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Pitch-tipping becomes hot topic
Pitch-tipping becomes hot topic
Everyone laughs.
It is a comedy, after all, and it's based in the Minor Leagues -- the home of crazy mascots, 50-50 raffles and kitschy promotions. Just another slice of harmless Americana.
That's why the notion that similar shenanigans could happen in reality in Major League Baseball is something players, big league executives and fans have viewed as too far-fetched to even be portrayed on a screen with Kevin Costner and Tim Robbins in the starring roles.
Now it's time to put down the popcorn and take a closer look.
As far as big leaguers are concerned, steroid use is hardly the highest-voltage shockwave from Selena Roberts' much-publicized new book, "A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez," which alleges, through unnamed sources, that Rodriguez and friends on opposing teams engaged in quid-pro-quo pitch-tipping maneuvers during blowout games to pad statistics.
On Wednesday, in clubhouses all over the Major Leagues, players were asked for their thoughts on pitch tipping and what it would mean for baseball if the accusations are true. The results were a mixture of disbelief, sadness and, in some cases, anger.
Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, who considers himself a friend of Rodriguez, said the allegations "sound crazy" and that he didn't want to believe the Yankees third baseman would even think of doing something so egregious.
He also didn't pull any hypothetical punches when asked how he would deal with a teammate who engaged in such cheating.
"I would beat the crap out of him," Ortiz said. "I mean, seriously. You're my teammate. I mean, I don't care if that's your brother pitching out there. We're trying to win the game. That's not the right thing to do."
St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa agreed and used a slightly more violent sport, football, to get his point across.
"I would be punting him through the end zone," La Russa said. "I wouldn't be trying to kill it on the two-yard-line."
Added Chris Snyder of the Arizona Diamondbacks, "I'd be [extremely upset] because you've got 24 other guys busting their [tails] and somebody else is giving up your stuff. You'd like to say it doesn't seem possible, because the last thing you want to do is betray your teammates."
The difficulty of succeeding at such a complicated ruse throughout a 162-game schedule left a number of players in serious doubt that this could be true.
"How can you hit it -- you're focusing on somebody giving you a sign, and then you're focusing on the pitcher at the same time?" Ortiz wondered. "Sometimes there's guys tipping their pitches out there, and I still won't hit it because I can't focus on that.
"If you have a position player giving you a sign of something that's coming, it's a distraction. There's not much time between the catcher giving signs, the pitcher coming to the plate, and the guy giving you signs. I might be too stupid to understand it, but that's what I think."
When asked for his reaction, Atlanta Braves outfielder Garret Anderson, in his 16th big league season, was so taken aback by the suggestion of such wrongdoings that he misunderstood what he was asked.
"I don't know anything about that," Anderson said. "I've never heard of it, so I can't comment on that at all. ... That's ridiculous. I had never heard about anything like that."
Florida Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez also could not believe the suggestion. "For me, it's impossible to fathom," said Gonzalez. "You have brothers playing against brothers, fathers playing against sons and you've never heard of that."
And Marlins veteran Wes Helms flat-out denied that such shadiness has ever tainted the game.
"No, it's not happening," Helms said. "I don't know why somebody would say something like that. I've never heard of that in my life. As long as baseball has been going on, never has that been talked about. I can't see that."
Plenty of others can, however.
"I've seen it happen in the Minor Leagues," La Russa said. "I've seen it where, in the Minor Leagues, if the game was out of hand or something, [it'd] usually [be] done by somebody in the middle infield."
Diamondbacks outfielder Eric Byrnes also said he'd heard of it happening in the past but that in this day and age, "it's tough to believe."
"My best friend could be playing on the other team, and as much as I like that person, as far as I'm concerned I hope he strikes out four times against us," Byrnes said. "And then I wish him well when we leave town. It's competition."
It's also livelihood.
Several players pointed out that when a player tells the opponent what pitches are coming, all of a sudden he's affecting his teammate's job performance and, in a statistics-driven sport with incentive-laden contracts, the financial stability of his family.
"For a pitcher, it would be very frustrating because he's messing with your ERA and your job by tipping pitches," Atlanta starter Jair Jurrjens said. "I hope it's not true because [Rodriguez is] one of the superstars in this game and a lot of people look up to him, and I just hope that those things they say about him are not true."
"It's hard to say anything because it's all speculative until someone proves it," added Twins starter R.A. Dickey, who played with Rodriguez in Texas in 2001 and 2003. "But if it were true, it would be much more disappointing to me than steroids because you're impacting a teammate at that point for the negative."
"That's a line. Obviously, [with] the steroid issue, you are breaking the rules, but from a physical standpoint, you are only really impacting yourself. If you were to do something like [tipping pitches], that would be crossing a line. I think if it were true, there would be some reciprocity if it got out that he was doing that. I'd think that he would be a hated player."
Another former teammate of Rodriguez, Texas third baseman Michael Young, intimated that this might already be the case.
"Nowadays when it comes to Alex, everybody seems to have an opinion, baseless or otherwise," Young said. "So the fact that there are accusations is not surprising. But this one kind of shocked me.
"I don't know how something like that would even get started. I have no idea how something like that would happen. That kind of thing never entered my mind. I have no idea how that would work. There's no way I could think of another guy who would want to do that. It doesn't make any sense to me."
So far, none of Roberts' sources have revealed themselves, Rodriguez has refused comment on the matter, and his Yankees teammates are sticking by him.
New York catcher Jorge Posada has been one of the only Yankees players to answer questions related to the matter. "Everything he's done in the past, and the way he's handled himself, we don't have anything negative to say about Alex," said Posada.
But according to Ken Burns, the historian and director of the famed documentary "Baseball," these mysterious allegations, if proven true, should lead to Rodriguez being banned from the game.
"I'm anxious to read it and see if any of [Roberts'] stuff can be corroborated because, if it does, I think he's going to get the hook," Burns said. "That's the only way that I think that [Commissioner] Bud [Selig], if there is corroborating evidence, I think you've just got to show that we mean business.
"We once had the worst drug-testing program and now we have the best in sports, and we're not going to stand for this. He might be the premier player, but, you know, 'See ya.'
"What part of 'Don't do this' don't you understand?"
Doug Miller is a reporter for MLB.com. MLB.com reporters Ian Browne, Matthew Leach, Steve Gilbert, Alden Gonzalez, Joe Frisaro, Kelly Thesier, T.R. Sullivan and Bryan Hoch contributed to this story. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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InerTrak is a powerful, easy-to-use time tracking program that automatically keeps track of the time you spend on different projects thorughout the day; all you do is click to start and stop the timer.
You can see the daily totals for each project, check off days as they are billed, and see a summary view that includes the overall totals for each project.
Each project can include an hourly rate, automatically showing the monetary as well as time totals.
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An RPN calculator, loosely based on the ancient HP16c programmer's calculator. If you don't know what RPN is, this probably isn't the right calculator for you.
It can display and convert between any of the common number bases -- binary, octal, decimal, hexidecimal -- as well as ASCII.
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The Centre for Learning Innovation and Professional Practice (CLIPP) currently offers one award program, the Graduate Certificate in Education (Tertiary Teaching).
Graduate Certificate in Education (Tertiary Teaching)
The Graduate Certificate in Education (Tertiary Teaching) (GCETT) is a postgraduate program offered through the Centre for Learning Innovation and Professional Practice (CLIPP). The GCETT program is suited to academic and library staff working within tertiary learning and teaching settings.
It serves to allow educators to update and widen their knowledge of contemporary student centred learning while exploring and developing new skills and pedagogies. Throughout the program staff will be exposed to contemporary trends and issues in tertiary education and will be assisted to create and maintain their own teaching ePortfolio. This is an engaging, accredited professional development program that provides participants with personalised professional learning opportunities contextualised to their current learning and teaching settings. It is highly recommended to staff new to teaching in the tertiary sector, in particular higher education.
- Target group: Anyone with a bachelor's degree or equivalent, currently or wanting to teach in the tertiary sector
- Delivery mode: Fully online. Four 15 credit point courses
- Time allocation: Approximately 150 hours of learning per course over a 12 week semester
- Offered: EDGCT5007 & EDGCT5009 (Semester 1) and EDGCT5008 & EDGCT5010 (Semester 2)
EDGCT5007: Tertiary Teaching and Learning
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EDGCT5008: Professional Practice in Tertiary Teaching
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- Delivery mode: Online, facilitated. Supported by the course coordinator and teaching team members, this course explores the application and challenges of learning and teaching within wider curriculum and tertiary frameworks (Prerequisite: EDGCT5007)
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- Curriculum Design: Learner-centred
- Collegial teaching
- Students as partners
- Challenges and teaching
EDGCT5009: Contemporary Issues in Tertiary Teaching
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- Delivery mode: Online, semi-facilitated. Supported by the course coordinator and teaching team members, this course extends the role of teacher to that of an academic, evidence building in professional practice and introduces the scholarship of learning and teaching (Prerequisite: EDGCT5008)
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- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
EDGCT5010: Tertiary Teacher as a Researcher and Practitioner
Offered Semester 2 only
- Delivery mode: Online, semi-structured. Supported by the course coordinator and heavily based on independent scholarly work. (Pre-requisite: EDGCT5009).
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- When adding a game to the watchlist, it is now possible to set a notification from the game details page. Clicking on the "Add to Watchlist" button will open a popup window that has the notification limit interface inside.
- There is a now a price filter on the browse and sales pages. Enter a dollar value to see all games that are priced for less. This is especially useful when you have some left over amount in your Steam wallet and you want to buy something with it.
- You can now enter percentages into the Watchlist notification limit. 25% is equal to 0.25 * base_price and -75% is equal to (1 - 0.75) * base_price.
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We love our lamb!!!
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I suspended the pork neck whilst chopping the mushroom and sipping vino as I prepare the rest of the menu together…
You want the mushrooms to cook for about 20–30 minutes – pine mushrooms are quite fibrous and need to soften in the wine.
Next level cheese board that is sure to impress!
The Pepe Saya "People" Series filmed by Rob Locke of Food Wine Dine really highlights some seriously inspiring people, that cook with Pepe Saya products
Embrace the outdoors. This cookbook will have you digging out your thermals and dusting off your trangia stove.
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Driving the Great Ocean road in 3 Kombis +7 Girls = a ride of a life time...
I first made this dish about a year ago whilst I was living in New York, it's packed full of health benefits and it taste out of this world amazing.
A film series from our recent Tasmania surf trip
I am obsessed with vegetables and this recipe is so easy to make and it keeps wonderfully well. I think that it actually gets better with time.


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Basswood has posted several photos of the fungi he has been learning about. He wants to learn about the benefits that fungi offer us and also the different uses and benefits of fungi in our landrace gardens. Basswood is continually looking for, and studying natural gardening methods to improve the landrace gardens we have.
With all the benefits mushrooms offer us we should all be excited about them. I cannot wait for Basswood to start sharing with me all he has learned about fungi.
Here are some photos about the Fungi bus.
Basswood taught me to stealth camp when we travel to save money. We would drive until we found a small dirt road or logging road and then drive down it a ways and park for the night. Stealth camping with Basswood.


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PHILADELPHIA - For the second straight night, a Nationals starter got hit around pretty good in the first inning but rebounded to keep his team in the ballgame.
For seemingly the 10th time this month, Steve Lombardozzi delivered a big hit in the fifth, tying this game at 2-2.
The Nats fell in an early hole when Gio Gonzalez allowed four of the first five Phillies hitters to reach in the first inning, plating two runs for the home team. Gonzalez recovered, however, minimizing the damage and allowing just the two runs in the first.
He got into a bit of a jam in the fifth, putting two runners on with one out, only to retire Chase Utley and Ryan Howard to get out of the inning. That's been one of the few hiccups for Gonzalez since the first, and he goes into the sixth having thrown 93 pitches.
Lombardozzi came up with two outs and the bases loaded in the top of the fifth and came through with a big single to center, scoring two and tying the game.
Over his last 12 games, Lombardozzi is 19-for-40. Decent, I guess.
The Phillies had a shot to get out of the fifth before Lombardozzi even came to the plate, but instead of trying to turn a 4-6-3 double play on a Gonzalez ground ball, Utley came home to get a force out. A double play would have ended the inning, and with Gonzalez running, there's probably a good chance the Phillies would have been able to get two.
Because they didn't, Lombardozzi got a shot, and he delivered.
Update: John Mayberry has quickly given the Phillies the lead right back, taking a solo shot out to left leading off the sixth to make it a 3-2 game.
It's just the eighth home run allowed by Gonzalez this year, but it puts the Nats in a hole again.
Update II: The Nats have had problems holding runners and throwing out runners all season. Those issues have become more pronounced lately, and they came back to bite them in the eighth inning tonight.
Chase Utley reached to start the eighth after being hit by a Sean Burnett pitch, and he promptly stole both second and third with relative ease. That allowed him to score on Mayberry's sacrifice fly, giving the Phillies a big insurance run and making it a 4-2 game.
The Nats are now three outs from a series loss to the Phils
Update III: The Phillies picked up a 4-2 win, giving the Nats their third straight loss.
This is the first time the Nats have dropped three straight since July 19-21. With the Braves winning earlier today, the Nationals' NL East lead is down to 5 1/2 games.


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Science and technology in the 2010 Spending Review
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- CST reports on science and technology
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- 20 December 2010
A letter from the Council for Science and Technology (CST) about the 2010 Spending Review.
Spending review, CST letter to Adrian Smith
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At their December 2010 meeting, the CST's discussion raised a number of issues around the spending review. The council decided to emphasise these in a letter to Professor Adrian Smith, Director General of Science and Research at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Issues discussed in the letter include:
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I spent a good chunk of my vacation zipping around Europe with the Nokia N78 and Nokia Maps 2.0, courtesy of the Nokia Blogger Relations program. Before leaving Canada, I made arrangements to get one of these phones and the mapping software, just so I could try it out and report back.
The N78 is a successor to the N73, launched two years ago. It's a mid range phone with a 3.2 megapixel camera, 3G data, and a much upgraded GPS system. Much as the N73 was the baby brother to the N95, the N78 is a baby brother to the soon-to-be-released N96, in my opinion. With an upgraded processor and graphics capabilities, it can do some slick iPhone-like things visually and it's a capable music and video playback device.
While in Europe, I used the N78 and Nokia Maps 2.0 for navigation in Berlin, Amsterdam, Prague, and the Danish countryside. I also brought my Garmin Streetpilot just in case I ran into trouble with the N78.
So what did I think?
- The location technology in the N78 is a big improvement over the the N95 and some earlier Nokia phones. For example, with its Assisted GPS technology, the N78 can acquire a satellite fix in seconds and hold onto your location information in some very unlikely locations – inside a building, or sitting in the floor mount cup-holder in my car, for example.
- The quality of the maps is very good. There were several occasions during our trip where the Garmin GPS lost our position, or was unable to find a location that N78 found without difficulty. In addition, the Garmin maps had only sparse European Points of Interest data, whereas the N78 had a fairly rich database.
- The maps are large. So large, in fact, that you won't want to download them over the air. The best way to load them is to use the Nokia Map Loader to download them via a PC.
- The quality of the N78 display is also very good. It's a passive reflective display of some kind which is clearly visible even in bright sunlight, and clearly illuminated for night time use.
- I found vehicle navigation with the N78 very easy. Directions are spoken early, with plenty of notice, and pronunciations are easily understood. It could be improved if it also called out street names as my Garmin unit does.
- I had high hopes for the pedestrian navigation mode and was somewhat disappointed. It was difficult to keep the N78 consistently in pedestrian navigation mode, and the spoken directions were difficult to hear outdoors in a crowded environment. Moreover, the 10M accuracy of GPS is perfectly accurate for in-vehicle navigation, but doesn't provide tight enough resolution for navigation on-foot.
- Battery life when running the GPS can be a problem over long distances. If in vehicle, you will want to invest in a car charger.
- Because I didn't have a suction cup dashboard mount with the N78 (and one may not even be available), I missed the display that the Garmin and dedicated units provide. If you were going to use N78 extensively, you'd want to invest in a dashboard mount cell phone holder. That's not particular to this device, however. It's simply good safety practice for all cell phones.
Net net? If I was thinking about investing in a dedicated navigation device today, I'd give the Nokia N78 a hard look. Available online for between $400 and $425, it's a phone, maps, camera, GPS and more all in a neat and very portable package. There's even a North American version now available.


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Since Les Miles has been head coach at LSU, the Tigers have not played Texas A&M in a regular-season football game. But Miles is learning that there is a history between the Tigers and Aggies and he talked about it on the SEC teleconference Wednesday morning.
1. Old rivals: Under Miles, LSU and Texas A&M have met just once -- LSU's 41-24 win in the 2011 Cotton Bowl -- and Miles naturally thinks of A&M more as a program he got to know as an assistant coach with the Dallas Cowboys and as head coach at Oklahoma State before coming to LSU. He said on the call that he's becoming more aware of the long-standing rivalry between the two programs.
"I do recognize the history between our two schools," Miles said. "It's been brought to me by our fan base."
Never in the same conference until now, LSU and A&M used to play each other regularly, most recently in a 10-year stretch from 1986-1995. Before that, they played 15 straight years from 1960-75. Saturday's game will be the 51st meeting between the two schools separated by about a five-hour drive. LSU leads the series 27-20-3.
2. No update on Hurst: Miles said he didn't have an update on offensive tackle Alex Hurst, who left the team because of undisclosed personal reasons last week.
"I know he's been nicked (injured)," Miles said. "But I don't know the chances of him returning this year."
Hurst, a returning starter, started the first six games of this year before missing the South Carolina game. He was replaced at left tackle last week by sixth-year senior Josh Dworaczyk, who returned from injury and played well in the South Carolina game.
3. Night clubbing: A Sports Illustrated article out this week alleged that former LSU player Tyrann Mathieu, who is seeking eventual reinstatement on the team, promoted a night club party and a hip-hop group in video and on posters in violation of NCAA rules. One poster for the nightclub also featured current Tiger Anthony Johnson.
Miles said Johnson did not give the club permission to use his likeness for the party, which happened in March.
"He participated in the party," Miles said. "But he said he did not know they would use his likeness on a poster and asked that it be taken off."
Miles said he was told that his players handled the nightclub issue correctly.
"I'm told our guys did the right thing and did not participate in the promotional piece," he said.


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Going into my senior year of high school, I was involved in a very serious motor vehicle accident that resulted in me receiving a traumatic brain injury. Not knowing who to turn to or where to start, I tried desperately to pick up the pieces and move on with my life. It wasn't until four years later that I realized just how much my TBI had affected me.
Broke, divorced, jobless & on the verge of being homeless; I focused all my energy on searching for resources that could possibly help me. Through my lengthy, strenuous search; I finally came across an organization that specialized in providing aid for survivors with my condition and current situation. The Brain Injury Association of TN not only supported & provided me with a bundle of different resources, but also opened my eyes and helped me realize the vitality of TBI.
While attending a BIAT Support Group Christmas dinner at Vanderbilt, I was offered a Board Member position. Feeling overwhelmingly blessed and thankful for this wonderful opportunity; I immediately took action.
Recently becoming a certified BIAT Board Member, gives me hope that I can make a difference in the TBI community; by provding aid to other TBI survivors & spreading awarness.


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By Matt Higgins
DENVER (CBS Denver) — Praise be to Tebow?
In the heart of New England country, Boston churches are rooting for Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, but before Patriot fans lose their faith, the religious institutions are still pulling for their beloved team.
"We want to see Tim Tebow do well, just not against New England," Father Matt Williams of the Archdiocese of Boston told CBS Denver.
One monsignor took it one step further, saying Tebow doesn't have a prayer against the Pats.
"We respect Tebow, but we think he is going to need a miracle," Monsignor Stephen Avila of St. Mary's Parish Family told CBS Denver.
The much-hyped Saturday night Divisional Round Playoff game between the Broncos and Patriots seems certain to be one of the most-watched football games in NFL history. And with the hype, comes more scrutiny for the Christian quarterback.
"He's not trying to impose his faith," Father Williams said, "he's proposing it."
Tebow has faced criticism for being overtly religious during and after games, either praying on the sidelines or thanking God for a win, but churches in Patriots country think it's good for the game.
"The phenomenon is a little blown out of proportion," Monsignor Avila told CBS Denver. "One of the things I don't like is that people are making a mockery of him. He is an honest and sincere young man."
Added Father Williams: "We want to see the underdog succeed. America is fascinated by him … people are intrigued by him."
A recent poll showed that 43 percent of people believe God is helping Tebow during games, but Father Williams said that "God doesn't care" who wins the game.
"God loves Tim Tebow as much as He loves Tom Brady."
Monsignor Avila said it will be a "hard pill to swallow" if the Broncos pull off the upset, but Father Williams believes in the battle between "David vs. Goliath," the Pats will eek out a win, 31-27.
The winner moves on to the AFC Championship to face the winner of the Houston Texans-Baltimore Ravens game.


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Departures after August 25 are going on sale until July 25. Gotta check with friends' schedules, but we're getting tix for $840, everything included, Dulles to CDG! Back to l'Hexagone!
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Good for you StC
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Lucky You! We just booked over the weekend but did not get quite as good of a deal .. You wait and wait then book and the prices drop even more! We leave August 26 for a girls only trip! Have fun
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great airfare! Good for you.
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And SNCF is having a sale, too. Two of us can get from Paris to Libourne and back in first class for 80 euros! Something's wrong - I never get this lucky!
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StCirq, good for you. Is this one of your extended trips?
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No, three weeks. Going with a posse of friends to clean up/clean out my house in the Dordogne and light a fire under my notaire so I can sell the house there and buy one in/near La Rochelle. French Property Adventure Number Two. Anyone who wants to join up, just let me know.
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thanks for posting this! I'm going in October, and have been watching the prices. They've dropped from $1200 to $880 for the non-stop from Boston. yay!!
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I got tickets a month ago, for the first week of December, and at the time I was pleased with a little over a grand nonstop.
Under 900 woulda been better yet!
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I had been checking Air France every day for a month, watching for the premium voyager class to drop from $3000 to below $1000.
I finally found one day when it was $819 on a Wednesday. Grabbed it. And it hasn't gone back to that again! My return flight has no premium voyager fares at that price yet, but it's not too hard to upgrade to an exit row seat on the way back. I find the Premium Voyager fare to be well worth the extra $200-$300 for comfort...larger seats with good reclining, smaller cabin, real pillows and blankets, a much nicer experience. If you don't want to pay the extra, you can get AF economy flights from SFO to Paris for around $1000 now. It pays to watch every day and be flexible with your dates.
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Hello - I can't find the sale on Air France's website. When must travel be completed by? Thanks.
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Try googling Air France late summer sale fares. You have to buy your tickets by Wednesday, July 25 (two days from now) and you can travel until October 31. Can't spend more than a month, can't go for less than two days.
If you can't find it, I can try cutting and pasting the AF email I got about it here.
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Thanks, StCirq, but we don't plan to go until 2013.
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StCirq, if you would cut and paste here, I'd appreciate it. I saw the lower prices on ITA and didn't realize it was a sale with an ending date. And so soon!
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Here's the best I can do (but if you go to their website you can it the whole deal)
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Thanks. I had checked the AF website and didn't find anything this specific. Now we have to make up our tiny minds.
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>>>I saw the lower prices on ITA and didn't realize it was a sale with an ending date. And so soon!<<<
All airfare sales have ending dates (and travel date restrictions). The cheapest fares disappear before that as people jump on the sale.
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kybourbon, this price is what turned up on ITA when we plugged in possible dates in September, with no explanation that it was a sale price. I didn't realize that till I saw StCirq's post here.
We should wait till 7/26 to decide but the expiration date forces our hand.
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AF sent me a "super offer" for my flight back on Saturday -- upgrade to first class for a mere extra 1,500 euro per person. Now, if it was 200 per person, I would take it! (We're in business -- they didn't make the same offer to my sister in lowly econ).
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The term sale doesn't really mean that much, any price can change at a certain date and will. Airfares aren't constant, so you can assume they may change next week or next month, even if they don't call them a sale. So even if they didn't call it a sale, it could have been gone by 7/26, that happens all the time when they raise the fares because sales are better than they thought, or a certain discounted seat sells out and only the more expensive ones are left.
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The badge-pinning ceremony is as much a right of passage in Nolanville's police force as it is a family affair. Stafford was pinned by his 17-year-old daughter, Megan.
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Hello Everybody,
I try to run a calculation for the straight channel on different Reynolds numbers with a modified simpleFoam solver. It solves the energy equation and models the scalar flux with a differential approach. The part where the equation is solved looks like this:
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fvScalarMatrix TEqn
fvm::div(phi, T)
- fvm::Sp(fvc::div(phi), T)
- fvm::laplacian(kappaEff, T)
- fvc::div(Dp & fvc::grad(p))
eqnResidual = TEqn.solve().initialResidual();
maxResidual = max(eqnResidual, maxResidual);
Unfortunately the solver becomes unstable for Reynolds numbers higher than 25000. I guess under-relaxation for T would solve the problem.
When I define for example T=0.7 in the fvSolutions dictionary, the solver makes only one iteration every timestep.
Does anybody know where the bug is? Do you have different suggestions to make the calculation stable?
Thank you for your help
When you have modified something then it is hard to recognize it without seeing the code. However, instead of using relaxation factors, you can reduce the bound of the maxCo number. According to theory, see Versteeg p. 265 (I think), has it the same effect as using RF.
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Pope's "Mouthpiece" Spadaro Makes Bizarre First Response to Sock-Puppetgate
"Twitter critics of Pope are influenced by devil says Fr Spadaro" – Deacon Nick Donnelly at EWTN(UK) News
[Someone should put a sock in the mouths of Fr. Spadaro and his sock-puppet(s)]
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"Tweeto ergo sum"
The truth is always brilliant and clear. But it is often an involved and even complex process to explain what the truth is. Why this is so is itself unclear. If I make it to Heaven, I'll be sure to ask the authorities about it.
Liars make use of this. They sometimes tell a lie or a set of lies, or a set of lies, obfuscations, half-truths and truths knowing that it will be a pain for anyone to sort it out. And if anyone does, it will in turn be a pain for anyone else to follow the thread.
Goebbels was reputed to have said "if you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people are bound to start believing it." That might be true. But I would add, "if you tell a clever enough lie, people are bound to fall asleep before anyone succeeds in refuting it."
That's by way of an introduction to this long post.
In an interview two days ago with Austen Ivereigh of Crux, Jesuit editor and papal confidante Antonio Spadaro responded for the first time to the allegation (made on this blog and reprinted at OnePeterFive) that he had used a "sock-puppet" Twitter account to make a petty attack on the four cardinals who had gone public with their dubia addressed to the Pope.
He also responded to another allegation about his strange Twitter behavior, as well as commenting generally on Amoris Laetitia and the dubia.
Obviously, the general issue of Amoris Laetitia is of infinitely more importance than a Twitter spat. But I'm going to comment on the Twitter spat, here, or at least one part of it, if only because I was involved in it. And of course others have already well-analyzed Spadaro's more general remarks.
Did Spadaro behave deceptively? Is he attempting to deceive now, or at least obfuscating in a way tantamount to deception? Did he behave on social media "like a teenage girl" (as I wrote a few days ago)?
Why does it matter, one might ask? It's only about a few tweets, after all, most of which are now deleted.
I think it does matter, among other things because it goes to the character of the man who has been referred to as the "vice-pope" or the Pope's "mouthpiece." He has emerged as one of the Vatican's most prominent defenders of the Pope's recent controversial Apostolic Letter, as well as one of the most vocal critics of those who have expressed criticisms, doubts or questions on it. Last Wednesday I wrote:
That's right, Antonio Spadaro, the editor of La Civiltà Cattolica and one of the Pope's main point men in promoting Amoris Laetitia had been "retweeting" his own tweets from a sock-puppet Twitter account. These fake retweets were used to defend an Apostolic Letter and attack four cardinals of the Catholic Church.
Let me proceed sequentially.
1. Who is Austen Ivereigh?
Ivereigh is a liberal or left-wing journalist who writes on Catholic subjects, sometimes for Crux. Four days before the Spadaro interview was released, Ivereigh published a short quasi-defense of Fidel Castro's legacy that itself ignited a minor Twitter storm. Ivereigh has also recently been Spadaro's go-to man when Spadaro wanted to make his thoughts known on matters related to Pope Francis and Amoris Laetitia. The journalist appears to be a sort of ally of Spadaro. They often retweet each other's material and Ivereigh has participated in at least one Twitter debate on the subject of whether Spadaro was a "liar" (he didn't think that he was).
Is there anything wrong with any of the above, in and of itself? No. Journalists are still allowed to have political opinions about things, and contemporary journalists often involve themselves in partisan debates on Twitter about this or that. One role of a journalist is to act as a conduit for a newsworthy person who wants to say something publicly, etc.
But I think Ivereigh's "bias" is important for context. Among other things it explains the lack of follow-up to some of Spadaro's odd responses. The "interview" wasn't an interview so much as it was Spadaro trying to get his message out via a friendly, though officially "neutral" source.
2. What was the original sock-puppet allegation?
Spadaro was accused of using a sock-puppet account to make a petty attack on the four cardinals. More specifically, the "attack" had been retweeted by Spadaro from another account that was also in fact his account but that had appeared to be that of another person. I believe I was the first blogger to claim this in a post, but the allegation had been publicly discussed on Twitter for a number of days. The initial sleuthing that linked the account to Spadaro was done by another party. Here is the main tweet in question:
And here is Habla Francisco, the account the retweet came from:
3. How did Spadaro respond to the allegation?
Here is the relevant portion of the Crux interview:
There's also the issue of a Twitter account which some of your critics claim you are 'hiding' behind.
What do they mean, "hide"?! The account was simply an under-used one of three or four I operate, including that of the journal. I often re-tweet from one to the other.
If I had really wanted to throw stones from an anonymous account I would never, obviously, have re-tweeted it. And why should I feel any need to hide? I was merely quoting the view of an American friend who was commenting not on the behavior of the cardinals but the way the expression "the four cardinals" was being used on so many blogs in ways that reminded her of 1960s rock bands.
Steve Skojec of OnePeterFive labeled that response "absolutely bizarre." I agree. I would add that it's also clever obfuscation that is tantamount to a lie.
Here are the facts: The "under-used" account was "protected." No one except Spadaro (and possibly some or all of his 18 unknown "Followers") knew it was Spadaro's account. And if he had "thrown stones" from it, no one outside that private little group would have been aware of them.
After the retweet was criticized, he deleted it without acknowledging that it had in fact come from him. When a Twitter user tweeted him to ask whether the account really was his, that user was immediately blocked.
And of course, the tweet was more than a comment, but an obvious petty little snark, the "trite" identifying it as such, among other things.
Spadaro's retweet came amidst criticism that Spadaro was himself making inappropriate attacks (which Spadaro stridently denied). So now (it appeared) he was attempting a juvenile work-around.
The "American friend," whether she really exists or not, is a red-herring. Of course he never mentioned her in the original Tweet. It might be useful to consider this hypothetical: If I had for some reason tweeted (or retweeted), "Spadaro reminds me of that stupid kid from That 70's Show," it wouldn't really be a defense (if I needed one) to later say, "I was merely expressing the sentiments of an Italian friend of mine."
Here is the most charitable explanation for what happened:
Spadaro used Habla Francisco to have private, sometimes jokey conversations with his allies and friends. He made a private snark at the four cardinals. But the snark was so good (he thought) that he just couldn't resist retweeting it from his own account.
Here is what I think actually happened:
Spadaro was smarting from being previously accused of inappropriately using Twitter to attack the four cardinals and other perceived "enemies." So he realized he had to tone things down. But he just couldn't resist the "trite 1960's rock band" poke. So he decided to use the Habla account to give himself some deniability.
We will probably never know what really happened. Spadaro certainly can't be relied upon to accurately tell us. What we do know, however, is that Spadaro's protestations of innocence here – of (as he would claim later in the interview) being ganged up on by an evil cabal of right-wing Pope critics or whatever – are laughable.
People – even "vice-pope" Jesuit editors – do silly things on Twitter. Or so it would seem. Spadaro's initial behavior made him look silly. His subsequent efforts to obfuscate and blame others for his own lapses in judgment make him look like a cad.
4. What is the Cardinal Dolan connection?
On the matter of the "sock-puppet" tweet, Spadaro went on to say this:
The funny thing was that when I sent that tweet, Raymond Arroyo of EWTN tweeted the photo of a cardinal [Timothy Dolan of New York] dancing the can-can with his legs in the air along with the Rockettes. His tweet was cheered by my detractors, from which I deduce that this attack on me is organized and deliberate.
Here is that tweet:
Spadaro's attempt at spinning now reaches stratospheric levels of strangeness.
Arroyo's tweet had absolutely nothing to do with Spadaro's tweet.
Among other things it was made three days later. There was no link, explicit or otherwise between them. For those unfamiliar with the context, it has become a Christmas tradition for Cardinal Dolan of New York to pose for photos with the Rockettes. Dolan obviously wants people to see these photos, and because of their nature people oblige by posting them and tweeting them around.
Some people think the photos "humanize" Dolan and/or the Church. Others view the pictures of a portly red-faced cardinal doing a kick line with scantily-clad dancers as showing what a ridiculous figure Dolan is. No doubt a few believe this proves that Vatican II was a false council. Or whatever. I have no idea what Arroyo thinks.
So what was Spadaro trying to say? Everyone I know has been scratching their heads on this. The most likely interpretation is something like, "well, even if I was making an inappropriate snark at the cardinals by making a pop music reference, others make fun of cardinals by making pop music references, and the same people who attacked me are fine with the other attacks." Or some such. Of course Dolan was making his own pop music reference. Also…well, never mind. I don't think there's any point in belaboring the point. The Dolan connection is a twisted non-sequitur, made with the intention to deceive. Among other things, if a reader of the interview were unfamiliar with the background or context of either the four cardinals tweet or the Dolan tweet, they might think Spadaro had made a sort of point.
The right-wing dubia conspirators are out to get me (Spadaro wants you to know). Ivereigh would earlier ask Spadaro sympathetically:
How does that make you feel?
5. What is Habla Francisco up to now?
Here's the clincher. At the very moment that Spadaro told Ivereigh that the "sock-puppet" account was no big deal, he unprotected the account!
Let me restate that by all appearances Habla Francisco had only made three tweets in three years – one of them being the attack on the four cardinals that he then deleted. If Spadaro was truthful about anything, it was that the account was under-used.
But it's suddenly alive. Habla Francisco now has public Followers and is starting to publicly follow other Twitter accounts including that of Crux. Indeed, Habla has busily followed 32 accounts in the last two days. And it has even started to make public tweets. The tweets link to…wait for it…the Crux interview.
In one of the tweets he even wrote, "(this is Antonio Spadaro speaking)."
See, it's just another account. No big deal. I'm not trying to hide anything. This is Antonio Spadaro speaking.
His last tweet (beneath the hashtag #Calm) was of a flowerpot.
This is manic behavior.
Or as one Vatican insider remarked privately to me,
Wow…. Spadaro is a piece of work.


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Full Disclosure on DVD
by Douglas on Jan.23, 2010, under Projects
Full Disclosure is probably my best known short. Maybe my best known film, if you ask IMDB. It played in a ton of festivals and won a dozen awards. (Watch the beginning of Full Disclosure here.)
The short is available on a few different DVDs. First, it's a bonus short on the Entry Level DVD distributed by Porchlight Entertainment. A great distribution company called Official Best of Fest distributes the short on three of its excellent short film compilations "Award Winning Films That Will Make You Laugh", "Award Winning Films About Romance" and the "Official Best of Fest Sampler". I've seen the collections and I'm a big fan. They're $45, which is a lot, but totally worth it. The company is devoted to getting wonderful unknown indie flicks out there to the real world, and they're doing a terrific job. I highly recommend the collections. (Needless to say, I even highlier recommend the Entry Level/Full Disclosure combo DVD. At the moment, finding it can be a problem, but it is available at NetFlix and some stores.)
Now I'm also preparing to sell Full Disclosure on a DVD from this site. Why yet another way to buy Full Disclosure on DVD? Well this is the same quality as the others, but the price is a lot less. Like under nine bucks. (Just under: $8.95.) But it's currently the cheapest way to see the film in DVD quality. The DVD is a professional glass-master DVD like any studio movie and it contains two of my other shorts as a bonus, Trailer: The Movie! and Back Up, Please.
You can see more about it on the Store Page.
Of course, Full Disclosure is also available on the iTunes Store. To me, the DVD is a lot nicer, but the iTunes version still looks pretty good for two bucks.
Trailer: The Movie! – the movie
by Douglas on Jan.21, 2010, under Projects
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Trailer: The Movie!
by Douglas on Jan.21, 2010, under Projects
Trailer: The Movie! was the first short film I wrote and directed. We shot it in LA in 2001 and it played in a ton of film festivals. I've lost count how many exactly but it seems like it was over 40. (Watch Trailer: The Movie!)
A lot of my lasting friendships with other filmmakers were formed during this project. Paco Farias starred, produced (along with me and Lisa Guzman) and edited the film. This was pre-Final Cut Pro and we worked in an empty Avid bay at MatchFrame in Burbank late at night. (Paco was working there as a vault manager and later an editor.) DP Clay Westervelt and composer Brandon Roberts also became long time friends and filmmaking co-conspirators.
Trailer! let me go to a lot of film festivals and figure out what the independent world was all about. It also got me a lot of distribution offers. At various times the film has been distributed by six or seven different companies.
At the moment, it isn't under any exclusive licenses, though it is still offered on the Internet under some non-exclusive licenses. So I figure if it's going to be on the Internet, I might as well have it on my own site. I've re-encoded and uploaded Trailer: The Movie! to this site.


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Max Blumenthal Shares Lessons From U Michigan Divestment Campaign
Author, journalist and videographer Max Blumenthal participated in the debate before the University of Michigan's Central Government Council, on March 25th, regarding possible divestment from companies that profit from Israeli occupation of Palestine, and repression of Palestinian society. He was the leadoff presenter for Michigan Students Allied for Equality. Blumenthal spoke for just under thirty minutes. It is one of the most powerfully passionate speeches I've ever heard on Palestinian rights and what that should mean to colleges in the United States, whose investments are intertwined with elements of the illegal occupation by Israel of the West Bank, and with the draconian blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Here is Max Blumenthal's March 25th presentation:
Today, Mondoweiss carried an essay by Blumenthal, titled "'A Painful Price': The escalating war on Palestine solidarity at U of Michigan and beyond." In the article, he describes the intimidation tactics used against some of the student coordinators for Michigan Students Allied for Equality. His findings are somewhat disturbing. In the midst of accusations against a number of the student activists of intimidation, the activists are themselves undergoing organized intimidation tactics:
During SAFE's week-long sit-in, a close-knit group of pro-Israel students filed a series of incendiary accusations against SAFE members, accusing them in formal reports to university administrators of delivering anti-Semitic tirades laced with antiquated terms like 'kike' and 'dirty Jew.' At the same time, Facebook profiles belonging to SAFE members were invaded by a mysterious account named 'ZPC Viper Matrix.' Personal information of SAFE members, their families, and Palestine rights supporters across the country including American Studies Association President-elect Lisa Duggan have appeared on the Viper Matrix Facebook page, often in distorted form alongside derogatory comments, prompting several students to cancel their accounts.
Among those who told me their profile photos and personal information were uploaded at the Viper Matrix page was Sharifah Abdallah, a Palestinian member of Loyola University's Student Government Association who has actively supported Loyola SJP's divestment campaign. 'People are scared in my community,' Abdallah remarked to me. 'Unlike other Palestinians from the diaspora, we return frequently to our land. So these tactics are designed to silence us by making us afraid that we won't be allowed back in to Palestine.'
Blumenthal, in his Mondoweiss article, recounts many other intimidation episodes. Please read it. Especially chilling are Blumenthal's concluding paragraphs:
As divestment resolutions are introduced at new campuses each month, pro-Israel partisans appear determined to introduce more counter-measures. In a recent editorial for the Jerusalem Post, former advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Caroline Glick demanded that universities that allow Palestine solidarity activism on campus 'pay a painful price.'
'Only the threat of civil lawsuits, federal investigations of civil rights violations, and alumni threats to withhold gifts will force university administrations to take action against the anti-Semitic thugs that are instituting a reign of terror at university after university,' Glick wrote.
Declaring Northeastern's suspension of its SJP chapter to be 'minimal,' she called for the mass firing of campus police officers who enforce university rules around Palestine-related events. Finally, Glick demanded that Students for Justice in Palestine be 'permanently barred from operating on campus.'
Though they are far from realizing their draconian goals, Glick and her allies are setting a clear precedent at Northeastern, Michigan, and beyond.
Wednesday, writer and recent University of California Santa Cruz graduate, Rebecca Pierce, wrote, also at Mondoweiss, about current tactics being deployed by militant expansionist, exceptionalist Zionists, against Middle East Studies programs at American Universities:


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Kotaku - From Software's sequel will be remembered as one of the hardest games of this console generation. It took some people weeks—months, even—to make their way to the final battle of Dark Souls. This ruthless speedrun by Freddy 'Thanatos' Vasquez blows through it in about half an hour. There's some skipping but it's still a hypnotic thing to watch.
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Upper Hay Lake Association
P.O. Box 769
Pequot Lakes, Minnesota 56472
Winter Newsletter January 2017
Greetings From Your President!
Winter has arrived! The past week has been rather chilly, which I am sure is exciting for the people who enjoy ice fishing on Upper Hay Lake. I see that there are several houses out in the usual locations. Just hope there are enough pan fish saved for us to catch this spring.
Now – for my annual question. Did you remember to include Upper Hay Lake on your list of New Year's resolutions? The mass media constantly reminds us to focus on changes related to our bodies. We often forget to make resolutions focused on taking care of our environment and our properties. With a precious resource such as Upper Hay Lake, perhaps we can consider setting goals such as improving our water quality or taking better care of our shorelines in the year 2017?
Gene DeLong has agreed to do water sampling on our lake for one final year. I am pleased to announce that Beth McGarry has volunteered to take over Gene's duties the following year. Gene has made a strong commitment to Upper Hay Lake and I am very appreciative of all of his efforts. Beth will be in "training" this summer with Gene so we will have a smooth transition. Thank you Gene and Beth!
Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District just sent out an email stating that there will be Community Partners Grant money available again this year. They are accepting proposals for community focused projects aimed to protect and improve lakes, streams, and groundwater. Several of you have expressed interest in shoreline restoration. Please contact me or a board member before February 24th if this is a priority for you in the summer of 2017. If we have several property owners interested, the UHLA Board can apply for a grant. However, we need to have plans presented with a dollar amount so the board can be thorough in a grant application.
Another service available from Crow Wing SWCD is the annual tree sale preorder open house on February 3 from 9am-3pm. The open house is at the Crow Wing SWCD office located in the downstairs meeting room of the Crow Wing County Land Services building, 322 Laurel Street, Brainerd. Visit www.crowwing-swcd.org for pictures and description of all the trees, plants and seed mixes, and to order online. The deadline for ordering is February 28. All plants must be picked up on May 4-6. For more information, email tasha.lauer@ crow-wingswcd.org or call 218-828-6197.
Ron Meyer from Pine River Watershed met with our board in September. He is a valuable resource on sustainability and environmental services that we can utilize. We look forward to working with Ron this year. If you haven't already done so, we encourage you to join the Pine River Watershed. They are working for all of us in this area to sustain or improve our water quality.
We look forward to seeing you on May 20, 2017 at the VFW in Jenkins for our annual meeting. The other date to put on your yearly calendar is August 5th for our annual picnic. Many UHLA members expressed disappointment that we did not host a picnic last year. Now we will be looking forward to a picnic volunteer committee to make some plans. If you have a preference for a boat parade date for the 4th of July, be sure to let us know. Most members did not want it on the 4th so they could attend the events in Pequot Lakes. We certainly had a successful boat parade and will want to continue the tradition!
Although the lake is solidly frozen, the days are beginning to get a little longer. In true January fashion, the sunrises and sunsets have been exquisite. This time of the year gives us the time to ponder our New Year's resolutions. I know that I am committed to make improvements to our lake. How about you?
Claire Steen
Fall-Winter Update
This was certainly the warmest fall in, maybe, forever! We were wondering if the lake would ever freeze over! We enjoyed the Trumpeter swans for a looooong time! The lake was visited by water fowl much later than normal. We finally froze up about Nov 18! Folks were wondering when we'd finally be able to get the fish houses out. Hey, this is MINNESOTA! Fear not, it WILL get cold! It wasn't until mid-November that night time temperature dropped below freezing. December 7 finally ushered in reality where temps were "Minnesota-like". Mid-month we plunged to -30° according to our thermometer. That added some ice!! Fortunately we got about 8" of snow right away so the ice is insulated. That should help immensely with ice damage. Fish houses finally were out in force about a week before Christmas. Winter arrived! Many are happy; some are packing!!
AIS Detector Training
An article in the November 2 edition of the Brainerd Dispatch spoke of a new State of Minnesota program for training members of the public to detect AIS in Minnesota lakes. Called the "AIS Detectors Program", it is a partnership between the U of M Extension and the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center. The training involves 15 hours of combined online courses and in-person workshops where individuals learn AIS identification and what to do if they find suspected AIS species. It would certainly be in the best interest of Upper Hay if someone on the lake found this training interesting. Having our own "resident expert" could prove invaluable in early detection. It is always better to be proactive than reactive. Visit the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center's website at www.maisrc.umn.edu/ais-detector to learn more about this program. To read the entire article in the Dispatch go to http://www.brainerddispatch. com/news/4150893-university-minnesota-certifies-first-class-ais-detectors
Water Testing
Again this year Gene and Florence DeLong have been our Water Quality Monitors. This is probably the most important function that the Lake Association conducts. I'd like to publicly thank the DeLongs for their work. The dedication these folks have to Upper Hay is phenomenal. Gene did report that some of his Secci disc readings this year were among the best he can remember! That's a really good sign. Thanks Gene and Florence!!
Floating Treatment Wetlands (FTWs)
What are FTWs? These are a "relatively" new vehicle for removing phosphorus from waters and which offer food for fish which make them ideal areas around which to fish. The Board became aware of these just this year and we are in the very early stages of research into them to see if they are applicable to larger lake usage. They are man-made floating islands that transfer excess phosphorus from host water to periphyton, which is a colony composed of algae, bacteria, microbes, and organic matter. This colony serves as a food source for certain types of fish. FTWs reduce algae, engender fish by growing periphyton and other biofilms, improve pond aesthetics, cool water, provide shade, and grow plants. FTWs can be used for effluent polishing, stormwater management applications, and lake restoration according to Floating Island International who are doing this work. What does an FTW look like?
The article we found describes the progress made on Fish Fry Lake in Shepherd, MT. The word "lake" is a bit deceiving as it is only 6.5 acres (283,140 sq ft). (Upper Hay is about 600 acres.) However, Fish Lake is 28 feet deep. The lake started with a claity level of about 1.2 feet and improved to 19 feet. The article isn't totally clear as to the time that took but I got the impression it was 1 or 2 years. Fish Lake has 5,700 sq ft of FTWs. That is about 2% of the total lake area. Translating that to Upper Hay's just over 26.4 million square feet, it's a LOT of FTWs!! (522,720-sq ft!)
What is the cost per sq ft? Are these FTWs applicable to a 600 acre lake? Those are questions into which we will be looking.
So what's the point? Simply to let folks know some of the neat things that are being done with respect to water quality and that we will be studying it and reporting back to you on what we find. Probable outcomes from research: (1) The cost may be too much to consider for implimention. (2) They may not be applicable to large bodies of water.
BUT if they attract fish so one could fish off their docks, some folks may be interested. Just for that reason. Anything like that would help, to some degree, the whole lake. Of course, it all would come down to DNR approval; another question to answer.
Annual Meeting Reminder
Remember to mark Saturday, May 20 on your calendar as we are planning to feature Marv Koep at the meeting. Here's your chance to meet a local legend, hear what he has to say about fishing walleye on Upper Hay and ask all those questions you have wanted to ask a guide. We start at 8am at the Jenkins VFW with the pancakes and begin the meeting at 9am. We hope to see you there.
Attention Fishing Enthusiasts:
A new record for one of Minnesota's favorite fish species was just set this year! Brent Getzler of Roosevelt, MN was ice fishing on Lake of the Woods. He had the standard 8" fishing hole, got a hit and up through the hole came a 19-lb 9-oz, 33-inches long and 23-7/8-inch girth…….drumroll please…… Burbot. (OK Eelpout!) Now this is one incredibly ugly fish! BUT it's a RECORD!! Congrats Brent. If you take this as a challenge, don't forget the February Eelpout fishing contest in Walker. That event is a "happening". Who knows, you might appear in the Spring UHL newsletter!! The fish is now in Getzler's freezer. He plans to get it stuffed and mounted on his wall. It might not be a walleye, he said, but it's still a record breaking catch.
Treasurer's Report
The fiscal year for our association runs with the calendar year and on December 31, 2016 our total bank balance was $31,081.74. We had $7,798.80 in checking and $23,282.94 in savings. The 2014 Shoreline Restoration Grant money is now cleared with respect to our association's financial accounts, however, CWC Soil & Water still owes the grantees a total of $1,450.00 in repair/maintenance on their projects.
We had 96 paid members this past year which is two less than last year. We received $2,240.00 in dues; $1,615.00 in extra individual donations plus $1,350.00 from Thrivent Financial; and $435.00 in product sales.
Everyone will be receiving their 2017 Membership Application with this newsletter. The applications have a place to respond if you wish to participate in the Association's Aquatic Vegetation Permit. If you wish to be a part of this program you will need to indicate this on your application and include an additional $25 for the vegetation control fee. If you are only going to do Swimmers' Itch control there is no permit cost to you as the Association pays for that. You also need to complete the Application for a Permit to Control. PLEASE print or type ALL of the information requested, SIGN the application, and return it to me (Ken Meyer) by March 27. This year we are also asking for a simple sketch of your lakeshore showing where your dock is located and where you are applying the chemicals. Also note the line that reads: "I understand that an annual report will be required on results achieved." You will need to send that to me in late summer so I can pass it on to the DNR.
Ken Meyer, Treasurer
Who will apply the treatment?
_____ Yourself _____ PLM (Patrick Selter)
What type of treatment?
_____ Vegetation _____ Swimmers itch
Please furnish a simple sketch of your lakeshore showing where your dock is located and where you are applying the chemicals.
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Apple Pie "Moonshine" Recipe
Apple Pie "Moonshine" Ingredients
To make a killer batch of "apple pie moonshine" you're going to need more than just cinnamon. We think it's best when it also includes allspice, cloves, orange peel, ginger, vanilla bean, and even a bit of black and pink peppercorn to give it some spice. Simply put, adding some cinnamon and apple juice to a batch of white whiskey will make a good batch of apple pie shine, but it won't make a great batch.
Apple Pie "Moonshine" Spice Mix
Here at Clawhammer, we take pride in knowing our way around whiskey. Apple pie shine is one of our favorites and we've made many a batch. In fact, when we were in the process of developing our Apple Pie Moonshine Spice Mix, we tried dozens of variations on this American classic. We drank ourselves silly testing the stuff out, then enlisted the help of friends and family. They happily guzzled down jar after jar to aid in our pursuit of excellence. After months of testing, we finally made "the perfect batch."
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To make a batch of "apple pie moonshine" with our spice mix, simply combine the tin of spices with 4 cans of apple juice concentrate and 6 cups of 80 proof white whiskey (any kind will do but corn whiskey works best). Leave it sit for 24-48 hours then strain. Store in quart jars and refrigerate until you're ready to drink it. That's it!
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Michelin North America is recalling 104,000 BFGoodrich tires made for commercial light trucks, some pickup trucks, full-size vans and small RVs because they're at risk for sidewall ruptures in the bead area, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said.
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Aftermath Radio: 10 Signs That You're Dating a Sociopath
10 Signs that you're dating a sociopath
By Donna Andersen
We all want to be loved, don't we?
Well, no. There are people in the world who don't care about love. They don't even know what love is. But they do care about power, control and sex.
These people are called sociopaths (or psychopaths.) The media would have us believe that all sociopaths are deranged serial killers. This isn't true. Sociopaths know exactly what they are doing, and most of them never kill anyone. But they are social predators, who exploit just about everyone they meet. They have no heart, no conscience and no remorse.
Unfortunately, I learned about sociopaths the hard way—by marrying one. My ex-husband took a quarter-million dollars from me, cheated with at least six women during our two-and-a-half-year relationship, fathered a child with one of them, and then, 10 days after I left him, married the mother of the child. It was the second time he committed bigamy.
Because of my experience, I launched Lovefraud.com, a website that teaches people to recognize and recover from sociopaths. More than 2,300 people have told me their stories of being involved with sociopaths, and it turns out that they all operate from the same playbook. If your new romantic interest exhibits the behaviors that I discuss in this radio program, be careful. One or two traits don't mean much, but if you see most or all of them, he or she might be a sociopath.
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Air Jordan 5 White Cement "Official Images"on August 3, 2017 at 12:20 am
Let's take an official look at Air Jordan 5 "White Cement" colorway. A brand new colorway of the beloved sneaker, this pair somewhat takes inspiration from the "White Cement" Air Jordan 4s.
As expected, the White Cement 5s have received a white leather upper, with the usually clear netting molded in white. Tongue has been dipped in black contrasted with a University Red tongue logo and matching lining. White laces blend in with the white upper, while the infamous cement splatter print has been used on the top eyelets, helping to add some character to the mostly plain upper. The midsole utilizes a combination of black and and cement patterned paint, finished off with an icy clear outsole.
You'll be able to pick up the Air Jordan 5 White Cement in stores this Saturday, August 5, 2017. As expected, the sneaker will retail for $190, and is a general release, meaning you'll be able to find these in most stores that carry Air Jordans. Online sites like Nike.com and Foot Locker will release the sneaker online beginning at 10:00 AM EST. In addition, you can also find all sizes on eBay for retail price through a number of reputable sellers. Click here to go directly to the listings.
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Release Date: 08/05/2017
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