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Feb 27, 2010, 9:30 PM
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Valley Mills, Texas History
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I've seen threads about Spaceland, Texas and the big-way RW that went on and still goes on there. I have not seen the history behind it. I want to tell some of that history and hopefully some of my friends will add to it.
Relative Work started maturing in a town called Valley Mills, Texas, just north of Waco. It was there that an Aggie jumping buddy of mine, Gary Lewis, brought his Twin Beech, giving the drop zone new life. Can you imagine a college boy buying a Twin Beech to operate at a college club? Anyway, Valley Mills was in the center of the state, so jumpers from Waco, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston could get there on weekends. We developed such a family unity that it still lasts today. We started trying for 8 Man stars at A&M in Millican. One weekend on 7-05-70 Gary flew The White Whale to Coleman, Texas. The first 8 man star was made there by Ron Patterson, SCR 373, Phil Mayfield, Curran Phillips, Ric Schwandt, Dennis Clark, Chris Ranson, Jim Sutton, Jack Langford, and Jesse Hall in that SCR order. By one year later Texas had 44 SCR numbers in it, almost exclusively in Valley Mills. It wasn't long before a Twin Beech wasn't enough, so Gary bought a DC3. By that time people were coming from all over Texas, Kansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee to join in on the bigger stars and the good times we were having.
It was at Valley Mills that the first Texas 8 man team started. They went to Z-Hills as the V-Mills team and won first place. The team was David Arrington, Ron Cox, Jack Peck, Phil Mayfield, Dirty Fred Grant, Charles Waters, Gary Lewis, and Greg Hackett. The team evolved through the years to become known as the Texas Team and later Kalidoscope.
Valley Mills only lasted a couple of years, but large star skydiving made its entrance to Texas. We made it to at least 16 man stars. After a couple of fatalities, the pressure was on to shut it down. Looking back I would say it wasn't the most safety oriented dropzone. It got so commonplace for the Beech to have to unload early that on the way up one day, someone mentioned the words get out in an innocent conversation, and everybody unassed the plane.
After a time Gary moved the DC3 to Cleveland where he introduced me to the airport manager. I ran the dropzone, and Gary operated the plane. I'd have to make the same safety comment about Cleveland. We were just lucky. We made a 22 man star there, along with a lot of 10 man speed stars, guns, parties, 16 mans, mushrooms, and other large attempts.
In 1974 the 10 man speed star team that went to the Telequah Nationals was Jesse Hall, Phil Smith, Phil Mayfield, Greg Hackett, Ken Gillespie, David Arrington, Dave Boatman, Fritz Jackson, Vaughn Ruple, and myself.
Dave Boatman had previously brought a Twin Otter to Dickinson and Cleveland for larger attempts. So, about this time, he buys a Twin Beech, and after Eric Wizowatty shot out the runway lights, we got asked to leave Cleveland. I always wondered about the timing, but I got to be a regular jumper again. That was good because I was sure that sooner or later someone would be getting themselves killed at Cleveland. We were on borrowed time. So a new name, Boatman Hall Ltd, moved the jumping to Spaceland Airport. That place is now a residential neighborhood. Sad. Now Spaceland DZ is in Rosharon and is a big business. Anyway, Dave would teach you something about life if you pulled too low. We did sneak off and have our safety meetings, though.
In 1976 as 10 man speed star went professional, a new competition started, 8 man sequential. On this team were Ron Cox, Phil Smith, Phil Mayfield, Greg Hackett, Ken Gillespie, Wayne Mosley, John Shannon, Bobby Brown, and myself. We had 9 on it. John Shannon could take anyones slot if necessary. By that time Austin, Dallas, and Houston all had Twin Beeches. The team would split weekends in those places because we had team members from all of them. We would all camp out or pile into someones apartment on Saturday nights. I remember Plug-In and Pigmy-Mau-Mau-California Style as popular pastimes. We went to the state of Washington to the Sequential Sweepstakes and got second place in the nation. First place won by 1 point and went on to Australia to win the world.
Over the years the team saw other people on it, Fritz Jackson, Dave Bottrell, Ed Wescott, Robert Armstrong, Dane Nielson, Johnny Shannon, Dwayne Bruette, Bobby Brown, Bill Minyard, and Im sure Ive missed some.
Some other names worthy of notation, that made As The Prop Turns stories are Harvey Stewart, Dotty Stewart, Sandy Roberts Mincher, Cathy Bennett, Renny, Patsy Boatman, Jonathan Phillips, Lee Umpscheid, Sean Ferguson, Sarah, Robert Bottrell, Sandy Lewis, Kenny Patterson, Rita Patterson, Jim McIntyre, Bob Spiderman Vincent, Mike Vincent, Lee McMillan, Joe Stone, Tim Geohagen, Alvin Heathcock, Jack Moore, Cathy Minster, Lynn Mayfield, Mike Mullins, Gary Hall, Bobby Hilder, Howell Ponton, Ric Miller, Robert Bottrell, Elaine Lewis, Cathy Cox, Ron Lugenbill, Tom Bullion, Mike Babbineaux, Jim Baker, Jim Captain, Matt Farmer, Kent Farney, Paul Middleton, Cully Lyons, Eddie Flores, Mike Flores, Bruce Cunningham, Chris Ranson, Craig Ranson, Greg Nugent, Bob Pope, Steve Hazen, Clark Thurman, Mike Mullins, Marrilee Lafferty, Bobby Lafferty, Don Henderson, Bill Newell, Vernon Melancon, Rick Hankel, Rick Schwandt, Martin Bennett, Don Stewart, Carl Maroon, Mark Conrad, Rick Spigarilli, Greg Giles, Joe Svec, and Im sure Ive missed some more.
John Mincher
Feb 28, 2010, 6:30 AM
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Did you leave out Anita Howe (team Mom)?
Correction on V-Mills Texans Z-Hills '71
Fritz Jackson
Jesse Hall
Gary Lewis
Phil Mayfield
David Arrington
Ken Gillespie
Ric Miller
Curran Phillips
Ron Cox
Gregg Hackett
Wild wild wild time there!
Gregg Hackett SCR-589
Feb 28, 2010, 6:38 AM
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remove Fritz Jackson
add Jack Peck
Feb 28, 2010, 6:50 AM
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Hey Greg,
Thanks for the correction. Sorry, Anita. You are my favorite.
Feb 28, 2010, 6:54 AM
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You keep spelling my name wrong and I'll spell yours MEECHNER!
Feb 28, 2010, 7:47 AM
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Gregg...You must be getting "oldtimers"...I was a member of the 1971 Valley Mills Z-Hills Turkey Meet winning team...Fritz
Feb 28, 2010, 7:58 AM
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Must be CRS can't remember s___! So who did I add that was not a member? Gary Lewis? BTW who has the trophy, Gillespie?
Sorry Fritz.
Feb 28, 2010, 8:44 AM
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Hi Gregg and Fritz,
I started to run the 1st V-Mills team facts by you before I posted it. Since I wasn't there, I got my info from the picture with 8 of you from another thread. I would post that picture, but I don't know how to do it. Can you do that, Gregg? I thought it was a 10 man speed star event. Why did you and 1 other miss out on the picture, Fritz?
John Mincher
Feb 28, 2010, 10:12 AM
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Ahhhh, the good ole' days, and I still consider everyone as extended family. Looking forward to seeing as many as possible in April at Spaceland.
Let's see thinking back, Curran and Jonathan Phillps, "Dirty Pam", Sarah, Shawn Fergurson....I'm sure more names will come to mind., Don Devanny, Steven Hazen.....Vernon Melason (sp?) from Louisiana.
Sandy (Mincher) Roberts
Feb 28, 2010, 1:06 PM
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Not much to add without checking my log book, but the first dominant RW team in Texas (based at Valley Mills) was the V-Mills Texans.
The V-Mills team went to the Z-Hills Turkey Meet in the early 70's ('73 or '74?) and beat all comers for the big prize. Other teams included the James Gang (Bob Federman, Jim Bohr, Pirate, etc.), the local faves (captained by Jim Hooper), and a number of other good quality teams. That was back in the days when if you could average under 30 seconds for a 10-man (not "10-way"), you would probably win. And nearly everyone still jumped rounds and front-mounted reserves.
It wasn't until late '75 or early '76 that focus went from 10-man speed to 8-man sequential, as RWers were getting bored with race-to-the-base jumping. Then Z-Hills - always a few steps ahead of USPA's Nationals - added to their agenda for the Turkey Day meet with separate events for 10-speed, 8-sequential, 16-sequential, and 20-speed. I was lucky enough to be invited on Jerry Bird's team for the '77 meet. Since a Texas team wasn't in the works at that time, I quit my job just to spend a week or so in skydivers' paradise. That' still my all-time favorite meet.
Backing up to some points John made, V-Mills was the perfect storm of right place, right time, right jumpers. It was truly our own little world for a few short years, where we could forgot about the "real world" for many happy weekend adventures. And we made life-long friends from Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and other places.
Phil Mayfield - SCR 374
Mar 1, 2010, 8:25 AM
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OK Guys, all those names are great; but what started in Seagoville (near the Federal Prison), participated in Wacko, then retired to VMills, was responsibile for at least 10% of N Texas area beer sales and was reached via a twin beech out of Love Field (it had radar - we ued it once to pinpoint our location while above the clouds - landed about 26 miles from the DZ - had to thumb home. Anyway, please add CH Lyons, Stevie Ray Cartwright, EL Dunn (remember EL DUnn?), Tommy Harrison, and Kent Williams and a host of equally undesirables who hung out with one set of common characteristics - no visible means of support, little chance of getting any, and generally hung over.
Kent Williams
Mar 1, 2010, 8:37 AM
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John-those are some names and faces that made skydiving history in Texas. I thought it was Jessie that rode the beacon with a Thompson shooting out runway lights in Cleveland. Remember when 'Wiz' tried to get the campfire brighter with a bucket of gas from the DC-3? Or the time Boatman lost the left engine of the 3 at about 5 grand? By the time he yelled for us to get out--he was yelling at the back side of the last man.
Mar 1, 2010, 4:00 PM
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Hey Don,
I remember Jesse shooting the machine gun at night, bouncing the tracer bullets off the runway. Man, the colors spun off in many directions. Of course, the chemicals made it look exadurated!
I will never forget the Wizzard catching himself on fire. It's a good thing he tripped so everyone could jump on him to put the fire out. He was pretty soaked. Too bad he fell down the elevator shaft on the job. He was a lot of fun.
I think we discovered that the rotating beacon was rideable at Spaceland.
I remember jumping out of the Twin Beech after the plane ran out of fuel and it crashing at Cleveland. Too bad.
What else do you remember?
Mar 1, 2010, 8:57 PM
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Seems like quite a few people rode the beacon. Getting on was not the hard part .............the mushrooms made it a little more challenging though. The tracers on the runway were awesome as well as the artillery simalators.
Big Smiles Times,
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Mar 2, 2010, 6:20 AM
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John asked me for stories about V Mills....There are so many good stories.
Someone put a student out who pulled UNDER the formation. Pete Bandy went through the student's canopy breaking his leg(s) with bones protruding through his jump suit. I seem to remember Gillespie was involved? Two jumpers went out of sight behind a hill, we all thought they had bounced. A 3rd, Gillespie maybe, pulled very low. It was a good day, no one died. I don't think the student ever came back.
A big competition weekend with some outstanding smoke. Spiderman locked himself in his VW and would crack the window, muttering about primitive tribes and rituals. Kansas showed up in a big moving van. Tommy Bullion ended up hiding in the van for a very long time. Later that night, under the stars, passing joints around the huge peagravel target...until someone lobbed a couple of cherry bombs...at which point someone freaked, yelled "incoming" and some people were diving for cover. A lot of the guys were fresh back from Viet Nam and it was understandable. No one knew about PTSS then.
good times, good memories, and good friends.
Mar 2, 2010, 7:26 AM
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Pete lives in Austin, Tx and still walks with a limp from that jump.
Mar 2, 2010, 8:49 AM
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What about the statue of limitations? When Gary first came to Cleveland, Carl Maroon and I were operating a student S/L progran out of Gohagen's C-172. Gary asked if he could fly the DC3 there. Sure we said. Next w/e he shows up with it and a couple of jumpers. OK lets manifest and get a load up he shouts, but Gary I've only got 4 expirenced jumpers and some s/l students, I replied! That is OK, I can't tell all the jumpers around the state that I'm flying the 3 in Cleveland if I'm not. So we load up 5 S/l studends, after a "quick" door exit briefing and about 8 other jumpers. One jump run cross wind along the runway for the students and another at 12-5 for the rest of us. All the students landed on the airport. It took aout 3 weeks for word to spread to all the RW people about the DC-3 dropping jumpers in Cleveland before we had a full load.
Mar 2, 2010, 9:01 AM
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The V-Mills team went to the Z-Hills Turkey Meet in the early 70's ('73 or '74?) and beat all comers for the big prize. Other teams included the James Gang (Bob Federman, Jim Bohr, Pirate, etc.), the local faves (captained by Jim Hooper), and a number of other good quality teams.
Phil Mayfield - SCR 374
What's wrong with your memory, Mayfield? It was the '71 Turkey Meet where you guys smoked the Ten High Bunch into 2nd place. Here's a photo taken a couple of days after the event, when a few from the above-mentioned teams stayed to make some hot skydives.
Hoop SCR242 SCS90 NSCR26
1971cTenHighBunch + V-Miils & Family.JPG
Mar 2, 2010, 9:39 AM
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I remember showing up at Cleveland as a very green skydiver. After jumping at Docs and Austin Paracenter it was certainly a change - no baby sitting at this DC.
The 1st time I drove up and got out of the car, I think the DZ was 1 short of a load. I was asked how many jumps I had, was I packed, and told I was going floater. I was on the plane about 5 mins after I arrived, asking the jumper next to me what is a "floater"?
After my 1st day I had made about 4 jumps and was just glad to land in open spaces and not in the woods. I also got to witness,, beer light on at noon, many "safety" meetings, tracers bouncing down the runway after dark and the Bottrell Brothers shooting fence posts in half with some sort of huge caliber rifle.
Lots of great memories there.
I remember a day where Arnie(?) The Norwegian spotted a load a bit long. He disappears for a few hours after the rest of us get back. He then shows up with a trash sack of mushrooms that immediately disappear..... It seems he was spotting himself for some mushroom prospecting. The DZ got very entertaining for the rest of that day.
It was here also I learned about Capt. Bluebottle. I was sitting in the rear of the DC-3 as we were climbing and looking up behind the door to the cockpit and seeing people clustered together. It looked like they were breathing air from a scuba regulator. I had no clue what was up and asked. Oh, that is Capt. Bluebottle. It took me awhile to figure what that was about. No wonder everyone was so happy on jump run. lol
Cleveland was great fun and I jumped there a full summer before going back to college and back to Austin Paracenter. It was gone the next summer when I was back in Houston.
A summer I will not forget. No rules skydiving, take care of yourself, pull before you bounce, this DZ ain't your mommie. I never felt unsafe there as it was my job not to be stooopid.
Today's DZs don't remember a "wild" DZ really is.
ed naylor
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Mar 2, 2010, 11:30 AM
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Hi John. Good to see you found the spot where all of the "Old Guys" have been hanging out. Great memories of Cleveland - especially the automatic weapons and mushrooms, always a fun combination.
I didn't see any mention of Wills Point, between Dallas and Shreveport. I don't think the DZ lasted long there, but was a great place.
I moved to Fla. in '77, and started jumping at DeLand, but those days at Dickenson, Spaceland, Cleveland, Wills Pt., Angleton - Jeeze, there's too many to name. There just ain't nothing like Texas Skydiving.
Kevin Keenan
Mar 2, 2010, 1:05 PM
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Hi Don,
I'm glad for that statute of limitations. I'm just glad nobody got killed.
What I remember about the beginning of Cleveland was that Gary Lewis introduced me to Bob Geohagen, the airport manager. The only thing going on at the time was his C172 airplane training for the locals, so he wanted more activity. Harvey Stewart pushed things along by buying Gary's C180, that he later crashed, which we jumped along with the 172, and he got Dave Boatman to bring in Metro Airline's Twin Otter for a weekend. For quite a while, we waited on the White Whale, Gary's Twin Beech, that also later crashed, and Gary's DC3 to get ready. I trained students from gear I got from Boatman till you and Carl came along. I think you bought that gear. I'm glad you took over the student training, because I wasn't cut out for it. I really wasn't cut out for the dropzone management either, as you know because of all the outlaw stories. I was afraid the law might find me responsible if something bad happened. I couldn't keep myself above a grand, much less get everybody thinking safety. My one and only real safety meeting went something like this: Some California guys were in town. We were really having a good party. It looked like too much party! I called a safety meeting that noone wanted to come to. The Cessna had just taken off with Phil Mayfield and his wife, Lynn, and a couple of others for Lynn's first 10 second delay. Meanwhile down on the ground, everybody came around and Dave Boatman, group spokesman, asked me to give an example as to why I thought we needed a safety meeting. We stopped the conversation long enough to see Phil and the bunch leave the plane and make a 4 man with Lynn as her automatic opener went off along with her main. I pointed up and said, "That's why!"
Mar 2, 2010, 3:04 PM
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You are right. My log shows 31 Dec 1972, two jumps out of the Metro Otter. Carl and I went back to Doc's in Dickenson untill May of 1973. when we moved back to Cleveland, C-172 and C-180 used until Aug. '73 when the DC-3 first showed up. The log reads "A whole DC-3 and only eight jumpers. I quess I need to edit some details on the last post. HA, HA, that is called a Senior Moment. The jump on 12 Aug reads-Fire Drill 4 man star with J. Mincher going through on his back. Did you get my private e-mail about the reunion?
Mar 4, 2010, 10:21 AM
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I think it was Caddo west of DFW, watching the pilot sit in the back of Gillespie's van (I think it was Ken's) reading "Screw" magaine. A little skinny dead white complected dude, but a good pilot. He brought a twin beech out there....it was so hot the heat waves looked like water in the air..watching the pilots white ball cap bob up and dog as he JOGGED around all 3 lengths of the run way. Everyone else was trying to cop what ever shade they could find, Texas on an airstrip with no trees in the middle of summer. I flew back into Dallas with him on a sunset load, beautiful colors (somewhat chemically altered), only to have a very bad storm come in and flood the area. He wouldn't take the plane back until the next day due to the storms as he was responsible for it.
That's the plane he was piloting when he crashed with Jim Croce onboard and all on the plane died.
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I cant believe there is nothing in this computer about Skydiving? This is one of my most signifigent early adulthood events about confronting fear. I was a sophomore in College (1970 UT Arlington) when Dennis Burt burst into our apartment on Cooper street. Guess where Im going this weekend? He said. Skydiving You mean We are I said. That started a chain of events that culminated 6 weeks later in our first jump. First the weather was bad. Then the plane was broken. Then the pilot didnt show up ( hung over again? ). We kept driving to Cedar Hill, Texas just south of Dallas.
Finally everything was ready at the same time. My log book shows that on 3/14/70 I made my first jump. It was out of a Cessna 180. Ben Gutierrez put me out on a static line. There was a voice in my head. It kept saying over and over Oh my God Im going to die I said Shut up you have wanted to do this for six weeks and it said louder Oh my God Im going to Die! I looked down and saw what looked like ants. They were cows. I got out on the step in the wind blast. I could hardly hear myself think for OH MY GAWD IM GOING TO DIE!! screaming in my head. Then I jumped.
You fall a long ways even with a 7 foot static line to pull your parachute open. The canopy has to come out of the pack. Then the lines stretch. About 75 feet but you are looking down at thousands (3,000). Then the canopy jerks you upright and everything is quiet and blissful. Theres a couple of good minutes before the next crisis, landing. I hit in the middle of some field and did OK.
Strangely the first jump is not the worst. For me it was the third. On the first you dont really understand what is going to happen. I mean you discuss it and study and observe but none of that is like the real thing. Lots of things happen real fast in those three seconds between jumping off the airplane step and hanging under an open canopy.
Even on the second jump its too fast to comprehend but by the third you have a pretty good idea of what is really going to happen.
By that time I had a good instructor an older man (probably 50) Langondon F Son. I made several jumps with him and he taught me well. It turns out that the Cedar Hill group are a sort of outlaw group with a bad reputation. Ben Gutierrez was one of the worst. A time later on I saw Ben make a low pull. He came so close that I could read the military style name tag on his jacket and see his boot laces in free fall. Then he pulled his rip chord and his canopy came out inflated but twisted. He untwisted then hit the ground 10 seconds later.
Anyway I made my required five static line jumps with Langdon and learned more about how to fly my canopy. On my sixth jump I did a short free fall and landed 100 yards from the target. I remember making my first 10 second free fall back at Cedar Hills. I could hear and feel the wind build stronger as my velocity increased. It takes 10 seconds before a human body in free fall reaches equilibrium between the weight of gravity pulling it down and wind resistance not letting it get any faster at about 120 mph called ominously enough Terminal Velocity.
Thirty seconds of freefall is a pretty standard jump. It takes 10 seconds to fall the first one thousand feet then 5 seconds for each thousand thereafter. With rip chord pull at 2,500 feet this means an exit from the airplane about 8,500 feet. I made my first 30 second delay on my 12th jump in May of 1970. We did relative work on that jump. In other words another skydiver flew up to me and we joined hands in free fall. On the next jump three of us joined together.
When school was over for the summer, I moved back to Houston and began jumping at Dickinson then Conroe and later at the Montgomery County airport. Along the way I met Pete Bandy. We made lots of junk jumps and learned a lot that summer.
By next year I had one hundred jumps and an hour cumulative time in free fall. We were chasing the elusive 8 man hook up jumping out of a twin Beechcraft at 12,000 feet over Waco, Texas.
One of the memorable jumps along the way was at a meet in Valley Mills, Texas. We competed on 4 man relative work. In other words, how fast we could make a 4 man star. We did it in less than 10 seconds. That was remarkable. I did some of the work. I went in second. That means that one person fell as base or just remained stable. I went to him then two others came in from left and right (which is harder). We did it all before reaching terminal velocity at 10 seconds or full speed. We were hot shots for a day.
My worst jump had to be when Pete got hurt. We had a put together junk load at the end of the day without a full load. Six people went up in the twin Beech at Valley Mills. One of them was a student with about 30 jumps. He borrowed a parachute from Gary Lewis. Gary kidded him telling him that it was an old parachute and would probably work. This kid got separated from the group in freefall. Normally we separate at 3,500 to open at 2,500. The kid didnt see anybody (we were above him) and pulled at 3,500 because he was worried about that old parachute.
The rest of us had made a five man hook up. We had just broken up and were turning away when I saw a flash of color go by me. Pete hit the kids open canopy. At 120 mph it was like hitting concrete. He also hit the kid and it broke Petes leg in freefall. Pete still had to open and land with a broken leg. Meanwhile the kid is knocked unconscious with a stremering parachute. He hits another jumper. Ken Gillespie had just watched his Paracommander open with a frontal tuck (pretty typical of PCs). The kid comes right through the opening and nails Kens left wrist against his reserve breaking his wrist. The kid keeps falling and spinning and falling. From above it appears several times that he must have hit the ground. He is falling about 60 mph under a torn up parachute. Suddenly he wakes up, sees where he is, pulls his reserve (without cutting away his main) and has a 10 second canopy ride to the earth. Whew! But he did have broken ribs.
Meanwhile we land and Pete lays there in the grass yelling Help, Ive got a broken leg. Sure you do I say. I walk over to him and he really does have a broken leg! Half that load went to the hospital with broken bones that afternoon. Petes leg wasnt set well and he walked with a limp ever since.
Well thats depressing. Let me tell you some good stories. John Mincher and I did a water jump for our C license. It was summer in Dickinson Texas. We wore life jackets and each had a trick. John jumped his ParaCommander and landed so close to the edge of the lake that he barley got his feet wet. His good parachute landed on the shore and didnt even get wet. I made a giant handkerchief type parachute out of a shower curtain. I flew off line and released my reserve under the rig and it floated clear of the lake and remained dry, hence did not need a repack ($30). I went for a swim.
The best jump ever occurred in Valley Mills. We loaded 30 great jumpers in the DC 3 and climbed to 13,500 feet. I was one of the last out. The hardest position. By this time I had over 200 jumps and hours in free fall. As I stood up in the aisle, I felt slightly dizzy from the altitude. Our objective was to make a large star. The worlds record at that time was 20.
The exit is one of the key points. In freefall one falls 1,000 feet in 5 seconds. This means that if I am 5 seconds behind the first person out the door, they will be 1,000 feet or almost a quarter of a mile below me when we all accelerate to terminal velocity and about 500 feet behind because of the forward motion of the airplane. So we practice getting all 30 people out the door in 5 seconds. For me this means jumping 10 feet before I get to the door with 3 people still in the way just figuring that they will all have a clean exit(not bump the edge or slow down) and leaving the door already diving head down.
Immediately after the exit, you pass through some rough air from the airplane but you try not to alter your head down position very much because it will slow you down. The wind noise grows until it is screaming at 200 mph. You have to watch everybody else. At these velocities people have been killed in free fall collisions.
I dont dive right at the forming star knowing that as I flare there will be lots of forward throw. The wind tries to pull my arms off as I come out of the dive. The forward throw has me closing on the star at up to 80 mph horizontally now. The star does not stay still. It floats up and down and breaths in and out and slides sideways. Six or eight jumpers are making simultaneous approaches. I have to watch them too. If one gets under me, his burble will cut off my air and I will fall on him. I bide my time. My job is to come in last. As I get near I can see that the other side is in danger of breaking up. The star slides under me and suddenly I am coming straight down right between two jumpers. The hardest approach you can make with a burble on each side.
Usually you grab two jumpers arms, shake, then they let go and you are in. Today with the star breaking up I punch in, slam into the arms and break them open in one motion. I look right and left. I am sandwiched between two of my mentors, Curran Phillips and Phil Mayfield. The 18 man star holds the required 5 seconds. We break at 3,500 feet track away from each other and the thunder of 30 parachutes opening rumbles through the air. Thats a good day.
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So sometimes we would play this game of Chicken. Gary would fly the Twin Beech real low and buzz jumpers as they walked back to the DZ. I rode copilot with him one time. We flew 4 feet off the ground at 200 MPH and had to go up to clear a barb wire fence.
I swear, all this bullshit is True! I was there. I lived in a small (4x6) tent on the DZ during the summer of '71. My clothes closet was a wrecked C-180. The doors still locked. I taught people how to sky dive (about 6, made $300 all summer) helped around the field and got FREE jumps all summer. I had two rigs so I could hit the ground and make the next load. My log book shows 5 jumps some days.
One day I put this student from the Rotary club out, then followed him out the door. As he got close to the ground ( I was 200 feet above and behind him) I yelled "Turn into the wind and put your feet together" He couldn't see any body and was scared shitless anyway. He thought it was the voice of GAWD talking to him.
I'm surprised any of us lived through it. We used to play with dynamite. Our official excuse was that we were digging a swimming pool in limestone bedrock. One day someone took a nap on the pea gravel target. We snuck out there with a half stick of dynamite. Kathump. He looked up briefly, rolled over and went back to sleep.
It was real quiet around there on weekdays. Nice to recover from the crazy weekends. Nobody knew the meaning of "Statutory" back then. Girls from town would come out for the party. Do you remember Cricket? She must have been at least 16. We would follow cars down the dirt roads with our lights out when they went to the creek to make out.
We would use the town tractor to mow the 640 acre L shaped section. I almost ran over somebody one day. I was driving it out from town and he stopped to talk. I thought the tractor was in neutral and let the clutch out. It jumped a foot. He was standing right in front of the wheel and he jumped 3 feet. I slammed the clutch in real fast.
I helped Gary change spark plugs on the Beech one day using only a pair of pliers. We flew to Poto, Oklahoma in the DC-3 for Nationals in '72. On Saturday night every one was doing Acid. We walked around in the dark making beeping sounds doing make believe relative work by echo location. The next day we couldn't find the pilot. Gary had a paying gig in Talequah so he flew and put me in the right seat (still tripping'). "Now if we have to feather an engine, hit that red button up there. Call off the airspeed and pull up the gear when I tell you to. Ready?" Sure. So when we get there, we're going to make a jump on the way in. I go back to suit up and there are women, kids and dogs walking around in the isle with no door on the plane. So I follow some people out the door but I haven't even see the ground in a few minutes. I'm thinking " I hope there's an airport down there. Hell I just hope we're not over water." It went fine.
We flew the DC-3 to Cozumel. I flew it at night over the Gulf (who needs a stinking license). The oil rigs looked real pretty going by.
In Whaco (Waco - V Mills) we ran out of gas one time in the Beech. We were up to 4,000 feet and it got real quiet when both engines quit. Gary went up front and consulted briefly with the pilot. Then he walked all the way to the back of the airplane before yelling "Get out". He was the first one out. We actually got some RW on the way down. When we landed in a field, I didn't even know which way to start walking but somebody saw it from the field and picked us up. The plane made it back.
Would I lie to you?
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Myanmar leader says force an option to end riots
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar President Thein Sein said Thursday that his government will use force if necessary to quell deadly religious rioting that started last week, as attacks on Muslims by Buddhist mobs continued in several towns.
In his first public comments on the violence, Thein Sein warned in a televised speech that he would make all legal efforts to stop "political opportunists and religious extremists" trying to sow hatred between faiths.
The recent religious unrest began March 20 with rioting by Buddhists targeting minority Muslims in the central city of Meikhtila that left at least 40 people dead and drove about 12,000 from their homes. The unrest spread this week to several towns in the Bago region, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) north of the country's biggest city, Yangon.
Curfews and bans on public gatherings have been imposed in the affected areas, but state television reported that groups of people attacked houses, shops and religious buildings Thursday in two towns in Bago. On Wednesday, it reported that security forces fired shots into the air to break up attacks, which residents said targeted Muslim properties.
"In general, I do not endorse the use of force to solve problems. However, I will not hesitate to use force as a last resort to protect the lives and safeguard the property of the general public," said Thein Sein, who took office in 2011 as part of an elected civilian government after almost five decades of repressive military rule.
By instituting democratic changes and economic liberalization, he has built a reputation as a reformer and restored relations with Western nations that had shunned the previous military regime for its poor human rights record.
"We must expect these conflicts and difficulties to arise during our period of democratic transition," he said in a 10-minute speech. "As we rebuild our society, we must rise above 60 years of historical bitterness, confrontational approaches and a zero-sum attitude in solving our differences."
Myanmar, then called Burma, became independent from Britain in 1948, but suffered from instability because of tensions between various ethnic minorities. Parliamentary government proved fractious, and was ended by a military coup in 1962.
Occasional isolated violence involving majority Buddhists and minority Muslims has occurred for decades, even under the authoritarian military governments that ruled the country from 1962 to 2011. But tensions have heightened since last year when hundreds of people were killed and more than 100,000 made homeless in violence in western Myanmar between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya.
Thein Sein called on police to "perform their duties decisively, bravely" and according to the law. Police in Meikhtila had been criticized for failing to act quickly and decisively against the rioting, in which mostly Muslim-owned houses, shops and mosques were burned down. He said the military, called out after two days to restore order, also played "a meaningful role in safeguarding property and the rehabilitation of victims."
The violence in Meikhtila was sparked by a dispute between a Muslim gold shop owner and his Buddhist customers. Thein Sein said he was "deeply saddened to find out that a simple private dispute led to a deadly riot and that some unruly instigators, taking advantage of the disingenuousness of the public, tried to spread the riots to other parts of the country."
He did not specify who might have been behind the unrest.
Thein Sein said authorities "did not resort to the use of force immediately, mainly because we do not want to let anything happen to our ongoing democratic transition and reform efforts."
The scale of persistence of the violence has led to speculation that it may have been organized rather than spontaneous. Theories about the culprits abound, from hard-core military elements who want to turn back away from democracy, to radical Buddhist monks, some of whom have been outspoken in denouncing the Rohingya Muslims as dangerous foreigners. A newly unshackled press has sometimes spread intolerant messages, which also get transmitted through social media on the Internet.


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We do this by providing assistance to multicultural traditional units and after school programs at elementary schools, middle schools, churches, and community organizations. We collaborate with organizations that serve diverse youth populations. Traditional Scouting values are included in theLeAP program. Our goal is to make Scouting available to all youth that want to participate.
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After being out later than usual due to the Mississippi State football game last night, I slept in today instead of going to church. About 11 a.m. I began to rally and discovered I was out of eggs.
I pulled my favorite hoodie out of the dryer and rushed over to the Jitney Jungle. As long as I was there, I wandered through the store picking up a few other items. Along the way, I ran into friends who had attended early church.
We chatted about the game and mundane things like the weather. I knew I was getting a lot of attention, and I was thinking I was pretty special.
As I waited in line, two aisles over, Florence Box whispered as quietly as she could, pointing to her upper back.
"Emily, you have a bra hanging out of your hood."
At first it didn't compute. I looked at her blankly until her message reached my brain. Oh, my, God, (not a good time to call on Him, He had just played a good prank to teach me a lesson). I reached back and pulled the wayward bra out of my hood and stuffed it into my pocket. (I wanted to throw it on the floor and stomp on it declaring "It's not mine!")
I glanced around frantically to see if anyone else had noticed.
EVERYONE had noticed! The other shoppers were practically in tears, trying to conceal their glee. I turned a shade of maroon that would have pleased Dan Mullen. If it had been a nice frilly bra, it might have been okay, but this was one of those old serviceable models you should have thrown away before 9/11, but it was so darn comfy. You never expected the world to see it anyway.
Even the bag boy couldn't control his guffaws. An elderly man came over and said "Honey I wanted to tell you, but these days young people sometimes wear their underwear outside."
"WELL, NOT ME," I wanted to scream.
I have never been more humiliated, but at the same time it was pretty funny. I laughed out loud all the way home. I walked over to tell my neighbor, Brenda, about my latest gaff. (She's keeping a list.)
Between tears, she said, "You know what that looks like, don't you? Looks like you had a pretty wild time last night."
Oh Gee. I never thought of that.
But I learned a valuable lesson. Never cut church without a good reason and always, always, check your hoodies for hidden articles of clothing. I also learned that God has a wicked sense of humor. I can hear a big "GOTCHA" up in the sky.


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IF YOU'RE LOOKING for a bit of a distraction from winter, consider taking in a farm equipment factory tour. The smell of new tires and fresh paint and the look of shiny new equipment may be just what you need to perk up your spirits.
Plenty of plants in and around the Midwest offer tours to the public. But call ahead before setting out on your trip. Most factories require at least 24 hours' notice to schedule a tour, some even three to four days. And don't plan on taking little children along on these tours. Due to OSHA regulations, most plants don't allow children under the age of 12 to take the tours. Most facilities also require visitors to wear closed-toe, low-heeled shoes if they enter the plant area. Of course, comfortable shoes are must, because many of these tours require hoofing it over a mile or more of hard factory floors.
Here's a handy state-by-state guide of manufacturers that currently offer a tour of their plants, and a preview of what you'll see at each.
Case IH compact tractor plant
Dublin, GA
Currently, the DX and NH Boomer lines of compact tractors roll off the assembly line here in central Georgia. The versatile little red models range in horsepower from 21 to 54. The maneuverable blue Boomers are available in 14- to 39-hp models.
For tours of the Dublin plant, group size is limited to between five and 10 people. There are no regular tour times, so call ahead to schedule one. Contact Garry Black at 478/275-4655, ext. 305, or Michele Hinshaw at 478/275-4655, ext. 316.
John Deere Harvester Works
East Moline, IL
John Deere Harvester Works, a near 200-acre facility, began building horse-drawn harvesting equipment in 1913. Today, it produces its full line of combines, which can be made to order.
Visitors ride on moving carts through the 1½-hour trip and see the main production line, from start to finish. Tours are available twice a day on weekdays. Other tours can be arranged, including visits to the parts warehouse and planter and construction equipment factories. There is also plenty to see in the nearby John Deere Pavilion, and plenty of shopping and restaurants at the Mississippi River Front location. Contact guest services at 800/765-9588.
Case IH/New Holland tillage tools plant
Goodfield, IL
For a look at where both red and blue cultivators, chisel plows, disks and rippers are made, check out this plant located between Bloomington and Peoria, just off Interstate 74. Call one week ahead, if possible, to arrange a tour between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. or 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Contact Debbie Ulrich at 309/965-2217, ext. 2265.
John Deere Waterloo Works
Waterloo, IA
Five sites comprise the massive John Deere Waterloo Works, the company's largest tractor manufacturing facility, with more than 13.2 million square feet of office and manufacturing floor space. Here, the company produces tractors ranging from 95 to 450 hp.
This Deere location is currently undergoing a multimillion-dollar capital improvement project to redevelop its facilities and manufacturing technology, so call ahead to ensure tours are available when you plan to visit. They are generally open to the public on weekdays, with guided tours twice a day. Call guest services at 800/765-9588.
Kinze Manufacturing plant
Williamsburg, IA
Depending on the time of year you visit, you may see blue planters or grain wagons being built at this facility just off Interstate 80, west of Iowa City. The company's wide range of 4- to 36-row planters roll off the line from mid-May through March. Grain wagons are made the remaining two months in the spring.
You'll cover about a mile when taking this 1½-hour walking tour. There is a minimum group size of 10 active farmers, and you need to call at least 24 hours ahead to arrange the tour. Smaller groups must go through their local Kinze dealer. Children must be 14 years old to be allowed in the plant. Contact Delores Reinhart at 319/668-1300.
AGCO — Hesston division plant
Hesston, KS
With five separate plants at this one location, AGCO's Hesston manufacturing facilities offer plenty to see. A wide variety of equipment is made here, including balers, combines, forage harvesters, manure spreaders, planters and haying machines, under a variety of brand names such as Gleaner, White, New Idea, Massey Ferguson and Hesston. Located 35 miles north of Wichita, just off I-135, the site is also home to the company's new North American training center.
The typical 1½-hour plant tours need to be arranged during normal business hours on weekdays, and no photos are allowed. Contact Cindi Roth at 620/327-6130.
Case IH application equipment plant
Benson, MN
Originally the Tyler self-propelled sprayer factory, this western Minnesota plant is now home to the red sprayer line, including the SPX Patriot. It also will be the future home of Case IH's cotton picker manufacturing.
Groups are limited in size to 10, and children must be in eighth grade to take the tour. Contact Deb Orr at 320/842-2812.
Claas Lexion combine plant
Omaha, NE
Built in 2001, this sleek, new, 200,000-sq.-ft. plant produces the Lexion combine and houses the engineering, marketing and service centers for the line.
The 1-hour tour includes an introduction about company management and philosophy, detailed explanation of the product and its engineering achievements and a product walk-around. Call three to four days ahead to arrange a tour on weekdays. Contact visitor services at 402/861-1041.
Case IH/New Holland combine plant
Grand Island, NE
Currently, Case IH produces its AFX combines in this facility and plans to move production of its 2300 series here. All New Holland model combines are also produced at this east-central Nebraska factory.
Due to larger volumes of visitors, plant tours are prescheduled. To schedule a plant tour call 308-389-5758 (Charlene Goeden) or email email@example.com. Plant tours are scheduled Monday through Thursday between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Plant safety policies ask that no one under the age of 12 years old allowed on the production floor.
North Dakota
Case 4-wd Steiger tractor plant
Fargo, ND
There's plenty to see at this 600,000-sq.-ft. plant, from the machining and welding centers on the east side, to the three dedicated assembly lines on the west side, where the large HSP ag tractors, wheeled loaders and bidirectional tractors roll out.
For the 1½-hour tour, a headset and safety glasses are provided. Children must be at least 14 years old to take the tour. You must call ahead to reserve a spot. Tours run Monday through Thursday, usually at 1:30 p.m. Customers can arrange to watch their new machine come off the line. Contact Ginny Hanson at 701/293-4666.
Case IH/New Holland hay tools plant
Belleville, PA
The company's full line of haying tools is produced here, including all types of balers, mower conditioners, rakes and tedders. Call at least two days in advance, but they'll take any size group, even just a few folks. Contact Chris Yohn at 717/935-3540.
Case IH tractor plant
Racine, WI
Wear comfortable shoes for this walking tour of the tractor factory at the Case IH home base in Racine. Here, depending on the week, you'll see the complete line of large red tractors being built. Tours are conducted by retired employees, Monday through Friday, and must be scheduled a week in advance. No children under 14 are allowed on the tours, and you'll have to leave your camera in the car. Contact customer service at 262/636-7273.
Case IH/New Holland planting/seeding equipment plant
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Home production facility for the Case 1200 series planters, along with air drills and grain drills, this 634,000-sq.-ft. plant features the latest technology in steel fabrication, robotic welders and power paint lines. Tour size is limited to 12 people, who must be at least 18 years old, and tours are available by appointment only, Monday through Thursday. Contact Carman Dodmen at 306/343-3775.
Team fin top pick
Our resident Team FIN tech head, Daryl Bridenbaugh, says his hands-down favorite factory tour (and he's taken a lot of them) is the John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline, IL. The Pandora, OH, farmer has toured the facilities twice and plans to go back again this winter. He says there is so much to see there, besides the manufacturing line, that you can easily fill a day. "The plant itself is amazing, and much of it has been updated in the last year or two," he notes.
Then there's the nearby Deere Pavilion, filled with a full range of Deere equipment dating back to the company's early days. "It takes at least two, maybe three hours to take in everything on display there," he says.
A favorite stop for collectors of Deere paraphernalia is the Deere Store next door, with clothes, shoes, books, videos, toys and a wide selection of green and gold gifts. There's also a parts counter for those tracking down elusive restoration parts.
The Deere corporate headquarters building, on the south side of Moline, is worth a stop as well, Bridenbaugh adds. "The building's unusual architecture and the hilly grounds make it a beautiful place to spend and hour or two on a sunny summer day," he says.
Deere sculptures adorn the grounds, and inside the lobby is an impressive display of new and antique equipment. "There is also plenty of variety, so even a spouse can enjoy the visit," Bridenbaugh says.


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Goshen takes 4-2 win from Lady Rockies
PLYMOUTH — There's a commonly held belief among soccer cognoscenti that the most dangerous minutes in a game are those at the start of a contest, those that directly follow a goal and those that immediately precede halftime.
That certainly proved to be the case in Plymouth's girls soccer game with Goshen Thursday.
The Lady Redskins were quick to counter the Rockies' two goals with scores of their own less than a minute after the home team's strikes, and with two more scores in the waning minutes of the first half, Goshen took a 4-2 Northern Lakes Conference win from their hosts at Kindt Field.
After a fast start that included numerous near misses in the opening minutes, Plymouth started the scoring in the 24th minute when Allie Wright dribbled in a Courtney Hersick counter attack to put the Rockies up 1-0. But Goshen quickly erased the deficit when Joleen Miller chipped a long snipe into the far upper 90 to knot the score at 1-1 in the 25th minute.
"It's kind of like the five-minute rule; the most dangerous time is five minutes after kick-off and the five minutes after a goal is scored," said Plymouth girls soccer coach Chuck DeWitt. "We were not marking (Miller) in the middle. I saw it coming before she even got the ball; I saw where she was coming from and that she was unmarked. I knew it was a dangerous play, and she just hit it very, very well."
Plymouth's personnel seemed to tire somewhat towards the end of the half, and the momentum swung in Goshen's favor as the visitors leveled multiple shots on frame, including a Jelitsa Palomino carom off the crossbeam in the 35th minute, which the Goshen forward then rebounded for another quick shot that sophomore Rockies keeper Katie Berg — who finished with five saves in goal Thursday — made a heads-up stop of.
Palomino finally found the back of the net in the 37th minute on a solo run up the middle, finishing off a goal off the inside of her right foot to give Goshen the go-ahead. Teammate Alyssa Trosper scored again in the 39th minute on a penalty kick following a hard foul of Palomino from behind in the Rockies' box, and the visitors took a 3-1 cushion into the intermission.
"Once they got the lead they dropped their middle defender back — I mean she was back 20, 25 yards sometimes," said DeWitt. "Smart move on their part; we would've done the same thing. We just weren't able to have the combinations up the middle to get it to our forwards in good scoring position."
Wright and Hersick had first dibs on scoring once more in the second half as Wright one-touched a clean-up from in close after Hersick's free kick from around 25 yards out was barely knocked down by leaping Goshen sophomore goalie Alyssa Hershberger to cut the home team's deficit to 3-2 in the 70th minute.
Wright and Hersick not only combined for Plymouth's only goals at Thursday's game, they also put in warrior-like performances playing the entire 80 minutes of the NLC contest.
"We didn't take them out. When you take out a player of their caliber — either one of them — you're taking a chance of that ball breaking free or them getting that one opportunity that they can capitalize on," DeWitt said. "I didn't want to take them out just simply because we wanted to be able to score when they had it."
But after Wright's and Hersick's late heroics, the aptly-named Palomino broke loose again for her second goal in the 71st minute, delivering a low drive into the far side of the Plymouth net to put that Redskins out of reach and bring the score to its final margin.
"We know Jelitza very well; she played on our U16 travel team, and they won their division this year. So we know Jelitza and her sister Bryana very well," DeWitt said. "We had man-marking with her, we put Alyssa Clyde on her, and we were aware of what she could do. She's a very talented player."
The win pushes Goshen out to 9-1-1 overall with a 4-1-1 NLC mark and drops Plymouth to 4-3 with an 0-2 NLC record.
Despite that 0-2 conference mark, DeWitt says his team is far from packing it in. Besides, the Rockies boss wasn't disappointed with Plymouth's play Thursday, although he would've preferred a different result.
"Of course there are things to play for. We're not going to walk away from where we're at," DeWitt said. "We have two losses, but we have five games left so if we win five games in the conference we're in good position. We're not done with conference; it doesn't put us out. We lost to two very good teams. We lost by a goal to Warsaw, we lost by two to Goshen, and quite honestly last year Goshen spanked us 8-1. This year I think we've made some very good strides. I'm not happy with a loss, but I'm comfortable with the way we played."
At Plymouth
First half
P — Allie Wright (Courtney Hersick), 24th minute
G — Joleen Miller, 25th minute
G — Jelitza Palomino, 37th minute
G — Alyssa Trosper (PK), 39th minute
Second half
P — Wright (Hersick free), 70th minute
G — Palomino, 71st minute
Shots on goal: Plymouth 7, Goshen 9
Saves (goalkeeper): Plymouth 5 (Katie Berg), Goshen 5 (Alyssa Hershberger)
Corners: Plymouth 1, Goshen 0
Records: Goshen 9-1-1 (4-1-1 NLC), Plymouth 4-3 (0-2 NLC)


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Obama And Romney Each Have An Ad Disappear As The Olympics Gets Snippy About Anyone Referencing The Olympics
from the non-political-because-politics-don't-pay dept
One would hope that -- yet again -- these stories get the campaigns interested in the ways in which copyright law can restrict certain forms of speech. No matter who you support for President, the idea that neither major candidate can reference the Olympics seems absurd. Yes, the Olympics doesn't want to be associated with politics (for obvious reasons), but that's a moral rights issue, and in the US, such moral rights don't apply to (most) forms of copyright (and definitely don't apply in this case). What's left, then, is that the two campaigns are limited in their ability to express themselves freely. That seems like a serious issue, but one which it's likely the two campaigns will mostly (unfortunately) ignore.


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madremissy wrote:My Kinzyl and former Gotty are grandchildren of Juan Gotti. Thank goodness they don't have the health problems that alot of the short and wides are having. Well except for Gotty's big fat gooberhead
Jody, it took me a lot of reading and looking to understand the difference in all the different mixtures that people were doing to try to make "pit bulls".
I am just thankful they came into my life and I can just call them "dogs"
I had no idea,,,,,,thanks for the info, Missy!!
I just have a "not so bright', misinformed, gang-involved young woman who wants to breed her Gotti dog to this other "pure bred blue", to make some money and get another puppy.
Which is SO STUPID.
She doesn't have her kids-------------now that she's 'not dealin', her gas has been turned off....her ex boyfriend is gonna get out of jail for almost killing her, and now she has a new fiance' in Des Moines that she tells her kids (3 and 6) that's their 'new dad' . She's known him for 2 months.


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Seth Green on Assessing People From a Distance
"It used to take more effort to give someone the sum total of all your accomplishments, and now you can just say look at my wikipedia," says actor and entrepreneur Seth Green.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The first game of the post-Roberto Luongo era looked a lot like the past month for the Vancouver Canucks: Once again, the goaltending wasn't the problem.
Antoine Vermette scored his sixth goal in five games against the Canucks this season late in the first period, and it stood up to give the Phoenix Coyotes a 1-0 win at Jobing.com Arena on Tuesday.
Vermette has nine goals in his past nine games against the Canucks. On Jan. 16, the Coyotes won a mirror-image 1-0 game, and Vermette's power-play goal was the difference.
Ten days later, he had a hat trick in Vancouver, but the Coyotes lost in overtime.
"I don't know what it is, scoring against one team, but it's definitely great timing because we needed those points," Vermette said. "You try to play hard every night, but for some reason it works out better on the stat sheets against one team."
Phoenix goalie Mike Smith made 23 saves for his his third shutout of the season – all in his past 12 starts – and the 27th of his career.
The Coyotes snapped a four-game losing streak and moved into ninth place in the Western Conference, one point behind the Dallas Stars for the final wild-card spot.
Smith outdueled Vancouver's Eddie Lack, who played very well with 31 saves on a pressure-packed night, but his offense didn't provide any help. Lack became Vancouver's No. 1 goalie after the Canucks traded Luongo to the Florida Panthers earlier in the day.
"He continues to impress and he was obviously our best player tonight," Vancouver coach John Tortorella said. "A lot of people haven't talked about him with all the Luongo stuff going on and you sometimes forget about what this kid has done. He stood in there tonight. I love the way he battles and he gave us a chance."
Lack said the game was an end to a very strange day.
"I was shocked obviously," he said. "I was getting ready to nap a little before the game and our goalie coach (Roland Melanson) told me I was playing. It's been a very weird day and not very good either. I'm losing a very good friend and a mentor for me. But it's important to get back on the horse here and start winning."
But the once-potent Canucks simply can't score. Playing without the injured Daniel Sedin, the Canucks are 1-9-1 in their past 11 games and have scored 15 goals in that span. They dropped to 10th in the West, two points behind Dallas and one behind Phoenix and the Winnipeg Jets, who have played one more game than the Coyotes.
"I think there's been some games [during the slump] that we've created scoring chances, but tonight we even had problems creating chances," Tortorella said. "I think the trade surprised people, but I don't think we can use that as an excuse for losing. Roberto is very well-liked and respected in that room but as we get near the deadline, players lose some people. We can't use that as an excuse."
In the other dressing room, the Coyotes were energized by a deal. Saying he still believed in the core of the team and its push for a playoff berth, Phoenix general manager Don Maloney acquired wing Martin Erat from the Washington Capitals for Chris Brown and Rostislav Klesla and indicated the team might not be done dealing. The NHL Trade Deadline is 3 p.m. Wednesday.
"This time of year, you want to add pieces that are going to help your team win," said Smith, who allowed four third-period goals in a 4-2 loss to St. Louis on Sunday, but nursed a slim lead and blanked the Canucks. "Don obviously did that with the move today. We all know how close it is and to beat a team right there with us in the standings is big."
The Coyotes played most of the game without defenseman Derek Morris, who had his eye scratched on a high stick from Vancouver's Brad Richardson on his fourth shift of the game and did not return.
Vermette, who had a hat trick in Vancouver on Jan. 26 and entered the game with eight goals in his past eight games, opened the scoring at 17:04 of the first period.
Brandon McMillan chased down a Michael Stone dump-in behind the Vancouver net and centered the puck to the slot. Lack got a piece of Shane Doan's shot, but the puck sat wound up in the blue paint hugging the post, where Vermette was able to slap it home on a second whack. Eleven of Vermette's 22 goals have come against Canadian teams.
"I didn't think it was going to ever go in. I just keep chopping at it," he said.
The Coyotes appeared to take a 2-0 lead when, after a wild scramble in front of the net with players strewn all over the slot and crease, Mikkel Boedker put a puck into an empty net. But Vermette, who appeared to be pinned to the ice by Vancouver's Jordan Schroeder, was called for being in the crease and the goal was wiped out.


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|2010-02-01, 17:07
|Link #1
Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
Negima FanFiction Discussion
Welcome to the Negima FanFiction Discussion thread.
This thread is meant for Negima fanfiction and its discussion. Fanfiction works can be either posted in this thread or in the Fan Creations Forum and linked to in this thread. You may also link to Fanfiction works posted on other sites and discuss it here.
General rules of our forum still apply:
Please respect the authors, fanfictions are written in their free time, they have have no gain and owe you nothing; if they like a particular character and/or a particular pattern for their story, it's a personal choice and can't be blamed. In general, you are free to post constructive criticisms but not insults which (as in any other part of the forums) won't be tolerated. Remember that writers post here to get help and not to get troubles.
Thanks and have fun
|2010-02-02, 11:08
|Link #4
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: all and none
I like this series... but honestly the amount of 'good' negima fanfiction is lacking even by the usual 1% standards.
I've read maybe 1 good character based story, and like 3-4 entertaining crack stories.
There's just way to many SI/OC stories where they just so happen to end up at 3A in the class (worst clinch plot idea ever) or pointless yuri fluff that's well... fluff.
|2010-02-02, 11:54
|Link #5
Senior Member
I know, but that's because most tend to not be very good to begin with when they start. But the 1% that is out there, is good. You have to admit that.
Most of them are AU, and some are Crossovers, but they are rather good in comparison to other stories out there.
|2010-02-02, 14:05
|Link #6
Kozukuri Shimasho
Join Date: Dec 2005
Good Character driven Yurifluff aren't pointless ... i'd like to read some serious fluff going into the Nodoka/Yue relationship (which goes off as protential yuri bait ... due to Nodoka's idea about doing the OT3 with Yue and Negi)
|2010-02-02, 17:10
|Link #7
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Clinton, Maryland
I'm not much of a Negima fanfic reader. However, back in 2005, I did try my hand at writing one in the form of a short Xmas tale that focuses less on the crazy romance side of things and more on the idea of whether a wizard like Negi believes in the Santa Claus mythos. I had it online for some time, but sadly it's no longer around due to America Online getting rid of the storage space that its customers were allowed to use (which also affected a number of convention reports that I wrote). However, I did save the story, so it may show up again online.
A few notes about the tale:
1. The story was written based on my current knowledge of the series at that point (i.e. the first eight volumes of the manga plus a few pieces that I learned via followingf the raws that came out at the time).
2. There's a brief crossover near the end of the tale, but it's one that is quite understandable.
|2010-02-02, 17:15
|Link #8
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: all and none
SI = self insert
OC = original character... these have a propensity to be SI.
character driven fluff could be good but most isn't, it's similar to crack fic's where there's no real coherent idea's/plot. It's usually just a mishmash of what the author would like to see be it good or bad... though usually bad.
As for clinches, honestly i don't mind having extra students merged into 3-A they have the space for 3 more seats if estimates are correct of the class room size, but seriously do it well... integrate it more then 'LOL Ranma gets stuck as a girl and needs to attend a girls school' or 'mysterious OC kid lands at Mahora see how he blah blah blah blah blah' these are just examples of being lazy and of bad writing in general.
one's that i recommend from drama
for crack
|2010-02-03, 01:19
|Link #9
Grumpy Russian bear
PS. As for recommendations http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4136905/1/ - "Reikai Sensei Kuwabara", Yu Yu Hakusho crossover (and some others), be wary of some crossover bashing ahead (not Negima or YYH) but it not big part of story. Second recommendation for "When Wizards Meet" yet, not sure if author will continue that good though, judging by his other fics... Also for crack with good plot (so far) http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4940130/1/ - "Gehenna Holy Queen", Disgaea crossover.
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|2010-03-04, 06:04
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Age: 26
So I figured I'd take advantage of being awake this late with nothing to bother me and write. Probably not the wisest move, but oh well.
Spoiler for Tsukuyomi Rambling:
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Thanks for reading.
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|2010-03-06, 03:03
|Link #12
Senior Member
Not bad. I was confused about when this was set, but I'll leave that alone.
These I'm posting after they've been set up, or before they'll be set up. I'm in desperate need of reviews for this story.
Spoiler for Nodoka's adventures:
You'll be much confused by this, but I can make more of these if you'd like. The story link is down below in my signature.
|2010-03-14, 14:37
|Link #13
With this I'm Invincible!
I'm kinda touched I've been recommended in the crossovers about Disgaea: Gehenna's Holy Queen.
I swear I'll get to updating, as I'm mining for ideas for how to proceed with my general plot (as in, I know what I want but not how to go about it). But for now, why don't I send to you the two definite KonoSetsu fanfics that aren't fail?
Egg Belly
Updates only once in a blue moon but holy CRAP this fic is good.
A more recent outing that shows just how badass Konoka can be when she's the one who has to pull the rescue arc.
|2010-03-17, 07:07
|Link #14
Senior Member
Oooh, nothing beats Egg Belly when it comes to KonoSetsu.
Now, this part has yet to come up yet, but I need to get it out of my head so I can start on chapter 33.
Spoiler for PotM, Nodoka's adventures:
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|2010-03-21, 20:56
|Link #15
Lonely without Suigintou
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: in the Endless Forest.
I suggest some great Negima crossover stories...
This one is the Harry Potter Crossover: International magic
This one is the other Harry Potter crossover with some surprises: Harry Potter and the New Threat
Now this one is a favorite of mine...Guess it!: Kitsune on Campus
More mages! Fairy Tail crossover: There's more then one World of Magic
Finally...now for the longest one! Yu Yu Hakusho crossover! No, I'm not kidding...I'm serious: Reikai Sensei Kuwabara
|2010-03-21, 21:34
|Link #16
Grumpy Russian bear
|2010-03-29, 13:14
|Link #17
Senior Member
Okay, this I so need to get out and I just want an honest opinion.
Spoiler for Letter for Negi:
Spoiler for Notes:
Like it, hate it, do whatever you want with it. Just speak your mind: If you have reasons for either For or Against, let me know.
|2010-03-31, 03:25
|Link #18
Queen of Tragedy
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Place of rocks and trees, and trees and rocks...and water.
Age: 28
The prologue to an eventual KonoSetsu multi-chapter story...
No matter where Konoka went, Setsuna would always be her guardian...after all, duty always won over love. Even if that duty meant marrying into a family to protect the world's wards against destruction and watching the one you love give herself to another.
Love and Duty Come in Chains
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|2010-03-31, 10:54
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With this I'm Invincible!
|2010-03-31, 11:20
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
When someone says no, you have to listen.
I've increasingly become very deliberate about the words I use when talking about behavior as well. I find myself repeating things like "When someone says no, you have to listen" and "Ask before you touch your friend." Sometimes my language is prompted by the language they use - if someone is complaining about hitting, then we talk about nice touching.
I do it because I want this language embedded in their vocabulary. I explicitly use no in this context because I want them to feel comfortable saying no (especially to their friends) and that when someone says no, it's respected.
I want them to know that you can't just touch another person's body without asking. One of my rules is that a kid has to ask before sitting in my lap. Partially, it's selfish. My legs get tired and fall asleep with too many kid bodies on them. But there's also that idea that my lap is mine alone and I make the decision if I want someone to sit there. If a kid walks up and sits down without asking, I make them stand up and ask me if they can sit there. Sometimes I say yes; everyone's happy (unless there's another kid competing for the lap. Long story). Sometimes I say no and suggest that they can sit right in front of me.
I'd like to think that these things stick with them, that they'll remember that they have to listen to another person's no. The unfortunate part about early childcare is that a lot of times, these kids won't remember us. I don't remember my preschool teachers. That's why it's so important that these basic concepts of bodily sovereignty are maintained from year to year.
I only hope that my no and respect for a no is remembered and thought of when they hear no again.
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I have a 5 year old who loves to hug and I am constantly reminding her that she needs to ask before touching another person. I'm saddened that her enthusiam must be dampened but also cognizant that it's a reality in our society, since touch isn't always a good thing. Sigh...
- February 11, 2010 at 10:46 PM
Anon - what you pointed out is indicative of cultural factors. in the US, there is a huge notion of personal space which is quite lacking in other cultures (like South Asian, Southern European, Latin American cultures). when someone is too 'huggy', or is too 'close' when one is talking, it is seen as an invasion of personal space, which says a lot about how individual-structured the US is. people might even view it as creepy. so when you say that touch isn't always a good thing, it is relative to the culture.
- February 13, 2010 at 4:39 PM
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Thank you
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- February 16, 2010 at 1:04 AM
- westwood_13 said...
I like your emphasis on particularism with vocabulary. Not only does it help with behaviour in this instance, but I feel that using the proper diction is necessary for effective communication throughout life. Imagine how many little arguments could have been avoided with just a little better choice of words!
- February 16, 2010 at 6:28 PM
- Lhasaluck said...
It is as important to learn that no must be heard and heeded as it is important to learn to say no.
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Re-Enter the Dragon
May 31, 2012 2:38 PM PT
SpaceX's Dragon space capsule returned to Earth on Thursday, 10 days after it took off into the wild blue yonder to resupply the International Space Station.
The capsule touched down in the Pacific Ocean at 11:42 a.m. ET a few hundred miles west of Baja California, Mexico.
It will be taken by boat to a port in California near Los Angeles, where it will be prepared for return to SpaceX's test facility in McGregor, Texas, NASA said.
"The SpaceX launch is a milestone for an industry that is growing by leaps and bounds," Alex Saltman executive director of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF), told TechNewsWorld.
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The Dragon capsule delivered more than 1,000 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station, NASA said. These included food, clothing and technology. It brought back to Earth science experiments conducted in space in the hope of gaining new insights from the microgravity environment in the station's laboratories. Dragon also brought back about 1,400 pounds of hardware and cargo no longer needed on the station.
Some of the cargo will be removed at the port and returned to NASA within 48 hours, and the rest will be returned to Texas with the Dragon capsule.
A SpaceX recovery team, reportedly consisting of 16 engineers, technicians and divers together with contractors operating a 185-foot crane-equipped barge and two inflatables, picked the capsule out of the water.
NASA has been plagued by heat shield failures on its shuttles and capsules in the past. However, the Dragon didn't have this problem. It was protected by SpaceX's Pica-X heat shield material.
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On this mission, the Dragon fulfilled two sets of tests laid out for it by NASA as a prelude to the organization's giving SpaceX a US$1.6 billion contract that would see the company fly at least 12 resupply missions to the ISS.
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The tests included aborts; absolute and relative GPS demonstrations; and a demonstration of free drift, wherein the Dragon had to stop and float freely in space as it would when grappled by the Canadarm2.
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"Perhaps the most important part of the launch is that it has reminded the American people that the Space Shuttle retirement was not the end of America's story in space," the CSF's Saltman said. "America remains a nation of explorers, and NASA and American companies are working together on the next chapter."
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The one stat that surprised me the most in Friday's Iowa-Iowa State game wasn't the final score. It was the rebounding margin.
Sure, I didn't think Iowa would win by 16 at 73-57. I wasn't sure Iowa could win by one point. But for Iowa to roll past Iowa State 38-23 on the boards was nearly unimaginable.
Iowa had out-rebounded all but three of its opponents, but none by as many as 15. The biggest margin Iowa provided before Friday was a 14-rebound advantage against Bryant. The three schools that had out-rebounded Iowa earlier — West Virginia, Kansas State and Boston College — all came from major Division I conferences.
Iowa whipped Iowa State in every area. Iowa led in points off turnovers (25-12), second-chance points (13-2) and fast-break points (11-2). The teams were even in turnovers (12) and assists (11). Iowa State had one more 3-pointer (8 to 7).
When the season is complete and the Iowa-Iowa State statistics are compiled into next year's media guide, everyone will notice that Iowa won decisively. But you can't put on paper the edge Iowa carried in effort. Iowa State played a sloppy, almost lazy game, especially in the second half. Iowa played inspired and with intensity. Both teams have an eight-day layoff before playing on Dec. 20. We'll see if either team continues that trend.


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"I pass a poster for the current film and count eighteen names of producers.And this:
On the poster?
Note that the poster is traditionally a way to attract the eye, and so the mind, to a novelty. The producers may in fact have contributed something to the film, but who in the world has ever gone to a film because of the identity of a producer? No one.
Then why list eighteen?
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"Movies are a potentially great art. Like any human endeavor, like you and me, they have inevitably been exposed to and have, in the main, submitted to the power of self-corruption, of self-righteousness, to the abuse of power. But like General della Rovere, like you and me, like the studio executives, they possess the possibility of beauty and, hence, for human transformation: not as preaching, not as instruction, not as doctrine -- all of which, finally, are out of place in the cinema and can awaken, at best, but self-righteousness. Movies possess the power to speak to the human soul, to free us from the weight of repression.More quotes to come.
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Discontinued product. Supported until 2022-07-31.After this date, please see the support documentation.
As long as the product is within the warranty period you will be supported.
Recommended replacement: AXIS Q6054-E Mk II, AXIS Q6054-E Mk III
Note: Check the recommended replacement product data sheet for full specification
- High light sensitivity
- HDTV 720p and 30x optical zoom
- Focus recall
- Axis´ Zipstream technology
- Vandal-resistant
For demanding conditions
Sweeping overviews and zoomed-in detail. Instant focus and good image quality – even in low light. AXIS Q6054-E is an advanced outdoor-ready PTZ dome that gives you all that. Designed for demanding conditions, it's ideal for surveillance at airports, train stations, arenas, and in any city-surveillance scenario – anywhere you need fast and precise, round-the-clock pan/tilt/zoom operation.
In focus in an instant
Focus recall helps you get more out of your AXIS Q6054-E in challenging light conditions. There's no need to focus manually or wait the second or two it takes for autofocus to adjust. Focus recall gives you instantaneous focus even in low-contrast scenes or scenes with point-shaped light sources such as headlights in oncoming traffic.
Good image quality – around the clock
AXIS Q6054-E features a sensor that makes it highly light sensitive. That means you can count on good image quality even when in low light. AXIS Q6054-E also features WDR, which ensures excellent detail when there are both bright and darker areas in a scene.
Sharp images. Low bandwidth.
AXIS Q6054-E also features Axis' Zipstream technology, which significantly lowers bandwidth and storage requirements while preserving high-quality images
A camera that can take it
With a robust aluminum casing, AXIS Q6054-E can withstand temperatures as low as -50 °C and as high as 60 °C (-58 °F to 140°F). Arctic temperature control ensures safe start-up at temperatures down to -40 °C, even after a power failure. And with IP66, NEMA 4X and IK10 ratings, you can rest assured that the camera housing is resistant to both harsh weather conditions and impacts
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