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If you chose WP Rocket as your cache plugin, you made the best choice considering it was rated #1 in numerous Facebook polls.
WP Rocket comes with many features most cache plugins don't (see below). That means if you were to use other cache plugins, you would need to install about 6 extra plugins to get those features when WP Rocket already has them built-in (more features, yet less plugins on your site). That's also why WP Rocket yields better results in GTmetrix/Pingdom and is what I use.
WP Rocket incorporates:
- Database cleanup (built-in to WP Rocket, or use WP-Optimize)
- Heartbeat control (built-in to WP Rocket, or use Heartbeat Control)
- Lazy load images/videos (built-in to WP Rocket, or use WP YouTube Lyte)
- Host Google Analytics locally (built-in to WP Rocket, or use CAOS For Analytics)
- Host Google Fonts locally (built-in to WP Rocket, or use CAOS For Fonts, or SHGF)
- Integration with Cloudflare + other CDNs (built-in to WP Rocket, or use CDN Enabler)
I tested WP Rocket against 3 top free cache plugins and while they all do a great job, WP Rocket gave me the best results in Pingdom (.4s load times). Your cache plugin and hosting are 2 main speed factors so it's definitely worth the $49. Configuring the right WP Rocket settings with Cloudflare + StackPath can fix over 20 items in Pingdom and GTmetrix. So let's do that :)
The WP Rocket settings are WAY easier to configure than W3 Total Cache and they update the changelog regularly so you'll actually get ongoing updates. If you have questions (or want to share your new load time), drop me a comment. WP Rocket also has documentation which I reference throughout the guide. Good luck – remember to benchmark those Pingdom scores!
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2. Installation
3. Dashboard
4. Cache
5. File Optimization
6. Media
7. Preload
8. Advanced Rules
9. Database
11. Heartbeat
12. Add-Ons
13. Tools
15. SiteGround (Recommended Host)
16. My Full WordPress Speed Guide
17. Get Help From My Speed Optimizer
1. WP Rocket = #1 Rated Cache Plugin
Here are the Facebook polls:
Had to throw this in here :)
I tested WP Rocket, WP Fastest Cache, and W3 Total Cache… making sure all cache plugin settings were configured optimally. WP Rocket won BUT this with the lazy load feature turned ON. The other cache plugins do not have a lazy load option and when I turned lazy load off in WP Rocket, I got a .5s load time… the exact same as WP Fastest Cache. I didn't see a huge difference when clicking through my pages – both loaded super quickly. I know Pingdom can show different load times during different tests, but I just wanted to share my own experience.
WP Rocket (.406)
WP Fastest Cache (.527)
W3 Total Cache (.619)
My latest Pingdom report with WP Rocket:
2. Install WP Rocket
Once you purchase WP Rocket you can download it on your account page. Upload it under Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin. If you're having issues on Safari see their instructions.
3. Dashboard
Rocket Tester – beta testing for new releases.
Rocket Analytics – lets WP Rocket collect data anonymously. This has minimal affect on load times/CPU, but sending data to any external resource means more work for your server.
Clear Cache – do this when you're dong configuring the WP Rocket settings.
Preload Cache – generates a cache for your homepage and all internal links you use on the homepage. I don't do this since I have preload set to "automatic" in the preload tab.
Purge OPcache – purges the OPcache which prevents issues when you update WP Rocket, but it's still displaying the previous version in the WordPress admin.
Regenerate Critical CSS – do this when you make changes to stylesheets, or add/modify custom CSS via the WordPress Customizer (or a plugin).
4. Cache
Mobile Cache – enable caching for mobile devices, but only "create a caching file for mobile visitors" if you are NOT using a plugin to create a mobile site (eg. free version of WP Touch).
Enable Caching For Logged-in WordPress Users – enable if multiple users are logging into your site (eg. bbPress). This gives each user their own cache, otherwise disable it.
Specify Time After Which The Global Cache Is Cleared – leave as the default. If you rarely update your site or have a lot of static content, you can increase this a bit.
5. File Optimization
Minify Files – ideally these should make all "minify" and "combining" items in your Pingdom and GTmetrix report 99 – 100%. Sometimes enabling these can cause issues with your layout (especially CSS and JS) so check a few pages on your site to make sure this doesn't happen. If it does, find the problematic files and add them to either the exclude CSS or exclude JS option.
Combine Files – just like minify, enable and check your site for errors.
Combine Google Font Files – Google Fonts are often shown in Pingdom/GTmetrix report. This can help, and you can also trying adding them in "Prefetch DNS Requests" in the Preload tab.
Remove Query Strings From Static Resources – In GTmetix you might see "remove query strings from static resources." This can help, however most query strings are generated by plugins – expand your items in GTmetrix and see what is making it red – it could be a plugin.
Exclude CSS – if for some reason a minification option messes up your site layout, locate the problematic file and add it here. See WP Rocket's article on resolving issues with minification.
Optimize CSS Delivery – your page will start loading without CSS styles which is an item in Google PageSpeed Insights. WP Rocket automatically generates this for you. They say…
"When you activate the Optimize CSS delivery setting checkbox, CSS will be loaded asynchronously on your site. Additionally, Critical Path CSS will be generated for your website in the background and added upon the next page load."
JavaScript Files – same concept as CSS only with JavaScript files.
6. Media
Lazy Load – delays loading of images, iframes, and videos until you scroll down the page and they become visible (test to see if you like it or not). This significantly reduces load times and HTTP requests however the ongoing loading can be annoying especially for long content. This can also be done using other free plugins like Lazy Load and Lazy Load For Videos but WP Rocket does a great job. I have it lazy load for photos since it's annoying.
You can also disable lazy load on individual pages/posts using the sidebar:
Disable Emojis – these slow down your site. You can also disable these under Settings → Writing → Formatting, then do not convert emoticons.
Embeds – similar to Cloudflare's hotlink prevention, this prevents sites from embedding your content on their website which sucks up bandwidth and makes your site slower.
WebP Compatibility – disable if you're not using WebP images or if you're already using an image optimization plugin to serve WebP images. Otherwise, disable it. WP Rocket will detect if you're using Imagify, ShortPixel, Optimus, or EWWW to serve WebP images and disables it automatically. That's because most image optimization plugins already create and serve WebP images for you, so enabling this would cause duplicate functionality. The only time you should enable this is if your image optimization plugin creates WebP images, but doesn't serve them.
7. Preload
If you want to learn about preloading, WP Rocket has a simple tutorial. Or if you want to dig deeper here is an advanced tutorial which is about WP Super Cache but the same concepts apply. Preload, in somewhat simple terms, is a refresh when the cached pages are all cleared out and refreshed in one go. I would enable it since it improves both website/indexing speed.
Sitemap Preloading – extends the benefit of preload to ALL URLs in your sitemap, not just your homepage and the internal links you use on the homepage. This does not use an external bot like the manual/automatic option… even if the end result is the same. As long as WP Rocket detected your sitemap in "sitemaps for preloading," there is no need to add it here.
This is what preloading can do for your server:
Prefetch DNS Requests – Luke made an great list of common domains to prefetch including Google Fonts, Analytics, Maps, Gravatars, YouTube, common social sharing plugins, Disqus, and others. Copy and paste this entire list (or just the ones you need) and paste them into the Prefetch field of WP Rocket. This helps browsers anticipate the requests and load them faster.
Don't forget to add your StackPath CDN URL (or whatever CDN you're using), and other external resources not included in this list, which you can usually find in your GTmetrix report. Social sharing, comment, and statistic plugins are very common.
8. Advanced Rules
The advanced options are mainly for excluding cart and checkout pages in eCommerce sites.
Never Cache URL(s) – if you're using an eCommerce shopping cart not listed by WP Rocket (see the note they have in this settings), add your cart and checkout pages here. Learn more.
Never Cache Cookies – same principal as previous option only based on cookies.
Never Cache User Agent(s) – prevents Googlebot or other user agents from caching pages.
Always Purge URL(s) – let's say you have a blogroll on your homepage. If you create a new post, you want that homepage blogroll updated immediately by emptying the homepage cache. That's what this setting does, however WP Rocket automatically clears the cache for your homepage, categories and tags once new content is created… so there is no need for this. But if there are other page's cache you want cleared when new content is added, add them.
Cache Query String(s) – mainly used to cache search result pages and price filtering pages for eCommerce sites.
9. Database
Post Cleanup – revisions, auto drafts, and trashed posts can be deleted if you don't use them. Unless you have old versions of posts (or deleted posts) you would like to use, delete them.
Comments Cleanup – spam and trashed comments can be deleted.
Transients Cleanup – stores data that takes a long time to get (like social counts) so the next time you need it, it returns super fast. But sometimes when transients get expired they stay in the database and should be deleted. WP Beginner has a great explanation of transients.
Database Cleanup – when you delete a plugin it can leave unused tables in your WordPress database, which you can delete.
Automatic Cleanup – schedule WP Rocket to cleanup your database. Weekly is good unless these accumulate quickly (eg. many people work on your site). If you have WP-Optimize or another database cleanup plugin installed, you can delete it since WP Rocket does this for you.
Optimize – click the optimize button when you're done, just be sure to backup your database especially if it's your first time doing this.
StackPath's CDN mirrors your site on 30+ data centers across the world, reducing the geographical distance between your server and visitors. I use both Cloudflare and StackPath since more data centers = faster delivery of your content. This can shave multiple seconds off your load time especially for visitors who (used to be) far away from your 1 origin server. You can use WP Rocket's CDN tutorial or StackPath's CDN tutorial, but here's exactly what to do.
Step 1: Sign up for StackPath (they have a 30-day trial):
Step 2: In the dashboard, click the CDN tab, then create a StackPath CDN Site:
Step 3: Copy CDN URL from StackPath and paste into WP Rocket's "CDN CNAME(s)" field:
Step 4: In StackPath go to CDN → Cache Settings, then click "Purge Everything":
Step 5: Exclude Files From CDN – there may be files being served by the CDN you would like to serve locally. Usually these files are parts of plugins designed to disregard cross domain load. To change this, simply add these files or directories into the "rejected files" area of WP Rocket (add one filedirectory per line) which you can use directives to locate WP directories.
- {uploads_dir}/wpcf7_captcha/*
- {uploads_dir}/imagerotator.swf
- {plugins_dir}/wp-fb-autoconnect/facebook-platform/channel.html
Step 6: Run your site in GTmetrix and "content delivery network" should be green in YSlow.
If you expand items in GTmetrix and see it has to do with your CDN, contact StackPath's support team who should be able to help you fix these. They have outstanding support.
11. Heartbeat
Instead of using the Heartbeat Control plugin, WP Rocket has it built-in.
12. Add-Ons
1. Google Tracking (Improve Browser Caching For Google Analytics) – you may see Google Analytics errors in your speed testing tool. Having WP Rocket host Google Analytics locally should fix these, specifically in GTmetrix under Page Speed → Leverage Browser Caching.
2. Facebook Pixel (Improve Browser Caching For Facebook Pixel) – same concept as previous option only for Facebook Pixel.
3. Cloudflare – sign up for Cloudflare, add your website, and Cloudflare will run a scan. You will eventually come to a page with your Cloudflare name servers and a link to your API key.
Change name servers in your hosting account to the ones Cloudflare assigned you:
Enter your Global API Key (found in your Cloudflare profile) into your cache plugin.
- Global API Key – used to activate Cloudflare in WP Rocket.
- Account Email – same email used in your Cloudflare account.
- Domain – yourwebsite.com
- Development Mode – use when making a lot of code changes to your site.
- Optimal Settings – activates optimal Cloudflare settings: minification, aggressive caching, and deactivates Rocket Loader for better compatibility. Most common issue is Rocket Loader, but I also noticed it turns on email decoding which made my GTmetrix report worse, so I don't use this (and instead configured Cloudflare in their dashboard).
- Relative Protocol – sometimes if people download files from your site, there are no contents in them. Leaving this option OFF will prevent this from happening.
- Clear All Cloudflare Cache Files – do this after you're done configuring WP Rocket.
4. Synchronize Sucuri Cache – enable if using Sucuri. This will automatically clear Sucuri's cache whenever you clear WP Rocket's cache, keeping your content syncronized.
- Sucuri Firewall API Key (For Plugin) – login to Sucuri here, click your site, go to the API tab, then copy your API Key (For Plugin) and paste it into WP Rocket.
13. Tools
Export Settings – export your settings to use on multiple sites.
Import Settings – import your pre-configured settings here.
Rollback – if you update to a new version of WP Rocket and it causes issues, this will fall back on the previous version.
14. FAQs / Documentation
I spent many hours digging through their documentation to make sure this tutorial uses the best WP Rocket settings, but they are extremely helpful if you haven't checked them out.
Tutorials I found the most helpful:
- Getting Started
- My Site Is Broken
- Hosting Compatibility
- Using WP Rocket With A CDN
- Using WP Rocket With Cloudflare
- Resolve 500 Internal Server Error
- Resolving Issues With Minification
- Using WordFence With WP Rocket
- NGINX Configuration For WP Rocket
- Using iThemes Security With WP Rocket
- How To Check If WP Rocket Is Caching Your Pages
🚀 What's the best way to configure WP Rocket?
The most important steps are to enable everything you can in the file optimization tab, setup CDNs like Cloudflare + StackPath, disable WordPress heartbeat, and activate any services you're using in the Add-Ons tab.
🚀 How do I add a CDN with WP Rocket?
If using Cloudflare, you will simply change namesevers. If using an external CDN like StackPath or KeyCDN, you will copy/paste your CDN URL into WP Rocket. If using RocketCDN (powered by StackPath), sign up through the prompt in WP Rocket.
🚀 Why was WP Rocket rated #1 in most Facebook polls?
It comes with many features other cache plugins don't have: database cleanup, heartbeat control, option for multiple CDNs, lazy loading, local Analaytics, Facebook Pixel browser caching, and more. That's why WP Rocket usually yields the best results in GTmetrix.
🚀 Which image optimization plugin works best with WP Rocket?
Even though they recommend Imagify which is owned by WP Rocket, I use ShortPixel because I see virtually no quality loss and still get 100% for Optimize Images in GTmetrix.
🚀 What other speed optimization plugins do you need besides WP Rocket?
You still need an image optimization plugin like ShortPixel, font optimization (eg. OMGF), and I also recommend using Asset CleanUp or Perfmatters to selectively disable plugins.
15. SiteGround (#1 Host In Facebook Polls)
SiteGround is used by Yoast, myself, and recommended by WordPress. They are #1 in nearly every Facebook poll and give most people significant load time improvements especially if they were using mediocre hosts: GoDaddy, Bluehost, HostGator, InMotion, Dreamhost, EIG.
I use their semi-dedicated GoGeek plan which comes with 4x more server resources than shared hosting. Click through my pages to see how fast they load, check out my GTmetrix report, or see people who migrated and posted new load times. They also do free migrations.
DigitalOcean on Cloudways and Kinsta are also good and start at $10/month and $30/month. Cloudways is more for developers who don't need cPanel, email hosting, or the support you get with SiteGround. Kinsta is basically what WP Engine used to be (pricey, but awesome). My entire blog is basically dedicated to helping people make their website load faster. I refuse to recommend $2/month hosting since it's most people's biggest regret when running a website.
How To Check If Your Hosting Is Slow
Run your site through Google PageSpeed Insights to see if reduce server response time is in your report. Google recommends it should be <200ms. Anything above 1 second is not good. You can also check your TTFB (time to first byte) in GTmetrix's Timings tab or bytecheck.com.
A few threads:
SiteGround has 3 plans:
Higher plans include more server resources (#1 factor in the WordPress optimization guide). Here's the full comparison chart, but GrowBig gives you about 2x more server resources than StartUp, and GoGeek is semi-dedicated hosting which gives you even more. GrowBig and up comes with a free migration, staging, advanced caching, and ability to host multiple websites. GoGeek comes with priority support. Their cloud hosting is quite the price jump at $80/month.
You can see this on their features page:
I use SiteGround because:
- My GTmetrix + Pingdom reports speak for themselves
- My pages load instantly (click through them if you want)
- Fast speed technology (PHP 7.3, NGINX, SG Optimizer, Cloudflare)
- Recommended by Yoast, WordPress, Ivica from WordPress Speed Up
- Free Let's Encrypt SSL, easy to use cPanel, and features for eCommerce
- WordPress support is unbeatable even without GoGeek's priority support
- GrowBig comes with staging, more storage, and more server resources (scroll down to "we allocate the resources you need" and hover over the server tab)
- GoGeek comes with even more server resources, storage, priority support
- Free migrations, migrator plugin, and a 30-day money back guarantee
- Plenty of praise on Reddit, Facebook conversations, Twitter, TrustPilot
- Tons of praise on Facebook: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11
- Many people already migrated and posted results on Twitter: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35, #36, #37
Affiliate Disclaimer – if you sign up for SiteGround using my affiliate link I will donate a good chunk at no cost to you. Each year I donate $3,000 to GoFundMe campaigns (2018 was to feed the hungry in Denver, 2017 was to Red Cross at Hurricane Harvey). Your support helps and I genuinely appreciate it. I try to make my reviews unbiased and backed by evidence in the form of Facebook polls, tweets, and real conversations. If you don't want to use it, here's a non-affiliate link to SiteGround. Either way, I suggest doing your research, see who Yoast uses, and results of people who migrated.
People usually migrate because their speed technology can cut load times in half:
16. My Full WordPress Speed Guide (35+ Tips)
Watch My Video – it's a 42 minute video, but I cover pretty much everything (timestamps in video description) and you should learn a ton of great information on WordPress site speed:
Image Optimization – you can run any page through GTmetrix and it will show you all unoptimized images but ONLY for that page – so start with the ones that appear on multiple pages. Image can be optimized 3 ways: serve scaled images (resizing images that are too large), specifying image dimensions (adding a width/height in the image's HTML or CSS), and optimize images (losslessly compressing them using a plugin like Imagify). GTmetrix will tell you the correct dimensions for the first two if you expand them, and these are all high priority items.
For more tips, see my complete guide to WordPress speed optimization.
17. Get Help From My WordPress Speed Optimizer
Still need help with your GTmetrix/Pingdom report? I've been working with Pronaya for 7 years (he's the one who helped me get a <1s load time in Pingdom). You can hire him by creating a profile on freelancer.com and searching for username bdkamol. Here is his full WordPress speed portfolio. He's $40/hour from Bangladesh (so there is a time change) and you can email him at firstname.lastname@example.com. He also has a perfect 5 star review on his profile. Serious inquiries only, and please don't expect 100% scores if you're using slow hosting, a bloated theme, and tons of heavy plugins. Please follow my full WordPress speed guide first.
Here are some reviews on his profile:
So… how are those Pingdom scores looking? Let me know in the comments or tell me if you're stuck. You also paid for a premium plugin where they offer support (the last and final tab in the WP Rocket settings), so I would use that to your advantage too, or view their documentation.
Otherwise, nice job!
See Also: How I Got 100% Scores In GTmetrix
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"Becoming a Customer-Centric Leader" at 2019 SFDC, By Debbie Qaqish
Revenue Marketing™ Agency, The Pedowitz Group (TPG), announced Chief Strategy Officer Debbie Qaqish will present, "Time to Step-Up: Leading the Shift to Customer-Centricity" during the Salesforce 2019 World Tour in Atlanta (December 5) and New York City (December 13). During her sessions, Debbie will explain the mindset, skillset, and toolset required for today's customer-centric marketer.
Debbie writes a regular column for AMA B2B Insights, MarTech Today, and MarTech Series.
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Revenue Marketing™ Agency, The Pedowitz Group (TPG), announces Chief Strategy Officer Debbie Qaqish will present, "Time to Step-Up: Leading the Shift to Customer-Centricity" during the Salesforce 2019 World Tour in Atlanta (December 5) and New York City (December 13). During her sessions, Debbie will explain the mindset, skillset and toolset required for today's customer-centric marketer. Attendees will gain a fresh perspective on their role in leading and operationalizing the vital shift to customer-centricity.
The Atlanta tour on December 5 will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center with 1,500+ expected to attend. Debbie will speak from 12:45 – 1:05pm ET. Register here. Sessions are free and open to the public. The New York City tour on December 13 at the Javitz Convention Center is expected to attract 5,000+. Register here to attend Debbie's session, 9:15 – 9:35am.
"In today's customer-driven economy, embracing a customer-centric model is now a business imperative for survival and growth," Debbie notes. "Leading and operationalizing a customer-centric philosophy represents the single biggest challenge and the single biggest opportunity facing marketers today."
The Pedowitz Group is a registered Salesforce.com Marketing Cloud partner and a Platinum sponsor for the 2019 Salesforce World Tour in Atlanta and New York. Visit TPG in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center in booth # 127 and in NYC at the Javitz Convention Center (check marquis for booth #).
Recommended: A Guide to Understanding and Engaging Today's Auto Shoppers
About Debbie Qaqish
Debbie Qaqish has been inspiring B2B marketers to embrace revenue accountability for over 35 years. As Principal Partner and Chief Strategy Officer of TPG, she manages global client relationships and leads the firm's thought leadership initiatives.
Debbie authored the award-winning book – "Rise of the Revenue Marketer." She is Chancellor of Revenue Marketing University and host of Revenue Marketing Radio, which showcases marketing executives from companies like GE and Microsoft sharing advice on marketing transformation. Her second book, "The Rise of the Strategic Marketing Operations Function," will be published in early 2019. A PhD candidate, Debbie teaches an MBA course at College of William & Mary on Revenue Marketing.
For the last six years, Debbie has been named One of the 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management. She has also won SLMA's Top 20 Women to Watch distinction for four years. Kapost named Debbie among the Top 40 Most Inspiring Women in Marketing. FierceCMO Magazine named Debbie one of the Top 10 Women CMOs to Watch.
Read More: SalesTech Interview with David Buchanan, CEO at X2Engine
Debbie writes a regular column for AMA B2B Insights, MarTech Today, and MarTech Series. She speaks regularly at industry events including Scott Brinker's MarTech Conferences and serves on the Board of Advisors for the Sales Lead Management Association.
The Pedowitz Group (TPG) wrote the book, and is the undisputed thought leader on Revenue Marketing™. As a partner, The Pedowitz Group (TPG) helps companies plan, build and optimize their revenue engine by delivering services in MarTech, demand generation and marketing operations. TPG believes that Marketing is the driver of customer engagement that fuels the revenue engine. The Pedowitz Group customers have won over 50 national awards for their Revenue Marketing excellence.
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Forum:Terminal entries, notes and other source texts
Forums: Index > Wiki discussion > Terminal entries, notes and other source texts
Could the articles of game locations containing terminal entries, holodisks, notes or similar things have a link added to the articles which have the content of said entries? And perhaps on the articles of the character who wrote them as well?
I'm asking because many of the locations and character articles make references to those source texts without linking to them. Examples: The Citadel article has no link what so ever leading to the Citadel terminal entries article nor does Doctor Henry's link to Jacobstown terminal entries even though he's the sole author.
Is there a guideline against those links? Is there a guideline about how they should be added to the articles? Dr. Lobotomy 23:19, August 2, 2011 (UTC)
- I was wondering this about Project:Raw game data/FNV notes. There are a lot of notes which are missing links. Can I add links to the terminal pages? Or do new articles need to be created for each entry?-LawdyMissMaudy 12:13, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
- Possibly the page for Mothership Zeta's Alien Captive recorded logs or the FO3 Germantown logs are good templates for what you're talking about Miss Maudy. (For notes and transcripts that have a location, writer or something else in common that is.) I agree there should be links in notes and I've been adding them when I see the opportunity myself. (So I really hope there isn't some kind of rule against doing so that I've missed somehow.) I think importing raw data must be rather tedious and the people doing it (for which I am grateful btw) are just working on getting the data into the wiki rather then stopping to sift through each individual entry looking for links to add. --- TandyBomb 14:57, August 6, 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks, Tandy -- I used the page Vault 3 terminal entries as a template for creating a page for Vault 21 terminal entries. Now to figure out Dr. Lobotomy's question -- if there's a reference to them (eg, there is a note on the terminal explaining blah), the link can go on the reference, but if there isn't a direct reference, maybe a link in the notes section? That's what I'm going to do. -LawdyMissMaudy 21:53, August 6, 2011 (UTC)
- I asked GhostAvatar about this on his talk page and this was his response:
- Preferable, it would be best to link to them in the page content, especially if there is a section that directly mentions them or there contents. This would be best done as a referance (see laser pistol as an example, referancing the Citadel terminal entries). If that is not possible, then simple add them as a see also section, as per layout guidelines. 19:15, August 8, 2011 (UTC)
- -LawdyMissMaudy 20:38, August 8, 2011 (UTC)


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By Tammy Cario
On a day set aside for the nation to recognize those fallen in the line of duty, the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center honored two service members who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country in a ceremony held May 23, 2019, on Soldier Field at the Presidio of Monterey.
"With the hectic lives we lead today, it might be easy to think of Memorial Day as merely a three-day weekend," said Col. Gary Hausman, Commandant of DLIFLC. "It's much more than that. It is a time for our Nation to reflect…It's an opportunity for Americans to pay homage to those who died serving our Nation and acknowledge the immense debt we owe them and the families and loved ones they left behind."
This year, the Presidio of Monterey is honoring two DLIFLC graduates who were killed in action.
Army Staff Sgt. Alexander Conrad was born in May 11, 1992 in Mesa, Arizona. Directly after his high school graduation, Conrad joined the Army as a Human Intelligence Collector. His first duty station was Joint Base Lewis-McChord, where he deployed twice in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. His next assignment was to DLIFLC to learn French before he continued on to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne). While on deployment June 8, 2018, Conrad was killed by enemy fire in Somalia.
Sgt. First Class Guy Smith, a drill sergeant at DLIFLC, was Conrad's instructor for nearly six months while they were both at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona.
"Conrad was an ideal student. He was curious and focused…He frequently had the whole class laughing. He was always quick to help out his classmates, and he was one of the reasons the class was so tight knit," Smith recalled. "The Army and civilian instructors all really liked him too. He demonstrated leadership potential beyond his years."
Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Mary Kent was born in Oswego, New York on May 11, 1983. Her passion for languages led her to the Navy and then to DLIFLC where she studied Modern Standard Arabic. After she graduated in 2005, her first duty station was at the Navy Information Operations Command in Georgia, where she volunteered to deploy to Iraq with Seal Team 10. This experience led her to apply to work with Naval Special Warfare, and in 2008 she was accepted for duty as a Tactical Information Operations analyst at Naval Special Warfare Support Activity Two in Little Creek, Virginia. Kent went on numerous deployments during her time in the Navy. In November 2018, Kent deployed to Syria as part of a highly skilled, multi-disciplined task force involved in critical and demanding intelligence work. On Jan. 16, 2019, Kent was killed by an improvised explosive device detonated by a suicide bomber in the city of Manbij.
Sgt. Maj. Clint Rowe, operations sergeant major, Regimental Military Intelligence Battalion, 75 Ranger Regiment at Ft. Gordon, Georgia, knew Kent from when they both studied Arabic at DLIFLC. Their interactions wove in and out of their respective military careers because, as Rowe explained, the signals intelligence world is small and tight-knit.
"Shannon was a rare breed," Rowe, a former DLIFLC graduate and first sergeant, said. "A female in a male dominant SIGINT world. She was top tier, so good at analysis and so good at Arabic. She was one of those people who everyone gravitated toward."
During the ceremony, both Conrad and Kent were memorialized on a plaque, their names added to 295 other DLIFLC graduates who gave their lives in service to their country.
Brig. General W. Shane Buzza, Commanding General of the 91st Training Division in Fort Hunter Liggett, California, was the guest speaker for the ceremony. He also honored two service members from his own unit, highlighting their service and memory.
"On this day, and every Memorial Day to follow," Buzza said, "we will remember."
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"In February, eLife introduced its first computationally reproducible document, based on a research article originally published in the Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology by Tim Errington, the Director of Research at the Center for Open Science. The interactive article is a demonstration of some of the capabilities of the initial prototype of the Reproducible Document Stack (RDS), an open-source tool stack for authoring and publishing reproducible articles developed by Substance and building on technology from Stencila and Binder. The demo also showcased eLife's vision for the future of research articles.
The research community's response to the article was overwhelmingly encouraging: thousands of researchers explored the paper's in-line code block re-execution abilities by manipulating its plots, and several authors approached us directly to ask how they might publish a reproducible version of their own manuscripts....
Encouraged by the community interest and feedback, we have now started working on achieving a scalable implementation and service infrastructure to support the publication of reproducible articles. The goal of this next phase in the RDS project is to ship researcher-centred open-source solutions that will allow for the hosting and publication of reproducible documents, at scale, by anyone. This includes building conversion, rendering and authoring tools, and the backend infrastructure needed to execute reproducible articles in the browser.
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Kathy Perkins, a first grade teacher at Burns Valley School in Konocti Unified School District, has been selected as the 2014-15 Lake County Teacher of the Year, announced Tim Gill, Senior Director of Educational Services at Lake County Office of Education. Perkins will represent Lake County in the upcoming California Teacher of the Year competition. Burns School is on Pine Street in Clearlake.
Perkins holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from CSU Sonoma in Liberal Arts. She has been teaching for 23 years, the past eight at Burns Valley where her current project is the Little Free Library. The Little Library is home to books that can be taken home by children and families. The books can then be kept, returned or replaced by other books.
"Getting books into the hands of the children of our community is the key to the project. I feel good about being able to infuse literacy and reading into our community with this project," Perkins said.
Chris Schoeneman, Principal of Burns Valley School, says "Mrs. Kathy Perkins is an instrumental member of the Burns Valley School team. She approaches teaching with a student-centered mindset that focuses on each individual child and what they need to be successful in their learning. A constant professional, Mrs. Perkins strives to see achievement in both her classroom and in her school. It is with this perspective that she has become a grade-level, school-level, and district-level leader. Her compassion for the under-privileged, enthusiasm for exploring new ideas, calmness in the face of adversity, dedication to her craft, thoughtfulness of others, brilliance in her creativity and design, and great sense of humor are all gifts she brings to work every day. She puts others first and strives to see a better world abound for our students, staff members, families and our community."
Each year the school districts in the county select one exemplary teacher as their District Teacher of the Year. A committee of community leaders then interviews these candidates. The criteria for selection of the County Teacher of the Year is based upon the state and national requirements, which include professional development activities, commitment to the improvement of the educational system, personal attributes, creativity and ability to communicate ideas effectively, and professional skills in delivering curriculum and instruction to students. This year's selection committee members were Pamela Bordisso, Tim Gill, Nyla Norris, Jo Bennett and the Lake County Teacher of the Year for 2013-14, Erica Boomer.
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This place is an iconic hawker centre with a great atmosphere. Most stalls are closed in the morning/afternoon so I only got to try the carrot cake but it was very flavourful! Rich umami flavour and sweet but not overpoweringly so.
🤤🍽 Overall: 9/10!
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Hearty portion of $7.50, for the lunch.
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Newton hawker centre is slow in the day and I settled on this which felt novel. Roast stall but paired with curry (my favourite). Ultimately it's just normal caifan curry added to your rice lor. Roast meat was acceptable but char siew was the type closer to lup cheong, of which I'm not a fan.
This has a dark charcoal black colour, with a creamy, velvety texture. It has aromas and tastes of roasted barley, roasted coffee beans, and chocolate.
Nicely earthy smoky bitter in flavour, with a short quick finish. Not overly strong, a fairly drinkable brew.
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This has a deep brick red colour, with a smooth, soft texture. It has aromas and tastes of toffee, toasted white bread, and malt.
Nicely bitter roasty sweet in flavour, with a medium lingering finish. A decent brew to alleviate the heat from spicy dishes.
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This has a bright straw yellow colour, with a creamy, silky texture. It has aromas and tastes of wheat grains, white bread, and light corn.
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It's funny. In light of recent events, I've had a bit of a secret. I've been working on something behind the scenes, actually trying to put some thing into action. It wasn't ready for public consumption just yet, but now...well, the cat's out of the bag.
I'm co-founding a new festival for black theatre. We'll be having our inaugural festival this fall. I'm pretty stoked about it.
Back in January, the Arena Stage hosted a convening on black playwriting that had an incredible line-up. I was lucky enough to attend as a blogger and had an amazing time. At the end of the convening, after two days of conversation, sharing, some arguing, a lot of commiserating, and a fair amount of raging, David Dower asked the group what the next steps were. Keith Josef Adkins said, "I want to start a new festival." And I thought, "Hell to the yes!" And ran right up to him to say I was in. By the time I got there, Jocelyn Prince from the Public was already there. We had a quick convo and promised to reconvene in the city.
Now, usually, these things peter out. People get distracted. The urge seems less urgent. This wasn't like that. It only got more and more pressing. The three of us met, discussed, shared ideas and possibilities and finally decided, we need to do some fundraising.
On Monday night, we held our first fundraiser at Lynn Nottage's home in Brooklyn. We had about 50 people there, on a sweltering night, to hear Harrison David Rivers and Katori Hall read from their work and to commune over the idea of a new festival of black plays. It was an incredible night, with a huge outpouring of support. It was humbling and thrilling all at once.
And now the work really begins. I've programmed and produced festivals before, but never built one from scratch. It's a pretty sharp learning curve. But now that the idea is out of the bag, you'll be hearing more and more as it progresses. Fun times ahead.


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Foul Play is based off of how much more attack the opponent has then the user, so if the user has a burn, would Foul Play do even more?
Yes, it does affect your attack stat.
>Foul Play inflicts damage. It uses the target's Attack stat to calculate damage, as opposed to the user's Attack stat. The target's Attack stat modifier is incorporated into damage calculation. With the exception of the Attack stat and Attack stat modifier, all other factors affecting damage calculation, including the item, Ability, type, and status ailment of the user of Foul Play, are incorporated as normal.
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ROLF! takes 15 mins to read from cover to cover. If you spend more time than that... then you are doing it wrong!
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June 2017 – Video exchange with Marvin Salazar School
The students at Marvin Salazar School in Nicaragua took part in a video exchange this week with the grade 5 and 6 students of Bishop Francis Allen School in Brampton, Ontario. The BFA students filmed themselves talking about what life is like for children in Canada, and what they do in a typical school day. Our SchoolBOX team then went to Marvin Salazar School to show this video to the eager Nicaraguan students, and give them the opportunity to create their reply!
We are so grateful to Rumeet Billan, who initiated this video exchange project, as well as to the students and teachers at Bishop Francisc Allen School. Thanks to your kindness and generosity, we were also able to equip the 190 children at Marvin Salazar with the school supplies they need to remain in school and graduate. Together, we can 'Make Education Possible' for so many boys and girls in Nicaragua.
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In 2016, The Right Place Inc. attracted $240.6 million in new capital investment through 19 projects across West Michigan. Although the Grand Rapids-based economic development organization fell short of its three-year goals for jobs and payroll growth, President and CEO Birgit Klohs remains optimistic about Michigan's economy. Klohs expects to attract more high-tech jobs and industries to the state while continuing to work with companies to find available talent in the region. Klohs discussed with MiBiz some of the issues that West Michigan employers and economic development professionals will face in the coming year.
What's your take on President-elect Trump getting involved in state-level economic development with Carrier Corp. in Indiana?
One-off economic development is not a good idea. I appreciate his passion for attracting and retaining jobs, but we have never had in the United States an overarching industrial development policy. Personally, this is an editorial comment from Birgit Klohs: I don't think in a country this large, with 50 very diverse states, that that would ever work. To me, economic development is a state (and) local policy issue.
What's the concern with doing economic development on a case-by-case basis?
Every time somebody wants a big pile of money for incentives, let's just threaten we're moving to China and we'll give you a boatload of money. This is not the way to do economic development. There needs to be a strategy through state organizations like the MEDC and organizations like The Right Place at the local level.
Can companies in Michigan expect any new incentive programs from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. next year?
The Business Leaders for Michigan, in a coalition with economic development organizations, proposed a new incentive program for large projects, and unfortunately it died in lame duck. We're all very upset, but the Speaker of the House would not let it come to a vote. That was beyond disappointing. We still have to compete and the same thing happened with brownfield tax credits that we tried to get reinstalled. The TIF reform died as well.
So businesses shouldn't count on new incentives next year?
We have all year to try, but until we know the stance of some of our newly elected officials, there is nothing I can comment on. Every time we do this, our competitors win and the people of Michigan lose.
The MEDC got its budget slashed last year. What happens if it gets cut further? Does it put more pressure on your organization?
It does. We've been here for 31 years, Southwest Michigan First has been here for how many years, and Saginaw Futures has been there for 30 years. We carry our load. But the idea that because we exist negates the need for a statewide economic development organization is folly. Every state has an economic development organization, a statewide umbrella organization. This is a very symbiotic and very collaborative relationship. We need each other, and you can't eliminate a state agency.
Looking ahead to 2017, what's keeping you up at night?
How do we compete against states like Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and the Carolinas where there is never an argument over do we have economic development at a state or local level? We do have a much better business climate in Michigan than we did several years ago. However, when the state of Mississippi throws hundreds of millions of dollars at $6 billion of new investment, how do we compete? That's the question. Yet, we have folks in the state who would like to unilaterally disarm (economic development). Some think it's picking winners and losers. I call it competing.
West Michigan businesses are struggling with the availability of talent and a lack of buildings. When you're courting companies to come here, how do you get around those two challenges?
It all depends on the company and what they're looking for. Not everyone looks for a building, but yes, building inventory across the state is very low. However, we've managed our way through it. Some companies locally have built new facilities, which opens up an old facility. On the talent side … our unemployment rate is low, but we also have unemployment rates in some parts of our region that are fairly high where people need to be retrained. The DiCastal folks went up to Greenville because there's a good community college and a labor force that was available. We're still managing, but I would agree it's very tight.
Most businesses seem to be in a wait-and-see mode with regards to the incoming administration. How does that impact your operations?
We're in the same boat. Until we know what the new rules are, we're seeing people with the same wait-and-see-attitude. It makes our job tougher because we have a bunch of projects in the pipeline, which you hope to get through the pipeline, and then it's like, 'Let me wait.'


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The daughter of a man fatally punched in the head by her carer's boyfriend says the community needs to wake up and demand tougher sentencing laws.
Jason Mark Grogan, 46, was on Thursday sentenced to at least six-and-a-half years jail for the manslaughter of 72-year-old Alan Henry, who was found unconscious in a pool of blood at his Gloucester home in NSW in January 2012.
Grogan, who had socialised with Mr Henry before their relationship soured, had previously been sentenced to at least 18 years jail for murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter after an appeal led to his original conviction being quashed last year.
With time already served, he will be eligible for release in November next year.
"I think the community needs to wake up," Susan Henry told reporters outside court, adding she was "extremely disappointed" by the sentence.
"It's time we started knocking on the doors of our local politicians and started demanding tougher sentencing laws or that the existing laws be ... revisited."
Acting Justice Peter Hidden said he could not make findings on exactly what happened inside the house, except that Mr Henry had been punched in the head and fell to the kitchen floor.
The retiree died in a nursing home from complications relating to brain injuries months after the attack.
His daughter says she's had unanswered questions from the moment she saw her injured father in hospital.
"I wanted to know how a human being could do that to another human," she said.
"What happened in Grogan's life to make him into such an animal?
The court heard a police officer had asked Mr Henry if Grogan's girlfriend, who had been assisting him part time, could stay at his house after the couple were seen fighting at a petrol station on the day of the attack.
Mr Henry said she could, as long as Grogan, whom he described as an "absolute arsehole", didn't come to his house.
Later that day Grogan climbed over a fence and entered Mr Henry's house before leaving with a laptop, the court heard.
"You can't just back out now," he allegedly said to his distressed girlfriend after she found Mr Henry injured.
"It has gone too far."
Acting Justice Hidden said Grogan had a long history of criminality and drug addiction.
Someone in the court room on Thursday yelled "dickhead" as the killer was led back to custody.


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The makers of Mere Pyare Prime Minister recently released the trailer of the Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra directorial. Mehra is known for helming films like Rang De Basanti and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. However, unlike his other movies, Mere Pyare Prime Minister seems like a low-budgeted offering from the director.
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Kanhu lives in a slum and loves his mother Sargam (Anjali Patil) dearly. He does random work to assist his mother's income. At one point, he is asked to sell condoms on the streets. Amused, he discusses the rich's way of cleaning themselves after ablutions with his friends.
Sargam is raped one day by an unknown person. It is his mother's rape that prompts Kanhu to write a letter to the PM of India. With his friends, he comes to Delhi to give the letter to PM in person. Atul Kulkarni, probably an official in the PMO, tells Kanhu that he can only receive the letter.
At one point in the clip, Kanhu refuses to beg forgiveness from God for something he has done. He tells his mother that it is the God himself who should ask for forgiveness from Sargam.
The film claims to deal with topics like open defecation and sanitation. We can also safely add sexual violence and perhaps caste dynamics to the list. It also touches upon some taboos of the Indian society and looks refreshing and fun.
The film's logline states, "8-year-old Kanhu living in a slum of Mumbai, writes a letter to the Prime Minister after an ugly incident happens with his mother. Will the Prime Minister meet him?"
Mere Pyare Prime Minister releases on March 15.
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Legacy Run Day 5: Meeting two of 'the kids'
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When asked why they take more than a week of their time – riding through rain, heat and wind during long days – to take part in The American Legion Legacy Run, most Legion Riders offer up the same response.
"It's for the kids."
Since the first Legacy Run in 2006, the Legion Riders have raised millions of dollars for The American Legion Legacy Scholarship Fund, which provides college money for the children of U.S. military personnel killed on active duty on or after Sept. 11, 2001, as well as children of post-9/11 veterans with a combined VA disability rating of 50 percent or higher. Each of the past five rides have brought in more than $1 million "for the kids."
During the 2019 Legacy Run's closing stop Aug. 22 at Kenneth N. Dowden Wayne Post 64 in Indianapolis, the Riders had the opportunity to both meet and hear from two of those kids: Elek Wellman of Sherman, Ill., and Hannah Ramos of Romeoville, Ill. More than $292,000 was raised for those scholarships during this year's ride, with much more to come from the floor of The American Legion National Headquarters.
Both college students at the closing stop had high praise for the men and women whose efforts provided scholarships to each of them.
"It meant a lot to me," said Wellman, a second-year medical student at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and graduate of Notre Dame. "It was nice knowing people were willing to help out (the children) of veterans. It really brings us in as a family, all the veterans helping each other. For me, it's $70,000 a year going to a public school. The scholarship really helps me pursue medicine."
That pursuit came when Elek's father Dan was injured while serving in the military. "A big part of becoming a physician was when my dad was hit by a mortar in Iraq," Elek said. "He came home and was telling me about how such great doctors he had and how thankful I should be."
Dan, a member of American Legion Post 32 in Springfield, Ill., served in both the Illinois and Iowa National Guard from 1987 to 2007. He served on extended active duty twice, first in Germany during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, and then in Iraq from 2004 to 2005.
"I think this says a lot about the Riders," Dan said. "Veterans helping veterans is always significant. The amount of money they've raised through the years is just amazing. The fact they're willing to give up a week of their lives to ride for students they don't even know to meet their education needs, it's tremendous."
Ramos, a freshman at Boston University, appreciated the opportunity to thank the Riders. "It's awesome," she said. "To show my respects or even be able to come close to thank them is amazing. I'll never forget the opportunity (the Riders) gave me."
The third child in her family to go to college, Ramos said the scholarship came at the right time. "It was really scary financially," she said. "To me, it's like a miracle. I remember when I got my acceptance … I was ecstatic for the acceptance but so devastated when I found out I couldn't afford it. So when I got (the Legacy Scholarship) it was amazing. I'm so blessed and grateful."
Ramos is the daughter of Bernard and Lisa Ramos. Her father, a member of American Legion Post 18 in Lockport, Ill., served in the U.S. Army from 1997 to 2017, deploying twice to Iraq and once to Afghanistan among his six deployments. Bernard said his daughter receiving the scholarship was "humbling. It's selfless. What a great way to support our servicemembers by extending the generosity to their loved ones."
At the Legacy Run's final stop, dozens of American Legion Family members from all over the country were on hand to greet the ride. The closing ceremony of the 2019 ride included praise from American Legion National Commander Brett Reistad, who spent the entire Run on the back of one of its motorcycles.
"Thank you for what you do. Thank you for continuing to serve," Reistad said. "I'm honored I've been able to spend the time with you on this ride, and it gives me a whole new perspective on what you do. I think it's a great thing for this organization to continue to support this program."
Donations poured in during the ceremony, including $21,000 from the host's Legion Family. For years Post 64 served as the starting point for the Legacy Run. Seeing the ride finish brought on a lot of emotions for longtime Post 64 Commander Kenny Hoffman.
"It sends chills over you," Hoffman said. "To see them all come in and still have a smile on their face, and they're so happy to be here – they love us, and we love to have them – and they do such a wonderful job for the veterans and education of the children. We embraced the Legacy Run the first year it started, and we thought it was such a worthy cause. You can't help but to donate. We will continue for years to help."
Another $6,000 came from American Legion Riders Chapter 239 in Worthington, Ohio, and American Legion Riders Chapter 43 in Naperville, Ill. Donations also came by way of a very special leather vest. Less than 10 years ago a group of Royal British Legion Riders took part in the Legacy Run. One of them, David Gibson, donated a vest to the ride that has, for the past six years, been auctioned off. A group of Legion Family members from Post 93 in Buchanan, Va., came up with a record bid of $3,300 to keep the vest for the upcoming year.
A view from a first-timer. Department of Indiana Southern Assistant American Legion Riders Director Jeff Everman took part in his first Legacy Run. Don't expect it to be his last.
"I would do this again in a minute. In fact, I plan to," said Everman, a member of Sons of The American Legion Squadron 64 in Indianapolis. "This is for a great cause. The camaraderie of the Legion Family group has been awesome. I had a great time."
Everman said the ride gave him an opportunity to forge friendships he expects to last. "I made a lot of new Facebook friends from all over the United States," he said. "We'll keep in contact that way. I expect to see or talk to them a couple three times a year or more, and see them back here more than anything."
The hospitality of the posts that hosted stops along the ride stuck with Everman. "You learn this being a part of the American Legion Family: no matter where you go, no matter what part of the United States … you are treated like family," he said. "They've opened up their buildings. They've treated us like royalty. They treat us like family. You just can't beat that."
Mission accomplished. After doing portions of the first two Legacy Runs, Illinois Legion Rider Jim Cowley has done the entire ride each of the past 12 years. Recently, he's also helped Chief Road Captain Bob Sussan plan the ride route.
Cowley, a member of Post 45 in Galva, called the last day of the Run "a wind-down after what we do for eight to nine months to get ready for this," and said that finishing up the ride brings a sense of satisfaction. "When we get into that last stop and everyone is safe, we're relieved," he said. "I don't have the words to really explain what it feels like to make sure that what we've planned we can execute, and can make sure that everybody is safe and we get where we're supposed to go in the time we're supposed to get there. It tickles the devil out of me."
'Totally fantastic.' The Run made its final lunch stop at Jefferson Post 9 in Madison, Ind., one more centennial post visited on this year's ride. Members of the community and the post's Legion Family greeted Riders along Jefferson Street and in the post parking lot, waving U.S. flags and cheering.
Forest "Mike" Hunt, who has served as the post's commander eight times, was moved by seeing 200-plus motorcycles come to the post.
"I'm just blown away. It's totally fantastic," Hunt said. "I feel so blessed we got something like this come through here. And as far as I know, I think it's the only time ever a national commander has actually visited our post. I know for the 20 years I've been here he's come here."
Also waiting for the ride at Post 9 was American Legion Auxiliary National Vice President Nicole Clapp, who rode from Indianapolis on the back of Iowa Legionnaire Pat "Doc" Phillips' motorcycle. The pair rode back to Indy with the ride.
Clapp said the Madison stop was the first opportunity for her to make it to a Legacy Run stop and then participate in the ride. "I think (the Legacy Run) is the true essence of why (the Riders) became veterans in the first place and dedicated their service to their country to take care of others," she said. "This is a way they can continue to give back after their military careers have completed."
Donations to the Legacy Fund during the stop included $13,025 from American Legion Post 177 in Fairfax, Va., $10,133 from American Legion Post 133 in Millbrook, Ala., and another $10,023 from Alabama's Legion Riders.
Before leaving Madison, the ride stopped by Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery, where National Commander Reistad and members of Post 9 laid a wreath at the grave of Jefferson County's Samuel Woodfill, Indiana's only World War I Medal of Honor recipient.
A lot of miles. American Legion National Vice Commander James Sweet rode the entire Legacy Run, which he's done nine times. But less than two weeks prior, Sweet also rode in The American Legion Centennial Ride, leading Team Vision from the Mexican border north to Great Bend, Kan., along American Legion Memorial Highway.
And it took Sweet two days to get from his home in Mississippi to the start of the Centennial Ride in Texas. It was a lot of time on a motorcycle even before the Legacy Run began. But for Sweet it was worth it.
"I got to see some parts of Texas I'd never had to see," Sweet said. "And I wanted to meet as many World War II members in the posts (along the Centennial Ride route) that had been there for 100 years, and what their posts looked like. And sure enough, most of them were the same buildings. They've kept them up. And the people were just super fantastic. It was awesome."