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PSE's Ernie Calandrelli, the Bionic Bowhunter
By Ernie Calandrelli with John E. Phillips
Day 1: PSE's Ernie Calandrelli Takes the Biggest Buck of His Life in Kansas
Editor's Note: When we asked Ernie Calandrelli, public relations director for Quaker Boy Calls in Orchard Park, New York, how long he had been shooting PSE, he answered, "Years and years and years." Calandrelli can't remember when he didn't shoot PSE. Although he doesn't remember the models of PSE bows he's shot over the years, he does remember some of the better deer he's taken with his PSE bows. As Calandrelli has gotten older, he has had medical problems that would cause most bowhunters to give-up the sport. With both shoulders completely replaced, he is still taking deer each season with his PSE bow. Ernie Calandrelli is the bionic bowhunter.
The best buck I ever took with my PSE bow was a buck I killed in Kansas that scored 176-1/2-points on Pope & Young that I took at 17 steps. I had put a climbing stand in a tree on the edge of a river bank where I had hunted the year before. I climbed into my tree stand before daylight that first morning. As the light brightened-up the sky, I did a series of grunt calls. I just had put down my call when this buck came up over the edge of the river bank. At first light, I had seen a rub and ranged it at 17 yards. When the buck came over the river bank, he walked right beside that tree, before moving to within 12 steps of me. I thought he was at least a 130-inch buck. I made the decision to take the shot, but the way he was coming, I knew he would smell me. While he moved through a thicket, I came to full draw. When the buck hit my scent line, he whirled and ran back into the thicket. I thought the hunt was over, but luckily, he stopped by the tree I had ranged and looked back at me. I put the pin right behind his shoulder and released the arrow.
I realized immediately I had the buck. I knew I had a clean release, and that my pin sight was behind the shoulder, where I needed it to be. When I touched the trigger on my mechanical release, there was no question in my mind that the buck was mine. One of the big advantages of shooting a PSE bow is if you practice with it, you have confidence and know your bow is flat-shooting and fast. You know when you touch that trigger that you'll have your buck. I often am asked why I shoot PSE bows, and my answer always is, "They're dependable, they fit me, and they do what they're designed to do. They take deer and other big game."
Day 2: PSE's Ernie Calandrelli Takes the Same Kansas Stand and Makes the Same Shot with the Same Bow to Equal a 160 Inch Buck
One of the things I like about PSE is I have years of history with the company. I believe if something's not broken, don't fix it. I'm the same way about deer hunting. After I took the biggest buck of my life in Kansas, I returned to Kansas the next year. The first morning of the hunt, I went back to the same stand where I had taken the 176-1/2-inch buck the previous year. I knew when I walked into the woods I'd start perspiring. So, I carried my outer clothes with me to the stand and put them on there. On this morning, I wore a hooded sweatshirt with a Quaker Boy Ridge Runner Grunt Call in the front pocket. Before I could take my outer clothing out of my daypack, I heard something walking and cracking limbs. To be honest, I thought it was another hunter. Then I spotted a deer at about 40 or 50 yards in my peripheral vision.
I took out my grunt call. Because I was looking at the deer and trying to take out my grunt call out at the same time, somehow the plastic tube on the front of the call got hung-up in my pocket. So, when I pulled it out, I had just the call in my hand. In the early days of deer calling, grunt calls were just short calls with no hoses. So, I knew how to put my hand over the end of the call to muffle and deepen the sound. The deer turned and started coming to me. That buck walked right up under my stand. I couldn't see exactly how big the buck was. However, I knew he was over 130 inches, so I took the shot. I waited about an hour in my tree stand, before I decided to track the deer. Instead of following the blood trail and going straight to the deer, I opted to go over the bank and walk the edge of the river.
Before I came out of the tree, I identified a tree that I could recognize from the river bank. That tree was important, because it was the last place I had seen the buck. My plan was to stay out of sight and hearing of the buck I had arrowed and walk down the edge of the river. When I got to the tree where I had last seen the buck, I started looking for my deer. I took my time and walked as quietly as possible. When I was even with the tree, I sneaked over the edge of the bank. Just as I topped the river bank, I saw a huge buck with long antlers. I said to myself, "Oh my gosh, is that the buck I just shot?" I went over the bank and put my hands on the deer's antlers. I couldn't believe it. This buck scored 160 on Pope & Young. When I went back to the tree and stepped-off the distance, I found the buck only had been standing 6-yards from me when I took the shot. I had used my 10-yard pin, and that PSE bow shot so flat and fast that my arrow only hit a few inches below where I was aiming.
Day 3: PSE's Ernie Calandrelli Lets His Bow Down and Turns Around in the Tree to Get the Shot at a Missouri Buck
A week before I took the biggest buck of my life in Kansas, I had been hunting in Missouri. I had set-up a ladder stand in a creek bottom, where two or three ridges came together. This bottom was right on the edge of some Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land. During this afternoon hunt, the sun was going down over the hill behind me. I knew I didn't have many-more minutes before dark. As the sun went down, it lit-up the CRP field behind me. Every blade of grass and every bush glowed like neon lights. In the distance, I could see something moving across the field. I picked-up my binoculars and saw it was a monster buck, and he was coming toward me but wouldn't pass by me. I pulled my Ridge Runner grunt call out of my pocket and grunted to the deer. I hoped to get him to turn and walk to me. As soon as that buck heard that grunt call, he spun and started running straight to me.
This hunt had to be one of the most-exciting ones I ever had in my life. I never had seen a buck run as fast or as hard straight to me as this buck did. For a minute, I was dazed and couldn't think of what I needed to do. Finally, I grabbed my PSE bow and clicked on my release. The buck stopped about 80-yards away and stood in a little draw. As I listened and watched, that buck used his antlers like a wrecking ball. He tore-up trees, bushes and everything in sight with those antlers. After the buck had done battle with all the foliage, he stopped, looked in my direction and then looked away. When the buck looked away from me, I gave him a soft grunt call. He whipped his head around and took-off running again. Leaves and dirt were flying in the air as he dug his hooves into the ground and ran full out toward me. When he got within 12 steps of my stand, he locked-up and froze like a statue.
From the position of the deer's body, I thought he was going to walk to my right side, so I was positioned to take the shot on that side. Instead, the buck went to my left side. I had to let the bow down to turn to the other side of my stand without him seeing me. When I got around the tree and came to full draw again, the buck was 12-yards from me and walking away. I started grunting, whistling and all the things I normally would do to stop a buck. Finally, I yelled at the deer. Once he stopped, I had my pin sight right where I wanted the arrow to go. I touched my release and fired. The buck took the arrow and only ran a few yards before he piled up. When I found him, I couldn't believe the size of his antlers. This buck scored 166 on Pope & Young.
Day 4: PSE's Ernie Calandrelli Says All He Could See Was Antlers Coming Toward Him in Iowa
I was hunting in Iowa during early November. The temperature was 2-degrees below zero, and I was really cold. Icicles hung off all the limbs. The first time I moved in that stand, the icicles fell off and sounded like glass shattering as they hit the ground. I didn't know what to do. I knew if a buck came in I wouldn't be able to move without spooking him. Early in the morning, I had a 2-1/2-year-old 8-point buck walk right under my tree. I had a little trail in front of me that came out of some Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land, and there were scrapes and rubs on that trail. This 8-point was a nice deer, but I was really hoping to take a better one. As I watched the 8-pointer move down the trail, all of a sudden he stopped. Every muscle in his body seemed to lock-up. There was a ditch off the side of the trail, and this buck backed-up and went down in the ditch. Because I had the wind in my face, and I hadn't moved a muscle, I knew the buck hadn't seen, heard or smelled me. After the buck got down in the ditch, he took off running like a scared dog.
I looked in the other direction, and I could see horns coming towards me – big horns. This buck was monstrous. When he came to a scrape, he began to work the scrape. Finally, he was at 17 yards. Once he turned broadside to me, I thought, "Oh my gosh, he's as big as an elk." I put my sight right behind his shoulder and released the arrow, hoping I could put this monster down. When the buck took the arrow, he only went 50-yards before he piled-up. The buck scored 148 inches, but he weighed over 300 pounds. Because I'd taken elk with my PSE bow before, I felt certain if I could place the arrow where I knew it should be that the speed and the power of my bow could drive that arrow all the way through this big buck, which it did. That buck might be one of the biggest-bodied bucks I'd ever taken.
Day 5: PSE's Ernie Calandrelli Downs an Iowa Buck at 20 Yards
I was hunting in Iowa, and one afternoon, I went into the woods to hang my tree stand. I had spotted a really-nice buck, but after several days of hunting, I hadn't seen him again. I'd learned before in Iowa that those big bucks only might show-up in the same area every three or four days. Often I might go several days and never even see a deer. At about 9:30 or 10:00 am, I spotted that buck coming down a little draw. I grunted to him. He was on a hill, and I was on a bottom. After he heard me grunt, he came down the hill and went down in a little ditch. He was still coming to me. I was a little concerned I wouldn't be able to take him. When I get in my tree stand, I wiggle around in it a little bit to see if it squeaks. Sure enough, this morning I had heard my stand squeak. I knew if I stood to take the shot, or if I had to move around on the stand to get into position, the stand would squeak and spook the deer. So, I put some cotton gloves under my stand to prevent it from squeaking. When the buck got to the bottom of the ditch, he was about 20-yards from me. I had to stand to shoot. I was hoping I had solved the squeaky-stand problem. I was able to stand-up, come to full draw and arrow the deer at 20 yards with my PSE bow. The buck scored about 140.
I don't remember which PSE bow I was using then, and it doesn't really matter. Over the years I've found one PSE bow is just as good as another. They've been everything I've ever wanted in my bows. Many years ago my friend Bill Epeards introduced me to PSE bows, and I became friends with Pete Shepley, founder of PSe. When I started having shoulder problems, Pete Shepley advised me on which bows I should use, and what poundage I should shoot. I had a complete shoulder replacement in my left shoulder 6-years ago. About 8-weeks ago I had another complete replacement in my right shoulder. Because I've had so many shoulder problems over the years, all the deer I've mentioned have been shot with a 55-pound PSE bow. I've learned that if you shoot a deer with a 70-pound bow and get a clean pass-through, the arrow just sticks deeper in the dirt after it passes through the deer. So, I don't think shooting the heavier-weight bows is really necessary.
Today, you can shoot a slower arrow and still produce enough kinetic energy to take any big-game species in North America. We don't have to shoot those heavier bows. The cams on PSE bows roll-over smoothly, and I don't have to jerk the string back to get it to full draw. These bows are much smoother and the let-off allows you to hold less weight at full draw. I come to a solid back wall. These PSE bows are just beautiful to shoot, especially as you grow older and have medical problems. Years ago, when I had my first shoulder replacement, I thought my bowhunting would be over, but it wasn't. I learned I still could shoot a 50- to a 55-pound bow effectively. Now that I've had my second shoulder replacement, I still can shoot accurately with a 45- to 50-pound bow. Because of the new innovations PSE has designed into their bows, even though I have had both shoulders preplaced, I still can shoot a compound bow, which would have been totally impossible 10-or 20-years ago.
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Gear Review-PSE Phantom Micro Adjustable Drop Away Rest by PSE's Al Quackenbush
By Albert Quackenbush
Having been a fan of drop away rests for years, I have tested many with decent results. Some are cable driven and others are limb driven. The PSE Phantom™ Micro Adjustable Drop Away Rest is a cable driven drop away rest that offers much more than your everyday drop away. Reviewing the Phantom Micro was very enjoyable and enlightening.
The PSE Phantom Micro Adjust is our finest drop away arrow rest and features a full capture platform for the arrow. The rest falls out of the way for complete arrow clearance. The oversize screws make adjustments and tuning very easy.
Installation of the Phantom Micro is simple, but there were no instructions in or on the packaging, so you have to get them online. This would have been better if they were in the package in my opinion. Follow the directions found here and you'll be headed in the right direction.
My favorite part is the fact that the rest itself never touches the riser. Unlike most drop away rests, the Phantom sits slightly behind the riser thus allowing it to swivel and function quietly and more efficiently. One of the best features is no aggravating slapping sound when the rest drops. I can't tell you how much time I have spent trying to quiet down other drop away rests. When the Phantom Micro drops it is ultra-quiet and super smooth.
The curved supports on either side have a rubberized coating providing more sound-dampening when your arrow makes contact. It contains the arrow and is quiet. No more needs to be said.
I did not like that there is no glue or sticky bottom to the rubber piece that sits on your riser. This is the piece that your arrow makes contact with to keep it from making noise. In order to utilize it, you must purchase an adhesive and glue the rubber rest to the riser. If you don't, the arrow makes constant contact with the riser and metal-on-metal makes noise.
I spent two days at the range after I installed the Phantom where I shot a minimum of fifty shots. During that time I had a good friend listen to the bow while I shot. Specifically, I had him focus on the arrow rest. He said he heard no noise and was also impressed at how fast it dropped. The Phantom Micro is the quietest rest I have ever used. I plan on using this rest in 2013 as it boosts my confidence in knowing I have less chance of spooking game.
Overall, I have to say that the Phantom Micro Adjustable drop away rest is one of the best I have put to the test. I like it better than any of the other drop aways I have used and it's a great buy at $99.99. I have and will continue to recommend this rest to my fellow archers looking for the quietest, most highly functional drop away arrow rest on the market.
Albert Quackenbush has been bowhunting for more than 28 years. He shares his adventures on his blog, www.SoCalBowhunter.com, and also writes for Bow Adventures e-magazine. He is a Pro Staff member for DIYbowhunter.com, Piranha Custom Bowstrings and Field Logic. He is a member of the National Wild Turkey Federation, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, California Deer Association, and is a Life Member of the North American Hunting Club.
Albert was born and raised in New York State where he learned to hunt everything from squirrels to whitetail deer. He currently resides in Southern California with his wife and daughter and hunts year round.
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By Pedro Ampuero
Its being a coooold winter, but that has never been an excuse to get out and try our best.
Here are some pics of the last two months of hunting with a total of 21 days out.
I ahve been after chamois, ibex, deer, boars, duck, partridges,… Had a lot of fun.
Finallly got a huge boar which was awesome!! Hope you like them.
This past weekend I have been filming a TV show, got a two deer and a wildboar, i will send you pics later.
Luck is back again! Take care,
Pedro Ampuero was raised in Spain, a country full of hunting opportunities in which the hunting season goes year round. He spends many days each year in the field and traveling the world in search of new adventures. You will always find him outdoors scouting, hunting, filming or tracking with his Bavarian bloodhound.
Pedro is a mechanical engineer by trade and a bowhunter by heart. He is the co-founder of the blog AdventurousBowhunter.com and Cazandoconarco.es and has written many articles for the hunting industry and currently collaborates with the most prestigious companies on the industry.
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My Bow Choice by PSE's Jared Bloomgren
By Jared Bloomgren
I am often asked what makes me decide which bow is best for me. Ever since I began shooting my first PSE nearly 25 years ago I always looked forward to the next year when the new bows were introduced. It was always like Christmas in October when PSE would introduce the new bows and that hasn't changed one bit today! I always look forward to what PSE will bring out for new bows and technology. This last October was no different! It has came a long ways since I was shooting my PSE Deer Hunter.
I decided to give the DNA a try and I have finally gotten my hands on my own. I have only shot the DNA at 20 yards in an indoor range so I cannot say for sure how I feel about the bow at longer distances. But when I have shot it, it has felt and shot like a dream bow. Smooth draw, vibe free, and very fast. Accuracy and forgiveness will have to be determined after I get it back. I have stripped my DNA down and sent it off to Hydro-Dip in Utah to have it dipped in the new Kryptek Highlander pattern! Once I have it back in my hands and get it put back together you can expect I will be out there shooting this bow out past 100 yards to determine if it will take the place of my Omen.
Okay, I got a bit sidetracked; back to it….what makes me decide which bow is best for me? I am a spot and stalk hunter as you know if you have been following my blogs. I hunt in the west in open country often and having a bow that is fast and forgiving is what I prefer. There are times when a 70 yard shot may present itself and having a flatter, faster shooting bow can make a huge difference. Granted speed doesn't kill but it does sure help with these circumstances! Having a faster and flatter shooting bow will make judging yardage not as critical. This also increases my maximum effective shooting range. (Watch for a future blog on Maximum Shooting Range)
Ever since the introduction of the X Force HF in 2007 I was very excited! The speed and shoot-ability of this bow was better than ever in the PSE line. Since then the X Force line has continued with new bows over the years and there is an X Force for every style of archer. The speeds are phenomenal and yes, the shoot ability is top notch!
That brings me into the year 2012. I acquired an Omen Pro, black riser with skullworks limbs and accessories. The thing looks saweet! The black and skullworks combination just pops! I was pulling 74# and shooting a 390 grain arrow around 330 feet per second. I was drilling the bulls-eye out to 120 yards and very confident in my shooting and in the bow! I have never shot another bow as good as I am shooting this bow. The thing is a dream for me to shoot!
So that leads me back to the DNA. Will the DNA stack up to my Omen Pro? Time and testing will soon tell and I will keep everybody up to speed on my findings. Granted, what bow shoots best for me and what I prefer will not be the case for others. Each person needs to find the bow that compliments them. The Omen Pro has worked great for me and I look forward to trying out other bows as well. I hope to get my hands on an Omen Max too and I assume that will be just like the Omen Pro with a few refinements that I am sure will shoot just as great!
Another all time favorite bow of mine has been my 2012 Revenge. This thing is short and shoots incredibly well. I used it to hunt turkeys last spring and it will likely let the air out of a few more thunder chickens this spring! I would have to put my Revenge right behind my Omen Pro as far as shoot ability and accuracy. The Omen Pro had the edge over the Revenge as the Revenge just doesn't have the speed and accuracy of the Omen Pro out to farther distances.
I will do another blog in the future about the DNA and what I think of it. I am pretty confident that it will be what I like in a bow as it is lighter and that would really help in my backcountry hunts. Saving every bit of weight on these hard to do hunts will help out a great deal. As a backcountry hunter I am always looking to shave weight somewhere. But the biggest question remains. Will I be able to shoot the DNA as well as the Omen? Time will tell and I will share my finding with you in the near future! Watch for a one of a kind DNA coming your way!
Jared "J-Rod" Bloomgren is a hardcore Do-It-Yourself bowhunter who strives to better himself each year in the outdoor community. As a professional hunter, freelance writer and photographer, he likes to relive his outdoor adventures through written expression and photography making the reader feel as if they were along on the hunt. He attributes much of his success to the vital education he has learned from the various big game animals that he hunts. He is quoted as saying, "In each and every hunt, success or defeat, I learn something from every outing and that I can put in my arsenal of knowledge to use at a later date, a later date that will again put my wits against that of my prey."
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Loosen your grip by PSE's Emily Anderson
By Emily Anderson
When first shooting a bow there is a lot to learn … stand this way, find an anchor point or two or three, back tension, don't punch the trigger, level, breath, etc. The list goes on and on.
I remember getting so frustrated with my husband when I was first learning because he wanted me to get everything right. Now don't get me wrong, he had my best interests in mind which is admirable. While I appreciate his concern for my accuracy and desire for excellency, it can also be exasperating when you are trying to remember everything and your spouse is whispering in your ear, "You did it wrong, again." I know he was just trying to help, but I felt like he was secretly enjoying pointing out my errors. Ugh. I wanted to throw an arrow at him, and since I'm confessing, I think I chased him around with one at some point. Don't worry, a broadhead was not fixed to the tip of my arrow!
Gals, if you are just learning to shoot, here's a piece of advice: Find a non-biased friend or someone from a local pro-shop to help with your shooting technique. I've found that it is much easier to hear constructive criticism from a non-husband source.
With that being said, after years of shooting a bow, I am still working on perfecting my shot. I know there is always room for improvement. Sometimes a minor adjustment here or there can bring you to that next level of consistency in your shot. Since we are now in a hunting off-season where most deer hunting has come to a close, don't put your bow away! I would encourage you to take a look at your form. Is there any room for improvement in your shot? Video yourself and evaluate your form. Have someone else give you a second opinion.
I know what I'll be working on … how I hold my bow, specifically loosening my grip. I need to make sure I'm holding it correctly with the bow grip in the meat of my palm, letting my fingers relax, and trusting my bow sling. After a missed shot this last year, I can almost guarantee it was because I was so excited that I gripped my bow which ended up giving just enough torque to throw my shot off. So, I know I need some work in this area. I've asked a friend at a Pro-Shop to make sure I'm holding my bow correctly. I know it will take practice… I can consistently shoot 20 yard shots all day long, but I quickly learned the hard way that if I haven't formed the habit of consistently holding my bow correctly, it is way too easy to grip and torque your shot during the heat of the moment when the shot counts. I have a date with an elk in about 9 months from now, and I'm not going to make the same mistake twice!
What about you? Are you taking strides this winter to improve your shot? What areas do you need to improve on?
Emily Anderson's hunting journey began shortly after she got married. She enjoys the passions for the outdoors, hunting and fishing as a team with her husband. She established www.FromTheDraw.com as a way to share her stories as a female hunter. Emily lives in Colorado which allows her to hunt elk each September in the Rocky Mountains. She is now a PSE Staff Blogger and will be posting daily about her experiences and views on archery and hunting.
Keep your eye out for the #elktour DVD over on huntography.com! Watch PSE's Emily Anderson and Dustin Jones hunt elk DIY style on our amazing public lands in the Western United States. Huntography also films a deer hunting DVD called #deertour which you will be able to watch PSE's Will Jenkins hunt whitetails. Huntography…filming America's hunters, one at a time!
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Is there really an off season? By PSE's Al Quackenbush
By Al Quackenbush
Resolutions are tossed around at the start of each year and most last but a few weeks. The off season can seem like it lasts forever, but does it really have to? Does it even exist? For the die hard deer hunter who hunts only deer the off season can feel like an eternity. For guys like me who hunt year round to stay sharp there is no off season. I don't hunt all the time though. Taking part in other activities not only helps me prepare for whatever hunting I will do in the Fall, but it also helps me out a great deal. Some of my shared tips not only help sharpen your skills, but you might be lucky enough to have one or two lead you to some new hunting land.
As soon as the season is over I review the data I have compiled throughout the season and set a mental note for what areas I want to research through online mapping, zoning and to see if they are private or public land. During the deer season I found areas that were posted and others that I want to explore further. The off season is a perfect time to do that. I begin by scouring the internet, finding out who owns the property and then ask permission to either hunt it or, if I am lucky, seeing if it borders public land in any way.
Take part in events that get you out in nature. What do I mean? Do some shed hunting! Find an area of land and just search for sheds. Volunteer your time in a conservation effort. Take for example the Southern California Bighorn Sheep Survey. I participated in this last year to see what the local sheep habitat looked like and to help count whatever sheep I saw. Not only did I get to meet some new people now turned hunting buddies, but I also was able to hike into an area I normally would not have access to. Come to find out the area has a public access point and there is ample huntable public land. We glassed steep, rocky hillsides for hours and didn't turn up one single sheep, but we had a great time and knew we'd be back. You can also take in a few hunting seminars. It's a great way to learn more about the animal you are hunting and a great way to make new friends.
Scout, hike and get in shape! Some of you are probably curious as to why this isn't my number one recommendation. If there is one thing that I avoid is making resolutions regarding losing weight because it is usually the first resolutions I hear made each year. I am not one of the masses who vows to lose weight each year. While I can always stand to lose a few pounds, my goal isn't to lose a set amount of body fat. I aim more to get out more and hit the trail and better yet, hit the areas that don't have trails. Get out there and glass new areas and hike them. Get a feel for the land and be sure to take your camera and GPS. Losing fat and gaining lean muscle is an added bonus!
You can make an effort toward conservation of the land by picking up trash. Make the hunting areas that much cleaner and safer by picking up what others have left behind. These past two years I have located some seriously trashed areas due to human negligence and we aim to clean them up. Plan a day or two with a group of friends where you hike in with trash bags and pack out every piece of movable trash you encounter. Be aware that there may be creatures making homes in certain items and you should verify each is empty before picking it up. If you can drive a vehicle into some of the areas, try to load them up with as much garbage that you can to reasonably haul it out. Sure, I know this is hard work and that it shouldn't have to be your job, but it does give hunters a good name, and more importantly it beautifies the land, make it safer for the animals and gives you greener pastures to hunt in.
This is also great time of year to utilize some gear you haven't used often or a good time to pick up somethings you want to try out. Why wait until the hunting season? If you test them out now and list the pros and cons, you will be better off when hunting season comes around. I like to test out gear in the off season to see what works well or not so well in order to consolidate what is in my pack come September. You can find out what is effective for different hunting situations and remove the gear that is not.
Last, but not least is to research some new animals to hunt. Last year it was to hunt elk for the first time and that turned into one of the most memorable hunts of my entire life. This year, with the help of my friend Bill Howard, I am researching an alligator hunt in Georgia. It's a hunt I have thought about often, but know nothing about. With his help I am going to be finding a way to bow hunt an alligator sometime in the next couple years, but it is not a hunt that I will take lightly. It's a hunt that will take careful planning and practice while utilizing some bowfishing skills.
These are but a few of the things I do while preparing to hunt deer in the Fall. For me, there is no off season. In the Spring there are turkey's to hunt and in Southern California you can hunt wild pigs year round. What a great opportunity to find new areas to hunt, meet some new friends and to hone my skills as a bow hunter. 2013 has much to offer and I plan to enjoy the off season as much as I possibly can.
Albert Quackenbush has been bowhunting for more than 28 years. He shares his adventures on his blog, www.SoCalBowhunter.com, and also writes for Bow Adventures e-magazine. He is a Pro Staff member for DIYbowhunter.com, Piranha Custom Bowstrings and Field Logic. He is a member of the National Wild Turkey Federation, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, California Deer Association, and is a Life Member of the North American Hunting Club.
Albert was born and raised in New York State where he learned to hunt everything from squirrels to whitetail deer. He currently resides in Southern California with his wife and daughter and hunts year round.
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Taking a Good Picture by PSE's Dustin Jones
By Dustin Jones
Nothing is more exciting than taking an animal with your bow. All of the time that you have put into scouting, preparing, and finally taking that shot has finally paid off. After all of the celebration of recovering your animal has taken place, the next step that most anyone will want to do is take a picture to remember the hunt. Something that I like to take into account is showing respect to that animal. Now I am not saying that the way I take pictures is the way that you should take your pictures, because trust me I still need some work in this area, but there are some tips that will help you capture a good trophy picture.
First of all, do your best to remove any blood from the animal. If you are near water it makes it pretty easy to clean up some of the blood using a rag or something to wipe down the bloody area. If cleaning off the blood isn't possible, usually there is one side that is less bloody than the other. Try and roll the animal or even position the animal in a way that hides most of the blood.
This is an antelope that I had taken and I was so excited to have shot my first antelope with a bow that I hurried to take the picture. You can see there is some blood that I could have washed off and I could have gotten in a better position to see the horns.
Secondly, take care of the tongue. Shove the tongue back in the mouth, hold the bottom jaw, sew it shut, or just cut it off but either way do something to get the tongue out of the picture. That has been one of the biggest things that I have learned to help make a photo look more presentable. I tend to get in a rush after I kill an animal that I forget to take the time to check for the tongue. As you can see in my picture that I could have stuck the tongue back in his mouth and it would have made the photo look a little better.
Lastly, show it off. Get down so you are able to show off the antlers (if you were blessed enough to shoot one with them) or just the animal itself. Pictures tend to look better if you are down on the same level as the animal versus you standing over top of the animal. This allows you to truly show off the animal and it just looks better.
This is one of my favorite pictures of my dad. As you can see, he got down at the same level of his elk and you are able to see the size of the antlers, there isn't any blood, and the elk's tongue is not hanging out of his mouth. I'm not saying this is the perfect picture but you can tell the difference between the previous photos and this photo. This is a larger animal with a bigger rack but there were plenty of things that I could have done in my photos to be a better photo to show off.
So when that moment arrives that you get to take some pictures of your kill, take the time to prepare for a great photo that you'll be proud to show off. You put forth a lot of effort to hunt the animal, so put forth the effort to take a great picture to show off the animal.
Dustin Jones is a passionate outdoorsman who loves to hunt, especially bowhunt. He created his blog, HighCountryBowhunter.com, to share his experiences with others. He is a Field Staff member for DIYbowhunter.com and Adventure Team member for MINOX Hunting Optics.
Dustin was born and raised in Eastern Idaho where he currently resides with his wife and two sons.
Keep your eye out for the #elktour DVD over on huntography.com! Watch PSE's Emily Anderson and Dustin Jones hunt elk DIY style on our amazing public lands in the Western United States. Huntography also films a deer hunting DVD called #deertour which you will be able to watch PSE's Will Jenkins hunt whitetails. Huntography…filming America's hunters, one at a time!
To learn more about PSE's top quality bows and bowhunting accessories, click here.
Keaton's BC Bruiser by PSE's Will Jenkins
By Will Jenkins
PSE got word of a monster mule deer taken in British Columbia with a PSE so I tracked down Keaton and got the story Believe it or not this is only Keaton's second deer with a bow! His first was a 2×2 and now his second buck is a pending record book mule deer with a green score of about 219″. Keaton killed this magnificent buck with his BowMadness MC in only his second year hunting. Now for the story!
Keaton started the day with the attempted stalk of 6 different 4 points, (east coasters remember this means a 4×4 or eight total points). After a quick lunch break he was back out and spotted a 2 point and decided to go after him and see what else might be traveling with him. After 20 minutes on the stalk the buck led him to an overgrown quad trail that Keaton continued down. After walking the trail and having a close encounter with a few does he spotted the two point at about 50 yards. He continued down the trail and after making it about 100 yards he glanced to his left and there he was, staring directly at Keaton. He drew his bow and back stepped about 10 yards to get a clear shot through the trees. He settled his 60 yard pin, released the arrow and the buck took off passed him. As he passed Keaton noticed blood running down his side and knew it was a lethal hit.
After taking a moment to compose himself after some major buck fever he started to look for his arrow and the blood trail. Unfortunately he couldn't' find either as the hit ended up being slightly high to due to estimating the yardage a little further than it was, easy to do when a monster sneaks up on you! With no arrow and no blood trail he decided to look for sign of a dead deer. He noticed some crows circling not far away. As he arrived where the crows had been circling he again encountered the 2 point and two does. As they walked off he noticed a magpie fly up from the ground and there he was!
After 60 or more failed stalks this season, Keaton was rewarded with the opportunity at a true trophy animal and a buck of a lifetime. He was able to seal the deal using his PSE bow and not only get the trophy but create great memories of an amazing hunt and sharing the recovery with his friend Chris. Congratulations Keaton on an amazing animal!
Will Jenkins is creator of TheWilltoHunt.com and Harnesses For Hunters. He's an avid outdoorsman who enjoys sharing his experiences through his blog. He also writes for Bow Adventures e-Magazine and is a member of the Professional Outdoor Media Association.
Will lives in Central Virginia with his wife and two kids. He hunts in Virginia and Maryland but has dreams of heading west to hunt Elk and Mule Deer.
Keep your eye out for the #elktour DVD over on huntography.com! Watch PSE's Emily Anderson and Dustin Jones hunt elk DIY style on our amazing public lands in the Western United States. Huntography also films a deer hunting DVD called #deertour which you will be able to watch PSE's Will Jenkins hunt whitetails. Huntography…filming America's hunters, one at a time!
To learn more about PSE's top quality bows and bowhunting accessories, click here.
Scouting New Hunting Ground from Afar by PSE's Jared Bloomgren
By Jared Bloomgren
When we decide we want to hunt in a new location we preferably like to set foot on the ground, on location, to determine the terrain features and lay of the land. But often times that is not a possibility due to limited time, resources and various logistical constraints. I have been asked numerous times, "How do you scout an area that you have never set foot on before?" "How do you decide on an area to hunt out of state when you are unable to go there yourself?" These questions have became very common with my most recent hunt where I was able to take down a 400"+ Public Land bull elk in a General Area in a location that is not known for monster bulls! "How did you find this spot to hunt?!"
I first decide on an area to hunt by calling local Wildlife Biologists in the state where I have decided to hunt. I narrow my options down by checking on which states and areas offer a good chance of drawing with at least 2 preference points. I look at past records that I can find about these areas by checking out various talk forums that are geared towards a state by state basis and my species. General tags are also easier to draw than that of a limited tag unit. This means I usually need to find where the public land and general areas are since I do not have a lot of money to throw around to pay access fees or an outfitter/guide. I am a Do-It-Yourself hunter and have extreme pride in doing my own hunts from start to finish!
Next I start making phone calls to local Wildlife Biologists in the areas that I am interested in. When talking with the local Biologists I ask various questions such as:
1) Where would you consider the healthiest animals are located this year? (For whichever species you are pursuing)
2) How have the winters treated the animals in this area and have there been any known diseases lately?
3) What is the hunting pressure like in this area?
4) What is the maturity level of the animals in this area?
5) How is the forage in this area?
6) What is the terrain like in this area? (most often found out by maps)
7) Would you hunt this area if you had the option?
If possible, I like to talk to local hunters as well that have firsthand experience about these places. Some ways to go about this is to again visit various talk forums on the internet and put a post on there. Those that are willing to share advice will do so. This can be a huge help as well! A good title for the post would be, "Looking for advice for Unit 127B in Utah. Help please!" You will find that there are many others out there that like to help others become more successful in their hunting endeavors.
I also like to take a look back at the last year and figure out what the weather was like in the past. What is a dry year, wet year, record harvest year? Etc… Much of this information can be obtained from the Wildlife Biologist that you talk to. This will also help me determine some good areas geographically where there could be a good chance to find an animal of my liking.
When I have this information compiled by writing it down in a notebook, printing off maps, ordering topographic maps and having the Forest Service send me maps; I spread all the information out in a spare bedroom on the bed. This area gives me a chance to lay it all out so I don't miss anything. I grab my computer and fire up Google Maps and Earth and start studying the lay of the land. I compare the paper maps with that of Google and get a really good understanding of the area I am most interested in. I identify the key terrain features that will likely make animals call it home!
Technology has become a great thing for us to be able to use. I like to find a location that offers everything that my prey needs to survive; everything that my prey needs to feel secure and safe. I go over my information and find areas that look promising. Google Earth allows me to start dissecting that area looking for food, water, shelter, bedding areas, and good travel corridors. When you are using Google Earth you can determine where the feeding areas are simply by looking at open meadows, timber and field edges. Finding water is easy to do as well. Look for low areas that may have plenty of run-off from higher elevations or an area that may have a spring nearby. Wetter areas on Google Earth really stand out by the brighter green shades of foliage. Look for streams or creeks. Look for small ponds; anything that will yield water. Water is essential and almost every animal you will hunt depend on a daily water supply of some sort. Locate bedding areas by looking at a topo map and also Google Earth at the same time. This will help determine potential bedding areas by locating benches, thicker cover, dark timber, rough rugged nasty terrain that pressured animals like to hang out in, etc…Now combine everything; the bedding, feeding, and watering areas will be connected by travel corridors. When looking at travel areas look for pinch points, saddles, benches, anything that will allow an animal to travel more easily.
Like stated before, I do not have all kinds of money to be able to make long trips to scout before season starts. Being able to use maps and technology really make it possible for me to scout an area without actually being there. Often by the time I step foot on the actual area I know almost as much about the lay of the land as if I would have if I have been there before. Granted, I will not know what is there for animals but if I have done the research right there will be animals there, no doubt! Doing just this allowed me to take a bull of a lifetime in 2012 and quite possibly one of the largest bulls ever taken on Public land in a General area with archery equipment! A DIY bull that will rank high in the MT record books!
This is a very low down and dirty process and a lot more details go into it. For blog purposes you get the point. Feel free to look for more detailed and future articles and stories at my web site that I am expanding called Trigger Addiction located at http://www.triggeraddiction.com. What Triggers your Addiction?
Jared "J-Rod" Bloomgren is a hardcore Do-It-Yourself bowhunter who strives to better himself each year in the outdoor community. As a professional hunter, freelance writer and photographer, he likes to relive his outdoor adventures through written expression and photography making the reader feel as if they were along on the hunt. He attributes much of his success to the vital education he has learned from the various big game animals that he hunts. He is quoted as saying, "In each and every hunt, success or defeat, I learn something from every outing and that I can put in my arsenal of knowledge to use at a later date, a later date that will again put my wits against that of my prey."
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An Archer's Morning by PSE's Emily Anderson
By Emily Anderson
Blog: http://www.fromthedraw.com/
Carrying bow in hand and arrows in the other, the archer journeys through the open field. An established target lays waiting along a well worn path. The archer doesn't want to miss the moment. She makes an appearance briefly each morning, nods and slips away after illuminating the land with glorious stretched out rays. Each new day is introduced in morning splendor as she swings her lantern of light across the horizon. She is making her way, evidenced by the surrender of darkness, so the archer quickens his step. Dawn is drawing near and the archer will be there to greet her.
The rhythm of the draw, aim, and release is mesmerizing, which somehow pauses the spinning of the world as an arrow slices through the crisp clean air. Fingertips begin to grow numb as Jack Frost makes an appearance, but Dawn's soft golden rays greets the archer with a kiss simultaneously as the string is anchored to lip's edge. The favor is returned as glistening rays dance off the tip of the arrow now slicing through the thin veil of breaking light. The dance continues. Anchor. Breathe. Aim. Release.
Morning is now chasing Dawn across the prairie, threatening to snatch up her golden rays as the sun inches higher in the sky. The brilliant rays of first light has done it's job and pierced through the archer's heart. Dawn's tranquility has swept by, leaving an archer in an open field thankful for another day. Through the peep hole of a bow sight, the archer winks and watches as she introduces the day gracefully. She winks back and slips away with a promise to return to catch the next arrow in flight.
The archer gathers arrows and journeys on, ready to face the day with the promise of Dawn coming again.
Emily Anderson's hunting journey began shortly after she got married. She enjoys the passions for the outdoors, hunting and fishing as a team with her husband. She established www.FromTheDraw.com as a way to share her stories as a female hunter. Emily lives in Colorado which allows her to hunt elk each September in the Rocky Mountains. She is now a PSE Staff Blogger and will be posting daily about her experiences and views on archery and hunting.
Keep your eye out for the #elktour DVD over on huntography.com! Watch PSE's Emily Anderson and Dustin Jones hunt elk DIY style on our amazing public lands in the Western United States. Huntography also films a deer hunting DVD called #deertour which you will be able to watch PSE's Will Jenkins hunt whitetails. Huntography…filming America's hunters, one at a time!
To learn more about PSE's top quality bows and bowhunting accessories, click here.


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The Windy Pendejos?
Chicago veterans Micah Sherman (Second City, Improv Asylum), Bob Kulhan (Second City, Baby Wants Candy) and Nick Vatterott (Second City, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) perform a high energy set of characters that morph between scenes. It's pretty fun.
Web site:
- Improv Showcase with All Girl Revue, The Law Firm, and The Windy Pendejos, Hosted by Selena Coppock
Saturday, March 24, 2012, 9:00 pm at ImprovBoston (studio)


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NEW Partnership with Fulton County Department of Health Services BEGINNING JUNE 2013
Premier Academy has been awarded a contract to provide drop-in childcare services at Fulton County's Oak Hill Child, Adolescent & Family Center. Children who visit the newly designed 48,000 sq.ft facility with their parents will receive a unique and stimulating experience with our highly trained staff in a state-of-the-art classroom. We are excited about this new opportunity to ensure all of Atlanta's children are prepared for kindergarten.
Summer Transition Award from the Waterfall Foundation, Inc.
Premier Academy has received a generous $30,000 gift from the Waterfall Foundation to support our Summer Transition Program which provides emerging low-income kindergarteners with critical educational and social skills to achieve success in kindergarten. We celebrate this award!
Fulton County Human Services Award to Support Summer School Transition Program
Premier Academy celebrates a generous $25,000 grant from the Fulton County Housing and Human Services Department to support our intensive summer academic camp for low-income preschoolers who reside in Fulton County. Funding provided in part by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Housing and Human Services Department Grant Programs.This dynamic program provides a safe environment for 25 children to engage in educational, recreational, cultural, and social activities during the summer months.
We're Going Green
We are proud to announce our recent Grants to Green award from the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. This assessment award will assess the efficiency of our Angier Avenue facility and teach us how to make environmentally sustainable improvements.
Extra Wish Awards from the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Premier Academy was featured in the Spring 2013 issue of the Community Foundation's Extra Wish publication that is distributed to countless donors in metro Atlanta. We are grateful to announce two very special awards from the Dragon Con/Ace Fund and the Conrads-Pendergast Family Fund to purchase "Raising a Reader" books and curriculum materials for two classrooms.
Mission of Premier Academy
Premier Academy, Inc. is a non-profit corporation organized for the primary purpose of providing a comprehensive developmentally appropriate pre-school program for young children, as well as needed additional services. The mission of Premier Academy, Inc. (formerly, Bedford Pine Child & Family Resources Center, Inc.) is to provide a quality education program that fosters the development of preschool age children through planned learning environments, which aim to enhance their physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development. These services are made possible through an informed Board of Directors, a competent staff, and actively involved parents who participate in the program and volunteer activities.
Our Educational Services Include:
- Year round Educational Child-Care Program
- Pre-Kindergarten Program
- After School Program
- Parenting Workshops
- Referral and Professional Assessment
Parent Involvement
Premier proudly celebrates and appreciates the continued participation and engagement of its parents. Parents have been involved in the grass roots of our organization since its inception and has played a vital role in our history. It was the parents that emerged to seek support for the continued operation of the facility in May 1973. Read more Parents Involvement with Children.
Hours of Operation
6:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Did you know that you can support Premier Academy just by shopping at Kroger? It's easy when you enroll your Kroger Plus Card online at www.krogercommunityrewards.com, then select Premier Academy (NPO # 18619) as your organization to support. Next, just scan your Kroger Plus Card each time you checkout. As always, we appreciate your support!
Do You Love Premier Academy?
Please Help Us Reach Our $15,000 Goal!
Only 6 days until GA Gives Day!
On Wednesday, November 13th, our community will come together for a special 24-hour online giving event called GA Gives Day and we need YOU to join us!
We want to raise $15,000 in 24 hours. This is YOUR chance to make a real difference in the lives of hundreds of low-income children, right here in our community. Without Premier Academy, hundreds of children most in need would not receive the strong, research-based educational foundation and nurturing care that prepares them for success in kindergarten.
If you love Premier Academy and support our work in providing affordable, high-quality early education and childcare to low-income children in metro Atlanta, please show your love by donating online on November 13th!
We Need 30 People to Adopt a Classroom to Meet our Goal!
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Thank you in advance for your warm expressions of love!


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Imagine combining Pokemon or Digimon — or any other role-playing game based on creature/monster battles — with a touch of augmented reality and what you get is "Invizimals: Shadow Zone."
This new E-rated game developed by Novarama for the PlayStation Portable is certainly an interesting concept for a game, but by the time I finished playing I found a lot of the ideas awkward and repetitive.
The objective is to capture, collect and battle with these fictitious creatures. Players also aim to amass sparks, the in-game currency used to increase health and stamina and add special attacks.
How this game differs from the typical monster-battle RPG is that instead of catching the invizimal in the digital environment of the game, the player uses the accessories that come with the game to see and catch an invizimal in the real world.
I began by attaching the miniature camera onto my PSP. Included in the bundle is a special "trap card" that works with the camera to detect and capture invizimals.
To use the trap card you must find a specific colored surface that the game dictates. Once you find it, set your trap by placing the card over the surface. A creature should be detected, and a random puzzle should follow in order to capture it. Make sure not to lose or toss this card, as you won't be able to catch invizimals without it.
Finding the proper colored surface to set the trap cards was the most cumbersome part. Spending 10 minutes looking for a red surface made it difficult to get into the game, and I'd have felt silly walking around in public with my PSP and camera. It would have made sense for the developers to include some kind of color palette cards. The in-game battle system is a little more conventional, consisting of a mix of turn-based and active battle systems. Each invizimal is based on a certain type (fire, ice, jungle, rock, ocean, etc.) that gives it strengths and vulnerabilities.
Visually, the game is quite interesting; having animated creatures interact with the real-world environment creates a unique look. The battle music is simple and upbeat enough to help keep the player engaged.
The game also includes an online mode where you can pit your invizimal against another player's. But you and your opponent will be looking at two very different scenes, because each player sees the characters fighting in whatever environment that player's camera is seeing. It's interesting to think how different two players' experiences could be.
Bottom line: C- Overall, it's clear "Invizimals" is geared toward younger gamers who are fans of creature-battle RPGs, but the novelty of the augmented reality quickly wears off, leaving a cumbersome, awkward game that at times can have you wandering around like an idiot.
Platform: PlayStation Portable
Online: www.invizimals.com


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Updated: 12/02/2008 - Many people are struggling to keep the heat on.
Updated: 12/02/2008 - Many people are struggling to keep the heat on.
Posted: 12/02/2008 - Police say someone launched a pumpkin into a car headed down Nicholasville Rd. near Central Baptist Hospital early Sunday morning.
Updated: 12/02/2008 - If you do not take care of them fire officials say your Christmas tree can go up in flames and ruin the holiday season in an instant.
Updated: 12/02/2008 - State leaders say the struggling economy means some painful decisions are possible when the general assembly meets again early next year.
Posted: 12/02/2008 - FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Jobless rates have increased in 112 Kentucky counties over a 12-month period ending in October.
Posted: 12/02/2008 - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency, rejecting pleas from state governors and environmental groups, signed off Tuesday on making it easier to dump mountaintop mining waste near rivers and streams.
Posted: 12/02/2008 - With more families struggling to make ends meet, a new chapter of Kentucky Harvest is helping feed thousands in Knox County.
Updated: 12/03/2008 - WKYT, along with all the Lexington television stations, will be airing a special Tuesday night at 7:30 to show you what you need to know for the DTV transition.
Updated: 12/02/2008 - Some Lexington gas stations are fed up with becoming victims, now they're hoping exposure will lead to their arrests.
Posted: 12/02/2008 - The attorney general's office is conducting a criminal investigation into alleged physical abuse and taunting at a nursing home in central Kentucky.
Posted: 12/02/2008 - If repairs from September's wind storm cost you money, it's not over yet.
Posted: 12/02/2008 - The family of a woman beaten to death in her own home is looking for answers and asking for help.
Updated: 12/02/2008 - Jonathan Morgan, 28, entered the plea Tuesday in Leslie District Court.
Posted: 12/02/2008 - The case against a Lexington man, accused of beating a toddler to death, moved forward in court on Tuesday.
Updated: 12/02/2008 - Just weeks before Christmas, hundreds of Kentucky workers learn they'll soon be without a job.
Posted: 12/02/2008 - 30-year-old Elio Lopez pleaded guilty earlier this year to his role in the drug conspiracy.
Updated: 12/03/2008 - Walter Brown and James Yeager are both accused of setting separate forest fires earlier this fall when they were both employees of the Kentucky Division of Forestry.
Posted: 12/02/2008 - On Christmas Eve 2004 Bill Mills' body was found inside his pick-up truck in the West Knox Elementary School parking lot.
Posted: 12/02/2008 - Kentucky freshman quarterback Randall Cobb is doubtful to play in the Wildcats' bowl game after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.
Updated: 12/02/2008 - A power plant in southern Kentucky will undergo a major renovation in two years, resulting in hundreds of temporary jobs and pollution control devices to clean the air.
Posted: 12/02/2008 - WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's governors are seeking tens of billions of dollars in federal spending as their states struggle to survive the economic crisis.
Posted: 12/02/2008 - NEW YORK (AP) - November U.S. vehicle sales at General Motors and Chrysler plunged more than 40 percent, while Ford's sales dropped 31 percent, crushing hopes that the industrywide drop in vehicle demand might be easing as the U.S. automakers prepare to state their second case for a federal bailout.
Updated: 12/02/2008 - Officials with one school district say they may be one step closer to building a new elementary school.
Updated: 12/02/2008 - Opening statements wrapped up Tuesday morning in the trial of a former police officer, charged with killing a young college student from Kentucky.
Updated: 12/02/2008 - American Atheists Inc. filed the lawsuit in Frankfort on Tuesday, claiming Kentucky violated the Constitution by enacting a law in 2006 that stresses God's role in protecting the state.


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Setting the playing field
To help you tailor your hub to your needs, hub resources enables you to add custom fields in addition to the built-in fields. So, how do you extend the compose resource form with a custom input field?
Where to go
Custom fields can be added to any major resource type via the administrator interface. First, you need to find those major resource types. After logging in to the administrator portion of a hub, go to the components list and find "Resources". From there, you can either choose "Types" from the sub-menu or click "Resources" and choose "Types" from the navigation bar on the page. In either case, you'll end up at the resource type manager which happens to default to listing the major types.
After selecting a type (clicking on the type's title), you will be presented with the "Edit type" form. Scrolling to the bottom of the form, you should now find the object of this hunt: the custom field interface.
Field types
You can choose the most suitable custom field type (see below) for your purposes. For example, you could choose to create this field as a Single Line Text Field, in which users can type whatever they wish, or as a Select List, which will force users to select from a list of pre-defined options.
- Single-line text (max of 250 characters)
- Multi-line text (textarea)
- Select (drop down list of choices)
- Checkbox (tick one or more for a list of choices)
- Radio (tick only one for a list of choices)
- Hidden (allows you to set a custom field value for specific resource types)
- Pre-defined — These are fields that may have predefined options, such as a list of languages, or bring extra functionality such as geolocation (finds the latitude and longitude of an address)
Adding fields
Most of the resource types found in a default hub install will already have two or three custom fields that are typically multi-line text boxes. If your hub has no contributions as of yet, feel free to change these however you wish. Otherwise, see the cautionary note "Changing an existing field" below.
To add a custom field, simply click the "+ Add new row" button found at the bottom of the custom fields list.
With the new row, you can now add a label, select the type, decide if it is a required field (users must enter/select something), and enter any options desired.
Rearranging fields
Sometimes, the order of fields has meaning or helps facilitate the process of inputting data. You're in luck! Custom fields can be rearranged easily by simply dragging and dropping a row. To move a row, click the icon that looks like a stack of pancakes (stacked horizontal bars) and drag up or down to the desired position.
Changing existing fields
The label for a field can be changed at any time without losing existing contributed data. When first creating a custom field, a key is created. It is this key that is associated with the data and, since it is internal and not available for editing, will never change.
A word of caution, however, on changing field types. Some changes may be innocuous, such as going from a single-line text box to a multi-line text box or adding options to a checkbox list, but others can be potentially destructive to existing data. For example, if you do the reverse and go from a multi-line text box to a single-line text box, you can truncate data and end up with partial sentences or even words. Changing to other types such as a select list or checkbox presents other issues as well. If the data already contributed by users doesn't match any of the select or checkbox options, the result will appear as though no data was entered at all!


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Hello, Grant!
>I wrote an assembly program and basic program that transfer Altair
>disks onto a Windows computer through the 2SIO. The assembly program
>is required because Altair Basic does not transmit 0x09 correctly! And
>that's the ONLY one it "can't" do!
Yes, indeed! That's why Mallard BASIC (my favorite CP/M BASIC) has a
command ("OPTION NOT TAB"). Very useful, at times.
>Any way... I thought that even though Altair CP/M might not have been
>very common someone might have disks they wanted to recover. It will
>recover any disk, even one with garbage on it. The disk images
>that are created are compatible with Altair32 and possibly SIMH.
I have just recreated the source code of 2 forgotten Programming
Lnaguages for the MITS Altair 8800. SIMH seems to be the best known
Altair emulator, and Peter Schorn is a CP/M Old Timer. I strongly
encourage you to make all your work compatible with SIMH. If you have
any question, Peter Schorn will gently answer it.
>The program isn't "done" yet. I hope to write a Windows to Altair
>transfer tool too, since I don't have a CP/M boot disk yet! I offer
>for the cost of shipping a service of transfering your Altair disks. I
>will only take 32 hard sectored CLEAN Altair disks.
There are many ways to transfer files. However, on the Internet, the
best Web site I know is the one of the Columbia University dealing
with Kermit (if only they could do the same for CP/M!). I remember
that the Kermit book contains a BASIC program for receiving Kermit on
a computer wanting to communicate. If I were you, I would not
re-invent the wheel, and would first check to see if there is a
version of Kermit for Windows.
Yours Sincerely,
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9/5/2007 —Several new faculty and staff members have joined the campus community at Penn State Lehigh Valley. Stacy L. Hamm of New Tripoli has joined the staff as coordinator of alumni relations. In this position, Stacy will plan, publicize, and coordinate special events and alumni activities for the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs. She will serve as staff liaison to the Penn State Lehigh Valley Alumni Chapter and Alumni Society. Stacy is a 2006 graduate of Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, with a B.A. in History. Debra A. Kopp of Bethlehem will assume the position of supervisor of student teaching for the Elementary and Kindergarten Education degree. Kopp holds a B.S. in Special Education from Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, and a M.Ed. in Reading from Lehigh University, Bethlehem. She is currently an adjunct professor at Wilkes University, Wilkes Barre, as an instructor for Issues in Education. Michele Rohrbach of Fogelsville began her duties as bookstore assistant manager in July. She will be responsible for ordering of apparel and textbooks, as well as customer service and sales. Richard C. Shupp of Easton has accepted a full-time position as lecturer in Spanish. He has been teaching on a part-time basis at the campus since spring 2003. Shupp holds a bachelor of arts degree in Spanish from Lafayette College, Easton, and a master of arts degree in Modern Language and Literature from Lehigh University, Bethlehem.


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The Dartmouth Regional Technology Center, Inc. (DRTC) is a private, non profit organization formed in 2004 to assist start up businesses, providing support programs and a 32,500 square foot mixed used technology incubator to foster the development of high-growth technology startup companies in New Hampshire. In 2012 an expansion project began with first tenants moving into the 28,000 square foot facility in June 2013.
The DRTC provides flexible wet-lab, light manufacturing and office spaces, education, strategic advice and support, shared services, and networking to financial and business resources. The incubator focuses on developing businesses with a proven concept and a solid plan. The DRTC offers an educational and infrastructure support program aimed at developing promising technology startups by assisting them in refining their business plans, helping them identify and seek sources of investment and expertise, and providing them with basic business infrastructure to make them as productive as possible in as short a time as possible.
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St. Peter's Basilica, one of Rome's most beautiful churches. Make sure you adhere to the modest dress code—both men and women are required to enter with their shoulders and knees covered out of respect.
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The Swiss Guard outside St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy.
The Vatican Museums are free to enter on the last Sunday of the month between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., and it's worth braving the crowds to see the Sistine Chapel.
Rome's beautiful yet imposing Castel Sant' Angelo.
The Ponte Sant'Angelo bridge lets Bernini's angel sculptures lead you back into the city center.
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Trying to choose from 150 flavors of gelato at Gelateria della Palma. My favorites were melon (it tastes exactly like cantaloupe!), strawberry, mango, and anything involving chocolate.
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What Infections Do People With AIDS Get?
People with AIDS are extremely vulnerable to infection, called AIDS-defining illnesses, and often exhibit the following conditions:
- Kaposi's sarcoma, a skin tumor that looks like dark or purple blotches on the skin or in the mouth
- Mental changes and headaches caused by fungal infections or tumors in the brain and spinal cord
- Shortness of breath and difficulty breathing because of infections of the lungs
- Dementia
- Severe malnutrition
- Chronic diarrhea
How Is AIDS Diagnosed?
If a person with HIV infection has a CD4 count that drops below 200 -- or if certain infections appear (AIDS-defining illnesses) -- that person is considered to have AIDS.
How Is HIV Treated?
We've come a long way from the days when diagnosis with HIV equaled a death sentence. Today, there are a variety of treatments that, when used in combination, can significantly slow down and in some cases stop altogether, the progression of HIV infection.
After HIV infection is confirmed, your doctor will start you on a drug regimen consisting of several drugs. Combinations of different types of anti-HIV drugs sometimes are called ART, for antiretroviral therapy (HIV is a kind of virus called a retrovirus).
Taking ART therapy is very manageable; yet it isn't necessarily easy. These drugs must be taken at the right time, every single day. Also, a range of side effects may occur, including: diarrhea, nausea, rash, vivid dreams, or abnormal distribution of body fat. And, especially if medications are taken incorrectly or inconsistently, the virus can mutate, or change, into a strain resistant to treatment. The good news is that there are now several HIV medications that are only taken once a day. If there is resistant virus, however, these may not work and other medication options must be used.
If your disease has progressed to AIDS, your treatment may also include drugs to combat and prevent certain infections.
How Do I Know If the HIV Treatments Are Working?
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Diving ducks are incredibly tough birds that often require a finishing shot after they've hit the water. But follow-up shots aren't an option if downed birds fall or dive out of range. This is when a retriever is an invaluable asset.
Steinman says it's essential for hunters and retrievers to work together while pursuing crippled diving ducks in open water, especially when a dog has to swim a great distance to reach a bird. "You have to help your dog out," he says. "Diving birds require more teamwork than any other type of retrieve."
Although having a dog with a good nose is an asset on any retrieve, Steinman believes sight-marking is more important than scenting in open-water retrieving. "A dog is probably going to have a hard time winding a diving duck on open water, so I want him to sight-mark it," he says.
While not technically complicated, long open-water retrieves are physically demanding. In many cases, a dog must swim hundreds of yards to get the bird and then return to the boat or blind. Consequently, conditioning is vital in big-water retrieving.
Steinman likes to train his dogs in warm (but not hot) weather, and he conducts the training process in graduated steps. He begins by having the dog perform extra-long retrieves on land before moving to the water. "We just try to build momentum," Steinman says. "We start with 100- or 200-yard retrieves in the water and then gradually work up to 300-, 400-, and 500-yard swims. You have to be patient."
Steinman says it's also wise to help dogs become accustomed to retrieving from a boat during the off-season. "Teach the dog to be steady in the boat and to jump out and climb in," he says. "But there's nothing wrong with helping your dog back in if it's having trouble."
Many big-water hunters fish from their boats during the summer as well, and Steinman advises taking the dog along on these warm-water outings. Throwing a couple of bumpers from the boat in short training and swimming sessions is also a great way to pass the time when the fish aren't biting.
Another challenge for many dogs is what's known as a far-bank retrieve, where the dog has to cross an expanse of water and then hunt on land for a bird that has crawled into vegetation on the opposite shore. This may not seem difficult, but it can be a confusing situation for a retriever.
"If a dog has never been taught to get out of the water for a retrieve, he's not used to getting out on the opposite side," Stewart says. "But don't put a dog out on an opposite bank until he will handle. He needs to stop and cast. Otherwise, he'll learn to be out of control on an opposite bank, and there's not much you can do about it."
The primary lesson for a dog to learn here is not all birds are found in the water. For this purpose, Stewart selects a command during training to signal the dog to hunt on the opposite bank. He says a simple command such as "get over" works best. He begins training by putting on his waders, placing a bumper on the far bank, and then wading into the water with the dog at his side. When the water is about nose-deep on the dog (still shallow enough for the dog to get some footing), he sends it to the bumper. Gradually, Stewart progresses to sending the dog from one bank to the other, using large, easy-to-see bumpers placed near the water at first and then progressively farther up the bank. Having an assistant on the opposite bank to toss the bumper can help the dog understand what it needs to do.
"You just want to train the dog so that he handles easily from the opposite bank," Stewart says. "You want to use a long but narrow body of water, such as a slow-moving river, for your work, so that the dog doesn't cut corners."
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- Creating and configuring new accounts
- Making Entourage the default email application
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- Syncing with Apple Address Book and iCal
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For most everyday Email you are most likely just going to either create a message from scratch or reply to an Email which we will talk about shortly then type out your message and send it off. Entourage does give you the option of formatting your text in terms of changing fonts, size, colors, alignment and just about every basic thing that you can do to format text in a regular word processing program. Let me say right off the bat that I recommend against formatting your Emails. First of all and most importantly when you format the text in your Email you are applying HTML formatting. HTML is the language of web pages but HTML Emails can also be read by HTML capable Email programs.
But even today the look of HTML Emails is still fairly unpredictable especially when you do things like selecting different fonts and aligning text. You have probably gotten some Emails in the past where the text is all misaligned or the images are in strange places. Now most modern Email programs like Entourage and Apple Mail are getting much better at sending and receiving HTML Emails but it's still not a perfected form of emailing people. So unless you know for certain which Email program your recipients are using you want to stick to plain old unformatted Email messages especially in business communications.
No one is really interested in seeing your Emails formatted in bright colors or exotic fonts or to receive an attachment of your scanned handwritten signature with every Email you send; mostly people just want to read your Email, respond to it if necessary and move on. HTML Email is also considered a security risk by some Email filters because it's possible to embed commands in HTML Emails to expose the recipient to viruses and worms. Not so much on the Mac since there really are no Mac viruses in the wild as I record this but sending an HTML Email to Windows users could get your Email flagged and possibly sent into a junk mail folder.
So again my suggestion is to ignore this formatting toolbar that you see here unless you know that your Email recipients are using Entourage or Outlook and you can be certain of what their Emails will look like when they receive them. So I suggest clicking this button here which turns off HTML Email, it's going to tell me that it's going to remove all formatting I will just say yes it's fine or better yet go to Entourage Preferences and set this up so all your Emails are like this. Go to your Mail and News Preferences to the Compose area, uncheck show HTML formatting toolbar and just say that you want your default mail format to be plain text, click OK and you can see the formatting toolbar is gone.
Now one problem with this is that this makes your text as ugly sort of monospaced font here. You can still setup Entourage to display your Emails that you are writing in a nicer looking font so it's easier on the eyes, just go back to Preferences, go to Fonts and then for Plain text messages which are fixed with you can choose a different font. So just to show you that you can choose any font that you want, I will pick something a little out of the ordinary here just Apple Chancery for example even though you probably should not use that. Notice that does not change any existing text but if I were to create a new mail message at this point and start typing some text you can see that that's the font that that text appears in.
But obviously I do not want that so let's discard that, go to Preferences and I am just going to pick something standard like the Arial font for that. So now any new mail messages that I type will be in Arial. So that sort of font is going to be a little bit easier on the eyes than this font that you see here. Now I don't mean to go off on a rant about HTML Email but it's really something that too many people want to do for no particularly good reason. With Email messages the operative word is message and there is normally very little need to dress up your text in any kind of formatting that can't be communicated with quotation marks, underscores or capital letters.
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Fink Says Diamond 'Emotion' May Have Aggravated Regulator
Bob Diamond, who stepped down as chief executive officer of Barclays Plc today, aggravated U.K. regulators by taking an aggressive stance over the manipulation of interest rates, said Laurence D. Fink, head of BlackRock Inc.
"He led with a lot of emotion which obviously" angered "regulators and some other people within the U.K.," Fink, 59, said in an interview with Erik Schatzker and Trish Regan on Bloomberg Television's "Market Makers." "For me it's sad. I know Bob very well."
Diamond, 60, stepped down as head of Britain's second-biggest bank amid a deepening dispute about whether the Bank of England pushed the lender to submit artificially low Libor rates during the financial crisis. Barclays was hit by a record 290 million-pound ($455 million) fine last week for rigging the London interbank offered rate, the benchmark for more than $360 trillion of securities. Diamond yesterday defied pressure to quit, pledging to implement the findings of a review into how the bank sets its Libor rates.
Fink said he was "surprised" Barclays was the first to go public with its settlement because other banks were also implicated in fixing Libor. BlackRock is the second-biggest shareholder of Barclays behind Qatar Holdings LLC, the country's sovereign wealth fund, and Diamond was on BlackRock's board of directors until this year.
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"Obviously, the allegations are quite serious now," Fink said. "It's important for a leader to step down if the situation gets so enormous that it breaks down the integrity of the institution."
Diamond will leave immediately, the London-based bank said in a statement today, a day before he faces questions by British lawmakers. Chief Operating Officer Jerry Del Missier also stepped down, and Chairman Marcus Agius plans to leave once he has found a replacement for Diamond.
Barclays released a note of a 2008 call purporting to show that Paul Tucker, the U.K. central bank's then markets director, hinted the firm could cut its Libor rates. The disclosure marks a worsening in relations between Barclays, employer of almost 150,000 people worldwide, and its regulators. Bank of England Governor Mervyn King and Financial Services Authority Chairman Adair Turner had pushed to oust Diamond, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported earlier today.
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A Bank of England spokesman declined to comment on the document.
"I don't think anybody should underestimate the seriousness of this," Dominic Rossi, chief investment officer for equities at Fidelity Worldwide Investments, one of Barclays's 10 biggest shareholders, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, said today during a briefing with reporters. "In all financial services you cannot get more serious than that."
Diamond joined BlackRock's board of directors after the New York-based firm bought the bank's Barclays Global Investors unit in December 2009 for about $15.2 billion. The sale turned BlackRock into the world's biggest asset manager and added passive products such as the iShares exchange-traded funds to its offerings.
Barclays took a 19.6 percent holding in BlackRock at that time. It sold its entire stake in May and Diamond stepped down from BlackRock's board.


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The Cape Light Compact says it has helped slow down and perhaps significantly reduce a $20 million rate increase for residential customers in the former Commonwealth Electric territory.
In a press statement, the Compact said its arguments about proper costing methods and allocations led the state Department of Public Utilities to adjudicate compliance filings by NStar Electric, which opens the door for hearings on the utility's request.
"The Compact delivers comprehensive and multi-faceted results in energy efficiency, power supply and consumer advocacy," Compact Chairman Joyce Flynn declared in the statement.
Meanwhile, the DPU is asking the Compact to update its municipal aggregation plan, including removing outdated references. The revision request was prompted by a recent DPU decision on the City of Lowell's aggregation plan.
The DPU's review found that the Cape plan "may no longer fully and accurately reflect the Compact's current operation of its municipal aggregation program," according to a letter from DPU General Counsel Rebecca Tepper.
Chris Powicki of Brewster, who takes a critical view of the Compact, wrote in an e-mail that CLC "has always been way out of compliance … ever since the first mill charge was imposed without proper public notification, hearing, and vote."
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ILION � The Historical Club of Ilion met on Nov. 13 at the home of Phoebe Moore. She and Jane Spellman served as hostesses.
During the business meeting, the group decided to continue giving a scholarship award to a senior at Central Valley Academy. In the past the scholarship had been awarded to a senior at Ilion High School.
Karen Vosler wrote and presented a program about the first lady at Hyde Hall, Ann Low Cary Cooper Clarke (1783-1850). She was the daughter of Co. Richard Cary, an aide to Gen. George Washington and married Richard Cooper at the age of 16. They had five children. Richard died after a long illness. She later married George Clarke, a building, and the couple had Hyde Hall built from 1818-1834 in Cooperstown.
The Dec. 11 meeting took place at the home of Verla Hill. The group decided to send Christmas cards to members unable to attend meetings.
Mary Marley gave her report on the second lady of Hyde Hall, Anna Marie Gregory Clarke (1834-1914). She was born in Albany, the daughter of Dudley S. and Anna Marie Lyon Gregory. She was a social debutante who married George Hyde Clarke Jr. They had four children. She presided over Hyde Hall for 20 years from 1853-72. The home was not completely finished, so she spent the first few years making it more livable. The family spent the summer at Hyde Hall and the winter in a town house in New York City.
The historical club�s annual luncheon will take place on Jan. 8.
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