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I can't believe it's already May! In exactly one month, our little baby girl will be with us (yay!). Before that happens and my life is turned upside down, I'm spreading my message – la palabra! And it seems like it's getting some good traction. So what's my message? Well, it's mostly about building relationships with each other, understanding nuestras culturas, experiences and traditions and giving people the tools to create change. Yes, it's about Hispanic Engagement (pending copyright), multicultural approaches to community engagement and really, understanding people. Want to learn more? Join me in Midland, Austin, San Antonio or D.C.!
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San Antonio, TX – Serve America Act stakeholder conversation with Patrick Corvington, CEO of the Corporation for National & Community Service – Engaging all Americans including people of color to serve. May 6, Noon to 2pm
Austin, TX – Community Engagement discussion with new Executive Directors – Greenlights for Nonprofit Success, May 13, Noon – 1pm
Midland, TX – United in the Community Keynote and Cultural Strategies Collaboration workshop – Casa de Amigos, May 14, 9:30 – 2:00pm
San Antonio, TX – Project Innovation workshop – United Way of San Antonio, May 18, 1:00-3:00pm
Austin, TX – Volunteers of the Future Panel Discussion – Seeds for Change Nonprofit Breakfast Series, The Patio at Russell's Bistro, May 20, 8:00 – 9:30am
Washington, D.C. – Cultural Strategies Executive Presentation for the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, May 25, 10:00-11:30am
Washington, D.C. – Hispanic Engagement workshop – Gov 2.0 EXPO 2010,May 25, 1:00-3:00pm
Austin, TX – Multicultural Marketing – Take it to the Next Level" Series, City of Austin Cultural Arts Division, August 17, 11:00am – 2:00pm


text: A fascinating and memorable creation by Pepe Leal, gathering more than twenty of the most distinguished Luxury Furniture Portuguese Brands in Madrid. Spanish Interior Designer Pepe Leal carefully selected Portuguese historic and significant materials so that he would be able to reflect perfectly the Portuguese culture and the kind of furniture that has been made in Portugal. From the ceilings, passing through the walls and floor, until the décor itself, each and every detail came from Portugal in the creation of the Lusitano Corner, Pepe Leal´s most recent design project.


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One of the key components of Library Technology Guides is the libraries.org (formerly lib-web-cats) directory of libraries that provides details about libraries and the major technology products they use. This resource can be used to identify and assess the adoption patterns of systems used among any given group of libraries. The advanced search provides the ability to select libraries according to geographic categories, collection size, library type, and other factors. I had previously created specialized reports for groups of particular interest such as the members of the Association of Research Libraries, the Urban Libraries Council, and the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries.
An additional tool is now available that produces reports of academic libraries in the United States and their automation systems according to the Carnegie Classification Levels of their parent institutions. This capability was made possible through the extension of the data elements for of the entries for academic libraries in the United States.
View it now: ILS report by Carnegie Classification.
By default, the initial report shown corresponds to the Doctoral/Research Universities-Extensive (classification level 15). A drop-down list allows you to select any of the other classification reports.
The reports derived from some of the classification groups will include libraries where the ILS used is missing. Most of these represent libraries that were newly added to the libraries.org database. Any help in identifying the automation systems used in this libraries will be appreciated.
The data for the academic libraries was enhanced by loading selected data elements from the 2012 data set available from the National Center for Educational Statistics. This process involved creating a delimited file with the data, matching existing records based on the NCES institutional identifier that was already present on most of the entries for academic libraries in the United States.
Record elements loaded included:
|Unique NCES identifier used as the match point
|Institution Name
|Address, used if a new record needs to be created
|City, used if a new record needs to be created
|State, used if a new record needs to be created
|Postal Code. used if a new record needs to be created
|URL for institution web site
|describes whether the institution is public or private, for-profit or non-profit.
|2000 Carnegie Classification
|Number of branch and independent libraries (exclude main or central library)
|Total expenditures
|Expenditures for computer hardware and software
|Expenditures for current serial subscriptions
|Expenditures for electronic serials
|Expenditures for books, serial backfiles and other materials
|Expenditures for electronic Books, electronic serial backfiles and other electronic materials
|Books, serial backfiles and other paper materials
|General circulation transactions
|Level of Institution
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These additional data elements display on each entry and some have been enabled as search terms. The selection according to Carnegie Classification is the most interesting example. In the future I will enable selection by for-profit / non-profit and private vs. public institutions, once data for other records beyond the academic libraries in the United States is more fully populated.
New records were created if they didn't already exist in the libraries.org database. Data were merged if a unique match was identified.
The NCES data on expenditures reported for each library provides some insight into technology budgets for each library or across categories of libraries. The reports calculate the aggregate and average total expenditures and those directed to technology. This data enables the calculation of the average percentage allocated to technology for each classification level.
The NCES data set of 4,262 libraries included 1,622 that were not previously represented in libraries.org. A few of these were smaller academic libraries that I had not previously come across, but the majority were those associated with for-profit educational institutions that I had intentionally not included since few of these offer traditional libraries. The addition of these libraries will enable some interesting comparisons.
The match and overlay of a data set such as this naturally requires a bit of clean up. Some duplicate records were created. I have identified and merged those that I initially identified and will fix others as I make a more systematic sweep of this section of the database.
The ILS Reports by Carnegie Classifications is based on the basic classifications published in 2000 that were included in the NCES data set. Work is underway to load the basic classifications published in 2010 that the Carnegie Foundation makes available.
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Cambodia Conservation Project Finds New Species of Nudibranch
Excitement is rife in Sihanoukville as a new species of Nudibranch was discovered in the waters off Southern Cambodia. Marine Conservation Cambodia, Project Abroad's conservation partners in Cambodia, have spent the last few years working to try and identify the many endangered species on this side of the Gulf of Thailand in an effort to create areas of protected reef and safeguard habitats being destroyed by illegal fishing. Now we have hit the headlines of the Wall Street Journal and Sport Diver magazine with the unidentified Nudibranch.
Nudibranchs, from the family Opisthobranchia, are the most conspicuous of the Molluscs. Popular amongst divers for their bright colors, these sea slugs can occasionally grow over a foot in length, though are more normally only a couple of inches long. They have a pair of antenna on their head and external gills which seem to wave merrily in the currents. In Cambodia alone, over 60 separate types of Nudibranch have been identified with many more still to be recognized.
Cambodia is often considered a bit of a poor relative in diving terms when compared to the more popular Thailand, but there is a fantastic diversity on all of the reefs, so much so that people are still not really sure what is actually there. One of the main projects Marine Conservation Cambodia and Projects Abroad are working on is trying to catalogue the life that is here, before it is wiped out. It was on a normal survey dive to Koh Rung, just north of the island where the project is based, that Paul Ferber, our Conservation Manager found and photographed this beautiful new species.
After many hours of painstaking searches through books of Nudibranch pictures, the team admitted defeat in identifying the small slug-like invertebrate and sent the picture to internationally-acclaimed Naturalist Neville Coleman. He described it as unidentified, saying "I've never seen anything like it".
The project team are ecstatic and waiting for final confirmation and hopefully a classification on the Nudibranch. You never know, they may even call it Pleurobranchus Ferber!


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Ahmet Ertegun
Ahmet Ertegun (record executive, producer and songwriter; born July 31, 1923, died December 14, 2006)One of the most significant figures in the modern recording industry, Ahmet Ertegun co-founded Atlantic Records in 1947 with partner Herb Abramson. Atlantic was at the forefront of great independent labels that sprang up in the late Forties, challenging the primacy of the major labels of the time (RCA, Columbia and Decca) by discovering, developing and nurturing new talent. Under the guiding hand of Ertegun – the son of a career diplomat and a lifelong jazz and blues aficionado – Atlantic became the nation's premier rhythm & blues label in a few short years. The label's artist roster in the Fifties reads like an honor roll of R&B talent: Ruth Brown, Big Joe Turner, Ray Charles, LaVern Baker, the Drifters, the Coasters, the Clovers, and many more. During this period, Ertegun produced or coproduced the vast majority of records released on Atlantic. He even wrote songs for Atlantic artists in the early days using the pseudonym "Nugetre" (Ertegun spelled backwards).Although he was less directly involved as a producer, Ertegun continued at the helm of Atlantic in the Sixties and Seventies as the company conquered the realms of soul and rock, from Aretha Franklin to Led Zeppelin, with phenomenal success. Ertegun served as chairman of Atlantic Records until his death at age 83 on Deecmber 14, 2006. At the tenth annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Dinner in 1995, it was announced that the museum's main exhibition hall would be named after Ertegun.


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Water Quality Assessment and Impaired Waters
Missouri's outstanding water resources play a critical and valuable role in providing our families, friends and visitors with the ability to enjoy numerous outdoor recreational opportunities. Ensuring we are able to enjoy our Missouri waters today as well as ensure the same for future generations is the essence of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' mission.
Section 303(d) Streams and Lakes
Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act requires that each state identify waters that are not meeting water quality standards and for which adequate water pollution controls have not been required. Water quality standards protect such beneficial uses of water as whole body contact (such as swimming), maintaining fish and other aquatic life, and providing drinking water for people, livestock and wildlife. The 303(d) list helps state and federal agencies keep track of waters that are impaired but not addressed by normal water pollution control programs. More info
Missouri Water Quality Report
The 305(b) Report is a summary of water quality in Missouri. It assesses how well the waters of the state are meeting national Clean Water Act goals. The report also contains maps showing what waters in the state are impaired, what pollutants affect them and the sources of those pollutants. More info...
Water Quality Standards
Water Quality Standards (WQS) are the foundation of the Clean Water Act. In Missouri, the standards define the water quality goals for a waterbody by designating its beneficial uses. WQS also set maximum allowable concentrations for up to 100 or more contaminants for each of those beneficial uses. Missouri's water quality standards extend the Clean Water Act protections to more than 115,000 miles of streams and rivers and 3,080 lakes and reservoirs. The standards also give the beneficial uses for each of those waters. The standards provide a very detailed set of water quality goals for streams and lakes in Missouri. All of Missouri's water quality management activities such as issuance and enforcement of discharge permits, inspection of wastewater and Stormwater treatment facilities, providing technical assistance in wastewater or Stormwater control and providing financial assistance in building and maintaining wastewater treatment facilities, are focused on meeting water quality standards. More info...
Total Maximum Daily Loads
One of the tools the department uses to protect our water quality is a Total Maximum Daily Load study. The study includes a calculation of the maximum amount of a given pollutant a waterbody can absorb before its quality is affected. That sounds like a mouthful, but think of it like this; when you don't feel well, you often take your temperature. If it's above 98.6 you generally take steps to bring your fever down to normal. A TMDL works the same way. It tells us something is wrong with a body of water and indicates a course of treatment to fix the problem. More info...


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The fishing trip with Jeremiah was all the encouragement I needed, I thought I'd like fly fishing, now I know I like fly fishing, so I've been cobbling together some kit of my own. On a strict budget.
Fathers day was keenly anticipated at the lair of the bushwackers this year, despite her much repeated (and dare I say ludicrous) claim that "You have more than enough fishing equipment to last a lifetime" Mrs SBW, SBW jnr, and The Littlest Bushwacker chipped in to buy me a fly reel.
I'd got a fly line, travel rod (essential for the urban fisherman who travels by bus, train or scooter) made a rod tube for it and all I needed was the reel.
There seem to be two rival camps when it comes to fly reels; first there are those who believe the reel is a place to store the line and then there are the advocates of 'low start inertia drags' who feel that no reel could be worth mentioning (let alone taking to the water) if its drag takes more than the weight of a single cigarette paper to spin into action and cannot withstand testing against the off the line acceleration of a 1000 cc sports bike.
So having been baptised in the waters of confusion by the magazines and websites, I made a few calls. As usual with fishing (or any new pastime) advice veered wildly between 'any old crap will do', and 'you've got to spend at least £500-£1000 to get anything worthy of the name'. Fortunately Jeremiah seems a level-headed sort of chap and recommended 'drop £30 on ebay, buy a brand you've heard of and see how often you actually use it before you spend any more!'
Fly reels are another of those guy things, like watches and firearms, where we go all misty eyed at the way metal has been worked, believing that the god of the forge and goddess of the hunt will somehow allow us special favour if only we drop a bit more cash, shave off another two grams and use some space age technology. Yeah right!
I own a couple of Magnesium bodied spinning reels, sound great don't they? They're certainly very light but Magnesium is slightly porous, so they have to be coated in special paint, which can be scratched off. The same reels also have hype features which make them sound more 'technical', they have 'infinite anti reverse' sounds good but all it means is the spool only turns one way and the thing that stops it turning back has no play in it. Still 'infinite anti reverse' sounds more 'cutting edge' than 'it does what it's supposed to'.
In comparison to spinning reels fly reels are incredibly simple things, but can be huge money. I've seen one on sale for £5,000 YES that's $10,000!! No not gold, just titanium. As theses are toys for boys, no amount of money is considered too much to spend. I spent an enjoyable few hours clicking around on the net looking at reels that cost as much as a holiday. After I'd spent a while ooh!-ing and ah!-ing over the reels on offer I started looking at the cost of a combined desktop mill and lathe and some aluminium bar stock; for the price of a nice looking reel with a pair of spare spools you could set yourself up with a real cool home machine shop.....
Enough already! Get to the Point! What's it like?
Greys are a well known brand in the UK (part of the House of Hardy empire) and their missionary rods are for many people the default travel rod. That fitted in with Jeremiah's advice, and the price was bang on £30 too. So I put in my fathers day request for the 4 weight reel.
As coincidence would have it during the writing of this post I was re reading an old copy of Field and Stream (Dec06-Jan07) when I saw the self same reel recommended. In the US LL Bean sell them as the Quest range - Loads cheaper $29-$39. The F&S guys gave it best for the money status.
The reel is polycarbonate (gasp sacrilege) and here's for why. Aluminium is very easy to scratch even when its been hardened and as most of the places where I'm after those urban trout are in concrete canyons I thought a hard wearing plastic would be a better bet than a cheap aluminium. It's immune to corrosion and after all the heartache that I've expended over cleaning and rinsing those spinning reels I felt like getting something 'wash 'n' go'. I was tempted by a supposedly more up market version of the same idea in clear plastic, but it would have meant doubling the budget and I later saw this post on UrbanFlyFisher revealing the design to be 'mince'.
The drag
I've caught big mean fish with reels considerably less refined than this one. In comparison Jeremiah's Orvis' were a lot quieter clicking - will that make a difference? Only time will tell.
With cast plastics there's not a whole lot to go wrong, it isn't going to make you drool, but then my rods no great shakes either.
The one area where the maker has really let themselves down is the cage and spool fit.
Where the spool meets the spindle the fit is fine but there is a 2mm gap where the cage meets the frame of the spool. Most of the time its fine, but if you have the drag set quite loose, the line often appears on the outside of the cage. Which is not what you want. At all.
I've been thinking of way to correct this and at some point I'll do a post called Pimpin - the GLA 80/Quest.
Hmm where's that machine shop catalogue again....?
Thanks for dropping by, leave some comments - I'd love to know what kit you're using and whether you reckon it makes any difference to the fish.


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Many people know this shipping company simply as "Lite Ferries". The name of their ships now start with "Danilo Lines Incorporated" and then a number, hence, people easily make the connection . Actually their ships are numbered now (as of May 2017) from Lite Ferry 1 to Lite Ferry 30. Well, even their official website refers to the company as "Lite Ferries"
Lite Ferries is actually the amalgamation of three shipping companies — the Lite Shipping Corporation, the Sunline Shipping Corporation and Danilo Lines Incorporated. The mother company of this combined shipping corporation is Lirio Shipping Corporation which is into cargo shipping. It is not a big shipping company on its own, however, but the big company Lite Ferries started from that.
Lite Ferries is connected to Bohol, the place of origin of the founder Lucio Lim which still has various business interests in that island-province including in Panglao development. In a sense, many in Bohol has a new company to root for after the demise of Sweet Lines, the old favorite and pride of Bol-anons. However, the nerve center of Lite Ferries' operation is now Cebu City although they still use a Tagbilaran address.
It is hard not to discuss now Lite Ferries because in this decade its ship acquisitions continued almost yearly and almost always multiple ship in a year and its acquisitions have accelerated since 2009. From a second-tier Cebu passenger shipping company, it now has the most ferries in the Visayas. Their ferries are mainly of medium size for non-liners but with their numbers they now cover more routes and their competitors are now feeling their presence and weight.
Lite Ferries started ferry operations in a limited way in 1992 when it was able to acquire the triple-screwed LCT St. Mark, a surplus ship of the US Navy built in 1964 which has limited passenger accommodations like most conventional LCTs. Lite Ferries used this ship to connect Cebu and Bohol via Argao and Loon. Argao is the southern link of Cebu province to Bohol and with it there is no need for a vehicle to still go to Cebu port. In a later renaming of their ships, the LCT St. Mark became the Lite Ferry 20. She was by then a re-engined ship with just two screws.
The Lite Ferry 20
In 1994, Lite Ferries acquired the former Horai Maru No. 12 in Japan and in the company this ferry became the Sta. Lucia de Bohol which betrayed the place origin of the company. This ship was a basic, short-distance ferry-RORO with external dimensions of just 32.0 meters length of 8.0 meters beam by 3.0 meters depth with a Gross Tonnage of 199. Sadly this ship is no longer around.
Lite Ferries then acquired the former Hayabusa in Japan in 1996 and she became the Lite Ferry, without a number. This was not a small ship for she measured 88.0 meters by 15.0 meters by 4.8 meters in L x B x D with a Gross Tonnage of 1,389 and she had a Cebu to Ozamis route. Maybe in Lite Ferries this ship was too big for them then and so they sold this ship to Trans-Asia Shipping Lines Incorporated (TASLI) where she became the Trans-Asia II.
After this, Lite Ferries was able to acquire the rump of the fleet of San Juan Shipping Corporation. That company plummeted after the loss in an explosion and fire and subsequent sinking of their biggest ship, the San Juan Ferry which was the former Dona Cristina of Carlos A. Gothong Lines Incorporated (CAGLI) and Cebu Ferries Corporation. From San Juan Shipping Corporation, Lite Ferries was able to acquire the Sr. San Jose, a beautiful cruiser but with a weak engine and the John Carrier-1, a basic, short-distance ferry-RORO with problematic engines also. The important thing this purchase gave Lite Ferries were not the ships and these were not used by Lite Ferries for long. Actually, it was the important franchises and route to Leyte which they did not have before and which proved profitable for them in the long run.
In 2004, Lite Ferries acquired the Salve Juliana of the MBRS Shipping Lines of Romblon which was then disposing their earlier ships as it has already acquired bigger ones. This ship became the Sr. San Jose de Tagbilaran (in that period many of the ships of Lite Ferries were still named after saints) and it seems it is this ferry that displaced the Sta. Lucia de Bohol in the Tagbilaran route. Later this ship was also assigned to the Ormoc route. When the ships of Lite Ferries were renamed to "Lite Ferry", she became the Lite Ferry 6.
The Lite Ferry 6
The next year, in 2005, Lite Ferries acquired the former Daishin Maru and made her into a small overnight ferry-RORO. Her dimensions were only 42.6 meters by 11.5 meters by 3.0 meters and forward part of the car deck has to be converted in Tourist accommodation to increase her passenger capacity. The ship was first known as the Our Lady of Barangay-1. Her engines were later not strong and she was put up for sale. When there were no takers, Lite Ferries had her re-engined and now she is known as the Lite Ferry 5 and still sailing for Lite Ferries in her original route which is the Tagbilaran route.
The Lite Ferry 5
In 2005, Lite Ferries acquired the former Shodoshima Maru No.1 which was the former Zhu Du No.2 in China. In the Lite Ferries fleet she was first known as the San Ramon de Bohol with a flat bow ramp. Later, Lite Ferries fitted her with a conventional pointed bow thereby adding to her length (but I wonder what other things were gained by that). In the renaming of their ships, this became the Lite Ferry 7.
The Lite Ferry 7
Many will ask where is Lite Ferry 1, Lite Ferry 2 and Lite Ferry 3? Lite Ferries was able to acquire the shipping company Danilo Lines which served the San Carlos-Toledo route in 2006 and the two main ships of that fleet, the Danilo 1 and Danilo 2 became the Lite Ferry 1 and Lite Ferry 2, respectively. The two are actually sister ships and they are actually sister ships too to Lite Ferry 6. Danilo Lines actually has two wooden ships, the Danilo III and Danilo IV but those were not transferred to Lite Ferries anymore which by that time was just sticking to ROROs (well, they even had the Sr. San Jose cut up).
The Lite Ferry 1
The Lite Ferry 2
The Lite Ferry 3 was also acquired in 2006. This was the former Noumi No.8 in Japan and she became the second Santiago de Bohol in the Lite Ferries fleet. As an overnight ferry-RORO, the Lite Ferry 3 is small and she has just the external dimensions of a basic, short-distance ferry-RORO at 38.3 meters by 9.0 meters by 2.9 meters with a Gross Tonnage of just 250 but she has one-and-a-half passenger decks. The Lite Ferry 3 is now the shortest ship in the fleet of Lite Ferries.
The Lite Ferry 3
In 2007, Lite Ferries bought again a relatively big ship, the former GP Ferry-1 of George & Peter Lines which was the former small liner Sta. Maria of Negros Navigation Company. This was no longer renamed to a saint and she directly became the Lite Ferry 8. The ship was fielded to the Ormoc route to battle the Heaven Stars of Roble Shipping Incorporated which by then was having engine unreliability already. Soon after her rival was laid up, Lite Ferry 8's engines also began acting up also and so she was spending half of her time laid up. Lite Ferry decided to have her re-engined and the ship was used for Lite Ferry's foray to Cagayan de Oro.
The Lite Ferry 8
The next year, in 2008, Lite Ferries purchased a second-hand LCT from the Socor Shipping Lines, the former LCT Socor 1. Like the Lite Ferry 20m she was over 50 meters in length at 55.4 meters but like the conventional LCT, her passenger capacity is small. She was initially named as LCT Sto. Nino de Bohol in the Lite Ferries fleet before she was renamed to Lite Ferry 22.
The Lite Ferry 22 by James Gabriel Verallo
In 2009, Lite Ferries made a decision to acquire double-ended ferries and this was a surprise to me given the nature of her routes which are not very short actually. In their routes, the double-ended ferries can actually suffer because of the drag and sometimes the lack of speed and their characteristic of having not to maneuver might just be negated.
The Lite Ferry 9 which was actually a beautiful double-ended ferry was the former Daian No.8 and relatively new when acquired in 2009 because the ship was built just in 1997. She was not really small at 45.0 meters length, 10.0 meters breadth and 2.8 meters depth. Her Gross Tonnage was only 170 and her Net Tonnage is only 89 which is small. That is so because double-ended ferries cannot maximize their passenger deck up to the stern of the ship. Now this ship is no longer in the fleet of Lite Ferries and might have been sold elsewhere.
In the Lite Ferry 10, another double-ended ferry, Lite Ferries tried to increase passenger space by adding scantling and bunks. With limitations this ship can also serve as an overnight ferry-RORO and there was not much of a problem with that since its route is only to Tubigon which is some two hours sailing distance away. The ships is also not that small at 46.0 meters by 10.0 meters by 3.8 meters with a Net Tonnage of 165. However, like in Lite Ferry 9, maybe double-ended ferries are not really fit for them and so Lite Ferries sold this ship to Medallion Transport in 2011 where she became the Lady of Miraculous Medal.
Later, another Lite Ferry 10 came into the fleet of Lite Ferries which arrived first as a charter and later a purchase. This ship was the former Ocean King I of Seamarine Transport Incorporated. Ocean King I was an overnight ferry -RORO which abandoned the Liloan-Lipata route and then tried the Leyte route without going anywhere. Lite Ferries then took over her and Seamarine Transport became defunct. Lite Ferry 10 is bigger and has more capacity than the other overnight ferries of Lite Ferries because she has 3 passenger decks.
The second Lite Ferry 10 by James Gabriel Verallo
In 2010, Lite Ferries acquired 4 surplus ferries. None of them was the expensive kind but as the norm in the Philippines those can be converted into valuable ferries and they were refitted simultaneously in Ouano wharf.
The biggest of the 4 became the Lite Ferry 11 and this was the Misaki No.5 of Oishi Shipping in Japan. In international maritime databases, she is mistaken for the Lite Ferry 12 maybe because that is what reflected is in the AIS transmissions. The Lite Ferry 11 measures 65.7 meters by 15 meters by 3.5 meters but her Gross Tonnage of 498 in Japan shrank to 249 here even when decks were added. The Lite Ferry 11 is now the primary ship of Lite Ferries in the Ormoc route.
The Lite Ferry 11
The Lite Ferry 12 is a pocket overnight ferry-RORO with a registered length of just 41.6 meters, a breadth of 9.6 meters, a depth of 5.6 meters (which is rather deep) and just a Gross Tonnage of 249 which is low. This ship I found to be densely packed, so to speak. The Lite Ferry 12 rotates among many routes of Lite Ferries but she was the ship that opened the Nasipit-Jagna route for her company.
The Lite Ferry 12
There is no Lite Ferry 13 (nor a Lite Ferry 4) because those numbers are usually not used by local shipping companies out of superstition. There is also not a Lite Ferry 14 but I don't know the reason for that. Maybe the owner is just averse to that number.
The Lite Ferry 15 is almost the size of Lite Ferry 11 at 60.3 meters length, 11.4 meters beam and a Gross Tonnage of 827 with a Net Tonnage of 562. From twin Akasaka engines, she has 2,600 horsepower on tap which is higher than the 2,000 horsepower of Lite Ferry 1, Lite Ferry 6 and Lite Ferry 7 but below the 3,000 horsepower of Lite Ferry 11. Most of the time this ship holds the Cagayan de Oro to Jagna route of the company.
The Lite Ferry 15
The fourth ship to be acquired in 2010, the Lite Ferry 23 is very unique and there is no other of her kind in the country. It is a RORO and looks like an LCT from the side but it has a catamaran hull and so she is wider at 16.0 meters (her registered length is 57.5 meters). Attached and rigged to the stern before were two pusher tugs (in Japan those were free). Two funnels were attached to the ship here because there are now passengers. Modifications were made so a passenger deck could be added to the ship which is a little bigger than the average LCT.
The Lite Ferry 23
Initially, Lite Ferry 23 was a slow craft barely able to do 7 knots and so she was just assigned the Mandaue to Tubigon route which caters basically to rolling cargo. Later, the tugs were removed and she was given two decent engines and now she can do what a short-distance ferry can do. Still, she is doing the same route and basically catering to rolling cargo with a few passengers mixed in.
2011 was a respite year for Lite Ferries and they did not acquire any ship. But in 2012 they acquired the LCT Dona Trinidad 1 of Candano Shipping Lines, a Bicol shipping company. This ship first became the LCT Sta. Filomena de Bohol and like the other LCT in the Lite Ferries fleet she is over 50 meters at 53.5 meters. Shortly later, this ferry was renamed to Lite Ferry 21.
The Lite Ferry 21
In the same year 2012, Lite Ferries acquired a brand-new LCT from China, the Lite Ferry 25. Maybe this was the sign that in the future Lite Ferries will also be relying on this type of ship and mainly for rolling cargo with a few passengers mixed in. During this time China LCTs which are cheap (but which has questions on engine reliability) already had an allure for local shipping operators and maybe the Lite Ferry 25 was the test purchase of Lite Ferries from China. The size of this ship is almost the same as the other LCTs of Lite Ferries at 58.0 meters length. Some modifications to the ship was made to increase the passenger capacity.
The Lite Ferry 25
In 2012, Lite Ferries also ventured into HSC (High Speed Crafts) operation when they acquired the beautiful and modern-looking Japan fastcraft Lite Jet 1 (which are not powered by waterjets anyway). She was fielded in the Tubigon route where the new company Star Crafts was making a heyday. Maybe they perceived the fastcrafts of this company as a threat to their ROROs in Tubigon as it multiplied fast. The Lite Jet 1 was more modern and faster than the Star Crafts.
Next year, in 2013, Lite Ferries acquired two more HSCs but this time from Vietnam. These were actually the former Aquan One and Aquan Two in Hongkong and they were the Nonan 1 and Nonan 2 in Vietnam and both were catamarans built in China. On conduction here one of the two grounded in the Spratly islands and it took longer to be fielded. The Aquan Two/Nonan 2 was named the Lite Jet 8 while the Aquan One/Nonan 1 was named the Lite Jet 9.
These two catamarans proved problematic and hard for the technical resources of Lite Ferries which has not much HSC experience. MTU engines are fast but needs attention to maintenance and can be problematic when it gets old. This is the engine of of the Lite Jet 8. On the other hand, the Lite Jet 9 was powered by Isotta-Fraschini engines, a make not that well-known in the HSC field. That proved balky and slower and Lite Ferries tried to re-engine it with Caterpillar engines.
Not long after, however, Lite Ferries completely gave up and sold all their High Speed Crafts including their good and reliable Oceanjet 1 to Ocean Fast Ferries Incorporated which operates the now-dominant Oceanjet HSCs. Maybe Lite Ferries realized that High Speed Crafts are not their cup of tea and they just better concentrate on RORO operations which they understand deeply as shown by their successful successful expansion.
The Lite Ferry 26
With this divestment, Lite Ferries bought out two Cargo RORO LCTs that came and challenged them in the Cebu-Tagbilaran route which was proving to be a serious threat to them. These were the Diomicka and the Maria Dulce which were just chartered ships. With the buy-out in 2015, the Diomicka became the Lite Ferry 26 and the Maria Dulce became the Lite Ferry 28. These 2 LCTs are the only ships in the fleet of Lite Ferries that do not carry passengers.
The Lite Ferry 28
With the remainder, in 2015, Lite Ferries continued the China experiment and purchased another brand-new LCT but which has a different design than the Lite Ferry 25. This was the Lite Ferry 27. It has a taller tower and and modifications were made so there will be two short passenger decks. Bunks were even provided (Lite Ferries is one of the shipping companies that combine bunks with seats). Like the Lite Ferry 25, this LCT is also powered by Weichai engines.
The Lite Ferry 27
At the same time of acquiring the Lite Ferry 27, Lite Ferries uncorked a new China experiment (well, their patron seems to really have strong China connections). Among these were two laid up Hainan Strait Shipping Company (HNSS) vessels that once connected Hainan island to the China mainland and which they acquired in 2015 and 2016. When the two arrived here they all looked very rusty but to the knowing they know once refitted the two will become beautiful and useful ferries (is there a rust that cannot be removed?).
The Lite Ferry 16
The two were renamed to Lite Ferry 16 and Lite Ferry 19 look to be modified LCTs with a car ramp at the bow and two partial decks of passenger accommodations below the bridge where one extend to near amidship which means the passenger area is far higher than the conventional LCT. With extensions of both decks that becomes passenger promenades, the feeling of being too enclosed in an LCT with nowhere to go is gone. Lite Ferry 16 and Lite Ferry 19 look to be sister ships.
The Lite Ferry 19 by Mark Ocul
Two other rusty ferries from China which are sister ships also arrived for Lite Ferries in 2016, the Bao Dao 5 and the Bao Dao 6 which will become the Lite Ferry 17 and Lite Ferry 18. The two looks to be conventional ROROs with the bridge at the bow and with car ramps at the bow and the stern. When finished, at 89.0 meters length and 16.0 meters breadth, these two ships will give Lite Ferries a size that can already challenge the ships of Cokaliong Shipping Lines Incorporated and Trans-Asia Shipping Lines Incorporated and it is titillating to think where Lite Ferries intend to field the two.
The Lite Ferry 18 and Lite Ferry 17 by Mark Ocul
While three of these rusty ships were still being refitted, Lite Ferries also took delivery of another two brand-new LCTs from China, the Lite Ferry 29 and the Lite Ferry 30 which look sleek for an LCT. Slight modifications were also made in Ouano wharf to build passenger accommodations a la Lite Ferry 27. Right now these two LCTs which are obviously sister ships are now sailing.
The Lite Ferry 29 by Edison Sy
The Lite Ferry 30 by R. Sanchez
Currently at the start of June 2017, Lite Ferries have 23 ferries that are ROPAXes plus 2 Cargo RORO LCTs. Of the 23 ferries, 9 are passenger-cargo LCTs while 1 is a passenger-cargo catamaran-RORO. Lite Ferries might have started behind other Cebu shipping companies as they are a relatively new company but with their turbo expansion in the last few years they have already overtaken most other operators of medium sized ferries and not only in the Visayas.
Aside from the old routes from Cebu to the Bohol ports of Tagbilaran and Tubigon and the route from Mandaue to Tubigon, the Cebu to Ormoc route is another old route that is a stronghold of Lite Ferries. That also includes the old route of Danilo Lines, the San Carlos-Toledo route.
Lite Ferries also serves the Cebu-Tagbilaran-Larena-Plaridel route that was already abandoned by Palacio Shipping. They were also successful in the expansion to the Cagayan de Oro to Jagna route. However, their Nasipit-Jagna route seems to be little seasonal. Recently they also tried the Cebu to Cagayan de Oro route.
Their Samboan to Dapitan route also proved successful as they offered a shortcut to the truckers that once had to go to Dumaguete first. They are also connecting Cebu to Negros with the Samboan to Sibulan route. A PSSS (Philippine Ship Spotters Society) member recently called and he was told the Dumaguete-Cagayan de Oro route is already off.
But with such a great fleet now Lite Ferries is seriously needing to expand already and I just hope they go to the underserved routes. With many profitable routes already they can actually afford to experiment with new routes now.
The expansion of Lite Ferries in the last 8 years is simply breathtaking with 17 ships added net. Lately their fleet addition even accelerated. They now have a critical mass and I will be watching where they will be headed.
Liners like the old Bohol shipping great Sweet Lines?


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by Bart Hazen of The Daily Peloton
The day after the fourth race of the Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee in Essen the cyclocross scene gathered together for the mother of all cyclocross races, the Vlaamse Druivenveldrit in Overijse. The surprise victory went to Fidea's Belgian Kevin Pauwels. In the sprint he was faster than World Champion Lars Boom and Belgian Champion Sven Nys. Bart Aernouts and Zdenek Stybar completed the top five.
Almost all big stars were present in Overijse despite the race is not belonging to one of the regularity classifications as the Superprestige, Gazet van Antwerpen or the World Cup. World Champion Lars Boom had the best start but a flat tire threw him back in the field. Kevin Pauwels took over and after the first lap he had a ten seconds lead on the first chasers with amongst others Bart Wellens, Christian Heule, Sven Nys, Richard Groenendaal, Klaas Vantornout and Thijs Al.
Sven Nys took control in the chase and bridged up to Kevin Pauwels together with last year's winner Klaas Vantornout. Bart Wellens still felt the aftereffects of his crash a day ago in the GVA of Essen and left the race with a backache.
At the front, Sven Nys attacked. Kevin Pauwels was able to follow as was Klaas Vantornout until he dropped back with a demolished derailleur. World Champion Lars Boom moved up to the chasing group a few seconds behind the two leaders. Bart Aernouts, Zdenek Stybar and Thijs Al also joined the group. Over halfway through the race, Boom got rid of his companions and in no time connected with Nys and Pauwels.
Turning into the final lap the three leaders Pauwels, Nys and Boom were watching each other's moves. In the descent Pauwels took the lead followed by Boom. In the final straight line towards the finish Pauwels was the fastest in the sprint. For Kevin Pauwels it was his first victory with the professionals.
Sven Nys who finished as third became the 2008 Belgian sportsman of the year. His opponents were Tour of Flanders winner Stijn Devolder and 400 meter athlete Kevin Borlee. Last year Sven Nys was beaten by a couple of votes by Tom Boonen.
The youth races were respectively won by Laurens Sweeck (Beginners) and Sean de Bie (Juniors). Sweeck dominated the race from start to finish and had a 19 seconds lead on Jens Vanderkinderen and 36 seconds on his brother Diether Sweeck. In the Juniors category, Sean de Bie won with a 11 seconds lead on David van der Poel and Vinnie Braet. Wietse Bosmans, the winner of Essen, finished as fourth.
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Full Results:
Elite Men
1 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 59.30
2 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank
3 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 0.05
4 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank
5 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 0.26
6 Thijs Al (Ned) BeOne 0.47
7 Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb Projob Cycling Team 1.07
8 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 1.20
9 Christian Heule (Swi) Rendementhypo Cycling Team 1.26
10 Tom Van den Bosch (Bel) Rendementhypo Cycling Team 1.32
11 Marek Cichosz (Pol) Legia 1.59
12 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Sunweb Projob Cycling Team 2.04
13 Eddy van IJzendoorn (Ned) 2.08
14 Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet – Tönissteiner 2.10
15 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Vacansoleil 2.26
16 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) AA Drink 2.40
17 Quentin Bertholet (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 2.42
18 Jan Soetens (Bel) Revor Cycling Team 3.01
19 Davy Coenen (Bel) Mega Saeco – Heist o/d berg 3.15
20 Ben Berden (Bel) Revor Cycling Team 3.30
21 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) Easypay Cyclocross Team 3.31
22 Tomasz Repinski (Pol) Legia 3.55
23 Stijn Huys (Bel) Palmans Cras 4.48
24 Dries Dewit (Bel) Scott USA Cycling Team 4.58
25 Geert Wellens (Bel) AVB Cycling Team 5.31
26 Sylvester Janiszewski (Pol) Legia 5.42
27 Tom De Kort (Bel) AVB Cycling Team
28 Jimmy Tielens (Bel) Team Mega Saeco 6.08
29 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 7.08
30 Roy Van Heeswijk (Ned)
31 Bart Verschueren (Bel) Revor Cycling Team 7.32
32 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Van Hemert Groep – De Jonge Renner + 1 lap
33 Andre Sutton (Can) + 2 laps
34 Tomasz Skrzypek (Pol) + 3 laps
35 Freddy De Meester (Bel) + 5 laps
Result Juniors
1 Sean de Bie (Bel)
2 David van der Poel (Ned) 0.11
3 Vinnie Braet (Bel) 0.11
4 Wietse Bosmans (Bel) 1.02
5 Gerry Druyts (Bel) 1.21
Result Beginners
1 Laurens Sweeck (Bel)
2 Jens Vandekinderen (Bel) 0.19
3 Dieter Sweeck (Bel) 0.36
4 Niels Van den Driessche (Bel) 1.25
5 James Ysebaert (Bel) 1.40


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We then used the money we'd raised from the equity offering to continue our pursuit of reasonably priced companies that would add scale. We did our next acquisition in early 2004, a $70 million company called Matcom. It was the largest purchase we'd done to that point. We integrated it and continued along the acquisition path to add specific capabilities and to broaden SI as we continued to grow.
There certainly were a lot of acquisitions at the time, but we were disciplined in what we were willing to pay because, as a public company, we were mindful of the return on invested capital necessary to give to our investors.
We didn't get every acquisition we went after, and we didn't close every acquisition that we wanted to close either. Some we lost, and some we simply backed away from because some things came to light during due diligence that we didn't think were in keeping with what we were after. Or there were issues we thought needed to be solved before the acquisition. Of the acquisitions we started, we completed less than half.
We acquired two companies almost simultaneously. One was mainly an NSA contractor called Bridge Technologies. It was relatively small, about $22 million in revenue. The other was Shenandoah Electronics Inc., of Harrisonburg, Va., which was focused principally on the Homeland Security Department, which we early saw as a growth area at the time. It was a good acquisition that was both profitable and gained us entry to DHS.
Culture is key
Whenever we did an acquisition, we approached it from the philosophy of making sure that we did no harm to the employees. We did whatever we could do to keep them. People enjoyed the culture, and they associated with the mission that they supported. Frankly, in the services business, that's key.
As a result we experienced very little turnover. In the case of SEI, for example, we found that the back office was a fantastic operation and it led us to bring our payroll in house and host it in Harrisonburg.
The work we lost due to the base realignment and closure activities in late 2007 and into 2008 required some significant cuts in staffing and new business development. When you're in the public market and you've got 90-day metrics to meet, you don't have the luxury to continue to focus on growth if you have some short-term issues that impact your ability to fund them. So the most difficult thing I had to do at SI was to dial back some of that growth and infrastructure in the short term to meet Wall Street expectations and to build it back up again.
When you're growing it's amazing how you can fuel that growth, you can continue to put gas to the pedal. But once you have any kind of reduction in that top-line growth, you have to be ready to reduce your speed, that is your spending. Accelerating is much easier than braking.
Exit ahead
We certainly were not looking to be acquired. But clearly the market was getting tougher in terms of the defense budgets. We've seen year after year a siphoning of dollars away from systems development to support the ongoing war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that didn't look like it was going to be easing anytime soon.
There were a couple of companies that expressed unsolicited interest in SI, and the board had to take those offers seriously because they offered a significant premium over the stock price. Like the rest of the industry, we were down, with only single-digit growth the year before.
We were balanced between DOD and civilian clients, so we were well-positioned to weather any storms, but whether we would achieve significant growth in the next couple of years that would outpace the premium offered is what influenced the board to make its decision.
The sale to Serco also looked like a good fit strategically with no customer set overlaps. It would basically double the size of Serco in the U.S. and was a good deal for SI shareholders. So the board did what a board is supposed to do, which is to be responsible to the shareholders.
I think a sale was inevitable. We knew that at some point SI would be acquired. That's the nature of the industry. My personal preference would have been a sale three or four years later. Just like we went public before our business plan said we should, at $156 million in revenue instead of the planned $300 million, because the market was ready. You can't always dictate when you go public, and you can't always dictate when you get bought. You act based on market dynamics, and I think the sale was good all around.
New contracting era
Right now, there's still a lot of acrimony, unfortunately, in the federal contracting community. Issues like the Employee Free Choice Act have taken attention away from things that ought to be addressed. But I think the prospects are great.
In terms of funding, there is a tremendous amount of money out there from the stimulus package and from the recently passed omnibus spending bill. And most of that funding will have to come through existing vehicles because the federal government acquisition process is a bit broken. There aren't enough acquisition professionals.
This whole notion of the government insourcing a tremendous amount of work is an objective they've had for a number of years, but I think it's just not realistic. It's not as easy to attract people to the federal government as they think. So I am not particularly worried about that. Some functions will get insourced and businesses will have to be nimble enough to adjust. This requires everybody to be a bit agile.
About the Author
David Hubler is the former print managing editor for GCN and senior editor for Washington Technology. He is freelance writer living in Annandale, Va.
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The new WP phpBB Bridge has also a new property unde Settings menu, that allowing you to adjust the form elements width for the WP phpBB Bridge Users widget, because in some cases the width was too long.
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I got the same problem. I am unable to reach my own wp-admin page insufficient privileges
That's strange. I seem to be able to access the wp-admin page just fine with this plugin.
I created a blog with WordPress version 3.3.1 PhpBB3 forum. For a single connection, I use the plugin WP phpBB bridge.
This plugin also allows me to have a new message appears in my forum when I create an article in WP, the category that I have mentioned before. But in fact he displays the entire contents of the article, which is a duplicate.
I'd actually be able to create an article under WP and that it appears in my forum with the title of the article and in the content, just the link of the article to bring this one in WP.
Can you tell me what (s) code (s) change? I have some knowledge of php but not enough for that: s
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Moderator: Cartographers
maritovw wrote:i'm using the local language to write the name of each territory and continent, i like it better that way... but if everyone else thinks i should put them all in english, i can do that too... just lemme know what you all think
i've just added a new update of the map, so check it out and speak!
i have one question though, what should be the size of the circles?? and, is this size the same on both maps (small and large) or should it be smaller in the small map?
Marvaddin wrote:Really, final forge
5) Im a bit worried. Will be easy to realize Virgin Islands belong to Lesser Antilles with the numbers over it? Maybe an island out of the circle could be useful.
Great map, cant wait to play
AndyDufresne wrote:And to start things off, I notice that a few of the army shadow circles seem to have different proportions, or at least to my eyes.
---Take Durango and Texas. The circles visually look different in size. As do a few others.
(P.S. Nice to finally put another map in Final Forge)
gavin_sidhu wrote:Love the map, but the sharks look like their floating in the sky to me...
AndyDufresne wrote:I notice that a few of the army shadow circles seem to have different proportions
Marvaddin wrote:1)... 5)
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Melanie Acevedo
- Yield
- Makes 30 bars
- Active Time
- 2 hr
- Total Time
- 5 hr
- For cake layers
- 3 ounces fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), chopped
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 6 large eggs, separated
- 1/3 cup cake flour (not self-rising)
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/2 cup apricot jam, melted and strained
- For chocolate glaze:
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 4 oz fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), finely chopped in a food processor
- For chocolate mousse filling:
- 3 cups heavy cream
- 12 oz fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), finely chopped in a food processor
- For whipped-cream filling:
- 1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin
- 2 tablespoons cold water
- 1 cup chilled heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Make cake layers:
- Preheat oven to 350°F and butter 2 (15- by 10- by 1-inch) baking pans. Line bottom and sides of each pan with a large sheet of wax paper and butter paper. Dust pans with flour, knocking out excess.
- Melt chocolate in a double boiler or a small metal bowl set over a small saucepan of barely simmering water, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Beat together butter and 1/2 cup sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy and beat in yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in chocolate. Sift in flour, cocoa, and salt and beat on low speed until combined well.
- Beat egg whites with cream of tartar in another bowl with clean beaters until they hold soft peaks, then add remaining 1/4 cup sugar, beating until whites just hold stiff peaks. Stir one fourth of whites into batter to lighten and fold in remaining whites gently but thoroughly.
- Divide batter between pans (about 2 1/4 cups per pan) and carefully spread evenly. (Layers will be thin.) Bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of pans halfway through baking, until cake is set and firm to touch, 14 to 18 minutes total. Cool layers in pans on racks 10 minutes before inverting racks over pans and flipping layers onto them. Remove wax paper carefully and discard. Spread jam evenly over 1 warm layer and cool layers completely. Transfer jam-coated layer to a baking sheet or tray lined with a sheet of parchment or wax paper.
- Make chocolate glaze:
- Bring cream just to a boil and slowly pour over chocolate in a bowl. Stir until smooth and pour over plain cake layer, spreading to coat top evenly. Let stand in a cool place until set, about 1 hour.
- Make chocolate mousse filling:
- Bring cream just to a boil and slowly pour over chocolate in a large metal bowl. Stir until smooth and set bowl in an ice bath. Stir occasionally until cold. Remove from ice bath and beat with an electric mixer until mousse just holds soft peaks. (If mousse becomes grainy, melt over a saucepan of barely simmering water and repeat chilling and whipping.) Quickly spread evenly over jam layer (mousse will stiffen as it stands) and chill while making whipped-cream filling.
- Make whipped-cream filling:
- Sprinkle gelatin over water in a small metal bowl and let soften 1 minute. Put bowl over a small saucepan of boiling water and heat, stirring occasionally, until gelatin is dissolved. Remove pan from heat but keep bowl on pan.
- Beat cream, confectioners sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer until it holds a soft shape and beat in warm gelatin mixture. Continue beating until cream just holds stiff peaks, then spread evenly over top of mousse-coated layer.
- Assemble cake:
- Cut glazed layer lengthwise into thirds and crosswise into tenths and reassemble bars on top of cream filling. Chill cake, uncovered, until glaze is firm, about 1 hour, then cover with plastic wrap and chill until ready to serve. Just before serving, cut cake with a large knife, wiping it off with a hot damp cloth between cuts.
Cooks' note:
Cake can be kept, covered and chilled, up to 3 days.


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By Joel Carlman, KF8 – Kisumu Medical & Education Trust – Kisumu, Kenya
Over the years, there have been many entries on this site (and on many others) about the popular topic of group lending. The fact that borrowers gather once a week, or once a month to deal with any issues they might have or to keep each other accountable is incredible. That group lending has tended to lead to higher repayment rates is a fun little factoid that practitioners of microfinance love to point out. But, that only represents the utility of group lending. Yes, it works, but it's also beautiful in practice.
Recently, I had the chance to travel a few hours south of Kisumu to two borrower groups. One is located in the rural community of Bware, and the other in the more urban-feeling town of Rongo. Both groups taught me a lot about what group lending is all about, and why, besides serving a utilitarian function, it can also be beautiful.'
Our first stop was a relatively brief one in Bware, a small community in the rural area outside of Migori, the bustling border town you cross just before entering Tanzania. When we pulled up in our vehicle, I could hear singing and clapping. The women (this group is all women) scooted close together on their make-shift bench to allow me a spot while several of their peers led the group in a traditional song of celebration. They were happy to see each other, and to be a part of something that was good for them and for their community.
After the payments were collected, and the members allowed time to bring up any issues they might have on their mind, we were on our way to Rongo. The members of the Rongo group—once again all women—were waiting patiently as we arrived at the field in front of the town hall. I was quickly introduced to the leadership board of the group: chairperson, treasurer, and secretary; and then I was told the name of the group: ROCOSHP (like "roh-coh-shop") which stands for Rongo Community Orphan Support and Healthcare Programme—there isn't even anything in the name that mentions loans or microfinance!
These women were organized not around getting money, but around the shared vision of supporting the disadvantaged children and families in their community. For me, it was just another example of how innovative K-MET has been in using microfinance to come alongside initiatives that are working and give them a big boost. The group was passionate about their mission—evidenced when they asked a small man named Jack to stand (I hadn't seen him when we first arrived). As soon as he stood, I realized that the sport coat he was wearing hung close to his torso—he was missing both of his arms. The chairwoman told me that the group was holding a fundraiser the following week in order to raise money to buy Jack at least one prosthetic arm (but they were shooting for two).
The group seemed incredibly close knit, though there were close to a hundred women in attendance. They were laughing with each other and smiles could be seen all around—and yet they took their businesses very seriously, and have an intense system for self-monitoring. The women screen all new loan applicants themselves. When a small group of new borrowers is formed, they are paraded in front of the larger group of 50 or 60 people. The loan amounts they have applied for are announced to the entire group, and all of the other members are allowed to chime in and say any reasons why this person might not be able to repay their loan. It reminded me of the part in weddings where the minister says, "Speak now or forever hold your peace," only here, women actually speak their piece. Many times, K-MET approves a person for a 30,000 Kshs loan, and yet the group decides that they should start with a smaller amount, or sometimes, not get a loan at all. In fact, some members in attendance had been denied a loan the month before—and they were still attending the meetings! The group dynamic is a very powerful one, and K-MET tries to empower them as much as possible by allowing them to making these decisions on their own.
Once a month, at a gathering like this, the existing borrowers make their payments. If even a single payment is missing from the entire group, the new borrowers don't get their money that month. Usually, in a missing repayment situation, the people who did not pay have their names read aloud, and questions are asked regarding their whereabouts. If they can't be located, other members from the group will make the payments for them, and deal with collecting the missing funds themselves during the month.
After leaving the Rongo group, I had a lot of thoughts about this model of microfinance. From everything I have seen, it works. But it turns out that the encounter I had that day was less about microfinance and more about community. I thought of the African idea of Ubuntu— I am because we are. In the context of rural Kenya, the group meeting, the sharing of burdens, the accountability of each member, and the dedication to impacting one's community just works. It might not work in India or Indonesia or Mexico or even neighboring Tanzania—or maybe it works in a different form. All I can say is that I met these women, and it works for them. I began to wonder if something like this would ever work in the U.S.—to an extent, American individualism has allowed people to achieve success without being tied down by other people. But, in this context, one of the reasons for these women's success is that their businesses, their families, and their futures are tied together.
Joel Carlman is in his 5th week as a Kiva Fellow with K-MET in Kisumu, Kenya. To learn more about becoming a Kiva Fellow, click here. To join K-MET's lending team, click here./>


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|March 30, 2010, 08:37 PM
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Gun laws in NF?
Going camping in the Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico in August. Wondering if there are any laws prohibiting the possession of firearms in national forests? I'm always armed when I camp on private land but have never camped on federal land. Any ideas?
|March 30, 2010, 08:44 PM
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National park? You're GTG to carry concealed, as of February of this year.
Welcome to TFL, BTW...
"They have men amongst them who know very well what they are about..."
- Lord Hugh Percy, on the events of April 19, 1775
Do you know what you're about? Find out at an Appleseed near you.
|March 30, 2010, 10:35 PM
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No laws against possessing a firearm on a National Forest, unless it's prohibited by State laws. Check the New Mexico state laws about transporting firearms in vehicles, loaded-unloaded, carrying out of hunting season, that sort of thing. If you're in compliance with State law, you're in general compliance with federal regulations on NFs. Of course that also includes the state laws about brandishing a firearm, alcohol while armed, etc., etc., so be prudent at all times.
On National Forest land, you may not shoot in or near any campsite or occupied area, over or across any road, trail, body of water, or without a safe backstop. Trees are not safe backstops, they are valuable and don't shoot them up. Don't shoot in an unsafe manner. The federal regulations are not about possessing a firearm, but regulating the use on NF land.
You can contact the Santa Fe NF on the web and inquire directly about areas that may be closed to shooting, and the general regulations. There is a law enforcement officer there who will be glad to keep you on the straight and narrow.
It's a beautiful Forest, you'll enjoy it a lot.
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This week, The Drill Down Crew welcome Dragon*Con TV's Chris 'Crispy' Lloyd, who talks about his upcoming involvement in Dragon*Con, and shares with us his latest video, Vaderex. Later we discuss Leo Laporte's cautionary disenchantment with social media, accusations of rape leveled against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Intel's recent purchase of McAfee, reactions to the new Digg version 4, Portal 2's release date (and cast!), and the most inspired viral marketing stunt since Old Spice on YouTube.
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Hi there,
I'm just making a mvc java calculator in java. At the moment i can't store numbers then do the calculations.
I have only done double text field calculators not single.
What has to happen is type a number into the display field, then by clicking + or - key the number stores the number so the second can be entered and then perform the calculation etc.
Any links would be awesome , thanks. I've searched around but can't find it yet.


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Sony proudly introduces its next generation motion picture camera system with forward thinking full frame sensor, phenomenal colour science and user-friendly operation.
"Daydream" shot by Jon Joffin, ASC on VENICE with Version 4.0 firmware and High Frame Rate license (CBKZ-3610H).
VENICE is a cinema camera created by and for the cinematographer. It's equipped with a newly developed full-frame image sensor meeting the needs of the film industry in pushing the boundaries of large format image capture with exceptional picture quality.
Satisfied with the current condition? With the wide latitude and gamut recorded by the VENICE, freedom of expression is significantly expanded in grading and based on established workflow.
Usability and reliability of the camera is one of the major concerns for operators especially in tough or time critical filming conditions. With a user-friendly design, clear and simple menu navigation, and a highly durable, reliable construction, using VENICE you can simply concentrate on filming, and not the camera.
VENICE features an all-new Full-Frame sensor with the classic 36 x 24mm dimensions that have been a staple of photography for over 100 years. Designed exclusively for high-end cinematography, this sensor can capture images up to a maximum resolution of 6048 x 4032.
Switchable imager modes mean VENICE can support an unprecedented number of cinematic aspect ratios for complete creative freedom:
In full-frame, you can use the full 6048 pixel width of the sensor for 6K imager modes such as 3:2, 2.39:1*, 1.85:1, 17:9 and 16.9*. Equivalent to 4-perforation motion picture film, these 6K modes allow for extra shallow depth of field, super-wide shooting and other creative effects.
For super wide screen productions, VENICE offers two full height 2x squeeze anamorphic imager modes that include 6:5 and 4:3 recording modes for 12:5 (known as 2.39:1) and 8:3 (2.66:1) scenes respectively.
Explore how VENICE can meet your production requirements with the firmware and licensing requirements in the aspect ratio chart:
* Firmware update required
|Required software licence
|Imager mode
|W x H (mm)
|Supported project FPS
|Select FPS
|3840 x 2160
|22.8 x 12.8
|23, 24, 25, 29, 50, 59
|4096 x 2160
|24.3 x 12.8
|23, 24, 25, 29, 50, 59
|Anamorphic lense
|4096 x 3024
|24.3 x 18.0
|23, 24, 25, 29
|Anamorphic lense
|4096 x 3432
|24.3 x 20.4
|23, 24, 25, 29
|Full frame license
|5670 x 3190
|33.7 x 18.9
|23, 24, 25, 29
|Full frame license
|6054 x 3192
|36.0 x 19.0
|23, 24, 25, 29
|Full frame license
|6054 x 3272
|36.0 x 19.4
|23, 24, 25, 29
|Full frame license
|6048 x 2534
|35.9 x 15.0
|23, 24, 25, 29
|Full frame license
|6048 x 4032
|35.9 x 24.0
|23, 24, 25
VENICE's high speed readout sensor minimises the jello effect typical in CMOS sensors.
VENICE has an exceptional 15+ stops of latitude, with low noise for extraordinary performance in delivering phenomenal images in conditions from searing sunlight to almost no light. VENICE's real-world performance also excels at High Dynamic Range imaging and allows unprecedented creative freedom in grading.
VENICE can exceed Rec. 2020 colour space. This means the colour range is wider than DCI-P3 and can beautifully reproduce the true colour of the scene in front of your lens. This also provides the broad palette in the grading suite using the established workflow of Sony's third-generation LOG gamma encoding (S-Log3), and ultra-wide colour space.
VENICE has a base ISO of 500 to provide the optimal dynamic range for typical cinematography applications with on-set lighting. A secondary High Base ISO of 2500 excels in low-light High Dynamic Range capture, with an exposure latitude from 6 stops over to 9 stops under 18% Middle Gray, for a total of 15 stops. High Base ISO 2500 is ideal whenever you're using slow lenses or shooting dimly lit environments. Combining ISO2500 with VENICE's internal eight-step Optical ND filter system offers the ability to emulate different ISO's while maintaining maximum latitude of +6 and -9 stops, enabling you to use VENICE as an ISO1250 camera.
VENICE comes with the industry-standard PL lens mount. It is compatible with all Super35 and full-frame PL lenses, spherical and anamorphic. The lens mount includes contacts that support Cooke/i Technology. Lens information is recorded as metadata frame by frame.
Choose from the growing eco-system of E-mount lenses and, via third party adaptors, the world of SLR and rangefinder lenses. Lever lock operation provides added security with large lenses and in most cases lens support rigs don't need to be removed when changing lens. Switching from PL Mount to E-mount is can be done by simply removing six hex screws while E-mount lens iris operation is controllable via assignable button.
VENICE's support for 2x squeeze anamorphic lenses, combined with its ability to shoot 4:3 and 6:5 aspect ratios at a horizontal resolution of 4K, allows the capture of breathtakingly beautiful images with stunning lens flare, bokeh and emotional impact for both 2.4:1 and 2.66:1 widescreen cinema releases.
The stunning full 6K resolution of the camera can be recorded directly in X-OCN (16 bit eXtended tonal range Original Camera Negative) file format. Also, XAVC 4K can be captured onto SxS cards while still sampling from the full 6K resolution of the sensor.
*Firmware update required.
The Select FPS function lets you choose frame rates from 1 frame per second to as high as 60 fps, depending on imager mode. Firmware Version 2.0 supports Select FPS for all the available imager modes, while Version 3.0 enables Select FPS for the two additional imager modes noted in the firmware timeline.
VENICE's chassis is engineered to be amazingly robust and has been rigorously tested in the harshest conditions. Its ventilation system is completely isolated from all electronic components to prevent ingress of dust, sand and splash. The silent-running fan can be cleaned or even swapped out on set quickly and easily.
VENICE has a fully modular design and even the sensor block is interchangeable. So, as sensor technology advances in far future, you have the opportunity to upgrade without investing in a new camera. In order to maintain ergonomic balance for operators, the top handle and viewfinder are easily adjustable. As the height of the camera from the bottom to the optical center of the lens mount is the same as the F55, base plates and other accessories used for the F55 can be used with VENICE. The AXS-R7 recorder can be attached to VENICE with just four screws.
VENICE is the world's first camera of its class with a servo-controlled 8-step mechanical ND filter mechanism built into the camera chassis. It offers a massive ND of 0.3 (1/2 = 1 stop) to ND2.4 (1/256 = 8 stops) range that reduces time lost on set changing external filters. The ND filters also greatly increase VENICE's flexibility when being controlled remotely on drones and cranes, or in an underwater housing.
*Based on Sony market research.
VENICE has a surprisingly compact design which allows easier shooting in confined spaces or on drones. Control buttons are carefully positioned for intuitive operation and even illuminate for easy use on dark sets. There are control displays on both sides of the camera, with the main display positioned on the camera outside for fast access to settings by the camera assistant while shooting. The camera operator's OLED mini display allows intuitive control of commonly accessed features, on-set monitoring operation benefits from an extra HD output alongside the standard 12G-SDI (capable of 4K content on a single BNC cable).
The control interface is an all-new design based on extensive researches with camera operators.
Sony's VENICE* Camera Simulator is an interactive training tool that represents the CineAlta camera's menu-driven user interface.
High resolution content requires highly precise focus. VENICE offers up to 4.0x Dot-by-Dot magnification of the viewfinder image for superb focus accuracy.
Camera operators always appreciate a warning when mic booms or other distractions
threaten to enter the frame. Using Surround View mode, the viewfinder and on-set monitors can display a 5% margin around area being recorded.
NOTE: Surround View is available on 3.8K 16:9, 4K 17:9 and 4K 4:3 imager modes on VF, SDI 3/4 and HD Monitor outputs. Maximum supported frame rates are up to 29.97fps (project) and 48fps (variable).
This powerful tool makes it easy to attain perfect exposure settings. Simply press the assigned button to cycle from Normal Exposure to 64 EI (Base ISO 500) to 320 EI (Base ISO 2500) and back to Normal on your VF and Monitor.
Customise VENICE to deliver the precise look you desire. Install up to 16 user-generated LUTs (Look Up Tables) or 33 cube files.
The DVF-EL200 was created as the perfect partner for VENICE. A 1920 x 1080 OLED panel enables precise, high resolution focusing and framing, including False Colour Display at the touch of a button. A rotary encoder provides instant access to brightness, peaking and contrast. An all-new ergonomic design allows for tool-free attachment/detachment and reconfiguring within seconds. The industry-standard LEMO connector offers exceptional durability.
Sony is committed to extending the capability of VENICE with powerful system upgrades based on ongoing discussions with filmmakers.
Control VENICE from a PC or Mac® using a web browser and Ethernet cable. For control of multiple cameras, simply add an Ethernet router. With V2.0, you can control Record Start/Stop, Assignable Buttons and Frames per Second, Exposure Index, Shutter, ND Filter and White Balance. In Version 3.0, all menu settings will be supported.
VENICE offers complete production flexibility. Internally, VENICE can support XAVC, ProRes or MPEG HD recording onto SxS memory card. Additionally, by using the AXS-R7 recorder, it can record 16 bit RAW or X-OCN (16-bit eXtended tonal range Original Camera Negative) onto AXS memory card.
XAVC is the highest-performing implementation of H.264/AVC intra-frame coding. It supports 4K with superb efficiency and beautiful 10-bit pictures. Naturally, VENICE supports XAVC Class480, which is the highest bitrate and quality available.
Apple ProRes including ProRes 422 proxy formats are popular in postproduction, and are supported by VENICE. This means there's no need for transcoding; you can simply handle these formats directly from the camera.
This ultimate 16-bit linear RAW format preserves all the information captured in 4K, with 16 times more tonal values than 12-bit RAW.
Full 4K and 6K* resolution, with extraordinary colour reproduction, nicely suits Sony's third-generation colour development, S-Gamut 3. In particular, 16-bit scene linear tonal gradation retains the camera's full dynamic range, with far greater capacity for visual expression than 10-bit or 12-bit digital formats.
16-bit X-OCN offers significant file size reduction, which make working with full resolution content from VENICE's 6K sensor far more practical in terms of file transfer times and storage requirements.
X-OCN is supported by leading non-linear editing software tools such as Adobe Premiere CC, Apple Final Cut Pro X via Calibrated{Q} Sony RAW Decode plug-in, Avid Media Composer via nablet Sony RAW AMA plug-in, Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve, Colorfront OSD and FilmLight Baselight, to name a few.
ACES is a free, open, device-independent colour management and image interchange system that can be applied to almost any current or future workflow. It was developed by hundreds of the industry's top scientists, engineers and end users, working together under the auspices of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Sony is committed to supporting ACES-based workflows in the highest quality possible.
A key benefit of VENICE is simultaneous recording using two recording media. For example, a production could use RAW/X-OCN data recorded by AXS-R7 for online editing and also use XAVC, Apple ProRes or MPEG HD for offline editing without waiting for any file conversion. As VENICE can also record XAVC 4K and RAW/X-OCN* simultaneously, another option would be to use XAVC 4K for quick turnaround mainstream production while using simultaneously recording RAW/X-OCN as a future-proof archive suitable for the highest quality HDR applications.
Even without using AXS-R7, VENICE itself can record XAVC 4K and Apple ProRes 422 Proxy* simultaneously. VENICE is designed to support both the highest quality imagery and high speed workflows.
VENICE supports onboard recording of MPEG HD (fixed FPS only) and HD ProRes Proxy* in XAVC 4K and XAVC QFHD onto SxS media.
*Firmware update required.
VENICE with AXS-R7 supports both RAW and X-OCN recording of MPEG HD (fixed FPS only), HD ProRes, XAVC 4K* and XAVC QFHD* onto SxS media.
*Firmware update required.
Catalyst Browse and the RAW Viewer are free software downloads for colour grading and transcoding capabilities that work in close alignment with third-party colour grading applications and also with non-linear editing systems.


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Need any more reasons to love Gina Rodriguez? Didn't think so, but we're going to give you one, anyway.
The "Jane the Virgin" star has proved yet again that she is an absolute gem by responding to fan Jessica Casanova on Twitter who reached out to tell the actress that she'd love to wear Rodriguez's Golden Globes dress to her prom. Well, not only did she get acknowledgment from the celeb, she's getting a dress.
Rodriguez wrote back, and although she couldn't hand over the gorgeous off-the-shoulder blue gown that she wore this year, she did have one especially memorable dress that she was willing to offer the young girl in need.
U.S. & World
Here's how the epic exchange on Twitter went down: [[367245581,C]]
The actress is, of course, referring to her strapless black Badgley Mischka gown, which she wore when she stole the show by snagging the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy Series over vets like Edie Falco and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
"Wow. Thank you god for making me an artist," Rodriguez, who was visibly emotional and moved by the win, said when she took the stage. After thanking her bosses at the CW and at "Jane the Virgin," she moved onto her two families: her fellow castmembers and her actual family.
"Thank you to my entire cast. I am nothing without you," she gushed. "Thank you to my mom and my dad who tell me to dream big and never stop dreaming. Thank you to my sisters and my siblings...for being the biggest role models.
"This award is so much more than myself," Rodriguez added, getting choked up. "It represents a culture that wants to see themselves as heroes. My father used to tell me to say every morning: 'Today is going to be a great day. I can and I will.' Well, Dad. Today is a great day. I can and I did."
PHOTOS: Gina Rodriguez & Dad Get Ready for Golden Globes
READ: New Couple Alert! "Jane the Virgin" Star Gina Rodriguez Is Dating Ben Schwartz


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While travelling in Montana, one of the sounds we heard that we were not used to, was the rumble of the trains going by about every half hour.
I'm guessing this one was carrying some kind of oil but we saw all sorts of things being transported by train – grain, coal, and even what looked like the shells of jet airplanes
At first when trains went by at night in the distance, I wondered who had turned on the trailer furnace. The muted rumbling had a similar growl. But we soon got used to it. When you think about it, it makes more sense to move huge amounts of freight by train than by truck.
I wanted to post a few photos of Montana that I thought were pretty, and of course they will be of trees, grasses, and skies.
Crabapple trees near Fort Peck.
A Russian olive tree.
A lovely tree-lined driveway.
Can you hear the soft swishing of the grasses in the wind?
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ROCHESTER — The following items, based on entries in the Rochester Police Log, were selected from 1,027 calls for service from Sept. 23 to 28:
Sunday, Sept. 23
12:35 a.m. — Music is pounding out of the Flagg Road area.
12:43 a.m. — A TV blares at Country Brook Estates.
7:54 a.m. — At Norway Plains Apartments a cat "that is not moving" is taken away by small children.
9:03 a.m. — There's an orange kayak in Hanson Pines.
1:06 p.m. — Kim Ann Leary, 40, of 110 Pineland Park, Milton is charged with criminal trespass and willful concealment.
1:55 p.m. — A "bunch of nails" are a hazard at a Lilac Mall intersection. Hannaford staff come to the rescue with push brooms.
1:57 p.m. — Two young men appear to be getting into a North Main Street building via the roof.
4:01 p.m. — Ericka Ahearn, 35, of 10402 County Road, Apt. 44, Leesburg, Fla., is arrested on a warrant at the fairground.
5:25 p.m. — Two credit cards are found at the fairground. The bank advises they be destroyed.
5:39 p.m. — At Hillview Manor screws are found under vehicle tires.
10:21 p.m. — A man is booting the door of Jimmy's Smoke Shop.
10:25 p.m. — Grass is ripped up in front of a Mill Street home.
Monday, Sept. 24
1:25 a.m. — A man sends his ex-girlfriend pictures of his cut wrist and says he has a lot more blood to lose. Police carry out a welfare check.
2:13 a.m. — There is a fight on Walnut Street which 911 can hear over someone's phone.
7:15 a.m. — An iPad has been stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Winter Street.
8:40 a.m. — A middle school student is in Frisbie after being badly assaulted.
9:31 a.m. — A knife is found on the ground near Wyandotte.
10:25 a.m. — Music at Royal Crest MHP is unacceptably loud.
2:07 p.m. — Michelle Harvey, 32, of 14 Charles St., is arrested on a warrant.
2:58 p.m. — An unnamed Walmart shoplifter is given a summons.
3:22 p.m. — A woman gives out her SS number over the phone and then fears a fraudster is afoot.
4:13 p.m. — A Brock Street woman put a washing machine on her lawn, went back inside to make a For Sale sign, and found the appliance stolen when she went back out. The thieves made a clean getaway.
5:55 p.m. — A theft is reported at a dental facility on Winter Street.
5:57 p.m. — Joshua Polchies, 27, of 30A West High St., Somersworth is charged with drug possession.
6:33 p.m. — Larry Feeley, 39, of 11 Clow Court, is charged with public urination.
7:18 p.m. - William K. Brooks, 40, of 79 Hawthorn Hill Road, Farmington is charged with stalking.
7:24 p.m. — Duane Howard, 44, of 77 High St., Somersworth is charged with driving under the influence on Milton Road.
8:28 p.m. — A theft occurs at Kmart.
10:03 p.m. — On Railroad Ave a punch is thrown; a lady who seems drunk has attacked some people. She is released to a "sober party."
Tuesday, Sept. 25
12:46 a.m. — A dog has been howling for three hours on Whitehouse Road.
6:28 a.m. — Shawn D. Tetreault, 41, of 29 Goding Road, Lebanon, Maine is charged with driving after suspension.
7:57 a.m. - Meds have been stolen from a purse at Health & Human Services.
9:44 a.m. — The First United Methodist Church has been burgled. Petty cash and the safe are missing.
2:12 p.m. — A vehicle is stolen from North Main Street.
2:46 p.m. — A bag of meds has shown up at Laurel Terrace.
3:00 p.m. — Rifle shots ring out near Eagle Drive.
3:38 p.m. — Music blasts at the high school soccer field. Then the game commences.
5:36 p.m. — An unnamed shoplifter is charged at Walmart.
5:41 p.m. — A notebook is stolen in a burglary on Limestone Lane.
6:13 p.m. — A fight, featuring bats, breaks out near Subway.
8:08 p.m. — Matthew Joseph Reddy, 31, of 14 Ford St., Somersworth is charged with criminal mischief.
10:00 p.m. — Walgreens catches a shoplifter.
Wednesday, Sept. 26
8:05 a.m. — James E. Munroe, 23, of 6 Thomas St., is charged with five counts of stalking and four counts of simple assault.
8:23 a.m. — Matthew Cabana, 19, of 120 Eastern Ave., is charged with willful concealment.
10:38 a.m. — Abram Treat, 23, of 36 Cocheco Ave., is arrested on a warrant.
12:05 p.m. — In a Portland Street apartment it is asserted that four men "are beating the crap out of each other."
12:49 p.m. — A tuxedo cat dies on Charles Street and people will give it a burial.
12:51 p.m. — Jennifer M. Duckworth, 28, of 362 Greenhill Road, Barrington is charged with simple assault and arrested on a warrant.
1:18 p.m. — A toter is stolen from a Gear Road home.
1:56 p.m. — Near Right Attitudes, an officer advises kids of the law dealing with skateboarding on sidewalks.
3:44 p.m. — Dennis Parker, 40, of 86 Church St., Apt. 3, is charged with two counts of simple assault.
3:45 p.m. — Courtney L. Snapp, 38, of 33 Cold Spring Circle, Apt. 3 is charged with willful concealment.
3:59 p.m. — A home on Silver Street has been burgled.
6:24 p.m. — A lady door to door does go at Franklin Heights, she wants to know if people need their carpets cleaned, and went she gets the answer "No" she waxes rude, or so it's gleaned.
11:29 p.m. — At Burger King, horn-honking is blamed on a woman, who is very dissatisfied with her order. She says it was the folks behind her in the drive-thru line. Police move her along and tell her to file a complaint with management.
Thursday, Sept. 27
4:06 a.m. — Summer Street neighbors yell at each other. A mattress has been thrown out.
10:19 a.m.— Aaron G. McGuire, 18, of 436 Salmon Falls Road, Apt. 1 is charged with shoplifting.
10:54 a.m. — Jarett Catlin, 19, of 301 Pound Road, Farmington is charged with three counts of criminal mischief.
11:01 a.m. — Two bikes have been stolen from a Sherman Street home.
11:08 a.m. — On Walnut Street a man is "forcefully" demanding work.
11:47 a.m. — A woman cleaning out a unit at Indian Brook Circle finds a gun.
1:02 p.m. — Security patrolling Lilac Mall report they've seen the writing on the wall.
2:19 p.m. — A purse is stolen from a car on Chestnut Street.
4:54 p.m. — A stray dog, described as "very friendly" pushes the envelope by puking in a Ten Rod Road yard.
6:01 p.m. — John Alvah Pike, 28, of 29 Civic St., Farmington is charged with simple assault.
6:10 p.m. — William F. Roach Jr., 40, of 28 Maple St., Union is charged with two counts of willful concealment.
11:17 p.m. — A 17-year-old is charged with operating without a valid license on North Main Street.
Friday, Sept. 28
1:26 a.m. — Eric Tony Shaw, 26, of 17B Patriots Way, is arrested on a warrant; Windell Cervantes-Conley, 22, of 51 Patton St., Apt. 3 is arrested on a warrant.
4:14 a.m. — Criminal trespassing occurs on Cross Road.
7:00 a.m. — Cumberland Farms on North Main Street reports an instance of shoplifting.
9:16 a.m. — A wallet is stolen at the Cumberland Farms pumps on Milton Road.
10:00 a.m. — Police are asked to go to Country Brook Kennels with a video camera and record damage done by a tenant.
10:22 a.m. — Arlene C. Dionne, 68, of 33 Highland St., Apt. 21 is charged with false fire alarm.
11:53 a.m. — At Kohl's, Karin Tuck, 40, of 72 Apendago Road, Alton is charged with willful concealment and arrested on a warrant.
12:57 p.m. — Michael Moore, 28, of 41 Limestone Lane, is charged with forgery. 1:54 p.m. — Kai the talking cat is missing from Heaton Street. It's mostly white with black spots.
7:18 p.m. — Michael Moore, 28, of 24 Berry River Road, Barrington, is charged with conduct after an accident, reckless conduct and driving after suspension.
7:55 p.m. — Diana Foley, 25, of 5 Spinney Way, Kittery, Maine is charged with driving after suspension.
8:43 p.m. — A 17-year-old is charged with criminal trespass and contempt of court.
9:13 p.m. — Kohl's reports a theft.
10:47 p.m. — Seth Bolster, 21, of 10B Myrtle St., is charged with resisting arrest , four counts of criminal mischief and two counts of criminal threatening.
10:58 p.m. — Two gentlemen fight over a lady on Charles Street.
Rochester police log
ROCHESTER — The following items, based on entries in the Rochester Police Log, were selected from 1,027 calls for service from Sept. 23 to 28: