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Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940
This article originally appeared in "Native American Research" by Curt B. Witcher, MLS, FUGA, FIGS, and George J. Nixon in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy
These are census rolls usually submitted each year by agents or superintendents in charge of Indian reservations, as required by an act of 4 July 1884 (23 Stat. 98). The data on the rolls varies to some extent but usually includes the Indian and/or English name of the person, roll number, age or date of birth, sex, and relationship to head of family. Beginning in 1930, the rolls also show the degree of Indian blood, marital status, ward status, place of residence, and sometimes other information. For certain years'including 1935, 1936, 1938, and 1939'only supplemental rolls of additions and deletions were compiled.
There is not a census for every reservation or group of Indians for every year. Only persons who maintained a formal affiliation with a tribe under federal supervision are listed on these census rolls.<ref>American Indians. A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Trust Fund Board, U.S. Central Services Administration, 1984). Records Relating to Census Rolls and Other Enrollments, Bureau of Indian Affairs (record group 75), 32.</ref>
The researcher will find many census rolls listed under particular agencies, and some of these are duplicates of census records found in this group. Often, however, the agent retained a 'working copy' of a census roll upon which he penciled-in comments concerning a particular individual or family. It is worth the extra time to consult the agency copy and the copy that was sent to the bureau in Washington, D.C.
Ancestry.com has digitized and indexed these records: U.S., Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940.


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The Green Party began running a series of ads today to be broadcast through to the end of the campaign, this as Harris/Decima released poll results for September 29 – October 2 showing that, in Ontario, the Green Party is tied for third place with the NDP at 17 percent (and higher in some areas, according to H/D's Bruce Anderson who appeared on CBC Newsworld's Politics program ), while the Conservatives have a 34-31 percent lead over the Liberals. (More about the Politics broadcast below the videos.)
Green Party goes prime time with first-ever TV ads
OTTAWA – Fresh from a victory for Green leader Elizabeth May in the English-language televised leaders' debates, the Green Party taking its momentum to the airwaves by releasing a series of historic television advertisements. Featuring leader Elizabeth May, the ads were released across Canada today. The ads mark the first-ever national television campaign for the Green Party.
In the ads, Ms. May is featured speaking about subjects that are close to the hearts of Canadians. She covers the Green Party's economic plan, the elimination of poverty, protecting the natural world and improving democracy in Canada. The ads were filmed on Ms. May's cross-country whistle-stop train trip, where she reached out to Canadians from coast to coast with the Green Party's message of hope.
"The commercials provide a fresh approach to politics. They are unscripted, free from manipulation and are straight and honest," said Jim McDonald, national campaign manager. "We wanted to raise the tone of political advertising in Canada."
The ads will give Canadians the opportunity to hear Ms. May explain issues without stooping to the negative representations offered by the other parties.
The ads are being broadcast on all of Canada's major networks, both in prime time and off-peak periods.
In addition, regional ads will target British Columbia and Quebec. Deputy leader and Vancouver Centre candidate Adriane Carr is featured in the British Columbia ads. The Quebec ads feature Claude William Genest deputy leader and candidate for Westmount-Ville-Marie.
English ads are running nationally on CTV, Global, CBC, CBC Newsworld, CTV Newsnet, E! Canada, and City-Toronto. French ads are running on TVA, Radio-Canada, and RDI. Videos are available on the Green Party's YouTube Channel – http://ca.youtube.com/user/canadiangreenparty.
Elizabeth May 2008 TV Ad 1 – Grassroots
Claude Genest 2008 TV Ad 3
Elizabeth May 2008 TV Ad 2 – Poverty
Claude Genest 2008 TV Ad 2 (en français)
Elizabeth May 2008 TV Ad 3 – Economy
Adriane Carr 2008 TV Ad
Claude Genest 2008 TV Ad 4
Elizabeth May 2008 TV Ad 4 – Democracy
Claude Genest 2008 TV Ad 1 (en français)
Elizabeth May 2008 TV Ad 5 – Nature
Don Newman's 'Press Gallery Pundits' today were Joan Bryden and Rob Russo from Canadian Press, Don Martin of the National Post and CBC Radio's Chris Hall. Together they picked through the entrails of the two debates this week. Rob Russo said he thinks Stephane Dion's English is better than Stephen Harper's French but added that there's a double standard when it comes to bilingualism in political life in Canada, which I agree with, whereby a francophone's English must be more proficient than an anglophone's French.
Chris Hall thought Harper was back on his heels in the early going in the English debate with Elizabeth May pointing out that the leaders had agreed to devote more time to discuss the economy and yet Harper showed up with no initiatives – let alone a platform.
On the question of minority/majority outcomes October 14, Russo said he believes Elizabeth May and the Greens are going to win many more votes than last time which will make it easier for Harper to win a minority – with even less than the 36% of the vote he won last time. (Of course the Liberals and NDP have been terrorizing us with that line for months now.) Newman and Martin tossed about the irony of Elizabeth's strength perhaps coming at the expense of Dion whom she has said she would favour as Prime Minister over Harper.
I won't be budged. The more individual votes the Greens can win, the better the party will be able to operate as a forceful voice on climate change and other issues. It is what Elizabeth refers to as the perversity of the first-past-the-post electoral system that so poorly reflects the will of Canadians. If the Greens get, say, ten percent of the votes across the country on October 14 it seems crazy that we would not have seats in Parliament.
So vote Green. With election financing the vote is worth about $10 to the party over the life of a government. That's money to be used to grow, to broaden our support and to help Canadian democracy.

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Taking the surname JONES
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My goodness! You have so much info, and I have such trouble learning anything about my Jones' line, and am actually 'stuck' trying to learn who my great-great grandfather is! I enjoyed reading your post about the name!ReplyDelete
Hello Sherry...don't stay stuck. Brick walls are common when trying to uncover a Jones line. You might check my blog Ge-ne-al-o-gy 101 which gives some ideas on how a geneogram might help. The geneogram has given me some new ways of looking at my family tree. Let me know if I can help.ReplyDelete
I just found your blog via the "GeneaBloggers Daily". I have a Jones brickwall and it is very surprising since this was a famous Jones family. I'm surprised the records are so difficult to trace, and I'm more surprised no one else has tackled them before. I guess it is too easy to give up on a Jones, so it will be up to me to continue the hunt! I'm off now to read your earlier posts...ReplyDelete
Hello Heather, brickwalls and the Jones surname seem to go together at times. Please don't give up. What famous Jones family?ReplyDelete
Dear Jones Genealogist,ReplyDelete
I enjoy your blogs very much, have found them to be very interesting and useful. After many, many, many years I have succeeded in tracing my Jones line to a David Jones, who arrived in Virginia (Charles CIty)ca. 1622/23, appears to have been born England or Wales 1594. Just wondered if you might have run across this individual in your research.
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Happy Thanksgiving to you Chris. I have run across this David Jones many times. He is actually a relative many generations back. His land was near that of Rice Hoe(I) in 1639, and Rice Hoe's grandson, {Rice Hoe (III) married. This marriage was witnessed by my Cadwallader Jones in the 1680s. Do not know the exact connection, but believe it to be in the family. What is your connection? Your Welcome! JerryReplyDelete
Have you come across an Elizabeth Jones who married a Dafydd Ffoulkes, his dob 1651 dod 1691. We have his family tree but no information on Eliz. They lived at Plas Newydd, Cefn Meiriadog, Denbs and had eight children. Our line comes through a Tudyr Ffoulkes dob 1676 nr St Asaph. (Their third child. Regards Irene Smith (nee Ffoulkes)
Hi Irene, do you know the family's position during the English Civil War? Dafydd Ffoulkes would have been born at a very difficult time for this section of Wales. There were JONES families on both sides of the fence. Many were driven out by the Committee on Compounding. Would make a big difference if Royalist or Roundhead. JerryReplyDeleteReplies
Hi I have no information on our family's connections during the English Civil War, apart from a John Ffoulkes being killed at a battle nr Chester. You obviously have connections with Plasnewydd, Cefn Meiradog which was our family seat. Can I ask once again was Elizabeth Jones the daughter of Richard Jones from Lanhychan, Denbighshire. The line we need to establish through Elizabeth's son Tudur Ffoukes is our direct line. Also is there a connection to the Babington Plot. Thanks Irene Smith (nee Ffoulkes)Delete
Hi Irene, The battle of Chester was fought 1645 and your family was from N. Wales, I suspect they were Royalist. [They would have been inside the walls of Chester 1645.] As you might imagine, there were multiple Richard Jones and many Elizabeth Jones. Have not tried to place connections to Ffoulke (sp. Foulk, Fouke, Fouk, and several other ways.)Earliest Fouk, Edward I, 1306. The name appears as both a surname and first name among many family groups including Jones families. Dwnn list "Richiard Ffolk" from Pembrokeshire area and seems the only family in Dwnn of this name. [Vol. p. 87] My Jones family has many connections to St. Asaph and Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd (sp. various ways) but I have not climb out the Ffoulke branches. Babington's Plot was during Elizabeth I (1585/85) and have not seen the name Ffoulke in my own family research.ReplyDelete


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What is Reclamation?
Reclamation is the combined process by which adverse environmental effects of surface mining are minimized and mined lands are returned to a beneficial end use. End uses may be open space, wildlife habitat, agriculture, or residential and commercial development. Some components of reclamation include practices that control erosion and sedimentation, stablize slopes, and avoid and repair impacts to wildlife habitat. The final step is usually topsoil replacement and revegetation with suitable plant species. Reclamation is often phased to e concurrent throughout the life of the mining project.
Examples of successful reclamation projects include:
A company reclaimed its mining pit to a strawberry field.
A gravel extraction area at Mississippi Bar was returned to a riparian wildlife habitat.
An aggregate mine on agricultural land operates in four phases. The intent is that not more than 95 acres is out of agricultural production at any time during the project's life.
Other mined lands have been reclaimed to grazing and production of crops such as alfalfa, corn, grapes and tomatoes.
DMR is sponsoring an award program to recognize excellence in the implementation of mine reclamation in California. An annual award will be given for Excellence in Reclamation. The winner will be featured in our SMARA Update newsletter, on our website, and will receive the award from the Department of Conservation Director David Bunn. Announcements of the award winner will also be forwarded to local newspapers and industry organizations. Mining companies and their employees, regulatory authorities, and members of the general public may nominate a reclamation project for an award. Nominations must be received by July 31, 2013. For more information, click here.
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Lady Antebellum Singer Hillary Scott's Bandmates Missed Her Wedding
Hillary Scott's weekend wedding to longtime boyfriend Chris Tyrrell was a surprise to most of us — perhaps even her Lady Antebellum bandmates. According to OK!, a rep for the trio says that neither Charles Kelley nor Dave Haywood were in attendance for Saturday's New York nuptials.
Without them there, it was easy for Scott to keep her word that Lady Antebellum would not be hired to perform as her wedding band. "I'm not asking them to sing or play an instrument," the frontlady said in a late 2011 issue of Redbook. "I'm not putting anybody I love to work on my wedding day."
After the CMAs in November, Kelley was persistent in deciding who would play at her reception, requesting that Scott have a Motown band — though unfortunately, he didn't get his wish, which is OK since he wasn't there. The Lady A trio's rep confirms that Christian contemporary icon Steven Curtis Chapman led Scott and Tyrrell in their first dance.
While Haywood and Kelley didn't make Scott's special day, they're eager to celebrate with their leading songstress and her new husband. The rep for the trio says, "They look forward to celebrating with both Hillary and Chris in the coming weeks."


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Gretchen needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 201 designs submitted by 73 freelance designers.
just beginning the branding process with a new partnership for a law firm in Portland, Oregon. Need a logo.
Shulman DuBois
my company is developing a web site for the Shulman DuBois firm. They have no logo. They are a new partnership with young attorneys in Portland, OR. They want something to reflect their energy - nothing old, cold or crotchety!
I've set up daily meetings (M-F) with the partners to review the logos that are submitted.
- colors: blue, green and orange (orange as an accent?)
- needs to inlcude firm name: Shulman DuBois, LLC
- show with URL and without - URL: http://www.PDXInjuryLaw.com
- Shulman and DuBois are two people's last names. And they don't wantany clever "B" usages. SDB is fine, as is SD. SB won't work.
- Please include design submissions in both color and black &white, they want to see what it'll look like in black on theirletterhead.
- They like "PDXInjuryLaw" WITH "PDX" and the "I" in "Injury" and the L in "Law" all capitalized, rather than "PDXINJURYLAW"
- no courtrooms, columns, scales, law books
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One last hurrah in your kid's summer.
Lower your expectations for the third movie in the trilogy of what is sure to be a long series of Wimpy Kid movies, and you'll have an inoffensive time while your kids giggle. As I see it, these movies defy criticism because they're specifically made for younger kids. Pixar movies can withstand critical dissection, but not these films. Greg (Zachary Gordon) is an average kid, getting into average trouble, resulting in a resolution that's only slightly more interesting than what's going on in your own home. But since there's peeing in the pool jokes and smoothies, kids will love it.
For me, the difference between this series and, say, the Alvin and the Chipmunks movies, is that this series is just about kids being kids. Wimpy Kid doesn't need to use seizure-inducing, bright, shiny tricks to distract you from the thin plot, like disco dance floors and rats being hurled off of cruise ships in 3D. But just because they're not overly concerned with pop culture doesn't mean they're not relatable. Greg and his bestie Rowley (Robert Capron) play Dance Dance Revolution games (and are really good at it, by the way, giving me hope that the world's next generation of men won't be so scared of dancing and might evolve past the "white man's overbite" approach). In the last movie, Rowley even sang a Ke$ha song. But mostly, each movie is about what happens when your parents tell you not to do something and you do it, and they get disappointed, and you have the first taste of what will end up being a bitter soufflé of Screw Up that is your life.
This time around, it's summer, and that means that parents of today have to figure out how to convince their kids to get outside and stop playing video games, which is all Greg wants to do. He's sneaky (like kids really are) and knows how to trick his dad (Steve Zahn) into getting off his back, but then he takes it a step too far. Rowley invites him to the country club where his crush Holly (Peyton List) is also a member. He lies and says that he got a job there, just so his dad would be proud of him and not hassle him about going to see her every day. His conscience gets weighed down with relatively minor offenses, as it always does with real kids, until it all comes crashing down around him. Is it compelling for anyone above 13 who's not trying to achieve the same goals? Nope. But did I mention there's a pee joke in there?
Greg and his high jinks remind me of when I was a kid, testing the water to see what I could get away with and what would make my mom cry (that I would never, ever do again). At such a young age, I would have wantonly ordered smoothies at the country club too, if an adult offered to bring me one and didn't say it cost something. In that period of time, you find yourself in the middle of situations that will shape who you become, and it's happening so fast you don't even realize it until much later. And with all of their faults, the kids in this series are good kids--they're our kids (or in my case, my friend's kids that fall asleep on me once in a while). So this is yet another charming movie from these creators that don't use bells or whistles to get the point across. Just reality with a splash of Ke$ha songs. And it's stupid, but fun. Your kids will think so too.
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LAUREL HILL � Laurel Hill School officials are searching for the owner of several family photo albums that the school received.
LAUREL HILL � Laurel Hill School officials are searching for the owner of several family photo albums that the school received.
A couple of years ago, the school received a box of photo albums mixed in with a donation of school art supplies, Carol Brown, the school's administrative secretary, said.
"It was a couple of summers ago when the supplies came," Brown said.
When discovered, staffers tried to contact the donor, but couldn�t reach them. They�ve since lost the contact information, Brown said.
Last week, Brown dedicated her free time and lunch breaks to searching for the albums� owner.
Several of the albums contain family photos from special occasions including birthday parties and family trips.
Brown has looked through one family scrapbook that chronicles a portion of the life of Leslie Edward Atkinson, who was born in Shell Lake, Wis., in 1957.
Brown believes Leslie�s mother, Marlene Oetting, created the book.
The scrapbook also features Atkinson's report cards, pamphlets from school plays he performed in, and the marriage announcement to this wife, Jean, in 1979.
The photo albums depict a portion of Atkinson's life, from birth to his many accomplishments in the United States Air Force.
Atkinson, who would be 56 this year, has mementos posted for one child, listed as Nicholas Edward Atkinson, in the scrapbook. He was born at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. No birth year was given.
The Internet has aided Brown�s quest. She found a Leslie E. Atkinson, with a Crestview address and phone number, with help from a school employee with access to an ancestry website.
She couldn�t make contact at the phone number listed. However, Facebook held another lead.
Brown said she found Atkinson � listed as living in Oklahoma City � on the site, along with a couple of Atkinson family members. She sent several messages last week to each, but hasn�t received a response.
If that avenue fails, Brown is considering visiting the Crestview address she received to see if she can find more information on Atkinson.
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But we don't need to rely on any dust devil to keep solar panels clean.So it's mostly a matter of how long lithium batteries can last. And MER's batteries lasted at least 10 years.
China's moon rover, lander to photograph each otherChina's first moon rover, Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, and the lander are scheduled to take photos of each other Sunday night, a move that will mark the complete success of the country's Chang'e-3 lunar probe mission.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-12/15/c_132969906.htm
this was posted on Facebook a few minutes ago
Why does it look like all the images they posted (apart from the landing sequence) are snapshots of a computer monitor or some other display instead of the actual data stream?
They are missing an opportunity here, IMHO. I get the feeling these images could be blowing our socks off if released in the source quality instead of just this "cool, but only for what it represents" feeling.


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Meet Ben.
Then again, you already have. He's your neighbor. Or maybe he's your friend. You've borrowed his tools, and he's borrowed yours. Your kids have played with his. You've chatted amiably and often over the fence, at the store, at church, on the bus. You think you know him.
But you don't. Not really.
Same with Sheila. You've known her for ages. You've shopped with her, car-pooled with her, swapped doctor stories with her and worked with her in the PTA. You've even done a few things socially with her and her husband. You like her. A lot.
But you don't really know her. If you did, you'd know that she's ill. So is Ben. Their respective illnesses are not the same, yet there are a lot of similarities. Both require frequent visits to well-trained specialists. Both take daily doses of powerful, expensive medications. Both struggle with the limitations imposed upon them by their infirmity. And both are reluctant to talk about it for fear of what people might say.
That's why you probably don't even know about it. Oh, you've noticed that Ben gets a little down in the dumps from time to time. And emotionally, Sheila goes up and down like a yo-yo. Sometimes she's the most delightful woman in town, and sometimes she looks as though she'd bite your hand off if you reached out to her.
"That's just Ben," you've reasoned. And "That's just the way Sheila is."
But it isn't. The real Ben is warm and witty, carefree and compassionate. The real Sheila is absolute bedrock — solid and secure and yet gentle and loving. Whenever you see something else in them, you're seeing the illness. Or the medication. Or maybe a combination of the two.
But it isn't them. Not really.
Ben and Sheila are mentally ill. Which is not to say their illness is all in their heads. Mental illness is just as real and can be just as debilitating as the most devastating physical maladies. It binds its victims in transparent chains and holds them securely in prisons without walls. But because their infirmity can't be seen or measured physically, many of us are inclined to dismiss mental illness as a cop-out or a sign of weakness or lack of effort — especially when we see it in people who appear to be well normal.
You know. Like us.
Ben certainly seems that way. He's got a great family, a lovely home and a good, secure job in a profitable field. He's got no reason in the world to be depressed. But he is. Chronically. The medication helps some, but he still battles his personal demons daily. And privately. Only occasionally does it show through the façade he has learned to hide behind.
"Come on, Ben — cheer up!" associates tell him. "You've got a good life! Be happy!"
"I have a good life," Ben told me recently. "I love my family, and I'm grateful for what I have. I don't know why I'm depressed. I just am. And telling me to be happy is like telling a bald person to grow hair. You can't do it if you don't have it. And right now, I don't have it."
Neither does Sheila — not that you'd know it by taking a superficial look at her life. Her family is lovingly loyal to her and to each other. She is active and involved in her church, and she works hard to keep her home and family together. But everywhere she goes she carries the physical and emotional scars of the horrifying abuse she endured throughout her childhood.
"I'm getting better — really, I am," she says. "Most of the time I'm OK. But once in a while I don't know I just can't handle it."
Whatever "it" is.
"I'm not trying to make excuses," Ben said. "I'd just like to feel that people know I'm doing the best I can — and that they don't judge me too harshly when my best isn't enough."
Especially when they don't really know him.
(To read more by Joseph B. Walker, please go to www.josephbwalker.com.)
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Are you on Facebook? If you're not, your kids probably are. And what they do there and on other websites may be innocent or may be dangerous.
Look around you. Every young person you see has a cell phone. And many of those are smartphones, which put the Internet, dozens of games, and other applications in the palms of their hands.
They're probably not checking their email on those smartphones. This is a generation that considers email passé. They're into social networking sites—sites like Facebook and Twitter. It's networking that consumes their attention and hours of their time every day–and they don't always use it wisely.
For example, twenty-eight percent of young social network users admit to sharing information online that they would never have shared in public if they were face-to-face. And 22 percent—that's right 22 percent–say that they've posted pictures of themselves or friends.
As Dr. David Murray, Professor of Practical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary notes, technology has changed the way we "study, play, socialize, shop, and even apply for jobs." Believe it or not, one out of eight couples married in the US met on a social networking site.
Murray, the father of four, is a firm believer in the good of technology. He is also well aware of the dangers—especially the dangers to children. After thinking through how to best teach his own children how to thrive in the digital age, he produced a short video: "God's Technology: Training Our Children to Use Technology to God's Glory." In it Murray shares biblical wisdom and applies a Christian worldview to kids and technology.
He begins with four biblical principles. First, God created technology. He made the physical elements like silicon that we use to make digital devices. He made the forces of electricity and magnetism that allow technology to work. And he made human minds and gave them the creativity to build computers, cell phones and iPads.
Second, because God created technology, it is not inherently sinful; instead (principle three) it has many good uses—including bringing BreakPoint to you every day. Finally and tragically, Murray notes, technology has been abused because we are sinners.
How does that apply to our children?
Well, because technology is created by God and has good uses, we should want our children to enjoy technology's benefits. But we can't ignore the dangers and embrace the digital world without what Murray calls "disciplined discernment." And Murray gives sound, practical parenting advice concerning Facebook, where children desperately need that disciplined discernment.
As Calvin College professor Quentin Schultz wrote in his book Habits of the High-Tech Heart, "Cyberculture offers us no means to rise above the entropic noise, no dwelling place to catch our breath, gather our wits, discern our course, and become more intrinsically moral people."
If we and our children are going to use digital technologies wisely and morally, it will be because we make an intentional effort to apply our Christian worldview to technology.
And the video "God's Technology" is a great place to start. Visit BreakPoint dot org, click on this commentary, and we'll tell you how you can get the video and other resources to protect your kids online.
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If, like me, you were hoping that "God's Pocket," starring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman in one of his final films, would feature yet another of the actor's distinctive turns, you are fresh out of luck.
Hoffman's character, Mickey Scarpato, is a guy whose luck, if he ever had any, ran out long ago. The role should have been a very good fit for an actor so skilled at submerging himself in complicated characters.
But Hoffman struggles. You can see it on screen, from the down-turned mouth that keeps being forgotten, to the voice that sounds colored by congestion instead of Mickey's downtrodden life.
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Strobe Arm Length?
Posted 23 July 2006 - 05:28 PM
ULCS, 2x12 (normal) and 2x16 (bouyancy). Ike ds125s with diffusers, EV controllers, and cable extenders.
Posted 24 July 2006 - 06:43 PM
For the 10.5 I find it best to keep the strobes only out about 1.5 feet and importantly, back a foot. This back a foot or so is critical when shooting people and other close subjects because I often get really close to the people etc. when shooting and with the strobes in a traditional position, one of the strobes often gets too close to the subject or the wreck/reef with can cause a local blow out.
And while I use two arm segments per side on my rig, I would be better off with just one per side as it would mean less wrestling with the strobes to position them after I enter the water.
Positioning the strobes back behind the plane of the lens is important with powerful strobes like the Ikelite DS125s some people on this thread are using. It was vital with the old Ikelite SS200s which had only a few power settings. Even using TTL, the strobe blast was so powerful that the TTL circuitry couldn't send a signal to quench fast enough to control exposure. This is less of an issue now that we have strobes that can dial up a wide range of manual power settings, especialy the smaller strobes w/ lower guide numbers.
This still comes up in CFWA shots if you have a very close subject and other subject material that is also in strobe range, but slightly farther away. Moving the strobes back (and turning them up) will reduce the risk of burn out on the very close subject.. (Because light falls off with the square of distance, moving the strobes back dramatically reduces the illumination differential between the very close and less close illuminated subjects.)
I first learned the trick of pulling strobes way back from Tammy Peluso, who at the time was the photo pro at Walindi Resort on New Britain. Does anyone here know where Tammy is these days?
Yes, this has been a good thread.
Nikon D2X in Subal housing.
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Posted 29 July 2006 - 11:25 AM
Fabio Amorim - PBASE Gallery
Canon 5D Mark 3 | Aquatica housing | S&S YS120 Strobes | Ultralight Arms
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Fabio Amorim - PBASE Gallery
Canon 5D Mark 3 | Aquatica housing | S&S YS120 Strobes | Ultralight Arms
Posted 29 July 2006 - 01:50 PM
Doesn't your spotting light move around when you move your strobes? I find that I prefer to mount the spotting light onto the housing, so that it will stay pointing straight ahead. I think the Aquatica housing may have a mount on top for a ball adapter to allow for this, although I can't recall.
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Posted 29 July 2006 - 02:02 PM
Yes, but I'm usually don't move too much the strobes, some times move only the strobe head and not all arm set leaving the spotting light at the same position, when it is necessary I fix the light adapter on the handle adapter BA-AQW and it does the same when mounted on top of the housing.
thank you. Fabio
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Canon 5D Mark 3 | Aquatica housing | S&S YS120 Strobes | Ultralight Arms
Posted 27 November 2006 - 11:25 AM
Touch wood..... the Sea & sea stobes have NEVER gone wrong since 1991!
I used 2 x 12 arms on both sides for wide-angle for years, but I'm shifting to 2 x 8. For me, the change is mostly driven by my shift to different strobes.
I used to use two powerful Ikelite SS200s with wide 100 degree beams. At full power and the right ambient light levels, those strobes will work at distances over 2.5 meter/8 feet for subjects like manta rays and some reefscapes. (The exposure guide on the back of the strobes implies that these strobes will work at 3 meters/10 feet at ISO 100 and f/4.0, though I don't think I ever achieved quite that distance). Anyway, at 8-10 feet, to avoid illuminating crap in the water between the lens and subject with those strobes and their wide 100 degree beams, I really did need more strobe separation than is possible with 8" arm sections. When it all comes together with a wide angle lens and very powerful strobes, longer arms can make it possible to turn medium-vis water into gin (Absolut vodka, whatever).
My SS200s have never gone more than a year without one of them malfunctioning or dying. When they came back from their last trip to Ohio and back (with a $400+ repair bill receipt attached) eight months ago, one was already dead right out of the box full of foam peanuts before I could even take it on a dive. Living in Indonesia, hassling with equipment that I can't rely on is no longer worth it for me.
(So - anybody want to buy a couple of powerful strobes, cheap? Honesty requires me to say that I think both of them are absolute lemons, but they are wonderful strobes on those occasions when they are both working. If you live in the US, maybe the breakdown frequency won't matter. Make me an offer.)
My Inon D200s Sea&Sea YS90DXs don't have anything like the power or spread of the SS200s, but they work, and so far they have kept on working, dive trip after dive trip. (The Inons are pretty new, so that isn't so impressive, but the YS90DXs - originally purchased as a temporary stopgap while my SS200s were on another visit to Ohio - have been going strong for over three years.) With reduced power and narrower beams, I can't shoot from as far away (and with the 10.5 FE on the D2X, I rarely want to anyway). The upshot of moving from Ikelite strobes to the Inons and S&Ss is that the 12 inch arm segments that at one time were central to my style of wide-angle shooting are now irrelevant. 2 x 8 works fine.
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Homemade housing for D3, Fuji Tx1, Hassablad SWC, 3d cameras, and now 360 video cameras. see www.eye-mirror.com
Sea & Sea 2 YS120, and 2 YS250 Pro Broncolor (studio) Kowalshi Zenon's
Posted 01 June 2007 - 05:22 AM
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Posted 14 September 2007 - 12:48 PM
Great thread. I'm gonna pin it. I generally use my strobes on single short arms. But then I am a bit weird.
I carn't help but get involved with this thread. I used to use huge arms, at least a meter each side of my housing. Just too long for comfort, I cut them down and down and down. I use quite short arms now, never any further than 0.5m. The test was recently in Truk. It all depends on the subject and like I have read above if you get close with a 10.5mm and it's not that big a subject the flash guns will miss. I take the view that keep them close but angled out and well behind not only the port but the housing itself when required. I used dual flash in Truk on the wrecks with my flash guns level with my face mask.
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Posted 15 September 2007 - 04:26 AM
I read the old edition of "The Underwater Photographer" and thought that I was a wimp for not being able to handle mega-arms - when I added a segment to my 20" TLC arms the camera rig was all over the place, very unstable in any current and hard to move around.
I bought two shorter Ultralight flotation arms and used them in Bikini, with a Nikon 10.5mm, partly because of the extreme weight limitation in getting there. The results were just as good as long arms.
It was with great relief that I read the new edition of "The Underwater Photographer", and found Martin's change of approach!
Long arms (Chuuk), strobes parallel:
Short arms (Bikini), strobes angled outwards:
The visibility on both trips was not the best, with significant plankton, so I think that the images are a good test of arm performance.
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Posted 28 May 2008 - 11:53 AM
I have a G9 that I'll be using in an Ikelite housing with a wide-angle adapter. The widest the camera lens goes is 35MM (film equiv). The adapter is a .56x converter and you need to zoom a little. I guess that's about like having a 23MM (film equiv) behind a flat port ... but my understanding of optics - let alone underwater optics - is poor at best.
Coming off the Ikelite handles - on each side - I have 2 x 6" with 3" strobe arms.
Here's a pic:
I've tested the "coverage" by shooting a white wall in a pitch black room from various distances with the adapter on the housing. With the strobes level, back a bit and angled out I get what seems like very nice coverage.
I was happy and ready to take this underwater to start learning to shoot wide-angle ... until ...
I'm going to Cathy Church's school in June ... and she and her staff have said that I should really be using longer arms to avoid backscatter.
What are people's thoughts? I have plenty of time to get 8" (or longer) segments to replace one of the 6" arms on each side before I leave.
Here's one other concern … my YS-27 is an optical slave. My current arms set allows me to run the optic-fibre sync cord I have from the YS-110 to the YS-27 … but I'm worried that if my arms were any longer, it would no longer reach and then I'd worry about the reliability of the second strobe … are there commerically available optical cords that fit in the S&S "jacks" that are longer? When I asked ReefPhoto, they said "no" ... but I wasn't 100% convinced the gentleman I was talking to really knew.
Thanks in advance!
Posted 28 May 2008 - 01:01 PM
Here's one other concern … my YS-27 is an optical slave. My current arms set allows me to run the optic-fibre sync cord I have from the YS-110 to the YS-27 … but I'm worried that if my arms were any longer, it would no longer reach and then I'd worry about the reliability of the second strobe … are there commerically available optical cords that fit in the S&S "jacks" that are longer?
There were a couple of D.I.Y. threads where people mentioned being able to get optical cables
Here is an interesting variation
http://wetpixel.com/...;hl=optic cable
And there was another one where it was mentioned where to get lengths of optic cable, but could not find the post...
Posted 28 May 2008 - 04:41 PM
... Does anyone have any thoughts on whether I'll be sorry if I don't get longer arms?
To re-phrase my question ... on each side of my Ikelite G9 housing I have 6"x6"x3" arms. I have been told that I would be "better off" with longer arms to avoid backscatter on wide-angle shots.
Any opinions?
Posted 29 May 2008 - 03:44 AM
To re-phrase my question ... on each side of my Ikelite G9 housing I have 6"x6"x3" arms. I have been told that I would be "better off" with longer arms to avoid backscatter on wide-angle shots.
Any opinions?
Hey All
good thread , im reading and enjoying ,
a question to jeremypayne(nice looking setup by the way) have you put your wide angle setup in the water and played with it yet ?
i use a similar setup with the ike housing nikon p5000 inon uwl100 and dome attachment, i use inon strobes and a similar baseplate with arms , i usually use just one 5" ULCS arm on each side and if im really motivated i use a 5" and 3"on each side . for wide i usually have the strobes about level with the dome port and pointing straight out , if the water is dirty i angle the strobes out away from the dome port more . i usually shoot in temprate water conditions which can be fairly snotty at times. i just keep in mind that my system just keeps on getting bigger and heavier .
if it was me i would suggest keep your current strobe arms and use the money towards buying a dome attachment for your inon wide lense ,
this photo was taken with just one 5" arm on either side of my baseplate handes and the strobes pointed away from my dome port, the vis was about 15m and it was fairly chunky .
Posted 29 May 2008 - 04:37 AM
Thank you! I'm excited to take it for a swim, but have yet to take this setup underwater. I've used my camera in the Canon housing - but it doesn't accomodate wide adapters and that was the primary motivation to upgrade to the Ikelite.
a question to jeremypayne(nice looking setup by the way) have you put your wide angle setup in the water and played with it yet ?
if it was me i would suggest keep your current strobe arms and use the money towards buying a dome attachment for your inon wide lense
I think I'll do just that. I made a "mistake" and bought the Ikelite w/a adapter and not the INON ... but if (when) I feel the need for the dome port, I'll probably just buy the whole thing - INON UWL-100 + Dome and either keep the Ikelite around or sell it ...
Thanks for posting a picture. Makes me feel better. B)
Posted 29 May 2008 - 05:01 AM
I have photographed each of my 'standard' arm setups - G9 / Ike / ULCS.
The first is for clear water w/a and comprises 5" lattice and 8" bouyancy arms.
The second is for turbid water w/a and comprises 8" bouyancy and 12" bouyancy arms.
The third is for macro and medium telephoto portraits (long port) and comprises 5" lattice (c/w caddy for the UCL's) and 3" stick arms. For extra compactness, I often use YS-25's (rather than Z-240's) if I intend to shoot macro only.
These arms configurations tend to be a tad 'hungry' on the fibre optics! I use shortened INON slave cables on #1, full length slave cables on #2 and 40 cms 'D' cables or the new Sea & Sea cables on #3. My custom mask facilitates using these different cables, blocks the onboard strobe and provides a secure mount for the INON Cap set and S&S cables. To keep the fibre optics tidy, I cable tie fishing swivels to the arms and thread the cables through them.
· INON Z-240s & Sea & Sea YS-250 Pros
· SmallHD DP4 monitor & NA-DP4. Fisheye Aquavolt 3500s & 7000s
· Zen DP-100, DP-200 & DP-230
Posted 19 June 2008 - 01:03 PM
So I will add in as I am looking for advice as well. I have the G9 w/Ike housing and Dual Ike DS125 Deluxe kits so I use those arms. The setup is a bit heavy and unbalanced underwater so I want to improve things. Plan on upgrading to ULCS arms and maybe adding some more boyancy if needed. So What should I get? Many setups I see have at least one pretty long arm. The 125's are pretty juicy so I guess i want to keep them somewhat away. Plan to get the Inon WA lens & flat port, although I still want to do plently of macro. So do I do the 5"+8" per side that seems to be the most popular in this thread?
Jeremy - how did the Jim Church class go? Did you learn more and now know exactly what us G9+Ike users should be using?
Thanks... (The Other) Jeremy
Posted 19 June 2008 - 02:33 PM
I'm actually leaving on Saturday for Grand Cayman and doing three 1/2 days of instruction on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. Will let you know how it goes!
Jeremy - how did the Jim Church class go? Did you learn more and now know exactly what us G9+Ike users should be using?
Thanks... (The Other) Jeremy
I did take the Ikelite underwater for the first time this weekend in Mexico.
I had 5" X 8" and that seemed like more than enough arm for me. I can't imagine using something any bigger at this point ...
It is HEAVY, especially with the wide angle adapter on. My 8" arms are the ULCS regular bouyancy arms and it was still significantly negative. I made some foam floats, but everyone says they will get crushed at depths over 30 feet so I left them at home ... only spent $2.59 on the foam I think, so no great loss.
I may invest in some double-bouyancy arms as I would like it to be slightly less negative ... but I'll take stock after a week of diving.
Edited by jeremypayne, 19 June 2008 - 02:33 PM.
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New Delhi: An eight-day hunger strike here to protest "victimisation of Muslim youths in the name of fighting terrorism" was suspended on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s assurance to form a mechanism to look into the issue, an organiser said.
"We are suspending the strike for three months," Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) national general secretary Abdul Khaliq told IANS.
The party Nov 26 launched the strike at Batla House Chowk in south Delhi`s Jamia Nagar - the site of a "controversial" gun battle in 2008 between alleged Indian Mujahideen terrorists and police following serial blasts in the city.
Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan Monday addressed the protestors and said: "The prime minister told an all-party delegation that he will speak to the home minister and address the issue."
"The innocent youths will also be rehabilitated," Paswan said, adding that he also demanded fast track courts to settle terrorism-related issues.
In view of the government`s assurance, Paswan asked the protestors, led by party`s national youth wing secretary general Amanatullah Khan, to suspend the strike for three months.
The LJP protest was against the alleged illegal arrest and victimisation of Muslim youths by security agencies and to seek rehabilitation of those found innocent.
Pawan earlier Monday accompanied Ram Gopal Yadav of the Samajwadi Party, Sitaram Yechury of the Communist Party of India-Marxist and Mani Shankar Aiyar of the Congress and presented a memorandum on the issue to the prime minister.


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February 2010 4Word - EditorialPosted in Features on February 1, 2010
In December, we talked about Jeep vehicles and some of their features. There have been, and are, many other makes that work well in the backcountry and are contenders for the best 4WD vehicle.
The International Scout arrived in 1961 and lasted until 1980 in Scout II form. While I was in high school, a friend purchased a 1964 Scout 80 with the 152ci four-cylinder mill. This Scout had belonged to the U.S. Postal Service, so it was two-wheel-drive, blue, and had a Dana 44 rearend. We added a Model 20 transfer case and a 44 frontend, then proceeded to take that Scout places we thought were remote. We had a lot to learn about which roads were hard and which weren't, but the Scout was dependable and capable. Internationals are tough, quality four-wheel-drive vehicles.
Ford introduced the Bronco in 1966 and offered it through 1977. In 1978, it became truck-based and fullsize. The Bronco had a Dana 44 frontend and a Ford 9-inch rear end, with straight-six or V-8 engines. The front coil/radius arm suspension was good, but had a tendency to chatter/hop when pushed with larger tires installed. The Bronco's weight distribution allowed it to climb very well, but it would lift its rear tires on steep descents. The early Bronco today is still the fine vehicle it's always been, but can be pricey if in good shape.
The Chevrolet Blazer (1969) and GMC Jimmy (1970) joined the Suburban and Jeep Wagoneer as full-size off-highway vehicles. Based on GM's light-duty trucks, the Blazer and Jimmy were very capable and great looking, too. They were available with engines ranging from the 250 straight-six to the 350 V-8 and transmissions including the TH350 automatic and super stout SM465 four-speed manual with granny low first gear. The transfer case was a New Process 205 in automatic models and a Dana 20 in the manuals. The 12-bolt rearends were a bit weak considering the weight of the vehicle, but Dana 60s and corporate 14-bolt rearends found their way into many. The Dana 44 frontend continued several years into the Blazer's production. The last fullsize Blazer was produced in 1994. The earlier models had weak frames, along with every other truck of that vintage. Weak frames can be strengthened. Few people don't like the '69-to-'72 Blazer. I like them, too.
The FJ40 Toyota Land Cruiser was built from 1960 to 1984. Yes, Toyota fans, I know that Toyota started building the BJ in 1951, but we're talking about the FJ40 here. The early models had a 3.9L inline-six. This engine was replaced by the 4.2L inline-six in 1975. Land Cruiser drivetrain components are strong, although I don't care for the closed knuckle frontend. About the only weakness Land Cruisers have is that many are found with heavy rust. Toyota pickups are fantastic 4x4s that are fun to own and drive, but I'm running out of room so will have to discuss them later.
Suzuki Samurais proved that 4x4s don't have to be behemoths to work well. With the dimensions of a Jeep flatfender, the Samurai was able to wind through trees and rocks where other vehicles couldn't fit. There are plenty of aftermarket parts available, too. If only a manufacturer had the smarts to build another fuel efficient, Samurai-style, body-on-frame 4x4 today. They'd sell as many as they could build.
There are many other fine 4x4s, including the Hummer, but I'm out of room.
So, what's the best 4WD vehicle out there today? The answer is...(drum roll, please)...THE ONE YOU OWN!


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Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar visited western Nebraska on Sept. 28 as part of the Obama administration's Rural Tour. Following a community forum that also included Sen. Ben Nelson, Gov. Dave Heineman and Rep. Adrian Smith, the University hosted Secretaries Vilsack and Salazar at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center. We briefed them on deficit irrigation, biofuels and climate change. We had an engaging conversation and they asked very good questions about the work being done in the panhandle and elsewhere in Nebraska on these important topics.
University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken participated in the events and said, "This was a rare and exciting opportunity to have two cabinet secretaries visit the university, and our faculty did an excellent job taking advantage of it. Kudos to PREC Director Linda Boeckner, Vice Chancellor Prem Paul and the members of the research teams highlighted from UNL and USGS."
Milliken added, "The University of Nebraska has important partnerships with USDA and the Department of the Interior, and this was a wonderful opportunity to showcase it with the cabinet members. I am confident they left impressed with the University of Nebraska."


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Battle Creek River Grand River Thornapple River
Battle Creek River
The Battle Creek River Watershed Project is an effort by landowners, residents, conservation groups, and local, state, and federal agencies to protect the quality of water for drinking, agriculture, recreation, wildlife, and fisheries. The Battle Creek River has been identified as one of the leading contributors of phosphorus and sediment to the Kalamazoo River. The overall goal of this project is to identify the natural resource and water quality needs, problems, and solutions that will help restore the Battle Creek River. A watershed management plan has been developed that integrates the concerns of watershed stakeholders and, through implementation, improves the water quality within the watershed area. This project is funded through Section 319 of the Clean Water Act and is currently in implementation of the Watershed Management Plan through the Spring of 2009.
Watershed Area
The Battle Creek River Watershed area covers 187,000 acres across northern Calhoun County (Emmett, Pennfield, Convis, Lee, and Clarence Townships), southeastern Barry County (Assyria and Maple Grove Townships), and southern Eaton County (Kalamo, Bellevue, Carmel, Walton, Eaton, and Brookfield Townships). The main drainage channel is the Battle Creek River, which receives small tributaries such as Wanandoga Creek, Goose Creek, Ackley Creek, Crooked Brook, Ellis Creek, Indian Creek, State and Indian Drain, and Big Creek. The headwaters of the Battle Creek River begin at Narrow Lake in southern Eaton County, head north through Charlotte, swing southwest through Bellevue, and outlets to the Kalamazoo River in Battle Creek, which then flows into Lake Michigan. Local residents and visitors enjoy the watershed area for the vast rural and wetland areas, lakes, and the many recreational activities including fishing, canoeing, hiking, and hunting.
Projects Implemented
Battle Creek River Restoration Project
The Eaton County Conservation District and the Battle Creek River Watershed Project received grants from the MDNR's Inland Fisheries Grant, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Fish America grant, and the Great Lakes Commission's Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control grant to restore a one mile reach of the Battle Creek River (Battle Creek Drain) through the City of Charlotte's Bennett Park utilizing natural channel design. Phase I of the project began in the late fall of 2007 with the placement of several stability and habitat structures, a rock riffle, and finally the removal of the dam. Phase II of the project began in the winter of 2008 with the placement of several stability and habitat structures and the restoration of the historical channel. The newly excavated channel will sit for one year to vegetate and stabilize before flow from the current drain is diverted. The present drain will be abandoned and filled in to create a larger floodplain area for the historic channel. When the project is completed, the following will result to improve water quality, stream habitat, and recreation:
- Conduct geomorphic assessment study one year prior to and at minimum five years (monitoring) after stream restoration and dam removal
- Restore one mile section of river upstream of dam to reduce severe stream bank erosion as a result of historical dredging practices
- Restore one mile reach of river to natural stable form
Reduce bank erosion and associated sedimentation from an estimated 986 tons to 246 tons per year
- Annually document geomorphic channel modifications, culminating in MDNR report or peer reviewed article
- Restore natural flow hydrograph
- Allow sediment, woody debris, and nutrient transport restoring natural stream function in this one mile reach
- Eliminate siltation of fish spawning, nursery and feeding habitat in existing impoundment
- Remove one (dam) obstruction to upstream and downstream fish migration
- Eliminate unnatural temperature variations
- Eliminate one canoe portage site
Restore the aesthetic beauty of one mile of river through Bennett Park by restoring the river to a meandering form from a ditch.
Restore flow to the historical channel of the Battle Creek River from I-69 to the eastern pedestrian bridge in Bennet Park.
Phase 1
Phase II
Special Thanks to Our Partners:
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Great Lakes Commission
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
City of Charlotte
Eaton County Drain Commission
Frontier City Flycasters
Michigan Department of Transportation
Narrow Lake Fish Passage Project
In the summer of 2005, a natural fish rock ramp was constructed at the downstream end of the lake level control structure of the outlet of the Battle Creek Drain on the north end of Narrow Lake. The project was spearheaded by the Battle Creek River Watershed Project, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), the Eaton County Drain Commissioner, the Eaton County Conservation District, and was funded by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The goal of the project was to allow fish passage over the lake level control structure during high flows in the spring. The rock ramp is similar to a fish ladder.
In order to determine if the rock ramp was allowing for fish passage as it was designed to do, a fyke net was placed just upstream of the dam (lake level control structure) by the MDNR on March 20th through March 28th. MDNR checked the net every other day and measured and identified fish. The fish were then released back into Narrow Lake.
So did the rock ramp work? The fish answered with a resounding YES! Over 11 different species that represent both strong swimmers and jumpers and weak swimmers and jumpers made it over the dam. Species sampled included golden shiners, common white suckers, blue gill, largemouth bass, lake chubsucker, yellow perch, bowfin, walleye, yellow bullhead, northern pike, and pumpkinseed. The largest fish sampled was a 36" northern pike and a 21" walleye. Since the mesh of the fyke net was too large to sample smaller fish, observations have been made on site of the rock ramp that darters have made it over the dam.
Before After
Rock Ramp Survey Success!
River Clean Ups
On the first Saturday of October, communities throughout the Kalamazoo River Watershed hold a River Clean Up. Thousands of volunteers show-up to pick up trash in and around rivers, remove flow impeding log jams, put up bird houses, plant habitat, and many other chores to improve the aesthetics of their communities. The Frontier City Flycasters along with the Battle Creek River Watershed have been participating in the Clean Up, since October of 2004 in Bennett Park. Many students for the CPS volunteer their time to clean up any trash, place rock for the restoration project, and many other things. If you are interested in volunteering, contact Craig Snyder of the Frontier City Flycasters.
Other Programs and Opportunities
The Battle Creek River Watershed Project also works with landowners to help guide them with any natural resource concerns, especially water quality within the watershed area. There are many federal and state programs that are available to private landowners to improve water quality, wildlife habitat, wetland habitat, riparian corridors, forestry improvement, and more. If you are interested in any programs, but are not sure what program may be the best fit for you, the watershed project provides technical assistance. Please contact Gregg Strand at 268-781-4867.
Grand River
THe Eaton Conservation District revieved a 319 non-point source grant from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to develop a watershed managment plan for the Middle Grand River. Located in Mid-Michigan, the Middle Grand River watershed encompasses approximately 258 square miles (~165,000 acres) in Clinton, Ingham, Eaton, and Ionia Counties. THe Middle Grand River section is approximately 129 miles in stream length and joins the Upper Grand River Watershed and the Lower Grand River Watershed. Together, the Upper, Middle, and Lower Grand River Watersheds make up the second largest watershed in Michigan. Click here to learn more!
Thornapple River
Dam removals at Maple Hill Cemetery in Charlotte and Village of Nashville
Over twenty citizens were on hand for the Nashville Dam Committee meeting at the Village Hall on Tuesday, May 26 to see the engineering plans for the Nashville Dam Removal project. Joanne Barnard of the Barry Conservation District (BCD) began the meeting by announcing that the draw-down of the Mill Pond had begun. Chris Freiburger of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources provided a summary of river survey data to explain the final design plan for the Thornapple River restoration.
A permit for the removal of Charlotte's Maple Hill Dam on Butternut Creek, a tributary of the Thornapple River, was also approved on May 23. This project will remove the remnants of the small dam, add two cross-vanes and shore up the banks with boulders and fill.
The meeting discussed approval of the plans for another DEQ permit application - to physically remove the Nashville Dam and replace it with a series of weirs. Freiburger explained to the audience the results of stream channel and bank surveys which indicated that a weir structure was needed to compensate for the approximate 4-foot difference in channel height above and below the dam. The proposed design is a rock arch rapids, to be installed just below the existing dam, consisting of four "C" shaped weirs which will each raise the channel by approximately one foot. The rapids will be constructed of field stone varying in size from 0.6 feet to 5 feet, with smaller cobble added to fill in voids. The design will allow for canoe and kayak passage through the center of the structure and also permit fish to move upstream.
To find out more about the project, please contact the Barry Conservation District at (269) 948-8056 X 5.


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In today's economy, a scholarship can make all the difference in going to the college of your dreams or going somewhere affordable. It's never too early to start saving money and thinking of career options. After all, most colleges look for well-rounded students, not super-geniuses or star athletes.
In today's economy, a scholarship can make all the difference in going to the college of your dreams or going somewhere affordable. It's never too early to start saving money and thinking of career options. After all, most colleges look for well-rounded students, not super-geniuses or star athletes.
What does a "well-rounded student" mean to you? The interpretation is different to everyone, but it generally means someone who is involved in their school and community. Some good ways to become involved include joining clubs, enrolling in honors classes, playing sports, joining after-school or weekend groups or extracurriculars, volunteering/community service and so much more. No matter where you plan to attend college, do all that you can to ensure you are well-prepared.
Clubs look great on college applications, especially intellectual clubs or ones that pertain to a career in which you're interested. For example, Beta Club, a special club you must be invited to join, is only available for juniors and seniors, and students must have a high GPA to join the group. Check with your school office to see what other clubs are offered and how you can sign up.
Beta Club is an attainable goal by taking and doing well in honors classes. As opposed to regular classes, honors classes have more class credits, which are necessary for graduation. Some general tips for succeeding in any class are not to fall behind on your work, study the material until you are familiar with it and participate in class. Also remember, it is more beneficial to receive a "B" average in an honors class than an "A" average in a regular class.
For any student searching for an athletic scholarship, it is crucial to play as many sports as possible. If you're not focused on a career in athletics, sports are still a good outlet to fill your time. They keep you healthy, provide a stress reliever, and teamwork is a wonderful quality that applies to all walks of life. Even if you try a sport for one semester, you aren't required to play it again. If you do not like it, try something else.
If sports aren't your interest, there are plenty of projects and groups in the community, and sometimes in your school, that can be very beneficial to you. Groups such as The Dispatch Teen Page, Lexington Youth Theatre and Lexington Junior Cotillion Club teach teens about the arts and culture, which are highly important, especially for careers in the arts. Other possibilities include starting an after-school club at your school, being involved in your church's youth group or looking for a summer job that might prepare you for your career.
Community service is great because it benefits you, your community and others in your community. It can be as small as volunteering at your local food pantry or as big as organizing a roadside clean-up with other volunteers. There are tons of projects in which to become involved, many of which you can do with your friends or meet some new friends while doing. Whether you're planting trees in a new area or donating cans of food to the less fortunate, you're sure to make someone's day, learn something and feel good after doing so.
I personally think that all this is necessary to have a successful college application. I believe you should join at least two clubs, play at least one sport, take as many honors classes as possible and be involved in any extracurricular activities or community service that interest you. The more things you can add to your application, the better chance you have of going to the college you prefer.


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It's the high-end version of a free toaster for opening a bank account: To entice wealthy customers to take out large home loans, a growing number of banks are offering perks worth tens of thousands of dollars.
Luxury-property buyers -- many of whom could easily pay cash -- are getting discounts on mortgage rates, closing costs and "points," which are optional fees borrowers can pay up front in order to obtain a lower interest rate.
Bank of America BAC, -0.58% earlier this year rolled out a 0.50-percentage-point discount on points paid toward mortgages for customers who have more than $250,000 in assets with the bank. Wells Fargo is discounting mortgage rates for some clients who maintain at least $1 million in assets, including in its savings and brokerage accounts. Chase Private Client, whose clients have roughly $500,000 to $5 million in assets, says it reduces closing costs.
The savings can be significant. For example, just reducing the mortgage rate a quarter of a percentage point from 4.05% -- which is the average rate on large private mortgages, according to mortgage-info website HSH.com -- to 3.80% would save the borrower roughly $77,500 over the life of a 30-year, $1.5 million mortgage. That's a lot of toasters.
"Our overall jumbo loan business has increased, which we clearly attribute to the pricing incentives," says Matt Vernon, home-loans sales executive at Bank of America.
Benevolence isn't driving these lenders to offer discounts. Recent regulations have reduced revenue from fees that banks collect on things like overdrafts and debit cards. To recoup lost revenue, banks are aiming products and services at clients with substantial assets.
Many high-end buyers who receive the incentives take out private market jumbo mortgages, which in most parts of the country start after $417,000. (In some pricey metro areas, including New York and San Francisco, they begin at $625,501.) Jumbos tend to have higher interest rates than smaller loans, and the loans aren't guaranteed by the federal government.
Banks say that by offering special discounts to wealthy clients, they're trying to encourage customer loyalty. Housing experts say the lenders are giving high-asset borrowers breaks that other shoppers can't get. "The banks in essence are cherry picking who they wish to offer these lower rates to," says Stuart Gabriel, director of the Ziman Center for Real Estate at the University of California, Los Angeles. That's largely because these clients present a lower risk of falling behind on loan payments than less-wealthier clients, he says.
So cash or credit? Home buyers should consider a few things before jumping at bank incentives.
- How long do they plan to keep their home? For someone who intends to stay for the long haul, consider skipping the up-front discount in closing costs and go for a better mortgage rate, which in many cases will lead to greater savings. When closing costs are discounted or waived that may result in a slightly higher mortgage rate.
- Ask for a better deal. Keith Gumbinger, a vice president at HSH.com, suggests that buyers with sizable assets could ask competing banks about promotions that target high-caliber clients; if a better offer comes through, the buyers could ask their existing bank to meet or beat that.
- Weigh the pros and cons of paying cash. Buyers able to spare enough cash to buy a home outright will save tens of thousands of dollars in interest. If they need access to that cash later, though, it may be harder to get than before the recession, says Stu Feldstein, president at mortgage-research firm SMR Research. Cash-out refinances, in which borrowers refinance their home for more than they owe, draw down the equity. Most lenders now require at least 20% to 25% of equity to be left in a home after withdrawals.
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I've been a loyal Cook's Illustrated magazine reader for almost a decade now. There are no advertisements and the pictures are mostly illustrated (although there are some small photographs on the inside back cover). I love their scientific approach to cooking and the over-the-top attention to detail, but sometimes they can take it a bit too far.
For instance, they complained about using the typical creaming method when making an applesauce cake. According to the author, creaming the butter and sugar, adding eggs and then alternatively adding the dry ingredients and applesauce resulted in an elegant refined crumb but was "an awful lot of fuss for such a simple cake". So they preferred to mix the batter using the muffin method of mixing the wet ingredients by hand before adding the dry ingredients also by hand which produced "a more casual crumb that was better suited to a rustic snack cake". Okay, I don't really have a problem with choosing the most appropriate mixing method that gives the desired texture. But I did have a problem with their solution to increase the apple flavor of the cake. The author decided to simmer dried apple chunks in some apple cider until the liquid evaporates, allow the mixture to cool, put the now re-hydrated apples with the concentrated cider along with some applesauce into a food processor, whirl to make a smooth puree, and then add that puree to the cake batter. Apparently this was not too much fuss for this simple rustic apple cake. I understand that the point was to make the cake more apple-y but this solution was a bit mad.
So that is one of the reasons for my love-hate relationship with CI. Another is the restrictive nature of their recipes. As a baker and a scientist, I understand the need for precision. And because their recipes are designed with such scientific precision, the seemingly tiny details are actually not so tiny. A sauce recipe called for 2 tablespoons of tomato paste per 3 pounds of beef. According to CI, that tiny addition caused their tasters to exclaim "Wow, what did you do?" and made the beefy flavor more intense. However, using 3 tablespoons made my sauce taste of nothing but tomatoes. All my years of cooking told me that the extra amount of tomato paste shouldn't have severely affected the outcome, but somehow it did. The normal rules just don't apply when using a CI recipe. I've found that there is no wiggle room even with the non-pastry / non-baking recipes.
In any case, the article that accompanies each recipe is almost as, and in some case more, important than the recipe itself. The article gives the author a chance to explain the method to the madness. This is the issue I have with testing their recipes as a "Friend of Cook's". (For those who don't already know, anyone can sign up to be a "Friend" and try out CI recipes before they are published in their magazine. All they ask is that you try the recipe and provide some feedback before the deadline.) The mad methods that end up in many of their recipes need more explanation than what is provided with the test recipe. I guess I've gotten so used to knowing all the reasons behind the recipe that I don't want to just follow a CI recipe blindly. I am bursting with questions like a child who has to know why before doing anything. With the test recipes, I have no choice but to forge ahead blindly, putting my faith in the recipe.
I have no idea if this test recipe for New York style crumb cake was a successful "recreation of the crumb cakes of New York's past" but it was a delicious and simple cake. And y'all know how I adore simple. I only had one question when testing this recipe. Why use cake flour instead of all-purpose flour in the crumb topping? I could make an educated guess but I would like some confirmation from CI. I guess I'll have to wait until the magazine comes out in a few months.
EDITED (February 17, 2007): I removed the Cook's Illustrated recipe from my post per the CI magazine's request. I apologize for any inconvenience. -Mary


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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker women's tennis team picked up a 5-4 victory over Limestone College in their final match of the season. The win improves the Lady Cobras to 4-14 on the year and 2-8 in Conference Carolinas play.
Even with the season ending win, the Lady Cobras come up just short of qualifying for the Conference Carolinas Tennis Championships next week.
It was a close match from start to finish; the Lady Cobras found themselves down 2-1 after doubles play. They got off to a good start in singles play, with Alyssa Blanchard (Columbia, S.C.) picking up her seven conference victory of the season at No. 1 singles with 6-0, 6-2 wins, evening the match at 2-2. A pair of Saints wins at No. 2 and No. 3 singles gave Limestone a 4-2 lead. A win be default in the No. 6 singles match, made it 4-3 with two matches left.
It was all up to sophomore Brittany Yando (Sumter, S.C.) at No. 4 and freshman Stephanie Harrelson (Hartsville, S.C.) at No. 5 to give Coker the victory and both players came through. Yando won 6-2, 6-1, while Harrelson got the match deciding victory with 6-4, 6-4 wins.
The Lady Cobras will now prepare for new season and a new coach, as Coach Alvin Cheng leaves Coker to be a tennis club pro in Ohio.


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Why It's Mathematically Impossible To Avoid Infringing On Software Patents
from the scalability-problems dept
Tim Lee wrote about the book, highlighting this very point right here on Techdirt soon after the book came out in 2008. Apparently, it's stuck with him. Lee, along with Christina Mulligan at Yale, have built on that idea to write an excellent research paper that explains how it's effectively impossible to actually avoid infringing on software patents. The key? It's a scalability problem.
Lee and Mulligan have written up a shorter summary of the piece at Ars Technica that makes the point clearly. Because software and software patents don't have "defined boundaries," you really have to go through every single software patent to make sure you don't infringe -- but that's a problem that's insurmountable:
we estimate it would take at least 2,000,000 patent attorneys, working full time, to consider whether all these software-producing firms have infringed any of the software patents issued in a typical year. Even if firms wanted to hire that many attorneys, they couldn't; there are only 40,000 registered patent attorneys and agents in the United States.This isn't surprising. While some people assume that patent infringement is all about one company "copying" another, in the vast, vast majority of cases it involves independent invention (often of the obvious next step in a process). The infringement couldn't be prevented, because the companies were just building what they needed to build to serve the market, and it's basically impossible to check to see if you actually infringe on another patent. Some patent system defenders pretend it's easy to find these patents, but that displays a lack of understanding about the true size of the problem.
As Lee and Mulligan note, companies infringing on software patents have nothing to do with companies trying to copy others or "get something for free", and everything to do with the fact that it's "mathematically impossible for them to do anything else."


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Most New Jersey neighborhoods have at least a few properties that don't resemble the rest. The grass has gone uncut for months, or debris has been sitting at the curb with no one scheduled to pick it up. While some towns struggle to keep things clean, others are doing something about it.
In Lower Township, Cape May County, unkempt properties aren't only frowned upon; they're illegal. Township Manager Mike Voll said there is a zero tolerance policy in place.
"If you have a property that's in deplorable condition…we're going to give you a summons, and you're going to have to pay the summons to the court," Voll said.
The inital fine is $50. With a second offense, though, violators are required to appear in court and explain to the judge why they're struggling to keep up with maintenance. If an offender fails to show up, the township will do the clean-up work and place a lien against the property.
"The community is applauding Town Council for this effort," Voll added. "The only ones complaining are the habitual violators."
He said this is a successful attempt to keep Lower Township clean, and the policy puts that responsibility on the residents.


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CROSSETT, Ark. (KATV) -- A small dog is being praised for saving his owners' lives in a house fire, but it turned out that he needed saving, too.
Other than a charred nose, Gambit the one-year-old Chiweenie dog was in good health Tuesday when Channel 7 paid him a visit.
Shay Dismuke held Gambit tight in her arms as she looked at the building she called "home" for the past eight years.
But on the night of January 2nd, everything changed. Shay and her husband were woken up by Gambit's frantic barking.
"When we opened our bedroom door, the whole living room was already engulfed," Shay said.
In a daze, the couple managed to escape out of their bedroom window.
"He saved my life and my husband's life. He's our blessing," Shay said, stroking the dog's head.
But once the couple had gotten safely outside, a second wave of fear hit them: Gambit was nowhere to be seen.
"Sheriff's department got here, they called and called, and he wouldn't come out, so we just knew he was gone," Shay recalled.
But it wasn't until volunteer fire fighter Captain Jason Wilkins and his crew were going through the flaming house, when they heard tiny whimpering from below a bed.
"He was unconscious, not moving or anything. So I tried to protect him with gear," Captain Wilkins explained.
The crew carried the pup outside to safety, where other fire fighters resuscitated Gambit and gave him oxygen and CPR.
"A lot of times situations don't turn out that good, so it makes us feel good when we can all be a part of something like that," Wilkins added.
The fire fighters, feeling fulfilled as much as Gambit's family is grateful for a second chance at life.
The entire North Crossett Fire Department, made up of over 20 volunteers, who put their lives at risk every single day, "because we love it," Wilkins explained.
"They rock, they really do," Shay said, forever grateful to the fire fighters for saving her dog.
Gambit received shots from the vet after he suffered smoke inhalation. He also has cream for his nose and paws that were burned.
Electrical problems are to blame for the fire, and the Dismukes say they did have a space heater on that night. After the fire, they say they will never sleep with one again.


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A Peek Backstage at the Chanel Cruise 2010 Show in Venice
>> Yesterday's Chanel Cruise spectacle opened on the Lido beach in Venice with a barefoot, becloaked Tanya Dziahileva in a tricorn hat, and was immediately followed by an afterparty at the nearby resort hotel for the guest list of 300 or so. Lara Stone wandered, "looking for a boyfriend," according to Style.com's Derek Blasberg, and the crowd was overrun with sequin jackets. Karl Lagerfeld held court on the terrace, grooving to the disco music, with a bodyguard (presumedly Sebastien Jondeau, who walked earlier in the show) "holding back the editors back from his young perfect people posse."
Afterward, Karl retired for a late night salmon dinner with a select few — among them Ingrid Sischy and Heidi Mount — in the basement of the hotel, which apparently turned out to be a dungeon, not a basement, as Lady Amanda Harlech pointed out.
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Chicken Salad
1 ¾ cup cubed, cooked chicken breast
¼ cup diced green onions (tops and bottoms)
¼ cup diced celery
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 ½ tablespoons Old Bay seasoning
1 teaspoon celery seed
freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients and mix thoroughly. Best served at slightly below room temperature.
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Bluffton's scenic road system is now connected from the Jasper County line to Alljoy Landing.
Legislation sponsored by state Rep. Bill Herbkersman and signed last month by Gov. Nikki Haley includes Bridge and Boundary streets in downtown Bluffton.
S.C. 46 from Jasper County to the four-way stop in Old Town already was designated a South Carolina State Scenic Byway, as was Alljoy Road from Burnt Church Road to Brighton Beach.
Act 116 connected the two, creating an 11.8-mile route, by officially adding Bridge and Boundary streets.
"This revised Scenic Byway connects many historic, scenic, and unique elements along the route that visitors can enjoy," according to Marc Orlando, director of the town Growth Management Department.
The route modification allows the town to apply for additional grants to support the Scenic Byway as well as make the route eligible for National Scenic Byway designation.
Tesa Griffin, coordinator of Scenic Byways for the S.C. Department of Transportation, suggested connecting the S.C. 46 and Alljoy Road routes to create a unified network.
Alljoy was designated a State Scenic Byway in 1978 and S.C. 46 from Jasper County to U.S. 278 was designated in 1987.
The connection of 0.57 miles "contains significant scenic, historic and cultural elements," according to the town's Scenic Byway application.
Features of the short connector route include 10 structures on the National Historic Register, including the Heyward House (circa 1840), Campbell AME Church (circa (1853), the Card House (circa 1825) and the Fripp House (circa 1835).
Other points of interest include the scenic Heyward Cove, the DuBois Park and Pritchard Pocket Park, the former Bluffton High School (now the Town Hall) and a canopy of live oak trees draped with Spanish moss.


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He brings a variety of aviation and business experience to Hillsboro Aviation, according to company officials. He joined the military reserves at the age of 17 to become a Cobra crew chief. He completed his military career commanding a UH60 Blackhawk unit. After college, he sold helicopters for Bell Helicopter. Leveraging his international background, Giancarlo led a variety of international as well as domestic sales campaigns for Bell.
He holds a marketing degree from Texas A&M University and an MBA from the University of Dallas. He is a commercial, instrument-rated helicopter pilot with experience flying the Bell JetRanger, Bell AH-1 Cobra and Sikorsky UH60 Blackhawk. Giancarlo speaks multiple languages, including English, Italian and Portuguese.
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2 Week Specials, Care & Community in Ghana by Beth Nash
I would describe myself as shy, not good with new experiences or meeting new people, so I would seem like the most unlikely person to ever decide to travel across the world to volunteer on my own. Which is why, when my family and friends heard what I would be doing, nobody believed that I would end up going, I even doubted myself at times.
However the decision I made to volunteer would turn out to be one of the best decisions I have ever made as it allowed me to have the most life changing experience I have ever had.
I was browsing on the internet when I came across Projects Abroad. I have always wanted to volunteer in another country but always found myself too scared to embark on such a journey. I found that they had a 2 Week Special project for 16-19 year olds. I thought this would be perfect for me; I would not be gone for too long, as I had not been away from home for long before, and I would not be alone on the project.
All that was left was to choose my destination. I read some of the stories on the Projects Abroad website from past volunteers, researched the destinations on the internet and, in the end, chose Ghana as my destination.
Arriving in Ghana
After a flight of 6 and ½ hours I had landed in Accra. It was night when I got there but the heat that hit me was stifling. I collected my suitcase and was greeted with a smile and a handshake from a Projects Abroad staff member. There were already many other volunteers there who would be on the same project as me and other projects.
We were all led outside to get into a tro-tro, which is like a mini bus but with a lot more people squashed into it. We were taken to a hotel where we would stay the night as it was late and we would begin our journey to Cape Coast, where I would be spending the next 2 weeks, early the next morning.
The next day after a three hour journey in a tro-tro, in boiling heat, were taken to the first drop off, Alexandra Mensah's house, which was my host family. Staying with me would be eight other volunteers. We dropped off our bags and got straight back into the tro-tro to travel to the other host family where thirteen other volunteers on the project would be staying.
We were then all taken to the Cape Coast Office to be given all the information about our two weeks and to meet the staff who we would be spending our time with. We were introduced to the supervisors Enoch and Charlie who would be in charge of the two groups of volunteers. Enoch was in charge of the group I was in. I also had my first experience of drinking water from a bag, which I never thought I would come to miss. For the rest of the first day we were taken around Cape Coast and then to have food.
My placement
The work then started the next morning; we were picked up by Enoch and our driver and taken to Saint Michaels Catholic School where we would be painting part of the school. As we pulled up we were greeted by lots of children smiling and waving at us. We met up with the other volunteers and were all introduced to the "General" who would be helping with the painting.
We travelled to St Michaels School every day, except the weekend, to paint the building and we also had the chance to talk to and play with the children at the school. Every day they were excited to see us, just as we were them. The children I met were always so nice to me and happy, even though they had so little compared to where I come from.
Every day I got to know the children better. They showed me that to be happy you just have to be able to have fun, which I did every day of the trip, and to appreciate things more. The children also taught us the games they played, and I often find myself, in my Ghana trousers (everyone should own a pair), singing "shaky shaky shake that body". The children became my friends and I miss them every day.
We also got to visit the Children's Home of Hope to help out with their chores and play with them, carrying a bucket of water on your head is much harder than they all make it look. Once a week all of the volunteers went to the sports field to play basketball and football against the children; all of who were very good.
Free time in Ghana
We got home every day at about 5.30 and after this was free time, which we usually spent just getting to know each other, and a game of UNO was never turned down. Some nights we also played hopscotch or skipping with Sandra, our host mother's granddaughter, and her friends.
On a Tuesday all of the volunteers would go to the office to participate in a quiz and we were treated to a show of dancers and drummers. We even got the chance to learn some of the dance moves; it was embarrassing but a great experience, and one that I won't forget.
Food was always cooked for us by our host family every day. I am usually a fussy eater but I enjoyed everything that was cooked. You could guarantee that chicken would be on the menu at least once a day; I never thought I would return home and miss eating chicken and rice every day. They even treated us to chips a few times, which we were always grateful for.
My experience
There is so much more I could write about that happened in the two weeks that I spent in Cape Coast, Ghana. Before I went to Ghana I knew that Ghanaian people were seen as some of the friendliest people, and they were just that. They were the nicest people I have ever met and I will never forget any of them. Ghana was everything I expected and so much more.
I went on this trip to help other people but they also helped me; I am now not so shy, I find it easier to meet new people and I appreciate and am grateful of the things that I have so much more. I also found that I am quite good at bartering! This trip allowed me to meet so many different people from different backgrounds and different countries who I would never have met otherwise and experiences I could never have had anywhere else.
I advise anybody who is thinking about volunteering, to just go for it because you will not regret it. They only regret I have is that I didn't stay longer.
Beth Nash
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