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Robert O. Rouse (1842-1908)
In 1903, Confederate veteran Robert O. Rouse, of Ray's Mill, GA, wrote to Pension Commissioner J. W. Lindsey, for help with his Confederate Pension application. In the Civil War, Rouse fought with the 50th Georgia Regiment, Company I, the Berrien Light Infantry. Rouse was horribly wounded in combat, captured by federal forces and held as a prisoner of war at Rock Island, MD. Despite his service and sacrifice, his pension application was denied by Georgia authorities.
Rays Mill, Berrien County, GA
March 24, 1903
Hon J W Lindsy
will you plese let me now all about my pension. I weant of in war and stade till hit stopt in Macon Ga at Lee SoRender. i was shot and not abel to work. plese help me in need i have lade on fros ind land til my life is short or me excuse bad riten.
Robert Rouse
Rays Mill Ga
Robert O. Rouse, a son of Alfred Rouse and Elizabeth J. "Betty" Dixon, was born in Duplin County, NC and came to Berrien County, GA at a young age. His grave marker at Empire Cemetery, near Ray City, gives his birth date as November 1, 1842, but his 1903 application for a Confederate Pension states he was born March 2, 1843.
Robert's father, Alfred Rouse, died about 1848 or 1849; the estate of Alfred Rouse was probated in Duplin County, NC in 1849. Nine-year-old Robert was enumerated on August 8, 1850 in his widowed mother's household in the south district of Duplin County, NC. His siblings were enumerated as David W. Rouse (age 10), Mary S. Rouse (8), Bryan J. Rouse (7), Sarah J. Rouse (6), and Barbara C. Rouse (6).
In the 1850s, Robert O. Rouse came with some of his Dixon relatives to settle a few miles east of present day Ray City GA. According to Wiregrass historian Folks Huxford , about that time a number of families "moved to what was then Lowndes County…from their home community in Duplin County, N. C. Among these families were those of William J. Lamb, James Carroll, Jesse Carroll, William Godfrey, Andrew J. Liles, William Best, James W. Dixon and others. These all settled in or around the village then called Alapaha but now named Lakeland, Lanier County." In 1850, James Dobson moved his family and slaves from Duplin County, NC to Lowndes (now Berrien) County, GA, settling on land lot 333 of the 10th District, just west of Ten Mile Creek in what is now Lanier County; Peter McGowan and Richard McGowan are believed to be two of the slaves Dobson brought from North Carolina. William Hill Boyett, John Bostick, Treasy Boyett Bostick and Mary C. Bostick came from Duplin to Berrien in the mid-century, and A few years later, Jessie Bostick also removed from Duplin County to the area. James M. and Martha Gordon Sloan made their way From Duplin, NC to Berrien in 1874, via Mississippi and Echols County, GA.
The census of 1860 places Robert Rouse, enumerated as "Robert Rose," in Berrien County in the household of James W. Dixon. James Rouse was also residing in the Dixon household. James W. Dixon was a farmer and a neighbor of George A. Peeples, William J. Hill, James Patten and General Levi J. Knight.
When the Civil War broke out Robert Rouse joined a local militia unit, the Berrien Light Infantry, enlisting on April 1, 1862. He was officially mustered into Company I, 50th Georgia Volunteer Infantry on August 23, 1862 at Calhoun, GA. William H. Boyett, James I. G. Connell, William Evander Connell, J.W.T. Crum were other Berrien County men who mustered in to Company I, 50th GA Regiment on August 22-23.
Rouse and the other men were was sent to join the 50th Regiment which by then had been deployed to Richmond, VA. Among the men from the Ray City area serving with this unit were Green Bullard, Fisher J. Gaskins, Lemuel Elam Gaskins, Joseph Gaskins, John Jasper Cook and John Martin Griner.
Muster roles show Robert Rouse was present with his unit in Virginia by August 31, 1862. As the last weeks of summer slipped into fall the 50th Georgia Regiment fought through some of the bloodiest battles of the war. At Fox's Gap, South Mountain, MD on September 14, 1862 the 50th Georgia Regiment suffered a casualty rate of 86 percent. William Guthrie was one of six men of Company I (Berrien Light Infantry) killed that day. Another was mortally wounded and 4 more suffered non-fatal wounds. Lemuel Gaskins was wounded, captured and sent to Fort Delaware, MD as a POW. As terrible as the Confederate losses were at South Mountain, they were just a "bloody prelude" to the Battle of Antietam fought three days later September 17, 1862 at Sharpsburg,MD. Almost every surviving soldier in the 50th Regiment was wounded. On October 2, 1862 Rouse was sent to Winchester Hospital where thousands of Confederate wounded had been taken. Virtually the entire town of Winchester, VA was a hospital, with wounded laid up in every home.
Muster Rolls for January and February 1863 show Robert Rouse was absent "at hospital." On April 16, 1863 he was admitted to the General Hospital at Stanton, VA with pneumonia. In July, Rouse was at the 1st Division General Hospital, Camp Winder, Richmond VA.
By November 1863 Robert Rouse was recovered and was back fighting with the 50th Regiment in Tennessee when Confederate forces under the command of Major General James Longstreet attempted to dislodge the Union occupation of Knoxville. On the approach to Knoxville Rouse's unit saw relatively little action. But in the final days of November, the 50th Georgia participated in a disastrous assault on Fort Sanders, a part of the Union's ring of earthwork defenses around Knoxville. A week into the siege of Knoxville, the Confederates determined Fort Sanders was the most vulnerable point of attack. In reality, Union engineers had employed supreme effort and ingenuity in fortifying Fort Sanders.
The Confederate assault on Fort Sanders, conducted on November 29, 1863, was poorly planned and executed. Longstreet discounted the difficulties of the physical obstacles his infantrymen would face. He had witnessed, through field glasses, a Union soldier walking across a 12 foot wide defensive ditch that surrounded the bastioned earthworks Fort Sanders and, not realizing that the man had crossed on a plank, believed that the ditch was very shallow. Longstreet also believed that the steep walls of the earthworks could be negotiated by digging footholds, rather than requiring scaling ladders.
The Confederates moved to within 120-150 yards of the salient during the night of freezing rain and snow and waited for the order to attack. Their attack on the dawn of November 29th has been described as "cruel and gruesome by 19th century standards." The advancing Confederate troops were initially confronted by telegraph wire that had been strung between tree stumps at knee height, possibly the first use of such wire entanglements in the Civil War, and many men were shot as they tried to disentangle themselves. When they reached the ditch, they found the vertical wall to be almost insurmountable, frozen and slippery. Union soldiers rained murderous fire into the masses of men, including musketry, canister, and artillery shells thrown as hand grenades. Unable to dig footholds, men climbed upon each other's shoulders to attempt to reach the top. A succession of color bearers were shot down as they planted their flags on the fort.
For one brief moment the flag of the 50th Georgia Regiment flew atop Fort Sanders' bastion, planted by Sergeant James S. Bailey, of Company B, before he was captured. Also among the captured was Private John Woods Smith, Company G, who would later become a resident of Ray's Mill, GA.
In James W. Parrish's documentary on the history of 50th Georgia Regiment, he wrote,
" Although the Southerners fought gallantly, devastating enemy fire forced them to retreat. The ditch trapped many soldiers who were killed, wounded or captured."
"After only twenty minutes, Longstreet mercifully called off the assault."
"As the Rebel offensive collapsed, the retreat proved as deadly as the attack. Enemy musketry and canister raked the men as they ran back across the open field toward the cover of the wooded ravine. Lieutenant [William F. "Billie"] Pendleton reported on his narrow escape: 'We jumped up and dashed down the hill, then cannon opened up on us. I was caught up in the telegraph wire and forward down the hill.' " (Pendleton was eighteen years old).
"The Confederates suffered 813 casualties, including 129 killed, 458 wounded, and 226 captured. Federal losses in the fort were only 13. The attack had been an unmitigated disaster."
In the bloodbath at Fort Sanders, Robert Rouse was horribly wounded in the face. Both cheek bones were broken and his vision was impaired. Captured by Union forces on January 5, 1864, he was sent to a hospital. He was held at Nashville, TN until January 17, then sent to a military prison at Louisville, KY. On January 23, 1864 he was transferred to Rock Island Prison, Illinois.
Construction of the Rock Island Prison Barracks began in August 1863, with the first 488 confederate POWs arriving on December 3, 1863 before construction was completed. Within weeks the prison population swelled to over 5000 confederate soldiers.
"The prison, rectangular in shape, covered approximately twelve acres of land. Eighty four wooden-framed barracks, 22 x 100 feet in size, arranged in six rows of fourteen barracks each, comprised the containment area. Each barracks had a kitchen, with a stove and a forty gallon kettle for cooking, located at the west end of the building. Captain Reynolds built enough bunks in each barracks to accommodate 120 prisoners. A main avenue running east to west divided the camp and led to the two main gates. The barracks were enclosed by a twelve foot high rough board fence. A guard platform built four feet from the top of the stockade fence, on the exterior side, had a sentry box every 100 feet. Trenches maintained inside the fence served as a warning line. Sentries were ordered to fire at prisoners venturing beyond this point. The "dead line" supposedly deterred prisoners from tunneling under the stockade. In addition, the closeness of bedrock to the surface prevented tunneling near the southern side of the stockade"
The first few weeks of the camp's operation were particularly hellish. It was bitterly cold weather, the southern soldiers were ill clothed, there was a shortage of blankets, and disease was rampant. Some men died from the cold, others from small pox.
By the time of Rouse's arrival at Rock Island Barracks in January, 1864, 329 prisoners and 4 guards had died of small pox. The prison had no hospital and inadequate medical supplies or equipment. Prisoners with contagious diseases were housed among the general prison population. The prison grounds were a mudpit, as the site was situated on low ground near a marsh causing water to drain into the compound rather than out. Conditions were unsanitary with no provision for the disposal of garbage or wash water, which were dumped on the ground near the barracks. The water supply was inadequate and prisoners disposed of privy waste in the river that flowed through the camp. Cornbread fed to the prisoners was rancid and made men sick.
In Rouse's first month at Rock Island, small pox killed another 350 confederates and 10 guards. On March 4, 1864 420 more small pox cases were reported and 644 were sick with undiagnosed diseases. Although conditions at Rock Island significantly improved over time, 1,964 prisoners and 171 guards died there by the War's end. Robert Rouse survived Rock Island Barracks and was released March 27, 1865.
Headquarters Department of Richmond
Richmond, Va. March 27th 1865
In obedience to instructions from the Secretary of War, the following named men (paroled prisoners) are granted leaves of indulgence for 30 days (unless sooner exchanged ) at the expiration of which time, those belonging to commands serving north of the Southern boundary line of North Carolina, and in East Tennessee, will report immediately to them, if exchanged; other wise they will report to Camp of Paroled Prisoners, Richmond, Va. All other paroled prisoners, except those whose commands are serving within the limits above mentioned, will also report, at expiration of their furloughs, to Camp of Paroled Prisoners, Richmond, Va.
Priv. R. Rouse Co. I 50 Ga Inf
Quartermaster will furnish Transportation
By order of Lt. General R. S. Ewell
After release from Rock Island Barracks, Robert Rouse was sent to Boulware and Cox's Wharves, James River, VA for exchange. Bouleware's Wharf was described as "the Graveyard" by Colonel Robert Ould, Confederate Agent of Exchange in Richmond, in a letter to Ulysses S. Grant dated December 27, 1864.
Boulware's Wharf was located on the James River, about 10 miles below Richmond, where Osborne Turnpike intersects Kingsland Road. Cox's Wharf was located just down river. By the time of Rouse's parole, the James River up to and including Cox's Wharf was under the control of federal forces. Boulware's Wharf was under the eye of Fort Brady held by Federal troops at Cox's Wharf, and also in the shadow of the Confederate Fort Hoke located about two miles up stream. Under a flag of truce Bouleware's Wharf for a time became the point where Confederate prisoners were exchanged for Union POWs.
The Confederate POWs would be brought by steamboat to Aiken's Landing, at the point where the Varina Road reaches the James River.
According to the testimony of Colonel Ould, "It is simply impossible, owing to the relative positions of the military lines, to the conditions of the roads, and the deficiency of transportation, to convey in vehicles even the sick (returning Confederates) from Varina (Aiken's Landing) to Richmond, a distance by way of Boulware's of some fourteen miles. The Federal steam-boats which bring our prisoners stop at Varina. This point is some four miles from our lines, and the prisoners are either marched or transported to Boulware's Wharf, which is nearly on the dividing line of the opposing armies, and about four miles distant from Varina."
With the war ended, Robert Rouse was furloughed. On April 10, 1865 his furlough was extended for 30 days at Macon, GA. Rouse returned to Berrien County, GA to the 1144 Georgia Militia District, the Ray's Mill District. County tax records confirm his presence there in 1867.
On December 9, 1869 Robert O. Rouse married Nancy Kisiah Parrish in Berrien County, GA.
Kisiah's father, Matthew A. Parrish, had also enlisted with Company I, 50th GA Regiment during the Civil War, but had been detailed as a carpenter to help construct Guyton Hospital at Whitesville, GA three months before Rouse joined the unit. It appears that her father was furloughed home and died in Berrien County in October 1862.
Robert and Kiziah Rouse took up married life in the farm house of Robert's uncle, William Dixon. Robert assisted his uncle with farm labor and Kisiah kept house.
From Ray's Mill, the William Dixon place was out the road now known as the Sam I. Watson Highway, on the northeast bank of Ten Mile Creek (formerly known as Alapacoochee Creek).
About 1875 William Dixon and the Rouses moved across Ten Mile Creek to Lot 333 which had been acquired by Dixon. The 1880 census shows Robert Rouse enumerated next door to his uncle, William Dixon. It appears Robert had his own domicile, but still on his uncle's property. By this time, Robert's household included his wife and their children: Sally, age 7; Alfred, age 5; James, age 4; and William, age 2. They were neighbors of Rhoda and George Washington Knight, and John C. Sirmans.
In 1883 a fifth child, Josie Rouse, was born to Robert and Nancy Kisiah Rouse.
On Sunday, October 19, 1884 tragedy struck the family, with the death of little James Rouse. The boy was laid to rest at Empire Cemetery.
Robert and Nancy Kisiah Rouse were enumerated in the Census of 1900 still on the farm on Ten Mile Creek near Empire Church, which they had acquired from Robert's uncle William Dixon. In their household were sons William Rouse and Josie Rouse, who helped work the farm. Also boarding with the family was Will Dias, who was employed as a teamster. Their son, Alfred L. Rouse, and his wife, Mary Jones Rouse, were living in an adjacent home; boarding with them was uncle William Dixon, now retired. Daughter Sarah J. "Sallie" Rouse had married D. Edwin Griner and the couple owned a nearby farm. Still residing next door to the Rouses were George Washington Knight and Rhoda Futch Knight.
From 1900 to 1903, Robert Rouse, now in his 60's, tried in vain to qualify for a Invalid Soldier Pension from the State of Georgia.
Rouse's pension application was supported by a letter from Alexander W. Patterson, Ordinary of Berrien County, GA.
Office of Ordinary
A. W. Patterson, Ordinary
Nashville,GA., Berrien County
This is to certify that R O Rouse is still in life and entitled to any benefits that may be due him as an Invalid Confederate Soldier.
Given under my hand and Seal of the County Ordinary, This 22" day July 1902
A W Patterson
Rouse was examined by Dr. L. A. Carter and Dr. W. B. Goodman who attested, "We find applicant almost blind. We believe it was caused by a wound in the face, the missile entered on the left side behind the molar and came out in front of the right molar. Said wound is so near the eyes that it caused iritis which left the eyes permanently injured."
Three witnesses confirmed Robert O. Rouse's service with the 50th GA Regiment, that he was wounded in action and permanently disabled; John Page Bennett, John Woods Smith, and Timothy W. Stallings. John Page Bennett, a private in Company G, 50th GA Regiment was wounded by a shell fragment in the Battle of Fredricksburg and permanently lost the use of his left arm. He received a disability discharge on April 27, 1863. John Woods Smith, a corporal in 50th GA Regiment, Company G, the Clinch Volunteers was captured November 29th, 1863 at the battle of Fort Sanders, the same battle where Robert Rouse was shot in the face. After the War, John Woods Smith married Mary Jane Whitehurst and moved to the Rays Mill District of Berrien County; In 1900 he was living in Rays Mill, GA. Timothy W. Stallings was a private in Company K, 50th GA Regiment; in 1900 he was living in Nashville, GA.
Rouse's pension application was denied. In June 1901, the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions, State of Georgia, noted, "The statements and proofs submitted does not show blindness, and that his condition was result of service. Physician must state in what way injury could have injured the eyes. It is probably that present condition of eyes is result of old age and not of the wound or service." In 1902 the further notation was added by J. W. Lindsey, Commissioner of Pensions, "No pension allowed from partial blinding. Disapprove file."
Robert O. Rouse died March 22, 1908. He was buried at Empire Cemetery, Lanier County, GA.
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With Easter upon us, it's natural to think about eggs. Some people may like their eggs scrambled, poached or fried, but I love my eggs whipped into a delicious lemon curd.
Lemon curd — in case you've never tried it — is like a light and gooey lemony jam or a simple homey custard that's flavored with lemon. In England it's traditionally eaten on scones, but I love it on strawberries and raspberries, on toast, folded into whipped cream to make a topping for shortcake or on a spoon.
Jarred lemon curd is pretty awful stuff; the light and sheer quality of a good lemon curd can't be captured in a jar. Fortunately, it's so easy to make lemon curd any time you have the taste for it.
A couple years ago when I had some extra time on my hands, I decided to compare the lemon curd recipes from a couple great pastry cooks: French chef Jacques Torres of Mr. Chocolate and British culinary bombshell Nigella Lawson.
I've met both, and it turned out their recipes matched their personalities.Torres, who earned fame for his complex creations at Le Cirque in New York, created a recipe that was careful and detailed in his book Dessert Circus at Home.
Nigella's lime curd recipe in How to Be A Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking was breezy and quickly thrown together, the kind of citrus curd a busy mom and writer would whip up.
My ideal lemon curd recipe is a hybrid of the two: taking Nigella's lime curd recipe and adding the step of passing the finished curd through a strainer, to make it a little more silky, like Jacques'.
Meyer Lemon Curd
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 large eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup Meyer lemon juice (of approximately 4 lemons)
zest of 1 lemon
Melt the butter in a heavy-bottom saucepan, add all the other ingredients and whisk to a custard over a gentle heat. Let cool slightly before passing the curd through a wire-mesh strainer over a bowl. Spoon the curd into storage container and keep in the refrigerator.
Makes about 1-1/2 cups
Adapted from How to Be a Domestic Goddess by Nigella Lawson
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Hey, maybe Macklemore is doing some good!
The Fine Bros. continue to create Internet catnip with their series of asking kids what they think about current events and issues. The children's reactions are by and large "yay love!", with an exception — I'm looking at you, cute-ass/possibly-evil eyebrows. It'd be interesting to interview that kid's parents.
I can't wait for marriage equality so I can marry all those kids! (I joke; I joke. I only want to marry dogs.)


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Pirates slip past Cubs for 2-1 victory
Brandon Cumpton wins third decision in a row
Brandon Cumpton's first career game at Wrigley Field looked a lot like his previous three starts. It was another smooth outing for the young right-hander.
Cumpton pitched seven scoreless innings, Travis Snider hit a solo homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Sunday.
Cumpton allowed just two hits, walked two and struck out four, helping the Pirates take the last two games of their weekend series in Chicago. The 25-year-old Cumpton (3-2) improved to 3-0 with a 3.09 ERA in four starts this month.
"Rookie or whatever you call it, this dude, he comes in every time and he battles," Pirates second baseman Josh Harrison said. "He is a warrior. He is out there and he is going to grind. He does just that."
Cumpton (3-2) retired 13 of his first 14 batters. He walked Nate Schierholtz in the fifth inning, but rebounded by getting John Baker to hit into an inning-ending double play.
Ryan Sweeney and starting pitcher Jason Hammel had Chicago's only hits off Cumpton, who threw just 87 pitches.
"I really didn't know what my pitch count was until I got done," he said. "I felt like I threw a lot more than I did. Later on, I started to fall behind guys. I tried not to shy away from my strengths and when I got behind guys 1-0 I tried to go back and attack them with fastballs and they put them in play for me and the guys made plays behind me today."
Mark Melancon got three outs for his 12th save in 15 chances.
Anthony Rizzo and Starlin Castro started the Cubs ninth with consecutive singles, putting runners on the corners. Melancon then struck out Luis Valbuena and got Schierholtz to hit into a fielder's choice that drove in Rizzo. Junior Lake flied out to right to end the game.
Pirates phenom Gregory Polanco went 0 for 3 with a walk, ending his career-opening hitting streak at 11 games.
Hammel (6-5) allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings. He struck out six and walked one.
Hammel's first pitch of the third inning was hit over the center-field wall by Snider. It was Snider's fourth homer of the season.
"Snider sees me well, I guess," Hammel said. "It was a bad pitch, supposed to be a two-seamer, kind of a hip shot over the inside corner, but it ran back over the plate. He obviously got it pretty good."
Hammel is 2-2 with a 3.51 ERA in four starts this season against Pittsburgh.
"I can honestly say I'm sick of facing the Pirates," he said. "Four series now and four out of four with them, so I'd like to see some different colors for sure. I'm sure they're tired of seeing me, too. Obviously, 2-1, just a good baseball game."
Later in the third, Harrison hit a comebacker that ricocheted off Hammel's right side and allowed Chris Stewart to score from third. Harrison reached first without a throw, and Hammel was briefly looked at by a team trainer.
Pirates reliever Tony Watson pitched out of trouble in the eighth. With runners on second and third with one out, Watson struck out pinch-hitters Welington Castillo and Justin Ruggiano.
"To get Ruggiano, he threw him an 0-1 changeup last night for a called strike. I don't think he liked the call. Maybe in the back in his mind he was looking for the changeup again," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "(Watson) kept pumping fastballs. He's got a good fastball. It's live."
NOTES: Pirates 2B Neil Walker is expected to join the team in Tampa Bay on Monday. He has been on the DL since June 9 due to an appendectomy. He is eligible to be reinstated on Tuesday. ... Pirates OF Starling Marte is expected to rejoin the club in Tampa on Monday. He is attending to a personal matter in the Dominican Republic. ... Before the game, the Cubs activated Castillo off the DL. He missed 18 games with a rib cage injury.


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Status Report - May 9, 2002
Really busy week this week. Working with some subs on expanding non-English
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Until, that is, you have pimped your gloves with Alison's nifty kit.
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Binge drinking and prescription drug abuse among the nation's military has grown and top military leadership should address this "crisis," according to a new report released Monday.
The study, by the national Institute of Medicine, called its findings of alcohol and other drug use in the armed forces "a public health crisis" and characterized the level of use as "unacceptably high." The institute is part of the National Academy of Sciences.
The report found that 47 percent of active duty service members engaged in binge drinking in 2008, up from 35 percent a decade earlier. Heavy drinking was reported in 20 percent of active duty service members in 2008, up from 15 percent in 1998.
The number of prescriptions military physicians wrote for pain medication quadrupled since 2001 to almost 3.8 million prescriptions in 2009, according to the report. However, some attribute this growth to combat-related injuries and strains from carrying heavy gear.
Current approaches to preventing and treating substance abuse are outdated, the report said.
"We commend the steps that the Department of Defense and individual service branches have recently taken to improve prevention and care for substance use disorders, but the armed forces face many ongoing challenges," said University of Pennsylvania professor Charles P. O'Brien, who chaired the committee that wrote the report.
"Better care for service members and their families is hampered by inadequate prevention strategies, staffing shortages, lack of coverage for services that are proved to work and stigma associated with these disorders."
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The Institute of Medicine wants military leadership to acknowledge these facts and to attack "substance use problems before they begin by limiting access to certain medications and alcohol." Among the committee's recommendations are to curb easy access to inexpensive alcohol on military bases, reduce the number of outlets that sell alcohol, restrict their hours of operation and reduce the type and amount of alcohol purchased.
Barriers for military members to get help for substance abuse is also an issue, the committee wrote. Fear of negative consequences, gaps in insurance coverage, lack of confidential services and stigma are among the obstacles, the report listed.
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1. Re: 4.0.4RC1 Memory Leak?bill.burke Mar 15, 2006 8:00 PM (in response to knifegun)
details please?
2. Re: 4.0.4RC1 Memory Leak?clebert.suconic Mar 15, 2006 8:24 PM (in response to knifegun)
If you're using Stateful Session Beans and passivations, JBossSerialization is leaking redeployments. Next release is fixing that (coming this week).
3. Re: 4.0.4RC1 Memory Leak?knifegun Mar 15, 2006 8:58 PM (in response to knifegun)
It appears that it is being caused by the creation of an EntityManager. Currently, a new EntityManager is created each time a JSP is called. Each call to the EntityManager causes the PermGen to increase significantly.
We are not using Stateful or Stateless EBJs. Is there something special we need to do to ensure that the EntityManager is garbage collected?
4. Re: 4.0.4RC1 Memory Leak?bill.burke Mar 15, 2006 9:28 PM (in response to knifegun)
how do you access the EntityManager? Through an EntityManagerfactory?
If so...you need to call EntityManager.close()!
5. Re: 4.0.4RC1 Memory Leak?knifegun Mar 15, 2006 9:33 PM (in response to knifegun)
Yes, the EntityManager was created from the EntityManagerFactory. We tried calling the EntityManager.close() method but the PermGen still increased each time.
We tested this by creating a JSP page that simply creates the EntityManager and calls the close() method right away. The PermGen space still increated.
6. Re: 4.0.4RC1 Memory Leak?masonoise Mar 16, 2006 2:56 AM (in response to knifegun)
Our application is a standard web-app, for which we recently moved to using 4.0.4RC1 and switched from session bean access and eager fetching to direct EntityManager access and lazy fetching (to simplify). Essentially now we're utilizing an EntityManagerFactory to get an EntityManager at the beginning of each request, using it throughout the request, and closing it at the end of the request (making sure that always, always happens of course).
What we're seeing is that after a rather low number of page requests (on the order of a dozen or two), we get:
17:04:50,756 ERROR [jsp] Exception happened while executing page: PermGen space java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space
17:04:58,038 ERROR [[jsp]] Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space
This raises two questions, one being whether anyone's had similar memory leak issues when doing this; the second being whether it's more appropriate to try to minimize EntityManager creation. For instance, could a web app use a singleton EntityManager reference? Any multithreading issues with that? We could associate an EntityManager with a user session and re-use it, but that risks instances sticking around until each session expires.
Apologies if these questions are basic; the EJB3 world is a new one for us. Thanks for your assistance.
7. Re: 4.0.4RC1 Memory Leak?masonoise Mar 16, 2006 3:14 AM (in response to knifegun)
I should also add to my post above the question of whether the previously-accepted Hibernate approaches are generally still applicable. If so, is it correct to assume that a single EntityManagerFactory should be used, and that it's proper to get a new EntityManager for each request? As I recall, the EntityManager is not threadsafe, but I'm not sure if that's still the case.
Thanks again for your assistance.
8. Re: 4.0.4RC1 Memory Leak?bill.burke Mar 16, 2006 9:19 AM (in response to knifegun)
Do you do
Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory() every time too? If so, you must close the EntityManagerFactory as well. You chould be caching your EntityManagerFactory in the WAR's application context.
BTW, why did you rip out your session beans? They are supposed to make things simpler, not more complicated. Just curious thanks.
9. Re: 4.0.4RC1 Memory Leak?epbernard Mar 16, 2006 12:19 PM (in response to knifegun)
All previously accepted apporach are still acceptable, you just have to replace the session word by the entitymanager word and sessionfactory word by entitymanagerfactory word.
I've tested a small open / process /close loop 5,000,000 and do not encounter any OOME nor Perm size increase.
Bill are you pooling the em and calling clear() rather than close()?
10. Re: 4.0.4RC1 Memory Leak?knifegun Mar 16, 2006 12:50 PM (in response to knifegun)
We were using Stateless session beans that themselves used the EntityManager to find, update and remove entity beans. The stateless session beans were being used by JSP in our WAR. We were noticing some performance issues because our Entity beans were set to EAGER fetch. So in order to use LAZY fetch, we needed to use a local EntityManager. So we moved to using standard classes instead of the stateless session beans since we did not find a way to keep the returned entity bean attached to the EntityManager.
Is there another way of doing LAZY fetch on entities when the EntityManager used to retrieve the beans resides in a stateless session bean?
11. Re: 4.0.4RC1 Memory Leak?epbernard Mar 16, 2006 1:14 PM (in response to knifegun)
JBoss Seam has this notion of keeping the persistence context opened long enought for the JSP rendering.
What would be great if to use a profiler to detect the causes of this leak. I don't see how this could happen unless, like Bill said, you create the EMF again and again.
12. Re: 4.0.4RC1 Memory Leak?masonoise Mar 16, 2006 2:34 PM (in response to knifegun)
Looks as though the culprit was that in fact an EntityManagerFactory was being created for each page request, which is obviously not good. We're now using a singleton EMF, and creating an EntityManager at the beginning of each request (and closing it at the end). This appears to have taken care of the problem, though we need to do some more testing to make sure; initial results show that the PermGen space is still growing, but much much more slowly.
A possibly related question: could someone point me to a summary of the difference between calling EntityManagerFactory.getEntityManager() and createEntityManager()? In Hibernate the getEF() is supposed to be a "container-managed" call, but I'm not sure what this means now in EJB3. If one is more likely to be efficient or safer, that would be good to know.
Thanks again.
13. Re: 4.0.4RC1 Memory Leak?bill.burke Mar 16, 2006 3:10 PM (in response to knifegun)
don't worry about it. getEntityManager is going away in next spec revision. getEntityManager is supposed to return a transaction-scoped entitymanager.
14. Re: 4.0.4RC1 Memory Leak?masonoise Mar 16, 2006 8:09 PM (in response to knifegun)
Regarding the original memory leak issue, looks as though we're still encountering it, but much less frequently. It seems suspiciously linked to hot redeploys of the web app; the more redeploys done without restarting JBoss, the more quickly we encounter the PermGen out of memory error. Anyone seeing this with 4.0.4RC1?


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Greetings from Mars!
Now that the Mars500 crew has been united, when the Marswalkers, 'returned' from the surface of the Red Planet to join the 'orbital' trio, Diego has again had time to send his thoughts. This diary was written on 21 February, before the last egress to the simulated martian surface.
The last few weeks have been truly exciting. As you probably know, Wang, Aleksandr and I, transferred to the landing module, have been living in further isolation, in a reduced room (about 50 cubic metres) for a couple of weeks, in order to represent the landing on Mars.
In spite of it not being the real Red Planet, it did mean so much in our 'microcosmos' that I think that even if it wasn't exactly the same emotion someone would feel on Mars, it did come quite close, at least for me.
After transferring, we initiated the operations that a crew would need to do on Mars. We used a software called 'Virtu' that simulates several environments and situations. One of the scenarios was this: imagine a pressurized rover that we had to drive from our base to the (purposely hidden and difficult to reach) landing place of a probe that had been sent to Mars before the manned mission. It was quite tricky, especially when coming back to the base, when a sandstorm and drained batteries made our road tougher.
The same software allowed us to play a marsonaut, stranded on Mars, who suddenly faced a meteorite shower that obliged him to seek refuge in a cave. I am not 100% sure you will need to run frequently from meteorites on Mars to save your life, but caves are certainly excellent places to escape from the more common threat of a peak in solar activity, from which the Martian atmosphere and lack of magnetic field do not shield you as well as on Earth! For this task we wore a virtual reality helmet, to make it more realistic.
We also drove two different rovers in this sort of 'advanced' video game. With the rovers, we obtained samples from the ground and got them to the base, often accompanied by several duties at the same time (listening to the radio signal, classifying information, etc) that challenged our multi-tasking capabilities. We often wore, as usual, a bunch of electrodes that recorded our bodies' reaction to these all these simulations.
The 'games' were cool, yes, but obviously what everyone was looking forward to, was the REAL Extravehicular Activity (EVA) – or a Marswalk.
EVAs on orbit can be incredibly challenging, you are packed in a spacesuit that is pressurized, so it doesn't allow you to move easily. Here the EVAs were on the ground, where to that difficulty you can add gravity, that is, having to carry this rather heavy suit on you. Astronauts on the moon moved somewhat more easily, because the gravity there is very low. On Mars it is about 38% that of the Earth, and that is still quite a bit for our current suit technology.
The engineers at the Russian suit manufacturer removed some of the weight of these spacesuits, that can weigh about 100 kilos, and they ended up weighing 35 kilos. This would be their weight if astronauts wear on them on Mars.
The spacesuits were fantastic, after 8 months of not having used them, we could still remember how to work with them. Like riding a bike!
In the first EVA, Sasha (Aleksandr) and I, went out and used a set of tools that were made for the (sadly ill-fated) Soviet Lunar programme. I am talking here about the real tools! It was such an honour.
When Wang said "you are GO for EVA", that was the moment I had been anticipating for months. We picked samples of soil and stones from the ground , helped by Wang on the radio. Of course, not before having planted the ESA, Russian and Chinese flags. Whether you lived it or saw this scene from the outside, you couldn't avoid thinking of the first steps on the Moon, and this time there was in the environment some sort of cosmic projection of the moment, into the future. It felt very inspiring. I could say, beyond a simple simulation.
Besides the ample space of that room (keep in mind we had been living in small modules for several months) what also had an impact on me was the loneliness of the place. It was only us in there, working with, and listening to the only 2 people in the Universe that could communicate live with us. This contrasted a lot with the pictures and videos we got later of lots of people witnessing the EVAs in huge screens at the Mir station control Room in Mission Control Centre in Moscow.
After this first EVA that impressed so much our senses, came the second EVA, when Sasha and Wang ventured as well into this very big room that represented the surface of the Gusev Crater on Mars. I was on the radio, helping them out when they needed. Communication over the radio is not easy either in such a multicultural crew.
I came to realize it is not rare for us to rely on hand language and facial expressions to fill some of our 'linguistic differences', which is of course impossible or very difficult with a spacesuit. Therefore I am very proud that in the end we managed to communicate almost flawlessly during all the EVAs thanks to the hard work pre-EVA: we spent long nights before each EVA to make sure the 'choreography' would be well executed, we discussed the best order of the tasks among ourselves and with the ground, key words we all needed to know, and other matters as well in order to make it very efficient and as realistic as we could. The orbital crew also watched our runs, and especially Romain took careful note of absolutely every step in the EVAs and then made suggestions for the next ones.
These communications with the Orbiter were not usual: with Romain we calculated the slots of the passages of the Orbiter, and only in those moments in which the orbiter was passing above us, would we communicate via radio/video (the latter was not used so much).
It was a self-imposed challenge, but I think it was very interesting. We would try to use these 4-6 slots in a day as efficiently as possible, looking at tables with the access times stuck next to the phones and calling each other to report what was going on in each spacecraft. It reminded me of what it is like to talk on a phone, which I haven't done in so long.
After each of the three EVAs, the dozens of journalists and people who gathered in Mission Control Center wanted to get a glimpse at how we controlled a real rover on the surface from the base. We basically used this rover to pick up some representative 'stone samples' from the surface. My turn to work and beam down my rover images to Moscow was after the second Marswalk.
We had already been controlling the capricious rover for a couple of weeks. She had a lot of little things that worked in particular, unusual ways, but after a few practice runs for a couple of weeks, we already knew her very well. Little did I know, she had still one surprise reserved for me.
She has a bunch of cameras, located in strategic places, one in front of each of the two containers for samples and sensors, one in front, one on the rear, one on top of the arm, and one in some strange corner of the arm that seemed to me like the equivalent to the human inside of the elbow, we never used that one because it never showed anything interesting. The most important was the front camera, it is the only camera you don't want to lose and, obviously, it happened right when I had to do the demonstration. A screen full of static due probably to some radio interference. Great.
It was quite an adventure to drive it 90% blind. Surprisingly that 'useless' camera that I mentioned before, ended up being the 'most useful' one when I lost the main cam.
I bet the people gathered at the Mission Control Center didn't think I was the most skilled driver in the Solar System with all the time it took me to gather the samples (it was like grabbing ping pong balls with pliers while blindfolded), but after finishing the track, a feat I and the engineer in charge of the rover previously thought impossible, it felt amazing!
The third EVA was the most interesting for me. It was Sasha and I again, and we used a drill to loose pieces of a massive boulder in the centre of the room, and then picked them up from the ground with the tools. Breaking stones won't be a rare task for a martian crew since we have learned from Earth that microorganisms can live inside rocks, surviving in a very hostile and unlikely environment like, for instance, rocks on Mars.
But that was only half of the job: before this EVA started, we had received a video from Moscow, telling us somebody had to fall to the ground to simulate an accident, and then TRY to get up again with the help of his EVA buddy.
It's not an easy task - falling on your face with those spacesuits is like getting inside a fridge and asking someone to push it and slam it against the floor. Besides that, getting up is also tough because your pressurized spacesuit doesn't like you bending your legs the way you need in order to get up, and the metal frame in the suit tends to keep your thighs straight.
That sounded like rollercoaster-grade fun on Mars, and a big challenge, so I volunteered for the fall.
I took two extra minutes of rest on the spacesuit benches to prepare (usually we needed to sit on them for five minutes for every 10 minutes of work!) got up, walked to the target site, and hit Mars with my body as hard as I had to.
For some reason the 'simulated' dive I did and the spectacular crash just reminded me of certain football players that are very good at faking this type of fall. After getting up with the help of Sasha, feeling the relief, and reporting my safe status, the first thing I said to Wang on the radio was "Diego to Base, OK, did I get my penalty kick?".
The whole EVA experience was amazing, a well needed injection of adrenaline in the middle of a monotonous trip. I am sure the psychologists and engineers will get a good deal of information from our work on the surface, but it also gave a lot of information to us, and personally, it was a satisfactory demonstration of what the teamwork of this crew can achieve.
Today as I write this, we virtually took off from Mars, inserting ourselves into the orbit of Aleksei, Romain and Sukhrob, and are currently chasing them, waiting for the phases of our orbits to align, so we can rendezvous and dock, getting our wonderful crew together again to start soon our long, long way home from Mars.
It's been an unforgettable moment in our lives. Thanks Mars. This marks just the beginning of this endeavor of humankind, therefore I feel confident when I say in the name of all of us humans: see you soon, Red Planet!
- Diego


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Subject description: Offers easy link to internet setup wizard if not already established
Something I remember about internet explorer on windows (all those years ago) is that if an active internet connection was not found then a dialog box would come up and ask you if you wanted to configure your internet connection, or continue to work offline. When watching new users try puppy for the first timeI notice that as soon as puppy boots, they try going on the net using seamonkey, and the local launch page shows. They click on one of the links and the browser displays "page cannot be displayed" as they have not run the internet connection wizard as yet.
I believe it would make puppy a lot more friendly if a check for internet connectivity be made before starting the browser (and other applications that require an internet connection) and if one is not present, offer the user a choice to work offline or run the internet connection wizard. There are already several scripts called "defaultbrowser" and such which could be modified to run this?
How would this effect performance (perhaps with a test like "ping www.google.co.uk" ?).
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I have heard that puppy is one of the few linuxes that does not autoconnect via ethernet at startup. Even windows does this.
Recently, this was reported in a very fair review of puppy
Puppy is so "nearly there" I could scream sometimes. This is one of the no-brainers that would really help the "linux newbs" when they first try puppy. I know a lot of people like puppy becuase it doesnt do things automatically that may compromise security when run as a live-cd, this way people have their cake and eat it!
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I agree. We need more KDE puppys too.
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" I have heard that puppy is one of the few linuxes that does not autoconnect via ethernet at startup. Even windows does this. "
Hacao's first effort connected....but he never replied as to whether the firewall mounts as well.
PC Puppyos also connects...but has to install the firewall?
Send them both a PM.
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Please read post subject line and subject description. KDE is off-topic.
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Three schools of thought:
1) leave "Connect" system as-is, or
2) automatically check for Internet connection, if none exist, offer option to configure, or
3) mimic M$ and wait for user to attempt to access Internet before any options are called and offered.
My vote is for #2 immediately after desktop is running.
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Sorry, but since we were on the topic of making puppy more newbie friendly, I wanted to add the KDE bit in there. I agree, we need option #2, it surprised me that Puppy does not auto-connect at the start, and that it is "backgrounded".
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Puppy has not auto connected to the Internet because this slows boot time. The boot time obsession is a developer issue that other distros have long left behind.
The firewall should be turned on by default (all it does is disable ports that are not in use) as this can be turned on from the install wizard.
During the boot process ethernet connections are detected and I believe wifi hardware drivers too?
By running the wizards that control the connection
and then running 'kp running processes', you will get an idea of the programs locations . These can be added to the start up script on first run, preceded by check of a log file where settings can be stored. Where are the settings stored once firewall and connection are configured?
Sorry if all this is obvious.
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Posted: Wed 13 Feb 2008, 00:31
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PC Puppyos also connects...but has to install the firewall?
The first version or two didn't ship with the firewall enabled. When somebody pointed it out, I tweaked things a little so the firewall would be preset.
It's pretty easy really. Just run the firewall wizard. That creates a script called /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall which sets up the firewall each boot. The only catch is you need to set things up to run that script each boot. There are several ways to do this, but the simplest is to just put the lines in /etc/rc.d/rc.local (which is what the wizard does). However, putting things in that file is a no-no when it comes to making a custom Puppy, so instead I found the lines near the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local0 that create the rc.local file if it doesn't exist, and I set them up to also append the firewall lines when they create the file. That way it can ship with no rc.local file (which is Puppy's standard behavior) but will still add those lines when it gets created. Also, this means if the user inadvertently deletes rc.local, when it is recreated the lines will be added again (so they don't lose the firewall without knowing it). Finally, since the lines are in rc.local, they're in the same place they are in all other Puppies, so the user knows where to find them if they need to disable them.
Also, those lines only launch the script if it exists and is executable. So I could set up a toggle script that just toggles the executable bit, and put an entry in with all the other toggles I added to the menu.
As for configuring the network, I took the easy way out. I just set up my computer with the wizard to auto-dhcp on boot, then found the file it creates as a flag and added that to the build-tree. This way it functions the same as if the user had used the wizard to set it to auto-dhcp.
Basically, I tried automating things while at the same time keeping them as close to how Puppy normally does those things as I could.
Another process you can use to automate things, in 3.xx anyways, is to set up a script in /etc/init.d that uses the 'start' parameter to start and the 'stop' parameter to stop. Then Puppy runs them automatically each boot, and you don't even need to modify Puppy's init scripts. To disable them, just unset the executable bits. It runs them before X starts though, so no X apps. I got around this by adding similar code to /root/.xinitrc that would run all executables in /etc/init.x in the same manner, except after X is running this time.
I don't know if 2.14R uses that (I figured out how to fix my old save file and am back in Pizzapup again), but it wouldn't be hard to port from 3.xx at all. Just grab the lines from /etc/rc.d/rc.local0 and /etc/rc.d/rc.shutdown from 3.01 and put them in similar spots in 2.14R's scripts, and add the /etc/init.d directory (and copy in the README file that's in 3.01 for good measure).
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Nice tips there, Pizza, about configuring the firewall using /etc/rc.d/rc.local0.
As for configuring the network, I took the easy way out. I just set up my computer with the wizard to auto-dhcp on boot, then found the file it creates as a flag and added that to the build-tree.
Yes, just grab the "eth0mode" file in /etc and add it when you remaster/rebuild the sfs.
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Saddle Shopping, Continued
On November 1, Cordia came back out to pick up the Danube and bring some more saddles for me to try, both jumping and dressage. LOTS more saddles. Lots and lots. It was an intimidating delight to see them all lined up along the arena rail and saddle stands. We took over the entire grooming area with saddles. So many saddles!
Cordia set them all on Poe. She nixed the ones she didn't like and set aside the ones she did. Then I sat in the ones she liked on the saddle stand. A couple we were able to eliminate based on my leg being too freaking long or me feeling like I was in a chair seat. From the remaining, she picked two jump saddles and two dressage saddles for me to actually ride in. So all the below had the nod from Cordia for fit on him while in the cross-ties.
Thornhill Germania Spring – 17.5″ W ($1350)
My first jump saddle contender! I liked it fine. He felt pretty normal going around in it (walk, trot, canter), and he was willing to back up. It's priced very nicely, wool-flocked, and has a more forward-cut flap (by design; it wasn't a special forward flap model). I said I wanted to keep it and try a jumping lesson in it. Cordia said wait and try the next one.
Adam Ellis Chloe – 17.5″ W ($2695)
This was the second jump saddle. It's also wool-flocked, with serge wool panels. In this saddle Poe was like butter. He lifted his back and bent easily to the right (right bend is never easy!) and had this extra loft through his shoulders. He felt powerful and loose. It was crazy time. Very clearly the most he's ever liked a saddle. Cordia saw the same thing I was feeling. So I said I wanted to keep *this one* for my jumping lesson the next day. It's twice my budget but daaang. My feet/legs felt appreciably more underneath me than with the Spring or my Beval (which feel about the same). I've never felt in a chair seat with either of those, but the stirrup bar seemed back a little in the Chloe. I kept waiting to feel like it was tipping me forward, but it did not.
Adam Ellis Darwood – 18″ W ($2795)
Back to the dressage saddles. Cordia picked the Darwood because it's built on a similar (the same?) tree as the Chloe. Poe felt just okay in it, and I was pretty neutral on it. The Chloe was a hard number to follow.
Ryder Zara (Custom) – 17.5″ ($3000)
This was Cordia's personal saddle; she worked with Ryder (an English saddlemaker) to construct the tree and everything. It's her magic saddle that tons of horses love. It's quite deep with substantial thigh blocks. The seat was much too small for me — I was pinned in, and posting off the cantle. Despite that, Poe seemed to like this one better than the Darwood, and got back a bit more of the loft and shoulder freedom he'd displayed in the Chloe. At $3k for the custom build, I mentally crossed this one off the list. This one in particular was not up for sale, and I didn't get a really good feeling for how one that's big enough for me would ride.
So, I hung onto the Chloe. I decided if I really loved it, I would just postpone the dressage saddle search and do jumping and flatwork in it for the time being. The idea of not having to look at any more dressage saddles was frankly a relief. I also snuck in one more trial saddle I'd picked up from an outside source. I felt weird about having Cordia look at it (I don't know why — stupid — but I felt strange saying I was still looking outside of her help when she was bringing me SO many possibilities), so I looked at it after she'd left. It was a County Conquest XTR jumping saddle, 17.5″ W. The panels seemed to fit well but the tree sat down on his wither. There was enough clearance that I felt okay riding in it for a couple minutes to get a feel for it, since I'd read so many rave reviews and gone to the trouble of picking it up. I just trotted a bit and cantered a circle — the saddle seemed comfortable and I liked the balance in the canter in particular. Obviously a no go with the wither issue.
On Sunday I got to the barn early, and cleaned and conditioned my Beval until it glowed, then tacked up in the Chloe. Poe had his usual moments of geeking at a few things in the outdoor ring, but those moments just did not feel as dramatic as usual. The seat of the Chloe is much cushier than the Beval, and I felt like it would be kinder on trail rides. (When I do too much walking in the Beval, delicate places can get a little raw.) Jane was an awesome set of eyes on the ground, and gave me some great over-fences exercises to get used to and test the saddle.
The verdict was that the balance was great on him and for me. My leg was beautifully underneath me. I was more relaxed to the fences, and kept my hips moving and shoulder unlocked more than usual. We did one tight rollback turn to a gate with poles set on it in a V (the tips of the poles touching in the center of the jump, and the ends coming out as wings toward the approach on either side), which Poe took from a slightly long spot with a very powerful jump, and though I stayed defensive and upright in my body (which is my go-to when jumping), I actually stayed with him. I pretty regularly get left behind, so it was a really strange and pretty awesome feeling to come in with my usual defense posture and have it actually work and not mess up his jump. I have also been struggling lately to drop my right hip and leg back when cantering to the left, and that monumental struggle was gone (or at least greatly lessened) in the Chloe.
So — I would not say the Chloe fixed all of my jumping problems, certainly, but it made me realize how much easier life could be for me. I was feeling pretty good.
And then, just before I was about to dismount, Jane said, "Oh, how's the wither clearance?"
As you may guess, knowing that saddle searches cannot be easy, the wither clearance was not good. It wasn't something I'd checked on any of Cordia's saddles the day before. But trying to poke my hand between the saddle and Poe's wither, I couldn't get my finger past the second knuckle without a struggle. It was close on the sides as well. I even got off him, tried to position the saddle further back, and got back on. Same result. Heartbreak.
So now I'm in a waiting game. Cordia spoke to Adam who thought he could make a custom model that would fix the wither issue. I'm skeptical about taking the gamble. There are no fit guarantees (all custom saddles are final sale), and I just can't imagine how he could fix the wither clearance without changing the currently perfect balance of the saddle or how it rides for me. I took pictures of Poe to share with him to get a more definitive answer, and am waiting to hear back.
In the mean time, the search continues. (I did find a rack Zara on mega clearance at Dressage Extensions. I was worried it was going to sell out and ordered it before I could hear back from Cordia about her thoughts. While it was on its way to me, she replied to say she'd ruled it out because of the tree shape. When it arrived I discovered this particular one, marketed under Legacy instead of Ryder, is made of a much less nice leather. Neither of us really liked it — it felt way too deep for me, and the balance was too far back. Que sera.)
Current tally: 19 (not including other people's I've set on him but not ridden in)
- Thornhill Zurich 33cm
- Trilogy (didn't write about this one – seat was way too small for me)
- County Competitor 18″ MW
- Duett Largo 18″ 34cm
- Thornhill Danube 18″ W
- Prestige 2000 17″ 34cm
- Thornhill Vienna II 18″ 33cm (34cm?)
- Bates Classic Dressage 18″ W gullet
- County Competitor 18″ W (newer model)
- Wintec 500 17.5″ MW gullet
- Ideal 17.5″ W
- Passier Optimum 17.5″ W
- Schleese Jane Savoie 18″ MW
- Thornhill Germania Spring 17.5″ W
- Adam Ellis Chloe 17.5″ W
- Adam Ellis Darwood 18″ W
- Ryder Zara (custom) 17.5″
- County Competitor XTR 17.5″ W
- Ryder Legacy Zara (rack) 18″ W


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This past weekend I got the opportunity to take part in something magical. Sounds uber cliche, but that's pretty much the only word I can use to describe the Disneyland Half Marathon. I must start off this recap saying I'm haven't been to Disneyland in 8 or 9 years. I love Lion King, Pixar + Disney movies, and a Disney classic is always a solid bet for movie night but I just haven't gone there in a while. I was pretty excited for the Disneyland half marathon, but really didn't know what to expect. I had heard good things, but had never run the race because of previous work commitments that weren't really conducive to training or racing in the Disney events. After an amazing Disneyland Half Meetup, I knew it would be something special.
I had no goals when I started the race. I wanted to have fun and enjoy it, because that's what running is all about. I haven't been training lately, but more just running and keeping active, which I have enjoyed. I also knew I wanted to run in a costume for the race! Enter: Mike Wazowski! This came together pretty easily and the only crafting I had to do was to paint the hat and glue on the eye. Team Sparkle had the perfect Mike Wazowski color skirt and I was set to go! I got the shirt and shorts at Marshalls on clearance. I didn't take a ton of photos this race, sadly, but I did capture some good ones at the end. Thanks Emil for capturing this one of us :)
The first few miles were spectacular. Something I've never experienced in a race, ever. You start off running around the back lot and wham, before you know it your inside the park with lights and song and music and so many Cast Members telling you what a great job your doing, cheering for you and encouraging you as they start their day getting ready for work. The music, the lights, the rides, the movement, I couldn't stop looking around at my surroundings. It was incredible. I, stupidly, thought that we would run through the park a second time toward the end, so I didn't take ANY photos. I know, I'm kicking myself over this misfortune. Alas, it was special, the characters were out and there was just so much going on. So by mile 4, things were going awesome.
This first little section of the race is the reason why I would run it again in a heart beat. It was just so different and just made all your senses go crazy. I would seriously just run loops through the first four miles of the course it was so incredible! I was happy, there were so many things to look at and see and a lot of it was new to me since I haven't visited the park in quite some time. Mile 5, Marathon Mitch grabbed this pic of me!
Sadly, this is where my stomach started to get upset and I started struggling a bit. I am used to having issues so I knew I would just have to push through and get to the end an it would be fine. BLAH. This part of the race was not as exciting as running through Disneyland, but it was full of cheerleaders, bands, a huge old/cool car line up and a lot of it was running into the sun. I thought my hat would be enough to shield me but I wish I brought my sunglasses! At mile 7 my music also died… so that was pretty not motivating. I KNEW I should have charged it the night before!
Another highlight was running through Angel Stadium where there were a ton of boyscouts cheering for us. That was pretty fun and I knew once we hit the Stadium we were on the final stretch home. Every water stop I passed I walked through and made sure to hydrate myself as it was rather warm out… and had an internal debate as to if I should stop and use the portopottie or not. Alas, I didn't and just kept going. It was fun as we went back around the back part of CA Adventure again and were greeted by more friendly Cast Members and I knew the end was in sight! Though I didn't get a great time, I'm glad I enjoyed myself and really soaked in the Disney Experience. I would do this race again in a heart beat and next time I would like to take more photos!!
Overall, it was a pretty fun day and I'm REALLY glad I got to run the Disney race. I would have to say, it's one of my favorite half marathons to date, just because running through the park is so much fun and the medal is awesome! After the race you also get a great post race snack and the finish line festival is easy to navigate and reunite with your spectator, aka B who came and watched me :)
I also must say, I was worried about my Mike eye falling off, but it held strong the entire race AND I didn't see any other Mike Wazowskis out there! Everyone was either like, "What IS she?" or like "OMG!!! OMG!!!! OMG!!!! MIKE WAZOWSKI!!!!!" So that was fun, but I did think it was pretty weird being called Mike the entire race :) I think I finished in 2:08 or something like that. I was happy with that with the issues concerning my upset stomach and the fact that I'm a terrible tangent runner and my total mileage was like 13.8.
It was a great race and a fun way to spend Labor Day weekend. I wish I would have signed up for Tinkerbell when it was open for registration because Mike needs to make more appearances!


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Alterazioni Video Work from Don't Eat the Yellow Snow. "Alterazioni Video is a group of five artists who have been working together for six years, and are currently located in Milan, New York and Berlin. The distances between the various members of the group and their constant movements have made communications between them – mostly […]
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Saturday, 2 April 2011