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A nice human interest story coming out of the olympics.
Ken Wood (an Australian swim coach) sold his top-secret training methods, which transformed Jessica Schipper into a world-record breaking 200m butterflyer, to the Chinese coach of Liu Zige, who won the Olympics gold at the Olympics and shattered Schipper's world record by 1.22 second. He was the existing coach of Schipper at Beijing FYI.
"They pay for the programs," Wood was quoted as saying. "They pay good money, big money. I wouldn't help them for nothing."
Wood denied betraying Schipper, saying he hadn't trained Liu since Australia's Olympic trials in March.
Well this gets one back to dear ol Mahabharata. Anyone remembers Dronacharya teaching archery to all the princes? Eklavya was never taught by him. He got Drona's image and practiced day in day out in front of that statue. At the end, he was asked to cut his thumb by Drona as a guru dakhshina (teacher's fee) for Arjuna to remain ther best.
Well here in this case, Drona asked for money rather than a thumb. Hence the title, Thumbs Up coach!!!!
The big story for any Indian today is about Abhinav Bindra's gold medal but the bigger story was happening with the silver medallist of the event. China's Zhu Quinan. The defending olympic champion couldn't stop his tears on losing the gold. Man!! he won the silver didn't he.. shows us the difference between us and THEM. But pressure in a sport which requires nerves of steel is too much even for champions.
To all those guys who are verbally challenged to call Saina, Sania, may I point out some differences?
Saina, coached by Pulela Gopichand is the World 15 as against World No 50+
Saina actually wins her first round matches
Saina actually performs under pressure when playing for her country.
Saina isn't seen in any ad (which is bad for her but maybe good for the country as of today)
Saina hasn't eaten any sweets/ ice creams for the last few years to remain fit as against I dunno what?
Saina hasn't ever threatened to quit playing for the country has she?
One is talking about the present and all one can ask for is to call her by her Actual name than some other famous (?) name..
And one isn't even talking about the Bindra family against the Yograj Singh family.. Any comments Mrs. Singh?
Asked for the umpteenth time in is career on Sunday whether he felt any pressure when he went out to bat, this time in the first innings of the 2nd test match between India and Sri Lanka, after having lost the first one comprehensively, Virender Sehwag said for the umpteenth time that he didn't. He couldn't understand what the brouhaha was all about. He went there and played his natural game, enjoyed himself, smashed the bowlers all over the park, scored a century, smashed the bowlers all over the park, scored a double century, carried his bat, came back for another crack, scored a fifty. All this was done with minimum fuss and a jovial smile on his face. Even his opponents couldn't begrudge him his achievement. Murali almost rushed to congratulate him when the 200th run was scored off his own bowling. Rarely has one seen a bowler do that. It was a wonderful gesture from one champion to another.
Back in December 2007, when Sehwag had been out of the Indian test team for more than 6 months, the selectors decided to exclude him from the list of 24 probables for the upcoming tour of Australia. For a man, who was the only triple century maker for his country, this was a cruel blow. In those 6 months, Sehwag had played a few ODI's and was also a part of the T20 World cup winning team, but had failed to impress with consistently decent scores. To top it Sehwag had not performed in the domestic matches as well and his previous record in Australia was not enough for the selectors to augment a place in the list. Gautam Gambhir, who was initially included in the list, got his shoulder injured and Sehwag was surprisingly included in the final 14 declared for the Australian tour 2007-08. It is widely believed that captain Anil Kumble's support tilted the balance in his favour. Kumble might have lost a few crucial tosses after that, but had called it right on one of the more important moments in Indian cricket.
Over the past few years, Sehwag had emerged as the man most feared in the Indian Test team. For a man who came to the team as a SRT clone and who had opening thrust on him due to a packed middle order, this was some achievement indeed. Tendulkar was almost revered, Dravid was hugely respected by their opponents. But when it came to pure unadulterated fear, Sehwag was your man. When an opposition captain was asking the Shakespearean "To declare, or not to declare" question, for setting the final target, the Sehwag factor added a few more runs to the equation. The sheer presence of the man contributed to the team in times of crisis. The significantly lower second innings average, notwithstanding. But he seems to have been coming to terms with that statistic as well after his brilliant 154 at Adelaide. The worrying factor for the opposition is that the man always seems to tide over his short comings. The 'Bowl short pitch at his body' mantra worked for some time, doesn't work too well now, 'bowl incutters to him' was temporarily effective but may not be any more. He is not a complete player and one is not trying to attribute qualities to him out of thin air. Just the fact that by the time you get the ball in the right area he might have actually scored 50+ is a headache for most opponents.
Sehwag evokes a gamut of reactions in fans of Indian cricket. Amazement, wonder, awe, anger, frustration, disgust, one gets everything at the Sehwag show. There's a very thin line between amazement and anger, wonder and frustration and awe and disgust. It's as thin as the line between 'carefree' and 'careless'. Ask Kevin Pietersen. But the fact that Sehwag averages above 50 reveals that more often than not, it's his 'carefree' approach that wins the day.
Virender Sehwag's batting style seems to fit the abovementioned fragment from "slowness". It seems like a daredevil approach to the game. He enjoys his game and the absence of any fear of the future leads to his pressure free game. One feels that some how it doesn't capture the essence of Sehwag's batting. It's not all wham bam. Maybe it is more nuanced.
One is not sure if this description of a speed demon applies to the top F1 drivers of our time. The present instant of his flight is what the driver may be concentrating on, but at the same time he has to be perfectly attuned to his current position, the condition of his car, the track conditions, the weather, team instructions and the strategy that he is running on. It's not the straight line speed that can be achieved by his car that matters as much as his ability to control that speed and brake at the last possible instant on curves and bends. The split tiny micro second more that he takes to brake than the other drivers may be the differentiator for the championship standing. What also matters is the reliability of the car, the speeds it can give on various segments of the track and the car's braking ability. Being a relative greenhorn to F1, one may be excused for any unintentional errors. But there is little doubt that F1 is one of the ultimate tests of man - machine combination.
Maybe Sehwag's essence can be described as this combination of man and machine. He has the talent, the hand eye co-ordination required to hit the ball better than most. Maybe he is the 'natural born hitter'. But at the same time his mind is not in a tizzy at times of his exhilarating stroke play. He seems to be on the way to becoming a great race driver as well. He knows what the team strategy is, he knows what the conditions are, he knows whether he has to push himself or just sit back a bit, he knows that he is control of the immense speed which has been gifted to him. He is on the way to becoming a more consistent driver. All F1 drivers make mistakes, so will he. It's the consistency that can propel him ahead.
But does the protagonist's description as a cricketer who bats phenomenally and bowls occasionally does him service. One would tend to disagree. There's more to him than his cricketing skills. Ishaant Sharma's extra over to Ricky Ponting at Perth which decided the fate of the match is a point in case. Sehwag has shown a keen cricketing brain beneath his easy going exterior and the fact that he is the vice captain for the SL tour bodes well for the future of Indian cricket. Who will take over from Kumble when he hangs his boots is an interesting poser, though one would believe that MSD is going to be the front runner, his 'rest' notwithstanding. The selectors have given enough hints about MSD's elevation to India test captaincy and they wouldn't want to upset the apple cart unless MSD is finding it tough to be in the Indian test team at that time. But this is just speculation, and at present post Dinesh Karthik's sterling contribution in SL, the bike loving (no reference to the Slowness piece intended) MSD would be the odds on favourite. But Sehwag is surely going to be considered for the job.
Virender Sehwag should do well to remember Shakespear's quote from Twelfth Night – "Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them". Amen


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By JESSIE STENSLAND
South Whidbey Record Staff Reporter
December 24, 2012 · 11:52 AM
Suspected double-murderer Joshua Lambert led detective to a hidden shotgun for $50 and offered to write a confession for another $50 and a cup of coffee.
Those details are included in a Motion in Support of Admission of Defendant's Statements that Island County Prosecutor Greg Banks filed in Superior Court last week. He's asking the judge to allow him to present at trial a number of allegedly incriminating and unusual statements made by Lambert.
Lambert, a 31-year-old homeless Oak Harbor man, is facing two counts of first-degree murder and one count of kidnapping for allegedly murdering his two grandfathers and tying up his great-aunt in October of 2011. He is acting as his own attorney and is claiming he's not guilty by reason of insanity. His trial is set for March 12.
On Dec. 21, 2011, Lambert sent a letter from his jail cell to Detective Ed Wallace with the Island County Sheriff's Office. He suggested he may know the whereabouts of a sawed-off shotgun missing from the home of one of the victims. He offered to provide information in exchange for $50, Banks wrote in the motion.
Lambert drew a map to help the detectives find the gun. The next day, the detectives brought Lambert to the wooded area in Oak Harbor to help look for the gun. They eventually found it nearby and Lambert got his money.
A month later, Lambert sent another unsolicited letter to Wallace, offering to provide "a written confession to the 2 murders for $50.00 and a cup of coffee and maybe another folder like the one that the discovery came in, but the folder is negotiable," Lambert's letter states.
He sent another letter the next day offering to testify in court that he committed the alleged homicides for an additional $50, the motion states.
A few weeks later, Lambert provided the prosecution with a five-page, hand-written confession.
Wallace said Lambert got the money and a cup of coffee.
In addition, Banks wrote that he plans to present statements that Lambert allegedly made to an Oak Harbor police detective and the jail chief. After the Oak Harbor police arrested him in the middle of N. Oak Harbor Street Oct. 3, 2011, a detective asked him whether he had any weapons, needles or anything sharp on him. Lambert allegedly stated that he had some needles, but that he believes he dropped or lost "the knife," Banks wrote.
A few weeks later, Lambert allegedly told the jail chief that he had "killed people," the motion states.
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Your math is correct, I do have two freshman this year. All of the points you made will be here in four short years. I have been thinking about convincing my wife to join this forum for the wonderful support system here. This forum was very helpful for my son when he was navigating through the ROTC HSSP scholarship process. I believe the help he received here greatly aided his success in receiving his scholarship. And now that he has started down this path, I can see how it will aid us as parents in knowing what to expect during this journey. Thanks again to all the great advice from all the helpful posters. |
I would convince her especially now that he is starting a new path in life that the two of you have no prior connection to in your personal life.
Little things come up that are foreign to parents and this site is a great asset to understand the system of what the cadets/mids go through each yr. Every child somewhere along their ROTC career will have stressful times, that they feel are the make or break. Parents want to be supportive, but IMPO if they don't understand why, they tend to do 1 of two things. 1. HELO around the child, frustrating the child 2. Downplay it and also frustrating the child. Your DS will come home talking in acronyms. This site will allow you to have a conversation without asking him to remind you what exactly is an OML and how does it work? Finally as a parent it will also soothe your fears, because nobody, not your friends or family understands your concerns or can answer questions like posters here. ROTC is part of college, and it is not the same compared to traditional non-ROTC students. We are here to always support you, and if we can't help, 9 times out of 10 we know where exactly you should go to find that assistance. Good luck.
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Best wishes to all the DDs and DSs going back to school soon
And also to all the family members. I think I am on the other side of things. My son commissioned in May. In a few of weeks I will fly down to Benning for IBOLC graduation. Hopefully no issues til then. DS is doing very well. He likes his captain. I have not seen him since May. Thank God for cell phones. There is a ceremony where a family member or friend puts a Blue Chord around his shoulder. It has been an Infantry symbol since a battle in the Mexican war. Girlfriend will do that. I am starting to defer to her on many things and very happy about that. 4 days with him then he has Ranger school. Very little contact with him during that until November.
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Congrats to your DS Norwich.
Bullet and I too are on the other side of things with you. We started the hand off at his commissioning this past May, GF pinned on his butter bars, Bullet swore him in, and I watched it beaming ear to ear in between the tears. Honestly I was glad she did, it was comforting to know he has her in his life. The hard part for me right now is not him leaving for UPT. It is the fact that he is going to NJ to say goodbye to my Mom, Bullet's parents and his aunts and uncles, knowing that he won't see them for probably close to 18-24 months. That's when it really hit me this is his life now and life as we were used to is not life as it will be in the future. I don't dwell on those things though. I think about all of the great experiences Bullet and I will get to enjoy by seeing new parts of the world...granted Del Rio TX is not my dream vacation spot, but San Antonio is 3 hrs away, and I hear the River Walk is wonderful. That's the thing. You have a choice, dwell on what you are losing, or embrace what you are gaining. Your choice. JMPO, I choose the latter.
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What you will see as they progress through ROTC, then after commissioning is the purpose, focus and confidence they can gain. I think DS can do anything in or out of the Army now. There are those tear fulled moments. But it can be an amazing ride!! And congrats to you and Bullet with your son. Has always sounded like a great kid. Thanks to both of you for your insight which has been very helpful to me over the years. |
This site has been a gift to me. I have been with Bullet through his AFROTC yrs, UNT, and 21 yrs AD(F-15E WSO), plus now his 2nd career GS (AF F-35). 28 yrs together.
Even with living the life as a dependent spouse, it is different when it is your child. Our families get the AF life because they lived it with us, but they don't get it as ROTC parents since their kids are not in ROTC. They don't understand "contracting". They don't understand how a broken bone or not so perfect vision can matter. Let's not even go down the road of SFT selection or OML's, let alone how a PFT can be a make or break regarding a scholarship. Or even worse commitment time owed, and that your child has no voice in the equation...."surely he doesn't have to go to Korea?" No, surely he does have to go if the military says go! Those are the inevitable questions you are asked by anyone close to you. They see ROTC scholarship as merit, and explaining to them the ins and outs of how it works is painful because it goes up and over their craniums. This site is a place you find people that GET IT. You don't need to argue with them about the stress as a parent worrying about your child not only academically, but also ROTC too. We lived this life as an ADAF couple, but that doesn't mean we were different than a non-military family and had the answers when DS left for college. We didn't have the answers, posters here guided us every step of the way yr by yr. Posters answered questions that seemed stupid, and reminded us that there was no stupid question. We held each other up when we were afraid or times were bad. We rejoiced in any poster's good news. I really hope that FlyingWildcatDad, will get his wife to just read this one thread.
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Will do. Right now she has been keeping herself busy getting ready for our trip next weekend to Lexington to take a few things we forgot/he needs before K Week and then his regular schedule begins. She is actually doing pretty good now in anticipation of our trip. This will be the last trip we take to Lexington until Family Weekend in October, so I bet the tears will start again after next Sunday when she has to say good bye again. Thanks again for all the support and helpful information.
For their freshman yr it is all about playing mind games to get you through it. Instead of thinking it will be October the next time she sees him, have her say to her self it is only about 6 weeks. 6 weeks sounds better than October when you are in the month of August.
Same is true for Columbus Day regarding Thanksgiving, but in reverse, next month you will see him, do not think of it as 7 weeks from now. Trust me every parent feels the same way, and by Columbus day they are not only accustomed to the lack of noise, but are fine with it. I remember when my kids were toddlers and my neighbor said OMG next week is Spring break (elementary age) kill me now. I thought how horrible to hate the fact that your children will be home with you. I got it when my 3 kids were in elementary school! Same for now, her lifestyle will change and it will become easier and easier each time she says goodbye. Like I said before come next yr, or his jr. yr you will have him do a shoulder roll out of the car or send him back with his own car because you guys will not want to do the 8 hr round trip drive to move him in.
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"Almajiris Are Not to Blame" – Hannah Hoechner, researcher, University of Oxford
Kano, National Politics, State News, Top Stories Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
They are often blamed for any and every social disturbance in the northern part of Nigeria. In fact, to many, the Almajiri are nothing but irritants. But Hannah Hoechner, a researcher from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, UK, who spent a year in Kano working with the Almajiri, does not see them as such. Hoechner who studied International Relations and Development Studies in Dresden, Germany, and Oxford, UK, spent a better part of 2010 doing her doctorate research in Kano studying traditional Koranic schools. In this interview with Tundun Adeyemo, special correspondent, UK, she talks about her impressions of Kano and the Almajiri. Excerpts:
What led you to Kano in the first instance and how did you cope with the heat, mosquitoes and life out there generally?
I had always been passionate about children and youth issues and wanted to pursue a related topic in my master's and doctoral research. I had spent some time in Senegal before coming to Nigeria. There I first came into contact with the traditional Koranic schooling system. It struck me how controversial and emotive the topic is, and how seldom the young people living as traditional Koranic students themselves are listened to – despite widespread concerns about them. I came to Kano because my supervisor at the time (Dr Masooda Bano) was doing some work for the DFID-funded Education Sector Support Programme in Nigeria, ESSPIN. By coming to Kano I could not only benefit from their logistical support but also cooperate with an agency interested in my findings and prepared to translate them into policy. As regards heat, mosquitoes, the wild traffic in Kano, the erratic electricity supply: one of the first things I was keen to learn from my friends in Kano was 'hakuri' – patience! I am still deeply impressed with the ability of the people of Kano to endure, and to have faith and hope for things to improve in the future.
Tell us a bit about your research. How well were you received? How do you think Kano State government can turn your research into policy?
The main motive behind my research is to understand the Almajiri-system from the point of view of its insiders. Why do parents opt to enrol their children as Almajiri? What kinds of experiences do young people living as Almajiri gain? What are their views and concerns? This wasn't always an easy point to get across. Many people, especially, adults, presume to 'know' the reasons behind the system and what the lives of these children are like, but not many make the effort to actually listen to the young people themselves. I tried to let them speak for themselves as much as possible. Part of this endeavour was the production of a participatory film or docu-drama called Duniya Juyi Juyi in which nine Almajiri from three different schools re-enacted experiences they had while living as Almajiri in Kano. Other parts of my research involved spending four months in a rural area of Kano State (Albasu LG), teaching them modern subjects, spending time with and befriending them, also, their teachers, fathers, mothers, aunts and grandmothers. I also conducted numerous interviews with teachers, parents, and current and former Almajiri. My research sheds light on the conditions sustaining the Almajiri-system as well as the everyday concerns of the young people enrolled in it. Both areas lend themselves easily to policy interventions.
It is often thought that life in the North can be difficult and scary especially for a foreign woman. How were you able to carry out your research without limitations of language and gender?
I think who we are always matters simultaneously in both positive and negative ways for the kinds of insights we can gain. Being a modern-educated, non-Muslim woman and Hausa-learner, certain domains were clearly inaccessible to me. For example, I couldn't participate in the Almajiri's lessons that took place in a mosque. At the same time, certain domains became accessible to me precisely because of my identity.
Being a woman, I could spend as much time as I wanted with other women who often turned out to be better informants than men! As a non-Muslim, I was granted more freedom moving about public space and interacting with men. As a foreigner, I could get away more easily with inadvertent (or deliberate) cultural trespasses, for example, failing to pay requisite respect to age or class hierarchies. My mistakes and awkwardness in Hausa might have served to put respondents (many of whom were illiterate) at ease who otherwise might have felt intimidated by the difference in level of education between us.
What part of your research did you enjoy or dislike most?
One of the best moments of my research was the premiere of our film Duniya Juyi Juyi. The Goethe-Institute (that had supported the project) organised a big screening on their premises with over 300 spectators. After the film, we had a question and answer session with the audience. It was great to see the Almajiri involved in the filmmaking being treated by spectators and attendant politicians at eye level. They took them and the concerns they had illustrated in the film seriously, and interacted with them as equals in the discussion. That was what I had wanted to achieve with my research: to give a voice to the powerless to speak up for themselves and to compel respect for their perspectives and identities.
Accordingly, the worst moments of my research were when people didn't consider my research to have any bearing on their realities, or when they felt inadequately compensated for their time and efforts by what I had to offer: that I would do my best to communicate their views to a larger audience. Being a researcher from a prestigious university in Europe carries all kinds of material expectations with it. I found it quite exhausting to rebut time and again misguided ideas about the vast resources I was presumably commanding.
The Almajiri have been linked to massacres, terrorism and radical Islamisation. In your opinion, would you agree that most of the Almajiri are vulnerable to these influences or noble to the true cause of Islam?
In my research I encountered neither the 'gullible children' nor the 'angry youth' ready to engage in sectarian or inter-religious violence as the Almajiri are often portrayed. The Almajiri I got to know well and became close to were resourceful and amiable young people. I guess the nature of anthropological research has it that researchers are more likely to defend than point fingers at their informants. Still I think there are some real problems related to the Almajiri-system that need to be addressed if one wants to rule out that young people become frustrated with, and eventually alienated from, mainstream society. First of all, what kinds of skills can current and former Almajiri acquire that will help them sustain themselves economically after school? The Almajiri I befriended longed for opportunities to learn or further their vocational skills and modern education. Secondly, is it possible for the Almajiri to conceive of themselves and their future positively? Being denigrated and denied respect was a huge concern for the Almajiri I got to know well. They were going out of their way to defy negative representations of them as hoodlums and rogues, and struggled to maintain a positive self-image as devoted seekers of sacred knowledge and character development. A rhetoric that puts the blame on the Almajiri for anything and everything may well frustrate and alienate them. A better approach would be to ask why some young people can't pursue the education they would like to pursue, and why there are so few jobs available even for those who manage to acquire modern education. This inevitably leads to questions about poverty and the unequal distribution of wealth in Africa's oil-richest country.
When you talk about the sadness of some of the Almajiri you spoke to who having started some sort of primary education, but left it off to join the Almajiri system, would you agree or disagree that these children are not entirely against Western education?
In most cases it is not the children themselves who take decisions about their education, but their parents. Most if not all of the Almajiri I met valued modern education and aspired to acquire it in the future. Former Almajiri make up a large part of the clientele of adult evening schools in Kano, it seems.
What do you make of the federal government's decision to build schools for the Almajiri?
It's certainly a step in the right direction. Questions that arise are however: how many students will these schools be able to cater for, and what happens to the rest? It is estimated that some 300,000 young people live as Almajiri in Kano State alone! How will the children to attend these schools be selected? How can we ensure that the poorest of the poor are reached by such initiatives?
You were in Kano for over a year; did you get a taste of Sharia law in practice? What are your thoughts about Sharia law?
As any other social order, Sharia is always the product of the social and political conditions in which it is practiced. How it is experienced in everyday life is highly contingent on contextual factors. For example, Sharia law gives women a number of rights in the case of divorce. However, many women in rural Kano don't know these rights, nor do they have the means to pursue their claims in court. Thus the empowering potential of Sharia cannot be realised.
Would you return to Kano State on holiday or perhaps for another study?
I would certainly love to see the people I grew close to in Kano again as soon as possible, especially as the sad recent developments in Kano – the bombings of January 20 and continued attacks on the police since – leave me worrying how they are doing. After a German national was taken hostage in Kano and the hostages taken in Birnin Kebbi in May 2011 were killed, I suppose though that my university (and family) would object to me visiting Kano at the moment. At least now that more people have mobile phones, it has become easier to stay in touch even over the distance. If the government finally does something about the erratic electricity supply in Kano, there is even hope that their phones may be charged.
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Story: Entire series of the first Gerry Anderson 'Supermarionation' puppet programme. When local Sheriff Tex Tucker saves the life of a young Indian boy, the boy's father gives Tex four magical feathers. Tex uses two of the feathers so that his horse Rocky and his dog Dusty can talk; the other two feathers he uses so that his six-guns will fire automatically whenever danger threatens. Includes all 39 episodes: 'How It Began'; 'Kidnapped'; 'Pedro Has a Plan'; 'Pedro's Pardon'; 'A Close Shave'; 'Indian Attack'; 'Sheriff For a Day'; 'Dusty Becomes Deputy'; 'Gunrunners'; 'Trouble at Yellow Gulch'; 'Frame-Up'; 'Gold Diggers'; 'Gold is Where You Find It'; 'Trapped'; 'Best Laid Schemes...'; 'Escort'; 'The Toughest Guy in the West'; 'Ghost of a Chance'; 'Gunplay'; 'A Lawman Rides Alone'; 'Jailbreak'; 'A Little Bit of Luck'; 'Landgrabbers'; 'Once a Lawman'; 'Election Day'; 'Gunfight on Main Street'; 'A Bad Name'; 'Horse Thieves'; 'The Ma Jones Story'; 'Bandits Abroad'; 'A Cure For Everything'; 'Teething Troubles'; 'Buffalo Rocky'; 'Safe as Houses'; 'First Train Through'; 'Happy Birthday'; 'Fancy Shootin''; 'Ambush' and 'Ride 'Em Cowboy'.
Starring: Nicholas Parsons (voice), Kenneth Connor (voice), Denise Bryer (voice), David Graham (voice), Michael Holliday (voice)
Directed by: Gerry Anderson, David Elliot, Alan Patillo
Music by: Barry Gray
Produced by: Gerry Anderson
Written by: Gerry Anderson
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g^^j^H>%>-^ •*m»i*IHMf^3B!H* a^Hg ^x, . , /• T ;;»UiR!!^^HSQa^ •i I'N W. MgRRICK S O . " " X.-. FOLLOW THE LEADER FOR NEIGHBORLY NEWS? '- FREEPORT LEADER "NASSAU'S LARGESI WEEKLY" BALDWIN FOLLOWTHr -LEaMJER--^- FOR";-:- RELIABLE ADVERTrsiNG' k0DSE'VEX_T.-••'-^'^- •'••M'E:R-R-r,GK-aotKYear, Noi'5 FBEEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY, MAY 26, 195i as FIVl: CENTS','PE»:G0I»JP-. Whife- eiiiii >|tiay^ l i i i i p f 0 New Une of Mardi For fflemorial Parade AnnounkdByGerbr Service To Ti^e Place Next To ViDage Halii . Mayor Glacken Speaker Fieeport'f Memorial Day parade will take a dlffeient route this year .and .the" patriotic service,,wWl.tate place al a new location, the village •paik on North Ocean, rfVenue next: to the Municipal Building, ; Baniuel D. Gerber, «i-and mar- 'shal. has announced that thft parftd^ will form on Pine street |imi;|!tlyj at.9:30 next Mondaj' iMprnlhg. If will move eastward on Little Pine stteet at 10 A.M., in accofdance with, .orders already Issued, __. !.i^,i. ; Proceeding south on Main, street to Merrick road, the njarchere will l u r a west to Ocean avenue, nortli -4o Pine a"reet, west to Ijong Bettch avenue pnd north to the s>lte of the prosram. . .- •' - ',"• -. 'A. band will^fun^sli impie lot each ingdA '-dtvisjo]:at^'tjtto- | 0 | ©pen^ Softball l i f a^iie , . . Jupior Big^^'School and Eletnbntiiry School Band& , . ^ AU vet'Crans aje Invited' to par-licipate in the pamde -and "the- "ffervlce, whether a member of any o)!;anizatlon or not., .:., • Mayor "WUUam P. GlockeW wfiU deliver the nddi-ess at the exercises, scheduled to follow-tile, ;ircc<:«sion. '• (Continued .on Page 7) Mayor.;WiUtaini'f'.''Oilscken at the microphone trLshPs-the Adult (iori- Irall League a pleasant i^iuumer-of sporf as the seasbn opeit» at NorUi-we^ t ^Park. In the. picture, left to rieht, a.re Jerae Kendricic, president of the league; Vajf Bnar Broivn, a ittember of t h e Fajlc Coimnissioii, and theAIa-yor. ' • ' . - , - • . ~ Sons of RevoluHon To Hear Br, Lat^aw Members of Long Island Chap ter, S,A.R.. are to attend services Sunday at 10:48 ooiock to the Preepoit MetbodlM Church. The members will Hs^emijle before 10:35 o'clock and .will occupy a block of seats to be reserved for thetn; The pastor, the Rev. Dr. ^ohn L. Lat-shaw, will preach on "The Lion, the EB|Ie, the Sun and the Cross." This ^ij5 the second year S.A.R. members have attended the Memo-lial Sunday services In the church. Freeport Palsy Unit Has Raised |4,200 Mr. and Mrs. MiUlgan {Made President Couple At Election onMonda;^ Reports received at' the annual meeting of the Ftecport Unit of the United Cf rebral Pali>y Association of Nasbau County in the cafeteria of ttie Atkinson School Monday night showed $4,200 was realized for the •sh^ji^--•?-:'ai-,^~-^>'I%li»j«t»^S3!^, -t\' -' . ., benefit "<){._ tttc, Roo'bevclt'rjiflkno.^tic. . : ^ * ^ . 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When a military parachute,-with ^eiit^ attached, _JWBB found in the ~ FreeBprXdumpritear the vtliage incinerator. on- 'Alijany --avenue, Pa- ^4^(nan' Fred,'Montross wa^ asked tb'ltive$tlgat«l He,'no,te(i the "chute's. " number "anff'^^ot' in--touch with _ Mtchfil'Fft'Ktr*-''-,-T"---v-i-_i'.— . ' -The Air Eorce -h'aci 'no "fecoSQiL •any-mliwlng pajachutf. It-.appears" . "Conslderin£that-the-Jirehmi6e-is tTTnt someone purchased ihe military village owned propeit'y "ipaiS^ for cwlpment at a salvage sale after by the tastpayers, WE believe we ' World" War II. Like many other could successfully challenge this ar-dlscarded materials It foixnd its bltrary action by your company. We way to the village dump. " ' have decided against taking -such t o whiit it c a l l s " t h i s ill-coiislderef! a c t i o n . "' In accordance with a resolution 1 adopted at the dslcs' May jneeting,,^ ihe board of governors asked Secretary M..X Brown to write the following; " letten. Copies; :.;w,er_e au-thorizid tt» *i'lr6i--dji^£.4 George Sehwran, the. Village; Boar^.and the. .newspapers;.^-; j ; . . ; , M J . . 1 ^ • , "Hose Co. N i ' i - - ''Leoiuird Ave. FlreHall - "Freeport, W. Y. « "Gentlemen: ""• "Since your organization has, far some undisclosed reason, deniert tjfie Northeast Civic Association-permission to .continue our inco-a-nyjnth civic meetings ai,ihe'-Iieonard Ave- Jiue llrfthonse, "ive~havr-been- forced-to. fii3tL<iyMters eliewhere.-' Peter Kelly Elected Leader Of Freeport Hepuhlican Unit -" --Pelci" Kelly was unaiiiuiously elected.Hi'ee4)ui-t Rcpubli-can Leader at "a mcofin{« of the Village's G.O.I*, conmiitlee- • men -liiesday night in tlie Sea Urt'ezo Restaurant. He Succeeds the late H. Alfred Vollnicn , • ' 7 • A coimty committeeman for 23, :— — years,. Mr- Kelly has resided .In.[.Bast. Sunrise .iitshway, and dcah h drastic -course 01 'action, as it might reflect unfavorably on the fire department as a whole, for whose fine work we have the greatest respect, :ana, aditJlration. "It is Indeed an unfortunate state 7 (Obhtinued oh Page 3» 200 -sifUl be turned over to a representative of the Institution. Numerous speakers proclaimed the past year as the most succesful in the history of the Freeport Unit. May Is Cerebral Palsy month and the Freeport unit has been assigned (Continued on Page 8> Salvation Anny Prive Readies $3,900 Mark ^The'lSJDO mark in the Salvation Army campaign" to raise $S,SOO for the work in Freeport, was passed at u.report meeting held Monday night m lieadquRlters. 75 Chmch street;, ^ f ^ j , ; <jay its phone numbei Is Robert N, Plllni6re, camptiif^n chair'^ | pjEeport &-3333 " Jian;jtna???,the anntrancemcnt : on tepmoriol Day' next' Mondhy IJe^alS5jjs.sued_a^ppeaI f o r a d - , jj^^, ^^yy^^^^ pharmacy at 370 At- CHUBBUK'S DRPC STORE - OPEN ALL-DAY SUNDAY QliubbukV"Drug Store, 39 South Main street, will be kept open-until 10 o'clock Sunday night after the" other stores In Freeport close . dut Itig the afternoon for the rest ditiohal workers to-speed the drive I,^,^,.^ ^^.^^^^^^ uelephcne "Freepoit i<, a conclusion. Mr. FiUmore ex-Tg.mj,, v/l|l stay open durmg- the plained Ehal persons resUUu? any where In the village mlght_ help by volunteering to canvass the square block on which they live. TlU!i may ^>e done by telephoning Br^jidlcr Ernest W. Newton, Freeport 8-4557, who will explain how, to proceed ^ Mr..Fillmore also urged that persons not*yct visited in the appeal who desire to contribute, do so by returning their gifts In self- addressed envelopes mailed to. all Freeport residents at the stait of the -campaign. Freeport all his life. He formerly was captain of Etigine Company No. l,of the Fire-Pepartmept^and holds membership in theJElks L6dge;jthc Archbishop Miolltiy-K. of Ci Council and the Holy Naihc Bb^iety. i'Mr. Kelly is a partner,; wltli his brother Anthony, In the KuUy. «rottier9 automobile JTOSIIKSS, at 15? UJpJverslty. in Insurance and real estate. He has been a Republican executive cpmmitteemata for about 18 years He resld'es at 52 Hillside avenue^ ' Married, ;Wr.--Kelly has a son John who-is grajluatlng .from Vtl-lanova University, and Will studj medicine' at CScorge Washington day until 10 o'clock al nighi after other pnarmacle.'! closu. reepip Damage Is Estonalel" At $2180 In Strange UshaphstMii Polytechnic Experiment Causes Busaaire Accident In SiiiaDi>Sized Ar^a White-hot. pellets rained over an.. .area about 200 feet" long Friday; morning at Baldwin Creek near At-» tantlc avenue. Freeport,^ causing, damage estimated at $2,080 hut miraculously falllna to injure anyone. Boats and autos In the vichilty-were slightly burned. The "pebbies," about the size o( agates, were hurled em% and west b? a T-shaped exhaust pipe at Broak* t3?n Polytechnic Institute's labora-* tbry. 827 Atlantic avenue, Preeportj -A wind-tunnel turned Its ejthauat pip»lnto a fiery cannon that hurletf" the pellets llke"buck.shot' Boais,wCars Damaged JFViur boats ana'theu equipment a& the Baldwin Boat Babln were dam-agefl to the extent of about S?15{ a^ BW'AtlanHo'fevwi^P«ete'^iSi?fcv'^ ly burned alter the hot -"pebWes" pierced ihclr windows, '""•' The other destruction—aside from tt)c burning of grass and tarpaulin— was confined to equipment and ma^ terials in "the Polytechnic Institute's lob. Testing is done there for ' the 17. S, Air Force. Speedy arrival of the Freeport Fire Department, led by Chief George Schwan. and police pre* vented furthef loss. Officials at the laboratory explained the accident.-'They said air; under high pressure wis heated by-being forced through whlte-hottr-pellets in a large heater, and thenj . passed into the wind tunnel, A ho&> bJe-^belng tested:- at the time—: failed. The _ cooling system ttusit; •: went out of order, and pressurj; toi the beater forced pellets to pour out of a pipe atop the quonset hut> Guard A^inst Re^tMlon ~ ; _ ' The lab Is changftig its equipmraifc .-- to euard against'a~r(!petltlon of the> odd mishap. "lifiistead of an overhead, outlet the officials arc havhlS' &n underground one built. This will bO' (Continued on Page G>' Post Office To Close For Memorial Day Monday There will be no window .service i t the Freeport Post -Office on Me-nljorialbay, Monday. May-30, 1956. Pac the convenience of boxhoWers Jie lobby will bebpeh from 9 A.M. •() 1 P,M. There -will be ju) deliverl,es )y letter carriers' but special de* ivery -matter will be delivered as ^celved until t'e^i. . . Cauricil Asks Housing Project With Federal or State Aid A .strong efft>r( to ^ e t F^edcral a i d f o r housinj* in B e n - iiiiiyloii ' P a r k was f a v o r e d u n a n i m o u s l y T u e s d a y night by Iho F i e e i j o r t C o i n i m i n i t y - C o u n c i l ^ B U t - t h e . s a m e r e s o l u t i on iiiHeci t h e V j l l a a c B o m d - ' U C o n g r e s s d o e s not p r o v i d e funds t h i s s i i n i i n e r - to s e e k g t a t e a i d i n s t e a d. During discussion before a vote ' ' ' on. the motion it was pointed out that a state twuslng project would br Included in the village debt limit, according to rulings, by high ap-thoilties. There may'Be d possibility of easing this rule sg tliat the loafi would add to the viilaee debt only if a state-backed project became a financial llabiUty of the Village Beard, speakers said. , - . - - John M,, Woemer, chalnnait Of p e Freeport Housing Authority, urged all the Council's member, organizations to deluge Congress" | ment Frank Becker and Stephen Oerpunlan' with appeals that tliey ^ support new housing legislation. A bill now before Congress—expected^ to- come up for a vote in about on»> month—would expafid U, S. funds, for housing and give Preeport's pro-, - (Continued on Page 5> -," ',
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England in 14 days
I'm planning to take the may19-june 1 tour, but find it odd that period is bracketed by sold out tours. Anything going on in England that a traveler should avoid during that period? Or is it just lousy weather, which this Seattle resident shouldn't complain about...?
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From Monday, May 20th to Saturday May 25th will be the Chelsea Flower Show in London, which makes things slightly more crowded. However, that shouldn't affect your tour much.
No, shouldn't be lousy weather. Should be beautiful, perfect weather; however, always be prepared for at least one or two days of rain in England any time of the year!
" Anything going on in England that a traveller should avoid during that period?"
Since the tour seems to cover a fair bit of England (though misses some of the "best of", in my opinion), I think it is safe to say "no", perhaps in one town or other but not across the whole country. There is no Jubilee or Olympics in 2013 (sadly).
The weather can hardly be a factor given all three are in the same four week period. Perhaps a couple of family groups have already booked the preceding/subsequent tours and that has filled them up before the rest?
Remember these are not big group tours, max 24-26 people and they don't run multiple tours at same time, so the fact you have tour full before and after doesn't mean that much..
Pretty much peak time as soon as school is out in the States, and only 2 dozen folk per tour.
You thought about that week and others did too.
There's the Spring Bank Holiday on the 27th of May.
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There is no Jubilee or Olympics in 2013 (sadly).
I'll give you that, but I can offer you a Coronation Festival at Buck House in mid-July if that would help...


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All new hunters or trappers planning to go afield this upcoming hunting and trapping season must first complete a mandatory hunter or trapper education course, according to a media release from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Previously licensed hunters who plan to hunt out of state should also have their sportsman education certificates or previous licenses in hand as proof that they have completed the required course. All states accept New York's hunter education course but states differ on what is required as proof of completion.
Sporting licenses went on sale Aug. 13. To purchase hunting or trapping licenses in New York, proof of a previous license or your original sportsman education certificate must be shown. If adequate proof cannot be shown, one may be required to take the course again to be recertified. Finding a course immediately prior to or during the hunting season will be difficult, the release stated. With the Southern Zone bow season beginning Oct. 1 this year, September courses will be in high demand and those offered in October will be too late for those wishing to bow hunt the first part of the season.
New York sportsmen and sportswomen that travel out of state to hunt should be sure to satisfy all the requirements of the destination state well in advance. Some states require the original hunter education certificate, and getting a replacement can be time consuming if the original is misplaced. The New York State Sportsman Education Program has an extensive database from which replacement certificates can be issued if the course was taken in 1980 or after. Those unable to locate their original certificate, or cannot find a record of it, may be required to repeat a course. A previous hunting license cannot be used to reissue a certificate.
All first-time hunters, bowhunters and trappers must pass one or more courses before they can obtain a license in New York. Trained instructors, certified by DEC, teach safe and responsible outdoors practices and the important role of hunters and trappers in natural resource conservation. All courses are free of charge, but space may be limited.
The hunter education course will be taught at the Cherry Valley Fish, Game and Forest Club from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8 and from 9 am to 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9. Pre-registration at the club on Sept. 4 between 6 and 7 p.m. is required. For more information, call 264-9406. Attendance at all sessions is required.
The course will also be taught at the Hartwick Rod and Gun Club from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, Friday, Sept. 14 and from 8 a.m. until completed on Saturday, Sept. 15. Pre-registration is required, call 293-8053, 643-2321 or 353-0770. Attendance at all sessions is required.
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MCS softball clinches East title
Kaley Chase and Natasha Skillen hit two-run doubles during a seven-run fourth inning that carried visiting Milford to a 10-7 softball victory at Richfield Springs on Wednesday that clinched the Tri-Valley League East Division title for the Wildcats.
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Oneonta High's boys held off Holland Patent and Sidney while the host school's girls cruised to victory Friday night in the Yellowjacket Invitational at OHS. The boys compiled 76 points -- four better than Holland Patent and six ahead of Sidney. Cooperstown finished tenth of 16 teams with 21 points. Milford finished eleventh with 11 points. OHS girls had 139 points to beat runner-up B-G/A by 70. Cooperstown finished fourth of 16 teams with 49 points. Milford finished sixth with 33 points.
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Cooperstown's tennis team won a division title in the first week of May and finished the season 9-1 in division play. Cooperstown clinched the Center State Conference East Division with a 4-1 win at the Clark Sports Center on May 6 over Sauquoit Valley.
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Milford holds off Roxbury for tournament title
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Hamilton tried to make sure Maggie Hall didn't beat them again in softball on Friday, but Hall still found a way. After being intentionally walked for the third time, Hall eluded Kendall Rusch's tag on Ellen Vibbard's bases loaded grounder down the third-base line to score the game-winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning of Cooperstown's 5-2 home win.
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Oneonta High's boys and girls cruised to victories in the Don Howard Invitational on Saturday at Cooperstown.
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Six individuals and two teams will be inducted into the Cooperstown Central School's Athletic Hall of Fame on Sept. 28.
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Ninety-seven percent of the American public believes that negative health effects exist from using steroids, yet only 19 percent believe that steroid use is a big problem among high school students, according to a national study announced in New York City last week.
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Hall of Fame executive Branch Rickey once described the role of a scout as having the ability to "assay the gold content in a handful of ore.� Today, the long and storied history of those same miners, always on the lookout for the next diamond in the rough, is told at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
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Edmonds wins Big South track title in 5k for Liberty
Two weeks after breaking the 14-minute barrier at the Stanford Invitational, Edmonds won a Big South Conference title and finished second in another event. He won the 5k on April 20 with a time of 14:26.14, more than two seconds ahead of teammate Josh MacDonald. On April 18, he finished second in the 10k.
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Four days after throwing a no-hitter against Westmoreland, Cooperstown senior Nicole Cring pitched a perfect game against Morrisville-Eaton.
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Rickey Henderson will be up and running in Cooperstown on May 25.
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Freshman pitcher Ray Cabrera struck out six batters over four innings, getting a win in relief during Cooperstown's 12-4 home win over Morrisville-Eaton on Friday.
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Wildcats remain unbeaten
Addy Lawson doubled and scored, and Kaley Chase homered during a four-run ninth inning that lifted unbeaten Milford to a 7-3 Tri-Valley League softball victory at Schenevus on Tuesday.
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Water Vole Project
ART are the LBAP lead partners for water vole conservation throughout Ayrshire. Water voles are the UK's most endangered mammal with numbers currently at around 3% of 1989 levels.
In 2010 ART commenced a habitat improvement and reintroduction project on the Slaphouse Burn in Ayr and also at Darley Burn, Troon where water voles survived until recently. Both habitats have great potential and both are known to have supported good numbers of water voles in the past. Coincidentally both release sites are located on municipal golf courses. Funding for this project was provided by South Ayrshire Waste Environment Trust, South Ayrshire Council and The Nature Save Trust without which this project would not be possible.
Following restoration of the habitat mainly through improved and informed management, both sites will have captive bred water voles introduced. Derek Gow Consutants, the UK's leading water vole consultancy will undertake captive breeding on ART's behalf using water voles originally rescued from Lanarkshire. Ayrshire genes will hopefully be introduced to the breeding program should suitable animals be located. Young water voles will be reintroduced to the burns once the habitat offers sufficient food and cover thus giving them a good chance of survival.
Importantly, the control of mink along these burns is essential. A single mink can dramatically reduce the viability of a water vole population and therefore this species must be controlled. Apart from water voles, many bird species are targeted by mink including the once common moorhen. ART has already trapped a male mink on the Darley Burn and monitoring indicates that there are unlikely to others at present. ART hope that by controlling mink, biodiversity in general will improve.
ART have developed a working relationship with Forestry Commission staff involved in a similar project at Loch Ard Forest near Aberfoyle where water voles have already been introduced to upland sites. This relationship will undoubtedly benefit our project here in Ayrshire and might well lead to the development of further projects based on Forestry Commission land in the South of the district where ART staff are monitoring the known populations that survive.
Anyone interested in volunteering for the project will be most welcome whatever the amount of time they have available. Volunteers could help with mink monitoring and trapping and field surveys to identify new populations. ART staff can provide basic but essential survey training which could be useful for future careers. Recently a volunteer accompanied ART staff when surveying a site in South Ayrshire and assisted in the discovery of water vole activity on a previously unrecorded burn. Photos taken on the day showing active burrows and latrines are shown below.
The long awaited release day came upon us in rather a rush. At short(ish) notice, Derek Gow announced that our water voles would be ready for stocking in about a week and we finally agreed on the 28th of July. Over the next few days we created over 140 artificial burrows in suitable bankings on both Darley and Slaphouse catchments.
Jay Humphries from JRH Ecology Worcestershire was free to deliver the voles and assist with the release and we are very grateful for his expertise and patience throughout the process. In all, we stocked 144 water voles between the two catchments over two days and also held a photo opportunity for interested press.
The quality of the habitat throughout the Darley Burn catchment is excellent and offers the water voles a great opportunity to become established before winter. Slaphouse Burn is not as high quality a habitat as Darley Burn but there are many suitable areas for the water voles to occupy along the length of burn and it will be very interesting to monitor their movements over the next few months. We picked what we think are the most suitable locations for release but the voles may well decide differently.
All the animals were micro-chipped before we released them and we will monitor their dispersal and the factors that influence this with the assistance of Kisty Griffiths, an undergraduate from Scottish Agricultural College who will write her dissertation based on her Darley Burn research.
We cannot thank enough all the volunteers that assisted over the two days; David form BTCV, Kirsty, and Alex from Glasgow University who is working towards an MSc. Also, we are grateful for the ongoing support of both South Ayrshire Council and South Ayrshire Waste Environment Trust for their financial commitment and support they have given to the project. Last but not least, thanks to the landowners who have been supportive of our efforts and allowed us access to monitor mink and stock water voles.
Moira Heron from URsTV will shortly be posting video clips on her site taken on the second release day. URsTV.com
If you are interested in establishing a community group or finding out more about water voles in Ayrshire contact Stuart Brabbs, ART's project officer for the species. Anyone with information about water voles or where they can be found in Ayrshire, please contact the Trust so that these areas can be protected within future projects. Please use the form below:


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San Francisco 49ers
Just stop it.
I love, love, love, love, love, love, love, the National Football League…with the notable exceptions of three things:
1. The NFL Scouting Combine – It's the world's worst meat market. This event still blows my wig off. I'm going to judge talent by how someone plays against other high-end competition; not by how someone performs in a pair of shorts. Want to know the value of the NFL Scouting Combine? Mike Mamula. Tom Brady.
2. NFL Labor Negotiations – You know what's boring? Lawyers, CBAs, and lockouts. I loathed every second of last year's lockout. I was reduced to writing about the perils of owning vs. renting a home on this blog as a result.
3. Power Rankings – Seemingly, every media outlet has their own set. Who should I believe? CNNSI? ESPN? The Huffington Post? The Bleacher Report? Arnold's Sports Blog? Does it matter? Why are the Lions #9 on one poll and #16 on the other? How am I suppose to make sense of all this? The concept of power rankings is so ...
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