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This experience has been an amazing one. From the first day I have felt safe and comfortable. The first individual practice session, Ethan recommended I fill the space around me and not play with the mute. This was the first step to playing more confidently. Later during day one, Carrie came and asked to hear me play and she helped open up my sound. The second day Joe helped me with the bow arm exercises. All of my experiences with the counselors have been an amazing one. They were all encouraging and never let their critique sound negative.
As for the timing of things.....I really like that we all got to have snack time. I know it was probably meant for the little ones, but I truly enjoyed the breaks. Thanks!
Each sectional was perfect. Carrie is an amazing leader and I never felt like she was trying to show off, or show that she was better than us in any way, which was a different experience than last year. I wish I could have exuded more confidence this year during sectionals so I could help Gabriele. I know I could have, I just didn't feel confident enough to help. For this is my one and only regret.
On a spiritual level, I have been fulfilled every day that I showed up and worked to the best of my ability. I believe this human experience was one my soul will never forget. My mind may not be with me later to remember everything, by m soul will. It was and is a privilege to be a part of this wonderfully illuminating experience.
I thank you for the work you have done and the work you will do in the future. P.S. I also felt really connected with my peers. There was little to no judgment, which was awesome. I felt connected with everyone instead of just seeing the connections we share.
~ Samantha - Age 20, Summer 2013
CelloChanWoods was a wonderful experience for me. I personally gained many things, some of which were unexpected.
The absoluteness of the positive energy at this camp was inspiring. Too often there is unnecessary competition with playing music and I saw no sign of that for the whole camp.
The work ethic of the students has personally helped me to regain some excitement and energy about cello playing. Prior to coming to the camp, I was feeling slightly burned out on the cello. The opportunity to teach really was refreshing and offered a new way for me to improve as a player. The idea that one is never good enough at the instrument is not inspiring, but rather daunting at times. This camp had a great outlook on doing one's personal best and finding satisfaction and pride from that. It is important to step back and say "I am good enough for today and tomorrow is a new day where I will continue to grow and become better."
I feel rejuvenated and can not wait to take on Reno in a few weeks as I begin my Masters in Music. Thanks to all of the students, staff and leaders who put this together. I feel everyone has walked away a better person, and cellist.
~ Joseph Tatum - Counselor. Jacobs Music School, University of Indiana., Summer 2013
I was apprehensive about the camp when I arrived, feeling inconvenienced by it's talking up of days from my summer. The only way I kept positive was telling myself that a., I would have fun eventually, and b., the camp only lasted 4 days. This attitude was more than reversed after spending 3 and 1/2 incredible days with incredible people. I find myself lamenting the fact that the camp has been "only four days." I learned great techniques, not so much from the classes as from the practice times in which a counselor would casually mention an improvement and suddenly you not only discovered a problem you didn't know you had, but also fixed it instantly. These 4 days have been amazing socially too. I had never really spoken with any of the other cello students, but after bonding with them at meals and campfire sing along, I am proud to say I have made at least 20 new friends. All of the counselors were very helpful, friendly, and skilled. I am happy to be able to take these new skills home, sad to leave and overall, I know my life has been impacted positively and greatly during my time here. I also fell that being a counselor here someday would be amazing.
~ Chris - Age 15, Summer 2013
As advertised, this retreat was a holistic experience of exploring and understanding what it means to make music with the cello on a personal and communal level. Though I didn't appreciate what it would feel like, physical and emotionally to approach cello instruction from a holistic approach.
The physical instruction, from the exercises to eurhythmics and individual instruction in techniques helped me internalize the lessons and feel the difference it makes in my cello playing. The emotional and spiritual instruction also helped break down and change the impatience and self judging to an experience of more freedom and gratification in practice playing with others and performance. I love the intergenerational community, which is a testament to the fact that we are all at different levels but all have something to offer. Having the young, very talented cellists inspires a sense of playfulness in the counselor's instructions, as well as campers that is also very freeing. There are many life lessons as well as cello lessons. I will take away as I expected there would be, but the visceral connection to them nurtured in this setting, with the instruction, music and community of 20 campers will make it easier to remember the experience and bring it back to my practicing, lessons, and performing when I leave.
I had thought I picked up cello for the intellectual stimulation of learning something new and for the beauty of the music. Now I find it's becoming more of an expression of my sprit, a safe place to explore and a place /way to connect with other musicians. I had been less interested in performance before cellochanwoods, but now I aspire to perform and play with others. It's pushed me to wan to challenge myself more and see the values of practice, including scales, warm ups, and other techniques we learned here, to help move forward more quickly. The focus is shifting from being able to play a piece to being able to express myself and share playing with others.
Intellectually, we've discussed many of these topics in lessons, Suzanne. The retreat has made these teachings more experiential, focused and memorable, again on a physical and emotional level.
This has been an extraordinarily rewarding and inspiring experience.
~ Lee Pavach - adult, Summer 2013
I am a firm believer in the development of character, leadership and team building through the engagement and study of canoeing. Learning how to speak as a leader/follower.
Transitions this week were difficult. Sectionals were difficult.
1. Put away your cello and bow
Pack up your music, pencil, stand, and chair.
2. On a good day, carry all these to the door
3. Get everything down and put on your shoes
4. Pick everything up, weave past everyone else, and find a practices spot out doors. Hopefully, with a chair
5. Cello down, stand up, music up cello/bow out
6. Remember what to practice
7. I often didn't allow enough time for this, which led to anxiety when things ran late.
I was very intrigued by Suzanne's description of mandalas. As a teacher, I view my students as a sort of mandala. I treasure every relationship I have built here. I have a good story that I will hold onto from each person and I have done my best to share my knowledge and passion for improvisation and creative music with you, and now we scatter.
~ Eli Bender: Counselor, Summer 2013
The meditations helped me get calm. They also helped me focus. Some meditations I didn't get.
~ Kaden - 7 years old, Summer 2013
Many a man and woman have compared life to many things. In truth, life can be one thing, it can be another thing, and it can be everything and nothing too.
I think life is like the cello. In truth, you can do whatever you like with a cello or you can do whatever you fancy with your life. But as with life, you can simply throw you're cello, you can break it, or you can just do nothing at all with it. Yet there are those who go to the cello and play beautiful music. In order to play beautiful music, one must labor very hard. In life, no one gains anything without a price to pay. The road through life is an arduous journey, like the road to the cello. Yet the trip is worth the pain.
These thoughts and more have blossomed in my mind due to the 3 days I have spent here at CCW. Nature is a thing of beauty and being exposed to its cool ecstasy brings a sense of enlightenment to me. I have often compared CCW to blue lake, which in both places I have discovered two sides of being human. At Blue Lake, I found the social animal carelessly enjoying the company of others and the ripe fruits of life. There, I discovered the psychology of others, but not myself. Here, I have learned about myself. I have taken a journey to myself, discovering my own mind like never before. Here I take the fruit of life, ponder over it, question the ripest part. I and only myself breathe the ecstasy off the woodland, bathing in my solitude. I and only I breathe ecstasy of the forest as the dew slowly dries under the morning sun.
~ Pablo 14 years old., Summer 2013
Throughout my time here at CelloChanWoods, I feel that I have channeled a calmer and more focused version of myself. I find myself able to clear my head and center myself in the day's various activities, which is exactly what I was hoping to achieve here. I am so excited to continue exploring meditation and the many tips and tricks we learned in physical therapy and daily warm ups. As for my role as a counselor, I can't begin to express how much I have treasured this experience. I feel that I have gained so much knowledge to put towards my teaching. In working with each camper and observing my fellow counselors, I am so humbled by, and grateful for, this amazing opportunity. It isn't often that a community such as this one comes around, and I will sincerely miss each and every person. I have never encountered such a unique group of people where I learned something new from every body. It has been a joy for me to get to know this family and community and I truly hope to return next year. CelloChan'woods has helped to renew my passion for what I chose to do with my life, and there are no words that can explain what that means to me.
~ Carrie Brannen - Counselor - Western Michigan University, Summer 2013
My experiences at this camp have been great as a whole. I have learned a lot about myself as a person and cellist. I feel that being a year older has really helped me take all of the lessons to heart. I think that because of that I felt more comfortable with the camp and what you were saying, Suzanne. I really like that you had the option to camp out overnight here, which is something I would really like to do next year. The main difference from my perspective this year was that the group seemed even closer. That is probably a result of us not going straight into meditation but instead being more social at the breakfast table. I like both the social and more silent approaches but I think you should try to balance them.
I also found that being more advanced as a cellist allowed me to use more of the instruction and feel less lost during activities. I came to realize I could potentially be using my practice time much better to get greater results. The exercises we did I am going to do on a daily basis because they really helped my tension in my back and shoulder, which made playing so much easier. To me, it also helped to have the counselors really enjoying their time teaching us. It seemed to me that this year's group got a lot more into it and were fun to be around. I also really appreciated the normality and flexibility of our activities. Overall, I really enjoyed this year and I really hope that next year is even better so I continue to progress.
~ Simon -age 14, Summer 2013
I feel like I got more out of CelloChanWoods this time than I had previously. The camping experience seemed more effective to me than the day camping experience. It removed me more from the day-to-day experience of my daily life and seemed more efficient. The CelloChanWoods experience never stopped. Where as, as a day camper, I would leave at night and go back to my normal life.
I really enjoyed taking lessons from the different counselors. They all had different ways of teaching and were all effective in some way. I also really like the conductor. He was really good at bringing the different parts together and I feel like the ChelloChanWoods pieces came together better because of that.
I wish we had had more time for sectionals. It was fun to work with the counselors in the sectionals and I felt like it helped to incorporate the different aspects of cello plying you had talked about in the morning talk, Suzanne.
The guest speakers did this too.
Leaving, I feel like I have a more concrete sense of how I can improve my cello playing. Physically through better from and mentally through better mind set. This is partially because the counselors did a good job of transferring topics we'd discussed to the music we were playing and because they were really good teachers.
~ Thomas - adult, Summer 2013
When I was younger and even into college, I never wanted to practice. The only time I ever really enjoyed playing the cello was in orchestra, mostly because I had very enthusiastic and nurturing conductors. I was never really pushed to be better, to work at the cello. At this retreat, however, I have found that I actually want to practice and play. That I enjoy making music and learning new things. Over the past year and few days, I've gotten more relaxed in my playing, more into my playing. The exercises and meditation have helped me to relax even more. I've developed more of an ability to practice slowly, working on just one aspect of my playing instead of jut hoping I'll get the notes or relying on my sight-reading. I wish I could have had more time here to practice and work more. I didn't have time to work on the Popper to get it to where I'm completely comfortable. But overall, I had a great experience and I hope to be back next year.
~ Meridith - adult., Summer 2013
I think that this camp is just a beautiful place and time. It is more than just an idyllic setting and a peaceful get away. I have found a real sense of community with everybody and was shocked at how well I knew everybody even after the first day. We work and think as a team and we're all holding each other up so that we're all functioning on a higher level than we could have on our own. It's amazing how a group can improve the individual and the individual can improve the group. Since we are all our better selves here, we are all out better cellists. Having to walk around and coach, I haven't had much time to practice, yet I fell like I'm making long strides in my own playing. Just being immersed in a community whose goal is peace of mind and ease of cello playing, I'm gaining valuable tools with which to move forward from here. I love the way my body feels after the stretches and meditation, and I' love the way my cello sounds when my body feels so good. This is clearly the answer. My deepest thanks to Suzanne and everybody else that worked hard to make this happen. It's invaluable.
~ Ethan Young - Counselor - Jacobs School of Music, University of Indiana, Summer 2013
Dear Suzanne,
Thanks for facilitating such a fabulous summer cello camp. It was a wonderful experience for me, from swimming in the lake and boating to meditation, exercises, master class, individual practice time with help from the great counselors....this list could go on. Highlights for me include evening campfires, which were great for bonding and much fun and orchestra rehearsals with Daniel. My goals coming to camp were numerous, but my main goal was to become more relaxed in my arms to relieve unnecessary tension. Meditation and bow exercises taught surely helped me overcome that obstacle, thanks to you and the very incredibly supportive counselors. It was nice to get away from home for 4 days and spend it here in the middle of the woods playing cello and getting tips, comments, and feedback from knowledgeable people other than my teachers back in Seattle - so I definitely got a lot out of my experience. The speakers who visited, especially the Eurythmics speaker (Rebecca from the Cleveland Institute of Music) thoroughly impressed me and I learned so much. Thanks again for everything and I really hope I can come back here again next year! I'll try to persuade my parents. (:
Have a good rest of the summer.
~ Zhao Hui 13, Summer 2013
My Journal - My experience:
I loved playing together and orchestra but it was also nice to have individual practice time as well. I like how when we had individual practice, the counselors would help us and give us advice. Swimming and canoeing were also fun and gave us a nice break from cello so we could be refreshed and read to start playing again. The buddy walks I like because you got to know new people. After camp was over each day, it was nice to sit around the bonfire while talking and singing. Thank you for making this camp wonderful.
Your friend and student,
~ Zoe - age 11, Summer 2013
I experienced a lot of compassion/support from the staff and it was very much appreciated. Working on the Popper, which was very challenging (Popper Requiem transcribed for 6 cellos and piano) has given me more confidence to approach difficult pieces / passages. I realized I practice too fast. I tend to approach practice with the same mindset I approach work, there are many things to be done in a given amount of time and it's very goal oriented. This is because my practice time is quite limited and so I always feel pressure to "move ahead". I realize this is a completely backwards approach and it actually is slowing down my progress. I need to develop more patience and be more process oriented to experiment more. I gained some insight into the source of my insecurity /fear around playing and I have an idea of steps I need to take to address these issues. I really enjoyed the positive support group that we formed over the 3 days. Technically I came away with a lot of ideas for improving my tone and for shifting into higher registers. I enjoyed being a student and think it's always good for a teacher to be a student from time to time. This helps me renew my empathy for my students. Also the presence and compassion of the teachers here are things I will use to renew my own teaching in the fall.
~ Laurie - adult, Summer 2013
My favorite part has been seeing campers from last year again and meeting all the new counselors and campers. I was worried about the kids coming to camp but it has been a wonderful addition - just a different energy. Camping together has been really fun. Dory did a good job making the evenings fun and a good bonding experience.
I found all the counselors to be delightful, knowledgeable and excellent teachers. They all had different things to offer and complimented each other well.
I always dreaded the buddy walks but each one this year was great. I got to know more about a person's history and story.
~ Gabriele - adult, Summer 2013
I like camp because it was nice to get away from the frustrating things of daily life.
At camp I had fun singing songs, playing the cello, improving and hanging out with people. I think that we need to do some outdoor activities like soccer or more games. Camp really helped me focus on one thing and not be distracted by others doing other things like playing soccer. I have learned how to stay focused and relax at the cello. If I could take something away it would d be that I'm more focused and have gotten to know people like Kaden and Zoe better and met nice people like he counselors.
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~ Kepler - age 12, Summer 2013
Long story short, I think this camp has just been perfect! It has been such a great time getting to know all of the students. In addition to being so enthusiastic and energetic, everyone is so receptive as well. They were so much fun and were inspiring to work with that it was almost a shame that the camp wasn't longer. Apart from the students, the other counselors are all just amazing. We all got along very quickly and by the end of the first day, it felt like we have known each other for years. I really liked the morning meditations. They really got me energized and ready to take on the rest of the day. I also enjoyed the guest speakers and the presentations. If anything, sometimes it felt like things were too tightly scheduled. I would have loved longer individual practice times to work with more people in an intimate 1 on 1 setting. In addition, to the tight schedule, I found myself thirsty for a little more solitude. I think partially because we spent the individual time helping others, there was not much time to just collect my thoughts.
~ Jason Gong - University of Michigan piano performance major -cellist, accompanist, assistant, Summer 2013
"More than a music teacher, Suzanne is a spiritual guide. If you know that the music already exists in your soul and you're looking for help in allowing it to flow through you, visit Suzanne and let the miracle of music manifest in your life." ~ Betty
"One of the best music teachers I' ve had. I have had a number of music teachers in my life - I have my ARCT from the Royal Conservatory of Music in piano performance, and I also play the flute. Suzanne's cello lessons are a wonderful balance the technical, the emotional and the artistic elements of creating music. She has focused on guiding me to create music on the cello since the first day I touched the instrument." ~ Stefanie
"Suzanne is the best! She is always nice and funny, I have learned a lot from her, even the attitude to life. I love it when she says"Let go...":)" ~ Qing
"I highly recommend CelloChan to anyone who loves the cello! Suzanne's holistic approach to the instrument has helped to radically transform my son's approach to performing and how he sees himself as a person. Her expertise and knowledge of all of the various little details of correct hand & body positioning literally improved my son's sound after his initial lesson! I have watched my son transform in the past four years under Suzanne's tutelage from a kid who picked up the cello in fifth grade and "liked to play the cello as something to do"; to a matured gentleman who discovered after many years of "something to do" that he loves to play the cello and plans on being a music major in cello performance next year. Suzanne has a direct, honest approach to her students and a fair amount of patience when life events get in the way of practice. She sets her lesson plans and goals based on the goals of each of her student's aspirations. She is respectful and does not force people to do things they don't want to do, yet at the same time she knows when to throw in challenges to help them progress. It has been a real treat to see the improvement of all of her students over the years at the various CelloChan student recitals. These recitals are a real gift to the students and families! My son's confidence and self-esteem as a musician has been greatly improved upon, thanks to these recitals. I guess what I appreciate the most about Suzanne, has been her ability to help my son over the years see his musical potential and ultimately believe in it & achieve his musical goals. She has been a true gift to our family!" ~ Shonda
"Dedication, innovation, and patience, are just some of the strengths of Suzanne Smith's CelloChan program. Suzanne mixes body, mind, and practice (key practice!) in order to break through common barriers. As someone who has struggled with the consistency of practicing, Suzanne continuous to push me firmly and kindly. She does not shy away from engaging your stage of playing, at whatever level. A supremely talented and motivating cello teacher, you will improve in ways you didn't expect. I am completely in love with my cello playing now." ~ Pilar
"An Unexpected Gift Playing an instrument is something I have wanted to do the whole of my adult life but playing the cello was not something I ever considered. I jokingly tell people that after an uncanny series of events that the cello chose me! One of those events included finding Suzanne's flier in an unexpected place and upon reading it knowing she was the teacher for me. I have been playing the cello for a little over a year now and am continually amazed at how much I get out of the experience. It is about so much more than music for me. It has been about self-discovery, physical awareness, and looking at life-long patterns. The cello has been the tool with which I am making some significant changes in my life as well as the salve to heal old wounds. Suzanne has been so much more than a music teacher through all this. I feel as though every lesson is additionally a counseling session and I always come away with some little nugget to contemplate and work on the following week. Her Buddhist background and practice of meditation is woven throughout her teaching. Her perceptiveness and unnerving ability to see to the root of an issue always make lessons an eye-opening experience. Everyday I thank the universe for bringing Suzanne and the cello into my life." ~ Gabrielle
"Educating the whole child Suzanne is a gifted teacher who is capable of bringing out the best in her students. She has an uncanny way of getting to know her students as individuals, identifying their strengths and weaknesses and honing in on the unique key to motivating each individual. She inspires and helps each child find their own intrinsic motivation to make beautiful music rather than being forceful and regimented. Our son has really blossomed as a musician and we are so grateful to Suzanne for helping him find this means of expressing his creativity." ~ Sandra
"cellochan ;) I have been in the cellochan program for about 4 years now, and am enjoying every lesson, recital and cellchan event! Suzanne is a wonderful teacher and knows hot to teach with my learning style very well. I have grown as a cellist, a musician, and a person while learning cello under her teaching. i would recommend cellochan to anyone varying in age from 7-70, it is a great place to begin as a cellist and continue learning as a musician." ~ KA
"Terrific experience Suzanne taught my children not just to play an instrument but to make music, and it helped them discover that making music is a lasting pleasure. The musical education they received as students in the cellochan program was excellent--equally valuable to their development as people, though, was program's focus on music-making as service. As an adult cellochan student myself, I found a place where playing music is all about fellowship, self-discovery, and service. Performances become opportunities to enjoy music and company of other musicians rather than occasions for anxiety, self-recrimination, or competitiveness. Playing in an ensemble with other adult cellochan students has not only helped me improve my playing but has also reminded me of the most important part of making music: sharing the joy." ~ Elizabeth
"Suzanne knows how to get the best out of her students My son has had tremendous success at cellochan. Suzanne is patient and supportive and knows how to work with each student to get them to perform at their best. She provides many opportunities for students to perform in front of audiences, both within the group and as part of community service activities." ~ Susan


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Playing it for the first time today with my group and it seemed to go over real well, but we did encounter a bit of a kerfluffle in regards to the wording for the Stunned condition. The way it's worded kind of makes it unclear as to whether you don't get any actions, or if one of your actions has to be devoted to discarding the token/card. I interpreted it as the latter, since monsters and heroes alike get 2 actions a turn, and that's basically what Stun was like in first edition, but I could see how it could be construed as the other way because of the wording.
One of the players did some research and apparently this came up at the big games weekend a couple weekends ago, and my interpretation correct, but has anyone else found the wording confusing?


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« October 2010 Table of Contents
Leah Caplan, executive chef and local-foods liaison at the two-store Metcalfe's Market in Madison, Wis., has been busily preparing for October's National Seafood Month for the past few months. That is because the month-long event conveniently coincides with the launch of Metcalfe's sustainable seafood program.
However, Metcalfe's is one of the few retailers that hold events and special seafood sales during National Seafood Month. SeaFood Business talked with retailers, distributors and others to find out why Seafood Month is not utilized by retailers more often as a way to boost sales.
"October is a big month, but not because it is National Seafood Month. You have Alaskan king crab season kicking off and the last of the coho salmon. We do promotions on those items, but not because it is Seafood Month," says Jack Gridley, meat and seafood director for the three-store Dorothy Lane Market in Dayton, Ohio.
Dorothy Lane also holds clambake events in its store starting this month. "When that season starts in mid-October, we will do several weeks of promotions and clambakes. We let people order, and pick them up for the weekend," says Gridley.
In general, retailers are promoting National Seafood Month less because they are focusing more on marketing certain species that are in season.
"National Seafood Month used to be a tool to help bridge the sales gap between summer and the holidays. These days, different brands, different categories and even individual species choose to utilize their marketing resources in different ways and at different times during the year," says Gavin Gibbons, spokesman for the National Fisheries Institute.
Some retailers have not promoted National Seafood Month, says Joe D'Alessandro, senior director of seafood merchandising for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (A&P) in Montvale, N.J., because it is not a good season for the event.
"October is a difficult month to have it, since it is typically one of the slowest months for seafood sales. It would be more complementary if National Seafood Month were in one of the summer months, when there is an abundance of local day-boat product available," says D'Alessandro.
Still, A&P chains are heavily promoting seafood in October to take advantage of the promotion. "We are planning a dynamic month, filled with special promotions and sampling - with a focus on highlighting specific species, health benefits, simple preparation and speed of cooking time," says D'Alessandro.
A&P stores have also added space in their weekly circulars to promote seafood in October, and are running an internal contest "to get everyone excited about this month," says D'Alessandro.
In addition, Metcalf's Market, Price Chopper of Schenectady, N.Y., and other retailers are running marketing campaigns for National Seafood Month.
Metcalfe's is launching its sustainable seafood program in October, working with FishWise and the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program to color-code its seafood as unsustainable (red), a good alternative (yellow), and green (the best sustainable choice). "To kick off the program, we are going to eliminate three 'red' varieties: skate, monkfish and shark," says Caplan.
The launch of the sustainable program neatly ties in with National Seafood Month, since Metcalfe's has been advertising the sustainable program since mid-September. "We are doing a fair amount of advertising and a lot of media coverage," says Caplan, including a full-page ad in Madison magazine, messages in Metcalfe's weekly circular, radio advertising and in-store demos of sustainable fish.
Meanwhile, Price Chopper devotes the back page of its weekly circular to National Seafood Month every October. "Every week, we feature our Catch of the Week, and have recipes in-store and information at the case," says Lee French, VP of seafood merchandising for Price Chopper.
Price Chopper holds several seafood festivals during that month, including events around scallops, lobster and salmon. The festivals include demos and sales of all the different product forms of a specific species. During the week salmon is featured, for example, Price Chopper is featuring salmon cakes, salmon burgers, Norwegian salmon and salmon portions. "We tend to get a real good uptick in sales [from the events]," says French.
Retail chains that are not tying in seafood department promotions with National Seafood Month are leaving potential sales on the floor, says Mark Palicki, VP of marketing for distributor Fortune Fish Co. in Bensenville, Ill.
"I think it should be a bigger deal. I haven't seen banners or any of the type of promotions you see when wild salmon season starts," says Palicki.
Instead, retailers should use National Seafood Month as an opportunity to educate shoppers about the protein's health benefits, says Palicki. "I think it would be a good month to talk about the health benefits of seafood, such as omega-3 fatty acids. It is back-to-school time too, so they could talk about how it is good for kids," says Palicki.
There should be a national focus on the event, says D'Alessandro, in which each community comes together to hold clambakes, chowder festivals, crab cake contests and other events. Radio and TV personalities also should promote the month and its surrounding events.
"It would be beneficial to see cooking shows focus segments specific to seafood during National Seafood Month," adds D'Alessandro.


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Five hours into Risen 2, things aren't going as planned. Spending all of my money on a pair of stripey trousers seemed like an important part of the become-a-pirate process, but aren't the springboard to yo-ho-ho I originally envisaged. Now I spend my days butchering monkeys in the jungle, saving up money to buy a pair of shoes. The best way to earn honour - Risen 2's XP equivalent - is by killing the tiny apes that can't defend themselves. No wonder Jack Sparrow is always knocking back rum; becoming a pirate is harrowing stuff.
The plethora of barely-explained options at the start of Risen 2 means it's easy to back yourself into a corner. I invested all my cash in learning how to sneak, which allows me to rob people blind without any consequence. It also makes you shuffle around with the trepidation of a man gripped by explosive diarrhoea - a feature that's inexplicably not listed on the back of the box.
Nothing good can be said about the game's technical abilities, but while the visuals, framerate and collision detection are merely bad, the animation is spectacularly terrible. From the choice of two jump styles - "indifferent bop" or "barely-animated levitation" - to the kebab-aftermath sneaking, it's hilarious throughout. The same can't be said of the game's other problems. The combat is simple but rarely feels fair, with a knock-back effect that relies on first-hitting. Guns provide a hefty damage but take up to 20 seconds to reload, leaving you into rely on lacklustre sword-swinging.
The erratic lock-on system makes crowd control a nightmare, which forces you to try and draw foes away and pick them off one at a time. Until you've spent at least eight hours in the game, fighting three pigs at once is suicide. Let that thought sink in.
Invest money wisely and you'll face fewer problems, but with so much to choose from it's hard to know where to start. Spending Glory to level up your basic traits gives you access to a better range of skills, but learning these requires hard-earned gold. Learning new skills is important for progression, but you'll also need money to buy better gear. There's very little guidance on what's good to buy early, which leads to a lot of expensive guesswork. As monsters don't respawn there's no chance of grinding your way to a better life, and instead you're left roaming a forbidding landscape full of higher-level enemies - like pigs - hoping you'll find some loot lying around.
At the same time, this clunkiness makes it charming. For roughly 500 gold you can either learn the how to kick things, or you can learn how to take control of monkeys. When people complained about the lack of choice in Mass Effect 3, I'm pretty much sure this was what they were getting at. Killing turkeys drops 'Raw Chicken' loot, while getting pinned down by a leopard brings up the best QTE ever: a picture of the yellow Y button pops up, with text beneath that simply reads "GET RID OF".
Experiences like this keep it inadvertently funny throughout, even while the expletive-laden dialogue falls flat. Monkey Island fans will spot plenty of references, and the early quest design brings back some fond memories as you talk to the governor, explore the island, and complete a series of tasks so you can become a real pirate. There's something strangely pleasant about meandering through the jungle and trying to find treasure, even while the game itself piles obstacles in your way.
Once you've burned through the initial madness of random discovery, the game runs out of stuff to show you. Most of the islands look the same, and you'd have to be mental to keep playing for the story. The combat isn't fair, the aesthetics are grim, and at times it's uncomfortably racist and sexist. But while it's an anachronistic mess of a game, it's weirdly compulsive regardless. Pieces of eight out of ten, then.
Swash-buckles under its own weight
- Strangely endearing
- Frustrating combat
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Its been a busy week with a lot accomplished although we didn't have time to hollow core any greens this week. Getting on top of all the spraying weeds and also the bunker edges have been a bigger priority. The 2nd and 12th greens will now be hollow cored next week.
The tees were also fertilised with 4-0-10 and the approaches are to be fertilised next week.
The greens were sprayed with a liquid fertiliser/primo mix on friday and the height of cut on the greens is now 4mm.


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By David Gill
It's a whole new synergy.
Several area-rug vendors have expanded their product offerings to include decorative pillows. The most recent of these is Safavieh, which brought decorative pillows to last month's High Point Market for the first time. Others on this list are Surya, which debuted its first decorative-pillow line in 2010; Nourison, which introduced its pillows in January 2010; and Liora Manné, the designer brand that unveiled its first pillows in March 2010.
Some vendors are designing their pillows as coordinates with their rugs. "Our design philosophy for decorative pillows is to develop interesting accent pillows and colorful solids that coordinate with our rugs," said Al Mortensen, vice president of merchandising and product development for Surya.
This makes sense to some vendors, who view both decorative pillows and area rugs as accent pieces.
Joyce Lowe, acting marketing director for Nourison, said, "Many concepts for the pillows that we carry started with the plan to coordinate decorative pillows with some of our best-selling area-rug collections." At times, a decorative pillow may be the source of the design for a new rug as well. "There will be times that we may translate decorative-pillow elements into magnificent rugs," Lowe said. "Our design philosophy is to create decorative pillows that complement our area rugs and to also produce products that stand alone. The majority of our (pillow) offerings are stand-alone."
For other vendors, designing a decorative pillow is a separate matter from designing a rug. "Pillows are an accent product that can be a lot more exciting (than a rug)," said Arash Yaraghi, principal with Safavieh. "They are a small piece that doesn't take over the room. Rugs are much larger and need to be more muted in design."
This does not necessarily mean that Safavieh never borrows a rug design for a pillow. "If you look at our contemporary rug line, we have a lot of those designs incorporated in pillows," Yaraghi said.
The Liora Manné brand didn't enter the pillow category with coordination with its rugs in mind. "With pillows, you can be playful in design," said Liora Manné, designer for the brand that bears her name. "Rugs are a different sensibility. They need to be designed for the long haul so they need a more conservative approach." That being said, Manné's pillows and rugs "do work together," she said.
Offering rugs and pillows works well in another sense for these vendors. "Our involvement with furniture channels has increased and the surge of interest in pillows continues to grow," Lowe said.
The synergy with furniture was also a part of Safavieh's decision to enter the pillow category. "We feel it's an easy product to bring to market along with the furniture and rug line," Yaraghi said. "I look at our products as a whole home-furnishings category. All of the pieces are linked together, from furniture to lighting to rugs to pillows."
Having pillows in the line has helped boost sales of rugs as well. "The reason for us to do accent pillows is to add to our rug sales," Mortensen said. "We coordinate colors and designs that make it easy for our customers to create the entire accessory look."
Pillows also open vendors up to potential new channels of distribution. "We started with our current customer mix, with customers not in the rug business that might be interested in pillows," Yaraghi said. "One area in which we don't sell is the gift industry, but I think this channel is one that has great potential for us. We don't show at gift shows yet, but it's something we're considering."
They can also lead to extensions into other categories. "I've been asked to expand my line into decorative throws," Manné said. "These need to be designed to blend more into the room than pillows, but I can still work in a variety of colors, designs and textures."
The design possibilities decorative pillows provide are the ultimate key to their appeal with consumers, and are a crucial reason why it makes good business sense for rug vendors to enter the category. "Currently, I have about 60 different patterns in decorative pillows in some four or five color combinations," Manné said. "Decorative pillows can be splashy and more playful, and can work in so many furniture styles."
Pillows are "design-driven and have to do with color," Yaraghi said. "I think accent pieces are slightly ahead of flooring in terms of style and color. This makes us involved in what design trends come up in the next couple of years in rugs as well."


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This post is part of the Disney Blog Carnival. Head over there to see more great Disney-related posts and articles!
This week's episode of the DISUnplugged had Theresa reading off various ways people save money for their Disney vacations. I'll share my methods at the end of this post, but first I'll share my thoughts on a few ways that were mentioned on the Podcast.
One I subscribe to is not going out to lunch/Dunkins every day. I figure I probably save a decent amount of money doing this regularly. Another idea that was mentioned that I use is having a dedicated savings account for funding. My main bank, ING Direct, makes this wicked easy. You can set up sub-accounts-I have one that's just vacation money.
One idea that I am not at all a fan of is the idea of adjusting your tax witholding at work to get a large tax refund. The idea of giving the government an interest-free loan of your money isn't something I'm cool with, but if it works for you, then great.
Before I start discussing my methods, I'd like to point you to a few Disney blogger peeps who are utter pros at this: Reward Site Roundup, Couponing to Disney, and Mouse Money Fund. Also check out my page on Easy Ways for Extra Disney Money.
While Theresa said that survey sites did not work for her, as you know, I am a huge fan of doing surveys and shopping through Sunshine Rewards. You can cash out for Disney Gift Cards or Paypal. I also supplement this with earnings from Swagbucks (I cash my Swagbucks in for Amazon gift cards, which I use to buy things like my Xshot), and Mypoints (I cash out for gift cards to CVS, and then put the amount into my Disney fund). My Disney Visa is used as much as possible to get as much free Disney money as possible.
I use my ING Direct account to put money aside for my trips. Back when I was a college student, 20% off my part time earnings went straight to the Vacation account. At my old job, I'd pay for FSA-eligible items with my Visa, then the eligible amount would be deducted from my FSA account and direct deposited into my account, so it was easy to move it. I also cash in coins at Coinstar before I go.
In terms of airline rewards, you know how much I love Jet Blue. I belong to their True Blue club-I do not yet have enough points for a free flight, but I was able to earn extra points earlier this year by joining their on-line community. You can also earn points by shopping through them, which I never have done. I've linked my Hilton Honors and my True Blue accounts, but my stays don't translate into True Blue points. Monitoring my airfare through Yapta enables me to bank JetBlue credit for future trips-when I book my flight for my August trip, I will have $38 in JetBlue credit.
What are your preferred ways to save money towards a Disney vacation?
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Keeping U.S. armed forces on their feet requires that military leaders monitor health trends in personnel to prevent diseases from spreading and sidelining the troops abroad. The DOD's Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program (IDCRP) is one division that is helping keep tabs on the health of service people.
This network of clinics and research centers is conducting ongoing trials at military bases located in Afghanistan, Kenya and Djibouti. Researchers are experimenting with a single-dose antibiotic treatment that may better treat acute infectious diarrhea than by using multiple doses.
The study consists of five scheduled clinical visits over a one-month period and personal interviews as well as multiple follow-up surveys conducted via e-mail. Originally, data gathering and surveys were done by hand on multiple printed forms and then transported from the field medical centers to a central office. There the forms were scanned and emailed to the IDCRP's main office in Bethesda, Maryland, and finally re-keyed by hand into a computer database.
Nearly 20,000 forms were required in order to record the responses from all stages of the study, making it a slow and inefficient process. While PCs and laptops provided one way to gather and send data, it was necessary that the IDCRP collect and transmit the results in some adverse conditions such as when Internet connectivity was available.
"We couldn't highlight blank fields or ask [the regional clinics] to confirm suspect data on traditional paper forms, but we can in a computerized system like the one we have built around the tablet PCs." said Joshua Kumpf, a Data Configuration Specialist with IDCRP.
Ruggedized and connected
The IDCRP ultimately decided on TabletKiosk's Sahara Slate PC i500 tablets. The 12.1-inch tablet includes an Intel Core i7 processor and runs various desktop Windows operating systems. The Sahara features both a touchscreen and a pen panel for handwriting input and recognition. In addition to Wi-Fi, the tablet also features a wired Gigabit Ethernet port. The Sahara Slate also includes Mi-Co's Mi-Forms software for data collection and transmission.
"Our clinicians love Mi-Forms. We taught them to change the orientation of the tablet so they could fill the screen with the full height of the CRFs and now it's basically a perfect EDC system for research docs who are used to filling out paper forms on a clipboard," says Kumpf. "We don't have to spend hours training and retraining because of that simple intuitive feature."
With the Sahara Slate, the IDCRP said it cut in half the time it took to develop new report forms by using Mi-Forms as compared to their previous data collection system. In addition, 80% of IDCRP's clinical research coordinators reported that the tablet-led program is more efficient and saved valuable time over the traditional paper forms.


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Every year, CPP-affiliated districts submit an annual report and their intent to continue for next year's funds. This report is issued by the Colorado Department of Education Office of Early Learning & School Readiness. Funding for the Colorado Preschool Program is generated through the School Finance Act as approved by the Colorado General Assembly.
Please Note: The Colorado Preschool Program is not a grant-funded program. Funding will come to the school district as general fund money based on the October 1 or early childhood November 1 alternate student count.
All districts that wish to continue to participate in CPP must complete the application and annual report. Funds for any CPP slots are subject to amendments to the school finance bill.If no changes are made to Colorado Preschool Program funding, the approved number of slots currently allocated to each district will remain the same. If there are any changes to CPP allocations, we will notify you as soon as possible.
For the 2014 report, we have some changes in reporting.
- There is no longer an online section
- A Word template will be sent out that combines the assurances page, all of the former online report, and the comprehensive plan. It is personalized by district, so let your regional consultant know if you need a copy of yours.
- The only thing that will need to be mailed to our office will be the signed assurances page. This may also be submitted electronically.
Important Information:
- The due date is April 11, 2014
- 2014 CPP Annual Report Guidance
- 2014 CPP Annual Report Scoring Rubric
CPP Coordinators and District Advisory Councils should review last year's report and comprehensive plan and compile updated information. Let us know if you have questions.


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Shopping in Athens
Join Athenians shopping for Greek honey and olive oils at the chaotic Central Market or bargain for antiques at Monastiraki Flea Market. Handmade leather sandals are for sale at Stavros Melissinos in Psirri, and gold designer necklaces in Kolonaki's Elena Votsi. Shops generally open Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 9am-2pm, and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am-2pm and 5pm-8pm, but hours vary.
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1. Centre of Hellenic Tradition - Shops
Show moreFor original souvenirs and gifts, call into the Centre of Hellenic Tradition in Monastiraki, which stocks authentic Greek folk art. Choose your pottery, wood carvings, embroideries and prints, then take in Acropolis views while sipping coffee at the centre's cafe.Show this on mapE-mail this item
Opening hours
Daily 9am-6pm
59, Mitropoleos, Plaka, Athens 10555
+30 210 321 3023
Monastiraki metro
2. Eleftheroudakis - Shops
Show moreNear Syntagma, Eleftheroudakis is an eight-storey bookshop filled with English-language literature. Up top, the travel section stocks guidebooks to Athens and Greece plus travel memoirs and journals. There's also a café.Show this on mapE-mail this item
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Mon-Fri 9am-9pm; Sat 9am-6pm
17, Panepistimiou, Syntagma, Athens, 10654
+30 210 325 8440
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3. Monastiraki Flea Market - Markets
Show moreLike an Eastern bazaar, the open-fronted stores of Monastiraki Market stock copperware, backgammon sets, army surplus gear, leather goods and cheap jewellery. On busy Sunday mornings, the market sees the addition of antiques, bric-a-brac and books.Show this on mapE-mail this item
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Daily 9.30am-3pm (but varies from store to store)
Ifestou, Monastiraki, Athens, 10555
Monastiraki metro station
4. Central Market - Markets
Show moreThe 19th-century iron-and-glass Central Market, near Omonia, has two vast halls selling meat and seafood, and a colourful fruit and vegetable section. Lining Athinas, open-fronted stores sell olives, pistachios, dried figs, apricots, and gift-wrapped honey.Show this on mapE-mail this item
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Mon-Sat 6am-3pm
Athinas & Evripidou, Omonia, Athens, 10551
Omonia metro station
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5. Elena Votsi - Specialists
Show moreElena Votsi designed the medals for the 2004 Athens Olympics. Best known for her individually crafted, chunky 18-carat gold necklaces and rings set with coloured stones, she worked for Gucci before opening her own store in Kolonaki, Athens.Show this on mapE-mail this item
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Mon, Wed & Sat 10am-3pm; Tue, Thu & Fri 10am-8.30pm
7, Xanthou, Kolonaki, Athens, 10673
+30 210 360 0936
6. Antiqua - Specialists
Show moreAntiqua is a treasure trove of art, armour, furniture and religious icons opposite the Greek parliament building in Athens' Syntagma Square. A far cry from cluttered antique shops, its wares are carefully laid out like rooms in a grand house.Show this on mapE-mail this item
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Mon-Sat 10am-3pm (until 6.30pm Tue, Thu & Fri)
2, Amalias Avenue, Athens, 10557
+30 210 3232 220
7. Korres - Specialists
Show moreKorres creates beautifully-packaged, deliciously-scented homeopathic beauty products, available in chemists throughout the city. However, for their full range, visit the Pangrati store, where the company began in 1996. Korres also has flagship stores in London, New York and Beijing.Show this on mapE-mail this item
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Mon & Wed 8.30am-2.30pm; Tue, Thu & Fri 8.30am-2pm & 5pm-8pm
8, Erastosthenous & Ivikou, Pangrati, Athens, 11635
+30 210 722 2774
8. Loumidis - Specialists
Show moreThick with the aroma of freshly-ground coffee, Loumidis, on a busy corner close to Omonia Square, sells Greek coffee, brass coffee grinders, briki (coffee-pots) and filtzania (tiny coffee cups). They also sell chocolates and Turkish Delight.Show this on mapE-mail this item
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Mon & Wed 8am-7pm; Wed, Thu-Fri 8am-9pm; Sat 8am-4pm
69, Panepistimiou Aiolou, Omonia, Athens, 10564
+30 210 321 6965
Omonia metro station
9. Stavros Melissinos - Specialists
Show moreStavros Melissinos began crafting handmade leather sandals in 1954. When poet Stavros retired in 2004, the shop moved to Psirri and is now run by his son, Pantelis. Customers have included Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep.Show this on mapE-mail this item
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Mon-Sat 10am-8pm; Sun 10am-6pm
2, Agias Theklas, Psirri, Athens, 10554
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"If we have any apprehensions, it's that there aren't enough hours in the day, but we make the most of all of them," he said.
The fall promotion MHAIA had built around the Major League Baseball playoffs will continue, O'Connor said.
"We're excited, but we're crafting a lot in a brand-new strategy and execution," he said.
O'Connor said he will apply much of what he learned in his stint as CEO of the U.S. Potato Board in his new job.
"There is that combination of our grower and importer deep knowledge of the product and their experiences in selling the product for years," he said.
O'Connor takes up his new job in the same year that Mexico shipped more than 1 billion pounds of avocados to the U.S. for the first time. Final shipments likely will be around 1.2 billion, he said.
"It's a huge step. The growth in demand is spectacular," he said.
But there is plenty of room for further growth, he said.
"When you look at per-capita consumption rates, you realize the potential growth is virtually unlimited," he said.
Avocados from Mexico has no headquarters so O'Connor remains in Denver, and other staffers stay where they have been, O'Connor said.
Rob Wedin, vice president of sales and marketing with Santa Paula, Calif.-based Calavo Growers, said the industry is excited about O'Connor and his new marketing effort.
"It looks promising," Wedin said.
Ross Wileman, vice president of sales and marketing for Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce Inc., said O'Connor has put together a highly qualified staff.
"I think there's going to be a learning curve for Tim and his team to understand his commodity, but it's definitely a great team they put together," Wileman said.


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To avoid surprises, use Degree Check at least one semester before you plan to graduate to make sure you have all the credits you need. You'll find it in eWOLF under My Student Information in your student tab. Read the instructions here, and see your advisor with questions.
To have credits from another school applied to your FRCC degree program, before the graduation deadline of the semester you plan to graduate:
Complete a transfer credit evaluation request form and turn it in at the Admissions and Records Office on your campus.
Ask the other school to mail your official transcript directly to FRCC (no hand deliveries).
If you have approved credit for prior learning, you also need to turn in the approval forms by the graduation application deadline.
To make sure your application sails through:
Turn it in before the Add/Drop deadline of the semester you plan to graduate.
Check that the name you ask us to print on your diploma matches your college records. (To update your records, fill out a change form.)
Make sure the certificate or degree program you enter on your application matches your declared major. (To see your declared major, check the catalog or log in to eWOLF.)
Turn in a separate application for each certificate or degree you'll earn.
Watch for your approval letter around the first week of April.
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I have never had children of my own, and I have never been more glad about that than I was the day I visited the zoo on Mother's Day of 2003.
It was the first beautiful Sunday of what had been a rainy spring, and my boyfriend and I tried to think of some way to enjoy the weather.
Both of us were into hiking, and therefore had a morbid fascination with grizzly bears. I had a bright idea.
"Let's go to the Woodland Park Zoo," I said. "It'll be totally empty. Who takes their mom to the zoo on Mother's Day?"
It was decided.
It was also misguided. We had to park in the reserve lot usually used for concerts. It appears that most of the residents of the Pacific Northwest take their mothers to the zoo for Mother's Day. There were mothers pushing strollers, mothers waddling pregnantly along with yet more progeny on the way, mothers of quadruplets, mothers of squadrons of awkward teenagers pretending to push each other into the chimpanzee enclosure.
We cut through the slow-moving crowd, making straight for the grizzly bear exhibit. It's a pretty cool exhibit, quite large, consisting of a sloping hill and a stream that cascades into a lake. There is a subterranean viewing area in which the waterline of that lake is about level with the eyes of an elementary school kid.
Also visible from inside that subterranean area is a stone ledge bordering the lake. The ledge extends into a cavern, the darkest part of the enclosure, and it's a good place to spot the bears.
That Mother's Day, there were scads of people crowded into the viewing area, watching trout flicker through the lake water as one bear ambled aimlessly far up the hill.
Resting on the ledge in the dark recess of the cavern was the other bear. It was a massive, rough-coated lump of a thing, impressive for its sheer size, but one can only marvel at a furry lump for so long.
The viewers were growing restless when suddenly a chorus of cooing rose from the crowd. A mother duck and three fuzzy yellow ducklings were strolling down to the lake.
They had clearly been living in the enclosure for some time. The babies were too small to have flown themselves in; they must have hatched there. And they had been around for a couple of weeks at least, as they were old enough to walk reasonably well.
The babies splashed into the lake and swam toward the glass, cutting tiny little boat wakes in the water's smooth surface.
I was so absorbed watching them float around like animated bath toys that I almost didn't notice the bear in the cavern stir to life.
There was a sound of awe as the bear stretched, shuddered and then ponderously dropped itself into the lake, graceless as a rolling log. I worried a bit for the ducklings, but they were small and quick, and the bear seemed as agile as a hippo, so I figured they'd be okay.
I wasn't much at figuring that day.
Once it was in the water, that bear turned into a shark. It unerringly swam for the glass before the horrified viewers, closed in on a duckling and snapped it up like so much popcorn. Cries of horror filled the viewing chamber.
The bear wheeled in the water, ignoring the wall of people past which it sailed, cruising straight for another duckling.
Children were now wailing, mothers were shielding the eyes of toddlers in strollers and fathers were threatening to sue.
The bear arrived in front of me, catching up with the last duckling and finishing its ghastly deed.
An exodus began from the viewing area, sobbing children towing shiny balloons in their wake as their mothers did their best to explain about nature and fumble through the general philosophies that accompany such a traumatic sight.
I stood there, stunned. The bear planted its paws in the gravel at the bottom of the lake, nearly level with my own feet on the other side of the glass. Then it stood, as if to seek any remaining morsels in the evacuating audience. I gaped up at it. Its paws were level with my head.
Such is fate.
As much as that story has provoked horrified laughter in listeners over the years since, it reminds me of what it is to be a mother.
My own mother survived a number of years in which a fate every bit as threatening as that towering grizzly loomed over me; that of addiction and my own general reckless idiocy.
I've never thought of Mother's Day since that shocking Sunday at the zoo without thinking of that duck, bereft on the bank. Mothering takes courage. It is a massive risk to the heart.
My wish for mothers this Mother's Day is that all their children flourish in happiness and health. For moms, that's the best gift of all.
And maybe skip the zoo on Mother's Day.


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While SailRocket is being dragged upwind and into position by the team on the zodiac, Larsen gives me the preflight briefing. The wind is blowing at 30 knots or so, which is ideal. However, my extra weight means that it may be hard to get SailRocket's front float to "plane": That's the point where buoyancy is replaced by hydrodynamic lift and SailRocket's floats stop bobbing in the water and start to skim across it. So there are no guarantees. But with a thumbs-up, Larsen signals to the zodiac to let us go, and he starts the launch procedure.
"The wing is fully stalled," Larsen reports. "We're being pulled along like a square rigger." Since every element of SailRocket—the wing, the foil, the aerodynamic streamlining—is optimized for high speed, the real challenge to sailing it is getting the boat started. Moving the rudder doesn't have much effect at low speed, yet to accelerate you need to get the boat pointed in the right direction.
"I'm at full lock with the steering," Larsen says after a frustrating minute or so. "There's just too much drag to let the nose come around." In other words, there's too much cargo for this bird to fly. We've drifted nearly halfway down the course in a dud start. I'm wondering about lunch. But Larsen says, "Let's try it again."
Paul Larsen designed and built SailRocket with little more than a high school education. He was raised in the rural southeast corner of Australia. "We were thick in the bush—30 acres, no phones, no TV, and stinking-hot summers," Larsen says. "We grew up climbing trees and going down wombat holes." But his favorite thing to do was to play in the damned-up catchment that held the family water supply. "One day Dad got a piece of wood, sharpened the nose, stuck an ice cream container on it, and sat it in the water. It blew to the other side," he recalls. "That was it." The 10-year-old Larsen was hooked.
"The amount of stuff you can learn about sailing from just a sharp piece of wood," he marvels. "Put a big sail rig on it: It falls over! Put a sail rig on the front or the back and watch it turn away. Put a heavier keel on and it sinks. Use a lighter keel, but bend it out at an angle so you have a canting keel …" When Larsen gets going, he talks a nautical mile a minute. "Put a keel on it with a little wing off a model airplane—that made sense to me."
The obsession grew from there. In high school in the '80s he raced the newfangled Hobie Cats and reached the national championships in 1984, followed by the world championship in 1985. "I would hitchhike down to the coast with my wet suit on Friday night," he says, "and sail all day Saturday and Sunday." Postgraduation, various odd jobs financed a life of freelance adventuring—big-wave surfing, hang gliding, ultralighting. Eventually Larsen's motormouth and hail-fellow personality landed him an unpaid gig delivering one of the first maxi catamarans, an 86-foot-long version of a Hobie, to Japan. A strategy of simply turning up at the right place and time, ready to work—"with a paintbrush in hand," as Larsen puts it—got him more, culminating in a paid job crewing another maxi-cat in "The Race," the first-ever nonstop, round-the-world sailing event. The hick from the sticks ended up as a professional sailor, "a yachtsman," Larsen laughs.
At the end of the 20th century, the world of high-end offshore sailboat racing was an especially dangerous game. Multihull catamarans and trimarans were pushing out monohulls, carbon-fiber construction was supplanting fiberglass—and the experiments with new designs and materials led to a lot of failures. Get Larsen going and he'll regale you for hours with harrowing stories about what it's like to be rescued from a boat that's breaking up in 50-foot seas and what happens when a crew starts to mutiny in the middle of the ocean. But the truth is that when things are going well, there's a lot of free time during a crossing. "We'd be belting along in the Southern Ocean or parked in a high-pressure zone," Larsen says, "and I'd be just sitting there, drawing out versions of speed-sailing boats."
The basic design he kept returning to was one proposed 50 years ago by an American rocket engineer named Bernard Smith. It never caught on, and Smith died in relative obscurity. But Larsen stumbled across Smith's book in the back of a dusty yacht chandlery just after high school. Discovering it, he says, was like "getting a book on jet engine flight from 1917." Smith posed a question few had ever thought to ask: "Most sailors think of a sailboat as something that reaches up to grab a bit of air," Larsen says, echoing Smith. "But why not build it like a plane that reaches down and grabs the water?"
In more technical terms, what Smith proposed was a sailboat design that aligned the forces of sail and keel so that they opposed each other more directly. From a physics perspective, every sailboat has two "wings": the sail and the keel. Without the keel, a boat could only be pushed directly downwind. The keel permits it to run across the wind or even point up close to the wind, so the sail becomes, aerodynamically speaking, a wing. Pushed through the water by the sail, the keel also generates lift and thus, in hydrodynamic terms, is also a wing.
Yet virtually every sailboat ever made stacks sail over keel. The sideways lift of the wind on the sail is opposed by the sideways lift of the water pushing on the keel, and the boat is propelled forward. But at the same time there is also a rotational force. That "turning moment," to use a term common to both sailing and physics, is why sailboats lean when they're cruising. Monohulls "heel," while multihulls "fly a hull." Sailing is a balancing act. Too much sail will overpower and eventually capsize a boat; too little and it will never go anywhere.


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- Posted by olympia_gardener 5 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 17, 12 at 14:24
It looks like a maid of orleans, but the flower is somehow deformed. It should be bigger. I notice my maid of orleans bloom like that when it is under stress or lack of fertilizer, ot has mites under the leaves. |
thanks olympia, mites are a nightmare here every summer indeed, and I can't try harsh measures because of my cat... |
The flower seems more cupped than my MoO. But MoO flowers can vary especially in the beginning of the season when they are kinda small. Dar |
- Posted by olympia_gardener 5 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 21, 12 at 13:38
Hi, fenius, I understand the cat ... I have one too, a mini "tiger" . The other day I let him out loose in the yard, and he ended brought back a mouse and ate it right in front of me. Good kitty! |
- Posted by robert1971 7a (My Page) on Thu, Jun 21, 12 at 14:17
I personally hope it's an exotic variety (but MOO is nice). Just for the heck of it I'm going to go with 'Mali Pikul'. Laugh. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Kemistry's 'Mali Pikul'
It looks like arabian knights from the leaf structure. MOO leaves have pointed edge. if you look at grand duke or arabian the leaves are kind of round edge. But plant leaves doesn't have pointed edge. From my experience this should be arabian knitghts. |
Thanks for all the answers guys, bunti I noticed the leaves are different from MOO and it kind of looks like arabian nights in fact the flowers are definitely bigger now and not cupped -I will post another more representative picture soon. I love the scent, too. Robert the mali pikul from dhan is about to flower too but it's not similar to my unknown, neither is his mysore mulli.. |
- Posted by robert1971 7a (My Page) on Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 20:34
Hopefully it will be Arabian Nights or some other awesome cultivar! ;) |
- Posted by butterfly4u 8 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 27, 12 at 23:30
Fenius, Use just a drop of regular Dawn dishwashing soap in a spray bottle on the pics that you think there is a problem with. if you look closely at the pic there are small brown spots on the leaf, spray the plant and under the leaves with the soapy water. Wait 4-5 days and see if you need to spray again. i think that might help. |
- Posted by meyermike_1micha 5 (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Fri, Jul 20, 12 at 8:07
If that is a 'Yellow Gardenia', I feel your pain! I would say I am pretty good at growing some of the hardest plants up here, even gardenia, but my yellow one did the same thing then died. My second try at it did the very same thing! I think this one needs an entirely different environment that most of us can not provide. |
No mike this was not "Yellow Gardenia"!!It was only yellow :-)) It is gardenia vietnamensis and hopefully will still hang in there for a while.. Which one is the Yellow Gardenia?? |
Hi! remember my yellowing gardenia?? It lost all leaves and I was about to throw it away but it came back in the last two months!! Here it is now: |
- Posted by olympia_gardener 5 (My Page) on Mon, Oct 22, 12 at 9:47
Wow, What a differences 4 months makes. Fenius, your Gardenia is all green and healthy now. great job. |
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Thepioneerwoman.com Submitted by CLJAKO8 Carbs: 5g | Fat: 8g | Fiber: 0g | Protein: 7.1g | Calories: 122.5
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This is my recipe for making yummy french toast for my family. Don't forget to use butter in the pan so the bread doesn't stick. I usually put the stove to med heat or a little hotter like I would to make pancakes. Submitted by AZBUSYMAMA Carbs: 32g | Fat: 11.3g | Fiber: 5.2g | Protein: 17.4g | Calories: 294.2
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This is a good quick breakfast or dinner meal. I like it with triple berries and Cool Whip. Or you can sprinkle it with some powdered sugar. Submitted by HEALTHFOODMOMMY Carbs: 6.6g | Fat: 2.2g | Fiber: 0.2g | Protein: 3.5g | Calories: 61.4
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I did get this from a website so I cannot claim it is my recipe Submitted by MRSBUELNA Carbs: 15.6g | Fat: 14.5g | Fiber: 3.7g | Protein: 6.1g | Calories: 205.2
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From the Sneaky Chef Submitted by BUFFCORN Carbs: 6.5g | Fat: 0.1g | Fiber: 0.3g | Protein: 1.7g | Calories: 32.5
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easy, delicious and super quick! Submitted by SHANNONRUNNER Carbs: 21.3g | Fat: 4.2g | Fiber: 3.3g | Protein: 19.3g | Calories: 196.7
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My hubby Chris loves Breakfast 24/;7 if he could get away with it. He also says my S.O.S Submitted by KBEARS69 Carbs: 11.4g | Fat: 9.6g | Fiber: 0.2g | Protein: 9.2g | Calories: 184.7
This is a "dry" rub for pork but could be used on other meats as well. It is perfect way to add some flavor to an otherwise bland cut of pork. It is spicy-warm and sweet and crispy on the outside with all the juices on the inside just waiting for you to cut in and take a bite. Submitted by SARA772779 Carbs: 4.6g | Fat: 7.2g | Fiber: 0.1g | Protein: 34.6g | Calories: 234.7
Frozen bananas rival soft serve when given a whirl in the food processor. No cholesterol and no added sugar, just creamy and sweet bananas! Submitted by STEPFANIER Carbs: 27g | Fat: 0.4g | Fiber: 3.1g | Protein: 1.3g | Calories: 105.4
Start before work, ready to eat later Submitted by CHIHUAHUAMAMA Carbs: 22.2g | Fat: 3.8g | Fiber: 4.2g | Protein: 20.6g | Calories: 202.7
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This low-calorie, low-fat version of the classic BBQ sandwich will be a new family favorite! Submitted by INFJMJ Carbs: 22.8g | Fat: 4g | Fiber: 5g | Protein: 22.1g | Calories: 200.7
A healthy alternative to an American favorite. Carbs: 16.4g | Fat: 5.4g | Fiber: 2.1g | Protein: 1.2g | Calories: 116.9
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sweet carrots, sure to be a family favorite Submitted by STEPHLEW Carbs: 16.4g | Fat: 3.2g | Fiber: 2.3g | Protein: 0.8g | Calories: 93
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This is such an easy recipe for boneless pork chops--just three ingredients! Submitted by RAVENLYNNE Carbs: 24.6g | Fat: 7.8g | Fiber: 0.5g | Protein: 20.7g | Calories: 228.1
Need a fast, easy dinner? Make these simple salmon patties. Pair them with rice topped with black beans or cheese grits and spinach. Submitted by JANEINE Carbs: 10.5g | Fat: 7.8g | Fiber: 1.8g | Protein: 25.8g | Calories: 216.8
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I am not new but I haven't posted in about a year. We (myself, DH, DD13 & DD9) have been wanting to make our 1st trip to WDW for several years but something always come up. We are now officially booked and preparing for our 1st ever trip Dec. 1-6 and we have free dining thanks to a great PIN I received last week.:cheer2::cheer2: We will also be celebrating my youngest DD's birthday while we are there. This trip is going to be a surprise for the kids which won't be hard because I am always saying we are going to go to WDW but we never actually get to book and go so they just ignore me when I start talking WDW :lmao: but they will see! Anyways I just wanted to say hello and get back to posting and planning with everyone else that understands my excitement!:cloud9:
Sounds great! Have fun and welcome back!
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You're going to have so much fun!!! Have you booked your ADRs yet?? Where are you staying and where will you be dining?? We're not vacationing this summer-- we're remodeling our kitchen. So I'm doing WDW vicariously through others :) |
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Endless reinvention, or 'a bit more Miles Davis'
By Alan Deutschman
Over the Thanksgiving weekend I went to a 70th birthday dinner for my father-in-law at Eleven Madison Park in New York. At the end of the exceptionally delicious meal, the maitre d' invited us to tour the kitchen with her. As we stepped into the workspace, one of the first things we noticed was a large photograph of Miles Davis, the jazz legend.
Why Miles Davis?
It turned out that four years earlier, a critic from the New York Observer, Moira Hodgson, had mentioned the trumpeter in her review, Madison Avenue Makeover: Star Chef Gives New Personality, which appeared soon after the 29-year-old Daniel Humm had taken over as chef. Hodgson had awarded Eleven Madison Park an impressive three and a half stars out of a possible four, but she added that the restaurant could use "a bit more Miles Davis."
Humm and Eleven Madison Park's general manager, Will Guidara, could have dismissed the criticism, or they could have been content with three and a half stars, a rating that thousands of restaurateurs would have envied. But they decided instead to use the article as an inspiration and an impetus to action. They studied the voluminous literature about Miles and compiled a list of words that were often used to describe what had made him great over the several decades of his prolific career. And they eventually wound up inscribing the list up on the kitchen wall in big lettering covering from ceiling to floor:
- Cool
- Endless Reinvention
- Forward Moving
- Inspired
- Fresh
- Collaborative
- Spontaneous
- Vibrant
- Adventurous
- Light
- Innovative
This list actually guided them as they made significant changes in the restaurant. Even after Eleven Madison Park received a perfect rating of four stars from the New York Times in August 2009, its leaders nonetheless took the risk of a major remodeling and menu revamping this year, At Eleven Madison Park, Fixing What Isn't Broke.
That's "endless reinvention," and I can't think of a better expression of what the established media business needs to master at this critical time.
It needs more Miles Davis. A lot more.
Alan Deutschman is the Reynolds Endowed Chair in Business Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno. More about Deutschman and the other Reynolds Chairs.
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