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|Art of Casting Analysis, refinement of the cast
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A HUGE storm is forecast for our area very early tomorrow (sat) morning and most of the
day tomorrow, so I'll have to wait to try the forearm plus fist spacing!
Thanks, Juro....
Ah I see. As Yogi Berra might say "if you had mentioned that you wouldn't have to tell me that again".
Yes I also like a comfortably wide spacing of the hands when casting with two-hands overhead. If you benefit from a mnemonic device (which I do very much) put the hands at least as far apart as the length of your forearm plus one fist. In other words put the bottom hand just below your upper arm's elbow.
Take a second to try that. Put the bottom hand below the upper arm elbow. Do a roll cast, a backcast, a forward cast, etc. Now put the hands closer together. Now wider. See what I mean?
There is also fishing to consider, not just casting.
I like a long handle to place under my arm while strip retrieving the fly. A short handle means I am holding raw graphite under the arm, or that the reel is in an awkward spot.
Moreover a big fly and often sinking line requires a roll-up move to get the head out of the guides and the line positioned on the surface for an instant between casts. The advantage of obeying what I call "the elbow rule" is that the roll up is comfortable and leveraged. You do one with every cast so that can matter.
The elbow rule is important on the cast as well. The bottom hand must never rise higher than the upper arm elbow. If it does the rod angle will go flat and the rod will lose it's load. This is what Simon Gawesworth calls a "trunk".
Not to sound repetitive, but there is no single right way (unless you are teaching a beginner with no previous experimentation of their own). You may discover a very effective means of overhead casting with two hands butted up against each other, who knows.
But in general the spacing I mentioned above and the casting/fishing considerations therein were gleaned from much time in practice on beaches like Nauset on Cape Cod and are thus offered in the hope that they provide some insight for your own journey into two-handed casting bliss!
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Great information as always, Juro, but I was acutally talking about overhead casting.
BTW it also turns out that I've mainly been concentrating on the underhanded spey casts, since that's the kind of equipment I have.... and the rod is great for
overheading, too.
Mike Kinney once told me that a good thing to do while practicing the underhand is to place the hands closer together, I guess to get a better feel for the leverage involved. Would this apply to overhead casting, too?
Since Spey casting is much more than just the forward cast, most will find it easier to lift, set the d-loop and otherwise manipulate the line to prepare for the final forward cast. The load on the top hand will be lighter in general, and less power needs to be applied from the bottom hand.
In my class I emphasize that "the body accomodates the arms, the arms do not accomodate the body". This is less true for underhand / short head styles but is a key concept for general Spey casting and a good learner's rule. A wide grip encourages the student to properly rotate the hips and move the whole body through the motions leading up to the power stroke of the final cast. This is very important to establish.
Beyond the initial learning curve there are many factors affecting the choice of grip style including the length of the rod, the design of the line, even the casting technique but in general when starting out I highly recommend the wider hand placement to establish good Spey technique.
Once you've examined the effects for yourself the answer becomes "whatever works for you" as it's a subjective thing in the end.
Hand Placement
Wide? Narrow? What "feels comfortable?"
Is there any definite effect on the space between the hands? My feeling is that a wider
grip--for me, though I haven't acutally tested this yet--might solve that "running out of
room" feeling in the last part of the forward cast, where the most power is applied right
before the stop (the stop being aided in this case by the underhand slap).
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As for your 'rookie qb' working under the same system for 5 years statement. A player with 19 collegiate starts as a QB makes him raw. Period. Running routes doesn't prepare you for handling the blitz. Running routes doesn't prepare you in manipulating a pocket. I seriously can't believe you would equate WR and QB. If Tannehill had been at least a full 2 year starter, you may have had a reason to expect playoffs. But he wasn't.
Going into this season. This team had drafted players to run completely different schemes. And it has shown on numerous occasions.
And for every action, there is a reaction. Carl Peterson is a TRUSTED advisor to Ross. He will find his way back to being a GM sooner or later. I just don't want it in MIA.

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Openwrt "backfire" first impressions
Some notes on my first impressions of Openwrt 10.03 "Backfire"
Having happily run a Draytek Vigor 2600 in my last home for 2-3 years, the obvious thing to do when my exchange was upgraded to 21CN (that's ADSL2+ to readers outside the UK) was to buy the same brand again and this time go for a model that supports the newer standard. I bought a 2700 on ebay on the basis that comparing the model numbers indicated it should be better by at least 64 (octal, right?). It wasn't. Although I can't prove that it's the router's fault it drops out twice a week (we also moved house at about the same time, it could be the line), I can say it's not a mark of quality that when I access its web interface (e.g. to force a redial) I get an HTTP timeout on at least one of the three frames in the frameset – if you're going to use framesets for your router admin interface, it would probably be smart to give it a web server that can answer more than two queries at the same time. And its syslog client has an approach to the standards which is most charitably described as "improvisational", . And I've talked before about the missing options for second subnet support that aren't really missing.
Push eventually came to shove last month when my OfflineIMAP process decided that 2GB a day was a reasonable amount of traffic to incur checking my email (I disagree, for the record) and I hit my ISP monthly download allowance, and the router offered absolutely no help whatever in finding the source of the problem (between one wired computer, three wireless laptops, assorted smartphones and ipod, and a wifi-enabled weighing scale it could really have been anywhere). So it was time to shove it, preferably in favour of something that would run Linux. Like an early WRT-54G won on ebay, coupled with a lightly hacked BT Voyager 220V left behind in a previous flat by a previous previous tenant and configured in bridge mode for the ADSL hookup.
Openwrt seems to be the most Debian-like of the popular Linux-based router firmwares (that's intended as a compliment), in that it has a package manager, and it likes to be configured from the command line by editing files. My observations based on about 4 hours playing with it:
- the documentation is fragmented and lacks any clear sense of order
or editorial control. This is listed first not because it's most
important (it isn't) but because it's the first thing I noticed.
Seriously, a Wiki is not a substitute for a user manual, and I say
that as someone who's written one. When resorting to Google you will
find that a lot of what you read there is out of date. For example,
there is no longer an
ipkgcommand, but
opkgseems to replace it.
- It has a web interface called Luci. It's a bit slow and clunky - though still better than the Vigor router's was – but it's helpful for getting started. I was confused by the interaction between the various 'Save', 'Apply', 'Save and Apply' buttons at the bottom of the page and the 'Unsaved Changes' link in the menu bar at the top: on the 'Firewall' page, for example, clicking 'Save' at the bottom causes the status at the top to go from 'Changes: 0' to 'Unsaved Changes: 1'. To my way of thinking, clicking Save should reduce the number of unsaved changes not increase them, but this is probably just bad labelling.
- I say it likes to be configured by editing files: it is however
fussy about which files. If there's a file under
/etc/configwith a relevant-looking setting in it, edit that in preference to whatever the upstream app's usual config file would be, then run
uci commit- although actually you might not need to run
uci commit– see this lovely thread for the full confusing detail – then run the relevant
/etc/init.d/fooscripts to restart services as needed. I am not sure if there's a clear rule for gets overridden or overwritten if you edit config files directly and conflict with UCI, but I suspect it's pretty ad hoc.
- the hardware doesn't speak ADSL, hence the need for a separate box to do that. I set the Voyager up to do PPPoE and the WRT likewise: in Luci look for Network → Interfaces → WAN and set the Protocol to PPPoE: this should get you Username and Password boxes in which you put whatever your ISP told you to.
- the wifi did not work no matter what I did in Luci, but eventually I found
the problem was in
/etc/config/wirelesswhich had an entirely bogus mac address in its definition of
radio1: I replaced it with the address printed by
ifconfig wlan0and suddenly everything started working.
- it runs an ssh daemon, which is nice. Although it will authenticate
using keys, it won't look at
/root/.ssh/authorized_keysas openssh does. I used the web interface to add my key, which worked fine.
Summary: although not currently suitable for the non-technical end user,
if you have some Linux experience and a few hours to screw around
with Google, it all eventually works fine. And I can run
tcpdump on
it, which more than makes up for all these minor problems 64 times
over. Get in.
More on the BT Voyager in a later blog entry, but I leave you with some instructions for unlocking it which you may need if you are sensible enough to use an ISP that isn't BT Retail.
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Posted October 16, 2005; 10:11 p.m.
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The award recognizes public or nonprofit organizations that demonstrate excellence in procurement through several criteria, including innovation, professionalism, productivity and e-procurement. It is the second consecutive award for the Princeton department.
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text: blog postsBen Moreland checks in from South AmericaSep 15, 2011 9:15 am by Ben MorelandShare on FacebookTweetEmailImagesGreetings from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! This is my last stop during a two-week recruiting tour that took me through four countries and five cities throughout South America, including Bogota, Colombia; Lima, Peru; Santiago, Chile; and Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has been a great experience. The cities are in some of the most naturally beautiful places on earth, the food has been great, and the people have been extremely friendly!In addition to talking to over 100 prospective MBA students, I have had plenty of time to talk to admissions officers from other MBA programs as well as some great alumni of the Illinois. My thanks go out to Sandra, Roby, Ana, Leonardo, and Frederico for hosting me during the trip. You have all shown me what makes the people of the Illinois MBA special: your friendliness and your tremendous hospitality. In fact, it was while sharing a cab ride with Ana after an alumni gathering in So Paulo that I was able to pinpoint what uniquely defines the student experience in the Illinois MBA. Strangely enough, there was a prospective student (I believe it was in Lima) who came to my table and said, "I can go online to read about your program, your ranking, what program strengths it offers, but I want to find out about the unique culture about your program. What defines the student experience at Illinois?" It was an unusual question, and one that I feel I did not answer fully in the moment, but it was the best question that anyone could have asked me, because it got me to thinking. To all the prospective students who took the time to meet with me and for anyone else reading this blog post, I hope my comments can answer this question about what defines the student experience at Illinois. A small town with a big heart (i.e. the U of I campus) One of the common questions I receive when traveling internationally is Where is Urbana-Champaign? I always start with, "Do you know where Chicago is?" And almost always, their eyes light up with recognition. Then I respond, "We're about two hours south of Chicago (by car)". I always wonder what our prospective students think when they find out we're not in a major U.S. city. Are they discouraged or intrigued to hear more about a new place? So directly thereafter, I quickly go into an explanation of how even though Urbana-Champaign has a modest 120,000 local residents, and the large university, directly in the center of the community, has over 40,000 students. I mention that we have no traffic, a low cost of living, and a vibrant campus life. Sometimes, though, I feel like Im apologizing to these eager individuals about not being located directly in one of the business centers of the U.S. Our website sells the fact that we are conveniently located between three major U.S. cities - Chicago, Indianapolis, and St. Louis - sometimes more than our town itself. But really, if you talk to our students and alumni, the location of our campus is no reason to apologize. In fact, after talking to Ana in that cab ride in So Paulo, I realize that the smaller size of Urbana-Champaign is what makes our students' experiences truly memorable. Its what makes them miss their lives as MBA students once they pursue their business careers in some of the great cities throughout the world. So allow me to explain further. In talking to representatives from MBA programs in larger cities, I have discovered that their students' living arrangements tend to be spread out across the city. Many of these students have to commute long distances to get to campus. Furthermore, when it comes to their free time, students are more likely to spread out across the city in smaller numbers to take part in any number of activities available there. When you think of your student life at a big city school, you will start to realize that you define that experience largely on the city in which you live and study. The key difference that I have found by talking to our students and our alumni is that they will more likely define their Illinois MBA experience by the people they shared their two years with. Don't get me wrong, they will also comment on some of the advantages that I previously mentioned about our town - no traffic, low cost of living, a feeling of safety, etc. - but you could easily translate these descriptors as a nice way of saying that it was a boring experience. However, if you talk to our students and alumni, you'll realize that it is anything but boring. For many people, I have heard them describe it as the best time of their life. Let me explain better why our students would say this. Our students do just about everything together When you're in a small program (100-125 students per class) in a smaller-sized city, you tend to make plans as a group. And on top of that, it's convenient to do so. You're never more than a 15-minute drive or bus ride to where most of your classmates live or socialize. Therefore, it's rare that you would decline going to a social event because its too far away from where you live. A lot of times, you can simply walk to wherever your classmates have decided to get together. I've enjoyed seeing the Facebook posts from our new MBA students this year as they have organized social events, including activities such as soccer (football), American football, and ultimate Frisbee. I even saw someone posting to invite their classmates to take a martial arts class together. Some of our joint degree students have even invited their business classmates to join events with students from their joint program such as law, human resources, or engineering. When your social life is centered around your classmates, you will get to know everyone very well, and they will get to know you. That is why our students tend to define their experience by the people they studied with. There's a lot of school pride When you have a big university in the midst of a small city, the university is the big show for everything from sporting events to rock concerts to art museums to special speakers. The people who live in the surrounding areas know that the university is the lifeblood of the town, and everyone - students and locals alike - come to campus for these "cultural" events. For those of you who have never gone to an American football game or the ubiquitous Tailgate Party, you don't know what youre missing until you've experienced it for yourself. You don't even have to like the game of football to enjoy these spectacles. With tens of thousands of people dressed in orange shirts, enjoying pre-game/post-game food and beverages, playing "bags" or "cornhole" or "flippy cup", you can't help but to enjoy yourself. Then during the games themselves, you have one of the best marching bands in the world, playing music to excite the crowd, you have fireworks going off, and, on occasion, fighter jets flying overhead just before kickoff. And hopefully, with our football team starting out with three straight wins this year, our students will also get to celebrate a lot of touchdowns and victories. Sharing these big events with your classmates causes you to feel a part of the larger campus community and results in the common description that our alumni bleed orange and blue (our school colors). Oh yeah, there's also the academics!!! Perhaps by leading off with the social aspects of the MBA program, I have caused you to overlook the central aspect of your MBA experience: the classroom. Let's not forget all the hard work it takes to be a successful MBA student. J Here are some of the things that make the academic experience at Illinois memorable! Where everybody knows your name So the way the first semester in our MBA program works is that you and all your classmates take all the same courses together. In the second semester, half the courses are required for everyone. We divide the class up into two sections, so that you take the same set of 5 classes with the same 50-60 people for 8 weeks at a time. At the end of 8 weeks, half of the people from each section go over to the other section, giving you 25-30 new classmates with which to study. This repeats itself in the third and fourth 8 weeks of the first year as well. By the end of that first year, you will know almost every one of your classmates on a first-name basis, and they will know you as well. Let's not forget the professors also. Your first-year professors all live in or around the Urbana-Champaign community. They are part of the community, and they will know you by your first name as well. There are not many MBA programs that can say the same thing. As mentioned before, when you live in a big city, your professors also may live a long distance from campus. This makes the Illinois professors much more accessible to you as students. Diversity finds a home People are usually surprised to learn that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has the second-largest international student population among U.S. universities. The MBA program is no exception. Approximately 40% of our students have international citizenship. And it is that way by design. We take pride in the fact that classroom and team discussions at Illinois are always enriched by the diversity represented in our student body. And it's not just about the number of international students, either. We make it our goal to have as many countries represented in the incoming class as possible. For the Class of 2013, we brought in international students representing 25 countries. We have done our research, and among similar-sized programs located in the Midwest, we are easily the most diverse based on number of countries represented. Beyond this, we also assign you to work in groups of 5-6 people for each of those 8-week modules. We assign the groups for the first semester, because we make sure that each group is a microcosm of the entire class, with students representing various countries as well as academic and professional backgrounds. This presents its challenges, but mostly it gives you an opportunity to learn about how culture influences business practice. In that previously mentioned discussion with Ana, she reminisced about how everyone's approach to getting work done was different. She mentioned how American students tend to get right down to business, representing the ideology of "work hard first, then play hard". She mentioned a second-year class where she was in a group with majority students from another country. She was taken aback when she observed a heated argument, thinking that everyone was going to leave on bad terms, but once the team meeting was done and the issue resolved, everybody was best of friends. These experiences with her classmates gave her unique insights on how to be successful in business in other countries, and she said they are lessons she never would have learned if she had pursued her MBA in her home country. I hope my lengthy blog post has provided you with insights that you could not have gained by simply perusing our website. I encourage you to go and look at our curriculum, our extracurricular opportunities, and the information we have posted about the local community, because those opportunities are extremely important to your MBA experience. What I hoped to capture through these comments, though, is what ties all Illinois MBA students and alumni together. Urbana-Champaign is a great community, and our students come away with a rich academic and social experience. If you want to learn more directly from our MBA students, I encourage you to contact our Student Ambassadors as well. To all those individuals I met during my trip to South America, it was a pleasure meeting you, and I hope to see your application in the coming year or two. All the best for your future success! Sincerely, Ben Moreland Associate Director of Admissions & International Recruiting Illinois MBA stats604 Views 0 Comments additional actions Add Comment


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Kinda suprised to see that he passed.
Kinda suprised to see that he passed.
"You can train your dog any way ya want. It ain't my dog. "
Hey G-Man, long time no hear from you. You in the game or concentrating on raising a family?
Howard Niemi
You really gotta be careful about how high a pedestal you put your method, your accomplishments, your dog on. There's usually someone who's done more, somewhere. And they may have used a different method than you did! Chris Atkinson 2013
get your dog out and TRAIN! caryalsobrook 2013
Not in the Game anymore.
Kids are in High School. We are busier than ever - driving lessons, SAT and ACT tests, football games, band contests, college trips, etc
Miss the people occasionally, but dont miss all the weekends in cheap a&&^ motels
"You can train your dog any way ya want. It ain't my dog. "


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Enfusion Live Eindhoven Results
- Written by Dave Walsh
It was a good weekend for Kickboxing fans across the globe as not only did the United States see some action with Road 2 GLORY USA, but Eindhoven, The Netherlands saw a good offering from the fine folks at Enfusion LIVE. There were some really solid fights on the card this weekend, as Ali Gunyar's team was represented in full force at the event. Well, never mind, here are the full results;
Ali Gunyar (R3 - Decision) Grega Smole
Buray Bozaryilmaz (R3 - Decision) Keng Superprosamui
Aleide Lawant (R3 - Decision) Hatice Ozyurt
Bas Vorstenbosch (R3 - Decision) David Radeff
Amansio Paranschiv (R3 - Decision) Angelo Wilkes
Tayfun Ozcan (R3 - Decision) Pajonsuk


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Associate Professor of History (full-time faculty member since 1994) Tenured: 1999
Harvard, AM
Yale, AM
Princeton (admitted twice)
Rockefeller Fellow, Department of History;
Department of East Asian Studies
University of Chicago (admitted twice)
Committee on Social Thought
Brandeis, AB (Winner: Endowed History Prize); AM, Ph.D.
Oxford and Cambridge 2001-1002 Visiting Fellow
(Magdalen College, Oxford; Hughes Hall and Pembroke, Cambridge)
2001--"A British Military Family" CONTEMPORARY REVIEW, Oxford, England, Vol. 278, Issue # 1621 (Founded 1866; World-wide Circulation).
2002--"Fundamental Reference Works" EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES, Volume 35, #4 (Review Essay requested by the Editor).
2002--"Gibbon at Magdalen" (MAGDALEN COLLEGE RECORD [Oxford] 2002).
2002--Review of Esther Schor's Bearing the Dead: The British Culture of Mourning from the Enlightenment to Victoria (Princeton University Press, 1994), requested by the Editor of THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: A CURRENT BIBLIOGRAPHY.
2002-03--"When Government Fails," requested by the Editor CAMBRIDGE MAGAZINE, England, #51, in response to the topic "Reflections on September 11."
2003--"Loyalty Knows No Shame," IDEAS, AESTHETICS, AND INQUIRIES IN THE EARLY MODERN ERA (Winter 2002-2003, Volume 8).
2004--Lady Maria Josepha Holroyd Stanley--the great-grandmother of Bertrand Russell--commissioned by Oxford University for THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY, published, September 2004.
2005--Dr. Stern's articles appeared in the two most popular journals at Cambridge University and Oxford University. "What to do with a moment" appeared in CAMBRIDGE MAGAZINE #56. The article is a short excursion into Dr. Stern's efforts in teaching and creativity.
2005--"The Nina, the Pinta, and the...." OXFORD MAGAZINE, England, #243, Michaelmas Term. In this article, Dr. Stern discusses the American habit of fable-making--in childhood and adulthood--and the problems of historical ignorance and corruption.
2006--"When No One Returns to the Cave" OXFORD MAGAZINE, England, #252, Trinity Term, is a companion to "When Government Fails" CAMBRIDGE MAGAZINE, 2002. The puzzling configurations of war in American education, culture, and politics are highlighted. And there are reminders and warnings on these pages from ancient as well as contemporary civilization.
2006--"When Heaven is For Sale," OXFORD MAGAZINE, England, #256, Michaelmas Term. The problems of wealth and integrity in contemporary higher education in America are discussed--along with memories from Dr. Stern's personal experiences.
2007--"SILOOJII," OXFORD MAGAZINE, England, #262, Hilary Term. The context is urban barbarism in New York City after WWII. In Summer 2007, "SILOOJII" was republished in the acclaimed American publication, EVERGREEN REVIEW, #113, 2007 [http://www.evergreenreview.com/113/contents.htm]. And, now also, a chapter in THE MEDITATION ROOM.
2007--"Generations and Education" CAMBRIDGE MAGAZINE, England, #60. In this essay Dr. Stern briefly highlights significant features of "Generations and Education" in Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, 18th century Japan, 18th century America, and contemporary America.
2008--"Give Me Your Undivided Attention," OXFORD MAGAZINE, England, #277, Trinity Term. The setting, theme, and characters belong to life in a New York City elementary school in the decade after World War II.
2008--"Toynbee and Gibbon," OXFORD MAGAZINE, England, #280, Michaelmas Term. The seventy-fifth anniversary of the publication of the early volumes of Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History is the occasion for a comparative portrait of Toynbee's work with Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. These two historians--perhaps the most illustrious and prolific in the English language--have many thoughts that can benefit the contemporary world.
2009--"A Hole in the Wall," OXFORD MAGAZINE, England, #286, Hilary Term--a portrait of the last days of segregation in the American south and in the US Army as observed and recalled by Dr. Stern.
2009--"Man or Quail?," online in THE CENTRIFUGAL EYE (Canada), August--a discussion of the crisis of thought, teaching, and governmental responsibility, currently in America.
2009--"Edward Gibbon and the Courtenay Family" OXFORD MAGAZINE, England, #292, Michaelmas Term. This essay presents ideas and approaches to the writing and meaning of history--in a universal and personal sense--to Gibbon.
2012--"Housewares to build a better dude" OXFORD MAGAZINE, England, #323, Hilary Term.
Why should nameless individuals, or names known to us merely in fragments of what they said--collected two-hundred years later by Aristotle--have a concern for not merely the "things," the materials around them, but for and in THE WORLD.
Of equal importance, and yet with surprising continuity of mystery and perplexity, how can it be that in contemporary America--mechanically, technologically, and instantly tuned-in to every inch of THE WORLD--there is a turning away from an answer or even a question about the great crises facing the entire world now.
2012—"Where is the dreaming?" OXFORD MAGAZINE, England, #328, Michaelmas Term.
We are approaching a moment shared by thousands of incoming students each year at American universities.
It is ten o'clock.... Time for your first class. You approach the door. Strange noises.... And why do they remind you of the soundtrack when Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe were struggling against the rapids on that raft in NIAGARA?
Swing it open. No water inside. Just eight hundred chattering students.
2013—"Murder comes to CAMELOT, again" OXFORD MAGAZINE, England, #331, Hilary Term. I wrote this essay the night following the recent murders in Connecticut, and I discuss those horrible events and the murder of President Kennedy.
2013--"The new Lady Sheffield Looks Back on Her Marriage." MONTREAL REVIEW.
The riots of June 1780 were over. By December, Gibbon=s best friend, John Baker Holroyd, was Lord Sheffield, and his was wife, Abigail Way Holroyd, was the new Lady Sheffield.
Stepping forward from the corner of a portrait, thirty-four-year-old Abigail had taken center stage, at last. In the Way family (1746-1767), Abigail had been pushed to the sidelines. Four mothers came and were soon gone. Finding replacements was easy for her father. A family portrait glows with his roaring smile--while he holds in his arms or stands near the children from the recent parade of marriages. Off to the side, in a darkened corner, stands the older Abigail. Then, early in her twenties, visits began from a thirty-year-old tough-talking reserve officer.
2013--"A Ghost Story: Gibbon's Niece" GRANTA, Cambridge, England.
A glimpse into Gibbon's memory and the collective memory evident today in his hometown, Putney. All citations and insights are drawn from previously unpublished and unknown materials in addition to on-the-scene observations made by Dr. Stern when he was a Visiting Fellow in Magdalen College, Oxford in 2002.
2013--"Forty-six Miles from Bryn Mawr" THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY, London. West of Philadelphia, ardent believers have been cultivating since the eighteenth century a land of enchantment that each day is renewed, enriched, and made more succulent. Perhaps nowhere on the planet have small families built a pastoral Eden--as wide as the eye can see--merely from growing vegetables and grazing cows.
Descendants of seventeenth century religious conflict, the Amish have been here since before the War for Independence. Within the splendid peace of green hills though, they continue to be stirred by collisions of past with present. To look at them is to wonder about not only their survival, but human survival down the centuries.
2013–"Edward Gibbon–GAMBLER" BROOKLYN REVUE.
Eleven days after Edward Gibbon was expelled from Oxford in June 1753 because, allegedly, of his conversion to Catholicism, the early teenager was forced by his financially strapped father to leave England. Escorted and observed at every step from England, he was bought to Switzerland by a transporter of bears for circuses. On Christmas Day 1754, in Switzerland, Gibbon became a Protestant again. Then once again eleven days passed. The justification for his exile had now vanished--it was all "a dream." And Edward Gibbon tried to escape.
2013--"Helen MacLeod at The Harvard Club--1906" GRANTA.
At the Harvard Club in New York City, squash racquets, no longer in play, are mounted on walls: darkened shadows recall precise fingering or palm prints of champions--as if violins of Heifetz. And on every oar. On every face. On every wall. In every room. Singly or in groups: the powerful grasp of confidence. But then in Room 431, the Class of 1909's room, a curious sight. On the wall, at first, the usual spread of memorabilia along with aging grey photos of large gatherings. Then in the center of the other frames, a 26" high by 22" wide frame--surrounding the drawing of a young lady. And there is joy from a rare sight in any photo on these walls: color--a red ribbon on her hat and her H pennant is red. But there is remarkable absence of strength from conviction or muscles: the H pennant on a stick hangs loosely in her right hand and her arm points not to the sky but limply to the ground. There is no female student nor faculty family named MacLeod during those years at Harvard, Radcliffe, Wellesley, or Smith. After a hundred years, the question stands: WHO was Helen MacLeod?
2013--"Maria Holroyd on Edward Gibbon and Hemberry Fort in the English family" GENERATIONS LITERARY JOURNAL.
Dr. Stern was commissioned by Oxford to write the life of Maria Holroyd (1771-1863) for the OXFORD DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY. Maria Holroyd (1st Lady Stanley of Alderley) was the great-grandmother of Bertrand Russell. She was an image of youthful brilliance and beauty for Edward Gibbon—the best friend of John Baker Holroyd (Lord Sheffield), Maria's father. Until her very last hours in her 92nd year, Maria's worldly knowledge, vitality, and fearlessness overwhelmed everyone around her. Thousands of details remain. At age twenty-six she was beating a General in chess. Over a half-century later, she still could say "chess always comes to my relief." At eighty-seven she was riding around Europe on horseback, only stopping for opportunities to brag. In Aix-la-Chapelle, she made certain to blow the hunting horn of Charlemagne —"none made so much sound as I did." And the enthusiasm aroused Bertrand Russell's mother. Maria "was wearing them out... It is dreadful not to be willing to die at 91." In 1859, Wilkie Collins' Woman in White appeared. It was a sensation, rivaling works of today: from its pages came inspirations for perfumes, clothing, and dances. But this was a story of perils and fog. One by one the characters themselves, some with multiple identities, reveal their views. Now age 89, Maria murmured to her daughter-in-law—"it made my heart beat very much." A new and fertile world of insight is presented to and by Maria in Dr. Stern's essay: "Maria Holroyd on Edward Gibbon and Hemberry Fort in the English family."
2013—"Arthur Miller on American Violence" CONTEMPORARY REVIEW, Oxford.
Arthur Miller was more than the greatest American playwright of the twentieth century. He was also an historian. In the largest sense is his on-the-scene research that made THE CRUCIBLE and his re-reading and re-thinking of his entire creative world:"Salesman at Fifty" "The Crucible in History" "The Price--The Power of the Past".
In a personal way I am grateful for Miller's encouraging words to me on my research and writings on Edward Gibbon and the families of his friends, Lord and Lady Sheffield and General Sir Henry Clinton. Indeed I can never forget how his letter of August 2, 1997 arrived. I recall my wife's voice announcing, at some distance, a letter of Arthur Miller--with his unique way, today at least, of showing a return address: embossed on the closing flap with a coin press. It was from the same house in a beautiful rural setting in Connecticut that was home to Miller and Marilyn Monroe.
What troubled Miller most of all in America were the origins, validations, and practices of FULFILLMENT. Much of it, too much of it in America, was made of the substance of meanness. Here is a vastly different world from Ancient Athens which was meaningfully glorified in the famous oration of Pericles when he declares that within the greatness of life in Athens was a proud confidence that the leadership and the traditions of the city's history were committed to "driving away cares." In America, in Miller's lifetime, that precious outlook had vanished.
2013–"Egg Pot" FORTNIGHTLY MAGAZINE, Belfast.
Splonk. Suds were flooding over the rim. Quickly they were rushing down the sides of the tall pickle jar. Meanwhile, chunks from a ground-up beast were piling up alongside the greasy, pitted, high-shouldered, black frying pan. The rounded slabs were red and thick--imitators of the enormous red bricks in the centuries-old fortress-walls surrounding Chester, England. One slab after another was then dunked into a mammoth bowl:
Each slab now became snowy white with a see-through to red--a reminder of Paddy, the next-door neighbors' dog after his super-close summer shearing.
Next it was time for browning in the noisy grease.
2013–"The Irish Giant" EVENING STREET REVIEW.
Although you probably know already, a fascination with diminutive people was going on at the same time in London that the Irish Giant was touching fame. The subject was of interest, as the following letters show, to none other than Edward Gibbon (The History of the Decline and Fall....). The author of the first letter, written when she was twelve, was Maria Josepha Holroyd, 1st Lady Stanley of Alderley.
2013–"The Engine of Inertness" SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REVIEW.
Nothing surpasses "Fall of Rome" as measurement or standard. Indeed, in his portrait of the human dilemma throughout history, the "City" that inspired and perplexed Jefferson's contemporary, Edward Gibbon, held the definitive characterization of man and his past. Above it all was the continuity of tyranny. No matter where, no matter the idealism at the start, no matter the discipline of culture or its chaos, humankind had not solved an abiding problem: why do all civilizations become, inevitably, systems of oppression?
And Jefferson also saw what Gibbon viewed as the great poisonous elixir: the mixture of religion and barbarism. Both men, too, in repetitive words in their great works, were appalled by the power of one man to unite both channels of the brew. But what makes this brew so potent? Why does it choke and hold for so long?
2013–"Pigeons" BOSTON REVIEW [Short Essay Contest].
Every evening, high over the coops, they snapped long poles with rags tied at the top: RAPP, RAPP, RAPP. The prisoners began flapping madly, and with a loud woosh they all took off.
Tall and short bodies now were swinging the poles in wide circles. And peering down from the winged carousel overhead, each flock was following their pole in unison as if Toscannini were waving his baton. On the ground though, greedy eyes were following the captives: waiting to trap stragglers from other coops.
It was mid-June, when polly-wogs were falling from greening Maples and everyone was eager for summer vacation coming on. A fire was going good one evening. And hollering in all directions for more wood or just junk was Rex.
2013–"The Clinton Code" HARPER'S.
I am the discoverer at Yale, of the Diary/Copybook of the teenage mistress-wife, her daughter, and granddaughter from the family of General Sir Henry Clinton, the Commander of the British Army during its conflict with, among others. George Washington. Among the items that you may use are the signature page, with all three women signing their names, and a page written in CODE by the teenage mistress-mother. No one in Oxford or Cambridge was able to crack it. I also attach several pages where the angry daughter responds to her mother's words written above on the same page.
2013–"Love Letters of Gibbon's Mother and Father" CAROLINA REVIEW.
Inside "The Star and Garter," a Putney resident wanted me to realize that his aunt merely drank tea here eighty years ago. And, he said, Edward Gibbon's boyhood home, "Lime Grove," had been pulled down decades earlier. Outside again, facing the Thames at the front door, the carriage of Gibbon's father might have been rumbling along to the bridge, on the way to Cambridge's Emmanuel College in the 1720s and 1730s. The young blade also could be seen pulling hard on the horses of his speedy chaiseCdriving around the Putney of another era. And, on some of his high-stepping jaunts, Edward Gibbon II was considering his next moves in the courting of the girl who became Edward Gibbon's mother.
Early in the day, on 18 January 1734, Judith Porten was sent a letter from an admirer. Somewhere in Putney, not long before, she may have encountered him. It began on a whim. Riding around town, waiting at the bridge, casting an eye towards who was walking up the hill--Gibbon's father, son of the town's leading "oracle," [also named Edward] was surveying possibilities. The effort was dangerous and exciting. From a distance, the clothes of the era and the horse-drawn carriage were an effective shroud--until positively the last moment.
2013–"Giant Steps" WISCONSIN REVIEW.
WHAT DO the "big boys" do? What is really inside THEIR ideas versus the stuff from the brain of my elementary-school teacher--Mrs. Westinghouse? Well, in the world of ideas, the big boys do what John Coltrane does in jazz or Peter Sellers in acting: they construct their own scales. And scales are stepping stones that lead to, and form, a complete experience--even momentary--in music, art, and drama.
Now, from thinkers too, sounds of ideas often remain within us--while creating, as well, echoes of decency, enlightenment, and hope. Let's look at two of the biggest of the big boys: Plato's REPUBLIC and John Locke's Second Treatise on Government. What do we see and hear?
2013–"Armies in distant lands" AMERICAN ATHENAEUM.
Any man who has ever held a weapon in a foxhole or trench cannot help becoming ever more closely drawn into Michael Kamber's remarkable photos of our troops in Afghanistan. Anxiety--it is felt in every detail: from the curve of lips to the different angles of each weapon in the air--with every man groping and hoping that his position will be the winning, and safe, position. Also noticeable, even from a photo on a battlefield thousands of miles away, is the extraordinary--and new--attentiveness to externals by our Army leadership: in the new designs for helmets and in the hues and colors for uniforms that seemingly blend in perfectly with the surroundings. All of it reflects a concern for safety and protective gear on different parts of the soldiers' bodies. What a change this is from Vietnam and from so many years of sacrificed bodies and lives in Iraq.
Yet, the Kamber photos also show why are we are still not succeeding in Afghanistan. And is there a lesson from Vietnam and Iraq that we are failing to see? In short, is it time to consider that success on a battlefield in a strange and distant land is more than a matter of numbers, or "surges," or uniform design?
The real experiences that we can learn from today in America are found in the challenges faced by a foreign army that is situated, almost stranded even, in a distant land. There are a few that we need to learn about.
It was Bobby McTibble from Quincy, Massachusetts [locals pronounce the "c" in Quincy as if it were a "z"] who finally solved one of the great mysteries. Every month came a magazine with a strange title on the cover in large blue letters: ONAWAY. It was for my uncle Sammy who was living with his brother somewhere in our house in New York City after World War II. They were big-time gamblers during the war, and years later they were running "concessions" in Florida. But right after the war though, they were just "hanging around." In their spare time they became fishermen; and they left their marks in stick-ons of big fish in the bathtub.
1. HEMBERRY FORT. (Manuscript)
2. THE MEDITATION ROOM. (Manuscript)
3. EDWARD GIBBON--FATHER AND SON. (Manuscript)
4. LETTERS TO WORTHY STUDENTS. (Manuscript)
Dr. Stern's second book, THORNS AND BRIARS—BONDING, LOVE, AND DEATH 1764-1870, presents the Diary of the wife, daughter, and granddaughter of one of the commanders of the British Army in the American Revolution. THORNS AND BRIARS was given an enthusiastic review by Roy Porter: "I got a huge amount of pleasure out of reading it. It is written by Marvin Stern with a sure touch." Etc.
Dr. Stern was admitted, June 2009, to the Poets and Writers group at the Harvard Club in New York City and he attended meetings during summer 2009 and plans to continue this participation in the years ahead.
Japan: History and Culture; Advanced Readings in the Great Historians; British History in the Seventeenth Century; Modern Britain; World War I & II; Sociology of Conflict and War; Men and Women of Ideas; The Minds of Dictators; The Minds of Generals; Foundations of the American Experience; Development of the American Experience.
1. Transcription and analysis of the Love Letters of Edward Gibbon's mother and father [materials from Oxford University].
2. Mathematics and Adam Smith.
Dr. Stern joined the US Army when he was seventeen and earned the Expert Rifleman's Medal and an HONORABLE DISCHARGE. Memberships: Oxford and Cambridge Club of London, Harvard Club of New York City, The Cambridge Society, The Oxford Union, Harvardwood, Yale Club of Los Angeles, The Princeton Club of Southern California. In 2008, Dr. Stern was recommended to appear in WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA.


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Maybe the trauma of another intractable war has sparked the movies' recent interest in '60s headliners: the Beatles in Across the Universe, Dylan in I'm Not There, Vietnam everywhere. This flashback wouldn't be complete without a look back at the film œuvre of Norman Mailer. If nothing else, a Mailer retrospective provides a window, however distorted and monomaniacal, to a time when writers could be cultural icons as well-known as Paris Hilton is today, a time when movies were analyzed with a passion now reserved for fantasy football. In the '60s, Norman Mailer was not only a writer, he was a cultural icon. And he aspired to make art movies.
Hence the value of the Harvard Film Archive's weekend retrospective, "The Cinematic Life of Norman Mailer." As engaging or entertaining cinema, these celluloid shaggy dogs have their limitations, but then so do the Andy Warhol home movies that were in part their inspiration. Instead, Mailer's films illustrate the author's overall theory of film, as described in the section "Film" in his 2003 essay collection, The Spooky Art. The title of the book refers to the art of writing, but it might apply more accurately to film — which, in Mailer's opinion, is the opposite of writing. Although writing "gets you closer to your soul," its detachment and the specifying nature of language constricts film's spontaneity and vital ambiguity. At its best, film can almost re-create external reality itself. At the same time, its power is internal, incantatory, and magical; it is "the physiology of the psyche." To achieve these ends, it must be improvised, loosely structured, and, it would seem, dominated by an ego like that of Norman Mailer. In short, the ideal auteur combines Warhol's voyeurism and Kenneth Anger's shamanism with double shots of bourbon and macho role playing.
Mailer's first foray into this spooky art fulfilled those ideals, and it did not bode well. After performances of his stage version of The Deer Park in 1968, Mailer and a couple of cronies would drink at a bar and pretend they were mobsters. This is great stuff, they thought, let's make a movie! So they hired D.A. Pennebaker for $1000, rented a room in a warehouse, filled it with booze and weapons, and let fly.
Or at least Mailer let fly. In WILD 90 (1968; September 23 at 7 pm), he kicks crates, barks at a dog, screams, bellows, sweats, and acts like the belligerent drunk at a party whom everyone tries to placate or avoid. Typecasting, perhaps. The dialogue, what little is audible (Mailer on the film's sound: "Like it was filtered through a jockstrap"), is scatological, unfunny, and repetitive, like David Mamet on a bad night. Regardless, the film possesses that uncanny quality Mailer valued, the preservation of the past. Even in a home movie, he writes in The Spooky Art, "there is a sense of Time trying to express itself." He adds that "the years have added magic to what was once moronic."
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This is a Google Earth shot of a friend's property that was originally developed for Field Trial training. He's currently out of the sport, but he allows a few of us the privelege of using his place on occasion.
As I look at this overhead view, I see that the lack of detail around hillside grading, cover height, etc can hinder your ability to truly design a good setup. You don't really know what the dog will see, and how it is likely to affect the dog, until you see it from his level.
If any of you want to take a crack at what you'd do here, feel free to use your paint program and mark it up. I'd be interested to see.
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This is a complete meal—with a main course and two sides.
Also called "American bison," buffalo tastes slightly sweeter than beef. It also has significantly less fat and cholesterol. You can find buffalo at specialty foods stores (such as Whole Foods), some farmers' markets, and online at dartagnan.com. If you can't find buffalo, use lean grass-fed beef.
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This was AWESOME! Absolutely delicious¿can't believe how moist it is, given how lean bison is. The only change I made was substituting tomato sauce with Sir Kensington's ketchup¿similar effect as adding brown sugar and worcestershire sauce, which some reviewers suggested. This is going to be part of our rotation for sure!
Definitely a keeper. I have made this several times and it is often requested by my family. The only real change we have made is adding pine nuts, gives a really nice texture to the loaf.
Went overboard this time with the mushrooms and onions, and should have upped the bread crumbs. It didn't hold together very well. My bad. Incredibly moist and flavorful. Just a great comfort food!
Hubbie and I loved this. It was juicy and flavorful. We counted how much was remaining for leftovers. Can't wait to have more!
A favorite. I use a less onion and make mashed Yukon gold potatos and steamed broccoli. Yummy comfort food.
This was really good and fairly quick and simple to make. I used heart smart beef (similar to ground sirloin in the US) since I don't like using kangaroo in short cooking time recipes. I added a chopped carrot to the mushroom mixture and used cap mushrooms instead of criminis but other than that, I followed the recipe fairly closely. served with mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli. Converted my Aussie husband to meatloaf in minutes--he went back for seconds and took a meatloaf sandwich to work the next day! This will go into our regular rotation of dinners! I especially liked that I could serve a full dinner like my mom used to make just over an hour after we got home from work!
All I can say is WOW!! I did not make the spinach (we had salad instead), but the meatloaf was amazing...juicy, flavorful...I only changed one slight thing in the recipe...I added some brown sugar to the tomato sauce on top, and next time I will make more of it to top it off!! Perfect for sandwiches the next day...yum yum yum!!
My kids, who are very picky eaters, literally ate every bite of this meatloaf and were begging for more. I did a slight variation and added a bit of fresh rosemary in addition to the sage and thyme.
I do not understand the extravagant praise fort his recipe. The spinach is boring, and the meatloaf doesn't really come together. This is a good method for potatoes, though, so I'll do that again. Otherwise, I wouldn't waste my time or appetite.
I thought this was good. I definitely do not think it was a four fork dish. My husband liked it a lot more than I did. Just... not that special. Also, as a mushroom lover I thought I would like the mushrooms in it, but... not really. Oh well.


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if LHT 11 is not accurate enough, will LM35 be?
do u mean this:http://www.micropik.com/PDF/dht11.pdf ?u need to measure humidity, 2?this one is more accurate (regarding temperature), but unable to measure humidity:http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm35.pdf
u can plug the LM35 into the arduino sockets, too...without any soldering...just wrap a wire tightly around its legs and then secure it with duct tape...the DHT would need some wires, 2...
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Aid worker diary: Drought in the Marshall Islands
In early May, a drought disaster was declared across the northern outreaches of the Marshall Islands – a small nation of about 54,000 people spread across 1,200 islands, islets and atolls in the northern Pacific. The announcement followed months of little or no rain which saw limited fresh water supplies dwindle.
About 11,000 people are believed to be affected. At the request of the government, a United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team was deployed to help manage the humanitarian response. Marcus Werne, the Deputy head of OCHA's Asia Pacific regional office, was sent to the Marshall Islands to lead the team.
It takes 36 hours to travel from Bangkok, where I am normally based, to Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands. The journey takes you via the Philippines and Guam, before a series of short flights between several Micronesian and Marshallese atolls. I have worked for many years in the Pacific, but the complexity of travelling between its islands and nations still amazes me.
The Majuro atoll, like the other 33 atolls that make up the Marshalls, consists of a rough circle of small coral islands circled around the mouth of an extinct, submerged volcano. Thousands of years of Pacific winds mean that the islands rise only a few meters above the ocean - the highest point in Majuro is a mere three metres above sea level. Majuro Island itself is only nine square kilometres.
In any context, ready access to fresh water can mean the difference between life and death. This feels even more important for people living in the remote outer islands of the Marshalls, where any external assistance needs to be shipped at great expense. The concept of resilience is very real out here.
In mid-April, following months without any meaningful rain, fresh water started to run out in the northern atolls. At that time the government declared a state of emergency. Then, following a series of assessments, the President declared a state of drought disaster for his country on 8 May.
About 11,000 people are believed to be affected – that's about one fifth of the entire population. Recognizing this, the government asked that an UNDAC team be deployed. Our role is to help the government assess needs and coordinate incoming international assistance.
Once we had finally arrived, our first step was to establish a base of operations in the Government's Emergency Operations Centre. There were already a number of humanitarian organizations responding to the crisis – including government ministries, the Red Cross, the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). We worked with the government to map where they were and what they were doing, and to make sure that the growing humanitarian response was coordinated, and followed the Humanitarian Action Plan that the government was developing.
We also supported the government to rally much needed international assistance. Since the drought disaster was declared, 17 reverse osmosis units have arrived in Majuro and been sent to the drought affected atolls. These units turn salt water into fresh, potable water. These will ensure that people have something to drink, but they are not a long-term solution.
My mission to the Marshalls was only short. I felt it was an example of how a small and timely OCHA deployment can make a difference to a disaster affected government by empowering national authorities to manage incoming assistance more effectively. But our work is by no means done.
At the end of May, the government's national water advisor told Radio New Zealand that although the reverse osmosis units are providing people with water, they are not helping address concerns about food insecurity.
"Most of the breadfruit trees have died and the local food has decreased as a result of the drought," he said. "Also one of our islands, it's called Enewetak, that's the driest island, they've had such a problem with the drought that all of their local food crops have collapsed, and they've had an extreme problem trying to get any food into the island."
Dry weather is expected to continue until at least June. Our goal is to help people get through this period. But in the longer-term, we need to also look at how we can better tackle some of the root causes of this vulnerability, and help communities avoid needing to rely on costly international support.


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An ancient tale and a modern classic are sure to bring entertainment to both children and adults alike when the Hope Summer Repertory Theatre's Children's Performance Troupe (CPT) performs two imaginative plays.CPT will present the stage adaptation of the popular children's book, "Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse" and the tale of "Androcles and the Lion" in this summer's line up.
Written by Kevin Henkes, "Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse" tells of the adventure of Lilly, the mouse, as she brings her new purse to school to show to all her friends. Unfortunately, Lilly interrupts the class and learns that she must be polite. Families are sure to embrace the lessons of patience and friendship in this adaptation of Henkes' book by Kevin Kling.
Inspired by Aesop, James Engelhardt's version of "Androcles and the Lion" retells the story of a slave that escapes and discovers a lion with a thorn in his paw. Androcles removes the thorn and finds his own kindness rewarded in a most unusual way.
CPT appeals to children's imaginations and adults appreciate the humor and lessons of these always popular shows. CPT shows typically sell out quickly, so buy your tickets early.
"Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse" shows at 10:30 a.m. on June 25, 27, June 30, July14, 18, 23, 28, August 1 and 6. Shows at 1:30 p.m. are July 30, August 4 and 8. "Androcles and the Lion" shows at 10:30 on July 2, 7, 9, 16, 21, 30, August 4 and 8. Shows at 1:30 p.m. are July 28, August 1 and August 6.
Tickets are also available for the musical favorite, "Guys and Dolls," the comedy, "The Game of Love and Chance," the riveting drama, "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial," the timeless musical, "Once Upon a Mattress," September 11 based play, "The Guys," and the cabaret show, "The World Goes 'Round."
The ticket office is located in the DeWitt Center, on the Hope College campus, at the corner of 12th Street and Columbia Avenue in Holland. Prices range from $8-$25 for musicals, and $8-$18 for plays. Season coupons, ranging from $42-$60 are also available. Ticket office hours are 10 a.m-5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays, and one hour before all show times. Tickets may also be purchased by calling 616-395-7890.


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If you are a Compassion International sponsor, I would guess you already know the benefits that your sponsorship dollars provide to your child. What you may not know is that as a sponsor, you have the potential to provide something crucial that money cannot buy.
A relationship.
With that relationship, you can show your child that they are loved, that they are important and that they are prayed for. You can provide encouragement, hope and inspiration. The way that you do this is by committing to write to your sponsored child.
Throughout my journey as a Compassion sponsor and a trained Advocate, I have heard a lot of questions about writing to our sponsored kids, so I have decided to dedicate a post to answer those questions and share the basics. (If you see text on this page that is a different color, those are clickable links that you can follow.)
How do I write to my sponsored child?
You can write to your sponsored child by logging into your account on the Compassion International website. Along the left hand side of your account page you will see a link that says "Write My Child". This will take you to a page where you can email a letter to your child. (This email doesn't go directly to your child, but it is sent to the GMC in Colorado, where it is printed in full color.) The online letter writing tool allows you to choose a colorful stationary and also upload up to three photos to your letter.
You can also write a letter on your own paper or use this printable Compassion stationary. If you use your own paper, please remember to leave half of each page blank for translation and also include your sponsor number, your child's name and their identification number. If you are not sure of these numbers, you can always call Compassion at 1-800-336-7676 and the helpful operators will get those for you.
Your letters should be sent to the following address:
Attn: Child Correspondence Dept.
Compassion International
Colorado Springs, CO 80997-0004
How often should I write?
A good rule of thumb is to write about once a month. If it is helpful, pick a day of the month and write it on your calendar as a reminder.
Our family likes to write at least once a month to all 19 of our Compassion kids. I generally write a letter to each child online once a month and then write handwritten letters with goodies at least every other month. We get a lot of joy out of writing and also have the time and energy to devote to doing it this often.
Some have asked me if it is possible to write to a child too much, and my opinion on that is it could be possible. Consider a sponsor who writes once or twice a week and a child who receives mail just once a month. That would mean that the child receives 8 letters on one day. Depending on the age of the child, this could be just too much information to process and respond to. While an older child may be able to handle that many letters at once, some of the effort may be lost on a younger child and may overwhelm translators and project staff.
Please, do not wait until you get a letter from your child, before you sit down to write. It is important to remember a few things. First, it can take several months for a letter to travel from you to your child, and several months for a reply to make its way back. Second, in some projects their resources only allow them to help the children write to you three times a year. Even if this is the case with your child, your letters to them are so very valuable.
Why does it take so long for the letters to travel?
The letters have many stops along the way. Your letters are first sent to the Global Ministry Center in Colorado which processes an average of 100,000 letters from sponsors per month. Each letter is checked to be sure it has the proper information on it, is scanned in and then put with other letters headed for the same country. The letters are then shipped to their destination country, and sometimes can be held up in customs for weeks. At the Country Field Office, the letters are scanned into the system and wait for translation. Depending on the number of letters that need translation, this can also take a few weeks. Once they are translated, they are sorted by project. At this point, the are ready to be taken to each project. With some of the projects being remote, this could take weeks. Some letters travel by car, by bike, by donkey or by walking carrier and are delivered to the project. Some projects have one or two Mail Days per month and your letters will be delivered then. All told, this process can take months to get from point A to point B.
The children won't necessarily write back to you on the day they receive the letter. Many of the children need help, so they will write when that is available. Some projects have Letter Writing Day three times a year and will write then. Then, those letters travel back to the US the same way they got to to those countries. Again, it could take months.
Why is letter-writing important?
Poverty often gives children a feeling that they do not matter. Your letters go a long way to show your children that they really are important. While sponsorship dollars are necessary to keep the program running, it is the personal relationship that is built between the sponsors and children that start to break down the walls of hopelessness, despair and worthlessness.
In this last year, I have heard statistics of how many, many children who receive letters from their sponsors are inspired to try harder in their studies. I have spoken to a young man who was once a sponsored child and heard just how important the letters from his sponsor were to him. He even told me that, besides his Pastor, he feels his sponsor was the most influential man in his life. I've read articles and blog posts that bring home just how crucial those letters are. This blog post from Lisa-Jo of the Gypsy Mama blog is truly a must read.
I have also heard of the too-common heartbreak when children sit through mail-call at their project with hopeful anticipation, only to be devastated time and time again when their name isn't called. The whisper of, "You don't matter. You're not important." one more time.
Please take a minute to read a short story, The Delivery, written by my friend Caitlin. It brings to light the anticipation and heartbreak that can be found on Delivery day.
I don't know what to write about. Can you help?
Along the right hand side of this page, you'll see links to previous posts with letter writing ideas. There is also quite a bit of info to be found on the Compassion International website and the Our Compassion site. Ultimately, it comes down to sending love and encouragement. At the end of your letters, ask a few questions so that your child knows you are interested in their life.
Can we only send letters?
No, we are allowed to send things that could be classified as a "document" and that fall within the size restrictions. If you're creative, you can send all manner of great goodies. See the link on my right hand sidebar about "Sending Goodies to Your Sponsored Child". There you will find the requirements and some suggestions that your child will love!
What if I just am not into writing at all?
If you have the financial means to sponsor but have no interest in writing at all, please contact Compassion (1-800-336-7676) and ask that they assign a Correspondent Sponsor to your child. There are many people like myself who are happy to write to children who would otherwise not receive letters. (Only four of our children are financially sponsored by us, two are co-sponsored and the others are our Correspondent Children.) Compassion cannot assign your child a Correspondent unless you contact them and agree to it.
On the flip side, if you cannot sponsor any more children but have the time and energy to take on the responsibility of becoming a Correspondent Sponsor, contact Compassion and ask to be put on the waiting list. (Call them at the 1-800 number provided above or use the Contact Us button on the Compassion International website.)
What if I have other questions?
The phone operators at Compassion International have always been extremely helpful, so don't hesitate to call them with any questions. You can also leave a comment here or email me and I will answer your question if I am able to.
I pray that this blog post is helpful and that you are inspired to write to your sponsored child. As with all of my blog posts, you are welcome to share this link with anyone at any time.
Also, feel free to follow Blogging From The Boonies on Facebook where I share more tips for your sponsorship experience!


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9 Great California Coastal Birding Sites
Posted On September 16, 2013 by Jennifer Savage
This article originally appeared at Audubonmagazine.org.
Whether novice or expert, birdwatchers in California delight in the avian abundance along the state's coast. California also boasts the nation's only statewide network of marine protected areas, providing not only gorgeous places to seek out a stunning diversity of birds but insurance that their most important breeding and feeding grounds have extra protection.
Below is a list of the top bird-watching spots at these "ocean parks," plus highlights. Additionally, there is information about visiting, plus a link to where you can learn more.
1. Point St. George Reef Offshore State Marine Conservation Area
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Viewing site, interpretive panel on Pebble Beach Drive, just south of Point St. George
Originally inhabited by the Tolowa Dee-ni', California's northernmost coast boasts some of the most dramatic scenery in the state and is dotted with Audubon-designated Important Bird Areas. A wide range of bird species live and migrate around nearby Lake Earl, and the profusion continues at sea, where exposed rocks and underwater ledges make up the St. George Reef. Reaching the protected area requires a boat, but visitors can experience similar conditions from the safety of the shoreline just south of the point, where Castle Rock National Wildlife Refuge sits.
The refuge is a modest 14 acres, yet it supports several hundred thousand seabirds each year. Take a spotting scope to Pebble Drive from February to mid-April to catch the dawn fly-off of Aleutian cackling geese. Observe one of the largest breeding populations—100,000—of common murres making their nests along the island's cliffs. Castle Rock is also home to three species of cormorants, pigeon guillemots, Cassin's and rhinoceros auklets, Leach's and fork-tailed storm-petrels, and tufted puffins.
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Posted May 16, 2002; 05:39 p.m.
Sophmores Katherine Linder and Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky were recently selected to the Pamela Harriman Foreign Service Fellowship Program.
Linder will be posted at the U.S. Embassy in Paris. She served last summer as an intern for the Business Council for the United Nations and co-wrote an article on the Global Compact published last fall in The InterDependent, a publication of the United Nations Association of the United States of America. She is the former Model U.N. UNICEF chair, is a member of the Whig-Cliosophic Society, a class of 2004 officer at large for Orange Key, and treasurer of Princeton's Model Congress. Linder is a Washington Crossing scholar and received the National Women's Political Caucus Award. She hopes to pursue a career in foreign affairs.
Ramos-Mrosovsyky will serve in the Office of the Secretary of State in Washington, D.C. He has served in the speechwriting office of former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in 2001 and as a research analyst for Rick Lazio's U.S. senatorial campaign New York in 2000. He interned with a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1999. A public and international affairs/politics major, Ramos-Mrosovsky works as an editor of American Foreign Policy, a magazine he founded. He serves as a columnist for The Daily Princetonian and is chair and founder of the Princeton Committee Against Terrorism. Upon graduation, he plans to attend law school and earn an advanced degree in international relations.
The Harriman Foreign Service Fellowships are a national fellowship program for college students honoring the late U.S. Ambassador to France, Pamela Harriman. The fellowships are sponsored by the College of William and Mary in conjunction with the Department of State. The fellowships provide funds for three students from U.S. colleges to serve in the American embassies in Paris and London and in the Office of the Secretary of State in Washington, D.C.
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From tiny acorns mighty acorns grow. In Paul Buchanan's case, that tiny acorn was the idea to create an online 'agora' for people with diabetes – a meeting place where ideas and experiences could be exchanged freely and responsibly, and a focal point for a nascent peer support network. Paul's vision is a network of online communities worldwide united by diabetes through social media. The key difference between that vision and the mighty oak is the time they take to grow. Every week, the UK's diabetes online community that Paul started grows dramatically, and the debates it generates reach extraordinary numbers of people – to the point that they became a globally 'trending topic' on Twitter. With the idea already being taken up in a number of other countries, including Australia, the USA and Germany, a global network is far from a distant hope. In this article, the community's founder explains.
The meteoric rise and rise of #gbdoc - a personal experience of what social media can do for peer support
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Patti Vasquez, a Chicago native, got her start over a decade ago at Zanies Comedy Club. Since then she has gone on to perform three hit solo shows- "Pregnant Party Girl: From Stoli's to Stirrups" , "Mamacita: Tales of a Diaper Diva" and "Tequila and Shamrocks: Every Flower Has Her Roots" written and performed by Patti for theater audiences. She has appeared in comedy festivals including HBO & Las Vegas Comedy Festival, the Chicago Comedy Festival and Marshall women in Comedy Festival in New York. As a regular guest on the wildly popular Bob and Tom radio show, Patti reaches audiences around the world. She is currently touring cities across the country with the Bob and Tom Comedy All Stars. Her unique perspective on family and relationships has been described as "comedy with a heart".
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Donald Weber, age 81, of Viroqua, WI passed away peacefully Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse. He was born April 27, 1931, to Gerald and Margaret (Keller) Weber in Wonewoc, WI. His family moved to the home farm on Dach Ridge in Viroqua when he was 1 ½ yrs old. He was united in marriage to Carol Mosser on May 24, 1952. Don's life will be remembered for his love for his family, his friendships, and hard work. Don's passions in life were his cows, pigs, farming, and spending time with family and friends.
In his free time he enjoyed playing Euchre, hunting, fishing, and going to the Eagle's Club. His greatest tribute was the respect he gave and received from all that knew him. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Carol; his children: Danny (Tammy Burke) Weber of Viroqua, Diane Young of Eagle, CO, Scott (Cindy) Weber of Viroqua, Sandra (Gary Ostrem) Weber of Viroqua, and Karla (David) Novey of Byron, MN ; nine grandchildren: Lisa (Ben) Johnson, Tyler Fortney, Brooke Weber, Zachary Novey, Cole Weber, Justin Novey, Brock Weber, Brandon Novey, and William Young; two great-grandchildren: Alyson and Evan Johnson; two brothers: Robert (Joann) Weber of Sacramento, CA and Dale (Karen) Weber of West Salem, WI; and his ball playing buddy Maggie!
He was preceded in death by his parents and son-in-law Cliff Young.
We were blessed and fortunate to have such a wonderful husband, father, and grandfather in our lives.
He will be greatly missed by all that knew him.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, December 31, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Viroqua Friends may call on Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Vosseteig-Larson Funeral Home, 123 W. Decker Street (Hwy 56) in Viroqua. Friends may also call on Monday after 9:30 a.m. at the church. Memorials may be directed to the Gundersen Lutheran Hospice.
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I spent part of the morning and much of the afternoon last Tuesday with Dominik Barca, who is 84.
Dominik has been cared for by his only child, his daughter Debbie Bozedowski, since his diagnosis of dementia four years ago. We had a great talk about his days as a truck driver and how he grew up on a farm where chickens were in the house, but the dogs were kept outside.
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Description Bony hum between eyes. Brown-gray/green. Dark warts, spotted underside. Oval parotid glands.
Dimensions 5.1-8.3cm. (2-3 1/4")
Endangered Status The Wyoming Toad is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered in Wyoming, where it lives in a fairly small region in the Laramie Basin. It is not known exactly what caused the precipitous decline in this species, but pesticides, agricultural activity, disease, and predatory animals like gulls and raccoons probably all contributed.
Warning Toads have enlarged glands (called the paratoid glands) on the side of the neck, one behind each eye. These glands secrete a viscous white poison that gets smeared in the mouth of any would-be predator, inflaming the mouth and throat and causing nausea, irregular heart beat, and, in extreme cases, death. Toads pose a danger to pets, which may pounce on and bite them. Humans should take care to wash their hands after handling a toad, and to avoid touching the mouth or eyes until having done so.
Voice Low-pitched trill.
Breeding March-September. Shallow water on lake/pond edges.
Habitat Floodplains and the short grass edges of ponds, creeks, and lakes, frequently use abandoned pocket gopher and ground squirrel burrows.
Range Mortensen Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Wyoming
Discussion Nocturnal. Originally thought to be a subspecies of the Canadian Toad despite geographical differences. Believed to be extinct by 1980, it was rediscovered in 1987. Now under protection. Reproduction in the wild hasn't been documented since 1991.


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Just two weeks after predicting that China's stock market had further room to fall, Ned Davis Research's Tony Welch has reversed course. It's time to buy Chinese stocks, he says.
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…the MSCI China Index has rallied 6.6% since its correction low on April 18th. And the recent rally has pushed all five of the short-term trend indicators in the China Trend Watch report into their positive zones for Chinese stocks. Market leadership has also been consistent with a China equities rally as China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan are the top-performing Asian markets since the April 18th low in Chinese stocks. Additionally, U.S. investors remain pessimistic as measured by the positive inflows into inverse China ETFs over the past month. Recognizing that trend indicators often lead macro data, we would prefer not to fight the recent rally and would give Chinese stocks the benefit of the doubt as long as the intermediate- and long-term indicators in the China Trend Watch continue to improve, matching the improvement seen by the short-term indicators.
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Olympus Introduces C-720 Ultra Zoom - World's Smallest 3 Megapixel 8x Optical Zoom Digital CameraMay 8, 2002 Melville, NY-- Proving once again that Nothing's impossible, Olympus America achieves another first in digital photography with the introduction of the CAMEDIA C-720 Ultra Zoom. Featuring a high quality 8X optical ultra- zoom lens (24X total seamless zoom) in a compact and stylish body, the C-720 Ultra Zoom is easy to use and is the ideal camera for family, sports, action, and nature photography. Weighing only 11 ounces and measuring a minimal 3.1" x 4.2" the C-720 Ultra Zoom is the ultimate 3 Megapixel camera for an active lifestyle at a price of only $599.
Based on the popular Olympus C-700 Ultra Zoom (2001's best-selling digital camera in its category), the C-720 Ultra Zoom is targeted at the photographer ready to step up to a more powerful camera that is still easy-to-use and affordable. "Many users of point-and-shoot cameras have a need for a greater telephoto zoom lens to capture outdoor and action shots which is why Olympus created the Ultra Zoom category," said Michele Derenches, Product Manager Olympus America Inc. " The new C-720 Ultra Zoom offers an 8x zoom which is an equivalent telephoto of over 300 mm, longer than many lenses used on consumer SLR cameras. With a fast shutter speed of 1/1000th of a second, the C-720 Ultra Zoom is perfect for distant fast action shots, such as those captured by enthusiasts who photograph sporting events, wildlife, school graduations, and performances. The C-720 Ultra Zoom's extensive shutter speed range allows long exposures of up to 8 seconds, enabling creative and travel photographers to photograph night scenes or sunsets with absolute confidence in final image quality.
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Olympus high-quality photos are known worldwide for their vibrant, sharp and photo-realistic image quality. This is achieved with a host of key technologies including Olympus' high-quality all-glass lens (with aspherical lens elements), which provides the equivalent of 40 to 320 mm f2.8-f3.4 in 35mm photography. The 3 Megapixel CCD with Olympus' TruePicTM technology allows users to retain the realistic high-quality look of their photographs, even with large print sizes over 8" x 10".
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The C-720 Ultra Zoom is extremely easy to use. In Programmed Auto mode, the camera offers basic point-and-shoot simplicity for flawless picture taking in typical situations. The easy-to-use Scene Programs on the mode dial provides fully automatic exposure adjustments for the photographer who wants optimum results in a wide variety of settings: Portrait, Landscape-Portrait, and Sports shooting. The special "My Mode" feature saves time by letting the user assign a frequently used function to the mode dial for quick access.
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You mean like what the runner up is already doing? http://stockfishchess.org/get-...
You mean like what the runner up is already doing? http://stockfishchess.org/get-...
Don't need to change the actual files to patch it. See DLL Injection: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D...
Ant Mills, where the ants do keeps following one another in a circle until they die. (insert joke here about reference counting and circular references).
Um, yes, the first results may come from OneBox, which is not from their "Algorithmic" search, but from a separate service that triggers on certain keywords, like "music", "movie"... and "csco". Adding commas just makes it not trigger the OneBox search. It used to be that the OneBox results are more visually different from the rest of the results, but the recent redesigns makes them very much alike.
OneBox is also used to implement features like "10 km in miles". See also http://searchengineland.com/meet-the-google-onebox-plus-box-direct-answers-the-10-pack-26706 I'm not use if they still use the word "OneBox" to describe this feature though, but it is still used in the Google Search Appliances.
Disclaimer. IANAGoogler, reposting this from my reddit reply.
Not as popular, and not D&D, but Akalabeth should be one of the first first person dungeon hack. Predates the Ultimas, which is influential in their own right.
It refuses to install properly on my E71 even after I forced it to install after the not-compatible warning.
The one linked on the European support appeared to be an older version.
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hacking... when I aught to be sleeping :(
Four executive summaries for a new project before Noon tommorow, and then to Nashville... time to table these mod_isapi thoughts. Everything looks like it's hopping for Apache 1.3.13 to roll, and 2.0 looms large. Win32 victims rejoice :) ... actually, the NetWare patches almost make me want to toss it up on a backup NT5 server.
Hoping to meet gstein and the rest of the SF crew in two weeks... I hope a one day cabal in SF on Apache 2.0 filtering issues can pound them out, we finally agree to disagree... and implement!
Lots to write, no time to be wasting, but what the heck, this is a little cathartic.