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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Charles Baird is going off the grid for a year.
The 40-year-old oil company employee and filmmaker from Anchorage will move to the mostly uninhabited Latouche Island in Alaska's Prince William Sound at the end of May, completing a dream he's been contemplating for 17 years.
Baird will build a 12x12 shed to shelter him from the elements, and he plans to hunt and fish and fend off an occasional black bear during his sojourn to the Alaska wilderness.
He'll be incommunicado, only allowing himself to send short messages out via a satellite uplink to http://www.facebook.com/AlaskanPioneer and no way to receive any in. He won't even know who won the November presidential election for six months. He calls his experiment more modern-day homesteading than a survival game, but he's heading into the adventure well-armed.
"I may see some hunters and fishermen come by but otherwise I will be on my own, just me and my dog," he said.
Latouche Island is a narrow strip of land (12 miles long, 3 miles wide) located about 100 miles southwest of the port city of Valdez. Like many islands in Prince William Sound, people digging into the beach there can still find oil from the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill.
The now abandoned Latouche city site once was home to 4,000 people, thanks to copper mining. The mine closed in 1930, and now the island is dotted with occasional seasonal cabins and not much else. The island is mostly used for subsistence hunting.
Kate and Andy McLaughlin live in Chenega Bay, a village six miles away on Evans Island, and own a cabin on Latouche.
Kate McLaughlin doesn't know Baird, but has heard his story many times. In fact, she's written a book about people coming to Alaska to live the remote lifestyle and is in the process of trying to find a publisher.
"We've seen several people of his ilk try to come out and say, 'We're going to build a cabin, we're going to live out here and do it,"' she said. "It's tough." Continued...
Some abandoned supplies from those people making earlier attempts can still be found strewn on the beach.
The challenges of Latouche Island are numerous, and foremost is the weather.
"You're fighting the cold or the mold," McLaughlin said of the seemingly constant precipitation, snow and rain.
Baird said the island has anywhere from 80-120 inches of snow in a typical winter, along with 70 inches of rain a year.
The McLaughlins' two-story cabin on the beach had snow up to the roof this winter.
"It's wet, things don't dry out," said Dave Janka, who owns Auklet Charter Services in Cordova. "You get lots of snow."
Much like Cordova, he called Latouche Island "paradise with rain."
"Heavy weather is going to be a constant companion," said RJ Kopchak, a Cordova businessman and former commercial fisherman. "That's what happens there."
Another problem? Black bears. There's a large bear population on the island, and McLaughlin says they "love to get into trouble."
Baird said he'll be safe from the bears. He'll carry a .44 with him at all times, has a shotgun "and a few other weapons, as well." The dog will also alert him to any predators. Continued...
There are building restrictions on the uninhabited island, Baird said, so he will have to construct his makeshift cabin without digging into the ground for a foundation.
He plans to have lumber delivered to build his cabin, which will be located about a third of a mile from the beach, about 150 feet up a hill.
He'll have plentiful fishing opportunities.
"The nice thing about the ocean is twice a day you've got a dinner table set out for you," Janka said.
The challenges don't faze Baird, who is ex-military, except perhaps for one.
"Probably the biggest challenge is the isolation," he said, adding it was an issue for some of his classmates in an Air Force Academy survival training course.
Some "did experience hallucinations and even group delusions, just minor things. But it is kind of a concern, being alone that long," he said.
He said he's worked with psychologists at Harvard and the University of Chicago, talking through the things he can expect, like nightmares.
"I think I'll be OK, I've done a lot of work on my own, and I'll also have a dog, which probably will help keep things stabilized," he said.
He also plans to keep busy by reading, taking a couple thousand books on an electronic reader. He'll keep it charged with wind and solar systems he's taking with him. Continued...
Baird is planning to keep a diary, which could be turned into a book. He's also thinking of writing an instructional book of how to live in the remote wilderness.
Then there's also the filming, day in and day out, of his experiences alone on the Alaska island.
Once he returns to civilization, he'll edit the video and try to sell it as a documentary series.
Baird is not the first to make or film such an odyssey.
Dick Proenneke lived alone in a remote cabin and kept journals published as the classic Alaska memoir "One Man's Wilderness."
He moved to his cabin in 1968 at the age of 52. Proenneke lived alone until 1998 in what is now Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. He also filmed his adventures, which have been turned into DVDs and were aired on PBS. He died in 2003.
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Despite poor job numbers, car sales rise nationally and in Eau Claire
EAU CLAIRE, Wisc. (WEAU) A new jobs report said June was the third straight month of weak hiring, yet new car sales are on the rise.
Only 80,000 new hires were reported, leaving unemployement stuck at 8.2 percent nationally.
So far, job creation is trailing last year's pace through the first half of 2012.
Despite those job numbers, car sales rose throughout the country, including Eau Claire according to the Autodata Corporation.
Eau Claire car dealers at Chilson Automotive and Eau Claire Ford said they saw a 20 percent spike in sales for June compared to last year.
"A lot of people are upgrading not because they need to but that it makes economical sense. The rebates are good, the prices are fair, their car still has some good value. And the benefit is, 'I'm maybe gonna go down in insurance, I'm definitely gonna increase my fuel economy, I'm gonna increase my space," Eau Claire Ford used inventory manager Jason Balk said.
Prestige Kia and Mitsubishi general manager Matt Berube said his sales rose about four percent, from record high sales in 2011.
"After a few down years, the need and anticipation to upgrade vehicles has shined through," Berube said.
But the dealers said more sales don't necessarily mean the economy is getting stronger.
"Given the economy, the last two or three years, they've delayed that purchase and are now coming back into the market, basically out of need," Steve Chilson, general manager of Chilson Automotive said.
"It's not a spur of the moment thing, that's the real trend in the economy," Balk said.
Despite a slight drop in gas prices, the dealers said fuel economy is still a major factor for many buyers.
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The Envelope, Please
Candice Childress, a student at Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing and Visual Arts in Nevada, is one of eight high school seniors around the world blogging about their college searches.
November is halfway over; teacher recommendation letters, last-minute transcript amendments and sanitized personal statements about "what a college education means to me" are all coming down the pipeline for most prospective students in this country.
I've spent the past month and a half whittling down my list of schools and comparing it with my friends and with the vast community of panicked, doubtful students who congregate on the Internet looking for reassurance and emotional validation. The question I've been fielding to these people for the past few weeks has been, in one form or another: Why, exactly, are you applying there?
Most answers are predictable. Vibrant cities, nearby relatives, vague conjectures of grad school opportunities. But the people I worry about most — and I have been among their ranks in the past — are those hung up on illusions about the student body that they aspire to join: what these people are like, what they've accomplished, what they hope to achieve.
The school is known for its engineering program — but what good have the students done with those degrees? Are they formulating cheaper, safer, longer-lasting bridges to benefit underdeveloped areas, or are they padding their pockets and racking up their Christmas bonuses with ethically unsound but economically viable projects?
All jobs are noble in their own way, but so many students with the potential to forever shape our own little American microcosm of human drama and dreams are lured away by solid names and insubstantial legacies. I want my friends to be secure, but I want society to be secure as well.
I want bold intellectual growth, but I don't want it filtered down to me through recruitment pamphlet-friendly community living arrangements and a rubber-stamped recommendation from top-brass faculty. I want political discourse without pandering and without inborn prejudices. As a woman and as an American, I want a school that was borne out of hardship, progress and a commitment to egalitarian education, not a haven for Daisy Buchanan types scoping out a coed set to inherit the family firm. College should be about making an impact on the world, not tossing up quasi-Mencken bon mots at faculty members' dinner parties.
As someone who hopes to serve the next generations of Americans through the conservation of a history unreachable for me and impossibly distant for them, I can't permit glossy postcards to sway me. Arbitrary numbers have no bearing on the education that I receive — what relevance does the median G.P.A. of the class of 2015 have to my life? Should I be impressed by the fact that a faceless, nameless crowd of thousands managed to scrape through trigonometry and live to tell the tale? Or should I be drawn to schools where students — students who come with part-time jobs and hard-won maturity, not oboe lessons and AP Economics, tucked away in their transcripts — have a documented record of thriving and working to protect and advance their communities?
I don't believe in reducing people to light and shadow, to club positions and SAT subject tests. I want to know what they believe in their bones and what they are going to do about it.
Some of the schools to which I am most attracted are not known for their academics. They can't be found in U.S. News rankings or among the aspirations of my high school's last graduating class. But they are schools where Native American languages are spoken, where immigrant groups are advocated for, where grass roots political action takes precedence over disingenuous campuswide displays of solidarity inherited from the ghosts of administrations past.
There are students who combat voter suppression and economic inequality, and there are students who crack open a Coke at their campus rallies and let nature take its course, squirreling away service hours all the while. For me, the best motivation is to be around people who are alive, gloriously, gloriously alive, and who are fighting for causes bigger than themselves, in one way or another.
So how can colleges continue to push their holiday pageants, interacademic feuds and horrendous open-mic nights as recruitment tools, and how can students, year after year, be duped by that message of conformity and complacency?
Most of my friends unhappy with college life feel most betrayed not by funding cuts or an unfair distribution of resources, but by those pat persuasions they welcomed in their in-boxes not so long ago. Dorm life loses its sheen; the sunsets are never as golden as the postcards would like to pretend.
When you pick a school for meaningless diversions cloaked as bonding opportunities, disappointment is inevitable. That might sound harsh, but I feel very little pity for a school with a $100 million endowment that wants to burrow its way into the forefront of my consciousness by bragging about its Frisbee golf team.
The business of living day to day on a college campus is one thing; meal choices, student housing and local safety should of course be taken into consideration when making a decision. But when a prospective applicant has very little to go off of besides cursory second-hand remarks like "My cousin was an astronomy major there in the '90s, and she thought it was pretty O.K.," "I think a Kennedy went there once" and — my personal favorite — "This person on the Internet with totally different experiences, capabilities and fundamental life skills is urging me to head east," then he or she should be wary of supposed benefits like new facilities (often set aside for a department not even remotely related to his or her own), study abroad programs (most of which require commitments that working students cannot possibly afford, time-wise or moneywise) and on-campus activities (I like cheap concert tickets as much as the next guy, but I'm not going to sacrifice four years of my life for them).
Everyone wants to belong, but not everyone does, or has, or will — and that's okay. I can't help but laugh when I receive a letter telling me how compatible I'll be with the rest of my class, how I'll welcome my freshman year roommate with open arms when she comes to visit me in 15 years. This school knows nothing about me apart from my PSAT scores and some vague biographical factors salvaged from a pile of printouts in some dank storage room who knows where.
Who are they to say that I'll be happy there, that I will agree with — or find room to disagree with — their student body? The audacity present in that stance is astounding, as is the naïveté of college applicants who are determined to "make it" somewhere they can catch only glimpses of until they're parked in their desks on the first day of Psych 101.
For all the passion that the class of 2013 espouses in their application essays, they certainly aren't making an effort to find schools that are up to snuff, that will foster that dedication and turn it into devotion.
I may only be 17, but when I die, I want people to say, "She did her best to love her people and protect their past," and not, "She engaged in a set of pointless campus-bound extracurriculars in a desperate attempt at camaraderie."
I'm willing to be a two-word footnote in the annals of human history, but not in the record book of the campuswide beer pong championships of 2012. I refuse to resign my life to that, and I'm shocked and confused by the fact that so many of my talented, ambitious, driven peers are more than willing to do so.
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4 Steps for Potty Training Before Preschool
12/1/1984 | by Jen Singer
The date looms on your calendar: The first day of preschool. How come? Because your soon-to-be preschooler isn't yet potty trained. You remind him of this every single day, and yet, he seems unfazed, as though you've just mentioned that you're out of cauliflower. He just turns away and keeps playing with his toy trucks while your stomach churns, because if he isn't potty trained by fall, the school won't accept him. What's a parent to do?
Most preschools require children to be fully day-time potty trained -- no exceptions. Yet, some kids starting preschool still wear Pull-Ups® daily, and/or have frequent potty training accidents. If your child is one of them, take heart: You are not alone.
Here are four things to consider that may help make it happen before school starts in the fall:
1. Make sure the problem isn't physical. If your child is constipated, he may resist going on the potty. Make sure he has plenty of fiber and fluids, such as apple juice and water, cut back on his dairy intake and take him to the pediatrician, who may prescribe stool softeners if your child is constipated.
2. Figure out if he's afraid of the toilet. Perhaps a big (scary) public toilet frightened him, or he nearly fell into the toilet at Grandma's house. Once you determine the reason for his fear, you can adjust accordingly. Use a portable potty for a while before switching to the toilet when he's ready, or place a secure, kid-friendly potty ring over the toilet. You know your child best, so do some sleuthing to determine what creative solution will help him along.
3. Ramp up the rewards. Some kids get so engrossed in playing, they see no need to stop what they're doing to use the toilet. For these kids, it's best to determine what kind of (reasonable) incentives would get them to go on the potty. For my boys, it was a series of ever-changing stickers that I affixed to their shirts. (tip: remove them before they hit the clothes dryer!) For other parents, M&Ms, little toys, temporary tattoos and The Potty Dance have worked. Remember, when one reward stops working, change it up.
4. End the power struggle. Recently, my neighbor was so besieged by a power struggle with her three year old, potty training came to a screeching halt. So I stepped in, offering special stickers for every time her daughter peed or pooed in the toilet. When she got 10 stickers, she would come to my house and get a very cool talking bear. Wouldn't you know, our little pooper stopped at nine stickers and refused to go! But instead of getting into a power struggle with her, I told her that I'd keep the bear until she's ready to go, and then I didn't say anything else about it. A week later, she went on the potty and she got the bear. If you're locked in a power struggle with your potty training child, back off. Don't say a word about potty training except to tell her that she's in charge of it now. Sometimes, that's all it takes to get your child to make the final step toward potty training success.
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Externally, the Apple TV 3 (1080p 3rd-Gen Apple TV) is virtually indistinguishable from the Apple TV 2nd generation. The real change again is that the Apple TV 3 now supports 1080p50 and 1080p60 over HDMI, where the previous Apple TV 2 only supported 720p50 and 720p60 at maximum over HDMI. The new Apple TV gives you access to HD movies and TV shows from iTunes and the entire Netflix streaming catalog. You can even play content from your iOS devices like iPad 3, iPhone 4S or iPod Touch on your TV using AirPlay.
The 1080p video playback really attracts most folks. But here's your concern: will Apple TV 3 be able to support playing back 1080p H.264 MP4 movies with the AC3 5.1 (Dolby Digital) audio?
Most of you may have many Full HD 1080P MP4 movies ripped/converted from your Blu-ray discs with a Blu-ray Ripper for Apple TV 3 just for personal entertainment only. You may usually watch the movies on a 60″ HD TV through NAS streaming but not sure if Apple TV 3 will be able to play back the movies with AC3 5.1 if home sharing. From the specifications of the new Apple TV it just says "H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High or Main Profile level 4.0 or lower, Baseline profile level 3.0 or lower with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats". So can the Apple TV 3 support AC3 5.1 audio? READ MORE »


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Hi, I am working on this website. In all browsers the website looks the same, except with IE7, and Firefox apparently.
Can any one give it an eye, and give me any idea what this happens, I am there coding, and looking,
Looks fine to me in both IE7 and Firefox.
Hmm, others told me they get cut off in IE8, rrrrrrr
Thanks Chris,
Looks fine in IE8. Your drop-down main navigation menu is getting cut off in IE7. You can test it yourself using IETester: http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage
You may also want to take a look at the superfish jquery drop-down menu to get support for your CSS nav menu: http://users.tpg.com.au/j_birch/plugins/superfish/
It hasn't been activity developed in a while, but it still works pretty well in browsers dating back to IE6. I've used it recently and it did what I needed it to do.
Were is it getting cut off?


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HOMER - Eating local and organic in Alaska isn't always easy, but one Homer business made it its mission to give customers healthier choices.
At the Fresh Sourdough Bakery and Café, it's not just about food, it's about family – and no one knows that better than Donna Maltz, who's spent nearly three decades running the business with her husband Kevin.
"He's back there cooking. He'll go back and do everything. It's incredible to be able to come home at night and still love each other."
Opening your own business is a feat in itself, but for Donna the real adventure was getting to Alaska in the first place.
"We drove through blizzards and storms and moose crossings, and I'd never seen anything like that, you know: suburban girl from New Jersey goes to Alaska."
She ran out of money along the way and had to bake her way to the last frontier.
Her bread truck served her well, and the jalopy now sits outside the restaurant as a symbol of her pioneer spirit.
"Once we got here I knew Homer was my home and this is where I wanted to be and I loved the community."
Two years after she started the bakery, she met Kevin. "28 years ago Donna hired me as her bread baker," he said.
Together they raised the business – and a family.
But after 30 years they've decided to retire, and are passing the sourdough torch to Kathy Kysar, a former Homer schoolteacher.
"I have the same philosophy about organic and local," Kysar said. "I've always been the tree hugger of my group of friends."
"…Knowing people are still coming in, knowing we're leaving and supporting Kathy and her vision, it's great," Donna said. "It's like marrying off your son to the perfect daughter-in-law."
While the bakery started with just a bread truck and a dream, Donna says it's turned into so much more than she could have imagined – and she can't believe she's gotten to share the experience with her soul mate.
"My husband and I have been together almost 30 years, serving peace and love. I love him so much and I'm excited to have a new chapter."
The Maltz's are starting anew in Hawaii, where there will be just as much passion for food, but maybe a few less pancakes.
Donna and Kevin Maltz retired to Hawaii to start their own culinary arts retreat, but they'll leave a lasting legacy in Homer.
In addition to opening the bakery, Donna also started a company called "Ahh-laska," which she says is the first line of organic chocolate syrup and cocoa in the U.S.


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Hmmm. I'd prefer the Allies but we can do whatever you want. I'm out and about at my in-laws for a bit but Ill post a profile up as soon as I get home.
I guess that I'll make proper intro once we get into the IC, if you don't mind.
Character Sheet:
Short personal bio:
Possible conventional weapons:
If this doesn't work, just tell me
And one thing I just remembered, which side of the war do you think we should be on? The Allies, The Axis Powers, or the Soviet Union?
I have nothing else to put in this signature, except this:
Hmmm. I'd prefer the Allies but we can do whatever you want. I'm out and about at my in-laws for a bit but Ill post a profile up as soon as I get home.
Okay, then we'll stick by the Allies. And no trouble, I'm looking forward to it
I have nothing else to put in this signature, except this:
Name: Cassandra Holloway
Gender: Female
Age: Twenty - Four
Appearance: Cassandra stands at 5'6'' and weighs around 115lbs. She has short black hair and slightly tanned skin thanks to her mother being Native American. However, she has bright blue eyes that she somehow inherited from her English father.
Nationality: Native American/English
Powers: Pathfinding ( Ability to track an individual or object through supernatural means )
Short personal bio: Cassandra was born to a Native American mother and an English father. Her parents met when her father was on the reservation with some friends of his. The two fell in love but they weren't allowed to marry due to Cassandra's grandfather not approving of her mother being with a White man. So they snuck around and her mother ended up pregnant. Cassandra was born on the reservation and lived there most of her life until she was old enough to make it on her own. She discovered her ability at the tender age of 10 and still has yet to master it fourteen years later. Unlike most females, Cassandra didn't "blossom" all that well in the chest and hips area making it easy for her to enlist in the war as a man.
Possible conventional weapons: - to be fixed later -
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Looks good if you ask me, looking forward to see her powers. Remember that the war for us starts in either France in 1940, Africa 1940-41 or somewhere in occupied Europe as Commandos, unless you'd prefer something else.Just feeling that I'm taking control of it all without your wishes, so just tell me to stop if I take to much control.
I have nothing else to put in this signature, except this:
You're not taking control darling. I actually don't mind it for this since I'm still brushing up on WW2 to try and get this as accurate as possible. So please, feel free to take control and as we go I will add in my ideas. :3
edit : Ive also added in her power and possible weapons as well.
Last edited by GallifreyanOddy; 03-04-2013 at 09:31 AM.
Okay then, but then I guess that she's in the US army? Because if so, then the USA didn't join the war for almost two years later. But no worry, we can work with that, but can we then work with my character already having been in the war from the start and the two of them working together? Which would be in North Africa, or possibly even something like a commando soldier in German-occupied Europe?
And just to warn you, you won't meet too many here on the Guild who has as knowledge about WWII as me, but I won't kill you or bite you Just that I will put in a lot of facts and such that most people most likely won't know or have thought about. For example the weapon you chose, the M1 Garand, was not used by most US infantry until the end of 1941, and even some preferred to use bolt-action rifles.
But I'm not saying you can't use it, so no worries Again, sorry if I become too much of a history-Nazi, I'm trying to put it in the nicest way possible
I'll get my CS up later tonight, or whatever time it is where you live. Where do you live if I may ask?
I have nothing else to put in this signature, except this:
Oh its fine. :3
I'm actually really interested in learning more so please, feel free to share any kind of knowledge with me. ^_^
I'm in the GMT-6 timezone or Central Time Zone if you're in the US somewhere. lol.
I wasn't sure who she was with in the war. I'm thinking she was traveling when everything happened and just joined up with the military of where she was at the time. I'm still trying to work all that out.
However, if you've got a place you want to start, I'm more than happy to work with whatever you have.
Ah, you live over there in the States then I see, nice As you may have noticed, I live here in the "old country", hehe.
Okay, if she was just travelling when the war started, she could have been somewhere in France when it all happened, make her sign with the French Army if she knows how to speak French. As I'm thinking of being a British soldier, we could fight together from there and get to know each other better once we get stuck in Dunkirk waiting for evacuation. Then once we get to Britain, you join the British and we fight alongside each other throughout the rest of the war. If so, no American weapons for you, Madam I'm just throwing out ideas here.
No offence, but then I guess that your knowledge of WWII is based on what you learned from school and perhaps the odd documentaries on TV about it? Just asking.
I have nothing else to put in this signature, except this:
Oh yeah? I'm thinking perhaps she studied French before she began to travel. Just in case and all that you know. lol.
All of my WW2 knowledge is based on what I learned in school and what I've read on Wikipedia since I started working on my profile.
I have this urge to completely change my character now. Gah. I hate when that happens.


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The fifth edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club's (RORC) Caribbean 600 is now underway with eight Swans set to compete for the first of six Swan Challenge Trophies, as part of the prestigious Swan Challenge Series which includes the world's most demanding offshore races.
The Swan Caribbean Challenge will be presented to the top placing Swan competing in the RORC Caribbean 600, a 600 mile race starting and finishing in Antigua having rounded the islands of Nevis, St Kitts, St Barth and St Maarten to the North, before heading South to round Guadalupe.
In 2012, the first Swan to complete the RORC Caribbean 600 and to be awarded the 2012 Swan Caribbean Challenge Trophy was Wendy Schmidt's Swan 80 Selene, who finished third in IRC overall.
With 47 entries on the starting line, the eight Swans are well suited to long distance racing in open waters. This year, the largest Swan competing will be Anders Nordqvist's Swan 90, Nefertiti. Patriot, an original Sparkman and Stephens designed Swan 48 with hull number two, helmed by Richard Luckyn-Malone is one of the smaller Swans to enter this year's race.
Swan 62 Uxorious IV from the United Kingdom returns to compete again this year, having enjoyed an incredibly close race in 2012, finishing second in class by just 21 seconds to Amanda Hartley's Swan 56 Clem.
Colin Buffin, owner of Swan 62 Uxorious IV commented; 'We just finished a lovely ten day cruise through the Grenadines. Once the barbecue and dodgers were off, we sailed to Antigua arriving at the end of last week. Most of the crew flew in from the UK; they have raced with me for a long time including the Rolex Fastnet Race, St Malo - Dinard Race, Newport – Bermuda Race and of course the RORC Caribbean 600 last year. We have some unfinished business after our second place last year. Having taken the time to review the race tracker, we now know where we made up and lost ground last time, so have learned a lot!'
The RORC Caribbean 600 annually attracts a wide variety of yachts from across the world with crews from 27 nations having entered this year's race. It is the only offshore race in the Caribbean and is scheduled to start at 11.00 local time.
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
Mushrooms: Part Two
17 comments:
- HAZEL said...
Wow! I grow fungus too...between my toes! Something else we have in common Lovely Miss Ali! Now...do keep an account of how many mushies you get ( could you weight them?) because I want to know if it is economically advantageous to buy one of these. I mean to say, if you can grow them, then I suppose anyone can. :=)
- May 15, 2011 at 6:46 PM
- Enchanted Moments said...
Hazel, I think you can get pungent smelling ointment for your toes...
Ali, I am impressed, I have bought two of those in the past and had limited success...well done..I do know they dont take long to grow, so by tomorrow they will be bigger still....x - May 15, 2011 at 6:55 PM
- Ali said...
I will absolutely weigh them for you my dear Hazel, and I might even set up some sort of little button so we can follow the day by day progress of these little fungal treasures... and yes, if I can produce fungus - anyone can... although thank goodness my whopping talents do not extend to my toes.
Suzanne I am really hoping that this will work - I'd love to have a good supply of fresh mushrooms... I LOVE mushrooms... yum... - May 15, 2011 at 7:13 PM
- Little Blue Mouse said...
No offence Ali, but when you first see that photo it can really put you off your breakfast! In that colour, it looks like some kind of growth on a human.
Apart from that - well done! - May 15, 2011 at 7:28 PM
- Joyfulhomemaker said...
fungilishous..our family love mushrooms it will be interesting to see if it is worth growing em//can we see picks of your clean yard i like clean yards..not keen on the aches it gives thou LOL
- May 15, 2011 at 7:38 PM
- Ali said...
LBM - I expected that sort of comment from Hazel (we all know about her potty mouth) not you!
- May 15, 2011 at 7:39 PM
- Mrs Bok - The Bok Flock said...
LOL !!!!!! Ali your fun guys look awesome! Before you know it they'll be massive...yum!
- May 15, 2011 at 7:41 PM
- Ali said...
Mrs Bok - every time I see the word fungi now I think of fun guys... Hazel is catching!
- May 15, 2011 at 7:54 PM
- 500m2 said...
So exciting! I think our kits are at about the same stage. Mine aren't looking particularly round at the moment though - and all the growing seems to be happening around the edges.
L - May 15, 2011 at 8:54 PM
- Susan said...
Hey Ali, your fungi is heaps better looking than my fungi. Besides, you got triplets :D)
- May 15, 2011 at 11:28 PM
- ReapWhatYouGrow said...
I love it, especially that you've worked out the cost at 8.33 recurring! We grew mushrooms once in our cellar, and yes it was intentional!!
The hydroponic set up down there always drew some raised eyebrows, especially as my husband has long hair. LOL.
It was all perfectly innocent however.
We never really made self sufficiency on the mushrooms though, and growing them made me more interested in different varieties so I ended up buying more. - May 16, 2011 at 2:55 AM
- Lisa @ Two Bears Farm said...
We have morels that grow in our woods, but I've never tried to grow actual mushrooms. I just eat the ones I find! :-)
- May 16, 2011 at 5:11 AM
- Why I garden... said...
Congrats, the photo looks a bit like two legs and a bum but hey that's whats great about home grown.
- May 16, 2011 at 6:54 AM
- africanaussie said...
I have passed by those mushrooms kits so many times. Like the others I would like to know if they are really worth it. I will follow along with your progress.
- May 16, 2011 at 9:02 AM
- Gary said...
Hi Ali,
Have never grown mushrooms myself, well done to you for giving it a go....and succeding! The one in the first picture reminds me of the molecule models from my chemistry days at schoo; a thousand years ago. - May 16, 2011 at 3:50 PM
- Phoebe said...
I can sense some mushroom risotto coming on!!!
- May 16, 2011 at 7:30 PM
- catmint said...
amazing mushie photo, I get them in the garden in the mushroom compost sometimes but never such an interesting shape as yours.
- May 17, 2011 at 10:04 PM


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7. | grape ape | ||
Same as the Abe Lincoln (When an unconscious person gets jizzed on their face, gets their pubes cut and applied to their face to form a beard, then adorned with a top hat), but with the blackening of her eyes. After I Abe Lincolned that scag, I hit her in the eye and turned it into a grape ape and fed her a banana.
1. | grape ape | ||
a potent strain of weed yo u smoked that ? im gone off that grape ape
2. | Grape Ape | ||
A 1970's Hanna Barbera cartoon about a 40 foot tall purple gorilla called The Great Grape Ape. Although the original series finished over 20 years ago Grape Ape is sometimes refered to in modern day cartoons e.g. He made a cameo appearence in an episode of The Grim Adventures Of Billy And Mandy in wich he was a giant monster with his head stuck in a volcano. Grape Ape, it burns, Grape Ape.
3. | Grape Ape | ||
A kampin' drink make with cheap ass grape soda and Jack Daniels. If you have a Grape Ape you will go from 0-stupid in less than 5 seconds!
4. | grape ape | ||
a fat black guy preferabley over 400 pounds Godamn that is one big Grape Ape
5. | Grape Ape | ||
Any woman from Philly,PA who thinks white, educated men is going to want a delusional, charcoal resembling woman is sorely mistaken. Usually spends time on various message boards sobbing about her bloated appearance. Did you see Nicole/Reva on Topix....the bitch looks like GRAPE APE.
6. | Grape Ape | ||
The act of receiving a blow-job whilst on the toilet and subsequently slapping feces on either side of the head of the one performing the blow-job. Hey man, I heard you got a hooker last night. Do anything fun?
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BubbleGum:Unlimited wrote::D Thank you for your great advice! Really, I am a story writer, I LOVE comments to help further my work. I had read over some older applications before mine before I did Ashes. As for my lack of patience, I sincerely apologize. I did not have a home computer and had no time to wait >w< and now I do!! YAY!! SO I will be as patient as needed. As for my "poor grammar" I read over my work, and I believe you are referring to my Transformer slang... Such as Berth meaning bed, Medbay meaning the medical room, slagg as slang and other words I don't remember, if those are not wanted then I totally understand, just understand that I Role Play with a close companion of mine and may slip; what you said over my to Femmes (robot females) has been taken to notice and I will try to do what I am told.
Allegiance: Decepticon (able to be converted)
Function: warrior
Alt.Mode: none
Height: 36'/ 10.9728
Weapons: mace, shackle mace, dual blade sword, three daggers, arm canon, two hand guns, mini daggers, shirukins (I can't find how to spell that ) grenades
Special Abilities: Due to her mass of weaponry, Railway can use almost any weapon you hand her, from a simple dagger, to a high-class canon.
Quote: "Who you want to be doesn't matter; its who you ARE at the moment that matters"
Strength: 9
Intelligence: 6
Dexterity: 6
Speed: 5
Endurance: 7
Courage: 7
Fire Power: 5
Accuracy: 6
Melee: 7
Tech Skill: 6
Charisma: 3
PROFILE: Railway has serious trust problems, she doesn't want to trust anyone (she's scared to get tricked), so gaining her trust and loyalty is EXTREMELY complicated... Yet Railway never wanted to be a Decepticon anyway; at least, that hadn't been her original plan. As for her temper, Railway has a pretty fair, maintained attitude (she's usually reserved). She isn't much of a talker, but if you get her to talk, you'll understand why she has her trust and loyalty issues...But you'd also see that Railway isn't an evil femm, she's just lost and feels unwanted, and uncared for and just needs someone to show her the way; just don't get pushy.
ABILITIES: Another advantage to her high weapon count, Railway can pierce her armor with...say a sword, the armor will react to this specific move by creating a holder from that particular part of her armor, and since her armor is heavy and thick, she hasn't to worry over her armor thinning out into nothing.
WEAKNESSES: Although she is a silent walker, Railway is no ninja, she is large and fairly clumsy; thus if put out for a mission like spy or sneak attack, Railway may not be the best of choices.
Con base; dark, cold, an autobots' worst nightmare. The glow of dark energon was everywhere, on the walls, on the floor, in Railway's beautiful lavender optics...Why was she here? Why was she in this? Well, her large yet femininely curved, dark, menacing silvery grey frame made a crummy first look impression; and she was harassed so much in training to be an autobot, that she finally dropped the thought, then she met the Decepticons.
"No more harassment... You'll be free of any judgement..." The words rang through her head with a beautiful ring; 'you'll be free of any judgement'... That's all she'd wanted, to be treated equal despite her size, or shape, or gender...just to be Railway...was that so much to ask?
"Of course it is you idiot" she snapped to herself coldly.
"You don't fit in, you're big, you don't look like them..." Her optics slowly gazed out of a window, out onto Cybertron's beautiful, lifeless shell; those femmes, the femmes she looked nothing like...Why couldn't she be like them? Why couldn't she look like that one fem? The pale yellow one with those chakrams? (I spelled chakrams correctly)
Railway didn't see it, but she was actually a gorgeous femme; she was bigger than the others, yes, but she had every slender curve, every beautiful feature every other fem had. Of course no one told her this, if they did, she might leave the cons. So Railway sat believing she was just some freak that didn't fit in anywhere she went, not even with the outcasts... Yet one day...One day she'd prove to those bot, one day...she would prove herself a worthy advisarry (not misspelled)...one day... the autobots would pay...This war would end with her finally being feared for the real reason, she started walking further into the shadows that reached for her mercilessly...
"My STRENGTH...."
I'm afraid I'm going to have to deny Ashes and Railway. I was curious to see if revisions would make them more like what we're looking for in terms of fanmade characters and while it's closer, it's still not what we look for. Fanmade characters should be pretty basic and just blend in to the setting of the game. The more they stick out, via physical attributes, stats, special abilities and so on, the less likely they are to make it in the game. I would recommend if you want to get started in the game that you apply for a canon character first and get a feel for how the game flows and what sorts of characters are both in it and what they're doing on a post-to-post basis.
As to your posts themselves, I wasn't referring to use of slang, be it Earth or Cybertron. I was referring to the frequency of actual misspellings or grammar glitches that make a post hard to read. As an example from your above sample--
Yet one day...One day she'd prove to those bot, one day...she would prove herself a worthy advisarry (not misspelled)...one day...
The OOC comments tossed in to the midst of IC posts are unnecessary and the word that you indicated was not misspelled actually is. It's adversary, given the context of the sentence. Nothing major. Just one example of what I was referring to in my last review that would be caught by a spellcheck.
So, in a nutshell, I would put fanmades on the shelf for a while (you're not the first player to have had to do this) and go for a canon character. Get a feel for everything and you'll probably gain a better understanding of what the RPG is after in terms of characters.


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UMD Police Trainee Shot During Owings Mills Exercise
A police trainee was shot during a training exercise in Owings Mills Tuesday afternoon.
A University of Maryland police trainee was flown to Maryland Shock Trauma after being shot during a training exercise Tuesday afternoon, police confirmed.
Baltimore City Police have a training facility on Rosewood Lane in Owings Mills, but Detective Angela Carter-Watson, a police spokeswoman, could only confirm that the incident occurred in Owings Mills at 2:36 p.m. ABC2 News reported that the incident happened at the Rosewood Center on Rosewood Lane.
At 3 p.m., Carter-Watson said the trainee was being transported by medevac to Maryland Shock Trauma. The nature of the injuries was still under investigation, she said.
Editor's note: Due to a source error, the story orginally reported that the wounded officer was a Baltimore Police trainee.
M. Sullivan
4:11 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Baltimore City Police: can't drive, can't shoot straight, corrupt, out of shape, lazy, etc.
william bittner
6:56 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
most of the cops have rap sheets longer than the crooks they are chasing
Robert Frisch
4:35 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
To the moderator, please delete the comments of M. Sullivan and Sanchez. They are heartless and inappropriate given that the person accidentally shot may be fighting for their life.
4:48 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Don't be so insensitive toward others. Because someone makes a comment you don;t like is no reason to whine. One does not have to sooth your sensibilities as rule. I do hope the victim is well and any comment of mine does not diminish that fact. It does not always have to be said.
Marc Shapiro
4:59 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
We only take down comments that violate our terms of use. These do not.
12:35 pm on Monday, February 18, 2013
Mr Frisch, have you read the latest news on this case? How far off was my comment now in hindsight? It was wholly appropriate given today's news.
Buck Harmon
4:55 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Training of this nature should be far safer than real police work...kinda odd..
Valerie B
5:01 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Are they supposed to use live rounds during training exercises? Seems absurd to me. I hope for the best for the trainee.
6:03 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
"Support Growing For Former L.A. Officer Accused Of Killing Spree
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Christopher Dorner, the ex-LAPD officer accused of three revenge killings and the focus of an extensive manhunt, left behind a long manifesto outlining all of his grievances and observations.
CBS13 posted a simple question: Why? Why support a man wanted for at least three killings and the author of a murderous manifesto promising to target cops?
One sympathizer replied, "Because something needs to be done about the long known corruption of not only the LAPD, but several agencies." "
Mr Frisch, I am sorry I offended you. Do you see what is on these pages?
I am offended every day reading these pages and news from around the world. See the above? Go read what what was said on the web about the Pope retiring. Are you offended?
6:14 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Mr Frisch, I found the comment below as offensive as you did mine.
Being falsely lumped into a group that would include a mass murderer is vile and as offensive as it gets. Oh well. This is the internet. Here is the comment. As if anyone could support a known killer and wanted man the right to buy firearms.
"Mobster Whitey Bulger bought 10 pistols and a shotgun using the Gun Show loophole while he was on the run.
How in the world can a person on the FBI's Most Wanted list do this? Why don't the Gun Nutters have a problem with this?"
Marc Shapiro
10:45 am on Wednesday, February 13, 2013
I've made the correction. I was told it was a city police trainee at first.
11:04 am on Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Everybody was told that at first. It turns out he was shot by a BPD instructor.
3:57 pm on Wednesday, February 13, 2013
But, of course, only police and military should have firearms!
8:03 pm on Monday, February 18, 2013
Anyone who doesn't think citizens should have firearms needs to take a walk around Greenmount Ave in Baltimore at night. Alone.
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- Nov 15, 2011
Link soars through the sky in this video review for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
Here's my opinion. If it's not broke, don't fix it. Critics criticize The Legend of Zelda for not adding a number of new things. I don't mind what Nintendo continues to do. I enjoy playing Legend of Zelda because of what it was, what it is and hopefully what it will continue to be. Keep the pattern. As I said earlier, if it's not broke, don't fix it. Skyward Sword deserved a 9.0
The only thing I can say is this: If there's motion plus control option, that would be the exception to the rule. With this requirement of motion plus, you have to be dead accurate with your motions compare to the normal wii remote option. Classic controller would've been the alternative for the old school. With the Wii U on the way, using the tablet should be no problem. Anyway, this is the sad reality when you hope the motion plus would be perfect to use.
I guess I suck at the controls, too. They are by far this game's greatest weakness. What's the point of waving the controller like a sword if the sword doesn't respond to your every swing? Hell, you can kill most enemies by just flicking it around like crazy. The only way to swing without error is to time your swings and adjust your angles so meticulously that it sucks the fun right out of it. And having to constantly recenter the pointer? Dude... I'd give this game a 10/10 if it used Classic Controller. I love it. But the controls are absolutely frustrating the crap out of me.
I can try to agree with all the Points for this very critical Review, except for controls. There is ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong with controls in this game. I would say they are the strongest aspect of the whole title, what makes this game more fun to Play than Ocarina of Time for example. Repetition was present in all previous Zelda titles I played so far and the stealth section wasnt executed so bad. I am surprised instead he doesnt mention how frustrating the sleeping realm Trials are... anyway this game deserves an 8.5 or 9.0, without doubts.
Control issue? More like user error. Learn to play.
Just beat this game. This guy is just bad at Zelda. And he's mad about it. Period.
So new Zelda in '14? That's cool Nintendo, but in the mean time.....
I'll take a Wind Waker re-release for WiiU, please! So gamers are skeptic about the controller screen? Tingle tuner on the controller screen. Hell, I'd get a WiiU just to replay this game. Add WiiMotionPlus support to items and everywhere in between! Update visuals as necessary. That one's free Nintendo. :)
@Blue-Sky controls are the only perfect aspect of this game. I wouldnt go back to a Controller played zelda.
It looks and sounds to me like Mc Shea wanted the combat to work at a faster pace than it was designed for
I tried to controls when it's using the sword or a projectile weapons and it's not perfect. Tom McShea is right to nail that issue.
Huh, I would have given it at least an 8, and I had never played another Zelda game. So, I'm not biassed to the franchise at all.
ITR: zelda fanboys and nintendo fanboys in general forget that the wii u motion lag still hasn't gone anywhere and makes combat in this game a chore. Honestly how the IGN reviewer found this to be a 10 is absurd. I loved the story of this game but the controls still suck just as much is they did back when i returned my twilight princess wii copy for a gc copy.
Thanks. I think Tom is now doing other things and is no longer monitoring this video review and review text anymore.
Make all the lame comments you want. I don't think Tom is there anymore after the review. Don't waste your time with negative comments. Instead just play the game and don't take this review too personally. I can't be clearer than that. I know Tom's review maybe bad but given a score 7.5, it's not so bad really.
What's more important? Blaming Tom or doing your own review? If all you do is make excuses then do your own review. Simple.
@Indurrago To be honest, I never miss a beat and perhaps I do have to wait until there comments finish before I put mine in. That's my nature.
@johnnyauau I don't have intention of making a review. Seeing as I never finished the game. I just find it hilarious over half a year you're still here.
*the villian's and supporting characters aren't as interesting". so what your saying is Ghirahim isn't nearly as interesting as Ganondorf... that's what I'm getting at... the motion controls only take time to get a custom to, they aren't close to as bad as you make them out to be.the fetch quest to dungeon is a very basic pattern but the dungeons always have something new to introduce and the fetch quest's don't massively impact the rest of the experience so in the conventions of this pattern are new game play experiences that are NOT predictable. gamespot, you lose.
The game was by far harder than Twilight witch is a good thing. But again the game feels empty when you decide to step back from the main story, there are just uninteresting side missions, no extra dungeons. And of course the next Zelda has to introduce a new enemy, they can't keep Ganon forever and the game has to be longer, at least 50h to complete the main quest.
I' @Redley911 This may be a spoiler but have you even played the game? Ganon is not even mentioned and this new villain is actually pretty interesting. And the main game took me around 40 hours. That's the longest action/adventure game I've played.
The best Zelda games in my opinion are Wind Waker, Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess.
He named himself Tom instead of Link... automatically not a true Zelda fan. Joking. Nah, but seriously, the game was amazing. The controls were bad about half the time, but they aren't bad enough to make the game get only a 7.5. Also, from judging how he plays, he sounds like he really isn't too skilled. He swings the sword in the same direction constantly, uses his bow on close-ranged enemies, and doesn't realize that you can run when charging up for a skyward strike. Honestly, this game was great and Tom McShea doesn't do it justice at all. Rant over.
i enjoy the fact that in skyward sword theyre trying to get people to use the motion plus and the more i use it the more i enjoy the change from the classic controller. although zelda does begin to get tedious after about the 4th dungeon the controls story, and love for the game are what kept me busy throughout this game. one thing i wouldve liked to see is somehow be able to play this game by using a gc controller. all in all one of the best zelda games i have ever played and will always keep me busy until the game is perfected 110%.
To each his own. For me personally, this is one of the greatest games I've ever played, and definitely the best in the franchise. I am primarily a PC gamer and quite picky about visual quality, but this game looks great to me. I just compensate for the jaggies by lowering the sharp on my tv to create a softer image. Strong finish for the Wii with Skyward, Xenoblade, and The Last Story.
You can't really make an argument based on an individual's perspective being ill-conceived. My perspective differs from Tom's in that I don't find the Zelda game to be repetitive. Miyamoto needs to ensure that he's developing a Zelda game that a. is better in quality than the previous game b. pleases his current fanbase c. brings in more fans through innovation I'm not a fan of the wii remote nor the exclusion of a classic style controller that has been used so consistently throughout the Zelda series. I do like the fact that they are attempting to make this game more realistic for the user and create a fun and exciting world to explore. I will always play Zelda no matter what.
Please, don't criticize the reviewer for that reason F0urTwenty. Anyone who's new to the game or not familiar with Zelda should not be alienated because they're doing it wrong. I can't be any more clearer than that. For the record, I have played the game through only for the first part and haven't gone to the dungeons yet. So don't jump the gun on me.
This is the worst review I have ever read and watched in my entire life, 100% sure of that. Gamespot should do a thorough evaluation of there staff, he clearly just doesn't know how to play the game correctly. This is sad gamespot, just sad.
@F0urTwenty Lol because he doesn't let his fanboyism get in the way of his job? Yeah dude, you're totally right.
@Slim_Lyrics Wait... what is that some kind of joke? Yah, it's Ocarina of Time, just with a different story, control scheme, inventory system. over world design that resembles a big dungeon, different dungeon and level design... oh wait, thats not Ocarina of Time, thats Skyward Sword. Your comparisons are weak-minded and foolish to the point of sadness and a desperate need to feel cool by not playing mainstream games. Who's the pathetic one here? Me, the one who got the play the game, or you, the guy who missed out on one of the best games of 2011?
@larkin-54 i think you and i played different skyward swords, didnt resemble any zelda game I've played in the last nearly 20 years
@johnny lol? man check it out theres like 10-100 skyward sword online guides (just google"skyward sword walkthrough" but im 99% sure that guide i pointed out will work just fine
Larkin-54 is so them right, the game is good , brings more challenge then Twilight (difficulty in general) but nothing that revolutionize the franchise. And Johnnyauau I don't understand because you really must not be paying attention to the game to loose yourself, Imean Fay is always there to give you the solution + the little bonus stone in your home town. You really don't need a guide!
@johnny you should be able to find a guide online http://www.zeldadungeon.net/Zelda14-skyward-sword-walkthrough.php this one would work fine
its a good zelda game but doesn't do anything new... that about sums it up game spot is the only review with the balls to say it
To be honest, I'm pretty lost without a game guide TheZeroPercent. So I'm going to need to find my way around this game. That's the only thing that kept me from playing this game. Don't take it the wrong way but any new gamer might have a hard time at the start.
You can tell that the reviewer isn't a good skyward sword player at all. He never had a shield and when he did it was a new shield, and he doesnt know how to swing the wii remote without making it go crazy. Whatta nuub. by the way, every game with a sequel has the same mistakes as the original.
I'm not sure what you mean TheZeroPercent. You're not making sense. You should clear up what you're talking about and try again.
youll notice its MOSTLY only in the heat of combat that the sword wont act right thats usually the player(getting a bit physically overwhelmed) and not the controls because if you just sit there at skyloft or somewhere and try and swing the sword accuratley the sword will usually do what you tell it to when you gotta hit exact points youll notice nintendo never "rushes" you to make an "exact" attack youll always have time to think and swing but the rush of battle will cause you to swing outta wack
Sorry to chime in but this controversy is still going after about two months and 3900 comments. 35 I might add. I mean is that all gamers could think of? Even the YouTube that show's that he's wrong? It will be great stupidity if you want a professional reviewer like Tom to correct his mistake based on controls, the score and the way he reviews it. I'll repeat once more: Check Zelda Skyward Sword HotSpot for the explanation and try not to jump the gun, no matter how right you are. If you're still not satisfied, got to another game site or play the game for once and give me your opinion afterwards.
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A young male allegedly snatched a purse from a car, while a man was seated in the vehicle.
Reports say that officers were dispatched to the LaGrange Memorial Library on Alford Street Monday afternoon in reference to an entering an auto complaint.
After speaking with the victims, the officer later learned that the incident was a robbery by sudden snatch. The female victim told the officer that she and her husband parked on the side of the building , and she left her husband in the car while she went into the library.
After she had gone inside, her 85 year old husband, who was left sitting in the passenger seat, said a light skinned black male about 16 to 17 years old, wearing a camouflage jacket and riding a bike, came up to him and asked if he would give a donation to the school. The victim told the young male no, before closing the door back. Minutes later the victim said that he saw the driver's door open and thought it was his wife coming back out, but then allegedly saw the young male reach inside the door and take his wife's purse which was lying on the driver's side floorboard. The suspect left towards Alford Street on his bike.
The purse was black leather with two long straps, and contained a license, credit cards, a Medicare card, $300 in cash and her Capital City Bank checkbook.
If anyone has any additional information about this incident, please contact the LaGrange Police Department at 706-883-2603 or Troup County Crime Stoppers at 706-812-1000, or text an anonymous tip to TEXT-A-TIP at 274637, keyword "LAGRANGE." Tips can also be submitted online at www.lagrangega.org or www.facebook.com/lagrange.police.