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Welcome! Like the book of the same name, this blog is an eclectic collection of Sherlockian scribblings based on more than a half-century of reading Sherlock Holmes. Please add your own thoughts. You can also follow me on Twitter @DanAndriacco and on my Facebook fan page at Dan Andriacco Mysteries. You might also be interested in my Amazon Author Page. My books are also available at Barnes & Noble and in all main electronic formats including Kindle, Nook, Kobo and iBooks for the iPad.
Friday, December 4, 2015
Christopher Morley's Manhattan Report
A well-traveled friend of mine has the delightful habit of sending me a "Manhattan Report" by postcard from wherever he is. For example, he paid $21 for a very well mixed and generous Jim Beam Manhattan at the Hotel Cicerone in Rome last summer.
In 1930, Christopher Morley paid (or at least could have paid) 21 cents for Manhattan. A martini cost the same, an Old-Fashioned 25 cents, a whiskey sour 37 cents. And this was on a Cunard Line ship heading to England! Hence the term "good old days."
Morley's account of bar prices aboard ship appears in his "Clinical Notes by a Resident Patient" column in the July 1946 issue of the Baker Street Journal. Morley reported in the column that he wrote his famous introduction to the Doubleday Compete Sherlock Holmes - arguably the greatest introduction to any Holmes volume - on July 25, 1930, was paid on July 30, and sailed for Baker Street on the proceeds two nights later.
The rest of the column is equally interesting, for in it Morley recounts the early days of the Baker Street Irregulars, which he founded. If you don't happen to own that issue of the BSJ, or the eBSJ, you can also find the column in The Standard Doyle Company (p. 274), edited by Steven Rothman, and in Sherlock Holmes By Gas-Lamp, edited by Philip A. Schreffler (p.379).
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SPA Puppy Extravaganza: March 12, 2016!
From the SPA
By Megan Gabel
The SPA has a bunch of irresistible puppies waiting for loving homes. Each one is affectionate, playful, and, of course, adorable! On Extravaganza Saturday, March 12, all puppy adoptions will be reduced from 400 pesos to 300 pesos (includes vaccinations, sterilization, and deworming). If you mention "Extravaganza" before March 12, we will honor the discount. Below are just a few of our puppies for you to meet.
Cinnamon loves to stick her head under your chin and to give you kisses on the cheek. She's quite happy just sitting on your lap and cuddling, playing by mouthing you, no bites. Her sister Ginger is another sweetie who loves to curl up on your lap and give kisses, looking lovingly at you with those big beautiful eyes.
Their sister Panda is curious and feisty. If she wants something she keeps going back to try and get it. She doesn't give up and is not easily distracted. She loves to play with the toys. Another sister Squeaky may be the smallest, but she holds her own if one of the others tries to challenge her for a toy or a "special spot," i.e. under your chin. She loves to snuggle. Their brother Wilbur loves to chew on stuffed toys. A bit insecure, he is happiest in a lap, getting petted.
These puppies were saved thanks to the help of foster parents for which we say a big "thank you"! Without them, the puppies would not have survived. How about signing up to become part of our foster network? Fostering is ideal for people who love animals, want to help them with time and love, and would like to contribute to the improvement of the community. It is a short-term commitment, so even if you are not a full-time resident, you can get your cat or dog "fix" while helping to save the lives of animals. To give our resident dogs the experience of being in a home and help them become more socialized by meeting new people and to allow dog lovers the opportunity to have a pet for a weekend, we have weekend foster program. For more information about fostering, please see our website (with downloadable foster applications) at http://www.spasanmiguel.org/how-you-can-help/foster-program/ or contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Please come and check out our puppies and take one or more home with you. Adoption hours are 11—2, Monday—Saturday, Los Pinos 7, 152 6124.

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". . . as Victoria Station is left behind, exultation springs up once more. We have begun the lovely, exciting journey to Syria."
That is a sentence written by Agatha Christie Mallowan in 1942 or so about a journey to an archaeological dig she took with her second husband, Max Mallowan, in 1933. The small memoir/travelogue, entitled Come, Tell Me How You Live, is an invaluable peek into the woman who is the best-selling novelist of all time, as well as a fascinating first-person experience of the Middle East during the days of the Empire.
Agatha Miller was born on September 15, 1890, in Torquay, Devon England, to an English mother, Belfast born Clara Boehmer, and an American father, Frederick Miller.
I've come to admire Dame Christie a good deal. I have done my share of contributing to the 4 billion dollars of her sales, reading through the Poirot and Miss Marple canons and enjoying them immensely.
But I love even more connecting with the woman in her autobiographical writings. Her intellect, wit, general observations, and emotions are deep and rich, and the details of her life from late Victorian England to the turbulence of the 1960s make her a compelling first-person witness to the major events of the 21stcentury. Her travels to the Middle East of the Empire give details and flesh and bone to what to an American is just a sweeping idea of a bygone era, and her musings on how "You've got to hand it to Victorian women: they got their menfolk where they wanted them" and "The position of women, over the years, has definitely changed for the worse" is worth a post on itself.
The Foreword: Nimrud, Iraq, 2 April 1950
Christie began writing her main memoir, simply called An Autobiography, while living in Iraq. That alone sets her apart from the pantheon of English literary journalists. Also unusual is that she wrote the book over 15 years, between 1950 and 1965, but deemed it would only be published after her death. She died January 12, 1976, and her memoir was published in 1977. She had very clear ideas about controlling her life story when she could.
"I ought to be writing a detective story, but with the writer's natural urge to write anything but what he should be writing, I long, quite unexpectedly, to write my autobiography.
On second thought, autobiography is much too grand a word. It suggest a purposeful study of one's whole life. It implies names, and dates and places in tidy chronological order. What I want is to plunge my hand into a lucky dip and come up with a handful of assorted memories."
"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly despairing, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."
What brought her to the Middle East the first time, more than two decades earlier, was fate, plan and simple.
After 14 years of marriage to Archie Christie, Agatha was devastated when he confessed an affair and that he had fallen in love with her and wanted a divorce.
I'll just note here that there was an article about her disappearance on the front page of the New York Times, where they wrongly call her "the American writer of mystery novels." Good grief. Her father was an American, but her nationality is British, to the core. The front page of the NY Times is also known for publishing an obituary for Hercule Poirot, the only time a fictional character was given such an honor. I wrote about that mini literary mystery in August.
Two years later when the divorce was final, Christie felt the need to get away and she booked travel to the West Indies through Thomas Cook & Son. Two days before she is to leave, she is at a dinner party,and meets Colonel and Mrs. Howe, just back from Baghdad, who speak about how entrancing the city is. Agatha asks if you have to go by sea, and the Colonel says, "You can go by train--by the Orient Express."
"The Orient Express?' All my life I had wanted to go on the Orient Express."
The next morning Christie rushes over to Cook's, changes all of her travel arrangements, and makes a reservation for the Simplon-Orient Express to Stamboul; from Stamboul to Damascus, and from Damascus to Baghdad across the desert.
A Real Traveler
I have been lucky to do some travel myself, but nothing like what Agatha did. By herself. In 1928. It wasn't glamorous. She talks of bed bugs, and mice and roaches, of rest houses in the Middle East with blankets on the floor for beds, of crossing the hot desert in seven-hour drives.
"Traveling in Iraq was my introduction to a somewhat strenuous way of living. We visited Nejef, which was indeed a wonderful place: a real necropolis, with the dark figures of black-veiled Muslim women wailing and moving about it. It was a hot-bed of extremists, and it was not always possible to visit. You had to inform the police first, and they would then be on the lookout to see that no outbreaks of fanaticism occurred."
This travel, the itinerary of which was set through friends of friends kind of thing, took her to the dig at Ur, where she met Leonard Wooley's assistant Max Mallowan, and the second act of her life began. She and Max married in 1930, when she returned to the Middle East with him on his own digs.
The Empire Between the Wars, During War World II
And so while Max was posted to Egypt and she was alone in London during World War II she penned some memories of their earlier archeological digs that was published in 1945 as Come, Tell Me How You Live. The publisher insisted on her using Agatha Christie Mallowan so that no one thought it might be a new mystery from the Queen of Crime. Good thing, because it could seem dry to a broad audience.
"Our interest begins at the second millennium B.C., with the varying fortunes of the Hittites, and in particular we want to find out more about the military dynasty of Mitanni, foreign adventurers about whom little is known."
"On to Alep. And from Alep to Beyrout, where our architect is to meet us for our preliminary survey of the Habut and Jaghjagha region, which will lead to the selection of a mound suitable for excavation.
There is something frightening, and yet fascinating, about this vast world denuded of vegetation. It is not flat like the desert between Damascus and Baghdad. Instead, you climb up and down."
And then, after seven hours of heat and monotony and a lonely world--Palmyra!"
Christie was no simple "Wife of an Empire Builder" as she calls herself at the beginning of her travel book, but an active member of the dig teams, learning to professionally photograph and tag pieces, among other tasks.
Her literary output during the war is exceptional: besides this small travel memoir, she wrote the final cases of both Hercule Poirot (Curtain) and Miss Marple (Sleeping Murders), although both were put in a bank vault, and not published until decades later; Sad Cypress, One, TWo, Buckle My Shoe; Evil Under the Sun; N or M; The Body in the Library; Five Little Pigs; The Moving Finger; Towards Zero; Death Comes as an End; Sparkling Cyanide.
While she was working in a dispensary for the war effort.
Wow. Yes, a woman to admire.
Christie did not like change, so I don't imagine that she would have embraced blogging had it arisen in her lifetime. But she would have been a natural. From the beginning of Come, Tell, when she is shopping for clothes to bring:
Life nowadays is dominated and complicated by the remorseless Zip. Blouses zip up, skirts zip down, ski-ing suits zip everywhere. 'Little frocks" have perfectly unnecessary bits of zipping on them just for fun.
Why? Is there anything more deadly than a Zip that turns nasty on you? It involves you in a far worse predicament than any ordinary button, clip, snap, buckle or hook and eye.
I am so glad I read past the detective novels to meet the amazing woman behind them.
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I went on my Green Woodworking Odyssey to the USA in 2013, and since then have been sharing the joys of Green Woodworking with many people here in Perth, Western Australia. It is a different smorgasbord of timbers here to that traditionally used in Europe and North America. '
|Riving a piece of Black Birch into section for spoon carving, at Drew Langsners, NC, USA.
|Çape Lilac (White Cedar) after the tree loppers have done their thing...
|Breaking down the log sections, to make them more manageable.
|A nice load of fresh very green timber, from a Cape Lilac tree which was being removed.
|Each tree coming down offers so much material - lets use it rather than just chip it!
Enter the wonders and opportunities of Green Woodworking.
While extolling the delights of this ancient and often pre-industrial techniques, knowledge, tools and skills, I have been spruiking the benefits of people experiencing this range of traditional woodcrafts together. However the tools are often hard to find in Australia. We have to get them in from the Northern Hemisphere. The interest grows, but it is hard for beginners to take up these crafts with difficult access to the gear. So the woodworking supplier Timbecon offered to take me to the Timber & Working with Wood Shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Perth this year, to demonstrate Green Woodworking and to check out the interest across the country.
BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, 15-17 May 2015.
Hence last month I was at the Brisbane Wood Show, and shortly I will be at the Sydney Wood Show. Brisbane was a fantastic time, and it was great to meet many other spoon carvers, and to hear that spoon carving is growing rapidly in popularity over there, with a growing interest in green wood spoon carving and other aspects of green woodworking. It confirmed my understandings.
While in Brisbane, the following story was produced by QUT Media students. Check it out:
Thanks to the crew from QUT for making this little clip about the Brisbane Wood Show.
I had a great time, and it was exciting to find so much interest in green woodworking amid the crowd at the Brisbane Show, and to meet so many spoon carvers too.
SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, 12-14 June 2015.
My display at the Sydney Timber & Working With Wood Show evolved a step further, as I started to create a better look with a "Tool Wall".
|The start of the evolution of the traditional tool wall.
|The Double Spring Pole Lathe has pride of place. It draws a crowd!
|View from the other side - MK III Shaving Horse, chopping block and small bench.
Once the doors were opened, it was all flat out, for three days. A great experience.
|Shaping a Lund Stool top in the Shaving Horse, using a drawer knife.
Again, there was lots of interest shown in Green Woodworking - the stool bodging and spoon carving I was demonstrating. Good to meet more spoon carvers in the crowd.
|Cutting off the protruding leg ends on a small Lund Stool. A block plane with clean them off.
Next up I will be demonstrating Green Woodworking at:
the Perth Wood Show, 7-9 August,
the Melbourne Timber & Working with Wood Show, 11-13 September,
and the Canberra Timber & Working with Wood Show, 6-8 November.
Thanks to Ross Gobby of Timbecon for creating these fantastic opportunities for me.
Maybe I'll see you at one of the Shows?... Come and introduce yourself to me.


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Psalm 34:19 says, "Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivers him out of them all." This has certainly been true for us over the past several months! These have been some of the most challenging and revealing times that we have had to face in many years – but oh – to see the Lord Jesus moving in what others may see as disaster is such a blessing.
Back in late spring I suffered an inguinal hernia while out playing basketball with Jered, Joshua and some of the guys (I know, I know… I'm not twenty anymore!) I knew exactly what it was when it happened because I had suffered a similar ordeal while pastoring in Texas many years ago. I tried to remain hopeful and believe that it was merely a lower abdominal strain or pulled groin muscle, but all the signs were there for a hernia.
It really hit me pretty hard on several levels. (1) It was immediately very painful (2) I knew that my physical activities would now be severely limited during a time that I needed to be a full strength (3) Short of a miracle, these things don't "get better" or "go away" with time – they require surgical repair and we do not have any health insurance.
To make matters worse (many are the afflictions!) I woke up one morning with a pain between my shoulder blades that just would not relent. Over the next few weeks it became completely debilitating at times where I would have to get out of bed and just lay on the floor all night. It got to the point where my left arm became virtually useless (that is one of the reasons for no newsletter – I could not sit down at the computer and do any typing)
So, here I was: A hernia that acted up primarily when I stood for any length of time, walked any distance or spoke louder than a whisper (and) a back problem that was excruciating when I stood, drove or lifted my hands/arms to any degree. These were all the things that the ministry requires of me on a daily basis!
But Glory to God… The Word says, Hebrews 5:8 "Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered." My suffering certainly does not compare to what our Lord endured for me or what many others have gone and go through – but it still was sufficient to teach me obedience, endurance and faithfulness as His son and servant (John 1:12)
I have found… that Victory is always preceded by a Battle! God is so good and I testify that part of that trial is over and the other part soon will be. While I was going to a Christian chiropractor, sleeping with an ice pack on my back, and doing just about anything for relief – nothing was bringing any comfort.
Joseph told his brothers… in Genesis 50:20 that "what they intended for evil…God meant it for good." That is always a great testimony when it applies to someone else – but not nearly as inviting when we are the ones facing hardships. It was actually hardship that brought about healing in the case of my back!
For about three months my back grew increasing worse and the requirements of the ministry grew increasingly greater. It was a battle to press through – but with His grace and mercy I was able to endure. With my inability to even sit down and even type out a newsletter, our communication from many of you that have regularly supported us was effectively cut off. This caused a two-fold problem: #1. We were not able to communicate to you our specific prayer needs #2. It has been our experience over the years, that many people wait for the "envelope" to come in the mail to remind them to send their missions support to the ministry.
What this did was to cut our monthly support in half! When that happens it affects everything else from putting gas in the van, paying the light bill, buying ministry supplies and meeting personal needs. It was one of those "personal needs" that had to be sacrificed during this time – yet it was the answer to my situation!
The doctor that treats me for type 2 diabetes put me on a different medication this past spring – not long before the hernia and the back problems. The medicine was fairly pricey, but he thought that it might work well for me. About six weeks ago I was just no longer able to pay for that medicine each month so I totally stopped taking it. Before I knew it, the pain in my back was totally gone! For some strange reason the pharmacy sent me a packet regarding the medicine when I failed to pick up the refill and in it was a list of common side effects. The top two were… severe back pain and weakened and painful extremities!
Needless to say – I made the decision to no longer take that medicine or tell the doctor! Well the testimony gets better. I went to the doctor a few weeks ago for my regular blood work and he said, "Do you still take your glucose readings at least twice per day?" I told him, "Yes, and sometimes more." He said, "If I were you I wouldn't take them at all; with your numbers being what they now are – it's a waste of money." I praise God for a hard time that opened the door for a GOOD REPORT!
As for the hernia… I found a doctor in Nevada that is going to do the surgery for 25% ($5000) of what it normally costs ($20,000). I will be flying out this coming Sunday morning and returning home on the 8th. A brother in the Lord blessed us by using his SkyMiles to purchase our airline tickets and a number of friends have helped in getting the money together for the surgery! Please keep me in prayer for the travel, the surgery and for a fast recovery from it all.
I've often had said to me, "Just let us know how and when we can help in any way and we will."
Let me be real with you all… with everything that has been happening – we found ourselves looking at moving out of our house (with no place to go!) We've always seen the Lord Jesus meet every need since we stepped out in obedience to Him many years ago and have trusted His provision every step of the way.
Now is no different, but we have always been willing to do whatever is necessary to preach the Gospel to the lost – even when it placed us in difficult situations personally. That has not changed. We've been "homeless" before and continued to minister the Word of God and would do it again if we thought that was what God desired. I just don't think that is the case right now.
Paul the Apostle said in Philippians 4:11, "…I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content."
We are content in that our obedience is never dependent upon our circumstances, but rather the directive placed upon us by the Holy Spirit. Having said that, we found ourselves in a situation where we didn't want to put our landlords in a precarious situation (they are Christians) and would rather just move than not be able to meet our obligation (we've lived here for 2 ½ years and have been faithful tenants).
Having to be out of the state for this surgery and various other financial demands have gotten us somewhat behind heading into the month of November. It may not sound like a huge amount to many – but when "every nickel counts" it can seem ominous.
We're presently looking at needing round $850 in the next 24 hours to cover November's urgent expenses and are asking those that pray for and support this ministry if they would be willing to make any investment to help ease this burden. Again, "every nickel counts" and nothing is too small or meaningless.
The best way to make it happen is through:
www.PayPal.com and use email@example.com as the recipient - - this is a secure means to give by credit/debit card or electronic check and is available immediately.
Thank you so much for your love, prayers and generostity!
****I want to leave you with a few things…
This has been a very interesting season (year) for us… When Melanie and I returned to New Orleans from spending those four years ministering in Florida, there were some things that the Lord laid upon my heart that I just kept hidden in my heart and committed to prayer. In the past my travel schedule throughout the year has stayed pretty busy with preaching engagements and outreaches taking place from coast to coast.
While I certainly enjoy going various places to preach the Gospel to the lost and to train and equip others to do the same, I knew that the Lord was leading us to truly invest locally here in New Orleans – and that the investment would make an impact both on this City and across this nation. A few of the ways that this has been happening are:
· Redoubling our efforts in reaching into the French Quarter and Bourbon Street. Years ago the Lord showed me that if we can "bind the strongman" that has been central to that area then other powers and principalities over this city would be broken. We are on Bourbon Street ministering to an average potential audience of at least 40,000 people three nights a week. Relationships have been built with many of those working in that dark and depressing environment and hundreds of people are engaged in solid Biblical discussions there at our cross each month.
· Growing our CrossLife College & School of Urban Missions. This fully accredited cohort operates in conjunction with SUM College & Seminary (Oakland, CA) and is overseen here locally by Pastor Sam and Lucy Croghan. This is our second year of operation and we are now recruiting students for our Spring semester. CrossLife provides another venue to train and equip future pastors, teachers, youth leaders and missionaries all while experiencing the unique ministry opportunities here in New Orleans.
· After many challenges, roadblocks and rejections we finally have a "place" to base some of our local ministry out of. We started leasing a 1200 square foot house from a local church back in August to serve as a base of operation and facility to serve as home to our college and various other ministry needs. It is small – but it is a start! "Do not despise the day of small beginnings!" Zechariah 4:10
· A few weeks ago I was lead to Psalm 63:1-2, "O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsts for thee, my flesh longs for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary." I knew that the Holy Spirit was leading me to begin leading an early morning prayer time for this city and for the needs of others that are trusting Him for miracles and breakthrough. Each day a team gathers from 5:00 AM – 7:00 AM (CST) to seek the Lord and intercede for "(His) power and (His) glory" to be revealed. I'm convinced that it will be deliberate, diligent and desperate prayer that brings about the transformation that many of us are trusting the Lord Jesus for.
The exciting part is seeing how many are faithfully showing up early each day to pray! There is such a hunger right now for more of Him and such a dedication to paying the price for His presence. An old preacher once said, "You can gauge the popularity of a preacher by who shows up on Sunday morning. You can gauge the popularity of a Church by who comes out on Sunday night (and) you can tell how popular Jesus is by who shows up for prayer meeting."
Please send me your prayer requests to put on our "prayer board." These requests are lifted up faithfully every day and we're expecting testimonies as to answered prayers, miracles and spiritual breakthrough.
The other morning the Lord showed me a vision of 100 prayer warriors gathered in New Orleans praying and believing the Lord for an outpouring! We're going to need a bigger place to meet when that happens!.
We love you,.
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Treasuries are showcase lists of Etsy goodies from various shops. They are artfully put together by members of the Etsy community. As always, I am grateful to be included in a beautiful list this week.
Lynn Corrigan of Lynn's Creative Crochet has a good eye for something a little bit different. 'Wee Whites' is no exception. Thanks so much Lynn for including my 'Roaring Twenties' earrings in this interesting list. My Mum would love that squirrel!


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We all pray and hope that a business disaster won't happen. It could be a fire, a burglary, a flood or a vicious hack. Putting in preventative measures and having an emergency action plan in place can stop such a disaster from being the end of your business. Here are just a few ways to arm your business against any possible disaster.
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Small businesses are becoming a great focus for cybercriminals. These online thieves may try to steal personal information or demand ransoms by taking control of all your files (known as ransomware). Having basic digital security software in place can deter certain hackers, but for extra peace of mind, it could be worth installing disaster recovery software such as http://www.acronis.com/en-us/. This backs up all your files on the cloud and then allows you to cut access to the cloud if someone hacks you. And of course make sure you're regularly changing passwords.
Protect against burglars
Physical theft is just as common as cybertheft, so make sure your premises is alarmed. Certain burglar alarms can notify you when they go off or notify the police instantly. CCTV can further protect you against burglars – this can be hired out through a security company, who will always be watching you and keeping you safe.
Get fully insured
Some insurance within business is compulsory such as vehicle insurance and employer liability insurance, but others aren't' such as property insurance and professional indemnity. Forgoing these optional insurance schemes could result in having to pay out a lot of money in the event of a disaster. Fortunately, there are bundle insurance schemes available such as this one https://completemarkets.com/commercial-general-liability-insurance/storefronts that include multiple policies under one scheme, costing less than were you to take out such schemes individually. Make sure you keep any insurance documents secure.
Run a risk assessment
A risk assessment can be useful for identifying areas of your business that need protecting. Hiring a risk surveyor to tell you which health and safety features and security features your business could benefit from could protect you against any risks that you may have failed to notice. You may also be able to hire someone to create an emergency evacuation plan for your business in the event of a fire, or a disaster recovery plan.
Have a work from home day
During a disaster the office may be out of use. In order to keep things running you may need to work from home for a period of time. Having a work from home day can be a good way of testing this. You won't be able to continue all tasks but with cloud technology and video communication, sharing information remotely has never been easier, so at least the basic admin can get done. You may even find that you don't need an office to work from, although you may then have to ensure that you and all your employees have a secure enough network and the appropriate programmes to run your business (you may have to pay for these yourself).
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Structure in stainless steel.
Completaly free for the use of the x rays machine.
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- A509 Basic set for BN X02 orthopaedic trolley, including n. 2 double joint bars, n.2 telescopic height adjustable columns that support the traction group; n. 2 columns to support and adjust the different orthopaedic rests
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• A500/A Stainless steel and PVC pelvic support particularly useful for plasters considering its small size (mm300X80) the double hole for the insertion of the roll, including clutch, pad sterelizeable in autoclave and PVC roll.
• A502/B PVC countertraction roll for the insertion on pelvis support for adult and children
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• A26 Pair of leg rests with small fork height adjustable
• A508 Pair of tractor devices
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• A14 Pair of sandals for traction
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- Was born with the name Araminta. She changed her name to Harriet, possibly in homage to her mother Harriet Ross, after she escaped slavery.
- Was hit on the head when trying to help another slave avoid punishment. The resulting injury troubled her the rest of her life, bringing seizures, headaches, and blackouts.
- Made at least nineteen trips on the Underground Railroad and helped nearly 300 slaves reach freedom in the North. She was never caught.
- Was a nurse, laundry woman, cook, and spy during the Civil War. Once, she even led a raiding party!
- Helped former slaves and orphans after the Civil War, starting schools and a home for the aged.
|Harriet Tubman
written by Marion Dane Bauer
|Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
written by Carole Boston Weatherford
illustrated by Kadir Nelson
|Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
written by Alan Schroeder
illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
|Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent: How Daring Slaves
and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War
written by Thomas B. Allen
illustrated by Carla Bauer
|Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom
written by Catherine Clinton
"Tubman, Harriet Ross." Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2001. Credo Reference. Web. 13 May 2015.


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Friday, December 4, 2009
A Precise Garbage Collector for C++ Builder
I've finally devised a precise garbage collector (note: a precise GC is very different from conventional GCs such as BoehmGC - a precise GC does not suffer from ambiguities) for C++ Builder that is faster than boost's shared_ptr.
That's a bold claim indeed! And, by claiming that it is faster than shared_ptr, I'm also claiming that I can create a String class that is similarly faster than Delphi string, which is also reference counted like shared_ptr. And yes, the gc_ptr is thread-safe too.
The trick is in the pointer assignment. In my precise GC, a pointer assign is no more expensive than its native equivalent - both are a single instruction operation, whereas a ref counted pointer requires a locked instruction and a refcount check, both of which are *very* expensive on any processors, especially modern multicore ones. Most precise GC source codes you can freely download from the net get the assignment operator correct. However, the part where they lose out big time is in the gc_ptr's constructor and destructor with lock instructions and what not for multithread support (note that some don't even support multithread). These are often non-trivial and is the biggest cause of performance bottleneck.
With a minimal c'tor and d'tor for my gc_ptr, I end up with an insanely fast precise GC engine which runs a .NET like framework in pure native mode. How about that - a managed framework that runs natively. None of the pain (both literally and performance-wise) of pinning objects and marshaling data going in and out of the managed world (anything that interfaces with the real world cannot have a non-fixed address - e.g. it's impossible to write a driver that allocates a .NET managed non-fixed buffer and let your system's DMA fill it up). Looks like .NET's GC team is paying the price of betting on the Stop-And-Copy algo (yes, the .NET GC is nothing more than an advanced version of the Stop-And-Copy GC) - Update: *Correction, I was wrong. The CLR GC is very similar to what I have implemented - in fact, even more so now that I have finished the generational version of the GC. Only notable thing is that my GC does not compact the heap after the sweep phase and does not support weak references or resurrection. Also, it relies on an external memory allocator.
Update 1: GcString is 16.5 times faster than AnsiString in an array reversal test in CB2010 - more info here.
Update 2: FastMM (Rad Studio's default memory manager) is excruciatingly slow in a GC / managed app in multicore systems - more info here.
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- OldTabby said...
Check your website, zachsaw.co.cc, it's showing a notice that says your domain registration has expired! I've got PackIt listed on Freewarehome.com & the broken link was reported but I don't have an email address for you.
- December 15, 2009 at 6:45 AM
- Zach Saw said...
Are you sure about that? I've just checked and it's fine.
- December 15, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Hello Zach,
that's certainly interesting. Do you plan to release it sometime? :)
- December 19, 2009 at 10:43 AM
- Zach Saw said...
Hey Moritz,
Good to see ya here :) It's a framework which I developed for the company I work for and it's being used in production software. Not sure if there're any plans for releasing it, but I sure hope some day it'll be released as open-source. Then everyone could contribute to converting the .NET framework to native and have programs written in .NET to be easily portable to C++ Builder.
I've done more tests to gauge the speed and it seems that allocations (gcnew) is 1.5 times slower than pure 'new'. Assigning a gcptr to another gcptr is 4 times faster than shared_ptr (in a tight assign loop). Haven't tested the instantiation of gcptr vs shared_ptr yet but I suspect it'll be about the same - without the prologue and epilogue added by the compiler for c'tors, gcptr's c'tor is typically 20 asm instructions.
What's more interesting to me is that I can port most of the .NET framework to C++ Builder based on the garbage collector library. .NET's gcnew equivalent is mightily fast as it's basically a pointer bump, thanks to its stop-and-copy algo. The downside of that is the troublesome pinning of gc-objects for comms going off to the outside world. That said, however, speed of gc isn't much of an issue considering how fast it is, unless it's tied up in meaningless benchmark of a tight-looped gcnew vs new.
There're still a fair bit to go with this as it still lacks a generational garbage collection feature. But for 100,000 objects in flight, you won't even notice any performance drop caused by the GC. This is mostly enough for 32-bit apps, but obviously going to 64-bit a generational GC will be much more beneficial.
- December 19, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Hi Zach,
Could you talk about more about the design of your GC. I want to port a C# application to C++ and want to try implement a simple GC. However, it is complicated. Are you using reference count and is it a concurrent collector? Do you use some lock-free data structure? Thanks,
- September 25, 2010 at 12:39 PM
- Zach Saw said...
Hi Steven,
It's very complicated if you want a high performance GC (i.e. non blocking multithreaded while maintaining the fully thread-safe nature of a gc_ptr). A gc_ptr can be fully thread-safe as oppose to a shared_ptr which only guarantees thread-safe operations in a limited manner.
It's not that complicated if you want something simple that doesn't scale well and doesn't guarantee the same thread-safety-ness as a .NET managed ptr.
- September 26, 2010 at 3:59 PM


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Legendary DDFBusty.com Is Putting Out Some Incredible Scenes
last week I wanted to finally blog about legendary DDFBusty.com after WAAAAY too long, and tell you about a big Laura M comeback in which this giant breasts pornbabe is having bubbly, slipper bath fun with her huge 40F naturals, when they added a fresh pictorial featuring legendary Michelle Monaghan… and just when I wanted to blog about how fucking hot and classy she looks in this lingerie and stockings, they alrady put another Laura M scene up, this time being a big titted office sex bomb, harassing her coworker and getting away with it cause of her great big titty sucking and pussy eating skills.. and just as I saw that scene enough time so I can blog about it without getting carried away, they added a new Joanna Bliss scene last friday!.. and knowing how many of you are big fans of this sexy natural girl, and her perfect giant breasts, I just had to let you know about her Army special update, and the only situation that I can think of in which Army can be a good thing… and instead of me trying to convince you to finally join this legendary super site, I'll let these girls and their performances to the "talking":
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Discussing Timelines with a Car Accident Lawyer in Wichita
When an auto collision occurs, there are many procedures that will follow afterwards. In fact, the aftermath of an auto accident can actually last for months or even years depending on the seriousness of the crash. Your car accident lawyer in Wichita wants you to be ready for what you'll have to go through so here is a timeline to help you get an idea for how long various parts of the process may take.
Medical Treatment
This is an essential following a car accident. You don't want to leave the scene of an accident without receiving medical treatment first. Sometimes, the paramedics will be on the scene giving people treatments or at least checking to see if they have sustained any injuries. Don't refuse this treatment because you could have something wrong that was caused by the accident but you might not notice it for a few days.
Notify Your Insurance Provider
Following a car accident, one of the first things you should do is let your insurance company know about the accident. They will likely want you to send them a police report and some other documentation regarding the accident so they can determine how much they are going to pay out as a result. Because insurance companies are in the business of making money and they want to keep costs as low as possible, they might offer you a lot less money than what you actually deserve. That's why you'll need to hire an attorney before accepting any compensation or signing any papers.
Searching for an Attorney
Once you have received medical treatment at the site of the accident and notified your insurance provider, it's time to start looking for a qualified attorney. Finding a car accident lawyer in Wichita may seem like a long process, but it doesn't have to be if you know what you're looking for. Some of the factors you should consider when searching for an auto accident lawyer include experience, knowledge, friendliness and a focus in accident law. Once you find the right attorney to take your case, they can guide the process from there.
In order to win your case, your attorney will likely conduct an investigation into the accident. This investigation will likely include experts that can help your attorney understand exactly what happened. They can have skid marks examined, the scene of the accident examined for things that might have helped cause the accident and more.
Many car accident lawsuits are settled before they even get to the trial phase. In the settlement negotiations, you and your attorney discuss options with the defendant and their attorneys. During this stage, you may be offered compensation for your damages and injuries. If you feel it is fair, you can accept it and the ordeal will be over. However, if you don't feel that it's fair, the next big step is the trial.
When you are involved in a car accident, not knowing what to expect and when to expect it can be as bad as the accident itself. But with the qualified professionals at the Law Offices of Slape & Howard, you'll get all the help and information you need.


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The vast majority of prostitutes in the Dominican Republic are not found in the tourist areas, but those likely to be encountered by tourists are of course, in the tourist areas. The local police discourage outright prostitution in tourist areas, even though it is not illegal in the Dominican Republic. Pimping is illegal. Still, locals that hang out looking to meet tourists risk frequent arrest and exploitation by police for sex and money. Charges are sometimes never filed or are vague such as loitering. Getting a local job at one of the numerous bars or restaurants, often for no pay beyond tips, is a common way that locals use to be able to meet tourists without the risk of arrest. At some bars, I've seen nearly as many cocktail waitresses as patrons. Other ways to help avoid arrest include getting a ride directly to the club because locals usually won't be bothered once inside or if leaving with a tourist. Leaving a club alone, especially walking, can be risky for locals.
In the old days, nearly every local, male or female, could technically be called a prostitute, although not in the way most people think of prostitutes. While many of the interactions that occur are in fact, sexual exchanges for money, lots of hook-ups occur where no money is discussed. Make no mistake, it's implied and even if it isn't asked for, it is expected. If a tourist "hooks up" with a local, it doesn't matter if it's for an hour or a couple weeks, the local expects to be paid. Request for payment may be subtle and indirect. For example, a local might ask for help to pay for food, diapers, gasoline, the salon, or any number of creative expenses. If the tourist doesn't pay, it can get ugly and isn't worth it.
Do not mistake taking a local out to a restaurant or letting them stay with you when you visit as a form of payment. While you might think they enjoy an expensive meal or staying in a fancy resort, it isn't payment of any kind no matter how much you spent. Neither do gifts count as payment. They are, strictly speaking, gratuities that are most appreciated.
Where to go.
Most tourists opt to take their new friend to one of the many available local hotels or hotels in town, for both safety and discretion. Prices vary from US$25 to US$45 per night for a room. Do not expect the management to be surprised, as this is not an infrequent occurrence.
With romance tourism, it isn't uncommon for a tourist to come for a week or two, having pre-registered a room for themselves and their local lover. This can be a low cost motel or even the most expensive all-inclusive.


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Reflection on my years teaching and learning through cooking and gardening in primary schools. I am currently a preschool teacher at Namadgi School (Australian Capital Territory). I also run the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden program for Years Three, Four and Five.
Food, glorious food!
Running the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden at Namadgi School will probably be my teaching career highlight. Rarely does school-based learning involve doing. That is, physical activity and applying knowledge in any practical sense. Both of which, in my experience, are increasingly, and sadly, absent from primary-school activities. Cooking and gardening heighten and refine all our sensory perceptions, and the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation's approach emphasises engagement through such sensory experiences. Actively engaging children in this way is a counter to the idea that our attitudes, and our experiences of food and eating can change by learning with pen and paper alone. It is importantly an antidote to the myopia infecting all of us who must contend with the narrow mindedness of NAPLAN and all the other coinciding efforts to corporatise and standardise life. I have long believed that if we are serious about meeting the diverse needs of our children, an entire curriculum, of real significance and rigour, could be built around the activities of growing and cooking food. Food, without exception is essential to all of us.
At every school where I have taught I have established some kind of a garden for children to be involved with. The purpose has been to make tangible the connections between literacy, maths, science and art. Witnessing the enthusiasm of enough young people told me that those projects were but a glimpse of what may be possible. Success, however, would not be the right word to describe my efforts. Generally, a significant handicap has been the principals' unenviable preoccupation with the limits of school budgets, or perhaps the department's latest pedagogical turn. Serious consideration of gardening and cooking providing for good learning did not ever get very far. So it is with a real sense of elation that my school's leadership has embraced the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden project, and given me the opportunity to develop it.
Stephanie Alexander herself is best known in metro Melbourne as one of the eminent 'foodies' and has been owner and chef of that city's finest restaurants. Ten years ago, however, her concerns about our society's abuse of food, and the sensory harm it was inflicting on children and families, saw her create what has become the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation. I knew about Stephanie from my years as a cook in the industry, but it was later, as a teacher, that I observed the development of her ambition to see children involved in the growing, cooking, and the sharing of their delights at the table. It is an impressive achievement. I can only recommend that any teacher who wishes to undertake any kind of cooking and garden program in their school to give this program top-most consideration. Gardening and cooking experiences and activities from over four hundred schools have been synthesised to produce excellent set-up support, and curriculum materials that will assist teachers integrate literacy, maths, science and art. ICT curriculum demands are also met, by a website designed to upload and document activities and recipes which can then be shared with other participating schools.
It is an age of paradox when the media becomes social; food, like porn is everywhere; and good cooking are competitions defined by TV advertisers. Many of us share Stephanie's concerns one way or another, the discouragement of sensory refinement, our knowledge of nature, and the decline of conviviality. The pressures families face distorts our lives. Global food markets and corporate retailing leave us malnourished irrespective of our social class. Be it a life-style of over-indulging on the finest of everything, or alternatively, attempting to live on kitten fried Kentucky style, both are the consequence of corporate capitalists' cultivating ignorance. Consciously engaging children and teachers in the sharing of knowledge about how, when, and why things grow, and cooking and eating together is what enriches us, and protects the world surrounding us.
We care about the things we love. Why then, even before our children can enjoy the natural world, do we emphasis everything that threatens it? So too it is with the food we eat. A pie in a classroom is more likely to be a healthy eating chart rather than a culinary and sensory delight that the children have made. The suggestion seems to be that our children's ignorance will be remedied by a moralising that engenders species-loathing fear. In turn that approach denies the possibility of learning from hands-on effort and the pleasures that brings. Classroom culture tends to deny the importance of sensory experiences and the development of our capacities to think and talk about them. Rather, the argument seems to go, that to do so is not serious learning. Really? Conversely, I would argue, we do not take ourselves seriously enough.
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The United States government has pledged to continue rendering assistance to Nigeria in the efforts to completely eradicate polio in the country.
The Country Director of U.S Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) in Nigeria, Dr. Okey Nwanyanwu, gave the assurance at the U.S Embassy in Abuja on Tuesday.
Nwanyanwu spoke at a press conference on World AIDS Day with special focus on disease outbreaks and control in Nigeria.
According to him, the CDC is committed to strengthening polio surveillances in major hospitals in urban areas of the northern states, in poor performing local government areas and in nomad/scattered communities.
He stressed that CDC has been providing key health data to decision makers in Nigeria in the bids to prevent diseases outbreaks.
He said: "We will do everything possible to support the Nigerian government. We have to get polio out of Nigeria. We are establishing surveillance systems to monitor health issues in Nigeria through integrated disease surveillance response, animal disease surveillance system and surveillance for HIV."
To turn around the poor services in the health sector, he harped on the need for the Federal Government to increase annual budgetary provision for heath in order to make meaningful impact in the sector.


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By JOHNNY CLARK and RUSS BYNUM
AUGUSTA, Ga. — A young woman accused of leaking U.S. government secrets to a reporter was indicted by a federal grand jury as she awaited a court hearing Thursday to determine whether she must remain jailed pending a trial.
Prosecutors plan to ask a judge to deny bond for 25-year-old Reality Winner, according to court records filed in the case. A grand jury returned an indictment Wednesday in U.S. District Court charging her with a single count of illegally retaining and transmitting national defense information.
It's the same charge federal authorities used to arrest Winner, a government contractor and former Air Force linguist, after FBI agents interviewed her and searched her Augusta home Saturday. FBI agent Justin Garrick said in an affidavit that Winner admitted she copied a classified report containing top-secret information and mailed it to an online news organization.
The charge Winner faces carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Winner's attorney, Titus Nichols, did not immediately return a call seeking comment Thursday. Her mother told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday she fears prosecutors will try to use the case to send a tough message that "we're not going to tolerate leakers."
"I think they're going to try to make an example out of her because of the political climate right now," Billie Winner-Davis said.
Winner has been jailed in neighboring Lincoln County since her arrest, according to a booking report released by the sheriff.
"She's not a flight risk," said Gary Davis, Winner's stepfather. "Everybody in America knows what she looks like at this point. She's never run away from anything in her life. She's not a violent person. She has no record. There's no reason to hold her."
Prosecutors have not named the news outlet, but her arrest was announced Monday as the website The Intercept reported it had obtained a classified National Security Agency report suggesting Russian hackers had attacked a U.S. voting software supplier before last year's presidential election.
The Intercept said the NSA report was dated May 5 — the same date court records cited for the documents Winner is accused of leaking.
Winner grew up in Kingsville, Texas, and enlisted in the Air Force after graduating from high school. Davis said she became a linguist, speaking Arabic and Farsi, and spent four years assigned to the NSA at Fort Meade, Maryland. During that time, he said, Winner provided real-time translation to Americans conducting field missions.
Davis said she received a commendation for aiding in the deaths of more than 100 enemy combatants and more than 250 enemy captures.
"If she made this mistake," Davis said, referring to the leaked documents, "it needs to be balanced against what she has done in the past and how she has served this country."
Neither prosecutors nor Winner's parents have identified the government agency where she worked at the time of her arrest. But the NSA has operated a $286 million complex in Augusta since 2012.
Bynum reported from Savannah, Georgia. Associated Press writer Jeff Martin in Atlanta contributed to this report.


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CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller reports that it's finders, keepers for anyone who discovers the artwork. The art's accompanied with a note promising that "everything will be all right."
"I read the note and it said take it! And it's free," says Anafidelia Tavares.
The note used to ask people to smile at strangers. But when the recession hit, the message changed.
Miller asked the artist, "So you hope to turn the entire economy around?"
Bataclan laughed and said "Yeah, why not? Sure. Big goal, but sure."
Bataclan is spreading hope, one painting at a time.
"I thought it was a really nice message and a very nice painting," says Jim Agostine.
Bataclan's been leaving street art for six years. He leaves big paintings when he's flush with cash and smaller ones when his budget is stretched. He's dropped off his paintings in some 32 countries and about half of the states.
He still has to deal with rejection. But more often than not, it's a wholehearted endorsement.
He doesn't give "everything" away. As a full time artist, the prices for his work range from $95 to $3,000.
But Bataclan finds his joy in the smile of someone who just needed a "pick me up."
It doesn't take much to pay forward a little cheer.
And that makes Bataclan's art truly priceless.


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One of my favourite things to eat in summer are fresh berries! They are packed with nutrition, especially if bought locally and infuse your body with all the energy it needs to get through the day. Not to mention, they are also high in fibre, which helps to push through toxic waste matter in the colon and free room for better nutrient absorption!
If you want to enjoy pure refreshment at a whole other galactic level of awesomeness, do not miss your chance to try this smoothie this summer! If you want, you can also exchange some berries in exchange for berries that are more suited for your palate! For instance, I may switch the blueberries with saskatoon berries or blackberries!
- 2 cups organic blueberries
- 1 cup organic raspberries
- 1 organic apple, cored
- 2 oranges, juiced
- 1 cup water or young thai coconut water
Blend the above ingredients in a blender such as the Vitamix & enjoy immediately to prevent oxidation!


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For a long time I wanted to write about one particular Saturday afternoon in the 1970s. Last year that idea became a story, "One Against a Gun Horde."
In those years I lived with my parents on a Nebraska acreage that sat on a hill, overlooking a creek valley grassland. About a mile to the southwest sat a small group of buildings we rented for livestock. Cattle grazed in the pasture. Hogs lived in the barns. A gravel road ran parallel with our homestead. Half a mile away, a right turn would take you half a mile to the other place.
So on this one sunny, summer Saturday, my dad and I were walking across our open yard, heading to the house for coffee, when we heard a gunshot. Then another.
It was the middle of summer. Not hunting season. And the thunder echoing up through the cedars and cottonwoods from the other place didn't come from a BB gun or even a .22 rifle.
This was high powered stuff.
We held up our hands to shield our eyes from the sun and searched the horizon.
The shooters weren't hard to find. Their bright red pickup was a give away, parked in the ditch at the other place.
Taking off in a run, Dad said over his shoulder, "Get in the pickup." I followed, feet dragging a little, while my heart picked up the pace. "Call the dog," he said
"Where are we going?" Like I didn't know. I got our German Shepherd into the box, and we jumped into our ancient blue Ford.
Dad turned the key, but before throwing the pickup into gear, he said, "Sons a bitches are too close to the hogs and cattle to be shootin'." His face was red, he was breathing hard, holding his voice down to a low growl.
"We're going down there?!?!"
I thought he'd lost his mind.
He thought I'd lost mine for the question.
We were both partly right.
"Dad. They've got guns," I said. "They've got guns." Trying to be extra dramatic.
"Oh yeah," he said, flinging open his door. Seconds later he was back with a single barrel shotgun that was older than the truck. "Hold onto that," he said.
Spinning gravel, we set out to confront the weekend gunnies, whoever they were, with an ancient shotgun, one shell, and a barking German Shepherd.
Less than a minute later, braking sideways on the gravel road, Dad deliberately spraying rocks at the parked red pickup, I decided it could've been worse.
I only saw two guys.
Then I decided it could've been better.
Each of the bearded men were bigger than dad and me combined. Each held a rifle.
"Do you know 'em?" said Dad. "Because I sure as hell don't." As if I hung around with bearded rednecks who were at least twice my age.
I shook my head, but he was already out of the pickup, stomping toward them. I decided to leave the shotgun in the cab.
When I joined them, I got a surprise.
Dad sure as hell did know 'em.
In fact, he'd gone to school with one of the men, and rode to Army basic training with the other.
Just like that, the anger was gone, all was forgiven, and it was old home week.
And like every kid left standing alone while a parent yuks it up with old friends, I immediately wanted to be someplace else.
So while I waited around and toed the dirt, I started to imagine how things might've been different.
What it these guys hadn't been old pals? What if they'd tried something? How would my dad act? How would I act?
That's the premise of "One Against a Gun Horde," that interplay between real life and fiction, and it served as an origin story of sorts. For a while now I've written about a character named John Coburn who some folks know as "The Peregrine" thanks to a series of dime adventure stories written about him "back east."
But who wrote those stories about Coburn? And why? Here's the answer, and the afternoon incident above is where it all started.
After growing up on a Nebraska farm, Richard Prosch worked as a professional writer, artist, and teacher in Wyoming, South Carolina, and Missouri. His western crime fiction captures the fleeting history and lonely frontier stories of his youth where characters aren't always what they seem, and the windburned landscapes are filled with swift, deadly danger. Read more at www.RichardProsch.com


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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Speakers - Rectilinear XIa
Another thrift shop find, these Rectilinear XIa speakers were surprisingly smooth! I usually don't buy speakers without first examining the drivers, but the grills on these were apparently put in place to stay in place. I kept the pair in my garage for a few months until the Celestion Ditton 33 pair arrived to relieve their shift. During their stay they filled the space with pleasant full-range sound. Lots of bass for their size, and pronounced if not overbearing highs.
Unfortunately, lack of storage space forced me to make some tough decisions, and since my wife wouldn't approve my idea of moving the washing machine and dryer to the dog run, the speakers had to go.
Honestly though, I've always hated the name Rectilinear. Although part of me appreciates the name as suggesting high-tech and futuristic, another part of me equates it to an unpleasant-sounding anatomical descriptor, as in "We entered the patient rectilinearly, and removed his spleen."
I know, "grow up!"
Have any experiences with your Rectilinear speakers? Send 'em on in - thanks.
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- AnonymousFebruary 6, 2012 at 4:44 PM
My first pair of speakers was a pair of rectumliner 3 I think, 10" 2 ways. I remember them sounding good except when I turned them up real loud, then the cabinets rattled so much I thought they would explode. But I remember them with fondness.ReplyDelete
rectilinear 5 was the best sounding speaker in the 70's. You could hear the fingers hitting the strings, violins sounded like they were in the room. I am looking for a pair of 5'sReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 7, 2017 at 3:38 PM
I just finished upgrading the dead tweeters in a pair of XIA Rectilinears. I am impressed, nice tight bass, and the dome tweeters bring the highs up a bit. These will make someone a nice pair of speakers for a vintage system.ReplyDelete
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EDIT 2000 – Technology and Innovation in the Classroom
Aderhold Hall, Room 616
Keri Valentine
Aderhold Hall – Room to be determined
Office hours by appointment
EDIT 2000 focuses on creating teaching and learning environments using technology. We will design products for learning environments through numerous activities with various technologies that support communication, collaboration, creativity, innovation, critical thinking, research, and problem solving in the classroom. There is an emphasis on making critical decisions about technology's role in the classroom and development of technology-enhanced learning activities.
To teach preservice teachers to use and manage technology in educational settings and to communicate means for using technology in educational settings.
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Develop an exploratory, experimental approach to technology with a willingness to try new applications
- Define various types of learning styles and strategies and explain how technology can support the needs of diverse learners
- Operate available computer hardware and associated peripherals
- Evaluate resources for their potential for achieving instructional objectives
- Plan instruction that incorporates technology in appropriate ways
- Use technology as a personal productivity tool
- Recognize various implication for computer use in K-12 schools and other educational settings
- Reflect on literature related to using technology in educational settings
- Access, evaluate, and utilize online educational resources
- Explain and give concrete examples of how various technologies can be used to enhance teaching, learning, and personal productivity
- Create learning activities and products with the software and mobile applications that will enhance instruction and personal productivity. For example:
- Word processing software
- Spreadsheet software
- Presentation software
- Web development software
- Graphic design software
- Graphic organizer software
- Curriculum-specific software
- Foundations
- Develop an understanding of curriculum objectives, instructional design, and lesson planning
- Identify problems and challenges in K12 learning environments and determine technology's role in overcoming these barriers.
- Define various types of learning styles and strategies and explain how technology can support the needs of diverse learners
- Communication and Collaboration
- Identify technology tools that support communication and collaboration
- Develop a learning activity that uses technology to support communication and collaboration
- Creativity and Innovation
- Create a digital story to teach a K12 learning concept
- Create a personalized learning contract to acquire knowledge and skills in various technology-based creativity tools
- Critical Thinking, Research, and Problem Solving
- Identify resources for critical thinking, research, and problem solving
- Develop a learning activity that uses technology to support critical thinking, research, and collaboration
- Research and Reflection
- Read relevant articles on K12 technology integration and reflect on their relevance to current learning environments
Participants must comply with all lab procedures and policies as established by the University of Georgia.
USB drive, access to speaker headphones for digital recording
Throughout the semester we will discuss your progress in the course. This may be achieved through email, office appointments, and during class times. You are welcome to turn in assignments ahead of time for formative feedback. Please note that late work is not accepted. You will be given a "late pass" that may be used once during the semester.
You will be given sufficient class time to get started on assignments and ask questions. Just as other classes require you to complete research in the library or listen to language tapes, you may find it necessary to complete your work in a campus computer lab before or after class, or on weekends. Assignments are due at the beginning of class unless otherwise indicated.
Resubmitting work: If you turn in an assignment on time and are unhappy with your grade, you may resubmit the assignment by the next class meeting after the assignment is returned to you.
F: 59 or lower
ASSIGNMENTS (these assignments may change based on the needs of the class)
- Learning Story (3%)
- Home Autobiography Page/Google Website Layout (5%)
- Demonstration of Readings – Blog Postings (18%)
*Extra Credit for additional postings to be determined during the semester
- Blog Site Creation and Commenting (10%)
- Digital Generation Reflection (5%)
- Learning Environment Design (5%)
- Comm. & Coll. Commercial Web 2.0 or Other Project (10%)
- Creativity & Innovation Video Digital Story or Other Project (10%)
- Creativity Contract (8%)
- Problem Solving & Critical Thinking Web Project (16%)
- Participation (10%)
Participation and attendance are worth 10% of your overall grade. However, 100% of your grade is affected when you do not attend class nor participate — as it will be difficult, if not impossible, to catch up on missed work. To miss scheduled demonstrations or discussions seriously compromises your learning.
You are permitted to miss three classes (1 week) without penalty. If you miss four classes, the highest grade you can earn for this course is a 90%. Missing more than six classes (2 weeks) may result in a WF for the semester. I do not wish to be in the position of judging whether an absence should be excused or not. If you miss class, for any reason, you will be marked absent and it will count against your participation and attendance grade.
Attendance will be taken during the first 10 minutes of class via a sign-in sheet. You will be counted absent if you sign in for another student. You will be counted absent if you leave class early (unless the entire class is dismissed). The course instructor reserves the right to assign a penalty to the participation and attendance grade for excessive tardiness.
Monday, January 7 – First Day of Class
Monday – Friday, January 7 – January 11 – Drop Add Week
Monday, January 21 – MLK Holiday
Thursday, February 28 – Midterm
Monday-Friday, March 11-15 – Spring Break
Thursday, March 21 – Withdrawal Deadline
Monday, April 29 – Last Day of Class
Monday, May 13 – Grades Due to Registrar
A Culture of Honesty, the University's policy and procedures for handling cases of suspected dishonesty, can be found at www.uga.edu/ovpi
If you have a disability and would like to request accommodations, please feel free to discuss this with me. All individuals receiving accommodations in the classroom must be registered with Disability Services. Please visit their website at http://www.dissvcs.uga.edu for further information.
The course syllabus is a general plan for the course; deviations announced to the class by the instructor may be necessary.


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DOWNEY - The Downey Optimist Club held its 24th Annual Charity Golf Tournament at Rio Hondo Golf Club Monday. The tournament, known as the "Tom Watts Memorial Tournament held in memory of 'Del' D'Alessandro," is the largest fund raiser of the year for the Optimist Club.
The tournament was founded by club member Tom Watts, whose passion for golf was only exceeded by his passions for his family and for helping kids in need. Long-time club member and golf tournament organizer Alfred "Del" D'Alessandro eventually took over the tournament, bringing the same commitment to excellence as Tom.
John Taormina chaired the tournament, with extraordinary support from Optimist Club members Steve Allen, Meredith Perkins, Bob Winningham, Roy Acker, Sam Mathis and Fred Donnelly.
"The community's support is vital to allow us to keep up our good work for the youth of our community," John said. "As one of the most active service organizations in Downey, the Optimist Club supports children throughout the community."
"I also want to especially thank our Secretary/Treasurer Steve Allen, who went way above and beyond the call of duty this year to ensure that our tournament was a success," he added.
The club's local charitable work includes:
* Annually sponsoring scholarships for exceptional students graduating from Downey's high schools. Last year, the club doubled its scholarships to six per year.
* Supporting children with disabilities throughout the year at world-renowned Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center.
* Partnering with the Warren High School Humanitarian Society, whose nearly 200 members work on local charitable projects throughout the year. This school year, the Downey Optimist-affiliated Warren Humanitarian Society will give more than 20,000 volunteer hours in the Downey area.
* Sponsoring the annual "Pumpkin Patch" at Apollo Park in Downey, which provides a safe and fun Halloween for thousands of local kids and their families. Last Halloween, more than 6,500 guests received free hot dogs, cotton candy, popcorn, donuts, sodas and helium balloons at what has become Downey's largest event.
* Holding Essay and Oratorical Contests for local high school students. This year 12 local high school students will receive scholarships from these events.
* Making substantial annual gifts to the Arc of Los Angeles and Orange Counties, Downey Family YMCA, local Boy Scout troops, and Darrell Jackson's Ten-Twenty Club.
As fate would have it, Darrell and his team (which included former Dodger outfielder Ken Landreaux) took first place with a net 58 in the tournament.
The big winners of the raffle at the tournament awards dinner were Johnny and Tina Venegas, who won more than a dozen prizes. Johnny and Tina bought 200 raffle tickets, as did Andy Mathis.
Some of the many others who supported the tournament in a major way included Fred Donnelly, the Watts family and Johnnie D'Alessandro.
"We had a fantastic day, with perfect weather and a wonderful lunch and dinner at the Rio Hondo Event Center," John said. "We thank everyone who attended for making it a very special day for Downey's kids."
********** Published: May 2, 2013 - Volume 12 - Issue 03


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"As a composer, I am particularly interested in the creation of hybrid
contexts in which theatrical elements (gesture, ordinary daily-life objects,
obsolete means of audio reproduction, visibility/invisibility of the
performance, speech, sound filters...) coexist with complex musical discourses."
Abel Paúl explores the different levels in the reception of a work:
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these "external" everyday elements may be sensed in several ways, he says: As
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tangible reality...
3 questions for Paúl
As a composer, I consider sound as a primary stratum from which the rest of the elements are derived. In my eyes, the organism of a piece, its articulation and reception is fully dependent on the sonic nature of the available materials. The "surface" of music is largely constrained to the particular features of a specific sound world. Sound activates our most immediate and visceral reactions in relation to music. This may be expressed as a physical response to its inner qualities or as an emotional reaction, as a reference or link to a particular recollection or previous experience. Sound is a mechanism to determine artificial spaces: two or more identical or similar sources define a set of sonic analogies that may delineate a particular map of references, a geography ultimately materialized in our ears. Sound is also a tool to sound out a room, to measure and explore the volume of a space (and possibly to redefine it). More importantly, sound works as a tool to shape our memory, defining temporal structures by means of repetition and recurrence, ultimately giving form to a composition, delineating both the superficial level and the internal arches that sustain a musical discourse.
What does silence represent to you – in general and in regards to your artistic practice?
Silence is a necessary illusion, an unattainable reality which is nevertheless essential for the act of composition. I do not consider silence as a vacuum or emptiness but rather as a continuum in which sound is projected. In such a way, I don't conceive silence as the absence of sound but as an undefined layer, an ever-changing stratus of residual noises and acoustic conditions, a framework on which the performance of a work is juxtaposed. This continuum we call silence is the infrastructure that ultimately determines the way we listen to music or to a particular sound. The array of acoustic conditions (the internal geography of a space, heating and air conditioning, the noises involuntarily produced by the audience...) conform the monotonous universe we identify as silence. In my eyes, this substrate greatly influences and partially determines the uniqueness of a performance and its reception. I almost never think about silence in absolute terms (unless it is from a strictly metaphorical perspective). I very much prefer the idea of an undefined fluid, continuous and changing frame in which sound takes place.
How do you work with the relation between sound and context in your artistic practice - or with the particular artwork/ composition you are bringing to SPOR 2013?
In this particular composition, I explore two different angles of the
relation between sound and the surrounding context. On one hand I use sound as
an architectural or environmental mechanism in order to extend, enrich or
reformulate the actual performing space. In my piece, I intend to create a
virtual redistribution of the stage by the use of duplications and sound
replicas. The piano is multiplied by the use of recordings which are in turn
played by different phonographs. These recordings may differ slightly from each
other but still show an unmistakeable link to the original source, working as
focal points, as slightly distorted mirrors that reflect the same materials.
Hopefully, this set of sound analogies will enhance the delineation of a new
geography whose ultimate logic is only to be materialized in our ears. On the other hand, and on an metaphorical
and poetic level I regard sound as the creator of a nostalgic context that may
trigger an association with our inner, personal archaeology. The vinyls and the
phonographs display a particular sonic universe, they work as individualized
"filters" defining a particular realm of residual noises and different acoustic
identities. I am particularly fascinated by this aspect of technological
vintage, the mechanical nature and the poetic inexactitudes of yesterday's
means of audio reproduction. In my eyes, the unique sonic identity generated
by these devices has the effect of a symbolic time machine. It takes us back to
a tangential past which is combined, contrasted and perhaps alienated by the
immediateness of the musical discourse.


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The Let's Do It! card game brought me back to childhood...I don't think an adult card game should do that. This is because it actually is a rip off of another game I learned as a kid. It's a fun and fast paced card game for two that claims to have hot and heavy rewards at the end. They aren't the greatest. Good thing is, you can easily make up your own.
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