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- NV Pierre Péters Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut Cuvée de Réserve - France, Champagne, Le Mesnil Sur Oger, Champagne
Tight beads, fresh citrus fruits and some bready notes. Definitely a wine of energy and finesse with a great mineral twang on the finish. (91 pts.)
- 1999 Maison Leroy Meursault 1er Cru Charmes - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru
Lithe aromas of melon, flint, and lemons. The palate was a bit gummy at first, but with some air and patience it fleshed out a bit and featured beautiful stone fruit, minerals, lemons and limes. (91 pts.)
- 2004 Dönnhoff Norheimer Kirschheck Riesling Spätlese - Germany, Nahe
Given to our table double-blind, it was an easy Donnhoff call. I thought it was an 2004 Oberhauser Brucke, but Adrian nailed the Norheimer Kirschheck - kudos for him for nailing this double blind just by the aromas. This is a really fun wine with beautiful tropical fruits on both the body and the nose. Drinking in a great place right now. (92 pts.)
- 2002 Etienne Sauzet Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Perrières - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Beautiful nose of seawater, lemons, and limes. The palate was somewhat soft, but I thought it was just delicious. Had that nice flinty note with a somewhat round (albeit enjoyable) fruit profile. (90 pts.)
- 2006 Etienne Sauzet Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Perrières - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Very citrus-driven with lots of lovely tidewater, lemons, truffle and lime notes. This is certainly young, but the precision it had was very enjoyable. Whereas the 2002 we had alongside it was a bit rounder, this was precise and delicious. (91 pts.)
- 2008 Henri Boillot Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Perrières - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
A shot of sulphur greeted me on the nose, with some nice lemon and spice. This has a powerful palate with tons of energy and balance. Another great chardonnay from Henri Boillot. (90 pts.)
- 2001 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Montrachet - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru
This was big and powerful while remaining elegant and balanced. The nose was just gorgeous...aromas of salt water, lemons, limes, and melons were pungent and dense. This had some wiffs of sulphur too...but those blew off with time in the glass. This had some serious depth with layer after layer of lemons, flint, limes, white floral notes, and smoke. A beast. (95 pts.)
- 2010 Dönnhoff Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese - Germany, Nahe
An amazing wine, and the first perfect score I've ever given. The aromas here were staggering. Intense, precise flavors of apricot, peach, stone fruit and truffle. As the air hit the wine, the aromas became spicier at times, then more sappy at others. The palate is all about its freshness. No question the density of fruit is there...and damn are those peach, mango, and stone fruit flavors gorgeous, but they're precise....almost chiseled out of stone. Great acidity on the finish, too. Thanks to Adrian for bringing along this monumental wine. (100 pts.)
- 1961 Pétrus - France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Maderized. Despite the flaw, there were interesting tea, , balsamic, and green pepper notes buried underneath. NR (flawed)
- 1970 Château Latour Grand Vin - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
A beautiful '70 Latour. Aromas of spice, tea, cedar, dark fruits and floral notes jumped out of the glass. Palate was elegant and very claret-like. Fruit was dark and elegant and it was surrounded by earthy, cedary notes. Really really good. (94 pts.)
- 1985 Gentaz-Dervieux Côte-Rôtie Cuvée Réservée Côte Brune - France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie
For my tastes, it's hard to imagine a better bottle of syrah. The aromas of tapenade, meats, and kirsch were hauntingly expressive. Layer after layer of earthy red fruits, beautiful salty olive notes, and a nice iodine kick made this an easy 100pts on the nose. This is what Northern Rhone syrah lovers dream about. The palate was incredibly elegant, lithe, and very well balanced. I thought there were a couple slight sour notes creeping around the edges, but this was really stunning. Great balance, depth, and elegance. Benchmark syrah. (98 pts.)
- 1988 Camille Loye Trousseau Arbois Cuvée Saint Paul - France, Jura, Arbois
Very tart nose of cranberry, roses, and sour cherry. This had an interestingly nutty aroma too - no doubt related to the slight oxidation here. While the aromas were a touch harsh, the palate was all class. Beautiful red fruits - pomegranate really leading the way - with some dried floral notes and tons of earth. A fine example of Jura trousseau, glad to see it holding up so well. (92 pts.)
- 2003 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chênes - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru
Aromas of spice, dark fruits, and earth on the nose was more refined and precise than I would have thought given the vintage. Its palate had that warm spice note from the nose with a surprisingly lithe fruit profile. Some of us were rather surprised that the vintage characteristics oweren't more at play here. (89 pts.)
- 1989 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chênes - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru
I only managed a small taste of this, but really loved what I got to try. Beautifully integrated floral, earth, and cranberry notes washed together quite nicely. This also had a really enjoyable pomegranate note to it that gave it a bit of an edge. (92 pts.)


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Oral cancer is cancer that starts in the mouth.
Alternative Names
Cancer - mouth; Mouth cancer; Head and neck cancer; Squamous cell cancer - mouth
Oral cancer most commonly involves the lips or the tongue. It may also occur on the:
- Cheek lining
- Floor of the mouth
- Gums (gingiva)
- Roof of the mouth (palate)
Most oral cancers are a type called squamous cell carcinoma. These cancers tend to spread quickly.
Smoking and other tobacco use are linked to most cases of oral cancer. Heavy
Other factors that may increase the risk of oral cancer include:
- Chronic irritation (such as from rough teeth, dentures, or fillings)
- Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection (same virus that causes
genital warts)
- Taking medicines that weaken the immune system (immunosuppressants)
- Poor dental and
oral hygiene
Some oral cancers begin as a white plaque (
Men get oral cancer twice as often as women do, particularly men older than 40.
Oral cancer can appear as a lump or ulcer in the mouth that may be:
- A deep, hard-edged crack in the tissue
- Pale, dark, or discolored
- On the tongue, lip, or other area of the mouth
- Painless at first, then a burning sensation or pain when the tumor is advanced
Other symptoms may include:
- Chewing problems
Mouth soresthat may bleed
- Pain with swallowing
- Speech difficulties
- Swallowing difficulty
- Swollen lymph nodes in the neck
Tongue problems
- Weight loss
Exams and Tests
Your doctor or dentist will examine your mouth area. The exam may show:
- A sore on the lip, tongue, or other area of the mouth
- An ulcer or bleeding
Tests used to confirm oral cancer include:
Gum biopsy Tongue biopsy
X-rays and
Surgery to remove the tumor is usually recommended if the tumor is small enough. Surgery may be used together with
Other treatments may include speech therapy or other therapy to improve movement, chewing, swallowing, and speech.
Support Groups
You can ease the stress of illness by joining a
Outlook (Prognosis)
Approximately half of people with oral cancer will live more than 5 years after they are diagnosed and treated. If the cancer is found early, before it has spread to other tissues, the cure rate is nearly 90%. More than half of oral cancers have spread when the cancer is detected. Most have spread to the throat or neck.
Possible Complications
- Complications of radiation therapy, including dry mouth and difficulty swallowing
- Disfigurement of the face, head, and neck after surgery
- Other spread (
metastasis) of the cancer
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Oral cancer may be discovered when the dentist does a routine cleaning and examination.
Call your health care provider if you have a sore in your mouth or lip or a lump in the neck that does not go away within 1 month. Early diagnosis and treatment of oral cancer greatly increases the chance of survival.
Oral cancer may be prevented by:
- Avoiding smoking or other tobacco use
- Having dental problems corrected
- Limiting or avoiding alcohol use
- Visiting the dentist regularly and practicing good oral hygiene
National Cancer Institute: PDQ Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer Treatment. Bethesda, Md: National Cancer Institute. Date last modified: July 16, 2012. Available at: http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/lip-and-oral-cavity/HealthProfessional. Accessed: February 3, 2014.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines): Head and neck cancers. Version 2.2013. Available at: http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/pdf/head-and-neck.pdf. Accessed: February 3, 2014.
Wein RO, Malone JP, Weber RS. Malignant neoplasms of the oral cavity. In: Flint PW, Haughey BH, Lund VJ, et al., eds. Cummings Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Mosby; 2010:chap 96.
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Ashutosh Kacker, MD, FACS, Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Attending Otolaryngologist, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Isla Ogilvie, PhD, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.


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Something is up Leavenworth! Fall is here, yes, but something else is brewing! Patrick the Great and Crew hold the secret, and I will share it with you this week.
Let's talk zombies!
Something is up Leavenworth! Fall is here, yes, but something else is brewing! Patrick the Great and Crew hold the secret, and I will share it with you this week.
Let's talk zombies! For three weeks young adults have been exploring the world of zombies.
Beginning with the creation of zombie costumes, followed by a zombie make-up tutorial, and finishing up this last week with a zombie awareness plan, the Teen Scene continues to be on the cutting edge of pop culture with innovative programming laced with education!
Let me start at the beginning . . . Patrick, YOUR Young Adult Librarian, began formulating his plan for October events in the summer of 2013.
Wanting to capitalize on the allure of the zombie craze, he framed the Teen Scene's October programs to culminate in a zombie apocalypse at YOUR Library.
As a way to promote the series of programs in October, Patrick, with a strong theater background, planned, directed, and produced four videos with zombie as the theme.
Melissa Bower, the Public Information's Officer for the city of Leavenworth, and Patrick filmed the first three videos in September.
Collaborating with the GIS Department of the city of Leavenworth, the River City Community Players, Not My Enemy, an up-and-coming local band, and staff from YOUR Library, Patrick wrote short storyboards for each video with the intent of zombie sightings showing a herd moving toward YOUR Library.
If you missed the "Zombie Sighting" videos you can find them on YouTube.
Patrick the Great and Crew plan to shoot the final video, the public service announcement, Oct. 25 at the Library.
In the final video, zombies are moving on the Library in an attempt to breach the Teen Scene room through the courtyard. There are a few survivors in the Library.
To find out what happens next, make plans to join the herd on Oct. 25.
If you need help with make-up, Patrick and Crew open the Library that evening at 5 p.m.
Filming begins around 6 p.m.
Famished "zombies" will enjoy light refreshments after the shoot wraps up.
The evening ends promptly at 9 p.m. YOUR Library's Teen Scene invites everyone to come and let their inner zombie out!
Now, are you ready to join the conversation?
I hope you join us for this zombielicious event Oct.25!
Let's make some history!
For more information on this event and others, be sure to check out our website, www.leavenworthpubliclibrary.org.
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As to the correct development of wisdom, the Vsm, first talsk about the "soil" of wisdom. This involves hearing about, learning about, and understanding certain teachings on dhamma. The first one listed is the aggregates one has to learn definitions of them to know what they consist of conceptually. It breaks down different models for this. For the first aggregate, form, you can learn the abhidhamma breakdown of the great elements and all the derived rupa. Then you learn about the feeling aggregatre etc. Then you are implored to regard them all in a specific different way. For example, the form aggregate is always thought of and regarded as "foam that is squeezed" because it cannot withstand pressure and always changes. For each aggregate there is a certain ways to look at it (Consciousness as a magic trick and so on). The other elements in the "soil" of understanding are the sense bases and elements, the faculties and truths, and then Dependent Origination.tiltbillings wrote:Yes. That is a nice summary of the U Ba Khin and Mahasi Sayadaw type practices.robertk wrote:How then to develop that type of right concentartion that is particular to the sasana of the Buddha..
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unpleasant nor pleasant born of eye contact, as they really are.
Attachment does not arise for eye, forms, eye-consciousness, eye
contact and whatever feelings pleasant or unpleasant or neither
unpleasant nor pleasant born of that eye contact. This one not
attached, unyoked and not deluded, abiding seeing the danger does
not accumulate in the five holding masses for the future. His
craving, interest and greed, to be here and there in the future,
cease. His bodily and mental troubles, anxiety and laments cease.
Further he experiences bodily and mental pleasantness. Whatever his
view, it becomes right view. Whatever his thoughts, they become
right thoughts. Whatever his speech it becomes right speech.
Whatever his actions, they become right actions. Whatever his
effort, it becomes right effort. Whatever his mindfulness, it
becomes right mindfulness. Whatever his concentration, it becomes
Only after there is "soil" can there grow the roots and trunk. So the roots and trunk of wisdom come next after one has learned about the soil and are described very specifically. First of all, one who has mastery of jhana emerges from jhana and reviews consciousness and it's conditions very carefully using the power gained from jhana. One who has less than mastery of jhana, ie. has reached jhana but cannot gain the five masteries, or has access concentration or less, reviews in a different specific way. First he must define mentallity and materliallity and become very clear about it (these are different than the vipassana stages). Vsm says: "But one whose vehicle is pure insight, or that same aforesaid one whose vehicle is serenity, discerns the four elements in brief or in detail in one of the various ways given in the chapter on the definition of the four elements (Ch. XI, §27ff.)". The Vsm makes it clear that there are specific ways to go about this and that one must first become very clear about materiallity before moving on to mentallity. One person does it by way of the Four Elements, another by way of the the Eighteen Elements, one by way of the Twelve Sense Bases, another by way of the Defiinition of the Aggregates, another through a Brief Definition on the Four Primaries. Those are the only ways listed and they are all derived from Suttas and texts. One has to review again and again untill the distinction of materiallity and mentallity becomes extremely, abundantly clear to one by way of one of these specific contemplations derived from Suttas. They are intellectuall contemplations. First one does materiallity and only then mentallity. This is caled "Purification of View". Only once Purification of View is stable can one move on to Purification by Removing Doubt, where one discerns the conditions for the materiallity and the mentallity that one know understand through various ways, ie. by Dependent Originination in Reverse Order, or by other ways listed in the text. After one becomes very, very clear of the conditions causing the nama and rupa, one goes onto other contemplations in the text called "purifications" because they purify ones view and help to conditions strong wisdom. They are very, very specific in nature and are derived from suttas and the Canon. There are Five Purifications listed in the section of Wisdom that wise people should go through.
You can see how much easier it is for one who can gain mastery of jhanas: they can remain in their blissful abiding of jhana, exit it and review in brief the way told for those people (the instructions on it only take up a couple of paragraphs in the Vsm!). Then they can re-enter jhana, exit and review again at their will, and so on. This takes mastery of jhana.
For all the other people it is much more complicated. Now does this sound like the Mahasi way, or the way of other modern vipassana teachers? No, it doesn't.


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I joined Jacquie In the Spring To Finish Challenge today is the day to say what we finished in May. Here are my goals as posted for the challenge:
1. Finish Wonky Log Cabin top
2. Finish Tic Tac Toe Top
3. Finish Christmas quilt including binding
4. Quilt one quilt on my quilting frame (it is brand new and I am a little intimidated)
Goal #1
Goal #2
Goal #3 (quilted but binding not on... probably has something to do with being bored with it)
Goal #4 Yep, I did it...( excuse the threads that aren't cut yet) see below for all of the other things I got done.
Once these were done I was having so much furn with the frame and quilting machine I used it to quilt my two swaps (a quilt and a pillow).
I also finished my Pinwheel Sampler quilt top:
And my 12 Days of Christmas quilt top:
I no longer have any unfinished quilt tops hanging around (except my quilt along ones) it feels great to have these all done and out of the "To be completed" box into the "To be quilted" box.


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Dr. B.J. Bryson - All Together One Recipient
By: Christine Borkowski
Do you know someone who is dedicated to learning, builds community and inspires others in the process? Does the same person make a commitment to team work as well as promote a feeling of caring? All of these are the guiding principles of the people who win Madison's "All Together One Award" annually.
The All Together One Award was created in 2000 by the members of the JMU Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society. Each spring, the student members of ODK host this event, which is special to the organization as well as its recipients. Any member of the JMU community can nominate JMU faculty, staff and students using the above principles as guidelines and the winner is selected from the nominations.
Dr. B. J. Bryson, a social work professor of six years, was honored to receive the award. "I was very moved that somebody thought of me in that way because I simply just do what I do every day." Dr. Bryson, every day, makes a commitment to her social work students as well as the students from other schools. With her Youth Empowerment Strategies (YES) class, Dr. Bryson and her students visit the nearby Waynesboro High School for what they call The Purple and Gold Connection. "Their colors and our colors [both purple and gold] make a connection between their students and our students," Bryson explained.
The Purple and Gold Connection mentors and mentees recently got to embark on a day trip to Washington, D.C. "Some of the mentors got to know their mentees better," Dr. Bryson described. "One of the mentees told a story about how her mentor didn't know she had a passion for art. They passed the Freer Gallery, went in, and they appreciated the art together." Both parties benefited by learning something new about each other.
What is also exciting about The Purple and Gold Connection is that sustainability has been added to their curriculum. "We're getting some support around that. We want to help students understand why science, math and technology are interesting and important." Dr. Bryson said. These lessons, along with the valuable life lessons the high school students are learning, will contribute to their understanding of environmental protection in years to come.
Dr. Bryson also teaches a JMU course about social welfare history. "It has a lot to do with poverty, internationally and locally," Dr. Bryson explained. As part of their experience with YES and social welfare history, Dr. Bryson's social work students gain practical skills at Waynesboro High School. "Some of the students do workshops with anything from cyber bullying to how to talk to teachers to study habits," Dr. Bryson said. "We have data that shows improvement over the two to three years we have been doing this."
"Dr. Bryson is excellent to have as a professor. Her classes are informative and helpful in furthering our education," Jessica Clegg said. Jessica travels to Waynesboro High School where she acts as a mentor for Dr. Bryson's YES class. "I feel that I have gained knowledge from having her as a professor that will help prepare me as I head into the workforce as a new Social Worker," Jessica said. Dr. Bryson goes to the high school most Wednesdays to plan events or workshops (open to any student) and to talk to students about college and future plans. "I work very closely with Mike Deaton (ISAT) and Helen Schurz [a counselor at Waynesboro High School]." Dr. Bryson explained. "We all work on this program together. We talk to students about how they are doing, what their challenges are, how we can overcome those challenges. We give them helpful hints."
Recently, four high school students visited the University of Virginia, and eight students visited Virginia Tech; both were overnight trips. Dr. Bryson explained that many of these students will be first-generation college students and that they don't know what to expect as far as college life goes. "[The high school students] are really doing great. You can tell because they are making good decisions like applying to Governor's School and [Advanced Placement] classes.
In regards to receiving the All Together One Award on April 12, Dr. Bryson was appreciative. "It couldn't be done without the support of my faculty. We have an amazing faculty in my department; helpful and full of support. The students in our department work with the kids and are dedicated. None of the programs are possible without them. It makes my job a lot easier. Nobody really rises on their own, everyone is supported by something or somebody."
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Paul Williams, a pioneering rock music journalist whose Crawdaddy! magazine is considered the first US publication to write seriously about rock 'n roll, has died in California aged 64.
The Union-Tribune of San Diego says Williams died in an Encinitas care facility on Wednesday.
His wife, Cindy Lee Berryhill, tells the Los Angeles Times that Williams died of complications of dementia triggered by head injuries from a 1995 bicycle accident.
Williams was a teenager when he began publishing Crawdaddy! in 1966. It appeared 18 months before Rolling Stone.
Williams also wrote more than 30 books and helped introduce readers to the work of science fiction writer Philip K Dick. He was Dick's literary executor.


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Hunn Casts Voodoo Magic Winning The 2014 Melges 32 Australian Titles
16 March 2014
The Middle Harbour Yacht Club race committee did well to keep all sailors safe today after a lighting, rain and hail storm cell came through the Harbour just after midday. The committee were unable to get a race in for day three of the 2014 Melges 32 Australian Championships.
Tasmanian skipper Andrew Hunn aboard Voodoo Chile held onto their hard fought lead to be announced 2014 Australian Melges 32 Champion on nine points. Tactician and International Melges 32 pro Dave Chapman commented "we had watched fellow Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania Melges 32 skipper Greg Prescott (Enzo) and wanted to compete in the fleet". "Everyone liked the boat, they are an easy class to get involved in and a sociable fleet. The boats are easy to sail, we had two pro's on board myself and Mal Parker but your allowed three. You need a really good Main Trimmer" said Chapman. Skipper Andrew Hunn was a true gentleman on and off the water and will be welcomed into the class any time. Andrew commented " We were expecting a high performance boat and some spread out racing, we found a high performance boat with close highly competitive racing. We hit the ground running the first day which helped set up our regatta".
Three points behind was Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club skipper Chris Way Easy Tiger III. The Title was within reach this morning but the Tiger team needed racing today to be in with the chance. "Always the bridesmaid" said Chris Way. The Tiger crew loved the one design racing, and enjoyed the format of the Nationals following the Sydney Harbour Regatta. Kyrra Deane is in charge of the pit on Easy Tiger III and commented "the racing was intense and fast, I loved it".
In third place on fourteen points was defending Australian Champion from the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania Greg Prescott 2 Unlimited. Greg commented at the presentation that this was "the closest Melges 32 racing there had ever been, the fleet has caught up and you can't afford to make a mistake". Taking out the Corinthian (non professionals) trophy for the event representing Cronulla Yacht Club was Steve O'Rourke Panther who enjoys sailing with family members including son in law Burke Melia and grandson Justin O'Bryan.
The 2014 Melges 32 Australian Championships were sponsored by Magic Marine, Gottifredi Maffioli Ropes and Quantum Sails, who kindly provided the skippers and crew prizes at the trophy presentation upstairs at the Middle Harbour Yacht Club. Big thanks to Middle Harbour Yacht Club Sailing Manager Andrew Phillips and his team who took on the Championships less than a week after their biggest regatta of the year, the Melges 32 Australian fleet appreciate all your efforts.
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My grandmother's scrap book is filled with memories and here she even kept mementos from the graduating class before her, the class of 1914 from Monterey High School. This class looks to be quite small in comparison to the graduating class of 1915 when my grandmother, Loraine Gunzendorfer, graduated with 15 classmates. However, I found a newspaper article about the graduation and it stated there were 14 classmates. I wonder why only six were listed in the announcement?
Each class must have been able to select their own colors, flower, and motto as the class of 1915's were different.
Looks like Loraine was a contributor to "El Susurro" which was the yearbook at Monterey High School.
Mrs. Jenkins gave a party!
|Mrs. Jenkins
at home
in honor of the
seniors of her class
Friday evening
June fifth, at
half past eight
I remember my grandmother always saying "half past eight" instead of 8:30 - now I know where she got it!
And I have to laugh how just about everything went into the newspaper. Today we typically just read about the bad stuff.
|I'm glad to know they had a very nice time!
A very pretty informal reception to the senior class of the Monterey high school was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Jenkins on Van Buren street last evening. Some of the friends of the seniors were present also. The evening was spent in classic conversation and playing games. Delightful refreshments were served near the end of the evening.
Those present were: Faye Scarlett, Martha McKillop, Hazel Platz, Blanche Littlefield, Mary Salterbach, Loraine Gunzendorfer, Hattie Hitchcock, Viawillis Hutchinson, Hazel Peregrine, Mildred Dolly, Ruby Tuttle, Hannah McKillop and Grace Layton.
This doesn't look anything like medals to me and I have no idea what the "stunt" was but I'm sure it was fun.
|Just (a piece) for remembrance of Class Day - These
medals were used in our "stunt".
Feast of Lanterns - July 25, 1914
Carlton, Margaret, Earle & I went out and had an awfully good time. This is the last of the lantern that Earle stole out there and he sure did have a good time with it, even if he did get candle grease all over his face.
Now that's a story I would have liked to hear. But Grandma - stealing again?
As I was preparing this post I went into the box of photos I have of her to find one at about the right age. I came across this one and thought she must be about 16-17 here.....and then I turned it over and saw the date of Xmas 1912, which would have been one month before her 17th birthday. And she even wrote a message on the back!
|Mildred Loraine Gunzendorfer
Xmas 1912
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Lisa B. North 1/19/2008 6:59:28 PMThis is super stunning! I love the angles of the lights going into the sun, the background mts, & big ole glowing sun! Superb!! Lisa
Nikki McDonald 2/22/2008 7:28:35 PMVery, very cool. I got a highway shot that reminds me of this on my way home one night--it's in my gallery. BUT yours is way better. I love the amazing definition on the sun and the repeated street lights as well as the shimmering layer of highway. This is superb as Lisa says. congratulations on your finalist and I certainly hope it will go on. #5535677
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Six Royal Opera House productions are now available via Digital Theatre, the on-demand platform which already offers performances from the RSC and Royal Court among others.
Four Royal Opera productions (Le nozze di Figaro, La bohème, Eugene Onegin and La traviata) and two Royal Ballet productions (Swan Lake and Sylvia) will be available through Digital Theatre's expanding range of platforms including iPhone, iPad, desktop player, Samsung Smart TV and the on-demand Digital Theatre channel on the YouView Talk Talk Player.
Alastair Roberts, Managing Director of ROH Enterprises, said: 'This is an exciting new partnership for us, making our productions available across the widest possible variety of digital platforms. It adds to the variety of ways in which people can see our work outside of the auditorium itself - such as our BP Big Screens and ROH Live Cinema Season, and our work on TV and DVD - enabling audiences to access our performances wherever they are in the world and whenever they want.'
The Royal Opera House Collection on the platform will continue to grow, creating an online catalogue of opera and ballet productions.
Also announced is a Digital Theatre partnership with Shakespeare's Globe. Four plays will be made available from the Bankside-based theatre.


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Many years ago, my husband and I heard a wonderful homily concerning the importance of Catholics and daily Scripture reading. The priest walked up and down the main aisle of our parish with a Bible in his hand. He lifted up the Good Book and said loudly and very clearly: "Think of the word Bible as an acronym; Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth."
He went on to remind us that the Bible is God's love letter to us, and when someone loves us they want what is best for us and want to help show us the way. I never forgot his homily, and it was one of the catalysts for my husband and me to take our Scripture reading seriously.
The words of that wonderful priest who has since passed away came to mind as I came across two beautiful letters concerning core teachings of the Faith: "The Language of Love" by Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Neb., and "Bought with a Price" by Bishop Paul Loverde of Arlington, Va.
Bishop Conley's letter is a beautiful, gentle-but-direct message informing and instructing the faithful concerning marital love and fidelity with a strong emphasis on Church teaching regarding artificial contraception. Bishop Loverde's document is a follow-up to his previous and very poignant letters on the illness of pornography plaguing the nation and ravaging families.
It's never easy addressing these issues in our over-sexualized culture; a culture that has strongly influenced Catholics and other Christians into accepting what God has held as unacceptable and harmful. Just look at what happened in North Carolina when Sister Jane Dominic of the Nashville Dominicans spoke at a Catholic high school in Charlotte. She had given her talk regarding the Church teaching on human sexuality dozens of times at other Catholic schools or events, but some students took offense at her preaching the truth regarding the fallout from divorce, sexual promiscuity and attempts to redefine marriage.
Despite support from the local diocese, which affirmed her doctrinal accuracy, a firestorm of criticism and controversy ensued with some parents even writing letters to the Vatican to complain. And this is at a Catholic high school, proving that the message of God's love letter regarding his perfect plan for us does not often sit well even among many of those sitting next to us in the pews.
The truth, however, still needs to be spoken. That doesn't mean we go around hitting people over the head with the Bible and the catechism, but if we love someone, we want them to know what is best for them.
Most parents will discipline their children. While little Johnny or Susie might want to ride their bikes without a helmet in the middle of a busy street, a concerned parent is going to say "no." Why? Because they love them and want them to live healthy and productive lives.
And yet when it comes to those below-the-belt issues and our Faith, we often react like little children wanting what we want — now! — with little or no restriction, with no warning or discipline from our Father (God) or mother (the Church). We take the love letters and tear them to shreds or pretend they don't exist.
Certainly some will be like those who verbally attacked the sister speaking in Charlotte. They will throw temper tantrums to try and get their way. But acting as loving shepherds or guardians, Bishop Conley and Bishop Loverde did what they had to do by passing on God's love letter, hoping and praying we will be willing to take another look at those basic instructions before it is our time to leave this earth.
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Law School Admissions / Do highschool grades matter?« on: February 23, 2005, 08:09:55 PM »
I've been lurking around this website for quite some time in hopes of answering some of my questions concerning Law School. I read someone's comment on here, which stated that high school grades matter to law schools and I was wondering if that's really the case. I am currently a senior in highschool and I haven't exactly showed what I am really capable of and I'm worried now that I might not make it into a law school due to my failures for the past three years. So do law schools actually check your high school transcripts and have it play into their decision to accept/reject you from their school? Thanks in advance.
edit Thank you very much for your helpful replies. I can now sleep at night.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
Becky Chamberlin—Overcoming gender bias in science
Overcoming gender bias in science
"Even if she is a girl..." Words like that might deter a female from loving math and science, especially when the disclaimer is announced to a large audience by a math teacher presenting a major award.
Fortunately, Los Alamos chemist Becky Chamberlin didn't let gender bias stop her from studying science, achieving an Ivy League doctorate in chemistry.
Success in science means much more than "left brain" logic
In school, Chamberlin was attracted to chemistry because it was quantitative and logical—a chance to combining abstract reasoning with hands-on observations. For a young woman interested in science and math, she says it's easy to get the impression that "left brain" logical and analytical skills are all that matters.
She advises future scientists to develop other strengths, too—to remember that to get projects funded and publicized, one must be able to write and speak well. And to succeed in project work, one must also be able to organize, mentor, and lead a team.
Many of Becky's female colleagues echo these same themes. Fortunately for the Lab—and for science and humanity—they didn't stop believing in themselves, embracing the character, courage and commitment that the Women's History Month worldwide celebrates.
Addressing nuclear danger concerns through science
A nuclear forensics chemist and nonproliferation expert, Chamberlin is helping our technical experts bring forward a more comprehensive effort on the science of detecting nuclear weapons development.
Addressing the concerns of a recently published report warning that the nuclear danger is more complex than ever, and that current methods are inadequate to address the threats, Chamberlin's goal is to help the Lab answer this challenging question is: how can we accurately tell when a nation or group is moving forward from acquiring nuclear material to using it in weapons?
And she also hopes to encourage Lab colleagues to address such technical objectives efficiently, cutting costs and waste.
"We can't be satisfied by just 'keeping the trains running on time' and operating in compliance with regulations," Chamberlin says. "The charge for us all to look beyond our own narrow job functions to see how we can make the Lab a more productive and creative place than it is today."
Helping the next generation achieve their goals
Chamberlin is dedicated to helping the next generation achieve their goals. Chair of the Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund, she recently helped launch a new fund targeted at non-traditional students who want to pursue a two-year degree. So far, 800 New Mexican students have been awarded millions in scholarships through the employees' combined funds.


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Snowmobile enthusiasts who plan to introduce someone to snowmobiling during "Take a Friend Snowmobiling Week," should encourage new riders to take an official safety course. Students can receive their snowmobile license or safety certification at snowmobile-ed.com in plenty of time to take part in the Feb. 8-17 campaign.
Students who must receive their certification to operate a snowmobile pay a one-time fee, which is due only if they pass the test. Students can take the test as many times as they need to pass it. Plus, the course is available on any device, so students can access the course on the Web even if the only way they have to connect to the Internet is via their smartphone.
The new mobile-ready course features videos, realistic illustrations and interactive animations that make it easier and more fun to learn how to safely operate a snowmobile. The course's snowmobile safety video series teaches about the appropriate riding gear, riding in various conditions, loading and unloading, plus much more.
"Our goal in developing this series was to create videos that would be fun for students to watch," Kurt Kalkomey, president of Kalkomey Enterprises, said. "We wanted to use humor, where appropriate, to focus the student's attention on the safety advice."
Kalkomey Enterprises produces snowmobile-ed.com. He continued, "We also wanted to avoid lecturing. Our videos are meant to engage students with opportunities to explore and select the best options for staying safe while operating their machine. This helps students develop true understanding rather than just memorizing the lesson."
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"Take a Friend Snowmobiling Week," is held to encourage those in the snowmobile community to invite friends and family members to give snowmobiling a try. Snowmobiles are a fun way for people to enjoy winter and visit beautiful areas they might otherwise never see. To learn more about "Take a Friend Snowmobiling Week," visit http://www.gosnowmobiling.org.
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Creating 3D content for still and motion graphic projects can be easy now with Photoshop CS5. In the past the time required to master sculpting, rigging and rendering 3D images in Maya has always been a barrier. Photoshop CS5 has changed all that. Now you can create and texture 3D shapes and lettering in a flash with a robust and straightforward Photoshop CS5 addition called Repousser (French for the process of creating raised designs by hammering from the rear of a material like tin or brass).
The shapes that you extrude into 3D can either be taken from Photoshop's extensive shapes library (which can be supplemented by free downloads on the web like, Smashing Magazine's ultimate collection of custom shapes) or created by drawing your own custom shapes with the pen tool. Once your 3D shape is created you can then apply any number of materials including natural materials like wood. The wood material can be manipulated by rotating and coloring to conform to the 3D shape you create, much like a shader in Maya. And this process can be repeated or altered for all the different sides and surfaces of your object.
You can even combine multiple shapes in one Photoshop document. The shape or lettering can then taken into After Effects with Photoshop's lights and be made to interact with After Effect's 3D camera as you animate your 3D shape.
In the steps below I will outline a simple workflow to give you a glimpse of the process in Photoshop CS5.
Start a new project in Photoshop CS5 by going to File>New. Name your project if you like and set the image width, height and resolution then press OK. Please note here that the smaller the size of these parameters make for quicker rendering.
Select the Custom Shape tool and use the drop down to choose a shape. I chose one of the snowflake shapes. The color at this point does not matter because in the Photoshop 3D Window you will be adding a texture which will contain it's own color anyways.
Next, here's the magic, go to the upper toolbar and select 3D>Repousser>Selected Path.
A notice comes up that says the shape layer needs to be rasterized before proceeding. You can click YES. Magically, after a few seconds the Repousser window opens up and you see your shape is now 3D.
At this point you will have to take your mouse and simply drag down and left diagonally so that you can see more of the shape at an angle while changing options.
Now you have two main choices, to use one of their Repousser Shape Presets and alter it or leave it as is and skip down to the other adjustable elements. For my snowflake I am going to leave it as is and skip down to the "Extrude" portion of the Repousser window and play with depth and scale a bit. In the depth box I typed in .03 because I don't need a real thick depth here and in the scale box I typed in 1.2 so that the edges of my snowflake sort of flay outward at the edges.
Next I'll skip over to the top right portion of the Repousser Window called "Materials" and use the drop down button next to the first item in that area called "All" to view the preset textures that can be applied. There are a variety of these preset textures to choose from and for my purposes I will choose the one titled "Fabric Cotton" because it resembles a snowy texture more so than the others.
Next go down to the "Bevel " area and first I choose "Front and Back" the I take the Height up to 5 and the Width up to 5. And in the "Contour" drop down try selecting different contours and see what results you get in the open docs window immediately. Pretty much any of the will do, see what suits your taste.
Lastly, in the "Scene Settings" area of the Repousser Window you can change the lights in the "Lights" drop down. I chose "Hard Lights" for my snowflake.
Now press OK at the bottom of this Repousser Window to close it and apply all the settings. This may take several seconds as the Photoshop program is saving and interpreting what you've just done. Now you are ready to bring your 3D snowflake into After effects or another animation program to use it. If you'd like to go a step further to refine your 3D shape you can then go up to the top toolbar and select Window>3D. A new Window will open called "3D Scene". Don't be alarmed, this is just another type of layer window which is showing all the 3D elements you've already applied. All you really need to focus on here is the "Render Settings" area about halfway down this box and change the drop down menu for "Quality" to " Ray Traced Draft" and be a little patient while Photoshop does it's thing. Small blue boxes will appear to be moving around the screen as the translation takes place.
Now you'll see that it has softened all the edges out and has made our snowflake look a bit more ice-like. This quality drop down menu is a nice way to refine your shape but as it may be time consuming is not absolutely necessary. But more of a preference in your final output shape. Now we have completed the process and this snowflake can be brought into another program and animated. To see a sample of animation in After Effects with the snowflake click here.
More textures including veined leaf textures, butterfly textures, crystal and glass can be loaded into the presets window from the Adobe Manager Exchange or simply while working in Photoshop going to the upper toolbar and choosing "3D>Browse 3D Content online" and click "Ok".
For another tutorial applying this process to lettering try Creative Cow 3D Text Tutorial or for a quick overview of the entire 3D workflow in CS5 go to Adobe TV 3D in CS5.
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Human rights activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo are denouncing acts of violence by police in Kinshasa against Catholic parishes and marchers on Feb. 16. Police were attempting to halt a series of commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the so-called "Christians massacre" on Feb. 16, 1992, when Christian demonstrators were killed by troops loyal to the Mobutu Sese Seko regime. Some marchers were also demanding the nullification of recent elections, described by many observers, including Congo's Catholic bishops, as fraudulent. Marchers at one parish were surrounded by police and trucks equipped with water cannons and prevented from demonstrating. At other parishes peaceful marchers were dispersed by police with tear gas grenades, and at the Parish of Saint Joseph Matonge, women were beaten by police, according to witnesses. On Feb. 13 the Congolese government also pulled three television stations off the air, two of them close to the opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba and one belonging to the Catholic Church.
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Species: Addax (Addax nasomaculatus)
Status: Critically Endangered (CR)
Interesting Fact: An addax is able to obtain all the water it requires from the food it consumes.
The addax is a desert antelope that is well adapted to its harsh habitat. It has splayed hooves that help it to travel more easily across sand. Its short, glossy coat is grey-brown in winter, fading to almost white during the summer, and both sexes possess the distinctive long, twisted horns.
These antelope are mainly active during the night. In the day, they dig 'beds' into the sand in shady areas to avoid the heat of the desert sun, which also shelters them from sandstorms. Small nomadic herds of this species spend the majority of their time wandering in search of food. These herds previously contained around 20 individuals, but today they are found in groups of four or less.
Once found across northern Africa, wild addax populations now only exist in a fragment of their former range. This dramatic decrease is mainly attributed to over-hunting, as their meat and leather is prized by local people. Other factors contributing to their decline include desertification, drought and habitat encroachment. It is estimated that fewer than five hundred individuals survive in the wild today, with the bulk of these found between the Termit region in eastern Niger and the Bodélé region in western Chad.
International trade of the addax is prohibited and the Sahara Conservation Fund has developed a regional strategy to protect the remaining wild populations and facilitate the re-colonisation of suitable habitats. A protected population exists in the Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve in Israel that was set up in 1968 to bolster populations of endangered desert species. There are currently around 2,000 individuals in captivity around the world that are being used in reintroduction programmes in Tunisia and Morocco.
Find out more about the addax at the Sahara Conservation Fund and WildAddax.
See images and videos of the addax on ARKive.
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Program 1520: Bridges (July 12, 2012) Week 28 There are many songs and tunes commemorating the landmarks that span our rivers and railways. Every bit as powerful as these physical structures, music is our bridge across time and place and our way to connect with one another. Cross all forms of bridges with us this week.Crossing the Bridge…by Kim Robertson from Wood, Fire & Gold (Dargason) Gweebarra Bridge…by Altan from The Blue Idol (Narada) Bridges…by Katie Doherty from Bridges (Park) Dunkeld Bridge…by The Whistlebinkies from A Wanton Fling (Greentrax) The South Bridge of Edinburgh/The Bridge of Perth/The New Bridge of Ballater/The New Bridge of Rutherglen…by The Musicians of Edinburgh (David Johnson, Artistic Director) from The Art of Robert Burns (Scotstown Music)The Nodding Song (Gude'en Tae Ye Kimmer)/The Skye Bridge Dance…by Ceolbeg from 5 (Greentrax) Bellman's Polska…by Christy O'Leary from The Northern Bridge (Old Bridge)[ID excerpt] Dunkeld Bridge…by Pete Clark from Even Now (Smiddymade) Bridge Attack…by Bill Whelan from Some Mother's Son (Celtic Heartbeat) The Cure at Troy…by Liam Neeson from Across the Bridge of Hope (White Records)The Busker on the Bridge…Nightnoise from A Different Shore (Windham Hill)Calum Beag O Thìr a'Mhurain/The Twisted Bridge…by Maggie MacInnes from Spiorad Beatha (Marram)Atlantic Bridge…by Davy Spillane from Atlantic Bridge (Tara)Crossing the Bridge…by Eileen Ivers from Crossing the Bridge (Sony) Trip to Skye/Logie Bridge…by Jock Tamson's Bairns from Rare (Greentrax)


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SPD Sgt. Keith Smith took a report from a man who stated that someone stole an Apple Macbook Pro laptop that belonged to a local business from a warehouse. The victim said the last time the computer was seen was around the beginning of November. The victim stated that the warehouse had been locked, but that he had lost a set of keys to the building just before the computer went missing.
1200 block of S. park
SPD Sgt. Keith Smith responded to an accident in front of Park Avenue Elementary School. A woman stated that she was taking students to their parents' vehicles when a 1999 Chevrolet truck backed out of a parking space and pinned her leg against another car. The woman said she was yelling at the driver but he continued to back up, then hit her and drove away. The driver of the truck was contacted by school officials and returned to the scene. He stated that his rear window was fogged up and he couldn't see anyone behind him. The woman was taken to Baptist Health Medical Center-Stuttgart by a co-worker.
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Each lesson or activity in this toolkit is related to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The toolkit is designed so that each lesson can be done independently, or combined and taught in a sequence. The Teacher Implementation Guide provides... (View More) recommendations for combining the lessons into three main strands: 1) Lunar Exploration - These lessons provide a basic introduction to Moon exploration. Note that this strand is also appropriate for use in social studies classes. 2) Mapping the Moon - These lessons provide a more in-depth understanding of Moon exploration through the use of scientific data and student inquiry. The lessons also include many connections to Earth science and geology. 3) Tools of Investigation - These higher-level lessons examine the role of technology, engineering and physics in collecting and analyzing data. (View Less)
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And if you ever need to keep your tent, kids, zeppelin, etc. from flying away in the wind, just put your Slingy bar on top of it - the things are HEAVY!
(I use the Slingy bar, so I can say that from experience)
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And if you ever need to keep your tent, kids, zeppelin, etc. from flying away in the wind, just put your Slingy bar on top of it - the things are HEAVY!
(I use the Slingy bar, so I can say that from experience)
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Kirk there are a few things I like about the bar that differentiate it from the other bars I've used:
1) Dyneema Rigid Lines - makes laying and untangling the lines way easier, the lines hold their form over a much longer distance than standard kite lines
2) Super Simple Quick Release with no moving parts - a non-mechanical / no-spring / fold-over design that is more evolved than the traditional foldover / velcro combo that I've seen on old school bars (pre-spring loaded style days) by instead using molded low-profile parts
3) Sheathed pass-through safety line, with easy select full or partial depower rings for unhooking. It seems like it's almost impossible due to the sheathing for the depower rope or the safety line to encounter any wear from depower throw (sheeting in and out). It's easy to go into unhook mode and re-configure your safety connection on the fly on the water (either hook to the red ring or the other ring)
4) Simple working center line swivel & top depower pulley, bungeed depower rope - A lot of the center line swivels I've seen on bars are bulky and look over-engineered. I've also heard of them even failing (wtf?) The one on the RRD bar is super simple as is the depower line pulley. The depower line is bungeed to keep it always out of the way no matter how much it is trimmed in
5) Look & Feel - Everything RRD designs incorporates thoughtful aesthetic elements and the bar is no exception.. it has great feel and is very direct.. I'm not sure if it's the lines or the bar material but everything feels very crisp and not spongy.
Only CON for me on the bar is distance to Y-split for ease of self-land reasons you listed earlier. Self-lands of course can still be performed it's just harder. If they put that within reach it would check every box for me
Notice about the pict how in the position of the traditional "depower rope" there appears to be a single unit. It is because it is actually a protected sheath that contains both the pass-through safety line as well as the depower rope.
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Yea, what is already said.
Some questions to answer
What is the line setup from leaders and swivel/safety parts to ends?
Best to use same style - 5line 4line with y at "x" meters 4line equal....
For 4line is it 1 or 2 line flagging?
You may be committed to a specific swivel type
What about from the leaders and chken line?
you may have flexibility. As mentioned throw may or not be a question. make sure safety line will safely work with it.
Older north bottom end- safety works, I just like the release and above bar sheeting
Slingshot swivel up- kite design is single line flag, and their lines are good plus i ha
ve them
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This is a good point and I don't think it was previously mentioned - but is extremely important to bring up. 1 / 2 line flagging is a kite-design attribute and something you should know before you pair a 4-line bar to a 4-line kite.
i.e. a kite designed to flag on it's back to 2-front lines run on a 1-line flagging bar may pinwheel on you, and vice versa you may be dealing with a kite that's not fulling depowering for you with safety punched
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I have an Airush Smart Bar.
Cips between 45 and 55cm super easily.
Excellent Swivel (2011+, the 2010 blows).
Adjustable line lengths (10m, 15, 25m) though i've never flown anything other than 25m. I've flown with it my:
2011 RRD Vision
2011 JN WT3 (sold, needed ~3" extensions on the back lines),
2012 Airush Lithium
2011 Airush ONE
2006 Best Waroo (2006!, RIP)
Does everything well EXCEPT i reaaaaaally dislike depower straps in any bar. I will miss the RRD's rope / sailboat type "mechanism" (has no moving parts). Anyone know if i can convert to this type? That would make the Airush bar a 10/10 IMHO.
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Sounds just like the V3 RRD Bar of the last few years - with the same issues (no 1 line flag), Y way up the line and - this looks new from the picture - no more OSR handles WTF? If you aren't going to flag out 1 line (which may be preferable if you are experienced and crashing a lot) at least give us OSR handles if it all goes to hell.
The depower cleet is the best I have used, I'll say that.
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the V3 seriously lacked the swivel... the V4 and V5 have meh solutions. V4 is the v3 bar with a SS washer to "swivel", and a pulley depower. Same with the V5, v3 bar with a plastic washer to "swivel". My front lines still twisted like there was no tomorrow.
That's part of the reason why i kept the Airush Smart bar and sold the RRD... but then boom... the depower straps are a headache compared to the simple RRD cleet i would much rather deal with untwisting the front lines every now and then.
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I use the Naish universal bar with my Naish and RRD kites. Why? Cuz Nat said to...'nuf said.
Tunces - The driving cat!
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Naish's 2012-13 Universal C-bar matches up & works really well with the following kite brands...
Liquid Force
The Universal C-bar has a very low positioned swivel to make self-landing a piece of cake!
For 2013 it comes in two flavors - Below the Bar & Above the Bar depower.
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72-0. There's not much more to say than that.
The weather was great.
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Paynesville 72, YME 0
72-0. There's not much more to say than that. The weather was great. The stats depressing.
Paynesville rushed, just rushed, for 528 total yards. The Sting? They rushed for 24.
They go to BOLD next week. BOLD's ranked in the state polls and considered a much tougher team than Paynesville. The scoreboard operator in Olivia is nervous and looking at expansion.
72-0. Hopefully it's a low-water mark. And as bad as it gets.
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Gern, during his address at the ribbon cutting, said that the university has hired a number of computational scientists since that initial e-mail in 2006. "They're going to be using this machine to understand water availability in the West; how water is partitioned into streams, lakes and aquifers " Gern said. "We're going to understand how gas, oil and water move in the sub-surface and how to extract them more efficiently so we can gain more of those hydrocarbons. Those require really intense computing."
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WEBSTER � The Saxton Band marched its way to victory last Thursday night, July 10, during the Webster Volunteer Firemen's Parade, when it took home first place representing the Penfield Fire Department.
Steven Quance, the band�s president, said the win is a huge morale lift for the band, defeating larger groups including Pittsford, Fairport, East Rochester and Marion. When Quance learned the next day they took first place, he quickly emailed the entire band.
Quance, of Macedon, has the honor of being not only the band�s longest standing member, but also its oldest. At the age of 60, Quance has been keeping step with the band for 41 years. In 1973, as a Newark High School graduate, Quance still enjoyed playing the trumpet. He�d heard the Saxton Band play in a local parade, and wanting to play with them, he asked the band if he could join them. At the time, the group of 40- and 50-year-olds making up the band seemed skeptical, but it gave Quance a uniform and the rest is history.
Commonly called the Clyde Saxton Band, the group was formed in 1877 in Clyde and named after Charles T. Saxton, a lawyer and politician who was a justice of the peace and president of the village of Clyde in the late 1860s. Saxton was also the son-in-law of the band's first leader, Ambrose Field, and went on to become lieutenant governor of New York. Today, band members come from all over, including Clyde, Newark, Macedon, Phelps, Seneca Falls, Penfield and Fairport, to march with the band. They generally play marches, and are often hired by fire departments to march in parades for a modest donation that helps keep the band going. In the Webster parade, they were representing the Penfield Fire Department, and while the $100 prize went to the band, the fire department shared in the glory of having won, Quance said.
Years ago the band marched for the Clyde Fire Department and held concerts in Sodus Point and Lyons. Then one day, they were approached by the Penfield Fire Department to represent them and from there their marching schedule grew. When representing a fire department, their job is to give the firefighters marching behind them a good solid beat to march to in parades, Quance said. This year, the 22-member band is marching in 17 parades and holding one concert in Clyde on Aug. 17, Quance said. To keep it interesting, Quance said they change up the music each year and even play some new, modern music.
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After a slight hiatus I went back and redid my minigun, namely the barrels in front, and I have to say it definitely looks better. I see no reason for any further ado, so here's the pictures.
NOTE: The pictures are of poor quality due to my using a webcam as apposed to my normal camera.
Also, my newest weapon, the BFLG. Anyone familiar with Doom should recognize this as being similar to the acronym BFG, which stands for Big F***ing Gun. BFLG is the same, only with the L which represents Laser.
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Oct. 30, 2006
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Nationally ranked No. 23 Wellesley College shutout MIT, 5-0, en route to its third consecutive New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) women's tennis title on Sunday. The loss lowered the Engineers' overall record to 8-3 for their fall campaign.
Wellesley quickly posted a 3-0 lead after sweeping the doubles matches. Leslie Hansen and Joanna MacKay fell in the top spot, 8-1, while Mariah Hoover and Yi Wang were defeated, 8-6. Mohona Siddique and Jane Booth-Tobin extended Wellesley's lead with an 8-5 victory over Anisa McCree and Kerry Weinberg.
In singles play, Hali Walther defeated Wang, 6-1, 6-1, in the No. 3 spot. Alex Lucas clinched the match with a 6-2, 6-2 decision against McCree.
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Final Team Score: Wellesley 5, MIT 0
1. Jenna Mezin/Hali Walther (W) def. Leslie Hansen/Joanna MacKay (M), 8-1
2. Jennifer Schwarzkopf/Meghan Stubblebine (W) def. Mariah Hoover/Yi Wang (M), 8-6
3. Mohona Siddique/Jane Booth-Tobin (W) def. Anisa McCree/Kerry Weinberg (M), 8-3
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2. Jennifer Schwarzkopf (W) vs. Mariah Hoover (M), 6-3, 5-1 (Halted)
3. Hali Walther (W) def. Yi Wang (M), 6-1, 6-1
4. Alex Lucas (W) def. Anisa McCree (M), 6-2, 6-2
5. Meghan Stubblebine (W) vs. Emily Chen (M), 6-4, 2-3 (Halted)
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Cleared For Launch In Porto Cervo At Audi Melges 32 World Championship
22 September 2009
Porto Cervo, Italy - On the eve of the largest gathering of Melges 32s in the world ever, pre-regatta preparations such as weigh-in, sail measurement, boat inspections and interviews with ISAF's classification committee are complete. Thirty entries from eight nations spanning Europe, Australia and the United States are expected to compete. The predominantly Italian fleet features 19 of Italy's finest, 3 from Great Britain, 3 from the USA and one entry each from Monaco, Czech Republic, France, Australia and Germany.
Teams front and center of the event, and expected to do well include 2009 Audi Melges 32 Sailing Series Champion Carlo Alberini on ITA-186 Calvi Network with Gabriele Benussi as tactician and 2008 Audi Series Champion Claudio Recchi on ITA-93 Team 93 with American Jonathan McKee calling tactics. Rendering Recchi fully armed and dangerous is three-time Melges 24 World and European Champion Federico Michetti. Recchi's crew also includes former America's Cup helmsman Flavio Favini who has won his fair share of major championship titles including that of Melges 24 World Ranking Champion in 2008.
Also included in the trifecta of potential winners is Pieter Taselaar on USA-169 Bliksem. Long-time tactician Jeremy Wilmot, alongside of his Olympic champion brother Nathan will join Taselaar as he has clearly traveled to Porto Cervo to win. This phenomenal team has been together since the very birth of the fleet in the USA. They successfully conquered the 2009 Miami Grand Prix and since have been competing in Europe building toward Worlds winning both Scarlino and Cagliari.
The teams enjoyed practice racing today under the careful hand of legendary PRO Peter 'Luigi' Reggio. No doubt, the very first Audi Melges 32 World Championship is in good hands, hosted by Yacht Club Costa Smeralda.
Following a brief skipper's meeting, Melges 32 teams and guests congregated in the pool area of the club for champagne in honor of the championship being declared open.
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