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LAPU LAPU CITY—Johnny Arcilla employed his trademark slow-play that worked wonders on an already slow court to give the Cebuana Lhuillier-Philippine Davis Cup team a 1-0 lead over Syria last night in a rain-delayed match at the shell-clay courts of Plantation Bay Spa and Resort.
Reining in his shots and keeping the ball low, Arcilla frustrated Syria's top player Issam Taweel, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2, to give the hosts a rousing start in the Asia Oceania Group 2 tie.
Ruben Gonzales, listed as the Philippines No. 1 player, was locked in battle against Marc Abdelnuor at presstime.
"I just tried to extend the rallies and slowed it down because I saw that he wants to make quick kills," said Arcilla in Filipino. "(Nonplaying team captain) Roland Kraut told me that if can keep my pace, it's going to be mine."
Arcilla, who has not lost a Davis Cup match in five outings, was clearly in charge throughout the two-and-a-half-hour match that was halted by rain for 20 minutes early in the first set, just when the Butuan City native and seven-time PCA Open singles titlist was getting his rhythm.
Taweel, who towers over the 32-year-old Arcilla at 6-foot-1, tried to impose his serve-and-volley game which fell flat against the slippery surface and an opponent who dished out fancy drop shots from the baseline and made sliding dashes to the net.
Younger and stronger, the 23-year-old Taweel broke Arcilla for a 2-0 in the opening set which silenced the full-packed gallery that two years ago witnessed how Japan and Chinese Taipei drubbed the PH Cuppers here.
But Arcilla latched on and slowed down the pace to break the Syrian in the third game and again in the 7th en route to the first set win that restored his confidence roused the crowd that included a large group of uniformed schoolchildren cheering at the sidelines.
The event, sponsored by Cebuana Lhuillier, Smart Sports, Yonex, Jober Electronics, PSC and Philippine Daily Inquirer as media partner, can be viewed on YouTube via Philippine Tennis channel and Philta Facebook page.
"I relaxed in the second set at 4-1 because I thought I already had it secured," added Arcilla.
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Life on the Nose: Today's Market for NFL Nose Tackles
As time goes forward it seems like the NFL is becoming more and more of a passing league. It means we're seeing more three and four receiver sets, and an increasingly large number of sub-package defenses that see at least five defensives backs on the field. That's great news for wide receivers wanting to pick up more receiving yardage or cornerbacks wanting to see more playing time. Unfortunately, this transition has seen the value of the true nose tackle plummet.
The one-time cornerstone of a 3-4 defense, the "zero-technique" was traditionally a player that could eat up blocks and free his linebacker up to make plays. The Pittsburgh Steelers had the prototypical NT in the sizeable form of Casey Hampton who was renowned as one of the most dominant defensive players in all of football. However, in the modern NFL, the worth of a player like Hampton just isn't what it was as life on the nose involves spending an increasing amount of time watching from the sidelines.
Let's take a look at what this could mean for a stacked nose tackle class about to hit free agency.
The curious case of Aubrayo Franklin
When the 2011 free agency finally opened, it was widely acknowledged that Aubrayo Franklin was one of the top free agents out there. I myself had him ranked seventh of all available FA's after a stellar 2010 season where he finished second in our run defense rankings for all DTs with a +24.3 grade. The 146th overall pick from the 2003 draft, Franklin was the standout NT available after four years in San Francisco. He wasn't just the type of defender that ate up blocks, but had an eye for the ball carrier as the table below shows:
Year | Run Snaps | Defensive Stops | Stop % | DT Rank |
2008 | 281 | 28 | 10.0% | 8th |
2009 | 317 | 30 | 9.5% | 11th |
2010 | 297 | 35 | 11.8% | 5th |
As you can see, Franklin consistently ranked as one of the top DTs when it came to causing offensive failures (defensive stops). So with teams like the Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs having a serious need on the nose, why is that serious interest failed to materialize in a player who starred at this spot?
Well, something I overlooked, when slotting Franklin as my No. 7 free agent wasn't what he could do, but rather what he couldn't. He couldn't rush the passer and therefore couldn't play every down. In a rather startling oversight, I failed to realize the significance of Franklin playing only 12 snaps all year in a nickel defense, and when you look at his pass rushing numbers it's not hard to see why.
Year | Pass Rushes | Sacks | Hits | Hurries | PRP | DT Rank |
2008 | 226 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2.4 | 65th |
2009 | 274 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.6 | 68th |
2010 | 243 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.9 | 74th |
That kind of lack of productivity means there's next to no chance of teams keeping Franklin on the field in any nickel or dime defense. That, in turn, limits how much he plays and, therefore, how many plays he can make. How can a franchise justify spending big on a nose tackle when they are in on 53% of plays like Franklin was for the 49ers in 2010? That 53% is a slightly misleading number when you consider that 261 of those plays (including plays that were nullified by penalty or when he dropped into coverage) were in passing situations. Meaning the 49ers essentially received 297 worthwhile snaps out of the former Raven in his last year with them.
So, in hindsight, it's clear to see why the market for a NT like Aubrayo Franklin never developed and why he ended up taking just a one-year deal from the Saints. The question now becomes: will things be different this time around for top nose tackles prospects like the aforementioned trio of Pouha, Soliai and Garay?
How Do They Compare
Before we get started in breaking down each player in depth, let's take a look at how all three compare with the top-ranked free agent nose tackle from 2010. In terms of playing time, the data below shows three years worth of snap count data, indicating the percentage of defensive snaps they played for their teams.
Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
Sione Pouha | 46.6% | 54.5% | 60.2% |
Paul Soliai | 38.0% | 53.7% | 40.0% |
Antonio Garay | 2.9% | 46.7% | 53.4% |
Aubrayo Franklin | 55.8% | 53.0% | 27.3% |
From the looks of the table, all three face similar problems to Franklin in struggling to get on the field enough to make a sufficient impact to justify such a big deal. None of them are going to be confused with a nose tackle like Jay Ratliff who featured in 70.9% of plays this year, and 70.2% the year before. It's a position that for the most part is seen as something where you can find a guy to contribute on the cheap somewhat. The Texans realized that this year by getting some serviceable displays from both Shaun Cody and Earl Mitchell. Sure, we've seen the 49ers and Dolphins use the expensive franchise tag on Franklin and Soliai, respectively, but NFL teams seem to be moving away from giving big deals to guys whose impact can be negated by using certain offensive groupings and going pass heavy.
Yet, just because the trio of Pouha, Soliai and Garay are playing somewhat comparable levels to Franklin doesn't mean they can expect to find quite as tough a market as he did in 2011 and could do this year. So, let's look at each individual case and see what stands out for them.
The Cream of the Crop – Sione Pouha
A 33-year-old nose tackle with four sacks in the last four years doesn't jump out at you as someone who should be among the top free agents. That's just the position Sione Pouha finds himself in right now. A young 33 (he hadn't seen more than 250 snaps on defense in a year until 2008), the former Utah Ute has been one of the stars of the NFL since gaining more playing time after the injuries Kris Jenkins suffered. Playing in the Jets' hybrid scheme, Pouha has flourished playing all along the defensive line. We've seen him line up over the nose at the zero-technique while also handling being pushed out as far wide as a five-technique end. This versatility comes about by his capacity to not just eat up double teams, but to also stack and shed blocks once he reads the direction of plays. This talent has led to him constantly making more plays in run defense than other DTs, and earning extremely high grades from us as the table below shows.
Year | Run Stop % | Rank | Run Grade | Rank |
2009 | 10.3% | 3rd | 20.0 | 1st |
2010 | 8.7% | 10th | 19.0 | 4th |
2011 | 10.2% | 2nd | 27.2 | 2nd |
Posting even more impressive numbers than Aubrayo Franklin, 'Bo' has firmly established himself as one of the most dominant run defenders in the NFL. Where he also has the upper hand on Franklin is how the Jets use him. While the 49ers limited their NT to just 12 snaps in nickel formations, making it easy for teams to take him out of the game, the Jets exotic defense ensures that teams going to three receiver sets are still likely to face Pouha. This led to the Jets third round pick out of the 2005 draft playing 225 of his snaps while the Jets were in a form of sub-package defense. Part of this comes down to him being a better pass rusher (finishing 35th in our PRP ratings for 2011 out of 73 qualifying candidates), but more than anything this comes down to how the defense is built with a need for a player like Pouha. Therein lies the difference in his value compared to Franklin's.
Take the 49ers defense. They could quite easily switch to nickel and still get plays up the middle, because players like Justin Smith and Ray McDonald could play the run and pass in nickel situations. It didn't hurt to have Patrick Willis and Takeo Spikes behind them, players who can shed blocks to make plays. The Jets have a different defense which involves a heavier rotation and players like David Harris who flow to the ball far better than they engage blockers. Sure they have Bart Scott, but he's a player who could both be on the outs (increasing the need to re-sign Pouha) and is more adept at putting others in a position to make plays. The Jets' run D is built on funneling runners and it needs players like Pouha to make this possible. He is almost essential to how they play, and that's why the Jets are making a far bigger effort to re-sign him than the 49ers did when faced with possibly losing their own zero-technique.
History says that a 33-year-old NT who plays 60% of snaps won't get a big deal, but the Jets can't afford to lose a versatile and talented player like Pouha so he'll find at least one team prepared to do right by him. Looking at situations throughout the league there's no reason to believe teams like the Colts (rumored to be using a hybrid defense) wouldn't make a serious run at the soon to be free agent, being the kind of two-gap DT who could make all around him better. There may be similarities with the plight of Aubrayo Franklin, but the added versatility and production, mean we could see two different scenarios play out.
The Enigma – Paul Soliai
Riding high after an excellent 2010 season, things seemed to go downhill for Paul Soliai once the Miami Dolphins designated him with the club's franchise tag. We can only speculate as to why, but a move that may have been made to force the NT into signing a long-term deal seemed to push Miami away from a player who was something of a wrecking ball in 2010. Was this Miami moving on from a player it didn't feel would be a long term contributor, or them responding to a lesser year from Soliai? Either way we saw fewer snaps and thus less impact plays from a guy whose star was suppose to be on the rise.
Year | Run Stop % | Rank | Run Grade | Rank |
2009 | 10.2% | 4th | 3.0 | 29th |
2010 | 8.5% | 11th | 16.9 | 5th |
2011 | 6.4% | 26th | 5.2 | 24th |
The table above is a real indication of the problems in valuing Soliai. He is clearly capable with a tremendous upside as his 2010 shows. Even his 2009 demonstrates how much of a playmaking prospect he can be at tackle with the fourth highest percentage of defensive stops in the run games from all DTs. But his streaky play has to be a concern for any team considering making him a centerpiece of their defense after a merely decent 2011. That said how much of that was down to Soliai and how much of that was down to the Dolphins?
Mike Nolan's defense was intriguing in that it featured specific defenses on first, second, and third down depending on what package the offense was in. This is where the big change came for Soliai who saw far fewer snaps in 2011 in the Dolphins' second down nickel package as the return of Jared Odrick hastened the Dolphins' moving on process as the table below shows.
Year | Total Snaps | 1st Down | 2nd Down | 3rd Down | Base | Nickel/ Dime | Other |
2010 | 546 | 297 | 212 | 30 | 327 | 168 | 51 |
2011 | 436 | 264 | 136 | 33 | 309 | 96 | 31 |
So while Soliai was not nearly as impressive on the field in 2011 it would be unfair to lay the blame solely on him as the Dolphins severely cut down on his opportunities in their second down 4-2-5 sub package. It's hard to understand why this happened for Soliai who excelled in the role and had previously looked more than just a one-dimensional run-stuffer in 2010, as the table below shows …
Year | Pass Rushes | Sacks | Hits | Hurries | PRP | Rank |
2010 | 208 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4.6 | 31st |
2011 | 180 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3.3 | 49th |
Not elite numbers with his pass rushing, but enough to suggest he's not the single-facet player that Aubrayo Franklin was seen as. Factor in his age (just 28) and that he has plenty of tread left on his tires, and Soliai has plenty to offer to teams using both 3-4 and 4-3 schemes (he wasn't just limited to lining up on the nose).
The Penetrator – Antonio Garay
For years nose tackles were thought to be the big, plodding Casey Hampton type. They'd eat up blocks and prevent teams from running up either 'A gap'. However, in recent years we've seen teams look for more impact plays from the spot, and for guys that can play in any situation. The constant success of Jay Ratliff in the Dallas defense and the excellence of Shaun Rogers in his debut season in Cleveland saw teams prepared to give guys who can get up field a chance as the centerpiece on a three-man defensive line. One of these guys to thrive in this role was Antonio Garay who came out of nowhere in 2010 to put forth a quite remarkable season.
What makes Garay different is that unlike both Pouha and Soliai who can take on double teams and play two gaps, Garay is very much an explosive, penetrating lineman who is at his best attacking one gap and getting up field. He's not as strong as a player like Brodrick Bunkley, but has a quicker first step that means he's more of a nuisance to quarterbacks. You only have to see how he has performed amongst defensive tackles in our pass rushing productivity study to see this.
Year | Pass Rushes | Sacks | Hits | Hurries | PRP | Rank |
2010 | 236 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 9.9 | 1st |
2011 | 252 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 8.9 | 2nd |
Top of the charts in 2010, it was only situational rusher Parnell McPhee that bested him in 2011 as Garay maintained his high level of productivity even though he found himself doing the majority of his rushing from the Chargers base defensive package. Given his low profile and how good he is at rushing the passer you'd think Garay would be all about the pass rush. However, it's quite the opposite with the Charger also excelling when it comes to impacting the run game as the table below shows.
Year | Run Snaps | Run Stops | Stop % | Rank |
2010 | 204 | 29 | 14.2 | 1st |
2011 | 256 | 21 | 8.2 | 11th |
That kind of production, in both phases of the game, is astounding, so why is it that teams should be concerned by Garay? Well for one, this year the Chargers asked more of him and he seemed burdened by the increased expectations. The extra attentions defenses paid to him didn't help either and he dropped from 2nd in our DT rankings to 31st. Then you have his age which, at 33, may put some teams off. For players whose game isn't so much about getting up the field that need not be a worry, but with a player whose game needs this it has to be something of a concern? But that's speculative and Garay's play hasn't dropped off a cliff yet so why would it start now? A capable one gap defensive tackle can play in a variety of schemes, and Garay is plenty capable with very little wear on his tires.
A Different Ball Game
In a different era, Aubrayo Franklin may have been the most sought after free agent. Nowadays, his lack of versatility and the rule changes that have made the game more pass-friendly mean we're in the kind of NFL where teams would rather pass on, than pay pure zero-technique tackles on the wrong side of 30. Still, the crop of guys about to hit the market and their agents will have learned from the fall of Franklin in August last year as team after team passed him by. They stand to possibly lower their demands and accentuate how they can't be as pigeon-holed as the former 49ers defensive linemen was. Maybe, just maybe, this will see all three get the kind of deals that Franklin missed out on.
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Eric Jay Dolin (Author)
A Liveright book
Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships.
Brilliantly illuminating one of the least-understood areas of American history, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin now traces our fraught relationship with China back to its roots: the unforgiving nineteenth-century seas that separated a brash, rising naval power from a battered ancient empire. It is a prescient fable for our time, one that surprisingly continues to shed light on our modern relationship with China. Indeed, the furious trade in furs, opium, and beche-de-mer—a rare sea cucumber delicacy—might have catalyzed America's emerging economy, but it also sparked an ecological and human rights catastrophe of such epic proportions that the reverberations can still be felt today. Peopled with fascinating characters—from the "Financier of the Revolution" Robert Morris to the Chinese emperor Qianlong, who considered foreigners inferior beings—this page-turning saga of pirates and politicians, coolies and concubines becomes a must-read for any fan of Nathaniel Philbrick's Mayflower or Mark Kurlansky's Cod.
"Starred review. A rich, highly readable examination of the seeds of poppies, trade, greed, grandeur and an international partnership that remains uneasy and perilous." — Kirkus Reviews
"Eric Jay Dolin's engagingly paced narrative of the early years in the China-America relationship made me smile as I recognized the modern reality in this old tale of the odd couple of statecraft. When America First Met China, in fascinating ways tells us much about who we are today." — Mark Kurlansky, author Cod
"A smart, riveting history of what has become the most important bilateral relationship in the world.... An all-around outstanding work of maritime history." — Douglas Brinkley, author of Cronkite
"Master storyteller Eric Jay Dolin brings to life the American genius for commerce and its essential connection to how the nation grew... this is a timely and well-told tale." — Kenneth C. Davis, author of Don't Know Much About®History
"I had not known about the exploits described in Eric Jay Dolin's fascinating book, but now that I do I am impressed by their importance and see current affairs in a new light. Anyone interested in China's ambitions, memories, and sensitivities will be glad to have read this book." — James Fallows, author of China Airborne
"Eric Jay Dolin has a special talent for unearthing the fascinating but forgotten origins of our current cultural obsessions and now hes done it again. This fast-paced and deeply researched book is a must-read for anyone interested in Americas long history of competition and cooperation with China." — Debby Applegate, author of The Most Famous Man in America
"A tantalizing high-sea yarn of fast-running clippers and murderous pirates and a profound meditation on an international relationship that still absorbs our attention today. Fresh, gripping, pelagically capacious." — Yunte Huang, author of Charlie Chan
"Eric Jay Dolin is one of our very finest popular historians, a formidable scholar and stylist of uncommon grace. It's all here: tea, opium, raffish characters galore. Not only has Dolin filled a yawning gap in the historical literature; he has initiated a dramatic conversation about perhaps the most significant transcontinental contest of the twenty-first century." — Kirk Davis Swinehart, author of This Broken House: A Family Undone by the American Revolution
"Fascinating, compelling, and engrossing." — Joan Druett, author of Island of the Lost
"Fast-moving... focuses on intriguing anecdotes and personal vignettes, featuring colorful subjects such as pirates, drug runners, and slave traders, as well as those engaged in more salubrious pursuits. ...[E]ntertaining." — Publishers Weekly
"This sweeping popular history... brews up a rich and satisfying narrative of the exotic intersection of the silk, tea, and opium trade and the missionary zeal that characterized America's engagement with the still mysterious 'Middle Kingdom' in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. With a flair for dramatic and fast-paced storytelling, Dolin provides the reader with nuanced insights into everything from pirates, the world-changing impact of the silk trade, the British-Chinese Opium War of the 1840s, and the fearlessness (and naïveté) of the early missionaries to good old-fashioned tales of adventure on the high seas." — Booklist
"[W]onderfully accessible.... An ideal book for general readers in popular history or with a historical interest in China's influence on the American economy and general relations between the two countries—past and present." — Susan G. Baird, formerly with Oak Lawn P.L., IL, Library Journal
"A diligent researcher… Dolin has uncovered some fascinating nuggets about the history of US-China trade." — Matthew Price, Boston Globe
"Fascinating and entertaining... masterful history... His work is well-researched, rich in illustrations and full of life." — Tom Zelman, Minneapolis Star and Tribune
"Lively biographical sketches, intriguing anecdotes and accounts of curious incidents… Dolin wrings so much drama, interest and humor out of this early period of U.S.-China relations. And what makes his achievement more notable still is that he makes the period come alive without turning the book into one devoted exclusively to opium, the topic that has the clearest dramatic potential and has gotten the most attention in works on the era." — Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Chicago Tribune
"Entertaining, informative and highly readable book... This remarkably complex story involving trade, ecology, ship design, international politics and cultural conflict, not to mention captains, merchants, naval architects, Chinese mandarins and generals is remarkably well told by Mr. Dolin, who is in complete command of the material. If a major purpose of history is to help us understand the present, the history of the early China trade is essential to understanding today's China as it resumes its place among the foremost nations of the world. You couldn't find a better place to start than When America First Met China." — John Steele Gordon, Wall Street Journal
"Eric Jay Dolin... has produced another in a series of accessible, highly readable histories detailing the early adventures and impassioned drive that characterized early enterprise in America and set a path for what was to follow... Interesting, informative and entertaining." — Rae Padilla Francoeur, GateHouse Media
"Dolan's new work strives to show that the long forgotten record of early Sino-American relations impacts the international relations of the two countries today. In a few hundred pages, Dolin unfolds a story of the trade between the most recent country in America, trying to emerge onto the world stage shortly after birth, and the ancient society of the Middle Kingdom." — Marc Parrish, Barnes & Noble Review
"Authoritative… Considering that the US has long held a highly positive opinion of itself, it's a delight to read to that it had company in China, which believed it was the 'Middle Kingdom,' below heaven but above all the other parts of the world." — Randy Dotinga, Christian Science Monitor


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The fifth USS Saratoga (CV-3) was the second aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. She was commissioned one month earlier than her sister and class leader, , which is the third actually commissioned after and Saratoga. As Saratoga was visually identical to Lexington, her funnel was painted with a large black vertical stripe to assist pilots in recognizing her. This identifying mark earned her the nickname "Stripe-Stacked Sara." Saratoga, , and were the only fleet aircraft carriers of the United States Navy to survive and serve throughout the U.S. involvement in World War II.
She was laid down on 25 September 1920, as Lexington class Battle Cruiser #3 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, a division of the American Brown-Boveri Electric Corporation at Camden, New Jersey; construction cancelled and re-ordered as an aircraft carrier and reclassified CV-3 on 1 July 1922, in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty limiting naval armaments; launched on 7 April 1925; sponsored by Mrs. Curtis D. Wilbur, wife of the Secretary of the Navy; and commissioned on 16 November 1927, Captain Harry E. Yarnell in command.
Saratoga, the first fast carrier in the Navy, quickly proved the value of her type. She sailed from Philadelphia on 6 January 1928, for shakedown, and on 11 January, her air officer, the future World War II hero, Marc A. Mitscher, landed the first aircraft on board. In an experiment on 27 January, the rigid airship moored to Saratoga's stern and took on fuel and stores. The same day, Saratoga sailed for the Pacific via the Panama Canal. She was diverted briefly between 14 February and 16 February to carry Marines to Corinto, Nicaragua, and finally joined the Battle Fleet at San Pedro, California, on 21 February. The rest of the year was spent in training and final machinery shakedown.
On 15 January 1929, Saratoga sailed from San Diego with the Battle Fleet to participate in her first fleet exercise, Fleet Problem IX. In a daring move, Saratoga was detached from the fleet with only a single cruiser as escort to make a wide sweep to the south and "attack" the Panama Canal, which was defended by the Scouting Fleet and Saratoga's sister ship, Lexington. She successfully launched her strike on 26 January and, despite being "sunk" three times later in the day, proved the versatility of a carrier-based fast task force. The idea was incorporated into fleet doctrine and reused the following year in Fleet Problem X in the Caribbean. This time, however, Saratoga and the carrier Langley, were "disabled" by a surprise attack from Lexington, showing how quickly air power could swing the balance in a naval action.
Following the fleet concentration in the Caribbean, Saratoga took part in the Presidential Review at Norfolk, Virginia, in May and returned to San Pedro on 21 June 1930.
During the remaining decade before World War II, Saratoga exercised in the San Diego-San Pedro area, except for the annual Fleet Problems and regular overhauls at the Bremerton Navy Yard. In the Fleet Problems, Saratoga continued to assist in the development of fast carrier tactics, and her importance was recognized by the fact that she was always a high priority target for the opposing forces. The Fleet Problem for 1932 was planned for Hawaii and, by coincidence, occurred during the peak of the furor following the "Manchurian incident", in which Japan started on the road to World War II. Saratoga exercised in the Hawaii area from 31 January to 19 March and returned to Hawaii for fleet exercises the following year between 23 January and 28 February 1933. On the return trip to the West Coast, she launched a successful air "attack" on the Long Beach area.
Exercises in 1934 took Saratoga to the Caribbean and the Atlantic for an extended period, from 9 April to 9 November, and were followed by equally extensive operations with the United States Fleet in the Pacific the following year. Between 27 April and 6 June 1936, she participated in a Fleet Problem in the Panama Canal Zone, and she then returned with the fleet to Hawaii for exercises from 16 April to 28 May 1937. On 15 March 1938, Saratoga sailed from San Diego for Fleet Problem XIX, again conducted off Hawaii. During the second phase of the Problem, Saratoga launched a surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor from a point off Oahu, setting a pattern that the Japanese copied in December 1941. During the return to the west coast, Saratoga and Lexington followed this feat with "strikes" on Mare Island and Alameda. Saratoga was under overhaul during the 1939 fleet concentration, but between 2 April and 21 June 1940, she participated in Fleet Problem XXI, the last to be held due to the deepening world crisis.
Between 14 October and 29 October 1940, Saratoga transported a draft of military personnel from San Pedro to Hawaii, and on 6 January 1941, she entered the Bremerton Navy Yard for a long deferred modernization, including widening her flight deck forward, fitting a blister on her starboard side and additional small antiaircraft guns. Saratoga was one of fourteen ships to receive the early RCA CXAM-1 RADAR. Departing Bremerton on 28 April 1941, the carrier participated in a landing force exercise in May and made two trips to Hawaii between June and October as the diplomatic crisis with Japan came to a head. On 26 November 1941 Saratoga sailed for Puget Sound and a West Coast refit.
When the Japanese struck at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Saratoga was just entering San Diego after an interim drydocking at Bremerton. She hurriedly got underway the following day as the nucleus of a third carrier force (Lexington and were already at sea), carrying Marine aircraft intended to reinforce the vulnerable garrison on Wake Island. The presence of these aircraft on board Saratoga made her the logical choice for the actual relief effort. She reached Pearl Harbor on 15 December and stopped only long enough to fuel. She then rendezvoused with , which had relief troops and supplies on board, while Lexington and Enterprise provided distant cover for the operation. However, the Saratoga force was delayed by the low speed of its oiler and by a decision to refuel destroyers on 21 December. After receiving reports of Japanese carrier aircraft over the island and Japanese landings on it, the relief force was recalled on 22 December. Wake fell the next day.
Saratoga continued operations in the Hawaiian Island region, but on 11 January 1942, when heading towards a rendezvous with Enterprise south-west of Oahu, she was hit without warning by a deep-running torpedo fired by Japanese submarine . Although six men were killed and three firerooms were flooded, the carrier reached Oahu under her own power. There her guns, which were useless against aircraft, were removed for installation in shore defenses, and the carrier proceeded to the Bremerton Navy Yard for permanent repairs and installation of a modern anti-aircraft battery. The original twelve 5"/25 caliber guns were replaced by sixteen 5"/38 caliber guns.
Saratoga departed Puget Sound on 22 May for San Diego. She arrived there on 25 May and was training her air group when intelligence was received of an impending Japanese assault on Midway. Due to the need to load planes and stores and to collect escorts, the carrier was unable to sail until 1 June and arrived at Pearl Harbor on the 6th, after the Battle of Midway had ended. She departed Pearl Harbor on 7 June after fueling and, on 11 June, transferred 34 aircraft to and Enterprise to replenish their depleted air groups. The three carriers then turned north to counter Japanese activity reported in the Aleutians, but the operation was canceled, and Saratoga returned to Pearl Harbor on 13 June.
Between 22 June and 29 June, Saratoga ferried Marine and Army aircraft to the garrison on Midway. On 7 July, she sailed for the southwest Pacific, and from 28 July to 30 July, she provided air cover for landing rehearsals in the Fiji Islands in preparation for landings on Guadalcanal. As flagship of Rear Admiral F. J. Fletcher, Saratoga opened the Guadalcanal assault early on 7 August when she turned into the wind to launch aircraft. She provided air cover for the landings for the next two days. On the first day, a Japanese air attack was repelled before it reached the carriers, but since further attacks were expected, the carrier force withdrew on the afternoon of 8 August towards a fueling rendezvous. As a result, it was too far away to retaliate after four Allied cruisers were sunk that night in the Battle of Savo Island. The carrier force continued to operate east of the Solomons, protecting the sea-lanes to the beachhead and awaiting a Japanese naval counterattack.
The counterattack began to materialize when a Japanese transport force was detected on 23 August, and Saratoga launched a strike against it. The aircraft were unable to find the enemy, however, and spent the night on Guadalcanal. As they were returning on board the next day, the first contact report on enemy carriers was received. Two hours later, Saratoga launched a strike which sent Japanese carrier Ryūjō to the bottom. Later in the afternoon, as an enemy strike from other carriers was detected, Saratoga hastily launched the aircraft on her deck, and these found and damaged seaplane tender Chitose. Meanwhile, due to cloud cover, Saratoga escaped detection by the Japanese aircraft, which concentrated their attack on, and damaged, Enterprise. The American force fought back fiercely and weakened enemy air strength so severely that the Japanese recalled their transports before they reached Guadalcanal.
After landing her returning aircraft at night on 24 August, Saratoga refueled on the 25th and resumed her patrols east of the Solomons. A week later, a destroyer reported torpedo wakes heading toward the carrier, but the flattop could not turn quickly enough. A minute later, a torpedo from B1 type Japanese submarine slammed into the blister on her starboard side. The torpedo killed no one and only flooded one fireroom, but the impact caused short circuits which damaged Saratoga's turbo-electric propulsion system and left her dead in the water. Cruiser took the carrier under tow while she flew her aircraft off to shore bases. By early afternoon, Saratoga's engineers had improvised a circuit out of the burned wreckage of her main control board and had given her a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h). After repairs at Tongatapu from 6 September to 12 September, escorted by the cruiser , Saratoga arrived at Pearl Harbor on 21 September for permanent repairs.
Saratoga sailed from Pearl Harbor on 10 November 1942, and proceeded via Fiji to Nouméa, which she reached on 5 December 1942. She operated in the vicinity of Nouméa for the next twelve months, providing air cover for minor operations and protecting American forces in the Eastern Solomons. Between 17 May and 31 July 1943, she was reinforced by the British carrier, , and on 20 October, she was joined by . As troops stormed ashore on Bougainville on 1 November, Saratoga's aircraft neutralized nearby Japanese airfields on Buka. Then, on 5 November, in response to reports of Japanese cruisers concentrating at Rabaul to counterattack the Allied landing forces, Saratoga conducted perhaps her most brilliant strike of the war. Her aircraft penetrated the heavily defended port and disabled most of the Japanese cruisers, ending the surface threat to Bougainville. Saratoga herself escaped unscathed and returned to raid Rabaul again on 11 November.
Saratoga and Princeton were then designated the Relief Carrier Group for the offensive in the Gilberts, and after striking Nauru on 19 November, they rendezvoused on 23 November with the transports carrying garrison troops to Makin and Tarawa. The carriers provided air cover until the transports reached their destinations and then maintained air patrols over Tarawa. By this time, Saratoga had steamed over a year without repairs, and she was detached on 30 November to return to the United States. She underwent overhaul at San Francisco from 9 December 1943 to 3 January 1944, and had her antiaircraft battery augmented for the last time, receiving 60 40 millimeter guns in place of 36 20 millimeter guns.
The carrier arrived at Pearl Harbor on 7 January, and after a brief period of training, sailed from Pearl Harbor on 19 January with light carriers, and Princeton, to support the drive in the Marshalls. Her aircraft struck Wotje and Taroa for three days, from 29 January to 31 January, and then pounded Engebi, the main island at Eniwetok, the 3rd to the 6th and from the 10th to the 12th of February. Her planes delivered final blows to Japanese defenses on the 16th, the day before the landings, and provided close air support and CAP over the island until 28 February.
Saratoga then took leave of the main theaters of the Pacific war for almost a year to carry out important but less spectacular assignments elsewhere. Her first task was to help the British initiate their carrier offensive in the Far East. On 4 March, Saratoga departed Majuro with an escort of three destroyers, and sailed via Espiritu Santo; Hobart, Tasmania; and Fremantle, Australia, to join the British Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean. She rendezvoused at sea on 27 March with the British force, composed of carrier , (flagship of Vice-Admiral second-in-command Eastern Fleet), and with escorts, and arrived with them at Trincomalee, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), on 31 March. On 12 April, the French battleship Richelieu arrived, adding to the international flavor of the force, which also included warships from Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands. During the next two days, the carriers conducted intensive training at sea during which Saratoga's fliers tried to impart some of their experience to the British pilots.
On 16 April, the Eastern Fleet, with Saratoga, sailed from Trincomalee, and on the 19th, the aircraft from the two carriers struck the port of Sabang off the northwest tip of Sumatra (Operation Cockpit). The Japanese were caught by surprise by the new offensive ("caught with their kimonos up"), and much damage was done to port facilities and oil reserves, with minimal losses. The raid was so successful that Saratoga delayed her departure in order to carry out a second. Sailing again from Ceylon on 6 May, the force struck at Soerabaja, Java, on 17 May with equally successful results. Saratoga was detached the following day, and passed down the columns of the Eastern Fleet as the Allied ships rendered honors to and cheered each other.
Saratoga arrived at Bremerton, Washington, on 10 June 1944, for overhaul. On 24 September, she arrived at Pearl Harbor and commenced her second special assignment, training night fighter squadrons. Saratoga had experimented with night flying as early as 1931, and many carriers had been forced to land returning aircraft at night during the war, but only in August 1944 did a carrier, , receive an air group specially equipped to operate at night. At the same time, Carrier Division 11, composed of Saratoga and , was commissioned at Pearl Harbor to train night pilots and develop night flying doctrine. Saratoga continued this important training duty for almost four months, but as early as October, her division commander was warned that "while employed primarily for training, Saratoga is of great value for combat and is to be kept potentially available for combat duty." The call came in January 1945. Light carriers like Independence had proved too small for safe night operations, and Saratoga was rushed out of Pearl Harbor on 29 January 1945, to form a night fighter task group with Enterprise for the Iwo Jima operation.
On 22 May, Saratoga departed Puget Sound fully repaired, and she resumed training pilots at Pearl Harbor on 3 June. She ceased training duty on 6 September after the Japanese surrender, and sailed from Hawaii on 9 September, transporting 3,712 returning naval veterans home to the United States under Operation Magic Carpet. By the end of her "Magic Carpet" service, Saratoga had brought home 29,204 Pacific war veterans, more than any other individual ship. At the time, she also held the record for the greatest number of aircraft landed on a carrier, with a lifetime total of 98,549 landings in 17 years.
With the arrival of large numbers of Essex-class carriers, Saratoga was surplus to postwar requirements, and she was assigned to Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll to test the effect of the atomic bomb on naval vessels. She survived the first blast (Test ABLE), an air burst on 1 July, with only minor damage, but was damaged beyond repair by the second (Test Baker) on 25 July, an underwater blast which was detonated under from the carrier. Salvage efforts were prevented by radioactivity, and seven and one-half hours after the blast, with her funnel collapsed across her deck, Saratoga slipped beneath the surface of the lagoon. She was struck from the Navy List on 15 August 1946.
Saratoga received seven battle stars for her World War II service.
In recent years, the submerged wreck, the top of which is only below the surface, has become a scuba diving destination, one of only two (the other being the USS Oriskany in the Gulf of Mexico) carrier wrecks accessible to recreational divers.
The 1931 movie Hell Divers starred Wallace Beery and a young Clark Gable as a pair of competing pilots on the Saratoga, and includes much footage of operations on board.


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Hide this ad by registering as a memberJune 4th, 2007 #2I am just going to post it here, due to last weeks topic being wasted on misfotunes and bad timing... instead of PMing Oblio, hope it's ok mate
demonic pirate lord
his eternal torment is to sail the seven seas
until he amasses a ransom fit for satan.
well.. after long lengthy.. friggin discussion with way too many people...
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June 4th, 2007 #3Yarrr~! Imma try and bust out a piraaaaate.
June 4th, 2007 #4Arrr...!! right on!! i'm in the mood of pirate after watching PoTC
June 4th, 2007 #5Here's a wip. Some great stuff so far.
K, added colour and some other details and I'm leaving it at that. Thanks for all that gave crits.
I'm not entirely convinced by the concept, a few boundaries could have been pushed, but I'm done.
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June 4th, 2007 #6HA, so meats got shafted. bout time, tho I hope he's ok. Fan of ur work meatsy
Awesome choice bumskee. and prompt too. I thought PoT3 was very disappointing, but the first two (especially the original) are so good i still love the franchise.
Ill be in on this one
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June 4th, 2007 #9Yarr! I be in!
Added some colour and detail - still a long way to go...
Gagh -I'm going to be at this forever! I've cut out the older WIPs to save those on slow connections,
Bit further on...
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June 4th, 2007 #10Excellent bumskee, just excellent. i'm in for sure.
#yoho, haul together!#
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pirate? hmm not really my bag but i guess i can try...
pfft! awesome min. im already getting goosebumps!
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Yarr... hail satan I be in fer sure! .... ; )
Here's my first sketch... this guys more pure evil than your average pirate... you've got to be regal to be a lord in my opinion... above the common man
Todays the first day I've had a chance to work on this so it was a bit of a rush....phew! anyway here's mine...
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A pirate theme right after PoTC 3 (barf)! I expect it'll be tough to make something that doesn't scream Jack Sparrow, Davy Jones or cursed sharkmen, so I'm in.
June 4th, 2007 #14Count me in!
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Gonna maybe give it a whack too.
June 4th, 2007 #16arrrr
June 4th, 2007 #17I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO in!!!!
I'm thinking I'm going to make the "demonic" thing subtle this time, since my last CHOW was sorta demonic. So...I've told myself NO horns...but I reserve the right to use glowey eyes!!!
The year is 1641 A.D. and the pirates of the Barbary Coast have total control over the streights of Gibralter. The global economy is on the brink of ruin and the pirates become kings by the sword, through terror and bloodshed. One among them has a reputation for cruelty, slaughter and evil above all others. He alone commands tribute from the other Pirate kings. Adding to the strange and disturbing mythos surrounding this monster is the fact that there are corraborating tales of his various rampages spanning over 400 years of written history. Some say he is the son of the devil himself, others say he is the hammer of god sent to punish the world for its greed. Those very few who have seen him, and lived long enough to recall their horrors, simply call him The Pirate Lord.
Not sure if I'm going to get a chance to work on it anymore before Sunday so we're gonna call this the Final....
Thanks everybody for all the great advice in the crits!
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June 4th, 2007 #18Aye me maties, I'm in!!!!
I see him as loud, bombastic, overbearing and loves barrels of wine, good meaty flesh (to dine on), big effin heavy jewelry and equally loud clothing. That's what I see....
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June 4th, 2007 #19demon pirates vs. angel ninjas...
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June 4th, 2007 #20I'll try to finish something. Great topic!
June 4th, 2007 #21r
i be in.
June 4th, 2007 #22Not sure if I'll finish this one, but the topic was too cool to pass on after seeing PotC so I started sketching. Need to do some character-drawing training as well, so:
I know it's a little bit of a stereotype pirate and all, but I didn't want to go all out on the demonic part..yet. Horns and glowing red eyes are a bit of a cliche too
June 4th, 2007 #23Anna Jones
very interesting topic -------hope to finish this time so i can post
Inspired by the a famous pirate "Anne bonny" - a great female pirate of her times. done on pencil and paper
Character name Anne Jones. She kills other pirates with Queen Anne Turn Out Pistol and cuts them with cultass with three point, collecting the souls in the hanging ring in her index finger.
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June 4th, 2007 #24This is gonna have to be my final, we got a bunch of work to do so I can't play around with this piece anymore. There's a ton of stuff I wanted to fix with him, a bunch of "piratey" things were supposed to be added, but I didn't have time to actually render them, and my photoshop file was at work, so I just had to edit a jpeg of one of my wips to make it look presentable.
Half demon, half human, he is the last of the Nephilim. The ancient hybrids were hunted down and destroyed by the Israelite King David, but he managed to escape to the sea, where he has been ever since. Any ship that is unfortunate enough to come within his sights is promptly plundered and destroyed, with none surviving.
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June 4th, 2007 #25hmmm. this wont be easy against the current pirate saturation.
All rum consumed is solely for research purposes.
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Damn, I was hoping for demonic wall crawling lords with there satanic green ogre sidekick...
regardless, I'm in for once.
June 4th, 2007 #27Tiver me shimbers!
June 4th, 2007 #28cool topic, i tried to stay away from anything piratey, but bits of davy jones did sneak in, the idea being hes chained or maybe joined to his ship un able to leave until he gets what he needs, i really wanna do some crew for him as well.
just for shits and giggles i did a little crew for him, this isnt part of the entry just for fun
heres the idea page
progress so far, not sure which one works best to carry on with
the guy one the left keeps account of his souls on that scroll where as the one on the right cuts marks into his flesh to keep tally, hence the marks on his thighs and arms
About ready to start painting, i didnt want to get bogged down in the greyscale like i usually do and run out of time, i merged best bits of both the above sketches.
actually i ended up getting bogged down in the greyscale after all, i did my back in, in work so this is as far as im going tonight, colour tomorow maybe.
FINAL - dont have anytime to spend on this now so im going to have to call it done for now
this may well be a slighty larger version of my final HERE
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June 4th, 2007 #29Im in... ill try to get one finished this time
June 4th, 2007 #30Alrighty, fellas, here's my entry. I really need to get in to the habit of putting up my WIPs.
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Surprising Vegan Finds at Mainstream Grocery Stores with The Laziest Vegans
No Whole Foods? No Trader Joes? No problem! Thanks to The Laziest Vegans, finding vegan eats at your typical American supermarket is easier than you think.
For some of us (namely West Coasters and New Yorkers), health food stores seem to be on every corner, but for many Americans, supermarkets are the only easily accessible way to stock one's cupboards. As a vegan, this may seem challenging at first—navigating seemingly endless rows of pre-packaged foods with questionable ingredient lists in search of a suitable plant-based snack to call your own. But, hark! John McDevitt, the voice behind blog The Laziest Vegans in the World, is here with a formidable library of tips and tricks for making the most of your run-of-the-mill mainstream grocery store. Read on, shop on, and nosh on.
Lettuce Begin
As a vegan, the best place to start is the produce aisle. Even if you are the laziest vegan alive, there are fruits and vegetables that you will love. Grocery stores always have pre-washed/ pre-cut produce for sale, so there is no excuse for not eating your greens! Pre-washed salad mixes from brands such as Earthbound Farm always hit the spot. Throw in some tomatoes, avocado, and onion, and enjoy. Even some brands of bacon bits are vegan (surprise!), and prepared guacamole and hummus also come in handy. Mainstream stores will have tofu and soymilk (we've come so far!), and don't forget the fruit—freeze some bananas, add frozen berries, and make a creamy smoothie.
Do The Can Can
In the canned food section, there's a plethora of plant-based choices. Hormel makes a vegan chili, and many varieties of Progresso soup are vegan. Of course, you can also load up on canned beans, which can be used in really easy ways: everything from a mock-tuna salad featuring chickpeas to a black-bean burger or taco meat made from lentils. And don't forget the refried beans. Old El Paso and many other supermarket brands are already vegan or offer vegan varieties.
Good to the Grain
The rice and grain aisle is a godsend of vegan goodness. Rice-a-Roni Spanish Rice and several of Uncle Ben's rice varieties are as simple as pressing a button on the microwave or boiling some water. And of course, there's plenty of pasta to be had. From gluten-free to whole-wheat varieties, most mainstream supermarkets will have a lot to chose from.
Vegan Eats World
The international aisle has a wide variety of vegan offerings. There are some really popular brands, such Thai Kitchen, La Choy, and Annie Chun's, that offer meat-free soups, noodles, and rice dishes. Even Knorr-Lipton gets in on the action with its Singapore Curry Noodles and Asian Curry varieties, and Near East has amazing boxed couscous. Tasty Bite and Patak's also has some delicious pre-packaged Indian meals that are ready in a flash.
Snack Attack!
The snack aisle (my favorite) has an abundance of vegan eats. Everything from Fritos, Oreos, and Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos to Nutter Butters and some Teddy Grahams are vegan. For something a little less processed, salted cashews are the best. And don't forget to grab a Spicy Hot V-8 from the beverage aisle for good measure.
Killer Cereal
Of course, you can't forget about the cereal aisle. Trix, Corn Chex, Rice Krispies, and Life are all vegan, plus many natural cereals. Unfrosted Pop-Tarts, Quaker Instant Oatmeal, or even Fruit-by-the-Foot will also help ward off your munchies.
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In the frozen section, you can find everything from vegan sorbet to puff pastries. I'm going straight towards the SuperPretzels, Ore-Ida Tater Tots, and Edy's Whole Fruit Bars. And don't forget your frozen veggies stir-frys and frozen fruit for your smoothies!
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Local grocers are your friend because they want your business rather than depending on corporate cash. When you visit, make sure you fill out a customer feedback card and request vegan items. Better yet, have all of your friends put in requests! National grocery chains have their perks too. One example is Kroger. While vacationing in Columbus, OH, I noticed Kroger has its own line of products and some happen to be vegan—let's just say my week in Columbus was full of bagels. Wegmans has a vegetarian guide on its website with a mention of veganism, and even Walmart and Target have jumped on the vegan diet trend with tons of products at low prices. Your store inventory may vary, but most will have soymilk, organic veggies, tofu, cereal, and more. As most towns have a Walmart or Target, this is a great equalizer! Even warehouse stores have jumped on the bandwagon. Costco sells some of the most popular vegan products in bulk—imagine buying Field Roast sausages or Gardein tenders by the boatload, or even vegan staples such as frozen vegetables, nuts, canned beans, or my favorite, frozen quinoa. Big-box stores are a great place to stock up in large quantities to save time and money.
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Type | Bronze Quest |
Preceding | ?? |
Succeeding | None |
Start | Orchard Farm |
End | Orchard Farm |
Reward | 500 Gold & 200 Renown |
Trophies | None |
Boasts | 0 |
Ghost Granny Necklace is a quest in Fable and Fable: The Lost Chapters.
Help the ghost of an old woman get her heirloom back and return it to her family.
Sometime after either attacking or defending Orchard Farm, if you should come back the owners will tell you about a ghost that's been hanging around. It's his mother who died a violent death at the hands of bandits. She wants you to avenge her and retrieve the heirloom. The bandit is at Greatwood Lake. After killing him just take the necklace back for your reward.
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Williamson County history dates back hundreds of years. Explore the many towns that feature historical monuments and museums throughout the county. To enhance your historical experience the Williamson County Historical Society offers tours of the Williamson County Historical Museum; after completing the tour you can explore the on-site research library.
Carterville Heritage Museum
139 South Division Street Carterville, IL 62918 Phone: 618-985-2252 |
Opened in June 2011, the Carterville Heritage Museum is a beautifully renovated building showcasing architectural detail of former 1924 high school, hundreds of photo and memorabilia. It also serves as a gift shop, offering nostalgic, custom designed t-shirts, retro candy, gift baskets, a few antiques, and popular hand-made cards made by community volunteers. It features books on the Tri-C community for sale, including Carterville, Cambria, & Crainville: A Look Back At Our Towns and SIU's A Weekend In Carterville, Cambria, & Crainville.
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139 South Division Street Carterville, IL 62918 Phone: 618-985-2252 |
The memorial is located next to the heritage museum downtown. This memorial features plaques citing the names of WWI and WWII veterans on one side and other wars featured on the opposite side. In a fitting tribute the Veterans Memorial in downtown Carterville was dedicated on 11-11-11, Veterans Day.
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In the late eighteen hundreds there were several mines in the locale that accounted for the livelihood of the residents. There were many thriving communities that were totally dependent on the mines. Now there is a Memorial to honor all miners. The monument depicts a miner returning home, being greeted by his small son, after a day in the pits. Dedicated on October 14th 2000, the Coal Miners Memorial is a tribute to all Southern Illinois coal miners of the past century. The inscription at the base of the statue reads, "In memory of coal miners who gave so much that future generations may benefit with a better life... More »
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Park Avenue & Adams Street Herrin, IL 62948 Phone: 618-942-3175 |
A World War I memorial stature, "The Spirit of The American Dough Boy" was dedicated on September 6, 1927 following its acquisition through a project sponsored jointly by the local American Legion and VFW Posts. The solider is forever immortalized in statue form, the solider is seen is his war apparel and stance. The Dough Boy is a symbol of freedom and remembrance of those who fought for our land. The Dough Boy sits in the heart of Herrin on Park Avenue Street after multiple relocations... More »
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Harrison/Bruce Historical Village at John A. Logan College
700 Logan College Road Carterville, IL 62918 Phone: 618-985-3741 |
The Robert L. Mees Village Centre serves as the hub of the Harrison/Bruce Historical Village by providing a venue for College and community events. Historical buildings include: The Purdy School, a one-room public school in Perry County, IL from 1860-1951. The Julia Harrison Bruce House, a replica of the house the house that was built in 1868 by David Ruffin Harrison. The Harrison Storefront, this "double dog trot" style log cabin is a replica of the cabin the David Ruffin Harrison family occupied prior to the construction of the brick, "Harrison House"... More »
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120 North 13th Street Herrin, IL 62948 Phone: 618-942-6109 |
Herrin City Library is your community connection to print, video, audio, and online information around the world. Featuring the Herrin History Room, a growing collection of archival information about the City of Herrin and the Williamson County area. We also have some genealogical information about Herrin families. We have city directories and yearbooks for the Herrin Schools. We do have a large collection of Herrin newspapers on microfilm from the 1800s to about 1945.
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Around 1981 Branca started writing symphonies for six to 12 guitars. Chatham moved to Paris in 1987, where he wrote a piece for 100 electric guitars, An Angel Moves Too Fast to See, which premiered in Lille in 1989. He followed this with two more symphonies for 100 guitars, and none of the three have yet been played in New York. Branca planned out a giant symphony for 2000 guitars, intended to be performed in Pariswhere Chatham livesin 2000. The plans fell through, for reasons easy to imagine; as consolation, he performed his Symphony No. 13, titled Hallucination City, in New York, Chatham's hometown, on June 13, withnaturally100 electric guitars. Chatham is scheduled to have An Angel Moves Too Fast to See performed in New York in 2002.
I'm not saying there's any massive sibling rivalry going on here, or music history's loudest case of one-upmanship. I'm just giving you the facts, and you can draw your own conclusions.
So, for the record, Hallucination City the opening concert of the summer "Evening Stars" series at World Trade Center Plazawasn't the first time I've heard 100 electric guitars live. Structurally, it was perhaps Branca's most impressive work ever, filling out 62 minutes with no movement breaks. It started out purely consonant, repeating simple rising motives that changed notes with every eighth beat of Wharton Tiers's energetic but powerfully controlled drumming. Occasional bursts of buzzing tremolos added drama, cued by the subconductors spread throughout the ensemble. (Watching them gave you hints about the structure; for instance, for a while bassist Virgil Moorefield was cueing a new blast every 40 beats.) Starting at a deafening level, the work got louder almost throughout, andafter a stasis of a few minutes that could have signaled an endingsuddenly burst into tensely rising chromatic scales.
Branca's has always played Bruckner to Chatham's Mendelssohn (Bruckner being an acknowledged favorite composer of Branca's). While Chatham uses short movements with complex rhythms and a lot of surface detail, Branca has the patience to let you think for several minutes at a stretch that nothing is happening except the ongoing barrage of sound. Meanwhile, he's screwing up the tension by unnoticeable increments, and when the climax arrives, it raises the hair on your neck. Hallucination City did that in several stages, moving from extreme consonance to extreme dissonance, spilling its wad on an anguished minor ninth, resolving to clean chords again, then quieting to a balalaika-like buzz, and accelerating frantically for a final apotheosis. It seemed to me that the harmonies in the second half were of less interest, but that might be only because by that point those little hairs on my inner ear that register pitch were so flattened down that they quit trying to rise to the occasion. Reviewing music this loud is like trying to write art criticism with your nose pressed up against one of Monet's Water Lilies.
At its unprecedented one-movement length, Branca's 13th seemed a culmination of his other works, the consonance of the Sixth blended with the atonality of the Eighth, for example. Did the work justify its use of 100 guitars? I've certainly heard him achieve sonic effects as impressive with nine guitars, and there was clearly a lot of simple unison playing. I'm curious about whether the piece's aura was still audible up at Washington Square Park, but didn't want to leave to find out. What was surely unprecedented was that, two-thirds of the way through, Branca became the first composer in historysomeone correct me if they can cite an earlier exampleto light up a cig while publicly conducting one of his symphonies. Even Chatham's never done that before.


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Filature is a lace shawl, knit in one piece from the center-top outward. With both charts and written instructions, knitters will be able to choose their most comfortable way to follow the pattern. It can be easily customized by changing the number of repeats of charts 2 and/or 3 as it is knit.
It was designed to show off handspun yarn but will be perfect with any worsted weight yarn that you would like to use. It also looks wonderful in both semi-solids and variegates.
Kim and Sharon from the Spin a Shawl group asked me to design a shawl for their Designer series S-KAL. I really love how awesome handspun looks knit up and I wanted to let the yarn shine so I went with a simple rib and lace pattern to showcase the pretty yarn. I hope that the group has fun spinning and knitting this shawl together!!
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Read more...Just a quick photo-update from the V&A. Thanks to everyone who came along! R
Read more...There's a bike themed Friday Night Late this Friday (29th) at the Victoria & Albert Museum. (http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/f/friday-late/) I'm doing a bit of a guerrilla instillation throughout the museum with a map for hunting the pieces down! Take pictures of them on your smartphone and win some medals! There should be a great selection of bike-culture with film screenings, magazine stands and probably more fixies than you can shake a hipster at. The treasure map is being worked up by the wonderful Ms Mireia Corcoles (http://miredondemire.com/)
Read more...Whilst I was up North this site was very flatteringly featured in The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2012/dec/16/taxidermy-for-bicycles And the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2253295/Forget-antlers---old-bike-wall-Trend-Bicycle-Taxidermy-steps-gear.html My Dad also saw his originals mounted for the first time:
Read more...Specialized - Diamondback [1994-2012] 'The Highland beast, put out to pasture on London fields'
Read more...Hetchins - Vade Mecum [1972-1984] 'The Yorkshire moors shall she forever roam'
Read more...A Trio of Beasts were used in the Hiru Dance's production of The Public House at Elephant and Castle Shopping Mall! (Dancer: Mira Kautto) ------------------------------- 09/07/2012 - 14/07/2012 Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre, London A contemporary dance performance by Hiru (http://www.hirudance.org/) Set Design and Photography by Wignal & Moore (http://www.wignallandmoore.com/; http://www.jameswignall.com/)
Read more...A couple of the incredible halls and ballrooms of the Cairngorms, Scotland - Glen Tanar Ballroom - Mar Lodge
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