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Courting Respectability
Will Romance ever come to terms with its marginalization by the mainstream literary establishment?
Yeah, I know many readers claim they just don't care, or think literary fiction is overrated pretentious crap, or scoff at popular fiction authors who talk about the need to promote female authors, while still seeming to ignore the largest segment of them who are writing romantic fiction. But for all that bravado (and I do believe that there are readers and authors who really and truly don't care), I also think there's a deep vein of defensiveness in the genre community that comes from years and years (centuries, really) of denigrating, dismissive attitudes toward fiction penned by women and focused on romantic love and sex.
And who can blame us for that? It's frustrating to have people with absolutely no experience actually reading Romance believing they have the cultural authority to pronounce it unworthy (while quite possibly, in the meantime, gobbling up rom com films like M&M's). I know that some of my friends find my appreciation of the genre deeply curious. And while I used to think that if they only read some of the best books the genre has to offer, they'd get it, I also realize that becoming a Romance reader requires undertaking a paradigm shift to the devices, language, and tropes that are typical of the genre, and that takes time and investment. So now I mostly don't bother.
We even see it from within. For example, Megan Mulry is one of the latest authors to struggle with the implications of reading and writing romantic fiction:
I'm pretty sure I used to sit at the Smart Table. I was a magazine editor. I knew the difference between my Woolf and my Wolfe (and the other Wolfe). As my dad would have said, I had the advantages. Poor Dad. All that time and effort spent on my education and I go and write a bunch of twaddle about relationships and sex and why the contemporary woman is in a perpetual state of feeling like one of those Chinese plate-spinners.
Mulry palpably struggles with her own appreciation for Romance:
Around that time, a kind friend gave me a couple of romance novels. The little bag sat accusingly on my front hall bench for a couple of weeks, and I finally realized I was a terrible literary snob. The least I could do was skim one or two of the books. Insert LOL here. More like one or two…thousand. I was hooked. I used all sorts of internal-rationalizations to allow myself this new addiction: Julia Quinn went to Harvard! Eloisa James is a Shakespeare professor! But eventually I just copped to it: I love romance novels.
And even when she seems to come to terms with her own love of the genre, there is still a conditional acceptance for the idea that Romance has literary value: "I now realize they are great books in their way" [emphasis mine].
I don't believe that it's Mulry's intent to denigrate Romance or to contribute in any way to its literary marginalization. But her ambivalence about actually being a Romance fan and author still permeates her prose, and I think it reflects the broader conflict that Romance always seems to be caught in: it's the most financially profitable and powerful genre, but the least respected. Indeed, many of those "I'll laugh all the way to the bank" comments seem to confirm the idea that it's always going to be a choice between respect and profit.
In theory, that's a false dichotomy. In practice, though, there are ways in which the genre is marketed to its readers (covers and titles, for example) that might be said to undermine an earnest bid for literary respectability. What currently makes books recognizable to us as Romance (the clinch cover, the stereotypically sexy or outrageous title), may read as "trashy" to those who have never read Romance. Not to mention the broader questions about whether Romance should be shooting for broader recognition as a valid literary genre.
Part of the problem, I think, is that even genre readers have been conditioned to see romantic fiction as good 'in its way,' regarding excellence as an internal measure, not as a scale on which a Romance could compete with a work of literary fiction or another genre book. And it is true that we read different kinds of books for different kinds of experiences. Still, the persistent devaluation of emotion, especially woman-centric emotion, has, I think, infiltrated the Romance community, resulting in those phrases like it's just entertainment or it's just a fantasy/escape. As if these elements are not common to all genres and all experiences of reading fiction.
Another issue, though, is the lack of a widely respected award for outstanding romantic fiction, despite the longevity and size of RWA's RITA competition. Even as a Romance reader I don't pay much heed to that RITA stamp on a book, because while the competition has certainly recognized many outstanding books and authors, there have been enough misses for me that I don't trust it to be a consistent measure of excellence in the genre as I would define it.
Still, when RWA recently decided — apparently pursuant to the recommendations of an external consultant – to change the guidelines for both the RITA and the Golden Heart (for unpublished manuscripts), the move provoked larger discussions about the the RITA's status inside and outside the genre, as well as questions about RWA's broader goals as the genre's most recognized professional organization. Two of the most notable changes are the elimination of the Novel with Strong Romantic Elements category and a scoring rubric that potentially awards the "romance" element twice as many points as any other category.
Unlike many other genre fiction awards (e.g. the Hugo, Nebula, and Edgar) the RITA does not seem to have much mainstream traction in bringing new readers to the genre. In other words, it does not have a broad prestige factor that characterizes other awards. And in changing the RITA in these ways, RWA seems to be narrowing the award even further to have a pure Romance focus. Some have lauded this move as purposeful branding, while others have criticized it, especially for the exclusion of the NSRE. As Lauren Willig said:
Those SRE books have the power to be the gateway drug by which readers who claim they don't and won't read romance are drawn into the field. It's a short hop from women's fiction to contemporary romance, from Karen White to SEP, or from historical mystery to historical romance, from Deanna Raybourn to Meredith Duran. By closing off this category, by telling these authors that what they're writing doesn't count as romance, we're also sending a message to their readers and creating barriers that don't need to exist.
For those of us who write cross-genre books, we can gather readers from lots of different places, but fitting into the communities can be challenging. We aren't just historical novels; we aren't quite mysteries. We weren't entirely romances either, but that was the community that never seemed to mind. They welcomed us anyway, with a generosity of spirit that embodied what is best about romance writers. They understood that our books might be shelved with general fiction, they might be mysteries, but they also were deeply tied to the heart of any romance–the connection between two people.
In other words, by focusing more on "romance" than on "writing," for example, in the RITA scoring, and by eliminating the NSRE, RWA seems to be privileging the concept of romance over both objective craft elements and crossover readership. In conversations on Twitter, I got the impression that RWA was aiming to increase the prestige of the award, but I don't really understand that goal in light of the changes. If they wanted to make the RITA more prestigious, wouldn't the focus be on finding ways to recognize excellence in the genre in a fashion that was more easily translatable to readers outside the genre?
A number of years ago, author Barbara Samuel made a case on Romancing the Blog for why Romance readers should be invested in the RITA. As RtB is no longer extant, but at the time I disagreed with Samuel because I never understood some basic elements of the RITA. Is it aimed at authors recognizing other authors, or at readers? How can a contest, in which authors enter their own books (and at that time it was print only), fully measure excellence across the entirety of a genre? On what basis are books scored and on what basis are categories decided and books identified? As a reader, RITA has always seemed like a peer award to me – entered by authors, judged by authors, presented by authors – which is absolutely valid, but not necessarily relevant to me in the same way.
But here's the thing: I want an award that recognizes excellence in the genre to matter to me, the reader. I want to be able to point to an example of exemplary Romance and tell my non-reading friends, Look, this book was nominated for/won X award; even though you don't read Romance, try just this one. I want more mainstream recognition for Romance, not because it's the most profitable genre, but because there are many, many books that are outstanding as books, not just in their way as Romances. The genre deserves respect, and as much as I admire those who just don't care, I don't think it's wrong to want the creative energy of (primarily) women, focused on the fictional project of romantic love, to be valued artistically, emotionally, and socially. As far as I'm concerned, it's past time.
Because it's not just about Romance as a genre. It's also about (primarily) women writing about the inner lives of other women. It's about validating books that take as their subject matter the emotional journey to love, even and especially when that love comes in a form that challenges the social status quo (e.g. m/m or f/f Romance). It's about legitimating the domestic elements of fiction and appreciating the reality that for many people in the world, love was and is still a revolutionary concept (e.g.multiracial/multicultural Romance).
I know that many long-ago gave up on the idea of mainstream acceptance, but I still this it's possible (and would take nothing away from those who just don't care whether or not anyone else respects their reading choices). And I do think some kind of Romance-focused organization has a key role to play. When I first started reading the genre, I remember RWA advertising itself as the key interface with the public about Romance. Is that still the case, and if not, why not? I rarely see RWA mentioned beyond coverage of the convention. Do they still produce statistical profiles of the genre and its readers? I know that many authors find the organization valuable, especially their local chapters, but if RWA still considers itself the alleged public face of the genre, I can't discern what's been done to promote mainstream recognition of the genre. Who is representing the genre beyond the professional aspirations of authors, and what should that look like?
Part of branding is public relations, and part of public relations is placing and identifying your brand. So what is RWA's brand and how are they placing and publicizing it in the cultural and literary mainstream? Do the RITA and Golden Heart have any role in that branding, and if so, what is it? Some literary prizes –the Booker Prize, for example – start with a diverse selection and advisory committee, so that it's less a contest and more a judging process that is not dependent on whether the author spends money to submit her own book. As the main professional writer's organization for the genre, RWA's resistance to change in a genre that is most dynamically responsive to new opportunities continues to baffle me. Wouldn't the professional success of authors be supported by having an organization that plays a prominent public role in promoting the genre?
But if RWA no longer wants to be the public face of Romance, that doesn't mean the genre must be without representation and recognition. That doesn't mean there can't be an award of excellence that is ultimately recognized as valuable by retailers and by the reading public. All awards provoke controversy over their winners, but other literary awards are recognized as accepted markers of outstanding craft, inclusive of writing, story, and theme. Romance can and should have that, whether or not we have it in the form of the RITA, which, with the elimination of NSRE and the increased focus on the romance element, seems to be moving away from, rather than closer to, broad-based acceptance of exemplary craftsmanship in romantic fiction.
But certainly publishers can help, too, by supporting the strongest editorial processes for their books, because professional production values do matter, especially in a literary culture that still tends to fetishize the physical book. Authors like Megan Mulry have an important role to play, as well, in utilizing their inbetween position to support more crossover readers and writers without ambivalence or shame. And I also don't think it helps when we as readers mock or dismiss other genres, while complaining that Romance is still a literary pariah.
Romance has started to receive more positive, respectful press of late, and I think that's largely attributable to the stronger sense of ownership readers and authors have demonstrated online. But I'd definitely like to see more. I'd like to see the day when a writer for The New Yorker or The New York Times thinks nothing of writing or writing about Romance fiction, embracing the literary and culture power of women's writing for its own sake, because it's valuable by any measure.


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But at least it voted overwhelmingly to call for the UK Government to lower the drink-drive limit, thus presumably it was more about a principled stand on road safety rather than party politics. Except that Labour and the Conservatives abstained, on the basis that the SNP should be contributing to the Department for Transport's current review of the legislation rather than picking a constitutional fight with London. And a Labour amendment calling for Scottish Government ministers to engage with the DfT's consultation was defeated.
So MSPs are concerned about road safety, but also concerned enough about unrelated matters to object to a request for ministers to contribute to the only currently practicable process for amending the drink-driving legislation.
The Scotsman's David Maddox had already warned that the vote might be taken on an anti-Union basis and as a stick to beat the UK Government with, and he subsequently stated that Labour had accused Alex Salmond of misleading the Scottish Parliament in claiming that the DfT's consultation (paras 10-13) had not included a question on lowering the drink-driving limit.
Thus this all looks as much about political posturing than road safety, and as a reserved matter it also helps deflect attention from a rather ineffectual Holyrood parliament and administration.
At least justice secretary Kenny MacAskill said that he had already written to the DfT outlining support for lowering the drink-driving limit and the introduction of random testing. Which begs the question, what's the difference between this and the defeated Labour amendment calling for ministers to engage with the DfT's consultation?
Which perhaps begs another question; is anyone outside the Holyrood bubble really interested in the minutiae of these political machinations?

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Hi guys,
so, we've booked our flights to Saigon Yeah, another holiday to SEA, it will be our fourth trip (2xThailand, 1xVietnam). So, this time we thought about "the missing essentials" in the region.
So far, I found out that Saigon is not really the best starting/end point for our trip, flights are so expensive ... We've done the rest of Vietnam this May, so we preferably don't want to go to Hanoi ...
We would like to see in 3 weeks:
Luang Prabang
Angkor Wat (Siem Reap)
Phnom Phen
Mekong Delta (South Vietnam)
Phu Quoc (5-6 days)
We've been to Saigon already this May, so no need to plan extra days for this.
So, now the questions:
- What would you suggest?
- Is this a feasable trip? (with reasonable airline fares!)
- Travelling by bus is ok for us - but I heard horror stories about bus travel in Laos and I'm a bit worried ...
- We would love to travel by boat - which routes would fit here?
- And: should we skip Laos (for this trip) since the distances are too big? This would mean: We have to come back!
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The trip is perfectly feasible within 3 weeks. I guess you're not really backpackers and 1 week Laos is enough for you then if you limit yourself to those two places (backpackers will curse me for this).
-fly to Luang Prabang and spend 3-5 days there. depending on interest. it's a beautiful laid back town. if you just want to see sights 3 days is enough. 5 days is better if you want to enjoy also the atmosphere of the place.
- bus to Vientiane is ok. You also have the option of hiring a private car and anything in between. Flight is also possible but depends on time and budget.
- Vientiane. Apart from a few temples there isn't that much to do or see. 2 days should be sufficient.
- fly to Siem Reap . May be there are only flights from Luang Prabang to Siem Reap and then you'll have to do Laos in reverse order. starting with Vientiane.
- in Cambodia you can take bus from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh . Half day rides in decent bus over decent roads.
- from Phnom Penh you'll have different options to get to Mekong delta and Phu Quoc. My prefered route would be to take a bus south to Kep for a night, cross border in Ha Tien and take ferry to Phu Quoc. When leaving Phu Quoc back to Saigon you can make a stop for a day or two in Can tho to see Mekong delta. For other routes check this forum and site
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sorry, I saw that you want to travel by boat.
Apart from the ferry to Phu Quoc you could go from Phnom Penh to Mekong delta via Chau Doc (instead of via Kep). That would include another boat (nice) boat trip.
Also option in Can tho to boat around in some small boats to floating market or fruit farm.
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I'd skip Laos.
You've got three weeks of which 6 days are on Phu Quoc, so you've really got two weeks. Allow:
Siem Reap/Angkor 3 days
Phnom Penh: 2 days
Mekong Delta: say 3 days
That leaves you a week to cover the two spots in Laos (without allowing for travel time) so yeah sure, it is possible, but you'll need to fly all the trunk routes and it will be a bit of a mad dash. I'd split the extra week across southern Vietnam and Cambodia, perhaps head to Kep or Kampot... or somewhere like Mui Ne or Da Lat in Vietnam -- that way you've got an excuse for another trip!
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Thanks for your advice!
@ somtam - that's exactly what I was thinking about. I like to travel slow - not being on the plane the whole time. And, hey next time it'll be exclusively Laos!
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Successful REACH registration is something that is now under many a company's belt. However, achieving it was often quite a challenge, not least getting started in good time to meet the deadline. That isn't meant in any way as a criticism: it was groundbreaking new territory! The process was new, industry and the authorities were learning, and systems and working practices were developing based on fast-growing experience – plenty of good reasons why a project might falter in its early days.
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Looks like no charters run here but i know a guy that will take us. Any takers?
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Albert D. Sturtevant was born in Washington, D.C., on 2 May 1894. On 24 March 1917, he and 28 others enlisted in the Naval Reserve Forces as the First Yale Unit. Two days later, they were all commissioned ensigns. After flight training in Florida, he was designated a naval aviator on 1 May 1917 and, in September, he received orders for overseas duty. Ensign Sturtevant reported to the group attached to the Royal Flying Corps station at Felixstowe, England, in October.
Sturtevant's duties consisted of flying escort for merchantmen crossing the North Sea. On 15 February 1918, while flying an escort mission with another plane of his unit, the two American were jumped by a flight of 10 German planes. Sturtevant's companion recognized the hopelessness of the 5-to-l odds and escaped to safety, but Sturtevant gamely fought it out with the enemy. When last seen, Ensign Sturtevant was hit and crippled, falling toward the sea. For his heroic actions, he was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously.
The first Sturtevant (DD-240) was laid down on 23 November 1918 at Camden, N.J., by the New York Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 29 July 1920; sponsored by Mrs. Curtis Ripley Smith; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 21 September 1920. Lt. Comdr. Ewart G. Haas assumed command of Sturtevant on 4 November 1920.
In early November of 1920, Sturtevant sailed to Newport, R.I., and thence proceeded to New York City. On 30 November, she departed New York to join the United States Naval Forces, European Waters. She reached Gibraltar on 10 December and, after four days, continued on to the Adriatic Sea. On the 19th, she arrived at her new base, Spalato, on the Dalmatian coast. For the next six months, she conducted various missions from Spalato to the ports on the Adriatic littoral.
On 16 June 1921, the destroyer was reassigned from the Adriatic detachment to the Constantinople detachment and, three days later, commenced docking and overhaul at Constantinople. During this assignment, Sturtevant conducted drills in the Sea of Marmara, between the twin straits, the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus, and operated in the Black Sea. She visited Samsun, Turkey; Burgas, Bulgaria; and Sulina and Braila on the Rumanian coast. From 25 October to 28 November, she flew the flag of Admiral Bristol. Following this duty, the ship visited the ports of Beirut and Joffa and then Alexandria, Egypt, and the Isle of Rhodes. In late December, she returned to Turkey at Samsun, thence to Constantinople in January 1922, before reentering the Black Sea to visit southern Russia.
Between 1921 and 1923, the Russian Civil War and a drought brought a great famine to Russia, particularly to the usually food-rich Volga region of southern Russia. America responded with nearly a million short tons of food which the Bolsheviks accepted grudgingly and often as surreptitiously as possible. Sturtevant investigated potential ports of debarkation in southern Russia for the supplies soon to be shipped by the American Relief Administration. To this end, she visited Odessa, Sevastopol, Novorossisk, Theodosia, and Yalta between early February and mid-April. Thereafter, through the end of the year, she made voyages across the Black Sea to various Russian ports in conjunction with the relief operation. She stopped at numerous other foreign ports on the voyages, including Samsun, Trebizond, and Mudania, Turkey. From July to October, she made a round-trip voyage back to the United States, during which she was overhauled at the New York Navy Yard and exercised out of Yorktown, Va.
On 1 October, Sturtevant was ordered back to the eastern Mediterranean and, the following day, got underway for Gibraltar. She arrived there on the 14th and continued on to Turkey, reaching Mudania on the 27th. For the next seven months, the destroyer visited the ports of the eastern Mediterranean and those along the coast of the Black Sea. In addition to ports of call of the previous cruises, she visited Varna, Bulgaria; Mersina and Smyrna, Turkey; Piraeus, Greece; and Naples, Italy. From the latter port, she sailed for Gibraltar in late May of 1923 and, by 12 June, was back at the Navy Yard in New York. She operated along the Atlantic seaboard through the end of the year, conducting gunnery exercises in October at the southern drill grounds off Virginia. In November, the ship paid an Armistice Day visit to Baltimore, Md. Three days before the end of the year, Sturtevant became flagship of Division 41, Squadron 14, Scouting Fleet.
In early January, Sturtevant proceeded to the Canal Zone to participate in a war problem with the Scouting Fleet. At the end of the month, she sailed with the Fleet, via Culebra Island, to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the British West Indies, conducting tactical exercises along the way. In May, the destroyer returned north and operated along the east coast for the remainder of the year. In January 1925, Sturtevant again headed south. After a month and one-half of operations in the Caribbean, she transited the Panama Canal and entered the Pacific. She visited San Diego and San Francisco in California in April before getting underway for the Hawaiian Islands. From late April to mid-June, the ship participated in a joint Army-Navy war problem simulating the attempt of an enemy force to capture the island of Oahu.
The destroyer started on her return voyage to the Atlantic on the 22d and reached New York City on 16 July. She cruised the Atlantic coast until mid-October and then proceeded south for winter maneuvers out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Transiting the Panama Canal in late January 1926, she participated in fleet exercises on the Pacific side. Returning to the Atlantic side of the isthmus to resume drills and exercises in the vicinity of Cuba, Sturtevant steamed north to Boston during the first week in May.
Between May 1926 and January 1931, Sturtevant continued to operate with the Atlantic Fleet in Destroyer Division 41, Destroyer Squadron 14. Each year summer operations along the north and central Atlantic coast of the United States were alternated with winter maneuvers in the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. During the fall of 1930, she was assigned Charleston, S.C., as her homeport, but was ordered north again in January of 1931 for decommissioning. On 30 January 1931, Sturtevant was placed out of commission at Philadelphia, Pa.
She was recommissioned there on 9 March 1932 and, on 30 April, reported for duty to the Commander, Special Service Squadron, at Coco Solo in the Canal Zone. For the next two years, the destroyer plied the warm and troubled waters of the Gulf and the Caribbean, supporting the activities of the marines ashore in Nicaragua, Haiti, Cuba, and other Latin American republics. Early in 1934, she left the Special Service Squadron to rejoin the destroyers of the Scouting Force. During this tour of duty, she was home ported at Norfolk, Va.
In the latter half of 1935, the ship was reassigned to the Battle Force, located in the Pacific. After operating out of San Diego until 20 November, she was decommissioned once again.
On 26 September 1939, Sturtevant was recommissioned once more. By mid-1940, she was back in the Atlantic escorting convoys and conducting neutrality patrols along the eastern seaboard. The destroyer operated out of Norfolk, Va., in the North Atlantic until early March 1942, then escorted a convoy from New York to the Canal Zone. There she reported for duty to the Commander, Caribbean Sea Frontier, screening convoys between the various ports of the Caribbean until late April.
On 26 April, she departed Key West in company with a convoy. Just over two hours out of port, a violent explosion lifted Sturtevant's stern from the water, but caused no apparent damage. Thinking herself under submarine attack, the destroyer dropped two depth charge barrages. About a minute after she dropped the second barrage of charges, a second detonation rocked the ship. She began to settle rapidly, but on an even keel. Minutes later, a third burst ripped her keel apart beneath the after deckhouse. The midships section sank immediately, and the stern settled soon thereafter. The bow curiously remained above water for several hours. Finally, however, all but the crow's nest disappeared beneath the waves. Probably the victim of a mine, Sturtevant went down off Key West about eight miles north of Marquesas Key. Fifteen of her ship's company joined her in the watery grave. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 8 May 1942.
Here's a picture of USS Sturtevant at a NY dock in June, 1934:
Here's some pics of the USS Sturtevant from SeaWolf Production's Website:
http://www.seawolfproductions.com/Shipwreck%20Museum/Florida%20Wrecks/sturtevant/bows%202.jpg http://www.seawolfproductions.com/Shipwreck%20Museum/Florida%20Wrecks/sturtevant/bigjewfish%201.jpghttp://www.seawolfproductions.com/Shipwreck%20Museum/Florida%20Wrecks/sturtevant/gun%20tub.jpg[img] [img]http://www.seawolfproductions.com/Shipwreck%20Museum/Florida%20Wrecks/sturtevant/hull%20interior.jpg
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Please keep in mind the impressive service record of this ship when you visit her. She's also a war grave...
January 22nd, 2007, 03:30 PM
wow.. now all i need is a dive buddy
January 22nd, 2007, 05:26 PM
The wreck is in two pieces in shallow water about 16 nm from KW. The bottom is pretty soft, and as mentioned visibility is typically pretty milky. This time of year I would expect it to be really churned up due to all the wind.
The USN did some light salvage on the wreck following its sinking, but there is stil a lot of material on both wreck sections. Most notably, lots of munitions. LOTS of munitions. There are a couple compartments where its wall-to-wall stacked shells. Keep in mind, the STURTEVANT is USN property and removal of anything is prohibited.
The LUCKENBACH, BOSILJKA, and GUNVOR are just to the N-NE of the Sturtevant, and about 24 nm from KW. Still lots of stuff on these wrecks, but same visibility issues. LUCKENBACH was salvaged, so she is broken open pretty good. Forward of amidships it gets a little crazy if I remember correctly, but the aft section is easy to navigate, even in low visibility. These freighters are outside of the FKNMS and state waters, so they are fair game. Lots of bottles on the BOSILJKA. More anchors than you can shake a stick at on all of them too.
You can find more information on these vessels and their coordinates in my book.
Also forgot -- a pretty cool dive is the USS AMESBURY, only about 10 nm from KW. Big wreck in two sections in shallow water. Try to hit it at slack high tide for good vis. Lots to see and plenty of bottom time. You can dive this on the way back to the dock....
January 24th, 2007, 09:10 AM
Check out this web site for photo and history of the Sturtevant


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How To Replace A Tap Washer
Dripping taps waste 90 litres of water a week. Luckily, it's a simple fix that doesn't need a plumber. If you've got one of those old fashioned "Stem" taps, all you need to do is change the washer.
Step 1: You will need
- 1 adjustable spanner,
- 1 flat head screwdriver,
- 1 pliers
- various sizes of rubber washers
- wire wool
Step 2: Preparation
First things first - turn the water supply off, or you'll end up looking like a drowned rat. This can usually be done by turning the valve under the sink. If you can't find a valve you'll have to turn the water off for the whole building. Remember the old mantra 'lefty loosey, righty tighty', even the experts still use this one. When you have done this, turn the tap on to drain out the remaining water in the system.
Step 3: Remove the headgear
There are loads of different types of stem tap, but they work in the same way in that there'll be a decorative cap covering the gubbins. Use a flat head screwdriver to prise that off then undo the screw underneath. Next, lift off the headgear with your fingers. Don't use a wrench or spanner as you'll damage it.
If your tap doesn't have a cap, you should find a small screw on the side. Unscrew this to lift off the headgear.
Step 4: The packing nut
Use the adjustable spanner to release the hexagonal packing nut. It can be pretty stiff, so grab the spout of the tap with your other hand for leverage. Once the nut is loose lift out the entire tap stem.
Step 5: Replace the washer
At the bottom of the stem you'll find the washer, there may also be a small nut holding it in place. Use the pliers or your fingers to remove the nut. Then prise out the washer. This can be pretty tricky, but take your time and you'll get there. It's most likely that you'll be able to see the damage to your washer. Pick a washer nearest in size to the damaged one, slide it onto the stem and replace the nut.
Give the stem a quick rub down with wire wool to remove any built up lime scale and dirt.
Step 6: Check the seat
Have a feel for wear into the bits still fixed to the sink, and give them a good scrub the wire wool to get rid of any debris or limescale.
Step 7: Reassemble
Put the tap back together and don't forget to tighten everything up well. Then turn the water back on a check your handy work. Not a drip in sight. Another job well done.


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City-Parish President Joey Durel has proposed a reduction in the amount collected for the mosquito abatement tax and the health unit tax, giving parish property owners a tax break in 2014.
This will be a welcome relief for taxpayers who, as Durel pointed out, are sometimes asked to increase the amount they pay to the city-parish government to keep it running. Durel deserves praise for this proposal contained in the budget he put before the Lafayette City-Parish Council last week.
It would reduce the rate at which the mosquito abatement tax is collected by 1 mill and the health unit tax by .94 mill for a total tax savings to property owners of 1.94 mills.
Perhaps a more important part of Durel's budget proposal, which will be discussed by the council at its next meeting, is his idea to combine the mosquito abatement and health unit funds into one health and safety fund for the parish. The combined fund would provide money for the two original purposes and would add animal control to the list.
This would be a wise move. It would give officials more fiscal flexibility in meeting the health and safety needs of the parish.
Durel's idea brings up two questions: Can Lafayette Consolidated Government afford the reduction and how will the health and safety fund work?
Yes, LCG can afford the reduction, said LCG's chief administrative officer Dee Stanley. With a projected fund balance of $3.9 million in the mosquito abatement fund and a projected balance of $8.2 million in the health unit fund, there has been more than enough to cover the cost of operating both with a surplus, so a tax break will not strain the budget.
Even though the West Nile virus is a concern this year, with six of eight mosquito pools testing positive for the virus, there will still be sufficient funding to control the mosquito population, Stanley told The Daily Advertiser on Monday. In addition, the combined balance in the mosquito abatement program and the health unit will continue to be collected at the current rate until the end of the fiscal year, which will be Oct. 31.
And if it should turn out that the available funds are not sufficient because of some unforeseeable circumstance, the council could vote to return to collecting the taxes at the original rate, Stanley said.
As for combining the funds and adding animal control to the mix, that is a sensible idea.
The three are related areas that all affect the health and safety of citizens of the parish.
Although dedicating tax revenues help to guarantee that taxpayer dollars are used for the purpose authorized by the voters, it also ties officials' hands when there is excess money in one pool and an urgent need in another area in which funding is low.
Combining these resources would allow officials to move money to where it is most needed. And it allows them to act more quickly than if they had to go to the taxpayers for additional funding.
But the council cannot give final approval to this idea. If they agree with Durel's idea, they will have to approve a measure to place the item on the ballot in the next election or call a special election to let the voters decide whether the combined fund will become a reality.
We urge the City-Parish Council to vote to grant the tax break to property owners, who are often asked to shoulder the burden of city and parish improvements. It would serve as a boost to morale.
Council members ought to give careful consideration to the proposal to combine the mosquito abatement fund and the health unit fund into one. This is a good way to handle these related issues without having to ask taxpayers to take on an additional tax burden if the need arises in one area or the other.
It's sensible. It's practical. It could work to the benefit of the parish.


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Central Missouri Community Credit Union (CMCCU) participated in the two-day event.
Credit union employees often help members make the pieces of their financial lives fit together. So Central Missouri Community Credit Union (CMCCU), in Warrensburg, had no problem thinking of float ideas for the University of Central Missouri's (UCM) homecoming parade, themed "Where The Pieces Fit."
Central Missouri Community Credit Union (CMCCU) celebrated the grand opening of their new main branch in Warrensburg with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, September 20, 2014. Dr.
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Wildcats complete Giant deal
THE Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are pleased to inform fans of an exciting deal that has been made with Super League side Huddersfield Giants.
Giants net Murphy as two players move on
THE Huddersfield Giants and Wakefield Wildcats have concluded arrangements which see Andy Raleigh and Danny Kirmond join the Wildcats for 2012 with outside back Aaron Murphy joining the Giants until the end of the 2015 Super League season.
Magners become Wigan Official Partner for 2012
WIGAN Warriors today unveil Magners Irish Cider as a new partner of the Club from 2012.
Kiwis add to touring squad
NRL grand finalists Krisnan Inu and Elijah Taylor plus North Queensland winger Kalifa Faifai Loa have today been called into the Kiwis' touring squad for their one-off Test against the Kangaroos and the 2011 Four Nations in England.
Knights and Jets boosted by Hunter Ports sponsorship
HSG today announced Hunter Ports is the Principal Partner and front of jersey sponsor for both the Newcastle Jets and Knights for their upcoming seasons.
Australian lineup for October 16 test
THE Australian Rugby League has today selected the following players for the Test against New Zealand at Ausgrid Stadium, Newcastle, on Sunday, October 16, starting at 4pm...
NSW Wheelchair Rugby League season to kick off!
THE 2011/2012 Season of NSW Wheelchair Rugby League (NSWWRL) kicks off Saturday 8 October at 1:30pm at Kevin Bett Stadium.
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Junior Kangaroos squad named
ELEVEN players with NRL experience have been named to represent the ARL Junior Kangaroos for their upcoming international against the New Zealand Junior Kiwis on Sunday, October 16, at Ausgrid Stadium, Newcastle.
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MANLY Sea Eagles and NSW Blues representative William Hopoate will rejoin the NRL in a Blue and Gold jersey in 2014 after signing a two year deal with the Pirtek Parramatta Eels today.
Tolman named top 'Dog
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Sea Eagles to release premiership brew
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Acronym for the phrase "Smell That Shit".
Got laid last night. STS.
beaker tarafından 19 Nisan 2005, Salı
Sweaty thighs syndrome
"Yo, I got STS son."
Sunshinerica tarafından 18 Aralık 2005, Pazar
short for: Sophia Tan Sympathizer. Basically, a STS is someone who agrees with white male/asian women relationships. And they are gay themselves.
Oh my gosh, look at that slut Sophia Tan! I'm definitely not a STS.
AJ and Jake, you motherfucking STS's. You might as well be Delts.
AJ and Jake, you motherfucking STS's. You might as well be Delts.
Bitter Asian Man tarafından 1 Kasım 2005, Salı
(N.) An acronym that stands for "Saggy Titty Syndrome". This usually occurs with age. However, men with klinefelters syndrome have been known to develop this disease.
"Dude, look at Mrs. Wolfe. She is infected with STS"
Mr. Jab tarafından 18 Mayıs 2006, Perşembe
That girl has STS cuz I can smell her from here!
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Kdrama The Heirs (Inheritors) Episode 20 Recap [Korean Drama 2013]
Korean Drama The Heirs (Inheritors) Episode 20 Recap by joonni
Tan and Young Do stand apart, but together, looking out into the city. YD finally breaks the silence: "It's cold." He's describing the weather, but it is also how he feels. Tan adds, "It's cold…and dark." Silence falls between them again as they each try to fight off the cold and dark feeling hovering over them because of their fathers.
At a cafe, Tan discusses his situation with a woman, who we learn is a lawyer. Tan doesn't trust the lawyers at Jeguk anymore, and he wants this new lawyer's help transferring legal proxy rights to Won from JS for his stocks.
Jang Young Nam
Name: 장영남 / Jang Young Nam (Jang Yeong Nam)
Profession: Actress
Birthdate: 1973-Nov-25
Birthplace: South Korea
Star sign: Sagittarius
TV Shows
Time Slip Dr. Jin (MBC, 2012)
I Love Lee Tae Ri (tvN, 2012)
The Moon That Embraces the Sun (MBC, 2012)
Vampire Prosecutor (OCN, 2011)
Man of Honor (KBS2, 2011)
Dae Mul (SBS, 2010)
I Am Legend (SBS, 2010)
Hero (MBC, 2009)
I Love You, Don't Cry (MBC, 2008)
Chosun Police 2 (MBC, 2008)
Love Marriage (KBS2, 2008)
Women of the Sun (KBS2, 2008)
Bittersweet Life (MBC, 2008)
One Mom and Three Dads (KBS2, 2008)
Drama City Ssamdalg Misugi (KBS2, 2007)
Dal Ja's Spring (KBS2, 2007)
Kim Gab Soo
Name: 김갑수 / Kim Gab Soo (Kim Kab Soo)
Also known as: Kim Gap Su (Kim Kap Su)
Profession: Actor
Birthdate: 1957-Apr-07
Birthplace: South Korea
Height: 173cm
Weight: 64kg
Star sign: Aries
Family: One daughter
TV Shows
Just Like Today (MBC, 2011)
All My Love (MBC, 2010)
My Happy Home (MBC, 2010)
Housewife Kim Kwang Ja's Third Activities (MBC, 2010)
Sungkyunkwan Scandal (KBS2, 2010)
Secret Investigation Record (tvN, 2010)
Cinderella's Sister (KBS2, 2010)
Merchant Kim Man Deok (KBS1, 2010)
Chuno (KBS2, 2010)
Jejungwon (SBS, 2010)
Hometown Legends (KBS2, 2009)
Soul (MBC, 2009)
Partner (KBS2, 2009)
The World That They Live In (KBS2, 2008)
Tazza (SBS, 2008)
When It's At Night (MBC, 2008)
Don't Ask Me About the Past (OCN, 2008)
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The Innocent Woman (KBS2, 2007)
Get Karl! Oh Soo Jung (SBS, 2007)
Time Between Dog and Wolf (MBC, 2007)
Ground Zero (MBC, 2007)
By My Side (MBC, 2007)
When Spring Comes (KBS2, 2007)
Yeon Gae Somun (SBS, 2006)
Alone in Love (SBS, 2006)
The Invisible Man (KBS, 2006)
Wolf (MBC, 2006)
The Youth in Bare Foot (MBC, 2005)
Hometown Station (KBS, 2005)
Resurrection (KBS, 2005)
Land (SBS, 2004)
Emperor of the Sea (KBS, 2004)
The Age of Heroes (MBC, 2004)
Butterfly (나비) (MBC, 2004)
Merry Go Round (MBC, 2003)
Age of Warriors (KBS1, 2003)
Times of Purity (순수의 시대) (SBS, 2002)
Orient Theatre (KBS2, 2001)
Stepmother (새엄마) (KBS1, 2001)
Emperor Wang Gun (KBS, 2000)
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Drama "Big" Episode 1 Recap
GONG YOO as Seo Yoon Jae (Y)
LEE MIN JUNG asGil Da Ran (D)
BAEK SUNG HYUN as Gil Choong Sik – D's younger brother. (CS)
SUZY as Jang Ma Ri (M)
SHIN WON HO as Kang Kyung Joon (K)
JANG HEE JIN as Lee Se Young. the female doctor who likes YJ. (S)
Drama "Big" Episode 2 Recap by Softy
Character list:
GONG YOO as Seo Yoon Jae (Y)
LEE MIN JUNG as Gil Da Ran (D)
BAEK SUNG HYUN as Gil Choong Sik – D's younger brother. (CS)
SUZY as Jang Ma Ri (M)
SHIN WON HO as Kang Kyung Joon (K) JANG HEE JIN as Lee Se Young. the female doctor who likes YJ. (S)
Drama "Big" Episode 3 Recap by Softy
Starts from Y finding that key and then going out to meet S who runsover and hugs him. She says I worried so much – if something like thathappened you should have told me first. She tries to kiss him but hepushes her away saying-ya what are you. S says I love you and D callsout Y's name. Y looks at D then at S and calls "YJ" a bad name. S saysto D: you were with him too. D thanks her for bringing Y's stuff. S: Iam his friend. Y: a friend? D tells Y to thank S. S says to Y: if youare grateful, make me a drink. I want to drink what you make. D invitesher in for coffee but S ignores her again and says to Y: instead ofcoffee, let's drink the tea you brought from London that you sharedwith me. D says that tea is good so come in. when D walks aheadwondering where that tea is, S grabs his arm and says: I want the two ofus to be together so cant you tell her to go? S calls out for D andsays there are some cookies that are delicious at the bakery so couldyou go buy some so we can eat with the tea. D says I will hurry and gobuy them. Y motions for her not to go. S mutters that D doesnt have anysense (about what's going on) and tells Y "let's go in." Y pulls awayfrom her and calls out to D. he runs over and puts his arm around hershoulder. Y says to S: the two of us want to be alone so you go. D getsin his face and says your friend came all this way so we should havesome tea with her. Y says to S while trying to move D's head out of hisway: that tea that seo YJ split with you, you drink that all alone. yousure are making a fuss about him splitting it with you. and if you wantto eat cookies. go home and buy it and eat it. no matter how much thattastes good, you eat it all alone-there is no need to divide that inhalf. D and S both call out his name. D: why are you like this to yourfriend. D smiles at S to go up and drink tea while she hurries and buysthe cookies and then go up. Y stops her and says dont go to buy cookies.D: I will just go and buy some cookies. Y: I wont eat it. I said I wonteat it so dont go to buy it. D: if your friend wants to eat somecookies, you should buy it and let them eat it. let go. Since shepersisted in going, Y picks D up and tells S: we wont eat cookies so yougo. arent you going? you sure dont have any tact. I want to be alonewith my fiance – just the two of us. so friend – go. He carries Dinside. D: why are you like this YJ shi?
Drama "Big" Episode 4 Recap by Softy
Starts from K leaning in to kiss D and batting his eyes at her. thenhe pulls away. K: Why aren't you avoiding it- you were going to justmake contact. (Meaning kiss him) he says -look at this ajumma. no matterhow much you crave this body there is an innocent 18 yr old inside thisbody. if you bump into this, there will be trouble. Isnt this forbiddenfor an adult. She says so this is what it feels like – when YJ cameclose to me- it would have felt like this. so he asks : what is this?did you really not go there? no way. (he motions with his hands meaning –did you never kiss YJ) She says I did go there, but I didnt get to seeit. during that important moment I was asleep
Drama "Big" Episode 5 Recap by Softy
Starts from D walking towards S's front door. Then how K is runningto her location. D turns away from the door then puts the key in andunlocks the door. S asks who is there. Y grabs D and turns her around toface him. Just as S opens the door, he shuts it. D says let go of herso he does. She tells him to put down his arm (holding the door closed)too but he shakes his head no. she pulls his arm and says let go but hewont. she hits him to get out of the way but he takes all her hits. Hetakes the key from her and she says dont do that. he throws the key awayand then both go after it- she is trying to pick it up and he is tryingto prevent her. he holds her back so she says let go of me- why are youlike this. let go. he kicks the key away and finally picks her up andcarries her out of the building before she can grab the key. S comes outand looks at her key on the floor.
Drama "Big" Episode 6 Recap by Softy
Starts from the scene where D rushes into church for her friend'swedding. She apologizes for being late.They take pics and friendscongratulate D on her exam
afterwards D is giving her friend her wedding gift (money) and AKwants to check out the groom's friends cuz their specs (qualities) areno joke and asks D to go with her to the "after the wedding gettogether" that the friends attend. But D says I am hungry, let's go eat.but AK says the food is not the problem right now. AK says how thegroom's friends are totally good looking. D says I havent eatenbreakfast yet. I am hungry so I will be going first to eat. She leavesand AK notices that one of the groom's friend is YJ
TV Guide [Drama Edition]: SBS's "To the Beautiful You" – Ep. 11
Official Synopsis:
This drama draws on Hisaya Nakajo's manga series "Hana Kimi" that was published by Hakusensha from 1996 to 2004. The Korean interpretation centers on Goo Jae Hee (Sulli), a Korean girl who live in the States, but transfers to an all-boys school in Korea.
Jae Hee decides on the transfer after watching a track and field competition on TV, and becomes inspired by high-jump athlete, Kang Tae Joon (Minho). She begins to idolize the young athlete and eventually transfers to Korea to go to the same school after he experiences an injury that may potentially end his athletic career.
f(x)'s Luna's interview with 'MyDaily'
MyDaily recently conducted an exclusive interview with f(x) member Luna. During that time, the idol honestly talked about her passion, her musical career as well as her beloved family.
Have a look at Luna's interview with MyDaily below:
The interview had to be scheduled after 5pm because Luna was busy with schoolwork. She will come as soon as she finishes writing her exams. Prior to the interview, I searched on the web to learn f(x)'s Luna better. Soon I realized that Luna has a twin sister. Whenever I encountered f(x)'s stages I thought, "Where is Luna getting all that energy from?" Her powerful voice and performances did not match with her size at all but to think that there is one more Luna in the world? Wow. It was truly amazing.
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ES walks into airport to see R hugging T. She turns to leave, but Tan sees her and calls out to her. "Cha Eun Sang, stop right there."
Eun Sang turns around. T says bye to R, and walks over to ES, R completely forgotten now. T yells at ES for not calling. He wants her number from her. ES looks at R. She says to T that she thanked him and already said bye so don't leave his fiancé like that to ask her something like that. ES walks past T and R. R looks at T, realizing more how much T likes ES already.
The Hair Makes the Character: Lee Min Ho Edition
To create a complete character, a writer, director, actor, and staff must think about every detail, starting from the clothes, gait, speech, and even to the hair.
In the quickly changing and over-saturated Korean entertainment industry, many actors feel the necessity to change their appearance to get into the character and to help the audience differentiate between the various roles the actor has played. In particular, the hairstyle plays an important role, often acting as a shorthand to describe a character, with curly hair representing an unruly, wild, and even comical personality, and straight hair representing a straight-laced and/or sophisticated character. The hair length often matters too, with the "sweet" heroine sporting long and soft hair, and the second female lead portraying an evil character with short and sleek hair.
Jeon Ji-hyun as Hallyu goddess in You From Another Star
Hot on the heels of Kim Soo-hyun's first stills from the drama You From Another Star, we have leading lady Jeon Ji-hyun in hers, playing a "Hallyu goddess." It's basically Jeon playing herself, and in that case I really hope the drama takes a fun approach with the meta. Where's the fun in casting a top star to play a top star if you don't poke fun at the whole top star image?
In the photo directly below, Jeon is pictured with Choi Min (My Love Madame Butterfly, Pasta), who plays her fiancé… who'll get shunted to the side when the star falls for the 400-year-old alien (Kim Soo-hyun) who has lived in Korea from the Joseon era through to modern times.
Kdrama The Heirs Episode 13 Recap
Kdrama "The Heirs" Episode 13 Recap and Screenshot
ES goes outside to throw out garbage. She sees Tan standing in front of the café with a dazed look and tears brimming in his eyes. She looks at him silently, feeling what he feels, as he struggles to breathe with the tears rising in his throat and his chest squeezing in pain. ES starts to cry, and tears fall on both ES and Tan's cheeks, mirroring each other.
Nine: Series review Synopsis
Nine: Series review
To get a fuller intro into the show, you can catch our recaps for Episode 1 and Episode 2, but I'll give an abbreviated setup anyway:
Our hero is Park Sun-woo (Lee Jin-wook), a successful news anchor who sees every scenario through a no-nonsense, facts-first lens. He has an older brother who's a wandering lost soul, as weak-willed as Sun-woo is strong; his ailing mother lives in a nursing home with dementia; and his father, a hospital director, was killed twenty years ago in a fire.
Which male idols could act as prominent American TV characters?
Last week, we featured an article on which female idol stars could best play American TV characters. This week, it is the male idols" turn!
Although the two TV cultures are pretty different, we managed to scrap up a list of the best fits for the Korean version of American TV programs. Check out who made the list below!
1. Siwon as Clark Kent (Smallville)
Clark Kent is a sweet farm boy of sorts who is a well-built, nice guy. Siwon would be great for this role because he also has a sweet, gentlemanly attitude and the fit body. It also wouldn"t surprise anyone if he turned out as heroic as Superman, ready to save not only the city but the woman he loves constantly without fail. He just seems like that type of good guy.
Empress Ki: Episode 1 - 2 Recap
Empress Ki: Episode 1 – 2 recap by daebakdramas
Empress Ki/Hwatu/기황후 started last week after MBC's previous sageuk drama (and sadly snooze-fest) "Goddess of Fire Jung Yi". I consider this a one-off recap for now since Empress Ki will be 50 episodes long and I don't know if I can hold out that long… Sageuks in general tend to lose me after the first 16 episodes. However the three main actors are strong leads (love Ha Ji Won) so perhaps this will fare better than "Goddess of Fire"… Which didn't even have a great ending. Oh well, at least Kim Bum got the girl in real life.
Another K-Drama Actor Impresses Hollywood
Korean actor Choi Min Sik is making a successful debut in Hollywood this week, appearing in the sci-fi film "Lucy," which co-stars Morgan Freeman and Scarlett Johannson.
According to the film site Box Office Mojo, The Universal Pictures" film has already earned about $44 million and the site estimates it will likely earn about $100 million during its run.
Although "Lucy" got mixed reviews, it did earn plenty of praise for the 54-year-old actor"s performance.


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OK, last post on credit cycles ...
There's a nice rhythm to asset allocation around credit cycles, which is as follows:
1 - At the deep low of a credit cycle, you want to move heavily into growth stocks. The deep low of a credit cycle is subject to high volatility, and a liquidity crisis. The markets recover from this deep low when the monetary authorities unleash a new round of credit easing, following an extreme liquidation of financial assets. Often, you can easily see 3-fold increasing in financial asset prices of quality high-beta names from the deep lows.
Typically, you'll have a 1-1/2 to 2 year period of exceptional returns for quality growth stocks (one's that are left standing/solvent) after deep cylical lows.
2 - As the credit cycle matures, dividend paying stocks start to outperform growth stocks. This is a good time to transition some of your holding in growth stocks to stocks that pay a solid dividend.
3 - In the late stages of a credit cycle, you want to begin to move into cash, and in this cycle also physical gold bullion. At the end of a credit cycle, cash is king, and you want to be liquid to take advantage of exception investment opportunities and valuations once the deep cyclical low is reached.
I would make the case that we're currently at the late stages of phase 2, and investors want to seriously consider making the transition to stage 3 at the present time.
The above concerns investments in equities. But a similar model can be developed for investing in debt and commodity markets as well.
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Murder most fowl
By AA Gill 23 May 12
Bali may be synonymous with tranquility and the pursuit of good karma, but its natives have a less spiritual fascination with the raucous feathers'n'gore sport of cockfighting. Back in 2002, AA Gill decided to take his place in the pecking order for GQ.
Baliwatcher, Baligood'ay, Baliyo, Balihigh. We can only guess at the remorseless creative process that Rogers (or was it Hammerstein?) had to go through before arriving at this timeless classic, which indelibly placed this little country on the friends of Dorothy's camping mat. Indeed virtually all I know about Bali before I get there is that it may call me any night, any day and that in my heart it would whisper on the wind of the sea "Here I am, you're special island. Come to me, come to me." And that sometimes I'd see it floating in the sunshine, worryingly, with its head sticking out from a low flying cloud.
When the whispering call became insistent - as in, "Singapore Airlines' flight to Denpasar, this gate is closing" - I go and find that the reality of Bali, although entirely unrelated, is no less weird than a lot of poofs in sailor suits lisping "Oh there's nothing like a dame." For a start, or perhaps an end, Bali is the final landfall of the Old World. Bali is the last bit of Asia. Go any further and you're in Australasia, where the exterior decoration is quite different, animals have pouches, birds can't fly and everything kills you. But on Bali nothing kills you. Everything loves you but it's just too shy to say so. It smiles behind its hand.
This is the only place I've been where the cows were bred by Walt Disney. You simply couldn't eat one even if you were allowed. In fact, nothing really dies here. It just gets re-animated because Bali is the only Hindu country outside the Indian subcontinent. How it managed to draw Hinduism out of the cosmic Scrabble bag is something of a mystery. But then, isn't that rather the point of religion?
But Bali is also part of Indonesia, which is having a particularly fearsome bout of Islam at the moment. Anyone who thinks that religion is merely window dressing for economics and social services should go to Indonesia and see what a difference a pray makes. You really don't want to be a tourist on Java this year. But you really do across the straights in Bali. The only difference is on one they believe you'll go straight to heaven if you take half a dozen screaming Jewish teenagers with you and, on the other, they believe you'll come back as a weevil.
Bali, I am told, is the most spiritual place in the world. Actually, I was told to "feel it's vibrating spirituality". But then, when I can't - because I'm as useful as a spiritual compass as a crow bar in a bucket - I was told to take it on trust from one who is the Enigma machine of other worldliness. Mind you, even an Ulster Protestant, the protozoa on the Darwinian scale of comparative religion, might sense that Bali has a bit of a religious thing going on. There are temples everywhere. Very beautiful and ornate, they range from vast cathedrals to things that look like homosexual bird tables, which are indeed used by birds as tables.
Bali is a good place to be a bird. Or a monkey. Or a little creepy-crawly thing, because on each temple are hundreds of edible offerings. The Balinese need to feed invisible gods is a compulsive obsessive disorder, a sort of bulimia by proxy. They put food on lampposts, in trees, on window sills, in the doors of shops. Hinduism has over 100,000 gods. On Bali, they're all overweight.
The siren call of this island has attracted the largest ex-patriot gathering of alternative loony tunes outside of Glastonbury. The man who told me that this place was the most spiritual ever - a spaghetti junction of lay lines - had in a previous life been a perfectly ordinary public school boy from Wellington. Now he is a softly spoken, permanently smiley healer, his pharmacy being entirely invisible. He ran his hands over my aura (not an unpleasant sensation) and told me I was fine (NB: undetected by either of us, I had just developed inoperable chronic pancreatitis. But perhaps one of my chakras wasn't transmitting).
The Balinese are an elegant and happy bunch who all seem to of been reborn with an added Valium gland. They're sort of smooth versions of hobbits. And all in all, life on Bali resembles a continuous Ibiza chill out with Marcel Marceau as DJ. Being quite this laid back, they don't go in for competitive sport. There are no football grounds on Bali, no "David Beckham Is God" written on lavatory walls (though here, of course, he could be). Small boys don't wield bats or shout "On me head Vishnu". They just ponder the endless blind chess of reincarnation.
They don't have any sport because they are so psychically fit, and because they have cock fighting. I know, I did a double take there as well. Surely, I said, some mistake here? Doesn't making creatures (who, let's face it, may have been your granny) kill each other for pleasure simply because you're too Zen'd up to drain a paddy field and learn the off-side rule, count as hypocrisy? Doesn't it drag a key down the side of your shiny karma? Well, apparently not. The Balinese are mad for it, can't get enough of it. After God, cockfighting is all they live for. You can see the little feathery pugilists everywhere. Every house has a vicious looking Ascot hat in a wicker cage. And after a couple of days getting zoned in to the style that is life on Bali, frankly, I felt mysoul was flat-lining. So I asked my driver, winningly called Buddha, to take me to a cockfight.
Up a dusty track, beside (inevitably) a temple there is a group of good old country boys looking a bit slidey-eyed and smirksome, like the smoking party after school. Half furtive, half bravado, just for a moment I think there might be a little danger of them all pulling out banjos and enquiring if I minded squealing like a pig, what with being the only round eyed person. But gauging correctly, that I am a special needs novice desperate to ingratiate himself with wads of holiday cash, they can't be more welcoming. And I see my first cockfight.
To be honest, I'm not what you'd call a big sports fan. For me it's all still games, and I hated games. I can't get enthused about other people doing it on my behalf and I resent the massive investment in emotion that sports demand. Oh, but my dears, cock-fighting is positively it.
There is no defence against the beautiful savagery, the elegance, the intensity of cockfighting. It was one of those gut tightening, eye bulging, head rushing events that shuffles your all time Top Ten Best List. After three hours, I staggered away, a couple of hundred dollars lighter and a gibbering acolyte. You think you know a beautiful game? You know nothing. You know hippos pogoing. You know drunk's limbo. You know semi-organised thuggery. This - this - is a beautiful game.
I go back to our rest-home-holiday-villa and wax lyrical. I had become a small-time Hemingway. He had bulls, I have psychopathic Sunday lunch. Cockfighting is all I want to do. Fuck the beach. Fuck the tinkle of ice by the pool. Fuck the suitcase full of chick-lit and bloke-tales. Fuck searching a boutique for curios. It is cockfighting for me. And as I try to explain the ethereal grace of the flying head stab, I think, why just watch it? Why not be part of it? And so I seek out Buddha and say, I want to do it.
"What?" he says, taking a step back.
"You can't."
Why can't I?
"You're not a chicken."
I want to be an owner, a manager, a Svengali. I want to be involved.
"You can't."
Why not?
"Well, you're a round-eyed devil who smells of sour milk."
Is there a law?
"No, but no foreigner has ever had a fighting cock. You don't like cockfighting, you come to Bali because it's spiritual with a million temples and ley lines like picker sticks. You want to chill out, not watch birds kill each other."
I jolly well do.
"OK then, but it'll cost you."
What, a monkey?
"Probably a pony."


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About South
South brings migrations to Django applications. Its main objectives are to provide a simple, stable and database-independent migration layer to prevent all the hassle schema changes over time bring to your Django applications.
Have a read of:
- A quick overview of South.
- Missing Migrations, and how South deals with them
- Database independence - like Django, it's portable
- Automatic migration creation for the simpler migrations, like creating a model
- Comparisons with other migration solutions for Django
Django has always made use of automatic schema generation - the almost-famous "syncdb" that must be run at least once (and often more) on every Django project. If you've ever used Django on a resonably large project, you quickly discover that you're deleting tables and regenerating them if you change schema - and that's only if you're in development, and can afford to possibly lose data.
Other frameworks, such as the infamous Ruby on Rails, have migrations, which incrementally build up a schema as a series of migrations are executed, the idea being that a schema change is simply one more migration. South is an attempt to bring migrations over to Django, but in a more robust and useable way. Read more about it below, or download it and give it a try with our tutorial.
South is currently in beta, and we don't yet have a fully complete database abstraction library. However, the migrations engine is all there, and most database commands are, so give it a go! If you find something missing, tell us about it? (or even better, submit a patch).
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With South, you install it and then give one or more of your apps some migrations (either writing them by hand, or autogenerating them from your model definitions). When you syncdb, you'll only sync apps that don't have migrations (things like django.contrib.auth, for example, which have a fixed schema), and then when you run ./manage.py migrate, South kicks in and does the migrations. Intelligently.
Missing Migrations
Whereas other, unnamed, migration frameworks often rely on an overall version number for migrations, this suffers with any kind of distributed development; if you write migration #6 and #7, and then apply then, and someone else writes a differently-named migration #6, your system will never know it has another #6 to apply. In South, migrations are tracked individually, and when it detects the migrations have been applied out-of-sequence, it will let you merge them in as you see fit.
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text: Tigers maul second-place Royals in 16-4 romp Updated: Friday, July 11, 2014 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Everybody in Detroit's lineup had at least one hit and scored one run, the season-best offensive onslaught spurring the Tigers to a 16-4 rout of the Kansas City Royals in the opener of their four-game series Thursday night.The Tigers established a season-high for runs just two days after their 14-5 blitzing of the Dodgers, and took a 5 1/2-game lead over the second-place Royals in the AL Central.Drew Smyly (5-8) allowed four runs on eight hits and a walk in 6 2-3 innings for Detroit.Jeremy Guthrie (5-8) gave up a career-worst eight earned runs on eight hits, three walks and two hit batters. He was mercifully pulled with no outs in the fifth, which means the Royals' veteran has now allowed 16 earned runs in eight-plus innings covering his last two starts.


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Piero Fornasetti (10 November 1913 - 9 October 1988) was an Italian painter, sculptor, interior decorator and engraver.
He lived most of life in Milan, attending the Brera Art Academy from 1930-32 when he was expelled for insubordination. During World War II, he went into exile in Switzerland from 1943-46. He created more than 11,000 items, many featuring the face of a woman, operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri, as a motif. Fornasetti found her face in a 19th-century magazine. "What inspired me to create more than 500 variations on the face of a woman?" asks Italian designer, Piero Fornasetti of himself. "I don't know," he admits, "I began to make them and I never stopped." The "Tema e Variazioni" (theme and variation) plate series based on Cavalieri's face numbered more than 350.
Other common features in his work include heavy use of black and white, the sun and time. His style is reminiscent of Greek and Roman architecture, by which he was heavily influenced.
Today it is most common to see Fornasetti's style in fashion and room accessories such as scarves, ties, lamps, furniture, china plates and tables.
His son, Barnaba Fornasetti, continues to design in his father's name.
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- Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, by Mariuccia Casadio, Barnaba Fornasetti and Andrea Branzi, Rizzoli, 2010, ISBN 0-8478-3534-0
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Cooking with herbs can greatly enhance the flavor of food, while at the same time reducing the need for salt.
I'm big fan of that concept. And hardly a meal goes by at our house in which herbs aren't used in one way or another.
Tonight, we're having what I term a warm-weather supper. It's going to consist of sandwiches, made with smoked chicken I cooked last night and freshly baked bread from Dakota Harvest Bakers; a salad dominated by recently picked lettuce from our garden; and homemade tomato salsa featuring cilantro — a very pungent herb — that's the best we ever grown.
Herbs are quite versatile, as the following recipe shows. A sirloin steak that has been rubbed with a mixture of dried porcini mushrooms, balsamic vinegar and Worcestershire sauce is cooked on the grill and later topped with herb butter. The sirloin then is complemented with grilled mini peppers.
Sirloin with Herb Butter and Charred Peppers
2¼ pounds sirloin, at least 1 ½ inches thick, cut into 6 portions, or 1 bone-in, double-cut rib eye steak (about 2 ½ inches thick, about 2 ½ pounds), trimmed of excess fat
1 ½-ounce package dried porcini mushrooms
2 cloves garlic, peeled, minced
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon packed light or dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce, divided
2 tablespoons minced fresh rosemary, divided
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
3 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
2 green onions, minced
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
2 tablespoons olive oil
8 ounces assorted red, yellow and orange baby bell peppers
Juice of 1 lemon
Set the sirloin pieces on a plate.
(If using a bone-in rib eye, place the steak flat on a board; tie kitchen twine tightly around the sides (including the bone) to help the steak keep its shape during cooking.)
Grind the mushrooms in a spice grinder or blender; transfer to a bowl and mix with the garlic, vinegar, brown sugar, 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, 1 ½ tablespoons rosemary, red pepper flakes and 2 teaspoons salt. Cut several slits all over the steak; fill each slit with some of the mushroom mixture, then rub the rest all over the meat. Transfer the steak to a plate, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 to 4 hours. Remove from the refrigerator about 1 hour before grilling.
Meanwhile, combine the butter, green onions, parsley, remaining 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce and ½ tablespoon rosemary and 1 teaspoon salt in a bowl. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
Preheat a grill to medium-high, then prepare for indirect heat: For gas, turn off the burners on one side. For charcoal, push the coals to one side. Brush the steak with the olive oil, then place on the cooler side of the grill (indirect heat). Cover and cook, turning occasionally, until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 110 to 120 degrees, about 10 to 15 minutes depending on the thickness. Move the steak to the hotter side of the grill (direct heat) and cook until the thermometer registers 125 degrees, about 2 to 3 more minutes per side. Transfer to a cutting board and let rest 15 minutes, spreading with some of the herb butter.
Meanwhile, grill the peppers over direct heat, turning, brushing with the lemon juice and seasoning with salt, until charred, 8 to 10 minutes. Top the steak with more herb butter and serve with peppers.
Yield: Serves 6.
Approximate nutritional analysis per serving: 469 calories, 61 percent of calories from fat, 31 grams fat (13 grams saturated), 10 grams carbohydrates, 36 grams protein, 1,324 milligrams sodium, 90 milligrams cholesterol, 2 grams fiber.


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Urban Politics #226: County Support for Sonic Subsidy
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By City Councilmember Nick Licata.
Urban Politics (UP) blends my insights and information on current public policy developments and personal experiences with the intent of helping citizens shape Seattle's future.
Today I released the results of a poll of King County residents about tax subsidies for sports teams. With the Washington State Legislature set to convene on January 8, the Seattle Sonics basketball team is preparing to ask state Legislators for hundreds of millions in subsidies for a sports arena in Bellevue or Renton.
In November 2006, Seattle voters overwhelmingly approved, 74 percent to 26 percent, Initiative 91 that directed the City to refrain from subsidizing the Sonics or other professional sports teams.
I had the poll conducted of all King County residents to determine if the results of the I-91 vote in Seattle would be reflective of voters outside the city. And it was. King County voters by an over-all margin of 2 to 1, favor the exact wording of I-91, whereby taxpayers require a fair return on their tax supported public subsidy of a professional sports team.
On December 26-28, 401 King County voters were read the proposed ballot title for a King County initiative that contained the same language as Seattle's Initiative 91. Fifty-three percent strongly supported or supported the proposed initiative while only 25 percent opposed or strongly opposed it. Support for the proposed initiative was strong across the board-from Bellevue to Renton. Democrats, Republicans, and Independents, alike, favored the idea by two to one. This poll will allow our state Legislators to honestly tell special interest lobbyists that the voters of King County do not support a public subsidy for the Sonics.
The poll was conducted by Elway Research for Licata, the Service Employees International Union, Local 775, and Citizens for More Important Things, a taxpayer watchdog group.
Here is the exact wording used by Elway Research in its survey of 401 King County voters on December 26-28:
"Recently voters in Seattle approved a measure related to the public financing of professional sports facilities. A similar measure could be put before voters in the rest of King County. I will read the proposed ballot title:
'If enacted, the measure would require that for-profit professional sports organizations pay the County at least 'fair value' for goods, services, real property, or facilities the County provides or leases from them, either directly or through another public entity or a non-profit organization. The measure defines 'fair value,' based in part on the rate of return for 30-year Treasury Bonds. Any King County resident would have standing to file a lawsuit challenging County that allegedly violated the measure.'
As things stand today, if that measure were on the ballot in King County, would you…
Strongly Support It…25 percent
Support It…28 percent
Oppose It…11 percent
Strongly Oppose It…14 percent
Don't Know/No Answer…22 percent"
The poll's margin of error is plus or minus 5 percent.
Posted: January 4th, 2007 under Sports, UP
Tags: Citizens for More Important Things, Sonics, UP


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After a bullying attack left a 13-year-old student bruised and battered this week, a local civil rights group is demanding that the Socorro Independent School District improve its bullying awareness and prevention programs.
According to the Paso Del Norte Civil Rights Project, the female student was attacked Thursday at Jane A. Hambric School, which is in the SISD. The beating was so violent that the girl became unconscious and needed medical attention.
In a letter to the Socorro district, the Paso Del Norte Civil Rights Project says it wants the district to have a full and open investigation, implement measures to prevent future bullying incidents, and conduct training with students and staff to promote awareness of bullying at school.
SISD officials said they are also looking into the incident. The letter did not name the victim.
"We decided to become involved because the violence and brutality of it (the beating) was so jarring," said lawyer Jed Untereker, who represents the Paso De Norte Civil Rights Project. "And the fact that someone could be put in the hospital from an attack that occurs on school grounds is very disturbing."
Untereker said the organization became involved in behalf of the student because the bullying appears to be an ongoing problem at the middle school.
"We've received several calls about incidents at Jane Hambric," Untereker said.
On Thursday, a student at Bassett Middle School, which is in the El Paso Independent School District, also was injured in a fight while walking home from school.
The campus is investigating to determine whether the situation was a mutual fight or an assault, said EPISD spokeswoman Renee De Santos.
The El Paso district is also working with the El Paso Police Department on the case.
Untereker said his organization receives frequent complaints about bullying from parents in other area districts.
"This is not an isolated incident," Untereker said. "It's (bullying) something that as an organization we are working to address on a community level. And anything we can do to spread awareness of what's happening in our schools is important."
In response to the organization's demands, said Pat O'Neill, SISD assistant superintendent, the district contacted the civil rights organization in an effort to be proactive against bullying. The district does have an anti-bullying program, the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, in which students can report bullying online.
"We work to be proactive and not reactive," O'Neill said. "So we contacted the Paso Del Norte organization to see how they can assist us. A bullying prevention program has to be comprehensive, and we see them (Paso Del Norte Civil Rights Project) as another stakeholder so that we can prevent this sort of incident from occurring again."
SISD officials said they could not comment specifically on the incident that occurred at Jane A. Hambric, but said they were taking measures to prevent further bullying incidents.
Alex Hinojosa may be reached at email@example.com; 546-6137.