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|December 31, 2012, 01:25 PM
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IPSC Rifle: CZ 58: no BS assessment
I enjoy IPSC.
I've been in competitions for a year now. No sharpshooter, but I am holding my own against more experienced competitors. I'd like to try my hand at the rifle category at some stage.
My choices here are limited. I can buy an AR from Schmeisser for $€$€$€$€, or a DPMS AR for $€$€$€, or I can look for a used Saiga AK for $€$€, or I can buy a brand new CZ 858 Tactical for merely $€!!
Rreally, the CZ is masses cheaper than the DPMS (cheapest AR platform), by about €1000!! About €2000 less than the Schmeisser.
That would mean enough saved for a sight, loads of ammo components and reloading supplies to make up the 7.62x39 cartridge.
However, I have reservations and this is where I need existing CZ owner input.
Firstly, ammo. I understand that there are now almost no guns still being made in that cartridge, so will ammo availability be a problem in the future?
Secondly, I understand that IPSC rifle comps involve some CQ stages where the CZ would fair well, being small, but also some LR stages where I may need to shoot at a target 300m or more away. Is the little CZ actually capable of that distance, let alone accurately? I've been given the impression that 250m would be about the best you could expect.
I would buy some sights, but I don't know yet which ones...
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|January 1, 2013, 06:13 PM
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I have CZ 58 and its a great rifle. More then capable of doing what you want.
I do believe you can get it in 5.56/.223 caliber as well as 7.62 x39.
But 7.62 would do just fine even at 300+ yards ( with optic of course) , but it will also be harder on recoil and harder to customize .Not that many options on rails and accessories as oppose to AR platform. But if budged is an issue , I'd have no problem trusting CZ.
I'm not competive shooter by no means. This is just my 2 cents
|January 2, 2013, 08:41 AM
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You might want to join the CZ Forum and ask your questions over there. That forum has more than a few Vz 58 owners, plus there is Vz 58 vendor support over there.
The bonus is that they are a friendly and helpful bunch of people.
|January 2, 2013, 09:16 PM
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Rifle is slowly getting more popular here in Canada. Mostly everyone is still using some form of AR-15 with .223 for minor power factor (150, standard). Most of the targets are close (5 to 25 meters) since many of the same stage types are used for pistol, and in that class you're shooting on the run and in odd positions from barriers exactly as you would with pistol. We only do standard classes, so no 320 power factor bi-pod scope stuff at 300 yards yet for us. Someday maybe, but then a lot of us will have to buy new guns!
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MACKENZIE AND MORGAN are 8-month-old tortie sisters. One is medium haired and one is short haired. They are very sweet but a little shy. They warm up quickly once they get to know people. They need to be placed together.
Milford Humane Society
The Milford Humane Society is open for adoptions at 289 West St. (Rte. 140) on Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. and on Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. Cats are also shown at Petco in Milford on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Additional information about the cats listed can be obtained by calling 508-473-7008. The shelter website is www.milfordhumane.org. All Milford Humane cats have been given rabies and distemper shots, have been spayed or neutered and have been tested for FIV and FeLV.
MACKENZIE AND MORGAN are 8-month-old tortie sisters. One is medium haired and one is short haired. They are very sweet but a little shy. They warm up quickly once they get to know people. They need to be placed together.
GABRIEL is a wonderful black and white male. He is short haired and a little nervous in the shelter environment, but very lovable. He's about 2 yars old.
BLAZE is a 1-year-old black and white male. He also lost his home when his family was evicted and is a little overwhelmed by being in a shelter. He is short haired and will be a nice pet when he has a chance to get acclimated. He has lived with Baby and another cat named Prince.
JAZZIE is a very lovable 10-month-old female. She is a medium haired black sweetheart who loves everybody. She is also FIV positive but in great health. For information about Jazzie or FIV, call the shelter.
SYDNEY is a spunky little 1-year-old pastel tortie. She is short-haired and will be available after vet clearance.
DIAMOND AND DALY are a 10-year-old brother-and-sister pair. They are declawed and were surrendered when their person became ill. They are black and white and Diamond is a little shy. They need to be placed together.
PHOENIX is an older man. He's about 10 years old and hoping to settle into someone's lap for his golden years. He is short-haired and black with a little white locket on his chest.
GOLDIE is a beautiful long-haired, orange-and-white female. She is very friendly and would be great company. She is 8 to 10 years old. Goldie has patiently waited out a 6-month quarantine and has been given a clean bill of health.
TYLAW is a spunky brown tiger. He is short-haired and about 4 years old. He gets along with some other animals.
NOEL is a short-haired calico. She is about 5 years old. She tolerates other cats but would probably prefer to be an only child.
VIOLET AND AMETHYST are a mother/daughter pair. Violet is about 2 years old and Amethyst is a year. They are short-haired torties and are mirror images of each other. They would like to stay together.
ARCHIE AND REGGIE are black-and-white siblings. They are about a year old. They are very nice but a little shy.
JOEY AND JOSEPH are cute white-and-tiger-striped brothers. They are short-haired and about a year old. They are a little shy and would like to stay together in a relatively quiet home. They would be fine with other animals.
Baypath Humane Society
Baypath is on Rafferty Road in Hopkinton. The shelter is open every day from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. All Baypath dogs have been spayed or neutered, wormed, heartworm tested and have age-appropriate shots. They also have a Safewatch microchip and leave the shelter with a no-slip collar. Baypath also has cats available for adoption.The following animals are available for adoption. Further information is available at 508-435-6938 or www.baypathhumane.org.
CHESTER is a 7 -month-old catahoula leopard dog/Labrador retriever mix. His former foster mother described him as a "total love bug." He got along with the seven other dogs and four cats in the house. He will sit and wait for his food and doesn't try to eat the others' food. He is very friendly with dogs, loves cats and gets very excited when he sees children. He rides well in the car, was housetrained with a doggie door, and is working on his leash training.
JAZZ is a 10-month-old male beagle mix. He is an extremely high energy puppy, who loves to play with everyone and everything. He loves to destroy my toys with my brothers and sisters and might have a little too much energy to live with a cat. But he doesn't mind them as long as they like him. He still needs leash training and a lot of attention as he he is still apuppy and has a lot to learn.
LIZZIE is a 10-month-old beagle mix. She is an extremely high energy puppy who loves to play with everyone. She has a dominant personality and loves to play fetch. She doesn't do well on a leash but she is still young and needs a lot of attention and training as most puppies do.
LULLY is a 1-year-old female border collie mix. Lully came to us from a local family who didn't have time for her. Lully lived with three young children and she was fine with them. Lully is a young and energetic girl who is looking for a very active family who will take her for lots of walks, runs, hikes, bikes, etc. Lully will need some training to help her become a great canine companion. She also needs medication for a heart condition.
BELLA is a 1 1/2-year-old Labrador retriever mix. Bella is a beautiful girl who is looking for a home that has active owners. She loves to walk, but needs training and a harness. She is super playful with other dogs.
RUSSELL is a 2-year-old male retriever/great Dane mix. Russell came in VERY thin. We're calling him a Dane cross and are not sure if he will look that "Daney" when he fills out, but does now at certain angles. Russell is a very sweet boy, but clearly starved for attention - as well as food - and he needs training. Russell has a VERY HIGH energy level, but loves to be with people.
REUBEN is a 5-year-old male coonhound mix. Reuben is a mellow adult hound and a beautiful boy who loves to walk. He's definitely a hound who could be strolling along with you one moment, then off on a scent the next, so he would do best on a harness. He doesn't seem to mind other dogs, even a little Chihuahua who tried to go after him. He likes to ride around in the car too.
NIKE is a 4-year-old Patterdale/terrier mix. Nike is a really sweet and happy mutt who is looking for his forever home. He is a little shy at first but will be snuggling with you in no time. A quiet home that can work on socializing would be great for him. Nike does not like little dogs, so he should go to a home with no other animals.
CHIP is an 11-year-old male Chihuahua mix. Poor little Chip is here because his owner lost her home. According to her, he loves milk bones and people food. He would do best in a quiet household with one or two people, but he is not good with little kids. He loves long walks, runs and sitting in your lap. He is potty trained and would make a great addition to a quiet home.
Greyhound Rescue of New England
Dogs are available at Greyhound Rescue of N.E. Inc., Mendon. The shelter can be reached at 508-478-1617.
Purr-fect Cat Shelter
Purr-fect Cat's felines can be viewed for adoption by appointment. The cats have been vaccinated, spayed or neutered and tested for FIV and FeLV. To arrange a time, please leave a message at the shelter message center at 508-533-5855. The shelter Web site is www.purrfectcatshelter.org.
BAXTER is a young adult orange tiger. He was found stray. Baxter is a very friendly cat who enjoys being rubbed and groomed. He is active and playful and would be fine with a feline companion, dog or children. He is short-haired.
MAJOR is a young long-haired, white male with tiger patches. This very handsome cat was rescued by a PCS volunteer who had been feeding him and letting him gain her trust. As it turned out, Major was not a true feral cat but most likely dumped by his family. He is handsome, gentle and loves attention. Grooming time is one of his favorite things. He would make a wonderful companion for a single person or couple. Older children would be fine but please, no other animals.
CAGNEY is an older female tabby kitten with some white. She is a very beautiful girl. Born outside to a domesticated mother cat, Cagney had some very feral ways when first taken in by PCS. After four months and lots of kindness and love, she has started to relax and not be so skittish and is letting the volunteers give her their love. She seems to enjoy being by herself rather than playing with the other kittens in her room. Cagney needs the love and peacefulness of an adult home.
DUSTY is a young adult male. He is gray and white. He was surrendered to the shelter due to the inability to get along with one of the other four cats that were already living in the home. He is starting to adjust to life at the shelter and he hopes to find a quiet adult home soon so that he can show you how sweet and loving he truly is. Dusty enjoys having his beautiful long gray fur brushed while he sits and warms your lap.
MUFFIN is an adult female tortie. She was surrendered to the shelter by her owner, who was moving and couldn't take her. Muffin is truly one of the saddest cats that has ever come into the shelter. Slowly, we are bringing her out of her shell and showering her with hugs, kisses and lots and lots of cuddling. She is a beautiful girl who needs someone who has plenty of time to show her that they love and care about her.
CHELSEA is a young adult, medium-haired tortie. Chelsea and her sister, Margo, were left at the animal control officer's kennel. Poor little Chelsea was in deplorable condition. She was so skinny and flea infested and after her veterinary visit the blood work showed that she was borderline anemic. The fleas had helped themselves to so much of her blood that we kept her in foster for a few extra weeks to build up her system. Now at the shelter and reunited with Margo, she seems happy and curious.
MAYA is a young adult dilute calico. This beautiful little girl, who is just under a year of age, was surrendered to the shelter as a pregnant cat. As sometimes is the case with very young cats, her kittens did not survive. She has a very laid-back personality and seems to be enjoying the safety and security of being indoors. Maya would be a wonderful family cat.
Glenda Hazard is a writer and editor for Gatehouse Media. She is also a volunteer at Milford Humane Society. She can be reached by email at email@example.com or by phone at 508-490-7454.


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Professor, Department of Medicine (Critical Care)
Assistant Professor, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology
Dr. Lewis A. Eisen's research interests include critical care outcomes based research and education research, with specific research interests and clinical expertise in ultrasounds, simulation training and airway training.
Dr. Eisen completed his undergraduate work at Johns Hopkins University and graduated from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed residency, including a year as chief medical resident, at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan. He then did a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at Beth Israel as well. Since graduating from fellowship in 2007 he has been a member of the faculty at Einstein/Montefiore, where he is currently Director of Simulation and Ultrasound Training for Critical Care. Additionally, he is Director of the MICU at the Moses campus. In 2009, house staff selected him as Outstanding Full-Time Attending of the Year.
Dr. Eisen is the author of over 20 peer-reviewed manuscripts. His clinical and research interests include simulation training, critical care ultrasound and crew resource management. He has served as faculty for many regional and national critical care ultrasound courses sponsored by the Greater New York Hospital Foundation and the American College of Chest Physicians.
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The Cellar: Expand Your Palate
Friday, August 01, 2014
At the next tasting, which is this Monday August 4th, participants will be exploring the grape varietals Viognier, Cabernet Franc and Malbec. Not only will participants be sampling 3 different expressions of each grape, they will also be learning about the region where the wines come from and how the wines are made.
Not your everyday Chardonnay
While many of you will be familiar with the soft and fruit driven Argentinean 'Mendoza style' Malbec, you might not know that Malbec originally is a blending grape from Bordeaux. You might also be unaware that the place in France that specializes in single varietal Malbec, a small town called Cahors, makes a very different style of Malbec – rustic, meaty and tannic. The differences between the various styles are amazing and must be tasted to be believed.
The white varietal we will be exploring is Viognier – a grape varietal that almost went extinct in the early 1980's. Thank god it didn't! If you have never tasted a Viognier you've been missing out. Viognier is an aromatic grape variety known for producing weighty wines. On the nose, Viognier wines are often very floral, even honeyed in sweeter examples. Apricots are the variety's classic flavor association, often with a richness that can be interpreted as ripe peach. Among the Viognier that participants will be tasting is a highly rated Condrieu as well as a single vineyard example from Walla Walla, Washington.
For more information about the Providence Wine Academy or to sign up for Mondays tasting, click here. Steffen Rasch is a Certified Sommelier and Specialist of Wine. Feel free to email him at [email protected]
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Newport Vineyards
Newport Vineyards is the perfect Rhode Island destination for wine lovers year round. Visit the winery this weekend for tastings and tours, featuring an array of award winning wines.
909 E Main Road, Middletown, RI. (401) 848-5161.
Carolyn's Sakonnet Vineya
Carolyn's Sakonnet Vineyards in Little Compton is much more than just a winery—it is a place to get away from the stresses of life and indulge your senses, a place to try new things, a place to focus on you. The vineyard is open every day, and invites you to come for a tasting and tour. Try their Petite Red, Vidal Blanc, and many more of their distinctive wines.
162 W Main Road, Little Compton, RI. (401) 635-8486.
Greenvale Vineyards
Visit Greenvale Vineyards in Portsmouth to sample their estate grown and produced wine, made in small batches. While at the estate, try seven different wines and keep the wine glass for only $12. While you are tasting, take in the gorgeous views of both the vineyard and river. Besides tasting the wines, Greenvale also invites customers to tour the winery and learn about the history and process of winemaking at the vineyard.
582 Wapping Road, Portsmouth, RI. (401) 847-3777.
Maugle Sierra Vineyards
For a trip to a vineyard that includes much more than just wine, hop over the border to Ledyard, CT, to check out Maugle Sierra Vineyards. The vineyard hosts live music on Fridays and Sundays to compliment your wine tasting experience. Pack a dinner or light fare and enjoy a tasting session in the Sierra Room while you take in the sunset.
825 Colonel Ledyard Highway, Ledyard, CT. (860) 464-2987.
Nickle Creek Vineyards
Nickle Creek Vineyard is a family owned and operated Rhode Island wine treasure. The winery, located in Foster, makes it their mission to handcraft the most unique, high quality wines in the business. All wines are created in small batches, giving them a distinctly unique taste. This weekend, visit their tasting room to try their variety of wines. On your way out, be sure to pick up a bottle of Foster Nights to get you through those chilly New England evenings.
12 King Road, Foster, RI. (401) 369-3694.
Nashoba Valley Winery
Take the bite off the winter chill this weekend and take a drive to Nashoba Valley Winery in Bolton. The winery hosts tasting events everyday from 10am-4:30pm For $5, receive a free tasting glass and samples of up to five different wines. Some favorites include Strawberry Rhubarb Wine, Holiday Special Cranberry Apple (a new release in November 2013), and New English Cider. If you are in the mood for something other than wine (if that's possible), check out their beer selection as well!
100 Wattaquadock Hill Road, Bolton, MA. (978) 779-5521.
Bishop's Orchards Winery
The wines from Bishop's Orchards Winery and Farm Market in Guilford, CT, have won over 179 medals since the winery opened in 2005. The tasting room at Bishop's is open seven days a week year round, so no time is off-limits for wine tasting. Head over on the weekend to enjoy a winery tour pre or post tasting session. While visiting the winery, also be sure to check out the market for fresh baked goodies.
1355 Boston Post Road, Guilford, CT. (203) 453-2338.
Diamond Hill Vineyards
For a cool twist on classic wine labels, look no further than Diamond Hill Vineyard in Cumberland. At Diamond Hill, you can get custom designed wine labels perfect for any occasion. If you're interested in tasting the wines, visit their elegant tasting room for samples of their high quality wines such as Cranberry Apple, Estate Pinot Noir, or Blackberry.
3145 Diamond Hill Road, Cumberland, RI. (401) 333-2751.
Westport Rivers
Westport Rivers Vineyard & Winery
Tucked away on the southern coast of Massachusetts, Westport Rivers Vineyard & Winery, located about an hour's drive from Worcester, is worth the trip. For only $10, you can take home a special edition etched wine glass and enjoy a tasting of up to six of their award-winning wines. While the tasting room is open Monday-Saturday, free winery tours are also offered to the public every Saturday from 1-3pm.
417 Hixbridge Rd, Westport, MA. (508) 636-3423.
Travessia Winery
Found on the southern Massachusetts coast about 30 minutes outside of Providence, is Travessia Winery in New Bedford. This micro-winery puts a twist on traditional wine culture with its cool urban flair. Travessia is open for sales and tastings Wednesday-Sunday, and invites customers to come in and enjoy their unique variety of wines.
760 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA. (774) 929-6534.
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For an introduction to doing some housekeeping around a blog, I really liked what Past in the Present said in a post just the other day.
"One of the interesting things about a blog is the fact that it's organic. It grows along with its writer, and as you feel your way through it, you're able to go back and make adjustments from time to time."
I couldn't agree more. I would also add that the act of blogging itself is organic.
As opposed to the static nature of the book and/or article, blogging is not necessarily a terminal act. Sure, one can go back and write something to adjust a statement made earlier in a book or article (or even make a statement to counter that which was mentioned), but the book still stands on its own. Without a "hyperlink" or "living addendum" made obvious to a reader who takes the book alone and takes it for its face value, the original statement(s) made by the author in the original work still stand. Without knowledge of the change, the reader is going to read what the author had to say and perhaps interpret meaning in what was said.
In a blog, however, there is really no need for interpretation. The author (as long as he/she is still around and blogging) is present and can be asked for clarification of a point made in, for example, a post. The ensuing dialogue should provide further clarification of points as if it were a stream of consciousness. In some sense, blog posts may represent the blogger thinking out loud, therefore representing an effort to think through a particular subject. The exchange between reader and author that follows the post should be seen as organic or flowing and not stagnating in a pool of interpretation over the meaning of the author's words.


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Mathu Andersen, creative producer on RuPaul's Drag Race, creative director on Drag U, and RuPaul's personal hair and makeup artist, crafts intricate selfies for his personal instagram account.
With his talents on board, he make himself up to portray diverse whimsical androgynous personas that comment on gender aesthetics.
Andersen was recently recognized on Instagram's very own account for his skeletal Halloween look, gaining the photo almost 500,00 and Andersen a ton of new followers.
"…I like being that special thing that people can stumble upon and perhaps even get excited enough to share with others and I like to be left to my own devices and whimsy."
His portraits are inspirational pieces of art that influence new make-up techniques in runways and up-scale fashion photo-shoots.
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Credit the boisterous pro-American crowd, the hard courts or just the experience gained throughout the long tennis season, but one thing is certain: players from the United States have enjoyed a wave of success at the U.S. Open this year.
While just six Americans (four men and two women) made it to the third round in New York in 2008, this year six American men and four women advanced that far in the tournament. And while the veteran U.S. players — Serena and Venus Williams, Andy Roddick and James Blake — were all part of that group, this year's Open also proved to be a great showcase for less established American talent.
Perhaps the biggest star to emerge is 17-year-old Melanie Oudin. Although she first burst onto the scene by upsetting Jelena Jankovic at Wimbledon this summer, it is in front of the New York fans that the Georgia teen has blossomed with stunning wins over No. 4 Elena Dementieva and No. 29 Maria Sharapova.
In both of those matches, there were many times where Oudin could have folded beneath the pressure of the situation and the talent of her opponent. Against Sharapova in the third round, Oudin couldn't convert on a number of decisive points in the second set. She never showed any negativity, however. Aided by some less than stellar serving by Sharapova, Oudin collected herself and ultimately evened the match at one set each.
Many other players, including those with much more experience than Oudin, wouldn't have been able to sustain that mental toughness. Even players currently in the top 10 often struggle with nerves and pressure.
The fact that Oudin is so successful in that regard bodes well for her continued success. Her on-court skills can continue to be refined, but mental tenacity is something that most champions have innately.
What Oudin lacks in size (she's generously listed as 5-foot-6), she makes up for in speed and perseverance. While a powerful serve and good forehand are generally regarded as some of the most potent weapons a player can possess, Oudin shows it is possible to excel by running down virtually every return and forcing her opponent to hit more shots. She doesn't produce as much firepower as other women on Tour, but the way she handled some of the blasts from Sharapova shows that she can neutralize the power game.
Oudin is now the third-ranked American on the WTA Tour behind Serena and Venus Williams and gives the United States another player who really can do some damage in big tournaments. Just four to six weeks ago she was focused on trying to get into the U.S. Open and worrying about whether she might need tournament wildcard entries. Now look how far she's come. As she gains experience, Oudin should become an even stronger competitor.
The breakout performance in the men's draw has been turned in by 24-year-old John Isner, who turned pro in 2007. With a big serve, consistent groundstrokes and high-risk, high-reward strategy, Isner is quickly advancing through the ranks. Showing no residual effects from the case of mononucleosis that forced him to miss both the French Open and Wimbledon this year, Isner has momentum from strong summer results and is peaking at the U.S. Open.
While his 38 aces and 90 total winners in a five-set victory over No. 5 Roddick were impressive, what stood out even more was his ability to beat the top-ranked American in a fifth-set tiebreak. Isner took the game out of Roddick's hands, raised the level of his play and convincingly earned a spot in the fourth round.
As Isner continues to improve his fitness and movement on the court, there's no doubt that he can continue to advance in the rankings and consistently find himself deep in tournaments. You can't teach height, and Isner's 6-foot-9 frame makes him a tall order to defeat.
He and U.S. Open doubles partner Sam Querrey are the rising men's stars behind Roddick. After admiring Andy and aspiring to his level of success, both John and Sam are at the point in their careers where they need to make that a reality. Isner and Querrey have shown they have the talent to be top-10 players and have had big wins over top Tour players. Now they need to string together those wins and follow Roddick's example by getting more physically fit.
Even though 26-year-old Jesse Witten bowed out in the third round, the U.S. Open did remarkable things for his flagging tennis prospects. Dropped by his only sponsor earlier in the year and bouncing around small challenger events, Witten was contemplating retirement. One week at the U.S. Open recharged his career.
He soundly defeated No. 29 Igor Andreev in the first round and nearly knocked off No. 4 Novak Djokovic before falling in four tightly-contested sets in the third round. Those performances should demonstrate that he has a future in professional tennis and motivate him to get into the best shape of his life. Hopefully, this will give him the confidence and the spark to continue on.
The hard part is that he's still not ranked and will head off to another small tournament next weekend. Witten will need to find the same motivation in front of the one hundred or two hundred fans there that he did in front of large and loud crowds in New York.
One American that few expected to make an impact in this year's draw is Taylor Dent. Bedridden for weeks after back surgery in 2007 and out of tennis for over two years, he has taken his serve-and-volley game to the third round at the U.S. Open. His utter joy at being back on a big stage has been contagious. The reaction of the crowd after his five-set, second-round victory over Ivan Navarro was one of the highlights of the tournament thus far.
Even though he faces a tough challenge against No. 2 Andy Murray in the third round, Dent's performance has erased many question marks about his ability to mount an effective comeback.
The success of the younger American players should have a trickle-down effect to junior players across the United States. When they see someone like Oudin knock off some of the Tour's best players, it is bound to give them confidence about their own chances. The word Oudin has printed on her signature sneakers, "Believe," could become the mantra for a whole generation of American tennis youth.


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Erik (Alfred Leslie) SatieFrench
If the professors of the Paris Conservatoire had ever had to elect a student as least likely to succeed, it is possible that Erik Satie would have won hands down. Slow to progress, his skills at the piano were so poor that he was said to take three months to learn even the simplest of pieces. Satie, however, was not prepared to let an institution stand in his way and set about writing works which, although imbued with originality and a novel use of harmony, were simple enough for him to play in the salons and cafés of bohemian Paris.
Regarded by some as the father of minimalism in music, Satie wrote simple, frequently unobtrusive pieces. His musical vision perhaps seems sadly prescient - on one occasion he instructed a group of musicians to play a piece, which he had composed as background music, during the interval of a concert. He was horrified when the audience began to return to their seats and implored them to carry on as if nothing were any different.
Many of the minimalists Satie inspired picked up on his use of "white note" harmony, an aversion to modulation which drives composers to make new uses of old scales by means such as composing in the church modes or using extended chords. However, Satie also made references to Eastern chromaticism in a similar manner to Debussy. The two were close friends and influenced each other to a degree. Even such a technician as Stravinsky acknowledged that "...French music is Bizet, Chabrier and Satie".
Satie collaborated with many of the finest creative minds in Paris, including Picasso, Milhaud and Cocteau, but he was an intensely private man. He was only known to have had one relationship in his life, and he allowed no one inside his apartment. Eventually he fell victim to alcoholism, which led to his death from cirrhosis of the liver.
To many, Satie is known chiefly as an eccentric who filled his wardrobe with umbrellas and wrote pieces with titles like "Trois morceaux en forme de poire" (Three pieces in the form of a pear) just to be obstreperous. Although his bizarre reputation may have contributed his music's popularity, it has perhaps meant that his work is seen as a collection of stunts and tricks. It would be a shame if the odd titles of his pieces and details of his life were to detract from what is often honest, unique music.
Related Composers: Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc, Milhaud
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How the Ultrarich Can Help Fix the Affordable Housing Crisis
by Chuck CollinsJul 23, 2018
- A growing number of people invest in real estate they never intend to occupy and push up prices for the rest of us. Cities should make them pay.
Remember When We Toppled SOPA/PIPA in Just 24 Hours? How the People Can Still Win on Net Neutrality
by Josh Levy and Hannah SassamanFeb 28, 2014
- When it comes to limiting digital rights, big companies are in cahoots with governments like never before. But the belief that everyone deserves safe, affordable, and private access to the Internet is taking off.
Marriage Equality Victories Show How Change Happens, One Step at a Time
by Gar AlperovitzMay 09, 2013
- Before 2004, no state allowed same-sex marriage. Today, it's legal in 12 states and the District of Columbia. If you want to see how political progress is made, look to the local level.
Why the TransPacific Partnership is a Scary Big (Trade) Deal
by Kristen BeifusMay 08, 2013
- A super-sized NAFTA, the TPP gives foreign corporations privileges that can override domestic laws on environmental health and citizens' rights. Here's why we shouldn't let it pass without a fight.
From the Culture of Aloha, a Path Out of Gun Violence
by Poka LaenuiFeb 07, 2013
- Beneath mainstream culture runs a current of domination, individualism, and exclusion that is harming our children. We assume this is normal—but is it really?
Greenpeace's Kumi Naidoo: Time to Stand Against Big Oil in the Arctic
by Kumi NaidooNov 13, 2012
- Oil companies—and many of our political leaders—see melting sea ice as an opportunity to drill deeper. Fortunately, you don't have to occupy an Arctic drilling platform to join the growing movement of people who are putting themselves on the line for our planet's future.
How Voter Suppression Could Swing the Election
by Greg PalastAug 24, 2012
- It won't be easy to protect our votes from being sidelined and stolen this year, but here are a few simple things we can do.
Creating Change is the People's Job
by Deepak BhargavaMay 23, 2012
- We—not just the president—have to be the agents of change in our society. How do we extend our electoral organizing beyond the elections?
Now, Let's Occupy the Ballot
by Van JonesFeb 28, 2012
- During election season, all eyes turn to politics. How do we ensure that the interests of the 99 percent are represented in the halls of power?
Change Now, Vote Later
by Nathan SchneiderFeb 28, 2012
- Political answers will come when we build a network of solidarity and action that pushes on all fronts for a true democracy.
Prevent a Tar Sands Disaster
by Nellis Kennedy-HowardAug 19, 2011
- Why developing the tarsands has been called "world's most destructive project."
Two Points for the Tea Party. Now What?
by David KortenJun 16, 2011
- We can all agree that we've got deficit and spending problems. But where do we go from here?
Young Voters: Don't Write Them Off
by Rob "Biko" BakerMar 30, 2011
- Why anyone who believes that under-30 Americans aren't tuned in to the future and ready to act is fooling themselves.
Legal Pros Say No to Citizens United
by Jeffrey D. Clements and Ben T. ClementsNov 17, 2010
- Experts call for Constitutional amendment to take back democracy from corporations.
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- How the cap-and-cash-back bill can clear a deadlocked Senate–and make most Americans better off.
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Health Care: A Roentgenogram (continued), Part III, fin
What's wrong with the current system? Gross inefficiency, redundancy of services (generally lowering overall quality because the added programs lack adequate proficiency and don't significantly improve access), irrational deployment of resources (i.e. too many specialists and too few primary care physicians, simultaneous physician gluts and shortages in different geographies, an excessive density of programs providing complex high cost care in some locations, a dearth of such programs in others), inadequate provision of primary care, psychiatric care, & translational care facilitating recovery once the patient is released from the hospital), increasingly arcane and inscrutable bureaucracy associated with fees and payments, antiquated processes (incomplete and disorganized medical documentation via pen and paper, versus (fully) electronic record keeping utilized by other countries), inadequate validation of processes, a lack of quality assurance, excessive negligence, inadequately investigated bad outcomes, inadequate trending and statistical analysis of outcomes, inadequate safeguards or remedies for negligence, runaway litigation, physician incompetence and impairment, inadequate regulation and/or control of insurance company practices, lack of adequate preventative or therapeutic care for the poor, the elderly, or children, a distorted focus on procedures versus outcomes, a failure to consider the whole person when treating patients, an inadequate focus on the psychological dimensions of illness, on the social and employment aspects of illness, inadequate mechanisms for addressing pain control, especially in terminal illness, inconsistent and arbitrary approaches to end-of-life-care (if you think your grandmother isn't already refused adequate or compassionate treatment as an elderly patient, you're sadly mistaken), inadequate recourse for patients denied choice or coverage, inadequate recourse for physicians or hospitals denied payment for indicated services or procedures. I could go on with the list, or expand any of these items in detail, but that would only add to the tedium of this already languid litany. I suspect most of the charges I've leveled will not sound unfounded or unfamiliar to you.
What is to be done? Obama's initiative and what congress has done with it as a reform package is far from perfect and doesn't begin to go far enough in terms of tinkering with the mechanics of very fouled up health care system. Nevertheless, it's a lifeline thrown to a drowning person and if we are to have any chance of preserving our wellness—personal, societal, financial—we must grab it avidly and quickly. There is no chance the proposed changes will aggravate our predicament, and every chance they will improve it in manifold and significant ways. The plan will add to our choices as health care consumers, lower costs, and begin the process of trimming waste. The plan will also protect the uninsured (and the insured) from being without adequate coverage to manage catastrophic illness. In doing so, the proposed reforms will protect the rest of us from the high expenses to society associated with refusing to provide care when it is still timely and effective.
Beyond the plan we need a peer review system comparable to that used by NIH (National Institute of Health) which is run by the government yet is highly efficient, effective, and in fact as research systems go, is the envy of the world. Disinterested physicians, and other health care experts, (versus government bureaucrats) need to determine the appropriate use and deployment of finite resources. Simply pretending we can do everything when we know we can't and can't afford to (the ostrich approach) has to stop. We need to keep our insurance companies, but regulate and restrict them (like utilities) given their stewardship of a vital public resource. No longer can they be allowed to enrich themselves at our expense while pretending to "control costs" by denying us choice in what care we receive and from whom we receive it. No longer should we let them refuse to take care of us once we are sick. Of what use is health insurance that only insures the healthy? We the public need to make informed decisions about what happens to us when we are sick, such choice a welcome change from the current model in which we are kept in the dark as to the motives, workings, and impact of those taking care of us.


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The month of April will be a month of changes for local newspaper readers.
To start, The Dolores Star will be published on Thursdays instead of the current Fridays. So, starting April 4, look for the Star in your mail, or on your porch or in the racks on Thursdays instead of Friday.
This means that all deadlines will move up one day.
To get your letters and calendar items in the Star, you will need to submit that information no later than noon on Tuesday for publication in Thursday's paper.
If you want to get information in the classified section of the Star, call 565-8527 no later than Wednesday at noon for Thursday publication.
The publication day change announcement was made last week, along with many other changes in the local newspaper business. The changes were announced last Thursday by Cortez Journal Publisher Suzy Meyer and Durango Herald Publisher Richard Ballantine. Parent company Ballantine Communications Inc., owns the Herald, the Journal, the Star, The Mancos Times, Directory Plus and Buzztown.com.
Along with the change for the Star, the Cortez Journal will only be published twice a week. Instead of a Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday schedule, the paper will move to a Tuesday, Friday schedule.
After that announcement, the layoffs of eight people was announced at the Journal and three people at the Herald.
Also starting next month, the editor of the Star, Shannon Livick, will also be the editor of the Mancos Times, which publishes weekly on Wednesday.


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WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama and his family have added a second Portuguese water dog, Sunny, to their household, the White House announced Monday.
A statement posted on the official White House website said Sunny was born in Michigan in June 2012 and joined the first family Monday.
The Obamas' first Portuguese water dog is Bo. The Obamas favor the breed because of allergies in the family.
"Sunny is the perfect little sister for Bo -- full of energy and very affectionate -- and the first family picked her name because it fit her cheerful personality," the White House statement said.
"We suspect Sunny will follow in Bo's footsteps and keep the president company in the Oval Office, go for walks with the first family after their 6:30 family dinner and even jump up on the first lady's lap from time to time!"
The Obamas will make a donation to the Washington Humane Society in honor of their new pet, the White House said.


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With the Democrats about to resolve the delegate dispute in Florida and Michigan, and with their primary season about to end, it's quite possible that the Obama-Clinton clash of the titans will soon expire. When this happens, the party will begin to rally behind Obama, and his standing in the head-to-head polls with McCain (already fairly good) may well improve.
At that point, we'll hear more of the already persistent claim that McCain has failed to take advantage of the time available to him during the extended Democratic civil war. But does this claim have merit?
This year's presidential race is, above all, a referendum on two things: the Bush presidency (and the associated years of Republican control) and Barack Obama. The next most important factor is the McCain "brand." This, in fact, is all that's standing between McCain and a deficit in the polls of ten percentage points or more, but it still runs a clear third in the campaign hierarchy.
There isn't much McCain can do to affect the referendum on Bush. Obviously, distancing himself from the president wouldn't hurt, but he has done this over the years — it's a key part of the McCain brand. To take extra steps now to distance himself would risk alienating the Bush supporters in the "base." In addition, breaking with Bush on new matters, or changing his tone, would hurt the brand.
There are also limits to what McCain should do to affect the referendum on Obama. During the Obama-Clinton struggle, he has clashed with Obama on some important substantive issues. But to become involved in the more "personal" stuff would come across as unseemly, to the detriment of the brand.
The two obvious agenda items for McCain are (1) rally the skeptical conservative base and (2) establish his credentials on economic issues. But here again there are limits. To succeed in November, McCain must keep most of the base on his side, while retaining his appeal to independents and swing-voters including the many whose recent conversion are swelling the ranks of the Democratic party. Thus, he can only go so far to appease the base.
The best solution is to be McCain. For McCain is conservative on enough major issues to prevent large-scale defections where the only meaningful alternative is Obama. And McCain has done a reasonably good job of speaking forcefully on some of these issues. His speech on the judiciary is a good example. But McCain should not venture further and embrace conservative positions with which he is not comfortable.
As to the economy, McCain seems to have used the past few month to shore up his knowledge, and to issue serious pronouncments on several key economic/domestic issues. Not surprisingly, some of his positions are conservative; others are not.
In either case, this isn't the kind of stuff that makes a splash, the way a punchy attack on Obama or a major shift in position would, which helps explain why some see the campaign as listless. But in McCain's position, less splash is more. He's the candidate with the clear and longstanding positive image. Obama is the one whose image, still being defined, is already less positive. The key for McCain is to protect his image (and indeed to reinforce it by taking on Obama in respectful, non-personal terms), while hoping for continued good news from Iraq and better news about the economy.
UPDATE: Obama reportedly steered a $100,000 earmark to his friend the toxic Rev. Pfleger. Earmarks, of course, are a core issue with McCain. Thus, depending on the facts, this may be one case where McCain can go after Obama on a matter that doesn't strongly relate to policy without being perceived as resorting to a personal attack.
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By Lincoln Anderson
Supporters of the plan to post off-duty uniformed police officers outside bars for noise control are confident a bill in the City Council authorizing the practice will pass easily. The Councils Public Safety Committee will hold a hearing and vote on the bill introduced by Brooklyn Councilmember David Yassky on April 29, and the full Council is expected to vote on it the following Wednesday, May 3.
The legislation has over 20 sponsors and its anticipated there will be enough Council support to override an expected veto by Mayor Bloomberg.
Two sponsoring councilmembers, Christine Quinn and Alan Gerson, represent parts of Downtown Manhattan.
I am very excited about the fact that the Council is going to vote on the bill later this month, said Quinn, whose district includes part of the Village and Chelsea. I think it will be helpful, to make sure that the nightclubs and bars will have the tools to keep the peace. I think its been pretty helpful in Miami, and possibly Houston. I expect that the Council will pass the bill.
I think itll help with traffic, vehicular and pedestrian, issues, as well as emergency response, said Gerson, who represents part of the Village, Lower East Side and Lower Manhattan. I think itll improve safety of clubs, cut down on horn honking and congestion. But I made it clear, this should be part of a more comprehensive nightlife policy.
Gerson said a clear chain of command must be established so off-duty officers report to the Police Department, not the bars employing them.
Council Speaker Gifford Miller in his State of the City address on Feb. 25, said he supports paid detail:
New York should always be the city that never sleeps, but everyone deserves a little shuteye, Miller said in his speech. This Council is determined to address the problem of excessive noise. Councilmember Yasskys bill will allow bar owners to pay uniformed police officers so they can stop rowdy behavior outside their establishments. Thats what they do at Yankee Stadium, at Madison Sq. Garden and in Houston and in Miami, and thats what well do in neighborhoods that need it when we pass the paid detail bill this year.
Community Boards 4, 5 and most recently 3, have passed resolutions in support of paid detail for bars and clubs. Board 3, which includes the East Village and Lower East Side, voted 22 Yes to 13 No for paid detail; opponents argued that beat officers should be patrolling outside the bars, but advocates said the measure will mean more officers on the streets.
Councilmember Margarita Lopez, however, whose district includes Board 3, expressed reservations.
Although I am not against it, I think you have to be very careful with that, because, in the past, corruption of officers began there, she said. You have to put in place safety measures to not allow that to happen. Some of these places have drug trafficking inside. So the police officer that is outside will be protecting it or will he be making an arrest? That is the reason I think this legislation is tricky.
Up until now, the Police Department has felt the same way. A police spokesperson said Police Commissioner Ray Kelly will make the final decision on whether to allow paid detail for bars.
Even if it gets passed, its still up to the P.C. on whether he wants to do it, the spokesperson said. There are people pushing for it, but that doesnt mean its going to happen. Were waiting to see what happens with the City Council hearing, and the P.C. will be making his decision.
A spokesperson for the mayor did not return calls for comment.
Said Quinn, Im confident that the Council and the police commissioner will work out the details.
Quinn said corruption fears are unfounded, since there has been no corruption associated with paid detail with the stadiums or Madison Sq. Garden, and since the bars wont pay the officers directly, but will pay the departments Paid Detail Unit, which will then pay the officers.
The Police Departments six-year-old Paid Detail Unit was created under former Mayor Giuliani. Currently places off-duty officers are allowed to be employed include the stadiums, department stores, malls, movie theaters and banks.
The Patrolmens Benevolent Association, the police officers union, supports paid detail, according to a spokesperson.
We support the legislation, said Joe Mancini. Its an opportunity for police officers to supplement their income.
The main impetus for paid detail for bars has been the mayors new smoking ban, which has caused an increase in nighttime sidewalk smoking. Also, the fatal stabbing of bouncer Dana Shazam Blake, 32, by a disgruntled smoker at Guernica on Avenue B last April raised fears bar employees had a situation on their hands they couldnt handle. Yassky introduced his bill shortly after Blakes killing.
Lieut. Joe Grogan of Greenwich Villages Sixth Precinct said that the smoking law has definitely increased nighttime noise.
Everyones smoking in the street, chatting on the sidewalk and in the back, he said. I dont know many drunks that whisper. Noise complaints have gone up and it seems to be in part because of people smoking outside.
The New York Nightlife Association has strongly advocated since the Paid Detail Unit was created to allow off-duty officers to work for bars and clubs. David Rabin called the expected passage of Yasskys bill over the mayors veto a big thing.
Its a win-win for everyone, Rabin said. I dont know how the administration is going to be against it
. The public do not comprehend that bouncers do not have police power and cant put their hands on people except in self-defense or to lead someone out. A cop could say, Youve got to move along, or were going to arrest you.
The three major community boards support it, the P.B.A. supports it. Ask any cop if they want this work. They want this work. Clearly this has worked, and its worked in a lot of other cities.
Michael Haberman, chairperson of the board of the Greenwich Village-Chelsea Chamber of Commerce, said, I dont think we have a formal position. I think we think that not all restaurants and bar owners will want to do it, but we think some restaurant, bar and nightclub owners will want to try it to be good neighbors.
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Random Assignment
Allocating treatment and control with multiple applications per applicant and ranked choices
Is optimization just re-randomization redux? Thoughts on the "don't randomize, optimize" papers
Be an optimista, not a randomista, when you have small samples
Tips for randomization in the wild: adding a waitlist
How to randomize in the field
Stratified randomization and the FIFA world cup
Doing stratified randomization with uneven numbers in the Strata
How to randomize using many baseline variables
Public randomization ceremonies
Designing experiments to measure spillover effects
Mechanism experiments and opening up the black box
Sample weights and RCT design
Response to the policymaker complaint that randomized experiments take too much time
Have RCTs taken over development economics?
Definitions in RCTs with interference
Pre-analysis plans and reporting
Pre-registration of studies to avoid fishing and allow transparent discovery
A joint test of orthogonality when testing for baseline balance
A pre-analysis plan check-list
The New Trial Registries
What isn't reported in impact evaluations but maybe should be
Randomization checks: testing for joint orthogonality
An addendum to pre-analysis plans: pre-specifying when not to use data
Propensity Score Matching
Guido Imbens on clustering standard errors with matching
Testing different matching estimators as applied to job training programs
The covariate balanced propensity score
The often unspoken assumptions behind diff-in-diff
Regression Discontinuity
Curves in all the wrong places: Gelman and Imbens on why not to use higher-order polynomials in RD
Regression discontinuity with an implicit index
Tools of the trade: the regression kink design
Other Evaluation Methods
Evaluating an Argentine tourism policy using synthetic controls: tan linda que enamora?
Impact as narrative
The synthetic control method, as applied to regulatory reforms
Using spatial variation in program performance to identify impacts
Small n impact evaluation methods
Can we trust shoestring evaluations?
Using case studies to explore and explain complex interventions
Another reason to prefer Ancova: dealing with measurement changes between baseline and follow-up
Endogenous stratification: the surprisingly easy way to bias your heterogeneous treatment effects and what to do instead
Why is difference-in-difference estimation still so popular in experimental analysis?
Regression adjustment in randomized experiments (part one, part two)
When to use survey weights in analysis
Adjustments for multiple hypothesis testing
Bounding approaches to deal with attrition
Linear probability models versus probits
Dealing with multiple lotteries
Estimating standard errors with small clusters (part one, part two)
Decomposition methods
Estimation of treatment effects with incomplete compliance
What does Alwyn Young's paper mean for analysis of experiments?
Winsorizing, testing balance, and dealing with incomplete take-up
You ran a field experiment, should you then run a regression?
Power Calculations and Improving Power
Should I work with only a subsample of my control group if I have take-up problems?
Power calculations: what software should I use?
Does the intra-cluster correlation matter for power calculations if I am going to cluster my standard errors?
Power calculations for propensity score matching
Power calculations 101: dealing with incomplete take-up
Collecting more rounds of data to boost power
Improving power in small samples
Did you do your power calculations using standard deviations? Do them again.
Power calculations for regression discontinuity (part 1, part 2, part 3)
Power calculation software for randomized saturation experiments
On External Validity
Getting beyond the mirage of external validity
All those external validity issues with impacts? They apply to costs too
External validity as seen from other quantitative social sciences and the gaps in our practices
Towards a more systematic approach to external validity: understanding site selection bias
Weighting for external validity
Will that successful intervention over there get results here?
Learn to live without external validity
Why the external validity of regression estimates can be less than you think
Why similarity is the wrong concept for external validity
A rant on the external validity double standard
Towards policy irrelevance: on the experimental arms race
What's wrong in how we do impact evaluation?
What's in a title? Signaling external validity through titles in development economics
Jargony Terms in Impact Evaluations
A proposed taxonomy of behavioral responses to evaluation
Quantifying the Hawthorne effect
The Hawthorne Effect
The John Henry Effect
Placebo effects
Clinical Equipoise
Stata Tricks
Generating regression and summary statistics tables in Stata
Graphing impacts with Standard Error Bars
Calculating the intra-cluster correlation
Generating regression and summary statistics tables in Stata: A checklist and code
Worm wars: the anthology
Worm wars: a review of the reanalysis of the Miguel and Kremer deworming study
Response to Brown and Wood's response
Brown and Woods response on "how scientific are scientific replications"
how scientific are scientific replications?
The infinite loop of failure of replication in economics
More replication in economics
Systematic reviews and meta-analysis
how systematic is that systematic review? The case of learning outcomes
How standard is a standard deviation? A cautionary note on using SDs to compare across impact evaluations
should we give up on SDs for measuring effect size?
What do 600 papers on 20 types of interventions tell us about what types of interventions generalize?
If you want your study included in a systematic review, this is what you should report
Book Reviews for Books on Impact Evaluation
Review of Imbens and Rubin's Causal Inference
Review of Glennerster and Takavarasha's Running Randomized Experiments
Review of Gerber and Green's Field Experiments
Review of Karlan and Appel's Failing in the Field
Review of Tim Ogden's Experiments in Development from Every Angle
Getting Published
11 tips for making a short presentation based on your research
I wish that other bloggers
I wish that other bloggers would do something like this. It is always nice to have a mini "database" of articles about a certain topic. You never know when something like that will come in handy.
Truly outstanding knowledge
Truly outstanding knowledge management.
Fully Agree with Homira.
Fully Agree with Homira. Thanks a ton David for showing the way. Hope other interesting topics will also have one such 'one-stop-shop'.
Great list - knew many of
Great list - knew many of these posts but not others, great to have them all together in one place. Now David, a follow-up request. I knew your small N larg T paper and its ANCOVA recommendation, but I hadn't seen the posts by Lin on regression adjustment:
A linear combination of both would be great, since "your" ANCOVA is a regrssion adjustment on a special case, averaged pre-treatment outcomes, and those may vary substantially with the outcomes and the treatment effects...
David - I defer absolutely to
David - I defer absolutely to the high level of sophistication of your impact benefits analysis (!) - i.e. the calculation of the numerator of your rate of return. However I could not get a good understanding of the cost - i.e. the denominator. I.e. what is the (social) cost of the impact benefits.
If we don't take the cost into account then we of course we might be saying simply that if you give an entrepreneur $50,000 his business is likely to be in better shape in three years time than one that does not get the $50,000 under most scenarios - which would not be surprising.
Please could you explain What is the denominator?
1. just the value of the business grants?
2. 1. plus BPC management costs?
3. 2. plus transaction costs to winning (and losing) entrepreneurs?
4. 3. plus matching investment from the entrepreneur?
5. 4. plus contributed investment funds (funded by outside loans, equity)?
And if it is 1. or 2. how much of the overall return benefits are attributable only to the grants? Could we assume a crowding-in effect which attributes the complementary investment also to some extent to the grants ?? (I see that you have found no crowding in effect overall but it seems likely to have happened in some cases).
Getting back to the numerator how have you accounted for benefit externalities that might show up in linkages and associated technological spillover effects, which are arguably key to the development of industry, banking and business services etc? (That is, indirect effects that cannot be accounted for through performance of the treatment or control group enterprises). OR how do you allow for possible contamination of the control group by technological spillovers generated by enterprises that receive awards?? (Apart from the fact hat Nigeria ia a big country and businesses may not meet face to face).
Id really appreciate understanding this since it is key to the validity of the rate of return analysis and by extension the value of business plans.
This should really be posted
Short answer is that:
- the measures of impact take into account transaction costs to the winners, and any crowding out or crowding in of other funding, including matching funding provided by them and/or equity/loan finance that is crowded out. The paper shows a little bit of crowd-out of this other finance, and no evidence of crowding in.
- I am not able to measure the spillovers to the control group, and have to rely on it being a small number of winners spread throughout the country.
- the measure of the cost of the program includes both the cost of the grants and the cost of operating the program (approx $2 million in costs to hand out $58 million in grants).
How is this "curated" exactly
How is this "curated" exactly? It's just a freaking list. Stop saying things are "curated." You can't "curate" a list of things you already published. I'd contend you can't "curate" a list of anything at all. What an obnoxious trend it is becoming to use the word "curated" for "a bunch of stuff a person happens to like." Ugh!
Curate, verb meaning to
I'd welcome the Feb 2018
I'd welcome the Feb 2018 edition of this list!


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The date could not have been any more ironic.
It was May 1, 2003, that President George W. Bush -- in full flight-suit bravado -- appeared on a battleship off the San Diego coast to declare a "Mission Accomplished" in what the White House called its war on terror, marking what was declared as the end of major combat operations in Iraq.
Never mind that more than 4,000 U.S. servicemen and women and untold thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians would die in the years of non-stop violence to come, or that Iraq had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks that had caused America to mobilize against terrorism in the first place, or that the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Osama bin Laden, was very much still at large.
Now, on May 1, 2011 -- eight long years later -- President Obama, who was an obscure state senator from Illinois when al-Qaeda attacked the United States in 2001, stunned the nation and the world with the long-awaited news that bin Laden is dead, killed in a dramatic CIA operation in a Pakistan compound.
Perhaps fittingly, it was the Cradle of Liberty that quickly became the epicenter of a global celebration, as more than 45,000 fans at sold out Citizens Bank Park began spontaneously chanting "U-S-A, U-S-A" as smartphones lit up with urgent emails and a joyous murmur built. Minutes later, a fast-growing throng that gathered around the White House fence broke into "The Star Spangled Banner."
This time, it really was a mission accomplished.
A mission accomplished.
But not THE mission accomplished.
After all, bin Laden's death does not answer the question of what to do with more than 100,000 American and allied troops still fighting an ill-defined guerillia war in Afghanistan -- some nine-and-a-half years after the first troops were sent there in the hopes that overthrowing the Taliban would also quickly yield bin Laden and other leaders of his terrorist network.
Nor does bin Laden's death offer any insight over what to do about the mess of the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay -- which became a global stain on America's reputation in the years following the Afghanistan invasion, and which Obama has been unable to close despite promising to do so on the second day of his presidency.
Indeed, America remains vigilant from a potential new generation of terrorists who had nothing to do with 9/11 and has not been guided or even inspired by bin Laden for some time, but who joined the fray to protest the U.S. actions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Gitmo.
Bin Laden's death changes none of that -- but it does give America and its battered psyche something that has been so elusive over a downbeat decade.
For nine years and eight months, the families of the nearly 3,000 citizens who died at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, or aboard Flight 93 that crashed in western Pennsylvania have seen their suffering compounded by the maddening fact that not only had bin Laden eluded the world, but that none of the other perpetrators have been tried or convicted for their cowardly crime.
The death of Osama bin Laden, a mass murderer on an unthinkable scale, is not only just but long overdue -- a real mission accomplished for decent people everywhere to celebrate today. We can worry about the rest of it tomorrow.


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court has ruled that a $3.75 million life insurance policy singer Frankie Valli and his ex-wife purchased while they were married is community property that must be be divided equally in their divorce.
A lower court had ruled that Randy Valli was entitled to the entire policy because she was listed as the policy's "owner" and beneficiary. But the state high court said Thursday the policy is community property because household funds from a joint checking account were used to buy and maintain it. The policy is currently worth about $400,000.
The couple separated in 2004 after 20 years of marriage.
Valli's falsetto fueled the Four Seasons to fame with hits in the 1960s such as, "Sherry" and "Big Girls Don't Cry."


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Romantic, secluded, quaint, and elegant; you can't go wrong with Oak Ridge Bed & Breakfast. It's just a hop, skip, and a jump from nearby Greensboro, and the owners are always willing to give visitors the inside scoop on local happenings. Lovers of the written word will feel especially at home here; the rooms are named for famous authors, and the B&B boasts an extensive library as well.
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Black Student Association
It is the hope of the BSA to invite members of the Saint John's University and the College of Saint Benedicts community who are interested in learning about some of the diverse cultures we have on campus (primarily those of African heritage) and the people who represent those cultures.
The BSA has four main missions:
- To bring the students of color on campus together to build a better sense of community.
- Promoting diversity of not only black students, but all students of color on both campuses.
- To increase enrollment of students of color on both campuses.
- To encourage cultural identity.
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After more than a year of development, the study looking into the cost and feasibility of incorporating Navarre is expected to be completed in early November.
NAVARRE � After more than a year of development, the study looking into the cost and feasibility of incorporating Navarre is expected to be completed in early November.
Citizens to Incorporate Navarre, the political action committee formed last year to investigate and restart the long process to make Navarre a city, has been updating the 2006 feasibility study. Laurie Gallup, owner of Navarre Properties and member of the committee, said the group was finalizing a five-year budget for the proposed city.
�Once we have the budget done we�ll know how much it will cost to fund the city, and then we�ll be able to go out to the people with more information,� Gallup said.
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She said Citizens to Incorporate Navarre is looking for ways to keep the property tax rate and other costs as low as possible.
The new city likely would contract with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff�s Office for law enforcement.
Navarre residents already pay into a Municipal services benefit unit for their fire departments, have a co-op for water services and contract with Waste Management for garbage disposal. Those costs would not change.
Among services the committee is looking to add are a parks and recreation department and a planning and zoning department.
�We really need to have a better plan here in Navarre,� Gallup said. �The growth has just overcome us and we really need to start to do some serious planning, some wise planning so we don�t destroy what we�ve got.�
In order for Navarre to incorporate, a special act must first be approved by both houses of the Florida Legislature and then signed by the governor. After that, voters would decide the issue in a referendum.
Gallup said the plan is to have the act filed in the Florida House by September of next year so the Legislature could vote on it in January 2015. If approved, a referendum would be held for residents in the proposed city limits later that year.
The city then would be formed in 2016.
The proposed boundaries for the city of Navarre are the Okaloosa County line to Edgewood Drive, which includes Holley by the Sea. The city limits include Navarre Beach but not Holley, where residents have opposed incorporating.
CHECK IT OUT: Citizens to Incorporate Navarre has scheduled a Casino Night fundraiser for 7 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Navarre Conference Center. It will feature poker, blackjack, roulette, Texas hold-em and other games. Admission is $50 and includes food from local restaurants.
Contact Daily News Business Editor Dusty Ricketts at 850-315-4448 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @DustyRnwfdn.


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Feb. 23, 2014
CLEMSON, S.C. (seminoles.com) – A hard-nosed rebounding effort by the Florida State women's basketball team elevated it to a 59-43 victory at Clemson on Sunday afternoon at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, S.C.
The Seminoles (18-9, 6-8) recorded a season-high 56 total rebounds, including a season-best 30 on the offensive glass. The 30 offensive rebounds were the most Clemson has ever given up, as FSU used a lot of long rebounds to help maintain possession for the majority of the game.
Senior forward Natasha Howard became Florida State's second all-time leading scorer on Sunday, producing her 38th double-double with 19 points and 14 rebounds. It was also Howard's 12th double-double of the year, tying the single-season record held by former player Laine Lasseter, who totaled 12 when she was a freshman in 1978-79.
"Our rebounding was great today," FSU head coach Sue Semrau said. "We didn't shoot the ball particularly well but the rebounds allowed us to have more possessions and get second-chance opportunities. It was a good win for us and now we have to focus on a very good team coming to Tallahassee on Thursday in Georgia Tech."
Howard passed FSU great Tia Paschal for second on the single-season scoring list, now showing 1,666 career points. The FSU leader in career scoring is Sue Galkantas (1980-84), who scored 2,323 points.
Clemson was held to 32.6 percent shooting (15-of-46), and made just eight second-half buckets. FSU capitalized on second-chance points all afternoon, winning the battle 25-14. Freshman Ivey Slaughter helped the `Noles with points and rebounding in the paint, scoring seven points and nine rebounds.
Fellow freshman Brittany Brown was all over the court on Sunday, hustling after loose balls and making the little plays that mattered. The Fort Walton Beach, Fla., native garnered a career-high 11 rebounds and added six points. Overall, FSU shot 23-of-67 (34.3 percent) from the field.
The victory today puts Florida State in a three-way tie for eighth-place in the ACC with Miami and Virginia with two games left to play in the regular season.
FSU charged out to an 8-0 run to begin the second half and held a 38-23 lead with 15:50 remaining in the game. Five of those eight points were scored by Morgan Jones on an offensive put-back and a 3-pointer from the left wing, marking her 51st trey of the year to tie her with former players Wendy Hampton and Mara Freshour for ninth on the single-season list.
The Tigers responded with a quick 6-0 run to cut the FSU lead to 38-29 with 13:41 remaining. However, the `Noles used a key corner 3-pointer by Emiah Bingley and an inside bucket by Howard to get back to a 43-29 advantage. Both teams were turning the ball over quite a bit over the next media stretch, but FSU maintained a double-digit lead at 47-35 with 7:06 left.
After Nikki Dixon's free throw cut the Clemson deficit to 47-38 with 4:22 left in the game, Jones made a big 3-pointer from the corner to put FSU back to a double-digit lead at 50-38 and helped stop some of the Tiger momentum. A few possessions earlier, Howard grabbed an offensive rebound to mark her 38th career double-double and her 12th this season, tying the school single-season record.
An offensive rebound and turnaround jumper off the glass by Cheetah Delgado beat the halftime buzzer to help Florida State to a 30-23 lead at halftime. The `Noles generated 23 offensive rebounds in the first half, just one shy of their former season high of 24 against Boston College. FSU shot 28.6 percent in the first half while Clemson hit 35 percent of its shots.
Slaughter led FSU with seven points at the half, while Brown totaled six and a career-best eight rebounds. Slaughter also had seven boards, three short of her 10th double-double with 20 minutes left in the game.
Slaughter powered the `Noles early with five points and four offensive rebounds at the 15:30 mark as FSU held a 10-8 lead. Clemson jumped out to a 5-0 lead but the `Noles managed to scrap back on a few buckets from Jones and Slaughter. Brown knifed through the lane on a nice dribble drive and finished through traffic on the right side to put the `Noles on top 10-8 at the 15:52 mark.
FSU scored four of the next six buckets in the game, getting a spark from Bingley off the bench as she hit a mid-range shot from the baseline to give FSU an 18-12 lead with 10:43 left in the first half. The `Noles were all over the glass early, leading the rebounding battle 12-5 in the early going.
A key 6-0 run for FSU aided by the hustle plays of Brown helped the `Noles to a 24-16 lead with 3:26 left. Brown was fed on the break by a nice pass from Bingley for a left-handed scoop, and also had an offensive put-back with 5:05 left to put the `Noles ahead by eight.
FSU finishes the regular season next week with a two-game home stint. The `Noles host Georgia Tech on Thursday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. on ESPN3, followed by Senior Day on Sunday, March 2, vs. Virginia at 12:30 p.m. on ESPNU.
For more information on Florida State women's basketball, follow the Seminoles on Twitter at @FSU_WBasketball and like their official Facebook page (Facebook.com/FSUWomensBasketball).


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If you're pretty familiar with iPhoto, you may be aware that you can select an image and choose Photos > Hide Photo (or hit Command-L) to hide embarrassing pictures in your library without actually deleting anything.
That's awesome and all, but the problem is that your item count in the upper-right corner of iPhoto's window still shows that you've hidden some pictures.
Which is decidedly un-awesome, especially if you don't want anyone to know you've got stuff you'd rather not show. After all, the only thing someone would have to do to see your secrets is choose View > Hidden Photos. Yikes.
One way to completely hide those images, though, is to segregate them from your existing iPhoto Library into a separate one, so that someone who was poking around on your Mac would have to have some knowledge (and a lot of suspicion) to get to them. Not many people would think to select File > Switch to Library from within iPhoto, especially without a big ol' red flag like the whole "look at the number of hidden photos I have!!!!" thing. And you could even pop that new library onto an external drive or something and squirrel it away so that even that trick won't work. As always, I'm not judging you or your level of paranoia.
To get started with your new library, make sure iPhoto isn't already running, then hold down Option and click on the iPhoto icon in your Dock. You'll be presented with a dialog box asking you which library you'd like to open, but you'll click on Create New instead.
After you do that, name the library and save it somewhere. I'd suggest some incredibly obscure place if you're not putting it onto an external drive.
Then you'll need to pull the questionable images out of your original library and put them in the new one. An easy way to do this is to create a folder on your desktop, then drag and drop from iPhoto's window to that folder. You can also use iPhoto's File > Export command, which may be handier for you if you've added keywords, location info, and so on to the photos you're exporting, as that way you can retain that data.
You can also use this to export an entire album, so if it's more your style to drag the offending photos to an album instead of to your desktop, do that and then use the File > Export command.
OK, so you've got the photos out. Now open up your new iPhoto Library by either double-clicking its file or by holding down Option again when you launch iPhoto to pick it from the list.
Then you can simply drag the files into the iPhoto window (as suggested in the screenshot below) or choose File > Import to Library to do the same thing.
When all the photos are imported, you can delete them from your original library. First, though, check to make sure iPhoto > Preferences > Advanced > Copy items to the iPhoto Library is on, as that'll mean the actual files have been copied and you won't lose anything. If that's on, you should be safe to get rid of the old ones. Don't forget to choose iPhoto > Empty iPhoto Trash afterward. And THEN (oh my GOD Apple) the images get put in your Mac's Trash, so clear that out, too. And the stuff on your desktop if you put things there in the interim. Geez Louise! It's tough having stuff to hide.
From then on, you can choose which library to open by just doing the old holding-down-Option trick as you launch iPhoto or by using the File > Switch to Library menu item.
Two cautions: First, be careful if you've made edits to the images you're moving, as copying the edited versions over won't allow you to revert back to the original photos. Second, iPhoto remembers which library you launched last as the default, so keep that in mind. I'd suggest that when you need to get into your hidden library, you make it a habit to open your "clean" one afterward so iPhoto will launch that by default the next time.
Of course, you could use these same steps if you're just looking to archive parts of your iPhoto Library onto an external drive or something, even if you have nothing at all to hide. But it's not as entertaining for me to imagine you doing that, so let's just go with you all being secretive, shall we?


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Ella and Harry had got married when they were in their...
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Cara meets Harry at a party, where she's a nobody and he's most definitely a somebody. Out of all the girls there, Harry feels drawn to Cara - and things get complicated from then on.
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(Reuters) - An elderly woman was struck and killed and six others were injured on Friday when an SUV plowed into customers standing outside a southern California ice cream shop, authorities said.
The crash occurred outside of Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour and Restaurant in Buena Park, California on Friday afternoon, Orange County Fire Authority Captain Ben Gonzales said.
The car was driven by an elderly man who was leaving the restaurant, according to Los Angeles news outlet KTLA 5.
An elderly woman in her 60s succumbed to her injuries at a local hospital, Gonzales said, while five others were injured, two with moderate trauma, and were transported to hospitals. One other patient was treated at the scene and declined transport, he said.
What exactly caused the fatal crash is still unknown, as the investigation continues. Multiple calls to a spokesman for the Buena Park Police Department were not immediately returned.
Authorities had the driver in custody and said he was cooperating, adding that it did not seem as though excess speed was an issue in the incident, according to KABC-TV, an ABC affiliate in Los Angeles.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner; Editing by Kim Coghill)


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Pete Peterson
Who: Pete Peterson is the co-founder of the giant private equity firm the Blackstone Group. He's the less ostentatious half of its founding duo (Steve Schwarzman being the other half) as well as a philanthropist, author, and outspoken economic conservative.
Backstory: The son of a dishwasher from Greece, Peterson received an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1951 and worked in advertising before joining the consumer electronics company Bell & Howell in 1958, rising to the post of CEO. Peterson transitioned to politics in the early 1970s, joining Nixon's White House as an assistant to the president and serving as Secretary of Commerce for a year. Following Nixon's resignation, Peterson rejoined the corporate world, taking a senior post at Lehman Brothers in 1972. He helped revive the storied firm over the course of the 1970s, merging it with Kuhn, Loeb in 1977 and serving as chairman until he was ousted by Lehman co-chief Lew Glucksman in 1983. Two years later, Peterson teamed up with Steve Schwarzman, his youthful protégé; they formed Blackstone by putting in $200,000 each.
For years, Peterson was known as the public face of the firm, the financier and statesman who advised politicians and CEOs alike. Over his storied career he sat on the boards of nearly a dozen companies, including Sony, Federated Department Stores, Black & Decker, General Foods, and RCA. Now in his 80s, Peterson remains one of the most well-traveled senior statesmen on the political-business nexus, although he's retired from the firm he helped found. It's his brash, attention-seeking partner, Steve Schwarzman, who runs the mammoth private equity firm day to day and keeps it humming along. Not that Peterson is necessarily complaining. In June 2007, Schwarzman led Blackstone through an initial public offering that raised $4.13 billion for the firm and earned Peterson a $1.88 billion payday.
Keeping score: Peterson is the 147th richest man in the U.S. according to Forbes, with an estimated net worth of $2.8 billion.
On the side: Since his days working under Nixon, Peterson has remained active in the public sector. He's served as chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and he was chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations until 2007. (He's now chairman emeritus.) A member of countless commissions, panels, and study groups—the Institute for International Economics, Concord Coalition, National Bureau of Economic Research, and the Public Agenda Foundation, among others—Peterson is a lifelong Republican who has spent three decades railing against the federal deficit. He addressed his political and economic opinions in his 2004 book Running on Empty: How the Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It. Peterson is also the author of a memoir entitled The Education of an American Dreamer, which was published in 2009.
In addition to talking endlessly about the dangers of a federal deficit, Peterson also devotes time to his charitable foundation. He established The Peter G. Peterson Foundation in 2008 with proceeds from Blackstone's IPO, starting the non-profit off with a $1 billion endowment.
Personal: Peterson has been married to his second wife, Joan Ganz Cooney, since 1980. With his first wife, Sally, he has five children: four sons and a daughter, Holly Peterson, the socialite-cum-author who wrote The Manny. Peterson and Cooney live in a Fifth Avenue duplex that they purchased from media mogul David Geffen in 2007 for $37.5 million. He and Cooney also have homes in Water Mill and Vero Beach, Florida.
For the record: Peter Carey ("PC") Peterson, the horrible high school student who appeared on the short-lived reality TV series NYC Prep, is his grandson.
True story: Pete's surname wasn't always Peterson. His father changed the name from Petropoulos when he arrived in the U.S. from Greece. "Petra" means stone in Greek and "Schwarz" means black in German, which is how Blackstone got its name.
Vital Stats
Full Name: Peter George Peterson
Date of Birth: 06/05/1926
Place of Birth: Kearney, Nebraska
Undergrad: Northwestern University
Graduate: University of Chicago
Residence(s): New York, NY; Water Mill, NY; Vero Beach, FL
Filed Under: Finance, Philanthropy, Moguls
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Series Awards for 2014!
After listening to your great recommendations, the Kids Tri for Kids Board of Directors has changed some of the series awards to recognize both participation as well as speed!
- We will present participation awards (bags, wristbands, water bottles etc.) for each race, leading up to trophies for the triathletes who compete in all 6 races this summer.
- The top three finishers at each race will receive medals.
- Goodie bags and commemorative T-shirts will be provided for every participant that pre-register online.
- Series Champions will be recognized at the final race at Jordan YMCA!
Awards at each race
- Each triathlete will receive a participation ribbon
- Kids TRI for Kids medals will be awarded for first though third places in each age and gender.
- For each race, participants will receive an additional award based on the number of races they have participated in!(sling bags, wristbands, water bottles, etc.)
- Goodie Bags for each participant.
Series Awards
- Top participant in each gender and age group will receive a trophy.
- Best 4 Finishes will be used to calculate the overall series placing.
- Triathletes who participate in ALL 6 RACES will receive a Kids TRI for Kids trophy.


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Lisa Kerr says Duncan and Kim Laurie are opening their studio, Dragonline, to host the event for KidsROCK, the first phase of acquiring the FitZONE outdoor fitness equipment for Lawn Avenue School. FitZONE consists of handcarved pre-fabricated boulders, and Lisa explains that the boulders will create a beautiful natural element while offering unique climbing and play structures.
She goes on to say, "Dragonline studio was constructed on the site of the old Clothier family mansion and was once the favored location for many artists and artworks. Today, it is used as a studio by Duncan Laurie to design and manufacture architectural glass and for selective projects in sonic art.
"The studio building itself was created using many salvaged and recycled materials, including glass block floors, and an outside staircase removed in a remodel of a R.I. hospital.
"The design of this spectacular space was based upon sacred ratios, with emphasis on phi, otherwise known as the Golden Mean. Sacred ratios appear in many ancient churches and other sacred structures. They are universally considered not only aesthetically pleasing, but the proportional constant defining the place where heaven meets earth."
The party for KidsROCK will be held at Dragonline Studio this Saturday, May 22, from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Tickets are $50 per person and the evening will include hors d'oeuvres, beverages, including complimentary wine and beer, music, dancing and live and silent auctions. Tickets can be purchased at the Secret Garden, Grapes and Gourmet and Baker's Pharmacy.
The Rocket 'hogs report that this year's Independence Day fireworks extravaganza will be held on July 3 at sundown at Mackerel Cove beach. Head 'hog Gregg Charest urges islanders to send money so the 'hogs can blow it up. Mail your contributions to Rocket 'hogs, P.O. Box 1776, Jamestown, 02835.
The 'hogs will be in front of the fire station during the Memorial Day parade on May 31 selling T-shirts and hats and accepting donations. Current information on activities can be obtained at www. rockethogs.com.
*** We found a book that we forgot we had buried on a bookshelf. It's titled, "The Superior Person's Second Book of Weird & Wondrous Words" by Peter Bowler. Here's a wondrous one: Define BOMBILATE. Answer at the bottom of the column.
Welcome Jasper to the island. He is a year-old buff tiger cat, adopted from the Potter League for Animals by Robyn Borges and her family. Robyn said, "He's a dream come true as far as cats go, very calm and very tolerant, with a great personality. Potter matched us up wonderfully." She said her children, Max, 4, and Kathryn, 2, "love him to death."
Incidentally, the Potter League for Animals has been chosen for the ninth time in 12 years as Newport Life Magazine's Best Charitable Organization of Newport County.
At Saturday night's Troop 1 Boy Scouts pasta supper, 92 pounds of the stuff were served to islanders. Now, that's a lot of pasta. To get some reaction to the meal, I went directly to gourmet foods' harshest critics – the young set.
Ana Tamboe, 6, said everything "was good" and that she liked the pasta best. Gregory Ball, 10, indicated that all was well. Our toughest interview was with Ethan Ringler, 4, who when we asked him how dinner was, responded, "I didn't have dinner." It seems he had his birthday party that afternoon and was full of other good stuff. He didn't, however, rule out a stop at the dessert table on the way out. While Ethan and I were talking, Natalie Ringler, 1, at the other end of the table, was working her way to becoming a clean plate club member by emptying out a bowl of pasta and a meatball. No complaints there, either.
Outside, there was a lot of activity in front of the spectacular dessert table. The delicacies were to die for. One of the most creative offerings was spaghetti-and-meatball cupcakes made by 9-year-old Gaelyn Dwyer.
As I was sitting and enjoying a slice of carrot cake, first-year scout Jackson Hawkins sat next to me and, with fingers and a fork, dug into a plate of five different desserts. I evidently wasn't doing it right.
Finally, my thanks to scout Henry Pratt, who is a superb waiter.
Kudos to all the scouts and leaders of Troop 1. It was a bangup job.
Elizabeth Mancini correctly says that last week's poser from B.J. is from "Coal Miner's Daughter," written and sung by Loretta Lynn.
With Father's Day on the horizon, B.J. offers this poser:
"When you coming home dad? I don't know when,
But we'll get together then."
Capt. Robb Roach of the island's Kettlebottom Outfitters reports that its new 32-foot Aerocat should be in the water any day now and ready for inshore and offshore fishing. He says the fishing season is officially here, with the striped bass bite really heating up all over the bay and squid just starting to make their appearance in numbers that make jigging worthwhile.
The Kettlebottom cameras have been busy. They captured John Longo dropping a big 20-pound, 10-inch bearded Tom in the first half-hour of light on the opening day of turkey-hunting season.
Can someone tell me why, if we have money to re-build entire nations, we can't repair our own roads?
"Clelia II" of the Great Lakes line will be in the East Passage Sunday.
BOMBILATE: v. To make a humming, buzzing or droning sound. BOMBILATION: The sound made by a well-meaning father trying to show he is "with it" by singing along with your Led Zeppelin CDs in the car.
*** Be true!
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