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With a little setup and a keyboard shortcut you can easily keep your code formatted the way you want it!
We all have our habits in terms of how we format our code. So why not take 5 minutes to modify the Visual Studio settings so the code looks the way you want all the time! No matter what programming language you work with, there are settings you can control that affect the readability of your code.
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In this post I'll share tips on how to modify a number of formatting settings, including
- Fonts and Colors
- Indenting
- Spacing
- Braces
- Line Wrapping
Fonts and Colors
In addition to be able to changing the color theme in Visual Studio, you can also modify the font size or the colors used for different highlighting in your code. If you find the green hard to read for comments, you could change the font size, font color, or background color.
Just go to Tools | Options | Environment | Fonts and Colors (TIP: if you can't remember that and are in Visual Studio 2012 or higher you could just use Quick Launch to find the Fonts and colors setting!)
Indenting code
Is the indenting too much or too little? You decide. The default indentation and tabs is 4 spaces, but you can increase or decrease the indents. Once again, you want to start in Tools | Options | Text Editor | C# | Tabs
When you return to your code, you will notice the changes have not taken effect. Just use the keyboard shortcut <CTRL><K><D> anywhere in your code to apply your formatting changes. Here you can see the code with the increased indentation after I apply the changes.
If you are using the Quick Launch featured just search for "tabs"
In addition to controlling the number of spaces used when code is indented, you can control what is indented. For example, do you prefer to have your braces indented? or inline with the method declaration?
Does the opening brace for a method go after the method name or on the next line? I could start a whole debate over that, but instead I'm just going to let you set it up the way you want it to work! You can control where opening braces appear for method declarations, control blocks and more! Just go to Tools | Options | Text Editor | C# | Formatting | New Lines or search for braces in Quick Launch.
If you make a change in the settings, don't forget you will have to use the keyboard shortcut <CTRL><K><D> to apply your formatting changes to existing code.
Did you know you can control whether you have spaces around parameters in method calls, or expressions in your if statements? Once again this is really a question of personal preference, but great that you can control the settings yourself! Just go to Tools | Options | Text Editor | C# | Formatting | Spacing
Some people prefer spaces around expressions in if statements to make them more readable.
Line wrapping
If you grew up coding in C or using Unix you probably love to fit as much code on one line as you can! But some programmers really like to keep code spaced out across line with clear indentation to make code more readable. Once again, it's all up to you! Just go to Tools | Options | Text Editor | C# | Formatting | Wrapping and pick the settings you prefer.
Where can I get Visual Studio 2013?
All the features above are available in earlier editions of Visual Studio, but there is a lot of great stuff waiting for you in Visual Studio 2013. So if you haven't downloaded a copy yet. Download it and start exploring today.
- Students can download Visual Studio 2013 at Dreamspark www.dreamspark.com
- MSDN subscribers can download Visual Studio 2013 through their MSDN subscription
- Startup companies may qualify for MSDN through BizSpark www.Microsoft.com/bizspark
- Anyone can download Visual Studio 2013 Express or Trial versions at http://www.visualstudio.com/downloads
- Visual Studio Online – free for up to 5 users www.visualstudio.com/vsonline


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Gwyn Richards: A Day Out in Cirencester
Day Out: Cirencester
Watch a BBC West programme made in 1979 of a day spent exploring Cirencester...
Originally broadcast in November 1979 was this beautifully made half-hour television programme which took a look round Cirencester.
As part of the BBC West 'Day Out' series - which visited a different Gloucestershire and West Country locale every week - presenter Gwyn Richards is shown exploring the area.
Gwyn explores Cirencester's Roman walls
His journey begins at the town's Roman Amphitheatre, where he explores the remains of what he calls "the most impressive Roman Amphitheatre in the country". He explains that it was built just outside Corinium - now known as Cirencester - the second largest city in Roman Empire of Britain.
Gwyn then talks about the history of the town which became known as the "Capital of the Cotswolds". He visits the remains of the original Roman town wall, and explains how and why the town came to be situated where it is. He also mentions a rarely used alternative pronounciation for the town of "Sissister".
Corinium Museum Curator David Viner
Next it's on to the Corinium Museum where he finds out about Roman mosaic manufacture in the town. He views the unique "hare mosaic" which had only recently been discovered - in 1971 - in the remains of a local Roman townhouse.
David Viner, curator of the Corinium Museum, is interviewed and he talks about the Roman history of the town. He shows Gwyn the top of the 'Jupiter Column', which once stood in the middle of the town's piazza.
Once again outside Gwyn confronts the "largest yew hedge in the world" - which forms a 40ft high boundary with the Bathurst Estate. He then explores the estate itself and discovers Broad Ride - "the single longest gallop of its kind in the whole country" - which stretches for 5 miles from Sapperton to Cirencester.
Joyce Barker who grew up in Cecily Hill
Local resident and historian Joyce Barker is interviewed about growing up in Cirencester's Cecily Hill in the early years of the 20th Century. She also points out some of the interesting local architecture.
Gwyn then shows us "Tontine Buildings" and explains that a tontine was a financial investment scheme where the winner was the last participant to die who kept all the cash.
A walk along Coxwell Street leads to the site of St. Mary's Abbey in Cirencester which was destroyed in 1539 on the orders of Henry VIII. We catch a glimpse of an old Mulberry tree, reputed to have been planted in 1548 but very much still alive in the 1970s.
Gwyn shows off the Anne Boleyn chalice
Gwyn shows us a replica of a beautiful silver gilt chalice made for Anne Boleyn in 1535, two years before her death. The original is kept inside Cirencester Parish Church. In the town's Market Street Gwyn tells us about the building of the church tower, begun in 1400, and the south porch erected in about 1490.
Check out the other fascinating films from the 'Day Out' series which were filmed in Gloucestershire by clicking on the links at the top right of this page.
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Frankly, eidetic memory or no, North Dakota passed in a blur until we blew on by Beach at the western end of the state. No time to call on the Rodeo Iron franchisee there, nor anywhere else for that matter. Long lived or not, Jack Hill was losing his battle. His conscious moments were fewer, his body temperature was slowly but inexorably rising, and there was obvious swelling in his abdomen. Internal bleeding at the very least; we could only hope it was a slow enough leak and the truck's western progress was fast enough. We were averaging 103 miles per hour except when the radar detectors screamed at us, but they were screaming way too often.
Overhead drones would have nailed us for sure, but the last session in both Montana and North Dakota's state legislatures had seen identical laws passed that blocked their usage. Once all of the court challenges were finished, we'd likely see Big Brother Bear overhead, but that would be a while yet.
"Any change?" I asked the question without turning my head; at the speeds we were running, the driver keeps his eyes on the road, period.
"He's still slipping, but he's still here," Sissy reported, twisting back around to settle into the shotgun seat. Both kids were sound asleep, their youth finally slowing. "That is, his skin is way too hot to be dead and there's still a pulse in his neck. And his breath still stinks."
There was no need to reply to that. At this point, everybody's breath smelled like a landfill specializing in dead skunks. I slipped a roll of mints from my pocket, popped one in my mouth, and offered the roll to my warrior woman. She took it out of my hand without comment. Probably the last I'd see of that roll.
We smoked past Glendive doing 114 mph, by the grace of whatever higher power one wished to invoke and state of the art stealth electronics, powering west, collapsing the miles one after another. Past Terry, then Miles City. The flip phone in my shirt pocket rang, and Sissy fished it out. She'd have to do the talking; there was no way I was slowing the big Ford down now. Focused on the blacktop and the anti-cop warning displays as I had to be, I caught almost nothing of the conversation, but it took a while.
She returned the phone to my pocket and brought me up to date. "That was Larry."
"And you need to start slowing down! He wants us to turn off at Forsyth!"
Whoa. Off the gas pedal and onto the brakes; coming down from 121 mph to 35 for the exit…we barely had enough room without throwing anybody forward. "Talk to me," I said, once I knew I had the timing right.
"While we were gone, he got a call. His conversion van is finished; he parked his SUV and grabbed the Batmobile on the way to meet us."
Good news, that. Larry's new baby wasn't a conversion van in the classical sense; it was a used ambulance he'd had reworked to look like a casual tourist rig from the outside. On the inside, it was one step away from being a mobile hospital, equipped with more goodies by far than the average city or fire department ambulance.
It was broad daylight, but the doctor's directions brought us to a deserted parking lot behind an abandoned commercial building. I parked the truck crosswise of the ambulance's back doors and Lawrence Menning, M.D., took over. He didn't even blink when we introduced the kids while loading Jack into the vehicle.
The old man moaned a little, though, so the Wizard was still with us. Menning left the doors open and spoke briskly as he went to work, cutting Hill's bloodstained shirt away and removing our crude bandages. I didn't even see him take the man's temperature, but he said, "Hundred and three point six. Not great, but it could have been worse. You got him here in time; I won't lose him now. Tree, you need to get on into Billings and rest up a bit before tomorrow's bull sale, am I right?"
"Uh–" I hadn't been thinking about that. "Yeah. Guess I could use a few hours of downtime."
"And a shower." He wrinkled his nose, almighty sensitive for a combat surgeon. "Definitely take a shower. A long one. So, how be I take Sissy with me. Chilly and Jewel, too, if that works for you. I can use their help, and a couple of young white kids hanging around with big black you might raise a few questions."
I nodded, though Larry wasn't looking at me. "Yeah, guess it would. At the least, they'd be remembered. So, thanks and all that."
"De nada."
"So, what, you going to work on Jack while Sissy drives, head back to the high country, or what?"
"Or what." Menning had done something that bloodied up one pair of surgical gloves; he stripped them off, dropped them into a waste bucket, and donned a fresh pair. "I've got a renegade surgeon friend in Billings. We don't dare run Jack through the hospital, but Joe has a private medical practice with an office he keeps as well equipped as my own. Does minor surgeries there, but he can handle more. I've called him; he'll be waiting when we get there. We're going to have to operate."
"He can be trusted to keep his mouth shut?"
"Treemin," Larry said, his voice a shade testy, "I know you're dog tired and brain frazzled, so I'm going to forget you even asked that."
"Yeah. Sorry. Sis, you and the kids good to go with that plan?"
Another dumb question. They already had their travel bags transferred to the Batmobile. I gave hugs to all three of them, though I had to squat down some to make that happen with the kids, and I sort of wished I could forget having seen young Jewel naked. The girl didn't have the same reservations, though; she threw her arms around my neck and whispered, "We'll help the doctor take good care of Mr. Hill."
Mr. Hill. Huh.
The remainder of the day turned into one of those good news, bad news things. Good news: We were close enough to home turf now that we could use our regular cell phones and stay in touch. Bad news: I really did stink, and the relief at turning Jack's care over to one of the most capable surgeons in the world let me finally feel how tired I really was. Good news: The truck and I made it on into Billings, traveling at a sedate 75 mph, without me falling asleep at the wheel. Bad news: The truck wasn't going any farther. We'd basically blown up the engine on the emergency run west. I could tell because of the rod that went through the side of the big V-8's crankcase, just half a mile short of my exit.
The wrecker gave me a lift and hauled the truck to the motel's parking lot. Thankfully, the desk clerk on duty knew me and barely raised an eyebrow when I told him about the busted vehicle parked at the far end of the lot, dripping oil onto the concrete surface. "I'll pay for the damages," I said, and he promised to notify his manager. Rodeo Iron gave the motel a fair bit of business from time to time, so they weren't likely to raise too much fuss until I could get the truck back to Ovando.
I certainly couldn't leave it with any commercial repair shop. Not with all the hidden modifications and weapons in there, I couldn't.
Tired, oh damn I was tired, but I had to call Judi before crashing. I did sprawl on the bed, though, before hitting her speed dial number. When she answered the phone, I made the call as short as possible. "Hi, babe."
"Hey, cowboy." I could hear the relief in her voice. "Larry showed up okay?"
"Ayup. Jack was glad to see him. Sissy's hanging with them for a while; she set me free to enjoy the bull sale on my own. Except, um, the truck broke down. I'll need to call for a rental car in the morning. Too tired tonight; I'm just going to rack out." I'd shower in the morning, leaving the sheets for the maid to worry about. "Have Seed and Beets and the Sarge been busy up there?"
"Nah. Been mighty quiet since we talked last. In fact, they're driving me nuts, looking for something to do."
Good. B.J. hadn't been back, then. "Well, I've got something for one of them to do. Could you ask Seed to fire up the car hauler and drive it on down here tomorrow? In fact, have him haul the Pontiac down, too. He'll need to pick up the Ford and bring it back to the house."
"Sure." There was something in her voice, but I was too tired to think about it. "You get some rest, Treemin. And hey, Soren's right here; he's telling me he can be there early enough that you'll have the Grand Prix to drive during the day, so you won't need to worry about a rental car."
"Thanks, babe. Are the girls there?"
"No, hon, they're over at Jack's place, helping Wayne whip up some kind of surprise dessert. But I'll sure enough hug them for you."
I didn't even remember closing the flip phone.
The alarm went off at 6:00 a.m. sharp, but I hadn't set it and it wasn't the clock or the front desk calling, either. In fact, though it took my groggy brain a few seconds to process the incoming sound, it was a persistent knocking at my motel room door.
Groggy I might be, but my reflexes were too deeply conditioned to worry about that. I rolled off the far side of the bed onto the floor, barely registering the fact that I was still fully dressed, boots and all, and had slept on top of the covers. The Taurus Curve .380 was in my right hand, the Walther .22 in my left. Where were the long guns?
Oh. Right. Still in the busted down truck, some of them; the others, Sissy and the kids had taken when they shifted to Doc's stealth ambulance.
Unwilling to do the cliché thing, I managed not to yell out, asking, "Who is it?" Instead, waking up bit by bleary bit and deciding door knockers were probably not–probably not–leftover bounty hunters who hadn't heard the word from Chester Brocklin (aka Theodore Kraznick, Second Edition) that the price on my head was now null and void, I padded over to the door and, hoping I wasn't going to get a bullet through the eye, peered through the peephole.
Well, I'll be damned. Tucking the Taurus back into my pants pocket and the Walther into its small-of-the-back holster, I undid the deadbolt, swung the door open wide, and was immediately assaulted by my daughters. My wife stood there smirking as six year old Aspen, ever the blunt one of our bunch, declared, "Daddy, you stink!"
"No doubt, honey." I squeezed her up tight anyway, grinning as she struggled to get away from my horrible aroma, then let her go as I backed into the room. Judi and the girls hadn't come alone; the former assassins Soren "Seed" Kirk (inventor of the Super Screw) and Gilligan "Beets" Robertson brought up the rear as everybody trooped in from the hallway.
I had to ask, though. "Good to see all of you, but what about the home front?"
Seed took that one. "Wayne and Carolyn are sitting tight in Jack's place, but Diamond Paws showed up. Our friendly underground alien is pulling sentry duty there; it's unlikely anything or anybody can sneak up on him. Beyond that, your wife declared a company holiday, had Jordan lock the main gate and post a sign advertising today's bull sale. The old Heartbite bunch could have gotten around that, but anybody else, not so much. And a few of the security staff are on overtime in the citadel, monitoring the drones. We should be okay."
I felt a great weight lift from my chest, a pressure I'd not even realized was there until it was gone. "So, Jordan?"
Judi jumped in. "Sergeant Phreebs left his son in charge of the citadel, but he's here. He'll be up in a bit; he's just helping Rawlins and Corker load your busted truck on the hauler. Rawlins is driving the wrecker, Corker riding shotgun." That meant literally, in our case. Good enough; those men knew to take good care of the Ford, securing it once they got back to Rodeo Iron headquarters. "Jordan is staying here. He volunteered, though I'm not sure whether he's more concerned about watching our backs or just craving to see some of those bulls shoot a few cowboys halfway across the arena. Which reminds me," she grinned ear to ear and started pushing me toward the bathroom, "we're on a schedule here. Swanson is going to want you there when he kicks off the auction at 8:00 a.m. sharp, and Aspen's right. You really do stink."
You might think a five foot three, hundred and fifteen pound woman wouldn't have much luck powering a six-three, 200 pound man in the direction she wanted him to go, but if you do think that, you've never been married. Before I knew it, I was shaved and in the shower, concentrating on stink removal and paying attention to Judi's ongoing report at the same time.
"I've talked to Sissy on the phone," she said. "Sounds like we've got new kids in the family, though of course she didn't go into details. And I talked to Larry Menning, too. Jack came through his surgery okay, though Doc told me he might not have made it if they'd opened him up even an hour later. Turned out the round he caught in Michigan did go through, and it did miss the stomach lining, but there was another piece of lead in there. A really, really old bullet, Doc said. When I told him that was probably from a shootout Jack was in a few years after the Civil War, he just laughed. It's obvious he still doesn't believe Jack is, you know, that old."
"No surprise there," I commented, pausing to adjust the water faucet to make things a little hotter. I was waking up pretty good now. "Larry's been able to accept a lot, but he really goes back and forth on the extreme longevity thing. One day he gets it, the next he goes into denial. Back and forth."
"Yeah. I know. Anyway, he said he thinks the new bullet bumped the old bullet on the way by, and that the old bullet did spin around a bit, and it did pierce the stomach. Well, scratched it some, anyway. Something like that. You'll have to ask him. But while the internal bleeding wasn't really that bad, there was a super slow leak of stomach stuff contaminating the abdominal cavity."
"But he got it cleaned up okay?" One more minute on the conditioner, rinse, and I'd be done.
"That's what he says. And he feels Jack is strong enough to transport back to Ovando. Sissy and our new kids are staying with him."
"How does Jack feel about it?" The heck with the minute; I turned off the water, opened the shower stall door, and grabbed a towel. "Is he conscious? Can he talk?"
"He can talk. I didn't talk to him, but Sissy did. Said he's looking forward to getting back to Carolyn's tender loving care and Wayne's cooking."
I had to chuckle at that. Wayne Bruce was Hill's slave lover every bit as much as Carolyn West was, and it was certainly true that the gay man could out-cook anybody else in the entire Rodeo Iron headquarters complex. Carolyn was still his main squeeze, though. "I can imagine. I'm wearing that?" Judi had stacked my clean clothes for the day on the counter beside the sink, including an electric blue leather vest with flashy gold printing on it, front and back. RODEO IRON was well advertised when I wore that thing, but I never had honestly liked it. It just felt a bit too…exuberant.
"Damn betcha you are." She twinkled at me. "Now, cowboy, let's blow this joint and head over to the Metra. The rest of us already ate, so I'm driving the Pontiac while you chow down on the way. Your breakfast is in the car."
Bossy little female, but they do get that way sometimes.
She was right about us needing to hurry, though. We were barely through the admissions gate and parked behind the chutes before Terry Swanson caught up to us. "Treemin," the beanpole auctioneer bellowed in his trademark baritone voice, "what a blessing to see you!"
That was a puzzlement. "Why wouldn't I be here, Terry? I wouldn't let a hundred of the best bucking bulls on the planet go without watching them do their thing, would I?"
"No? B.J. called me, what, um, two days ago, I believe it was." He knew it was two days ago; if the bid caller's memory wasn't as eidetic as mine, it was close. "Said you'd had a family emergency and wouldn't be able to make it today."
"Hm." I thought as fast as I ever had, responding without any obvious hesitation. "Sounds like we got our wires crossed. Cell phones and emails and all that. High tech sucks." If my uncle hadn't already gone completely around the bend, he was heading for it, but I wasn't about to bring that up in this company. The anti high tech remark was calculated, too; Swanson Country Auctions lived on their electronic devices. That had given the upstart Terry Swanson, not even thirty yet and just six years in the business, the flying wedge that had grabbed a huge chunk of the high dollar ranch and rodeo auctions throughout Montana, Idaho, and a fair chunk of Utah.
His competitors hated the flashy former bull rider in the gold lamé hat and silver trimmed black Resistol hat. They hated him with a purple passion, which was just fine by me. The guy got the job done.
And he was a showman. "Come on, Tree," he said, six foot four and no more than 180 pounds of sheer enthusiasm. "You too, Judi. And the girls, of course." Not quite an eidetic memory, then; if a salesman of his stature had remembered Willow and Aspen by name, he would never have referred to them as simply the girls.
Just in case, hoping against hope despite B.J.'s weird call, Terry had made sure mounts were ready for all of us. We made quite a sight in our flashy blue and gold Rodeo Iron vests, leading the charge in the rodeo style Grand Entry to a rousing tune I was quite sure I'd never heard before. My horse was as big and black as I was, a tall Fresian gelding. I carried the nation's colors, Old Glory streaming as we all galloped into the huge arena, Judi riding at my left side with the state flag of Montana, mounted on a pure white half-Arabian mare. Behind me, eight year old Willow stormed right along on a full sized sorrel, holding a yellow flag with the Trace Ranch brand silk screened in purple–and not to be left out, six year old Aspen galloped just as strongly to her left, astride a brown and white pinto and also holding a flag she shouldn't have been strong enough to handle, the Rodeo Iron logo in gold on a blue field.
Damn, we were something!
That is, we were something when you added in the hundred-plus riders behind us, cowboys and cowgirls and stock contractors from throughout the mountain states. Merely fitting us all into the arena was a feat in itself, made possible only by the combination of the remodeled Metra's size and Swanson's flowing Grand Entry choreography. Okay, so it didn't hurt that he'd known he could show me a computerized sketch of the pattern he wanted me to follow and then count on my memory allowing me to execute the maneuver perfectly with no rehearsal, but in fact, this bit of marketing brilliance had been Terry Swanson's idea all the way: Require every cowboy entered in today's bull riding to fork a steed in the Grand Entry, plenty of extra mounts being rounded up from a variety of sources, with any rider who brought his own saddle animal getting a vote of appreciation. Even the stock contractors who'd be bidding on the bulls were required to supply a couple of riders for the event, which maybe irritated them some, but they did it.
Damn, we were something!
The auctioneer's ideas regarding showmanship were hardly original, but the man definitely knew how to put together a package from tried and true concepts and field a production that made the Trace Ranch Closeout Bull Sale a celebration. The PRCA had refused to sanction the event, but that hadn't bothered him (or me) one little bit. We'd simply put up a hundred thousand dollar purse, charged every cowboy entering a hundred dollar entry fee, told everybody we'd be paying out on the top ten rides because of the high number of bulls in the contest, and only the first 100 non-PRCA cowboys to call in would be able to enter–although later callers would be put on a backup list in case of no-shows.
Within 48 hours of posting the announcement via email blast, Swanson had filled the roster with 100 riders and forty-three backup cowboys eager to straddle a top ox if somebody would just drop out.
Only two riders had, one for an unknown reason and the other because his wife had gone into labor six hours before the show.
"It didn't hurt," Terry told me as we took our places in the announcer's box, the very best place to watch the action, "that I was able to round up a few sponsors."
"Few, meaning?" Judi inquired, more than curious.
"Dozen or so. We've got gold plated buckles for every contestant who places, solid gold for the champion. Just like the PRCA World Champions. And another half million in prize money. Not to bore you with the formula, but today's first place winner will be taking home a bit more than a hundred and fifty grand in cold hard cash."
We were still gaping when the first bull left the chute. Number 306, also known as Pill Popper, a brockle faced brindle with Hereford and Brahma and only Jennifer's meticulously kept records knew what else in his bloodline. Who was on him, I had no idea, but he wasn't on him for long, and Swanson was aggressively calling for bids from the buying audience before the bovine reached the catch pen. He had ring men everywhere, at least half a dozen of them, all wearing silver shirts as bright as his own gold colored one. They were just as good at snagging bids and joshing the stock contractors into bidding more than they meant to bid, too; Popper was sold for $23,000–no odd numbers, just round thousands–before I could blink.
And so the day went, a perfect almost-autumn day at that. Judi would later inform me that on average, with the top drawer stock handlers and judges and clowns Swanson had retained, a bull exited the chute, bucked off his rider in most cases, and was sold every three minutes, give or take. How the men working the pens kept the identity of the bulls straight as they ran through the process, I had no idea, but they did one hell of a fine job. Ranch raised or not, I wouldn't have cared to tackle it.
Idaho's Brady Cogswell won the bull riding on one of Jennifer's favorites, Moonshot. The big Charolais had power, speed, and enough intelligence to turn away from a rider whose weight shifted from the middle. In fact, Moonshot had been to the National Finals twice and considered for the Bucking Bull of the Year title both times. Though no Bodacious (who was?), he was definitely a good one, young enough to sire a bunch of little Moonshots and maybe even have another shot at the title before he retired.
One of only five riders to last the full eight seconds, Cogswell earned every penny of his 94 score, his $150,000 in winnings, and his gold buckle. Oklahoma's up-and-coming stock contractor, Tandem Rodeo, bought the beast for a whopping $350,000.
Right after that ride, we had a moment's reprieve between bulls, giving me a chance to ask Judi, "Who the heck is Brady Cogswell? And why isn't he working the pro circuit?"
"He did, for a while," she explained. "Story goes, he got into it with the PRCA. Cowboy politics. Told 'em to stuff their Association where the sun don't shine and stuck closer to home after that. He's got a ranch, 300 head or so, I believe."
During the intermission, we crammed down hot dogs with sauerkraut and chips, washed down with Coke and/or Dr. Pepper, but aside from that and a couple of quick trips to the restrooms, we never left the announcer's stand. These bulls had been the cream of the crop, the heart and soul of the rodeo ranch operation run by Sam and Jennifer Trace prior to Sam's murder. With Jennifer gone, too, this would be the first, last, and only time we'd get to see the fruits of their labor, decades of careful breeding, not down the drain but scattered throughout the rodeo world.
Several times, auctioneer Swanson reminded us of that, pointing out to the crowd that this was the real Sam and Jennifer Trace Memorial. Every time he did, I had to fight back tears. I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only one.
Seed, Beets, and Jordan Phreeb were ever close by. I thought the former Marine sergeant probably watched the bulls more than he did our backs, but I was fine with that. The man worked his butt off on our behalf, 24/7, 365. He deserved a break. Besides, neither Kirk nor Robertson cared one whit about rodeo; both former assassins kept their eyes roving, watching for possible threats we might have missed. Nobody was going to get past those guys without being spotted.
Sunset. We eased our mini-convoy out of Billings, headed west, right into the blinding rays, unwilling to wait any longer. The bull sale was over. I'd been besieged by well wishers, some of whom simply wanted to express condolences at Jennifer Trace's untimely demise, most of whom empathized with me having to let go of an incredible bunch of bucking stock like that. With me tied up, it had fallen to Judi to go over the final numbers with Terry Swanson and his clerks so that we were all on the same page.
Bottom line, the hundred bulls had averaged a price of $43,000 and change. A gross take, then, of four million, three hundred thousand dollars. According to our contract, Terry Swanson could have taken a quarter of the total, but he'd voluntarily put a million dollar cap on his own earnings. I'd never heard of another auctioneer doing anything like that, but Swanson Country Auctions produced a fair number of million dollar days in a given year. Whatever he was doing, it was working.
So, we were looking at a $3,300,000 payday. Before taxes, of course.
And we needed the cash infusion. Even during the high-tension years of the Heartbite War, Rodeo Iron had somehow continued to expand.
No. Not somehow. We'd expanded because of B.J. Hennessey's sales brilliance. We were known throughout the mountain states, with one or more franchises in eight of the eleven, excluding only California (terrible business climate, lousy liberal politics), New Mexico (just hadn't happened yet), and Oregon (long story, don't ask). Our gross sales were running in the millions and showed no sign of slowing down any time soon.
But the War had drained us something fierce. Stealth vehicles, state of the art drone systems, staff to manage the citadel security center, fencing, weaponry, none of this came cheap.
Thanks to the brilliance of Terry Swanson, auctioneer showman extraordinaire, we'd be okay for a while now. Financially, at least.
Family-wise…that was another matter. Judi's cell phone rang. She spoke little, listened a lot, signed off and brought me up to date. "That was Jordan. His son just called him from the citadel. The drones caught B.J. on camera, coming back home. He let himself in through the gate, left the gate swinging wide open, and drove on up to his own place. The boy asked Jordan if he should go close the gate, but the sergeant wanted to check with you first."
It didn't take any time to answer that. "No. Call Jordan back, tell him to have his son stay locked down where he is, just keep monitoring everything. Nobody else seems to be around, and we'll be there before daylight."
Uncle, I thought, what's up with you? Certainly, something was way out of whack. It occurred to me that before I met privately with the big man, I'd best upgrade my small-of-the-back weapon to something heavier than a .22. I didn't want to have to shoot my own kin, the man who'd taken me in during my rebellious teen years, given me my real start in life, mentored me from A to Z. Heck, he'd even been the real force behind Rodeo Iron for years, at least when it came to expansion and outselling the competition, year in, year out.
No, I didn't want to shoot him, but if he snapped, I knew I'd do it. According to Judi, some of his recent remarks could only be interpreted as threats. Nobody, not even the uncle who'd fought at my side more times than I could count, could be allowed to threaten my family–and I certainly couldn't whip the giant in a fair fight.
It would take some doing, though, if I ended up having to call my mother to tell her I'd had to cap her kid brother and apply the shoot, shovel, and shut up principle. Hi, Mom. Your bro went nuts so I filled him full of lead. Hope to see you for Thanksgiving. Have a nice day!
I thought about that all the way to Livingston before calling the woman who'd given me birth. That is, Judi was driving, the kids were sound asleep in the back seat, and I was reaching for my flip phone when it rang, making me jump just about out of my skin. "Treemin?" Her voice sounded calm, too calm.
"Yo, Mom. I was just about to call you. Only hesitated because it's the middle of the night."
"Yeah. Me too. About that, are you going to be home in the morning?"
"Um…" Something was up. "Yeah. Why?"
"I'm spending the night at a motel in Missoula. B.J.'s been calling me, sounding…." Her voice trailed off.
"Batsh*t crazy?"
I'd swear the sigh I heard was one of relief. "So it's not just me?"
"Not hardly, Mom. Details later, but…you're coming up to our place?"
"Definitely. If you're going to be there, yes. Oh, and Charlie is along for the ride."
Whoa. "Charlie's a good guy," I agreed. "He can reason with the big man if nobody else can."
The rest was small talk. When I closed the phone, Judi asked, "Who's Charlie?"
"Mom's way of saying she's not sure she might not have to shoot her brother. She used to be a cop, and for whatever reason, she got into the habit of naming her guns. The carry pieces, anyway."
"So…Charlie is a gun?" That didn't sound odd to my wife; ever since surviving the attack by her ex, armed with nothing but a plate of breakfast against his .41 Magnum, she's had a close personal relationship with her own firearms.
"Not just a gun, honey." I stretched, cracking my knuckles. "Charlie is the gun. Charlie is a .44 Magnum Super Redhawk revolver, stainless steel with a six inch barrel. Dirty Harry type of gun."
"Which means…."
"I'm pretty sure you know already," I told her, "but yeah. It means Louella Jackson is not one hundred percent sure she won't have to gun down her own sibling. Charlie is a bull elephant stopper, but he's heavy as sin and big enough to drag down her shoulder bag pretty hard. She doesn't pack Charlie unless she figures she may really need him."
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Step away from the raspberry ripple! If your ice cream isn't weird and wacky, then it's just not cool.
Chef Ferran Adria kick-started the trend with parmesan ice cream at his gourmet restaurant El Bulli in Spain. Now Heston Blumenthal's mustard ice cream is sold at Waitrose, along with chocolate and rosemary.
All sorts of strange flavours are appearing on menus. At Pollen Street Social in Mayfair, you'll find beetroot or crab sorbet. At his eponymous restaurant, Tom Aikens has goats' curd ice cream.
Culinary trend: If your ice cream isn't weird and wacky, then it's just not cool
'Two years ago, people raised their eyebrows at our sea-salted caramel ice cream,' says Ahrash Akbari-Kalhur of experimental ice cream firm Chin Chin Labs.
'Now we sell grilled sweetcorn ice cream and cigar-smoked caramel. People want the bragging rights to say they've tried it. The most important thing is they taste great. Our sales are up 60 per cent on last year, despite the weather.'
They have launched grass, strawberry and hay flavours for Wimbledon. Sheffield-based ice cream wizard Yee Kwan sells parsnip and wasabi or smoked olive oil and black pepper ice creams at restaurants across the country and Harvey Nichols (5.95 for 500ml). Ice-cream supremo Matt O'Connor has come up with a recipe that's not for the faint-hearted: breast milk and absinthe.
Experimental ice cream firm Chin Chin Labs sells grilled sweetcorn ice cream and cigar-smoked caramel
If you want to try your hand at home-made ice cream, try Matt's new book, The Icecreamists: Vice Creams, Ice Cream Recipes & Other Guilty Pleasures. Patriotic coronation chicken ice cream made by Italian restaurant Gelupo in Soho for the Jubilee sounds terrible, but tastes lovely.
'When our chef Jacob Kenedy and I tried it, we started giggling,' say general manager Alec Paterson. 'It shouldn't work, but it does.' Selfridges are about to stock it. In Gelupo's sister restaurant, Bocca Di Lupo, sanguinaccio ice cream is often on the menu: it's made with pig's blood and chocolate. 'We're working on a basil and olive oil ice cream that is stunning,' says Paterson.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Cassius and Ceraunus Blue Butterfly Eggs and Caterpillars; How to Find Them in Your Yard
Continuing to answer the question about finding eggs and caterpillars in one's yard, we move to Cassius Blue and Ceraunus Blue butterflies. Both are beautiful little butterflies. The males are brilliant blue on the inside of their wings. The females have less blue.
Ceraunus Blue butterfly, first photo. Cassius Blue butterfly, second photo.
Marc and Maria Minno, in their book Florida Butterfly Gardening, share a tip to find these caterpillars. Simply gather flower buds of their host plants, place the buds in a plastic container, and check for frass (caterpillar excrement) the next day. If there is frass, there is a caterpillar!
Eggs of the Ceraunus Blue butterfly are pale blue and will be found on Hairy Indigo and other Indigofera sp plants. Eggs of the Cassius Blue butterfly are cream/white and will be found on the flower buds of Leadwort (Plumbago sp) plants.
The green caterpillar blends in with the flower buds so well that it is nearly impossible to see these tiny caterpillars. Fully grown and ready to pupate, they may be as large as one inch long. An intense study of the flower buds can still fail to reveal the caterpillar.
Once flower buds of the host plant are placed into a plastic container, wait one day. If frass is evident the next day, you know a caterpillar is also in the container.
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[This is a review of American Horror Story: Coven episode 6. There will be SPOILERS.]
From the very first moment that Danny Huston's distinct vocal cadence emerges, it's clear that, if for no other reason than his welcome appearance, 'The Axeman Cometh' was going to be a slightly different episode of American Horror Story: Coven.
It's not at all rare for this show to parachute in a new character this far into the season just to see where he or she lands and what kind of havoc can be wrought upon arrival. So, with the introduction of the titular Axeman – played here by the man who made Magic City more watchable than perhaps it deserved to be – there's a sense that Huston will be around for a bit longer than his introductory cold open at the beginning of the episode.
That open, of course, is also part and parcel for American Horror Story, in that the show loves to put its audience in an unfamiliar setting right off the bat, where the only frame of reference is the title card – in this case, New Orleans 1919.
That's not a time period Coven has visited before this season, so even though the actual location is familiar to the audience and relevant to the storyline (it's not like the Axeman was terrorizing Sheboygan or anything), the feeling of disorientation, mixed with the sense of unease and apprehension Huston is so gifted at bringing into a scene, affords the episode a chance to briefly explore the narrative of Coven from a different perspective.
The fact that Huston's character is a serial killer who has paralyzed the city with fear and made them do his bidding with regard to his fanatical love for jazz (the word, by the way, sounds like something else entirely when delivered by Huston), gives his final moments a certain weight when it's the women of Miss Robichaux's Academy – Class of 1919 – who put a bloody end to the Axeman's reign of terror.
But while Huston brought the episode loads of menace and plenty of teeth marks on the scenery, the addition of the Axeman actually helped give the episode more of a sense of cohesiveness than last week's busy and somewhat discordant 'Burn, Witch. Burn!' – which ran the gamut from Zoe's Bruce Campbell-like stand against a horde of zombies; Fiona on a hallucinatory trip through a terrifying hospital (complete with an appearance by Boardwalk Empire's Meg Steedle!); and then wrapping the whole thing up with Myrtle being burned at the stake.
But that's not to say 'The Axeman Cometh' was a slouch, either. The episode still managed to reveal Hank as a witch hunter, while also bringing Frankenkyle and Madison back into the fold – though it feels like not venturing off into a brief Frankenkyle-centric subplot where he angrily wanders the streets of New Orleans in search of Misty Day is a missed opportunity for hilarity – while still centering the main narrative on the witches (or the increasing lack thereof) at the Academy and having a more focused feel overall.
And, as an added bonus, the Axeman looks like he'll be sticking around for at least one more episode, as he takes his newly reacquired corporeal form out for a drink and happens to wander across a lonely Fiona drowning her sorrows in a martini glass. Call me old-fashioned, but I'm really pulling for those two crazy kids to make it.
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There has always been an undercurrent to the Ted Cruz narrative that bothers me. I think it is my skepticism regarding religious men who mask their religiosity behind political rhetoric. Cruz does this well. I know Cruz is a religious man. His father is a pastor and often refers to his son in overtly religious terms. The most troubling is Ted Cruz as an anointed end times leader, who will transfer wealth to the righteous (Video). America does not need an apocalyptic end times religious fanatic in a position of power. We can already see the results of allowing him in the Senate.
Cruz is a man on a mission from God, and not in a Blues Brothers kind of way. He means to push his agenda down our (and I mean everyone here) throats. We should fear him and fight him and his cause at every opportunity.
Jarret Ruminski wrote on this in Salon.
Cruz's White House run is disturbing, and not just because it involves Ted Cruz. Rather, he embodies the modern conservative propensity toward a fundamentalist American civil religion and its attendant, overly simplistic myths.
Part of the fight involves an uncomfortable narrative. America is not the shiny city on a hill. We are a powerful nation for sure, but in may respects, we are a nation in trouble. We don't live as long as other developed nations, we kill each other with abandon, we imprison way to many people, our education system is in trouble so our kids will find it hard to compete, plus, we live with a declining manufacturing base, which kills our middle class and pushes people into long-term service sector jobs. There is nothing moral about America. Moral nations are a myth. Cruz would feed us the theory of American exceptionalism as if it were inscribed in the bible by the hand of God. It is the path to ruin.


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It's true. It's that time of year again. You know, the time to sing "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (oh, Brenda Lee), the time to watch Elf (one of my personal favorites) and the time to sip a Bailey's hot chocolate. The holidays are in full effect, people.
And that means, it's time to reveal the first of the 2010 Christmas sugar cookies.
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This special medallion cookie focuses on the big guy's famous mid-section. Or, if you prefer, you can look at it as an ode to today's Christmas icon.
Wouldn't these be a cute cookie to leave out for Santa on Christmas Eve?
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Today I get a surprise Christmas present from the other side of the world Mexico, from my dear friend Jose Ramon. With my name on it and full of delicious Mexican candy and our sweet photos from Venice.
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Here's what our clients say about working with us:
Sharon designed our gorgeous new kitchen and we couldn't be happier with the result! Before the renovations we had an awkwardly laid out space with a cooktop that took up an entire island and left no workspace, and the only place to eat was a tiny counter with 2 stools. To top it off it had the world's tiniest oven and probably less storage space than we had in our small NYC apartment.
We dreamed of a true eat-in kitchen for our soon to be family of 4, but every designer we met with before Sharon told us it either wasn't possible or we would have to sacrifice a pantry. In stepped the remarkably talented Sharon who created space for a 6-seater banquette and turned the existing powder room in our kitchen into a walk-in pantry (and made the closet in our foyer into a beautiful new powder room and built a new coat closet in the foyer).
She helped us pick out a unique glass tile backsplash feature and guided us through appliance selections and all the details down to a custom bulletin board. Our kitchen is so functional (we love our pull out drawer for dishes that lets our 3 year old help unload the dishwasher and set the table!) and it is truly our favorite place in our new house. After the kids are in bed I often come down to the kitchen to sit for a minute of quiet and I still think "wow" when I look around.
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Sharon Sherman of Thyme & Place Design delivers the wow factor in so many ways, it's hard to know where to begin. After dreaming of a kitchen renovation for five years – and generating some pretty high expectations – we contracted Sharon to handle the project and were consistently impressed as she and her crew handled all aspects of the design, planning, and construction.
Sharon didn't just design us a beautiful kitchen (and it is!), she reimagined our space to make it work immeasurably better for us. A brilliant space planner, Sharon came up with all kinds of clever ideas for the new kitchen and effective solutions to problems we'd dealt with in the old one. And though it goes without saying, she has superb taste and is a consummate design pro. So with a Thyme & Place kitchen you get gorgeous form as well as ingenious function.
Of course, it would all be for nought without great execution – and the Thyme & Place team excels there too. Sharon's crew was outstanding. The high level of planning detail and prompt communication kept us always feeling that we knew what would be happening and when. We quickly came to completely trust all involved, and were always impressed by the crew's professionalism and courtesy, as well as their respect for our home and our community's work rules. We also benefited from Sharon's relationships with suppliers, getting competitive prices on very high quality materials, and have enjoyed an excellent experience working with Thyme & Place's helpful and responsive interior design associate, Chelsea Novakoski.
So you could hire a designer and a contractor and a plumber and an electrician and a decorator and find vendors for cabinetry and countertops and flooring and tile and everything else… (the list goes on and on) …but why would you? You can just hire Sharon and get the absolute best of everything with a single point of contact. That's what we did and we couldn't be happier.
John W.
Kitchen, Edgewater, NJ
March 27, 2017
Finally found a truly exceptional, talented professional
Initially met Thyme & Place Design Principal, Sharon Sherman at a Designer Showcase Home, where we were impressed with her work on a guest bathroom. We immediately hired Thyme & Place Design to handle the design of our Master Bathroom, which we planned to gut renovate.
Ms. Sherman's laid out so many magnificent design ideas that we expanded the scope of her company's assignment to include the full gut renovation of 2 full baths & 1 half bath, in addition to the full gut renovation of our kitchen. Needless to say, Ms. Sherman has transformed our 1975 ranch into our own 'Architectural Digest Designer Showcase Home'.
After renovating four previous residences, we have finally found a truly exceptional, talented professional!!
Mandy P.
Kitchen, 2 Baths, 1 Half Bath
March 11, 2017
Thrilled with the design
Sharon and her team did a great job on our kitchen renovation. Sharon was a good listener, with her design responsive to our wish list, while at the same time guiding us with her experience. Ours was a complete renovation down to the studs, including removal of existing walls to create an open concept. We were thrilled with the design and the finished product. We recommend her and her team without reservation.
February 18, 2017
Drastically Reduced Our Anxiety
Thank you so much for helping us put our kitchen together. We felt so much more comfortable working with someone we trust. It was fun to get a glimpse into your world and business outside of swimming. Working with you also drastically reduced our anxiety in this area since we have so little experience in it. We really appreciate everything you did for us.
Emily & Kyle
February 14, 2017
Absolutely fabulous job
Sharon and the team at Thyme & Place design did an absolutely fabulous job helping us design and execute a full renovation of our master bath. Sharon was excellent at helping us with every step of the process, from layout and design to picking out the perfect tile, tub, vanity, etc. She introduced us to an unbelievable contractor and then worked seemlessly with him to make sure everything was on time and on budget. We can wait to have another project to work on with Sharon and her team.
Drew L.
Master Bath
February 2, 2017
Couldn't be happier with the final product
Going into this project we were overwhelmed with all of the options and possibilities available when designing a kitchen. Sharon worked with us every step of the way to realize the kitchen we've always wanted and made the whole process enjoyable. Her expertise and eye for design are invaluable. We couldn't be happier with the final product and can't wait to work with her on our next renovation.
Kyle S.
January 10, 2017
Came out better than we had hoped
My wife and I wanted to completely make over our family room as it is where we spend the most time. After having several discussions with Sharon, she came up with a great design that totally matched what was in my head. Like in any project, some aspects of the design were difficult to visualize and we would default to Sharon's suggestion. She really nailed it – the room came out even better than we had hoped and friends and family have all been effusive in their praise. We will definitely consult Sharon before we do anything else in our house.
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December 3, 2016
Very Happy
We hired Sharon and Randy to update 2 bathrooms, entry way and our basement. Project turned out great and finished on time. Both communicated throughout the project, and post-project, and we're very happy with how it turned out.
2 Baths, Entry, Basement
December 1, 2016
Creative planning and space design
It has been a pleasure to work with Sharon Sherman of Thyme and Place Designs. After our first kitchen remodel we called upon her expertise again after moving to our present home which involved a bathroom remodel, as well as major construction changes. Twice, we have benefited by her creative planning and space design. She listened to our needs and executed a design plan which we thoroughly enjoy everyday. The project came in on time and budget. She is easily reachable, her office staff is knowledgeable, courteous and pleasant.
I do not intend another move but there is no one other than Thyme and Place Design I would call upon again if that were the case.
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June 12, 2015
I recommend her highly
Sharon did all 4 of my bathrooms and kitchen. She worked very well with my architect and builder to make sure I had a spectacular outcome. Which is exactly what happened. People love my kitchen and baths. They are timeless. They are also original enough that they seem totally new. I am often asked to put my house on tours to show off what Sharon has done. In fact, Sharon won an award for my kitchen from Viking Appliances. Sharon has been in this business for well over 20 years. I recommend her HIGHLY!
Kitchen, 4 Baths
June 12, 2015
The consummate professional
It has always been a pleasure working with Sharon. She is the consummate professional who pays attention to the client's needs and preferences while providing valuable creative input. We worked together on both a kitchen (which I still love after 12 years) and the ultimate "Big Boy Playroom" which has been the best investment of our lives. Hope to work with her again when I "sell" the master bedroom renovation to the "Boss".
Kitchen, Den
June 12, 2015
Elegance, function, and technology
We utilized Thyme & Place Design to design a Master Bedroom inclusive of a Master Bath and "Mom Cave", to design a secondary full bath, to design and furnish a home office, and to design and furnish a family room. Sharon and team were always ready, willing, and able to meet and exceed our expectations. She listened to our desires and interests to produce completed projects that incorporated elegance, function, and technology with an appreciation for the environment. Before you go see an architect, I recommend that you arrange to meet with Sharon first.
Master Bed and Bath, Mom Cave, Home Office, Family Room
June 12, 2015
Truly exceeded our expectations
We have used Thyme and Place Design for two full bathroom renovations and couldn't be more pleased. Sharon is a true professional. She guided us through the process, worked with us to come up with designs that met our needs, and her staff was exceptional. All of the contractors were extremely courteous, reliable, and always left the space as neat as possible. Both of our projects were completed ahead of schedule and truly exceeded our expectations. We highly recommend Thyme and Place Design!
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Oh hell's bells. I've only read the press release and already my head is aching. Sony and the World Photo Organisation have just announced that they're adding three new categories to the 2012 World Photography Awards. And the reason for my headache? No, it's not because the list of categories is already breathtakingly long; it's because the three new ones are all in, heaven help us, 3D.
There are two 3D photography categories: panoramic and still – the themes of which can be anything that catches the photographer's imagination. Then there's a 3D video category. Again, whatever floats your boat can be the subject. Whichever category you enter, though, your submission must've been shot in 2011 and on a camera or video camera that uses 'true 3D technology'.
The deadline for entries is 4 January 2012, and as with the rest of the awards, winners will be announced at a swanky ceremony in London next April.
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Club: San Jose Earthquakes
Head Coach: Frank Yallop
Last Year's Finish: 12-8-10 6th Place in the West/8th Overall
It was a rocky season with the Earthquakes last year but it did end in a positive way. After being down a goal on aggregate against the Red Bulls, they surprised many by scoring two to lead the second leg. And they thought there would be overtime when Juan Pablo Angel equalized, yet Chris Wondolowski got the winner after it. It was a breakthrough season for Wondolowski as he scored eighteen, while Bobby Convey also had a good comeback season with ten assists. But once again this side is going to have to re-prove itself to the rest of the league again as the roster has been tinkered. Can these two do it again in the 2011 season?
They finally solved their goalkeeper problem as Jon Busch finally got the starting spot from Joe Cannon, the little keeper who always found a way to keep his club in the match or hold on to a lead. So with that being said, can the Quakes have another strong season where they barely get the wild card spot, or can they find a way to make a dent into the playoffs knocking off the Galaxy, Sounders, Real Salt Lake or the Rapids? Frank Yallop didn't really lose much this season, but he did pick up some good players.
Key Roster Additions: Steven Lenhart was brought in from Columbus Crew. Currently he is injured after going through surgery to repair a slight tear in his right meniscus. But when he is healthy, Lenhart is a hard working forward that will be a terror around the net. He is also good for a last minute tally either for a win or coming back from behind for a draw. Of course, winning in the University of Akron Super Draft sweepstakes by drafting midfielder Anthony Ampaipitakwong (say that name five times fast) will help shore up the midfield and depth.
Key Roster Losses: Former two time Quakes keeper Joe Cannon has been picked up by expansion side Vancouver Whitecaps. To be honest it's not much of a loss as Jon Busch successfully won the job away from him and hopefully for Joe he can have some success in Western Canada. Arturo Alvarez was picked up by Real Salt Lake and the pesky midfielder looks like he will be a better fit for the Utah club, but this isn't a big loss for the Quakes either.
Players to Watch: The top two to really watch out for will be Chris Wondolowski and Bobby Convey. For Convey his bounce back year was big after being away in Europe for so long and those two playoff goals against the Red Bulls showed tons of positives. For Wondolowski his coming out party as a top striker finally showed, but the big fear is that no one wants to see him regress. If he can continue to score goals and gets close to his totals from last year, the Quakes have a good chance to make the top three permanent playoff spots in the West instead of praying for a Wild Card spot like last year.
Also watch out for the return of Ike Opara. Started ten of his first eleven matches on the back line and scored three goals before his season was cut short due to an injury. He is going to be one of the top center backs in this league and he has plenty of upside that will help out the defense including clearing some dangerous balls from in front of Jon Busch
2011 Prediction: Just as was said, if those players can continue what they were doing last year and the supporting cast can give a hand as well, then the Quakes can contend for one of those three permanent spots for the playoffs. Any hint of regression and they could be floundering for a Wild Card spot or even worse, they could miss the playoffs. If the best in the west smell blood in the water, they will punish the Quakes severely. I say the Quakes will make the playoffs.


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We believe that only professional plumbers should work on your plumbing system. They are trained, skilled, experienced and licensed to fix any type of problem that involves your pipelines, drainage system, fixtures and plumbing appliances. They are equipped with the right tools that allow them to get you through annoying and expensive plumbing emergencies. However, we cannot disregard the fact that there are also a lot of people who are into DIY plumbing. If you are one of them, here are a number of valuable tips you can use.
1. When unclogging a sink, you must remember to plunge the water first prior to detaching the trap. Otherwise, you just might get sprayed with dirty water and the work area will be messy! Plunging the sink will push the water out of the trap so the latter won't spill out.
2. If you have a double-sink and one of the wash basins get clogged, you must plug the other basin with an old cloth or a rag. Doing so will avoid sewage from backing out of the pipe that's not clogged.
3. If your toilet has a weak flush, fill a bucket with water and use it to get rid of the waste. Pouring two buckets of water should be enough to flush the waste.
4. A clogged toilet can be repaired with the use of a plunger. Make sure that you get the right plunger for the job as there's also another one meant for sink and floor drains. If the plunger won't work, use a plumbing snake.
5. There are times when your kid drops his toy in the toilet. You won't have to remove the fixture from its place right away. Try hooking the object out with the use of a wire hanger. Just be careful so you won't scratch the toilet. When this method fails, also try using a wet / dry vacuum to suck out the object inside.
6. If your stainless kitchen sink produces a gong-like sound when you use it, you can deaden the noise by installing a pad underneath it. If you have a double sink, you may also fill the space between the two wash basins with expanding foam.
7. To help your water heater reach maximum efficiency, insulate its water supply lines and the tank. This should ensure that water is kept warm until it reaches your fixture.
8. Hot water causes copper pipelines to expand thus making them grind against each other or against joists and pipe hangers. To solve this problem, just wrap the copper pipes with adhesive-backed felt.
9. When fixing garbage disposals, make sure that they are switched off and that the circuit breaker or electrical panel is turned off, too. Doing so will avoid electrocution and other electricity-related accidents.
10. When unclogging pipes and fixtures, never ever use cleaning agents that contain harsh chemicals. They will surely get rid of the clog but they'll also damage the pipes in the long run.
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Invisible Fence* Conspiracy
This reader question is a real mystery? I suspect it is just a coincidence, but would love to hear a good explanation that is a bit more satisfying.
Have you ever heard of a dog who has escaped his invisible fence perimeter and triggered a car alarm? Last summer, I was visiting my parents. Their neighbors have an invisible fence installed (don't know which brand). One night, there were severe thunderstorms and heavy rain. The thunder claps spooked the dog in his dog house and he left his perimeter to come onto my parents porch. Later, my car alarm began activating even though my car was not armed at the time!
It continued to activate at random intervals all night. Eventually, I ended up sleeping in the vehicle just so it wouldn't bother anyone. Here is what I know: 1) It wasn't the impact of thunder that was activating it–as I said, it wasn't even alarmed at the time. 2) This reaction had never happened before this instance, and has never happened since. 3) I suppose the heavy rain may have had something to do with it, but the car has been in several heavy rains before. I am left to think it must have had something to do with the dog's collar and the frequency of my alarm.
I Googled it, but couldn't retrieve anything, leaving me to think I must be crazy. Any insight would be appreciated.
I have never heard anything like that happening before. Sounds like a good puzzle for "Car Talk." It would surprise me if it were the dog's collar, because the collars are receivers, they don't transmit any signals they can only receive. (for more details on how a dog fence system works, see here) But I guess it may somehow set off the proximity alarm on the car?
In any case if any readers have any good ideas, I would love to hear them.
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Old Funnel Pendants
We make a variety of these re-purposed funnels, from giant copper to mini galvanized, with canopies to match. They can come with a range of cords, from old cloth style, to heavy industrial black plastic. Great for rustic or modern farm house feel. (You can also bring us your old funnels and we can make them in to lights for you!)
All new porcelain socket (up to 100-watts) and UL wiring.
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Welcome to The Growler Cooler Company (Est. 2010).
Our company specializes in 3 different style Growler bags that will carry your 1/2 gallon (64oz) Standard Brown or Clear growlers. (German Growlers with the metal handle will not fit in these bags). All of our cooler bags will keep your beer cold, and shield it from the harmful sunlight, which we all know will destroy the quality of your handcrafted beer. Protect your beer, it's worth it!
We have started this business, because we found a need for the growler cooler bags. As beer enthusiasts we love our hand crafted beers! We are lifetime members at six Microbreweries/Brewpubs here in Michigan. We've have visited over 250 microbreweries. Some of the states we have visited include, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Florida and Indiana, and we know the need for these cooler bags for the protection of your growlers from brewery to home or for that special event. You Save When You Buy Directly Through Us!
Our Growler Bags make great gifts for any occasion!
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Monday, January 30, 2012
Gehrig's Party
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Pinewood Derby!
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Wands and Words
The kids have been on a roll with their funny little anecdotes.
Briggs came home and very solemnly told me that his teacher might be gone for a little while because her mother is in the hospital and probably going to "kick the bucket". I'm pretty sure I choked on what I was eating at the moment, then I collected myself and asked him if that is the way his teacher explained it. No, that was just him paraphrasing. I then had to explain to him what a euphemism was. Luckily his teacher adores Briggs, so even if he had asked her if her mother had kicked the bucket, she probably would have laughed.
After school, Ty yelled to me from the toilet, "Mommy! Today was a rip off! We didn't get to go to the computer lab!" It was obviously very important to him and needed to be shared RIGHT NOW!
Later after dinner while he was picking out jelly beans he says, "I like the color hot pink. There. I said it. I like pink!" Of course, this was said as if he was saying, "You got a problem with it!?" all the while bobbing his head and rolling his eyes.
Last Saturday we took the kids to the governor's mansion in Sacramento. At the beginning of the tour, the guide was telling us about the original owner who built the mansion. He was explaining that the man, through hard work, had amassed a large amount of wealth. Therefore he wanted to build a house that would show off his new social status. To which Ty replied under his breath, but so everyone on the tour could hear, "That would be bragging." Out of the mouths of babes.