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Yesterday was a day of deep sadness on the farm.
We had to say goodbye to Dixie, our beloved pet of 16 years.
Sorry for such a somber post, but it didn't seem right to blog about anything else today.
R.I.P Dixie Belle
My condolence and RIP to Dixie.
Thank you. She will be missed.
The decision to be kind to an animal whilst seemingly cruel to ourselves is never easy. Dixie is now at peace.
Well said. Dixie lived a long and happy life. She had developed a tumor in her head and her time to leave had come. She went gracefully and peacefully.
Never easy. Blessings to all of you
I've had to put down many animals in my time, many of whom I'd grown very attached to. This was the first time we'd been through it with a pet, and we had it done at a vet's office (for reasons which seemed correct to us). I have always been fond of Dixie, but she and Cherie had a special bond. As difficult as it was to lose Dixie, what was most heartbreaking to me was seeing how heartbroken it made Cherie.
Bill, it's always tough to let go of our family pets. They become such a part of the family during their lives. My condolences and prayers during this time of loss.
Have the best day that you can.
Thanks Dave. Going through it the way we did made it harder, but it was the right thing to do. It will seem very strange not having that cat around any more.
Ohhhhh. I'm sorry. Be good to yourselves during this period of grieving.
Thanks Jeff. It is sad, but her time had come so I can't say it was tragic in the way some losses are. After that much time as part of our family, her absence does leave an empty place.
I wish there were an unlike button, or a hug button.
Thanks. That's very kind of you. Just a few weeks ago we thought we were about to lose our dog, who has been with us 13 years. Even as she made a remarkable recovery, Dixie unexpectedly became ill and our barn cat disappeared. Those kind of things are part of life of course but they do create pain and sense of loss.
So sorry to hear about Dixie. I imagine she had a very good life with you and Cherie on the farm. My most heart-felt condolences to you both.
Thanks. Dixie had a great life. She was a pampered house cat her entire life. She was especially close to Cherie. It was rare to see one of them without the other. I joked that Dixie was Cherie's familiar. 16 years is a good long life for a cat. But she will be missed.
I'm so sorry. 16 years – that's a lot of living, a lot of memories.
Cherie brought her home from the Humane Society when she was a 5 month old kitten. She was our children's first pet (and for a long time their only pet). She moved with us from Florida to Virginia. In the days when Cherie would sometimes drive to Florida for short visits (while I was still working there) Dixie would ride down with her, then claim command of our condo during her stay. She had a good long happy life and she departed in peace and comfort. We should all hope for that I think.
Sorry to hear about Dixie… Know how hard it is. My sympathies to you both.
Thanks Deb. It's been especially hard for Cherie to lose her dear friend.
My condolences. 😦
Thank you. A sad time here.
Thanks for sharing. The time we so dread, when we do allow it to mind. (Sigh. Sorry for your loss. Good life, good death.)
R.I.P. Dixie. The furry-ones leave footprints on your heart. Condolences to your family.
Thanks EllaDee. Footprints on our hearts. Yes. Well-said.
Loving a pet, summed up by Kipling. http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_dog.htm
Yes, thanks for sharing that. As a friend once told me after we lost a dog, we take them into our hearts knowing that they will not outlive us and that we will have to deal with the sadness of their deaths. And so we do, and then we do it again.
I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. Losing a pet hurts… Dixie was a beautiful cat.
Thank you. She lived a long and happy life.
I am so sorry, that is so awful.
Thank you. It was a hard thing to go through.
Bill, so very sorry to hear of Dixie's passing. Sending you all healing thoughts.
🙂 Mandy xo
Thank you Mandy. She was a part of our family for a long time.
Oh, Bill. I'm so sorry. This is such sad news to come home to. Clearly, she was well loved, and loved in return. At times like this, I'm only glad that she had people who put her best interests first, despite the difficulty. Please tell Cherie how sorry I am.
Thank you Linda. That little cat had been through a lot with us. It's very strange not having her around. A lot of sadness around here over that.
Oh, my eyes fill with tears with the memory of all of the loved companions that have walked with me on my path. All too often, in hopes of just a few more good times, we wait too long at the end, and prolong their suffering. They bear it, mostly with patience and love in their eyes. I'm glad I'm late to this story and that I already know that Mr. Fabulous has returned–the thought of losing both feline companions would be too much.
We waited too long with a pet once and she needlessly suffered as a result. For about a week we'd known that Dixie couldn't stay with us much longer. On her last day Cherie felt that Dixie was telling her the time had come.
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text: Richard Venola - April 12, 2006 Smith and Wesson M&P Think of it as a steel pistol with really big grips. Designed for government use from the mag well up, S&W's new hybrid has all the features associated with current law enforcement handguns, plus a few other refinements. Photo by Lynn Pedigo The new Military & Police pistol is actually a hybrid."Stuff and feathers!" I muttered to myself. "Jerry told me to cover Smith and Wesson's 'innovative new pistol,' the M&P, and all it is is combat Tupperware." How wrong I was. If you're a dyed-in-the-wool 1911-ista like myself, you can skip this article€¦that is, unless you have a curiosity about firearms development and would like to see where the next generation is going. My boss, Handguns editor Jerry Lee, dispatched me to Primedia's semiannual roundtable so I could get up close and personal with the new pistol and the corporate team that gave birth to it.Smith & Wesson's Joe Bergeron first revealed this new hybrid to an assemblage of writers at Pike County's lush PASA Park shooting complex, near Barry, Illinois. As handguns product manager, Bergeron headed up the design program."How did you come up with the parameters for the design?" I asked."We put everybody into one room and threw 'stuff' against the wall for 12 hours," he said matter-of-factly. "Sean O'Clair did the ergonomics, which was really important to us, and Brett Curry led the engineering team on the chassis design." Cutting to the chase, the big deal about S&W's M&P pistol is that it is just another plastic pistol in the same way in which the gull-winged Mercedes is just another commuter car. There is a stainless chassis embedded, or rather cast, into the polymer portion of the frame. Think of it as a steel pistol with really big grips.The fully tempered stainless slide rides on four ovoid metal tabs at the corners, and unlocking occurs on the same chunk of metal. Viewed from the side, the chassis middle is in frame defilade, with the ends--the tabs--sticking up like a curved hot dog sticking out of a straight bun (but without the ketchup and mayo). The slide has a finish hardened to a Rockwell of 68.The advantage here over all-metal guns is the lightness and grip comfort of a polymer gun combined with the durability and precision of an all-metal design. The reason for the tabs being ovoid is so that as wear occurs, the points of contact remain centered and don't wander up and down what appears to be a straight surface. This feature assists in maintaining zero throughout the life of the weapon. In the prototype tested, these tabs and other hard-working parts were severely discolored from S&W's endurance testing. The pistol had been through more than 6,000 rounds without lubricant, including rapid-fire, high-heat tests. It had been cleaned, but to check wear patterns, it was left as dry as that August was in Sarcobatus Flats.As the LE target market is fraught with legal issues, Bergeron's team decided to go with a double-action-only striker but is entertaining options. This is one of those set-ups, so common now, where about 70 percent of the cocking is accomplished by the slide, leaving only 30 percent for the finger. If you get a click, chamber a fresh round and get back to work. "Cooper-ites" will shake their heads and wander off muttering, but this is what has resulted from trying to please the shooter while taking a heads-up from decades of litigation. In this sense, the M&P takes a lead from Glock with a passive trigger safety and does not require a decocker or manual or grip safety. No pullem trigger, no go bang. An action lock is located on the left rear of the slide.The pistol is designed for holster use from the ground up, the front of the slide being tapered for reholstering and the weapon being free of bumpy controls. The ambidextrous slide release is there, but after seating a fresh mag, it's easier to give the wavy slide cuts a slight tug and let it fly forward. The toe of the mag well and mag base forms a gentle hook for ease of draw, and there is a mild stippling of the frontstrap area and palm swell. The conventionally located mag release is unique in that its straight spring also retains the piece. Hooking into a curved notch, it is easily accessible when the slide is removed. Just move it over with a pencil or finger, and unhook it--the release then falls out and is tossed into the other side, and the spring is rehooked. With practice, it takes about 30 seconds.As with just about everyone else in the industry, S&W chose to go with the ubiquitous Novak LoMount three-dot sights. I've grown to like them, and with the exception of a Heinie, I can think of no other that I'd rather have. The only parts of the gun made outside the U.S. are the magazines, of which the tubes are formed in Italy. Although stamped with the S&W logo, the 15-rounders look suspiciously like Beretta mags.Again, thinking of gender-mixed LE and military applications, S&W incorporated three different palm swells, which can be changed faster than Hollywood marriages. During my examination, Bergeron asked me not to show the inner design of the swell--not because it's secret but because the grips will be supported differently on the production models. And, yes, there is a 1913 rail on the chin for the full range of applications.Perhaps, on that big design day two and a half years ago, there were too many Euro pistols on the sampling table, or maybe Curry had stayed up all night watching old James Bond movies. Maybe there were designers from Walther in the room, but for some reason they tossed in a magazine safety. Yes, a mag safety. It's so much a part of the design that rotating it out of the well is part of the disassembly procedure. But let's not dwell on this glitch; besides, it's optional for LE/military.In the hand, the M&P is mighty comfy. It's not nose-heavy like a 1911 or a Glock, nor does it sit back on the hand like a Luger or P38. It has a sort of neutral balance. I really liked the kicked-forward toe and the rich feel of the grip on the web of my hand. It came naturally to the eye like an XD, and the trigger, though deeply curved, didn't bite the finger on double action.Alas, for those of you hoping for a classic S&W trigger, especially after S&W's triumph with the S&W 1911, this was a bit, well, polymer-esque--a tad spongy, if you will. The trigger interacts through the chassis, so it should be as crisp as an overcooked Pop Tart. One must remember, however, that this was a prototype. By the time it gets into production, it may be refined.On the range at PASA Park, I had to compete with a flurry of writers and the "Guns & Ammo TV" crew to get my hands on the weapon's black Melonite grips. Everyone wanted a piece of the excitement, and after sweating in the tumult (August in Illinois), I gave up and waited until after an air-conditioned lunch. The prototype I fired ran like the Energizer bunny. For yucks I ran some loose Federal through it, then that weird zinc-coated Silver Bear and finally, the Winchester white box that was the ammo du jour at the roundtable.Lubeless, the M&P munched the varied .40 S&W fodder as contentedly as Bossy the Cow grinding silage. The Silver Bear's zinc-washed cases were the subject of much comment among the writers and reps. "It feels like they're coated with lapping compound," said one. To which the guy from STI said, "Hey, you can shoot and polish your chamber!"Humor aside, the Silver Bear cases are completely safe, and every one went bang and to the intended point of impact--not bad stuff at all.Heckling the gun is always my favorite part. I shot several mags through the piece, which dropped the plates with alacrity, and then I started my jam-provocation protocol, much to the disgust of Lee Atkins, the range officer.I shot it upside down, sideways right and left, then limp-wristed it in the extreme. Placing my left thumb behind the grip, left finger on the trigger, and pinching the front of the triggerguard with the thumb and index finger of my right hand, I squeezed off a magazine. Then I did it again with two thumbs on the strap and two fingers on the trigger. It kept on running, as if the pistol were saying to me, "So, what else do you have?"Finally, it was time to do the sideways overhead, pioneered by actor Jason Patric in the 1991 cult classic Rush and made famous by Brad Pitt in 1993's Kalifornia (several police officers have commented that this ridiculous technique, widely adopted by ignorant gang members, has saved hundreds of lives, and they offer their thanks to these two movies). Even partially inverted, with a weak grip and firing down at a 20-degree angle, the M&P continued to perform flawlessly--even as Atkins boomed out, "And just what are you trying to prove?" Range officers are born with no sense of humor.But I digress. These techniques have turned other guns into non-functional objets d'art and didn't phase the M&P, so my hat is off to Bergeron and Curry. Too, the M&P feels good in the palm and, oddly, didn't have the hand-smack normally associated with .40 S&W--so O'Clair gets a nod, too.Finally, the time came to test the author: accuracy. The PASA support staff put up a standard cardboard silhouette with a six-inch Birchwood Casey stuck on it. I backed off to 10 yards and tossed out a careful five rounds, off-hand. The group was good, except for my flier, and although it seemed fine to me, I could see on Bergeron's face that he wished a better shot (there were a lot around, including sheriff Jim Wilson) had done the testing.On a note of confidence, several of us were discussing a torture test for firearms, and Bergeron unhesitatingly volunteered his baby for whatever we had in mind. Considering some of the twisted minds where I work, that took some real confidence.Will I trade in my Argie 1911 for an M&P? Naw, I'm too used to old iron. 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It's been a while. I always say that lately it seems.
Anyway, a good bit has happened since I last left something of substance here. Including getting a chance to got o Blizzcon and seeing the new Mists of Pandaria in person, hitting up the demo, and watching the class panels.
A lot has already been written across the WoW blogosphere, so I'll try not to repeat too much of it. Instead here are some interesting upcoming changes that I have noticed, and think will keep me playing even into the next expansion.
First up… Pandaren, love them or hate them, they will still have a place in my heart. I remember seeing a lot of artwork by Samwise Didier, one of the penultimate WoW artists on the Blizzard staff, and its focus on the pandaren. I may be mistaken, but I believe that he may have been the creator of the race in the first place. Of course letting the story tellers move it along beyond his art, I still leave him at the top of that group.
There are those who still think that the Pandaren were some "April Fool's Joke," yet those also ignore anything you say debunking this, and talk mean to their mothers.
The Pandaren have been around since Warcraft III, in fact Chen Stormstout assisted Rexxar in taking the first steps into a new Horde, only to take a separate path, not to be seen again.
I guess the only other reason that I am a big fan of the Pandaren is the Asian influence that inspires the art. I have been a HUGE fan of Chinese and Japanese art since I was in 8th grade (I'll even have a hipster moment and say that I was a fan of Japanese art and culture before it was cool). From what I saw at Blizzcon, the environment and artwork of this new expansion is going to be amazing. An entire continent, and even a giant turtle (though I do think of it as a bit silly, but just imagine the size of a lot of things in WoW), covered in beautiful artwork, both architectual, and natural. I thought that I was impressed when I first saw Darnassus when I began playing WoW some 5-6 years ago, but it can't even light a candle to what I saw in Pandaria.
Well, enough of my babbling, onto another subject. Next up, is the new talent trees. N0w, most of you have already heard of or seen the new trees, and their new "choice" mechanic every 15 levels. It is a huge step away from the 71 talents to choose from back in the old vanilla days. Despite a lot of folks disliking the new path that Blizzard is taking, I am actually a fan of it. Most core abilities are going to be simply given to you, just because you are a specific class/specification combination. I was excited about how they did this initially with Cataclysm, but this goes even further. I guess it is an over simplification of the abilities system, and I am not that big of a fan of not being able to actually hit up your trainer to learn new abilities. However, will be a nice improvement when you have a ton of alts, though that isn't everybody.
The choices that are available though, seem to fit into their "fun talents" methodology that they have been working towards. It's just a big change, and change is scary to some people. I am personally a fan of it, as there are a lot of abilities that I have always wanted to have on my Holy Paladin, that I just couldn't get because it was only available to other specializations. (Hello Repentance, I can't help it… I'm a supporting type character.) This is going to change come MoP. Now, I do not deny that the EJ guys will eventually find the "right" build, and begin the cookie cutter cycle again; however, I do not believe that it will be a simply cookie cutter build like it used to be. Instead it will end up being a fight-by-fight type of build, where the choices made are depenedant on the situations that you face. This will provide a nice little bit of complexity, and will separate the good players from the great players.
Alright, lastly, though it's coming out before Mists of Pandaria (in fact it should be released in patch 4.3) is Transmogrification/Void Storage. I literally jumped for joy… ok I didn't jump, but I was excited, when I read about this. Do you remember me writing about this a while back. Yeah, I'm a bit of a hoarder, and I have lots and lots and lots and lots of stuff in my bank, most of it I will never actually wear because of the stats… but now… oooohhhh now, I will have a hayday with transmogrification. I will be a very poor Pally soon. I have already hit several old instances to scrounge up old gear, gear that I can almost not fit into my bags or my fully sacked bank… all of them Soulbound. How about you? Are you going to be having fun with the new Transmogrifications?
Well, I know it was a rambling hodge podge of topics, but hey, it's been a while. And with limited resources, you gotta do what you can. Hope to see y'all again.


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Hike-in fly fishing
I just reread Rich Osthoff's 'Fly Fishing in Rocky Mountain Backcountry' and have a yen to try something similar. A couple questions pop-up:
Does anybody have a favorite hike-in destination in new England? I've done the Oswegatchie - Five Ponds area (canoe upstream and hike), Megalloway, Parmechene lake tribs (day hikes from camp), Allagash and St John's (canoe). It'd be fun to hear of another route, preferably with a 15+ mile hike-only access into fishable waters.
How viable is the fishery Osthoff talks about nowadays? The book is 10 years old, and much might have changed. Has anyone done a hike-in trip to the Winds or any of the regions he talks about?
Thanks in advance.
Hike in
Not New England, but just across from New England's West Coast (Lake Champlain) you have the High Peaks region in the Adirondack Park. Perhaps 6? hr drive from Woods Hole. I used to hike into Avalanche Pond and Colden Pond as well as some high beaver flowages. The acid rain really clobbered some of the higher ponds, but I've heard second hand that the reclamation has gone well in some. AI would think a float tube would be your best bet. In the same area you have the Saranac River and the West Branch of the Ausable. You should PM Jim M. , he lives just south of there.
also inspired by Osthoff's book. awesome info in there despite not being necessarily up to date. alot of the high lakes up here go through cycles, a small fish turn to big fish, possibly spawn, overpopulate, back to lots of small fish. some lakes have no natural spawning and some experience fish kills. all these factors plus some tight lips make info difficult to find. but its worth doing some research.
Ive done 5-6 trips into the Winds to fish various areas and can attest to the current health of the trout fishing there. probably my favorite fishing. hike in w/ all your gear and food. choose an area w/ a cluster of lakes and streams and just spend ur days exploring there are many fish and some very large ones. go as long as possible. my longest has been 5 days, not nearly long enough. good luck
ADKs and Maine
I spent about a decade dedicated to the study of still water backcountry ponds in the ADK's and Maine. The ADKs have some exceptional brook trout ponds. I tend to stay away from the high peaks region though. There is quite a bit more traffic there then other parts of the ADK's. The acid rain had two impacts. On the western ADKs they killed quite a few ponds and many remain too acidic for trout to this day. However many have come back. The other impact is that those that did come back and had invasive species issues have been reclaimed via the acid rain (funny thing is that the state calls it natural reclaimation), stocked with native strains and are now brook trout only ponds. The state also reclaims many of the ponds in NY and restocks them with native strains. Brook trout only ponds offer by and far the best trout fishing IMHO, especially if you flyfish. The pond needs at least 3 years to bring the fish to at least 12 inches. You may not catch as big a fish in them as those with shinners and such but you will catch nice fish 12"-16" and many many more. Float tube is a must if you intend to flyfish. You have the option of trail walking or bushwhacking. Bushwhacking you will go about 1MPH as opposed to 3MPH on a trial in the NE. The NE woods are much thicker then out west. I find NE backcountry adventures to be very different then out west.
Osthoff - He is the man
Hey Josko
Me and a friend have read and reread Osthoff's book and he is "the real deal" as he glossed himself in the book. We hiked in and did the St. Joe's river in Idaho near the Idaho/Montana border about three years ago, which he details in a chapter in his book. Unbelievable backcountry area by the way. He notes in the book that he went in the late 1980's-early 1990's, and it was our experience that trip that the average was about 2" smaller than he was talking about, and we didn't crack 18", where he talks about a few 20" fish. This was in four days of hard fishing. I've always wondered about his book becoming dated, but this is the only example I've found so far, and I've now fished a bunch of the locations he outlines in the book. For the most part, his info is honest and spot on.
I have spent some extensive time in the Winds, averaging 7-8 days a year for the past 16 years. My friend and I spent some time poring over 7:5 topo maps for the Winds and thought we had finally figured out a "secret" string of golden trout lakes he details, but does not give the location in his book (about page 100 I think). My freind ordered some flies from Osthoff and got him talking and he admitted to us that we were right. He was very explicit in requesting that we don't make it "public knowledge" so I apologize if I can't lay it out here.
We went there that summer (2005) and it was awesome!! One of the hardest hikes (28 miles and three separate drops/gains of over 1,500 feet) I have ever been on but the camping and fishing were spectacular. By far my best Winds trip to date. Caught some beautiful goldens and saw some bigger ones cruising about 20 feet beyond my casting range. There's a string of three lakes with a long outlet stream and several waterfalls, and we caught goldens all over. Our base camp was on a larger cutthroat lake right at the inlet about 50 feet down from a large waterfall, and we caught more 14"-18" cutts sight fishing than I care to try to remember. I guess my point is that Osthoff's info is straightforward, generally accurate and if your willing to do some homework and exploring, there are some gems to be found in that book. He definitely peppers his writing with "clues".
The Winds in general is probably among the finest hike in fishing destinations in the U.S. I have spent time in plenty of back country/backpack areas all over Idaho, Washington, Utah, Montana and Wyoming and I always find myself dreaming about the Winds. Pretty much no matter where you put in, the first days hike is absolutely brutal. There is just not an easy way in. The other days are no picnic either, but I think the sheer remoteness and difficulty in hiking in cleans alot of the "tourists" out. The horse outfitters are known to gouge everyone in sight and are more pricey than other areas. That's cheating anyway right?? The lakes are deep, enough bugs are present, the water is crystal clean and the fish are healthy. Most of the lakes on the west side are relatively open in terms of vegetation along the shores, and walking along the bank with a hopper and sight fishing to cruisers during the summer has been my norm. For whatever reason (wind probably), the east side lakes generally have trees right down to the shore, and finding an isolated rock or casting corridor can be difficult.
Anyway, sorry for the book. I just love the Winds and obviously think highly of them. If anyone is serious (not just looking for general info) about planning a trip, I would be happy to help with general tips or planning on where to put in and what kind of gear to take. Just give me an email or a PM. Please don't ask about the golden lakes - that information is there for you to discover. Good luck. Josko, I owe you one so let me know when you are serious about the Winds and you are ready to go and I will hook you up with all the info you need.
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Hey Josko,
Sorry I am a bit late on responding to your request for info. Its been a busy Christmas season. I live in southwestern NH and have done some hike-in fishing in the White Mts. You might want to start with Steven Smith's, "Ponds and Lakes of the White Mts" published by Back Country Publications. You can find cheap used copies on Amazon. It is written with both hikers and anglers in mind. It includes detailed maps, size and elevation of the pond, and clear descriptions for each destination. It even rates the difficulty of each hike. I have fished Lonesome Lake, Kinsman Pond, Black Pond, and Shoal Pond and a few others. It is also worthwhile to hike the Franconia Brooks trail. It is a relatively flat terrain surrounded by 4000' +peaks. Once you get past Franconia Falls (and the crowds it attacts) you will find several miles of fishable water all the way to 13 falls tent site where you can spend the night. There is nothing too big to catch maybe 12 - 16 inches at the most, but you will be in some incredible backwoods country. Some of the ponds are not easy to fish with all the vegetation surrounding them. For many you will need a float tube. I did not have one so it limited my ability to catch. I am sure if I could've got out farther I would have had more success. The state stocks some of the more remote ponds, but they keep that info quiet. If you don't feel like doing much hiking, the Swift River which follows the kacamagus Hwy or the upper Saco both have some nice stretches where you can find your own
private pool. Good luck!
Steve M.
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Oswegatchie/5ponds is a nice trip... and the Adirondaks offer a lot of options as well but I've had mixed success and seems to be a lot of variance year to year. My favorite hike in brook trout fishing is in the Tunk Mtn. area of Maine and Downeast Maine in general. There are hundreds/thousands of oppt'ys to drive down endless logging roads and then hike into remote ponds, lakes, and streams.
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Should we add the GTA IV Timeline aswell, or start a new page for it since GTA IV isn't in the GTA III Era. George 11:13, 9 June 2007 (BST)
- [Grand Theft Auto IV|[GTA IV]] is a new series, so does not fit into the GTA III era or the GTA III era Timeline. In time it may have its own GTA IV era (if there are more games before GTA V (GTA 5). There will probably be a GTA IV Timeline soon enough, but we don't have anywhere near enough information to justify that yet. If more games are announced, the GTA IV Timeline will become GTA IV era Timeline - but not yet.
GTA IV stuff can on the timeline because it's all the same fictional universe (USA) but, it doesn't have the same characters.-T-888
- Things from the GTA IV storyline can not go onto this article, as the events are not from the same storyline as those of the GTA III Era. Rockstar Games have said this in the past. There is, however, a different timeline, specifically for the events of GTA IV, The Lost and Damned and GTA Chinatown Wars. A-Dust 02:39, 5 March
why can't it be like star trek and be different eras on the same timeline-T-888
- As I said above, Rockstar Games, the creators of the series, have said that the storylines are not part of the same timeline. A-Dust 13:47, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
I know what you mean, but what do you mean man? T-888
Are these dates solid? I know my strategy guide i bought for vice city states that tommy was 35 years old in 1986 at the time the game took place. wouldn't that mean he was born in 1951 not 1949?
- That is correct and the article has been edited to remove this information. A-Dust 16:30, December 18, 2009 (UTC)
It was said that none of the past characters or stories would have any effect on this era's games but it has still been implied that the past events still did take place. Like for instance when Lazlow's promo/intro comes on and it lists all the things from prior games like he started out on Vice City's V-Rock and then to the Los Santos based Entertaining Aamerica and so forth. Even the one cab driver he interviews says "bring back that vegetarien guy!" referring to the karate/Organic health food guy grom chatterbox in GTA III. There are other things too that i cant really remember at the moment but i'd say you can still tie in previous events, I think rockstar just meant they nor any previous characters would have any effect on any new-era games.
- Firstly, please add new comments to the bottom of the discussion, as it allows people to respond quicker and helps a discussion flow better. There are many references to the GTA III Era and some characters do appear with the same history (like Lazlow) but these are merely references to the GTA III Era and nothing else, as Rockstar Games have actually stated that the two (GTA III Era and GTA IV Era) are not related. A-Dust 16:30, December 18, 2009 (UTC)
I'm inclined to believe the events of Vice City Stories must take place in fall or later, just due to the fact that Pat Benatar's "We Belong" featured in the game was released in late October of 1984. Unless there's specific mention of time of year within the game, I think fall is possible, because apparently Miami's weather in fall is still quite warm, and I doubt it would be easily distinguishable from summer especially in the context of a video game. Dylansan (talk) 04:15, April 27, 2013 (UTC)


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Recalls how, while ill with typhoid, he persuaded the Skarzysko doctor that he was fit to work [Interview: 1989]
Like other Jews, the Lewents were confined to the Warsaw ghetto. In 1942, as Abraham hid in a crawl space, the Germans seized his mother and sisters in a raid. They perished. He was deployed for forced labor nearby, but escaped to return to his father in the ghetto. In 1943, the two were deported to Majdanek, where Abraham's father died. Abraham later was sent to Skarzysko, Buchenwald, Schlieben, Bisingen, and Dachau. US troops liberated Abraham as the Germans evacuated prisoners.
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Dirty WHOers Podcast - Episode 3
More of the same old tosh. Now safe with pets and household fabrics, may contain nuts and added Scotsman.
More of the same old tosh. Now safe with pets and household fabrics, may contain nuts and added Scotsman.
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Not that we see ourselves as a purveyor of news, but, I got a teensy bit excited by this new promo pick from Moffat & Co for the Doctor's and Amy's upcoming season 31(?).
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In the growing tradition of Dirty WHOers, and to supplement our learned and calm discussion on Big Finish Audio Adventures, we are pleased to present a companion to our "Last of the Time Lords Pt. 2" bingo card.
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Yay! More middle-aged, anal-retentives and drunks arguing about Dr. Who! Just what the podcasting world needs. On the plus side, it's a lot shorter this time. Check out the top player (below) for our latest WHOerish fandom.
This time, the home work was 'Kingmaker' from Big Finish, for which the Fluff (Fuschia) sensibly wrote a review last week (before we could add OUR enraged and narrow-minded opinions into the mix).
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If this actually worked, it would be a junk-food lover's dieting dream: Tuesday in Japan, PepsiCo will release Pepsi Special, a "fat-blocking" soda with added fiber. Imagine it: you could pull up to the fast-food drive through, order a double cheeseburger and large fries, and not worry about the fat in the food because your soda would block it. Heck, go ahead and throw a few hunks of bacon on the burger. The soda will cancel it out.
Somehow, I don't think it's going to work that way, but I'm betting PepsiCo is hoping that consumers believe it will.
The soda will have added dextrin, a fiber-rich starch that can be made from corn, potato, arrowroot, rice, tapioca or wheat. I remember several years ago when Weight Watchers put a high emphasis on the fiber content of a food and high fiber foods usually received lower points, meaning you could eat larger portions of them. Someone asked our leader why we couldn't just sprinkle a fiber supplement in a milkshake to lower the points it had. The leader said something about foods that were naturally high in fiber were also usually naturally healthy, too, and that it was better to use real food to help with weight loss, not food with additives. The milkshake would still have the calories and fat, and even if adding fiber to it made a bit of a difference, it would give people a false sense that they could drink all the milkshakes they wanted as long as they dumped a few tablespoons of Benefiber in them.
Adding fiber to your daily diet is a good idea, but adding fiber to your diet through a sugar-laden, empty calorie drink isn't. The Atlantic called adding fiber to soda and calling it healthy "insidious" because it could lead many people to drink more soda — and any health benefits from the added fiber would be negated. That's exactly what my Weight Watchers' leader was saying, too.
If Pepsi Special ends up being popular in Japan, you know it won't be long before it comes to the United States. When they do, skip the "fat-blocking cola" and reach for foods that are naturally high in fiber — beans, whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables. Wash them down with water and get some real health benefits from your fiber.
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It all began with Dorothy Levitt back in 1906. Not long after she suggested that women should carry a small handheld mirror to "hold aloft from time to time to see behind while driving," rearview mirrors became a fixture on cars.
Cut to modern times: we now have blind-spot monitoring technology available in cars ranging from Chevrolet to Mercedes-Benz. But, according to expert George Platzer, blind spots can be avoided by adjusting our mirrors properly.
Platzer's thesis, "The Geometry of Automotive Rearview Mirrors – Why Blind Zones Exist and Strategies to Overcome Them," recommends a way to adjust your mirrors so you can eliminate blind spots (of course, you have to wade through some complex equations first).
We're creating blind spots with our mirrors
Whoever taught you to drive probably told you to adjust your outside mirrors so you can see the sides of your vehicle reflected in them. Where this conventional wisdom came from is lost in the mists of time and probably has nothing to do with pioneering motorist Dorothy Levitt.
According to Platzer (who, by the way, has graduate degrees in Physics and Automotive Engineering), that traditional method pretty much guarantees 2 large blind spots, each one big enough to hide a car. That's because the outside mirrors' field of view overlaps with the inside mirror's significantly — and that means all 3 mirrors are essentially looking at the same space behind you.
3 mirrors, each with a specific job
Let's divide up the jobs of the 3 mirrors found on most modern cars. The inside rearview mirror gives the best view directly behind your vehicle. Although large rear-seat headrests or your passenger's heads can get in the way, this inside mirror generally provides a clear and wide view of the cars behind you, including those traveling in adjacent lanes on multilane highways.
The sole job of the outside mirrors, then, is to reveal vehicles traveling alongside and slightly behind you. That means you should adjust these outside mirrors so there's just a tiny bit of field-of-view overlap with the inside mirror. When the car that's passing you moves outside the view of the inside mirror, it should start to appear in one of the side mirrors. Then, when it starts to move out of the view of that mirror, it should be visible in your peripheral vision.
How to eliminate blind spots
So, how can you perform this ideal mirror adjustment while seated in your parked car? Platzer suggests following these 4 easy steps:
- From the driver's seat, position your head against the driver's-side window, and then adjust that side's rearview mirror so you can just barely see the side of your vehicle.
- Next, position your head to the right, more or less over the center console, and do the same type of adjustment for the passenger-side mirror.
- Once your side mirrors are adjusted properly, make sure your rearview mirror is centered for optimal view of what's behind you.
It may sound awkward, but it works. With properly adjusted mirrors, you can minimize those quick over-the-shoulder looks before you change lanes, and, instead, simply glance in the outside mirrors and use your peripheral vision to detect cars alongside you.
Change your driving behavior
Still not convinced? Well, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there were 1.5 million injury crashes in 2011 and 9 percent involved lane-change maneuvers. While blind-spot monitoring technology is improving this stat, you don't need to invest in a new car (or rely on technology alone) to stay safe.
My advice: consider changing the way you adjust your mirrors. You have little to lose but old habits.
And, as a precaution, continue to look over your shoulder until you become comfortable with this method. Over time, you may find you can rely almost solely on your mirrors. It'll be easier on your neck … and you may just save it!
While you're at it, here are some other ways to protect yourself and your car, covering everything from hazard lights to windows and windshields.
You can read more from Neil Szigethy on his blog carknack.net.
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Roy Keane has written about his time at Portman Road. Susan Gardiner took a quick look and these are her first impressions.
I did wonder whether Roy Keane would say very much about Ipswich Town in his new autobiography, The Second Half, co-written with Irish novelist, Roddy Doyle. I enjoyed his previous book with Eamon Dunphy (with whom he later fell out. Obviously.) and I felt some sympathy with him when he came to Ipswich – here's a man who will never be able to build a career away from the cameras, journos and their tiresome ringing mobile phones, and keyboard warriors high on male pheromones – but that has been severely strained by a quick glance at the relevant chapter of the new book. Given that I don't have the context of the entire book, it wouldn't be fair to comment too much on Keane, the man – although it's hard not to.
It's quite obvious that Keane regards his whole time at Portman Road as a mistake. He claims that he and Ipswich were a "bad fit" and the omens were there from the start: hardly anyone came to his first training session which was open to the public, he says. Oh, and he hates blue: "I don't like fuckin' blue. City were blue. Rangers were blue. My biggest rivals were blue? Is that childish?"
Yes, Roy. It is.
I'm quite glad that I was unaware of that level of irrationality when he was our manager. Although this book was written with hindsight, it's a curious method of self-justification and that particular bit doesn't ring true. I wonder why he says it. It's not particularly edifying. He goes on: "I couldn't feel it. Me and the club. I get annoyed now, thinking that. I should have been able to accept it."
This is the tone of the section I've read: slightly regretful, mea culpa, I should have accepted the situation and have done my best with it. But I don't buy it. It seems to me that, at Ipswich, he felt like Gloria Swanson, playing the ageing Hollywood star, Norma Desmond at the end of Sunset Boulevard ("I am big! It's the pictures that got small.") He moans about his office, "like a school prefab," and it makes me long for the humility of an Alf Ramsey or the pragmatic cheeriness of a Bobby Robson ("good fits").
The question springs to mind: why was Roy Keane appointed at all? What was in Marcus Evans' mind when he (presumably) decided to sack Magilton and replace him with this man? Magilton was not doing particularly badly. In retrospect, it seems very harsh that he was sacked and, although we're happy to have Mick McCarthy, I do wonder how well Magic Jim would have done, had he had the time to build a team. The only explanation that I can come up with for the arrival of Keane is "publicity." And he definitely created huge opportunities for a certain grey and white logo to be displayed all over Britain's press and TV screens.
Keane is certainly self-deprecating at times: "I made another mistake. I should have looked at the bigger picture." He writes of what he describes as "the dreaded conversations with the owner" during the close season. It's interesting to see that, for all his anonymity, Evans is not averse to interfering with managerial decision-making. Perhaps Town fans became too used to the completely hands-off approach that the Cobbolds took for decades, although it seemed to work for us. I was most surprised by the picture Keane draws of sitting with ME discussing tactics, with a tactics board. Perhaps this explains a lot:
ME: "Well, why can't he play there?"
RK: "Because he's this and he's not that."
ME: "Let's go with the younger players."
So, according to Keane's book, he was told to go for youth rather than experience against his better judgement. "The average age of a promoted team is twenty-eight or twenty-nine."
Keane puts the failure to recruit (33-year-old) Sean Derry firmly at the feet of the club. He wanted an experienced pro, which is understandable, but whether Derry was the right "fit," we'll never know. He's respectful towards Town fans, says some kind words about Connor Wickham but what he says about some of his other players demonstrates an absence of rapport to say the least. When shaking their hands and wishing them luck going on to the pitch "sometimes I'd wonder what they were putting into my hand."
He wanted to physically attack Pablo, and his bust-up with Walters is the stuff of legend (vomit selfie, anyone?) but what he says about selling Rhodes is interesting, at least to me because I always suspected that was a club decision rather than Keane's and he confirms it.
Most interesting of all are his revelations about CEO Simon Clegg. And that there was never an occasion when he, Clegg and Evans were ever in "the same room together." His comment on Clegg ("This is the face you have got") being answerable to Marcus Evans rather than working with the manager rings true and it's perhaps one thing that we can be sympathetic with Keane about.
While I find him surprisingly unanalytical and lacking in self-awareness (that ego gets in the way too often), I think he's right about not being a good fit with this club. I despair that he compares us unfavourably to Sunderland and even more when reading these words: "Chris Kiwomya was there, and Bryan Klug, and Steve McCall was the chief scout. They'd all played for Ipswich. It has the feel of a family club that didn't need breaking up. But that was exactly what it needed."
Ultimately, it was the wrong appointment at the wrong time and for questionable reasons. Keane clearly found it onerous to "discuss mobile phones for hours" when Wickham has been thrown out of his digs. I was struck by the comparison with our great managers of the past, Ramsey and Robson, who patiently performed far more menial administrative tasks for the club and had a genius for good relationships with their players and other staff, well documented elsewhere. As Kevin Beattie recalled of Bobby Robson: "It didn't matter if you were the best player in the team or the worst player, he treated you the same and got the best out of you. He could make an average player into a good player and a good player into a great player. It was uncanny ability and that made him stand out as a manager. Wherever he went, he seemed to get the best out of his players. I know at Ipswich, we all just wanted to play for him."
Roy Keane wasn't blessed with players of the ability of Beattie, Mariner, Wark or Mills, and it's arguable that things may have been different if he'd had a different kind of owner and chief executive to deal with. In many ways, Keane was a symptom of the changes made to our club's character in recent years rather than the cause of our problems. Let's hope that in Mick McCarthy we now have someone able to deal with that, yet retain respect for the nature of our club.
The Second Half by Roy Keane and Roddy Doyle (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2014). Borrow it from your local public library, they need your support.


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I just tried to add an answer to this question, and it took me 4 tries and extra crappy text because the new triviality algorithm kept making my answer a comment.
This question had no need of a long answer, it only needed a statement and a link. Penalizing answers just because they're short, is short-sighted.
You can easily see this on the Review->low quality answers page because it cues off of short answers, and most are just fine and to the point. An algorithm just based on answer length or link content will create way to many false postives, and only frustrate answerers.
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Chancellor Charles Sankey (2009-02-05)Chancellor from 1969 to 1974. He was the second Chancellor of Brock. Dr. Sankey celebrated his 102nd birthday on July 31, 2007.
Chancellor R. L. Hearn (2009-02-05)Chancellor from 1967 to 1969. He was the first Chancellor of Brock.
Chancellor R. L. Hearn (2009-02-05)R. L. Hearn was Chancellor at Brock from 1967 - 1969. He was Brock's first Chancellor. Chancellor Hearn is pictured here on the right.
Chancellor Robert S. K. Welch (2009-02-05)Chancellor from 1985 to 2000. He was the fifth Chancellor of Brock.
Chancellor Sankey (2009-02-05)Chancellor Sankey speaking.
Chancellor Shaver (2009-02-05)Chancellor Shaver in his Academic Gown.
Dr. Cecil Shaver (2009-02-05)Chancellor from 1974 to 1981. He was the third Chancellor of Brock.
Dr. Moriyama and his son (2009-02-05)Architect and sixth Chancellor of Brock University, Dr. Moriyama, along with his son. Dr. Moriyama was Chancellor from 2001 - 2007.
Dr. Raymond Moriyama (2009-02-05)Dr. Moriyama, an architect, can be credited with designing many of the buildings around the Brock campus, including the one he and his son are pictured with here - the Mackenzie Chown Complex. Dr. Moriyama was the sixth ...
Ralph Misener (2009-02-05)Brock's fourth Chancellor from 1980 - 1985


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After a brief delay, the flexible BitTorrent-delivering Myka set top box will be delivering torrents to your television in about four to six weeks.
"The factory in China is humming. We are eagerly awaiting our first shipments due to arrive in 4 to 6 weeks," said a Myka email sent to CrunchGear.
As we told you back in March, this Apple TV-esque looking box connects to the inernet via LAN or Wi-Fi. On the back there's ports for HDMI, composite, s-video and even SPDIF. Inside, you have some more options: A choice of 80, 160 or 500 gigabytes, with a price range of $US300 to $US450 (which is slightly more than the aforementioned Apple TV). [CrunchGear]


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Lately there has been quite a few more spambots frequenting our forums than we would like (the number we would like is zero!).
Over the past month the following changes have been enacted to help combat some of the spam:
1. Spam-O-Matic settings were tweaked to be stronger and more strict, as well as more restrictions were imposed on accounts under "New User" (default account when you register - the system checks every 5 minutes to see who has a post of 1 or higher to move them into "Registered Users" and give them full permissions).
2. Our Honeypot has been tweaked to be more strict on IP addresses the visit the site (unfortunately this may also affect some users unintentionally if set too strict, so we can't push it much further).
3. I've installed a product to help combat some spam as the bots are somehow bypassing restrictions in place from Spam-O-Matic. This new plugin requires a post count of 1 before links are posted in any forum section. We'll have to see if spambots are able to get around this as well.
Unfortunately, some spammers do bypass our system, and this sometimes isn't the fault of the system itself - some of the spammers may be human and posting spam manually. In these cases, if they follow our forum procedures and gain their first post count and then post their spam - the system wont pick it up.


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The long-legged tennis grunter is officially off the market again, and this time around she went off-court for her new boyfriend. Sharapova is reportedly dating Charlie Ebersol, 25-year-old son of NBC Sports Chairman and President Dick Ebersol. Charlie, as you may remember, was the Ebersol son who survived the horrific charter plane crash four years ago.
Notre Dame senior Charlie Ebersol and his father, NBC Sports Chairman and President Dick Ebersol, survived a charter plane crash that killed at least two people in Montrose, Colo. Sunday. Both men were seriously injured when the private jet crashed on takeoff at Montrose Regional Airport, hitting a fence and bursting into flames, according to the Associated Press. The crash occurred at approximately 10 a.m. Mountain Standard Time and happened 185 miles southwest of Denver, near the Telluride Ski Area, according to the Bloomberg News Service. Charlie Ebersol helped pull his father out through the front of the plane, which had been ripped apart from its cockpit, eyewitness Chuck Distel told the Associated Press.
Currently, Charlie's some sort of film producer working who's worked with entertainment legends like Ashton Kutcher. Sharapova's still nursing a sore shoulder and won't be able to compete the rest of this tennis season, but she's able to prance around socialite dinners and auction herself off for charity. Celebrity Side Dish [NY Daily News]


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Home » Our Work » Research » Research Grants » Person-Specific Modeling of Suicidal Ideation in Sexual Minority Youth
Katerina O. Sinclair, Ph.D., M.A.S., University of Arizona
2012 Pilot Research Grant
Inside the Research
Bio: Dr. Sinclair received her doctorate and Master of Advanced Studies degrees from Pennsylvania State University in 2010. She is currently the Project Director and Statistical Consultant at the McClelland Institute for Children, Youth & Families and the Southwest Institute for Research on Women, both at the University of Arizona.
Abstract: While many factors have been identified that are associated with suicidal ideation and behavior, it is difficult to predict what factors are functioning to produce such behavior in a particular individual. The goal of Dr. Sinclair's study is to develop a method to predict changes in the severity of suicidal ideation and depression in an individual over time. She is particularly focused on sexual-minority youth and the application of Joiner's model of suicide. Her primary aim is to demonstrate that following individuals intensively over time will allow for the identification of factors that increase and decrease suicidal ideation and behavior. Using this novel approach, she hypothesizes that: (1) individual models will predict changes in suicidal ideation more effectively than population models; (2) factors that affect suicidal ideation will be specific to each youth and their impact will change over time; and (3) individual models will successfully identify protective factors and interventions that reduce suicidal ideation over time in each youth. In order to test this, three to five youth who report high levels of suicidal ideation will be recruited from a larger, multisite, longitudinal study of suicidal ideation in LGBT youth. Each participant will complete a 120-day daily assessment using a battery of instruments that assess suicidal ideation and depression, stressful experiences, coping skills, and treatment received. She will examine and compare the patterns identified for each youth to understand suicidal ideation and behavior.
Impact: To create an online interface that would create person-specific models in real time allowing clinicians to closely monitor clients in order to select appropriate interventions.


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Star Student: Alex Glavin
Thanks to a scholarship, this College Prep junior spent the summer learning Russian in Russia.
Photos courtesy of Alex Glavin
Thanks to a U.S. State Department scholarship, Alex Glavin got to spend the summer in Russia, learning the language and soaking up the culture. The College Prep junior can now hold a conversation in Russian.
Diablo's summer high school intern, Tova Ricardo, caught up with Alex at his Lafayette home to find out what it was like living and studying in Russia.
Q: Why did you apply for the State Department Scholarship?
A: When I first heard about it from a family friend, it sounded really interesting, because there weren't many options that I'd heard of to study in Russia—especially because my school doesn't offer it, and I hadn't encountered much Russian language. The [program] also offered Turkish, Korean, Persian, Hindi, and Arabic, as well as Chinese, which I study at school, but [I knew] learning a new language would be much different.
Q: What got you interested in Russia?
A: My grandpa on my mother's side is part Russian. Also, it's such a vast country, and I haven't gone in depth about it in my history program at my school. And I wanted to know more about it because it plays such a key role in European history.
Q: Your original summer plan was to intern in a lab. Why did you change you mind?
A: My STEM program teacher told me to go to Russia because I could always do an internship later. She always said that it is important to challenge yourself and put yourself out there. You might get a B in a class or not do as well as you wish you would, but if you're pushing yourself, I think it is more important than getting an A in every class when you're not necessarily trying new things.
Q: How well do you speak Russian now?
A: I'm not fluent, but I am able to hold a basic conversation. I actually had to do an oral proficiency interview, which was a post program interview to see how much I have learned. I went into the program not knowing Russian at all, so the staff wanted to see how much I learned. And because it is a State Department–funded program, they needed to have proof that it was working.
Q: Tell me about the classes you took while you were in Russia.
A: The classes were quite intensive, because you are going there to learn Russian, so all the classes were held almost entirely in Russian. Some of the people had known a little bit of Russian beforehand, but even they were having a hard time. But the teachers were really good.
Q: What did you do outside of school?
A: After our classes, we would walk to a cafe for lunch, and then we would have cultural activities. We would go to different places in the city, like the Hermitage Palace that dates back to the Imperial Russian time period. During the activities, a lot of the host siblings would join us, so that was a way for us to interact with Russian teenagers.
The host families added to the experience because at their houses, you had to keep speaking Russian with the family. After the first week or so, we were trying to learn about each other and our cultural differences, but later, we got really close and went to the park a lot. I know that some host families swam or went out to dinner, so it was another way to learn about culture and also be able to practice the Russian we were learning.
Q: Where else have you traveled?
A: I traveled quite a lot when I was younger. When I was in fourth grade, I lived in China for a year because my dad got a job there. It was much easier to travel to other countries that are nearby, such as Japan, Cambodia, and Thailand, because they are so much closer than if you are in America. It was about a two-and-a-half hour plane ride to Thailand.
Because I was so much younger at that time, I didn't have a sense of the history of places I visited. For example, while in Cambodia I didn't know about the after effects of the Vietnam War and the impact still today. I was really interested in the beautiful temples and can still remember them today
Q: What are your plans for college?
A: I will be looking for a major in the area of hard sciences, especially chemistry. I want to go to a school that is more science-oriented. I am also interested in chemical engineering, but I want to find a way to incorporate it with Russian.
For information on applying for the State Department's National Security Language Initiative for Youth Scholarship, visit their website at nsliforyouth.org.
Editor's Note: Tova Ricardo is a sophomore at Bentley High School in Lafayette, with a keen interest in writing and literature. She is a tenth grade representative in Student Government and plays on the Women's Varsity Soccer Team.


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Reward offered in High Point teen's homicide
Dorien Jackson's body recovered from Lake Townsend
A reward is being offered to solve the homicide of High Point teen found dead in a Greensboro lake two weeks ago. He was reported missing several weeks earlier.
Dorien Daymon Jackson, 18, was found in Lake Townsend during the afternoon of March 3. Jackson, who also went by "Wizzo," was last seen Jan. 10 when he left his home around midnight.
In early February, crews searched for Jackson at City Lake Park in Jamestown after his bicycle was found in a wooded area nearby, police said.
Then on March 3, three fishermen contacted law enforcement after seeing a body in Lake Townsend. The body was later identified as Jackson's, and the medical examiner ruled his death a homicide.
Anyone with information that can help investigators, including possible suspects, is asked to call Greensboro/Guilford County CrimeStoppers at (336) 373-1000 or text the tip to 274637 with the keyword badboyz.
CrimeStoppers pays a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest or indictment.