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Published: 10/30/2011 by goall.com
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I was half way through having sex with a beautiful woman last night, and I whispered to her, "Do you fancy going on top for a while?" She replied, "This is your first rape, isn't it..."
A mother is driving her little girl to her friend's house for a play date.
'Mommy,' the little girl asks, 'how old are you?'
'Honey, you are not supposed to ask a lady her age,' the mother replied.
'It's not polite.'
'OK', the little girl says,
'How much do you weigh?'
'Now really,' the mother says, 'those are personal questions and are really none of your business.'
Undaunted, the little girl asks, 'Why did you and Daddy get a divorce?'
'That's enough questions, young lady! Honestly!'
The exasperated mother walks away as the two friends begin to play.
'My Mom won't tell me anything about her,' the little girl says to her friend.
'Well,' says the friend,'all you need to do is look at her driver's license.
It's like a report card, it has everything on it.'
Later that night the little girl says to her mother,
'I know how old you are. You are 32.'
The mother is surprised and asks, 'How did you find that out?
'I also know that you weigh 130 pounds.'
The mother is past surprised and shocked now. 'How in Heaven's name did you find that out?'
'And,' the little girl says triumphantly, 'I know why you and daddy got a divorce.' 'Oh really?' the mother asks. 'Why?'
'Because you got an F in sex.'
I knocked at my neighbor's door today.
"Your son has just run out in front of my car," I snapped. "I nearly killed him."
"I'm so sorry," she gasped. "He won't be doing it again."
"I know he won't," I replied. "The paramedic said that he was probably paralyzed..."
Scared the postman today by going to the door completely naked.
I'm not sure what scared him more, my naked body or the fact that I knew where he lived...
Last night at the bar I got so plastered I could barely walk, We got kicked out and wandered the town looking for women and more booze until finally passing out. When I woke up this morning I saw I was naked in bed with a hideous beast of a woman.
That's when I knew that I had made it home safely.
Holmes: What can we tell by the bite marks on the breasts?
Watson: We can tell that I shouldn't be left alone with a body...
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between Grandmothers and Grandfathers?
Well, here it is: There was this loving grandfather who always made a special effort to spend time with his son's family on weekends. Every Saturday morning he would take his 7-year-old granddaughter out for a drive in the car for some quality time -- just him and his granddaughter.
One particular Saturday, however, he had a bad cold and really didn't feel like being up at all. He knew his granddaughter always looked forward to their drives and would be disappointed. Luckily, his wife came to the rescue and said that she would take their granddaughter for the drive.
When they returned, the little girl anxiously ran upstairs to see her grandfather who was still in bed. "Well, did you enjoy your ride with grandma?" he asked. "Oh, yes, Pap Pap, it was really wonderful. We didn't see a single asshole, piece of crap, horse's ass, blind bastard, dipshit, Muslim goat humper or son of a bitch anywhere we went!"
Bloke in a nightclub walks up to a big fat ugly woman at the bar and asks her: "Have you got a pen?" She looks up and smiles anticipating an exchange of numbers "Yes" she said "I have".
"Well then" says he "You'd better get back to it before the farmer notices you're missing!"
At the welfare office a man walked in to pick up his welfare check.
He marched straight up to the counter and said, ' Hi. You know, I just HATE drawing welfare. I'd really rather have a job.'
The social worker behind the counter said, ' Your timing is excellent. We just got a job opening from a very wealthy old man who wants a chauffeur and bodyguard for his beautiful daughter. You'll have to drive around in his 2010 Mercedes, and he will supply all of your clothes. Because of the long hours, meals will be provided. You'll also be expected to escort the daughter on her overseas holiday trips. This is rather awkward to say, but you will also have, as part of your job assignment, to satisfy her sexual urges as the daughter is in her mid-20's and has a rather strong sex drive. A two-bedroom loft type apartment with plasma TV, stereo, bar, etc located above the garage, will be designated for your sole use and the salary is $200,000 a year.'
The aboriginal just plain wide-eyed, said, ' You're bull shittin' me!'
The social worker said, ' Yeah, well . . You started it.'
Whats the difference between a woman and a condom?
That's a trick question, there is no difference they are either on your cock or in your wallet.


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Last question. There were, SCLC in Chicago was described by some people as being between, it's a cliche, a rock and a hard place, in that you had the White neighborhoods that were so enraged by the marches, but you also had groups that had been motivated by Black Power and you had Bob Lucas of CORE in Chicago and Mano Sharboro[SIC] of SNCC who wanted to continue the marches, who were much more militant. Did this put pressure on SCLC in Chicago?
It was the same kind of pressure we'd been in all along. I mean, from the very earliest days in Albany, it was SNCC that wanted to up the ante. In Birmingham it was the guys in the pool hall that wanted to launch a violent movement. In Selma we had had some tensions with SNCC again. There was nothing unusual about this. This was the life that we lived. We were caught between a rock and a hard place, and yet, I think we were quite comfortable there because we believed we were right. And we believed that disciplined, well-organized, organized goodwill, i.e., non-violence would prevail. And that it was the only way to bring about change in America.

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Troubled pop star Britney Spears is struggling to cope with life in rehab and her family is worried she may drop out of treatment, according to media reports. Spears checked into the Promises Treatment Center in Malibu, California last month after several failed attempts at rehab. And now a source tells Us Weekly, Spears is wavering in her treatment, and her family is worried about her progress. The singer's cousin Alli was on hand to offer support over the weekend, staying overnight at the facility on Friday and dropping by for visits on Saturday and Sunday. The 25-year-old star hasn't left the center since she traveled to a friend's apartment in Culver City, California last Thursday to pick up a bag of new clothes she purchased online from a trendy Los Angeles boutique. The source adds, "(Her family) hope that Britney wills stay at Promises for a month, but they're nervous she might not last that long."
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Who knew furry blue Grover of Sesame Street was a funny guy? In a clip from "Sesame Street" Grover tells viewers about smelling like a monster wearing a towel much like Old Spice Guy Isaiah Mustafa does in the "Old Spice" ads.
Much like Sesame Street's "True Blood" and "Katy Perry" clips Grover's clip is likely headed toward your e-mail inbox this week.
More on Grover and Old Spice from the web:
Grover Old Spice Ad an Internet Hit: Smell Like a Monster
Sesame Street pokes fun at Old Spice


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Kind of a boring video.
You've seen it delivered to Gizmodo in an Ice Cream Truck, now check out the Armored Van and the offical guy with the badge!
YouTube - WiiæµéIGN
Last edited by Spitfire_K; 11-11-2006 at 12:17 PM.
Waited 13 hours, but I got my Wii!
If you want to be my Friend, PM me your code!
Wii Status: Offline
Goldeneye on VC....
Originally Posted by Spitfire_K
Kind of a boring video.
*gasp!* O_OOriginally Posted by vagrant
You are not one of us!
Well considering I've already seen the video of those same guys showing each thing individiual in the box and opening the Wii box and taking everything out. The one that you yourself posted a thread for.
no need to be a jerk, someoe on here hasn't seen it so it's for them, not you.
Waited 13 hours, but I got my Wii!
If you want to be my Friend, PM me your code!
Wii Status: Offline
Goldeneye on VC....
Originally Posted by Spitfire_K
Calling me a jerk because I said a video you posted was boring? Oversensitive much? It was a video of a delivery guy bringing them Wii and then having them sign off for it. The video showing them show each individual part is exciting.Originally Posted by Spitfire_K
WHOA!!!! they should have opened the actual nintendo wii box... i want to see the inside..!!
Can You See Me In The Dark, When The Demons Attack You?
Spoiler Alert!Originally Posted by GingerKid
Brawl Friend code : 1976-9829-4116
They do in the thread called "Wii unpackaged VIDEO! " right below this one.Originally Posted by Demon Slayer
its like behind the scenes of IGN....
and yeah i liked the video!!


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Looking Toward the Future: Challenges and Opportunities
By James M. Vaughan | From Preservation | November/December 2010
The 16 National Trust Historic Sites chronicled in this issue, and 13 more you'll read about next year, shed light on the diverse history of the United States and the diverse organizations that care for this nation's historic places. No two sites are alike. Some are owned and operated by the National Trust, others by local nonprofits. But all face two common challenges: the severe downturn that has beset the economy since 2008, and the radically changing U.S. tourism market.
The recession, and the turmoil that followed, affected all sources of revenue at historic sites, from admission and program fees to donations, grants, rental income, even retail sales. At the same time, the sites continued dealing with a shift in tourists' habits. Summer vacations used to mean getting into a car and stopping at historic places and museums along the highway; vacations today often involve air travel, which skips over roadside attractions.
Historic sites have responded in widely varying ways. Many have reduced staff and aggressively pursued donated services and more favorable maintenance contracts. But some National Trust Historic Sites have embraced an unexpected opportunity to rethink operations. They're reconsidering the traditional historic house museum model, with its guided tours through period rooms, and reworking agendas to include more community-focused and preservation-based programs. This represents a major cultural shift for staff, boards, members, and donors. And it promises a more sustainable approach for sites over the long term.
Some of the innovations already introduced are straightforward, such as the 2-for-1 admission offer available to local residents at President Lincoln's Cottage in Washington, D.C. Others are more ambitious and far reaching: Cliveden, outside Philadelphia, for example, is going beyond its walls to pursue the revitalization of the adjacent neighborhood, with hands-on workshops focused on historic house repairs, meetings to promote dialogue on community issues, and a summer program for teenagers to learn about careers in historical and cultural organizations.
We can't be sure how National Trust Historic Sites (and historic sites and house museums across the country) will function in the future, but we can accept the fact that past practices no longer guarantee success. The new reality requires dramatic and responsible changes, and it's our intention that National Trust Historic Sites will continue to lead by example, reinventing the historic house experience to engage visitors and revitalize communities.
Vaughan is the National Trust for Historic Preservation's vice president for stewardship of historic sites.
Vaughan is the National Trust for Historic Preservation's vice president for stewardship of historic sites.
For more photos, stories, and tips, subscribe to the print edition of Preservation magazine.


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Hi Jason; some ideas for you to kick around with local hams who may have had the same problem. It depends on how the TV signal reaches the TV sets - are they on a common antenna system, or are they on separate antennas ?? Is the TV signal strength good ?? For best results it helps to have a strong TV signal, because you can afford to "lose" some of it in filters. If the sets are on cable, then I might guess that there is a cable shield break somewhere which is allowing pickup on the shield which then takes the picked-up signal directly into the TV set, where it swamps the front end. Break thru on cable is not usual (over here anyway). If the sets use a coax fed external antenna, then the betting is that the coax braid is acting as an antenna at ham frequencies. If so, you probably need some form of high pass filter which also breaks the braid adjacent the TV set antenna socket. I use a pair of one turn 2 inch diameter Faraday loops taped back to back just ahead of the antenna socket on our video. There is no DC connection at this point, only magnetic coupling at VHF and upwards (our TV is at 800 mHz plus !) More pokey filters use a high pass network that not only breaks the braid connection, but also looks like a dead short to HF band RF. The chances of there being sufficient harmonic energy from your rig to cause a problem are slight; a low pass filter will help only if the rig's harmonic suppression is awful - and if you have no ATU. Most ATU's especially TenTec, act as a low pass filter anyway. My advice is to concentrate on the TV sets and how the signal gets into them ... Nothing you do at the rig end will help much, if at all. Unless of course you have a TV antenna right next to a ham antenna in which case you may need to re-locate one antenna to minimise coupling. Vertical antennas seem to be the worst ones in such a case. Finally, I run 400w from a Hercules II into a 40m inverted V at 55 feet sloping to the same height as our UHF TV antenna. They are 25 ft apart at the closest point, but there is not the slightest sign of break thru on our TV set or video. Some TV sets further away have problems, mainly due to bad design, poor installation (especially poor TV antennas). I keep the TV running when I'm on the air, in case a neighbour arrives toting a carbine. It always helps to have a clean picture at home, especially in the shack. I do have a 6kw ICE low pass filter in the line to the ATU, but it makes no difference. It looks impressive though (and its a darned good filter). A recent official inspection including a harmonic sweep made directly on the rig output found nothing worth mentioning. Good luck in adapting my comments to US conditions ..! On 09-Feb-99 email@example.com wrote: > > Gentlemen: > I recently purchased an Omni D, and have been using it for about a > week now. > It is a wonderful rig, and I can see why so many hams love Ten Tec > gear. > However, I have noticed a slight bit of TVI noise in the television > sets in > my home- appearing as a single or mulitiple lines through the > picture, and > only occuring on channel 2-5. It is worst on channel 2, which > doesn't come > in that well anyway. I never had problems with TVI with my other > rig, a > hallicrafters FPM-300 with tube type final amp. I'm wondering if > the broad > band solid state amp in the Omni D is causing harmonics, and if any > one has > used a low pass filter with their Omni D successfully? I have never > tried a > low pass filter but would give one a try if I thought it would > help. Also, > if anyone has other suggestions, please let me know. > Thanks, > Jason KA7UAM > > -- > FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/tentecfaq.htm > Submissions: email@example.com > Administrative requests: firstname.lastname@example.com > Problems: email@example.com > Search: http://www.contesting.com/km9p/search.htm ---------------------------------- E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com To: <firstname.lastname@example.com> Date: 09-Feb-99 Time: 19:35:06 John Crux Consultant in product forgery - Asia and Africa ---------------------------------- -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/tentecfaq.htm Submissions: email@example.com Administrative requests: email@example.com Problems: email@example.com Search: http://www.contesting.com/km9p/search.htm
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Some say Bernie Giusto's ascension as Multnomah County Sheriff six years ago came at a sharp cost to the county he was elected to serve. It appears the departure of the controversial lawman will also carry a hefty price tag.
If Giusto steps down by July 1, as he has promised, taxpayers will have to spend between $350,000 to $400,000 on a special September election to fill the remainder of his term, county officials say.
County rules require that when an elected official leaves office with more than a year remaining on his or her term a special election must be called as soon as possible to select a replacement. The race to fill the final year and half on Giusto's term is currently the only matter headed for the September ballot, said Eric Sample, a spokesman for the county elections division.
"We have to ramp up the whole elections operation for one position," said County Chairman Ted Wheeler. "Its not only expensive, its potentially a distraction from the November election. But rules are rules and we have to follow them."
Giusto announced in February that he would retire before the end of the year -- halfway through his second four year term as sheriff -- bowing to intense pressure from inside and outside the agency after years of growing criticism of his leadership and ethics.
Nevertheless, he refused to set a date until last month, when a state police standards committee recommended that he be stripped of his badge because of ethical lapses.
Had Giusto stepped down soon after announcing his intention to depart early the special election would have been held in May; had he decided to continue serving an additional two weeks in July the election would have been set for November. In either case the additional cost to the county would have been minimal because elections are already scheduled for those dates, Wheeler said.
Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffey was upset when she learned of the cost. "I think this could have better timed by the sheriff in order to save taxpayer money," she said. "After all, he has known he would resign for some time now."
Under the current plan, candidates will have about two weeks following Giusto's departure to declare for office and about two months to campaign before the election. If no candidate wins more than 50 percent in the special election the top two candidates would head to a run off in the general election in November.
Former Sheriff Bob Skipper, who will return as sheriff on an interim basis until the special election is held, is so far the only person yet to publicly signal an interest in running and is considered the prohibitive favorite. Skipper, 69, won three elections as sheriff, serving in the post until 1994.
Fairview Police Chief Ken Johnson said he had been considering a bid but decided against it when he learned Skipper would run. "I think he'll do a good job, he's the right person who is needed at this time," said Johnson.
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Instead of the "Year in Review" recap that is typical this time of year, how about something different…….
My Top 5 Blogs of 2011
#1 ICCA Board works to kill off CPAg Certification
#2 Combines, Grain Bins, Grain Trucks and Bush Hogs
#3 Harvested Nitrogen Plot Today
#4 Corn Harvest Begins for Some
My Top 5 Categories Viewed in 2011
#2 Soil Testing
#4 Ham Radio
#5 Guns
2011 was a record year for krfarm.net
Almost 27,000 unique visitors who made 77,000 visits this year with 835,000 page hits while they visited. December, November, September and May were the biggest months for visitors and page content viewed.
Thanks for visiting! Thanks for commenting! Thanks for telling your friends about us!
We are going to try and ramp it up a notch for 2012…….stay tuned!
Think for a minute where your water comes from. While you think about that also think about where your power comes from. Not sure? Don't know? I am not looking for "the faucet" or from "the plug".
Water comes from a large source like a lake, reservoir or major stream or river. Water is pumped, by electrical means from the source through underground pipes to a treatment plant. Then it is pumped out in main trunk lines, that are under ground, to be distributed to houses and places of business through an even more complex and longer series of pipes. At some point in the maize of pipes is a device to hold or keep pressure on the liens so that water flows when the tap is turned on and doesn't sit in the pipes. This is often a water tower or water tank in which water is pumped into at a great volume and height to keep a constant pressure on the outgoing water supply.
So your water gets to your house by underground pipe that has pressure applied to it by means of a water tower (at some point) and an electrical pump at many levels or locations from the source.
Turn off the power, drain the water tower or break a pipe and your out of water. Now multiply that by the houses in your town, county and then in the region around you……………..
Think about your electricity the same way except it is all in overhead lines on wooded poles (for the most part) assuming that the major supply lines (those big steel transmission lines) don't fall down as well. Think about the last time you were without power. How long did it take to fix that one pole that broke? Fix that one substation the went down? Replace that one transformer that took a lightening hit. Now multiply that time by the number of homes, poles, towns and such in your region.
And we haven't talked about natural gas, fuel, propane, sewers, storm water, telephones and internet. All things that travel under ground in pipes or in lines attached to poles up in the air.
It is estimated that it will take MONTHS to restore just basic service of water and power. In some of the more rural areas it might be a YEAR or more. Most pipelines that supply the NE US (Chicago alone gets most of its gas supplied though pipelines that run through this area) will have numerous breaks and take months if not years to fix. Roads and bridges will be impassable for YEARS.
This isn't a winter storm where the power will be out for a while and then come back on. It is not a winter storm where you have time to go get milk and bread at the store before it gets here. This will be a NO NOTICE EVENT.
The economic loss will be beyond comparison. A 7.0 New Madrid earthquake would eclipse Hurricane Katrina in human and economic loss and not only hit the Mississippi/Ohio Valley hard but would hurt the entire eastern one third of the US. Basically any service (natural gas, power, highway, rail or water) that runs through the shaded areas blow could be disrupted in a New Madrid event. Look at the map, that basically blocks the east half of the country from the west half………
The human loss will be unbelievable as well: Injured, killed and displaced. During Katrina was the first time I have ever heard the news stations in the US and FEMA refer to people trying to get out of NOLA as "refugees". We will have a lot of "refugees" in the red and pink areas of the map above. I don't think we can comprehend the toll this event could take on human life. The folks in NOLA had a chance to get out……….this is a NO NOTICE EVENT.
So, do you have a plan? "Waiting on the government helicopter to drop supplies" is not a plan……….. "there wont be enough assets to cover this, you had better be ready to go alone for a while".
Another couple of thoughts from SLE 2011.
The next time you get in your car to go somewhere take the time to notice just how many bridges you have to cross, no matter how small or big they may be. Notice how many roads go through low areas, especially those roads that are built up. Notice how many power lines parallel the roads your on, not the little one or two line power lines but the larger 4-8 line power lines, on wooden poles.
Why notice this?
Because in the exercise most of those bridges, roads and power lines would be down and it would be impassable. And we haven't even talked about those large trees that might fall over along the same roads.
Well, I live in town…….ok how would you walk to anywhere with power lines down or even sewers collapsed etc.?
All those obstacles are just that, obstacles, to getting relief supplies and assistance to you in a major earthquake. How long will it take to get to you from the least effected area? DAYS.
So figure this: The farther away you are from a major highway the longer it will take "the government" to get to your area to bring relief.
So that 65,000 gal of water that was requested yesterday is going to set on a truck now for the second day as they try to clear a road to get to your town or city. It may be several more days before it gets there. That generator, same thing. Those medical supplies, those doctors, that Hazmat team…….same thing.
And no Margret, there are not enough helichopters available in the first 72 hours to get the job done either. Remember its not just your town its ALL OF THEM…….there are not enough helicopters for the job.
Roads, Bridges and Power Lines……………..
"there wont be enough assets to cover this, you had better be ready to go alone for a while".
Just a quick note this morning as I head into day 2 of SLE 2011, a state wide disaster drill here in Illinois that has a New Madrid earthquake as its plot. I have been working with Region 11 as their RACES radio operator.
If an actual event were to happen as the plot has been……..well folks you are on your own so to speak for a good while. How long? Three days to 2 weeks? Maybe even longer. As one of the participants said as the request for assistance started to flow over the radio "there wont be enough assets to cover this, you had better be ready to go alone for a while".
Which brings me to water. It seemed like every time I turned around there was a request for water going out over the radio. Not a case or two but thousands of gallons just for a days supply of drinking water for towns as they discovered their water supply was disrupted by the quake.
3 minutes without air, 3 hours without shelter, 3 days without water………….
That got me to thinking just how prepared are folks for a disaster? Do they have water? Do they know where the hidden water is in their house? How many ( I bet most) are counting on the government to supply water……..over broken bridges, broken roads and all other disrupted infrastructure…….
What else do they not know or don't have if there were a disaster?
"there wont be enough assets to cover this, you had better be ready to go alone for a while".
So what comes after water………..today we will find out.
Persistence: To continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action or the like, especially in spite of opposition remonstrance, etc..
I am trying to persist.
Its not easy it seems anymore.
Took the weekend off and went to Evansville to the Appleseed shoot at Red Brush range and had a very enjoyable time despite the 40 mph winds that played havoc with our targets both days. 20+ Americans persisted over the weekend on the line to improve our shooting skills and learn our heritage. It wasn't easy or fun a time or two when the wind kept messing us up, but we persisted and shooters improved and learned and never quit. And we had fun despite the wind.
On the way over in the New Haven bottoms we saw lots of combines, auger wagons and trucks trying to get the harvest out in that area. They were persisting. It didn't look like it was fun in places with the soil conditions but they were making a dent in it before it rained. Having said that, the crops looked good from the road. That however doesn't mean much this year as a lot of fields that looked good from the road haven't been good at all.
I got started with fall tillage yesterday but got rained out. I will persist at getting it done when the ground dries out again.
I have been trying to get back in the swing some how to keep this blog more updated and relevant but I cant seem to get it done. That being said I will persist at getting back on track………..
Headed down to see what I can do to help with the radio problems at the Region HQ for the Earthquake Exercise today. A lot of people have persisted in getting this program set up for RACES/ARES to help and we continue to persist at making sure it will work if and when we need it to work.
The "to do list" gets longer every day but we persist at working on what we can when we can and getting it done.
So in honor of persistence, this blog will be labeled as "to be continued"……..
Been a while since I have posted a humorous video on here. Time to correct that error………I found this and for all my Ham Radio friends, you should recognize some of these exchanges between the two characters. I found it to be very funny. Anyway ENJOY!
I seems that we are bombarded with experts at every turn anymore. If there is no one to serve as an expert, someone seems to always self appoint themselves. In some cases there are gatherings of experts walking all over each other trying to get to the top of the expert pile. Most of these folks while possibly well meaning or even good hearted generally have no clue what the heck they are talking about or they come across so absorbed in their own self promotion that they are not tolerable.
Case in point #1: I got a notice that a person to whom I have a very casual knowledge of had passed away. Upon following a link to read what happened I found a gaggle of experts on a discussion board that not only knew what happened to him and how it happened, but his life story in many details. The kicker is that the 4 or 5 pages of comments were dominated by three or four people who were telling all the other people they were wrong. The funniest post was were one person commented on the deceased's connection with Illinois, to whom the lead expert on this fellow admitted he didn't know he had any ties to Illinois then wanted proof that the commentator knew what he was talking about. Funny to me but I can just imagine how sad it might have been for any of the family members who might have happened upon this mess. I do know the "one" head expert mentioned above in this discussion, he is an expert on everything he talks about, just ask him. He is one of the skid-marks in the underwear of life that we, regrettably, cant dispatch in a burlap bag with a concrete block tied to it over a bridge into the river.
Case in point #2: While I was trying to find some ballistic information online I came across a discussion on how the .17HMR was not suitable as a coyote round and would not kill anything bigger than a prairie dog. Having dispatched coyotes, at range, with my .17HMR I thought that I must hurry out into the fields and tell these coyotes go get up and run along, despite the smell and decay, as they must be mistaken that I had killed them. The expert was using all kinds of "math" and "physics" to show that the .17 lacked the punch and power to take a dog down beyond 50 yards etc so forth at nausea. Despite testimonials and the comments of a real hunting expert (a person acknowledged as knowing what he was talking about), this fellow held to his guns that you needed a big gun to kill coyotes at range. Maybe coyotes in Ohio wear bullet proof vest or their fur is like Kevlar due to difference in their winters or something. Despite this expert, I still dispatch ole wile coyote with a .17HMR at every opportunity.
Case in point #3. I have been bombarded with propaganda to attend a farmer/consultant field day on growing corn and soybeans like a "high yield expert". I do attend field days, when there is something to learn or there is a topic of interest. Its just part of the learning and educational process that farmers must go through if they are going to compete and stay profitable. That being said this particular field day is a big JOKE. Its put on by a couple of self promoted and self proclaimed experts whom I wouldn't let on my farm. One half of this Abbot and Costello team I have know and been some what acquainted with for over 10 years through a friend. They are only about the sale and what they are selling today is better than what they sold yesterday. Did I say this was a joke already? What do they know? NOTHING. Most of what they are going to present is either stolen from universities, picked from other companies with similar products or services and other field days or is not proven with independent non biased research and is only being used to end up selling a couple of products that they get kick back for. Yet, with no industry certifications or qualifications, they have set themselves up as experts, and got the backing of people who should know better, on growing high yield crops and are fleecing attendees for big money when its all said and done.
Case in point #4. The University of Illinois Extension. A complete Chinese fire drill of experts who have never "been there or done that" trying to tell the world how much they know about the real world. Nuff said there.
Yes, I have had my fill of experts this year already. That is why I wont be going to any more field days, conferences or meetings other than a very select few for the remainder of the year. That is also why I have assigned junk and spam status to a lot of emails from experts and why I have erased several talk and discussion boards from my internet favorates.
The result of riding myself of so many experts is that my blood pressure is much lower lately.
Trust me, I know what I am talking about…………..
What does your humble farmer, agronomist and blogger do during these downpours and rainy days when the other work is caught up or he is just tired of watching it rain? Well he works on some of the Ham Radio projects he has laying around cluttering up the floor of his office, that's what!
This last weekend I was running my CAP radios for a practice communications exercise as well as monitoring areal photo recon missions of the flooding at this end of the state. So between radio contacts I gathered up a couple of projects that had been laying here in the floor and got them finished up.
First was the construction of some J-pole antennas for 2 meters and 70 centimeters(440). I need to rebuild my communications array on the top of my tower and the new antennas are needed to replace a broken one and one that needs to be retired. So instead of buying a commercial one for hundreds of dollars, I got out the old pipe cutters and went to work.
Here are a few of the antennas. I ended up making two for 70 cementers and three for 2 meters. The ones that don't go on the tower will go in my emergency go kit for ARES/RACES. I hope to be able to repair the one I take down that is a dual band 440/2mtr but I suspect it is pretty much done for on 440.
I also took the time to complete another cutting board portable setup for my 2mtr/440 Kenwood. You can read all bout my Cutting Board Portable setup for HF here.
As usual I start with a lexan/plastic cutting board and an aluminium tool box/brief case. The cutting board comes from "a large discount retailer" and the case I got at Menards.
I mounted the radio and two speakers for each side of the radio. Then I added a grounding strap to the radio. The last bit was to mount the display head to the desk mount and then place it with the cutting board.
The radio will now fit on my desk with my other radios and can be broken down in a matter of seconds and put in the briefcase for safe transport to any location where it might be needed. This is great for camping and portable operations as well as RACES/ARES activities.
Well anyway, there is a day in the life of a farmer/ham radio operator.
And its raining again……..
Well I went and got a little project to work on this spring in my copious free time: A 60 watt solar panel array for charging batteries.
I have wanted to experiment with solar for a while and looked at another similar product over Christmas but it was only 45 watt and I didn't like the reviews it got. This one got some pretty good reviews and it is heavy. So when I get caught up from the lack of activity in January I will spend some time working on this as an back up power source for my radios and camper.
I also got to looking a the windmills that generate power and found that fascinating as well. But they are quite a bit more expensive than the solar panels I got so I decided that the learning curve was costly enough with the panels before doing a windmill.
Continued form the VA Disaster Drill inspired blog………
Well Part III will be short and sweet so to speak. The four lessons learned at the VA Drill are pretty straight forward I think. Yet we in EmComms and Emergency Managers in all services can't seem to learn them.
It is assumed that when the "balloon goes up" or the "alarm sounds" that communications will be there and it will work. Why? Because it has always worked and because it is always there: a circular argument. In other words communications is taken for granted.
And because it is taken for granted, in a lot of Emergency Services groups have designated Radio Communications to the glass case with "break in case of emergency", only to be used when their cell phone quits or internet connection is lost. So there is no use of the asset and no one to exploit the asset until "everything else fails" and you become the comms expert because "you're the guy with the working radio".
You can see this with most EmComms groups: They "train" for a mission that either doesn't exist or for a served agency who has them in the glass box and doesn't know their true value because they don't exercise them in a realistic method.
You see this with most disaster plans: When a agency or entity sees that their might be a need for an alternate emergency communication method they don't consider everything needed to fully utilize that asset. Case in point, the Region Hospital "doomsday radio box"; containing an HF, VHF and two VHF hand held radios, lots of great toys in a nice waterproof box. Yet there is no power supply, woops forgot that, and in most cases, no one who knows how to use the radios!
You can see this in our preparation for emergencies when we do drill by how we drill. We don't play it for real. We ignore lessons learned from the past. We can only work from the cookie cutter approach of one shape for all disasters. So when a problem occurs we don't know how to react, correct or compensate for the problem when it is for real.
Am I being down on all EmComms? No. I am just relating what I have seen as a result of the assumption that EmComms will work because it has been taken for granted, assumed it will work because it is part of the plan, that someone will be able to pull a rabbit from a hat and make magic on the day when it is needed and that when those problems come up we will have trained for those problems and be able to concur them.
I am saying that the SET exercise on this Saturday is realistic; it is patterned after a real event. It includes some of the EOTWAWKI things that happened in Kentucky last year. And yet as I listen to ARES folks, Ham Operators and Emergency Services people most of who still talk about pre deploying assets or where to deploy or how to deploy I am saying that there are still a bunch of people who don't get it.
Learn from past experiences, make your training real, work with your served agency in real time, understand how to exploit your asset and most important COMMUNICATE with those whom you will be working with during the real thing.
PLEASE train like you will play. It will make all the difference in winning on game day vs. having showed up and becoming a spontaneous volunteer.
As I said in the first part of this series, Lessons 3 and 4 were realized after the fact or after the exercise was done. When there is time for reflection on things said and things done and you can connect the dots you do end up with a gee whiz moment.
Lesson #3 comes from a conversation with one of the drill participants after the drill. In talking about the drill he commented that the scenario wasn't very realistic. OK I thought, so you didn't like the training, or that things didn't go your way and therefore it wasn't planned right. So I bit and asked "why not?" May 8th was the answer.
For those who don't know, May 8th 2009 was the "inland hurricane" that marched down, for the better part, St Rt 13 in Southern Illinois. Very intense wind and rain in a circular motion like a hurricane complete with an "eye". This individual commented that the drill scenario was a building collapse based on an earthquake. (At this point, I was waiting to connect the dots…….) If there were an earthquake strong enough to bring down the building, then it would also bring down the trees that line the road to the facility and power lines that boundary the facility. Just like May 8th. He went on to explain that on May 8th the facility was an "island surrounded by down trees and power lines. No one could get in or out of the facility".
Upon leaving the facility I noticed that the trees are still lining the roads and the power lines are back up in the air on new power poles.
Lesson #3: If you don't learn from past experience and incorporate that into you training plan, then you're doomed to repeat the experience of the past in a future event.
Did we learn anything from May 8th? In many instances I am going to say no.
Lesson #4 is that communications is more than just radios. No I don't mean cell phones or faxes. I mean if you're not talking to your support agencies or served agencies or other entities with assets that you might plan to use in the event of an emergency then don't be surprised if they don't show up when you need them.
My point here is that if you plan to call on Entity X for support in an emergency, then Entity X needs to be part of your training. That also means that X needs to have the right set of boots on the ground during the training, not just a "representative". Better yet they need to show up for the training and be a part of it.
Same thing with ARES or RACES. If your working a drill for a served agency, then your counterparts in the served agency need to be there with you training. Many times I have been to a drill where we have pretended that the served agency or asset is there. In other words we are practicing for a situation in which they don't know about nor might use us for. Wasted time………..
I am real worried that many ECOMMS groups are not communicating with their served agency or asset. I mean talking face to face, not RF to RF.
Tomorrow I combine all four lessons to comment on the upcomming SET exercise.
The VA disaster drill I participated in with the ITECS group gave cause to think about several things ARES/RACES/CAP Comms related. Overall we didn't do much and there wasn't much comms during the drill. That's not a problem in my book because time for observation means time to learn.
Two observations that I made during the exercise were driven home pretty clearly and need to be explained to those who believe and don't believe in the need for radio comms.
Two more observations gained from the exercise, but not realized until after the exercise, also drove home some pretty important points that need to be addressed.
Then these four observations made for a reality check with regard to the Illinois ARES SET exercise, the new Illinois RACES program and to CAP communications in general. So in this first part of most likely a three part blog I will address the first two simple observations from the exercise.
Lesson Learned #1: When confusion sets in, the fecal matter hits the forced air impeller and the "usual" methods of communications break down, the "guy with a radio" is the automatic go to man (or woman). While not a "gee wiz" moment by any means it was a point driven home very clearly when in the middle of the exercise, when all was going wrong (as it appeared to me just watching) the ER nurse came running up the ITECS trailer and said she "needed us to call an ambulance". When we told here we were there just for support of the training and not really there she said "well, you have the radios, your communications!". I think we broke her heart when we told her that she needed to go about calling an ambulance via the "scenario game plan".
If there are no phones and no Internet and no radios that work and you hold a radio and look like you know what you're doing, you just became the go to guy in an emergency. The question is if this new found faith in you valid? Can you use your radio, do you know who to contact, when to contact them and how to contact them? Do you possess the tools and most importantly the training to be the go to guy when that badge is pinned to your shirt, like it or not and ready or not?
What happens when you're the only one who has a working radio? Hams who had working radios became the go to guys during the IceQuake in Kentucky not to long ago. Operating from their homes or vehicles these Hams became the ones who kept things together when all systems failed.
Take Home Message: Train and prepare now………before your designated as the go to guy.
Lesson #2 All the comm assets in the world are pretty useless if no one knows how to use them. Better yet all the comm assets in the world are useless if no one know how to use them effectively. I said we were there to support the exercise with comms. We passed out radios, no one used them. We set up antennas; no RF went out of them. People didn't know who had a radio and who didn't. When you have an asset that no one is using or know how to use then your asset it pretty much in the way.
I am in no way putting down the ITECS team, trailer or equipment. Quite the contrary, I am saying that when you have these kinds of tools and trained people and they are not utilized then you are missing the boat. Yes, ITECS was there for support but even the radios passed out for support were not used.
Communications has to be part of the plan. As part of the plan, people have to know how to use that asset. They have to know who has that asset and how that asset is to be used. You can't assume that everyone will know who has what and where and how when its time to do it for real. That's more than push this button to talk. No they don't need to know the rocket science behind radio theory, just who has them, who knows how to use them and what they are to be used for.
Take Home Message: Plan the work and work the plan. Designate people to know the asset, use the asset and exploit the asset in a time of emergency.
As I will explain in Part 2, Lesson 1 and 2 have a great bearing on what happens with Lesson 3 and 4. And all 4 lessons have an impact on what happens when you suit up and play for real……….TRAIN LIKE YOU PLAY.
Train like you play and plan for problems so when they happen they just become part of the plan!
Some pictures of the Marion VA Hospital Disaster Drill. I didn't get to see much other than the ITECS trailer. It was a very interesting day and I learned a couple of things. The experience has prompted a thought for a couple of blog updates when I get time to sit down and compose them………….
I spent the first part of the morning on Saturday spraying double crop beans. It was very HOT to say the least. Then about 1600 or 4 pm I ventured out to Whittington Woods campground for Field Day. Field Day is the ARRL's annual "get on the air and talk to as many people as you can day" in the US. It was originally designed as a test for emergency communications under "field" conditions. Needless to say it has evolved into a contest of sorts.
But the fellowship is still good even if the emergency test part is over looked a bit. I can say that the LEARS field day was not over looking the emergency aspect. And while my attendance was short, I did see several people learning new things!
If your not a Ham radio operator, why not? Its a lot of fun and its also a great learning experience!


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Representatives Jones of North Reading, Peterson of Grafton, Hill of Ipswich, Poirier of North Attleborough and deMacedo of Plymouth move that the bill be amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new section:—
"Section XX. Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, nothing shall preclude a retailer from allowing a customer to purchase an item during the sales tax holiday if that customer has previously placed an order for said item and upon the customer's own initiative has cancelled the order in anticipation of the sales tax holiday. Penalties under section 73 of chapter 62C of the General Laws or any other penalties associated with "back dating" or "forward dating" relative to the sales tax holiday shall not be applicable to any situation in which a retailer permits a customer to cancel an order at the customer's own initiative in anticipation of the sales tax holiday."
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Middletown South defeated West Windsor South, 40-8, in a first round Central Jersey, Group 4 first round playoff game at West Windsor South last night.
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America's Got Talent show at Riverside canceled
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A New Cumberland man suffered minor injuries Saturday night when his motorcycle hit a wet spot and slid off the side of Goldmine Road in Rush Township, Dauphin County. State police said Brian D. Stahl, 48, was traveling north on Goldmine (state Route 1001) around 10:20 p.m. when he lost control after hitting the wet spot, just before a curve. Stahl, who was wearing a helmet, was taken by ambulance to Harrisburg Hospital for treatment. No further details were available.
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Where all the communists went
The letter by Gary Piazzon this last week got me thinking. Why is there such a hardcore belief in "global warming" or "climate change?" It is almost a religion for many. If you question it or don't believe in it the supporters look at you like a Christian would look at a Satanist doing an animal sacrifice.
When I was going to school in the late 1960s, the big thing was the coming Ice Age. In fact the scientist who gave Al Gore his information for global warming was the same scientist that was promoting the coming ice age in the 1970s.
In 1995, while going back to college, I got a copy of some research done by several Midwestern college agriculture departments on the effect of up to a 5 percent increase in the partial pressure of CO2 on plant growth. As the CO2 increased, the plants' usage of water and production of oxygen, the byproduct of photosynthesis, increased. The plants required less water to achieve the same level of growth.
Another research paper also showed the temperature plots for the 1950-1990s on a skater plot graph. There was no definite long-term increase. There were some years up and some down.
In the ensuing time I have watched the growing paranoia of "global warming" increase. I wondered where all these people were coming from. I came across an address by the former leader of Communist Russia, Mikhail Gorbachev, to a portion of the United Nations. In the speech, he said we needed to get rid of the "Ten Commandments" and adopt the "12 Commandments for Mother Earth" to save the planet. With the fall of communism in Russia, what became of all the socialists and communists? Many of them went into the environmental movement. For them, it is a religion. They have to save mother earth from the evil humans.
I will resist and fight against any government program, local, state or national, that will destroy our economy as the planned legislation would do. I am proud of America and what we have accomplished.
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SPRINGFIELD - Taking care of unfinished business from World War II, U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal presented the Bronze Star Thursday to a city man whose father was killed while fighting with the U.S. Army in France.
"It's a glorious day," said Edward Smalley, 70, after receiving the medal honoring his father, Edward F. Smalley, a Windsor Locks native and Army private who was killed Sept. 4, 1944.
Smalley's uncle, Frances E. Smalley, was killed two weeks later in the same campaign. The brothers are buried side by side in the Brittany American Cemetery in St. James, France - a place Smalley plans to visit on Memorial Day to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.
A retired machinist, Edward Smalley was 3 months old when his father was killed, and knew little of his family's contributions in World War II growing up.
"Nobody really talked about it," he said during the ceremony in Neal's office.
Smalley only learned that his father deserved the Bronze Star after contacting Neal's office for help replacing his father's Purple Heart, awarded to soldiers wounded or killed in battle.
In the process of replacing the Purple Heart, which Smalley had lost, he discovered his father was also entitled to a Bronze Star, awarded for successfully completing a mission in a combat zone.
Neal said arranging for families of war heroes to receive long-delayed honors was one of the most gratifying parts of his job.
"Happy to help. This is marvelous," Neal replied after Smalley thanked him for the Bronze Star.
Neal said several factors, including the enormity of World War II and self-effacing nature of the soldiers who fought it, help to explain why families are still receiving honors.
"This was a very modest generation," he said.
Smalley, an Army veteran, will learn more about his father's combat service when he visits St. James Cemetery on Memorial Day to participate in the 70th anniversary of D-Day.
"I'm going to have to learn French" for the trip, Smalley said.


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GRAND BLANC TWP, MI -- Jerry McFall was reading The Flint Journal when he saw a name he hadn't heard in more than 60 years.
The story was about Gerry Keyworth, a World War 2 veteran who had lost his arm on a beach in New Guinea.
It was the same beach where McFall himself, now 95, had fought, carrying back the wounded after the battle.
"I recognized his name -- I wouldn't recognize his face. That was back when he was 21 (laughs) and then I recognized the beach and what happened there," McFall said. "I never saw him since that day."
That's about to change.
They'll be having lunch together Thursday, June 12, at Abbey Park, an independent living facility where Keyworth lives.
"It will be interesting," Keyworth said.
"A couple of old farts," McFall said.
In some ways, it's surprising they've never seen each other. McFall lives in Burton and Keyworth has been in the Grand Blanc area his entire life.
"I'll be darned. I didn't have any idea, he didn't either," Keyworth said.
It's also not surprising. There were 400 men in their outfit, Keyworth said, and he and McFall weren't very close at the time. And as the years went by, they went from being young men to old men.
"To tell you the truth, if he walked in the door I wouldn't recognize him," Keyworth said.
Keyworth was in the Army's signal corps. He had already finished his job of calling in the troops and tanks and whatever else was needed from the ships lining the shore when a bomb went off, shrapnel and powder peppering his arm.
After he was carried to safety, he was taken to the hospital, and eventually went home. The rest of the men moved on. McFall spent almost five more years in the service.
"Nobody came to the hospital because they all moved on," Keyworth said.
At first, McFall's son Jim McFall, said that he thought his dad was the one to carry Keyworth. Jerry McFall said that's not the case.
"We had to carry a lot of guys," he said. "You know, the guys who didn't get hurt had to carry the guys that did. ...We took turns. You know, those guys are pretty heavy on your shoulders."
It's a fitting day for them to meet. Abbey Park will be honoring all their resident veterans later in the afternoon.


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We've got new neighbors. Our yards touch now. They lie there intimately together in the moonlight after midnight, lapping and licking under the water table. It could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. I offered our riding mower to the man to use to cut his grass. He declined. My wife Nancy talked to the woman about her upcoming garden. Then they moved in. My wife recently waved to the woman, who turned her head and didn't wave back. And that was such a relief to me.
My wife tried to make contact a time or two but got no reciprocal response. So that's it, I don't have to worry about making new friends now. My wife is the social one of the two of us. She's out in her garden rolling in the dirt gabbing with the neighbors all the time. She can carry on a twenty minute conversation with the crows. It's usually a fairly negative one like "Get out of there crows! Sho! Sho!" repeated over and over till they fly and flap away. She says the damn crows eat our bird house's eggs laid by proud female birds hopeful that another spring may bring cherished motherhood to them. But they are tragically disappointed by baby killer crows. It's a bird eat bird world out there.
So when the next door neighbor didn't wave back several times that meant they weren't going to be our new best friends, so I don't have to pretend to be neighborly. Oh, I get along with three out of our four next door neighbors. I talk to them in the winter when we're snow blowing our driveways together and a few times in the summer when a bear manages to destroy a bird feeder or two in its search for late night snacks. The exchange of greetings is short and to the point. Manly, masculine, guardedly friendly. Not the rambling female weaving of family stories and anecdotes with laughter that makes up the conversations of my dear wife that go on and on with people she meets, long past my nap time.
But with our new neighbors not being very friendly I don't have to try to make new friends, which at my advanced age is awkward and frankly tiring. I don't have to pretend that their boring life stories are funny and fascinating to me as I glaze over waiting to tell them my funny and fascinating life stories. Actually, I bore myself with these stories. I mean how many times can I tell my enlarged prostate story without drifting off?
I don't have to visit their home and ooh and ahh at their costly possessions like they're mine or I would kill to have them, because it would make my life complete. I can never really get too excited about possessions I don't own, can't afford or wouldn't want if I could. My enthusiasm for someone else's boat, new car, new house, remodeled kitchen, pool or grandchildren could be contained in an ant's eyedropper. If one even existed. Even though I'm very aware of how folks like to brag about what they've acquired thru the sweat of their credit cards zipping thru a validation swiper, adding to their personal debt. In capitalism, the winner is the one who dies with the most toys. I know that. And I'm a loser, always have been and always will be, 'cause I'm too cheap to compete.
If our new neighbors believe they're too good for us and are better than us, then I don't have to share anything personal with them that they'll just make fun of later to their friends. As I would do with our friends if we somehow bonded and experienced weird revelations, like we were living next to Hannibal the Cannibal Lecter, or a hoarder with no place to sit down unless stacks of newspapers from the 60's formed their only chairs or people with so many cats that their shag carpeting looks alive and furry and moves under your feet with yelps.
If we don't make new friends with our snooty appearing neighbors, then we don't have to become their new enemies when I say something inappropriate that will rattle their world view and upset their long held negative sacred beliefs about African Americans, immigrants, gays, poor people or anybody other than their own class, political persuasion or sexual orientation. Which I am prone to do. Or I inadvertently betray a trust by joking about a foible of theirs that they consider a talent or a virtue. It's been my experience that people see faults in others that mirror their own faults, but that they don't see the humor or contradiction in that, till I point it out to them and am ask to leave. Thus spoiling a wonderful wine and cheese night of neighborliness and good will because of candidness and wine filled frivolity.
By not waving back to my lovely friendly wife, we've avoided all the travail of making new friends and later enemies, who could turn on us, then sabotage our connecting backyards, garden, garbage or birdhouses due to combative outrage that could come after years of being close friends. Because who hates you more than a best friend who becomes a bitter enemy? No one.


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The annual Lincoln Center Festival offers plenty of at-home options this summer, from theater to music and dance
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The thrifty staycation strategy might be new in Kansas but in New York, people have been enjoying at-home vacations for years.
And we really don't think of them as a hardship, not in a city that puts out such a buffet of possibilities.
The oldest, biggest and most ambitious of the not-for-profit summer theater-music-dance series in the city is the Lincoln Center Festival, opening July 7 and packing 13 presentations into a breathless 20 days. Typically, it's international.
Among its triumphs, the series brought the long and gorgeous Peking opera "The Peony Pavilion" (1999) from China to New York. There was an unforgettable Pinter festival several years later.
Modern dance always had calendar slots. All kinds of music has had its place, from Dusty Springfield to zydeco, gospel and the Kronos Quartet.
Reportedly, many well-disposed regulars who have the time and the means to be anywhere they like in July actually stick around for the Lincoln Center Festival.
This year, French stage experimentalist Ariane Mnouchkine and her Le Theatre du Soleil will launch the series July 7 with "Les Ephemeres," a two-part theater piece "that explores personal stories of pain and compassion" (through July 19).
From Hungary, the Katona Joseph Theater arrives with Chekhov's "Ivanov," a play about a once-idealistic man who's lost his fire. Director Thomas Ascher takes the play out of late 19th-century Russia and plants it in Hungary in the 1950s-'60s (July 7-11, Hungarian with English supertitles).
From Poland: Director Krystian Lupa of the Naradowy Stary Teatr has adapted Thomas Bernhard's celebrated novel "Das Kalkwerk" (July 14-18).
Returning festival alumni the Maly Drama Theater of St. Petersburg will stage "Life and Fate," an adaptation of Russian novelist Vasily's Grossman's "Life and Fate," an account of Stalinist Russia. Published in 1960, it was considered so dangerous that Soviet Russia banned it (July 21-26, Russian with English supertitles).
Milan's celebrated Piccolo Teatro di Milano, well-known in Brooklyn to Next Wave Festival subscribers, will provide comic relief, in the form of "Trilogia Della Villeggiatura" a three-part 1761 commedia dell'arte satire of Carlo Goldoni (July 22-26).
More Russian theater, this time in Russian, will be offered when the Chekhov International Festival presents Alexander Pushkin's "Boris Gudunov," starring Evgeny Mironov. Declan Donnelan, well-known to New York City drama-goers, is directing (July 22-26).
Shen Wei Dance Arts, the Manhattan-based ensemble that dazzled festival audiences a few summers ago (not to mention the entire world last summer in Bejing at the Olympics) will dance the "Re" (for "Regarding") series: "Re-I: Tibet," "Re-II: Angkor Wat" and "Re-III: New Silk Road" (July 9-11).
Also returning: French/Israeli ensemble Emanuel Gat Dance, packing two works, "Winter Variations" and "Silent Ballet" (July 14-17).
North African musicians Idir (Berber) and Najat Aatabou (Morocco) will share the bill with "A Night in the Maghreb" (July 18). Ms. Aatabou defied custom in her country when she pursued a musical career and, today, her music derides gender inequality. For their hit "Galvanize" (2005), The Chemical Brothers sampled her anthem "Just Tell Me The Truth."
The following night, it'll be a New Orleans gumbo. The Ponderosa Stomp is a tribute to composer Wardell Quezergue ("Mr. Big Stuff, "Chapel of Love"). All kinds of guests are coming: Dixie Cups, soul singers Jean Knight and Dorothy Moore, Tammy Lynn and Tony Owens, drummer Ziugabo Modeliste and the honoree's 10-piece Quezergue Rhythm & Blues Orchestra.
Afro-bluesmen Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara will add Malian musician Issa Bagayogo to the mix for "Afro-Blues for the 21st Century" (July 21).
Hungary is unusually well-represented on the festival calendar this summer: Budapest-based director Bela Pinter will do "Peasant Opera," a new comic work that blends folk tunes and baroque forms (July 21-26).
Pianists Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies (the well-known and intrepid conductor) team up for a new piece, Philip Glass's Four Movements for Two Pianos, plus compositions by Steve Reich, Chen Yi and Stravinsky (July 25).
Except for the Park Avenue Armory ("Les Esphemeres"), all the venues are in/around Lincoln Center, 65th Street and Broadway in Manhattan.
Ticket prices ($25 to $100) are low by comparison with the commercial theater. Visit www.lincolncenterfestival.org for details.


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Governor Freudenthal set to release his last budget
Laramie, Wyo – Governor Dave Freudenthal is wrapping up work on his supplemental budget. The budget goes to the legislature's appropriations committee in December and may be amended by governor elect Matt Mead when he takes office. Freudenthal says the state will have a rainy day account of over a billion dollars and more money in the state's general fund than anticipated last year. For that reason, Freudenthal would like to return some money to local governments and highways.
"When local governments and highway construction fell under the budget axe, we promised when money was available we would restore that funding. So lets move forward and honor that commitment."
The governor is also proposing more money for the state Medicaid program and wants to use federal abandoned mine land funds for some projects at the University of Wyoming.


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Hey Kids,
I often say, "Explore outdoors, the parks are yours!" Last year, students in the Buddy Bison school program asked for a way they could help encourage other kids to play outdoors. This is it!
I am proud to announce that on and around May 21, 2011, thousands of kids across the country will be heading outside for National Kids to Parks Day! Some schools are planning field trips to local playgrounds. Many kids are asking their parents to pledge online to take them to a park.
National Kids to Parks Day is a kid-inspired, kid-driven grassroots movement, and you can tell your parents and teachers that it has been endorsed by the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). I've also partnered with the President's Challenge program of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition to support the First Lady's Let Move! initiative to get more youth and families to be active and live healthier by achieving the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award (PALA).
Starting in March, sign up on my website and commit to go to a park, forest, seashore or playground, and then you will also have access to all sorts of activities that you can do at the park.
Get out there! The parks are yours! And then make sure to send me your photos and stories when you get home from the park!
—Buddy Bison
Buddy Bison Students Invited for White House Announcement
Fifth-grader Cecily from KIPP DC: WILL Academy and Satiya, third-grader from Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Charter School, were lucky enough to be invited for a big "America's Great Outdoors" announcement this month at the White House!
They got to be right there to see President Obama announce the Administration's plan to connect all Americans—but especially kids—with our parks and public lands. The president especially wants communities to become involved in keeping local land and water clean.
Cecily and Satiya also met Senator John Warner (photo bottom left) and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack (photo bottom center), and even spent some time sharing their environmental views with Administrator Lisa Jackson from the Environmental Protection Agency! You also can watch a video of the announcement yourself and hear about how the President needs your help to continue protecting our parks and public lands.
When Beauvoir National Cathedral Elementary (Washington, DC) students take Buddy Bison home in his backpack-on-the-go, you never know what adventures he'll have. Below, some of Beauvoir's third-grade students detail their recent visits with Buddy Bison.
Me and Buddy spent a lot of time in my yard at my house. Buddy and I were looking for nature that was never seen before. We found a very spicy leaf and you will read about it in my nature journal. Buddy had a great time with me at home and got along really well with my cat. –Aliyah
On Sunday, my mom, Buddy and I went on a hike to the Montrose Park. When we got there, we saw a lot of dogs. We hiked down to the Rock Creek Park and back. It was fun and Buddy and I tried to climb up a rock but it did not work. When we were climbing the rocks, we saw some tents. Then we got back to the top of the park, and we saw more dogs.—Jasper
Harmony Hills Student Explores Outdoors with Buddy Bison
KIPP DC: KEY Academy Student Book Reviewers
Anesia, Andrea, and Crystina, 5th grade students at KIPP DC: KEY Academy in Washington, DC, are perfecting the fine art of book reviewing and have shared their thoughts on the National Geographic Mystery Books Out of the Deep, Escape from Fear, and Valley of Death. Read Crystina's review below and find Anesia and Andrea's reviews in Buddy Bison's Blog.
The big event that causes the mystery is when members of the Unit takes Ashley because they think she is Leese.
The solution is when Leesa goes to turn herself in to the Unit, and the police actually end up capturing the 8 Unit members.
I learned that in the National Park it's wrong to kill coyotes because they are native to the park. But it's not wrong to kill burros because they are exotic species. Read More
Students ages 8-18, read below for some opportunities to win awards and scholarships to support your environmental efforts!
Want to make a video? We are looking for students to create short videos (1-2 minutes) encouraging other kids to participate in National Kids to Parks Day on May 21. Winners will be posted on our websites and YouTube. Email firstname.lastname@example.com for details.
National Park Foundation's Electronic Field Trip "Sea Change: Gulf Islands National Seashore," will air two, live shows on March 1, 2011 at 10am and 1pm Eastern. Understand the science of change as seen daily on the barrier islands of Gulf Islands National Seashore and how the recent Gulf Oil Spill has impacted species and critical habitat. Register for the broadcast and learn more.
Starting in March, you can pledge to take your child to a park on National Kids to Parks Day! Use May 21 as a way to take time from busy lives to visit a park and start making steps toward a more active, healthy lifestyle.
See more photos and stories from your child's adventures with Buddy Bison in NPT's 2010 Annual Report!
Buddy Bison wants you to visit, explore and protect our nation's parks. Bring him along as you roam and tell everyone Where Buddy Bison's Been!
National Park Trust / 401 East Jefferson Street, Suite 102, Rockville, MD 20850
301-279-PARK (7275) / email@example.com / www.buddybison.org


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