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You've all read or heard the experts with their esoteric "secrets" of turkey preparation to ensure a tender, juicy, beautifully browned roast bird for that Thanksgiving feast, right? Don't listen to them. Listen to me. There's but a single, at-bottom "secret" for ensuring a perfect roast bird: start with the right bird.
And what constitutes the right bird? Young (10-15 lbs max), fresh (i.e., never been frozen), and purchased from a source you trust. Go over that weight limit and no matter what you do you're in trouble. Ditto if the bird has ever been frozen. And if you've more guests than a 10-15 lb bird will serve, make two, or three, or whatever. Now... First, remove the bird from the refrigerator an hour or two before preparing so that it reaches room temperature through and through. Next, drain the room-temperature bird of all its juices, and then dry thoroughly with paper towels, inside and out. Don't be stingy with the towels. If the bird isn't perfectly dry on the outside before applying the basting, first, the basting won't adhere properly, and, second, the skin will never roast brown and crisp no matter how much basting you apply. Liberally season the bird all over and inside the cavity with salt, freshly ground black pepper, sage, and thyme. Quarter a whole orange, and dump the quarters into the cavity. (Please do not cook the stuffing inside the bird. It sounds like a great thing to do but causes more problems than it's worth. Prepare the stuffing stovetop or separately in the oven, as the case may be, and see below for when to stuff it into the bird.) Place the turkey on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Then, very carefully from the turkey's rear, run your hand, palm up, between the skin and the breast meat (and take care to first pare those nails of yours!), separating the two, but leaving the skin fully intact over the breast both sides. With your hand, insert a fair amount of softened, unsalted butter laced with freshly ground black pepper, sage, and thyme between skin and breast meat, making certain to cover all the breast meat with the spice-laced butter (you might want to first run a paper towel between the skin and breast meat to take up excess moisture before inserting the butter as that will make the butter "take" better to the meat). Smooth down the skin so that it lays flat on the breast meat again. Then, tuck the ends of the drumsticks into the skin fold at turkey's tush, and fold the wings under the back. Baste the bird all over with slathers of soft, unsalted butter. You need do this only this one time. No further basting required. Now, put the bird into a preheated oven at 325 F degrees, and roast to an internal temperature of 160-165 F degrees for the breast meat, and 170-175 F degrees for the thigh meat (you'll almost certainly have to "tent" the breast with aluminum foil for about the last 1/2 to 3/4 hours of cooking to ensure that the breast meat won't overcook while the thigh meat comes to temperature). Approximate cooking time for one bird is 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 hours if your oven is reasonably accurate (best to use an accurate oven thermometer to keep track of oven temperature). Begin checking the bird's internal temperature with a good meat thermometer after about 2 hours or so, and adjust total cooking time accordingly. Most home ovens tend to cook hotter at the rear than at the front giving the bird an uneven browning. If you see that happening, simply rotate the pan in the oven 180 degrees (so that what was at the back is now at the front, and vice versa) as many times as needed to even-up the browning. After removing from the oven, let the bird rest at least one hour before carving. (It's a royal pain, we know, but for maximum flavor and maximum moistness, before carving let the bird rest for as long as it took the bird to roast.) Do not cover the bird while it's resting. If you do, it will keep on cooking to a point where it will be ruined. If you've made stuffing, remove the quartered orange, and stuff the cavity with the already cooked but at-room-temperature stuffing immediately the bird comes out of the oven. That's it. The whole schmear. Follow the above no-brainer instructions and a tender, juicy, delicious, and perfectly browned bird is the guaranteed result. Trust me. Happy Thanksgiving, all!


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World's Hardest Par 3
By Kickntrue on 4/5/09
I think I've actually posted about this hole before- but I didn't have video featuring Padraig Harrington. The Legends Golf & Safari Resort in South Africa is brand new and features 18 holes by 18 different designers including Padraig Harrington, Colin Montgomerie, K.J. Choi, Retief Goosen, Justin Rose, Trevor Immelman and Vijay Singh.
The course is supposed to be amazing but nothing approaches the 19th hole.
The course's so-called "Xtreme 19th" hole is a par 3 -- a par 3 whose tee is atop a cliff on Hanglip Mountain, more than 1,400 feet above a green carved like the continent of Africa. You've got to take a helicopter to get to the tee box, and from there it's more than 630 yards to the pin. Once you tee off, it takes nearly 30 seconds for the ball to hit the ground.Here's the video. They make it look like Padraig was on the green on his first shot. That seems rather unlikely, but he is a pro. What do ball marks looks like on that green?
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M.Nugent says:
The green looks tough too, I would make a double bogey at least
WicketMike says:
wheres the drop area? :-)
BoyWonder1112 says:
I would love to have a driving range like that!!
BlaqShamrokk says:
That green's probably as big as Africa too.
turk944 says:
I'd like to know if the undulations in the green mimic the topography of the African continent
falcon50driver says:
Don't know if Padraig did it on purpose or not, but he landed in the trap, then had a fairly easy up and down for par. The other guy hit the green, but had to try and negotiate the crazy undulations and three putted.....There's a junior version of this at Gatlinburg Golf Course. The tee box is 200 feet above the green. When I played it, the green was soft and damp, the ball buried about an inch. I can only wonder what it does after falling 1500 feet. Any engineers out there?
Timmers15 says:
Who is the other guy? does he play on the PGA? or European? He hit a nice tee shot.
bducharm says:
The "other guy" is Raphael Jacquelin is a tour pro on the European Tour.
falcon50driver says:
I'm fascinated by the mechanics of this golf shot. According to what I've been able to research, a spherical object would reach terminal velocity, about 120 mph, after falling about 5 seconds, so the ball landing on the green in Africa probably wouldn't hit any harder than one falling from 200 feet. We always try to factor in the wind on our shots, a ball falling 30 seconds in a 10 mph wind would move over 880 feet. The fact that both guys in the video landed in the same zip code was pretty amazing.
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hi every one i know i havent finished my first projects yet but i will on this one now im doing a mando ninja here are some pics
my "helmet" will make some modifications
hi every one i know i havent finished my first projects yet but i will on this one now im doing a mando ninja here are some pics
my "helmet" will make some modifications
What'd be cool is if you could Mod a helmet so the bottom half of the "T" was taken out, perhaps to a point, leaving the eye part, so it looks ninja-esque.
You could even have a red headband thingy attached to the rear of the helmet while the top visor lip was painted red
I could knock up a quick drawing of what I mean if you like
please do !
Have you ever tried wearing a T-shirt as pants? Put one leg through each sleeve. That would make a cool custom Mando. Try it with or without a cod piece!!!
Okay....I don't really know how that is possible of wearing a t-shirt as pants. You must be polling some type of trick up your sleeve Midnight because I never really heard of such a thing. But if it can be performed then I respect you.
I promise you there is no trick being pulled up my sleeve. Such a thing does exist and I explained the method to achieve it. Maybe I should upload a tutorial of T shirt-as-Pants, or a template for Pepakura T shirt-as-Pants.
And Commander720 - Glad to see your Mando consists of only soft parts, boots, and a weapon. Too many troopers are afraid to show some skin these days.:thumbup
here is an idea i had with doing a ninja star in the middle and also where can i get a visor?
here is my idea with a respirator and id like a orange visor
Alright, Sounds like this will come along nicely
Since I am sketching this and its not done i will have to come up with a few new things. (I am going to use Saz's version of the helmet because it will go along better) But if you want be to, I can draw a second one with your version of the helmet. I am starting tonight and i expect to have it finished tomorrow
Good luck with the Mando
It just looks so awesome!
Something else i need to know is
Will it have swords?
I was thinking a cortosis blade (a blade made from cortosis that caused lightsabers to temporarily short out upon contact)
Handy for a Mando Ninja to have! especially if he lived during the Mandalorian Wars
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that would be relly cool YES! can you make it with like a orange light crawling up the blade?
Ya Definatly!
awesome concept! It's looking great so far.
Hope this helps with making your mando
thank you !!i love it
No problem
Sorry for the double post, but you could always add gauntlets with special blades and features (kinda like jango)
Good luck with the armor Ner vod
ok got my belt painted will post later and i think ill start working on my sword
Sounds great!
ok here is my belt and ill work on a sword and a side arm tomorrow and im also going to wrap some pieces of cloth around my wrists for gauts and maby but a blade there and also have a slot for my ninja stars


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Born: June 20, 1952
Date of Birth: June 20, 1952
A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Goodman went to Afton Senior High School and St. Louis Community College before heading to Southwestern Missouri State University on a football scholarship. But an injury compelled him to seek out a less physical major. He chose the drama department, attending classes with such stars-to-be as Tess Harper and Kathleen Turner.
Moving to New York in 1975, he supported himself by performing in children's and dinner theater, appearing in TV commercials, and working as a bouncer.
Goodman made his off-Broadway debut in a 1978 staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream. He later moved to the Broadway stage when he was cast in such plays as Loose Ends and Big River.
In films from 1983, Goodman has occasionally played villains or louts, but his likeable personality endears him to audiences even when his on-screen behavior is at its least sympathetic. He contributed topnotch supporting appearances to such films as Arachnophobia (1990) and Evan Almighty (2007), and has excelled in such starring assignments as King Ralph (1991), The Babe (1992) and The Flintstones (1994).
From 1988 to 1996, Goodman appeared as blue-collar patriarch Dan Conner on the hit TV sitcom Roseanne, a role that earned him four Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe award. He also worked on the successful television movie A Streetcar Named Desire (1995), for which he earned another Emmy nomination. In 2001, he won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series for his work on Fox TV's sitcom Normal, Ohio. He has since continued to land mentionable film roles, recent ones being Oscar-winner The Artist, the part of John Chambers in Ben Affleck's Argo (2012), the voice of Mr. Prenderghast in the animated feature ParaNorman (2012) and the part of Pete Klein alongside Clint Eastwood in Trouble with the Curve (2012). He also voiced the character James P. "Sulley" Sullivan in the animated feature Monsters, Inc. 3D (2012)—a 3D re-release of the original film, which originally came out in 2001. Goodman also voiced the character for the film's prequel, Monsters University (2013). Some of his other films include The Internship(2013), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) and The Monuments Men (2014).
More recently, he starred in 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), the Boston Marathon bombing drama Patriots Day (2017), the action adventure Kong: Skull Island (2017) with Brie Larson and Tom Hiddleston, and Michael Bay's Transformers: The Last Knight (2017).
In October 1989 he married Anna Elizabeth Hartzog. They met while Goodman was filming Everybody's All-American (1988). They have a daughter, Molly.
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Can I share with you one of the cutest books my kids have found at the library recently?
It's a super simple story of two friends playing and watching out for each other, and in this instance, the simplicity makes it very touching. The illustrations are equally unassuming, but draw you in. My boys LOVE looking for all the hidden robots and think it's so funny how the road between Boy and Bot's home is connected.
Be warned, though. It's impossible to read this book without automatically switching on your best robot accent as you flip through the pages.
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Its me! (Faith) I hope you havent forgotten me! At the moment I am sitting on the steps of the Sacré-Cur Basilica enjoying the sunshine and being attacked by maniac pigeons. Life is so hard at the moment! Living in Paris, no commitments, no parents, no responsibility, as much pain au chocolat as I can possibly eat. Its a terrible life! Im thinking of coming back to England because I feel so terrible- I really do miss the rain. Haha! Just kidding! But I do miss you; and Siri. I think my heart is breaking from being away from you for so long! Haha! I shall never be the same!
Anyways . I am here, in Paris, gorging myself on croissants and hot chocolate. Im going to look like a walrus by the time you see me again. I have to go somewhere thinning next. India maybe? Ill get ill and lose loads of weight and then get back to my usual stunning self! At the moment I look like Slughorn after Christmas supper!
Ive got a job. No, its not in a brothel. I havent sunk as low as prostitution . Yet! Oh dont scowl like that Reg! I jest! Its just in a café. Its boring. But at least I have some money and have managed to buy new strings for my guitar. I will spend the next week singing only Elvis Presley songs. He died! I think I may go into hiding now! Its so sad! Im not sure if you know who Im talking about Reg, but hopefully you do. All my time wasted on educating you hasnt come to nothing has it?
But enough of that. Send me your news! Good luck with school! Say hello to Circe for me! (Break up with her and come back to me my love!) You are my one and only! I love you sugarplum! (Too much maybe?)
Au Revoir mon amie!
Faith AKA Ruler of the known universe
Sirius arrived at The Potters house in Godrics Hollow late in the evening of the twenty-fifth of August. Having travelled for two hours from London on the night-bus, he was feeling somewhat groggy.
Merlin, I need to take my apparation test, he thought as he knocked on the large wooden door. No one answered, so Sirius let himself in.
Hello? he called. He heard voices in the kitchen and smiled to himself, closing the door behind him.
Remus Lupin was already there. He appeared in the corridor, grinning from ear to ear.
Mate. Remus hugged Sirius. Its been way too long!
Moooooooonyy! Sirius laughed.
Sirius let go of Remus and deposited his bag by the stairs. Wheres Prongs?
In the kitchen with Mr and Mrs- theyre going out tomorrow night and giving prongs the talk Remus laughed rolling his eyes. It was a well known fact that Mr and Mrs Potter were the most relaxed parents in the world, the talk was their idea of acting like normal parents and which consisted of warnings like; Dont set the house on fire, Dont drink arsenic and Dont poison your guests with your terrible cooking- get a takeaway
Sirius grinned, it was great to be back; the Potters house really felt like home.
He followed Remus into the kitchen.
Padfoot! James Potter roared before jumping up and tackling Sirius to the ground.
Nice to see you too Prongsy! Sirius laughed.
Its gonna be crazy tomorrow night man, everyones coming! James squealed, his crazy black hair flopping everywhere as he bounced excitedly. He was wearing a usual pair of denim jeans and a humongous red knitted jumper with a reindeer on the front.
Jumper? Sirius enquired.
Marlene got it for me. James blushed as he got up from on top of Sirius.
Sirius looked confused so James continued; Well she bought it to give to me at Christmas but then we broke up. She gave it to me last week when we
when you..? Sirius asked wide eyed. Remus sniggered in the background, James grinned guiltily. James!
James blushed and giggled. He hasnt stopped talking about her since I arrived, your in for a treat Padfoot; her eyes are like sapphiiiires Remus mimicked. Prongsys in lurrrve!
Shurrup! James punched Remus. Mary McDonalds coming Padfoot He said winking at Sirius.
Sirius snorted. Already done wouldnt go there again. Where should I put my stuff?
Remus frowned Shes nice; Mary.
I didnt notice. Sirius drawled, following James upstairs into one of the many spare bedrooms of the house.
The room was the same one Sirius always slept in. Although it had very much the spare room look about it, there were traces of Sirius everywhere; A pair of jeans neatly folded on the bed from the last time he came to stay, a bottle of aftershave or eau de Padfoot as James liked to call it on the dressing table and a poster of the Appleby Arrows hanging above the bed.
Sirius flopped down on the bed, So who exactly is coming tomorrow night?
Who invited him? Sirius whispered to Remus.
Jamess party had started and it was going really well. The fire whiskey was being handed round generously and anyone who was anyone at Hogwarts had turned up. Everyone knew Jamess parties werent to be missed and this, this was heading towards being the best party of the summer holidays.
I dont know Remus giggled back, Whoever did is going to be killed by Prongs.
They were both staring at the front door where a boy with bright blond hair and the whitest set of gleaming teeth had just walked through.
Do you think we should get rid of him before Prongs sees? Remus asked a little more seriously.
Na, Im looking forward to seeing Prongs beat him up; comical bet Lockhart fights like a girl. Sirius drawled, knocking back the rest of his whiskey. It was only an hour in to the party and the drink was already having its effects; his hands shook unsteadily.
Then how does he get the girls? Does that mean girls find girls attractive? Remus blurted. The drink was obviously having an effect on him too; he was in his thinking out loud frame of mind.
They were both suddenly distracted by two identical boys carrying another boy; one at his feet and one at his head, giggling as they came through from the main body of the party.
Black, wheres the lake? One of the twins asked. Sirius couldnt tell if it was Will or Freddy North, no one could tell them apart.
Who is that? Sirius laughed. He couldnt see the face of the victim as he was wrapped up in one of the potters nice table cloths from the dining room.
Some Hufflepuff; he was being a little too nice and loyal for our liking; told us not too take the piss out of Lockhart The other twin giggled.
The North twins were Ravenclaws and were known for being notoriously anti-Hufflepuff and infamous trouble makers. Their initiations were always insanely crude and de-moralising to the victim, but somehow they always got away with it; people liked them, end of.
Must have been the one that invited Lockhart then He arrived a few minutes ago. Remus mused.
Really? Wow, ooh exciting! We should have a throwing the Puff into the lake competition! The same twin rushed excitedly.
We could see how quickly they sink because theyre so dense! The other finished. Making his brother howl with laughter. Sirius and Remus grinned.
The twins rushed off towards the door, now levitating their victim.
Sadistic Ravenclaws. Sirius laughed. I might go get a re-fill He looked sadly at his empty glass.
Sirius walked away from Remus knowing full well he shouldnt be drinking anymore; every party was the same, every morning after was agony.
He strolled into the kitchen where most of the people were sitting around the central island playing a drinking game.
Ive never fancied a siblings girlfriend or boyfriend. A girl he didnt recognise slurred from the opposite side of the table. After saying this she burst into long loud sobs, drinking a large gulp of her fire whiskey. Her friends surrounded her, giving her half-hearted pats on the back. I just love him so much! She wailed. A few other people around the table after taking reassuring sideways glances took a sip.
If only there was an anti-drink in this game; Sirius thought, thinking about Circe Harper
He was bored, male instincts were surely to come into play in a couple of drinks, maybe he should go and find Mary; an easy snog.
Sirius was about to turn away from the group playing the drinking game when a familiar voice piped up beside him.
Hello stranger. Hope Dornbrook grinned.
Hope! Sirius grinned from ear to ear, picking her up in a massive bear hug and swinging her around. Where have you been all summer? he mumbled into her hair. Ive missed you so much!
Ha, Sirius Black Missing me?! Never! She laughed. I was with Grace in Romania, shes doing something with dragons out there
Homes been so boring without you. Sirius whined.
Ooh Baby cakes I am sorry She laughed pinching one of Siriuss cheeks. Look, on a more serious note you havent seen my new beau have you?
New? Cheating on me, are we Hopsie? Not another Hufflepuff I hope? he winked.
Ha fucking ha, got it in one Black. And as an after thought, dont worry it isnt Lockhart.
I should hope not Sirius drawled, looking at his still empty glass; hed need a re-fill soon. When was the last time you saw him?
Going off with the North Twins Hope said ignoring Siriuss favourite game of putting hope as many times into a conversation with her. To be honest, Im not too fussed; hes been clingy all evening, nice to get some breathing space.
Haaaa, lucky then, your not going to see him for a while. Who is he anyway? Sirius grinned to himself thinking it was best not to tell Hope exactly where her boyfriend had actually got to.
Otto Bagman, hes really nice. She smiled.
Ha dont give me that Butt rough but has a nice personality bullshit! Why are you going out with him? Hes such a freak
Just because hes better than you at Quidditch Hope Laughed.
HE IS NOT!! Sirius thundered. We beat Hufflepuff last year!
Only because you hit Caradoc Dearborn over the head with your beaters bat when no one was watching Hope laughed.
What?! How do you know that? I thought no one saw! Sirius cried, still grinning.
I do have eyes Siri and I think some other people do too Poor guy was in hospital for a week and everyone now thinks hes a crap flyer who just fell off his broom!
Your sticking up for him? I thought you were in Gryffindor?! Wait your not going out with him as well ? Disgusting Hufflepuff fetish. Sirius grinned.
They were standing in the doorway between the kitchen and the front entrance so they were continuously being interrupted by girls death staring Hope and winking at Sirius.
Nope, went out with him last year and yknow my rule Hope said just a Remus Lupin walked up to join them. Hope smiled politely at Remus then turned to walk into the kitchen.
I hate that rule. Remus groaned.
They were both referring to Hopes no going out with the same boy twice rule. Remus had gone out with Hope for the whole of First and Second year but had broken up with her due to his Furry little problem. Now Remus was madly in love with Hope and could do nothing about it because of her stupid rule.
Look at the way she just turned and walked away from me Padfoot! She hates me! Remus cried.
Sirius shrugged, he didnt have the effort to say the same words that he told Remus every day; that she didnt hate him and that she just didnt know him anymore.
Look, I might go out for a cigarette Sirius said awkwardly; he was not the sober Sirius who would cheer Remus up with comfort, he was the drunk Sirius who thought cigarettes and alcohol solved every problem: Wanna come?
Nope, Im not in the mood. I just dont understand why she hates me so much! He whined. Sirius winced, it was the emotional drunk Remus coming out Remus went through three stages of drunkness:
1. His speaking out loud stage (very funny)
2. The emotional stage. (not so funny)
3. Irrational stage (not funny at all)
The irrational stage was the worst. Remus had done some pretty stupid things when this drunk including jumping into the black lake to kill the giant squid (James had to fish him out), confessing his undying love for the best looking girl in school when he was a 3rd year and worst of all shouting Im a werewolf! from the top of the astronomy tower (Sirius had had to wipe the memory of two first years).
Sirius turned away from Remus and walked out the front door where the North twins had walked out half an hour before.
The gravel crunched under his feet as he walked across the drive way towards a bench under the beech tree on the other side.
He sat down and lit his cigarette, sighing deeply as all the frustration seeped out of him. A bird flew over his head and landed on the branch above him, he inhaled more smoking.
He was still worrying about Regulus, who had been almost suicidal since Circes departure. Sirius had invited him to Jamess but Regulus had refused. Merlin he was angry at Circe; who did she think she was playing around with his brother like that?
Anger pounded in his head. Circe he whispered, seething as if saying her name might release some of his anger. It didnt, it only made the bird on the tree above take flight.
Sirius finished his cigarette and picked up his still empty glass and was about to make his way towards the house again when the North twins joined him, still giggling.
Hello you two Sirius drawled. What have you done? the look of cheeky guilt on Fred and Wills faces gave them away instantly.
Well One of them started.
We couldnt find the lake so The other continued.
We sort of
Tied every Puff we could find to a tree! the second finished giggling uncontrollably. His brother was on the floor laughing.
What are you guys on? Sirius asked exasperated but still grinning.
Nothing the first stated.
Na-ha nothing at all! His twin confirmed.
Sirius offered them both a cigarette and then a light. He liked the North twins. They pissed him off like hell sometimes but they never failed to lighten his mood.
Who did you tie to the tree? Sirius asked between drags of his cigarette, I didnt think that that many Hufflepuffs were invited
The North twins looked at each other. Sirius could hear their brains ticking. They were in Ravenclaw for their well designed pranks and their wit, not for their brains.
Um the second mused, scratching the corner of his mouth thoughtfully.
Bagman! the other cried. We tied Bagman up!
And his girlfriend the second (by now Sirius had decided it was Fred) bit his nail. and Lockhart, once wed found him.
And that Zelda Mc-something bitch The other (must be Will) finished.
Only four, I admit its not our best Puff capturing moment Fred said solemnly.
Sirius laughed. Good you got Lockhart, James would have gone ape if hed seen him
Sirius stopped laughing, his brain whizzing slightly. Sorry, who did you say you tied up again? Bagman, McAnery, Lockhart and?
Bagmans girlfriend. Dornbrook or something Will said off hand-ish-ly.
You what?! Shes a fucking Gryffindor you blithering idiots! Sirius thundered.
Will whimpered slightly But shes a Puff-loving Gryffindor He reasoned, adding a grin in hoping of wiping the look of incredulous anger from Siriuss face.
Go untie her and get out of my sight before I pound both of your faces in! Whoever said two heads are better than one must have been under the imperious curse, you two make Moretti look clever
The North twins scampered away leaving Sirius seething quietly. Im not in the mood, Sirius sighed. Looking at his empty glass for the ump-teenth time that evening, Sirius decided to get a re-fill and that no Northern twins or any other shenanigans was going to stop him.
He headed back towards the large wooden door and through to the kitchen where he emptied the rest of a bottle of fire whiskey into his glass. He took a gulp and then headed into the sitting room where he was delighted to see a host of his favourite people.
Sitting on the nearest sofa were James and Marlene, glued by the hips and holding hands. Next to them, a good meter away sat Mary McDonald playing with her empty glass awkwardly. On the next arm chair sat Edward Lawther; his long legs spread out in front of him, casually playing with the hair of a girl sitting on the floor by his legs. Hunter Pascal sat on his best friends left on a wooden stool, having an engaging conversation with his next door neighbour Perella Brown, who sat snugly on Remuss lap. Next to them sat Gideon Prewitt, his arm dangling around the only Slytherin invited to the party; Tabitha Dosey, his girlfriend. On Tabs left was Peter Pettigrew, the Fourth and final Marauder.
Sirius smiled and walked over to James. Remus and Perella? he inquired.
James unglued himself from Marlene Happened earlier, good for him to get his mind off Hope he whispered in Siriuss ear. Sirius chuckled.
He went and sat down next to Peter. Wormtail! he roared after downing the rest of his whiskey. Where have you been? Avoiding me?
Peter giggled. I was with a girl! He squeaked, going red.
A what?! Sirius asked wide eyed, then laughed What a lucky girl. You could have told me you were on the look out for one of those I could have set you up with one of my many cast offs; like Mary over there He pointed to Mary McDonald. Great in bed, bit clingy though.
It was Mary over there Peter mumbled.
Fuck Im really drunk, Sirius thought, regretting what he had just said, but forgetting that he had even said it a couple of minutes later as he talked intently with Gideon Prewitt over both Tabatha Dosey and Peters laps.
THOSE FUCKING NORTH TWINS!! A voice screamed from the entrance to the room.
Hope stood in the door way covered in mud with twigs in her hair.
James looked at her in shock, What happened?
They fucking tied me to a tree! She stormed.
They did what?! Marlene said incredulously as the only two Ravenclaws in the room; Pascal and Lawther burst out laughing.
Ill tie you to a tree in a minute if you dont shut it Hope sneered at them, turning back to Marlene; They tied me to a tree because they thought I was a Hufflepuff
You are going out with a Hufflepuff, thats worse than even being a Hufflepuff reasoned Lawther, receiving a multitude of death stares from every Gryffindor in the room.
Id watch what you say Lawther; I wouldnt want to accidentally slip with my beaters bat next time we play Ravenclaw Drawled Sirius winking at Hope.
Hope walked over to Sirius and sat down next to him. I hate them, I really hate them. she seethed under her breath.
Now cmon Hopsie, hate is a very strong word. He laughed.
We broke up, Otto and I broke up. Seems being tied to a tree with him for an hour did my head in so I left him there. Hes still probably tied up to the tree now. Hope mumbled looking down at her hands.
Sirius put an arm around her comfortingly. I can beat him up in our next Quidditch match if you want?
Hope smiled up at him. That would be nice.
Everyones attention was suddenly drawn to an owl flying in through one of the high up windows. It glided down and dropped a scruffy looking envelop on Hopes lap.
Whod be sending letters at this time of night? Remus mused, his arms still around Perella Brown who sat smugly on his lap.
Hope looked down at the letter, pursing her lips. She opened it carefully and read it. Everyone in the room was still watching her.
Its a letter from Faith she isnt coming back.
DC: hope you like it xxxxxxxxx
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November 12, 2008 By Paul W. Taylor
The answer is in the room. The room, in this case, was a discussion of changing the way government works at the conclusion of re:public VII: a gathering of those who choose to lead, an invitation-only event convened in Tucson, Ariz., by e.Republic's Center for Digital Government.
The answer is in the room, taken more broadly, recognizes the power and potential of internal initiative in changing the way organizations work.
As a case in point, Veterans Day came with a pair of announcements that new veterans-only social networks were launching, not by upstart newcomers but by incumbents that have been protecting and promoting the interests of veterans -- Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, working with the Ad Council, launched CommunityofVeterans.org on Tuesday and the Veterans of Foreign Wars brought www.myvetworks.com online this week too.
But that may be just scratching the surface. Back in the room in Tucson, the assembled panel had all gone deeper in their respective jurisdictions. Here are brief summaries of their case stories:
Vivek Kundra, CTO for the District of Columbia, says formal cross-agency agreements to surface and share data has made it possible to democratize D.C.'s data -- for the good of the district and democracy itself.
It has resulted in the surfacing of 260 data feeds across D.C. government and a 30 percent reduction in requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
As noted in an earlier post, the internal initiative to create the 260 feeds was a necessary precondition to creating Apps for Democracy, the $20,000 competition to mash up the district's data.
This final judging is slated for this Thursday, but the contest has attracted a steady stream (with at least one developed every day) of open source apps for platforms from Facebook to iPhones Apps -- including ones that let you know when the next Metro train is coming, give you real-time notification of crimes and disturbances in progress or allow you to customize tour routes in D.C. based on your interests.
Kundra says the Apps for Democracy is part of a deliberate process to rethink the way government is done and in which "citizens and NGOs [nongovernmental organizations] co-create" the future with and for government.
Kundra says that a future of that time involves confronting entrenched bureaucracies. He asked for and received the authority to make hiring offers on the spot -- successfully attracting 100 new people into public service that would have otherwise been snapped up by the private sector before government-as-usual could act. A more startling HR move is a parallel mechanism for showing others to the door. The district has also implemented daily performance reviews to identify people who are simply not working (out) and get them off the public payroll. The daily performance checks enforce expectations that everybody gets something done every day. If you are not getting it done, you have until tomorrow or the next day to start. And if you never start, your employment ends.
The city of Sacramento, Calif., is partnering with Westinghouse to vaporize and monetize trash. So says Sacramento City Manager Ray Kerridge who, upon first meeting, appears to be the kind of guy who has a well thumbed first edition of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Listen a little longer and it becomes clear that he could write Zen and the Art of Repairing Government.


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At the intercollegiate athletic level, when a new varsity team is founded, the realistic expectation out of the gate is one of patience during initial years that may often bring struggle on the playing field.
But when the Merrimack women's golf team kicked off its inaugural campaign back in 2011, no one in the collegiate golfing ranks thought to share that notion with the Warriors.
In fact, after only two years of existence as a varsity program, Merrimack can boast a 24-month resume that more than likely rivals or surpasses the vast majority of programs in the region during that span, highlighted by several team victories at tournaments and an at-large qualifier in the NCAA Tournament.
The most important win for the Warriors, though, in the past two years came this in April of 2013.
Merrimack, a member of the Northeast-10 Conference for the vast majority of its 22 varsity sports, chose to compete in the ECAC Women's Golf Championships due to the fact that the NE-10 does not sponsor women's golf. That decision led to one of the top moments in the two-year history of the program, as well as one of the more memorable accomplishments on campus in 2012-13.
Led by junior phenom Jessica Ngui (Richardson, Texas), Merrimack blew away the eight-team field by 30 shots, laying claim to the team's first-ever conference title, as well as the fifth conference championship by a Merrimack team on the year. Merrimack left little doubt throughout the two-day event, placing three competitors in the top-five en route to the program's first-ever ECAC crown.
Ngui, who had been so stellar all year long, paced the Warriors with a 79 on the second day of the event. The Richardson, Texas, native shared the individual lead through the completion of two rounds before dropping a sudden-death playoff and settling for second overall in the individual leader board.
Ngui, however, was not alone; junior Louise McGillivray (Banchory, Scotland) also posted an impressive weekend with back-to-back 80's on her way to a third-place overall finish to earn a berth on the All-Tournament Team. Meanwhile, sophomore Ali Reed (Westborough, Mass.) added to the Warriors' success with an 83 on Sunday to finish with a two-day total of 161, good for fifth place overall.
All of that combined success helped Merrimack reach a goal that not many would peg possible for a second-year program. But for the Warriors, that success was not as far-fetched as it was in theory.
Making the ECAC crown that much more meaningful was that it was an additional springboard for Reed, who became the first student-athlete in team history to earn an individual at-large bid in the NCAA Super Regional in Joliet, Ill. The Westborough, Mass., native finished in sixth overall with a three-day total of 235, becoming one of only three individual at-large qualifiers nationwide for the four-day Championship.
Finally, Reed concluded the year inside the nation's top-50 with a 49th-place performance at the NCAA Championships. Playing at the LPGA International Legends Course, Reed opened the tournament with a six-over-par on Wednesday before shooting an 81 and 82 on Thursday and Friday, respectively. Finally, the sophomore wrapped up her stint with another 82 on Saturday, rounding out her four-day total to 35-over-par (323) to finish inside the country's top-50 individual tournament participants.
But all of that would likely have not been possible without the team's efforts at the ECAC's; at any level and regardless the sport, a conference championship is the equivalent of many teams' be-all, end-all yearlong goal.
For teams in their second year of existence, the odds of achieving that goal is more laughable than believable, but not for the Warriors, who will bring back nearly all components of this year's conference-winning roster next fall and spring.
That fact should be more than enough to put the rest of the region's golf squads on watch, as Merrimack aims for even greater accolades in 2013-14.
This is the fifth of 10 Merrimack Top Moments of 2012-13 Installments.
10. Women's Crew Wins NE-10 Cup V4 Title
9. Football's Historic Victory Vaults Voegeli to NFL
8. Men's Hockey Team's Dramatic OT Win over BC
7. Men's Lacrosse Stuns Top-Ranked Le Moyne
6. Women's Golf Claims First-Ever ECAC Title
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In criticizing Sen. Barack Obama's "mindset about taxes," Fox News' Brit Hume said that "when you've lowered [capital gains tax rates] in the past, you get a gusher of revenue, because people go ahead and take their capital gains and the revenues go up." However, in suggesting that cuts in the capital gains tax result in greater revenue, Hume did not note that many economists have challenged the idea that tax revenue increases over the long term as a result of cuts in the capital gains tax rate.
On the October 19 edition of Fox News Sunday, Fox News Washington bureau chief Brit Hume said of Sen. Barack Obama's "mindset about taxes": "He earlier gave us a glimpse of that in the interview he did with [ABC World News anchor Charles] Gibson when he was talking about raising capital gains tax rates. And Charlie pointed out to him that, you know, when you've lowered them in the past, you get a gusher of revenue, because people go ahead and take their capital gains and the revenues go up. And Obama said, yes, perhaps, but, he said, he wanted to do it anyway because it was fairer." Hume appeared to be referring to Gibson's assertion, during the April 16 Democratic presidential debate, that "history shows that when you drop the capital gains tax, the revenues go up." But in suggesting that cuts in the capital gains tax result in greater revenue, Hume did not note that many economists -- including some conservatives -- have challenged the idea that tax revenue increases over the long term as a result of cuts in the capital gains tax rate, as Media Matters for America has repeatedly documented. Indeed, the Joint Committee on Taxation estimated in June 2006 that the 2006 extension of the 2003 cuts on capital gains taxes would result in decreased revenues of $20 billion over 10 years.
For example, addressing Gibson's assertion, Gerald Prante, senior economist for the Tax Foundation, wrote: "Gibson's implying that cutting capital gains taxes raises tax revenues by the mere time series correlation he cited was a stretch. Much of the short-run response to changes in the capital gains tax rate are for tax timing purposes. This is a well-known fact, and it is why [the Congressional Budget Office] projects a huge spike in capital gains collections in 2010 (the last year of the scheduled low 15% rate on long-term gains) and thereby also a large decline in 2011 (when the rate on long-term gains is scheduled to revert to 20%) under current law." According to its website, the Tax Foundation believes that "[t]axes should raise revenue for programs while consuming as small a portion of national income as possible, and should interfere with economic growth, trade and capital flows as little as possible."
As Media Matters also documented, in an article published in the Journal of Public Economics, N. Gregory Mankiw -- former chairman of President George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers -- and Matthew Weinzierl asked, "To what extent does a tax cut pay for itself?" Mankiw and Weinzierl concluded, "In almost all cases, tax cuts are partly self-financing. This is especially true for cuts in capital income taxes" [emphasis added]. Discussing those findings in a 2007 blog post, Mankiw noted, "Matthew Weinzierl and I estimated that a broad-based income tax cut (applying to both capital and labor income) would recoup only about a quarter of the lost revenue through supply-side growth effects. For a cut in capital income taxes, the feedback is larger -- about 50 percent -- but still well under 100 percent."
Further, according to the Congressional Budget Office, past changes to capital gains tax rates alone do not necessarily explain even short-term changes in capital gains realizations. From the CBO's 2006 letter to Congress:
The substantial volatility in capital gains realizations makes it difficult to accurately project gains or discern from historical realizations how much taxpayers respond to changes in capital gains tax rates as distinct from their responses to other factors that influence realizations. For example, substantial increases in gains of 40 percent, 25 percent, and 21 percent occurred in the years immediately following the rate reduction enacted in 1997. Those increases might suggest a large behavioral response to the tax rate cut -- except that realizations also increased by 45 percent in 1996, before the rate cut. Thus, changes in realizations are not necessarily the result of changes in taxes; other factors matter as well.
CBO has updated its latest models with available data through 2004. Those models, which incorporate changes in the tax rate, fall well short of explaining the surge in realizations that occurred in 2004. Roughly half of the growth in realizations between 2003 and 2004 remains unexplained. After examining the historical record, including that for 2004, we cannot conclude that the unexplained increase is attributable to the change in capital gains tax rates. Volatility in gains can stem from other factors, such as changes in asset values, investor decisions, or broader economic trends.
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CHRIS WALLACE (Fox News Sunday host): That was Senator McCain on Friday standing by Joe the Plumber, who is now a figure of some controversy in the presidential campaign. And back in Washington, we bring in our Sunday regulars: Brit Hume, Washington managing editor of Fox News; and Fox News contributors Mara Liasson of National Public Radio; Bill Kristol of The Weekly Standard; and Juan Williams, also from National Public Radio. So, folks, Joe the Plumber became a figure, or at least an important symbol, in this presidential campaign. And as we mentioned, Senator McCain went on to mention him 21 times during the final debate this week. Brit, is Joe a good weapon for McCain? Does he raise a question about Obama's policy?
HUME: Oh, no doubt about it, Chris. The McCain campaign is in the place now where it needed something -- something big to happen. I don't know whether the Joe the Plumber phenomenon is something big, but it is something, and the reasons are a couple. One is that the guy was here -- what you have embodied in him is the idea of a blue-collar American worker with higher aspirations -- in his case, the aspirations to own the small business -- the small plumbing company -- for which he works. So, he puts this question to Obama about if he were to own that business and make some serious money for the first time, would his taxes go -- his income taxes -- go up? Then the critical thing happened, which was Obama's answer. And Obama explained to Joe that he wasn't trying to punish his success, he didn't dispute that his income taxes would go up, but he thought things worked better for everybody if you spread the wealth around, which was very telling on Obama because it shows you a mindset about taxes.
He earlier gave us a glimpse of that in the interview he did with Charlie Gibson when he was talking about raising capital gains tax rates. And Charlie pointed out to him that, you know, when you've lowered them in the past, you get a gusher of revenue, because people go ahead and take their capital gains and the revenues go up. And Obama said, yes, perhaps, but, he said, he wanted to do it anyway because it was fairer. In other words, that's another case of using the tax system to equalize Americans -- to spread the wealth around, if you will -- and I think that gave McCain a chance to argue his conservative economic policies against Obama, who kind of let it out what he'd like to do, which is to redistribute the wealth through the tax code.
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Pull the boot up and around, there are two flatened edges you can get a wrench around. Once you pop it loose, its easy to spin.
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Resolving this issue may not necessarily be easy so I will be honest with you from the start. At present it appears that this is your (and your daughter's word) against the other person and their daughter's words. There could be others who were witnesses to what has happened but at that age they may not really be able to provide credible evidence.
So if there continues to be a divisive difference in opinions, it can only really be resolved where both parties agree to cooperate with each other and forget their differences. I know that this is easier said than done but it is the reality of the situation.
The school can be involved but there is only so much they can do and their real involvement will come if it becomes apparent that this situation is disrupting the schooling of the other students or if it becomes an intolerable situation. That is when they can consider disciplinary action (if that is allowed under your contract) or even termination of the contract.
In terms of bullying, if a child is being bullied at school, the parent/guardian should approach the school to tell them about the situation and find out what they are doing, or planning to do, to deal with the problem. The parent/guardian would be expected to follow these steps:
If all else fails, you may wish to consider legal action. Some forms of bullying may amount to criminal behaviour. Where a child who has been bullied has been threatened, the bully may have committed the offence of 'threatening behaviour' under s.4 of the Public Order Act 1986. If the bullied child is physically assaulted, the bullies may have committed the criminal offences of common or indecent assault.
In addition, you may also consider action under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 if you believe the child has been harassed by its bullies.
In terms of civil action, you may be able to sue the school for damages as compensation for psychiatric damage or physical injuries suffered by your child as a result of a school or teacher negligently failing to act to protect your child from bullying. Negligence arises where a duty of care is owed to the child, and that duty of care is breached resulting in injury or damage to the child.
However, the law of negligence is very complex. For a case to be successful, it would be necessary to prove the following:
Finally, if your child attends an independent school, you have entered into a contract with the school on behalf of your child. The school agrees to provide services to your child and may be sued if it fails to provide such services.
A private school contract may include an express obligation on the school to provide a reasonably safe environment for your child. Even if not expressly stated, such an obligation would be considered by the courts to be implied in the contract. A school which failed to provide such an environment could be sued for breach of contract in the civil courts. For example, this might happen where a school fails to provide adequate supervision to prevent serious bullying and a child suffers physical or psychological harm as a result.
Remember that all of the above rights will also apply to the other child.
can we demand written statements from the teachers and school saying to the fact that nothing has gone on so if the situation should resurface during the new school year we can pass on the statements to the new school. in doing so that would mean we know where the school stands on this situation and have some back up
Unfortunately you cannot force the school to issue such statements, especially if they are unsure whether that is the case in reality or not - they may not be comfortable in putting their names to such claims
apart from sitting back and waiting for the situation to change is there anything we could ask to be prepared to resolve issue
the best is always to have some evidence that backs up your case, so anything that can help would be useful, such as a diary of events - that is always helpful in alleged bullying cases as most acts are verbal/physical with no documentary trace
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A Survey of Lufthansa's Touch Screen Entertainment Application
I flew on Lufthansa during a recent trip to Europe. Not only was it one of the nicest flying experiences that I have ever had, but it also turned out to be an opportunity to experience a very well-done interactive experience. Despite some shortcomings, Lufthansa's touch screen entertainment application was a prime case study in good user experience design. I have seen and used other in-flight applications on other airlines, but they were always clunky, often confusing, and not very enjoyable to use. Lufthansa's application (pictured below), on the other hand, was elegant, simple, intuitive, and did everything that a typical passenger would likely need without mucking up the experience with useless features.
I witnessed something that was a true testament to the entertainment application's outstanding design. Even before I had a chance to play with it, I looked over across the aisle where an elderly woman in about her seventies ventured to use the touch screen application. She poked the touch screen with resolute force and very intently examined the screen. From having done a number of usability studies, I guessed that she was a rather novice computer user, and I got excited to witness her use the application. From past usability studies with inexperienced participants, I anticipated that she would quickly get lost, confused, frustrated, and would abandon her task. To my astonishment, she prodigiously navigated through the application, browsed TV programs and movies to watch and ultimately played a movie on the touch screen in front of her. Needless to say, I was completely astounded by how easy to use and intuitive the application was even to a computer novice.
After studying my unaware participant, I quickly took out my camera and examined Lufthansa's in-flight touch screen entertainment program. Below are my observations. I draw on some particular screens to illustrate certain points, and all of the ones that I photographed can be seen in the gallery at the end of the post.Read More


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Advances in Power Electronics
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 852024, 8 pages
Comparative Studies of Different Switching Patterns for Direct and Indirect Space Vector Modulated Matrix Converter
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71345, Iran
Received 17 May 2012; Accepted 17 November 2012
Academic Editor: Francesco Profumo
Copyright © 2012 Amin Shabanpour et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This paper presents a MATLAB/Simulink simulation of direct and indirect space vector modulation for matrix converter. Different switching patterns for both direct and indirect methods are simulated and compared. Three criteria are chosen to compare the performance of switching patterns: (1) total harmonic distortion (THD); (2) harmonic spectrum analysis of output voltages; and (3) number of switching in each switching period. Switching strategies are completely implemented using the power library in MATLAB/Simulink environment.


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Read and rate Travel Journal Entries for Bismarck, North Dakota, United States
Sep 16, 2011 - Reporting For Work
Another cold windy day in the low fifties. I spent the day at home working on my 'To Do List" while Mary reported for work at the bingo parlor, once again she came home a winner. Here is a picture od Ajay and Caties dog Tucker modeling his new holloween costume.Jump to full entry
Sep 15, 2011 - $4.73 A gallon
I thought milk was high in Montana when the price went up to $3.50 per gallon until I paid $4.73 per gallon here in Bismarck. I came home after lunch to get some work done while Mary continued her winning ways at bingo. Still pretty chilly out but I did manage to wash the car and clean the front of the coach and the windshield of what seemed like a few million bugs.Jump to full entry
Sep 14, 2011 - Screwed It Up
I was going to wash the car today but it only got up to 54F, how's that for an excuse? I spent most of the day running errands and putzing around the coach while Mary got in another two sessions of bingo. I tried to get the DVD & VHS players up and working again but I managed to mess up the DirecTV program to where I had to call them to get it working again.Jump to full entry
Sep 13, 2011 - Froze Our Butt Off
I spent most of the day working on my "to do list" until Ajay got off work and Curtis came in from Valley City then we went out and froze our butt off playing nine holes at Pebble Creek. Mary and Kathie went to the afternoon session of bingo where they won, then Catie went with them to the evening session and they won again. At this rate Mary won't want to leave here but these 29F nights should help change her mind.Jump to full entry
Sep 12, 2011 - Huge Sunflowers
Nancy and Terry hadn't seen our coach yet so they stopped by this morning for a visit. The forecast for the day was to be mid seventies and sunshine but instead it was low sixties, overcast with the winds blowing at 15 - 20MPH but we still managed to get in 18 holes in at Tom O'Leary Golf Course. This afternoon Mary, Nancy and their Mom won over two hundred dollars, tonight Ajay, Catie, Nancy, Terry, Mary and me all went to bingo where we won another $180.00. Said our goodbyes to Terry and Nancy tonight because they are leaving for...Jump to full entry
Sep 11, 2011 - Huge Sunflowers
During my walk around the RV Park this morning and I stopped to take a couple pictures of the fields of sunflowers. This afternoon me, Ajay and Terry drove upto Washburn to play nine holes at Rock Creek Golf Course, a nice little course with a lot of water hazards. The ladies got in a couple sessions of bingo with no luck and we got in another nine holes of golf this evening. The weather has been great since we got here and the best part is no mosquito's.Jump to full entry
Sep 10, 2011 - Nancy & Terry Come In
We slept in until 8:30 this morning because I messed up the alarm changing it back to central time last night. Ajay and I got in nine holes at Pebble Creek this morning, a very nice nine hole course here in Bismarck. Mary, Kathy and their mom all went to bingo where they won enough to cover their expenses for the day. This afternoon Mary's sister Nancy from Rice Lake Wi. and her boyfriend Terry came in. Me, Ajay & Terry got a 5:45 tee time at Tom O'Leary Golf Course and once again the ladies were off to the bingo parlor.Jump to full entry
Sep 9, 2011 - A Little White Knuckle Driving
We pulled out of the park at 8:45AM this morning, we had planned on spending the night in Glendive but we were still feeling good when we got in there around 3:30 so we continued on into Bismarck arriving at 8:15PM. Other than road construction where the lanes are very narrow is was a good drive, Mary had about 20 miles of white knuckle narrow single lane driving that kept her full attention. I got in at least a couple hours of practice today, for the first time I played through a roll three times without looking at the strings and without...Jump to full entry
Aug 20, 2011 - Itasca State Park, Itasca, MN
We left Royal Oaks RV Park after a three-day stay. We enjoyed it there...a nice, little park with lots of trees and cool temperatures. It was 62 degrees when we left about 10:00 am and headed to Itasca State Park. We had learned that the headwaters of the Mississippi River flowed from Lake Itasca and felt that we must witness this. We were not the only ones with that idea today! Lots of folks joined us at the visitor center and at the headwaters. We chose not to wade into the water on the slippery rocks. Let the younger folks do that...and...Jump to full entry
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Aug 16, 2011 - Proud Owner of a New Tent
Yesterday I wrote that I wasn't sure what the most unusual event would be because the day wasn't over yet. Well, I found out in a hurry. When I got back to my campsite last night there was the nastiest looking storm I've ever seen brewing just over the hill from my campsite. I think I had about three minutes before an unbelievable wind came blasting down the hill with thunder and lightning. I dove into my tent and within minutes it was trashed--poles mangled. I have never experienced something this ferocious and I literally got into the...Jump to full entry
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Aug 15, 2011 - On to North Dakota
This morning I headed out to North Dakota. I'm camping at Fort Abraham Lincoln which is where George Custer and the 7th Cavalry were stationed before riding out to Little Bighorn. I'm camping on a hill overlooking Custer's house on the base. Took a tour this afternoon. Very cool and actually a really nice house even by today's standards. Most unusual experience today (although the day's not over yet)--Saw a rancher in South Dakota herding about 12-15 horses using his pickup truck instead of a horse. I guess that's the way modern cowboys...Jump to full entry
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Aug 3, 2011 - ND State Capitol
Day 19 – Bismarck, ND Today is a dreary day with rain, nothing severe, forecast for later. We toured the capitol building which is a skyscraper of 19 floors. It originally housed all on North Dakota's state government offices. It is just a plain granite building that remains us of the old CCB building in Durham. But inside it is lovely. It was built in 1933 and is an art deco style throughout with granite and limestone and a variety of woods. It isn't as opulent as Wisconsin's but it is a lovely building. From the top floor, we could see 30...Jump to full entry
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Liberty Shuts Down Virginia, 8-0
Liberty pitcher Tiffani Smith held the Virginia Cavaliers to just one hit, and Ashley Bensinger and Sammi Shivock each homered as the Lady Flames defeated the visitors, 8-0, in five innings.
The Lady Flames improve to 24-25 on the year following the win in game one of the doubleheader, while Virginia drops to 22-30.
Bensinger gave Liberty an early lead, ripping a solo homer to start the bottom of the first, her 10th of the season. Katie Zavodny followed up with a walk, Meredith Crisante lined out to center field. Zavodny stole second, and Kaylee West drew a walk to put runners on first and second with one out. Both runners advanced on a wild pitch, and Kelly Strickland reached on a walk to load the bases. At that point, Stephanie Coates entered the game to relieve Erica Cipollani. Jenny Law then tapped a short single to center field to bring in Zavodny for a 2-0 Liberty lead.
The Lady Flames scored three more runs on three hits to take a 5-0 advantage in the bottom of the third.
Zavodny reached on a fielding error by Coates, and moved to second when Crisante singled to second. Both runners advanced on a sac bunt by West, and Zavodny was safe at home on the next play when Strickland reached on a fielder's choice to the pitcher.
The Liberty rally continued, as Crisante scored on a squeeze play, and a single to left by Bridgett Woods scored Law for the 5-0 lead.
The Lady Flames tacked another run onto their lead with two outs in the bottom of the fourth. Crisante reached on an infield single to shortstop, and scored when West busted a stand-up double to right field for a 6-0 score.
The Cavaliers recorded their first hit of the game in the top of the fifth, when Kennedy Byxbee reached on a slow-rolling single to second with one out. She was forced out at second on the next play, when Rachel Harvey reached on a fielder's choice to third. Liberty hurler Smith then struck out pinch hitter Lauren Didlake looking, sending the game into the bottom of the fifth.
Law then led off with a single to short, beating the throw on the hard-hit grounder. Shivock ended the game with homer to left, sealing the 8-0 Liberty victory.
Law led the Lady Flames, batting 3-foor-3 with two RBIs, while Shivock also drove in two runs with her seventh homer of the year.
Byxbee recorded the only Virginia hit of the contest.
Smith (9-12) picked up the win in the circle, giving up just one hit and striking out three batters in five complete innings. Cipolloni (5-6) took the loss, giving up one hit and two earned runs in 0.1 innings of work.
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read. -Groucho Marx
Welcome neighbor!
"Stand your ground, don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here!" - John Parker April 19th, 1775 Lexington, MA
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Welcome from South Carolina..
Sometimes in life you have to stand your ground. It's a hard lesson to learn and even most adults don't get it, but in the end only I can be responsible for my life. If faced with any type of adversity, only I can overcome it. Waiting for someone else to take responsibility is a long fruitless wait.