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First diary entry; I don't know what to say. I guess I'll just talk about what I've been doing at work, and use that as an introduction.
I spent a few weeks writing a Perl module to do threaded discussions, which runs as a subrequest under Apache/mod_perl with a mysql backend. It came together very well, under 1000 lines of code, including the web-based administration interface, all the templates (Template Toolkit), and more documentation that the code warrants. But the higher-ups decided against using it -- we're going to go with a separate product, made by another company that we happen to own, so now I have all this code, just waiting to be used. I am waiting for the go ahead to Open Source it; it's already been discussed, in passing, and is probably going to happen soon. Now all I need is a name for it...
I installed OpenBSD 2.7 for the first time the other day, on a Sparc 4. It went surprisingly well; I was expecting some difficulties, and had none. The problems arose after the install was completed, and the machine was up and running -- there are many fewer ports available for OpenBSD on sparc than there are for OpenBSD on other architecures. It ran quite well, despite its older processor. It does have 128 Megs of RAM, which I'm sure helped quite a bit. The only thing that was slow enough to worry me was the key generation on the initial boot.
Normally a lack of prepackaged applications wouldn't be a problem for me (I'm not afraid of my compiler), but the packages I wanted to install (vim 5.7, specifically) was giving me many problems (they looked like problems with the curses library, but I haven't followed up on them yet). I have yet to begin looking for the answer; with any luck, its a well-known one. Once I get it to compile, I'll see about contributing the port back to OpenBSD.
I've been neglecting my other projects, especially bashlib (a cgi library written in bash). My plans for the immediate future include doing an update to the bashlib code -- I want to add an API, rather than just make the user play with raw environment variables. Perhaps some HTML generation routines, in a separate source file.


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By James Hull
In less than a week, the Mississippi Trailblazers Awards marks its 10th anniversary of recognizing Mississippians for their contributions to diversity by honoring federal Judge James Graves as the Mississippi Trailblazer of the Decade, and eight other Mississippians.
The event also will recognize former University of Mississippi Chancellor Robert C. Khayat's leadership in diversity and racial reconciliation by presenting an award bearing his name to Episcopal Church leaders former Bishop Duncan Gray Jr. and his son, current Bishop Duncan Gray III. Rev Gray Jr., bravely confronted violent rioters who opposed James Meredith's 1962 integration of the University of Mississippi. His son, Duncan III, has continued on his father's legacy in race relations.
Since 2003, The Mississippi Trailblazers has honored dozens of distinguished Mississippians including:
• Judge Sharion Aycock, Mississippi's first female federal Judge.
• Maj. Gen. Augustus L. Collins, honored in 2006 for leading the state's National Guard into combat in Iraq and again in 2011 for being named the state's first African-American adjutant general.
• Dr. Bettye Coward, who broke the glass ceiling by becoming Blue Mountain College's first female president.
• Dr. Dolphus Weary who formed "Mission Mississippi" solely for the purpose of racial reconciliation in the body of Christ.
• ICC's Carrie Ball, named among the first Mississippi Trailblazers in 2003, for being the state's first and only female athletic director. Then-Ole Miss head basketball coach Rod Barnes was also a member of that inaugural class.
• Choctaw Chief Phyllis Anderson, who leads, arguably, the state's most successful business conglomerate.
Over the years, such notables as Tupelo's John Armistead, Columbus' Lenore Prather, Kosciusko's Dr. Katrina Poe, Hattiesburg's Percy Watson, Tupelo's Aubrey Patterson, and Amory's Sam Haskell, have been recognized for bridging the divides of race, gender, religion, socio-economics and regionalism; and for increasing our understanding of each other, despite our differences.
And while the supporters of the Mississippi Trailblazers have helped the event come a long way – from eating out of paper plates in 2003 – in Tupelo Furniture Market space generously provided by eventual 2010 Trailblazer V.M. Cleveland – to the BancorpSouth Conference Center – unfortunately, we still have a long way to go before more of us give support that goes beyond mere lip service.
Supporting such programs as the Mississippi Trailblazers should be something our state's corporate leaders, civic leaders, industries and agencies literally buy into. Why? Because supporting programs which promote diversity reflects our growth and maturity as one people with many differences, not many different people divided by those differences.
During the past 10 years of the Mississippi Trailblazers Awards, I've seen Republicans honor Democrat and former Speaker of the House Billy McCoy, for his many years of service to our state and to north Mississippi.
I've seen blacks and whites put their differences aside long enough to socialize for a few hours, only to develop lasting relationships which grew beyond the banquet hall.
I've observed how people of different hues, creeds and backgrounds have taken the time to acknowledge the work and contributions of individuals they never knew and end up honoring those individuals with genuine admiration and respect.
The diversity celebrated each year at the Mississippi Trailblazers Awards reflects the culture of and commitment to diversity which CEOs, board chairmen and corporate leaders promote in their respective organizations.
It brings attention to the many different peoples of race, gender, cultural and ethnic backgrounds who successfully work together in the board room, the operating room and the court room.
It recognizes women overcoming the barriers of gender discrimination and minorities dispelling skepticisms of racial bias. It acknowledges the notion that no single race has all the answers, no single gender can fill all the leadership positions and no single set of ideas should dominate the public discourse. It celebrates inclusiveness and mutual respect.
The Mississippi Trailblazers gives us the opportunity to step out of our comfort zones of race, hyper-partisanship and personal ideology, and say "Thank You" to those who make our state great by projecting positive, inclusive messages, not negative, divisive images.
For the past 10 years, the Mississippi Trailblazer has proved that opposites can, indeed, come together.
The REV. JAMES HULL is award-winning journalist and president of The Mississippi Trailblazers organization.

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"I DIDN'T know before you were so fond of riding hard," said Gregory to his little betrothed.
They were cantering slowly on the road to Oom Muller's on the morning of the wedding.
"Do you call this riding hard?" asked Em in some astonishment.
"Of course I do! It's enough to break the horses' necks, and knock one up for the whole day besides," he added testily; then twisted his head to look at the buggy that came on behind. "I thought Waldo was such a mad driver; they are taking it easily enough to-day," said page: 89 Gregory. "One would think the black stallions were lame."
"I suppose they want to keep out of our dust," said Em. "See, they stand still as soon as we do."
Perceiving this to be the case, Gregory rode on.
"It's all that horse of yours: she kicks up such a confounded dust, I can't stand it myself," he said.
Meanwhile the cart came on slowly enough.
"Take the reins," said Lyndall, "and make them walk. I want to rest and watch their hoofs to-day—not to be exhilarated; I am so tired."
She leaned back in her corner, and Waldo drove on slowly in the grey dawn light along the level road. They passed the very milk-bush behind which so many years before the old German had found the Kaffir woman. But page: 90 their thoughts were not with him that morning: they were the thoughts of the young, that run out to meet the future, and labour in the present. At last he touched her arm.
"What is it?"
"I feared you had gone to sleep and might be jolted out," he said; "you sat so quietly."
"No; do not talk to me; I am not asleep;" but after a time she said suddenly: "I hope I shall never bring a human being into the world."
Waldo looked round; she sat drawn into the corner, her blue cloud wound tightly about her, and she still watched the horses' feet. Having no comment to offer on her somewhat unexpected remark, he merely touched up his horses.
"I have no conscience, none," she added; "but I would not like to bring a soul into this world. When it sinned and when it suffered something like a dead hand would fall on me—'You did it, you, for your own pleasure you page: 91 created this thing! See your work!' If it lived to be eighty it would always hang like a mill-stone round my neck, have the right to demand good from me, and curse me for its sorrow. A parent is only like to God—if his work turns out bad, so much the worse for him; he dare not wash his hands of it. Time and years can never bring the day when you can say to your child: 'Soul, what have I to do with you?'"
Waldo said dreamingly,—
"It is a marvellous thing that one soul should have power to cause another."
She heard the words as she heard the beating of the horses' hoofs; her thoughts ran on in their own line.
"They say, 'God sends the little babies.' Of all the dastardly revolting lies men tell to suit themselves, I hate that most. I suppose my father said so when he knew he was dying of page: 92 consumption, and my mother when she knew she had nothing to support me on, and they created me to feed like a dog from stranger hands. Men do not say God sends the books, or the newspaper articles, or the machines they make; and then sigh, and shrug their shoulders and say they can't help it. Why do they say so about other things? Liars! 'God sends the little babies!'" She struck her foot fretfully against the splashboard. "The small children say so earnestly. They touch the little stranger reverently who has just come from God's far country, and they peep about the room to see if not one white feather has dropped from the wing of the angel that brought him. On their lips the phrase means much; on all others it is a deliberate lie. Noticeable, too," she said, dropping in an instant from the passionate into a low, mocking tone, "when people are married, though they should have sixty children, they throw the page: 93 whole onus on God. When they are not, we hear nothing about God's having sent them. When there has been no legal contract between the parents, who sends the little children then? The Devil perhaps!" She laughed her little silvery, mocking laugh. "Odd that some men should come from hell and some from heaven, and yet all look so much alike when they get here."
Waldo wondered at her. He had not the key to her thoughts, and did not see the string on which they were strung. She drew her cloud tighter about her.
"It must be very nice to believe in the Devil," she said; "I wish I did. If it would be of any use I would pray three hours night and morning on my bare knees, 'God, let me believe in Satan.' He is so useful to those people who do. They may be as selfish and as sensual as they please, and, between God's will and the Devil's action, page: 94 always have some one to throw their sin on. But we, wretched unbelievers, we bear our own burdens: we must say, 'I myself did it, I. Not God, not Satan; I myself!' That is the sting that strikes deep. Waldo," she said gently, with a sudden and complete change of manner, "I like you so much, I love you." She rested her cheek softly against his shoulder. "When I am with you I never know that I am a woman and you are a man; I only know that we are both things that think. Other men when I am with them, whether I love them or not, they are mere bodies to me; but you are a spirit; I like you. Look," she said quickly, sinking back into her corner, "what a pretty pinkness there is on all the hill-tops! The sun will rise in a moment."
Waldo lifted his eyes to look round over the circle of golden hills; and the horses, as the first sunbeams touched them, shook their heads page: 95 and champed their bright bits, till the brass settings in their harness glittered again.
It was eight o'clock when they neared the farm-house: a red-brick building, with kraals to the right and a small orchard to the left. Already there were signs of unusual life and bustle: one cart, a waggon, and a couple of saddles against the wall betokened the arrival of a few early guests, whose numbers would soon be largely increased. To a Dutch country wedding, guests start up in numbers astonishing to one who has merely ridden through the plains of sparsely-inhabited karroo.
As the morning advances, riders on many shades of steeds appear from all directions, and add their saddles to the long rows against the walls, shake hands, drink coffee, and stand about outside in groups to watch the arriving carts and ox-waggons, as they are unburdened of their heavy freight of massive Tantes and page: 96 comely daughters, followed by swarms of children of all sizes, dressed in all manner of print and mole-skin, who are taken care of by Hottentot, Kaffir, and half-caste nurses, whose many-shaded complexions, ranging from light yellow up to ebony black, add variety to the animated scene. Everywhere is excitement and bustle, which gradually increases as the time for the return of the wedding-party approaches. Preparations for the feast are actively advancing in the kitchen; coffee is liberally handed round, and amid a profound sensation, and the firing of guns, the horse-waggon draws up, and the wedding-party alight. Bride and bridegroom with their attendants march solemnly to the marriage-chamber, where bed and box are decked out in white, with ends of ribbon and artificial flowers, and where on a row of chairs the party solemnly seat themselves. After a time bridesmaid and best man rise, and conduct in with ceremony each individual guest, page: 97 to wish success, and to kiss bride and bridegroom. Then the feast is set on the table, and it is almost sunset before the dishes are cleared away, and the pleasure of the day begins. Everything is removed from the great front room, and the mud floor, well rubbed with bullock's blood, glistens like polished mahogany. The female portion of the assembly flock into the side-rooms to attire themselves for the evening; and re-issue clad in white muslin, and gay with bright ribbons and brass jewelry. The dancing begins as the first tallow candles are stuck up about the walls, the music coming from a couple of fiddlers in a corner of the room. Bride and bridegroom open the ball, and the floor is soon covered with whirling couples, and every one's spirits rise. Bride and bridegroom mingle freely in the throng, and here and there a musical man sings vigorously as he drags his partner through the Blue Water or John Speriwig; boys shout and page: 98 applaud, and the enjoyment and confusion are intense, till eleven o'clock comes. By this time the children who swarm in the side-rooms are not to be kept quiet longer, even by hunches of bread and cake; there is a general howl and wail, that rises yet higher than the scraping of fiddles, and mothers rush from their partners to knock small heads together, and cuff little nursemaids, and force the wailers down into unoccupied corners of beds, under tables and behind boxes. In half an hour every variety of childish snore is heard on all sides, and it has become perilous to raise or set down a foot in any of the side-rooms lest a small head or hand should be crushed. Now too the busy feet have broken the solid coating of the floor, and a cloud of fine dust arises, that makes a yellow halo round the candles, and sets asthmatic people coughing, and grows denser, till to recognise any one on the opposite side of the room becomes impossible, page: 99 and a partner's face is seen through a yellow mist.
At twelve o'clock the bride is led to the marriage-chamber and undressed; the lights are blown out, and the bridegroom is brought to the door by the best man, who gives him the key; then the door is shut and locked, and the revels rise higher than ever. There is no thought of sleep till morning, and no unoccupied spot where sleep may be found.
It was at this stage of the proceedings on the night of Tant' Sannie's wedding that Lyndall sat near the doorway in one of the side-rooms, to watch the dancers as they appeared and disappeared in the yellow cloud of dust. Gregory sat moodily in a corner of the large dancing-room. His little betrothed touched his arm.
"I wish you would go and ask Lyndall to dance with you," she said; "she must be so tired; she has sat still the whole evening."page: 100
"I have asked her three times," replied her lover shortly. "I'm not going to be her dog, and creep to her feet, just to give her the pleasure of kicking me—not for you, Em, nor for anybody else."
"Oh, I didn't know you had asked her, Greg," said his little betrothed, humbly; and she went away to pour out coffee.
Nevertheless, some time after Gregory found he had shifted so far round the room as to be close to the door where Lyndall sat. After standing for some time he inquired whether he might not bring her a cup of coffee. She declined; but still he stood on (why should he not stand there as well as anywhere else?), and then he stepped into the bed-room.
"May I not bring you a stove, Miss Lyndall, to put your feet on?"
"Thank you."
He sought for one, and put it under her feet.page: 101
"There is a draught from that broken window: shall I stuff something in the pane?"
"No, we want air."
Gregory looked round, but nothing else suggesting itself, he sat down on a box on the opposite side of the door. Lyndall sat before him, her chin resting in her hand; her eyes, steel-grey by day but black by night, looked through the doorway into the next room. After a time he thought she had entirely forgotten his proximity, and he dared to inspect the little hands and neck as he never dared when he was in momentary dread of the eyes being turned upon him.
She was dressed in black, which seemed to take her yet further from the white-clad, gew-gawed women about her; and the little hands were white, and the diamond ring glittered. Where had she got that ring? He bent forward a little and tried to decipher the letters, but the candle-light was too faint. When he looked up her page: 102 eyes were fixed on him. She was looking at him—not, Gregory felt, as she had ever looked at him before; not as though he were a stump or a stone that chance had thrown in her way. To-night, whether it were critically, or kindly, or unkindly, he could not tell, but she looked at him, at the man, Gregory Rose, with attention. A vague elation filled him. He clinched his fist tight to think of some good idea he might express to her; but of all those profound things he had pictured himself as saying to her, when he sat alone in the daub-and-wattle house, not one came. He said, at last,
"These Boer dances are very low things;" and then, as soon as it had gone from him, he thought it was not a clever remark, and wished it back.
Before Lyndall replied Em looked in at the door.
"Oh, come," she said; "they are going to have the cushion-dance. I do not want to kiss any of these fellows. Take me quickly."page: 103
She slipped her hand into Gregory's arm.
"It is so dusty, Em; do you care to dance any more?" he asked, without rising.
"Oh, I do not mind the dust, and the dancing rests me."
But he did not move.
"I feel tired; I do not think I shall dance again," he said.
Em withdrew her hand, and a young farmer came to the door and bore her off.
"I have often imagined," remarked Gregory—but Lyndall had risen.
"I am tired," she said. "I wonder where Waldo is; he must take me home. These people will not leave off till morning, I suppose; it is three already."
She made her way past the fiddlers, and a bench full of tired dancers, and passed out at the front door. On the "stoep" a group of men and boys were smoking, peeping in at the page: 104 windows, and cracking coarse jokes. Waldo was certainly not among them, and she made her way to the carts and waggons drawn up at some distance from the homestead.
"Waldo," she said, peering into a large cart, "is that you? I am so dazed with the tallow candles, I see nothing."
He had made himself a place between the two seats. She climbed up and sat on the sloping floor in front.
"I thought I should find you here," she said, drawing her skirt up about her shoulders. "You must take me home presently, but not now."
She leaned her head on the seat near to his, and they listened in silence to the fitful twanging of the fiddles as the night wind bore it from the farm-house, and to the ceaseless thud of the dancers, and the peals of gross laughter. She stretched out her little hand to feel for his.page: 105
"It is so nice to lie here and hear that noise," she said. "I like to feel that strange life beating up against me. I like to realise forms of life utterly unlike mine. When my own life feels small, and I am oppressed with it, I like to crush together, and see it in a picture, in an instant, a multitude of disconnected unlike phases of human life—a mediæval monk with his string of beads pacing the quiet orchard, and looking up from the grass at his feet to the heavy fruit-trees; little Malay boys playing naked on a shining sea-beach; a Hindoo philosopher alone under his banyan tree, thinking, thinking, thinking, so that in the thought of God he may lose himself; a troop of Bacchanalians dressed in white, with crowns of vine-leaves, dancing as they sing along the Roman streets; a martyr on the night of his death looking through the narrow window to the sky, and feeling that already he has the wings that shall bear him up; page: 106 an epicurean discoursing at a Roman bath to a knot of his disciples on the nature of happiness; a Kaffir witch-doctor seeking for herbs by moonlight, while from the huts on the hill-side come the sound of dogs barking, and the voices of women and children; a Nihilist starting up in her sleep, and vowing, with clenched fist, the vow she had sworn waking, to sacrifice life and blood in the cause of freedom; a mother giving bread and milk to her children in little wooden basins and singing the evening-song. I like to see it all; I feel it run through me—that universal life belongs to me, of which I am part; it makes my little life larger, it breaks down the narrow walls that shut me in."
She sighed, and drew a long breath.
"Have you made any plans?" she asked him presently.
"Yes," he said, the words coming in jets, with pauses between; "I will take the grey mare,— page: 107 I will travel first—I will see the world—then I will find work."
"What work?"
"I do not know."
She made a little impatient movement.
"That is no plan. If you go into the world aimless, without a definite object, dreaming, dreaming, you will be definitely defeated, bamboozled, knocked this way and that; in the end you will stand with your beautiful life all spent, and nothing to show. They talk of genius—it is nothing but this, that a man knows what he can do best, and does it, and nothing else. Waldo," she said, knitting her little fingers closer among his, "I wish I could help you; I wish I could rouse you up, and make you see tht now—to-day—you must decide what you will be and do. It does not matter what you choose,—be a farmer, business-man, artist, politician, what you will,—but know your aim, and page: 108 live for that one thing. The secret of success is concentration; wherever there has been a great life, or a great work, that has gone before. Taste everything a little, look at everything; but live for one thing. Anything is possible to a man who knows his end and moves straight for it, and for it alone. I will show you what I mean," she said, concisely; "words are gas till you condense them into pictures."
"Suppose a woman, young, friendless as I am, the weakest thing on God's earth. But she must make her way through life. What she would be she cannot be because she is a woman; so she looks carefully at herself and the world about her, to see where her path must lie. There is no one to help her; she must help herself. She looks. These things she has—a sweet voice, rich in subtile intonations; a fair, very fair face, with a power of concentrating in itself, and giving expression to, feelings that otherwise page: 109 must have been dissipated in words; a rare power of entering into other lives unlike her own, and intuitively reading them aright. These qualities she has. How shall she use them? A poet, a writer, needs only the mental; what use has he for a beautiful body that registers clearly mental emotions? And the painter wants an eye for form and colour, and the musician an ear for time and tune, and the mere drudge has no need for mental gifts. But there is one art in which all she has would be used, for which they are all necessary—the delicate expressive body, the rich voice, the power of mental transposition. The actor, who absorbs and then reflects from himself other human lives, needs them all, but needs not much more. This is her end; but how to reach it? Before her are endless difficulties: seas must be crossed, poverty must be endured, loneliness, want. She must be content to wait long before page: 110 she can even get her feet upon the path. If she has made blunders in the past, if she has weighted herself with a burden which she must bear to the end, she must but bear the burden bravely, and labour on. There is no use in wailing and repentance here: the next world is the place for that; this life is too short. By our errors we see deeper into life. They help us.
"If she does all this—if she waits patiently, if she is never cast down, never despairs, never forgets her end, moves straight toward it, bending men and things most unlikely to her purpose,—she must succeed at last. Men and things are plastic; they part to the right and left when one comes among them moving in a straight line to one end. I know it by my own little experience," she said. "Long years ago I resolved to be sent to school. It seemed a thing utterly out of my power; but I waited, I watched, I collected clothes, I took my place at the school; page: 111 when all was ready I bore with my full force on the Boer-woman, and she sent me at last. It was a small thing; but life is made up of small things, as a body is built up of cells. What has been done in small things can be done in large. Shall be," she said softly.
Waldo listened. To him the words were no confession, no glimpse into the strong, proud, restless heart of the woman. They were general words with a general application. He looked up into the sparkling sky with dull eyes.
"Yes," he said; "but when we lie and think, and think, we see that there is nothing worth doing. The universe is so large, and man is so small—"
She shook her head quickly.
"But we must not think so far; it is madness, it is a disease. We know that no man's work is great, and stands for ever. Moses is dead, and the prophets, and the books that our page: 112 grandmothers fed on the mould is eating. Your poet and painter and actor,—before the shouts that applaud them have died their names grow strange, they are mile-stones that the world has passed. Men have set their mark on mankind forever, as they thought; but time has washed it out as it has washed out mountains and continents. And what if we could help mankind, and leave the traces of our work upon it to the end? Mankind is only an ephemeral blossom on the tree of time; there were others before it opened; there will be others after it has fallen. Where was man in the time of the dicynodont, and when hoary monsters wallowed in the mud? Will he be found in the æons that are to come? We are sparks, we are shadows, we are pollen, which the next wind will carry away. We are dying already; it is all a dream.
"I know that thought. When the fever of living is on us, when the desire to become, to page: 113 know, to do, is driving us mad, we can use it as an anodyne, to still the fever and cool our beating pulses. But it is a poison, not a food. If we live on it it will turn our blood to ice; we might as well be dead. We must not, Waldo; I want your life to be beautiful, to end in something. You are nobler and stronger than I," she said; "and as much better as one of God's great angels is better than a sinning man. Your life must not go for nothing."
"No, we will work," he said.
She moved closer to him and lay still, his black curls touching her smooth little head.
Doss, who had lain at his master's side, climbed over the bench, and curled himself up in her lap. She drew her skirt up over him, and the three sat motionless for a long time.
"Waldo," she said, suddenly, "they are laughing at us."
"Who?" he asked, starting up.page: 114
"They—the stars!" she said, softly. "Do you not see? there is a little white, mocking finger pointing down at us from each one of them! We are talking of to-morrow, and to-morrow, and our hearts are so strong; we are not thinking of something that can touch us softly in the dark and make us still forever. They are laughing at us, Waldo."
Both sat looking upward.
"Do you ever pray?" he asked her in a low voice.
"I never do; but I might when I look up there. I will tell you," he added, in a still lower voice, "where I could pray. If there were a wall of rock on the edge of a world, and one rock stretched out far into space, and I stood alone upon it, alone with stars above me, and stars below. I would not say anything; but the feeling would be prayer."page: 115
There was an end to their conversation after that, and Doss fell asleep on her knee. At last the night wind grew very chilly.
"Ah," she said, shivering, and drawing the skirt about her shoulders, "I am cold. Span in the horses, and call me when you are ready."
She slipped down and walked toward the house, Doss stiffly following her, not pleased at being roused. At the door she met Gregory.
"I have been looking for you everywhere; may I not drive you home?" he said.
"Waldo drives me," she replied, passing on; and it appeared to Gregory that she looked at him in the old way, without seeing him. But before she had reached the door an idea had occurred to her, for she turned.
"If you wish to drive me you may."
Gregory went to look for Em, whom he found pouring out coffee in the back room. He put his hand quickly on her shoulder.page: 116
"You must ride with Waldo; I am going to drive your cousin home."
"But I can't come just now, Greg; I promised Tante Annie to look after the things while she went to rest a little."
"Well, you can come presently, can't you? I didn't say you were to come now. I'm sick of this thing," said Gregory, turning sharply on his heel. "Why must I sit up the whole night because your step-mother chooses to get married?"
"Oh, it's all right, Greg, I only meant—"
But he did not hear her, and a man had come up to have his cup filled.
An hour after Waldo came in to look for her, and found her still busy at the table.
"The horses are ready," he said; "but if you would like to have one dance more I will wait."
She shook her head wearily.
"No; I am quite ready. I want to go."page: 117
And soon they were on the sandy road the buggy had travelled an hour before. Their horses, with heads close together, nodding sleepily as they walked in the starlight, you might have counted the rise and fall of their feet in the sand; and Waldo in his saddle nodded drowsily also. Only Em was awake, and watched the starlit road with wide-open eyes. At last she spoke.
"I wonder if all people feel so old, so very old, when they get to be seventeen."
"Not older than before," said Waldo sleepily, pulling at his bridle.
Presently she said again,
"I wish I could have been a little child always. You are good then. You are never selfish; you like every one to have everything; but when you are grown-up there are some things you like to have all to yourself, you don't like any one else to have any of them."page: 118
"Yes," said Waldo sleepily, and she did not speak again.
When they reached the farm-house all was dark, for Lyndall had retired as soon as they got home.
Waldo lifted Em from her saddle, and for a moment she leaned her head on his shoulder and clung to him.
"You are very tired," he said, as he walked with her to the door; "let me go in and light a candle for you."
"No, thank you; it is all right," she said. "Good night, Waldo, dear."
But when she went in she sat long alone in the dark.


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Parkour.com, formerly one of the most prominent parkour news sites in the world (and the only one affiliated with Sébastien Foucan) has, as of April 16, begun redirecting visitors to Davidbelle.com/parkour. No more news. No more videos. No more useful links. Just a static page.
Worst of all, the content of parkour.com is not cached or saved, it is apparently gone forever. Try this link, or this one, or this one, and see what you get. Only a 404 page.
Parkour.com belonged to Sébastien Foucan, as of at least Jan 23, 2005. The fact that it's now likely owned by Take Flight under the guise of David Belle is troubling. What will happen next?
[Tip from parkour-blog.com]
Well, that was fast. Parkour.com now directs visitors to a website that – oh so shockingly – has a very strong Take Flight influence. Not only does the website have the same design as davidbelle.com, but the content is essentially the same.
Take Flight and Parkour 91 are both owned by Adam Dunlap. Davidbelle.com, as I have noted already in great detail, is very strongly associated with Take Flight/Adam Dunlap. This site is obviously very, very Take Flight centric. Granted, it's still being built, but for a website whose tagline is "The Internet home and resource for traceurs worldwide," it's strange that all of the links will lead to Take Flight's website within at most 2 clicks. No links to learn parkour through video tutorials or relevant articles. (Hey, you know who provides a ton of links to learn parkour on the front page of his website? Me.) Nor are there links to parkour news sites or popular parkour YouTube channels. The video of the week is a Take Flight promotion. Take Flight seems to be Taking Center Stage on the new parkour.com.
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That "official" business really annoys me. Official clothing of parkour, official website of parkour, official Facebook page of parkour.
There can be no official anything of parkour, because there is no governing authority. While David Belle could have been a leader, but he decided a long time ago to let everyone follow their own path. The door to the position of official parkour leader is now firmly shut, and nothing can open it again. In parkour, nothing is official, nothing can be official, least of all clothing. What makes TF clothing "official"? Because David Belle is friends with founder Adam Dunlap? Because David Belle wears their shirts? David Belle also wears Novel Ways' Reach/Escape shirts. Why isn't Novel Ways the official clothing of parkour? Especially considering other prominent traceurs such as Shaun Wood, Alexander Zyulev, and Callum Powell who wear those shirts.
Take Flight's in-progress domination of parkour is very disturbing. Those of us who have been following the parkour scene for any length of time will know that TF is essentially making it all up. They're leveraging the positivity and general pleasantness of the parkour community in order to make unsubstantiated claims (because no one will call them out on it), use David Belle's reputation to sell shirts (because David is friends with Adam Dunlap), and use their money/influence to buy multiple parkour-related domain names.
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That original "Thumper" pic is awesome ... if you guys don't mind, can I have a larger version of the "original" thumper pic? That would be great.
Ok no problem ... I just like pics of "characters" in Dolphins gear. Figure I ask, cause Its an awesome pic ... I still enjoy my Evil Monkey pic.
One of my favorite cartoons growing up was Darkwing Duck ... I'd love a picture of Darkwing Duck in aqua and orange, if you could do one for me. Ill send the pics if you need it.
If you could do a pic of Darkwing Duck in "aqua and orange", and Steelbeak in "green and white" symbolizing the Phins/Jets rivalry ... that would be awesome to!
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I often preach about how I expect more out of our young men, that nothing in life will be easy, and that there are no participation ribbons just for showing up in life. When it comes to leadership, the Scouts in our Troop hear it over and over again that we all need to "Model Expected Behavior" and they all should at least have an understanding of what that means. For the Scouts of our Troop that means that good is not good enough. It means that we do things right, we learn from mistakes, and we hold one another to a higher standard.
So what does that mean? Is is arrogant of us to act that way? Well, to the outsider looking in, yep.. but for us we look at it this way. The world around us is happy with mediocre leadership, results, and standards of living. I'm not ok with that when it comes to our Scouts.
We are not a merit badge mill nor are we an Eagle factory. We do not measure success in the amount of Scouts that earned awards or rank each year. We measure success in the way our Scouts act. We see direct results in watching older Scouts teach younger Scouts and hold each other accountable. We measure our success in growth and sustained attendance. Is our Troop for everyone.. nah.. but no troop is. Even though we all work toward the Aims of Scouting, our programs are different in their delivery. I could not be in a Troop that had more adult involvement than Scouts. I could not be a unit that did merit badge classes each week. I could not be in a Troop that produces Eagle Scouts that can not do the basics. I could not be apart of a Troop that did not seek adventure and test the limits.
This weekend, our Troop camped at a local Scout camp. There were not a lot of miles walked and the weather was great. It got real cold, and that tested some of the boys in the troop. Some Scouts pushed their boundaries by shooting Shot guns for the first time, while other Scouts increased their knowledge and leadership skills at Junior Leader Training. A few Scouts were taken out of their comfort zones as they taught the Junior Leader Training. No matter what level of the Scout there was challenge enough for everyone.
Our Junior Leader Training follows the National program, but we tend to focus heavily on communication skills, team development, Conflict resolution, and expectations of leaders.
We start the session with a talk about Modeling Expected Behavior and then everything that follows in the course of training maintains that theme. We expect our Scouts to be and act the best. Good is never good enough. The team deserves that attitude from everyone. If they all act their best.. they become the best. A high performance team.
Now you may ask.. aren't you expecting too much from these young men. Nope. If I don't who will? We see too much "getting by" in our world and I will not be party to it. Do we exclude young men when we expect more from them? NO.. we expect more and they give more… like it or not.. That I don't care about. Life is going to expect a lot from them. Why treat them with kiddy gloves now.
Does this mean we are hard ass's? Not at all. We stay within the Scout Oath and Law. Teaching in a friendly, fun, challenging atmosphere. But when things are not right, a leader (adult or youth) simply corrects the issue and we move on. Un tied shoes, un tucked shirts, gear looking like a yard sale, bad attitudes, improper set up or use of gear, not living the vlaues of the Scout Oath and Law. These are things that other Scout leaders just allow. Kids will be kids… yeah.. but bad habits last forever. Good attitudes, skills, and behavior does to and gets them a lot farther in life.
So modeling expected behavior is a cultural thing. We don't march, we don't yell.. yelling is for ineffective bad leaders.. we just teach, coach, train, and mentor.. oh and we model expected behavior. Adults don't get a free pass on bad behavior either. We are expected to model what we expect.
The proof is in the pudding. Our Troop grows annually. We lose Scouts too, and that's ok, maybe we are not the fit for them. Maybe XBox and lower expectations is what they are looking for in life. And that's ok.. just not in our Troop.
This morning a Scout was standing under a shelter pouting. His hands were cold, after all, it was 24 degrees outside. His Patrol leader had just instructed him to get his gloves on. The Scout could not find them. So the Patrol leader and the Scout went to his pack and dumped it out. There were the gloves. I then saw the Scout standing there not assisting with his Patrol in breaking camp and wrapping up the clean up. I called him over to where I was standing watching. I asked him if he was ok. Yeah.. he said, but I'm cold. I suggested that if he would get moving he would warm up. If he would help his Patrol mates out.. he would start to feel a bit warmer. I asked him why he was pouting earlier and he told me that his hands were cold. I asked him what he did about it… fully knowing what had happened. He said that he found his gloves and put them on. Then I had him recite the Scout Law to me. And asked to him to reflect on the meaning of being Trustworthy. We talked a bit about making choices and how he was either going to develop good habits and skills, or he would develop bad ones. The choice was his, not mine, the Patrol leaders, or his parents. He would have to make a choice which path he wanted to take. He turned and walked back to his patrol and pitched in. You see, if we let it go, it won't change. If we expect little, that is what we get. So we chose to expect more. And not surprisingly we get more.
When our Youth leaders set good examples and model the behavior that we want out of our Troop.. that is what we get.
There is nothing wrong with winning and losing. We can learn from both. There is everything wrong with not learning and not trying to learn, to push, and to find success.
I had a talk with a Scoutmaster about this a while ago. He said that "I bet they all march around and it's all yes sir this and no sir that.." On the contrary.. In fact the Scouts in my Troop call me Jerry and we call them by their names. There is no marching, yelling, or military like behavior.. just a lot of fun and development. It is an environment that is comfortable, friendly, and leaves them wanting to come back.
At the end of each camp out we close with lessons learned, Start, Stop, and Continue. Today the Senior Patrol leader led the discussion with whole troop. As the next two camp outs will be up on the mountain, this camp out was a great opportunity to learn and get ready for the up coming outings. He had each Scout share one thing that needs to improve in the next 3 weeks. I listened as the Scouts really gave some thought to their answers. It was in some of the more experienced Scouts answers that I realized that they got it.. they are modeling expected behavior. They were critical of themselves and how they prepared for this camp out. The next one will be that much more successful.
Expect more.. get more.
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Modeling Expected Behavior
I often preach about how I expect more out of our young men, that nothing in life will be easy, and that there are no participation ribbons just for showing up in life. When it comes to leadership, the Scouts in our Troop hear it over and over again that we all need to "Model Expected Behavior" and they all should at least have an understanding of what that means. For the Scouts of our Troop that means that good is not good enough. It means that we do things right, we learn from mistakes, and we hold one another to a higher standard.


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I was sitting here, watching my EP1 DVD for the 15 time and wishing upon a star that it was May 16th already(or at least April 23rd). And I got to thinking, most of the Star Wars games out there are CRAP! Now I am not talking PC, I am referring to home consols(sp?). Think about it, we have Jedi Power Battles(crap), Masters of Teras Kais(sp) that was good to a point, Star Wars Podracers(once again good to a point),etc. The only good ones that I have played have been Starfighter and Rouge Sqadron 1 & 2. So this got me to thinking and I am sorry if this tread has been done b/4 but, what would your ultimate Star Wars Game be???
For me, it is as follows. And BTW if any game designers are out there and you take this idea and do not give me credit I will hunt you down, hang you by your toe nails, pour honey on you, unleash a hoard of fireants on you and then stick a lightsaber up your . . . . . well, you get the idea. Anyway:
I am a big RPG(that's Role Playing Game) fan. So my game would have to be a RPG. And since I only have a PS2 it would be on that system. It would most likely have to be a 2-3 disc game(That's HUGE!!!!!!). You would start out as a Padawan, following your master on differant missions. All the while building up your experiance in the Jedi arts. And depending on your battles and interaction with other characters, you can either finish your jedi training or follow the darkside. But for the most part the begining of the game you would have little control on where you would go, this would be left up to your master(a AI character). Then depending on which path you chose, either finish your training or take the dark path, you would be incontrol then.
There are a lot more detail that I have in my head for this and if I posted it all one of three things would happen: Either my fingers would fall off from all this typing, no one would read this post cause it too friggin long, or SirSteve would forever ban me b/c my post took up too much room on his server. But I believe you get the gist of my idea. There would be a lot of dialog, lots of use of light sabers(you even get to build your own at one point), lots of Force tricks to learn and use, and you can customize your character(i.e. your name, the look, race, height, skills, etc). So there it is! Hope it wasn't too long. So what are your ideas??
And once again, I am sorry if this was done before but its and idea I've had running around in my head and it was making me dizzy!
Don't look at me like that! I'm not crazy. . . . that's what my shrink told me. I am normal, I am normal, I am . . . oh, who am I kidding!!!!!


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The town itself is quite barren although they do fancy their statues. We were picked up by our driver and headed to our hotel which was supposed to be an intermediate stop before touring around Lake Titicaca. The Hotel Colon Inn is not recommended by any stretch. It is loud, small and the staff seemed put out by our presence. But, it was chosen because it is across the street from the travel company who coordinated our homestay on Amantan� Island.
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Our first night at hotel was not very restful. Our second floor room overlooked a small but busy intersection where we were almost constantly serenaded by honking horns. The honking eased up after midnight but never quite died out, and it picked up again with a vengeance around 5AM. On that topic, if you even find yourself walking or driving in Peru, here are a few things it might mean if someone honks a horn at you:
- "I see you crossing the street, and you have plenty of time, but I could still speed up and hit you if I really wanted to. Just so you know."
� "The light just turned green, and you're first in line
� "The light just turned green, and you're second in line. Honk at the first guy!"
� "The light just turned green, and I'm last in line. Everyone should be honking!"
� "I'm happy to be alive!"
� "I'm not happy to be alive!"
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Triangle United began working with the Durham Bulls Youth Athletic League (DBYAL) in 2008 to help the inner city kids of Durham. This began through after school programs and now has flourished into a full fledged recreational program that began in 2010. There were 8 schools with over 200 players participating.
FC Cary began working with TU in 2007 through the NC Champions League; our partnership has seen the NCCL expand to over 130 teams; this partnership also promotes players from FC Cary to join TU at u11, when FC Cary stops offering competitive programming. TU offers coaching and player clinics with FC Cary
In the Spring of 2012, TU created a relationship with Hillandale Soccer Association. This agreement solidifies our presence in North Durham, with Hillandale running all pure recreational teams, while TU works with the more advanced players in North Durham.
In the spring of 2010, TU expanded into Northern Durham to create a partnership with NJAA, to offer coaching and player clinics. Through this partnership, our hope is that players in Northern Durham will look to Triangle United as an alternative for competitive soccer in the Triangle area.
In the Spring of 2010, TU partnered with the Police Athletic League (PAL) of Durham to develop an inner-city soccer program to kids in Durham. Along with the DBYAL, TU and PAL joined forces to create a recreational soccer league in the Fall of 2010 within 8 elemenatary schools in Durham. This initiative allowed over 200+ kids 5-10 the opportunity to get involved in soccer.
Since the inception of Triangle United, we have been a partner with Rainbow Soccer. We offer coaching and player clinics, summer, fall, and winter camps as well as fall and spring break 'fun days'. This cooperation between the two clubs has been a main reason for our success
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The biggest advantage of us is the green area. The City Park is the oldest memorial park of Budapest where beside the Hereoes Square you can find lots of interesting sights. In the evening the park gets young and provides a lot of entertainment facilities from the disco to the alternative ruin pubs. For shopping there are two food stores, one bakery and one nonstop grocery near to our house. For getting to the city center there are 5 bus lines, two trolley-bus lines, and the underground so it takes 10-15 minutes. Bring your bike with you we can store it safely!
If you would like to experience the hospitality of a real Hungarian family and get a taste of our everyday culture then feel free to choose us! In case you have questions don't hesitate to ask me!
ps.: the room is non-smoker but you can smoke in the kitchen if you want
House rulesOur new Residents will be always welcome as old friends but please try to adopt to us, to the everyday life and customs of our family!
Please give priority to family members if they would like to go to the kitchen, bathroom or lavatory (regarding lavatory it's negotiable :) If you decide to sleep here you will get an own key to a separate entrance door of the apartment to enable you leave and come back whenever you want. Please take care of those keys and guard our property!
As it's mentioned in the description we spend our time in another part of the apartment so it's not difficult to pay attention to each other. To sum it up, nothing extra just a kind of attention is needed. Thank you
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The Familiy Konya is a wonderful,helpful andere welcoming Familiy!It was a great time in a amazing city.It wasn't my last Time in Budapest andere at the Konyas!!!
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Bence was very kind and helpful and his english skills were very good. Before our arrival he told us how to reach the apartment, where we could exchange our money and any other questions we had he also answered very quickly. As soon as we arrived we felt at home. Bences family was very friendly and we were always greeted with a big smile.
The room was secluded and the loft bed was big and cosy. With the seperate key we had no trouble entering and leaving whenever we wanted to. The apartment was also near bus stops and a beautiful park.
We highly recommend this apartment
Located in a very quiet and very sympa.Hotes acceueillants.Malheuresement housing is very outdated and Not Bad for the elderly or not in possession of all means for access to your bed is sporty.
Situé dans un quartier tres calme et sympa.Hotes tres acceueillants.Malheuresement le logement est tres désuet et a deconseiller aux personnes agées ou pas en possession de tous leurs moyens car l acces au lit est sportif.
We really recommend this room because we had a great time here! In short, the room is clean and big enough for 2 people, it's near to the city centre and Bence and his family are very nice and friendly.
A short time after booking this room we recieved an email with directions to the apartment and phone numbers that we could call in case of any problems. When we arrived we had a warm welcome from the whole family and we immediatly felt at home. If we had any questions or something else they were willing to help us and their english is very good. Because there is a seperate entrance we could go out and come back when we wanted. Near the apartment is a busstop and all day buses are going to the city centre, it's 5-10 min to the city centre with these buses. Also by night it is easy to come back to the apartment with a nightbus. When we would visit Budapest again we would certainly go back to this apartment.
I liked staying with Bence and his family very much. They are friendly and helpful people!
A warm welcome, a beautiful neighborhood. A nice little room, you share bathroom and kitchen with your guests but each finds its spaces. Overall a good value for money.
Un accueil chaleureux, un quartier superbe.
Une petite chambre sympa, vous partagez bains et cuisine avec vos hôtes mais chacun y trouve ses espaces.
Globalement un bon rapport qualité prix.
Very cozy and clean room in a beautiful old building with high ceilings. It has its own entrance. The area there is room in a good area and it is close to some attractions such as the zoo or the famous city park. The connection to the public transport is good, also easy to reach by night bus from the city center. Bence speaks very good English and good German, he and his family are helpful. I especially like that it is an authentic Budapest apartment.
Sehr gemütliches und sauberes Zimmer in einem schönen Altbau mit hohen Decken.
Man hat seinen eigenen Eingang. Die Gegend es Zimmers ist in einer guten Gegend und man ist nahe an einigen Sehenswürdigkeiten, wie dem Zoo oder dem berühmten Stadtpark. Die Anbindung an den öffentlichen Verkehr ist gut, auch per Nachtbus noch gut von der Stadtmitte aus zu erreichen. Bence spricht sehr gutes Englisch und gutes Deutsch, er und seine Familie sind hilfsbereit. Mir gefällt besonders, dass es sich um eine authentische Budapester Wohnung handelt.
Bence is very communicative, friendly and very helpful guy. Even though I sent an inquiry to the day before arrival, I received a quick, factual answer. Subsequent contacts also proceeded smoothly and kindly. Bence and his family are really nice people. We were very warmly welcomed.
The room is small but enough convenient for two people. The bed is quite big and comfortable. The whole house is cozy and quiet. We were able to sleep a long time and have never heard of votes for the wall :) Despite of the kitchen and bathroom are shared, was never a problem getting to them.
Thanks to a separate entrance we felt free going out and getting back to the house whenever we wanted. I really recommend this place. It was a great pleasure to get to know Bence and his family. And, of course it was pleasure to visiting lovely Budapest :)
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Thanks for the Gut update. I tend to go for longer and longer stretches away from RTF and wonder about some of the colorful characters.
Tom (Still in the triple digit post count!)
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I used to post a lot more. I remember discussions with Shayne about force fetching and going toe to toe with Alec.
The count reset in 2003 but I've been around for forever. I remember when the "count reset" Shayne had like 12k posts or something like that.
Most of the people that were around in the beginning don't post anymore or very infrequently. Alec, Shayne, Joe S, Cray, Pat F to name a few.
Most people on this board would not know who Qui Chang was. I do miss the old days.
"So what is big is not always the Trout nor the Deer but the chance, the being there. And what is full is not necessarily the creel nor the freezer, but the memory." ~ Aldo Leopold
"The Greatest Obstacle to Discovery is not Ignorance -- It is the Illusion of Knowledge" ~ Daniel Boorstin
I always suspected Joe was Qui Chang. Anyone know for sure?
Or is it still a secret?
What is GDG regards,
Dont wave your phony patriotism in MY face! If you really love America, open your wallet and hire an American kid to build what you buy. Doug Fraser (paraphrased) 1980
Real Americans buy American.
I to miss the old days. not quite as civil and more fun. When someone was being stupid they were told. I miss the drama and battles Like Marvin and KG discussion about judging. The Angie or Melanie giving someone a good slap down. The Poocah shell thread. My post count went from 1 or more a day to that many a month now. Sad....
"Communism only works in Heaven, where they don't need it, and in Hell, where they already have it" Ronald Reagan
And, I never thought I'd say this, but thank goodness for Gooser!
FC Tribute to Justice, JH "Honor"
FC AFC Contempt of Court "Ruckus"
Medal Of Honor, QAA "Valor"
HRCH Kirby's High Sierra, SH, QAA "Kirby" Feb. 19, 2002 - Aug. 14, 2014
HRCH Niki Snowbird, SH, QAA "Niki" July 22, 2001 - May 11, 2015
Southland Order In the Court, QAA "Gavel" July 17, 2002- March 24, 2013
Southland Rusty Nail - derby points, qual placements "Rusty"
Disoderly Conduct "Chaos" -qual placements
Thanks Susan, had a good chuckle reading the first few pages of that thread again!! Miss a lot of those folks on here, not near the entertainment, or for that fact knowledge Still good to see those names and folks around.
Miss the Petals Regards,
AFC Iron Lines Sergeant Pepper "Pepper"
FC FTCH Westwood's Sunday Silence "Buck"
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DeLonghi Perfecta Super Automatic Espresso Machine
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DeLonghi Perfecta Super Automatic Espresso Machine
Get the most from your beans with the DeLonghi Perfecta Super Automatic Espresso Machine (ESAM5500M). This fully featured machine lets you brew coffee, espresso, cappuccino, and latte drinks all from the same unit. The Direct-to-Brew system provides excellent grinding and heat distribution, ensuring you get only the freshest espresso or coffee. The lower-pitch conical burr grinder produces consistent, fresh, and aromatic espresso or coffee to your own liking with an adjustable grind setting. With the double boiler, you'll never have to wait between espresso and steam. The improved stainless steel piped aluminum boiler heats water faster and is durable for years of use.
Among the Perfecta's many features are an instant reheat function, hot water spout, patented cappuccino system frother, decalcification system, removable water tank (60oz), cup warmer, and a removable used coffee container and drip tray for easy cleaning. An easy-to-use digital control panel features a rotary control to adjust start time, auto shutoff, and the clock, as well as temperature, water hardness, coffee strength, and cup size. A single-touch cappuccino and latte system includes a 25-oz milk container, two detachable lids for frothed milk and steamed milk, and an automatic cleaning function. The statistics function shows lifetime use of the machine, how many coffees have been brewed, number of liters of water used, and how many times the unit has been descaled.
All-in-One Unit:This machine handles brewing from start to finish, from the grinding of beans to the froth for your cappuccino or latte
Decalcification System:An automatic decalcification indicator light alerts you when it's time to clean the machine
Instant Reheat:The instant reheat function heats the core of the machine, maintaining an ideal temperature for brewing
- Model: ESAM5500MDirect-to-Brew system
- Brand: DeLonghiConical burr grinder
- Removable 1.8L (60oz) water tankDouble boiler with stainless steel piped espresso boiler
- Removable used coffee container and drip trayInstant reheat function
- Cup warmerPatented cappuccino system frother
- Hot water spoutDecalcification system
- Rotary control knobStatistics function
- Programmable digital controls for start time, auto shutoff, and clockHeight-adjustable coffee spouts
- Digital adjustments for temperature, water hardness, coffee strength, and cup sizeBlack cabinet with stainless finish
- 1 to 3-hour automatic shutoffElectrical: 1,350W / 120V / 60Hz
- Brew pressure: 15 barWeight: 27.35 lbs
- Warranty: 2 years limitedDimensions: 14.81" H x 11.19" W x 17" D
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Alternate name: Redfish/Channel Bass
Family: Sciaenidae, Drums view all from this family
Description The Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), also known as Channel Bass, Redfish, Spottail Bass or simply Reds, is a game fish that is found in the Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Northern Mexico. It is the only species in the genus Sciaenops. The red drum is a cousin to the Black Drum (Pogonias cromis), and the two species are often found in close proximity to each other, they can interbreed and form a robust hybrid, and younger fish are often indistinguishable in flavor.
Red Drum are a dark red color on the back, which fades into white on the belly. The red drum have a characteristic eyespot near the tail and are somewhat streamlined. Three year-old red drum typically weigh six to eight pounds. When they are near or over twenty-seven inches, they are called "bull reds". The largest red drum on record weighed just over 94 pounds and was caught in 1984 on Hatteras Island. Red drum are relatives of the black drum and both make a croaking or drumming sound when distressed.
The most distinguishing mark on the red drum is one large black spot on the upper part of the tail base. Having multiple spots is not uncommon for this fish but having no spots is extremely rare. As the fish with multiple spots grow older they seem to lose their excess spots. Scientists believe that the black spot near their tail helps fool predators into attacking the red drum's tail instead of their head, allowing the red drum to escape. The red drum uses its senses of sight and touch and its down turned mouth, to locate forage on the bottom through vacuuming or biting the bottom. On the top and middle of the water column, it uses changes in the light that might look like food. In the summer and fall, adult red drum feed on crabs, shrimp, and sand dollars, in the spring and winter, adults primarily feed on menhaden, mullet, pinfish, sea robin, lizardfish, spot, Atlantic croaker, and flounder.
Dimensions Up to 5' (1.5 m); 90 lbs (41 kg).
Habitat Estuaries, tidal flats & salt marshes, Ocean or bay shallows, Rivers & streams, Tidepools.
Range Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Florida, Texas.


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Was able to hunt last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Thursday - Heard 4 different gobblers, had a hen and Jake inside the decoys.
Friday - Heard 3 differnt gobblers; one headed in my direction and was intercepted by a hen. She led the ol'boy off in an opposite direction. Moved and then called in the direction of other birds, nothing.
Saturday - Heard 1 gobbler at 7 a.m. (weather system change) beacuse he was being pestered by crows. A pretty quiet day. Saw a Tom strutting on the next property over (from the road).


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125th Anniversary Acquisition. Gift of Mrs. Robert L. McNeil, Jr., 2001
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November 2006 marks the 30th year of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, organized annually by the Women's Committee of the Museum. The Committee presented its first Craft Show in November 1977 to great acclaim.
From its inception, proceeds from the Show have benefited the Museum, with a portion always designated for the purchase of contemporary American crafts. Over the ensuing thirty years, the generous annual contribution from the Women's Committee, as well as gifts of objects by individual Committee members, has transformed the Museum's collection of American crafts into one of the finest in the nation.
The outstanding objects on view in this exhibition demonstrate the vitality of this field and celebrate the important role of the Craft Show and the Women's Committee in bringing contemporary American crafts to the Museum.


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Alternate name: Colorado Pikeminnow
Family: Cyprinidae, Carps and Minnows view all from this family
Description Ptychocheilus lucius is the largest cyprinid fish of North America and one of the largest in the world, with reports of individuals up to 6 ft (1.8 m) long and weighing over 100 pounds (45 kg). Elongated body reminiscent of the pike. The cone-shaped and somewhat flattened head is elongated, forming nearly a quarter of the body length. Color grades from bright olive green on the back to a paler yellowish shade on the flanks, to white underneath. Young fish also have a dark spot on the caudal fin. Both the dorsal and anal fins typically have nine rays. The pharyngeal teeth are long and hooked.
Dimensions Up to 5' (1.5 cm) long.
Endangered Status The Colorado Squawfish is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered in Arizona, California, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. Like many river fish, this species has suffered from the introduction of exotic fishes into its environment and from water-management practices in the West. It has declined in both number and size; whereas it once reached 6 feet long, it now rarely surpasses 3 feet. Dams, impoundments, and the diversion of waterways have altered the species' ecosystem, causing changes in water temperature and volume of waterflow and blocking migration routes. The Colorado River Fish Recovery Team and other groups are working to help this and other native species recover.
Habitat Rivers & streams.
Range Rocky Mountains, Southwest, California.
Discussion Native to the Colorado River basin of the southwestern United States, it was formerly an important food fish for both Native Americans and European settlers. Once abundant and widespread in the basin, its numbers and range have declined to the point where it has been listed as endangered (1967), a fate shared by the three other large Colorado basin endemic fish species: Bonytail chub, Humpback chub, and Razorback sucker.


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Barb Lyons remains PE teacher, but won't coach VHS basketball
Long-time high school basketball coach Barb Lyons resigned her post on the Valdez High School Lady Buccaneer team, saying in a letter "I do not feel I can continue to coach at VHS with the present climate at the school and in the community."
Lyon's resignation as coach shocked students, athletes, and other school faculty. A 30-year veteran of the VHS athletics, Lyons said she believes many parents and educators have their heads in the sand regarding the issues of drugs and alcohol use among students and athletes.
"I believe in making a commitment in sports and feel the use of drugs and alcohol has no place in athletics," she said in a letter dated Oct. 23. "Currently, underage drinking and use of illegal drugs seems to be the norm and not the exception to the rule. Athletes are unwilling to regulate their use, and to help each other to make good decisions."
Lyons also pointed a finger at parents, claiming parents have covered for the children "instead of making them accept responsibility and the consequences of their actions."
Lyons will remain a teacher of physical education at Gilson Middle School and is currently coaching its basketball team.
"It's a privilege, you don't have to play basketball," Lyons said in a candid interview Monday afternoon.
"Now, instead of being one or two you have to watch on your team," it's one or two that are not abusing drugs, alcohol or both.
"The adults are not holding them accountable," she said. "They're screwing up, they're getting caught and no one's holding them accountable, no one's turning them in."
Lyons also said she believes the problems are not limited to athletes, but the student body in general.
Dr. Elizabeth Balcerek, the school's principal, disagreed with Lyons' assessment of the school's student body.
"I think her resignation is appropriate, given the tone of her letter," she said.
Balcerek, who is in her second year as principal, said she has taken a hands-on approach in the day-to-day operations of the school and believes many of the accusations regarding substance abuse in schools is based on hearsay.
"I've not disciplined anyone for being under the influence of alcohol," Balcerek said, defending the school against accusations numerous students were drunk at a recent dance held at the school. She said she was a chaperone at the dance, and took issue with "the style of dance" but detected no students under the influence of alcohol.
"It's really bad gossip," she said regarding the allegations.
Balcerek acknowledged that young people will make bad choices and need discipline, but defended the student body, calling Valdez High School a beacon of education and its students high achievers.
"I feel I've got my hands on the pulse of it," she said, noting she's only had to discipline 2 percent of the student population for drugs this school year. "I disagree with Mrs. Lyons and the climate of this school."
But Balcerek also acknowledged that student behavior off of school property or after hours could be another matter. But she also says it is not under her control.
For Lyons, it matters very much. And not just because rules governing high school athletics in Alaska says she must. She believes athletic achievements are not achievements at all if a student has been abusing drugs or alcohol, period.
She also expressed frustration in the lack of support from adults in general in rooting out substance abuse issues and believes more athletes would be disciplined if personnel did a better job of looking at public records and there was better support using other avenues to root out student substance abuse.
"You have to want to know," Lyons said.
Rhonda Wegner, activities director for Valdez City Schools, was shocked and saddened by Lyons' sudden resignation.
"It kind of hit me by surprise," she said Monday afternoon, but "I understand her frustrations."
While the athletic department scrambles to hire a new coach, Wegner supplied her point of view on the recent uproar regarding substance abuse by Valdez students – and whispers in the community that she, as a coach, is lax on enforcing rules regarding substance abuse.
Wegner said she will not sacrifice the drug policy put in place by ASSA – the Alaska School Activities Association - to protect her team or its members.
She also believes many of the substance abuse issues are a reflection of the community at large rather than school culture.
"Are they breaking rules behind my back?" she asked rhetorically, "Maybe."
She pointed to the fact one of her volleyball players was disciplined for shoplifting in an incident that occurred out of town.
"I think it's a bigger issue with what's going on at home rather than what's going on at school," she said. "I think our parents make it a little more lax."
Wegner said she is very close to her students and athletes – she is also the school's art teacher – and talks to kids about issues, such as substance abuse. She also noted that school officials and coaches cannot base disciplinary actions against students without credible evidence of wrongdoing.
Lyons disagreed.
"School's don't have to prove it," she said. "They're not a court of law."
While the school board and concerned parents have begun serious talks of revising and reviewing the district's dr and alcohol policy, there has been conflicting information regarding how much of the problem is in the halls of the district's schools, and how much of the problem occurs off hours or off school property.
Valdez Police Chief Bill Comer said there has indeed been an uptick in underage substance abuse activities involving the police department.
While elected officials, law enforcement, parents and faculty wrestle with ways to address underage substance abuse, Lyons said her resignation stands.
"Parents, when your kids come home drunk you need to do something about that," Lyons said. "The school, I think, should toughen up the rules."
While there is widespread disagreement on the issues, what is really happening and where, or even how to address them wisely, few could dispute Balcerek's parting statement.
"We've absolutely got to get together on this," she said, "The kids need us."
My first husband, Jimmy Rose was pastor of First Baptist Church in Valdez for many years. We were living there when the earthquake hit. But my husband had great relationships with a lot of young folks who lived there. But he never wavered on what is right just to be popular with those young people. What we needed then and what is needed now are adults that care enough not to cover up behaviors that will ruin kids lives just so we can win a sports game. It's total neglect of kids needs!
12/11/2012, 8:47 pm
Way to go Ms. Lyon, In Cordova drug and underage drinking is a big issue Too! But parent now a days would rather be friends then Parents! a few years back a bunch of volleyball players and wrestler got caught at party, so the volleyball players thought that mercy would be shown if they came forward! The coach and A.d didn't see it that way and kicked them off the team. The kids went and cried to their parents,so they parent and through a fit and the lame school board Reversed the Decision!
11/16/2012, 7:13 pm
I would use drugs too if I were institutionalized in the public school system for 12 years.
11/16/2012, 2:48 am
For years I have watched, and been impressed with, Ms Lyons' coaching. Now I am also impressed with her guts and caring. It takes a strong person to quit something you love and are good at to make a point. We had an issue in Cordova a few years ago with volleyball players and wrestlers. Athetes were kicked off the team as stated in the code they AND THEIR PARENTS signed. Parents then went to the school board and convinced them to let them back on. What did this teach our kids? Thanks Barb.
11/11/2012, 11:18 am
Ms. Lyons has my 100% support and respect. I have had a number of young friends who have attended or are attending Valdez schools. They are unanimous in citing a dramatic upturn in drug and alcohol use among students. In most jobs now, the employer will drug test as part of the hiring process and employment process.. Whether the substance is pot, crack, alcohol or other similar chemicals, their use limits opportunity, and they limit ability. Mandatory, random drug testing is indicated!
11/08/2012, 9:53 pm
GOOD FOR YOU!! my children attended and graduated valdez school district. and now soon my grandchildren. I will be the first parent to admit there is an issue with drugs and alchol of the students. mine were there too. I've seen SPECIAL handling of those violated the policy depending on who you where and what you played and so have other's, they just don't like it pulic. yeah right - in VALDEZ? Enough with the cover up and turning your heads. The children of the community need more like you!
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So Mr Hat, what were you going to get a tattoo of? I finally grabbed a Sora Bulq, Orange Trooper, and Scortch today. They are great figures. I would really like to get another Scrotch to customize and a few more orange. No sign of the new wave yet.
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Comment Survey method - old nokia (Score 1) 140
For survey purposes i would suggest finding an old nokia (3310 or similar) or some other phone that can have monitor mode enabled (or service menu). It is best if you would be able to slurp the data out of the phone via a cable but spot checks every 5-10 m would be OK (repeat at a minimum of 3 times).
Probably there is a better way but this is the cheapest and fastest way. For more ideas i'd suggest contacting OpenBTS/OpenBSC (as projects for ideas) or Harawd Welte / Dieter Spaar (as persons).
I would not suggest using 4G though (it seems a little bit too spotty and ureliable) if you can get your hands on some MiFi devices it would be better.
Next best option (or even better) would be WiMax (though it depends on availability).