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[The Castle had suffered a grievous loss. One of the young maids had fallen victim to the coughing sickness, and it had hit everyone from the King to the cook with a sorrow that seemed impossible to dispel. Moreover, it had struck the Court storyteller especially hard, and that made everyone even more miserable, for there was no one to help take their mind off their sorrows by a tale of happier times.
Two weeks after the funeral, things took a turn for the worse. Roger had agreed to tell a story after dinner, and had not even uttered a score of words when a child started to cough. The monk fell silent; he started to sob, and no one could persuade him to stop. Finally, the King himself dismissed the assembled audience, and led his friend to his cell. That was the last time anyone had seen Roger leave his chambers.
No one knew what to do. Roger confined himself to his sleeping room. The cook would send food to him, and when the page returned later for the tray, it was untouched. Even offers of cookies and snacks, which the monk was famous for consuming in mass quantities, went uneaten. The entire castle was afraid that having suffered one tragic loss, they were about to have another.
One afternoon there was a soft knock on the monk's room door. The knock was persistent. After ignoring it for a good minute and a half, the monk finally uttered the single word "Enter," and hoped the visitor would leave quickly. In walked Geoffrey, a young Page of the King's household.
"I'm so very sorry, Roger, would you please forgive me?" the little boy said plaintively.
"What forgiveness do you need? said the monk; "You have done nothing to me that I know of."
"I was the one who spoiled your story by coughing. I did not mean to hurt you, honest."
"You did not hurt me," said the old monk; "I know you were not trying to cough; it just happens sometimes. My problems are not your fault; they are mine alone."
"Will you tell another story if I promise to stay away?"
The old monk looked stricken. "I don't want you to stay away! I really am not mad at you; I am just very tired. I do not seem to have any stories inside me anymore."
"Can I tell you a story then? When I broke my arm last summer, you told me a story, and it made me feel better. Maybe I can make you feel better."
"It has been a long time since I have been told a story; maybe that is what I need. I would love to hear your story."
Before Geoffrey could utter another word, the door to the room burst open, and a dozen children ran in, covering the bed, and surrounding the poor monk on all sides.
"What in the Lord's Holy Name are you all doing?" asked the bewildered monk.
"Geoffrey is going to tell a story; we want to hear it!" replied the child climbing onto his lap.
"I see," said the monk; "did anyone put you up to this?" he inquired.
"We're supposed to say no if you asked that!" answered his legwarmer; "It is spuntamious!"
"Spontaneous," corrected Roger; "Well, if this is all a big coincidence, then I guess this must be story time!"
After everyone was settled, Geoffrey began with a warning; "I don't want to have any interruptions, so no talking or fidgeting!" The children all laughed, for that was how Roger frequently started a story; even Roger had to smile at that so serious statement.
"It was in the days of Good King Henry, and throughout the Kingdom . . ."]
. . . There was peace and contentment in every corner of the land. Good King Henry looked out from the battlements of the North Tower, and everywhere he could see seemed just bursting with happiness and good will. So it was that on the next day he was quite amazed to have at his court a delegation from one of the villages in the Eastern part of the Kingdom, for they reported to him that a great evil had entered their midst.["Do you mean King Henry?" asked Roger; "you said 'King Harold' there."
"What is the nature of this evil?" inquired King Harold; "Have raiders from the sea troubled you again?"
"Don't be silly," said Geoffrey in his best Roger voice; "I said 'King Henry!' Now as I was saying before I was interrupted . . . "
"No raiders have visited these shores since before your father died, "replied a villager; "Our evil comes in the form of a Witch!" and all the other villagers nodded their heads.["Is this my 'King Henry and the Witch' story?" asked Roger; "If it is, you are telling it wrong. The King asks his wife, the Blessed Queen Eleanor, to ride out and see what was going on. There was no talk of 'vanquishing' anybody!"
"A witch? That is odd; we have never had a witch cause trouble in our Kingdom before. How do you know that this person is a witch?"
"He said he was a Witch!" "He Looks Like a Witch!" "Everyone Knows he's a Witch!" The villagers all tried to answer the King.
"I see. This is serious; what has he done to harm you?" asked their monarch.
The villagers fell silent.
"Surely he must have done something to get you all upset?" the King went on.
"He Put up a sign on his door, threatening us all!" was the response of the oldest villager; "Surely he means to do us harm!?"
"Well, you are my people, and I am your Protector, I will send my Best Knight to vanquish him!" stated the King.
"Who is telling this story?" responded Geoffrey; "I was just checking to see if you were paying attention. Of Course Queen Eleanor rides out, but the King's Best Knight rode with her!"
"Well, it is true that the Queen's Guard went with her;" mused the old monk; "I'm sorry for interrupting, go on."]
"Well, you are my people, and I am your Protector, I will send my Best Knight AND MY QUEEN to, er, TALK to him!" stated the King.["The King's Best Knight caught a cold, and couldn't go," explained Geoffrey.
The villagers all cheered when they heard the King's word, and on the very next day the Queen and her guard went riding East to find out what was happening. The villagers rode in a wagon that the King thoughtfully provided.
"Hmmm, I did not remember that part," said the old monk; "my memory must be playing tricks. Tell on!"]
As they had the villagers with them, the Queen's party rode slowly, and spent the time asking the villagers about their home. It seems that their village was a poor one, and they lived more on what they fished from the sea than what they grew on the land. They caught eels and carp, and were quite hungry all of the time.["No that was not so!" said the old monk sternly; "they caught sea bass and bluefish, and fed the village quite well! Where did you get the idea that they starved?"
"If you are going to interrupt me so much, maybe YOU should tell this tale!" said Geoffrey, in an irritated voice.
"I think I had better, before you have the King's Champion getting sick from eating eels!" The monk cleared his throat, and took over the storytelling. "As I said . . ."]
The villagers lived well on their fishing, for what they did not eat themselves they traded to other villages for grains and meat. Even so, theirs was a hard life, and no one in the village grew rich at their labors.["And the King was quite happy when he was told all that his Queen had accomplished," finished Roger.
When the Queen arrived the first thing she noticed was that the village was not very clean. The cottages were well-lived-in, and there was animal refuse in the streets. The walls all were noticeably missing care, and the thatch of the roofs could use work, she reflected to herself.
There was a noticeable change when they got to the Witch's cottage. The cottage was recently re-thatched, and everything looked neat and tidy. There was a sign near the door to the cottage, and on it in large letters were the words "John of Gaul, Healer; Herbs, potions and remedies for sale or trade."
"This is your Witch's house?" inquired the Queen; "It does not look very threatening."
"Make him come out," said one of the villagers; "He'll tell you himself!"
The Queen bade one of her guard to knock on the door. After a moment, the door swung open, and an old man in his late forties greeted them. His hair and eyes were brown with hairs of gray intermixed into his beard; his clothing was simple but well cared for. The Queen noted that he had clean hands and face, something that the villagers themselves lacked.
"Are you John of Gaul?" asked the Queen.
"Yes, milady; may I ask who you are?" responded John.
"This is the Queen of the Land!" shouted one of the villagers, "and she will soon fix YOUR wagon!"
"If you do not mind," spoke the Queen with a voice that could freeze water, "I will answer for myself. Yes, Goodman John, I am Eleanor. You say you are a healer?"
"Yes, your Majesty, I was trained in Constantinople, and served my King in Vienna, until those like me were told to leave."
"Those like you? What group are you a part of, such that you were asked to leave Vienna?"
"I am a what your Majesty would call a Pagan, your Majesty; all Jews, Moslems, and other non-Christians were made to leave the town when I did, those who were not chased out with scythes and pitchforks. I managed to avoid that honor." He added ruefully. "I had heard that your Kingdom does not hate those who do not follow the White Christ. My neighbors seem to give evidence to the contrary."
"Your neighbors, I am afraid, fear things that they do not understand. I do not think that this village is a good place for you to live."
"May I arrange to buy a wagon, so that I may take my property when I depart, or shall this be like Vienna and I am to run to the first ship that will carry me away from this land?"
"Neither," responded the Queen. "We need you in Oxenford, there are others like you there, and they are setting up a place, a 'college', to train healers. Your skills are wasted on this village. You may use the wagon that we used to carry the villagers home. I daresay you will have to clean it first."
"Others like me? I will not renounce my beliefs," said the healer.
"Nor will you be expected to. However, you may find learned men and women who will want to discuss the nature of God with you, and by learned reason perhaps change your mind, where force would be wasted."
"May it be possible that they might be entreated to see things my way?" smiled John.
"All things are possible, but at the least, you will have a good time talking with your peers."
"But what about us?" one of the villagers asked; confused by the talk between the Healer and his Queen. "Our lives have been ruined by this witch!"
"I am putting the Witch where he will never harm you again." Said the Queen, murmuring under her breath, "Not that he ever harmed you in the first place." However, the thought made the Queen pause, and she turned back to John; "How did you incur the wrath of all your neighbors? You seem to be a sensible man. What went wrong?"
"I would not let them into my home unless they bathed, or at least washed. I have found that most diseases are influenced more by the cleanliness of a person rather than by the 'stars' and 'evil signs' that they seem to believe trouble them."
"You will do well in Oxenford, but you will need help when moving there. I will have two of my men stay with you and help. I assure you," the Queen added dryly, "they have recently bathed."
After having a lovely cup of herb tea with John, the Queen told the villagers that the Healer would be on his way in a week, and that they were to provide food and shelter for her men.
"Let them stay with me, your Majesty, They will no doubt prefer my loft to a night in one of the villagers hovels. There are fewer crawling companions to share their sheets."
So then, the problem of what to do with the witch was solved, and the villagers were quite proud of the fact that they had gotten the Queen to run him out of town.
"Now then, who sent you here?" asked the monk. "And don't tell me that this was all 'spuntamious,' I know better."
"But the cook said if we told, we would not get any cookies!" one of his friends blurted out.
"Well, let us all go down to the bakery, and get our reward; I think I deserve some cookies, also!" and the monk escorted the young ones to the cook, and demanded (and got) a fine summer snack.
Later that night the monk went to visit the King. "The cook is not clever enough to arrange such an ambush," said the monk; "and does not know the meaning of the word 'spontaneous,' let alone 'spuntamious.' You had something to do with this."
"Roger, you needed help. You could not hear your friends, your fellow Priests, or me. I had to use the best weapon I knew of to open your ears; the sounds of a child laughing. Please forgive me."
"There is nothing to forgive. I know Teresa is happy now, indeed, she is happier than she had ever been before. But all I could think of was 'If you had not insisted that you tell her that silly story when everyone else was waiting in the Great Hall, she would not have gotten worse and died!' and the thought was killing me."
"God knows you did not cause her death, or even make her sicker in any way. You most likely made her last days happier, and that is a gift of great value."
The two old friends sat for a while in silence, and prayed for the souls of their loved ones, both those still on earth, and those with God. Then the monk stood, and smiling at his King, said; "I think it is time for a cookie run; I have a week or two of snacking to make up!"
And as the King sat, he thanked his Lord God for returning his friend to him. "We still need Roger," he reminded his Savior; "for who else will tell us how wonderful you are?"]
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Don't be delusional. What you describe is the exception, not the norm. http://www.fidelity.com/inside...
Don't be delusional. What you describe is the exception, not the norm. http://www.fidelity.com/inside...
Small "n" national, dimwit. If he meant to say what you're accusing of him of saying, he would have put "Nazi" instead, which very obviously doesn't fit in the context.
"will be" dumped back into real estate? Dude, that's been happening for years... Berkshire Hathaway (you know, Warren Buffett, the 4th richest guy on the planet) created an entire division JUST for getting in on single family houses. http://www.berkshirehathawayhs...
I'm quite certain that, if the risk were more easily manageable at scale, he'd make true on his desire to buy up 100,000+ single family homes: http://www.cnbc.com/id/4653842...
But, over and above that, every time you treat the police like the enemy, some people in the police will treat you like the enemy too.
It's pretty much the other way around already.
in order for a police order to be enforceable, it must be a lawful order. A cop cannot order you to stop filming them performing their public duties, because doing so has already been established to be an individual right. It's practically identical to how a police officer cannot order you to answer their questions while you are being detained. They can lie to you about it (whole other argument there), but you do not have to speak at all during questioning. The only exception I know of is identifying yourself when ordered - but if you fail to identify yourself in a jurisdiction that requires it, you don't get arrested for refusing to obey a lawful order - you're arrested for failing to identify, a specifically and highly limited exemption to the 5th Amendment. If a cop arrests you for filming after he tells you to stop, consider yourself lucky - you were just handed a decent payday.
Now, it's not OK to shove a camera in his face, mind you - stay 50 feet away if you can (unless you're the subject of the original police action and are filming for your own safety) so they can't claim that they felt threatened or that it was a matter of the blanket excuse of "officer safety". As long as a reasonable person in the same situation would not feel their safety was threatened by your filming, then you're good to go.
oh, and IANAL.
yes, they would. keyloggers don't care how old your password is, nor does social engineering.
...that's what we call "no true Scotsman"
not entirely sure what you're saying, but AT&T actually (partially) rolled out first, because they already had the infrastructure in place (but it wasn't turned up to capacity).
Have you seen what has happened because of the Google Fiber rollout? Here in Austin, you have AT&T scrambling to match the offer after the mere ANNOUNCEMENT by Google that they intended to offer service, and now there's a local ISP called Grande doing the same (although they already had a few fiber rings around the city to service their business customers, so their entry into the fight was a simple choice). That's right, with nothing other than a statement of intent, we have a virtual land race for uncapped near-gigabit internet for under $80 a month. If that's not competitive economics at work, I don't know what is.
if only you were the first post, we could have avoided a hundred others and a lot of useless debate!
go quicker next time
but, damnit, where will my Quarter Pounder come from if they stop making more due to lack of feed?
wait... Quarter Pounders do come from livestock, right?
at the risk of throwing the baby out with the bathwater, you did cite an Arizona State study, so I must, out of principle, ignore your entire post altogether.
well, Marx did say that Socialism was just the stepping stone on the path to Communism. (paraphrasing)
it's only anecdotal if you have cause to believe he's lying about the facts. He stated his numbers and timeframe, and that's data. It's not something wishy-washy like "since as long as I can remember, we've hardly ever had a failure", which would be anecdotal. Even if you want to stretch it to the point that you require that it be peer reviewed before *you* call it "data", it's still referred to as "data" to the reviewer. Anecdotal evidence is that which is unreliable or untrue due to its basis on opinion and not on facts.
that depends entirely on your geography. If, for instance, you try that in, say, Los Angeles... you're going to die horribly. Try it in a rural country road in England, and you'll be just fine.
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With many, including us, focused on the likelihood of Barack Obama naming James Steinberg as his national security adviser, word comes today that the job may go to Marine General James L. Jones, who retired last year after serving as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and Commander of U.S. European Command. If true, like a Steinberg appointment, it would reinforce the impression that Obama is surrounding himself with powerful advisers known for their pragmatism. Jones has been less bipartisan than nonpartisan, hewing to the traditional idea of an apolitical military.
The End Of Aviation
August 27, 2008
As the age of cheap oil comes to a close, it's springtime for gloomy futurists. Visions of a brutish world marked by violent squabbles over dwindling reserves, of junkyards littered with abandoned cars, of suburban slums overrun by weeds, of the collapse of industrial agriculture--none of this sounds as outlandish as it once did.
Clarence Thomas Is Not 'Mr. Constitution'
March 23, 2008
The Wall Street Journal has a remarkable interview with Clarence Thomas, available here. In the interview, Thomas states his fidelity to the Constitution "as it's drafted." In context, it seems clear that Thomas means to follow the original understanding of the document (though he resists the term "originalism") The real point is that he is a neutral interpreter. "Maybe I am labeled as an originalist or something, but it's not my constitution to play around with. Let's just start with that. We're citizens. It's our country, it's our constitution.
The Devil's Advocate
September 24, 2007
The sleazy lobbyist who might save the world.
The Left's New Machine
May 07, 2007
Most political activists can point to one catalyzing event, an episode in each of their lives (or, more often, in the life of their country) that shook them from their complacency and roused them to change the world. You can find many such stories if you troll through the netroots, the online community of liberal bloggers that has quickly become a formidable constituency in Democratic politics. But the episode that seems to come up most often is the Florida recount.
British Success
December 25, 2006
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting piece detailing the anti-poverty efforts of Tony Blair's government. Using a combination of tax credits and government-run child care, Britain has seen it's child poverty rate fall precipitously: The proportion of British children living in poverty fell to 11 percent in the year ended March 2005 from 24 percent in the year ended March 1998, according to one official definition used by the U.K. government. That definition adjusts the poverty line each year for inflation. The U.S.
Quiet Riot
April 10, 2006
What does Jerry Falwell have in common with Paul Wolfowitz and Howard Dean? What links columnist George Will with The New Republic? All, according to a recently issued "working paper," a shortened version of which appeared in the London Review of Books, are agents of an amorphous but incalculably powerful "Israel Lobby." That same inscrutable organization, the paper alleges, has dictated the decisions of politicians from George W. Bush to Jimmy Carter and determined the content of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. The goal of the lobby?


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Racing Heroes – Miles and Sam Collier
Miles and Sam Collier at Le Mans in 1950. Photo courtesy The Revs Institute.
While both were accomplished racers, neither Cowles "Miles" Collier nor his older brother, Sam, ever became a champion of motorsport. Though the brothers ran at Le Mans, once driving for college friend Briggs Cunningham, their contribution to American motorsports is far more significant than wins and podium finishes, for it was the Collier brothers who introduced the MG brand to the United States, founded the Automobile Racing Club of America (the forerunner of the Sports Car Club of America) and introduced endurance racing to a former bomber training facility in the swamps of central Florida known as Sebring.
Miles and Sam Collier were born to a life of privilege, the sons of Barron Gift Collier, a man who'd made his original fortune in streetcar and subway advertising, but later branched out (successfully) into real estate, banks, hotels, steam ships and newspapers. Sam was the oldest of the two, born to Barron Collier and his wife Juliet in 1912, followed by Miles in 1914. Growing up, the boys split their time between New York and Florida, where the Collier family had a substantial investment in land that others viewed as worthless. By the 1930s, Miles and Sam had both become infatuated with sports cars and the sports car racing scene in Europe, so the brothers worked with eldest sibling, Barron Jr., and family friend Tom Dewart to construct a rudimentary rack track around Overlook, the family's expansive New York estate.
Miles Collier in the Ardent Alligator at Watkins Glen, 1949. Photo courtesy The Revs Institute.
Racing commenced with home-built go karts, but soon progressed to sports cars after Barron Jr. was gifted an MG-J2 by his girlfriend. As the crowds for each impromptu race grew, the Collier brothers realized that the time was right to found an organization dedicated to amateur racing, and in 1933 the Automobile Racing Club of America was born. ARCA held several events throughout New England prior to the start of the Second World War, but the Collier brothers could only devote a portion of their attention to racing; among their other endeavors, Sam Collier had founded Motor Sport, Inc, the sole U.S. importer of MG automobiles. The death of Barron Collier Sr. in March of 1939 only added to the brothers' responsibilities, but in June of that year Miles Collier drove his MG PA/PB Special at Le Mans, representing ARCA for the first time in Europe. A victory was not in the cards, however, as Miles and co-driver Leroy Kramer Jr. were forced to retire early with a split fuel tank.
Miles regularly campaigned his "Ardent Alligator," a green Brooklands Riley infused with flathead Mercury V-8 power, in ARCA events, while both brothers occasionally ran Briggs Cunningham's BuMerc, a road racing special built from a Buick Century chassis and drivetrain wearing a Mercedes SSK body. The final ARCA race was the 1940 World's Fair Grand Prix, held in Flushing Meadows, Queens, but no one knew this at the time; just a year later, ARCA would be disbanded with the onset of World War II. When duty called, the Collier brothers signed up to serve their country, with Miles joining the United States Army and Sam flying airplanes for the United States Navy.
Sam Collier, behind the wheel of an MG, in September 1937. Photo courtesy The Revs Institute.
In 1944, the Sports Car Club of America was founded in Boston, and the organization grew into a sanctioning body (picking up where ARCA had left off) in the years following World War II. The Collier brothers were active SCCA members, and in 1948 helped to organize the first Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, New York, a site chosen for its proximity to the summer home of Collier family friend and fellow SCCA member Cameron Argetsinger. Initially, the 6.6-mile course incorporated public roads through the village of Watkins Glen, but the death of a young spectator in the 1952 event reconfigured the course to a safer (and shorter) layout, though the modern, dedicated road course version of Watkins Glen was still some years in the future.
As detailed by Harold W. Pace and Mark R. Brinker in Vintage American Road Racing Cars, 1950-1970, it was at Watkins Glen in 1949 where Miles Collier drove the race of his life, clawing back from a 12th place start in the Ardent Alligator to beat Briggs Cunningham, driving a Ferrari, with a last-lap pass for the win. Collier had fallen to 17th place following a disastrous start, but within three laps had driven his way to third place. As impressive as this was, he remained 52 seconds behind race leader Cunningham. In response, Collier set a single-lap course record of five minutes and 39 seconds. The following lap, Collier would shatter his own record, reducing the time to 5:24.5, but he was far from done. On the final lap of the race, Collier caught Cunningham in Milliken's Corner, passing his longtime friend prior to the front straight. As he took the checkered flag for the win, Collier again set a new record, lapping the original 6.6-mile course in 5:12.5.
Sam and Miles Collier, in black, at Watkins Glen in 1948. Photo courtesy The Revs Institute.
June of 1950 saw the Collier brothers return to Le Mans, where Miles and Sam would share a stock Cadillac sedan prepared by Briggs Cunningham, who would campaign the oddly shaped "Le Monstre" Cadillac Spyder with co-driver Phil Walters. Despite its bulk (and, presumably, handling limitations), the Collier brothers would drive the Cadillac nicknamed "Clumsy Pup" to a 10th place finish, completing 233 laps and besting team owner Cunningham by both one position and one lap.
Though Watkins Glen was the site of Miles's biggest triumph, it would also be the site of one of the family's worst tragedies. While running third in the 1950 Watkins Glen Grand Prix in a Ferrari 166 Inter borrowed from Briggs Cunningham, Sam Collier lost control of the car on loose gravel, skidded off the track and was thrown from the tumbling race car. Though he survived the incident and the subsequent ride to the hospital, Sam Collier was pronounced dead later that evening.
Miles Collier, sometime in the mid-1930s. Photo courtesy The Revs Institute.
The incident (and, reportedly, pressure from his mother, Juliet) prompted Miles Collier to walk away from driving race cars, although his absence was temporary (and his subsequent return to motorsports in 1953 was unbeknownst to his mother). Prior to Sam's death, the brothers had begun a dialogue with Alex Ulmann to run a European-style timed endurance race at a former bomber training facility on the outskirts of Sebring, Florida. Seeking a way to honor his brother's memory, Miles pressed on with organizing The Sam Collier Memorial Grand Prix of Endurance, held on December 31, 1950, and in the years since, Sebring (now extended to 12 hours) has become a premier endurance event in the world of sports car racing.
Though motorsports would not claim the life of Miles Collier, polio would. Despite his vast fortune and resources, Miles Collier succumbed to the disease in April of 1954, at just 40 years of age. To honor all that the Collier brothers had done for racing in the United States, the SCCA debuted the Collier Brothers Memorial Trophy Race for MGs at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix in September of 1954. Today, the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association still awards the Collier Cup annually to MG drivers at Watkins Glen, honoring the memory of the brothers who died young, but not before they helped to shape the future of amateur motorsports in the United States.
First Ferrari imported to U.S. takes Best in Show at Lime Rock
The Best in Show 1948 Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa. Photos by Casey Keil, courtesy Lime Rock Park.
Introduced in 1948, Ferrari's 166 series built from the lessons learned with its 125 and 159 models, eventually becoming the first Ferrari model to win a major international race. Tipo 166 chassis 016-I, raced by Luigi Chinetti to a victory in the 12 Hours of Montlhery before finding its way into the hands of sportsman Briggs Cunningham, also bears the distinction of being the first Ferrari imported into the United States, in 1949. This past weekend, that unique Miles Collier-owned car took Best in Show honors at the Lime Rock Sunday in the Park Concours.
Ferrari's history in the United States may have been recorded differently had Jaguar's Coventry factory been more efficient at producing cars. Told that his ordered Jaguar XK120 would not be delivered in time for an SCCA event at Long Island's Bridgehampton circuit, Briggs Cunningham scrambled to find a suitable replacement that could be delivered in time. A deal was struck to purchase the Montlhery-winning 1948 Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa from Chinetti, and the car was delivered to these shores a mere four days before the race. With driver George Rand at the wheel, the Ferrari set the fastest time in practice and was leading the event until an oil line failed, retiring the car.
The Ferrari was repaired in time for the next race at Watkins Glen, in September of 1949. Driven by Cunningham himself, the car fared well in both the preliminary and main events, scoring a pair of podium finishes. The following season, 1950, saw Cunningham take victory in both the preliminary and main events at Long Island's Suffolk Airport in May, and the event marks the very first time a Ferrari model was victorious in the United States. By June of 1950, Cunningham had relinquished the wheel, turning the car over to Sam Collier, brother of C. Miles Collier.
Sam Collier drove the 166 to a preliminary round win at Bridgehampton in June, but it would be his final victory in the car. Running third in an event at New York's Watkins Glen in September of 1950, Collier spun the car on gravel and was killed in the ensuing crash. The incident prompted Cunningham to advise his crew that he never wanted to see the car again, but his heat of the moment proclamation was to be short-lived. By the following season, the car had been rebuilt and campaigned by Cunningham's team at the Buenos Aires Grand Prix. In June of 1951, Cunningham himself climbed behind the wheel, finishing in fifth at an event in Bridgehampton.
Ferrari Tipo 166, chassis 016-I, would see action at just five more races through the 1953 season, before becoming part of Cunningham's museum collection. In 1986, the car was purchased by Miles C. Collier (son of C. Miles Collier, who died of polio in 1954) as part of the Briggs Cunningham Collection, and it remains part of the private Collier Collection to this day.
Other Lime Rock Sunday in the Park Concours winners of note include a 1930 Aston Martin International, owned by Richard and Phillip Rader of Briarcliff, New York, which earned top honors in the "Risky but Racy" class; a 1967 Toyota 2000 GT prepared by Carroll Shelby and owned by Bob Tkacik of Saco, Maine, which captured first place in the "Speed & Style" class; a 1964 Ferrari Lusso, owned by Roger Werner of Greenwich, Connecticut, which took first place in the "Businessman's Express" class; and a 1966 Ford Mustang, owned by Andy Sullivan of Bethel, Connecticut, which captured the crowd's attention as the "People's Pick" winner.
For a complete list of Lime Rock Sunday in the Park category winners, visit the LimeRockHistorics.com website.


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text: School Meal Trends & Stats Participation, Meals Served and Program Cost Reimbursement Rates Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals School Meal Prices Cost to Produce School Meals Lunch Period Scheduling Participation, Meals Served and Program Cost National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Average Daily Participation: Nearly 100,000 schools/institutions serve school lunches to 30.4 million students each day, including: 19.2 million free lunches 2.5 million reduced price (student pays $.40) 8.7 million full price 5 billion lunches are served annually (Source: USDA FY 2014 preliminary data) NSLP Annual Cost: 12.65 billion in federal dollars, including: 11.35 billion in reimbursements 1.3 billion in commodity costs (Source: USDA FY 2014 preliminary data) School Breakfast Program (SBP) Average Daily Participation: Over 90,000 schools/institutions serve school breakfasts to 13.6 million students each day, including: 10.52 million free breakfasts 1 million reduced price (student pays $.30) 2.08 million full price 2.3 billion breakfasts are served annually (Source: USDA FY 2014 preliminary data) SBP Annual Cost: 3.7 billion in federal reimbursements No commodity entitlement (Source: USDA FY 2014 preliminary data) Reimbursement Rates Federal Reimbursement Rates for the 2014-15 School Year: School meal programs are reimbursed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for each meal they serve. Alaska and Hawaii receive higher rates. Below are the reimbursement rates for meals served to students eligible for free meals, reduced price meals, and for students who pay for their meals. Click here for further details. NSLP Reimbursement Rates for the 2014-15 School Year: Free: $2.98 Reduced Price: $2.58 Paid: $0.28 Schools certified as meeting the new nutrition standards receive an additional $.06 per lunch. An additional $.02 per lunch is provided to schools in which 60 percent or more of the second preceding school year lunches were served free or reduced price. SBP Reimbursement Rates for the 2014-15 School Year: Free: $1.62 Reduced Price: $1.32 Paid: $0.28 An additional $.30 is provided for each free or reduced price breakfast served in "severe need" schools, where at least 40 percent of the lunches served during the second preceding school year were served free or reduced price. Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals Children from families with incomes at or below 130% of the poverty level are eligible for free school meals. Those with incomes between 130% and 185% of the poverty level are eligible for reduced price meals. For the 2014-2015 school year, 130% of the poverty level is $31,005 for a family of four and 185% is $44,123. Children from families with incomes over 185% of poverty pay full price for their meals. Local school districts set their own prices for paid meals. School Meal Prices School meal prices vary widely across the country. Prices are set by local school districts, usually with school board oversight. The following table lists average prices for paid meals during the 2013-14 school year. The data was collected in SNA's State of School Nutrition 2014 survey, which included responses from 1,102 SNA member school districts nationwide. Lunch Breakfast Elementary $2.18 $1.26 Middle $2.37 $1.33 High $2.42 $1.36 Unpaid meals and charge policies: With rising school meal prices and tough economic conditions, some families struggle to cover the cost of school meals. Many school meal programs have experienced an increase in the number of children who "charge" their school meals when parents fail to pay for school breakfast or lunch. In SNA's State of School Nutrition 2014 survey, nearly 71% of school districts reported that their meal program had unpaid student meal debt at the end of the 2012-13 school year. Some schools have accumulated substantial unpaid meal debts and have been forced to establish policies to address students who cannot pay for their meal and are not enrolled in the free or reduced price meal program. Policies may limit the number of times students can charge a meal or offer an alternate meal, such as a cheese sandwich, fruit and milk. Eliminating the reduced price category: Some school districts and states have eliminated the reduced price co-pay for school breakfast and, in some cases, for lunch. The effect has been an increase in participation by students from low-income families. These policies can also help curb unpaid meal charges. Universal free meals: Some schools and districts with very high percentages of low-income students offer "universal free meals." Allowing all students to receive free meals ensures all students have access to healthy meals while reducing program administrative costs. Cost to Produce School Meals The cost of producing a school meal differs from one community to the next due to regional variations in food, labor and fuel costs, and local variations in school equipment and infrastructure, contract agreements, etc. In April 2008, USDA released its School Lunch and Breakfast Cost Study-II, which examined the cost of producing a school meal during school year 2005-06.The study found that, on average, the full cost to produce a reimbursable school lunch was $2.91, exceeding the free lunch subsidy, then $2.495. To boost operational revenue, many school meal programs rely on a la carte sales, provide catering services or contract with community programs such as Head Start, child care and elder care centers to supply meals. Breakdown in costs: The School Lunch and Breakfast Cost Study-II revealed the following average breakdown in costs for producing a school lunch: Food 37% Labor/Benefits 48% Supplies 5% Other, including Indirect Costs* 10% Total 100% *Indirect costs are paid to the school district for shared expenses such as electricity and custodial services. Typical expenses: The average school nutrition program has a number of expenses beyond food, labor, benefits and supplies that factor into the budget. These include: Purchased and leased equipment (kitchen, office, dining, vehicles) Purchased services (contracts with vendors for data processing, consultant fees, custodial, printing, advertising, legal, human resources, etc) Repair / maintenance Electricity / water / trash removal Transportation / fuel Professional development Marketing / promotion Security services and lunch room supervision Financial challenges under the new nutrition standards: In light of rising food costs and the increased cost of producing a school meal to meet the new nutrition standards, school nutrition professionals face a delicate balancing act to keep their programs in the black. In fact, SNA's 2013 Back to School Trends Report found that: More than nine of every ten school districts reported that food costs increased in the 2012-13 school year. Most respondents expected costs to continue to increase in the 2013-14 school year: Nearly 89% forecasted an increase in food costs More than 70% expected increases in non-food supply and labor costs A majority of the districts (54.3%) anticipated that the NSLP reimbursement rates would not be sufficient to cover the cost of producing a lunch in the 2013-14 school year. School nutrition directors anticipate that these financial challenges will persist in the 2014-15 school year. Nearly a quarter of those surveyed at SNA's recent Annual National Conference reported that their meal programs were operating at a net loss for six months or more. Click here for complete survey results. Lunch Period Scheduling Federal regulations governing NSLP state that "Schools must offer lunches between 10 am and 2 pm. Schools may request an exemption from these times from the State agency." USDA "encourages schools to provide sufficient lunch periods that are long enough to give all students adequate time to be served and to eat their lunches." SNA's State of School Nutrition 2014 survey, which included responses from 1,102 SNA member school districts nationwide, revealed that the typical lunch period length is about half an hour, with a median of 25 minutes reported for elementary schools and 30 minutes for middle and high schools. However, this data does not specify the amount of time students have to eat their meals, as lunch periods must also include travel time from the classroom to the cafeteria and time in line to get a meal. Lunch schedules and short lunch periods continue to challenge school nutrition professionals, as they work to serve hundreds of students in a matter of minutes and ensure students have adequate time to enjoy their meals. Under new nutrition standards for school meals, cafeterias are offering more fresh produce, which takes more time for students to consume. More detailed data on lunch period length and schedules can be found in USDA's School Nutrition Dietary Assessment - IV (school year 2009-10).


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Anderson County man wanted in Hart County
HARTWELL, Ga. - Hart County Sheriff's deputies are searching for an Anderson, S.C., man involved in a chase that wrecked the sheriff's cruiser.
Sheriff Mike Cleveland said Wednesday his office received a call about an erratic driver at the intersection of Ga. 51 and Ga. 77 around 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Cleveland said he attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver sped away.
That lead to a chase through Hart County, he said, with speeds reaching 120 miles per hour.
Cleveland said he chased the vehicle into Anderson County to Good Hope Road where the driver rammed the sheriff's car.
The driver lost control of his own car and wrecked, then got out and ran. He has been identified by authorities as Michael David Brandon Chastain of Anderson County.
The sheriff was not injured and his cruiser had only minor damage.
"We've obtained warrants for everything he did in Georgia," Cleveland said. "South Carolina Highway Patrol took warrants out for him for what he did in Anderson County. Anderson County took out warrants on my behalf for aggravated assault. So, we've got a number of warrants against him both here and in South Carolina."
Chastain was driving a rented car, the sheriff said.
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March 25, 2006
By Michael Franc
Republicans on Capitol Hill have incurred scathing and
well-deserved criticism from all ideological quarters for their
recent embrace of Big Government.
The latest fiscal atrocity came on March 16th when the Senate
spiced up Budget Committee Chairman Judd Gregg's (R.-N.H.)
self-described "vanilla" budget plan by adding $16 billion in
additional spending for unspecified education, health and
job-training programs.
A triumphal Sen. Arlen Specter (R.-Pa.), author of an amendment to
add $7 billion to health and education programs, exclaimed after
the overwhelming 73-27 vote (a majority of 28 Senate Republicans
supported Specter) that "The Republican Party is now principally
moderate, if not liberal."
When it comes to the size and scope of the federal government, the
veteran Pennsylvanian, alas, may be right. The question is,
One explanation is that the Republican leftward tilt comes at a
time when congressional Democrats have positioned themselves even
further to the left on spending issues. Republicans may believe
that conservative voters, despite their frustration, have no
realistic political alternative and will be forced to stick with
them on Election Day no matter how much more they spend.
Rhetorically, Senate Democrats appear to understand the scope of
the federal government's fiscal woes and the trade-offs that will
be required to address them. During the recent Senate floor debate
on the bill to raise the federal debt ceiling to $9 trillion,
Wisconsin maverick Russ Feingold said: "Every dollar we add to the
federal debt is another dollar that we are forcing our children to
pay back in higher taxes or fewer government benefits."
The senior Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee, Kent Conrad
(D.-N.D.), summed up the Republican fiscal philosophy as: "borrow
and spend, spend and borrow, put it off, put it on the charge card,
do not worry about it, tell the American people: you can have every
tax cut and every spending increase, and you do not have to pay for
anything." Democrats, he insisted, are different.
In fact, this fiscal rage prompted every Senate Democrat to vote
against raising the debt ceiling.
It would be entirely fair for someone listening to these speeches
to conclude that the modern Democratic Party is dominated by a
bunch of dour budget scolds who want to balance the budget,
preferably with tax increases, and look askance at any new proposal
to increase federal spending.
Well, get out the smelling salts, because what transpired shortly
after the Senate agreed to increase the debt ceiling can only be
described as a budgetary feeding frenzy.
A parade of Democratic senators, and Sen. Specter, took to the
floor and offered amendment after amendment seeking to add billions
to Sen. Gregg's vanilla budget resolution. In all, 18 such
amendments were voted on, almost entirely along partisan lines.
Only two passed, including Specter's. Taken as a whole, they
reflect the Democratic Party's collective judgment as to what next
year's budget should look like. That vision, alas, bears no
resemblance to the tough fiscal rhetoric that preceded it.
In total, these amendments would have increased spending next year
by nearly $75 billion and by $374 billion over five years. Most of
this proposed spending would have been accompanied by unspecified
tax increases on individuals with incomes over $1 million, on
corporations, and through more efficient collection of taxes
already owed.
Where have profligate Republicans fallen short? According to Sen.
Teddy Kennedy (D.-Mass.), we must add $6.3 billion to federal
education programs to restore nonexistent cuts. Sen. Jeff Bingaman
(D.-N.M.) wants an additional $4 billion for pork-barrel energy
programs. Michigan's Debbie Stabenow wants to turn veterans' health
programs into yet another federal entitlement at a five-year cost
of $104 billion.
And so on. Evidently, the only difference between Democrats and
Republicans is that Democrats believe in "tax, spend and
The fiscal pressure arising from the retirements of the Baby
Boomers has already convinced budget experts of all ideological
stripes that we should focus on reining in spending (especially
through structural reforms to entitlement programs like Medicare
and Social Security) and reforming our tax code to maximize both
economic growth and revenue.
Proposing hundreds of billions in new federal spending and higher
taxes moments after delivering serious critiques of our fiscal
straits is reckless and makes even the most liberal Republican look
downright frugal by comparison. This is enabling behavior of the
worst sort.
Fiscal conservatives are justified in wondering if anyone in
Washington really gets it.
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has held a number of positions on Capitol Hill, is vice president
of Government Relations at The Heritage Foundation.
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Fish Tales: Keep warm and good fishing!
PORT ST. LUCIE - Inshore:
Mother Nature continues to bring challenging weather to the Treasure Coast. Between the winds, cold and rain it's been tough most of the week to get out on the water. Water temperatures dropped 10 degrees in one day with the latest cold front to chill our area. Yesterday the water was a cool 56 - 60 degrees, but with some sunshine it will warm up quickly for us. It has been a tough winter so far and hopefully we won't get too much more of this.
The best bite on the river has continued to be sheepshead, black drum and redfish. We have been fishing docks frequently when the winds allow and having success with these fish. Most of the redfish will be at the small end of the slot this time of year, but that is this summers crop of slot fish. We have found some short snook hanging around the docks as well. DOA shrimp or live baits will find you some good bites. With the water cooled down for a few days, try the channels and inlets of the area. You can find lots of fish in the deeper water this time of year when the cold fronts hit us. The past several days my clients have caught snapper, grouper, sheepshead, pompano and a host of other species to keep their rods bent for them. Try jigging a CAL paddle tail with some sparkle in it when fishing these areas. The pompano are moving into the river as well as the bluefish. We should be seeing some good numbers of these fish as winter progresses along. There have also been some nice size Spanish mackerel in the turning basin this week.
This winter has already been harsher than the past few seasons and you must remember to change your normal tactics this time of year. Water temperature plays a key role in whether you will catch fish or not. Weather will be a determining factor in where you fish and when you can fish. Winds have been strong on many days lately and you know we have winds throughout winter and spring each year so plan your trips carefully. Fishing deeper water will improve your chances of success on cold days. Fishing later in the day can also increase your odds. Fish will move into the shallow water as the sun shines bright to warm themselves up. I have had a lot of success on the flats in the middle of the day this time of year.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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Conyers It wasn't meant to be for the Heritage boy's soccer team. Thanks to a big save by its goalkeeper and four consecutive goals in penalty kicks, South Forsyth out-scored the Patriots 6-5 to win a first round game in the Class AAAA state playoffs Tuesday at Evans Memorial Stadium.
While the visiting War Eagles (11-6-2) move on to next week's sweet 16, the Region 8-AAAA champion Patriots saw their 13-game unbeaten streak come to an end and finished the season 12-4-3.
After neither team could find the back of the net during regulation and two, five-minute overtime periods, the game went to penalty kicks and that's where the dramatics began. Both South Forsyth keeper Bjorn Kammaholz and the Patriots' Alejandro Alvarado made two saves through the first four shots, and after Mauricio Reyes scored for the Patriots, Kyler Kelsey answered with a goal to tie it at 3-3. The teams traded a pair of goals each before Kammaholz made a fantastic save on a shot by Ramon Rodriguez, and Andre Williams beat Alvarado for the game-winner.
"6-5 in the (eighth) penalty kick…it's just a crappy way to lose," said Heritage coach Brandon Stewart, who guided the program to its first region title since 2003. "I'm proud of my boys. I couldn't ask anything more of my boys."
In a scoreless first half, there was almost as many yellow cards handed out (three) as combined shots on goal (five). The yellows for Heritage, given to Reyes and Chris Raines, the last of which coming when Raines tried to kick the ball out of Kammaholz's hands after the keeper scooped up a loose ball, came three and a half minutes apart towards the end of the half. South Forsyth's Vinay Srinivasan picked up a yellow with 1:46 left until halftime. In between, Alvarado made two saves and the Patriots let a big chance slip by when Will Boggus hit the post at the 29:38 mark, Austin Kulp missed a chance off a rebound and Reyes got past the defense with 8:27 left, but his shot was saved by Kammaholz.
"We had our opportunities, keeper just made some saves," Stewart said.
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- Evolutionary ecology research
- Australian rainforest - evolutionary ecology
- Australian rainforest through time
- Biodiversity adaptation transect
- Botany of Botany Bay
- Ceratopetalum - Phylogenetic relationships
- Conservation genetics
- Ecology of Cumberland Plain Woodland
- Eucalypts: adaptive variation vs vicariance
- Floristic Lists of NSW
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- Lauraceae
- Liverpool Plains grasslands
- Native plants of Sydney Harbour NP
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Woodland ecology
The science of ecology is about understanding the interactions of living organisms with each other and with their environment. The woodland at the Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan is a remnant of western Sydney's Cumberland Plain Woodland, part of a larger class of woodlands known as grassy woodlands, because of the predominance of grasses and herbs in their understories. For example you may have heard of the related Grassy White Box woodlands of the NSW western slopes. These, and other grassy woodlands, have environmental features, particularly the presence of clay soils, and sometimes many plant species in common. In contrast our nearby Sydney sandstone woodlands, such as in Royal National Park and the Blue Mountains, are shrubby woodlands; they have a predominance of shrubby species and very few species in common with Cumberland Plain Woodland, despite their proximity and similar rainfall. They are confined to low nutrient sandy soils.
As ecological scientists we've spent years trying to understand the ecology and interactions of species in our woodland, so that we can manage it to ensure that all the native species continue to survive. We've only scratched the surface, but would like to share what we've learnt so far, so that you can appreciate not only the woodland at the Australian Botanic Garden, but also the remnants of woodland that are elsewhere in western Sydney, and which may not be being treated as well. While other sites will have many species in common, most will have particular features that make each site special in its own way. We can't tell you exactly what to do at your site, as ecological conditions and management issues may be different, but search our web pages here for information and ideas on a complex and fascinating subject.
How do woodlands function?
Identifying the individual species and knowing the names of woodland plant species is only the beginning. Ecology is about discovering many interesting natural history facts. To understand how the woodland functions we need to look at the life histories of individual woodland species and how they interact with each other.
What are the life cycles of the plants and how long do they live. When do new plants germinate? What conditions favour some species but hinder others?
In a sense we want to try to take the woodland system apart, look at the individual components and the species ecology, and then put them back together to try to understand how they interrelate with each other through their community ecology.
Taking our woodland system apart
A good way to look at the ecology of individual species is in terms of cycles, processes and impacting events. Begin with the stages in the life cycle of the plant: adult - flower - fruit - seed - germination - establishment - juvenile - adult.
To this we add the processes that are part of the life cycle - pollination, seed dispersal and predation - as well as ongoing processes such as seasonality and aging. We need to look at some of the interactions with other factors such as plant /animal interactions and weather conditions.
We then add some impacting events that may affect a plant during its life - fire, drought, plagues, disease etc.
Quite complicated isn't it! And remember we are considering this in relation to only one plant species. In the woodland at the Australian Botanic Garden there are about 130 native plant species and up to 80 exotic species all vying for a place.
Putting our woodland together
Finally we need to know how these factors all work together i.e. how the plant community functions holistically. We need to know its condition or health and whether there are exotic species and what their impact is. Taken together, this information will provide a sound basis for understanding and predicting how the woodland functions through time and space.
We provide a summary of the key ecological features we have identified in the woodland at the Australian Botanic Garden. Many of these points are relevant to a wide range of grassy woodland communities. Management decisions that are required to ensure that the biodiversity and ecological processes are maintained can then be evaluated.


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Upcoming events from the Blum Center
The Maxwell & Eleanor Blum Patient & Family Learning Center on White 110 will host the following events:
All programs are free and open to MGH staff, patients and the general public. For more information call 617-724-7352 or email email@example.com.
Free seminar on hearing and hearing loss at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary will hold its 13th annual Free Public Forum on hearing and hearing loss on Sept. 28, from 9 am to 1 pm, presented by the hospital's Department of Audiology. Talks at this year's event will focus on different approaches to improving hearing function. Guest speakers include Alicia Quesnel, MD, of the MGH Department of Otolaryngology. Call 617-573-4466 to reserve a space or email email@example.com.
Nominate colleagues for the Ernesto Gonzalez Award for Outstanding Service to the Latino Community
The MGH will celebrate Latino Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. This month-long celebration includes the presentation of the Ernesto Gonzalez Award for Outstanding Service to the Latino Community. The ceremony will take place on Sept. 18 from 8 am to 9:30 am in the Their Conference Room. The award honors an MGH employee who has significantly contributed to improving the experience of Latino patients, families, visitors and/or employees within MGH or the community. All MGH employees are invited to download a nomination form and nominate their colleagues; self-nominations are accepted. Nominations may be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com, faxed to 617-643-5358 or delivered to MGH Human Resources, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 760. Nominations are due by Aug. 26.
Annual shift of Earned Time (ET) to Extended Sick Leave (ESL)
The annual shift of Earned Time (ET) to Extended Sick Leave (ESL) for weekly MGH employees will take place on Sept. 24, with the new balances appearing the last paycheck in September. Any ET in excess of the allowed annual maximum will automatically be transferred into the employee's ESL account, providing the employee has less than the ESL account maximum balance. For more information view the annual maximums based on standard hours and years of service. All excess ET must be used by the week ending Sept. 21. On Sept. 24, the excess will be moved to the ESL account. Per MGH policy, employees may request one cash-out per year of 1x standard hours. Cash-out requests should be requested through the departmental manager/timekeeper.
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All MGH employees are eligible for the Guaranteed Ride Home program. If you currently walk, bike or take transit to work, you can receive a free ride home in the event of an emergency or unscheduled overtime. Through the MGH membership in A Better City Transportation Management Association (ABCTMA), all transportation costs, including tolls and gratuity are covered – the program is completely free. Register now to get your voucher number for PlanetTran. For more information visit http://www.abctma.com/.
Gray family waiting area renovations
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Guys, the keys to a good mix? Can anyone explain frequencies to me?
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This is my little mix method:
1.) First thing listen to your recorded material and make some decisions. What needs to be up front? What needs to be in the background? What are the important parts of the mix? Have you recorded everything you need in a clear, high quality manner?
Nothing slows a mix down faster than tracks that have a lot of issues. If it's noisy, pops, bad performance or whatever you owe it to yourself to fix it before you mix it.
Unless you are getting paid by the hour you don't want to play the "fix it in the mix" game. Trust me, I've polished as many turds as a toilet at an overeaters anonymous seminar, and it is never fun. You will kick yourself and end up re-tracking it anyways, so why wait?
2.) Set levels manually for a rough mix in **MONO** (don't stereo pan yet). Don't touch any eq or compression at this point. KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU SHOULD MIX AROUND YOUR *VOCAL* LINE OR MELODY (if an instrumental song). At all times remember that songs are to sell a vocal performance and everything should be subordinate to it.
Thus, start with the main percussion (which may be all of it), the bassline, the main melodic instruments, vocals, background vocals, primary guitars--anything that is the strong parst of the song. Things like background noises, samples, special effects, random noises and the like should be *MUTED* and put on the backburner until after you complete this entire process.
The reasoning is that if your core material sounds great, you can fit the 'support' stuff *around* it and the song will still sound good. After all, it is bassackwards to have the greatest sounding pad that just rules if the vocals and drums are totally buried by it.
Thus--MIX FROM MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS TO LEAST. LESS IMPORTANT STUFF MUST WORK AROUND MORE IMPORTANT STUFF. THE VOCALS ARE ALWAYS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT.
3.) Once you've gotten a rough mix going on, listen to it again and note any deficiencies--is the low end tight? Is it muddy? Is something that is important not popping thru? Is something popping thru too much? Does a part go from too loud to too soft? How's the high end balance and clarity? Does the midrange sound cluttered?
4.) Now that you've mentally assembled your laundry list of mix complaints, it's time to do something about it.
5.) First clean up your low end. Run an EQ on all the tracks with nothing but a HIGH PASS FILTER on it. Stuff that should be part of your low end like kick drums, bass and so on get a HP filter around 35 or 40hz; stuff that shouldn't be cluttering your low end much like strings, sweepy pads should get a HP cutoff around 70 to 200hz. Vocals can be cut off around 150hz pretty safely. Guitar gets cut off around 70hz in general. Remember: you don't want excess garbage cluttering your low end--this is one of the main sources of audio mud.
I've had pads start rolling off at 400hz before because all I really wanted was a little midrange color and some upper harmonics (so I boosted them around 11khz or so later on). Heck, on high hats I typically roll off starting at 500hz for that crisp, clean and transparent high hat sound.
6.) Now that things are looking clean on your low end re-examine your VOLUME issues, which means listening and start grabbing for the compressor.
7.) Stuff that still seems to pop in and out of the mix need compression--target these and compress them so that their volume stays put. (Read my compression tutorial for additional details.)
I am a big believer in fairly low compression ratios though. 2:1 on a lot of things. I always lightly compress analog synths because they are very erratic; if it's an analog synth doing a bassline I will squish it pretty good. In general VA, softsynths and digital synths need **LESS** compression than analogs, but let your ears and mix decide.
8.) Stuff that should be prominent rhythmically like kick and snare definately get some compression as well. Make them slam hard as hell.
9.) Get your low end instruments thumping be it bass guitar, synth or whatever. Make that low end steady, yet punchy. Try not to have more than 3 "low end" elements if you can.
10.) Now that you've gotten levels to be pretty consistent re-listen to the material critically and ask yourself--what needs more seperation, and what needs more integration?
11.) Now it's time to EQ. A lot of mixes sound tinny and thin because of overuse of EQ. If you've gotten your volume levels sounding great manually, and then used compression to make it even more tight, there shouldn't be a whole lot of EQ that you need to do.
12.) First thing--listen to the mix and try to identify weak sounding areas that sound BAD. Is there a little fizz to the guitars? Kick drum a little muffly sounding? High hats sound clangy? Prepare another mental list....
13.) Now use *subtractive EQ'ing* to locate and eliminate these discrepancies. Use the narrowest and smallest cuts you can get away with to bury the offending freq's in the *mix* (not solo'd by itself--always, always look at things in the context of the mix). When you have eliminated these frequencies (and there will probably be a few, perhaps none if you're lucky, sometimes on poorly recorded stuff there will be some in almost everything) we can move on.
14.) Now that the shit frequencies have been zapped listen to the song again and listen to see if the seperation/integration issues have been taken care of. Sometimes you can get lucky and a few problems will work themselves out; if not, the overall quality should have gone up a few notches.
15.) Now it's time to EQ for *SEPERATION*. Listen to the mix and figure out what elements are fighting for space in the low freqs, low-mids, midrange and high frequencies. Choose the one that you want to be more dominant in that frequency band--now go back and slightly cut that track in that band, while (sometimes) applying a slight boost (we're talking 1-2db's) to the dominant track. Keep doing this until you've gotten them all. Re-listen to the track.
16.) Now you want to integrate some of the elements so they work together more. An example is bass and kick drum. But how do you integrate AND seperate these sounds? Easy--give them boosts that are close on the lower end of the spectrum on or near the same frequency (for example: kick drum at 80hz with a boost, bass synth at 100hz with a boost); next move up into the midrange and boost one element someplace and the other one someplace else (such as boosting kick at 4khz and bass synth at 2khz). Play around with these techniques until you have things really cooking.
17.) Now listen to the WHOLE mix. Focus on the different frequency bands, paying special attention to the high end. Does the bass sound tight and clear--with the bass and kick working together yet with distinction? Does the voice mix well in the midrange with the other instruments? Is the high end crisp and clear, but not domineering and tinny? Can you hear the "air" and upper harmonics of the instruments in the over 10khz range?
18.) Now use EQ positively to *add* any of these missing characteristics... such as boosting some cymbals at 12khz, or a string synth at 9khz or wherever there is a bit of a pocket that needs filling, or place for something to shine a bit more without queering the mix.
BE CAREFUL WITH SUB 1khz BOOSTING. Too much boosting in this area can mess you up... too much cutting will give you a thin sound. This is a difficult area to master. When in doubt, leave it alone for the most part.
19.) Now, at long last, STEREO PAN your tracks. Try not to weight any one side more than the other. Keep low frequency or primary instruments centered, or close to center. Bass and kick should always be centered... and snare as well. Give a nice panorama of sound but don't get carried away. Panning over 50% is often too much. Panning less than 30% is what I do most of the time except in specific circumstances like mic'd drum overheads (due to stereo bleeding) which I'll put at 60-75% or so.
20.) Correct any deficiencies that may have arisen from the stereo panning. 80% of the time if you've done the steps pretty good you won't have any correcting to do. The song will suddenly have "mixed" itself when you stereo pan everything.
21.) Now go back and fit the less important elements into the mix. DON'T TOUCH THE CORE ELEMENTS--make the less important ones fit around them with compression and eq.
22.) When you're done, put the mix down for a day or two and go back and listen. Correct anything you don't dig. Compare it to CD's you like and see if it measures up. Make sure it's not too bright of a mix, make sure there is good low end, make sure it doesn't sound muddy, make sure the midrange is well defined, punchy and clear.
Most of all--have fun. There is no right or wrong way to mix YOUR songs.
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