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When I was a kid we used to go for "drives" to nice places for picnics and ice cream and I used to hate it.
It was boring, the drives were too long, the car was too hot and the places we went to held no interest to me because they had nothing to do with football, which was the only thing that held any sort of allure for me back then.
These days, it's football that's lost it's sparkle and I can't get enough of these "drives" to picturesque parts of Scotland. We really have one of most beautiful countries in the world if you can take the time to see it.
My girlfriend and I booked into an apartment for three days in Kenmore, which is the other end of Loch Tay from Killin.
On the way up we stopped off the Falls of Dochart for a few photos before settling into the Killin Hotel for some lunch.
I'd had a few beers in the place on previous visits on hillwalking expeditions up Ben Lawers – the tenth highest Munro – and Beinn Ghlas, about halfway up the road to Kenmore from Killin along the loch and it was always somewhere I wanted to stop in to for some eats.
It's a grand old whitewashed building that sits at the foot of Loch Tay, with plenty of surrounding scenery.
It's well maintained with a traditionally decorated bar adjoined by two large eating areas which, if memory serves me correctly, have recently been refurbished for a more modern feel.
We were seated in the front dining room next to the window which looks out onto the village. It's a big, bright space in a conservatory on the side of the building which has an eclectic feel to it.
The menu looked great with lots of fresh local produce and tasty descriptions to whet the appetite, which was bursting enough by this time following an early start that day.
I felt the starters were quite pricey so just opted for one of the main meals and then see if there was any space for a dessert afterwards.
I opted for the venison burger with chips which proved to be an excellent choice.
Venison is my new steak, it's healthier as it's very lean but gives you everything a normal beef burger would.
First impressions were good when it was laid down in front of me – it was a fair size and came with melted cheese, salad, onion, relish, the works, exactly what I was looking for and it tasted superb. I didn't say much until I was halfway through it, just a few nods and mmmms to answer Karen's questions and observations.
The chips weren't anything different from most other places I've dined in but they were firm and crispy. Anything less is a disappointment for me.
I did have slight food envy with Karen's choice. She had the 'ultimate' steak ciabatta, something I usually avoid on menus as the meat is often too chewy, but Karen said it was quite tender and wasn't up for sharing a sliver (for review purposes) so it must have been decent.
The dish filled us up nicely for the last leg of our journey up to Kenmore and we felt a dessert would be over indulgence so we stopped at that.
The food here is good quality with efficient service in relaxing and earthy surroundings. Well worth a trip up the high road as part of nice "drive" amid stunning scenery.

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I've gotten used to folk spelling 'Woolly Wormhead' wrong, it comes with the territory. I'm English, and that's how it's spelt in English but of course our friends across the pond spell lots of words differently. You get used to it. Most folk copy and paste the URL when linking, so it generally works out OK.
Before now, if someone typed the wrong spelling into the URL they'd just get a 'page not found' message with a prompt to check spelling. Either that or they'd do a Google search, and whichever way you spell Woolly, you'll find me quickly.
Not really the case anymore. Tom discovered a copy-cat website last week. It has the .com URL with the single 'L' spelling of Woolly. I won't link to it or ask you to go look at it, because that's exactly what these people want you to do! They haven't copied any content as such, but have set up an advertising site based on all my keywords - Hats, Wool etc & Worms (which in computer terms means viruses, and anti-virus software) It's an advertising scam, basically. This copy-cat doesn't appear high in Google searches, so only those that spell the URL wrongly will find it.
It's damn frustrating, as there's very little I can actually do about it, as they haven't copied anything directly - they've just set it up based on the number of hits my site recieves and the number of inbound links (which is quite a lot, it seems) I could try appealing to them, but I'd guess they'd want money from me to close the site down and I can't afford this kinda dispute.
All I can do is urge everyone to spell Woolly Wormhead correctly! I guess I'm lecturing the wrong people here as you've no doubt followed a saved or tested link to get here. But can folk kinda check their spelling if you type it out, on your blog or in Ravelry etc? Thanks :)
PLEASE DON'T GO AND LOOK AT THE COPY-CAT SITE! They are banking on traffic from folk who spell my name the wrong way, and the best way to get this site shut down is to reduce it's traffic and hits, and get word around about checking spelling. I know it's a fine line and so many folk spell it with one 'L', and as I've said it's not normally a problem, but in this case it really helps to get it right.
As soon as the site is closed or the URL becomes available, I'll be nabbing it.
And the gremlins haven't stopped there. Lulu's firewall has decided to block all my email addresses and attempts at delivery, marking me as spam. That could have a knock-on effect, with me ending up in more spam/bulk folders. Grrrr. If I've sent you something and you haven't recieved it, that's the likley reason - check your spam folder! Again, all I can do is to keep pestering Lulu to fix their settings and ride this one out.
Why can't we just get on with our thing without all this grief? Big smelly poo pants to spammers and scammers!


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"We chose Montessori because it is more than play and more than a school. It is a nurturing environment where our daughter is gaining independence, understanding, responsibility as well as interaction. Our daughter's experience at Montessori Children's House was outstanding. She attended from when she was a toddler until she graduated Montessori Children's House Kindergarten program. As parents we are confident that she was fully challenged academically and socially in a safe and caring environment. This experience has given our daughter skills that will last a life time. My friends are still impressed how much she knows and how respectful she always is."
–Jo-Anne and Richard
"My wife and I have been so pleased with the staff, facilities, and programs at MCH. We were initially a bit uncertain about a Montessori education for our daughter, as we knew only a little about the Montessori philosophy and methods. As we learned more and met with Nona and the teachers at MCH, and especially after visiting a few classes in progress, we became convinced that the atmosphere at MCH was the best choice for our daughter. How to describe that atmosphere? One that fosters independence and respect (for others and self), curiosity, and a love of learning. Also, one that is nurturing, vibrant, and multi-cultural. Our daughter has since graduated, with many wonderful memories, and we are excited that our son is now enrolled at MCH. He loves going to school and interacting with his teachers and friends. At MCH, we truly feel like we are part of an extended family and community!"
–Christian and Shelly Szautner
"Our daughter, Kaia, is finishing her third year at Horsham Montessori. The program was highly recommended, by a few families over the years, and their children are thriving in high school now. We believe this school has laid down an excellent foundation for our daughter to grow. It has been a wonderful experience getting to know the staff and watching our little girl grow in such a positive environment. Kaia has always felt very much at home here and we are nervous about our transition to the "big kid" school! We are very sad to say goodbye!
–Alastair and Christina
Montessori Children's House has been the greatest experience for my family and my children (Kaitlyn-5, Rebekah-18months). I started Kaitlyn here at 18 months and from the time she started to where she is now, she's has grown so much in her social and cognitive skills. It's been so amazing to see her grow. Her vocabulary is amazing and we are often surprised at how much she's learned over time. Two things we love the most at this school is the principal and the teachers. Ms. Nona is always on top of things by sending out emails on up and coming events and just giving a reminder when we are there as well. She is also very accommodating, especially since we had to enroll Rebekah this year at short notice. She is very nurturing with the children and it's great to see Kaitlyn interact with her every day by stopping by her office every morning to say hello. Ms. Nona has never turned Kaitlyn away even when she is very busy. Each of the teachers at this school is exceptional as well. They are always so friendly and very caring for their students. Even if the student is not in their classroom, they know them by name. Our favorite is when we get little notes from their teacher saying how great our child is doing in her classroom. Recently I got a note from Ms. Stacy (Kaitlyn's teacher) saying "FYI, Kaitlyn is doing great with her three letter words, so I'm going to start her on books." This made my day, because we would practice three letter words with her at home and she was having a rough time, but when we saw this note, we were so excited not to mention how excited she was to know she's going to start reading books. I don't know what Ms. Stacy did, but she did a great job. Now Kaitlyn reads beyond three letter words and is always reading signs on bulletin boards and street signs and it always puts a smile on our faces. I love to see Rebekah run to Ms. Donna every morning for breakfast. Rebekah is my shy one, but Ms. Donna has a special touch with her. When I come to pick them up from school, I love to peek in and see what they are doing, especially Rebekah, since she is new and are always having a good time. We love this school and would recommend it to anyone that is looking for a school for their child. The atmosphere, the structure, the confidence that they put into the children is amazing.
–Blessy and Fred
We often have a sense of guilt for being unable to spend enough time with our children, but seeing Daniel and Ethan thriving and enjoying so much at school. Not enough words can describe how wonderful the group of teachers and staff we have here, they care for the kids as much as their own, and they appreciate each child's unique strengths and weaknesses, always has the magic wisdom to get the best out of them. It comforts us knowing our Ethan is staying with his "school mom" while we're working, it surprises us that Daniel enjoys reading so much that he completed 7 books in The Magic Tree House series half way through summer break and still wants more. MCH children are smart, funny, well-mannered, and most importantly, happy! Thank you, MCH ."
–Lilly and Ding
Tristan was in MCH for three and half years, starting from the toddler class to graduating from kindergarten. He'd learned a lot in the toddler and primary classes on both academics and daily life routines. Before he started kindergarten, he was able to read some phonics books and do simple addition. He was also able to dress himself up, make his own bed and pour his own milk. I decided to enroll Tristan to MCH's kindergarten program because he told me that "kindergarteners know everything." when he just started the primary class at 3. Being one of the "most knowledgeable" kindergarteners, Tristan got a lot of confidence on what he could do and gained leadership experience teaching some lessons to the younger kids. This is some of the best experience we got from Montessori's mixed age classes. They also spent months practicing their stage performance of kindergarten graduation. We were totally blown away by their 40 minutes amazing performance at the ceremony. I could not believe how Tristan transitioned from a shy three year old who froze on the stage to the confident speaker performing Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech. Tristan's in second grade now and continue loving taking the challenges. I contribute a lot of these to the three and half years experience in MCH. When I consulted his opinion on where his younger brother should go for kindergarten, he told me without second thinking that "definitely Montessori. Because I got to learn even more than I did in the first grade!" Thanks MCH for providing such a wonderful program that brings the most potential out of our young kids!
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Father's Day :: Monogrammed Barware
With Father's Day fast approaching, the struggle for what to get for Mr. Hedin wages on. The dads in my life tend to buy themselves the things they need and aren't interested in excess stuff - thus making gift giving nearly impossible. Luckily, there is always room at the bar for a new glass - especially when their kids made them.
Lars helped me make these and they were incredibly simple. And he is incredibly proud of them. Which makes this a win win. Plus, it's a great excuse for a crazy good cocktail {try this one}.
You'll need
Adhesive Stencil Film
Glass Barware
Glass Paint
Step 1 ::
Clean glass surface completely
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Lightly apply paint using the q-tip. Don't add too much!
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Immediately remove the stencil and allow paint to dry. Follow paint instructions to set paint.


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I've known young kids wanting to go to Mass, but parents are too busy to bother:
For the first couple years as a priest, I would go through the usual Lenten ritual of sitting in the confessional for hours at a time, hearing various parishes kids' confessions during school. And every year, I would hear the same litany of sins: "I was mean to my brother; I lied; I didn't do what my mom told me to do; I said a bad word; and… I didn't go to Mass."
As a young priest, I wasn't yet jaded to simply chalk this up to the typical child's confession. So, a little surprised that a child didn't go, I asked a simple question: "Why didn't you go to Mass?"
And the kids would answer in one of three ways: "Because I had a [sporting event/vacation]"; "Because we slept in"; or (and most frequently): "Because my parents don't take me."
"Because my parents don't take me."
I would hear that answer a lot. And what really struck me about this—what really shook me to the core—was not simply the frequency that this was said, but that most of the children were saying this with a deep sorrow in their heart and a deep longing to go to Mass. They knew they were supposed to be at Mass and they thought that t hey themselves were to blame for their not going. They didn't yet realize that if their parents didn't take them, then it wasn't their (the kids' fault), but the parents.
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This week is a very broad selection which covers old school, summery/froffy vibes, sunset guitars and standard strutting music - The best kind.
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Thirty inches of snow fell, overnight. I left a phone-message for my folks back in Nebraska when I made it down the mountain to work, and in a few hours they called back,
"Was that thirteen or thirty, did you say?"
"Three-zero. Thir-TY"
I always wanted this much snow as a kid, to tunnel into and hideaway; like the mice tunnels I saw in the fields, veining through thatched brome grass. Now, I don't tunnel into it for reasons of time, not lack of want.
I grabbed hold the counter with my left hand, the one free of a coffee cup, and my eyes met with more of the same out the northern window by the sink. Landscape trussing outlining a flat space for car-parking has started buckling. Not too badly yet, but I saw its beginnings last spring after the thaw. Gravity, heartless as she is; a few years and she'll have her way, I thought. Percolation began, steam formed on the window, and I noticed some of the stems of a mint plant sitting in its sill had frozen off during the night.
When I was going through the process of buying this place, the house inspector remarked that he'd never seen a mountain home with such a firm foundation. Unsurprisingly the earth here is rocky, and still shifting. Homes -- well the homes that last, at least -- have to be hardier than the bedrock. As I look out my windows and feel the mountain pressing against the cabin, throwing all its weight and pinning me to a wall like a fat-steer who knows he's bigger and stronger, and all I can do is stand -- well, try to stand -- my ground.
I'm grateful for firm foundations.
Monday, 26 December, 2011 - 8:11 p.m.
I write tonight after two days, sunup to sundown, spent hauling and chopping and stacking wood, mostly from a dead 70 ft. pine Jay cut down -- and the one before spent shoveling the said 30 inches of snow. The cabin has a gas furnace and a really nice one at that, or so says the inspector I had check it over last year before turning it on for the first time after 3 years' vacancy. I can tell you, woodfires every night November-March or April (depending on the year), is a heck of a lot harder than thumbing the thermostat's white plastic gauge a tad more to the right.
I often think back to something my childhood best friend's mom always used to say (as a panacea for shoe shopping -- all the Engelkemier women and all the Block women, have big feet),"Well they don't put a foundation under a privy, now do they!!!" No they don't. And privys, are known to fall over...
After the last storm, a coworker, surprised to see me at work said,
Woodstove heat and shoveling. These are the old ways of doing things, and yes, a bit outdated. Then again, so are most all my material possessions. I've never grown out of hand-me-downs. And perhaps one day, I'll turn up my gas furnace and a John Deere engine will be ready and waiting to blow out my driveway. But I doubt it.
I have a firm foundation. I ain't a privy.


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I am running some test on Amazon EC2 instances and we want to make the CPU always busy at above 80%.
What I have is a program
main that needs to run in high priority and I want to launch another program, preferably some math C code or a bash script that loads the CPU to over 80%.
What programs are there to use for such a task, and how to make my program run with the highest priority.
PS: Running Fedora.


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26-12-2012 | Surgery | Article
Surgeons: Support your low-income neighbor
medwireNews: Patients with cancer in low-income nations present for surgical treatment at a young age, advanced stage of disease, and often receive palliative rather than curative procedures, suggests a study in Malawi.
"The small number of surgeons in most developing countries makes access to surgical care a major barrier to cancer care," report the study's authors in the Archives of Surgery.
Less than a fifth of cancers in the study were diagnosed based on histologic analysis, cytologic testing, or laboratory values, note the researchers, highlighting some of the barriers to providing basic cancer surgical services aside from surgeons and supplies.
"Patients require an accurate cancer diagnosis and appropriate cancer staging to optimize surgical decision making," say Peter Kingham (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA) and colleagues.
The team examined 28 months of operating room logbooks from Malawi that revealed 1440 general and urologic operations, 17.8% of which resulted in a diagnosis suggestive of cancer. The most common cancers overall were prostate, esophageal, gastric, breast, and colon.
The mean age at presentation was 53 years, note the authors, with 80.0%, 77.8%, and 51.7% of testicular, breast, and colon cancer patients presenting under the age of 50 years. The respective proportion of US adults diagnosed with these cancers under the age of 50 years is 86.0%, 22.0%, and 9.0%, according to 2006 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results data.
Gastrointestinal cancer procedures were especially likely to be undertaken with a palliative intent, with 76.0% of esophageal cancer patients receiving palliative gastric feeding tubes during their procedure. Furthermore, just 29.4% of colorectal cancer patients could be treated curatively.
Kingham and co-writers suggest "four key strategies" for low-resource settings: improvement of pathology services, for example virtual pathology laboratories using telepathology; improvement of radiology services including teleoncology initiatives and access to less expensive imaging tools; improved data collection, for example, a data card carrying basic patient information; and modified guideline implementation, such as the Breast Health Global Initiative.
"General surgeons and surgical oncologists in the developed world can fill a major void by increasing awareness, collaborating globally, and supporting surgical colleagues in developing countries," concludes the team.
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Greybull Buff volleyball fans have a lot to cheer about this year. Their team is 3-1 midway through the conference season, losing only to powerhouse Lovell in the first four matches.
Last week the Lady Buffs scored consecutive victories over Rocky Mountain, 25-14, 25-16, 25-15, and in a fiercely contested match with the Lady Bobcats in Thermopolis, 20-25, 25-16, 17-25, 25-20, 15-12.
"We had a solid performance against Rocky and I loved the focus the girls had. It was our home opener and having a great crowd to cheer us on was very exciting," said Coach Sara Schlattmann.
Statistically the Buffs served 91 percent, passed with 84-percent accuracy and had 28 kills and six blocks. Schlattmann noted, "Our girls played phenomenal at the net, getting several soft blocks in addition to the six stuff blocks. Serving and passing were also great."
Greybull came out flat against Thermopolis and dropped the first game 20-25 before regrouping. "It was up and down all night, but in the end we got the win and it felt great."
Greybull served 92 percent from the service line, "which surprised me," Schlattmann said. "It seemed like we missed a lot of serves, but I think we missed some real KEY serves at key times." Greybull also had 44 kills and three blocks.
"What I loved most is that our girls did not give up or break down. We have talked a lot about the need to stay positive on the floor and they did. It was a team effort for sure."
Capping off the week was the Thermopolis Invitational Saturday which not an up-to-par performance by the Buffs. "The girls were flat and it really didn't improve throughout the pool play," Schlattmann said.
Greybull beat Moorcroft, 21-12, 21-7, split with Rocky Mountain, 21-16, 19-21 and lost to Tongue River by scores of 14-21, 14-21.
Seeded into the Silver bracket Greybull beat its first opponent, Farson-Eden, 25-16 25-19, but was ousted by Little Snake River, 20-25, 25-22, 13-15.
Schlattmann said the Buffs "barely eked into the Silver bracket and the girls were much more alive." The victory over Farson pitted the Buffs against Snake River, described by Schlattmann as "a fundamentally solid team. They pass well, serve well and keep the ball alive waiting for the other team to make errors."
The first game was hard fought. "Even though we didn't get the win, we played pretty good," according to the coach.
No stats were kept at the tournament but Schlattmann said it seemed like the Buffs had a lot of "mental errors, miscommunications and missed serves."
Greybull will host Burlington in a homecoming match Friday. Freshmen will play at 2; junior varsity at 3 and the varsity at 4 p.m.
The Huskies are traditionally a solid team so it should be a great match to watch.


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Once, sitting around a table, back in the corporate world, I was one of a bunch of people looking at the recent changes in the performance of the business. As there were big changes occurring we were all interested. However, it slowly became clear that of the same measures we always used to manage the business, no two people in the room had the same understanding of what they were measuring!
In truth when everything felt like things were going well all were happy but when things seemly pointed the other way then we all wanted to know why. Then we looked properly at them for the first time. The reality was, while we did have measures, it was more the feel we had that was used to manage the business.
That is not as bad a way as it sounds but real measures should truly help fine tune that feeling. A test of a real measure is one that, firstly, you actually want to know what it is, and secondly action follows from knowing.
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In the day to day running of the business there are usually a small few things that tell you how it is going. If it is much more than three it can be hard to respond. This works well in the basic operation of the daily grind of the business.
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As for the double/triple bottom lines etc., they also have their place. However these are more about measures to help you tell your story externally, to influence policy, gain funding or some other reason.
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H.R.4612 - Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2016114th Congress (2015-2016)
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|Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7] (Introduced 02/25/2016)
|House - Oversight and Government Reform; Judiciary
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|H. Rept. 114-618
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|House - 06/10/2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 480. (All Actions)
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Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill prohibits a federal agency (excluding the Federal Election Commission, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the U.S. Postal Service) from proposing or finalizing any midnight rule unless the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of Management and Budget finds that it will not result in: (1) an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) a major increase in costs or prices; (3) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete internationally; or (4) a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses.
The bill defines "midnight rule" as an agency statement of general applicability and future effect that is issued during the moratorium period, that is intended to have the force and effect of law, and that is designed to: (1) implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy; or (2) describe the procedure or practice requirements of an agency. The "moratorium period" begins on the day after the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in every fourth year succeeding a presidential election and extends through January 20 of the following year in which a President is not serving a consecutive term.
(Sec. 3) Such prohibition shall not apply to any deadline for, relating to, or involving any midnight rule that: (1) was established before the beginning of the moratorium period, and (2) is required to occur during the moratorium period.
(Sec. 4) The bill exempts any midnight rule that the President determines is necessary: (1) because of an imminent threat to health or safety or other emergency, (2) to enforce criminal laws, (3) to protect U.S. national security, or (4) to implement an international trade agreement. The moratorium does not apply to a midnight rule if the OIRA finds that such rule is limited to repealing an existing rule and certifies such finding in writing.


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The once-bustling oyster farm and sales shack at the end of the dirt road had the look of sudden abandonment.
Doors and windows gaped open. Wind-chapped buildings were stripped of everything that was valuable or could be resold to other oyster operators. Inside, the commercial detritus of the former owner cluttered mud-caked floors: a shopping cart, fishing poles, plastic gloves, bottles of condiments, office chairs.
In the clear waters of Drakes Estero, where decades of farmers had groomed crops of sought-after oysters, flecks of yellowed plastic foam broken off a timeworn floating barge bobbed like misplaced snowflakes.
It's the aftermath of a years-long legal battle between the oyster farmer and the National Park Service, which fought to reclaim and restore the bay. The park service prevailed — after spending millions of dollars in scores of lawsuits that ended at the U.S. Supreme Court.
The park is now undertaking an uncommon enterprise — returning a working landscape to its primitive state. It's expensive work that must be completed before the West Coast's first marine wilderness can be unveiled to the public.
"Nature will take over, but we have to do some restoration to help it get there," said Point Reyes superintendent Cicely Muldoon. "We have to give natural processes a fighting chance."
"When we are finished, visitors will have a phenomenal experience," she added.
The waters of the Estero will become only the second marine wilderness in the national park system, joining Alaska's Glacier Bay.
Commercial farmers have been cultivating oysters from the Estero in earnest since the 1960s. The Lunny family operated the oyster farm here under a permit from 2004 until last December, but the job of restoring the landscape — and paying for it — will be borne by the National Park Service.
The oyster farm's permit required the operators, the Lunny family, to remove all commercial equipment from the Estero, but the family argued in legal filings that doing so would bankrupt them.
Wanting a speedy resolution to the legal wranglings, the park agreed to a court-brokered deal that allowed the Lunny family to walk away from the onshore facilities but required the family to remove all oysters under cultivation in the water.
The settlement also allowed the dozen or so former employees who live on the site in two small homes and three trailers to stay for at least three months while a government contractor attempts to find suitable housing for them. Federal relocation assistance could provide up to 42 months of rental assistance for the oyster farm's former employees.
As crews painstakingly remove remnants of the farm, Muldoon rhapsodizes about kayaking and snorkeling in Drakes Estero, the tidal area where explorer Sir Francis Drake is believed to have made landfall 430 years ago.
But first, the cleanup.
On a recent day of nose-dripping chill, workers took their lunch break in the cabs of earthmovers, escaping the persistent drizzle. The crew spent a week scraping off a handful of buildings, docks and rusty equipment where the farmer and his workers harvested oysters and clams and served up snacks to tourists.
The onshore cleanup has, so far, cost $214,000, and more work remains. Crews removed660 yards of building material and some 6,250 square feet of asphalt, about 40 truckloads of rubble.
The expense of restoring the Estero itself will also be significant. Officials expect it will take up to a year and cost more than twice the amount of the work done on land.
There are no precise estimates because before removing the five miles of oyster racks — a quarter-of-a-million board-feet of pressure-treated lumber — a multi-jurisdictional group representing federal, state and local agencies will have to fashion a plan that ensures no harm to aquatic plants or animals.
Much of that planning will fall to Ben Becker, Point Reyes' lead marine scientist. He launched a small boat into the wind-chopped bay last week and slowly motored away from the fog-shrouded rolling hills of the seashore. Becker was on a reconnaissance mission, trailing an underwater camera that will help him and the other scientists figure out how to wrench out an extensive network of oyster racks held up by some 4,700 wooden posts sunk into the Estero's sandy bottom.
The weight of the waterlogged wood is estimated at 375 tons, and exhuming itwill likely probably require a powerful hoist.
Already a crew on the water was removing the vestiges of the oyster and clam operation. In one week, workers hauled away 15 tons of oysters, shells, tubes, strings and bags.
"I didn't think there would be as much material left out here as we've found," Becker said, watching the crew haul out hundreds of oyster bags. The bags hit the deck of a floating barge, each one releasing a wriggling tangle of eels, followed by a platoon of tiny marching crabs.
"The only one happy about all this is the gulls," Becker said, motioning to flocks of birds snapping up the marooned creatures.
Removing the oysters the farmer left behind has cost the park $60,000. Some of the wooden racks had collapsed, leaving the oyster bags embedded in the bottom of the Estero.
Working in wilderness requires patience and a light hand, Becker said. When they begin taking out the wooden racks, crews will operate only at low tide. And they won't work at all during harbor seal pupping season from March to June.
The Estero's 2,500 acres are a natural refuge for seals, which are believed to have moved to other areas to avoid the oyster farm's regular motorboat traffic.
Wildlife biologist David Press said that he doesn't expect the seal population to suddenly increase because of the reversion to wilderness but that the distribution of seals may change and they might come back to the Estero.
The National Park Service sees this restoration as a case study for future marine wilderness areas, said Erin Drake, an outreach specialist for the park service's National Wilderness Stewardship Program.
"We will be learning on the fly and looking at what others do," she said. "This is definitely going to be an extensive process for the park. They have to coax the environment to a state of being where it's self-willed."


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This video shows exactly what it felt like during the 2016 presidential campaign. The people's support for Mayor Duterte felt like a huge, unstoppable wave that just kept growing larger, and larger, and there was nothing anyone could do to stop it.
We so-called "influencers" were just like that surfer. We rode the wave – and for the most part are still riding it – but at no time were we ever in control of it. Our energy was spent simply hanging on and hoping that we wouldn't be swept under. It was Duterte's popularity that gave birth to the social media phenomena that we now call DDS, not the other way around.
This is the reality of Maria Ressa and Leni Robredo's bot-fueled fantasies of Duterte's well-oiled social media machinery. It was actually a genuine tsunami of organic social media support stemming from a combination of anger at Aquino's apathy, frustration with Roxas' incompetence, bone-deep weariness at a system that perennially favored the rich and famous over ordinary Filipinos, and an undying hope that Duterte would be able to rescue them from all of it.
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Wakeboarding, the ultimate ride.Malaysia's ever-sunny tropical weather and countless pristine beaches provide the perfect excuse to indulge in water sports like scubadiving, snorkelling and yes, wakeboarding. If you have't heard of wakeboarding before, then consider an activity that's not only a boat-load of fun but an excellent way to stay fit and trim. Just add water.
The name "wakeboarding" may be not ring to many bells to those who are new to it, but simply put, wakeboarding is what you get when water-skiing and snowboarding get married and have a baby. With some distinct surfing elements thrown in for good measure.
In fact, so much fun is wakeboarding, and so easy to learn, that once you've got the hang of it, you'll never want to give it up agaiun. It really is that much fun.
Back in the 1980's something called ski-boarding stared gaining considerable traction amongst the snow-loving crowds in the US and Europe. Ski-boarding slowly but surely developed into the ubiquitous fun in the snow activity now known as snow-boarding.
Meanwhile, those not so blessed with steep slopes and a thick blanket of snow several months a year decided to provide an alternative means of forward thrust to enjoy their ski-boarding: a speed-boat. The boat tows the rider on a lake, the sea, basically any body of water that's big enough and not too choppy. Speeds are generally about 25-50 km/h, more than enough to provide a decent set of wake waves on either side of the rider. A new sport was born, wake-boarding
Apart from the great sensation of speed, wakeboarders also get stoked from using the boat's wave wakes as ramps to do all kinds of aerial acrobatics. And these days, don't be surprised when you see wakeboarders get air, spin this way and that, go fully inverted, land with an almightly splash and then keep just blasting away behind the boat as if going for a midday stroll.
Now, in the same way that snowboarding has brought about a cultural revolution in the ski industry, wakeboarding has reinvented the realm of waterskiing. In fact, with over 3 million active participants globally, wakeboarding is now the fastest growing water sport in the world.
The best part of all board sports is that although perhaps not always quite the same in principle, most of them tend to cross-over quite easily, not only by means of the similarity in the skills required, the freestyle tricks performed and the sometimes goofy names of these tricks, but also the sheer easy-going hang-loose lifestyles they engender and propagate. And let's not forget the cool camaraderie you'll find amongst all boarders, regardless of their denomination.
Although wakeboarding may still be a fairly recent addition to the various water sports practiced in Malaysia, it's fast gaining traction. One of the reasons is that whilst wakeboarding is a rush and a half to do, it's not necessarily dangerous.
Those keen to give wakeboarding a go, have a look at Malaysia Sea Sports or Tioman Ferry Tickets
KL residents can explore the wakeboarding options at Pullman Putrajaya Lakeside Hotel and Waterski and Wakeboard World Cup Sdn Bhd. WWWC was founded together with the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF). Both organizations have as their main objecive to market and promote wakeboarding amongst water sports enthusiasts in Malaysia.
Alright, let's get to the water. But before we do, let's check if you're a regular-footer (left leg first) or a goofy-footer (rught leg first). By this we mean that most boarders have a favorite foot with which they lead. Having the other foot forward feels awkard somewhow. So get in the wakeboarding stance and imagine yourself being towed. Does it feel more natureal to have your left foot forward or your right foot? Remember this, because it will make a world of difference to learning the finer wakeboarding skills.
Remember also that, generally, it's important to not try and get up onto the board too soon as you're being towed. Let the speed of the boat or cable do the hard work. Once your body clears the water surface, that's when you straighten out and put your full weight on the board. It's the speed of the board that keeps you afloat, so putting all your weight on the board before you've generated enough speed will just result in your body sinking back down into the water, at which point the force on the rope will get too much to hold, so you'll let go. You'll then have to start from scratch. Patience is a virtue here.
Note that there are good ways to fall and bad ways. If you feel you're going to fall, let go of the rope handle and deflect the impact with the water where you can. Falling sideways is better than forwards or backwards.
Lastly, just like any other sports, walkeboarding will tax your body in places you didn't know could be taxed. So a 5 minute stretch/ warm-up is always a good idea. That said, don't be surprised that you're sore pretty much all over the day after your first wakeboarding session. But just realize that it's one more step towards total body fitness and nailing that ultimate trick for all your mates to see.
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A note from HT Chairman regarding Paul's passing:
Good evening ladies and gentlemen. This afternoon we received word of the sad passing of Paul E. Sigmund who was one of the longest standing Hands Together Trustees and a tireless friend and supporter of the organization for over two decades. Paul's dedication and support of Hands Together will be sorely missed, as will his friendship and guidance.
April 28, 2014 - A local Princeton Pulbication Notice on Paul's Death
Paul E. Sigmund, husband of the former Princeton Borough mayor Barbara Sigmund, died this morning at the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro due to complications from pneumonia, family friends confirmed. He was 85.
Sigmund was a professor of politics at Princeton University. His scholarship focused on political theory and comparative politics. He wrote numerous books and articles on Latin American politics with a focus on income inequality, multinationals and the military. He is the author of "The Ideologies of the Developing Nations", "Natural Law in Political Thought, The Overthrow of Allende and the Politics of Chile, 1974-1976," and "Liberation Theology at the Crossroads." He was the translator and editor of the Norton Critical Edition of "St. Thomas Aquinas on Politics and Ethics." He also co-authored several other books.
He began teaching at Princeton in 1963 and helped found the school's program in Latin American Studies. He served as the program director for seven years. He was a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars and the Institute for Advanced Study, and received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.
He served on the boards of Georgetown University and the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, and was an active member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In 2001 he was the first American academic to receive the Bernardo O'Higgins Order of Merit, awarded by the Chilean government for outstanding accomplishment.
Sigmund earned his doctorate from Harvard University, where he taught for four years before coming to Princeton. He earned his bachelor's degree from Georgetown University.
Hands Together loses an incredible friend and trustee
"Paul joined our board in 2006 and brought to us his remarkable compassion, love for the poor and profound understanding of the Church. I was humbled by his willingness to get on a bus and spend 4 hours traveling to Ithaca to speak at a Catholic parish on our behalf. When visiting Haiti, it seemed that he was the first one out of bed, and the last one to retire - his energy was incredible. We will never forget Paul." - Doug Campbell
Remembrance of Paul
From family, friends, colleagues, students, and all who were touched by the life of Paul E. Sigmund:
Stephen Sigmund -Paul's youngest son:
Princeton was so meaningful to him because he was a teacher throughout his life more than anything else, and this was a warm and welcoming community to him ...He was so grateful that he could teach to and learn from so many generations of Princeton students. After my mother died, he had a supportive intellectual community to help him. He was somebody who really wanted to talk to you about interesting things, talk to you about your life and share the learning experience. People walked away from a conversation with him knowing more and feeling better than they did walking into the conversation. He had students and professors living with him on the third floor of our house for 20 years after our mother died because he wanted people to have dinner with and have intellectual conversations with ...You never walked away from a conversation with him feeling like you were belittled or put down, but rather like you were listened to and heard.
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It is really different feelings. When I am writing the C code it forces me to must think about data structure at first time. But when I write C++/Java I always think about abstraction and behavior (methods) as starting point.
Once upon a time and even today I like C++/Java thinking style very much and abstract class and behavior and make general OOP design.
But as time go when I deal with some really complicated problems I am aware of like a lot of expert said data structure is much more important than abstraction, behavior or algorithm. Especially recently I am reading source code of Lua and Redis I am so surprised these C code is amazing. And also I put myself to think if I am author how I can start and implement them as C++/Java programmer. A lot of abstraction and a lot of methods fill in my minds immediately I am almost lost and I can't find a easy starting point although there are so much methodologies about OOD. Maybe I can write pretty much code at abstract level such as
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execute abstract methods but I know it's nothing. I will take a lot of time to think about non-meaningful code, I am escaping from the most difficult part, like this.
As another simple example with pretty much circumstances we hope a method execution running with a specific context or container. When I use C++/Java it is pretty obviously that I provide a
Context interface and inject to domain object and at this time I haven't known anything about Context details and I just put everything, in general a lot of geXXX() methods other service methods which I need get from Context. Everything is good.
But when I suppose I am a C programmer it seems becoming different. I have to think about its internal implementation and carefully design structure and a series methods on it and also these methods sequence dependency such as init method must be called before other methods. At this time possibly you will said structure is just like a class only containing data you can do same thing with OO language but it is different as OOD it is abnormal that a class not containing methods. And OOD always firstly emphasize behavior's importance.
But with a lot of circumstance data structure is much more important than behavior and abstraction. It is so directly to focus the core problems and avoid bad taste of over-design and it seems impossible that C program has over-design problem, and it decide how you start any other things. Around data structure to design system is always a tradition of unix/linux C programmers. It is not easy to master and I think that's why OOD is so popular you are always able to start writing something even you are not clear how to implement it.
A good C programmer either can not start programming at all without data structure or resolve problem smoothly and almost perfectly around the several data structure.
As a Java programmer it take so many times to design abstraction and carefully use all kinds of design patterns to generate tons of code but the problem is still there. Refactoring and redesign almost distribute the whole development life cycle.


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Economic Growth and Change
National and Regional Patterns of Convergence and Divergence
Edited by John Adams and Francesco Pigliaru
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Penn State University's John Jordan described the challenges with Business Analytics: there is "a greater potential for privacy invasion, greater financial exposure in fast-moving markets, greater potential for mistaking noise for true insight, and a greater risk of spending lots of money and time chasing poorly defined problems or opportunities." Other challenges with developing and implementing Business Analytics include…
- Executive Ownership – Business Analytics requires buy-in from senior leadership and a clear corporate strategy for integrating predictive models
- IT Involvement – Technology infrastructure and tools must be able to handle the data and Business Analytics processes
- Available Production Data vs. Cleansed Modeling Data – Watch for technology infrastructure that restrict available data for historical modeling, and know the difference between historical data for model development and real-time data in production
- Project Management Office (PMO) – The correct project management structure must be in place in order to implement predictive models and adopt an agile approach
- End user Involvement and Buy-In – End users should be involved in adopting Business Analytics and have a stake in the predictive model
- Change Management – Organizations should be prepared for the changes that Business Analytics bring to current business and technology operations
- Explainability vs. the "Perfect Lift" – Balance building precise statistical models with being able to explain the model and how it will produce results
Business Analytics Best Practices
Adopting and implementing Business Analytics is not something a company can do overnight. But, if a company follows some best practices for Business Analytics, they will get the levels of insight they seek and become more competitive and successful. We list some of the most important best practices for Business Analytics here, though your organization will need to determine which best practices are most fitting for your needs.
- Know the objective for using Business Analytics. Define your business use case and the goal ahead of time.
- Define your criteria for success and failure.
- Select your methodology and be sure you know the data and relevant internal and external factors
- Validate models using your predefined success and failure criteria
Business Analytics is critical for remaining competitive and achieving success. When you get BA best practices in place and get buy-in from all stakeholders, your organization will benefit from data-driven decision making.
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- Develop confident young people who can be resilient, responsible and respectful
- Provide a safe forum to challenge and express opinions about the world around us
- Provide opportunities to make real decisions about their lives
- Enable young people to have positive relationships and feel valued by all members of our community
- Recognise and identify vulnerability and know where to find support
Remember any concerns you have around bullying, racism, homophobia you should speak to your tutor in the first instance and then your Head of studio.
KS4 PSHE will be delivered during Critique sessions (once a week) and assemblies.
KS5 PSHE will be delivered during tutor times (5 times), assemblies and drop down days.
Autumn 1: community and democracy
- What is is to be a community?
- What is unity?
- Positive and negative ways to participate in community
- Collaborative working (online, media, professional environments)
- Positive ways to communicate (digital platforms, dealing with gossip)
- Liberty, Equality and Unity
- Where do you fit in the Elstree Community? What is your place here?
Autumn 1: EUTC Student Forum
Lead by Miss Christy
- Student Voice
- Platform for student input to Elstree UTC
- Elections of Student Representatives (one from each year in the studio)
- Election of Student Governor (Year 13)
- Start thinking about your campaign. How will you be a good voice for your base group?
The 3 R's (Resilience, Respect and Responsibility)
Learning resilience
Understanding, communicating
Being prepared for the learning environment
Being prepared for the professional market
Gaining and using knowledge
Being a conscientious learner
What is your preferred learning style? How can you use that in your studies?
SPRING 1: Health and fitness
Inter-Studio Sports Day
Protecting yourself
Safety, security and sex ed
Protective behaviours (online, social, and at home)
Drugs and Alcohol
Domestic Abuse and Violence
Female Genital Mutilation
Healthy Eating
What sports or games could we do here at Elstree?
Spring 2: Relationships
Healthy relationships (family, romantic, sexual, professional)
How we relate
Be Kind Campaign
Building positive relationships
Indoctrination, radicalisation and extremism
Domestic Abuse and Violence
Positive Mentors and appropriate professional relationships
Underage marriage
How do you make positive relationship choices in your life?
Summer 1: Real World skills
Building a professional portfolio
Work Experience
Writing a CV
Ambition, Expectation and Self Confidence
Self management and time management
Reflection for Improvement
Networking (using social and professional contacts)
Auditions/ Job Interviews
Bank accounts/ Cheque books
Self funding/ Self employment
What skills can you add to your CV now? What do you need to work on?
- Building professional relationships
- Job interview skills and techniques
- Managing money and professional development
- Travelling
- Apprenticeships
- Starting a business
- Grants (writing applications, seeking assistance, where to find them)
- Investing in professional equipment and funding
How can you test out what career is right for you? Where do you see your future?


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HOLLY BAXTER | Executive Director, Art in Protest
Holly Baxter has over 15 years of experience in the fine art industry and 10 years business development experience.


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The last of the famous assholes
Stylianos Tziritas and Makis Papassimakopoulos gave birth to the band in August 2004.
Their influences are summed-up to Curtis Blow, Rick James, Michalis Karanassidis, (the early) John Zorn and the newcomers Are Weapons and Very Very (Very I told U) Unlimited.
Tziritas takes part in various projects (Archery Target / Dexamenoplio) and Papassimakopoulos is lead vocalist to the band Stereo Shortcuts, while both were members of the legendary band Kopsokefaloi. They also hold the two 3rds of responsibility for the band Sotto.
Trypanosoma appeared for the first time in Deafntinia 2004 festival (September 25, 2004). On December 12, 2004 they were opening act to Lydia Lunch in Athens. In March 16, 2005 they took part in CCR Festival, while they appeared in the second day of the 2nd Synch festival, at "Archeio" stage in July 2, 2005.
Trypanosoma's live acts, like the music magazine Difono wrote, are characterized by "artistic hardness".
Band gear: Real-Time Controllable Groovebox / Analog 4-track Tape Machine / Clarinet / Electric Bass Guitar / Tenor Saxophone / Theremin / Japanese – Albanian – Polish words


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I am a failure...
We all reflect on our accomplishments and failures. They define who we are today. I look back over the years and I am thankful for where I am in my life. I am fortunate enough to have a beautiful wife and child to inspire me on a daily basis. My wife is not only my life partner, but she is my business manager. We may not agree on everything; however, I know I can trust her implicitly.
Life for me has not always been sunshine and rainbows. There was a time that I thought I would never be able to be happy or successful.
Here is a short story:
In 2007, around this time of year, I found myself checking out of George Washington psyche ward. My marriage was in shambles, divorce was eminent, and I was unsure if I had a job waiting for me. I had been battling an Adderall addiction that landed me two weeks in the crazy house. I was severely depressed and had thoughts of suicide. I literally wanted to step out in front of a metrobus and end this emotional anguish. This inadvertently affected my relationship with my bosses at both jobs. I had been working at a spa and health club for the past couple of years, yet management at this point didn't trust me after everything that had happened. My ex-wife soon filed for divorce papers. I separated from her, moved into a small apartment and attempted a fresh start. Broke and living in an apartment with insufficient heat, life had turned for the worst.
Looking back to where I was almost a decade ago, my perceptions have done a 180. I have my own business and have created a fitness culture respected in my community. I am grateful for being able to positively impact people's lives. Although those trials and tribulations were difficult to deal with, I know I would have not been where I am today if it weren't for these challenges. In short, I didn't give up. See, instead of staying in the rut, I decided to use all of this negative energy to fuel my desire to be a stronger, more successful person.
On my road to recovery, I discovered that in order to make improvements you have to set realistic goals, focus on small improvements, and not judge yourself too harshly. I have also realized that it's necessary to fail sometimes. Failure is a steppingstone and teaches very powerful life lessons. If you've recently failed at something in a major way, and you're going through a difficult time right now, keep these important lessons in mind.
So my advice for you this new year is: don't make resolutions that are too hard to achieve. Instead, set goals that are realistic rather than intimidating. keep focused on your small victories. Don't let conflict hamstring you. Learn your lessons and give yourself credit for those everyday improvements.
And remember that I can help you achieve your health and fitness goals. Just call or email and together we'll work on making 2017 your best year ever.
"It Ain't How Hard You Hit…It's How Hard You Can Get Hit and Keep Moving Forward. It's About How Much You Can Take And Keep Moving Forward!"
― Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa
Have a Happy New Year and Stay Strong!
Glenn Seth
F3 Training and Bodywork


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On Sunday, I talked briefly to a couple with these distinctive-looking dogs.
I was curious about them since they reminded me so much of some Shiba mix puppies I had seen in Taiwan, which I suspected of having been mixed with some indigenous tugou. Apparently, I wasn't too far off in my guess about their "primitive" origins. The couple told me that they were American Dingos.
"American Jindos?" I asked skeptically, having heard incorrectly.
"Nope, but they're similar!" They're also known as Carolina Dogs, according to the breed conservator that this couple got their dogs from.
I don't know much about these guys, but I suspect there's an interesting history there. I have to admit that I'm so accustomed to the foreign provenance of pariah breeds, I seldom stop to think about those that may have originated right here in North America.


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If you bought an Xbox One on launch day, chances are that you've now played all your games for it to death, and exhausted the media options currently available on the console. But there is still a tonne of neat things the console can do that Microsoft isn't singing from the hilltops, and that this great video exposes.
Now, granted, not all of these features are available in the UK yet (anything to do with the TV guide being the obvious ones) and some require separate hardware. But there are enough tips here to squeeze a few more quid's worth of fun out of your newest toy. Using the SmartGlass app to play old Atari games, for instance, is a genius trick, and should work with just about any SmartGlass-compatible smartphone or tablet. More info can be found at the YouTube source. [YouTube]


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My Reign Has Ended (And On To the Next Chapter)/
Since early 2007, I've been the American-beer-history, go-to person in the U.S. (And, for that matter, often abroad as well.) (*1) That wasn't my goal when I wrote the beer book. Rather, that was an unexpected but happy consequence. A payoff for my hard work and the years devoted to amassing knowledge.
My reign is over. Craft beer has a new historian, and I hereby hand my crown to him (and do so with good cheer). (*2)
Tom Acitelli is the author of The Audacity of Hops: The History of America's Craft Beer Revolution, a new book whose title describes its contents.
I loved the book. He did the topic justice. (*3)
From here on, a journalist looking for info about craft beer (which is more groovy than ever and certainly more so than when my book appeared in 2006) can turn to Tom for what he/she wants to know.
Tom, here's to you and the future of good beer and good writing and good history. It's all yours. (Don't fuck it up, okay?)
Having said that --- I'm slightly sad about the end of this part of my life. Slightly. Because, no surprise, I'm on to other stuff (and as some of you know, when I'm on the trail of new work, I'm jazzed). (*4)
If you will, please join me in applauding Tom and his accomplishment.
And now Tom: over to you. Godspeed.
*1: No, I don't mean I'm the ONLY PERSON EVER that journalists have consulted on the subject of beer's American history. There are others. But I had a particular niche, and had it more or less to myself, and I did it justice. No apologies at my end. Indeed, I've crusaded and proselytized for craft beer's passion, ingenuity, and creativity since 2006. I'd like to think I converted a few skeptics in the world of reporting.
*2: Some of you may be thinking "What the fuck kind of egomaniac is she?" I assure you, and as those who know me will attest, egomania is the least of my flaws.
*3: My [possibly too glowing] review of it is in the new issue of All About Beer magazine. Alas, it's not available online. (But you could track down a copy of the magazine, right?)
*4: I believe that some of that "stuff" will be concerned with beer, or beer's recent history. But oooh, boy, I'm glad Tom's handled the heavy lifting for what I have in mind for my next long-form commentary on beer and history and so forth.


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Chapter Three
John woke early and went to run the treadmill and watch the news, trying to get himself reacquainted with the world again.
He was halfway through his run, already dripping with sweat and inwardly moaning at how out of shape he'd let himself get, when Agent Hill entered, wearing her workout gear of shorts and layered tanktops. She was very fit and made him want to switch to the weight machine in embarrassment at his own lack. "Agent Reese," she greeted with a bit of a smile. "Good morning. I'm glad to see you out and about." She got on the elliptical and started; she moved fluidly, he noticed, a bit like Natasha which meant she'd probably had dance or yoga training as well.
"Thanks." It was good to be out and about, working again, concentrating on doing something useful. Not that he'd done anything really useful yet, but getting himself back in fighting trim was necessary prep and it felt good to lose himself and forget all the darkness in exercise and fighting. It was not quite as good as the bottle, and the dreams were still bad, but there was less of a consequence the next day than drinking down cheap whiskey and gin.
"Agent Barton is arriving in a few hours," she told him. "He's the last member of Coulson's team. So you'll get to meet him. Unless you already know him? Clint Barton?"
His step slowed a moment, nearly dumping him off the treadmill before he recovered. He knew the name, from something, a past briefing perhaps. "No, we've never met, that I know of."
"I wondered. He was a freelancer, for a while," Hill explained. "Before he came to work for us."
"Freelancer" meant mercenary. John was more likely to have been briefed on him then. He often heard about those he either would or might oppose on some missions. "I might recognize him," John said. "Names tend to be easily changed. Did he specialize?"
"Sniper. He uses a bow." She glanced at him, saw the recognition, and said, "Ah, you know of him then."
The bow was a signature that only one person used as a habit on the international scene. The one they called "Hawkeye" - sniper, archer, infiltrator, assassin. John had thought it was fairly ridiculous as a weapon, but there was no question he got results with it. He answered Hill, "It's not common. I didn't know he was part of SHIELD now."
"Two years now. Phil recruited him." She frowned. "Not quite sure how, to be honest. But between them, Phil and Director Fury can be pretty persuasive."
"I noticed."
She chuckled. "I bet."
They fell quiet as breath got a little harder to keep hold of, and John finished up his run, panting but thinking. As he went to the shower, he wondered - himself, Barton, Natasha… what the hell was Fury collecting assassins for? To take them off the market and give them useful, non-evil work? Or something more nefarious? What kind of missions had Hawkeye and Black Widow undertaken for SHIELD in the past two years? He knew of nothing particularly terrible, but that just meant they'd been successful at keeping it quiet.
But Nat had said they were trying to do good. But then maybe she would, to tell him what she thought he wanted to hear.
He closed his eyes and let the water hit him in the face, trying to wash the doubt away. He told himself could be wary without wallowing in cynicism or paranoia, at least until these keepers proved just as corrupt as his others had been.
Finishing up his reading on SHIELD's rules of engagement, he felt a little better. Nothing in there was particularly objectionable, for an organization that was openly an intelligence and operations division, though he felt very uneasy with the refusal of the papers to identify the world leaders who were ultimately holding the leash of funding, beyond the United States. There were other nations involved, and the UN Security Council, but not exactly those members, and he spent twenty fruitless minutes attempting to find out exactly who sat on the "World Council".
But before his uneasiness could rise into outright anxiety, Natasha came to find him. "Come on. You need to meet someone."
He followed her, curious to meet Hawkeye.
He turned out to be about John's own age, not as tall, but solidly built, and a very intense gaze that John could very well believe catch sight of a mouse a block away, as the stories went. That gaze flicked between Natasha and him, frowning a bit curiously, but without recognition.
"Clint, this is John Reese, newest recruit," Natasha introduced. "John, Clint Barton."
"The one they call Hawkeye," John said and held out his hand.
Barton shook his hand but his frown deepened, "You know? That puts you in a pretty select group."
"Langley for seven years," John explained. "We never crossed paths, though, not that I remember."
"Langley. That means spook," Barton said, almost dismissively, but his gaze flipped back, not content with that analysis then to Natasha again. "Is this a backhanded way to tell me Coulson's reassigned as our handler? Because I don't really like that."
She shook her head. "No. John's going to be field, like us."
John almost smiled and shook his head. "Delta Force."
"Ah." There was a wealth of understanding in that single syllable. "Not a desk jockey then."
"No," John answered, though it couldn't have been much of a question. Delta Force was the Army elite, detailed to extractions and assassinations and rescues. He told most people the Purple Heart was for Kuwait but it had actually been earned rescuing hostages from the Shining Path guerillas. He'd thrown himself over the ambassador's little boy, taken out two of the enemy, and carried the boy out before he'd even realized he'd been shot.
"You have a specialty?" Barton asked. "Besides military badass?"
"Really. So you're something of a marksman?" Barton asked, a competitive gleam in his eyes. John had seen that before in guys who thought they were good until John showed them they weren't quite as good as they thought. There was a reason the military had kept bumping him into more specialized squads; he basically never missed. But on the other hand, rumor had it, Hawkeye didn't either.
But John answered mildly, not wanting to get into a pissing contest, and not when he wasn't completely on the top of his game. "Something like that."
Natasha looked from one to the other, smiling a little and sensing the tension. "Play nice. We're on the same team."
"I guess. I just don't see what your special interest is," Barton asked her.
She glanced at John as if for permission and he nodded once. It made no difference really, now, if Barton knew. "You were sent after me, because the person before you failed to kill me. John was that person."
"So you missed," Barton said, a smug little smile on his lips.
She shook her head even when John was about to agree, simply to lay it to rest. "No," she said. "He hit his target. He pulled the shot."
"This is true?" Barton asked John.
John didn't answer right away, years of denial wanting him to deny it again, but then he nodded his head once, a little.
"Clint," Natasha said and stepped closer to put her hand on Barton's arm in a gesture suggestive of some kind of intimacy. Natasha didn't do that, not for real, but he'd bet any amount of money that it was real. John found his eyes tracking her hand, before he forced himself to look up to watch her talk to Barton, her expression soft. "I would never have gone with you, and I could never have chosen to leave, if John hadn't shown me that goodness for people like us is still possible. You led me out, and I'll owe you for that forever, but John showed me I could. He had no reason to spare me, but he did."
Barton considered that then turned his head back to John. "Why? Why'd you spare her?"
"She reminded me of someone." John shrugged, unable to explain it for himself very well, and unable to explain it at all without telling him about the experiments and those other kids. Natasha glanced at him with a curious frown.
"So you missed," Barton said, but this time it was with a teasing smile. "I don't miss."
"Right, you didn't miss, because you didn't complete the mission at all. Not sure that's better, Barton," Natasha retorted. "Certainly there was some… explaining. Nobody was happy about his choice to bring me in."
"Wait, you were supposed to kill her, and you brought her in, instead?" John asked, a little incredulous. He'd never have done that. Never have tried it. He'd barely been able to get away with wounding her. If he'd tried to bring her in as a defector, she'd have been interrogated and killed, and him with her.
"It seemed like such a waste. I just felt like she deserved a chance," Barton answered, seeming uncomfortable. "And I was right."
"I'm glad you did," John said. "Then she gave that chance to me. So I owe you."
Barton flashed a grin. "Good, then you won't mind too much when I kick your ass when we do a shoot off."
"You wish." Then, just because he hadn't felt camaraderie like this since his Ranger days, he smiled a little and added, needling Barton, "I'm sure you're very good with your medieval weapon…"
"Medieval? Have you seen it?" Barton was offended, but not seriously, arguing in rather overblown defense of his favorite weapon, "There's nothing primitive about it. It's fast, silent, deadly, and perfectly accurate over the same distance. I can blow shit up and shoot an escape line, if I want. Can your fancy sniper rifle do that?"
Natasha cleared her throat. "If you're both quite finished comparing weapon sizes… Agent Hill and Phil wanted you to check in, Clint. John and I'll be in the martial arts practice room. You should join us."
"Okay. Later. Nat. New guy." Barton headed off, while John and Natasha went the other way to head for practice.
"He recruited you for SHIELD?" John asked her.
"He was sent to clean up your mistake," she said. "He made a different call, too." Her gaze was distant with memory. "Not only didn't he kill me, but he told me we don't have to be those people. I believed him, even though it seemed impossible to come back across that line."
He nodded silently, hoping it was true.
She continued, changing the subject, "You need more practice at the range before you have a chance against him."
"He's that good?"
"Better. But so are you." She smiled at him, teasing, "I hear Phil intends to sell tickets to the match, so you better make it worth his while."
John wasn't bothered by the idea of a competition, since he'd faced his share. He wasn't even bothered by the possibility of losing since there was always someone better out there and his ego wasn't a delicate flower, but he was intrigued by Barton being so good. John had always thought his own talent had been boosted by the treatments, since he was definitely an outlier for 'normal' humans, which suggested Barton's probably was, too. Some kind of mutant gift, perhaps, or even some kind of external enhancement like his own.
John had never quite seen the point in the drawing a line between the two groups as so many did - nor why an external enhancement was somehow better than a genetic mutation. Born with it or given it, what difference is there really? It's just another way to say different and lord knows I've seen enough evil everywhere in the world based in hate and even jealousy over those who are different or better.
Natasha glanced at him. "Thought that'd get a rise out of you."
He shrugged. "I've played that game before. It doesn't bother me if he's better any more than it bothers me that you beat me in hand-to-hand." But then he couldn't resist, and added, "But you know I'm still gonna kick his ass, right?"
She flashed a bright smile at him and he was suddenly stunned by realizing how truly beautiful she was. Which he knew - anyone who looked knew she was attractive - but when she smiled, genuinely, and her eyes lit up, he wanted to stare. Instead he turned away, bothered by the reaction.
He didn't need that, and not with someone who might be involved with Barton already. They certainly seemed on a level of intimacy that he didn't see her display toward anyone else.
But the realization made him drag his feet while he was getting undressed to spar, hoping that Barton made it back before Natasha decided that the two of them should spar on their own. It didn't work, and when she nudged him for being slow, he threw in the towel and moved to the middle of the floor.
It was as if he'd suddenly woken up and the world had new colors in it, though. Her hair was long with a bit of curl to it and when she was in her work catsuit, her figure was lithe and perfect. And when she was fighting her eyes glowed with delight, even if her expression was intent and focused.
Luckily she was fierce enough that his sudden emotional crack was soon forgotten under the pressure of having to defend himself. This time he got a good elbow in her side, surprising her, and when she went for his knees this time, he was able to evade.
He still got winded too quickly though, and soon she slammed him to the mat, kneeling across him and her hand on his chest. He tapped out hastily, before she had any inkling of the sudden jolt she was giving him seeing and feeling her there, and she slid off. "Better."
"Congrats," came the sardonic voice of Barton from the doorway. "Not too many hold out that long against her."
"I'm retraining him," she explained. "He's been out of the game for a year or so."
"When I get back in shape, I'll do better." John climbed to his feet feeling clumsy and too big as Natasha flipped to her feet.
"That's out of shape?" Barton asked, lifting his brows. "I wouldn't have guessed."
"I used to be fitter." He stretched out his spine, hearing it pop, and grimaced. "Younger, too."
"I'm going to teach you yoga. For fluidity," she told John and nodded thoughtfully more to herself, looking at him. "You still try to brute strength your way through, when flexibility would serve you better. I sense your native style is one with more movement, you need to free it."
Feeling put-upon suddenly, John glanced at Barton in appeal, and Clint shrugged back at him. "We're all just clay in her hands. But I'm a better fighter now, than I was, so I'd do what she suggests."
"Join us," she beckoned Barton forward. "Ballet would help you both, too."
"Forget it," both Barton and John said in unison, and she laughed.
"Yoga then, for the manly men," she mocked. "Our first position…. Do what I do."
Doing what she did proved to be easier said than done, but John was game to try. Yoga turned out to be pretty interesting with the other two there, sharing quips and stories, as Natasha took them through a pretty punishing routine that she did with ease.
But at the end, it was worth the muscle burn. He was feeling a camaraderie with both of them, and that was a comfortable place he hadn't been in for a long, long time.
Chapter Four


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Travel with Children
There are few dedicated children's facilities in Madagascar. That said, Malagasies love children and will always do their best to accommodate families.
Many hotels provide chambres familiales or double rooms with an extra bed (single or double) geared for use by parents and children.
Disposable nappies and infant milk formula are available in Antananarivo and other large cities, but are hard to find elsewhere.
Some midrange and top-end hotels/restaurants have high chairs and games or play areas for children. Some also have dedicated children's menus.
For more information, check out Lonely Planet's Travel with Children.