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May 14, 2014 EditionAlso in this issue...
News | Sports Scene | Education | Viewpoints | Records |
Bobcats are regional champions
Staff Writer
The Walnut Ridge Bobcat baseball team defeated Marked Tree 6-1 in the championship game of the 2A North Regional Tournament on Monday at Lepanto.
Walnut Ridge advances to the 2A State Tournament, hosted by Woodlawn High School at Rison. The Bobcats will face Dierks in the first round on Thursday at 10 a.m.
Against Marked Tree, Walnut Ridge moved out to a 2-0 lead in the third inning on a sacrifice fly by Martin Crisler, which scored Layne Ditto. A wild pitch by the Indians' hurler resulted in the Bobcats' second run.
The Indians cut the lead to 2-1 with a run in the top of the fourth inning.
Walnut Ridge opened some breathing room with a three-run fifth inning. Cole Hicks doubled, scoring Cash Lee. Baron Estes followed with a two-run, scoring Ditto and Hicks, for a 5-1 advantage. The Bobcats added another run in the sixth inning to set the final score.
Estes pitched a complete game, allowing the Indians just one hit, while ringing up 10 strikeouts.
Walnut Ridge defeated the host team, East Poinsett County, 3-1 in semifinal action on Saturday.
Luke Wall earned the pitching victory, allowing one run on five hits, with nine strikeouts.
Estes went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Ditto turned in a strong performance at the plate and on the mound, as the Bobcats defeated Riverside 10-1 in the first round on Friday.
Ditto went 2-for-3 from the batter's box and drove in three runs. On the mound, he allowed one run on six hits, with nine strikeouts.
Hicks batted 3-for-4 with three RBIs, and Drake Smelser added two hits.
Also in the first round on Friday, the Sloan-Hendrix Greyhounds fell to Marked Tree 11-3.
The game was tied 1-1 when the Greyhounds took the lead with a run in the second inning. Marked Tree's bats came alive, as the Indians scored four runs in both the third and fourth innings to move out to a 9-2 lead. Sloan-Hendrix added a run in the top of the sixth inning to make the score 9-3, before the Indians closed out the scoring with a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning.
For Sloan-Hendrix, Colby Johnson went 2-for-3 at the plate and scored a run. Eric Hill took the loss on the mound.
In other regional action involving Lawrence County teams, the Hillcrest Screamin' Eagles fell to Armorel 2-1 in the first round of the 1A Region 2 Baseball Tournament at Brockwell.
The Black Rock Lady Zebras lost to Viola 26-0 in the first round of the 1A Region 2 Softball Tournament.


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The Eupora baseball program will be having an alumni baseball on Oct. 19 at 11 a.m. at the high school baseball field.
All former Eupora High School players are invited to register for this event. The cost to register is $50 and this will include an alumni game T-shirt to be worn on game day. All proceeds from this event will go directly to the completion of the locker room/covered cages.
Registration forms and the registration fee are due by 3 p.m. Oct. 9 and can be turned in to the Eupora Baseball Booster Club. Also, on the day of the alumni game, members of the 2003 state championship team will be able to buy their game jersey for $50.
For updates follow @EuporaBaseball on Twitter. For more information, call the EHS office at 258-7764.


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The Polish harpist is a member of the faculty at the Jacobs School of Music.
Violinist and musical entrepreneur Lara St. John's latest CD, in which she partners with harpist Marie-Pierre Langlamet for the music of J.S. Bach.
The Pacifica Quartet in concert at the Jacobs School of Music.
Back to school never sounded so good. This month, Music Director David Wood has selected a new class of music for your consideration.
At WFIU, we're thawing out with some fine classical music in March.
Mackenzie Hammel came to Bloomington from Cincinnati to study at the Jacob's School of Music. She's also one of this year's multi-talented Wells Scholars.


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FRAMERS OF FREEDOM A historian once said that the history of New Hampshire from the beginning of the Revolutionary War until the beginning of the nineteenth century was little more than the history of John Langdon. While that is an overstatement, few other men were as influential in both state and national politics as was Langdon. As a member of the Continental Congress, he has also earned his place in history of the nation.
On December 14, 1774, John Langdon became one of the first prominent Americans to risk hanging when he led the raid on Fort William and Mary. From that day until 1812 when he retired from public life, Langdon remained a dominant political figure. Sea Captain To Privateer John Langdon was born on June 26, 1741, on the Langdon family farm near the head of the Sagamore Creek in Portsmouth. He was a fourth generation American, a member of an old and established New Hampshire family. The only school he ever attended was the public grammar school of Portsmouth, but although he had little interest in scholarship, he possessed a keen mind and a remarkable memory. Soon after he left school he went from the farm to the counting rooms of Portsmouth, following the example of his older brother, Woodbury Langdon. With the help and guidance of his brother and a prominent merchant named Daniel Rindge, John Langdon's career moved rapidly. He was a sea captain by the time he was 22, sailing Rindge's sloops and brigantines over the Atlantic trade routes. John Langdon enjoyed the dashing life of a sea captain and being alert and ambitious, he did a little speculating of his own along with his regular duties. He was developing a good business mind and a start on his own fortune. Just as John Langdon's career as a merchant was beginning, British trade restrictions dealt American commerce some painful blows. The American Revenue Act of 1764 and the Stamp Act of 1765 slowed commercial activity in Portsmouth. Langdon fell victim to British trade regulations when a ship on which he had a cargo of sugar and rum was seized and condemned by an admiralty judge. Langdon felt the seizure was due to "private pique" and appealed the judge's decision, but he lost his appeal and his cargo. The Tea Act of 1773 brought a rumble of dissent from the colonies and pushed John Langdon into politics. On December 16, 1773, Boston had its Tea Party. The same day Portsmouth held a town meeting and passed a tea resolve designed to prevent the landing of any tea. The citizens of Portsmouth appointed Langdon to a committee designed to assure compliance with the resolve and to a Committee of Correspondence which was to maintain communications with the other colonies. On October 19, 1774, King George III issued a royal order banning the export of powder and arms to America. This was supposed to be a sccret, but word got out and reached Portsmouth along with rumors that British troops were on the way from Boston to seize the powder at Fort William and Mary in New Castle. In order to insure a supply of powder and arms with which to defend New Hampshire, John Langdon led 400 men against the fort. The Americans quickly subdued the six man guard force, hauled down the Union Jack, broke open the powder magazine, and departed with 100 barrels of powder.
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LANGDON IN THE REVOLUTION (Continued)
Of Politics And Wealth In 1775 John Langdon was elected as one of New Hampshire's representatives to the Second Continental Congress. At that time Portsmouth was suffering from the lack of trade and the people needed work, so when Congress voted to build 13 frigates, John Langdon managed to have one assigned to Portsmouth. He returned to Portsmouth early in 1776 to oversee the building of the vessel. After building the "Raleigh", Langdon won contracts for two ships, "Ranger" and "America". Langdon recommended John Paul Jones as captain of the "Ranger", but the two men remained at odds over the building and outfitting of both ships. In March of 1776, the Continental Congress legalized privateering as a means of attacking Britain's economic backbone, its merchant marine. John Langdon resigned from Congress to accept the lucrative position of agent of prizes for the colony of New Hampshire. He took charge of the sale of all prizes brought into Portsmouth and amassed a fortune on the side by outfitting several privateers of his own. Langdon was elected speaker of the New Hampshire House in December, 1776 and he held that position until 1782. As speaker he displayed great ability in guiding the passage of legislation during the critical war years. During these years he also presided over various state conventions called to deal specifically with such matters as currency and a new state constitution. Politically, Langdon was often at odds with Weare, Bartlett and their associates. The legislature was dominated by the small rural towns, and their aims for the new state were not necessarily the same as those of mercantile Portsmouth. Langdon was quick to support his fellow townspeople, especially, his critics believed, when it seemed to be financially advantageous to do so. He used all his influence to be named continental agent, but had to resign from the Continental Congress to accept the lucrative position. As agent and as the owner of seven privateers, he became wealthy while many others who were involved in the civil government placed public service ahead of personal finances. Langdon also promoted the political career of his brother, Woodbury, whose loyalties were questioned by many. All these factors made Langdon a controversial person in state government. While he retained his house speakership, it is significant that he was never appointed to the powerful Committee of Safety. Langdon might well be contrasted with William Whipple. Also a Portsmouth merchant, Whipple was appointed to the Committee of Safety and while friendly with Langdon, he was politically associated with Weare and Bartlett and certainly above reproach in his public service. Perhaps Langdon's greatest contribution in the legislature was to pressure the state toward fiscal responsibility. He was an early advocate of taxation, price controls and the use of silver and gold instead of paper currency. He also led the opposition to a stiff confiscation act against Loyalists who had fled the state. He reasoned that the taking of property would result in embezzlement and that the British might take similar action against Americans with property in England. Like many other men of this period, Langdon also had military aspirations, although he complained in a letter to Bartlett that since he and other merchants of the Piscataqua had been passed over in favor of others, he wouldn't accept a commission from the legislature if one were to be offered. Nevertheless, as a colonel, he did lead a voluntary company to Saratoga, where he witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne, and in the summer of 1778, he was in command of 46 men as part of John Sullivan's army in Rhode Island. It is doubtful that he saw any action at either time. When Ticonderoga fell to the British under Gen. Burgoyne in July, 1777, there was a general fear in New Hampshire that the british would soon cross the Connecticut. The state legislature desperately needed to raise an army to protect the western frontier, but New Hampshire had no money. At the moment of despair, legend has it, John Langdon, then speaker of the house, rose before the legislature and said, "I have three thousand dollars in hard money. I will pledge the plate in my house for three thousand more, and I have 70 hogsheads of Tobago rum which shall be disposed of for what it will bring. These and the avails of these are at the service of the state. If we defend our homes and our firesides, I may get my pay; if we do not defend them, the property will be of no value to me." It is not clear whether thc story is true, or whether Langdon donated personal funds to the cause, but the legislature managed to provide backing for troops.
LANGDON AFTER THE REVOLUTION (Continued)
NH Gov And 1st Senator New Hampshire's Gen. John Stark organized the men and led them into Vermont. The army met Burgoyne's advance guard at Bennington and won a decisive victory, sparing New Hampshire from any British aggression. The end of the war found John Langdon in the thick of New Hampshire politics. Elected to the Continental Congress in 1783 and '84 he declined to serve, choosing instead to remain in New Hampshire. In 1784 he was a state senator from Rockingham County and in 1785 was elected president of New Hampshire. By 1786 the infant United States was in trouble because the federal government was not strong enough to regulate the country. John Langdon favored a strong federal government, and when a constitutional convention was called to restructure the government, he was elected as a delegate. He worked on the Constitution in Philadelphia and then went to New York as a delegate to the Continental Congress and helped win approval for the new document. He returned to New Hampshire late in 1787 and turned all his ability and influence to the task of getting the ratification convention to approvc the Constitution. This it did on June 21, 1788, as New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify, making the Constitution law. Langdon's satisfaction in the matter is very evident in a letter he wrote to George Washington on the same day, in which he said: "I have the great pleasure of informing your Excellency that this State has this day adopted the Federal Constitution, 57 years 46 days-there by placing the Key Stone in the great arch. " In November of 1788 the New Hampshire Legislature elected John Langdon as a senator and early in 1789 he traveled to the capital in New York City to attend the first meeting of the United States Senate. The Senate elected him its president and in this role he counted the votes of the electoral college in the first national election. To Langdon fell the honor of informing George Washington that he had been elected president, and on April 30, 1789, he administered the oath of office to the nation's first chief executive. John Langdon served New Hampshire as senator until March of 1801 and was influential in forming the 3 policies of the United States in its early years. Then he returned to New Hampshire and served as state senator, as speaker of the house, and as governor for six terms. In 1812 he turned down the Republican nomination for vice president of the United States and retired from public life. In 1813 his wife died and part of his great spirit died with her. Langdon devoted his remaining years to religious matters and on September 18, 1819, he died in his mansion on Pleasant Street in Portsmouth, ending an era in the state's history. By Steve Adams. Originally published in "NH: Years of Revolution," Profiles Publications and the NH Bicentennial Commision, 1976. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. This article first appeared online here in 1997.
About the Langdon Portrait at the top of the page: It was painted by Hattie Elizabeth Burdette (1872 - 1955) for the US Senate in 1916 after an earlier portrait by James Sharples. Langdon was the first president pro tempore of the Senate and this portrait is among 70 paintings owned by the Seanate including an image of John Paul Jones.
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Sean McGlynn and Kerry Adams-Hapner Named President and Vice President
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Catherine Brandt
Americans for the Arts, the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, today announced the election of six professionals to the executive committee of the Unites States Urban Arts Federation. The new executive committee members include:
Sean McGlynn, USUAF President
Director of the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department, El Paso, TX
Kerry Adams-Hapner, USUAF Vice-President
Director of Cultural Affairs for the City of San Jose Office Cultural Affairs, San Jose, CA
Roberto Bedoya, At-Large Member
Executive Director of the Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ
Vincent Kitch, At-Large Member
Director of the City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA
Felix Padron, At-Large Member
Director of the City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs, San Antonio, TX
Gary Steuer, At-Large Member
Chief Cultural Officer, City of Philadelphia's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, Philadelphia, PA
Mitch Swain, At-Large Member
CEO of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Pittsburgh, PA
The United States Urban Arts Federation is an Americans for the Arts alliance of the chief executives of local arts agencies in the nation's 60 largest cities and meets, advocates and networks to discuss the social, educational and economic impact of the arts in their regions.
"I'm delighted to see these talented and hardworking professionals elected to the leadership of the United States Urban Arts Federation," said Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts. "Their support for the arts in their community is a testament and an inspiration to others as they work to ensure that the arts thrive in America."
Sean McGlynn is the Director of the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department (MCAD), a position held since 2008. Under his current leadership, MCAD has achieved official State of Texas arts district designation for the downtown core, overseen award winning programs and exhibitions, substantially grown the 2 percent for public art program, reformed the cultural funding portfolio to increase opportunities for individual artists and incentivize partner-driven festivals and engaged in significant regional economic and tourism development partnership initiatives. Additionally, McGlynn oversees operation of three municipally operated museum facilities. He is committed to seeing the department achieve its mission to develop a world-class arts and culture community in El Paso, Texas.
Previously, McGlynn served as Director of Finance and Strategic Initiatives at the City of New York Office of Cultural Affairs where he provided leadership in funding reform that resulted in an expanded competitive grant making budget, which grew from $4 million to $25 million.
As the Director of Cultural Affairs for the City of San Jose, Kerry Adams-Hapner leads the Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA), which champions the arts and cultural vitality for San Jose's one million ethnically diverse residents and its visitors. Under her leadership, the OCA has developed nationally recognized programs including: Americans for the Arts 2011 Public Art Program of the Year; the Art+Technology Program at the San Jose International Airport; the Creative Entrepreneur Project; New Pathways for the Arts, an innovation in arts management program; and Silicon Valley Inside/Out, an NEA funded program to team the art and technology sectors and animate downtown San Jose. In addition, she has led the development of significant cultural policy including, Cultural Connection: San Jose's Cultural Plan for 2011-2020; cultural development goals for Envision San Jose 2040, the general plan update; a monument policy; and revisions to San Jose's multimillion dollar grant program to create the Cultural Funding Portfolio: Investments in Art, Creativity, and Culture.
Roberto Bedoya has served as the executive director of the Tucson Pima Arts Council since November of 2006. He is also a writer and arts consultant who works in the area of support systems for artists. As an arts consultant Bedoya has worked on projects for Creative Capital Foundation, Ford Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation and the Urban Institute. From 1996-2001 he was the Executive Director of the National Association of Artists' Organizations, a national arts service organization for individual artists and artist-centered organizations, primarily visual and interdisciplinary. A writer, Bedoya's poems, essays and reviews has appeared in numerous publications including The New Gatekeepers Emerging Challenges to Free Expression in the Arts (Columbia University Press, 2003), CMYK, EOAGH, and the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of the monograph U.S. Cultural Policy: Its Politics of Participation, Its Creative Potential and The Color Line and US Cultural Policy: An Essay with Dialogue.
Vincent E. Kitch has been active in arts administration and cultural policy work at local, state, national and international levels for 20 years. In his current position as Director of the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, he is responsible for providing overall leadership and direction for arts and cultural policy. His management portfolio includes public art, grant making, advocacy, arts education, cultural tourism and cultural space development. Prior to his position in Seattle, Kitch spent seven years as the Cultural Arts Program Manager for the City of Austin, Texas. In addition, he previously held positions as the Education and Capital Programs Coordinator with the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, the founding director of the Ysleta High School Performing Arts Magnet Program in El Paso, Texas, and the Arts Program Coordinator for the City of El Paso Arts Resources Department.
Felix Padrón is the Executive Director of the City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs. In his role, Padrón works with non-profit arts and cultural organizations, artists, City departments, neighborhoods and the business community to anchor the arts as an economic asset in San Antonio. During his eleven years as Director, OCA has evolved into the city arts agency leading policy development, advocacy and resources to the local creative sector. In 2005, Padrón initiated The Cultural Collaborative (TCC) San Antonio's first ten-year plan to support the growth and recognition of San Antonio's creative economy. Before becoming director, he was responsible for developing the City of San Antonio first public art program and served six years implementing city wide public art projects. His success and expertise in the public art arena earned him city-wide respect.
Since 2008, Gary Steuer has headed Philadelphia's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, which supports and promotes arts, culture and creative industries, and develops partnerships and coordinates efforts that weave arts, culture and creativity into the economic and social fabric of the Philadelphia. Recent major accomplishments include creating the City's first arts and creative industry-targeted Community Development Block Grant capital funding initiative, completing a new study on Philadelphia's Creative Vitality and initiating a new arts and creative economy data mapping project. Before joining the Nutter administration, Steuer was the Vice President for Private-Sector Affairs at Americans for the Arts, and had the additional title of Executive Director of the Art and Business Council of Americans for the Arts and was President and CEO of the Arts & Business Council Inc. Earlier in his career he was a theatre producer, both in the commercial and nonprofit theatre and served as Capital Funding program director for the New York State Council on the Arts.
Mitch Swain came to the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council in 2006 to become the first CEO of the new organization. Previously, he was director of shared services for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, spent nine years with the Jazz Arts Group/Columbus Jazz Orchestra in Columbus, Ohio, where he held the position of executive director, and was general manager of Columbus Percussion Center. He serves as Chair of Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania, is a governing board member of the Cultural Data Project and serves on several other community boards and committees including the Cultural Data Project, Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership and Future Tenant.
Americans for the Arts is the leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education in America. With offices in Washington, D.C. and New York City, it has a record of more than 50 years of service. Americans for the Arts is dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts. Additional information is available at www.AmericansForTheArts.org.


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I recently purchased a TS2400LS which I'm really enjoying {my first TS} I have a shop vac connected to the dust collection port, but I still have alot of saw dust dropping underneath the saw and blowing out the slots for the bevel and height adjustment. Can anyone suggest a solution? I work in my one car garage and the dust is becoming a hugh problem! Thanks in advance!
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One thing that could well be happening is the filter on the shop vac is getting clogged (and quickly). With a TS, you're trying to suck up a LOT of material. One thing you could use is a "separator" like this one at Rockler http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=1515
The separator attaches to a trash can (Large Dust Collection Separator) or bucket (Mini separator). You have to purchase an extra length of hose, but that's not hard to find nor expensive. You attach the one side of the separator to the tool, the other side to the vac. The worst of the dust and big stuff goes into the trash can, and you won't plug up the filter near as quick.
Another thing might well be there's just too much open space. One thing a lot of people do is to try to close in the area under the saw as much as possible. The 2400 seems pretty well closed in already, however.I put it all back together better than before. There\'s lots of leftover parts.
There is another thing some of us might want to look into, but it can get a bit high in cost and you have to have your thinking cap on when working out the details. As it's been said many times before "A picture tells 1000 words" so here are some links and some pictures. I hope they are helpful. Feel free to ask questions.
If your table saw is in your garage and is on a mobile base, take it outside if you have any large jobs. You can use a small leaf blower and blow the dust off and out of your saw. Just make sure you blow it away from the doors. I like what Sandy has posted and if you hunt around, I know they make similar ones, but all metal to fit on a de-headed 55 gallon drum. Please see picture file. This is a kit machine. Motor-fan assembly, head, external filter bag, drum, and wheel base.
This is not to high in $ and is portable. http://www.shopvac.com/vacs/detail.a...rview&StoreID=
The picture is of a better made one, but it costs a good bit more.Last edited by Woussko; 01-13-2007, 10:14 PM.
Re: dust control
Here's a separator that fits on a 5 gallon bucket at $8.
I think that Sandy hit the nail on the head, though. You shouldn't be getting that kind of dust escape from your blade shroud. Clean out the filter reeeealy well and do some test cuts. Still not good, borrow someone else's shop vac and see if maybe yours is anemic - bot of these suggestions before jumping into a separator. I don't use one on my Ridgid shop vac attached to my 3650 and the dust escape was pretty small even before I closed in the bottom and back.
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I have a HB about 10 min from me. I think i will give the seperator a try .I have many 5 gl buckets colleting dust as it is now lol. I will try this only because Sandy says i dont clean my panty hose on the filter enough. tooshay Sandy LOL
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I'm just getting [re]started in woodworking, and use my garage as a shop for now. I've been using a 16-gal Ridgid Wet/Dry vac for dust collection, but the filter clogs fairly fast. I'm thinking panty hose on the filter might be a good idea; although it may not make the filter cleaning intervals any longer, it would make the cleaning time a lot faster. I'm gonna try it.
For collecting saw dust from a table saw, router, band saw, and similar woodworking tools, I don't see how one of these dust collection separators that fit on a 5-gal bucket or 20-gal drum can separate the dust that is generated by these most common wood shop tools. Large chips, yes, but do they really separate fine dust?
I've looked at air filtration units like these, does anyone have any experience with them? They're designed to remove suspended dust in the air that has escaped the dust collection system attached to the tools. I've read they can clear the air in a matter of minutes, which would really help prevent (eliminate?) the dust coating everything gets in the garage, not to mention the dust coating my lungs get. It sounds good, but do they live up to the ads? And do they clog fast? I wonder how often, or how difficult, filter changes/cleanings are for these air purification units.
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Hi there, djb!
I tried the hose over the filter and didn't find it to be helpful, but others felt differently about it. At least it would be a cheap experiment. You're right separators. They are designed to protect by collecting the big stuff, not fine dust. I'm having router problems so I'm having trouble connencting and cant see you filtration device but they are excellent. I believe that I recently read a lengthy thread on another site where they discussed tests on several of these and compared them to a large box fan which had one fine micron filter and one standared fiberglass filter sandwiched together on the intake side of the box. They stated that it did a surprisingly good job. That's what I've been using for a couple of months but I need to connect it to a timer so that it continues to run after I leave the shop so that it does a much better job getting the disturbed air cleaned.
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I Built My Own Out 3/4 Ply And A Squirrel Cage. I Like This Because I Could Get A Lot More C.f.m. For The Money On The Squirrel Cage And Spend The Bucks On A Metal Box, And Electrnoics. I Guess You Could Always Put In A Socket With A Timer If U Needed That Function. I Use 4 16 X 20 Filters Of Variying Degrees Of Fineness Starting With The Coarsest To The Finest From Outside In. I Will Run It For As Long As 3 Hours After I Am Finished In The Shop. Also When I Am Ready To Leave My Shop I Blow Everything Off With Compressed Air And Allow The Air To Be Filtered. I Have A Very Small Shop Only 12 X 16. I Would Be Glad To Get You More Info If You Would Like
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Check this, the 2400ls has a enclosed blade panal under the table with restrictor slots so large material does not shoot out the dust port, but it plugs very easy and the dust looks for another way out, usually back at the operator, so check and clean this out regulary. I am considering removing one or two of the restrictor slots so dust and material can flow out the dust port easier.


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Among the tech elite, Google Glass is a sleek symbol of minimalist, futuristic cool.
But a slew of startups see deeper potential in Glass: the ability to heal wounds and save lives.
Pristine makes the app EyeSight, which enables physicians and nurses to transmit live video and audio of wound patients from Glass to authorized computers, smartphones and tablets. After months of a pilot program at the University of California-Irvine, the startup said last week that it soon will roll out the technology at outpatient wound care clinics operated by Wound Care Advantage in Southern California.
"We're really using this primarily as a tool, to help people connect where it was either not possible or practical before," said Kyle Samani, CEO of Austin-based Pristine, which started last spring. "If, for whatever reason, the doctor is not physically here, we'll find the next best way to get him here."
For decades, telemedicine has been slowly working its way into the doctor's office in the form of desktops, laptops, digital cameras, tablets and other gadgets. Now comes Glass, which Google plans to make available to the public this year. And Pristine isn't the only company in the medical world seeking to capitalize on the device's Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, camera and voice activation.
Augmedix, founded by two former Stanford University students, is working on a system that would roughly translate information from Glass' audiovisual stream directly into a patient's medical record. Healium, created by doctors from Mill Valley, Calif., and Seattle, also is developing an app that would let doctors share patient information through Glass.
In Pristine's case, a nurse will use Glass to stream a video of a patient's wound to a doctor, who then will decide whether he or she should examine the injury in person, said Mike Comer, CEO of Wound Care Advantage. The company operates or helps run wound care clinics in hospitals, which involves providing equipment and hiring and training personnel to deal with chronic injuries.
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"It's a way for us to bring experts to patients very quickly, very seamlessly," Comer said.
Chronic wounds, a market worth $25 billion, offer a particularly promising opportunity for Glass because patients need constant monitoring and outpatient care. About 6.5 million patients in the United States suffer from the condition, according to the National Institutes of Health. These wounds, such as diabetic ulcers and venous ulcers, can take more than four to six weeks to heal.
Since October, Pristine has been testing EyeSight through a pilot program with surgeons and anesthesiologists at UC-Irvine.
Dr. Leslie Garson, one of the anesthesiologists, said Glass has proved useful during the 15 or so surgeries he has worked on so far, especially because he often monitors two or even three surgeries simultaneously.
"A resident could have Google Glass on, they could be looking at a monitor and I could have a tablet down the hall and could see exactly what they're seeing," he said. "They can send me an alert — 'Take a look at this,' 'Is this something I should be concerned about?'"
Still, Glass, like any new technology, has skeptics.
Dr. Peter Schubart, director of the Wound Care Clinic at the O'Connor Hospital in San Jose, Calif., doesn't see a great advantage in Glass.
Schubart and his staff constantly take digital photographs of wounds and upload them to an electronic medical record system. It takes all of 20 seconds, he said. He also wonders if insurers and Medicare still will compensate him if he determined, by way of Glass, which patient didn't require in-person treatment.
Under health care reform, Pristine's Samani said, insurers increasingly will pay for quality of care instead of the standard fee-for-service model.
Consumer advocates also have raised concerns that hackers might steal sensitive patient information.
To allay those fears, Pristine executives say the company offers the only commercially available Glass software that complies with the federal government's strict rules on patient privacy. EyeSight's encrypted video stream is strictly live, Samani said.
"Videos are not being saved, not even for a microsecond," he said. "We don't want anyone to feel the world is watching."
Over the long term, Pristine plans to bring Glass into intensive care units, emergency rooms and ambulances. Samani wouldn't disclose how much it costs for hospitals to sign up but believes that Glass offers plenty of opportunities in health care. Over the next month, wound care centers of three hospitals will use the device.
Even Schubart, the skeptic, said he would keep an open mind about the new technology.
"I've learned to never say never," he said.
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Do you ever land in a room of people and wonder how you ever got so lucky as to land in the same room with them, even if for a brief moment? That is what it is like for me when I get to go to a Foodways Texas event. Given my adoration of Texas, Texas foods, and Texas traditions, the company I keep at these events is humbling to me.
The name of the conference this year was Texas Preserved. The simple symbol of a canning jar illuminates the greater truth about and goal for the group, which is to make sure that we don't lose the history of our precious, varied, fragile, and dynamic food culture. All states and regions bring their own rafts of history and family traditions to food culture. Your grandparents, their ethnicity, their economic status, and the truths of the physical landscapes in which they were raised speak about who you are at this very moment. Were your grandparents farmers, were they city people, were they rich, did they kill their own animals to feed their families, did they barter eggs for meat or butter, or did they revel in the existence of a big grocery store that brought the world to their somewhat remote lives? Did they pass these traditions down to your generation or did they scrub and sanitize their background to seem shinier and better, leaving you without the true family food picture? The story of who you are can be told in so many ways by what you serve your family, or where and what you choose to eat.
[Maria's Taco Express, The Horseshoe Lounge, and The Broken Spoke]
Before we even started the event, I made my way out early in the morning to eat breakfast tacos and re-visit some old haunts in the light of day. I went to UT back in the mid-1990's and I'm afraid I misspent many study opportunities. But seeing the Broken Spoke neon, even at 7 a.m. brought a smile to my face and was a nice way to start a weekend about history.
We spent three days in a non-political gathering at the Blanton Museum on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin. Our group was populated by every imaginable perspective and collection of experiences. Fishermen, ranchers, grocers, slow food advocates, chefs, journalists, students, professors, photographers, and food lovers all gathered with the common goal of learning about each other and supporting an organization whose mission, in the most blatantly awesome academic endeavor, is to document our shared food history. You can argue all day about the way things ought to be, but history is history, and it makes us who we are. So hearing a talk about sugar cane production in Texas and its nexus with the slave trade, and later the prison labor leasing trade, tells us a little something about the pies that our great-great-grand-mothers served with pride and love. It tells us about the hands that, along with our great-grandmother's hands, gave us that pie. This can do nothing but make us more appreciative of our own lives, more aware of the toils of our forebears, and more careful about how we proceed now. It makes us conscious of the unwritten food history that lies before us. It is fabulous, exciting, and inspiring stuff.
Be forewarned, this is one of my War & Peace posts. But I hope you stay with me, because I want you to help us document the past and shape the future.
MM Pack led the charge with the aforementioned talk about the sugar cane trade in Texas. She is a food writer and a historian and she has looked into the sugar cane trade from its inception in Texas and before. Sugar cane came over to the Americas on Columbus' second voyage and was taken to Haiti. By 1520 it had arrived in Mexico and by the 1750 there was a sugar mill in San Antonio. It was not a viable business for small farmers or families because it was an exceptionally labor intensive trade. Therefore, slave labor was employed in large numbers to grow, harvest and process the sugar. I was surprised to learn that after the emancipation, when the sugar producers found themselves lacking in sufficient labor, they started in Texas the extremely dubious practice of leasing and subleasing convicts to do the work. Prisoners of the state were leased, which was a benefit to the state that not only was making money on the deal but didn't have to actually keep the convicts. The problem is that many, if not most, of the men were recently freed slaves who had been rounded up for small infractions and essentially put back into slavery. By the early 1900's sugar cane was being imported, the nature of the industry changed, safety improved, efficiencies occurred, and eventually the state decided they could make more money having their prisoners work on the prison farms. But the origins of the sugar trade in Texas make one think long and hard about how we get some of our most basic staples. And, I believe that from now on when I taste sugar I will be more appreciative of the unpaid labors that went into bags of sugar in the past, and more cognizant of how the industry got such a strong foothold in Texas. Like so many other things I learn at these symposiums, it had just never occurred to me before. I hope MM writes many books and articles on the subject because I will devour them all.
We heard a talk by Zachary Moser, Eric Leshinsky and Pricilla Weeks about the Shrimp Boat Projects. These individuals have, it seems, become shrimpers in an ongoing effort to investigate the regional identity of the Gulf Coast. The iconic shrimp boats represents the region, but they wanted to look past the symbol and view shrimping in the greater context of the region. Exhausted of having their home defined by disasters such as spills and hurricanes, they set about an exploration of labor, ecology, economy, and culture and are trying to use all of this to facilitate the creation of art and to advocate for the shrimpers, who they see as a few steps away from obsolete, unless we begin to value the industry. And, by that they mean that we need to SEE the shrimpers, their families, their struggles, and their mounting expenses in the face of incredibly cheap and questionable imports and VALUE them. They opened my eyes to the struggles of the industry in Texas and left me puzzling a bit about what I, as a mere consumer, could do about it. The obvious answer is to buy Gulf shrimp, for a start. Buy it, ask for it, insist upon it in my grocery store. I'm hopeful that Weeks, Leshinsky and Moser will keep us talking about this. But the mazes of regulations, the increase in recreational use of every inch of the coast, lower prices and increased costs of inputs make this look like a very tough way to make a living. However, Texas will lose not only boats, but an entire cultural paradigm if we lose the shrimpers. The boats aren't decorations.
[food and drink by Texas Sake Co., Salt & Time, Antonelli's, Frank Grocery, and Confituras]
With shrimp on the brain we headed to a bycatch lunch prepared by Justin Yu of Oxheart Restaurant in Houston. It was held at Fiesta Gardens and it was lovely. One of my favorite moments of the whole lunch though, was that many of us were sweltering a bit in the gorgeous Austin sunshine and like good little attendees we were mostly just going to soldier through it. Then we turned to face a small commotion as all the ladies at one of the eight-top tables rose, grabbed the edge of the table, lifted, and proceeded to take themselves and their gorgeously plated hors d'oeuvres and Texas Sake to a patch of shade. Immediately the rest of we sheep cheered and followed suit, and large and well appointed tables were roaming all about the property. It was funny.
Bobby Heugel of Houston's Anvil Bar & Refuge started the afternoon talks with a history of cocktails and drinking in the South. Much like the sugar talk, I was very interested at the notion of looking at history through the lens of cocktails, and there was quite a story to tell, about race, religion, status, prohibition and the modern day remnants of prohibition (dry counties). Bobby is a great speaker, and a great advocate for the art of the cocktail. I think a wise person would seek out his counsel at Anvil and have some hands-on history lessons. Just make sure to take a cab home.
Stephanie McClenny of Confituras in Austin gave a great little talk on canning jams, jellies and preserves. She is a lovely person and it was pleasant to hear about all of the unique Texas foragables which I will be hunting down around the state this year…first and foremost, Mayhaws, which I am ashamed to say I knew nothing about. But I'm also ready to get going on Mustang Grape Jelly and I'd love to try my hand at some prickly pear jelly, as well. Preserving fruit is a way of trapping a moment of beauty in a jar. I really do like the parallels between canning and the greater "history canning" that Foodways is doing.
On Saturday, we started the day on a sober note discussing the drought. A panel including a grape grower from the High Plains (Neal Newsom), a Gulf Seafood Distributor (Jim Gossen), an animal sciences professor (Jeff Savell), and a Certified Professional Hydrologist (Raymond Slade) gave us all a lot to think about concerning water use in Texas. Bottom line, I'm getting a rain barrel and I will not be building any new subdivisions in Texas. If Texas doesn't handle its water use and balance competing interests we are going to flat out kill a number of iconic Texas industries. Did you know that the Texas oyster industry is completely dependent on the availability of fresh water coming into the Gulf from the Trinity River Basin? The drought and competing water uses have made things very grim. While we would love to be celebrating the Gulf Oyster Appellations that we were introduced to at last year's symposium, we instead talked about the drought and the red tide, and how they are affecting the oysters. Fascinating, but grim.
[Jim Gossen and Penny de los Santos, Lisa Fain and Marshall Wright, Jody Horton]
STOP…this is my favorite one of all. Penny de los Santos talked to us about preserving food culture with our cameras. I am a big fan of Penny's, to the extent that I babble like a lovesick puppy when I talk to her. She is that good. Her work is part celebration, part ethnographic, and part feast. She not only shoots beautiful static food shots where the subject sits and pretty much behaves, but she also travels to beautiful, but dangerous places to document their food cultures. Her photos have immediacy, intimacy, and an air of appreciation. I suppose some of that is a result of her background with National Geographic. But she is also giving of her time, happy to answer all manner of questions, and supportive of her peers. If you want to see Penny in action, you need to watch this Ted Talk.
Come to think of it, I was very lucky to spend the weekend with not only Penny, but two of my other favorite Texas photographers, Jody Horton and Marshall Wright. There are no two nicer men that I can imagine. They, like Penny, give freely of their experience and insights and it is nifty to get to watch them interact with people as they go about making photographs. Texas has a very deep bench when it comes to photographers and these three are just the tops in my book. And, all three of them were right there with us.
We all ate lunch at Springdale Farms, which, though right in the middle of East Austin, feels like it is out in a pastoral rural setting. It was transportive. Rows upon rows of fresh vegetables greeted us as we walked from the bus…even artichokes blooming from huge, spiky, wonderful plants. Matt McCallister of CampO in Dallas served us an urban garden meal. It is fun to see a mobile kitchen, sous vide and all, out in the middle of a garden.
We returned to campus for another round of engaging talks on such phenomena as country food and demand for "country" fresh foods in urban settings, historically, by Rebecca Sharpless. This was followed by a presentation on the Future of Soul Food by Naya Jones, Kevin Thomas, and Hoover Alexander. We watched films from the Texas Iconic Restaurant Oral History Project, in which students are taking oral histories from some of our favorite restaurants in Texas like Matt's El Rancho, Joe T. Garcia's, The Bluebonnet Café and Zentner's Daughter. The interview of Betty Zentner was warm and interesting and filled with family history. She has a voice that fills a room. The oral histories are accompanied by a montage of still photos and it gives the voice the predominant role and makes every nuance and accent meaningful. Prior to dinner we listened to a panel on Heritage Breeds and Sustainable Farming. Moderated by Karla Loeb, the panel of Morgan Weber (Revival Market, Houston), Craig Haney (Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture) and Taylor Boetticher (Fatted Calf, Napa) discussed "old" breeds of pigs, geese, cows and other edible creatures that have been brought to the brink of extinction in our commercialized and efficiency priority food industry. I get it, but I never thought about it much. We breed animals for hardiness and for fast growth and for big cuts of meat, essentially. In doing so, we have let a lot of very interesting animals fall by the wayside as non-commercial and unimportant. What we will be left with is one or two breeds of each of these animals and that leaves us not only in a very boring place, but one in which we are highly susceptible to catastrophic losses should one species be wiped out by a disease to which it was genetically prone, unbeknownst to us. Plus, some of the traits for which we breed animals commercially do not prioritize taste, at all. So, leaving all of the environmental and ethical issues aside (not that I should), if we even chose to merely prioritize and demand superior taste and texture in our meats, according to our experts we could bring back many of these breeds. But, breeding animals can get very pointy headed, indeed. Lots of jokes were made about weekend warrior type farmers who buy a few "heritage" pigs or chickens and just let nature take its course. This is a costly passion, at the moment. These meats, while superior, are expensive. Most families would have to choose to eat far less meat but to buy exceptional meat on the few times that they do consume in order to afford the premium. I generally agree with that notion. I also have great sympathies for families with very limited time and budgets. It is an interesting conversation, to be sure.
But we were able to see the heritage breed conversation in action at our dinner at Boggy Creek Farm, another of the East Austin hidden jewels. This was, in all sincerity, one of the nicest meals I've ever enjoyed. The farm itself is something out of a dream, but 100% Austin. It was said that Sam Houston walked these beautiful acres. Morgan Weber supplied Red Waddle pigs which were roasted in huge cuts on cinder block cookers. Chef Sonya Cote did a masterful job of putting together salads and jellies and oyster cornbread to go with the succulent pig, which was served in giant piles that we tore apart with our hands. It was messy and gorgeous.
[Chef Sonya Cote working the grill with many friends, including Tink Pinkard]
Lights were strung over a horseshoe snaking table packed with reveling souls. Every last person was smiling. I sat with Robb Walsh and Lisa Fain who is widely known as The Homesick Texan. They have both recently put out cookbooks that are musts for any Texas cooks or folks who just love Texas food. My friends Leanna Fossler, Jessica Timmons and Laura Davenport were right there with us. Thank goodness Jessica keeps a knife in her bag. She saved the day on carving the pig.
Everywhere I turned, under the stars and lights strung between poles, was another interesting and smiling face: Terri Taylor, editor of Edible Dallas and Fort Worth, Patricia Sharpe, Executive Editor of Texas Monthly, Jim and Diane Gossen of Louisiana Foods, Katie and Julia Walsh, Geralyn Delaney Graham, the Freidkins, the Higdon's, Bud Kennedy of The Ford Worth Star Telegram, Shelley Seymour, Stephanie McClenny, Robert and Kaci Lyford of Patina Green, Greg Morago of the Houston Chronicle, Neal and Janice Newsom of Newsom Vineyards, the Vestals, Marshall's pretty wife, Katey, Kristi Willis of Edible Austin. Naming names is dangerous because lovely people were the rule, not the exception. People slipped in and out of the symposium on both days and I was particularly pleased to cross paths briefly with Austin's Addie Broyles and Paula Disbrowe. But if I named the whole list of attendees you would surely find a pleasing crowd.
And just when you think you're finished learning for the weekend, Tom Perini puts on a chuckwagon breakfast which included a wonderful explanation about the origin of chuckwagon cooking on the cattle trails of Texas. Standing behind an antique chuckwagon outfitted with every authentic bit of gear that a working chuckwagon would have, he explains how camp cooks would go about feeding a small army of cowboys on a two month trip up the trail. For instance there was a hand cranked coffee grinder attached the back of the wagon. Tom explained that the coffee bags would contain a peppermint stick along with the beans so that whoever accomplished the job of grinding the coffee got to keep the peppermint stick. It was just a little reward for the person tasked with that little bit of morning work.
[Tom Perini and his chuckwagon…and other very nice colleagues from Perini Ranch in Buffalo Gap]
He also explained that the wagon had to always be early and travel ahead of the cowboys to set up camp and begin the meal preparation, which he thought went a long way toward explaining the stereotype of the camp cook as a cranky beast. He lovingly assumed that we might not have the stomach for a truly authentic chuckwagon breakfast, which may have included a green organ meat stew, and instead served us tortillas and scrambled eggs and sausage and a big serving of beans on the side. The coffee was boiled in huge kettles over coals. Linden Hodges of Perini's explained to me that the coffee was made by simply boiling the coffee grounds in water. When I asked him how they strained out the grounds he responded that you simply pour a little cold water on top of the boiled coffee and all of the grounds sink right to the bottom of the kettle. And the coffee was great. It made me feel kind of silly about all the fancy French presses I have bought over the years. It was a fantastic meal and a wonderful presentation and wonderful way to wrap up the symposium.
I needed many more days to sit and talk to everyone that I met only in passing. Everyone had a story, a place, a perspective. Everyone was there to celebrate Texas and Texas culture. Everyone cared about the direction of the Texas food and agricultural industries. And, best of all, everyone was committed, not only by attending but often through generous sponsorship, to making sure we preserve Texas food culture, the good, bad, ugly, and wonderful. Because, it all tells a story about who we are.
I drove back to Dallas the slow way, to try to come down from my weekend one mile at a time. Texas is in full bloom west of I-35. As I drove on, I considered my version of Texas, my views of it, my notions, and how different they are from someone who say, grew up in Galveston. But my Texas life has taken me from San Antonio, to Fort Hood, to Wichita Falls, to Dallas, to Austin, to Fort Worth, and back to Dallas again. I feel lucky to have seen so much of it from fishing boats and car windows and on foot. And the food has been wonderful. I'm so glad there is a group who is celebrating this intersection between history and food, and making it a whole lot of fun along the way.
Many thanks to the Foodways Texas team for putting this great Symposium together for all of us. Marvin Bendele, Elizabeth Engelhardt, Lisa Powell and Brook Greer were tireless. And, they had many other helpers behind the scenes and all around us to help make this run smoothly (not to mention…lots of generous sponsors). Wonderful job! For my fellow attendees, if I have mis-linked you, failed to link you, or misrepresented the nature of your talks in any way, please feel free to let me know. Add any comments that come to mind here. I'd also be pleased if anyone wanted to add to the list of great folks in attendance with links and all. I'm happy to do a Twitter list if anyone is interested. Thank you all for making this such a great weekend. For the rest of you, JOIN US!
Friends, I implore you to discover what Foodways Texas is all about. You will love it. It is a hoot to attend these gatherings of friends, to be sure. But, they are doing important work documenting our shared history. We are supporting that by getting together and diving into fabulous food and drink, and hearing important, interesting and funny stories about our diverse food cultures. It is truly one of the best win-win scenarios going in the state. Come join me in this fun so they can keep doing what they are doing.


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|592 sq. ft.
|Property type
|Minimum Stay
|3 - 7 nights
Set in hamlet surrounded by hedged farmland. Courtyard leading into cottage with access into part of a pretty garden with a small reserved area for eating and relaxing. 30 minutes SE of Cherbourg and within easy distance of D-Day landing beaches. An hour's drive to the Bayeux Tapestry. Very close to the picturesque harbour of Barfleur and the marina of St. Vaast la Hougue. As well as long sandy beaches, plenty of sea activities are available (sailing, wind-surfing, rock fishing, kayaking). 3 covered swimming pools in Cherbourg and two golf courses within easy distance. Local markets open all days of the week. There are medieval towns to visit, castles, churches, museums and Mont St Michel within two hours' drive. Perfect for family holidays with small children, or for adults wanting to explore the D-Day locations. Convenient shopping for foodstuffs and other needs is available nearby. The kitchen is well-equipped for cooking the local seafood and seasonal vegetables from the garden.
We stayed here last week and had a lovely week. The cottage is so beautiful and very well equipped, with lovely gardens to rest after a busy day. It was pleasant enough to have a couple of hours with a glass of wine on four evenings, even though it was March!
Caroline and Georges were wonderful hosts, very warm and welcoming, and they were just next door if we needed anything.
The area is wonderful, very close to all the landing beaches, which was why we had chosen it, but also it would have loads to do for kids in summer with great beaches. Nearby traditional towns have traditional shops and large super markets. We cannot recommend this cottage and this area of Normandy enough!
We stayed in early July and had a wonderful week. The cottage is really beautiful and well equipped, Caroline's gardens are absoluetly beautiful and we ate outside almost every night.
Caroline and George were wonderful hosts they didn't intrude at all but were just next door if we needed anything (tips on local bars, markets, towns and beaches).
The area is fantastic, loads to do for kids, great beaches, lovely traditional towns with thriving markets and good resturants. There's a large super market close by for all the essentials but also great bakers and markets so you don't need to use it if you don't want to. I don't want to over recommend this cottage purely so we don't have trouble when we come to book next summer!
This was a perfect holiday for us and our 16 month old son. The gite was open plan which made it feel very spacious and the beautiful garden was ideal for our son to play in. Lots to do, all within a short drive including sandy beaches, a lighthouse to climb, the D Day landing beaches and nearby towns with good restaurants. We left feeling relaxed and refreshed. The warm welcome from Caroline and Georges with local farm eggs, bread and homemade jam was a very nice touch. We hope to be back!
This lovely cottage was just what I needed to recharge the batteries after a 7 month assignment in Myanmar. Lovely traditional features with enough modern facilities for even a small family holiday. It's tucked away in the bottom of a small Valley which shelters it from the elements especially in February!The owners are very friendly and helpful but in my case were not in the face which was just what I wanted. It's a superb Base for exploring the Cherbourg Peninsular as well as the Normandy beaches and St Michael's mount. The only downside was no English TV, but was able to keep up with the news over the provided WiFi.
We had a fantastic week here with our kids. Perfect cottage really well stocked and comfortable. The location is amazing for all the landing beaches and all the great things to do in the area. Would definitely recommend and return one day xxx
Our host was very responsive to my numerous questions pre trip and sent us all the information we required. We were warmly greeted and shown around. The cottage is in a lovely valley with beautiful gardens and a very quiet country lane beyond the gated entrance. It had a spacious living, dining and kitchen area. Upstairs were two bedrooms and a large hall for storing things. Our 3 year old loved the garden and fresh air and enjoyed sleeping in a bunk bed. A cot was provided for out 8 month old. A supermarket and baker are a 5 minute drive away. We spent the time with friends and visiting a few local landmarks. A thoroughly enjoyable stay and with the convenience of the ferry at Cherbourg, certainly an area we would like to investigate more. I would certainly recommend staying here if you are a family of 4 and want some peace and quiet.
to cook and we are happy to advise and help.I am English and my husband is French. The cottage we let is part of our old Normandy house where we have lived for 21 years. We were both teachers, Georges a primary school teacher and I a textile and patchwork teacher. Recently retired we can give more time to our different interests. I love my garden and work in it as much as possible. The vegetable garden supplies us and people in the cottage with wholesome and organic produce. We walk daily with our dog in the surrounding country tracks and lanes or on the wonderful open beaches. Georges paints in watercolours and I use textiles to create hangings which I exhibit regularly. The local seafood and excellent mlisting. Be sure to use 4 numeric characteeat, and the vegetables and fruit in the markets are a delight
Caroline da Costa purchased this cottage in 1994
We bought our house because my husband had been given a teaching post here. We fell in love with the gentle countryside and the wonderful varied and wild coastline and did not hesitate to settle in a small hamlet where we see very little traffic and wake to the sound of sheep or cows. The countryside is unspoilt and the many hedges shelter a huge variety of animals and birds. Our garden is a haven for all as it is totally free of any chemicals. We find the peace and remoteness from the general rush of life, a very good way to live. At the same time we are only 5 minutes drive from excellent shops and a market, and within 10 to 15 minutes one is in the hustle bustle of a small harbour and onto long sandy beaches. It is an ideal place for small children, and young families feel safe.
Many of our guests have a feeling of 'coming home' when they return from a day out. The cottage is decorated very simply and the interior is pleasing as well as comfortable and unpretentious. Being cooks, we have provided a maximum of good equipment so that any guest can enjoy cooking the local products. As we have tried to keep the whole layout simple, guests find the cottage easy to keep clean and there is plenty of cupboard and drawer space. The garden area can easily be limited which enables parents to keep an eye on their children, and at the same time to look out on to the bigger garden and enjoy the surrounding countryside. Country tracks and lanes lead out of the hamlet and it is possible to go for a quick or a long walk. A five minute drive brings one to the nearest town.
It's hard to find the right words to tell you how wonderful, better to say more than wonderful ("merveilleux"), our time at your house and garden was. SLC.
'We had the most wonderful time staying in your cottage in Normandy. Not only was the area fascinating and beautiful but the cottage and garden were the nicest we have ever stayed in. The cottage was beautifully decorated and provided everything we needed. We enjoyed eating outside in the lovely garden. The local neighbourhood was great for walks and days at the nearby beach. The D-Day sites and Bayeux were easy day trips away. It was the best holiday we have had in Europe and we would love to return someday.' S and RS
S. and R. Sheehan NZ.
'Congratulations on providing the perfect gite - the combination of a clean, stylish, well equipped cottage and the most amazing garden, has meant that we have loved coming 'home' at the end of each day.' R and SR.
'We are desperate to return after a glorious week in your wonderful gite. AH
Many fine unspoilt sandy beaches on both east and west coasts. Nearest is 10 minutes' drive on the east coast, 1 hour's drive to the west coast. The coastguards' path runs along most of the coastline all round the peninsula. The beaches are extremely varied and most people enjoy taking a new path down to 'La Mer' every day. Detailed maps are provided to help find the small access lanes and roads. The tides go out quite far and at low tide children and adults will enjoy rock fishing.
Nearest airport is Caen (75 minutes drive). Ferry services: Brittany Ferries from Portsmouth and Poole into Cherbourg (30 minutes drive) and Caen (75 minutes by car). LD Lines from Portsmouth to Le Havre (2 hours drive).
The sailing/fishing harbours St. Vaast la Hougue and Barfleur are 10 to 15 minutes drive. The nearest town is Quettehou, 5 minutes drive. Valognes, a big market town with historical interest is 20 minutes drive away. Cherbourg with it's port and Cité de la Mer is 35 minutes drive. Mont St Michel is 2 hours away. Bayeux and it's famous Tapestry is 1 hour's drive and Caen a further 15 minutes.The west coast of the peninsular is an hour's drive and very beautiful and different from the east coast.
Further Details:
In Quettehou, you will find 2 supermarkets, excellent butchers and bakers, a bank and a post office, restaurants and cafes. There is also a covered tennis court. In St. Vaast la Hougue, there is a huge choice of restaurants, bars and cafes on the harbour-side. The famous oysters may be bought or eaten in situ. Gosselin's the very well known shop, with it's exceptional wines and food is a centre of attraction. Trawlers sell their catch on the queyside in both Barfleur and St Vaast la Hougue. There are several fishmongers in both towns selling excellent fresh fish and seafood. Just off St Vaast la Hougue, the Island of Tatihou, where you will find a maritime museum, a dungeon, maritime gardens and a bird reserve, can be visited on foot at low tide or by boat. There are weekly markets in both these towns with vegetables, fruit, fish, cheese, and many other delights. Markets can be found every day of the week except Sunday in towns within easy driving distance. For music lovers there are many concerts throughout the Cotentin during the summer months. It is possible to walk to concerts on the Island of Tatihou and return with flaming torches accross the oyster parks. Children can enjoy a local animal park, trout fishing, rockpool fishing, boat trips, pony riding and much more. Adults will find most water sports available, and the Pont de Saire point is famous as a windsurf spot and both St. Vaast and Barfleur have sailing clubs. For rainy days it is possible to use one of the three covered swimming pools in or near Cherbourg. The Cité de la Mer in Cherbourg is also a great attraction. There is an excellent small local cinema in Réville if you enjoy watching films in French. In the summer season there are many Vide Greniers (car boot sales) mostly on Saturday or Sunday.
|Rental Period
|Minimum Price
|Additional Nights
|Weekend Night
|Event Price
mid season
10 Feb 2018 - 9 Mar 2018
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
low season
10 Mar 2018 - 30 Mar 2018
3 night minimum stay
for 3 nights
mid season
31 Mar 2018 - 29 Jun 2018
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
high season
30 Jun 2018 - 31 Aug 2018
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
mid season
1 Sep 2018 - 28 Sep 2018
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
low season
29 Sep 2018 - 19 Oct 2018
3 night minimum stay
for 3 nights
mid season
20 Oct 2018 - 9 Nov 2018
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
Low season
10 Nov 2018 - 21 Dec 2018
3 night minimum stay
for 3 nights
Mid season
22 Dec 2018 - 4 Jan 2019
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
My Standard Rate
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
|No additional mandatory fees
Booking Notes:
Please contact us by email to check availability or to make a reservation. On booking a bank transfer for half the amount of the rent must be paid as a deposit. If you need to cancel a booking up to 6 weeks before the date of arrival 50 per cent of the deposit will be returned. If you cancel between 4 and 6 sweeks before the date of arrival, 25% of the deposit will be returned.
A damage deposit of 200€ is due on arrival. This is returned once the property has been checked at the end of the stay. Prices and payment are in euros and the rent and any extras (heating, bedlinen, cleaning service) must be paid on arrival.
Changeover Day:
Changeover day is Saturday but we can offer flexibility outside the main season. Arrival time is after 4pm to allow time for preparation of the property, and departure time is 10am. However it is usually possible to fit in with guests' requirements.
Notes on prices:
Prices are for the property per week in euros.
We can let the cottage for short stays at certain moments in the low and mid season. Prices for 2016.
Low season 3 nights 135€ + 30€ heating. 4 nights 160€ + 35€ heating, 5 nights 175€ + 38€ heating.
Mid season: 3 nights 155€ + 30€ heating. 4 nights 190€ + 35 € heating, 5 nights 220€ + 38€ heating. Heating will be calculated each time. Given prices for heating are approximate as much depends on outside temperature and guests' needs.


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Adeline Finke, 94
Adeline Marian Finke, age 94, of Martell, Wis., died on Thursday, May 23, at her residence, surrounded by her loving family.
Adeline was born Sept. 28, 1918, in Troy Township, St. Croix County, Wis., to parents Albert Lawrence and Mary Louise (Messersmith) Trebus. Like so many of her generation, Adeline attended country school. On Sept. 28, 1939, on her 21st birthday, Adeline would be united in marriage to Robert William Finke. Their union in marriage would be blessed with three children: Barbara, Bill, and Judy. Robert would precede her in death on Oct. 17, 1980.
Besides being a wife, mother, and homemaker, Adeline worked at the O'Connell Orchard, then at the River Falls Lutheran Home and Smeads in River Falls. On the family farm, Adeline raised chickens, cows, sheep, and turkeys. She also drove the "country school car pool" for many of the rural kids. Adeline also enjoyed crocheting, embroidery, bowling, cooking, gardening and canning vegetables, as well as baking, where Adeline will be remembered for baking many wedding cakes. Adeline enjoyed playing card games like 500 and Rummy with others and going to the casino. Adeline made an annual event of camping and fishing with her grandkids.
Adeline is survived by her children, Barbara (Dan) Carlstrom of Martell, Bill (Marlene) Finke of Martell, and Judy Finke of Eagan, Minn.; grandchildren, Jackie (Herbert) Bennett, Dawn (Marvin) Glenna, Vickie (Brian) Shedore, Faye (Dave) Hanson, Tony Carlstrom, and Frosty Duckson; great-grandchildren, Kathy, Jessie, Bobby, Danny, Kim, Samantha, Mackinzie, Nathan, Michael, and Brandon; great-great-grandchildren, Gregory, Owen, Adeline, Cecelia, Alex, Lonnie, Skylar, Annie, and Kalan; brother Jake Trebus of Martell; sister Irene (Herbert) Minder of Beldenville; sisters-in-law, Avis Finke of Spring Valley, Marilyn Trebus of Spring Valley, and Muriel Emerson of River Falls; as well as many nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert; her parents; sister Amelia Emerson; brother Marvin Trebus; and brother-in-law, Gene Emerson.
In honor of Adeline's wishes, a family gathering for her will be held at a later date.
Funeral services have been entrusted to the O'Connell Family Funeral Home and Countryside Crematory of Baldwin.


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I don't watch that much TV but there is one show that I definitely don't miss nowadays. Want to know what it is? Celebrity Survivor!
It's been a long time since I watched Survivor but I don't know what it is about this one and why I am so hooked. I have fun following their adventures from leaving their comfortable homes with modern living furniture to staying for more than a month in their shanty in the middle of nowhere that can't even be called a shelter.
In tonight's episode, the contestants are wondering why they were served cookies, hot milk, and beer. They can't think clearly because of all the food in front of them so they just ate and ate to their heart's content. Little did they know there were ten beds waiting for them after they ate. It was not as comfortable as the sleeper sectionals they are used to at home but it was way more comfortable than sleeping in the sand with the rain pouring on their face. The challenge was the last one who stays awake wins!
If I was there I know for sure I would lose that challenge. I can sleep in the most comfortable microfiber sectional but I won't have a hard time sleeping on a even in a cramped car either. My husband is even envious that I sleep with ease while he has to toss and turn before he can get a good night's sleep.
Anyway, I wonder who will win the challenge. I can't wait to see tomorrow's episode. My guess is that Sarmayee wins this time but I'm not really sure.


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The TARGET HF3 receiver covers the entire spectrum from 30 kHz to 30 MHz.
The HF3 covers all of these bands in one continuous sweep with steps of 1 kHz. Numbers to the left of the decimal point are in MHt whilst those to the right are in kHz.
- e.g. 0.198 is expressed as 198 kHz or 0.198 MHz
- 14.386 is expressed as 14386 kHz or 14.386 MHz
Turning the tuning knob slowly advances the tuning in 1 kHz steps, turning a little faster the steps change to 10 kHz, faster still the steps become 100 kHz, and a really fast spin will make the steps 1 MHz. This makes it quick and simple to hop from one end of the spectrum to the other.
The HF3 is supplied with a simple long wire antenna connected to a phono plug. The wire length is 30 feet and is a good compromise for general coverage. A shorter wire will be less sensitive and, whilst a longer wire may pick up more of the desired signal, it may also pick up much more undesirable signals in the form of interference. The antenna wire should be strung up as high as possible and as far away from mains wiring, striplights, televisions, or any other source of interference (see Page 9). The shorter black wire from the phono plug is the ground terminal. Connect this to something that is well grounded. A cold water pipe or *mains earth is usually adequate. Do not connect to anything you are not certain is earthed.
*Do not attempt to connect directly to any Mains Supply without the aid of a qualified Electrician.
Plug the 12 Volt line from the power supply into the receiver, plug in the antenna and set the attenuator on the rear of the receiver to it's normal position. You are now ready to go. Switch on the receiver by rotating the volume control clockwise. The display will show the frequency and the mode. Set the mode to AM. To select mode USB, AM and LSB press MOD. This rosters through the modes. Set the Clarify control to it's central position. Adjust the volume to a convenient level and use the tuning knob to move up and down the spectrum and listen to the AM stations.
To Store a Frequency In memory
Tune to the desired frequency and press MEM. The S meter then becomes the memory location pointer. Select the memory location using the tuning knob. When the desired location is selected press MEM, the desired frequency is stored in that location and the receiver returned to normal operation.