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I bought it at the Local Gun Store for $399 with a box of 9mm shells thrown in. That is a good price for the FNP. The store here in town is out of SR-9's as a matter of fact they are out of almost everything right now. Good Luck with what ever you get. Enjoy the gun, clean it regularily, and then start thinking about what to get next.
Well I got a little free time this morning and headed out to the range with my new Cougar. This is one heck of a sweet handling pistola. Right out of the box I was getting 2 and three inch groupings at 15 yds. The DA trigger is smooth as butter and the single action pull is absolutely effortless. The grip feel is incredible. Recoil is light and very manageable. Stoeger has done an excellent jog on this gun. This is a keeper for sure. I also took my new Sig P250 IN 45ACP. I'm not sure about this one and not very excited with it. For a full size semi-auto it has a lot of recoil. Maybe it's just me. If I had taken only the Sig I might feel different. After shooting the Cougar the Sig just did not feel that good. I'm not too sure if I like the DAO. I'll give it some more time.
good to hear you like it from someone who might purchase it! im not gonna lie, youre making really want one (heck or just any handgun ;)) enjoy it!:mrgreen:
Yeah and it is a very good looking gun too. i am always happy to hear good reports on a new pistol. Enjoy!!!!!!!!
When Beretta manufactured the "Beretta 8000 Cougar" it drew rave reviews and many were sold to very happy users across the globe! Extremely reliable, accurate, easy to shot were just a few of the comments that described this gun! You just didn't find a bad review or for that matter a dad comment about this excellent firearm...except one! "It's too expensive!"
While it was and is a great gun, and Beretta sold a lot of them, it was just overpriced for the market situation it was put in! This along with the rampid proliferation of polymer guns i.e. Glock, and it was just a matter of time till Beretta fazed out this nice piece.
The Cougar was then brought back in a deal with the Turkish Ministry of Defense to manufacture the Stoeger 8000 Cougar, (Stoeger is a fully owned subsidiary of Beretta holding inc.). Beretta shipped the entire Cougar production line from Italy to Turkey and the new Stoeger Cougar is manufactured on the exact same machines and tooling as the original Beretta branded model with Beretta overseeing QC! The only difference is the name stamped on the gun and the price you pay for it!
Clarification...I think?
If I remember this right Stoeger is officially owned by Benelli and Benelli is officially owned by Beretta and they are all operated by Beretta
How is the grip on the Cougar? Do you find it comfortable and ergonomic? I only got to handle a Beretta PX4 and I found that a little "fat" for my smallish hands. Does the Cougar come with various grip sizes? Thanks!
I've decided that the Cougar will probably be my next gun. I want something a bit more compact than my 96, and the Cougar just feels...familiar. It feels like my Beretta, and I like that. The PX4 feels a bit lighter, but it seems more bulky to me. I guess it's a good thing nobody around here has it in 9mm, or I may have already bought one. I already have two .40s, so I wanted to diversify a bit.
I went to the range again last night to test some new hand loads in my Cougar.
Shot 200 rounds of 165g JHP over various amounts of TightGroup powder and Magtech small pistal primers.
First impression is that I STILL LOVE MY COUGAR. This thing ate up all my reloads without any complaints, slips, nothing. It was ALL BUSINESS regardless of the powder charge. The thing cycled and fired every time.
I found that moderate loads were the most accurate. I couldn't get the real light loads to group and the heavy loads scared me as I progressed up near the top of the load data charts. I must say the gun didn't complain and the recoil increase was hardly worth noting. I just didn't feel comfortable.
I agree with everyone's opinion here, nice shooter and $400.00 to boot. As long as they can keep the price down it will be a good deal, for more get the Beretta PX-4.
And speaking about the PX-4, I wish now that Beretta has a polymer model that they would make a frame mounted decocker like the FNP-9 because the present safety/decocker sometimes bothers me when I rack it.
That besides the weight is why they don't sell more of them, IMO.
I just got mine in the .40 the other day I pick it up next week I'm super stoked I've heard nothing but great things about the cougar.
Is the Stoeger Cougar identical to the original Beretta Cougar? They look identical except for the Beretta or Stoeger emblems on the grip.
and the small clip on the Stoeger. (What is that for?) I think I like the looks of the Beretta better.
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Do the beretta magazines for the stoeger? I would think they would any one know? Any one know about accessories too? does most of the beretta stuff go both ways?
So I've got a little over 300 rounds through my new Cougar and I love it. Great feel not too big fits my average size hand perfectly, great power, amazing accuracy Very low recoil I shot it for the first time with a buddy of mine and he had his glock 17, the difference in recoil is very noticeable It felt like a 9mm to me, I have the .40 S&W and so far I have no complaints it live in my dresser drawer a foot away from my head board and I would recommend this gun to anyone looking to get a great .40 fro a great price. I got mine for 4 out the door.
Good choice Drew. I like mine more and more everyday.
I've had my Stoeger now for probably 6-8 months. I think it is hands down the best value in a 9mm pistol for the money. It is extremely well designed and manufactured. For a 15 round gun, I think it is pretty compact. The large indentation on the backside of the upper part of the grip seems to really make the gun fit your hand well. And the rotating barrel design gives it one of the smoothest, easiest actions out there. It is so easy to rack the slide on this gun compared to most handguns. But on top of all of these things, it is a VERY accurate gun. With the Cougar, rather than the barrel camming up and down as it does on most guns, the Cougar barrel rotates and is always in alignment with the target as it strips the spent shell and loads the next round. I have found that I am the limitation as far as how tight the groups are that it produces. I absolutely love my Cougar and will probably never get rid of it. On top of that, I bought it for $299. I wasn't even looking to buy a handgun that day...I was shotgun shopping. But when I saw the price, and knew that it was essentially a Beretta Cougar, I just couldn't pass it up. The only thing I wish it had was a rail for my TLR-1 light. However, I have word from the Stoeger factory in Turkey that a railed Cougar should be out in 2010. I plan on buying one as soon as it hits the market. If you have the funds, I highly recommend buying a Stoeger Cougar. I just don't think you'll regret it.


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My cousin's classic-with-a-twist recipe is truly delish. Extra rolls freeze well. — Devon Vickers, Goddard, Kansas
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The best invest in their people! Really?
Tony Schwartz recently shared his thoughts on "how the best companies are investing in their people". He believes┬Āall human beings have four sources of energy:┬Āphysical, emotional, mental/cognitive, and spiritual. So, companies who want to the best performance need to make sure employees' needs on all four sources are adequately met as a business priority.┬ĀMakes sense. Sadly, when asked, Tony couldn't name one company, not even his client Google, who is currently doing this.
Still, I think there's something here worth giving thought to here. As a starting point for thinking about what institutions are doing or not doing to create better places to work…
Physical – All of us need to be adequately nourished, rested and fit to perform well.┬ĀWhat is/should/could your institution doing to ensure that employees are?
In my experience only one company, Nike, even came close on this one. Makes sense since this is the business they are in. Their cafeteria looked out on a beautiful 'lake' and redwood forest in Oregon. The food that was prepared and presented was healthy and nutritious and not "granola". There were a range of culinary delights on offer and even a selection of wines and beers. The portion calorie count was clearly listed even then almost 8 years ago. There was a track, a cross-country trail and a gym on the property. Though I'm sure there was an elevator, everyone I saw walked up and down the three story court floor stairs. People worked intensely but they also seemed to know when to break. You got the sense that employees treated their business life as they would their athletic training.
At Google, according to Tony they are very aware of this source of energy and do many things to actively support employee health including covering the cost of employee meals and making nap pods available.
Emotional – We need to feel our work is valued and appreciated. When and how do the people in your institution thank and recognize each others work [and really mean it]?
I've seen this done well and badly and often in the same organization. So much depends on the skill of the manager. We all know when our work is really appreciated and when we're being manipulated. This is not about the usual employee award programs. It is about getting real and timely recognition from your colleagues, your clients and your boss. ┬ĀLeading outside the lines is a great resource for beginning to thinking about this from an institutional point of view.┬ĀManagerial moment of truth takes the idea further. It's not about what one of my clients called 'cumbaia'. It is about setting conditions for a fair game.
Mental and cognitive – We need to be adequately focused. How does your organization keep the work focused and prioritized?
Most organizations I know are currently suffering from 24/7/52┬Āsyndrome. Thanks in part to technology and cultures that are hyped on "bigger, better, faster" there are no breaks insight. The pace of work looks manic from the outside, and feels overwhelming on the inside. Days are full of meetings. The work gets done outside of that. There's little or no time to think. Tony suggests that even Google fails on this one. I think in addition, this is the place where we need to think about the impact our work space itself has on our ability to do a good job.
Spiritual – We need to see that we are contributing to something that is based on deeply held values and a clear sense of purpose; something that we find meaningful. How does your institution make sure that employees feel the organization is doing something meaningful to them and aligned with their values?
I think employee recruitment and selection is key on this one. If you'll never get over the fact that if you work for Rio Tinto Alcan that 10% of the world's energy every day is used in the production of aluminium then you will never be a match for this business. If you believe that aluminium makes lives better because it is the only fully recyclable product in the world and used in millions of applications and that's what you care about then you'll be a match for the business. ┬ĀIf you join the company before knowing these facts, that's a problem. This spiritual element is either a match or it isn't. As an institution you can make the reality more evident for employees but you can't fake it.
So, maybe, just maybe, it's really all about recruiting and selecting the right people and then setting the conditions for people to do great work and supporting them in ways that they find helpful. ┬ĀNow there's an idea.
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A little fun, from down under, that takes a look at the employee side of this equation.
So wrong on so many levels, and yet the main point is just too right to be really funny!
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Let there be light!
Over the past couple of years I've had this niggling feeling that just won't go away. Communicators and human resource professionals are working in the dark. Demands are changing. Resources low. Pressure increasing. Time? ┬ĀWell there isn't enough. Result, we're running from one event, crisis, deliverable to the next. Not only are we not thinking beyond the next week, month, quarter, but we're working in the dark.
This came home to me again in the past couple of days.┬ĀRachel┬ĀMiller had tweeted a request for help for a masters student,┬ĀSonsoles Lumbreras. Sonsoles is doing research for a┬Ādissertation┬Āthat will focus on the use of social media in the context of organizational change.
Given the topic and the cause, I offered to help. And, what an interesting project that turned into. Amazing to find in my very little sample [9 executive contacts, all at major international companies] that companies either donŌĆÖt have a group level internal communications person or donŌĆÖt have a social media strategy so donŌĆÖt have anything to say or my contacts donŌĆÖt know the Communications peopleŌĆ" What? Don't know the Communications people?
How can we help our organizations develop strong and sustainable relationships when institutionally we aren't doing that ourselves? ┬ĀHow can we understand, and I mean really understand, the impact of what we're doing if we aren't widely and┬Ādeeply networked. We have to get out more my friends! It's not an option.
By the way, Sonsoles wants to speak to people in international businesses with operations in the UK. ┬ĀIf you'd like to help her e-mail is: ┬Āsonlumbreras@yahoo.com.
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Making "magic in the marketplace"
Today, thanks to Mitch Joel's Six Pixels of Separation, I came across this key note address by Bill┬ĀTaylor, the founding editor of Fast Company Magazine and author of Practically Radical: Not-So-Crazy ways to Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, and Challenge Yourself.
Here's what really caught my attention: ┬Ā"You can't build something special, compelling, distinctive in the marketplace unless you also build something special, compelling distinctive in the workplace… Strategy is your culture. Culture is your strategy. Success today is about so much more than just price, performance, features, technology, pure economic value. It's about passion, emotion, identity, sharing your values… Real magic in the marketplace is when you make your organization more memorable to encounter."
And that my friends can't happen when the relationship with employees is┬Āthe last thing on the C-Suite's agenda! ┬ĀIt can't happen when leaders do not┬Ātrust employees [though they expect employees to trust them], where leaders are not┬Āloyal to employees [though they expect loyalty from them] and where they are not┬Āproud of employees and the work they do [though they expect employees to be proud of the leadership and the organizations they work for]. ┬ĀBroken┬Ācultures on the inside will always show on the outside sooner or later!
Recommend you take the 20+ minutes [Bill comes in at about minute 4] to watch it. ┬ĀSome great stuff on bench marking too!
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A case of "internal communication deficit disorder".
This week a Canadian University was diagnosed with internal communication deficit disorder. Though not rare, the disorder is almost always fatal if left untreated.
Concordia University is an institution I know well.┬Ā It's 45,000 students studying in over "300 undergraduate and 200 graduate programs" are at the centre of the downtown community I work and live in. I studied and graduated with my MBA from there; began studies for a PhD there; taught there; consulted there; worked with a student intern and volunteers from there on an urban farming project.┬Ā And it's an institution that has seemed sick at the core for some time; perhaps even further back than the Fabrikant murders in 1992.
Last year, for the second┬Ātime in 3 years the President left before the end of their contract. After considerable bad press and internal finger pointing, the interim President, Dr Frederick Lowy, asked an external committee to review the governance of the university. This week, Concordia University received the report "Strengthening governance at Concordia:┬Ā A collective challenge".┬Ā The review pulls no punches in reporting the situation and recommending changes to all aspects of governance.
Among other things, the review panel reported that the university was "ŌĆ"blatantly deficient internal communications"ŌĆ"┬Ā had created "ŌĆ"a lot of distrust, often bordering on mutual contempt, between the various communities of the University." And that "ŌĆ"the chorus of negative response [to the most recent PresidentŌĆÖs departure], the depth and even the fury of that response could only have arisen in a context where long simmering governance and internal communication problems between the Board and the University community, to say nothing of other outstanding matters, had neither been addressed nor resolved." The report reflects my experience and understanding of the good [and there is a lot of good there], bad and the ugly of Concordia.
Today, the University has a decision to make: ┬Ā To take the recommended course of treatment for internal communication deficit disorder or not; to act on the letter and spirit of the report and its 38 recommendations or not.
If they do, it won't be either a quick or easy recovery but recover they will. ┬Ā Concordia has an opportunity to change how they do things. ┬ĀTo become a place where the board, faculty, administration, and students work together to create a unique and compelling experience for those who want to study and learn, to teach and do research, to invent and explore new ideas. ┬ĀIn the end, this report and its recommendations are less about fixing something that is broken and more about supporting Concordia in becoming the great institution it has always had the potential to be.
As a neighbour, alumnus and friend that's my hope.
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Two days. Two stories.
It started at a recent lunch with a past client. ┬ĀSheŌĆÖs a senior executive who's been around the board rooms of some of CanadaŌĆÖs largest and most influential companies for most of her career. ┬ĀWe were talking about the 'soft' side of institutional life and the potential power there is in strengthening the employee relationship. ┬Ā ŌĆ£I agree with you", she said. ┬ĀThen came the bomb…┬Ā"but unfortunately the executives I know just aren't interested. ┬ĀThis is simply not on the agenda in the C-SuiteŌĆØ.
Fast forward a few days and IŌĆÖm attending an evening with┬ĀDr. Jody Heymann, Canada Research Chair in Global Health and Social Policy and head of McGillŌĆÖs institute for Health and Social Policy.┬Ā She and Magda Barrera co-authored the recently published book ŌĆ£Profit at the Bottom of the Ladder: Creating Value by Investing in Your WorkforceŌĆØ. ┬ĀAfter years of research their conclusions are simple ŌĆō listen to employees [especially those ŌĆśat the bottomŌĆÖ], treat them with respect and you will reap the rewards of higher profits. This is not necessarily new news. ┬ĀNor is it a surprise. ┬ĀIt makes sense that you treat people well and they will be more engaged and productive.
So, how do we think about this apparent discrepancy between the research results and C-suite priorities? ┬ĀWhat's going on?
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Scale & proportion in communications
I think internal communications design at its best is compositional. ┬ĀSo, that takes me to the arts to see if there are things I can learn there.
Scale and proportion are two important considerations for the artist or architect. Should they be considerations for those of us who design communications plans? ┬ĀScale refers to the size of the work.┬Ā Proportion refers to how we see elements within the work in relationship to each other.
It's easy in the heat of the moment or the "big" announcement to lose sight of what really matters to our colleagues in different functions and at different levels across our organizations.┬Ā ┬Ā┬ĀNot all decisions and announcements are created equal from the point of view of those weŌĆÖre trying to reach and engage.┬Ā Not everything is as big to ŌĆ£themŌĆØ as it is to us.
Designing a communication approach that is the right proportion and scale for the news weŌĆÖre sharing is as important as any other aspect of communication plan weŌĆÖre building.┬Ā Overdoing something that isnŌĆÖt all that relevant to employees or failing to communicate something that is will lead to equally bad outcomes: ┬ĀConfusion and erosion of trust.
Thinking about the scale and proportion of the communication from the receiver's point of view helps.
- Scale – the number and variety of communication channels, ┬Āthe frequency and duration of the communication, ┬Āthe effort level to engage people in a conversation
- Proportion – how evident we want to make the communication in context of everything else that is going on organizationally at any point in time and over time, and within the communication itself what is most relevant/important for different employees to ŌĆśgetŌĆÖ.
Next time youŌĆÖre about to communicate a 'big' new corporate decision, business strategy, human resources policy, technology change, ┬Āacquisition, or quarterly┬Āfinancial results, think about what this news really means for the people youŌĆÖre communicating it to.┬Ā What impact ŌĆō direct or indirect ŌĆō will it have on them?┬Ā What do you want them to know, feel or do as a result of your communicating with them?
And once you have the answers to these questions, think a little bit more like an artist, design a communication that is right in terms of scale and proportion.


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You are currently browsing the category archive for the 'birds' category.
Click here to scan the many posts with KVK in the title. Here's a new one inspired by arrivals that had many folks, aship and ashore, paying attention.
Wavertree is suddenly and lavishly being regaled with sights of 21st century merchant vessels
and crew from all over the world are paying attention.
And a mile farther east, at the old gypsum dock, tugboats like Laura K Moran and
Stephen B pass.
If you want to read a good book about when and how the US took possession of Eagle, read Captain Gordon McGowan's The Skipper and the Eagle. The book has an introduction by Peter Stanford, a foreword by Alan Villiers, and the journey starts out from NYC's own LaGuardia.
I have many more closeups of the barque; maybe
I'll put them up if I get encouragement. A previous posts featuring Eagle can be seen here. For a comparison of steering apparatus on Eagle with other vessels, click here.
Here Swallow Ace crew check out an Eagle.
The long street on the landside of this portion of the Kills is called Richmond Terrace. For photos and explanation of what is and used to be there, click here and here, from the ever fascinating forgotten-by.com. Click here to see an image of a square rigger bulk carrier docked in front of Windsor Plaster Mills, now an Eastern Salt facility, in its heyday.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
As you know, today is the first full day of spring, and this morning roar man looked like this.
My neighborhood looked like this, and
a local shipyard looked like this, with snow obscuring the name entirely or
But lest you think I'm glum . . . my day blossomed as soon as I saw
this . . . juices–at least orange juice–flowing, infusing by the ton into the port. And this . . .
new life–at least a vessel new to me in the sixth boro. Welcome Josephine K. Miller.
And you guy below and friends, you gotta go.
All photos by Will Van Dorp. Snow obscured tug is of course Little Toot, only recently employed in North river icebreaking.
Click here and then scroll to the last three pics; you'll see a sixth boro version of the photo below, taken just east of Lyons.
Near the Montezuma, these passed twice, and they were certainly not the mute type.
Lots of herons hunt for fish from the locks, but they fly away as a boat appears. This one, however, may have thought himself fleet
footed enough to play ostrich.
The parrot that share an apartment with me stretches each morning before flying; ospreys . . . it appears . . . do the same, especially
if they transport meals like this.
Final shot for today . . . the four-point buck here just about to find footing and camouflage on the north bank.
All photos here taken by Will Van Dorp, who has access to wifi AND a more contemporary computer tonight.
In my favorite field guide to birds, there's a section devoted to "exotics," species you may observe in the Northeast but which are not indigenous to this region; some of these birds got here as stowaways and others are pets escaped or released into the wild. As I think about "tugster: the project," I imagine an exotic category as well. There is tjalk Livet here and here (scroll through). Also, there is Golden Re'al here.
And what this has to do with the card below will become evident. First, notice the vessel name Marine Trader, the second word "bumboat" in the subtitle, and name of the president, father to the author.
Click the photo below and scroll through to see info on the man in the 1921 Chevy AND his connection to the vessel below.
Which leads me to this exotic.
The port of registry painted on the stern AND the landmarks in the background will locate these photos.
That bell is from neither New York nor Duluth.
But the helm seems vintage late 1930s.
The repurposed interior is warm and light. Click here to compare the current art studio interior with what it used to be in Duluth.
Many thanks to Herb for a tour of his unique vessel. Part of me felt I'd stumbled back in time and encountered John Noble as in here and here.
There are birds . . . . like (?) this winter plumage loon and
this common merganser male. And
there are birds . . . here. The rest of these photos come from Brian DeForest.
What I'd still like to see this winter is one of these, though.
Many thanks to Brian DeForest for these photos.
Here was the first time I used this title, which clearly needs to be used again.
Let me start here at 13:38. Note from far to near, or black hull to black hull . . . Cartagena, Four Sky with Lee T Moran, Red Hook, and Genco Knight.
Twin Tube slides through the opening between Bow Kiso and Genco Knight.
Even the bow of Genco Knight is crowded as their vessel prepares to dock and resupply the salt depot.
Kimberly Turecamo works the bulk carrier's stern as Evening Star passes with B. No. 250.
Add McAllister Girls in the foreground and Ellen McAllister in the distance against the blue hull, which will appear a bit later.
McCrews heads westbound and Four Sky now seems to be doing the same.
Are you out of breath yet? Only 10 minutes has elapsed.
Linehandler 1 cruises blithely through it, supremely self-assured.
Cheyenne adds color.
Another line handler boat scouts out the set up . . . as a new blue hull arrives from the west, as
. . . does Charles D. McAllister.
Crew on the blue hull–Nord Observer–stows lines as they head for tropical heat, escorted
by Catherine Turecamo although
at the turn on the Con Hook range they meet Mare Pacific heading in with Joan Turecamo and Margaret Moran. At this point . . .
14:12 . . . the mergansers decided to hightail it . . . or at least follow their crests. And I hadn't even turned around yet to see the congestion on land behind me.
All these photos in a very short time by Will Van Dorp.
My thanks to Brian DeForest and Atlantic Salt, whom Genco Knight was arriving to restock.
Here was a post about a dense traffic day as well as a busy day.
Along this stretch of . . . bird habitat, Meow man has signed in . . .
and an official boat might just be verifying the authenticity.
Meanwhile, I'm just over two miles off the center of the VZ Narrows bridge . . . doing some of my own verifying. Those round objects . . . half a dozen of them . . . are they . . .
. . . could they be . . see that one splash . . .
harbor seals? This one seems to negotiate for that rock with . . . a ruddy turnstone . . . ?
See the press release here for the NYC Audubon tours here.
Read here about the seal scientists who were on board yesterday also.
What is that canoe-shaped object in the upper left side of this photo?
Anyhow, forget about the cold and book a seal and bird tour . . . on only a few Sunday trips left.
Thanks to bowsprite who suggested this as a birthday present. I may go out and take this trip again to get the photo I missed of a squadron of long-tailed ducks circling our boat.
We stayed on the west side of Swinburne Island (it should be renamed Seal Island.) as MOL Endowment arrived with a delivery along the east side.
All photos by Will Van Dorp. Nearly three years ago I reported on a seal I interviewed on Fire Island.
Somehow . . . don't ask me how . .. meow man seems to have "signed" what used to be a white ceramic mug that usually occupies my desk. How DID he deliver that? . . . !@#@!!
Personal disclosure: I used to enjoy playing football, but I've never watched a Super Bowl game. I certainly have no feelings at all about any team, any sport. But with all this talk of seahawks and broncos on ground hog day, I'm not oblivious: ground pork meatballs will go in my lunch stew. This morning over coffee I decided to look up the history of the two teams soon to engage in New Jersey. So the first owner of the broncos originally (prior to 1960) had a team called the bears. And one of the two first investors in the seahawks was a Ned Skinner, scion of the Skinner & Eddy shipyard in Seattle and himself last owner/operator of the Alaska Steamship Company.
Anyhow . . . enjoy this digressive post, one that zags and zigs through a number of critters–like Stolt Bobcat–I've seen in the past year, as
well as this unusual logo on the side of a junked truck,
first signs of winter on the sixth boro,
my favorite fishing bird,
a quite effective gull,
my company atop a mountain in January River,
disciples of a certain waterborne tagger along the KVK,
the only good rat I've seen in a while over at Sal Polisi's shop near South Street Seaport,
a beached shark, and finally
some docked rays struggling in the light of morning sun's rays over by Owl's Head. And speaking of rays and ground hog . . .
I'm guessing Staten Island and Punxsutawney pick on ground hogs just because there are no convenient bears or badgers around to consult about winter weather.
Last critter word here, see a sea hawk and a bronco go toe-to-toe here.
Here was an earlier critter post.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp, who's now off to grind the pork.
Ooops! here's one more critter link . . . from gCaptain, an inside look at a cattle/livestock carrier.
And another loops! Read this NJstarledger article about birds here.


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Ahead: Week 3 of Increment 17.
Flight Engineer Kononenko conducted the routine maintenance of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM, including ASU toilet facilities systems/replaceables and the weekly collection of the toilet flush (SP) counter and water supply (SVO) readings for calldown to TsUP. (Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists of replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers, replacement of an EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine container, replacement of the KOV EDV at the SKV-2 air conditioner for the Elektron-intended water, and processing U.S. condensate water as it becomes available in a filled CWC from the Lab humidifier.) Additional Details: ISS On-Orbit Status 05/04/08.


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Honest and incorruptible, Jai has made it his mission to help as many people as he can. His mantra is quite simple - help somebody and then request that person to lend a helping hand to somebody else. Jai finds himself pitted against a powerful politician who unleashes his violent goons on him. His sister persuades him to make peace with the politician, but when this leads to humiliation, Jai loses his cool and declares all out war - on one side stands the politician with his numerous henchmen and on one side is Jai - alone. But a silent revolution is taking place. The voiceless public, he has helped in the past, is gathering force. It finally has a voice and this voice cannot...will not be silenced.
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Jerome Fredrick Coney III, a student assistant coach and video coordinator for the Trojans, has been a fixture with the program since arriving as a freshman after graduating from T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson in 2009. He lettered in football for the storied Yellow Jacket program after playing basketball in his native New Jersey for the North Plainfield Canucks. Coney was an honor student in both English and History in high school and majored in Business at AU, graduating Cum Laude in 2014. His dedication and love for the game of basketball was and is still evident by the amount of time he spends on the hardwood developing his skills. Born in North Plainfield, New Jersey, Coney considers Anderson, S.C., home and is the son of Sherry and Jerome Coney, Jr. He also has a sister, Lavenia.
"I feel very blessed to be able to have JC in our program for another two years as he works on his Masters' degree," head coach Jason Taylor said. "He has done impactful things for our program over the last four years that there is no way I can list them all. He's the best video guy in the business and has one of the most selfless work ethics I've ever seen. Our program has been, and fortunately will continue to be the beneficiary of Jerome's many daily selfless contributions."


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Have you ever asked yourself, dear reader, that question? It happens to be the time period in which many of the most popular historical romance novels are set.
What makes it so attractive? Well, I think, there are a number of reasons. The Regency period is roughly from about 1800 to 1820/30. It is called the Regency because it the majority of it is taken up with the time period in England when the Prince of Wales, known to most, but not to his face, as Prinny, ruled. As his father, King George the Third (yes, that George the Third) sunk more deeply into "madness" (probably something more like our today's Alzheimer's Disease) he ability to rule was lessened and his son, the Prince of Wales, was designated by Parliament to rule in his stead.
As the "madness" crept up, and Prinny began to rule, England had just finished winning a long sea war with France. The French Revolution was over, and Napoleon was taking power in France. In England, the Age of the Enlightenment, or Reason, was at an end. Mankind could no longer allow himself/herself, to be ruled by such ideas which left little room for emotion, nature, and God. The French Revolution had been the product of that period, and sometime had to be done to stop Britain from going down the same path.
That something became the Romantic Period in art, literature, and music. It is the period of Beethoven, the Godwins, the Shelleys, Keats, Byron, Coleridge, a period in which many of the old constraints of the society of the Age of Reason were thrown over for the idea that religion, nature, and emotion had a place in the world, otherwise the world would surely go mad, as France had.
This time of conflict of ideas also gave rise to a certain loosening of morals. Some of that was due to the Prince of Wales himself, never known for restraint in such areas. The Napoleonic Wars left the sea and "landed" in Spain, and the British Army was in the thick of it. Men young and old were taking the King's Shilling, and marching off to battle, and many to die, in such places as Salamanca and Badajoz.
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin had written her treatise on the rights of women, and women were coming more and more to exert themselves subtly in their world. They still needed men for obvious reasons, but they were beginning to understand that they were individuals with minds and abilities of their own.
All of this helps make the Regency such a popular period for historical romance. The loosening of societal norms usually comes along with war and unrest. Women's clothing went from being the overdone styles of the 1700's to the simple lines of the Empire waist (popularized by Napoleon's empress, Josephine), which called for little to be worn underneath. Some women in the English aristocracy scandalously dampened their dresses in front to make them cling to their figures more, outlining much of what was, or perhaps wasn't, underneath. Women began to read, and not just only the gothic romances of the time period, and to write these romances themselves.
All of these conflicting issues made the Regency period ideal for characters in historical romances to fall in love more easily with those whom they should not, to fall into bed more easily, to, and in general, be able to side step society's restrictions until they could work out their own "Happily Ever Afters".
There are more reasons of course, but this is not an historical treatise on the Regency period. It is simply a cataloging of some ideas as to why this period has given rise to such a number of historical romances.


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Tulane athletic trainer Craig Obermeyer begins his 14h year on the Green Wave training staff and his fourth year as the Green Wave's head trainer. Previously, Obermeyer served as an assistant trainer for nine years.
Obermeyer came to Tulane after four years as head trainer at Odessa (Texas) College.
Obermeyer is a 1982 graduate of the University of Nebraska with a bachelor's degree in physical education and athletic training. He received his master's in 1983 from the University of Arizona.
He is married to the former Tracie Blanchard and they have two children, Kalli (10) and Casey (7).


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Due diligence continuesApril 06,2013
Due diligence continues
The Orange and Washington Joint Contract Exploration Committee convened on March 25 to continue thoughtful discussion of the recent history of each schools path to building a multi-tiered system for academic and behavior support and to review each schools current position.
Theresa Wood, board member associated with the creation of the joint contract school collaboration between Duxbury and Waterbury, will speak at the next scheduled meeting. Ms. Wood will provide an overview of the joint contract process that took place in her community including but not limited to phases of exploration, implementation, outcome, and ongoing process management. The Orange and Washington Exploration Committee members & meeting attendees crafted a list of specific questions for Ms. Wood to provide guidance and feedback.
The next scheduled meeting will take place on Monday, April 8, 6 to 8 p.m. at the Washington Village School, 72 School Lane, Washington, Vt.
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After updating yesterday, (can unfortunately not remember the specific updates) the launcher could not be made to appear. Rebooting the system showed the launcher only as a black bar at the left edge of the screen without any icons in the launcher.
If the mouse arrow is moved over the black launcher bar, the names of the applications next to the launcher appears. What could be done to have the icons to be visible in the launcher?


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Elsie Janis Movies and Career Information
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Elsie Janis was an American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as "the sweetheart of the AEF".
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Re: Overlapping sets of coordinates?
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No alignment -- I used PASA to generate (properly) align transcripts against a genome. Among the PASA outputs is a tab-delimited file that lists the alignments of all my input transcripts in an almost GFF3 file like format. So I need to iterate through the alignments that are valid (one of the columns) and see if any of these match (overlap, include, etc) the coordinates of certain gene models. On Jun 5, 2013, at 12:03 PM, Brian Osborne <bosborne11 <at> verizon.net> wrote: > Bob, > > Flattery will get you everywhere. > > Are you saying that you have this mapping in the form of an alignment file of some kind? > > BIO > > On Jun 5, 2013, at 10:53 AM, Bob Freeman <bobfreemanma <at> speakeasy.net> wrote: > >> Dear knowledgeable & experienced community, >> >> I've been racking my brains on this one and I'm sure it's been solved before, but can't seem to find where/how to do this without major amounts of custom coding: I have a set of transcripts mapped against a genome. I'd like to know which transcripts overlap a given set of coordinates (e.g. coordinates for a certain gene model). Is there an easy way to ascertain overlap, non-overlap, partial overlap, etc. in BioPerl?? >> >> Thanks, >> Bob >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bioperl-l mailing list >> Bioperl-l <at> lists.open-bio.org >> http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bioperl-l > ----------------------------------------------------- Bob Freeman, Ph.D. 51 Downer Avenue, #2 Dorchester, MA 02125 617/699.7057, vox "Well, I'm thankful that I found a pharmacologist who is as dumb as a box of hair." -- Karen Walker, from Will and Grace


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Vic's Bagel Bar Truck Starts Rolling Friday
How did this not happen sooner?
If the closing of H&H; has you down, fear not, you'll soon be able to find solace in the Vic's Bagel Bar Truck, says Thrillist. From the same folks that brought us pizza bagel beer pong, the truck, coincidentally, will park in front of the former H&H; site when it launches on Friday. You can check Twitter for daily updates, but we're told by Vic Glazer that the customary parking spot will be farther downtown in the Union Square area, from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.* On Thursday through Saturday, the bagel dispensary will hit Williamsburg or the Lower East Side to satisfy tipsy carbo cravings with pizza bagels. Given that the bagel is practically New York's signature food, we're only wondering how this didn't happen sooner.
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Disclaimer: There may be spoilers included in the summaries.
Disc 1:
Episode 1 "The Target": A maintenance man named William Gant (played by Larry Hull) testifies against D'Angelo Barksdale (played by Lawrence Gilliard Jr.) in a homicide. D'Angelo is demoted from running a west side Franklin Terrance tower to sitting in a low riser. Detective James "Jimmy" McNulty (played by Dominic West) makes enemies with officers and his boss, a narcotics supervisor, Lieutenant Cedric Daniels (played by Lance Reddick) for talking to Judge Daniel Phelan (played by Peter Gerety) about Detective Frank Barlow's (played by Michael Stone Forrest) case against Russell "Stringer" Bell (played by Idris Elba) and D'Angelo Barksdale (played by Lawrence Gilliard Jr.). Stringer tells his partner Avon Barksdale (played by Wood Harris) that he recognizes McNulty in the courtroom as the cop who tried to arrest someone else from their crew.
Episode 2 "The Detail": Lieutenant Daniels realizes he's stuck with a scatter-brained new person on his team, Major Stanislaus Valchek (played by Al Brown)'s son-in-law Detective Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski (played by Jim True-Frost) who shot up his own car to get out of the casualty department. Clearly nothing has changed with his shooting considering in less than a day he manages to accidentally shoot the wall of the team's rundown investigation office. Detective Shakima "Kima" Greggs (played by Sonja Sohn) sets up shop to spy on drug dealers with Officer Ellis Carver (played by Seth Gilliam) and Detective Thomas "Herc" Hauk (played by Domenick Lombardozzic). Reginald "Bubbles" Cousins (played by Andre Royo) offers to help old friend Kima, after finishing his three months in jail, to avenge the brutal beating of his friend Johnny Weeks (played by Leo Fitzpatrick) by Barksdale's and Stringer's street crew. The red hat trick is implemented.
Episode 3 "The Buys": D'Angelo suggests new ways to run the low rise with his workers Preston "Bodie" Broadus (played by J.D. Williams), Wallace (played by Michael B. Jordan) and Malik "Poot" Carr (played by Tray Chaney). Prez is put on administrative leave after blinding a 14-year-old boy Kevin Johnston (played by Jimmie Jelani Manners) for leaning on a police car and mouthing off. Detectives are forced to do early arrests, but McNulty refuses to participate. Omar Little (played by Michael K. Williams) introduces himself.
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Episode 4 "Old Cases": Preston "Bodie" Broadus (played by J.D. Williams) is beaten and arrested for assaulting a cop during a drug arrest. After escaping, Bodie finds out why D'Angelo served eight months for an arrest of one of Avon's girls. The detectives find out Detective Lester Freamon (played by Clarke Peters) isn't a slacker police officer after all, especially when he comes back with D'Angelo's pager number and a photo of Avon. McNulty has a drink with Freamon to find out why he was stuck working at a pawn shop for 13 years and four months. Kima appeases her girlfriend Cheryl (played by Melanie Nicholls-King) by taking classes to go beyond her career in the police force.
Episode 5 "The Pager": Stringer orders D'Angelo to stop paying boys in the courtyard for drug dealing until the snitch is found. Kima and McNulty spy on Omar, but Omar decides to introduce himself to the cops instead of running. Wallace reports Omar's boyfriend Brandon Wright (played by Michael Kevin Darnall) to Stringer as one of the guys who robbed Avon's crew. Sergeant Jay Landsman (played by Delaney Williams) talks to Deputy Commissioner for Operations William "Major" A. Rawls (played by John Doman) about why McNulty can't help himself with nosing into cases. Prez breaks pay phone code system.
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Episode 6 "The Wire": Brandon is found beat up with one eye missing after being hung outside of a window onto a car. Wallace takes Brandon's death harder than the rest. D'Angelo ponders on future with Shardene (played by Wendy Grantham). Prez and Freamon finally have a voice to match Stringer's name on pay phone wires. Daniels demands that Detective Augustus Polk (played by Nat Benchley) either get sober or turn himself in after slacking off on police work. Sterling (played by Curtis Montez) and Cassandra (actress name unknown) are caught stealing from D'Angelo.
Episode 7 "One Arrest": Rawls plots to get even with McNulty by using Officer Michael "Sanny" Santangelo (played by Michael Salconi). Bubbles is moved by the speech Walon (played by Steve Earle) gives after going to a rehab meeting with Johnny. Johnny has to go to drug court and rehab meetings to avoid prison time, courtesy of Kima's request. Prez comes face to face with Kevin. Omar talks to cops about Marquis "Bird" Hilton (played by Fredro Starr). Wallace goes into hiding. Wendell "Orlando" Blocker (played by Clayton LeBouef) talks to D'Angelo about a drug connect. Stringer demands Bodie and Poot destroy pay phones.
Episode 8 "Lessons": Sean McNulty (played by Eric G. Ryan) and Michael McNulty (played by Antonio Cordova) play the "front and frisk" game for their father. Roland "Wee-Bey" Brice (played by Hassan Johnson), Anton "Stinkum" Artis (played by Brandon Price) and a third guy break into Omar's home and burn his van. Damien Lavelle "Day-Day" Price (played by Donnell Rawlings) is arrested for civil forfeiture after carrying a garbage bag of $20,000. Daniels reuintes with Day-Day after previous conversation he had with Day-Day at a political fundraiser. Acting Commissioner Ervin H. Burrell (played by Frankie Faison) demands that Daniels release Day-Day and threatens Daniels about his past. Questions arise about the integrity of Day-Day's boss, State Senator R. Clayton "Clay" Davis (played by Isiah Whitlock Jr.). Judge Phelan outranks Burrell on taking down Daniels' phone tap 20 days early. Omar kills Stinkum and shoots Wee-Bey. Shardene wonders what happened to Keisha at party with D'Angelo, Stinkum and Wee-Bey.
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Episode 9 "Game Day": Wallace feels guilty about Brandon's death and wants out of the drug game. D'Angelo approves of it, but Bodie is suspicious of what Wallace will do when he's free to go back to school. An east side versus west side basketball game introduces the competition between Avon and Joseph "Proposition Joe" Stewart (played by Robert F. Chew). Carver and Herc search for a face behind the name Avon. One of Orlando's strip club dancers Shardene finds out another dancer Keisha was raped and OD'd. She agrees to help Kima and Freamon find out more about Orlando's and narrow down what Avon looks like. Freamon warns Daniels that Avon is donating $75,000 per month to political campaigns, such as Damien "Day-Day" Price's (played by Donnell Rawlings). Omar makes a deal with Proposition Joe to find Avon.
Episode 10 "The Cost": Orlando gets caught by undercover cops in a drug deal. Kima is hurt during a drug bust case. Buttons tries to get clean after talking with counselor Walon (played by Steve Earle). Wallace gives up information to cops on Avon after being upset over Brandon's death and is sent to live with grandmother.
Episode 11 "The Hunt": Cheryl and Bubbles find out Kima has been shot. Detectives try to find Kima's killers. Wintell "Little Man" Royce (played by Micaiah Jones) and Wee-Bey find out there was a cop -- Kima -- in the back of the car with Orlando. Avon and Stringer react.
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Episode 12 "Cleaning Up": State Senator R. Clayton "Clay" Davis (played by Isiah Whitlock Jr.) introduces himself to Daniels to defend the money Price has received, as well as other politicians. Burrell reminds Daniels of his past. Wallace returns to the courtyard. D'Angelo is concerned about Wallace's safety after leaving the game. So is Daniels. Shardene wears wire to help detectives, and Freamon bonds with her. Bodie and Poot are ordered to take care of a snitch.
Episode 13 "Sentencing": Kima wakes up and identifies one of her killers. Brianna Barksdale (played by Michael Hyatt) visits her son in prison. Cheryl gives Kima an ultimatum. FBI offers to pursue political corruption. Daniels talks to Carver about his future on the police force. Avon's, Wee-Bey's and D'Angelo's trials go to court.
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The first look of the upcoming movie from producer Michael Bay, Teenage Mutuant Ninja Turtles, has been released on the Entertainment Weekly website.
In the trailer, Shredder (William Fichtner), is talking with April (Megan Fox) about how 'people are looking for justice' and that her father and him are 'creating heroes'.
We get a look at some of the action sequences and a first look at what the Ninja Turtles will look like. A few months ago, some stills were released from set, but only showed the actors in the CGI costumes. Now, we get to see them with the special effects put in.
The action looks like amazing, just like any other Michael Bay, film but the turtles look a little weird. Perhaps seeing more of them in the whole context of the film will change that. Stakes are high for this film as it has a big budget with high expectations. With the fact that Nickelodeon has also invested time and money in this film might help because they will be doing a lot of promoting on Nickelodeon, getting the kids excited to see the movie.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stars Fichtner, Fox, Alan Ritchson, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, and Pete Ploszek and is set to come out August 8th.
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Letting Reyes Walk Not Such a Bad Decision
Jose Reyes was hurt on the first play of the game on opening day in Tampa. The former Met is on the DL for 15 days with a hamstring pull.
Since signing a 106 million dollar contract with Miami following his batting title season of 2011 with the Mets, Reyes has played in a total of 254 games. That was a full season with Miami, one in which Reyes stole 40 bases. He stole only 15 for Toronto last season playing in just 93 games because of suffering a severe ankle sprain and missing a couple of months. Now he has a pulled hamstring and as we recall, this is the type of injury that can hamper Reyes all season long.
I'm not saying that what we have today is better than Reyes, that would be absurd. But I am saying that perhaps the Mets brain trust was correct in their assessment and not giving that many buckaroos to Reyes. He will be 31 this year and showing the kind of problems management was concerned about.
It's just an observation and does not excuse management for not being able to secure a more productive shortstop than what is currently in the stable. But at least it may help vindicate them for the decision to let Reyes walk.


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- From kc dyer, Contest Coordinator
- Winners (with photos)
- About the Authors
Anthologies are still available for sale for $8 plus shipping. Please email email@example.com stating how many anthologies you want and where to ship them to. kc dyer will get back to you with the total cost.
From the Contest Coordinator
As new contest coordinator this year, I had some mighty big shoes to fill. Lois Petersen has done an incredible job over the past few years, coordinating the contest and amassing the winning entries in this marvelous anthology. This year's contest generated a tidal wave of submissions – almost 300 in total. 112 poems, 119 short stories and 68 non-fiction entries ensured that the judges had a fine array from which to select their favourites.
The field of entrants was not only broad but very deep. Several
of the judges noted that they had never before seen such a strong
selection of contenders. Congratulations go out to all the writers
who took the courageous step of submitting their work to this
contest. We are the richer for it! Every story and poem submitted
was read a minimum of three to four times – and most were
read many times more than that. This contest continues to grow
in scope and the depth of the field was remarkable. The winning
entries in these pages made their way through a strong selection
of excellent writing from across the globe. Stories, articles
and poetry arrived for consideration from: Switzerland, England,
Australia, New Zealand; from Washington, Utah, Vermont, New York
and California; and from coast to coast across Canada.
Please read and enjoy these winning entries, and then sharpen your pencil and throw your own work into the ring when we bring you the 2005 Surrey International Writers' Conference Writing Contest. Next October will be here sooner than you think!
kc dyer, Contest Coordinator
2004 Winners
Storyteller's Award First Place
My Lame Summer Journal By Brandon Harris, Grade 7 by Michael Hiebert (below right)
Storyteller's Hon Mention
Against that Time by Corry Venema-Weiss (below left)
Storytellers Hon Mention
A Manhole Under the
Hollyhocks by Alexandra
Nonfiction First
The Petrified Dancers by Lori McNulty (below left)
Nonfiction Hon Mention
Drifting Out Of My Mind by Jason Bellipani
Nonfiction Hon Mention
Colon Bliss: Purging, Scourging, Slooshing and Whooshing on the Internet by Margaret Gunning (below right)
Poetry First Place
Touching by Dan Neil (below left)
Poetry Hon. Mention
Snail Symmetry by Renee Norman (below left)
Poetry Hon. Mention
In Praise of Folly by Lea Harper
About the Authors
Michael Hiebert, Surrey, BC
Michael is a prolific writer of novels, short stories and poetry. He currently has three books making the rounds at major publishing houses. He helped found the Ram's Head Writer's Group, lives in Langley, British Columbia and spends ten hours each day writing. He has two children, ten computers and a robot dog named Darwin.
Corry Venema-Weiss, Everett, Washington, USA
Corry Venema-Weiss is a recovering creative. Like so many young people, encouraged by her community to suppress her natural inclination to write, both actively ("there'll never be any money in it.") and by neglect (where was the creative writing team at her school, damn it?), she poured her passion into other things: nursing, midwifery, marriage and a family, gardening and especially, reading. She rediscovered the fun, the craft, the joy of writing through the loving support of a large community of women, both locally and internationally, via the internet (God bless Tim Berners-Lee), and like anything a girl pours her whole self into it has become a spiritual practice, the way she discovers what it means to be human. This is her first short story. Write on!
Alexandra Fox, Hackleton, Northants, United Kingdom
Alexandra Fox lives in a village in England, and is a mother and grandmother. She unexpectedly began writing short stories in January, 2004 and has received the first prize in the London Momaya, Peninsular and BBC competitions, BBC and Peninsular runner-up places, finalled in the Northern Echo/Orange and BBC/LBF comps, is currently on several shortlists and was commended at Cadenza. She has publications accepted or published in InkPot, Quiet Feather, Aesthetica and many ezines. This is her 38th prize or publication this year. Lexie writes with Alex Keegan's Boot Camp.
Lori McNulty, Vancouver, BC
Lori is completing a manuscript entitled The Petrified Dancers, exploring her trek to the sacred Garhwal Himalayas in India and the parallel journey of her mother's illness and dying. This book addresses the strange intimacy of cross-cultural encounter and the profound loss of contact that marks contemporary life in the West. She received her MA in English Literature from McGill University and is a graduate of The Writer's Studio at Simon Fraser University. Her writing has appeared in the Globe & Mail, Trade, and the Portfolio milieu 2004 anthology. Currently living and working in Vancouver, she has been a professional writer for 20 years. A few years ago she took a night course with Shani Mootoo at the University of Alberta. Shani later mentioned she had led a workshop at the Surrey International Writers' Conference and found it a wonderful experience. When she moved to Vancouver, she kept the event in mind. More recently, a member of her writing group alerted me to the contest so she thought the time was right to enter. And then she held her breath…
Jason Bellipani, Amherst, New Hampshire, USA
Jason's writing has appeared in Feathers and Cigarettes, a Fish Publication anthology (Ireland), The Cream City Review, The Berkeley Fiction Review, Sniper Logic, and Seven Days. He is currently pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts in writing from Stone coast in Maine.
Margaret Gunning, Port Coquitlam, BC
Margaret Gunning has been writing for newspapers and magazines for some years now, with her book reviews, columns, commentary and freelance articles appearing in the Globe and Mail, Victoria Times-Colonist, Vancouver Sun, Edmonton Journal, Montreal Gazette, various community papers, and several magazines that are, alas, no longer with us. Her poetry has appeared in multiple issues of Prism International, Capilano Review, blue buffalo and Room of One's Own. After many years of futile attempts to publish fiction, her first novel, BETTER THAN LIFE, came out in 2003 with Newest Press, and her second, NOLA MARDLING, will be published with Turnstone Press in the fall of 2005. She is currently working on another novel and a book-length poem, but she keeps on doing book reviews (more than 250 at last count) as "something to fall back on" when it all caves in. The eccentricities and extremes of internet culture have always intrigued her, which is what led her to write about such a strange topic (colony cleansing, one of the internet's chief obsessions - just google "mucoid plaque" and you'll see).
Dan Neil, Langley, BC
The SIWC has allowed Dan the opportunity to enter the world of writers. He always enjoys meeting writers; peers who share the same passion. He won first prize in poetry in 2001, second prize in fiction 2001 and first prize in poetry in 2002. This has profoundly helped him become a confident writer. His short fiction was published in the Fed Anthology in 2003 by Anvil Press. Dan has nine unpublished novels, the last of which, THE KILLING JARS, he finished this past summer. A publisher from the Maritimes requested the manuscript and Dan's fingers are crossed. He also completed a Creative Writing Course at UBC this past spring. Attention all Publishers! Dan says he is ready for the next step!
Renee Norman, Coquitlam, BC
Renee Norman, PhD, is a teacher, writer, and poet whose work has been published in literary and academic journals as well as newspapers. Her dissertation, "House of Mirrors, which contains her autobiographical poetry and narrative, was published in 2001 by Peter Lang, NY. Renee is the mother of three daughters and she writes about mothers, daughters, family relationships, and snails.
Lea Harper, Haliburton, Ontario
Lea is the author of two collections of poetry, All That Saves Us and Shadow Crossing (Black Moss Press), and three recordings. She was recipient of The LaPointe Prize for poetry, and double-winner of The People's Political Poem contest. Her music received a nomination for a Juno award.
Lee believes life is enriched by the endless interconnections poetry insists we partake in. For her, writing is a form of meditation, beginning with a blank slate and a search for the source at the heart of our intentions – the inevitable plumbing for deeper implications. The process of a poem is the gradual revelation of potency and reason. In entering this contest, Lee wanted to test the merits of a new poem she felt strongly about. The annual Surrey International Writers' Conference contest seemed a worthy challenge. She is impressed with the work that goes into the Conference and its ongoing support of the writing community.