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So i saved a mint by buying a reynolds wheelset off ePrey that had a campy 11spd freehub installed. The urban legend that says a shimano/sram cassette will fit on a campy freehub is patently false. I ordered this item from CC and had the freehubs swapped quickly. As i was moving from 11spd to 11spd i had no issues with end caps. The only reason I'm not giving it a perfect score is because the pawls do not feel perfectly smooth in their engagement. Overall, B+
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You can put a 10 speed cassette on it, but you will need to purchase an extra spacer to put behind the cassette (costs just a few dollars). See http://www.slowtwitch.com/Tech/Cassette_Spacers_2013_3978.html for a discussion of this and a chart that tells you which spacer(s) you will need (depends on the brand of cassette you have). You will also need to put a smaller end cap on (which came with my order), otherwise the wheel will not fit when you try to put it back on your bike (since the hub body is longer.
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Just got off the phone with Reynolds. I want to convert my 10 sp Reynolds Assaults to 11 speed. They say that in addition to this I'll also need two new end caps, which are another $20. With new caps, she said I shouldn't need to redish the rear wheel. They're sending me the package of parts I need for $95.
Can someone confirm if this freehub body ships with the cap needed to successfully convert to 11sp? Reynolds webstore says it includes the non drive side end cap (not needed on '13/'14 wheels)
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Shao Ting Zhu, 44, of 192 Summit St., Apt. 4, was charged Monday with theft of a credit card and two counts of fraudulent use of a credit card.
Westerly police said in early November, they received dozens of complaints from people who said fraudulent purchases were made on their credit cards. A majority of those were made at the Westerly Wal-Mart, and at the Macy's and Wal-Mart in Warwick.
Police said spoke to a Washington Trust official Nov. 12, who said eight customers complained that their debit cards had been used illegally. The loss totaled $6,825.87, according to the police report.
The bank official said that after reviewing all the credit card statements, it was discovered that the only common link was that the cards were used at the China Buffet at 9 Airport Road.
Police on Nov. 14 executed a search-and-seizure warrant at the restaurant. During the search, police seized credit card scanners, computers, cash registers and other electronic equipment.
Police Chief Edward St. Clair said Zhu did not work at the restaurant. He could not comment further, as the investigation is ongoing and more arrests are expected.
Police said a loss prevention officer at Westerly Wal-Mart showed them surveillance video from the days when the illegal purchases were made. On one such day, Nov. 7 , the video shows an older Asian male make $400 in purchases. The same male then used a different credit card to make an additional $400 in purchases.
The same pattern is repeated at a different register, where the man made two separate $400 purchases.
The video surveillance then showed an Asian woman, who police would later identify as Zhu, making separate credit card purchases in the amount of $527.54, $500 and $320.89, respectively. She allegedly made a fourth transaction as well.
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What's a girl to do when it's raining, it's pouring, the light is fading rapidly but she has a brand new Liberty jersey print dress to show off?
Get out and take a pic anyway, using her daughter's totally sophisticated bird umbrella as a prop!
Totally, totally loving this dress. The Liberty was an absolute dream to work with. It was so well behaved, and didn't do any of that nasty stretching or buckling that some jerseys can do when you sew with them. Bliss!
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Fabric: 2.4m Liberty Jersey from Tessuti Fabrics
To be honest, though, I did find the pattern to be a bit needlessly fiddly. The mid section, for example, had you gather pieces which were then sewn onto a backing. All well and good, but then they ask you to sew another facing onto the back of that. Needless to say, I didn't both doing that, as it seemed (a) pointlesss and (b) like it would do nothing but add extra bulk to the mid section. Trust me - after having a child, you want to minimise bulk in that area at all costs!
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Do you have a dusty clarinet in the closet from college days? Are you a high school student who wants to keep your chops over the summer? Do you want to play an instrument with your family members? You are all welcome to join the Tri-State Wind Symphony for summer concerts at Eagle Point Park. Rehearsals for the 2016 season will begin on May 24, 2016 and continue every Tuesday at 7 pm at the University of Dubuque's Heritage Center through July 26th. There are no auditions. The only requirement is that you are a middle school student or older (some of us are much older!) or able to play moderately advanced pieces. We look forward to seeing you!
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This move will happen at the end of this year, or in early 2014. The police department will move its entire operation over to the current Spencer Municipal Utilities buildings, including the 911 center.
The board went over what still has to be done in terms of getting an architect, project manager and technical support for the relocation.
"We need it all meshed together by the end of February," Chairman Ken Chalstrom said. "The first step is bringing the architect on board."
Local architect firm Cannon Moss Brygger was recommended by Spencer Police Chief Mark Lawson, with agreement from Clay County Sheriff Randy Krukow and the rest of the board. But the decision has to be made at the next city council meeting before it is official.
An architect has to be in place before a project manager is decided upon, according to Chalstrom.
Even though the job hasn't been advertised yet, there is someone local who could become the project manager. John Hanson is willing to make a proposal. He has worked on about 27 jails and six communication centers, according to Sheriff Krukow.
"(We) need at least two proposals legally but I would like three," Chalstrom said.
Once an architect is selected the city will advertise for a project manager. Chief Lawson would like to have an architect by the end of the month, and a project manager by the end of February.
Alpha Wireless Communications will be brought on to serve as technical support when new equipment is brought in for the 911 center.
Not much construction will take place for the new 911 center. "All we're doing is remodeling," Lawson said.
The new center will take over the SMU operations center building and be kept within a single space. In the current state of the 911 center, it is spread throughout three rooms including the basement of the police station.
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"They were a little bit better than us in all phases," Florida head coach Kevin O'Sullivan said. "They pitched a little better, they hit a little better and they played a little bit better defense. We knew it was going to be a great series after being involved in the SEC all year long."
South Carolina starting pitcher Michael Roth was dominant, allowing just five hits and two runs in 7.2 innings. Roth exited the game with a career College World Series ERA of 1.17, the second best in history for a starting pitcher throwing at least 30 innings.
The Gators managed to get the leadoff runner on base in five of their nine plate appearances, but that's when the trouble started. Florida went 1-for-9 Tuesday with runners in scoring position and 2-for-18 in the two games of the championship series.
"You've just got to stick with your approach," Florida catcher Mike Zunino said. "(Roth) made some quality pitches tonight. Some people wish they had some pitches back, but we didn't execute with runners in scoring position. It's part of the game."
The Florida offense was deflated by the fifth and sixth inning. In the fifth, a pitch hit Brian Johnson to start the inning and Vickash Ramjit followed with a single. Roth then struck out Cody Dent, who was trying to bunt, and got Bryson Smith to ground into a double play.
In the sixth, a pitch hit Nolan Fontana to start the inning and Zunino followed with a single. Preston Tucker then struck out before Josh Adams and Daniel Pigott grounded out.
Florida starting pitcher Karsten Whitson breezed through the first two innings, but he ran into trouble in the third when his command wasn't as sharp. Scott Wingo got the Gamecocks on the board with a sacrifice fly for the second out of the inning. Two batters later, Whitson got a ground ball from Christian Walker to shortstop.
It was a tough short hop for Fontana, and bounced off his glove and into the outfield to score a run. Brady Thomas would follow with an RBI single to give South Carolina an early 3-0 lead.
"I just started nibbling a little bit," Whitson said, referring to him trying to be too accurate with his pitches. "Then I started pitching behind in the count, walked a few guys and hit a few. It wasn't very good execution on my part. I just tried to keep my team in the game as best as possible."
The Gators got on the board in the fourth inning when Zunino broke out of his 3-for-17 College World Series slump. He drove a mistake off-speed pitch from Roth into the left field bleachers. Zunino added a single and double to finish 3-for-3 with a walk.
After his double, Zunino scored on an RBI single by Josh Adams in the last at-bat of his career.


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Redesigned 2014 Subaru Forester is a revolution in evolution
Never has an "evolutionary" redesign been so revolutionary.
The 2014 Subaru Forester is a ground-up re-engineering with familiar styling and about the same exterior dimensions. It's what is inside and under the skin that shows the strengths of this independent Japanese brand.
The Forester goes farther upscale with more luxury-class extras and farther afield with a more advanced all-wheel drive system. The redesign debuts a new 250-horsepower, turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine — still with the horizontally opposed pistons.
Sold in four trim levels, starting prices range from $22,820 to almost $34,000, including the $825 freight charge from Japan. The top-line 2.0T Touring is rich in driver-assist technologies and such amenities as keyless entry and push-button ignition and power tailgate.
The new architecture has a slightly longer wheelbase, now 103.9 inches. The exterior footprint is 1.4 inches longer and a half-inch wider, which benefits the cabin.
For a compact-class vehicle, the interior feels oversized. The front seats have 40 inches of headroom — with the moonroof — and 43 inches of legroom. And the 10-way power driver seat will raise even the shortest driver into position.
In back, there is full-size sedan legroom of 41.7 inches, a lower center tunnel and shorter front console, all of which makes better accommodations for three-across seating in back.
Base models use a 170-hp, 2.5-liter, non-turbo four-cylinder with six-speed manual transmission. The power is adequate but the transmission is geared for dutiful, fuel-saving performance, with ratings of 24 mpg city, 32 mpg highway.
There's a more engaging spirit with the turbocharged 2.0-liter and the stepped CVT ($1,000), with steering-wheel shifters. In manual-shift mode it mimics six shift points and in uplevel models there are eight steps.
The 2.0XT has mileage of 23/28. I was getting a combined reading of 26.1 mpg and a bit higher without trying to conserve. EPA says combined is 25 mpg.
Getting max fuel economy is an elusive skill for many drivers, but Subaru has a trick that shows the relationship of accelerator angle and turbo force.
A page in the touchscreen readout has a three-image graphic that shows percent of acceleration, turbo boost and the engine temperature. In the same frame is the average fuel economy.
There is a simple, sturdy likability to the Forester. Sightlines are good at all angles, but the rearview camera screen is too small to be much help during the day. There is generous space in the various storage areas, in the doors, the (locking) glove box and console. And there's a useful electronic-device charging cubby just ahead of the shifter.
The 2.0XT Touring ($38,220 as tested) includes all the driver-assist technologies, which function without intrusion or annoyance. Subaru's EyeSight system is unique in that it uses a stereo camera system, rather than radar, to watch the road ahead. The system links adaptive cruise control, pre-collision braking and vehicle lane departure warning. It becomes the driver's defensive driving coach.
The cabin is well soundproofed and the ride quality is comfortably firm. The ride height is just tall enough to see above the sea of traffic.
There is good, durable quality to the materials and assembly. Even the perforated leather-trimmed upholstery is appealing, but it is not so pretentious as to prevent owners from getting their Forester muddy and loading it with gear.
The back seats have a 60/40 fold to expand cargo capacity but the space is not flat, as for car camping. The cargo area is wide and square with nearly six feet of length when the back seat is folded.
The "active" all-wheel-drive system monitors engine, shift pattern, braking, stability control and more to give precise front and rear clutching force for better wheel control on slippery surfaces and steep inclines.
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Monday, November 08, 2010
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Well, not bones.
I broke some of the better ones earlier this year.
And now I am finally recovering from that.
Yes, folks.
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Monday, November 01, 2010
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The name of this song is "Blue Monday", but this Monday is anything but blue. Even though my knee hurts.
Many lovely things to tell.
First off -- the song is not only becaus... Read more
Monday, October 25, 2010
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Sometimes, I just need a fix of some 80s silliness, hence the song.
I am kinda tired from the weekend. It was a two-day company event and I was mainly on my feet, and not in the ... Read more
Monday, October 18, 2010
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Gawd, I have not had a great time of it lately when it comes to weight loss.
I have been gaining, mostly. Today, I am up over 5 pounds since last week. Yep. Almost the same weigh... Read more
Monday, October 11, 2010
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Okay, that title is sure to alarm some Sparkers out there. That amuses me.
Anyway, a few things.
I went to NYC over the weekend. Now, I despise NYC. It's not that I don't li... Read more
Monday, October 04, 2010
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I have been thinking lately about anger.
Anger at myself. Anger at others.
I spent -- hell, I wasted -- many, many years being an angry person.
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Monday, September 27, 2010
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You would think that, at age 48, there would be little for me to learn about my body. But there still is.
Last Friday, I went into the office. Now, ya gotta understand, the "offi... Read more
Monday, September 20, 2010
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So, like, what's new?
Me, oh nothing. Just a thirty-seven pound increase. In one week.
Huh? That's impossible.
Yeah, oops, you're right. It was actually 37.6 poun... Read more
Monday, September 13, 2010
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The reason for the song is because I was recently in a car accident.
Oh, don't worry, It was nothing, a minor fender bender. Extraordinarily, I've now been rear-ended, I k... Read more
Sunday, September 05, 2010
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This video log is the sequel to "Now playing in right field": www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=2357785
Yeah, so I've slipped up. But you know what? I'm fixing it, and that's all that ... Read more
Thursday, September 02, 2010
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This is the third birthday I have spent here on Spark. So here are three songs that have something to do with three -- trios, three in the name of the group, etc. Enjoy.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
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Now, don't worry, lil Sparkies. No one's been abusing me.
I just find the title lyric amusing. The video, in case you can't get to it, is Alice Cooper's "No More Mr. Nice Guy". A... Read more
Monday, August 23, 2010
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Even if you don't like this group, I urge you to watch the video. With the sound off, if you prefer. Check out the details.
Huh? you say.
Well, it's because this is a cover.... Read more
Monday, August 16, 2010
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Ha, I don't really want candy. I actually had to buy some for work, though. We're doing a booth show, and you have to attract people. So it's all about the chocolate. Small sigh. I do... Read more
Monday, August 09, 2010
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Ha, I have done it.
And they said it couldn't be done.
Okay, well maybe THEY didn't say it.
Maybe I did.
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First-year students may choose to take one of three Learning and Living seminars offered this Fall semester and described below. More details about each seminar can be found on WesMaps, Wesleyan's on-line course catalog.
Personal Identity and Choice
Professor Elise Springer
We will explore philosophical reflections on the problem of personal identity and its relationship to matters of choice and freedom. How do certain experiences and thoughts and physical materials compose oneself? Am I the same person over time even through complete transformations of experience, thought, and material? Can I choose which elements of my existence to count as essential? Some argue the concept of a unified and enduring self partakes of illusion; at the other extreme, some argue for the permanent integrity of individual souls. Regarding choice and freedom, we find a related debate, ranging from those who deny freewill altogether to those who define humanity's essence in terms of choice and agency. Might we coherently say that some human selves can have more integrity and others, less? What gives a measure of meaningful coherence to a person's life? Similarly, can we distinguish some choices as more free than others? What makes for meaningful choice? Besides serving as an introduction to philosophical reasoning, the course will draw interdisciplinary connections on themes such as social identities, religious experience, political freedom, and legal responsibility.
Mixed in America: Race, Religion and Memoir
Professor Elizabeth McAlister
This course examines the history of mixed-race and interfaith identities in America. Using the genre of the memoir as a focusing lens, we will look at the various ways that Americans of mixed heritage have found a place, crafted an identity, and made meaning out of being considered "mixed." How has being multiracial or bi-religious changed in the course of history in the United States? What has occasioned these changes, and what patterns can we observe? We will explore questions of racial construction; religious boundary-making; rites of passage; gender, sexuality, and marriage; and some literary and media representations of mixed-heritage people.
Classic Studies in Animal Behavior
Professor Joyce Powzyk
This course will focus on the major concepts in the field of animal behavior. We will discuss the selection pressures that shape animal behavior and whether the study of primate social and mating systems can provide insight into human behavior. Other questions include, Why do certain animal species exhibit altruistic behavior and others do not? What are the limiting resources for male and female animals, and why do they behave so differently? This is but a sampling of the subjects to be covered in a course that is specifically designed for students to gain a clearer understanding of the mechanisms that drive the natural world around them. We will commence with the early pioneers in ethology who were the first to describe the behavioral repertoire of a single species and progress onto the more current, comparative approach, in which two animals are compared for a more fine-tuned analysis. Biological jargon will be defined as original research is discussed.


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Watch: The Occupy and Tea Party Beer Summit
How do you get tea partiers and occupiers at the same table? Buy lots of beer. It certainly worked at last week's Conservative Political Action Conference, the nation's preeminent gathering of folks who love tri-cornered hats, fear Beelzebub, and hate Big Government—especially when it messes with their Medicare. A few occupy protesters and CPAC-goers took a break from yelling at each other one night to trade rounds at a nearby bar. Here's a condensed version of journalist Eddie Becker's account of what happened next:
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Beyonce Shares Inspirational, Handwritten Poem 'The Invitation' With Fans [PHOTOS]
Beyonce's 'Standing on the Sun' Lands Online in Full [Listen]
Beyonce's 'Standing on the Sun' impacted our worlds last year when it was featured in an H&M commercial. Remember when Bey's bootylicious body was poured into the discount retailer's bikinis last summer? We know, those images were rather impossible to forget. But back to the matter at hand. The full version of the song has landed online.
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Beyonce, Miley Cyrus, Pharrell + More Make Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People Issue
Time Magazine has carefully selected 100 of the most influential people in the world for their upcoming iconic issue, but it is Mrs. Carter -- Beyonce herself -- who has graced the cover, looking just as gorgeous as ever in a white two-piece with a sheer overlay in the black-and-white shot.
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Beyonce only recently wrapped her Mrs. Carter World Tour, and emotionally so. But rumor has it that King Bey will head out on a summer trek with Mr. Carter, her hubby, Jay Z.
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This might be the best thing to ever happen to Friday. Yes, that's right, Ed Sheeran covered Beyonce's 'Drunk in Love.' And, yes, it's every bit as epic as you'd hope it would be.
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Beyonce Being Sued by Fans Due to Concert Injuries
You know what they say: if you're going to go after someone, go after the Queen Bee.
CBS Chicago (via The Chicago Sun-Times) reports that two fans who attended Beyonce's concert in Chicago last December are suing the singer for injuries sustained at the show's venue, the United Center.
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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) -- The Atlanta Falcons have released backup quarterback Chris Redman and signed Luke McCown.
McCown spent the past three seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars, making two starts among his eight appearances. He worked with Dirk Koetter, who is now the Falcons' offensive coordinator, which undoubtedly contributed to the decision to bring in a new No. 2 behind starter Matt Ryan on Tuesday.
Originally a fourth-round pick by Cleveland in 2004, McCown also played with Tampa Bay. He signed with New Orleans before the start of training camp this year, but was cut by the Saints on Monday.
One day later, he had a new team.
Redman spent five seasons with the Falcons, the last four as Ryan's little-used backup. Redman struggled in the preseason, completing just 53 percent with one interception.
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Brainerd, MN 56401
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Mariucci Fiesta with incredible Italian food, Live & Silent auctions and more! All monies raised facilitate programs for the special campers at Confidence Learning Center. For more information and/or to register, please visit www.campconfidence.com.
Freedom Day Celebration & Parade
25532 Main Street
Nisswa, MN 56468
Call: (218) 963-2620
Toll Free: (800) 950-9610
Celebrate FREEDOM in Nisswa on Sunday, July 3, with a full schedule of fun! Activities throughout the day include Turtle races, Water Wars, a chalk drawing contest, music, food vendors, a Kiddie parade and more! The Freedom Day Parade starts at 7pm. Spectators line both sides of Main Street to watch the parade that includes various floats, marching veterans' groups, high school marching bands, clowns, area royalty, fire trucks, car clubs, horse-riding groups and more.
**Nisswa fireworks are on Saturday, July 2nd at Grand View Lodge.**
Gull Lake Classic Boat Show
Lake Shore, MN 56468
Call: (218) 963-2620
This is a rare opportunity to appreciate the beauty and craftsmanship of some of the world's most unique vintage wood boats. These breathtaking beauties are on public display dockside along the shores of Gull Lake. Enjoy a beautiful afternoon in the sun and learn the history of these inspiration from the past. The event also includes the Classic Boat Tour of Gull Lake and Shoreline parade, departing around 4:30 pm, weather permitting.
Gull Lake Welcome Wannigan
25532 Main St
Nisswa, MN 56468
Call: (218) 963-2620
Toll Free: (800) 950-9610
The Nisswa Chamber of Commerce's Welcome Wannigan will be out on Gull Lake for the walleye/northern pike fishing opener on Saturday, May 14. Since 1959, the Welcome Wannigan has served hot coffee and donuts to anglers on Gull Lake. Peg Benton, wife of then-Nisswa mayor Russ Benton, came up with the idea to take an old Scandinavian coffee and donut tradition and blend it with northwoods history. Wannigan was a term used for supply boats that plied the waters of Minnesota lakes bringing needed goods and food to logging camps. Traditionally, Miss Nisswa is on board the serving pontoon -rain, shine or snow- to welcome the fishermen.
Nisswa Crazy Days
Call: (218) 963-2620
Toll Free: (800) 950-9610
Nisswa merchants offer crazy discounts during the Nisswa Crazy Days! Merchandise lines the sidewalks as shoppers browse for good buys!
Nisswa Firecracker Run
25628 Main St
Nisswa, MN 56468
Call: (218) 963-2620
Toll Free: (855) RECESS1
The Firecracker tradition means something different to everybody - family get togethers, summertime, sunshine, up north, the lake, Forth of July, friendships, and more. The Nisswa Firecracker Run Up North events is a northwoods family tradition that has grown exponentially since its debut in 2010. The event features a morning 5K, 10K and Kids Run. It is known for it's laid back atmosphere, comfy event shirts, amazing crawfish boil, free Pabst and super fun finish line. The race starts on Main Street. Participants run through town, into the woods, and on a scenic tour along Lower Cullen Lake. The finish line is at the Nisswa Community Center with awards, prizes, and the Kids Run. Try live crawfish from the Bayou prepared and served at the Event!
Nisswa Majestic Pines Fine Arts Fair
25532 Main St
Nisswa, MN 56468
Call: (218) 963-2620
Toll Free: (800) 950-9610
Make sure to mark your calendar for the Nisswa Majestic Pines Arts Fair, which will be held in downtown Nisswa on Saturday, June 18 and Sunday, June 19. Nisswa's Historical Society's Pioneer Village will make for a beautiful back drop for artists to display their goods. This juried art fair draws artists from Minnesota and throughout the region, and will showcase a variety of categories, such as painting, sculpting, mixed media, photography, woodworking, jewelry, metal, fiber, clothing, pottery and more.


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Are you a 3D artist? Are you looking for some inspiration? Do you just want to collaborate or know who your fellow ModDB artists are? Doesn't matter what application you use or how you do it... if you're a modeller, animator, skinner or looking at getting started with 3D, then this is the group for you!
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In the late 1980's and early '90's there was this great band from San Francisco called Bomb. I never got to see them live. Jack Endino did and his comment was, "The drummer is amazing". They made this great record called Hits of Acid and one of my favorite tunes of all time is "I Loved Her, Then I Died" - I urge heavy rock fans to check it out. Here's a free mp3 of the tune "You In Romance"
Hits Of Acid
Hits Of Acid is a great lost-classic. It's super-warped heavy rock. And like all of my favorite records - listening takes me on a journey. If this band came out of Seattle instead of San Francisco - they would have been one of the great Grunge bands.


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Sunday, July 20, 2014
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It's been a long time since I wrote a blog. I think it's important to though because it really helps us keep perspective on our goals, focused on where we want to get to and helps us see where we've been and how far we've come.
During BLC2... Read more
Wednesday, April 02, 2014
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I think that I have learned this round that there is a balance between too much exercise and healthy eating and weight loss. For the first part of the BLC24 round I was doing a lot of cardio and some ST and working in the orchard and doing physi... Read more
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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Dear Spark People and Spark Friends:
I have to write to let you know how amazed I am at this journey of weight loss. Back in the middle of July, 2011, I accidentally discovered SP by adding the food and exercise app to my phone and then one... Read more
Sunday, January 01, 2012
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How can I resist? It's a great day to do it............post a blog about my New Year's resolutions, just as many others have already this week and today.
I haven't blogged about my New Year's resolutions before. Actually, until I found SP, ... Read more
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
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Well, Christmas has come and gone for another year.
Here is a list to myself for next year so I can get through the holiday season sanely and with no low, sad mood:
1. Accept that my daughter is not so into the special day like she was w... Read more
Monday, December 05, 2011
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Sparkfriends, I am laying this out there for all of you to know: last week I made a goal to myself that today would be an AF Day. It's almost 8:30 pm and so far so good!
What is an AF day you may ask? Well, it stands for Alcohol Free. Yes,... Read more
Sunday, November 27, 2011
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It's amazing! Something very strange is happening, something I didn't actually think would happen................
Yes, it's true!! I have come to really love exercise - exercise of any sort! The more weight I... Read more
Sunday, November 06, 2011
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So, today I went to the local gym. It's great that we have it in our small town as it has some good treadmills, lots of free weights, stationary bikes, ellipticals and all those manly man barbells and stuff. It was just more convenient today to ... Read more
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
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It's been awhile since I "blogged." Who would have ever thought 10 years ago that this would be a word: blog. To blog, a blog, blogging, blogger. Weird.
But more importantly, who ever thought that I would actually be posting blogs for the w... Read more
Monday, October 17, 2011
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Today was the day:
A couple of weeks ago I went through my closet and took my summer work clothes off the hangers and put them in a basket to put away. I kept them in this basket in my room for a bit before the official "storage" because I... Read more
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
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Wow everyone! I am amazed at this thing I have found called Spark People. I know I have gushed about it before but it just gets better. Well, it gets better if you put more into it. And I've really been working hard at putting into it and WOW! w... Read more
Friday, September 09, 2011
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At a Spark Friend's suggestion, I'm going to post this here. I said this in a team post yesterday, which... Read more
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
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I DID IT! I got up and worked out before work! Yahoo! The alarm went off at 5:00 am and after a couple of "snooze" sessions, I got up and worked out! This was not easy, lemme tell you. I laid in bed after the first alarm went off, trying to dig ... Read more
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
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Hi everyone! I am making progress! I curiously stepped on the scale this morning and I am happy enough with my progress. But I know I can do better! That eight pound weight loss is just out of reach right now and I want to rock that soon! So....... Read more
Sunday, August 28, 2011
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Why is it a special day you ask? Well, I made the move from living in a northern city in BC to the beautfiul sunny, hot Okanagan on the last Sunday in August 12 years ago. Time has flown by and I have grown a lot as a person in that time, both ... Read more


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The Hope Area Welcome Center has received a donation that will help keep it operating.
The center received $1,200 from the Hope chapter of Royal Neighbors of America, a women-led fraternal benefit organization that was founded in the late 1800s, according to a media release.
Hope Camp No. 8432 was chartered April 9, 1918.
Over the years, the chapter has supported local activities, donating to Dollars for Scholars, Hope Food Bank, Community Center of Hope, Hope Ministerial Association, Hope Summer Playground and Hope Fire Department, among other efforts and organizations.
In 2013, as plans were discussed for the Hope chapter's annual donation, Hope Area Welcome Center lost county tourism funding and faced the possibility of having to close.
Chapter members had worked with the welcome center during the annual Old Fashioned Fourth and last year's dinner theater production, and they didn't want to lose the Hope Area Welcome Center, according to a news release.
Royal Neighbors of America's national office provides each year a matching grant to be used at the local level for the good of the community. The Hope chapter received permission to help the Hope Area Welcome Center.


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Lionel 16907 Flatcar with 3 Die-cast Farm Tractors
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P resented for auction is the Lionel 16907 Flatcar with three Die-cast Metal Farm Tractors (by Welly) for its load. The tractors on this flatcar are removable. This flatcar is new and unrun and had never been out of its box until we removed it to be photographed for t his listing. In fact as is shown in all the photographs, the cardboard used by Lionel to hold the trucks in position during shipment has never been removed. Lionel made this flatcar in 1994. This flatcar has been sold out for years. When it can be found on the secondary market it is usually priced between $35 and $50.
Features of this 16907 Flatcar include:
Molded Plastic Body Operating magnetic couplers Metal wheels and axles
Removable die-cast metal tractors (3)
Features of this 16907 Flatcar include:
Molded Plastic Body Operating magnetic couplers Metal wheels and axles
Removable die-cast metal tractors (3)
Dimensions: Length: Approximately 9 1/2"Minimum Curve: O-27 Summary
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Go Akshay!
Tomorrow the winner(s) of the Fields medal(s) for 2014 will be announced at the Seoul ICM and we'll be eagerly awaiting the outcome.
Although he is only an outside chance (at least according to http://poll.pollcode.com/p6es9_result) one of the mathematicians "in the mix" is the UWA graduate Akshay Venkatesh. Actually Akshay went through Uni at the same time as Michael, although he's 5 or 6 years younger than Michael. I remember first meeting them when I was chairing a seminar by Jack Koolen, and Akshay and Michael turned up. I must admit that on seeing this fresh-faced youngster (Michael) with someone barely of high-school age (Akshay), I assumed they were strays from some high-school visit and enquired whether they knew what sort of talk they were coming to!
Anyway, while I wish Akshay all the best, this post is really about the consequences of a possible award to him. Our university is obsessed by rankings and while the official goal "Top 50 by 2050" doesn't specify which ranking system it is referring to, it is widely understood to be the Shanghai Jiao-Tong ranking of world universities. Personally, I don't find this goal at all motivating – firstly it is totally unachievable without either a truly massive increase in resources or by such a severe distortion of university activities to focus only on the ranking criteria that it would no longer be recognisable as a university.
The problem is that the SJT criteria are incredibly narrowly focussed on extreme events such as Fields Medals and Nobel Prizes. For each university, 10% of the score is based on alumni with Nobel prizes/Fields Medals, while a further 20% is based on Faculty with Nobel prizes/Fields Medals. Another 20% is based on highly-cited researchers, of which UWA has a handful (including Cheryl). So 50% of the ranking is based on a tiny number of individuals. Of course universities devious enough about the rankings can appoint a few Nobel prize winners on reasearch-only positions and move up a few slots, whether or not the Nobel prize winner ever meets a student, or indeed ever steps on campus.
Despite this, I'm willing to accept that a university with 20 Nobel prize winners is statistically different from a university with one, like UWA. But is there really a difference between a university with one Nobel prize winner and two, or zero? If Akshay wins tomorrow, then UWA will score some points in the 10% and move up the rankings, and be deemed a better university than it was before.
But does this make sense?
Akshay was at UWA nearly 20 years ago, and by all accounts he was prodigiously talented when he arrived at UWA and prodigiously talented when he left. It's not clear to me that this reflects on UWA today in any particular way.
Nevertheless, a win for Akshay still might have some direct benefit for us in the publicity that follows a high profile win. Since Akshay's day, the Maths department has dramatically shrunk due to being the main target of relentless rounds of budget cuts, staff sackings, more budget cuts and so on. Although we pride ourselves on being a member of Australia's "Group of 8" universites, we now have by far the weakest Mathematics course, with fewer than half the options of any of the others. Meanwhile, competitors like Monash are investing heavily in Maths with 15 new positions currently advertised. So if Akshay wins and the light of publicity shines on us, it might be a nice time to point out at the highest level that there aren't any Top 50 universities with an emaciated Maths department.
So, one way or the other – good luck and Go Akshay!
PS Another candidate "in the mix" is our old friend Harald Helfgott who has visited a couple of times and tried to teach us the mysterious properties of the sizes of triple products in groups. When we first invited him, we were told that he was of "Fields medal" quaility, but since he's proven the ternary Goldbach conjecture, his odds are rapidly shortening. So good luck Harald!
Parameters of generalised hexagons
Up to duality, there are two known families of finite (thick) generalised hexagons:
- the Split Cayley hexagons of order related to the Dickson exceptional groups .
- the Twisted Triality hexagons of order related to the Steinberg exceptional groups .
Since I will only consider generalised hexagons up to duality, I will assume that the order of a given one has . The parameter is one less than the number of points on a line, and is the number of lines on a point. To date, we do not know much about the possible values of these positive integers and . Here is what we know:
- and (Haemers and Roos, 1981)
- divides (from the multiplicities of the eigenvalues of the point graph).
- There are two (up to duality) generalised hexagons with and they have respectively (Cohen and Tits 1985).
We do not know that divides , even though the known examples satisfy this simple divisibility relation.
Here is a cool number theoretic thing I've observed recently, but I can't (quite yet) prove that it is true:
Claim: If are integers greater than 1, satisfying and , then apart from a small finite number of exceptions, we have or .
I claim that the only exception is .
We know that the known examples satisfy the extra relation , and it is conceivable that such a simple looking relation holds for generalised hexagons and that it arises for some combinatorial reason. It's simplicity is the only reason to believe that it might hold, but wouldn't it be cool if every generalised hexagon satisfied it?
Symmetries of Graphs and Networks IV
Last week I was at the Symmetries of Graphs and Networks IV conference at Rogla in Slovenia. The conference webpage is here. At the same time was the annual PhD summer school in discrete maths. As usual it was a very enjoyable and well organised conference. It was good to catch up with some of the regulars and meet a few new people as well
I was one of the invited speakers and spoke about some of the work that I have been doing recently with Luke Morgan on graph-restrictive permutation groups. The slides are available here. The two relevant preprints are on the arxiv here and here.
Groups, Computation & Geometry at Pingree Park
Last week, I attended an excellent conference "Groups, Computation and Geometry" at the Pingree Park Conference Centre in the Colorado mountains. It was organised magnificently by Peter Brooksbank, Alexander Hulpke, Bill Kantor, Tim Penttila, and James Wilson. Pingree Park is at 9,000 feet (2,700 metres) and I did have headache on the last two days. My trip started badly with a case of gastro, but luckily I had arrived some three days before the conference, so by the second day of talks, I was feeling much better. My 50 minute talk had to be rescheduled to the Friday of the conference, because of this. Apart from your's truly, the invited talks were given by Colva Roney-Dougal, Şükrü Yalçınkaya, Eric Moorhouse, and Simon Blackburn. Colva spoke about using pregroups to solve problems in combinatorial group theory, mainly word problems, and getting around in a Van Kampen diagram. Şükrü waved the flag for the computational group theorists and spoke on black-box recognition of classical groups. Eric waved the geometry flag and spoke on p-ranks of incidence matrices, and in particular, on ways to attack the "prime-order projective plane implies Desarguesian" conjecture. Simon's talk carried the main theme of different types of discrete logarithm problems and their application to elliptic curve cryptography. All of these talks were amazing, and I followed each one with keen interest.
Bill Kantor was the master of the schedule, and I was one of only a few that enjoyed the format: only Bill knew who was speaking when, and the program for the subsequent day would be posted on a door each evening. No titles or abstracts, just the expectation that you would see the next talk and you would know then and there what it would be about. It's good reasoning: if you wanted to know the title and abstract before hand, it might be because you were choosing whether to go or not, and with such a cosy conference, that is out of the question! The other argument, might be that you wanted to do some prior reading before the talk, but would you really? Read more…
AMSI Summer Vacation Scholarship
Below is a guest blog post of Melissa Lee, who took part in a six-week summer vacation research project supported by the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute.
Hi everyone! My name is Melissa Lee and I've recently started honours with John and Dr. Eric Swartz here at UWA. This past summer I have been working with John on an AMSI Vacation Research Scholarship. My AMSI VRS project was based on looking at structures embedded in an affine space by viewing them in terms of a game called SET. Read more…
Ovoids and ovoids
I'm writing this post so that I can direct my students to it as I often have to go over the evolution of the concepts of ovoids of projective spaces and polar spaces, and to explain that they are (i) different, and (ii) connected. It's a bit dry, but it will serve as a reference for future posts.
Ovoids of projective spaces
I will start with a result of Jacques Tits in 1962, though ovoids arose earlier in the work of Bose and Qvist. An ovoid of a projective space is a set of points such that for any point of , the union of the lines incident with that are tangent to forms a hyperplane of . Tits showed that an ovoid of exists if and only if . For , we should be careful to stipulate that , since the size of an ovoid of is just 5 and things are a bit messy to state. By a simple counting argument, the number of points of an ovoid of is , and for a projective plane of order , an ovoid has size . For example, the elliptic quadric of is an example of an ovoid, and a non-singular conic is an example of an ovoid of . For more on the elliptic quadric example, see this post.
In the planar case, we now call these objects ovals, and reserve the name 'ovoid' just for the 3-dimensional case. Now an ovoid and oval have the property that no 3 points are collinear. We have the following way to think of an ovoid in three different ways:
Let be a set of points of . The following are equivalent:
- No 3 points of are collinear and ;
- For any point of , the union of the lines incident with that are tangent to span a plane of ;
- At every point of , there is a unique plane that meets only in (i.e., a tangent plane).
Ovoids of polar spaces
Jef Thas defined ovoids of polar spaces in his seminal paper "Ovoidal translation planes" in 1972. It is a set of points such that every maximal totally isotropic subspace meets it in precisely one point. Alternatively, we could define it as a set of points no two collinear, with size the number of points divided by the number of points in a maximal. We have:
Let be a set of points of a finite polar space , and let be the number of points of divided by the number of points lying in a maximal totally istropic subspace. The following three are equivalent:
- No 2 points of are collinear and ;
- Every maximal totally isotropic subspace has exactly one point of incident with it.
- At every point of , there exists a maximal totally isotropic subspace through tangent to .
So where did Thas' definition come from? The most impressive result of his 1972 paper is the connection between ovoids of the rank 2 symplectic space and ovoids of the 3-dimensional projective spaces.
Theorem (Thas 1972): Let be an even prime power. Then an ovoid of is also an ovoid of . Conversely, if is an ovoid of , then we can define a null polarity defining a such that are absolute points for .
This result is quite remarkable. It certainly is easier to study and enumerate ovoids of , than in . The null polarity hinted at by the theorem is truly beautiful and was first known to Segre (1959): given a point of , we define to be the unique tangent plane at ; for each secant plane of we define to be the nucleus of the oval carved out (i.e., the nucleus of ).
The situation for odd was already classified independently by Barlotti and Panella (1965): the only ovoids in this case are quadrics. So the open problem on classifying ovoids of boils down to the even case.
Another reason for defining ovoids this way is that it encapsulates natural examples. A non-degenerate hyperplane section of the Hermitian polar space is an ovoid, and a non-degenerate hyperplane section of minus type of the parabolic quadric is an ovoid. Plus, we can think of the non-singular conic as a rank 1 polar space , and hence an 'ovoid' of coincides trivially with an oval of .
In a future post, I'll talk about the open problems on ovoids of polar spaces.
Help wanted !!
I'm advertising for a 2-year postdoc to work on problems relating to the real chromatic roots of graphs and matroids.
The (procedural) details are here:
If you know any bright students (or if you are a bright student) completing their PhDs in this sort of mathematics and/or statistical physics (partition function of the q-state Potts model etc) then please let them know.


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Friday, Dec. 16, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) -- The commander of the Georgia National Guard is praising his troops for their service and sacrifice during the war in Iraq.
As the U.S. military declared a quiet end to the war Thursday, Maj. Gen. Jim Butterworth noted that his citizen soldiers in the Georgia Guard were among the first and last troops to serve in Iraq during the nearly nine-year conflict.
National Guard officials say more than 6,200 Georgia guardsmen served in Iraq during more than 40 deployments.
A total of 28 National Guard soldiers from Georgia were killed in the war, which started with the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003.
(Copyright 2011, The Associated Press)
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