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Chapter 2 : The Pale Steed
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Antioch's temper grew with his belly, as did his appetite for women.
Cadmus became as cold as his dead wife in the grave, though Death knew first hand she had been a warm woman in life. She'd seen him turn away a waif without a wand for want of a single coin, but could spare a dozen on bows for his fair haired daughters.
Ignotus, however, irked her. He had such potential, and yet there, shinning brightly on the front of the robes he wore, was pride. Once she even saw him tuck the sin away, if only for a moment, to court a young woman. She had smiled down at him, excited that he might learn from his experience. It quickly grew back, however, after he ended the courtship, deciding he could do much better than a woman without property. Perhaps it was the way he watched Antioch bully the less fortunate or Cadmus's cold dismissal of the poor that made Ignotus think he was above them. Whatever the reason, she would see him humbled. If not in his life, then in his demise.
It was this intrigue, this hope for their improvement that kept her there in the town, and while curiosity was normally not in her nature, for a time it pervaded her mind, tying her to the simple, if talented, inhabitants of Diagon Alley.
Cadmus stumbled out of the Leaky Cauldron and into the lane, the smell of ale heavy on his breath. He stopped in the brisk air, blearily looking down the street at the line of little cottages and shop fronts. Normally he would hug the sides of buildings, stumbling along until he found his front door. Tonight however, as he was looking down the lane, saddness overtook him. He did not want to go home, where Iloli's children waited for him and so he started towards the edge of town, where the forest sprawled out, cut in two by a cool stream.
The full moon painted the ground with ghostly light, creatures of the dark talking softly to one another from their hiding places as Cadmus crashed through the underbrush. Five years hadn't dulled the grief he felt, though she had only been his for three before slipping away after the birth of Patience and Temperance. He sobbed as he ran into the looming trees. She was with Ian now. He couldn't stand the lonliness. He pushed deeper into into the trees, stumbling through the cold stream. He slipped on the wet rocks and fell face first into the bank. He got back up quickly, trying to use the trees for stability.
"Just let me see her!" The brach he had chosen gave way, hurling him towards the ground once again. This time, the foul earthy taste of dirt pervaded his mouth.
Tears began to fall to the forest floor, clouding his vision. "Just let me see them..." he whispered.
He didn't try to stand, instead feeling the pain seep into his bones. He did not want the pain to go away. He liked to keep it sharp, fresh, just beneath the skin. To forget his grief would be to forget his love, and he would not have that.
A voice, soft and high on the wind, reached his ears, and he looked up, intoxication making the world spin.
"She will be with you, always..." the clear voice said.
"Who's there?" He called out, kneeling on hands and knees, head turning frantically about.
When no one answered, he crawled over to a thin sapling, using it to pull himself up. His had was shaking violently as he tried to take his crooked wand out of his pocket. "Show yourself!" he demanded.
Death frowned at the man, covered in muck, making demands of her. How dare he, she thought. And after I tried to comfort him. To prove the mortal a lesson, she urged her skeletal steed forward, out of the shadows and into the moonlight.
Cadmus gasped, fear coursing through him as a beast pale as moonlight strode forward from the depths of the forest. It's hooves made no sound as it came towards him and blank, bright eyes stared continually forward. It was a terrifying sight: skin clinging to bone, steam rising from it's nostrils in the cool night air, leathery wings fidgeting restlessly, gouging the earth beneath it.
At first he thought it was specter from his worst nightmare, come to life to haunt his waking moments. However it stopped just short of him, glowing in the soft light of the night. A dawning realization hit him, knocking him back down to his knees, his palms pressing together in front of his bowed head.
"Please," he begged the beast, desperation making his heart swell, "please take me. Let me see her again..."
Death's frown deepened. She had not expected such prostration, and for a moment she wondered if he couldn't see behind her cloak, though the thought was ridiculous. He was an intelligent man, and even in this drunken state, he could tell the steed was an unearthly creature of the underworld. Given his current state of mind, it was no wonder he made the connection to her, to death, to the prospect of a peaceful eternity.
He was pitiful, for sure, but it was not his time.
"No," she said simply, turning her steed and retreating to the shadows of the forest. His resulting howl left her unmoved.
Antioch woke to a piercing scream in the night. He bolted upright in an instant, groping for the wand that lay beneath his pillow to bring the candles about his modest bedroom to life. Renee lay beside him, deep, even breath confirming that she was still asleep.
Grogginess clouded his vision, in spite of the burning candle, but he didn't wait for it to clear before swinging his legs over the edge of the wooden bed and searching for his shoes. His house was cluttered, pieces of wood, feathers, hair from various animals, and an extensive assortment of carpentry tools littered most surfaces. Cadmus may be in charge of the business end of the shop, but Antioch was the one who crafted the merchandise.
He might not've been the best brother, but he certainly knew their screams. Cadmus was most definitely the one in distress.
If the sissy had managed to find a fight, Antioch would more than happy to finish it for him. From the sound of it, he wasn't too far off. Hopefully he could make it before any real damage was done to his younger brother. And if he wasn't, he would more than happy to return the favor.
As he laced up the second boot, a rap at the door sounded throughout the house, so loud and urgent even Renee could not ignore it. Hair wild and undone, she sat up groggily, patting about the bed for her husband before she realized he was already up. She grunted a little, then flopped back down onto the thin cot.
Now thoroughly awake, Antioch brought his wand to the ready as he went to the front door, ready for an ambush. He approached it carefully, pressing his ear against the rough grain. If there was more than one, he might be able to hear a snippet of conversation.
The gesture was unnecessary though, for as he listened the hysterical voice of his brother called, "Antioch! Antioch I need you!" from just the other side. A little annoyed now, he flung the door open.
Cadmus took an involuntary step back at the site of his brother framed in the doorway. He was an animal to be reckoned with, even if he hadn't been brandishing a wand.
"What do you want?" he grunted into the still, chilly air between them.
A bead of sweat rolled down Cadmus's face. "I need your help." His blood was pounding, hands tingling with urgency.
"I got that part when you were screaming at the door," Antioch held the door a little wider and motioned for the man to step inside.
"No, I need you to come with me- to the forest," his breath was erratic, rushing in and out, but not in time. "We have to catch it before it disappears, I have to..." he glanced behind his shoulder to the tree line, losing his line of thought.
"What the bloody hell are you going on about, Codfish," Antioch was a little worried, but mostly annoyed, and the childhood nomer slipped out without his really thinking about it.
"There's a beast, in the forest, a giant ghost horse, with wings and white eyes. We have to find it!" His eyes were frantic, pleading, just as his voice was.
Antioch took a deep breath and surveyed his brother, stark mad in the moonlight. The last five years had not been kind to him, and tonight seemed to have been especially trying. Mud was splattered over his robes, caked to his hair, and his glasses hung crooked from his nose. The eyes were bloodshot, and he reeked of ale.
"You're drunk," was his only reply.
Cadmus reached forward, holding on to the rough spun shirt of his elder brother. "No, I swear to you, it's real, Antioch, it's real and it can take me to her!"
Now extremely worried, Antioch held Cadmus by both shoulders and shook him until the man could no longer hold on to his shirt. "Get a hold of yourself! Do you even realize what you're saying? A ghost horse is going to take to you someone? Take you to who?" He had never seen Cadmus like this, and it was quite unsettling. His brother had always had a steady mind, and if it was starting to slip... He felt for the girls.
Once his head stopped rolling about, Cadmus broke down, sinking to his knees in the doorway. "It can take me to Iloli, brother. Please..."
The breath caught in Antioch's throat as his brother's sobs reached his ears. It was sad he had succumbed to madness.
"Go home, Cadmus." He admonished, picking him up by the arms and setting him on his unsteady feet. "Go find Nora, but don't tell her what you've told me. Go to bed. You need rest. In the morning," he paused, hoping the next words were true, "this will all just be a bad dream..."
As his brother turned and left, utterly dejected and sobbing into the night, a sour taste filled Antioch's mouth. He did not sleep soundly that night, plagued by visions of a white skeleton horse running him down while Cadmus shouted and yelled in the background.
Cadmus woke in the morning to find his shoes were still on and mud had dried to everything, including his bedding. The usual sounds of morning greeted his ears, accompanied by bright light streaming through the windows. His head throbbed painfully. He rose slowly, hands pressed gingerly to his temples in an attempt to massage away the discomfort. There was mud under his fingernails as well.
"No, Patience, we wait for your farther before eating, you know that," Nora was telling the girls.
The delicious smell of fried meat wafted through the cracked door, tempting him to emerge from the sanctuary of his bedroom.
He crossed the bare floor, kicking off his disgusting shoes and glancing into the mirror over his washbin. He was disgusting. It took quite awhile to scrub the dirt out of his hair. Try as he might, he couldn't fathom why there was so much of it. He remembered going to the pub, drinking quite a bit, and vaguely remembered arguing with Antioch about something important.
Finally presentable in a new linen shirt and breeches, he emerged from his room into the bright kitchen, where Nora was finishing up breakfast. His girls sat at the table, little legs swinging back and forth as they waited to be served. Nora had dressed them in pale blue frocks with large buttons, and their golden hair hung in neat braids at their shoulders, matching ribbons tied into crisp bows. He could only glance at them for a moment before he saw their mother peeking out at him, and he adverted his gaze.
"Good morning, girls," he said, taking a chair at the table.
"Good morning, Daddy," they chimed in unison.
Nora, having finished the porridge, bustled about the kitchen, bringing bowls and utensils to the table before dishing out the meal. He quite enjoyed having her around. She was short, dark, and a little heavy set, though not unattractive for it. The exact opposite of Iloli's golden, thin figure. Her smile was rare, but when he saw it, it brightened the day.
Sometimes, he felt a little guilty at how she made him feel lighter, less morose, but he didn't know how he would get by without her. He hadn't the slightest idea on how to care for the girls.
"Here you are," she said quietly, setting down a glass of fresh milk. "I'll need a bit of gold to get more yeast and flour from the market, we're running low."
"Of course," he replied between mouthfulls. She was a wonderful cook as well, though she tended to be a bit heavy handed with the spices. Iloli's dishes had been much more simple.
"Antioch came by this morning, asking how you were," she said, pouring the girls glasses of milk as well. "I told him you were still sleeping. He said you'd taken a tumble in the forest?"
Cadmus's spoon clanked against the table, throwing porridge across the room as it bounced to the ground. The night's events came back in a rush, the pale specter, the soft voice on the wind. He stood quickly, looking out of the wide kitchen window past the edge of town to the trees that marked the edge of the forest.
Nora was at his side, talking in his ear, but he brushed her off. "You stay here with the girls, I've got business that needs tending to."
If Antioch would not believe him, Ignotus was his last hope.
Ignotus had risen before the sun, packing his supplies and trekking off to the river. He hadn't acquired any Willow wood for quite some time, and he was sure the shop would be running low by now. As the morning faded away into a rather nice mid-day, he was on his way back, several long, thick branches in tow behind him.
He could use a spell to help him carry them, but he liked the labor. It kept his body in shape, and he liked the feeling of his muscles working beneath his skin. Anything to keep him occupied. The soft sound of the plank dragging against the grass was relaxing, the ropes he held in his hands course and thick.
It was a nice little set up they had with the business father left them. Ignotus gathered supplies, traveling to far corners of the country when needed, or hiding in the lofty tree tops of the forest nearby to collect a fallen feather, or stray hair. Antioch was the craftsman, whittling the powerful wood and inserting the core. It often surprised him how Antioch could beat a man senseless with the same hands that created such tools of beauty. Cadmus, of course, ran the shop, buried in boxes and numbers. They shared in the profits, though Cadmus had a larger portion. Ignotus didn't mind though. He had a family to provide for.
It did bring him satisfaction that his two older brothers couldn't have done it without him though. Antioch didn't have the patience or subtlety to gather the materials, and Cadmus would sooner eat a rotten egg than leave his house for more than a few hours.
"Ignotus!" someone called, startling him. It wasn't often he ran into anyone on this path out of town.
He squinted in the sunlight, trying to make out who was bounding towards him, half dressed, a pale linen undershirt whipping about plain breeches as he rushed forward.
As Cadmus came closer, Ignotus dropped the ropes tied to the make shift sled, took out a flask of water, and drank deeply. This was bound to be a good story.
"Cadmus," he called, "what are you doing out here?"
His brother pulled up short, out of breath and doubled over. Ignotus grinned a little to see his face red, covered in sweat. There was no way he'd able to run the shop without him.
"I...need your...help," he panted. Ignotus handed him what was left in the flask.
Thankful, Cadmus took it, drinking deeply until there was no more left.
"I am helping you." Ignotus replied a little indignantly, gesturing to the pile of wood he was pulling behind him on the planks. "Here's the wood you asked for. I've been up all morning getting it."
"No," Cadmus replied, finally standing up straight and taking his brother by the shoulder. "I need you take me into the forest. I need to catch a beast."
Ignotus was taken aback by the request, and the reason behind it. "What kind of beast?" he asked, suspiciously . There were some things in the forest he wanted nothing to do with.
"A horse, a gray horse, with leather wings like a devil, and made of bones."
The blood drained from Ignotus's face. That was most certainly one of the beasts he wanted nothing to do with. He himself had refused to speak of them to anyone else, choosing instead to try his hardest to forget his encounters with them.
"No," he said firmly, picking up the ropes again and pressing onward, past his brother.
"You know what I'm talking about though!" He insisted, walking alongside. "You know it's real!"
"Of course it's real," Ignotus said, "Though I've never seen a gray one. Red, black, and white, yes. If there is another, I do not wish to see it."
Cadmus stopped abruptly, though Ignotus continued.
"It can take me to Iloli," he whispered, so softly it was almost lost in the babble of the stream.
Now, Ignotus did stop, letting the ropes fall to the ground as he turned to face his older brother. The beasts were not ordinary, that was certain, but to take the living to the dead? "How do you know?"
"I asked it," Cadmus answered, face too grim to playing any jokes.
"You asked it?" Ignotus couldn't believe it. His brother didn't have the imagination to make this up, but he was also too sensible to actually think he'd gotten a reply from one of the cursed beasts. He personally did not think they were strictly equestrian in nature.
"I asked it, and it refused," he insisted.
Fear gripped Ignotus's heart. Cadmus was telling the truth, or at least what he thought was the truth. "She's gone, brother." He said, voice firm. "It cannot take you to her."
"Ignotus," he said, crossing the few steps that remained between them, "I need you." His clear blue eyes were wrinkled in pain, staring steading into Ignotus's green ones.
"No," Ignotus said firmly, again. "Let it go Cadmus. Let it go, and forget you ever saw the thing."
He turned his back on his brother, walking back towards the pile of wand wood and picking the rough rope out of the dirt.
"Then I'll do it myself," he heard Cadmus say. Crack!
When Ignotus turned to glance behind him, there were only footprints in the soft ground.
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Bawana was arrested several times earlier, including in 2012 when he had demanded Rs 50 lakh from Satinder, the then MLA from Narela constituency. He had jumped parole in 2013.
"We managed to arrest the most wanted gangster after a trail of 18 months," said Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) S N Shrivastava.
Bawana had become an enigma for police as he was giving them a slip though around 35 of his gang members were caught. Police said he was roaming all over North, Central and Western India, setting up bases in the last one-and-half years. One 'Smith & Wesson Springfield' make pistol which costs around Rs four lakh and one another pistol with 'US Made' engraving were recovered from the duo along with live and spent cartridges.
Bawana claimed the top spot of Delhi's underworld after his friend-turned foe Neetu Daboda, the then reigning don of Delhi, was killed in an encounter by Delhi Police on October 26, 2013. He jumped parole after Daboda's death. "Bawana was much ahead of Daboda when it comes to being cunning and realised that instead of taking on the police directly, he took help of his (maternal) uncle who is a politician. Bawana spent huge amount of illegal money earned by him and his syndicate to build electoral fortune of his uncle," said Shrivastava.
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01765 658838
Church services: Rev Caroline Falkingham will celebrate the Eucharist at 10.30am on Sunday in St Andrew's church. There will also be Spotlights, the children's Sunday club. The midweek communion service begins at 10.30am on Wednesday.
Chapel service: the chapel's congregation will make their own arrangements for worship at 10.30am on Sunday in the Ebenezer Chapel.
Mechanics institute events: Badminton starts next Thursday, September 19 and yoga begins on Friday, September 20. The watercolour painting class and the needlecraft classes start on Thursday, September 26. On Tuesday the mixability exercise class will be held at 2pm and body blitz aerobics at 7pm. The technical knock out class will be held from 9.15am to 10.15am on Friday.
Accompanist needed: the Highside Singers, the choir based in Kirkby Malzeard, need an accompanist for the new season's rehearsals which begin on Tuesday, September 17 in the Methodist Chapel schoolroom. Male singers will also be welcome. For more details please phone 01765 650145.
Watercolour painting: a ten week course, led by Sue Mitchell, is to be held on Thursday mornings at the mechanics' institute from September to December. The cost will be £100 and a limited number of places are available. Please contact Howard Mountain on 01765 658838 for further details.
Film night: the first of the season's mechanics' institute film nights will take place at 7.30pm on Friday, September 20. Please look on the notice-board for more details.
Workshop: Kate Crane is holding a workshop at the mechanics' institute from 9.30am-12.30pm on Saturday, September 21. Acetate and alcohol inks will be used so come prepared: it could be messy. The fee is £14.
Mosaic trail: the charity mosaic trail will be held on Saturday, September 21. The full trail is 7 miles long. It starts at Tom Corner from 10.30am to 11.15am and the charge is £6 for adults and £3 for children. This includes coffee/soft drinks and cake, barbecue, ice cream, cake and afternoon tea. Tickets are available from Karen Pickles (01765 658452) or from Kirkby Stores.
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Sawley - Church service: there is no service on Sunday in the Church of St Michael and All Angels.
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Whist and dominoes: the monthly whist and domino night begins at 7.30pm on Friday, September 20.
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THE 9/11 DECADE; What We Kept
By DAN BARRY
Published: September 11, 2011
After the roar, after the first ground-trembling collapse sent clouds of pulverized matter billowing through Lower Manhattan, a man paused from his hurried retreat to take in a world now coated with the dust of uncertain gray. For reasons he still cannot explain, he bent down, scooped some of this grayness into an envelope -- and kept on moving.
Meanwhile, to the south, a businessman was shredding his T-shirt and distributing strips of cloth as protection against the dust-clotted air; a bank executive accepted the stranger's gift and pressed it to her mouth. And to the north, a rattled television producer made it to the Hudson River, where someone handed her a small red ticket granting her space on a ferry bound for New Jersey, where she lived.
''Admit One,'' the ticket said.
In the aftermath of Sept. 11, people everywhere did what people do in disaster's fresh wake: We wept, prayed, raged, cowered, gathered, hid, drank, questioned, comforted and sought comfort. We also saved things, often little things, and often for reasons just beyond the full grasp of articulation. Now, a decade later, many of us still keep these mundane items, which timing and circumstance have forged into artifacts approaching the sacred. They return us instantly to a moment we have no desire to revisit, but are determined not to forget. They are our Sept. 11 relics.
The footlong shred of a T-shirt that Susan Horn keeps in her bedroom drawer in Scarsdale, N.Y., as a reminder of a stranger's selflessness. The jar of multicolored wax bits, remnants of the McLaughlin family's front-porch candlelight vigil in Brewster, N.Y. The silver-framed calendar of the Rev. Paul Fromberg, an Episcopal priest in San Francisco, its page fixed on September 2001. The photo identification card kept in the wallet of Stacy Scherf Dieterlen, a temporary worker who fled the south tower's 101st floor while some of her colleagues hesitated, and died.
Living now in Kentucky, Ms. Dieterlen carries the card with her as a reminder of her good fortune, and as proof to others that she was there. That morning she was wearing a pink button-up shirt, a black skirt and comfortable loafers, and she had just bought some blueberries to eat at her desk, when ...
The parking garage tickets never validated, the Yankees tickets never used, the airplane tickets for flights never taken. The shoes worn in panicked retreat and now tucked deep in closets, never to be worn again, never to be thrown away. The face masks and Mass cards, the children's drawings and trade center trinkets. The worthless, precious bits of paper that burst out of the twin towers, fluttered across the East River, and floated down upon the streets of Brooklyn like sorrowful confetti.
Nick Arauz, for example, who had just hurried across the Manhattan Bridge with thousands of others, found a single page, a charred piece of a Peace Corps application, on the hood of his car in Carroll Gardens. Kept in the Army chest he uses as a nightstand, this bit of paper evokes so much -- from the weapon of a jetliner flying directly over him to the innocence of his infant twins -- yet he rarely looks at it.
''It was just something I couldn't throw away once I picked it up,'' he said.
The paper saved by Amy Shigo is even smaller. It is a red ticket, the kind used at carnivals and raffles, and yet so dear now that it is kept in a jewelry box. ''Admit One,'' the ticket says, inviting the existential question of admission to what? The refuge of New Jersey? The continuation of life?
It is Ms. Shigo's ticket to then. To having recently completed her first Ironman competition. To seeing something hit the north tower from the window of her Hoboken-bound train. To being enveloped in the gauze of denial before heeding advice to leave her Chelsea office and get on a Jersey-bound ferry. To reaching the pier, where an orderly line had formed, and where a man was dispensing tickets. To making it home some seven hours later, where poor solace was found in a container of chocolate-chocolate-chip ice cream.
''It got me home; of course I would save it,'' Ms. Shigo said of her ticket. ''This was my Willie Wonka-esque moment. All right. I made it. Admit one.''
Even the very dust.
Jean-Marie Haessle, a French-born artist with mortality on his mind -- he had just discussed his will with a lawyer in Lower Manhattan -- began hustling back uptown after the collapse of the first tower. But, in an action he can describe only as reflexive, he stopped long enough to scoop up dust with an envelope on Wall Street.
''I don't know why, I don't know why,'' Mr. Haessle, now 71, said. ''As an artist, I feel this gigantic, beautiful structure, reduced to this amazingly thin powder. To me, even today, it's just. ...''
The dust reminds him of his eventual death; of the certainty of change -- ''of a lot of things, not all for the best.'' He keeps it on his desk, encased not in a vessel of gold or silver, but in the same paper envelope he used to capture it.
''The humblest kind of thing,'' he said.


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Tables 7.8 to 7.9 summarize the percentage of households across countries and size of operations using a specific disposal method for dead animals. For swine production, a higher percentage of households surveyed chose to dispose of the dead piglets on farm. The specific method differed by country and size of operation. Ninety percent of the small independent producers in the Philippines buried the dead piglets. The majority of large-scale producers, on the other hand, got rid of their dead animals through incineration or some other method. Close to ninety percent of the broiler farms surveyed disposed of dead animals within the farm premises. The animals were buried, burned, thrown into pits, or fed to other animals. In Thailand dead swine often were given away as a gift, sold to the market, or back to the contractor. These practices were pretty uniform across size of operations. This may be due to a requirement of the integrator to assure that the pig died of natural causes. The Philippines is the only country to report that a small percentage of the households (1 percent) dump the dead piglets into the river.
Similar results were found with broilers and layers. As with swine, most of the households surveyed disposed of dead animals on farm. The most common disposal of dead broilers (Table 7.7) for small holders in India was burial (70 percent), followed by selling it to a secondary market (27 percent). A much smaller percentage of the large households in India reported this practice, but there were many no responses in this category to verify that assumption. In the Philippines, around 30-35 percent of all producers disposed of the birds through incineration compared to 10 percent of the small independent producers. In Thailand incineration and burial were reported together, and these practices appear to be the most popular amongst the households surveyed.
In terms of layers (Table 7.8) the preferred method of disposing dead animals is on farm for small-scale producers in both India and Thailand. More than half of India's small-scale producers chose burial over incineration. This may be due to the higher capital cost associated with incineration opposed to burial. A relatively large percent report disposal in the "other" category. The surveys when doing the survey found refrigerators in the back of many farms and it appears that the dead animals often are sold at a reduced price on a secondary market. This practice was also reported in Thailand. Fifty-eight percent of the large layer producers surveyed in Thailand send their dead animals to the retailer.
In India, there was similar mortality in the grow-out phase for small-scale producers (4 percent mortality) and large-scale producers (4 percent mortality). Most dead animals were buried or sold to a secondary market as a source of food. Close to 70 percent of both small and large scale broiler producers buried their dead animals. Selling frozen dead birds to a secondary market was also practiced by small-scale producers (26 percent) and large-scale producers (19 percent). Incineration was practiced more by large-scale producers (9 percent) than small-scale producers (3 percent). This may be due to the capital cost involved. Although feeding dead animals to fish is reported to be a practice in India, none of the households surveyed disposed of their dead birds in this manner.


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What I like about HSU is the sense of community and shared ideals and the feeling that people are here because they want to make things better . . . the environment, their communities. When I teach a class it's my favorite part of the day. I look forward to going into the classroom because I enjoy having that discussion, that intellectual give and take, about a topic in which we all share an interest.
My teaching and professional interests include park and wilderness planning and management, particularly planning for and managing recreational uses of parks, wilderness, and similar public lands. My personal interests and hobbies include whitewater kayaking and rafting, hiking and backpacking, cross-country skiing, and visiting our great public lands. My favorite landscapes to visit are the Colorado Plateau deserts of southern Utah and the high mountain lakes and forests of western Montana and the high Sierra. The two books that have most influenced me are A Sand County Almanac, by Aldo Leopold, and Desert Solitaire, by Edward Abbey.
Outdoor recreation planning and management in parks, wilderness and other public lands.
B.S. in both Biology and Environmental Studies, 1982, Principia College, Illinois
M.S. in Wildland Recreation Management, 1987, The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
Ph.D. in Forestry (recreation), 1994, The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
EMP 105 – Natural Resources Conservation
EMP 215 – Natural Resources and Recreation
EMP 415 – Recreation Planning
EMP 440 – Managing Recreation Visitors
FOR 374 – Wilderness Area Management
Dr. Martin is the 2015 recipient of the national award for Excellence in Wilderness Stewardship Research, awarded by the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service.
My research focuses on visitor use of recreation settings and managing recreational use of natural resource areas, particularly parks, wilderness areas and similar public lands.
Much of my research involves recreation visitor studies which aim to increase our understanding of:
Martin, Steven. 2017. Real and potential influences of information technology on outdoor recreation and wilderness experiences and management. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration 35(1): 98-101.
Martin, Steven. 2016. Protecting Visitors and the Wilderness through Stewardship Research. International Journal of Wilderness 22(2): 17-20.
Martin, Steven and Jessica Blackwell. 2016. Influences of personal locator beacons on wilderness visitor behavior. International Journal of Wilderness 22(1): 25-31.
Watson, Cordell, Manning and Martin. 2016. The Evolution of Wilderness Social Science and Future Research to Protect Experiences, Resources, and Societal Benefits. Journal of Forestry 114(3): 329-338.
Martin, Steven. 2015 Coastal Recreation Visitor Study. Final Research Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, Arcata Field Office. April 25, 2016. 137 pp.
Watson, Martin, Christenson, Fauth and Williams. 2015. Relationship between perceptions of wilderness character, attitudes toward management intervention to adapt biophysical resources to a changing climate, and nature restoration at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Environmental Management. 56:653-663.
Van Kirk, Martin, Ross and Douglas. 2014. Computer Simulation Modeling to Determine Trailhead Quotas for Overnight Wilderness Visitor Use. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration. 32(3):29-48.
Martin, Steven and Daniel White. 2013. Headwaters Forest Reserve 2012 Visitor Study. Final Research Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, Arcata Field Office. June 30, 2013. 204 pp.
Martin, Steven and Jessica Blackwell. 2012. Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks 2011 Wilderness Visitor Survey. Final Research Report submitted to Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks. 129 pp.
Martin, Steven and Kristen Pope. 2012. The Influence of Hand-Held Information and Communication Technology on Visitor Perceptions of Risk and Risk-Related Behavior. In: Cole, David N., comp. 2012. Wilderness visitor experiences: Progress in research and management; 2011 April 4-7; Missoula, MT. Proc. RMRS-P-66. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 219 p.
Douglas, Ross, Martin, and Van Kirk. 2012. Overnight Visitor Use and Computer Simulation Modeling of the Yosemite Wilderness. Pages 84-89 in: Weber, Samantha, ed. 2012. Rethinking Protected Areas in a Changing World: Proceedings of the 2011 George Wright Society Biennial Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites. Hancock, Michigan: The George Wright Society.
Van Kirk, Martin, Ross, and Douglas. 2011. Simulation Modeling and Analysis of Overnight Visitor Use of the Yosemite Wilderness. Final Report to National Park Service, Yosemite National Park, El Portal, California. November 2011. 89 pages.
Ward, Martin, Taylor. 2011. Design and Evaluation of Communication Strategies to Mitigate Visitor Use Impacts at Pelican and Cormorant Non-breeding Sites. Final research report submitted to Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Arcata, CA. 72 pp.
Pope, Kristen and Steven Martin. 2011. Visitor perceptions of technology, risk and rescue in wilderness. International Journal of Wilderness, volume 17, number 2, pages 19 - 26, 48.
Ward, Taylor, and Martin. 2011. Evaluation of Communication Strategies to Mitigate Visitor Use Impacts on Marbled Murrelets. Final Research Report submitted to Redwood National and State Parks. July 2011.
Martin, Steven and Kate McCurdy. 2010. Wilderness food storage: Are bear-resistant food storage canisters effective? International Journal of Wilderness, volume 16, number 1, pages 13-19, April 2010.
Martin, Steven and Kate McCurdy. 2009. Wilderness food storage in Yosemite: Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to understand backpacker canister use. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, volume 14, number 3, pages 206-218, June 2009.
Martin, Steven, Jeff Marsolais, and David Rolloff. 2009. Visitor perceptions of appropriate management actions across the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, volume 27, number 1, pages 56-69, Spring 2009.
Martin, Steven and Kate McCurdy. 2008. Wilderness food storage in Yosemite: understanding backpacker canister use. Paper presented at Integrating Human Dimensions into Fisheries and Wildlife Management Conference, Estes Park, CO, Sept. 28 - Oct. 2, 2008.
McCurdy, Kate and Steven Martin. 2007. An assessment of bear-resistant food canister use in Yosemite National Park. Final report submitted to the National Park Service.
Martin, Steven, Kate McCurdy and Steve Thompson. 2006. Backcountry food storage: How not to share your dinner with a bear. Research poster presented at 11th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Vancouver, B.C. June 2006.
Martin, Steven, Kate McCurdy and Tori Seher. 2005. Food storage regulations in the Yosemite Wilderness: implications for bears and backpackers. Research poster presented at the 8th World Wilderness Congress, Anchorage, Alaska. October 2005.
Martin, Steven and Emily Harris. 2004. Campsite solitude: A contingent valuation study. Research poster presented at 10 th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Keystone, Colorado. June 2004.
Martin, Steven and Jeff Marsolais. 2004. Visitor perceptions of management actions across the recreation opportunity spectrum. Research poster presented at 10 th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Keystone, Colorado. June 2004.
Martin, Steven and Emily Harris. 2004. Research Report for Lost Coast Trail Backcountry Visitor Study. Report submitted to Bureau of Land Management, King Range National Conservation Area.
Martin, Steven, John Stuart, Portia Halbert, and Mark Rizzardi. 2004. Effect of 70 years of recreational car camping on vigor of old-growth coast redwood and Douglas-fir. Research report submitted to Big Basin Redwoods State Park, and research poster presented at Redwood Region Forestry Science Symposium, March 2004. Rohnert Park, CA.
Martin, Steven and Emily Harris. 2004. Are bear-proof food storage canisters being used effectively on the Lost Coast Trail? Research poster presented at 4th Social Aspects and Recreation Research Symposium, February 4-6, 2004. San Francisco, CA.
Duncan, Garrett and Steven Martin. 2002. Comparing the effectiveness of interpretive and sanction messages for influencing wilderness visitors' intended behavior. International Journal of Wilderness 8(2): 20-25.
Martin, Steven and Carolyn Widner. 2000. Research Report for Headwaters Forest Reserve Visitor Study. Report submitted to Bureau of Land Management, Arcata Resource Area.
Martin, Steven. 2000. Donations as an alternative to wilderness user fees - The case of the Desolation Wilderness. In: Cole, McCool, Borrie, and O'Laughlin (compilers). Wilderness Science in a Time of Change Conference Proceedings, Volume Four, pp. 142-147. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
Martin, Steven. 1999. A policy implementation analysis of the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program: Convergence of public sentiment, agency programs, and policy principles? Journal of Park and Recreation Administration 17(3): 15-34.
Martin, Steven. 1999. A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd F. Olson (Reviewed). Leisure Sciences 21(2): 167-169.
Martin, Steven. 1997. Specialization and differences in setting preferences among wildlife viewers. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 2(1): 1-18.
If your research interests are similar to mine, and you are interested in working on a thesis (developing a conceptual framework, advancing hypotheses, collecting and statistically analyzing the data), and you will work to publish your research results in a journal, here are some things you should know and some steps you should take.
Understand that space is limited and competition can be strong. I generally accept only one new graduate student each year. If you are interested in working with me, I strongly encourage you to do two things: 1) send me an example of your writing and thinking in the form of a 1 to 2 page thesis project pre-proposal, along with a statement of your career goals, why you want to pursue a master's degree, and a summary of your research-related experience; 2) if at all possible, visit campus and meet with me in person.
Irene Vasquez
I'm interested in determining effective management in restoring tribal values for tule (Shoenoplectus) baskets in Yosemite National Park. I want to compare burned and non-burned sites for tule growth, quality and size. Can cutting, tearing tule at different intensities and seasons be an effective management tool to promote growth for cultural purposes? What are the pests or pathogens that attack tules and can prescribed burning be an effective biological control? I will examine historical documents in regards to marsh and riparian burns, as well as interview basket weavers and elders about the qualities, gathering and management techniques of tule for good basket material and other utilitarian purposes and then try to meet those values by implementing a management regime for restoring plants important for cultural preservation.
Claudia Voigt - Graduated 2016Measuring Recreation Use Impacts on Old-Growth Redwoods
Old-growth coastal redwood stands and the habitat they provide are the conservation target of Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) in northern California. In recent years there has been greater access to location information about record-sized trees, and visitors have created networks of social trails in redwood groves, including one grove that has no formal access. Coupled with increasing visitor numbers, this has caused an alarming increase in recreational impacts in redwood groves. By providing visitors access to groves, managers accept that there will be ecosystem impacts, but data is needed to evaluate the degree of impact on trees, soil and understory vegetation. I assessed impacts of social trails around old-growth redwood trees in three alluvial flat groves with different use intensities in RNSP. In 2015 I mapped old-growth redwood trees and social trail networks around these trees. I randomly sampled 20 to 30 trees per site and collected baseline data on the spatial extent of disturbance and selected vegetation and soil indicators. Tree size (measured as diameter) proved to be significantly positively related with trampling disturbance around trees in two of the sites, while in the highest-use site, distance from the formal trail was most strongly related with disturbed area. The findings of this study will serve as initial baseline conditions for recreational impacts in these stands. RNSP can use the study design developed for this thesis to monitor changes in trail-related visitor impacts in old-growth redwood stands of management concern.
Jessica Blackwell - Graduated 2015Does personal information and communication technology in the wilderness lead to more risk-taking in wilderness?
Through a wilderness visitor survey in Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness (n= 635) and follow-up personal phone interviews (n=65), this study offers insight in how personal locator beacon (PLBs) technology may influence wilderness visitors. Results show that wilderness visitors were able to enjoy the wilderness experience more worry-free and guilt-free than they had without a device. Many said that it was an added precautionary tool, such as a first aid kit, flare gun or whistle, making them more prepared in the case of an emergency. We also found that carrying a device helped wilderness visitors travel without feeling guilty for causing their loved ones back home to worry about their safety. Solo travelers in particular were able to enjoy the solitude of their wilderness experience more than they would have without a device. The only significant finding on how a device may influence risk-taking or decision making in the wilderness, was on the visitors' decision to travel alone. Many people felt they would be more likely to travel alone if they had a personal locator device. The device theoretically would replace the need for traveling in a group. Those that consider themselves to be risk takers said they would be just as likely to do the same activities with or without the device. Hand-held technology, by influencing the wilderness experience and risk behavior of the wilderness visitor, will lead to inevitable changes in what defines wilderness (solitude, sense of self-reliance, primitive experience, meeting nature on its own terms, developing self-rescue skills). The knowledge gained from this research may be used to develop best management practices and guiding principles for the appropriate use of technology in the wilderness.
Daniel White - Graduated 2014Recreational Visitor Use of the Headwaters Forest Reserve
Headwaters Forest Reserve (HFR) has existed since 1999, when the Bureau of Land Management purchased remnants of old-growth forestland from Pacific Lumber Company. The area provides numerous recreation opportunities, including hiking and dog walking. High visitor numbers combined with many different user group types seeking different experience outcomes often leads to conflict, and in recent years instances of human-dog conflict have increased. To assess the nature of human-dog conflict at HFR, 434 visitors to the area were surveyed from May to September 2012. The survey had two components, an on-site interview, and a written survey that was mailed to participants and then mailed back upon completion (71% response rate). Participants were asked about the quality of their visit, agreement with proposed area management strategies, and opinions on the current dog policy. Results showed about 20% of respondents reported conflict between humans and dogs, with figures higher for those visitors who didn't bring dogs. Significant differences in attitudes about potential management techniques were also found between visitors who bring dogs to HFR and visitors who don't, with visitors who bring dogs less receptive to more restrictions placed on dogs at HFR. I propose potential management techniques to alleviate conflict by adjusting attitudes of visitors through changing social norms, which includes increasing visitor education and increased enforcement of regulations
Mark Douglas - Graduated 2011Yosemite Wilderness Visitor Travel Patterns -- Implications for Trailhead Permit Quotas
Yosemite National Park uses a trailhead quota system to manage wilderness visitors. Park scientists set user capacities in the 1970s for wilderness zones and trailhead quotas from prevalent travel patterns and a computer simulation model. Limiting how many visitors start daily at a trailhead maintains overnight zone use within capacity if trip characteristics (party size, trip duration, spatiotemporal itinerary adherence) remain similar to the 1970s. Evidence suggests that travel patterns have changed since this system's inception. Data on which the original trailhead quotas were based, and the data on itinerary adherence, are nearly forty years old, and the supposition is that visitor use consists of a larger number of shorter distance and shorter duration trips. Consequently, travel zone capacities are likely being exceeded in some zones on high-use nights. To accurately assess wilderness use distribution and to develop a contemporary travel simulation model, wilderness trips from 1 May - 30 September 2010 were evaluated in regard to mean party size, trip duration, and spatial and temporal adherence to the permit itinerary. Multiple visitor use scenarios (e.g. alternate trailhead permit quotas) were then simulated and the results presented to Yosemite Wilderness managers. Mark subsequently earned his Ph.D. at the University of Montana in Missoula and is currently an assistant professor at the University of Maine at Machias
Dan Shyrock - Graduated 2010Ecological Conditions and Monitoring Standards for Meadows in the John Muir and Ansel Adams Wilderness Areas, CA.
Pack-stock impacts to wilderness meadows have received relatively little research attention. The few studies that have been conducted in high elevation wilderness environments have revealed that even moderate levels of grazing can result in substantial declines in meadow productivity. Despite this, active monitoring of Wilderness grazing areas has traditionally been given far less attention than monitoring of trails or campsites, and in many cases meadows are not monitored at all. As a result, wilderness managers must try to adaptively manage pack stock use with only limited qualitative, often anecdotal information of on-the-ground conditions. The Inyo National Forest has been involved in several lawsuits over the last seven years concerned with pack stock management in the John Muir and Ansel Adams Wilderness Areas. These lawsuits have led the Forest to reevaluate meadow conditions and monitoring needs. My research contributes to that effort by evaluating the ecological conditions of 14 wilderness meadows and examining the effectiveness of different types of resource standards and monitoring techniques. In particular, my research examines the effectiveness of frequency monitoring in rating meadow ecological conditions, the use and effectiveness of new types of standards, such as graminoid to forb ratios, and the effect of varying use levels on species composition and ground cover. Old monitoring plots were also re-measured in four meadows, allowing for an analysis of trends in species composition over the last 20 years.
Kristen Pope - Graduated 2010Visitor Perceptions of Wilderness Rescue
Wilderness visitation has changed somewhat in recent years with the widespread availability of personal technology such as GPS, cell phones, and emergency personal locator beacons. It is possible this has encouraged individuals from a wider variety of skill levels and backgrounds to visit wilderness. As devices like personal locator beacons become readily available, more visitors may bring them into wilderness and use them to request rescues, and may develop unrealistic expectations of rescue. In 2009, 235 overnight visitors to the King Range Wilderness in California completed a written survey. "Pro-technology" respondents (55% of the sample) felt that technology increased one's safety in wilderness, and would be more likely to use technology to request a wilderness rescue. "Anti-technology" respondents (45%) felt very strongly that technology cannot substitute for skill, experience and knowledge, were very unlikely to take chances that could increase risk just because they had technology with them, and did not agree that technology reduced dangers and made them feel safer in the wilderness. Those with personal experience of a serious wilderness accident were more likely to believe that technology creates a false sense of safety for wilderness users than were people who have not been involved in a serious wilderness accident. Kristen is currently the Jackson (WY) Representative for the Wyoming Wilderness Association.
Max Korten - Graduated 2008Developing Quantitative Indicators and Standards for Solitude on the Lost Coast Trail
Zach Jarrett - Graduated 2007Expectancy-Disconfirmation Theory and Recreation Visitor Satisfaction
Kate McCurdy - Graduated 2006Attitudes, beliefs and behaviors about bear resistant food canister use among wilderness users in Yosemite National Park
Jeff Marsolais - Graduated 2004Visitor Perceptions of Management Actions Across the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum


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Boot up: Apache's track patch, Windows 8 supplies, GRiD remembered and more
A quick burst of 10 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team
Apache patch to override IE 10's Do Not Track setting >> ParityNews.com: ...Because Technology Matters
A new patch for Apache by Roy Fielding, one of the authors of the Do Not Track (DNT) standard, is set to override the DNT option if the browser reaching the server is Internet Explorer 10.
Microsoft has by default enabled DNT in Internet Explorer 10 and upcoming Windows 8 stating that it is to "better protect user privacy." This hasn't gone down well with Ad networks, users and other browser makers.
This one is going to run and run.
Quick First Look: Kindle Fire HD 7" >> YouTube
Seeing it in action, it looks... laggy. (The British press hasn't yet had a hands-on.)
Supply chain to face challenges preparing for Windows 8 notebooks >> Digitimes
Windows 8-based notebook shipments are expected to start increasing in September as the launch date of the operating system approaches, but because most orders are scheduled for shipping in September and October, sources from the upstream supply chain are concerned that related supply chain players will face great challenges in terms of capacity management and production smoothness.
The first batch of Windows 8-based notebooks was shipped in late August via marine routes and were all models without touchscreen panels. For models equipped with touchscreen panels, ODMs are still in the processes of conducting final adjustments and debugging, and finished products are only expected start shipping in late September by air.
When Digitimes writes about pure supply chain issues, it's usually right on the money.
New broadband minister snubs 'ugly' fibre cabinet gripes >> The Register
Brits will no longer be able to object to the arrival of "ghastly" fibre optic cabling cabinets outside their homes: Blighty's new broadband minister has stamped her authority on moves to upgrade the nation's internet infrastructure that sidestep local councils.
Maria Miller, who replaced Jeremy Hunt earlier this week during Prime Minister David Cameron's reshuffle, said she planned to legislate immediately following consultation, and added the government would - if necessary - use existing powers to put an end to local bureaucracy that she thinks is slowing down the rollout of faster broadband.
Have any fibre installations been stopped because of planning objections?
GRiD Compass 1101 computer >> Old Computers
Designed to be the ultimate portable computer, the clamshell-style GRiD Compass 1101 is the grand-daddy of all present-day laptop computers.
The Compass is very high-tech, with its flat-black, die-cast magnesium-alloy case, and bright, sharp electroluminescent display (ELD). No other system packed so much speed and power in as small a case, and none had such a unique and large, easy-to-read screen, allowing full 80x24 text.
Of course, all of these great features raised the price significantly. At $8150, the GRiD Compass 1101 was the most expensive personal computer you could buy.
Originally developed for business executives, GRiDs were also used by the U.S. military 'in the field', and by NASA on the Space Shuttles during the 1980's and 90's. It's even been said that the US President's "nuclear football" at one time included a GRiD computer.
RIP Bill Moggridge.
The ho-hum era of smartphones has begun >> CNET News
Stephen Shankland:
There's a precedent here: personal computers. For years, it's been hard to stand out in that realm, with largely interchangeable designs made of of the same innards sourced from the same suppliers. Apple stands out for its sturdy laptops, slick track pad, and in-house operating system, but it's the exception that proves the rule for the much larger remainder of the market.
Occasionally, dramatic change sweeps through the personal computer world, and I think Windows 8 and touch screens are driving one of those big changes now. It remains to be seen whether consumers will embrace the changes, of course, but there's no doubt many of next year's PCs will be very different from last year's PCs.
But what's going to drive the next big change in mobile phones?
HP introduces new Apple iMac >> The Next Web
Headline of the day.
Tabeo 7 inch Kids Tablet >> Toys "R" Us
Only $150 for an Android 7in tablet including a 1GHz processor to make gaming "fast and fun!". This really is one where you'd be very wise to get hands-on experience before passing over your hard-earned.
The purpose of design patents >> TechPinions
Ben Bajarin:
If you went into a grocery store and looked at a wall of beverage containers, all without the labels, you can easily pick out the one which is a Coke bottle and that is the point. It is iconic, consistent, and easily identifiable.
Now perhaps those engaging in the "you can't patent round corners" debate have either no appreciation for consistent design philosophy or never taken a step back and looked at all of Apple's products. Because when one does take a look at all of Apple's products you will see that every piece of hardware follows the four perfectly asymmetrical rounded corners design.
HTC revenues down for fourth straight month in August
HTC has reported revenues of NT$24.02bn (US$803.34m) for August 2012, down 4% sequentially and 47% on year. The data shows that HTC's revenues have been declining for four consecutive months.
For the first eight months of 2012, revenues amounted to NT$207.87bn, decreasing 34.8% from a year earlier, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).
Expects to break that in September following Asian launches, but this does not look healthy for HTC. Those are very large decreases in revenue in this market.
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WAYNESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A southwest Ohio village has terminated its contract with the operators of a yearly sauerkraut festival in the hopes of forging a new agreement.
The Dayton Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/2fZm5yd ) Mayor David Stubbs says Waynesville Village Council earlier this month ended its contract with the Waynesville Area Chamber of Commerce, organizer of the Ohio Sauerkraut Festival, over a disagreement about who should be held liable if hired security guards commit wrongdoing.
Chamber officials prefer to continue operating under the current contract set to expire in 2019. Both sides say they expect the event to be held next year.
About 350,000 people attend the annual event featuring arts, crafts, entertainment and lots of pickled cabbage.
Information from: Dayton Daily News, http://www.daytondailynews.com


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Fairly Symmetrical
10/04/99 -- Well, turns out
10/04/99 -- Well, turns out AI and Design of Operating Systems aren't
going to be anywhere near as cool as I had hoped. At least the textbooks
are good, though; I can read them in class and still learn
something. Apparently you have to wait until Advanced AI
and Advanced Design of Operating Systems before you learn anything.
I think I get to take Advanced D.O.S. next spring or summer, though, so at
least the wait won't be too long.
In other news, got my first e-mail from Jen today. It's so nice to
hear from her again… I've never missed anyone this much.
Apparently technology over there just isn't up to the standards we're used
to here in the states, which kinda makes me worry about the rest of the
world, you know? I guess I finally know why it seems like more than half
of the people in my major weren't born in the States -- and why more than
half my profs weren't, either. :)
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I recently re-acquired my little Sansui TV (long story) and decided to forego cable and see how I'd handle life with just a Roku 3 (and Netflix, HBOGo and Hulu) and an over-the-air antenna. I had heard that sometimes you could have good luck and pull in all the local stations in 1080p high definition, without having to have a large antenna or move it all around the house. So I went down to Wal-Mart and picked up the RCA ANT1450BR and gave it a shot. ($30 at Wal-Mart, quite a bit cheaper at Amazon – click link below for current pricing.)
Connecting the antenna was quite simple, even though this antenna is amplified and thus has an additional step in the process (connecting the amplifier to the antenna before connecting the antenna to the tv). After re-scanning the channels, I found all the regular local stations, plus an abundance of Spanish language stations. Initially I had the television and desk in the center of my room, away from any windows, but the reception was still pretty good. Since the signals are digital (at least on the stations I watch) you don't get increased fuzziness, the picture just actually goes dark with a "Digital Signal Strength Is Low" message. When that happened, some movement of the antenna was required.
I eventually moved the desk over closer to the patio door and there are now very rarely have reception issues. The antenna is very light, reasonably small, and easy to move (I don't have mine mounted, it just sits on my desk next to the television). I can watch every network show in very high quality HD – for free! Not a bad deal. Not having a DVR is cramping my style a bit (I know there are ways to set up a makeshift DVR on my computer, but so far haven't worried about figuring that out) but I'm getting by. If you are thinking of cutting the cord (ie ditching cable), I highly recommend checking out this antenna (or other similar offerings) first to confirm that you live in an area with good signal strength. I am lucky to get great reception and have been somewhat stunned by how easy (and free after the upfront $30) it was to get all the local programming.
Once the NFL season starts, I will likely have the urge to get cable, at least temporarily. But I'm a 49ers fan, and they seem to play most of their national games on Sunday night (NBC) so I suspect I can make do by heading to a bar for the handful of Monday (ESPN) and Thursday (NFL Network) tilts.


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Dr. Steven Frankel
Professor, Philosophy Department
Professor, Honors Programs
Professor of Philosophy, Jewish Studies
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Professor Steven Frankel received his Ph.D. from the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago in 1997. Upon graduation, Professor Frankel joined the faculty at the American University of Paris, where he received the Board of Trustees Award for Distinguished Teaching in 2001. In 2003, Professor Frankel moved to Xavier where he teaches for the Department of Philosophy and Philosophy, Politics, and the Public (PPP). At Xavier, he established an international exchange program and a summer study program with the University of Paris. He also established a summer study program with the Jesuits at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Jerusalem. In 2017, the Xavier student body selected Professor Frankel as the "Bishop Fenwick Teacher of the Year."
Professor Frankel's scholarly work focuses on the relationship between philosophy and religion. His work has appeared in over a dozen journals including the Review of Metaphysics, Interpretation, Archiv für Geshichte der Philosophie, The Review of Politics, International Philosophical Quarterly, Teaching Philosophy, and the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy. His work has also appeared in various collections including Spinoza and Medieval Jewish Philosophy (Cambridge University Press), Reorientation: Leo Strauss in the 1930s (Palgrave Macmillan), and Liquider Mai 68? (Presses de la Renaissance, Paris). In 2014, he published a collection of essays with Prof. John Ray on intellectual and cultural life in France, entitled French Studies: Literature,Culture, and Politics (Éditions Honoré Champion, Paris). He is currently writing a book on the philosophy of Spinoza.
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Beitler is a business professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a business consultant, and the host of the "Free Markets" radio show.
Since his last campaign, Beitler has rejoined the Republican Party and is now polling in fourth place in his current bid for North Carolina Secretary of State, according to the latest poll out from Public Policy Polling.
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Michael Beitler …………….. 8%
A.J. Daoud…………………. 11%
Kenn Gardner ………………. 23%
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|Clay Buchholz, cruising with a shutout in the sixth inning, watches a pop fly fall for an error that led to a run in the frame. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)
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Buchholz delivers latest good outing
While the Red Sox are not mathematically eliminated from the wild-card race, their hearts and minds are focused on next season, on getting healthy and fully preparing themselves for competing with the Yankees and Rays.
Only a few Sox players have something riding on this season beyond personal pride. Clay Buchholz set as a goal to become a fixture in the rotation this season, a sturdy arm manager Terry Francona could depend on, even when the rest of the roster began falling apart around him.
Such is the case as late September approaches. The Sox look like a beaten team at this point, and last night's 9-1 loss to the Orioles at Fenway Park exemplified that. The highlight of the evening was the six entertaining innings by Buchholz, even though the righthander labored through his outing.
The pitches piled up for the 16-game winner, although not because he struggled with control or feared challenging hitters. Many of his best pitches were nicked and slapped into foul territory, raising his pitch count.
Still, Buchholz carried a shutout into the sixth inning, when with two out and a man on, Felix Pie lifted a soaring pop up into shallow right field. Second baseman Marco Scutaro never quite got himself under the ball and it landed beyond his glove for an error, allowing Adam Jones to score from first base with Baltimore's first run.
By then, Buchholz had tossed 106 pitches, and he required six more to dispose of Robert Andino and his night was done. Had Scutaro caught that ball, Buchholz was headed back to the mound for the seventh.
"I thought his stuff was really good,'' Francona said when asked if Buchholz struggled because of his pitch count. "Real good arm speed on his changeups. He got himself into some deep counts. He misfired a couple of times to run a count to 3-2 but came back with real good pitches.''
Buchholz's ERA is now 2.39, just 4 points higher than Seattle's Felix Hernandez. No Red Sox has won the ERA title since Pedro Martinez in 2003, his fourth crown in a five-year span. Buchholz was only 19 years old then, a junior college pitcher two years away from being a Boston draft pick.
Now he is drawing raves from his manager, who sees Buchholz as a rotation fixture for a decade.
"This kid is as about as legit as there is,'' Francona said. "Even tonight, he misfired a couple of times and you could see he was mad at himself, he gathered himself, came back and made a real good pitch. His stuff is electric. His weapons continue to improve. There's not much not to like there.''
Buchholz has allowed more than three earned runs in just four of his 27 starts — and two of those starts have been against the light-hitting A's. He has avoided a major slump, responded after shaky starts with sparkling ones, and along with Jon Lester has carried the starting rotation this season.
"It's definitely a good thing, it's something that I think most guys in the position that I have been in, you have to go through a low zone to get to that [consistent] point,'' Buchholz said. "But I've felt good every time I go out there. I don't feel like I have lost anything like velocity on the fastball or not having the feel with all my pitches. The last couple of starts, I've actually felt good with every pitch that I have and been able to throw them for strikes.''
While Lester chases the 20-win mark, Buchholz has a shot at the ERA title. And while John Lackey and Josh Beckett were expected to anchor the rotation this season but fell short, Buchholz has exceeded expectations.
"It definitely feels good to have some consistency,'' he said. "Every time I go out there, I expect to do good, too. [The ERA title] is such a hard thing to do, especially when you talk about the guys in that group. Felix, he's been dominating his whole career. CC Sabathia has been the same way.
"It's my first full season in the major leagues and I have been trying to stay consistent. That's my only goal. If you have a bad start, try to come back and be strong and not have multiple starts that are not good. That's my only goal.''
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Children's mayor charlotte williams is on a mission to make sure children have a voice to help shape some of the big decisions affecting leeds. Laura Bowyer finds out more about her manifesto and plans for the year.
children's Mayor Charlotte Williams is gearing up to make sure that children have a voice in Leeds.
She has already stood in front of thousands of revellers when crowds gathered to see the official Christmas light switch on in Leeds.
And just last week she addressed all 99 councillors from Leeds about her vision to get the city on their bikes.
Charlotte, 10, delivered her manifesto called Life Cycle of Leeds aimed at promoting cycling after she was inspired by Paralympian cyclist Dame Sarah Storey.
Her vision for the future aims to improve cycle access to places like schools, leisure centres and the city centre.
She also wants to see safe areas to lock up bikes and set up borrow-a-bike schemes in a bid to encourage commuters to ditch their cars.
And her manifesto comes as the city gears up to host the opening stage of the Tour De France this summer.
The Rufford Park Primary pupil said: "It's very exciting.
"I get to help the Lord Mayor, I got to talk to the full council and judge competitions.
"I also got to switch on the Christmas Lights in Leeds.
"It's exciting to be able to have a voice for other children but it can be a little bit scary sometimes.
"I feel very lucky to be able to do it and speaking to the councillors isn't that scary.
"I got to see the council chamber when it is empty and it looks bigger when there are no so many people in it."
Charlotte's vision to provide safe transport links for children in the city was chosen following a competition last year.
Her manifesto was selected by voters as their favourite out of the shortlist of 10.
She added: "It's all about cycling because I just want to improve the amount of cycling facilities there are in Leeds.
"Hopefully this will then increase the amount of people getting on their bikes in Leeds- both adults and children.
"There are no cycling facilities at Yeadon Tarn so I would like to start with that and then spread to the whole of Leeds and the city centre.
"I really like cycling so it is really exciting to be picked and I hope that I can make a difference."
Lord Mayor of Leeds, councillor Thomas Murray said that the Children's Mayor role helps the authority to engage with children as well as encouraging them to play their role in local government.
He said:"The Children's Mayor competition is a great way for local government to interact and engage with kids, teaching them the importance of local government and what it is we do.
"Charlotte's manifesto has really got us all thinking about how we can put her ideas into action."
Yesterday, the YEP launched a new campaign to make sure that thousands of children are given a voice to help shape the future of Leeds.
We are launching a major new survey aimed at improving the lives of youngsters across the city - and to give them a voice.
There are approximately 180,000 children and young people in Leeds and we want to find out exactly what it is like to be a child growing up here.
We want children and adults to tell us what they like about Leeds , what they don't like and crucially, what they want to see change.
We are also calling on the business community to sign a pledge to give their assurances they will provide opportunities to brighten the prospects for every child living in Leeds.
Child Friendly Leeds was launched by Leeds City Council in a bid to help Leeds become one of the best cities in the whole country.
And listening to future generations who will shape the city is at the heart of that scheme.
Councillor Judith Blake, executive member responsible for children's services, said that over the next year Charlotte is set to be an ambassador for children across the city.
And she hopes even more children will follow Charlotte's lead to make sure that their voices heard.
She said: "Charlotte did a fantastic job presenting her manifesto to all of the councillors – it must have been very daunting.
"As Children's Mayor, Charlotte will get the chance to be an ambassador for all children in Leeds and help us achieve our aim to be a Child Friendly City, as well as getting involved in lots of events throughout the year.
"The role of Children's Mayor is going from strength to strength. Charlotte's manifesto is really timely with its focus on cycling especially with the hosting of the Tour De France.
"Having the children give their voices and influence has been so exciting."
Child Friendly Leeds aims to make sure:
children have fun growing up;
children are safe from harm;
children achieve in school;
youngsters lead healthy lives;
children have a voice and influence in the city.
So far more than 300 children have signed up to become young advisors to enable them to have a say about how some of the big decisions facing the city affect children.
Over 170 organisations have already pledged to support the campaign to give children the opportunity to have access to mentoring, work experience and outreach programmes.
We are throwing down the gauntlet to encourage the city's thriving business community and organisations to join forces to play their part in making sure children in Leeds have the best start to life.
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Youngsters' wishlist of things they would like to change about Leeds
Youngsters were asked to draw up their very own wishlist about things that would like to change in Leeds.
They drew up a list of 12 things they would like council officials to achieve in their mission to create a Child Friendly Leeds.
They were:
Children can make safe journeys and easily travel around Leeds.
Children and young people find the city centre welcoming and safe, with friendly places to go, have fun and play.
There are places and spaces to play and things to do, in all areas and open to all.
Children can easily find out what they want to know, when they want it and how they want it.
Youngsters have a good understanding of children's rights, according to the UN's Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Children are treated fairly and feel respected.
Youngsters have the support and information they need to make healthy lifestyle choices.
All our learning places identify and address the barriers that prevent children and young people from engaging in and enjoying learning.
There are a greater number of better quality jobs, work experience opportunities and good quality careers advice for all.
All children and young people have their basic rights met.
Youngsters express their views, feel heard and are actively involved in decisions that affect their lives.
Places and spaces where children spend time and play are free of litter and dog fouling.