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Brit Hugh Laurie says he misses his family in England and never expected to be away from them for so long. Perhaps that explains why Laurie — who also says he's suffering from a bout of "minor depression" — disappeared from the set of House last week. Laurie returned to work Monday after an unexpected trip across the pond to visit his wife and three children. His hiatus disrupted production on House, but a rep for the star would only attribute his absence to an undisclosed family matter.
"What usually happens is: you do a pilot and, of the very few picked up, only about a quarter go to a second year. So I thought I'll have three fun weeks. I never dreamt I'd be here three and a half years later. But I do go back and forth as much as possible, as do my wife and kids," Laurie said in an interview with Sunday's Sydney Daily Telegraph.
Laurie told the Telegraph, "I can't switch off. I'm always thinking about the show. I'm too neurotic and anal and too convinced we're going to fail to relax. Every show we do is a disaster, I'm convinced of it. I go home and my head is full of all the mistakes I've made."


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With a background ranging from performance art to biochemistry, John Bela took a unique path to becoming a landscape architect. His fascination with nature and cultural spaces led him and his collaborators to feed a meter and turn a San Francisco parking space into a public park for a day in 2005. The action inspired Park(ing) Day events around the world as well as San Francisco's "parklet" program.
Lianne Milton
How did you start working with urban spaces?
I started my education at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago and studied sculpture and performance there for a couple of years. And then I got interested in kind of expanding the scope of my education, so I left art school and got interested in plant biology and ethnobotany. I did some research down in South America and eventually ended up working for a phytopharmaceutical company for a year. I went all the way from the traditional medicinal uses in the jungle to the most advanced kind of biotechnological processes for producing medicines from plants. I moved to the West Coast, pursuing another job with a company called Shaman Pharmaceuticals, but the company folded, so I started seeking other directions in my work. I landed at UC Berkeley, studying landscape architecture and environmental design. What had interested me about being in the jungle was the relationship between nature and cultural artifacts, and at Berkeley I found a strong focus on social and ecological factors in design that privileged public space.
How did that evolve into the Park(ing) Day project?
In San Francisco, the street or other public right-of-way accounts for a quarter of the city's land area—more space than all of the parkland in the city combined. Over several decades, there was a shift from the streets as a social space to the streets as this kind of engineering tool for moving and storing vehicles. We now allocate about 70 percent of the street to vehicles, but in San Francisco, it's not illegal to do something other than store a car in a parking space. So that offers an opportunity for intervention by an artist, someone who's interested in this way of thinking that may be outside of the kind of dominant paradigm in terms of how we use space in a city. Part of the impulse with Park(ing) Day was to exploit a loophole in the parking code for public benefit. We withdrew across the street, and we spent some time observing. Eventually, people stepped off the sidewalk and started using the park. It was a success. We circulated images of this two-hour guerrilla-art intervention on the Internet, and people all over the world started contacting us. We decided that we couldn't really go and set up new Park(ing) Day installations across the globe, but we could share the idea. Inspired by the IKEA model of assembling a simple piece of furniture with a really basic set of instructions, we decided to make a how-to manual. All we asked is that the space be used for some kind of act of generosity or public benefit.
And now, at least in San Francisco, this is an official practice. How did "parklets" come about?
So the way that it unfolded is that, in 2010, the City of San Francisco Planning Department created something they called the "Pavement to Parks" program—literally taking underutilized slots of roadway and transforming them into these little mini–public spaces. Inspired by Park(ing) Day, the department decided to try the same process at the scale of a parking spot. They asked Rebar and a couple other designers to prototype what would be a semi-permanent version of Park(ing) Day. It ultimately became the parklet program: The city issues a permit for a business or resident to transform a parking space into a mini-park. But the crucial thing—and this is what Rebar really fought for in negotiating with the Planning Department—is that this isn't a café-table-and-chair permit. The parklets have to be mini–public parks. The property or business owner is in charge of designing, building, and maintaining the space, and the city has the right to issue or revoke a permit for occupying the parking lane. The public gets a small extension of the public realm of the sidewalk into the street.
How has this changed the city's approach to planning?
Park(ing) Day was a guerrilla-art installation, which tapped into a process of user-generated urbanism or interactive placemaking. Park(ing) Day began to impart that you can test spatial ideas with a really low-cost intervention that can make visible a set of design ideas that doesn't take a long time to do and can be used to rapidly prototype or iterate a potential solution to a problem. Over the last five years, even city policymakers have been adopting guerrilla tactics in order to achieve their long-term strategic-planning objectives. When you get a set of these parklets popping up along a street, you know these are an expression of a set of values and aesthetic ideas of an individual café or business owner or private resident. You have a super-nuanced streetscape that is highly varied and highly responsive to different needs.

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Daron Wilson, general manager of the Poet Biorefining ethanol production facility, runs a pile of Distillers Grains through his fingers in Emmetsburg, Iowa.
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I support the use of ethanol, both corn and cellulosic. However, the ethanol industry and many supporters want to suspend the law of supply and demand by requiring the industry to produce more ethanol than can be consumed.
The Renewable Fuel Standards approved in 2007 mandated that 14.4 billion gallons of ethanol be blended into gasoline in 2014 and 15.0 billion gallons in 2015. However, the blended demand of E10 and E85 is only 13.3 billion gallons. If the Renewable Fuel Standards is higher than the demand, where are the surplus gallons of ethanol supposed to go? E15 is not the answer. If the car manufacturers will not warrant the use of E15, who would risk damaging their $20,000 car if they can buy E10 instead?
The oil companies and refineries are not the consumers. We, the motorists are. We buy as much gasoline as we need (or can afford). The Renewable Fuel Standards need to be lowered to match the demand. They should be changed to a percentage of the total fuel consumed.
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|Reticulocytes in athletes: Longitudinal aspects and the influence of long- and short-term exercise.
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|PMID: 20886465 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process
|Reticulocytes (Ret) are a key variable in the emerging concept of the athlete's biological passport and the longitudinal monitoring of biological parameters in the field of anti-doping. In this context, knowledge on the variability of Ret in athletes and the influence of exercise is necessary. The aim of the present study was to evaluate longitudinal variation in Ret and the influence of short- and long-term exercise.Ret% in 793 samples of 238 athletes were determined and analyzed in different study parts for inter- and intra-individual variation and the impact of long- (competitive season) and short-term (all out) exercise.Median Ret% was 0.9 (CI(0.5-99.5%) 0.4-2.7). Intra-individual variation for Ret% was 0.0118; inter-individual variation 0.0124. During periods of intensive exercise Ret% was slightly lower (mean - 0.1%, p = 0.048). After a short, all-out exercise bout, Ret% was increased (+0.5%, p = 0.0028).Athletes mostly display similar Ret% than the normal population; however, intra-individual variation in athletes is higher. During the competitive season of endurance athletes, Ret% is slightly decreased. After short bouts of intense exercise Ret% is increased. These data can be used for the interpretation of blood profiles in athletes.
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Malawi, Tanzani seek mediation in lake disputeComment on this story
Blantyre, Malawi - Malawi and Tanzania will ask Mozambique's former president Joachim Chissano to mediate a border dispute over Lake Malawi amid oil exploration, a Malawian minister said Tuesday.
"A delegation of Tanzanian and Malawian officials will travel to Mozambique on December 20 to deliver the request," Foreign Minister Ephraim Chiume told a news conference.
"Having failed to reach a consensus, we are leaving the matter in the hands of the former heads of state of SADC (Southern African Development Community) countries to help mediate," Chiume said.
Tanzania and Malawi co-wrote the letter, he added.
The two countries are at odds over their frontier on the southern African lake where each of the poor nations hopes to discover valuable natural resources.
Based on an 1890 colonial agreement, Malawi claims ownership of the whole of Lake Malawi.
Tanzania insists that half the lake falls within its borders and is already eyeing it for natural gas exploration.
The contentious part is a largely undeveloped swathe of the lake, where Malawi has awarded a licence to British firm Surestream to explore for oil in the northeastern waters near Tanzania.
The 29,600-square-kilometre (11,000-square-mile) body of water is Africa's third-largest freshwater lake and lies in the Great Lakes system stretching along the East African Rift.
It is a major tourism attraction in Malawi and straddles one third of the country's territory.
Tanzania calls it Lake Nyasa, taken from Malawi's colonial name. - Sapa-AFP
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Please note: This e-mail account, while similar to the Edvance360 for on-line courses, is a separate account. Once you have logged into your e-mail account, you can change the password to something of your own choice. Please be aware that e-mail through this account will be the primary communication mode from faculty to students. If you have any trouble with the system, please notify IT Coordinator, 217-709-0927.
ExamSoft is the product Lakeview uses for testing. Our unique url is http://www.examsoft.com/lakeviewnursing To visit their Support page go here: http://support.examsoft.com You can search for PC/Mac requirements in the knowledge base. A shortcut to that topic is here.
The login for ExamSoft is your lcn username and password you use for lcn email. To login to SofTest you will need to add lcn\ before the username. Example: the ExamSoft website username would be jdoe password: lcn123456 but SofTest username would be: lcn\jdoe password: lcn123456
Lakeview College of Nursing has taken steps to prevent plagiarism by using a plagiarism prevention tool called turn-it-in. Your instructors will be giving you information on how to enroll in their course via www.turnitin.com. A Student User Guide can be found at http://www.turnitin.com/en_us/training/student-training it will give you information on how to create your user profile, submit your paper online and much more.
Any matching text they find is detailed in an Originality Report sent to your class portfolio. You will be able to view Originality Reports only if your instructor has given you permission to access them.
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Lakeview College of Nursing has installed several Wireless Access Point (WAP). In order to use the service you will need your own laptop computer or wifi enabled device and it will need to have a built-in WiFi or you will need to install a WiFi network card (802.11b or 802.11g compatible). Lakeview does not provide wireless cards. You should also have a charged battery; electrical outlets are available but limited.
No special encryption settings, user names, or passwords are required.
Printers are only available in the computer lab, therefore you will need to email documents to yourself or use a flash drive to save and print documents there.
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HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! I cannot stop laughing at this.
According to that sourcelink, WVKO, a liberal radio station in Columbus, OH, has been a big massive FAIL, and can no longer afford to stay on the air. They put a big, fat, whiney post about it on the station's website, and it is HILARIOUS.
It is with great sadness I must inform WVKO's listeners that once again, Progressive Talk will be silenced on the Columbus airwaves. Our one-year lease on the station is about to expire, and at this time there is no way that we can continue operating the station. So as of midnight on Sunday, December 16th, the new operators will be airing a gospel format on WVKO. Once again, we had a good run with the station, and we were happy to in some small way contribute to the success that the Democrats enjoyed in November. Unfortunately, it was not a two-way street, and lack of advertising support from the Obama campaign all the way down to local races ensured that we will be unable to continue into the new year. I put my time, money, heart and soul into doing what I believed to be important for the country, but those who benefited most from our efforts chose to spend their campaign dollars elsewhere. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice….Well, we can't get fooled again. Also, a number of advertisers who supported the station in the past chose to turn their backs on us this time. I can't say why, since they would not return our calls. I want to thank our advertisers, supporters and you the listeners for everything, and i hope that Progressive Talk can somehow return to Columbus in the future.
You know what's going to replace that drivel? GOSPEL. It's like icing on the cake.
Apparently, WVKO thinks that it should exist simply because it wants to, and not because anyone else does. And not only do they think it should exist, they think THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN should be paying for it (read: taxpayers).
Hey WVKO, here's a tip. If people listen to your programming, then advertisers will pay for it to stay on the air. But if no one cares about the liberal garbage you're spewing, advertisers will stop paying for you to spew it. It's not rocket science. It's CAPITALISM. And it's a beautiful thing.
Here's the station's logo:
I think the only thing appropriate left to say about that is....PEACE OUT.


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hen Theros first came out, W/R Purphoros, God of the Forge, decks were all the rage. Cards like Assemble the Legion and Elspeth, Sun's Champion, allowed you to pump out tokens really quickly, triggering Purphoros or hitting them with Purphoros later. As devotion decks took over, the Purphoros decks were deemed a little too slow. As it turns out, once you add green for mana acceleration, the deck gets a boost and might be a contender.
With Born of the Gods, Purphoros found a new ally in Brimaz, King of Oreskos. The deck always needed a cheaper token maker, and the cat king performs that task admirably. The real unsung hero might actually be Scion of Vitu-Ghazi, a card that saw play briefly at Pro Tour Dragon's Maze. While there are no Advent of the Wurm tokens to populate, there's still the elemental token left behind from Voice of Resurgence.
If I were a slow control deck, I'd be terrified to play against HeroesofKern, as his deck is jam-packed with must-answer threats. Against aggressive decks, you absolutely have to draw the early brick walls in your deck like Courser of Kruphix, Brimaz, or Sylvan Caryatid, but if you do, you should be in good shape. Overall, it's a pretty good spot to be in.
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August 5, 2012 at 11:15 am #20912
Newsletter Late july 2012.
Dear Sea gypsies
Harvest season has just started and we are cutting and drying the gras
old time style. Its pretty backbreaking work, but our seaygpsy guys
are a hardworking bunch, so we will finish this step soon. A few more
weeks and we will also start blueberry and raspberry picking. Then
comes mushroom and lingonberries. The autumn will sure be be a busy
Last weekends it has been a dumpsterdiving craziness which brought us
lots of goodies like cherries and nectarines. Its pity to throw away
good food.. so they end up in morning porrige and cakes! mmmm.
Boatbuilding is going forward at full speed. 6 plates are on and we
are ready for constructing the deckhouse and soon we start build up
the wood interior inside the boatw. It will be nice change indeed,
swapping the welding pistol with a hammer and saw. At least the smell
of sawdust is better than weldingfume.
Ok that was small update for last weeks, hope you enjoy our pictures
and drop us a line if you want to join or gang!
a: Happy gang of seagypsy guys cutting gras.
b. Old style harvest. It seems easy but its hard pretty hard work.
c: Nice rest in hammock after a hard days work.
d. Polish grinding girl working on deck beams.
e. Sea gypsies out camping. The lake was a bit too cold for
swimming.. brr.
Love from
Sailing the farm – a sea gypsy tribe of tomorrow.
http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=201351&stc=1&d=1342947814July 9, 2012 at 11:10 am #20813
Newsletter July 2012.
Dear Sea gypsies
The summer has been good and productive to us. Mostly nice and warm
weather for whole june which is more than you can expect up here.. The
potatoefield and carrot field grow nicely. The sugar peas in the
small greenhouse is now blooming and soon we will be self-sufficient
on sugar-pies (that is, if we dont eat more than one pea a day each)
Mid summerday arrived with nice weather and as normal we had a the
traditional midsummer party sitting around the camp fire eating burned
marshmallows and dreaming about life out on the deep blue sea…
Talking about dreaming.. We have been discussing the deck curve for so
long that we started to get nightmares about this.. but in the end it
looks pretty good. The deck ribs are bent in, and we are in the stage
of plating the deck. Sofar the curve looks really nice! The deck area
will be around 40m2 totally, means we will have space for a hammock or
two between the masts!
Ok, that was all for this month,, if you fancy join our constantly
bigger sea gypsy tribe, please drop us a line. Whish you all a warm
summer and hope you enjoy our pictures below.
a: Mid summer party with camp fire and burned marshmallows.
b: British metalworker. Carpentry is for kids! Big boys only work with
c: Our french plating crew.
d: Two pretty mermaids (US/Germany) working on deck ribs. Hard hat is
mandatory when you work under the boat.
e: Fishing from the pier behind the boatshed. One of these days he
will hopefully get a fish!
http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=195121&stc=1&d=1341733663June 13, 2012 at 9:48 pm #20700
Newsletter June 2012.
Dear Sea gypsies
We're back to a full farm – the current crew of sea-gypsies hail from
Norway, Germany (times two), Finland, France/Belgium, the UK and the
US – it makes for lively, er, discussions in the evenings while we're
watching Euro Cup matches.
It also makes for rapid progress – in the last few weeks we've picked
the entire farm clean of rocks, planted two fields in a mixture of
cover crops (including phacelia, whose blue flowers are a favorite bee
snack), built and painted a fence around the yard, re-plumbed the
basement, fixed our fleet of bicycles, put in almost a kilometer of
fence around the biggest field, dug up half the far field looking for
a pipe leak, refinished a beautiful old door… and then, in our spare
time, built a model for the boat's dinghy, biked all over the area,
hiked down the river, spent a weekend in Oslo, foraged local plants
for dinner, built a campfire spot overlooking the valley, installed a
swing under the barn ramp, given each other mohawks, and baked about
forty loaves of bread.
And we're going to be parents! Kind of! One of our chickens has very
motherly instincts, and she's been incubating thirteen eggs – some
hers, some laid by the rest of our flock. We're expecting chicks in a
week or so.
All the farming hasn't left us much time for boatbuilding, but we
still managed to make some progress this month: the keelbox has been
welded shut in bow and stern, the last ribs are being bent to shape
and welded in, and the calculations for the curve of the deck have
begun. This week we'll finish the ribs and begin the wood patterns
for the deck frames.
We've been eating like royalty – everybody has learned to bake, and
the spring plants are out in force, so we feast on nettles, milkweed,
chaga mushrooms, dandelions, wood sorrel, and our own bread. After a
long winter of turnips, potatoes and carrots, it's wonderful to have
the green leaves that come with warm days, and the new dishes that
come with new comrades.
So, enjoy summer folks, and if you want to join us, just send us an
Pictures from last weeks.
a: Sea-gypsy girl busy planning the route with help of the world-map
in background.
b: Fence-banging guys!
c: The Fencing-crew on the way to the field.
d: Enjoy a short rest after hours of rockpicking in the field.
e: Welding up the keelbox inside the boat.
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Newsletter May 2012.
Dear Sea gypsies
Spring has come to the farm! And then came summer, and then a few
blustery days of fall, and finally last Friday and Saturday it snowed
again. But that will be the last snow of the year, we hope – the mild
weather seems to have returned, the trees are leafing out, the
wildflowers are springing up around the river, the bees and the
neighbors have come out of hibernation (again), and we are hard at
This week we mixed a few tons of lovely manure compost into the soil
of the north field, and planted eleven rows of potatoes – by hand –
which should give us about 300 kilos of potatoes in the fall to feed
hungry sea-gypsies all next winter. Next week we'll plant carrots and
onions, and move some tender warm-weather starts to our new greenhouse
– radishes, bok choi, spinach, parsley, beets, and sugar peas so tall,
they might start climbing us if we don't get them out of the kitchen
Work on the boat has really picked up recently. We've been distracted
with planting, and replumbing the bathroom, and building coldframes
and the new greenhouse – but now that the potatoes are in the ground
and the sea-gypsies are in the bath (phew), we are back in the
boatshed all the time. Our resident woodworker is about to start work
on a wooden dinghy from a traditional Norwegian design, just as soon
as he gets the greenhouse finished. And we cast two tons of lead
ballast, a very medieval process involving a wood-fired furnace in the
yard. The boat will eventually carry five tons, so there is more
casting to do as soon as the scrap yard has more lead for us.
Inside the boat we're sealing off the keel with aluminum plates – the
bow is nearly done, and then we can put in the last of the bow ribs.
In the stern, we're wrestling with engine placement – it needs to be
high enough to fit the cooling system and the primary diesel tank
underneath, but low enough that the propeller clears the stern.
Hmmmmm. Fortunately there's plenty to do while we're thinking about
it – like put on the deck! The boat will start looking dramatically
different very soon and we're all pretty excited.
As always, there's room for more in our big sea-gypsy tribe – so if
you like planting, weeding, shoveling, soldering, sawing, nailing,
welding, grinding, sewing, cooking, drilling, knitting, routering,
getting headbutted by chickens, watching 2-hour sunsets, measuring,
cutting, re-measuring, thinking, re-re-measuring, making bread,
reading sea books, eating waffles or knot-tying, drop us a line!
Picture from last weeks.
a: Sea gypsy girl making psykedelic chair-protection for the chairs.
b: Shaping wood with router
c: Potato-planting.
d: lead melting girl finished melting 2 tonns in one week.
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Newsletter April 2012. .
Dear Sea Gypsies,
Still some time until we are ready to put the seeds into the soil. Its
more or less -5 degrees C during night last weeks but daytime is above
The days have been spent welding and welding and when we havent done
welding we have spent time troubleshoot welding machines. They have a
tendency to break down unfortunately. So we bought 2 more big
machines. We also got hold of another ton of lead. There seems to be
no end to how much lead we need for ballast.
Ahh yes. We got more chickens on the farm. one of our hens found out
we need some easter chickens this year and she missed by 2 days. Not
bad. The small one is a little shy so its hard to take a picture
without getting attacked by the angry mother.
Today it will be traditional easter-dinner here on the farm with
people from near and far. Wish you all fair winds and following seas
and hope you all have a peacful easter.
picture from last weeks.
a: our chickens are enjoying longer and warmer days.
b: two more welding machines arrived on the farm.. It seems we cant
get enough welding machines.
c: Our easter chicken arrived 2 days before easter.
http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=135861&stc=1&d=1333813551February 27, 2012 at 12:24 am #18901
Newsletter February 2012. .
Dear Sea Gypsies,
Spring is slowly coming our way, This winter has been really nice
compared to last winter. It has seldom been below -15, which is quite
out of normal.
We had a really nice christmas on the farm, with lots of friends and
seagypies. This year Santa Claus had an australian accent. We tried to
teach him the only one and important centence in norwegian – "Are
there any nice children here" but in last minute he forgot – but the
"kids" still got their presents. The small ones got proper
vikinghelmets and dress of course…. What else for seagypses?
Else we have been doing regular winter maintainance on the farm and
been looking forward to the spring. The boat project is going forward
working on small and big pieces on the boat. We have been doing some
work on how to make a furnace to melt all that scrap aluminum into
more useful stuff like portholes. Casting is not something new. People
have been doing thise for ages. Hopefully we manage to make something
out of brick run on propane or better firewood which we have plenty of
up here. Any foundry and casting experience out there?
Anyway, its quite busy up here now but dont forget to enjoy the early
spring folks! .. and if you want to join our tribe please contact us!
a. Enjoy christmas dinner with friends and seagypies.
b. A young seagypsy quite happy whith his christmaspresent – proper
viking helmet!
c. Out walking the mast. Even a mast need some fresh air these days!
d. We want to duplicate these guys! Anyone with casting/foundry
experience out there? We want to learn!
a: http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=112591&stc=1&d=1330274085
b: http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=112601&stc=1&d=1330274091
c: http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=112611&stc=1&d=1330274096
d: http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=112621&stc=1&d=1330274103
3December 18, 2011 at 5:03 pm #16860
Newsletter December 2011.
Dear Sea Gypsies,
Things are looking very Christmassy now, as the snow falls and we
prepare to delve into the forest on the hunt for the perfect Christmas
tree. Snow isnt quite at head-height yet, since its been a tropical
December. Today shows a toasty -10 on the thermometer. Woofers are
holding their breath, waiting to see some proper winter-conditions,
thus facilitating giant snowmen, igloo-building, skiing, and perhaps a
model sailing ship crafted from snow and ice? Anything is possible on
the farm!
This month however has been a sad one. Our friend and one of the
seagipsy family, Casper, died a few weeks ago. At almost 14 years
old, he was happy, eating many waffles, until the end of his life. We
buried him in a peaceful spot overlooking the raspberry patch. He was
a beautiful dog with a beautiful heart; we know many of you loved
Casper and he will always be remembered.
Other news is that, after a much-needed trip to the Canaries for some
of us for some serious sailboat spotting, we are back and working hard
to…yes, you guessed it, work of the roof which is now thankfully
finished! Otherwise we have been trench-digging, honey-stirring,
shed-cleaning and wall-painting, trying to finish everything that
needs doing before our beards and toes start to freeze. All of us are
itching to get back into the boat shed however, desperate as we are to
start sewing the sails, melting the ballast, carving the mast and
welding the deck…only a few more steps until our beautiful sailboat
is ready for her maiden voyage!
If you want to join our happy sea-gypsy tribe, feel free to drop us a
Have a good Christmas everyone, and remember to put out a big bowl of
porridge for the Fjosnisse. This gnome lives in the barn and he can
get cranky if he doesn't get his fair share at Christmas!
Pictures of the month
a: Finding a nice christmas tree in the forest.
b. two pretty mermaids painting the storage shed inside.
c. Casper, our beloved sailboat dog passed away this month.
d. and again, merry christmas to all of you from all of us!
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Sailing the Farm Newsletter
November 2011
Dear Sea Gypsies,
November has been an exciting month here on the farm. We've had
Americans, Australians, Spaniards, French, Dutch, English… all of us
wwoofers staring at the sky, waiting for the snow to come! It has
been unseasonably warm, and we are still working hard to finish all
the things that need to be finished before winter arrives. It's
already snowing on the mountains, so skiing, ice-fishing and igloo
building are just around the corner.
The roof is not quite finished, although we hope that by the end of
the week we will be eating "Roof Cake" to celebrate its completion.
Turns out a 100-year-old roof is hard to fix! But once all the tiles
are straight, we will move onto the winter bathroom and then the boat.
Other projects this month have included fixing up the chicken coop,
turning it into 5 star luxury accommodation. Only the best for our
chickens! We have also tried our hand at plowing, which is
surprisingly difficult. Maybe there's a reason farmers decided to
swap horses for tractors… although we definitely prefer the horses!
It might just take a bit of practice to get those furrows straight.
Other news… the northern lights have been putting on quite a show this
month. Wwoofers have been busy, hunting for trolls in the forest and
sending each other on scavenger hunts around the farm. One brave
wwoofer attempted to walk along the ancient pilgrim trail that runs
through the farm, back to Oslo.
If you are interested in coming to help us out here on the farm,
please let us know. There is always space, just send us an email if
you want to try your hand at roof tiling, giant igloo building,
welding, plowing… and of course boat building!
We hope all of you are well and looking forward to winter!
Check out our photos from this month:
a.Slowly scaling down the farm, this English girl worries about life
without diesel for our tractor… this guy works best on grass and
plenty of oats.
b.Wrestling with giant snakes in the trench!
c.Safety regulations are by the book. Everyone is wearing earmuffs
these days.
d.Happy sea gypsies feasting (Australia, France, US, England).
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Sailing the Farm Newsletter
October 2011
Dear Sea Gypsies,
The snow is almost here! September and October have been productive
months here on the farm, as we have been working hard to prepare for
the coming winter. The roof on the main house is nearly finished
(with lines so straight it is almost sea-worthy!) The trench for the
winter bathroom has been dug; once the pipes are in, these
hard-working WWoofers will have no more excuses not to shower! All
that's left will be to install the wood-burning heaters in the
barracks, and then it will be so toasty warm it wont even feel like
winter. We even have a homemade hot tub, nicknamed "The Potato Pot",
and once the sauna is built, our luxury spa will be complete! What
better way to watch the Northern Lights, than steaming in a hot tub
(that was once a milk storage tank, heated by the magic of a Swedish
potato cooker)? Especially when (to the delight of some, and horror
of others) we discovered that it is possible to measure the volume of
its occupants. Maybe life is getting a little too easy on farm and we
have too much time on our hands?
Harvest season is over and we are enjoying the bounty of home-grown
potatoes, lingonberry jam and apple sauce. Our honey is jarred and
stored for the winter, and it makes a delicious accomplishment to the
morning porridge. There has been a spate of biscuit making, which is
definitely helping us to gain some well-needed winter insulation
around the stomach area! However we are already looking forward to
next spring, and are busy making plans, dividing the fields into
potential orchards, turnips, peas, maybe even pumpkins. There is talk
of installing both a greenhouse (for those of you who cannot seem to
do without a few tomatoes) and a heated space for growing mushrooms.
If you know anything about permaculture, we are very anxious to hear
from you, because we need all the help we can get!
Finally, we want to welcome six new babies to the farm. Chicks "
three white, one brown and two black" have arrived and are giving us
constant entertainment. Turns out, chicken TV is much more addictive
than the normal kind! Four of the chicks are currently living in the
girls' barracks, the last arrived this morning with the first snowfall
and we are calling him Tuff, in the hopes that he is tough enough to
survive the winter.
That's everything from the Sea Gypsy tribe this month. We hope
everyone out there is well, and enjoying the autumn! Please take a
look at our photos and remember, if you have some spare time, there's
always room on our farm for an extra WWoofer or two. The cold is
coming, and that means work is about to begin again on the boat. She
has been much neglected over the summer, and requires some
well-deserved attention!
a.The epitomy of a Sea Gypsy farmer, wearing a stylish hat and riding
a 52 model Massey Ferguson tractor.
b.Making apple sauce with our steam heater.
c.The trial run of our machine of the month, an old-style food
processor (acquired for free and in perfect working order, although
there was a long evening of head scratching before we realized we were
using it upside down).
d.Two happy WWoofers, boiling in the Potato Pot.
e.Moving home the grass in the fields.
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Sailing the farm tribe mid sept 2011
Dear wannabe seagypsies.
The first real frostnights have been visiting us, so winter is slowly
coming our way. we have had quite a lot of asian volunteers this month
and celebrated the full moon with moon cake some weeks ago. (chinese
Last weeks have been mostly used to harvest and prepare for
winter. Jam-producion is up to full speed and hopefully we will have
enough homemade jam for the whole winter. The bees have got their
sugar so they are also ready for a long winter. Most important step
now is finish up the roof and also make a new shower/bathroom which
will be warm.
So until next newsletter, have a nice autumn!
Minutes from last weeks.
a. A seagypsy girl from Taiwain
b. two proud seagypsies just waiting to launch their home!
c. Apple harvest. We got 72 kg of jam!
d. Lingon-berry harvest. that was totally 26 kg sofar, and still more berries out there.
e. The roof had to be fixed. We are getting there!
f. Cleaning out the barn for making winter bathroom.
g. Wood cutting. We are not sure but we think we got around 20-30 m3
of wood ready for winter.
http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=72879&stc=1&d=1316287013August 15, 2011 at 2:30 pm #14659
Sailing the Farm tribe mid August 2011
Dear wannabe sea gypsies,
Still pouring down, last night it rained 50 mm/m2, which makes the
potato field a little wet, but still some time until we have a
beachfront at 400 meter above sealevel
Its been 5-6 hardworking seagypsis from Malaysia, New Zealand, USA,
France and Sweden here now for a long time and . We have spent time
painting the barracks which looks really cozy and nice, then we have
been working out on the field and also slowly preparing for winter.
When it comes to boatwork we got hold of 1 tonns more lead and will
continue making ballast for the boat.
If you think you have some skills who could be useful to us and wants
to become a part of our happy seagypsy community please dont hesitate
to contact us.
Minutes from last weeks:
a. Kiwi-girl painting the barracks inside.
b. Directly arrived from Jordan. A mix of norwegian winterclothes and
traditional jordan wedding costume maybe
c. Biking to the lake to go swimming. Whopping 16 degrees C in the water.
d. Painting the barracks outside.
e. As usual on thursdays – swedish peasoup and waffels.
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Actually I noted this forum topic because I loved the book "Sailing the Farm". Wow, would I love to build a boat like that. Of course, it's taken me and my man two years to get a puddle duck together
Sailing the Farm tribe mid May 2011
Dear wannabe sea gypsies,
Its been really nice weather for the last 2 weeks. The bees are busy
collecting pollen, and we have been working out on the fields for the
last days. The potatoe field is finished so now its just to wait
until october to see the result.
We found we probably needed mast for the sea gypsy community so we
started planting 700 small spruce-trees. Then its just to sit down and
wait – some 80 years. It is the sea gypsies of the future who will
appreciate this step – but its good to think longterm. who
knows. maybe it will be hundreds of boats roaming the seven seas some
time in distant future?
We are still working on the lead smelter, it will be some time until
this step is finished, but goes slowly forward. Finding good lead is
biggest problem.
If you think you have some skills who could be useful to us and wants
to become a part of our happy seagypsy community please dont hesitate
to contact us.
Minutes from last weeks:
1. two hardworking kiwi/aussie guys on their way to the field to pick
2. Cooling down the lead smelter with water. the obligatory safetymask
is on. getting lead poison is no fun.
3. Preparing the potato field. quite good soil (you can see some
beehives in the background there)
4. Planting 700 spruce trees. The seagypsy dog watch the process
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http://list.nett.org/mailman/listinfo/sailing-the-farmApril 25, 2011 at 4:07 pm #13332
Sailing the Farm tribe late april 2011
Dear sea gypsy friends.
Hard to believe but summer arrived early this year! it has been 15-16
degrees last days and we are still talking april! This looks good, our
sea gypsies even complain its a little too warm in the boatshed. How
fast we forget our frostbitten toes!
We are still into lead melting. Biggest problem is actually getting
scrap lead to a price we are willing to pay. It seems china is driving
up the prices so much so its hard to get scrap metal cheap anymore,
but we are more or less halfway through this process.
Latest news on farm is: We are now almost selfsufficient on eggs!! we
get one each day!!! just incredible. Will soon start to plow the field
and start planting potatoes, pacelia (for the bees) and raspberries.
Happy easter!
If you are interested in joining sailing the farm project please
contact us!
And as usual some pictures from the last weeks:
1. this girl is a serious sea gypsy. even have a fisherman anchor on
her left leg. so together with our 4 other fisherman anchor I think
we have enough!
2. second batch of chickens.Its incredible how fast they grow – almost
3. Yes, Spring time is here, cleaning and painting antofouling on the
small sailboat.
4. Easter dinner. What else than chinese hotpot! For those
landlubbers out there. this kerosene stove is stolen from the
boat to simulate that we have a real hotpot table.
If you want to join our sea gypsy tribe, please contact us.
Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse
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http://list.nett.org/mailman/listinfo/sailing-the-farmApril 3, 2011 at 7:57 am #13135
Sailing the Farm tribe early april 2011
Dear friends.
Spring is slowly coming and even if it is still snowing it usually
melt a little every day. We are into summertime so sun goes down after
2000 so we have long days ahead of us thankfully.
There has been many nice wannabee seagypsies last weeks on farm and
everyone talks eagerly about the future life of roaming the seas. We
have a huge stocks of sailingbooks on the farm so its easy to dream
about distance shores and nice sunsets.
The work goes forward as normal, we are melting lead for the ballast
keel (totally around 4500 tonns). It will be in big V-shaped form,
with average weight of around 60 kg. It makes it easier to take them
out in emergency. Lead is quite poisonous so we are using masks and
work outside. It melts around 300 degress, so easy to use a wood
burning stove.
The wax-melting process for the bees is finished thankfully. Now we
have 150 boxes with clean organic wax. We started this process in
october so it was a long and tedious work.
If you are interested in joining sailing the farm project please
contact us!
Comments to the pictures.
1: 3 hardworking seagypsies taking a rest on the couch.
2. the girl with the rooster. Look at the matching colors. The rooster
might think they belong to the same tribe.
3. Our Igloo got a nice shaped door.
4. Balancing on a line. A little cold without shoes.
5. Melting lead for the boat. Each weight 60 kg.
6. Time to hit the road again. Our professional hitchhiking girl
decide to go south after many month on farm. Deeply missed.
If you want to join our sea gypsy tribe, please contact us.
Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse
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http://list.nett.org/mailman/listinfo/sailing-the-farmMarch 13, 2011 at 3:59 pm #12847
Sailing the Farm tribe march 2011
Dear friends.
The coldest months are behind us thankfully. Daylight get longer
every day and soon the springtime will be here. It has been maybe
10-15 very nice wannabee sea-gypsies here last 2-3 months and we have
made good progress.
We have been working hard on the boat and farm since last
newsletter. Since last time we are more or less finished with the
dieseltanks and watertanks inside the boat and also fixed the position
of the small engine we plan to install.
Making stuff for beehives is more or less finished. Cleaning and make
wax-moulds for 200 bee-hive boxes took a lot of time but only a few
days away finish up this step.
Of less serious business, as tradition on the farm goes – we made
another igloo this year and its a popular place to sleep during
night. Even if its -20 celcius its cozy and warm inside the
igloo. Skiing is also a popular pasttime.
When spring is coming we plan to grow potatoes, carrots and onion to
get more selfsufficient on food. Welding up the deck has also high
priority so until then – have a nice early spring (or autumn/winter
for those of you in the southern hemisphere!)
If you are interested in joining sailing the farm project please
contact us!
Pictures from last time.
1. The ladies are making wax-moulds for the bees.
2. Cutting wood for next winter.
3. A nice Igloo, very popular indeed!
4. Our birds are taking sun-bath.
5. Out skiing in nice winter weather.
If you want to join our sea gypsy tribe, please contact us.
Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse
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03 June 2010
bikes, beach, and besties...did i just say besties?
14 comments:
- danielle and dinosaur toes said...
it looks like you're having a blast already! don't you just love when you get something new and it's so exciting you wear it two or three times in a row?
one more week!!!!!
- June 3, 2010 at 9:03 PM
- little ghost said...
yay OC :D
- June 3, 2010 at 10:04 PM
- happy owl erin said...
you and your sis are adorable, and love seeing pics of CALi...oh, the memories of the good 'ol Newport days!
- June 3, 2010 at 10:49 PM
- my name is lauren. said...
you're already having so much fun! can't wait to join you next week!!!! how many times can i say that??? hmmmm....probably a lot :). oh and cute cute luggage. mine isn't going to be nearly as cute... just fyi :).
- June 3, 2010 at 10:51 PM
- Caroline said...
Sounds like the perfect day!!! Love the photos! xo
- June 3, 2010 at 10:55 PM
- Kara said...
Um, can I PLEASE have your life!?
- June 3, 2010 at 11:39 PM
- VintageVirgin said...
awwww so wish i was you! stuck in tx :( til aug. we should get together when you get back!
- June 4, 2010 at 7:49 AM
- lydia. said...
as part of our roadtrip, josh and i went to california.
it was my first time, and i'm totally in love!
we went to san diego, and i was just like, "swoon."
it's amazing!
we're going to LA in a couple of weeks.
i'm so ready for it!
you look like you're having such a neat time.
yay! :)
- June 5, 2010 at 1:38 PM
- Jenny Taylor said...
i've been following your blog for the past couple of weeks now and i l-love. it.
- June 5, 2010 at 5:40 PM
- Krysten @ After 'I Do' said...
Wow how much fun are you having! Very exciting!
- June 5, 2010 at 5:50 PM
- Jessica said...
looks like some fun times! i love that orange bike, very cute.
- June 5, 2010 at 6:05 PM
- Green Pickles said...
Looks like so much fun! I want to buy a bike!
- June 7, 2010 at 7:20 AM
- z.m said...
i'm a new follower - cali looks beautiful i'd love to visit there! :D
- June 8, 2010 at 11:11 AM
- CaL said...
I can't wait for tomorrow & PIP!
I am SO jealous of your fossil luggage! I need that day bag! "f" the purses...I want luggage! =)
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HYANNIS — Gwen (McLaughlin) Donovan, of Hyannis, formerly of Scituate, passed away on Feb. 7, 2014, surrounded by her loving family.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Gwen grew up in Brighton and received her bachelor's degree in English from Emmanuel College in Boston. Upon graduation, Gwen worked for the Boston Globe newspaper where she met her late husband Jack. She continued working until she had children. At that point, she devoted her life and infinite love to her family.
Gwen is survived by her son Jay of Centerville and her daughter Lisa of Hyannis. She was the devoted sister of Joan Crowley of New York and the late James McLaughlin, Rosemary Robotham, Cathleen Malley, Dolores O'Meara and Francis (Ferg) McLaughlin. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Family and friends may call from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, at the Doane, Beal and Ames Funeral Home, 160 W. Main St., Hyannis, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at Saint Francis Xavier Church, 347 South St., Hyannis. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend.
At the request of the family, they would ask for NO flowers and that donations be made in Gwen's memory to The MSPCA; Cape Cod Animal Care and Adoption Center, 1577 Falmouth Road, Centerville, MA 02632; or to a charity of your choice! Gwen will be greatly missed by all those who were blessed to have known her.
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New report reveals what caused massive uranium spill at Kakadu
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- March 27, 2014
DAMAGED rubber lining inside a tank was to blame for a massive uranium spill at the Ranger mine in Kakadu National Park, a new report shows.
Energy Resources of Australia has today announced the findings of an independent investigation into the Leach Tank failure at Ranger mine in December last year.
An estimated one million litres of contaminated slurry spilled from the tank.
The report recommended a further 28 actions to be undertaken on specific assets or systems before they are returned to service.
READ: The full report into the mine spill
READ: Kakadu mine operations suspended after spill
The restart of the plant remains subject to ERA Board and Ministerial and regulatory approvals.
The investigation commissioned by ERA is separate from, and has been run in parallel with, the joint investigation being undertaken by the Government-appointed taskforce charged with overseeing the regulatory response to the leach tank incident.
The first phase assessed the root cause afound that the rubber lining inside Leach Tank 1, which protects the tank structure from corrosion, had been damaged as a result of wear from a partially failed baffle inside the tank.
"The damaged rubber lining allowed the acidic slurry mixture to come into contact with the tank's steel wall, which subsequently corroded and ultimately led to the failure of the tank," ERA says.
Phase two of the investigation assessed the condition of critical assets at Ranger processing plant, including equipment and systems, and examined the asset maintenance strategies associated with the assets.
ERA chief executive Andrea Sutton said: "This investigation has been extremely rigorous and assessed the integrity of our plant."
"The detailed review is an important part of helping restore community and stakeholder confidence in the Ranger plant operations," Ms Sutton said.
"We have taken this incident very seriously and we intend to prevent anything similar from happening in the future."
"ERA will continue to work with key stakeholders and members of the Government-appointed taskforce as they continue with their own investigations," Ms Sutton said.
ERA has also announced that the work to dismantle and remove Leach Tank 1 and its associated infrastructure from the Ranger processing area is complete. The removal of Leach Tank 1 was carried out safely within an established exclusion zone. The failed tank sections have been preserved and stored on site for inspection.
The leach tank incident released a slurry of ground ore, water and acid within the processing area, but the release was fully contained on site with no impact to Kakadu National Park.
ERA's Ranger mine is 8km east of Jabiru and 260km east of Darwin.
ERA employs more than 500 people.
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katrina of queensland Posted at 11:25 AM April 01, 2014
Nuclear energy is going to be the way of the future, there is too much ideological nonsense regarding nuclear energy. Sooner or later the carbon dioxide emitting fossil fuels will be depleted, the population will grow in the billions and sources of power will be needed. 80% of France's energy comes from nuclear without any issues. Nuclear gives off 0 emissions and no co2, there are state of the art nuclear plants that switch off completely without human intervention and the risk of exposion is 0. The waste can be recycled over and over again. Large scale solar panels are just as dangerous, the sun does'nt always shine 365 days of the year, and the land needed for the panels goes well beyond what people think is needed. Wind...sometimes there is none and vast amounts of land is also needed. The oil and gas companies hold the monopoly on the world's power resources...and look at the problems they have caused, oil spills regularly and devastation involved with those, degradation of millions of hectares of land, rainforrests and animal species to find new deposits, the chemicals to clean the coal and the CO2 emitted....time humanity woke up becuase fossil fuels will not last forever.
Paul of The Hills Posted at 6:45 AM March 28, 2014
This was not a uranium spill, it was a ore/acid slurry spill. The article is misleading and if you don't understand the difference then whoever wrote this article should educate themselves. Must be the reason that they are too embarrassed to put their name to this article...
Bill Posted at 11:00 PM March 27, 2014
Yet another example of , we will fix it when it happens, instead of the hypothetical, "what if's", beforehand? Why is it that man rush into setting up controversial and highly dangerous projects without considering Plan B ,C,D? When do you put foresight into action?


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Hundreds lined Center Street on Tuesday night
Phyllis Rastall needed a little help from family and friends to get onto the float Tuesday night at the Douglas Mardi Gras parade. Once settled in the chair, though, the 87-year-old bundled herself up and grabbed a handful of beads and waved to the hundreds of people for her annual birthday tradition.
Rastall has been celebrating her birthday in the parade since 1989, said her daughter, Rita, as she tossed beads to spectators.
The Mardi Gras Queen led the parade, swaying in a beaded headdress that took her about two weeks to craft. She leads the parade each year and, each year, she makes a new costume.
Alexa Urquhart worked to keep her shiny star-shaped hat on as a cold wind blew down Center Street.
"It's a process," she said about making the large hat with blinking lights that matched the parade's theme of "Star Spangled Mardi Gras."
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Once again, smoking marijuana in a dormitory has landed a Georgia football player in trouble with the law.
Justin Scott-Wesley, a Camilla native who is sidelined for the season with a knee injury, was cited late Wednesday night for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and possession/use of a drug object after housing personnel detected the odor of marijuana emanating from his room at Rooker Hall.
According to police records, UGA Police officer Matt Browning was dispatched to the dormitory at 10:41 p.m., Wednesday. The officer traced the smell on the first floor of the dorm to Scott-Wesley's room. After Scott-Wesley was confronted and admitted to smoking marijuana, he grudgingly gave consent to search his room and a glass pipe and marijuana "grinder" were located in a desk drawer. No significant quantities of marijuana were found but the residue in the grinder resulted in the possession charges, according to the report.
However, an arrest warrant was not issued until Thursday morning. Scott-Wesley turned himself in to the Athens-Clarke County Jail at 4:19 p.m. on Thursday and released three hours later on a total $4,000 in bond. He was booked under his given name of Justin Bernard Wesley.
UGA Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said allowing Scott-Wesley to remain in his dorm room and not be hauled off to jail is standard operating procedure for all students in such cases.
"If there are no safety issues for the person or other parties and no urgency with result of the situation at that moment, it's common for officers to get all the information, do what they need to do and just sign a warrant the next morning," Williamson said. "That allows (students) to deal with it during working hours and not have to miss classes or anything."
Scott-Wesley's scenario is very similar to the one that resulted in discipline for two football players back in May. Police were called to a room occupied by safety Josh Harvey-Clemons and tight end Ty Flournoy-Smith because a residence hall assistant smelled marijuana. Neither player was arrested in that incident but because they admitted to police they had been smoking marijuana they were disciplined for violating the athletic programs marijuana use policy. Harvey-Clemons was suspended for the first game of the season and Flournoy=Smith was dismissed from the team due to an prior arrest.
Georgia officials, who are traveling to Jacksonville for the the Georgia-Florida game, could not immediately be reached for comment. Details to come as they're available.
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Stinson sweeps Modified twin bill
7th spot proves to be sweet starting point in Southside wins
Published Saturday, May 12, 2007
Some people consider seven to be a lucky number. For Modified race car driver Thomas Stinson, it's a dead solid lock.
Due to his victory in the last Modified race at Southside Speedway several weeks ago, Stinson was relegated to the seventh starting position, as are all winning drivers for their next races. He won the first of last night's twin 50-lap races which meant he started seventh for the second race, which he also won.
And as a bonus, Rusty Wood - driving Stinson's backup car - finished right behind Stinson in the second race after being knocked out of the first race in a wreck.
Stinson's closest competition has been Mike Rudy, and last night was no different. Rudy finished second in the first race and third in the second, giving Stinson a run for his money all the way.
"Mike was right on my tail in the first race," Stinson said. "But I could tell he was trying to save his tires a bit, so I was able to hold off with just enough to beat him. I had to save my tires, too.
"In my first practice runs on the track before the races, the surface felt a little slick," Stinson said. "And I really think that's what set off all the wrecks and spinouts we had tonight. These guys are getting better and better, but experience and, in particular, patience is very important."
There were 12 cautions in the twin 50-lap races
Both feature races looked about the same for Stinson and Rudy. In the first, Stinson was in third place by Lap 5, second by Lap 13 and took the lead for good on Lap 19 with Rudy on his bumper the rest of the way. Rudy looked like he might be able to catch Stinson with six laps to go, but Stinson prevailed.
In the second race, Rudy made it up to third place by Lap 8, but Stinson was on his tail by Lap 11. Stinson overtook Rudy on Lap 15 and set out after race leader Jason Eberth and Michael Johnson, who was in second. On Lap 17, Stinson passed Johnson and proceeded to drive down Eberth, again with Rudy on his bumper.
Wood sneaked in to get past Rudy about halfway home and drafted his way behind Stinson to the second-place finish.
Keith Mackta won the 30-lap Grand Stock race, Cameron Patrick took the 25-lap Legends event and Casey Sipe finished first in the Pro-Six 30 lapper.
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Modified 50 (first race): 1. Thomas Stinson; 2. Mike Rudy; 3. Kyle Wood; 4. Aubrey Thurston; 5. Chris Hoylman; 6. Michael Johnson; 7. Jason Eberth; 8. Ryan Boggs; 9. Buddy Emory; 10. Allen Marshall; 11. Christopher Johnson; 12. David Wheeler; 13. Brooks Lawson; 14. Ernie Dettbarn; 15. Warren Lipford Jr.; 16. A.J. Windstead; 17. Billy Morris; 18. Rusty Wood; 19. Tiger Williams
Modified 50 (second race): 1. Thomas Stinson; 2. Rusty Wood; 3. Mike Rudy; 4. Billy Morris; 5. Buddy Emory; 6. Aubrey Thurston; 7. Allen Marshall; 8. Jason Eberth; 9. Christopher Johnson; 10. Chris Hoylman; 11. Brooks Lawson; 12. Ryan Boggs; 13. David Wheeler; 14. Ernie Dettbarn; 15. Michael Johnson; 16. Kyle Wood; 17. Tiger Williams; 18. A.J. Winstead; 19. Warren Lipford Jr.
Grand Stock 30: 1. Keith Mackta; 2. Donnie Newman; 3. Jason Beck; 4. Bradley Vaught; 5. Brian Myslivy; 6. Chris Hott; 7. Todd Ruggles; 8. Robert Lipford Sr. 9. Daniel Shelton; 10. Gary Burke; 11. Mark Jenkins; 12. John Mosby; 13. Richard Skeens; 14. Brandon Vaught; 15. Tony Ingram Sr.; 16. B.K. Wilson; 17. Justin Brown; 18. Robert Wood; 19. Jeff Happel; 20. Cory Willoughby; 21. Mike Cole; 22. Donnie Jimerson; 23. Sean Thompson; DQ: Fred Key
Legends 25: 1. Cameron Patrick; 2. Brad Arthur; 3. Rett Crosley; 4. Kevin Yeatts; 5. Brad Hancock; 6. Sparky West; 7. Scotty Edwards; 8. Zak Alspach; 9. Trevor Alspach; 10. Derek Miller; 11. Robert French; 12. Bo Triplett; 13. Dax Triplett; 14. Michael Edwards; 15. Ronny Bowman; 16. Darrell Harris; 17. Tyler Long
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