text: The Virtue of Acceptance.. monica1968 posted:1/13/2012 11:12:38 AM If we were to wake up tomorrow morning knowing there was a camera recording your every move for the purposes of a show how would you all react ? When we come across an obstacle in life for instance the bus was late, which made you late for work, as a consequence the boss is mad because of then as the day wears on more and more "accidents" or "mishaps" occur, because the bus was late this morning, we "blame" the bus, because of our non-acceptance of the bus being late we immediately put ourselves in a negative frame of mind, the thick heavy negativity hangs around and will present more "challenges", because we attract that which we think. How about we remove blame from the scenario, and put it next to ego, and return once more to the bus-stop. If we were to open our hearts and minds we would be much better off, you notice things around you, and the ability to see the light you get chatting to an interesting person, you learnt something new, or spent the time contemplating your future, and because you are open, you just spotted the accident, had your bus been early the consequences would have been dire for you. You then get to work, Yes your boss is grumpy, his wife has left him, and the kids got mumps, so on so forth, so you "accept" his abuse, then offer to help, you would be amazed how that can completely change things, people would much rather live in the light. Now lets go back to the camera- yes all of your thoughts and actions are being recorded every second of everyday that you are alive, your soul records everything without judgement. When we pass over into spirit, we stand in judgement of ourselves, we are our harshest critics, so when we review the life we have just had, its then we decide what we could have done better, or change, so once again we come back, with the same people and play out again to learn that particular lesson, But it doesn't have to be so, for we can stop it right now, acceptance of ourselves, and be non-judgemental in all out dealings we can make it easier on ourselves.spiritech0 posted:1/13/2012 2:12:04 PM There was an episode of South Park based on the idea that Earth and human life is nothing but the universe's number one reality show. War, cancer, forgotten history, space programs, all but mere entertainment for alien super races bored with their own awesomeness. Then again, what do Indians know about nothingness?monica1968 posted:1/13/2012 3:17:49 PM Well i agree with the earth reality show bit, but i think its for our amusement more than aliens though, When we a humans wake up we see that there is so much more to us, we only incarnate with a tiny bit of our soul, the rest of it is spread across galaxies, universes and dimensions, all living life simultaneously to the one we are living now, we spread ourselves about, we constantly evolve and change, the concept is mind-boggling but nevertheless very real, and i will expand on this on other threads, and this place called earth where our waking life is but a dream and our dreams are our realities.spooky1 posted:1/13/2012 4:52:49 PM Monica, u should write a bookmacros72 posted:1/13/2012 6:22:06 PM In Reply To:spooky1 posted:1/13/2012 4:52:49 PM Monica, u should write a bookThere you go Monica - thats the nudge! monica1968 posted:1/14/2012 8:21:32 AM In Reply To:macros72 posted:1/13/2012 6:22:06 PM There you go Monica - thats the nudge! I have written quite a bit material and i thought it was pretty much complete,just as i thought i got a handle on things, something happens to throw the field wide open again, my mind is ever expanding, its being stretched beyond anything i ever thought was possible, the universes multiverses, dimensions is teaming with life, all very much different to us, There are also other humanoids who capabilities are quite extraordinary the ones who were here on earth the first time round, even before Atlantis. Once we as a race come to understand that before any of us existed on Earth we assumed lives in other forms. Everything has consciousness, including rocks and water, before we incarnate as humans here we must also exist as some of these life forms before we progress to being human. None of us would expect a newborn baby to be able to recite the times-tables, it has to progress and learn, all the time being nurtured by our "guides" whether we choose to believe in their existence or not. We as a race on earth has been nurtured since we came into being, our creators will always be looking over us, watching that we don't come to any harm, [they disarm our nukes, widely reported in newspapers, and aid in some of the clean-ups in our ecology] but you ask why don't they make everything right now then,well what would that teach us, we each of us as individuals must take responsibility for our own actions or inactions, As a race we must pull together and learn to love. Why don't they come and show themselves, well they do all the time, its a question of seeing, opening ones eyes, and being of open heart will almost certainly bring you many treats for the soul,monica1968 posted:1/14/2012 8:26:24 AM In Reply To:macros72 posted:1/13/2012 6:22:06 PM There you go Monica - thats the nudge! Thankyou to you both, And Macro can we catch up soon please. Please log in or become a member to add a post.


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Why is Naruto episode 290 like that
i didn't watch it sorry
It's a special arc.
It wasn't that bad, the animation was a bit off but the fights were okay.
Well I see where people are saying it had good animation and I liked, course I like all the episodes.
Animation was, in my opinion, good all in itself - however I'm a quite conservative person, and kinda prefers ground-solid DRAWINGS.
I preferred the art style in original Naruto over that of Shippuuden.
On ep. 290's contents, first half was super awesome!
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Taste Test: Finding the Best Yogurt
Healthy Cooking staffers conducted a blind taste test to find the best yogurt. Here's a little behind-the-scenes taste of how it happened.
We picked a Tuesday afternoon and met in a conference room with spoons ready. Our goal? To choose the best yogurts to feature in the August/September 2010 issue of Healthy Cooking. A team of 10 tasters was tasked with picking the best of the best.
The rules for our testing were simple. First, our yogurts had to be healthy, which meant they had to meet our nutritional criteria and contain:
- 200 calories or less
- 4 g fat or less
- 30 g sugar or less
- 5 g protein or more
- 20 percent of daily value calcium or more per serving
They also had to be available nationwide. Finally, to make sure we got a varied yet specific sampling, we tested plain, vanilla, blueberry and assorted Greek yogurts. We left out yogurts claiming extra health benefits, such as added fiber and probiotics.
Samples were labeled 1A to 6F. Tuesday arrived and pens were at the ready. From our healthy sampling, we looked for several qualities in the perfect yogurt, including:
- taste
- texture
- visual appeal
- tart/sweet balance
We tasted good yogurts, bad yogurts and really, really delicious yogurts. Tester notes included such rants as, "Did someone add hair gel to this one?" and "Thin texture and kinda blah." There was also "Cheesy, but in a bad way."
But we had some raves, too. One tester noted, "Now, this is right on. I could see myself eating this every day." And, "Finally, something worth writing about!"
At the end of the day, votes were counted and winners announced. Our favorite vanilla-flavored yogurt was Yoplait Light Fat-Free Vanilla, but a close second went to Yoplait Thick and Creamy Lowfat Vanilla. In our opinion, Yoplait ruled the vanilla world.
We all agreed that the plain yogurts needed additional ingredients like blueberries or honey to make them worth buying, but we chose Stonyfield Organic Low Fat Plain in a landslide.
Judging Greek yogurts was the easiest because the good ones were great, and the bad ones were truly awful. Chobani Vanilla Non-Fat was wonderful. We now see containers in our office refrigerator regularly.
Finally, we got to the flavored varieties. Dannon Fruit on the Bottom Blueberry took the top prize.
Here's the most important thing we learned from shopping for the brands, flavors and styles for the taste test: Read the labels! If it says low fat, it's probably high in sugar, and if it says low calorie, it might be high in fat.
What are some of your favorite yogurt brands and flavors? Share your picks for the best yogurt in the comments below!
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Everyone has an urge to be creative. It's important, though, to recognize one's proper medium. I've picked up paintbrushes, cameras and sketchpads. I've satisfied my brief obsession with quilting with the completion of one potholder. And I finally had to admit that my medium is words.
But that still left one big question: What would I write about? Inspiration came only rarely. And I wasn't sufficiently pleased with my occasional poetic effusions to write them down (a failure I still regret). Then, in 1998, the answer came to me. I had just attended my high school class's 50th-year reunion — my first ever — and I recalled how in French class we had had to memorize the first few fables of the 17th-century poet Jean de La Fontaine. I could still recite them. Why not try to translate them, aiming to approximate not just their sense but also their meter and rhyme schemes? That would be a fun game. Better yet, since La Fontaine had published the fables in twelve separate books, if I committed myself to finishing one book a year I would have a project that would carry me to the age of eighty. And so I was launched. I kept to my schedule, only allowing myself extra time for Book XII because it was twice as long as the longest of the preceding books.
Translation is a tricky business. The Italians have a proverb: "Tradurre e tradire"—translation is treason. And if the challenge to be faithful to the original text is already implicit in the fact that individual words in different languages are not always exact synonyms (indeed, there may not even be a one-word approximate synonym), the challenge becomes all the greater when one is also attempting to capture the sound effects of poetry—meter and rhyme. Compromise would always be necessary. And the wide range of possible compromises can be seen in the many excellent—and different—versions of Homer's epics or Dante's Divine Comedy. I knew that there were a few well-regarded translations of the Fables already out there, and I resolved not to look at them. Instead I would rely on my three years of high-school French, a bilingual dictionary and occasional help from some Francophone friends. From them I got supportive feedback and was further encouraged when some of my verses were published in Metamorphoses, an academic journal devoted to literary translation. I was also pleased to think that I was continuing a long tradition, because La Fontaine, although he had no interest in doing a close translation, had drawn much of his material from earlier literary sources, first Aesop's fables, then more exotic fabulists like the Indian Pilpay, and eventually, in Book XII, some of the tales in Ovid's "Metamorphoses."
In fact, some of the best illustrations of the difficulties inherent in literary translation can be found in Fable I of Book II, a poem whose subject just happens to be language. My title for this poem is "To the Overly Critical," but the literal version would be "Against Those Who Have Difficult Tastes." In it, La Fontaine addresses those readers who had complained about the language of Book I. To pacify them, he attempts a more high-flown style, only to be rebuffed: "These windy spoutings leave me out of breath," say these critics. He tries again. This time:
"Stop right there," my critic howls.
"I can't accept these feeble rhymes
Why you haven't even matched your vowels.
You'll have to rework this some dozen times."
And this translation is itself a reworking. In my original version the second and fourth lines were "Are those the best rhymes you can muster?" and "You'll have to start all over, Buster." Livelier but too colloquial.
In that case I knew which version to choose. But I still haven't made up my mind about the last two lines of the poem. In one version I liked the first line better: "You fussy folk are doomed to discontent./You can't be satisfied; at last that's evident." In another version I liked the second line better: " You fussy folk know only groans and sighing./ You can't be satisfied; there's no use trying." Which do you prefer?
Occasionally, though, I was lucky enough to find a wording that was even better than the original French. My favorite example is "Cross my heart" as a rendering of "Sans mentir" (without lying) in the fable "The Crow and the Fox" (Book I, Fable II). The meter is a perfect match and the language is far more expressive. But my luck didn't last for the rest of the poem. As anyone who also had to memorize it will recognize, the meter at the end departs widely from the original. Here is my translation in full:
Perched on a treetop, behold Master Crow
With his mouth crammed full of cheese.
Lured by the scent, Master Fox sits below
And sounds him with pleasantries.
"Greetings. M'lord" is his studied homage.
"Aren't you the handsome fellow.
A voice to match such splendid plumage
Must be both sweet and mellow.
Cross my heart, you've got to be
The height of vocal glory
Deserving of celebrity
Throughout this territory."
It works: the crow just has to show
How gorgeous he can sound.
He shapes his mouth into an O.
The cheese falls to the ground.
Fox seizes it and smirks "Dear sir,
Here's valuable advice.
To learn to distrust a flatterer
A cheese is a trifling price."
Wracked with confusion, shame and pain,
Crow views his sorry state
And vows he'll not be tricked again
Just a bit too late.
Eventually the project was completed and I was emboldened to send a sample of my work to the distinguished poet/translator Richard Wilbur. I couldn't have been more thrilled when he responded that I "stand up very well to the competition." But now I face the most daunting challenge of all: how to find the right publisher.


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Phantasy Camp Orientation – Year 2
When one of the ESF employees welcomed me back to Phantasy Camp last night, I said to her, "I knew I was going to sign up again at last year's orientation".
This go round, I knew what to expect. Still, the excitement was not diminished. Unlike last year's long, solitary train adventure to the Bank, I had the good fortune of getting a car ride down with another second and consecutive year Camper, Sam. Talk of expectations, rookie mistakes, and the game plan for '12 filled the time as we made our way down the Jersey Turnpike.
Once again, it was a cold and wet night. But this time, the walk to front door was not as heart-pounding. I felt like a senior in high school, heading to class on that first day. I've done this before. No problem. Look at the newbies. They don't know where to go. They'll learn.
We took the elevator down to the media room. Deja vu all over again. This time, I recognized faces… the good folks from ESF, Campers from last year… lots of "welcome back!" and "hey, you cut your hair!" Yep, Joe Cool runnin' school.
Sign in, table to table, dot the I's, cross the T's…
Now last year, rookies received those great duffle bags with our number on the side. For us second year Campers, we got a nice cold-weather pullover, again with our number on the sleeve. However, my new garment had my old #31. Of course, I had to be a pain and get a new number for this year. Yep, my luggage tags would have to changed (I'll buy you a beer at a game at the Stadium pal. Sorry about that.)
After we look over some more paperwork and grab some sandwiches and cookies… and more cookies… ok, one more… we get our guided walk towards the clubhouse. Past the umpire lockers, past the Phantic storage, batting tunnels, retired jerseys, photos of recent Phillies triumphs…
…and one Bart Simpson-esque temptation before we enter the clubhouse.
The sight of that clubhouse still gives me chills. Yes, the lockers are emptied out until next Spring, but still, what a moment. Lots of champagne and Bud Light had been sprayed in this room.
Ah, but right before we crossed over, we were met with a sight that made us all shudder. It was like seeing the ship's log of the Titanic on April 13, 1912. "Clear lanes, smooth sailing".
Yes, the lineup card for Game 5 of this last season's NLDS was still up.
Let's move on.
There was no need for a uniform sizing this time, so we got to spend a little more time taking photos of the lockers. We gazed at the prominently displayed Phantasy Camp awards given out every year as well. You heard it here first: Sam Daley will be the 2012 Batting Champion. I will win the Mario Mendoza Award.
It was very nice of the Phillies to bring in the industrial-sized cap-shaping machine to fit my noggin. At this point, I will also restrain myself from making any Placido Polanco jokes.
Like last year, Scott Palmer was there to greet the Campers. This time, he had two friends with him: Larry Andersen and Gary Matthews. So, I did what had to be done.
Sarge and Sarge.
About half the time we were in the clubhouse, I found myself turning around at the sound of "Hey Sarge!", over and over. Joe Cool ain't that cool.
All things must come to an end, so we slowwwly made our way back to the exit. But before we left the clubhouse, I did get to snap a photo of the team mailbox. I made a mention of it last year, but never took a picture of it.
I won't tell you what I saw, but I will say, "Chooch… I would have never guessed that about you."
I ran into some more returning Campers as we made our way back. And then it really hit me. Yes, I am going back for the once-in-a-lifetime experience for any die-hard baseball and Phillies fan, but more so this time, I'm looking really forward to the camaraderie. I think this is what truly brings people back, year after year. And that's what makes this Camp so incredibly special.
The countdown is officially on!
(ooh, one more cookie)
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Yay! My favorite running diary is back for another installment! Can't wait until Jan when you are reporting on all the jokes, shenanigans, drinks, and maybe even some baseball.
Sarge, keep up the blog. I look forward to reading the step-by-step accounts. Also looking forward to catching up over a beer in Florida. Jim, Joe and I will be back for the 2012 camp. Dave
I am so jealous that you are going again!! But I am excited to read along for another year.
Great haircut-Inky out-Sarge Ii in.
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First Wi-Fi Based WiMAX Wireless Network to be Deployed Across MontrealOfficial project launch planned for September.From CNW Group, June 14, 2007
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Longview Seeks Company Hot Enough for Wi-FiCity officials are scouting Washington-based Clearwire for service.From Longview News-Journal, June 14, 2007
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Congressional Bill Would OK Municipal BroadbandRep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., soon will introduce legislation permitting local governments to offer telecommunications service, including wireless, high-speed Internet access and wireline telephone connections.From Reclaim the Media, June 14, 2007
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Vancouver Council Approves Plan to Seek Wi-fi InfoVancouver city council took the next step in its unhurried bid to join the wireless Internet bandwagon yesterday.From 24hours.ca, June 13, 2007
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Since 1964, the Peace Corps has been assisting the government of Kenya in meeting its development needs by providing skilled Volunteers in a variety of disciplines. It is one of the largest Peace Corps programs in Africa.
Peace Corps Volunteers support development in three key areas: small business development and information technology, education, and public health.
Peace Corps in Kenya has responded to the HIV/AIDS crisis by training every Volunteer in Kenya to help fight the spread of HIV/AIDS through education and awareness projects. Peace Corps.
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The Peace Corps program in Kenya began soon after the country gained its independence in 1963, and it is one of the largest programs in Africa. The first group of 37 Peace Corps Volunteers arrived in Kenya on December 31, 1964. Since early 1965, the Peace Corps has been assisting the government of Kenya in meeting its development needs by providing skilled Volunteers in the areas of economic development, education, and public health.
To contribute to Kenya's economic development, the Peace Corps focuses on activities that support creation of employment and income-generating opportunities. The country's focus on gender equality creates a need to expand girls' access to and retention in secondary schools. Also, the government of Kenya stresses the importance of providing education to children with special needs so that they can be fully contributing members of society. Public health continues to face challenges in both water-borne and infectious diseases, especially HIV/AIDS, and environmental health hazards. The Peace Corps/Kenya program enjoys strong support from government officials at national and district levels.
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As a Volunteer, you will most likely live in a rural community and not have access to indoor plumbing or electricity. Expect to use hurricane lamps and candles for lighting and to cook using charcoal, wood, or a single-burner kerosene stove. Peace Corps/Kenya, for both philosophical and budget considerations, requires host ministries to provide all Volunteers with housing. The standard and condition of Volunteer housing vary widely, from mud houses with thatched roofs to very modern cement houses with running water and electricity. The type of house you have will depend on your project, the area of the country in which you are posted, and the types of houses available in the community. You may also be required to share housing with other staff or to live in a room behind a shop at a market center. In short, you can expect to have, at the very least, a room to call your own. The decision as to whether housing standards are "acceptable" lies with the associate Peace Corps director and medical staff. When it comes to your housing, you should not lose sight of the guiding goal of the Peace Corps. Maintain your focus on service to the people of Kenya and not on the level of your accommodations.
Main article: Training in Kenya
The most important function of Peace Corps staff is to provide support for Volunteers. Support does not imply daily supervision of Volunteers' work, nor does it imply assuming parental roles. Volunteer support implies an ongoing interaction between Volunteers and all Peace Corps staff regarding how you handle such matters as your overall adjustment to the Peace Corps, your job assignment, and your community. Your associate Peace Corps director is responsible for making regular visits to your site to assist you in any way possible in your orientation in-country. Additionally, the country director and the Peace Corps medical officer make periodic visits to Volunteer sites.
Training will be busy for everyone. Often you will work over eight hours a day, five days a week. Be prepared for a rigorous, full schedule. The principal objectives of training are to provide a learning environment that enables you to develop the language (Kiswahili for all, Kenyan Sign Language for deaf educators), technical, and cultural skills; knowledge; and attitude necessary to work and live in Kenya.
The community/school-based approach used as the main training method means that you will spend most of your time learning by doing in your communities or schools and then reflecting on your experiences during formal sessions. You will spend most days in the field, completing hands-on, practical tasks and participating in group discussions, lectures, and field trips. Each week you will spend one or two days at the training center, or in one of the schools for deaf educators, discussing the prior week's learning, preparing for the next work week, and attending essential cross-cultural, health, safety, administrative, and integration sessions.
Health Care and Safety
Main article: Health care and safety in Kenya
The Peace Corps in Kenya maintains qualified staff to take care of Volunteers' primary healthcare needs. Additional medical services, such as testing and basic treatment, are also available in Kenya at local, and equivalent American-standard hospitals. If you become seriously ill, you will be transported either to an equivalent of American-standard medical facility in the region or to the United States.
Diversity and Cross-Cultural Issues
Main article: Diversity and cross-cultural issues in Kenya
In Kenya, as in other Peace Corps host countries, Volunteers' behavior, lifestyles, background, and beliefs will be judged in a cultural context very different from our own. Certain personal perspectives or characteristics commonly accepted in the United States may be quite uncommon, unacceptable, or even repressed.
Outside of Kenya's capital, residents of rural communities have had relatively little direct exposure to other cultures, races, religions, and lifestyles. What is viewed as "typical" cultural behavior or norms may be a narrow and selective interpretation, such as the perception in some countries that all Americans are rich and have blond hair and blue eyes. The people of Kenya are justly known for their generous hospitality to foreigners; however, members of the community in which you will live may display a range of reactions to differences that you present. We will ask you to be supportive of one another.
- Possible Issues for Female Volunteers
- Possible Issues for Volunteers of Color
- Possible Issues for Senior Volunteers
- Possible Issues for Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Volunteers: Please note: Homosexuality is technically illegal in Kenya, and while most white's never have to deal with this, if you have a homosexual partner who is a host national, that person could be in serious trouble if discovered. Anti-Gay slurs are common and accepted in Kenya, and the culture in general views it extremely negatively. Discretion is advised, since there is no real above-ground Gay culture in Nairobi, and being outed could hurt your reputation and your project.
- Possible Religious Issues for Volunteers: Kenya is a largely Christian country with a more Muslim population on the coast. Most Kenyans will proudly identify themselves as Christian and church attendance is important. For those who don't identify as Christian, you may be asked about your religion and may find yourself in uncomfortable situations regarding religious views. Prayer, even during public events, is not uncommon in rural areas. It is important to be polite and when possible, seek to adapt to the religious ways of your host family and counterparts while still being comfortable enough to not violate your own feelings around religion. You may find that even if you are not religious, churches may be one of the main gathering areas and an "in" to getting to know your community. Attending services, even at least once, is a good route to connecting with rural populations.
- Possible Issues for Volunteers With Disabilities
Frequently Asked Questions
Main article: FAQs about Peace Corps in Kenya
- How much luggage will I be allowed to bring to Kenya?
- What is the electric current in Kenya?
- How much money should I bring?
- When can I take vacation and have people visit me?
- Will my belongings be covered by insurance?
- Do I need an international driver's license?
- What should I bring as gifts for Kenya friends and my host family?
- Where will my site assignment be when I finish training and how isolated will I be?
- How can my family contact me in an emergency?
- Can I call home from Kenya?
- Should I bring a cellular phone with me?
- Will there be e-mail and Internet access? Should I bring my computer?
Packing List
Main article: Packing list for Kenya
This list has been compiled by Volunteers serving in Kenya and is based on their experience. Use it as an informal guide in making your own list, bearing in mind that experience is individual. There is no perfect list! You obviously cannot bring everything we mention, so consider those items that make the most sense to you personally and professionally. You can always have things sent to you later. As you decide what to bring, keep in mind that you have an 80-pound weight limit on baggage. And remember, you can get almost everything you need in Kenya.
- General Clothing
- Shoes
- Reusable water bottles
- Solar shower
- Personal Hygiene and Toiletry Items
- Good Books on your speciality
- Recreation/Entertainment
- Binoculars
- Headlamp
- Tri-band unlocked GSM mobile phone (buy service/SIM when you get to Kenya)
- USB flash drive
- Make sure anything electric you bring is dual powered (110/220) and buy US to UK plug converters
- Miscellaneous
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You can take a mess and get it corrected sometimes with a little effort.Some messes don't get straightened out as easily.The extra effort isn't always appropriately rewarded.Other times, minimal effort yields big results.The final outcome is all that really matters.
There has been an ongoing struggle between me and the local raccoon population for a number of years.It reached feud stage a few years ago during A.I. season. I parked my ATV outside the cattle shed one evening while I got my cows sorted off and put into the working facilities to get bred.By the time I was done, it was dark outside.It's not the worst place in the world to work a lot of the time, because the working facilities are frequently right next to the area where I store a bunch of big square bales of alfalfa.The people at Glade would be hard-pressed to make an air freshener as potent or as pervasive as a few tons of decent hay.
I walked outside to my four-wheeler and swung my leg over the seat to get on and head in for something to eat.Right as my leg made the peak of its arc, it met some stiff resistance.That resistance was in the form of Ranger Rick, who had taken his position on the seat before climbing the stack of bales to rest for the evening.
A bold move on his part, no question.A wise one?Hardly.
We skipped the pleasant introductions and exchanged words with one another.It wasn't good.
From that point forward, I made it my mission to shrink the population of Ranger Rick & Co.
While baling hay near the buildings recently, I came past the grain bit site to finish my windrow of hay and head back to the rest of the field further away.Walking across the yard in the middle of the afternoon was none other than The Rickster.This wasn't a stroll at dusk or in the dark of night.This was 3:00 in the middle of the afternoon in the summer!Majorly bold move, I felt, especially since The Rickster didn't appear to be foaming at the mouth or ill in any fashion.Quite the opposite. He seemed more than healthy.Even a little chunky, I thought.
I quickly turned around and headed back into the building site to see if my eyes had deceived me.A trip around the buildings didn't reveal any sign of the intruder.That's when I hopped out of the cab and walked around the bins on foot.Something moved around the corner of a bin as I came around the other side.Lo and behold, it was The Rickster!
A few math problems started running through my head right away. We have eight bins in two rows.The Rickster and I could end up putting on a lot of miles in our circular pursuit if I kept after him and weaved around several bins.Just then, The Rickster did the math for me.Rather than doing a series of figure eights, he made another decision on his escape plan.The newest bin has a circular staircase going up the side of it instead of the standard ladder like all of the other bins.The Rickster decided he'd just scale the stairs and dodge me completely.I came around the corner just in time to see him heading up the stairs.
He stopped near the top to look back at me. I'm pretty sure he sneered.
I did the only thing that seemed to be my best option.I followed him. That really freaked him out!He quickly scurried up the steps and hopped onto the ladder on the roof.
My aversion to heights brought me to a stop partway up the stairs.That's when I had a vision.It involved me making it to the top of the stairs and meeting The Rickster pretty much at the edge of the roof.We'd end up having another one of those uncomfortable greetings like we'd had at the cattle shed years before. This time, it was going to be my kind of meeting, though.I quickly went back down the stairs and stood back to see if The Rickster was perched on top the bin, which he was.He looked to be camped out.
Running won't help when there's only one place to go. He could either take the stairs back down, or take one really, really big leap off the roof. What with the eave being 30 feet off the ground, I figured that the stairs would be his only true option.
Helpful cuss that I am, I decided to aid The Rickster in his decision-making process.Assistance was summoned.It appeared in the form of Guy No. 1 and one of my friends, Mr. Winchester.
Even though I've never played chess, I'm vaguely familiar with the concept. You always need to be thinking ahead.It looked to me like the idea of walking up the stairs with a loaded weapon and being greeted by The Rickster at the top may not be the most desirable.This is a bin staircase, not a hotel lobby.Space is kind of tight up there.I wasn't exactly in a safety harness, either, so I didn't think the idea of getting all kinds of recoil was the best way to stabilize myself at the top of the stairs as a snarling Rickster came at me!
Another mechanical issue presented itself.We switched from filling the bins with augers to a pneumatic system a couple years ago.The corn flows from the dryer into a tube where a giant blower forces the corn through the tube and up the side of the bin.The tube then reaches an endpoint where an attachment directs the corn into the bin below.
Escape artist genius that he felt he was, Ranger Rick decided he'd simply crawl into the tube and get away from us.Practicality came back and bit him in the butt, though.That freshly-bitten butt was too husky to fit inside the tube!Ranger Rick was pretty much an ostrich with his head in the sand up there on top the bin roof.He kept trying and trying to get himself into the tube, but couldn't make it happen.
Once again, always the Good Samaritan, I went the extra mile.I walked over to the control panel on the hopper bin by the dryer and flipped the switch.A large and sudden blast of air did a really nice job of changing The Rickster's thoughts on air tube escapes.
Well, that's just mean, you're thinking.Yeah, well, chess is fun, the way I play it.My game, my rules.Deal with it.
He then moved himself partway down the roof and decided he'd try to climb around the roof to get away.Maybe hiding under one of the support pipes would be his salvation.
That's the same concept as an elephant hiding behind a sapling.It's not even close to effective.In fact, it just made me pull out another weapon. This one was a rifle. A couple warning shots near The Rickster's head got him nervous enough to move from his lair under the pipe. We had to be careful to keep the shots at or above his level, though. No sense putting a hole in the roof of the bin and later have a few thousand bushels of corn rot from the rain and snow that would creep in the hole.
With the air blowing through the pneumatic tube and the ongoing volley of rifle fire, The Rickster was faced with dwindling options. This chess game was not working out like he'd planned.We took a brief break so as to totally psych him out.No noise.No movement. The coast sure looked clear from The Rickster's viewpoint.
That's when he gave up and made his bold move.He'd head down those stairs and get the heck out of this crazy place!
I stepped out from behind my location right as The Rickster was partway down the stairs.He paused briefly to look at me.I smiled as he turned to accelerate his descent down the steps and get away from me.
Darn the luck, geometry and geography were not in The Rickster's favor.The steps of the bin and his position as he descended them worked great for me.One or two steps into his descent after our renewed acquaintance, he crossed a step that lined up perfectly for me and my weapon.All I saw at the end of my barrel was daylight as I was standing to the side of the stairs.When the daylight was eclipsed by Rickster's torso, I squeezed the trigger.
Let's just say that The Rickster made much better time getting down from the bin than he did getting up.It was 57 steps to get into my special rehab program, but The Rickster was a star student.He finished the second half of the program in about sixteen.
The final move in the chess game was made by the buzzards.They play as a team and always take the time to think things through.
Check and mate, Rickster. Your move.
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The international spotlight will shine on the middle school after reflecting off a one-of-a-kind edifice at Rice University and, before that, a volcanic crater in Arizona.
All beams of light have to start somewhere. This particular ray began in mid-March during the gifted and talented annual field trip to Houston.
As part of the itinerary, 20 students and eight adults — thanks to a $500 grant from the Joe Barnhart Foundation — toured the university's Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion, the home of artist James Turrell's Skyspace.
Turrell's artistic discipline is light itself; Skyspace is his palette where he creates an LED light show projected on the elevated roof that includes a 72-square-foot opening at the top for viewing the sky.
Turrell, a MacArthur Fellow in 1984, uses space and light to create optical illusions in his worldwide displays.
At dawn and dusk, his Rice University light show, titled "Twilight Epiphany," is exactly that for those who view the 40-minute of show of colors that adapt to the changing atmospheric hues as the sun rises and sets.
"It's a visual meditation," says Debra Hanus, Moreno's teacher for gifted and talented students. "The lights projected on the ceiling make the sky that shows through the top of the theater to take on the same color. There is nothing else like it."
Turrell's more famous artwork is Roden Crater near Flagstaff, where he has transformed the volcanic crater into an observatory, not for telescopes but for the unaided eye.
To prepare for their Houston visit, Hanus had her students conduct online research about Turrell's displays in Houston, England, Israel and the Roden Crater.
After their tour, she asked them to use oil pastel crayons to paint their impressions of Turrell's creations.
Hanus then picked six images from the collection, printed them as gift cards, with envelopes, and sent them to Skyspace manager Emily Stein as a thank-you gift.
The six cards were enclosed in a piece of thick, transparent paper and secured with a maroon ribbon.
Skyspace has returned the favor.
In an email, Stein wrote to Hanus "…my boss, Molly Hubbard (who is the university art director)…asked if you would be willing to send me (all) the images of the drawings made by your students?"
Her request was not based on curiosity.
Skyspace plans to utilize the artworks by the students on its official stationery.
Every piece of correspondence would include one of the student's paintings.
"These cards would be used for general business correspondence," Stein wrote, "but would go to our cultural partners around the world."
"It's an elegant honor," Hanus says.
"But I've also suggested the students should include it on their resumes."
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Does he atleeeast have a decent FT%.... Just checked ..NoPE!!
Their numbers are strangely identical so from a value perspective..nice pick up but all in all looks like Fields part 2...and I didn't like that kid.
End of the day, should be a nice Shump stop gap so there's that. If he brings the D I'm cool.


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Über die Swissbau
Each edition of Swissbau Focus is now centred around a specific theme. The theme for 2016 is "Technology to the rescue?" New technical equipment and the new technologies used in construction work in Switzerland, and also technically-oriented systems, wield a great deal of power. They are credited with being able to make their mark on the future – and particularly on building – in both a creative and rational manner. People rely on them. Yet, at the same time, technology imposes specifications, gives rise to requirements, places constraints on those who are building and restricts freedom and creativity. To what extent is technology coming to our rescue – and where do we need to rescue ourselves from technology?


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~ The cries of children, just 5 and 6 years old, burned alive in the arms of their mothers at Miako, Japan; as reported by an English sea captain (Calendar of State Papers: Colonial East Indies, 1617-1621, p. 357).


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Back to Mountains before Back to School
I hate "back to school"; I hated it as a child, and I hate it even more now that my kids have to go through it. I hate spending piles of $$$ on uniforms, supplies , and the like - it seems like all the schools require far more supplies than I remember getting as a kid...all I needed was some pens and pencils, some loose leaf paper, and a few notebooks. My kids have to get color-coordinated folders, colored pencils, dry markers, backpacks, lunch kits, and dozens of other items. What I loathe most of all is that it is the start of, for lack of a better word, "busy-ness"...there's school, soccer practice, other extracurricular events, homework, projects - and all the while, I have my job, too. Once school is going for a while, it isn't so bad, but I hate when everything starts up. Thankfully, my kids' school doesn't start until the 25th - the public schools around here started on the 8th, which is ridiculous, in my opinion...but that's another topic for another forum. I had some business to attend to, and I wasn't sure if we could squeeze in one more trip, but luckily everything fell into place, and we were able to head on out of town late Thursday afternoon.
We got off to a later start than I had hoped, and I had wanted to take back roads through Mississippi - I'm not a big fan of interstates, and particularly I-59 through the Pine Belt - extremely boring. As a result, we decided to stop in Meridian for the night. We ended up in a Motel 6 that had the most powerful air conditioner I've ever run across - you could have hung meat in there and done your best Rocky impression. We got out of there early the next morning, and made it to Townsend in good time. We stopped by the shop to pick up some more yellow flies - unfortunately, the Neversink Caddis flies were sold out...that was the hot fly in July. Byron said that Daniel had been doing well with the rubber-legged stimulators, so we picked up a few of those. Someone on the Parkway had motioned to me and told me that my brake lights were out, so after checking in to our hotel in Newport, I drove over to a parts store for a couple of bulbs - that did the trick. Then, it was over to Cosby for a few hours of fishing before it got dark. I headed for the area above the campground, and I picked up 4 brookies that, combined, might have made it to 8 inches. I decided to gear up to a bigger fly, and when I found a pretty deep pool, hung a dropper on the end. When I saw a trout rocket out from under a rock 5 feet to smash the dry, I cut the dropper off, and quickly picked up a few nice sized specs before darkness overtook the stream.
The next day was Saturday, and it was time to play tourist in Gatlinburg. We come up to the mountains so many times during the year, we really don't think of ourselves as the typical tourists, and now that I own land just outside the Park, I feel at least like a "semi-native". However, on the strip in Gatlinburg, we're just like all the other visitors. One of the twins had her ears pierced earlier this summer, so it was time for daughter #3 to get punched. We went to Claire's and got that done, then got some Mexican for lunch. The girls wanted to check some things out, so we hit a few of the attractions - my wallet felt nicely vaccumed after that. We escaped out of there and went to Greenbrier - we had done pretty well there last time. This time, the fish weren't cooperating as well, and we only picked up a few small rainbows. I did have a nice fish on for a few seconds, right in front of a large rock...but it shook off, a sign of things to come. The girls had had enough, and wanted to swim back at the hotel, so I dropped them off and headed back to Cosby for a little bit. I didn't have much time, and I had only picked up a small bow or two. I headed for an area about a quarter mile below the hiker's parking area. I put on a Mr Rapidan, and hit some of the better looking areas. It was almost too dark to see when I reached this one deep pool; I covered just about every likely area of it, with no hits. I decided on the proverbial "just one more cast", and the fly gently disappeared under the surface. When I set the hook, I knew I had a nice fish on, and it quickly tried to break me off at the tail end of the pool, wedging itself under a crevice. However, the tippet held, and I managed to get it on top of a rock...what I saw surprised me:
I couldn't believe I had managed to catch such a large trout on Cosby...I thought it might be a stocker, but I was a fair ways from the boundary, and I was pretty sure that the state wasn't stocking outside of the park at this time of year - plus, the fish was pretty dark and colorful, and didn't have any mangled fins, and had fought pretty well. He must have been the terror of that pool. Last time, I had caught a nice bow in brookie territory on Cosby, and released it before thinking about it. This time, I decided to keep it. I cleaned it with the trusty Swiss Army knife and headed out...after I was a few miles down the road, I realized I had left it by the stream. I carry a ruler in my gear bag in the car, and the rainbow measured exactly 11 inches - the best fish I have caught in the park.
On Sunday, we drove over to Maggie Valley for another one of our rituals - breakfast at Joey's. I had noticed this place some time back - there was always a line to get in every morning. I gave it a try, and soon realized why it is so popular - simply wonderful pancakes, and a great hash brown casarole. We drive out of our way every trip to go there, and it's worth it. After breakfast, we drove into Cataloochee. While we were getting geared up, some park volunteers drove up with a neat item that got the girls' attention:
We fished Palmer Creek, and had steady hits...notice I said "hits", and not "landed fish". Back in July, I had missed a lot of strikes...this time, I didn't miss too many, but I had a lot of fish shake off before I could bring them to hand. It was very frustrating, but I did manage a nice bow and a brookie; this was the second year in a row that I had picked up a spec fairly low on Palmer. I mentioned this to Byron when we were leaving yesterday, and he said that they have turned up as low as the steel bridge on the main stream. I have seen on some other threads that on Walker Camp and Road Prong, it seems that the rainbows have crowded out the brookies. Meanwhile, in Cataloochee and Straight Fork, it seems like they're moving downstream and coping with the bows. I would like to hear some thoughts/theories on this...it seems like every stream is different, and the specs do better on some than on others. I don't know if we'll ever know the reason.
We headed back to Maggie Valley for "linner" (lunch/dinner), then went to Straight Fork. We picked up a few brookies above the bridge, then we went back downstream to see if I could get a brown. I had some good hits, but again had trouble closing the deal. Straight Fork seemed to be pushing a bit of water, although it wasn't that high and certainly wasn't raging. It had definitely rained a little bit in that area.
Yesterday, we wrapped up the trip with another trip to Cosby - this time, in the early morning. We fished the same area where I caught the big bow, and I was truly lucky - my oldest found my knife, the blade still extended. We picked up several rainbows - none of them huge, but they were feisty. We didn't stay long - I wanted to get home at a halfway decent time, as I had to go to work today, and I had wanted to check out some other places, a little advanced scouting. I wanted to wet my line one more time, so we ended up at Elkmont, and we fished Jakes Creek for a very short stretch by the trailhead. I picked up an acrobatic brown and a bow, and just missed another one that had revealed its location by jumping clear out of the water to get to some insect. My oldest wasn't that interested in fishing anymore, so daughter #2 took her rod. For the most part, I help the twins cast and guide their drifts, but this time I let her cast on her own - she did pretty well, so next Spring she will be able to fish her own rod. My kids are growing up, which leaves me with a mixture of happiness and melancholy....I'm glad to see them develop and grow, but I realize that our time together on these trips won't last forever.
Here's daughter #2 stalking a pool on Jakes Creek:
Well, school is about to sink its fangs into the girls for another year. Hopefully, I'll be able to squeeze in what has become my traditional solo trip to the mountains for Thanksgiving, as the girls will be with their grandparents. After that, it will be a long wait until Spring....sigh.
Great report! You have some pretty girls there! I wish I had started at their age. Of course, I would be totally worthless by now if I had! Nice fish too!
Mr Rapidan
IJ, as usual a great report! Have you been using the Mr Rapidan Parachute or the standard? I've had some good success this year with a Mr Rapidan Cripple that TroutDude turned me onto. I've been thinking about tying some Parachutes and some standard versions in 14 and 16. When you are up in November let me know (I think you have my email, let me know if you don't) and I'd be happy to share a few with you.
"Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if he kept his mouth shut."
Pete...I probably have your email, but just in case, shoot me one at firstname.lastname@example.com. I was using the "standard" Mr Rapidan, but I'll use both it and the parachute version with about the same results. I would love to try the crippled version - I'll bet it's a great pattern in low water, when the fish are a bit skitterish...lower profile.
The curious thing is, I know the pattern was developed with the early spring hatches in mind, but I've caught trout on them just about year round. Last Thanksgiving, I fished in a cold rain/snow, and falling temperatures, but the water temp was around 45 - the brookies were still taking them on top. I like them if, for no other reason, I can see them easier in low light conditions; streams like Cosby have a lot of shade, and get dark in a hurry once the sun starts setting.
Oh, I almost forgot...we took the temperature of the streams quite often, and we never had a reading above 64 degrees...most of the time, it was around 61 or 62 - perfect temps, even if the water was on the low side.
Nice report!
fly fisherman DK
Nice Trip
Glad You and your Girls had a good time,Nice pictures also.You said you thought that fish might have been a stocked fish.It had good color,could have been anywhere in the creek even in speckle country.Had probably been in the creek for awhile now,Im sure it was a Blast to catch on a fly rod.But those burnt off front fins are a dead give away,It was a stocker.Thats Still A Nice Fish especially for that creek Great Job and Congratulations. Sincerly Caught 108
I was wondering about that one pectoral fin...other than that, it didn't seem to have any other damage to the fins, and it seemed to be very colorful, more than the picture shows - of course, it was pretty dark, and I didn't look at it again until after it had been in the ice chest for a while. I'll have to put an asterisk by this one...in my mind, only the wild fish count.
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When orders from above snuff the AD Police's case on the machine-devouring beast, Leon and Daley take matters in their own hands. Priss puts her foot down about a teammate's missteps—a rescue mission may be Nene's last chance to prove her worth!
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Cisco IP Interoperability and Collaboration System (IPICS) can simplify radio dispatch operations and improve response to incidents, emergencies, and facility events. It dissolves communication barriers between land, mobile, and radio systems and devices, including mobile phones, landline phones, IP phones, and PCs, to support communications across users, devices, and locations.
Features and Capabilities
- Direct radio network interoperability allows TCP/IP communication across P25 networks that use the Interswitching System Interface (ISSI) protocol. This capability is provided through the new ISSI gateway and new, end-to-end, native P25 communication features in the Cisco IPICS Dispatch Console (IDC).
- Radio signaling provides dispatchers and radio users with features such as talker ID, emergency call, and private calls. These capabilities are provided through the new Unified Media Service (UMS) platform.
- The IT database integration is a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication feature that allows Cisco IPICS users to be authenticated against a common Active Directory repository.
- High availability for multiple SIP providers minimizes single-points-of-failures in Cisco IPICS deployments by allowing the dial engine, dial-in functionality, and dial-out functionality to work with multiple SIP providers.
- Improved audio high availability provides redundancy and failover for the UMS. This minimizes media downtime for virtual talkgroups (VTGs) and remote connections if a critical media service fails.
- More efficient configuration now exists, as IPICS now supports script-based bulk uploading of a large number of users, channels, or Cisco Video Surveillance Operations Manager (VSOM) video links.
- Highly secure communication is available as the ISSI gateway with P25 radio systems provides the option of end-to-end encrypted calls directly with dispatchers.
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- Joystick integration with 32-bit external systems
- Enhanced IDC dialer supports 10 lines, three patches per line, and last-number redial
- Enhanced IDC logging
- Language support allows for internationalization of the IDC, dial engine prompts, and IP-phone services
- Custom splash screen can be configured for the Administration Console and the IDC
- Lazy SIP resource allocation conserves system resources
- Server and virtual machine support is included for the IPICS Server, UMS, and ISSI Gateway virtualized using Cisco UCS C-200 Series Rack Mount Servers
- Operating system backup available on a USB drive


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2011 Gest Fellow: Matthew ReillyMonday, August 29th, 2011
From time to time, we will be posting profiles of our Gest Fellows. Matthew Reilly '06 is a Ph.D. candidate in English at University of Texas, Austin. His research is on "The Literary Life of May Drummond, Female Preacher."
My research in Haverford's Special Collections focused on an eighteenth-century female preacher, whose conversion to (and later expulsion from) the Society of Friends caused a sensation among both Quakers and non-Quakers. Although May Drummond has fallen out of the purview of scholarship on eighteenth-century British history, she achieved a remarkable degree of celebrity and infamy during her lifetime. Her passionate and eloquent oratory drew crowds en masse, and London periodicals often published her whereabouts along with invitations goading eminent clergymen to public disputation. As a result, she earned a private audience with Queen Caroline and sympathetic citations from some of the pre-eminent authors of her day. Not only was Drummond noteworthy for her spoken ministry, but also for her status as a literary heroine and a cultural icon.
Drummond's broad-based popularity distinguishes her from a Quaker establishment that was increasingly formalizing norms of doctrinal stability and communal exclusivity. Her touring presence foreshadowed the revivals that would soon sweep Britain, Ireland, and America, but she actually drew inspiration from late seventeenth-century Quakers, who had adopted tactics of combining scriptural precedents with more eclectic, interfaith, and cosmopolitan appeals. In her mission as a public Friend and an occasional combatant against England's religious elite, Drummond stands apart from the sort of sentimental heroine that pervades the literature of mid-eighteenth century Britain. Her sermons were printed, and she indirectly moved others to write about her exploits. The height of Drummond's literary fame, I argue, is in her role as the protagonist (if not the author) of a pseudonymous castaway tale by Unca Eliza Winkfield, entitled The Female American.
While working with Haverford's extensive collections of Quaker documents, I charted Drummond's social networks and rivalries, tracked controversies following in the wake of her travels, and recorded the reception of her life and ideas. Although Drummond's certificate to preach was revoked just prior to her expected departure for America, the library's holdings of Philadelphia journals and letters of emigrated British Friends show the blight of subsequent generations, which were unfriendly to her legacy. The expertise of Haverford's librarians and specialists helped me re-frame my research on Drummond in relation to a transatlantic Quaker community in transition during the years prior to the American Revolution. I look forward to writing "The Literary Life of May Drummond" alongside my dissertation, "False Learning: Alexander Pope and the Afterlive(s) of Scriblerian Satire," as a doctoral candidate at the University of Texas at Austin.
–Matthew Reilly '06


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CPSC has investigated accidents in which this toy has been responsible for serious eye injuries and facial lacerations not only to children but adults as well.
The "Flying Copter", being recalled by International Playthings, Inc., retailed for $3.50 and is a 7 l/2 inch plastic flying toy helicopter with a hand launching device. The helicopter is mostly white with three red plastic rotor blades. The launching handle is green. Assembly is required before the toy can be flown. It is this assembly which is difficult and if done improperly could allow the rotor blades to come off and strike the user or bystander.
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By Karl Terry: PNT Managing Editor
Like many who grew up on the eastern plains of New Mexico, I can't remember a time when there weren't fighter jets in the sky above me.
Monday that chapter of history closed at Cannon Air Force Base and a new one opened.
It's bittersweet for some of us because our beloved jets are gone, but the air base that has served as a common thread for the communities of Clovis and Portales has new life.
I was born the year that the 27th Fighter Wing came to Cannon. They were flying the F-100s then and I clearly remember as a kid in the 1960s always taking time to gaze skyward anytime one of those birds flew over a peanut field. Back then it was still OK to break the sound barrier, and we all got used to seeing jets pass then getting the sonic boom that followed. It rattled the windows and dishes and woke the baby.
Later, I worked in the mailroom at the Portales News-Tribune while I was in high school. We printed the base's newspaper, the Mach Meter, every Friday and I often got to help deliver the papers to the base. Everybody on base knew us and was glad to see us bringing the papers. The existence of the base, in part, gave me the job that helped buy my first car.
It's always been that way — people stationed from the base were often as different as they could be from the locals but they appreciated our friendly, laid-back style of community. We appreciated the dollars they supplied to our economy and the mission they were accomplishing for our country.
With the change to Special Operations' ownership of the base that mission is going to change drastically for the men and women at Cannon. The new mission will be extremely important to the war on terror and will likely bring our base back to a vanguard position in the military, much like we were when the 27th Fighter Wing was located here at the height of the Cold War in 1959.
The indications are that the 27th Special Operations Wing is every bit as committed to enjoying the same type of relationship with the community as its predecessor. We all know from the Herculean efforts mounted by the community that Clovis and Portales residents deeply desire to bond with the new command at Cannon.
We're going to have to get used to seeing those C-130s lumbering through our skies instead of F-16s. Some of the personnel will no doubt be of a slightly different stripe. Air Commandos do a much different job than a fighter pilot, but it's likely the same Air Force pride and love of freedom swells in each of their hearts.
I didn't get a ride in one of the new CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft on Monday, but I'm not holding that against anyone just yet.
There's much more work to do before the transition is completed. Times are likely going to be lean for the next couple of years as they ramp up to full operational capability at the base, but the first big step has now been taken.
Be patient, welcome the new folks heartily and get ready for change.


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Information resources
Publications conducted by WHO and partner organizations
Considerations for Policy Development and Scaling-Up Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage with Communicable Disease Prevention Efforts
pdf, 668kb
- WHO/UNICEF toolkit for monitoring and evaluating household water treatment and safe storage programmes (2012)
Status of national household water treatment and safe storage policies in selected countries (2012)
pdf, 447kb
Combined household water treatment and indoor air interventions in Kenya and Cameroon (2011)
pdf, 1.12Mb
Essential prevention and care interventions for individuals living with HIV in resource-limited settings (2008)
pdf, 1.66Mb
- Millenium project taskforce on water and sanitation (2005)
- WHO/UNICEF, Water for Life: making it happen (2005)
- Drinking water response, including HWTS, after Indian Ocean Tsunami (2004)
- WHO factsheet on the environment and health for children and mothers
- Guidelines for drinking-water quality, fourth edition (2011)
- Evaluating household water treatment options: Health-based targets and microbiological performance specifications (2011)
Information sheet for government and policy-makers on evaluating household water treatment options
pdf, 134kb
- Scaling Up Household Water Treatment Among Low-Income Populations (2009)
HWTS trial published in the WHO Bulletin (January 2006)
pdf, 182kb
- Preventing travellers' diarrhoea: How to make drinking-water safe (2005)
- Managing water in the home: accelerated health gains from improved water supply (2002)
Strategy, newsletters, and posters
Posters, reports from HWTS-associated meetings, and Network documents
Strategy, meeting reports and related documents
Network questionnaire
Please complete the short questionnaire to update us on your organization's current areas of focus and contacts.
Preliminary results of Network questionnaire (April 2011)
pdf, 216kb
The preliminary results provides a snapshot of the geographic and focal areas of Network participating organizations.
Network Strategy (2011-2016)
pdf, 78kb
The Network Strategy has undergone review by participating organizations and the revised version is now available.
National policies and integration; West Africa workshop (Accra, 2013)
pdf, 598kb
Report of Independent Advisory Committee to WHO Int'l Scheme to Evaluate HWT (June 2013)
pdf, 220kb
Ethiopia Workshop on HWT Evaluation and Regulation (Addis Ababa, 2013)
pdf, 292kb
2012 Annual Network Meeting (Chapel Hill, United States)
pdf, 273kb
National polices and integration; Southern Africa workshop (Maputo, 2012)
pdf, 245kb
HWTS and Cholera sessions at 6th World Water Forum (Marseille, 2012)
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2011 Annual Network Meeting (Chapel Hill, United States)
pdf, 177kb
National policies and integration workshop, East Africa (Entebbe, 2011)
pdf, 403kb
Report of the Strategic Consultation on HWTS (Geneva, 2011)
pdf, 333kb
2010 Annual Network Meeting (Chapel Hill, United States)
pdf, 590kb
Seminar on HWTS at World Water Week (Stockholm, Sept 2010)
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- HWTS at the World Water Forum (Mexico City, 2006)
- HWTS E-conference hosted by USAID (2006)
- Annual Network meeting in Thailand (Bangkok, 2005)
- HWTS at global WASH forum (2004)
- HWTS at IWA congress (2004)
Annual Network meeting in Kenya (Nairobi, 2004)
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- Water action plan from the G8 summit (2003)
- Alliance to promote HWTS in Latin America (Quito, 2005)
Links to relevant disease prevention and control efforts at WHO
- WHO Global Taskforce on Cholera Control
- WHO e-Library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions (eLENA)
- WHO work on indoor air pollution
Network Newsletters (2011-2013)
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Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters
People celebrate at Myanmar's first public New Year countdown celebration at the Myoma grounds in Yangon January 1, 2013.
Updated at 5:05 a.m. ET: As the clock struck midnight in each new timezone starting with in the Pacific Rim it was met with spectacular shows from Sydney to Beijing.
In Myanmar, where citizens were holding their first public countdown, the jubilation was at least as heartfelt, even if set against a humbler backdrop. It signaled a new year, as well as a new era of expanding democracy after five decades of military rulers who discouraged or banned public gatherings.
"We feel like we are in a different world," said Yu Thawda, a college student enjoying the festivities in Yangon, the capital.
Not every celebration was imbued with the same degree of hopefulness.
In Russia, Moscow's iconic Red Square was filled with spectators as fireworks exploded near the Kremlin. President Vladimir Putin gave an optimistic New Year's Eve address, making no reference to the anti-government protests that have occurred in his country in the past year.
Russians were marking their last New Year's Eve with unfettered access to beer. New restrictions preventing sale of suds overnight or at street kiosks go into effect Jan. 1, part of a government effort to curb alcoholism.
Beer now considered alcohol, not food, in Russia
"You have to stock at home. And stocking beer is more problematic than stocking vodka," brewing industry official Isaac Sheps told London's Daily Telegraph. "It's bulky. It's big."
In austerity-hit Europe, the mood was also restrained as 2012 came to a close. The coming year is projected to be a sixth straight one of recession amid Greece's worst economic crisis since World War II. In fact, the new year was starting with a 24-hour strike by subway and train workers in Athens to protest salary cuts that are part of the government's austerity measures.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's New Year's message warned her country to prepare for difficult economic times ahead. Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, decided to cancel celebrations in light of the economic crisis.
Damian Shaw / EPA
From Sydney to Siberia, revelers celebrate the arrival of a new year.
Celebrating New Year's Eve with a vespers service in St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Benedict XVI said that despite all the injustice in the world, goodness prevails. In Spain, where a recession has left unemployment at a staggering 25 percent, people are hoping for a better new year.
In London, the chimes of the clock inside the Big Ben tower counted down the final seconds of 2012 and fireworks dazzled the sky above Parliament Square. Streamers shot out of the London Eye wheel and blazing rockets launched from the banks of the River Thames.
One night of revelries wasn't enough for some people.
Scotland launched the annual festival known as Hogmanay on Sunday night with thousands of torchbearers marching in Edinburgh, drawing inspiration from pagan traditions. The Scotsman newspaper estimated that 7,000 people participated in the "river of fire" through the city center.
The fete was set to last until Wednesday and draw 80,000 revelers from around the world, according to the official Hogmanay website.
New laws ban sex with prisoners, hound-hunting of bobcats, etc.
First across the line to 2013
The new year's westward march across the globe began with Samoa ushering in 2013 a full day before the clock strikes midnight in neighboring American Samoa.
It's a quirk of the international dateline, which Samoa moved a year ago, giving it a jump on the jubilation that erupts as the earth bids farewell to one year and welcomes another, time zone by time zone.
The celebration started small in places like Christmas Island, an Australian territory, and Kiribati, an equator-straddling chain of islands in the Pacific, at 5 a.m. ET Monday.
An hour later, Auckland, New Zealand, became the first major city to begin a new calendar, with fireworks shot from the Sky Tower, the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 1,076 feet.
The really big parties started, though, when the new year reached Australia at 8 a.m. ET. More than a million revelers gathered in Sydney's harbor for a massive $6.9 million pyrotechnics party hosted by pop star Kylie Minogue.
Mariana Bazo / Reuters
We may have different calendars, customs and beliefs, but most of us mark the arrival of a new year. Take a look at the ways cultures around the world celebrate and bring good luck for the year ahead.
Among those watching in person was Melissa Sjostedt, of Florida, who read about Sydney's firework spectaculars in National Geographic a decade ago.
"Ever since that, I've always wanted to see this for real, live, in person," she told the Associated Press.
North Korea's fireworks went off a day after another party, marking the one-year anniversary of Kim Jong Un's ascension to supreme commander. Hong Kong was hosting its biggest bash ever with a $1.6 million fireworks display. In Japan, bells at temples rang 108 times.
David Moir / Reuters
Up Helly Aa vikings from the Shetland Islands march in the torchlight procession to mark the start of Hogmanay (New Year) celebrations in Edinburgh on Dec. 30.
In India, outrage over the fatal gang-rape of a young woman tempered celebrations.
"The Indian army, air force and navy have decided to cancel all the parties planned to welcome the new year," a senior official told Agence France Presse. "They want to dedicate the last day of the year to the gang-rape victim."
Ashish Gupta, 35, an accountant, said it would be too difficult to enjoy the traditional revelry.
"This New Year is not going to be the same for me and many of my friends," he said.
The Associated Press and NBC News' Stacy Connor contributed to this report.
More world stories from NBC News:
- Body of India rape victim cremated in New Delhi
- Pakistan militants kill 40 in mass execution, attack on Shiites
- Statue of Hitler praying is displayed in former Warsaw ghetto to controversy
- Putin signs law banning American adoptions
- Video: Elephants play soccer at Nepal festival
- US sailors sue Japan's TEPCO for post-quake radiation exposure
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Mr. DeLaRosa was born Nov. 26, 1926 and was a military veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years and worked 17 years with Turbine Support and 3 years civil service at Kelly Air Force Base.
Survivors include his wife, Maria C. DeLaRosa; his children, Santos A. (Caroline) DeLaRosa, Sr., Diana (Scott) Castellano, Rebecca DeLaRosa; his sister, Maria Casas; his five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He is preceded in death by his brother, Manuel DeLaRosa and his mother Petra M. DeLaRosa.
Visitation was held Thursday, July 4 with a rosary recited that evening at 7 p.m., in the Eckols Funeral Home Chapel.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1/12 of recipe
Calories 210
Calories from Fat 0
Total Fat 0 g
Saturated Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 95 mg
Total Carbohydrate 54 g
Dietary Fiber 4 g
Sugars 34 g
Proteins 1 g
Vitamin A 15% DV
Vitamin C 15% DV
Calcium 2% DV
Iron 6% DV
Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Servings and Times
Servings 12
Preparation Time 8 hours, 15 minutes
Cups of Fruits and Vegetables Per Person: 0.5
Ingredients and Preparation
Ingredients Measures
Dried apricots 1 cup
Dried sliced apples 1 cup
Dried pitted prunes 1 cup
Dried cranberries 1 cup
Canned pitted red cherries 1 cup
Quick cooking tapioca ½ cup
Grape juice 1 cup
Water 3 cups
Orange juice ½ cup
Lemon juice ¼ cup
Orange peel, grated 1 tablespoon
Brown sugar ½ cup
Frozen vanilla yogurt
- Combine all fruits, tapioca, grape juice, and water in slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
- Before serving, stir in orange and lemon juices, orange peel, and brown sugar.
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Good morning and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Wednesday briefing.
Book signing
Mystery writer Darynda Jones will be autographing copies of her debut novel from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at the Vines Restaurant in Portales.
"First Grave on the Right" is set in Albuquerque and categorized in the paranormal romance genre.
Question of the day
Books or movies…which scares you most when it comes to horror or thriller themes? And why?
Let the debate begin in our comment section below.
College money help
Clovis High School will be helping students and parents in completing the ever complicated and confusing Free Application For Federal Student Aid


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