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Amanda: agony and ecstasy
For those who believe us to be out living the dream, forget it. The last couple of days have been fraught with bitter disappointments. Howell made it through to tomorrow in good style. Dorey did not make it to the semis. I consider her my first string dog. None of my regulars could console me as there was no cell device here. You get the picture. The car park diminished rapidly today. Handlers headed home to all places in North America.
Bridget Strang is practised at throwing a party. Great barbecue. Horse arena turned party hole.
Opening ceremonies at seven tomorrow morning. Double lift final afterwards for top seventeen.
Amanda: heroically keeping us all informed
Ever since we left Meeker, connecting with the world had been difficult. My computer is still dead after Sammy tipped the water onto it . No cell service is available at Strang Ranch, so Internet junkies are agitated and in withdrawal.
Meeker is splendid trial to win. The Merino sheep are magnificent athletes, descending from the rarified air of the flattops at ten thousand feet, to take on our sea level dogs. Two of mine made it to the semi-finals, Dorey and Howell. Howell set the pace early in the day with 104 of 110 points, a marked single and uncollared shed. Howell was back to his old self, after a course of Doxy. He marched them in style. Dorey had a difficult single at the pen, swinging around three times before we got them in. The same uncollared single wrecked havoc on the shed by running everywhere out of the ring and never giving us a chance to take the collared single. Only Howell made the final, but that was enough.
Howell drew up just before noon, which in high-desert-speak means heat of the day. From frost at seven to 80 an hour or two later. His first gather was very good. The spotters lost his sheep for the go back and Howell went tight for a couple of redirects. He picked up the second group and fetched smoothly save a few kinks. He drove well. His shed was a twenty pointer. But I lost a few taking risks at the pen. They did not get back together.
A few competitors nearly caught us, but none ever did. Howell's second Meeker championship. You can never win that honour enough times. It was my turn to buy at the Meeker Hotel.
We got up next morning to work young dogs at Ila's and ride on to Carbondale for the US National Finals.
On Monday we went about parking in the rough terrain of the carpark, with sage brush stumps, cactus. Leveling up is a big job. The biggest handlers meeting in North America ensues, with all anticipating their best ever finals. Mary Minor and Feist turned in the first run of our gang, She is still sitting eighth after two days of qualifying. Barbara Ray ran well with Stella and Howell will be back for semi-finals on Saturday.
he sheep were very different to Meekers's Merinos–much more Rambouillait type, but difficult and demanding. Lots of good hands fell by the wayside under their pressure.
We went out to a Carbondale restaurant called Town. It was grand.
A long wait through the night for the Nursery to start. Haley Hunewill, Faansie Basson, and Joni Tietjen are leading the pack. I put Quark on the line at the pen after an OK run around the course. She grabbed one under duress and it was game over. I have Zola, tomorrow morning and Dorey on Friday morning. If I can get to wifi, you will hear from me.
Amanda: a day off
My mother's terrier knocked over my flowers on the table. My computer was in the way and now will not light up. Mich lent me hers.
Yesterday the scores went upward. Handlers speculated as to why—the caliber of runner, or the increased agreeability of the sheep. Who knows.
Dorey had an intelligent run. A fluffed shed attempt. But the pen was once again intense and successful. 82. Ron Enzeroth tied her score in the lead, with a similar good run. We watched the running most of the day, with the sheep telling us stories, good and bad, about the dogs.
Meeker poured it on in the evening with Michael Martin Murphy entertaining the event at night, a lamb cook off, and the art show. We grazed leftovers with great wine.
Today is maintenance and young dog training day. I see a walk at Avery Lake in the later afternoon. My pals are running dogs today and I look forward to watching them take on the Meeker sheep.
Amanda: Meeker, Day 1
Mittens, sheepskin boots and winter jackets are required first thing in the morning, but within a few hours, it's back to sandals and dresses. Maybe those radical temperature changes do not affect the nature of the sheep. A dog's ability to cope at mile high altitude is definitely changed from one part of the day to another.
Howell had a crappy go today with a good outrun, decent lift and sheep that despised him the balance of the way around the course. We made it with a couple of missed gates and a decent finish. The trial takes back the top eight from each qualifying day, to Saturday's sami finals. Howell lives to play on Saturday. Shauna Gourley lead the day with an 80 score. Barbara Ray showed us it could be done properly with a good go around the course but no finish for a 72. Beverly was disappointed. There are two more days of this tough running. 47 dogs a day.
We all went to the White River for a dog swim. A mob of dogs. Afterwards, I got in some training time with the young ones. All part of growing up, but their being cooped up on a long road ride like this, is harsh by any measure. I took Hazel out to watch for awhile. She spotted the sheep way up the big Meeker field and longed to be the one who brought them in. Her turn will come.
It was steaks on the barbecue for our camp, with all the accoutrements
Amanda: Dorey celebrates
Amanda: Soldier Hollow, Double Lift
The day started like any other one here, chilly, delicious Nicaraguan cafe, the handlers camp buzzing with generators and excitement about the finale.
A strong final it was, with everyone turning in decent runs–no competitors whose dogs didn't go back. Ron Enzeroth and his admirable Mick started the day with a run around the course that could have demoralized every other competitor. But things went south in the ring. Any run missing the final thirty points could not make it to the top. Not at this one.
My runs were quite good on the course and tidy sheds for both. Dorey made a couple of good saves—one collared she handled smartly while I tried to make sure I had enough collared ones behind her to let the saved one go. With eight collared sheep, only to keep five, this is a confusion peculiar to Soldier Hollow.
But it was the pens that were the take aways. Howell took his five to the pen, but while we were working them in, the discards showed up. I did not look to see. The crowds' swoons told me they were coming, but the patter of their hooves on the dry ground behind me let me know how close. "Howell. C'mon. Now or never." It worked. Handlers had a laugh. The thousands of spectators went mad.
Dorey's was different. She had an exploder. Only she and I knew about it, as she kept it under such good control with a list left and right to answer all its ideas about leaving. I had seven minutes to pen. I wish the moments could have lasted all of it instead a couple, as they were so enjoyable and intense.
Soldier Hollow is an honour to win. The event makers, Mark Peterson, Karen Stanley, Donna Eliason, The Utah Stock Dog Association, the setout crew, the throng of spectators, the hardened sheep dog trial fans. I hope I can honour them with a couple of golden runs they won't forget, any more than I will.
Today we drive on to Meeker, through the long sweeps of highway across eastern Utah with its climbs and descents, and the warm embrace of the eastern slope of Colorado.
Amanda: Soldier Hollow, Day Three
The weather has cooled off entirely. Much of today was overcast with the odd sprinkling moisture (that's how rain is measured in the desert). The dog running was fascinating, the sheep big show girls, without asking so many pointed questions as showing flat disdain for the dogs. It made it fun.
Dorey was the earliest high roller, with an adorable go around the course. With five full minutes at the pen, I could not put them in. Who knows how far you could have gone with Lavon Calzacorta at the trigger. What grips would have been tolerated? I tried every trick in the book, short of calling on Dorey to really shift them, and they never budged. She held an 82 without the pen, which turned out to be just enough to carry her into the final. Barbara Ray laid one down with Stella that scored her finalist status, and Bev delivered with Nan, scoring a ninety. Howell had qualified the day before but ran real well anyway, scoring an 88. The running was thrilling to execute, with good timing and canine authority rewarded at every turn. They sheep were devilish at the pen.
Allen Mills, of Texas, had one of the most memorable runs in the preliminaries. Sis, at ten years old, has had a brilliant career and now a long one to boot. She picks every sweet spot at the end of flanks and gives a perfect amount of ground to leave sheep relaxed within her turns. What a wonderful partner she has been for Allen, and I look forward to watching her at the next two trials. She didn't quite pen, which cost her a spot on the final day.
Tomorrow the double lift Finals.
Amanda: Soldier Hollow, Day 1
The first day at Soldier Hollow is a quiet one. Only several hundred spectators. Handlers getting their feet on the ground, resting from the long commutes. The sheep were tall, racey and naive. They make great study for dog handlers as they expose so much about the dogs. Every wrong move. Every scaredy cat eventually is exposed on sheep like these. Every missing confidence. Many caved at the end of their runs with altitude wrecking their stamina. The heat in the afternoon, while not as as blistering as it can be, was harsh, compared to the chill of he early mornings.
Dorey's fetch was good but argumentative with her sheep after a gratifying outrun. Timing killed the driveaway panel with sheep bolting up the drive and missing narrowly to the outside. I might have been OK with that, but not with the two minutes required to return the shed sheep to the ring for the march to the pen, where I couldn't finish. She was seventh or eighth, not among the five guaranteed a spot on the final day. Her next run is Sunday morning–onward.
Louanne Twa, a last minute entry on a cancellation, rose up to the top for winning the day with 83 points. Her dog was forward and free, a skillful sheep manager and all round good looking representative for the Canadian flag.
We barbecued some King salmon and got some sleep.
Amanda: extreme sheepdogging
Extreme sheepdog handling
I got up first and fired up the cafe. Our gang rode to the training field at Arvada in near darkness. Deer and antelope asked to be struck by our vehicles. No Wendy today on horse back, but we didn't need her. Joni drove us to a second entrance to our practice field and said we could gather here. I asked where the sheep were, and I wouldn't have seen them if she had not pointed them out. The dogs certainly didn't see them. They were camouflaged against a very distant fence and in between were multiple crevasses and rough stuff, with many dips out of sight before any brave gatherer could reach sheep. "I want to try that!" The whole experience was dialed up off the radar. Dorey and Howell made it with a couple of redirects. We didn't mostly bring them but returned them to the set out after the lift. All the dogs got expanded imaginations after the experience and new trust in redirection. What a test. The young ones drove a little more. By the time we took our turns, the hot weather returned and put the kibosh on more. I would have loved to have been there all day in the cool. Sublime.
We left Clearmont for points south. The country was wide open, vistas twenty kilometres distant. Buffalo, Casper, where I lost Roz many years ago, Rawlins, overnighting in Rock Springs, with a final ride through the red canyons, for Soldier Hollow early this morning.
Let the games begin.
Amanda: a dog-centric day
A dog-centric day
Joni woke me up, eager for her latte and an early start to use the cool of the day for the dog work. The coffee was not disappointing. and neither was the dog work. Joni had sixty fresh yearling finewools. Her neighbour Wendy Auzqui brought her horse and spotted on horse back, boon to the the eastern Nursery dogs who had never encountered such a thing. Quark, who is becoming confident, had several WTF moments, the horse and the range finewools combining to dispense with all her ideas of proper manners and convention. Zola thought she saw the devil in the horse. An invaluable training session, courtesy Joni Tietjen. Epiphanies left and right. The young dogs running with their eyes and mouths wide open, to take it all in. What a morning. The heat arrived and called an end to all reasonable ambitions with the dogs, and we drove back to Clearmont from Arvada. The dogs had a river swim in the Clear Creak that feeds the Powder River and miles of irrigated ground before it gets to the Powder. We went to Sheridan for lunch, supplies, and a stroll through the Dan King Rope Museum, with more antique saddles than anywhere else. Among the saddle collection were many side saddles, in which I take an interest. The shop, attached to a museum, produces most of North America's rodeo ropes. Dan King is a celebrated Sheridan resident with a festival named in his honour. Later, it was Mexican, in Basque Buffalo with Auzquis and Tietjens, and dreams of running more worldly dogs, early tomorrow morning.


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Chapter One1898
TO His Father
MS Houghton
Thurs. 2324 June 1898
Gloucester [Massachusetts]
Dear Papa,
It is very cool here when we get up that is, indoors, outdoors it is just right. We have no sunflowers, there were two in the rosebed, and Marion weeded them up. I found the things in the upper tray of my trunk all knocked about. A microscope was broken and a box of butterflies and a spider.
Charlotte and I hunt for birds. She found a empty nest yesterday (23d). Marion, Margret (?) & Henry are going to Class-day.
Yours Truly, Tom.
TO Charlotte Eliot Smith
MS Houghton
August [1904]
Oliver's Corner [Province of Quebec, Canada]
Dear Charlotte,
Hoping you are better,
At least enough to read my letter,
Which I have twisted into rhyme
To amuse you, I have taken time
To tell you of the happenings
Swimming, rowing, other things
With which I have the time been killing.
Wednesday morning, weather willing,
We after breakfast took a start,
Four of us, in a two horse cart
Together with a little luncheon,
Including things quite good to munch on,
To climb a mountain, quite a feat,
3000 ft., and in the heat.
To make a lengthy story short,
We did not take the path we ought,
And though we exerted all our powers,
It took us all of two three long hours
To reach the top, when, what a view,
Mount Washington, and Montreal too!
We took one hour down the road,
Then two hours more to our abode.
I suppose now I should desist,
For I am needed to assist
In making a raft.
The family sends
To you their love and complimen's.
I must not close without once more a
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Charlotte C. Eliot TO the Head Master of Milton Academy
MS Milton Academy
27 March 1905
2635 Locust St, St Louis
My dear Mr Cobb,
I write to ask whether at Milton Academy you will take a boy who has passed his finals for Harvard. My son is sixteen years of age and will be seventeen the 26th of September. As a scholar his rank is high, but he has been growing rapidly, and for the sake of his physical well being we have felt that it might be better for him to wait a year before entering on his college career. If you have any provision for such cases, and can keep him employed without his going over the same ground, please let me know, and oblige
Yours very truly, Charlotte C. Eliot Mrs Henry W. Eliot
Tom passed his preliminaries with credits in two studies. Took Latin prize last year at Smith Academy.
4 April 1905
2635 Locust St, St Louis
My dear Mr Cobb,
Your letter was received yesterday, and I enclose today a list of studies taken here which my son has prepared. He and I have examined the catalogue you sent, and Tom thinks he could make out a course partly scientific, and then there are elective studies like 'Advanced History, English and American'. Then he has had but two years of German, one with a poor teacher, and could resume that study, and drop French, in which he needs principally conversation. I should think he could drop Latin and Greek this year. He took the Latin prize last year at Smith Academy. His teacher informs him that in the Harvard preliminaries he received credit in French and English. He has always been a student, and read extensively in English literature, especially Shakespeare. He has read practically all of Shakespeare, whom he admires, and retains much in memory.
It is now partly in deference to his own wishes that we consider sending him to Milton. A friend suggests that he will be lonely there, because most of the boys have been there some years. I hope not, for although quiet and very dignified he is a most friendly boy, of sweet nature, and every inch a gentleman, withal very modest and unassuming, yet very self-reliant too.
We have lived twenty-five years on the old Eliot place, while all our friends have moved out, and Tom desires companionship of which he has been thus deprived. I talk with him as I would with a man, which perhaps is not so good for him as if he had young people about him.
If you think that Tom can make out a course, and you advise and are willing to take him, I should like a decision very soon, as otherwise his room must be engaged for Harvard. He has been a faithful student and we are willing to have him wander a little from beaten paths this year and take a somewhat miscellaneous course.
His teacher here says he can enter Harvard next year without repeating his examinations. I will write to Mr Hart and inquire.
I have gone somewhat into detail to assist you in making an early decision, as the number admitted into your school is limited, I judge, and I should like a place reserved in one of the cottages of the upper school.
Yours very truly Charlotte C. Eliot Mrs Henry W. Eliot
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I passed in June 1904, for Harvard:
4 Elementary English (a)
2 " French
4 " Latin
4 " Greek
2 " Algebra
2 Plane Geometry.
18 points.
I shall take in June, 1905:
2 Advanced Greek
2 " Latin
2 " French
4 " English (b)
2 ElementaryPhysics
2 " History (Greek and Roman)
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Total 32 points.
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English: Hill's Principles of Rhetoric. Pancoast's Introduction to English Literature. Reading: Othello, Golden Treasury, Macbeth, Burke's Speech on Conciliation [with America, 1775], Milton's Minor Poems, Macaulay's 'Milton' and 'Addison'. Themes. Elocution.
Latin: Virgil's Aeneid, Books 312. I read Books III last year. Ovid 2000 lines. Cicero, Milo. Grammar. Composition based on Caesar.
Greek: I read Xenophon's Anabasis Books IIV, with Hellenica at sight last year. Iliad IIII. Also Books IVVI, VII and XVIII at sight. Odyssey selections. Xenophon at sight. Prose composition.
French: Fraser and Squairs' Grammar. Stone's Grammaire Française. Résumés in French of the authors read. Reading: Horace, Corneille; Le Misanthrope, Molière; Andromaque, Racine; Zadig and other tales, Voltaire; Hernani, Les Misérables, Hugo; La Mare au Diable, La Petite Fadette, Sand; Five Tales of Balzac; Mademoiselle de la Seiglière, Sandeau; Athalie, Racine; and others. Memorizing poetry.
History: Myers' History of Greece and History of Rome.
Physics: Wentworth and Hill's Principles of Physics. Forty experiments.
Thomas S. Eliot
7 April 1905
St Louis
My dear Mr Cobb,
I do not know whether in my last note I made it sufficiently explicit, that if after reading my letter and looking over my son's schedule, you approve of his entering Milton Academy, I desire to make formal application for his admission into one of the Upper School dormitory buildings.
Yours very truly Charlotte C. Eliot
22 July 1905
Eastern Point, Gloucester
My dear Mr Cobb,
Your letter has just been forwarded to me from Saint Louis, which has caused delay in answering. My son's marks were 'B' in History, and 'C' in everything else except Physics, in which he was conditioned, receiving 'E'. This result was not unexpected, as he had in the latter study a poor teacher, who finally broke down with nervous prostration.
He would still greatly prefer to attend Milton Academy I was, however, so discouraged by your last letter that I took steps to hire rooms at Cambridge. If Mr Eliot approves, however, I will see what steps can be taken to dispose of these (they are in a private house on Mt Auburn Street), provided you are still willing to take him on his 'one condition'. He had intended to take German this year, which is on your programme.
How early is it necessary for you to know results of my Cambridge inquiries regarding disposal of rooms?
Yours sincerely, Charlotte C. Eliot
You are probably out of the city, but I address this to Milton.
23 July 1905
Eastern Point, Gloucester
My dear Mr Cobb,
I write a line to say that if you are still in Boston or Milton, my son and I will make an appointment to call on and confer with you. I want to be sure he can go to Milton Academy, before taking active steps to dispose of his rooms.
I greatly prefer to have him a year at a Preparatory School, rather than to enter college this year. I am officially informed that his certificate of admission will hold good next year, making up physics.
Yours sincerely Charlotte C. Eliot Mrs Henry W. Eliot
26 July 1905
Eastern Point, Gloucester
My dear Mr Cobb,
I have just learned from your secretary that you are out of town, but will return on the 1st of August. As soon thereafter as is convenient to you, Tom and I will visit Milton Academy, and confer with you. Mr Eliot writes that he approves of his going to Milton rather than Harvard this year, and thinks it will do him good. As soon as I have perfected arrangements with you, I will close matters at Cambridge.
Tom's certificate will admit him to college next year with only an examination in Physics, and any extra study will be a gain.
We should be happy to have you spend the day with us at Eastern Point, if you care for a fine view.
Yours sincerely, Charlotte C. Eliot
28 August 1905 Eastern Point, Gloucester
My dear Mr Cobb,
I have been considering with my son-in-law, Mr Alfred Dwight Sheffield, who has had considerable experience in past years in a Preparatory School, the best course of study for Tom to pursue at Milton Academy this coming year. Mr Sheffield thinks, and I agree with him, that it is better to take studies other than those in which he has passed his examinations. This would exclude Latin, Greek and French, and perhaps English. Attendance at these courses would mean the reading again a second time much that he has already been over. This, Mr Sheffield believes, would induce a mental ennui. It certainly would not act as a stimulus.
Among the elective studies is Advanced History, upon which Tom could spend considerable time. Is this course always included in the curriculum, however small the number of students desiring to take it?
There are reasons why it would be better for Tom to take Chemistry at Milton than at Harvard. It would be more interesting and less technical and abstruse. Would it conflict with his Physics?
Physiography Tom does not care for, and I do not consider it worth while for a boy who reads and easily acquires general information.
As to the German, Tom is going through with Mr Bierwirth's Thirty Lessons, and recalls much more than I expected he could easily enter the Third Class were it desirable. German is still an open question. Mr Sheffield, who is, I think, known to you, has offered to go to Milton on Saturday for an interview concerning Tom's studies, but I am loath to accept his kind offer as it would shorten his stay here by a day. I should like however, in any case, to visit Milton again and ascertain more definitely what programme of studies can be arranged without conflict; all that I have written is merely preliminary to a final interview.
I should like to ask two practical questions. I desire to know whether a student is allowed to keep his trunk in his room, and if so, should it be of such a height that it can be kept under the bed? Also does an advanced pupil require a 'swallow tail' evening suit for any occasion, or are tuxedo suits worn? I inquire because my son has not yet attained his full growth.
Please let me know how long before the opening of the fall term it will be best for me again to confer briefly with you.
Very sincerely, Charlotte C. Eliot
17 September 1905
[Eastern Point]
My dear Mr Cobb,
I have purchased Tom a low steamer trunk, and should like very much to have him able to keep it under his bed in his room, unless it is an infringement of rules to which Mrs Chase would object. As there are no closets in the rooms, I think clothes not in immediate use can be best kept from dust etc. in a trunk.
You need not answer this note except to Tom personally.
With kind regards to Mrs Cobb,
Sincerely yours, C. C. Eliot
[end September 1905]
Hotel Bellevue, Beacon St, Boston
My dear Mr Cobb,
I thought perhaps I had better explain to you just why Tom could not participate in football and other such strenuous sports, involving risk of strain. He has had a case of congenital rupture which, our physician thinks, is superficially healed, but as the abdominal muscles there are weak, care must still be exercised. He participated in the gymnasium training at Smith Academy. I think, however, it would be well for your instructor to know exactly Tom's physical condition, and presume he examines each new pupil.
Tom has never fully realized until now, when he is almost the only fellow debarred from football, his physical limitations. We hope in a few years he will be entirely normal, but his rapid growth has rendered him less rugged, perhaps, although perfectly healthy. I hope he will soon be over his cold.
I know Tom will be particular about observing all rules.
With kind regards to yourself and Mrs Cobb,
Yours sincerely, Charlotte C. Eliot
Should Tom ever be ill, which I do not apprehend, I should like to be informed by telegraph.
20 May 1906
2635 Locust St [St Louis]
My dear Mr Cobb,
Tom has written home requesting permission to swim in a quarry pond near the Academy. As this authority from parents is a new requirement, it conveys the impression that there is an element of danger, and Mr Eliot and I would like to know the conditions. We both have a prejudice against quarry ponds, partly because Mr Eliot's sister was drowned in one, and also because every year the quarry ponds about the city prove fatal to boys bathing in or skating on them. This is partly due to the deep holes in the bottom rock. I suppose Milton boys never attempt diving in one. Mr Eliot says if the pond is stagnant, fed by rains, there is danger of typhoid. If fed by springs, the cold currents must be carefully avoided. Do boys use their own judgement as to the length of time to remain in the water?
A boy may be very careful himself, but the peril of a comrade endangers his rescuers. I have seen quarry ponds surrounded by steep rock that looked dangerous.
Although sorry to trouble you, we do not feel ready to accord Tom the required permission until we are better acquainted with conditions.
Very cordially yours C. C. Eliot
FROM H. W. Eliot to E. H. Wells
MS Harvard
7 December 1906
The Hydraulic-Press Brick Company, Missouri Trust Building, St Louis
Dear Sir,
I thank you for your letter of the 4th containing information which I already had received from my son, who is sufficiently concerned therefore. He did not know that English did not count. I am inclined to think that he has been permitted (with the assistance of his College advisors) to take courses all of which are difficult and require much outside reading. I do not know if this can be remedied. When he comes home for the holidays I will discuss it with him.
Yours truly, H. W. Eliot
TO His Mother
PC Houghton
Tuesday [1909]
Port Clyde, Maine
My dear Mother
We have had very light and very warm weather: pleasant and lazy. This is only about twenty-five miles from North Haven.
Your aff. Son Tom
FROM His Mother
MS Houghton
3 April 1910
4446 Westminster Place, [St Louis]
My dear Boy,
I was very glad indeed to receive your last letter, and pleased with the success of your lecture. I am so much interested in every detail of your life, my only regret being that you have not time to write more fully. You have not yet told me your marks in the two remaining courses. Surely you must know by this time. I enclose a postal on which I hope you will write and mail.
I hope in your literary work you will receive early the recognition I strove for and failed. I should so have loved a college course, but was obliged to teach before I was nineteen. I graduated with high rank, 'a young lady of unusual brilliancy as a scholar' my old yellow testimonial says, but when I was set to teaching young children, my Trigonometry and Astronomy counted for naught, and I made a dead failure.
Shef wrote early in the fall, that he thought before the end of the collegiate year your ideas would crystallize and you would know better the best direction for your literary activity. I have rather hoped you would not specialize later on French literature. I suppose you will know better in June what you want to do next year. And you will have the literary judgment of able advisers probably. I cannot bear to think of your being alone in Paris, the very words give me a chill. English speaking countries seem so different from foreign. I do not admire the French nation, and have less confidence in individuals of that race than in English. I suppose I am not enough of a scholar to know what is termed the 'particular genius' of any people. I will enclose Henry's last letter, as you say you have not heard from him for so long. I wish you could live nearer together. But New
York is more likely to be your destiny than Chicago. You must be sure and secure tickets when the time comes for Father and me to hear your Ode. Is it on Class Day, at Sanders? You know Henry had no tickets. Having a part may enable you to secure them. I am glad you know the Littles so well. They must be a fine family. Ed was one of the nicest of Henry's friends. Poor fellow! he was very pathetic in his enfeebled condition.
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An innovative project in Ethiopia is helping children overcome barriers to enter primary school and reach their full potential.
Do you remember when you first learnt how to read? It was like discovering a key that unlocked a whole new world. Suddenly signs could be decoded, books were exciting and letters came to life.
For children in poor and marginalised communities, education is the key that opens up opportunities to help break the cycle of poverty. It leads to an increased ability to earn a living, better health and nutrition, stronger communities and less discrimination. Girls who are educated are less likely to be married early and have children at a young age.
Despite the benefits, there are many barriers to getting an education. It may be living in a remote location, not having the money for books or other school supplies, or having to work in the field or at home for the family.
TEAR Australia's partners implement many projects that seek to open up opportunities for children and young people to access education and reach their full potential.
In Ethiopia, TEAR's partner the Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church (EKHC) has been working for nearly 10 years on an education project designed to reduce the barriers to children entering the education system.
Children who want to enter the government primary school system in Ethiopia need a basic level of literacy, which excludes many of those who are poor and marginalised, especially in rural areas. These children either don't engage in school or are only able to enrol when they are much older, missing out on those vital early years of schooling.
In 2005, TEAR worked alongside EKHC to design a child literacy project aimed at providing a pre-school education for these children, equipping them with basic literacy and numeracy to enter the government school system.
The project works through local churches which recruit volunteers who are then trained as education facilitators. The whole community is involved, from parents to community leaders. Strong links with local school principals and government authorities have also been formed.
TEAR Australia's Phil Lindsay, who visited the project earlier this year, says although the pre-school is run through the church, all community members are welcome to attend. This has transformed relationships between Christians and Muslims in the community. One Muslim leader said: "At first it was a struggle, but through time and understanding now we work together."
The project aims to put 50,000 children through pre-school every three years. It has also attracted the attention of the Ethiopian Government, which has seen the benefit of a pre-school education and begun opening government pre-schools in some areas.
Phil says that the project has had a significant impact, with many of the children going to EKHC pre-schools thriving academically once they enter the government school system. The children have also been empowered to dream big. Says Phil: "The kids in fairly remote rural areas that I spoke to have fairly high-level ambitions, hopes and dreams as to what they want to do in the future. Many kids have dreams of wanting to be leaders of Ethiopia."
"We can see the difference between our older children who haven't had pre-school and our younger ones who do in their academic performance and in their behaviour and attitudes. As mothers we see the fruits of the project at school and at home."
Mothers in the community also shared their excitement about the project. One said: "Previously we worried about our children's education. We always talked about the issue. We prayed about the issue. God has answered our prayer. For girls this is a great opportunity. They have equal learning with the boys."
Another mother said: "We can see the difference between our older children who haven't had pre-school and our younger ones who do in their academic performance and in their behaviour and attitudes. As mothers we see the fruits of the project at school and at home."
Did you know?
- Providing all children with quality basic education could boost annual economic growth by two per cent in low‐income countries.
- 12 per cent of people could be lifted out of poverty if all students in poor countries had basic reading skills (over 170 million people).
- Over the past four decades, the global increase in women's education has prevented more than four million child deaths.
- One additional school year can increase a woman's earnings by 10% to 20%.
- US$1 invested in education and skills = US$10 in economic growth.
Source: http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/children/pdf/educationfirst-facts.pdf
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Baking By maestro489 Updated 16 Mar 2014 , 4:31pm by natt12321
When using royal icing to decorate sugar cookies it is taking more than 24 hours to completely dry. I have heard that it could be the amer color gel that I am using to dye the icing. The colors really pop. Last night I did a bunny which was mainly white, no ameri color, and it dried just fine. Does anyone use something different to dye icing? Is anyone else having this drying problem?
95% of the time I use powder colours because the glycerine in gel colours causes the icing to weaken (and it can take longer to dry, but it's more because of the weakness that I do it)
Where can I get powder colors and are they as effective at coloring as the ameri color gels?
I'm in Britain and have never heard of Ameri Color before taking part in this forum, so I can't say. I also use a British brand of colour AFAIK anyway, it's called Sugarflair and it colours icing just as well as their gels do (I pretty much exclusively use Sugarflair gels too, except for one colour I prefer from Wilton when I can get hold of it). I assume there must be a powder food colour in the states though? I buy mine at a local cake craft supply store, maybe try where you buy your supplies from?
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Like, duh. I've already reported that. Now MediaDailyNews analyzed Nielsen figures, and the Variety Online Group has seen page views drop more than 40%, and unique visitors fall 18% after implementing its online pay wall since December. During that month (when 9 days were free) page views for the Variety Online Group were 3.2 million, falling to 1.9 million this March. For unique visitors, 745,000 were counted in December, but 609,000 in March. To be fair, Variety bosses anticipated this traffic drop even though page views and unique visits are key to determining ad revenues. However, MediaDailyNews suggestedVariety may charge higher ad rates.
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If their wall actually accepted the info I input for a "free" subscription, then they wouldn't have this problem.
uh, that blackwall thing… what is up on that… nikki has plenty of variety… and as everyone knows, faster.
Keep in mind you can always get underneath the velvet rope on any Variety page by selecting all, copying and pasting to a word document. Annoying, but hey, it's easy and free.
You can sort of see through their blackout screen anyway. I have to tilt my moniter, but if I really want to read an article (doesn't happen that often, but occasionally) I adjust the light and tilt the moniter.
For the record, ScreenDaily has gone back to paid content as well, but all you have to do there is Google the headline and it's all there, and free.
or, when the web page is loading, select STOP on your internet browser, and the black sign in pop up wont appear. This happens because the text loads faster then the ads, so once the text loads select stop loading. At least that works w/ my pc
It would be nice to know if December is historically a bigger entertainment news month. Do Variety and Hollywood Reporter's traffic and unique visitors always decline between December and March?
As for the page views dropping by 40%, while this is a big number presumably Variety is making more money from subscriptions than they would from the 1300 CPMs they lost. After all, that's why they call it a "paywall".
More important may be the number of unique visitors declining, since that is truly a figure important when approaching certain advertisers.
I used to read there all the time, but since December I have only been there once. I even took it out of my favorites because there's just no point. I can get a lot of the same news here and at the Hollywood Reporter site.
though i'm not behind the red velvet rope, they still like to invite me to a bunch of crap seminars i would never go to.
Why on earth would you go to Variety now when they have that pay wall. Just come here. What are they stupid? I don't even go there anymore. Why bother. I can come here or to the hollywood reporter for free. They're insane. Everyone over there should start looking for jobs. The strike brought the future in so fast. Not only did writing staffs get cut in half but Nikki FInke killed the trades.
Duh, indeed. I've focused my attention to Deadline and THR.
Who every thought of that "ingenious" move to charge Variety readers hard bucks to access their homepage? A cool 40 % drop is the result. Sure, traditionally news should be paid for and the online V. reader payed by every page click cause there are those little ads right and left on our screen. That's how Variety made ad money. But no, V. wanted more – and they failed miserably. Readers simply got their news else where – for free.
In December I discovered deadline.com, by the way, because I searched the net – for free news (and some pretty damn good ones I have to ad)
…. and other readers / commentators pls. refrain from the lovely gadget, that gives us the paid Variety news for free :-)
Hey, want to know a secret? Click "Stop" in your browser as soon as the page loads. It will subsequently stop the pay wall from loading.
Thank me later
What's Variety? If you want real news about what's going on in Hollywood and not press releases, everyone knows you read Deadline. It's got all the breaking news first and fast.
I subscribe to Variety for the news and have recently decided to just let the subscription run out and not renew.
F' the velvet rope. Each and every time I hit the paywall, I have to enter and then re-enter all my info. It's such a pain in the ass and as a result I don't even bother trying to go to Variety.com So, now they have lost my eyeballs online and they are about to loose a paying print subscriber.
And yes, I also get loads and loads of unwanted spam about registering for various Variety seminars and conferences. Often the same form letter email from various sales and marketing people.
Advertise with Variety! Higher ad rates for less eyeballs!
Of course online traffic went down. The point is to keep print subscribers from dropping, since print's what pays the bills, for now. It may be short-term thinking, but nothing else print has tried works (aside from getting grants, e.g. ProPublica). The #1 reason people give from dropping their NYT subscriptions is that the online version is free. The money NYT gets from online ads is a fraction of print ads and paid circulation.
Funnily enough, the old Variety pay wall could be circumvented just as easily as the new one. It's as if it's company policy to half-ass.
There's a Firefox add-on called QuickJava. It lets you turn JavaScript support on and off with a small button. It makes bypassing the pay-wall pretty easy. When the blackwall appears, you click to turn JavaScript off, reload the page and start reading.
just do what i do, click the refresh button and then the cancel button after the article has reloaded


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Four key points in the aftermath of the San Antonio Spurs' 120-111 victory Tuesday in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder:
The Spurs don't do many things poorly. That's how they've won 20 consecutive games. Mistakes are minimized.
Thunder coach Scott Brooks called on his team to begin intentionally fouling Spurs center Tiago Splitter with 2 minutes, 18 seconds remaining in the third quarter because Splitter shoots free throws poorly. Splitter shoots free throws worse than the Spurs do anything else offensively. So with his team down 16, Brooks called for a foul parade.
No one likes a foul parade.
The energy was sucked out of the crowd, out of the TV audience, out of the referees, even out of the Spurs, initially. Splitter made five of his 10 free throws in the final three minutes of the third quarter. When he was removed, the Thunder continued the pattern by sending Tim Duncan to the line once, where he went 1-for-2. When the intentional fouling started, the score was 84-68. By its end, it was 89-74.
The NBA doesn't differentiate between intentional and unintentional fouls. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has used the strategy in the recent past, so he couldn't complain about this more extreme manifestation. "It's a good move," he said after the game. The Internet was less forgiving. "Someone on San Antonio should LEVEL (Kevin) Durant or (Russell) Westbrook," tweeted Russ Bengtson, former editor of Slam magazine. (The Spurs never retaliated, despite Stephen Jackson's desires.)
But it worked as Brooks planned. San Antonio scored three points on the six possessions following the hack-a-Splitter strategy. The Thunder clawed back. "It changed the tempo a little bit," Brooks said. "They were fast. They were all over the floor with quick passes. ... It kind of threw their rhythm."
It threw the game's rhythm, too.
More important to the Thunder's fourth-quarter comeback was Brooks' turn to a faster lineup. Serge Ibaka, the NBA's top shot-blocker, played zero fourth-quarter minutes in Game 1 as the Spurs launched a stirring comeback victory. He played the entire fourth quarter in Game 2, while plodding center Kendrick Perkins sat. The Thunder's best chance at snapping the Spurs' offensive dominance is by using their athleticism to full advantage. They found success with a lineup of Westbrook, Derek Fisher, James Harden, Durant and Ibaka because they could cut off passing lanes. Popovich adapted his strategy only after the Thunder had whittled a 22-point deficit to eight. Expect Brooks to go small more often through the rest of this series.
Eight Spurs combined to make 11 three-pointers. That says all you need to know about the team's unselfishness. On one play, Manu Ginobili passed up a three from the right wing and dribbled to his left. Tony Parker slid onto the same wing spot Ginobili had just occupied without a defender within 10 feet. Parker gathered a pass, took his time and nailed his only three-pointer on a 34-point night. San Antonio spreads the floor and takes threes from the corner because they're shorter, more efficient shots. The Spurs have used the strategy for years, but in the past, only had two or three players taking the shots. Now, Duncan and Splitter are the only ones without the green light.
Ray Allen is not healthy, but he is trying. That's all that can be asked of the Boston Celtics guard, who shot 1-for-7 from the field and 3-for-7 from the foul line in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. The Celtics are without Avery Bradley, their defensive star who had usurped Allen's starting job. Allen's playing with a bum ankle, and he's taking criticism. He's the greatest shooter of his generation, maybe the greatest in NBA history, so performances like Monday's stand out. But his teammates have his back, and the criticism is unfair for a guy who probably shouldn't be playing. "He's really been a soldier just being out there," Celtics forward Paul Pierce told the Boston Herald. "A lot of players wouldn't be out there going through what he's going through. Just to have his presence out there is great. But when you see him miss free throws or open three-pointers, you know he's not himself. We respect him for coming out there and helping us. But at any moment we feel like he could really help us."
Reid Cherner has been with USA TODAY since 1982 and written Game On! since March 2008.
He has covered everything from high schools to horse racing to the college and the pros. The only thing he likes more than his own voice is the sound of readers telling him when he's right and wrong.
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Fed Cup: Serena, Venus, McHale clinch 5-0 win for USA
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) – Venus Williams returned from a five-month layoff, and Serena Williams and Christina McHale won singles matches Sunday, sending the United States past Belarus 5-0 in the first round of the Fed Cup.
By blanking Belarus in World Group II, the Americans head to a playoff in April in hopes of playing their way back into the top tier of the Fed Cup after getting bounced last year.
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"You don't want to be in this group any extra time," U.S. captain Mary Joe Fernandez said. "It was big to win this one and now we have another task in front of us."
Venus Williams and Liezel Huber completed the shutout with a doubles victory, defeating Darya Kustova and Anastasiya Yakimova 6-1, 6-2. This was Williams' first sanctioned match since the opening round of the U.S. Open. She had been diagnosed with Sjogren's Syndrome, an autoimmune disease that can cause fatigue and joint pain and forced her to withdraw from the Open.
"It felt great," Venus Williams said. "It was everything I expected. I'm really glad the team got to the 4-love lead."
McHale won in straight sets for the second consecutive day, beating Darya Kustova 6-0, 6-1 to put the U.S. up 4-0.
Serena Williams had already guaranteed a U.S. victory earlier in the day by defeating Anastasiya Yakimova 5-7, 6-1, 6-1. Serena blew a 4-1 lead in the opening set and slammed her racket on the court after one point, then returned to form in the next two sets. She didn't allow a point in two straight games of the final set, which she closed with an overhead slam.
"That just goes to show you how frustrated I was out there today," she said. "I haven't done that in a match in a long time."
Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, the Australian Open champion, sat out all four singles matches with a back injury.
Venus Williams' win almost overshadowed the team victory, which the U.S. players celebrated with a quick parade around the court with the American flag after Serena Williams' win.
Once McHale cruised through the next match, the only pressure on Venus Williams was to help Huber preserve the shutout.
"It was perfect conditions," said Venus Williams, who is uncertain when she will make her return to singles.
In the first round of World Group play, Russia beat visiting Spain 3-2; Serbia won 3-2 at Belgium; Italy downed visiting Ukraine 3-2; and the Czech Republic won 4-1 at Germany.
Although a U.S. victory was assured after the first singles, most of the 2,279 fans at Worcester's DCU Center stuck around through another round of singles to see Venus play. It was barely two hours before Super Bowl kickoff and for those fans, Venus' comeback trumped seeing the start of the New England Patriots' game against the New York Giants.
Fans crowded the entrance to snap photos as she strolled onto the court. One fan shouted, "Welcome back, Venus!" after warmups. That was followed by a loud round of applause and some foot-stomping when she and Huber returned from the bench to open the match.
Williams served first and after hitting her first attempt long, she delivered a winner on her second to start her comeback with a 15-0 lead. Williams faltered briefly the next time she served, falling behind love-40 before rallying with Huber to win the next four points and clinching the game with an ace.
Belarus won the first two games of the second set, but Williams and Huber reeled off six straight games, ending it with Williams holding serve.
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Singles, Doubles Shine as UK Takes Down No. 23 Illinois 6-1
April 12, 2012
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Behind seniors Eric Quigley and Alex Musialek each posting a singles win over a top-40 ranked player, the seventh-ranked University of Kentucky men's tennis team moved its winning streak to eight matches with a dominating 6-1 victory over No. 23 Illinois on Thursday at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex in Lexington, Ky.
"Illinois is always a great match because they are so competitive and talented, so we are happy with this win," UK head coach Dennis Emery said. "They do not lose very easily because they are well coached and have so much tradition. This will definitely be one of our top wins by the end of the year."
The win concludes non-conference play for Kentucky (23-4, 10-0 Southeastern Conference). The Wildcats will completely wrap-up their regular-season schedule on Saturday when they play host to No. 43 Vanderbilt at 1 p.m. ET. The match will be played at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex, while admission for fans is free of charge. Parking for the match is available in Parking Structure 7 next to the tennis facility. With a win over Vanderbilt, Kentucky can clinch the SEC regular season title outright. UK has already earned at least a share of the title.
Kentucky's win today continues its strong showing against some of the best teams in the nation. So far this season, UK has a19-4 record against teams currently ranked in the ITA team rankings. Kentucky is 9-3 this season against teams currently ranked in the top 25, including four wins over current top-10 teams. Since the start of the 2009 season, UK has won 30 matches against top-25 teams.
"I was as proud today of our team as I have been all season," Emery said. "These midweek matches are difficult because you have so much going on academically that sometimes you can lose focus. We didn't let that be an excuse today."
UK started the match against Illinois with a solid performance in doubles action, winning the doubles point for the sixth time in the last seven matches. After Kentucky's top duo of Eric Quigley and Panav Jha fell to No. 25 Dennis Nevolo and Roy Kalmanovich at court one, the Wildcats earned key victories at courts two and three to seal the first point of the match. Sophomores Alejandro Gomez and Tom Jomby evened the board in doubles at court three when they took down Bruno Abdelnour and Tim Kopinski 8-4. Moments later, Musialek and Anthony Rossi, who are ranked 55th in the nation in doubles, clinched the point with an impressive 8-3 victory over Stephen Hoh and Farris Gosea at court two. The Wildcats have been unbeatable this season when they claim the doubles point, sitting a 16-0 this season when they win doubles.
UK continued that momentum in singles, winning four of six first sets in singles action. Quigley, who is ranked third in the nation in singles, was the first to finish for Kentucky, earning a dominating straight-sets win over No. 5 Nevolo to give UK a 2-0 lead. Both players earned early breaks in the first set to tie the set 3-3 before Quigley won three straight games to take the first set. In the second set, Quigley broke Nevolo right out of the gate and would never look back, rolling to the 6-3, 6-2 victory.
"Eric Quigley played really one of his best matches of the year today," Emery said. "To beat a guy who is fifth in the country, really says a lot about how focused he was. Eric lost to Nevolo this fall and being the competitor he is, he really wanted to get this win today. I was really pleased to see how Eric came out early and took control of the match. He did a great job of staying aggressive out there and closing out the match."
The win is Quigley's seventh straight over a player that is currently ranked in the ITA singles rankings, including his third straight over a top-15 player. So far this spring, Quigley is an impressive 21-1, while his 2011-12 total record is a remarkable 44-6. The native of Pewee Valley, Ky., has defeated 13 currently ranked singles players this spring, while seven of those wins came against guys in the top 20 in the nation.
Gomez, who is ranked 104th in the nation in singles, gave Kentucky a commanding 3-0 lead in the team match with a strong win at court five. The native of Cali, Colombia earned key breaks early on in both the first and second sets to defeat Stephen Hoh 6-3, 6-2 and improve his dual-match record to 16-7. Gomez has now won four straight singles matches, including a victory over a top-60 ranked singles player.
After Illinois grabbed a win at court six from Gosea to cut the UK lead to 3-1, Kentucky would claim singles victories on the final three courts to close out the match. Rossi, who is ranked 22nd in the nation in singles, clinched the decisive fourth point with a solid performance against Abdelnour. The native of Marseille, France, led the first set 5-3 before Abdelnour fought back to tie the score 5-5. Rossi would then win two straight games to close out the first set 7-5, before dominating the second set 6-2 to clinch the team victory. Rossi is now 19-4 this season having won eight of his last nine matches.
"Anthony Rossi is one of the most solid points we have ever had here in this program," Emery said. "He is the complete package in terms of athleticism, competitive spirit and being a good teammate. He is the ultimate person on and off the court. He is awfully tough to beat when he doesn't make mistakes and these last couple of matches he has made up his mind that he is not making mistakes."
Fellow Frenchmen Jomby and Musialek completed the winning for Kentucky. Jomby gave UK a 5-1 lead in the match when he finished off a tight battle at court four over Kopinski. Jomby won the first set 6-2 before he and Kipinski went back and forth in the second set. After a series or breaks and holds from each player, the second set went into a tiebreaker. Jomby would jump on top early with a 4-1 lead and then hang on to grab the tiebreaker 7-2 and the match.
Musialek, who is ranked 15th in the nation in singles, would finish off the 6-1 win with his impressive come-from-behind performance at court two over No. 38 Kalmanovich. The UK senior dropped the first set 6-1 and was down 4-1 in the second set before finding his footing and making a memorable comeback. Musialek would earn several breaks in the second set to force a tiebreaker, which he would win 7-3 to force a 10-point supertiebreaker for the match. The native of Dax, France, posted a 10-6 win in the supertiebreaker to claim the match and complete the comeback. The win for Musialek was his 13th of the spring as the senior has now won six of his last seven matches.
"Alex Musialek had a great comeback," Emery said. "He was down 6-1, 4-1 but hung in there and that shows a lot of heart and character, which is something that our whole team can pick up one. He got to a point in the match today where he was hitting the ball well and wasn't making any mistakes and that is a lethal combination. He is going to hurt you even when he does make some mistakes and then when he doesn't he is extremely tough to beat. He got some points out of his serve in the second set tiebreaker and that helped him a lot."
Illinois entered the match ranked 23rd in the nation as a team after falling five spots in the latest team rankings. The Illini are 12-5 this season and 6-1 in the Big Ten. Kentucky and Illinois have met annually since 2004 with Kentucky winning three of the last four matches. The two programs have played tight matches since the series started in 2004 with six of the 10 meetings ending in 4-3 decisions.
The win over Illinois continues UK's success at the Boone Tennis Center the past several seasons. UK has been nearly unbeatable at home, posting a 59-10 record since the start of the 2009 season. UK is 13-1 this season at home, including wins over some of the best teams in the nation.
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No. 7 Kentucky 6, No. 23 Illinois 1
Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex - Lexington, Ky.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
1 - No. 3 Eric Quigley (UK) def. No. 5 Dennis Nevolo (ILL) 6-3, 6-2
2 - No. 15 Alex Musialek (UK) def. No. 38 Roy Kalmanovich (ILL) 1-6, 7-6 (3), 10-6
3 - No. 22 Anthony Rossi (UK) def. Bruno Abdelnour (ILL) 7-5, 6-2
4 - No. 67 Tom Jomby (UK) def. Tim Kopinski (ILL) 6-2, 7-6 (2)
5 - No. 104 Alejandro Gomez (UK) def. Stephen Hoh (ILL) 6-3, 6-2
6 - Farris Gosea (ILL) def. Grant Roberts (UK) 6-3, 7-6 (5)
1 - No. 25 Dennis Nevolo/Roy Kalmanovich (ILL) def. No. 11 Eric Quigley/Panav Jha (UK) 8-1
2 - No. 55 Alex Musialek/Anthony Rossi (UK) def. Stephen Hoh/Farris Gosea (ILL) 8-4
3 - Alejandro Gomez/Tom Jomby (UK) def. Tim Kopinski/Bruno Abdelnour (ILL) 8-4
Order of Finish
Singles - 1, 5, 6, 3*, 4, 2
Doubles - 1, 3, 2*


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North Shore City Council which is a major sponsor of the regatta, has been a key player in attracting sailing events to Takapuna City area and North Shore generally. For a number of years the Council have undertaken an ambitious project on the Takapuna Beach foreshore acquiring a number of beachside properties and turning these into public reserve. The Takapuna Beach foreshore is the highest pricest residential real estate in New Zealand, and the acquisition project has been very significant project indeed.
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There is an insane strain of libertarian that says ANY removal of ANY tax or regulation is good. I quite the late Harry Browne who said Government breaks your legs then gives you a crutch. This brand of libertarians want to remove the crutch and then says it's fair you can't beat a Chinese sprinter on steroids. In soe cases there is an important balance of tyranny.ReplyDelete
The Clare Booth Luce is so last century. Wymyn don't want Babies, they want contraception and abortion so they can bang alpha males as long as they can - I'm surprised Obamacare didn't include liposuction, botox, and plastic surgery.
Another made me think, why are all the eggs in one gender's basket?
I am a hard-core libertarian and I believe we have every f**king right to prevent our country from being overrun by "extra-civilizational" immigrants.ReplyDelete
Also remember it was the libertarian economist Milton Friedman who said that we can have either a welfare system or immigration, but we cannot have both.ReplyDeleteReplies
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