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Author: jadzialove
Story: Tender is the Knight
Part: Tender is the Knight
Rating: Teens
Setting: Pre-HBP
Status: Completed
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Updated: April 19, 2005, 8:19pm
Tender is the Knight
Disclaimer: I own very little and the brilliant world of Harry Potter is not on that short inventory list.
A/N: This story is a companion to my very first fan fic "Firelight and Fiery Tresses". Since they are both quite fluffy, it is not at all imperative to read the first to understand the second. It's just fun!
Hermione Granger is an early riser. While it's true that there are several advantages associated with this habit that appeal to her practical nature, the simple fact is that it's her favourite time of day. She loves watching the day break across the sky and enjoys the solitude and serenity of the Gryffindor common room before the chaos of daily life erupts. It's a habit she acquired from her parents at an early age so she was surprised to find, upon her first morning at Hogwarts, that it was not a habit shared by many people. In fact, in her six years there, she'd only ever encountered one other student during her early mornings in the common room. Since Percy Weasley had finished school, she had the common room to herself for two, sometimes three hours every morning where she would indulge herself in reading for pleasure rather than study. So finding someone in the common room this morning was unusual; finding two people was rarer still and on closer inspection, finding these two particular people cuddled in a chair by the dying fire, was fairly shocking.
Of course, they'd all become accustomed to seeing Ginny soothing and comforting Harry during the summer. She had been the only one that he'd reached out to after he had plunged into the abyss of despair, guilt, and grief. Hermione was still embarrassed by the twinge of hurt she'd felt when he had chosen to open up to Ginny rather than to her and Ron. She was ashamed of herself for it and didn't tell anyone how she'd felt, however briefly. Harry had desperately needed someone to open up to, even if he didn't think so, and Ginny's straightforward, no nonsense attitude had done the trick. This cuddling was a new development, though not an unwelcome one. She had hoped they would get together, but she knew Ginny's history with him would prevent her from taking action and she didn't think that Harry, who was at times painfully shy, would make the first move.
Looking at the sleeping couple, Prefect and best friend battled against one another. The Prefect knew that they were in a somewhat compromising position, but the best friend knew that peaceful sleep had been elusive for both of them, Harry especially. In the end, the best friend won. She decided to let them sleep for a little while longer and settled herself in a nearby chair. They're not really alone now that I'm here and it's unlikely anyone will come down here in the next hour or so anyway.
The book that she'd brought down with her was not holding her interest. Her mind wandered, which was an oddity since she is not prone to daydreaming or flights of fancy. Her gaze again fell on the snuggling twosome. She was thrilled for them both, but slightly worried about what Ron would think. His little sister was currently nestled in his best mate's lap, her head on his left shoulder and a hand resting on his chest. Harry had both of his arms around Ginny, holding onto her like a life preserver even in his sleep. Seeing them like that made her smile and recall the beginning of her own still relatively new development with Ron.
It was the end of last term after the Department of Mysteries incident; she woke suddenly not knowing where she was. She did know a few things: that it was dark but there were no bed curtains so she wasn't in her dormitory; that she was extremely comfortable and warm despite the burning pain in her chest; and that there was an arm — one that was not her own — draped over her stomach. She moved her hand to delicately touch the bandage that was on the forearm. She was fairly certain whom the arm belonged to but failed to comprehend why it and its owner were in bed with her. Focusing on trying to recall the last few hours, some of it started coming back to her: the Ministry, Death Eaters, Silencing Charm, fire in her chest, blackness, Madam Pomfrey, hospital wing. That's where I am, everyone made it alive. Everyone that is, except Sirius. Oh, Harry…
No! Don't think about it now. She pushed the too painful thoughts aside. She still couldn't explain the arm.
Looking at the mysterious appendage, her heart skipped a little bit. It felt so right to have it around her middle. She wanted to see his face so she turned very carefully for fear that the arm's owner would wake up. She wasn't ready to talk to him just yet. He was on his side sharing her pillow and mere inches from her. Taking the opportunity to study his face, she wondered how it is that someone so completely infuriating could look so sweet and innocent while he slept. Her emotions were swirling around inside of her like a cyclone. She needed to think and she needed to get her breathing under control as well as the pounding heart his proximity created.
What am I going to do about you, Mr. Weasley?
She'd convinced herself that Ron couldn't possibly have feelings for her, if only just to get through every day in his presence. It was incredibly vexing to be able to read other people like her precious books but the one person she needed to see into was not open to her. Maybe it was her own insecurities that created the barrier. Could he love her? The fact that he's lying here with me must mean something. She wanted to be certain because she couldn't risk losing his friendship for anything, certainly not because of a failed experiment in teen romance.
The fact is he's worth the risk. If he doesn't feel the same we can work it out somehow.
Certainly they bickered like an old married couple, which had been pointed out to them on more than one occasion. She had a feeling that their bickering was more of frustration and habit than anything else. The truth is that she enjoyed it more often than not. They just loved to push each other's buttons. She didn't have to write Viktor Krum long letters in Ron's presence but she did it anyway knowing full well how it would be received. She knew she should be ashamed for the satisfying thrill it gave her when his jealousy surfaced, but she wasn't. It occurred to her that the sometimes too passionate responses could be a release for the feelings they were harboring for each other. That was true for her anyway.
Unable to resist any longer she reached up and used her fingertip to trace his features. Lightly traveling along his expressive eyebrows, then down his long nose, over his cheek, along his jaw and then over his lovely lips.
Everything is different now isn't it love?
They'd almost died and that made for a powerful change in perspective. She suddenly realized there was more to it than her fear of being rejected by him. She loved him so completely, so deeply that it scared her. Now having faced death, she knew it would be far more frightening to never share these feelings with him. She resolved to show him.
It's time to wake Sleeping Beauty. She giggled nervously at the idea.
She tipped her face closer to him to brush her lips against his. The kiss was feather soft and most definitely one-sided. She did it again, pouring a bit more of her swirling emotions into it. This time, he kissed her back sweetly, tenderly, and so lovingly it brought tears to her eyes. It was the most amazing kiss she'd ever had. Well, it was the only kiss she'd ever had but her lack of experience did not diminish its perfection. Ron slowly opened his sleepy eyes.
"Mione? I thought I was dreaming."
Merlin, he's adorable. She briefly considered giving him a hard time about finding him in her bed but abandoned the idea when she saw the look in his eyes. There was love there yes, but also some pain and uncertainty. She kissed him again so he would know without question how things were going to be. There was more heat in this kiss and Hermione got a taste of the passion she'd always suspected was in him. More layers were added to the already full-to-bursting love she felt for him. She felt giddy at his response and moaned into the kiss when she felt his tongue exploring her mouth, thrilled with the new sensation. She pulled him as tightly to her as her wound would allow and that arm, the beautiful freckled arm, wound around her back gently pressing her closer to him. He moved the kiss from her mouth to her jaw then to her neck, which made her gasp with pleasure. He placed another kiss – adding a slight nibble -- in the same tender spot and Hermione shivered; the sensation sent an electric charge throughout her body. She whimpered softly when his lips left her neck.
They both sat up and he looked at her with something akin to wonderment. She looked at him quite bashfully considering her wanton act.
"Hermione, I never dreamed … well I mean I've had dreams about… er, bloody hell…" he stammered as his ears burned bright red. He cleared his throat and started again. "That was incredible and well, I needed to tell you something and wow, that makes it loads easier. I never thought that you'd ever care for me like that. You're beautiful and brilliant. I'm nobody. Harry is the hero, and that grouchy git Krum is a famous Quidditch player. How could I compete against that when I'm nothing? I'm not a hero, I'm not famous, I don't come from a posh family, I'm not particularly good looking and everything that I could possibly achieve at school has been done first by one or all of my brothers. I'm just a tall bloke with freckles and a foul temper."
Hermione started to protest but he waved her off, took her hands in his and continued with a determined look on his face. "I know that I don't deserve you and that I drive you mad most of the time. When I thought I'd lost you, nothing else mattered. I wanted to die myself. They lifted that hex off of me and I saw you lying there so still… I just… I thought it was too late. I didn't believe them at first when they said you were okay but then I realized that this was my second chance. I needed to tell you how I… how much… Hermione, I love you. I know that I've done nothing to deserve you but I will do everything I can to protect you and keep you safe. I would willing give my life to protect yours because mine means nothing if you're gone. I'm never letting go of you because I never want to feel that way again."
Hermione launched herself at Ron and hugged him. They stayed that way for several minutes crying softly together. She pulled back slightly to see his face and wiped the tears off of his cheek. "Listen to me Ronald Weasley", she said softly but firmly, "I never want to hear you say that you are nothing again. I don't give a flip about Quidditch or being famous. I happen to love your family and honestly Ron, how dare you think for a moment that money means anything to me."
She put her fingers on his lips to stop him from interrupting. "As for being a hero, yes Harry is thrust into that role often. He doesn't have a choice it seems, but you Ron do have a choice. Yet you always choose to stay by his side or to stand up for me. That's what makes you a hero. You don't walk away even though you could. You're my hero, my knight and you have been since the day you played the best chess game ever then sacrificed yourself so Harry could move on to save the Stone. I don't love Harry. Well, I do but he's like my brother really. I seem to have more of a tender spot for tall, brave, loyal, freckled redheads with foul tempers who don't know how handsome they really are." She smiled into his eyes. "I love you, Ronald Weasley. I don't know when I haven't. I think we can take care of each other because I can't bear the thought of being without you either."
She flung her arms around his neck and kissed him as though her life depended on it and he responded in kind. When they came up for air, Ron flashed a cheeky grin. "I'm a knight, eh?" he said, then blushed furiously to the top of his ears.
Hermione smiled. "You're my knight, Sir Ronald of Weasley."
They'd decided to keep this new intimacy quiet for a little while so they could settle into it themselves and sort out what it meant for them. There'd been some discussion about when and what to tell Harry but in the end they'd decided together that he would be much more upset with them for lying. They would make every effort so that Harry didn't feel like the odd man out.
They'd spent two miserable weeks apart at the beginning of the holiday. Hermione had insisted that she needed to spend some time with her parents. Besides, it was time to fill them in on things she'd been keeping from them about the state of the wizarding world. Continuing to keep them ignorant of the happenings would not keep them safe. Ron had valiantly offered to be by her side when she spoke to them but Hermione had been adamant that she needed to do it on her own. Her parents, trying hard to understand what it all meant, had not taken it very well in the beginning. It had taken her the better part of the first week to convince them that she needed to complete her education at Hogwarts not only for her future but for her own safety. She was already a target and she couldn't protect herself with half an education. By the end of the second week they had agreed to let her go to the Burrow and then to Grimmauld Place in August. They'd known deep down that their little girl had grown up and that she'd no longer belonged in their Muggle world.
Meanwhile, she had delighted in the letters Ron had sent her during their separation. Especially the descriptions of his activities:
I've started a training routine, Hermione! I want to keep my spot on the Quidditch team and be the best Keeper they've ever had- better than Wood even. Ginny wants to try out for one of the Chaser positions (since Harry will be playing again). She and I have spent quite a bit of time flying around the orchard and I've got to say she's brilliant! I guess I kind of realized that with Gin hanging around us more and more that were a quartet, not a trio anymore, really, and it feels pretty good. I am really pleased that Gin and me are getting close again.
Anyway, I'm doing this Muggle thing that Charlie told me about called "weight-lifting", although the way he describes it, it sounds like people actually join special places called fitness centres to do it in. Bit silly really, with loads of heavy stuff just lying about. I'm getting strong just by using some stuff I found in Dad's shed. I guess it's time for me to accept the fact that I'm going to be really tall, so I think it's a good thing if I put on a bit of muscle. Someone's got to be the brawn of the group, eh? Besides, I want to be able to protect you, Harry and Ginny, you know, if we get into any more tight spots like we did last year.
I hope you like what you see, 'Mione…
By the time she'd returned to The Burrow she'd been more than happy to show her appreciation for all his hard work. His 6'3" frame had already started to fill out very nicely. Much to her delight, he took great pride in walking around without his shirt on and Hermione blushed prettily whenever she was caught gazing at him, fascinated by the broad shoulders and chest and by the sprinkling of coppery fuzz that dissected his abdomen and pointed like an arrow down into the top of his shorts.
A noise at the top of the stairs brought Hermione back to the common room. The boys' dormitory door closed with a thunk and the object of her musings made his way down the stairs. Ron's hair was sleep ruffled and he had chosen once again to appear without a shirt. My goodness, what is it about his chest that short-circuits my brain?
He smiled when he saw her and she stood to greet him. "Morning, love!" he said in the deep, rich voice he had recently settled into.
He picked her up right off the ground so that they were face to face and she wrapped her arms around his neck. Although she'd never admit it aloud, she was thrilled by his strength and the girly protected feeling it gave her. She kissed him deeply and soundly. "Good morning to you too. You're up early."
He placed her on her feet. "I woke up and noticed that Harry was gone and I wanted to make sure things were okay."
Hermione mentally slapped her forehead. That damned distracting chest! She'd forgotten about the pair sleeping across the room. She saw his eyes land on their chair and she put her hands up on his chest, certain he was going to make a scene. "Wait, Ron! Before you say anything, really look at them."
He looked at Harry and Ginny for a moment, then returned his gaze to her. "'Bout bloody time, yeah?" then he leaned down and gave her a loud smacking kiss.
She was astonished. Merlin, just when I think I can't possibly love him more than I do, he surprises me.
She couldn't help but roll her eyes though when he bellowed, "Oi! Potter!! Get my sister off of you and get dressed. I'm starving."
She smiled encouragingly at the blushing couple then wrapped her arms around Ron's middle. When he leaned down to kiss her again she whispered, "Thank you, Sir Ronald."
A/N ~ Thank you Musings for adding so much to this story. You are awesome!
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Grace Ge Gabriel
Grace has been the driving force behind IFAW China from its inception, nurturing protection for both domestic animals and wildlife in a country where policies regarding conservation and animal welfare were lacking. Projects initiated by Grace include establishing the first raptor rescue center in China, initiating anti-poaching operations to protect the Tibetan antelope and participating in the development of China's first Animal Welfare Law. IFAW China has developed outreach and education programs to improve regulations and conditions for domestic animals and works closely with local animal rescue groups.
Grace was instrumental in linking wildlife protection with development in rural Yunnan province in China where the remaining Asian elephants roam. IFAW's project helps to alleviate human-elephant conflicts, raise conservation awareness and motivate local communities to live in harmony with wildlife. The project was featured in the Animal Planet documentary "China's Last Elephant".
Grace is a strong voice in the fight to reduce the devastating impact wildlife trade has on tigers, elephants, bears and many other endangered species. She has testified before the European Union Commission on protecting wild tigers and was invited to speak at the INTERPOL Wildlife Crime Working Group meeting regarding controlling global online trade in wildlife and wildlife products. Grace has also testified on the escalating global wildlife crime before the UK Parliament Environmental Audit Committee.
Because of her work as a champion of wildlife, Grace was featured in Julie Scardina and Jeffrey Flocken's book, Wildlife Heroes, 40 Leading Conservationists and the Animals they are Committed to Saving (page 208).
Grace was featured in Judith Mills' book "Blood of the Tiger: A Story of Conspiracy, Greed, and the Battle to Save a Magnificent Species" published by Beacon Press in 2015. In 2016, Grace was included as one of the 50 conservationists in Lori Robinson's book "Saving Wild: Inspiration from 50 Leading Conservationists" (Page 53).
As native of China, who respects the cultural heritage and health benefits of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Grace has been in the forefront of promoting TCM alternatives to the use of endangered species, a view supported by legitimate TCM practitioners in China and around the world. To that end, Grace has overseen IFAW's global campaign to reduce the use of endangered species in traditional medicine.
Deputy Director, Wildlife and Habitat Protection Program, IFAW
Founding member, International Tiger Coalition
Senior News Editor, KSL-TV(NBC affiliate), USA
Language Instructor-Chinese, University of Utah, USA
Producer, China Central Television, China
Reporter Intern, Radio Beijing, China
Master of Arts, Mass Communication, University of Utah, USA
Bachelor of Arts, English and Journalism, China
Broadcasting University, Beijing, China
* Gabriel, G. Foreward, Bears, Saiga Antelope in: Call, E. 2006. Mending the Web of Life: Chinese Medicine and Species Conservation. Pp. iii-v, 81-92,113-122. IFAW/AHPA publication.
* Gratwicke, B. Mills, J., Dutton, A., Gabriel, G., Long, B. et al. 2008 Attitudes Toward Consumption and Conservation of Tigers in China. PLoS ONE 3(7): e2544. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002544
* Reeve, R., Tuite, C.,Gabriel, G., Bell, J. and Pueschel, P.2003. International Fund for Animal Welfare: Promoting Animal Welfare in China. Pachyderm.35:115-130.
* Gabriel, G. 2010-2011. International Fund for Animal Welfare: Promoting Animal Welfare in China in: China Environment Series. Spotlight on NGO Activism in China. China Environment Forum. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
IFAW Publications
* Elephants on the High Street-An investigation into Ivory Trade in the UK
* Ivory Market in China-China Ivory Trade Survey Report
* IFAW report on ivory trade 2009
* Made in China: Farming Tigers to Extinction
* Making a Killing—A 2011 Survey of Ivory Markets in China
Radio interview with The Diane Rehm Show on new strategies for stopping the elephant ivory trade.
Radio interview with Dr. Laurel Neme on tiger farming and wildlife trade
People's Daily Online - "Animal Attraction"
Interview with the Breakthrough Institute on China's fight against elephant poaching.
Gabriel, Grace. "From villain to hero - China should ban all ivory trade." China Dialogue. 20 March 2015.
Gabriel, Grace, "OPINION: Elephants Are Not Widgets," National Geographic: A Voice for Elephants (September 24, 2014).
Gabriel, Grace, "Will China Say No to Wildlife Trade?" UN Chronicle: The Magazine of the United Nations Vol.LI No. 2 (September 2014).
Gabriel, Grace. "My angst over China's role in the endangered wildlife trade." China Dialogue. 15 March 2013.
Other Media
Grace spoke at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars on a panel about wildlife laws: China and its role in illicit wildlife trade.
Press contact
To schedule an interview with Grace Ge Gabriel, contact: Sabrina Zhang
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CCTV China Insight: Grace shares her plan to protect elephants by eradicating greed. Watch here.
KQED Science: Governor Jerry Brown signs AB 96, California becomes third state to impose total ban on the sale of ivory — Read more.
AP interview on NY Post: Beijing's efforts to stop the trade of ivory called into question as Chinese officials are caught smuggling the illegal product out of Tanzania — Read more.
Take Part: China's elite invest in illegal wildlife products hoping to turn a profit once the animals are extinct — Read more.

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|System: Xbox 360, PS3
|Dev: Spike
|Pub: Namco Bandai
|Release: October 25, 2011
|Players: 1-2
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Cartoon Violence, Mild Blood, Mild Language
by Angelo M. D'Argenio
If there are two things I love in this world, they're fighting games and anime. Like every anime fan, I still find myself waxing nostalgic whenever a new Dragon Ball Z fighting game is released. Now, the Dragon Ball Z games may not have the most complex fighting mechanics, yet I still can't stop loving them. To understand why that is, let's look at the latest—perhaps even the greatest—installment in the series: Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi.
The first thing you'll notice about Ultimate Tenkaichi is that every character controls pretty much exactly the same. They can all fly, throw flurries of punches, throw energy blasts, and blast huge craters in planets with special moves. Some are slightly faster and some are slightly slower, and, of course, every character's special attacks have different animations. In the end, though, there's no real strategy to picking which character to play since there's not a whole lot of difference between them.
The controls are incredibly barebones here. You can block, attack, throw projectiles, and charge your ki. Your health is at the top of the screen and a secondary spirit meter fills up below it, which is separate from your ki. (Your ki is used for mostly defensive maneuvers, while your spirit is used to execute your special moves.) That is about as intricate as the game gets. Everything else is pretty much a coin flip.
After every series of strikes, you can continue your combo into a rush or smash attack (essentially those quick teleporting punch flurry maneuvers you see in DBZ fights.) You do this by pressing a button in a cutscene that is suspiciously similar to a quick time event, but your opponent has the opportunity to counter you. The same holds true for any other attack in the game. Press left or right with correct timing to dodge projectile volleys, or counter with your own projectile volley and win by mashing a button quicker than your opponent. In fact, most of the game is spent in quick time event-style scenes rather than actual combo-based gameplay.
The gameplay in Ultimate Tenkaichi is extremely shallow, and I haven't particularly had the urge to take the game online and prove that I am better at mashing buttons than the rest of the world. But halfway through my time with the game, I stopped looking at it as a fighting game, and instead started looking at it as a cinematic experience. It's mostly quick time events with a side of cinematic banter, and the cinematic banter is actually the best part of the game. As you fire off special attacks, your characters will converse with each other, shouting out their attack names, grunting about how they hope their body can take it. A successfully landed super attack will blow huge holes in the earth, leaving permanent craters, shredding opponent's clothing, and, in typical Dragon Ball Z fashion, leaving them clutching their arm.
The camera will swing between multiple angles as you go in for rush attacks. Your character will monologue as they fire their planet-destroying beams to finish off each villain. Every fight looks like a scene from the anime, and that's actually why I think I enjoyed the game so much. In fact, I'd say the game looks even better, graphically, than the anime itself. Even though there isn't a whole lot of depth to the game, it actually feels (through the use of quick time evens and rampant button mashing) like you are in a real DBZ fight. And since there isn't a whole lot of depth to the anime either, the game certainly gets points for staying true to the source material. All in all, it feels as if the gameplay was developed to specifically target the nostalgia centers in our brains.
Considering the main draw of this game is nostalgia, the multiplayer is just a nice bonus. The single-player story modes are actually where most of the fun is, as they walk you through the entirety of the Dragon Ball Z story arcs, movies, and even parts of Dragon Ball GT. There are in-fight dialogues, anime cutscenes, and even boss battles in the story mode. And these boss battles are some of the most fun parts of the game. Here, you will have to fight characters that are many times the size of you—for example, Goku battles the giant ape Vegeta—and these fights also have special cutscenes and quick time events that mirror the actual events of the anime.


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Report of the President's Task Force on Undergraduate Education for the Digital Generation
The President's Task Force on Undergraduate Education for the Digital Generation was established in Fall 2009 to strengthen current undergraduate programs and to recommend new initiatives that will further enhance undergraduate education at Binghamton University. The task force included representatives from across the university and consulted widely to solicit ideas, suggestions and feedback. After compiling a list of ideas that could be developed into final recommendations, the task force surveyed the entire campus community once more to gauge campus support for various initiatives. In April 2011 the task force completed its report with a series of nine recommendations to be implemented in three phases. The entire report is available for viewing online at http://issuu.com/SUNY.Binghamton/docs/undergrad2011 or as a PDF at http://www.binghamton.edu/academics/provost/documents/ug-task-force-final-52011.pdf. We encourage all members of the Binghamton University community, including faculty, students, staff and alumni, to familiarize themselves with the report.
On behalf of the task force,
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I'm always looking for information on places my ancestors worked, so I decided to ask Kathleen if the Museum had any information or photographs for a few of the places I knew family members worked. My great-grandfather Peer is listed in several Guelph City Directories pre 1900 as working at Robert Stewart which I was pretty sure became Stewart Planing Mills. My grandfather McGinnis worked at Page-Hersey in 1917 and perhaps other years. My maternal grandfather worked at the Guelph Lumber Co. before 1941. And my father worked at Biltmore Hats in Guelph before WW2.
Kathleen had a great deal of information on these companies and she was very helpful in providing me with lots of new details. But what really caught my eye was one paragraph about the Guelph Lumber Co. Here is what Kathleen sent:
"The Guelph Lumber Company was established in 1913 on Duke Street, Guelph, near the Allan Bridge. The manager was Jason Harrison at that time. At the time of this photograph, the manager was Charles H. Fuller. The mill specialized in lumber and planing mill goods, doors, inside finish and hardwood flooring, as well as outside blinds and "Canada Ideal" cedar dye sticks."I almost fell off my computer chair! Charles Henry Fuller was my grandfather! I never expected to find his name mentioned. And my genealogist brain immediately saw those all-important words "...at the time of this photograph..." A photograph? Wow.
I wrote to Kathleen asking if I dared hope there was a photograph in the possession of the Museum. Her response included a scan of a wonderful photograph of a summer picnic for the Guelph Lumber Co. It is obvious that employees and family members were invited as there are many women and children. The Museum had no knowledge of who any of the individuals were in the photo, nor of the exact year although they estimated it was circa 1930.
|Courtesy of Guelph Civic Museum.
Kathleen also sent a photo of Biltmore Hat employees in 1927 but my father was not in it. All in all I received a great deal of information on various places my ancestors worked. She also checked for some of the names I mentioned in my emails and found tidbits on many. A typical item sent to me for a specific name was this one which I suspect refers to my grandmother:
"Edith Fuller – listed on a 1916 Roll of draft for the 11th Brigade and 29 and 36 Batteries"
But that wasn't all. Kathleen informed me that the Museum has two High School yearbooks, for 1932 and 1933 and my mother is in them. I happen to own the 1931 and 1932 yearbooks for Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute (GCVI) and my mom' s class photo is in one. So the 1933 Museum copy is of great interest to me! I'm meeting Kathleen in June at the Museum at which time she is going to show me the yearbook and other items.
The Museum charges a small fee for research but I didn't think it was enough for all the work Kathleen did so I wrote a cheque for a more substantial donation. Supporting local museums is a good cause and I took up a lot of the Assistant Curator's time.
My advice to genealogists is to contact the local museum where your ancestors lived. Write a friendly short note and ask if they have specific information on one or two of your ancestors or on a local company where your ancestor worked. Don't overwhelm them with a long list of questions!
Keep it brief, keep it simple and be polite and friendly. Ask what their research fees are and offer a donation to the Museum. When your first request is met, that is the time to ask for more help if you require it. But remember you are taking up their time and asking for their help so don't expect it to be free. Even if they don't charge for research services you should make a donation. That's only fair.
If the Museum sends you photographs or information that you want to use on your blog or distribute to other family members, please do ask their permission. There may be copyright issues that you aren't aware of, and besides it's just common courtesy to ask.
Oh, and remember to thank the staff member at the Museum who assisted you. And be patient. The Museum may or may not have staff that are available to give you the kind of help I got from Guelph Civic Museum.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
3: Bridge Building
Columbus Middle
School in Detroit, Michigan
eighth grade technology
Video: Episode
11, Lessons For Life. Segment begins approximately 14 minutes
45 seconds into the program.
Primary Learning Objectives
Students who successfully complete the activities
should be able to:
Learning Activity
Student groups run "companies" that
have a budget and other considerations as they plan and build
toothpick bridges. Conditions change during construction and
students must adapt and often barter to complete their projects.
Lesson plans adapted from Building Toothpick
Bridges by Jeanne Pollard (Dale Seymour, 1985)
Learning Theories to Consider
In this scenario Don Johnson sets up his eighth
grade students to become engineers in a bridge-building project.
Students are assigned to five-member "companies"
and are charged with building a bridge with toothpicks. There
are multiple tasks involved including applying mathematics,
the principles of design, and the principals of physics. The
students are given a budget for construction, and they are
required to consider factors such as the cost of land as well
as the cost of materials. Each company is in a friendly competition
with the other companies as they consider carefully how to
allocate their resources to complete their bridge.
Halfway through the project, the cost of materials
is increased "due to inflation brought on by national
events." Companies are required to look at their resources
to determine if they can afford to assist failing companies
without endangering the completion of their own bridge. Students
become entrepreneurs by taking advantage of opportunities
to sell materials to struggling companies at a lower cost
than originally announced by their teacher.
Johnson demonstrates Learning and Transfer
by providing his students with a knowledge-rich environment
to transfer what they know fundamentally about the principals
of physics to an actual event, "building a bridge."
Over a period of time, the students provide each other with
feedback and self-monitoring as they construct their bridge.
Johnson's class is an elective class in technology that receives
in-kind support from a professional engineering society. Creating
bridges of another sort to the community is an example of
Creating a Classroom That Supports Learning.
When Johnson begins the assignment with helping
students to remember the principals of physics and the principles
of design, he is using the Structure of the Disciplines
learning theory. He states that he wants students to understand
that "science is not unconnected." These principles
become the core knowledge students will retrieve as they construct
new learning to complete their bridge. Johnson models Motivation
as he encourages students
to take risks without contemplating failure. He
provides them with concrete positive feedback that identifies
their strengths while helping them to reassess what is working
and what is not working in their construction. An important
part of this learning is helping students to feel self-confident
in approaching new situations armed only with their ability
to know how to learn.
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space after them. You will also find that you are repeating
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of key ideas from more than one learning theory.
Reflect on the completed
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intersect or interact. How might your own teaching practices
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Kelly Clarkson Shares Beautiful Wedding Video
Kelly Clarkson has invited her fans to experience her very special day, releasing a wedding video highlight reel. The singer's intimate ceremony took place at Blackberry Farms in Tennessee just this past weekend.
Clarkson wed Brandon Blackstock on Oct. 20 without any family present, aside from Blackstock's two children, so the couple wanted a way to both commemorate their day and be able to share it with friends and family (including Reba McEntire, the groom's stepmother).
Now, even fans can get a front row seat! The short video is set to 'Heavenly Day' by Patty Griffin and showcases the beauty of Blackberry Farms, a luxury hotel and resort in Tennesssee. But don't worry -- you also get to see clips of the stunning bride in her white dress and headband and her handsome new husband.
The couple said "I do" on a bridge overlooking the water i the farm underneath a string of lights. The video also shows the couple posing near the water -- where Clarkson can't seem to stop herself from kissing her new husband -- plus floating in a canoe and slow dancing on the dock.


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Delivery mode (persistent or nonpersistent)
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There are two attributes for each of these fields: one boolean, to control whether the field can be overridden, and another to specify its value. For instance, the attributes for setting the priority level are imqOverrideJMSPriority and imqJMSPriority. There is also an additional attribute, imqOverrideJMSHeadersToTemporaryDestinations, that controls whether override values apply to temporary destinations.
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Delivering justice and support for victims of wartime sexual violenceMay 30, 2014
Zagreb, Croatia -- The necessity of providing justice and support to wartime victims of sexual violence was underscored at a regional conference supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) that brought together more than 120 government officials and civil society activists from countries throughout Southeast Europe.
"It's high time to take moral and social responsibility for the protection of wartime victims of sexual violence," declared President Ivo Josipović of Croatia.
The conference "Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict: Delivering Justice for the Past, Preventing Abuse in the Future" was organized in Zagreb by the Croatian Ministry of Veterans' Affairs with support from UNDP. Sexual violence, typically against women and girls but also against men and boys, has been a feature of virtually every armed conflict on record. Yet even after its clear designation as a war crime in the 1990s, rapes and other violent forms of sexual abuse committed during conflicts remains a largely unpunished crime.
In 2009, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in its Resolution 1670 on sexual violence against women in armed conflict, noted that almost no cases of rape from the Yugoslav conflicts had been prosecuted in domestic courts and that victims had been denied access to justice and reparations.
In Croatia, for example, while as many as 2,200 people are estimated to have suffered severe forms of conflict-related sexual violence during the armed conflict of 1991-1995, only 147 cases have been reported, according to research conducted by UNDP in 2013. Of these, only 36 have been processed in courts and only 15 verdicts have been reached to date.
This situation may at last be set to change, however, owing to the growing determination of governments, civil society organizations and the UN to correct this dismal record.
UNDP Administrator Helen Clark, speaking by video message, commended the Croatian Ministry of Veterans' Affairs for sponsoring new legislation aimed at providing victims of sexual violence in wartime with compensation and support.
"I hope the law will encourage further efforts here in Croatia and elsewhere to support survivors to rebuild their lives and restore their faith that justice can and will prevail," she said. She recognized the many survivors of sexual violence, among them the courageous women of Vukovar, who have spoken out not only to secure their own rights, but to "help create a framework to secure truth and justice for all victims of sexual violence."
UNDP Croatia, with financial support from Switzerland, has been supporting a pilot programme to provide psychosocial support for victims.
Croatian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Vesna Pusić, reminded the participants that peacetime was the best time to develop effective measures to prevent sexual violence in times of armed conflict. She highlighted the importance of bringing perpetrators of such violence to justice and the need for society to concentrate on providing help and public support to victims so that such behaviour will be marginalized during any future armed conflicts.
The conference ended with agreement upon key joint conclusions summarizing the shared experiences, best practices and lessons learnt of the region in addressing crimes of sexual violence in wartime, with a particular focus on victims' rights and needs. These conclusions will be shared in London at the Global Summit of the UK Prevention of Sexual Violence Initiative to be held on 10-13 June 2014.


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Date: November 2-3, 2012
(with a pre-workshop technology session on Nov. 1)
Venue: ZAS, Schützenstr. 18, 10117 Berlin
Organizer: Seunghun Lee (Central Connecticut State University/ZAS)
[Registration: Participation in the workshop is free, but registration is required. Please send an e-mail with your name and affiliation to lee(at)zas.gwz-berlin.de for registration by Friday, October 26, 2012.]
In this workshop, participants will discuss various proposals on the syntax-phonology interface, from a cross-linguistic perspective. The workshop will bring together junior and senior scholars from North America and Europe to disseminate ideas on cross-linguistic research in this rapidly developing area of research.
Recent theories on syntax-phonology interface such as the Match Theory (Selkirk 2010) have raised questions as to how strongly different modules of the grammar strive to achieve isomorphism between phonological domains and syntactic constituents – a departure from views that have claimed that prosodic structure and syntactic structure are built completely separately. These various theories can be evaluated and compared by examining cross-linguistic data from syntactic structures that have not been closely examined in previous research.
More specifically, this workshop aims to address topics including, but not limited to, the following questions:
In the pre-workshop technology session, the following question will be addressed:
This workshop is generously funded by a fellowship from the Volkswagen Foundation and the Andrew Mellon Foundation to Seunghun Lee.


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Here are the winners and finalists of the 10th annual Teen Filmmaker Festival!
Caution: some content may not be suitable for all viewers. Parental discretion is advised.
The Whistle by Jonathan D'Ambrosio
The Whistle is a drama about a young Jewish girl who is torn from her family as the Germans deport her village. She must do what ever she can to survive before it is too late.
The Photograph by Aaron Porter
The 10th Annual Teen Filmmaker Festival featured the best teen-produced and directed films of 2013.
Zombie Life by Nathan Ginter
In this mockumentary, parents make efforts to have their "different" son fit in.
Varúð by Emily Suzor & Maureen Reed
Breakers by Andrew Lielzuika
Romance Road by Alec Elzinga & Collin Darling
Escape by Alyson Kuch
A Soldier's Story by Kyle Misak
A badly injured soldier tells his parents about his lifestyle-altering injuries under the guise of presenting them as a tragedy that befell a friend.
Trichotomy by Aaron Porter
Films must be produced by teens, ages 13-18, who reside in the state of Michigan. More than one teen my work on a film. Adults may be talent in a film, but should perform no other duty in the actual creation of the film. Films may not be more than 10 minutes long. Teens may submit more than one film. Films submitted to the festival will not be returned.
A panel of expert judges select the winners in each category except the People's Choice Award, which is chosen at the Teen Filmmaker Festival by the audience members.
The Public Media Network will broadcast all entries chosen for the festival, the awards presentations, and interviews with the winner. DVDs of the festival coverage and the filmmaker interviews will be presented to award winners and also available for purchase at cost to interested filmmakers and fans.


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I am proud to announce Darker theme plugin 1.1 [1] for Eclipse 4.x platform. The reasons to be proud are two:
- It gets 32 stars! As a one-day amateur work, I originally just try to experience and show the Eclipse 4 good stuffs[2]. But the community pushes the project forward. I decide to maintain the project constantly until we can get one better theme in the Eclipse itself of some time.
- One weaving facility has been added into the Darker. The Darker is the first/only theme plugin to get over some styling defects shipped with the standard Eclipse instance. With this on the Darker, I can announce that it can do almost anything to challenge IDEA all round on the aesthetics of dark UI! (However, I truely have no time to make this done^_^)
To update minor version, Of course, it not only contains several bug fixings, but also introduces new things. One thing is,
- CSS selector.
The is an old pearl of e4/CSS works. But I am aware of its power until Lars[4]' pointing out in one issue[5]. In fact, the Eclipse 4 makes a hard work to provide one full CSS-spec-conformant styling engine.(At least, they want it to be full^_^) The CSS properties is just one aspect of CSS spec. The full story should includes the CSS selector. The CSS selector syntax provides a very powerful way to pick up some elements/objects to apply your style with.
Like Lars suggest "styling the Quick Access box"[5], this styling could be done by this following piece[7]:
Here, #SearchField Text is a traditional descendant selector syntax in CSS[8], which picks up the Text widget on the widget with ID #SearchField.
Simple and neat!
If you want to dig a little more, the Eclipse's wiki here[9] and the old Kai tutorial(in the bottom of that wiki page)[10] may be useful. The CSS styling engine gives more fun to Eclipse UI developers, although I am afraid that the layout problems seemly show barriers mentioned in that wike page in the meantime:)
The another new is just as I mentioned above,
- OSGI Weaving.
This weaving facility use the OSGI weaving functionality introduced in OSGI R4.3[6]. It allows load-time bytecode weaving, which can grant your some AOP capacities without huge dependencies.
It is a must. Because the investigation into another request[15] shows the SWT CLabel, as the background widget of stateline, forces a fixed OS related widget color as its foreground color from Control. That is, the CSS property setting is dumb here. Obvoiusly, the problem is systematic and it can not be fixed in a near future of Eclipse development(or maybe never). I will feel very unhappy and stupid if I say to our guies that like "please wait, I have filed a bug entry against Eclipse". Then, the OSGI weaving comes to help.
Maybe you have known Equinox weaving[11] or AspectJ[12]. Yes, the OSGI weaving is a simplified version of Equinox weaving(but note that they are still different codes). AspectJ is an big animial. I have bitter memories about the AspectJ in my Scala IDE journey[13]:) One big headache is, that the Scala IDE users regularly report some update or functionality does not take effect in their environment. One reason is just due to the weaving configuration file have not been updated or picked up successfully by their Eclipse instances. I hope Iulian Dragos(leader of Scala IDE, Typesafe) has solved this problem:)
For one little theme plugin, I definitely do not want to take the nigtmare to the users. As a developer, we should be cautious to any addition. Then, the OSGI weaving is my choice. The detail of implementation needs some ASM bytecode generation knowledge and provides the context based weaving(like cflow pointcut in AspectJ). To be honest, AspectJ syntax is simpler than direct bytecode manipulation if you have much complex context/condition combinations. I am just preparing a game-changing AOP kind of tool, but it needs time to come to the world:)
With correct weaving to SWT CLabel, Darker get a right white text color for the dark status line.
One tricky part I just to point out here, is the starting sequence of the plugins. The weave-working plugin should takes effect before the Eclipse UI things, more detailly here SWT CLabel, loaded into runtime. If you define this logics in your UI plugin, the order is definitly wrong. I solve this problem with two
simple points:
- separate the UI and weaving(non-UI) logics into different bundles;
- start the weaving bundle immediately after framework started.
OK, after this update, I plan to fully focus on my wonderful backend stuffs in my hobby time.
Stay tuned!
[1]: https://github.com/jinmingjian/eclipse.themes.darker
[2]: http://jmj-eclipse.blogspot.jp/2012/12/practices-for-eclipse-4-programming.html
[3]: http://www.osgi.org/javadoc/r4v43/core/org/osgi/framework/hook/weaving/WeavingHook.html
[4]: http://www.vogella.com
[5]: https://github.com/jinmingjian/eclipse.themes.darker/issues/14
[6]: http://wiki.osgi.org/wiki/Release_4.3
[7]: https://gist.github.com/jinmingjian/5546115
[8]: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/selector.html#descendant-selectors
[9]: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse4/RCP/CSS
[10]: http://www.toedter.com/blog/?p=477
[11]: http://eclipse.org/equinox/weaving
[12]: http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj
[13]: http://www.scala-lang.org/gsoc2010
[14]: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Adaptor_Hooks
[15]: https://github.com/jinmingjian/eclipse.themes.darker/issues/11


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Edible Bugs Gift Pack
The perfect present for entomophagists.
- Lots of bugs with flavoring - for eating!
- For eating.
- Really, for eating.
Bugs are all around us. They suck our blood, invade our houses, and steal our cheese. They scare many people, but really when you get down on their level they're quite beautiful. And tasty. Really, around the world, many people eat insects - and many think eating insects is the thing of the future. They're healthy, abundant, and quite yummy - especially when they're seasoned. Time to share the bugs, with this Edible Bugs Gift Pack.
Seven different bugs await your teeth, tongue, dares, and palate in this Edible Bugs Gift Pack. Each tin contains one type of insect in the most appropriate flavor we could think of. Really, the Edible Bugs Gift Pack make the perfect gift for the person who is in need of a present. Mom's birthday coming up? Get her a Edible Bugs Gift Pack. Christmas? Edible Bugs Gift Pack. Super Bowl Party? Edible Bugs Gift Pack. Edible Bugs Gift Packs for all!
For ingredients and stuff, click here.
Edible Bugs Gift Pack
- A bunch of different buggy snacks, each in its own tin.
- A great gift for people you like (if they like bugs) or people you hate (if they hate bugs) or people you like (if they hate bugs) or people you hate (if they like bugs).
- For oral use only. n
- All insects are regularly lab tested and undergo professional food processing and packing to ensure food safety and quality.
- Manufacturing facility is registered with Thai FDA (Food & Drug Administration) and the US FDA and has passed GMP (Good Food manufacturing). All individual food products are tested and registered with FDA.
- No artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives.
- Each gift pack includes 1 tin of:
- Bacon & Cheese Grasshoppers (Acrididae)
- BBQ Bamboo Worms (Omphisa fuscidentalis)
- Nori Seaweed Armor Tail Scorpions (Mesobuthus martensii)
- Salted Queen Weaver Ants (Oecophylla)
- Wasabi House Crickets (Gryllidae)
- Tin Dimensions: 2.5" diameter x 1.5" tall.


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Wide range of features, but such flexibility comes at a high price
May fit in your hand, but has the capabilities of a behemoth
For the lower price, it manages to deliver a far from budget performance
Pretty hard to beat for the price
Capable of displaying 3D content in any of the formats
Excellent value for money
Optoma HD25
Superb 3D with no crosstalk, highly accurate colours with very little rainbow effect
Packs in features typically only found on more expensive projectors
Works directly with HDMI 1.4a devices like Blu-ray players for full 1080p 3D
Excellent motion handling and good colour performance
Offers a wider range of image sizes than the lower-cost model
Powerful, compact projector that packs a variety of presenting features into a tiny package
Small, lightweight, and easily portable.
Incredibly portable, and very convenient if you have a suitably equipped laptop, phone or tablet
Tiny, lightweight, and highly portable.
Color is both accurate and easy to adjust
Short-throw lens
Short-throw lens is a great addition to the projector market
Very good job displaying 2D high-def images
High-quality data image
A solid performer, particularly when projecting video images
Good range of connection choices, good menu system, long lamp life and, decent audio
Great little projector for entertaining in your home
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Telegraph Hill Neighbors: "Our Opposition Is Unconditional"
Ahhh….neighbors. You love 'em. You hate 'em. You can't live in San Francisco without 'em, and you certainly can't easily remodel a home to today's standards without opposition from them. Check out what just hit our inbox:
If, for some reason, you can't see the letter, which we uploaded as an image, we'll go ahead and tell ya what it says:
Dear Mr. [deleted]:
We are neighbors on Telegraph Hill who will oppose any changes to the building envelope at [deleted] owned by [deleted] in this historic district of Telegraph Hill. While the Hill has suffered through renovations in the past, projects such as yours have occurred with extreme environmental changes. Water drainage issues on Telegraph Hill regarding a nearby project created unfavorable slope instability–buildings have been lost and a large boulder ended up on Sansome Street. Additionally, neighbors on [deleted] and surrounds are tired of construction noise and delays in completion caused by projects such as yours. A recent project took 10 years and is still incomplete.
Telegraph Hill is a historic district whose character depends upon building ownership which understands the value of building enhancement not as building expansion, but building enhancement as careful care in keeping up properties in their historic dimension. We find your application to be sadly ignorant of the need to abide by the common elements vital to the neighborhood and its character.
Your proposal to enhance the property needs to be cognizant of the historic preservation without additional elevation or facade changes in all directions. Projects like yours have been attempted in the past and have turned out badly.
While we many of us may be away during your pre-application meeting time, please understand that our opposition is unconditional.
Your neighbors and friends on Telegraph Hill
[Thirteen names deleted]
Just another bump in the road for a developer out there trying to bring a home that has sat vacant since WWII (yes, that long) into our housing stock…before it falls off the hill or gets consumed by the pests and rodents feasting on its rotting self. But Hey! It's "historic".
[Update: We're told none of the authors of this letter took the time to actually visit the property at the open house outreach, and none have contacted the developer, or the architect (aside from this letter) to begin a dialogue of constructive or courteous negotiations.]
You gotta love San Francisco and all the righteousness it preserves…
–Telegraph Hill Landslide forces 120 from homes… [SFGate]
–San Francisco Neighborhoods prone to liquefaction…[theFrontSteps]


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As most members know, Tall Ships America's Ship Operations and Safety (SOS) Committee and Rig Inspection Working Group have been working in close communication with the USCG over the past several years to develop a Rig Inspection Protocol and Template for vessel operators to follow in conducting inspections of their ships' rigs. The draft document has been in circulation for some time, and has been discussed at length at various Annual Conferences and regional meetings. We are pleased to announce that finished document is now posted and available for downloading on the Tall Ship America website. Thanks to all in the SOS Committee and Rig Inspection Working Group for their contributions to this effort.
Instructions for how to use the document are included, but please note that the intent is for operators to modify the template to more precisely suit their own rig. Please note also that good recordkeeping of rig inspections, repair, and maintenance is critical to the effectiveness of this protocol.
We know that many operators have developed their own rig inspection protocols and checklists. For these operators, we don't intend that this new document should supplant their proven successful practice. Rather, this document will be most helpful for operators who do not currently have an organized program in place for rig inspection.
In recent years, USCG Inspectors have become very interested in the condition, safety, and reliability of sailing rigs in inspected vessels, and we expect their attention to rig inspection will only increase in the near future. If an operator maintains the rig well, keeps a good log of maintenance, repairs, and renewals, and maintains an active and thorough program for rig inspection, then USCG Inspectors are likely to be generally satisfied and disinclined to require the ship to hire a 3rd party independent rig inspector. On the other hand, if the rig is visibly in poor repair, if maintenance logs or inspection records are not available or incomplete, then the USCG inspector is far more likely to require an independent rig inspection. In any case, the decision to require an independent rig inspection remains within the discretion of the USCG Inspector.
As all shipmasters know, regular and thorough rig inspections, good preventative maintenance, and attendant recordkeeping are fundamental to good seamanship practice and safety management. Tall Ships America offers the Rig Inspection Protocol and Template as a tool to help operators maintain safe, reliable, and successful operation.
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Three solo home runs help power the new look Phils into a two-game winning streak against the first-place Nats, defeating Washington, 3-2.
Three solo home run, including a pair from Jimmy Rollins, for his second and third home runs in two straight days, help push the Phils past the first-place Nats, 3-2.
The Nats took the lead in the first as, with the bases loaded, via a single by Bryce Harper, a walk to Chad Tracy, sending Harper to second base, and a fielding error by third baseman Kevin Frandsen on a Michael Morse grounder to third, allowing both runners to move up a base, and Morse to safely reach first base, and with one man out, Adam LaRoche hits an RBI single, knocking in Harper, giving the Nats a 1-0 lead, while moving up a base both Tracy and Morse, leaving the bases loaded. The Nats then took a 2-0 lead as Danny Espinosa hits into a 4-6 force out, for the inning's second out, as LaRoche is wiped out at second base, while Tracy scores, and Morse moves up to third base. The Nats then tried to increase their lead in the second as, with a man on second base, and with two men out, Edwin Jackson, who had earlier singled, then moved up to second base on Steve Lombardozzi's ground out, 5-3, tried to score on Harper's single to left, but is gun down on a strong, one-hop throw by left fielder Dom Brown, as catcher Erik Kratz blocked the plate before applying the tag for the inning's final out, keeping it a 2-0 Nats' lead. The Phils then made it a 2-1 Nats' lead in the third as, with two men out, Jimmy Rollins hits a solo home run, his eleventh home run of the season, and his second home run in as many games. The Phils tied the game up at two-all in the fifth as Rollins strikes again, as he hits a lead-off home run, his twelfth home-run of the year and his third home run in two days. The Phils then took the lead one batter later as Nate Schierholtz followed with a solo home run of his own, his sixth home run of the season, and his first as a Phil, giving the Phils a 3-2 lead. That would be the final score, as the pitching staff held off the Nats, until Jonathan Papaelbon recorded his twenty-third save of the season by pitching a 1-2-3 ninth.
Vance Worley (6-6, 3.63) got the win as he pitched seven strong innings, giving up two unearned runs on six hits and a walk. Antonio Bastardo received his eighteenth hold of the season as he pitched a third of an inning, getting out the only batter that he would face. Josh Lindblom recorded his sixteenth hold of the year, his first as a Phil, as he also threw a third of an inning, giving up a hit, while striking out a batter. Jeremy Horst recorded his first hold of the season as he went a third of an inning, getting out the only man that he would face. Jonathan Papelbon collected his twenty-third save of the season as he threw a 1-2-3 inning, striking out a batter. Edwin Jackson (6-7, 3.57) took the lost as he went five and two-thirds innings, giving up three runs on eight hits and four walks, while striking out six. Michael Gonzalez pitched one and one-third scoreless innings, striking out three. Ryan Mattheus and Sean Burnett combined for two scoreless innings, giving up a hit (Burnett) between them, while striking out two (one batter each), as the Phils' pitching staff combined for two straight good games since the trade deadline.
The Phils had nine hits in the game, with Jimmy Rollins (Home Runs, 2 RBIs), Nate Schierholtz (Single, Home Run, RBI) and Chase Utley (Single, Double) all leading the team with two hits each. John Mayberry, Jr., Erik Kratz and pinch hitter Ty Wigginton had the other three Phils' hits, all singles, while the offense was unable to pick up the first three batters, who had gone six for thirteen, with two walks, after they had gotten on base.
The Phils (47-57, 5th) will conclude their series with the Nats (61-42, 1st) with a night game tonight. The game will be played at Nationals Park and is to start at 7:05 pm EDT. The Phils will send to the mound Cole Hamels (11-5, 3.31) who is coming off a lost against the Braves on July 27, as he got tagged for five runs, three of which were earned, on four hits and six walks, as he struck out seven, in the Phils' 6-1 lost. He will be out to redeem himself after such a bad performance, and lead the Phils to a sweep of the Nats. The Nats will counter with Ross Detwiler (5-4, 3.24), who is coming off a lost to the Brewers on July 27, as he went just four and two-thirds innings, giving up four runs on seven hits and a walk, while striking out five, in the Nats' 6-0 lost. He will be trying to keep the Nats from being swept. The Phils will be out to sweep the first-place Nats.


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Are the "sins of the father" about to be visited on the latest trade agreement to be negotiated by the Bush administration?
That's the question some are posing as administration officials, farm organization leaders and members of Congress prepare for a showdown vote on the Central American Free Trade Agreement-Dominican Republic.
While no date has been set for a vote, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, has said he would bring the measure to the floor later this month. Senate leaders have not indicated when they might consider it.
Opponents of CAFTA-DR, which supporters say would increase U.S. agricultural exports by $1.5 billion a year when it is fully implemented, are increasingly pointing to past trade agreements, such as NAFTA, as reason to be skeptical about the claims being made on behalf of the latest pact.
"When you look at the numbers, trade agreements like NAFTA haven't worked out well for America's farmers," said Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., ranking Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee. "So-called free trade agreements are clearly not delivering as expected for America's farmers and CAFTA-DR would mean more of the same."
Peterson released an issue brief on NAFTA that he said shows the agreement has helped lead to a significant increase in imports from Canada and Mexico, the other signatories of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Peterson cites USDA statistics indicating that the U.S. agriculture trade deficit with Canada and Mexico has almost tripled from $5.2 billion to $14.6 billion and that the United States has lost about 880,000 jobs due to NAFTA since it was signed 11 years ago.
"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that U.S. farmers are on the losing end of these trade deals. Exports are flat and imports are rapidly growing," he said. "The saddest part about it is that our trade negotiators keep making the same mistakes in agreements like CAFTA."
Peterson's comments were echoed by George Shuster, textile manufacturing company executive and co-chairman of the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition, in testimony at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on April 21.
"Our opposition is based on the view that CAFTA replicates the flawed trade policy model of the NAFTA, Singapore, Chile, Morocco trade agreements," said Shuster. "This model involves the granting of free access to the U.S. market for producers that use pennies-an-hour wages, low labor standards and low environmental standards to undercut U.S. domestic manufacturers."
In return, the latter gain access to markets that are a fraction of the value of the U.S. market. Consumers in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua — the CAFTA members — only represent 1.86 percent of the U.S. economy.
"They have virtually no ability to purchase finished goods made in countries that pay high wages and have strong environmental, labor, safety and health standards," said Shuster. "The results of this failed model are clearly predictable; CAFTA will exacerbate the already astronomical U.S. trade deficit."
Administration officials say the focus in CAFTA should be on exports, not imports because the five Central American countries and the Dominican Republic already have duty free access to U.S. markets under the Caribbean Basin Initiative.
"You study these numbers as closely as we do, and you see what we see and that is we're setting records for exports," Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said in a March 28 press conference promoting the passage of CAFTA-DR.
"It's been a remarkable time in terms of our ability to export our ag products into the foreign marketplace. And I think this year we're projecting the third highest year ever. If you look at NAFTA for example, we've had a significant increase in the amount of exports that we have made."
Johanns said the increase in U.S. imports of agricultural products from Canada and Mexico have more to do with desires by the American consumer to have "good fruit year around."
Speaking at the same news conference, Ambassador Allen Johnson, the U.S. Trade Representative's chief agricultural negotiator, said increases in demand for coffee and tropical fruits like bananas have accounted for much of the import rise.
"I'm not someone who grades something on net imports or exports, but if you do you should be even more enthusiastic about CAFTA because what this does is increase our exports somewhere in the neighborhood of an 8-1 ratio over what our imports would be under this agreement."
Critics downplay such figures, however.
"Don't believe the hype — there is very little for agriculture to gain with CAFTA," said Peterson. "American wheat farmers already have virtually duty-free access to Central America. U.S. grains have 94 percent of the Central American import market and soybeans have 95 percent.
"For American cattlemen, CAFTA only gives them immediate access to export high grade cuts of meat that Central Americans are too poor to afford."
One of the most visible opponents of CAFTA, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Saxby Chambliss, said he believes the administration should be focusing more of its efforts on multilateral negotiations such as the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization and enforcing existing trade legislation.
Noting that his state of Georgia is home to strong international companies such as Coca-Cola, Home Depot, United Parcel Service and Georgia Pacific, the senator said: "Georgia was also home to a thriving textile sector that has suffered the costs of free trade with mills shuttered across the state and the entire southeast region.
"We cannot talk about the benefits of trade without understanding and preparing for the impacts beforehand," he said. "That is why measures like job training in the Trade Adjustment Assistance program and compensation provisions in the Byrd Law enjoy such wide bipartisan support in the Congress."
Writing in The Hill newspaper, Chambliss said, "Our negotiators are the best in the world, but Congress will ultimately evaluate their work based on the impact to industries in our country. Our long-term trade agenda is not well-served if we do not have the support and understanding of the people we are elected to represent."
As the two sides prepare for a vote later this month, major farm organizations — the American Farm Bureau Federation, National Association of Wheat Growers, National Corn Growers Association, American Soybean Association and the USA Rice Federation — are supporting the agreement. Groups like the National Farmers Union oppose it.
The National Cotton Council has said it cannot support the bill in its present form because of provisions that allow countries not party to the agreement; i.e., China to use the CAFTA countries as a staging ground for the shipment of more textile and apparel products into the United States.
Opponents say the administration has not pushed for a vote before now — the agreement with the five Central America countries was reached in December 2003 — because of the surprisingly strong opposition in Congress.
"I think it's in serious trouble," said Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., who has formed an anti-CAFTA coalition because of his concerns that the agreement would destroy the ability of sugar beet growers in his state and sugar cane growers in the South to compete.
"There's growing opposition in the Senate," he said. "They're clearly not confident, or they wouldn't have waited a year to bring it up."
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To measure fecal coliform bacteria, water samples are collected in sterilized containers, filtered, and incubated at a certain temperature. The resulting bacterial colonies that form are counted and recorded as the number of colony producing units per 100 ml of water (CPU/100 ml). Safe drinking water should have fecal coliform counts of 0 CPU/100 ml. For safe swimming, concentrations less than 200 CPU/100 ml is desirable, and for boating, less than 1000 CPU/100 ml is desirable. However, these standards may vary at the local, state, and federal level.
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