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Depends on the day
Love him or hate him.... Go
"Profanity is the Crutch of Inarticulate Mother ****ers"
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its herbstreit, indifferent
Dude (supposedly) shacked up with Erin Andrews - hate him...
"That's what I do. I drink, and I know things." - Tyrion Lannister
"Success is just failure that hasn't happened yet." - life advice from Latrell Spreewell
don't really have any problems with him but would love him more if he gave isu some props or at least include us in the big 12 talks.
Boxers or briefs?
Yeah, if he hooked up wit Erin Andrews then I definately hate him... but man do I respect him...
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Hate is a strong word....but it was much closer than love so I went with it.
I guess the poll didn't get posted with my first one. Hopefully a mod can help out before I get torn to shreds.
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Yeah, if he hooked up wit Erin Andrews then I definately hate him... but man do I respect him...
I wouldn't call it respect if he cheated on his wife and has kids...I'd call it something else.
I'm indifferent with him...no love, no hate.
He's better than Trev Alberts was, but that's not saying much.
I honestly don't care for pretty much anybody on ESPN. If they didn't actually have sports on the network, I wouldn't watch a minute of it ever.
"Homemade beer, after all, is like a democracy. Every so often, youre gonna hate what comes out of it. But when its good, its the best." - woot.com
Don't hate him, but definitely can't stand him. If it's not Ohio State or USC, he really has nothing of much substance to say at all. He's just another talking head on ESPN -- requires no insight or expertise, only simple observation.
I gotta show the love; it is my favorite show "College Game Day".
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Love me some Herbstreit.
I wake up for College Game Day, that show makes me hope for late ISU games so I can watch it.
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day".-Frank Sinatra
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Big 11 honk. I could do without him.
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Kim Clijsters completed her unlikely comeback last night when she defeated Caroline Wozniacki 7-5, 6-3 to win her second US Open ladies' title and second Grand Slam championship.
Kimmie was down a 2-4 in the first but was able to break back when the Dane was serving for the first set. She eventually took the set by breaking Wozzi again and ran through the second, dropping to her knees after smashing an overhead on match point.
It was a remarkable effort by the Belgian who was playing in only her third tourney since returning to the WTA tour. She becomes the first ladies' wild card ever to win a Grand Slam and the first mom to win a major since Evonne Goolagong won Wimbledon in 1980. Moreover, Kimmie will return to the tour rankings and land somewhere, oh, in the Top 20 with this victory. Nice moves.
Here's some of what she said in her post-match presser:
I'm still, whenever I see my group, every time I say, like, I can't believe this happened. Because it still seems so surreal that, yeah, in my third tournament back won my second Grand Slam.
Because it wasn't in the plan, kind of. I just wanted to come here and get a feel for it all over again, play a Grand Slam so the to start the next year I didn't have to go through all the new experiences over.
So, yeah, it just feels ‑‑ I mean, it feels great, obviously. It's a great feeling to have, but it's confusing in a lot of ways, as well. It went so quickly, everything, so I didn't really ‑‑ especially after yesterday's match. And then with the rain delays and everything, it just felt like especially these last couple of days everything went so quickly.Husband Brian Lynch and daughter Jada joined Kimmie on-court for a post-match photo op and celebration.
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I can't be happier with mine, every part mates together perfectly, & adjustments like individual eyepiece focus can be made on the fly with just slight finger pressure, & being able to collimate them myself is awsome & easy.
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What eyepieces are being used by everyone, I have a 920mm f7 focal length triplet refractor and wondering what eyepieces I should start with.
I have pairs of Sterling Plossls in 25mm, 17mm and 12mm of which the 25s see the most use with the Denk Power Switch. With the power range of the switch, the 17s are the least useful. I also have a pair of Panoptic 24s which are, by far, the most comfortable and provide the best views.
I use my Denks with a 600mm f/7.5 EON 120 which is very close to your scope.
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The Pan 24s are definitely nice, the widest field you can get in a 1.25" binoviewer - and with the PowerSwitch you can get high magnifications with them as well. I really like the 24mm flattop Brandons as well.
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They should work well. I don't think you need an OCS for an SCT, the primary use for the OCS-45 is for ultra-fast dobs. You will probably want to keep the optical train as short as possible, and you have several options for that. Russ told me he has made an adapter to attach the B27s to a T2 diagonal, what you probably want for that option is a Baader 1.25" T2 prism diagonal with a direct connection to the back end of the scope. Another option, I believe he also makes an adapter to attach the binos directly to his 2" diagonal as well. You can also of course just use it by placing it directly in a regular 2" diagonal and it will work fine but there might be a slight reduction in aperture (probably not a big deal). Maybe someone with a similar scope can chime in, the B27s are very similar to the Denk IIs as far as the attachments.
Never used a binoviewer and I have been considering the 27's for my new telescope (14" LX850) If meade ever builds it. Would the 27's be a good fit for this scope? Also would the OCS-A45 Clear Aperture 45mm Option be of benefit?
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Later when the crowds left I tried 7.5mm ep's (180x) Saturn was a slightly vertically unmerged. I was able to collimate the B27 in a few minutes. Its easy to do, intuitive even.
I really like the eyepiece locking ring and individual focus. Now I have to figure out the Powerswitch.
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Aha yes you are correct, sorry I did not see it, this is new. This is a different diagonal than the Baader I mentioned but that system should work well and does include a nice Denkmeier diagonal that connects directly to the B27s! Very cool, very nice. You should be pretty well set with this outfit.
Thanks Johnny, I saw the diagonal but I thought it come with the BINOTRON-27 Super System for SCTs because they are more expensive than the BINOTRON-27 Super System
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I really like the 24mm flattop Brandons as well.
Just paid for a pair of these from Cloudy Classifieds hopefully should arrive approx the same time as the 27.
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|School researches 1-to-1 iPad program
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"To be continued" is the message for the Holyoke School District technology committee who is researching the implementation of a 1-to-1 iPad program in the district.
Such a program would put an iPad in the possession of each student in the school district.
The committee has worked on this since February and recently visited schools in Goodland, Kan., to observe a program in place. Members of the committee reported at a work session of the Holyoke Board of Education Tuesday, April 23.
Citing reasons they would like to go to a 1-to-1 program for students, the committee emphasized they don't want students to fall behind in technology like they were seven years ago.
However, they also acknowledged the lesson from 2010 when the district implemented change through Infinite Campus, Every Child a Writer and Promethean boards all at once.
For a technology committee meeting Monday, April 22, Superintendent Bret Miles organized his thoughts around four concepts: instruction, device, implementation and cost.
Miles couldn't say enough for the amount of research the committee has done on the topic so far. He noted they've been a shining example of what an advisory committee can do as they push the envelope for the district's future technology needs while thoroughly investigating the topic.
At last week's work session, he said he thinks they're over halfway toward a plan.
School board members also expressed excitement for the research being done and asked the committee to continue its work with investigation of issues and creation of a plan for the best scenario of implementing a 1-to-1 device program.
General consensus from a staff survey was positive, but Miles said he's concerned that over one-third of the staff didn't participate in the survey. While the survey is good work, he would like to start by getting that information to represent at least 90 percent of the staff.
Miles added there's additional work needing done in the four concept areas in order to properly evaluate the potential project and plan accordingly.
He would like the committee to analyze where the district is with its current implementation and use of Promethean boards, mobile labs and website.
Miles would also like to see the technology committee lead the district through a larger technology plan.
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Thinking about a large-scale project such as a 1-to-1 iPad initiative requires a look at it in a broader concept, according to Miles. He said a good tech plan would have the district evaluate instructional goals, professional development goals, efficiencies, infrastructure needs and budget impacts.
Miles said he's very pleased about how much has already been done and the amount of enthusiasm for innovation. He said he's impressed the technology committee has pushed the district to get to the point of requiring a forward-thinking tech plan.
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The Mayor took time out of his busy schedule and spent the day at Camp Odayin in Crosslake, Minn., yesterday. Camp Odayin is a Midwest camp for children with heart disease. Its sole purpose is to provide a residential camping experience for young people with heart disease to explore outdoor, athletic and creative activities in a safe and medically supervised environment.
Hoiberg is one of many Americans suffering from heart disease. Hoiberg had just finished his 10th season in the NBA when it was discovered he had an aneurism of the aorta. He had surgery to correct the life-threatening condition, but was required to live with a dual chamber pacemaker when he had 100% post surgery heart blockage.
Hoiberg was forced to retire from the NBA, but with the advancements in technology, and with the help from the American Heart Association, he is able to lead a normal, active lifestyle.
"I have been assisting with Camp Odayin for the last six years," Hoiberg said. "I look forward every year to having a day with the kids. After I had my surgery, I was asked to get involved. It's an unbelievable experience to see kids with heart disease have a great time on the lake."
Sara Meslow, Executive Director at Camp Odayin, has seen the camp grow from 53 in its first year in 2002 to 270 this past season. She is grateful Hoiberg has agreed to give a helping hand.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA) - Can you welcome a cat or two for a two-week visit? Twenty cats at the Washington Humane Society are seeking temporary foster homes before they head to Massachusetts.
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The Lady Yellow Jackets went on a late run to take a 30-21 lead into halftime behind strong inside play from seniors Snjezana Dojcinovic and Lacey Haughian. In the second half the Yellow Jackets increased their lead to as many as 14 points before Rio Grande went on a run to close the gap to two points. The Yellow Jackets made free throws down the stretch to seal the game 63-61. The Yellow Jackets were led by Lacey Haughian with 24 points and seven rebounds. Snejzana Dojcinovic added 18 points and 12 rebounds.
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A number of people suffer with the problem of unwanted hair. It's a cosmetic problem that can be frustrating to deal with, especially if it involves the face or other areas that people see. Excessive hair growth has a variety of causes. Genetics and hormones play a role, and some people have it as a result of a medical condition such as an overactive thyroid. Some medications and nutritional deficiencies also cause hair growth on the face or body. Regardless of the cause, most people want to get rid of it.
Some of the methods people use to deal with excessive hair growth is to physically remove it by shaving or plucking. Others try bleaching or waxing. These methods are more or less effective, but it's not a permanent solution to the problem. One method that permanently reduces hair growth is laser hair removal. Some dermatologists offer this procedure in their office.
A special device is used to send concentrated light waves through the skin where the light is absorbed by melanin pigment that lines the hair follicle. This damages the follicle and prevents further hair growth. A special cooling device is attached to the laser to cool the surrounding skin during the procedure. This protects the melanin-containing skin cells from damage. Usually, three or more treatments are needed to get the full benefits. Hair may regrow in some areas after treatment, but it's usually lighter in color and has a finer texture.
People with dark hair and fair skin respond best to laser hair removal. Dark hair has more pigment, so it absorbs the light from the laser better. People with dark skin have more melanin in their skin, which can compete for light from the laser, and their skin cells can be damaged in the process. Sun exposure and tanning can also interfere with the procedure by making it more difficult for the laser light to reach the hair follicle.
The most common problems people report after this procedure are tenderness, redness and swelling. Some products contain soothing ingredients that help repair the natural skin barrier after laser treatment and reduce redness and irritation. Other possible complications of laser hair removal are infection, blistering and changes in skin color. Light from the laser can also activate the herpes simplex virus that lies dormant in some people's skin. People who have some skin problems like psoriasis or cystic acne may not be good candidates for this procedure.
One of the major drawbacks of hair removal using a laser is cost. Even one treatment is expensive, and most people require three or more. A less expensive option that has similar benefits is a light-based system you can use in the comfort of your home. This special technology offers the benefits of a laser treatment by harnessing the power of pulsed light. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, at-home devices like this give benefits similar to professional laser treatments. As with laser hair removal, a series of four to eight treatments may be needed.
There are a variety of ways to remove unwanted hair, but the most permanent is laser hair removal. Fortunately, you can get similar benefits using a less expensive at home hair removal treatment device that also uses the power of light to correct problems with unwanted hair growth.


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I am currently in the process of developing the next version of the
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Huh, maybe he doesn't want to grow another set lol
Was out today and was not expecting to see a 3x3 Mule deer still holding on to his head gear.
Huh, maybe he doesn't want to grow another set lol
2013 spyder turbo, 70lbs black out and 2013 pse omen max 60# stormy hardwoods green
Limbdriver Pro V, Tight spot quiver, Single pin Hogg Father, Fuse carbon blade.
Scott longhorn 3, Easton FMJ's
AKA: Velvet Feather
He's a hoarder,
If you get meat from the store then dont criticize me for having the courage to go out and kill my own meat
Extended rut from low sex ratios.
I once took video of a whitetail mounting a doe in march with no horns.
Our deer are already growing a few inches of fuzz.
Strange. For sure. Our have started to grow back now too.
I don't Break the rules, I Modify them.
Is it possible that he is a "cactus buck?" I've heard stories about people catching fawns and if they are a buck, they castrate them. Supposedly, if you do that they will never shed their antlers.
I've never seen this myself, but always thought it would be interesting to know if it was true.
I'm not really sure what would happen to a buck if he was hard horned then was castrated somehow. Would he keep that set forever or grow one last set?


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Game 3 in Detroit
Tonight's lineup: The Royals bashed their way to 13 runs and a win last night. Today, they look to leave the Rock City with a series win.
DeJesus LF
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Police seek clues in vending machine break ins
Published: Friday, February 1, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.
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OCALA - Police hope to soon find the person or persons responsible for breaking into business vending machines.
Since the beginning of the year, authorities have recorded more than 10 soda and coin machine break-ins at businesses that had the machines just inside a doorway or outside under some type of covering. Officers said the thief or thieves use a blunt object to pry open the machines to get access to the money.
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Xavier MBA Named Top Program by The Business Courier
Xavier's MBA program ranks No. 1 on the Business Courier's annual Top of the List for Tri-State MBA Programs. The list is based on current enrollment for area MBA programs. Xavier has 785 students enrolled in its MBA program, while those following include No. 2 University of Cincinnati with 260 students, No. 3 Indiana Wesleyan with 168, No. 4 Northern Kentucky University with 141, No. 5 Thomas More College with 91. In perspective, Xavier enrolls more students than the other four programs combined.


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Convicted child molester gets 25 years in prison
Published: Monday, July 8, 2013 at 4:06 p.m.
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A man found guilty of inappropriately touching a 9-year-old girl has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Circuit Judge Sandra Edwards-Stephens sentenced David James Herborn Monday morning. The prison term will be followed by a life of sex-offender probation.
Herborn, 63, an Ocala resident, was found guilty by a jury in May of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child younger than 12. The jury acquitted Herborn on a second felony charge of lewd and lascivious solicitation of a child in the same case.
As part of this sentence, the defendant is also forbidden from contacting the victim or her family.
The sentencing was delayed because of an order for a pre-sentencing investigation.
The Marion County Sheriff's Office arrested Herborn in March 2012 after meeting with the victim's mother. The woman told deputies that her daughter said their neighbor, the defendant, made her "feel uncomfortable." The girl told authorities she was left in Herborn's care while her mother went to the store. According to reports, he inappropriately touched the child over her clothing and made remarks about her chest and buttocks.
Herborn will receive a 69-day credit for time served in jail pending resolution of the case.
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CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. (WUSA9) -- A mother of a Prince George's County teen, who was murdered back in September, says she wants answers about her son's case.
"It's like I'm numb," Elizabeth Ross said.
Elizabeth Ross has been searching for justice about the crime, and now police say they're close to making an arrest that may bring some closure for her.
"I guess it's going to bring some kind of closure, but it's not going to bring my son back," Ross said.
Ross also commented on all the recent violence against teens in the county.
"This is insane," she said. "[This] has really got to stop."
Ross said her younger son, Marckel's brother, was robbed at gunpoint about two blocks from where Marckel was murdered.


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Tallahassee, FL - Schools and businesses in downtown Tallahassee were affected by the torrential down pour today. Avenue Eat & Drink, is a locally owned restaurant in the heart of downtown Tallahassee. General Manager, Jeff Stump, says guests of nearby hotels and professionals working in the downtown area are able to walk a couple of blocks and avoid driving on the flooded streets. He says "we are busy all the time and most of the people in downtown Tallahassee know that it's going to rain, they have an umbrella."
Ashley Nelson works at Andrews downtown which has a popular outside seating area. She says when it rains, business slows down. She says "I'll get a couple of tables tonight, whereas on a busier night I would get 15 to 20." Local students were also inconvenienced with the weather. Some of the parking lots at Leon High School flooded. According to Leon High student, Rafael Garcia "I drove here in the Junior Bowl. thinking I was going to park in the Senior Bowl because it was flooded and I didn't have an umbrella with me but the Senior Bowl was closed and I had to run all the way from Junior Bowl to here and it was raining really hard."
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I know there have been threads on here before about great Iowa eats - but here's my question for you guys. I'm looking for some great places to eat in north central IA. I'm from DSM but my girlfriend is from up there, and I don't know the area that well.
On another note, if you have any other "must go to" places anywhere in Iowa, please throw them out there! I'm on the road a lot around the state and am always looking for that new great place to stop. I found an awesome little diner on the square in Mt. Ayr a couple of years ago and had maybe the best grinder ever there - can't remember the name, though!
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Sure. I used to live in Mason City and in-laws are in Clear Lake, so we're up there a lot.
Best place to eat in Mason City (best steak...ANYWHERE IMO) is Northwestern Steakhouse. I don't even open the menu when I go. Filet, side greek spagetti, and greek salad. A member of the same family owns Cafe Nortwest in Ames, but the Steakhouse is the original and better IMO.
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Taco House - Boji
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There is a new one in Lake Mills, but is originally from Osage called 'Telluwat' which is AWESOME!
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Suburban Cafe in Gilbert
Pammel Grocery in Ames
Downtown Deli in Ames
Taco House is way over rated imho.
Always a great meal at Rusty Duck in Dexter.
Get a tenderloin at Goldies in Prairie City
Snack Time in Nevada has an awesome Chicken Fried Steak breakfast meal.
I found a hidden gem inside a whopper once. Actually it was just a shiny pen cap. Does that count?
Country House on HWY 30 by Colo has a good tenderloin.
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Suburban Cafe in Gilbert
Pammel Grocery in Ames
Downtown Deli in Ames
Taco House is way over rated imho.
I've never been to Pammel Grocery. What makes it good?
Originally Posted by baller21
I found a hidden gem inside a whopper once. Actually it was just a shiny pen cap. Does that count?
Country House on HWY 30 by Colo has a good tenderloin.
I had a pellet sized pearl in an oyster I ate in California once. True story.
Pasquale's Pizza in Humboldt. Best thin crust pizza I've ever had
"The greatest risk in life is not taking one"
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I've never been to Pammel Grocery. What makes it good?
The Gyros.
Originally Posted by CLONECONES
Taco House - Boji
Mrs. Lady's > Taco House. That's a little rivalry from the lakes area...and for us.
La Juanita's in Storm Lake and Sioux City has some great Mexican food. Sioux City also has a surprising number of good Vietnamese places.
Red Oak's Mcdonalds is the best I've ever had.
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Published: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 1:02 p.m.
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A 39-year-old Umatilla man was arrested Monday and charged with sexual assault after a woman alleged that he forced himself on her.
The 22-year-old woman told Inspector Mike Mongeluzzo of the Marion County Sheriff's Office that she was at Waylon E. Wimberly's residence on Mother's Day with her husband when the two of them began arguing. She said her husband left and she remained at Wimberly's home. Then, she said, she and Wimberlsy also began arguing, according to reports.
The woman said she fell asleep until Monday morning, when, she alleged, Wimberly fondled her and then raped her, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Mongeluzzo interviewed Wimberly, who said he had consensual sex with the woman and denied raping her.
Wimberly was arrested and taken to the Marion County Jail.
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Testimony :: Elizabeth Andersen
Executive Director, Europe and Central Asia - Human Rights Watch
Thank you for the invitation to address you today. As many of you may know, Human Rights Watch was founded in 1978 as Helsinki Watch, with the specific purpose of monitoring implementation of the Helsinki Accords that gave birth to what eventually became the OSCE. And so, from the very beginning, we have been engaged with this institution, at times working closely and collaboratively with its missions and institutions, at others taking a more critical stance and pressing it to fulfill its potential to uphold human rights. In the same vein, I approach today's hearing from the standpoint of a friendly critic.
The OSCE is at a critical juncture in its history. The course it takes will determine whether it is simply assigned to the Cold War chapter of the history books or remains a vital and important actor in Eurasian affairs. The rapid expansion of the European Union, the Council of Europe, and NATO over the past ten years may cause some to question the continued value of the OSCE—arguably just another organization with a largely overlapping membership and mandate.
Mr. Chairman, I would like to argue today that certain unique aspects of the OSCE give it the potential to continue to play an important role in the region, and to promote goals and values embraced by the U.S. there. In the following comments, I will explain why the OSCE stands to play this role, and how the U.S. can help realize its potential, particularly in the human dimension, or human rights, field.
The Continued Relevance of the OSCE
Notwithstanding the convergence of jurisdiction and competence among various European institutions, the OSCE stands out as one worth investing in.
A Comprehensive Membership
First, the OSCE is the most comprehensive European organization. The E.U. covers only fifteen western European states, with a likely expansion in the next two years to include another ten from Central and Eastern Europe, but no further in the short to medium term. The Council of Europe extends further, but still excludes the Central Asian states. Only the OSCE extends to include all of the states of the former Soviet Union, anchors them in Europe, commits them to uphold fundamental regional norms, and has a field presence there that could facilitate effective implementation. This is critically important as some of the worst human rights abuses in the region occur in those states, which also form an important front in the U.S.-led war against terrorism. And significantly for your purposes, Mr. Chairman, the OSCE gives the U.S. a seat at the table.
A Comprehensive Mandate
Second, the OSCE is the only international organization in the region with full competence in the interconnected economic, security, and human dimensions. The E.U. began as an organization for coordinated economic activity and has moved into coordinating human rights and security policy.
The Council of Europe is fundamentally a human rights organization, dabbling a bit in economic policy and security issues. The international financial institutions, particularly the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, focus on economic development, dabbling a bit in the human dimension. And NATO is of course fundamentally a security organization. Only the OSCE was founded with a mandate giving equal importance to all three dimensions of international affairs and, much before its time, acknowledging the interconnectedness of economic development, security, and human rights.
An organization that takes this comprehensive approach to security complements U.S. policy. U.S. aid and development policy has come to embrace the critical linkage between good governance and economic development, a notion that was embedded in the OSCE mandate twenty-five years ago.
Perhaps even more importantly, in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, the OSCE approach to security corresponds to U.S. policy in the war against terror. The administration has appropriately recognized that closed, repressive societies are the breeding ground for terror and that the promotion of human rights and open societies has to be an integral element of any successful campaign to combat terror. The OSCE – with its notion of comprehensive security, encompassing the human as well as the politico-military dimension of security – is the ideal forum for the U.S. to push this agenda forward. Taking advantage of this potential at the OSCE will require strengthening the institution, however. The following is a discussion of key areas for such improvements, particularly in the human dimension area.
Realizing the OSCE's Potential in the Fight against Terrorism
While the U.S. and its allies in the war against terrorism have recognized and embraced the importance of promoting human rights in fighting terror, the past year has seen the anti-terror effort accompanied by an erosion of rights. Human rights have been undermined at the very time they most need to be upheld.
Many governments, including several in the OSCE region, have used the campaign against terrorism opportunistically to justify crack-downs and abuses against opposition groups. Some states—the Central Asian states, particularly Uzbekistan, and Russia, in Chechnya—have ignored President Bush's admonition that the war against terror must not be considered a war against Islam. They have neglected the crucial distinctions between peaceful religious believers and those who espouse violence, between rebel combatants who take up arms against the state and innocent civilians. Their repression undermines the U.S. anti-terror effort.
The OSCE can help confront this problem and the outgoing Director of the OSCE's Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Gerard Stoudmann, has done good work emphasizing the role of human rights in the war against terrorism. But the full potential of the OSCE's comprehensive approach to security has not been realized due to the disconnect between ODIHR's human dimension agenda and counter-terrorism initiatives being developed in other OSCE fora. The absence of human rights considerations was all too apparent, for example, in the September OSCE meeting with Regional and Sub-Regional Organizations and Initiatives on Preventing Terrorism.
The U.S., as the lead country in the OSCE and a longstanding champion of the OSCE's human dimension, has a critical role in fostering the full integration of the OSCE's human dimension into its anti-terrorism efforts. Accordingly, we urge Congress, the CSCE, and the administration to embrace the following recommendations:
· Affirm unequivocally that counter-terrorism measures must comply fully with international human rights, humanitarian, and refugee law, and use OSCE institutions and mechanisms to operationalize this approach.
· Support an OSCE supplementary human dimension meeting on religious freedom and intolerance, aimed at following up on the 1999 meeting, assessing the implementation of its recommendations, and developing new recommendations to address new challenges posed in this area by the war against terrorism. We understand that the Dutch government, which will hold the OSCE chairmanship in 2003, is proposing a seminar on religious freedom and the media; this is an important topic, but cast so narrowly risks addressing only one aspect of the issue—the role of the media in promoting religious hatred—and indeed could be manipulated by some governments in the region to justify their severe restrictions on free speech. We would encourage a broader orientation that emphasizes the importance of religious tolerance and specifically aims to elaborate OSCE commitments pertaining to combating impunity for discrimination, violence, and other crimes perpetrated on the basis of religion by both state agents and non-state actors. Such an approach would offer an opportunity to emphasize the US position that the war against terrorism targets criminal organizations that espouse violence; and that it is not a war between Christians and Muslims, between Muslims and Jews, or otherwise an occasion for inter-religious, racist, xenophobic, or anti-Semitic violence.
· Establish mechanisms for the OSCE Action against Terrorism Unit, the ODIHR, specialist bodies, and field missions to jointly monitor, review, and make necessary representations to participating states on their compliance with human dimension commitments in the war against terrorism.
The U.S. government's effectiveness in promoting adherence to human rights standards in the war against terrorism will be compromised, at the OSCE and elsewhere, to the extent that its own conduct falls short of those standards. We are deeply troubled when we confront other governments on their own violations and hear them respond by pointing to U.S. selective application of the Geneva Conventions or disregard for safeguards against arbitrary detention. To avoid undermining U.S. credibility as a promoter of human rights, it is critical that the United States maintain its commitment to abide by international standards in the war against terrorism and in fact adhere to those standards.
At the recent OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, State Department Legal Advisor William Taft engaged the forum in a teleconference in which he explained the U.S. position on a number of issues that concern other OSCE member states, including the U.S. position on military tribunals, detention at Guantanamo Bay, the International Criminal Court, and the death penalty. While we disagreed with Mr. Taft's position on each of these issues, we at least welcomed his willingness to address the forum and engage in a discussion of U.S. policy under international law. This shows the interest and sensitivity of key U.S. allies on this issue and the need for the U.S. to respond to their questions and concerns.
Realizing the OSCE Potential in the Human Dimension
To take full advantage of the OSCE's potential unique contributions in the war against terrorism, will require strengthening and mainstreaming its human dimension more generally. Too often we see the human dimension marginalized from the organization's core political and security activities: missions that are poorly staffed or inadequately mandated to proactively monitor and report on human rights; inadequate follow-up on human dimension recommendations at the Permanent Council, ministerial meetings, in bilateral dialogues, and in other multilateral fora; economic forum debates that neglect the critical linkages between good governance and sustainable economic development; discussions of women's human rights that ignore important abuses such as domestic violence and discrimination, or of trafficking that pay too little attention to the rights of victims of this horrific abuse. In each of these areas, the U.S. could play an important role in strengthening the OSCE.
Strengthening the OSCE's Missions
Human Rights Watch has welcomed the proliferation of OSCE missions as a potentially valuable tool for improving human dimension implementation. Unfortunately, in many cases we have been disappointed by the level of human rights activity undertaken by missions. Many missions throughout the region have too frequently taken a reactive approach to human rights work: sitting in offices waiting for abuses to be reported, rather than seeking out victims, monitoring trials, visiting the displaced or detained, and intervening with local authorities regarding specific cases. Until recently, most OSCE missions also resisted public reporting of human rights abuses, preferring quiet diplomacy with government officials, even where they demonstrated no willingness to address the violations in question. Human Rights Watch and other non-governmental organizations—including the International League for Human Rights—have repeatedly raised these concerns in OSCE forums, in public reports, and in private correspondence regarding OSCE missions generally as well as those in specific countries.
To its credit, the OSCE has taken many of these criticisms on board and various missions have undertaken a significantly more proactive approach to their human rights activities. ODIHR made a valuable contribution by making the role of field missions in promoting the human dimension the subject of a special human dimension seminar convened in May 1999. The cumulative effect of lessons learned over the course of the OSCE's field operations has been that many missions have come to take a more proactive approach to human rights work, including routine public reporting of abuses. Lessons learned from missions in Bosnia and Croatia have been clearly evidenced in the more proactive approach of the OSCE's Kosovo missions.
Still, too often an OSCE mission's approach to the human dimension is determined by the predilections of the particular head of mission. Even now, the reporting practices of missions vary widely, with the Kosovo mission setting the high standard for thorough and regular reports on a range of significant human rights issues, while the missions in neighboring Macedonia and in Chechnya have been excessively restrained in their public reporting, fearing that public criticism will cost them their mandate altogether. If this is the case—and I would suggest that in many cases it is not—then we should question whether the missions are really worthwhile.
To strengthen the role of OSCE missions as its front line in promoting the human dimension, the U.S. should:
· Promote the deployment of larger numbers of qualified human rights monitors to missions;
· Ensure that the OSCE's Rapid Expert Assistance and Cooperation Teams (REACT) are staffed and trained according to best human rights monitoring and reporting practices among existing missions;
· Promote the public reporting role of OSCE missions and emphasize the importance the U.S. places on such reporting when heads of mission address the Permanent Council; and
· Demonstrate its commitment to human rights monitoring and support for missions that do engage in public reporting by making their information an integral part of U.S. foreign policy vis-à-vis the country/-ies concerned.
Improving Implementation of OSCE Recommendations
Even where OSCE missions engage in regular, accurate public reporting on human rights conditions, too often the follow-up on their findings is ineffective. The same is the case, perhaps even more striking, with the OSCE's election-related recommendations. The organization has spent millions to send observers to elections throughout the region; these missions often yield important detailed recommendations for improving the conduct of elections the next time around. But time and time again, we see the next election approach with limited or no progress on implementation of those recommendations.
Implementation and follow-up cannot be left to the OSCE alone. It has insufficient resources and leverage to achieve significant results. Implementation must come from the linkage of OSCE recommendations to the country in question's other bilateral and multilateral relationships, with the U.S., the European Union, the World Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. These institutions all have a stake in the OSCE's human dimension: the World Bank in connection with its programmatic emphasis on good governance, judicial reform, and combating corruption; the EBRD in furtherance of its charter-based commitment to democratic pluralism and the rule of law; the E.U., as a function of its Common Foreign and Security Policy commitments to promote human rights, as well as provisions of its Stabilization and Association or Partnership and Cooperation Agreements, specifying that OSCE commitments are an essential element of the cooperative relationship; and the U.S. as a function of its foreign policy commitments to promote human rights and democracy, as well as legal requirements that it do so in connection with various aspects of its aid relationships.
None of these bilateral or multilateral actors has the field presence and human rights expertise of the OSCE to develop meaningful assessments or strategies regarding the state of human rights and the rule of law. For its part, the OSCE has this expertise, but relatively meager means to induce human dimension implementation. Coordination between the OSCE and the international financial institutions and other donors is clearly essential to the OSCE's success in the human dimension. The U.S. can enhance this coordination by taking the following steps:
· Promote the appointment of liaisons between the OSCE and donor organizations and agencies;
· Promote regular OSCE consultation with international financial institutions in connection with the development of their country assistance strategies;
· Encourage regular working contact between US embassies in the OSCE states and the resident representatives of international financial institutions;
· U.S. Executive Directors to international financial institutions should suggest or arrange briefings by OSCE heads of missions and other personnel for international financial institutions' headquarter staff;
· U.S. Executive Directors to international financial institutions should suggest that relevant staff of international financial institutions such as the World Bank and the EBRD attend relevant OSCE meetings, such as the annual human dimension implementation meeting.
Integrating the OSCE's Human and Economic Dimensions
Many of the foregoing steps would not only strengthen the OSCE's human dimension, but also foster integration between its human and economic dimensions. The OSCE's comprehensive mandate has long recognized the linkage between good governance and economic development now in vogue among development economists and embraced by the Bush administration. And yet, there are only limited linkages between the OSCE's human dimension and economic dimension institutions. To begin to help bridge this gap, the U.S. should:
· Support an OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting or Human Dimension Seminar devoted to the question of "Corruption and Human Rights." Such a meeting could highlight the ways in which corruption is an element of many violations of human rights and how respect for human rights, particularly the rights of free media, free expression, and free association, must be an essential component of any successful effort to combat corruption.
· Encourage better coordination and joint activities between the ODIHR and the Office of the OSCE Co-ordinator on Economic and Environmental Activities.
An important opportunity to both strengthen the OSCE's missions in Central Asia and underscore the linkages between the human and economic dimensions will present itself in May 2003, when the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development plans to hold its annual meeting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Bank is mandated to invest in private sector development in countries committed to "fundamental principles of multiparty democracy, the rule of law, respect for human rights and market economics." The Uzbek government's human rights record falls well short of those standards, making the country a poor symbol for the Bank's principles. The Bankhas emphasized that the meeting is not an endorsement of Uzbekistan's repressive policies, but an incentive for reform. The Bank should capitalize on the expertise of the OSCE to set the agenda for that reform. The U.S. can support this approach by:
· Identifying OSCE recommendations as important benchmarks to be achieved in the run-up to the EBRD Tashkent meeting and pushing the Bank to advance them;
· Encouraging a high-profile official role for the OSCE at the Tashkent EBRD meeting, to emphasize the EBRD's concerns about the country's human rights record and lend impetus to the Bank's pursuit of its political mandate;
· Including a member of the CSCE and/or a representative of the U.S. mission to the OSCE in its delegation to the EBRD meeting in Tashkent, to mark the U.S.'s commitment to the advancement of democracy and human rights as part of the Bank's operations.
Strengthening the Human Dimension in OSCE Anti-Trafficking Initiatives
In early 1998, Human Rights Watch researchers confronted OSCE human rights officers in the field and challenged them to begin to report on trafficking in human beings. The institution has made enormous strides forward since then, providing leadership on anti-trafficking efforts in the region, and spearheading human dimension initiatives with an appropriate emphasis on the need to protect the human rights of trafficking victims.
Trafficking in persons plagues every country in the OSCE region, as destination, transit, or origin states. Recognizing this, the OSCE has served as a vehicle to garner commitments from participating states to prevent trafficking, prosecute traffickers and their accomplices, and protect victims. Indeed, ministerial decisions have set an ambitious agenda for combating trafficking. Inclusion of three anti-trafficking experts and advisors within the ODIHR has provided capacity for the OSCE to focus on that agenda, administering an anti-trafficking project fund, publishing a reference guide for anti-trafficking legislative review, and developing a code of conduct for all OSCE personnel.
These excellent efforts have, unfortunately, occasionally stalled with the failure of participating states to move beyond rhetoric to implementation of anti-trafficking policies, including widespread failure to ratify the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (Trafficking Protocol), supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. In addition, training of OSCE personnel in the area of trafficking in persons and enforcement of the code of conduct still lags.
To strengthen the OSCE's anti-trafficking efforts, the U.S. should:
· Continue its support for anti-trafficking advisors and experts at the ODIHR;
· Promote enhanced training for all OSCE personnel on trafficking and other women's human rights issues;
· Press for implementation of the Vienna and Moscow commitments and ministerial decisions on combating trafficking, including protection of the human rights of trafficking victims;
· Provide financial support for the anti-trafficking project fund to enhance OSCE's anti-trafficking efforts in the field.
In conclusion, Mr. Chairman, let me thank you again for inviting me to address you. I hope that you will find in my testimony some useful ideas about how the OSCE—with its unique capacity to put the right people around the table and the right issues on the table—can continue to serve U.S. policy interests in the Eurasia region.


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06/01/2007, Phillipsburg, Saint Martin
We took one of the local buses over the hill to Phillipsburg today. The buses are very inexpensive and run constantly around the island. There's some pretty massive traffic between Marigot, Simpson Bay and Phillipsburg, reminded me of LA.
Phillipsburg is a beautiful beach town. The anchorage looks great. I wondered how so many great little shops and restaurants could be supported by what seemed to be a fairly sleepy environment. Shortly there after I was informed that Phillipsburg was a cruise ship stop. We were lucky to be there on a non cruise ship day.
We had sushi at a little place right on the beach and it was actually pretty good. Hideko even approved (and wanted to go back every day for the next week).
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05/31/2007, French Saint Martin
We dinghied over to the French side of the lagoon today to join the Kelp Fiction crew for lunch. We have had no problem keeping in touch via VHF in the mornings. I have been keeping up with the weather on the SSB seeing as how hurricane season starts tomorrow. I have tried to listen in on the French weather reports on VHF but I just don't have enough of the language together to make sense of it.
The lagoon side of Marigot has a little wharf where everyone ties up stern to right in front of the shops and bistros. Lots of boats are anchored in the lagoon close to the Marigot wharf. Boats are anchored from one end of the lagoon to the other but the density seems greater at the ends. The basin also seems to emptying out a little more each day as the cruising boats head south.
Marigot is a very quaint little town. Most of the town is squashed into four or five streets that run between the lagoon side wharf and the marina and beach front on the Atlantic side. There are creperies, bistros, wine shops, ice cream and gelato stores, and every other kind of gastric indulgence you could imagine.
I had been craving a crepe for some time so we ate at a little place right on the wharf that served a late breakfast. A nice espresso, cheese omelet crepe and a fresh squeezed glass of OJ, perfect. Hang out on the French side and work on your boat on the Dutch side. I'm getting the hang of this Saint Martin/Sint Maarten thing.
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05/30/2007, The Fen
I like to work on our boat. In a perfect world I would do all of the work. Unfortunately not having access to the resources of a contractor causes projects I handle to go a whole lot slower. For instance, it seems I have to get a new SIM every couple of islands to keep the GSM cell phone running. We have no cell phone at the moment, which makes any kind of part chasing an all day affair. In addition there is so much EMI in the lagoon that it is hard to get usable Internet for any duration, even with our antenna. This brings my communications system down to dinghy & sneaker levels. Access to parts, tools, a workshop, knowing who to call and where to go to get things done, not to mention having a team of multiple folks allows you to get things done much more quickly.
We were developing a pretty long list of projects on several fronts and it seemed the only way to get ahead was to deploy the contractors. We had waited for Saint Martin to start things because we had read and heard that there was no better place in the Caribbean to get work done on your boat. We were also coming at a time when most of the shops were slowing down work wise.
Boat contractors are a bit like car mechanics, or maybe worse. I can safely say that I would not let more than half of those I have hired in the past back on my boat. Unfortunately this means that hiring a new contractor is a risky affair. You never know what you will get. It becomes very important that you supervise the work for a bit at the beginning to ensure that you have someone who knows what they're doing working on your boat. If you find a good one, load them up to the max!
Kent Grimbeek at Just Catamarans in Fort Lauderdale took care of a lot of work on our boat before we left. We got really spoiled working with them. I would have preferred to have Kent's team do everything we were contemplating but in some cases the projects weren't identified, in others we didn't have the parts, and, in the end, we just ran out of time.
FKG had come highly recommended by a friend in the BVI so we felt pretty good about them. My choice of Electec was just based on the fact that they were the most capable looking outfit and I had a good feeling after meeting with one of the managers. I discussed my projects with a gentleman named Jan, one of the principals at the shop, and I was impressed by his knowledge and his demeanor.
Patrick from Electec arrived today to start on some of the electrical and electronics work. It was nice to have them get started within two days of our first meeting. I certainly had a list for them.
� Repair bad breaker on Inverter Charger
� Upgrade Xantrex MS2000 Firmware
� Upgrade shore power to 125v 50a w/ 60' cable and pig tails for 125v/30a & 250v/50a
� Install Windlass Remote
� Install AIS receiver
>>> Install VHF antenna
>>> Run coax cable
>>> Install Sitex AIS brain
>>> Connect antenna to AIS brain
>>> Connect AIS to E120
>>> Install Raymarine Seatalk bridge
>>> Move NEMA for SSB & VHF Radios to bridge
>>> Connect Sitex to E120 on free NEMA port
>>> Upgrade E120 firmware
� Repair loud hailer
� Replace anchor light
Patrick, an EE from Wisconsin, is not only a great guy but a very good tech. He did first rate work and we were very happy with everything he did. It was nice to get a winner on the first try. It would be almost two weeks before everything would be completed.
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05/29/2007, The Saint Martin Lagoon
Day two in the fen, as we have come to know the lagoon. It is always nice to be in a totally protected anchorage but this lagoon is a little too protected. I would suggest anyone falling into this water take a full course of penicillin.
I spent most of the day doing recon on the two chandleries ashore, Island Water World and Budget Marine. Both are pretty good sized and together they probably have a better selection of stuff than your average West Marine. Things turn south if you have to order something however. Shipping can take a week or more and everything is air freight pricing (even if it takes forever to get here). I needed a Yanmar part that runs about $20 and by the time I checked out it was about $50 with shipping. Saint Martin is duty free though so that is a help. You would really get worked over in many other Caribbean ports.
I bought a few things that I was sure we needed and that were cheap enough to not require comparison shopping. When I got back to the boat Hideko and I put together a complete list of all of the spares that we needed. We had to replace the fluids and parts used for the 250 hour service work in Provo and we also wanted to get some more pump spares.
I'm not sold on the pumps installed in our boat at this point. We have four RuleMate 500 sump pumps. These are principally for pumping grey water from the shower drain overboard. I have the aircon condensation run offs directed to the aft sumps and the forward sumps also handle the sinks in the forward heads. "Shower sump" may not fit into the RuleMate function sweep spot. Our dealer replaced one sump pump at the time of delivery and I have had to swap out another.
The port and starboard bilge sumps and the engine room sumps use RuleMate 1100s and one of those has gone up. This is concerning because you don't want to find out that your bilge pump doesn't work on a day that you need it. We test ours buy dumping a bucket of fresh water into the bilge sump on a maintenance schedule but you can't replace reliability with maintenance.
Our port water pressure pump failed also. It was treated badly for a bit (long but entertaining story that I will not post here so as to avoid being beat about the head and shoulders by my spouse). However, given the robust claims on the box one would expect to have no problems.
All of these pumps are made by the same folks, ITT Industries (aka. Jabsco, aka RuleMate, aka Shurflo). If you go to a standard chandlery (i.e. West Marine) you are not likely to find much else. Four (or was it five, hard to keep track) pump failures in the first eight months of ownership seems a bit excessive to me. It is just the two of us. I know many folks who go to exotic maintenance extremes to protect these delicate resources. At several hundred dollars a pump I don't really see why you should have to, they're only being asked to do what they're advertised to do and less. I have a spare for everything at the moment but I am carefully considering a more robust solution than ITT.
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05/28/2007, Saint Martin
I got up early to clear us in prior to the Simpson Bay bridge opening. Our goal was to get hooked up at FKG Rigging in the Lagoon for some rig tuning and adjustments. If you've never looked at a map of Saint Martin it is a medium sized island with a huge hourglass shaped lagoon on the west side. Most of the chandleries, riggers, marine electricians, and other boat services are either on the Lagoon or a block away. The lagoon is nasty from a water quality stand point and ranges from 4 to 20 feet deep with most of the shoal spots identified by little more than local knowledge. The North half of the Island (and lagoon) is French and the south half is Dutch.
Clearing in was easy and cost about $40 US for two weeks. The Dutch side charges you per week for stays in Simpson Bay or the Lagoon. Reports from Kelp Fiction indicate the French side is also easy to clear in (Fred's first language is French, not sure if that helps) and costs zero. If you're going to Saint Martin for pleasure, Marigot is by far the better harbor, the town is prettier, and it's French so of course the food is better. Everyone on the French side speaks French but they also do English just fine. The Dutch side speaks English with a little Dutch here and there and some French.
I watched the bridge open once to get the hang of it. It opens at 9:30, 11:00 and 17:30 in the summer. The bridge is 56 feet wide and the deck goes vertical so there's no ceiling. That is a nice bit. I recall having to hug the Port side of some of the bridge openings in Fort Lauderdale due to the bridge only lifting to 70 or so degrees. There's a traffic light on the outside because they let all of the inside boats out first. The bridge operator monitors 12 on the VHF but in my experience only responds to about 25% of the vessels hailing. He does yell at small sailboat that can keep up with the flow of traffic however. They really want everyone nose to butt and through now.
The bridge on the Marigot side is nice but a little too narrow for my comfort (Swingin' on a Star has a beam of almost 27 feet). The Dutch bridge also opens a bit more regularly and reliably.
After returning to the big boat Hideko and I hauled anchor and towed Little Star through the bridge. The lagoon is a maze for someone entering for the first time. I had gotten my bearings on the dink after clearing in so I had a basic idea of where we needed to get to. The eastern most extent of the Lagoon (an area apparently called Cole Bay) is where FKG is located and they have a region of lagoon marked as "shoal draft anchorage" right in front of them. Ominous.
I probed around the area with the sounder motoring slowly and carefully and found a 5 foot spot right in front of FKG. We draw 4 foot 8 inches so it was an exciting discovery. Most of the area is 6 feetish however so we anchored out in the mud a few hundred feet away from FKG.
I checked in with FKG to see what kind of time frame they needed to get to us. We didn't have an appointment but we had contacted them a month before to get the ball rolling. I wanted to analyze the possibility of simplifying our rig and taking the hassle out of raising the main sail. All controls in the cockpit close by the powered primary winches was the goal. We had a number of other projects to tackle as well.
The FKG folks are known as one of the best rigging shops in the Caribbean and they were still busy in late May. It was going to be several days before we could even get on their dock. We had two weeks planned for work in Saint Martin so I still had hope that we could get things handled.
Next I stopped by Electec for some electronics and electrical work. Jan, the gentleman who runs the marine tech side of things as best I can tell, was very knowledgeable and indicated that he would try to get some folks started on our list in a day or two.
We wrapped up the project kick off meetings just in time to meet Fred, Cindy and Jill. The Kelp Fiction crew had dinghied over from Marigot and they were in great spirits and really enjoying the French side. We all motored over to a little bar and grill on the lagoon for a nice lunch.
There was a front kind of hanging over the Dutch side of Saint Martin for the past couple of days and it started to come down. We waved goodbye to the KFII crew as they dashed back to the French side, where they claimed it does not rain. Hideko and I went inside for an Alias marathon. Unfortunately as we got ready to settle in I went out to check on things and noticed that we were moving slowly leeward. Not good.
We had set the hook with a very short scope and low revs due to the fairly flat conditions in the lagoon and the closeness of some other boats with no info on their scope. Bad idea. I guess I'd rather swing into someone than drag onto them, truth be told. The wind was howling 20 to 25 over the past couple of days and so we decided to anchor by the book this time.
When we pulled up the anchor the actual culprit appeared. Not only did we have a lot of really nasty smelling mud and scuz on our anchor and chain, but the tip of the anchor had a plastic thimble and a wad of stray rope on it, effectively keeping the anchor from digging in.
We got the anchor back down while the wind howled and put out something more like 5:1 then backed down at 2,000 rpm with the wind averaging 20 knots. We were firmly planted this time. The sun set and the rain started coming down just as we wrapped up.
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05/27/2007, Simpson Bay, Saint Martin
We got up not so early for our short hop to Saint Martin. I hauled up little star's motor, for hopefully the last time, and stowed it on the rail. After getting Little Star on the deck we started to get the boat ready for a short sail. Kelp Fiction was already getting underway as we prepped the boat. KFII and crew were heading to Marigot on the French side which is a little more picturesque than Simpson Bay. We needed to go to the Dutch side though so that we could get some work done (most of the boat related stuff is inside the lagoon on the Dutch side).
We had a nice wind and made 8 knots on the way over to Simpson Bay. Unfortunately as soon as we turned around the North West point of Saint Martin we got the southeast wind on the nose. We motor sailed in and anchored in a fairly crowded Simpson Bay. It was pretty but a little too busy for my taste. Certainly the most developed Caribbean island we'd seen since Puerto Rico. They are building a new resort on the south shore which was rather noisy but the anchorage was good and comfortable.
We got the dinghy down and made a covert beach landing with Roq, he leaves only foot prints of course. We listened to the local traffic on 16 and some other channels for a bit, a habit I've gotten into which really seems to help you get oriented to the marine activities of a place. After a quiet dinner we watched some Alias (Hideko has gotten me hooked) and hit the hay.
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Using Zimbra Mobile with Treo 650 set to Active sync. All works well except for the following:
For appointments created on the Treo and then synced back to Zimbra:
Case 1) Appointment is edited on the treo after the sync (time changed) and resynced. Appt appears twice on Zimbra, once at the orig time, once at the new time.
Case 2) Appt is edited on Zimbra after the sync (Time changed) and resynced. When opened on Zimbra, the time appears -3 hrs. In other words, it's showing @ 5:00 pm on the display calendar, when I open it, the time shows 2:00 pm.
Case 2a) If I elect not to save the entry, it shows up at 2:00 pm, but is restored to 5:00 pm when I hit "refresh"
Case 2b) If I save the appointment, either at 2:00 pm, as defaulted, or any other time, the appt. appears twice ont he Treo after sync. Once at 5:00, once at 2:00. Thereafter, the new appt. behaves as if it had been created on the Zimbra interface (all manipulation by the Treo and by the web interface beahve as expected), but the old appt (the one at 5:00 is orphaned on the Treo and must be manually deleted.


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Photo Gallery | State Trooper Bobby Smith's 'Vision of Courage' - Emotionally Gripping True Story!
As a Contributor to News10 My Neighborhood since May 2011, I have only once written an article speaking directly from my heart, and that article was taken from the perspective of one walking the path to the highest summit of Foresthill Bridge, 734 feet in height, with thoughts of plummeting into the waters below, as did a young medical student three months prior, having taken his life. I realized there was not a visible sign facing the walker, shining as a beacon, offering a moment's pause to reflect and pick up a life-line awaiting him.
Within three weeks, this was remedied and signs were placed, facing those walking to the midsection of the bridge's span across the North Fork of the American River, with newly installed, bright yellow crisis phones awaiting the cry of one needing help! That was easy! A sign to direct you on what to do in a time of crisis!
Well, today was the day that State Trooper Bobby Smith touched many lives, mine included, for his story resonated with each of us. As Bobby Smith shared with those who are presently officers in law enforcement, an attentive stillness filled the hearts and minds. In some instances heads were bowed, because as Smith warned…"are you ready to look into the mirror and see you, who you are, and not who you think you are?" ~ A reality that can reflect an unrecognizable image for some.
You see, State Trooper Bobby Smith introduced a concept that our officers, once sworn in, easily forget…they are now transformed into a role…the role of protector and public servant in society; the persona adopted by officers is one of strength of will, great authority, preserved in armor which soon alienates the officer from his heart, his faith in humanity – his family of wife and children he has been blessed with. His compassion is stilted, first on the outside and then on the inside…he feels compassion for his fellow man, but dares not show feelings to others, as he cannot afford to look "weak" and worst – he cannot afford to look "weak" to himself. Herein the home of denial becomes the veil between the reality he experiences in scenes where he has just witnessed his first fatality, the child who has taken his last breath in his arms, a call to domestic violence where the remnants of a battering are seen, a youth who once played on his son's basketball team, now hangs from beams within a garage.
As Smith so eloquently sums this – all of these scenes in the mind and heart an officer has to live with, cannot be lived with. There is the convenient dark closet of memories in his subconscious that are stored, tucked far away, the ones he cannot share with anyone…after all, who would want to hear this, is the question in his mind: His family members? The church members he sees only weekly for an hour? His law enforcement buddies as they share a beer? No…they have the same memories, the same closets in their emotional homes. The living secret:
Ignore it, keep it tightly locked away and it's gone. Poof! Not there, right?
As Smith tells his story, having to be a hero to his community, keep earning respect from his fellow-officers, wear his uniform without blemishes – especially emotional – he warns officers - there is a price to hiding his human feelings. That emotional closet does not protect you from your memories of sights, smells, sounds, but becomes your chamber of horrors, not honors, that you will live with every minute – a chamber from which you cannot escape, because you don't even know you are in it…until…the price tag appears:
Smith's price is one which he pays every breathing moment of his life costing him two marriages – two lovely wives he adored and one beautiful child…and finally living up to the pledge of being a badge within a uniform, he being that strong officer needing no one, went on a call, warding off backup ~ His price: he was shot in the face losing his eyesight permanently – his 'bravado image that comes with the territory' – paraphrasing Smith- cost him so dearly, leaving him with his law enforcement family that no longer had room for him…he was no longer needed…he no longer had value. He was not a human being, but a servant to a role that no longer existed for him.
Smith's image was now in complete darkness and he found himself living within the closet that was holding him hostage. He, like so many members of law enforcement became besieged by that safe, 'emotional closet' which soon overflows.
This overflow now is turned on family members who no longer recognize their spouse or family member – Where is the sign for a crisis call for an officer?
It is here for you! It is here for your family. Law Enforcement Chaplains of Sacramento are there for you, to listen, to offer guidance, referrals, with confidentiality and much love! There are referrals which can be made to PTSD counselors and peer support who understand those dark closets. YOU are not alone! Only YOU can choose NOT to be alone. Your family can choose not to be ALONE and in the dark, as well.
State Trooper Bobby Smith appeals to all in the audience…the dark closet must be opened, must be sorted through, and as darkness is but a mere lack of light, the nightmares, the ghosts that haunt the peace you provide others, are willed "be-gone" once the door is opened, and the healing of spirit and emotions begin.
Officers can be restored to health, emotionally and physically, marriages can be restored, with the greatest goal: wear all hats in your life: The order is not important, but ALL are who you are. Do not forget you are you, first and foremost!
- You wear a cap named: "Husband" or "Wife"
- You wear a cap named: "Dad" or "Mom"
- You wear a cap named: "Law Enforcement Officer"
I, personally, am grateful to Bobby Smith's truths he shared about himself, his life, and what he faced, as he adopted one role in life: An Officer of the Law. Having been married to a law enforcement officer, ending in separation after 22 years, I realize that I, too, share that dark closet. There is a light that awaits me, as well. I now understand that I, too, have suffered his post traumatic stress. A counseling appointment awaits me as I write this article.
Lisa O'Hara, Contributor
News10 My Neighborhood
This article is written with the intent to paraphrase only, State Trooper Bobby Smith.