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Net Neutrality: What just happened and why Ericsson's engagement impacts our business
Since the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) started contemplating its role in the broadband world years ago, Democratic and Republican FCC Chairmen realized that the framework for addressing the Internet should be based on a standard that allowed for maximum creativity, and minimal government involvement. For years, that framework – often referred to as "Title I" – defined the government's role in regulating the Internet.
That's not to say that there have not been hiccups. There are instances of ISPs playing games. Remember, Comcast tried to block BitTorrent traffic years ago. A small wireline ISP once blocked Vonage. In both cases, public scrutiny and political pressure – not rules – led to such practices being eliminated.
In 2015, Chairman Wheeler took actions to bring the Internet under a stricter framework – known as "Title II." What's that? Think telephones. One big reason Title II exists as law is to make sure that the monopoly telephone provider of the past could not play games. Your calls had to go through, and they did.
The current FCC Chairman Pai has effectively hit the reset button. The Order he released brings the Internet back to the welcoming arms of Title I. Contrary to much rhetoric, the FCC has not "broken the Internet." Consumers are still protected. ISPs will not block websites. You'll still be able to watch Netflix on your phone. Your kids will still be using Snapchat.
What does Ericsson think?
Ericsson is very supportive of what just happened. Our products have network management built in. We enable differentiated experiences. Some of the experiences require low latency, or high bandwidth, or content cached close to the end user.
As broadband matures, the issue isn't so much just "how fast is it?" Now, there can, and will, be levels of access that take into account security, latency, speed, QoS, etc. Those aspects of broadband are what made doing business under rules adopted under Chairman Wheeler so difficult for us and our customers. The rules called into question whether some of the equipment we would like to sell could be deployed. Ericsson's Government and Industry Relations team has worked for more than a decade on the Net Neutrality issue to make sure we can continue innovating and develop new product offerings. This isn't just hypothetical. Customers have stated that their concern with a particular product offering was net neutrality rules.
Our biggest advocacy concern in the most recent round at the FCC was 5G. Network slicing, a key component of 5G, is based on delivering different levels of access to different devices and users. The FCC actually quoted Ericsson in its Order stating: "not all IoT connections place equal demands on the network, an inflexible version of net neutrality in this context could harm innovation. The notion that every data bit sent between connected cars should be treated with the same degree of priority as email traffic or that an augmented reality service is barred from obtaining a certain quality of service ignores the difference in requirements of the devices, applications, and users (not all of whom will be human) that will increasingly connect to the wireless Internet."
So, yes, Ericsson supports the FCC's recent action and our filings over the past 10 years have been consistent: rules are largely unnecessary in the competitive environment – particularly for wireless broadband – in the United States. Ericsson is, of course, opposed to ISPs blocking traffic or throttling traffic. Nobody is suggesting otherwise. In that aspect, we are aligned with Google and Facebook.
Is Ericsson opposed to Net Neutrality? If you mean is Ericsson opposed to blocking traffic or charging end users to pay ransom to prevent their apps from being throttled? Then absolutely not! Make no mistake, Ericsson supports an open Internet. And, what that means to Ericsson is an Internet that permits and encourages innovation, investment, and customization


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Since my post on the Collinses of Coornishal, I have found out a little more about the Adrigole Collinses. I have identified two more women whom I believe were daughters of "Larr" (1783-1867) and their families.
In the Collinses of Coornishal post I wondered about a Catherine Collins in the family tree of a DNA match and whether our shared ancestry was through that Catherine. I still don't know if that is our common connection, but I did find a Catherine Collins, married to Daniel Sullivan before 1852 and living in Laherdane, Castlehaven parish. The children I could find were Patrick (1852), Mary (1854), Catherine (1856), Michael (1858), Nancy (1860), Margaret? (1862), and Johanna (1865). Larry Collins was a godfather of Mary in 1854.
I have tried tracing Sullivans in the 1901 census but they are no longer obviously there. I will have to search the revision books after Griffith's to determine when they left Laherdane. So far, I have not even been able to guess a potential birth year for this Catherine, therefore I'd be interested in obtaining her death record if possible. I think she and Daniel Sullivan may have been listed as godparents in the 1870's.
Another person I found was Mary Collins, who married John Young of Derryclough, Drinagh in 1855. I think Larr witnessed the marriage. The children I could find were Margaret (1855), Jane (1857), Thomas (1860), Edward (1862), John (1864), Richard (1867), Mary (1870), and Michael (1873).
I believe Mary was the godmother of Catherine's child Patrick Sullivan; that Catherine was the godmother of Mary's child Richard Young, and now I think this Catherine was likely the godmother of Daniel Collins of Cullomane East (1865), the youngest child of Daniel Collins and Mary Mahony. I think Mary Collins Young is in the 1901 census, widowed, in Derryclough Lower in Drinagh. Judging from the census record I estimate she was born about 1830.
One Thomas Young was identified as a nephew to Jeremiah Collins in the latter's funeral writeup from the Southern Star on May 9, 1903.
I have viewed an 1856 Skibbereen bridewell record in the Ireland Prison Registers for a Laurence Collins who was picked up and detained for being drunk and disorderly, but the record does not state where he was from or state any family members or otherwise give any further details about the arrest and detention.
There are two other couples I have my eye on. Patrick Collins and Ann Regan were the parents of Laurence Collins, baptized 18-Aug-1819 in Caheragh R.C. parish. The couple may have moved to Kilmeen civil parish; Patrick was baptized 11-Feb-1822; Mary was baptized 28-Jul-1824; and twins Catherine and Julia 25-Oct-1826. Lance (Laurence) Collins was the godfather of Patrick and of Mary. I have no further information on this couple or this Laurence and so far I have not tied them to people in Adrigole or Coornishal.
Jeremiah Collins and Johanna Collins were the parents of Larry Collins, baptized 20-Aug-1860 in Castlehaven & Myross R.C. parish. One Catherine Barry was the godmother. I am pointing her out because I have seen the name Catherine Barry as a witness to the marriage of John Collins and Catherine Sheily of Adrigole. Other children for Jeremiah and Johanna Collins are Daniel (1857), Margaret (1866), and Jeremiah (1869). This couple is associated with a family named Byrns. Their residence is recorded as Lahane or Lahern, which might be Lahardane Beg or Lahardane More - perhaps where Catherine Collins and Daniel Sullivan lived.
There was a Patrick Collins who was a godfather of Laurence baptized 17-Mar-1849 in Castlehaven & Myross, while Daniel Collins and Mary Mahony were still living in Adrigole, before their move to Cullomane East. I have been trying to find out more about this Patrick, without much success. There was a Patrick Collins in Adrigole in the Tenure Book (the pre-Griffith's notebook) in 1850, but he was gone by the publication of Griffith's Valuation a few years later. For a while I thought that perhaps this Patrick had settled in Garranes, near Castletownsend, and I investigated the Collinses down there, but have subsequently learned the Garranes/Castletownsend Collinses came from elsewhere.

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Apparently Lindsay Lohan and Dina Lohan went out to a club in NYC last night, as one is wont to do with one's mom on a Tuesday. The ladies left the establishment at 4 a.m. and proceeded to drive home, to Dina's house on Long Island. And that's when the trouble started.
TMZ reports:
Lindsay and Dina started arguing in the car and it escalated when they got home. We're told it became physical with Lindsay sustaining a cut on her leg. We're also told there was property damage — including a broken bracelet of Lindsay's — that occurred during the scuffle.
Apparently the 911 call was logged as a "domestic violence call." No arrests were made.
Mere days ago, Linds was calling her mom "amazing, beautiful, talented, strong." But you know, get drunk/high/stay up late and sometimes the dynamic changes.


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WALTHAM, Mass. - Junior outfielder Jason Witzberger was named to the 2006 ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-America baseball team, as selected by the College Sports Information Director's of America. Witzberger's national honor follows his selection as a First Team All-Conference pick in the NEWMAC.
Witzberger, who is widely regarded as one of the best Division III leadoff hitters in New England, batted .412 during the spring season to warrant his selection as a Third Team national member. On pace to set the Institute's career record for on-base percentage, Witzberger swiped 21 bases during 2006 en route to a new school record. In three seasons, Witz has successfully picked up 51 stolen bases.
With his selection, Witzberger becomes the third MIT student-athlete to earn ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors this season, joining Ryan Sheffler (soccer) and Mike D'Auria (basketball) while becoming the 126th honoree in the history of the Institute. MIT ranks first all-time among Division III schools in producing Academic All-America's, while the Engineers are ranked third across all NCAA divisions.
Witzberger is the 11th baseball player in MIT lore to cop national recognition for his excellence on the field and in the classroom, and the first since Alvie Loretto earned a Second Team selection in 2001.
Hailing from Wheeling, W.Va., Witzberger carries a converted grade-point average of 3.70 while majoring in Management Science.


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Horowitz revives "tedious" Colorado case, casts Media Matters as "vigilantes"
After proclaiming that he had lost interest in the "tedious back-and-forth," right-wing pundit David Horowitz is back, again falsely attacking Media Matters for America over an unsupported claim of anti-conservative bias at the University of Northern Colorado (UNC). Horowitz has claimed that a UNC student, when asked to describe on a midterm essay exam "why President Bush was a war criminal," received a failing grade for answering instead why Saddam Hussein was the war criminal. But despite his repeated assertions that he has lost interest in the debate over the UNC incident and that the controversy is ultimately insignificant in the face of "hundreds of cases" of classroom bias, Horowitz just can't seem to help himself, continually revisiting the specifics of the UNC case and relentlessly attacking Media Matters, most recently in an April 21 post rehashing the details of the debate.
Horowitz: Media Matters making a "mountain out of the molehill"
Horowitz has attempted to undermine the credibility of Media Matters' debunking of this story (here, here, and here) by downplaying the significance of the purported UNC incident. In a March 15 article on FrontPageMag.com, Horowitz, the publication's editor-in-chief, wrote: "We have mounted a campaign for academic freedom based on hundreds of testimonies from liberal as well as conservative students in more than 30 states and at colleges from coast to coast, but leftists have pounced on a single student's testimony about a single exam at the university of Colorado in an attempt to discredit all the evidence we have gathered and the case we have made." In a March 17 post on Moonbat Central, the blog of Horowitz's DiscoverTheNetwork.org, Horowitz again asserted the insignificance of the UNC case, alleging that Media Matters was "creating a mountain out of the molehill of this particular case (our campaign is based on hundreds of cases)."
Horowitz: "Not even I the target am interested anymore."
Following his assertion that the UNC case, as an isolated example of a larger trend, was unworthy of scrutiny or discussion, Horowitz and his advocates declared the debate surrounding the UNC controversy tedious and claimed to extricate themselves from it. In the March 17 post on Moonbat Central cited above, Horowitz wrote: "The back and forth with the Soros attack site MediaMatters has become so tedious that not even I the target am interested anymore." This was followed on March 18 by a post by DiscoverTheNetwork.org managing editor Richard Poe, who echoed Horowitz's apparent fatigue, and extended an invitation to Media Matters: "We have tired of the game. We invite Mr. [David] Brock [president and CEO of Media Matters] -- along with any other misguided commentators, blogospheric or otherwise, who wish to follow his lead -- to say whatever they like concerning the hapless student persecuted by assistant professor of criminology Robert Dunkley at UNC."
Despite claims of boredom, Horowitz continued the attacks
But four hours later, Poe, despite his professed indifference, posted another attack against Media Matters on Moonbat Central. And yet another three hours after that. One hour later, he again posted on the UNC controversy. On March 19, Poe responded yet again to a Media Matters item on the UNC issue.
Horowitz also returned for more. On March 20, despite his insistence of the triviality of the UNC case, Horowitz authored two blog posts on it, here and here. And in an April 21 article on FrontPageMag.com, Horowitz once again overcame his boredom. In the article, Horowitz reiterated his claim of the relative insignificance of the UNC incident, but then rehashed (at great length) the details of the debate, and again attacked Media Matters. Horowitz wrote that a "dishonest tactic of the opposition has been to seize the slightest ambiguity in the information we have been gathering in order to discredit the idea that there is any problem at all." He then attacked Media Matters as "vigilantes" and a "leftwing smear site," and again accused Media Matters of "spreading the false story that I had invented the student, the exam and professor." This accusation is false; as we have noted repeatedly, Media Matters merely pointed out that Horowitz had failed to provide any evidence that the incident played out as he had described it.
We do wonder how much Horowitz would have to say if he were actually interested in the topic.


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S8 E15 Have You Seen Me Lately?
There's more than one Dr. Shepherd roaming the halls of Seattle Grace at the moment. That's because Amelia (guest star Caterina Scorsone) left sunny California seeking help from her big brother. Derek won't even consider operating on his sister's friend, Erica, so Amelia calls him a jackass. Lexie can't help but crack at this.
Lexie convinces Derek to let Amelia practice a procedure she needs to complete in 90 seconds if there's any chance of saving Erica. The dry runs don't go well, but a more difficult plan may actually be more efficient. Derek softens a bit once he realizes that Amelia is stronger than he thought. They work together get the procedure down to 86 seconds. That'll work! They'll be operating on Erica in the "You Break My Heart" episode of Private Practice.
The fifth years are busy prepping for the oral boards. Jackson and April are study buddies. Alex is using his intern, Morgan, to quiz him. Meredith should be studying with Cristina, but she's too busy trying to save her marriage in therapy with Owen. After a clandestine meeting with Richard, Callie considers letting Mer in on her secret study method. She must first prove herself worthy by leading the case involving a man who got his arm stuck in a meat grinder.
The patient's buddies work to take apart the meat grinder. They pass out the moment they complete the job. The arm looks like it can't be saved until Meredith remembers reading something about using a patient's toe to repair a thumb. It's the only way to save the entire arm, and it was all Meredith's idea. Her reward is access to Callie's secret study methods.
Carrie Rissler was given six months to live over eight years ago. She's still around thanks to the efforts of Dr. Miranda Bailey. Now this woman is having a lymph node transfer done thanks to a suggestion from Jackson. Bailey had deemed such a procedure too risky months ago. She isn't happy this is happening now. That's why she demands Jackson and Mark read every single line of Carrie's medical history report before operating.
Bailey drives the surgeons crazy during Carrie's operation. It gets to the point where Mark tells his protégé that he needs to remove all distractions from the OR. So Jackson asks Bailey to leave the room. This has to be a first at Seattle Grace. Mark later tells Bailey that the reason she put the kibosh on the surgery initially is because of the potential consequences. The reason they keep residents like Jackson around is to remind them of all the possibilities. Nice.
Morgan quizzes Alex as he works on a patient. The symptoms she describes are actually the ones afflicting her at the moment. That's why she passes out. Morgan is 24 weeks pregnant. Everyone in the hospital knew that. Well, everyone but Alex. He does, however, know that his intern is having a heart attack. Teddy needs to operate right away which means the baby needs to come out now.
Alex is frantic when complications arise for both mother and baby. He's feeling guilty for running Morgan ragged. He had no idea she was pregnant. Heck, he didn't even know her name. Arizona consoles him by revealing that she used to be just like him. Pediatric surgeons are hard core about learning medicine. That's just what it takes to save all those kids on a daily basis. Later, Alex is by Morgan's bedside when she wakes up. He lets her know she has a baby boy.
Owen desperately wants a reason as to why Cristina doesn't want kids. Cristina wants Owen to stop holding a grudge. All of their conversations seem to circle back to the abortion. They also ask to be each other's person. That may not be the easiest request to fulfill. At the end of the therapy session, Cristina and Owen still seem to be very far apart.


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I'm having the hardest time trying to understand how
xmodmap works. I want to remap the Caps Lock key to Control.
In an attempt to emaulate the answers shown here, I created the file
clear Lock
keycode 65 = Control_L
# I got the value 65 from running xev and pressing the key.
Then I added the following to .kshrc:
export XMODMAPRC="/Home/username/.xmodmaprc"
[ -f $XMODMAPRC ] && echo "OK" && xmodmap $XMODMAPRC
When I launch a new xterm, I can see the "OK" printed at login, but the key is still behaving as a Caps Lock!
How can I make this work?
I work on Solaris 10 and I don't have root access.


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Video:Holder Armed Sinaloa Cartel In Exchange For Info On Rival Gangs
Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla,the Sinaloa Cartel's logistics coordinator,now in U.S. custody,states that Fast and Furious wasn't about tracking guns in order to take down Mexican drug cartels,but about supplying drug cartels with guns—specifically and exclusively the Sinaloa Cartel.
In a motion submitted by his lawyer,Zambada-Niebla makes the startling claim that the Sinaloa Cartel was supplied guns by the U.S. government in exchange for information on rival Mexican cartels. Not only did the Sinaloa Cartel get a steady stream of AK-47s,but were given carte blanche to traffic billions of dollars of drugs into the U.S.
It was just a matter of business. One could call it the Chicago Way—taking out one's competition:the U.S. government would intercept and arrest rival gangs with Sinaloa Cartel "agents'" info,and the Sinaloa Cartel would take up the slack. The U.S. government looked good,winning the drug war,apprehending the bad guys. And the Sinaloa Cartel made billions.
Of course the government got to then blame U.S. gun dealers for arming the drug cartels and call for stricter gun control.
We could call it a win-win-win situation.
Of course it was wildly illegal.
But that never stopped the Obama Administration before.
Is that what are in the documents Obama is keeping from the public eye with his blanket Executive Privilege over tens of thousands of Fast and Furious documents?
Conspiracy theory?
This is not the allegation of some lackey sweeping up cocaine spilled on the floor in Mexico. Our own government has charged Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla with smuggling a billion dollars of drugs into the U.S.,of being a close associate of Sinaloa Cartel head Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
How did this all come about?
Zambada-Niebla,of course being a member of the Sinoloa Cartel was granted "hands off" status by the DEA,FBI,and ATF,and therefore was granted immunity,and thus feels he's been unjustly charged.According to a motion filed by his lawyer:
The United States government considered the arrangements with the Sinaloa Cartel an acceptable price to pay,because the principal objective was the destruction and dismantling of rival cartels by using the assistance of Sinaloa Cartel—without regard for the fact that tons of illicit drugs continued to be smuggled into Chicago and other parts of the United States and consumption continued virtually unabated.
Essentially,the theory of the United States government in waging its "war on drugs" has been and continues to be that the "end justifies the means" and that it is more important to receive information about rival drug cartels' activities from the Sinaloa Cartel in return for being allowed to continue their criminal activities,including and not limited to their smuggling of tons of illegal narcotics into the United States. This is confirmed by recent disclosures by the Congressional Committee's investigation of the latest Department of Justice,DEA,FBI,and ATF's "war on drugs" operation known as "Fast and Furious."
The ironic thing is that Zambada-Niebla has joined the ranks of Darrell Issa and the American people in demanding Fast and Furious documents. Continuing from Zambada-Niebla's motion:
Mr. Zambada-Niebla in requests #48-51,seeks to obtain information regarding Operation "Fast &Furious" and the findings regarding that operation in the Joint Staff Report prepared for Darrell R. Issa,Chairman of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Senator Charles E. Grassley,the ranking member of the United States Committee on the Judiciary,because the materials requested are relevant to his defense of the public authority and are exculpatory.
The Joint Staff Report revealed that the operation known and authorized at the highest levels of the Justice Department and which included agents from ATF,DEA,FBI,ICE,and the IRS,allowed guns to be illegally purchased in the United States and transported to Mexico to end up in the hands of members of drug cartels.
The American people have been called "conspiracy theorists" for believing our own government purposely supplied weapons to violent criminals,resulting in the deaths of thousands,including Border Patrol agent Brian Terry and ICE agent Jaime Zapata.
Now a Sinaloa Cartel member who imported a billion dollars of drugs into the United States says the same.
Is he a "conspiracy theorist," too?
Barack Hussein Obama and Eric Holder can dance around the Fast and Furious documents all they want.
America will not rest until we find out the truth.
Obama can start by releasing every document related to Fast and Furious.
His "Executive Privilege" be damned.
Then he can release all of the other documents he's been hoarding for four years:college transcripts,financial aid applications,passport records,etc.
After he's done with that he can save us the trouble of impeaching him by resigning and getting the hell out of this country.
Maybe he can get a job with Hugo Chavez…


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I'm doing some calculations for shipping frozen items and something's confusing me. It seems that salted ice outperforms dry ice, so why would anyone ever ship using dry ice? Dry ice is a lot more trouble and more expensive too, right? Btw in case you're wondering about gel packs & other special packs, they are just gelled water. Regardless of wild claims they are exactly the same as ice packs in terms of performance. The advantage is they leak slower. So when I talk about ice packs I am talking about gel packs & etc. too.
Dry ice is far colder and has a higher heat of vaporization (/fusion) than water ice. But this first advantage is actually a disadvantage. The colder the shipping package is, the faster it absorbs heat. Heat transfer is directly proportional to ΔT. At -78.5C it's so extremely cold that heat absorption is 3-5 times faster than a package shipped with ice packs. Its heat of vaporization is only 70% higher. So the higher heat absorption easily trumps this. So the dry ice thaws much faster than water ice. Then once all the dry ice is gone the frozen food rapidly climbs to freezing temperature and thaws normally. Meanwhile the food with salted ice packs is still fully frozen. Because the amount of energy to raise the temperature once the dry ice/water ice thaws is much less than the energy it takes to thaw.
Normally you only ship fresh food with ice packs, not frozen food. Because ice packs have a freezing point of 0 C. And food has a freezing point of about -1 to -4 C. So the frozen food thaws before the ice packs even start to thaw, the ice pack's big heat of fusion is totally useless, and they do little to keep food frozen. That's why the freezing point of your ice packs should be lower than your frozen item; so that the packs melt first not the frozen item. So then comes in dry ice with its -78.5 C freezing point and the food stays completely frozen until all the dry ice is gone. It does a much better job than normal ice packs at keeping frozen things frozen. But you can also get salted ice packs with freezing points of -5C or lower. Why didn't they do this instead? It's not as cold initially, but I think it stays cold longer. Or did I miscalculate something?
Am I missing something? Or should every shipper ditch dry ice and switch to salted ice?
A few figures in case you want to play with the numbers:
Specific Heat of Water 4184 J/(kg˚C)
Specific Heat of Ice 2108 J/(kg˚C)
Latent Heat of Fusion for Ice 335000 J/kg
Dry ice Latent Heat of Vaporization 571000 J/kg
Dry ice Freezing Temperature -78.5 ˚C
Specific Heat of Dry Ice 700 J/(kg˚C)
Specific Heat of Carbon Dioxide 800ish... but effectively zero because it gets vented out of the package.
Styrofoam Thermal Conductivity 0.03 W/(m K)


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So, after my ordeal the other night, I had to spend today talking to an overworked detective in the local Citywatch Station. Lately, there apparantly have been increased incidents of some sort of underground anarchy group that is tagging walls and knocking over streetlamps and such throughout the city.
The sense I get is that in many other neighborhoods people just deal with it and get on with their lives, but around here, in Canal City, folks tend to get a little more upset about this stuff disturbing their little paradise. I guess I don't blame them, but at the same time, it seems like a lot of real crime (like getting mugged at blunderbuss-point) gets overshadowed by Mrs. Klenderring's overturned flowerpots..... which may or may not even have anything to do with these so-called anarchists.
So my day was pretty much shot. When the sun was going down, I went in search of something that I could draw at night, braving the evening hours despite my ordeal from the night before..... can't live in constant fear... besides, now I am armed.
Anyways, I lucked out because last night, many of the canals in the neighborhood were lit up with thousands of lanterns of the Nightfishermen. Nightfishing is a long-held tradition here in Gateway, and on certain nights of the month (I think the moon cycle has something to do with which nights are the best) people travel from all over the city to go to the most popular spots... some of the best are here in Canal City.
It is so ingrained into the folklore and history of Gateway, that several little religions and cults have sprung up around the tradition, and often predictions about the future are made based on what kinds of fish are caught, how many are caught, and how big the fish are....
There were so many boats packed into the main canals, it was hard to find a good subject to focus on, so I wandered the lesser-traveled canals and found a small boat that really epitomized the bizarre and somewhat humorous nature of this tradition. I asked another onlooker if he knew anything about this particular boat. He said he thinks the leader of this particular Nightfishing cult believes that it is his destiny to one day catch a giant squid in the canals, something that has been rumored to have occurred once in the History of Gateway, over 300 years ago. The day after it was caught, an enormous tidal wave crashed into the city and wiped out entire neighborhoods. I suppose this particular Nightfisherman draws some sort of connection between the two events.
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Well we would benefit from settled weather, but when the nights are balmy and perfect, the rivers are in spate or indeed flood. We had some success in Cornwall fishing on the River Fowey at Wainsford House, with three people catching their first sea trout and coming off the "Wainsford Virgin" list. Mediterranean weather until the last few days with thundery conditions made condition quite unsettled. Saying that we had a lot of fun and indeed some fish.
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This morning, we're looking at Jason Martin, formerly of Blur but now working at Doom creators id Software as a character artist. While at Blur, Jason helped on the studio's Star Wars: Old Republic and Resident Evil projects, among others.
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"There is a growing interest to guide cancer therapy by sequencing the DNA of the cancer cell," said Clark Chen, MD, PhD, vice-chairman of Research and Academic Development, UC San Diego Division of Neurosurgery and the principal investigator of the study. "Our study demonstrates that the sensitivity of glioblastoma to a drug is influenced not only by the content of its DNA sequences, but also by how the DNA sequences are organized and interpreted by the cell."
The team of scientists, led by Chen, used a method called comparative gene signature analysis to study the genetic profiles of tumor specimens collected from approximately 900 glioblastoma patients. The method allows investigators to discriminate whether specific cellular processes are "turned on" or "turned off" in glioblastomas. "Our study showed that not all glioblastomas are the same. We were able to classify glioblastomas based on the type of cellular processes that the cancer cells used to drive tumor growth," said Jie Li, PhD, senior postdoctoral researcher in the Center for Theoretical and Applied Neuro-Oncology at UC San Diego and co-first author of the paper.
One of these cellular processes involves Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR). The study revealed that EGFR signaling is suppressed in a subset of glioblastomas. Importantly, this suppression is not the result of altered DNA sequences or mutations. Instead, EGFR is turned off as a result of how the DNA encoding the EGFR gene is organized in the cancer cell. This form of regulation is termed "epigenetic." Because EGFR is turned off in these glioblastomas, they become insensitive to drugs designed to inhibit EGFR signaling.
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Great to get a win there in the singles. Also great to get a thumping win in the doubles as a bit of payback. Although, would have preferred to have that result in the Roland Garros final.
Great to get a win there in the singles. Also great to get a thumping win in the doubles as a bit of payback. Although, would have preferred to have that result in the Roland Garros final.
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PTA World Tour 250 - Thursday (2nd Round) - Halle, Germany - Grass
- While the mental toughness wasn't there in Paris, it was present in Hall as the second seed Sven Oxenstierna survived a tough three-set workout against Pierre L'Estrange of France. The French Open finalist led the first set 4-1, but failed to capitalise on the big chance to take an early lead as L'Estrange fought back and with the big left-hand forehand took the first set in a tiebreaker 8-6. Oxenstierna is one of the best defensive baseliners in the game, but his shotmaking ability is perhaps underrated as he matched fire with fire to take the second set 6-3. While L'Estrange was beginning to falter, his massive groundstrokes continued to cause Oxenstierna some trouble as the Westerner struggled to keep the pressure on with a failure to get in enough first serves. But his defence - coupled with some fantastic backhands off the back foot - allowed him to save break points and stay in the set before taking his big chance at 5-5 to secure the decisive break. As a top four player, he easily served out the match 6-7(8), 6-3, 7-5. He faces a different challenge next against local hope Becker Haas who prevailed in a tight three-set match against Viktor Vuriak of the Ukraine 6-2, 5-7, 7-6(3).
- In the third quarter final, defending champion Rasmus Olesen meets Jamaican sixth seed Oneil Stewart.
- Seeded players out: None.
- Third seeds Ashim Kumar and Seby Kumar were the only seeds in action in the doubles, and they won.
- Seeded players out: None.
Swwwweeet. Some great wins for the CWLanders there, and a massive match against The Drake next up.
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Supporting Petone's Finest since the very start - Iain O'Brien
Also Supporting the All Time #1 Batsman of All Time Ever - Jacques Kallis and the much maligned Peter Siddle.
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Done well so far.
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AEGON Nottingham Challenge II - Singles
PTA World Tour 250 - Thursday (3rd Round) - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Grass
- A poor start wasn't enough to stop the unseeded run of Pierre Rose as the West CWLander stormed home to beat qualifier Hau Li-an. After an impressive start to the week, Rose was caught on the back foot early as Hau came to the net regularly and broke three times en route to taking the first set 6-2. Rose's serve, which looked so lacklustre in the first, continued to be inconsistent in the second set, but it was nothing compared to Hau who failed to hold at all as the wind played havoc with his confidence. The third set was less one-sided, but only slightly so as Rose moved into the quarters 2-6, 6-1, 6-2.
- There he will meet Ishan Narang in a battle of East vs. West after Narang prevailed in a serve-a-thon against second seed Mark Harmel. The Belgian isn't really known for his serve, but was broken just once in the match as he and Narang engaged in a drab battle of the serves. In three tiebreakers, Narang needed four match points to put the second seed away in a marathon decider to advance to a showdown with Rose 6-7(1), 7-6(3), 7-6(8).
- In the West vs. East battle in the third round, Roy Daniels put in a trademark collapse as Rick Langley the third seed was all over him like the symptoms of a poorly chosen night out in Thailand. Daniels looked tired and lethargic - understandable after playing a whole two matches in three days - as he fell away from 2-2 to drop ten games on the trot. Langley was clinical as he took advantage of his many opportunities, setting up a meeting with the altogether tougher seventh seed Yevgeny Pushkov 6-2, 6-0.
- Seeded players out: Roy Daniels; Anothy Ficher; Mark Harmel; Adem Tadic.
AEGON Championships II
PTA World Tour 250 - Friday (Quarterfinals) - Queen's Club, London, United Kingdom - Grass
- Third seed Jefferson Drake has survived Hurricane Heath Davis at Queens to ease into the semifinals of the prestigious grass court tournament. The World No. 8 continues his impressive start to his Wimbledon preparation by surviving a difficult quarterfinal draw; countering the big hitting Davis with some extraordinary ball-striking of his own in an entertaining contest. Davis had chances to serve for the set, but failed to get the breaks of serve he needed and ultimately was broken by the third seed who showed greater composure under pressure. Taking the first set 7-5, he got a break early in the second and did not let go of it as he sent the big man tumbling out of the singles draw 7-5, 6-3. He will have to contend with the weight of a parochial English crowd tomorrow, though, after seventh seed Henry Charles ousted defending champ Darcy Cowan 6-4, 6-3 to make his second semifinal in as many years.
- In the first semifinal, Jojo Mustard will test his mettle against the World No. 1 after smashing Atthaphol Sae-ul in straight sets. The sixth seed has been rarely troubled this week, and was in majestic form as he polaxed the Thai player 6-0, 6-2. The defining moment came at 4-2 in the second set where Mustard showed some awesome defence to keep what should have been winners in play before retrieving a drop shot to go ahead 40-0. It will be a boost to his confidence before meeting Jason Hall tomorrow after the American beat David Champion of Australia 6-3, 6-4.
- Seeded players out: David Champion; Darcy Cowan; Heath Davis.
- Second seeds Heath Davis and Jojo Mustard also picked up a semifinal spot in the doubles after coming from a set down to beat Henry Charles and Oscar Highsmith. Dropping the first set 3-6, Davis and Mustard looked like crashing out as they fell a break behind in the second set at 3-4. They broke back immediately, though, and played a dominant tiebreaker to send the match to a deciding first-to-ten point eliminator. Too good too early, the two-time Slam champs kept their week alive with a 3-6, 7-6(2), [10-4] win. They will meet fourth seeds Andrej Konc and Evgeny Maximov next.
- In the top half, defending champions Hayden Onwye and Ross Onwye meet two-time Roland Garros winners Hugh James and Ralph Robinson.
- Seeded players out: Jean-Alain Depuis & Björn Donaldson.
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PTA World Tour 250 - Friday (Quarterfinals) - Halle, Germany - Grass
- For the second match running, second seed Sven Oxenstierna has come from a set down to easily account for local hope Becker Haas. After his compatriot Gunther Heug was bundled out earlier by Miroslav Brdar (who tomorrow meets Carlo Amato in the first semifinal), Haas was the last remaining German in the draw. The World No. 39 took the first set 6-4, but after that was humbled by the World No. 4 who eased through the next two sets in under three-quarters of an hour. In high tempo tennis, Oxenstierna benefited from a number of errors from the German and hit enough winners to send him packing quickly. The 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 win sets up a showdown with defending champion Rasmus Olesen on Saturday. Olesen also came from a set down; beating sixth seed Oneil Stewart of Jamaica 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.
- Seeded players out: Oneil Stewart.
- Following up in the doubles, there was no love for The Ox as he and Brett Read were beaten by little known German pairing David Kestenholz and Daniel Zwygart. In a tight contest, Kestenholz and Zwygart proved just too good for their fellow wildcard entrants as they advanced to the semifinals 7-6(3), 6-4.
- Seeded players out: Sanchez Emelio & Paolo Mandonna.
The vodka (milk) worked wonders.
I mean, wat.
Davis Train wreck.
AEGON Nottingham Challenge II
PTA World Tour 250 - Friday (Quarterfinals) - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Grass
- Third seed Rick Langley has played his way into the semifinals in Nottingham with a straight sets win over Yevgeny Pushkov. In probably his most complete performance of the week, Langley took out an in form opponent who had dropped just seven games in his first two matches. Langley began the match with a break of serve, and although he gave it up soon after had no troubles in taking the first set 6-3. The second set continued in a similar fashion, only this time Pushkov was unable to break back as Langley advanced 6-3, 6-2. The convincing win sets up a semi final meeting with tenth seed Pablo Scalforo after his win over Estonia's Taavi Aleksejev. Scalforo has dropped two sets this week.
- In the Trans-CWLand clash, fifteenth seed Ishan Narang made it through to another semifinal with a good win over Pierre Rose. After his third round match went to three tiebreak sets, Narang relished a cruisy start as he claimed the first set 6-2. Rose, however, recovered from a poor start and began to find his rhythm - admittedly this was assisted by the sometimes overly defensive play from Narang on the baseline. Taking the second set 6-4, Rose had the chance to break immediately in the third at 15-40, but failed to convert either break point. Narang, meanwhile, answered with an immediate break of his own and took the set and the match 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. He now meets unseeded South African Oliver Thursfield who upset fourth seed Zbiginiew Boniek 6-3, 6-3.
- Seeded players out: Zbiginiew Boniek; Yevgeny Pushkov.
AEGON Championships II
PTA World Tour 250 - Saturday (Semifinals) - Queen's Club, London, United Kingdom - Grass
- A straight sets win has put Jefferson Drake into an impressive ninth tour final after he dashed the hopes of the British crowd with a win over Henry Charles. In a tough contest between two possible Wimbledon contenders, Drake showed great resilience as he seemed to relish the scorn heaped upon him by the parochial Queens Club crowd. Down a break early in the first, the World No. 8 fought back well to take the set to a tiebreaker. In just his second tiebreaker of the week, Drake served exceptionally well and took his chances to take the breaker 7-3. The second set was just as close as the first as the two players looked rock solid on serve and neither man was broken. That was until the ninth game as Drake brought up two break points by firing a forehand straight at Charles at the net. He needed only one of them, and after a brief scare at 0-30 came back well to convert his second match point with an ace to advance to tomorrow's final. His career record is 6-2 in singles finals, and he looks tomorrow to claim his first tour title on grass.
- He will meet World No. 1 Jason Hall after the American signaled his intentions to add to his two Grand Slam titles with an impressive win over sixth seed Jojo Mustard. The West CWLander clearly has some demons to deal with as he continues to freeze against the world's top players. It plagued him in the clay season, and against Hall he was awful. Despite a charity break in the first set, Mustard was far too passive against the American whose power can sometimes be understated by many pundits. With that crisp forehand working well, Hall had no troubles in making the final 6-3, 6-1 to set up a most interesting meeting with Drake.
- Seeded players out: Henry Charles; Jojo Mustard.
- Despite a disappointing end to his singles campaign, Mustard continues his great success with Heath Davis in the doubles as the pair shot into tomorrow's final with a straight sets win over fourth seeds Andrej Konc and Evgeny Maximov. Trailing 2-5 in the second set, it looked as if the Westerners would be heading to another match tiebreaker. But the Belarusian-Slovak duo were hit by an assault from the second seeds who claimed five of the next six games to send the set to a tiebreaker. Avoiding the Russian Roulette that is a match tiebreaker, Davis and Mustard moved into the final 6-3, 7-6(4). They will meet defending champs Hayden Onwye and Ross Onwye as the third seeds ousted top seeds Hugh James and Ralph Robinson 3-6, 6-2, [11-9]. The Wimbledon finalists look intent on rectifying their shock loss last season by beginning their Season II campaign strongly.
- Seeded players out: Hugh James & Ralph Robinson; Andrej Konc & Evgeny Maximov.
Disappointing to bow out in the singles, but hopefully can add another Doubles title to the trophy cabinet.
Would love to beat someone ranked higher than me for once.
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Boulder based company Zeal Optics earned some international noteriety this past weekend when they won 2 Golds at the ISPO Awards in Munich, Germany. Their HD Camera Goggle won Ski Goggle of the Year and The Brewer sunglass won Design Excellence with a Sustainable Focus for 2013. Congrats to the Zeal team!
Boulder, CO – ISPO awarded ZEAL Optics Ski Goggle of the Year and Design Excellence with a Sustainable Focus for 2013 on Monday, January 4th in Munich, Germany. The ZEAL HD Camera Goggle and the ZEAL Brewer were awarded the highest honor at the show for their unique and sustainable designs.
"We are honored to accept two ISPO gold awards for excellence in sustainable design and goggle of the year," said ZEAL's Director of Marketing Joe Prebich. "We are excited to show our brand to the world and continue to innovate products that push our industry forward."
In October of 2012 ZEAL launched their sunglass and goggle lines internationally in Europe, Canada and Australia. As the brand continues to grow, ZEAL stays true to their Boulder roots while focusing on sustainability and innovation in every product they make.
"Our initiative in 2013 is to bring ZEAL global and there isn't a greater achievement than to be recognized by the most respected individuals in our industry," said ZEAL President John Sanchez. "These two awards are an indicator that regardless of the size of our company, we are making a big impact and achieving our main goal of enhancing outdoor experiences with an environmental focus."
The HD Camera Goggle for next season has been upgraded to include the ability to shoot 12 MP photos, 120 frames per second at 1080HD, a temperature gauge and an updated graphic user interface. The line will also now include a lower price point model, without the in-goggle viewfinder for only $299.
The Brewer sunglass is made from Z-resin, ZEAL's unique formula made from plant-based material, instead of crude oil. Inspired by the hardworking heritage of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this frame is all about quality. Steeped in tradition, the Brewer was forged out of the need to provide a simple, no nonsense pair of shades for the everyday working man.
For more updates on ZEAL stay tuned to https://www.facebook.com/zealoptics.
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Based in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. ZEAL Optics is known for its revolutionary eyewear technology and its commitment to ZEAL's Grounded initiative. Grounded represents ZEAL's ecological efforts to give back to its community and the environment, by using plant-based materials in its frames instead of crude oil. With handcrafted design straight for the heart of the Rocky Mountains, ZEAL Optics was the first to come to market with a GPS goggle and since then has presented the world's largest assortment of tech savvy goggles in the world. For more on ZEAL Optics check out www.zealoptics.com and stay tuned to www.facebook.com/zealoptics for everyday updates.


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Use good quality honey.
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Honey chocolate cake
Use good quality honey.
Posted by My Kitchen Antics at Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Labels: Baked Goodies, Cakes and Cookies, Delectable Desserts, Easy Recipes, honey cake, honey chocolate cake, kahlua liqueur, moist, nigella lawson
23 comments:
- Happy Cook / Finla said...
I like ther because atleast she eats what she makes ,have tried few of her recipes and they are good, but a tad too on too much calorie side, but then for special occasion they are good.
Love the cake stand they are so beautifil and love the cake too with the berries on top
- 12 September 2012 at 13:00
- DivyaGCP said...
Yeah.. The cake stand looks really pretty. Also love the chocolate cake. I am a fan of honey based desserts too.. As usual, love your presentation.. :)
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- 12 September 2012 at 13:25
- Shabs.. said...
Wahow!I am watching Nigella show right now. That cake looks SUPERB and are teh pics! You know what, I think adding boiling water to a cake can make it really moist and dense? The cake i made also has teh addition of boiling water in it and its a must try.
- 12 September 2012 at 14:29
- Now Serving said...
This cake looks seductive and I am willingly seduced :)
- 12 September 2012 at 14:29
- Sharmilee! :) said...
Looks so tempting...love the texture of the cake...yummy looking cake!!
- 12 September 2012 at 14:55
- Priya said...
Xcellent chocolate cake, dunno y i never thought making this honey and chocolate combo..
Incredible cake!
- 12 September 2012 at 14:56
- divya said...
tht's looks so tempting ...yum
- 12 September 2012 at 15:22
- Raksha said...
I liked that cake stand... looks pretty. Now you can click beautiful pics of cakes with it.
The cake has turned really great and the clicks are awesome.
- 12 September 2012 at 15:29
- revathi said...
Cake looks fabulous and the pics are incredible..:))
Very tempting..
- 12 September 2012 at 16:10
- Noemi said...
This cake is very cute! Yummy!!
Bye! :)
- 12 September 2012 at 18:08
- Manju said...
Oh my that cake stand is to die for...even I'm on mu hunt for a pretty and knockout cake stand ;-)
This cake was the very first cake I ever baked...Honestly...The week we landed in US I just had to make use of my bread loaf pan (the only bakeware I had) and the Oven and I quickly searched for a chocolate cake recipe and found this one...It came out absolutely delish :-) Though it rose up like a pillow in my loaf pan ...hehehe....I wish I could share the snap I had taken...its hilarious!
I should make it again, now that u've reminded me :-)
- 12 September 2012 at 21:41
- Neha said...
Gorgeous looking cake...Love the pics too...
- 13 September 2012 at 00:49
- Reshmi Mahesh said...
Cake looks wonderful...Love your presentation and clicks.....Beautiful cake stand too..
- 13 September 2012 at 02:41
- Amina Khaleel said...
wow... cake looks super yummy... the beautiful stand and strawberries add a wonderful dimension to the cake.. looks simply fantastic!!
- 13 September 2012 at 02:59
- Akila said...
Omg... Cake looks so lovely... n ur stand looks so pretty too...
- 13 September 2012 at 03:24
- Katie Mar said...
honey and chocolate is an awesome combination! this cake looks fabulous.
- 13 September 2012 at 04:55
- Rumana Ambrin said...
very very beautiful and superb looking cake...
- 13 September 2012 at 05:34
- Indu said...
The cake stand is truly beautiful. Kind of rustic.
Love the cake. The only honey dessert I have tried out is a honey semifreddo, a Nigella recipe, and turned out to be very good. Maybe it is time to try out the next one!
- 13 September 2012 at 05:38
- Meg's Delicious Adventures said...
Thanks for visiting my space. You have wonderful recipes and pics here. I am your new follower now. Be my friend at Meg's Delicious Adventures
- 13 September 2012 at 14:12
- Tamanna said...
such a beautiful presentation. its the beauty that makes it look much more appealing...i can see the rich chocolatey goodies from the slice. yum!
- 13 September 2012 at 19:26
- TheYummyMorsel said...
Decadent cake! Lovely pics.
- 16 September 2012 at 15:25
- Simply Cute and Creative said...
Do you have the recipe in US measurements? Your cake sounds so delicious!
- 24 April 2013 at 22:52
- An Open Book said...
@simply cute and creative...I have linked the original recipe in the post. If you click on that, there is cup measurements option by the side of the recipe. That should help you out :)
- 25 April 2013 at 10:25


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For breakfast this morning, our children had a bowl of plain generic Cheerios with milk and some strawberries from their garden. It was a pretty healthy breakfast, all around, and it was certainly cheap. All three of them finished their bowls, so they must have liked it.
They don't think of breakfast as a time to eat a sugar-laden concoction that comes from a box with a bunch of cartoon characters on it. They think of breakfast as time to eat a quick meal before they head off to the day's activities.
Right now, our three children are out in the yard playing. I have a window open so I can hear if there's an extreme crisis, but they seem to be doing just fine on their own. In fact, as I glance out there, they seem to have turned a cardboard box they found into some sort of throne and are playing a game where someone is the "king" or "queen" and can give orders to the others. Honestly, it's not too different than the games I used to play when I was their age.
It's a nice summer day. They're not inside where they would likely be playing with a toy or a game that someone bought for them and they're not in the television room watching a show. They're outside. Having fun. With a cardboard box.
In fact, I can't actually think of what else I would want them to be doing right now. They're reusing an old cardboard box. They're engaged in social, imaginative play. They're outside getting some fresh air, but the spot where they're playing is mostly shaded, so they're not getting baked in the sun.
To me, this is frugality. Their memories of childhood, or at least a significant part of them, won't revolve around stuff. It'll revolve around things like spending an afternoon playing with their siblings outside using a cardboard box.
For lunch today, we're going to have leftovers paired with some salad made out of lettuce and other greens cut from our garden just before the meal. Again, if I know my children, they'll gobble most of it up. They'll probably dislike one or the other of the elements presented to them, but it's no big deal.
A bit later today, they have swimming lessons at the public pool in a nearby town. These lessons cost a pittance and our children are learning to swim well. Afterwards, there's time for an "open swim" for the children, so they'll splash around in the pool quite a lot and show off their swimming moves.
The late afternoon will involve time spent at a wonderful local park. The park will probably be empty because other children aren't out enjoying it. Either Sarah or I will take them there, while the other one stays at home to complete tasks around the house or to start preparing supper.
Our dinner will likely be cooked on the grill and it will probably again feature some vegetables from our garden. Our asparagus is starting to thin out, so this might be the last time we have a good handful of those to eat. We'll wrap them in aluminum foil with a couple ice cubes and a pat of butter and they'll end up delicious. We'll probably pair that with some fish that my father caught (as fishing is his primary hobby these days) and gave to us for the freezer. Again, our children will gobble this up.
Tonight, at bedtime, they'll wear some oversized hand-me-down t-shirts as pajamas and kick back in their beds. They'll hear several bedtime stories from our collection of gifted books and from library books as well as a chapter from a longer book and by the end of the last story, two of the three of them will be asleep (this is basically a guarantee as of late). The other one is pretty content to read to himself before he drifts off.
I've heard from some readers as of late describing my children's life as somehow deprived. To me, their childhood seems wonderful. It brings back a lot of memories of some of the best parts of my own childhood.
If we need to spend money, we do so. If we have a really good reason to buy something, we do it. That doesn't mean that our day to day lives have to involve a litany of organized activities and name-brand products.
They're learning through their everyday lives that you don't have to buy stuff or pay for experiences to enjoy life, to eat healthy and balanced meals, to use your imagination, or to build strong friendships. I can't think of anything else I'd rather teach them.


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Monday, August 30, 2010
Memory Monday: Unsupervised
My parents certainly wouldn't leave me alone for long periods of time, at least until I was 9 or 10. An evening out for them usually meant that my brother would be called upon for duty (see "Memory Monday: My Brother the Babysitter").
But there were shorter periods of time I spent by myself while my mother went on a quick errand. And there was this matter of roaming the neighborhood on my own….
We all did it. If you had already joined up with a friend for play or you just wanted to spend some imagination-game time on your own, you might play in your back yard. If you wanted to advertise for playmates, however, you played in your front yard. And once you had paired off, if backyard entertainments didn't suffice, the neighborhood became your playground.
On Pico Street, there were no playmates on either side of our house. To the left, in the corner house, lived the Marquioli family. Margaret was older than I and her older brother was a bully. To the right was the Donaldson family. The three children were all junior high and high school age, but this house was a sort of Mecca for Children Who Love Toys, Gifts, Candy, and Lots of Attention. The mother, Kathleen Donaldson, was a generous soul who adored children and loved to give things away. Her daughter Arlene occasionally babysat for me; it was she who taught me how to make paper doll clothes. Another reason I loved this family was that they all had red hair and freckles, so I didn't feel self-conscious about my own looks. I managed to find various excuses to invite myself over to visit the Donaldsons.
Janie lived across the street and down a house. Janie's mother always had a disapproving look on her face and was forever worried that we would break something in the house. So we always ended up playing outside. But that didn't seem to ward off disaster. Janie and I would do experiments. One day we got carried away harvesting marigold seeds and decimated Janie's mother's perfect circle of marigolds in her front yard. Then there was Janie's disastrous encounter with the rock salt we used with our ice-cream maker. Six-year-old child, salt = food, that's all I'm gonna say.
Debbie's family lived kitty corner across from the Marquioli family, at the very "edge of civilization" before the desert started. Her family was large and loud. It seemed that everyone over the age of 12 smoked. There was a brother named Arky who looked and acted like a fusion of James Dean, the Fonz, and Elvis Presley. Debbie and I also had a gift for getting into trouble. Once when we were playing "jump across the ditch" I fell onto a cactus in the ditch. Not the kind with a few large needles, but the kind with thousands of very fine needles.
Kathy lived across the street and around the corner. Her parents were schoolteachers and were into health food before it was really fashionable. Kathy and I never did anything risky. We never roamed the neighborhood and usually never even played outside. I usually got bored and left early.
The Pattersons were the last to move in; they bought the house on the other side of the Donaldsons. Pam Patterson and I would often go on our own made-up treasure hunts around the neighborhood, but usually we could not go very far. This was because her younger sister, who was deaf and was not allowed to go more than a couple of houses away without an adult, often wanted to tag along with us. So instead we would plan camping trips. Trips without parents. And without siblings. Just us.
And what was there in our neighborhood that attracted us kids? Sometimes it was the desert, which was filled with road construction debris and an assortment of desert animals. Sometimes we would sneak across the lawn of Old Man Smith's house. He was a recluse who was known to shout obscenities through the door at Halloween trick-or-treaters or other trespassers.
And our parents? They were around, sort of. If there was a real emergency, we could run home to them. But they didn't stand around in the front yard watching us. Well, sometimes Janie's mother did. But mostly we were left on our own to engage in not-quite-dangerous-but-not-totally-safe minor acts of dare-deviltry.
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What great memories, Greta! Reminded me of my own exploits as a kid. Might have to jot a few of them down myself! :o)ReplyDelete
"Free-range kid" - I love that!!That was definitely my childhood - be home by the time the street lights came on! I think that also, at least in my neighborhood, any parent who was within sight felt free to "parent" us - whether it was correcting us or giving us a hug.ReplyDelete
Thanks for bringing back those memories!
As always your stories have a timed-timelessness about them. Intriguing.ReplyDelete
There were 4 of us kids living on a farm in Scotland with no playmates, so we went off on our bikes for "adventures". The littlest one usually got left a fair way behind, but as long as we were home "in time for tea" no one bothered much. Most of the time, we had no idea where we were going, or where we had been, but we entertained ourselves and came to no harm. The days of "free range kids" are sadly over...ReplyDelete
The other day I was watching a group of parents watching a group of children. Really. I brought my childhood to mind, and I later related to my husband how by age eleven I was riding my bike to a nearby lake to spend the day at a beach. It was about 20 miles round trip, on a state highway. No one was worried as far as I know. They did want me back at a certain time, but I always made it.ReplyDelete
When my children were small they played in our rural neighborhood, but were required to let me know where they were. Now, no child seems to be allowed to go anywhere without an adult keeping tabs. Times have changed..
No cacti, but, we had swamps, ponds, muck, and critters that lived in same.ReplyDelete
Great post! Hung on every word, thanks.
My own "free-range" childhood (you've coined a great phrase, Greta) came to mind this weekend while I was not writing about snakes - simply remembering the rattlers - GIANT, ENORMOUS rattlers that lived under the rocks in the woods we tore through. Looking back, they were probably garter snakes.ReplyDelete
Missy - I hope you do write some memories down! I never thought of doing it before starting to blog, but it has turned out to be a lot of fun, and I absolutely love to read other people's memories.ReplyDelete
Diana - When our kids were little, the parents would often bring lawn chairs out and sit together on the lawn while the kids played. We had fun, too!
Joan - Thanks - I hadn't thought of it that way. It's strange what things stick with us!
Jo - That sounds a lot like my mom's family - just take off for "wherever" and get back for dinner. I, too, regret that today's children don't have that freedom.
Granny Pam - I think as kids we all had that "inner clock" that said "dinner time!" - or maybe it was a rumbling tummy or the smell of dinner cooking in the neighborhood...
Carol - Thanks! Ah, yes, muck - that was more like what I would get into when we moved to a different neighborhood without sidewalks, etc.
NR - Oh, the critters - I didn't go into detail about the ones in the desert, but some of them were not something that our moms would have let us get near if they could have helped it!
- AnonymousAugust 31, 2010 at 10:27 AM
I remember those days. Mama didn't look for us till the sun went down. I wish I could give those carefree days to my grands.ReplyDelete
Great memories, Greta! I'm of a later generation, but even we had a good deal of freedom as kids. We lived in a safe neighborhood with lots of kids our age and few cars, and we'd bike or walk all around the neighborhood. (The boys mostly just played street hockey and set up skating ramps.) I won't have kids for a few years yet, and I can only hope that they'll have the freedom I enjoyed as a kid, which was probably only a fraction of the freedom you enjoyed! I'm hoping the "free-range kid" movement has gained some more traction by then! (It's probably a little premature, but I love this blog: http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/)ReplyDelete
Times were certainly different. Up until I turned 11, we lived in a neighborhood full of "free-range" kids. At any given time 10 to 15 of us were on our bicycles riding around the back streets that had very little traffic. Our mothers were all at home and we were usually fairly close to someone in the crowds house but we went hours without checking in at home.ReplyDelete
Southwest Arkie - Yeah, it's a gift that would be lovely to pass down, isn't it?ReplyDelete
Katie - Thanks so much for the link to the blog! I'm hoping things do improve for helping kids to be independent.
Linda - I mostly remember going out in twos or threes, but I do also remember a few "mass" expeditions. When my kids were younger, there always seemed to be a passle of kids that kind of migrated from yard to yard; usually some parent was out watching them, and sometimes we all sat together while the kids played.


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#57 – Camon March 6, 2012 at 12:00 am
I stand at my desk. I have a laptop off to my side at about waist high and a second monitor in front of me. Whenever I do some sort of video chat I use the camera built in to the laptop. Consequently the people I'm chatting with see the side of my head and the ceiling. For some reason this makes people uneasy.