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What a cute picture of the Rushford dog and child and what an interesting article. My sister in Winona had alerted me to this situation some time ago (I now live in Arvada, Colo.) and how distressing it has been to our lifelong friends in Rushford Village. In fear of being attacked by Mr. Williams dogs, they do not even dare to go out in their backyard.
I could not help but think of the proverb, The person who tells one side of a story seems right, until someone else comes and asks questions. And so I ask you, Amelia Wedemeyer, did you take the time to go to Rushford and ask questions of the surrounding neighbors?
It is most every homeowners nightmare to have lived somewhere for 25 years or so, and then have someone move in next door who is more suited to living apart from others out in the country somewhere. Vicious and noisy dogs, when out in a poorly fenced backyard, do not make for good neighbors.
Yes, Ive only heard one side of the story as well. But after knowing these people since the 1960s, Ill put my trust in their version of the facts.
Every so often, we are reminded that you cant believe everything you read, but you have to know the other side of the story to realize that. Your article on this situation has been another reminder of that. Anyone looking for new neighbors?

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Monthly archives for October, 2011
Race Before the Race
The Iberdrola Alicante In-Port Race, a close-quarters sprint around a short course that took place this past Saturday, October 29, marks the start of the 2011-12 edition of one of the world's toughest and longest professional yacht races – the Volvo Ocean Race.
A Deeper View of Sailrocket
Here's a great little piece on the Vesta Sailrocket (first version) that explores the history and motivations of this concept-boat that might become the fastest sailboat on the planet.
Sizing Up the Competition
Here's a peek at the teams engaged in the next America's Cup World Series in San Diego.
Velocity at the Vineyard
As a massive storm is about to hit the Martha's Vineyard the folks from the North American Speed Sailing Invitational get a few Interviews with the fastest sailers in the world. Can 50 knots be hit in the US and secure Martha's Vineyard as one of the fastest places in the world?
Analyzing Speed
SpeedDream was featured in the BBC program "The Science of Speed" along with Sailrocket and L'Hydroptere. Some of this has been posted on XS before but not in this format.
Transat Jacques Vabre Postponed for Epic Storm
Transat Jacques Vabre Open-60 sailor Mike Golding addresses the postponement of the race because of a 'storm of historical proportions'…
Granting an Interview
Sailing Anarchy's Mr. Clean sits down with Grant Dalton, the iconic kiwi sailor, to discuss Camper's chances in the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race, some of the unique design features of their Volvo Open 70, and the ETNZ America's Cup challenge.
AC Nightlife
Promoter Adrian Goddard talks abot how the AC is going to gear up the nightlife around the San Fran Bay area…
Will The Rocket Break 55 Knots?
Cast your vote today on our XS Poll over there on the right. Will Sail Rocket break the kite heads speed record? So far 80% of our readers say 'yes' she will! Do you agree? Let your voice be heard.
VOR Begins Tomorrow
At the Volvo Ocean Race, the starting gun will fire tomorrow with the Iberdrola In-Port Race — a quickfire sprint that will profide their first chance to put points on the scoreboard in the 39,000 nautical mile race around the world.
Ross and Campbell Field Take First in Leg One of Global Ocean Race
At 05:13:25 GMT on Friday 28 October, Ross and Campbell Field took first place in Leg 1 of the double-handed, Class40 Global Ocean Race (GOR) crossing the finish line in Cape Town after 32 days 17 hours 13 minutes and 25 seconds and 7,300 miles of racing from Palma, Mallorca, on their Verdier-design Class40 BSL averaging 9.3 knots and finishing 89 miles ahead of Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron on Campagne de France. More here.
Iconic Photographs Live On
Great documentary about the Rosenfeld Collection, acquired in 1984 by Mystic Seaport, is one of the largest archives of maritime photographs in the United States. If you're into photography – check this out.
Regatta Beat
Destopnews is a weekly sailing update program bringing you the latest news and action from international regattas around the world. Good stuff!
Knot Chasing
Episode 3 takes a look at what it feels like to race above 45 mph. The wind was averaging 20 to 25 knots from the WNW at beautiful Cape Pogue Bay in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
In honor of the upcoming Transat Jacques Vabre, here's a clip of Bernard Stamm doing what he do…
A Couple of Racers
Dominique Wavre and Michele Paret are calm and collected three days out from the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre. Preparations continue onboard Mirabaud, but the pace is steady, as the bulk of the work has already been done.
"We are bang on schedule," said Dominique Wavre. "We have completed all the checks and inspections, including the security checks, and the measurers have sealed a few things that we are forbidden to touch while racing. Our provisions are onboard and while we have a few small things to pack, we are basically ready."
The trans-Atlantic should take approximately two weeks so the yacht is in "light" mode. "We only have 200kg on board for this race, compared to 600kg for the Barcelona World Race," explained Michele Paret. "We have the same number of sails, but a lot less spare parts, clothing and food. We will notice a distinct difference in performance."
The race starts this coming Sunday at 13:02. Mirabaud will leave the port at precisely 10:34. The forecast for the start is relatively calm, but this will be short-lived as a sizeable low pressure is forecast for the following day. "It is a typical November North Atlantic forecast," said Dominique. "We will have to be 100% on our game from the start, there will be no easing into this race. We will very quickly be swept up by the low pressure and dealing with high winds and big seas on the nose. I don't think there will be decisive tactical decisions to be made early in the race. North Atlantic weather is well known and the competitors will be sailing more or less the same course."
Leads will be established based on the boat speed of the different types of yacht, on the quality of maneuvers and the teams' ability to perform at 100% right off the start line.
In order to be in the best possible shape for the start, Dominique and Michele are making the most of their last days ashore to rest, eat healthily and finalise the final few details. They are also running through the different phases of the race in their minds.
"Sadly, we can't stockpile sleep," said Dominique, laughing. "But we are making sure that we sleep properly and eat well before the start. On Saturday we will try to do as little as possible. The day will be dedicated to resting and focusing on what is to come."


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Memory issues
Memory available to Gephi is determined by Java. Less or more memory can be allocated by configuring Gephi's startup settings. If too less memory is allocated, Gephi will stop running when it reached the limit and you will loose your current work. If too much memory is set, Java will not be able to start and return JVM Creation failed message. By default, maximum memory is set to 256mo or 512mo.
To modify memory settings, you need to edit Gephi settings file. Modify the value after the -Xmx option to change the maximum heap space. For example, to use a heap size between 256 and 1024 MB, change the options to -Xms64m and -Xmx1024m. If you have Gephi open, you must close and reopen Gephi before new options take effect. On computers with 2GB of memory, you can set -Xmx1400 to get maximum performance.
How to edit gephi.conf:
- On Windows, go to the Gephi folder in Start menu and click on Startup Settings. Edit this file with Notepad or WordPad. Alternatively, go in C:\Program Files\Gephi\etc\gephi.conf and edit file manually.
- On Mac OS X, right-click on Gephi application icon and select Show Package Contents to open a new Finder window displaying a Contents folder. Open the Contents folder, and then open the Resources/gephi/etc folder, in which the gephi.conf file resides. Use TextEdit to edit the file.
- On Linux, go into your application directory and then into the etc folder. Edit the file with a text editor.
To use Gephi with more than ~1.5GB of memory, which could happen with very large graphs, you need to use A 64-bit version of Java. See following section.
Gephi has been successfully tested on 64-bit architecture (AMD64, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core i7), 64 bits OS (Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows 7 64-bit) and 64-bit version of Java (JVM 64-Bit Server). To use more than ~1.5GB of memory in Gephi, which could happen with very large graphs, you need to have a 64-bit architecture, OS and a 64-bit JVM. A compatible 64-bit JRE or JDK can be downloaded from Java website.
When multiple JRE or JDK are installed on the same machine, you can specifty to Gephi to use a particular path. Edit gephi.conf as described in the upper section, uncomment the jdkhome line and set the JRE or JDK path.
Where are user files?
Locate and delete gephi user directory to clean your installation.
- On Windows 2K/XP, user diretory is located in
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\.gephi
- On Windows Vista/Seven, user directory is located in
- On Mac OS X, user directory is located in
- On Linux, user diretory is located in
Linux issues
Select Sun JRE on Ubuntu
After installing the Sun Java package, remember to run in command line:
sudo update-alternatives --config java
sudo update-alternatives --config javac
..and in both cases select the option that has a path with java-6-sun in it.
Mac OS X issues
Improve text rendering
Add the following JVM parameter in the Gephi configuration file:


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There are soon-to-be depressed and lost souls who will be forced to use Eli Manning as their starting fantasy quarterback in Week 6 against the Bears tonight, most likely because Matt Ryan's bye sucks. In fairness, you could do a whole lot worse for a bye-week replacement (HI, Matt Cassel). But if you get even average, OK-ness from Manning tonight, that's an accomplishment.
Both Manning and his targets (of which there are many between Victor Cruz, Hakeem Nicks, the emerging Rueben Randle, and Brandon Myers) could be vacuumed downward by the supreme lack of run support tonight with David Wilson absent. That means Brandon Jacobs is honestly, seriously an NFL starting running back again for at least one game.
But that's where the excuse gravy train halts for Manning, because he's contributing to his own demise in a rather unique and creative way.
Although he still has plenty of arm strength to connect with Cruz on balls that travel great distances (they've combined for receptions of 70, 69, and 51 yards through five games), Manning's general inaccuracy is deeply concerning. Overall this season he's completed only 53.7 percent of his passes, a rate that gets worse when we look at it in single-game chunks. Here's his sharp downward plunge since Week 2: 57.1 percent, 52.2, 48.6, 46.2.
That's horrifying enough, but the way Manning has gone about turfing footballs is where it gets worse. He's a right-handed quarterback, and although I won't pretend to be an expert on the matter or a high-level thinker when it comes to quarterback mechanics (I throw a mean Nerf ball), quarterbacks should have a higher completion rate to the side of the field that corresponds with their throwing hand. Manning is right-handed, so when he rises to throw his body often naturally faces the right side of the field first, whereas a throw to the left requires twisting and/or moving in the opposite direction while avoiding pressure.
Throwing to the right should be easier then, yes? Well, no, not if your name is Eli Manning…
From ESPN Stats and Information, the most alarming drop in Manning's completion percentage compared to last year comes on the right side, a tumble of 14.3 percent. It's also the same side where he's thrown five of his 12 interceptions.
There will be yardage available for Manning tonight against a defense giving up 8.3 of them per pass attempt, which gives you hope for at least that average, replacement-level fantasy night. Despite his overall waywardness, accumulating passing yards hasn't been a problem for Manning, mostly because the Giants are trailing so often (they've been outscored 182-82). That's led to three games with 330 yards or more, highlighted by 450 passing yards with four touchdowns during a Week 1 loss to the Cowboys, which added up to 28 fantasy points.
Trouble is, because of his inaccuracy that Week 1 kaboom still represents nearly half (44 percent) of Manning's overall fantasy points (63) four games later.
Again, you could do worse tonight. I guess that's a compliment?
More notes, stray thoughts, and other such randomness
All NFL uniforms will be outfitted with these by the year 2072
Chris Johnson is an innovative and experimenting sort of guy. So to amuse himself during the offseason the Titans running back was cleansed through a Mexican fish bath, because sure, why not. And then he raced a cheetah that wanted to eat him, because that also sounded like fun.
Now he's leading all NFL fashion trends with this turtle shell backpack. Laugh it up, but eventually when the NFL starts shrugging its shoulders to head injuries again in a few decades and the league embraces being a modern day gladiator sport, these spikes will be required on all uniforms.
Chris Johnson's back pack has spikes #Titans pic.twitter.com/MipPH5lzW9
— Jim Wyatt (@jwyattsports) October 9, 2013
Stream them away, boys
All the dedicated readers around these parts (yes, all nine of you) know that on Friday I run through the top fantasy team defense streaming options. Unless you own one of the league's top D units (think Seattle, Chicago, and Cincy), stubbornly holding on to one defense all year and trotting them out each week is a good way to lose valuable points.
So here's a sneak peak of that fountain of word knowledge coming tomorrow: Cleveland Browns. The Browns host Detroit, and yesterday linebacker Jabaal Sheard returned to practice on a limited basis. Add that to Barkevious Mingo also practicing and looking just fine, and Calvin Johnson not doing that at all yet in Detroit (he'll be a game-time decision) so Kris Durham is possibly an NFL starting wide receiver with Nate Burleson also out, and suddenly much of the punch is zapped from what's usually a Lions offensive punching machine.
I'll kindly elaborate on this a little more tomorrow for those with a paid 100 Yards and Running yearly subscription (winter Christmas is coming), but let's also note here that Reggie Bush and Joique Bell will be contending with a run defense that's allowed only 3.3 yards per carry (tied for second).
All hail Peyton
In what could be another rare at least remotely close Broncos game, Peyton Manning will travel to a place where he once played a lot of football for a primetime Sunday night game in 10 days. You remember his Indianapolis days, yes? Good, because although our smartphones may inhibit the ability to detect an impending murder, surely memories haven't become that short.
Although the specific details aren't known yet, the Colts plan to have a Pey Pey tribute likely prior to that Week 7 game. What say you, Jim Irsay?
"We're going to have a great tribute to him. It's going to be something where you go into it wanting to have a lot of fun, where you love Peyton as a Colt fan, but now we're competing against him."
One request, Jim: can you please dig up the Boyz II Men tribute video/Internet mashup that's sadly been erased from our lives and play it? Failing that, this will suffice…
Confirmed: awfulness
The few truly unique individuals who are capable of seeing sunshine during monsoons were hoping that the second opinion Julio Jones was seeking on his foot injury would bring pleasant news. Not so, according to ESPN's Chris Mortensen yesterday afternoon, and he'll be placed on the injured reserve shortly.
If you owned Jones on your fake team, here's to hoping that Harry Douglas (or Keenan Allen) waiver claim went through fine. And if you're in a keeper league, do whatever you need to do to appease the football gods and ensure that Jones' injury isn't a chronic one, and it isn't related to the screw he had placed in his foot two years ago.
Important injury thing for this evening's football contest
This will be elaborated upon later too, but there are only a few absolute must starts in tonight's Giants-Bears game, and they're named Matt Forte, Brandon Marshall, and Victor Cruz. However, even though he hasn't scored since Week 2, Martellus Bennett has been pretty alright as a second tier tight end who was drafted late (value!) and is averaging 56.2 receiving yards per game.
So please be kindly advised of his game-time decision status heading into tonight due to a knee injury, though he'll likely play after getting in some limited practice time this week.


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Waffle | |
Main ingredients | Batter or dough |
Variations | Liège waffle, Brussels Waffle, Flemish Waffle, Bergische waffle, Stroopwafel and others |
Cookbook:Waffle Waffle |
Waffle | |
Main ingredients | Batter or dough |
Variations | Liège waffle, Brussels Waffle, Flemish Waffle, Bergische waffle, Stroopwafel and others |
Cookbook:Waffle Waffle |
A waffle is a leavened batter or dough cooked between two plates, patterned to give a characteristic size, shape and surface impression. There are many variations based on the type of waffle iron and recipe used, with over a dozen regional varieties in Belgium alone.[1]
Waffles are eaten throughout the world, particularly in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Poland, Scandinavia, and the United States.
The word "waffle" first appears in the English language in 1725: "Waffles. Take flower, cream..."[2] It is directly derived from the Dutch wafel, which itself derives from the Middle Dutch wafele.[3]
While the Middle Dutch wafele is first attested to at the end of the 13th century, it is preceded by the French walfre in 1185; both are considered to share the same Frankish etymological root wafla.[4] Depending on the context of the use of wafla, it either means honeycomb or cake.[4][5]
Alternate spellings throughout contemporary and medieval Europe include wafre, wafer, wâfel, waufre, gaufre, goffre, gauffre, wafe, waffel, wåfe, wāfel, wafe, vaffel, and våffla.[6]
Waffles are preceded, in the early Middle Ages, around the period of the 9th–10th centuries, with the simultaneous emergence of fer à hosties / hostieijzers (communion wafer irons) and moule à oublies (wafer irons).[7][8] While the communion wafer irons typically depicted imagery of Jesus and his crucifixion, the moule à oublies featured more trivial Biblical scenes or simple, emblematic designs.[7] The format of the iron itself was almost always round and considerably larger than those used for communion.[9][10]
The oublie was, in its basic form, composed only of grain flour and water – just as was the communion wafer.[11] It took until the 11th century, as a product of The Crusades bringing new culinary ingredients to Western Europe, for flavorings such as orange blossom water to be added to the oublies; however, locally-sourced honey and other flavorings may have already been in use before that time.[11][12]
Oublies, not formally named as such until ca. 1200, spread throughout northwestern continental Europe, eventually leading to the formation of the oublieurs guild in 1270.[13][14] These oublieurs/obloyers were responsible for not only producing the oublies but also for a number of other contemporaneous and subsequent pâtisseries légères (light pastries), including the waffles that were soon to arise.[14]
In the late 14th century the first known waffle recipe was penned in an anonymous manuscript, Le Ménagier de Paris, written by a husband as a set of instructions to his young wife.[15] While it technically contains four recipes, all are a variation of the first: Beat some eggs in a bowl, season with salt and add wine. Toss in some flour, and mix. Then fill, little by little, two irons at a time with as much of the paste as a slice of cheese is large. Then close the iron and cook both sides. If the dough does not detach easily from the iron, coat it first with a piece of cloth that has been soaked in oil or grease.[16] The other three variations explain how cheese is to be placed in between two layers of batter, grated and mixed in to the batter, or left out, along with the eggs.[17] However, this was a waffle / gaufre in name only, as the recipe contained no leavening.
Though some have speculated that waffle irons first appear in the 13th–14th centuries, it is not until 15th century that a true physical distinction between the oublie and the waffle (wafel / gaufre) begins to evolve.[7] Notably, while recipes like the fourth in Le Ménagier de Paris is only flour, salt and wine – indistinguishable from common oublies recipes of the time – what does emerge is a new shape to many of the irons being produced. Not only are the newly fashioned ones rectangular, taking the form of the fer à hosties, but some circular oublie irons are cut down to create rectangles.[7] It is also in this period that the waffle's classic grid motif appears clearly in a French fer à oublie and a Belgian/Dutch wafelijzer – albeit in a more shallowly engraved fashion – setting the stage for the more deeply gridded irons that were about to become commonplace throughout The Netherlands.[18][19]
By the 16th century, paintings by Joachim de Beuckelaer, Pieter Aertsen and Pieter Bruegel clearly depict the modern waffle form.[20] Bruegel's work, in particular, not only shows waffles being cooked, but fine detail of individual waffles. In those instances, the waffle pattern can be counted as a large 12x7 grid, with cleanly squared sides, suggesting the use of a fairly thin batter, akin to our contemporary Brussels waffles (Brusselse wafels).[21]
Earliest of the 16th century waffle recipes, Om ghode waffellen te backen – from the Dutch KANTL 15 manuscript (ca. 1500–1560) – is only the second known waffle recipe after the four variants described in Le Ménagier de Paris.[22] For the first time, partial measurements are given, sugar is used, and spices are added directly to the batter: Take grated white bread. Take with that the yolk of an egg and a spoonful of pot sugar or powdered sugar. Take with that half water and half wine, and ginger and cinnamon.[23]
Alternately attributed to the 16th and 17th centuries, Groote Wafelen from the Belgian Een Antwerps kookboek is published as the first recipe to use leavening (beer yeast): 'Take white flour, warm cream, fresh melted butter, yeast, and mix together until the flour is no longer visible. Then add ten or twelve egg yolks. Those who do not want them to be too expensive may also add the egg white and just milk. Put the resulting dough at the fireplace for four hours to let it rise better before baking it.[24] Until this time, no recipes contain leavening and can therefore be easily cooked in the thin moule à oublies. Groote Wafelen, in its use of leavening, is the genesis of contemporary waffles and validates the use of deeper irons (wafelijzers) depicted in the Beuckelaer and Bruegel paintings of the time.[21]
By the mid-16th century, there were signs of waffles' mounting French popularity. Francois I, king from 1494–1547, of whom it was said les aimait beacoup (loved them a lot), had a set of waffle irons cast in pure silver.[14][25] His successor, Charles IX enacted the first waffle legislation in 1560, in response to a series of quarrels and fights that had been breaking out between the oublieurs. They were required, "d'être au moins à la distance de deux toises l'un de l'autre. " (to be no less than ~4 yards from one to the other).[14]
Moving into the 17th century, unsweetened or honey-sweetened waffles and oublies – often made of non-wheat grains – are the type generally accessible to the average citizen.[14][26] The wheat-based and particularly the sugar-sweetened varieties, while present throughout Europe, are prohibitively expensive for all but the monarchy and bourgeoisie.[14] Even for the Dutch, who controlled much of the mid-century sugar trade, a kilogram of sugar was worth ½ an ounce of silver (the equivalent of ~$32 for a 5lb. bag, 08/2012 spot silver prices), while, elsewhere in Europe, it fetched twice the price of opium.[27][28] The wealthier families' waffles, known often as mestiers, were, "...smaller, thinner and above all more delicate, being composed of egg yolks, sugar, and the finest of the finest flour, mixed in white wine. One serves them at the table like dessert pastry."[14]
By the dawn of the 18th century, expansion of Caribbean plantations had cut sugar prices in half.[27] Waffle recipes abounded and were becoming decadent in their use of sugar and other rare ingredients.[29] For instance, Menon's gaufre from Nouveau Traité de la Cusine included a livre of sugar for a demi-livre of flour.[30]
Germany becomes a leader in the development and publication of waffle recipes during the 18th century, introducing coffee waffles, the specific use of Hefeweizen beer yeast, cardamom, nutmeg, and a number of zuickerwaffeln (sugar waffles).[31][32] At the same time, the French introduce whipped egg whites to waffles, along with lemon zests, Spanish wine, and cloves.[33] Joseph Gillier even publishes the first chocolate waffle recipe, featuring three ounces of chocolate grated and mixed into the batter, before cooking.[34]
A number of the 18th century waffle recipes take on names to designate their country or region/city of origin – Schwedische Waffeln, Gauffres à l'Allemande and, most famous of all the 18th century varieties, Gauffres à la Flamande, which are first recorded in 1740.[34][35] These Gauffres à la Flamande (Flemish waffles / Gaufres de Lille) are the first French recipe to use beer yeast, but unlike the Dutch and German yeasted recipes that precede them, use only egg whites and over a pound of butter in each batch.[35] They are also the oldest named recipe that survives in popular use to the present day, produced regionally and commercially by Meert.[36]
The 18th century is also when the word "waffle" first appears in the English language, in a 1725 printing of Court Cookery by Robert Smith.[37] Recipes had begun to spread throughout England and America, though essentially all are patterned after established Dutch, Belgian, German, and French versions.[38] In 1789, Thomas Jefferson is fabled to have returned from 5 years in Europe with a waffle iron, setting off a fad for waffle frolics (waffle parties), though waffle frolics had been documented as early as 1744 in New Jersey, and the Dutch had long since established waffles in New Amsterdam (New York City).[39][40]
Liège waffles, the most popular contemporary Belgian waffle variety, are rumored to have been invented during the 18th century, as well, by the chef to the prince-bishop of Liège.[41][42] However, there are no German, French, Dutch, or Belgian cookbooks that contain references to them in this period – by any name – nor are there any waffle recipes that mention the Liège waffle's distinctive ingredients, brioche-based dough and pearl sugar.[43] It is not until 1814 that Antoine Beauvilliers publishes a recipe in l'Art du Cuisiner where brioche dough is introduced as the base of the waffle and sucre cassé (crushed block sugar) is used as a garnish for the waffles, though not worked into the dough.[44] Antonin Carême, the famous Parisian pastry chef, is the first to incorporate gros sucre into several waffle variations named in his 1822 work, Le Maitre d'Hotel Français.[45] Then, in 1834, Leblanc publishes a complete recipe for gaufres grêlées (hail waffles), where gros sucre is mixed in.[46] A full Gaufre de Liège recipe does not appear until 1921.[47]
Waffles remained widely popular in Europe for the first half of the 19th century, despite the 1806 British Atlantic naval blockade that greatly inflated the price of sugar.[48] This coincided with the commercial production of beet sugar in continental Europe, which, in a matter of decades, had brought the price down to historical lows.[49] Within the transitional period from cane to beet sugar, Florian Dacher invented the Brussels Waffle (Brusselse Wafel), the predecessor to American "Belgian" waffles, recording the recipe in 1842/43.[50][51][52] Stroopwafels (Dutch syrup wafels), too, rose to prominence in the Netherlands by the middle of the century.[50] However, by the second half of the 1800s, inexpensive beet sugar became widely available, and a wide range of pastries, candies and chocolates were now accessible to the middle class, as never before; waffles' popularity declined rapidly.[48][49]
By the early 20th century, waffle recipes become rare in recipe books, and only 29 professional waffle craftsmen, the oublieurs, remained in Paris.[50][53] Waffles were shifting from a predominately street-vendor-based product to an increasingly homemade product, aided by the 1918 introduction of GE's first electric commercial waffle maker.[54] By the mid-1930s, dry pancake/waffle mix had been marketed by a number of companies, including Aunt Jemima, Bisquick, and a team of three brothers from San Jose, Calif. – the Dorsas. It is the Dorsas who would go on to innovate commercial production of frozen waffles, which they began selling under the name "Eggo" in 1953.[55]
Then in 1958, a Belgian restauranteur, Maurice Vermersch, showcased his version of the Brussels waffle at Expo 58 in Brussels.[56] Following his success there, he made plans to introduce them to America, but was beat to the U.S. by another salesman who sold his own Gaufres de Bruxelles with modest success at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair.[57] It was in 1964, however, when Maurice Vermersch finally debuted his "Bel-Gem" waffles at the 1964 New York World's Fair that they took hold in the States.[58] Originally intended as a marketing device, to work around Americans' lack of familiarity with Brussels, the "Bel-Gem" name stuck and quickly morphed into the distinctly American concept of the "Belgian waffle".[59] In practice, contemporary American "Belgian waffles" are actually a hybrid of pre-existing American waffle types and ingredients, together with some physical attributes of both Vermersch's and true Brussels waffles.
In the 21st century, waffles continue to evolve.[60] What began as flour and water heated between two iron plates are now popular the world over, produced in sweet and savory varieties, in myriad shapes and sizes.[61] Even as most of the original recipes have faded from use, a number of the 18th and 19th century varieties can still be easily found throughout Northern Europe, where they were first developed.[62]
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The middle child, Ramrock, earned a reputation from the git-go (1981) as an ornery critter that will take a bite out of you if you don't watch out. A lot of sand (sixty-two traps), a lot of water (hazards on ten holes, dry creek beds on six), a lot of up and down (why do you think they call it the Hill Country?) and plenty of length (just shy of seven thousand yards) add up to a slope of 137, the highest in the state.
The most popular Horseshoe Bay course, among club members and resort guests alike, is the oldest, Slickrock, which opened for business in 1974. One trip around and you'll see why. Compared with its more rambunctious siblings, Slickrock seems subtle and grown up. Where they are hilly and abrupt, Slickrock is rolling and gentle. Although less dramatic than the other two, Slickrock is beautiful in its own right, with stands of live oak, cedar, willow and persimmon trees giving its fairways and greens strong definition.
Throughout his illustrious career, Jones has been guided by a rock-solid principle of golf course design: A good course should yield par grudgingly and bogey generously. At Slickrock, Jones succeeded in walking the fine line between hard par and easy bogey. The fairways are wide enough to give hope to the high-handicapper, but there's plenty of trouble waiting for the better player who gets overconfident. As the layout has aged, subtle adjustments and enhancements--including a decidedly unsubtle one-million-dollar waterfall, added in 1990--have built on the course's strengths.
Horseshoe Bay was conceived as a real estate development, not a resort. That means the golf courses and the other amenities were built to sell weekend and vacation homes, not to attract tourists. For the traveling golfer, that is a blessing. Since eighty percent of the Horseshoe Bay club members who own property here are weekenders, prime tee times are available most weekdays. You can of course get clobbered by a convention now and then, but one of the great virtues of Horseshoe Bay is that you can come here for a late-spring or mid-autumn golf orgy and not feel rushed.
And if dawn-to-dusk golf isn't enough, you can fine-tune your putting stroke at Whitewater, an over-the-top, eighteen-hole putting course, where you'll enjoy gratis use of specially engraved Pings and a layout complete with fairways, sand traps, fountains, gurgling brooks, a waterfall and a rose garden--all brightly lit for night play.


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So...you've had a bad day? - page 2
You are dealing with a demanding patient, family , doctor.. short staffed and no break. Look at it from the OTHER side of the bed. The patient and the family is in a life changing ,... Read More
9Sep 21, '12 by beekerNo, it is not about the patient. Maybe it used to be, but now it is all about the almighty buck. It's a machine and we are just the parts. When we wear out they will replace us. The patients are the product/cash cow. If you think it is still about the patient, and what is best for them, you might want to have a good long look around.
1Sep 21, '12 by seanynjboyQuote from Been there,done thatI'm sorry, but I have to disagree to some degree. It is about us in a small minute way. If we are not at our best, the patient will not be at their best. It is MORE about the patient though than it is about us. I'll go with that statement.You are dealing with a demanding patient, family , doctor.. short staffed and no break.
Look at it from the OTHER side of the bed.
The patient and the family is in a life changing , crisis situation!
They are experiencing chest pain... GI bleeding, difficulty breathing ...
They woke up today feeling fine.... and are now dependent on your skills and empathy... to get them through their health crisis.
It's not about us.. it's about the patient.SE_BSN_RN likes this. -
5Sep 21, '12 by OnlybyHisgraceRNIts' not about us or the patients, its' all about MONEY. Lets get more staff, more equipment, breaks (longer than 15-30min) and it can be more about the PATIENT. Don't give me three critical patients in ICU and expect perfect hourly rounding, with no aide and two out of the three patients are isolation and 1/3 patient is morbidly obese.
Often, I leave work physically, emotionally, and spiritually wounded because I give my all. If it was all about me I would not have become a nurse. The money is not worth it. -
2Sep 22, '12 by artsmomFor those patients, I have empathy. But, there are many patients who like to make it too much about them. A cared for a woman who could independently ambulate to the bathroom. She called me into her room one night because her leg was bent. Not understanding the problem, I moved the blanket to have a look. Her knee was bent, in a very natural, easy to undo way. I told her to straighten her leg out, she told me that it was my job to do that, and since she pays my salary I better. I pulled the blanket up and walked out. We are human, and some patients could stand to treat us that way. Also, if I am working short staffed, and with no break, I am tired, probably have to pee, and am quite thirsty. I will utilize all my knowledge to help, but I may be in a less than desirable mood while doing so.abbaking and DizzyLizzyNurse like this.
2Sep 22, '12 by turnforthenurseRNI do agree with your point of view however, nurses are human, too, and we're allowed to have a bad day and complain about it. Especially now with increasing patient acuity and being short staffed.
However, you should never directly say to a patient that you are short-staffed. It can scare them because it makes them think there aren't enough people or resources to adequately care for them, making them feel unsafe. -
13Sep 22, '12 by woohQuote from turnforthenurseRNYes, much better for them to think their nurse is just too lazy and incompetent to care for them properly rather than they know the truth.However, you should never directly say to a patient that you are short-staffed. It can scare them because it makes them think there aren't enough people or resources to adequately care for them, making them feel unsafe.
3Sep 22, '12 by AeternaI agree and disagree with the OP.
On the one hand, I can certain empathize with a lot of people, and sometimes overbearing or demanding patients/families have a legitimate reason for being that way, even if the way they are expressing their feelings is not the best.
For example, just recently, I cared for a man whose wife was seen as very negative, rude, and overbearing. At first, she seemed like this to me, too, but I have a lot of patience and don't often let these things get to me. Then I had to go in and do my patient's weekly PICC dressing. The wife stayed through it and we got talking. I learned that the patient was initially admitted to hospital many months ago, got better and was sent to a rehab unit, and then regressed and got sick again, landing him back in the hospital. His wife was very frustrated and just wanted her husband to get better. I could see then why she was so nit-picky about everything - she just didn't want anything more to go wrong so her husband could get better and return home with her. After that talk, she stopped being rude and negative, and we worked together rather than butting heads over every little thing.
HOWEVER. That does not excuse people from being aggressive, overly demanding, offensive, or manipulative. Someone can yell at me all they want about their broken TV but it is not within my skill set nor is it my priority to get it fixed. Yes, I will call the person who sets up the TVs to let them know the TV is broken, but no, I will not go out of my way to entertain the patient when I have other, more important, matters to deal with. Most patients are understanding of the fact that I had other patients to attend to and must split my time accordingly, but there are others who think I'm their personal servant or something rather than a nurse caring for 4 or 5 people. I mean, I literally had a patient with perfectly functioning arms who called because she wanted her purse moved from one side of the bed to the other. Just...no.
Also, I have no issue telling people that we're short-staffed or that I need to take my break. When I am out of the room, a patient doesn't see where I am or what I'm doing - for all they know, I could be working with other patients or I could be having my lunch. They don't necessarily know that. So, if I'm running myself into the ground and haven't eaten or drank anything by the afternoon, I do all the urgent things I need to do and tell my patients, "I haven't had a single break yet today. I'm going to eat quickly and when I come back, I will take care of x, y, and z." (The x, y, and z are usually little things, like an extra glass of water or something - things that can wait 15-20 minutes!) Most people are usually all right with that. -
4Sep 22, '12 by anotheroneQuote from woohExactly. Why should I get blammed for the situation management and administration creAted. Why cover up for them when that means I will be viewed as incompetent . noYes, much better for them to think their nurse is just too lazy and incompetent to care for them properly rather than they know the truth.
4Sep 22, '12 by JackfackmastaMy worst day was yesterday. My patient came back from IR in the middle of shift report with a emergency lumbar drain only to find there is not one lumbar drain on the unit. Central supply sent the wrong set up and needed to order another one while my patient has neuro changes while the transfer nurse for my other patient keeps calling me and the unit asking when I'm going to call report and send her upstairs.
I tell him I have a critical patient that needs to be cared for first and meanwhile we're on the phone with the doctors because their orders make no logical sense and through all the umms and well and changing his mind 5 times about where he wants the lumbar drain my patient is having delay in care.
I get another call from the tranfer nurse after I get my other one hooked up to drainage telling me she needs to be up by 1100. Its 1000. Im working on it. I work frantically charting her assessments and then meanwhile I have not charted a thing on my other. Take my patient up. Getting dirty looks from everyone. Come back down and told they called the charge stating no tranfers after 10am. Not what the nurse told me. New policy not written but coming.
My lumbar drain patient also has meds every 2 hours and is rolling around in bed with no care that she has a drain. I get her settled and yes! I have one patient and I can chart now.
Charge then tells me 10 minutes later I have a patient coming in 15 minutes. I go and get the room set up and get my patient and the time is now 0200 and between doing all the ICU orders and settling my patient's I was about to loose my mind because I had not charted a thing until 430, My team helped me and I go out on time but jesus I had never gotten so behind. I could not sit for 10 minutes without an alarm going off or med was due. Plus I they were both contact patients.
Did I mention this was my 3rd day off orientation in a level one STICU?
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- Posted by shear_stupidity 9B (My Page) on Thu, Feb 21, 13 at 14:40
I don't understand what you're asking? Do we just have them? Or do we have them to trade? Here's what's left of mine now that our days are getting so warm. I'll be putting them in the ground soon. |
I was just asking Because I wanted to see some Outside Growing Poinsettias, as We Can't Have Them outside Here... Cool Pot, Please what else is in there? Thanks |
I have one growing (and blooming) in a pot, in my enclosed Florida room - 2 years old now - too cold to grow them outdoors here. |
- Posted by shear_stupidity 9B (My Page) on Fri, Feb 22, 13 at 6:13
Nine, all that's in the pot is the one Poinsettia, two variegated Aztec Grass (Liriope), and some Alyssum. It looked a lot better before the Poinesttia drooped! Kay, that's cool you can keep them in pots. We're not "supposed" to be able to grow them as perennials here, either. But everywhere I look, businesses and subdivisions and my neighbors have them in the ground. This will be my first year trying it out. I've had it outside in that pot since October... when it was still toasty warm here... and it has made it through the 2 or three light frosts in December, and more recently the two frost nights we just had. |
Any that I get I put in the ground after Christmas and they can last for several years or die within the next year. They aren't grown to last more then the one season, so we are lucky when they do. One time I had a couple last for 4 years and were about 4 feet tall, but that hasn't happened again. |
- Posted by shear_stupidity 9B (My Page) on Sat, Feb 23, 13 at 7:36
Well, that's discouraging. LOL! Is it the heat of summer that kills them? Or the frosts in winter? What's their stinkin' problem? |
Here's one that's in my neighborhood that's really nice...it looks to be about 3 or 4 years old looking at the size of the trunk? There's actually several of them in my area that grow in the ground. Like Katkin, I have planted several in the ground that have lasted anywhere form a few months to just a couple of years and either die from frost or just die for whatever reasons. |
I had Mine for 11 Years, but He was inside in a 5inch pot..... Now That is a NICE Plant puglvr1!!! Thanks Guys |
- Posted by shear_stupidity 9B (My Page) on Sat, Feb 23, 13 at 19:03
OOOh! Gorgeous! I hope mine lasts for a while in the ground before it dies. |
9crow, maybe they grow them differently there. But here they are only intended to last the Christmas season and more than that is a bonus. |
I put mine in the ground after Christmas last year, and now they're doing great. It's like a shrub. I guess they need long periods of darkness, like twelve hours or more, before they will turn red. So mine are green most of the time. They're great. |
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Forecast flaws add to RBA rate dilemma
PUBLISHED: 03 May 2013 14:46:45 | UPDATED: 04 May 2013 00:34:46PUBLISHED: 04 May 2013 PRINT EDITION: 04 May 2013If the Reserve Bank of Australia officials are indifferent between easing now and waiting for harder data, its more dovish board could coax out a cut. Photo: Louie Douvis
Christopher Joye
Make no mistake, the Reserve Bank of Australia's May and June meetings are "live". Current market pricing of a 56 per cent chance of an easing next week is credible.
If RBA officials are indifferent between easing now and waiting for harder data, its more dovish board could coax out a cut. This would see interest rate-sensitive housing and equities continue to outperform.
There are tactical merits to pulling the trigger before the budget and avoiding a messy election debate about whether the bank has passed judgment on Labor's prudence.
Officials appear unperturbed by the potential switching costs of having to reverse out of what would be the cheapest cash rate in history if data starts surprising on the upside. If the board finds the fortitude to wait, the market's 100 per cent probability on a June cut looks overcooked.
With central banks printing trillions of dollars to buy government and corporate bonds and, more remarkably, direct equities, asset prices could advance more quickly.
This week the Swiss central bank said it had invested $70.35 billion, or 15 per cent of its balance sheet, in 1200 direct shares. One senses a distinct anxiety among c rowded out investors are bidding up bond and share prices in a frantic search for fading yields. This is governments distorting private markets on an unprecedented scale.
Financial markets matter
You have to pity the poor economists who furnish long-term forecasts across so many different variables when RBA research shows its army of 260 analysts can't reliably predict inflation, growth or jobs.
In February the RBA said that, based on its forecasting performance since 1993, its inflation projection for 2014 implied a 70 per cent chance actual inflation would range between a recessionary-like 1.6 per cent and a boom-time 3.2 per cent.
More bluntly, a 2012 RBA paper found its "forecasts explain very little of the variations in GDP growth . . . unemployment . . . [or] underlying inflation". Economists fared no better.
Whereas traders instantly adjust probabilities without consideration for reputational costs, economists are prone to making more rigid calls that they vocally promote. Yet the nasty little secret is that neither the RBA nor economists have a clue where rates will be in the medium term.
It gets worse. In its latest bulletin, the RBA revealed it also has great difficulty working out what is happening to the economy now and, remarkably, in the recent past. While RBA boffins say the GDP numbers offer a "comprehensive summary of the current state of the economy", they find that, on average, the first GDP estimates are revised by a stunning 40 per cent over the next four years.
This means we can go from thinking the economy is overheating to running way below trend merely through the revision process.
The RBA also found that GDP revisions are biased depending on the cycle. If the economy is decelerating, the first GDP estimates overestimate growth. The converse is also true. The challenges the RBA has in getting a grip on the past and present and divining the future explain why officials respect market pricing – an agglomeration of thousands of independent perspectives.
Traders are better forecasters
Research by Barclays economist Kieran Davies shows that predictions of the cash rate one year out from Sydney Futures Exchange contracts beat consensus economist estimates 60 per cent of the time.
"This underscores the difficulty in accurately anticipating the RBA's policy decisions, as the uncertainty is immense," Davies says.
RBA officials have doubtless noted that market pricing for a cut this month has jumped from 20 per cent after its April meeting to 56 per cent. This only ups the ante on a move. In parliamentary testimony this year, RBA governor Glenn Stevens conceded that "[financial markets] have done a better job setting [the exchange rate's] price than we would have done if we had been trying".
In fact, the RBA doesn't believe there is any use forecasting the exchange rate at all. This is why it is reluctant to intervene against the dollar, save for extreme scenarios. It is also why the risk that a big currency devaluation will stoke imported inflation is not weighing on Martin Place's mind. Officials claim their second-best solution is to deal with the exchange rate's travails after the event. This is what has happened since late 2011: the target cash rate has been repeatedly chiselled given the deflationary effects of our lofty "trade-weighted" exchange rate.
Why they might cut
One argument for cutting this month or in June is not that the RBA is more worried about growth prospects but the latest inflation data give it more room to buttress growth without fuelling price pressures. Underlying inflation is a touch above the bottom of the RBA's target 2-3 per cent band.
These benign inflation results have been driven by deflation in the prices of internationally traded goods and services ("tradables"), which account for 40 per cent of the consumer price basket. Domestic or "non-tradable" prices, which make up the remainder, have been inflating at a more unseemly 4 per cent annual rate.
Interestingly, the RBA privately questions whether Australia's favourable tradables deflation is purely a function of our vaulted exchange rate. While the dollar was appreciating, the downward pressure on tradables made sense. The rub is the exchange rate has been bobbing around the same level for 18 months.
So the RBA thinks a domestic productivity and/or competitive margin-compression "story" may partly explain the persistence of tradables deflation. Australia's housing market is not throwing sand in the monetary policy wheels either. While mortgage rates are near or below record lows, the RBA thinks high single-digit house price inflation is where it needs to be in the recovery phase of this cycle. There is also no sign that credit growth is out of control, or that lending standards are deteriorating, so the RBA says.
By 2050, Australia's population will probably have increased 57 per cent to 36 million people. But developers are not going to commit scarce capital to build homes without being satisfied about expected returns.
The case against cuts is skinnier. Ultra-low deposit and borrowing rates are only slowly changing savings and investment behaviour, and will take time. Financial conditions have also been independently easing. Equities prices are at their highest level since 2008. Australian bond prices are back near all-time peaks. Coupled with plummeting credit spreads, money is getting cheaper. In December, ANZ Bank raised $750 million via a bond that cost it 2.2 percentage points over the bill rate. Today, it costs about 1 percentage point less.
I hope the RBA holds its nerve. Past performance implies otherwise.
Christopher Joye is an economist and director of Yellow Brick Road Funds Management
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2 Thou Highest, I shall be glad, and I shall be fully joyful in thee; I shall sing to thy name. (O Most High, I shall be glad, and I shall rejoice in thee; I shall sing to thy name.) | 2 I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. |
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STAGE TUBE: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Alonzo King LINES Ballet Merge Talents
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and San Francisco-based Alonzo King LINES Ballet - currently celebrating their 35th and 30th anniversary seasons, respectively - perform together in four notable American dance venues this spring. These first-time joint presentations include the debut of a New Work by LINES Ballet's founder and director, award-winning choreographer Alonzo King. Watch the video below to learn more about this unprecedented collaboration between dance companies!
This unique collaboration, billed Hubbard Street + LINES Ballet, is the sole dance and Chicago-based recipient of a 2011 Joyce Award from The Joyce Foundation. The accompanying $50,000 grant has generously supported the collaboration in-process, as did a three-week residency at the University of California, Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts, and an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The collaboration was previewed at the 2012 Laguna Dance Festival, and has received crucial funding for its tour from the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project.
The New Work by Alonzo King features 28 world-renowned dancers: all 12 members of LINES Ballet and 16 from Hubbard Street's ensemble of 18. Lighting designs are by Axel Morgenthaler, set designs by Jim Doyle, costumes by Robert Rosenwasser and original music is by composer/musican Ben Juodvalkis.
In addition, the New Work is a commission by the Harris Theater for Music and Dance at Millennium Park, in celebration of its 10th anniversary next year. Hubbard Street - one of the Chicago venue's founding local organizations - welcomes LINES Ballet to its Spring Series and the World Premiere of the companies' Shared Program: Hubbard Street presents Little mortal jump (2012) by Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo; LINES Ballet presents the Chicago Premiere of Alonzo King's Rasa (2007), to an original score by tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain; and both companies present the New Work. The New Work receives its World Premiere at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley, as part of Hubbard Street's Cal Performances engagement.
The Shared Program repeats one night only in Madison, Wisconsin at the Overture Center for the Arts, and for three shows in Los Angeles, at the Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
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College of Law › Mabee Legal Information Center › Oklahoma Law Librarians › Minutes › 2005 Nov 2
Oklahoma Bar Association Meeting, Sheraton HotelAttendees: Corinna Patterson, Terri Calloway, Darin Fox, Ann Walsh Long, Jerry Stephens, Dan Bell, W. David Gay, Shelly Clement, Lisa Bowles, Elaine B. Bradshaw, Marilyn Nicely, Judith Morgan, Darla Jackson, Louise Lindsey, Venita Hoover, Amanda Lemon, William Gaskill, Patsy Trotter, Sam Lasala, Ken Shropshire, and Jim Bublis.
President Venita Hoover opened the meeting by welcoming the attendees and introducing our speaker, Dick Spinelli of Hein Publishing. Mr. Spinelli provided a demonstration of the HeinOnline service.
COMMITTEE REPORTSBar Journal Indexing Committee - Venita reported on the progress of this project. The preexisting bar journal indexes have been converted into electronic form by several volunteers. The indexes will next be checked and combined into a single index. The entries that don't have subject headings (i.e. 1970 and earlier) will need to have subject headings assigned. There is a question about how this service will be hosted and maintained in the future.
Bylaws Committee - The bylaws were read to members in attendance by Darin Fox, incoming Secretary/Treasurer. The bylaws were approved by the members, and an original copy was signed by all members in attendance.
Membership Committee - The Committee is considering sending faxes to all law libraries in Oklahoma to promote membership.
Nominating Committee - Patti Monk of Oklahoma City University was nominated for the office of Vice-President / President-Elect. Darin Fox of the University of Oklahoma was nominated for the office of Secretary / Treasurer. A motion was made to accept the slate of nominees. The motion was seconded and approved.
NEW BUSINESSVenita Hoover presented gifts to Ann Long, Dan Bell, and Faye Hadley for their service to the organization over the past year.
Venita Hoover reported that there may be a problem with the listserv for the organization. If any members have not received mailings in the past few weeks, they should contact Venita or Ann to verify their subscription.
Lou Lindsey reported on the 2006 MAALL meeting which will be held in Jenks, Oklahoma. A hotel has been selected for the meeting.
Jerry Stephens, as a member of the Board of Directors, invited all members of the Oklahoma Law Librarians to attend the upcoming meeting of the Oklahoma Special Libraries Association.
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100 Wailea Golf Club Drive, Wailea, Maui; 808-875-7450, waileagolf.com. Yardage: 6,825. Par: 72. Slope: 130. Architect: Robert Trent Jones Jr., 1995. Greens Fees: $135-$160. T&L Golf Rating: ****
It's tempting to view the Emerald—250 yards shorter from the tips and built on a smaller scale—as the Gold's amiable little brother. That doesn't do justice to its subtle charms, from its shared tenth and seventeenth green to the postage-stamp thirteenth that evokes the eighth at Pebble Beach to the brilliant flowers that add to the course's palette of blue and green. (The flora and fauna here are the prettiest of any course on the island.) With funneling fairways and directional bunkers, this is a course where you should match or beat your handicap but with just enough hazard to feel good about doing it.
100 Wailea Golf Club Drive, Wailea, Maui; 808-875-7450, waileagolf.com. Yardage: 7,078. Par: 72. Slope: 139. Architect: Robert Trent Jones Jr., 1994. Greens Fees: $135-$160. T&L Golf Rating: ****
Home of the annual Champions Tour Skins Game, the Gold most closely hews to one's preconceptions of what Hawaiian golf will be: resort golf in heaven. The Pacific views are showstopping, the course maintenance is top-notch, the hedges are groomed to bonsai perfection and the ancient lava rock walls, called papohaku, are a delightful flourish. Your cart flushes birds at every turn, sending chubby francolins and slender egrets scurrying. With the exception of the clever, drivable 287-yard par-four sixth, the memorable holes are the ones that have you reaching for your Instamatic—they play toward or overlook the ocean and Molokini Island, a favorite snorkeling area. The big, saddle-backed fairways are nearly unmissable, and so it sometimes seems are the glowing white-silica-sand greenside bunkers—despite the fact that the greens are also vast, with three-putts an ever-present danger. The weakness is the routing, which is rather mundane in its paralleling back and forth. Then again, there are worse places to go to and fro and fro and to.
Highway 380, Kahului, Maui; 808-873-0422, dunesatmauilani.com. Yardage: 6,841. Par: 72. Slope: 136. Architect: Robin Nelson, 1999. Greens Fee: $96. T&L Golf Rating: ***1/2
"A Hawaiian-Irish linksland golf course by design," per the yardage book, the Dunes is unique on Maui, and mostly in a good way. The 145-yard semiblind par-three third, for example, is one of the prettiest and cleverest short inland holes you'll ever encounter. The many deep pot bunkers throughout the course are to be avoided at all cost, although the often-severe winds will have something to say about that. Indeed, "severe" is a word that may often leap to mind, with the occasional corseted fairway, blind drive and uphill approach teetering between tough and unfair. Golfers looking for a vacation from vacation golf (and coming to or from Maui Airport, about a fifteen-minute drive) will get a kick out of—and from—the Dunes.
300 Kapalua Drive, Kapalua, Maui; 808-669-8044, kapaluamaui.com. Yardage: 6,600. Par: 72. Slope: 138. Architects: Arnold Palmer and Francis Duane, 1975. Greens Fees: $125-$180. T&L Golf Rating: ***1/2
Like Kapalua's Village course, the Bay is best enjoyed if one's expectations are set appropriately, which means looking for a pretty, pleasant round, not a chip off the Plantation block. (The Bay is a bit of a misnomer, with just two waterfront holes.) Its oceanfront par-three fifth, 205 yards mostly over Oneloa Bay, provides the biggest charge, although the splendor is tempered by the row of houses that run all along the left side. Likewise, the netting that runs down the left side of the tenth hole, which separates it from the driving range, is a sour note. These are the exceptions. At the course's core are interesting midlength par fours like the well-bunkered 345-yard thirteenth, with a green beautifully framed by a pair of pines, and the split-fairway 371-yard sixteenth—holes that tax the mind and the small muscles as much as the big muscles.
2000 Village Road, Kapalua, Maui; 808-669-8044, kapaluamaui.com. Yardage: 6,378. Par: 70. Slope: 134. Architects: Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay, 1981. Greens Fees: $125-$180. T&L Golf Rating: ***1/2
Veterans say you should have seen the Village course before the 2000 opening of the twenty-three-acre top-shelf Kapalua Golf Academy forced a change in the design, and indeed the par-three start and finish bespeak the retrofitting. (As someone who knocked twelve shots off his score after a lunchtime lesson between his morning and afternoon rounds, let me say that any price was worth paying for the Academy.) Yet it's also readily apparent why this mountain course was, and to many still is, considered the sleeper of the three here. Just under 6,400 yards from the tips, each club in the bag proves useful, and the rolling terrain is well employed to also provide a variety of looks and lies.


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Please ask the governor to oppose harmful and expensive diversion of the Gila River
The Gila River is New Mexico's last free-flowing river, rich in biological diversity and cultural history. But an expensive proposed project threatens it.
In 2004, Congress passed the Arizona Water Settlements Act, which authorized diversion of the Gila River if New Mexico agreed to buy water from Arizona to replace what we take out of the river.
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The Arizona Water Settlements Act provided $66 million for projects to meet community water needs and a perverse incentive of up to $62 million more if New Mexico elects to divert the Gila River.
But proposed Gila diversion projects may cost $300 million to $500 million, leaving New Mexico taxpayers responsible for the balance — $200 million to $400 million.
Southwest New Mexico's future water needs can be met at a lower price through non-diversion projects, such as municipal and agricultural conservation, groundwater management, effluent reuse and watershed restoration. These projects would save twice the water that diversion would provide, and they cost much less.
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A Queens woman who admitted in 2007 to conning an 85-year-old man out of over $150,000 by tricking him into thinking she was a cancer patient trying to start up a business has been caught in Oklahoma after skipping bail, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said Tuesday.
Natasha Munchkin Marks, 26, defrauded Louis Bruno of Howard Beach in 2006 when Bruno was 85 years old. According to the district attorney's office, Marks met Bruno at a Howard Beach Waldbaum's in February 2006. Marks was 18 years old at the time.
"The defendant has learned the old adage the hard way; you can run but you cannot hide from justice," Brown said.
In a 2006 interview with the Queens Chronicle, Bruno said he fell in love with Marks and even planned on marrying her. Marks even told him she lived in Howard Beach when her last known address, according to Brown, was in Hollis.
That's when Marks began swindling money from Bruno. Between February and June in 2006, she asked Bruno to give her hundreds of thousands of dollars for medical bills and start-up money for a business venture.
As part of the scheme, Marks asked Bruno to write checks payable to one of her aliases — "Crystal Smith," which she told him was a friend of hers who would cash the checks.
Other checks were written out by Bruno to "East West Restoration," a company owned by Marks' deceased mother. She later endorsed all the checks herself and cashed them at different locations.
Later in 2006, Marks — using her Crystal Smith alias — also filed with the New York City Department of Finance's Office of City Register as power of attorney on Bruno's behalf without him knowing in order to gain control over his financial transactions.
She then refinanced Bruno's home, without him knowing, and withdrew more than half a million dollars in equity from the property.
At the mortgage closing, Marks presented a fake Social Security card and an Illinois driver's license identifying her as Crystal Smith.
In September 2006, a few weeks after Marks refinanced Bruno's home, a neighbor and a family member notified authorities of their concerns after seeing Marks around Bruno's home and discovering some of the suspicious activities. The scheme was uncovered when investigators from DA Brown's Elder Fraud Unit interviewed Marks.
She was later arrested and pleaded guilty to second- and third-degree grand larceny as a hate crime and agreed to make $150,000 in restitution to Bruno. Under New York State's Hate Crimes Law, enhanced charges can be filed when defendants commit a larceny and targets his or her victims because of their age when the victim is over 60.
Marks also signed a waiver of extradition as a condition of the plea agreement. She had made partial restitution, but failed to appear for a court date. A warrant was then issued for her arrest and she was sentenced in absentia to two to six years in prison in May 2007.
A year later, Marks was indicted on charges of first-degree bail jumping, punishable by up to seven years in prison, and she has been a fugitive until she was caught by authorities in Oklahoma earlier this month.
The DA's office did not say exactly when or where in Oklahoma she was captured. She was extradited to New York on Wednesday for arraignment on the bail jumping charges.


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Major League Baseball suspended play for nearly a full week -- 91 games in all. "Who cares about baseball right now?" Rockies general manager Dan O'Dowd said, putting words to the feelings of even the most diehard of fans. "This is not a time when you worry about playing games."
The National Football League canceled its full slate of games on Sunday, as well as the scheduled Monday-night match-up between Minnesota and Baltimore. "We felt it was right to take a week to reflect and to help our friends, families and people in the community who need our support," Commissioner Paul Tagliabue explained unnecessarily. Athletic directors at major universities agreed. "We didn't think it was appropriate to play a football game on a national day of mourning," said Jeff Hathaway of Colorado State University, which was scheduled to play Nevada-Las Vegas Friday night.
Denver-based Rocky Mountain Gun Owners took a different tack. "Our view was that terrorists had assaulted our liberties," said Dudley Brown, the lobbying organization's executive director. "That's just what they did; they took advantage of our liberties to assault ours. And we weren't about ready to restrict our own liberties."
So members pressed forward with their 2001 Fun Shoot. On the crest of a rise overlooking a muddy Morgan County field owned by the brother of state senator Marilyn Musgrave, several dozen enthusiasts set up their guns as planned. Not just any guns, though; certainly none of those that can be discharged at ranges in or near a city limit. This past weekend, the plains of Colorado were reserved for gun owners on the distant edge of the social definition of the Second Amendment -- a place RMGO knows well and accepts. "We're not afraid to be called radicals on the gun issue," says Brown. "Because that's what we are."
The annual Fun Shoot is dedicated to .50-caliber enthusiasts -- owners of, or merely those captivated by, the most powerful non-custom rifle made today. You won't see it in Gart Bros. or Wal-Mart, even though the restrictions on purchasing one remain the same as a shotgun or a .22 plinking rifle -- despite several failed legislative attempts to classify the gun alongside so-called "destructive devices" such as grenade-launchers.
Nearly six feet long, the guns have been known to make gun-control advocates apoplectic. The reasons have little to do with the weapon's actual track record. Unwieldy, heavy and expensive, .50-caliber guns have rarely been used in the commission of deadly crimes. (Albert Petrosky, who killed a Jefferson County sheriff's deputy in a 1995 shootout, carried one but didn't use it.) Yet their potential for mayhem is alarming, and their popularity is soaring.
The guns, which cost anywhere from $2,000 to $7,000 and up, are more powerful than most people can even imagine, with an effective range of about four miles. The .50-caliber cartridge, at about six inches long, is five times the size of the .30-06, a round that in other company might be considered plenty powerful. During the Fun Shoot, tracer ammo -- bullets coated with a fast-burning powder that illuminates the shot's trajectory -- showed .50-caliber bullets piercing entire cars and ventilating steel tanks.
Most people who like big guns like all big guns, and the .50-caliber was hardly the Fun Shoot's only draw. Throughout the event, the air rattled and the ground shook to the staccato music of a multitude of machine guns and assault rifles -- from small, handheld Uzis to anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns.
Across the country this past weekend, people grieved and feared. For Fun Shoot participants, the assembled firepower was a potent sign of individual freedom and a source of collective comfort. "This is probably the safest place in Colorado right now," Brown observed.
Few things simultaneously stir the patriotic soul and stoke the fires of anti-government outrage better than the Second Amendment. Add in feelings about the recent terrorist actions, and an especially strange mixture of resentment and pride hovered over the third annual Fun Shoot. The trucks and campers filling the parking areas boasted more than their fair share of bumper stickers questioning the motives of the U.S. government. But a dozen flags flown at half-mast across the encampment snapped in the strong midday breezes.
"With-us-or-against-us" groups like Rocky Mountain Gun Owners revel in this kind of muddy ideological terrain. "Last week I'm checking my telephone messages, and I got four from Democrats asking me where they could buy assault weapons," Brown reports gleefully. "Osama bin Laden hasn't kicked in any doors yet. But let's face it: When the riots happen, your ideology goes out the window."
If the riots do happen, RMGO will be standing by to say, 'We told you so.' Self-billed as "Colorado's Largest No-Compromise Gun Rights Organization," the group must have broken some kind of speed record last week. On September 14, a mere three days after terrorists rammed three planes into American monuments and crashed a fourth, RMGO posted an editorial on its Web site bemoaning how "Americans have been indoctrinated to be good victims."