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NATCHEZ — Waiting for a state takeover of two schools in the Natchez-Adams School District in September shouldn't even be an option on the table, Superintendent Frederick Hill told community members Monday.
Gathered in the auditorium of Natchez High School, parents, residents and school officials listened as Hill explained the state law that requires Morgantown Middle School and Natchez High School to go under state control if the schools receive another "F" rating.
The schools have received "F" ratings for two consecutive years and a third "F" means all teachers and staff at the schools — including the principal — will be terminated and replaced by the state.
Changing the way things are done at a school that has failed for three years isn't what bothers Hill. It's the data Hill's seen from other districts in the state that have been taken over that bring concern.
"This has been proven to not be successful for our students at other school districts," Hill said. "For anybody to say the state should come in and takeover our schools is not truly thinking on behalf of our students, so the state takeover is not an option for us."
Hill showed a graph containing eight school districts across the state each with five sets of numbers. Each number represented the district's QDI, or quality distribution index, score from the last five school years. A QDI represents an overall measure of student performance on annual statewide assessments. The scores are represented on a scale of zero to 300, with higher numbers showing a better rating, and eventually translated into an A through F rating system.
Four of the districts kept an "F" rating throughout the years they were under state control. Two of the districts rose to a "D" rating and one reached a "C" rating.
"These districts were failing when they were taken over by the state and they were failing, or close to it, when the state left," Hill said. "So is it best for the state to come in and takeover? Absolutely not."
The state provided four options to Hill at an October meeting in Jackson where he, and other superintendents with failing schools in their districts, were first told of the potential takeover situation.
The two schools in the district are among nearly 50 schools in the state that could be taken over next year.
The district can redesign or restructure the schools to essentially start the three-year failing clock over, redistribute successful teachers to failing schools in hopes of improving scores, abolish the failing schools into other schools with equal grade levels or await state takeover.
Abolishing the failing schools isn't an option, Hill said, in a district that only has one middle and high school.
Having already shifted teachers and administrators throughout the district this summer, Hill said the best option for the district is to restructure the two schools.
One of the restructuring options Hill said he thinks is best for the district would create career academies, which would serve as schools within schools.
Students would pick certain career clusters, which are groupings of similar occupations and industries, such as human services, information technology or manufacturing, among others. The students would eventually narrow their plan of study in those clusters and continue their studies with other students on the same path.
The decision to restructure any school ultimately rests on the NASD Board of Trustees, Hill said.
And while there is no set deadline by the state to have the schools restructured, Hill said the process would likely take between four and six months.
"Right now, I'm gathering all this information to present to the board again, but also to present to parents and community members," Hill said. "That way, we can work out any kinks we find beforehand.
"It's not going to happen overnight."
Until those decisions are made, Hill said a variety of actions for improvement, such as a district turnaround team and focused weekly administrator meetings, are already in place to help improve the district and also avoid a state takeover.
"We need to ask ourselves, 'Are we serious, are we ready and do we really want successful schools?'" Hill said. "If we are, then we can make some decisions that will put us on the road to being a successful school district."


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With competition for deals fierce in a slow market, bankers are pitching very aggressive prices to companies looking to sell stock -- raising the question of whether issuers are always right to take top dollar.
Fortis Inc. announced a $600-million stock sale Monday night at a price not even 2 per cent lower than where Fortis stock was trading Monday. Tuesday, the stock has been stuck persistently just below the sale price, suggesting the transaction was not the hottest seller for the lead underwriters at CIBC, Scotia Capital and TD Securities.
That followed a $400-million transaction by Enbridge Inc. earlier in May that was priced at an even tighter spread, and which ended up going mostly unsold.
Of course, when investors don't bite on such offerings, the company doesn't take the upfront losses thanks to Canada's system of bought deals.
The lead underwriters of the bought deal (TD in the Enbridge case) set the price, and the banks in the syndicate buy the stock at that level and take the risk of reselling it at a profitable level.
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Petersen's expert direction ensures it remains gripping, keeping the tension ratcheted right up and commendably steering it all home within 100 minutes.
Poseidon betrays a studio mindset that can only hasten the current erosion of movie attendance -- skimping on human content while betting heedlessly on boom boom boom and gurgle gurgle gurgle.
It's a carnival ride, with shocks, endless stunts, and when you're done, you've forgotten it and moved on to something better.
A handful of the passengers may eventually get out of the ship alive, but nothing, it seems, can save them from Mark Protosevich's sinking script. At least it looks good as it goes down.
Audience Reviews for Poseidon
Classic remake that comes out pretty decent. I liked the original more but this was not a bad rent.
Super Reviewer
Robert Ramsey: You know, there's nothing fair about who lives and dies. You gave Elena a chance. You gave everybody a chance.�
Poseidon is one of those disaster movies that worries about visual effects over actual human interaction or feeling. Most of the movies that fill this genre are like Poseidon in that regard and that's where the problem lies in most of them. So visual effects and big action sequences must take over and propel the movie to watchable in order to find entertainment in it. Movies like 2012 and The Day After Tomorrow are examples of disaster movies that work despite not having a great human element involved. Poseidon's cool effects and big water scenes make the movie watchable, but nothing more.
A ship is flipped by a huge rouge wave. When the captain of the ship tells everyone to stay in lobby and promises them safety, a small group of passengers rebel and leave the group. They begin to make their way up the ship to the bottom of the ship, which is now the top. Along the way, they have to deal with fires, water, and narrow spaces. It basically winds up being close call after close call, and every once in awhile a character will drop off.
The cast isn't too bad here. Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfus, and Emmy Rossum make for decent main characters. The supporting cast that is assembled around them isn't terrible either. The movie isn't really about acting though, it's about the visuals and the visuals don't disappoint. Where the movie disappoints is when the actors actually have to speak to one another and we have to listen to their dumbed down dialogue.�
Overall, I'm pretty much indifferent on this one. I don't necessarily like it nor do I dislike it. It's one of those movies where I just can't form a true opinion on it. I realize it's not a great movie, but I also won't blast it like just about every one else. I'm just going to put myself directly in the middle on this one.
Super Reviewer
Blueprinted nearly scene by scene from the 1972 original, this remake has more action and better effects as 34 years might enable. Similarly less time is spent on characterization (who cares about that crap anymore?), but the result is still claustrophobic thrills.
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Have breakfast with Santa Claus
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Breakfast with St. Nick has grown to be a Kiwanis Club of Houma tradition.
The local organization has sponsored the event for the past 16 years.
The all-you-can-eat pancake meal will be held from 7 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the Vandebilt Catholic High School cafeteria.
Besides hotcakes, the breakfast spread will include sausage, coffee, juice and milk.
Face painting and balloons will be provided, and children will have the opportunity to pose for a picture with the Jolly One. Pictures will be available for $3. Giant coloring books will be sold for $6 or two for $10.
"Many children and parents in our community look forward to this event each year, and the Kiwanis members are happy to offer this to our community," club president Larry Frederick said.
The Houma club is part of Kiwanis International, the parent group that boasts more than 290,000 members in 92 countries.
Key Clubs from Vandebilt, South Terrebonne High School and H.L. Bourgeois High School help put on the event.
The Breakfast with Santa is a Kiwanis fund-raiser with proceeds benefiting the clubs various charity efforts such as Circle K, Builders Clubs and other organizations for students to promote leadership and community service.
Tickets cost $5 in advance and will be $6 at the door. Tickets can be purchased from any Kiwanis member or at the offices of J. Thomas Campo, Accounting Service, 6308 W. Park Ave., in Houma and Stephanie Hebert Allstate Insurance, 854 Grand Caillou Road, in Houma.
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A penguin's-eye look at Apple's OS X.
When Steve Jobs introduced Apple's new iMac in January 2002, the spotlight was focused entirely on the physical architecture of the first mainstream computer that fully defied the term "box". The new iMac is a white dome with a flat screen that floats on the end of a chrome arm. It looks like a cross between a Luxo lamp and a makeup mirror. Jobs called it "the best thing we've ever done". Read more.
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Thanks to good records and a Small Claims judge, Steve Oualline got a $199 refund for his unused copy of Microsoft Windows XP. One Linux user's story shows how to establish a good refund case.
Getting a Microsoft Windows refund from a manufacturer is seldom easy to do. In this article, I describe some techniques you can use to get your refund, including how to deal with the manufacturers (and all their excuses) and going to small claims court. Read more.
13. Setting up a VPN Gateway by Duncan Napier
How to install and run an IPSec-based VPN gateway with a firewall using a single bootable Linux diskette distribution.
A virtual private network (VPN) is a tool that enables the secure transmission of data over untrusted networks such as the Internet. VPNs commonly are used to connect local area networks (LANs) into wide area networks (WANs) using the Internet. Perhaps you need to build a VPN between two offices but are not sure if the large infrastructure costs associated with an enterprise-level VPN solution are justifiable. The performance of applications that are intended for use over LANs (for example those that use network file sharing) seriously can be degraded over WAN connections. Likewise, lower bandwidth and longer latency in WAN connections can affect adversely the reliability and performance of groupware and thin-client applications. Perhaps you have a home office and would like to use your high-speed internet access to connect seamlessly and securely to your office LAN through an IPSec-capable router. Or perhaps you are just curious about VPNs and IPSec in general and want to experiment. Read more.
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One of your hard disks might be trying to tell you it's not long for this world. Install software that lets you know when to replace it.
It's a given that all disks eventually die, and it's easy to see why. The platters in a modern disk drive rotate more than a hundred times per second, maintaining submicron tolerances between the disk heads and the magnetic media that store data. Often they run 24/7 in dusty, overheated environments, thrashing on heavily loaded or poorly managed machines. So, it's not surprising that experienced users are all too familiar with the symptoms of a dying disk. Strange things start happening. Inscrutable kernel error messages cover the console and then the system becomes unstable and locks up. Often, entire days are lost repeating recent work, re-installing the OS and trying to recover data. Even if you have a recent backup, sudden disk failure is a minor catastrophe. Read more.
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Internet video for the next generation.
Seven years ago, when I was still a clueless kid, I played my first video clip on the Internet using a 56k connection. It was in Real Media format and contained a video track in 11Kbps and a mono audio track. All the buffering drove me crazy. Today, with all sorts of high-speed lines, you seldom come across network congestion during playback of a streamed video clip. This new speed has enabled rapid development of multimedia on the Internet. One of them is video streaming. Read more.
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Understanding the mass notification/emergency communication codes, planning process and available technologies can open a new market of opportunities for dealers. Conducting a thorough risk analysis and making the most of its findings is key.
Peter Ebersold May 10, 2011
Mass notification is an area that has received a great deal of attention in recent years. Unfortunately this is largely due to tragic incidents that have exposed the vulnerabilities of certain populations and environments, consequently emphasizing the need for better communications and alerting. Fortunately, a number of solutions are available to address these needs.
With numerous products flooding the market, however, it is often a challenge for specifiers and property managers to define a particular facility's mass notification system (MNS) needs and then move forward with the design of an effective solution. Dealers and integrators having a strong understanding of the relevant codes and technologies, along with the performance-based design of such systems can be a strong contender for this business.
The Origins of MNS
The term mass notification originated from the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC), document 4-021-01 titled Design and O&M: Mass Notification Systems, created by the United States Department of Defense (DoD). The UFC outlines the design, operation and maintenance of mass notification systems required on all DoD properties, including posts for the following military branches: Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and Navy.
The UFC defines mass notification as "the capability to provide real-time information to all building occupants or personnel in the immediate vicinity of a building during emergency situations. To reduce the risk of mass casualties, there must be a timely means to notify building occupants of threats and what should be done in response to those threats. Pre-recorded and live-voice emergency messages are required by this UFC to provide this capability."
The UFC recommends the use of a combined fire alarm and MNS, particularly in new construction of military facilities, where the building fire alarm control panel forms a single combined system that performs both functions. For smaller buildings, the public address (PA) system may also be integrated with this combined system, providing the PA system can be supervised for integrity.
Notification Codes and Elements
Initially seen as a "military solution," MNS are gaining popularity among many nonmilitary occupancies. The 2010 edition of NFPA 72: National Fire Alarm & Signaling Code includes the lengthy Chapter 24 that outlines requirements for the design and installation of emergency communications systems (ECS) within commercial facilities.
While recent events such as the Virginia Tech campus shootings and severe weather incidents have raised demand for emergency communications systems (ECS) for commercial properties, the new National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) codes have begun to set a precedent of utilizing fire alarm systems to support the added duties of a supervised and more survivable ECS.
To serve as more than a common fire alarm voice evacuation system, NFPA 72 requires: "Security personnel should be able to effect message initiation over the MNS from either a central control station or alternate (backup) control station. Where clusters of facilities exist, one or more regional control stations might also exercise control." It also requires that the MNS should offer a "dynamic library of scripted responses to various emergency events that would be easily customizable to meet the needs of the individual customer."
To service this need, distributed messaging units commonly referred to as Local Operator Consoles (LOCs) are typically tied to the fire alarm/ECS network and placed throughout a facility or campus to provide authorized users a means for initiating live and prerecorded announcements, and even text messages.
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"Shreiber understands the often-problematic relationship between narrative and poetry, between the historic literary canon of American literature by the so-called traditional authors (usually male)Hawthorne and Melville come to mindand writing by ethnic practitioners... She has a firm grasp on these esoteric texts and relies on them to further her nuanced argument... This volume will be a rich resource for anyone interested in Jewish American literature or in poetics in general."CHOICE
"This book contributes significantly to the study of poetics, of Jewish American culture, and of the relationship between poetics and Jewish theology. Shreiber is a terrific reader of poetry. Because of Singing in a Strange Land, I will teach more poets in my classes and will teach the ones I already know very differently."Priscilla Wald, Duke University
"Maeera Shreiber's book gives the fullest and richest account to date of the ways that Jewish American poetry enters the realm of modern poetry in the U.S. while wrestling with long-standing issues of Jewish culture. Employing a sophisticated feminist vocabulary, Shreiber compares a wide range of Jewish poets to one another and to other American poets with reference to two central figures: the Mother and the Father. These are, of course, unavoidable figures in any psychoanalytical account, but Shreiber uses them to spark new and provocative insights about how Jewish poets seek a place within American culture. An equally impressive feature is the depth of knowledge about religious Judaism and the Hebrew language (as well as some Yiddish) she brings to bear. Her familiarity with Jewish exegetical traditions and ethnic history is reinforced by an extensive and richly nuanced command of the Hebrew Bible. The interplay staged in Singing in a Strange Land: A Jewish American Poetics between poetry, feminism, and religion has admirable authority and makes a lasting contribution."Stephen Fredman, University of Notre Dame
"Whereas scholarship on Jewish American Literature has tended to focus on writers of fiction, Shreiber calls attention to the achievement of Jewish American poets, which, as she demonstrates, is remarkable by any measure . . . What we find, in short, is an example of what can be done with poems, and for those of us who choose to do thiswho choose to read modern Jewish literature against the backdrop of traditional sources, Shreiber's book offers an inspiring model indeed."American Jewish History


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Penn State Anatomy Graduate Program
The Graduate Program in Anatomy at Penn State's College of Medicine offers training programs leading to Masters (M.S.) or Doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees in Anatomy for individuals interested in acquiring advanced training in the anatomical sciences. The Masters Program is a two-year course of study, with an emphasis in preparing students for further professional education (e.g., medicine, dentistry and osteopathy). The Doctoral Degree provides an opportunity for students who want to pursue an academic career in the biological sciences to acquire specialty training and teaching experience.
In addition to the traditional areas of study including gross anatomy, histology, human embryology and neuroanatomy, the curriculum will include core courses in cell biology, systems biology, biochemistry and physiology. Both MS and Ph.D. tracks require that each student will conduct original research under the supervision of a faculty member culminating in the oral defense of a written thesis. Ph.D. students have the opportunity to gain teaching experience in the medical gross anatomy course and/or neuroanatomy course.
Welcome to the Anatomy Students-entering Fall 2015
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Amanda R. White a member of Gregory M. Holmes' Lab, successfully passed her Comprehensive Exam, August 14, 2015
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A.T. Still University-School of Osteopathic Medicine, Mesa, AZ
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LECOM (Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine) Erie, PA
Jessica A. Immonen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, Provo, UT
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Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
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text: Okay, guys, post up your pics from the ride here. The Second Date By Skippii It's been a year now since I took Melissa on that ill-fated date to the top of Reddish Knob. It was a good 5 months or so before we saw each other again, but she doesn't seem to hold a grudge. The Ninja was eventually rescued from the forest and received a bit of maintenance, including a new clutch. She never fully recovered, however, and less than a month later suffered a full engine seizure. In her place, I'd purchased a Ducati 800ss. I loved that bike, but found I couldn't keep myself out of the woods and the dirt, and it soon became clear that this was not the correct motorcycle for that style of riding. It was also excruciatingly inappropriate for 2,000 mile weeks. It did get me lots of attention, however, from other riders, random ladies, not least of all, police officers. So, that one was very soon traded for a Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom Dual-purpose machine. Or, as my friends affectionately called it as they helped me pick it up from the dirt trails, "That 550 pound pig". The Laurel Fork Camp Out in West Virginia was only a month ago. That was the when the V-Strom declared that, despite what I put it through, it wasn't really a dirt bike. This is a story for another day, but suffice to say that as I lay against the tree at the bottom of the ledge, looking 15 feet up at my friends on their lightweight, knobby-tired KLX and TW street-legal dirtbikes, I realized there just might be something to their logic. With the poor V-Strom now rotting in some Insurance Company's salvage yard, and a recently purchased Suzuki DR350S in my garage, you can be quite assured that I was eager to go on another camping trip. Such an opportunity was presented this past weekend, with the Cat Herder's Skidmore Fork Camp Out. Skidmore Fork is a road that leads out from Switzer Dam, in the National Forest a half hour away. Two days before the event, it occurs to me that this could be an excellent opportunity to see Melissa again. Not as a date: I know she has a boyfriend, but as long a he's not one of those super-jealous types who would object to her sleeping in a tent with another guy, it should be a fun weekend trip. Melissa had just the night before returned from a three week trip to the Philippines, so I called her up. When I explained that I'd just totaled a motorcycle by riding it of a cliff, but now had a new one and wanted her to ride on the back while I got to test it out for the first time, she eagerly agreed. Okay, maybe she's a little strange, but she is friends with me. What do you expect. This does, however, present a slight problem. There's really not a lot of space on the DR350. The seat isn't really big enough to be comfortable for one person, let alone two people and camping gear. Immediately after purchasing it, I'd put on a topcase rack, so I had some storage space--but not a whole lot. Clearly, I'm not going to be able to fit all the camping gear, let alone Melissa, in that case. The day of the event, I call up Melissa again, and tell her to pack light--sleeping bag, toothbrush, raincoat, and one change of clothes. She says she'll be over to my house in a few hours. That gives me one hour to prepare, and two hours to sleep, as I'm working graveyard shift and haven't actually gone to bed yet. One hour to figure out how to make everything fit. Shouldn't be too hard. Besides, girls always pack really light, right? I look around the garage. I have some bungee cords, some motorcycle tie-down straps, a GIVI Wingrack that I haven't gotten around to installing on another motorcycle, and some rebar. A plan forms in my head, and I don my welding mask. A few minutes later, I emerge from the garage with this contraption. I won't include any closeups, because welding is most certainly NOT one of my skills. Most of my welds tend to fall apart if I do so much as tie a helium balloon to them, but I have faith in this extra luggage rack for some reason. The rebar slides into the existing luggage rack ends, and basically extends the rack by another few feet. The Wingrack includes a bracket to hold another topcase. I don't have any way to attach this to my rack extension though. That is to say, even I wouldn't consider a single tie-down strap to hold them together an "attachment". I'll go ahead and say it. This is probably a really, really stupid idea. Satisfied with my ingenuity, I take a nap for a couple of hours. When I wake and call Melissa to ask where she is, it seems she'd decided to do the same. Shortly afterwards, she arrives. Melissa is actually pretty good at packing light. I did have to wonder why she needed to bring a full 1-POUND container of salt, though. I thought she ate healthy! And why did she need to bring all those condoms? Her boyfriend was staying in Harrisonburg while she was sleeping in a tent with me, so unless he was planning on driving up to visit her, I don't know what point they would serve. Certainly something a little curious about those, but I can't think of any tactful way to ask, so I ignore them. I mean, I'd brought condoms, too. But not for Melissa...or even for me. Mine were the super-extra-large ones so that I can pull them over my not-waterproof GPS when it rains. It looks a little strange, but it works! Here's a picture from last year. Not that I felt any need to explain any of that to Melissa. She probably saw them in my supplies, but....well, she probably couldn't think of any tactful way to ask, either. Primitive camping is fun, but it does mean you have to take more stuff. One case is pretty much filled just with the 3 gallons of drinking water and some food. (Given the heat and humidity here, and the exercise involved with dirt riding, it's certainly not unreasonable to go through a lot more water than you'd expect). But somehow, we got it all on the bike. Tent, two sleeping bags, water, food, supplies, condoms and all. Here's the picture of the bike, ready to go. In other words, a perfect example of how NOT to pack a bike. Well, unless you really like doing wheelies. Definitely keeps the front end pretty light. Handling was pretty awful. I kept the ride pretty smooth (if not exactly slow), and I don't think Melissa even noticed when the front end lofted a bit by mistake. We met up with a few of the other Cat Herders at H14XL's house. He was originally supposed to join us on the trip, but wasn't sure if he could make it due to a shoulder injury. Luckily, the Doctor cleared him and told him he was fine to go motorcycling, and H14XL was so happy that he broke his leg a few hours later. Even if he wouldn't be riding with us, though, the group of us still met at his house. When we arrived, I introduced Melissa to everyone. They responded with the usual "Nice to meet you". Then I mentioned that she was actually the semi-famous "Reddish Knob Girl". Everyone immediately exclaimed "Oh, God, that was YOU?" followed by quick interrogation as to her sanity for going out on another trip with me. And when I say "everyone", I mean it. People I've never met before who live 200 miles away have told me how they've received forwarded messages in their e-mail containing the story I wrote last year. So I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised when everybody there--even the members of H14XL's family, knew immediately who she was. And for the rest of the weekend, they all referred to her as "Reddish Knob Girl". Then together, we all headed out. Reddish Knob Girl and I on the DR350, HburgNinja on his Yamaha TW200, Manganos on his Supermoto WR250, NiceViewBehindBars on his WR250X, and H14XL, not wanting to miss out on a camping trip despite his leg, in his pickup with the truck bed full of camp chairs and firewood. Awesome! We should break someone's leg before every trip! We plowed through the fog and mist down Route 33, up the twisties, and then turned off into the dirt just before the West Virginia State Line. A mile or so down a rocky, muddy dirt road, we arrived at the campsite where we were greeted by fellow campers Mtngoat with his XT and and Pomo with a nice, shiny F800GS. I don't like to admit it, but seeing his huge, powerful adventure beast made me miss the V-Strom a bit. Just a bit, though that soon went away when I saw the difficulties he was having keeping that thing upright through some of the rock gardens we'd later ride over. We got a campfire going, pitched up our tents, had some food and drink, and had a great time chatting about anything and everything. Reddish Knob Girl told us about her experiences in the Philippines, including how she'd just had her belly button pierced. Aha! That explains the all the salt she brought, for disinfecting. I'm sure there's an equally innocent story for the condoms she brought. And there was...she told me that when she got back--almost 48 hours now--she'd broken up with her boyfriend, and was single. Um...okay, maybe that's not an innocent explanation, but I'm not complaining. Though I must have been thinking about that so much that I can't remember anything else that was discussed that night. (Yes, that's a nice way of saying there's no way in hell I'm posting the rest of the stories on the Internet.) So, we all had a great time, talking, being merry, and I gave Reddish Knob Girl a demonstration of some of the latest things I've learned in class...something I've noticed has become much more popular since I switched from studying physics and calculus to studying massage therapy. Here are some pictures from the campfire (mostly of Melissa, because I think she's pretty), before it got late and we all went to bed. And as the night progressed... .....and that's as far as I got. I'm not going to pretend to understand a damn thing about what the hell goes on inside of a girls head. But when we headed back to the tent, I got rejected from the "goodnight kiss", and I've got to admit I didn't see that one coming. No matter, though. I came on this trip for the rides, and having fun with friends, and I couldn't be more satisfied with how that turned out. Besides, it was Manganos who's night could really have been better. Opting to go for a simple hammock between two trees instead of a tent, he suffered a midnight reminder of why you shouldn't trust anyone else to tie knots for you. It went from this... to this.... Anyway......on to the rides! Well, almost. In the morning, I discovered this critter wanted to join Reddish Knob Girl and me in the tent. Is that an egg sack? Anyway, that spider reminded me of something I'd been meaning to do. I went into HburgNinja's tent when he wasn't looking an put this inside next to his sleeping bag. Because I'm a good friend. Hey, there's always room for a rubber snake when packing for a camping trip. The first ride was a relatively easy outing several miles through dirt and rocks to the top of Flagpole Knob. The weather, in an extremely uncommon occurrence this year, was beautiful, if a bit foggy. Reddish Knob Girl and HburgNinja stayed back at camp for this one--Melissa still being very jet lagged and HburgNinja waiting for another few Cat Herders to arrive. It was a great ride, enjoyable but fast-paced enough that we didn't bother to take pictures. We ended up going right past Flagpole and on to Reddish Knob--I'm almost glad Melissa didn't come, lest that bring back flashbacks of a previous date. This time, however, we did actually take thecorrect road. Afterwards, we went back to camp, picked up Reddish Knob Girl and Hburgninja, and went over to Fat Boy's Pork Palace for lunch. In retrospect, this may not have been the greatest place to take a vegan girl, but we were finally able to get a vegan meal. Not wanting her to the only troublesome one in the group, I managed to order a glass of milk, a serving of ice cream, and a really big spoon and straw after being told they didn't serve milkshakes. When we went back to camp, I gave Melissa a 3 minute explanation of how to ride a motorcycle, and told her to jump on. She did very well, going up and down the dirt road by the campsite. I followed her in HburgNinja's TW200, taking the opportunity to find out if it was possible to wheelie a bike with only 13 horsepower. The verdict? Yes it is, but the owner didn't seem to happy about it. Whatever. Once I crash one of his bikes on the highway, we'll be even. Until then, he's forever in my debt. (A few months earlier, I'd allowed him the pleasure of trying to keep the pig upright...after I'd raised the bike to a 35-inch seat height.) After lunch, Motocox and Kawikazi showed up, and several of us went for another, more technical but equally fast ride down some rather tricky terrain, including crossing some streams, big puddles, and scary hillclimbs. At one point I was behind Kawikazi, and looking for a good chance to pass him. Not too long afterwards, he slowed and pulled off to the side of the road, and I gassed it to go ahead. The nice thing about the DR350 is that it really can handle any kind of terrain, so I don't have to worry about rocks, puddles, or other things that would make me slow down on the V-strom. Other people apparently still slow down or try to avoid these things, though--so as I plowed through the 2-foot deep puddle at 35mph, I realized that Kawikazi had actually slowed to go around--trying to avoid getting wet. It would have worked out for him, too, if it hadn't been for the 8-foot high tidal wave I left in my wake. Well, what do you expect when you ride in the dirt tracks? When we stopped later, I apologized, but he thought it was almost as amusing as I did. Almost. There was one hillclimb of particular difficulty on this route. Being one of the first at the top, and worried that Pomo might not be able to clear the 18-inch jump up a rock required if you didn't pick a good line, I walked back down to point him out an alternate way up the mountain. You can see me here on the left, and Motocox preparing to clear anything that might be in his path. HburgNinja came up next, and I waved him by, knowing he'd done this route before. Then Pomo came, and I pointed out the detour that avoided the huge rocks. He went that direction for about 20 feet before stopping, turning off his bike, and giving me a look that clearly meant "Why the hell would I go up there? You've got to be kidding me!" Well, the detour may have avoided some of those rocks, but that still doesn't mean it's easy! I told him I thought this route would be better since it avoided...well...at that point I just pointed to HburgNinja, who was clearly coming to the realization that he had NOT picked the best line. It did not end well. But eventually, everyone was at the top of the hill, and we proceeded on for some more great riding. Back at camp, some people roasted marshmallows, some people cooked burgers, and I dried out my gloves by the fire. More stories were told, good times had by all, until we all went back to bed, and, unfortunately, to sleep. In the morning it was time to go home. But not before I stumbled out of the tent towards the scent of warm donuts, supplied by HBurgNinja. I might be soaking wet, freezing cold, and half asleep, but dammit, I WILL eat donuts for breakfast. Luckily, Reddish Knob Girl was kind enough to put some extra warmth on me. I don't actually remember putting this on. I'm pretty sure my eyes weren't open yet, or I may have objected. XC Rider unexpectedly dropped by the campsite just then, sorry to have missed the campout, but wanting to meet and great fellow cat herders. It happened to work out very well, as while I packed up the tent and our stuff, Reddish Knob Girl was able to take my bike and get some more riding lessons from XC Rider. When they returned, we loaded up the bike, said our goodbyes, and headed back to Harrisonburg. After a pleasant sunny ride back to my house, we crammed Reddish Knob Girl's articles into a backpack, and then I gave her a quick (very quick) ride back to her house on my CBR-600. Definately a very different animal than the DR350S, but equally fun. All in all, we had a great time. No one got hurt, no bikes got destroyed, and no one got pregnant. Amazingly, my luggage rack worked out perfectly. No problems at all, once you get used to hardly being able to steer. The weight balance did take its toll, though. After the ride, note the difference between the front tire: ..and the rear: They didn't look like that when we started! 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