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A Day In the Life Of: A CIC Controller
Son, I understand how it feels to be stuck back behind the lines, watching everyone you know going out without you. Having to sit around, playing all those possibly tragic events your friends might be going through in your head. So Im offering you a chance to do something for them, something to keep you sane. Something even I wouldnt have the patience or skill to do. Its going to be hard, I wont lie, but I know only one other person Id trust to direct my men from the CIC and shes already there. Think about it. Victor Hoffman, offering Donneld Matheison the job of CIC Controller after his injuries.
Beep, beep, beep, beep.
Lieutenant Donneld Matheison opened his eyes sluggishly, reaching out blindly to hit the alarm ringing so close to his ear. While his conscious mind was struggling to clean the cobwebs away, his body reacted with the precision of countless days of doing the same thing. He swung his legs over from under his one sheet, a luxury these days, and rubbed his gummy eyes. With a yawn to accompany them, his eyes blearily broke through the crusty film and stared down at what remained of his body.
Oh, yeah, Matheison thought, as he had so many times before. Where his lower legs had been before, only two stumps remained, cut just below the knee. The loss was something he had gotten over, but it still pained him to think he couldnt go back into combat alongside the friends that risked their lives daily - which was why he had taken the job Hoffman had offered him three years ago.
Lifting himself off the bed with his heavily muscled arms, Matheison maneuvered himself into the wheelchair that crouched by his cot, its wheels scuffed and dented from the use its owner put it through. He grunted as he fell into it, pushing himself back until he was sitting straight. Grasping both wheels in his hands, he pushed forward toward the stand where his clothes lay, freshly washed and folded. Hed have to thank Anya for that later the woman was thoughtful, even though she was probably as tired and busy as he was, if not more so.
As soon as he had dressed, he grabbed the headpiece and fitted it over his head, pressing a button on the side to activate it. Static washed in his ears as it initiated itself, the headset almost three years old now. Privately, Matheison was surprised it even still functioned, but there was nothing but the best for the COG.
Lieutenant Matheison? a thin, reedy voice asked in his ears as soon as the static faded away. It was one of his assistants, Walter, sounding more eager than anyone in this war had a right to. Still, the man had never seen combat outside of a computer screen, so Matheison didnt blame him.
Yeah? Matheison replied as he stifled a yawn, opening his door and pushing himself into the hallway. The wheels squeaked as he turned and rolled down the hall.
Oh, good, youre awake. Prescotts looking for you.
Did he say why? Matheison asked suspiciously, his eyes narrowing at the thought of the politician. Being the target of the mans interest was never good for a soldier, so Hoffman had said many a time.
Uh. No, sir, the man returned, drawing out the 'n' in 'no' as if he were thinking hard.
Wonderful. Where is he?
In his office, sir.
On my way, Matheison grunted, cutting off the connection and turning a corner. Prescotts office was a floor up, so hed have to take the elevator. As he waited by the lift for one of the doors to open, he sighed, looking down at his hands. Instead of the heavy callous he had built up during his many years out in the field, they were starting to look like Walters smooth palms, aside from the scars. Hed tried to keep his hands rough by lifting weights while he was off duty, but it didnt seem to help.
A ding and the sound of the closest elevator opening drew him out of his thoughts. Moving himself inside, he pressed one of the buttons, hoping the lift wouldnt crap out again and leave him stranded in a hot room for hours. That had sucked, though the following rescue was arguably worse; theyd eventually had to grab Damon Baird to fix it. The superior, acidic smile the blond man had worn had grated on Matheisons nerves.
As soon as the doors opened again, he pushed his wheelchair out and turned down another, dull hallway that looked as if someone had transplanted the one below up one floor. There was a certain comfortable monotony about the whole complex, even though it drove Matheison to distraction sometimes.
A few minutes later, he reached his goal, knocking on the heavy, wooden door that led into the office of one Richard Prescott; Chairman of the Coalition of Organized Governments. Not that the title held much significance anymore, what with the city of Jacinto being the last organized resistance against the Locust.
Come in, come in, an impatient voice sounded from behind the door. Matheison obliged, opening the door and wheeling himself inside. A single, tiny window on the top of the far wall let in the last rays of daylight, the light sprawling over the cluttered desk in front of him. A clock ticked in the silence only broken by the door shutting.
You wanted to see me, sir? Matheison asked with a neutral tone, his eyes begging to roll in their sockets. Even so, he kept himself under control.
Yes, yes, the balding, bearded Chairman said, steepling his fingers. I want you to send a team on a mission, Lieutenant. A special mission.
And you couldnt ask me over the radio because... Matheison thought inwardly. Instead, he replied, Would I be right in assuming you called me in here because this mission requires my personal attention, sir?
Very astute, Lieutenant, the man replied, his face a mask. Ive recently received some information on a facility being overrun by a group of deserters. I do not know how they found it, but the fact remains that they did.
What kind of facility is it, sir?
The Lethia Imulsion Facility is an important processing plant that has direct access through Locust tunnels to fuel vital to the war effort. I cant tell you how much this factory means to the COG, Lieutenant.
Matheison digested that bit of information, somewhat angry that the man had kept the knowledge of the facilitys existence from him. They could have kept a team on standby to repel any attempts at a take over if they had known. Still, it was water under the bridge now - what remained was a problem that needed fixing.
Any particular team you have in mind, or shall I pick myself?
The Colonel has been informed of the situation and spoke highly of your abilities to handle this, Prescott replied, pausing for a moment as if weighing the decision. I will leave the details in your capable hands, Lieutenant.
Saluting, Matheison turned his wheelchair around and excused himself. Blowing out a long breath, he ran his hands through his hair and closed his eyes. Reaching up to his headset, he pressed a button.
Walter, this is Matheison. I need a list of all available Gear teams in the barracks.
Yes sir, came the eager response. Right away, sir.
Nodding with satisfaction, Matheison rolled down the hall and back to the elevators. A few minutes later, he was back on the ground floor and heading toward the Combat Information Center. With his mind fully alert and awake, Matheison realized he was sweating the air conditioner had to be going wonky again. That meant hed have to call Baird. Again.
Walters voice broke into his thoughts, thankfully, at that moment.
Sir, there are three teams undeployed at the moment. Echo Three, Bravo Two, and Sigma Five.
Matheison mulled the choices over in his head, rubbing his temples as he came to a stop in front of the CICs doors. Sigma had just lost one member of their team on the last run, so they were out. That left Bravo Two and Echo Three. Chewing on his lip, he pulled out a notebook and turned to the page Bravo Two was on, the teams names listed in a neat row.
Corporal Michael Tarvin
Private Rodrigo Estevez
Private Benson Ben Rister
Sergeant William Banner
Notes Matheison had made in the margins cluttered up the page, citing behavior problems and unnecessary violence in the team, courtesy of Sergeant Banner. The rest of Bravo Two seemed to follow the mans lead with a recklessness tempered only by their success ratio. Seven completed missions in the last month alone, though damaged property seemed to follow in their wake, from APCs to structural damage to Stranded communities. Matheison paged to the other team, Echo Three, staring at the names there.
Corporal Syval Marov
Private Tyler Fais
Corporal Ven Salora
Sergeant Joseph Nyvar
While they didnt have as many completed missions as Bravo Two, having only three in the last month, Echo Three seemed to be a tad more subtle. No losses of any kind stained their record, machine or otherwise. They were excellent at defusing situations and seemed to get along with Stranded well enough. Matheison amended that when he saw the note by Marovs name; Daughter killed by Stranded Gang, Blood Stream. However, another note scribbled on the margins next to the teams name decided it.
Participated in top secret conflict in Nemaria. Suspected first contact with Locust.
They knew how to get the job done and could keep a secret. Perfect, Matheison thought. He reached up and initiated his connection with Walter again.
Tell Echo Three to see me in the CIC in five minutes.
Right away, sir! Walter replied, cutting the circuit. Matheison smiled humorlessly, somewhat bemused as he backed into the heavy, push-in doors. They opened with a clacking sound, almost masked by the noise emanating from inside. Aids ran around finishing their last bits of work before they clocked off for the day. A pale, blonde head struck out vividly against the gray walls and carpeted floor.
He rolled to the woman, tapping her on the shoulder as he drew close enough. The woman jumped, turning around and gracing him with a small frown on her lips. Matheison privately wondered at the womans beauty, similar to her mothers angled features.
Its time already? she asked, stifling a yawn and scratching her head as she took the headset off.
Yup. Shifts over, Anya. You look like you could use the rest.
It has been a busy day, the woman agreed, stretching her arms in the air and her shapely legs out. Once she had worked the kinks out of her spine from sitting in the chair all day, Anya stood up. Her heels clicked against the floor where the carpets separated, her unassuming gray skirt and shirt accentuating her curves. It took a minute for Matheison to recover from it all.
Yeah. And Ive got a long, busy night ahead of me, Matheison replied, crossing his arms. Thanks, by the way. For the clothes.
Anya looked at him uncomprehendingly for a moment before she got it, her face lighting up into a smile. If Matheison still had legs, they would be jelly at the moment.
Its no problem, Donneld. It gives me something to do when-.
When youre supposed to be sleeping? Matheison cut her off, smirking at the woman. Anya smiled and shrugged sheepishly.
Yeah. Anyway, good night, Donneld, Anya said, walking away. Matheison stared at her as she walked away, turning to the desk she had vacated as soon as she exited the room. Maybe hed ask her out for a cup of coffee when he got off work. With a grunt, he grasped the chair Anya had forgotten to move aside and set it against the holographic table behind him. Wiring his headset into the computer in front of him, Matheison set to work at seeing which teams hed have the pleasure of tasking tonight.
Another clack-bang sounded behind him a few minutes later. He saw the immense forms of two Gears in the reflection of his screens and twirled himself around.
Gentlemen, he started, looking up at them. They had their arms to their foreheads, staring blankly ahead; Matheison recognized the stare, having been on the other end of it more than a few times.
Hoffmans asked me to task your team with a mission. Were out of Gear teams at the moment, and youve had a couple days rest, he continued, leaving out the fact that it had been Prescott who had technically asked. Realizing they were still saluting, he quickly returned it, eager to get back to the task at hand.
Were ready to go, sir. Bartch was going to have us train the recruits, but we can always do that some other day. Whats the mission? Sergeant Nyvar asked, his eyes lighting up. Matheison decided he would be frank with them.
Prescott, Matheison said disgustedly, recently divulged some new information about an Imulsion plant right on the outskirts of Ephyra. Apparently, the plant has been reclaimed by a group of Gears who decided the COG wasnt their cup of tea. Theyre cranking out fuel at a steady rate and we want the facility before the Locust find out it's working and overrun the place.
Matheison wheeled over and pressed a button on the terminal beside him, accessing the schematics of the facility that Prescott had been so kind to provide. He pointed at one of the rooms somewhat in the center of the schematic.
This is where youll be headed, the control room. Your goal is to arrest the ex-soldiers who are running the place and, if worst comes to worst, defend it from any Locust incursions. Make no mistake, gentlemen, this facility is a dire need by the COG, so dont blow anything up we might need to use later. Questions?
Guess we cant take the Centaur I just fixed, then? the other Gear asked, his salt and pepper mustache moving with his lips. Oil and grease stains covered the mans fatigues, lending credence to the statement. Matheison thought for a moment, then decided secrecy was better than firepower.
No, take an APC. Ill be monitoring your progress from here via your bot, Sparks. Dismissed.
Yes sir, the replied, saluting again and turning on their heels. Matheison heard them talking over their orders before the door shutting cut them off. He was confident he had made the right choice in teams. Now, he had to get back to the drudgery of tasking seven other Gear teams at once.
Control, a rough voice grated out over his speakers, as if summoned by his thoughts. This is Gamma Four. We ran into a bit of trouble with the Jacinto architecture. Mind leading us out?
One moment, Gamma Four, Matheison returned, looking to the screen the team was on. Their JACK bot was transmitting a feed of dust and grime covered Gears, their faces unhappy at the prospect of being stuck in a failing infrastructure. A quick look at the three dimensional map later, Matheison continued. Move forward fifty meters and turn right. Use your Lancers to cut through the wall and then turn right down the hallway at the first intersection. You should be able to find your way out from there.
Much obliged, Control. Well radio if we have any trouble. Gamma Four, out.
Roger that, Matheison replied, cutting the circuit. The screen next to Gamma Fours showed another squad pinned under a barrage of fire from a Locust war party. Adrenaline flowed through his veins as he pictured the sounds, sights, and smells - echoing explosions and rifle fire, blood misting the air as a grub fell to the earth. The stomach churning stench of fear. He initiated the circuit, watching with trepidation as the sun slowly started sinking below the horizon. The Kryll would be out soon.
Sigma Two, this is Control. You look like you could use some help.
Matheison? Wheres Anya? Weve been trying to get a hold of her channel for the last ten minutes! the voice came over the headset, accompanied by the sound of a grenade going off. Justin! Left side!
Id ask you to check your watch, Corporal, Matheison replied hurriedly, but it looks like you dont have the time. A pair of Boomers are converging on your location. Recommend retreating to higher ground. Roofs would be optimal - the lights should protect you from the Kryll.
Ah, hell. Justin, weve got Boomers incoming! See if you can take em out with the Longshot! the Corporal said instead of replying. With the mans orders being carried out, the Corporal returned to the radio. Any suggestions on how to get to the friggin higher ground, Control? Were pinned between the Locust and a hard place. And I kind of dont want to be either Kryll or Grub food tonight.
Matheison turned to the map behind him, trying to figure out a solution to the situation. A blue facsimile of a Raven glowed on the display near the teams location. He checked the serial number, switching to the birds frequency.
KR-Eight Zero, this is Control. Copy?
Roger that, Control. Got some shop for us? the pilot, Gill Gettner, replied fiercely. Matheison could almost picture the feral smile on the womans face.
Affirmative. Head to grid zero-three-eighty. Sigma Twos in a bit of a pinch and theyd probably appreciate the help.
Tell em Im on my way, Control. Time to fry some damn uglies.
Matheison didnt bother wasting time to reply, instead switching back to Sigma Twos channel.
Corporal, youve got a KR on the way. She should be able to give your team some cover while you get to the roofs. ETAs less than a minute. Hold out until then.
Well friggin try, Control, but I cant make any promises. Those Boomers are making our lives hell, the man yelled over the mic. Sigma Two, out.
The next few hours were filled with much the same, Matheison quickly and efficiently tasking the COG forces against the Locust. The tension of making decisions that could either cost or save lives was starting to wear on him. An assistant deposited a cup of coffee by his hand during a moment where he was free, so he grabbed it and chugged it down, ignoring the intense pain the scalding hot coffee yielded. However, the combination of caffeine and agony of scarfing it down served to keep him awake and alert.
Matheison, a voice said from behind him, causing him to drop his cup as he jumped. The porcelain thudded against the carpet, thankfully empty and not shattering into a million pieces. He turned his chair around to see a grim, short man standing behind him with a green cap covering his balding head. Hoffman.
Sorry, sir, Matheison apologized, reaching down to grab the cup and restore it to its previous position. The Colonel shook his head in understanding.
Its fine, son, the gravelly voiced man replied, putting his hands behind his back as he stared at the screen. Doing a damn fine job with my men. Just came down to check how youre doing.
Matheison nodded, removing one of the headsets earpieces from his ears out of deference to the man that allowed him to continue serving. There wasnt much he could do right now, anyway.
Fine, sir, he spoke, pausing as he thought of at least twelve different adjectives to describe how not fine he really was doing. He had a feeling Hoffman knew, judging from the slight deepening of the frown on the mans lips. Just frustrating not being out there myself.
Victor seemed to accept the change of subject, grabbing the chair Matheison had moved earlier and sitting down on it backwards. Matheison raised an eyebrow, glancing over at the assistants dancing around the room, trying not to look at their leader.
They need to see me relaxed, Donneld. Good for morale and all that jacksh*t, Hoffman muttered the last. Whatd you think about Prescotts little secret?
Typical, Matheison uttered before he thought about it. Uhm, I mean, it was-. Hoffman raised a hand, forestalling his excuses.
I get it, the man said, the frown lightening up into a grimace. Saw you chose Echo squad. Any particular reason?
Theyre more subtle than some of our other teams, sir, Matheison replied, thinking back to the note. Experienced in stealth missions back in the Pendulum wars, as well as the situation in Nemaria-.
Which is supposed to be top secret, Lieutenant, Victor scoffed, bringing up a hand to stifle a yawn. But youre right. Good choice.
Matheison inclined his head at the praise. He was beginning to feel relaxed again.
A beep from the console beside him robbed him of that feeling. He looked over to it, seeing the signal from Echo Threes bot being surrounded by many red dots - Locust forces. There were little blotches of static extremely close to the teams position as well, similar to the interference a Seeder put out, though smaller. Hoffman noticed it too, waving for Matheison to alert the team. The cripple raised his hand to his ear, returned the headset to its rightful position and opened a circuit.
Sergeant, he said after watching Nyvar turn around in surprise. You need to move, now. Satellites have detected a sizable force of Locust heading your way. He swiveled the bots camera to look out through the back of the APC. Also, theres some kind of interference where you are on the logistics map. Its nowhere near what a Seeder would put out, but its enough to make me worry.
Yes, sir. Ven and Marov just went out and looked arou-. The man cut off as the sound of gunfire rang over the channel. Ty, shine the guns light on Sys location, now!
Then the circuit cut off, leaving Matheison with nothing but static washed feed through the camera. He tried to get the sound to return, pressing buttons and switching channels. Nothing worked.
What happened? Hoffmans concerned voice came from behind him.
I dont know. The sound just suddenly cut off! He tried raising them on another channel, piggybacking off a Raven in the area. Echo Three? This is Control. Sergeant Nyvar, please respond!
Matheison gave up on the sound, instead looking at the screen to take stock of the situation. Two other soldiers, a big mountain of a man and the mustachioed man from earlier ran into the vehicle, turning around and shooting into the night. Matheison idly wondered why there were no Kryll. Then the video feed went off, too. The dot on the logistics map showing the teams location winked off.
Static washed over the screen and Matheisons headset. He frantically flipped more switches and tried to figure out what was wrong with the feed. Minutes flew by as he tried to get the team back on, dread threading its way down his back.
Donneld, Hoffman said after awhile. When Matheison didnt respond, still trying to raise the team, the Colonel gripped his shoulder. Matheison slumped in his wheelchair and closed his eyes. He brought his hands to his face, sliding them down until they covered just his mouth.
You did everything you could, Lieutenant, Victor continued, squeezing Matheisons shoulder again.
The bot mustve taken a shot, Matheison said dully, not really believing himself. The anguish at seeing a squad go out of commission was finally hitting him. He went back to work, trying to use the satellites to locate the team. Unfortunately, there were none over the area the team had disappeared.
Satellites should be back around in the morning. Six hours from now, Hoffman stated, letting his hand drop from Matheisons shoulder. Nothing we can do til then. When Matheison didnt respond, Victor blew out an audible breath. You need a break. Ill call Anya and-.
No, Matheison said, shaking himself out of the funk. No, Ill stay. I cant let her work my shift, too.
Alright, Hoffman grunted. You find out anything about Echo Three, you let me know, alright?
Yes, sir.
Hoffmans boots tapped away, leaving Matheison to his miserable, stinking job. Being a CIC Controller really, really sucked.


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Out on the ice: The ice fishing cultureThere are several ice fishing shantytowns spread out around the Cedar Lake most days. When they are on the ice, anglers can be found inside and outside trying their luck.
By: By Tom Lindfors, New Richmond News
There are several ice fishing shantytowns spread out around the Cedar Lake most days. When they are on the ice, anglers can be found inside and outside trying their luck.
A whipping wind is a frequent part of ice fishing, so anglers either dress properly or bring a shanty.
Nathan Maier and his dad, Larry, are of the former type — hardy, no shanty. They've been out since 7:30 a.m. Nathan wears a black Frabill snowmobile-type suit topped off by a green and gold knit Packers hat, no gloves and a good pair of snow-encrusted boots. Larry's attired in multiple layers of shirts and sweatshirts covered by a fleece lined coat, jeans, a pair of snow-encrusted boots, hands in pockets, no gloves. Nathan lives in New Richmond and his dad picked him up on his way in from Thorp.
The first question is obvious. "Why do you do it, sit out here on a five gallon plastic bucket, in the teeth of a ripping north wind, staring into a tiny eight-inch hole cut through the ice for hours on end?"
Nathan doesn't hesitate with his answer.
"I just like being outdoors in the winter," he said. "There's nothing better than the crisp air in the morning. Get out on the lake, nice fresh snow cover. There's just nothing like it."
Nathan is surrounded by what appears to be equipment essential to the ice fishing experience.
"Depending on what you are fishing for, all you really need is a jig pole for crappies and bluegills," Nathan said. "We've also got some tip-ups out. If some walleyes or northerns come around we'll catch those too. Got shiners on those."
As he sits on his orange bucket, Nathan keeps one eye on his Vexilar sonar wrapped in its all-weather hood and resting just a foot from the hole.
"It shows you if there are any fish down there," he said. "What it doesn't tell you is if they are going to bite or how they're going to bite."
Nathan explained that they picked this spot because they've had luck here before, although on this particular day they've caught just single crappie. Then right on cue, there's a bite and Larry gently grabs the line to feel for the fish. He sets the hook and a minute later a small walleye is pulled through the hole.
Nathan and his dad agree, as a general rule of thumb, more fish are caught early and late in the day. In the middle of the day, "That's when you pull out the grill and grill your brats. It's always nice to have a hot meal."
Smoke is pouring out of the open door of Jarod Lockwood's custom shanty while his partner, Chris Kupczak, tinkers with the metal chimney elbowing up out of the back of the converted pop-up camper.
Lockwood, from Somerset, says he's been fishing since he was a kid, "It's something to do in the winter. It's fishing."
All of the various shantytowns have their own distinctive character consisting of a wide variety of shanties ranging from the lowly particle board box to brilliantly colored pop-up tents, to smartly sided aluminum tool sheds with sliding windows and satellite dishes.
"We made it out of an old pop-up camper," Lockwood explains. "We got it for free. I'm a construction worker; so most of the stuff that's on it is free, garbage leftover from job sites. A couple gallons of paint and she looks pretty good."
Inside through the smoke from the wood-burning stove, at least three holes are drilled through the faded linoleum floor providing access directly to the water from inside the shanty.
"We're sitting on some cribs, so there should be some decent crappies and sunnies down there," Lockwood said.
The fish crib project on Cedar Lake has proven to be a good thing, according to Lockwood.
"They are absolutely improving the fishing," he said. "Lot more places for the fish to live because there's really no structure around the lake."
At the red high-tech Eskimo tent, Ryan and Mallory Kunz of White Bear Lake, Minn. are fishing on Cedar Lake for the first time.
Ryan, a carpenter, and Mallory, a stay-at-home mom and graphic designer, bask in 50-degree warmth thanks to a propane heater.
"Home away from home," Mallory said.
"It's easy to get out," Ryan added. "You can bring the family and you don't need a boat. It takes about 30 seconds to set up, but a little longer in the wind."
Mallory, who grew up fishing, says, "We try to get out every weekend, but it's a little harder with two young kids (Jack, 3, and June, 5 months). We can never find a sitter."
Ryan heard through the fishing grapevine that fishing on Cedar Lake's been hot for ice fishing, so they thought they'd give it a try.
Between the ice fishing couple are a pile of additional poles each one set up differently to save time and enable flexibility to see what other options might work better.
"I never ice fished until I was older," Mallory said. "Addicting once you start catching fish. You start thinking about that hole. There's just something about setting up and being in one spot all day. It's kind of like our little getaway, a little cabin on the ice."
Asked if they'd gotten any good advice, Ryan said, "If anyone has good advice, they don't want to share it," he said. "That's fishing for you."
Dave Weyandt of West St. Paul, Minn. and Chase Dankers of New Brighton, Minn. are fishing nearby. They report that only a couple weeks ago you couldn't miss — the fishing was hot everywhere. Not so much today. They attribute it to the strange weather this season.
"The winter was so delayed coming in, the fish started in their early patterns only a few weeks ago," Weyandt speculated.
"You couldn't even drive safely on the ice until a week maybe 10 days ago," Dankers added. "It's definitely backwards this year. I don't think anybody knows what to expect at this point."
The quest for ice fishing understanding finally arrives at a shack with obvious family history. The head of this ice fishing clan prefers to remain anonymous and describes himself only as "The Fish Finder." He confirms his prowess proclaiming, "Women want me, fish fear me."
The two women in his party identified only as sister Alison and friend Kim confirm that fishing and beer drinking are the two main attractions to spending time on the ice and not necessarily in that order.
The Finder has to pause for a minute when asked about the biggest fish he's ever landed, obviously riffling through a number of potential candidates, and then he says; "a 22-inch small mouth caught just this past December on Secret Lake."
Inside the smartly appointed trailer are all the comforts of home including mandatory five gallon pails, propane heater, built-in set of drawers, flip down counter top for cards, assorted benches, radio, wall clock, insulated foam cup holders, overhead storage, propane lantern, fan and a marine battery sprouting a variety of wires leading to various outlets and appliances.
Like they say, it's fishing not catching for the most part. You can bet almost every person out there freezing their fannies off has had at least one glorious memorable moment in their fishing careers where it all came together, where they had the right bait in the right place at the right moment and fish were everywhere for the taking.
On the strength of that singular experience they fish season after season, year after year, with grandpas and dads, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, neighbors and best friends. Admittedly ice fishing may not be for everybody, but those who do embrace this mid-winter sport, seem sincerely hooked and would to a soul, fish or no fish, rather be out on the ice than anywhere else.

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The lawn of the Mbombela stadium in Nelspruit is at the center of debates before the last group match in Group D of the Afcon 2013.
If Togo that performed the field observation on Monday is not proud of the meadow, the next Tunisian opponents do not even hear evolve into the enclosure. According to the exclusive information obtained by the journalists of Africa Top Sports, the Tunisian staff sent a letter to CAF (Confederation of African Football) to move the place of the match. Reason, the impassable state of the lawn.
"This is a lawn that is not worthy of a match of this level," gave us a Tunisian journalist. We have technical players and the terrain will not allow them to show their talent. "
The controversy swells so since the first game of the competition in Group C in this place, impressive by architecture, but the condition of the lawn is weak.
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Bringing public Wi-Fi to small-town America
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During the past 18 months, MultiState Associates, a consulting firm for lobbyists, has compiled a database on more than 2,000 communities with populations of 60,000 or more interested in developing municipal broadband or wireless services. The database includes cities in the early stages of public broadband interest, not just those that have put out requests for proposals (RFPs) to companies.
Its data shows that while thousands of towns are interested in developing municipal networks, few vendors are willing to take on small projects.
"I think towns are putting out RFPs faster than the industry can respond. I mean, there are several thousand cities pursuing this; there are only so many vendors pursuing smaller cities," Mitch Gorsen, vice president at MultiState Associates, said in an interview..
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"There is no lack of vendors for responding to Chicago and Boston. But you drop to tier 2 and there is only resellers. Motorola will take an RFP from a place like Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., and they send it to their reseller in Florida and say, 'You go do this,'" Gorsen said.
EarthLink and AT&T in a panel at MuniWireless New England here on Tuesday said that population density is a factor when they consider taking on a project. As businesses, they want to see a return on their investment through things like subscription services or advertising revenue, depending on the business model.
"We've come out publicly about revising our strategy about the cities we'll go after," Cole Reinwald, vice president of product strategy and marketing for EarthLink Municipal Networks, said in the panel discussion.
"We should be looking at cities with densities of about 2,500 people per square mile. As tech costs drop, we'll be able to bring that number down," he said.
"I never say no to any deal, because I always believe there's a deal. But it's about a value-driven deployment that balances between the need of your city and the needs of our shareholders," said
The towns want a big company that will be there forever and take care of everything, but the vendors don't necessarily want them as clients, Gorsen said.
As a result, towns will have to figure out a way to build a broadband infrastructure on their own, according to Esme Vos, who founded MuniWireless in June 2003, an organization dedicated to municipal broadband. Vos maintains a blog on the status of public broadband projects around the world.
"I see it (public broadband) as a utility like water or electricity. I see it as the thing that carries a lot of other things. A road carries car traffic, motorcycle traffic, not just one type of car," Vos said. There are communities in the U.S. and Europe that small towns can look to for examples of how to do it, she said.
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In rural towns in the European Union, for example, they build a fiber ring and then attach WiMax antennas that send a signal to a town. From there, the signal is dropped down to users via Wi-Fi. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has also earmarked funds for communities interested in building municipal broadband networks, Vos said.
"What I see is that the people who are late in deploying are learning from people who have gone before. There are interesting projects that will be announced this summer that will not just concentrate on free Wi-Fi, but on municipal services," Vos said.
Using a public broadband infrastructure as a platform for city services is a way to save money. Aside from applications that can be used to cut down on city services costs, public safety uses can qualify a municipality for federal funds. There are grants available from Homeland Security and the Department of Justice for municipalities planning to use their broadband infrastructure to carry proprietary networks for police and first responders.
In other instances, a large corporation in a small town looking for a better broadband infrastructure may be willing to partner with the town so that its residents could also benefit.
That is the case with a large insurance company in a small Wisconsin town. Azulstar, a wireless broadband company, plans to make an announcement next week on a project to build a broadband infrastructure that will benefit both, but there's a reason they're willing to go there, said Yorke Rhodes, chief executive officer of Azulstar.
"There is a large insurance company that has committed to a tenant revenue, so we will go in," Rhodes said in a panel discussion at MuniWireless. Rhodes didn't identify either the company or the town.
"We wouldn't be in a small town in Wisconsin were it not for this insurance company that is looking to bring that to their community. That commitment can come from people in the municipality or businesses that are interesting in doing that for the town," he said.
Rhodes also said that municipalities that have done their homework are more welcome when it comes to discussing outsourcing for specific management or maintenance needs with relation to their broadband network.
"The more preparation that is done on the side of the customer, the better they will come to the table prepared, obviously, and we can have a meaningful conversation. We go through qualification steps. We don't like to say no out of the gate either," Rhodes said.
Can small towns make money from their broadband investment? Vos and Gorsen both said it's possible, but will take careful planning on the part of the town.
Gorsen pointed out that as taxes from landlines wane, towns may look to things like voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) as a way to make money from their broadband infrastructures. This could work either through taxes applied to VoIP services or through lease agreements for the infrastructure with providers.
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- Wireless broadband access
- Public Wi-Fi should not be tax-supported. Every taxpayer supporter service of this kind that I know of has failed. My favorite example is Ashland, Oregon, which ran its private providers out of town so the city could reap all the financial benefits they thought they'd get. It has turned into a huge money sink.
OTOH, my town of 30,000 has wireless broadband provided by a company that also owns the local family-owned newspaper. They have made wireless available for free in the downtown area.
We also have Verizon DSL service and Comcast Cable services competing for our business. There's a public fiber network that is still mostly unused - only government entities use it.
Why can't these other cities make it possible (via lower taxes and fewer regulations and more competition) for their local, private businesses to provide this service?
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- Public Wi-Fi
- I think as time goes on people will start to view Internet access as a utility like water or power so it's not out of line to make sure everybody has reasonably priced access. There are some good case studies here: http://www.muniwireless.com/article/articleview/13/1/24
I'm not saying they can be declared successful but they aren't failures, either. Public/private partnerships are a good thing.
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- Small Wisconsin Town
- I'm betting they're refrring to Stevens Point a town of around 25,000 almost dead center in the middle of Wisconsin. It's the home of Sentry/Dairyland Insurance.
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- Why WiFi
- Why just not to skip over WiFi and go directly to true mobility - 3G and 4G.
Networks soon coming in place and technology availible. Good examples are Europe where 3G is ramping up fast and Australia. Australia have a continent wide wireliss broadband today, operated by Telstra.
Feels like US is way behind, as on mobile phones in the 1990-2000.
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- KEEP 700 MHz public, don't sell to greedy carriers.
- The new found ability of wireless designers to incorporate beam forming inexpensively opens up a world of UNLIMITED BANDWIDTH.
Beams of wireless Internet do NOT interefere with each other any more than two beams of light.
The 700 MHz spectrum, which will be freed as the last analogue TV stations go off the air, has excellent propagation, and is being actively pursued by the cellular companies who want to OWN the spectrum.
The AIRWAVES BELONG TO THE PEOPLE, and if 700 is made a public space like 2.4 GHz, but with better specifications on radio design, small Internet operators will be able to interoperate with public safety and commercial carriers.
Call you congressman and ask them to pressure the FCC to halt all bandwidth auctions, especially at 700 MHz.
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Linux vendor Red Hat has been among the leaders of the KSM effort and has implemented the feature as part of its recent Fedora 12 community Linux release. Fedora 12 came out prior to the Linux 2.6.32 kernel release, so instead, Fedora's developers used KSM as a backport to the 2.6.31 kernel, which ships with Fedora 12.
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Launched "Don't Waste Your Money" consumer segment: 1999
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University of Vermont. And no, I did not major in Communications or TV, in case you were wondering. Shakespeare, actually.
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Being married, and being a Dad. It's the greatest thing.
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I'm still mad they closed the Caribou Coffee near me!
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I am one of the few people in the world who like both country music (Chesney, Keith, Aldean, etc), and the musical Les Miz. Find me one other person whose dream day would be seeing a matinee of Les Miz, followed by a Toby Keith concert.
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Fun facts you may not have known about zucchini…
- One zucchini has just 25 calories (compared to a baked potato, for example, which has 130 calories).
- The flower of the zucchini plant is also edible, I personally have never tried it. You never know… it may be just as good.
- A zucchini has more potassium than a banana.
- The word zucchini comes from 'zucca,' the Italian word for squash.
- Biggest is NOT best. The most flavorful zucchinis are small- to medium-sized.
The zucchini plant literally grows like a weed, making it found everywhere in vegetable gardens across America. For that reason, cooks all over the world have discovered ways to turn it into muffins, cakes, pancakes, and one of my favorites: baked zucchini sticks.
Baked zucchini sticks are one of my favorite appetizers to make when I have dinner guests over, regular every-night dinner with my family, and girls' nights. I have even made them for lunch get-togethers. They are perfect for any time of the day. The first time I made them, I felt like I had made enough to feed an army. Ha… I was wrong. They were eaten so fast that the next time I made them, I made twice as much and they still were gone before I even got to eat one. They are very addicting I guess that is not a bad thing.
My friends and family request that I make baked zucchini stinks for any family function or get together with our group of friends. What makes me happiest is that my daughter and husband love them! You can eat them fresh out of the oven, after they have a few minutes to cool, of course. You can eat them just the way they are, you can dip them in ranch, some dip them in thousand island dressing as well. However you choose to eat your zucchini sticks, I can guarantee your first time will not be your last!
This recipe serves 8, but when I make them for dinner parties I usually always at least double it up.
Ingredients to make your addictive baked zucchini sticks:
- 1 small egg
- ¼ cup parmesan cheese
- 1 package of shake & bake coating mix (not the whole box)
- 3 decently-sized zucchinis
- Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees
- Cut the zucchini crosswise in half, then cut each piece into ¼ inch sticks
- Add the Parmesan cheese to coating mix in shaker bag, shake gently to combine
- Whisk egg in a medium size bowl
- Add ¼ of the zucchini, parmesan cheese coating mix and egg, toss to coat
- Use tongs to place coated zucchini on a cooking spray coated baking sheet
- Repeat with remaining zucchini
- Bake for 12-13 minutes, rotating baking sheet after 7 minutes, until zucchini are golden brown, and evenly cooked.
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Washington State Cougars
- Washington State is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
- Washington State is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games
- Washington State is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington State's last 6 games on the road
UNLV Runnin' Rebels
- UNLV is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
- UNLV is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
- UNLV is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games at home
NCAA Football – Week 3
What could be a relatively ugly game kicks off on Friday night for NCAA football betting aficionados, as the UNLV Runnin' Rebels play host to the Washington State Cougars.
The Cougs just haven't gotten off to a good start to their season as of yet. They were beaten and beaten badly by the BYU Cougars on the first day of the season, and they turned around the next week and were nearly had by the FCS' Eastern Washington Eagles. The offense has just 30 points to show for its first two games, and Head Coach Mike Leach came back to his alma mater to average that per half in games against teams like EWU. Up in the air is the status of QB Jeff Tuel. He suffered a knee injury last week against the Eagles and was briefly replaced by QB Connor Halliday, who would be the man to presumably start if Tuel doesn't. Halliday has completed just 5-of-11 passing for 76 yards this year, though he did play well in relief in his freshman year when he threw for 960 yards and nine TDs against four picks in limited action.
Wazzu was nearly embarrassed by an FCS team. UNLV was embarrassed. The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks, who aren't even amongst the most talented second division collegiate teams in the nation as Eastern Washington is, came to Sam Boyd Stadium last week and knocked off the Rebels by a field goal in an ugly, defensive showdown. We're still seeking answers for this team offensively, as 351.5 yards and 20.5 points per game just aren't going to cut it. RB Tim Cornett seems to be about the only productive member of the offense, as he has 268 yards on the ground and a total of three TDs on the campaign. QB Nick Sherry is a gigantic disaster, though. He has thrown for just 355 yards and one TD versus three picks, and he has completed just 32-of-64 of his passes against two bad foes. The Rebels might not win a game this year if they don't win this one, and that's why Head Coach Bobby Hauck is in a whole heck of a lot of trouble after three years and now two games with just four wins for the program.
If Tuel doesn't play, we are really going to be at a loss for where the points are coming from in this game. Yes, the Washington State offense is going to put some points on the board, just due to the high octane nature of the scheme. Still, this is a really tough one to handicap from the start, and it is going to be a game that few are riveted over at their televisions. We just hope for a good game, but we doubt that we are going to be able to see it. Washington State 18 – UNLV 14
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Considering the fact that the basic principles behind sterilization were understood in the 19th century, we are long overdue for a technological revolution that will make it available everywhere, starting with portable, power-free sterilization. Safe basic surgery is not a luxury, it is care that virtually every human being will need at some point in their lives.
Throughout the street markets in Port-au-Prince, a growing corps of entrepreneurs – mostly women – is helping the fuel-efficient stove market take root, showing how empowered local businesses, even in the poorest and most difficult-to-navigate environments, can create sustainable enterprises that employ and train local workers.
Pope Francis touched a nerve with the encyclical that he issued Thursday. More importantly, he shined a light on economic inequality. And, as one of the world's most powerful people, it's an incredibly bright spotlight.
Health care products generated through a holistic process that starts with good product development, and incorporates public health and commercialization perspectives throughout the process, are more likely to meet the needs of the intended user groups and other key stakeholders.
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The pilot program is connecting EV systems and renewable energy production to the cloud to help drivers recharging their vehicles when clean energy is available.
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PES 2010 for Wii due this Autumn
Konami has announced that the Wii version of Pro Evolution Soccer (better known as PES) 2010 will be released this autumn, shortly after the other consoles.
PES 2010 adds a game balance system for both attacking and defence that reduces the stamina available to players with the ball. Overuse of sprint and tackling will drain a player's energy and stop them making unbeatable runs.
There's also a new free kick system, where kicks are viewed from the player's perspective, allowing them to add pace and swerve. You'll also be able to move your keeper earlier when defending against a computer player.
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This merge request includes a new GLSL backend, which can be used to replace the current ARB2 backend. Should come in handy for many mod teams due to id software not including the actual shader files themeselves in the source archive.
Right now, only the interaction, ambient interaction, and stencil shadow shaders have been rewritten to GLSL. It's definatly not 100% equivalent, since I am not using the normalization cubemap or the specular lookup table, but should be around the same speed wise (if not faster in some areas) and look a lot better.
The heathaze, glass, and environment shaders still need to be done.
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A very, very quick Gallery Night & Day recap
My Gallery Night started at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, where my friend Kim Tondryk and I were looking forward to seeing an exhibit rooted in the idea of cultural exchange between Milwaukee and Los Angeles. The description of the show was enticing but not entirely clear, so I wasn't sure what to expect.
As we were arriving, we ran into Amy Decker, a local designer and the founder of AIGA Wisconsin. I was anxious to hear her thoughts, since Amy lived in the heart of LA's creative community for about 16 years, but is from here and has been back in Milwaukee for several years.
She was just leaving the show and confessed that she didn't really connect to it. She was hoping for more of a story, a sense of the distinctions between the two locales. She was not alone in her reaction. Since the show is in some ways about dialogue, I thought, well, why not have a little right here, right now. So we walked through the show together, and I asked Amy to share her misgivings with the show's curator, Sara Daleiden (image, left).
Next up, we went to Cramer-Krasselt, a design agency that was showing a slate of short films. It's a gorgeous office (far too neat, though). The films we saw were very good, and it was especially wonderful to catch up with Tate Bunker's "Studies in Space," which was absolutely stunning. It was a nice and unexpected surprise, too, to see so many paintings by Chuck Dwyer on the walls.
After C-K, it was off to the Marshall Building to visit Mike Brenner of Brenner Brewing, who was sharing samples of stout laced with Alterra coffee. I am not a beer drinker, but I had a sip and swooned. The choir made up of Milwaukee students and named after Danny Gokey's late wife, the Sophia's Heart Choir, was roaming the Third Ward and performing in the Marshall Building's lobby as we went to leave. It's not everyday that Gallery Night and Gospel mix. It was really lovely. Pure positivity.
A few steps up Water St., and we visited Sensorium, above Starbucks, where we found fresh rose petals pinned to the walls as we climbed the stairs to see JT Bruns instalation (detail above, right). Then, we hopped into the car and headed off to Urban Milwaukee to see the exhibit of Sydney Hih artifacts and on to the Marsupial Bridge for the beintween event.
On Saturday, or Gallery Day, my good chum Michael Davidson picked me up in his car, which we dub the "art jalopy," and made haste for Dean Jensen's gallery, where Dean had installed a show celebrating 25 years of being in the art business. It is a truly wonderful show, filled smart groupings and gems, and we had a great, luxurious conversation with Dean. (More on this soon).
Then, it was back in the jalopy and off to the Tory Folliard Gallery, where we saw a lovely exhibit of paintings by Eric Aho. It's as if gravity has given up its hold on some of Aho's lusciously painted landscapes, which seem to peel apart into abstraction and fall back again into grounded, representation (image, left).
Next on my list was a trip to the Peltz Gallery, which was just brimming with work by John Himmelfarb. Works in every imaginable medium are everywhere you look, it seems, including a tapestry and toy truck. Finally, I ended up at the David Barnett Gallery, to see a show of cows, of all things. More than a few works by Barnett himself were up and there were lots of Schomer Lichtners about, including a few that were totally new to me.
You can see more images of our Gallery Night adventures here and more of Gallery Day here. For a bit more information on the exhibits I picked, you can read this as well.
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What is the difference between the Moodle Grader Report and Joule Gradebook?
They are both Moodle gradebooks to which grades can be added and edited. The grader report is the default gradebook and the Joule gradebook is an alternative gradebook. The Joule gradebook has some features that make it a little more efficient to enter grades and send messages to students within assignment grade ranges or to those who did not complete an assignment.
What is the difference between Joule Gradebook and Joule Grader?
The Joule Grader is a grading option – not a gradebook. It can be used to grade advanced forums and assignments. Grades saved using the joule grader will populate the Moodle gradebook.
Can Extra credit be added to points in a course?
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When it comes to the number of doctors in training compared to the state's population, Florida ranks in the bottom end, at number 43 out of the 50 states. To get the number of resident physicians to a respectable level, we'd need almost 14-hundred more doctors. US Congresswoman Kathy Castor calls this a "crisis."
While Castor has co-sponsored around 25 bills, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2007 is her first primary bill.
Tampa General acts as a teaching hospital for the University of South Florida's College of Medicine. TGH has funding for 200 residents, yet it employs 270. Salaries start at 45-thousand dollars a year and rise to 55-thousand dollars toward the end of the residency.
Co-sponsoring the legislation with Castor is the Congressman from Miami, Democrat Kendrick Meek. In the Senate, Florida Senator Bill Nelson will team up with majority leader Harry Reid from Nevada.
On Tuesday, Castor teamed up with Republican Florida Congressmen Connie Mack and Vern Buchanan to file a bill asking for 90 million dollars of federal money to study the causes of red tide. That would triple the amount currently spent on this type of research.
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