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The Jakarta Post
At the start of the first senior officials' meeting of 2013 on Friday, Indonesia called on fellow members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to involve farmers in ensuring food security in the region.
Acknowledging the important role of farmers, particularly in emerging Asian economies, Agriculture Minister Suswono said smallholder farmers should be more engaged in the regional food supply chain to allow them to reap financial benefits from ongoing development and the process of achieving food security.
"Only by working with farmers can we revive and sustain the spirit of growth with equity," he said in his opening speech at the meeting of APEC's Policy Partnership on Food Security (PPFS) in Jakarta on Friday.
Suswono also highlighted the importance of food self-sufficiency for the nation, as the international market was often untrustworthy, worsening the challenges to food security such as global warming, extreme weather and natural disasters.
The PPFS is a high-level consultative forum established in 2011 to help facilitate investment, liberalize trade and support sustainable development in the agriculture sector. It aims to create a food system by 2020 to guarantee food security across the Asia-Pacific region.
Achmad Suryana, the chair of the PPFS, said that involving smallholder farmers in measures to generate food security would help them boost their income significantly.
"By entering an integrated supply chain, the farmers can generate higher income and this will contribute to their welfare," he said.
APEC economies are currently among the world's biggest food exporters and importers. They accounted for 34 percent of global agricultural exports and 36 percent of agricultural imports in 2009.
On the supply side, the agricultural sector in an emerging Asia still mostly depends on smallholders, who manage small cultivation areas, according to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).
Ahmad Yakub, who represents the Indonesian Farmers' Alliance, said that APEC should formulate policy partnerships that strengthen and facilitate smallholders in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of food sovereignty, access to land, adoption of local agricultural technology and local seeding, instead of endorsing agricultural liberalization and investment as well as underlining the key roles of big corporations.
"APEC and the world are facing climate change, natural resource constraints and rising production costs caused by food industrialization. We should protect and embrace smallholder farmers because they are the biggest investors in agriculture and food production," he said.
The two-day meeting on food security is expected to formulate specific policies to reach food security along with concrete action plans to be implemented this year and — gradually — until 2020.
The meeting will be accompanied by a series of related APEC meetings that will run until Feb. 2, covering a wide array of events such as a public private dialogue by an investment expert group, a meeting of an electronic commerce steering group, and a workshop on green procurement by a committee on trade and investment.


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Hello, everyone. First of all, Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. I am thankful for many things today -- most of all for my family, but also for all the folks who check in on this blog occasionally.
I wrote something a little different today for Thanksgiving -- a story about a J.C. Smith student assistant coach who has cerebral palsy but has become a key part of the Golden Bulls' football program this year. Here's the link.
You might also want to check out Joe Person's story on Panther defensive back Darius Butler, whose 3-month-old daughter has had some serious health problems but who got out of the hospital Wednesday and went home.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving -- and a story
Posted by Scott Fowler at 10:28 AM
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Thanks for working on Thanksgiving Day Scott - a very happy one to you and yours!
- November 24, 2011 at 2:36 PM
I am thankful we still have a shot at drafting Andrew Luck -- if we can lose to Indy and they win just one more after that---
- November 25, 2011 at 12:35 AM
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White Nokia Lumia 928 spotted
0. phoneArena 08 Apr 2013, 17:55 posted on
The latest leaked rendering of the forthcoming "hero" Windows Phone, said to be coming to Verizon...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. GeekMovement (Posts: 2156; Member since: 09 Sep 2011)
Nokia's design doesn't get boring.
4. smallworld (Posts: 484; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
It does. Same design since N9 : 2011
12. SmartPhoneStream (Posts: 162; Member since: 21 Jun 2012)
iPhone, same design since 2010. If the design is working, why change it.
27. LonghornTech (Posts: 50; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)
Who said Apple shouldn't change it? They need too.
31. SmartPhoneStream (Posts: 162; Member since: 21 Jun 2012)
They don't need to change it, personally i believe they should, but why spend money (not like Apple can't afford it) redesigning a phone when millions of people will still buy it no matter what it looks like.
45. jcpwn2004 (Posts: 314; Member since: 18 Jan 2012)
the iphone 5 does not look like the 3gs.
56. smallworld (Posts: 484; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
But Nokia has not the same image as Apple. They can't do the same thing.
15. volcano (Posts: 348; Member since: 25 Jan 2013)
No it doesn't this isn't N9 Design 928 has some similarity with lumia 520 and 720 designs
16. papss (unregistered)
Lets put good ol Sammy in there.. All of their products have looked the same for a good bit of time.. At least Nokia makes a quality phone
18. HDShatter (Posts: 1021; Member since: 17 Jan 2013)
s4>first phone with ddr3>first phone using big.little>better gpu than adreno 320> unlocked bootloader>android 4.2>13mp camera> up to 64gb micro sd> removeable battery>gorrila glass 3.
Yup thats a pretty poor quality phone right there.
30. UrbanPhantom (Posts: 949; Member since: 30 Oct 2012)
Under the hood, the GS IV is inspiring, but the exterior is still the same old bland design...
34. papss (unregistered)
You sound like you're blowing SS with those comments.. So no bad huh? It must be true
38. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
wait for Catwalk buddy....!!!
19. AamirSIII (banned) (Posts: 187; Member since: 04 Oct 2012)
i just bought 808 pureview yesterday and my oh my, it really is the ALMOST PERFECT mobile camera ever! it literally blows away my daily driver S3 and my brother's iPhone 4s out of the water in camera capabilities! i cant wish for anything better than Nokia getting into android stream and producing these pureview devices with android! God those would literally destroy samsung, Htc and every other android manufacturer!
22. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Don't worry SONY is back with there Carl Zeiss optics with Exmoor R sensors™
41. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
Ahem TROLL, it should be Carl Zeiss optics with Exmor RS sensor™. :)
46. eisenbricher (Posts: 973; Member since: 09 Aug 2012)
Nokia is miles ahead. Even if Sony tried hard I don't think they can come anywhere near to Nokia. Don't go dreaming assuming things. My friend's Xperia Z doesn't have any mindblowing camera abilities.
53. samystic (Posts: 230; Member since: 25 Mar 2012)
you should copyright stupidity
55. bipinm (Posts: 124; Member since: 07 Oct 2012)
yes.nokia is at top...But wait till the end of the year...Sony have something to show u... :)
2. ahmed_ali_yossef2010 (Posts: 164; Member since: 26 Jul 2012)
I think this back speaker will pump incredible sound
3. smallworld (Posts: 484; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
5. galanoth (Posts: 425; Member since: 26 Nov 2011)
How come no one knocks Nokia for using pretty much the same design for their phones?
But they knock Apple and Samsung.
Nokia N9, Lumia 800, Lumia 900, Lumia 920, Lumia 928
8. Timmehor (Posts: 599; Member since: 09 Mar 2013)
Because the design is so good. Nah, it is starting to get a bit repeptitive, but this design has only been used for two years Nokia N9 (October 2011) Lumia 928 (2013). I love Nokia's designs so I don't seem to "dislike" this design. Remember the 928 is the 920 for Verizon basically, so they HAVE to keep the 920 design feel to keep it common.
11. shikroi (Posts: 187; Member since: 24 Sep 2012)
I think they should change the design language soon.
10. shikroi (Posts: 187; Member since: 24 Sep 2012)
The design isn't the same, just the design language. If you compare this to an n9 their are noticeable differences, similar to if you compare a lumia 920 to an n9. All the the phones from the n9 down have followed the design language of the n8. That's why they all look similar because there hasn't been a drastic change in the design language.
As for Samsung and apple there is little evolution of their design language. From s3 to s4 the only change is a brushed metal rim. The lumia 920 compared to its predecessors is larger, has the earpiece etched in the glass, has the usb and headphone jack in central locations, has a curved body, two speaker grills at the base, darker metal accents on the buttons and camera strip, and a slimmer bezel at the sides and top of the device.
From what I see here this one has tapered sides, a new location for a uniquely shaped speaker grill, as well as a zenon flash.
I think they look the same because they all go with a square polycarbonate unibody look. That's the reason why people immediately said htc copied nokia with the 8x even though it was visually different. HTC only took a page from nokia's design language. Its something that's going to look similar no matter what you do. Take the 822, 820, 520 or 620 for examples. They all have the same design language which makes them look similar, but they are visually different.
39. Jason2k13 (Posts: 1214; Member since: 28 Mar 2013)
Umm ok you forgot to add, S4 has larger 5 inch screen, thinner flat body, less curvy, weighs less, the led flash is positioned under the camera and the speaker is positioned at the bottom left corner and of course a thinner bezel. So if I was a fanboy from another brand, I would have just mentioned nokia 928 as having a curvey body cause it still looks similar to most lumia series.
37. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
this design for high end device, and every low and mid range device have different design......!!! after that they will change high end device design too CATWALK......!!!
6. Timmehor (Posts: 599; Member since: 09 Mar 2013)
Not bad, think the speaker grill should be thinner and longer.
52. dexter_jdr (Posts: 1163; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
maybe thats the size of the speaker inside
7. p5yb0rg (unregistered)
This looks like it's going to be another awesome phone model from Nokia. Their designs and build quality top those of most maufacturers out there! However, hardware only accounts for half of the phone. Until the WP8 marketplace is graced with the basic apps that iOS and Andriod users are enjoying, their phones/hardware are destined to fail. Sorry Nokia :(
9. Daftama (Posts: 619; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Just might worth over s4
20. HDShatter (Posts: 1021; Member since: 17 Jan 2013)
Windows 8 is a cancer that will end up killing Nokia in the phone market.
26. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Lmfao, that was funny and true™
33. UrbanPhantom (Posts: 949; Member since: 30 Oct 2012)
Mobile devices use Windows Phone OS , not Windows OS, and there is a significant difference. You sound foolish and dim-witted not knowing which is which...
54. samystic (Posts: 230; Member since: 25 Mar 2012)
welcome to planet earth! Windows 8 is a computer OS... Nokia does not have any association with it... wake up
13. esperanza (Posts: 49; Member since: 23 Mar 2013)
l love Nokia's look and feel. Internal build quality is fascinating, better than GS4 or H1 imo.
14. uchihakurtz (Posts: 371; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
The back looks really clean and cool, but the speaker really ruins it :\
17. papss (unregistered)
I do love this design language... If I am to knock one thing it's speaker holes.. It should be square and long to match the rest of the design... Still looks awesome and modern
23. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
True, and at the top it still resembles the N series from the N70,12356, but the N74 was a concept design which was never ever launched™
21. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
So there is no way you could overclock the Cpu to 1.9Ghz, and overclock the Gpu Adreno 225 up to 650Mhz.....?
So apps and camera and games would load slightly faster, more of an instance!
They should'ev bumped the camera upto 13MP with few extra tweaks, with 3x optical zoom, and equipped with bigger lens!
Stainless-Steel 18 would've been way much better than Aluminium, or a pure jet black version™
Trimmed the size to 9MM thick
Double Xneon lamb
2 way speakers like the N73 music edition
28. shikroi (Posts: 187; Member since: 24 Sep 2012)
Then it wouldn't be just a version of the 920 for verizon. it would be a whole new device. Not what nokia is aiming for. Also this will be polycarbonate since nokia doesn't want to make such a big change on what is meant to be just an altered 920. The materials and design will change later in the year when the successor is announced along with the eos.
24. garz_pa (Posts: 154; Member since: 03 Nov 2011)
You people seem to have some kind of tech fetish on white phones..
25. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
I know it sounds strange, but, I rather choose this instead of the S4, really! :)
This thing really attracts me!
40. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
Wait for Catwalk men......that will change game......whole world will keep looking Catwalk.......!!! Next High-End Flagship "Catwalk"......wait for that
42. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
I will dude! I will!
I've already set a reminder on my phone, till the Catwalk comes, my phone will be singing like hell...... ;)
43. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
that Catwalk will gorgeous men, and features pack....!!!
44. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
That's right bro! ;)
29. Cannabis (Posts: 22; Member since: 20 Jan 2013)
I wonder if T-Mobile's metal version will have the same design or some minor tweaks...
32. Mobile-X-Pert (Posts: 565; Member since: 20 Dec 2010)
Get ready Batman, a storm is coming.
35. pyradark (Posts: 858; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
LOL! its 2013 and the deign is still 2011. Grow up nokia, that's why your falling down.
36. nokia4ever (Posts: 9; Member since: 05 Nov 2012)
see this article for lumia 920 vs htc one vs iphone 5
here is what anand tech exactly said
about video shooting"First of all, it goes without saying that the One blows away the devices which only can use EIS when it comes to video stabilization, which means essentially everything besides the Lumia 920. The One does an impressive job damping out the high frequency movement, but doesn't quite match the Lumia 920, which looks so good that you'd think it's on a tripod or steadicam or something. Only the most aggressive of shakes show up in the Lumia 920's output video, while I feel like the One could be a bit more generous with the low frequency shakes. Still, having OIS on an Android device is a huge boon
and also about imaging
the expert there said"The Lumia 920 and One are pretty darn close when it comes right down to it, and both easily outclass the iPhone 5 and the rest of the Android landscape in dark settings. The One is slightly noisier than the Lumia 920 in some of these"
this the only site that is not giving the lumia 920 its rigths
47. Antonyjoseph (Posts: 217; Member since: 06 Apr 2013)
No one can match the build quality of Nokia phones. Their issue has always been software. Imagine this phone coming with Android Jellybean. It will just kick the competition. Nokia is digging its own grave by not being flexible. Why not have have both Android and Windows phones. Look at HTC. It doesnt seem to have done them no harm.
48. SemperFiV12 (Posts: 944; Member since: 09 Nov 2010)
Guess I don't have to leave VZW after all... I hate service providers and the damn trap! A phone should not be as expensive as an effin PC... If not more! Contracts suck and even the contractless Tmobile is still subscription based (monthly installments). Options really are between lower end phones that you can buy outright or contracts!
However, still happy some Windows Phone love is headed to the big red... Definitely will help the platform immensely!!
51. samystic (Posts: 230; Member since: 25 Mar 2012)
@PA did you get this tip a little late?


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Skip to comments.LIVE THREAD: Huckabee's Republican Presidential Forum: 8/7 Eastern/Central 5:PM Pacific
Posted on 12/03/2011 4:00:01 PM PST by onyx
Short commercial ad first.
Six candidates are participating.
Eddie Haskell Hunstman has declined the invitation.
Herman Cain suspended his campaign today and will not participate.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Most likely that half million was a line of credit.
Too bad that the money Newt to pay for those gifts earned had the stinking stain of Fannie Mae on it.
—— Your ignorance is showing. He never consulted for Fannie, only Freddie.
We probably wouldn't like where a lot of these candidates' money came from.
Bondi's lot better to gaze at!
Then I realized he did get to be governor of Texas.
Then I realized he has Texas rocking.
He's still my #1 pick.
Health and Human Services spends the money, writes and interprets the regulations. Just look at the Office of Investigator General for HHS under Clinton, then Bush. Armed raids with the FBI. Reno and Freeh holding rallies in football stadiums to teach patients how to turn their docs in for $1000.
That's so true. But there are those who won't be able to resist every opportunity to take a baseball bat to the suspended corpse like it's some kind of pinata.
I'm sure you'll make the right decision for yourself, (((Wisconsinlady)))
Herman Cain's people likely should have been much better prepared, but the lamestream is beyond vicious.
Very witty.
So Moe is your leader?
I don't believe any candidate tonight is as conservative as Rick Perry. He is a true Goldwater conservative.
[Most likely that half million was a line of credit.]
Right, 'in hock to' means to owe. Perhaps it's a Texas term, lol.
Perry was a happy-ass democrat - the party of big federal government involvement in education and everything else.
I thought he nailed it.
And when the media starts bludgeoning your candidate with bimbo erruptions or past indiscretions, let it be known that we told you so. Because here endeth the lesson with Herman Cain.
The voters no longer matter apparently.
That was Newt's claim, and I'm fairly sure that if the facts were otherwise, it would have been leaked to the MSM, which was chomping at the bit over the Tiffany's "scandal."
AG Pam Bondi asked Ginrich directly.
Perry nailed everything they threw at him and more. Perry 2012
I am giving him a A+ for tonight.
Agreed. This is excellent.
Rick Perry has a quiet power to him
He is the one I would choose (along with my brother) to back me up in a gunfight
He - like Truman - will pull the trigger
Copy that!
Bachmann is full of shit, the Federal laws are the problem, Ice is the problem.
I have a hard time coming to see Perry as my top choice, but with Cain gone, I am "re-assessing". My libertarian streak sure likes seeing him wave the Constitution and say "no more, no less"!
This is not the first time I've seen the Governor pull a pocket copy of the Constitution out to show his audience. He evidently really carries one around.
Yep. Snap. Yer 11 minutes are up, Marxist.
Gingrich seems to be the only one who even knows what Agenda 21 is...and it is probably one of the greatest threats ever to the US.
"In hock" typically means a delinquent debt, or at least a long-standing debt. So there's no evidence that Gingrich was "in hoc" to Tiffany's.
Texas democrats were a different breed. They were more conservative than many in other states.
So OK; Newt's money was honest. . .and they paid him to tell them that it was a dangerous boondoggle and would collapse; and he left. They preferred the 'kudos' of their Demorcrats who advised to contrary. . .and of course, there was Chris and Barney. . .
Yo Michelle, who has actually done something about tort reform?
Oh that's right.. it's Perry.
So OK; Newt's money was honest. . .and they paid him to tell them that it was a dangerous boondoggle and would collapse; and he left. They preferred the 'kudos' of their Demorcrats who advised to contrary. . .and of course, there was Chris and Barney. . .
I don't see Obama debating anybody. He knows he can't debate. So why would he?
I'm having to fight the urge to go to Florida and get into trouble ;-)
Perry being a democrat has been answer several hundred times. In Texas, most people were democrats up until abt 1960's. They were Reagan Democrats. That was what his family was and therefore what he was. He has always been conservative.
Michelle is doing well.
Newt is slick, and not in a good way. I can't believe Freepers have forgotten the grief Newt has inflicted on us over the years.
I'm supporting Perry.
Don't think that would be a scandal, but it has been joked about a lot. If you pay your debts there's no scandal.
The big problem with repeal is that we need a 2/3 majority in both the House and the Senate just to debate any changes. We can do it, if the voters are determined enough.
She was there when Obamacare went down. And she tried everything to stop it. In the end, there's nothing she could do.
Please consider giving him another look. He's the most conservative of the candidates and has a good plan for America. I believe he is what we need.
That's the idea I got when a million voters showed up for a rally in DC...and nobody cared. Goose>cooked
Funny. We know Pam Bondi a little. She's from Tampa, too. She's doing pretty good as AG, even tho we wanted someone else.
Did you hear what the man just said? He wants the feds out of local education, as do I.
I think Michelle just blew the tort reform question.
She didn't explain why she is for federal tort reform.
Hey best buddy!
GOOD to see you.
But as we have seen, when Perry pulls the trigger it's likely to be followed by a timid "Oops!".
Oh, don't worry. The Democrats are going to remind FReepers the damage he's inflicted. I can see the damming commercials now.
I don't have any real problem with Perry.......BUT he was a Dem into the 90's, not just the late 60's.
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quote: Palm should have taken the smart phone market before iOS and Android did. What should have been the market leader is now a non-event. Build it and they will come, delay building and your left with a vacant lot or an empty shell. Lack of money, lack of R&D, lack of apps, lack of HW, lack of decent product = lack of sales. I though Palm management was bad but HP must be even worse. It's good that they are giving others access to the code/API/tools .. eventually .. but this is just an after thought and academic with the lack of any product commercialisation on the horizon.[Australian English spelling].
quote: In reality Palm defined much of the GUI elements that define the smartphone experience Android and iOS users enjoy today (e.g. a tile grid, a mobile browser, an email client, msging hub, etc.).I'll give Palm that it was a magnanimous loser. It didn't patent obvious GUI elements (like Apple has) and then go and try to troll its competitors in court.


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Elizabeth native Fusco, who has played with Buddy Rich, John Pizzarelli and Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy, is Kean's Concert Artist in Jazz and Saxophone. He has been a faculty member there since 1988, instructing the school's jazz curriculum. On Monday, he was joined by three other powerhouse Jersey jazz musicians -- guitarist Dave Stryker, bassist Ed Howard and drummer Tony Reedus -- plus the excellent New York City pianist Mark Soskin.
The leader presented a balanced song list, with jazz classics and evergreens augmented by three originals from Stryker, the evening's featured guest. The numbers were not overly extended, making them more easily digested, especially by the students. Each had spark and drew inspired performances from the musicians.
Duke Pearson's motors-right-along minor blues, "Minor League," was a solid opener. The theme mixes riffs with intricate lines -- a beguiling contrast of sonic flavors. The subsequent improvisations left no one out.
Stryker led off, using his trademark meaty, golden-hued sound to deliver his rhythmically-buoyant thoughts, from deep blues messages to lyrical jaunts. Fusco followed, his tone juicy and alive, his ideas flowing here, more concise there, often tagged with crisp rhythmic punches. Behind the two, Soskin, Howard and Reedus provided energized accompaniment.
Soskin next soloed, employing a clear sound and scoring with luxuriant chordal passages, unfurled statements, and more. Then came a Howard exposition marked by softball-sized notes with melodic grace and sure swing, and some spirited horn, guitar and piano trades with Reedus -- whose mix of drums and cymbals made his trap set speak.
Stryker's "Jump Street," a 20-bar blues variant, had an intriguing theme, and moved between Latin and swing feels. Fusco segued from semi-smeared phrases to bluesy bits, and Stryker exploited his alluring lower range. Later, the guitarist was aces on an unaccompanied "Prelude to a Kiss," issuing the rarely-heard verse and exploring the theme with a wealth of chordal statements.
Fusco was telling on a tender "I Wish I Knew," playing just the theme, with personal asides. Soskin -- who opened the rendition with McCoy Tyner's introduction to John Coltrane's version from "Ballads" (Impulse! Records) -- soloed with warm, tuneful statements. The saxophonist was also dynamic on a percolating look at "Where Are You," his sound robust, his ideas melodic and hefty.
A jubilant "Blowin' the Blues Away" was a sparkling closer.
Each of the artists has an engagement in the near future. Fusco leads the Kean University Jazz Ensemble Wednesday, 8 p.m., at the Wilkins Theatre, 1000 Morris Ave., Union; free; (908) 737-7469; www.keanstage.com/music/html.
Stryker fronts his organ trio Saturday from 9 to 1:30 a.m. at Cecil's Jazz Club, 364 Valley Road, West Orange; (973) 736-4800; www.cecilsjazzclub.com. Reedus plays with Jim Snidero's quartet Thursday at Smoke Jazz Club and Lounge, 2751 Broadway at 106th Street, New York; (212) 864-6662; www.smokejazz.com.
Howard plays with the Stryker/Slagle Band Dec. 21 at the Goat Cafe, 21 South Orange Ave., South Orange; (973) 275-9000; http://thegoatcafe.typepad.com. Soskin leads a quartet Dec. 14 and 15 at the Kitano, 66 Park Ave. at 38th Street, New York; (212) 885-7000; www.kitano.com.
Zan Stewart is The Star-Ledger's jazz writer. He is also a musician who occasionally performs at local clubs. He may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or (973) 324-9930.


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Program Curriculum
Sociology Major with Human Services Emphasis
The current sociology major at Charleston Southern University consists of the on-campus courses listed below. This major in this format is recommended for graduate-school-bound students:
Traditional Sociology Major:
- Sociology 101/Priniciples of Sociology (3 hrs)
- Sociology 203/Social Problems (3 hrs)
- Sociology 301/Behavioral Statistics (4 hrs)
- Sociology 426/Social Theory (3 hrs)
- Sociology 427/Social Research Methods (4 hrs)
- Sociology 428/Social Research Practicum (2 hrs)
- Sociology electives (15 hrs)
- Total: 34 hrs
The Behavioral Sciences Department is recommending a second path of study designed for students in sociology who are intending to enter the job market immediately after graduation. This career path would prepare them for immediate entry into jobs in the helping professions and later entry into graduate study in public administration or human services. This emphasis would provide real-world skills in such areas as management, accounting, business ethics, marketing and human resource management. This would make our students very attractive applicants to the 700-plus not-for-profits and numerous governmental agencies in the Greater Charleston Area or elsewhere. Fortunately, our CAPS program already offers these courses. If those courses are bundled with the basic courses in our existing sociology major, it creates a new human services emphasis with our sociology major.
Sociology with Human Services Emphasis
Taught on campus:
- Sociology 101 Principles of Sociology (3 hrs)
- Sociology 203 Social Problems (3 hrs)
- Sociology 301 Behavioral Stat (4 hrs) 17 hours
- Sociology 426 Social Theory (3 hrs)
- Sociology 427 Social Research Methods (4 hrs)
Taught on campus and online:
- Sociology 375/CAPS Intro to Human Services (3 hrs)
Taught online:
- ECBA 202 Accounting for Managers (3 hrs)
- ECBA 308 Marketing & Advertising (3 hrs)
- ECBA 309 Entrepreneurship (3 hrs) 15 hours
- ECBA 401 Business Ethics (3 hrs)
- ECBA 402 Human Resources Management (3 hrs)
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Roar on the Shore rolls into Erie
Roar on the Shore officials expect more than 100,000 visitors this weekend, including up to 5,000 for today's Bringin' in the Roar parade with Vanilla Ice leading the way.
Nice, nice baby.
"It's going to be the biggest and the baddest (Roar) this town has ever seen," said Tammy Polanski, the spokeswoman for event founder Manufacturer & Business Association, citing visitors from across the United States and, of course, Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania. "The rally is growing to be such an economic engine in this town."
In turn, Roar is growing, with eight rides for bikers -- twice the usual number -- which send riders to Ohio's Geneva on the Lake, Pymatuning Lake and Sprague Farm and Brew Works in Venango. One rider, at the latter, will win an American eagle chain-saw carving by Sprague owner Brian Sprague. The Pymatuning ride is for women no longer content to hug their man and hang on in back. They burn rubber, too.
Special guests include custom-bike builder Rick Fairless from Strokers Dallas, who will display choppers; Yamaha stunt pro Trevor Vines, who will jump near the main stage (might we see a back flip?) on Saturday; and celebrity biker chef Biker Billy (today).
Vanilla Ice plays a pre-parade concert today at 5 p.m. outside Presque Isle Downs & Casino; admission is $10 for those not riding. (And, kids may want to cover their ears.) The parade begins at 6 p.m. and goes down Route 97 and Old French Road to Perry Square.
"There's nothing like cruising down the scenic roads of Erie and, on either side, you're surrounded by thousands who are excited to see you. They're waving flags and backyard tents are set up. There's nothing like the community welcome that visitors across the country experience," Polanski said.
Three hard-rocking local bands earned the right to perform through fan online voting: Drunk in Memphis, Chrome and Leader of Men will pump you up for the headliners each day at 5 p.m. Roar also includes more than 80 vendors and a Harley-Davidson auction.


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The third season of "Battlestar Galactica" wrapped up last Sunday night on the Sci-Fi Channel.
(I started this blog entry late Sunday night after watching the season finale of "Battlestar Galactica". Unfortunately, I didn't have time to finish it and then this week, I had to make a last minute trip to Atlanta for work. It's time to get this entry posted!)
At the end of the season one finale of "Battlestar Galactica", Commander Adama was shot numerous times by a member of the crew who was revealed to be a Cylon.
At the end of the second season finale, the survivors of the 12 colonies had settled on a planet and the series jumped ahead a year as the Cylons arrived and took over the planet.
It seems like each the producers want to be more shocking with each successive season finale... so, it should come as no surprise that the just completed third season finale featured a few unexpected developments.
Before I go into that, let me talk about the rest of the episode. A word of warning - this is going to contain spoilers, so stop reading now if you don't want any.
One of the ongoing plot lines has been the trial of Gaius Baltar. Baltar was the President when the Cylons took over New Caprica (the planet they settled on at the end of the second season finale). They forced Baltar to sign execution warrants, among other things, and Baltar was accused of treason.
During the trial, Baltar's attorney calls Lee Adama (Apollo) as a witness - a move that is highly unusual since Apollo is part of Baltar's defense team. On the stand, Apollo gives an incredible speech concerning how others who committed crimes have been pardoned, but everyone wants Baltar to pay because nobody likes him.
In a vote of 3 to 2, Baltar is found to be innocent.
During the trial, other members of the human fleet are shown to be hearing music. There seems to be some music emanating from the Galactica itself, but only some people can hear it.
The Galactica then jumps to a nebula which is supposed to be the next "road sign" on their quest for Earth. As soon as the ships arrive, all of the ships in the fleet lose power. At this time, the four people who heard the music all are compulsively drawn together to a room on the Galactica.
These four people, who include Colonel Tigh, Chief Tyrol, President Roslin's aide and Sam Anders (Starbuck's husband) all come to the realization that they are Cylons. The music that they heard was apparently the trigger to awaken their latent Cylon tendencies.
I don't know about this. I mean, Adama and Tigh have served together for decades... and now all of a sudden, you're gonna say Tigh is a Cylon????! Also, Sam Anders, Tigh and Tyrol lead the resistance against the Cylons when they were on New Caprica. I find if hard to believe that their Cylon programming would permit this.
I refuse to believe Tigh is a Cylon.
Part of the plot of Galactica is that the Cylons were at war with the humans of the twelve colonies but then they had a cease-fire for 30 years, if I remember correctly. The Cylons evolved over that time and apparently developed the human-looking models. If Tigh and Adama served together for 40 years, HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT TIGH CAN BE A CYLON???
OK. Now as unexpected as the revelation of those four people being Cylons was, that was not the biggest surprise.
After the human fleet jumped to the nebula and their ships regained power, their sensors detected a massive Cylon fleet and the Galactica scrambled their Vipers. While all of this was happening, a cover version of "All Along The Watchtower" was playing. That was the song that the four people kept hearing bits and pieces of which apparently activated their underlying Cylon programming.
Like I said a few weeks ago as the title of another blog entry, what the frak??!!
I give this new "Battlestar Galactica" a lot of latitude. On the show, they use phones like we use. They use a lot of phrases that we use and there are just a lot of other things that you wouldn't expect to see on spaceships from across the cosmos. I guess this is all part of the producers' way of making the show more accessible to a larger group of viewers and not focusing so much on the science fiction element. In the original series, they at least tried to make things a little different. For instance, they called a dog a "daggit" and they introduced words like "frak/frack" and "felgercarb". They also drank "ambrosa" on the original series instead of whiskey, although they did mention "ambrosia" on the new series.
I can deal with making the show more accessible. However, when they start to tie a late 1960's song from Earth into the show, I find it necessary to call felgercarb!
Anyhow, that wasn't even the biggest surprise of the season finale.
When the Galactica launched their Vipers, Apollo hopped into his Viper and took off. As he was heading towards the Cylon fleet for battle, his DRADIS picked up something behind them, so he left formation to go check it out.
While attempting to locate this ship, you catch a glimpse of something following Apollo's viper. Suddenly, another Viper pulls up beside him. Piloting the Viper is Kara Thrace (Starbuck)... you know, the one who "died" a few episodes ago. In that episode, her Viper exploded and Apollo witnessed it.
Now, here she is flying beside Apollo in a pristine-looking Viper. She then radios Apollo and says something to the effect of "Don't freak out, it's really me!"
But again, finding out that Starbuck is still alive isn't the biggest surprise of the finale. I figured that she wasn't really dead. I just didn't expect her to pop up like this.
It's what Starbuck said next which was the biggest surprise.
Starbuck said "It's going to be okay. I've been to Earth. I know where it is. And I'm going to take us there."
The camera then pulls back from the two Vipers and shows the galaxy from afar. The camera then zooms in on Earth and shows the eastern portion of the United States. Again... what the frak??!
So, it looks like the Galactica will find Earth during the next season.
Will it be present-day Earth or will they arrive in our future or past? I'm guessing that they will make it be present-day Earth since they like to keep the cost down and keep a lot of sci-fi elements out of the show.
Hopefully the show won't turn into a re-imagined version of "Galactica 1980".
Oh... and by the way, I know Jimi Hendrix didn't write "All Along The Watchtower". That honor is held by Bob Dylan. However, the Hendrix version is the one that most people are familiar with.


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1. Elizabeth FitzPatrick, Royal Inauguration in Gaelic Ireland c.1100–1600: a Cultural Landscape Study (http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/paper/zumbuhl.html) with a response by the author.
2. Raymond Gillespie, Reading Ireland: Print, Reading and Social Change in Early Modern Ireland (http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/paper/raymond.html)
Several major publishers are also offering discounts of up to 25% on Irish history titles. See http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/paper/offers.html for details.
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Alicante (Heritage)
Tomato Alicante is a unevenly sized golfball, standard red tomato with a full-bodied taste. The quality of the tomato is shown by the fact that it has an RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit).
The early/mid ripening, indeterminate, regular-leafed plant is an old variety, greenback free which produces relatively heavy crops and is ideal for both greenhouse and outdoor use. Historically, it was used as the breakfast tomato, boiled and served with bacon & eggs.
A very tasty, full-bodied, a favourite with us because of its high productivity & taste which we consider to be superior to Moneymaker. It also compares very favourably with other indeterminate red standard tomatoes such as:
There are also a number of similar potato leafed varieties, such as:
- Matina/Tamina; (these are the same)
- Bloody Butcher;
- Stupice;
- Quedlinberger Fruhe Liebe;
as well as many F1 hybrids.
We find that the potato leafed varieties tend to crop slightly earlier than the regular leafed varieties but also finish earlier so we grow Alicante or some of the other regular leafed varieties to extend our cropping season as long as possible.
We grew these outdoors as well in 2015 but they didn't ripen before we decided to harvest them because of the danger of frosts. We grew them outdoors because we were using them to compare against Crimson Crush, an F1 variety that supposedly has resistance to all forms of blight in the UK. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) there was no blight at our allotment in 2015 so we couldn't tell whether Crimson Crush was more blight resistant than any of the others we grew. What we did find was that the slugs had a good go at everything!
Quick Facts
- Fruit Type: Standard
- Fruit Shape: Round
- Fruit Size: Medium/Large (avg 51g in 2013)
- Fruit Colour: Red
- Flesh Colour: Red
- Plant Type: Indeterminate
- Seed Type: Heritage
- Leaf Type: Regular
- Time to Ripe: Early/Mid (65-75 Days)
- Length of Harvest: Average (50d in 2013)
- Taste: Full Bodied
- Fruit per Truss: 6-10
- Truss Spacing: 12-15 inches
- Crop Weight: average 2000g per plant (2013)
Where to Buy
Buy Alicante Tomato Seeds from these suppliers:
- Brown Envelope Seeds (Eire)
- DT Brown Seeds
- Crocus
- Dobies (£1.19)
- Mr Fothergill's
- Garden Organic
- Johnson's Seeds
- Jungle Seeds
- Kings Seeds
- Marshalls Seeds (£1.75)
- Moles Seeds
- Nicky's Seeds
- Seed Parade
- Simpsons Seeds
- Suttons Seeds (£1.99)
- Thompson & Morgan £2.29 - 100 seeds
- Tomatofest (USA)
- Tuckers Seeds
- Unwins (£1.49)
- Wallis Seeds
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East Newark's retired police chief was sworn in to the Borough Council at a special meeting on Wednesday, replacing longtime Councilman Edward Serafin, who stepped down from his council seat last month.
The borough's governing body unanimously selected Kenneth Sheehan from a list of three names submitted by the East Newark Democratic County Committee to take the seat vacated by Serafin effective April 17.
East Newark Mayor Joseph R. Smith, who chairs the local county committee, declined to disclose the names of the other two candidates submitted for the seat.
Sheehan served as a member of the borough Police Department for more than 28 years, retiring as chief last year.
"Kenny's a likable person, and while he was chief he did an excellent job," Smith said. "He told us he was very interested (in the council seat) and would still like to serve the people."
Under state statute, Sheehan must run in November's general election to fill the remainder of Serafin's three-year term, which expires Dec. 31, 2015. Had Serafin resigned from the seat after September 1, Sheehan would not have had to run in November, according to Smith.
Retired from the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission, Serafin maintains residences in the borough and at the Jersey Shore. Smith said the Democratic councilman retired to spend more time at his summer residence.
Smith lauded Serafin for his more than two decades of service to the borough, including overseeing construction of the East Newark Senior Center and serving on the council's Police Committee. A former restaurateur, Serafin often cooked meals on holidays for local seniors, according to Smith.
"My heart breaks because he really did a lot for the people of this town," the mayor said.


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Jon Boat stable?
Started by DanCampbell , Jul 01 2008 07:56 AM
22 replies to this topic
Posted 01 July 2008 - 07:56 AM
I have a novice question. How do Jon boats rate in stability?
I rented a 14ft Jon last weekend and took in out on the lake for about 6 hours. It was proetty stable even when I stood up to give my back short breaks.
I notice that some guys upgrade their Jon boats with flat decks and carpet, and they look really cool. How do they rank in stability?
I have a 10 month old daughter and my wife and I are thinking of a small boat to take out on the weekends.
Is a mod V better in stability? What would you recomend as the most stable type for a guy who is overly concerned with safety? (Is it best to just stay seated?)
I really like your Jon boat conversions, thank you for any help you can offer.
Posted 01 July 2008 - 08:50 AM
Both boats (v-hull and jon) can be very stable. I'd suggest you decide on a style depending on the type water you will most likely use.
If you plan to fish primarily small lakes and ponds such as pay-to-fish and electric-only, the jon boat will do fine. A good 12 volt hand controlled electic motor with a deep cycle battery or a small gas motor will suffice.
If you are going to use larger lakes where you might encounter large boat wakes and wind-blown waves you would be better served using a v-hull. These also tend to have higher sidewalls that will contain the child better. And they will probably take a little higher power engine.
Don't overlook the foam-filled plastic coated boats available at big box sports stores like Bass Pro, Academy & Cabelas. Walmart and Dick's Sports may also carry them. They are light weight and fit the back of a truck or SUV/Van.
Jon boats might lend themselves better for modification due to the flat floors and bench seats. Clamp on seats and some coolers will make comfortable seating in most any of the small boats.
Good luck.
Posted 01 July 2008 - 09:56 AM
Thank you for the information, I will keep my eyes open for a used boat. I really like the Jon boat projects.
take care
Posted 01 July 2008 - 11:31 AM
I would say the may factor in a jon boats stability is the amount of surface area it puts on the water. The longer and wider the better. If you are wanting to go fishing with a growing family, a 12 foot jon boat won't last very long; they are only rated to carry a little under 300#, is only 32" wide and is rated for a 3 hp engine. If you try to add a few creature comforts and you may overload the boat's capacity. Be sure you don't go to small.
Posted 01 July 2008 - 07:34 PM
Bruce & wannabe .. gave you some good advice.
Just a little further .. I would not get one shorter than 14' .. Highest sides and width .. several Jon boat builders make a semi V and would look for one that the V extends to the transom .. speaking of transoms .. go ahead and get the deep one while you are at it ... this will get you a good platform to build on .. great in small or on big waters (big waters with caution .. depending on your skill ) Another thing that will cost a little more but more than save the difference in the long run and that is to get an all WELDED hull. ... Been there done that .. Love my Aluminum boats ...
Hope this helps a little
Posted 02 July 2008 - 06:20 AM
Thanks guys,
I am new to boats and I know there is a lot to learn, I have been looking around. A guy down the street has a fiberglass bass boat tfor sale that looks new, he said he paid 14K for it and will sell it for 8K. He said it has 14 hours in the water (Lake Anna)
Seems like a great deal but I do not have 8K, it sure looks nice though.
Posted 02 July 2008 - 07:57 AM
I agree with getting a welded construction boat. Go to the manufacturers site; look and read. You'll see that some build better boat and have been doing it that way for years, and that tells you what used boat to look for. You are going to be truly amazed by all the boat site and manufactures there are . Good luck
Posted 14 October 2008 - 01:36 PM
I have a 14ft Jon with a deck like a big bass boat and a foot controlled trolling motor. when i am fishing alone i love it! but when i bring a friend to fish out of the back it can get a little tough. If one of use moves a foot it will really move the boat. I haul mine with a Mercury tracer which is a really small 4 cylinder car without a problem. I work at bass pro and from what I have heard from people I should upgrade to a 16ft to solve the stability problem and be able to fish open water a little more(which I do a lot). Its great for ponds or small lakes which is all i really do. But bringing a friend makes it a hassle really quick. Hopefully that gives you a little bit of something to think about!
Posted 14 October 2008 - 06:56 PM
Miles it sounds like you have gotten a "narrow" 14 footer .. Low sides as well ????
You have to consider the width and the height of the sides all as part of adding up what will work the best ... Sounds like you have one of the narrower 14 footers.
14 and 15 footers wide and deep will handle a lot of situations ... for open waters get one with a v bottom (I am speaking of Jon Boats) not the v hull. A V hull will take the rough waters better but I find them not to be as stable as the "Jon" boat.
Hope this was not confusing
Edited by JSC, 14 October 2008 - 07:00 PM.
Posted 11 November 2008 - 09:31 PM
14' jon can be very stable. Get a wide one! 48" floor and 72" beam (widest point across the gunwales).
i use one this size for hunting and fishing and its very stable.
Posted 31 July 2012 - 09:33 AM
I waited until I retired to buy this boat, what I should have done twenty years sooner. It likes one inch being eight feet wide in back and is 20' 3" long. I made the center console and boxes. It is a super stable jon boat. (Modified vee)
Edited by Musky Glenn, 31 July 2012 - 09:40 AM.
Posted 11 January 2013 - 10:00 AM
here we go again. semi v john verses perfectly flat bottom jon. i find myself benifiting from a modified semi v to handle rough water bodies that have some shalllows. some of the older boats have semi v running from the front to roughly 1/3 way back and flat rear end. when you run them they plane out well in shallow water. I dont know about the "V-hul being more tipppy than a flat". if your in 4ft waves or higher either is going to be tippy. i would be more afraid to tip a flatbottom that has allot of top heavy weight.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 08:41 AM
A "small boat" and family are not a good fit. Length is the savior though. The flat-bottom boat has it all over the "V" type hulls. As far as stability in a small boat goes.
"V`s " are better for rougher water than a flat bottom . Bass Pro sells a nice boat you might look at.
I believe it`s the Bass Tracker. Have a look see.
Posted 08 October 2013 - 12:19 PM
I would like to add on to this information.
If you buy a boat that has a V bottom it will rock around in the water more but it will not wear you out as fast as a flat bottom boat if there is any chop.
Every little movement of the water will be felt in a flat bottom boat.
A V bottom boat when getting some water in it, becomes more stable because the water collects in the middle of the V bottom.
It a flat bottom boat if water gets in it, the water will want to go to one side or the other of the boat from movement of people in the boat or the waves., and can become more unstable.
About stability.
The higher the sides the more reserve stability the boat has.
A flat bottom boat has high initial stability but not as much reserve stability.
Posted 08 October 2013 - 12:48 PM
I'm all in for a 14' or bigger semi v, the boat gets up and goes is stable can handle rough water unlike a flat bottom and in those time when the wind whips up you're more likely to stay dry I've had a semi v for 30 years 3 different ones and to be quite frank the flat bottom jons I've been in are noisy in chop so no sneekin up on the fish that day. Mine is referred to as a backtroller and I'm out on the mighty tidal Delaware river with large cargo ships passing by and can tell you stability is excellent.
Posted 13 October 2013 - 01:38 PM
It depends on the jon boat of course. I've got a 50" wide by 16' long jon that is nutso stable. In a v hull only the well designed bigger glass boats are more stable. On the other hand my dad once went out with a guy who had a narrow short jon, and they dumped it, so he has the incorrect perception that jon boats are unstable. The problem in his case was a narrow boat. The narrower the boat the less stable it is.
However as other alluded to, that is not the end all. Often a DEEP - V with a lot of freeboard and a round chine will weather rough seas better even though in theory it is less stable. It rolls with the blows but has so much freeboard it doesn't swamp.
Contrary to centric views a lot of people have about whatever boat they have, THERE IS NO BEST BOAT. There may be a best boat for a very specific application, but THERE IS NO BEST BOAT. You need to decided how you will use your boat, and make the best compromise between function, budget, and comfort. For some people there is no better answer than to have two or three boats. I've got the jon boat I mentioned and its my best compromise for fishing and shallow water. Its also pretty good at punching into tight waters my 20' glass boat wouldn't dream of. On the other hand if I really want to explore tight spots, small streams etc I take my canoe.
Even for the canoe waters there may be better options. A plastic kayak is a lot lighter and easier to drag over beaver dams. A narrower canoe handles better, but has less payload and is more dangerous in open water were waves and wind are an issue. A wider longer canoe will carry gear for boat camping for two guys for a week if they plan well, but the narrow one might only be good for 2-3 days.
Again, no matter what some egocentric boater may try to convince you, THERE IS NO *BEST* BOAT.
I've got one buddy who only wants to go fishing places where I can launch and fish effectively with my 20' bass boat. He likes the comfort and ease of fishing from those big casting decks. Another buddy loves it when I want to take him to some back waters where we have to cross water, portage, and punch brush to get there.
Posted 14 October 2013 - 10:37 PM
Remember, a happy wife is a happy life. Nothing ruins a family outing quicker than wet, cold kids and wives.
If you're taking your family/kids out in this boat, make the stretch and buy one with foam infill, so it's "unsinkable", and with a deep V and higher sides.
If you're really smooth, you can use the extra safety as a bargaining chip with the wife to get a little bigger/better boat, and you won't be lying. And don't skimp on the motor. An under powered boat in windy/choppy seas is a recipe for discomfort, at the least, and can lead to disaster.
Keeping the family dry and safe is too important to fool around.
Build a project jon boat for duck hunting, not family fun.
Posted 15 October 2013 - 09:51 AM
You know when I bought my bass boat (04 Cougar FTD) I was considering a fish and ski for the reasons you mention. More room for family outings etc. I already had a bass boat at the time I was selling to finance the new one (Baker Custom Tunnel - I miss it). I talked with my wife about it, and she said, "We hardly go out with you on the river anyway. Just get a regular bass boat if that's what you want." The point is I communicated with her, and the overall consensus was that getting an FS wasn't really enough of a benefit to us. I only took out both kids and the wife once or twice in the last 8 yeas I've owned the BassCat and it was adequate. One kid in the tube getting pulled, one spotting, and my wife just relaxing.
P.S. With care and attention I can run that Basscat at 60+ in 3-4 foot chop. More than that and I get really nervous. I have to back it off to the mid to high 40s and lower the trim a bit to keep a good bite for control in the water.
P.P.S. On the other hand any planing speed is a wet ride in the jon boat with anything over 1 foot of chop. On the other/other hand with 6-8" chop that little jon lifts up out of the water, rides on top of it, and goes stupid fast for a flat bottom boat. I've GPSed speeds in the mid 40s in perfect conditions when the air is cold and dry with my 50hp Merc.
Edited by Bob La Londe, 15 October 2013 - 09:58 AM.
Posted 15 October 2013 - 04:03 PM
Something I don't think anyone has touched on is the effects on the boat of running it in rough water. If the water your running in has a tendency to get rough it can lead to to leaking rivets or cracked welds. Especially on longer distances. It's not something that will happen in a trip or two, but gradually sneaks up on you over a number of outings. Another thing is how weight changes the running attitude of the boat. It's much more noticeable in an aluminum boat than it is in a big fiberglass rig. Proper weight distribution and knowing how to handle rough water goes a long way in making a good decision about what boat to buy.
just my ,
Posted 21 October 2013 - 10:15 AM
That's why my first bass boat was a welded hull Tracker. But the welds wound up failing, so I got it replace under the CA lemon law, when it was in the shop 6 out of the first 18 months I owned it.
It actually was a dryer ride than my Ranger, because it sat higher in the water, but it was a sail in the wind.
When I got rear ended and it got totaled by a hit and run driver on the freeway, I moved up to a fiberglass boat, and it's much easier to fish out of, but it is a wetter ride in rough weather.


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19-year-old Kloss worked her lace-swathed bottom off this week.By James Lim
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And right now, that's not what his creativity is telling him to do.By Amy Odell
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According to reports, the country will formally pull out of the treaty by December 23, in a move described by civil society newsletter ECO as "an unacceptable breach of trust".
On Monday morning in Canada, Kent dodged questions from journalists on the issue, saying, "I'm neither confirming nor denying... this isn't the day, I mean, this is not the time to make an announcement."
When contacted for comment, the Canadian government forwarded a transcript of the press conference to Business Day.
Kent said signing onto Kyoto in the first place was "one of the biggest blunders" the previous Canadian government had made. Kyoto represented the past, but "Copenhagen and Cancun are the future," he said, referring to the controversial Copenhagen Accord and Cancun Agreements which provide for only weak commitments.
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Civil society observers slammed Canada.
Virginie Lambert Ferry, of Greenpeace Canada, said it appeared that the government was trying to pull out of the Kyoto Protocol before January 1, in order to avoid facing penalty action for not meeting its commitments.
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Eleanor Jones Harvey, chief curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), and Michael Hussey, historian at the National Archives, use images from the exhibit "The Civil War and American Art" at SAAMto explore the connections between these works of art and records from the National Archives. Rex M. Ellis, associate director for curatorial affairs at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, moderates a panel that includes Ira Berlin, professor of history at University of Maryland.
This program is part of National Archives' year-long celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. See a special video, details on upcoming programs and related online resources [www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2013/nr13-20.html]. The 150th anniversary celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation is presented in part by the Verizon Foundation.
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What are you most proud of? The ease with which the project went together and how much my youngest daughter and eldest granddaughter will enjoy these shrugs.
What advice would you give someone starting this project? Follow the directions in the workshop, ask questions if you need to, and this project should be very satisfying! Note: I've made several of these shrugs now and did cast on anywhere from one to two inches of extra stitches under the arm on some of them to accommodate recipients who have relatively narrow back width compared to upper arm measurement.
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The Sun-Gazette ran a thorough examination of the liquor store privatization issue in Pennsylvania on Sunday.
It included lots of theories about who would win and lose should the state-controlled liquor stores be privatized and beer, wine and liquor made available at multiple businesses.
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We don't worry about it in all those other cases, only where liquor is concerned.
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The move to privatize the liquor store system is woefully overdue.
Lawmakers need to stop being cowed by unions we suspect the faces of the clerks in many private liquor stores would stay the same and make a move that makes sense to businesses and consumers this fall.


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As the hot-blooded, oft-shirtless werewolf Jacob Black in the Twilight films, Taylor Lautner has amassed a large and vociferous following among tween girls. And their older sisters. And their mothers. With his new film Abduction, a Bourne-esque thriller directed by John Singleton, the preternaturally polished 19-year-old is out to prove he's not merely Tiger Beat fodder, but a bona fide movie star in the making. Playing a hotshot high-schooler who goes on the run after discovering his idyllic domestic life is nothing more than an elaborate fabrication, Lautner battles assorted bad guys, woos his pretty co-star (Lily Collins), performs a variety of hazardous stunts, and holds his own on-screen with such formidable talents as Sigourney Weaver, Alfred Molina, and Maria Bello.
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