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The opening shot of Margot Kidder shows her hands on a typewriter; in Robert Hays' first scene, he's trying to hustle a stewardess at cruising altitude. Is director Michael Tuchner, who did the TV version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame with Anthony Hopkins, trying to hint he's dealing with the high-flying comedy potency of Superman I and II and Airplane! I and II? Sorry, Mike, Trench-coat, despite its, pardon the expression, flashes of offbeat humor, has trouble just getting off the ground. Kidder is a court stenographer who's dying to write a novel. So she flies to Malta in search of some experience—and gets caught in a web of multinational terrorism involving two murders and some pilfered plutonium. Hays, ostensibly an M.D., eventually reveals a clandestine identity once he and Kidder are hot on the trail. The story starts out low-key, but by the last half hour the plot, craftily unfurled by writers Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman, does pick up pace. Kidder looks great even in her nebbishy comedic gags; Hays plays his deadpan hunk about as unimpressively as he could and still register on film. Best scene: After receiving a shot of sodium pentathol from some kidnapping Arabs, Kidder gets out of that jam. But then she finds herself unwittingly betraying what has been a heartily sublimated love interest in Hays, after he picks her up and takes her on a picnic. Kidder survives enough close calls to inspire her novel, with material for a short story or two left over. All of that cliff-hanging also serves to enliven the proceedings, and it almost makes you forget how long the film took to really get going. (PG)
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Context The place of long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (LTPP) within psychiatry is controversial. Convincing outcome research for LTPP has been lacking.
Objective To examine the effects of LTPP, especially in complex mental disorders, ie, patients with personality disorders, chronic mental disorders, multiple mental disorders, and complex depressive and anxiety disorders (ie, associated with chronic course and/or multiple mental disorders), by performing a meta-analysis.
Data Sources Studies of LTPP published between January 1, 1960, and May 31, 2008, were identified by a computerized search using MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and Current Contents, supplemented by contact with experts in the field.
Study Selection Only studies that used individual psychodynamic psychotherapy lasting for at least a year, or 50 sessions; had a prospective design; and reported reliable outcome measures were included. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies were considered. Twenty-three studies involving a total of 1053 patients were included (11 RCTs and 12 observational studies).
Data Extraction Information on study characteristics and treatment outcome was extracted by 2 independent raters. Effect sizes were calculated for overall effectiveness, target problems, general psychiatric symptoms, personality functioning, and social functioning. To examine the stability of outcome, effect sizes were calculated separately for end-of-therapy and follow-up assessment.
Results According to comparative analyses of controlled trials, LTPP showed significantly higher outcomes in overall effectiveness, target problems, and personality functioning than shorter forms of psychotherapy. With regard to overall effectiveness, a between-group effect size of 1.8 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.7-3.4) indicated that after treatment with LTPP patients with complex mental disorders on average were better off than 96% of the patients in the comparison groups (P = .002). According to subgroup analyses, LTPP yielded significant, large, and stable within-group effect sizes across various and particularly complex mental disorders (range, 0.78-1.98).
Conclusions There is evidence that LTPP is an effective treatment for complex mental disorders. Further research should address the outcome of LTPP in specific mental disorders and should include cost-effectiveness analyses.
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Overall outcome was assessed by averaging the effect sizes of target problems, general psychiatric symptoms, and personality and social functioning. Effect sizes are Hedges d (ie, within-group effect sizes), measured at the beginning and end of therapy. Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Studies are stratified into randomized controlled trials (RCTs) vs observational studies (with or without control groups).
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Glorious Revolution
The colonists hoped that the change in British leadership(caused by this event) would help stop Britain's attempts to restrict America's self-government.
Adam Smith
Wrote "A Wealth of Nations" which advocated for the government to stay out of the economy. He called for laissez faire economics.
Benjamin Banneker
This individual was the first African American to publish a scientific book, The Almanac. He was a mathematician and author, defying the stereotype that African Americans were unintelligent.
Charles Cornwallis
British general during the American Revolution. The war ended when he surrendered his army at Yorktown.
Cult of Domesticity
A term that refers to the characteristics and traits of how a woman should act in society, sometimes refered to as the cult of True Womanhood.
This is a region that contains most of the coastline of Virginia and Maryland. The Potomac river empties into the bay that has the same name as the same name as the region.
Pontiac's Rebellion
A series of sieges against British military posts by the Native Americans around the Great Lakes. Native Americans realized that the British were not going to leave their land after the French and Indian War and took matters into their own hands.
Iroquois Confederacy
A native American tribe's alliance that was created in the 1500's. The tribes in the alliance agreed not to go to war with one another. They helped the British win the French and Indian war. Originally made up of five tribes.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
The first successful constitution in North America. Said that power comes from the people and the will of the majority should be carried out by government.
Gaspee Incident
A british ship crashed on the coastline of Rhode Island while enforcing the Navigational Acts. The colonists found out and burned it.
Galloway Plan
This plan was created after the Suffolk Resolves were created. Conservatives in Congress wanted to bring union between the colonies and Britain. It called for having colonies remain part of britain, but also remain self governing. The plan was presented to the continental congress and was defeated by one vote.
George Mason
Wrote Virginia's Declaration of Rights which influenced Jefferson's Declaration of Independence and the basis of the Bill of Rights. Initially opposed ratification of the Constitution when it lacked the Bill of Rights.
Albany Plan of Union
Plan for colonial unity created by Ben Franklin before the French and Indian war. Called for inter-colonial counsel to handle various govt. responsibilities including a colonial defense. Was rejected by various colonial assemblies trying to preserve power.
Anne Bradstreet
Female author from Massachusetts who was the first published American poet. Wrote "Contemplations"
Anne Hutchinson
Outspoken Puritan who was banished to Rhode Island for radical testimonies of God. Later killed by Natives in 1643.
Antoine Cadillac
French explorer and colonist; commanded the fur trade near Great Lakes; created Detroit. Commanded the key fur trade post at Michilimackinac near the convergence of Lakes Superior, Michigan, and Huron.


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On 10/26/13 at approximately 2248 hours, officers were dispatched to the 1100 block of South "L" Street regarding a suspicious death. When officers arrived they located a male subject deceased inside the residence.
The subject was a 49 year old Oxnard resident. His name is being withheld until his family is notified. At this time investigators don't know the cause of death and are attempting to establish what occurred.
Investigators are encouraging anyone with information about this incident to contact Detective Ken Tougas at (805) 200-5669. If you wish to remain anonymous you can call the Violent Crimes Hotline at (805) 982-7070 or Ventura County Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477. You can also visit www.venturacountycrimestoppers.org to submit a tip via text or email.
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The role of the thyroid in calcium metabolism has been investigated by Aub and others1 with low calcium intake, and they have concluded that in cases of exophthalmic goiter and hyperfunctioning adenoma the excretion is increased and that in cases of myxedema it is markedly diminished and that the giving of thyroid to normal persons and to patients with myxedema increases the excretion. They expressed the belief that this was due to a direct stimulating effect on the calcium deposits in the bones. Their data on the patients with exophthalmic goiter were striking and definite; the figures on those with myxedema left some doubt. Thus, even allowing for the variation inherent in short term balances, when isolated figures are picked at varying metabolic levels the following are difficult to reconcile with their thesis:
Although many of the balances do show an increased output, they do not impress us as
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The storm swept through the area at the end of January, but scars from the damage it caused still are visible in local forests and at least one state park.
Right now forestry roads in Tiadaghton State Forest-District 12 are in rough shape. Most are passable, however, according to Terrence Brady, deputy press secretary for the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Washed-out, damaged or closed roads will affect hunters who head afield for spring gobbler season, as well as other enthusiasts who seek the wooded areas for a little recreation.
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Rain, snowmelt and frozen ground led to a sudden rise in the Loyalsock Creek and some
very high waters. Here, floodwaters obliterate a bridge that leads to the rustic cabins at Worlds End State Park on Jan. 25.
Floodwaters lap at the edge of a picnic pavilion in late January at Worlds End State Park. Park officials say 18 picnic tables were lost during the high-water event.
After the high waters shown in the top photo
receded, park officials were left with a heavily
damaged road leading to the rustic cabins
bridge at Worlds End State Park.
Jason Stellfox, forester with District 12, said roads in that area are not too damaged.
"We came out pretty good," he said.
Crews there are on time with yearly maintenance. Except for Ramsey Road, all roads are open.
But in District 20-Loyalsock State Forest, roads closed to the public are many - Mineral Springs, Shanersburg, Cold Run, Rock Run, Cascade, Cammels, Walker, Loyalsock, Dry Run and McIntryre.
Four roads recently opened up after they were determined to be "safe" by professionals, DCNR said.
Those using any of the roads in the area should proceed with caution and watch for heavy construction.
The heavy rains that swept through around Jan. 25, along with melt-off from some 20 inches of snow and the frozen ground, wreaked havoc on forestry roads.
"The conditions vary. Some of them are totally impassable," said Richard Glinski, Loyalsock State Forest district manager. "Basically all of the roads that are closed at this time are unsafe for one reason or another."
Culverts have been washed out and 3-foot-deep trenches have been carved by the run-off in some places.
"The ditchline is 2 feet further into the road and 2 or 3 feet deep," he said. "You could very easily upset vehicles. We can't just open those roads."
Some of the surfaces on semi-passable roads are washed all off to the bedrock, making it passable only for four-wheel-drive vehicles.
Because the northern forests still were blanketed with snow, repairs will begin when conditions allow crews to gain access, Glinski said.
"We can't work in the muddy spring," he said.
However, minor repairs to a few forestry roads were made right after the damage was done.
Although these are temporary closures, some byways may be closed for quite a while.
"We hope to be able to reopen all these roads, but after evaluation we may decide to close some of them," Glinski said. "This will allow us to concentrate our limited resources and manpower on the more critical and heavily used district roads."
He said he knows that some of the roads won't be open for trout season and possibly spring turkey season either.
It is highly unlikely that the forestry department will receive federal funding to help with the repairs at this time, Glinski said.
"Our (state) department doesn't have a lot of money right now either," he said.
Officials are working on getting materials, examining bids and figuring out deliveries for materials.
The crew that makes repairs for the district is small, only five people, but they maintain more than 110 miles of road in District 20.
"We have a crew that is very small due to the personnel shortage and the hiring freeze," Glinski said. "It's going to be a long drawn-out process."
Spring rains and the pending meltoff from snow that remains on the ground deep in the woods has Glinski "very worried actually."
"We still have plenty of snow left in our forest and when we get this rain, it's going to melt all this snow and with the roads being damaged now, we stand to incur a lot more damage. Now, that is if the runoff is fast enough. If it's a slow rain, we might be OK," he said.
Drivers should not ignore the road closures. They are made for a reason - citizen safety, Glinski said.
"Until we open them to the public, people need to stay off," he added.
His crew already has witnessed drivers who ignore closure signs. They have had to pull out at least 10 vehicles after they became stuck in the debris alongside closed roads.
Camp or cabin owners are not exempted from the closures.
If there is a emergency at a camp or cabin, owners may alert the district office, Glinski said. Officials may give owners permission to go to their camps, but only for a limited amount of time.
A fine, along with court costs, are levied against those who violate orders of staying off of closed forestry roads.
Worlds End State Park
When the morning of Jan. 26 dawned at Worlds End State Park, it looked as though it was the set of disaster movie.
"The people in the cabins said it was like a wall of water that came down through," park manager William Kocher said.
The bridge that runs over Loyalsock Creek at the park was hammered by water from rain and snow meltoff.
"It is designed to flood (there) so the bridge doesn't get flooded out," Kocher said. "By Tuesday morning, we were like, 'This isn't normal.' "
The rapidly moving water ripped out about 86 feet of the road in that area, he said, and scoured the side of the road about 6 to 8 feet deep along the blacktop.
The Bureau of Forestry built a temporary shale road for a couple staying in one of the rustic cabins. That road was their only way in and out.
"We told everyone to expect the water to come up," Kocher said. "It seemed like it kept building and building."
Debris also dammed the creek. The water flow damaged the picnic, parking and beach areas. About 18 picnic tables were washed away or damaged beyond use.
A maintenance worker said the damage was worse than that which occurred during Hurricane Agnes in June 1972.
Roughly 200 reservations for rustic cabins have been canceled since Jan. 25, Kocher said, due to the road conditions.
An emergency contract has been awarded and work has begun to fix the portion of roadway that leads to the rustic cabins.
Kocher said the road and cabins were to have been reopened on Friday, March 19.
Other repairs also are beginning.
Everything should be up and running by Memorial Day, "we hope," he said.
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The light is dim: the western horizon is obscured.
The willow branches look like green rain: frozen and suspended,
Misty yet immovable. Most other trees are skeletons: disrobed -
Bare against a cold, pale sky. A pool of dark peach holds fuzzy reflections of them.
Another watery surface is illuminated by amber and emerald, but it stretches the light, gaining a night-time city feel.
The longing was there today -
For escapism and a more romantic
Life - the one that makes me question my sanity, for being so strong.
And I've seen it - on a building,
In the steeple of the church; the mist of the willows and a similar haze across the surface of the river.
Earlier, blossoms were turned gold by the afternoon sun. And currently, my mind could explore the strip of pink in the sky... - mystical faeries? I'm by a bridge and a troll could be lurking nearby...
The stars are beginning to appear. I came out late, when time has always been short. But weekend resolutions have failed after freedom trips out of town - or simply because of a laziness that could become destructive.
Oops - the streets near home are shadowed by dusk. My bag strikes rhythmically against my leg, one of its contents an unfinished task. But everyone is selfish once in a while.
Look at the darkness - it's not summer yet. The sun has been teasing you: playing on your craving for solitude and independence.
Fumble for the keys, realise they're not there. Get let in and know the walk is over.


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A Simple Post of SubstanceWhit Honea
Words like "brave" and "honest" tend to get thrown around a lot on the internet. Hyperbole piles like so much litter along the information highway and meanings have become lost and blurry. Reality blends between shades of contrived grays, and creativity that once packed punch has become sterile and relabeled as "content."
Not your stuff, of course. You've still got game.
And then, just when you thought the internet had grown bland and in desperate need of salt, something raw appears, something beautiful and free from irony, and through the lens of perspective a balance is forged and courses once askew appear clear and rightened. It is the power of a perfect post — what it can and strives to be, and suddenly there aren't enough words in the thesaurus to say what has already been said with candid emotion and graceful humility. All you can do is nod and start scrolling through the comments.
The post was written by popular dad blogger Didactic Pirate (not his real name), and it was a lifetime in the making. It is about coming to terms with the definition of self, the pursuit of basic happiness, and the strength of friends and family. It is about a man, a husband and a father in his 4os, and his facing the fact that he is gay. The post was, admits the author, hard to write, but it is tender to read and deserving of your attention.
I've exchanged a handful of emails with Didactic Pirate over the past few days, trying to gauge how best to show my support for his courage, his struggle, his feelings, and his family. I wanted to find a way to expose his meeting of words and wonder, showcase the depth of the dad community, and shout across the internet that this is what blogging was meant to be, but I believe the best I can do is just ask you to read it. It is brave and it is honest, and perhaps those words are not used enough.
Go visit The Didactic Pirate. You'll be glad that you did.
UPDATED: The story of how he shared the news with his 10-year-old daughter is tear-inducing beautiful.
Whit Honea can be found writing about whatever he feels like at his personal site Honea Express (Honea sounds like pony) and DadCentric. If you're really bored you can follow him on the Twitter (his opinions are his own and do not reflect those of Babble or most rational people).
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Kevin Cuneo: Brown lobbies Millcreek board
Marc Brown, creator of the Arthur book series, has written a letter to Millcreek residents, urging them to lobby school officials to keep arts in the curriculum. "Growing up in Millcreek and watching my dad go to work every day for the railroad was painful. Dislike for his job was palpable," Brown writes. "But he filled his free time with creative pursuits, which taught me an important lesson at a young age. Find a job you love because it adds immeasurably to the quality of your life. By cutting the arts in Millcreek schools, you are saying to many kids that who you are and what you want to be is not important. You are removing a critical foundation that may lead to successful careers in the arts for many kids." Brown's letter is sincere and even inspirational, and I hope it persuades Millcreek school officials to make the right decisions. ... The opening of Cleveland's downtown casino has taken a toll on the bottom line at Presque Isle Downs & Casino, but I thought it would be a lot worse. Now Erie's casino will face a greater threat with the opening of a racino at Thistledown. More than 1,100 slots machines were unveiled at the racetrack on April 9, and the crowds have been large ever since, according to newspaper reports. Many of the Thistledown patrons said they would never go to the downtown Horseshoe Casino, and some said they preferred to drive to Erie to gamble and watch the horse races. The area around Thistledown has become seedy in recent years, but racino officials are beefing up security. There's also a chance that the entire operation might move to Akron, which would be a godsend for Presque Isle Downs & Casino. Either way, Erie's casino must improve its operations across the board, including horse racing, to remain competitive in what's fast becoming a saturated market.
Girard native Marc Blucas is still listed on the website for "The Big Wedding," a movie with an all-star cast that's coming out Friday. But Blucas recently told Erie Times-News reporter Dave Richards that he never did sign to appear in the film, which features Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Susan Sarandon and Diane Keaton. Blucas said his TV series, "Necessary Roughness," prevented him from appearing in the movie. "I would have loved to have worked with Robert De Niro and the rest," he said. ... Mary Clark Nies, a classmate of mine at St. John Grade School, died last week at 57. Mary was a fine athlete and a delightful person who was loved by all. She was a devoted wife and mother who loved attending her sons' sporting events. ... His old friends on Erie's east side will be amazed to hear that Calvin Hiller, after all these years, plans to marry in June. He's following in the footsteps of his late uncle, Edmund "Munch" Krainski, who shocked everyone when he took a wife at 56. ... The recent death of actor Frank Bank, who played Lumpy Rutherford on "Leave It to Beaver," reminded me of his visit to Erie in 1961 with his TV dad Richard Deacon, who played Fred Rutherford. Both men were extremely personable and funny -- not at all like their stuffy characters on the show. ... Erie's Christian Sedelmyer made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry last week, playing the fiddle with the Greencards. The Cathedral Prep graduate will tour this summer with 10 String Symphony and plans a stop in Erie on June 14.


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Tuesday will be mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms early in the morning and likely late in the morning.
A line of storms will bring a threat for golf ball-sized hail, and wind gusts to 65 mph. This line will march east during the day Tuesday, but be gone from central Oklahoma by noon. Highs will be around 70.
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The Humane Society Legislative Fund is grateful to Sen. David Vitter for advancing two pieces of animal protection legislation in recent weeks in the U.S. Senate.
First, Sen. Vitter introduced an amendment to the Farm Bill, which passed the Senate by a vote of 88 to 11, to make it a federal crime to attend a dogfight or cockfight and a felony to bring a child to an animal fight.
Staging animal fights and training animals to fight is illegal under federal law, but there is a loophole that does not address the spectators who finance this criminal enterprise with their admission fees and gambling wagers. Sen. Vitter's amendment will help give law enforcement the tools they need to crack down on the entire cast of characters involved in animal fighting.
Second, the Captive Primate Safety Act, a bill sponsored by Sen. Vitter, was approved by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. This bill would prohibit the interstate commerce in chimpanzees and other primates for private ownership as exotic pets. Primates are highly social and intelligent animals, and private citizens are ill-equipped to provide for them sufficiently. Since 1990, more than 200 people -- including dozens of children -- have been injured by captive primates, and many more incidents likely went unreported. Primates also pose disease risks, including transmission of tuberculosis and herpes-B virus.
We thank Sen. Vitter for his leadership on these issues, and we are hopeful that Congress will enact both of these important animal protection measures.
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Strantz-Designed Caledonia & True Blue Are Must-Plays in Myrtle Beach
In the Grand Strand's Lowcountry town of Pawley's Island, some 20 miles south of Myrtle Beach, S.C., the late golf architect Mike Strantz fashioned two memorable, though different, golf courses within earshot of each other.
No. 7 at Caledonia
With the sublime Caledonia Golf & Fish Club and True Blue Plantation - its younger but brawnier brother down the road, Strantz, who succumbed to cancer in 2005 at age 50, cemented a legacy in golf architecture that ended way too soon.
Play Caledonia and True Blue on the same day if you can and you'll learn first-hand about the beauty of Strantz's hallmarks: undulating greens, well-positioned and diabolical bunkers, and forced carries that reward or punish risk-takers. Then play them again and revel in his subtle touch and keen eye for detail.
One can think of Strantz courses as almost Pete Dye-esque in terms of the challenges they pose. But, for my money anyway, Caledonia and True Blue enchant with more aesthetically pleasing lines. A natural artist, Strantz had the uncommon ability to sketch hole renderings on his first visit to an undeveloped sight.
Caledonia and True Blue are individually distinctive. When considered together, however, the courses are a perfect complement. Caledonia is tight, a bit claustrophobic at times and picture-perfect pretty at every turn; True Blue is long and hard and unforgiving, with more Strantzian quirks.
With more than 100 courses available for play in the Myrtle Beach area, repeat visitors say they always take the time to tee it up at Caledonia and True Blue, then fill out the rest of their schedule. That's how good these two courses are.
Caledonia Floors You with Fauna, Flora & Challenge
Caledonia Golf & Fish Club opened in 1994. Built upon the site of a former working Southern rice plantation, it's been described as having "18 signature holes," with routings around majestic oaks, meandering streams and ever-invigorating flora and fauna.
From the drive to the clubhouse through a virtual tunnel of Live Oak and Spanish moss, to the views out over the salt marsh bordering the course, to the rolling design of the holes themselves, Caledonia is simply beautiful.
The Caledonia Plantation once consisted of 2,500 acres stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Waccamaw River. Over the years the estate was whittled down to just 152 acres. The plantation's current owners bought it in 1971 and used the lush property as club for hunting and fishing club and built several small lodges.
Then, in the early 1990s, they decided to build a golf course while continuing to cater to outdoorsmen, which is why the course uses duck decoys as tee markers. Caledonia's grounds are perfectly manicured; every shrub, flower petal and stairway of tabby, brick or railroad tie is precise.
Caledonia's 11th Hole
When the owners of the property that became Caledonia Golf & Fish Club hired Strantz to craft the new course, they told him to preserve as much natural beauty as possible and move very little dirt. Given the architect's "maverick" reputation, someone who didn't always adhere to the traditional principles of golf course design, it was a tall task. But he repositioned less than 100,000 cubic yards of soil that, as a result, Caledonia became one of Strantz's finest and least "controversial" courses.
There are just a few forced carries, and the mounding, while present, is generally subdued as Strantz allowed the trees and sand to determine the way golfers must play the course. There's a gentle sculpting of the terrain, with an occasional accentuation to lend the setting flair.
Playing at a par of 70 and only 6,526 yards from its back (pintail) set of tees, Caledonia will not overwhelm you with length. But from the tips, where it merits a 72.1 rating and 140 slope the layout can be very tough, while offering risk-reward opportunities in spades.
There's just one par-4 of more than 400 yards on the front side, but the 419-yard fifth is the toughest here, with a narrowing fairway and an elevated green that slopes severely off both sides. On the 399-yard par-4 seventh, a huge oak guards the right side of the largest green on the course. And the par-3 ninth is a conversation piece because of its short length; at just 118 yards and the track's shortest, it's definitely not easy.
The incoming nine begins with a 553-yard par-5 that requires a long carry over a marsh off the tee. The 398-yard par-4 13th doglegs left around a huge oak and plays to a green totally engirded by sand. No. 14 starts at an isolated tee box. The hole then winds over water to a narrow fairway and then to a 51-yard-deep, wavy putting surface that slopes left toward a pond.
The picturesque, 383-yard par-4 18th borders the Plantation's old rice field and requires a precise drive to set up a tough forced-carry over marsh to a peninsula green. Play an extra club to ensure you carry the water and, if successful, accept the accolades of those watching from the porch of the Antebellum-style clubhouse nearby.
Caledonia's conditioning and service are top drawer. High-handicappers love the landscaping and four sets of tees, which provide versatility in play. But demanding pin placements mandate that the best golfers mind their Ps and Qs.
Caledonia Golf & Fish Club is a work of art, both in design and execution, laid upon a parcel with a rich history, Deep South accents, and visual cues of its former life. The place exudes personality from every pore.
Caledonia Golf & Fish Club has made Golf Magazine's "Top 100 You Can Play" and been named one of "America's 100 Greatest Public Courses" by Golf Digest. Golfweek continues to rank Caledonia as one of "America's 100 Best Modern Courses," which also had it 21st in the 2011 ranking of its "Top 100 Best Resort Courses" in the United States.
A round at Caledonia is truly a magnificent experience. For additional information, visit www.fishclub.com.
True Blue Plantation's 18th Green & Clubhouse
True Blue Plantation is a Likable Brute
True Blue Plantation opened in 1998 to a barrage of hype, and has, to its credit, managed to vindicate all the attention since being unveiled. Built on the site of an old indigo and rice plantation, the course features uncommon elevations and naturally rugged terrain. The rough, sandy areas were retained (all of them are waste bunkers by local rule) to provide striking contrast to the verdant greens, tees and fairways.
More exuberant in design than Caledonia, True Blue is representative of Strantz's knack for crafting strong landforms. Mounds grow to impressive heights, bunkers abound and carries over water are everywhere. At True Blue everything is big, with expansive fairways and huge greens, some of whose pin placements can result in a three-club difference. It plays to a par 72 (37-35) and 7,126 yards from its back set of four tees, where it carries an impressive 74.3 rating and 145 slope.
The course's par-3s tend to be extreme, with sprawling but narrow and topsy-turvy greens ringed by water and sand. The 190-yard third boasts an island green and a 58-yard-deep putting surface, and the 176-yard No. 7 features a two-tiered green where the upper level is about five feet higher than the lower.
On the 184-yard 11th your shot is all carry over a waste bunker to a sloping 40-yard-deep target. The 158-yard 14th has a tee box nearly 50 feet above a green that is placed artfully between a perilous waste area and round-inflating "pot" bunker.
Other standouts at True Blue are the brutish 624-yard par-5 opener (the course's No. 1 handicap hole); the 548-yard par-5 fourth, which turns hard left around a big pond and is reminiscent of the sixth hole at Bay Hill Resort in Orlando; and the closing pair, both long par-4s at 449 and 437 yards, respectively.
The 18th's fairway slopes to towards a lake on the left, which cuts into the landing area about 290 yards out. You then play over the corner of the water hazard to an enormous green that slopes severely right to left, especially in front.
Another oddity is the sixth, a par-4 with an optional green. Both greens are drivable from the tee, depending on your sense of adventure in going over the waste bunkers left and right.
Strantz's uncanny ability to create individual experiences is revealed here. Despite the tough greens complexes at True Blue, the late designer gives players an opening if you have trouble keeping the ball in the air. His creative use of water and waste bunkers means this captivating layout stands out amid the other courses on the Grand Strand.
True Blue has been described as "Caledonia on steroids." Soon after it opened, it earned another moniker - "Golf Heaven and Hell" - due to its toughness. Eventually, the course was revamped and slightly modulated by eliminating some of the blind shots.
Numerous awards have been bestowed upon True Blue Plantation over the years, including "Fourth Best New Public Upscale Course" by Golf Digest when it opened. Golf Digest again honored True Blue by showering it with praise as the "7th Best Course in South Carolina" and the "Number One Course in Myrtle Beach." In 2010, Golf World readers chose it as No. 21 among the nation's best courses.
True Blue is a very scenic track, with its back nine weaving through woodlands. You have to hit the ball straight - and long is better than short, but it's still very playable and interesting. There is hardly a weak hole anywhere. It's been said that golfers have strong feelings one way or the other about True Blue, but all seem to agree that it will never be forgotten.
For more information, visit www.truebluegolf.com.
Waccamaw Golf Trail Beckons
Both courses are part of the Waccamaw Golf Trail (www.waccamawgolftrail.com), which offers golfers a collection of a dozen of America's most-honored venues, including three of "America's 100 Greatest Public Courses," seven earning 4.5 stars in Golf Digest's list of "Best Places to Play in America," one ranked in the "Top 25 in America" by Golf for Women, and one of only three five-star courses in the entire Southeast. back nine All this is set amid the charm and splendor of one of America's oldest coastal vacation destinations, with many wonderful restaurants, a wide choice of accommodations, unique shops and some of the most beautiful beaches along the East Coast.
Steve Habel is one of Cybergolf's national correspondents, contributing news stories, features, equipment and book reviews and personality profiles from his base in Central Texas. He is also the managing editor for Texas CEO Magazine and works as a contributing editor for Horns Illustrated magazine, a publication focusing on University of Texas sports. He also writes a blog (www.shotoverthegreen.blogspot.com), which features news on golf and the Longhorns, and another (www.checkinginandplayingthrough.blogspot.com) on his many travels, which took him across the nation and to 105 different golf course in 2009. Habel is a member of the Golf Writers Association of America and the Texas Golf Writers Association.
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1) … An Elliott Wave 2 Down has commenced in stocks, ACWI, as commodities, DJP, fell lower today, which induced world currencies, DBV, and emerging market currencies, CEW, and commodity currencies, CCX, lower. The US Dollar, $USD, rose to 75.31
World Stocks monthly, ACWI Monthly,
World stocks, ACWI, -1.4%
Small Cap Stock, VSS, -1.7%
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Real Estate, IYR, -1.1%
Russell 2000 Growth, IWO, -1.8%
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Morningstar Mid Growth, JKH, -1.2
Small Cap Pure Growth, RZG, -1.6
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Morgan Stanley Cyclicals Index, $CYC -1.6%
Carry trade investment failed in the king of speculation, Silver Standard Resources, Inc, SSRI.
Carry Trade investment fails in Turkey, TUR -5.0%
Individual stocks falling lower today included
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Psychiatric Services: PHC Inc, PHC, -2.7%
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3) … The world is passing through Peak Credit as Bonds, BND, is below a double top that formed with announcement of Quantitative Easing 2 and a recent May 9, 2010 high. Junk bonds, JNK, and distressed investments, FAGIX, closed end debt funds, CEDF, turned lower and mortgage backed bonds, MBB, traded basically even.
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World government bonds, BWX, and international corporate bonds, PICB, have turned parabolically lower on falling world currencies.
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After posting some comments this week, MTS has suggested I might tell the story of the restoration of my 40yo TS18. I thought I'd first catch some budding Hartley enthusiasts with the idea of restoring an old boat as an alternative to building a new one. Many of the good Hartleys we see today were built long ago and have been restored by devoted owners and maintained in pretty good order.
The advantages of building a new hull are that you can use modern materials such as epoxy resin, glass fibre reinforcement and modern paints. The advantage of restoring an old boat is that, in its cheap price, you get a lot of spars, sails, ropes and hardware and the set-up experience of previous owners. However to rejuvenate forlorn wreckage into a good strong boat you will need some enthusiasm for DIY woodworking and be unafraid to wield the chain saw as necessary. It can be done and many have done it.
Not too confident yet? Read "Wooden Boat Restoration and Repair" for inspiration and courage. Download it free from
. Check out some of the really ugly restoration starting points to be found in the link to HTS Image Gallery. Bear in mind that a beautiful TS16 in Brisbane was found on the tip.
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By: John Milne | Date: Aug 14, 2010 |
I like seeing how you are building a Hartley sailing boat. It is very informative.
Congratulations on your project. It looks fantastic to me.
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By: ma422 | Date: Aug 12, 2010 |
About strength and weight.
Let's not sweat this small stuff. Hartley's designs comply with the scantling rules for these boat sizes, exactly - component parts are no bigger and no smaller than thousands of years of boat building have taught us. We now have the advantage of epoxy resins and glass which certainly help if you get caught banging up and down on the coral.
A few years ago I looked into building a TS18 hull by stitch and glue. Yes it could be done easily and yes a lighter hull would result - but so what? They still need frames to shape them correctly and they need weight or they'd jump around like a cork in any bit of a sea.
The fact is that the minimum weight for a TS21 is 907 kg (573 kg for an 18). You need this weight to bring them down to their design water level for racing and cruising. At this level you can load an awful lot of camping and fishing gear and people per inch of displacement.
Whether racing or cruising, both the TS18 and the TS21 built conventionally, need lots of ballast. As well as weight you need fore and aft balance to stop the transom from dragging in the water.
By glassing and epoxying the hull you can use the latest yacht paints which seem to need (and deserve) a more stable base than soggy old boats provide. But if you don't have the benefits of such well-sealed timbers, then cheaper house paint is the go. Just expect to apply TLC more regularly.
cheers John HMTSAQ Measurer
By: John Milne | Date: Aug 10, 2010 |
For Louise Maud.
Re trailers. Hartleys sell a set of trailer plans for the TSs. The hulls were designed to sit on a "ladder" of rollers (about 300 mm apart) which takes virtually the whole weight of the hull. Then you need only a guide to stop the hull from leaning over as you winch her up the ladder and a side support to hold her up for the journey. My support is a piece of 2x3 (with some carpet on it) which spans between the chine and the inner stringers at the hull's lowest point on each side. Some folk support the chine on a piece of carpeted wood on the trailer's reinforced mudguard. Be assured no more than this is required except tie-down straps. These boats are really strong and we can quote Richard Hartley who said you can drag them up the beach.
For MTS Peter. Congratulations on providing a first class site about your project and the Hartley TSs. I am presently rejuvenating my 40 year old TS18 and I'm a HMTSAQ member in Brisbane. The 18s and 21s are wonderfully seaworthy boats and I couldn't find a better design for inshore cruising when looking around ten years ago. It is great to see new boats joining the fleet.
By: John Milne | Date: Aug 10, 2010 |
It is going to be interesting to see what floatation material you choose and where you put it.
It would not be hard to make these boats completely unsinkable.
Great work so far, I am finding it very interesting.
By: Dom | Date: Aug 10, 2010 |
I am the proud owner of a Ross 650. She is a quick boat, we leave Castle 650's in our wake. The only time I've seen the arse end of a Castle 650 is when it is on a trailer (lol).
Moving to the point, I have a short story you guys might think appropriate for your web site.
This weekend I was a guest on a Hartley TS21. It was her maiden sail after a major recondition. I had given Mark a gee-up about spending too much good mula on such an old boat. The three of us cruised Moreton Bay all day.
I now realise what all you Hartley people are on about.
This one was rigged about as basic as I've seen but it didn't seem to matter as we hiked along without it putting a single demand on any of us.
She was a lot smoother through the water than I was expecting too, no doubt due to her weight and hull design. It was an abnormally comfortable and effortless sail for me. I thoroughly enjoyed it and let me tell you I've been on my fair share of dead duck trailer sailers.
The point being you only need to sail on a Hartley 21 to see why they have stood the test of time. They are likely to be around for a lot longer yet.
Time, effort and mula very well spent Mark.
By: David | Date: Aug 8, 2010 |
Hi there my trailer sailer,
Nice idea about building the 50th year Hartley 21 boat. I can see you are doing a fine job.
I have been thrashing around with the thought of building myself ever since I can remember.
What I think would be helpful is if you published your costs.
Call me old fashion but I really like the way the Hartleys look and weirdly their beamy sterns seem to be the latest trend amongst performance yachts now. Richard Hartley must have had a crystal ball hidden away in his workshop.
Thank you
By: jamie | Date: Aug 8, 2010 |
I second Sam's suggestion to document (movies would be good) how she really sails.
See if you can organise other trailer sailers to sail along side on different runs. I for one would be interested in how your TS21 performs.
In your photos it looks as though the below waterline shape would give her good performance potential, even with that big keel fin aft. She must point like she's on rails.
Anyway, the final proof will be on the water.
By: 4222 | Date: Aug 7, 2010 |
I am surprised at how your 21 is looking. From your photos it seems more streamlined leading up to the bow compared to the typical "bull nose" shape of Hartley t/s's. It could be just the camera angle.
She sure is looking clean lined though. I hope you will continue to produce your movies to show her sailing against other t/s's. That would be real interesting.
By: Sam | Date: Aug 7, 2010 |
Keep ya socks on there Brett.
I was merely agreeing with the point Hartley trailer boats are designed strong. One of the reasons for this is their older 'egg crate' type internal structure. I was not saying what they are doing is wrong.
But extra strength can not instantly be achieved via just making one part thicker/bigger/better. Everything is in relation to all other components within the whole structure.
From what they have documented so far I agree with you, a lot of their "strengthening" is common sense and is well thought out. You have no argument from me.
But Hartley trailer boats ARE designed stronger straight off the plan compared to almost any other trailer sailer. This is a fact.
Thanx again
By: T74 | Date: Aug 5, 2010 |
About this discussion on strength.
I don't think there is anything wrong with building a stronger boat. They are not making it stupidly stronger. Just some measured moves here and there by the looks of it. Read what they say about using s/s bolts instead of screws for the keel. To me this is just basic common sense.
The weight gain is next to nothing so I can only see big positives with their choices.
I say good on them. I would prefer a stronger boat any day. I mean who wouldn't?
By: Brett | Date: Aug 5, 2010 |
I concur with Mark. These boats are solid little buggers off the plan. There is no weakness in them. When you use epoxy throughout you introduce increase strengthening properties that were not taken into account when these boats were designed anyway.
Your bit about using peel ply is interesting. This is new to me.
I am enjoying viewing your progress. Well done so far.
By: T74 | Date: Aug 5, 2010 |
I have one question. Just what are you planning on hitting? An oil tanker? If so I pity the oil tanker ;)
Hartley sailing boats are designed strong and this was before epoxy turned up on the scene. I would not have bothered going to the trouble and extra cost you have to make it "stronger". The extra strength is unnecessary.
But giving credit where due the quality of your construction looks very good.
I also like the way you are publishing your progress with photos, commentary and movies. It is a polished effort all round and I am enjoying watching it being completed.
Brisbane, Australia.
By: Mark | Date: Aug 4, 2010 |
Hello mytrailersailer.com,
I agree with Rodney. This is also about celebrating 50 years of the 'trailer sailer' scene in Australia. It is common knowledge within the sailing community the Hartley trailer sailers were the little easily home built wooden boats that really kicked everything off in the country, some 50 years ago.
By building the 50th anniversary Hartley trailer sailer you are also celebrating the beginning of Australia's 'trailer sailers'.
Get a gigantic "50th Anniversary Trailer Sailer" printed on your spinnaker ;)
Great job and an excellent initiative.
By: Ralph | Date: Jul 27, 2010 |
I'm enjoying your websight very much, and learning much as well. I'd never heard of a brush-roller, nor seen peel ply being used. I hope you'll keep up the good work.
I'll be particularly interested to see how you frame in a self-bailing cockpit and how big the scuppers are. I'll also be looking for how the internal ballast is stowed. If you put the paint on by hand, it will be interesting to know if you have to "tip it off" with a second person following the roller man with a brush.
Good luck to you.
By: James | Date: Jul 26, 2010 |
Hello MTS,
I am enjoying how you are documenting your construction progress.
Your workmanship looks first rate. It will be a beautifully built TS21.
Keep up the good work.
All the best,
By: Bruce | Date: Jul 26, 2010 |
Hi there,
Yours is a super project and I'm really enjoying watching your progress.
We will be building one soon too but not the 21, I think we have more or less settled on the 18.
I reckon your web site is great.
By: TW322 | Date: Jul 22, 2010 |
I cut my teeth on a Hartley trailer sailer before moving on to purpose designed performance trailer yachts. This is where it all began for me and for a great many in the sailing community here in Australia.
There would not be a single person involved in sailing in Australia that wouldn't know what a Hartley trailer sailer is. They have a unique place in Australia's recent sailing history.
Twelve Australian Trailer Yacht Championships later I still consider the Hartley trailer sailers the best of the bunch when it comes to small easily sailed trailer yachts for the home builder.
It would be a fitting tribute to where it all began for the trailer yacht community here in Australia if your "Grampsie II" was to escort our Blazer fleet into the start of our National Finals. I have emailed you some information if you are interested. I will put the idea to the committee if you like the sound of it.
Great project, congratulations.
By: Rodney | Date: Jul 22, 2010 |
hi there.
The trailer we have for our Hartley TS16 was not bought with the boat and doesn't support the boat correctly. We'd like to modify it if possible and wonder if there are any designs around that show the correct position for supports and also, the most appropriate type of support for the hull.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
By: Louise Maud | Date: Jul 13, 2010 |
Boat is looking amazing!!! What a great idea Daddy
By: Stacey | Date: Jul 11, 2010 |
Marking the 50 year anniversary with building one is a great idea. She is looking as though she is coming along great.
I sold mine a while ago but now I've reached a certain point in my life where I long to go back to owning one.
Building my own is not out of the question but second hand Hartleys are not usually expensive. The problem is finding a good 21 is next to impossible. The ones I've seen over the last six months have been neglected to a point of almost no return.
Building my own is looking more on the cards.
I like your web site, it is very motivating.
Thank you
By: max | Date: Jul 11, 2010 |
How good are these boats. I went for a sail on a 16' one last weekend and it was barrels of fun.
We got very close to another one and we spent most of the afternoon racing them around the place.
To cut a long story short the owner of the one I was on is now joining up with a Hartely club and we will be racing for keeps in proper races soon.
I luv this stuff now, it is phuken unreal.
By: Tony | Date: Jul 7, 2010 |
Di said: ".... Can you tell us if the 21 is basically the same as the 16 in terms of sailing skills required?"
Yes. These are small yachts that have been designed with simplicity in mind. But having said that the 21 is considerably larger than the 16, you will notice a difference as it is a heavier vessel and thus will not be as responsive or as nimble as your TS16. On the flip side you travel through the water a little more smoothly.
But fear not, if you can sail the 16 easily (which obviously you can) then you'll quickly adjust to the 21.
You are more than welcome to include some images in future messages of your father's construction process. It is great to hear there is another 21 about to be built and I'm sure those visiting this site would welcome images of other trailer sailer builds.
Best regards
By: Peter | Date: Jul 6, 2010 |
We have an old Hartley 16 that is ready for the scrap heap. Dad did a patch up job about 5 years ago but it is too full of rot. He believes it was originally built in the late 60's.
Dad wants to build one and we like the look of the larger 21. He is very eager to build it himself but only after mum gets her new kitchen so I don't know who is going to win there.
Can you tell us if the 21 is basically the same as the 16 in terms of sailing skills required? We are after something just as simple to sail as our 16. We are not experts but we love sailing and camping out.
My finesse and I sailed throughout the Hawkesbury River camping out for three nights in various small coves and inlets on our 16. Going to the toilet was a nightmare but it was an unbelievably enjoyable break away from the rat race. We regularily do overnights on the weekend but the boat is now too unsafe. The 21 is going to be fantastic for this and Dad gets to live his dream of building a boat himself.
You have a wonderful web site too by the way, very interesting.
Thank you
By: Dianne | Date: Jul 3, 2010 |
I am very interested to see what sailmaker and outboard motor you end up choosing and/or recommend. It is almost impossible to get any unbiased advice on anything these days.
My own project, a Hartley 21 restoration, is getting close to completion. The cabin, interior and final finishing pait job still ahead so I am about a month away from ordering sails and outboard motor. The mast and boom are still in a usable fair to good condition.
I bought it for a song about a year ago. I will attach an image when I have it finished as she's looking a little messy at the moment.
Sydney, AU.
By: Andrea | Date: Jul 2, 2010 |
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New eatery in Wayne
Radnor Township is getting an upgrade - what with White Dog Cafe's reopening after a fire, Peppercorn's recent debut, and the forthcoming Estia Taverna and Pietro's Coal-Oven Pizza coming to 200 Radnor-Chester Rd. in a few months.
A week old is Carmel Cafe & Wine Bar (372 W. Lancaster Ave., Wayne, 484-580-6725), a dramatic transformation of HogFish Bar & Grill and its predecessor, Flavor. It's dark and sexy in a chain sort of way, which is about right because Carmel has five locations in Florida.
Carmel's concept is Mediterranean-inspired fare, available in small and large plates, priced easy on the wallet. The 160-seater has three communal tables and a semiprivate wine room. Hours are 4 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 4 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Lunch is on the way.


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B: 2 eggs, sliced mushrooms, wing sauce, glass of water
L: 5 oz beef, 2 or 3 oz pork slices, med apple
D: 3 small/med experimental Pecan/Almond meal pancakes, 2 or 3 oz pork slices, unmeasured small amt of squash from cooking.
S: 8 oz glass of apple juice
-Walked the park one lap, threw in some "play" by skipping, side stepping, and otherwise acting silly on the trail.
-Sprinted the 2 blocks from the park back to the house (not counting towards sprinting session goal)
I made a wing sauce that I think is primal, but would love thoughts: melted a stick of butter, added equal part Frank's Redhot (INGREDIENTS: Aged Cayenne Red Peppers, Vinegar, Water, Salt and Garlic Powder... seems ok?), juiced an orange... then added a little juice, more red hot, and salt at a time until taste was right. That's all there was to it.
I didn't do very well with veggies today, I didn't have time to cook them the night before to bring with me to work. I am going to train myself to get up at 530 from now on so I can have time to walk in the morning and make food for the day before work.
Oh, and I know the apple juice is probably not the best, but it satisfied my need for flavored liquid and is unsweetened and not from concentrate. Going to start drinking unsweetened green tea as soon as it arrives.
Speaking of getting up early, it's 10 after 10 local time, g'night all!


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CLEVELAND HEIGHTS -- Returning to the scene of the crime is never a good idea.
It is not known what was on the mind of a man who went back to the Noble Neighborhood Library on Dec. 14. In a previous visit there the man stole a woman's cell phone and money.
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Newsletter, Part Two
Part two being: you can now sign up for it without receiving an error! Apologies to anyone who was baffled by that particular oversight, and we hope you'll try again.
By Eric Abrahamsen, March 19 '11, 9:26p.m.
Chinese Literature in Translation
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For the second year in a row, Paper Republic is working with the Beijing Interational Book Fair to organize a small literary festival around the fair itself. In Beijing, August 20–28. Click here for this year's program.
Between July of 2015 and July of 2016, Paper Republic publishing one free-to-read short translation on the web every week. Click here to see the full list.
Part two being: you can now sign up for it without receiving an error! Apologies to anyone who was baffled by that particular oversight, and we hope you'll try again.
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Inventory is calling for submissions for its second issue, deadline June 2. From their submissions guidelines (PDF):
Inventory publishes thoughtful translations and focuses critical attention on translation theory and practice. Based in Princeton University's Department of Comparative Literature, Inventory finds and catalogues original translations of poetry and prose from any language into English, provides critical texts on the subject of translation, and offers suggestions by leaders in various fields of translation work left to be done.
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Artspace China is a blog run by Christen Cornell, a PhD student at the University of Sydney. It's got lots of great stuff about all the Chinese arts, with a fair helping of Chinese literature in particular.
We can't really read china traducida y por traducir, given that it's in Spanish, but the website, run by Spanish-language translators, aims to do something like what we do here, except in… Spanish. A sister site!
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- California citrus varieties ready for market
- Timing and taste
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- Among the nearly 160 varieties of citrus available for tasting, none appeared ready to upstage the seedless Tango mandarin.
- Irradiation of bud wood has been a key to stepping up mutation processes that can lead to a new desirable variety.
- It can take 15 years to come up with a commercial variety from the time irradiation is first done.
Among the nearly 160 varieties of citrus available for tasting at an event in Exeter, none appeared ready to upstage the seedless Tango mandarin that made its commercial debut about five years ago.
"I don't think anything this year will take off as much as Tango did," said Mikeal Roose, professor of genetics at the University of California at Riverside.
But that hardly dampened interest as scores of growers and their advisers sampled thousands of little pieces of fruit at the UC Lindcove Research and Extension Center.
Mandarins and navels were the leading categories in number of varieties. Others included satsumas, blood oranges, sweet oranges, tangelos, lemons, tangors, limes, pummelos, grapefruit, citron and kumquats.
Researchers including Roose have focused much of their attention on the mandarin and notably on varieties that have fewer or no seeds, said Beth Grafton-Cardwell, director of the Lindcove center.
She and Roose explained that irradiation of bud wood has been a key to stepping up mutation processes that can lead to a new desirable variety. The bud wood is grafted and planted at the Lindcove center for further evaluation.
Roose said it can take 15 years to come up with a commercial variety from the time irradiation is first done. He said one challenge now is to find varieties of seedless mandarins that could fill a gap in that variety from late February to early March.
Among new varieties of mandarins gaining favor is the Daisy, which has been available commercially since 2009. "It's a marvelous piece of fruit, good color, fabulous flavor and low or no seeds," said Tim Williams, a staff research associate in the Citrus Breeding, Genetics and Germplasm program at UC Riverside.
Williams said another lower-seeded variety of the Encore will be released in June 2012. It's unusual in its appearance, bearing spots.
While those spots might be off-putting to shoppers, it's not likely to be an absolute stumbling point, Williams said. Such distinctions can be used as an identifier to draw shoppers who recognize the fruit as good tasting. Williams cited the example of the Gold Nugget, which has a rough rind that has actually contributed to marketing success in Europe.
"It identifies that particular fruit," Williams said.
Other relatively new low-seeded, irradiated mandarin varieties drawing interest include the Fairchild LS, released in January 2010 and the Kinnow LS, released in April 2011.
Dale Mehrten of Visalia talked with Williams about choices he's looking at as replacements for flame seedless and red globe grape vines that he removed on 25 acres. He remarked that a neighbor has pummelos, and Williams said that can result in seeded citrus, making selection still more critical.
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IEA Offers 25 Bright Ideas on Energy Efficiency
30 November 2012: The International Energy Agency (IEA) is offering "25 Bright Ideas" to help citizens conserve energy and increase energy efficiency in their daily lives. Starting 3 December 2012, IEA will promote one idea per day over Twitter and Facebook. All twenty-five tips can also be found on the IEA website.
The 25 Bright Ideas build on the 25 Energy Efficiency Policy Recommendations produced by the IEA and international experts in 2008 and updated in 2011. Together, the two sets of recommendations offer strategies for citizens and policy-makers to reduce energy use in various areas, including finance, buildings, appliances, lighting, transport, industry and utilities. The IEA has calculated that if all 25 recommendations were adopted globally, they would potentially reduce worldwide energy consumption by 17% and prevent up to 7.6 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year by 2030, equivalent to 1.5 times current US annual CO2 emissions.[Press release] [IEA 25 Bright Ideas] [Publication: 25 Energy Efficiency Policy Recommendations- 2011 Update]


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Lilies abloom at Campbell Pottery Store's Stonewall Gallery
It's July and it's hot, but Campbell Pottery Store's Stonewall Gallery is cool and fresh, abloom with lilies.
Of course, there are thousands of lilies outdoors, too, where the gallery's gardens are glowing with rivers of color. Once you enjoy that vista, head inside for the 2013 Lily Festival Juried Art Show, a refreshing respite no matter what the temperature.
This year's juror, John Vahanian, is a man of many mediums, and it shows in the breadth of his selections. While there are plenty of oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels and pencil drawings, about half the show is comprised of photographs, fiber pieces, paper assemblages, metal jewelry, bead sculptures, mixed media works and even a wooden blanket chest. What they all have in common is the theme. Every piece incorporates a lily or lilies somewhere.
Vahanian also spread the love among mediums when handing out the honors. The first-place winner is Ron Bayuzick's "Red Pad Washout," a stylized, bold acrylic on paper that is more abstracted and geometric than what you might expect to see in a genteel floral-themed exhibit.
"Save the Queen" by Gina Thielet, recipient of second-place honors, is a watercolor featuring bees; the lily is a more implied than explicit setting for the buzz of apian activity.
An elegant fabric triptych, "Three Appliqu� Lilies" by Margo Zortman Roberts, took third place for its crisp lines, fine stitching, and frameless dimensional presentation.
Honorable mentions went to the watercolor "Energy -- Frequency -- Vibration" by Kathryn E. Travis and "Silhouette," a wee black and white Polaroid print by Dorothy Kloss.
Every year, this event brings out cleverness and creativity in artists who somehow find novel ways to present and reinvent a subject that could in lesser hands become repetitive and uninspired. From gardenscapes to detailed botanical studies, from florid paintings to simple, almost stark photos and the variety of mediums, techniques and images in between, this is an idea and an execution of that idea in full flower.