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18th Birthday (or the tyranny of youth)
Writer's note: I wrote this not to advocate any position, or to say anything in particular. It's simply a collection of observations, stories, hushed chats and whispers. There's stories in here that aren't my own, and it's certainly not my intention to sound like I'm advocating a position. It's in a minor key, it's a bundle of observations and a collection of mumbles.
Bekka's turning 18, coming of age, party at mum and dads. Scotty spins the tunes and dad throws up the fairy lights, mum caters to fill teenage stomachs – it'll come up in the front paddock in a few hours anyway.
Mason's got a new truck, lifted with an LED bar light to be seen from space. He's the first to arrive at this festive event, and his country dimples cover valleys of insecurity. Cowboy hat bent at the front, ma and pa secretly hope he'd turn his eyes towards their Bek – if only they knew.
Stace, Maria and Bree tumble out of someone's back seat, pre-loaded. Dressed to the nines, their heels sink into soft country soil, squealing with each squelch, their lives work to snob you off.
Jase makes an entrance, circle work in his beat up ute. The joker, always the laugh. Bekka's beau, the half bottle of cheap bourbon held by it's neck. He's the joker, but she's got a creeping suspicion the joke's on him. 20 years old, on the same an hour, with no prospects of increase.
Family comes, smiles abound. Uncle Frank and Aunt Nina, there's grandma and gramps. Cousins of all ages. Dad playfully grabs Danny in a headlock, trying to explain that his sodomite son is merely creative, like you can try to explain the gay away. Thanks dad, but they both grieve, unable to move past recent revelations.
Raye and Chrissy sit in the tray of Mason's ute, necking cheap vodka straight from the bottle. He could have both in a heartbeat, but his sights are set on other targets, perhaps tonight he'll pipe up the confidence to tell her.
Dwayne sings along to the country ditties, he's unusually talented that way. Laughing off the compliments, he wonders how life might be different if not yoked with three generations of expectation breathing down his neck. Still, he hums along, wondering, even for a second, if things were different.
Kal, as everyone agrees, is classic wife material, the mother hen of the group. She chats CWA with mum, half an eye on Danny, blissfully unaware he'll make no woman honest. She mistakes his compliments for flirting, and the thought crosses his mind that perhaps he could fake it, until he made it.
Speeches, and mum and dad praise their perfect Bekka. She spies Jase, he's getting amorous with Raye, and way too close to his bourbon. She pats her tummy – a week late, and she wonders how daddy will react if she breaks the news to him.
And the party continues, and the fire crackles. They all continue to live their lives together, all in secret.
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Wandering wolf OR-7 is now in the second week in his latest stint as a local lobo in Jackson County, where he's feeding on a dead elk, but apparently still looking for love.
The 4-year-old wolf crossed the Cascade Crest on March 19 to re-enter Jackson County, which he last left April 1 as part of his much-watched dispersal from his northeast Oregon pack into southwest Oregon and on to Northern California.
Since his return, he's wandered along the West Cascades east of Butte Falls and Prospect and has shared meals on a dead cow elk with at least one coyote and some ravens, says Mark Vargas, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Rogue District wildlife biologist.
Vargas last week used a VHF receiver to follow the radio transmitter that, along with a GPS transmitter, is on a collar that state and federal biologists have used to track OR-7's now famous walkabout.
Vargas got a strong signal from the transmitter, indicating a close presence, but he never got a visual on the only confirmed wolf in Western Oregon since 1937.
He did find fresh wolf tracks in the snow.
"But it was just a single set of tracks," Vargas says. "He's alone."The tracks led to a mostly picked-over cow elk carcass, surrounded by coyote and raven tracks, Vargas says.
"It was an interesting find," he says.
The elk likely died on its own during the winter and probably was not killed by OR-7, he says.
"There's no indication that he killed it," Vargas says. "There was no sign of a struggle."
Vargas installed a game camera trained on what's left of the carcass. He previously set other cameras in that same area as part of a Pacific fisher study.
"I'm hoping he gets in front of one of those things," Vargas says. "I'm hoping to get a picture."
— Mark Freeman
Read more in Wednesday's paper.
Wolf OR-7 meanders back into Jackson County
Wandering wolf OR-7 is now in the second week in his latest stint as a local lobo in Jackson County, where he's feeding on a dead elk, but apparently still looking for love.

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'Nunsense A-Men' a success at Round Barn
NAPPANEE — Nonstop laughter filled the Round Barn Theatre, June 11, during opening night of "Nunsense A-Men." The musical, scripted by Dan Goggin, offers comical skits in between songs.
The production is based on nuns working to offer a talent show fundraiser to cover costs of burying four dead sisters of faith. Through the nuns' hilarious interactions, misunderstandings, slow-to-understand actions and a series of strategically placed non-spiritual comments, the audience filled the round barn with much laughter.
Characters even offered interaction with the audience to create more humor, which added a personal touch to the performance.
Despite rumored protesters, which were no longer present by the end of the performance, this beautifully sung, hilariously presented musical offered wonderful entertainment to people of all faiths.
Each performance is directed by seasoned performer and familiar face at the Round Barn Theatre, Jeremy Littlejohn. The artistic director also plays the role of Sister Huber (Mistress of Novices).
"When you have spent as much time in Mt. Saint Helen's as I have, it is easy to take the charming personalities of these dynamic characters for granted," Littlejohn said. "With the inexhaustible amount of sequels, the true spirit of the Little Sisters of Hoboken can be lost if one misplaces Dan Goggin's original vision. While I don't claim to know the author better than anyone, I believe I have spent enough time in his head to have a genuine understanding of the motivation behind the franchise.
"As I prepared for my fourth installment in the series," Littlejohn continued, "I have done my best to stage the show in a manner consistent with this motivation, while still remaining true to the Round Barn's vision for its patrons."
The production also features favored returning performers Matthew C. Scott, as the sister in charge, Reverend Mother.
Music Director Travis Smith takes on the role of the forgetful Sister Mary Amnesia.
Rounding out the cast of five sisters is Benjamin Lee Jackson as Broadway star wannabe Robert Ann and Ramaad Morris as Novice Sister Mary Leo.
For ticket availability, and to make reservations to experience, call the Box Office at (800) 800-4942, extension 2, or visit AmishAcres.com.
"Nunsense A-Men" is scheduled to continue through Sunday, July 21, at the Round Barn Theatre, U.S. 6, Nappanee.
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LG is probably the worst at keeping secrets. Every device they announce,we already have the details for. And funnily enough, a lot of that information comes from LG itself. The company likes to officially spoil surprises with its public announcements, and that's no fun.
The LG G2 is no mystery to us anymore. LG spewed a lot of the finer details, and whatever it didn't tell us, we found out via numerous leaks. However, we were missing one piece of vital information: a release date. It now seems that an LG exec (CFO David Jung) allegedly leaked a release date. The device will be coming to South Korea in August, North America and Europe in September and everywhere else in October, according to the report.
Another executive claims that the LG G2 is coming to Verizon here in the US (which is great for LG fans). None of this information can be confirmed (it is just rumor), but it seems fairly likely. I almost wish that LG would keep something a surprise for once, but I guess knowing everything is good, too. Are you looking forward to the LG G2?


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Ten Students Named to the 2011 All-North Dakota Academic Team
BISMARCK, N.D. - Ten North Dakota community college students have been named to the 2011 All-North Dakota Academic Team, which recognizes the academic achievements of community college students. They will be honored at a dinner and awards ceremony Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 6:30 p.m., at Bismarck State College's Prairie Room, Bismarck, N.D.
Members of the 2011 All-North Dakota Academic Team, the colleges they attend and their hometowns are:
Luke Hushagen
: Bismarck State College, Bismarck, N.D.
Megan Toepke
: Bismarck State College, Bismarck, N.D.
Waynita Chaske
: Cankdeska Cikana Community College, Oberon, N.D.
Magdeline Harrison
: Cankdeska Cikana Community College, St Michael, N.D.
Jacob Bean
: Dakota College at Bottineau, Bottineau, N.D.
Jennifer Thiessen
: Dakota College at Bottineau, Bottineau, N.D.
Leonie de Jonge
: Lake Region State College, Devils Lake, N.D.
Lee Dokken
: Lake Region State College, Velva, N.D.
Megan Dierks
: North Dakota State College of Science, Chokio, Minn.
Hannah Schradick
: North Dakota State College of Science, Wahpeton, N.D.
"These students are outstanding examples of academic achievement and community involvement," said Bill Goetz, chancellor of the North Dakota University System. "Being named to the All-North Dakota Academic Team is a significant accomplishment, one that both the students and their colleges can be proud of. Clearly, students who attend North Dakota's community colleges are well prepared to meet the evolving demands of the workforce or continue on for additional education."
In North Dakota, the community college awards are co-sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society and CTEC, the North Dakota University System College Technical Education Council. The academic team recognition program is active in 37 states. Students named to the state team also are nominated for the All-USA Academic Team.
Nominations are based on outstanding academic performance and service to the college and community. Each member of the North Dakota team will receive a certificate of congratulations from Gov. Dalrymple, an award certificate, a medallion and a monetary award. Each team member also is eligible for scholarships from Dickinson State University, Jamestown College, Mayville State University, Minot State University, the University of Mary, the University of North Dakota and Valley City State University.
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Printers that once cost $30,000 are now priced closer to $1,000 and have the potential to rewrite the rules of global manufacturing. The 3-D-printing market, estimated at about $1.7 billion in 2011, could hit $6.5 billion by 2019, according to research firm Wohlers Associates.
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CNBC presents some unusual items you'll be able to make in the future, as well as some products that are already available.
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Shelved Dolls: Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard – Henry VIII's Two Beheaded Wives (The Other Ones Are Boring)
I'm obsessed with Anne Boleyn.
Obsessed with her. Just gonna stare at her for a while:
I'm obsessed in the same way I'm obsessed with Brooke Astor, or Madame Pompadour. I think she's a lady, basically. I think she handled an extremely difficult situation really well.
Catherine Howard may be the more interesting of the two but – in my opinion – Anne was the one you should emulate. King Henry VIII, who had been contemplating divorcing his first wife and remarrying for ten years by the time he took up with Anne, pursued her relentlessly. She politely demurred.
Which is surprising, as Anne is generally made out to be a wily seductress. To be fair she was a lively member of the English court (when she was made queen she adopted the motto "the most happy" which stood in marked contrast to Henry's first wife's motto "humble and loyal.") Anne was 19 by the time she started seeing King Henry, and she almost certainly had premarital relations with Henry Percy.
The pair were engaged in Anne's youth. When Percy mentioned this arrangement to Cardinal Wolsey (to whom he was an aide at the time), Wolsey protested, according to George Cavendish:
"I am amazed at your foolishness in getting entangled, even engaged, to this silly girl at court – I mean Anne Boleyn. Have you not considered your position? After the death of your noble father you stand to inherit one of the greatest earldoms in the country. It would thus have been more proper if you had sought the consent of your father in this affair and to have made his Highness the King privy to it, requesting his royal blessing. Had you done so, he would not only have welcomed your request but would, I can assure you, have promoted you to a position more suited to your noble estate. And thence you might have gained the King's favor by your conduct and wise council and and thus risen further still in his estimation.
But now look what you have done by your thoughtlessness. You have not only offended your own father but also your sovereign and pledged yourself to someone whom neither would agree to be suitable. And do not doubt that I shall send for your father and when he comes he will break off this engagement or disinherit you forever. The King himself will make a complaint to your father and demand no less an action than I have suggested. Indeed, I happen to know that the King has already promised this lady to someone else and that though she is not yet aware of it, the arrangements are already far advanced. The King however, being a man of great prudence and diplomacy, is confident that, once she is aware of the situation, she will agree to the union gladly."
The person that Anne was promised to was Henry VIII. When the King thought she would have no objection, he was taking a pretty big leap of faith, there.
When you look at Anne's responses to most of King Henry's letters, they are the replies you would send to a guy with a girlfriend who kept Facebook-messaging you to say he loved you; namely "I'm flattered, but you have a girlfriend, with a subtext of please, please stop messaging me". Here is one Anne sent to Henry after he started sending her extravagant gifts, which, to my mind, reads "Please stop sending me gifts; I realize you're the King of England, but we've talked, like, one time, so this is weird. Also you slept with my sister." (Henry had slept with Anne's sister and – FUN FACT YOU WON'T FIND IN The Other Boleyn Girl – also Anne's mother.)
It belongs only to the august mind of a great king, to whom Nature has given a heart full of generosity towards the sex, to repay by favors so extraordinary an artless and short conversation with a girl. Inexhaustible as is the treasury of your majesty's bounties, I pray you to consider that it cannot be sufficient to your generosity; for, if you recompense so slight a conversation by gifts so great, what will you be able to do for those who are ready to consecrate their entire obedience to your desires?"
So, whatever. Henry breaks down Anne Boleyn's defenses. He divorces his wife, not at Anne's behest really, but by that point, Anne pretty understandably thought, "I think now that he has severed ties with the Catholic Church I am going to look like an asshole if I don't marry him."
Anne marries Henry VIII. No one liked her, what with her presence believed to have caused Henry to remove himself AND THE COUNTRY from the Catholic Church. He, weirdly, kept the title "Defender of the Faith" which had been granted to him by the Church, because, why not? Then she miscarries a few times (after giving birth to Elizabeth) which is blamed on her being a witch, and not Henry possibly having syphilis, which is a more plausible explanation.
Both of these theories, incidentally, are likely wrong. Henry VII probably didn't have syphilis, and witches can have children, because look at Samantha on Bewitched.
That pretty much sums up Henry VIII's and Anne Boleyn's relationship.
So, Anne is Queen for approximately 1,000 days (somewhere in the vicinity of three years for people who are not good at math) during which time outrageous rumors are spread about her. Not just the witchcraft stuff, but accusations that she was having an incestuous relationship with her brother (she was not) and another member of the court (who was almost certainly gay).
The only person it seems possible she might have had an affair with was Thomas Wyatt. He was certainly in love with her, because he got into a very public fight with the King about her over a game of bowls. However, the affair is in doubt, given Wyatt's poem Whoso List To Hunt, which is commonly thought to be about Anne. It runs:
"WHOSO list to hunt ? I know where is an
hind !
But as for me, alas ! I may no more,
The vain travail hath wearied me so sore ;
I am of them that furthest come behind.
Yet may I by no means my wearied mind
Draw from the deer ; but as she fleeth afore
Fainting I follow ; I leave off therefore,
Since in a net I seek to hold the wind.
Who list her hunt, I put him out of doubt
As well as I, may spend his time in vain !
And graven with diamonds in letters plain,
There is written her fair neck round about ;
' Noli me tangere ; for Cæsar's I am,
And wild for to hold, though I seem tame."
He spends his time in vain. He does not say, "I am totally banging that deer, and it is the best. Deers are great."
That would be a nice poem to write to someone you love, gentlemen readers.
Oh, Anne was the deer.
Rumors flying, Henry VIII has Anne tried and convicted of treason and sentenced to be beheaded. Again, I want to reiterate that modern historians who are not Philippa Gregory have found nothing to suggest that Anne was, at any point, unfaithful.
This is basically the same thing that happens to anyone who ultimately agrees to go out with the guy who keeps Facebook-messaging her. He will eventually reveal himself to be utterly insane. I mean, he'll be toss-a-bowl-of-soup-at-a-waiter insane, not gonna-behead-you insane, but still.
So. Anne is sentenced to die for a crime she almost certainly didn't commit. Most of us would freak out at this point, and be really, really angry about that "unjustly having to die situation." However, Anne very respectfully requested that she be beheaded with a sword, rather than a common axe. She also asked that none of the men who stood accused with her be punished; that did not work out. She wrote this very polite letter to King Henry:
Your Grace's displeasure, and my imprisonment are things so strange unto me, as what to write, or what to excuse, I am altogether ignorant. Whereas you send unto me (willing me to confess a truth, and so obtain your favour) by such an one, whom you know to be my ancient professed enemy. I no sooner received this message by him, than I rightly conceived your meaning; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty perform your demand.
But let not your Grace ever imagine, that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought thereof preceded. And to speak a truth, never prince had wife more loyal in all duty, and in all true affection, than you have ever found in Anne Boleyn: with which name and place I could willingly have contented myself, if God and your Grace's pleasure had been so pleased. Neither did I at any time so far forget myself in my exaltation or received Queenship, but that I always looked for such an alteration as I now find; for the ground of my preferment being on no surer foundation than your Grace's fancy, the least alteration I knew was fit and sufficient to draw that fancy to some other object. You have chosen me, from a low estate, to be your Queen and companion, far beyond my desert or desire. If then you found me worthy of such honour, good your Grace let not any light fancy, or bad council of mine enemies, withdraw your princely favour from me; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain, of a disloyal heart toward your good grace, ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutiful wife, and the infant-princess your daughter. Try me, good king, but let me have a lawful trial, and let not my sworn enemies sit as my accusers and judges; yea let me receive an open trial, for my truth shall fear no open flame; then shall you see either my innocence cleared, your suspicion and conscience satisfied, the ignominy and slander of the world stopped, or my guilt openly declared. So that whatsoever God or you may determine of me, your grace may be freed of an open censure, and mine offense being so lawfully proved, your grace is at liberty, both before God and man, not only to execute worthy punishment on me as an unlawful wife, but to follow your affection, already settled on that party, for whose sake I am now as I am, whose name I could some good while since have pointed unto, your Grace being not ignorant of my suspicion therein. But if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an infamous slander must bring you the enjoying of your desired happiness; then I desire of God, that he will pardon your great sin therein, and likewise mine enemies, the instruments thereof, and that he will not call you to a strict account of your unprincely and cruel usage of me, at his general judgment-seat, where both you and myself must shortly appear, and in whose judgment I doubt not (whatsoever the world may think of me) mine innocence shall be openly known, and sufficiently cleared. My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your Grace's displeasure, and that it may not touch the innocent souls of those poor gentlemen, who (as I understand) are likewise in strait imprisonment for my sake. If ever I found favour in your sight, if ever the name of Anne Boleyn hath been pleasing in your ears, then let me obtain this request, and I will so leave to trouble your Grace any further, with mine earnest prayers to the Trinity to have your Grace in his good keeping, and to direct you in all your actions. From my doleful prison in the Tower, this sixth of May;
Your most loyal and ever faithful wife,
Anne Boleyn"
Henry did not grant that (bold print) request.The only admirer who survived was Thomas Wyatt, who was in prison already. (Thomas Wyatt is imprisoned pretty much every few years.) Supposedly he was able to see Anne's execution from his cell, and proceeded to write poems discussing how heartbreaking it was.
Anne kept her composure to the end. The day of her execution, the Constable of the Tower of London met with her, and wrote that:
"This morning she sent for me, that I might be with her at such time as she received the good Lord, to the intent I should hear her speak as touching her innocency alway to be clear. And in the writing of this she sent for me, and at my coming she said, 'Mr. Kingston, I hear I shall not die afore noon, and I am very sorry therefore, for I thought to be dead by this time and past my pain.' I told her it should be no pain, it was so little. And then she said, 'I heard say the executioner was very good, and I have a little neck."
Way to keep it together, lady. In spite of the fact that her execution kept being postponed, which really would have made the whole situation infinitely more agonizing for . . . everyone, when she was finally brought to the scaffold, she gave what I think of as being the most dignified speech ever. Her last words were:
"Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die, but I pray God save the king and send him long to reign over you, for a gentler nor a more merciful prince was there never: and to me he was ever a good, a gentle and sovereign lord. And if any person will meddle of my cause, I require them to judge the best. And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me. O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul."
I mean, compare that to Madame du Barry shrieking, "One more moment, Mr. Executioner, one more little minute!"
Oh, who am I kidding? I love Madame du Barry, too.
But gosh, Anne Boleyn, wow, she was able to keep it together. As Ashley pointed out, "looking down the guillotine [or at a swordsman] with your dignity intact is basically the opposite of sitting at your laptop sobbing into a handful of tiramisu while documenting [your break-up] for the internet."
But, of course, you already knew that.
Anne Boleyn, in part likely because she died so very, very well, lives on in the minds of a great many people. If you talk to people who can only name one of Henry VIII's wives (who are those people? Lots of people, I guess. People vaguely familiar with The Tudors) they will almost certainly remember Anne Boleyn. Look at Natalie Portman playing her:
And Natalie Dormer:
And Helena Bonham Carter, who frankly looks really skeptical about the whole business:
Now – who plays Catherine Howard, Henry's fifth wife, also beheaded?
Well, this chick, Tamzin Merchant, on The Tudors, did.
And rather more prettily than the Holbein portrait of Catherine would suggest.
At the time, though, Catherine was considered to be Henry's most beautiful Queen. The historian Lacey Baldwin Smith writes:
"Sparkling eyes set far apart, with whitened skin unmarred by freckles and tinted with a high and contrasting colouring, were regarded as the epitome of feminine loveliness. Both Katherine and her cousin, Anne Boleyn, had these characteristics, and although the Venetian Ambassador was not captivated by Anne s charms, he admitted that her eyes were black and beautiful and that these more than anything else pleased the King. Katherine Howard was not unlike her cousin, and legend has it that she was Henry's most beautiful queen. What ever the truth, all her critics agree that she had auburn hair, was small, plump and vivacious overflowing with so much vitality that Marillac could write that he had nothing to report except a continuous round of banqueting and dancing at court ."
She was certainly Henry's youngest Queen. She was a teenager (historians differ on the exact age) when he married her. However, she had been sexually active since she was 13, and had a long affair with her music teacher, Henry Mannox. This wasn't entirely surprising, given that she grew up in the household of her step-grandmother, the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk. This lady took in many well-born children to educate them in the ways of court life. However, she was known for being lax, and at Court most of the time, and also pretty much deaf by the time Catherine arrived. So, while she had the girls locked in their dormitory each night, the girls would open the windows, allowing young men from town to climb in. Catherine supposedly had sex with Henry Mannox in front of an entire room of people.
Then she told Henry VIII that she was a virgin.
To be fair, Henry VIII was completely infatuated with her during that period. Unlike her cousin Anne, Catherine was not at all hesitant about returning Henry's affections. God knows why. They say she wasn't very bright, though she could read and write, which meant she was more educated than most women of the time. You would think given that Henry had already killed her cousin, and divorced his previous wife (Anne of Cleves) because he didn't like her looks, she might have been more hesitant. (Henry's third wife, Jane Seymour, who gave him his only male heir and died in childbirth, is completely boring.)
But she wasn't! In spite of the fact that at that time she considered her lover Francis Dereham her "husband."
That isn't like some sort of Ginnifer Goodwin in He's Not That Into You thing where she starts referring to someone as her "fiance" in the hopes that it might come true. Francis may or may not have been her husband depending upon how much they talked about him being her husband. The rules on marriage during the 16th century were a little peculiar. For instance, if a couple said they intended to marry, and then had sexual intercourse, they were considered married in the eyes of the Church. That was true even if they only said that to one another. The question really arose on how many people they mentioned their intention to, because if they only talked about it themselves, one or both parties might claim that they hadn't had that discussion. While this practice no doubt saved everyone a ton of money on wedding costs, it did make determining whether or not someone was "married" more complicated.
Again, it was not a great idea for Catherine to tell Henry she was a virgin, but she couldn't marry him otherwise. Remember – it is not a great idea to start your marriage to a known wife-beheader with a lie that would really upset him.
For a while, after marrying Henry, life was pretty smooth for Catherine, in spite of the fact that Henry, at this point, weighed 300 pounds and had a festering ulcer on his leg that needed to be drained daily. Henry called her his "rose without thorns" and lavished gifts upon her. Her motto was "No Other Will but His" supposedly in reference to Henry, which would have been a pretty good phrase to live by, considering.
The only time she really got into trouble was when she sent a prisoner in the tower – Princess Mary's former governess – warm clothes during the winter. She also petitioned for the release of Thomas Wyatt, Anne Boleyn's old admirer, who was imprisoned for treason during her time as Queen. In that, she was more successful, and Thomas was released.
(Henry, incidentally, disliked Thomas after he started writing poems about how tragic Anne's execution was, and was continually imprisoning him and then releasing him. They say that after Catherine's beheading, he attempted to marry Thomas Wyatt's wife, unsuccessfully.)
However, after a while, people from the Duchess's house came to her saying, "Remember when you had sex in front of a room full of people?" No, I'm sure they said it in a more 16th century fashion. Put that in iambic pentameter.
In any event, she gave them all positions at court. Henry Mannox was made one of her musicians, Francis Dereham was appointed her personal secretary. Since they were there, she supposedly continued sleeping with them. I mean, it's not like they hadn't already done that. And she might still have gotten away with it, because Henry was so wildly infatuated with her. She almost got away with everything if not for Thomas Culpeper.
Thomas Culpeper was Henry's favorite courtier at the time. I take that as an indication that he was charming, but people generally like those who are similar to themselves, and Henry was crazy as a bedbug, so maybe Thomas was just odd. I don't know! But Catherine was supposedly infatuated with him since she had first seen him at court, two years before she married Henry.
I cannot find a picture of him. I think we should assume he was good looking.
He and Catherine soon began sleeping together. Their rendezvous were arranged by Lady Rochford, the widow of George Boleyn, Anne Boleyn's brother.
Why, why, why would Lady Rochford have thought this was a good idea? She must have known what Henry did to Queens who even maybe cheated on him, let alone those who definitely did. She must not have liked Catherine all that much.
Still, this might have worked out (by worked out I mean "nobody had to die") if Catherine had not written Culpeper a letter. She did. It ran:
"Master Culpeper,
I heartily recommend me unto you, praying you to send me word how that you do. It was showed me that you was sick, the which thing troubled me very much till such time that I hear from you praying you to send me word how that you do, for I never longed so much for a thing as I do to see you and to speak with you, the which I trust shall be shortly now. That which doth comfortly me very much when I think of it, and when I think again that you shall depart from me again it makes my heart die to think what fortune I have that I cannot be always in your company. It my trust is always in you that you will be as you have promised me, and in that hope I trust upon still, praying you that you will come when my Lady Rochford is here for then I shall be best at leisure to be at your commandment, thanking you for that you have promised me to be so good unto that poor fellow my man which is one of the griefs that I do feel to depart from him for then I do know no one that I dare trust to send to you, and therefore I pray you take him to be with you that I may sometime hear from you one thing. I pray you to give me a horse for my man for I had much ado to get one and therefore I pray send me one by him and in so doing I am as I said afor, and thus I take my leave of you, trusting to see you shortly again and I would you was with me now that you might see what pain I take in writing to you.
Yours as long as life endures,
One thing I had forgotten and that is to instruct my man to tarry here with me still for he says whatsomever you bid him he will do it."
Her disjointed, fragmented letter, which reads like one of Lorelei Lee's diary entries in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, seems to stand in such a contrast to Anne's eloquent style that you can't help remembering that she was just a teenager.
That was not enough to save her.
Allegations about her affair with Culpeper came to light, and that letter was used as evidence against her. Culpeper and Dereham were both tortured and confessed to sleeping with her. She was charged with treason.
Unlike Anne, who bore her sentence so gracefully, Catherine managed to escape her captors and tried to break into the chapel where Henry was praying, supposedly banging on the doors and screaming his name repeatedly. The doors were not opened for her.
She was somewhere between 17 to 24 when she was executed.
And what were her last words?
"I die a Queen, but I would rather have died the wife of Culpeper!"
I mean, that's much more succinct than Anne's speech.
Anne of Cleves, Henry's divorced wife, said, "She was too much a child to deny herself any sweet thing she wanted."
To me, Anne's speech is always that of a dignified woman, and Catherine's speech is that of a very angry little girl. But, in a way, I think this makes her death more tragic. She doesn't respond in the queenly fashion that Anne Boleyn was able, she responds like a person. The way you or I might. This is totally a girl who would blog her breakup while burying her face in tiramisu were she alive today. I admire Anne, but my heart goes out to poor Catherine.
So, now, I will turn the question over to you. Who do you prefer, Catherine or Anne?
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Additional reading:
A Tudor Tragedy: The Life and Times of Catherine Howard by Lacey Baldwin Smith
A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance by William Manchester
EnglishHistory.net Anne Boleyn
EnglishHistory.net Catherine Howard


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I have sweet deal for parking on private estate and recently realized that I am keeping 2 cars there purely for storage. Want to clear up a bit so van sounds like a good idea.
LWB but would consider MWB as well (luton does the job too)
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Cruise to Ephesus, an age-old civilization
Sure, we could chat about the resort town of Kusadasi and its beaches and restaurants, or nearby places like Dilek Peninsula National Park, but let's talk Turkey: The star attraction in this neck of the woods is Ephesus. Once the second largest city in the Roman Empire, eclipsed only by Rome, here are just a few of the incredible sights just waiting to be gobbled up! (Sorry, we couldn't resist.)
There's the Library of Celsus, still magnificent almost 2,000 years later; the Odeon, home of our "Ephesus: Back to Ancient Times" AzAmazing Evenings eventSM; and the 24,000-capacity Great Theatre, where St. Paul used to preach. Stretching from this jaw-dropping amphitheatre to the harbor is the marble-made Arcadian Street. Stroll past the marketplaces, colonnades, and fields of wild fennel, and into bath complexes that once offered piped-in hot water and a sauna.
Surrounding Ephesus, the sites are equally spellbinding. Explore the ruins of the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; the Basilica of St. John, which stands over the believed burial site of John the Apostle; and the House of Virgin Mary, where Mary is supposed to have spent her last days. (And see what it feels like to be truly struck with awe.)
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At its morning breakfast meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 3, Grand Island Rotarians welcomed two new members: Ron Sutton and Cheryl Zanghi.
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The family Lutjanidae contains the fusiliers, hussars and tropical snappers. They are also commonly called coral snappers. The family comprises over 120 species worldwide, with about 60 species known from Australia. It is worth commenting that the snappers should not be confused with the Snapper, Pagrus auratus, which is classified in the family Sparidae.


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Sony was expected to unveil three devices at MWC last month. According to a leaked roadmap, the Japanese manufacturer was releasing three smartphones this April. Only two made it to the stage in Barcelona (Xperia P and Xperia U). But here comes the third one, which has just been announced by Sony. The Sony Xperia Sola.
This is the same device (code named the Xperia "Pepper") we saw in yesterday's leaked official image. But we didn't think an announcement would come so quickly. It's a good looking smartphone. Albeit, it has some differences from from the other Sony devices released recently.
It is lacking that translucent bar at the bottom, which you may love or hate. It also has a bit of a raised screen, which may make the device prone to bad scratches. And many are complaining about the rather large space below the capacitive buttons; this could have been utilized for something else.
But that's all aesthetics, and hence, based on personal preference. If you're more focused on functionality, Sony has a couple of new features up its sleeve.
Floating Touch
The most interesting is "Floating Touch." This feature allows the user to navigate and browse without directly touching the screen. In the video demonstration, the user need only to hover and move his finger above the screen to interact with it.
Sure, it sounds a bit gimicky. But If you hate leaving fingerprints on your screen, this might be a good move. Sony will continue to work with developers, so this feature will be evolving with time.
NFC SmartTags
NFC has been around in Android devices since the Samsung Nexus S was released. But it's a feature that, to date, hasn't completely taken off. Sony is taking it to the next level by introducing SmartTags and including two of them with your NFC-supported Xperia Sola.
Settings and actions can be pre-configured and executed upon tapping on the SmartTags. For example, hang one in the car and set it up so that GPS turns on and navigation is opened. This is just one example; you can do whatever you want with them.
Sony Xperia Sola Specifications
- Android 2.3 ("Upgradeable" to Android 4.0)
- 1 GHz dual-core processor
- 3.7-inch Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine (854x480p)
- 8 GB of internal storage / microSD slot supports cards of up to 32 GB
- 5 MP camera capable of 720p HD recording
- 1,320 mAh battery
As expected, the Xperia Sola followed the Xperia P and U's footsteps by featuring Android 2.3 Gingerbread instead of Ice Cream Sandwich. But the Android 4.0 update should be coming in the "near future." The specs are good, but not great. It has a small screen (which you may like), and the rest is what we are used to seeing in most mid-range devices.
Sad news is that the device does not come with a front-facing camera, as you may have noticed. While many of us don't really use the front shooter, it has become an expected feature for smartphones nowadays. But if you don't care too much for the downsides and love the new features, the device should be released during Q2 2012.
Let's stay tuned for more details. What you think? Do the new features sound cool? Personally, it would be cool to have access to SmartTags. I could think of many ways to use them.


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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Calcot's board of directors have approved the third progress payment for Seasonal Pool Upland and the fourth payment for Pima cottons in the 2003-04 season. With about five months to go in the marketing year, the latest progress payment brings base grade SJV Acala to 70 cents per pound, and desert C/A and California Upland styles to well over 60 cents.
A payment of 4.35 cents per pound was authorized for SJV Acala, base grade 31-3-36, which pushes the advance from the previous level of 65.65 cents to an even 70 cents on a gin UD free basis, according to the producer-owned cooperative's board.
A 3.35-cent payment was approved for both California Upland and C/A desert cottons, base grade 31-3-35, bringing the advance to 64.65 cents and 63.05 cents, respectively. California Upland is on a gin UD free basis, while C/A is on a "net" basis.
Directors also approved a 7-cent-per-pound payment for roller-ginned Ultima cotton, grade 31-3-38, and for SJV and C/A Pima cottons, grade 2-46.
Following the progress payment, Ultima will be at 77.85 cents per pound, gin UD free, while SJV Pima will reach $1.148 and C/A Pima will be at $1.128. SJV Pima is also on a gin UD free basis.
Some adjustments must be made in some categories: SJV Acala, Grade Group 4 (strict low middlings) will be paid 200 points less than the base payment of 4.35 cents per pound for Acala cotton, but C/A and California Upland cottons, 5.0 and higher micronaire, Grade Group 5 and better, will receive an additional premium of 100 points, bringing that payment to 4.35 cents.
Payments in the seasonal pool were the only amounts approved by the board; no call pool payments were authorized at this time.
Total payment across the membership tallies $14.3 million.
Checks were expected to be in the mail by March 26, Calcot President Bob Norris said.
In recommending the payment, Norris told the board, "Recent sales and shipments have been brisk to heavy, as additional demand from China and other markets has emerged. The Calcot sales, classing, shipping and warehousing departments have been very busy setting up and meeting shipping schedules to maximize income for the membership, and I believe we are in a very good position to recommend this payment."
Norris noted most Far Western producers are currently gearing up to plant the 2004-05 crop, which so far has seen nearly ideal weather. Planting forecasts have recorded some of the highest degree-day accumulations in modern times.


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Earth (US - BD RA)
Gabe re-watches 90 minutes of Planet Earth, re-edited for the little ones...
Walt Disney Studios may be the most successful exploitation film house in history. I'm not sure what AIP's final profit margins were, but I find it hard to believe they rivalled the Mouse House. Despite spending way to Goddamn much money on the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, and dropping the ball in animation in the late '90s and early '00s after years of domination, Uncle Walt's family has rebuilt itself as an opportunistic studio, making disposable, relatively cheap entertainment just like it did throughout the '50s and '60s. This isn't an insult, by the way, it's actually quite refreshing to see a Hollywood studio not throwing unneeded money at projects. I may not like watching tween-aimed fluff like Hannah Montana and High School Musical, but the kids sure do, and they're stimulating the hell out of the economy because of it. Before they rather ingeniously purchasing Marvel Studios Disney made some deals with BBC Worldwide and Greenlight Media and started Disneynature. The unexpected blockbuster success of March of the Penguins was the likely inspiration behind this deal.
Earth could fairly be re-titled BBC's Dregs or Planet Earth B-Roll. Apparently Planet Earth was one of the most expensive documentaries ever made, and what better way to deal with such a cost than to resell your expensive footage to the masses in different guises. A whole lot of the stuff found in Earth was used for Planet Earth. That growing sense of déjà vu isn't just you, you have seen this stuff before, and likely you'll see it again. Don't get me wrong, it's beautiful stuff, but it's kind of a rip-off, is it not? And that's where the exploitation angle comes in—Disney takes a page from the Al Adamson playbook, and resells us the same stuff we already paid for when we saw it on cable, and again when we bought it on HD DVD, and again when we realized HD DVD was the wrong choice and bought it on Blu-ray. These clever bastards made more than $100 million on this deal. All they have to do now is re-dub it again with a Miley Cyrus narration in five years, and they could probably make another $100 million.
Earth scores genuine points for its utter beauty, for being educational without insulting the kid infused audience or making narrator James Earl Jones sound like an idiot (well, most of the time), and for its environmentally friendly message (though why would I expect otherwise). The film is rated G, but the filmmakers don't water down the harsh truths too much. Rising temperatures will likely kill those polar bear cubs, and that lion will eat that baby elephant. The filmmakers glaze over the bloodiest bits, but the facts are made plenty clear when Jones drops the big bummers on us. I don't care how much money Disney bleeds from these kids and their parents, so long as they're giving up the right message, and I don't care if the kids are bawling their eyes out, so long as they grow to take some responsibility.
Nature documentaries, as I've said before, are the default display tests at most electronics stores because they're often quite gorgeous. This 1080p transfer is no exception to the prevalent rule, fulfilling all the assumptions that go along with the BBC studio's work. It's pretty incredible how much a polar bear sticks out against genuinely white snow when colours are this clean, and I almost can't believe I'm actually able to make out the waves in a sand dune from a helicopter shot. The consistency of detail in both close-ups and wide shots is especially awe-inspiring. There is some digital grain throughout the production, more when super-slo-mo is utilized (I believe such things are still printed on the same film they were decades ago), and sometimes the brightness overtakes the frame leading to a bit of noise, but even these minor artefacts aren't enough to quell the experience. The video quality is so intense and realistic enough that my cat just about lost his mind watching the movie. He was utterly convinced real giant animals were travelling through the living room. Colours are equally intense, pushing my particular set to its brightness limit. The lush greens are the most satisfying, but the clean blues of the sky and sea positively sedate with their beauty, and the occasional flutters of warmth pop without blooming.
Documentaries are strange in 5.1 surround if the viewer stops to think about what they're hearing. The surround sound efforts (creaking ice shelves, chirping birds, wind) definitely immerse the viewer in the natural environment, but there's no realistic way to prove these sounds were recorded on site. I mean, they may have been, but there aren't 5.1 recording set-ups, are there? I mean the centred and stereo bits are likely real, but the rear channel stuff, not to mention the stuff picked up from the helicopters and balloons, or during the time lapse shots. It's interesting to note that we have to suspend a certain amount of disbelief when experiencing these films.
The best mixes find a balance between the original and added audio, and insures that the volume levels and clarity are consistent. This DTS-HD track finds this balance, and impresses with its fidelity. The most intense moment in the entire mix comes in the middle section when a pride of lions taunts a group of elephants with spine tingling growls. The growls surround the viewer, and no matter how clear one is on the false nature of the mix it's nearly impossible not to feel a genuine sense of dread. The whale songs are another source of delightful surround mixing. During the caribou stampede, the dust storms, and the waterfall scene the LFE track tears the room up with heavy bass, and Darth Vader's voice isn't wasted either, coming from the direct centre without ever sounding thin or unnatural, as if he were sitting behind your screen reading his script. Apparently the original release featured Patrick Stewart narrating, while the scenes used for Planet Earth, if you recall, utilized the voice of Sigourney Weaver. The film's music is a lovely concoction of styles, sometimes a little too on the nose, but often perfect for the scene, exuding humour, adventure, awe, and suspense.
I am unfortunately unable to watch the set's most interesting sounding extra—the picture in picture 'Filmmaker Annotations', which are likely as entertaining and informative as the behind the scenes footage that rolls during the credits and during the disc's other major extra. 'Earth Diaries: The Making of Earth' (42:30, SD)is a full-bodied behind the scenes featurette, that delves into some of the more interesting filming anecdotes with interviews and raw behind the scenes footage. Interesting stuff which is taken from the footage that aired with the original Planet Earth, and which negates the family unit narrative used in the film (the male polar bears were not related to the female and her cubs, and were actually different bears in every scene).
I can't really recommend Earth to most folks despite a gorgeous Blu-ray presentation, because it really is just a recut version of the BBC's Planet Earth (even the title is edited shorter). Folks that don't already own Planet Earth, or who don't have the time to watch the whole thing the next time it plays on television (I'm sure it will be on again in ten minutes), and who do have susceptible children in the house might want to get their hands on it, but the rest of us will probably want to skip it.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Pixarfan517 Member Join Date: August 2006 Location: United States Posts: 1,478
I wanted to see it. I'm sure it's pretty much the same. I have it saved on my Netflix.
keffa Member Join Date: July 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 436
i picked it up. only £6.99. amazing photography.
mc_serenity Member Join Date: December 2006 Location: United States Posts: 824
I sorta like the condensed version of "Planet Earth." As much as I like in-depth nature documentaries, the way "earth" is re-edited is refreshing and encompassing. I enjoyed it at the theater, and the DVD/Blu-ray combo is an exceptionally good buy (why didn't you offer up comparisons between the two?).
Although I suspect next year's "Oceans" is also another re-edited film from "Planet Earth." But if it's as good as this one, I certainly won't mind seeing it either.
Although I suspect next year's "Oceans" is also another re-edited film from "Planet Earth." But if it's as good as this one, I certainly won't mind seeing it either.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Only a few of us have the capability to get Blu-ray screen caps, mc_serenity, and I'm not one of them. Hadn't you noticed the notice at the bottom of most of my reviews?
Sam Spade Member Join Date: January 2007 Location: United States Posts: 2,032
Happy I passed. I own Planet Earth and saw it's premier on TV. The whole planting trees angle is a cool way to sell tickets.
hogaburger Contributor Join Date: April 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,153
I never really read about this one, and I had no idea this was a recut of Planet Earth footage. I almost bought it blindly, just because I love nature docs. Glad I didn't.
mc_serenity Member Join Date: December 2006 Location: United States Posts: 824
Gabe Powers wrote: Only a few of us have the capability to get Blu-ray screen caps, mc_serenity, and I'm not one of them. Hadn't you noticed the notice at the bottom of most of my reviews?
I know. I would've liked to hear a brief description of how the DVD holds up against the Blu-ray either way, since the Blu-ray is sold as a combo...
I know. I would've liked to hear a brief description of how the DVD holds up against the Blu-ray either way, since the Blu-ray is sold as a combo...
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Oh, I got you. The quality isn't even close. I used the DVD for the caps, and you can see how low the detail quality is even at this size.
stevepulaski Member Join Date: June 2009 Location: Niger Posts: 741
This movie was so underrated. Though I loved it.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 1st September 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH, French and Spanish
Extras: Filmmaker Annotations, Earth Diaries
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Various
Cast: James Earl Jones, Polar Bears, Humpback Whales, Elephants, Birds, Lions
Genre: Documentary
Length: 90 minutes
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The best part of 2013 is going to be seeing it in the rear-view mirror on the 1st of January 2014. It was not a great year, weather-wise. Memorable, yes, but not in a good way. We started with a winter not short on cold or snow. Then we moved into a spring season that dragged on forever without ever warming up much. That was accompanied by endless deluges of rain. Planting did not move along at anywhere close to a normal pace. This was a historically wet year; the kind that old guys refer to as "one like I've never seen in my ___ years at this."
Our intended acreage did not get planted in a timely fashion. Less than a third of it went into the ground in the normal time frame, and some of that was pushing the calendar pretty hard. Thanks to crop insurance, though, we didn't give up and let the land sit idle. Instead, we seeded a cover crop of annual ryegrass and red clover where corn would normally be planted. That enabled us to maintain soil erosion control with a planted crop while still growing something of potential value. Letting the ground sit idle for a year can sometimes create what is referred to as "fallow syndrome," a situation where yield drops substantially the year after a field doesn't grow anything.
We made a lot of those planting decisions in the first part of June. I spent some time on the phone one afternoon talking to various seed people in Minnesota to see what their inventory was for potential cover crops and what their opinion was of the various crop species and combinations. My goal was to make hay from the Prevented Planting (PP) acres once the deadline of November 1 passed. Federal rules prevent the producer from doing anything with his acres, harvest-wise, until after November 1. Seeing as how we have both equipment and experience making hay, this wasn't going to be a totally new enterprise for us like it would be for some of our strictly-row-crop brethren. So we planted forage crops in a big way. Hundreds of acres of them. That meant potentially hundreds of acres of PP hay to make later on.
There would be one big difference for us, though, compared to our usual hay-making endeavors. That would be the calendar. Any idiot can make hay in July. (In fact, many do!) But when you can't start doing it until November 1, things get different in a hurry. We live far enough north that precipitation can start changing forms in a hurry in November. Sure, you may see a few days in the 60's and 70's, but you shouldn't be surprised by several days in the 10's, 20's and 30's, either. Ever toss some laundry in your dryer and set it on LOW and then been surprised how fast it dried? I didn't think so. Hay doesn't like cool and damp either.
The summer of 2011 presented a weather challenge that made me change my plans for hay that year. We went with balage instead of dry hay and ended up glad that we made that decision. Balage is made just like regular hay, but at a higher moisture level. Dry hay normally needs to be somewhere between 12 and 20% moisture to store well. Balage can be anywhere from 25 to 70% moisture. It needs to be wrapped tightly in a package that keeps air out of the bales. That enables fermentation to take place, just like in a silo if the forage had been chopped as silage instead.
Balage is typically wrapped with white plastic. Lots of white plastic. Here is a link to a video of that process from 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0NoT4J8Ufg
You can make balage with a round baler or a square baler. My preference was for round bales, mainly because we have our own round baler and there was no advantage to hiring someone to make big square bales for me. I got in touch with the guy who had wrapped my balage in 2011 and made sure he was willing to take on my project this fall. We weren't talking about a hundred bales here. It may be closer to a thousand by the time we were done. You don't make that call the day before you're ready to go and expect immediate service!
The Wrapper, Dr. Hay, was willing to take on the challenge. He told me to let him know the day before we'd be ready to wrap and he'd set up a time to be there.
That's when the logistics game got fun. All I had to do was coordinate the guy running the mower to get the crop cut, the guy running the rake to get the windrows raked together to speed the baling process, the guy running the baler to actually make the bales, and then the staff necessary to move all of those freshly-made bales from the field to the yard in 24 hours or less after they were made so that they could be wrapped before spoiling.
Once that hay is cut and then raked and finally baled, the next challenge is to get those bales moved home so that The Wrapper, Dr. Hay, can do his magic. That creates a whole different group of story problems. What we have found to work the best is to put one guy in a loader tractor and have him stage bales as they are made. He drives around the field and picks up bales one at a time with the loader and then places them in a single row with either 11 or 12 bales in it. That row needs to have the bales spaced about three feet apart. Sure, it looks neater and more space-efficient if they're right next to one another, but this is a chess game we're playing.
Thinking ahead at least one or two steps pays big dividends.
If you're the guy running the loader tractor who has to load those assembled bales onto a trailer, do some math. Your bales are about five feet wide and five feet high. The trailer is 8'6" wide and 26' long. Your tractor is closer to 8' wide. If your 5' bales are stacked next to one another, you have to drive into your bale, then back up and move over before you can drive forward to place the bale on the trailer before you do the lather-rinse-repeat spiral of death. If you keep them three feet apart, you can drive into the bale and put it right onto the trailer in one forward motion. Get a trailer driver who can move it ahead the proper amount as you load and that process goes by in a big hurry with no stress. (My Uncle Dean should drive every trailer, if it were up to me. Best guy in that job EVER. When we'd put him in the Ranch Hand, he'd park exactly where he should every time and then he'd back up for the last bale to be placed on the flatbed behind the cab so the loader operator didn't have to do some twelve-point turn to move that far.) With the right guy on the loader and the trailer, we could get a load ready and moving in five minutes or so. The round baler was kicking out a bale in as little as every 63 seconds in some fields, so we needed to keep the whole process moving, literally. This wasn't a handful of loads. This was 100 or 125 loads. Shaving three minutes from the load time adds up. Adding four minutes makes it feel like an eternity, too.
Then there is the story problem when you get back to the yard. Where do you park all of the bales until they are handed over to The Wrapper, Dr. Hay, for his artistry? A willy-nilly, hodge-podge assembly doesn't work that well when you have a slug of bales to do in short order. A straight line presents another problem. If you have the wrapper at the spot where the bales will be in their final position, you need to figure out how long the line will be when that row is done. Most of our rows were going to be somewhere around 50 to 60 bales long. At 5' per bale, that means it's about 250 or 300 feet from the beginning of the row to the other end. The Wrapper, Dr. Hay, can wrap a bale in about 45 to 60 seconds. So I need to park my bales in such a way that I can get at them easily and transfer them from the stack to the wrapper in less than 45 seconds. If you put 50 bales in a row parallel to where they will be wrapped, and you start at the same end as the wrapper, you'll be hauling a bunch of bales almost the full length of the row (in both directions) before you're done.
Solution? Think about The Bangles. Walk like an Egyptian. Put your bales in a pyramid of sorts! That allows you to store bales going horizontally and vertically, and it still enables you to store a bunch of them close by, ahead of time, without being in the way of the wrapper. The only limits on space are how high you can reach to get bales off the pyramid when it's time to feed the wrapper.
Put that pyramid at the proper angle and you can even simplify the parking and unloading process for your trailer staff as they come into the bale staging area. Parking at an angle to the pile allows the guy in the skid loader to make more general forward and back motions with his machine than if the trailer is perpendicular to the pile.
I learned that when I delivered hay to a horse customer years ago. It was just late enough in the winter that his yard was still soft. My trailer had both his hay and my skid loader on it. (Yes, class, that's called full service. You can bill for that accordingly.) I took his bales off the trailer and made general turns with the skid loader instead of 180 and 360-degree doughnuts like most skid loader operators do. His yard looked untouched when I was done. He said his dad usually left a bunch of ruts and berms all over the place when running the skid loader to unload hay if he wasn't around to do it himself.
Thoughtfulness usually pays. Sometimes it pays retail.
The other challenge comes when all the processes overlap or expand. There would be times where the mower was cutting hay, someone was raking and another guy was baling. Meanwhile, we'd get loaders loading bales and hauling them back to the yard one to four miles away. The Wrapper, Dr. Hay, would be busy at his machine as someone in the skid loader would be feeding him bales at the same time as more loads were being delivered to the yard. That's when operator ability comes into play. You'd need to get the bales unloaded as fast as possible without ever having the wrapper waiting to be fed. It got to the point where I'd have a trailer pull in and I'd kind of speed-unload him and take about every third or fourth bale from the 11 or 12-bale load to the wrapper to keep him busy. That kept the flow of trailers reasonable enough so that no one was waiting around.
Spare time is the worst. Thanks, Mom.
By the time we were done making all of our balage (and we blew past 1,000 bales well before we finished), we'd gotten pretty good at the whole process. Not to the point where we wanted to do it on a custom basis, but enough that we didn't mind moving bales. In fact, one of my cousins got in touch before we finished and wondered if we could bale some cornstalks for him at another farm. His dad had some health issues this fall, so I knew they were going to be pressed for time to get it all done themselves. The weather and the schedule worked out in such a way that the only time I had available to rake and bale his stalks was on Thanksgiving Day. I got done raking in time to be about a half hour or more late for dinner. Then I went back and baled in the afternoon and evening. The next day, we gathered part of our bale entourage and proceeded to move 125 bales about three and a half miles in almost exactly two hours. That's 437.5 bale-miles in two hours. It sounds better when you think of it as round bales at 200 miles per hour.
Might want to run that math concept past someone in a blue car with lights and a badge. I bet he has a threshold I shouldn't cross without a significant fee.
The best news to report from this entire adventure is that there were no incidents involving bales being where they shouldn't be. We moved around 1600 bales and never lost one on the road. The bad news is that I was so busy most of the time that I never had a chance to take many pictures. Perhaps more fun will develop if and when I market this balage.
Of course, we could probably also go back in time and reflect on the wisdom of then-customer and now-employee, Woodrow: At the time, he said he had "checked around and nobody moves bales like Jeff Ryan." http://farmindustrynews.com/if-columbus-had-bales
There is that. After all, a guy needs a hobby. I'm just looking to expand my resume.
Guy No. 2


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Workplace Slideshow: IT Workers: Employee Confidence is Returning
IT workers are gaining confidence about career prospects, the economy and their own company's future prospects, according to a survey released by Technisource. Conducted by Harris Interactive in 4Q 2010 and released Jan. 17, 2011, the survey results reveal that a significant percentage of tech professionals are feeling better than they were in 3Q 2010 on a number of key confidence points, including job security, the availability of positions and their ability to land those jobs. These results are supported by the day-to-day experiences of executives at Technisource, an IT staffing and services provider. "We're hearing from many companies anticipating a ramp-up in hiring as a direct result of increased corporate confidence and consumer demand," says Michael Winwood, president of Technisource. However, there is one dynamic in the survey's numbers that sends a cautionary message: Male IT workers are considerably more encouraged on most of these key points than female IT employees. More than 250 IT workers took part in the survey. Here are selected highlights:


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A new front has been opened in the War on Christmas and the American Family Association's Sandy Rios has sniffed it out. Those sneaky Democrats have been pushing important legislative battles in Congress at Christmas time to distract people from the baby Jesus:
It's interesting how the left pushes this stuff, so much of this always comes down to Christmas. Remember last year, the Obamacare bill? They kept members of Congress debating on Christmas Eve, you know they have no concern, no real concern about what this season means to people because it doesn't mean much to them. Other than just a family holiday, I don't think they understand; there's no reverence for it. So they voted Christmas Eve last year for Obamacare. Now interestingly enough the same tactic is being employed in Illinois in a very different way. When we come back in January we will discuss this. Suddenly, as of last Friday, gay activists in Illinois want homosexual marriage in Illinois, they want it. So it looks like a vote will take place, are you ready? Sometime between January 2nd and 9th. So pro-family forces are trying to gear up, guess what time of year this is? Guess what weekend this is? The weekend before Christmas when churches are doing special programs, music, pastors are preparing profound sermons as an outreach to the community; this is what Christian people who care about Christmas being the same ones who are concerned about implementing homosexual marriage. This is how they win their battles.
Damn. And we would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those pesky wingnuts.


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Royal expectations
The Duchess of Cambridge set off a maternity frenzy. The eagerly awaited pregnancy was announced after the former Kate Middleton was rushed to the hospital to be treated for acute morning sickness. She made her first public appearance after the announcement at a sports awards ceremony, wearing a forest-green Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen gown with a peekaboo slit in the skirt. (Was she perhaps inspired by Angelina Jolie's Oscars attire?) The gown was gorgeous, though a far cry from maternity wear. (December)
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We had Richard and Janet over to our place last Saturday night. As they are both blind, they have guide dogs who they bought with them. It's not always the case that they have to come over with taxis, friends etc, but we generally like to encourage it
They are incredibly well-behaved dogs thanks to their training, but we felt it was best both for the safety of the Boys and Girls as well as to take temptation away from Umber and Becca (the dogs) if the Cuddly Toys were decanted from the living room, just for one night. We had visions of a tossed Cuddly Toy flying through the air and multiple severed limbs.
The living room looked *strange* though.
The atmosphere was even stranger. At one point Mads came through from from the kitchen to ask if everyone was alright, only to realise that I was the only one sitting there.
Although there was initially a *lot* of resistance, we just stuck X Factor on the bedroom telly and they were fine ...
You can imagine how long it takes to move them all! That's why there aren't the number of family trips we'd like.
Yep, to quote Mads - 'I live in a madhouse!'
Monday, September 27. 2010
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Phil Brown will oversee a summer of change at Deepdale as he plots a route back to the Championship for Preston North End.
Yesterday's 1-0 home defeat to Cardiff City condemned North End to League One, the club suffering its first relegation for 18 years.
Brown couldn't hide his disappointment at being unable to keep them up, and graciously accepted full responsibility – even though much of the damage had been inflicted before his January arrival in the manager's job.
And he's vowed to do his utmost to lead Preston back to English football's second tier as swiftly as possible.
With the spectre of relegation hanging over the club for some months, Brown was putting plans in place should the worst happen.
The pre-season training schedule is already in place, while decisions will soon be made about the futures of around a dozen players whose contracts are up in the summer.
Inevitably there will be some high profile departures, stand-in skipper Billy Jones likely to seek a higher grade of football when his deal runs out in June.
Andrew Lonergan looks set to move on, while Sean St Ledger is bound to attract speculation about his future.
Brown told the Evening Post: "We have already talked long and hard – myself, Brian Horton, David Unsworth and the chairman – about where we go.
"We obviously have to sit and plan for the future, that is what management is all about.
"We've got some big decisions to make about people whose contracts are up – at the same time, some players have a big decision to make about whether they want to give us a chance in League One.
"In the last few weeks we've signed up a number of younger pros who will go towards being the bulk of the squad for next season as opposed to the quality we have been able to put on the field of late.
"That is the game, that is life – we accept the challenge.
"Next season we will hit the ground running – one thing is for sure, we'll be able to run."
Brown spoke to fans in the Deepdale hospitality lounges after yesterday's defeat which saw Peter Whittingham net an early winner for Cardiff.
And he admitted it had been an emotional time facing them after suffering only the second relegation of his career.
Said Brown: "I nearly broke down in front of the supporters. I hold myself responsible for relegation, end of story.
"People might say I came in too late or the previous guy was there too long – all those things have been said to me.
"But I wouldn't have taken the job if I didn't think I could keep this club in the Championship, hence I hold myself responsible.
"If you want to look back at the tale of the tape, we didn't get our first win under me until too late. Then all of a sudden it was catch-up time.
"Also, the luck that evaded us all season, evaded us against Cardiff yesterday.
"I thought it was a leg-breaking tackle on Iain Hume which left him with a scar from his knee to ankle – for me, that should have been a red card.
"Then we should have had a penalty which would have changed the course of the game.
"We raised the level of performance, expectancy and belief in the last 12 or 13 games – we gave ourselves a chance."
North End will be without Bongani Khumalo for the remaining two matches, after he fractured a bone in his foot in the Millwall game.


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W.C. Fields' gravestone doesn't really read, "On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia." But the comic actor loved to poke fun at his native city. When I was a student in Philly way back when, I did too. There wasn't much to do. It seemed like every corner in Center City had a travel agency or a bridal shop or a restaurant: People wanted to escape. Sure, there were some good restaurants, a couple of museums, the Liberty Bell, some beautiful houses, and Bassett's Ice Cream at the Reading Terminal Market, but not much else.
Fast forward to 2012 and it's a different city. A recent visit found Philly in fine form. Here's some of what I liked.
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7. The Scarifyers: The Horror of Loch Ness
Released June 2012
Celebrated speed ace Sir Malcolm Campbell (Alex Lowe) is carrying out speed trials on Loch Ness when a bank of fog suddenly descends. When it lifts, Sir Malcolm and his boat have mysteriously vanished...
MI:13¹s Harry Crow (David Warner) and Professor Dunning (Terry Molloy) are soon shaking up the sleepy loch-side village of Inverfarigaig. Aided by kindly local GP Dr Pippin (Philip Madoc), they discover a connection to the erstwhile Laird of Boleskine and Abertarff - occultist, bon viveur and occasional nudist Aleister Crowley (David Benson).
Crow and Dunning swiftly realise that there¹s more to Inverfarigaig than meets the eye: fraudulent Nessie hunters, demonic bed sheets, Caledonian witches and things that go bump in the night. Joined by Crowley, their investigations into Sir Malcolm¹s disappearance will lead them into terrible danger, as an old foe threatens to unleash... THE HORROR OF LOCH NESS.
Written By: Simon Barnard & Paul Morris
Directed By: Simon Barnard
David Warner (Harry Crow), Terry Molloy (Professor Dunning), Philip Madoc (Dr Pippin), David Benson (Aleister Crowley), Alex Lowe (Sir Malcolm Campbell), Lizzie Roper (Vivian Beak), David Bickerstaff (The Monster)


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Pregnant Christina Aguilera wows crowd at New Orleans jazz festival
Christina Aguilera gave her fans a little bit of jazz, a little bit of blues, and a lot of soul during her debut performance Friday at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
The very pregnant performer shimmied and danced her way through a litany of hits including "Lady Marmalade," the LaBelle song she helped remake into a hit years ago; "Dirrty," ''Candyman," ''Ain't No Other Man," ''Beautiful," ''What a Girl Wants," and her final song of the night, "Fighter."
Morgan Griffith of Dallas said she came to Jazz Fest so she could hear Aguilera's voice live.
"I've seen her at the Super Bowl and in her movies, like 'Burlesque,' and she's just an amazing performer. "She doesn't just sing. It's everything on cue: the dancers, the setup ... just everything."
"She has such a strong voice," added Griffith's friend, Courtney Vrij, also of Dallas.
Aguilera also sang several covers of several songs, including "Moves Like Jagger," by Maroon 5; "Whole Lotta Love," by Led Zeppelin; B.B. King's "The Thrill is Gone;" ''It's a Man's World," by James Brown; and "At Last," by Etta James.
The set included a special guest performance by Ian Axel of A Great Big World on "Say Something," which featured Aguilera.
One of Aguilera's other "guests" was her unborn daughter, her second child, whom she already calls a "roadie."
"This baby girl has already hit the stage in Malaysia," she said in an email statement prior to her performance. "It's mama's job. We roll with it. She'll be listening to the concert from inside me. ... That's pretty special."
The performer left the stage often for small wardrobe changes — mostly hats or head pieces. She also interspersed the set with lengthy introductions explaining what inspired her to sing a particular song. And she thanked the crowd several times.
"I love looking out at a crowd and seeing happy faces, smiling faces, drinking faces, smoking faces," she said, drawing applause and laughter, "It's a good feeling to be a part of it."
Festival producer Quint Davis said he hand-picks artists for the festival who he thinks will suit the experience. He called Aguilera "one of the great vocalists of our era."
"That's what I look for: greatness," he added.
Other performers Friday included soul great Chaka Khan, the rock group Alabama Shakes and Louisiana-based acts including the Charmaine Neville Band, Amanda Shaw and the Hot 8 Brass Band.
The festival ends Sunday.


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