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- Olenna Tyrell: "Loras is young and very good at knocking men off horses with a stick. That does not make him wise. As for your fathead father..."
- Margaery Tyrell: "Grandmother! What will Sansa think of us?"
- Olenna Tyrell: "She might think we have some wits about us, one of us at any rate."
- — Margaery Tyrell introduces her grandmother Olenna to Sansa Stark.[src]
Olenna Tyrell, née Redwyne, is a recurring character in the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons. She is played by Dame Diana Rigg.
The elderly matriarch of House Tyrell, Lady Olenna has been a master of court politics and intrigue par excellence throughout her life. She's also known for her wit and sarcasm. As a result, Lady Olenna is popularly nicknamed the the Queen of Thorns, in reference to her House's sigil and her cutting barbs. In many ways she is the de facto head of House Tyrell at the time of the War of the Five Kings and appears to hold a great deal of influence over the Reach.
Olenna Tyrell is the widow of Lord Luthor Tyrell and the mother of Mace Tyrell, the current Lord of Highgarden, Warden of the South, Lord Paramount of the Reach, and head of House Tyrell. She is the grandmother of his children Loras and Margaery. She was born into House Redwyne, one of the most prominent and powerful vassals of House Tyrell.[1][2]
In her youth, Olenna Redwyne was engaged to a member of House Targaryen, as it was "all the rage" at the time; it was her sister Viola whom Luthor Tyrell was expected to marry. The night before Luthor was to propose to Viola, Olenna snuck into his chamber and seduced him, leaving him "unable to walk downstairs" the next day to propose to Viola. Olenna did this because the thought of marrying a Targaryen and his "ludicrous silver hair" did not appeal to her.[3]
Although Olenna consistently referred to Luthor as an oaf,[4] she was genuinely fond of him, and confided to Margaery that she had some difficulty accepting his death after his body was delivered to her.[5]
Season 3Edit
At some point following her granddaughter's engagement to Joffrey Baratheon, Lady Olenna moved to King's Landing, most likely to work behind the scenes to cement the Tyrells' position. Reasoning that Sansa Stark is the best person to ask about Joffrey, Olenna invites her to a lunch of lemon cakes (Sansa's favorite) and cheese (her own favorite). Sansa is initially too scared to speak, but after much prodding, Sansa blurts out that he is a monster. Lady Olenna is disappointed but unsurprised at the revelation.[6]
A few days later, Lady Olenna is sought out by Varys, who finds her chastising her handmaidens over their unimaginative veneration of House Tyrell's unimaginative sigil. Olenna throws a mild barb or two at him before demanding his reasons for seeking her, aware of the Spider's reputation. They discuss Sansa and Littlefinger's interest in her. Varys warns her just how dangerous Littlefinger really is, and Olenna agrees that Sansa must be kept away from him. When Varys is about to offer a solution, Olenna dismisses him, saying that the solution is rather obvious. [7]
Hoping to mitigate the potential costs of an extravagant royal wedding, Tyrion Lannister meets with Lady Olenna. She lectures him on the importance of an extravagant royal wedding, particularly if it, along with the large amounts of grain and livestock brought to King's Landing from the Reach, prevents the Smallfolk from ripping the nobles apart. Lady Olenna also reminds Tyrion of the thousands of Tyrell troops now assisting the Lannisters in the current war, and that the royal house traditionally pays for a royal wedding. Nonetheless, she agrees to pay half the costs of the wedding itself provided the celebrations are not cut short. Lady Olenna expresses disappointment in Tyrion's character– she had hoped to encounter the lecherous, mischievous imp of legend, and not a "browbeaten bookkeeper"– and in Podrick Payne's serving abilities before departing.[8]
After he finds out about the plan to wed Loras to Sansa, Tywin Lannister, determined to thwart this plan, which would hand control of the North to the Tyrells, meets with Lady Olenna. He instead offers to marry Loras to Cersei (both of them pretend that there is no outstanding plot). Olenna, claiming herself an expert on the subject, declares Cersei too old, and will soon be undergoing "the change". Tywin counters by mentioning Loras's homosexuality. Olenna bluntly confirms that her grandson is a "sword swallower", and cheekily asks whether Tywin ever experimented in his youth, a suggestion the Hand adamantly refutes. Olenna makes light of what amounts to "a discreet bit of buggery", and hints at the rumors of incest between Cersei and Jaime, which, she notes, currently have Westeros at war. Tywin says that neither he nor Olenna care what other people think of them (an assertion she refutes). He proceeds to call her bluff by threatening to name Loras to the Kingsguard, thereby exchanging the uncertainty of Cersei's childbearing status for the certainty of House Tyrell's extinction. Olenna snaps Tywin's quill in half and graciously concedes defeat. [9]
Lady Olenna attends the wedding of Tyrion Lannister in the Great Sept of Baelor. She stands near the feet of the Mother's statue with her grandchildren and is not amused when Joffrey embarrasses Tyrion by removing his footstool. At the wedding feast, Olenna muses on now-extremely complicated in-law relationships between Margaery, Loras, Cersei, and Tyrion, prompting Loras to storm out and Margaery to give her a withering look. Later on, she regards Tywin and Tyrion's latest argument with amusement.[10]
Season 4Edit
Olenna assists Margaery in picking out a necklace for her upcoming wedding. She selects the finest of those on offer, noting affectionately that it is similar to one she received from her husband on her 51st name day. Olenna chucks the piece over the rampart and into Blackwater Bay and orders the Tyrell handmaidens to canvass every jeweler in King's Landing; the girl who brings her the best necklace can keep the next best for herself. After they are left alone, Margaery sardonically suggests letting Joffrey pick out the necklace which, knowing him, will likely consist of severed sparrow's heads. Olenna cautions Margaery to mind what she says, even with her. They are shortly interrupted by Brienne of Tarth, whose appearance prompts a rather melodramatic reaction from Olenna.[11]
At Joffrey's wedding, Olenna speaks with Sansa, expressing her condolences for the fate of her family and inviting her and Tyrion to visit Highgarden. She toys with Sansa's hair in a grandmotherly fashion during the exchange. She chides Tywin Lannister that the Tyrells are paying half of the cost of the extravagant wedding, and that the Lannisters may need to turn to the Tyrells for financial support again, due to the crown's increasing war debts, particularly to the Iron Bank of Braavos. She later witnesses the poisoning of King Joffrey, and is the first among those who call for help.[12]
When Margaery questions as to whether or not she is actually the queen now since she is also a widow, Olenna advises her not to press the issue for a while. Olenna is optimistic that she is closer to being Queen now than she ever was when she was with Renly Baratheon. She is also relieved that Margaery is now free from Joffrey's torture and opines that Tommen Baratheon will be a better match – one the Lannisters can't afford not to make.[13]
Some time later, Olenna and Margaery discuss Olenna's impending departure, and whether the Lannisters will consent to Margaery's match with Tommen. Olenna tells her how she seduced Luthor, and says Margaery she must do the same with Tommen, or else Cersei will turn the boy against her. Luckily for Margaery, Cersei is distracted by Joffrey's recent death and accusing her innocent brother of the crime. Margaery states that Olenna cannot know Tyrion's innocence for sure, to which Olenna claims she can. Olenna explains to a shocked Margaery that she could not bear to leave her granddaughter in the hands of "that beast", leading Margaery to realize that it was Olenna who poisoned Joffrey.[14]
Olenna departs King's Landing some time soon after Joffrey's funeral, but conveniently before Tommen's coronation. She claims that she has grown to hate the long walks through the Red Keep's gardens that seem to take up much of her time in the capital.[15]
Season 5Edit
Feeling outmaneuvered and unsupported, Margaery hastens to write to Olenna in the wake of Loras's arrest by the Faith Militant.[16]
Olenna arrives at the Red Keep some time later and immediately sees Cersei, who is pretending to be quite busy running the realm, something Olenna calls her out on. This leads to Cersei mocking Olenna's infamous tart-tongue. The Queen of Thorns responds in turn calling Cersei "the famous tart". Cersei continues to feign ignorance about Loras's arrest. Olenna explains that while she and Tywin didn't like each other, they both understood the need for rivals to work together, particularly given that the Reach is needed to supply most of the capital's food. Cersei ignores everything Olenna says, only saying that House Lannister has no rivals. She then invites Olenna to the inquest into the charges about Loras (as there isn't yet enough evidence for a trial). Olenna watches as her grandchildren refute Loras's sexuality, but things take a turn for the worse when Olyvar's testimony damns them both. As Loras and Margaery are arrested, Olenna looks threateningly at Cersei.[17]
Olenna goes to the Sept of Baelor and finds the High Sparrow washing the floors. She first tries to bribe him to release her grandchildren before repeating her previous threat to Cersei that House Tyrell will stop feeding the capital if she doesn't get Margaery and Loras back. The High Sparrow is not impressed and asks her if anyone in her House has ever harvested any of the food they own. When Olenna fails to answer, he tells her that he speaks for the many and they are learning to stop fearing the few. After she leaves the Sept, a messenger gives her a message from Petyr Baelish.
She goes to Baelish's ravaged brothel, where they trade barbs before Olenna accuses him of helping Cersei bring down Loras. Although Baelish denies it, she warns him that, should House Tyrell fall, she will no longer have anything to lose and she will reveal their joint involvement in Joffrey's murder. She also warns him that, should she meet a premature end, he will meet an unfortunate end as well. Conceding the point, Baelish reveals that Cersei summoned him to King's Landing for "a piece of information he had", his prostitute Olyvar, and he tells Olenna that he will give her the same thing he gave Cersei: "a handsome young man" —implied, in this instance, to be Lancel. Subsequently Lancel reveals the adulterous affair he had with Cersei to the High Sparrow, who has her arrested.[18]
Season 6Edit
Ser Kevan Lannister, the new Hand of the King, has invited Olenna to sit on the Small Council – which officially now consists of Kevan, Grand Maester Pycelle, and Mace – at least to deal with the situation of Margaery and Loras's imprisonment. Barging into a Council meeting, Cersei expresses irritation that Olenna was invited while she was not, to which Olenna counters that Cersei is not the queen anymore – Margaery is, being married to the current king. Kevan refuses to deal with Cersei and, conceding that he can't force her to leave thanks to the reanimated Gregor Clegane, has the Councilors, including Olenna, leave instead.[19]
At another "meeting" of the Small Council, Olenna and Kevan are surprised when Cersei and Jaime actually come to parlay. Cersei explains that she and Olenna played right into the High Sparrow's hands by continuing to squabble instead of presenting a united front, and now the High Sparrow is planning to have Margaery do the Walk of atonement just like she did. The Lannister twins explain their plan: Olenna will have Tyrell troops liberate Margaery and Loras, and turn them over to the Crown's Justice (in this case, Kevan), for a civil trial. Kevan, in turn, will keep royal and Lannister troops away from the incident, in keeping with Tommen's orders not to antagonize the Faith. Olenna opines that it isn't a particularly good plan, but agrees that at this point, it's their only option, and if blood is spilt, better it be the Sparrows' and not theirs. [20]
Olenna accompanies Mace and his his column of Tyrell troops to the Great Sept to watch the proceedings herself. She and Jaime exchange worried glances when the realize that the High Sparrow is up to something. She moves closer to Jaime and Mace when Tommen appears and announces the new alliance between the Crown and the Faith. When Mace asks her what just happened, Olenna gruffly replies that they've been beaten.[21]
|Season Three appearances
|Valar Dohaeris
|Dark Wings, Dark Words
|Walk of Punishment
|And Now His Watch is Ended
|Kissed by Fire
|The Climb
|The Bear and the Maiden Fair
|Second Sons
|The Rains of Castamere
|Season Four appearances
|Two Swords
|The Lion and the Rose
|Breaker of Chains
|First of His Name
|The Laws of Gods and Men
|The Mountain and the Viper
|The Watchers on the Wall
|The Children
|Season Five appearances
|The Wars to Come
|The House of Black and White
|High Sparrow
|Sons of the Harpy
|Kill the Boy
|Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken
|The Gift
|The Dance of Dragons
|Mother's Mercy
|Season Six appearances
|The Red Woman
|Book of the Stranger
|The Door
|Blood of My Blood
|The Broken Man
|No One
|Battle of the Bastards
|The Winds of Winter
Family treeEdit
|Luthor Tyrell
née Redwyne
|Mace Tyrell
|Alerie Tyrell
née Hightower
|Joffrey Baratheon
Margaery's 2nd husband
|Margaery Tyrell
|Renly Baratheon
Loras's lover
Margaery's 1st husband
|Loras Tyrell
|Tommen Baratheon
Joffrey's younger brother
Margaery's 3rd husband
- Olenna Tyrell: "Loras is young and very good at knocking men off horses with a stick. That does not make him wise. As to your fathead father..."
- Margaery Tyrell: "Grandmother! What will Sansa think of us?"
- Olenna Tyrell: "She might think we have some wits about us, one of us at any rate."
- — Margaery Tyrell introduces her grandmother Olenna to Sansa Stark[src]
- ""Growing Strong". Ha! The dullest words of any house! "Winter is Coming"! Now, that's memorable. "We Do Not Sow"! Strong! Strong, those houses, you watch out for them! Direwolves and Krakens, fierce beasts. But a golden rose, growing strong? Oh, yes, that strikes fear in the heart!"
- ―Olenna Tyrell to Tyrell lady
- "I was told you were drunk, impertinent and thoroughly debauched. You can imagine my disappointment at finding nothing but a browbeaten bookkeeper."
- ―Olenna Tyrell to Tyrion Lannister
- Tyrion Lannister: "We're at war, Lady Olenna."
- Olenna Tyrell: "Oh, I'd nearly forgotten."
- Tyrion Lannister: "Yes, and maintaining supply lines..."
- Olenna Tyrell: "I can't think how it slipped my mind. What is it, 12,000 infantrymen the Tyrell family has supplied? 1,800 mounted lances. 2,000 in support. Provisions so this city might survive the winter. A million bushels of wheat. Half a million bushels each of barley, oats, and rye. 20,000 head of cattle. 50,000 sheep. You don't have to lecture me about wartime expenses. I'm quite familiar with them."
- — Olenna Tyrell lectures Tyrion Lannister when he thinks of siphoning money from the royal wedding to maintain the war effort.[src]
- Cersei Lannister: "Ah yes, the famously tart-tongued Queen of Thorns."
- Olenna Tyrell: "And the famous tart, Queen Cersei."
- — Olenna spars with Cersei.[src]
- Olenna Tyrell: "You've always been rather impressed with yourself, haven't you?"
- Littlefinger: "The past is the past. The future is all that's worth discussing. The future of House Tyrell."
- Olenna Tyrell: "Don't pretend to have any concern for my House, my grandchildren, or me. I should have known you'd return to the capital as soon as things started to go wrong."
- Littlefinger: "I promise you..."
- Olenna Tyrell: "I promise you, Lord Baelish, that our fates are joined. Together, we murdered a King. If my House should fall, I will have nothing to hide. And if I should meet with some 'accident' here at your broken little flesh-market, they'll never even find what's left of you."
- — Lady Olenna warns Littlefinger.[src]
- "Many will die no matter what we do. Better them than us."
- ―Olenna to the Lannisters.
In the booksEdit
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, her family remains the same. She was born Olenna Redwyne, daughter of Lord Runceford Redwyne. She is described as a wizened, cunning old woman with a wicked wit and a sharp tongue. She is known as the "Queen of Thorns" for her sarcasm and the rose thorns in the sigil of House Tyrell. In many ways, the cunning Olenna is the true leader of House Tyrell, masterminding political intrigues which her son, Lord Mace Tyrell, then follows. Despite this she has a loving relationship with her family, including her grandchildren. Olenna is particularly close with her granddaughter Margaery Tyrell, whom she has mentored in the skills of court intrigue.
Olenna is older than Hoster Tully, who was in his mid-sixties when he died, but remains in good health (though she has lost her teeth). While she walks with a cane, several characters believe that she feigns to be more frail than she actually is, in order to lull her enemies into thinking she is harmless. Members of House Redwyne tend to have bright orange hair. Olenna's hair has turned completely white due to old age, but it hasn't been established what her hair color was in her youth.
In her youth she almost married Daeron Targaryen, the son of King Aegon V Targaryen, but Daeron refused to marry after his brothers successfully convinced their father to let them marry who they wanted and he let Daeron forgo his marriage to Olenna. Olenna also did everything she could to make sure it never came to fruition. Daeron was actually homosexual, and did not want to marry a woman at all. Aegon V was succeeded by Daeron's older brother Jaehaerys II, who was the father of Aerys II the Mad King. However, Jaehaerys II has been officially cut from the TV continuity - which would imply that his entire generation of siblings doesn't exist either. One of the "ripple effects" of this change may be that Olenna's backstory is officially different in the TV continuity. Olenna actually has no sister named "Viola" in the novels, who was originally going to marry Luthor Tyrell. Instead, it was actually Daeron's sister who was supposed to marry Luthor, Shaera Targaryen. Luthor didn't need to be seduced away from her, because Shaera actually didn't want to marry him either - instead wanting to marry her brother Jaehaerys II, as per incestuous Targaryen marriage customs. Olenna did not need to seduce Luthor away from someone else - though once both marriage betrothals were broken and Luthor was available again, it isn't said how Olenna then managed to secure a marriage betrothal with him, so she could plausibly have had to seduce him.
In the books, Olenna remains in King's Landing until after Tommen's coronation, as she hadn't yet finished thrashing out the details of his marriage to Margaery. Although she is of course nowhere near the proceedings, she is still in the Red Keep during Tywin's murder. She goes back to Highgarden after Tommen and Margaery's wedding and has not as of yet reappeared, since it is her son Mace and not her who comes back to the capital to free Margaery.
According to George R.R. Martin, Olenna and her son Mace are aware of Loras's sexuality,[22] a detail preserved in the TV series with Olenna's usual bluntness.
Like Margaery, Olenna's role in the TV series has been greatly expanded from her appearances in the novels - though simply because none of the Tyrells are POV characters in the books, and thus most of their actions and internal discussions (such as between Olenna and Margaery) occur "off-screen". Olenna also serves as a foil for Tywin – indeed, Charles Dance himself referred to Olenna as "the anti-Tywin Lannister" in a promotional interview for Season 3.
See alsoEdit
- Olenna Redwyne on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (MAJOR spoilers from the books)
- ↑ HBO viewers guide, season 1 guide to houses, House Tyrell entry
- ↑ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Tyrell entry
- ↑ "Oathkeeper"
- ↑ "Dark Wings, Dark Words"
- ↑ "Breaker of Chains"
- ↑ "Dark Wings, Dark Words"
- ↑ "And Now His Watch is Ended"
- ↑ "Kissed by Fire"
- ↑ "The Climb"
- ↑ "Second Sons (episode)"
- ↑ "Two Swords"
- ↑ "The Lion and the Rose"
- ↑ "Breaker of Chains"
- ↑ "Oathkeeper"
- ↑ "Oathkeeper"
- ↑ Sons of the Harpy
- ↑ Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken
- ↑ "The Gift (episode)"
- ↑ "Oathbreaker"
- ↑ "Book of the Stranger"
- ↑ "Blood of My Blood"
- ↑ The Citadel: So Spake Martin – Westeros.org
|Lord Mace Tyrell
|Ser Loras Tyrell
|The Reach
|Lord Paramount of the Reach · Lord of Highgarden · Warden of the South
|Garth Gardener · Harlen Tyrell · Lyonel Tyrell
|Current members:
|Olenna Tyrell · Alerie Tyrell · Margaery Tyrell · Tyrell lady
|Deceased members:
|Luthor Tyrell
|Mira Forrester · Sera Durwell
|House Baratheon of King's Landing
|Lord Paxter Redwyne
|The Arbor
|The Reach
|Lord of the Arbor
|Current members:
|Olenna Redwyne · Bethany Redwyne · Viola Redwyne
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The Malone® DownLoader kayak rack features tons of options for low-clearance requirements, as well as easy loading and boat protection. A quick pull on release pins allows the carriers to rotate up for transport or down for garage access. Thick, adjustable foam padding wrapped with nylon sleeves protects the boat's finish, and built-in boarding ramps eliminate the need to lift the kayak up and into the carriers.
- Kayak rack
- Frame: Coated steel, injection-molded nylon
- Three layers of corrosion resistance
- Oversized padding with nylon sleeves
- Fold-down design with release-pin activation
- Universal fit for most round, square, oval factory load bars
- Includes all hardware, heavy-duty load straps, and bow and stern safety tie-downs for one kayak
- Capacity: For kayaks up to 36" wide and 75 lbs
- Dimensions: L 17" x W 6" x H 19.5" (raised), 6" (lowered)
- Weight: 16 lbs (set of 2)
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Comments about Malone Racks Downloader w/Bow & Stern Lines:
Very easy to use and put on top of vehicle. They lay down nicely.
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Comments about Malone Racks Downloader w/Bow & Stern Lines:
The folding aspect is wonderful - we can use it quickly for evening kayak trips after work in only a few minutes. The slide assist ramps on the outside allow anyone to load a kayak with minimal effort (slide up, slide over, and let it down into the cradles). The straps and buckles are also very nicely designed. The only issue is no strap loop across the top bar to hold the strap in place so it does not slide down to the side. I fixed my issue rather easily with a few paper clips and electrical tape to hold the straps. I understand Malone had to remove prior strap guides since "people" were using that thin piece to actually hold the the tension of the line and not just as a guide to pull the strap back under.
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I went to our local Family Dollar for the first time this past week. It won't be my last visit. I had a few things I still needed to get for stocking stuffers, plus I wanted to get some other miscellaneous items and pinata fillers for a holiday party we'll be attending tonight. With my list in hand and my 2 year old in tow, off we went. Knowing full well the store would be full of Christmas items and toys to push the holiday season, I was very surprised at how many name brand toys and products there were. I think I'd assumed that because they were a "dollar" store, there would be off brand items- but now I realize that it's more of a helping a Family stretch every Dollar type of thing.
It wasn't just toys that were around- paper goods, household and laundry items, foods, health and beauty aids were available as well. You can use manufacturer coupons at Family Dollar, and there are printable coupons on their website, combining those can make for some huge savings! Cellular phone users can text VALUE to 28767 and save even more!
Family Dollar really offers a lot of products- while you cannot do your (full) grocery shopping there, you can save a lot of money on paper goods, greeting cards, cleaning and laundry supplies- and they sell Easy Off No Fume Oven Cleaner (which someone at my MOPS group suggested could be used to get soapscum buildup off of your shower stall-our shower is in desperate need of being blown to smithereens and this is an ongoing battle, so I knew I wanted to find this item before I headed to the store).
I also needed pinata fillers for my mother in law's holiday party we're attending tonight-so candy was on the list. Since there were going to be a lot of children, of all ages, I wanted to have a good variety. Thankfully Family Dollar had many kinds of candy in different price ranges. The Disney and Nickelodeon themed candy canes were a must have (we are being silly and changing a sombrero pinata to a Christmas sombrero pinata so these will hang below). Tons of holiday decor, paper goods and TOYS to be found- the majority of which are name brand products at discounted pricing!
I was delighted to find some superhero socks for my little guy, and some superhero coloring books, ones I've not seen before. This was a major find, and thel
ow price point an added bonus. My little Batman lover will be very happy Christmas morning!!
You can check out photos of my shopping trip to Family Dollar on Google Plus.
"I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Family Dollar and received a gift card to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate."


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Goodguys Nitro Nationals PomonaWritten by on August 12, 2005 Nostalgia drag racing heats up Parker Avenue
Being employed by one of the coolest car magazines has its perks. I mean, c'mon ... I get paid to hit national car shows to photograph and write about the coolest cars in the world. It just doesn't get any better than that. Well, actually it might.
When the Goodguys Rod & Custom Association released their 2005 event schedule, there was one show I immediately circled in big, black sharpie: The 8th Goodguys Nitro Nationals held at the famous Pomona quarter-mile. This is vintage drag racing at it's finest. We're talkin' nitro-burning nostalgia Funny Cars and Top Fuel front-engine dragsters under the lights at the famous Pomona Fairplex. There isn't much more a fan of the "old-school drags" could want. In fact, for those of us old enough to remember the night racing drags at the many SoCal tracks like Lions, Irwindale, or OCIR, this one was reminiscent of those same glory days, minus the between-race-beer-induced bleacher brawls.
Recently the Goodguys VRA added nostalgia Funny Cars as part of the racing program. Without a doubt this is the wisest decision since the NHRA relaxed the nitro ban in 1963. It's exciting to see and identify the body styles of these throwback Funny Cars of the '60s and '70s as they cackle to life for a low 6-second pass down the Pomona quarter-mile. In this class even the casual drag racing fan can tell the difference between a Mustang and a 'Cuda. Unlike the Funny Cars of today's 300-mph-plus monsters in which the Monte Carlo and the Mustang bodies look so similar, the only noticeable difference is the style of the painted head and taillights.
This race even brought out Ron Capps, one of the NHRA's most popular Funny Car drivers, to pilot Jeff Gaynor's vintage 'Cuda Funny Car. Capps went on to a tire-smoking first-round defeat, compliments of Larry Petit in his beautiful, not to mention fast 1971 Mustang.
Also on hand for the event was Mousie Marcellus and his Mike Boyd-driven Winged Express Fuel Altered, which made exciting exhibition passes on Friday and Saturday under the lights. We have to hand it to Mousie as he's been carrying the Fuel Altered torch all across the United States the past few years by booking the car at any event that will have them. The Winged Express is a show highlight not to be missed.
With the 2005 Nitro Nationals in the bag, it will soon be time to look forward to next year's Goodguys racing schedule. Right off the top, the March Meet at Famoso and the Nitro Nationals in Pomona are penciled in on my calendar. As soon as the 2006 Goodguys' schedule is released, I'm sure to be bustin' out the Sharpie and circling a few more nostalgia drag racing dates.
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Mike Johnson's '55 has all the makings of a cool nostalgia drag car. If it weren't for his full-faced helmet and the aluminum bleachers in the background, we'd think we were stuck way in the '60s.This beautiful '65 Buick owned by Bill Speer is powered by a 425hp Nailhead 400. We would still like it even with 350 hp....or not, are a show of force throughout the weekend at Pomona and all Goodguys' drag racing events.
Funny Car pilot Larry Petit qualified in the second position and eventually went on to win the trophy on Sunday.Back-up girls are all the rage these days at the nostalgia drags, just ask Pammy Utterback. She did a fine job of getting husband Jeff in the groove during qualifying on Friday.Last year's Goodguys' Funny Car champion Randy Walls wasn't able to make the elimination rounds on Sunday as his engine blew in spectacular fashion during the second qualifying session Friday evening.Straight axle cars were big in the early days of drag racing. It's no wonder they're a fan favorite at the Goodguys events.Speaking of straight axles. DRO West Coast editor Darr Hawthorne takes some time off to get a little drag racing in. Hey, it's called job research!
One of the cool things about the nostalgia drags is the variety of cars and styles. Just check out this Model A sedan delivery.Brian Bauer mentioned that he hasn't made any major modifications or changes to his Ford since he first rebuilt it in the early '70s. We like it Brian. Don't change a thing.


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On this Fourth of July holiday weekend, it is only fitting that something be presented to offer hope to a people who have little of it. All we've seen is change and not in a good direction. States are shutting down. State workers are getting laid off. Welcome government workers to the world the rest of us live in. So far in this Administration, government | Read More »


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Subtly lit plant life and delicate-winged butterflies discovered in Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden grace this free Windows theme, the third offering in photographer Chris Chung's series featuring the diverse parks of Hong Kong.
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If you are doing deeper dives, or dives in an extended overhead environment, then you need that added time that a larger cylinder will give. The Zeagle 20 cu ft Pony Bottle System is a Totally Redundant Breathing System that includes a 20 cu ft Aluminum Cylinder, a Zeagle RaZor Regulator/Valve Combination with a 36' hose and a balanced Envoy 2nd stage. The system weighs roughly 12lbs (empty).
Note: There are MANY different ways to mount the 20 cu ft Pony Bottle System Redundant System to your BC. Every way of mounting extra tanks (valve-up, valve-down, valve-left, valve-right, etc.) has supporters and detractors. Be assured that you can mount it in your preferred fashion as well.
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If the diver prefers to carry the 750-6220 Redundant System in front, then the 8079 Tank Pouch can be used.
The 8079 Tank Pouch is a VERY versatile way of mounting the 750-6220 Redundant Air System.


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I am trying to integrate Zimbra Postfix with Mailman and I'm stuck.
Here is an excerpt from Mailman installation guide :
I know that there is already a virtual_alias_maps table setup (with ldap lookup, in Zimbra Postfix). What I could not understand is the comment about "virtual-alias.doman anything" entry.First, you need to set up the Postfix virtual alias domains as described in the Postfix documentation (see Postfix's virtual(5) manpage). Note that it's your responsibility to include the virtual-alias.domain anything line as described manpage; Mailman will not include this line in virtual-mailman. You are highly encouraged to make sure your virtual alias domains are working properly before integrating with Mailman.
Has anybody tried integrating mailman with Zimbra?


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Solid pants- they are what you are looking for in the field! Pants size was accurate with chart. I recommend these pants for any Air-softer out there.
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Hi guys,
I successfully upgraded to from Zimbra 5.0 to 6.0.6 except that postfix now refuse to start. All other service looks fine though. Here's the error when zimbra is start;
Starting zmmtaconfig...zmmtaconfig is already running.
postalias: fatal: bad string length 0 < 1: setgid_group =
postfix failed to start
it seems that postalias fail to build the aliases map because setgid_group is not set in main.cf
I tried to issue this command to fix main.cf;
postconf -e setgid_group=postdrop
It fix it but when zimbra is restarted main.cf is overwrite with a version that set setgid_group to null
I then check zimbra local config with;
zmlocalconfig -s|grep setgid_group
setgid_group = postdrop
So it looks properly set. I confirmed it by looking at localconfig.xml;
<key name="setgid_group">
Looks good too, I then look at my latest config files (./config.397);
I'm pretty mazes... Anyone knows which process overwrite /opt/zimbra/postfix/conf/main.cf ?
I monitored main.cf and it seem to be overwritten when mailboxd start but I'm not sure...
Thanks in advance!


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What is the elk population like around Wagontire Oregon?
What is the elk population like around Wagontire Oregon?
Very, very, very, very, very few
The human population varies between 0 and 2 people in wagontire. There are more people than elk though. Go north
I have been hunting for sagerats, rabbits, and coyote in Wagontire for 8 years and I have only seen one elk. It was a nice bull but it is not worth your time. Antelope is another story. Lots of antelope. I know the owner of Wagontire. He has leased the town out to different people over the years. The current tenants are taking good care of the old place. I would look at the Pualina or Silvies units if you want to hunt in that general area. Don't forget about the Cowboy Dinner Tree.
Thank you for the replies, what is the Cowboy Dinner Tree?
I usually hunt in the strawberry wilderness area, but was driving through wagontire and had heard their were elk around that area. The reason I was wondering is I would love to hunt juniper and sage areas for elk.I am an archery hunter.
Here's the link on Cowboy Dinner Tree:
Great place to eat in the middle of No Where.
A YouTube video of the Cowboy Dinner Tree:
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Love the Cowboy Dinner Tree! Last time I ate there I was so full we rented one of their cabins for the night!
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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- Student loan debt among college seniors is piliing up at record levels. You can blame rising tuition and a tough job market for the bump in student loan debt among new graduates.
Last year, the average college student graduated with nearly $27,000 in outstanding loans. That figure is up five percent from 2010.
The Institute for College Access and Success Project says tuition, fees, the availability of financial aid and the cost of living all factor into the amount of debt students pile up.


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The event is today. Stop by room #216 and the group will provide materials for you to use while visiting legislators.
RELATED | Contact your lawmakers about HB 309, requiring insurance plans to cover autism.
Bring a photo of your child the group can use on an exhibit and wear RED and your puzzle piece pins/bracelets.
Contact Georgia's Autism Speaks here.
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See the top 20 most helpful scuba gear reviews
Average Customer Review: based on 32 reviews.Rating: Perfect light
Is the free mini light a sufficient back up? Also its great to see my idea implemented already in your website!
Im looking to do some snorkeling at dusk, would this be a good light for this purpose? Thanks!
Hi is the on/off switch hard with gloves? Shipping to Canada costs - princeton tec mini wave?
The locking switch works well with gloves. You can place the order on the website. Using Amazon Checkout is the easiest way to process international orders. The shipping charge will be listed when you proceed to checkout and prior to submitting the order.
where can i get parts for a miniwave II dive light
Hello Steve, if you are looking for a part other then the bulb. You would need to contact the manufacture directly. If you go to: http://www.scuba.com/resources/repair/princetontec.asp. That will give you all of the manufacture information. If you have any other questions or would like to place an order please feel free to give us a call at 1.800.347.2822.
The little brother of the Shockwave, the Miniwave is nothing to scoff at. We packed 390 Lumens into the smaller body style, so you really can have your cake and eat it, too. The smaller body style is ideal for those who want to be streamlined and lighter. With the flick of the switch you can toggle between low and high power settings and the locking mechanism ensures that the Miniwave LED will remain off when you have it in your bags.
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2 Tblsp. sugar
½ cup cold butter
2 cups flour
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
You'll also need:
1 Tblsp. cinnamon
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup ½ and ½
3-4 large fresh peaches~3 cups, enough to make 2 layers of sliced or diced peaches and leave room for the eggs and cream. (this is country cooking!)
Work butter into flour, baking powder, salt and 2 Tblsp. sugar until coarse and corn meal like. Pat into an even layer and up sides of 7" by 11" pan.
Arrange sliced peaches in shell.
Sprinkle with 1 Tblsp. cinnamon and 1 cup sugar.
Bake 15 minutes at 350˚.
Mix 2 beaten eggs with 1 cup half and half, pour over crust.
Bake 30 minutes longer or until set.
To freeze, sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar and then freeze. Bake 30 minutes and then add egg/half and half mixture.
Note: You may substitute 1 tsp. of vanilla or almond extract for the cinnamon.
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Kansas City, MO (Sports Network) - Billy Butler went 3-for-4 with two doubles
and knocked in a run to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 5-3 win over the
Cleveland Indians.
Irving Falu had two hits and an RBI, and Alcides Escobar, Eric Hosmer and
Brayan Pena each drove in a run for the Royals, who have won four straight.
Will Smith (6-8) gave up two runs on eight hits and struck out five over seven
innings to earn the win.
Cord Phelps clubbed a two-run homer and Carlos Santana had two hits and scored
a run for the Indians, losers in four of their last five.
Ubaldo Jimenez (9-17) surrendered five runs on seven hits and three walks over
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KLEM AM News Update, July 11, 2011
(LE MARS) -- Severe weather moved through the KLEM listening area around 1:30 am. The National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning at 1:27 am. Wind gusts up to 56 mph were recorded at the KLEM studios. Some tree damage was reported in Le Mars.
As a result of the storm North West R-E-C reports as many as 200 of their members were without power this morning. The majority of the power outage lasted for two hours, with some up to five hours. Many of those without power were located west and south of LeMars. Crews worked through the night to restore power, and as of 8:00 this morning, all but three members had electricity.
(LE MARS) -- Fire officials from Le Mars and Merril responded to a shop fire on Sunday afternoon. The fire was reported at a Le Mars address on the northeast side of town. Officials were at the scene for nearly two hours before containing the fire. However, Le Mars fire officials returned to the address at 7:40am this morning. No other details are known at this time. In addition to Sunday's fire, the Merrill Fire Department was called to fight a fire early this morning when apparently a deck was a fire. Within a few minutes the fire was under control and extinguished.
(PLYMOUTH COUNTY) -- The west five miles of C-38 from K-64 east to Hwy 140 will be closed beginning TODAY (Monday). Only local traffic will be allowed from C-38/K-64 to Plymouth Cherokee County Line...the road is completely closed at specific points. The east five miles were closed on June 16th for construction and remains closed. The 10 mile project had a staggered closing to inconvenience the smallest about of people possible. The entire 10 mile stretch will re-open all at once, the anticipated date for re-opening is sometime in August. For more information call Plymouth County Secondary Road Department 712-546-4559.
(LE MARS)--Those interested in being on the ballot for a position on the Le Mars Community Board of Education can file nomination papers beginning today. Four directors will be elected to the Le Mars Community Board of Education in the fall. School Superintendent Dr. Todd Wendt says that in order to run for school board you must be an eligible elector.
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There are two at-large openings as well as two openings that are from specific geographic areas.
Mark Hemmingson of Le Mars is the District 3 board member. District 5 board member Dan Smith of Merrill has announced he will NOT seek re-election. The two at-large directors are Patrick Murphy and Mark Stelzer. According to Dr. Wendt, Murphy and Stelzer have not said whether or not they are running for re-election.
Wendt says there are two locations to pick up nomination papers.
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At least 50 signatures are needed on the nominations papers, the district recommends that people get 10-15 above the requirement.
The last day to file is August 4th at 5pm. The school board election is September 13th.
(AMES) The Iowa Department of Transportation announces that, beginning today the color of the alpha-numeric characters and other text on newly issued license plates will change from dark blue to black.
This change affects only standard plates and specialty plates that have a blue and white background. This does not affect specialty plates that use a special color for the alpha-numeric characters as part of their design, such as collegiate plates and firefighter plates.
Changing to black will increase the contrast with the background and make the alpha-numeric characters easier to read, which is important to law enforcement. It will also make plate production more consistent and cost-effective. This will not affect the design on the plates.
Iowa Army Guard soldier killed in Afghanistan
JOHNSTOWN, Iowa (AP) Friends of an Iowa National Guard soldier recently killed in Afghanistan say he was an upbeat, religious man who planned to retire from the military next year.
The Guard announced Sunday that 39-year-old Sgt. 1st Class Terryl Pasker of Cedar Rapids was killed when enemy forces attacked his unit Saturday in the Panjshir province. Pasker was on his second deployment to Afghanistan and was expected to leave within a couple of weeks.
Pasker was assigned to the 334th Brigade Support Battalion of the 34th Infantry Division based in Cedar Rapids.
His friend, Sgt. 1st Class Michael Gronewold, says Pasker was a hard worker who owned a contracting business and wanted to start a family after retiring from the Army.
Neb. nuclear plant sets up new flood barrier
BLAIR, Neb. (AP) The Omaha Public Power District has installed a new barrier around its Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant and is now pumping out Missouri River floodwaters.
OPPD installed the new 8-foot-tall; water-filled barrier around the plant to replace a similar one that failed two weeks ago after a worker inadvertently punctured it with a bobcat.
OPPD pumped out about half the water behind the new barrier Sunday. It will continue pumping to create a dry area around the plant to make it easier for workers to get around.
Both OPPD and federal regulators have said Fort Calhoun is safe even without this barrier. Officials say all the key areas of the plant have stayed dry inside.
The plant will remain shut down until after floodwaters subside in the fall.
Insurance agents complain FEMA creating confusion
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Insurance agents in states along the swollen Missouri River say federal officials are causing widespread confusion by pushing the sale of flood insurance policies that might not cover damage from the current flooding.
The insurance companies say policies specify that only those bought at least two months before the damage happened will cover it. But the Federal Emergency Management Agency is telling landowners to buy the insurance anyway, and that some damage might be covered under the insurance program's complicated rules.
The confusion is increasing anxiety along the river as the flooding continues. The flood is expected to last another two months and affect six states, from North Dakota to Missouri.
Pawlenty blasts Bachmann's ``nonexistent' record
WASHINGTON (AP) Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty says 2012 rival Michele Bachmann has a ``nonexistent'' record of accomplishment during her three terms in Congress.
Pawlenty, who's behind in the polls and lagging in fundraising, says that as a former Minnesota governor, he has executive experience and achieved results under challenging circumstances.
A poll last month in early-voting Iowa put former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and tea party favorite Bachmann at the top. Pawlenty was back in the pack despite an aggressive campaign in the state.
He tells NBC's ``Meet the Press'' that early polls aren't good indicators of anything.
Pawlenty says that over the next 60 days, he needs to show ``significant progress.'' He's pointing to the Iowa Republican Party's straw poll on Aug. 13 and thinks he'll prevail.
2012 could bring unusual Iowa congressional races
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Iowa congressional races are typically low-key events, but next year's election is shaping up as anything but typical.
Thanks to redistricting, all of Iowa's congressmen will be in new or reshaped districts.
Because Iowa dropped from five congressional seats to four, Rep. Dave Loebsack is moving to a new district to avoid facing Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley, and Republican Rep. Tom Latham is moving to the 3rd District rather than face GOP Rep. Steve King.
Latham will likely face Democratic Rep. Leonard Boswell and King will go against Christie Vilsack, the wife of former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack. She's moving to Ames.
Police investigate shooting in Des Moines
(Information in the following story is from: KCCI-TV, http://www.kcci.com)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Des Moines police are investigating a shooting incident that injured a man, but they aren't sure the man was injured by a gunshot.
Police say a domestic dispute contributed to the incident on Saturday afternoon at an apartment complex in central Des Moines.
When officers arrived to investigate a report of gunshots they found a man lying on the ground in the parking lot with a head wound. A loaded handgun was found nearby.
The man has been hospitalized, but his injury doesn't appear life threatening.
Police say the man had gone to his former girlfriend's home to confront her current boyfriend. The man has not been identified, but police say he will likely face charges after he gets out of the hospital.
Fire damages restaurant in Cedar Rapids
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) Fire damaged a Cedar Rapids restaurant Saturday night but no one was injured.
Firefighters were called to Tommy's Restaurant around 10 p.m. after the flames triggered a motion sensor alarm inside the business.
Fire investigators believe the fire started by a dryer that was started before the last employee left around 8:15 p.m.
The restaurant sustained significant damage in the fire, and a vacant damage nearby was damaged by smoke.
Iowa officials say water at Big Creek park is safe
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says test results prove that the water at Big Creek State Park is safe.
Officials had previously warned people not to go swimming in the lake because a significant blue-green algae bloom was found on Friday.
But district parks supervisor Greg VanFosson said Sunday that tests on samples taken Saturday showed the water was safe for swimming, boating and other activities.
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Past issues of the Bulletin are available here, or through the ASIS&T Digital Library.
Editor's Summary
The Association for Information Science and Technologys International Relations Committee (IRC) surveyed organization members in the fall of 2012 to explore views on holding the ASIS&T Annual Meeting outside North America. The 247 respondents represented the total membership reasonably well with 70% from North America. About half stated they would likely or very likely attend an annual meeting in Europe, while 28% would probably attend a meeting in the Asia Pacific region. Holding a meeting outside North America could increase membership and expand perspectives. Concerns raised include travel permissions, timing in the academic year and total expense. Most respondents were open to joint conferences or co-located meetings with other organizations every two to three years, though there was no consensus on which group or conference. The IRC will pursue investigations into coordinated conferences and locations.
professional associations
international aspects
Bulletin, August/September 2013
Inside ASIS&T
IRC 2012 Survey Report
by Mei-Mei Wu and Diane H. Sonnenwald
Main Findings
Validity of findings: Self-Selective Sampling Fits the Membership Population in Terms of the Geographic Distribution. A total of 247 responses were received. About two-thirds of all respondents are from North America (70.45%), followed by Europe (15.79%). The 2010 membership data indicated that members from North America represented 87.6%, followed by Europe at 6.4% and Asia at 3.5%. Although 2012 the membership count is not available, the percentage matches 2010 pattern (See Table 1). Compared with the 2010 membership data provided by ASIS&T headquarters, the survey sample was a reasonably good representation of the overall membership.
Preference for having an annual meeting in Europe rather than in the Asia-Pacific (AP) Region. The first part of the survey questions asked about the likelihood of attending ASIS&T Annual Meetings outside of North America. Figure 1 (question 1a) shows that 49% of the respondents indicated they were very likely or likely to attend an annual meeting in Europe, with only 21% stating they are very unlikely to attend an annual meeting in Europe. Figure 1 (question 1b) shows that 28% stated they are very likely or likely to attend an annual meeting in the Asia-Pacific (AP) region, and 40% are very unlikely to attend an annual meeting in AP. The data shows a stronger preference of having an annual meeting in Europe rather than in AP.
Figure 1. Likelihood of attending ASIS&T Annual Meetings outside of North America
Respondents commented that holding an annual meeting outside North America could increase our membership. They wrote:
An excellent idea that would consolidate ASIS&T as a truly international association. For decades people from outside of the USA have made great efforts to attend and at great expense.
If ASIS&T is going to grow as an organization, it needs to expand beyond the United States to attract and sustain vibrant member communities all over the globe.
[Holding an annual meeting] outside of North America and in conjunction with other conferences is not just convenient but a real need; we are years behind other associations in those two aspects.
Meetings outside North America would demonstrate ASIS&T's openness to countries other than the United States.
Respondents commented that holding an annual meeting outside North America is also important for our discipline:
I do want to hear international perspectives on information science; they are absolutely vital to the progress of any field of research.
Greater involvement with our colleagues outside of North America is desirable. Definitely needed in this global environment.
Respondents raised concerns regarding U.S. green cards and visas and permission from some U.S. funding agencies and universities. It was noted that junior faculty waiting for green cards in the United States could not attend an annual meeting outside the United States. On the other hand, respondents also mentioned how difficult it can be to get a visa to attend the annual meeting in the United States. Two comments illustrate these points:
For our international junior faculty members who are awaiting green cards this could be a show stopper.
Right now it is very difficult to get an American visa although I got my doctorate degree from Case Western Reserve U, so I prefer if the conference is conducted outside United States.
Timing of the conference was another issue raised by respondents. A personal benefit to holding a conference outside North America is the opportunity to visit other places. However holding the annual meeting during the U.S. academic fall semester limits opportunities to combine sightseeing with annual meeting attendance.
Would be most likely to go to Europe or an Asian/Pacific country if I were interested in combining it with travel in that area.
Many of our people have the wherewithal to pay to see an exotic place.
I would love to attend an ASIS&T Annual Meeting outside [the United States] but the travel time in the middle of a semester would make it impossible.
The current annual meeting is during our university course time. A Europe annual meeting would be able to schedule in a better way, as the venue would be closer. [From a respondent in Europe]
An issue raised in the past concerns participation in the administrative/business components of ASIS&T that are held during the annual meeting. If members could not attend an annual meeting outside North America, how would this impact the administrative/business components? It should be noted that currently this is an issue for international members. A respondent suggested a solution that could enhance the administrative components of all annual meetings:
The administrative components of annual meeting, e.g., business meeting, Chapter Assembly and SIG Cabinet, SIG business meetings) should be separated from the physical meeting when outside North America taking advantage of electronic communications.
Cost Analysis. As expected a concern expressed by respondents focuses on costs to attend an annual meeting. Many respondents from North America said that the costs to attend today are too high. Two respondents explained:
It is a hardship for me to even travel inside the United States. I had to really work hard to have the money to attend ASIS&T 2012.
My organization is not supporting any travel funding for the foreseeable future, so my chance of attending Annual Meeting even within North America is slim.
Thus no matter where annual meetings are held, some respondents will not be financially able to attend.
As shown in Figure 2 (question 4a) 51% of the respondents spend more than $500 to travel to the annual meeting. The average cost of travel is $672. Sixty-one percent reported spending more than $500 for lodging, with an average lodging cost of $673. When food and other costs are considered, an average cost of $1795 was reported. Recall, this cost does not include the annual meeting registration fee.
Figure 2. Estimated travel and lodging costs to attend a previous ASIS&T Annual Meeting
Table 2 provides an overview of all the related costs by geographic region. Not surprisingly since all annual meetings have been held in North America, the cost for attending is lowest for attendees from that region. But even so the cost to attend (excluding annual meeting registration fees) for attendees from North America is $1475.
As mentioned earlier, the average cost to attend an annual meeting is $1795. About 37.4% of this amount is for airfare ($672), another 37.5% is hotel costs ($673). Food (13.4%) and other costs (11.6%) account for another 25% of total cost. Attendees from North and South America spent 24.2% and 33.3% of average total cost on airfare, whereas attendees from Europe spent 42.8%. Attendees from other areas spent more than 50% on airfare.
Respondents mentioned their willingness to travel to an annual meeting outside North America provided costs are reasonable. They wrote:
As long as the venue is cost efficient.
If it were done in Western Europe in a location that was easy to get to from the United States, I'd be okay with it, providing other costs are kept down.
From the questionnaire data it appears that reasonable costs would be in the $1500-$1800 range for members in North America. Hotels are generally less expensive in Europe, and this may help reduce the registration fee as well as other costs because many hotels and universities in Europe charge groups less to use their facilities than hotels in North America. In addition many European universities offer inexpensive dorm rooms/suites for visitors. More rooms are usually available when the university is not in session, but usually a number of rooms are available even when the university is in session. With sufficient long-range planning as is usually done with regard to the annual meeting location these rooms could be reserved for annual meeting attendees.
There was also concerned expressed with respect to the financial ability of students to attend an annual meeting outside North America:
I do worry about the ability of students to attend the meeting if held outside of the United States.
It will be a good thing. This may enable ASIS&T to be better known outside North America. And it will reduce costs for people from North America for a change. So I think the idea of rotating continents should be explored.
Many countries in Europe offer some financial support to international conferences that are held in their countries. This financial support could be used to support student attendance at the annual meeting. In addition student travel support could be sought from national funding agencies.
Respondents commented that holding the annual meeting periodically, e.g., every three to four years, outside North America would be a fair approach.
Holding them occasionally outside of North America would be good. Perhaps having every third conference outside of North America would be a good way to introduce this concept.
Maybe we can have the Annual Meeting outside of North America every three to five years?
What percentage of our membership is coming from overseas? Is it enough to warrant this "fair trade" or perhaps holding the annual meeting internationally once every four years or some other rotation?
Co-Located/Joint Conferences Outside North America Favored. Sixty-nine percent of the survey respondents said they were neutral, likely or very likely to attend an annual meeting held outside North America when the annual meeting was co-located with another conference (Figure 3, question 2a).
Figure 3. Co-located/joint conferences outside of North America
Possible Co-Located/Joint Conferences. The survey asked respondents which conferences should ASIS&T consider co-locating with. The list of conferences was developed in consultation with IRC and board members. The conferences with the highest mean ratings were the iConference (mean = 3.27) and JCDL (mean = 3.24). However it should be noted that for each conference, the response that received the most votes was 3, a neutral response (see Figure 4).
Figure 4. Possible co-located/joint conferences
The survey also asked respondents to identify other conferences that ASIS&T could co-locate with. Conferences mentioned most frequently were IFLA, SLA and ISIC. Each was mentioned eight times. The next most frequently mentioned conference was CoLIS (mentioned six times), and ACM SIGIR (mentioned four times). Given these responses it appears there is no strong consensus regarding which conference ASIS&T should consider co-locating with. This may be a reflection of the unique multidisciplinary perspective of ASIS&T.
Recommended Frequency of Co-Located Conferences. Sixty-two percent suggested ASIS&T should hold a co-located/joint conference every two to three years (Figure 5).
Figure 5. Period of co-located conference
The survey results suggest an annual meeting could be held in Europe, ideally in conjunction with another conference every few years. The following action plans are suggested:
- In addition to the conferences mentioned by respondents, perhaps an option could be to hold the Annual Meeting in conjunction with EuroIA (www.euroia.org), a conference ASIS&T already runs. This option could also help bridge the researcher-practitioner gap that exists in our discipline.
- ASIS&T could extend a call to the membership asking for proposals with respect to holding an annual meeting in Europe. Each proposal should include cost estimates for travel and for local hotel and food costs as well as other items specified by the Executive Director. In addition any funding and/or sponsorship opportunities should be identified in each proposal. Many cities in Europe have non-profit organizations that can prepare such proposals.
- Alternatively ASIS&T headquarters can develop a proposal that identifies one or two cost-effective locations in Europe for an annual meeting.
We would like to thank the 247 respondents who participated to the survey. We also bid our appreciation to the Board members for providing precious suggestions for the survey design and Dick Hill for the keen support for running the survey. Vivienne Houghtons genuine contribution in preparing and running the survey and Dr. Ying-Hsang Lius assistance in data analysis are most appreciated.
Mei-Mei Wu is chair of the ASIS&T International Relations Committee. She is a professor in the Graduate Institute of Library and Information Studies at the National Taiwan Norman University (NTNU), Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. She can be reached at meiwu<at>ntnu.edu.
Diane H. Sonnenwald is immediate past president of ASIS&T. She is professor and chair of information and library studies at UCD in Dublin, Ireland. She can be reached at diane.sonnenwald<at>ucd.ie.
Articles in this Issue
Partnerships Between Institutional Repositories, Domain Repositories and Publishers
The Relevance of Research Data Sharing and Reuse Studies
Tracking Citations and Altmetrics for Research Data: Challenges and Opportunities
The Research Data Alliance: Implementing the Technology, Practice and Connections of a Data Infrastructure
The DCC's Institutional Engagements: Raising Research Data Management Capacity in UK Higher Education
An Asian-Pacific ASIS&T Chapter?
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It's autumn at Hillside Manor B&B, and with the changing leaves come some unexpected guests. There's Judith's son and daughter-in-law, with their two children in tow, a couple with an impossible (and unbelievable?) last name who show up from nowhere, and a pair of giggly young women who don't seem to know where they're going.
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Mary Richardson Daheim is a Seattle native with a degree in communications from the University of Washington. Realizing at an early age that getting published in books with real covers might elude her for years, she worked on daily newspapers and in public relations to help avoid her creditors. She lives in her hometown in a century-old house not unlike Hillside Manor, except for the body count. Daheim is also the author of the Alpine mystery series and the mother of three daughters.


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Before WTOP's David Burd worked in radio, he
worked for Capitol Records, where he helped
the careers of musicians. What he did for Sammy
Hagar was a career-changer, and Hagar recently
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WASHINGTON – I was asked to emcee a reunion in St. Louis, Mo. last Saturday. The reunion was for radio jocks and record executives who worked in the area from the early '70s until today. All of my old friends were in attendance and for some it had been over 30 years since I had seen them. It was great to be with them this night.
I was the local boy who moved to the D.C. area in 1983 to do a morning show with my then partner Jeff Baker. I had done well in my new career as a morning man — that's what the rumor said. But in the 1970s and early 80s, I wasn't known for being a morning guy, I was known for being an executive with Capitol Records in St. Louis.
Along with my associate, Wayne Meisenholder, who was in the sales area with Capitol, we had broken out a lot of music acts nationally from the St. Louis region. One of those acts was Sammy Hagar also known as in St. Louis — The Red Rocker!
I had first met Sam in 1976 when no one knew who he was. Sure, he had been with a band called Montrose in the early '70s, but now he was a solo act and unknown.
Capitol Records back in those days used to send all their representatives at least eight new releases a month that it wanted reps to promote to get airplay. Sammy Hagar had an album in this release, and I thought it was terrific but it was lost in the stack and it wasn't a company priority. Not when you have Bob Seger, Paul McCartney and Steve Miller on the label.
But his album was so good that Wayne and I made a decision. The decision was to take advertising money from other acts and use it on Sam's latest album. The company didn't allocate any funds for advertising Sam's album. His album was tailor-made for a city like St. Louis, a rock 'n' roll town.
Forget Cleveland being the heart of rock 'n' roll. As far as I was concerned whatever town Chuck Berry was born in is the heart of rock 'n' roll, and St. Louis was and is that town.
We knew Sammy Hagar would be a smash if given the chance and the airplay. We took that chance. I told Hagar's management that I (we) could break out Sam's album nationally from St. Louis and to send Sam into town so we could take him around and meet the jocks.
I remember taking Sammy to every radio station from Springfield, Ill. to Wichita, Kan. and having breakfast, lunch and dinner with every jock who would give us the time of day. I spent a lot of time in the car with Sam driving around the Midwest that year. Sam is a genuine human being and the jocks loved him.
To make a long story short, Sammy got so huge in the Midwest that in 1980 he headlined what was then called a "Super Jam" at Busch Stadium with 60,000 seats with acts like Judas Priest, April Wine and Journey on the bill.
Journey was bent out of shape because it was co-headlining with Sammy and didn't understand why that was. The band members asked, "Who the heck is Sammy Hagar?" They saw Sam perform at the sound check and were blown away … so blown away at his performance that they asked the promoter "Contemporary Productions" to have Hagar go on last. They didn't want to have to follow him and compete with the energy he produced. It would be like the Carpenters following Led Zeppelin.
On the day of the Super Jam concert, Journey found out why Sam was the headliner. Wayne and I had convinced a competing radio station to have their listeners wear red to the concert to show their support for Sammy. At the time, he had a song that was a smash in St. Louis called "Red." The day of the show the stadium was one huge red-wearing mass of humanity. There was no question now as to who this crowd came to see. They came to see "The Red Rocker" Sammy Hagar.
Sam and I have kept in touch over the years. I hadn't talked with Sam in a long time. In 1994 I had come home from the studio (a friend was staying at my place temporarily). I asked my friend if there had been any calls. He said yes, "Some A- hole saying he was Sammy Hagar."
"You didn't erase the message did you?" I asked.
He looked at me with surprise in his eyes and said: "YOU KNOW SAMMY HAGAR?"
Sam was calling to see if I wanted to go to the Van Halen show at Nissan Pavilion. I called him back and gave him a rough time. "Oh, so now we're with Van Halen and we're Mr. Big shot," I said teasingly.
Fast forward to this past Saturday. Sammy Hagar and the Wabos were playing for all the record and radio people at this function. He flew in on his own dime, after all, St. Louis had been very good to him and his career. St. Louis made him a national star and this was his thank you to St. Louis radio.
We had met backstage and horsed around before he went on doing jokes and he asked me to do my Keith Richards face – this always made him laugh when I did this in the car driving around the Midwest all those years ago.
When the show started, Wayne and I went to the pit in front of the stage to watch Sammy do his thing. In the middle of his show he did something that blew our minds. Sammy pointed to me and Wayne and gave us a shout-out for helping him and his career.
What made this shout-out so special to us is the fact that all of our contemporaries were in attendance and heard him do it. It was strange driving back to D.C. on U.S. 70 after the show was over. I keep thinking about how lucky I have been to be able to have two lives – one as a record executive with lead singers of rock bands as friends and the other as a former morning show host and currently a radio reporter.
I've kept these two lives separate for all of these years and it was surreal to be able to go back to the past just one more time and hang with Sammy. Sam has never forgotten what Wayne and I did for him, and we will never forget his shout-out to us on Saturday night. Needless to say, my favorite color is RED. And as Sammy says in the song red, "Some like it hot, but I like it Red." Thanks, Sammy!
See Sammy Hagar's shout-out to David Burd below. (Video courtesy Kevin McCarthy)
Follow @DavidBurdWTOP and @WTOP on Twitter.
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