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BALANCING ACT: Family succumbs to stomach flu
Staff writer
It started with a grinding pain in my stomach. Something like hunger gnawed at my insides, but it quickly turned into some unknown monster running a Dremel drill up and down my intestinal track. Little did I know it was the "flu that stole Christmas."
Everyone knows the story about the "Grinch That Stole Christmas" — a greedy, green bulb-headed, long-fingered nasally character takes Christmas toys and supposedly the joy of the season from the citizens of a little town.
Well, somewhat like that Christmas movie, Christmas vacation 2012 came and went at our house a little differently this year than planned, all because of the flu bug.
My husband got it first. He made it through Christmas shopping, but just barely. Once back home, he bailed out of the pickup and stood behind the tailgate clinging on for dear life as his body let loose of all that ailed him.
For the first time in as many years as I can remember, we all were not able to go to the church Christmas Eve program together. Sadly, the flu won round one.
Round two also went to the flu. My son, Keenan, never had a chance. I knew we weren't going to be opening Christmas presents bright and early Christmas morning when I heard from the top of the stairs, not Santa Claus and his reindeer flying away, but a wretched, "Mom — I don't feel good," followed by, well, only a parent can imagine what came cascading down the stairs next.
Three times cleaning and disinfecting the stairs, and four times mopping the path to the bathroom later, Keenan was feeling better but I was not well.
At first, I thought maybe I had food poisoning from something I ate the day before, my gut twisted and hurt. I do not get sick often, but this nasty virus knocked me out. The worst part was not only wondering if I could make it to the bathroom on time, but wondering which end was going to worship the porcelain god when I got there.
For some reason, I experienced some irony in the fact that our toilet lid brand name said "Church" on it. I never noticed that before. I threw up five times in eight hours, dry heaving the last several experiences. I hate that.
Finally, fortified by herbal tea and soda crackers, I knew the worst was over and slept like a log. When I finally ventured out of the bedroom the next day, the kids snickered and said I looked like Zombie Mom. Oh well, at least I was upright.
Unfortunately, my daughter succumbed next to hosting that bad virus. Poor thing threw up in the Scrabble game box someone left beside her bed.
Oh well, clean up was easy, I just had to replace the lid and dump the game in a garbage bag. I probably will not ever play Scrabble again.
The power of that little flu virus was truly amazing. It took a lot of the joy of family togetherness away from our Christmas 2012, but in a way, since we all shared in the experience it made memories.
I saw on televised news Sunday that a strain of flu virus more severe than that of years' past was making its way across the United States. I just hope our family battle with the stomach flu "Grinch" will build our immunity for the New Year.
We are definitely ready to say out with the old (in more ways than one), and in with the new for 2013.
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| Brock
タケシ Takeshi
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Art from the Diamond & Pearl series.
|15 (as of debut)
|Eye color
|Hair color
|Pewter City
|Flint (father), Lola (mother), Forrest (brother), 8 other siblings
|Trainer class
|Gym Leader, Breeder
|Game counterpart
|Leader of
|Pewter Gym
|Boulder Badge
|Specializes in
|Anime debut
|Showdown in Pewter City
|English voice actor
| Eric Stuart (4Kids)
Bill Rogers (TPCi)
|Japanese voice actor
|Yūji Ueda
Brock (Japanese: タケシ Takeshi) is a close friend and traveling partner of Ash Ketchum.
- 1 About
- 2 Appearance
- 3 Character
- 4 Voice actors
- 5 In the manga
- 6 Trivia
- 7 Names
- 8 Related articles
In the anime, Brock is a Pokémon Breeder and a former Gym Leader who is a close friend and traveling companion of Ash's. Some notes on official sketches of his character set his age at 15 at the start of the series.
He originally trained Template:Type2 Pokémon, but has, since the second episode he appeared in, diversified. As he has stated in Battling A Cute Drama!, his philosophy is that the important thing about being a Pokémon Trainer is the bond between Trainer and Pokémon. He is an experienced cook and caretaker by nature, so he always makes scrumptious food both for Pokémon and for humans.
One of his best known character traits is that he falls in love with every pretty woman he meets, particularly Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy. He can tell whether they are real (women) or impostors as well. This "ability" has been used multiple times in the series. He has always held a supporting role in the series, usually contributing more in terms of wisdom and comedic antics than the action and battles of the series.
Early on, he showed that he carries around a Boulder Badge for identification. He also has a Contest Pass for the Kanto region, though he only used it once, as well as one for Hoenn which was required to watch a contest there.
Brock has had two notable musical appearances. One is the Japanese ending theme タケシのパラダイス Takeshi's Paradise, which is about his love for women and his determination to find love despite often appearing foolish and getting heartbroken. There is a running joke about him singing this song often in the anime, since it's the only song he knows. The other is the Pokémon Karaokémon song Two Perfect Girls, which is about his love of both Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy.
Brock's most notable feature about his appearance is that his eyes naturally appear closed. The rare times people see them open are when they are forced open unnaturally: from a hit with Charmander's Flamethrower in The Ninja Poké-Showdown, when being hit in the back of the head by Arbok's tail in Who Gets to Keep Togepi?, and when he makes a face for Larvitar in A Crowning Achievement. This has been the center of fan attention for a long time.
He also has tan skin, notably darker than the skin of any other major character in the series.
Brock is the tallest of main characters, and the closest to looking like an adult. Next to actual adult characters, however, it is clear that he is still a teenager.
Not counting temporary outfits, he has worn three different outfits over the span of the anime, all of which have had the colors orange, green, and brown, with blue shoes. His outfits in the games are also made up of the colors orange, green, and brown.
Brock is considered the most mature, wise and level-headed of the main characters, and he is arguably the most intelligent character as well. He often acts as an older brother and caretaker to the other characters and a voice of reason in disputes. He will usually place others before him and will help and support his friends even against his better judgment or at his own expense. While he is not shown to battle often, he can understand the situations and strategies in any Pokémon battle, and often explains them to the other characters, probably due to the fact that he was once a Gym Leader. His wisdom is possibly derived from how observant he is; he can tell just by sight how a Pokémon is feeling and spot the differences between the various Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy.
Brock always carries books and maps with him, and thus is usually the character who knows where the group is headed and what they can do when they get there, though in Advanced Generation this role was mostly taken over by the PokéNav. He also carries a lot of other supplies, such as potions, Pokémon food, and a set of cookware, as well as practical tools like a brush and pocket knife; in The School of Hard Knocks, the extent of his preparedness and comically large capacity of his bag was demonstrated, as he pulled out a table and full tea set out of his backpack. He is a domestic, and grooms not only his Pokémon but also those of his friends with whom he travels. He handles all the cooking and cleaning for his friends.
Despite this, all his maturity and rationality leaves him completely at the sight of a beautiful woman, as he falls in love with every pretty girl he meets. Brock has a desperate need for female companionship which grows worse as he fails to gain it. He will do anything and everything he thinks will impress women, which inevitably ends with his heart being broken every time. A few women have shown interest in him as well, such as Wilhelmina, Temacu, Lucy and Holly, but most do not notice him or are not interested. No matter how many times he is disappointed, though, Brock remains determined to find a girl to start a relationship with, and has indicated several times he would stop traveling with Ash and stay with the girl if this happened. This behavior tends to wear on the nerves of other characters, and Misty and Max have both commonly dragged Brock away from women by his ear. Some of Brock's own Pokémon, most notably Croagunk, have attacked him for getting too flirtatious with women.
His goals have played a passive role in his character's activity and development. Unlike other characters, who aspire to achieve and excel in competitive fields like Pokémon training and Pokémon Contests, his aim to become a great Pokémon Breeder is a quiet one and thus does not get showcased frequently. His other goal, to find a girlfriend, is similar to Team Rocket's quest to capture Pikachu in that both are for comedy and thus doomed to fail. His role has always been purely one as support for other main characters.
Not much is known about his early childhood, except that his first Pokémon was his Onix, which he received as a gift at the age of 10. Sometime after, his father, Flint, left home to become a great Trainer. When he never returned, his mother, Lola, left them as well, leaving Brock to take care of his siblings, as well as their house and Pewter Gym, by himself (though the English version of Showdown in Pewter City has Flint claim she died, and some speculate he was lying). However, Flint eventually returned home considering himself a failure, and instead of returning to his family he donned a disguise and sold rocks as souvenirs at the edge of town. After Brock awarded Ash the Boulder Badge, Flint came forward and confessed who he was. Flint took on the responsibilities of the Pewter Gym and his family, leaving Brock free to journey with Ash and Misty.
Brock only became the Gym Leader because he felt it was his responsibility, and he admitted to Ash that he would rather care for Pokémon than battle them. It is his dream to become a great breeder, and when Flint took back control of the Gym, Brock was allowed to start following this dream. Most notably, he took care of a Vulpix that belonged to a breeder named Suzy. Shortly before Vulpix was returned, Brock used it in a Pokémon Beauty Contest.
Brock was also able to meet and make advances towards the many beautiful women he met. At first, he was more casual about approaching women, such as the Officer Jenny in Cerulean City, and more modest as well, such as when he met Melanie. However, he became more open and passionate towards almost all single young women as time progressed.
Brock briefly left the show during the Orange Islands saga to work for Professor Ivy on Valencia Island and so is only seen in a couple of cameos in the second movie. While there, something happened that will probably remain secret as Brock will only huddle and say "that name" whenever he is asked about it. (Brock does mention his work for her in Destiny Deoxys, though this line was added in the dub.) After this incident, Brock returned to Kanto where he was found by Delia Ketchum, who helped him to regain his strength. Brock then became a rival to Mimey until he rejoined Ash and Misty as the three traveled to Johto. They stayed together for the entire region, but at the end of this journey, the three went their separate ways, with Brock's help requested at home by his father.
Upon his return home, Brock was dismayed to find that his mother had returned and commandeered the gym, turning the Rock-type haven into a brightly decorated Template:Type2 den. Brock battled her for the honor of Rock-types and won, promising his brother Forrest that he would become Gym Leader someday.
After that, Brock returned to follow Ash through Hoenn, along with their new friends May and Max, and then through Kanto again as Ash took on the Kanto Battle Frontier. He left briefly when the Advanced Generation series ended in order to visit his home, but quickly returned and is now traveling with Ash and Dawn in Sinnoh.
Brock is among the longest-lived main characters in the anime, only being absent from the Orange Islands season and thus ranked under only the permanent characters of Ash, Pikachu, Jessie, James, and Meowth.
As gym tradition dictated, Brock's first Pokémon were Rock-types. However, once he was able to leave his gym to travel, he has dedicated himself to learn about how to care for a variety of Pokémon. Thus, his Pokémon tend to be an eclectic mix of types and dispositions. However, all of his Pokémon tend to have strong bonds with Brock and are on par with Ash's Pokémon in terms of battling strength, despite the fact that Brock does not go out of his way to train his Pokémon.
This listing is of Brock's Pokémon as of the most recent Japanese episode.
On hand
Bonsly → Sudowoodo
Croagunk ♂
Egg → Happiny ♀
At Pewter Gym / Home
Onix → Steelix
Zubat → Golbat → Crobat
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Pineco → Forretress
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Mudkip → Marshtomp
Lotad → Lombre → Ludicolo
Caught for someone else
- Tauros: In EP035, Brock caught a Tauros in the Safari Zone. However, as this was one of Ash's Safari Balls, the Tauros in question is actually one of Ash's Tauros.
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- Ninetales: Commanded during a battle with Team Rocket in Just Waiting on a Friend.
- Magnemite: Trained during Camping It Up!
- Onix and Feraligatr: Used in the triathlon in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!.
- Pokémon Beauty Contest - Winner (Along with Suzy)
- Pokémon Orienteering - Runner-up
- Pokémon Cosplay Contest - Winner
- Pokémon Contests:
- Gardenia Town Contest - 2nd Place
- Pastoria City's Croagunk Festival - Runner-up
Voice actors
In the manga
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
Brock is a frequent recurring character in the manga series The Electric Tale of Pikachu. Like in the anime, he is a traveling companion of Ash and Misty.
Brock first appears in Play Misty For Me, where Ash challenges him for the Boulder Badge. After defeating Brock and earning the badge, Ash leaves Pewter City and continues his journey alone.
Brock reappears in Haunting My Dreams, meeting Ash by coincidence in Saffron City. He decides to become a permanent traveling companion of Ash in The Human Race and the Pokémon Race.
Brock in the manga is much like he is in the Pokémon anime: he is the Leader of the Pewter City Gym, but he takes a break from his duties as Gym Leader to travel. Unlike in the anime, he does not hand control of the Gym to his father or his siblings, instead, he closes the Gym completely while he travels. Brock has a weakness for pretty girls such as the Sensational Sisters, and he is the only character that can tell the many Nurse Joys and Officer Jennys apart.
In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga
Brock, along with Ash and Misty, make cameo appearances in bonus chapters of the Magical Pokémon Journey manga. In the bonus chapters, Brock and co. have mistakenly wandered into the world Magical Pokémon Journey is set in. The bonus chapters chronicle their attempts to return to their own world (of the anime) and their encounters with various aspects of the Magical Pokémon Journey canon which differ from the anime's canon (such as the use of Poké Balls).
- Most official sources do not give Brock a last name. However, several sources suggest that in the anime, his last name is Harrison. In the July 2006 issue of K-Zone Magazine, Eric Stuart was interviewed and stated that Brock's last name is Harrison.
- Brock's house is located directly behind the Pewter Gym. His room is only seen briefly in Having a Wailord of a Time, but what is seen of it shows that it is decorated in a traditional Japanese style, including fusuma, a tansu chest, and a futon for a bed.
- Brock owns two Template:Type2 Pokémon, Crobat and Croagunk, whose names both start with Cro-.
- Brock is currently the only main character of the anime with Template:Type2 Pokémon, owning two, Steelix and Forretress.
- Brock is the fourth main character to own a Pokémon hatched from an egg. The first was Misty with Togepi and later Azurill, the second was Ash with Phanpy, and the third was May with Eevee.
- Brock is one of three of Ash's friends who has had their father make an appearance in the anime. The others are May and Max, who are brother and sister. Coincidentally, both fathers are Gym Leaders.
- Brock captured a new Pokémon sooner after his debut than any other main character, even Ash, by capturing Zubat in EP006.
- Brock's Advanced Generation and Diamond & Pearl stock art use the same pose, changing only his outfit.
- Brock has been shown to be able to identify when women are really cross dressing men in disguise by having a peculiar lack of attraction to them. He's also able to do the opposite. A significant exception to this is Ash, who in the guise of Ashley was able to slip through Brock's radar, though this may be attributed to the fact Ash is younger than most of the girls Brock generally seeks out so he might have not paid much attention.
- Brock has owned four Pokémon whose evolutions debuted in a different generation than that Pokémon. (Golbat, Onix, Bonsly, and Happiny). Of the four, three of them have evolved so far.
- When the Advanced Generation series started, Brock brought only his Forretress with him. Forretress is not in the Hoenn Pokédex.
- Despite starting out as a Rock-type Gym Leader, of all the Pokémon Brock currently owns, only one is pure Rock-type, Sudowoodo. Currently, it is with him.
- Brock is the only one out of all of Ash's friends to have owned at least one Pokémon from each of the four generations.
- Brock is the only one of Ash's friends to appear in every movie. His appearance in The Power of One was merely a cameo though.
Interview with Hidaka about Brock's short absence from the anime
There had been some debate between members of the fanbase in regards to why Brock was removed from the main cast during the Orange Islands arc, why Tracey Sketchit was created, and why Brock returned later. In an interview with former Pokémon anime director and storyboard artist Masamitsu Hidaka, he stated his own reason why Brock was removed from the cast and why he eventually returned. He (or, rather his translator) revealed that the true reason they replaced Brock is because, once they realized Pokémon was going global, there was a chance that Americans, if not anyone else outside of Japan, would view Brock as a racist stereotype because of his eyes (even though there wasn't an actual complaint yet). So they created a "tall, anglo-saxon looking person to be on the safe side". They later replaced Tracey with Brock again once they realized that no one really cared as to what Brock looks like, and actually enjoyed his character.
However, this was only stated by Hidaka and not by any other staff member.
|タケシ Takeshi
|From take, bamboo. Possibly from 岳 take ("mountain peak"). A common Japanese given name.
|English, Italian, Spanish
|Rhymes with and contains the word rock.
|Literally means "stone".
|From English rock.
|웅 Ung
|'웅' means 'man-like', brave. A common word used for boy's names in Korea
|Chinese (Mandarin)
|小剛 Xiǎo Gāng
|剛 (hard/firm/strong) is taken from 剛 Takeshi, an alternate spelling of the name.
|Chinese (Cantonese)
|小剛 Síu Gōng
|Same as Mandarin name.
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Wil Shipley seems to have started what eventually would become a big rolling snowball with his entry linked in my previous entry. It's gotten Daring Fireball and Scott Stevenson talking. What's going on here is a grievance against the fact that several frameworks Cocoa programmers must use are only available in Carbon. Why is this a big grief? Carbon frameworks are written in procedural C style language which is a big departure from the object oriented style of Objective-C. The reason I prefeer Cocoa/Objective-C myself is because it's so easy to use and get straight to what you want. A good starting example of this is CTGradient which I am using for various elements in AssignmentTracker X currently. CTGradient is an Objective-C wrapper around Core Graphics (which is written is Carbon/Procedural C) and because of that I can write a couple lines of code and be done with it. To be specific heres a short example of a NSView subclass using CTGradient copied straight from AssignmentTracker X's 2.0 source code
@implementation ATXStartupWizardBackgroundView - (id)initWithFrame:(NSRect)frame { self = [super initWithFrame:frame]; if (self) { swGradient = [[CTGradient unifiedNormalGradient] retain]; angle = 90; } return self; } - (void)drawRect:(NSRect)rect { [swGradient fillRect:rect angle:angle]; } @endsimple and really easy! All you have to declare in the header is a CTGradient instance and a float for the angle, and if you take a look at the CTGradient source code... well it's doing a lot for you for such a simple function of creating a simple gradient grafted onto a NSView. In fact way more than I'd ever want to begin to show you here, just download it and take a look at it for yourself and you'll get an idea of why if this is a lot for just a gradient, it must be a ton for other functions. It's not that C is crap, far from it. I still continue reading through The C Programming Language 2nd Edition written by Denis Ritche himeself and appreciate a lot of things in C. C is a good programming language but in some instances like it's used in Carbon, it clearly shows it's limits. Heres something that's never really been said yet (at least not directly), when your going from Cocoa to Carbon your literally thrown from one world to another. When your in Cocoa your relatively familiar with the bounds, limits and expected behaviour of cocoa world, then suddenly your thrown into the land of procedural programming. At the very least Apple should be aware this severely limits the learning curve for new programmers or even Cocoa veterans who have never touched Carbon before and thus limits the productivity of the mac developer community as a whole. I have to agree with Wil Shipley here in that regardless of Carbons origins it's only been used as a compatibility library and really to help all the Mac programmers out there we need to move all the frameworks to Cocoa. When they are all moved to Cocoa, Apple can do all the optimizing on the backend and provide us with an easy Objective-C interface on the frontend in a similar way that they did with Core Data, thus reducing the amount of code in all apps, increasing programmer productivity, and allowing more of the devleoper community to show off all the great stuff in Mac OS X.


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Miltonduff 8-Year-Old (Battlehill)
Review: Battlehill Miltonduff (Aged 8 Years) 88/100
a review by Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)
Published on February 09, 2012
The Battlehill Scotch Whisky brand is produced by Duncan and Taylor who is an independent bottler of Single Malt Scotch Whiskies. This company has been acquiring casks from Scottish distilleries for decades and by doing so they have assembled an impressive array of Single Malt casks which they bottle under their own private label. The Battlehill brand was originally conceived as an entry-level Single Malt for the bottling of Single Distillery Single Malt Scotches which had been matured for 6 years to 10 years. Over time the range has grown and 16 to 18 Year Old bottlings are now available. Rather than bottling at Cask Strength which is quite common for independent bottlers, the entire Battlehill range is bottled at 43 % alcohol by volume.
The Battlehill Miltonduff 8 Year Old Whisky is a blended from multiple Casks all of which are a minimum of eight years of age. I received a sample of this bottling from CSN Wine and Spirits in Calgary, Alberta. This store purchases a wide range of the Battlehill Single Malt Whiskies, and has one of the best selections of Single Malts for sale in the entire province of Alberta.
Miltonduff is a Speyside distillery owned by Pernod Ricard. The whisky distilled at Miltonduff is generally earmarked for blended scotches, the primary brand being Ballantines. This makes a distillery bottling quite unusual.
This is what I learned from my sample.
In the Bottle 4/5
The bottle presentation for the Battlehill Miltonduff 8 Year Old Whisky is pretty standard fare (pictured to the left). There are no tasting notes to help the consumer choose if the flavour profile of the whisky is suitable for his or her palate, and there is no indication on the display box or on the bottle's label of the types of barrels used to age the whisky. The bottle does of course mention the distillery of origin for the whisky, the age of the whisky and bottling strength. Fortunately the folks at CSN Wine and Spirits have a large assortment of bottles for tasting to help you find the right whisky in your price range.
In the Glass 8.5/10
When the Battlehill whisky is poured into the glass it displays a very light amber colour. When I raise the glass to my nose, the initial aroma is full of fresh cereal grain with a light dabbing of honey. Some penetrating citrus notes are obvious as well.
As the glass breathes I receive impressions from my childhood of ripened grain fields, fresh-cut timothy grass, and freshly peeled willow bark.A light but firm spiciness accompanies the aroma and I enjoy nosing the glass. Although the whisky is not overly complex, it is very pleasant and unassuming.
In the Mouth 54/60
When sipping on the Miltonduff eight year old, it quickly became a favourite of mine. The whisky is very easy to relax with. There is a strong cereal grain flavour with some peppy citrus coming through as well. There is a light grassiness which is quite enjoyable (When I was younger, I used to chew on the timothy grass in the hay fields, and I can taste that same flavour here too) . Along with everything is a touch of honey sweetness and a light herbal component which is sort of reminiscent of heather and willow.
Mixing with a drop or two of water opens the whisky making it creamier and perhaps a little more sweet on the palate. A light fruitiness becomes apparent with flavours of fresh ripe yellow apples and even a dollop of marzipan. This is an easy going, relaxing malt.
In the throat 12.5/15
The whisky shows its young age in the finish with a bit of peppery spiciness tapping the tonsils and heating the mouth. I taste honey and ginger with light dabs of rye spices in the exit.
The Afterburn 9/10
The Battlehill Miltonduff 8 Year old is better than the sum of its parts. Although it is not overly complex, and it is perhaps a touch rough in the exit, I found myself wanting to return to the whisky again and again. I think the reason I liked it so much was that I found it is not a demanding whisky, rather it is one of those easy-going spirits which are simply great for relaxed enjoyment.
You may read some of my other Whisky Reviews (click the link) if you wish to have some comparative reviews.
I am always asked what my numbers actually mean. In order to provide clarification, you may (loosely) interpret the scores as follows.
0-25 A spirit with a rating this low would actually kill you.
26-49 Depending upon your fortitude you might actually survive this.
50 -59 You are safe to drink this…but you shouldn't.
60-69 Substandard swill which you may offer to people you do not want to see again.
70-74 Now we have a fair mixing rum or whisky. Accept this but make sure it is mixed into a cocktail.
75-79 You may begin to serve this to friends, again probably still cocktail territory.
80-84 We begin to enjoy this spirit neat or on the rocks. (I will still primarily mix cocktails)
85-89 Excellent for sipping or for mixing!
90-94 Definitely a primary sipping spirit, in fact you may want to hoard this for yourself.
95-97.5 The Cream of the Crop
98+ I haven't met this bottle yet…but I want to.
Very loosely we may put my scores into terms that you may be familiar with on a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal scale as follows:
70 – 79.5 Bronze Medal (Recommended only as a mixer)
80 – 89.5 Silver Medal (Recommended for sipping and or a high quality mixer)
90 – 95 Gold Medal (Highly recommended for sipping and for sublime cocktails.)
95.5+ Platinum Award (Highest Recommendation)


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Heigan can either be very simple or very difficult depending on how accustomed your raid is to moving. The trash before the boss' room used to be a gauntlet, but it no longer is so you can clear it at your leisure and have plenty of time for everyone to move up and take a look at the room before the fight starts. The boss has an aura that slows casting time by a whole bunch but it is easily avoided by not having casters stand anywhere near the boss and he occasionally casts a disease on a few people in the raid that reduces their max HP but it is cleansable. In addition to the easily overcome mechanics, the boss hits like a girl.
So where, you may ask, is the challenge in the fight. This is a true player versus environment encounter where the hard part is the actual room where you are fighting the boss. As you enter the room, the boss is on a small platform to the left. That platform is where all the healers and ranged DPS will stand to avoid the cast time debuff (assuming you tank the boss far enough away from the platform) and they avoid the lava splashes. If you split the room into 4 zones with radial lines coming from the platform, at any given time, 1 of those zones will be safe and the other 3 will get hit with a lava splash. The first safe zone is the quadrant you stand in right as you enter the room so when you pull the boss, just let him come right to you. Then watch for the first lava splash which happens 15-20 seconds after the pull. After the first lava splash, zone 1 is no longer the safe zone, now zone 2 is the safe zone so you have to drag the boss over to zone 2 and try to get him deep enough into the zone so that melee can still attack from behind and be safe. In phase 1, you have around 10 seconds between the lava splashes – more than enough time to move the boss from zone to zone. After the second lava splash, zone 2 is no longer safe, you have to go to zone 3, then zone 4, then zone 3, then zone 2, then zone 1. You end up just moving back and forth across the room going from safe spot to safe spot.
In phase 1, the dance is relatively slow so you should take advantage of that and really get a feel for the edges of each zone and know how to get the boss to go where you want while keeping yourself and the melee safe. If you are a little bit off on your positioning and get hit with a lava splash, it isn't the end of the world, its only 5-6k (I think?) and as a tank, you should be able to survive that without too much trouble. If you are on the very edge of a bad zone, you only get hit once by the splash, but if you totally botch the positioning, you will get hit several times in rapid succession and that WILL kill you or anyone else in the raid who screws it up. The first time you do this boss, make sure everyone spends phase 1 watching the positioning and learning the room and not really worrying about their dps because the guy who has never done the fight before and tries to top the damage meter instead of learning how the room works will almost certainly die in P2.
I forget exactly how long phase 1 lasts, but you will go from zone 1 to zone 4 and back to zone 1, then you go to zone 2 and shortly after the splash, Heigan will teleport and begin phase 2. So instead of going from zone 2 to zone 3, you need everyone to go back to zone 1. Heigan teleports back to the platform where all your ranged dps and healers are standing and he gains an aura that does a truckload of damage to anyone near him. That means that the platform is no longer safe and your ranged and healers have to do the dance too. While he is on the platform, he stops attacking and you don't need to worry about tanking him, just do the dance. The boss teleports and the tank and melee all run from zone 2 to zone 1 and the ranged and healers all run from the platform to zone 1 and they all do it quickly because you have about 5 seconds from when he teleports to when the dance starts. The pattern for phase 2 is exactly the same as phase 1, but it goes much faster. Instead of moving to a safe zone and hanging out for 10 seconds before the next splash, you get about 1 second to hang out before you have to move to the next zone. That 1 second is pretty important though, it allows anyone who falls behind for some reason to catch up if they are able to survive a lava splash. At 60, you didn't have that 1 second pause between splashes, you were in constant motion from zone to zone so if anyone fell behind, they died. If someone in your raid is bad at moving (and someone will be) and gets hit by a lava splash, make sure your healers aren't dumb enough to try and heal that person with anything but instant casts. In P2 everyone is responsible for keeping themselves alive by not taking any damage because the healers cannot afford to stop and cast a heal or they will get caught behind and die.
There really aren't any tricks to this fight, you either do the dance right or you don't. Most people won't do it right the first time you are there and you can expect about half your raid to die on the first phase 2 and then half of the people who lived will die on the next phase 2. If you have 1 healer, 1 dps and a tank, you can definitely 3 man the boss – it will take forever and maybe that is a good punishment for all the people who died to an extremely simple mechanic. Once your raid has seen the fight once or twice and knows what the pattern is, you can go ahead and have them blow all their cooldowns at the beginning of the fight so you get the most out of them before people start dying.
Its hard to describe how the dance works, its makes a lot more sense once you see it in action. So I made a short video of the fight so you can see the pattern. You also get to see how I have updated my UI since I last made a post about it as well as seeing me being a really lazy tank in terms of keeping my abilities on cooldown. And at the end you see me use Baby Spice on the boss and try to see if I can get on his platform and avoid the aura and the lava splashes at once… It didn't work.


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His drive for a wrestling gold medal hit a bump in the road Friday.
But Johnnie Cherneskie effected a recovery sufficient to keep him on track for a noteworthy showing in the National Prep Championships.
Cherneskie and Hill School teammate Nick Flanigan survived an action-packed first day of competition at Lehigh University, the only area grapplers from an originally-announced seven-man contingent to do so. In doing so, they qualified for medal-round competition when the tourney resumes at 8:30 a.m. with semifinal and fifth-round consolation bouts.
Cherneskie, the fifth seed at 182, opened with a 1-0 decision of Georgetown Prep's Abraham Pishevar, then pinned Bishop O'Connell's Michael Curtin less than a half-minute into the second period of their second-rounder. The Hill senior then dropped out of the championship bracket in the quarterfinals, pinned by Lawrence's Isaiah Bellamy.
But Cherneskie recovered for a 3-1 decision of Good Counsel's Nick Miller, to finish the first day with a 3-1 record that upped his season mark to 28-6. He will resume action at Nationals today, matched against Lawrenceville's Matthew Apuzzi.
Flanigan advanced to second-day action at 145 by going 4-1. Flanigan (37-10) started his day with a first-period pin of Beaver CDS' Tyler Myrick, then came out on the short side of a 7-2 decision to McKinney Christian's Sky Walker.
The Hill junior rebounded in strong fashion, posting two decisions and a fall in three rounds of consolation action. Flanigan's quest for a medal finish will continue against Archbishop Spalding's Cole Graves.
Chad Saunders fell short of medal contention, going 3-2 at 132. Saunders (37-8) saw his tourney run ended in a 5-2 loss to Northfield Mount Hermon's Geoffrey Verallis - that after scoring a pin and two decisions, the fall coming in the first minute of his second-round consi bout with Westtown's Lucas Neal.
West-Mont Christian Academy's Zach Coffey bowed out in the early rounds of competition at 126.
Coffey went 1-2 on the day, opening with a technical-fall loss to Benedictine's Ezekial Salvo. He rebounded in the consolation bracket with a 7-2 decision of Avon Old Farms' Paul Huemme, then sustained another tech-fall loss to Aidan Conroy of Northfield Mount Hermon to finish his season at 20-5.
District 3: Two Daniel Boone grapplers saw their seasons end on the opening day of the District 3-AAA Tournament at Hersheypark Arena. Owen Powell and Christian Fernandez each sustained pairs of losses in their respective 106 and 138-pound brackets to bow out of the double-elimination competition.
Powell (32-13) was pinned early in his opening match at 106 with Solanco's Connor Sheehan. Dropping into wrestlebacks, the Blazer freshman got on the winning track with an 8-4 decision of Middletown's Levi Sterner. But he was ultimately halted by Oley Valley's Ryan Fretz in a 16-12 loss.
Fernandez opened against Central Dauphin's Tyson Dippery by sustaining a first-period fall. The Boone sophomore exited the tourney in the first round of consolations at 138, a technical fall at the hands of Cumberland Valley's Alex Wolfe finishing him for the year at 30-14.
CO-ED SWIMMING Easterns: Maddison Marcheskie led the Hill School with the highest finish. placing fourth in the 50-yard freestyle with a 24.23 on the opening day of the 113th Eastern Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships at La Salle Unversity. It was the highest finish for a Hill swimmer in many years.
The Easterns will conclude today at GAAC.
Marcheskie also swam on the Blues 200 medley relay that started the day, also advancing to the championship finals and placing sixth with a 1:51.11 and including Liz Cossel, Emily Glinecke and Payton Miles. Additionally, Marcheskie swam on the 200 free relay that closed out the first day advancing to the B finals and placing ninth with a 1:41.25 and including Miles, Gigi Tompkins and Glinecke.
Glinecke placed 19th in the 200 free (1:59.67), while Maddy Lutwyche placed 19th in diving (187.85), with both making their Eastens debuts as freshmen.
The Hill girls were in seventh place after the first day with 89 points in the field of 25 teams. Germantown Academy was in first place (309), followed by The Episcopal Academy (220), Peddie School (183), Phillips Academy (147), Mercersburg Academy (126), The Lawrenceville School (105), and then Hill.
The Hill boys highest finish was 18th in the 200 free relay with a 1:33.31, with Eric Dietrich, Brendan Metcalf, Andy McClung and Christ Schiavonne. Dietrich, a freshman, was their highest individual finisher, placing 21st in the 100 butterfly (55.82).
Perkiomen School placed 21st in the 200 medley relay (1:47.50) with Artur Khvan, Zachery Weil, Connor Bade and Juan Sierra Cosme.
DIVING Ott advances: Perkiomen Valley diver Chase Ott placed eighth with a score of 397.60 at the District 1 Class AAA Diving Championships, qualifying for the PIAA Championships at Bucknell University next month..
WOMEN'S SWIMMING Centennial Conference: The Ursinus College women are in first place after the first day of the 2013 Centennial Conference championships hosted by Franklin & Marshall, with a total team score of 195 points.
The night started with the Bears winning the opening 200-yard free relay in a time of 1:38.41. The team of Micaela Lyons, Corinne Capodanno, Amanda Lucock and Sarah Kolosky comprised the winning team, as they came just under two seconds from a NCAA Division III-B standard.
The Bears also won the B final as the team of Anne Ludwig, Briana Mullan, Rebecca Schroll and Chelsea Kozior won with a time of 1:40.95. In the 50 free, Capodanno finished first in the A final with a time of 24.46.
In the final event of the night, the team of Lair Ferrari, Kolosky, Schroll and Kozior was second in the 400 medley relay with a time of 4:01.58.
MEN'S SWIMMING Centennial Conference: The Ursinus College men are in third place with 158 points after the first day of the 2013 Centennial Conference championships.
The Bears started the night session by taking fourth at 1:26.28 in the 200 free relay. The team of David Yazbeck, John Wieczorek, Alexander Pandelidis and Benjamin Jumper comprised the team.
In the 500 free, senior Scott Paine was fourth at 4:43.49. In the morning prelims, Paine was fourth at 4:44.75, In the 200 IM, Jacob Robinson was fourth at 1:56.00. Earlier in the day, he had finished fourth in the prelims at 1:56.05. Robinson's 1:56.00 is a new school record.
In the final event of the night, the 400 medley relay, the team of Robinson, Hoops, Yazbeck and Wieczorek were fourth at 3:33.02, shaving 11 seconds off of their seed time. Paine, Quick, Pandelidis and Gershun were second in the B final at 3:33.90.
COLLEGE GYMNASTICS West Chester 189.350, Ursinus 183.875: The Bears posted their second-highest score of the season, totalling a 183.875 in a meet with West Chester University. Ursinus posted a 47.000 on the floor, a 46.425 on the vault, a 46.000 on the beam and a 44.450 on the bars.
Starting with the floor, Kristina Steffenhagen (Boyertown Area) had a 9.675, which was a team high and was third overall. Sophomore Karina Marks posted a 9.550, while Stephanie Schmidt scored a 9.525. Monica Durham scored a 9.250 and Adelaide Hurlbert scored a 9.000, along with Dana Feigenbaum.
On the vault, Kristin Aichele was second overall at 9.600. Schmidt netted a 9.300 and Kaitlyne Brandau was third on the team at 9.275. Riley Acton scored a 9.150, followed by Johanna Warren at 9.100.
On the beam, Aichele was third overall and tops on the squad with a 9.475. Schmidt was fifth overall at 9.400. Steffenhagen was third on the team at 9.175, followed by Marks at 9.075 and Megan Bolash at 8.875.
On the bars, Acton posted a team-high 9.100, followed by Jamie Hammel in second place on the squad with a 8.900. Durham had an 8.850 with Warren netting a 8.825 and Erica Schnebel with a 8.775.


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A study done at the request of Covenant Health during the negotiation phase for the transfer of Roane Medical Center shows that the city could be owed as much as $3 million back from the hospital's retirement fund.
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DENVER Coloradans would vote primarily by mail, and they could register to vote on Election Day under a bill Democrats are proposing at the state Capitol.
Neighborhood polling places at schools and churches would be a thing of the past, and in-person voting would happen at a few centralized voting centers in each county, if the bill passes.
Even before it has been introduced, the bill has touched off a partisan fight.
But La Plata County Clerk Tiffany Lee Parker, a Republican, supports the bill and says its not a partisan issue.
To me, this is really bipartisan. This makes sense. This is not Republican versus Democrat, Parker said.
But at the Legislature, the two parties already are lining up against each other. Democrats have many county clerks on their side, even Republican clerks like Parker. Republicans are aligned with GOP Secretary of State Scott Gessler, who has been speaking out against the bill.
The Colorado County Clerks Association initiated many parts of the bill, seeking a less complicated, less expensive way to run elections.
About three in four Colorado voters cast their ballots by mail last fall. In La Plata County, 62 percent voted by mail.
Thats the No. 1 method that people want, Parker said.
Under the bill, every registered voter would get a mail ballot. Voters still could choose to go to a vote center during the 15 days before the election to cast their votes in person. La Plata would have three vote centers, while counties with fewer than 10,000 people would have one.
But precincts would not have their own polling places, which will save money in county budgets, Parker said.
The bill also would eliminate the practice of putting voters on the inactive list if they miss an election.
Gessler sued county clerks in Pueblo and Denver two Democratic strongholds to try to prevent them from sending mail ballots to voters on the inactive list.
Most controversially, the bill would fulfill a dream for Democrats: allowing residents to register to vote on Election Day.
Although the deadline to become a Colorado resident and register to vote through a registration drive would be 22 days before the election, unregistered residents still could walk in to the county clerks office and register as late as Election Day. Currently, people are supposed to register 29 days before the election to be able to vote.
Republicans in Denver are livid. Same-day registration opens the door to voter fraud, said Colorado Republican Committee Chairman Ryan Call.
This is nothing more than a partisan power-grab by Democrats, taken at the expense of integrity in our elections, Call said in a news release. The last thing Coloradans want is the legitimacy of our elections cast into doubt because of the serious potential for voter fraud.
Conventional wisdom holds that same-day registration will give Democrats an advantage. However, academics who have studied the idea find the evidence for it is sketchy.
Parker supports same-day registration, saying the state already effectively allows it through emergency registrations and provisional ballots, which are costly and time-consuming to count.
The statewide voter database is updated constantly, and it will guard against people voting more than once, Parker said.
Four years ago, before the database existed, Parker said she might not have agreed to same-day registration.
The bill is expected to be introduced this week in the state Senate.


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Written by award-winning novelist and SaltWire columnist Russell Wangersky, and first published as a web-only serial in 2015, "Atlantic Nights: They Lived 1,000 Lies" is about a family coping with their mother's dementia journey.
The novel is now available for free as an ebook.
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A giant blackboard in Vancouver is giving people a chance to share their dreams of what they've always wanted to do or to have in their lives while they still have time.
In an alley just off Keefer Street, the blackboard features columns of statements that say, "Before I die I want to," with empty spaces beside them that passersby are invited to fill in.
Dana Ramler set up the display and then waited to see if people would participate.
"I wasn't sure what sort of themes would come up, if it would be vandalized, what would happen," said Ramler. "And I've been really overwhelmed with how beautiful and positive the responses have been."
Some say they "would like to make a difference," others wish to "know love," or "see their granddaughter."
One says, "I want my family to believe me."
Universal desires
Many others express a hope to travel the world, while some of the responses show a yearning for simple pleasures, like learning to dance or getting a dog.
Similar chalkboards have been set up in other cities around the world and Ramler said that rather than highlighting differences, they underline universal desires.
"Everybody wants the same things for themselves. We want to be loved, to find love, travel the world, have experiences. So I was surprised by the commonality of the responses on all the walls," she said.
Ramler said she will soon wipe the board clear to invite new responses.
As much as she loves some of the answers there now, she said it's important to keep posing the question.


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Let the Fall TV season begin! With Summer 2012 officially in the books, the kids back in school, and DVR cleared of all those Summer reruns, moms and tots both have something to look forward to on TV this Fall. From new animated series featuring familiar characters to adult programming on stations typically reserved for kids, we've found eight new shows worth programming in the DVR this Fall. Tell us if any of our choices are on your must-see list.


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By NICK McQUEEN
Two pitchers who will be added to the Hays Larks' postseason roster saw action Thursday night at Larks Park.
With his pitching staff depleting more each day it seems, Larks manager Frank Leo announced veterans Andy Lewton and Aaron Breit would be added for the National Baseball Congress World Series.
In a non-league 11-0 rout Thursday against the Junction City Brigade, Lewton made the start and Breit got the win in three innings of relief as Hays moved to 27-10 with the blowout victory.
"We've seen Andy for years," �Leo said. "He's a veteran guy now and knows that getting ahead of hitters is a big part of being successful, and he did that."
Lewton last pitched for the Larks in 2011. He made eight appearances (seven starts) and finished 3-2 with a 4.41 earned-run average.
Breit, a former Hays Lark and Thomas More Prep-Marian High School standout who played at the AA level in the San Diego Padres organization, pitched on last summer's Larks postseason club that finished in a tie for third at the NBC.
"We're so thin right now," Leo said. "We really only have eight on staff."
That was prior to the team finding out reliever Dalton Viner decided to leave the team late Thursday due to family reasons.
"Right now, we have eight healthy bodies," Leo said. "We'll keep that together this weekend, but we have to have some reinforcements (for the NBC).
"We saw two of those guys out there tonight."
Lewton and Breit allowed two hits through six innings with no walks and Breit threw four strikeouts.
Nick Goza and Kyle Leroy pitched the final three shutout innings.
Meanwhile, the Larks' offense, which struggled in a 4-3 road loss to the Brigade on Wednesday, had a complete turnaround. Hays blasted 18 hits and had a 5-0 lead after two innings Thursday.
Four of those runs came in the second on five hits with one Junction City error. Brent Gillespie, Clayton Garland, Taylor Petersen and Desmond Roberts all drove in runs.
"We were just flat (Wednesday) night, but you have to tip your hat to their guy," �Leo said. "He got ahead of hitters a lot and didn't walk anybody -- complete turnaround (Thursday)."
In the fourth, the Larks plated three more on a three-run home run for Zair Koeiman, his sixth of the summer that gave him his team-leading 35th RBI.
"We talked about that prior to the game -- getting better at-bats in batting practice to get ready for the big series coming up."
Koeiman, Blair Beck and Aaron Cornell had three hits each, and Roberts finished with a pair of RBIs when he reached on an error in the Larks' three-run sixth.
The Larks' focus shifts to today's 7 p.m. series opener against the Derby Twins.
Hays has a 2.5 game lead in the race for the Jayhawk League title, and has five games left on its schedule -- six if a makeup game with El Dorado is needed. Hays has three games with Derby, then two with Dodge City next week.
Chandler Hawkins (4-2, 2.47 ERA) will start today, then Nick Goza (5-0, 2.81) will get the nod Saturday. Newcomer Ross Vance is scheduled to make his Larks' debut in the series finale Sunday. Vance, a West Virginia University signee, was 8-3 with a 2.00 ERA for Dodge City Community College this spring.
"Friday night, that's the next biggest ball game," Leo said. "Hawkins is coming off a very good outing against Liberal.
"He needs to pound the zone and stay ahead of hitters, and we need to get focused, take advantage of opportunities," Leo added. "We can't think anything but Friday night right now."
Derby is 15-18 overall and 12-17 in the league, while Hays is 27-10 and 19-9 in league play, 2.5 games ahead of El Dorado.
El Dorado travels to Liberal for a three-game set, while third-place Wellington is at Dodge City.
It also was announced Thursday the Jayhawk League will receive two automatic bids into the second week or "championships week" of the NBC World Series. The top two league teams automatically will be in the final 16 at the NBC.


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Don't worry about it and thanks for letting me know. Take care and hope to see you soon. Regards Jeff
Hi due to unforeseen family commitments we shall not be able to attend Holmfirth Gathering (Miss Chihuahua) had a good time at Glasson thanks for arranging have up graded our batteries as per your suggestion looking forward to our next gathering
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I got this email, not sure how or why it came to me?
Hi, Im trying to get in touch with Jeff Moss regarding the Wild-Camping visits this year to Glasson Dock. Not sure if you are part of the same group but you have a comment on our web site listed as Wild Camping. Would you confirm if I have the correct group and if I have the correct email address for Jeff (firstname.lastname@example.com) .
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Welcome to the Sarah Emma Edmonds Detached Tent #4 of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865. The DUVCW was first organized in May of 1885 and was incorporated in December of 1885. The objectives of the DUV is to perpetuate the memories of our Fathers, their loyalty to the Union and their unselfish sacrifices for the preservation of the same, and to keep alive the history of those who participated in that heroic struggle for the maintenance of our free government.
Eligible for membership are all ladies who are lineal descendents of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines who served in the Union Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Revenue Cutter Service during the years of April 12, 1861-April 9, 1865, and can provide documented proof of their ancestors services. Minimum age for membership is eight (8) years.
For information about becoming a member or attending a meeeting, please contact, Martha Class, our President.
If you are looking for evidence of the Civil War in Texas, you only need to head west on Highway 290 about fifty miles to Liendo Plantation that is located in Waller County, just southeast of Hempstead, Texas. Liendo Plantation was named after the first owner of the land, Justo Liendo, who received the 67,000 acres in a Spanish land grant. Leonard Waller Groce, a subsequent owner of the land was responsible for building the plantation around 1853. Prior to the Civil War, Liendo Plantation was a typical southern plantation that has often considered Texas' first cotton plantation. During the Civil War in 1862, on the grounds of Liendo Plantation the Confederate Army had constructed two 200-foot long barracks along with some additional smaller buildings on the eastern shore of Clear Creek, which was joined with Pond Creek to the north. The Confederate Army used these barracks for training their new recruits. This command post was subsequently abandoned due to the illnesses caused from all of the mosquitoes in the area.Sources: Liendo Plantation website, http://www.liendo.org, Lisarelli, Danial Francis, The Last Prison: The Untold Story of Camp Groce, CSA, pp. 14-15, Universal Publishers/uPUBLISH.com, 1999, www.upublish.com/books/lisarelli.htm
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Liendo is recognized as a Texas historic landmark and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It was the home of world-renowned sculptor Elizabeth Ney-Liendo Plantation, near Hempstead, Waller County, Texas; [Photo and description of photo is courtesy of the photographer William Bozic, Houston, Texas and was taken in the afternoon on November 18, 2006, http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc5/liendo_plantation1.htm]
If you would like to know more about Liendo Plantation, please take a look at the following website: http://www.liendo.org
If you go east from Houston towards Beaumont, and the Texas - Louisiana border on Highway 87 you will find the Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site in Jefferson County, Texas. The Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site was originally established in 1974 by the Texas Parks and Wildlife to commemorate the Battles of Sabine Pass that took place on January 21, 1863 and September 8, 1863, under the name, Sabine Pass Battleground State Park and Historic Site. The Confederate forces were lead by First Lieutenant Richard W.
Dick Dowling were successful in protecting the ports of Houston and Beaumont during those Battles.
When Hurricane Rita damaged the Sabine Pass Battleground on September 24, 2005, the Texas Parks and Wildlife closed the park to the public. On September 8, 2007, the Battleground was re-opened temporarily for the Dedication Ceremonies for Union Casualities Monument and the State Historical Markers for the
Capture of the USS Morning Light and the USS Velocity, and for
Commordore Leon Smith. In 2008, the Texas Historical Commission took over the management of the Sabine Pass Battleground and as a result the name was changed to the name it has now. When Hurricane Ike came ashore on September 12/13, 2008 the Sabine Pass Battleground received further damage, and therefore all of the Site's metal Historical markers that include those picutred below did not survive the fury of Hurricane Ike. However gladly the newly dedicated Monument to the Union veterans did survive.
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Historical marker for the United States forces at the Battle of Sabine Pass
Click on photo to see full-size[Photo of the marker and caption is courtesy of William Bozic, Houston, Texas, www.civilwaralbum.com/misc2/sabinepass4.htm]
Texas Historical Marker for Spaight's 11th Battalion
The Union Casualities Monument, pays tribute to the Union Troops that lost their lives during the Battle of Sabine Pass that took place on September 8, 1863. On that day,
this, (Union), fleet was composed of four light gunboats, the USS Granite City, Sachem, Arizona, and Clifton, and eighteen transports carrying 5,000 Union soldiers, mules and artillery,[Quote came from the original website for the Sabine Pass Battleground State Park and Historic Site, Texas Parks and Wildlife, http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/], of which about 400 soldiers were taken prisoner, or they died or were missing.
Monuments to Union troops are not common in Texas. This monument is the only monument to Union troops at the Sabine Pass Battleground and was erected through the efforts of citizens rather than any state or government entity,[William Bozic, September 8, 2007 Sabine Pass Monument Dedication, http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc2/sabinepass4.htm]
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Monument to the Union Dead-this new monument was dedicated and photographed on September 8, 2007[The Union Monument is located very close to the monument to 1st Lieutenant Richard
Dick Dowling]
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Capture of the USS Morning Light and the USS Velocity-This marker was dedicated on September 8, 2007 although the inscription reads 2006 because Hurricane Rita made it impossible to place or dedicate
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Commodore Leon Smith-This marker was dedicated on September 8, 2007 at Sabine Pass Battleground. It is located very close to the Union Casualities Monument
The photos of the Union Casualities Monument, and the 2 new Historical Markers that were dedicated om September 8, 2007 at the Sabine Pass Battleground plus the descriptions are courtesy of William Bozic, Houston, Texas, http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc2/sabinepass4.htm
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Refugees report witnessing "executions, amputations and they say that also large amounts of money are being offered to civilians to fight against the Malian army and its supporters," she said.
Children have been seen among the rebel fighters, Fleming said, while other refugees claim family members have disappeared.
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As everybody knows, the Knicks were the victims of a gentlemen's sweep at the hand of the Miami Heat in round one. Now, understandably, the talk amongst Knick fans is what the Knicks should do this summer. The Knicks will be facing a ton of issues this summer, from the PG spot to Mike Woodson to Amare and everything in between.
- First thing's first, the Knicks must re-sign Jeremy Lin. There has been plenty of talk about trying to bring in Steve Nash, but financially it simply isn't going to happen unless Nash takes a HUGE pay cut. He has no real reason to do so as he has better options for himself. In regards to Lin, although I like him, I think that we will end up overpaying for his services. Keep in mind that Jeremy Lin played less than half of the season, couldn't mesh well with our resident superstar, struggled going left and was humiliated by Miami. Is he a good point guard and basketball player? Yes. Is he great? I believe he might be down the road but as of right now, he is not. That being said, I think the Knicks have to overpay for him. They have no other adequate point guard on the roster and there is no guarantee that they could reel in a vet like Steve Nash or even Jason Kidd.
- Next, they have to figure out whether or not to bring back Mike Woodson. Many people are high on Woodson because of the of his 18-6 regular season record with the team, but that does not reflect his competency as a head coach. Anyone who watched the Knicks in the playoffs could see that Woodson made NO adjustments as the Knicks' offensive horrid game plan and unsuccessful defensive strategy were never altered. In my opinion, this proves that you CANNOT win a championship with Mike Woodson as your head coach. The defense is what really got under my skin. Last season, Dallas ran a great zone defense to stop the Heat attack in the finals. The Knicks ran a very minimal amount of zone defense. I do not know how you can have the catalyst for a Dallas defense that slammed the door in this same Miami team's face and not utilize the defensive game plan that they did a mere year before. Also, the offensive game plan that consisted of "dribbling around aimlessly followed by giving Melo or JR the ball with 7 seconds on the shot clock" needs to be euthanized for all eternity. Another thing people do not look at is Mike Woodson's less-than-stellar playoff record which is now 12-22 and for what it's worth, MDA's was 26-25 before the sweep last year against Boston. Personally, my vote is that the Knicks should try to convince Rick Carlisle to coach in New York as his contract runs out at the end of this season. Or they could, you know call that Phil Jackson guy.
- Amar'e, Amar'e, Amar'e. The Knicks need to figure out what they should do with Stoudemire, if they can even do anything at all. I think they should make it known that they are trying to trade him and see if they get any sort of offer for him. The only problem is that the only offers that they might attract are ones for other overpaid players that have little to contribute such as Rashard Lewis. However, these contracts would still probably have fewer than 3 years on them so it could help the Knicks improve sooner rather than later.
- Everyone Else. The Knicks have to figure out what to do with everyone else on the team as well. Steve Novak has stated that he wants to come back which I am pretty sure will come to fruition. I could, however, see Jared Jeffries walking and obviously Baron Davis' gruesome injury has him shelved him for the next year. After this post-season, I am sure the Knicks will retain the services of Mike Bibby, who was shockingly competent against the Miami Heat this postseason. I also am certain the Knicks will pick up Josh Harrelson's option for next season. Now for some comic relief also known as JR Smith. He was upset on twitter after the game last night because some nobodies on twitter said they wanted him out of New York so he threatened that "they might get their wish." This was obviously just an easy out for him because he was planning on leaving NY after the season anyway, but I am sure those mean twitter followers deeply hurt his feelings. See you when we see you, JR.
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- I spoke to Zev Sibony (@Z_Sibony) on twitter and came to the conclusion that the NBA Draft would be the smartest/best way to improve this team as a whole. This is where Landry Fields comes into play. The Knicks already have one 2nd round pick (48th overall) which is good considering how incredibly deep this draft is. I think the Knicks should offer to sign-and-trade Landry Fields to acquire an additional 2nd round pick and also if anyone is stupid enough to do it, offer Toney Douglas for another one on top of that.
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I did manage to get to Death Valley this past weekend. There were about a zillon people in the park and possible several thousand motorcycles, who would a thunk it, but... Nice in any case. I never have camped in a rock parking lot with a hundred other folks, no tables, no watter and no bathrooms. I wanted to buy a shower at the local resort (park service says they have to sell them) but they were sold out for the day, I could get one tommorow 'ifin I got there at 7 am but I couldn't buy a ticket tonight, why you ask?... well just because. I was up at 5:00 am, off for breakfast at 7:00 and on the road by 7:30, no time for a shower, after three days I decided I'd had enough and headed for Super 8, a shower, soap and a real bed. It was bigger than I thought, seemed everything was at least a hundred miles away and I gotta say the rock roads were a real challange. I can post only one picturer and it repersents why I went.
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Britain could save £85bn a year if it meets its carbon targets, according to a study commissioned by the government's climate advisers.
As well as tackling global warming, a switch away from fossil fuels and an increase in energy efficiency would result in improved air quality, lower human health costs, lower energy bills, noise reduction, wildlife benefits, better quality water, less waste, less traffic congestion and fewer road accidents, the report by environmental consultancy Ricardo AEA said. It is published alongside the the review of the UK's fourth carbon budget by the Committee on Climate Change, which said ministers should stick to plans to cut emissions by half in the mid-2020s.
The study, which weighs up the options given to government by the committee, finds some of the biggest benefits coming from people walking and cycling instead of driving, and from switching to electric and hybrid cars. The health benefits of more walking and cycling are estimated as £2.3bn a year by 2030 with the benefit of less congestion put at £8.4bn and noise reduction nearly £1bn a year. Limiting road speeds would reduce transport emissions considerably, but would also reduce accidents.
"The significant co-benefit of avoided congestion costs should provide a further impetus for policy-makers to focus on promoting smarter transport choices, and should justify higher levels of investment in these options. These benefits can be maximised by focusing support measures (such as construction of safe cycle paths) in highly congested areas. It is likely that this would also maximise the opportunity to reduce accident risks," says the study.
Equally, measures like reducing shipping speed and improving aviation fuels, would not only reduce emissions considerably, but would greatly reduce noise and air pollution around ports and airports. "Substantial co-benefits arise from the air quality impacts of avoided fuel combustion. The benefits are large for shipping because of the high sulphur content of marine fuels. Significant benefits could also arise around UK airports, especially at Heathrow where air quality limits for oxides of nitrogen are regularly exceeded."
Some of the most significant benefits would come from reducing the amount of heat needed in homes and busineses. The financial benefits of millions of households draughtproofing, installing double glazing, and using less heat would be worth several billion pounds a year by 2030, the report suggests.
Significant benefits would also be seen in the countryside, the authors suggest. If farmers were to adapt to climate change by generating energy from cattle waste and biomass, and by using less oil-based fertiliser, the improved air and water quality benefits could be dramatic.
In addition to the monetary benefits, reducing fossil fuel use could increase public support for action on climate change, the report says. "The benefits [of decarbonising], such as air quality improvements, are often immediate and local, whereas climate benefits may occur on longer timesclales and mainly in a distant region, as well as being harder to demonstrate. Dissemination of the benefits could therefore strengthen public support for climate policy," it says.
The report, seen as preliminary and incomplete by its authors, accepts that there are significant additional costs linked to an ambitious switch away from fossil fuels. These include the landscape impacts of wind and solar farms, the extra solvent production and waste generation needed for carbon capture and storage technologies, the risks of nuclear proliferation, and the impact of increased electricity generation for electric vehicles.


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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Jean-Sebastien Giguere says he didn't rip into his Colorado teammates out of frustration or malice. The veteran goalie simply wants the Avalanche to take their jobs seriously, even in the final days of a lost season.Jean-Sebastien Giguere says he didn't rip into his Colorado teammates out of frustration or malice. The veteran goalie simply wants the Avalanche to take their jobs seriously, even in the final days of a lost season.
And two days after Giguere publicly trashed the Avs, the NHL's worst team showed it was listening.
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Matt Duchene had a goal and an assist, and Colorado snapped a 14-game road winless streak while preventing Anaheim from clinching a playoff spot with a 4-1 victory over the Ducks on Wednesday night.
Giguere made 21 saves in his first win in nearly two months for Colorado, which snapped a five-game skid overall. The Stanley Cup-winning goalie blasted his teammates' work ethic and focus after the Avalanche's listless 3-1 home loss to Calgary on Monday, saying some players were thinking too much about their postseason vacations in Las Vegas.
Giguere's own roll of the dice paid off: The Avalanche responded to his criticism with their most impressive victory in a month, scoring three goals in the second period of just their third road win all season.
"We beat an excellent team and played the best game I've seen us play in a long time," Giguere said. "It's a good start for us. ... Whenever you speak up, you expose yourself to criticism. You have to respond yourself. You can't just say stuff and not show up the next day. I'm just as (much a) part of the problem as the other guys, and I have to be part of the solution."
Giguere, who backstopped Anaheim to the NHL title in 2007, shut down the high-scoring Ducks for his first win in nine appearances since Feb. 14 - also the date of Colorado's last win outside Denver.
"I'm pleased," Giguere said. "Obviously I was worried a little bit how they were going to take it. You hope they're going to take it professionally and find a way to respond, and truthfully, I'm looking for a response in the last nine games of the season, not one game. That's what we're looking for, and this was a good start for us."
John Mitchell scored 64 seconds into the first period and captain Gabriel Landeskog added a short-handed goal for the Avalanche, who hadn't scored more than two goals in any of their last seven games. Jamie McGinn also scored.
"We came out as a completely new team and had a great game," Landeskog said. "It's one thing to go out and say what (Giguere) did, but to back it up with his play says a lot about who he is."
Teemu Selanne scored his 674th career goal for the weary Pacific Division leaders, who had won five of seven. Anaheim could have finalized its postseason plans, but Jonas Hiller stopped just 12 of 16 shots behind a porous Ducks defense.
Viktor Fasth replaced Hiller for the scoreless third period for Anaheim (27-9-5), which still is in a prime position to claim the second seed in the Western Conference and its second Pacific Division title in 20 years of existence. The Ducks have a double-digit lead on Los Angeles and San Jose, although both have games in hand.
Anaheim was mostly lethargic in the finale of a five-game homestand despite the return of captain Ryan Getzlaf, who missed the last three games with an apparent injury to his right leg. Defenseman Cam Fowler then left in the first period with an upper-body injury.
"When we stink, we stink," Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau said. "That team was ready to play, and we just had no push-back at all. I don't know why, after a couple of really strong outings, we come out with a game like that. ... It's a fragile team that we were playing, and if we could come out with a lead after the first period, we'd have them. It just seemed like our guys weren't ready to play."
After playing 26 games in the past 46 days without any consecutive days off, the Ducks appeared more than ready for a little relief in their brutal lockout-shortened schedule. At least they'll have just one game in the next six days, driving up the I-5 on Saturday night to face the Stanley Cup champion Kings.
"That's just an excuse," Getzlaf said of the Ducks' schedule. "We're plenty rested. We've only played half a season, too. We got outworked, and we can't have that happen again in our building. You're facing a team that has nothing to lose. They're just coming out and going after it."
The sparse crowd at the Ducks' fifth home game in eight days hadn't even settled in its seats before Mitchell scored his 10th goal from close range, ending a nine-game drought.
Landeskog caught Getzlaf napping during an Anaheim power play in the second period, turning the corner on the Ducks captain and pushing a shot past Hiller. Less than four minutes later, Duchene added his 16th goal late in a power play.
- With Getzlaf's return, the Ducks scratched new RW Radek Dvorak, who scored two goals in Monday's win over Edmonton.
- Colorado C Paul Stastny returned from an eight-game absence with a persistent foot injury.
- New York Jets QB Mark Sanchez, who grew up in Orange County, attended the game in a Ducks jersey.


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After viewing two episodes of Cinemax's new spy thriller, "Hunted," I sat down one recent Saturday intending to watch the third. Several hours later, I had finished the season's eighth and final hour with just one thought in my head: "I can't wait to start all over again."
"Hunted" (9 p.m. CT Oct. 19, Cinemax; 3.5 stars out of 4), which springs from the paranoid and marvelous mind of Frank Spotnitz ("The X-Files") is smart, challenging and completely addictive. Oh, and it's a helluva good time.
Melissa George stars as Sam Hunter, a spy for a private security firm called Byzantium whose secretive clients are usually multi-national corporations with dangerous dealings. When we first meet Sam, she's completed a mission in Tangier and plans to reveal a secret to her co-spy and lover, Aidan Marsh (Adam Rayner). Before they can meet up, she's ambushed, shot and left for dead.
She goes off the grid for a year, staying at a remote cabin in Scotland where she gets back into fighting shape so she can return to Byzantium and ferret out her betrayor(s). She trusts no one. (Important "X-Files" lesson.) Sam's list of suspects includes Aidan and the other Byzantium operatives on their team, Deacon Crane (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), Zoe Morgan (Morven Christie), Ian Fowkes (Lex Shrapnel) and Hasan Moussa (Uriel Emil).
Their creepy-cold boss, Rupert Keel (Stephen Dillane), makes The Smoking Man look like one of those sweet over-sharers you meet in line at the market. Throw in a syringe-loving assassin (Scott Handy), a MI6 agent (Indira Varma) and the British Interior Ministry, and you see Sam has a daunting task ahead.
So does the creator, Spotnitz, who picked the right name for Byzantium since the multiple tales he weaves together are downright byzantine. He's juggling Sam's quest for revenge and a mystery from her own childhood over the entire season, while each episode he present a new problem and solves it within her official mission where she poses as the nanny for crooked London businessman Jack Turner's (Patrick Malahide) grandson.
Sam delivers plenty of brutal beatdowns, but Spotnitz's layered, complex storytelling reminds me of the classic spy thrillers of the 1950s and '60s, where numerous intrigues ratchet up the suspense over big action sequences. Scenes in the Turner home are rife with claustrophobic tension that can make a viewer extremely uncomfortable.
The CW's "Nikita" returns Friday, but where that flashier spy series plays up the action and mustache-twisting baddies, "Hunted" spends a lot of time inside the heads of Sam and the other agents. Each struggles with the moral ambiguities of his or her job, which I find fascinating. George is first among the fine cast, revealing Sam's pain, power and paranoia.
There are so many pieces to the "Hunted" puzzle that at times they can be a bit overwhelming. But thanks to intricate plotting, generally excellent writing and tricky visual clues, Spotnitz and his writers reveal bit by bit how those pieces fit together. Sort of.
It'll drive you to scratch a bald spot in your scalp, but "Hunted" is an intriguing and rewarding puzzle worth (trying) to solve.
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Morning Brief: October 21
Famed fashion designer Oscar de la Renta has passed away at 82 after a long battle with cancer. Much can and would be said about where he went with fashion, but it should also be noted where he came from. De la Renta was from the Dominican Republic, and was probably the most prominent Dominican-American in this country for years—foreshadowing the growing influence of the islanders in NYC.