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Mark Appel, RHP, Astros (Low-A Quad Cities)
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Kyle Hendricks, RHP, Cubs (Triple-A Iowa)
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Alex Jackson, C, Rancho Bernardo High School (Escondido, CA)
Keury Mella, RHP, Giants (Rookie AZL Giants)
Cody Buckel, RHP, Rangers (Rookie AZL Rangers)
Since returning to the Rangers' Arizona complex in early May, Buckel has spent most of his time throwing on the side––playing catch, throwing bullpens, and throwing live BP. While he has shown slight progress on the side, his two Arizona League appearances last week yielded more of the same result––1 1/3 innings, 0 hits, 7 walks, 4 strikeouts while sitting 91-92 mph. Given his reputation as an advanced hurler with a cerebral approach on the mound, it's surprising that Buckel has fallen into this situation, and it'll be interesting to see if he can work his way out of it. –Jason Cole
Jonathan Singleton, 1B, Astros (Triple-A Oklahoma City)
I tried to avoid judging Singleton too harshly at the time, as he was just getting back into action. One scout who recently saw Singleton in Triple-A commented that he has "lost a few pounds" since June but is still whiffing at a high rate. Despite this year's disappointing performance, Singleton's impressive offense tools are still present. If he gets himself back into shape this offseason, it wouldn't be surprising to see a return to form in 2014. –Jason Cole
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Jesse Hahn, RHP, Rays (High-A Charlotte)
The Rays have been conservative with the former sixth-round pick, limiting his innings per outing this season to allow the pitcher to continue to build arm strength. While signs point toward Hahn's future being a bullpen role, the repertoire is polished and deep enough for him to start for the near future. I envision the righty as a future late inning weapon coming out of Tampa's 'pen down the line, which makes Hahn an intriguing arm to keep an eye on during his rise up the ranks. ––Chris Mellen
Michael Fulmer, RHP, Mets (High-A St. Lucie)
The ability and potential are certainly there for this young arm. Progress with the changeup and a more paced mentality on the mound will be the keys for Fulmer to begin approaching his ceiling. The remainder of this season should serve as time for the prospect to get his feet back on the ground before heading into the offseason. Given the lack of innings, Fulmer may also be a candidate for the Fall Instructional League, where he can get further repetition before next spring. –Chris Mellen
Jose Pujols, OF, Phillies (Rookie GCL Phillies)
Touki Toussaint, RHP, Coral Springs Christian Academy (FL)
Like all the high school players in this game, he a long way to go before he is even close to realizing his potential. His delivery can get a little quick, and a little tweaking to slow him down would benefit his below-average command and control. Toussaint was also very slow from the stretch, clocking around 1.6 to home plate, although he did try a slide step on a couple pitches.
With two future plus pitches and another on the way, Toussaint may have the highest upside of any high school arm in the country at the moment. His stock is certainly on the way up. ––Chris Rodriguez
Jason Parks is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @ProfessorParks
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In saying that you see Hahn starting for the "near future", does that mean you think he'll get a shot to start in the majors, or he'll remain a starter until he makes it to the majors?
Aug 12, 2013 08:20 AM
Chris Mellen
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I think he'll keep starting to continue to build arm strength and stretch out the arsenal. It depends on how it goes in the upper minors, but my feel is he reaches the majors as a reliever.
Aug 12, 2013 09:04 AM
Ethan Spalding
Is Jackson close to Rodon right now? Or is Rodon by far the best prospect in the 2014 draft?
Aug 12, 2013 11:19 AM
Thank you Prospect Team, great work as always. Does Michael Fulmer's slider, with its late-break and tilt, project as a plus pitch in the future?
Aug 12, 2013 12:19 PM
Chris Mellen
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With more consistency, yes. Currently, it shows flashes of plus, but Fulmer can run into spurts of wrapping around it to cause his slider to sweep or spin up to the plate. He shows the feel for it so with repetition the growth is there to be a nasty pitch.
Aug 12, 2013 19:50 PM
Brady Childs
"so don't be surprised to see him spend most, if not all, of 2014 in Double- and Triple-A"
Aug 12, 2013 12:37 PM
Dariel Alvarez, a Cuban defector recently signed by the Orioles, made his American professional debut today in the Gulf Coast League going 2 for 4 with a HR and a triple. It seemed to take forever for BP to comment on Urrutia, who is now the DH for Orioles, and was their last Cuban defector. Any idea when you'll get a report on Alvarez?
Aug 12, 2013 12:42 PM
The player card for Jose Pujols seems to be for a pitcher in the Yankees farm system.
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On Feb. 19, Grammy-nominated roots/rock/reggae duo Israel Vibration, backed by the Roots Radics band, played to a packed house at the Independent nightclub in San Francisco, CA.
Those who have been proclaiming that interest in reggae music is waning might want to reconsider. The Independent is one of the city's trendiest venues, having hosted acts such as John Legend, Dave Chappelle, Damian and Steven Marley and the Mighty Diamonds to name a few. The fact that Israel Vibration, affectionately known to their loyal supports as I-Vibes, drew such a massive crowd on a Tuesday night, and on one of the coldest nights of the year, spoke volumes.
Since the 1970s, Israel Vibration has championed for the physically challenged; and they have proven that it is possible to overcome any kind of adversity. Afflicted with polio as children, lead vocalists Cecil "Skelly" Spence, Lascelle "Wiss" Bulgin and former member Albert "Apple Gabriel" Craig met at the Mona Rehabilitation Clinic in Jamaica. Since the group was formed, they have released more than 20 albums and have performed internationally at large-scale festivals such as Reggae on the River, the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival and Rototom Sunsplash. These wise men have taught the world how to skank (dance) on crutches. In 2012, Israel Vibration received their first Grammy nomination for Best Reggae album for their recording "Reggae Knights."
Israel Vibration's show kicked off with opening act Pure Roots, a seven member multi-racial, multi-generational reggae/dub ensemble from Santa Cruz, CA. Amongst the new talent showcased that night was a soulful young singer named Briana Kai, also from Santa Cruz (affectionately known as "Rasta-Cruz" in the San Francisco Bay Area), who performed an original song called "Day by Day." Kai's majestic voice was reminiscent of Janis Joplin and Joss Stone; she listed her influences as Bob Marley, Sam Cooke, the Beatles and the reggae music of the sixties and seventies.
After a short break, MC Rocky Bailey introduced the night's headliners. The Roots Radics band held a steady groove; and back-up singers Bunny Brissett (an accomplished singer in her own right who is currently promoting her solo album "Perspectives"), and Nicole "Nikki" Burt, (who has worked with Buju Banton as a backing vocalist), provided the sweet harmonies reminiscent of the I-Threes. Israel Vibration's set included some of their most popular songs including "Brother's Keeper," "On the Rock," "Jail House," "Highway Robbery," "Back Stabber," "Walla Walla," "Master's Will," "Licks and Kicks," and their 1978 breakthrough hit, "Same Song," a testament to Rastafarian unity.
"Whether you are a Bobo Shanti/or whether you are Orthodox/If you want to be a Binghi Natty Dread/or whether a Twelve Tribe of Israel/We're all gonna sing the same song."
Caught skanking in the audience was the show's promoter, Fenton Wardell.
Before Skelly and Wiss took the stage, I caught up with them for a brief interview in their dressing room.
"We love to give as much as we can, to make the audience really love it, but our time (on stage) is limited; and within the time frame, there's just a certain amount of music that we can do," said Skelly. "We mix it like we always do, with some old songs and some new ones here and there."
"Let's just say that we perform the songs that the people really come to hear," said Wiss.
I asked Skelly and Wiss how their name, Israel Vibration, originated.
"The name is really a Bible concept; a spiritual concept," said Skelly. "We read about the children of Israel."
"Jacob had 12 sons and he called it the House of Israel," said Wiss.
Here's the scoop: Skelly and Wiss mentioned that I-Vibes will be going back into the studio to record very soon. Stay tuned.
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The votes are in. The University of Richmond's spider mascot is sprouting new legs and a tougher persona.
Meet WebstUR, an eight-legged spider with removable webbing and flashing LED eyes. WebstUR has a custom-designed, high-powered web shooter that can launch t-shirts and toys to the highest seats in Robins Stadium and The Robins Center, as well as uniforms to match the basketball and football teams and a chest plate for street attire.
WebstUR will be revealed "in person" to the campus community at Reunion on June 4.
The new spider on the block is the result of a yearlong redesign of the University's mascot. Most recently, Richmond students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends took to the polls in February to choose between three looks — a ferocious warrior spider, a realistic spider, or the existing mascot. More than 6,000 votes were cast, and the tough spider pulled in nearly 51 percent to become the new face of the Spiders.
"For me, the mascot represents the student body," says Caroline Vincent, '11, who participated in early focus groups discussing the mascot makeover. "It symbolizes our passion for Spider sports and our motivation to keep cheering. [The redesign] was a student concern and I hope that students will embrace the new mascot."
The update is also an opportunity establish a new personality and new traditions for the mascot.
"The fierce spider is more intimidating and will show opponents that the Spiders are serious competition," says Kelly Padden, '11, who also contributed to mascot focus groups. "It portrays the competitive energy that is characteristic of our students and athletes. And the costume has accessories, like sweatbands and uniforms, that fans could mimic."
During the redesign process, the University also learned that the name "Spidey" — an informal name used in the past — is trademarked by Marvel Comics. While choosing the new look, voters also had the chance to suggest names and, ultimately, WebstUR rose to the top of the list and became the mascot's new moniker.
"With the recent success of our athletes, the school could use a new face to cheer our teams to victory," says Padden. "I hope it makes our students, alums, faculty, and staff even more proud to be Spiders."


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Who got second? And who went bye-bye???
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Who got second? And who went bye-bye???
Kentucky is second. Border is next. BB is fourth.
Venessa and teachers are duking it out for end.
Border lied to Phil saying they are just staying out of the fighting between teams when they are encouraging it and even, in their own words, stirring the pot.
Venessa team is done. The teachers just want to finish.
Venessa is still bitching about BB team to Phil. I really don't understand this. Just race the damn race and enjoy the experience.
The teachers are last and enjoyed the sights as they are coming to Phil...Non elimination leg. Karma for the positive team. I'm glad.
Next week...Double U turn shockingly on BB team and the alliance between Army and Border is done as per nasty Border team. They are giving Venessa a run for the ugly!
The camp build seemed hard and take a long time to do. I agree with the fake teachers that did favour teams who had a least one man and both the all male teams of Kentucky and Border were able to make up time.
Beautiful scenery but I really dislike all this needless fighting between teams. I get the inter team squabbles...you get frustrated with each other...but focusing on other teams just slows you down. Dumb people!
BB is u turned.
Did they show by who?
Either way, I am guessing they will survive, otherwise the promo would not have given them being U-Turned away. *roll eyes*
So what exactly did the border patrol team want team BB to do...drive cross country so they wouldn't follow them when THEY ARE BOTH GOING TO THE SAME D*MN PLACE AND THERE'S ONLY ONE ROAD IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY????? My full on hate for these two arrogant jack***** is back. Stir the pot and then claim to want to stay out of the drama. Call out the federal agents for what purpose exactly? To throw them off their game of course. These guys have a pretty high opinion of themselves. Pretty funny to see next week they will clash with OCD Soldier-boy. I can't stand any of them. Ugh.
Our house came to the opinion that Rachel is pretty much just vapid (at times) and whiny. Vanessa on the other hand is mean. MEAN, catty and vicious. You could tell Phil wasn't impressed at the mat talk when she said she wasn't willing to bury the hatchet (except perhaps in Rachel's head). At least team BB seemed to really enjoy the scenery and were excited to still be in the race.
It sucks that there are more teams I dislike than like at this point.
Go, Kentucky! They are getting the best edit at this point, so dare I hope they will make it to the end first?
I love seeing BB get what they deserve. They are so annoying and Brendens (sp) lack of respect for the Border Patrol Agency is disgusting. If you love Mexico so much then maybe you should go live there!


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Holly Springs, N.C. — A new Holly Springs athletic complex could generate millions in annual income to the local economy, officials said.
The North Main Athletic Complex, located near Interstate 540 and N.C. Highway 55, is set to open in May. Officials say expectations are high for the complex, not only for what it will provide athletes, but for the revenue it will bring to the town.
"We look to this complex to contribute about $6.5 million annually to the local area," said Mayor Dick Sears.
With high expectations, Sears said it would take three years to offset the $19 million project.
"All the businesses along 55 Main Street and the bypass are going to have a great relish for this thing because it is going to increase traffic," he said.
Justine Carter, who regularly drives by the unfinished complex, has taken note of the progress.
"We are very excited for when it opens," she said.
Carter's daughter plays for the Wake Futbol Club, one of many teams that will soon play on the complex grounds.
"It is going to be a great opportunity because it is going to be local and we won't have to travel as much," she said.
In total, the complex will include 12 adult and youth tennis courts, two soccer fields, a baseball field, and outdoor basketball courts.
"A dad and a son, or a dad and a daughter can come and play out in the stadium in the morning, and then be able to come out to the stadium that night and watch a baseball game," said town Parks and Recreation Director Len Bradley.
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Hosting w Apache2...invisible to internet
Newbie here. Successfully installed Suse10 and Apache2 in order for me to host my personal web site.
My web site in in htdocs. With address localhost i see my site, and see it on my in home network (intranet). I am stuck because i do not know what i have to do to see my site via internet.
My domain registrar will allow me to change AName and CName...Do I enter my static IP in the A Name slot? How do I handle the Nameserver business with my domain registrar? so far my domain is hosted by godaddy and I use their nameserver.
Many many thanks1
Remember that you'll have to forward whichever port apache is running on through your local network. I personally just use the DMZ feature, but that is possibly a security risk, unless you have a software firewall enabled on your machine. But I'm not sure about any of the nameserver/domain questions because I use dyndns.org for my server.
Afterthought....name server issues
Thanks for your reply. As I learn more, I believe there are two issues here. First: if I enter my static IP from a remote loction, will I be able to see my web site. If the firewall is configured OK, I assume I will be able to see my site .
Second: How do I deal with the nameserver issue....meaning how can I get my site recognized if someone enters the name of my domain like maxsanders.com rather than the IP address.
Thanks again.
that's something you'll need to talk to the domain hosting service. I assume they have some sort of support or contact info. You should just be able to give them your IP and it should be good to go
OK. I am learning about nameservers. It appears that I need to go to Godaddy and designate two ip addresses for my nameservers...for example ns1.maxsanders.com and ns2.maxsanders.com. I assume that i use the static ip used by my server for the first one. Does the second IP required for the nameserves have to be a working server? Thanks max
Yes it does. I don't suggest trying to run your own nameservers since you only have one Internet routable IP addres, but instead you should use a free service such as zoneedit (www.zoineedit.com).
My own DNS if I have 2 static IPs?
At my business I have several unused static ip addresses. The question is....is it smart to outsource the DNS servers , or to set it up myself. How difficult is it ? Thanks
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Harry waves off England theory
Harry Redknapp has said that the continued speculation over his suitability for the England manager's role has not had an adverse affect on Tottenham's recent form.
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Ever since Fabio Capello left the post at the beginning of February, Redknapp has been lauded as the hot favourite for the job, but after his side lost 3-1 at home to Manchester United on Sunday off the back of a 5-2 defeat at Arsenal the previous week Redknapp insisted that neither his nor his players' focus had shifted.
"No not at all, it's had no effect," Redknapp said of the ongoing England link. "You couldn't come away and say the players haven't been trying, they've worked hard.
"It's one of the two best teams in the country," he continued, after seeing his Spurs side slide to their second defeat in as many games. "I really felt they (United) were there to be beaten. I've not seen Alex (Ferguson) on his feet so much in years, it wasn't going their way. But that's how it goes sometimes in football, you don't always get what you deserve."
At 13 points off league leaders Manchester City and 11 behind United, Redknapp conceded that the target was now finishing in third place. Despite a resurgent Arsenal closing in Redknapp remains confident that is an achievable feat.
"It's going to be tight but I'd rather be where we are than Arsenal, we're four points in front still and we've still got a big chance," he said. "I'm looking to finish third, not fourth, I'll be disappointed if we finish fourth. I'll be even more disappointed if we finish fifth. We've got some tough games to come. I still feel we can go on a run and I still fancy us to finish third.
"Chelsea... Well unless Mourinho comes in that's not going to affect it, and I don't think he'll come in this week."
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"Conscious uncoupling" entered the pop culture lexicon this week, thanks to Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's much-talked-about split, while moviegoers are gearing up to see "Noah" on the big screen.
People were also buzzing about "The Walking Dead," the death of GWAR frontman Dave Brockie and a milestone anniversary for a beloved Brat Pack movie.
Facebook has rounded up the top 10 buzziest stories in entertainment this week, and all of those topics made the most-talked-about list. What had you buzzing? What did you miss?
Find out what made the cut exclusively on CBSNews.com:
1. Univision's "Nuestra Belleza Latina" beauty competition heats up
The competition is getting fiercer on the beauty competition series, as Yesenia Hernandez became the third person to be eliminated during Sunday night's epsiode. Nine women now remain to compete for the coveted crown.
2. GWAR frontman Dave Brockie found dead
The frontman for the heavy metal band was found dead in his Richmond, Va., home on Sunday at the age of 50. Fellow metal rocker Ronnie James Dio is among those who paid tribute:
3. AMC's "The Walking Dead" and buzz about "Terminus"
New promotional photos for the zombie drama ask, "Who will arrive?" We'll find out when the season 4 finale airs this Sunday on AMC.
4. Draya Michele gives "Basketball Wives" co-star Sundy Carter a black eye
The drama went down on Monday night's episode of the VH1 reality series, and Draya addressed the incident Tuesday on Facebook:
5. "Noah" set for release in U.S. theaters
Darren Aronofsky's take on the Biblical tale, starring Russell Crowe, Emma Watson and Jennifer Connelly,is now out in theaters. Do you plan to see it?
6. Cher kicks off her "Dressed to Kill" tour
The entertainer has hit the road with special guests Cyndi Lauper, Pat Benetar and Neil Giraldo. Here's a look at her show in Phoenix:
7. Buzz about new "Muppets" movie
"Muppets Most Wanted" may have had a disappointing opening weekend at the box office, but people were still talking about the star-studded caper comedy. The Muppets are getting laughs off-screen too - check out their take on Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's Vogue cover:
8. 30th anniversary of the Saturday detention in "The Breakfast Club"
Time flies -- the events of the classic film took place 30 years ago this week, on March 24, 1984.
9. Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's "conscious uncoupling"
The couple announced on Paltrow's lifestyle website, GOOP.com, that they are "consciously uncoupling" -- aka, splitting up -- after 11 years of marriage. She later thanked fans for their support, and also shared a look at her latest guest appearance on "Glee":
10. Nick Cannon shares whiteface photo on Instagram
The "America's Got Talent" host faced a wave of controversy this week after wearing whiteface in a photo posted on Instagram. Cannon, who is about to release his first album in 11 years, "White People Party Music," shared the image with a caption that reads, "It's official... I'm White!!!"
*Buzz rankings reflect the top entertainment topics being discussed on Facebook, March 23-26, in the United States. Rankings are based on both frequency and momentum: the Facebook conversations that not only got a lot of buzz during the week, but also saw a notable increase compared with the previous week.
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we have last minute reservations for a cruise to the Mexican Riveria the last of February. would you suggest finding the tours we want and buying them or wait until we talk with tour director for advice on different tours? thanks, nancy
You could probably look online at the cruise's website & find what excursions are offered.
You can do most ports on your own or get a taxi tour at the port depends on your comfort level.
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ATLANTA - Augusta's Laura Coble received her ninth consecutive Women's Player of the Year award Saturday at the Georgia State Golf Association's annual awards luncheon at Cherokee Town Club.
Coble, who is the head women's golf coach at Augusta State, posted strong finishes in several state events, including a fourth-place showing at the Greater Atlanta Women's Amateur Championship, runner-up honors at the Georgia Women's Amateur Championship and a top-five finish at the Georgia Women's Open.
She clinched the player of the year honor after advancing to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship for the second year in a row. She was Georgia's top finisher at the 2006 event held at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Miss.
Also at the awards ceremony, Dave Womack of McDonough received the Tommy Barnes Award, signifying him as the overall player of the year in Georgia.
Womack, 28, enjoyed a breakout year in 2006, and won the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship at Forest Highlands Golf Club in Flagstaff, Ariz. His victory earned him an invitation to compete in this year's Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.
QATAR MASTERS: In Doha, Qatar, two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen had three late birdies to share the third-round lead with Richard Green and Nick O'Hern.
Goosen bogeyed three holes after the eighth but then had birdies at Nos. 15-17 to shoot 1-under 71 for 12-under 204. Green also shot 71 and O'Hern had 69.
Defending champion Henrik Stenson (70) and Edward Michaels (69) were two shots back and tied for second. Michaels had an eagle on the par-4 16th hole. Paul Lawrie (71), Soren Kjeldsen (66) and Peter O'Malley (67) were tied for third, 9-under 207.
NATIONWIDE PANAMA CHAMPIONSHIP: In Panama City, Panama, Marc Turnesa shot 5-under-par 65 to vault from a tie for 16th into first place and a shot lead in the Nationwide Tour's season-opening event.
Patrick Sheehan shot 2 over and sits in second place entering today's final round.
Former Augusta State player Richard Johnson is only four back of Turnesa after shooting 66, which included six birdies and two bogeys. Former Thomson resident Franklin Langham shot his second consecutive 74 and is currently tied for 57th place.
TURTLE BAY CHAMPIONSHIP: In Kahuku, Hawaii, Fred Funk handled the tradewinds and tricky greens with ease, shooting a bogey-free 7-under-par 65 on Friday to take the first-round lead.
Tom Kite was two strokes back along with David Eger, John Harris, Kiyoshi Murota and Tom McKnight in the Champions Tour's first full-field event of the year.
Hale Irwin, the MasterCard winner going for an unprecedented seventh victory in the event, labored for his 2-over 74.


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Fashions for Fiesta
Updated 11:48 am, Friday, March 23, 2012
Tropical colors and Fiesta themes paraded the runway at the San Antonio Musical Club's annual scholarship luncheon and style show at Oak Hills Country Club.
Models included club members and friends wearing a variety of colorful looks from cocktail dresses to tiered silk trousers to flowing caftan tops from JR Collections, a line of beautiful upscale garments, many in hand-dyed silk and styled by the collection's maven, Jacqué Rudman.
Rudman called the looks "a spicy transition" into spring and perfect for many of the city's partygoing events during the annual 11-day Fiesta celebration, April 19 to 29. Guests were in the mood for Fiesta as they rallied to raise money for deserving Alamo City students who love to make music.
One of those students was scholarship recipient Cathryn Boethel, who entertained the ladies who lunch with her skills on the clarinet as she played classical tunes.
The event's chairman, Jean French, said she and club members live vicariously through the students, who often perform at club events: "You do not have to be a performer" to belong to the club, which is 103 years old.
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"You've just got to love music — and we all do. It's the mirror of the soul."


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Johannesburg - The case against 58 soldiers implicated in a salary protest at the Union Buildings in 2009 was dropped in the military court in Heidelberg, Gauteng, Sandu said on Thursday.
SA National Defence Union national secretary Pikkie Greeff said justice had been served after it was found that the soldiers had been granted a leave of absence on the day.
"The evidence presented by the State in this trial was so weak that the court found it insufficient to even constitute a prima facie case against the soldiers concerned."
He said the proof was in the SANDF's own documentation.
"This belies the public claims, made all along by the SANDF, that these soldiers had deserted their bases and had thus endangered their own country," Greeff said.
"Clearly, the SANDF lied publicly about this issue."
SANDF spokesman Brig-Gen Xolani Mabanga could not immediately confirm the court's decision.
Greeff called on the SANDF to recall more than 500 soldiers who had allegedly been placed on special leave as a result of the protest, back to work.
Mabanga said the soldiers were recalled in 2012 and had chosen not to return to work, on Greeff's advice.
"They are not on special leave. They have defied coming back to work."
In August 2009, more than a thousand soldiers intended to protest over pay and working conditions, but an 11th hour court application by the SANDF saw the Pretoria march banned and permission granted by the metro police cancelled.
According to television footage, shortly after that a group of people, thought to be protesting soldiers, was seen scaling the fence at the Union Buildings, and the interior of a police car was set alight, with police firing rubber bullets to bring the group under control.
The protesters were reportedly trying to take their grievances to President Jacob Zuma, whose office is in the buildings, and who was also commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
Three separate cases were established to deal with the matter.
Mabanga said after the protest the SANDF had called on all soldiers who had taken part in the protest to come forward.
Some did and those who did not were assumed to be defying instructions. The SANDF sought to administratively discharge those who had failed to come forward, in one case.
A second case, which was heard on Wednesday, addressed those accused of being absent without leave (AWOL) on the day.
The third case would address those who were found to have taken part in the protest itself, Mabanga said.
Greeff said the two other cases would still be heard. - Sapa


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MIAMI — Bill Parcells is putting his protege in charge.
The Dolphins' football czar has given control of the team to general manager Jeff Ireland but will retain a role as a daily consultant. The Dolphins announced the move in a three-sentence statement Tuesday, five days before the start of the season.
The change was part of a long-range plan when the Parcells regime took over at the end of the 2007 season, the statement said: "This was the intent of the structure put in place in the past."
Ireland assumes full control over all aspects regarding the team and support staff.
Parcells joined the Dolphins in December 2007 as executive vice president of football operations, then hired Ireland two weeks later. The two had been together with the Dallas Cowboys.
Parcells, 69, can leave any time and collect the balance of the $12 million due him under a four-year contract that expires after the 2011 season.
Last season the Dolphins went 7-9 and have gone nine years without a postseason victory.
The news that Parcells was stepping back caught linebacker Channing Crowder by surprise.
"He's just a great guy to have on your side," Crowder said. "But he brought a bunch of great people in, too."
Haynesworth on block?
NASHVILLE — The Redskins and the Titans are in discussions about a trade of disgruntled defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, AP reported.
Washington signed Haynesworth to a $100 million contract in 2009 as a free agent, and the tackle accepted a $21 million bonus in April. But it has been a nonstop battle of wills between Redskins coach Mike Shanahan and Haynesworth since.
The Redskins did not respond to requests for comment. Titans coach Jeff Fisher was asked about the team's interest during his weekly radio show, and said Haynesworth is under contract with the Redskins.
"If they're willing to look into the possibility of dealing him, of course we'll listen to them. We listen to those types of things almost every day," Fisher said.
ESPN first reported the teams were discussing a deal for Haynesworth, who spent his first seven seasons with Tennessee.
OFFICIAL CHANGE: Peyton Manning complained, the NFL listened and now the league is again tweaking the umpire rule.
The league announced that the umpire will stay 12 yards from the line of scrimmage when the ball is snapped instead of 15 yards, which was the spot in the preseason. The umpires must only get beyond the deepest running back — not established in position — before the ball can be snapped.
The change should make it easier for no-huddle offenses to operate. That should please Manning, the Colts' perennial Pro Bowl quarterback who expressed frustration after a loss Aug. 26 at Green Bay when he was called twice for illegal snaps.
BRADY DEAL? The Boston Herald reported that a deal was "imminent" to extend the contract of quarterback Tom Brady, 33, a three-time Super Bowl winner. The deal, including the same $6.5 million Brady is due this season, would be for four years and about $64.5 million, the Herald reported.
BRONCOS: Running back LenDale White had surgery to repair a ruptured right Achilles' tendon, which ended his season.
BROWNS: Linebacker David Veikune, a second-round draft pick last year, was waived and offensive lineman Steve Vallos was claimed off waivers from Seattle.
EAGLES: Rookie defensive end Ricky Sapp had arthroscopic surgery to clean up his right knee, which has slowed him since he tore his ACL in 2008 at Clemson.
REDSKINS: Donovan McNabb said his sprained ankle isn't 100 percent, but it won't keep him from starting the opener Sunday night against Dallas. "Yes, I will be starting this weekend," McNabb said on ESPN980 radio. "And I look forward to it."
SEAHAWKS: Safety Jordan Babineaux was re-signed a day after being waived, and defensive tackle Craig Terrill was released.


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We are replacing bathroom lights, and in '86 when these existing lights were installed there was no junction box, just a hole in the gyproc as the lighting fixture had a back plate on it. Now we want to replace the light with a fixture that has no backing plate, and there are no studs in the gyproc where we want the fixture to hang (same place as old fixture).
Is there a junction box that can be anchored to gyproc that is to code for Alberta??? Please help!
In BC you can obtain a device box called an EZ box in a variety of styles for retrofitting a box in gyproc. They have them for regular devices like outlets and switches as well as lighting junction boxes.
They have a clever design where you cut a slightly larger than average hole in the gyproc and there are wings the spread out as you tighten the box up, clamping into the gyproc.
The only frailty is that they can't take much weight so you couldn't hang a chandelier from them or anything, but a simple flush mounted fixture would be fine.
Hi Karen,
Kyle nailed it. Rework boxes are available at the big box stores. This is the link to the HD version
http:/ www.homedepot.ca/product/octagonal-box-1-1-2-in-loomex-rework/977557version
Pretty simple to use and they come with a template to follow to cut out the hole.
Good luck with it.
Jim Kuzma
Kettleby Handyman
Just a warning, do not use the octagon boxes with the "ears" and back clips. The amount of drywall you have to cut out to make them fit weaken the areas that support the boxes to the point that the light fixture may fall of if teh drywall breaks. Instead, cut a hole large enough for a regular octagon box or 2104 device box and add wood the inside of the drywall and screw it all to the drywall and boxes, then repair the drywall holes around the screws, repaint, hang fixture (that is the way a proper installation would be done), or call a pro and get them to do it for you.
Robert definitely has it right. As a professional retrofit specialist as well as a master electrician, cut a regular size hole for an octagon box, insert the largest size piece of wood in that hole, secure it to the drywall multiple places, install your box then repair small screw heads, paint.
Thankyou everyone for helping, it all helped, thank you....thank you and thank you...
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Family Law
Family Law Questions? Ask a Family Lawyer Online.
My husband is currently incarcerated, he had a split vote last year and looks good for release this year. When I attended the interview I was told that we would not be penalized because of his incarceration and the file was put on hold awaiting his review. Then suddenly we received a notice to revoke his sponsorship of me as not qualifying as spouse. Originally Texas Dept of Criminal Justice stated only proxy marriage was available which is what we did. We were blessed to be re-married by ordained minister in the visitation room with a Texas license and filed marriage also last year.
Field officer that interviewed stated she did not feel it was fraud but field officer reviewing filing recognizes non proxy marriage in her assessment but is stressing about consummation. Prison visitation has had couples "consumate" their relationship sometimes getting caught and getting punishment sometimes not but in no way can we provide any "proof" one way or the other, the first request was Marriage Ceremony where we were both present OR consumation - we provided marriage ceremony but now are being told to prove consumation despite letters from clergy, attending marriage seminar 3 days inside prison run by ministry, parole lawyer etc. We just want to be living as close as we can until his release when he can parole out to our home.


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WALLS OF JERICHO have uploaded a live video of the song "Revival Never Goes Out of Style", recorded on May 21 at the Toronto stop of the band's Trustkill Takeover tour with BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and ROSES ARE RED. Check out the clip, which was filmed by Nic Izzi of Transfer Skateboards, at this location.Fronted by Candace Kucsulain and powered by the thrash-bred guitar team of Mike Hasty and Chris Rawson, WALLS OF JERICHO recently hunkered down in Cleveland with producer Ben Schigel (CHIMAIRA, ZAO, RINGWORM) to record their upcoming album, "With Devils Amongst Us All", to be released this summer. Mike Hasty says of the new material, "It's definitely the most varied music we've ever written and it's a lot more anthemic whereas our older material was more about aggression than composition." WALLS OF JERICHO have been confirmed for the second stage at this year's Ozzfest, beginning on June 29 in Auburn, Washington.
WALLS OF JERICHO: New Live Video Posted Online
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A. Heath Onthank Award for Merit
The Fairfax County Civil Service Commission invites the submission of nominations for the 2016 A. Heath Onthank Award for Merit prior to the nomination deadline of March 17, 2017. Any person or group is eligible to submit a nomination for the highest honor the county awards to its employee.
Eligibility for the Onthank Award is open to:
- Merit system employees of the county government, and
- Contracted unified salary scale and food service employee of the Fairfax County Public Schools. School teachers and instructional assistants are not eligible for this award.
Only individuals may be nominated; no group awards are presented. Nominees must have been employed by the county for at least one year. Download the nomination form for the 2016 A. Heath Onthank Award for Merit.
Want to learn a little more about how to apply and what types of information should be submitted? Take a look at examples of past nominations:
The Onthank Award was established by the Board of Supervisors in 1966 to honor the memory of Colonel A. Heath Onthank (U.S.A. Ret.), the first Chairman of the Fairfax County Civil Service Commission (1957-1962) and guiding force of the county's career merit system.The purpose of the Onthank Award is to grant recognition for accomplishments of outstanding worth in advancing and improving public service in the Fairfax County Government and School System by an individual county employee. No more than three awards will be given this year.
Accomplishments eligible for consideration vary widely in form and substance. Their worth will be evaluated against criteria that will give due weight to tangible gains already achieved, potential value, and the environment in which the achievement took place.
Since its inception in 1966, 330 employees have received the Onthank Award. Recipients have included managers, public safety employees, secretaries, human service personnel, custodians, librarians, school bus drivers, building inspectors and others from agencies throughout the county and School System. Nominations came from private citizens, fellow employees, civic groups, and business and professional organizations.
A committee of citizens appointed by the Board of Supervisors will review the nominations and the supporting documentation, and will select the Onthank recipients based on the facts presented in the nominations.
Presentation of the Award
The Onthank Award will be presented in June 2017 by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, the County Executive and the Superintendent of Schools.Recipients receive an engraved plaque and a cash award.


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LomoAmigo on the move : New Sprocket Rocket Shots from Kate Bellm2014-03-19 2 5 Share Tweet
After 6 years in Berlin, photographer Kate Bellm decided to leave Germany to explore the beauty of Middle America
- road tripping through Cuba, Mexico and Guatemala. Even though she hasn't dropped by the Lomography Embassy Store Berlin in a long time, we are always excited to receive e-mails decked with her stunning new analogue work! Enjoy the view Lomo Peeps!
Hey Kate, how are you? Where have you been lately? Please tell us a bit about your recent travels.
Hi! I've been travelling through Cuba, Mexico and Guatemala shooting photos for an upcoming exhibition I will have in Berlin, at the Pavlovs Dog gallery.
Why did you decide to leave Berlin? Is there any chance of coming back?
I had been in Berlin for 6 years so it was time for a change but I am always going to be coming back home ;). I am now living between Deia and LA.
You had your Sprocket Rocket camera with you all the time. What places did you shoot in Cuba & Mexico?
In Cuba we travelled the entire country from top to bottom, my favourites being Baracoa and Vinales, I shot a lot of crumbling buildings in Havana and of course oldtimer cars. In Mexico we travelled along the Pacific Ocean and these photos were shot along the way from South to North. My favourite is the picture of the injured owl we found in the bushes, we spent the entire day on a mission to save it ;).
Do you have some travel tips for our Lomography Community? If you visit one of these countries where should you go to capture some amazing scenery?
There is no way to tell people how to travel as everyone finds the way and places that suits them, but I suggest getting a car and road tripping as much as possible, pushing yourself out of your comfort level to get the shot. You can take pictures anywhere in the world, that's the beauty of it!
We like how experimental your photos turned out in the gallery above. Which film did you use? How did you achieve this effect?
I used a colour slide film and then cross processed it.
Is there any film you love to use the most with the camera?
All film work nicely but I was really happy with the colour slide film on the sprocket rocket. I wanna try shooting black and white next.
What should you keep in mind while travelling with film? Did something unexpected happen to you?
I don't really do anything special in particular, just carry it on me at all times and get it developed as soon as I can so I dont forget about. Oh and of course mark the film that's sprocket rocket so I get it developed correct.
What happens next for you? Any upcoming photo shoots or further travel?
I have a show coming up in Berlin and then I am moving to Deia in Majorca for the foreseeable future as I want to create a free space for artists to come and get inspired. Loveartsunseaforever!
Stay tuned about Kate's projects! Follow her tumblr and check out more of her work on katebellm.com. You might also be interested in her last LomoAmigo interview with us.
Our Sprocket Rocket is the first wide-angle camera dedicated entirely to sprockets. And with dual winding knobs for easy multiple exposures, there is no limit to your analogue creativity with this panoramic wonder. See the Sprocket Rocket in our Shop!
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Off to Boulder today to celebrate Scheys 19th birthday! I kept asking her to invite people,but she wanted to spend the day with me. What a sweet granddaughter! (Good thing she loves tea!) We have plans to stop at several tea houses.
OK…like many of you,I enjoy a strong cup of tea in the morning. I'm driving more than usual,so I made a pot of strong tea (steeped 7minutes) then added cream and splenda. Love the strong brew!Never makes me jittery either.
Off to a great day and photos.
That's awesome Bonnie. How wonderful that she'd love to spend her birthday with you. I hope you have an amazing day!
That sounds like a lovely day! you have an amazing granddaughter, wish her a happy birthday for us! :)
Happy Birthday Schey! By now, I feel like I «know» her a little through your posts here on Steepster. What a fine young women you have as a grand daughter! And I totally support her decision…what?? a chance to spend the day with awesome Bonnie??? Yes, please!!!
How nice…! We drank tea and I'll post some pictures. I made a fuss at the Dushanbe about how they made my Pu-erh (about 3 grams in a 20oz pot for 5 minutes makes a weak tea!)…I became BONNIE TEA NERD! Talked to the manager and asked them to also provide the option of a gaiwan (which the server had never heard of). I'm just too terrible!
Thank you JC for this Sample Pu-erh Silver Bud Sheng!
For once, I read the notes by Amy Oh and JC first, because I wanted to know how to best prepare this Sheng Pu-erh.
Amy steeped hers 30 seconds and JC 6 seconds so I did some of both to compare the two.
I used my white porcelain Gaiwan, 4gr. leaf to 4oz. water.
After 1 rinse, the first two steepings were quick…and my least favorite. The leaves seem to take a bit of time to bloom.
There is an aroma, very faint, that I have smelled before in finer Sheng…a savory scent that reminds me of roasting pecans or artichoke hearts.
The first steepings tasted light and sweet like a refreshing glass of mountain water on a hot day. I pictured a cool lake, granite rock with icy water running over moss.
Steeping three was longer…30 seconds. The tea was casaba melon, citrus and semi-sweet. No astringency…just smooth, delightful flavor.
As I keep steeping the leaves, I preferred the longer steep time. The flavor was intriguing. Savory Umami, citrus, exotic melon, sweetness and smooth mouthfeel.
I didn't find the tea bitter which JC had mentioned.
I'm fond of Silver Buds…for some reason, this kind of tea reminds me of Lake Tahoe and the many times I would sit on the beach looking at the Lake surrounded by tall Ponderosa Pine trees. The scent of pine needles and the clean clear High Sierra pure mountain air is something you can taste (and never forget).
Found my picture…me on a bench looking at the Lake…
http://flic.kr/p/cNoyZJ http://flic.kr/p/c53H9Y
Nice description. And nice picture! To me the 'bitter' were just faint hints, is that thing that lets you know you are not drinking a white tea or a green tea, is a slight bitter taste that only Sheng Puerh seems to wear.
Thanks for the comments, just got in from Boulder with my granddaughter. Drank tea at the Dushanbe and at Ku Cha tea houses. (Pu-erh). For those of you who remember him, I ran into Alex Alan (Chadao) who looks great!
My big tree came down today and it looked like the first phase of Spring cleaning.
One thing leads to another.
Then the wreath and garland came down from the mantle, the mantle got a good scrubbing…and the Pacific Northwest, Native American Art (which I love) got a cleaning before going back up.
The floor, carpet, side table with mini tree in the dining room were changed back into their former configuration before the Holidays,but with a scrub.
The tea's I 'could' have had today, new tea's that I got from some kind Steepster friends for Christmas and New Year's, need my full attention. I'll devote a day to each one next week (maybe sooner).
Before beginning my tasks this morning, when I rummaged around in my cupboard pushing packets aside looking for a bolt of lightning to strike me with inspiration,…I brilliantly picked this tea for a couple of reasons. It's tasty (no brainer) and it reminds me of days gone by (sigh).
This tea is very romantic.
I was feeling nostalgic with delightful memories of Christmas's past.
My Dad's WWII Navy trunk (called a boot) has stored my best ornaments since 1967 including some from the 1920's. It's one of my treasures.
Some of the ornaments were created by my Grandmother (born in 1901) out of walnut halves…made into little beds with a tiny baby sleeping in it.
My mother made Victorian Lace ornaments with empty spools of thread. Red Glass Bells from my mother's childhood are carefully wrapped in tissue. These are my treasures along with ornaments made by my children and myself which are wrapped and stored carefully in Dad's old trunk.
Bergamot Rose Laoshan Black Tea has the black tea base that I've loved from the first time I sipped it, so rich with chocolate.
The floral, citrus bergamot adds elegance and a slight briskness.
Tea is able to help us pause with our memories if we take the time, and this tea was the perfect choice for me today. Cleaning up from the Holidays, remembering the past.
as a child of the Alaskan sea and having traveled from village to village in Inuit, Haida, Tlingit smiles and warmth…I hope that in your cup of gleaming tea the shadow of the raven flashes a mercurial eye and blesses your year ahead
The only place I want to revisit anywhere on earth and stay awhile is Sitka. Over my fireplace are 3 pieces from Fairbanks where my mother-in-law lived. Raven, Man flanked by 2 Dogs (which is family) then Fox.
I'm identifying with your comment about memories. I'm thinking about the fun times raising our 3 kids who are almost grown, and away at school now. We put our 20 year old daughter on a plane to New Zealand. She will spend her next 3 months in NZ, Australia and Fiji, doing study abroad as part of a program at her college, Georgia Institute of Technology. The pictures I've seen of the places she'll visit seem amazing! I'm excited for my kids, but nostalgic for the past. Tea is a comfort for me right now.
At the time my last moved out I was single and caring for my ailing parents. Within 2 years mom,dad and grandma passed away and I really was alone and dove into depression.God never left me even though I felt numb. Big changes in how we define ourselves can be difficult.When my caregiver days were over I found a needy person which was a mistake. Now,I've learned to be happy alone with a cup of tea! Take time for things that you enjoy! I love my good memories!
I know many who live in Sitka and its blend of Russian and Tlingit is magnificent along with the amazing town center and the lush surroundings…truly a magical place and worthy of a place to settle and revisit
Thank you JC for this sample tea!
New Year's Eve mail…samples from JC! I picked this Black Tea for my first tea of the New Year!
JC had reviewed this tea using a Gaiwan and short steeps. I decided to use longer steeps and a finum filter in a glass mug, a more Western Style brewing method with a heavy and rich taste.
When I opened the packet of tea, the scent of the dry leaves was sweet and the leaves were long, medium cocoa brown with golden threads.
My steep time was 3 minutes (JC don't fall over!). While this may seem long, I used 1TB. tea to 7 oz. water and had no problem.
The flavor was not cocoa or malty like I had expected.
Instead, there was a clean, brisk taste that reminded me of Teavivre's Bailin Gongfu Black Tea, but better. (As much as I've always loved the Teavivre Black tea, it has an aftertaste that's vegital that I don't like.)
There's citrus in the scent and flavor (barely orange) as though this is a lovely Nepalese Black Tea blend. (By this I mean that Black Tea from Nepal often has a fruity flavor, close to Darjeelings which can have a citrus taste).
One of the journey's I've been on (if you can call it that) is trying lots of different Black Tea's. Strong Irish and Scot's Black Tea's, Kenyan and Chinese Black Tea's from different regions (Yunnan, Taiwan, Laoshan, Etc.), Darjeelings, Assams, Thai Black, Ceylon.
This has been my Winter Project…and works well with drinking
lots of Pu'er punctuated by many sessions with roasty Oolongs.
This Guizhou is one of the best black tea's I've ever tasted!
Next time JC, I'll try this in a Gaiwan your way and follow your steeping style. This time I was my own wild woman!
I sweetened the tea during the second steeping (many black tea drinkers do this so I had to check it out) Sweet but not diminished. (Same with adding cream.) The flavor stands up to additions. (I hate losing the flavor of tea to milk and sugar!)
Great way to begin tea tasting for the New Year!
I'm glad you liked it! I laughed when you said the steep time and the 'don't fall over'. But honestly I to long steeps of this one all the time, now that I know how it behaves.
The scent of the bag is strong extremely bold, I thought it was going to be malty, maybe chocolaty and even bitter if over steeped. It was the other way around, soft, sweet, subtle and VERY forgiving with steeping times.
Thank you Invader Zim for this wonderful tea gift sample!
I saved this 'Experimental Pressing Sample' that Invader Zim shared with me from her Tea Club offering for tonight, New Year's Eve!
(If I saved every tea to drink on special occasions that I've received from friends here on Steepster, each day would have to be a Holiday!)
Steepster people are the BEST!
The little cube of pressed Pu'er is beautiful. It looks like a jewel. You really can't tell from the picture, but there's a sheen…a brilliance that I've never seen before as though delicate silk threads are woven into the leaves.
My instructions were to use half the small square jewel, boiling water…1 rinse and then steep 6-8 seconds in 4 oz. water multiple times.
The aroma after the rinse was different than any Pu'er I've had before. It smelled like a light black tea with honey and malt and no aroma of typical earthy Pu'er. This was altogether peculiar.
The liquor was pure bright gold, which sparkled in my glass mug. (It's worth it to have clear glass to see the color on this tea!)
My first sip was sweet and juicy, more like a light Nepalese Black Tea with a hint of Darjeeling than Pu'er. Brisk and clean, not astringent or dry.
How could this be a Pu-er? I'd never tasted anything like this before. No earthiness! No barn or stable, no mushrooms, cedar, bread or cake. What was this all about?
The second steep revealed raw sugar crystals…the kind I sometimes don't put into my tea but just pop into my mouth like little candies with their faint taste of molasses. Smooth, clean and lovely tasting.
For the third pour I added a few seconds on the steep time and thought there was a fruity flavor, very faint but there. I couldn't figure out what it was because every time I went… "That's the one!", it was too strong. Not peach, apricot or any other flavor, so…I changed my mind. I concluded that the taste was honey/agave. Mixed together agave reduces the honey taste which is what I imagined tasting this delicate tea.
As I was pouring the 4th steep into my glass, I was mumbling to myself…"What's the fruit flavor in this tea, something is in there, I know it from somewhere?"
I was turning to sit at the table where I was making my notes…and the answer came to my mind.
"Ripe…yellow Golden Delicious Apple Pulp!" Just like that.
That was it! These sweet apples grew outside my bedroom window in California from age 7-20. A dwarf golden tree that spread out branches horizontally and had to be propped up on stakes because there were so many apples. I had eaten my share of sweet, warm fleshed goodness and this Pu-er tasted remarkably like them.
Other apples are tart and may have tart skins but not these apples. Everything is sweet like candy and juicy. The sunshine comes inside to such an extent that you can almost hand-squeeze the apple juice out of them. Nothing in the stores can compare with these lovelies.
(If you're not familiar with this taste, it's a bit like the flesh of a sweet Bosc Pear).
To be more certain, I added a few grains of sugar and the tea flavor didn't turn into caramel. It stayed apple.
This is a unique and absolutely outstanding Pu'er!
Personal Note
The Best Thing to happen to me in many years has been finding the people here on Steepster!
I am amazed at how generous and caring everyone is!
If I were able to do it, I'd rent a resort and fly everyone in for
a vacation where we could all share tea and good food. You are the
best and I couldn't be more proud or humbled to be a part of such
a place as this.
Thank you to the creators of Steepster!
With Great Affection for All of You, Happy New Year!
http://youtu.be/STqDowSbSTQ Auld Lang Syne on Bagpipes (What can I say, I'm a Scot)
apple pu-erh, sounds incredible!!
Happy New Year Bonnie. I love that you are one of the amazing people on Steepster!!
Shucks, too nice. Not just any apple, that specific kind. Do you get them in Canada? Thin skins, light yellow all over and taste like nectar? Juicy? Not tart at all.
I am so intrigued…I missed this on the Verdant site and yet I'm so tickled you were able to find it an it inspired such a wonderful blushing set of words… I wish you the best in this new solar year and may the dragon change into the snake with equal fortune…
Kashyap, this was a special reserve tea club offering and a member of the club shared some of theirs with me. I wish you the best.
Thank you for these heartfelt words Bonnie…I know I'm a little late on this one, but I also wish you and all the steepster community a Happy new year!
P.S. Your Steepsterites group vacation could be lots of fun! I'm thinking «tea bar resort», unlimited «drinks» included of course!
I hope you had a great New Year's Day Bonnie, and I hope you are enjoying all your tea gifts from everyone! I'm glad you liked this and I was happy to share it with you, that's what Steepster is all about!
I even took a little bit to Happy Lucky's to have Eric taste it because he's such a guru who loves Pu-erh and a science teacher at the local Jr. College. He was intrigued by the sweet taste until I told him what the tea was and it made more sense. Such a fun experience.
I have high hopes of Davind putting it on regular sale since he did double the amount of the sample "because buying directly from farmers turned out to be cheaper" I so hope to buy this on a regular basis…
Thank you Ashmanra for this sample tea!
I found this in the sample bin…having lost it's way…poor dear! I have reviewed this tea before but it was 7 months ago…a tea lifetime!
I have changed (haven't we all!). Talking to myself (nobody else is here so that's not a stretch), I was thinking about how we are so plugged in to flavor. We live in a world that over salts and over sugars with artifical flavor enhancers in almost everything we eat and drink…yet we tea drinkers are inspecting our favorite tea beverages for every little nuance of aroma and taste. We seek the best.
I got on a cooking kick today. It was all about spices in my house.
There was a recipe for Vadouvan Indian Spice Blend (onions, garlic and shallots sauteed in spices and baked until dry). http://flic.kr/p/dG1Kvy
Then I made gingerbread with ginger chai in it, layered with toffee in the middle. (I made toffee for Christmas and had small pieces left over in the freezer steeped with Laoshan Black Tea).
My house smelled really good!
While the oven was doing it's job (I had chopped the onions etc. by hand and ground all the spices with mortar and pestal), I made a pot of this Pu-erh!
Yikes! I had forgotten that this is like having a good cup of coffee in the old days before I discovered tea!
Dark, rich and bready…no bitterness. Smooth.
My mood was not about making notes about how many steepings I could get out of this pu-erh…hah…I wanted to drink mugs full of tea…lots of it with cream and sugar! That's what I did! Gulps of tea sweet and caramel, creamy…good!
What's better than this?!
A good cuppa PU, Spicy Smells filling up my house and gingerbread baking in the oven!
Sounds awesome! I do love this one! They sent me the sample and I ended buying it, of course! You are right – our food is over salted and over sweetened. That is getting better. I think years of Dr, Pepper may have been why I couldn't find the nuance in tea at first, since I had never had to seek the flavors and layers. Plus I had too little exposure to lots of kinds of foods. I have expanded my horizons and now enjoy EVERYTHING so much more!
Thank you 'mystery person' for this Tuo Cha!
This was the first Tuo Cha that I disasembled completely with my
Pu-erh knife. It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. Tough critter!
I was trying to be careful to lift off leaf sections so that I'd end up with chunks of Pu'erh instead of dust.
It took about 15 minutes but I finally worked the knife and now have 100 grams of Pu-erh in a tight canister. Phew! (I'm glad I watched a video first about how to break apart Pu-erh)
I rewarded myself with cups and cups of tea.
Because this tea was in hard chunks, I rinsed it twice…then steeped 30 seconds…poking the hard mass with my Pu-erh knife.
My usual method (the way of a lazy woman) is to use a small purple clay Gaiwan that I use only for Pu-erh, a small strainer and a white mug. That's all.
Steep-Pour and Strain into my mug the tea goes.
Some mornings, I might put several steepings in the mug all together and fill it up. (Not the first time I taste the tea though)
The liquor this time was very dark and sweet smelling like cookies or cake. Even the leaves smelled like baked goods.
When I read the directions on this Pu-erh earlier, it said 1-2 minutes for each steep…I choked…ha ha no way! Not the way I drink it! It's strong enough at 30 seconds! I used about 4 grams leaf for 4 oz water.
The flavor like the aroma was like sugar cookies. Not the sort with pronounced vanilla, but sweet and smooth without any typical Pu-erh cedar or earthy flavor at all.
Every pour was sweet and delicious, juicy and full bodied.
This is a good Pu-erh! Thank you to my 'friend'!
I don't drink many White Tea's. The few I have are very special.
They seem mystical with an energy that is healing and complex.
I used a Gaiwan to brew this tea. My timing was 20 seconds for the first three steeps then I added 5 seconds for additional steeps.(If you go too long the tea gets bitter )
The liquor began as light pastel yellow gradually becoming deeper gold with each pour.
The scent of the wet leaves was savory becoming milder, and finally having a light vegital aroma.
Artichoke was the first flavor I tasted, savory and delicate like the memory of something eaten earlier in the day that was delightful.
Hidden behind the artichoke flavor was the taste of lilac with a peppery bite.
My mouth was full of an energy that I sometimes feel with a very good tea.
The second pour was less savory and more floral with a cool Pine vapor to it. This type of Pine I associate with wild herbs and sand at my feet, Pacific Coast Fog oozing in through the scruff on a hot Summer day, spritzing and fluffing the wilted branches back to life.
By the third steep, the artichoke and lilac flavors were back… dancing around each other with flirtatious abandon. One was brisk, the other creamy. So very good together that I drank them down with an "ah that was good"!
The pictures in my mind that went with the tea and mental imaginings as I savored the flavor :
My grandmothers house…
The story part is on the blog www.teaandincense.com
When I first tasted this tea it was called Laoshan Green.
This savory Green Tea changed my mind about Green Tea's because I used to think Green Tea was a bit boring. (Some of you shudder)
I had never tasted a tea as savory or smelled wet leaves that had the aroma of roast chicken before this Laoshan Green Tea!
Today I was running around town…going to the bank, the pharmacy, the grocery… before New Years and more snow flurries.
At 3:30 pm, I had gone through my whole day without any TEA!
I stopped in at my tea shop to drop off some Pu-erh samples to a new shop employee, and found that the 'guys' were sampling 4 Oolongs and 4 Black Tea's from Nepal.
They set all 8 bowls and leaves in front of me to sample. (I love the sweet Darjeeling-like flavors from Nepal) A few will end up on the Tea Wall for sale. (I should have taken a picture, it looked like I was on a tea binge at a BAR!)
When I returned home, cold (25 degrees) and hungry I made some Summer Laoshan Green Tea. (I had enough Black Tea to drown Nepal!)
This was such a savory tea…really a meal in a cup.
I get very creative thinking of how I can transform recipes using this tea. I can't help myself! I've melted butter in some tea and drizzled it over squash. I've steeped it in cream. I've added a few drops of sesame oil and poured it over chicken.
Drinking the tea always comes first for inspiration of course. Then I cook something with it!
I know this is a revisit of a tea, something that I've reviewed before…but in the middle of a cold Winter night…a luscious green Summer Tea that's savory like broth hits the spot!
Thank you Roughage for this wonderful tea sample!
I haven't written in a few days with all the excitement of Christmas.
I must write about it, I am after all a grandmother and it's in my grandmother disposition to do so.
Christmas Eve:
The Weather Man predicted SNOW! I had finished the last of giftwrapping (some small Skylander Giants for 3 small grandsons), then stopped by the grocery to get sausage for gumbo.
I was already dressed in Black Christmas Velvet, pretty Snow Boots and a Handmade Red Sweater from Sweden with Black Fur Collar.
Granddaughter Schey called to meet for tea before Happy Lucky's Closed. When I arrived, the Servers were drinking an Oolong that I had gifted them and they treated Schey and I to a pot of tea.
Church was early (4pm).
After the service, we sang Carols…and various members of the choir sang solo's. A man from Georgia (former U.S.S.R.), someone from Germany. (We sing in English, sometimes Greek, but the tunes of the Church are ancient Byzantine and beautiful)
Driving home, the snow began and continued all night. A rare White Christmas even for this part of the Country. I loved it…exciting even at my age to feel like a child with snow on Christmas!
Christmas: http://flic.kr/p/dEPKHb
I got up at 6AM to make Gumbo…rushing off as soon as I was done to my daughter's home so that the 8 grandkids could open presents.
Half the kids had the flu! Grandma (ME)…had her flu shot this year!!!
We had a great time, opening gifts and Skyping with my son in San Francisco. I got a Kindle Fire HD so that I can keep up with my Tea Peeps anywhere I go!!! Nice gift!!!
We ate ribs, made lots of noise and bonded the way families should.
One other thing happened this Christmas…something that I have no words to express!
A Steepster sent me a Yixing Teapot (My First One Ever!), another sent me some Stamps so that I could send out samples to people, and I received tea samples, and Scot's Shortbread and tea samples all the way from England!
If this isn't enough to make a grown grandma cry…well..I'd have to be the grinch!
I could not believe it! Shock, real shock! The loving care of people who I've never met in person…who have no idea what I'm going through right now…and are so nice!
I feel like I got propelled into a movie with Jimmy Stewart…"It's a Wonderful Life, Bonnie Johnstone!"
You know how thankful I am for all of you who over the past year have slipped me some tea as a surprise. Sometimes I don't mention much because maybe you can't do that all the time for everyone.
I know I can't either.
Much of the tea I have is only a tablespoon of this and that.
Reviewing This Tea:
I decided to begin with this new Christmas Gift Tea from Roughage…
and right off, I have to admit my experience with Darjeelings is still pretty limited.
When I read Darjeeling reviews it seems that there are references to muscat, muscat, muscat. I've had California muscat desert wines which were very good from Sonoma and Murphy's.
In season I love eating the pale pink small grapes which are fragile, sticky with natural sugars and super sweet. Delicious and warm in the mouth (like apricots)!
When I started sipping this tea, I forgot all about the muscat references to Darjeelings. I had just eaten a Scots Shortbread cookie…buttery and sweet. (Very rich too)
The tea was clean but not astringent, and reminded me of an Earl Grey without the Bergamot.
The fragrance has a slight musky fruitiness like an empty dry wine barrel with floral which I think is the way I'd like men to smell. (Roughage has just fallen off his chair laughing)
I didn't find anything acidic about the tea. It's sweet enough, no nonsense and perfect for concentration. You can begin the day or a meeting with a tea like this one.
Very good Mr. R !
Okay, Bonnie, this is eerie. I know another Bonnie online. She ran the very first online book club I joined, then a few years later smaller group reads I was part of from a series of blogs. She's very passionate about books the way you are about tea and passionate for life the way you are too. As well as kind, generous, and family/friends-oriented. I've thought more than once that you remind me of her. But get this, the kicker is, her name is Bonnie Johnson. How weird is that?


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Maybe it's because I just wrote yet another defense of Vince Carter, or because my T-Mac defensive walls are up given all the "Your boy is hurt AGAIN!?!" e-mails I've been getting, but there's a question I've had on my mind for a while regarding one Kobe Bryant that I finally felt needed to be posed to the readers.
Kobe fans and Kobe critics both constantly refer to Mamba's killer instinct, his cold-blooded assassin's mindset, his undying will to win. As I wrote in Dime #43 for the Olympic Players To Watch feature:
In the case of Kobe Bryant, each time he loses, we expect him to respond viciously by — hotly or coldly, but always systematically — destroying the competition his next time out. How often have you heard it following a Lakers loss? Kobe's pissed. He's gonna drop 50 tomorrow. Whether it always comes true is irrelevant (four of KB's seven 40- or 50-point games this past season came after a loss); for it is the threat of terrorism that endures longer than the actual act.
But then I look at events like Game Seven of L.A.'s 2006 playoff series against the Suns, when Kobe only shot the ball three times in the second half of a 31-point loss and was noticeably passive on the court. I look at Game Two of the following year's Lakers/Suns series, a 28-point loss where Kobe took 13 shots, more than half of them coming in the first quarter before pulling back for whatever reason. Then there was the decisive Game Six of last year's Finals, or those occasional regular-season games during the Kobe/Shaq era where several observers accused Kobe of being passive on purpose in order to prove a point.
Kobe's most blindly faithful followers never mention it — they'd sooner talk about Colorado than talk about some of Kobe's worst games. And yet every time their guy is dragged into an argument involving someone like Vince or T-Mac, or even Michael Jordan, Kobe supporters inevitably throw around how he's so much harder and so much more competitive than everyone else in the League, how he plays 100% ALL THE TIME and never, EVER lets up. I'm not saying Kobe is wrong for having his moments where he goes less than all-out. He's human, just like Vince, just like T-Mac, and just like Jordan. I don't think for one second that any pro athlete has always gone full-bore every single moment they were between the lines; it's just not natural. The way Kobe is portrayed, however, you'd think he's something closer to a comic-book hero than a man.
So my question is this: Haven't we seen evidence that Kobe isn't as competitive as we've been led to believe? Haven't we seen him mail it in before, if not outright give up, not to mention on the postseason stage? (And not in an understandable, "There's four seconds left and we're down by 12," kind of way, either.) Doesn't this all conflict with the widely-accepted perception of Kobe as the game's ultimate, unyielding competitor?
Set me straight if you can…


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In theory, Intruders seems to do everything right. In execution though it's just boring. Two seemingly parallel stories follow a Spanish boy (with subtitles) and an American girl each plagued by a monster who appears in their bedrooms.
Juan (Izan Corchero) is the Spanish boy who chases a monster out his window in the opening tease. We keep cutting back to Juan and his mother Luisa (Pilar Lopez de Ayala) dealing with Juan's monstrous visions, but the main story is Mia (Ella Purnell). She has a visit from the monster Hollowface and despite her father John (Clive Owen)'s attempt to fight him off, she's traumatized into silence and John's marriage to Sue (Carice Van Houten) is tested.
I'm sorry, but Hollowface is not the next big horror icon. He's a guy in a hood with weird fingers. I think the fisherman slicker guy in I Know What You Did Last Summer was scarier. This is definitely not the new Freddy. He actually has no face, hence the name, but lacking character isn't a definition of character.
Also, I get setting a mood and atmosphere but it's really boring buildup. John or Mia creep towards the opening in a dark room, ugh. It's not scary just because they take their time being cautious. I don't believe in imaginary monsters anyway so I'm not scared.
A potentially interesting aspect of the story also falls flat. Hollowface steals the Mia's voice so they take her to a therapist to explore real world solutions to her trauma. In The Exorcist when doctors tried to explain Regan's possession, that was interesting. What do you do when the supernatural invades the real world? Here it feels like a half assed school counselor reading out of a text book. Or rather, out of other movies she's seen about psychological explanations.
The Spanish story eventually comes together with the American one. It's got all the right dramatic elements: atmosphere, mythology, real world drama. It's just boring. And there's a stringy score that rises up to the scares for fake tension.
Man, Clive Owen. He did two great movies, Children of Men and Shoot 'Em Up, but they didn't do well so now he just ends up in standard genre fare, that also doesn't do great but I guess a little better. The International, Killer Elite, Intruders. Maybe that Hemingway movie for HBO will be good.


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That's the title of an article by Heather Mac Donald in the current issue of City Journal , just made available on their website. It's a painfully honest look at sex on the modern american university campus, with all the internal contradictions that it brings with it. Along the way, you'll read about college administrators who try to hide the statistics about rape on their campus . . . because they're too low. (You'd think they'd want to publicize these numbers, demonstrating how safe their campus is. But no, it indicates a repressive environment where rape victims don't feel safe to come forward.) You'll also read about NYU's efforts to educate on "abstinence":
In a heroic effort at inclusiveness, she also provided a pamphlet called "Exploring Your Options: Abstinence," but a reader could be forgiven for thinking that he had mistakenly grabbed the menu of activities at a West Village bathhouse. NYU's officially approved "abstinence options" include "outercourse, mutual masturbation, pornography, and sex toys such as vibrators, dildos, and a paddle." Ever the responsible parent-surrogate, NYU recommends that "abstinence" practitioners cover their sex toys "with a condom if they are to be inserted in the mouth, anus, or vagina."
Here's how the article opens; it's well worth reading.
It's a lonely job, working the phones at a college rape crisis center. Day after day, you wait for the casualties to show up from the alleged campus rape epidemicbut no one calls. Could this mean that the crisis is overblown? No: it means, according to the campus sexual-assault industry, that the abuse of coeds is worse than anyone had ever imagined. It means that consultants and counselors need more funding to persuade student rape victims to break the silence of their suffering.
The campus rape movement highlights the current condition of radical feminism, from its self-indulgent bathos to its embrace of ever more vulnerable female victimhood. But the movement is an even more important barometer of academia itself. In a delicious historical irony, the baby boomers who dismantled the university's intellectual architecture in favor of unbridled sex and protest have now bureaucratized both. While women's studies professors bang pots and blow whistles at antirape rallies, in the dorm next door, freshman counselors and deans pass out tips for better orgasms and the use of sex toys. The academic bureaucracy is roomy enough to sponsor both the dour antimale feminism of the college rape movement and the promiscuous hookup culture of student life. The only thing that doesn't fit into the university's new commitments is serious scholarly purpose.
The campus rape industry's central tenet is that one-quarter of all college girls will be raped or be the targets of attempted rape by the end of their college years (completed rapes outnumbering attempted rapes by a ratio of about three to two). The girls' assailants are not terrifying strangers grabbing them in dark alleys but the guys sitting next to them in class or at the cafeteria.


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''You want to know why we have that big old granite statute of a catfish? Why son, that's old Kugamu. Everytime folks around here be wanting to get a good catch from the lake, we grab some maggots, pig shit and old beef gone bad. Then we mash it up all together and toss it into the lake for him to eat. He's partial to that, is old Kugamu. Bless his heart, he's never let us down even once''.
30 entertainers to make even the miserable forget their troubles and be happy again, if only for a short time before their sorrows close in again.
Get to it, you mealy boned maggots! That stone isn't going to cut itself!
Bloody-Beard Borsht
"What was i supposed to do it was just lying their!"
"Go see Marcus Blackeye. He knows what to do."
The "inside man" for a group of brigands.
It's amazing what a huge amount of strain can do to somebody, what it can cause them to become.
"Looking for something?, a nice little suprise for the wife?; No. Or perhaps you are looking for that which you cannot buy on the open market.. Yes.. well whatever it is, we no doubt have it."
She sat down and chatted with the young man until the leeches began to just fall off her legs - satiated with blood. The young man, enthralled and disgusted by what he just saw, thanked her and went on his way.
Who said Medusa are evil?
A mutant mouse with a few surprises.
This submissions was desgined for a modern supers campaign, but could be adapted to other super campaigns with a little work. http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=1901 )
The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.
Lithe as a willow and just as flexible
The Wise Woman of a small family of the giant hill people known as the Volgotoi, Korara's particular gifts of illusion have allowed her a surprising degree of influence over the local Imperial outpost, helping spare her people the ravages of 'civilization'.
A modern day doctor who's lack of morality has led him down dark demoniacally unnatural paths he hopes will give him complete control over his patients lives.
Rage, lady assassin of the streets and defender of the downtrodden.
Even the Thoron may thirst for knowledge, and Embraced-A-Star has chosen the most direct route it can find to new discoveries. It chooses to go where no other creature can.
They go together like a horse and carriage.
This I tell you brother, You can't have one without the other.
"I wish 'ere were some way a bloke could pick up business in dis dreary ol town…Oh wait!
"Let death be not only merciful, but elegant."
The Langdon Ballistics company has a short and muddled past of producing shoddy and cheap weapons. Stocks are made of orange plastic with black paint coverings, and metal components of the weapons they make are typically low cost alloys. Their most famous weapon is the L-12 Scatter Rifle, a fairly high power large bore shotgun. It is easily recognized by its orange stock and pronounced ammo clip.


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It's time for another bi-weekly development update of Wine. This time around there is better support for memory allocations debugging, improved MIDI support, a wide range of Direct3D fixes, OLEDB fixes, improved debugger support on x86_64, many MSI fixes, and various bug-fixes.
Offered up in Wine 1.1.38 is also support for anonymous shaders with the Direct3D 10.0 support along with other enhancements. The full change-log with download links for Wine 1.1.38 is available at WineHQ.org.


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Ayodhya: As several states in the country are disputed between cow slaughter and beef ban and are busy in sniffing beef in biryani, the religious city of Ayodhya has set an example of communal harmony and social cohesion.
In the temple town 'Ayodhya' where slaughtering and sale of meat is banned throughout the year, Muslims are allowed to sacrifice goats and sheep to celebrate the Eid-ul-Adha, Feast of the Sacrifice with peace.
There was no problem since they never faced any opposition regarding qurbani from the Hindu community.
The bonhomie between the two communities maintaining peace and harmony among them, the temple town's example is worth quoting and set an example to the nation, where meat ban has become an intense issue.
"Everything happens with a great understanding between the two communities," a civic official was quoted as saying to TOI.
"Amid all the controversies over meat and beef, the temple town presents the best example of religious tolerance and respect to religious sentiments of the other community," he adds


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The search for the world's most famous missing pilot has gotten strange. The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (Tighar) has launched several expeditions in recent decades in the South Pacific to locate Amelia Earhart, and just weeks after the organization showed off sonar images from its latest attempt that "could" be the ill-fated aviatrix's Lockheed Electra 10 under several hundred feet of water, one of its major sponsors filed a lawsuit claiming that the group defrauded him of more than $1 million that he put up to finance the 2012 expedition. He asserts that the group already found Earhart's Electra on its previous expedition in 2010.
(Was I asleep that year and missed the most important aviation archeology announcement of the last 76 years? No, I had a child born that year, so I'm reasonably certain I was awake.)
While it's unclear what motives philanthropist Timothy Mellon could ascribe to Tighar's alleged silence on what would surely be worldwide front-page news, his attorney claims he has seen images from the 2010 expedition that he says show parts of the aircraft's landing gear on the seabed. He said his client has had those images examined by experts who have reached a "definitive conclusion that it is in fact the wreckage," and added that Tighar continues to solicit funds under the assertion that it has not found the airplane. While exactly what images Mellon's attorney is referring to remain a secret, a Tighar spokesman has categorically denied the organization has any definitive knowledge of the elusive aircraft's resting place, and said that all of its data and research is available on its website.
Tighar has made the search for Earhart's final resting pace its raison d'etre (along with occasional forays into the Maine woods to hunt for L'Oiseau Blanc–the French airplane that just might have beaten Lindbergh across the Atlantic, if it did indeed crash somewhere in New England), so it is hard to imagine why it would keep a discovery of such magnitude under wraps, unless perhaps it fears the disclosure would curtail the organization's primary flow of donation funding. Every few years it accumulates enough funds to mount another search (seven so far) of the uninhabited coral atoll named Nikumaroro, where the group believes Earhart landed her twin-engine aircraft in 1937 in desperation, after getting lost during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe.
Sometime later, as the story goes, the airplane was swept off the beach by the tide and into the Pacific, where it sank. An intensive search by the Navy immediately after the disappearance was unsuccessful, but a grainy photo taken by a patrol aircraft near Nikumaroro showed something poking up out of the surf near the beach (a detail that was somehow overlooked until recently). Latter-day theorists have ruled that this "something" was one of the then-upsidedown taildragger's main landing-gear legs.
Past expeditions to the island have revealed tantalizing clues, including the appropriate-age sole and heel from a woman's shoe, a fragment of a jar believed to have once held a freckle cream favored by Earhart, a substance identified as likely woman's cosmetics, and remnants of a possible campsite indicating that someone—perhaps Earhart and/or her navigator, Fred Noonan—might have lived there for a period of time. Yet the conclusive piece of evidence has yet to be found. Back in 1939, an incomplete skeleton was purportedly found on the atoll (which remains infested with large omnivorous land crabs) by visiting islanders. It was packed up and sent to the local British authority. Along the way, the remains were supposedly examined several times by people of various scientific credentials who differed in their assessment of what ethnic group or even gender the bones likely belonged to. Although they took notes of their observations, most inconveniently the box of bones reportedly vanished without reaching its destination in the run-up to World War II.
In the latest sonar video image, something was seen that got the group chirping. "It's the right size, it's the right shape and it's in the right place," Tighar said on its website. But whether it's a coral reef, an undocumented sunken vessel or the wreckage of the Lockheed itself remains the focus of another yet-to-be-funded $3 million expedition, which could take place next year. Whether that future expedition positively identifies Nikumaroro as the site of Earhart's final landing is uncertain, but one thing seems more than likely: Tighar won't be receiving any of that money from Timothy Mellon.
Larry Walters (not verified)
July 3, 2013 - 7:23am
There is good money to be made in perpetuating the problem.
University studies are always good at getting money for a 10 year study that could have been completed in 1 year, or verifying known facts. I was on a Study at the University of Arkansas and after 4 years, they verified one definitive conclusion. Water increases plant growth.
November 9, 2013 - 1:27pm
the old Ercoupe would not stall because the up elevator travel was only 14 degrees so what is the SAM's