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Gifts are not always found wrapped in paper and ribbon on special occasions. Rather, gifts can come at any time during the year in many different forms. In this list, the 'gifts' I find in the books are as varied as the discovery of a magical ability, a new friendship, a reward a long time coming, a loving relationship or a pretty object made out of something mundane and every-day. May all of our lives be enriched with unexpected gifts.
The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South retold by Robert D. San Souci and pictures by Jerry Pinkney. Two sisters, one kind and good and the other nasty and cruel meet with an odd, magical old woman who gives them each a justly deserved reward for the work that they do for her. This story has its roots in European folktales. In this version, the story has immigrated to the United States, where it takes on a very Southern feel. San Souci captures this feeling in his lively text, while Pinkney's illustrations are (as always) a joy to look at.
The Rainbabies by Laura Krauss Melmed and Jim LaMarche. A couple who long for children find a dozen tiny babies after a rare and lucky moonshower (a rain during a full moon). After several trials where the woman and the man must protect and care for the babies, the rainbabies' parent comes to claim her children and reward the happy couple for their virtue. This book is a beautiful modern folktale with stunning painted illustrations.
The Snow Spider by Jenny Nimmo. Gwyn has dreaded celebrating the day of his birth ever since his older sister, Bethan, disappeared on the night of his birthday many years before. However, on Gwyn's special ninth birthday his grandmother reveals that he is a magician and gives him five peculiar gifts that turn out to have magical qualities. Will Gwyn be able to use his new powers to find his long lost sibling?
Horton Halfpott, or, the Fiendish Mystery of Smugwick Manor, or, the Loosening of M'Lady Luggertuck's Corset by Tom Angleberger. You would never think that the loosening of a tight piece of clothing would be the cause of major upset at Smugwick Manor, but indeed, it is the cataclysmic event known as The Loosening that allows Smugwick Manor's most downtrodden kitchen boy, Horton Halfpott, to aid in solving a diabolical mystery, deal with nefarious land bound pirates and fall in love with an eligible young heiress.
Sandry's Book by Tamora Pierce. Sandry, a noble who lives in a fantastical world, was tested for the gift of magic and told she did not have any. After a tragedy in which she loses her entire family, Sandry is discovered by one of the most powerful mages in her world and told she has an unusual type of magic. After a series of mishaps, Sandry moves into a small house with three other children who also have rare gifts. Sandry and her new friends must learn to use their extraordinary skills to benefit their own lives and be of use to the world.
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen. Sixteen-year-old Jessica has always felt that she was born to run. She never feels as alive or as happy as when she is running around her town with her dog, Sherlock. Jessica has long been one of the top runners on her track team and is looking forward to winning another meet. All of this ends abruptly when the track team bus is involved in a terrible accident that leaves one of Jessica's teammates dead and Jessica an amputee, with only one remaining leg. Jessica is certain her life is over. It will take a special gift from Jessica's friends and family to help her realize her running dream.
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson. Ginny has always been in awe of her giddy, artistic Aunt Peg. After her aunt passes away due to brain cancer Ginny receives a ticket to London and 13 blue envelopes, to be opened when Ginny reaches specific destinations. As Ginny travels from place to place, following her late aunt's instructions, she discovers more about her aunt and herself than she could have ever imagined.
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud. Nathaniel is a magician's apprentice that is just beginning his magical education. Before Nathaniel can get too far, an older, more experienced and very nasty magician named Simon Lovelace humiliates him in front of his teachers. Determined to get revenge, Nathaniel summons a djinni named Bartimaeus and sends him to steal a powerful artifact from Lovelace. The real gift in this book is Bartimaeus himself, both to the reader and to Nathaniel. The djinni's wisecracks and hilarious side comments make him the star of the show. A colleague also highly recommends this book in audio format, which she says is amazing for family road trips.
The Repurposed Library: 33 Crafts That Give Old Books New Life by Lisa Occhipinti. This book is a great read for bibliophiles and e-reader fans alike. Occipinti presents readers with 33 do-it-yourself projects that all use, you guessed it, books. This volume is accompanied with instructions and gorgeous photographs of finished projects. Any of these unique craft projects (I'm absolutely making the kitchen implements holder) would make a great gift.
The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean my Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin. Gretchen Rubin was married, with a rewarding career and two wonderful children. However, she had a thought while riding the subway. Life is short – time to focus on the things that really matter. Rubin decides to embark on a yearlong project designed to enhance her happiness. Along the way, the author shares her triumphs and discoveries and gives her readers a blueprint for beginning their own happiness projects.
Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship by Gail Caldwell. Gail Caldwell writes a deeply touching story of her friendship with fellow author Caroline Knapp. The two women find in each other the kind of relationship that is built on acceptance of, and love for their strengths and flaws. Caroline does pass away due to cancer, but her friendship with Gail still lives on in this book. Heartbreaking and bittersweet but not overly melodramatic, Let's Take the Long Way Home captures the joy of deep friendship and a soul-level connection.
A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness--and a Trove of Letters--Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression by Ted Gup. Gup is going through his late grandfather's belongings when he comes across a suitcase full of letters. As the author reads through them he discovers that his grandfather, Sam Stone, was a secret benefactor during the Great Depression. Stone put an ad in the local newspaper telling families to write letters of their troubles. The 75 neediest would be selected to anonymously receive a cash prize. Gup pens a beautiful story of hard times, American experience and one extraordinary man who did what he could to aid people in distress.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Novel by Alan Bradley. Flavia de Luce is the youngest of three sisters growing up in 1950s England. Her passions are chemistry and poisons and she spends most of her time tinkering in her inherited laboratory. One morning Flavia hears a strange noise coming from the family garden. Going out to investigate, Flavia discovers a dying man, who manages to gasp out a single word before he expires in the cabbages. Flavia could not be more delighted by this interesting event and immediately sets out to solve the mystery of the murdered stranger. Flavia is a spunky, interesting and very well written heroine. Her most recent (and holiday themed) mystery is I Am Half-Sick of Shadows.
Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hern. In a fantastical version of feudal-era Japan, youth Takeo witnesses the death of his entire village at the hands of a cruel warlord. After his escape, Takeo is adopted by a different warlord – the noble Lord Otori. It is within the household of Lord Otori that Takeo discovers he was born to a special tribe of assassins, all of whom inherit supernatural abilities. As he learns to control his gifts, Takeo must seize his destiny as the man who will overthrow the warlord who slaughtered his family and step into a position of power in his world. This is the first book in a trilogy.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. In the year 2044, real life is horror on earth. Like most of the world's population, Wade Watts spends any free time in OASIS – an online virtual paradise. By chance, Wade discovers across a puzzle (the first in a series) left behind by the legendary creator of OASIS. It is said that whoever solves all the puzzles will win treasures beyond imagination. Now Wade is in a fight for his life as he races against ruthless players from across the globe to be the ultimate champion.
Griffin and Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence by Nick Bantock. This book begins with a postcard. A woman named Sabine sends a gorgeous postcard to artist Griffin, commenting on a change he made to a work. Griffin is stunned – not only has he never met this Sabine, she has seen artwork of his that he has never shown to another soul. Soon the two form a wonderful connection that begins to blossom into a long distance relationship. The first in a trilogy, Griffin and Sabine is a book made up of letters, some of which the reader can actually take out and read.
--Jenna Zarzycki works at the King County Library in Woodinville


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Otter Creek Russian Imperial Stout - Otter Creek Brewing / Wolaver's
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Reviews by jminsc76:
4.2/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A gift courtesy of adavis3891, one which we indulged before several months ago.
Into a tulip, pours some mad motor oil with a cocoa head forming big and thick over the top. Thick legs as I tilt, the body pitch and black.
Smells of chocolate and molasses, the latter aroma strongly dominating the overall bouquet. Some deeper *whiffs* reveal some brownies (brown sugar) and it's mmmm, good.
Flavors of molasses, a little bit of chocolate, and some roasty coffee notes on the finish. It's a lot like drinking a cup of coffee black, with some chocolate powder sprinkled throughout and hints of raspberry. As it warms and the sipping continues, a nice earthy tobacco flavor exhibits nicely.
Mouthfeel is thinner but velvety upon swishing.
Overall, this is a bit different than the one I tried a few months ago. The prior demonstrated a lot more chocolate (virtually a Hershey's bar), whereas the present is richer in molasses and hops, with that earthy tobacco dominating at the latter half. Still enjoyable, just different. Two to three servings per sitting would be no problem.
Serving type: bottle
04-05-2011 22:24:39 | More by jminsc76
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4/5 rDev +0.3%
07-24-2014 02:09:20 | More by Phished880
New York
3.5/5 rDev -12.3%
07-24-2014 00:28:56 | More by Jaybirdbrew
3.94/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
I know that I bought this over at The Fridge a while back, fully intending to "Enjoy with Comrades", but they never came by and it has been in my fridge far too long. The Great Bottle Purge of 2014 continues unabated and now, it is the Imperials' turn to fall!
From the bottle: "Inspired by the 18th century English offering to the Russian Czar. Big malt flavoring and overtones of chocolate and dark roasted malts. Finishes on a smooth and warming sweet note."; Handcrafted in Vermont"; "Enjoy with Comrades. [undersigned] Mike Gerhart Master Brewer"; "Otter Creek Limited Edition"; "Located in historic Middlebury, Vermont, Otter Creek Brewing is the proud brewer of the finest quality, handcrafted ales since 1991."
I used a gentle pour to avoid rousing any les, and then I swirled the beer in the glass to with some cgauge its carbonation. I got a finger of deep-tan/light-brown head with decent retention for my efforts. Color was a dense, deep, dark-brown (SRM = 44), allowing zero light penetration. Nose was rich with chocolate, very reminiscent of freshly baked brownies and much more in keeping with my expectations. Warming, I was beginning to notice fusel alcohol heat, but the chocolate was still prevalent. Mouthfeel was medium-to-full, not as dense as my previous RIS, The taste was very much of a freshly-baked brownie, chewy, dark chocolaty, slightly smoky. I realize that aficionados of the style would find this one less complex, but I found it much more pleasant and therefore more drinkable. Finish was dry, leaving a slightly bittersweet chocolate taste with a slight charcoal smokiness.
Serving type: bottle
07-23-2014 20:38:55 | More by woodychandler
4.5/5 rDev +12.8%
07-22-2014 01:29:04 | More by SuperHop18
4.25/5 rDev +6.5%
07-16-2014 19:58:01 | More by pat_usher
New York
4.5/5 rDev +12.8%
07-15-2014 00:59:57 | More by CaptDavyJones
4/5 rDev +0.3%
07-10-2014 18:09:17 | More by RKing44
New York
4.25/5 rDev +6.5%
07-10-2014 00:47:21 | More by paulish
4.25/5 rDev +6.5%
07-06-2014 14:32:22 | More by Goldfishman
4/5 rDev +0.3%
07-01-2014 23:25:40 | More by PTEdelman
New York
3.75/5 rDev -6%
06-23-2014 11:59:29 | More by mmmbeerNY
4/5 rDev +0.3%
06-13-2014 03:26:16 | More by rlamoy
New Jersey
4/5 rDev +0.3%
05-27-2014 23:55:07 | More by Latarnik
3.03/5 rDev -24.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Black body, receding brown head.
Booze first and foremost on the nose, roasted malts are well behind that.
Dark chocolate's sorta sharp, teetering into dark fruit--licorice might be the best descriptor. Alcohol's part of that, at 10%. Robust without being rich, doesn't have that desert sweetness. Needs an additive, perhaps.
Serving type: bottle
05-21-2014 05:43:24 | More by pants678
4/5 rDev +0.3%
05-03-2014 23:39:58 | More by Mikeluzzjr
4/5 rDev +0.3%
05-02-2014 18:25:29 | More by yeaprolly
4/5 rDev +0.3%
05-01-2014 14:50:02 | More by LagersAndAles
3.54/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 3.5
12 oz bottle into a pint glass.
A: Pours a pitch black color. The head is a finger high, and tan in shade. Retention is alright for the ABV, and the creaminess is rather nice to look at. Touches of lacing are left behind.
S: Licorice-y, perfumey, boozy. These kind of imperial stouts are not my bag (see also: Narwhal, Smuttynose IS, Stone IRS), but the subtle chocolate note of this redeems it slightly. The more it opens up, the more the harsh licorice-cum-booze fades away. This will also show off a nice nutty, roasty character which blends well with the chocolate. The aroma grows on me, but it never completely grows on me.
T: The flavor is nicer than I anticipated. It's definitely focused on the licorice aspects of an imperial stout (instead of the chocolaty and umami notes I love from the style), but it's also restrained enough to not overpower the roasted and chocolaty flavors. Alcohol-wise, it's about what one would expect from a 10% RIS - gently boozy without being moronically harsh. Alcohol While the flavors are quite solid, I could use a bit more depth.
M: I love how soft and creamy this is in the mouth. And yet, it still has a dry (if faintly alcoholic) finish. The subtle booze gives it a nice warming character. If this were just a *bit* heavier, I'd give the feel a 5. More than anything, it's the gentle carbonation that helps give it its fantastic mouthfeel.
O: DAT MOUTHFEEL. It's somewhat unremarkable otherwise, but the amazing feel gives it more than enough reason for me to really like this. And that's really good considering I'm not a fan of licorice-y imperial stouts.
Serving type: bottle
04-17-2014 22:45:12 | More by ThisWangsChung
New York
4/5 rDev +0.3%
04-08-2014 02:17:51 | More by russwilliam
3.5/5 rDev -12.3%
03-30-2014 16:43:38 | More by SharkNado
3.5/5 rDev -12.3%
03-20-2014 23:33:05 | More by JohnParadee
4.5/5 rDev +12.8%
03-20-2014 15:44:19 | More by Cook82
4.25/5 rDev +6.5%
03-16-2014 22:51:08 | More by Pamola
New Jersey
3.86/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Served from a twelve ounce bottle into a pint glass.
Pours dark black, some brown foam settles out. Tar like pour. Rich roasted nose, espresso beans. Taste is full and rich, burnt coffee, backed by a modest alcohol burn. Light licorice underneath. Earthy. Thick mouthfeel.
Serving type: bottle
03-16-2014 13:40:00 | More by KTCamm
Otter Creek Russian Imperial Stout from Otter Creek Brewing / Wolaver's
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|Coordinates: 49°38′N 1°37′W / 49.63°N 1.62°WCoordinates: 49°38′N 1°37′W / 49.63°N 1.62°W
|Lower Normandy
|• Mayor
|Bernard Cazeneuve
|• Land1
|14.26 km2 (5.51 sq mi)
|Population (1999)
|• Population2
|• Population2 density
|3,000/km2 (7,700/sq mi)
|INSEE/Postal code
|50129 / 50100, 50130
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.
Cherbourg-Octeville (French pronunciation: [ʃɛʁ.buʁ ɔk.tə.vil]) is a city and commune, situated on the Cotentin peninsula in the Manche department of Lower Normandy in north-western France. It is a subprefecture of its department, and was officially formed when the commune of Cherbourg absorbed Octeville on 28 February 2000. Due to its union, it is the most populated city in its department and the second-most in the region after the prefecture, Caen.
Cherbourg holds an arsenal of the French Navy. It is also a ferryport, with lines to the English ports of Poole and Portsmouth, the Irish port of Rosslare Harbour and St Helier on Jersey.
- 1 Geography
- 2 Demographics
- 3 History
- 4 Main sights
- 5 Representation in other media
- 6 Public transport and infrastructure
- 7 International relations
- 8 Gallery
- 9 See also
- 10 References
- 11 Further reading
- 12 External links
Cherbourg-Octeville is situated at the north of the Cotentin Peninsula. It is in the Manche département (of which it is a sous-préfecture) in the Basse-Normandie région. At the time of the 1999 census the city of Cherbourg had an area of 6.91 square kilometres (2.668 sq mi), while the city of Octeville had an area of 7.35 km2 (2.838 sq mi). The amalgamated city today has an area of 14.26 km2 (5.506 sq mi).
The combined population of Cherbourg and Octeville at the 1999 census was 42,318 inhabitants. (Separately, the official numbers were 25,370 for Cherbourg and 16,948 for Octeville.) The population of Cherbourg metropolitan area (the aire urbaine de Cherbourg) at the 1999 census was 117,855 inhabitants. The city is now the second largest in the Basse-Normandie region (after Caen), surpassing Alençon, which had been second before the amalgamation. Also, the city is the largest in the Manche département, although Saint-Lô is the préfecture (capital).
The Cotentin Peninsula was the first territory conquered by the Vikings in their 9th-century invasion. They developed Cherbourg as a port. The Germanic-sounding name of the city comes from Old English Ċiriċeburh ("village of the church") and was coined during the Migration Period.[1]
During the Seven Years' War, the British briefly occupied the town after the Raid on Cherbourg in 1758. The British destroyed military buildings and warehouses before departing.
In the Napoleonic era, the harbour was fortified to prevent British naval incursions. Underwater obstructions were sunk at intervals across the harbour entrance, and progressively replaced with piles of masonried rubble. The works were begun in 1784 and were not concluded until 1850, long after Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.
On 19 June 1864, the Battle of Cherbourg, a naval engagement between USS Kearsarge and CSS Alabama that was part of the American Civil War, took place in international waters off Cherbourg. The Alabama was hit and sank. In November 1984, the French Navy mine hunter Circé discovered a wreck under nearly 60 m (200 ft) of water off Cherbourg. The location of the wreck (WGS84) was 49°45'147N / 001°41'708W. Captain Max Guerout later confirmed the wreck to be of the Alabama.
On 31 July 1909, tsar Nicholas II and French president Armand Fallières met officially in Cherbourg to reinforce the Franco-Russian Alliance. Cherbourg was the first stop of RMS Titanic after it left Southampton, England.
During World War II, the Germans occupied the north of France and fortified the coastline against invasion. As a deep-water port, Cherbourg was of strategic importance, very heavily protected against seaborne assault. The Battle of Cherbourg, fought by the Allies in June 1944 against the Germans following the Normandy Invasion, ended with the Allies capturing the city and its vital port on 30 June.
The Norman language writer Alfred Rossel, a native of Cherbourg, composed many songs which form part of the heritage of the region. Rossel's song "Sus la mér" ("on the sea") is often sung as a regional patriotic song. The local dialect is known as Cotentinais.
La Glacerie was named for glass factory. In 1655, Louis Lucas de Néhou built a glass factory which produced windows and mirrors for such buildings as the Galerie des Glaces and Château de Versailles. The factory in La Glacerie was destroyed by Allied bombardments in 1944 during the Normandy invasion.
|The arms of Cherbourg-Octeville are blazoned :
Azure, on a fess argent between 3 bezants (Or), 3 mullets of 6 points sable.
Main sights[edit]
- The Cité de la Mer is a large museum devoted to scientific and historical aspects of maritime subjects.
- Cherbourg Basilica[1]
- La Glacerie has a race track.
- Jardin botanique de la Roche Fauconnière, a private botanical garden.
- The Musée de la Libération is dedicated to Second World War History.
- The Musée des beaux-arts Thomas Henry has a collection of over 300 paintings, founded on the original collection of Cherbourg native, Thomas Henry.
- The Museum Emmanuel-Liais is a museum devoted to natural history, archaeology and ethnography.
- Le Trident theatre
Representation in other media[edit]
- Ken Follett's novel The Pillars of the Earth features Cherbourg as the hometown of Jacques Cherbourg, a Frenchman washed ashore in England during the European Middle Ages. His son, Jack Jackson, travels to France as an adult and meets his father's family in Cherbourg.
- Cherbourg is the setting of the film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, directed by Jacques Demy. Madame Emery and her 17-year-old daughter Geneviève (Catherine Deneuve) sell umbrellas at their tiny boutique.
- Cherbourg was the first site outside the United States to be designated as an American Civil War Heritage Site by the Civil War Preservation Trust, because a sea battle was fought nearby in 1864 by Union and Confederate warships. See the Battle of Cherbourg (1864).
- Kimberly Brubaker Bradley set her novel, For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy in Cherbourg. The narrator, Suzanne Hall (née David), is a spy for the French Resistance.
Public transport and infrastructure[edit]
Cherbourg is at the end of the N13 road from Paris and Caen.
City buses are run by Zephir.
The city's station is at the end of a railway line built by the Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest from Paris. Regular services operate to Paris-Saint-Lazare via Caen using Corail Intercites stock, local TER services operate from the station to Lisieux via Caen and to Rennes via Saint-Lô. As well as a main line station there was also the Gare Maritime Transatlantique station. This now forms part of the Cité de la mer.
Cherbourg-Octeville is a port on the English Channel with a number of regular passenger and freight ferry services operating from the large modern ferry terminal and has a major artificial harbour. The following operators currently run services from the port:
- Brittany Ferries to Poole (1 sailings daily) and Portsmouth (up to 2 sailings daily, summer only).
- Stena Line to Rosslare (3 sailings weekly).
- Irish Ferries to Rosslare (3 sailings weekly) and Dublin (1 sailing weekly).
- Condor Ferries to Portsmouth (1 sailing weekly in summer only).
Cherbourg-Octeville has previously had services operated by the following operators:
- Stena Line to Southampton (up to 2 sailings daily). Withdrawn in 1996.
- P&O Ferries to Portsmouth (up to 2 sailings daily by conventional ferry and up to 3 by fast ferry during the summer). Withdrawn in 2005 following a business review.
- P&O Irish Sea to Rosslare (up to 3 sailings weekly) and Dublin (weekends only during the summer). Dublin service withdrawn in 2004 and Rosslare service sold to Celtic Link.
- HD Ferries to Guernsey and Jersey. Operated in 2007 but cancelled in 2008 due to lack of customers.
- Celtic Link Ferries to Rosslare (3 sailings weekly). Service sold to Stena Line.
It should be mentioned that Brittany Ferries to Poole briefly stopped their conventional ferry service in early 2010 but resumed it in February 2011.
In addition to ferry services, the port also handles cruise ships at the Gare Maritime Transatlantique on the Quai de France next to the Cité de la mer and conventional cargo ships in the eastern area of the docks on the Quai des Flamands and Quai des Mielles.
The nearest airport is in Maupertus-sur-Mer which is named Cherbourg Maupertus.
International relations[edit]
Twin towns – Sister cities[edit]
Charles de Gaulle delivering a speech in liberated Cherbourg from the Hôtel de ville (townhall)
French nuclear submarine Le Redoutable
See also[edit]
- Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), a musical film
- Cité de la Mer
- Battle of Cherbourg, 1944
- ^ François de Beaurepaire, Les noms des communes et anciennes paroisses de la Manche, éditions Picard 1986.
- ^ a b c d e "National Commission for Decentralised cooperation". Délégation pour l'Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) (in French). Retrieved 2013-12-26.
- ^ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
- ^ "Twinning". Borough of Poole. 2008. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
Further reading[edit]
- Published in the 19th century
- "Cherbourg", A Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
- C.B. Black (1876), "Cherbourg", Guide to the North of France, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black
- "Cherbourg", Northern France, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1899, OCLC 2229516
- Published in the 20th century
- "Cherbourg", The Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910, OCLC 14782424
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cherbourg.
- Cherbourg on Titanic-Titanic.com
- Official website (English/French/German)
- Visit of Queen Victoria to Cherbourg Visit of Queen Victoria


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Hack and / - Temper Temper
I've always considered Debian as the distribution with the most packaged CPAN modules, but even it didn't have many of the modules I needed for the TEMPer thermometer, so I had to install them from scratch. I'll warn you in advance, this process is a bit tedious, and it reminded me of what it was like to install programs on Linux more than a decade ago. It's amazing how much we take the hard work of package maintainers for granted. At least the first dependencies I had (headers for libusb and a build environment to compile the Perl modules) were available with packages:
$ sudo apt-get install libusb-dev build-essentials
Next I needed to install a few Perl modules with the cpan program. What you'll find is that many of these modules have their own set of dependencies, so when you are prompted to install dependencies, just tell the cpan program "yes". Also, the first time you run cpan, you might have to go through the initial setup program. If so, just accept the defaults, and you should be fine. Here are the different cpan commands you need to run in order to install the various modules:
$ sudo cpan Bundle::CPAN $ sudo cpan ExtUtils::MakeMaker $ sudo cpan Inline::MakeMaker $ sudo cpan Device::USB $ sudo cpan Device::USB::PCSensor::HidTEMPer
Next I downloaded a Perl script from www.cs.unc.edu/~hays/dev/bash/temper/temper_mon.pl and made it executable. When run, the script will print the temperature from the thermometer. In my case, I modified it so it output in Fahrenheit instead of Celsius:
#!/usr/bin/perl use 5.010; use strict; use warnings; use Carp; use Device::USB; use Device::USB::PCSensor::HidTEMPer::Device; use Device::USB::PCSensor::HidTEMPer::NTC; use Device::USB::PCSensor::HidTEMPer::TEMPer; use lib; use Device::USB::PCSensor::HidTEMPer; my $pcsensor = Device::USB::PCSensor::HidTEMPer->new(); my @devices = $pcsensor->list_devices(); foreach my $device ( @devices ){ say $device->internal()->fahrenheit(); }
I stored the script in /usr/local/sbin/temper_mon.pl and ran it a few times to make sure it output the correct temperature. Then I connected the thermometer to a USB extension cord that was long enough to reach inside the fridge.
The final step in the process was to write a script that would pull the temperature and control the power to my fridge based on whether it was within the proper maximum and minimum temperature ranges I had set. I decided to separate the max and min by two degrees so that the compressor wouldn't kick on too much. I also wanted to write the results to a log so I could monitor how well the fridge maintained the temperature. Plus, I thought it would be cool to ssh in to my laptop from anywhere in the world and check on the temperature.
When I first set this up, the weather was cool in the evenings, so I discovered that my fridge would dive down way below the minimum! My solution was to buy a $15 electric heating pad from the drugstore, connect it to another X10 outlet, and put it in the bottom of the fridge. I figured the heat would be gentle enough to maintain the temperature at night without the risks that a proper space heater would have. I set up the script so that it would turn on the heater only if the temperature dipped down one degree below the minimum. I saved my script in /usr/local/sbin/temper.pl:
#!/usr/bin/perl use 5.010; use strict; use warnings; use Carp; use Device::USB; use Device::USB::PCSensor::HidTEMPer::Device; use Device::USB::PCSensor::HidTEMPer::NTC; use Device::USB::PCSensor::HidTEMPer::TEMPer; use lib; use Device::USB::PCSensor::HidTEMPer; my $pcsensor = Device::USB::PCSensor::HidTEMPer->new(); my @devices = $pcsensor->list_devices(); my $temp_min = 71; my $temp_max = 73; my $logfile = '/var/log/temper.log'; my $time = localtime(); my $temperature; foreach my $device ( @devices ){ $temperature = $device->internal()->fahrenheit(); } open LOG, ">> $logfile" or die "Can't open $logfile: $!\n"; # B4 = Fridge power, B5 = Heater power # turn on heater if I'm 1F below the low temp if($temperature < ($temp_min - 1)){ system('br --port /dev/ttyS0 B5 ON'); print LOG "$time\t$temperature\tHON\n"; } elsif($temperature < $temp_min){ system('br --port /dev/ttyS0 B4 OFF'); system('br --port /dev/ttyS0 B5 OFF'); print LOG "$time\t$temperature\tOFF\n"; } elsif($temperature > $temp_max){ system('br --port /dev/ttyS0 B4 ON'); print LOG "$time\t$temperature\tCON\n"; } else{ print LOG "$time\t$temperature\t\n"; } close LOG;
The way the logic of the script works, it allows the temperature to drop or rise naturally while the compressor or heater is on, respectively. It changes the power state of my X10 devices with the br command only when the temperature is outside the preset ranges. I set this script to run every minute with cron, and because I log all of the power states, it's easy to watch the temperature float between extremes. I did a bit of tuning at the beginning with the various ranges, and with the current script, the temperature floats between 1°F below the minimum temperature and 1°F above the maximum temperature, which is good enough for me. If I wanted more accuracy, I always could set $min and $max to be closer to each other.
Since the system has been in place, I've been able to maintain the temperature successfully for the first batch of beer I put in the fridge. If you look closely at Figure 2, you can see the little thermometer on the right-hand shelf. Even though my laptop is old, it has plenty of horsepower to spare, so eventually I will graph all of the temperature data and serve it out over Apache. If Bill were here, I'm sure he'd tell me to tweet the temperature.
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Among news coverage surrounding the upcoming landmark Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which will decide the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, Jerome Gray has received partiuclar attention.. Gray has had a remarkable career as a community organizer, including helping to make sure fair voting systems were effective for African American voters.
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In southern states, racially polarized elections remain an active part of political life. Since 1965, the Voting Rights Act has guaranteed that African Americans in the South cannot be shut out of elections either through direct barriers to voting or through discriminatory districts that prevent the achievement of representation. However, relying on winner-take-all elections has inherent limitations. In the belt of southern states including Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas, the use of districting to achieve a fairer level of representation for African Americans has hit a ceiling. To push through that ceiling and achieve truly fair representation, FairVote recommends abandoning the single-member district in favor of super districts elected by choice voting.
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My adult siblings and parents stayed at this home near Clayton several years ago (2011, if my memory serves me correctly, but VRBO wouldn't allow me to use that date). It's an easy boat ride from Clayton and nearly right across the channel from a boat ramp where my husband and I stored our jet skis' trailer for a small fee. We have been camping in the Thousand Islands for several decades and wanted to class it up after so long tenting. The view of the channel can't be beat, and there's plenty of dock space for boats, jet skis, etc. and still enough room to swim off the dock. It was great to be able to warm up by the fire in the evenings. The kitchen was well-stocked with enough pots/utensils for some gourmet cooking each day. The proprietors were wonderful, as well! The island is nice and quiet. My brother, father, and I went for a swim around the island, which was peaceful. Probably the BEST part of the house, though, is the fact that it's on an unsung pike fishing spot. We're all fishers, and the dwindling fishing over the past 15 years has gotten us down quite a bit. We searched high and low-- headed up to Boldt Castle, tried Mary's Island, etc.-- and ended up finding that the best place to catch some decent-sized northerns was right out the front of the house, out about 100 yards and drifting down with the current. Excellent!
Alice and Herb keep this property in top condition and clean. Stayed on the island for a week in July and loved it didn't want to leave the island except to go fishing. The river is spectacular and we could just sit on the front porch all day watching the boats. The island also has a lot of history and which we enjoyed learning about and exploring the island. We definitely are planning on going back as much as possible. Dave & Michelle
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The Somerset Briar Jumpers completed their 2012 District schedule by defeating the Middlesboro Yellow Jackets 26-18 Friday night.
It was the second time in two weeks that the Yellow Jackets faced a statistically superior opponent and lost in the waning moments of the game.
It was also the fourth time in as many years Somerset Head Coach Robbie Lucas has led his team to an undefeated district record.
The win will assure home field advantage as long as Somerset is able to remain in the playoffs. The next time the Jumpers travel---if they get that opportunity---will be to Bowling Green for the State Finals.
It is almost a cliche' that the score doesn't tell the story of the game. An eight point Jumper win was certainly not what the fans saw at Middlesboro for most of the night. In fact, Middlesboro spent most of the night in the lead. It was only after a touchdown pass from Castle Hatcher to Tyson Williams that Somerset was able to regain a lead that it had given up with just under 7 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter. The 47 yard run late in the game by Will Lange was just icing on the cake as Somerset escaped with the win. Castle Hatcher threw 2 TD passes, Will Lange ran for 2 touchdowns, but the win represented the second time in two weeks that Somerset had to make a big comeback late in the game.
Middlesboro won the toss and elected to have the ball first, had to give it up after 3 to Somerset, which promptly returned the favor. It was during these first series of downs that the officiating crew began to make the major calls which would plague both teams all night.
Personal foul.
Illegal block.
Face mask.
It was the last one that put the ball down to inside the 15 and set up the 29 yard field goal by which Middlesboro went ahead for its first lead of the night. The Yellow Jackets extended that lead by another touchdown as it showed good defense, albeit aided by major penalties, and crafty play design.
They faked a lot.
They even faked the kickoff, the ploy only failing because the sideways kick didn't go 10 yards before it was caught by the Middlesboro player. Somerset was unable to capitalize on excellent field position, but they began to play with more and more confidence. Bryson Jones's punt sailed 47 yards into the end zone---he would put another into the end zone from 53 yards out later in the night---and Somerset dealt with Middlesboro at the 20.
It took just two plays after Freshman Quarterback Castle Hatcher entered the game before the game changing passing game began. First a 60-yard pass to Braiden McWilliams, who got it to the 9. Two plays later, it was McWilliams again and the Somerset touchdown.
Somerset then kicked off, the Yellow Jacket receiver muffed the kick, and Somerset's Jalen Jones recovered the ball on the 39.
It looked like Somerset had finally taken control: conceivably they could score, come back after the half time break and score a third time, all without Middlesboro having the ball.
Those hopes ended when Middlesboro intercepted the Hatcher pass. The half ended with Middlesboro leading 9-7.
That changed just 14 seconds into the 3rd quarter as Will Lange first muffed, then picked the ball up off the ground and scrambled for 80 yards and his first touchdown of the day. With the Dobbs kick, Somerset led by 14-9.
That would have been a good place for the game to have ended.
It did not.
The officials ruled Middlesboro fumbled and that Somerset recovered the ball. No wait, let me change that. Middlesboro ball on the 4, but they can't score.
Not on their own, anyway.
Somerset held the Middlesboro drive only to give up the safety seconds after taking the initial snap of the set of downs. The free kick to the Middlesboro 47, the unencumbered run by Uhl, and in less time than it takes to get a can out of a vending machine, Middlesboro had doubled its own score to 18.
That 18-14 lead would be the last of the night for the Yellow Jackets, but they held it for a very long time. It was not until late in the game that Somerset was able to break free and score what turned out to be the winning margin touchdown.
Middlesboro coach Randy Frazier was disappointed with the outcome, but pleased with his players. "This is 2 weeks in a row that 2 very good teams have been here and we have lost the lead in the fourth quarter," he said. "We should have won both these games. But if we continue to improve the way we have the last 2 games, we are really looking good as we go into the playoffs."
Somerset head coach Robby Lucas was pleased to come away with the win, but realizes he and his Jumpers have their work cut out for them.
"This was a very good team that came to play tonight," Lucas said. "Early in the game, we didn't play well at all."
" I feel like we have gotten worse over the last two weeks," he continued, "and it's my job to figure out why. We need to get this thing run back in the direction we were going three weeks ago."
We can expect a great deal of commentary and criticism from both sides on the issue of officiating in Friday night's game.
High school officials are teams of regular guys who love the game of football and spend most of their lives doing something else like working in the factory, practicing law in a court room, or driving a school bus. They don't get paid a lot of money, and they often travel hundreds of miles to the venue so the teams can compete.
Without them, we can't have the game.
But we expect a certain level of competence in game control, anger management, and knowledge of the rules.
There will be many who saw the game Friday night who criticize the actions of the officials on the field. It is hard to imagine a single fan on either side who was pleased with the calls. Those critics will say this officiating crew lacked in all three of those vital characteristics.
Only the most rabid fans will call the crew partisan. The more moderate will admit the officials dispensed their incompetence with equal opportunity toward both sides.
Kind of like the NFL replacement referees.
And Candy Crowley at the Presidential debate.
And that incompetence influenced the play of the game, they will say.
Thankfully, I don't have to weigh in on the debate: I'm just here to give you the facts as I saw them.
There will also inevitably be controversy over the choice of quarterback. Some will side with Junior Tanner Gadberry, whose flashes of brilliance in team leadership have been instrumental factors in Somerset's winning record. Others will insist Gadberry has become too predictable and that the other teams are beginning to anticipate his play calling. Those partisans will insist it is time to change to Freshman Quarterback Castle Hatcher, whose lightning wit, lasar cannon arm, and willingness to take a hit for the team have been instrumental in the most recent two games.
The wise approach is what some call the toolbox approach.
Every engineering student begins the study process by learning that a tool can be perfectly suited to one task, and totally unsuited to any other.
To a hammer, all the world looks like a nail.
Robbie Lucas has demonstrated over and over again that he is the master builder of this program. He spends countless hours with his players, studying their abilities and honing their strengths. The fans who know the game will trust his judgment and let him use the tools and personnel as he sees fit.
First Quarter
MHS—Cole Frazier 29 yard FG 1:40
Second Quarter
MHS---Parker Uhl 7 run kick failed 9:33
SHS — Braiden McWilliams 5 pass from Castle Hatcher, Chandler Dobbs Kick 2:28
Third Quarter
SHS—Will Lange 80 kickoff return Dobbs kick 11:46
MMS--- Safety 7:03
MMS---Uhl 47 run Frazier kick 6:43
Fourth Quarter
SHS—Tyson Williams 16 pass from Hatcher (kick failed) 4:16
SHS—Lange 47 run (kick failed.)
RUSHING—SHS—Lange 9-62 (1 TD), Bryson Jones 6-44, Hatcher 4-12, Tanner Gadberry 4-4, Tevin Slaughter 1-2; MMS---Uhl 12-106 (2 TD) Major Edwards 9-62, Seth Barton 8-2, Jake Brock 3- minus 2, Gabe Fuson 1-6, Cole Frazier 1-2, Ryan Pittman 1-1
PASSING—SHS Gadberry 1-11-5 (1 INT); Hatcher 7-12-122 (2 TD, 1 INT), MMS—Edwards 5-10-181
RECEIVING—SHS Braiden McWilliams 4-92 (1 TD), Tyson Williams 1-16 (1 TD) Cam Cheuvront 3-19 MMS---Seth Barton 1-46, Jake Brock 2-9, Austin Poindexter 1-12, Tyshon Kincaide 1- minus 1
SHS Lange 2-115 (1TD)
MMS---Barton 2-23


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With the passing of Matiu many of us will remember a man of integrity, loyalty and kindness. A great soldier, leader, friend, husband and father of his children. Matiu, e hare ke e korero tuake i tenei, "haere ki te wahi ngaro ki te taumata wairua o te kainga hakamutunga mo te tangata. Ma te atua koe e okioki". "Although you are lost to us you have joined the chiefs in the home that all will eventual arrive at. The lord anoints you in his presence".
Among other things I remember Matiu for the fact he was not the loud boisterous NCO that, in those days was what the army encouraged young emerging NCO's to be. Never the less he was as efficient as any in that era. He was a fun person as well. Hailing from Te Tairawhiti he never missed a chance to promote his mountain "Hikurangi" when the occasion arose. A veteran of the Malay Emergency he went on to be one of only two Maori CSM's appointed to a Rifle Company in Vietnam. In General Pearce's Battalion of the 1961/63 deployment to Malaysia he was alongside Padre Whakahuihui Vercoe his wife Doris and Mat Edwards a driving force of the Maori Cultural Group. In his later years he was commissioned and although I lost contact with him I am sure he would have been a respected officer.
Recently I saw two photos. One was of WO2 Eddie Tataurangi, Sgt Joe Murray, Sgt Ra Paenga and WO1 Crete Haami the other was of WO1 Bob Hewlett and WO1 Ross Hardie. All these were soldier friends of Matiu's along with the many others who preceded him. In my view these were the soldiers who shaped the NZ Army's Infantry soldier into being jungle fighters without peer.
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E kore ratau e ngokore ahakoa te ahuatanga o te ra
I te hekenga atu o te ra tainoa ki te arangamai i te ata
Ka momahara matau kia ratau
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I took a pic of Dad's photo that has the names on it. The pic was a bit blurry, so I apologise if I do accidently get any wrong, but I am pretty sure I have got them all right.
These are all the names in order for 2 Platoon.
4th Row (L to R): Ptes Wilson DRN; Wedderel KT; Orbell DJ; Whibley RG.
3rd Row (L to R): Ptes Preston GJ; Roberts H; Allan AGM; Williams SG; Horne GM; Harding JH; Leathem BC; Dil RJ; Brown LE.
2nd Row (L to R): Ptes Shand DR; Powell LG; Tither NC ; Martin NL; Tahere NW; Beverly DD; Renata MT; Michie IE; Robinson JT.
1st Row (L to R): Pte Hollis GJ; Lcpl Scia Scia PLR; Cpl Walker WJ; Sgt Johnson VR; Lt RS Miller; Cpl Dolan J; Cpl Perry WL; Lcpl Bensemann DI- owen_ar


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I don't know how many, if any, people reading this would disagree, but it's nice to see this issue written about somewhere other than Baseball Prospectus, Hardball Times, etc. Two particularly good quotes in the article: 1) Billy Beane: "Whitey Herzog had a lot of success with a closer by committee... Although now that I think back on it, I'm not sure they called it 'closer by committee' back then. I think then it was just called 'using your bullpen wisely.' Then closers became 'specialists'." 2) Caple on the risk of more rational bullpen usage (i.e., using the best reliever in truly high-leverage situations): "Of course, there is one inherent risk to that. While teams and fans would view the save, 'save situations' and closers in a more accurate light, there is also the unfortunate risk that they would eventually overvalue the 'hold'." Also worth reading is Jonah Keri's article published on Page 2 today: "Should K-Rod be AL MVP?"
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Plans to relocate and possibly expand the Muskogee County Juvenile Detention Facility appear to be no closer to becoming a reality than they were at this time a year ago.
The county-owned facility is located within "the heart" of an area targeted for commercial development. Officials say there is a lot of interest in the tract, but the detention center in the 600 block of West Shawnee Bypass stands in the way of progress.
City and county officials formed a committee in June 2012 to explore their options, and discussions continued for almost two months. The following month, county commissioners were told a search of land records found no legal impediments that would prevent the sale of the land for commercial development.
Commissioners say the biggest drawback is the need to recoup the costs of building a replacement facility at a new site. The 10-bed facility was built in the 1980s by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services and then deeded to the county, which contracts with a third party to provide day-to-day operations.
When city and county officials met Monday to revisit the issue, the only new information that surfaced was a rough estimate of what it might cost to replace the existing facility. That could help move the project forward, but what really is needed is the money it would take to build the facility and the site for its new location.
Kim Reeve, an architect and president of BKL Inc., estimated it could cost up to $2.25 million to replace the 10-bed facility. Reeve said much of that cost is due to new specifications set by the Office of Juvenile Affairs for detention facilities.
"We looked at today's costs," said Reeve, whose Tulsa-based firm has extensive experience designing correctional facilities. "If you don't do it for a year, it's going to cost more."
Mayor Bob Coburn said several people have expressed interest in the property where the detention facility is located, which is within an area targeted for urban renewal. He expressed some urgency about moving forward.
"We have been contacted by developers, by a restaurant and by Realtors," Coburn said. "We are kind of going from redefining the use of that property to now having a real interest in that property. Do we have any idea of the time it will take to do something with it?"
District 1 Commissioner Gene Wallace said everybody appears to be "on the same page" when it comes to future development at that site. But getting to a point where that can begin will take money the county doesn't have.
"If your foundation would be an active participant, we can find a suitable location," Wallace said about the City of Muskogee Foundation. "We don't want to be dealing with developers."
The foundation loaned $1.1 million to the Muskogee Redevelopment Authority to acquire county-owned property at the southwest corner of the U.S. 69 and Shawnee Bypass intersection. The city is trying to sell that property to QuikTrip for future development.
Coburn indicated a deal similar to the city's acquisition of the QuikTrip property may be a possibility.
Interim City Manager Roy Tucker set out some steps Monday that might lead that direction. Tucker suggested that he and Muskogee County District Attorney Larry Moore investigate any title issues. The city would then explore funding options for relocating the juvenile detention center and anything else that might be required to accomplish that goal.
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Thirty years ago, the Atlanta Braves were in spring training hoping to start a season that would lead them a second straight playoff appearance.
The 1982 season had been magical. They won the first 13 games of the season to set a record. They held on to first place for most of the season, only to lose it to the Los Angeles Dodgers in August when they lost 19 of 21 games, and then the Braves won the division on the last day of the season.
But Atlanta had its questions going into 1983. The Braves had struck out on signing left-handed starting pitcher Floyd Bannister, the top offseason free agent. They resisted putting Bob Horner in a trade for a top starter, even though there were constant rumors they might trade the third baseman to the New York Yankees for ace Ron Guidry.
Atlanta had signed Pete Falcone from the Mets. He could either start or relieve. Plus, Dodgers lefty Terry Foster (who later that year would be dubbed the fat tub of goo by David Letterman) was brought in to help in the bullpen.
Its hard to believe now, but back then it was just difficult for the Braves to attract available pitchers. Most were hesitant to pitch at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, known as the Launching Pad, because of the ease with which hitters hit home runs.
The Braves had no trouble doing that. The lineup was in good shape. Horner was joined by 1982 NL MVP Dale Murphy. The two formed a great young duo. Then there were solid complementary players, like Chris Chambliss, Glenn Hubbard, Rafael Ramirez, Claudell Washington, Brett Butler and Bruce Benedict.
Dont all those names make you think of TBS? Youd rush home and have dinner, watch the Andy Griffith Show and then watch Americas Team with Ernie, Pete and Skip calling the action.
It all came down to the pitching for Joe Torres Braves, and there were tons of questions. They had Phil Niekro, but he was 44 years old, and no one was sure how much he had left. But Niekro was the least of their trouble.
The two top starters behind Niekro in 1982, Bob Walk and Rick Mahler, had awful springs and were sent to the minors. They were replaced by Craig McMurtry, a rookie who had won 17 games the previous year in Triple-A, and Pascual Perez, who was more well-known for getting lost on I-285 in 1982 than his performance on the mound.
Luckily for Atlanta, McMurtry and Perez combined for 30 wins in 1983. But that was about it. Falcone, Rick Camp and Ken Dayley combined for 47 starts in the other two rotation spot, and the Braves were so desperate for starting pitching in midseason they panicked and traded the popular Butler in a deal for Len Barker.
There was a constant debate about whether or not the Braves should move Steve Bedrosian from the bullpen to the rotation. They decided against it, and even though two years later the man known as Bedrock was a starting pitcher, he had already found his niche as a reliever.
Its hard to imagine a spring training with that much uncertainty. To think they went to West Palm Beach that February knowing only that Niekro was going to be in the rotation is almost absurd. But thats about all they knew for sure 30 years ago.
Theres less stress this year in Atlantas camp. The questions are not as serious as seeking four starting pitchers. Instead, its more about finding the final reliever in the bullpen and the final player for the bench.
The 1983 Braves finished in second place, three games back of the Dodgers in the NL West. This years Braves are hoping to avoid a similar fate. If positive vibes in spring training mean anything, maybe Atlantas 2013 Braves can have a leg up on the team from 30 years ago.
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The logo on Texas A&M's jersey says "SEC" in bright gold. For Oklahoma, however, the AT&T Cotton Bowl won't feel like a bowl game against a typical out-of-conference opponent.
Memories from early November Big 12 Conference games between the programs are barely a year old. They're still too vivid in OU's way of thinking.
"In my mind, it still seems like a Big 12 game, just because they're only one year removed," OU quarterback Landry Jones said at Tuesday's press conference previewing the Jan. 4 game. "If this was 20 years down the line, I'm sure it would be a whole different game with a different feel to it."
The Sooners will play the Aggies for the 19th time in the last 20 years. The last year the teams didn't play was 1995 — a year before the Big 12 Conference was formed. The teams played a non-conference, home-and-home series in 1993 and 1994.
It wasn't something the Sooners were thinking about until the bowl announcements were made on Dec. 2. Sooner players thought they were heading to the Sugar Bowl after topping TCU to clinch a share of the Big 12 championship.
Circumstances have changed. Landing in a bowl game played in Arlington, Texas, caught players off guard.
"It's strange for two reasons," defensive end David King said. "One, because we're playing in Dallas and we play in Dallas when we play Texas every year. Two, we did play Texas A&M every year for so many years."
It doesn't feel like the typical Big 12-SEC showdown in the Cotton Bowl. The 10th-ranked Aggies, who have fully embraced their move to the SEC and have gone 10-2 this season, including a win over then-No. 1 Alabama, still play like a Big 12 team.
Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Johnny Manziel runs the up-tempo spread offense that dominates the Big 12. Stylistically, they've been an oddity in what's become the strongest conference in college football.
The last time the 12th-ranked Sooners faced an SEC team — Florida in at the 2008 national championship game — the offense it defended had its roots in the Wing-T.
"At the end of the day, it's a bowl game and you have to win it to get the momentum going into the off-season," King said. "Like I said, it'll be a huge test for us with their quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner, playmakers and offensive line. I'm sure they're going to present challenges on the defensive side of the ball.
"We just have to go out there and play our best game of the year and come out of there with a win."
With the exception of the Heisman Trophy winner, OU would've been saying the same things about the Aggies prior to any of those meetings during their 16 seasons as conference rivals.


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A PARANOID schizophrenic who chopped his mum's head off because he thought she was a witch has admitted manslaughter.
Daniel Coriat, aged 44, of Taymount Grange, Forest Hill, pleaded guilty to manslaughter with diminished responsibility on the opening day of his Old Bailey trial today (Jan 28).
The body of 76-year-old mother Elizabeth Coriat was found at the flat she shared with her son on March 24 last year.
She had suffered extensive mutilation and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police later found Coriat hiding inside a bin at nearby Forest Hill station and he was arrested and charged with her murder shortly afterwards.
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This is why Im here, Melanie Kelley of Raleigh said as we walked toward a Greens Blues camellia plant at JC Raulston Arboretum on a cold Saturday morning. She bent down, pushed back some branches as she examined the plant and then carefully snipped several stems.
I love it because of the color of the flower (dark bluish purple) and the low, spreading growth habit, Kelley said.
Kelley was one of several gardeners attending a hands-on propagation workshop at the arboretum in Raleigh. Participants learned how to propagate plants with hardwood cuttings taken at the arboretum, and they took some of the newly propagated plants home with them.
If someone has a plant that you just love and you want one just like it, asexual propagation might be the way to get it. Plants are propagated in two ways sexual (from seed) or asexual (cloning by tissue culture, including cuttings and grafting). When propagated by seed, the resulting plant might differ from the parent in color or some other way. But asexual propagation produces a clone of the original plant.
You cut a stem from the plant, stick the plant in rooting hormone and then put the stem in a rooting medium. Once the stem has a good set of roots, it can be transplanted.
Every cell has the potential to create other cells, said workshop leader Mark Weathington, assistant director and curator of collections at Raulston. Before sending participants out with their pruners, Weathington discussed how to increase their chances of success with the cuttings.
Winter is a good time to propagate some hard-to-root plants because the tops are dormant, but we can stimulate the roots to grow with hormones and bottom heat, Weathington said.
When choosing a plant for cuttings, make sure its large enough with lots of branches. Rule No. 1: Dont disfigure the plant.
Gardeners are more likely to have success with shrubby deciduous plants, such as spiraea, and broadleaf evergreens, such as holly. Hydrangeas and willows also root easily.
Make a cut at an angle, above a leaf, Weathington said. Avoid branches with lots of fruit and flowers because a lot of the plants energy has already gone into fruit production. If the plant you want has lots of flower buds, try pinching them off.
Also, Weathington said, if the plant has large leaves, cut off the top of the leaf so it wont use as much water. You want the plants energy to be spent on root production.
Take multiple cuttings from a plant to increase your chance of success. If the plant can spare only one or two stems, dont take the cutting, he said.
Rooting hormone kick-starts root growth. You can buy hormone solution, such as Dip n Grow, in powder or liquid form. Dip the stem in the solution for three to five seconds. If you stick it too long, the solution can kill the plants cells.
Stick the stem in a soilless growing media in a tray. Youll stick the stem deep enough so that it will stand upright, but not so deep that its standing in water. Youll need trays with plastic lids. Once you put the plants in the tray, water it and let it drain for 20 to 30 minutes, then cover with the plastic lid. Dont let the plant touch the lid.
At home, put your cuttings in a cool spot with relatively bright, indirect light, and provide bottom heat. Kelleys cuttings are in her garage on a shelf underneath a window. The bottom heat comes from an electric heating pad. A screened-in porch is a fine place to put your cuttings, too, but youll want to take them inside when its really cold out. If you grow them indoors, Weathington said, the tops will be stimulated to grow, which can sometimes impede root development
All plants are different. Some, like hydrangeas or aucuba, root quickly with roots starting to form in a week or so. Some conifers, on the other hand, can take more than a year to root. Once the plants have a good set of roots and have started growing, they can be planted out.
Kelley said she put her first cuttings into the ground too soon.
Once the cuttings have started to get secondary growth, I repot them in 2- and 3-inch pots, she said. I repeatedly do this every few months for the first year, each time putting the cuttings in slightly larger pots. I move them out to my yard, still in the pots, for a year or so, so that the plants get water and fertilizer just like the rest of my garden.
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MANATEE -- A Manatee County judge is considering whether to separate the trial of former school investigator Debra Horne, charged with failing to report child abuse, from the trials of three other school district administrators charged in the Roderick Frazier case.
Horne appeared in court Thursday, along with defense attorney Derek Byrd, to object being listed as a co-defendant along with Robert Gagnon, Gregg Faller and Matthew Kane. A second motion was also filed requesting Horne's trial be handled separately.
Judge Thomas Krug reserved ruling on the motion until Monday. The announcement came late Thursday afternoon after Krug said earlier in court he would rule by the end of the day.
Horne was charged with one felony count of failing to report child abuse Aug. 15 after months of investigation by the Bradenton Police Department and the State Attorney's Office.
Byrd argued in court that Horne was not part of some "common scheme or plan" with Gagnon, Faller, and Kane, and therefore she should not be tried with them. He said Horne is only charged with one felony count of failing to report while the others are also charged with a misdemeanor count of failing to report child abuse and a
misdemeanor count of giving false information to law enforcement.
Assistant State Attorney Dawn Buff disagreed saying the reporting law changed in October after the Penn State molestation scandal.
The change in the law caused other persons who knew of sexual abuse and failed to report it prior to that change to now be charged with a misdemeanor and a felony.
"Ms. Horne never denied that she knew of the allegations and she never lied to law enforcement," Buff said.
In the second motion, Byrd expressed concern about co-defendants being able to evoke their right to remain silent if Horne's trial were not separated.
"I want to call these co-defendants as witnesses," Byrd said. "There is information that they have that I think exonerates Mrs. Horne."
Horne, former investigator for the Office of Professional Standards, conducted the initial school district probe of Frazier's alleged misconduct in November.
When the allegations resurfaced in January in a letter written by a former Manatee High School student, Horne again led the school district investigation until she was removed from her position and transferred to an assistant principalship at Prine Elementary.
Horne retired Oct. 14 from the Manatee County School District, the same day the school board was to vote on whether to suspend her without pay, along with Faller, Gagnon, Kane and school district attorney Scott Martin. She had been on unpaid leave since Aug. 7, just a week prior to charges being brought against her.
Martin was not charged with a crime, and has resigned from the district.
The others have until Friday to challenge Superintendent Rick Mills' recommendation they be fired.
Frazier, a former assistant football coach, faces 10 misdemeanor charges related to allegations of improper contact with students and other staff members at Manatee High School.
He has pleaded not guilty and has resigned from the school district.
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