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A detailed description of a new pulsed supersonic uniform gas expansion system is presented together with the experimental validation of the setup by applying the CRESU (French acronym for Cinétique de Réaction en Ecoulement Supersonique Uniforme or Reaction Kinetics in a Uniform Supersonic Flow ) technique to the gas-phase reaction of OH radicals with 1-butene at ca. 23 K and 0.63 millibars of helium (carrier gas). The carrier gas flow, containing negligible mixing ratios of OH-precursor and 1-butene, is expanded from a high pressure reservoir (337 millibars) to a low pressure region (0.63 millibars) through a convergent-divergent nozzle (Laval type). The novelty of this experimental setup is that the uniform supersonic flow is pulsed by means of a Teflon-coated aerodynamic chopper provided with two symmetrical apertures. Under these operational conditions, the designed Laval nozzle achieves a temperature of (22.4 ± 1.4) K in the gas jet. The spatial characterization of the temperature and the total gas density within the pulsed uniform supersonic flow has also been performed by both aerodynamical and spectroscopic methods. The gas consumption with this technique is considerably reduced with respect to a continuous CRESU system. The kinetics of the OH+1-butene reaction was investigated by the pulsed laser photolysis/laser induced fluorescence technique. The rotation speed of the disk is temporally synchronized with the exit of the photolysis and the probe lasers. The rate coefficient (k OH) for the reaction under investigation was then obtained and compared with the only available data at this temperature.
A compact sound-speed sensor based on a phase difference method was developed. The sensor employs a U-shaped stainless steel tube with two holes located on its front and back ends, which serves as a sound wave guide. The phase difference between the two holes was measured using two mini-microphones by means of a phase-sensitive detection technique. This method offers the advantage of eliminating the influence of signal fluctuations. The frequency of a sound source offered by a loudspeaker can be scanned between 1 kHz and 50 kHz. The slope of the phase difference as a function of frequency was obtained by scanning the frequency of the sound source. The speed of sound was retrieved from the rate of change of the phase difference. The performance of the sensor was evaluated over a wide range of speeds of sound from 260 m/s to 1010 m/s in different gas mixtures. The measured speed of sound was found to be in good agreement with the theoretical value for the sound-speed sensor.
The scanning electron microscope is becoming a popular tool to perform tasks that require positioning, manipulation, characterization, and assembly of micro-components. However, some of these applications require a higher level of performance with respect to dynamics and precision of positioning. One limiting factor is the presence of unidentified noises and disturbances. This work aims to study the influence of mechanical disturbances generated by the environment and by the microscope, identifying how these can affect elements in the vacuum chamber. To achieve this objective, a dedicated setup, including a high-resolution vibrometer, was built inside the microscope. This work led to the identification and quantification of main disturbances and noise sources acting on a scanning electron microscope. Furthermore, the effects of external acoustic excitations were analysed. Potential applications of these results include noise compensation and real-time control for high accuracy tasks.
In this work, the thermal reactive ion etching (TRIE) technique for etching hard-to-etch materials is presented. The TRIE technique employs a self-heated cathode and a thermally insulated aluminum plate is placed on the cathode of a regular reactive ion etching (RIE) system. By optimizing the beam size to support the sample stage, the temperature of the stage can be increased to a desired temperature without a cathode heater. The technique was used to etch a bulk titanium plate. An etch rate of 0.6 μm/min and an etch selectivity to nickel of 100 were achieved with SF6 plasma. The proposed technique makes a regular RIE system a more powerful etcher without the use of chlorine gas, a cathode heater, and an inductively coupled plasma source.
As a powerful and versatile scientific instrument, magnetic tweezers have been widely used in biophysical research areas, such as mechanical cell properties and single molecule manipulation. If one wants to steer bead position, the nonlinearity of magnetic properties and the strong position dependence of the magnetic field in most magnetic tweezers lead to quite a challenge in their control. In this article, we report multi-pole electromagnetic tweezers with high permeability cores yielding high force output, good maneuverability, and flexible design. For modeling, we adopted a piece-wise linear dependence of magnetization on field to characterize the magnetic beads. We implemented a bi-linear interpolation of magnetic field in the work space, based on a lookup table obtained from finite element simulation. The electronics and software were custom-made to achieve high performance. In addition, the effects of dimension and defect on structure of magnetic tips also were inspected. In a workspace with size of 0.1 × 0.1 mm2, a force of up to 400 pN can be applied on a 2.8 μm superparamagnetic bead in any direction within the plane. Because the magnetic particle is always pulled towards a tip, the pulling forces from the pole tips have to be well balanced in order to achieve control of the particle's position. Active video tracking based feedback control is implemented, which is able to work at a speed of up to 1 kHz, yielding good maneuverability of the magnetic beads.
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Resonant Ionization Laser Ion Source (RILIS) is nowadays an important technique in many Radioactive Ion Beam (RIB) facilities for its reliability and ability to ionize efficiently and element selectively. Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL) Ion Source using Electron Laser Excitation (GISELE) is an off-line test bench for RILIS developed to study a fully operational resonant laser ion source at GANIL facility. The ion source body has been designed as a modular system to investigate different experimental approaches by varying the design parameters, to develop the future on-line laser ion source. The aim of this project is to determine the best technical solution which combines high selectivity and ionization efficiency with small ion beam emittance and stable long term operation. Latest results concerning emittance and time profile development as a function of the temperature for different ion source versions will be presented.f
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Calcium and lithium ion beams are required by NASA Space Radiation Laboratory at Brookhaven National Laboratory to simulate the effects of cosmic radiation. To identify the difficulties in providing such highly reactive materials as laser targets, both species were experimentally tested. Plate shaped lithium and calcium targets were fabricated to create ablation plasmas with a 6 ns 1064 nm neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser. We found significant oxygen contamination in both the Ca and Li high charge state beams due to the rapid oxidation of the surfaces. A large spot size, low power density laser was used to create low charge state beams without scanning the targets. The low charge state Ca beam did not have any apparent oxygen contamination, showing the potential to clean the target entirely of oxide with a low power beam once in the chamber. The Li target was clearly still oxidizing in the chamber after each low power shot. To measure the rate of oxidation, we shot the low power laser at the target repeatedly at 10 s, 30 s, 60 s, and 120 s interval lengths, showing a linear relation between the interval time and the amount of oxygen in the beam.f
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The positive ion based source with a hot cathode based arc chamber and a tetrode accelerator was employed for a neutral beam injector on the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST). Four ion sources were developed and each ion source has produced 4 MW @ 80 keV hydrogen beam on the test bed. 100 s long pulse operation with modulated beam has also been tested on the test bed. The accelerator was upgraded from circular shaped to diamond shaped in the latest two ion sources. In the latest campaign of EAST experiment, four ion sources injected more than 4 MW deuterium beam with beam energy of 60 keV into EAST.f
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The occurrence of kinetic plasma instabilities is studied in pulsed operation mode of a 14 GHz A-electron cyclotron resonance type electron cyclotron resonance ion source. It is shown that the temporal delay between the plasma breakdown and the appearance of the instabilities is on the order of 10-100 ms. The most important parameters affecting the delay are magnetic field strength and neutral gas pressure. It is demonstrated that kinetic instabilities limit the high charge state ion beam production in the unstable operating regime.f
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To demonstrate a Mixed Axial and Radial field System (MARS) as the best magnet scheme for future ECRISs, MARS-D, a demonstrative ECRIS using a NbTi MARS magnet is progressing at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. An optimized MARS design can use either NbTi or Nb 3Sn coils with reduced engineering complexities to construct the needed high-field magnets. The optimized magnet design could enhance MARS-D to a next generation ECRIS by producing minimum-B field maxima of 5.6 T axially and 3.2 T radially for operating frequencies up to 45 GHz. In-progress test winding has achieved a milestone demonstrating the fabrication feasibility of a MARS closed-loop coil.f


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Thursday, February 19, 2015
Is It Too Late To Come Back?
I write this post, trying to gain some new ground. I'm pretty sure I haven't written a word of fiction for a year. And yet I have a box filled with half-finished fiction.
Just seems so hard to come back to it. Did Hemingway have dry spells? Vonnegut? Heller? Bradbury?
I'm 25,000 words into a crime fiction caper and have been dying to return to my characters. I've also been itching to write Mr. Dead Eyes 2. I'm also working on a sci-fi thriller involving visitors from the future.
Right now I'm fully focused on narration. 30 different projects. I've read some good books this past year, and each one has been needling me to finish my own writing projects.
But after a solid year of no new words?
Is it possible?
Maybe I should finish all my narration gigs first. Or should I just jump back in, guns blazing?
What do you think?
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Flight Of The War Machines! The New Book in the Works!
I've always been fascinated by the life of Preston Tucker, a dreamer who came up with a revolutionary car. Some suspected he was a fraud who simply wanted to take people's money. But I believe he was just a simple family man who was ahead of the curve. So much so that people wanted to shut him down quick, referring to his Tucker Torpedo as nothing more than a Tin Goose.
Whereas Tucker was hopeful, and maybe a little naive, Howard Hughes was a force to be reckoned with – a man who had shady practices but would not be stepped on. With enough money and bluster, Hughes could have whatever he wished.
With these two unique personalities in place, I thought it would be such an interesting idea for them to band together and invent the first flying car. This project is part science-fiction and part alternative history. With every choice that both these men make, it causes a ripple effect throughout history.
You can donate $15, $40 or even $100 and get perks like paperback copies, ebooks, updates, access to drafts and an acknowledgment in the book!
But hurry! The clock is ticking and if it doesn't get funded, it doesn't get made.
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014
New Blog!
Hi Guys,
I know that for the past few months it's been radio silence on this blog, but that's because I have been very busy. I've taken a break from writing and have actually been narrating other people's books on Audible.com.
By the end of 2015, I hope to have reached 100 narrated titles.
I wanted to list them but I wanted to give that it's own blog.
So, if you are curious as to what audio book you should listen to next, just go here:
Titles updated as they go live.
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Friday, May 9, 2014
Let Me Just Give You The Highlights
Alright. I know I haven't blogged in a while. But these days my life is just about filled to the brim with endless tasks. As a wise man once said, "Life is what happens when you try to make plans." So instead of droning on and on about my life, I figured on just giving you the highlights.
- As far as new eBook titles go, production has come to a halt. I'm not quitting writing or anything. I have several projects on the back burner. It will just be a while before I publish them. Maybe by the end of the year I'll have a new title up. Who knows?
- On the writing front, I've got a stock pile of words. To date I've written 467,018 words of fiction. (That's the equivalent of 9 full-length novels)
- The last time I wrote a word of fiction was April 6th of this year. Currently 26,000 words into my crime fiction book. I've been debating whether I should stick to my quota of 500 words a day or bump it up to a chapter a day. By the way, this is the first novel I'm writing that has a first person narrative.
- We had to ditch one of our cars. The green Kia Optima. The thing was ten years old and fully paid off but it just kept on stalling on us so we had to cash it in and get rid of it. Now we are down to our red Ford Focus. It's been in one accident but hasn't broke down on us yet.
- Our little girl, Sophia, just turned one. And you know what that means...
- We're moving. Yes, we loved our current apartment and have enjoyed ourselves daily on the sights and activities within the complex. But we just need more space. If all goes well, by the end of June, we will be all moved out and in to a two-bedroom apartment. It's a bit farther from my day job but it will definitely give me peace of mind having all that space.
- For the longest time people have told me I have a voice for radio. I've tried sending samples to various places but no one was biting. So, in an effort to blend the best of both worlds, I've decided to narrate audio books on audible through ACX. So far I had two auditions that fell through but I have my eye on ten audio books that I will audition for.
- As far as blogging goes, I will continue to blog from time to time. I've been thinking of continuing my "Writing with Cinematic Style" series becuase I have a lot to say about the subject. Other than that, I may just turn this thing into a journal, chronicling my strange life and observations.
That's all for now. In the meantime, KEEP WRITING!!!
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Sunday, March 16, 2014
Perturbed in Pennsylvania
When my wife first approached me about attending her friend's wedding, I gave it a lot of thought. We had been living practically like hermits, fortified in our home since the arrival of our daughter. We put off so many invitations while my wife was pregnant and even more after our baby was born. But this was a reunion between her and some of her best friends.
My wife has always had a fondness for France. Mainly because she spent three months there studying the language as well as the culture. While there she bunked with several friends who have shared her passion. As part of an unspoken tradition, they meet up every two years to reminisce and support each other.
Who was I to break tradition?
So, with a clear heart and a smile I told her, "Yeah, babe. We can go."
She was so excited.
Since it would be cheaper to book the flights, rental car and hotel all in one package; my wife purchased the tickets and we both submitted our vacation time.
Understand, I am not a traveling man.
I've visited several parts of Illinois, got myself lost in Wisconsin once or twice and went to Missouri for a day for my grandmother's funeral.
My wife has not only been overseas but she has visited Rome, France, New York, etc.
I'm 29 years old.
This was to be my first ever plane ride.
If everything went well, we'd enter the hotel on Friday, visit some historical sites and museums, maybe pick up a Philly cheese steak and call it a night. On Saturday at 2:00pm we'd be at the wedding and then make our way to the reception later that night.
But things didn't turn out that way.
The night of we had a total of four hours sleep.
We got up, already packed and shot over to midway airport.
We checked our bags at 8:35am.
Security took a long time.
So much so that when we got sent through the final checks, we had to huff it to the gate.
As we approached the gate we saw that it was shut.
I checked my watch. 9:04am
Departure time 9:10am.
They left without us.
My wife was overcome with grief.
We sidled over to a help section with phones. I called whoever and explained our situation.
"Were you late, sir?"
"No, we got here on time."
"Did the flight leave?"
"Then you were late."
I groaned.
Could you be detained for strangling a phone?
"What should I do?"
"Well, we could book you a new flight."
"In an hour. That will be an additional 1,100 dollars each."
Again, my hands wrenched the neck of the phone.
Please feel that, I thought.
"Why should I shell out that much when I was on time?"
"You weren't on time, sir. You were late."
I handed the phone to my wife before I yanked out the chord.
Sitting down, a well-worn traveler, we'll call him Adam, started talking me through his woes. He'd been through our predicament before. On his phone he searched for other options for us, all the while telling us that airport staff can be heartless at times.
"Honey, hang up. She can't help us. This guy can."
After our little pow-wow, we trekked back to the baggage check and found out that our bags were on that flight. Go figure. Because of this, we were able to get our tickets for free. The only drawback was that our flight would be five hours later.
So we waited.
And waited…
And waited…
My stomach was doing flip-flops and by the time our plane arrived at 4:30pm, I was overcome with relief. This flight would be an hour and would bring us to Minneapolis. The next flight would land us in Philly and would be two hours.
The Delta flight was cramped but we managed. I sat betwixt my sweetheart and a woman who was an old pro at flying.
The takeoff was exciting.
It feels like you are superman for a moment or two.
Then the bumps and cruising altitude begins.
I had mistakenly thought we would be on a jumbo flight.
We were instead on a slim plane that maybe seated a hundred tops.
Because of this, the noise factor was unbelievable…and I refused to open my eyes until we landed.
After landing, we had forty minutes to huff it to the next gate.
This flight I decided to pop some Dramamine.
After the takeoff I tried to read a book I brought with. A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick. It didn't help. My head was spinning. My stomach churned. I had hardly eaten anything and I was exhausted. My weak hand extended to the slim bag and…
Yep. I heaved.
I'm told that my wife, concerned for me, was repeatedly stabbing the call button and becoming increasingly infuriated with the flight attendants for taking their sweet time. When I yakked and they finally approached me, my wife shouted over the engines, "HE'S AIR SICK!"
I thought, what is this? An outbreak movie?
I found it funny but at the same time, I knelt my head against the seat in front of me for the rest of the trip.
After landing, I was sipping ginger ale and munching pretzels to get something into my stomach. We hopped on a shuttle bus to a place called Dollar Rental. By this time it was already 10:45pm.
As soon as we walked in, lugging our bulky suitcases along, we already heard the bad news.
Some guy up front was yelling at two dudes behind the desk.
"Do you know what you're in for? Where are the cars? I had a reservation. This is ridiculous. I hope you're prepared for my company and how they plan to sue you! How are you gonna help me? You need to help me right now!"
"Sir, I told you before, we have no more cars."
We and about six others all had reservations. But apparently these two guys forgot what that word meant. And they didn't bother seeming at all fazed by it. With every walk-in, they repeated their standard mantra, "No cars…no cars…no cars…"
One of them played on their iPhone while I dropped the suitcases and sat down. We both agreed that the place most be a front for drugs or something. Lord knows there have been reports of them scamming and overcharging customers with little to no remorse.
"I'm not even gonna start…" I said, laughing.
My other half remarked how this was like something out of a Seinfeld episode:
You can make a reservation…but you can't hold a reservation.
While my wife got on the phone to remind Hotwire that we had reservations, I watched the TV above as they reported The Burger King Baby. Thirty years ago, a mother left her newborn daughter in the restroom of a local BK Restaurant. Now the woman wanted to thank her mother for leaving her in a safe place, sure to be found, and forgive her. Having a little one, I couldn't imagine what would compel a mother to do something like that. Even if I were broke, I'd still do anything, sell blood every day if I had to, just to make sure our daughter was taken care of. My wife knows these instincts all too well. Since becoming parents, we are both highly protective of our child.
The news then switched to some douchebag getting a first-ever five O'clock shadow tattoo all over his cheeks and chin.
Why do these people exist?
Meanwhile, there was a Budget Rental place just a stone's throw away.
We hucked it over there where there was already a line.
By this time it was midnight.
We were both tired, grumpy and hadn't anything to eat.
We got the rental by a nice guy named Yosiah, who handled us with grace and even joked around with us.
With keys in hand, we got a stunning Silver Honda which looked sleek.
The only bright spot was that the hotel, The Marriot, waited up for us. After checking into our room, around 1:30am, I tried to figure how we could get a bite to eat.
There was a Wa Wa across the way and I decided to try my luck there. I'd never been to a place like this. From what I'm told, you can't find one in Illinois. It's part convenience store, part sandwich place. Three touch-screen computers greet you, you build your own sandwich and the guy behind the counter whips into action.
Two Italian subs, two bags of chips, a tall sprite and a nesquick later, I trudged up to our room where we laid out our dress clothes for the day. Exhausted did not begin to cover our mood. But we had made it. Now all we needed was some much deserved sleep.
We woke at eleven, starving and ready to seize the day.
I called the concierge and asked them if they'd be good enough to print out directions to the wedding venue, the reception lodge and from the reception back to the hotel. Then I ordered some salads.
Quick as a flash I jumped in the shower, styled my hair and jumped into my suit. I looked into the mirror, suddenly happy again. "Eat your heart out, Daniel Craig."
Made a quick call to my Papa to hear how he was doing. He had traveled a lot before I was born. Once he took a ten hour flight to Italy.
"How did you do it?" I asked.
"I drank the whole way."
He's old school Italian. This is the same man who has worked through broken ribs, shakes off colds and got the drop on somebody trying to rob his bar by sticking a 357 magnum in their face…I doubt if anything rattles him.
Forty minutes later the salads arrive. We don't have time to chow down so we pour the dressing on them, I scarf a couple tomatoes, take two chugs of Pepsi and we high tail it to the lobby. By this point my wife is getting the directions while I get some quick cash.
After asking for some scissors, I clip all the tags on my suit.
Then we are on the road.
Talk about going around in circles.
Who do I have to talk to in order to flush money into Pennsylvania's garbled road system?
The signs are old, nowhere can you find the speed limit and everything is sharp turns and wind-abouts. It was like a nightmare created by Dr. Sues.
By the time we got to the wedding, we were just catching some people coming out.
"Babe, let's just tell them we were in the back."
The bride and groom exited, preceded by a cloud of bubbles. They spotted us, we waved. Then we jumped in the car where I offered to drive us to the reception Lodge.
That car, man.
It made me feel all-powerful.
I admit, I was speeding.
But I just couldn't help myself.
Don't worry. We didn't get into an accident.
However, two cars behind us plowed into each other.
That was a surprise.
Sometime later, after passing about a hundred farms, we wound up deep into the woods where we finally stumbled upon the Reception Lodge.
Around this time my wife felt flu-ish.
We sat down inside and realized that we hadn't eaten for 12 straight hours.
When the Hors d'oeuvres arrived, we were scarfing them like no tomorrow.
Mashed potatoes, small burgers, crispy sesame chicken strips, nachos and dip.
We shoveled it in.
Weren't we a classy bunch?
Finally the reception got underway where we sat at lucky table 13 alongside some nice people.
Not only did we find out that people from 32 states were in attendance but we also found out that everyone else either had a rotten trip or was sick or contracted food poisoning a couple of nights prior.
The band was jumping. They sung classics as well as modern stuff, led by a Gorden Ramsy and Amy Sedaris lookalike.
At 10:00pm the party ended.
I tipped the valet like a slick international spy and me and my girl took to Walgreens where we loaded up on Airbone, Ibuprofen, Dayquil, Nyquil, Benedryl, you know, the important stuff.
The salads were still in the car, completely forgotten.
Midnight at our hotel and we realized that we would lose an hour of sleep thanks to daylight savings time. So that meant we had less than three hours to sleep. We arranged a wake up call, ate some leftover sandwiches and started packing. The whole trip had been touch and go and we were ready to go home. I was not impressed by Pennsylvania. I had it with their winding roads and their confusing signs. Granted, some parts of the state mimicked Chicago in some respect. But why was everything thirty miles away?
When we woke, we saddled up, thanked the concierge and drove out of there, where apparently there was no clear entrance to the rental place. We somehow got in anyway, through some construction, boarded a shuttle, got through security and made our flight.
This time around I was laid back, listening to the ipod after popping two benedryl.
Went like a breeze…but I still held my eyes closed.
I would get dizzy whenever I turned my head or even glanced out the window.
Before the next flight I had a mini-breakdown, brought on by my own stupidity by drinking coffee, but I was able to keep my food down, board the flight and we took off.
This flight I liked the least. Even though it was an hour, the pilot looked like a baby and he landed the plane like one too. So bumby and unstable that I half expected the wheels to snap off. So yes, this flight was worse than the one I yakked on.
Sweet home Chicago.
By now my stomach was settled, we bought a pink sock monkey for our daughter, then found the car and headed back to her.
All my worries melted away as soon as we saw our daughter again.
Was the trip worth it?
It was.
But it will be a while since I fly again.
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Mid 1920's Ansco Goodwin #2, HP5+. Exposed a roll of 8 and got this one which I really liked. This is direct from the contact sheet, which for this frame at least exposed nicely at grade 2. The film was developed semi-stand for a half hour in Ansco 130, 1:43 dilution with an inversion at 10 and 20 minutes.
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RE: Housing in Majuro
I spent three months in Majuro in the summer of 2003. I was staying with the Jesuit Volunteers at Assumption school, so I can't answer much about housing options. There was an outrigger hotel and a great "resort" in Uliga.
However, if you're in a place with a kitchen I would say you're never going to spend more than100 per month on food. For one thing, there aren't many places you're going to go out to eat. (There are a couple of ex-pat places, but if you're there volunteering, you're probably not going to spend much time there.) There are a couple of grocery stores, where we stocked up on ramen. The prices at the grocery store are similar to those in the states. I ate coconuts all day long. And the residents in Majuro are wonderfully hospitable. There is great generosity there. We couldn't go a weekend without being invited to a Kaamem or over somewhere for a meal. (Of course, it's always best to invite others over as well!)
Do eat the fermented breadfruit!!!
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Yes, it's important.
Yes, but I filter through or let them on a site geared for kids (aka, Youngzine,CNN for kids,etc.)
Sometimes, only what I consider to be important (current events, environmental, politics)
Sometimes, anything but violence.
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Weekly Poll: Do your lessons include current events?
This poll is inspired by the recent events. I am sure that I am one of many who were in total shock when it was splashed all over the internet about Osama Bin Laden being killed. Also probably all over the TV stations, which I no longer have as we axed cable and are a Netflix only family.
I was torn with exactly how much information do you tell a 9 and 14 year old boys without giving them too much of the details. SO I personally chose to go to a current events site that is geared towards keeping kids informed about what is going on in the world. I was relieved when I read the article about OBL on Youngzine news site, they just gave some key facts, who he was, background on 9/11, and the President's speech. As a mother of a soon to be high schooler, I have to be aware that even if I am not the most up to date person on current events that should I be including them into his daily lessons?
Just wondering how everyone else felt about current events, politics, etc. in your homeschooling day?Pandahoneybee -
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We share some, but not everything. DS can get pretty obsessive so we try to keep that in mind. We don't want to shelter, but I'm not sure it's healthy for kids to know *too* much either, especially a kid like ours who can be very sensitive and have a hard time letting go of things.
I wouldn't have shared this week's big news with him because I just don't think it's necessary right now. Given his age, he doesn't really know about 9-11 (although we did have to explain to him why the twin towers that he'd seen in books weren't there when we visited NYC when he was 4), and I'm so disgusted and disturbed by the reaction that I would have rather waited. The murder of any human being is hardly cause for celebration IMO. Unfortunately he saw the headlines anyway so he and DH had to talk it through, though I'm not sure it made any impact.
He doesn't watch the news or spend any real time on the computer (other than looking over our shoulder) but we do talk all.day.long so naturally current events come up. He knows a lot more than I did at his age for sure which I think is great on one hand, on the other I want to preserve his childhood and not bog him down with stuff he shouldn't spend his energies worrying about. The trick for any parent, I guess, is finding that balance.Mama to one son (12)
My daughter is supposed to watch the CNN Student news every day, but she 'forgets' fairly often. Both kids listen in on our conversations, so they get some that way. With my son, I introduce current events that I think he will be interested in.
To be honest, I'm not even that great on keeping up with current events for me. I don't watch the news & don't read a lot of it, either. There's too much stupid celebrity crap and other dumb stories that just really shouldn't be considered news. I get tired of wading through the 'why the hell would I care about that' stories trying to find something that actually matters.
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Last year Orion was doing a daily news check, but i decided i didnt like the site and with our schedule re-org, it fell by the wayside. I usually blurt out big deals when I see them on the web - kids interact as much as they are interested. Raven is generally completely out of the loop, but Orion is showing some interest. I hated history and politics and news until at least 17 so i dont push it . . .Cara, homeschooling one
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No, but I should. I keep up with current events very little myself, and would like to do more.Batman--9, ASD, private school for now, afterschooling w/ R&S Math & Grammar, Memoria Lit., CHOW, Mr. Q Science
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Sometimes I include current events, but not often. My son is 8-years-old, so we're not really in a place yet where I feel the need to talk much about what is going on in the world. It really depends on the topic. One of the things I definitely shared with him was the President's inauguration and I explained the historical importance of our new President when he was elected. I think that in the middle years, from roughly 9 or 10-years-old, onward, I will slowly add in more and more current events and news topics.Wendy
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My seven-year-old is blissfully ignorant of current events. My twins were the same way until this year. I felt at 11 they needed to become more aware of current events. They read an article everyday at Youngzine, and they listen to NPR with me.
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I don't do lesson plans for current events at all. We talk about some things of course. We followed and discussed the last presidential election. We watched coverage of and discussed the Japan earthquake/tsunami. I would not talk to them about something like terrorism and Bin Laden yet. We might talk about war but only in a general sense. I think they are too young to have the weight of the world placed on their shoulders. I can't state an age at which I would focus on current events more, it would have to be something I wait and watch to see when they are ready. Probably closer to 12-13ish.
My (almost) 8 year old likes to watch MSNBC with me, so he probably picks up on politics although again, I doubt he understands much and doesn't ask questions. He's probably just drawn to the TV like a moth to fire.-Hampchick (aka Dawn)
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We don't do current events as part of our homeschooling, no. But we leave NPR on and we discuss current events sometimes. I'll discuss anything with them - the *only* time I turn off the news if it's a story about sexual violence, which I feel like is way beyond their comprehension level. However, tragedies like the earthquake and violence like the war in Libya are things we've talked a little about. We talked a little about Bin Laden's death. They don't have a huge interest in current events. Mushroom is interested in weather disasters a little and also in environmental things (he was oddly obsessed about the oil spill last year). BalletBoy couldn't really care less, though sometimes he hears something on the radio and asks a couple of questions.
This reminds me of how there are all these things that you are supposed to cover as part of "homeschooling" that are really just things that ALL parents should cover - like health. My friends in MD all have to say that they do things like talk about brushing your teeth and eating your vegetables - stuff every parent should just do. I feel like current events is sort of similar. We might cover it as a special subject when the kids get older or as part of learning about political systems or something, but mostly I just think it should be a topic of conversation around the house.Disclaimer: Everything I'm saying is just my own opinion, based on my own experiences teaching and with my own kids and my own life. You should just ignore me if I'm annoying you. I don't mind.
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You can find all these extensions by searching the Visual Studio Gallery for Noah Richards, and the source for each is available on my github page.
This extension adds a command, "Align Assignments", that is bound to Ctrl+Alt+] by default (and placed in the Edit menu). This command helps you line up assignments by aligning the '=' on each line.
You can use this in two ways:
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This extension mixes well with Markdown Mode, providing spell checking while editing markdown files.
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This extension introduces a behavior found in a couple of other editors (like Eclipse), where holding down the control turns identifiers in a file into hyperlinks. When you click on these hyperlinks, you are taken to the definition or declaration of an identifier or type. This is the same behavior you get from using the regular Go To Definition command (bound to F12 in Visual Studio), but this extension allows for quick and simple browsing of a codebase by looking through definitions: your left hand never leaves the control key, and your right hand never leaves the mouse.
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This extension changes comments to use an italic and non-proportional font. One of the new features in the Visual Studio 2010 editor is that a file can contain runs of text with different fonts, so you can mix proportional and non-proportional fonts like this. Also, this changes the opacity of certain comments very slightly, showing both the ability to change opacity of fonts dynamically.
Because the Fonts and Colors dialog was not updated for Visual Studio 2010, the only way to make changes like this is through an extension, but you can use the source code to learn how to add something like this to your own extension.
This simple extension makes triple-click select a whole line at a time. Holding down the third-click and dragging also selects whole lines as you drag around, much line double-click and dragging selects words at a time.
This extension is for cases where a file has a mix of tabs and spaces uses for indentation, which happens sometimes by accident or when multiple people are working together. The extension offers to help by showing a non-obtrusive margin (not a modal dialog), and gives you the option to Tabify, Untabify, never show the margin again for that file (until the file is re-opened), or just close the margin for now. The file is re-checked when it is either loaded or saved.
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I just made this meal for my boy friend and another mutual friend and they were very impressed. Changes I made to the recipe include; substituting the Mahi-mahi with Ahi tuna steaks (because the store was out of Mahi-Mahi) and it was absolutely delicious. This was my first time cooking fish and I couldn't believe how easy and tasty it was. I also used grapefruit instead of the oranges because they weren't quite in season and I took the advice of others and added a touch of cilantro to the salsa. I am realy pleased with this recipe and i definitely encourage anyone to try it. It's virtually fool proof! I also recommend this recipe with a white wine like a Pinot Grigio.flag if inappropriate
This was a very quick and easy dinner. The salsa is fantastic and you can sub out the limes for any type of citrus. Marinating in citrus and garlic for 15 minutes was a great suggestion.flag if inappropriate
This recipe was amazing! I'm new to cooking fish and this was so simple, so tasty and so healthy. I left out the pepper in the salsa and even still it bursted with flavor! Cannot wait to make this again. YUM!flag if inappropriate
I made this for my 5 year old son and I for a weeknight at home - we both loved it! It was tasty, had a clean, subtle zing with the jalapeno and was simple to make. I am a huge lime fan and probably used 2 tbsp instead of 2 tsp - it was delicious. I served with sliced cucumbers drizzled with white vinegar and fresh parsley and a simple couscous. Couldn't have been easier...flag if inappropriate
I made this dish for my boyfriend for Valentine's Day and he's still raving about it a month later! I marinated the fish in fresh lime juice, per the suggestions of some other users, and added grapefruit to the salsa. I served it with sauteed corn and cilantro rice. Colorful and delicious!flag if inappropriate
p.s. (last review is mine) I sliced each orange segment in thirds. Felt that made for a nice jucier salsa and more managable bite sizes.flag if inappropriate
Loved this recipe. Like others suggested I marinated the fish in lime juice and garlic and added cilantro to the salsa -- all great ideas. However my husband felt like there were too many strong flavors competing w/ each other, so I might tone it down next time. Overall a nice healthful dish that I will certainly make again. Used cod instead of mahi mahi since the latter was not so fresh at my grocery store today.flag if inappropriate
This recipe turned out great! In place of the blood orange, we used a ripe ruby red grapefruit we had on hand. Also, took the advice of others and marinated the fish in lime juice and crushed garlic, and added cilantro to the salsa. Instead of cooking indoors, we grilled the fish on the barbeque. For a heartier meal, try cubing the fish and serving it in a corn tortilla. Either way, the recipe was light, easy, and very flavorful!flag if inappropriate
This is so nice since I love mahi-mahi and live on a citrus & avocado grove. I too soaked fish in lime juice with garlic for 15 minutes. I added chopped chives to salsa for color. Served fish on warmed plates on a bed of shredded cabbage.flag if inappropriate
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Lillian Hussing said earlier the family didn't have money for medical care when they lived in Warren, tried repeatedly to get help from social services and visited a free clinic but left when told they would have to pay $180.
The family soon moved to Cleveland and the boy died within weeks.
Prosecutors say that while the boy was suffering, the parents claimed financial hardship but paid $87 to have a pit bull treated for fleas. Hussing's defense attorney, John Luskin, said the dog belonged to Hussing's parents and her parents paid for the treatment.
Trumbull County Children Services says it had worked with the family to provide Willie health care, getting involved after receiving a phone call in July 2007. Agency officials said a case worker visited the family at least monthly and pushed the parents to have a medical follow-up on his swollen neck but they didn't.
However, Robinson's attorney Thomas Rein said previously that a social worker who visited the family in January 2008 "indicated the kids were healthy and happy." He said no one knew the boy had cancer until he died and an autopsy was performed.
And Lillian Hussing said a case worker had told the family the boy's lump looked like a swollen gland and to hold off until they could secure financial assistance before getting it checked.
About two weeks after they moved to Cleveland, she said, her brother came down with something. Her mother treated him with cold medicine and he died within three days.
She said the boy never complained about his neck.
"He played, he went outside, he wrestled, he played video games," the boy's sister said. "He was the happiest kid you could imagine. It never seemed like he was suffering."
The emotional aftermath from their son's death led the couple to split, according to Luskin.
The couple's four other children under 18 were placed in the custody of a family member. Luskin said Lillian Hussing, upon turning 18, decided to return to live with her mother.
Rein said Robinson agreed to plead guilty so his children could be spared any further grief and wouldn't have to suffer by testifying. Lillian Hussing said her mother took a plea bargain because of the uncertainty of a trial and fear she could be sent to prison for a long time.
As part of the deal, the prosecution agreed to drop four counts each against each parent, including child endangering. Prosecutors didn't agree to a sentence recommendation. Both Luskin and Rein had said they hoped the judge would consider probation.
"There's not a day my client … starts without shedding a tear for his son," Rein said.
The coroner ruled that the boy was a victim of medical neglect and died from pneumonia due to Hodgkin lymphoma.


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Show Reviews (30)
Decent show
Great overall story and good acting.
Only problems I had was that the graphics were worst than most video games and the technology was so outdated that it seemed the show was made in the early 2000's while it's supposed to be a futuristic show.
And while not a huge problem, it was a very long season which led to a lot of filler content that made some episodes very slow and boring.
That being said, if you like scifi, then you'll probably like this show as it's definitely entertaining and interesting. It's too bad they didn't make another season but it's still worth watching with just the one season and it tied things up in the end.moreless
Great Explanation of How it All Started
This was a great explanation of how Battlestar Galactica got started. Would like to see a second series, though, with the continuation of the lead-up. I disagree with blazer666_uk inthat I think the ONE GOD group represented Christianity, while the only "fanatics" in that group were Clarisse and her nemesis, the leader of the terrorists (NEITHER of which actually represented the ONE GOD beliefs. They simply manipulated them to use as a tool to convince naive young minds to do their dirtywork.) It was stated over and over in the show that the ONE GOD was a loving god. THAT god would NEVER have agreed with Clarisse's tactics (which were ALL for her own good) or her arch rivals (leader of the terrorists - can't remember his name; again - his tactics were also ALL for his own good).
Kind minds are often naive minds, and it's too bad they are so easily led by those using religions to satisfy their own self gratification and greed. If it were otherwise, this world would not have so many terrorists or wars and we'd expend our energies and resources making this planet a better place for all of us to live in .... which is what those in BSGalactica were hoping to do in the end of that show.moreless
Should Of Never Been Cancelled
Once again a fine series is cancelled due to people missing the point yet again.....
This series was dark nasty and VERY close to the bone. I think it hit too many nerves due to the religious content. In particular the close links to todays world - the one god being the fanatics while the Polytheism worshippers are the norm.
I beleive it is the USA's own issues with religon caused this series to be cancelled. The series started off VERY slow but this has to be expected come on people u need to invest in somthing for it to become worth while. There is a higer level of intelligence required to UNDERSTAND the issues and this just reflects the majority of the audience couldn't grasp the concept. The same happened with SGU and 4400 and Jericho EXACTLY the same.
Just for clarification the STO leader has a ENGLISH accent and not BRITISH - no such thing as a british accent. Again a level of ignorance where people cant be bothered to listen or understand......moreless
Caprica is a sci-fi drama with adolescents and religion based on 12 zodiac tribal planets.
The story was very slow in progression, and had a mid season break, which led to its demise. However, when all are seen back to back, the anticipatio
Let me start off by saying that I have seen the last six (6) un-aired episodes (in the United States) thanks to Canadian programming.
Caprica started out great. As a prequel, I was interested to know how the cylon story played out prior to the BSG re-imaging. The terrorist plot early in the season arc was good action and drama.
I didn't like that every other episode was boring in how they just introduced more characters and their troubles. These eps didn't answer my origin questions from BSG. But I watched them because I was a fan, and I would stick around to see what happens next.
I was more interested in the virtual world, with the holo-bands, than real life goings-on. I didn't care for the Tauran way of life and how it related to Caprica.
But then it got good again. A key thing happened and things started moving more quickly. But then we had a mid-season break, and lost the momentum. Also, the very next episode was disconnected from the mid-season climax.
These three things lowered the viewership and the powers that be (TPTB) did not renew for a second season, and canceled the show right then and there.
They didn't even let the last 6 episodes play out. They just pulled the plug without warning.
It's too bad, as those last six episodes had the pay off from the building up of the plot.
For this reason I give this show a 9 out of 10.moreless
Caprica, Oh Caprica
Caprica was a perfect prequel series to the Re-imagined Battlestar Galactica and I really enjoyed watching because it added to the context and over all enjoyment of having just watched Battlestar Galactica the whole way through. It was great to learn how the Cylons came to be, and it was interesting how little hints were thrown into this series alluding towards the future outcome. The characters were brilliant as were the actors playing them. The sets both real and CGI were spectacular and really made the series visually stunning. The story lines were well written and fun to watch interweave each other. The ending was surprising and pretty awesome, I only wish the series continued for at least another season. Over all this was Awesome, Entertaining, and Intriguing. I will definitely be watching this again from time to time! As they say this has all happened before and it will all happen again!!!!!!!!!moreless
It was an okay show certainly deserved at least a second season. The show wasn't Battlestar Galactica
It was an okay show certainly deserved at least a second season. The show wasn't Battlestar Galactica but it had the same dark tone and deep analysis of social issues that made that show famous. The show ultimately did it's job by providing the basis for Battlestar Galactica and explaining the divide between human and cylon and monotheist and polytheist. One criticism of the show was the slow pace and the horridly unlikeable characters. Seriously it was odd how bad everyone was they were all conniving and hedonistic. On that note it makes sense who wants to watch the worst people in the world be awful and at a slow pace. The last six episode of the show saved it in my memories if only the whole first season could've been like them the show would've made it. Well it was fun while it lasted and it did fill in some gaps in the Battlestar Galactica mythology so I recommend this show to anyone wanting to go deeper into that great universe.moreless
One mans terrorist is a another mans hero. Caprica attempts to mix scifi with the problems of todays real world. The internet, shifting morality, AI and religion.
This is a magnificent follow-up (prequel) to BSG and a brilliant show in its own rights.
I have found myself at the edge of my seat, biting my nails, totally engrossed in the drama. At other times this show has reached inside me and made me love the characters on the screen. Eric Stoltz is remarkably likeable and even, loveable.
I have quickly been drawn into the lives of the Graystones and the Adamas. The wonderful acting, clever scripting, breath taking special effects and twisting plot lines all work to make this great viewing.
Caprica has the same rhythm and feel to it as the first season of BSG. There is love, drama, anger, suspiscion, humour. There is an element to the show which makes you realise they are discussing real issues that face our society today. It also casts light on the very near future and what the world may be like for all of us tomorrow.
The avenue they have chosen to explore with Zoe, the virtual world, and the AI Avatar is ground breaking in its approach. This could easily have become convoluted and misundertood like the 'stones' have in SGU. But unlike SGU, Caprica has not squandered this opportunity. I have enjoyed Caprica immensely, from its risky intro sequence, to the small quiet, vulnerable moments. This is a show for adults, like BSG, and it promises not to dissapoint.moreless
A beautifuly ambitious miscalulation.
Caprica should have been so much more. It had an amazing cast and intriguing story and a scope few series will even dare to replicate. However, pacing of the storyline was far too slow (and a times scatterhot and indulgent) That combined with a complex narritive and a 7 month midseason break murdered the shows ratings.
Like its predecessor BSG, Caprica had an ingenius mythology, and powerful drama that wasn't affraid to tackle sensitive hot button issues head on. But while BSG wrapped a bunch of subtext within gritty yet traditional military sci-fi context. Caprica placed its action in a universe that was uncomfortably like hour own. Explosions are cool in space, but in a city they have a tendancy to rip your loved ones away far too soon.
The issue with the first and now only season of Caprica is pacing. Simply put the show spends half its run being either too slow or too fast. Doing too much or too little. The writers will spend 3 epiosdes spinning their wheels then rush the fourth one. The result is television that is good scene to scene but as a whole doesn't have a clear structure or that will put you to sleep or make you dizzy. Its easy to get lost even though they are only 3 or 4 real storylines. They get sliced together in ways that don't make any sense. - A prime example is at the end of the season when the character Lacy gets sent on a side adventure on a other planet. This storyline doesn't effect the Graystone/Adama/STO/GDD situation so why is it hogging the same episode. Why not give a one stand alone episode focused on Lacy then return to the main plot? -
When the problem with a series is how than managled or clouded good material its a shame to see it replaced with a "dumbed down" version of itself. This show had too much going on to get lost in the shuffle.
The insane about of potential storylines set in motion by the season finale just beg to be continued ... if not by a second season, but a DVD wrap up or possible weaved into the next BSG spin-off
Caprica wasn't perfect. But if anything it deserved a chance to return to the soil.moreless
After a promising start becomes bleak, desolate, hopeless.
I had high hopes for the show. The pilot was hard-hitting yet psychological; this was high drama of BSG without the SF, and that was fine by me.
But alas, it didn't last. The promising religious/terrorist angle turned into endless sessions of drug-induced hazes. The promising Tauran/mob storyline never deepened, neither did the virtual world angle (which showed incredible amount of promise).
We were forced to watch episode after episode of Crawling through the main storyline, with the confined cylon/Zoe.
But what in the end simply made me fall away from the series is it never-ending, character-blowing, mind-numbing DESPARITY. There is no ray of sunshine anywhere on the horizon. None. Everything is sad empathy, mad empathy or no empathy; dark plots, dark thoughts and dark worlds. And I simply said to myself: why? I really don't need this downer.
And so Caprica came and went with a multitude of missed opportunities and a need for some picker-uppers.moreless
Poor old Caprica, the much-maligned offspring of Battlestar Galactica.
It started with a good premise - the birth of the Cylons and the formation of true artificial intelligence. The pilot movie was excellent - it almost did too good of a job, it started with the shock of a terrorist attack and introduced an interesting set of characters through the impacts it had upon them.
It's real problem was where it went from there - the show veered away from what most viewers wanted to see. Pulling the Tauran Mafia, VR World and the STO to the front, pushing the development of the Cylons and humanity's dependence and misuse of them into the background, turned viewers away. Instead of the development of the Cylons we got a drama about religious fanaticism - this was often the weakest link of BSG and was not what people tuned in to see. Added to that, the plots often meandered very slowly. The times it hit on interesting ideas it wouldn't settle and examine them, just flit onto the next one. The other problem was its unending bleakness and almost universally unlikable characters, often making it a chore to watch.
Special mention has to go to the music - Bear Creary's compositions were excellent throughout, but while its melancholic tones fit the series well, it did contribute to the bleakness mentioned earlier.
A lot of the acting was good - this was easily some of the best stuff Eric Stoltz has ever done and good mentions have to go out to Paula Malcolmson and Easi Morales. Nice to see Teryl Rothery playing a mature role and very well it has to be said.
Polly Walker (Clarice) just had to play her usual conniving character, which she's great at but is hardly a stretch for her. While none of the acting was technically bad, the actors lumbered with Lacy Rand, William Adama and Sam Adama couldn't do enough with their poorly written characters to make them anything more than annoying.
Most viewers came in having watched BSG. From that point of view only the Cylons really mattered. We know all these societies are destroyed - Tauron, Gemenon, Caprica, etc - so interplanetary issues - civil wars, space mafia, VR worlds, etc are dwarfed by future events. The STO and their 'one god' beliefs are related naturally, but we already know they are 'right' from this universe's point of view and as they appear to operate with no conscience, they are one dimensional and act 100% evil - the lack of any grey area was a complete shame.
Towards the end of the season we could see the various threads weaving more closely together, giving some characters a hint of redemption, until we got a small but satisfying conclusion to the series. The epilogue showed the writer's intentions of where the characters were to go. Most felt right, although Clarice as a priest and Lacy as the Reverend Mother didn't really make that much sense.
People have discussed Caprica to death, particularly what it did wrong and why it lost its audience, but despite its shortcomings it was often intelligent, dramatic and while it didn't do thrilling as often as it should, when it did, it was great. More sorry to see it go than I would have expected but hopeful Blood and Chrome (if that name stays) will bring bigger, better BSG-related action.moreless


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It's been a while since I've been on a horse forum but it looks like a good group of folk here. I'm a college graduate in the process of getting my life started. I have been riding for 12 years beginning in western then switching to english. I am owned by my dog and horse.
I have an 11yo Holsteiner gelding named Lou. He is kinda funny in the head but he has a heart of gold and a personality like no other. I call him my Handsome *******. I was hoping to event him this season but suffered a terrible accident which set us back. I am hoping to get back in the saddle once I recover. It's been a painful recovery but I am grateful for the people and animals who have supported me along the way.
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The reason why I call him a 'handsome *******.'
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