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Training on Wetland Monitoring organized in the Park of Kune-Vain Lezhe 13-15 May 2005
4 June 2005
par Violeta Zuna, Eno Dodbiba
MWC project, in view of synergies with all other actors and interested donors in the biodiversity conservation issues, particularly in wetland ecosystems management has been lastly established very good links to the other GEF/WB project on integrated water management which focuses on Kune-Vaini wetland site management.
MWC project, in view of synergies with all other actors and interested donors in the biodiversity conservation issues, particularly in wetland ecosystems management has been lastly established very good links to the other GEF/WB project on integrated water management which focuses on Kune-Vaini wetland site management.
After some meeting and exchange of view points, it was a common understating to keep a continuous exchange of site specific information, problems faced and forms of alternative solutions provided. In this respect MWC will provide experience of management planning process while WB project "Integrated water Management" invited interested wetland experts from Vlora region to attend training on wetland monitoring organized in KUNE- VAINI.
The modules were prepared by the WB project and conducted by Mr. Adrian Vaso, Mr. Taulant Bino, and WB consultant Mr. Ulrih Zeidler.
The targeted groups comprised people from representatives of the Forest Service Directorate in Lezhe and employers of Kune-Vain Park, Eng. Eduart Breshanaj as chief of the Natural Managed Sanctuary of Pish Poro with Forest Service Directorate of Vlora, MedWetCoast expert Eng. Llazar Gjonca, Eng. Hektor Harizaj- expert of Regional Environment Agency in Vlora and Prof. Dr. As. Kajtaz Alikaj, teacher at "Ismail Qemali" University of Vlora.
The training objective was dedicated to birds monitoring.
During the first day (Friday 13 May 2005) the training commenced with a short presentation of each participant bringing information on their profession, workplace and the tasks they perform with relevance to wetland management.
Mr. Adrian Vaso gave an overall introduction of the GEF Project. Main elements highlighted included the description of GEF as and financial instrument, its role and projects in Albania, its relevance to biodiversity protection and particularly to wetland ecosystems. Another part of the introduction was explanation on SGP (small grants program) and the possibilities offered by this program for grants aimed to the intervention in the environment for the situation improvement:
• Action program and focused objectives of GEF and GEF/SGP giving detailed information on SGP (Small Grants Program) and the possibilities offered by this program for grants aimed to the intervention in the environment for the situation improvement. • Respective action program
Overall information on birds was provided by the ornithologist- Mr. Taulant Bino. The main issues with regard to monitoring included some information on birds in the world and Europe, illustrations, numbers / graphics of species for the last 5-6 years and the falling tendency of these species in number. Then participants were informed on the situation of birds in Albania. This included an analyses of the situation between 1998 up to 2001, the species with status "threatened", "endangered", "in risk", as well as the actual trend. As supporting topic of discussion were analyzed the key factors responsible for the descending number of birds species and worsening of their status, that mainly consist in habitats damage, habitats degradation, physical elimination (species) and birds chasing. The bird's definition and different classifications in these definitions were also referred accordingly: classification according habitats, classification according food demand, classification according the season of bird watching, classification according reproduction behavior. Provision with the necessary technical information and acquaintance with knowledge in bird's definitions asks for establishing links with the nature, as well as conducting of the study/studies like Inventory and Monitoring.
Identification method for birds was another issued address very properly through the module prepared by Mr. Ulrih Zeidler. The key topics related to general characteristics of the anatomic particularities (feathers, beck, legs, etc.) and to the treatment of the surveys in field, description of the birds by the observer. Through very nice and exceptional bird's projections, sketches of the topographic construction of the bird's head, wings, tail, feathers, focus was given to the characteristics which an observer should rely in order to exactly identify the type of bird in the terrain. Following these themes, other topics and issued were addressed with regard to identification of some types of birds presented previously, subject to knowledge and know-how taken during the lesson. It was highlighted that in order to have a successful application of such know-how, fixing of some particularities of the bird (consulted with the Birds Guidebook), allows identifying the type of bird. This was interesting, and each of participants could make at least one identification during the practical session.
Some data on birds in Kune-Vain were brought and illustrated by Mr. Taulant Bino, focusing families, genus; the conceptual approaches such as Lagoonians toward terrestrials, reproductive towards wintering, migrating, colonials towards territorials, fish eaters toward the others. This made very clear address to great importance on knowing the species of birds according the above specifications. Knowing in theory the terms permanent birds, wintering birds, nesting and migrating will easy everyone's job that works with the birds inventorying or monitoring in terrain in order to make their seasonal classification.
The other day of the training workshop (Saturday 14 may 2005) summarized the modules and activities of the first day, and was dedicated to a site visit with thematic orientation to identifying techniques, accentuating the lagoons birds. Marching through the park's territory, covering a walking distance of 8 km, through observation means (spy-glasses, telescope), all participants performed observations of many types of birds of Kune lagoon. Their identification was made by the definition of birds particular characteristics and the type definition was then derived from the Birds guide Book.
Some lessons followed which were concerned with birds identifying techniques and census of the lagoons birds. This emphasized the fact that in order to perform an exact identification of one type of bird it is important to ascertain its classification according the habitats in which he lives, being species of maritime waters, shallow waters, lakes and reserves, marshland, bogs, alluvional forests, bushes, low forests, high forests, etc. Views of different types of birds in their habitats were brought as illustration in the lecture.
Another important lecture of this day was related to migrating and wintering birds. It consisted in the main elements such as migratory and wintering community, measurement methods, factors influencing their number (hunting, catching, disturbance etc.) and how to avoid negative factors. An interesting topic was the analyses of the factors influencing in the birds number. The discussion on this topic, in trying to explain its complexity, engaged all the auditory; everyone presented the factors influencing reduction of the bird's number. Further on, all the factors were analyzed, finding the causes and giving opinions for their minimization. Lack of law enforcement and intensive, uncontrolled hunting, habitat damage, were the main factors (mentioned by 90% of the participants) have leaded to the decrease of bird's number. Opinions were given for the way out of the situation.
The first theme addressed to participants during the third day (15th May 2005) was related to nesting bird's situation in Kune-Vain during 2001- 2003. Comparison according the years and observing that the number of nesting birds in Kune-Vain is in decrease. It was particularly analyzed the black swallow nesting in Kune-Vain and was seen that in the beginning of the season were 240 couples, at the end of the season 100 couples and from them all no couple nested. This module focused the causes which lead to lack of swallows nesting, the decrease of the amount of water in the lagoon, which means less food for them, the bad situation, mentioning also the rendering toward rapacious (due to lagoons water level) and the human disturbance as well, (movements, hunting etc).
The second theme concerned with inventory methods of nesting birds. The trainee provided some explanation of the concept of inventorying and monitoring and the difference between them. It was followed with issues like monitoring period, techniques to be used and methods for the monitoring process. At the end the integral analyses of the factors threatening the birds nesting was made by the participants. The man to be pointed aout is: human disturbance, hunting, water level decrease, lack of islands for nesting, damage by rapacious etc.
The third theme of the training regarded monitoring of the terrestrial birds (by Ulrih Zeidler), with particular attention to the way how to achieve a monitoring program: it is important to know very well the habitat wherein the monitoring will be applied and to know the kind of birds living in those habitats. The habitats classification was explained in details, pointing out the areas where the monitoring is performed such as forests, reeds, shrubs, and presented the respective type of birds living in them. The trainer made clear point that before realizing a monitoring process; first of all it is necessary to know what do we expect from the monitoring? What are its objective?. Thus, the key element of the monitoring program would be changes in the bird's populations, subject to managing actions in the area. Other items of this module regarded with the monitoring methods including birds monitoring (methodic and qualitative), line transect (methodic half quantitative) and total territory mapping (methodic quantitative). It was an interesting topic on haw can be realized on site an inventory through line transect, explaining the way of designing this method for a particular area, the birds watched or records of their sounds, for every part of the line transect in land and in water surfaces.
The training concluded with final remarks and evaluation of the knowledge delivered.
MWC Albania, Eno Dodbiba
Violeta Zuna, Eno Dodbiba


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The challenge this week:
"...your challenge is to make something in miniature, something teeny tiny." (Courtesy of Just Crafty Enough)
I was super into this challenge because I've been meaning to make a teeny tiny - yet very useful project - for a long time and needed the push to finally do it.
Ta da!
A teeny tiny flower pin cushion for my wrist. I've been absolutely terrified that the cat will get into my large pin cushion. So I've been shutting it in a drawer. But then when I'm doing a sewing project I bring it out and have to carry it back and forth from my work table to my sewing table so that I can keep an eye on it. Much easier to have a tiny one on my wrist. Then I don't have to constantly worry about it.
And in case you thought that this looks like a teeny tiny torture device, it really isn't. I crocheted a bottle cap into it to block the pins from poking my wrist. Yay!
A link to my project on Ravelry (where you can find the free pattern I used).
And if you'd like to see all of the teeny tiny projects from the Iron Crafters, check out the Flickr Group.
Monday, 14 March 2016
Iron Craft #5 - Teeny Tiny
Posted by Tawny at 17:48
Labels: crochet, Iron Craft, Sewing
1 comment:
- kat said...
It is much prettier than the stuffed circle I made to wear on my wrist!
- 15 March 2016 at 06:26
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Come watch us get our annual hair cut! Thursday, May 24,
Friday, May 25, and Saturday May 26 from 10:00 - 4:00 each day. There will be demonstrations on everything fiber related (spinning, weaving, knitting, felting, fiber cleaning).
There will also be fun things for the kids to do, a campfire, see the angora goats, maybe a newborn calf, and of course Samson our dog! Come and enjoy the day with us.
on Saturday we will also have a brat /hamburger fry.
if you have any questions please email or call--hope to see you !
Posted by BAHRCREEK LLAMAS & FIBER at 12:12 PM 1 comment: Links to this post
Labels: felting, fun day on the farm, knitting, llama shearing days, Llamas, SPINNING, weaving
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
THIS is long overdue post!! During the months of November & December we will have a knit along on Fridays. We will be working together on Christmas presents. Come when you can and leave when you must. You have a choice of working on the Marina scarf by Rosetti. This is very easy and fun-it looks like you worked really hard! the cost of the yarn is: $14.00 and the scarf requires only one skein.
The second choice is a mobius. I have a pattern and you have your choice of yarns from the shop. You will learn the mobius CO. We will be using a bulky yarn. price: $8.95-14.95 skein.
The third choice is from Louet using the Eastport Alpaca. This is the Louet Sampler Scarf using a variety of patterns. the finished scarf is 10" x 56" using 2 skeins. The pattern is written out in words or you may use a chart (a good intro to reading charts).
A fourth choice would be to make a Christmas sock ornament. This a great "learning to knit a sock" and only have to knit a single sock! yarn cost: $6.00 plus needles or bring your own
The cost is $10.00 a week and you may stay as long as you want (if you like you may even bring a lunch :) and enjoy sitting by the fireplace knitting.
coffee, tea, or hot chocolate will be provided).
Monday, May 16, 2011
THE Thursday class on Nuno felting is full so Suzanne has offered to do another on Saturday morning at 9:00. Call early to reserve your spot!
Date: Saturday, May 28th at 9:00 - 2:00 cost $55.00 plus $25.00 material feel.
come and have a fantastic day on the farm watching the llamas get their hair cut and enjoy brats and hamburgers and the campfire!
shearing will begin on Thursday morning and continue through Saturday. there will also be alpacas and a cria(baby llama) here.
we will once again have kids work on felted soap, and new this year is a rug stomp. come and enjoy the fun!!
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Labels: nuno felting, shearing days/open house
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
FELTED llama fiber bird pods
Would you like to make the birds in your yard the envy of all the birds in your neighborhood? Well, you can! Take the felted bird pod class being offered at BahrCreek May, 25. Call 920-668-6417 for details or email email@example.com
there is absolutely no experience necessary!
Posted by BAHRCREEK LLAMAS & FIBER at 5:14 PM No comments: Links to this post
An addition has been added to the felting class on Friday, May 27. You may choose to do the felted hat or a felted vessel. They are totally awesome and Suzanne Higgs, from Michigan is a fantastic instructor! There are still a couple of openings in the bird pod class. If enough interest in the nuno class, Suzanne has agreed to stay an extra day to
teach another class. sign up for the classes soon!
We will also have Barbara & Bob Baer from Raspbaerry Hill Alpacas here with a couple of their alpacas--come and say hi to llama cousins :-).
We will also have a brat fry and campfire on Friday and Saturday during the shearing days. proceeds will go toward bringing our daughter and son-in-law home from the Dominican Republic. Come and enjoy a day on the farm and relax by the campfire or bring a project to sit and knit or spin or bring your rigid heddle loom to sit and enjoy the day.
pray for warm DRY weather!
have a great day!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Something new has been added for our open house. Suzanne, from www.HookedOnFelt.com
will be teaching some felting classes!
the class schedule is as follows:
Wed, May 25- 9:30 - 2:30 Felted Bird Pods
cost: $55.00 plus $20.00 material fee
Thurs, May 26 - 9:30 - 2:30 Nuno Felted Summer Scarf
cost: $55.00 plus $25.00 material fee
Friday, May 27, 9:30 - 2:30 Sculpted Wool Felt Hat
cost: $55.00 plus $20.00 material fee
for the complete description of these classes please email me or call me and i will send you the sample pictures. There is no experience required for any of these classes!!! They are all fun and you will go home with a completed project!! Call early to reserve your spot in the class.
Once again, we also welcome Kris from Colorfield Farm. Colorfield farm is located In Fredonia, Wi Come and see the Angora goats and wonderful fiber, yarn and awesome creations by Kris!!
We will also have a brat fry and bake sale! So come and enjoy the day on the farm. you may sit and relax by the fire pit or sign up for a class!
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Labels: bird pods, colorfield farm, hooked on felt, nuno felting
Monday, February 28, 2011
upcoming events!! LLAMA SHEARING DAYS/OPEN HOUSE
I want to post our annual open house/llama shearing days events and you can place it on your calendar for Thursday, May 26, through Saturday, May 28 from 10AM-4PM. I will post more details in the near future.
Another event starting tomorrow, March 1st is the KAL for Skacel. If you are interested, please give me a call for details and supplies. email@example.com or 920-668-6417
Posted by BAHRCREEK LLAMAS & FIBER at 5:33 PM No comments: Links to this post
Labels: events, llama shearing days, skacel KAL
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Kneel, George Lucas, to the shrine of Peter Jackson. Ye have met your match.
With The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Jackson proves himself to be more than a New Zealand flash in the pan, more than a director of ultra-gory cult films. He has transcended all that. He is now, officially, a purveyor of epics — and adventure epics at that. Dare we compare him to the incomparable David Lean? Dare, we do.
Based on the J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy, The Two Towers picks up pretty much where last year's Fellowship of the Ringleft off. There is no preface, no cluster of text scrolling off into infinity to explain the last movie's actions. It's a daring — perhaps slightly arrogant — conceit on Jackson's part, but it pays off. We are plopped into a scenario which doesn't let up for three hours.
Overall, The Two Towers occupies that special place in the order of trilogies: It doesn't require the niceties of introductions and set ups, and nor does it need to conclude in a nice, tidy bundle. It's a bridge between Fellowship and the third film in the series, The Return of the King, due out next Christmas. But Jackson is shrewd enough of a filmmaker to provide a gripping climax to his film, as well as a wind-down to return us from a journey to Middle Earth back to our Earth-bound theatre seats. Still, the movie's final, chilling moment has its eye set squarely on the third film. You almost wish it were Christmas 2003 already.
Jackson weaves through three distinct narrative paths. There is, of course, the integral tale of the Hobbit Frodo (Elijah Wood), who's been given the inevitable task of destroying The Ring of Power, an evil, corrupting piece of non-designer jewelry forged from the fires of Mount Doom. The ring is a constant spiritual drain on poor Frodo, who, luckily has his best friend — fellow Hobbit Sam (Sean Astin) — along as protector and moral compass.
Joining Sam and Frodo is Gollum, a humanoid creature with grey, translucent flesh stretched taut over his bony body. Gollum was previously corrupted by the ring and the little scampering critter "wants his precious back. " And he'll do just about anything to get it.
A combination of digital animation and the physical movements of Andy Serkis (who also provides the vocal work), Gollum is a miracle of modern-day filmmaking. The character is more than a special effect — it is the film's emotional core: Gollums inner-struggle with his desire for the ring and his desire to do right by the Hobbits is profoundly moving. This may be the first CGI performance worthy of an Oscar nomination.
Hobbits Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin (Billy Boyd) spend much of their time trying to convince a giant talking tree named Treebeard to join the fight against Sauron and his dark minions. Treebeard is the least convincing creation in Towers. With its flapping lower lip, it looks remarkably like the angry apple trees Dorothy and her friends encountered en route to Oz.
The remaining members of the Fellowship — Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), dwarf Gimli (John Rhys-Davies, who brings the gift of comedy to the otherwise sober proceedings), and elf Legolas (Orlando Bloom) join forces with King Theoden of Rohan to defend his kingdom against a swarming horde — and I do mean a horde — of bloodthirsty orcs. The climactic battle at Helm's Deep is without parallel. It's the most astonishing cinema battle sequence of its kind to date. Period.
It's no easy task to navigate three different paths of action, but Jackson makes it seem like a Sunday drive. His pacing is the epitome of perfection, his sense of storytelling, unmatched. Towers is darker than Fellowship, and far more violent (though it's not especially gory). The movie carries a greater sense of urgency — there is much at stake here, and the characters all seem to sense it.
Many of you have probably already experienced the joys of The Two Towers. So I appeal to those who refuse to see the film on grounds that they don't care for "sword and sorcery " epics. The Two Towers is no mere movie. And The Lord of the Rings is no mere trilogy. In Jackson's hands, it's revealing itself to be among the greatest achievements in the short, one-hundred-year history of cinema.
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How to make Sprite Animations!!!
Hello everybody! Today I will be teaching you how to make a short sprite animation. But before we do that, you are going to have to learn how to rip sprites from a sprite sheet. But even before that we are going to need to get the sprite sheet. Now, to get the sprite sheet, just open up your browser (I use Google chrome so this might not work for some of you who aren't using it) and type in "super sonic sprite sheets" (this is just what i am going to use for the tutorial, so if you want to use a different sprite sheet feel welcome to) in the place you type in url's.Now press enter and it should bring you up to a Google web results page, then click on the first link which should say "Images for Super Sonic Sprite Sheets" That should bring you to a Google images results page. Next you need to mouse over the images until you find an image that looks like this. Click on the picture when you find it and then on the new page that opens up click on the link that says "Full-size image", then just right-click and save-as the image! I will be using gimp from here on out so be sure to download the product. (Gimp is freeware and that means that it is software to use for free!) Now, its time to rip the sprites we need out of the sprite sheet we just got. Open the sprite sheet you just downloaded in gimp and crop to this part of the original image.Now we need to seperate each of the images to its own layer, to do this use the select tool and use it to select ONLY the first image from the picture above, then press Ctrl and X at the same time to cut it and go up to the "edit" ribbon, in the bar that drops down, mouse over the "paste as" option and then click on the "new layer" option from the bar that jetted out from the 'paste as" option. Now do that for ALL of the other images in order. Now, crop the image down as far as you can without cutting the image, and then delete the background layer. Now your image should look kind weird with all of the layers overlapping, but that's okay because it wont look that way for long. Next move all of the layers so that the nose on super sonic matches up perfectly with every single layer. Now you need to click on File-->Save, Click on the option that says "Save as Animation" then click "Export" Now in the new window that popped up checkmark the option that says interlace and the click on the thing that says "I Don't Care" and the in the bar that dropped down from that click on "One Frame Per Layer(Replace)" and then click "Save" Now your finally Done!!! Note that your finished animation might be faster or slower moving than mine and that is okay, all that matters is that your animation looks like mine. So,Here's how your animation should look(Note that your animation may be faster or slower and that is fine)


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Just got a call from a friend bragging about how good his barbeque went yesterday, Father's Day.
He went on and on about how great the pork tasted because of the pecan bbq firewood he bought from me last week.
He told me the pecan wood made his Boston Butt taste sweet, but that the pecan wood did not overpower the pork.
I like to barbeque using pecan and oak. Both have their own distinctive tastes that allow the flavor of the barbeque to come through.
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I also have firewood for summer bonfires.
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This is part two of the interview with Jessica Helen Lopez. Please read yesterday's post for the beginning of the interview with this amazing poet, feminist, mother, woman. Before the second part of the interview, please enjoy an excerpt from one of Jessica Helen Lopez's poems in her book Always Messing With Them Boys:
Santuario de Guadalupe
through a thick sky
heavy with the promise of regret
the flower stems bend
at their waist, green knees
snap between the fingers
of ink-stained boys, who are
men growing into their skin;
they have been old
their whole lives
these beautiful boys
who own their girls
who drive their
mothers to madness
roaming fatherless figures
And the girls- who
toss their hair like
nervous mares and
smile like the sun
that breaks apart
the regrettable sky
the rooted body
of a marble saint
looks on but
says nothing
at such desecration
her womb empty
for some time now-
a sonless mother
Run hard against
the wind I want
to cry out to
them- young women,
turn your backs on
such acts of love-
you will shred your
slender fingers upon
their thorns
These boys want
to disown your body,
make a shallow grave of you
but even I cannot
look away
from their young
dark eyes
how they ripple
over the rose
they shuffle their feet
extend their arms,
heads scuffing the
stone floor
dull tattoos claim
one street corner
or another
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Liza Wolff-Francis- Well, okay, so the question was, how is your writing affected by being a woman and being a feminist or by feminism in general?
Jessica Helen Lopez– Okay, by being a woman, I'm just talking from a true place, my experiences as a woman. My experiences when I was a little girl, being an adolescent and going through puberty and all that time in my life and the things that happened in my life that affected it to make me become a feminist. And I say make me, because putting up with a lot of the patriarchal oppression that was built within my familial structure, my family structure, to me there was no question, of going very very vocal from one extreme to the next.
In my personal history, there's a lot of domestic violence. There's a lot of violence against women and children in my immediate and my extended family. There's a lot of drug addiction and lack of resources too and all of this contributes to those things, but I didn't know enough not to- I just went with that direction- that's where I went, to be very vocal about those past experiences. It's not like one day I woke up and said, I'm a feminist. I think I was always a feminist and then I started reading feminist literature and taking certain women's studies classes and identifying with a lot of the topics found within women's studies in general and just by trade and by kind of coming around and following that path and so of course it went hand in hand with my poetry. And being a woman, living my life as a woman, and then a mother, it just went hand in hand.
A lot of people label my poetry as confessionalism. I would say that's pretty accurate. I'm not going to say, well no, it's this because there's the distance of the narrator, No, it's pretty damn confessional. The only time it's not confessional is if maybe I'm working on a really specified topic for some type of reading or if I'm on a team and I'm collaborating on a topic that's not my personal writing. My personal writing has thus far has been highly confessional and it relates right back to being a woman and it relates right back to being a woman who is also a feminist and who is affected by feminism in general.
Liza-Do you think people relate to it more because of your confessional style and maybe even seeing parts of themselves in your writing?
Jessica– Yeah, I think so, I'd like to hope so. I remember I was on a panel once with West End Press and some other authors and they asked, How does your poetry directly affect any kind of activism, any type of specific issue? And you know, people write very directly about one thing or the other and here I am writing in the first person point of view and it took me a while to kind of say, Yeah, I'm talking on behalf of a lot of people as well, even though I'm saying I, I, I. John Crawford actually was the one who helped me kind of recognize that cause I was like, am I one of those selfish writers, am I egotistical? I mean, I can help somebody write a poem. I feel at ease when I am working with a younger person helping them develop their style and understand craft, but how do I make myself understand that what I'm doing too is relatable in a sense to even bigger issues than just the first person point of view? So John helped me with that and I believe in it.
Liza– Absolutely. What are your ideas about how women can get along and work together to make change in the world?
Jessica– Yes! I am so glad you asked me this question. I'm going to answer it with a story. I'm working on a project right now in conjunction with the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Shelle Sanchez, I ran into her at a yoga class, she asked me if I would do a writer's workshop for the Women in Creativity Annual Series in March. I said Yes. So this is what it is. It's called: 'La Palabra: The Word Is A Woman.' The whole idea behind the writing workshop is to celebrate our bodies, our flaws, our functionalities, all the different pieces of our body but not in a hyper-sexualized way, the way we so often see ourselves portrayed in magazines and media thrown back at us in this pop-culture. Really saying, Ahh look at these stretch marks and one breast is larger than the other and that's beautiful. You know. And I decided to include photographs to make it an ecphrastic writing workshop so we asked several writers in the community to be our models and there is nudity involved.
What we will do: it's a four part writers workshop. It's a series of four different parts. We will create our body anew. Our body of work. Our body. And we will use the photographs to inspire us, but we will start with the feet and the ankles and the toes and move up into the legs and the hips and the belly and the womb and the ass and the arms and our hands, what do we create with them, and our face, our ever magnanimous brains, and then hopefully what I want to do with that is create a collection of essays and poetry and the photographs put together and get it published somewhere. That is my ultimate goal.
Okay, that being said, I had to unearth a lot of different things for myself on how to collaborate with women. I often collaborate with women; this is not my first rodeo. I collaborate with women a lot, but this was one I think I've spearheaded this extensively. There are a lot of women involved and I wanted to make sure I honored each and every time they participated whatever it is they offered, whether they were the model or whether they were coming in as a writer or they were the photographer or they were the organizer. Whether it's the woman who is helping me hang up the exhibit. I want to make sure I honor all those things, and so I started writing an essay about working with all those things. It's called: 'Women Who See Women' and it's incomplete right now, but I'm still working on it. I've submitted it to a different institute- that I want to be a part of- a writer's foundation. I'll hear back about that in March.
But it's feeling good. It feels right and it really did start off with- I had to go to the beginning when I used to feel that I either was made to be pitted against women or I felt somehow I still needed to pit myself against women and I had to look at that before I knew I could move forward in working with women in a way that really celebrated all of our unique traits as artists and women, to come together. Sorry if I'm being redundant.
But it was just with a closer eye than ever I observed working with women. Because 'hey Jessica, you want to work on this thing with me and the three women were, 'Yes, let's do it. Woohoo! We're celebrating femininity or being a woman and it has been wonderful, but this time I have looked at it almost under a microscope and I realized I had to offer a whole lot more to make it a really good space for all of us to share all of our stories.
Even the idea…we went to all the women's homes individually and we did the photo shoot with them there and we had conversations. We drank their coffee. We ate their toasted marmalade. We looked at pictures, their book collections. We photographed them and it wasn't clinical, it wasn't sterile, it was really engaging- and that's what it is. Sometimes we just run so fast or we work so quickly even our art becomes commodified and this time, I was like let's slow it down. I really want to work with these women in a way that is not McDonalds. It's not like: can you do this reading? Can you write for this topic? Let's go. It was like, what are we really doing here? What is our end goal? But can we still be happy about where we're going with this end goal? And that's very specific- that's exactly what I'm doing right now to answer that question- I don't know if it's too narrow?
Liza- No, that's a great answer about how you are working with women and how to encourage that. Absolutely. How do you think poetry can affect women's current situation in the world?
Jessica– It's a wonderful cathartic release. It's therapeutic. But also, I think it will raise awareness to any issues that are relevant to women's struggle or anything that we also want to kind of unearth in our own discovery of ourselves. You were saying too that you have a child and are now experiencing motherhood and you always wanted to have a child but when you're actually in the middle of being a mother, and you will be for the rest of your life, suddenly your perspective changes. That's going to be reflected in your own personal writing. In your poetry. So, when I pick up an anthology of poetry by women, I can identify, I can relate or I can't yet or I think about it or it leads me to that path. So, that's why I think it's important. It's a really great tool to be vocal about women's perspectives and issues.
Liza– In this current political climate, how can performance poetry and page poetry affect how women are viewed and women's rights? And if you want to be specific to your poetry, that's fine and if you want to speak in general about how poetry in general can affect our rights.
Jessica– Well, okay, so, there is a poem in my collection called "On The Eve Of My Abortion." I've only read it one time and I think you were there in the audience and I'll probably read it again. It was a difficult poem for me to write because it was a difficult time in my life, but I wrote it for myself. I was by myself. I wrote it for me. Later I made the decision to read it in a public venue. Later I made the decision to publish it and make it even more available to a wider public by being in the book, but I stand behind that poem and I try not to cringe thinking, well, here's this very telling poem about me. But it represents the idea of pro-choice rights in the first place, so I'm glad that poem is in the book. And that's why I think poetry- stage poetry and performance poetry can serve that. Speaking to women's rights, always advocating for them, and then you get to do it in an artistic realm. So you get to explore your artistic side while still speaking about these very relevant issues and so that 's why I'm really glad that poem is in there.
Liza -That's pretty much all of my questions, is there anything else you'd like to say about feminism, or your writing?
Jessica– Ok, well, I'm not as knowledgeable as some people on quoting feminist authors or you know, or professors, I just know what I know intrinsically, inside of me, is that I need to speak up for the things to safe-guard me from oppression and so I do that through poetry and I hopefully help others express that, not just females, males as well.
Liza– Do you think men and women, respond or think about what they think, that people have changed their views because of your poetry?
Jessica– I think they've definitely changed their mind about slam poetry. I get that a lot. Oh you made me re-think what slam poetry is. I thought slam poetry was only this thing. And I think what they're really saying is that there's a lot of emotion in my poem and I know they're expecting some political kind of rhetoric , you know, the rant, and that's in there too or whatever, but mostly I'm coming from an emotional place and a confessional place and I think that's what catches them off guard.
If they were to go a little bit further, say I had a further conversation with A, B, or C audience member who says 'wow you really made me rethink what slam poetry is, I think that it would be that if we actually sat down and had coffee, it would be: well I didn't expect you would discuss such personal issues that a lot of people have, like having been a survivor of domestic violence or a survivor of addiction, or a woman who is exploring her sexuality, or a mother that has gone through some tough decisions to be made in her life, and I think that's what throws them off, so then you start getting to the meat and potatoes of women's perspective, in this case, in my poetry. That's when you get into those topical things and that's where I think it would really be going if I ever were to have that discussion. That's what I think people who are like, wow okay, that's not like the slam poetry I expected. Not everybody, but usually new green people to slam poetry.
Liza– So it's possible they're re-thinking other issues, but it's coming off like wow, I didn't think slam poetry was like this and suddenly they're questioning all their thoughts- hopefully. I think it's always a good thing when we are questioning: what do I think? Why do I think that? What about this person's perspective that's different that mine.
Jessica– Yeah, exactly, there you go, you just said it in a nutshell.
Liza-Well, thank you for the interview.
I turned off the recorder and we kept talking and we decided to turn it back on for one more thing.
Jessica- Okay, so we were talking about reclaiming the word bitch or the word cunt and that got me to thinking of the idea of erotic poetry and I'm really interested in the power of eroticism in poetry and in any genre, but in poetry in particular because I am a poet. So, I posted a couple of workshops that have explored eroticism and I found them to be quite challenging. I'm ready to write an erotic poem. I will write the words clit, cunt, dick, ass, anus, pubis,… I love all those words at my disposal, you know. What I don't do with them is exploit them. It is not my intention to re-write Penthouse. What I want to do is talk about my very individualized experience as a woman making love to either a. a woman or either a. a man. And so, I find it liberating in that sense. So here I think, I'm ready to talk about this. I'm ready to host a workshop. I hosted two erotic workshops. I've had very different experiences. I learned from them. First I learned, okay, excuse the pun, don't just thrust people right in to the erotic workshop (laughing- both of us laughing).
So the second one was for Outspoken, which I told you about and even there, we're talking about sexual identity and we're being really vocal, it was still like Hush Hush. We didn't really want to go right into it and then I had to really rethink, well what is it that I'm asking other people that I'm already just doing on my own- I'm ready to go right in there and do it. So I relate that to sometimes I don't want to perform certain poems in this book and definitely one in particular that I call the clit poem, but in my book is called The Next Sunday. I look at my audience and ask, are they ready for this? Do they want to hear this? Do they want to hear a woman saying these things? You know, in no way am I exploiting myself as a sexual being or anybody I might be talking about in my poem, but just hearing those words, they're like bombs, so I finally approached it in a different way as a presentation not a workshop.
I was invited by Self-Serve, which is a local business here in Albuquerque, you know about Self Serve, to do a talk at a place called Sex Talks. They had different people come in to present. They had a psychologist, an actress, a visual artist, and they had me as a poet, so I entitled my presentation Cunt Bomb And Other Delicious Words and I thought, I'm just going to go in there and present different poems, not mine, E.E. Cummings, Sonja Padgtell- it's this really erotic beautiful poem about her lesbian lover and how she had to break free of some of the restraints from her culture, she's an Indian woman, and she used her culture in the poem to tell the story of her love for this other woman.
Anyways, so, I realized this is really powerful and maybe this is where I want to come out with my feminism, you know is through this identity and sexuality and what that means to embrace all sides. I know, I'm not going to do that in a classroom, but I also realize that in general, like for La Palabra, we've got nudity. We've also got a woman who's in her 60's who's nude. Does mainstream popular culture think that's beautiful? I do. The women who are taking this do. So, it's through my exploration of sexuality through my writing that I find most, that I'm discovering a better way to adapt my feminism to be particularly expressive in the way I want it to go artistically and content wise. That's all I wanted to say.
Liza– Awesome. Thank you.
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The Supreme Court of the United States has put a hold on President Obama's Clean Power Plan.
A new report from the Environmental Working Group says many ag producers are abandoning voluntary conservation efforts.
EWG used aerial imagery to track what happened between 2011 and 2014 with two simple but important practices – stream buffers and grassed waterways – in eight watersheds prioritized in the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy. In that period, some landowners in those watersheds started following practices to control runoff, but others stopped. In the end there was no lasting gain in protection and no or miniscule progress in reducing runoff. To start, we should require landowners to meet four basic standards of care: (1) keep 50 feet of vegetation between cropland and waterways to filter polluted runoff, (2) heal or prevent temporary gullies, which are direct pipelines delivering polluted runoff to streams and lakes, (3) manage access of livestock to streams to prevent battered stream banks that collapse, fouling waterways and (4) don't spread manure on frozen or snow-covered fields.Read the rest here.
Staggering habitat losses have put at risk the state's reputation as a ringneck Mecca. South Dakota lost 1.8 million grassland acres between 2006 and 2012, a sizable portion of which came from the federal Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), which pays producers to idle marginal cropland. As a result, pheasant numbers tumbled 30 percent from the 10-year average. Hunter participation and hunter harvest also have nose-dived. [Star-Tribune]A decade ago CRP acres were about 1.5 million acres in South Dakota but that acreage number is only about a million today.
The 23.4 million acres enrolled in the CRP program in November 2015 is down from nearly 27 million acres in 2013, approximately 31 million acres in 2009, and over 36.8 million in 2007. Currently, there are just shy of 17 million acres under General CRP contracts, 5 million acres under Continuous CRP contracts, 1.1 million acres under Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) contracts, and 380,000 acres in the Farmable Wetland program. Livestock producers should also be aware that haying and grazing of buffer strips is not allowed on CRP acres, except when emergency declarations occur. [Farm and Ranch Guide]Operators with expiring Conservation Reserve Program contracts will be able to sell them for mitigation acres.
If they initially qualified for CRP contract by plugging some wetlands, those wetland could qualify as mitigation acres, if the farmer doesn't take the plugs out when the CRP contract expires. [Profit from wetland rules: Offer mitigation acres]CRP turns 30 years old in 2016.
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German minehunter Sulzbach-Rosenberg joining NATO mine countermeasures group
German Navy's Frankenthal-class minehunter FGS Sulzbach-Rosenberg will be joining NATO' Standing Mine Counter Measure Group 1 (SNMCMG1) operating in the Baltic and North Seas, the German Navy has announced.
The minehunter is set to depart its home port of Kiel, Germany, on July 28 to spend the following five months with the NATO maritime group.
Sulzbach-Rosenberg is expected to formally join the SNMCMG1 in a ceremony scheduled to take place in the Latvian city of Liepaja on July 30. The ship will be joining its Latvian, English and Dutch counterparts to form the backbone of the group.
Led by Corvette Captain Pierre Limburg, the minehunter's 45 strong crew will be taking part in a number of international exercises including Open Spirit, Joint Warrior and Northern Coasts
Throughout its deployment, the ship will be home to a five-man diving team from Lithuania.
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text: MOVIES Inside the Fox Exec Shake-Up: Jim Gianopulos' Power Play Explained 7:00 AM PDT 10/23/2013 by Pamela McClintock FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME From left: Tomas Jegeus, Jim Gianopulos and Paul Hanneman Why Paul Hanneman and Tomas Jegeus were elevated, who could be next to go and what role might be left for ex-Warner Bros. studio chief Jeff Robinov. This story first appeared in the Nov. 1 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Hollywood obsessed all summer over whether ousted Warner Bros. film chief Jeff Robinov would land at 20th Century Fox. But it turned out people were looking to the wrong man -- or men. On Oct. 16, Fox chief Jim Gianopulos upped longtime international presidents Paul Hanneman, 53, and Tomas Jegeus, 50, to lead worldwide marketing and distribution. Gianopulos' first major power grab as sole chairman and CEO of Fox -- he shared the top job with Tom Rothman until late 2012 -- also included ousting domestic marketing co-president Oren Aviv, who joined the studio in January 2011. Tony Sella, Aviv's fellow co-president, was given the chance to stay under Jegeus and Hanneman, but he quickly let his new bosses know he was resigning. (Sella skipped a morning meeting called by Gianopulos on Oct. 17 to announce the reorganization. Sella has threatened to quit before, however, and at posting time it remained unclear when or if he actually will leave.) PHOTOS: Top 10 Dramatic Studio Shake-Ups Many within Fox long have recognized a problem with its domestic marketing. Part of the reason could be that Sella, considered the creative brain, and Aviv never got along. "It became apparent there was no unity in the department," says one source. Conversely, Hanneman and Jegeus -- who will continue to report directly to Gianopulos -- have enjoyed stunning success since taking over international marketing and distribution in 2005. Fox's foreign box-office revenue has passed $2 billion for five consecutive years, a record for a Hollywood studio. Gianopulos, who rose through the studio's international side, says the move recognizes the importance of the global industry. "Someone sneezes in Chicago, and they say 'I bless you' in Brussels," he tells THR, noting that several studios have consolidated marketing operations into a global division, including Paramount and Disney. "Also, we are not a company that embraces silos." PHOTOS: Hollywood's Season of Firings: 10 Ousted Executives Adds Hanneman: "The industry has changed. National cultural borders have all but been eradicated by the new digital reality. Combining operations -- both distribution and marketing -- will allow us to get out in front of our campaigns and better manage our process." Jegeus and Hanneman have two key allies with strong ties to Fox: Former News Corp. president Peter Chernin, whose production company Chernin Entertainment now has a deal with the studio, and DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, whose films now go out through Fox. "Without question, they built the leading international organization and are aggressive and innovative," says Katzenberg. The promotion of Hanneman and Jegeus does not preclude a future at Fox for Robinov, whose chief talents are in creative development. However, insiders say Robinov pushed back when informally approached about the possibility of becoming Gianopulos' No. 2 (i.e., a possible vice chairmanship). The No. 2 job could still be open to Robinov, but the ball is in his court. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Pamela McClintock email@example.com PamelaDayM


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In this article I'll shown how to realize a tank loading sequence function.
Defining a range of 16 tank (water tank), an automation system has to load them by a random adjustable sequence. Something like:
Loading -->--->--->--->--->---->---->-----
Loading Sequence --1---3---6---2---10---11---9---- (1= tank n°1 ; 3=tank n°3 ;....)
Following picture show the sample application (for screen resolution reasons I take a 8 tank system in stand of 16, half function capability)
The system fill a tank until:
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- tank still enabled to be load (OR)
then move to load NEXT tank. NEXT (next loading tank referred to previous picture) is the value I'll get from the described function:
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This is the function called by PLC_PRG main cycle:
These are the in/out function parameters:
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I love it when I don't have to cook. Really, it's nice to have a day off and have someone do it for you. When I got home Andrew was well into this Pollo al Ajillo (aka chicken and garlic and wine), a Spanish dish he grew up with. I was dewy from the California mist and hungry.
It is magnificent what a couple of ingredients can do for you. What a bottle of wine and some good olive oil can do for a ravishing tummy. He served it over papitas, or small cubed french fries.
I don't want to steal his thunder. I'll let him tell you himself.
Pollo Al ajillo from katie kwan on Vimeo.Recap: *Brown 4 lbs of salted, bone-in, skin-on chicken (dredged in flour) in a hot pan with oil until golden. *Drain oil and add 1/2 bottle of wine, a kiss of sherry, lemon rind, 2 bay leaves and boil until the alcohol has been cooked off, 7 minutes. *Add 1 cup chicken broth. * Bring to boil, cover, reduce to simmer - simmer 1 hour.
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The club was treated to a brilliant slide presentation this week by Chris Palmer ARPS AFIAP DPAGB APAGB. All these letters after his name give an indication of the extremely high standard of his work.
In the first half he showed us many different ways of photographing rock, stone and pebbles to make the best of their varying shapes and colours. Then he took us to Zion National Park for landscape photography at its best and The Wave in the southwest of America really took our breath away with its beauty.
After the tea break, Chris presented a water theme (very helpful for any members who haven't taken their own photos for the club's set subject of water). Mainly waterfalls, some taken from unusual angles and also making the most of fallen leaves in rivers or puddles.
The next destination was at the entrance to a goldmine with rusty old cars and lorries providing scope for the wonderful colours that can be found in such a location.
Finally, Chris took us to his local beach on the south coast where the main feature was the iron water defence. Once again he showed how, by getting in close to the subject, the beautiful colours of corroded metal can produce outstanding abstract photos.
A really instructive and enjoyable evening providing inspiration for us all to look beyond the obvious viewpoint. Many thanks Chris.


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1. What does the landlady tell her tenant not to do?
Squash bugs
2. In what city does the story take place?
3. What do the postcard sellers say they are selling?
4. What does the narrator say goes out of the window when people are hungry?
5. Where is the tenant squashing bugs?
On the wall
6. Which is of the following is not likely to be a resident in the neighborhood?
7. What is the name of the quarter in which the narrator lives?
Coq d'Or
8. What does the narrator do to earn money?
Teaches English
9. What is the nationality of the man who robs the narrator?
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The New Times just ran an article entitled: "Towers of Secrecy: Stream of Foreign Wealth Flows To Elite New York Real Estate", which listed secret owners, including New England Patriot's Quarterback, Tom Brady, among other public figures of celebrity status. From this, spun a secondary Boston Globe article entitled " Brady's 'Secret Money' Is Part of NYC Tradition".
Sounds scandalous doesn't it?
Yet, hold on a minute. Let's take a look at this. Yes, there are many bad people out there clandestinely hiding their identity behind "straw ownership" for illegal purposes, but we cannot conclude that this is a motivating factor for everyone. There are many compelling arguments to remain anonymous for reasons of privacy, estate planning, and safety of themselves, and others. Case in point, the above mentioned Tom Brady. Mr. & Mrs. Tom Brady are listed as one of Forbes Richest Couples in the World. In this lightning speed, digitally invasive and compromised, paparazzi stalking world, would it be a good idea for this power couple to make their identity known to the public? If you were to live in this building, how happy would you be to have the media camped out front, hungrily waiting for a glimpse of them or their children? As parents, would you want your children subjected to the public risks of celebrity stalking or worse yet, kidnapping? Like it or not, we live in a world where evil does exist, privacy must be protected and judgment should be exercised.
Our legal definition of right to privacy is interpreted like this: "The right to privacy is the right to be let alone in the absence of some "reasonable" public interest in a person's activities, like those of celebrities OR participants in newsworthy events." Well, given that these names are "newsworthy" enough to be used as examples in these articles, I can't help but wonder, what is the "reasonable public interest" here and does it exceed reasonable common sense. Seems Tom Brady's Secret Money, Is Not So Secret Anymore.


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What Happened To - MSCC, CAT?
By Dr. Duru written for One-Twenty
September 24, 2006
Every now and then, something baffling shows up on Wall Street. OK - baffle is a dude selling tickets on every corner out there. But last week's action in Microsemi Corp (MSCC) was a true eyebrow-raiser. Here is the timeline:
In other news, the Dow Jones Industrial average continues its September tease, ever so slowly creeping toward its all-time high set on January 14, 2000 at 11,723. Unfortunately, only 10 of the 30 stocks in the Dow have even registered positive gains since this record high. Nevermind for now questioning whether the Dow even matters as a useful index. Let's instead look at one of the 10 precious gainers that have led the way: Caterpillar (CAT). CAT has risen 142% since that time (CAT's all-time high at the time was set back in May, 1999). But CAT's leadership status looks like it is in danger. Last week, I pointed to CAT's weakness as a move in sympathy with the downfall in commodity prices. From September 7 to 12, CAT sold off four days straight even as the Dow experienced a small rally. The last day of the sell-off was the smallest daily loss but volume was well above average and the Dow popped UP for 101 points at the same time! CAT sold off from Tuesday through Friday last week - the last two days had volume well-above average, and Friday's volume was twice the average. I suspect CAT is now due for some sort of "relief rally" or counter-trend bounce. Such a bounce could help the Dow finally get over the hump. While I am sure the the Dow can still achieve and make that all-time record even without CAT's cooperation, one really must wonder about what the market is trying to tell us here. To be continued...
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Shelters around the Susquehanna Valley are no doubt getting ready to deal with more clients trying to escape the cold snowy weather.
The Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg says it will not be turning anyone away. It has 30 mattresses available and plenty of blankets for men who need a warm place to sleep.
The YWCA in Harrisburg says it has nine beds available for single women and a family room for women and children. Check in is from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
In Lancaster, at the Water Street Rescue Mission, 60 mats are available. It says the overflow shelter opens at 7:30 p.m.
At the York Rescue Mission, there are enough mattresses for at least 20 men and it says its opening its doors about an hour earlier than normal time which is about 7:30 p.m.
The York Rescue Mission's women's shelter says it's open for 24 hours and it has 16 beds available for single women and two family rooms available.
Lebanon's Rescue Mission says it has seven beds available and its doors are open from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.


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My Hustler by Darin McGrain
I found a rather hard piece to follow about a group of friends wondering about hookers. To one of their number eventually admitting they are a gigalo. Then gay sex starts soon after. Only to then the next day when the gigalo mentions as he lays there on the sofa that it would be nice to see someone do some cleaning in the nude.
A Bet's a Bet by Richard Moore
I call this what this is a group of football players make a bet with one another and because one lost. It's gay sex time!!! It's an okay piece at best.
The Stand-Ins by Mui & Darin McGrain
A gay sex scene in a film these stand ins which are suppose to be apart of, leads to nervous chatter. But when it's time they do it for real. Okay
P.B. and Jay by Darin McGrain
Meaningless chatter leads to gay sex, no imagination what so ever.


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What is the "Clifton Cold Water Mile"?
This is the "Granddaddy" of OpenwaterSwim. Traditionally a New Year's Day tradition for the lifesavers to complete before going on duty on the 1st day of the year it spawned the 1st Sunday Of Month Swim in 2006. These days its start time has been shifted to midday for both spectator and participant benefit.
What is 1SOMS/3SOMS?
These phrases describe different swim events. Within a single acronym the relative date and direction of swim are provided. Acronyms are part of today's life…shortening a phrase can speed up communication and with frequent use replace the phrase.
1SOMS= 1st Sunday of Month Swim
3SOMS= 3rd Sunday of Month Swim
What is CORE?
This is a type of water race, it's your opportunity to race under controlled conditions along a set route. Spectator friendly with low levels of complexity bring out the racers in each of the participants. Floating trophies and medals are up for grabs. C.O.R.E.= Clifton Openwater Race Experience
What is HARE/HOUND?
Everyone is familiar of the parable of the Tortoise and the Hare… this is the sequel. In order to concertina the field and thereby increase the excitement at the end of the swim (and safety throughout the swim) swimmers are set off in two groups. Swimmers self-seed with typical >02:00/100m = Hare and < 02:00/100m = Hound. If the swimmer correctly determines which group to start with they are allotted a bonus point on the leaderboard.
How can I register?
This either ONLINE (preferred) or on paper. Race numbers are allocated ONCE to enable results to be easily recorded and tracked over time.
I swam 1SOMS/3SOMS/CORE/New Year's Day ages ago…Do I need to re-Register?
No! More often than not I have your details already.
Admittedly I might have spelt your surname or first name wrong or even transposed your surname and first name. Gremlins do happen but I try my best.
How do I dress when I come down for a swim?
Try bring down as little as you need. There is a bag drop at each of the races but simpler is better. Please don't dress for Antarctic before a swim rather have the spare towel and extra jersey available for after the swim.
What is "openwater swimming"?
Definitions differ but most refer to swimming in an expanse of water where there are no walls, no lines, no floor. Typically oceans, seas, rivers, lakes and dams are utilised. The variables are dynamic so one needs to be aware of conditions changing and factors such as wind, wave, swell and currents.
How do I prepare for an openwater swim?
My varsity lecturer referred to "P5" (and in cruder circles P6) – Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance.
Start with getting your technique correct in an environment with a low number of dynamic variables. After you have learnt technique and able to complete 1.5x the distance you intend to swim in openwater it is time to venture out. Again P5! Find a swim-buddy/mentor who can pass over a wealth of accumulated knowledge.
No matter where you find yourself around the world ensure that before you enter the water you have a Plan B and a Plan C. If these back-up plans are not viable there is no good reason to go for a social/competitive swim. Mother Nature does not get tired and you are not likely to win the argument with her. Swallow your pride and come back another day.
Can I wear a wetsuit?
Sure thing. Just be aware that you will be categorised with other wetsuits.
Can I wear fins?
Sure thing. But bear in mind that you are not eligible for podium placings. Participation is key.
Can I wear a safety buoy?
If the reason you are using one is the inability to spend time on technique I would suggest you not participate at this stage. If it is to ensure high-visibility for boats and motorised craft I would definitely support the usage. Clear the usage of any accessories other than goggles and wetsuit with the organiser at the swim briefing…
What is FAIR PLAY?
Treating others the way you would like to be treated is Fair Play. Unsportsmanlike conduct is not appreciated and should you not rectify repeated behaviour you may be DQ'd or asked not to return.
What do I need to do on the beach?
Sign-in at the admin desk. This provides a headcount of participants. We are passionate in seeing that all sign-ins are accounted for at the end of the swim.
Is your Series Swimcap fitting correctly. It also displays your race number.
Please do not put sunscreen on the back of your hands as we write your race-number here. Sunscreen breaks the marker pen.
Acclimatise to the water temp. It is much better to acclimatise to the water before the start of the swim. You do this by walking around in the shallows, splashing yourself and others. Next time you enter the water it will not be as big a shock.
Attend the race briefing- the route will be confirmed at this stage.
High-5 the headcount controllers – we do a count of swimmers who are lining up for the swim. This count should agree with the sign-in count. Please tell the admin desk if you opt to Not Start (DNS).
What do I need to do after I finish the swim?
As you finish the swim you will be given a sequenced finish tag. Please take this tag to the admin/recording desk. It is what we use to align the swim-times with you. We also use this as a count of swimmers that have returned.
What happens if I abandon/opt-out of the swim?
No worries – there is a swim next month. Report to the admin desk so your race number and name can be taken and we can reconcile the headcount of participants finished vs participants started.


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Ben Taylor - Dean of Instruction
Ben taught Modern Physics in MSON from 2015-2017. He now splits his time between his MSON Dean of Instruction role and his work as Director of Academic Technology at Hopkins School in New Haven, Connecticut. After leaving the world of Experimental Condensed Matter Physics in 2003, Ben immersed himself in the world of independent school education at Hopkins. To date Ben has taught grades 8-12 in an array of physical science courses including calculus based physics and Modern Physics—courses that open minds to both structured critical thinking and staggering possibility. In that span he also served his school as coach, adviser, Head Adviser, MSON teacher, and many other administrative and student-centered roles. His focus has, since day one, been on innovating in his classroom; making big changes to his methodologies and materials always with one goal in mind: students must retain and enjoy the concepts they are taught.


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Holland & Knight Snags Brownlee
John Brownlee, who lost his bid for the Republican nomination for attorney general in May, has landed a job at mega-law firm Holland & Knight.
Brownlee, the former U.S. attorney in the western district of Virginia, was named a partner in the firm's white collar defense and government contracts practices. He will split his time between Northern Virginia and the District.
Brownlee and David Foster, former chairman of the Arlington County School Board, lost to state Sen. Ken Cuccinelli II of Fairfax at the May GOP convention. Cuccinelli faces Del. Stephen D. Shannon in November.
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My father used to tell me stories about the War. His father was a soldier before starting Junktown."— Killian Darkwater
Junktown is one of the smaller towns in southern California. It was founded shortly after the War by a soldier named Darkwater.[1] Instead of building on the ruins of an old town, he thought it would be better to begin from the ground up. As the name suggests, it was built after the Great War out of random pieces of junk, mostly from wrecked cars. The town mostly lives off of trading and has a reputation for open hospitality.
In 2161, the mayor of Junktown was Killian Darkwater, grandson of the town's founder, who also ran Darkwaters General Store. Another big player in the town was Gizmo, a big-time crook and casino owner. While Gizmo's Casino brought a lot of tourists and money into the town, problems also came with it. Other important places in Junktown at that time included the Crash House, home to the Skulz and the Skum Pitt, a bar owned by Neal. Doc Morbid was the town's doctor. Tycho, a Desert Ranger, also resided in Junktown for a while at that time.
Drawing weapons in town is not permitted except in self-defense. The gates to the town are closed at night. Lars headed the guards in Junktown, working for Killian Darkwater. The gates were guarded by Kalnor. They also had a jail, which was guarded by Andrew. The guards were aware of the illegal activities of Gizmo and the Skulz, but did not want to act without proper evidence. Gizmo hired a man to assassinate Killian, in order to gain full control over the town. It is not explicitly stated in Vault Dweller's memoirs which side the Vault Dweller sided with, as it alludes to both Killian and Gizmo.
|情報はthe Fallout Bibleに基いています Falloutの正史には含まれない情報です.
After 2186, Junktown became part of the New California Republic as part of the state of Shady and it was one of the first provisional states, considering it was one of the first (and most trustworthy) of the Shady Sands trading partners during its early formation. Its alliance with the NCR did cause some alarm from the caravans in the Hub at first, but the Hub eventually became part of NCR as well.[2] Currently, it is still part of the state Shady.
|the Fallout Bibleに基く最終的な情報です
Junktown can be found one square east and nine squares south of Vault 13.
Junktown is divided into three districts.
|Gizmo's Casino
|Crash House
|Junktown entrance
The only entrance to Junktown. People need to holster their weapons or they will not be accepted into the town. This part of this town consists of a hospital where Doc Morbid heals his patients, (at a high cost) and a jail where people who do not abide by the law are held.
This is the underground laboratory where Doc Morbid is busy with underground activity. His assistant Gretch can shoot you for free too.
Crash House編集
The Crash House is a hotel where travelers rest. It also contains a back door where the Skulz make plans. Near it is Killian's store where people can buy weapons, ammo, medicine, etc.
Gizmo's Casino編集
Gizmo's Casino is the most decorated building in Junktown. Some, however, believe the dealers are cheats and the games are rigged. Near the casino there is the Skum Pitt, a bar run by Neal and the boxing ring, with Saul as the champion.
- "It has potential, although I don't know if building out of the refuse of the past is the best way to construct the future." - Tycho
- "But this is not a city of open hospitality. If you desire that, go to Junktown." - Aradesh of Shady Sands
- "My father used to tell me stories about the War. His father was a soldier before starting Junktown." - Killian Darkwater
- "You'd better put that away. Junktown is a friendly place, friend, and we want to keep it that way." - Kalnor, a Junktown guard
- "Junktown is a little south and a ways west. It's smaller, but still a good place to drop in for a drink. It's overseen by a fellow by the name of Killian Darkwater, the local shopkeeper, sheriff, and mayor." - Ian
- "Junktown's pretty tame. I prefer the more dangerous routes." - Keri of Crimson Caravan
- "It was here that I learned the most important rule of all: doing a good thing sometimes means being a very bad person. My memories of Junktown are tainted, and I feel no remorse for my actions in that place." - Vault Dweller's memoirs
- The background music is Industrial Junk, which has been later used for Gecko in Fallout 2 and Vault 11 in Fallout: New Vegas.
- If the Vault Dweller does not holster his weapons inside, the Junktown guards will be hostile.
Junktown appears only in Fallout. There is a reference to Junktown in Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, and Fallout 4 under a Barter skillbook named Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor. It is also mentioned by Frank Weathers in New Vegas.
Behind the scenes編集
The initial design for Junktown called for the ending cards of the city to be reversed. Specifically, if the Vault Dweller sided with Killian Darkwater, then Killian's firm "frontier justice" would discourage traders and merchants from starting businesses in the area, leaving the city a small shanty town. If the Dweller sided with Gizmo, then the resulting prosperity brought in by Gizmo's casino led to the city becoming a new boom town. Ultimately, it was decided that this mixed message was unsatisfying because it meant that the expected results (a "good" ending for supporting Killian and the law, versus an "evil" ending for supporting Gizmo and his criminal enterprises) did not match the player's actions. The ending was subsequently changed so that supporting Killian led the town to prosper with law and order, while supporting Gizmo turned the town into a seedy den of iniquity.[3]
Junktown is a fictional town, not based on a real place.[4] Based on the in-game map, it appears to be located west of the present-day city of Ridgecrest, California.
See also編集
- ↑ Killian says that his grandfather founded Junktown
- ↑ Fallout Bible
- ↑ Jess Heinig's interview on Fallout Bible 9
- ↑ Fallout Bible 6: 1) Are the Fallout locations made according to real places, or did you make them up? I mean specifically the Hub, Junktown, Gecko and Modoc.
"Some are based on real places (Necropolis = Bakersfield, Klamath = Klamath Falls, Redding = Redding), but the Hub, Junktown, and Gecko were all made-up locations."
"Modoc most likely took its name from the Modoc National Forest located near the location. "Modoc" was originally the name of an Indian tribe in the region, I believe. Arroyo is a fictional locale, according to Tim Cain."


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Substitute teacher arrested for criminal trespassing
Shelton Police arrested a substitute teacher after she was found trespassing on the city's high school and Board of Education properties.
On Thursday, Sept. 7 Shelton Police responded to the city's high school where an "unwanted person" on the property was identified by school officials as substitute teacher, Nichelle Smith, 41, of Naugatuck.
Smith left the property without any confrontation and was advised not to return to any Shelton School properties including the Board of Education building or she would be arrested on criminal trespassing charges.
Approximately a 30 minutes later Shelton Police were dispatched to 382 Long Hill Avenue, Shelton Board of Education, on a report that Smith was on the property. Police arrived to the scene, located Smith on the property, and she was arrested.
Smith was arrested and charged with third degree criminal trespassing and was released on a promise to appear in Derby Superior Court on Friday, Sept. 8.
The Herald contacted Headmaster at Shelton High School Dr. Beth Smith who declined to release any information about the reason for the removal of the substitute teacher from school grounds.


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Pittsburgh, Ohio - As the summer travel season begins in earnest, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) urges all international visitors to ensure they possess the appropriate U.S. travel visa for the purpose of their visit.
Two women learned that lesson this weekend at Pittsburgh International Airport after being charged as U.S. immigration law violators.
On Friday, a 26-year-old Lithuanian woman applied for admission to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program. During her inspection, CBP officers determined that she overstayed her visit in 2016. She also admitted that she worked in the U.S. without permission during 2017. She will need a U.S. travel visa for future visits to the United States.
On Saturday, a 46-year-old Ukrainian woman presented a U.S. travel visa and applied for admission to the United States to attend a jewelry workshop in San Francisco. During her inspection, CBP officers identified numerous misspellings in a workshop invitation letter and she subsequently admitted that she altered a letter from the previous year. CBP officers confirmed with the workshop host that the workshop invitation letter was not authentic and that he was not holding any workshops in San Francisco during June. Additionally, CBP officers discovered numerous personal certificates and diplomas in the Ukrainian woman's baggage.
CBP officers determined that both women were intending immigrants not in possession of an immigrant visa and allowed them to withdrawal their application for admission. The women were returned to their last point of embarkation.
"Identifying two immigration violations in Pittsburgh is unusual and we urge all foreign visitors to ensure they have the correct travel visa, if necessary, for their visit" said Susan Anderson, CBP Port Director, Port of Pittsburgh.
CBP's Office of Field Operations lead's the agency's border security mission at 328 air, land and sea ports of entry. Field Operations officers enforce all applicable U.S. laws, including illegal immigration, narcotics smuggling and illegal importation, and by CBP agriculture specialists, who protect U.S. agriculture from the introduction of pests or disease from overseas sources. Please visit CBP Ports of Entry to learn more about CBP's Office of Field Operations.
"The United States is a welcoming nation, and we expect foreign visitors to respect and comply with our nation's laws," said Casey Durst, CBP Director, Baltimore Field Office. "Customs and Border Protection remains committed to enforcing all U.S. laws and regulations, including our nation's immigration laws."
Almost a million times each day, CBP officers welcome international travelers into the U.S. In screening both foreign visitors and returning U.S. citizens, CBP uses a variety of techniques to intercept narcotics, unreported currency, weapons, prohibited agriculture, and other illicit products, and to assure that global tourism remains safe and strong. CBP's Travel section offers rules and tips for clearing CBP inspection during travel to and from the United States.


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Bears outside linebacker Khalil Mack and receiver Allen Robinson fully participated in practice all week and are expected to return Sunday.
Mack sprained his right ankle against the Dolphins, played 54 snaps against the Patriots the following week and was inactive the past two games. Mack previously had never missed a game in his career.
In six games, Mack has made 20 tackles and five sacks, forced four fumbles and intercepted a pass.
Robinson missed the past two games with a groin injury.
Robinson has 25 catches for 285 yards and a touchdown in his first six games with the Bears.
Tight end Dion Sims (concussion) will not play this week.
The Bears listed rookie defensive lineman Bilal Nichols (knee) as questionable after he was limited in Friday's practice.


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