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Bibb, Eloise
"Twas midnight over Italy,
Still was the wind, and calm the sea.
The ceiling of this glowing earth,
Frescoed with stars of twinkling light,
Whose orbs were bright with quiet mirth,
O'er-looked a sad and mournful sight--
A maid in bridal garments 'rayed,
Beside the sea quite wildly prayed.
It was Ninna, Villani's pride,
Who weary, weeps by the sea-side.
Before her eyes the buried past,
Like spectres of the midnight hour,
O'er saddened heart its visions cast
With all their former maddening power.
Her home in Florence far away,
Her fancy paints as bright as day.
She sees herself ingirlish frocks,
With golden, silken, curling locks
That crown a head and forehead high,
Above the brows of velvet touch,64That over-look a deep blue eye,
Where quiet sadness linger much.
Within an ante-chamber dear
She sits. A harpsichord is near.
'Tis eve-- this time of which she dreams,
The dying sun has sent his gleams
To play on Pallas sculptured there,
To light the ancient liggio,
And kiss the maiden torso fair.
And while she sees the sunset glow,
A passion seizes heart and brain,
And bids her strike a mournful strain.
She wakes the harpsichord to life,
She dreams of peace away from strife,
"Of sunny isles of Lake Cashmere,"
Of the sacred grass near the Ganges' side,
Where he plane-trees lie reflected clear,
"And the valley of gardens lie beside."
She starts, and quickly turns to find
A man with face both proud and kind.
"This is Signora Ninna fair?
I've heard of thy rich gift so rare,"65The stranger said with courteous bow.
"And know this era brings to light,
As critics artists will allow,
A soul aflame with genius bright.
O maid, art thou content to die
Unknown, and in oblivion sigh?
"Great Orpheus awoke the trees,
But in thy hands thou hold'st the keys
That hope the hearts of human -kind.
O maid, the world will bow to thee.
List thou to me and thou wilt find
A mine more rich than India's sea!
My youth is gone, my hair is gray,
Yet I will see thy famous day.
"Signora, thou must fitted be
To join this pictured pageantry.
To glorious Rome thou must repair,
Where lives the giant minds of art,
And study with the masters there.
From Florence, then, thou wilt depart,
And leave behind thy poverty;
They'll soon forget thy history.
"And now I will disclose to thee,
What I would have thee know and see.66This old, impassioned, foolish heart
Dost beat most tenderly for thee.
Signora, Cupid's thrilling dart
Has pierced an old man fearfully!
Hear me, Ninna mia, I pray,
Send not a hungry heart away!
"I only ask, O maid, of thee,
That thou'll bestow thy hand on me,
When thou for years have studied there,
(And I, thy every want supply)
Where master minds of art repair.
Oh, thou wilt ne'er these hopes deny.
Reflect on thy celebrity,
For thou'll be Countess Villani!"
"Oh, tempt me not!" fair Ninna cried.
"You offer gold and fame beside.
I care not for your boasted wealth,
I hate the thing you value much--
The coin's more dear to you than health,
That thrill you with their every touch.
But fame! That I could tell to thee,
How dear a thing is power to me!
"Alas! if I will make my mark,
It must be done without a heart,67For I must sell myself to thee.
This is the payment thou dost ask;
No longer gay, no longer free,
Thou would'st confine me to the task
Of wedding, and of pleasing thee
For this -- I'll reap celebrity.
"Look down Via de Bardi there,
See yonder youth with raven hair?
He has a soul akin to mine;
A poet's lyre he tunes at will!
My heart is his , 'twill ne'er be thine!
When he is near the tempest's still.
Shall I for fame's bright, glittering page
These passions trod that storm and rage?
"And yet'tis sweet to think of power.
Will I e'er see that glorious hour
When counts and princes bend the knee,
And queens of every land will smile
With pleasure at my symphoney
While I their leisure hours beguile?--
Go, tempter, go. Call thou again,
And I'll give thee thy answer, then."
This scene of fancy passes by,
And Ninna sees within her eye.68While she thus prays beside the sea,
The hour when she has bade farewell
To him she loves most tenderly.
Her agony, no tongue can tell,
Yet she has given up all for art,
And e'en has trampled on her heart.
She sees herself in glorious Rome.
Of intellect it is the home;
And after years of study there,
She wakes to fame of which she dreamed,
Surrounded by her votaries fair.
Life, others thought, an Eden seemed.
But no! a serpent day by day,
Slowly ate her heart away.
And now Villani comes to claim
The girl who'll share his wealth and name.
To-day, she was to be his bride;
And while her maids her form arrayed,
A serving-boy stole near her side,
And in her hand a missive laid.
Amazed, the words therein she read,
And this is what the letter said:
"Among the sick and dead I lie,
A voice within has said I'll die;69Before another fading day,
This plague that sweeps o'er Italy,
Will long have made my body clay;
But while I go I think of thee.
Wilt thou not let my fainting eye
Rest on thy face before I die?"
Then wild her shrieks rung through the hall,
Arousing guests, spectators all.
And madly rushing through the streets,
She swiftly neared the water-side.
Escaping all the friends she meets,
Who know that She's Villani's bride.
She wrings her hands and sobs that he
She loves should die so mournfully.
Just now she thought she heard a groan,
A smothered sigh, and then a moan
Beneath those sheltering lime-trees there.
Softly she steals, and lists again;
She breathes to heaven another prayer,
And quickly, wildly rushing then
Beholds her lover, lonely dying,
Beside the lime-trees sadly lying.
"Nello Mio!" she whispers now,
As with her tears she bathes his brow,70Too late I know the human heart
Is master of the human will.
Ambition's all-consuming spark
Will ne'er tender passions kill.
O love! my art has slowly died
Since I refused to be thy bride.
"'Twas thou who woke my Muse at will,
'Twas thou who could the tempests still.
With thee I would have touched the skies.
My pinions into fancy soar;
Inspired by those, thy love-lit eyes,
Imaginations realms explore.
But no! my soul on flattery fed,
My genius fades, and now is dead."
"Weep not, Ninna mia," he cries.
He moans again, and sadly sighs.
'Twas destined that our paths should stray
Dear heart, such are the things of life.
We'll meet within a brighter day,
Where there is neither woe nor strife.
Farewell! my spirit wings its flight,
Borne up by thine orb's softest light."
"Nello! I cannot see thee go
From out this life of mine, no, no!71Death sure, will likewise come to me;
This torture cannot longer last,
My spirit soon Shall follow thee.
The plague its fetters o'er me cast.
I die: my soul is borne with thee,
To the boundless sphere of eternity."

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I scoop my wimpy arms forward and kick my scrawny feet. My torso twists unnecessarily with each stroke as I try and get back to shore. My swimming technique is not, nor ever was, that great. I am tiring out. Breathe, stroke. Breathe, stroke. A wave crashes over me and I am sucked under without warning. My mouth fills with nasty salt water. I kick like a frog, my hands pawing for the sky through the water. I barely emerge when another wave crashes over me, sending me further down. It feels like a lifetime before I finally surface. My eyes sting from the saltwater. I have turned completely around and lost sight of the shore. I see the next wave coming at me in time to take a deep breath and duck under before getting completely annihilated. Each wave wants to carry me out to sea, out into the great Pacific. I resist the succession of insistent waves with every cell in my ten-year-old 70 pound body. It's going to take all the will and strength I've needed since birth to get back to shore.
I'm stuck in the undertow. Where's my family on the beach? We don't have an umbrella. I have drifted far away from the pile of towels my sisters Leslie, Gwen, Melissa and I parked near the middle lifeguard tower. I feel my body pulling further out to sea. I remember to focus and swim with purpose, like they taught us in swimming lessons in our neighbor's pool. I try not to panic. I remember to not resist the current too much so as not to wear out. It's better to come in further away than to tire out. I have to get back. I breathe, stroke and kick some more.
It's the summer of my 10th year between fourth and fifth grade. My parents are divorcing. My Mom has rented a beach house in Corona Del Mar for us to live in while our childhood home goes on the market. Even though our mom told us this was happening I assume it won't sell and we will be moving back. We had a yard sale. I went through my toys. I made very adult decisions about what I could stand to get rid of, like the metal play stove and the stuffed toy skunk, whereas my Jennifer doll with the mohawk I was keeping. I got that we were moving, but my ten year old brain didn't really get the forever part.
I loved our house. Even as a young kid I knew how cool our Eichler house was. Designed by famed mid-century modern architect A.Quincy Jones, the Eichler house we lived in was at the forefront of a trend towards affordable modern tract housing. The ethics of mid-century modern were to bring the outside in and the inside out. Our house had a carport with a big round doorknob leading into the atrium, so when you came inside you were still outside. Inside there were high beam ceilings, large pane glass windows and a pebble walkway that looked like a riverbed. My dad's abstract paintings lined the gorgeous wood paneled walls. My mom sewed all our school clothes in her sewing room with the skylight. This was the perfect home for an art professor and his family.
Though my mother graduated top of her class at Parsons and designed for Lanz of California my dad put his foot down that he would be the only artist in the family. Being an art professor's wife wasn't as ideal as one would think. He had one affair too many and my mom decided she was done. She took up with another dad down the street from us and to avoid neighborhood gossip moved us out of the Eichler tract. It was not as common then to divorce, let alone live with someone unmarried. To soften the blow she moved us to the beach for the summer.
Being near the beach was a pretty fun distraction. On a daily basis my sisters Leslie, Gwen, Melissa and I traipse down the hill with our towels and snacks to set up camp at Corona Del Mar, the crown of the sea. We run barefoot on the jetty. We count letters in the skywriting. We swim and get sunburned.
The parents are never there. This was the 70's. Kids weren't supervised the way they are now. Jaws hadn't come out yet. Child abduction wasn't really a thing. We were pretty fearless.
We pay attention to the flags on the lifeguard stand. Green means all is safe, red means don't go in the water, yellow with a black dot means dangerous undertow. Today the green flag is up. I go in the ocean with my sister Leslie. I find myself getting pulled away from the shore. Leslie's no where in sight. The tide keeps pulling me. I'm really far out, near the bouys. The resistance of the tide is seductive. The desire to let go and float out is strong. Will I run into a ferry boat and be rescued? Will I end up on the news? I have to keep pushing. I have to get back.
Five summers of swimming lessons haven't prepared me for this. The hardest part of those lessons was battling my own low self-esteem. I knew I would never be a great swimmer. The kids called me toothpick. Sports were always a challenge.
Where is the lifeguard? Do they even know I'm gone? I can barely feel my own body in the cold water. I have to stay alive.
The shore is within reach. I am crushed by a wave and can barely make it back up, but thankfully after one more swell my feet touch the bottom. I limp onto the shore. I barely manage to stagger all the way down the beach to my sisters. I plop down face first on my orange towel.
Melissa and Gwen are really excited to tell me that Leslie was saved by the life guard. "Where were you?" Leslie asks. I want to scream "Why didn't you tell the life guard to come out and get me?! Why didn't you look out for me?! Aren't you supposed to be my older sister?! I was battling the waves! I could have died!!"
All I can muster is "I got caught in the undertow. They had the wrong flag up." I would have cried quietly into my towel, but I didn't have the energy.
We find out soon after that we are moving into a rental on Balboa Island for the school year. Making new friends doesn't sound fun, but we don't have a choice.
My mom was following the path of least resistance by starting over fresh. She was up against an insidious undertow of sexism. Rather than having her kids subjected to ridicule and shame because she decided to live with her boyfriend, she moved on. As an adult I get that she did what she had to do, but as a child I was confused. That next year on Balboa Island I went sleep walking every night, trying to get out the front door. I guess I just wanted to get back home to the Eichler house.
All my life I have been trying to get back home to that Eichler house. For example, I have an obsession with mid-century modern design. I compulsively collect glazed lamps, hairpin-leg tables and naugahyde couches. These things aren't home, of course, but they remind me of a happy time when my life was innocent and unformed, when my parents were still together, when my sisters and I had room to laugh and play. We only lived in that house for seven years. I'd buy an Eichler now but they're out of my reach. It's time to move on.
The tempatation is always there to float out to sea on a current of dreams and avoid reality. I need to find ways to stay grounded. Life can be difficult. We all need to find our way home. I know home doesn't have to be a mid-century modern house; it can simply be time spent with loved ones, hanging out with my cats, or hiking in the hills. Home can mean being active in the community, making small changes against social injustice, or just helping someone in need.
Like that day in the ocean resisting the forceful undertow, whatever life throws at me I hope always to have the strength to get back home to my warm towel on the beach.
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How is your week so far?Mine is super duper awesome as per usual.
Now if this fabric doesn't look familiar to you then you definitely missed out on THIS post that I did a while back on how it plays out with orange and gold.Be sure to check it out.
Nevertheless, this is my last gold themed post in this series.I got this fabric on a work trip to Dar Es Salaam, pat of which I documented HERE, and the best part yet is that it cost me slightly more than half of what it would cost in Kenya.Quite a steal, huh?
So I then had a tailor sew it into a maxi halter neck dress with a knee high slit on the left side of the front part.He artistically added an elastic band on the neck making it very malleable just in case you're pulling your 'big hair don't care' look.I have shared his contacts and the other outfit details below.
Finally beautiful people, I am curious about which of the four looks makes your favorite.I will share mine on my Instagram page, which if you haven't followed, please do so and I'll follow right back.
Till next time, have yourselves a lovely weekend and see you in the next post!
Outfit deets
Dress: Tailored 0713393824
Shoes: Here
Jewellery: A stall at Zion Mall Eldoret(can't recall the name)


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Police have arrested and charged African American 18-year-old Alonzo Brown for a November 28 robbery that began by walking up behind a mother and kicking her to the ground while she carried her baby.
According to 6 ABC, a surveillance video of the attack shows the 24-year-old mother–Odila Orozco–walk by Brown. Once she passes him Brown turns, runs up behind her, and kicks her to the ground. Orozco was knocked on top her 2-month-old baby.
Brown said he did not realize Orozco was carrying a baby until after he attacked her, and he is "sorry." But Orozco says she will not accept his apology. She says "Brown is a criminal who needs to pay for what he did."
Brown faces charges that include "robbery, attempted robbery, assault, and [acting] in a manner injurious to a child."
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The Kauffman Foundation, a private, nonpartisan organization that works to advance entrepreneurship in the U.S., has secured an ad spot during the Super Bowl in major television markets like New York, Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Kansas City, where the foundation is based.
The ad is a 30-second PSA to promote the idea of entrepreneurship, asking the question, "Will it be you?" "We feel the 'Will it be you?' commercial is an effective way for the Kauffman Foundation to reach a larger and more diverse audience with our message and to spur individuals to check out the helpful resources that are available to entrepreneurs," Wendy Guillies, a spokeswoman for Kauffman, told The Huffington Post.
The ad was created in Kauffman's signature Sketchbook style, showing the growth of an idea into a business plan. The ad ends with a call to action to visit a landing site that will be live next week, willitbeyou.com, where aspiring entrepreneurs will find resources to help develop their plans. "Ultimately, we hope to inspire people to consider entrepreneurship as a way to take charge of their own destiny and encourage them to take the first step," Guillies said.
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It's day 5 already of my 24 day Christmas cooking marathon. Where has the time gone? I'm continuing in the tradition of sweets to have on hand for the holidays, with this quick and easy Chocolate Peppermint Fudge recipe. I always have fond memories of my Mom making chocolate and peanut butter fudge during the holidays. Only she made the real thing and spent countless hours on it. Of course with 6 children, none of it lasted very long in our house. Normally, we weren't even allowed to have sweets, so fudge was always an extra special treat.
This easy version of Chocolate Peppermint Fudge is a far cry from old-fashioned fudge and will only take you a few minutes to prepare. It also only calls for 3 ingredients which are: Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, 1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk and Peppermint Candies.
To begin, line an 8 inch square pan with aluminum foil and spray the surface with non-stick cooking spray or lightly butter it. Be sure you have enough foil to use as handles sticking up on each side to lift the fudge out.
Combine the chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk in the top of a double boiler over medium heat. Stir until melted which should take about 7 minutes or so.
Just as soon as your mixture is smooth and creamy, pour into your prepared pan, smooth the top and sprinkle with crushed peppermint candies. Lightly press the crushed candies in.
Refrigerate for 2 hours, then remove the fudge from your pan using the aluminum foil to lift it out. Cut into squares and enjoy!
Did you enjoy this Chocolate Peppermint Fudge recipe? Let me know in the comments and don't forget to share with friends and family.
- Line an 8 inch square pan with aluminum foil and lightly spay with cooking spray or grease with butter. Make sure you leave enough foil on each side to life the fudge out when cool.
- In the top of a double-boiler over medium heat heat up the chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk. Stir until melted and creamy which should take about 7 minutes or so.
- Immediately pour chocolate mixture into your prepared pan and smooth out the top.
- Sprinkle with crushed peppermint candies and lightly press in.
- Cool in the refrigerator for about 2 hours and remove from pan using your foil handles. Cut into squares and enjoy!


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5 Must-Read Real Estate Articles of The Past Week
There are so many real estate articles out there — and so little time! For busy investors looking to take a quick reading break, look no further than our list of recommended reading for the week. From advice and investment tips to market reviews, we're highlighting the stuff that's really worth your time.
So sit back, and take a break. These were the 5 Must-Read Real Estate Articles of The Past Week:
Real estate today: Older buyers, more bathrooms
By Heather Long via CNN Money
After years of flunking, the American housing market finally merits a B+ grade. Good news abounds: In August, new home sales are at their highest level since 2008. Homebuilder confidence is back to its best level in a decade and even mortgage applications are climbing again. And data released Tuesday shows construction crews are starting on homes at the fastest pace since the recession. Put all that together and the housing market is finally starting to be a real boost to the U.S. economy — and stock market — instead of a drag. But today's real estate market is a very different place than before the recession. American home buyers are getting older and homes are getting bigger.
By Brandon Turner via Entrepreneur
Real estate is funny. Historically, it's been one of the best ways to build wealth, yet it scares the pants off most people. Everyone has an uncle or cousin who "lost big" in one of the real-estate crashes, yet admit it: A part of you still wants to invest. The truth is, real estate can definitely be dangerous. However, with proper education, patience and a little bit of luck, big wealth can be made through real-estate investing. Oh, and one more thing helps: location. Some areas naturally do better. That's why we at BiggerPockets.com recently put our heads down in data for months to develop an algorithm that looks at all the major markets in America in an attempt to determine what the best and worst locations have been recently for real-estate investors. We call this "The BiggerPockets Real Estate Investment Market Index."
The Realities of the Real Estate Technology Sprawl
By Ben Zimmer via TechCrunch
The Federal Reserve values U.S. real estate at an estimated $40 trillion, making it the largest asset class in the country. So it shouldn't surprise us that, as TechCrunch recently reported, in the last quarter of 2014, venture funding of real estate tech firms reached nearly $300 million. Venture capital firms that back the likes of Uber, Instagram and Buzzfeed are pouring money into rising tech startups. Residential listing and brokerage app Compass (formerly known as Urban Compass) was recently valued at $800 million and has lured top talent from tech giants like Google and Twitter. Redfin reinvented real estate brokerage by combining advanced technology with full-service brokers and raised $71 million in their latest round.
What the $5 billion Stuyvesant Town deal says about the real estate market
By Stephen Gandel via Fortune
On Tuesday, New York City announced that Stuyvesant Town was being sold for $5.3 billion. The new owners will be private equity firm Blackstone BX 1.53% and a Canadian real estate fund Ivanhoe Cambridge. Ownership of the 80-acre apartment complex had been in limbo since 2010, after previous owners real estate developer Tishman Speyer and asset management firm Blackrock, which had bought the complex in a record setting $5.4 billion deal in 2006, defaulted on a loan and ended up in foreclosure. Here's what the latest sale of the mega property says about not only about real estate prices in New York, but also about the market for real estate deals in general.
Existing U.S. Home Sales Rise to Second-Highest Since 2007
By Victoria Stilwell via Bloomberg
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes rebounded in September to the second-highest level since February 2007, the latest sign that the recovery in residential real estate will support growth in the world's largest economy. Closings on existing homes, which usually occur a month or two after a contract is signed, climbed 4.7 percent to a 5.55 million annualized rate, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday. The increase was entirely due to a jump in purchases of single-family dwellings. Higher property values and improved job security are helping persuade more Americans to trade up and relocate, providing a source of support for the economy amid a global slowdown. Faster new-home construction that brings additional housing supply to the market is needed to lure first-time buyers and provide a further boost to the industry.
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A statue, a bench or something else we can see up ahead along our path draws us forward. What about something we can't see? It turns out that mystery, properly displayed, is a prime human motivator, especially when we are on a leisurely stroll.
Mysteries offer invitations to explore, invitations that we adore.
Rachel and Stephen Kaplan, environmental psychologists who've studied human landscape preferences for decades, explain that exploration satisfies our basic need to understand our environment as a matter of survival and as fodder for our oversized brain and its need to know things.
Exploring itself takes two broad forms: Either traveling to some farther, as yet unknown place or examining something nearby in greater detail. I'll characterize these two approaches as extensive exploration and intensive exploration.
Intensive exploration is prompted, and satisfied, by complex things that can be examined from a path. Almost any natural object qualifies because almost all natural things are fractal, and fractals offer new details at every scale of closeness.
In a similar way, much of the detailed artistry of Japanese landscapes and Chinese scholar gardens rewards this kind of exploration. Even manmade borders, such as historic city street edges, provide nearby opportunities to explore finely wrought facades and their details.
By contrast, the smooth Euclidian geometry of most recently machined objects, especially of expansive, blank modern building walls, repel up-close exploration so much that they actually deter nearby walking.
As for extensive exploration, Appleton takes our love for new information to its logical conclusion; we are most attracted, he argues, to places that promise the most new information. These places include sudden shifts along a route, such as where field meets woods, or where a sidewalk exits a plaza.
Appleton thinks the most prized destinations are far viewing points―a tower or hill on a far horizon, from which places the greatest amount of scenery farther on will be visible. He calls these especially attractive places for further exploration secondary vantage points.
The thing that all these farther viewpoints have in common is that they occur in concave spaces, that is, spaces that contain a bend, which hides part of the space around a corner or over a horizon.
The moment a bordering wall angles outward or the path's treadway bends downward, some part of the path corridor becomes hidden from some viewing point. The edge that juts into the view is known as the casting edge. From that point outward projects a sightline that demarks the limit of what the walker can see, known as the occluded boundary.
Because things behind that limiting sightline remain hidden, it is also known as a lurk line. The view across such a bend might also be known as the exploration line, since it invites moving forward to see what lies hidden. Appleton called such a corner "a deflected vista [that] arouses curiosity and stimulates anticipation."
We move forward, however, only if the likely value of what will be revealed warrants the effort of reaching it and exceeds our expected exposure to danger. If the distance is around a short curve in the path, we sense little risk but great interest. If, by contrast, we are aiming for a tower on the horizon, we sense greater reward but also greater risk—from vantage points like that we ourselves can be easily seen. And what of the route in between?
Context― a deep, dark forest, a dumpster-filled alley ―can augment our fears. Still, the context that makes us worry can be converted into a place of enticing mystery by good design, as by as by a sun-dappled path to the dense forest or by hiding the dumpsters and adding lights, trees, and windows to the alley.
Overall, research has found we will explore landscapes that can be read (to avoid getting lost), allow views to the sides (to avoid hidden threats), and grant physical access ahead (to avoid entrapment).
"As a concrete example," researcher Thomas Herzog wrote, "gently curving paths with plenty of visibility in the bordering areas and a smooth ground texture throughout would satisfy most of these criteria."


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The silver mines of Tonopah were financed in large part by San Francisco investors. So when the ground tried to shake the life out of San Francisco on April 18, 1906, it was largely Tonopah silver mines that financed the city's reconstruction.
A story by Mark Waite in the April 28, 2006 edition of the Pahrump Valley Times outlines the vital role Tonopah played in San Francisco's reconstruction.
"A lot of the high financiers from San Francisco had part ownership in a number of the different mining companies here. So a lot of Tonopah silver was sold to help reconstruct there because Tonopah was pretty tied into the San Francisco stock exchange at the time. (There) was a lot of investment from San Francisco. The mines here were able to use their dividends to reconstruct," said Shawn Hall, curator/manager of the Tonopah Historic Mining Park.
"It was right during the biggest of the boom years," Hall said about the timing of the quake. "That's what financed the reconstruction of San Francisco primarily was the Tonopah mines."
It is the first, but hardly the last, example of the major role Tonopah has played in the story of America since Tonopah's founding in 1900. Watch this space for other tales of Tonopah.
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I know that "Thank God it's Friday' is usually said in absence of any kind of thankfulness towards the Almighty, but I'd like to do my bit to remedy that.
Today I'm thankful for too many things to choose just one. We had our 15th wedding anniversary this week. Thankful for being married to such a wonderful husband. My parents-in-law are both spending the weekend home at their own house for the first time in over two months and my mother-in-law's health is continuing to slowly improve. My friend's difficult pregnancy has stabilized somewhat and the prospects are becoming more hopeful by the day. I spent all day today studying for my new job and remembered that I love my work and God is so good to give me more of it to do. And I have friends coming over to play Settlers of Catan tonight.
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CHICAGO --Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is back home after spending last week at the Olympics. Daley was part of a Chicago contingent that went to Beijing to try to win support from international sports officials for the city's 2016 Summer Games bid.
While he was in China, Daley was also on the lookout for tips that might help strengthen Chicago's bid. What he saw included Beijing's subway and Olympic venues.
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Indiana offers some probate shortcuts for "small estates." These procedures make it easier for survivors to transfer property left by a person who has died. You may be able to transfer a large amount of property using simplified probate procedures or without any probate court proceedings at all -- by using an affidavit. And that saves time, money, and hassle.
Here are the ways you can skip or speed up probate. (If the affidavit procedure is used, there's no need to use the simplified probate procedure.)
Indiana has a procedure that allows inheritors to skip probate altogether when the value of all the assets left behind is less than a certain amount. All an inheritor has to do is prepare a short document, stating that he or she is entitled to a certain asset. This document, signed under oath, is called an affidavit. When the person or institution holding the property -- for example, a bank where the deceased person had an account -- gets the affidavit and a copy of the death certificate, it releases the asset. An affidavit can't be used to transfer real estate.
The out-of-court affidavit procedure is available in Indiana if the value of the gross probate estate, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed $50,000. There is a 45-day waiting period. Ind. Code § 29-1-8-1.
Indiana also has a simplified probate process for small estates. If the value of property subject to probate does not exceed $50,000 plus the costs of administration and reasonable funeral expenses, the personal representative can distribute all the assets to the people who are entitled to inherit them. The personal representative does not have to notify creditors before distributing the assets.
After the assets have been given to the inheritors, the personal representative files a closing statement with the court and sends a copy to everyone who inherited and to all creditors of the estate. The personal representative must also give inheritors an accounting of how the assets were distributed. If real estate was transferred, an affidavit should be filed with the county recorder's office in the county where the real estate is situated and also filed with the closing statement. Ind. Code Ann. § § 29-1-8-3 and following.
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This really resonated with me. The way Chase talks about finding your calling is something I completely agree with. I've been giving this a lot of thought myself, and I'm looking forward to finding that "focus factor" he's talking about. The area that sums up my interests and skills, and defines my trajectory in life.
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No. 20 Notre Dame at No. 12 North Carolina
When: 1 p.m. Sunday
Where: Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro
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North Carolina (20-4, 8-2 ACC)
G Joel Berry 15 ppg, 3.9 apg
G Kenny Williams 6.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg
F Justin Jackson 18.7 ppg, 4.8 rpg
F Isaiah Hicks 12.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg
F Kennedy Meeks 12.6 ppg, 9.5 rpg
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F V.J. Beachem 14.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg
F Bonzie Colson 15.6 ppg, 10.6 rpg
F Martinas Geben 3.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg
▪ Another Notre Dame game, another match-up challenge.
It has usually been the same story since Notre Dame entered the ACC in 2013: The Tar Heels' interior size against the Fighting Irish's quickness and versatility across its lineup. Zach Auguste in recent seasons provided Notre Dame with a formidable post presence but even those teams liked to the spread the court, forcing UNC's post players to defend the perimeter. With Auguste gone, that will be even more of a challenge on Saturday. The 6-8 V.J. Beachem and the 6-5 Bonzie Colson, who is averaging a double-double, will challenge UNC's frontcourt like it has rarely been challenged this season. Colson, for what he lacks in height, is among the most menancing rebounders in the country. UNC will have a size advantage on offense, but Kennedy Meeks and Isaiah Hicks have to avoid foul trouble.
▪ Scouting Notre Dame: After that 5-0 start in the ACC, the Fighting Irish have lost four of their past five games, though two of those defeats (against Florida State and Georgia Tech) came by a combined five points. This is a difficult team to match up against because of the aforementioned characteristics, and especially because of Colson, who plays a lot bigger than his height. Notre Dame coach Mike Brey told reporters earlier this week that he'd consider altering his starting lineup by removing Martinas Geben, who has been the team's least effective starter. Notre Dame, loser of three consecutive games, could use a spark. UNC has a clear statistical edge in rebounding, and Notre Dame (despite Colson's contributions) hasn't been an especially strong rebounding team on either end. If you're interested in weird stats, here's one: Notre Dame has made 80.5 percent of its free throws, which ranks second nationally. Meanwhile, opponents have made 76.1 percent of their free throws against Notre Dame, and that's also the second-best success rate against any team.
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Assistant Coach Bryan Prince, sophomore Arden Pabst and junior Grant Wruble preview Tech's depth at catcher in this segment of DIGGIN' IN.
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Hey Friends,
It's been a long time since I've regularly posted here and I'll admit that I've been trying to find my bearings since we moved to Texas in January. I've gotten really into Noonday Collection which has been an amazing support system, outlet for creativity and fundraising opportunity. So that's good. I've also been really busy trying to get all of our adoption paperwork up to date with our new agencies. And then there's the whole buying of a an older house (another fixer-upper, I know, I know…) and all that comes with that.
All that to say, I guess I feel like I'm finally finding my footing. Now that the dust is settling, I'm realizing how much I really miss writing. It's such a great outlet for me, even if no one is really reading. Here's the weird thing though, I haven't been contributing new content but yet my reader numbers are still staying pretty high. This makes no sense but it does encourage me. I know, I totally just said that I don't care if people read this but that's obviously a lie. I care because it's a way to connect, a way to learn, and a way to inspire others. I guess what I mean is, I'm not going to base my value on how many people read my blog.
On that note, I do plan to contribute more regularly with what's been going on in my world and the world at large. What I really want to have also is more of what's going on in YOUR world. I want this to be a place for many voices to be heard. Even voices that might seem to conflict with one another. This should be a safe place for ideas to be shared and explored. If you are interested in sharing about your experience with God, Social Issues, Parenting, Crunchiness and/or Adoption, I want to hear about it. We all do. Please post your ideas in the comments or email me directly.
Lastly, and mostly, I want to thank you for your loyalty. You've been an amazing community and support, even when you don't agree with me. I appreciate you sticking around.
Take Care and Talk to You Soon,
Oh, and here's what we've been up to!
There's also been lot's of work around the house to make it more into our home. That'll be another post for another time.
Take care!


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- 2 lbs. Washington Fingerling potatoes
- 1/2 lb. butter, softened
- 1 cup heavy cream, heated
- Kosher salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon minced chives
- Scrub potatoes with vegetable brush under cold running water. Place potatoes in large saucepan and add cold water to cover completely. Heat to boiling, and then reduce heat to simmer.
- Cover and cook until tender about 10 to 15 minutes. Drain. Press through a food mill or ricer into large bowl. Stir in butter, cream and salt and pepper to taste. Spoon into serving dish and sprinkle with chives.
Recipe Notes
Nutritional Analysis per serving: 515 calories, 3.4 g protein, 25 g carbohydrates, 45 g fat (78% of calories from fat), 136 mg cholesterol, 4 g fiber, 240 mg sodium.
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The crossroad of technology and service is not new. Depending on how long you've been in the industry, you've seen how much POS systems began to change in the 1970s or how the internet revolutionized the speed of everything in the 1990s. Technology plays a key role in how we do business every single day. Not only does it impact internal processes and systems, but technology also changes the mind and expectation of the customer. This is where we as operators come in. Bringing exceptional technology in to meet and exceed expectations and thus improving customer service.
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BOSTON — Brian Cashman believes adding Martin Prado and Stephen Drew on Thursday made the Yankees a better team than they were Wednesday.
"But time will tell,'' the general manager said Friday before the Yankees opened a three-game series against the cellar-dwelling and re-tooled Red Sox at Fenway Park.
Time always tells, but time is a commodity of which the Yankees don't have a lot remaining in their quest to avoid a second consecutive dark October, since there are two months left to the season.
Drew, who started at second base, and Prado who entered as a pinch-hitter and then played right field, couldn't help the Yankees avoid losing, 4-3, in front of 37,782 visitors to New England's living room.
It was the Yankees' fifth loss in six games and dropped the visitors to six lengths back of the AL East-leading Orioles. It's the biggest gap since they were 6 ½ out on June 9.
Drew, a shortstop, started at second and went 0-for-4. Prado was hitless in two at-bats.
"I believe the offense is capable of doing a lot more,'' Joe Girardi said of a lineup that had six hits and went 2-for-9 with runners in scoring position. "We are capable of doing more.''
If that's true the Yankees had better hurry because time is not only telling, it's running out and the four-month track record isn't good.
"We hit some balls hard right at people,'' said Brett Gardner, whose sizzling liner at second baseman Dustin Pedroia turned into a double play in the fifth. "It wasn't our day. It came down to that.''
Off the bat, Jacoby Ellsbury believed his eighth-inning drive toward the triangle in center had a chance to be an inside-the-park homer that would have tied the score, 4-4.
"The worst case it was a triple. The best case was an inside-the-parker if it hits off his glove or kicks off the wall,'' said Ellsbury, who watched Mookie Betts make a back-to-the-infield lunging catch. "They were playing me deep, no doubles.''
In his second Yankees start, Chris Capuano allowed four runs and eight hits in 6 ¹/₃ innings and is 0-1 in pinstripes.
Anthony Ranaudo, a Freehold, N.J., native who went to St. Rose High School in Belmar, N.J., impressed in his major league debut and was the winner.
Pitching in the departed John Lackey's spot, the 6-foot-7, 230-pound right-hander limited the Yankees to two runs and four hits in six frames. The Red Sox's first-round pick (39th overall) in 2010 left in position to win, turning a 3-2 lead over to lefty Tommy Layne.
Carlos Beltran drove in both runs off Ranaudo. He homered in the fourth and singled in Ellsbury from second in the sixth.
Derek Jeter's leadoff homer in the eighth off Junichi Tazawa cut the deficit to 4-3 before Betts' sensational play on Ellsbury.
Coupled with Beltran's homer, it was the seventh straight game in which the Yankees had homered twice. Jeter went 1-for-4, and with 3,423 hits is seven shy of Honus Wagner, who is sixth on the all-time hit list.
Capuano gave up two runs in the third and another in the fourth to put the Yankees in an early hole, but he said the leadoff single to Betts in the seventh was the difference.
"Betts is a good young player and he put a good at-bat on me, that's the difference in the game,'' Capuano said. "Have to keep him off base.''
Brock Holt bunted Betts to second and Shawn Kelley gave up an RBI single to Pedroia that was the difference.
Cashman says time will tell. Girardi believes the hitters will eventually hit. That might be true, but time is running out.


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20 Wild 'Harry Potter' Facts Even Diehard Fans Will Go 'WTF' Over
Happy 20th anniversary, Harry Potter! June 26th marks the milestone anniversary of the release of 'Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone'. If you've been in love with the Boy Who Lived for the last two decades, let's see how much you know about him and the Wizarding World!
Do you remember June 26th, 1997, aka the day that Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone was released? Then congratulations — you're old! I kid, I kid … especially since I'm right there with you! I was exactly 11 years old when J.K. Rowling released the first book in the Harry Potter franchise, making me the prime age to read the book and be simultaneously jealous I couldn't go to Hogwarts. (FYI, still bitter.) But the story that Jo created in the late nineties grew into seven books, eight movies, a theatrical production, and a fabulous website called Pottermore dedicated to expanding the universe with special backstories and profiles on beloved characters and wizarding history. So, on this the book's 20th anniversary, I thought I'd share some tidbits you may not know about the boy wizard, his friends and the magical world — even if you're a diehard Muggle fan!
Yes, if you click through our gallery above, you're going to have some knowledge dropped on you. I've got the facts on how there are actually TWO Harry Potters, the strange connection Michael Jackson has to the series, and the Hogwarts teacher who legit has a drinking problem — and that's just the first three slides! Get into it, and you'll learn all kinds of things you never knew about Harry, Ron, Hermione, and even Jo herself (Hint: She almost played a vital acting role in the movies!) If you're mind isn't blown by this, I'm just going to be shocked!
But seriously though, it's a great time to be alive and Potter fan! J.K has finished the script for the next Fantastic Beasts movie! Jude Law is Dumbledore! Emma Watson is Belle! Neville Longbottom is HOT! What more could you ask for?!
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New programs spell loyalty with silent 'you'
In 2006, Time magazine added a twist to its annual "Person of the Year" cover story, replacing the usual picture of some prominent individual with a picture of a glossy computer screen to show that social networking had made "you" the person of the year. Now, the idea that it's all about "you" has percolated into retail.
It appears that 2012 has become the year of the loyalty card. And while loyalty cards are nothing new in this industry — CVS introduced ExtraCare in 2001 — there appears to be a growing interest among retailers eager to understand how their best shoppers use their stores, what they buy and how often, and how to use that information to get them to shop more often and spend more when they do.
Rite Aid's Wellness+ program has been a lifesaver for the Camp Hill, Pa.-based chain, with its 52 million members consistently showing greater basket rings than nonmembers. ExtraCare now boasts more than 69 million members, with about 67% of all transactions coming through the program — and importantly, according to company research, ExtraCare members buy 85% more items per trip than nonmembers.
"While pharmacy retailers have a tremendous understanding of their customer's Rx regimen, many are realizing the value of understanding their customers' front-end purchase behavior as it relates to their total health and wellness," Catalina Marketing SVP brand development Sharon Glass told Drug Store News. "There is also increased competitive pressure in the market to capture more of a consumer's trips."
Safeway in July made its Just For U program available across all divisions. "Registration is on track," Steve Burd, Safeway chairman and CEO, told analysts during a July 19 conference call. So far, Safeway has managed to enroll about 70% of its customers into the program in markets where it has been available. "The conversion to regular use is running 20% greater to what we initially anticipated," Burd said. "The incremental spend for that casual user is more than 50% more than anticipated."
Safeway expects 35% of its business will come from Just for U members this year, growing to 65% to 70% over the next three years. Just for U includes a mobile app that significantly enhances participation, Burd said, with the program's mobile users engaging 50% more often than desktop users.
Burd told analysts he expects more of his competitors will launch programs of their own in the months ahead. One of them will be Walgreens, as anticipation continues to build in advance of the launch of its program, expected sometime this fall. While it has been in the works long before the June announcement of the Alliance Boots deal, the Walgreens program will benefit from the learnings of Boots' loyalty program, the largest in the United Kingdom.
So why are retailers suddenly embracing the programs? Again, it's all about "you." "They're enabling shoppers to interact with retailers on a more personal level, in a sense that they receive communications from a retailer based on their shopping and buying behavior," Nielsen SVP consumer and shopper insights Todd Hale told DSN. Retailers can use the data they collect to create segments, such as top spenders versus light spenders and people who spend on different categories of products, engaging customers in a "micro" fashion.
It also creates the potential for personalized pricing, as Safeway's program is doing. This, Kantar Retail chief knowledge officer Bryan Gildenberg told DSN, can help curb competitors who might try to one-up a retailer on pricing by looking at the prices on the shelves. "Over the next few years, more of the best shoppers at the retailers … that have loyalty cards will be getting a menu of prices that are outside the public domain, and that pricing may become a private conversation between retailers and their best shoppers," Gildenberg said.
But it's not just about "price messaging," Gildenberg explained. "There's a whole host of personalized marketing that you can do. You can communicate to shoppers around particular seasons; you can remind shoppers that they bought 90 days worth of vitamins 89 days ago, and they're about to run out."
Notwithstanding possible concerns about privacy, Gildenberg said that pharmacy retailers also could create special opt-in programs for customers with special health needs, like diabetics. Last September, Rite Aid rolled out the first major expansion of its Wellness+ program, Wellness+ for Diabetes.
Loyalty programs aren't limited to just the big chains. Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy, the Boulder, Colo.-based chain that operates 24 stores in the West, has found success with its Feel Better Rewards program, including a 50% increase in the percentage of customers cross-shopping between pharmacy and the rest of the store and an increase of 10% to 15% in per-member spending. Pharmaca president and CEO Mark Panzer attributes this to its ability to approach on a customer-by-customer basis instead of simply putting out a circular that tries to grab for anyone the chain can. "It allows you to be more micro than macro in your approach to setting marketing goals," Panzer told DSN.
New DR store 'ups' up market
NEW YORK — Duane Reade has further developed its leading edge "up market" store concept with the recent opening of its second flagship store in Manhattan's Financial District. Located in the stately American Surety building at 100 Broadway, the 22,000-sq.-ft. store fits the rich history of the area while incorporating some of the most innovative ideas seen today in retail pharmacy.
This impressive location, which features a Walgreens bridge pharmacy — now in all 253 Duane Reade stores — caters to a mix of local workers and tourists. While the store may not feature many of the beauty-oriented services offered at 40 Wall St., it does offer several new additions in food, including a gourmet salad bar, full-time coffee barista and self-serve hot soups. The store also hosts a museum-like exhibit that pays homage to the many victory parades that have passed before it through Manhattan's historic "Canyon of Heroes" section of lower Broadway.
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Clampdown on the Rx gray market: Striking a balance amid drug shortages
How can Congress plug the leaks in the pharmaceutical supply chain and dry up the stream of gray market drugs without making the current drug shortage even worse? And can federal regulators shut down gray market profiteers without limiting "the ability of pharmacies to take care of their patients?"
That was the challenge posed by John Coster, SVP government affairs for the National Community Pharmacists Association, in testimony on July 25 before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. The NCPA, like other pharmacy groups, supports a federal clampdown on unscrupulous "shell pharmacies … that seem to have been established for the sole purpose of buying medications in short supply from primary wholesalers in order to sell them to seemingly unethical secondary wholesalers," in Coster's words. But he urged Congress not to apply a regulatory sledge hammer to the problem.
"Pharmacies should … be allowed to continue selling pharmaceutical products to other pharmacies, because it helps to alleviate temporary shortages, especially in rural areas where daily wholesaler deliveries may be more sporadic," Coster told the committee. And pharmacies serving every channel, including community drug stores and hospitals, should be free to use secondary wholesalers "as alternatives to ensure their inventory remains properly stocked," he warned.
Coster noted that the prescription drug shortages plaguing the nation's health system "have been most acute at hospitals with relation to injectable and infusion drugs." The gray market purveyors skillfully are playing into those shortages, and in some cases, are holding hospitals hostage by exploiting their devotion to their primary mission: To put patients' wellbeing and treatment priorities above all other considerations.
"Even within a budget, patient care trumps budgets," one pharmacy administrator for a hospital group in the upper Midwest told me. Another pharmacy manager at the same health system told me that the direct costs of having to use alternate suppliers for some scarce medicines range from $25,000 to $50,000 or more a month.
Another hospital pharmacy leader for a health system on the West Coast told me that the shortage has made gray market suppliers "very tempting because of clinical needs," but adds that she avoids that alternative supply channel. What stops her, she said, are concerns over a gray market drug's pedigree and the fact that those products are sometimes "five times more than we normally pay."
The drug supply crunch is particularly serious for sterile injectables and infused medicines in such treatment areas as "pain medication, anesthesia, cancer care, emergency care — all the drugs related to surgeries," said Roslyne Schulman, director of policy for the American Hospital Association. The AHA polled more than 800 hospitals last year and found that virtually all of them were affected by one or more drug shortages in the first half of 2011, and that 82% of hospitals had "delayed patient treatment as a result of a drug shortage." Schulman called that finding "stunning" and "record-breaking."
What's more, "The vast majority of all types of hospitals reported increased drug costs as a result of drug shortages," AHA reports, as they've resorted to buying more expensive alternative drugs from secondary sources.
As Drug Store News senior editor Mike Johnsen reports, the sellers can jack up the prices of drugs in critically short supply, sometimes by many multiples of their original price. And hospital pharmacy buyers sometimes feel they have little choice but to pay the exorbitant costs to get critically needed meds to their patients.
If you're a hospital pharmacist trying to cope with the drug shortage, I'd like to hear from you. Have you had to routinely turn to secondary or even gray-market sources to plug the holes on your pharmacy's shelves? And are you concerned that a clampdown on the gray market also could negatively impact the availability of needed medicines from even legitimate secondary suppliers?


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A new National Education Technology Plan reveals 21 recommendations for policymakers, administrators, teachers and teacher preparation professionals.
The plan that the U.S. Education Department released on Thursday, Dec. 10, does not look like a typical plan. Instead, it includes a mix of examples from education institutions, recommendations and commentary on what education institutions should do to change learning with technology over the next five years.
Here's what the Education Department recommends, in our own words:
1. Create an anywhere, anytime learning environment that's equally accessible to all students.
2. Incorporate learning science design principles into ed tech resources.
3. Work backwards so that learning technology resources and methods lead to the desired student learning outcomes.
4. Design a rubric that helps educators determine which learning resources work for their students so that all of them have an equal opportunity to access the resources.
5. Build learning communities of various stakeholders who can evaluate and provide access to instructional materials.
6. Help develop incoming and long-time educators with professional development designed to encourage their use of technology as they improve student learning.
7. Provide online instruction for students in subjects that they may not be able to access at their home school site.
8. Train educators to teach in blended and online learning formats.
9. Establish technology competencies for teachers and professors.
10. Connect strategic planning initiatives across various education levels as educators try to improve learning with technology.
11. Collaborate with various stakeholders to set a vision for technology-enabled learning.
12. Use openly licensed content and figure out how to sustain technology purchases.
13. Pull together communities of practice for education leaders.
14. Revamp privacy practices and policies around sharing assessment data.
15. Develop dashboards and other systems that give stakeholders access to assessment data.
16. Try out a system to make better assessments across academic disciplines.
17. Research the effectiveness of interactive assessment technologies.
18. Set up equitable high-speed broadband access and wireless connectivity at school, making sure that students can also access these resources at home.
19. Figure out how to make sure every student and educator has enough tech tools to learn.
20. Draft sustainable funding plans for mobile devices and wireles access.
21. Track connectivity, device access and use of openly licensed educational resources throughout the country.


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How to Restock a Lake - The Fast Way!
Somewhere above Utah, these flying fish are finding a new home with a bit of airtime.
This is by no means a new practice, but the video is pretty cool.
Many of the lakes are inaccessible by truck, therefore restocking a lake with species of Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout and Splake are best handled by air. Air drops are handled by both helicopter and fixed wing, though air dropping by helicopter usually produces a better survival rate for the fish. Aerial drops from a fixed-wing aircraft average a 30% mortality rate.
Restocking by air is quite common throughout the Northern US and much of Canada.


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