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Going to Tennessee! Worried about bugs!
April 22, 2013, 10:03:43 PM »
So were going to the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee for vacation the last week of May and although Im very excited and looking forward to it, Ive been really worrying about the various bugs that are foreign to our native Chicago. My mother and uncle will be coming along and the last two times we took them to northern Wisconsin, they got ticks even though they barely left the car or the hotel and we did all the hiking without them. This, of course, made them freak about Lyme disease and complain about going out in the wilderness. I dont want to panic and discourage my daughter from frolicking through the fields, but Im afraid shes going to come frolicking back with fire ants swarming one leg, a chigger infestation in the other and a giant pulsating spider clinging to her back. Im not too worried about snakes because they tend to have the consideration to stay away from people and civilization.. bugs on the other hand dont give a hoot where they call home so long as no ones been there for the last 20 minutes.
We will be staying in a rental house, which is a bit old so theres the potential that some ancient race of spiders have been reigning from its depths. I know there are not supposed to be many deadly venomous spiders besides the black widow and brown recluse, but I am particularly nervous because I had a bad reaction to (presumably) a spider bite when I was 2 years old. The culprit was never found so we dont know if I was highly allergic, or if it was one of the baddies. I have been searching, but I cant find a really good guide with like a 5-skull rating system of poisonousness/aggressiveness, but I did find a list of Smoky Mountain spiders with pictures which could be helpful.
I know a lot of you live in, or have traveled to, places with crazy bugs, so I thought maybe some of you would be kind enough to share some tips about how to avoid, identify, and prepare for the dangerous ones. I know wearing close fitting clothes, long pants and sleeves is highly recommended when going out in the wild (even though I hate it). Im not too fond of bug spray, especially since it doesnt seem to be that effective, but if anyone knows of a particular type that works really well, Ill be willing to try it. Ive also tried the fan thing and the whistley devices and they dont seem to work either, but again, I trust most of you more than commercials. I kind of wish I could take along an old hillbilly to eat all the bugs and suck out the py-zun, so if anyone knows one, please send my way. Also, any tricks for tick removal would be appreciated.
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Re: Going to Tennessee! Worried about bugs!
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April 22, 2013, 10:20:10 PM »
I live there so I kind of have a decent knowledge of the local bug life.
It's not really that bad. Ticks can be a problem, but just check your hair and where ever else they could go. Bugs really aren't a big problem. Lyme disease isn't even a problem that I know of here.
Spiders now... That depends on the house. I live in a house that's almost 100 years old, but spiders are only seen from time to time, but on the other hand people in way newer houses get them all the time. Spiders won't really mess with you anyways.
Overall just wear bug spray and check each other for tics and you should be fine. Seriously it's not the Amazon here.
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April 22, 2013, 10:52:37 PM »
I live in a rural area of Texas with zillions of spiders of all varieties all around us every day. I have never been bitten by a spider. I have occasionally picked up a tick, but not that often. I have found that knee high rubber boots worn when out in the field or walking the creeks are very effective at keeping chiggers and ticks from getting on your legs (wear jeans tucked INTO the boots!). A healthy dose of OFF will keep the mosquitoes at bay for the most part. Other than that, enjoy the outdoors!
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April 22, 2013, 11:17:22 PM »
I've vacationed in Gatlinburg many a time and rarely had any issues with bugs, the lone exception being fleas in one of the chalets I stayed at. Fortunately the one next door was available and I was able to move over to it. Like Criswell said, just check yourself and your family for ticks if you're venturing through woods and whatnot. Enjoy the Smokies, it's a great place!
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April 23, 2013, 06:44:53 AM »
I haven't spent much time in Tennessee, other than driving through it a few times, but I grew up next to my grandparents farm in Minnesota and spent my whole childhood playing in the woods and fields. I think I got one or two ticks on me that entire time, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. Might be a good idea to keep your daughter on any hiking trails and discourage her from running through the bushes and stuff, but let her have fun of course
As far as spiders I suppose you could do a sweep of the house, with shoe in hand, when you get there. If you do see a spider I think chances are about 99.9% that it will be the ordinary non-dangerous variety.
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^No Lester, you don't want Paquita to burn.
I live in a town where the roaches just loves to say 'Hi, don't mind us in your house now!' The only Spiders that I've seen in the house is mostly those little jumpy spiders.
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April 23, 2013, 08:41:15 AM »
You city slickers... just go and don't worry about it! Worst thing you're likely to encounter are mosquitoes. Don't freak out and scare your daughter. Getting bitten by a bug every now and then is part of being a kid.
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For the record, I've been to this area a few times without senior citizens and little ones and for the most part, there were very few frightening encounters with bugs. However, every single time I have been descended upon by eensy weensy baby spiders that no one else could see. And twice I have seen a giant hand-sized red spindly legged spider looking thing.. it was probably a harvestman, but it was RED! Red is the color of danger, blood and stopping! I hate that thing!
I've never had a tick either, only the people I bring with me get ticks. I don't really think they want me to "check" them. Is there an electronic tick scanning wand?
Thanks for the responses!
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April 23, 2013, 09:23:00 PM »
I grew up in TN. I used to go to the Smokies every summer.
Here's two big rules for you that should help.
1st, use bug spray. It does help.
2nd, don't be a wuss. There's a very good chance you're going to get bitten by some bugs. It happens. Don't freak out. The chances of anything seriously dangerous biting you are extremely slim.
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April 23, 2013, 10:09:35 PM »
Smokies in May may not be that bad anyway. I doubt the ticks will be in full swing that early, especially if the late winter/early spring has been as cold has I've heard up there. Probably won't be a whole lot of problem with skeeters, either...certainly nothing a little DEET laced repellent won't fix.
I grew up on NC side of the Smokies....a bit south of the park. I've hiked and camped in that area a lot, and I don't recall having a problem with ticks in the woods...in tall grass, yes, but that was generally later in summer.
Do watch the bears and heed the warnings/precautions that are out. They are not a big problem either (with some common sense), but were I going up there, I'd be more focused on my bear safety than bugs.
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Quote from: lester1/2jr on April 23, 2013, 07:47:04 AM
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Although some may differ and probably will, I can tell you from personal experience taking 100 mg of vitamin B1 goes a long way toward repelling mosquitoes. (I even did a science fair project about it when I was a kid....) In any case the bugs should leave you alone, but watch out for the ever-lurking Smoky Mountain tourist traps. Down there even the gift shops have gift shops. Heck, the Cherokee try to charge you to take their pictures, and I suspect some of the black bears have their own racket going on.
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Mind you, I don't know anything about the manga beside the few pictures I've seen in this thread (and that NSFW one panel) so I can't really judge it, but if the sex is shown in a ''particular'' manner that makes it seem like it belongs more to a hentai (as in p0rn) rather than an adult work (where it's shown in a mature way) then that would be a real shame for me.
Well, it's generally a good rule to not base the anime on the pre-release manga adaptation(?) so I'll just hope for the best. Like I said, maybe it's not really that bad?
In any case, it's pretty clear that there is going to be a sexual element in the anime going by the brief scene we were shown in the trailer, and it gave me the impression that it wasn't going to be anything of the sort that you'd find in a hentai. Risque, possibly, but for some reason I don't think that's the thing they are going for here.
Since I haven't read the novel, my best guess is that as these 5 age, they will eventually get to experience first hand the wonders of hormones and there will be a minor plot thread of sexual exploration that ties up in the grander scheme of events and other threads as they discover the world past their little fake utopia.
I suppose it could mean that the show is going to be time skipping early on 2 years, spend half(?) of the remaining time on the 14-teen era and then skip on to the 26-adults era for the finale. So it's possible they could fit it all in 12-13 episode if they utilize the time and pace things efficiently.
I don't know, this seriously doesn't look anything that could go on for more than 1-cour unless they dragged it on, especially when it's only one novel. Even the Beast Player Erin anime had to go into 2.25 Novels +fillers in order to fit 4 cours, so anything more than a 2 cours here seems really excessive.
Also late response
Whatever the reason, I'm glad that they are still interested in making more anime like those.
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I remember reading somewhere that the manga is really different from the novel and the anime will be really different from the manga. I've been very confused about it, from what I can see the manga looks like it has three main female characters but all the stuff for the anime so far only shows two. Also I think they'll probably be children for a good chunk of it because the boys have female voice actresses, of course they could add male ones later but still.
|2012-09-07, 12:27
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|2012-09-07, 14:40
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The only objection I have to the design is how they took a typical Japanese school uniform and crossed it with some '70s sci-fi designs out of Logan's Run and said, "See, it's the future!"
Given the quality of all the PVs so far, I'm surprised this thread hasn't generated as much interest as Pscyhopass and K, but I guess that's the difference ads can make -- this show laid out the plot and staff from the beginning, while the other two eked the information out slowly.
|2012-09-07, 19:27
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I like the art and character designs, personally. This has the potential to be a great show, I hope it's two cours since the story spans quite a few years (Starting when the characters are 12 and ending when they're 26, from what I heard).
|2012-09-07, 19:37
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This series could definitely go places. My most highly anticipated series for Fall season (since I know Hidamari Sketch will be great ).
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Another popular recent topic that was still going strong.Hey, let's talk about BradleyChalkTateColeclough...and so on.Undershadow, what say you?
Just got the Paul Bradley - Cede mini-discs into the store. These (as well as the other Waterscape label release by label-founder Seconds in Formaldehyde) are out of print at the label and it appears these are the last remaining copies anywhere. I'm not sure how long these will last... we do have 15 copies, which is nearly 1/3 of the full run, but if people can only find them on the Hypnos store, they might be snapped right up.Link:http://www.hypnos.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=ws02and in case anyone is interested in the Seconds in Formaldehyde disc, though this dronemeister isn't British...http://www.hypnos.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=ws01
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On receiving a gift of art
Meet the great-great-great-grandparents. This is Erastus Granger, and his gloomy visage, in its battered frame, has reigned over the front hallway of the Crazy Stable for ages. I first propped him up there as a Lemony-Snickety Hallowe'en goof. I also confess to a shameful whiff of preppie pride at having such an obviously ancient glowering ancestor, and one who was Protestant and English to boot. (He's from my Dad's side, long before popery spread like wildfire through the clan via my Irish-American mother.)
Over the weekend, however, an artist friend in a rush of generosity gave me this beautiful painting. Karen Friedland, its creator, is an accomplished painter whose work hangs in collectors' homes, galleries and, now, here. (Well, it will be hung.) On a whim, I swapped out this flamboyant acrylic bouquet for old Erastus, and lo, the hallway was transfigured. The painting serendipitously echoed the faux Easter posies I'd tossed in the dough-bowl thingie. It bounced light around instead of sucking it into a gothic abyss. The brushstrokes even manage to party happily with the rather ghastly colors we painted the hall and its trim (respectively, peach and a hue I've dubbed "Shrimp Bisque Bordello." This photo doesn't show the walls' true color, for which you should be grateful.)
A gift of art from a friend is magical on many levels. Creativity is an absolute mystery, and it's a share of that mystery. Karen's work ranges from riotously color-drenched landscapes to vibrant abstractions, but all of them spring straight from her vision; thus, in a sense, they are all gifts. To see more of them (along with nifty homes), come this weekend to the Flatbush Artists Spring Studio Tour, which Karen founded to showcase, not just her own work, but that of many other talented artists in our neck of the woods. It's this weekend, May 19 and 20, from noon to 6 p.m., and it's free. Like a gift.


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Riva Del Garda, Italy (June 4, 2017) - The final scheduled day of racing in Riva Del Garda ended with no further competition leaving Edoardo Lupi and Massimo Pessina's TORPYONE atop the podium for the third event of the 2017 Melges 32 World League, European Division hosted by Fraglia Della Vela Riva. Congratulations to all the crew members of the 2017 Riva Del Garda Melges 32 Championship team including tactician Lorenzo Bressani, Alberto Bolzan, Carlo Zermini, Javier De La Plaza, Jas Farneti and Alessio Spadoni.
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|2010-06-24, 16:38
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The other interesting bit is that unless Eva managed some deviously clever scheme that invalidates the deal transferring the shares to this executor, one of the two things has to have happened:
So I wouldn't pay too much attention to that, though you might find a parallel or two.
|2010-06-24, 16:49
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Actually, Eva paying the inheritance taxes would explain why she has assets but still would have to auction Kinzo's books. 1998 evidence suggests most of her wealth was re-built after she escaped the disaster. Certainly the money Ange has inherited is not the wealth built by Kinzo or his children, but the wealth built by Eva herself from the ashes of those things, just as Kinzo built his fortune from what remained of his family's assets after the Kanto Earthquake.
|2010-06-24, 17:18
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But the interesting consequences on that branch don't stop there. Beatrice has to be an Ushiromiya legally written into the family register, otherwise, Eva cannot inherit the shares at all.
Which means that unless Kinzo actually managed to do that to Shannon or Kanon without anyone else noticing, -- and Battler, who returned to the family after Kinzo died, would have to see the full list while at it -- neither of them can be 'that child that the gold of the Golden Land already belongs to'.
|2010-06-24, 17:24
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In a purely legal sense, the heiress to the Ushiromiya family fortune is Jessica.
And she indeed doesn't care about the fortune either.
Meanwhile, contrast this with Piece-Beato, who quite clearly through her letters and staking shows interest in getting the epitagh solved.
Although really I don't know where to begin and where to end with Jessica....
|2010-06-24, 18:07
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A person who wants the epitaph solved may do so because they consider themselves ineligible for it (either because they were responsible for helping Kinzo create it, aren't Ushiromiya family members and don't believe they count, consider themselves unworthy of it, don't want it). After all, if the gold has with it responsibility over the Ushiromiya Group, it's not at all unbelievable there'd be people who just plain don't want it.
Jessitrice, for instance, could want somebody other than herself saddled with the responsibilities of the family head. What better way to dodge that bullet than to simply have someone else "prove" they're the better choice in Kinzo's eyes? Likewise Shannon/Kanon may not actually want to be family head, even if they've solved the epitaph. So they actually do want someone to solve it, and will help them, but they try to make it sporting so the "best" choice rises to the headship.
Or Genji and Kumasawa are behind it, and neither considers themselves an appropriate choice. They may not know that Shannon or Kanon has already solved it, of course, if they have.
|2010-06-24, 18:22
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There's actually an interesting trace in Ep5 where Battler sees Kinzo when out treasure hunting. Kinzo narrates that he has won a bet with Beatrice now that Battler has solved the epitaph.
That fake scene could still be interpreted to mean that Beatrice is the actual designer of the riddle, and Kinzo literally made a bet that one of his descendants will solve it. The bomb may actually be the equivalent of his stake in that bet.
|2010-06-24, 18:26
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If anyone has something to gain from them not solving the epitaph though they probably plan to leave the family and make their own family fortune (Zaibatsu) on their own, which would mean the executor holding the assets has everything to gain by not cooperating with Eva or whoever the head is and handing the assets over.
|2010-06-24, 18:47
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Well, with the fortune of the Ushiromiya family, the most likely candidates are Jessica, Shannon, and Kanon.
Jessica because as I previously pointed out, the fortune is legally hers, but she really could care less about it. If the epitagh was solved, she wouldn't mind, and it wasn't, she wouldn't mind either. Granted, we have an example where Erika wanted to humilate Jessica, so I suppose the epitagh COULD matter to her, but in such a case that was more or less because she didn't want her father to be humilated.
With Kanon and Shannon, being "furniture", money doesn't mean much, and indeed if they were Beatrice it fits them perfectly.
The issue with this is that we have to assume they're Beatrice from the get go, which Shannon is highly likely to be, but at the same time, it's a theory that relies on circular logic.
Shannon is the child because the child is Beatrice and Shannon is Beatrice.
Episode 7 cannot come soon enough, as whenever we have any theory applying to Shannon, Jessica, and Kanon, things get fuzzy as heck.
But I'll propose the following I suppose: Piece Beatrice is out to save everyone or something that doesn't involve mass murder, and there is someone who is at the same time exploiting the legend and killing in her name. In a sense, there are two culprits who adhere to the Beato mythos. But there is only one Piece Beato.
|2010-06-24, 18:53
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In Jewish communities, a similar problem exists -- during the Passover, a religious jew must not own any chametz, that is, any fermented grain product. Not consuming it during this period goes without saying, but not having any in the house or owning any is also a major religious issue. Consumption of fermented grain products is not forbidden at other time, and is normally desired. It is relatively easy to rid one's home of all remains of chametz one planned to consume, but if you're a baker, you have a major problem -- because you can't get rid of stock without losing money, or sometimes, simply killing your business.
To solve this, a practice evolved where a trusted non-Jew receives nominal ownership of the chametz within a business by purchasing it for a nominal sum, and then it is purchased back after the Passover. But the contract of that sale must be legally binding, or it's not religiously valid! While doing that is sure to destroy all possible trust, cases of market prices being asked for the repurchase are not unheard of at all. The jew who sold the chametz essential to his business to someone is at their mercy, because the contract is legally binding or there's no point in signing one.
In a similar fashion, for Kinzo to successfully dodge the inheritance law, Beatrice has to be a legal, not just nominal owner of Ushiromiya Group, and whether Kinzo's instructions are legally binding for her is an open question. Even if they are in any way binding, Beatrice has everything to gain from nobody solving the epitaph, as her conditional ownership of Ushiromiya Group will in this case become unconditional.
|2010-06-24, 20:37
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IIRC She never had anything to gain at all.
She has no gain from making them solve the epitaph. If they solve it, Beatrice has nothing to gain. If they don't, then she also gains nothing.
She has no gain from doing a plotline murder. The murders aren't set up to scare anyone, to take revenge, or to fulfill a desire to kill. If everyone dies, Beatrice gains nothing. If everyone lives, then she gains nothing?
Wasn't that the message of EP5?
|2010-06-24, 22:27
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Yeah he's right you can read it that way.
Whether the epitaph's riddle is solved or not, this child stands nothing to gain at all.
Regardless of whether the epitaph is solved or not, Beato has nothing to gain.
Just more reasons for me to suspect Beato is furniture. Or in other words a pawn of the mastermind with no real goals of her own. Or we could just drop the whole Beatrice thing altogether.
|2010-06-25, 04:10
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|2010-06-25, 08:22
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The mere fact she herself has nothing to gain from the epitaph being solved likewise does not preclude desiring that someone solve it or not solve it. Unless you're going to count some sort of personal satisfaction for meeting her goals to be "something to gain," she can easily come out of the situation in the same position as before, but still help someone solve the epitaph. Arguably, doing it as a favor for a friend, or to help someone else with no expectation of being rewarded, could constitute "nothing to gain."
Alternately, she has nothing to gain, but solving/failing to solve the epitaph causes her to lose. In the case of one scenario causing loss and another not, she can express a preference despite lacking a possibility of gain. Arguably, however, "avoiding loss" can be said to be "something to gain."
|2010-06-25, 13:24
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My point exactly. If we assume she's already the head of the family and wants to keep it, then someone solving the epitaph is technically a loss. If someone solves it, then she doesn't keep the headship. If no one ever solves it, then she keeps the headship. If the case that she wants to keep the headship, she has something to gain from someone not solving it. Thus that motive and situation must be ruled out.
If we assume she's already the head of the family and wants to get rid of it, then the epitaph being not solved is technically a loss. Some solution outcomes as before, but this time the gain and loss is flipped.
The only time this not an issue is if she either doesn't have the headship OR she does have it but neither wants to give it away nor keep it.
Thus, Jessicatrice is impossible because she HAS technically a favorable outcome. She, in earlier Episodes, has expressed a will to not be the next head. She has clearly told George that she would prefer if he became the next head. She would have a stake in someone solving the epitaph.
Spoiler for Long post, read for my crackpot theory on motive:
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|2010-06-25, 13:59
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I'm positive by now that the epitaph solution does not in any way rely on the murders happening. It is possible to solve before anyone even pretends to die (ep5), and Eva's ep3 solution did not appear to rely on the fact that anyone had died at all. The murders provide an impetus, but it was Eva's memories and the hints she got from Rosa that allowed her to solve it. And Battler (+ Erika) appears to have solved it through pure reasoning.
|2010-06-25, 14:13
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'Technically' is the key word. Should we understand the red about "nothing to gain" in the widest possible sense, (accomplishment of any possible goal), "nothing to gain" regarding a very specific goal that is defined in such a way that both options are losing, or should we use the concept of a material or emotional gain instead? Why pick one over the other? I don't think the question of the proper interpretation of this particular red is settled.
I may be avoiding driving forces, however, one thing remains true -- Eva cannot inherit the Ushiromiya Group from a dead Beatrice unless Beatrice is in the Ushiromiya family register. If Beatrice was not in the family register but named Eva specially in a will, the law would have to stop for years to search for lineal ascendants of Beatrice who have a reserved portion of 1/3. I don't think that works.
It's not about what Beatrice wants to do, yet, but about the opportunity to do what only Beatrice can do, being 'the child that Golden Land belongs to'.
...that reminds me about that feud between the girls behind Battler's back. Battler solving the epitaph is only a win if the other girl dies. That works if Battler promised both Jessica and Shannon the moon... well, something that he can only do if he's the head, that is -- and without the other girl dying in the epitaph murders, him being the head doesn't matter. Without him being the head, the other girl dying doesn't matter.
Which probably means that the letters have nothing to do with the murders, which complicates things even more.
EDIT: P.S. There's a relevant joke, a bit misogynistic, but pardon me for that. Three desires of a woman are said to be, in order of increasing preference:
|2010-06-25, 14:18
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Still, what Virgilia says about the murders and connecting to them to the epitaph still bugs me. I think that point isn't being emphasized enough...
On the same train as that, it seems that even if people DO solve the epitaph, murders will happen anyway. EP3 proves that and EP5 prove those same points. Even though Eva and Battler solve it, people still die after.
However, don't the letters always say that she gives up her "rights to the headship" if someone finds the gold? In EP3 you could argue that it is possible Eva never found the gold, but that same trick doesn't work in EP5 because Erika is detective and she finds the gold with Battler. The gold is real and it does get found in EP5. Then why do people still die? Maybe this is hint towards multi-tiered culprits (i.e. once the gold is found, the culprit suddenly becomes someone else and people die for a different reason then what did before. Kind of like how in Higurashi if one set of conditions were avoiding, you ran into another set of conditions with other people dieing?)
|2010-06-25, 14:32
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That Beatrice might not even be connected to the fake murders, though, is a possibility, but that brings us back to the questions we started with:
I'm afraid that the fake first twilight is still the best explanation, and to be honest, the red about fear still allows multiple interpretations. "[Beatrice's] Her goal is not to make someone experience fear." It does not necessarily mean that if someone might experience fear, Beatrice didn't do it. It is quite possible that fear inevitably results from her actions, but is not within her goal -- like, if I shoot a gun at a butterfly flying next to your ear, I might make you experience fear, but my goal is to shoot down the butterfly.
|2010-06-25, 14:39
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I personally beleive there is a manipulator at the top of these three groups and that there are different accomplices in each episode (to make sense of why people die in so many inconsistent ways), but he doesn't have to exist if you don't want him to.
|2010-06-25, 14:46
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It's not the existence of people who want to be masterminds that I doubt, mind you. I doubt their capability to control people effectively enough to make them murder all the time, every time. There should be breaks of control somewhere, and that essentially amounts to there being no single mastermind.
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Improving rehab tax credits would pay big dividends
Sen. Charles E. Schumer's effort to expand and extend federal tax credits for revitalizing vacant and under-utilized historic buildings is to be applauded. In Buffalo, such icons as the Statler Towers, the AM&A's building and the H.H. Richardson Complex all need government support, and because of their status as local landmarks, they deserve it.
Schumer is calling for an extension of the federal New Markets Tax Credit, set to expire at the end of the year. The credit, targeted at low-income communities, covers 39 percent of the investment costs for eligible projects. That tax credit has been one of the essential solutions to Buffalo's redevelopment puzzles.
The senator is also pushing the Creating American Prosperity Through Preservation (CAPP) Act, which would increase the federal historic tax credit from 20 percent of investment costs for smaller projects up to $7.5 million to 30 percent of the cost.
By lowering the cost of entry into the program, historic buildings on New York's Main Streets and along the Erie Canal corridor in villages such as Medina and Albion will benefit.
Moreover, the CAPP Act will serve projects in New York at no additional cost to the state. And it would eliminate the federal taxation of the proceeds of state credits transferred through partnerships, offering New York State rehabilitation projects greater leverage from our own state rehab credit.
The state historic tax credit is also in need of several critical fixes. The bill raising the state tax credit limit per project from $5 million to $12 million was passed by the Legislature last June. The new limit would allow larger, more complicated projects to proceed, such as the old AM&A's store on Main Street, a project developer Rocco Termini has said he would tackle if he gets the assistance needed from an increased tax credit.
But even if the governor signs the bill, developers will have just two years remaining to take advantage.
The Legislature has not yet acted on a proposal to extend the program, due to expire in 2014, for five years. And securing the ability to allocate the federal and state credits to separate development partners is critical to attracting new investment to these projects across the state.
Potential developers need both the federal and state credits working together.
Therefore, at minimum, an extension of the state program is just as important to this type of effort in Buffalo as changes to the federal credits.
Both the federal and state governments are facing enormous economic struggles. But it cannot be said too many times: historic tax credits incentivize development, which, in turn, puts people to work and improves local economies. Income and other taxes generated by rehabilitating historic buildings generate many times the cost of the credits.
The state should get behind Schumer's efforts to push the federal New Markets Tax Credit and the CAPP Act, while also extending and pushing for an amended state tax credit limit.
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After the homily, the vigil draws to a conclusion. I might say "quick," but there is provision for a sharing in remembrance of the departed person. Otherwise, just three items:
62. In the prayers of intercession the community calls upon God to comfort the mourners and to show mercy to the deceased. The prayer of intercession takes the form of a litany, the Lord's Prayer, and a concluding prayer.
This is a sound recognition that intercessory prayer takes many forms within the Catholic liturgy, and here particularly, the funeral rites. The "litany" mentioned here is either a list of intercessions, either similar to what we experience at Mass, or it could also be more acclamatory of Christ–more similar to a troped Kyrie or Agnus Dei.
After this prayer and before the blessing or at some other suitable time during the vigil, a member of the family or a friend of the deceased may speak in remembrance of the deceased.
This "eulogy," if you will: interesting, isn't it? The rite presumes one person speaks. My experience is that it is often a few to several. Note the ideal placement of this "remembrance" is not within the larger structure of prayer, but after the concluding prayer, and before the final blessing. With typical Roman practicality, another "suitable" time may be chosen for this remembrance. In my experience, it either replaces a homily or takes place after it. That seems suitable in most American settings.
63. The vigil concludes with a blessing, which may be followed by a liturgical song or a few moments of silent prayer or both.
Straightforward, but I'll mention something a bit off topic from funerals: namely, the "creep" of the concluding song into the Church's rites. We saw it given as an option in many RCIA rites. At the vigil, it "may" be done; and the American practice is usually that it is, if music is included at the vigil in any way.
Silent prayer between a final blessing and song strikes me as awkward. I think there are more natural times for silence: before presidential prayers, in between the readings, at the end of the homily, at the conclusion of personal sharing. But the overall emphasis on silence as an important part of liturgy is a welcome post-conciliar development, even if not always utilized or trusted.


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Elizabeth Taylor in Iran: Photographs by Firooz Zahedi
In 1976 Elizabeth Taylor visited Iran for the first and only time. Accompanying her was Firooz Zahedi, a recent art school graduate just learning his craft, who has since gone on to become a successful Hollywood photographer. Iran provided an exotic and engaging locale for Taylor, a tireless global wanderer still at the height of her fame. For Zahedi, who left Iran as a child, this was a reintroduction to his own country. The pair traveled to the main tourist sites: ancient Persepolis, Shiraz, home of poetry and wine, and Isfahan, renowned for its beautiful tile-clad buildings. Though Zahedi was to photograph Taylor many times in the years following their Iran trip, none are as personal, candid, or creative as these unique images.
This installation was made possible in part by the Art of the Middle East Council. Additional support was provided by The Icon Lab.
Image: Firooz Zahedi, Dressed as an Odalisque, 1976, © Firooz Zahedi.
Remembering Elizabeth Taylor in Iran
Recently, I interviewed Firooz Zahedi about his photographs of Elizabeth Taylor in Iran. He traveled there with her in 1976, as a recent art school graduate, and made the photographs that are part of the exhibition Elizabeth Taylor in Iran. They are like vacation snapshots from a very exotic trip–very personal images.
Firooz started out as a diplomat before going to art school. We talked about the fact that it was somewhat unusual for someone from a traditional family such as his to pursue an art career–and how Elizabeth Taylor encouraged him to do so.
I like the part of the video (around 2:52, below) when he recalls the sense memories of an afternoon visit to an old teahouse– the sounds on the street, the feeling of being indoors protected from the outdoor heat. He describes these memories as part of the essential feeling of Iran, in the way that we all have some nostalgia for a place and time that defined our childhoods.


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Let us take a moment to celebrate the fact that it has been six months since Gerard Butler released the [expletive deleted] that was Playing for Keeps, and he doesn't have any romantic comedies lined up for the future either. That's relief you're feeling, everyone. Who cares if Olympus Has Fallen wasn't the best movie ever? It was not an embarrassment, and that's what counts.
Now Butler is hoping to keep the relative winning streak alive, currently in negotiations to take over the lead role in Universal's sci-fi action flick The Raven, based on the short film directed by Ricardo de Montreuil, who is also directing the full-length feature. Butler is replacing Liam Hemsworth, who was attached to star in the film last month. While Universal has owned the rights to the short since 2010, it has been a long journey getting it to an actual pre-production process, and production company Gold Circle has signed on to co-finance the film, which is a good sign that it might actually get made at some point.
The short showcases special effects over story, but it's still an exciting 6 minutes of watching a guy with strange telekinetic powers hiding from the law in a future that sees autonomous drones flying through the sky, connected to a huge mothership hovering above the city. It's Big Brother and Skynet's baby boy, and the titular Raven will do anything to not get caught. The effects are really impressive, though there's no telling where an extension of this story will take people. If nothing else, it needs a name change before it makes it to theaters, as we've barely gotten over that other film with the same name.
And beyond running a lot and making cars fly around, Butler is set to star in the soccer drama Dynamo and the motion-captured war drama Thunder Run. He'll be heard in the upcoming DreamWorks Animation sequel How to Train Your Dragon 2.
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Layaway Leads to Early Holiday Toy Rush
New fee-free layaway programs and reservations for hot toys at some of the country's biggest retailers are already making some popular gifts scarce. MarketWatch's Kelli Grant discuss on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images.
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UN Signs Three Action Plans with EgyptJun 27, 2013
The United Nations and the Government of Egypt signed three Country's Programme Action Plans (CPAPs) with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) and the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA). The CPAPs outline activities and programmes of UN support to Egypt in implementing its development agenda over the period 2013 to 2017.
The CPAPs were signed by H.E. Dr. Ahmed Amr Derag Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, with UNICEF's Representative Mr. Philippe Duamelle, UNDP's Country Director Mr. Ignacio Artaza, and UNFPA's Representative Mr. Jaime Nadal.
The Chair of the UN Regional Development Group and UNDP Assistant Administrator & Director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States Dr. Sima Bahous and UN Resident Coordinator in Egypt Ms. Anita Nirody attended the signing event.
The CPAP for the World Food Programme (WFP) was signed on 18 June, by H.E. Dr. Ahmed El Gizawy Minister of Agriculture and WFP Representative Mr. Gianpietro Bordignon.
The CPAPs further the mutual agreement and cooperation between the UN and Egypt in the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and in helping Egypt in fulfilling its obligations to the various conventions, treaties and protocols to which it is signatory. It also paves the way for assisting in the consultations and implementation of the Post-2015 Development Agenda which focuses on fighting poverty, good governance, gender equality, climate change and the promotion of sustainable development goals.
The UN in Egypt is composed of 33 agencies, funds and programmes which actively support Egypt's sustainable development and transition to greater democracy. The UN supports human rights, justice, equity and prosperity within a sustainable and clean environment with a special emphasis on women and youth.


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Received from John Farnam this morning:
31 Aug 05
Comments on the catastrophe in New Orleans:
"Real reason the Superdome is being evacuated is that there have been so many assaults, robberies, and rapes, everyone has concluded it is unsafe to remain there."
"Firearm section of Wall-Marts have all been cleaned out by gangs of looters. Bands of armed VCAs* are freely roaming the city now, committing violent crimes at will, unafraid of interference from police or the National Guard."
"My mother is here with me in Baton Rouge. We are running off a generator. There is enough juice for lights, fans, and the refrigerator, but not enough for central air.
My brothers are staying at their homes to protect them from looting, which is rampant. No one begrudges the hungry for taking food, but
these people are taking everything of value except food, including appliances, athletic shoes, and booze. They are also committing rapes and assaults. Both my brothers have found it necessary to point shotguns at roaming bands of
Fortunately, the looters immediately thought of somewhere else they needed to be! They're impressed with firepower, little else. Gunshots can be
heard throughout the area. One can call the police, but they're not coming."
"Real life is different from the square range, eh? In real life, tough guns rule! After a beautifully-blued, tightly-fitted, tack driving 1911 rusts shut, the owner might be looking for a good spear. He'll surely need something, considering the antics of the disturbed classes down here!"
"I've decided to change my procedure for going to back-up pistol. I will now retain my primary pistol rather than jettisoning it. Tossing the only other gun I have into two feet of dirty water is a bad idea when no help is coming for the foreseeable future.
Same with reloading. I'm making the permanent transition to military reloading**, rather than speed reloading. Give the current direction of world history, I've come to believe these changes in personal tactical doctrine are necessary."
* Violent Criminal Actors.
** Military Reload: "Make a hole, fill a hole." Remove the empty or partial
magazine and put it into your pocket then fill the mag well with a completely
loaded one. (Note the difference from a Tactical Load.) dg.


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April 24, 2008
Lipscomb's women's basketball team earned public recognition from the NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program, highlighting a total of nine teams from five Atlantic Sun universities named in the report released on Thursday.
It is the second year in a row that the Lady Bisons basketball team has been honored by the NCAA for its academic success.
The Lady Bisons also had 11 of their 14 players earn Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team honors this year.
Lipscomb was one of five schools in the Atlantic Sun Conference to have a team receive recognition.
"We join with the NCAA in extending the public congratulations that are rightfully due to the student-athletes in these distinguished programs," Atlantic Sun Commissioner Ted Gumbart said. "We are extremely proud of these individuals, and we also congratulate our member universities, their faculty, and the coaches that recruited the outstanding student-athletes who perform to such a high level of achievement. The Atlantic Sun takes great satisfaction in the balance between student and athlete, and all of these programs contribute greatly to our work in Building Winners for Life."
The NCAA is honoring 712 Division I sports teams with public recognition awards for their latest multi-year Academic Progress Rate scores. These teams posted multi-year APR scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. The public recognition awards are part of the broad Division I academic reform effort.
The APR provides a real-time look at a team's academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete. The APR includes eligibility, retention, and graduation in the calculation and provides a clear picture of the academic culture in each sport. High-performing teams receiving awards posted APR scores ranging from 965 to a perfect 1,000.
The Atlantic Sun Conference is a 12-member league committed to Building Winners for Life, with a focus on academic and athletic integrity and a balance between the two for the student-athlete, and maintaining a high level of sportsmanship. Headquartered in Macon, Ga., the A-Sun encompasses six of the top eight media markets in the Southeast. The A-Sun consists of some of the most dynamic private and public institutions in the region: Belmont University, Campbell University, East Tennessee State University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Gardner-Webb University, Jacksonville University, Kennesaw State University, Lipscomb University, Mercer University, University of North Florida, University of South Carolina Upstate and Stetson University.


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Hey All!
I know that most of us are researchers trying to find out what is best for our kids! I have compiled a photo album with key shots from Luli's various scans that I find troubling. To ME it looks like a mild Chiari caused by asymmetrical occipital condyles and asymmetrical C-1 but no dr is saying anything about the correlation between the craniocervical junction and Syrinx.
Does anyone have any knowledge that an asymmetrical craniocervical junction can cause Syrinx???
Luli has 2 idiopathic syrinx that are getting bigger dispite draining 1.5 years ago. No one can figure out why!!!
So, Ive been scouring her scans to try and find answers.
Please take a look at them if you have the time or the knowledge to know what you are looking at.
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An eminent aviation publication has injected new life into an old assertion that the Wright brothers did it best, but Gustave Whitehead did it first, in the matter of who accomplished the first controlled flight in a powered aircraft.
Evidence including a newspaper account written by an eyewitness has never been absolutely discredited that Whitehead, a German émigré to the United States who was trained as a builder of engines, flew his aircraft No. 21, named Condor in Fairfield, Conn., on Aug. 14, 1901, say his advocates.
That would mean that Whitehead's flying, purportedly photographed by the witnessing newspaper editor, occurred more than two years before the Wright brothers' universally acclaimed first flight at Kill Devil Hills, N.C., on Dec. 17, 1903.
And when Whitehead flew that day—from a field near what is now a municipal skateboard park, as described by Fairfield's present newspaper—he is said to have done so not once, but twice.
All that remains now is for the Whitehead faction to prove it to a world that may be unwilling to abandon the story of aviation's creation.
This isn't the first time around the patch for the Whitehead-versus-Wrights controversy. But the first-flight-in-Fairfield formulation gained gravitas when Paul Jackson, editor of Jane's All the World's Aircraft called attention to recent research in a foreword published at the hundredth edition of All The World's Aircraft.
Jackson addressed "misconceptions" that had come to be accepted as fact—including among them the first flight narrative, which, he noted, predated the work of Frederick Jane, his publication's founder, to record developments in aviation.
"I'm an aviation historian as well, and I believe in getting history right, even if it's a hundred years late," Jackson said in a phone interview.
Jackson believes that recognition of Whitehead's flying, despite widespread contemporary news coverage turned up by the recent research, was hindered by his reliance on what was already regarded as "dead-end technology" in the worldwide race then in progress to achieve powered flight. (It was also disparaged from a distance and over time by Orville Wright.).
"The Wrights' reputation is very firmly entrenched, and to a very great extent correctly so," Jackson said."Whatever Whitehead did before them, we have to thank the Wrights for aviation as it progressed in the Twentieth Century."
But isn't there a photograph?
Well, that's a problem. A lithograph based on a flawed photo illustrated the Aug. 18, 1901, newspaper article on Whitehead's flying. But the original, described as blurry, perhaps as a result of the Condor's motion and dusky lighting conditions, is not available.
There's another proof-defying complication: No one knows what became of the airplane itself.
"That is a great shame because we have the original Wright brothers aircraft in the Smithsonian, and that adds weight to what the Wrights have claimed to have done," Jackson said.
In his foreword published March 8, Jackson summarized the case for Whitehead and directed readers to an online trove of source material gathered, interpreted, and presented by Australian aviation historian John Brown at the website Gustave Whitehead – Aviation Pioneer.
Tantalizingly, the site includes a panoramic photograph of a 1906 exhibition in New York, in which a copy of the Fairfield first flight photo is said to be seen on a wall in the background, based on an enlargement of the section. The claim is discounted by the Smithsonian Institution.
Whitehead's own copy of the flight photo was said to have been destroyed in a fire in his workshop. Whitehead's advocates remain beguiled by the notion that another might turn up somewhere—perhaps among a dusty stack of framed art in an old book store or in a New England antique shop.
"Stranger things have happened," allows Jackson. "These things do emerge from time to time."
'A good 90-pecent chance'
Replica of the Condor
Like everyone else, Andrew King was "born and raised on, 'The Wright brothers flew first.'" After he came to Connecticut to serve as director of the Connecticut Air and Space Center in Stratford, and heard all the Whitehead talk, he started looking over the evidence.
"There's a good 90-percent chance that it actually happened," King said, noting that he was "speaking as a museum professional."
King offers an offbeat theory—a speculation based on hindsight, he readily notes—that Whitehead's flights may have been considered humdrum, not big news as widely assumed today. Hot air balloons had already been around for 100 years. Aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal had been flying gliders for many years. Would a glider with an engine and propellers mounted on it have seemed like anything more than "an oddity"?
King wonders.
"Everybody was trying to fly," he said.
Jackson, of Jane's, says his job "is to assess the potential of aircraft." He looked at the Whitehead effort from an engineer's point of view, and pronounced it credible. Whitehead was a skilled engine designer, capable of overcoming drawbacks of his aircraft's wing with the 20-horsepower motor to drive the propellers and a 10-hp motor to drive the wheels of the Condor.
"It was most certainly capable of flight," Jackson said.
A replica flies
Andy Kosch, a science teacher at Platt Technical High School in Milford, Conn., and hang glider pilot, also wondered if Whitehead's craft—which he said resembled some of the machines Kosch had flown—was flyable.
He assembled a team, built a replica, and got his answer after a year and a half's work.
"This thing leaped off the ground. It scared the hell out of me," he said.
A sponsor put up the funds for the project and the team went to work, using blueprints, and materials including sitka spruce, bamboo for ribs, and silk for the wings. They used a modern engine, rather than try to build a Whitehead motor. The main idea was to prove the airframe, Kosch said.
On Dec. 7, 1986, Kosch flew his aircraft, which would become known as No. 21A, at Bridgeport, Conn.'s Sikorsky Memorial Airport. Kosch eventually flew the craft about 20 times, achieving a best distance of 330 feet.
His conclusion: "I'm sure that the guy flew."
Kosch, now 73, confides that he wonders if, after being "sucked in" to the adventure, he thinks about Whitehead a bit too much. Like other devotees, he hasn't given up on the idea that a key piece of evidence might surface.
"I think that photo is somewhere, to tell you the truth. I think someone has it stashed and hidden away," he said.
'A smile and a handshake'
Then he adds, "I'm not looking for a fight with the Smithsonian. But the guy ought to get a little bit of credit."
"It's all hearsay until you have it in your hand," said King, of the Connecticut Air and Space Center, also emphasizing that the quest for clarification is sporting, not a denigration of Wilbur and Orville Wright.
In his many conversations with skeptics, there has been "a lot of good-natured back-and-forth," he said. "But it always ended with a smile and a handshake."
The Smithsonian Institution has dismissed accounts of Whitehead's flight, and did so again as the new wave of attention to Whitehead washed over the news media.
To the Whitehead camp's contention that a "legally binding document" between Orville Wright and the Smithsonian precludes acknowledgement of competing claims, historian Tom Couch of the National Air and Space Museum responded on March 15.
"I can only hope that, should persuasive evidence for a prior flight be presented, my colleagues and I would have the courage and the honesty to admit the new evidence and risk the loss of the Wright Flyer," he wrote.
Jackson believes that crediting Whitehead with a first flight would cause "only slight bruising" to the Wrights' reputation, considering the subsequent course of events. He regrets that a "giant non-sequitur" seems to equate the Wrights' success with the notion that they had to have been first, and that reluctance to part with the established telling might continue to subdue acceptance of Whitehead.
Might that change as dogged information-age researchers turn up new material, buying Whitehead more time for vindication?
"It's a funny old world," Jackson said. "I must say I'm absolutely staggered by the response that has come in. I wish people would take half as seriously what I say about modern aircraft."
Jackson is pleased at having helped John Brown's efforts to "right an injustice," but the editor said his attention will now turn from the matter of Whitehead's flying.
"I have given my readers the historical article I promised on the occasion of the 100th edition of All The World's Aircraft," he said.
Fans of Gustave Whitehead aren't the only ones claiming that someone other than Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first powered flight.
AOPA Senior Vice President of the Center to Advance the Pilot Community Adam Smith is also an aviation historian who has studied claims of the first powered flight for years. Smith shares his thoughts on the controversy stirred up by Jane's All the World's Aircraft and provides a list of other pilots researchers claim beat the Wright brothers.
"At least two people likely got a powered aircraft off the ground before the Wright Brothers—Clement Ader in 1890 and Karl Jatho in 1903. But these were short hops and not controlled, sustained flight," Smith writes.
So, other than Whitehead, who tops the list of claims to the first powered flight? According to Smith's research:
Felix Du Temple, France, 1874;
Alexander Mozhaiski, Russia, 1884;
Clement Ader, France, 1890, 1897;
Hiram Maxim, England, 1894;
Augustus Herring, Michigan, 1898;
Rev. Burrell Cannon, Texas, 1902;
Richard Pearse, New Zealand, 1902-1903;
James Preston Watson, Scotland, 1902-1903;
Karl Jatho, Germany, 1903.
"I don't believe Gustave Whitehead ever flew, or even hopped, a powered aircraft before the Wright Brothers. Others will disagree, as is their right, but that's my judgment as a trained historian and having spent a lot of time in libraries and archives looking at the original source material. All key aspects of the Whitehead story have verisimilitude issues," Smith writes.
"I hope we can all agree that if anyone did get off the ground before the Wright Brothers, it is a footnote in history, not a major chapter. Without question, Wilbur and Orville were the ones that figured out the science, applied it, and gave the gift of powered, controlled flight to the world. I would especially emphasize the word 'controlled.' From 1899 to 1905 the Wrights perfected a comprehensive method of aircraft control that, fundamentally, can still be seen in the vast majority of aircraft that fly today."


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Sunday, October 15, 2006
Potato Parsnip Casserole with Apples
This has been a great weekend - but too short. It's still unseasonably warm, no fall weather yet, and the leaves are still mostly green. The air is starting to get a bit chilly, and we felt like having something autumnal for dinner. This casserole worked out nicely - we served it as a side to a couple of pork chops, but you could certainly eat it on its own or as a side to something else. It's pretty versatile. I thought the parsnips were a bit dominating, but Per really enjoyed this dish.
Potato Parsnip Casserole with Apples
Serves 2-3
1 large eating apple
300 g potatoes
150 g parsnips
1 large red onion
300 ml cream (use whatever fat content you're happy with)
1-2 tbsp dijon mustard
1 tbsp runny honey
fresh chopped herbs (I used thyme, rosemary, sage and tarragon)
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Peel the potaties and the parsnips, and slice thinly. (A mandolin comes in handy.) Slice the apple and the red onion, too. Mix everything and place in a buttered oven-proof dish.
Mix together cream with mustard, honey, salt, pepper and the fresh herbs. Pour over the potato mixture, and bake for about 45 minutes or until everything is nicey golden and cooked through.
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4 comments:
- Alanna said...
Guess who's got a brand-new mandoline?! And ALL the ingredients ...
- October 16, 2006 3:13 PM
- Anne said...
AK - oooh, how perfect is that! :)
- October 16, 2006 3:24 PM
- Kevin said...
Looks excellent!
- October 16, 2006 4:38 PM
Oh yummy! I love parsnips and potatoes and can only imagine that apple would be a wonderful addition to the combo!
I'll try this soon!
- October 17, 2006 3:02 AM
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