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For the past three years, Genome BC and BC Clinical Genomics Network have worked together in hosting the Gene Screen BC Film Competition. We are pleased to say that we now have received over 30 fantastic film submissions! All films are available for viewing here on this website under the "Videos" tab and on Genome BC's YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/genomicseducation).
With so many great films in our cache, Genome BC and BC Clinical Genomics Network will be taking this year to focus on "packaging" several of these films. This includes the creation of educational activities to accompany the films, discussion questions to complement films, and writing exercises to supplement the material. The films will then be distributed to high school teachers for them to use in their classrooms as a full classroom activity. We will also be taking this upcoming year to plan the next best Gene Screen BC Film Festival to date! We expect that this will all take a great deal of time and resources so we will NOT be hosting a competition in the 2013 year – but expect a great one in 2014!
Get up to date information over the course of this next year by checking out the Gene Screen BC website, where information on activity development and plans for the next competition will be posted. We hope you will take this opportunity to consider submitting an entry in 2014 and to promote this terrific event to your friends, colleagues and community stakeholders to ensure exciting film submissions in 2014!
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Banta called his friend Santa and told him that he recently met the woman of his dreams. Now what should he do?
Santa said, Send her some flowers and on the card invite her for a home-cooked meal.
Banta liked the idea, so he invited the woman.
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Navman has officially launched its new S-series, following a "dramatic redesign" of the company's satellite navigation systems. But is it for the better? We were able to have a brief play with the new models at the launch event in London.
Losing all its buttons after customer feedback, focus groups and research suggested that it made the previous models confusing to use, the Navman S-series and in particular the S90i is now a completely touchscreen experience.
In fact there isn't a single button on the front of the display, which boasts a 4.3-inch widescreen display the same as the latest TomTom Go and Garmin ranges.
Other features inside of this top of the range model include the now standard Bluetooth for handsfree calling, built-in traffic receiver so you can avoid the jams and Text to Speech which speaks the next turn road names out allow so you don't have to look at the display to see where you are going.
Missing, however, is an FM transmitter to allow you to reroute audio through your car stereo and the ability to give voice instructions for where you want to go as found in the TomTom range.
Setting the Navman S90i apart from others in the new range and its competition is the company's Navpix offering and so you get a digital camera slapped on the back to record places you've been.
The idea, first touted a couple of years ago by Navman, is that rather than have to key in address information every time, you simply snap a picture, store it and away you go.
It's a novel idea and one that you could use in situations like finding your car again in a big car park, or a remote address that doesn't have a decent postcode assigned to it. However we've always said that the system would only work when there were plenty of photographs around with geo-location data to use.
Hearing our calls, Navman has boosted its own collection of 11,000 pictures on its website to over 23million images with a deal with photo sharing website Flickr. The move is a stroke of genius as users will now have plenty of places to drive to once they've download the images.
Technology aside, the outer "retro looking" shell of the S90i isn't the only thing to get a make over here.
The software and map interface have been overhauled as well and on first impressions we have to say for the better. Although the lovely petrol and parking keys, that send you to the nearest petrol station or car park have now been buried in a menu system somewhere, the map interface is a lot cleaner with directions and maps looking considerably easier to read.
Another good feature to note is the speed camera information database. Although we weren't able to test it personally, Navman tell us that the you'll only get notified of a speed camera when it's on your side of the road rather than beeping whichever way you go like the TomToms do.
The unique selling point of the S90i is the camera function and the new addition of all those Flickr photos. Take that out of the equation and you've got a unit that is a solid performer but by no means breaks any boundaries.
From our first look at the S90i its clear that this is Navman making sure they stay with the lead pack rather than steaming out in front, but from our brief play, first impressions are good.
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Alum's academic and professional journey goes from Pontiac through West Lafayette to Waterloo.
Luke Moriguchi, a 2012 graduate of Notre Dame Prep, paid a visit a few months ago to his alma mater, and among those he spent some time with was Vlado Salic, who directs the upper division's counseling department.
"Luke came to see us to share what he's been up to before his afternoon flight out to Iowa to get to his new apartment and job," Salic said. "It's always very nice and a highly appreciated gesture when an alum visits, but this one really felt special because he also has a great story about his educational journey and his family, which includes his sister, Francine, who graduated from Notre Dame in 2014.
Moriguchi was heading to Iowa because he soon will begin his new job as a quality engineer at John Deere's Product Engineering Center, located in Waterloo.
"I will be working with John Deere Power Systems, and that facility engineers and builds all powertrain applications for the company," Moriguchi said in an interview with IRISH magazine. "My first rotation will focus on quality planning of supplier parts within new engine programs."
Moriguchi's journey to Iowa follows a very successful stint at Purdue University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering.
Among the many extra activities during his years at Purdue, which included serving on the Purdue Marching Band's drumline, Moriguchi joined the Institute of Healthcare Improvement Purdue Chapter, a relatively new club at Purdue with countless chapters internationally.
"I took the opportunity to get involved in this club and served as the secretary and webmaster on the executive board and had the opportunity to work with some incredible students in the nursing program at Purdue," he said. "Having the opportunity to work with people from other majors was valuable in gaining different perspectives in my own studies."
Last semester, Moriguchi said his senior design team project was voted the best project of the senior class by peers, staff, and professional organizations. "We were able to minimize production space by 30% and improve productivity by 60%, a number that greatly surpassed the client's request. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to be the project manager, which provided much experience in leadership, decision-making and working with a client."
Such academic success in college didn't just come out of nowhere for Moriguchi. He said his time spent at Notre Dame was a real catalyst for him.
"Through academics and extracurricular activities at Notre Dame, I learned countless life skills that would later be reinforced throughout college and my intern experiences," he said. "First and most importantly, NDP taught me to set high goals for myself as well as critical time-management skills. I was involved in two varsity teams at Notre Dame (hockey and tennis), band (marching/concert/jazz), and theater (sound crew) through my years at NDP."
By the end of his high school career, Moriguchi was leading most of those activities to some extent. And despite the countless hours spent at these extracurriculars, he maintained a high GPA and achieved consistently excellent standardized test scores.
"Without the discipline and time-management skills I learned in high school, finding success in these areas going forward would not have been possible," he said. "When I went on to become a student leader in the Purdue band's drumline, which demanded a lot of time as well, I was able to maintain my grades, and I directly attribute to the time-management skills gained at NDP. The things I learned from leading, teaching, and working with peers at Notre Dame prepared me for the leadership experiences I had at Purdue as well."
Moriguchi also noted that NDP prepared him for the intensity needed to be successful in the university classroom.
"Learning to study smarter and not harder allowed me to maintain a balance between school, activities and social life," he said. "This balance helped lead to success in the classroom, an expanded social network, and other new opportunities."
Moriguchi's visit to NDP last week wasn't his first since he graduated in 2012. He said he always loves to catch up with Notre Dame teachers.
"Whenever I visit the school, I make it a point to visit my former teachers, including Mr. Riley, Mr. Martin, Ms. Glick, Ms. Phillips, and Ms. Pauwels," he said. "I have been fortunate to have several opportunities to stop and speak with these amazing teachers since my graduation and I hope to have more opportunities to visit, despite working in Iowa. Besides the teaching staff, I would be remiss not to mention Mr. Vlado Salic, who was my counselor until I graduated. He helped me through the entire college application process. He provided the confidence and support I needed to prepare and submit my college applications and has continued to support me. I am proud to consider him a friend."
Now embarking on a major new phase in his life, Moriguchi is very excited to begin his new job at John Deere. But he's also focused on the longer road ahead on his journey.
"I look forward to starting my career as a quality engineer for John Deere, but, as many others, I hope to eventually transition to more managerial roles and have the opportunity to lead and influence larger groups of people," he said. "I have learned that work experience in quality, manufacturing and operations in industry will develop a solid foundation for me to make this transition and cultivate success in a position of leadership.
"Besides the work experience, I also hope to soon get my MBA to further enhance my repertoire and to continue to positively contribute at John Deere. For the next couple of years, I look forward to working very hard to learn more, contribute and innovate!"
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Catalyst Review | The Best Protein Powders
Catalyst is a whey based protein supplement that is naturally sweetened and uses zero chemicals, hormones, or banned ingredients. It is meant to tailor to the protein needs of elite athletes and is made in the USA. For more information about Catalyst, continue reading, otherwise check out our top rated best protein shakes for women and men here: Top 10 Best Protein Drinks.
The Benefits Of Catalyst
- Builds lean muscle
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- Enhances performance
- Burns fat
What Is Catalyst?
Catylyst is a protein supplement that utilizes grass fed whey as their protein source. It features a results driven formula and attempts to be one of the cleanest sources of muscle building fuel for athletes all over the world. They utilize whey in order to make sure your body is getting the complete profile of amino acids it needs to be successful.
How Does Catalyst Work?
Catalyst works the same way as many other protein supplements on the market today. You use the powder to prepare a protein shake and then drink that protein shake. The reason why protein supplements are better than food sources lie in their ability to be digested far easier. In addition to that, whey protein is actually the highest quality form of protein you can take, so protein powders are a no brainer for the athlete trying to reach their goals.
Catalyst Ingredients
Protein Blend: Every protein powder has a specific protein blend that you should be paying attention to. The protein blend is what really determines whether a product is worth your time and money. Whey protein isolate, and whey protein hydrolysate are the two best forms of protein on the planet. Anytime you go shopping for a protein powder, make sure it is comprised of only these ingredients. Many different protein powders will have some whey protein but will dilute it with cheaper ingredients that just lowers the cost of the overall blend. In order to see the best results as quickly as possible, try to stick to whey based protein blends. Catalyst has a protein blend that is made up of whey protein isolate, and whey protein concentrate.
BCAA Count: The BCAA count is the amount of specific amino acids found in your protein powder that either occurs naturally or are added to your blend. Branched Chained Amino Acids are found naturally in protein and play a very important role in building muscle and decreasing recovery time. While many different protein companies do not utilize additional BCAA, we have found that the ones that do provide much quicker results and also allow you to get back to the gym much faster.
Popular branched chain amino acids you can expect to find are L-Leucine, L-Isoleucine, and L-Valine. These amino acids are very important to making sure you get to see quick results from your workouts. If your favorite protein supplement does not include additional BCAA, you can always buy a BCAA powder that you can mix into water. This offers your muscles a low-calorie fuel that will decrease your recovery time, and increase the rate at which your muscles grow.
Nutritional Information: In one serving of Catalyst, you can expect to find:
- Calories:110
- Total Fat: 0.5g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
- Total Carbohydrate: 3g
- Protein: 24g
- Calcium: 116mg
- Iron: .83mg
- Sodium 150mg
None of the nutritional information in Catalyst stands out as being anything special. This is a pretty standard label among protein powders in its class.
The Pros
- Provides long lasting energy
- Helps you stay full
- Quality protein source
The Cons
- Expensive
- Very average blend and product
- People complain about stevia
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Happy Father's Day! Today is a day that we are reminded to honor the men in our life that have helped to raise and guide us along as we have grown – whether they are related to us by blood or not. A Godly father is a blessing that we should be grateful for so I hope you do not pass up this opportunity to let them know how much you love them and thankful you are for their example, and that its something you do regularly instead of waiting for this holiday to roll around each year! As Proverbs 12:25 says "Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad." (ESV) However, even though our Earthly fathers may have been able to best anyone else's father in any given topic – there is one still greater that we should honor each and every day! Our heavenly Father loves us more than anyone else can, and has provided for us in ways that no one else can. He spoke all that we know into being and has provided a way for us to be with him for all of eternity despite our shortcomings and failures. Take some time today to speak this Psalm from your heart to God.
Jay Cline
Psalm 103 (ESV)
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,
3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever.
10 He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those
who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
13 As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who
fear him.
14 For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;
16 for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.
17 But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him,
and his righteousness to children's children,
18 to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.
19 The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.
20 Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his
21 Bless the Lord, all his hosts, his ministers, who do his will!
22 Bless the Lord, all his works, in all places of his dominion.
Bless the Lord, O my soul!


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After the Holiday Walk, Bryce and I went to the home of our dear friends, Sonja and Ryan, for a dinner party. It was a really great group of people and we had a great time spending the evening with such good friends. My face actually hurt from laughing so much. If that is not a sign of a good time I don't know what is!
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Santa and Dinner
Last night our community had a Holiday Walk. The town shuts off Main Street, all of the businesses open and there are games, stories, goodies and performances. The event is kicked off with Santa arriving in a fire truck and lighting the town tree. The children had a lot of fun (it was COLD) and got to sit in Santa's lap (I don't have the picture yet). It's events like last night that make me so glad that we live here.
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You look cold in the picture! Can you believe yo live in a place that can be so COLD!! Remember the days when we would wish for snow!!ReplyDelete
What a fun holiday tradition.
it's very fun to see your every day activiesReplyDelete
I am so impressed with all of the neighborhood events you guys have. Looks like fun!ReplyDelete
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Open Thread May 20
An article to start things off. Rainer Shea over at newslogue:
When It's The Pragmatists That Want War With Russia
Reality doesn't have much cultural favor in modern American society. When forty years of escalated economic exploitation has made the country regress to third world status for the majority of the population, we tell ourselves it's because the majority of Americans aren't trying hard enough. When seven decades of perpetual war has destabilized the middle east and driven up the national debt to record levels, the countries we've invaded and welfare recipients are respectively to blame. When two centuries of carbon emissions have created a new, perilous period called the Anthropocene, the entire problem is fabricated in an elaborate conspiracy to undermine the fossil fuel business. Pay no attention to the dilapidation of your house, the fact that you can't remember a time when we weren't in some way at war, the reports of permanent flooding in places like Miami. Trust what the non-CIA appointed Washington Post writers and legitimately elected politicians say, because they're the ones who led us into this of course genuinely depicted period of 4.4% unemployment, and they're the ones who will make the good times continue so long as you let them stay the course.
On a more current note, don't be troubled by that tweet this week from the Democrats' favorite Russiagate expert Louise Mensch stating "war is what they [Russia] will get" for supposedly meddling in the election-she's just understandably venting over the fact that Russia invaded us last year. Don't give any skeptical thought to how the known CIA front the Washington Post has recently published a piece naysaying the notion that the U.S. should create stronger ties with Russia, which at this point is to say the two countries shouldn't soon let things come to military conflict-that article is just pointing out what it calls the "realpolitic" of letting such a conflict happen. And should said conflict hypothetically materialize as soon as the next big geopolitical upset happens-which, like the last one, will have some sketchily reported but undeniable link to Russia-don't worry. Those beautiful Tomahawk missiles will keep you safe.
All contributions welcome–perhaps news from the California Dem elections?
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Source of the following article Persuasive Litigator.
By Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm:
The earliest days of the Trump presidency, the Trump campaign, and Trump himself have all posed quite a bit of a quandary for social scientists. The reason for that is, while all politicians select, exaggerate, and sometimes tell an outright lie, Donald Trump seems to have a relationship to the truth that is strained to an unprecedented degree. From the crowd size at his inauguration, to the number who illegally voted, to the allegations of the Obama administration wiretapping Trump Tower, these demonstrable falsehoods have continued a chain stretching back to earlier whoppers like Ted Cruz's father having something to do with the JFK assassination, and, of course, Barack Obama's Kenyan birth. In that context, how did candidate Trump and now President Trump maintain the support of 40 percent or more of the American people? After all, the social scientists will point out that credibility is key, and at the national level of politics, credibility is supposed to be especially fragile. When it comes to Trump's communication, the sages have said, "Surely, he can't keep this up," and have been saying it now for more than a year. Yet he keeps it up. How?
The answer, according to a recent Scientific American article by Jeremy Adam Smith, has to do with the type of lies. There are "black lies" told with bad intent and "white lies" told for a noble purpose, and in between, they say, there's something else: "blue lies," told for the purpose of helping some and hurting others. Blue lies serve a social purpose in reinforcing group identity and helping 'our team' against 'their team.' Referring to research from the University of Toronto's Kang Lee, the article notes, "If we see Trump's lies not as failures of character but rather as weapons of war, then we can come to see why his supporters might see him as an effective leader." One of the studies from Lee and his colleagues observes that blue lies, the kind that build solidarity of one group against another, tend to increase as children get older and more socially sophisticated. But the blue lie is not unique to childhood, or to its close cousin, politics. Instead, I believe that these false beliefs that are resistant to the normal checks because they serve a social function can exist in litigation as well. What's more, I think it can apply at several levels, affecting the jury, the witness, and the advocate. In this post, I'll address each, and also share my own thoughts on the way the blue lie is best addressed. In each case, I believe it is not enough to call out the lie as being false. In addition, to address that social function, it is also necessary to call it out as not being useful as well.
The Juror's Blue Lie
A key realization in any small group context is that shared beliefs create affinity, and this includes false beliefs. For example, contender a panel of potential jurors who believe that immigrants tend to commit more crimes, and they're sitting for a case where that belief would potentially matter. In that situation, it won't help to try to show them that the belief is false. It is false since immigrants, legal or otherwise, are on average actually less likely to commit crimes than other people living in the U.S., but you won't get that point across in voir dire or trial. The solution, other than striking the potential jurors, is to focus on the lack of usefulness of the belief. Broadly, and from their perspective, perhaps that belief isn't useful because the country has a right to control its borders, and that right shouldn't hinge on whether immigrants commit other crimes or not. And, in this specific situation, perhaps the belief isn't useful because it tells you nothing about this case, this person, these charges.
The Witness's Blue Lie
Witnesses swear to tell the truth, and the vast majority intend to and try to. But inevitably, the witness's experiences, outlook and goals will put a filter on that truth. One such filter might be the blue lie that's intended to help 'your team' rather than their's. Take the doctor defendant in a professional negligence case, for example, who thinks it's helpful to say that a good doctor never makes mistakes, or always documents every aspect of care, or always fully informs a patient about all risks. These idealizations will usually create lower credibility and higher liability than an honest admission of imperfection would. The message when preparing that witness is, that while it might seem useful to say or to agree with good things about yourself and your group, those blue lies are a setup, raising the stakes in order to set the witness up for failure.
The Advocate's Blue Lie
There is a tension in every trial lawyer's role. To assess and potentially settle a case, they need a clear-eyed and neutral view of the case, warts and all. But to be a zealous advocate for the client, they need to see their own case in the best possible light and the other side's case in the worst possible light, and it helps if the attorney believes it. For some lawyers, the training and courtroom experience of the zealous advocate wins out. During the long march to trial, they become enamored of the strengths and, at least partially, blind to the weaknesses. They're telling themselves and telling their clients that they're right on nearly everything and the other side is wrong on nearly everything. The solution, that should be obvious to experienced advocates, is to set aside the blue lie that's telling you your own case is perfect. Whether right or wrong, it is most useful to prepare in a way that gives as much credit as we can to the other side. In planning a mock trial, let's give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they win the close calls on the legal rulings. In crafting a theme, let's assume jurors will at least tacitly agree with the other side's greatest strengths. Setting aside the blue lies of advocacy, the most useful question is, "How do we get them on our side even in that worst case scenario?"
Other Posts on Deception:
- Don't Put Too Much Fizz in Pop Psychology
- Don't Expect the Face to Reveal the Lie
- Don't Overthink Your Credibility Assessments
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Whatever the reason, Mayweather camp has every reason to duck Pacquiao not only this year but even next year if Pacquiao can beat Margarito handily on their Nov. 13 fight schedule, it will be doubtful then that such a mega fight will ever take place next year.
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Having left, as William Bernard Sears's obituary states, "the oppressions of Europe," what became of some of the free-will, redemptioners, and convicts associated with George Mason? With the exception of William Buckland and William Bernard Sears, there are no extant records of any of the people named as servants of Mason. We know that, freewill indentured servant William Buckland continued to do beautiful work in Virginia and Maryland when he left Gunston Hall. His brilliant career ended with his sudden death in November 1774.
Upon completion of his term of service at Gunston Hall, convict servant William Bernard Sears embellished houses, including Mount Vernon, and beautified churches. According to Fairfax historian, Debbie Robison, Sears, by 1769, held a lease on part of Henry Lee's eastern Loudoun County. As a member of the Loudoun County Militia, he spent a winter at Valley Forge prior to taking up a second lease on the Henry Lee tract in eastern Loudoun (now Fairfax) County.
|Reproduction Tenant House at Claude Moore Farm,
photo Barbara Farner
In 1765, Mason, in his "Scheme for Replevying Goods and Distress for Rent," compared leasing land to the use of slave labor and found, "That the custom of leasing Land is more beneficial to the community than that of settling them with slaves . . ." He continued that "no Means seem so natural as securing the Payment of Rents in an easy & effectual Manner: the little Trouble & Risque attending this Species of Property may be considered as an Equivalent to the greater Profit arising from the Labour of Slaves, or any other precarious & troublesome Estate." Mason leased hundreds of acres of his land, in some degree as speculation, stating that it was not "attended with so much immediate profit to the land holder" but was less trouble than slaves and provided additional income with minimal investment.
Scholar and cartographer Beth Mitchell formulated a map locating all tenants and lease holders on record in Fairfax County for 1760. She noted that Henry Fitzhugh of the Ravensworth tract and George Mason had more tenant/leaseholders on their properties than other Fairfax landowners. Fitzhugh had 40 and Mason 35. The 1760 records, most likely, show six, former convict servants among the 35 tenants or leaseholders on George Mason's scattered properties.
According to Mitchell, there was a legal difference in 18th century terminology between a tenant and leaseholder. A lease was a legal land arrangement with obligations on the both the land owner and the lease holder. A tenant lived on the property without legal arrangements or rights, could be evicted at the will of the land holder, and was generally expected to pay rent. A tenant could be living on the land of a leaseholder. William Buckland, was such a person who, for a brief time, was a tenant on his father-in-law, William Moore's, 100 acre Mason Neck leasehold belonging to George Mason. In either case, to confuse things, the house of the leaseholder or tenant on the property was called a tenement.
As John Cantwell noted in his study of Fairfax tenantry, leasing improved the lands, provided a profit for the owner, and protected the land from trespassers. Mason used a printed document with the blanks filled in for the lessee's name and property. He added specific requirements and restrictions on the reverse side of the document. The transcriptions of the documents became part of the legal record in the Prince William or Fairfax County Deed Books. The standard leases required the lessee to erect a 16 foot x 16 foot house, a 20 x 32 foot tobacco barn, and plant hundreds of apple and peach trees. For newly leased land, Mason stipulated that the lessee would have a number of years free of rent, generally three, so that improvements could be made to the property. To promote stability and improvements, leases were generally for three lives, the man, his wife and third person, usually a son or daughter, with the lease lasting through the longest life. Usual leases were for a minimum of 100 acres with rent of 630 pounds of tobacco due once a year at a designated warehouse. Rent was adjusted by the amount of land leased and the number of workers allowed by Mason to be used by the lessee.
One man could produce about 1000 pounds of tobacco per acre and generally work two acres of land, leaving him with a large quantity of tobacco after his rent of 630 pounds was paid. In the Northern Neck, all landholders paid 2 shillings per 100 acre quit rent to Lord Fairfax. With tobacco averaging 14 shillings per 600 pounds, this left a profit for the landholder of about 12 shillings. [Note: 20 shillings equaled 1 pound £.] Of course, the amount of tobacco actually produced was influenced by weather, insects, and the lessee's ability to produce the crop.
|Protected Trees at Claude Moore Farm, photo Barbara Farner
In a letter to Robert Carter, Mason recommended a person for a lease, noting that Carter should be cautious about renting lands to a stranger. These remarks to Carter may imply that Mason knew his tenants or leaseholders. Several names listed as tenants on or lease holders of Mason's property are recorded as King's Passengers to Maryland and Virginia.
After resurveying his properties on Little Hunting Creek and Difficult/Accotink Run, it appears that Mason extended leases to some men already living on the sites and to others who appeared to be newly placed leaseholders. Some appear to be freed convict servants. While Mason already owned property on Little Hunting Creek, in 1757 he purchased an additional 200 acres. Several former convicts were either tenants or lease holders on this tract in 1760. William Cotton, of Surry, England, was a fellow King's Passenger with William Bernard Sears on board the Tryal for Maryland in1752. His servitude apparently ended in 1759 and he was listed as a tenant on the Little Hunting Creek property in 1760.
Joseph Gardner, another King's Passenger came to Virginia in 1727 on the Susanna. In 1760 he was a tenant who owned four slaves on the Little Hunting Creek tract. Another possible lease holder was John Ward, also aboard the Susanna in 1727, having been convicted of stealing two pieces of clothing. Samuel Brasington came in 1749 on the Litchfield, to serve seven years. By 1760 he held a 100 acre lease on the Little Hunting Creek tract. Brassington's name sets him apart as an easily identifiable King's Passenger, since he was the only person with that name in both the lists of passengers and on Mason's property.
Leaseholder William Scott was transported on the Speedwell for stealing tools in 1741. William Stone was another convict on the 1741 sailing of the Speedwell. On October 1, 1757 George Mason leased 100 adjoining acres to each man on the Accotink and Difficult Run tract. Stone's lease was for three lives, himself, his wife Grace and his son William. Stone's three lives lease named his wife Jemina and their eldest son John. In both leases Mason noted that the acreage assigned was already "occupied" or "run" by each man.
The leases that Mason drafted cited that the property could be entered by him or his heirs only if rents were in arrears. Leases could not be sold without Mason's approval, and with the death of one of the three named lives, an additional life could be added to the lease with the payment of fees. Mason's leases stated that the premises were to be "peaceably and quietly, have, hold, use, occupy, possess, and enjoy the said [land] . . . during the term of three lives, without any Trouble, Molestation, or Interruption, from Him the said George Mason" or his heirs or other person claiming rights under him.
As holders of legitimate life leases, leaseholders, even former convicts, were qualified as voters. Mason, at the Federal Convention in 1787, defended voter qualifications by stating that "every man having evidence of attachment to & permanent common interest with the Society ought to share in all its rights and privileges." While his intent was to increase suffrage to non-property owners, he was upholding the rights of leaseholders as well as freeholders to vote.
Mason's leases appear to have been long term arrangements. As a legal life leaseholder, in good standing, even former convicts could describe their situation in the same Old Testament imagery, used by George Mason, George Washington, Landon Carter and William Bernard Sears to describe his place in this new country where he could "sit under his own vine and fig tree and can say there is none to hurt us."
This study would not have been complete without the work of:
Sherry F. Solow's graduate school theses presented to George Mason University in 1977: "Tenantry in Virginia: Fairfax County, 1742-1776." (Available in the Virginia Room of the Fairfax Library.)
John Cantwell's Master Thesis for George Mason University, 1986: "Imported Indentured White Servitude in Fairfax and Prince William Counties, 1750-1800." (Available in the Virginia Room of the Fairfax Library.)
Beth Mitchell's extraordinary map and documentation in Fairfax County, Virginia in 1760 an Interpretive Historical Map. (Available in the Gunston Hall Museum Shop.)
Resources Used:
Fairfax County, VA Deed Books: B, C1, D1, E1, K1.
Prince William County, VA Deed Book: B,
File: Business transactions of George Mason, IV. Gunston Hall Library and Archives.
Coldham, Peter Wilson. Emigrants in Chains... Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992.
------------ King's Passengers to Maryland and Virginia. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publishers, 1997.
Copeland, Pamela duPont and Richard K. McMaster, The Five George Masons Patriots and Planters of Maryland and Virginia. Lorton: VA Board of Regents of Gunston Hall, 1975.
Robison, Debbie. "William Bernard Sears." Unpublished paper, February 19, 1999. File: Sears, William Bernard, Gunston Hall Library and Archives.
Rutland, Robert. The Papers of George Mason 1725-1792. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1970.
An example of a leasehold farm: Claude Moore Colonial Farm, 6310 Georgetown Pike, McLean, Virginia.


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I really had a good christmas this year. My kids all got what they wanted, and so did Mr's Zip. I think overall it was one of the better Christmases we've had here.
What'd I get? Why, I got the coolest geek tool a man could ever want: I got an Iphone. I was originally asking for a blackberry storm, but reading all the reviews on it I lobbied to get an Iphone, and I'm really happy with it. I also got a great big thermos for my bike, a harley shirt, some DVD's about WWII, and other stuff.
My business partner and good buddy clint came over christmas eve with his daughter, and we hung out till 1:30 AM. somewhere around 2 AM we were all in the living room opening presents. A first for us at that hour. Will that stick as a tradition? I have no clue. I doubt it. If clint hadn't been there, I'd have been fast asleep (but not having near as much fun). I think our family traditions are that anything can happen at any time.
The kids all seemed really happy with what they got. That made me happy. Robyn as usual did her homework, and santa Rallied as well. We even had the first white christmas that I can remember in the desert. Snowed all night, and even a bit the next day. It was near perfect.
The next day we loaded up the dodge and headed up north to see Robyn's folks in northern Utah.
As usual, robyn went shopping with her mom, and Ricky and I drove through the frozen tundra to quite possibly the coolest place I've ever seen in northern utah: The shooting star saloon.
Built in 1879, it's one of the oldest continually running saloons west of the Mississippi. According to the bartender there of 25 years, one of 3. She said it has continually served alcohol since that date, even through prohibition. Its an awesome place. The bars and counter are supposedly original, and when we showed up Johnny Cash was playing on the jukebox. They even serve Guinness. Whats not to love? We had a couple beers, a burger and the conversation was good. I've known Robyns Dad for 19 years now, and I'll always remember this trip. My father-in-law and I, I think are more alike than not, and I enjoy his point of view and he's the kind of guy that everyone likes. The shooting star is a place that I'll always remember and want to go back to. It's just an original. I need to take Robyn there. It even has a stuffed st Bernard hanging on the wall. If those walls could talk…
Later that night Robyns' brothers and their wives all came over, we had dinner and opened presents. All in all, a great night. Another year older and hopefully wiser. I like robyns Family alot.
Sunday afternoon, we headed through morgan and onto my moms house to give her presents and wish her a happy christmas and new year. We got her a digital camera. I think she really liked it. Once she gets used to it, she'll really love it I think. My mom is a creature of habit, and has used a polaroid ever since I can remember.
After that, we headed down provo canyon and up to Pat and Staci's house. My kids were excited to hang with their cousins, which was a thrill for me since, on my side of the family, that rarely happens. Quite honestly outside of my brother pat, they hardly know their cousins.
Pat Gave me a present that I'll ALWAYS remember. We've ridden all summer, and it's changed how I ride, and gave me something that outside simple geneology I've never had: A brother. From early spring to late fall we've done a lot of riding in 2008. We've laughed, ridden, argued, and gotten to know each other, and quite frankly he is my finest friend. He is my blood, my brother and made me feel for maybe the first time In my 40 years on this earth outside of my wife and kids that I am not alone. We think alot alike and enjoy the same passions for Harleys, travel and family. Within 5 minutes of walking in the door he gave me a custom labeled bottle of Scotch that reads:
ALAN and PAT DUNN 2008
"Eagles Don't Flock"
Because we "Color Outside
of the Lines" and share
the Passion of the Open Road.
Don't Think…..Just RIDE!"
I'll never drink that bottle of Scotch. I'll hand that down to my kids. I'm getting misty thinking about it now. It means alot to me. Very thoughtful gift. We'll ride again hard in 2009, and next year I'll do the same for him.
We left Pat's house in Draper this morning and went and visted my 96 year old Grandma. She is a wonder. I would put her spirit up against anyone a third her age. Grandma Tregeagle is every bit a pillar to my family as my father was, maybe moreso.
Her gait is strong, her fingers are ungnarled and her conversation is incessant. Everyone tells me she is slowing down, and to be perfectly honest, I just don't see it. I need to take her for a ride on my bike. I love my grandma Tregeagle. I hope some of who she is is passed down to my girls. I am lucky to be of her stock. Ethel B Tregeagle is a monument to living in the moment with an eye to tomorrow. Having a heartful of principles and common sense has made her live as long as she has, I believe.
One of the interesting things that she told me, and she beams as she tells it, is the story of how she knows who she is now. Her father took a steamship in the 1880's to the U.S. from England, then somewhere along the way changed his name to Belmont. My Grandma has always loved geneology as long as I have known her, and her family line on her fathers side ended with her fathers name change. Her whole life she has searched to fill that gap. With the internet and close friends, she finally found the ships log that her father crossed the atlantic with, and pieced together her lineage and her fathers real last name: Patch. He eyes shined as she told me and my wife: " I am a Patch", then continued on in the way that she does about her family, as I raced to keep up and follow her story. As I get older, the importance of who we are, where we come from becomes more and more important to me. Now, after all these years, my Grandma Tregeagle knows even more who she is: She is a Patch. She is a helluva woman.
I'm home now, back to where the snow has melted and where I can hopefully ride my bike to work tomorrow. All in All, I had a Christmas I'll always remember. Good God, I'm getting old. The Things that are most important in life are becoming more and more important. It just keeps getting better.


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First published on 10th September, 2015
Blast your way trough hordes of alien enemies doing your best to survive. If you´re skilled enough you´ll meet the final boss crawling in the damp underground lair! Are you ready for the challenge?
(This is a one wave demo from a full version game that I will do after I manage to get the personal edition of construct 2. It will be a co-op shooter with a story mode and a survival room with plenty of cool weapons, increasingly harder levels, bosses and other fun!)
1.Take out the big tanks as soon as possible and stay on the move - their weapons pierce trough shields and fly fast to catch any player standing too still!
2. Shields slow down enemies when they touch them, but they don´t protect you fully from close combat damage when you run head first towards an enemy. Shields also block plasma balls shot by smaller tanks.
3. Collect all the health and shield pick ups you can! Wait for the enemies to pile up before you grab the bomb to create a more devastating impact.
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Pretty fun! My only grip is that the controls feel weird, but that is probably just me.
Thanks cfry for the feedback! Any suggestions what would make them feel less weird? :)
I don't see what the mature content warning is about. There's nothing but harmless and delicious strawberry jam in this game. doesn't matter anyway, I was born in 1900. good grafficks, too!
Hehe allright Djspookytunes :) I took the mature warning off, I just had it there just incase because I couldn´t go read the scirra info on that for some reason. Thanks for the comment and response o/
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Shirley's Diner is a Secret Supper Club held monthly at a secret location. Our aim is to put home cooking back on the menu, served up in unique locations throughout the city. Each event centers around a theme that tells a story through the menu and atmosphere. Each course is a collaborative effort delivered by a team of ordinary foodies who get their inspiration from their diverse cultural backgrounds and adventures. In an environment rich with natural and organic ingredients, we strive to buy locally and use farm-to-table ingredients whenever possible.
Who is Shirley? Shirley was my grandmother, a fabulous chef and a consummate entertainer.
Who are you? You are someone who has been invited to participate. This is limited to invitation only guests who have been selected based upon their ability to socially engage in a room full of potential strangers whose only bond may be their desire for a fabulous meal and paired beverage. You are a diner. You are Shirley's Diner.
How It Works
Randomly and without warning, an email will be distributed to our guests; This email will include a general vicinity for the dinner and a detailed menu. You must have been invited and you must follow the blog in order to receive the email. From there, the first 10 couples or 20 people to RSVP and reserve their seats will be selected. A wait list of 3 couples or 6 people will also be generated. On the day of the event, you will be told the clandestine location of the Secret Supper Club and you will be sworn to secrecy.
What if I love it and I want my friends to come? Well.....we start by requesting your friends email and commencing a grueling screening process. Not really. We do request their email and we will send them some general questions at which point a team of social experts will evaluate their party credentials. Ok, bottom line... if they start receiving emails, they are considered a Diner.
Can we book a party of our own? Of course. If you want to book a private party with a fully prepared meal and beverage with the people you want to hang with, just send us an email and get on our party list.
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This is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey. In order to get some consistency to my posting I thought I'd jump on board this great idea. As a self-proclaimed bookaholic, I love talking about my books and finding out what others are reading. Having been a long time reader of multiple blogs where the 'It's Monday! What Are You Reading?' post is prevalent, I thought it a natural progression I'd add to the mix.
Here's what I'm reading this week:
THE ROSARY GIRLS by Richard Montanari
Kevin Byrne is a veteran cop who already knows that edge: He's been living on it far too long. His marriage failing, his former partner wasting away in a hospital, and his heart lost to mad fury, Byrne loves to take risks and is breaking every rule in the book. And now he has been given a rookie partner. Jessica Balzano, the daughter of a famous Philly cop, doesn't want Byrne's help. But they will need each other desperately, since they've just caught the case of a lifetime: Someone is killing devout young women, bolting their hands together in prayer, and committing an abomination upon their otherwise perfect bodies.
Byrne and Balzano spearhead the hunt for the serial killer, who leads them on a methodically planned journey. Suspects appear before them like bad dreams–and vanish just as quickly. And while Byrne's sins begin to catch up with him, and Balzano tries to solve the blood-splattered puzzle, the body count rises. Meanwhile, the calendar is approaching Easter and the day of the resurrection. When the last rosary is counted, a madman's methods will be revealed, and the final crime will be the one that hurts the most.
THE INVISIBLE MAN FROM SALEM by Christoffer Carlsson
A bestselling and award-winning first volume in a trilogy by Sweden's leading noir crime novelist, starring a troubled police officer called Leo Junker.
In the final days of summer in 2013, a young woman is shot dead in her apartment. Three floors above, the blue lights of the police cars awaken Leo Junker, a longtime police officer. Leo works in the Internal Affairs division as the lowliest form of officer — a spy. Leo is even lower, however, having been suspended after committing a terrible mistake. In what became known as the 'Gotland Affair', a police officer was accidentally killed, and Leo was found holding the offending weapon. But he wants to help on this case, despite being on mandatory leave, because this woman has connections to people from his past. Now, in the backstreets, shadowed alleyways, and decaying suburbs of Stockholm ́s underground, the search for the young woman ́s killer — and the truth of the Gotland Affair —begins.
DREAMING DEEP by Anonymous 9
A 16,000-word novelette of horror on the high seas featuring the hardworking men and women of the Port of Long Beach.
The story follows the tragic circumstances of an American ship captain who appears to lose his sanity after the disappearance of his teenage son from a dock in Long Beach, California.
The tale pays tribute to the Cthulhu mythos created by horror master H.P. Lovecraft.


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FORMER Wyre Forest District Council leader John Campion will be one of eight Conservative councillors defending their seats at next month's local elections.
Voters will go to the polls on Thursday, May 22 and the names of those contesting the 14 seats up for grabs at Wyre Forest House have now been released.
Unlike previous years, those elected next month will have to face the voters again next year in a whole council election when the number of councillors on the authority is cut from 42 to 33. Wyre Forest will then continue to see a third of councillors go up for election in three of every four years.
Next month's elections have thrown up some intriguing contests and results are arguably less predictable than in recent years, with the Conservative Party having lost three councillors since the district council last held a vote in 2012. They are still the authority's biggest party with 18 members but do not hold an overall majority.
Mr Campion isn't the only cabinet member defending his seat, with Conservative Ian Hardiman standing in Habberley and Blakebrook. The council's vice chairman Conservative Daniel McCann will face the voters in Franche and Worcestershire County Council chairman Gordon Yarranton will stand for the Tories in Wribbenhall.
Former district chairman Conservative Stephen Clee will be hoping to keep hold of his Bewdley and Arley seat.
Two of the former Tories who switched parties are set to defend their seats under their new party banners for the first time - Independent John Aston in Aggborough and Spennells and Independent Community and Health Concern's Mike Salter in Mitton.
Councillor Howard Martin will face the district council electorate as a Labour candidate for the first time after being voted in under an ICHC ticket in Broadwaters in 2010. Conservative Rose Bishop stands in Offmore and Comberton as a Tory for the first time having switched allegiances from the Liberal Party since she was last elected.
The growing threat of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) may also have a few incumbents looking over their shoulders. After making an impact at last year's Worcestershire County Council elections, the party is contesting all 14 seats in this year's district council poll - including in Oldington and Foley Park where UKIP parliamentary spokesman Michael Wrench will hope to cause an upset against incumbent Tory Nicky Gale.
The only ward guaranteed to see a new face representing it after May 22 is Greenhill where current Liberal councillor Tim Ingham has stepped aside to let Rachel Lewis defend the seat for the party. Mr Ingham will face the Offmore and Comberton voters where the Liberals will be hoping to retake the seat they held before Mrs Bishop switched to the Tories.
ICHC, the council's second largest party with nine members, will be defending three of its seats.
Meanwhile, Bewdley Town Council will be the only parish council in the district to hold an election where councillors will be decided for Bewdley East, Bewdley West and Bewdley Wribbenhall.
The current make up of Wyre Forest District Council is:
- Conservative - 18
- Independent Community and Health Concern - 9
- Labour - 8
- Liberal and Independent - Liberal - 3
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First DeltaCorps boots to hit the ground this fall
WASHINGTON – A new partnership for national service, DeltaCorps, will help address economic and social needs of local communities in the eight states of the Mississippi River Delta region, leaders from the Delta Regional Authority and Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency that administers AmeriCorps, announced today. This partnership, valued at $1.6 million, will deploy up to 100 AmeriCorps members to the Delta region over the next year.
DeltaCorps: a program of AmeriCorps and the Delta Regional Authority will deploy AmeriCorps members to local organizations to help them improve economic opportunity in their communities. DeltaCorps members will serve with nonprofit organizations that have distinguished themselves as powerful catalysts for change in the Delta region. The program will utilize a diverse portfolio of models that develop stronger local economies through workforce training, health and wellness, emergency preparedness, and additional focus areas.
"Our communities in the Delta region are in need of increased capacity to their existing assets so that they can better address the numerous challenges and harness economic opportunities for Delta workers, families, and businesses. We are looking to the existing, proven model of success in AmeriCorps and investing our resources to deploy interested service members that will help these organizations create jobs, build their local communities, and improve the lives of the 10 million people in the Delta region," said Chris Masingill, federal co-chairman of the DRA.
The added capacity that DeltaCorps brings to community organizations will help them expand and reach into traditionally underserved communities. As DRA recognizes the important role national and community service plays in the economic development of the Delta region, the program also elevates the culture of service and civic engagement in the Delta. Region-focused leadership training for the DeltaCorps members will develop future leaders for the Delta region while also increasing the positive impact young residents can have in supporting their local communities.
"We are thrilled to partner with the Delta Regional Authority, which shares our belief in improving economic opportunity through unique and innovative partnerships like the one we announced today," said Wendy Spencer, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency that administers AmeriCorps. "For more than 20 years, AmeriCorps has helped organizations meet critical needs in communities around the nation. Through the new DeltaCorps partnership, AmeriCorps members will continue to address some of the most pressing social and economic challenges facing the Mississippi River Delta Region."
The Notice of Federal Funding Availability has been posted on both agencies' websites at www.dra.gov/deltacorps/ and www.nationalservice.gov/deltacorps. The program is accepting applications on a rolling basis. Organizations with existing infrastructure to support the AmeriCorps program are invited to apply for DeltaCorps member slots.
"All the Delta Regional Authority states will benefit from having the DeltaCorps members working closely with our local organizations and leaders," said Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, who serves as the states' co-chairman for the DRA. "Mississippi welcomes the opportunity to boost community development while developing leaders for the future."
DeltaCorps is modeled after the Delta Service Corps program created in the 1990s to mobilize corps members to address community needs through national service projects and is structured to continue the strategy begun by the initial program. DRA and AmeriCorps plan to deploy the first group of DeltaCorps members in fall 2016 to each of the eight states of the DRA footprint: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. This deployment will coincide with a national commemoration of the one-millionth participant to serve in AmeriCorps.
Since 1994, more than 980,000 Americans have earned more than $3 billon in AmeriCorps scholarships to help pay for college or pay back student loans. This fall, the nation will reach a milestone when the one-millionth AmeriCorps member is sworn-in, pledging to "get things done" for America.


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There's a reason why Minnesota is known as a top fishing destination. Actually, there are a lot of reasons, far too many to include in one article. The fishing experts at Fishidy have narrowed it down to 10—enough to entice you to grab your fishing poles and plan a trip today.
1. 10,000 Lakes
According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the state is actually home to 11,842 lakes with a surface area of at least 10 acres. And we're talking legendary fishing destinations such as Mille Lacs, Lake Minnetonka, Leech Lake and many others. Regardless of the exact number, Minnesota offers lots of places for anglers to wet their lines.
2. Many Species
Just because the walleye is the state fish doesn't mean it is the only thing to fish for in Minnesota. The state is also home to largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike, muskie, sauger, crappie, bluegill, perch, sturgeon, catfish, lake trout, brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, steelhead, splake, salmon, burbot and whitefish, just to name a few.
3. Big Fish
A quick glance at the list of Minnesota state record fish is proof of the state's trophy potential. Some exceptional catches include a 45-pound-12-ounce northern pike, a 54-pound musky, a 3-pound-4-ounce perch, a 38-pound channel catfish, a 70-pound flathead catfish, a 43-pound-8-ounce lake trout, and a 17-pound-8-ounce walleye.
4. Ease of Access
Minnesota offers countless drive-to fishing opportunities, many with quality comparable to fly-in destinations in northern Canada. Minnesota's DNR also maintains an extensive number of public access sites with hard-surface ramps to make launching and loading large boats a breeze.
5. Accommodations
There are currently 155 fishing guides and charters listed in the Explore Minnesota database. These people make their living by providing anglers with a safe, comfortable and enjoyable Minnesota fishing experience, and they do a great job at it. Check them out.
6. Ice Fishing
Fish don't hibernate in the winter, so why should anglers? With all of the high-tech equipment and creature comforts available for ice fishing today, there's no reason to not head out on one of Minnesota's countless frozen waterways in winter.
7. Tournaments
Minnesota plays host to hundreds of fishing tournaments every year. These events range from small-scale local fishing derbies all the way up to professional touring walleye and bass circuits. With that many options, a competitive angler can't go wrong.
8. Fishing Diversity
Minnesota spans more than 400 miles north to south. The result is that one person can be hauling in trophy lakers and pike on a remote shield lake while another is simultaneously battling monster catfish on the Mississippi.
9. Getting Away from It All
Whether your idea of getting away involves a weeklong excursion to the Boundary Waters or an after-work fishing outing near the Twin Cities, Minnesota has you covered. Get out there for some drag-screaming R&R.
10. Northern Hospitality
Ever hear the term "Minnesota Nice"? If not, Google might help clear things up a bit. But the only way to truly find out what it means to be Minnesota nice is to experience it firsthand. Go ahead, start planning your fishing trip today!
This article is courtesy of Fishidy. Visit our Fishing & Hunting page to find Minnesota fishing guides and charters. The Minnesota DNR has information on fishing seasons, licenses and other important regulations.


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My favorite cakes to make are the ones that only a few people will understand. My boss celebrated 15 years at the company last week. We had a little potluck for him and of course I made the cake. I decided to incorporate three of his favorite things: Dolly Parton, cakes and wine. Also, it's been a running joke how much he hates the word "moist," so I had to put it on the cake.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Every Cake Needs a Captain
Two Avengers themed orders in a week?! Best week ever! This one was all about the Captain of the team.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Avengers Assemble!
I'm SO excited for The Avengers movie. I'm counting down the seconds! When a co-worker asked if I could make some Avengers cupcakes for her boyfriend, I was all over it. I was planning on making some just for fun anyways, so it worked out perfectly. :)
Red, White and Black
This cake started out as a spring themed cake. I had creative freedom, so I decided to go with flowers. Springtime = flowers! I planned on doing a pink, green and yellow theme, but then I found out the birthday girl's favorite colors are red and black. Not exactly spring colors, but that's ok! I made the flowers cascade and added some fancy piping.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Cupcake Bows
One of my favorite ladies, @VS_Jess, last weekend. I wanted to make her some cupcakes and she left the design up to me. Since she makes the cutest hair flowers and bows, I decided to make some of her creations in cupcake form!
Tee Time
My cousin's father-in-law turned 70 two weeks ago. She had a black and white themed party for him, but wanted the cake to have a golf element. So I made a golf ball with some silver and black argyle. Argyle makes things fancy, of course!
Monday, April 2, 2012
Put On Your Dancing Shoes
When I think of disco, the words "elegant" and "fancy" don't really come to mind. I had to make it work for a recent cake though. The co-worker who ordered it sent me the invites to her 50th birthday party which were black with white filigree. She wanted it to match the invites and incorporate a disco theme, plus a high heel and dancing steps. Lots to put on a cake, but I think I pulled it off.
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seen at the cinemaDream Girls
Well--for a musical movie it was great. It's worth seeing just for the performance of the newcomer Jennifer Hudson. Her performance is stunning--and not just the song "You're Going to Love Me" but throughout the entire movie.
Eddie Murphy's performance is a little tired. Too much time in body make-up? And Jamie Foxx who I generally love is too tight in this performance. Beyonce who can so easily go over the top, doesn't and it saves the movie really.
All in all, a good time--if not a perfect dream, certainly not a nightmare.
Almodovar strikes again. In the early 90s I was the consumate Pedro fan and saw everything he did--and then I phased out, can't really remember why. Maybe it was the once too often reference to S&M in his films? Doesn't matter, because he's back to his luminous form with Volver. Funny--shockingly funny, absurd, stunning and of course, knock-out women in red! Penelope Cruz is great! And the rest of the ensemble is perfectly cast as well. Go see this movie!
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Here at BAMF we are always looking to shine the light on authors and their books. And what better way to do so than to hear about a book than from the author themselves? That's why we have started our Pro Talks Feature where we interview an author about their book(s) and get the down low on characters, plot and anything else they want to share with us about their life as an author! You can find your next great read here.
Today's Guest Is
BAMF: What is the best part about being an author?
Laurie Devore: You can't beat the feeling of reading something you wrote back and thinking, "Hey, that's pretty good!"
BAMF: What are the hardest scenes for you to write?
Laurie Devore: For How to Break a Boy specifically, it was important that Olivia's life felt fully lived in, especially because she has grown up to be someone she herself doesn't particularly like. It was really key to the rest of the book that the family and history that had shaped her into this person made sense. Getting the pieces of her family life in place was a huge challenge, particularly her difficult relationship with her mother. I worked so hard in those scenes to balance Olivia's resentment but also this desperation of love that Olivia feels and that balancing act was so challenge, but ultimately, rewarding in terms of understanding my main character.
BAMF: Do you find it difficult to balance being an author with the other aspects in your life?
Laurie Devore: Hmm…I think this is one of those tricky questions where the answer is sometimes. I work full time in advertising during the week so I absolutely have to carve out time to write and I'm very much not a scheduler – stuff gets done when I have the brain capacity to do it. That said, I try to very consciously balance out my writing time (even on deadline) with social time as I think it's so important to be out there living life in order to tell stories that feel authentic.
BAMF: Which of your characters did you find it easiest to write?
Laurie Devore: I think Whit was probably the character that I understood right away in that he's this ambitious, sarcastic overachiever who usually means well and could come across a little bit arrogant – I definitely see a lot of him in my high school self (should I admit that?). Those attributes also made him a great foil for Olivia, and even Adrienne.
BAMF: What has been the best book you've read in the past six months?
Laurie Devore: Kate Hart, who is another 2017 debut author, wrote an absolutely fabulous contemporary called AFTER THE FALL, which just came out a few weeks ago. It explores important questions about consent as well as feminism and I just think it's such a smart, wonderful, heartbreaking book. I highly recommend it.
BAMF: How do you hope reader's react to Olivia, who seems to follow the ideology of Machiavelli's "The ends justify the means"?
Laurie Devore: This is such a great question! As more and more people have been reading the book, I've only really just started to understand how polarizing of a character Olivia is. But in fiction, just as in life, Olivia has to work towards her redemption. I hope that to some point, even if readers disagree with Olivia's choices, they're able to empathize with her mistakes and give her the room to grow. As someone who really enjoys complex characters, I love adding a female voice to the "unlikable character" cannon but also giving her a chance at forgiveness – and girl really needs to forgive herself!
BAMF: What sort of hijinks can we expect from Olivia and Whit's fake relationship?
Laurie Devore: Ah, Olivia and Whit were so much fun to write because they start out not necessarily liking or understanding each other. Both characters are very locked into their respective stereotypes of mean girl and golden boy – and not just by each other but by their own perceptions of themselves so ultimately they are peeling back the layers of each other and pushing at their own personal boundaries. Plus lots of the classic 'is this real?' romantic moments. Blurry lines and hormones make for an interesting mix.
About Their WorkHow to Break a Boy by Laurie Devore
Published by Imprint on January 31st 2017
Pages: 352
Amazon ♡ Chapters ♡ TBD
Keep your enemies close, but your friends closer.
Olivia Clayton has mastered the art of tearing others down to stay on top. She and her best friend, Adrienne, rule their small southern town like all good mean girls do--through intimidation and manipulation.
After Olivia suffers a family tragedy and catches Adrienne sleeping with her boyfriend, Olivia is over it. She decides to make a change--but it's impossible to resist taking Adrienne down one last time. Up to her old tricks, Olivia convinces golden boy Whit DuRant to be her SAT tutor and her fake boyfriend. But when it starts to feel real, Whit gets caught up in Olivia and Adrienne's war.
Olivia may ruin everything she touches, but this time she won't go down without a fight--not if it means losing Whit.
And definitely not if it means losing what's left of herself.


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Polls open across Virginia for Tuesday's dual party primary
Republicans will have an opportunity to vote for their candidate for U.S. Senate to run against Democratic incumbent Tim Kaine in the November general election. Meanwhile, Democrats will choose from three candidates to run against Republican incumbent Rob Wittman, who represents the First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Polls in both counties will be open from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m. and local voter registrars encourage voters to bring a photo ID in order to cast their ballots. Also, voters must choose whether they wish to participate in the Republican Primary or the Democratic Primary, as Virginia statute prohibits voters from participating in both parties' primaries on the same election day.
In-person absentee voting will be available through Saturday, with special Saturday hours at local voter registrar offices from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. in Gloucester and 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. in Mathews.
GOP candidates
For the Republican primary, candidates include Corey Stewart, Nick Freitas and E.W. Jackson.
Stewart, who most recently ran in the Republican primary for governor, currently serves at the at-large chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors. According to his website, he "unapologetically stands with President Trump and will fight for his America First Agenda."
Freitas, a resident of Culpeper, currently serves in the Virginia House of Delegates and according to his website, has been involved in the grassroots Republican movement since the age of 15. He is endorsed by the National Association for Gun-Rights and maintains a 100 percent rating with the National Rifle Association and the Virginia Citizens Defense League.
Jackson, of Chesapeake, has a passion for people and making sure every citizen has the opportunity to experience the best the country has to offer, according to his website. A Vietnam veteran, he remains motivated by those who were willing to sacrifice everything in that conflict, his bio stated. He won the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in 2013, losing to current Gov. Ralph Northam in the general election. He received 44.5 percent of the vote.
On the Democratic side, voters will have an opportunity to choose between Vangie Williams, John Suddarth and Edwin Santana Jr.
Williams, a longtime resident of King George, is a strategic planner, mother and professional problem solver, according to her website. She said she is not a career politician who will put corporate interests above people.
Suddarth, a native of Prince William County, touts himself as being an active community leader. He said on his website he is called to serve now because he is "deeply concerned about the direction our country is taking under Trump's divisive right wing agenda." He said he will be a strong voice for universal health care, an excellent education system for every child in every zip code and a reduction in gun violence.
Finally, Santana of Stafford is a Marine veteran and logistics consultant with a commitment to service and progressive ideals needed to secure a better future for all Virginians, according to his website. If elected, he pledges to fight for a single-payer health care system, strengthening Virginia's public school system, securing economic opportunities and broadband internet access for all Americans, protecting the local environment, and bringing an end to what he calls "our culture of sexual violence."
In Gloucester, voter registrar Bobbi Morgan encourages those voting at Gloucester County Public Schools locations to be aware that school will be in session on Tuesday under a two-hour early dismissal. "We ask for your help," she said. "Please plan the time you choose to vote and do not park in bus loops during (off-load and pick-up times)."
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