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LAGRANGE � East Duplin volleyball coach Liz Turner doesn�t like losing, but even she said that the Panthers� first-set loss to North Lenoir on Wednesday night might have been a good thing.
�Sometimes when you lose a set it�s not always a bad thing,� she said.
While the Panthers fell 25-23 to the Hawks in the first set of a nonconference match, East Duplin managed to win the next three to move to 9-0 overall.
The Panthers got by the Hawks 26-24 in the second set before winning 25-22 and 25-15 in the next two to record the victory.
�North Lenoir has a great coach and they are a very scrappy team,� Turner said. �We started out sloppy today, but luckily when push came to shove, we did the things we had to do to win.
�We switched up some stuff that took away momentum from North Lenoir. Amber Hall came in the third set and had some key kills.�
Hall ended with 19 kills.
Jami White had 43 assists and 10 digs, Morgan Sanderson had 32 digs, Carson Williams had 30 digs and Makayla Byrd added 11 kills for the Panthers, who were coming off a three-set road victory over East Central 2-A Conference foe Southwest on Tuesday.
East Duplin 23 26 25 25
North Lenoir 25 24 22 15
LEADING PLAYERS�E: Byrd 11 kills, 2 blocks, 3 aces; Hall 19 kills, 1 block; Sanderson 32 digs; Williams 30 digs; White 43 assists, 10 digs. RECORDS�E: 9-0, hosts Croatan today.
Jacksonville 6, W. Craven 3: Jacksonville�s No. 2 doubles team of Morgan Neofotis and Alexis Hurd won 8-0 to clinch the Cardinals� Coastal 3-A Conference victory at West Craven.
The Cardinals avenged a 5-4 loss to the Eagles earlier this season.
�We were actually tied with them,� JHS coach David Fleischer said. �This win was pivotal for us to make the playoffs.�
The conference only received two automatic bids to the NCHSAA 3-A playoffs.
SINGLES: Jones (W) d. Reeves 6-2, 2-6, 10-6; Gomez (W) d. Wangerin 6-2, 2-6, 15-13; Neofotis (J) d. Smith 6-3, 6-2; Hurd (J) d. Kornegay 6-3, 6-1; Poutas (J) d. Peck 6-2, 6-4; Akers (W) d. McCauley 5-7, 6-3, 10-7.
DOUBLES: Reeves/Wangerin (J) d. Jones/Smith 8-3; Neofotis/Hurd (J) d. Gomez/Peck 8-0; Poutas/McCauley (J) d. Akers Kornegay 8-3.
RECORDS: J: 4-3, 4-2, hosts Richlands today at 3:30 p.m. W: 4-3, 4-3.
New Bern 6, Croatan 3: Despite a nonconference loss at New Bern, Croatan coach Jim Sheehan was pleased with the Cougars� effort, saying it was a sign the team has improved.
�This was probably, from top to bottom, the best singles play we�ve had all year,� Sheehan said. �Obviously would like to win, but in a loss. We had many positives. We are making some strides.�
Croatan�s Jesse-Ann D�Amico won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 singles. Haley Woolard won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 and Mary Clair Bass won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 6 for the Cougars.
SINGLES: D�Amico (C) d. Bettencourt 6-1, 6-0; Thompson (N) d. LeBlanc 6-4, 3-6, 10-7; Woolard (C) d. Dujmusic 6-0, 6-0; Smith (N) d. Almarsi 6-3, 4-6, 10-8; Koprowski (N) d. Webb 6-1, 6-2; Bass (C) d. Miller 6-3, 6-3.
DOUBLES: Bettencourt/Thompson (N) d. D�Amico/LeBlanc 8-6; Smith/Welborn (N) d. Woolard/Webb 8-6; Koprowski/D�Elia (N) d. Berlin/Sparado 8-0.
RECORDS: C: 1-8, at Northside today.
JHS second: The Jacksonville boys� team finished in second place behind host New Bern in an 8-team nonconference meet.
The JHS girls� finished fifth, but was led by Haley Schueffer, who finished in second place at 19:36.
TEAMS: New Bern 26, Jacksonville 60, South Central 77, D.H. Conley 110, Eastern Wayne 134, C.B. Aycock 137, J.H. Rose 205, So. Wayne 212.
INDIVIDUALS: 1. NA. J: 4. Buhr 18:08. 7. Reece 18:34.
TEAMS: D.H. Conley 57, South Central 74, C.B. Aycock 74, New Bern 76, Jacksonville 88, J.H. Rose 154, Eastern Wayne DNS, So. Wayne DNS.
INDIVIDUALS: 1. NA. J: 2. Schueffer 19:36; 5. Wales 21:57.
JHS, Wiggs win: Jacksonville Abbie Wiggs earned medalist honors with an 85 to help the Cardinals win a Coastal 3-A Conference match Monday at Rock Creek.
The next conference match us
TEAMS: Jacksonville 291, West Carteret 293, Richlands 324, Swansboro 328, Havelock 342, West Craven 363.
INDIVIDUALS: Medalist: Wiggs 85. J: Maready 95, Rhodes 111, Boykin 114, McClellan 121. WCart: Waugh 95. R: Hignite 106, Fetsko 109, Padgett 109, Fischler 115, Grealish 126. S: Thomas 107, M. Pierce 109, G. Pierce 112, Carroll 118, Chadwick 126. H: Nelson 113. WCr: Franklin 115.
East Duplin d. North Lenoir 25-7, 25-16
LEADING PLAYERS � E: Medlin 9 kills; Hatcher 8 assists, 6 digs, 4 aces; Thigpen 5 aces; Houston 5 kills. RECORDS � E: 8-1, hosts Croatan today.


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Woohoo it's getting cold outside. Summer is definitely over in this part of the world. During the last days I have been looking around the perfume counters to get new inspirations. Here are my personal recommendations for the autumn perfume wardrobe.
Tell me your likes and dislikes for the colder season. What do we need? Amber, vanilla, leather, woods, pipe tobacco and everything that makes us feel comfy. Or do you try to escape with more summery scents? Anything you want to recommend?
Montale: Blue Amber
An overwhelmingly warm and powdery amber scent with vanilla and patchouli. My absolute autumn darling amber. Stunning!
Nez à Nez: Marron Chic
A wonderfully powdery iris perfume that gravitates into the direction of a gourmand scent but instead morphs into something leathery. Adorable and very close to the skin. It's like a calm winter Infusion d'Iris. Iris roots covered with cocoa powder – chic, not too sweet, brilliant!
Dior: Dior Homme
Justice… an iris scent for the boys, because iris on men's skin is so gorgeous! For me Dior Homme is one of the best men's perfumes you can find beyond niche perfumery. Sparkling bergamot, powdery iris and a woody base, love it. Simple and chic. You haven't seen the short movie Un rendez-vous with Jude Law for Dior Homme? You should!
Technique Indiscrète: Délivre Moi
Délivre Moi (Rescue me) is a beguiling, musky honey scent with a calming aura, a suede note and a very cool vintage twist. It feels like being covered with warm beeswax – delish. No wonder, that singer Mika bought the entire stock of Délivre Moi at the Jovoy boutique in Paris last week. Relax, there will be fresh supply for you!
April Aromatics: Bohemian Spice
Bohemian Spice, which was part of the Summer of Patchouli Love 2011 contest, is like a cat, cuddling with you. The warm, woody and earthy formula with a special vanilla chord and soft benzoin is better than a cashmere blanket. The fact that it is all-natural makes it even better. Nathan Branch described it as "a layer cake of citrus, incense and spice accords slathered in a thick patchouli cream." That's it.
Comme des Garçons: Kyoto
Because you need at least one incense scent for the cold season and Kyoto is the one. A very moderate incense with a wonderful cedar note. Sophisticated and simply amazing. I love this stuff, it's my favorite incense perfume for men. Intoxicating.
Atelier Cologne: Vanille Incensée
Incense bathing in creamy vanilla. The drydown is powdery and very sensual. I found this very alluring. Impressed.
L'Artisan Parfumeur: Tea for Two
If it's not vanilla for you, maybe you like some chai tea flavor? Tea for Two is a dry, leathery, spicy and warm companion for the dark season. It smells a little bit like Dzing! diluted with tea. No wonder, both perfumes are created by the same perfumer, Olivia Giacobetti!
Serge Lutens: Chergui
I prefer the older Serge Lutens fragrances and Chergui is my personal favorite. I like to contrast the cold autumn storms outside with a warm desert wind from Morocco – the Chergui. This scent is a spicy, leathery, honeyed, musky, elegant, warm oriental with notes of pipe tobacco and sandalwood – all we need for underneath our trench now.
Oscar de la Renta: Esprit d'Oscar
Press the autumn escape button. Esprit d'Oscar was a real surprise for me, I tested it by accident and found it lovely from the start. The lemony opening and the soft heliotrope in combination with the allure of the white florals makes it a really wonderful feminine scent for the daytime. The kind of cosy baby-powder-almond-flour scent (typically for heliotrope) you need to have in your perfume wardrobe to feel comfortable when the weather is getting nasty.
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Panasonic will be will begin touring its VIERA plasma 3D TVs around the country, beginning this week.
Panasonic's VIERA Full HD 3D plasma televisions, announced last month, will be on display in Westfield shopping centres from May 13. The tour kicks off at Doncaster Westfield in Melbourne and concludes in Marion Westfield in Adelaide on August 15, with dates also scheduled for Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.
Viewers who register at the tour will be eligible for a free pair of 3D viewing glasses when they purchase a VIERA 3D TV — these will be available for sale in Australia from June.
Panasonic's 3D TV tour follows Sony's showcase of its own 3D products in Sydney's World Square. Sony is continuing to set up demonstrations of its 3D television products in other regions.
Samsung currently has the only 3D TVs available on the Australian market, with Panasonic and Sony looking to release their products in coming months.


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Melbourne Heart coach John Aloisi has revealed the Hyundai A-League club are on the verge of signing Qantas Socceroos captain Lucas Neill.
Melbourne Heart coach John Aloisi has revealed the Hyundai A-League club are on the verge of signing Qantas Socceroos captain Lucas Neill.
Neill, who turns 35 next month, has been without a club since being dumped by United Arab Emirates side Al Wasl last month.
"I had a chat to him a couple of days ago to see where he's at football-wise and what he wanted out of the rest of the season, and he wants to play football," Aloisi said.
"He's watched quite a few games in the A-League and he could see what we're trying to do as a team. He likes the way we're trying to play football.
"He's still the national team captain and he wants to win games.
"It's great for us because we want to make finals and if you make finals you've got every chance of doing well in it."
Aloisi was an integral member of the Qantas Socceroos alongside Neill before he moved into coaching with the Heart.
"As former teammates, he knows what I'm going to be like as a person, but he doesn't know what I'm like as a coach, so that's a little bit different," he said.
"When I did speak to him, I said what I expect from my players and what I'm expecting as a team and the way we want to play and he liked that.
"Now we have to see if he ends up putting pen to paper."
Aloisi said he had no doubts about the former Blackburn Rovers and West Ham United defender's physical state.
"He'd been playing until recently; he played 60 minutes for the national team against Romania, so his fitness is not a problem," he said.
"Lucas looks after himself physically and he's never really had any major issues injury-wise, so he's a fit guy."
Heart, fifth on the A-League ladder, tackle the seventh-placed Newcastle Jets in a crucial clash on Friday.
"Any result in Newcastle would be a positive outcome for us," Aloisi said.
"We haven't been great away from home, so it's time that we start picking up points because if we want to make finals you have to win away from home."
Aloisi said new signing Marcel Meeuwis had received his international clearance and was expected to feature.


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Editorial: Vote NO on a Deliberately Misleading Ballot Question
Editor's note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore's online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG.
When voters go to the polls this Tuesday, in addition to voting for candidates, they will also have the option of voting on a ballot question. The ballot question is misleading, and you should vote NO on it.
The question asks voters to make a seemingly simple decision, "Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to require that justices, judges and justices of the peace be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years?"
Reading this question, it's easy to assume that the amendment would create a retirement age for judges in the state, a proposition that most voters support. With this wording of the question, 64 percent of voters indeed support the amendment.
Unfortunately, the wording of the ballot question obscures an important truth. The current retirement age for judges is already 70 years. If approved, the new proposal would actually raise the retirement age by five years.
Voters clearly have a different impression of the change when they're given this fact. With full knowledge of the Pennsylvania constitution, only 39 percent of voters support the change.
The Daily Gazette editorial board doesn't normally endorse candidates or policies but this year's ballot question is an exception. This amendment was so clearly designed to mislead the electorate that we feel the need to speak out.
Voters in Pennsylvania should send a message to Harrisburg that any ballot question that attempts to trick the electorate into voting against their true preference will be rejected. Passage of this ballot question would send an important signal that politicians can deceive their voters with no consequences.
Regardless of the merits of the amendment, The Daily Gazette asks you to vote NO. Supporters of the amendment should try again later, but next time they shouldn't hide their true intentions behind opaque language.


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The Federal Department of Human Services (DHS) expects to save $5 million per year in power costs after merging seven ageing data centres into two more modern facilities.
Since revealing its data centre consolidation plans last January, the department has been working to establish two data centres in Canberra as the primary and back-up site for all constituent agencies.
One of those sites is in the Canberra Data Centres (CDC) facility in Hume. The other is likely to be located in the southern Canberra suburb of Tuggeranong.
On a tour of the Hume data centre yesterday, Human Services Minister Kim Carr said the consolidated systems would ensure that the department's public data was accessible, secure and environmentally friendly.
The Hume data centre would "support nation-wide services", including those of Medicare, Centrelink, Child Support and the Department of Veterans' Affairs, he said.
Carr added that the department would halve its ICT carbon footprint and improve the speed and reliability of ICT services by consolidating its systems.
CDC's facility in Hume opened in May 2008 and serves 20 agencies, including the Department of Health and Ageing and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
Human Services will consume half of the CDC's capacity, the department's chief information officer Gary Sterrenberg told iTnews.
CDC managing director Greg Boorer said the department had agreed to host 2500MW of equipment in the facility for ten years with extension options.
"This would be one of the largest cloud deployments in the southern hemisphere or the world today," he said. "For the Government, this [is a] private cloud."
"This takes DHS from 500 physical machines to 50 virtual machines, which is all around moving capacity to where it is needed at a fraction of the cost of the traditional computing model."
The data centre boasts clean and green technologies that are up to 40 percent more efficient in energy use when compared with the department's former facilities.
Although it takes up less physical space than previous centres, it has increased virtual storage capabilities with tape cartridge libraries holding 50 times the amount of data compared to past sites.
The data centre features hot aisle containment with "free air" capable air-cooled chillers that do not use any water, thus avoiding the use of up to 100,000 litres of water per day.
It boasts Uptime Institute Tier 3 architecture, which guarantees a minimum availability of 99.982 percent. Boorer said the data centre had achieved 100 percent availability since launch.
"We've had high availability with Medicare but Centrelink [was] always exposed to down time," Sterrenberg said.
"We had 500 independent servers spread across seven or eight data centres. Each of those was a point of failure.
"With the move to Hume we've consolidated infrastructure into 50 servers, that are virtualised. That provides a high availability in terms of the ability to serve citizens."
Sterrenberg said the move involved $750 million in operational expenditure and $130 million in capital expenditure.
CDC's online specifications indicate that the facility supports from 7.5 to 30 kW per rack and provides automated, real-time data on power usage, heat and humidity.
The facility is ASIO T4 certified as a "secure area" under the Government's Protective Security Manual, with 24x7 staff and time-stamped IP cameras.
It has a diesel generator farm, bulk fuel storage, and 'live' tanker refuelling station on site, as well as emergency diesel supply contracts, allowing the data centre to run indefinitely in "island" mode without mains power.
Liz Tay contributed to this story.


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Control centres
One ground control centre controls and operates the European contributions to the International Space Station. The Columbus Control Centre (Col-CC) controls and operates the Columbus laboratory and coordinates European experiments. While the European cargo vessel Automated Transfer Vehicle operated to the International Space Station the ATV Control Centre in Toulouse, France, controlled and operated the spacecraft.
Staffed by engineers and technicians are trained to ESA and Space Station guidelines to become flight controllers. They are trained to operate Columbus and know the International Space Station inside and out. The head of a flight control team is called the Flight Director.
The majority of the Columbus systems are operated automatically. Control Centres monitor performance of operations and, in case of changes or malfunctions, prepare and perform updates. Maintenance of Europe's space laboratory Columbus is performed by astronauts monitored by the control centre and payload centre.
The centre has two control rooms: one for real-life operations and one for training controllers or running simulations. The second control room also acts as a backup for the first control room. As these two control rooms are located close to each other, there is always a backup which can take over in case of problems.
Columbus Control Centre (Col-CC)
The Colombus Control Centre is located at the Space Operations Centre of the German Space Agency (DLR), in Oberpfaffenhofen, near Munich in Germany. This centre is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Col-CC controls and operates the Columbus laboratory and is in close contact with the Mission Control Centre in Houston, USA which has overall responsibility for the International Space Station, together with the Mission Control Centre in Moscow. In addition, Col-CC coordinates operations with the Space Station Payload Operations and Integration Centre at the Marshall Space Flight Centre in Huntsville, Alabama, USA, which is responsible for operating European experiments.
All the ground services for Colombus are provided by Col-CC. This includes relaying communications (voice, video and data) to sites where Station users are located such as the ATV control centre, the European Astronaut Centre (EAC), industrial support sites and to the ESA management site at ESTEC.
ATV control centre
This centre, which was located in Toulouse, France, on the premises of French Space Agency CNES, operated 24 hours a day seven days a week during ATV missions. ATV-CC was responsible for operating Europe's ATV and interfaced with the Mission Control Centres in Moscow and Houston, as well as with the Columbus Control Centre.
User centres
User Support and Operation Centres (USOCs) are distributed throughout Europe. These centres are responsible for using and implementing European payloads on the International Space Station.
On behalf of Station users and under ESA management, USOCs prepare and operate facilities for experiments on board the Station. The USOCs act as the link between the user and the Space Station, and are the focal points for the preparation and operation of ESA payloads.
Before experiments are launched, USOCs develop procedures for experiments, optimise and calibrate payloads and experiments, and support training activities for astronauts.
Once the payloads are in orbit, the USOCs, with support from the ColumbusCcontrol centre, operate the payloads for which they are responsible and receive data on the experiments being performed.
In addition, USOCs interact with the scientists by providing them with data on the experiments, receiving and processing requests for scheduling experiments and providing information and instructions regarding the experiments being carried out.
Although each USOC has a different role depending on the technical and operational responsibilities assigned to them, all USOCs act as information centres for national users. They identify potential users and familiarise them with the possibilities that the International Space Station provides for scientific and commercial use.
Europe's USOCs are:
BIOTESC Biotechnology Space Support Centre
(Zurich, Switzerland)
B-USOC Belgian User Support and Operations Centre
(Brussels, Belgium)
CADMOS Centre d'Aide au Développement des activités en Micropesanteur et des Opérations Spatiales
(Toulouse, France)
DAMEC Danish Medical Centre of Research
(Odense, Denmark)
E-USOC Spanish User Support and Operations Center
(Madrid, Spain)
MUSC Microgravity User Support Centre
(Cologne, Germany)
N-USOC Norwegian User Support and Operations Centre
(Trondheim, Norway)


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Shackled and donning a khaki Montezuma County jail uniform, officer Ryan Carter, 29, kept his head bowed when making his initial court appearance before County Court Judge JenniLynn Lawrence on Monday, July 14.
Carter was arrested on Friday, July 11, and remains in the Montezuma County jail.
Lawrence told Carter he was under investigation on charges of sexual contact of a minor by a person in a position of trust, and set a hearing for filing of charges at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 23.
Prosecutors told Lawrence that Carter's alleged sex crimes were "egregious," stating the case involved multiple incidents involving an underage girl.
District Attorney Will Furse said his office is still considering charges.
According to Carter's arrest warrant, a Montezuma County sheriff's deputy learned of the alleged sex crimes after a NEST Child Advocacy Center team meeting on Thursday, July 10. The warrant revealed that the girl, now 15, confided to a friend while on a camping trip last month that she lost her virginity to Carter, stating that they had unprotected, consensual sex on three occasions.
During a forensics interview last week, the girl told a Montezuma County Child Protective Services caseworker that the first sexual encounter occurred on June 19. The warrant revealed the incident occurred while on a nighttime security shift inside Carter's vehicle near Yellow Jacket. The girl reported two additional incidents, the latest in her bedroom on July 7.
The arrest warrant also indicates that Carter and the girl engaged in inappropriate text message conversations, and Carter reportedly told her that she couldn't tell anyone about the sex, because "he would lose his job" and "not be able to see his kids."
When interviewed by a Colorado Bureau of Investigations agent last week, Carter denied the allegations. He consented to a search of his cell phone and County Road 29 residence, the warrant stated.
At Monday's hearing, Lawrence issued a protection order for the teen girl, and instructed Carter not to have contact with any child under the age of 18, including his own. If released, Carter must vacate his residence, cease possession of any firearm or ammunition and undergo sobriety monitoring for alcohol and drugs.
Also on Monday, prosecutors informed the court that Carter had a criminal history, including a deferred sentence in judgment in a 2007 domestic violence case.
Citing the serious nature of the charges, Lawrence granted a prosecution request not to lower Carter's $100,000 bond, adding that she was surprised to learn about his background.
With the Cortez Police Department since 2011, Carter was immediately placed on administrative leave, said Cortez Police Lt. Andy Brock in a 110-word statement issued on Saturday, July 12.
Brock later said all potential police officers undergo a criminal background check. After CBI cleared Carter for his law enforcement certification, Brock said the police department "felt he was a viable candidate."
A Class 3 felony carries a maximum 24-year prison sentence and $750,000 fine.


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In a recent article in one of the magazines, the theory was presented that the White Dominique was infused into the Clarets.
The best way to check white fowl is to mate one with a strain that produces black females. If Dominique is in the blood, it will show quickly. In fact I have had fowl shipped me; the shipper stating he had Clarets which did not have the proper appearance for other than white color, it being not the regular color for a Claret, which is different from any other white. I have tested them in single matings and never found one of them to be a true Claret.
The first chicks to appear showed Dominique characteristics when crossed on a Shuffler hen. It is amusing to note how many think they have Clarets, conscientiously believing they have the real stuff, for they dont know that they dont know. Any one who knows the fowl can test, in a few moments sparring whether it is real or not. Clarets fight differently. They fly into a cock with no beak hold, their heels pointed as an expert swordsman points a rapier. They dont want to bite their opponent, just want to measure the distance and kill him.
A Claret cannot be produced synthetically. Many honestly believe they have created the Madigin fowl by crossing darked-colored red fowl in some manner to get wine red chickens but they do not produce the true fighting qualities of the Claret at all. Clippers originally were 50 per cent Claret. Even Clippers, from true Clarets, will produce an occasional white.
In my opinion, there are few Clarets now extant and less than half a dozen breeders who own a pure Claret, unless they have recently procured them from one of the few breeders of the true stock.
An expert has almost the feel of the true fowl. As one prominent breeder used to say: They go together like an accordion. They down have hard bodies; have lot of feathers, are frail chickens except in leg and wing power; but have more kick than anything their weight; are intelligent, realizing their killing prowess is in that kick and that their beaks are primarily to feed themselves. They watch and feint to get their opponent out of position, then fly into him to tear him all to pieces without getting a scratch themselves, if possible.
There are extenuating circumstances often even caused by their handlers if they do not understand their handling. Their intelligence goes to the brood yard. They are aristocrats of the chicken specie. Rarely ever will you have one that will fight females. They chatter, talk and are perfect feathered gentlemen. If you have loose hens running around the coops, the outside hens will stay around the yard with a Claret cock in it. Some of the old fashioned strains are the bourgeois of the feathered tribe.
For four generations the family of the writer of this article has owed and admired spirited horses, dogs, and fowl. As far as one hundred years back, one ancestor kept game fowl at his slave cabins on his plantation. We were a family of attorneys and politicians and law makers, but the obsession for spirited chickens seemed to be perpetuated traditionally.
From the deepest research, experience and association with this strain of aristocrats of all game fowl, in this writers opinion, which of course may have little value, the Clarets, while thought to have been produced accidentally, were amply prepared to produce the greatest of all modern fowl.
It is a matter of common knowledge that a pair of fowl were casually thrown into a barn, the female stole her nest, raised nine stags and three pullets, they coming very regular, all deep claret-wine color, hence the name.
It was not entirely accidental that they were endowed with superior fighting ability, for on both sides, particularly on the female side, a pedigree of superior fowl existed. Her blood came from the best on both sides of the globe, carefully and intelligently produced by men who were past masters. The mother was a Herman B. Duryea Whitehackle whose sire won 19 battles, 14 of them in hands of Michael Kearney and 5 in England and Ireland for the Earl of Cromwell.
The sire of the Clarets, according to this writers research, was produced from a gray cock that fought at about 4.02. This particular cock belonged to a comparatively unknown boy at that time (in cocking circles) who I understand brought the cock to Mr. Deans to fight for him. Deans fought the cocks in good company several times. He won in such a creditable manner that Mr. Deans procured the cock for his own and then bred him to one of his good red hens, heavy in Mahoney blood. Mahoney lived with Mr. Deans for some time and died at his home. This produced the red cock that became the daddy of the Clarets.
Any of you have bred a light gray cock on fowl with white undercolor such as Whitehackle may have had the same experience as I; that a gray crossed on that sort of fowl might produce white birds, the gray being so near the white in color.
The father of the sire of the Clarets was a gray cock, the daddy of the Clarets being the only red out of a clutch containing six stags, the remaining five being gray. The white did not present itself immediately. The wine color was first, then gray, then some whites. The gray, I understandwere among the first grays that Mr. Madigin ever owned. The grays fought like Clarets, which of course they were. Then came the whites which went back to the combination of Whitehackle blood and the blood of the Deans gray cock, which cock contained blood of Gilman Grey-Mansell pyle with other combinations.
Mr. Madigin liked the white color which was a beautiful ( what I call) , magnolia or pinkish white. The stags invariably showed a buffbrassback, which never occurs in any other color of white fowl. In fact, some of the chicks when hatched come almost pink.
In later years, I have heard that Mr. Madigin crosses some other white blood into his Clarets as the pure ones were getting small and inbred. If he did so it was entirely his own business as he was obligated to no one to perpetuate any fowl or color. He wanted a winner and liked those that looked well.
So far as runners were concerned, the Claret is one of the most sensitive and high-strung fowl. Coming from a long line of sensitive ancestry, particularly on the mothers side they have definite characteristics. Just as a peacock, when he losses his feathers, will hide from his own females because he is so completely distressed, so will a game cock. The higher-strung the more sensitive and rightly so. It is sex and pride that makes him fight and he is at a disadvantage. Some of the gamest of bull dogs will carry their tails between their legs a good part of the time. A fight for them is serious for it means victory or death; a situation of which they are constantly aware. One who does not recognize the high spirit of the Claret fowl should never own one.
There is a story in circulation that Mr. Madigin bred a yard of fowl intentionally dunghilled. He trusted most of his friends with whom he was associated in horse breeding and let them have some of his good fowl as they were not competitors in cockfighting. On the other hand, he felt that some of his chicken friends were not as loyal as they could have been in keeping his fowl as his property and origination. It is told that he distributed some of his synthetic fowl to certain individuals to cure them of the practice of bothering him for cocks, breeding them back and selling them later as pure Clarets.
To scatter his best fowl promiscuously to those who would breed them back would have destroyed his opportunity to win as he would have been in competion with his own ability as a breeder. Although the general opinion, is that the hen produced the greater percentage of fighting prowess, it depends on the stamina of bother parents. As unusually strong cock on a weak female with predominantly produce more of the male progenys qualifications.
My theory is that the white fowl were first produced naturally from the blood of the gray cock owned by Mr. Deans and that the mother of the Clarets with the white under color of the Duryea Whitehackle.
To this day, in breeding straight white Clarets, (which cannot be continued long as the feathers get too brittle and they get somewhat weakened; it is better to breed back to the dark colors) one will get an occasional gray feather and the first Clarets were bred 40 years ago. In my opinion, no outside blood was put in the Clarets except from two cocks from Mr. Marsh, strong in Lowman Whitehackle blood until 1935. The original white Clarets were a natural production.


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During the PAX East event in Boston over the weekend a number of internal Activision studio heads defended the giant publishing 'ogre'.
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- "Not much use for casting spells, but perfect as a tasty treat."
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A Liquorice Wand is a wizarding sweet that is presumably shaped like a wand and tastes like liquorice, they may or may not come in a variety of flavours. Liquorice Wands are sold in abundance on the Hogwarts Express food trolley and at Honeydukes sweetshop in Hogsmeade.[1][2]
On 1 September, 1991, Harry Potter bought every sweet available from the food trolley on the Hogwarts Express, including some Liquorice Wands, as he had never had wizarding sweets before and wanted to try everything he could.[1]
On the Hogwarts Express, Ron thinks about buying one before realising that it was too expensive.[3]
In 1995, "Liquorice wand" was one of several password guesses Harry Potter made when he wanted to gain entrance to the Headmaster's office, so that he could tell Albus Dumbledore about a vision he had involving Lord Voldemort.[4]
On 1 September, 1996, Horace Slughorn invited several students to his compartment on the Hogwarts Express, in order to find new members for the Slug Club. He told his guests that he had brought his own lunch, as he recalled the trolley being "heavy on Liquorice Wands," and felt that such things would not sit well with "a poor old man's digestive system."[2]
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MIKAYLA NELSON: (Off mic) – It's made out of carbon fiber laminate, which is basically – it's two carbon fiber sheets that are 90 degrees to each other.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Well, we're going to have to have you work for one of the auto companies so to get them to design the next generation of cars, huh? This is a good start.
MS. NELSON: That would be nice. (Thanks ?).
NARRATOR: After seeing other exhibits of motorized wheelchairs, water purification systems and a soccer-playing robot –
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, let's just, like, point it this way – (laughter) – and see what happens.
NARRATOR: – the president made remarks about the importance of science and innovation to our economy and our future.
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On the one hand, this episode is severely flawed, in that the identity of the eliminated team became all too obvious very early in the hour. On the other hand, this episode features Art and J.J. and Bopper and Mark scraping crude oil off of hairy, half-naked men. And that proved to be comedy gold.
Having won three legs in a row, the Border Cops are the first team out of the pit stop in Bavaria. Although the show takes the time to note Brendan and Rachel stopping at a travel agency while the rest of the teams make straight for the airport, it made no difference, as all teams end up on the same flight to the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, where the next clue awaits at the temple of fire. As the temple doesn't open until dawn, and there happens to be a very lively, heavily percussive band on the premises, we get a rare glimpse of all the teams having fun, dancing together while waiting for first light. The show is usually so frenetic that I always appreciate these brief glimpses of down time.
Including the Fast Forward in a clue packet distributed to all teams simultaneously forces the racers to deal with a strategic conundrum. If only one team pursues the Fast Forward, they're virtually guaranteed of winning it and propelling themselves to the front of the pack. If three or more teams pursue it, the losing teams at least have competition at the back of the pack. But if only two teams pursue the Fast Forward, one of them is likely to end up facing the worst case scenario: missing out on the magic ticket and finding themselves buried in last place, with little hope of catching up before the next pit stop.
That latter scenario is, in fact, what plays out this week, as Rachel and Dave and the Jersey Boys go head-to-head in a hay-stacking competition for the coveted prize. Rachel and Dave prevail, leaving the fist-pumpers deflated, and draining the hour of much of its drama. But the challenges help make up for the lack of suspense. At the Roadblock, one member of each team participates in a simulated underwater helicopter crash, which looks like an awful lot of fun, at least for those without an extreme phobia of drowning.
The Detour presents one mundane choice—picking a marked apple out of an old Soviet car full of them—and one hilarious option, in which teams are introduced to the odd Azerbaijan tradition of relaxing in a tub of hot crude oil. The Border Cops' reaction to learning that this is actually a thing is funny enough, but their giggling helplessness at the prospect of scraping the crude from their hirsute subject is what really won me over. I started out skeptical of these guys, but I'd actually be okay with them winning at this point.
In the end, the editing team makes a token effort at suggesting that Vanessa and Ralph have gotten lost on the way to the pit stop, but the inevitable result does in fact come to pass, as Joey Fitness and Danny are eliminated from the race. I must admit, they didn't turn out to be anywhere near as douchey as I feared from the first episode, but they never became particularly endearing, either. They were just sort of there, and now they aren't.
Stray observations:
- Vanessa: "I hope this is the first and last time I'm in a trunk." I'm not sure all TAR viewers share that hope.
- What is the deal with Mark barfing into a bag every time he and Bopper get into the back of a car? That is disturbing.
- I don't think the Feds understand the difference between "not seeming like a threat" and "not actually being a threat at all."
- No episode next week, but in two weeks we get zebras, as well as the return of the nastiness between Vanessa and Big Brother Rachel. Yay?


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Hundreds of thousands of anti-regime protesters — socialists, Islamists, students, democracy advocates, and more — poured into the streets again in recent days, too. The demonstrators have refused to back down despite Saleh's apparent departure from power.
At the top of the list of grievances: They want the tyrant and his minions to be prosecuted for corruption and the deadly crackdowns on protesters. At present, Saleh is supposed to leave power in peace — along with his assets plundered from the nation. Many of the people still demonstrating also believe the emerging "new" regime is too similar to the old U.S.-backed dictatorship.
Deadly fighting intensified over the weekend, just days after dictator Saleh signed a United Nations-backed deal brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) agreeing to completely hand over power in the coming weeks. The deal allows Saleh to officially resign once his "vice-president," who has apparently taken charge, swears in a new government and passes legislation granting the despot and his cohorts immunity.
But battles are still raging. Dozens were killed this weekend as rival groups — including various bickering military units and assorted ethnic factions — continued shooting at each other. Air strikes and raids pounded tribal militants in the northern region of the country as well.
According to the Associated Press, clashes even broke out in the capital, Sana. The fighting there was between pro-government troops led by the dictator's nephew, Colonel Yehia Saleh, and forces loyal to General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, who joined anti-regime protesters after defecting early this year.
Saleh ruled Yemen with an iron fist for over three decades, backed by massive levels of U.S. military aid. Last year President Obama more than doubled the amount of American taxpayer dollars sent to the regime. The Senate also voted unanimously on a bill urging the administration to "use all appropriate measures" to ensure the dictatorship's survival.
But serious uprisings began 10 months ago — some inspired by socialists, others by tribes long-marginalized by the regime — that eventually spiraled out of control. The rebellion finally became impossible to rein in despite continued support for Saleh from the American government.
Still, U.S. war planes and drones were secretly bombing targets selected by Saleh even in recent months. "We'll continue saying the bombs are ours, not yours," the Yemeni dictator is quoted as saying in a leaked American diplomatic cable, which describes a meeting between U.S. General David Petraeus and Saleh early last year. But the bombings — which reportedly killed at least hundreds of civilians — failed to keep the growing uprisings at bay.
Finally, in recent months, even the Obama administration was forced to concede defeat. After militants nearly killed Saleh and various armed rebel groups began to unite in an effort to drive him from power, some U.S. officials asked the dictator to step down and hand over power peacefully.
The new interim "Prime Minister" selected by the opposition to form a "unity government" is Mohammed Basindwa, once a member of the Yemeni People' s Socialist Party. After North Yemen reunited with the former Soviet puppet state in the South, Basindwa joined Saleh's regime. He held various prominent posts including Foreign Minister and Propaganda Minister.
So-called "presidential elections" are planned for early next year, according to the agreement signed by Saleh. But for now, conforming to the power-transfer deal, there is only one candidate on the ballot: "Vice President" Abed Rabbo Mansour al-Hadi.
Over the weekend, Saleh purported to grant immunity to most of those arrested during the political turmoil, not including the militants believed to be responsible for the rocket attack on Saleh's compound that severely injured him. It was unclear whether he was pardoning his own forces accused of brutality, armed factions that rebelled, or everyone.
International human rights groups are urging the UN to investigate alleged war crimes committed by Saleh during his struggle to retain power including, most recently, military shelling of protesters in the city of Taiz that left dozens dead. Local leaders are also demanding a trial, rejecting the agreement signed by Saleh which purported to offer him and his associates immunity.
"The blood of the martyrs that pushed you from power is the same that will put you in prison and push you into court," Yemeni imam Fuad al-Hameeri was quoted as telling protesters in a warning to Saleh. A banner cited by the Wall Street Journal held up by a protester in Sana read: "Martyrs wrote with their blood that Saleh must stand trial."
Assuming Saleh actually hands over power, which some experts question in light of reports that he is continuing to order attacks on opponents, the regime in Yemen would be the fourth to crumble in what is being dubbed the "Arab Spring." In Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt, the uprisings have largely handed power to Islamists and socialists.
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which pass for public opinion in a land where no such thing exists can be found only in Seoul - Isabella Bird Bishop, 1898
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
"One on One" vs "Better than Native"
The first ad, for 'one to one English conversation, direct English,' seems to have women in mind, and I can't help but think of it as an illustration for this article:
The attraction there is clearly for women to get close to, to have one on one communication with, and to have almost direct contact with the male foreign teacher. The program aimed at men, on the other hand, takes a slightly different approach:
The idea is to take the intensive program and, moving beyond healthy competition, to be better than the (male) native speaker, to beat him, to be stronger than him.
All in all, they're a rather succinct summary of popular attitudes towards foreign (native-speaking) teachers.
15 comments:
- Anonymous said...
I have a hagwon ad from the 90s that shows a similar inferiority complex and the desire to learn English in order to conquer or surpass white Westerners. Native Speaker is portrayed by a blond Uncle Sam with a large nose.
- Wed Jul 07, 09:14:00 AM
- Anonymous said...
Knowing you you've already read it(!), but just in case then you may be interested in the 2006 journal article Marketing the eikaiwa wonderland: ideology, akogare, and gender alterity in English conversation school advertising in Japan , which I talk about here. In short, I was amazed at how Japanese language institutes often advertised themselves to women by implying that they could possibly have relationships with the male Western teachers. Or, as author Keiron Baiely puts it, the ads rely on:
...the properties of the white male signifier being defined in relation to a historical gendered Occidentalist imaginary as an "agent of women's professional, romantic and sexual liberation"
And which couldn't have provided a greater contrast to Korean examples, so it's very interesting that Korea too may be going down a similar route now.
- Wed Jul 07, 10:42:00 AM
- matt said...
Care to scan that ad and share it? I'd love to see it.
Thanks for the links - I'll be doing some remedial reading. And the Japanese advertising as you quoted it is indeed different from that seen in Korea. I wonder if there is a trend to be found in this, or if it's rare. Something worth looking deeper into, I imagine...
- Wed Jul 07, 12:59:00 PM
- King Baeksu said...
Studying English at Pagoda will also give you pneumatic, Lara Croft breasts.
- Wed Jul 07, 02:17:00 PM
- Unknown said...
I'd like to think you'd modify your claim that the ads represent popular attitudes about foreign teachers. I imagine many ideas a populace hold in common can be considered popular. And though you don't really suggest what those ideas are, I'll note that the longer I live here, the more i realize this general attitude is popular among a specific segment of the population and certainly not the majority.
So WHO are you referring to? Would be nice to know.
The ads seem to address two rather distinct corporate-sponsored anxieties Korean students of English have regarding foreigners and represent Pagoda's vision of Koreans not Koreans visions of White English Speaking Foreigners.
(I think we all probably feel the same way about Pagoda. Right?)
Rather than participate in the worthless assertions the ad makes about Korean men and women and there desires and fears about success, maybe you could put this into perspective with the history of similar concurrent marketing strategies in use all over the world.
This isn't Korean at all.
That said, I think what's most disturbing about the ad is the sexism not the way it treats white folks.
File this post under Stuff White People Like to Do: Pretend They are Oppressed Minorities (While Living Abroad).
- Wed Jul 07, 05:40:00 PM
- Unknown said...
My opinion of Pagoda advertising is that the ad team in charge there has had their fingers on the pulse of the nation's youth for more than 2 years, and beautifully times their big campaigns to coincide with and build upon developing (not prevailing) attitudes among those in their younger demographic range.
That team is able to think critically, speculate accurately, and maintain a seemingly constant awareness of shifting trends and moods. I salute them for their perspicacity, and envy them their freedom to act.
I doubt the advertiser, or Pagoda management, care one whit for what those developing attitudes might be - just that they can capitalize on them. That is the function of advertisement after all: Attract - by any means necessary.
Incidentally, the Direct English ad is quite old and as such is not really directly comparable to the recent PiP ad in terms of being a reflection of their current strategy, or which gender they are targetting.
The Direct English ad appeared during a period where the most common student complaint was large class sizes and the resulting difficulty in speaking directly to the instructor. Students began analysing class sizes and determining the average number of minutes or seconds they would have speaking and interacting with the instructor versus their fellow students.
The PiP ad appeared this summer and the attitudes appearing now are a growing preference for Korean instructors - who, it is believed, care more, teach more professionally, and with proper training (like at the Pagoda nearest you) will be able to speak and teach 'Better than Native. '
No sex required.
- Wed Jul 07, 06:28:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
@ Gary Norris
"This isn't Korean at all."
Of course it is. Korean company, Korean ad firm, Korean product. Is your point to suggest that it's somehow not Korean because the Korean advertisement industry has been negatively influenced by the outside world?
As, for example, where you suggest: "maybe you could put this into perspective with the history of similar concurrent marketing strategies in use all over the world."
I find the "Stuff White People Like to Do" remark off-putting. Isn't it a bit ironic when you're not only telling non-Koreans how to think but also telling us (and Koreans themselves) what "is" and "isn't" Korean?
- Wed Jul 07, 07:21:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
I will keep an eye out for the ad when I reorganize my storage this summer, Matt. Username Gary Norris sounds like someone who also takes to task James Turnbull for daring to be a white Westerner giving opinions about Korean social and gender issues.
- Wed Jul 07, 10:13:00 PM
- Burndog said...
@ Gary Norris - why do tou assume that everyone posting on here is white? I mean...with that as your starting point, it's no wonder you think that these ads are at the forefront of proper thinking.
- Thu Jul 08, 09:39:00 AM
- Chris in South Korea said...
Contrast the 'female' ad with a previous sign of Direct English. It showed the male teacher, smiling in a suit quite close, while the female student appeared to be making eye contact, apparently comfortable with the closeness. A sign of the apocalypse, or a weird Photoshop job?
Let's not forget the purpose of hagwon - to make money for their owner, while appearing like a place to get educated. That the teacher is under the control of both school and student is essentially indisputable - especially at a one-on-one school where students can change teachers at the drop of a hat.
Advertisements fuel, and are fueled by perceptions - thus, would Korean men enjoy feeling like they're in control over their male teacher? Or would it be better showing the male student as a small, hunched-over, intimidated student that is lorded over by a domineering teacher?
The perception of who holds the power - in each of the ads - is NOT the teacher; an attitude that is reinforced by student and school time and time again.
- Thu Jul 08, 07:23:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
Matt, I'm going to link to this post in this week's "Korean Gender Reader", up either today or tomorrow. Do you mind if I also use your photographs there while I'm at it?
- Fri Jul 09, 01:04:00 PM
- matt said...
Feel free to.
- Fri Jul 09, 01:57:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
Can someone clarify if the Pagoda PIP program (aka "Better than Native") is taught by Korean teachers?
In other words, is the tug of war between a winner Korean teacher vs. a Native who isn't as good? Or is the tug of war with a Korean student who (threw the program, perhaps taught by a native) became "better than Native"?
- Mon Jul 12, 07:30:00 PM
- Unknown said...
Pagodas recent advertisement is claiming that their PIP program is better than other native English programs because they utilize Gyopo teachers.
With the recent influx of Korean decedents or Gyopos returning back to their homeland, many of the top language hagwons (Pagoda, CDI, and YBM ect) started to notice that some of these teachers can be better instructors due to their fluencies in both languages.
This is a necessity when students are studying for tests such as TOEFL or the SAT's because every sections of the test can be clarified on the spot in their own native tongue whereas, other foreign teachers may just skip pass the sections due to language barriers.
As an ex-recruiter for foreign teachers, I'm sorry to say that we used to hire Caucasians merely for marketing purposes and for their skin colors. Mothers in Korea have this idea that only Caucasian teachers can properly teach English but as an owner of a hagwon, I know it all depends on the persons skills and better if they are fluent in Korean.
This doesn't necessarily mean that I won't hire a Caucasian because I will always cater to what my consumers demand.
- Tue Jul 13, 02:35:00 PM
- hardyandtiny said...
that's a white chick, right?
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Do you sometimes struggle to find the 'right' word for your writing? I do. Maybe, in helping myself, I can help other writers.
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Today's words: Ban/Permit, Dilemma or problem, Mauerbauertraurigkeit,
Ban/Permit, are antonyms. i.e. they mean the opposite of each other. Antonyms can be difficult to discover, as most thesauruses provide synonyms for words but not their opposites. There are several good reference sources, and I use The New Nuttall Dictionary of English Synonyms and Antonyms.
Ban has many synonyms, including exclude, obstruct, restrain, prohibit and disapprove.
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It's meaning also fascinates and I wonder if you knew more of its origin? Is it derived from medical terminology?
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