops. This has outraged one customer in particular who said, "Amazon knew the device was being used and preferred to sell content to anyone who possessed the device, rather than assist in returning it to its rightful owner." An Amazon spokesman replied, stating that the company acted in accordance with the law and cooperated with law enforcement officials. "Beyond that, we aren't going to speculate on hypotheticals."
Amazon is not the only company with this policy. Sirius XM Radio also needs a subpoena from a police officer before it can discontinue service or release information about one of it's radios. Company spokesman Patrick Reilly said the goal of this policy is "to protect the original subscriber who has lost the radio, but also not to incriminate someone who legitimately comes in possession of a radio." He added "Radios that have been reported stolen are reactivated only after someone provides a "proof of purchase," like a receipt from eBay."
iPhone users have a few more options when it comes to lost phones. Using GPS technology, iPhone users can attempt to track and locate a misplaced phone, or they can remotely wipe the phone clean of any sensitive information. Mark Siegal, a spokesman for AT&T, stated "When we address lost or stolen iPhones, all we're focused on is preventing any charges from accruing to that account. We don't disable the phone."
With no policy changes in the works, consumers can look forward to years of frustration from high tech companies. Until then, I recommend being careful with your high tech toys.
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Sandoval, Guitar Quartet To Perform At?SUNY?Fredonia
Two Grammy-winning acts will perform at the Rosch Recital Hall on the campus of SUNY Fredonia this coming school year.
Arturo Sandoval will perform Monday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. thanks to a generous gift from Hodgson Russ, LLP.
One of the most dynamic and vivacious live performers of our time, Arturo Sandoval's talent runs vast and deep.
A protege of the legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, he has been seen by millions at the Oscars performing with Celine Dion, at the Grammy Awards with Justin Timberlake and in his own right as a leader. He also performed at the Billboard Awards with Alicia Keys.
Sandoval has been awarded nine Grammy Awards, and nominated 17 times.
He has also received 6 Billboard Awards and an Emmy Award.
Sandoval brings his legendary talent to the stage of Rosch Recital Hall, performing an eclectic program of Latin jazz with a small combo of professional musicians hand-picked from the faculty and greater-Buffalo area: SUNY Fredonia faculty Bruce Johnstone (sax) and John Bacon (drums), special guests Bobby Jones (keyboard), Jeff Campbell (bass) and Wendell Rivera (percussion). The evening will include an appearance by the Fredonia Latin Jazz Ensemble under the direction of John Bacon. Reflecting Sandoval's commitment to educating and inspiring future generations with his passion for jazz of all styles, he will also give a master class and involve the community during his visit at Fredonia.
Considered by many to be one of the most brilliant, multifaceted and renowned musicians of our time, Arturo Sandoval's versatility can be heard on recordings with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Woody Shaw, Michel Legrand, Bill Conti, and Stan Getz to Johnny Mathis, Frank Sinatra, Paul Anka, Rod Stewart and Alicia Keys amongst many others. He has performed with John Williams with the Boston Pops, and in the Super Bowl with Tony Bennett and Patti LaBelle.
Filled with undeniable virtuosic talent, Sandoval's impact goes far beyond impressive "pyrotechnics," desiring nothing more than to share his gift with others who feel the same intense adoration for music as he does.
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet will perform Friday, April 4 at 8 p.m.
Thirty-three years young in 2013-14, the Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet is one of the most multifaceted groups in any genre. Enthusiastically referred to by the Los Angeles Times as "The world's hottest classical ensemble or its tightest pop band," the LAGQ is comprised of four uniquely accomplished musicians: John Dearman, Matthew Greif, William Kanengiser, and Scott Tennant.
Bringing a new energy to the concert stage with programs ranging from Bluegrass to Bach, they consistently play to sold out houses worldwide.
Their inventive, critically acclaimed transcriptions of concert masterworks provide a fresh look at the music of the past, while their interpretations of works from the contemporary and world music realms continually break new ground. Programs including Latin, African, Far East, Irish, Folk and American Classics transport listeners around the world in a single concert experience.
Their appearance at Fredonia will include a special joint performance with the Fredonia Guitar Ensemble, a student ensemble led by James Piorkowski.
The groups will perform 'SHIKI: Seasons of Japan," written specifically for the LAGQ plus guitar orchestra by Japanese composer Shingo Fujii, a powerful and moving work that is connecting communities across the nation.
Winner of a 2005 Grammy Award, their "Guitar Heroes" CD released on Telarc is a brilliant follow-up to their Grammy nominated "LAGQ Latin." "Spin" (Telarc, Spring 2006) continues their explorations of jazz and contemporary music. "LAGQ Brazil" (2007), including collaborations with vocalist Luciana Souza, was released to rave reviews, and their newest recording of the Rodrigo "Concierto Andaluz" and Sergio Assad's "Interchange," written specifically for them, was released on Telarc in Spring 2010, and quickly climbed to top spot on the Billboard charts.
Tickets for both events are on sale now at the SUNY Fredonia ticket office: 673-3501 by phone, online at www.fredonia.edu/tickets, or in person at the Williams Center. Tickets are $30 ($12 for students with ID) and include reserved seating and a post-concert reception with the artists.
Further details about these events are available at the School of Music website, www.fredonia.edu/music, or by calling Jennifer Darrell-Sterbak at 673-3686.
For a complete list of upcoming events in the School of Music, visit www.fredonia.edu/music.


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Bond issue:?Find the facts
Steve Velk, Minot
Congratulations are in order to the voters in Wahpeton and Grafton. Over the past few of weeks, residents of these two North Dakota cities took to the polls and approved $30 million and $19 million in bonds, respectively, for their public schools. They needed the bond and voters did the right thing.
This same type of vote has occurred in the past couple of years in Bismarck and West Fargo. Our education systems across the state are in need of important infrastructure additions and upgrades. Again, congratulations to all those communities that are showing their continued support for students by voting yes for school bonds.
Minot voters will have that same opportunity to make a big decision about the future of education in Minot on Dec. 10. As a school board member, I am grateful for the feedback and information we have received from the community over the last two years regarding the direction you want the schools to take. Minot School Board's proposal will address overcrowding, with more than 1,000 students having moved in over the past five years, and will also prepare for the 1,000 additional students projected to arrive in the next five years. At our current pace, all schools in the district will be at or over capacity in the next five years. We need to plan and invest now in new space for our children in order to continue their high-quality education.
As part of this bond vote, much needed funds will go toward district-wide upgrades to safety and security at all our schools. No one wants overcrowding or unsafe buildings or classrooms and now is the time to make changes to improve the protection children are provided in Minot.
I trust you'll find out more about the facts and reasons behind the need for this district-wide bond and then vote on Dec. 10. See you at the polls!


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La Sale, Antoine de
Antoine de La Sale c. 1386-1461?
French fiction and nonfiction writer.
Often acclaimed for his realistic depiction of everyday life, La Sale ranks among the most studied fifteenth-century authors. The work for which he is most renowned, Le Petit Jehan de Saintré (1456; Little John of Saintré), blends several genres and has been hailed as the first modern novel. While some scholars dispute this distinction, the work nevertheless radically breaks from the established literary traditions of the day. In Saintré and in other works, La Sale portrays the behavior of aristocrats and members of the court. His views on the chivalric tradition are debated among scholars, who question whether his strong praise of chivalry is genuine or satirical. Critics additionally question the extent to which La Sale's experimentation with incorporating elements of various genres is successful.
Biographical Information
The illegitimate son of a nobleman, La Sale was born near Arles in Provence. In 1400, he was taken on as a page in the court of Louis II of Anjou and treated as the legitimate heir of his father, Bernard de La Sale. La Sale served Louis II, Louis III, and René d'Anjou, all of whom were contenders for the throne of Sicily and Naples, on a number of military campaigns in Italy. A squire with an impressive academic and military education, La Sale never became a knight but was appointed as a tutor to Jean de Calabre, René d'Anjou's heir. In this capacity, he traveled with the prince, providing a thorough academic education as well as instruction in chivalry. While visiting Naples with Jean de Calabre, La Sale married Lione de la Sellana de Brusa in 1439. He was about fifty-three; she was fifteen. When his education of the prince was completed, La Sale was dismissed from the court at Angevin in 1448, a surprising event considering La Sale's forty-nine years of service. La Sale later accepted a position with Louis of Luxembourg, tutoring his three sons. The last years of La Sale's life were dedicated to his writing.
Major Works
By far the most studied of La Sale's works is Little John of Saintré. The work is presented as the biography of the historical Saintré, a knight whose exploits were chronicled by Jean Froissart. In truth, La Sale appropriates only the name of his hero and the general time frame of the fourteenth century. In Saintré, the young protagonist is taken as the protégé and, later, the lover of the widow Madame des Belle Cousine. Under Belle Cousine's tutelage, Saintré becomes a knight. After Saintré undertakes a chivalric quest without his lady's consent, Belle Cousine takes a new lover, an abbot. Betrayed and humiliated, Saintré exacts his revenge by publicly exposing Madame des Belle Cousine and her duplicity. The first portion of the work is essentially a didactic treatise in which the appropriate moral conduct for a young knight is outlined. The remainder of the text takes a more fictional approach and incorporates a fabliau-type love triangle. Throughout the work, La Sale offers a detailed, realistic portrayal of court life. Similarly marked by this realism is Le réconfort de Madame de Fresne (1457), which was composed by La Sale in an effort to comfort a grief-stricken friend who had suffered the death of her son. Written in the tradition of the consolatio, established by Boethius, the work emphasizes the immortality of the soul and universal truths regarding the human condition. In the two narratives comprising the work, La Sale incorporates personal experience, pseudo-historical events, and moral teachings. La Sale's lesser works include La Salade (c. 1444), in which he collected and organized various texts for the educational program of a prince. This compendium treats such topics as governance, military strategy, and geography. In La Sale (1451), La Sale's aims are similar. The work is also a collection of texts organized within an allegorical framework and designed to shape the ethics and morality of a ruler. The author summarizes the writings of numerous classical authors and emphasizes such virtues as prudence, religious devotion, moderation, justice, compassion, abstinence, and liberality. Additionally, the work includes mythical stories and instruction on such matters as love, marriage, and friendship. La Sale's last work, Traité des anciens tournois et faictz d'armes (1459), is a treatise concerning tournaments and feats of arms and provides instruction on the proper conduct of tournaments and chivalric engagements.
Critical Reception
Chivalry and realism, the dual themes of La Sale's major works, are of primary interest to modern critics. In both Little John of Saintré and Le réconfort de Madame de Fresne, La Sale offers detailed accounts of the courtly life of French aristocrats. In Saintré, court manners are portrayed in a familiar and knowledgeable fashion, a style that Irvine Gray describes as naïve. Gray points out that the second portion of the work, in which Belle Cousine betrays Saintré and he takes his revenge, is sometimes cited as La Sale's mockery of chivalric ideals. Yet Gray contends that throughout the work, the author demonstrates his deep admiration for chivalric institutions. Regarding Saintré's reputation as perhaps the earliest example of the novel, Gray argues that the work is not entirely fictional and that it lacks true characterization. The work does, however, break with established tradition in its rejection of mythological elements, Gray maintains. Like Gray, Janet Ferrier observes that Saintré is distinctly different from its fifteenth-century counterparts. Ferrier describes the work as a full-length fictional treatment of contemporary life upon which La Sale overlays the familiar chronicle structure. Patricia Francis Cholakian takes a stance similar to Gray's in contending that the work is not wholly narrative fiction. Cholakian finds the first portion of the work to be a treatise which has been "disguised" as fiction. In the second half of the work, which is more overtly fictional, La Sale adds depth to his characterizations of Saintré and Belle Cousine. While Gray has defended the work's praise of chivalry, Cholakian's view is that the relish with which La Sale conveys Belle Cousine's fall reveals the author's dubious attitude towards the chivalric and courtly values dominating much of the plot. Commenting on La Sale's blending of genres in Saintré, Clifton Cherpack explains that the work combines the pedagogical with the chivalric and mixes elements of memoir, novel, and biography. Cherpack explores the ways in which the myths of Pygmalion and Prometheus inform Saintré and help to establish a sense of unity within the work. Guy Mermier centers his study of Saintré on La Sale's characterization of Belle Cousine and Saintré, finding that Belle Cousine is depicted as a maternal figure who ultimately fails in her education of Saintré. This failure, Mermier asserts, is essentially the failure of the work as a whole. While a number of critics have stressed Saintré's "otherness," studying the elements which distinguish it from other narratives of the period, Karl D. Uitti explores the work within the context of the medieval practice of restoration. Saintré, Uitti explains, "restores" past events and recodifies these happenings. Uitti concludes that what is typically taken as Saintré's originality and modernity is actually its devotion to medieval poetic practices. Turning once again to Saintré's genre blending, Allison Kelly views La Sale's combination of history and fiction as "problematic," and contends that it should be studied as a commentary on Jean Froissart's Chronicles. While Saintré appears on the surface to be a biographical treatment of the historical Saintré based on Froissart's work, La Sale distorts Froissart's history, Kelly explains. Furthermore, Kelly claims that La Sale stresses the artificial nature of courtly discourse by exaggerating and disparaging the chivalric ideals Froissart extols. Analyzing La Sale's treatment of courtly behavior in another manner, Anne Caillaud focuses on courtly love within a patriarchal society. While it may appear that a courtly lady such as Belle Cousine possessed a superior role in the selection and control of her suitors, Caillaud argues that this was a romantic ideal which in reality women did not possess. Caillaud compares Belle Cousine's behavior to the guidelines of courtly love outlined by Andreas Capellanus in the twelfth-century De amore, demonstrating the ways in which the lady fails to adhere to the established rules of appropriate behavior on several counts. As a result of her shortcomings, Belle Cousine is humiliated and barred from aristocratic society. Caillaud suggests that through Belle Cousine, La Sale seeks to denounce the idea of courtly love and to caution women who regard courtly love as a means of dominating their lovers.
According to Caillaud, La Sale chastises women such as Belle Cousine, but in Le réconfort de Madame de Fresne he finds much to praise in the female character Madame du Chastel, the protagonist in the first of the narratives comprising this work. Her bravery in response to the death of her son makes her a heroine, according to Erich Auerbach. Auerbach compares Le réconfort de Madame de Fresne with the anonymous Les XV joies de mariage, which some scholars have tentatively attributed to La Sale, and finds that while the wives in the two works are similar, Madame du Chastel possesses a greater purity. The marriage between Madame du Chastel and her husband is a true partnership, Auerbach assesses, whereas the couple in Les XV joies de mariage display no trust in each other. La Sale's work realistically depicts the domestic intimacy between husband and wife, states Auerbach. Thomas A. Vesce analyzes Le réconfort de Madame de Fresne as well, describing the way La Sale employs the techniques of the heroic epic and the romance traditions to explore the private pain of Madame du Chastel and her husband. Vesce goes on to explain that La Sale does more than offer a poignant tale of the death of the son of Madame du Chastel, and he does more than describe the historical events of the story, that is, the English army's storming of the city of Brest. Instead, Vesce contends, La Sale provides a skillful and polished examination of the challenges of living a moral life. Like Auerbach, Vesce sees in La Sale's portrayal of Madame du Chastel a glowing portrait of womankind.
Principal Works
*Le paradis de la reine Sibylle and L'excursion aux îles Lipari (travel narratives) c. 1437-1440
La salade (textbook) c. 1444
La Sale (textbook) 1451
Le Petit Jehan de Saintré [Little John of Saintré] (nonfiction and fiction) 1456
Le réconfort de Madame de Fresne (fiction) 1457
Traité des anciens tournis et faictz d'armes (nonfiction) 1459
*The dates given for each of La Sale's works denotes the year of its composition.
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Erich Auerbach (essay date 1953)
SOURCE: Auerbach, Erich. "Madame du Chastel." In Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature, translated by Willard R. Trask, pp. 232-61. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1953.
[In the following essay, Auerbach studies Le réconfort de Madame du Fresne, comparing the work to the anonymous Les XV joies de mariage and finding the former composition to be more elevated and ceremonious than the latter work.]
Antoine de la Sale, a Provençal knight of the late feudal type, soldier, court official, tutor of princes, authority on heraldry and tournaments, was born about 1390 and died after 1461. For the greater part of his life...
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Janet Ferrier (essay date 1954)
SOURCE: Ferrier, Janet. "An Experiment in Adaptation: Le Petit Jehan de Saintré." In Forerunners of the French Novel: An Essay on the Development of the Nouvelle in the Late Middle Ages, pp. 54-78. Manchester, Eng.: Manchester University Press, 1954.
[In this essay, Ferrier characterizes Little John of Saintré as essentially an failed experiment, but defends the work's breaking with the traditional romance and chronicle genres. Ferrier praises La Sale's serious attempt at innovation in introducing the notion of a full-length fictional work.]
It is a curious fact that a work which has frequently been acclaimed as the first modern novel, and...
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Patricia Francis Cholakian (essay date spring 1969)
SOURCE: Cholakian, Patricia Francis. "The Two Narrative Styles of A. de La Sale." Romance Notes 10, no. 2 (spring 1969): 362-72.
[In the essay below, Cholakian, emphasizing the lack of unity in Little John of Saintré, and investigates La Sale's incorporation of the elements of two distinct genres—the novel and the didactic treatise—in the work.]
Every reader of Antoine de la Sale's Petit Jehan de Saintré must grapple with the lack of unity within the work. The second half of the novel, in which Belles Cousines makes love to a lusty abbot, seems a complete departure from the first, in which she has taken care to...
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Clifton Cherpack (essay date fall 1975)
SOURCE: Cherpack, Clifton. "Le Petit Jehan de Saintré: The Archetypal Background." The Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies 5, no. 2 (fall 1975): 243-52.
[In the following essay, Cherpack evaluates the problem of unity in Little John of Saintré, averring that the archetypal stories at the core of the myths of Pygmalion and Prometheus inform the characterization and development of the work.]
The reasons why Le Petit Jehan de Saintré is the most studied French work of its day are not hard to identify. Works of doubtful attribution which, at the same time, seem to be romans à clef are bound to attract the attention of...
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Thomas A. Vesce (essay date 1975)
SOURCE: Vesce, Thomas A. "Notes on Antoine de La Sale's Réconfort de Mme du Fresne." Mediaeval Studies XXXVII (1975): 478-93.
[In the following essay, Vesce studies the way in which La Sale focuses on private, familial concerns rather than public and political matters in Le réconfort de Madame du Fresne. Vesce also highlights La Sale's facility in the realistic depiction of every day life.]
The scene which Antoine de la Sale draws in the first of the two tales in the Réconfort de Madame Du Fresne is one which is reminiscent of the old...
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Guy Mermier (essay date spring 1977)
SOURCE: Mermier, Guy. "Antoine de La Sale's Le Petit Jehan de Saintré: A Study in Motivations." Michigan Academician IX, no. 4 (spring 1977): 469-82.
[In the essay which follows, Mermier assesses the motivations of Belle Cousine and Saintré in an effort to better understand the nature of Little John of Saintré, claiming that the work's failure is due to Belle Cousine's failure in her education of Saintré.]
After a reading of Antoine de La Sale's Jehan de Saintré (1456), a multitude of questions arises. Why does Belle Cousine reject the young knight, and why does she allow herself to become enamored by Damp Abbé, this vulgar,...
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Karl D. Uitti (essay date 1985)
SOURCE: Uitti, Karl D. "Renewal and Undermining of Old French Romance: Jehan de Saintré." In Romance: Generic Transformation from Chrétien de Troyes to Cervantes, edited by Kevin Brownlee and Marina Scordilis Brownlee, pp. 135-54. Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College, 1985.
[In the following essay, Uitti examines the difficulty in classifying Little John of Saintré and contends that what some scholars view as the work's modernity is in actuality a faithful homage to the medieval literary tradition of restoring past events.]
The five centuries or so leading from the Old French Life of Saint Alexis to the completion of the prose narratives of...
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Allison Kelly (essay date May 1986)
SOURCE: Kelly, Allison. "Abbreviation and Amplification: Jehan de Saintré's Rewriting the Artifice of History." French Forum 11, no. 2 (May 1986): 133-50.
[In this essay, Kelly assesses Little John of Saintré as a commentary on Jean Froissart's Chronicles, focusing in particular on La Sale's treatment of Froissart's commendation of chivalry and his utilization of direct discourse.]
Ils sont bien des fumees sans feu, c'est a entendre que sont maintes faulses langues desliees de flacteurs a gecter les fumees sans feu, c'est a dire porter et rapporter faulses et mauvaises renommées a hommes et a femmes sans cause et contre...
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Anne Caillaud (essay date 1998)
SOURCE: Caillaud, Anne. "The Search for Power: A Female Quest in Antoine de la Sale's Petit Jehan de Saintré." In Fifteenth-Century Studies, Vol. 24, edited by William C. McDonald, pp. 74-83. Columbia, S.C.: Camden House, 1998.
[In the essay below, Caillaud analyzes the relationship between Belle Cousine and Saintré, demonstrating the ways in which the lady fails to adhere to the guidelines of courtly love as codified in Andreas Capellanus's twelfth-century treatise De amore.]
Courtly love is disturbing … it justifies and legitimizes adultery. It also places women in a position of supreme power. There are two unbearable transgressions...
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Further Reading
Gray, Irvine. Introduction to Little John of Saintré (Le Petit Jehan de Saintré), pp. 1-27. London: George Routledge & Sons, 1931.
Provides a biographical account of La Sale's life and surveys his majors works, with special emphasis on Little John of Saintré.
Kelly, Allison J. "Jehan de Saintré and the Dame Belles Cousines: Problems of a Medieval Title." French Forum 14, no. 1 (December 1989): 447-57.
Contends that the title of La Sale's Little John of Saintré is misleading on several counts, as it suggests the work is primarily concerned with Saintré, and that the work is similar to...
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When Marco Polo Stufano first set eyes on Greenwood Gardens in Short Hills, New Jersey, he was bowled over by what he saw. "My first impression was the grand scale of it," recalls Stufano, the legendary gardener behind New York's jewel-box Wave Hill for 35 years. In 2002 Stufano was asked to take a look at Greenwood by the Garden Conservancy, which helps to save exceptional American gardens and lends its expertise to those projects. "At the back of the house, there was a view to a garden and pool, and formal boxwood hedges, and in the other direction, there were a cascade and follies," says Stufano. "The bones of the garden made it possible to see the potential for a horticultural showplace within all its formality."
The tiered terraces of Greenwood Gardens in Short Hills, New Jersey, originally designed by William Whetten Renwick, are lined with American boxwood and accented with golden spirea; the antique figurines are two of a quartet representing the four seasons. The restored gardens open to the public this month.
Although Greenwood was beyond disheveled, Stufano knew that he was looking at something special. Landscapes of this scale are the stuff garden tomes are made of, but there was no mention of Greenwood in the histories of American garden design. That's because its previous owners-the real estate mogul Joseph P. Day, followed by Peter and Adelaide Frick Blanchard-were notoriously private, and the residence was imbued with a do-not-trespass philosophy.
But in 2000, following his father's wishes, Peter Blanchard III and his wife, Sofia, established Greenwood Gardens as a nonprofit organization and reached out to the Garden Conservancy to lead the way. In addition to restoring the garden's geometry, views, textures, and hardscaping, the board charged the garden's horticulture director, Louis Bauer, with introducing a new level of interesting and varied plantings to the site, which had already been cultivated in different styles by the previous owners. With the first phase of work now complete, the garden is scheduled to open to the public on April 27.
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- 2 pounds extra-lean ground turkey
- 2 medium onions, finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 cans (8 ounces each) no-salt-added tomato sauce
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) reduced-sodium beef broth
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 1/2 ounce unsweetened chocolate, chopped
- 3 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 package (16 ounces) whole wheat spaghetti
- 1 can (16 ounces) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 1-1/4 cups (5 ounces) shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- In a nonstick Dutch oven coated with cooking spray, cook turkey, onions and garlic until turkey is no longer pink. Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker.
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- Cook spaghetti according to package directions; drain. Remove bay leaf from chili. For each serving, place 3/4 cup spaghetti in a bowl. Top with about 2/3 cup chili, 3 tablespoons kidney beans, 2 tablespoons cheese and 1 tablespoon chopped onion. Yield: 10 servings.
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Playing with the Biomimetic Max 200G at net was definitely a favorite of the playtesters, with the racquet offering comfort, maneuverability and feel. Chris really liked the response of this racquet at the net. He said, "I much preferred the response of this racquet at net. I was able to get lots of feel on my volleys and I was finding my targets very well. I was impressed by the comfort, and the racquet felt smooth and dialed in. This was a very light and fast racquet, and I found the maneuverability to be excellent. Again, I was left wanting for some punch and pop, but that's nothing a little lead tape can't fix."
Enjoying the ability of the racquet to put away anything that was thrown its way was Mark. He said, "It was a great blend of enough mass to be stable, even on off-center contact, and a light enough head to get it there on time. I had no issues with the volley using the 200G, whether I was on the net or closer to the service line."
Troy felt that volleys came easy with this racquet. He offered, "I found great maneuverability when having to stretch or get the racquet ready for a hard shot hit into my body. There was just enough mass in the hoop of the racquet to maintain stability against heavy shots, but I would have preferred a little more weight for a more stable feel. I found it easy to carve the ball with ample backspin, and touch volleys worked well, as this racquet provided good ball feel. Overall, it was a very control oriented feel, but I feel some added mass to the hoop would help me stick volleys, and make it easier to put the ball away."
Granville enjoyed the touch and soft feel at net, saying, "Good feedback tells me I'm hitting what seems to be an expanded sweetspot with ease. It may lack that crispness of the scalpels, but this is a very nice alternative. There's good touch at the net, and it makes me want to toy with my opponents rather than just put the ball away."
Our testers agreed on one thing regarding serves: placement was excellent. Opinions on power and spin varied. Some playtesters enjoyed big power and spin, while others found it a bit lacking. Troy mixed it up when serving and kept his opponents guessing. He said, "I find racquets with good maneuverability work well on serves, since stability isn't typically an issue. I could get good whip on the racquet, which benefited my kick serve. Also, I found a lot of pop on flat serves aimed at the center-T. I was placing the ball well and picking my targets consistently, which was very beneficial when playing doubles and utilizing the serve-and-volley game."
Chris placed the ball well on serve. He said, "I felt confident going for a variety of targets on both first and second serves. Even during the tighter moments of a match, I found myself pressing with this racquet on serve -- a sure sign I was playing confidently with it. I was getting decent pace on first serves, but I wouldn't say I was hitting a very heavy ball. However, I was finding my targets, and that allowed me to start points off aggressively."
Mark found the stock form to be adequate, but would have enjoyed a little more weight. He said, "This is the one shot that I would have liked to feel a little more weight in the hoop portion of the racquet, but like many other frames in this range of static weight, it seems to be made to be modified. After all, it is much easier to add weight compared to removing it. I can serve well with the new 200G in its stock form, I would just prefer the extra hoop weight."
Finding some big pop on his serve was Granville. He said, "A rare benefit for me is some added pace on my serves. I think I'm getting some extra power! It could be the box beam construction stiffening the shaft a bit for more power, then taming it a bit with a thinner, more flexible hoop. I'd really like to have more time to string it with my favorite setup. This racquet offered some good bite with a multifilament, so I saw some good action on my kickers wide and down the middle."
Our playtesters really enjoyed the ability to control returns and use them as a weapon, although some felt their shots were lacking in power. Troy found it easy to get the racquet on a lot of returns because of its maneuverability. He offered, "I found good control on my returns, especially when directing the ball away from the net player in doubles. I found that I had to work a little harder than usual to get good depth on my returns. With the lack of penetration I found myself hitting balls that would fall into the server's wheelhouse more often than I would have liked."
Mark really liked the specs of the racquet when returning serves, saying, "I felt that the stock weight/ balance worked great on returns. If there were any more weight in the hoop (like I wished for on the serve), I may not have been able to maneuver it as well when returning serve."
Feeling like he could just blast winners at will was Granville. He said, "Placement seemed effortless and precise. Slice it down the line or crosscourt on the ad side - or blast the forehand return down the line. When I was holding this racquet on the court I felt I was limited only by my ability."
Finding returns to be one of his favorite shots with the Biomimetic Max 200G was Chris. He said, "I found I could use the control of the racquet to redirect the pace of incoming serves very effectively. I was hitting both topspin and slice returns with accuracy, and the mobile feel made it easy to attack the ball. The racquet felt comfortable, and the power drop-off outside of the sweetspot was very gradual, which made it feel like a very consistent racquet."
Troy - "I loved the feel on my groundstrokes when making clean contact. Control from all areas of the court was superb. The cosmetic is sweet, and to top it off, it comes stock with a leather grip."
Chris - "I liked the smooth feel, the touch, the mobility and the comfort. I also really, really like the throwback cosmetic and leather grip!"
Granville - "It has a soft feel and is comfortable on the ground and at net. There's power on reserve, especially on the serve. Love the retro 200G cosmetic."
Mark - "Admittedly, I'm curious about anything Johnny Mac endorses. The stock leather grip is a great touch and the color scheme is easy on the eyes. I liked it for both doubles and singles play. I used to play with the original version of the Max 200G that both Graf and McEnroe used, and the Biomimetic Max 200G is much easier to string without all those shared holes!"
Troy - "It lacked some plow through that I typically find in racquets with a swingweight between 330 and 340."
Chris - "This racquet lacked the mass to get the job done for me, but Dunlop tends to err on the lighter side. Going lighter allows the player to add the final touch with lead tape if desired, and with this racquet, I would lead it up."
Granville - "Still thinking."
Mark - "I used to prefer the more open string patterns, but I have switched allegiance to the denser patterns, so if it had an 18x20 string pattern this question would have been left blank."
Troy - "While playtesting this racquet I had flashbacks of the days that I used the Dunlop M-Fil 300, which I customized to a weight similar to this racquet. I found it very easy to get used to, and all the control was there when baseline bashing. Personally, I would add lead tape to bring this racquet to the 12-ounce range and a mid-330 swingweight, which are the specs of my current racquet. The only problem then would be that I might be forced to make the switch! The only other racquet that I can recall that has similar characteristics is the Head YOUTEK IG Prestige Pro, but this racquet is a bit more maneuverable."
Chris - "While a Max 200G only in name, this racquet does offer a smooth feel, and that rings true for the 200G name. For me, this one plays closest to the Biomimetic 300, which I also felt was slightly under-powered when I reviewed it. This racquet felt smoother and more comfortable compared to the 300, and I enjoyed the playtest. Give me five minutes and some lead tape and I'd be in business with this racquet -- and that business would be kicking ass."
Granville - "While it has been a very long time since I hit with the original Max 200G, the new Biomimetic Max 200G has some similarities, in that it hits a very sold ball and offers something like a foam-filled beam feel. That being said, it is a very different than the original in that it is less massive and more forgiving. Of the current racquet lines, it plays similar in feel to the BLX Tour and/or the Prince Rebel 98, maybe even the Youtek IG Speed MP."
Mark - "Not much, or anything like the original, Hot Melt or Muscle Weave iterations, but this Max 200G stands on its own as a stable, control-oriented racquet that is tournament ready in its stock form."
(Scores are determined by averaging individual play test scores)
|Troy's Scores
|Chris's Scores
|Granville's Scores
|Mark's Scores
Troy: 5.0 lefty all-court player with a full Western Forehand and a two-handed backhand. Troy currently plays with a customized Head Microgel Radical Midplus.
Chris: 5.0 all-court player currently using the HEAD Youtek IG Prestige Midplus. Chris uses a full-western forehand grip, has a fast swing style and hits a one-handed backhand.
Granville: 5.5 all-court player currently using a Wilson K Factor Six-One Tour 95. Granville is an aggressive player who uses an eastern forehand grip and goes continental on everything else, hits with a flat swing and a one-handed backhand.
Mark: 5.0 lefty all-court player with a one-handed backhand. He currently plays with the Dunlop Aerogel 4D 200.
Review date: May 2012. If you found this review interesting or have further questions or comments please contact us.
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Good point! America's Test Kitchen is one of my favorite cooking shows. They are normally very precise and science oriented. I'm thinking they need to be aware of your concerns. Just now I went to their website and Emailed them about this issue, including a link to this thread. Hopefully I'll get a response and post it here. ---pete---
At risk of sounding snooty, I don't find their response sufficient. For the many reasons already cited, weight beats volume for precision hands down.It's too bad they don't have more of an educational attitude. They are reaching a wide audience that could benefit.
Perhaps they should have a segment on their show that demonstrates how to properly measure flour using a measuring cup so that it matches the target weight.
And that is the weight that KA uses in their recipes and their volume to weight comparison table. You can't use that method if 5.5 ounces is the target but these other sites don't tell you that.
pete,King Arthur has such a video. It is at http://how2heroes.com/videos/dessert-and-baked-goods/bakers-tip-measuring-flour.Peter
Fairly certain that I have seen such a video(from ATK/CI), and also read their explanation as to how their flour measures/weighs in at least one of their cook books(borrowed from the library).Also, almost all of their recipes list the volume and weight measures, typically, for flour. At least for things like breads, etc.
Dwight, On the website, they do not tell you their method to measure a cup of flour by volume. If you don't measure as they do, how can you duplicate their recipe correctly? You can't.Don
This is from their website, and is in the format I usually see their recipes listed:"Makes two 13-inch pizzas...IngredientsDough 3cups (16 1/2 ounces) bread flour, plus more for work surface (see note)..."
The things that made the biggest difference are:-Allowing the dough to rest for 20 minutes before kneading-Adding the oil and salt near the end of kneading-The appropriate moisture level of the dough (I believe some of them had way too much hydration)-Cold ferment for 3 days-Preheating the oven/stone for an hour-Placement of the stone within the oven for a balanced baking (crust and toppings finish baking at the same time)
Long story short, unless you're willing to mod the oven to higher temperatures, ceramic stones are generally superior to cast iron cookware.Right now, as far as I can tell, you're making something very close to Pizza Port. I also think this current oven setup is more than sufficient for reproducing Papa Johns. If you're perfectly happy with this, then I'd suggest a kiln shelf such as this:http://www.axner.com/cordierite-shelf-18x18x1square.aspxIf you live near a ceramic supplier, I'd try to purchase a shelf locally, as shipping can get expensive. Just make sure that it's at least 3/4" thick to match the stone you're working with now.If you think you might ever want to take your pizzas in a more pizzahacker-ish direction, though, then you want a material that will give you the shortest possible bake times. Right now, the reigning champ is 1/2" steel. It's really heavy, but it will take you down to 2.5 minutes at 550.
I have attempted the Heston Blumenthal method of making a pizza with no success, but after eating the pizza I made last time I'm content with what I am able to make. For now I'm not really interested in a 2 minute pie, but I would like to replicate what I made last time.
At some point, I recommend experimenting with stacking the cast iron pan on the ceramic stone. That could get interesting.
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Swiss airframe manufacturer Pilatus on Tuesday launched its latest flagship aircraft, the PC-24 twin-engine business jet, at the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland.
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The PC-24 will have a list price of $8.9 million, seats up to ten passengers and features an avionics system developed by Honeywell.
PC-24's cockpit draws on functionality from Honeywell's Primus Apex flight deck featured in the Pilatus PC-12NG single-engine turboprop. Pilatus calls it an advanced cockpit environment (ACE), with four 12-inch display screens and Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) II capability, paving the way for future ADS-B applications. The business jet also comes equipped with Required Navigation Performance Authorization Required 0.3 (RNP AR) and Wide Area Augmentation System-Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance (WAAS-LPV).
"For our first twin jet, we wanted to make sure that the PC-24 had the latest avionics and technology to provide pilots with the safest flying experience possible. Through our work with Honeywell on the PC-12 NG, we know that Honeywell's integrated flight deck products provide pilots with safety enhancements and technology that greatly increase operational efficiency and the overall flight experience," said Oscar J. Schwenk, chairman of the board at Pilatus Aircraft.
The PC-24 twin WIlliams International FJ44-4A engines enable a max cruise speed of 425 knots, and a maximum range of 1,948 nautical miles with four passengers, Pilatus said. The airframe is all-metal, designed to operate from short and unimproved runways, as little as 2,690 feet.
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Carpemter in a Skyrunning race back in the day; he excels all altitude-a VO2 max of 90.2 doesn't hurt.
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You can call Manitou Springs, Colorado, resident Matt Carpenter one of the world's best trail runners. The 48-year-old has not only built his life around the sport, but has also helped build the sport.
Carpenter is married to Yvonne, a runner he met during a run put on by the Incline Club, a trail-running club Carpenter co-founded to help support and promote Manitou-Springs-area running. In 2000, the couple ran to their (on-trail) ceremony in Colorado's Waldo Canyon. Their now-10-year-old daughter, Kyla, accompanied Matt on hundreds of training miles via her jogging stroller and has already run several races of her own.
Carpenter has lived at the base of Pikes Peak (14,114 feet), the hulking peak 10 miles west of Colorado Springs, for almost 15 years and trained on it more than any other human, ever. He has won the Pikes Peak Ascent six times and the Pikes Peak Marathon 12 times, most recently in 2011—you might call him the Jedi master of Pikes Peak. He's both the ascent and marathon course-record holder (2:01:06 for the ascent and 3:16:39 for the marathon), both of which he marked during the 1993 marathon.
"Matt's 2:01 Pikes Peak Ascent record is unreal. Probably a couple runners, like last year's winner Mario [Macias], can run Matt's splits to Barr Camp," hypothesizes Simon Gutierrez, who has run the ascent seven times, won it three and has a 2:13:29 ascent PR. Barr Camp is located about seven miles from the start and at a little over 10,000 feet. From there, the course rises six more miles to the 14,050-foot finish line. Continues Gutierrez, "But at the altitudes above Barr Camp, there's no one who can perform like Matt. Not yet. That record is going to last a while longer."
Beyond the Colorado mountain, Carpenter's pedigree goes on forever. He's won and owns the course record for The North Face endurance challenge 50-mile championship, the Leadville Trail 100, the Barr Mountain Trail race, the San Juan Solstice 50, the Vail Hill Climb, the Imogene Pass run, the Everest Skymarathon and many more. He's thrice captured the top spot at the Mount Washington road race and he's championed a pair of Skyrunning race series in the 1990s. Oh, and he's the world-record holder for running a marathon at altitude, putting down both a 2:52:57 at 14,435 feet (in 1997 at the Everest Skymarathon) and a 3:22:25 at an obscene 17,060 feet above sea level (also at the Everest Skymarathon but in 1995 when the race was held at an even higher altitude).
Carpenter's racing success is built on good genes—his Vo2 max is an off-the-charts 90.2—and a sacrificing-most-things training ethic. carpenter tells the following story on the incline club's website, which describes the depth of his training commitment: I had a rather upset stomach once on a day scheduled for a hard workout. So I did 30 minutes of one-minute hard, one-minute easy, on my treadmill [in the garage]. As the one-minute hard was coming to an end I would use the remote to close the garage door and sit on a bucket for a bathroom break because it was not possible to get to the bathroom and back that fast. Then I would quickly open the door for some fresh air and the next hard minute. I called that workout 30 minutes of one-minute hard, one-minute dump.
Carpenter's connection with running doesn't end there, as he's the vice president of the Pikes Peak marathon, inc. Board of Directors. Says president and Pikes Peak ascent and marathon race Director Ron Ilgen, "Matt is the most passionate person i know about the mountain and its races. He's also fiercely passionate about providing for elite runners at our races."
Ilgen continues, "I remember the year I took over race directorship, 2002. Matt won the ascent in a time far slower than his record. The first thing he did after he finished was to tell me, 'Look how slow I ran and won. I should have been beaten. We need to do more to bring in competitive athletes.' We now offer elite entries, prize money and course-record bounties. He's convinced me of the importance of these things."
— 1981 > At age 17, Matt Carpenter runs his first marathon, the Mississippi Marathon, in 3:11:11 (He improves his time to 2:41:23 at the 1982 race.).
— 1988> Carpenter wins the Pikes Peak Marathon for the first of so-far 12 times.
— 1990> Carpenter wins the Pikes Peak Ascent for the first of so-far six times.
— 1990> Carpenter's VO2 max is recorded at 90.2, one of the highest ever for any runner, at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Recorded at just over 6000 feet elevation, the figure is undoubtedly higher when scaled to sea-level values. Carpenter in a Skyrunning race back in the day; he excels at altitude—a VO2 max of 90.2 doesn't hurt.
— 1992> Carpenter runs the Olympic Marathon Trials in 2:32:26.
— 1993> Carpenter runs the Pikes Peak Marathon and simultaneously sets both the ascent and marathon course records.
— 2004> Carpenter races the Leadville Trail 100 (LT 100), his first 100-mile attempt, and finishes 14th in a painful 22 hours and 43 minutes.
— 2005> Carpenter sets the LT 100 course record at 15:42:59, avenging his previous year's race.
— 2011> Carpenter wins the Pikes Peak Marathon, his most recent race, in 3:48:08.


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In the mean time, I would encourage you to continue to stay the course with proven marketing techniques while bringing in the new stuff in a controlled manner. Do you have a proven ROI on direct mail? Ok, keep sending it but watch out for declining ROI. Do you have a good SEO strategy? Great – keep refining it. If you are in a business that would benefit from Social Media, Worth of Mouth marketing, Buzz marketing…etc. then begin tying your SEO and your SMO together and measure everything you can.
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