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You left out a lot of info. I will assume you mean you went with 12 gram grease-less rollers and grease-less sliders. Did you happen to do anything to your old sheave prior to testing against the new one? After 2000 miles the old sheave would be smoothed out on the face so did you scuff it back up so it would at least grab comparable to the new one? Also did you use the new rollers and sliders on both sheaves for the test? The original rollers might be a little worn on the covers so once again, not the same. What is the cost of both setups? What is exactly machined on both, was it the sheave face or the roller ramps and hub? Did you use a shim at all?
There are quite a few different companies producing machined sheaves for the rhinos and grizzlies and each one of them does their machining a little different to produce almost the same results. A few of these companies do not machine the face of the sheave but inside the roller ramps and hub. I have read on a few different Rhino Forums that guys with the rhino 450s have gained on average 4 - 6mph top end with a few that are machined like this, and with them designed this way you add a shim for all your low end torque gain, instead of machining the face to allow the belt to travel lower. The video from what I could see looked like the difference was 1 mph both in top speed and at shift points. That could just be because you old sheave is...well old lol.
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The pool was closed last Friday after an independent
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a matter of urgency. It could take up to two months to reopen
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''But we'll be working as hard as we can to make it happen as
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College Hockey:Oshie Rallies Sioux to Comeback Victory over Bemidji State
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Fighting Sioux player T.J. Oshie found inspiration in the spirit of a real-life Sioux warrior the late Woodrow Wilson Keeble honored during a ceremony at Ralph Engelstad Arena just before North Dakota's game against Bemidji State.
UND fell behind 2-0 in the first period before storming back for a 6-3 victory, completing the non-conference sweep in a home-and-home series with BSU. Oshie's goal and three assists were instrumental to UND's comeback.
Waiting to come on the ice, Oshie, who is part Ojibwe and was the Minnesota Indian Education Association's male athlete of 2005, heard enough of the pre-game drum ceremony honoring the fallen veteran of World War II and Korea to understand its importance.
"Hearing the ceremony go on, I thought to myself that this guy was a warrior, day in and day out of his life, and that's what we needed to be Fighting Sioux," Oshie said. "We needed to be warriors out on the ice. We came back and fought like warriors all game."
The 11,633 hockey fans in attendance honored Keeble, a member of the Sisseton-Wahpteon Oyate Sioux tribe who was born in South Dakota and grew up in North Dakota. The ceremony was attended by members of Keeble's family, Sioux military veterans, tribal officials and military dignitaries.
Keeble, who died in 1982 at the age of 65, was wounded five times in combat. A highly decorated soldier, he has been posthumously nominated for the Medal of Honor for his exploits during a battle in the Korean War and would be the first Sioux Indian to receive the award.
BSU couldn't have asked for a better start to the game, scoring two goals 25 seconds apart in the first period. At the 6:08 mark, Beavers junior defenseman David Deterding blasted a slapshot from the right circle past Sioux goalie Philippe Lamoureux.
The next BSU goal scored at 6:33 proved controversial. Sophomore forward Tyler Scofield got a step on UND defenseman Chay Genoway. Lamoureux stopped Scofield's shot, but as the puck lay just outside the crease, BSU forward Shane Holman was tied up by UND defenseman Matt Jones. Both collided with Lamoureux, taking the goalie and the puck into the net.
Although the BSU players celebrated, the goal light didn't come on and no goal was signaled. After reviewing the play, referee Bill Mason awarded the goal to the Beavers, giving them a 2-0 lead. That was Oshie's call to battle.
"Me and Jon (Toews) kind of looked at each other on the bench after they got that second goal," Oshie said. "We knew our line, being one of the more productive lines on the team, really needed to step up and get things going in the right direction."
Behind strong games by Oshie and Toews (1 goal, 3 assists) UND took control of the game by scoring four straight goals, three on the power play.
The Sioux got on the board at 11:32 of the first period with a power play goal by Toews. Two BSU defenders took each other out when they converged on Oshie coming down the slot. That left Toews all alone with the puck. He got junior goalie Matt Climie down and slid the puck in behind him, making it a 2-1 game.
"We were fortunate to get the power play goal, get it back to a one-goal game and get out of the first period and have a chance to regroup and get our heads straight," said UND coach Dave Hakstol. "Our whole game was better through the second and third period."
In the second period, UND tied it up with a goal by Oshie at 3:07. Climie stopped Toews' initial shot, but trailing the play, Oshie backhanded in the rebound. UND junior defenseman Robbie *Bina* scored on the power play at 5:37 to give the Sioux their first lead. Oshie found Bina coming down the slot unattended. His wrist shot beat Climie high to the stick side, giving UND a 3-2 lead.
Sophomore defenseman Taylor Chorney put UND up 4-2 with a power play goal at the 10:46 mark. BSU once again failed to cover a Sioux defenseman coming down the slot. Chorney's backhander bounced off a BSU's player skate and went in 5-hole.
The Beavers refused to buckle, however, and cut the Sioux lead to one with a power play goal at 16:46 by Joey Hoggach. Moments after Climie stopped Toews on a shorthanded attempt, Hoggach picked up the rebound, got around Sioux defenseman Brian Lee at the blue line and put in a sharp-angled shot that deflected in.
BSU kept it close until penalties took their toll late in the third period. UND cashed in on a 5-on-3 advantage at 17:09 when Oshie once again found Bina coming down the slot. He fired the centering pass from behind the net past Climie to put the Sioux up 5-3. Bina's second goal of the game was his sixth of the season.
"We had trouble with Bina," said BSU coach Tom Serratore. "We talked about it in our film session today. He's very active on the blue line, and we had a hard time picking him up."
Bina, a Grand Forks native, has been an offensive force from the blue line during the second half of the season.
"It's something I've been trying to look for the last couple of weeks," Bina said. "If there's an opening I can fill, I'll jump in and try to help on the offensive side."
With the teams skating four-on-four, a faceoff in the UND zone and just over 2 minutes left in the game, Serratore pulled Climie for the extra attacker. Toews won the faceoff and Chorney carried the puck just past the center line where shot in the empty netter to complete UND's 6-3 victory.
"We did what we wanted to do," Serratore said. "We're in their building and we're down a goal with five minutes to go. Then we get penalties and it just takes everything away from you. It's a disappointing loss because we didn't even give ourselves a chance to tie this thing up."
Since the holiday break, UND is 6-1-1 (13-11-2 overall, 7-9-2 WCHA). During the first half of the season, Hakstol said his team might not have come back from a two-goal deficit.
"There's been occasions when we've gotten into a hole early on and we sagged on the bench," he said. "Tonight, some key guys stepped forward and made great plays. We showed some poise. We've won some tough games since Christmas-time and we're going to have to continue winning tough games as we go down the stretch."
The Beavers (12-9-3 overall, 7-2-3 CAH), were once 5-1 against WCHA teams, but have now lost four straight to UND and Michigan Tech.
"I don't feel good at all right now," Serratore said. "I hate giving games away. I felt tonight that we didn't give ourselves a chance to tie it up. We didn't give ourselves a chance to win. It's a tough pill to swallow right now."
UND was 4-10 on the power play while BSU was 1-7. Lamoureux stopped 16 of 19
shots he faced while Climie made 30 saves on 36 shots.
UND returns to conference play next weekend for a two-game series at Minnesota Jan. 26-27. BSU is on the road against Alabama-Huntsville for a two-game series Feb. 2-3.
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So I have been using the Communities of Practice a lot and thought that I could contribute something.
I am a big horse judger my self and am always encouraging my students to try it. I try and have a team or two each year. However I have found that resources can be very expensive and hard to find. I have some of the CEV DVD's and they are very good. On the internet there are a few good places to go, but not a lot of ready to go classes to use. So I started to create very simple classes on power point with photographs. They are very simple, but work well.
I tried to create the class so that they can be easily placed and you can see big things on the horses.
So I thought that I would share these resources that I have created with anyone that was interested.
If you have questions on any of the classes or want more help, I would be happy to help!
I still have more to attach, but it will only let me attach 5, so here are some more!
More still!
Thank you so much for posting those! They will be really helpful with my equine class. I usually have the kids make their own and then have the class judge them, but our "google images" has been blocked at school for all kids. That was great! Thanks again!
You are very welcome! As I make more I will continue to post them, so please keep checking back!!
Jon Wolf's Perfect Practice DVDs are great! They are a good start for students that don't have very much experience with judging. It is also very helpful in getting students prepared for oral reasons. We also use the UK horse judging manual. Its full of good stuff!
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AnimalSciences/pubs/asc118.pdf- Horse Judging Manual
http://www.perfectpracticedvds.com/- Judging DVDs
I just found out about this blog that is all about horse judging. I thought it was interesting and good!
Super Cool!
I also recommend the Jon Wolf DVD's. What they lack in ease of use, they MORE than make up for in quality! #4 is my personal favorite as it makes students compare two horses over 10 different items, (head, neck, slope of sholder). And I think that really helps students start to understand why the horse they 'think' is good, IS good.
Here is a powerpoint I created for my intro to judging unit for freshman. This year we judged chairs for our first set of notes and reasons. Decided to make this powerpoint for those that were absent on the day we judged the chairs. I know a lot of people do hats, trucks, etc... this is just my take on getting first time judgers started.
What a great idea!! Now when you are initially introducing the concept of judging how do you approach it? I am somewhat new to judging and have approached it from a Form Follows Function stand point. What are some tips for someone who hasn't had much experience teaching teams/classes to judge?
Thanks and I am loving all of the great ideas and resources you all have posted!
Go to http://equineextension.colostate.edu/ to find more resources. You can order dvd's of classes from the National Western Stock Show. Good dvd's..........I have a tower burner, so I can get one, and then make copies to send home.
This is a great site for classes of 2 horses or 4 horses, performance and halter both!!
Thank you for all the resources shared above!
I am coaching our Jr. & Sr. Horse judging teams for the NC State competition next month and have added a page to my website that lists everything I've collected. I did add some of the resources shared on COP (I hope thats ok. If you'd like me to add your name next to the link for credit, please let me know).
Awesome resources for horse judging on you website! I serve as the Chairperson for the PA State FFA Horse Evaluation CDE and am always looking for "fresh" ideas to share with my students and the FFA members from our state. Thank you for sharing your resources with CoP.
IF you go to aqha.com and on the bottom of the page where it says "forms" and click on that link they have a bunch of judging manuals that can be printed off and I also call APHA and talked to the education department and they sent me posters and handouts and Shelly deBarbanson sent me links to some judging sites that she knew of. they were very helpful.


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Sasha Obama visited the set of "Pretty Little Liars," according to a report today by TMZ. Sasha Obama spent time with the entire cast of "Pretty Little Liars" as they filmed. Sasha---sister to Malia Obama---and daughter to President Barack Obama, is said to be visiting only...no work involved.
"Pretty Little Liars" first debuted on ABC on June 8, 2010. The family drama series is produced by Alloy Entertainment and is based on books by Sara Shepard. The cast includes Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale and Troian Bellisario.
It was previously reported that sister Malia Obama was working on the set of actress Halle Berry's new show "Extant" as a production assistant. Some of her duties included: getting coffee for the cast and CBS production team, computer shop alignments and slating a take, according to The Wrap. Malia Obama was said to have been very excited to be working her first job.
Of course Malia Obama's new job opportunity was not without criticism. One person stated that she found it ironic that the President's daughter was working on the set of "Extant," a show about astronauts when it was her own father, President Barack Obama, who "destroyed NASA and the U.S. space program," the commenter stated.
In any event, with both president's daughters visiting tv production sets, a career in the Hollywood-entertainment industry could be in the making. It is good to make those kinds of connections early in the game. Nothing is better than having the President of the United States as a job reference.
A few movies in the past have taken on the subject of daughters of presidents, such as "First Daughter," a 1999 TNT movie, "First Daughter," the 2004 movie about a president's daughter who goes off to college for the first time and embarks on a new career, "Chasing Liberty," another 2004 movie and the 1998 movie "My Date with the President's Daughter."


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With 345 Palestinians killed and an additional 1,450 wounded by three days of Israeli bombing of the densely populated Gaza strip as of Monday evening, at least half of them civilians including five children killed while sleeping in their home, Israel saying the strikes are a reprisal for Hamas rocket fire on Israel, and Hamas having been ready to renew a ceasefire had Israel lifted a blockade of food and other vital supplies that was slowly draining the life out of Gaza's 1.5 million residents, it's appropriate to ask whether Israeli dance companies should be subjected along with other cultural and academic institutions to an internationally recognized peaceful means of resistance and protest: The boycott. And while one company should not be singled out over another -- just as dance should not be singled out over other cultural institutions -- an ongoing North American tour by Israel's leading troupe, Ohad Naharin's Batsheva, scheduled to culminate in March at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, makes the question even more pressing and prescient.
On Sunday I asked regular Dance Insider contributor Omar Barghouti, a Jerusalem-based freelance choreographer, cultural analyst, and founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (www.PACBI.org), to reiterate the justification for including dance companies in this overall boycott.
"PACBI, including I, call for boycotting ALL Israeli dance companies due to their complicity," Barghouti explained. "None of them has ever taken a position calling for an end to the occupation, not to mention recognizing UN-sanctioned rights of the refugees or ending racial discrimination against the state's 'non-Jewish' citizens (the remaining indigenous population).
"A dancer here or there may say things here or there, but none of their groups has ever taken a position. This is complicity.
"Also, none of them has ever challenged reserve service in the occupation army, despite the fact that punishment for doing so is minimal in Israel (unlike Germany in the '30s, say). This is an even deeper level of complicity. Those same dancers are part-time occupation soldiers, manning roadblocks, protecting colonies, evacuating homes and demolishing them, killing children and letting pregnant women die at checkpoints by preventing ambulances [from passing through], letting young bleeding youth bleed to death without medical aid, etcetera. What a bunch of liberal dancers! And what do their institutions do? Nothing." [Indeed, in October 2006, as cited by MIchelle J. Kinnucan in the web-based magazine Electronic Intifada, Naharin told Dance Magazine that two of the dancers in his junior company were Israeli soldiers.] (To read a related article by Barghouti in these pages, click here.)
In addition to PACBI, international organizations and individuals supporting a boycott include UN general assembly president Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (on Monday, Israel bombed the Islamic University of Gaza as well as the culture ministry -- exactly how are these centers of Hamas power?), renowned art critic John Berger, choreographer Ornelia D'Agostino, composer Brian Eno, dancer/choreographers Serene Huleileh and Zkynap Tanbay, dancer and musician Magdalene Joly, movement artist Rainer Knupp, dancer Maria Munoz Guillen, writers Eduardo Galeano and Arundati Roy, and filmmaker Elia Suleiman.
Here's part of how Berger explained the international artists' joining the boycott, already subscribed to by a myriad of Palestinian artists and artistic and civil organizations:
"Boycott is not a principle. When it becomes one, it itself risks to become exclusive and racist. No boycott, in our sense of the term, should be directed against an individual, a people, or a nation as such. A boycott is directed against a policy and the institutions which support that policy either actively or tacitly. Its aim is not to reject, but to bring about change."
Do Israeli dance companies fit this definition, and can they thus be fairly included in a boycott? Here's what Stephan Laurent-Faesi, a professor of dance at an American university, says: "As much as the current actions of the Israeli regime are abhorrent to me, I have made up my mind a while ago that boycotts of unrelated organisms (i.e. not involved in the reprehensible actions) are only an extension of punishing the many for the actions of the few, and therefore just continue to perpetrate injustice. A commercial boycott I could support (e.g. refusing to book passage on El Al or vacation tours to the 'Holy Land,' or refusing to buy Israeli-grown strawberries); a cultural boycott seems wrong-headed to me. On the other hand, an appeal to Israeli artists to raise their voices in opposition to the Guernica moment of Israel could be far more effective."
I almost agreed with Laurent-Faesi, until I realized that indeed, the question is not whether Israeli dance companies and other artistic institutions should be singled out for boycotting, but why, if boycotting is a proven useful tool of *non-violent* opposition and resistance, dance companies should get a special pass. G-d knows that, notwithstanding a long history of political activism by some -- dating back at least, in the States, to the New Dance Group's incipient efforts in the '30s demonstrating against Franco -- artists too often are perceived, often with accuracy, as holding themselves aloof from events around them. So I see no reason to treat them specially here.
But let's accept that an Israeli dance artist could exempt him or herself from being boycotted by forcefully opposing his or her country's violent actions. To what degree, then, has Ohad Naharin -- Israel's most internationally visible dance artist and thus arguably the least vulnerable to destructive backlash -- done this? I've been monitoring Naharin's statements for more than two years now, both here on the Dance Insider and in other publications, and while he's been willing to criticize his country, he doesn't volunteer it; you have to ask. I find no reports of him going out of his way to condemn X or Y Israeli action -- be it the invasion of Lebanon, the construction of a Wall which disrupted Palestinian economic and social life, the blockade of Gaza, the ultimate refusal by Israel to accept the Palestinians' rights to democratically elect their own government, the ongoing aggressive settlement activity, the repeated killing of children, forceful evictions, destruction, and repossession of homes or other collective punishments. Nothing. True, when pressed, he's used a term as strong as 'war crimes' but without any specificity.
What would I have Naharin say? In my dream world he would get up on stage before each and every of the company's upcoming performances over the next two months in Houston, Purchase (NY), Princeton, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Columbus (OH), Ottawa, Ann Arbor, Minneapolis, Vancouver, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Brooklyn and take his cue from Berger, who sent out this plaintive cry Sunday:
"We are now spectators of the latest -- and perhaps penultimate -- chapter of the 60-year-old conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people. About the complexities of this tragic conflict billions of words have been pronounced, defending one side or the other.
"Today, in (the) face of the Israeli attacks on Gaza, the essential calculation, which was always covertly there, behind this conflict, has been blatantly revealed. The death of one Israeli victim justifies the killing of a hundred Palestinians. One Israeli life is worth a hundred Palestinian lives.
"This is what the Israeli State and the world media more or less -- with marginal questioning -- mindlessly repeat. And this claim, which has accompanied and justified the longest Occupation of foreign territories in 20th century European history, is viscerally racist. That the Jewish people should accept this, that the world should concur, that the Palestinians should submit to it -- is one of history's ironic jokes. There's no laughter anywhere. We can, however, refute it, more and more vocally.
"Let's do so."
"Visceral" is an interesting word. In its Spring season release, BAM describes the dance companies it's featuring -- including Batsheva -- as "visceral." I had a visceral reaction to this photo (the second from the bottom of the page) of Israeli soldiers lighting a Chanuka menorah and happily chanting as they massed on the Gaza border preparing for an operation which will inevitably kill more innocent civilians. Why? Well, what's Chanukah about? Chanukah commemorates how the Macabees, after driving the Romans from the Temple, discovered they only had enough sacred olive oil left to light the menorah for one day, but somehow, miraculously, made the one day's provision last for eight. (Some latter-day Palestinians might not even have one olive's worth; Israel has also been known to wantonly chop down Palestinian-owned olive orchards.) Faced with an Israeli blockade that prevents them from getting provisions -- food, oil, medical supplies, etcetera -- and short on miracles, the Gaza Palestinians devised a series of tunnels from Egypt so that they could at least get some supplies in. (Were they also being used to smuggle in arms? I don't know. But Israel could easily have obviated this raison d'etre by lifting the blockade.) As the Israelis in this picture celebrated the provision miracle of an earlier time, their airborne compatriots were bombing the tunnels that were the last lifeline of the Gaza residents to smithereens.
As a person of Jewish heritage, I'm ashamed at the lack of shame that this photo depicts. I'm ashamed that a nation which banks on being 'the Jewish State' for so much -- chiefly the deadly green lights from American officials of both main political parties in the misapprehension that Jews like me look at Israel as our country right or wrong -- has, as a state, lost any sense of Jewish values.
A few years ago, the American choreographer William Forsythe saw a photo of terrorist violence and carnage in Pakistan. The location didn't matter; the photo provoked in him a visceral reaction that lead to an artistic visceral response in the form of a ballet that implicitly if not directly condemned his country of origin's invasion of Iraq.
The occasional journalist-prompted breast-beating aside, Ohad Naharin has yet to issue anything close to this kind of response to what his nation has perpetrated and is perpetrating as I speak, a deadly campaign which could most charitably be described as a disproportionate so-called 'defensive' attack in which the death of one Israeli is seen to justify the deaths of 100 Palestinians, the sick equation nailed by John Berger. (Or worse; tally Monday evening European time: 345 Palestinians, two Israelis.)
This is Ohad Naharin's right.
But it is not the kind of demonstrated conscience and consciousness that would get him a get-out-of-boycott-free card, at least in my book.
Blinded by the Light
Well dance insiders, I know that the last thing I need after that last item is more enemies, but I can't resist: (All in fun!)
If I say, picture yourself in a room with a post-post-modern dancer wearing a blindfold and ear-plugs and liberty to improvise non-stop for 24 hours, you might well ask, who's the victim and who's the torturer here? (Thud.) On the other hand, there are certain post- and especially post-post-modern choreographers I'd love to get in a locked room blindfolded and ear-plugged. (Thud encore.)
But seriously folks: Just when I was about to fall flat on my hypocritical butt -- hey, it's 2009, I'm 47 years old, I'm still the boss for the moment and we don't have any more advertisers anyway, can't I just say 'ass'? -- in the middle of the last item over the refute that if I'd boycott Israeli dance companies for not opposing what their country's doing, why wouldn't I boycott Yank troupes for what we've done to Iraq, to the rescue comes Miguel Gutierrez and the powerful post-post-moderns! These would be choreographer-dancers in, at last count, 31 states plus the District of Columbia who will spend the last 24 hours of the year reprising Gutierrez's 2001 "performance/protest/ritual" (quotes not meant to be sarcastic) "Freedom of Information." The original was performed by the author seven years ago as a response to the U.S.-lead invasion of Afghanistan; this one has as target, so to speak, that one plus the war on, excuse me with, excuse me in Iraq. (Am I fired yet, Boss?) Each choreo will perform non-stop from midnight December 30 -- hey, that's tonight! -- to midnight December 31 while blindfolded and ear-plugged which, says Gutierrez, "is intended as a contemplative act of solidarity with those displaced by the wars.... Moving continuously for 24 hours throughout the space of her/his choosing in a sensory-deprived state, the performer meditates on the dislocation and disorientation of those who do not have the basic right of being safe for the duration of a single day, who instead must be continuously on the move because of the threat of violence." (To say nothing of homeless people, especially in these hard days of Winter.) To find out where to check the performance in your neck of the woods -- for as long or short as you want, and for free -- check here.
Lit-up by Loie or, freedom of inebriation
I don't know about you, dance insider, but moi, after 24 hours in a room with a blind-folded ear-plugged David Dorfman (he's in charge of Connecticut, btw; bring on the Light Brigade!), I'd be ready for a Loie Fuller! What's a Loie Fuller, you ask? Besides being the pre-modern, pre-Momix American who dazzled Paris toward the end of the 19th century, literally lighting up the Folies Bergere in my old neighborhood with her luminous, light-infused and swirling gowns when Josephine Baker was still but a gleam in her parents' eyes and Moses Pendleton not even a speck in the universe? What's a Loie Fuller besides all that? I direct you to page 78 of "Le Barman Universel" (Flammarion, Paris, 1969, a very good year), by one P. Dagouret, the former director of the association of maitres d'hotel of the Paris region, who must have misplaced the rest of the letters in his first name when he tried the following:
The Loie Fuller
The principal is to pour a few drops of each bottle in the glass penché (er, the glass, not you; forgot for a second that I'm addressing dancers), without mixing them, in such a fashion that each color is clearly visible.
Here's the order currently followed by the expert hands of our barmen (NB: I actually prefer the current term: 'baristas'):
One can, as needed (P. Dagouret goes on), modify the names of the liquors (n'importe quoi!) without breaking the law (driving is another question), but for this case only. Besides, this blasé drink goes in the same bag as the "Barman's cocktail." (I know, I know, you or me would hardly be blasé about imbibing a concoction like this, but that's what it says, really!) See under "cocktails." (Who's seeing anymore?)
The other great thing about ordering a Loie Fuller, of course, is that before getting lit up like Loie you get to teach your barman dance history -- your history, dance insider.
Cheers or as the French say,
Tchin (which is what I'm getting up off of)
PS: Btw, if you're not one of the choreographers confined to a room for 24 hours tomorrow night and plan to be out galavanting in the harsh Winter air, think about bringing your Loie Fuller with you in a handy Fanny Elssler glass whisky flask, Fanny's memorable U.S. tour of 1840-1842 winning her a full-length spot on the portrait bottles then in vogue, according to Cyril Beaumont in his "A Miscellany for Dancers." (Dance Horizons, 1981.)
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Sanctification is a word that has multiple meanings within Christianity. To answer your question we need to examine the definitions, and the teachings of the various groups.
From http://www.theopedia.com/Sanctification
In this sense, a person is sanctified by God without effort on the part of the believer. God chooses whom He sets apart.It is solely the work of God.
The above definition often leads people to get confused, which leads them to mistake Justification to Sanctification. Justification is, in Protestant denominations, the instant where we are saved by Grace, and are "made right" by God. It is instant and also solely the work of God.
Sanctification is an on-going process in the believer's life. From the perspective of God, it has already happened - it is so certain, there can be no doubt.
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A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
A Wrinkle in Time Appearances Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
—Why can't I hide it, too? Meg thought. Why do I always have to show everything? (1.13)
Meg's problem with her appearance is not only that it gives a false impression, but sometimes that it's too true – her behavior shows more than she wants to of what she's feeling.
Quote #2
"I hate being an oddball," Meg said. "It's hard on Sandy and Dennys, too. I don't know if they're really like everybody else, or if they're just able to pretend they are. I try to pretend, but it isn't any help."
"You're much too straightforward to be able to pretend to be what you aren't," Mrs. Murry said. (1.66-67)
Normality here is a matter of appearances: if you can act normal enough to fool people into thinking that you're just like them, then that's all you need to fit in.
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"What gives around here?" Calvin asked. "I was told you couldn't talk."
"Thinking I'm a moron gives people something to feel smug about," Charles Wallace said. "Why should I disillusion them?" (2.105-106)
While the twins act normal to fit in, and Meg tries but fails, Charles Wallace purposely avoids trying to make people think he's just like everyone else. Is this dishonest, or just a smart survival strategy?


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Holiday Pick-Me-Up
By templedf on Nov 29, 2005
I have posted before about how I hated coffee until I moved to Europe. Now that I've moved back to the US, I've found that I still hate American coffee. Fortunately for me, I brought an Italian, stove-top espresso maker and a can of Segafredo back with me. On mornings when I know that I'll need a little extra lift, I brew myself an espresso or a cafe latte (espresso and milk).
This morning, while making my cafe latte, I was struck by a bit of brilliance. Instead of making it with milk, I made it with eggnog. Wow! What a fantastic holiday drink! I highly recommend giving it a try. It would probably go better as an after dinner drink at a holiday party than as the first cup of joe, but it absolutely beats the pants off Starbucks!
By the way, don't add sugar to the espresso before adding the eggnog. The eggnog will probably be sweet enough to not need more sugar. I usually make my cafe latte with a 3:2 ratio of espresso to milk (or eggnog, in this case). Also, I have no idea how this would work with regular coffee. I suspect regular coffee would be to weak to make the ratios work, but let me know if you give it a try.


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Cigarette butts
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They are a choking risk to young children and are also 'yukky' to look at. The presence of cigarette butt litter is magnetic – it encourages more littering.
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Volkswagen is planning to launch a CC variant of the Touareg. Given the sales success of the BMW X6, other manufacturers could soon develop Sport Activity Coupe vehicles, in order to curb the current market dominance of the Bavarian SAV (Sport Activity Vehicle).
The German magazine Autobdil has reported that Volkswagen is very keen on this kind of development; it seems that the top management team of the Wolfsburg manufacturer is seriously considering launching the Touareg CC in 2015.
Still no news leaked about the car, but is possible that it will be based on the next generation Touareg, with a body completely modified to appear as a sport focused coupe. If this news turns out to be true, Volkswagen will release further detailed information in the next few months, as well as other manufacturer, which also had a stake in the SAV project.


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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – What channel is the Jets vs. Patriots 2013 game on tonight September 13, 2013? The Jets vs. Patriots 2013 game tonight (live score results below) prompts a debut for Thursday night NFL Football. The two teams will not appear live on the ESPN or Fox. Rather the game will air on the NFL Network. But where is that on DirecTV and Dish TV?
Jets vs. Patriots 2013 (start time 8:25 PM EST) delivers one of the most anticipated games of the season. But during much of last season, LALATE reported news of fans getting confused where their Thursday night games were located on TV. Expect much the same tonight.
Tonight's Jets Patriots game will air on NFL Network which can be found on DirecTV channel 212 and on Dish Network channel 154. It airs internationally on Bell TV and Shaw Direct of Canada viewers and Sky Mexico for local football fans, reps remind news. Last year, the NFL Network made an expansion into U.S. Tv households. The channel is now viewable in seventy million American households or roughly sixty-two percent of homes with television.
Tom Brady told ESPN this week that the game should live up to its hype. "It's Boston-New York. It's going to be exciting. Hopefully, we can go out on a short week and win the game."
Rex Ryan expects changes from the Patriots this season. "If you want to win your division you have to beat (the Patriots). It's going to be a huge challenge without question." He added "Their team is different now," Ryan said. "But again, it's New England. It starts with Brady." For live score results tonight click HERE.


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LAS VEGAS — Blue strobe lights are flashing and bikini-topped go-go dancers are thrusting as snippets of the Outfield's "Your Love" mix with Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back" and Bob Marley's "Jammin'." It's another hot night at Moon, a nightclub housed within the Palms Resort Casino — that is, until the DJs interrupt the jam to make an announcement.
"Hold on, hold on, hold on," DJ P tells the crowd as DJ Greg Lopez steps back from scratching at the turntables. "We've got Britney's new single, and I want you to make some noise!" And Lopez, holding his headphones to his ear with his shoulder, presses play. The choppy beat of "Gimme More" starts — but the singer's introduction of "It's Britney, b—h!" is either absent or inaudible — so DJ P exhorts the crowd instead: "Britney Spears!"
While the whole city is primed for Britney's appearance at the VMAs , the clubgoers seems indifferent at first, as if they don't quite know what to make of it. The song is already familiar to some — who've heard it on the radio and the Internet already — but some of the crowd tell us they don't know who the singer was at first, even with the announcements (which, granted, in a nightclub can be hard to hear). "I thought it was Hilary Duff at first, and then I realized it was Britney," said Alana Schultz from Victoria, British Columbia.
So it takes a little more coaxing from the DJ ("Put your hands up!") and the go-go dancers for the song to catch on. From the DJ booth, the reaction looks mixed. And judging from what those on the dancefloor had to say about the song afterward, people either love the song or they don't — whether they're Britney fans or not. There's no in-between.
"I was kind of worried, but I think this song is going to do it for her, actually," said Heather McDonald from Akron, Ohio.
"I was so excited Britney was coming out with a new song," said Jennifer Miller from Madison, Wisconsin. "But honestly, the song was awful. She just repeats three words for the entire song."
"I was just waiting for it to end," said Courtney Thorpe, also from Madison, Wisconsin. "It's just the same thing over and over. There's no chance of it growing on me."
"It's going to be a #1 club hit and everyone knows it," Schultz said. "As much as people want to hate, she's fricking Britney Spears, and that's it."
Several clubgoers told us they drove to Vegas cross-country just for the chance to see Spears perform on the VMAs — setting out even before her performance was confirmed, they were so eager for a chance to see her.
"I'm hoping it's good, for her sake," said Michelle Martin, who drove from Canada. "And for me — I want more. Gimme more!"
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The TouchSmart 300 incorporates a 20-inch display while the TouchSmart 600 features a 23-inch. They�ll be available with AMD Athlon II X2 and Intel Core 2 Duo processors respectively, 4GB of RAM and a slot-loading DVD burner. Both offer up optional Blu-ray burners and integrated TV tuners as well as HDMI and composite video inputs on select models allowing users to hook up gaming consoles and other video equipment.
The 20" HP TouchSmart 300 starts at $900 and will begin deliveries on November 1, with the 600 due October 22 and priced starting at $1,050. HP also announced the TouchSmart tx2 notebook, which updates the original convertible tx2, and has a 12.1-inch capacitive touch screen that also accepts stylus input. The updated model uses AMD�s Turion X2 processor and will start selling at $800 later this month.


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Resources for Proposals
A Quick Guide for Submitting Proposals at OHSUResearch Funding & Development services provides a number of resources to help you develop and write your proposal. In addition to helping you find funding opportunities, we can supply institutional boilerplate, proposal samples, writing help, and help with proposal strategies.
Creating an innovative and thoughtful research plan is only one step in securing independent funding. Here's a brief outline of how to route your application through the OHSU system.
Before you start your proposal
- Find a funding opportunity.
- Obtain an eRA Commons user name (an individual NIH account for PIs) if you're applying to NIH. This name is required on the face page of an NIH application and allows you to check your grant status in the NIH system. For questions, check with the Office of Proposal &Award Management (OPAM). Every department has an Grants & Contracts Administrator (GCA) partner – find yours.
- Review eligibility and deadline details. Determine whether you are eligible and when the deadline is. If you need help determining whether you are eligible, contact email@example.com.
- Plan. Know the deadlines for the sponsoring agency and any internal OHSU deadlines. Make sure to bring in appropriate partners early, including mentors, GCA, potential collaborators, and so on. All grants must be reviewed by OPAM for compliance with sponsor and university guidelines. A grant must have approval prior to submission. Often OPAM will submit your application online on your behalf, so make sure you know their deadlines too.
Preparing and submitting your application
- Write your grant. Be sure to give yourself enough time to fill out the application forms—don't spend all your time writing the research plan. It takes time to round up transcripts, letters of support, biosketches, and other documentation from collaborators and mentors—don't create emergencies for your supporters. Read about the new NIH biosketch format here.
- All proposals submitted through OPAM require submission of an Electronic Proposed Project Questionnaire (ePPQ) in InfoEd. After you have an application draft, you need to fill out the ePPQ. The PPQ is a checklist of administrative steps that ensures your award will be set up properly. It is used to ensure that compliance is in order and that your department has approved your project. Usually, someone in your department (e.g., a grant or department administrator) can help with completing the ePPQ, but if you have questions, your GCA is an excellent resource.
- Route the ePPQ to the appropriate people for signature – your department chair or division head, as well as the dean (or the equivalent of these positions—e.g. an institute director and the VP for Research). Other signatures may also be required—if, for example, you are using VA or ONPRC resources. If you are not sure who should sign your PPQ, ask your department administrator.
- Submit your ePPQ with the draft application to OPAM at least 10 business days before the grant deadline. After you have gotten all the required signatures, the ePPQ and preliminary grant information is reviewed by OPAM. Along with the PPQ, be sure to include the budget face page, any additional signature forms, the abstract, and any required animal or human subject or Institutional Biosafety compliance sections. If possible, include the draft of the research plan and note any incomplete information (such as biosketches).
- Submit your final application to OPAM at least 3 days before the grant deadline. While OPAM needs a draft application 10 business days prior to the deadline, you still have time to work on your research plan—it must be submitted 3 days prior to the deadline.
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- Request a copy of the Departmental Award Checklist (DAC) from your department administrator or your RGC administrator after grant review. This reminds you about Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) requirements, Conflict of Interest, and more. Completing this document will ensure that your account set-up is not delayed if you are awarded the grant.
- Put your compliance documentation in order. If you are using animals or human subjects in your research, your protocol must be approved by the IACUC or the IRB, respectively, before the account can be set up. Likewise, if you are using recombinant DNA, lentiviruses, or other substances that require institutional review, you will want to have this review take place while you are waiting to hear from the funding agency.
- If the grant is awarded, send your grant award notice or letter to your GCA contact. While the NIH and other federal grant agencies notify OPAM when a grant is awarded, not all funding agencies do. Let OPAM know if you receive notification that your grant is awarded—sometimes the foundation or agency alerts only the PI, but until OPAM knows, your account can't be set up.
Account set-up and spendingAfter OPAM completes the award set-up documents, they will forward it to Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA), who will set up your research account and help administer the funds.
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Okay, ya'll know I'm big time into Scouts, specifically Boy/Cub Scouts. And with being involved with scouts of any level, RESPECT is something that is assumed. It's just what you do!!!
So why is it that soooooo many people have SO little respect these days??? I'm not talking about my scouts, because for the most part, they are very respectful. There are a few that need to work on it, but.....
I was telling a friend the story of how my American flag was stolen this past week. They didn't just take the flag, they took the flag & pole & ripped the bracket holding the pole right off the house!! To top it off, the flag was the one that John was given when he received his Eagle Award. But more than anything, it was AN AMERICAN FLAG!!!! If there's one thing that is sacred in this country it is the flag!
Anyway.... she shared with me her flag story.... she was driving home one evening (she lives in an urban area) and saw a bunch of "teenagers" dragging an American Flag down the road. She stopped & gave them the hairy eyeball but it had NO affect. When she arrived home, her DH (a county sheriff) was headed out to work (full uniform and all). They were still hanging about when he headed out so he stopped and approached them. Now, we're talking a member of law enforcement in FULL UNIFORM!!!! They had the audacity to give him lip! "Is it your flag??" "what business is it of yours if it isn't YOUR flag!"
And unfortunately this is becoming the "norm." It really is very scary.
The BSA put together a training on Diversity that is VERY interesting. (
you don't have to be a member of BSA, it's available to everyone to watch) I really think it hits alot of the stuff we're seeing today on the head. But, boy, it doesn't dull the pain or the disbelief.
I have 2 teenagers & 2 soon to be teenagers so I do understand the whole Teenager thing. It's a tough time of life. But Still!!!! They can be decent human beings! They can have things they believe in! They can SHOW RESPECT!!!
The world is already looking to be a messed up place when they take control. We mucked that up good for them. But do we really have to further muck it up by not teaching them respect? If for nothing else, themselves????
Maybe Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, American Heritage Girls, 4-H and all the rest ARE the answer. But then the question becomes, why should they? Why would they? They don't respect themselves enough to improve their own life why would they look for a way to do it, let alone give it a fair shot. Maybe it's time these parents step UP and take control! And new parents should take note to nip it in the bud and not let it sit dormant until they ARE teenagers.
I'll admit, I don't get "Yes Ma'am" "No, Sir" from my kids but they do understand that there are rules & consequences. They question me more times than I'd like to admit, but it's their way of communicating.... of learning! (BTW: Doesn't make it any less frustrating tho!) I have faith that my kids will do alright. When it comes time, they always do me proud. Shame more parents these days can't say that!!
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It is amazing how disrespectful our society has grown!
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I used to be a student a few years ago. I come from another country, did not speak English, so it was my way to learn. I am 57 now, so I was 50 when I come to college class. Pretty old for humiliation, not by students who were young but by college professors, who was sometimes not to so young. I got into deep depression. Needless to say I did not get my degree. I paid my classes, never put myself in the position "old know all". So, why teachers humiliated me? They had good time and big fun, I got pain. I am not stupid, was good in learning. It does not matter. Really I developed do not respect to the teaches. To be respectful it better to start to respect each other, old and young, teaches and students, fatty and skinny, healthy and sick.
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I originally went on your website to leave some info about the quilt. I'll do 2 blocks or more. If you change the size to 8.5 to 11 inches or something like that the images can be printed from the computer(copyright free). I also have lots of fabric that can be used as the borders...
I am a college professor. I have college kids addressing me by my first name. I even had one student yelling at me, in front of the students. I mentioned it was inappropriate... but she continued. I had to call security. Behavior like that I found in high school but it has moved to college. I am all for a respect revolution
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Oh I totally agree society is so disrespectful these days. I am hoping that being involved with scouts and also teaching my child right from wrong is going to keep him in the right direction also. It would be nice if more people made their children responsbile for their actions.
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There is a very interesting thread on Flyertalk where people weigh in on their favorite travel blogs. I'm glad to take the positives offered about my blog and I have big enough shoulders to take the negatives as well. Instead of posting to the thread, I'll chime in with my own favorites here.
#1 The PointsGuy: When Brian started blogging full time, everybody in this hobby became a big winner. He is young, in touch, very detailed and writes magnificently. His blog is clean, and his categories section will be an encyclopedia of knowledge in the future. I told my friend Brian several months ago that I expect he will be the main blogger and future of travel blogging.
I read these three guys every single day and consider each of them friends as well as compatriots. There is no animosity among any of us and very seldom a feeling of competitiveness. You'll note that each and every one of these guys is on the program of speakers who will appear at the Chicago Seminar this October. They are the new faces of travel blogging and will be around for years to come.
Telling it like it is — that's my responsibility as a blogger. Although I do get referrals from the card companies, I have no problem calling them like I see them. (Last week's Explorer card is an example: It was a lousy offer for a new card.) And I don't have any problem emailing a card issuer behind the scenes and telling them what my readers and I think of their business practices.
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Just to make things clear, I do edit comments. Every comment that regards my daughter's sexuality is deleted. Period. I have two or three readers who don't like her posts, and they say so in the most negative way in their comments. They have been heard, but I won't allow them to attack her personally. Likewise, comments calling me a fat ____ are also deleted. They provide nothing to the conversation. As far as editing other comments that disagree with me: Why not re-post the comment in a civilized manner? If you do, you'll find it on the blog. I rarely delete comments and try to do so only if it's absolutely necessary.
I'm 60. I'm set in my ways. And the guys listed above better fit the demographic of the majority of the audience. I'm a three-star kind of guy, I'm happy flying business rather than first class, and I don't care about a limo ride to my flight or a massage at the airport lounge. Get me from A to B in comfort and on time — that's what I'm looking for in a flight. As for hotels, I want them clean, well located, and safe, and I want free wi-fi and a complimentary breakfast. All the jazz and glitter means nothing to me.
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My husband and I are doing simple updates to our bedroom. Instead of using a bed skirt I decided to try a bit more modern approach. So with the help of my husband and mom, the first quick fix padded box spring, bed frame, fixer upper project is done. Next, we'll work on the headboard, walls and flooring (I hope). Yes, we live in a sea of turquoise and yes it was like that when we moved in 7 years ago..
I'll try my best to explain the process of this bed fixer upper….. I'm not great with the explanations, but here we go….. This is the super Easy Method A…In another post, I'll share the not as Easy Method B… where I staple, Velcro and spend a bit more money. I want to share both methods so if you are interested in doing this you can pick which is right for you. I'll be sharing Method B in approx 2 weeks.
Here is the before….. just a plain King size box-springs bed with the mattress removed..
The feet we're using are actually fence post finals from Lowe's. They are the perfect length (7″) for our bed. They cost about $3. each. We actually only used 2 total- 1 for each front corner. We don't even see the back feet the way our bed is situated. (Measure from the bottom of your bed to the floor to determine the height of the leg you need)
I painted the legs white.
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We pulled off the plastic corner covers…this probably wasn't necessary because we added padding.
Now we put on the slipcover, which is basically a king size fitted sheet. Thankfully,it fit really well, but I quickly realized we needed a little padding along the sides to help smooth over any areas of the mattress frame that stuck out. I decided to use a white blanket that we had in our closet instead of regular padding, since we were under a level 2 snow emergency when working on this project and the fabric store was closed.
We doubled the blanket and cut this in 3 long sections. We made sure it was wide enough so it would tuck under the matteress and stay secure. See the blanket under the sheet? (Thanks mom!)
Time to pull it down and smooth out any lines.
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PS. In this easy version A the bed frame is still attached and the legs under the bed are still used as supports. The front legs are used as decoration at this point.. The way our bed is situated you don't get a full view of the side of the bed so you don't see the leg attached to the frame underneath. If you have a full side view of the bed and you are interested in doing something like this you would have to remove the leg and come up with some other way to support the bed or put a stool or some thing decorative just in front of the bed frame leg….I'm just trying to share little tips and extra things I thought about after I posted the above info


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People carry their individual pursuits and aspirations, much like a suitcase in each hand, during what physical time they have on earth. People then move on…only to be replaced by a new group, and the cycle starts anew. Houses and buildings playing a part in these individual's short stroll through life, however, to not fade; remaining timeless and stoic remnants of a past era. And while these buildings age—at a much slower rate than the people that passed through them—they continue to hold a firm imprint on a period of personal history and discovery; some good…some not so good. If only a building could speak…the stories they could tell. Or do they?
Houses and buildings in a small town for the most part continue to remain intact as the years roll forward, in one form or another, and unless destroyed by fire or some natural catastrophe, tend to stand longer than their counterparts in larger cities where there is always a critical eye directed towards development.
It would seem to be a part of small-town mentality to preserve, and a good one at that!
There have long been theories (and in the realm of the paranormal, theories are all we have) that certain folk—for a variety of reasons—can and will leave a "trace" behind after their earthly departure. This often involves a house or building they were formerly associated with. And much like a sponge, these buildings will soak in the fiber and essence of these mortal souls during their hey-day…replaying like a continuous loop of film. Or, something of a more interacting intelligent nature.
There seems to be no rhyme or reason…it just happens.
There may have been good interactions with the building…there may have been bad, but either way—they remain behind for whatever reason or purpose. Only they know…or not.
Do they fade in time as some believe? Or, do they open a doorway, so to speak, for a continuing onslaught of ethereal transient spirits?
It is theorized that some people, paranormal or otherwise, just by their sensitive nature are more receptive to these lingering spirits than others. I would suppose that could be a blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective.
A former Odd Fellows building in northern Indiana appears to be a recipient of spiritual activity that has chosen to remain behind. I have been investigating paranormal claims for several years, yet this location runs the gauntlet of evidence for the existence of spiritual activity. And while my experiences over the course of many investigations at this location were anything of dramatic television fare, it was an experience all the same; subtle but always sure.
My own encounters have been varied, yet have never failed to produce something. Past visits hold fond memories with friends and fellow investigators who will continue to remain cohorts in the future, searching for answers that we will most likely never receive. Other folks…I would just as soon forget and chalk it up to faded memories.
At this location I have always sensed something hovering just below the surface… much like the people who have placed their individual imprint in days gone by; having their own personalities, and consequently influencing a structure of brick and wood; and these remnants that remain affecting people in different and sometimes radical ways. Everyone reacts differently to a given situation. Some are more attuned. I have never experienced the evil manifestations reported in this building, but know those who have. I have never experienced the apparition captured and displayed on YouTube, but have no doubt it occurred. What I have experienced is significant audio evidence (EVPs) and a healthy dose of reality: that reality that occurs when your body senses you are being watched. It's a feeling that you won't soon forget.
I have experienced elation at this location…discomfort…times of grace, and just as quickly apprehension. I have also experienced something that is hard to talk about…because for a short period of time, I felt I lost all control.
Just one week ago I was again reacquainted with that disruptive sensation I had experienced on a previous visit. It was during a period when my life was in a state of flux and turmoil. Once again I found myself not being me…watching myself from afar as if viewing a movie, yet with no control of my actions…withdrawing…and in a state of being perplexed and mildly angry at the same time. Was it a minor state of some sort of possession? It seemed to originate when I spent time in a particular room—just like the last visit. Years ago a friend from another Indiana investigative team had the same reaction…and in the very same room! Only this time, my life was on an even keel; no state of flux…no turmoil? It remains a puzzle?
I have never considered myself a "sensitive", but there are those moments when I do get "moments", but have no idea what to do with them. Was I receiving something that had transpired in that particular room in the past? I guess I'll never know unless I go back….
February 22, 2014—in the early morning hour's snow showers had descended upon the former Odd Fellows building in northern Indiana. We called a halt to our investigation and the team headed separate ways into the night. Traveling south towards Indianapolis seemed a surreal past time as I replayed the night's investigation and my temporary mental disengagement from the team. My girlfriend Laura fed me coffee and energy drinks and kept my attention directed towards the road. Occasionally during our discussion I would absently flash on the high beam of the headlights to illuminate a wall of snow streaking towards the windshield like a barrage of white bullets. The road had deteriorated under a thick fresh layer of snow and we were alone on it. Completely alone…in the dead of the early morning hours.
I, also during that steering wheel gripping drive, remembered a time in the past: mid 1980s during my transition from Oregon back to Indiana, driving through northern Wyoming during a similar bout of ferocious snow, when a highway patrolman pulled me over and non too kindly instructed me to—"Get off the highway…Now!" I took refuge in a small mom & pop motel just off the interstate and rented the last room they had. I had no choice but to smuggle my Norwegian Elkhound, Bob, into my room. Dogs were not allowed, but I sure as hell wasn't leaving him in the car. It was a hell of a night…the paper thin walls producing an impromptu concert from the drunken neighbor in the next room singing Bob Seger songs into the early morning hours. I never really slept, as the wind and snow howled outside and I fully learned all the lyrics of Night Moves. Bob would growl in his sleep.
Paranormal? No. But it was some sort of weird passage that one never quite forgets.
Buildings do develop some semblance of a personality as a direct result from those who have graced their interiors, for even a short span of time. People seem to become imbedded, and in some cases become a permanent fixture. They come…they go, yet the buildings they frequented remain behind. And timeless. And quite often the voices carry on even beyond death.
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