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With a little more time on my hands, I thought I would attempt a more complete reply to questions raised by Kush, Riveraddict, and Norseman regarding weight in flies for Atlantic salmon.
As noted, Quebec is the only province in Canada where weight in the fly is legal for Atlantic salmon. The ten-dollar question is whether weight added to the fly does one any good at all (at least where Salar is concerned)?
In most circumstances that I encounter in Eastern Canada, I believe weight added to the fly in the form of lead wire, lead eyes, brass tubes, etc., is counterproductive even where its use is allowed. Quebec (where weight in the fly is legal) is primarily a summer fishery: the peak of the run is generally late June and early July. For most rivers (the Matane may be an exception), the bulk of the run is in by mid-August with, of course, a few stragglers yet to trickle in.
Atlantic salmon under most conditions are a very surface-oriented fish: in common parlance, they are "looking up" most of the time. There are various reasons for this behavior. Salmon are hunters; they approach and kill their prey, in the manner of many sea-going predators, from below.
As active, fresh-run salmon will travel quite a distance both horizontally AND vertically in the water column to grab a fly, adding weight to the fly may remove that fly from the window in which salmon are tuned to look for prey species. That is not to say that a quick-sinking fly will not work. I prefer, however, a light and lively fly that darts and dances through a salmon's window of opportunity, and stays there for as long as possible.
I make a strong distinction between the taking behavior of summer-run and fall-run Atlantic salmon. Summer-runs seem more likely to 'chase' a fly and will often do so over very great distances. I saw a large cockfish on the York last June that travelled over 20 feet in under a second to grab my buddy Greg Pearson's fly; he took it like midnight lightning.
Fall-run salmon are far more territorial than their summer-run cousins. They are more likely to crunch a fly that invades or 'intrudes' upon their territory. They will follow a fly quite a distance laterally (i.e. horizontally), but seem reluctant to power up through 4-6 feet of water to grab. When they do follow a fly, they do not seem to be chasing it, more like 'escorting' it out of their immediate environment.
There is, of course, crossover behavior between summer-runs and fall-run salmon. As fall-runs (due in part to declining water temperatures and in part to the proximity of spawning) are less likely to grab a surface fly under most conditions, a little weight in the fly may be useful. Keep in mind, however, that in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, where the best fall-run salmon rivers are to be found, and it is illegal to add weight of any kind to the fly.
Fall-run Atlantic salmon are much closer in behavior to winter-run steelhead than they are to summer-run salmon. In fact, I call my Fall fishing "steelhead fishing for Atlantic salmon." I do not weight my flies as I want them to 'hover' and remain at the optimal depth for as long as possible; I carry 12-14 interchangeable tips to optimize my search for that depth.
The Maritime rivers of Eastern Canada do not have the push of water throughout the season of the big West Coast rivers. There are no glaciers or snowmelt from 10,000' peaks to help maintain even flows. Under most conditions, weighted flies for Atlantic salmon in Eastern Canada, where legal, are not necessary and may be counterproductive due to the surface orientation of Atlantic salmon.
Tight lines,
Topher Browne
Interesting to read your perspective, TB. I agree with more or less all you say when talking about late spring/summer/early autumn fishing, with water temperatures above about 45F.
But my impression is that your salmon fishing is mostly conducted in such relatively warm water conditions, which isn't the case over here. As I understand it, your season is much shorter than ours. Over here there are rivers in Ireland where the season starts (and fresh fish are caught) on January 1st. There are also rivers in SW England where the season continues, and fresh fish are still caught, well into December. The River Tweed has perhaps the longest season of any single river, opening on Feb 1 and closing on Nov 30.
I suspect, therefore, that we do more fishing in cold water conditions than you. And this is also true in Norway and Russia, where you will encounter what we would regard as 'early spring' conditions in June. It's not all that uncommon in the early part of the season to be fishing in water that is only a few degrees above freezing. In these conditions salmon, like all 'cold blooded' creatures are much more sluggish and there is definitely a need to present your fly slowly and close to the bottom.
I think that the development of fly lines over the last 20 years has changed things a lot. Back then the 'Wetcel 2', with a typical sink rate of a little over 3ips, was regarded as a fast sinking line. And in the high cold water of early spring and late autumn this alone is simply not enough to get down to the fish in many pools. On the lower Tweed in November, for example, people occasionally resorted to 'leadhead' flies which were a brass tube with a drilled .22 bullet fixed to the front. Horrible to cast, and in unscrupulous hands a tool for deliberate foul-hooking, but they did certainly have a legitimate use in high water conditions in certain pools.
With modern fast-sinking lines this sort of heavily weighted fly is now much less necessary. I believe the swimming action of a light fly on a heavy line is much better, whereas a heavy fly can appear lifeless in the water. A heavy fly also increases the risk of getting stuck on the bottom, whereas with a light fly and short leader the line can touch the bottom and the fly will swim a few inches higher. So I would always rather fish a heavy line and light fly than resort to a heavily weighted fly. But there are times and places where weight is still a necessary evil.
I would be interested to know the duration of your season in Canada, and what you would regard as typical water temperatures in that period.
Dear Gardener,
Thanks for the excellent reply. The salmon season in Quebec runs from June 1-September 30. In New Brunswick, the "bright" season is June 1-October 15 with considerable discussion right now about extending it to October 31.
In Nova Scotia, the season is June 1-October 31. With the exception of 2-3 rivers on the south shore, Nova Scotia has become more of a "back-end" fishery: the majority of the fishing is in the Fall on rivers that flow into the Northumberland Straight.
In Quebec, early season water temperatures are in the mid to upper forties; during the peak of the run (late June/early July), temps are in the mid-fifties.
Miramichi fish seem better adapted to warm water than other strains of salmon. Good fishing often occurs with water temperatures well into the sixties.
Fall fishing in Nova Scotia sees water temperatures in the 42-48 degree range. The best month is October: temps are generally 42-45 at that time.
Richard Waddington viewed a water temperature of 48 degrees as the decisive mark below which he fished a sunk line. Waddington approached salmon below this critical figure almost as a separate species. I'm with you: I think 45 degrees is closer to the watershed temperature.
It is impossible to account for the broad range of salmon behavior in a single post. One must also temper one's remarks with a view towards their possible misinterpretation and potential misapplication.
There is a quiet movement afoot to ban or severely limit the use of sinking lines in Canada (see the current issue of the Atlantic Salmon Journal). The argument is as follows: if weighted flies are illegal (except in Quebec), why not ban sinking lines which allow the fly to be presented at the same depth?
As always, it seems that the misadventures of a ruthless few (i.e. foul-hooking) ultimately define the parameters we all must follow......
Best regards,
As well as agreeing with most of what Gardener says(whats new) I think that a weighted fly works well on small rivers with pools that have a heavy flow and deepn short pools. The Findhorn gorge section springs to mind. The fish lie in the heavy water waiting to shoot the falls to the next pool, with a light fly even on a sinking line/tip the fly doesn't get down to the fish. My secret weapon was a yellow Ali Shrimp (the water was the colour of a fine malt) with a lead film below the dressing. Magic.
On larger rivers Ness Spey etc I prefer a unweighted Waddinton even when the water is just above freezing. I use a fast sink tip in these conditions
Willie Gunn
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I see using that dental film I have heard about for fly weight. Have to discuss this with my dentist and see if he will part with some to me. I have been a good customer over the years, letting him max out my dental insurance each year and go on his warm golf trips, etc... He is not a fisherman.
No sinking lines ! I don't think I could continue as a steelhead fisherman. No lead weighted flies or lead on the leader OK but sink tips could not do with out it.
Then I would be going back full time to golf for sure.
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Yes I will clear it out, must have been 5 people that tried to PM this afternoon, I hope I did not excite to many people.
Oh well I am a man I can take it.
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C'mon, Hal....
I expected better than that out of YOU! Rather than figuring out how to get your fly down to the fish, give it up????
That's the answer I would expect out of a chorus girl.The answer is surprisingly simple - use a silk line and treat leaders with mud!
Going back to golf??? And what do you do when your scores start to go up? Buy different clubs???Try some other sport???
Most of us look forward to the CHALLENGE of the sport. If it was easy, we would have given it up a long time ago.
What are you going to do with your spare time. You can't tie golf balls for fun. Maybe carve tees??:hehe:
I guess you must be at least 10 years older than me! Mentally, anyway! Especially if "instant gratification" is required!
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Topher, Gardener, Malcom, et. al. -
Thanks for the excellent posts. In my years as a die-hard steelhead angler in the pacific northwest, the use of variable density sinktips on hybrid heads (e.g. versitips, but homemade) was the ticket to controlling the depth of the swing and thus I rarely if ever used a weighted fly. I could see the merits when the fly dressings are pronounced enough to warrant 'countermeasures', the intruder for example, but most of my dressings are suitable to be fished on tips and they have been quite successful in soliciting the strike over the last two decades.
Two questions:
1) Gardener, Malcom - is it true that interchangeable sinktips looped onto half of a floating head is rarely used in the UK?
2) Topher - When you mention carrying a broad range of tips for use in the maritimes, are you referring to tips for hybrid lines or tungsten polyleaders to attach to the end of a full floating line?
thanks in advance
Juro San,
I carry a good whack of tips in the Fall--all Rio Density Compensated 15' tips--to make sure I am able to fine tune my setup to changing conditions.
In the cold water of the Fall, I like to get down a bit but not so far as to run a fly at the precise depth of holding fish. If I start ticking bottom with a fly, I change to a lighter tip.
Two years ago on a Fall trip, I saw others foul-hook a tremendous number of fish. The water was low and to a man, they all had Type V and Type VI integrated 15'-24' sinktips.
It got real ugly.
I just checked Rand McNally- Boston to Matapedia, Quebec, is 563 miles. Interstate all the way to Houlton, Maine. It can't take you more than 11 hours to get there. Fishing in June means- leave your tips at home and come prepared for some of the meanest salmon alive. If your experiences go anything like mine have, be prepared to look at steelhead in a different light. I promise
For goodness sakes, man, just do it. :hehe:
I appreciate your elaboration about weight in flies for Atlantic salmon. It is quite natural to associate weighted flies with "dredging". In my situation however, that is not the case. It takes me 30 - 45 minutes to tie most Intruders. With that kind of investment I am particularly opposed to losing them. The Intruder is a "round" profile fly as opposed to the vertically flat profile projected by many standard ties. This round profile increases surface area, and combined with large size creates a very "full' exposure to river currents. The weight is added to these flies to prevent "lofting" in the flows of the stream, otherwise they would fish at a substantially higher level in the water column than would the business end of one's sinktip or sinking line. My flies are weighted on the order of replicating the same sink rate as the sinktips that I use. I personally dislike rules such as no-weight bans. It seems quite undemocratic when, because of the inappropiate actions of a few people, prohibitive rules are implemented instead of an expansion in enforcement and fines - the law abiding majority ends up getting penalized in the process. Some anglers adapt to such bans by tying flies on overly large hooks to gain sink rate. Personally I cannot subscribe to this approach as in my experience standard salmon irons over 1/0 increases injury/mortality rates by two to fourfold (at least on wild steelhead). What really sucks about such rules is the restriction that they incur upon creativity and exploratory urges in flyfishing. More on this tomorrow.
Juro, on the question of tips etc I think this is an area where you are ahead of us. This arises, I suspect, from the different traditions we have. Even 10 years ago sink tip lines were not very widely used over here, and had the reputation of being unbalanced and difficult to cast nicely. Full sinking lines were very much the order of the day, and probably still are for many people. We have, of course, always tended to use double-handed rods for our salmon fishing, which make the use of a full sinking line and heavy fly possible in a way that it is not with a single-hander.
By contrast, I believe the use (or renaissance in use) of the long rod for steelhead is a relatively recent thing over there. You therefore come to it without the historical baggage that encumbers so many of us in this country. I suspect also, (and maybe you will confirm this), that the use of tips was always fairly widespread with single-handed rods where a full sinker was not a practical option. So not only did you approach the quest for depth from a different tradition, but also with perhaps a more open mind about how best to achieve it.
An if it aint broke, dont fix it attitude means that many UK based fishermen continue to use double taper lines and full sinkers, just as they have always done and their fathers did before them, and there is a disinclination to innovate. This may also be exacerbated by the exorbitant prices we have to pay for our tackle - a regular gripe of mine - which no doubt encourages us to buy things that are familiar, rather than risk trying something new. So, in answer to your question, I think the use both of tips and of modern line profiles with double handed rods is indeed much less prevalent here than there, though certainly it is on the increase and Im not sure Id go so far as to say they are rarely used.
Topher -
I'll have my west-coast tip wallet in my vest... where do we meet for coffee?
Gardener -
Thanks for your thorough response! Re: UK prices - I think you're going to have to come visit us in New England, bring a rod tube
William -
Thank you for the inspiration, but I have already been SO THERE in my mind after talking to Topher at the winter fly show and I will definitely make a pilgrimage to North America's version of A/S mecca this summer, tips or no tips.
CND rods, like all good spey rods, need a good "field testing"
Thanks, maybe we can hook up (pun intended).
A very interesting point you make about the use of weighted eyes to match the sink rate of the line.
Mikael Frodin, Hakan Norling, and other Scandinavians have successfully experimented with a similar idea: the use of tungsten coneheads of various weights on thin diameter plastic tubes. While they do not tie completely 'in the round' as you do, their patterns are nonetheless very 'full'; they make liberal use of Angel Hair, Flashabou Mirage, and Temple Dog Hair. The wings are often very long: anywhere from 3-6 inches, depending on flows.
Scandinavian rivers, particularly those on the west coast of Central and Northern Norway, may have more in common with West Coast steelhead rivers than they do with the salmon rivers of Eastern Canada. They emanate from similar surroundings and push similar levels of water (where's Per Stadigh?).
It is interesting to me that the most successful fishermen in Scandinavia and the Pacific North West seem to have come to very similar conclusions regarding weight in flies and shooting heads. The shooting head system reigns supreme in Scandinavia. While we continue to debate the merits of long lines vs. short lines, few would dispute the effectiveness of the shooting head system (and their variations) for Winter steelhead or anadromous sink-tip fishing in general.
I have fished the Skagit, Sauk, Stilly, and Sky on two occasions (I met you once at "Schoolhouse Pool," while fishing with "Don Risotto," a.k.a. Don Giuseppe Rossano). I seldom see a river with a push of water like the Skagit in April: she's big. The Restigouche in early June is very similar, but tapers off more quickly than does the Skagit (I have also seen the Skagit in September--still a big river). The largest river in Nova Scotia is the Margaree; after a good rain, the Margaree is about the size of the Kispiox (so I am told by friends who have fished both). I would imagine that the Kispiox is a small river as compared to the Skeena in September/October or the Skagit in April.
It is not surprising to me that different river systems with different rates of flow and different angling challenges result in separate angling solutions. What does surprise me, however, is the similarity of these conclusions across separate continents; they also appear to have been reached with relatively little cross-fertilization of ideas and techniques.
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Poul Jorgensen died November 29, 2004, in his sleep at his home in Roscoe, New York, on the banks of Willowemoc Creek. He was 78.
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Born and raised in Odense, Denmark, Jorgensen made his home in the United States for over 45 years. Best known for his work with Atlantic salmon flies, Jorgensen was also a talented and innovative tier of salt flies, ultra-realistic flies, bass bugs, and trout flies. He taught angling, authored books, lectured, and produced videos until his death.
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Test integrity has become a common topic within the academic community. ETS takes test security very seriously and executes a three-pronged approach that includes prevention, detection and communication to ensure secure and fair testing worldwide. Our protocols represent a wide spectrum of measures, many of which are confidential and cover student verification, surveillance in the test center and post-test analysis.
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What should I know regarding pregnancy, nursing and administering Abilify to children or the elderly?
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5.10: Transform Plate Boundaries
What could cause such an enormous scar on the land?
A transform plate boundary! As we continue up the West Coast, we move from a divergent plate boundary to a transform plate boundary. As in Iceland, where we could walk across a short bridge connecting two continental plates, we could walk from the Pacific Plate to the North American plate across this transform plate boundary. In this image, the San Andreas Fault across central California is the gash that indicates the plate boundary.
Transform Plate Boundaries
With transform plate boundaries, the two slabs of lithosphere are sliding past each other in opposite directions. The boundary between the two plates is a transform fault.
Transform Faults On Land
Transform faults on continents separate two massive plates of lithosphere. As they slide past each other, they may have massive earthquakes.
The San Andreas Fault in California is perhaps the world's most famous transform fault. Land on the west side is moving northward relative to land on the east side. This means that Los Angeles is moving northward relative to Palm Springs. The San Andreas Fault is famous because it is the site of many earthquakes, large and small. (Figure below).
At the San Andreas Fault in California, the Pacific Plate is sliding northeast relative to the North American plate, which is moving southwest. At the northern end of the picture, the transform boundary turns into a subduction zone.
Transform plate boundaries are also found in the oceans. They divide mid-ocean ridges into segments. In the diagram of western North America, the mid-ocean ridge up at the top, labeled the Juan de Fuca Ridge, is broken apart by a transform fault in the oceans. A careful look will show that different plates are found on each side of the ridge: the Juan de Fuca plate on the east side and the Pacific Plate on the west side.
- A transform plate boundary divides two plates that are moving in opposite direction from each other.
- On land, transform faults are the site of massive earthquakes because they are where large slabs of lithosphere slide past each other.
- Transform faults in the oceans break mid-ocean ridges into segments.
Making Connections
Use this resource to answer the questions that follow.
1. Describe the motion of transform boundaries.
2. What is a fault?
3. What do transform boundaries produce?
4. Explain a strike-slip fault.
5. What is the best studied fault?
6. What two plates make this boundary?
7. Which direction are each of these plates moving?
1. What is the direction of plate motion at a transform plate boundary?
2. Why are transform faults on continents prone to massive earthquakes?
3. How do transform faults in the oceans compare with those on land?
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Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia born 1942
Yellow cake
Description: portion of sculpture No. 2 "Who wants to be a millionaire"
Place made: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Materials & Technique: sculptures, polystyrene foam, metallic glitter, paper, plastic, tissue paper, ink Impression: 2/1000
Yellow cake refers to uranium compounds used in the preparation of fuel for nuclear reactors. In Australia, mining for the metal oxide was a major political issue during the 1970s. Citizen and union groups lobbied government, citing environmental hazards and Aboriginal land rights as principal concerns. Public pressure culminated in 1977 with the Australian Labour Party and the Australian Council of Trade Unions opposing uranium mining. Coleing's cakes, presented upon paper doilies inscribed with the message 'you can't have your cake and eat it too', combine polystyrene foam and coloured metallic glitter. Appearing playfully edible―the artist provides us with spoons―the works hide a sinister message.
These two yellow cakes are from a larger series of works by the artist. In 1980 Coleing, Kevin Mortensen and Mike Parr represented Australia at the 39th Venice Biennale. In his installation Who wants to be a millionaire Coleing exhibited a large, single 'uranium' cake that was then cut into 1000 slices and sold to visitors. Officials closed the performance after two days, stating Coleing contravened local law by selling 'food' in the Giardini precinct without an appropriate permit.[1] One may wonder, however, if the controversial nature of the work contributed to the early closure of the exhibit.
As Elwyn Lynn notes, Coleing's cakes 'may appear simple, even amateurish and unsophisticated, but a deal of calculation lies behind his use of the most banal (seemingly) images to hand; again, serious as he may be, he cannot avoid an ironic and biting humour.'[2] The combination of form, colour, material and text reinforces Coleing's sculptural pun, while urging reconsideration of nuclear power as a viable energy source.
Lisa McDonald
International Art
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
[1] Coleing exhibited two other works at the Australian Pavilion: An Australian native plantation which consisted of statues of Aboriginals and koalas, and A great Australian bite, in which viewers were able to purchase small Vegemite sandwiches
[2] Elwyn Lynn, Venice Biennale 1980 Australia, Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, Sydney, 1980, p 5. Lynn served as Chairman of the Visual Arts Board between 1976 and 1980
Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2010
From: National Gallery of Australia exhibition SoftSculpture (reference )


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Make this creamy, herb-flecked casserole, with cooked turkey and a splash of sherry, in advance to save time.
Classic Tetrazzini consists of strips of cooked chicken combined with cooked spaghetti and a Parmesan cream sauce spiked with sherry. The casserole is sprinkled with bread crumbs and baked until it is brown and bubbly.
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The Victorians, with their penchant for classifying everything, created a list of symbolic wedding anniversary gifts that is still very much in vogue today.
Here are the traditional anniversary gifts for each year:
1. Paper
2. Cotton
3. Leather
4. Silk
5. Wood
6. Iron
7. Copper or Wool
8. Electrical Appliances
9. Pottery
10. Tin or Aluminum
11. Steelmain
12. Linen
13. Lace
14. Ivory
15. Crystal
20. China
25. Silver
30. Pearls
35. Coral and Jade
40. Ruby
45. Sapphire
50. Gold
75. Diamond
A number of couples choose to celebrate their anniversaries by having a ceremony to renew their wedding vows. Other couples, married in a civil ceremony for one reason or another, choose to reaffirm their vows under religious auspices. As with any other invitation, invitations to reaffirmation ceremonies should reflect the formality of the occasion.


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The Dordogne
Trip Start Mar 03, 2005
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The first village we took the be Le Coux proved not to be and we drove along some very narrow country lanes before almost literally stumbling on the particular lane which led to our gite. Trevor and Jeanette Chew , our landlords, were still preparing our cottage (Les Florettes) and asked us to return in three hours. With time to kill we drove into the nearby town of Siorac to stock up at the local supermarket. For the next forty-five minutes we walked the streets of the small town which, though not exactly a metropolis, was the biggest community within many kilometres. We encountered our first unfriendly native at the local caf�. Despite our "bonjour, madame" and ingratiating smiles she seemed to take pleasure in informing us that we were too late to order food and would have to be content with an insipid cup of French coffee.
The temperature during the day had hovered between 2o and 7o and, just as we were approaching Coux, it actually began to snow! Margaret was so overcome with emotion that she missed our turnoff. It never snowed again, though much later on we drove through snow-covered mountains in Spain. We had a jolly chat with Trevor, Jeanette and baby Benjamin before bidding them adieu and then set about making the gite our own. From the patio we had a panoramic view of the French countryside and, if memory serves me well, the top of the chateau in Siorac. Our cottage had been built in 1773 as a farmhouse and boasted rough-hewn wooden beams in the ceiling, walls of solid stone blocks, original carved fireplaces and an alcove which had once been an opening into the long-vanished farmhouse kitchen. While there was no backyard to speak of, the front yard was large and contained a swimming pool. I professed great disappointment at the fact that the pool was covered by a tarpaulin, thereby denying me the opportunity to go for a swim. I was bluffing. The temperature was so low that the water in the pool was probably frozen.
Shopping in French supermarkets is a lot more fun than shopping at home. I exercised considerable restraint and put down a can of snails even before Margaret told me to. I did succumb to temptation and buy three cans of exotic beer at ridiculously low prices. Margaret complained (and not for the last time) that it took me longer to decide on my beer than it took for her to do all the more serious shopping.
Before we left home we had agreed that we would not panic if we became lost or took the wrong turn. Easy to say! We stuck to our vow, with few lapses, throughout our trip. As navigator I had to make split-second decisions, 50% of which were wrong. We didn't panic when we took the wrong turn; we simply turned around and tried again. I assured myself that my manhood didn't depend on always being right. This was a hard sell as my manhood is a very fragile thing.
DAY 8 SUN We slept extremely well in our large and very comfortable bed upstairs. I was able to make my usual multiple trips to the toilet downstairs without tumbling head over heels down the steep staircase and Margaret didn't wake despite the creaking of the ancient floorboards.
I was anxious to start using my new video camera so you can imagine my disappointment when I found that it wouldn't work. The little screen remained blank except for a message ordering me to remove the lens cap. Stupid, stupid machine. The lens cap was off. I attributed the malfunction to the extreme cold but later learned than I was using an unsuitable cassette. Back in Sydney I watched the four or five minutes of the boring footage I had managed to take in Montmartre and Nancy and decided that the camera's failure was probably a good thing.
Route for today:
1. Take D703 towards Siorac (stop only to buy milk)
2. Continue along D703 and stop at St Cyprien (picturesque town)
3. Onwards to Beynac (feudal castle)
4. Head towards Le Roque Gageac (beautiful village with prehistoric stuff)
5. Possibly on to Sarlat, otherwise return
According to the information available to us it was only a twenty minute drive to Le Roque Gageac so our plan was to drive there, stopping at the other places along the way and returning to the gite for lunch. The reality was quite different and we returned to the gite for lunch after exploring the first town we came to, St Cyprien.
St Cyprien was a small medieval town about seven kilometres from the gite. To our pleasant surprise the main street was full of market stalls selling all sorts of foodstuffs, knives, toys, clothes and wine. We couldn't resist the canard (duck) sausage and bought one to supplement our goat cheese and bread. We came upon the local church just in time for Mass. Could life get much better? The town was rather ancient and the lanes very narrow, too narrow for our large car. It is beyond me why they don't tear down some of the old houses and widen the streets. Surely more tourists would visit places like St Cyprien if they could drive into them.
It was lunchtime by the time we had finished exploring and we returned to base to feast on duck sausage, goat cheese and tomatoes in a baguette. Somehow we missed the turnoff and found ourselves driving along a long country lane which stopped abruptly at a farmhouse. Once we managed to find our way back to the main road Margaret became momentarily flustered and began driving on the wrong side of the road, much to the consternation of a car coming from the opposite direction.
In the afternoon we set out to complete the morning's itinerary. The next town of interest after St Cyprien, in fact the next town, was Beynac. Beynac's main claim to fame is the castle perched high on a cliff overlooking the village on one side and a panorama of fields and chateaux on the other. The Dordogne River winds between farms and fields, a broad and serpentine presence which one seems to cross and re-cross wherever one drives in Perigord.
We laboured bravely up the steep cobbled street from the parking lot to the entrance to the castle, pausing every so often to rest our legs, admire the old stone houses and to gaze longingly in the windows of the souvenir shops. There were very few people around as the tourist hordes were not expected to arrive for a few weeks.
Margaret and I paid seven euros each (about $A13 at the time of writing) and entered the castle. It was super! A plaque on the battlements advised that Richard the Lionheart, a distant ancestor, had stayed within these very walls back in 1194. The English never managed to capture the castle so I assume Richard was a guest. I was almost overcome with emotion as I stood in the main dining room and visualized the famous Plantagenet relaxing before a roaring fire. We even inspected the stone toilet on which he probably sat his rapidly chilling bum. Sadly, Richard was killed shortly after leaving Beynac.
It was 5pm by the time we returned to our car so we decided to go home. Despite having previously identified the lane that led to our gite we missed it yet again and Margaret had to execute a very difficult ten-point turn so that we could make another attempt. We are very phlegmatic in France and merely shrug our shoulders in the Gallic manner and utter a few French expletives when faced with a setback.
The people here speak French with great fluency. Even the children! Unfortunately very few people in the Dordogne speak English, which tends to lower them in my estimation.
As I write: I have just polished off a third oversize can of beer and am becoming increasingly incoherent, even stupid. The variety of beer and its relative cheapness is a source of wonder and joy. Should I have a fourth? Will I be sick?
An hour passes.
As I write: We have just finished un repas splendide, cooked by Margaret. The Pope's funeral and Charles' wedding are no longer being repeated on BBC World so Margaret has come up with the next best thing, a CD entitled "Pavarotti's Greatest Hit", which is some French bloke singing the same song over and over again.
DAY 9 MON Once again our plans went awry. Our goal was Les Eyzies, a town on the side of a cliff in the V�z�re Valley. Margaret drove up a long, zigzagging mountain road for miles. The blind, hairpin bends on a road wide enough for only 1.5 cars had our hair standing on end. Somewhere along the way we took a wrong turn and found ourselves heading towards Sarlat. We didn't want to go there until Wednesday so we headed towards Domme instead.
Before we reached Domme we pulled into La Roque Gageac. We had forgotten that most places in France are shut on Mondays and were disappointed to find that the prehistoric caves on the side of the cliff were closed. We vowed to return another day (but didn't) and continued our journey to Domme. Domme was something of a letdown. Endless souvenir shops, most of them extremely tacky, bordered the street leading to the Town Square. The greatest attraction of the bastide town was the promenade, a walk along the clifftop with extremely panoramic views. The view might have been stunning but the winds sweeping up from the valley had us shivering in our coats. The second biggest attraction offered by Domme was the cheapness of its coffee.
Rather than proceed further we drove home for lunch. All the shops in the area were closed so we resigned ourselves to devouring what was left of our bread, goat cheese and duck sausage. Over this rural feast (only just beginning to show the first signs of mold) we carefully studied our map and determined the best route to reach the town we had missed in the morning.
Les Eyzies was famed throughout the world for its concentration of prehistoric artifacts. Margaret was able to buy three tea towels for a mere six euros, which gave her a great sense of accomplishment. A more serious student of ancient times, I invested heavily in a couple of genuine fossils, one a snail and the other a trilobite that the owner claimed to be 420,000,000 years old. Margaret tried to needle me by insisting that they were fakes, but my extensive reading on the subject of archeology back in the fifties led me to believe they were the real thing.
Back at Le Coux-et-Bigaroque I left my good wife reading her book on the porch and walked into the village via the long lane. My ramble took me past cottages and farmhouses and large French dogs which barked aggressively but were apparently afraid to venture far from the safety of their masters' front doors. I walked through my village and continued along a country road on the other side for a kilometre or so. I hadn't intended to walk so far but thought I was following the sign, which purported to point towards the local church. I found it on the way back and was not at all impressed by its ugly though ancient fa�ade.
DAY 10 TUE Trevor, owner of our gite, explained that Le Coux-et-Bigaroque is actually a community made up of the villages of Le Coux and Bigaroque. Le Coux is pronounced Le Coox, while Bigaroque was once an English possession and means big rock.
After our informative chat with Trevor we drove to Le Bugue via the village of Audrix. Audrix was tiny and almost deserted but for a couple of local men preparing to bake bread in the village oven. We visited many villages in the Dordogne and found that they were almost indistinguishable one from the other.
It was market day in Le Bugue and the main street of the relatively large town was crowded with stalls. We recognised several of the stallholders from the market day at St Cyprien, including the fellow who sold us our canard sausage. The Internet at the TIO was not going to be available for half an hour so we had a couple of caf� americaines on the porch of a rather fancy hotel overlooking the Dordogne River. By the time we had re-crossed the bridge and returned to the tourist office the Internet had become available and I was able to read our e-mail.
After checking our mail I looked at my credit union account and was horrified to find that over $6000 had been spent on jewellry by the thieves who had stolen my card in Paris. I was even more horrified to find that the balance of my account was eighty-two dollars. Eighty-two dollars to last us the next five weeks! A more rational Margaret reminded me that I had transferred our holiday money to her account and we were as well off as we had ever been.
Back at the gite I consoled myself with a beer and glass of red wine. This was my equivalent to getting drunk and Margaret was forced to slap me several times before I could banish the picture of two bejewelled pickpockets strolling the streets of Montmartre.
After lunch we drove a short distance to Bigaroque, a very pretty village built by the English during the Hundred-Year War. It was eerily quiet. Its single street was devoid of shops and we couldn't even find a tabac or coffee shop. Less than a one horse town, though the lack of souvenir shops was refreshing.
DAY 11 WED I rose very early in the morning so that I could walk down the lane and ring the credit union at the village telephone. I was relieved to learn that my $6000 would be reimbursed though I would need to fill in a form and send a Statutory Declaration recounting my misadventure.
Wednesday was market day in Sarlat and Trevor had told us that it was the biggest and best market in the area. It was quite a long drive along the D703, taking us yet again through St Cyprien, Beynac and Le Roque Gageac. The road was rather narrow and full of bends but Margaret was still able to direct my attention to points of interest on either side of the road. I found it ironic, even distressing, that the driver of the car was able to see everything within a 180o radius while the passenger, his eyes fixed firmly on the road and his foot pumping an imaginary brake, saw very little.
Sarlat was quite large and we counted ourselves very fortunate in finding the last parking spot in town. The market was as big as Trevor had promised but no more interesting than the others we had seen. We checked our e-mail at La Taverne du Web then walked up and down the ancient streets admiring the strange old buildings. Cath�drale Saint Sacerdos was not all that big or exciting though it did contain a glass cabinet in which reposed what I took to be the miraculously preserved body of someone not mentioned in the guidebooks. How frustrating. To be miraculously preserved yet unknown! Perhaps it was St Sacerdos him/herself, still in one piece thirteen hundred years after dying.
Whilst walking through the market I caught snatches of what sounded very much like an Australian twang. I insinuated myself into the conversation and discovered that I was talking to people from Melbourne and Perth. It was quite a joy to find myself speaking the mother tongue again after so long, though I found that I still tended to speak slowly and precisely as though communicating with foreigners.
A little later we were enjoying a cup of what the French rather optimistically call coffee when an Englishman joined us and suggested that we might like stay in his gite the next time we visited France. He was a most friendly fellow and gave us useful advice as to how to go about getting a Statutory Declaration for the credit union. Like everybody else we had encountered he had no idea what a stat dec was but was still able to recommend a notary near our village.
I am sure we saw everything there was to see in Sarlat, including amongst other things the Lantern of Death (a weird cone-shaped building which was so old that its original purpose was lost to history). Margaret had been tempted by all sorts of shops but bought nothing. After eleven days in France our total purchases amounted to three tea towels, (known in the colloquial argot of the Cullis family as "washing up rags"), one CD and two fossils.
We drove back to the gite for lunch then set off for the village of Meyrals in search of a notary. Jean-Francois or Philippe Magis (I'm not sure which) was helpful beyond expectation. He had never heard of a Statutory Declaration but quickly grasped the concept. I had already written a draft and he kindly offered to type it up on his computer. When I asked him where I should go to fax it to Australia he replied "Mais ici, naturallement!" and proceeded to fax it as I waited. All this at no cost! Margaret felt that I should have offered him a tip, but I'm sure his Gallic pride would have been deeply offended.
After returning to the cottage we visited La Cavern Couse, a wine cellar in the village owned by an English lady. She gave Margaret a mini wine tasting and, after a number of glasses had been consumed, was able to suggest the best local wine suitable for Margaret's discerning palate. We bought one bottle for immediate consumption and a better one to take back to Australia. A few weeks after arriving home we drank it and judged it not much chop. I am no judge of wines and would much prefer a nice brown beer, preferably a Pelforths. As far as I am concerned, wine is for girls and effeminate men.
Observation: The bees here are really big. We noticed a large bumblebee buzzing around the garden this afternoon and remarked in wonderment on its size. The lizards are also different; large and green. After two large cans of 7% alcohol beer I am also impressed by the enormous pink elephants near the swimming pool.
DAY 12 THU This was the day I almost got us killed. Our drive was to take us out of the Dordogne and into Le Lot, covering much of the same ground we had covered on previous days. After St Cyprien, Beynac, Le Roque Gageac and Sarlat we were in new territory. The good old D703 took us first to Souillac and it was on our way to that town that we came face to face with le mort.
The road, as was usually the case in the French countryside, was narrow and we found ourselves stuck behind a very slow truck. On the way up a zigzag hill the truck activated its left turn indicator. I told Margaret that I had read that this could mean that the driver was letting us know that it was safe to overtake. What I failed to add was that it could also mean that the truck was about to turn left. Taking me at my word, Margaret overtook at great speed on the crest of the hill, only to find several cars heading towards her in the other direction. She managed to swerve back onto the right side of the road just in time to avoid a head-on collision. The truck and the other cars blasted us with their horns and we almost suffered simultaneous heart attacks. Half a kilometre further along the truck turned left.
A cup of espresso was called for and we pulled into a parking lot in Souillac. The restaurant we selected was just the ticket. The restaurateur spoke English and for the first time I was able to award a five star rating to the gentlemen's convenience. Apart from the eatery there seemed little to recommend Souillac so we resumed our journey. Martel and Vagrac were merely names on signposts as we sped down the D703. Bretenoux appeared to be no more interesting but we stopped, nonetheless, for a lunch of the local specialty. Over sweet and sour snails and marinated frog legs we debated the desirability of a visit to the nearby Chateau de Castelnau. Autoire and Loubressac sounded more appealing (not to mention less costly) and both laid claim to the title of Most Beautiful Village in France.
We had thought the D703 a fairly important road, narrow and scary, but it was as nothing compared to the real country roads of France. Margaret drove magnificently, though her frequent scatological exclamations belied her calm exterior. Autoire, the Most Beautiful Village in France, was really rather ordinary . Loubressac, also the Most Beautiful Village in France, was much more worthy of the title. It was appeared to be deserted but for a young couple who watched their five young children race their skateboards down the main street. We marveled at the sleepiness of French towns and villages, which seemed to only come alive at lunchtime.
We were quite exhausted after Loubressac and decided to drive home. Our return journey involved feats of brilliant navigation by the writer and equally remarkable driving by his spouse. Most of my decisions were correct and we were able to bypass Sarlat and drive directly to Le Coux on our favourite road, D703. Margaret was most chagrined that she had not managed to take any cow photos. I was at a loss to understand her obsession with French bovines as they seemed to be exactly the same as our own Australian variety. Perhaps she would succeed in immortalizing Spanish cows.
As I write: The BBC is repeating last night's program. I am about to drink a small bottle of beer, after which I will cook dinner. Margaret deserves a rest after a day's stressful driving. My cooking will involve re-heating the pasta left over from last night's feast.
DAY 13 FRI The day started off well. The lawnmower man had parked his van very close to our parking spot the previous night, forcing Margaret to park at a less than ideal angle. The lane which ran beside the gite was very narrow and she reversed into the earth embankment, dislodging our numberplate. The helpful man at the Intermarche service station brought out his hammer but quickly recommended that we visit Souriac's sole garage . A young mechanic fixed the problem in minutes, prompting me to reward him with a five-euro note. I think my relief was so great that I became carried away with gratitude. In hindsight a two-euro coin would have been more than sufficient.
Feeling much relieved we drove seven kilometres to another self-proclaimed Most Beautiful Village in France, Belv�s. Belv�s had a much greater claim to that title than Autoire, yesterday's claimant to that appellation. Its �glise was in the process of restoration, which was a good thing as it had been built in the twelfth century and was starting to fall apart. The advantage in travelling outside of peak season is that you don't see very many tourists. As travellers we tend to feel somewhat superior to tourists, though there is a strong possibility that we are kidding ourselves. The only other foreigners in Belv�s were two elderly English couples whom we studiously ignored (much to their relief).
Seven kilometres further on we came to the bastide town of Montpezier, the Most Beautiful Village in France. Montpezier was very, very old, having been established by my ancestor Edward I of England. The town square and its covered market place was the largest we had seen to date and the timbers of the old arcades sagged alarmingly from centuries of bearing the weight of fat French farmers.
In the afternoon Margaret drove us to Montignac where we bought tickets to Lascaux II. The original prehistoric cave paintings of Lascaux were discovered by a couple of schoolboys during World War II. They began to deteriorate due to the breathing of large numbers of tourists and in 1984 the caves and their paintings were re-created with great accuracy a few hundred metres away. Our guided tour of the caves took forty minutes and cost eight euros each. Margaret reckoned that we could have been in and out in ten minutes if we hadn't had to wait patiently for the guide to describe each painting in great and incomprehensible detail. The French tourists laughed uproariously on several occasions, so the endless monologue must have been worthwhile for those able to understand the lingo.
Despite the foregoing we still thought the afternoon well spent. The paintings, though re-creations, gave us food for thought re the cleverness of our ancestors. More importantly, I managed to buy my first tee-shirt.
As I write: This is our last night in Le Coux and we plan to leave for Bordeaux as early as possible. Margaret is vacuuming the carpet and I am drinking the last of my beer. It is 6.30pm and the temperature has dropped dramatically. I can hear geese squawking from a nearby farm, possibly in protest at the stuffing of their livers with grain for future use as foie gras.
DAY 14 SAT Our Peugot was very smart. As soon as Margaret turned on the ignition the car informed us that the rear left side tyre needed more air. We drove to Siorac's sole garage (which happened to specialise in Peugeots) and the mechanic checked and filled all our tyres. I didn't give him a tip this time, simply said "thank you sir, you are very pretty".
We drove all the way to Bordeaux without incident. Rain fell off and on for the whole trip, which was a jolly good thing as it allowed us to experience our car's automatic windscreen wipers. They worked as advertised, activating themselves whenever the rain began to interfere with our vision. It was a bit disconcerting at first but we soon became used to it. The Peugot 407 has many wondrous features and it was a pity that the manual was in French because we never learned what they were. Somewhere in Spain we accidentally switched on the radio then couldn't figure out how to switch it off. It stayed on all the way to Lyon.
Margaret drove with confidence, possibly even aplomb, but I was rather tense. My planning took us to the Formule 1 at Lormont, an outer suburb of Bordeaux but I assumed we'd have a terrible time finding it. It turned out to be easy, though we had to drive completely around the ring road surrounding the city (I seem to remember that we had to watch for Exit 37 or possibly 65).
There was nobody in attendance and the automated-room-allocator cum cash-acceptor didn't begin operating for half an hour. It took me some considerable time to work out how to rent a room as the instructions were in French (and not very good French at that). Eventually we dragged our luggage to our cubicle-like room, closing our nostrils to the stench of the septic tanks which permeated the entire first floor.
A short but complicated drive took us to the nearest tram station where we parked our car and boarded a very clean and modern tram for the ride into the centre of town. I had neglected to bring the guidebook so we had no idea what to do or where to go when we alighted at the cathedral. We walked the length of the pedestrianised Rue St Catherine before stopping at a kebab and potato restaurant for a revolting meal of potatoes and who knows what. The proprietor told us that the tourist office was two kilometres away at the end of the very street we had just navigated. We had to retrace our steps all the way to where we had begun!
At the tourist office we learned that we had already seen most of what Bordeaux had to offer. We walked to Place Gaubetta, a ritzy shopping area which, I informed Margaret, was shopper's heaven. In reality its only decent shop was a Virgin Megastore. This store had been my major goal in Bordeaux (as it was in every city) but it was a terrible disappointment.
We spent what must have been an hour in a very crowded caf�, dense with cigarette smoke and exuding an extremely French atmosphere. Rain and even hail fell as we sipped our coffee but by the time we left it had faded to drizzle. On our way back to the tram station we explored Cath�drale Saint Andr�. Very big, quite impressive. Of more interest was the self-serve toilet in the square outside. I waited for ages for the doors to slide open but had to make way for a Chinese girl who arrived in a very agitated state and in even greater need than myself. She must have been suffering from some terrible bladder condition as she was in there for a very long time.
The Bordeaux tram system was very efficient and we only had to wait seven minutes before we were rolling slowly back to Lormont. We had been dreading the drive back to the hotel as we were sure we would have great difficulty in finding it. Imagine our surprise and delight when we found it straight away. The tram station turned out to be just around the corner from the Formule 1 and we could have saved ourselves a lot of stress by leaving the car behind and simply walking.
I bought two packets of Amphora pipe tobacco in a tabac while we were exploring Bordeaux. The health warning on the packet stated "smoking kills sperm and reduces fertility". I was not concerned.


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Focus on Funds
Gold Selloff Continues: Miners Getting Cracked
If you can spot a fresh reason the price of gold and prices of related assets are suffering today, let's hear it. This looks like more capitulation selling. Stocks are posting a strong year, doubts about central-bank stimulus persist and, most importantly, a selloff like this year's after a decade and more of gold gains is tough on weaker stomachs.
You can hear the lack of new things to say in analysts' generic phrasing. From Dow Jones Newswires' Matt Day:
Standard Bank analyst Marc Ground said gold prices drew support overnight after physical buyers stepped in. Demand from top consumers India and China tends to pick up in response to steep drops in the gold price, analysts say.
"Physical buying came in on the dip, steadying the market during Asian trading hours," Mr. Ground said. "However, sellers have once again taken the initiative this morning."
What's notable is that the action is worst in the place you'd think investors would be most battle-hardened: Gold miners.
Market Vectors Gold Miners (GDX) is slumping 3.8% on Wednesday, leaving its 2013 loss at 26%. Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners (GDXJ) has lost 6.4% today. This one is also down 26% YTD. The junior gold-miner fund has plumbed all-time lows repeatedly this year, including a fresh one today, according to Fact Set Research Systems.
For long-term investors, GDXJ's chart looks pretty enticing at first glance. Here it is - two years of GDXJ (blue), SPDR Gold Trust (GLD, orange), and the S&P 500 (SPY, yellow).
But then you take a glance at the market-capitalization adjusted view of gold miners, to see that, actually, mining stocks have tracked gold's price pretty well if you take investor dilution into account. Gold miners have diluted the heck out of their shareholders. See here for the chart from Morningstar and a more thorough explanation.


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We offer almost new motorhomes to travel around Europe starting from The Netherlands. We have different models from smaller ones for 4 people to bigger ones for up to 6 people. Also we rent out smaller campervans for a more adventurous holiday.
Flynt - this Amsterdam bed and breakfast is located in the cultural center of Amsterdam, 250 meters from the Vondelpark near the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum. Night life and restaurants are only a few minutes walk away.
Travel with A meaning is a special travel experience towards Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is more then the usual travel you have had for 3 reasons 1) Discover Russian culture with locals 2) Go Local yourself 3) Make impact during your travel
Designer and graphic artist Marcel van Woerkom rents out rooms in his lovingly restored and self-designed home in the old center of Amsterdam, Leidseplein canal ring. marcelamsterdam.nl
Amsterdam Hostel Cosmos is located in the city centre of Amsterdam! You are only a walking distance away from the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijks Museum,Concert building,I Amsterdam sign, the Vondelpark, Albert Cuyp market, lots of cafe's, bars and coffee
Hotel Verdi is 2-star hotel located in heart of Amsterdam. It is in close proximity to all the main tourist attractions within the city centre including the Heineken Brewery and Leidseplein, the museums ( Van Gogh Museum, Rijks Museum ).
Amsterdam Stay offer a selection of some amazing vacation rental apartments in all areas of the city and catering for groups of all sizes. Also budget hotels, hostels, bed and breakfasts, last minute rates and Amsterdam tours.
Bed and breakfast in your own studio apartment. Two convenient locations- Prinsengracht and Govert Flinckstraat. Both within walking distance to museums, shopping, clubs.
Located in the heart of the Jordaan, in a quiet street around the corner from famous markets, restaurants and friendly cafes. Our one-bedroom apartment is a home-away-from-home, modern, renovated interior, all comforts, and a sunny roof terrace.
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June 4, 2013 7:00 pm
Ronald Thomas, Artistic Partner
This new chamber music series will feature members of the stellar Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra and its extended family of superb musicians, with programs that connect chamber music repertoire to repertoire being performed by the Festival Orchestra.
Stefan Jackiw and Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, violins; Che-Yen Chen, viola; Ronald Thomas, cello
Mozart/Bach Preludes and Fugues K. 404a, Nos. 1-3
Mozart String Quartet No. 22 in B flat, K. 589
Artists reception follows at 8pm.
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When you're asked to bring a cheese tray to share, making it spectacular is easy!
Select new and contrasting olive and cheese varieties to add taste and visual interest! For the olives, try Kalamata, large pimiento-stuffed green olives or pitted olive mixes from grocery store olive bars or jars. For the cheese, try Colby-Monterey Jack, dill Havarti, sharp Cheddar, Monterey Jack with jalapeño peppers or cranberry-white Cheddar.
Use thick rosemary sprigs for the skewers so they won't break when you add the olives. Trim the ends of the rosemary stems to a point so slipping the olives on will be easier. You also can use 3- to 4-inch party picks.
Make the olive skewers a day ahead; wrap tightly with plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator until you're ready to assemble the cheese tray.
Be sure to use large green olives that are stuffed with pimientos for an added burst of color on this holiday tray. Add extra pieces of pimiento between the skewered olives for more color.
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Someone had mentioned earlier in this thread that voltage was linked to clock frequency, so thats what I was going off.
Comms is not an issue as I'm programming the 328 in an Arduino then taking it out and dropping it in my PCB.
Marvin Martian, why do you think you would need to reprogram the bootloader?
As I understand it, clock speed is hard-coded into the bootloader, so changing the crystal isn't enough to change the speed. You would need to program a new bootloader in as well.
Why reprogram the arduino when you can just buy a crystal for 2 bucks
The last thing that needs to be done is adjusting the Arduino IDE preferences file: ~/Library/Arduino/preferences.txt on the Mac and C:\Documents and Settings\<USERNAME>\Application Data\Arduino\preferences.txt on Windows:The build.f_cpu preference needs to be set to 1000000L
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By NEMS Daily Journal
BOONEVILLE – The Prentiss County and Benton County school districts will partner to apply for a 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Kim Hamm, who will assume the position of curriculum coordinator for the Prentiss County district on July 1, gave details of the application to the school board Monday.
The grant would support the hiring of tutors to help students meet state and local standards in core academic subjects such as reading and math. In addition to after school tutors, the grant would pay for tutors during regular school hours as well as before school, she said.
Hamm said teaming with another district is expected to boost both districts' likelihood of being awarded the funding.


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In the Market for some new holding blinds who do you all recommend.
In the Market for some new holding blinds who do you all recommend.
Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
Magee retriever products. Great products and customer service!! Give Lou a call
Dave makes a top notch product and stands behind them for a long long time.
Cody's Gunslingin' Cosmonaut MH QAA (Shooter)
X2 on Lou and his products ... awesome quality.
Butch Green makes great blinds.
Tom Dorroh
Boston, GA
Another vote for Joe @ Team Take Em
FWI, Butch Green is moving over to the digital camo - he can't get the darker pattern that he has been using for years.
That could be good new or bad news, depending on the terrain of your area.
Joe at Team Take em...... great product and even better service!
SHR Presque Isle Jaeger Schwab JH (driving the bus)
I have blinds from Magee, Stakeout and Butch. For Holding blinds at the line, Butch Greens are great. For Retired guns, out in the field, Magee and Stakeouts are the answer. Magee puts loops on the outside for adding cover.
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October 4, 2013
A man bikes on a snowy sidewalk near the Old Town Hot Springs on Friday morning. The city received more than 10 inches of snow overnight.
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Just want to check with the community as anyone here has ever bought anything from - Brianstoys.com?
Actually want to get some vintage figs and I have went to several online stores and they are the only one offering vintage SWAF.
How's their shipping charges like? Who outside of US has deal with them before and can comments on their shipping?
Or anyone here can tell me another site which sells vintage?
Your feedback / help will be very much appreciated


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Sri Lanka's Groundviews back online after takedown
A note for the Sri Lanka watchers who visit CPJ.org regularly. Sanjana Hattotuwa, the founder of the citizen journalism website Groundviews messaged me this morning to say that the site is up and running again after suddenly going down within Sri Lanka over the weekend. Hattotuwa is the driving force behind the site, which is headquartered at the Center for Policy Alternatives, an independent Sri Lankan think tank.


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Enjoy this appetizer cheesecake that combines hot Old El Paso® Chopped Green Chiles and Frozen Corn filling in a crust baked using Progresso® Plain Bread Crumbs.
Savory cheesecakes are an excellent choice for large parties. They can be made several days ahead of time, require no fusy assembly like individual appetizers and are beautiful when garnished and served on a pedestal plate.
Tyr preparing the crust with cornbread crumbs instead of bread crumbs.
Use the bottom of a measuring cup or glass to evenly flatten and push the crust over the bottom and up the sides of a springform pan.
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Gregg L. Rominsky
Video Memory Play VideoRominsky, Gregg L,; age 58; of White Lake, Michigan; died on October 1, 2014 in White Lake, Michigan. He was born on May 10, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan to the late Albert and Mary Lou Rominsky; dear brother of Keith and Kenneth (Kirk Johnson) Rominsky. Gregg will be missed by many family and friends. Family Will Receive Friends on Thursday October 9, 2014 from, 4 p.m. until the time of service at 7 p.m., at the Union Lake Road Chapel of the Elton Black & Son Funeral Home, 1233 Union Lake Road White Lake, Michigan 48386. Please visit www.eltonblackandsonhighland.comPublished in Daily Tribune on Oct. 4, 2014+Read More Share Listen to Obituary Remember Share a message, photo, or video below View all messages 10 "Greg and I shared May 10 for our birthday. When I used to..." "I'm so sorry for your loss Keith, Ken, and Kirk...."- Pam Knish"I will miss seeing your face every day at applebees. You were..."- danielle szostkowski"I will miss seeing your face every day at applebees. You were..."- danielle szostkowski"Gregg was taken from us all way too soon and there are not..." Add a memory or condolence to the guest book Add Message Please add or record a video for the family of Gregg Rominsky Add a video + Please add a photo and share in the life story for Gregg Rominsky Add a photo + http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailytribune/obituary.aspx?n=gregg-l-rominsky&pid=172679106&fhid=10918


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Al Arens
In Loving Memory of Al Arens who passed away on October 6, 2013. Published in www.themorningsun.com from Oct. 6 to Oct. 12, 2014 + VIEW THE ORIGINAL OBITUARY -Read More Share Remember Share a message or photo belowView all messages 8 "Al was a very special man. Always uplifting, positive and..."- Matt Bruwn "A really good guy. Worked with us a couple of times here in..." "Our prayers go out to the family. Al inspired me when I had a..."- jRoxanna Covington "Denise, Sorry to hear about your dad's passing.You, Eric..." "I thank God for the beautiful life he lived.Know he, family..." Add a memory or condolence to the guest book Enter your message here Add Message Please add a photo and share in the life story for Al ArensAdd a photo + http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/themorningsun/obituary.aspx?n=Al-Arens&pid=167477355


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Alternate name: Wapiti
Family: Cervidae, Deer view all from this family
Description A large, tan-colored ungulate with a darker neck and white rump. In season, the male has a shaggy neck mane and enormous antlers consisting of one main beam and, typically, six points. Antlers are usually shed in February and regrow over the summer. Summer coat is sleek and tawny brown; winter coat is grayish brown. Fawns are spotted. Tule Elk (C. e. nannodes) from parts of California are lighter overall in color and smaller. The Elk is smaller and paler than the Moose, without palmate antlers; larger than deer, with unique dark neck/white rump coloration.
Dimensions 2.1-2.6m, 11-17cm, 178-479kg; / 2.0-2.5m, 8-19cm, 171-292kg
Breeding Yearlings of both sexes can breed, and the gestation period is 240 days, with a single calf (rarely twins) born in June. Newborns weigh about 15kg.
Habitat Alpine & subalpine habitats, Forests & woodlands, Meadows & fields, Grasslands & prairies
Range Plains, Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Rocky Mountains, Southwest, California, Northwest, Western Canada
Discussion During the fall rut in September-October, males repeatedly give a high-pitched bugle vocalization. Lives in herds sometimes exceeding 200 in open habitats, smaller groups in forested areas. Maximum life expectancy is 20 years. Hunted to extinction throughout eastern states by the mid 1800s; recent reintroductions of small populations into Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania are encouraging. Overall population size is now approaching a million animals. The smaller C. elaphus subspecies from Europe is called the Red Deer and typically has rougher antlers that grow up and inward rather than up, out and backward. Browses and grazes on a variety of plant species, preferring open or brushy habitats to mature forest. Most populations in the US are found on federally protected lands such as national parks, forests, and wildlife refuges.


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I am buying the least amount of product for almost any time, coming out of 2013 where I bought nearly nothing.
I still track down older toys I want duplicates of or something on eBay / Amazon now.
General Grievous from SSC and the Amazon Hasbro Slave-One are several recent highlights for me.
I've barely had interest in The Black Series. I want more never-made-before-characters and new vehicles.
I don't plan to buy Rebels but I'll purchase their vehicles.
I also collect Transformers and there's been a product here or there that I find interesting. Voyager 3-changer Springer stands out with Blitzwing as satisfying purchases. The new movie product has a lot of misses for a (somewhat) respectable amount of hits. I'll wait and see how it goes in person. The boxy Prime is a no-go this time around. How could they do that to Optimus?
On the Terminator front, I got one Kyle Reese figure from NECA (spelling?) I wish there was more product coming. In 1/6 scale as well.
For Star Trek, I got Spock with the Horta last year. I like the figure diorama line (well, have the regular versions of Kirk and Khan so I didn't buy that set). I'm not interested in television TNG really, so I have to wait and see if they make other dioramas I'm interested in. I think there is finally going to be a Defiant ship in the size I want. And I'm considering those highly articulated (and muscled) Kirk and Spock 2009-2013 figures (of Chris and Zach) though they're "SSC expensive" but by this Japanese company. I really would like to see the line include some aliens though.


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These delicate, crisp cookies have a rich, buttery flavor that'll keep you coming back for more.
The name spritz comes from the German word spritzen, meaning "to squirt" because the soft dough is squirted or pushed through a cookie press to make fancy designs.
Butter is responsible for the tender, rich texture and flavor of these incredible cookies. Margarine would not work nearly as well. For these cookies, stick with butter!
Chocolate Spritz: Stir 2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled, into the butter-sugar mixture. Holiday Spritz: Substitute rum extract for the almond extract or vanilla; tint dough with appropriate food colors. After baking, glaze cooled cookies with Butter-Rum Glaze: Melt 1/4 cup butter or margaine over low heat; remove from heat. Stir in 1 cup powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon rum extract. Stir in 1 to 2 tablespoons hot water until glaze is spreadable. Tint glaze with food color to match cookies if desired. Spice Spritz: Stir in 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg and 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice with the flour.
To ensure recipe success, do not use self-rising flour in this recipe.
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text: On Tuesday Oct. 8. Sadie my 18 month old chessie started vomiting. we took her into our vet who gave her some anti vomit injection and fluids and sent her home with some instructions well the next day things went from bad to worse. On Thursday I drove her over to the emergency vet in Traverse. They admitted Sadie did all kinds of tests and x-rays ultra sound and other stuff. They came back and said she had pancreatitis. I was able to pick her up on Sunday. she wasnt completely back to herself but seemed to be getting better. On Monday things took a turn for the worst again vomiting and lethargic. We started treating her at our local vet for pancreatitis. we would take her in every day for anti vomiting injection and fluids and she seemed to be getting better everyday. Well Friday my wife took her in for that fluids and anti vomit and she vomited all over the vets office, truck and and at home. We were done. At this point things became very hard for us we werent sure what else to do. We had already spent a lot of money on Sadie through this ordeal. and with no improvement we werent sure if she would have a very good quality of life with all the damage that may be done to her system. Well I left work early not sure what we were going to do. Well we made the long drive to Michigan State University yesterday. We got her down there and they didnt waste anytime. more tests, more x-rays, and low and behold a partial blockage. I had asked our vet the t/c vet if it was possible a blockage they said no we did x-rays there is nothing there. Well by 8 pm last night Sadie was in surgery. At 10 pm we were told the blockage was a tennis ball. and everything looks great and she should make a full recovery. Now back to the tennis ball. We dont keep tennis balls at our house because of this reason. We have know idea where it came from or how she got it. We are thankful and still cautiously optimistic that she will make a full recovery. If something like this ever happens to us again we are not going to play games with local vets anymore our first stop will be MSU. Hopefully none of you will ever have to go through this, but dogs find thins we try to provide our dogs with only toys that are made for dogs and to watch them while they have them but shit happens and she found a tennis ball somewhere.