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Young's Special London Ale - Wells & Young's Ltd
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United Kingdom (Wales)
3.25/5 rDev -17.9%
01-04-2014 23:48:05 | More by CwrwAmByth
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North Carolina
4.33/5 rDev +9.3%
Along with Fullers ESB my favorite English ale.Great amber color wirh nice thick head,has a yeasty orange-like smell.Nothing bitter about this ale,mellow easy drinking for the alcohol content.Has a slight bitter ending wich compliments this beer greatly.Always savor this when get a chance to get one.
02-04-2003 07:41:28 | More by oberon
3.95/5 rDev -0.3%
Appearance Light, almost perfectly orange in color with a good, white head off a hard pour.
Smell The casky wood dominated this nose. The classic bitter British notes abound.
Taste This is a big, bitter ale made with traditional English character. They did a really good job of replicating the flavor of a classic English bitter. The leafy bitterness and nice woody notes came out especially well.
Mouthfeel This one is light to medium-bodied and a little clumsy in the mouth. I enjoyed the bitter feel but would have liked to have seen a little bit better blending of the flavors.
Drinkability I enjoyed this offering from Youngs. It is much better than their Ram Rod.
Update I re-reviewed this a year almost to the day that I had my first bottle. It really is a classic example of the style. I got a much better head on my 2005 pour so upped the Appearance by half a point.
09-03-2004 15:12:13 | More by RoyalT
4.38/5 rDev +10.6%
I didn't drink any Young's when I lived in the UK (shame on me), so I wasn't sure what to expect. I was very pleasantly surprised.
A: Carbonation fired up a nice clean finger width head to begin with but it was short lived and settled down into a nice lacing as expected. It is semi-translucent (hazy) with a little carbonation visible.
S: A quietly lively smell. It came across fruity to me. Some malt and hoppiness but generally understated.
T: It came across fruity to me but not too dominant because as I registered that, I started to get that lovely sugary malted biscuity flavor. It finishes off with a really nice hoppy bitterness but retains some of the earlier flavor and is certainly not a forceful aftertaste.
M: Really creamy and round. Carbonation provides some fresh liveliness to the palette. Medium body - just really smooth.
D: I have to admit, I found myself finding it hard to concentrate on reviewing this beer because I just wanted to drink it and not think about it. It was really delicious and so easy to drink. Even the short half-life of the aftertaste made me want to drink more. I guess there is a complexity to this beer but it is so well balanced - they have taken all the work out of it for the drinker - just enjoy it! I think you could find yourself drinking it down and forgetting the strength - dangerous! It is my new go-to ESB.
10-05-2008 15:14:28 | More by sgoodship
4.35/5 rDev +9.8%
Presentation: Custom 500ml brown bottle. This is Young's Millennium Edition of the style, previously known as their Export Bitter. Best before 4/2001. Bottled conditioned.
Appearance: Pours with some highly active carbonation which induces a great big foamy, off-white, rocky head with great staying power and stick -- probably one of the best heads on a beer. Colour is a bright amber. There's a thin layer of sediment at the bottom, from its being conditioned in the bottle.
Smell: Has a really soft bouquet with notes of fruit, fresh hops and toasty malts with a slight earthy aroma. Lovely perfumy vapors.
Taste: Smooth on the palate, a bit slick. Medium bodied brew with some chewiness to it. Upfront there's a rather tasty malt character of caramel/toffee and toasted malts that mingles with a unique raw hop presence (leafy and oily). Fruit flavours and some citrus adds a lovely twang of bitterness, especially as it gets a boost from a tingly carbonation that refreshes the palate. It's all artfully balanced with the malt. Finishes sweet with some bready flavours (yeast).
Notes: Without a doubt one of the most enjoyable beers that I have ever had. All the makings of a world-class brew. It's balance is perfection, it's taste is liquid bliss. I got this one on sale at Bread & Circus for $2.99. I have to buy some more!
01-14-2001 13:01:04 | More by Todd
1.98/5 rDev -50%
500ml bottle, best by 10/4/06. The bottle gushes some when opened. It pours a golden copper with a huge frothy off white head that retains well and leaves a little lacing.
The aroma is grainy and corny with a little spicy alcohol and some DMS.
The flavor is grainy and metallic with some grassy hop bitterness at the finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with loads of sharp carbonation that mellows into wateriness towards the end of the bottle.
Overall, this was not very good and was very much like a macro beer with a little extra zing. It's not offensive, just pretty bland with a few OK aspects and a few off-aspects.
09-11-2006 05:26:42 | More by Beaver13
3.73/5 rDev -5.8%
Semi-aggressive carbonation that foams quickly when first pouring. Tawny bronze hue with a very faint haze from the yeast, light tan head drops down to a thin lace. Woody aroma with hints of hops and a musty grain showing some faded sugary sweetness. Thick and slick mouth feel, smoothness has to force its way through the viscous body. Juicy fruity and a tad buttery with a thick maltiness which brings a heavy hand of sweetness. Hops are bitter enough to counter the sweetness as well as a spicy alcohol. Ripe fruity flavours throughout. Drying husk toasted grain in the end. An eclectic strong ale that would be better paired with a rich meal than to drink it alone.
07-01-2002 18:44:21 | More by Jason
3.9/5 rDev -1.5%
This bitter pours a clear amber body with a two finger, offwhite head that that retains for several minutes before fading into copious patch lacing.
Aroma is English hops, with spicy pepper, and a mineral note that suggests the character of the water used in the brewing process. Faint notes of biscuity malt.
Mouthfeel is smooth, evenly carbonated, and light bodied.
Taste is bitter, in that special English style. Hops dominate with a spicy pepper and herbal presence that bitters the ale in ideal harmony with the bready malt. Mineral flavors from the water are noted in the background, and add a unique quality.
Very refreshing and enjoyable. An excellent ESB.
10-26-2004 23:25:20 | More by merlin48
New York
4.28/5 rDev +8.1%
on tap at the Beer Bar/Cafe centro NYC. Nice warm amber, w/ off white, puffy, creamy head. Leaves a ton of lace. Bready nose. First flavors are of a very smooth malty backbone. Understated hop character. As it warms smooth malt continues, grainy, velvet hops gain in strength, to balance things out perfectly. Very British character. Mouthfeel is very creamy and smooth. Classy and well balanced ale. Try it on tap if it comes to a bar nearby.
03-11-2004 04:58:41 | More by Billolick
4/5 rDev +1%
03-19-2013 14:27:57 | More by innominat
3.25/5 rDev -17.9%
06-04-2012 14:31:57 | More by fionn13
United Kingdom (England)
4.13/5 rDev +4.3%
Apprearance: Rich amber colour, clear, but little head
Smell: Little aroma
Taste: Balanced hops and malt, with the biterness slightly more prominent
Mouthfeel: Pleasant aftertaste
Drinkability: Wonderfully tastly and refreshing
Carefully poured from a bottle to ensure the sediment was not distureded (this is a bottle conditioned beer). Beautiful amber colour, but since it's from a bottle there's no head. First taste reveals rich malt and ditinct bitterness. Futher mouthfulls enhance the experience, and leave a pleasant taste in the mouth, retaining the malt/bitter balance.
Served at 55 degrees farenheight.
12-27-2009 14:26:11 | More by ivanwatling
4.35/5 rDev +9.8%
On tap at the Muddy Pig, St. Paul, MN...
Slightly hazy darker yellow color, lighter than Fuller's by a fair shot. Practically no head in this serving, very little lace on the glass. Slightly buterscotchy aroma. Flavor follows the smell, diacetyl with molasses tones and plenty of spicy cinnamon notes. Speckly texture, granulated mouthfeel. Hopping is quite pronounced and dry and there is great balance in this one with a rush toward heat at the end. A very enjoyable ESB in my book.
07-25-2004 19:22:09 | More by ADR
4.22/5 rDev +6.6%
Snazzy 500 ml bottle with a rams head in relief on the glass. Bottle conditioned for a fresher taste.
Big thick creamy white head over a translucent golden brown body. Decent head retention with thick oatmeal like lace at the start that continues to cling but thins toward the end. Smells of roasted malt a touch of hops and a little diacetyl fruitiness. Tastes of sweet maltiness with a background of hop bitterness and some hints of apple-juice-like fruit. Medium to light body. Flavors are well balanced. Smooth in the mouth with carbonation that is light, but still strong enough to carry the flavors and aromas.
A malt lovers delight! A well crafted brew that balances the big malt presence with a lighter body and subtle flavors.
11-03-2005 01:23:39 | More by Shovelbum
United Kingdom (England)
3.1/5 rDev -21.7%
i don't know what it is about youngs beers, but they all tend to have a sticky (akmost sweet) characteristic, but they all have decent hop character, but this was to sticky to be good, but its drinkable.
04-03-2002 19:09:59 | More by rastaman
3.95/5 rDev -0.3%
(Served in an imperial pint glass)
A-This beer pours a warm golden orangeish brown slightly hazy body with a thick creamy light tan head. It has a good carbonation of tiny bubbles.
S- Even during the pour the smell of fresh green grassy hops was wonderful. The smell has a faint lightly toasted and pale malt note.
T- This beer has a nice hop bitterness at the beginning with some grassy and faint orange characteristics. The malt notes are soft but lightly toasted malts. The finishing hop bitterness taste a bit chemical or slightly off flavor.
M- Medium full mouthfeel with but some of that is due to the fizz. No alcohol warmth or astringency.
D- This beer started off with a strong smell of hop complexity and then the taste didn't really follow through with the hops. This is a good ESB but it would be nice to have more depth to the hops or more malt complexity to support the hops. I imagine served in cask would add a whole layer of complexity to it.
10-15-2005 22:21:29 | More by rhoadsrage
3.93/5 rDev -0.8%
A lovely deep amber colour. With a cream colour long lasting head. This is a bottle coditioned beer. So it can be abit cloudy from the yeast. It has a fruity smell wiht some hints of hops and citrus. The taste is also fruity and malty with some hints of citrus. It has some nice bitterness that i like. I like this beer and i'm glad i don't have to go to London every time i want to drink it.
03-24-2004 00:17:24 | More by anders36
3.95/5 rDev -0.3%
A dark orange-tea color in the glass with a slightly off-white head that does leave some sticky residue as it melts.
Aromas are very typically British with sweet amber malts and bread yeast.
The tongue is treated to a combination of an English Brown Ale and a Bitter...lots of sweet amber malts with bready yeasts as a brown would have, but then a nice biting finish from the hops like an ESB.
Mouthfeel becomes almost chewing as you finish it from the complexity of the malts in it.
06-23-2007 19:49:07 | More by IntriqKen
New Jersey
3.5/5 rDev -11.6%
Young's Special London Ale
Appearance- a copper/ caramel with a nice white head. Head dissipated quickly.
Smell- malty and bready with a little tanginess.
Taste- malty with a little hop kick to boost. tasty with a nice little bitter bite in the end.
Overall- a nice ale that would go great with a meal. Not spectacular, by any means, but I would recommend.
04-13-2004 21:43:07 | More by NJpadreFan
New York
4.1/5 rDev +3.5%
12 oz. bottle into a pint glass. Best before 10/05/05, so considering this is about three and a half years old, let's see how it holds up.
Appearance: A nice darker amber body, and a good amount of yeast on the bottom of the glass. Some swirls and a pour later, and you have a cloudier version of said beer. Off-white settles down fairly quickly, but it leaves nice snail-like raindrops around the glass.
Smell: A combination of lighter apples and maybe some strawberries in there, maple syrup, nuttiness, doughiness, some grains, and hints of raisins and vinous characteristics.
Taste: Nuttiness and bread start this out, but then it slides into apples and strawberries, some raisins and sweeter malt flavors, ripe strawberry, a bit of biscuit dough, and finishing with some nice hops to curb the sweetness. Long and interesting finish with a lot going on.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied and fairly creamy, with the yeast adding a nice bit of grittiness to the body.
Drinkability: Yes, this has held up quite nicely, as I hoped it would. I don't have a fresh bottle to compare, but this is definitely great stuff, and it's probably great fresh too.
04-16-2009 03:43:31 | More by asabreed
4.38/5 rDev +10.6%
Foggy copper orange with a short-lived beige capping.
Sweet, malty wafts of toffee, black liquorice and burnt peaches coupled with a light flourish of herbal hops.
Straddles the line between an ESB and an English strong ale. Begins like liquid caramel. Chewy malt load. Loses girth as it warms and becomes lighter and fruitier. Blackberry and raisin sweetness ensues. Turns buttery midway. Breadier too. Smoothed-over coarse grains. Butter tones mix with the malt and turns this into a fluid butterscotch. Lavish and delicious. Ends hoppy, yet subdued with a passive, lingering herbalness.
Real ale, indeed. This tastes like it just came from the cask (even on the eve of its "Best Before" date"). If I ever found this served via the real deal, I'd have to change my pants.
05-30-2003 21:32:44 | More by cokes
North Carolina
4.22/5 rDev +6.6%
1pt 9 fl oz bottle.
Gold-colored with a foamy white head. Soft aroma of hops.
Very, very nice sipping ale. Nearly perfect balance of British-style hops and malt. Clean and crisp, and actually quite refreshing.
If you were to look up "session beer" in my personal dictionary, this might just be the beer next to it. Nearly perfect for enjoying all night long.
05-20-2006 23:53:16 | More by RockyTopHeel
Ontario (Canada)
4.3/5 rDev +8.6%
Wonderfully refreshing ale. Not that bitter. Seems to be offset by substantial malt, as noticed in aroma of head along with fragrant forest of hops, although less so in the drink itself. Features of a nutbrown in an amber colour. Bitterness and nuttiness and malt in aftertaste.
Had a 5-year old bottle a year later, and still had kick, aroma.
01-07-2005 03:56:43 | More by Sammy
4.03/5 rDev +1.8%
A - Poured from a hefty man-sized bottle, this clear copper-orange brew is topped with a huge creamy head of khaki foam. The head shows excellent retention, and leaves enormous amounts of lace on the glass.
S - Sour buttermilk diacetyl undertones support a big biscuity malt and loads of mellow herbal hops. Buttery and tea-like. Quintessentially British.
T - Earthy, gritty, herbal hops ride a wave of liquid butter diacetyls that is supported by a biscuity malt backbone. Really assertive and hefty. Again, very tea-like with earthy garden hop flavors, some vegetable aspects, and a light metallic flavor. Very subtle and nuanced despite it's extremely hoppy nature.
M - Creamy, creamy, creamy! Full bodied, lushly carbonated, and dry. Initially very lush, then more acrid, dry, and biting with enormous hop bitterness.
D - An all around excellent ESB that is a shining example of what the style should be...hoppy, earthy, buttery, tea-like, and very British. This reminds me of SA Boston lager for some reason, maybe due to the earthy, dirty, metallic flavors. Anyhow, this isn't something that I would get to excited about if I saw it again but it's good stuff.
08-23-2007 04:39:46 | More by pmcadamis
4.43/5 rDev +11.9%
Clear, deep amber with a bright-white creamy head that quickly settles into a thin but solid foam which leaves Belgian- lace throughout the pint. The aroma is cleanly malty with some light caramel, and displays the classic house yeast character as a faintly tart and lightly fruity (berries, apple). There's a fairly distinct aroma of earthy Fuggle and Goldings hops. Very inviting. The medium body and fine, moderate carbonation leave it smooth and creamy in the mouth. The flavor is of a semi-sweet, lightly honeyish, bready, and mildly nutty malt (Marris Otter), balanced by an aggressive bitterness and earthy hoppiness. The finish is not as hoppy as might be expected, but long lasting with a gentle maltiness coating the tongue. The alcohol is well hidden within the flavor but tends to make itself known towards the end of the pint. A classic!
07-29-2002 09:41:30 | More by NeroFiddled
Young's Special London Ale from Wells & Young's Ltd
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When the attorney pointed out Ashley's kids had been at the cemetery when the murder happened, her brother stood up and started shouting at Rodriguez.
Officers removed the man from court.
Rodriguez was accusing his wife of having an extramarital affair.
Investigators say Rodriguez admitted to going through her phone and claims he saw text messages from another man.
Investigators testified that four kids were at the cemetery when the mother was killed. He admits to there being an altercation and says the 12 gage shotgun accidentally went off.
Investigators say, in an interview with Rodriguez, he said he bought a box of shells hours before she was killed. He also admits to burying her body.
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Rodriguez is suspected of killing his wife Ashley Kimberlin Rodriguez in May.
Ashley's body was found at Alleghany Memorial Park in Covington, the cemetery where her husband worked.
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The Colorado Rapids may be down a man and down two goals, but they're not going to give up. Unfortunately for them, they need to get past Jimmy Nielsen to really make this late push count and right now they can't The Sporting Kansas City keeper was named the team MVP and he showed why in stoning Macoumba Kandji in the 75th minute as the Rapids try to cut into this 2-0 Kansas City lead.
Kandji was played in down the left and the lanky striker did well to outrun the defense before turning towards goal and ripping a shot at the back post. Nielsen had come off his line to cut off Kandji's angle though, then got down well on the shot to parry it wide of the goal.
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650d: 133 x 100 x 79 mm
100d: 117 x 91 x 69 mm
ok it is smaller we get it!
For additional comparison purposes, here's the size of Canon's T1i (500D): 128.8 x 97.5 x 61.9mm
And the XT (350D): 126.5 x 94.2 x 64mm
All data are from the Canon website.
650d: 133 x 100 x 79 mm
100d: 117 x 91 x 69 mm
ok it is smaller we get it!
If I wanted a body this small I'd invest in a m4/3 mirrorless system instead. When I think of wanting something more compact, I think of both the body AND the lenses. A super small body will be really unbalanced when you add larger lenses to it, even EF-S. Pricing is kind of out there too. Meh.
There are a lot of rumored names for the new small EOS bodys.
A guy from Canon told me today, that the name "EOS B" is possible.
It sound realistic to me, because the small EOS bodys are a new product line. But we will see at the 22th.
But I want a camera between the 5D Mark III and 1D X, a new EF 80-400 IS L, a 12-24 2.8 L oder a 16-35 2.8 III, a 7D Mark II with CF card slot to replace the TC´s, a better build EF-S 17-55 2.8 IS and a lot more. And the EF 17-40 L from 2003 needs a replacement too.
Just saw a post in CanonPriceWatch Facebook page where Best Buy accidentally uploaded links to so called rumored 18mp body that is supposed to be announced in a few days time. Don't know how accurate this is but CPW has a screenshot of the page and the name of the body is Canon "EOS-b"!


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Brandon Belt started only 102 games at first base for the San Francisco Giants this season, but according to the numbers he ranked as one of the National League's best-fielding first basemen. And in the first inning of the first inning of the Giants' Division Series against the Cincinnati Reds, "Baby Giraffe" turned in what's probably the best play of his professional career.
Brandon Phillips led off the game against Giants ace Matt Cain, and lifted an easy fly to center field. Next, Zack Cozart sent a high foul into the Bay Area sky and ... well, see for yourself what happened next:
It might not have been a terribly important play; Cozart was probably going to make an out anyway, and Cain struck out Joey Votto to cap his scoreless first inning. But that might be the most impressive clip we see all month. I just can't figure out why nobody had the good sense to cushion Brandon Belt's fall. He was okay though!


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With the Deutsche Bank Championship in the books, it's time for U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Tom Watson to make his three Captain's Picks. T.J. Auclair looks at players who helped (and hurt) their chances at TPC Boston.
Team Europe Captain Paul McGinley finalized his team for Gleneagles Tuesday by picking Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood and Stephen Gallacher. U.S. Captain Tom Watson will make his picks live at 7 p.m.
Chris Kirk plans to attend the Georgia-Tennessee football game in four weeks, but after shooting a final-round 66 at TPC Boston, U.S. Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson may opt to send Kirk a ticket to Scotland instead.
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|Kudos to marathon runners
Letter to the Editor:
I salute every participant in the 17th annual Journeys Marathon that was held on Saturday, May 11, in Eagle River.
Not in recent memory have I seen as cold a May 11 day as it was Saturday. I had to go to town and
was amazed at the turnout to support the runners.
As I drove by, I noticed a young lady in a light shirt or jacket and shorts with a light wrap around her body. The wind was so strong, it kept blowing the wrap away from her. I?could see the expression on her face — either exhaustion from running or just braving the elements.
Once again, kudos and a salute to all. God bless them.
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On November 18, the victim's vehicle was parked at a business in the 28000 block of North 60th Street when a man smashed the window and stole the victim's purse off the floorboard.
The victim had parked her Chevy Tahoe at 9 a.m., and by 10:15 a.m. one of her credit cards was used at a nearby CVS.
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Cozy Lake Cadillac Cottage with private dock. in Cadillac
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2
- sleeps 8
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed yes
- type Cottage
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rates (USD)
/ night
$ 1,000 - $ 1,400 / week
$ 1,400 - $ 2,000 / month
vacation rental description
Cozy Lake Cadillac Cottage-Ski/Snowmobile/Ice Fish Cottage has direct access to SMB Trails and Lake Cadillac for Ice Fishing Wireless Internet!!
Great location!! 15 minutes to Caberfae, 30 Minutes to Crystal Mountain, Quad
friendly for Ice Fishing, Snowmobile directly to the trails from the cottage.
Relax and enjoy your stay in this great Cadillac vacation home with lake access, and
over 200 miles of groomed trails for the snowmobilers. Snowmobilers love
the location with direct trail access and being able to ride from the
This 2 story home accommodates up to 8 people and includes a 2.5 oversized garage
for all of your toys. The home has 2 bedrooms on the main floor with
pillow top queen beds in each, 2 living areas with pull-out sofas, flat
screen TV's with over 100 channels of cable, and a 2 person trundle bed in the loft area for
addition sleeping. The cottage has a great loft space with views of both
the state park and lake. Loft is Ideal for entertaining guests or
watching a movie on the large flat screen TV, also makes a great space for the
kids to hang out. Our Cottage accommodates up to 8 people and offers
a master suite with queen pillow top bed, full bathroom
and laundry room. Our place also has 2 addition living
areas(main floor living room & loft) with pull-out sofas, flat screen
TV's and a 2 person trundle bed in the loft area for addition sleeping.
This cozy home has been completely remodeled and furnished with new appliances and
furniture. Appliances include washer/dryer, microwave/grill,
refrigerator/stove, coffee pot/toaster and dishwasher. All linens are
included and all 3 televisions have over 100 channels of cable. Our
cottage is also pet friendly.
For skiers we are approximately 15 minutes from Caberfae and 30 minutes from
Crystal Mountain. Also, offering discounted Sunday lift tickets to
Caberfae with advance booking.
Weekly rates starting at $850 a week/ $350 a weekend with additional nights added on
at $125 a night. Holiday rates may differ.
Guest Comments:
Hi Bob,
just wanted to let you know what a wonderful time we had at your place.
The house was great, what beautiful furnishings you have. A very nice set up.
We caught some fish, lots of tubing and the neighbors are so sweet. We all
agreed to come back. Thanks, Roxanne
Hello Bob,
Scott & I are back in Raleigh after a marvelous week in Cadillac.
Your cottage was perfect and the weather was glorious! We so enjoyed your
home & your neighbors took good care of us in making us feel
welcomed! Our little granddaughters had such a good time. We loved
the proximity to the lake and Kenwood Park. Scott LOVED your grill! We'd
love to come back another time! Peace, Gail
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Robert T Mugan 616 481-0096
cottage rental amenities
- Washer/Dryer
- Stove/Microwave/Frig/Dishwasher
- Gas Grill/ patio set/ fire pit
- Coffee pot/Toaster/Blender
- 2 Flat Screen TV's with Cable, DVD, and Gaming System (PS2)
- Wireless Internet
- Board Games
- Private Boat dock on lake Cadillac
activities and attractions in Cadillac Michigan
Winter Activities Include:
- Snowmobiling
- Skiing/Cross Country Skiing
- Ice Fishing
Summer Activities Include:
- Boating/Watersports/Fishing
- Hiking/Biking Trails
- Private dock on lake
- Kenwood beach with lifeguards and swiming area
- Cookout picnic area
- Frisbee golf out your back door
- Many golf coures in the area
vacation rental rates
Winter/Summer Rates:
$1000-1400 a week/ $350-500 a weekend with additional nights added on at $125 a night. cleaning fee additional.
$200 refundable security deposit paid at time of booking. Total payment due 30 days prior to vacation.
Addition fees may apply for larger parties.
Robert T Mugan 616 481-0096
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Top things to do in Cadillac
- fishing
- Ski
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- Golf
- Bike
Top things to do on a budget
- Picnic at beech
- Ski
- Hike
- Bike
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Top things to do with a family
- Boat
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The curriculum consists of five consecutive semesters of study as well as additional clinical practice at affiliating hospitals. The respiratory care and related courses must be taken in the sequence outlined once the student has been admitted into the program. Admission requirements are listed under programs with selective admissions.
Upon completion of the program, the graduate qualifies for an associate in science degree and is eligible to apply to take the national entry-level (CRT certification) and advanced practitioner (RRT registry) examinations offered by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC). Additionally, graduates are qualified to sit for the NBRC specialty exams for pulmonary diagnostics and neonatal pediatric specialty.
Upon graduation from the program, the graduate must be competent in the following areas: psychomotor skills, affective skills and cognitive skills. Each area will be evaluated while enrolled in the program on a semester by semester basis. Learning is through a planned progression of knowledge and skills of increasing complexity. Upon successful completion of all program requirements, the graduate will be able to:
Graduates of the program receive an Associate in Science Degree and are eligible to take the national credentialing examination for Respiratory Care Practitioners to achieve the Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) Credential.
The Respiratory Care Program is designed to prepare students as Registered Respiratory Care Professionals. This program meets a community need for healthcare professionals. This affordable and accessible program offers an innovative program of study for the community's diverse population. The faculty believes that a nurturing educational environment will produce lifelong learners who are active and responsible leaders in their careers.
Career opportunities locally and nationally are excellent. As in any other medical profession, RCPs can choose to specialize in an area of technical expertise such as critical care, pediatrics, diagnostic studies, rehabilitation, education, management or home care.
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Hello Developers,
I want to sign my J2ME midlets with time-stamp. i follow the following simple procedure.
1) Sign the J2ME apps using Thwate certificates.
2) Adding the time-stamp using following command which is executing successfully
jarsigner -tsa https://timestamp.geotrust.com/tsa -keystore <keystore_filename> <path to Applet (ie. C:\TestApplet.jar)> <alias_name>
My app is working fine if i don't time-stamped them, if I time-stamp the app, and execute it on My nokia-c3 device it says "Invalid Application delete?".
Can anyone please let me know how to overcome this.
Procedure for timestamp - https://search.thawte.com/support/ss...=AGENT_REFERAL
Please help me regarding this.


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How to Completely Fail at BDD
Are you interested in introducing BDD to your team? Don't try and do it like this under these circumstances. Learn from my failure.
Having experienced ambiguous requirements specifications and inadequate testing of the applications I've worked on during my career as a software developer, when I saw BDD I thought I saw the future. In particular the Gherkin based implementations (Cucumber, Specflow) with their Given/When/Then descriptions of scenarios for product features that could lead to executable specifications blew me away as full of potential.
I was incredibly eager to try this stuff out on a real project.
I played around a bit in my spare time with Cucumber. I learned how features were specified in plain text feature files and tests related to them were implemented in step definitions. You match the scenarios you describe in your feature files to step definitions that exercise your application code using regular expressions. I'd never really used regex that much so was initially a bit concerned that this would be a problem. It turned out though that with a small grab bag of regex tricks you could do most things you needed.
One of my first real problems I ran into was that I was looking to try BDD on an upcoming C# project. That put me in a minority group. I don't entirely pretend to understand why, but much of the C# ecosystem seems pretty closed off, lacking in the use and acceptance of rich open source projects that I was used to in my prior life working on projects on the Java stack. (As an aside, I even notice differences when I interview C# programmers compared to Java programmers. The way they think. The things they have and haven't read. They typically haven't done unit testing, typically haven't used any open source software. In general, their view of the software development world is quite shuttered. I know this is a gross generalization, but it's noticeable. It's a shame, because C# seems like a pretty cool language…)
I quickly found Cuke4Nuke which allows you to implement your step definitions in C# rather than Ruby (the norm for Cucumber) and Cuke4VS which would give you syntax highlighting etc. when editing feature files in Visual Studio. Here I encountered my second couple of problems: Cuke4Nuke wasn't ready for .NET 4 and Cuke4VS even to this day doesn't work on VS2010. Of course our project was using .NET4 and VS2010. Fixing Cuke4Nuke wasn't too hard, I fumbled my way through that OK. Fixing Cuke4VS though was beyond me. Well, beyond the amount of effort I wanted to put in anyway. I've not done much with C# and nothing with Visual Studio addins like this. I sorta got it working, but nothing I could push back as a quality patch to the Cuke4VS project.
Then I discovered Specflow.
Specflow has some distinct goodness:
- It's Gherkin compatible, which means you describe your requirements in terms of features and corresponding given/when/then scenarios. While I lack the experience that would come from doing substantial real work in this, it intuitively feels "better" to me than the table based approach taken by Fit, Concordion etc.
- It's good to go with VS2010 and .NET4.
- No Ruby required. With Cucumber, even though you can write your step definitions in C# courtesy of Cuke4Nuke, you still need a Ruby installation to parse your .feature files and call out over the wire to your C# steps. I'm not the first to observe that the .NET/C# community is kind of reluctant to install "weird shit" like Ruby that "doesn't come from Microsoft".
- Documentation. The main problem is the documentation, or lack thereof. Pull down the "Specflow guide" PDF and you'll find a clear work in progress, incomplete and missing sections, editing notes etc.
- Examples. Github hosts a SpecFlow-Examples project, but it needs some TLC. There are some reasonable examples in there, but quite where is not immediately obvious. All the action is inside ASP.NET-MVC/BookShop, not the features folder. Github is also potentially another barrier to entry for people. I don't know how many C# developers are familiar with Github, but none on my team are.
- VS silliness. Not Specflow's fault, but I had hoped to use Visual C# Express for the QA people on my team to create .feature files. Sadly Microsoft has seen fit to not support Add-ins so it doesn't work. Another barrier to adoption, at least for my team.
- Stability. I never actually experienced this myself, but two of the engineers on my team said they had stability problems that they attributed directly to Specflow. It "mangled the project file." Things "wouldn't compile and it was complaining about Specflow stuff". I never really got great details on this, so it's hard to tell how much if any was directly down to Specflow. How much was me with rose-tinted glasses seeing no problem attributable to Specflow and perhaps others less interested in a new technique seeing every problem attributable to Specflow.
There were also some serious non-technical challenges; people skills and organization/political in nature.
Process and regulatory barriers.
My team makes software that is subject to 21 CFR part 11 regulations. That's stuff that tries to help make sure any pharmaceutical drugs you take are safe. That kind of industry cascades regulations through to any software related to clinical studies to make sure the software is of high quality. Our operation can be (and frequently is) audited by our clients to make sure we comply and can (though rarely is) audited by the FDA. Having devised a "winning formula" that gets us successfully through audits people are naturally reluctant to make changes in anything that would get seen by an auditor. Having your "requirements" in .feature files alongside source code then is a serious brown trouser moment for some people.
- "They could end up seeing our source code!" Yes, believe it or not, a process designed to make sure the software involved in clinical trials doesn't actually often have people look at the source code. They prefer Word documents, signed in duplicate (or more).
- "We need to show them a traditional requirements specification with numbered requirements that we can trace through to test cases." Because that's the only possible way to do this. Of course.
- "We have to review and sign off the test scripts before they're executed, and prove that we have done so." I can see how this made sense 20 years ago when test scripts where a documented set of steps a manual tester followed. But what does this even mean when your "test script" is a plain text .feature file and a corresponding set of step definitions in C#?
Skills Deficits
The people on the team responsible for testing the product and generating the nice bundle of validation paperwork those who audit us like to see primarily have a background in testing software manually. I'd looked over their manual test scripts before (long Word documents with lots of boilerplate and then long rambling detailed steps with expected outcomes and places to mark discrepancies) and got the impression they could be better. They seemed to meander quite a lot, with a lack of clarity over exactly what precisely one was testing. I do now know how anyone could review them and spot test cases that were missing. I'd even taken a manual test script for a fairly trivial feature that ran to thirteen pages and felt pretty smug about being able to reduce it down to one short .feature file.
Some people on the team had asked me whether I thought those folks could use Specflow. Could they write good .feature files and the corresponding step definition classes? It was a fair question, and I was pretty sure some might struggle. That said, we already had a test automation tool called Test Partner that involved folks writing things in VBA, so if they could do that, could this be much harder? And I didn't see this as a reason to indicate that Specflow and BDD was wrong. If BDD is a good idea it's a good idea. Sure, maybe we needed to train folks or modify the composition of our team, but that was all.
But oh did I underestimate just how much they would struggle. At this point in time I wasn't sure if Visual Studio Express would work with Specflow. So I suggested they just try. There then followed quite the flurry of emails. People who ostensibly test things for a living were unable to reliably determine whether they could use Visual Studio Express or a full featured version.
And that was just the installation.
Then we got into writing a few .feature files. The first one wasn't…very good. This was a little disappointing as I'd circulated a number of links to articles on the web about writing "good" features but, OK, it was a first attempt. A couple of the software engineers very graciously (much more gracious than I'm being right now, but I'm currently enjoying my second Left Hand Brewing Company's Fade to Black) pointed out some things they might do to improve them. Sadly subsequent attempts at writing .feature files were no better. It was as though the advice offered was ignored or not understood.
We didn't even get near them implementing a step definition. I really have to wonder what they'll be putting together in Test Partner in those VBA scripts it uses. Thank goodness we have unit tests.
Incumbent Test Framework
As indicated above, we have available (actually we're pretty much obliged to use) a product called Test Partner. Of course it's only for QA people, especially given the per-seat cost. It's all kinds of horrible so far as I can tell after looking at it. It doesn't even make it easy to place your test scripts under source code control, preferring instead to keep them inside a database (but of course…) and though you can export them (base 64 encoded, naturally) it's hardly ideal.
In addition to the original Test Partner investment, several people have spent a not inconsiderable amount of time and money building an additional layer (or framework) on top with functionality for such things as logging and managing collections (*cough* reinventing the wheel *cough*).
Of course the political reality attached to this state of affairs is that any other pretender to the crown has got its work cut out.
Cultural suitability
My love affair with computers started back in the early 80s around age 10. A friend had an Apple IIe computer and we played Bouncing Kamungas and other mad games, we entered epically long listings that sometimes worked. The school had a Commodore PET. I learned to program simple games in BASIC. I got a Vic 20 and wrote more games, even sold some to people at school. Then later I got an Amstrad CPC 6128 complete with it's wacky 3" disk drive and after that an Amiga. I worked in an independent computer store and wrote code for their business customers at age 16. I went to college and learned more. I got a "proper" job. It's waxed and waned ever since. There's still nothing quite like the fun of programming I think. But the reality of a corporate job can take the shine off that – it's not the same as sitting there with your best buddy late at night debugging a game you've spent all day writing. So throughout my professional career my enthusiasm has varied along with different projects, languages, technologies, jobs and bosses.
Nevertheless, several years back I took a leadership position, got interested in agile and discovered a new found passion for reading about and playing with new technologies and approaches to building software. I joined twitter, found a community of thought leaders and everyday practitioners, started reading books and blog posts on all of this, got excited, started a transition at work. Mostly successful. But not successful enough I guess. I'm still one of the very few people that does that kind of thing. And when you're perhaps the only one on a team that reads and writes blogs, uses twitter, reads books, wants to try doing things differently it can be tough. You're seeing so much that other people aren't.
The fact is I've been having to sell BDD to almost everyone. Maybe one person really "gets" the potential. A few more are fairly excited about it. But it's so far outside their comfort zone.
When I first managed to get some consensus that we should try this I hadn't done enough with Specflow myself, almost all my experimentation up to this point was with Cucumber. I wasn't worried though, the guy that was going to try it was an excellent engineer. I was more than a little surprised then when almost every hour a new "issue" was presented on why this couldn't possibly work. I hadn't seen that coming.
Culturally, my current team just isn't ready or interested in something like this. And I have to accept that I can't necessarily change that. Maybe I should have done a lot more work with Specflow myself first and had good examples to show people. I'm not sure.
Blah, blah whine! WTF am I gonna do about it?
I don't know yet. Not for sure. I'm thinking maybe I can contribute to the Specflow project and help out with the documentation. This isn't entirely appealing though if we won't even be using it. So maybe I'll use it on the sly, even if we're not "officially" using it for our project maybe I can keep trying it out. And use that experience to develop something like the documentation that people on my team felt needed to be there.
If you have any suggestions, let me know...
OK, self-indulgent rant over.
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Ken Cline replied on Wed, 2013/01/30 - 10:33am in response to: Andy Doddington
No, Andy ... I think he really meant "I do not know how...". If you've ever seen the test cases he's describing, you'd understand. They can run on for many pages and go into excruciating detail on exactly what you're supposed to do and the expected result. The problem is, they're so complex and verbose that it's nearly impossible to tell if you have full coverage of even the one thing you're testing - much less everything that needs to be tested.
They're also impossible to maintain. In most cases, they're married to the UI. If something gets changed (the text of a message, the location of a control, etc.), the test case needs to be updated to reflect the change. I've lived that nightmare & don't want to go back!
Eugene Dvorkin replied on Wed, 2013/01/30 - 9:43pm
Hi Jon,
Very well done post. It's hard to bring change into enterprise. It's takes a lot of time, patience and persistence. But I notice one thing - if your people are not completely dump, they will learn, they understood that they will be replaced by offshore test monkeys or automation sooner than later. They have to embrace automation (BDD or not) and learn how to do it now. My company had a layoffs, a lot of QA people got fired but amount of work did not decrease. Now, who left, are much more acceptive to idea of BDD and test automation. You know, some people need stress to move forward. My advice - keep doing it, keep introducing new ideas. Gradually, patiently. People will get influenced by you ideas. I wish you good lack, you post make me feel better.
Andy Doddington replied on Thu, 2013/01/31 - 2:43am in response to: Ken Cline
Hi Ken,
Yes, I realise that - that's why I highlighted the word not and suggested that the word now was intended instead. Maybe I didn't make myself clear enough.
I also understood the context, which is why I suggested that the error was ironic, appearing as it did in the midst of a large-ish body of text, where it could easily be missed. I too have lived the nightmare...
Senthil Balakrishnan replied on Fri, 2013/02/01 - 6:51pm
One of the key challenges of software development is to tie a requirement to code & to an acceptance test. I felt BDD does an excellent job to bridge this gap. I have used cucumber/BDD as part of an agile development on a java based web project. I do understand after a point the scenarios & step files can go unmanageable, but then wat are the options ?
Alan Parkinson replied on Sun, 2013/02/10 - 2:55pm
Thanks for the interesting article Jon.
Traceability and Regulation compliance for BDD/Gherkin based tools is something we are working on adding to Behave for JIRA. If you have any other requirements I would be happy to discuss them.
Andrian Bulat replied on Wed, 2013/02/20 - 10:42am in response to: Alan Parkinson
After doing BDD for almost 2 years using SpecFlow we have gained some experience with it.
We have a slightly different approach:
QA + DEV+ BA, all together they are responsible for defining the Scenarios + all test cases inside the scenarios, all Given When Then stuff
And automation, the hardest part of BDD, is done by developers not by QA, using all necessary components, we ended up using web services and WatIn for UI testing.
In the beginning it's hard for everyone to start doing it, but in the end brings more value than UnitTesting.
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It was part of the Museum's Robot Rumble event.
Students spent months working on these remote-controlled robots, which can throw frisbees or even clean up the house.
Organizers said this a good way for teens to start learning the importance of engineering at an early age.
"Our goal is to excite the students and inspire them in science and technology," said Robot Rumble organizer, Asit Patel. "We're hoping that they will choose that as a career. As a nation I think we need more engineers."
"I came from knowing absolutely nothing," said Dunlap Senior, Kat Sarsfield. "I wanted to be a teacher, but now I'm positive I want to be a mechanical engineer. This is what I want to do with my life. I'm absolutely positive. It's an amazing thing, and you learn so much. It helps everyone in the long run."
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Here's a quick catch up of the front row who caught my eye during New York Fashion Week this weekend.
Ciara @ Prabal Gurung: The singer wore a pretty Prabal Gurung embroidered angular insert dress with a flared silhouette styled with bondage boots courtesy of Casadei, which were presented during the designer's Fall 2013 collection.
Solange Knowles @ Alexander Wang: What's not to love about Solange's outfit? The colour, the quirky glasses, the Wang Resort 2014 skirt, that bag and those sexy sandals…? Perhaps it shouldn't, but it ALL works.
Rihanna @ Opening Ceremony: It's been a while since we saw Rihanna front row at NYFW, as she tends to skip the shows and head to the after-parties. On Sunday she was front and centre at Opening Ceremony wearing a grey Zac Posen satin floral dress with Underground 'Wulfrun' creepers with a Lynn Ban choker. A part of me wants to say it's ridiculous to pair such a pretty dress with creepers, but I have to say she sells it to me, as per.
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Missouri State Debate alumni & MSDI alumni are teaming up to fund scholarships for the 2014 MSDI. All interested persons should contact Dr. Eric Morris to be added to our MSDI scholarship listserv. Being added to the listserv creates no obligation, but will allow you to receive scholarship request letters send by applicants. Generally, the listserv will forward under 20 emails per year - most in April to early June. If you are moved by letters to make a donation, you can follow this link and select the Tom Black Debate Fund. It is important to also email Dr. Eric Morris to confirmed the amount.
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Missouri State has seven straight appearances in elimination rounds of the National Debate Tournament (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), including a semifinal appearance and the 1st place speaker in 2008. This is the longest streak of NDT elimination rounds in Missouri State history, and complements our streak of 17 straight NDT qualify seasons (1996-2012).
Having already extended the qualification streak, we will be attempting to extend the elimination round streak at the 2012 NDT on the Emory University campus in Atlanta (March 30-April 2, 2012) At the District 3 NDT qualifier in February, Jordan Foley & Wes Rumbaugh finished 1st and Katie Frederick & Jace Gilmore finished 4th. Foley was the top speaker, Frederick was 4th, and Rumbaugh was tied for 10th. Our 3rd team, Joel Reed & Jeff Bess, are seeking a 2nd round at large bid. Only six schools can receive a 3rd bid each year, and Missouri State is closer to this possibility in 2012 than ever before. Three of these six debaters (Rumbaugh, Gilmore, and Bess) will be returning for 2012-2013.
In 2010, the team of Mike Kearney & Jordan Foley have received a 1st round, at large bid to the National Debate Tournament. This was the 3rd bid in program history (2006, 2008, and 2010). There are only 16 awarded, nationwide! In 2008, Martin Osborn was top speaker at the NDT and CEDA, and reached with semifinals of both with partner Clay Webb. The squad's 3 first rounds bids have overlapped with a couple of other trends: a 6 year streak of clearing at the NDT (2006-2011) and a 17 year streak of qualifying to the NDT (1996-2012). Both streaks are among the longest active streaks in the nation.
Perhaps most notably, none of the debaters referenced above were in the elimination rounds of the high school Tournament of Champions. There is NO other program, nationwide, where debaters with comparable high school experiences have had so much NDT success. There are only a handful of public universities consistently in NDT elimination rounds; most of the schools at this level are private schools, such as Harvard, Wake Forest, Northwestern, Emory & Dartmouth.
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Missouri State Debate Institute offers opportunities for high school students to improve their skills in policy debate and other events. Although our normal curriculum relies upon judges with years of experience, many tournaments during the school year rely on judges with limited or no experience. Thus, we want our students to have an experience where they gather feedback from a wider range of perspectives. Even if you've never judged an academic debate before, we welcome you to join us and we will provide handouts giving you information about what to expect. You can find out more information about our institute at: http://debate.missouristate.edu/camp.htm .
The event will recur, with different students, on July 7th. The students will be debating the National Forensic League topic for 2011-2012, which is:
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its transportation infrastructure investment in the United States.
Many students are familiar with the Missouri State Debate Institute, but here's a highlight of recent changes.
First, MSDI offers a 4 week policy camp in addition to the 2 and 3 week options. The 2012 camp will be June 17-July 14, 2012.
Second, MSDI will also offer an events camp with Chris Roberds & Chris Rothgeb. These mini-camps have small caps, so they are likely to make. There are mini-camps for LD, Public Forum, Extemp, Oratory, and Congress. It's possible to do several, or to do Extemp or Congress in the 3rd week if you do the policy camp for 2 weeks. For these camps, use the same online application as you would for MSDI.
2007-2008: A year for the record books!
The 2008 NDT was in Fullerton, CA, March 26-April 1, 2008)
Missouri State's Martin Osborn and Clay Webb reached the semifinals, tying the record from 1973 set by Tom Black and Jon Jackson. They competed as a 1st round large bid to the 2008 NDT, which was the 2nd time Missouri State secured a 1st round bid. Their elim run included a win over Emory, who had been 8-0 in prelims, top seed, and 2nd in the Copeland voting based on their year-long performance.
Missouri State's Michael Mapes and Meggie reached the octofinals, which we believe means this is the first time Missouri State has advanced two teams to the NDT elimination rounds. Their 6-2 run through prelims included a 3-0 win over Berkeley, who had been the Copeland Award winner (the top vote getter in the 1st round voting process).
Martin Osborn won 1st speaker, surpassing Bill Maynard's previous Missouri State record (2nd speaker, 1955). Osborn was also the 1st speaker at the CEDA Nationals the week before, and is the second* debater in history to win BOTH top speaker awards in the same year. Michael Mapes was 17th speaker. The field included 156 debaters.
The week before, Missouri State sent 5 teams to CEDA Nationals in Wichita Kansas (March 19-25, 2008)
The team of Martin Osborn & Clay Webb also reached the semifinals, meaning they had the best combined elim depth at both national tournaments. They eventually lost to a team from Towson State University, but our teams rebounded and gave Towson 3 of their 4 losses at the NDT.
Martin Osborn was 1st speaker at CEDA, our of a field of over 360 individual debaters.
Two additional teams cleared to elim rounds at CEDA. The team of Jessica Johnson & Jordan Foley cleared, and were eliminated by the eventual national champions. The team of Aaron Kruse & Kristen Stout cleared and won their partial doubles round before losing to Kansas A. Jessica Johnson is a senior, but the other three are freshmen.
Alumni: If we have your email, we attempted to send you an email detailing the season. You can also read it below. If you didn't get it via email, please drop a note to Dr. Eric Morris so we can add you to future email updates.
The 2008 Missouri State Debate Institute is now open for registration - see link on the side. Our institute has moved up to late June (after NFL Nationals), and includes both a two-week and three-week option! An earlier problem with the online entry page has been corrected, and it should now work correctly.
* Previous statements about the "first" debater were based on records in the official CEDA tournament book. It has since been brought to CEDA's attention that Harvard's Michael Klinger was actually awarded the top speaker award on tie breakers in 2005, and was in fact the first to win top speaker at both national tournaments.
Welcome to the Holt V. Spicer Debate Forum at Missouri State University!
Whether you are a prospective debater, high school student or coach seeking a debate institute, program alumni, a debater from another program request cites, or just curious about the debate program, you've reached the right place.
There are several possibilities:
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Apply to Missouri State (all students applying by March 1 are automatically eligible for many scholarships - some scholarships have earlier deadlines or application materials). You can do this today - the fee is $35.
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Chilton students appeal for help creating huge Holocaust memorial (From This is The West Country)
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12:10pm Friday 31st January 2014 in News By Kirsty James
Lilu Gardner, Chloe Freeman, Rebecca Gorvin and Alice Atherton with items students have made to remember the Holocaust. Photo: Kirsty James.
STUDENTS and staff at Chilton Trinity School in Bridgwater have created a unique and heartfelt way of remembering the many lives lost during the Holocaust.
It is estimated around six million Jews were murdered during the Second World War by Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.
The head of Religious Studies at Chilton, Theresa Hurst, has worked with students to embark on a huge project to collect 6.6million burnt out matchsticks to form a sculpture which will mark the snuffing out of each life.
She told the Mercury: "I had heard of a similar idea with paperclips and suggested it to the class. An ex-pupil said we should use burnt matchsticks because it was more symbolic.
"So far we have collected about 132,000 and we are determined to reach our goal. This activity enables students to wrap their minds around the sheer amount of lives lost and the reality of what happened."
The matchsticks will be placed into a glass cubic structure around 5metres high which will be put on land at the entrance to the school to form a memorial.
Ms Hurst added: "There's nothing like this in the UK and I think it will make a thoughtful memorial which can be visited by all.
"This will be an important learning tool to help students comprehend events where large numbers of lives have been lost."
Over one million Jewish children were killed in the Holocaust, alongside approximately two million Jewish women and three million Jewish men.
Former Chilton student Ellie Lewis-Beal has been organising matchstick collections at Bridgwater College, residents have been dropping them off at the school and churches have also organised collections.
The school is appealing for more people to get involved and drop off their used matchsticks at the school reception.
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A policeman died on his way home from work after having a suspected dizzy spell on his motorbike and careering into oncoming traffic, an inquest heard.
Days before the tragic accident on April 28 last year, Inspector Preston Gurr, 53, had told colleagues at Westminster Police about recent dizzy episodes.
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Panola College's 2013-2014theatre season presents A Season to Remember This year's productions are Bloody Murder by Ed Sala, a dinner theatre murder-mystery-comedy; Confederate Letters by Barre Gonzalez and A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration by Paula Vogel, Rashomon based on the stories of Ryunosuke Akutagaw, and Pinocchio Commedia by Johnny Simons.
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Dinner Theatre/Dessert Matinee – September 27, 28, & 29, 2013
Bloody Murder by Ed Sala A group of the usual British murder-mystery types gather for a weekend retreat at the sumptuous country estate of the esteemed Lady Somerset. There's the major who served in India; the inebriated, fading actor; the innocent ingénue; the exotic lady in red; the mysterious Chinese gentleman; the rich dowager aunt and her faithful maid and worthless nephew. Suddenly, one of them dies of poison! Oh, what fun! But wait … Her Ladyship refuses to summon the police! She says she won't go through all this, again. All what, again? And why were they all invited here in the first place? Is this actually just another formulaic, all-too-predictable mystery story? Or is it something diabolically … different? Agatha Christie meets Pirandello. Another element of the evening will be Improv performances by the Drama Departments Comedy Troupe. Performances are September 27 and 28th at 7:00 p.m. and on Sunday, September 29 at 3:00 p.m. in the Studio Theatre. On the 27th and the 28th, dinner serves at 5:30 p.m. and the dessert matinee on Sunday is at 2:15. Tickets for the dinner theatre are $18.00 for general admission and $15.00 for Panola Family and Students. The dessert matinee is $8.00 for general admission and $5.00 for the Panola Family and Students. Reservations are required, as seating is limited. To make a reservation, please call 903.693.2017 or 903.693.2064 or email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Civil War Education Series – Drama Civil War Program- November 7 and 8, 2013, 7:00 p.m.
In conjunction with Panola College's Civil War Education Series, Confederate Letters by Barre Gonzales and A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration by Paula Vogel will be presented on Thursday, November 7th and Friday, November 8th at 7:00 p.m. in the Studio Theatre. Tickets are $6.00 for the General Public and free for Panola Family and Students. Confederate Letters is a tale of two young men torn by love of family and a duty to fight for what they believe, run off to the Civil War accompanied by a runaway slave. The heartbreak of our nation as brother fights brother and those at home wait for word. This production will be guest directed by Liz Hedges, retired Panola Drama Professor. Ms. King is a former student of Liz Hedges. "I'm really looking forward to working with Liz. She inspired me to pursue my dreams and it is a privilege to collaborate with someone who influenced my life so much!" A Civil War Christmas is set on a chilly Christmas Eve during the latter days of the Civil War. It is a pageant play for all seasons that weaves a tapestry of both fictional and historical characters together with holiday music, marches, hymns, and spirituals of the time to tell a story of companionship and communal hope arising from one of our nation's darkest hours. This production features the Panola College Choir department as well. As part of the program, Mr. Gonzales, directors, and cast and crew will hold a talkback with the audience after each performance. Tickets are $6.00 for the General Public and free for Panola Family and Students. To make reservations, please call 903.693.2064 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. This production i
Spring Semester 2014
Rashomon - February 21 -23, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. – Q. M. Martin Auditorium
Rashomon – based on the stories of Ryunosuke Akutagawa. is a Japanese crime drama with both philosophical and psychological overtones. A criminal episode in a forest is reported by four witnesses, each from their own point of view. - Who is telling the truth? What is truth? This production will also be Panola' TCCSTA's Play Festival showcase on February 26 – March 1 at Blinn College in Brenham. Tickets are $8.00 for the General Public and free for Panola Family and Students. To make reservations, please call 903.693.2064 or email email@example.com.
Children's Theatre Week of April 28 – May 3 School Day's Tour and Performances
General Public - May 3 at 11:00 a.m.
Pinocchio Commedia by Johnny Simmons, the beloved story of the puppet who wanted to be a "real boy." The show tours local schools the week of April 28 and be presented to the general public on May 3, 2014.