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"Honest sweat and skinned knuckles never hurt anyone." "Boy, don't ever let me hear of you backing up to get a paycheck." — quotes from L. Ray Webb, circa 1940s-50s.
Dad was right. A lot. Much more than he ever got credit for from me.
On occasion in more than 55 years of writing this sort of missive, I have quoted my dad, L. Ray "Son" Webb. As a matter of fact, the second quote, about a paycheck, has led this column before.
Physically hard, tough work is good medicine. It will make you appreciate a job that is not as physically wearing as manual labor. You'll gain an appreciation, too, for furthering your education and the impetus provided by knowing and caring parents to achieve the goal of a college degree.
Editing and publishing newspapers can be physically tiring, but it is also mentally, and sometimes emotionally, draining as well.
While pursuing that goal and an always-dreamed-of job of writing for newspapers, I worked at a lot of physically-taxing and occasionally dangerous jobs.
In high school and the first two years of college, there were a number of endeavors — paper route (all the way through high school), sacking groceries, selling fireworks, driving a truck delivering bulk gasoline, stacking brick, making window coolers, surveying pipeline rightof way and repairing railroad bridges.
There are scores and scores of grocery sacking stories, delivering newspapers, maybe even selling fireworks, but I daresay the others are pretty unique, particularly today.
Stacking brick is tough from several standpoints. First, you have to stand atop a kiln — approximately 20 feet wide, 80 feet long and 15 feet tall — pulling "platting" off the cooling kiln. Platting is old brick, mostly broken, placed atop a kiln-stack of freshly stamp-molded brick that are still "damp" upon being put in the kiln to "cook." The kiln temperature I can only guess at, but several hundred degrees Fahrenheit. "Cooking" takes several days (I don't remember how long), then cooling is allowed for several more, but believe you me, it's very hot atop that kiln removing the platting and tossing it down to a companion at ground level, who throws it into a bin to, hopefully, be reused. We had rudimentary "gloves" that were rough leather maybe an eighth inch thick, cut to resemble a baseball catcher's mitt but with rawhide thongs that go across the backs of your hands to hold them on as you play pitch and catch with two brick at a time.
Of course, any kind of cut hurts, but the aluminum used to make Jack's Manufacturing Economy Coolers in the days before central air conditioning or even window A/C units were widely used, sliced the flesh if you weren't very careful.
Jack's product was a window unit that had a fan and a fiber panel through which water dripped from on top, then the fan blew across the panel pushing "cooled" air into a room.
We took sheets of aluminum, cut them to size on a foot-pedal-operated cutting device, then put them on another device which die-cut holes and openings for hoses, pipes and fans. Then, another section of the shop assembled the "Economy Coolers."
One of my favorite labor jobs was surveying the pipeline right-of-way. I was out front, pulling the "chain," a metal band 100 feet long and using a machete to hack a path for us through some fairly dense forest undergrowth. Counting the pipeline company engineer, there were four of us on the crew, the other three being college students like me.
With that machete, you'd have thought I was Tarzan (no, not Cheetah).
But, when the engineer took us "night-clubbing," they took the machete from my belt and left it behind.
Shucks. It seemed like that would've been fun.
WILLIS WEBB is a retired community newspaper publisher of more than 55 years experience. He can be reached by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Murray, Serena, Federer reach Aussie Open quarterfinals
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The toughest sides of the men's and women's draws at the Australian Open are playing up to expectations. Now, a consequence of that smooth sailing is the likelihood of some semifinals being worthy of any Grand Slam title matches.
Second-seeded Roger Federer and Andy Murray stayed on course Monday for a semifinal in their half of the draw, with No. 1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic possibly waiting for the victor in next Sunday's final.
Serena Williams, chasing her third consecutive Grand Slam title, is still on course for a potential meeting with top-ranked defending women's champion Victoria Azarenka in the semifinals, with French Open champion Maria Sharapova, the top player in the other half of the draw, likely to be the opponent for the final.
PHOTOS:Week 2 of the Australian Open
With Djokovic and Sharapova advancing to the quarterfinals on Sunday, the other four easily won their fourth-round matches on Monday. Federer concluded the night session in Rod Laver Arena with a 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-2 win over Canadian Milos Raonic, while Murray took advantage of Gilles Simon's ill health and fatigue for a 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 win.
DOPING:Tennis mulls biological passport
Williams and Azarenka were even more dominant, losing just four games between them against their Russian rivals. The third-seeded Williams beat Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 6-0 and Azarenka defeated Elena Vesnina 6-1, 6-1.
Federer has won four of his record 17 major titles at Melbourne Park, where he has reached the semifinals or better every year since first winning the Australian Open in 2004.
The last time Federer failed to reach the last eight at a major was at the 2004 French Open, where he lost in the third round to Gustavo Kuerten. He next plays No. 7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, a finalist here in 2008.
"You try to win every match you can as quick as you can, saving energy in the process," said Federer, who has the benefit of experience. "At least you have a day in between, that's big."
LOOK BACK:Top shots from Week 1 of the Australian Open
Five months after he ended a 76-year drought for British men in Grand Slam tournaments with a win at the U.S. Open, Murray is on track to make it two in a row. He'll next play unseeded Frenchman Jeremy Chardy, who beat him the last time the pair met in Cincinnati last year.
Simon was coming off a tough five-set win over fellow Frenchman Gael Monfils.
"After the first few games, it didn't feel like that competitive," Murray said. "Sort of at this stage of a Grand Slam you're sort of geed up and prepared for a tough battle. That's why it becomes hard because the emotions aren't quite into it."
Simon said facing Murray was "a painful hour and a half on the court."
"It is difficult when you run a marathon two days before to run another one two days after," Simon said.
Chardy followed up his upset of 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 win over another highly-ranked player, No. 21 Andreas Seppi, in the fourth round.
Another Frenchman to advance was seventh-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who beat friend and compatriot Richard Gasquet 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Tsonga, who lost the 2008 Australian Open final to Djokovic, plays Federer in the quarterfinals.
Djokovic had the day off Monday, but not really.
The top-ranked Djokovic needed 5 hours, 2 minutes to beat Stanislas Warwinka in a match that didn't end until the early hours of Monday, and he'll face No. 5 seed Tomas Berdych on Tuesday night.
There have been few such close matches on the women's side, where Sharapova, who plays Ekaterina Makarova in a quarterfinal Tuesday, has lost only five games in her first four matches. Williams hasn't dropped a set, and Azarenka has dropped just one.
Williams even surprised herself with her strong play against Kirilenko.
"I didn't expect to come out and play so well tonight," Williams said. "I was like 'Wow!' I saw I had 95 percent first serves in the first set. I said 'Who is this girl?' It's not me usually."
Williams has lost only one match since her first-round exit at the French Open last year. Since then, she has won Wimbledon, Olympic gold, the U.S. Open, the season-ending WTA championships and a Brisbane International title.
The 31-year-old Williams can become the oldest woman to hold the No. 1 ranking by winning her sixth Australian Open title. She next plays 19-year-old American Sloane Stephens, who reached the quarterfinals at a major for the first time with a 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 win over Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia.
"With every match you start building up for the top battles starting now," said Azarenka, who needed only 57 minutes to beat the 47th-ranked Vesnina.
She started last season with a 26-match winning streak, including a lopsided victory over Sharapova in the Australian Open final.
But she needs to defend her Australian title to prevent French Open champion Sharapova or Williams from claiming No. 1.
Next up for Azarenka is a quarterfinal against Svetlana Kuznetsova, who entered the season's first major ranked No. 75 but has won titles at the 2004 U.S. Open and 2009 French Open.
After five breaks of serve in the third set, Stephens broke Jovanovski and then held to advance — knowing her parents and grandparents were watching on TV.
"I'm sure my mother's had like four heart attacks," Stephens joked after the see-saw match. "I hope my Grandpa didn't have to put my Grandma to bed, because she gets a little worried."
Williams, who has rated Stephens a potential world No. 1, beat the 19-year-old American in straight sets two weeks ago at the Brisbane International, one of the warm-up tournaments for the Australian Open.
Stephens is looking forward to a rematch, where there won't be any major surprises.
"It will be tough, obviously ... it's quarters of a Grand Slam," she said. "There won't be that like first time, 'Oh, my God, I'm playing Serena'. That's kind of out of the window now. So that's good. And then it will feel more of like a regular match instead of all the other like things to think about."

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Jeep Grand Cherokee Upgrades - Mo-Power For Our Mopar
Sum Of The Parts
You've heard before that a gas engine is basically a giant air pump. Traditional hot rodding suggests that more air in and more air out equals more power. But would this hold true for a modern engine like the 4.7L High Output V-8 in our WJ Grand Cherokee? The H.O. engine uses a forged crank, increased compression, a different camshaft, larger injectors, and a unique intake manifold to make 30 hp more than the standard 4.7L engine. Did the Mopar engineers leave anything on the table in terms of power or mileage? We wanted to find out.
The full-time NP247 transfer case in our Grand results in a lot of spinning parts and stock mileage around 19 mpg. We decided to toss on an intake, programmer, and exhaust to find out if any gains were to be had. But before we could get started, Editor-in-Chief Péwé stopped us cold. "How will you know which parts made a difference if you add them all at the same time?" he sagely asked. To provide the most value to the readers, each part needed to be tested independently and then the system evaluated as a whole.
We rounded up parts from Airaid, Superchips, and DynoMax and installed them one at a time, then documented the mileage on a designated route and documented the power on the AWD Dynojet at Street to Sand Off-Road & Performance. Over a dozen pulls were made to test various parts configurations, and the results surprised and sometimes disappointed us. There were very little gains to be had in terms of mileage regardless of what we did, but every part we tested added horsepower and torque throughout the powerband.
Airaid Intake
Intake bonus: Never have to buy another filter again
The factory intake on our 4.7L engine uses a paper filter that passed air through a corrugated hose into a resonator in front of the throttle body. It does a reasonably good job of keeping the engine quiet without choking the engine, but there was still room for improvement. We added an Airaid intake (PN 311-148) that includes a high-flow air filter with greater surface area than stock, along with a smooth intake tube that runs straight to the throttle body. It sits in the lower half of the factory intake box with an included heat shield to keep hot underhood air from entering the engine. We specified a SynthMax filter that never needs to be oiled and added a prefilter from Airaid as well since our Jeep sees a lot of dusty roads. The Airaid intake made the biggest increase in horsepower of any of the parts we installed.
Superchips Flashpaq
Flashpaq bonus: Read and clear diagnostic trouble codes
The days of rejetting carbs are gone. With modern onboard diagnostics it is possible to add power without even getting your hands dirty. Superchips offers performance, towing, and economy options in its Flashpaq tuner (PN 3870). These tunes cannot be changed on the fly, so we store the Superchips programmer in the glovebox and plug it into the OBD-II port when we want to use the tow tune. The Flashpaq also provides the ability to read and clear diagnostic trouble codes, raise the rev limiter and speed limiter, and account for the larger tires that we intend to add soon.
Dynomax Exhaust
Exhaust bonus: Fully welded muffler can withstand impacts
The last part we installed was a Dynomax cat-back exhaust (PN 19374). Although the aluminized tubing is 21⁄2 inches in diameter, same as stock, the fully welded Ultra Flo muffler uses a straight-through design for increased efficiency and less backpressure. This is our daily driver, and we were concerned about droning but that wasn't an issue thanks to Dynomax's Continuous Roving Fiberglass technology to keep the noise down. The free-flowing exhaust resulted in the biggest jump in torque of all three products tested.
|4.7L V-8 Dyno Results
|Torque (lb-ft)
|1. Stock
|2. Airaid intake
|3. Superchips Programmer (87-octane tune)
|4. DynoMax exhaust
|5. 87-octane tune, intake, and exhaust
|6. 91-octane tune, intake, and exhaust
Scientific Testing
Science requires testing, and engine performance is a science these days. Furthermore, the key to accurate testing is limiting the number of variables to isolate each component you wish to test. Ideally we would test each individual part under exactly the same conditions for hundreds or thousands of miles to minimize the effects of any anomalies or outliers. That means the same fuel, humidity, wind, temperature, speed, and stretch of road for all of the tests.
Since this experiment was performed on the open road and not in a lab, some compromises had to be made. Still, every effort was made to limit the variables that might affect mileage and power. The mileage testing was performed on the same 90-mile loop of rural road with the cruise control set at 65 for as much of the drive as possible, and the same fuel station, and even the same pump, was used to fuel up the Jeep between mileage runs.
All dyno pulls were made with the transmission locked in Second gear, with three fans pushing air through the engine bay to minimize heat soak. Three dyno pulls were made for each configuration of parts and the middle power numbers used for comparison purposes, with the highest and lowest values discarded. While this takes more time, it also makes for more accurate and repeatable results.


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- Cook rice according to package directions, omitting fat and salt.
- Heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add sausage and cook 3 minutes, until lightly browned. Transfer sausage to a bowl with a slotted spoon.
- Add bell pepper, onion, Cajun seasoning, and thyme to pan, and saute 3 minutes, or until onions are tender. Stir in sausage, beans, and parsley, and cook until heated through, about 1 minute.
- Stir sausage mixture together with cooked rice and serve.


text: In the 21st Century school and classroom, technology is a way of life. Integrating the tools and harnessing the power of technology to engage students is a tremendous task as technology has advanced to a central role in our culture. No longer just relevant to a few people with a special aptitude, technology is now integrated into our everyday life. This is especially the case for students, members of the so-called digital natives, who are truly at home with technology. So it's no surprise that technology has become vital to K-12 education as well.


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Patti Burns Lehman Stage
Patti LaBelle will be bringing her dynamic sound to the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, January 20th at 8:00 p.m.
By Deardra Schuler
Who doesn't know the legendary Patti LaBelle? The woman is an icon, a trendsetter, a chart topper and a monster talent. This Grammy Award winner has been electrifying national and international audiences as far back as the 1960s when she was known as Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. Ms. LaBelle topped the charts and wowed her fans with hits such as "Lady Marmalade,� "On My Own,� and "New Attitude.� This weekend, she will be bringing the same high energy to the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, located at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, in the Bronx, on Saturday, January 20, at 8:00 p.m.
Born Patrica Louise Holt in Philadelpia, Pennsylvania, LaBelle who was the youngest of five children, began singing at the age of 14. In 1958, she formed a girl group known as the Ordettes. When two of the original Ordettes left, she and Sandra Tucker brought in Nona Hendryx and Sara Dash. When Tucker left, Cindy Birdsong replaced her. They became the Bluebelles. The ladies scored a hit with "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman,� and gained further acclaim in 1964 with "You'll Never Walk Alone.� Shortly after, the group became known as Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles.
Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles scored a hit with "Somewhere Over the Rainbow� but became even more popular when they went space-age and became LaBelle. As LaBelle the ladies became the first African American act to appear at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. In 1977, the group disbanded and Patti went solo. Patti scored a #1 R&B hit "If You Only Knew,� and went on to reach the pop Top 20 with her "Beverly Hills Cop� soundtrack contribution "New Attitude.�
Patti found herself on the Broadway stage by 1982, when she co-starred in the Broadway revival "Your Arms Too Short To Box With God.� Not to be undone, Patti went on and proved herself a unstop winner when in 1986 she debuted with the song "The Winner in You,� for MCA featuring the Michael McDonald duet "On My Own.� It went platinum. "Burnin' won Ms. LaBelle her first Grammy Award for best female R&B performance in 1991. Her second Grammy came in 1998 with Live! One Night Only� and netted her the award of Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance.
Patti proved that not only could she sing but that she could write as well when she published her best-selling autobiography, "Don't Block the Blessings: Revelations of a Lifetime.� Patti also has a clothing line which is available on HSN.
Most recently, Patti launched her new lifestyle show on the TV One Network entitled, "Living It Up with Patti LaBelle.â€?Â
A humanitarian, Patti brings awareness about diabetes, AIDS, and cancer via her position as spokeswoman for the American Diabetes Association and National Minority AIDS Council, and via her position on the Board of the National Cancer Institute. In fact, the University of Miami dedicated a research laboratory to honor Patti's work on behalf of cancer awareness.
Interested parties can obtain tickets for Patti LaBelle's show by calling the Lehman Center box office at 718-960-8833 (Mon. through Fri., 10 AM – 5 PM, and beginning at 12 noon on the day of the concert.) Ticket prices are $100, $85, $75, and $55.
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William Carey University accords all the rights under the law to students who are declared independent. No one outside the institution shall have access to, nor will the institution disclose any information from, students' education records without the written consent of students except to personnel within the institution, to officials of other institutions in which students seek to enroll, to persons or organizations providing students financial aid, to accrediting agencies carrying out their accreditation function, to persons in compliance with a judicial order, and to persons in an emergency in order to protect the health or safety of students or other persons. All these exceptions are permitted under the Act.
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We hope you had an excellent weekend.
If you want to feel gloomy as things get going again, check out the latest from SocGen's Kit Juckes, who talks about the Portuguese Supreme Court rejections of austerity measures, and the fear that global growth is crumbling again.
The weekend talk is all Euro and of course, all bearish. The CFTC data on Friday night confirmed that the market got itself good and short euro and good and long dollars and that set the scene for the bounce. But Draghi DID hint at lower rates. And then Portugal's constitutional court threw a fast ball at the Portuguese government. Apparently, cutting pay and benefits for the public sector is unfair on the rest so they need to try again. The result is that there's a hole in the austerity plan and everyone else (ie Spain) is looking to see what happens. Europe has no growth plan, and austerity into recessions is unpopular. And perhaps unconstitutional.
Meanwhile, Jens Weidmann is spelling out the same uncomfortable and austere message about winding up banks and the public sector not always being there to bail everyone out, as Dijsselbloem. The bottom line of all this is always the same - don't count on growth. Gavyn Davies meanwhile has a piece in the FT wondering whether we are, yet again, seeing a winter bounce in global growth crumble in the face of spring. And he thinks Germany is critical. Oops, German data are softening too. ECB will ease further, Europe still lacks a growth plan,it would still be better if the ECB actively pushed the euro down, but that takes a huge mind-set shift. Europe is still trying to be Japanese and even after Friday's nonsense, have you seen how low long-dated JGB yields are in Japan?
So yes, on the plate are: The craziness in Japan, collapsing Euro growth, and now this pesky constitutional court in Portugal saying that some austerity measures are not allowed.
Meanwhile, we'll find out Friday if things are really deteriorating again in the US.
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"There's so much going on the the world today where the word "senseless" would apply. Take a few minutes to free write about things you find to be senseless."
Don't take her I pray,
Are the words prayed in vain?
Don't take her I say,
We're still young, not grey.
Don't take her I said,
She's such a light to her friends.
Don't take her I beg;
She's a star growing dim.
Don't take her I ask,
Her absence would be a hole, pitch black.
Don't let her leave us,
Tears stream and stream.
Don't take her away,
She has a little guy, just two.
Don't take her I pray,
She's beautiful and frail.
Don't take her I ask,
Little bird, fading away.
Don't take her I pray,
There is no one like her.
Don't take her I cry,
You'll make her mom grey.
Don't take her I pray,
Yet, I don't want her in more pain.
Please help her I pray,
She needs a miracle.
Don't leave her I pray,
She needs you Lord–carry her.
Don't take her I pray,
Give her your strength.
Hold her so tight in your loving arms,
Don't let her fade,
My cherished friend.
Don't take her I pray,
She's tired and hurting.
Don't take her away,
She has a future of potential.
Don't take her I pray,
Her husband loves her too much.
Don't take her I beg,
Don't let her light flicker out,
Into the darkness –out of life.
Don't let go of her hand,
Don't take her from us;
Time in life is too short.
Don't take her away,
Our inspiring fighter.
Don't take her please, Lord,
She's so tired of being ill.
Don't let her hurt Lord,
There is too much pain in life.
Save her from such fiery claws, I beg,
There is too much pain within —
Cancer's horrid grip.
Don't take her away,
Don't let her struggle be for not.
Don't let her sparkle dim.
Don't take her God please,
She's such a beautiful soul;
Oh God keep her close.
Let her heal and be whole,
She prays and she reads your words,
You're her fervent hope.
Don't take her away,
Good Lord, let her be free;
Don't take her from life yet,
Though she'd be at your side,
Down here, we'll miss her terribly.
Only if there is no other way,
Do I pray you for your will to take.
Please, don't take her away —
Leave her be well;
Healthy and free of all sickness.
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Lord our hope, Lord our light,
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The USS Arizona is the final resting place for many of the ship's 1,177 crewmen who lost their lives on December 7, 1941. The 184-foot-long Memorial structure spanning the mid-portion of the sunken battleship consists of three sections: 1) the entry and assembly rooms, 2) a central area designed for ceremonies and general observation, and 3) the shrine room, where the names of those killed on the USS Arizona are engraved on the marble wall.
The primary concern of the U.S. Navy immediately after the attack had been to repair the damaged ships as quickly as possible. Early on, it became clear that the USS Arizona would never sail again. While other ships were restored, she lay under the water, a silent reminder of the "date which will live in infamy." When the navy began to consider raising the ship and recovering the dead, medical examiners advised that many of the men had been cremated by the blast and ensuing fire, and others would be unrecognizable after being submerged for a long time. The navy then decided to maintain the old custom of sailing men: those who die at sea are buried at sea. They would not, however, be forgotten.
The USS Arizona Memorial grew out of the desire to establish some sort of shrine at Pearl Harbor to honor those of the USS Arizona and all others who died in the attack. Suggestions for such a memorial began in 1943, but it was not until 1949, when the Territory of Hawaii established the Pacific War Memorial Commission, that the first concrete steps were taken to bring it about. Initial recognition came in 1950 when Admiral Arthur Radford, Commander in Chief, Pacific (CINCPAC), ordered that a flagstaff be erected over the sunken battleship. On the ninth anniversary of the attack, a commemorative plaque was placed at the base of the flagstaff.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who helped achieve Allied victory in Europe during World War II, approved the creation of the national Memorial in 1958. Its construction was completed in 1961 with private donations and public funds appropriated by Congress. The Memorial was dedicated in 1962.
According to its architect, Alfred Preis, the design of the Memorial, "wherein the structure sags in the center but stands strong and vigorous at the ends, expresses initial defeat and ultimate victory....The overall effect is one of serenity. Overtones of sadness have been omitted to permit the individual to contemplate his own personal responses...his innermost feelings."
Contrary to popular belief, the USS Arizona is no longer in commission. As a special tribute to the ship and her lost crew, the United States flag flies from the flagstaff, which is attached to the severed mainmast of the sunken battleship. The USS Arizona Memorial has come to commemorate all military personnel killed in the Pearl Harbor attack.
1. How did it happen that the USS Arizona became the focus of a memorial to honor all who died at Pearl Harbor? What special recognition is given to the USS Arizona at the Memorial site?
2. How was money raised to build the Memorial?
3. Do you think the architect accomplished his goal for the building? Why or why not?
Reading 2 was compiled from the National Park Service visitor's guide for the USS Arizona Memorial; and James P. Delgado, "USS Arizona Wreck" (Honolulu County, Hawaii) National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1988.


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I read this in the sim rules of a new sim and I was... Wtf....:
"Slaves walking on tip toes will be taken to the Healers to have their feet broken and reset, so that they can walk correctly."
Definitely, for many people in SL Gor, this world of fantasy, the tiptoes feet are still a very big issue.
So, it's not correct for a slave player to choose this kind of feet for her avatar (not to mention there are a lot of nice adornments, even sandals, now, on the market for tip toes feet).
- But in SL Gor, it's ok to accept slave girls with unrealistic shapes (those which make you wonder if the girl didn't abuse with silicon injections in her breasts, butt, hips and thighs).
- It's ok for men avatars to be all covered with tattoos, even modern ones.
- It's ok for men avatars to have modern piercings.
- Your weapons which magically stick to your hip or your back with no strap are certainly more realistic than a slave girl with tiptoes feet.
- Your character's snowflake background is perfectly acceptable as well. It's your 10th home stone, the 5th caste you join, maybe do you play a slave girl with some nice skills (like very strong of smell that would make a sleen look useless) or you're the umpteenth mamba who is scribe or slaver or physician in a high city but it's ok, you're so creative.
- Unrealistic eyes are ok too, enjoy your snake ones or red ones. They make you look terrific (and even more creative). Women love terrific bad guys.
Etc etc....
Seriously, I think there are more problematic issues in SL Gor when it comes to our avatars appearance and Gorean characters, than the tiptoes feet...
*Puts her tiptoes feet, just because*


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With the top seed in the Major League Lacrosse playoffs on the line, the Chesapeake Bayhawks came out firing Saturday night against the Denver Outlaws, scoring on each of their first three shots and building an early five-point lead.
Over the final three quarters, however, it was their inability to stop the Outlaws on defense that ultimately cost the Bayhawks in a 15-13 loss before an announced 10,420 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
After building a 7-2 lead, Chesapeake didn't score for more than 21 minutes. Denver then took the lead for good with three straight goals to open the fourth quarter, securing its first regular-season league title since 2009.
"I thought we played about as well as we could play in the first quarter. In the second quarter, we played about as poorly as we can play," Bayhawks coach Dave Cottle said. "I'm disappointed that we didn't keep playing at the level that I thought we could play."
The Bayhawks (10-4), in search of their fourth MLL title and first since 2010, will have the No. 2 seed in the four-team playoffs, facing Boston Aug. 25 at Harvard Stadium in Boston. Top-seeded Denver (11-3) will face Long Island in the other semifinal.
The championship game is scheduled for the following day. Chesapeake lost in the semifinals a year ago.
The Bayhawks looked sharp early, taking the lead just 30 seconds into the game when attackman Ben Rubeor drove left and flicked in a high shot from 10 yards out. It marked the 29th straight game with at least one point for the University of Virginia product.
Just 90 seconds later, Kyle Dixon's two-point goal from the left side extended the lead, and following a goal by Denver's Brendan Mundorf (UMBC), scores by Drew Westervelt (UMBC) and Dixon extended the lead to 5-1 with 9:05 left in the opening quarter.
Soon, however, several holes in the Bayhawks defense began to take their toll. Playing without starting defenders Michael Evans and Brian Spallina, as well as long-stick defender Dan Hostetler, Chesapeake soon squandered the lead, allowing five straight goals in the second quarter.
"It's not about who doesn't play. It's about who does play," Cottle said. "We made some mistakes, but there's no guarantee that the guys that were starters wouldn't made mistakes, too. That's no excuse."
When attackman Chris Bocklet scored off a feed from Mark Matthews 1:16 before halftime, Denver tied the game at 7.
"We sort of looked ourselves in the eye and just said, `That's not our best lacrosse,'" Mundorf said. "We know this league is a game of runs. You're going to give up runs like that, but we knew we were capable of coming back. It was just a matter of one at a time. We started executing on offense, and our defense locked down."
All told, the Bayhawks went 21:02 without a score until Dixon notched his second two-point goal of the game to put them back ahead with 10:28 left in the third. Dixon finished with four goals, including a pair of two-pointers, and an assist.
Tied at 12, Denver took the lead for good on Jordan McBride's goal 1:06 into the fourth quarter, and Mundorf extended it with a short-handed effort less than three minutes later. Mundorf led the Outlaws with three goals and two assists.
The game was tied five times.
With the top seed in the Major League Lacrosse playoffs on the line, the Chesapeake Bayhawks came out firing Saturday night against the Denver Outlaws, scoring on each of their first three shots and building an early five-point lead.


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At last Germany has banished its albatross. Liebfraumilch, the dirty blip in Germany's illustrious winemaking career, has had its day. A fleet of young, innovative German winemakers have spent the last 20 years re-polishing Germany's crown and have restored the country to its former winemaking glory.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – UMBC senior Amanda Deller (Aberdeen, Md./Aberdeen) earned a top-25 slot in the shot put and sophomore Thor Serafenas (Olney, Md./Good Counsel/Clemson) moved up 11 spots hammer throw as the Retriever track and field teams concluded participation at the NCAA East Preliminaries, Saturday at North Carolina A&T's Irwin Bell Track at Aggie Stadium.
Competing at the regional meet for the second-consecutive year, Deller, an eight-time America East shot put champion, finished 24th overall in the competition on Saturday. The senior competed in flight one of four and recorded a top toss of 14.49m (47'6.5"), her third-best of the season. Last year Deller took 29th-place at the meet in Jacksonville, Fla.
The senior finishes her career at UMBC having won the shot put event at each of the eight conference meets in which she participated (indoor and outdoor). She holds the second-best toss in school history indoor and outdoor, trailing only NCAA Champion and three-time Olympian Cleopatra Borel in both.
Serafenas, meanwhile, jumped from his 48th-seed entering the weekend, up into the top-40. The sophomore took eighth in flight one of three with a toss of 53.81m (176'6"), and finished 37th overall. In his first season in Baltimore, Serafenas broke the UMBC record in the event at the Big Dawg invitational with a heave of 56.85m (186'6"), and then bettered it at the IC4A meet (57.26m; 187'10") to advance to the NCAA regional competition.
The UMBC track and field team now looks forward to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore. where sophomore Mercedes Jackson (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) and freshman Vincent Rentzsch (Orianenburg, Germany) will compete for the Black and Gold in the 100m dash and javelin, respectively. This marks the first time in school history that the Retrievers will send multiple athletes to the national meet, which will be held at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field on June 5-8.


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Your family is important to First Baptist and we are here to help you as you learn and grow in faith together with your children. Below you will find the various ways in which we strive to nurture your family and your child's faith development.
Preschool (Birth thru Pre-K 5 year olds)
Our Preschool Ministry's goal is to provide a safe and caring environment in which our littlest ones can grow and discover God's love and care for them during the greatest developmental time of their life.
On Sunday mornings we use lessons that lay foundations for faith in ways appropriate for babies, toddlers and preschoolers as well as focusing on individual needs, and cultural background.
On Wednesday nights throughout the school year, preschoolers (ages 3 thru Pre-K) are given the opportunity to participate in Mission and Music experiences. Childcare is provided for birth thru 2 year olds to afford you the choice to participate in adult Bible studies and other ministry opportunities.
School-Age Children (Kindergarten thru 5th Grade)
Our responsibility in the Children's Ministry is to build upon and bolster the faith foundation children have developed. We believe that faith, understanding and belief in Christ is developed through consistent teaching, experiential learning, developing trusting relationships with other children and adult leaders and continual interaction with Scripture.
On Sunday mornings children will participate in classes (K-1st and 2nd-5th) that will have them interacting with the Bible story and verse of the day, creative and artistic discovery of the Bible story and an opportunity to learn how the story is important in their lives.
On Wednesday nights children will alternate during the year between two experiences. One is Children's Choir where they will learn about music and be given opportunities to sing during the year. The other experience, Kids on Mission, gives them the opportunity to discover what mission is and what missionaries are doing all over the world.
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Preschool & Children's Activities include Music and Mission education & experiences, Fall Festival, VBS, Summer BAM Day Camp (preschoolers), Under the Sun Day Camp (K-2nd), Under the Stars Overnight Camp (3rd-5th), Music & Arts Camp (K-5) and other events.
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Published at Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019 - 23:18:19 PM. Curtains. By Solange Raynaud.
The cubicle curtain tracking is done with a curtain track that had been specially designed and bent to meet the specifications and requirements at the place of installation. The curtain tracking systems are normally powder coated and the most common powder coating color is white, so that the curtain carriers blend with the ceiling. Moreover, the curtain track is generally provided a fair amount of lubrication by the application of a Teflon coating, so that the cubicle curtain fabric could be easily operated, if opening or closing of the enclosure is required. The curtain tracking system is also provided with gliding carriers so that the above work is made much easier.
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- Opening day of Match Play Championships suspended by snowstorm
- Caddies take to throwing snowballs as play is called off
Players reacted with a mix of bemusement and amusement as the opening day of the Accenture World Match Play in Arizona was suspended by heavy snow.
The Dove Mountain course in Marana was able to host just over three-and-a-half hours of golf before the bitterly cold conditions took control of a region known for its desert climate.
"This weather is officially ridiculous!" tweeted World no. 1 Rory McIlroy who, like Tiger Woods, was among those who had yet to start their first round matches.
Spain's Sergio Garcia was the closest player to victory, two up against Thongchai Jaidee on the 16th and with a possible putt to win the match upon his return.
Ian Poulter was also looking good for victory, 3 up on Stephen Gallacher with 12 holes played, before he was forced off course.
"The caddies have officially just had a snow ball fight," the Englishman tweeted. "Never seen anything like it."
Play was suspended at 11.07 local time because of the driving rain and snow, with ice beginning to form on the greens.
Only 10 of the 64 first-round matches had yet to tee off when the snowstorm struck.
Defending champion Hunter Mahan was 4-up on Italy's Matteo Manassero after nine holes.
Organizers hope to restart play on Thursday, with fans who missed out on seeing Wednesday's action having been told they can attend for no extra cost on Sunday.


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A Real-Market Alternative
This is the seventh of a series of blogs based on excerpts adapted from the 2nd edition of Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth. I wrote Agenda to spur a national conversation on economic policy issues and options that are otherwise largely ignored. This blog series is intended to contribute to that conversation. —DK
In America we are taught from birth that capitalism is synonymous with markets, democracy, and individual liberty. Whatever its flaws, the only alternative is communism, or so we are told.
This sets up a false and dangerously self-limiting choice between two economic models both of which create concentrations of power that stifle liberty and creativity for all but the few at the top.
Communism is dead. As we now look for solutions to our current economic crisis, the relevant distinction is not between capitalism and communism, but rather between Wall Street and Main Street.
The Wall Street economy is centrally planned and managed by big banks and corporations for which money is both means and end. The primary goal is monopoly control of markets, physical resources, and technology to maximize profits and bonuses.
Main Street economy is comprised of local businesses and working people who self-organize to provide livelihoods for themselves, their families, and their communities producing real goods and services in response to community needs. Main Street exemplifies the market economy envisioned by Adam Smith; Wall Street is the antithesis.
Smith believed that people have a natural and appropriate concern for the well-being of others and a duty not to do them harm. He also believed that government has a responsibility to restrain those who fail in this duty.
Smith and the political economists who followed in his tradition developed an elegant theory of the market's capacity to self-organize in the community interest based on a number of carefully articulated assumptions, including the following:
- Buyers and sellers must be too small to influence the market price and must honor basic principles of honest dealing.
- Income and ownership must be equitably distributed.
- Complete information must be available to all participants, and there can be no trade secrets.
- Sellers must bear the full cost of the products they sell and incorporate it into the sale price.
- Investment capital must remain within national borders, and trade between countries must be balanced.
- Savings must be invested in the creation of productive capital rather than in speculative trading.
These are the characteristics of a real market economy. Wall Street capitalism violates them all.
Capitalism is a term originally coined to refer to an economic and political regime in which the ownership and benefits of capital are appropriated by the few to the exclusion of the many who through their labor make capital productive. It describes Wall Street perfectly.
Markets work wonderfully within a framework of clear rules and a caring community. The stronger the relations of mutual trust and caring and the more equitably power is distributed, the more the market becomes self-policing and the less need there is for formal governmental intervention. An economy comprised of powerful corporations governed by a culture of greed and a belief that their only legal duty is to maximize their profits requires a strong and intrusive governmental hand to limit the abuse and clean up the messes.
The "free market," a code word for an unregulated market, is a contradiction. A market without rules facilitates and encourages the unlimited concentration and abuse of corporate power unconstrained by market discipline and democratic accountability.
System Failure? Look Upstream
Why it's important to address our economic problems at their Wall Street roots.
Market fundamentalists selectively cull bits and pieces of market theory to argue that the public interest is best served when economic power is concentrated in unregulated globe-spanning mega-corporations engaged in monopolizing resources and externalizing costs for short-term financial gain. They distort market theory beyond recognition.
Like cancer cells that attempt to hide from the body's immune system by masking themselves as healthy cells, Wall Street institutions attempt to conceal themselves from society's immune system by masquerading as agents of a healthy market economy.
The credit collapse penetrated the facade to reveal the inner workings of Wall Street capitalism as a criminal syndicate engaged in counterfeiting, predatory lending, usury, tax evasion, fraud, and extortion. It may be legal because Wall Street buys the politicians and writes its own rules, but it should be illegal and treated accordingly.
A criminal syndicate is "fixed" by shutting it down through the enforcement of laws that protect the public interest. You "fix" a cancer by removing it and rebuilding the healthy tissue. Main Street is the healthy tissue from a healthy real market economy can be built.
[Next: Clueless Economists, Smart Ecologists]
The ideas presented here are developed in greater detail in Agenda for a New Economy available from the YES! Magazine web store — where there are 3 WAYS TO GET THE BOOK and a 22% discount!
- Agenda for a New Economy available from the YES! Magazine web store.
More by David Korten:
Unraveling the confusion behind microcredit: how some models help alleviate poverty, while others exploit the poor to make the rich richer.
Real wealth or phantom assets? David Korten explores the difference between the kind of wealth that makes life better and the phantom wealth created by financial speculation.
David Korten explains the logic behind a debt-based money system—and why it isn't working in the United States.


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Cupcakes truly are taking over the world. The trend of cupcakeries that started in cities is continuing to spread in the suburbs and smaller towns, with continued success; one such establishment is Stanwood Cupcakes in Washington. I recently caught up with owner Cyndy for some sweet talk about her business:
To break the ice: tell me. What is the last amazing dessert or baked good you ate? It was a crème brulee that had been made just perfectly with the top torched and just a dollop of whipped cream on top. I'm a sucker for the creamy desserts!
Stanwood Cupcakes. Tell me baby, what's your story? About 2 years ago I became aware of the growing interest in a couple of cupcake shops in Seattle. I began to follow their growth and I started to have cupcakes delivered to my Seattle friends for celebrations. A year ago, my husband and I took a car trip to Ashland Oregon and decided to stop at every cupcake store on the way back to Stanwood that showed up on our GPS. We tried a cupcake at over 15 different cupcake shops on that trip. Last summer, all the right things happened for us to get into the business ourselves. I started to overwhelm my neighbors with cupcake samples and got great feedback on the good and bad of my cupcakes. After loads of paperwork, lots of equipment orders and hundreds of cupcake bakings, my husband and I opened our shop in October of 2010. We believed that Stanwood needed a happy place to drop in for a cupcake, cookie or hand-dipped ice cream and we're glad that we created just that place.
(CakeSpy Note: P.S. here are a few shots of Cyndy and her husband David...one from 1968 and one from since opening the cupcake shop! Which one is sweeter?!? I can't say!)
What is your most popular flavor right now? Our most frequently purchased cupcake right now is the S'mores. Graham cracker crust, chocolate cake filled with marshmallow frosting, topped with a swirl of ganache, a pile of marshmallow frosting, a sprinkle of graham craker crust and finally a square of chocolate.
What made you decide to take the jump to opening a retail storefront? My husband and I were both available to put all our time into our shop and the timing was right!
Are you professionally trained or self taught as a baker? I am a self taught baker pulling lots of guidance and tips from being a food network junkie. When I watch the food network, I pretty much go into a zombie mode, shutting out the world around me, taking in all the techniques and recipes.
Describe a "perfect" cupcake to me. A perfect cupcake is moist, flavorful, well balanced with frosting to cake ratio and appealing to the eye.
I've never sampled Cascade Glacier ice cream, but it's your house brand of ice cream. What makes it cream of the crop? We sampled several local brands to ice cream looking for creaminess, incredible flavor and that refreshing uplift that should come with ice cream. Cascade Glacier, from the Oregon Ice Cream Company, got our highest marks all around. It never lets you down.
Some people like to say that cupcakes are "so over". What is your response? Cupcakes are "new" to Stanwood and our goal is to help Stanwood and Camano Island residents learn the delightful joys of cupcakes.
In your opinion, what is the ideal cake-to-frosting ratio for a cupcake? For most cupcakes, the best ration for cake-to-frosting is 2/3rds to 1/3rd.
I didn't fail to notice that there is a "Cyndy's Famous" chocolate chip cookie on the menu. What makes these cookies so special? As a kid, I started making these same chocolate chip cookies and have raised 3 kids on them. At every church and school function, they were always a hit and neighbors and visiting children always asked for more. My son was amazed and delighted to see these cookies featured at our shop.
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California's Chris Ward (USA) took advantage of clean eight to 10-foot conditions at Pipeline to top score on Day 1 of the Billabong Pipeline Masters. Ward made two critical, late- barrels to amass a near perfect heat total of 19.90 out of 20.00 in Round 2.
"It isn't the biggest day and it isn't really that scary out there, it's just pristine and there are pretty good ones out there," Ward said. "You just have to luck out and get in the right position to get them. I was with both of those waves and those were two of the biggest sets in our heat. I was lucky to get under them and I was really happy."
Currently rated 24th on the 2008 ASP World Tour, Ward needs to make heats to ensure his spot for next year's tour. His heat win today will see him into Round 3 where the Top 16 seeded surfers on the ASP World Tour will make their 2008 Billabong Pipeline Masters debuts.
Round 1 and the first half of Round 2 were completed today. The first two rounds of the event featured low to mid range seeded ASP World Tour surfers, wildcards and replacement surfers.
Sixteen-year-old John John Florence (HAW) took full advantage of his last minute berth into the event to flare at his home break and eliminate ASP World Tour surfer Jay Thompson's (AUS) hopes of requalifying for the 2009 tour. Florence found his way into the main event this morning when replacement surfer Reef Macintosh (HAW) was unable to fill in for injured Top 45 surfer Ben Bourgeios (USA).
"I woke up this morning and they said, 'You might get in,' and I was like, 'Really? Sick!'" Florence said. "I got in in Reef's spot and I am so stoked."
Florence, who has been charging Pipeline since he was 8-years-old, had his first shot at competing in the Pipeline Masters in 2005. At 13, the North Shore local surfed the trials but did not make it into the main event. He will meet World No. 16 Kieren Perrow (AUS) in Heat 9 of Round 2 which will likely run tomorrow morning at 8.
"I surfed in the Pipeline Masters trials when I was very little but it wasn't really that good because the waves were really big and weird," Florence said. "So I am so stoked to be surfing out here when it is so perfect with four other guys out. There were some fun waves out there today."
Jamie O'Brien (HAW), the 2004 Pipeline Masters Champion, beat fellow Hawaiians in both of his heats today – Dustin Barca in Round 1 and Roy Powers in Round 2. O'Brien, like Florence, is in the event as a replacement surfer not as a Pipeline invitee earning a spot via the trials event held last January.
"I didn't think I was actually in the event all year because I did not do well in the trials last year," O'Brien said. "So it was kind of good I just found out I was in a couple of days ago so I was not really worried about it and it wasn't on my mind. It would be a dream come true to win the event for the second time."
Dusty Payne, who is currently leading the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing ratings, also surfed and won two heats today. Payne took out Tahitian Manoa Drollet in Round 1, Brazil's Heitor Alves in Round 2 and is now into Round 3 where his Triple Crown Title competitors Bede Durbidge (AUS) and Joel Parkinson (AUS) are seeded.
"I am trying to not think about the Triple Crown," Payne said. "I'll just take it one heat at a time and hopefully end up on top with the crown on my head."
As the final competition on the 11-stop 2008 ASP World Tour, the Billabong Pipeline Masters is the last chance surfers have to cement their spot on the 2009 tour. Only 27 of the Top 45 surfers on the ASP World Tour requalify at year's end with the remaining 18 competitors earning spots via finishing Top 15 on the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) or receiving one of three ASP wildcard spots.
Surfers sitting below the Top 27 cut-off, not competing in the event and thus unable to requalify are Ben Bourgeios (USA), Neco Padaratz (BRA) and Travis Logie (ZAF).
ASP World Tour surfers sitting below the Top 27 cut-off, failing to advance out of today's heats and subsequently forfeiting their spots on the 2009 ASP World Tour are Daniel Ross (AUS), Royden Bryson (ZAF), Ricky Basnett (ZAF), Jay Thompson (AUS), Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA), Luke Munro (AUS), Mick Campbell (AUS), Roy Powers (HAW) and Leonardo Neves (BRA). World No. 43 Jihad Kohdr (BRA) also lost today, but earned via the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS).
According to Vans Triple Crown of Surfing Event Director Randy Rarick: "After an excellent day of eight to 10 foot surf, we expect conditions to hold overnight and the winds should stay favorable. We expect to be able to complete Round 2 and go into Round 3 tomorrow."
A call on competition status will be made tomorrow morning at 7.
Billabong Pipeline Masters Round 1 Results:
Heat 1: Kamalei Alexander (HAW) 15.66 def. Daniel Ross (AUS) 11.16
Heat 2: Jesse Merle-Jones (HAW) 10.00 def. T.J Barron (HAW) 8.33
Heat 3: Ezra Sitt (HAW) 11.33 def. Daniel Jones (HAW) 8.50
Heat 4: Tory Barron (HAW) 13.84 def. Royden Bryson (ZAF) 10.84
Heat 5: Aritz Aranburu (EUK) 15.00 def. Kalani Chapman (HAW) 11.60
Heat 6: David Wassel (HAW) 13.34 def. Ricky Basnett (ZAF) 9.17
Heat 7: Evan Valiere (HAW) 12.57 def. Ola Eleogram (HAW) 12.34
Heat 8: John John Florence (HAW) 17.90 def. Jay Thompson (AUS) 14.40
Heat 9: Torrey Meister (HAW) 16.34 def. Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA) 8.50
Heat 10: Jamie O'Brien (HAW) 14.50 def. Dustin Barca (HAW) 11.50
Heat 11: Mark Healey (HAW) 11.17 def. Jihad Khodr (BRA) 7.73
Heat 12: Dusty Payne (HAW) 17.60 def. Manoa Drollet (PYF) 11.00
Heat 13: Daniel Wills (AUS) 15.60 def. Laurie Towner (AUS) 12.67
Heat 14: Makuakai Rothman (HAW) 16.56 def. Nathan Carroll (HAW) 12.94
Heat 15: Shane Dorian (HAW) 16.43 def. Luke Munro (AUS) 9.16
Heat 16: Marcus Hickman (HAW) 12.36 def. Mark Occhilupo (AUS) 11.44


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text: August 19, 2013 at 11:19 AM A fig tree grows in Seattle: the man, his mission, propagation Posted by Nancy Leson I adore figs. But (so far, anyway) I can't grow them. Good thing, then, that I've befriended Seattle's fig king, Bill Farhat, a retired Arabic professor who's been growing figs in his backyard in Seattle's Lake City neighborhood for decades. I met him though his daughter, Sally, and when she told me her dad grew an astonishing amount of figs and I had to see it to believe it, she wasn't kidding. Bill was raised in Lebanon, where he grew up eating figs as if they were candy. (Aren't they?) He shared a lot of information with me about growing up in the Middle East, about raising a family in the Pacific Northwest and about growing sweet figs (among other fruits, including loquats and green Persian plums) in the terraced yard he's carefully built and tended over the years. He also told me about this great website, Figs 4 Fun, offering a wider world of info and insight for those of you who want to grow your own. Perhaps you read about Bill in my recent Pacific Northwest profile. (If not, what are you waiting for?) But I also wanted to show you what he showed me when we took a tour of his garden in June, before his figs were ripe enough to eat. Here's a video trio show-and-tell. [do action="brightcove-video" videoid="2603162757001″/] More Comments | Topics: Bill Farhat, fig propagation, fig trees


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Student Spotlight: Peter Gill
In Seattle and throughout the Pacific Northwest, it can be easy to think of forestry in terms of towering evergreens, and mountainsides carpeted with conifers. But for Peter Gill, who spent the last two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in a tiny village in Senegal, he worked with trees on a much smaller scale—on the margins of farmland, planted not for lumber but for sustenance, as erosion control or for fencing.
The son of two former Peace Corps volunteers, Gill grew up in Nepal and later attended school at Carleton College in Minnesota. He moved to Seattle and the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (SEFS) in 2009 as part of the Peace Corps Masters International (PCMI) Program, which prepares students with three quarters of course work before heading off on their Peace Corps assignment. After two years abroad, PCMI students then return to SEFS to complete their thesis and earn a Master of Forest Resources degree.
Gill just completed his two years in Africa and has returned to Seattle. He's working with Professor Ivan Eastin, his faculty adviser, to finish his final research paper—which, like his work in Senegal, focused on deforestation and agroforestry.
Living in his village of 600 people, Gill worked with 24 local farmers and two women's groups on projects to integrate various tree species with their crops and gardens. His goal was to create a better environment for agriculture in a way that also provided direct, sustainable use of the trees. That work could include growing nitrogen-fixing trees as a windbreak, or addressing erosion control by planting native moringa trees, whose leaves are nutritious and are made into a sauce eaten with millet.
Planting intensive rows of trees or other edible shrubs has another advantage. In the largely open countryside of rural Senegal, fencing is crucial because it allows farmers to grow year-round crops such as cassava—rather than farming only in the rainy season—by protecting their crops from cattle, goats, sheep and other livestock passing through with nomadic herders.
Yet most local farmers can't afford metal fencing, says Gill, and adding wooden posts would mean cutting down more trees and further contributing to deforestation. A good way to solve both problems cheaply and sustainably is to plant "live fences" of thorny hedges, which can potentially serve double duty as a food source.
Gill often worked side by side with farmers and their families, and he was thoroughly immersed in his village. "I enjoyed it a lot," he says. "It was a great learning experience and very challenging, but overall I think there's not a better way to learn than getting your hands dirty—and I certainly got my hands very dirty."
Far from discouraging Gill, the challenges in Senegal helped cement his long-term plans. "I feel like it provided me with more of a sense of what I want to do after school," he says. "I'm really excited about working in forestry and conservation in developing countries, and specifically agroforestry."
Now that he's back at SEFS this quarter to complete his thesis, Gill is also participating in another important aspect of the PCMI program: mentoring the incoming class of PCMI students and helping them prepare for their own experiences.
So far, he's attended a few Q&A sessions, which cover everything from the process of applying to the Peace Corps to living conditions in developing countries. Every situation is different, of course, and the next class of PCMI students won't necessarily end up in Senegal. Yet Gill says there are definitely some general lessons and philosophies for Peace Corps volunteers to keep in mind—including being highly adaptable to new situations, and learning as much as possible about a place before trying to change it.
"A good place to start when you're looking to get involved in your community is to ask people about their strengths," he says. "You can really get them engaged and build their confidence, which is really what development should be about. That's a better recipe for successful work."
PCMI is a professional degree program designed to allow students to complement a rigorous program of academic study with intense hands-on experience during their overseas Peace Corps assignment. Students generally complete one year of academic coursework prior to beginning their 27-month Peace Corps assignment. Following the conclusion of their Peace Corps duty, PCMI students generally return to their university to complete their degree requirements for graduation.
The SEFS PCMI program is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. So far, 18 students have been admitted into the program, and SEFS students have served in Tanzania, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Senegal and Paraguay.This year, as well, the University of Washington ranked #1 among larger universities for alumni currently serving in the Peace Corps, and Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet visited SEFS on February 5 to recognize PCMI students for their service and contributions.
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A wild third-quarter sequence doomed the Hillsdale College football team in its GLIAC opener Saturday afternoon.
Ohio Dominican University scored a safety, then followed that up with a 39-yard touchdown run three plays later to provide the decisive sequence in a 37-20 win over the Chargers at Panther Field in Columbus, Ohio. The Chargers fall to 0-2 overall and 0-1 in the GLIAC with the loss. Hillsdale returns to Ohio next weekend, taking on Malone University at 2 p.m. Saturday in Canton.
The back-to-back scores by Ohio Dominican was just part of a 29-point third quarter that turned what started out as a defensive struggle into a wild shootout. ODU broke open a 14-14 game with 16 points in less than two minutes to pull away from the Chargers.
Hillsdale tied the game 14-14 early in the third quarter when senior quarterback Sam Landry connected with senior wide receiver Evan Sassack for their second scoring pass of the game. But the final 3:42 of the third quarter proved to be fatal for Hillsdale.
After the 39-yard run by ODU's Brandon Schoen, the Panthers forced a fumble at the Hillsdale 2-yard-line and pounced on the loose ball for another score.
Just 44 seconds later, the Chargers pulled back within 10 when Landry hit Evan Bach on a 58-yard touchdown pass to make the score 30-20. But the Panthers answered early in the fourth with a big play of their own, a 65-yard touchdown pass, to wrap up the scoring.
Ohio Dominican generated 571 yards of total offense in a well-balanced attack. They had 288 yards rushing and 289 yards passing against the Charger defense. The two teams were whistled for a combined 15 penalties, but the Panthers averaged 6.1 yards per rush in the win.
Landry completed 16 of 30 passes for 250 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. Sassack's two catches were both for touchdowns and covered 47 yards. Bach led the team with 71 reception yards, and tight end Mike Carter hauled in three passes for 38 yards.
On the ground, running back Alex Koski had 48 yards on 16 carries, while Landry picked up 38 yards.
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