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We all know that business life doesn't always go right, but with music by Andy Slatter, you can't go wrong!
"Every Dog Has Its Day", or so the saying goes. This phrase is recorded as being first uttered by Queen Elizabeth I, no less! Although, apparently she was merely quoting a proverb which was already well known in her day.
It means everyone gets a chance eventually; or that everyone is successful during some period in their life.
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Jazzy ukulele chords are combined with a cool walking bass line on upright bass, finger snaps, hand claps, laid back jazz drums, the occasional burst of kazoo, and a bright, optimistic, and romantic sounding melody played on ukulele, which is joined by real human whistling, and glockenspiel, and adding a slightly French/Gypsy Jazz feel.
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Arnold Palmerâs Bay Hill Club and Lodge
Orlando, Florida
July 26-30, 2004
Woltman and Leong tied for second at even-par 216
ORLANDO, Fla. â Samuel Saunders of Windermere, Fla., battled bogeys throughout Thursdayâs third round, but still managed to increase his lead by one stroke to take a two-shot advantage going into the final round of the HP Boy Junior Championship. Daniel Woltman of Beaver Dam, Wis., and Ben Leong of Orlando, Fla., are currently tied for second and trail Saunders by two strokes. The HP Boys Junior Championship, conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, features 82 boys, ages 12-18, from 24 states, Chile, China and Japan. The 72-hole stroke play event is being held at Arnold Palmerâs Bay Hill Club and Lodge, site of the PGA TOURâs annual Bay Hill Invitational. Past champions of the HP Boys Junior Championship include Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk and David Duval. Highlighting the 2004 field are 14 Rolex Junior All-Americans and 13 2004 AJGA tournament champions. The tournament field was cut to the top 50 players including ties following the second round.Saunders, the grandson of golf legend and Bay Hill President Arnold Palmer, will enter Fridayâs final round with a two-stroke lead following an even-par 72 that brought his three round total to 2-under-par 214. Saunders walked on to No. 18 at 4-under par with a four-stroke lead. However, a drive that landed out of bounds led to a double bogey for Saunders.âI was happy with my round today,â Saunders said. âIâm just not very pleased that it ended on such a sour note. Iâm still happy with a two-stroke lead though.âSaunders, playing at his home course, said he believes that the tournament isnât over yet. âAll these guys that play out here are very good,â Saunders said. âThe conditions here are great and with calm winds, anyone can go low.â Saunders will be looking to combine his 17th birthday with his first AJGA title on Friday.âI think that someone is gong to have to shoot under par tomorrow,â Saunders commented. âI hope that I can win. This would be the most important tournament that I have ever won. Itâd be even more special because itâs on my home course, in front of my family and on my birthday.âWoltman, whose best AJGA finish came at this yearâs Natural Resource Partners Bluegrass Junior and at the 2003 AJGA Chicago Junior at Bolingbrook, placing fifth both times, entered Thursday one stroke back of the leader, Saunders. His round of 1-over-par 73 included three bogeys and two birdies and pushed his tournament total to 216. Like Saunders, Woltmanâs round also ended on a sour note with missed chances for birdie on Nos. 17 and 18.âIt was a disappointing finish for me today,â the seventeen-year-old Woltman commented. âI know that I can strike back with a good round Friday. My goal was to shoot 68 everyday. I think thatâs what Iâll need to contend for the championship tomorrow.â
Unlike his counterparts Saunders and Woltman, Leong carded a birdie on No. 18 to bounce back from a bogey on No. 17.
âMaking birdie on No. 18 will give me a huge boost and a lot of confidence tomorrow,â the 18-year-old said.
Leong, a University of Central Florida signee, carded an even-par round 72 that brought his three-day total to 216.
âIt feels great to be towards the top of the leaderboard,â Leong said. âI canât wait for tomorrow. Everyone stands a chance. Whoever reads the greens and putts well will win tomorrow.âRory Hie of Lakewood, Calif., and Robert Gates, Jr. of Gainesville, Fla., carded matching rounds of 2-over-par 74 to bring their tournament totals to 217, which puts them in a tie for fourth place entering final-round action.The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA has a membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 50 states and 30 foreign countries.Titleist, the AJGAâs National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Associationâs success since 1989. Rolex Watch USA, a supporter of the AJGA since 1983, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004.Final-round tee times at Bay Hill will begin Friday at 7 a.m. and conclude at 8:48 a.m. off the Nos. 1 and 10 tees. For more information about the HP Boys Junior Championship, please contact tournament headquarters at (407) 876-8095.
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October 20, 2011
Raptor Initiative: Fall Migration Studies
The annual, 7,800-mile journey of Swainson's Hawks is regarded as one of the planet's most amazing wildlife migrations. However, little is known about the route they take from nesting habitat in southern Canada and the Rocky Mountains, to lush Patagonian grasslands in Argentina. In 2010, our research team working in Yellowstone followed a hunch that Swainson's Hawks and other raptor species migrate right through the park's Hayden Valley. Our subsequent field work and observations through the Yellowstone Raptor Initiative have revealed a higher number, and greater diversity, of raptors in Yellowstone than had ever been documented or even suspected.
Field Location: North Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park
David Haines: "Bird!" Coops, coming across from the bump to the right.
Jeep Pagel: Subadult?
David Haines: Adult.
Leslie Henry: Moving past the grey puffy cloud, circling right?
David Haines: No, that is a different bird; mine is just at treeline, moving fast….
Jeep Pagel: Did you see the Swainson's bopping behind it?
Leslie Henry: No, do you have it?
David Haines: Mine's gone; mark it; I have to see if that other bird was a Ferrug. There was another male k-bird near the Swainson's; Leslie, you got it?
Leslie Henry: Yes, I see the kestrel; the Swainson's is a U Dark, with a U Light behind it near Washburn, moving towards the roadcut.
If you are fluent in raptor-migration parlance, you may have already translated this short snippit of conversation. You might discern the field crew saw Cooper's Hawk, Swainson's Hawk, Ferruginous Hawk and American Kestrel in short succession. But without being present, you might miss the inflection and tone, and the overall excitement each raptor brings to the observers. (Read full translation here>> )
The above conversation -- and other similar exchanges -- happened almost every day during September and into October 2011 as we monitored the fall raptor migration. Raptors are birds of prey; anything from the diminutive -- but fierce -- American Kestrel, to the hefty and distinctive Ferruginous Hawk, to the larger Golden Eagle; and include almost a score of other raptors in between.
Our base was an observation point in northern Hayden Valley, out of sight of the public. During our fall studies, these dialogues began in the mid-morning, and increased as scores of raptors roused from their nighttime roosts to take advantage of any rising air columns and lift created by the wind.
The days are long at the observation point. Because migrating raptors fly so high, many appear as an eye-straining speck in the distant sky. By the end of the day, our eyes burn from almost constant viewing through high-power binoculars and spotting scopes. Upon close examination through our lenses, we identify raptor gender, age class, and other characteristics.


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If I Grow It, Will They Come?
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sell your soul to the devil give your email address to your favorite team, your inbox is inundated on a daily basis with offers to buy tickets, jerseys, caps, travel packages, World Series gear, Spring Training gear, etc., etc., ad infinitum. A few weeks ago, one popped in that was a bit more curious than the rest:
Wow! The very same seeds as those used at Citizens Bank Park! I can grow my own "Field of Dreams"!
The only problem with that plan is that our entire lot is just about half an acre, of which a portion is occupied by our house. I'm pretty sure baseball fields take up a lot more area.
As an alternative, maybe I could grow a little patch to harvest and sell in freeze-dried form, just like the Phillies are doing with their sod:
I guess I couldn't really call it "game-used", but it would be almost as good, having been grown from the actual grass seed varieties used at Citizens Bank Park! And if I had my kids play on it, it would be game-used, just not the same kind of game the Phillies' sod was used for.
According to an article on mlb.com, fans of the Red Sox (Fenway Park), Cubs (Wrigley Field), Reds (Great American Ball Park), and Cardinals (Busch Stadium) will also have the opportunity to "grow their own". Happy harvesting, everyone!
A-Rod Being A-Rod
In this morning's news, the latest A-Rod incident involved A-Rod running across the pitcher's mound during last night's Yankees-A's game. While returning to first base after a foul ball from Robinson Cano, A-Rod apparently ran across the mound, breaking one of those "unwritten rules" we are always hearing about. A's pitcher Dallas Braden took offense, and started jawing with A-Rod.
While I'm not going to enter the fray regarding whether he was right or wrong, I couldn't help wondering about this quote in the coverage:
Tasting himself??? (underlining added by me) What does that mean??? I'm not sure if it's some kind of typo, or a slang phrase I'm not familiar with.
All I know is that it's conjured up a rather unpleasant image in my mind, one I desperately need to get rid of. A good stiff gin and tonic would help with that, but it's still only 10:49 in the morning. Guess I'm stuck with it a few more hours!🙂
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I read that "tasting himself"" thing and had the same reaction you did. I guess we're just not hip enough to know these expressions – and I'm glad! (Oh, go ahead and have the gin and tonic. You know you want to.)
LOL Sue! Leave it to you to catch that!
I have dirt from Vero Beach from the last time the Dodgers were there. I picked it up myself while taking the Women baseball clinic. I also have some from Dodger Stadium. I told a friend to scoop me some.
Thanks for the email about the linkie thingie. Peter also send me one. Lets see if this works…
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LOL. Yep, anyone who sees himself as a centaur who can lie and lie and lie while keepin' a straight face definitely would be one to taste himself. HAHAHA!
people on a Pittsburgh sports talk station were bashing Braden telling him to call down and "know his place amongst baseball" he may have overreacted but he has a point. its like stepping in someone line on the green while golfing
I think A-Rod was an entitled jerk in the situation. Almost as if, "It's just the A's, who cares, really?" Sounds like a Yankee, for sure.
I was excited to hear that they have Wrigley Field stuff out there too. I'm certainly tempted…
LOL This is the kinda "home grown" stuff you can't even get from Acapulco! Great post. This is the kinds stuff that really cracks me up in the BloggerHood.
ARod knew what he was doing. He's was just trying to rattle a rook and he bit back. I thought Braden's comments, in their entirety, were kinda old school and cool. The situation is a wash as they both had their say. I like the old school gamesmanship at work here. The next series between the two should be fun.
Oh A-rod and the drama he carries with him LOL I understand where Braden is coming from completely although I still think his anger was instigated mostly by the situation at the time more so than A-rod just stepping on his mound. BUT him stepping on the mound really threw him over the edge! Eeps!
oh dear! I want citizens bank park grass in my front yard😀 hahaha
Hmmm, I will have the opportunity to observe batting practice on the field some day soon. I wonder if they would notice a chunk of sod missing from Dodger Stadium!!
Amazing how the same story gets a different spin at different media outlets, some say Braden over reacted some say Aroid was an ***… I just think Aroid is an ***… as for the sod, I got the same emails.. I'm thinking of getting some and making a small patch off my deck, like you we have a smallish area around an acre… now my father-in-law has enough ground for a whole stadium… hmmm.. lot of bags of seed though.. LOL
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Well, you know A-Rod is full of himself so I suppose if he really was "tasting" himself, it would not be a huge shock…lol
It was classless for A-Rod to step on Braden's rubber, I'll agree with that, but I doubt it had to do with them being the Athletics as much as it did with A-Rod loving controversy.
He just has a flair for the dramatic. I think that much is obvious.
I don't think A-Rod should have done it, but it was pretty sad for Braden to go on a 10-minute rant about it. He said "If he does it again, there will be repercussions". Is that a threat? Now I'd like to see it happen again, just to see these "repercussions". What will Braden do? Rant for 20 minutes?
I don't blame A-Rod for "tasting himself". If my skills made me $30M a year, I'd be pretty in love with myself. As long as "tasting himself" doesn't mean going back to wearing blueberry lipstick and tasting that, I'm good.
Also, I wish they sold Yankee Stadium grass. They tried to, but Mets fans kept buying the grass & smoking it to get a whiff of what it feels like to be #1 in New York.
New to your blog, and I'm liking it. Great gob🙂
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May 22, 2013 —
SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — It's week two of the championship foray and the action is intensifying across the spectrum of high school sports. In boys golf, Eldred freshman David Powers won the OCIAA Golf Championship. Powers shot a five-over-par 76 at Grossingers on May 14 to become the first Eldred golfer to win the OCIAA title since Henry Bosch did it in 2003, and the first freshman champion since Doug Novogrodsky of John S. Burke Catholic in 2001. Powers finished just one stroke ahead of Cornwall freshman Ryan Rodriguez. Both went to states a year ago. Sullivan West's Drew Billard finished fourth with a 10-over-par 81. The top 31 golfers advanced to the Section Nine tourney at Mansion Ridge on May 20. Rodriguez (32-44-76) held a one-stroke lead at sectionals after the first day. Billard 38-62-80 was eighth after the first day of Sectionals. Powers 40-44-94 was 16th. All three advanced to day two at Casperkill Golf Course in Poughkeepsie Monticello senior Angelo Niforatos (93) at the OCIAA championships, qualified for sectional play but missed the cut for the second day.
At the Donna Deppa Meet of Champions all county schools with track teams sent athletes to vie in the individually scored meet at Sullivan West except Eldred, which had a prior event scheduled. It was the swan song for Westie seniors pictured above right, who competed in their last home meet. Sullivan West's Mitch Paciga won the high jump with a PR leap of 6-4. He went on to take second in the OCIAA League Championships with a mark of 6-3. Teammate Anthony Rydell won the discus at the Donna Deppa meet with a heave of 121-5. He bettered that throw by nearly eight feet with a fourth-place finish at the OCIAA Championships by throwing 129-05. For results visit www.sportsinsightsny.com [1].
At the OCIAA Track and Field Championships held at Warwick on May 17-18, a number of locals had outstanding performances. Sullivan West's Reed Scott broke new ground with an outstanding run in the 3200 with a PR of 9:36.51, 16 seconds faster than his personal best. Fallsburg's Candhace Forest (12.75) took second in the 100 while Tri-Valley's Colleen Jones (101-01) won the discus. T-V's Josh Winters (148-09) was second in the javelin. After winning the 100 and 200 at the Donna Deppa meet, Monticello's Shane Jackson (23.02) took third in the 200 at the league championships.
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Imagine the Impossible
It has been well over a month since I first saw this doctored picture of Derek Jeter in a Red Sox uni, created and posted by Homer at We're Talkin' Homer, Blue Jays and MLB; but the damaging affects continue to haunt me today.
And I don't even like the Yankees.
I know Brian Cashman is staying true to his hardline of not negotiating contracts during the season, but as long as Jeter isn't guaranteed to be a Pinstriper next year, I am going to have to go to sleep each night knowing that the possibility he will be something else in 2011 still exists…
…and for a baseball purist like myself (bring back the wool uniforms, please) that is just unacceptable.
He's Derek Friggin' Jeter, Mr. Cashman. Not Posada. Not Mo. Jeter. The dude walks on water… and uses TWO HANDS!
So go ahead and hate me 'cuz I appear to empathize with Yankees fans (in this situation and this situation only); just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
Because I am.
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Juxtaposed with the pint-sized Pedroia, Beantown Jeetah looks like a Na'vi sans the blue pigment.
I personally think that REd Sox choice/possibility is right up there with finding Leprechauns the size of Dustin Pedroia in the Boston Big Hole tunnel throwing change for toll fare.
But we always forget that some see this as a game when they are between the lines, and a business the rest of the time.
Reminds me of the first time I saw Scott Kazmir in an Angels jersey during the 2009 Playoffs, or Eric Hinske wearing pinstripes.
Just doesn't seem possible, but sometimes a motivator is more than an emotional speech that can propel someone to do the opposite of what is reality to the rest of the 99 percent of us.
*SIGH* Almost like seeing Carl Crawford in pinstripes… and that scenario might be a "to Be Continued" moment.
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If I knew this was going make your blog, I would have lowered the color intensity on Jeter's face. ha ha. Thanks for the shout out! I can't believe Yankees actually talk about him leaving in the offseason, as well. They'll talk about anything in New York.
You are right on, as usual. Derek Jeter, off the top of my head, is the ONLY member of that country club that I would love to talk baseball with. He gets dissed all the time for the uniform he sports, but even the fledgling Bostonian in me can't say the game wouldn't be worse off with Jeter in anything but Yankee pinstripes.
Keep on keepin' on!
This goes with the Pujols-trade type of thing. People are ridiculous for attention.
I'm just curious to see the Yanks response to Jeter in light of the A-Rod extension. What are they gonna do? Jete's contract is going to speak volumes about a great many things in YankeeVille.
Jonestein — Okay, you better get on that: photo shop Na'vi Jeetah! LOL.
RR — Crawford will probably be the Yankees or Red Sox LF next year. Sad but true.
Homer — Haha, you're right. NY thrives on controversy. What would they do without it?
Ted — Yep… over all these years I guess I'm most impressed by his footwork and fundamentals. TWO HANDS JEETAH! Seriously, always two hands. A thing of beauty.
Cici — Agreed.
Mike — That's probably why they're holding off til end of the season… they don't even know what they're gonna do in terms of $$$.
That pic is liable to make you a target and I have no one lined up to take over as my #2.
Jeter's not going anywhere, so don't lose a moment's sleep over it. The Yankees will probably make him a part owner of the team. And remember – Scott Boras is not his agent.
Prince — Don't you worry. Like my man Ackbar sez: "It's a trap!"… for THEM. Your number two is as safe as safe can be.
Jane — I know you're right… still, there's that .0000001% that messes with me.
I threw up three times before I read the first sentence. That picture is just…. Oh God, someone pass me the bucket…. Horrifyingly nauseating. It looks too real for comfort. I feel like I'm stuck in a nightmare whenever I look at it.Gross.
I wish people would stop talking about it. Jeter isn't going anywhere. There will be no negotiating, there will be no scandals, there will be no tension. Jeter will walk into Cashman's office and say "I want to play baseball for X more years, possibly a year or two more than that so work it into the contract, and I think getting paid $ Y million is more than fair". Cashman will say "Works for me. Let's write up the contract."
Jeter isn't going anywhere until he retires. Even after he retires. He'll relax for a few years, then he'll coming back as a spring training special coach, then eventually a hitting coach, then bench coach, then eventually a manager, he'll get inducted into the HOF, and then he'll buy the Yankees. (OK maybe not the last one, but I'd love that)
We're not letting Jeter walk away from us. Not as a player, and not after he retires from playing, either. As long as Derek Jeter wants to have anything to do with Major League Baseball, he'll be with the Yankees.
The End.
– Hiba
I agree with you Hiba, for the most part (not the part about Jete walkin' into Cash's office like that all simple like) but if it's going to be so easy and simple, why not just do it now? Until it's done it ain't done. That's all. And yeah, that even bothers me, a bona fide Yankee hatuh🙂
I guess an ESPN reporter hasn't seen this yet, Jeter does look as though he's enjoying having a Red Sox hand up his back….if we weren't here to poke fun at things like this we'd have to watch ESPN for amusement….
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I have an enlarged prostate. I have had it since my teens. It runs in my family. Nearly every male has it, and all of us piss like 20 times a day.
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A doctor can get you something that really will work. My prostate was swollen briefly, until I saw a doctor and got something that works.
Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps. - Emo Phillips
Dutasteride and tadalafil.
AKA Avodart and Cialis.
If you want natural get some beta sitosterol. You can get it alone, not having to buy Super Beta Prostate. Helps me. Doesn't completely fix it but I can tell when I haven't taken it. Otherwise flomax
Nothing beats frequent REGULAR orgasms and ejaculations. 90% of OTC stuff is garbage. See your PCP every year and get your prostate checked. See a urologist but be slow to go for either medication or surgery. I've known guys who had a urethral stricture and were told it was their prostate - just having the cystoscopic exam cured their problem. They can do a cysto under Michael Jackson's sleeper, which is the only way I'd go.
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Vitamin shoppe sells it if you have one in your area. Make sure to get the 5XL. It is better than the standard prostate formula for reducing symptoms of enlarged prostate.
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Urinary track infection (UTI) can also make people pee frequently. Cranberry juice or caps can help.
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GSK Pharma has a combination capsule branded "COMBODART," but I haven't seen it in the U.S. yet You can bet they'll cost like crazy, unless you have good commercial insurance. All of the Rx prostate medications can potentially affect your libido and/or erectile function, especially if you've got any vascular, lipid, or BP issues.
The TADALAFIL, on the other hand, is good for both heart and hardon (as well as prostate). If insurance covers, I'd try the straight TADALAIL (CIALIS) 5mg daily and see if it helps your prostate symptoms on its own (give it at least a month). It should make you sprout wood quicker and easier, as well as maintain the bone-ified state during foreplay with less stimulation - AND it's good for your cardiovascular system.
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We've just made our first release of SCA on the PECL repository. The code has been added into what was the SDO project and which has now been imaginatively renamed to SCA_SDO (you won't believe how much thought went into that...). The main features of this release are:
- inclusion of the Service Component Architecture (SCA) component
- new PEAR packaging to install SCA and SDO as peer directories (PEAR/SCA and PEAR/SDO)
- update to Apache Tuscany C++ SDO revision level 478193
- new function in SDO_DAS_Relational to support multiple root data objects
- new function in SDO_DAS_XML to support CDATA sections (not yet complete)
- fixes for bugs #9287, #9289, #9339
Unfortunately, we were not able to include the json-rpc binding which was demonstrated at the recent Zend and International PHP Conferences. We hope to be able to include this support soon. It's nice to see some positive comments from people who attended those conference presentations. Greg Whitescarver said, "I'm very glad to say that SCA makes exposing services (especially web services) ridiculously easy", and a review on Developpez.com found SCA "...somewhat strange but nevertheless excellent!" (at least that's the Bablefish translation ;-) ).
If you'd like more information on SCA/SDO, please visit the project's community page.
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The stitched knit frog face and feet on the socks can detach, posing a choking hazard to infants and young children.
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About 5,000 pairs
The knit ankle infant socks have a red ankle border with a lime green sock that has four fabric feet and a dark green frog head with black and white eyes and a red tongue stitched to the top of the toe of the socks. The socks were sold with a Cracker Barrel price tag printed with SKU number 417662, S110, size 6-18M, fiber content and care instructions on the back of the tag.
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Workshop aims to improve farmers' marketing skills
When trying to make a living as a farmer, growing great food is only half the battle even the best tomato or cheese doesnt sell itself.
The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermonts ninth annual Direct Marketing Conference aims to improve farmers sales by bringing together farmers, farmers market organizers, and marketing pros to educate and build stronger opportunities within the thriving market for local food in Vermont.
This daylong conference of workshops, inspiring speakers, and networking will be held Sunday, Jan. 12, at the Vermont Law School in South Royalton.
The 2014 conference features two tracks: one for farmers who market directly to consumers through farmers markets, farm stands, and community supported agriculture farms; and new track for farmers market organizers.
The main conference will feature 16 workshops on a variety of marketing and market development topics.
The farmers market organizer track includes intensive working sessions, including Governance Basics for Farmers Markets; Marketing Tools, Best Practices & Guidelines for Better Organizing & Promoting Farmers Markets; and Making the Case for Your Market in Your Community.
The conference will also host the annual meeting of the Vermont Farmers Market Association and coaching sessions for new farmers and online marketing.
Conference attendees will enjoy listening to Richard Berkfield of Food Connects, Mari Omland of Green Mountain Girls Farm, and Eric Rozendaal of Rockville Market Farm as this years FarmsTED speakers. Darlene Wolnik, an independent consultant and farmers market researcher, will act as moderator.
For more information and to pre-register, visit www.nofavt.org/dmc. Walk-in registrations will be also welcome, but lunch may not be available.
Each Vermont Farmers Market Assocation member market is invited to send one representative to the conference, free of charge, who is able to attend and vote at the annual meeting held at the conference.
Registration fees are $40 for NOFA Vermont members and $50 for non-members. A lunch made with local ingredients and refreshments is included with the conference fee.MORE IN World/National BusinessNEW YORK Its not just the musical Hairspray that will air live on NBC tonight. Full StoryOXON HILL, Md. Far from the Las Vegas Strip, MGM Resorts International opens its $1. Full StoryPROVIDENCE, R.I. Tax credits. Lower cost of living. Restaurants and beaches. Full Story
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Theater Review: Play questions the aging mindBy Jim LoweJim Lowe / Staff photo
Dr. Grey (Alison Goyette), left, dictates notes while her patient Hannah (Emme Erdossy) snoops on Intake.
Aging has become a bigger and bigger issue as people outlive their body parts and sometimes their minds.
Margot Lashers new play Intake portrays an 82-year-old woman who fears she is losing her mind. The Greenberg-Snell production, part of Lost Nations Winterfest, proved charming and often quite funny at Fridays performance. The final performance is at 2 p.m. today at Montpelier City Hall Arts Center.
The elderly Hannah hasnt been religious about taking her medication and she talks strangely sometimes, so she has been referred to a psychiatrist. In her Intake interview, the young Dr. Grey is disconcerted by Hannahs brassy and independent responses.
Hannah wont give the desired answers to the formulaic questions and sometimes she even turns the questions back on the questioner.
Dr. Grey, after a bit of exasperation, comes to respect and care for Hannah, whose lifelong companions are dogs. They begin to have regular sessions as Dr. Grey is studying the aging of the older womans mind. Hannah, in fact, is aging gracefully if reluctantly.
Emme Erdossy delivered a tour de force performance as the elderly Hannah. Erdossy mixed pathos with a dry wit, oh so humanly, making this woman both lovable and real.
Alison Goyette had the less attractive role as Dr. Grey, the straight man for Hannahs humor, but she proved quite effective.
Despite those performances, the play wasnt a dramatic success for several reasons. For it to be successful as a comedy, it must be consistent throughout. The first act was mostly repartee in the style of The Golden Girls, which was certainly fun. But the second act was an introspective and occasionally touching look at death. And it wasnt funny.
Intake didnt work as a drama for two reasons. First, the portrayal (the playwrights, not the actors) of Dr. Grey was most inauthentic. Psychiatrists are medical doctors who then go through psychiatry school and would never administer a test without allowing patients to explain themselves. (I never encountered such a stupid psychiatrist my in 26 years in the mental health field.)
The psychiatrist, of course, can be rewritten to be a bit more believable. But there was no dramatic arc, one that brings its audience to a climax, then the conclusion and hence no point.
Lasher has created a series of vignettes, some of them quite effective, and a splendid character in Hannah. If she could create a through storyline, with all the dramatic tension necessary to bring it along to a climax, she could have a beautiful little play.
The production, directed by Joanne Greenberg and produced by Liz Snell (both former theater teachers at U-32), was effective and well done. Casey Covey designed the attractive lighting on Snells simple but elegant set.
Intake could be quite a good play with some work. Fridays audience wasnt concerned, as it thoroughly enjoyed Erdossys charming performance.
Lost Nation Theater
Lost Nation Theaters Winterfest will present the final performance Margot Lashers Intake, today at 2 p.m. at City Hall Arts Center, 39 Main St. in Montpelier. Adapted from Samuel Beckett, by Ellis Jacobson, follow follows Feb. 20-23, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, an 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $20, $15 for seniors and students; call 229-1339, or go online to www.lostnationtheater.org.MORE IN Central VermontMIDDLEBURY According to WebMD, Dystonia is a movement disorder that causes a persons muscles ... Full StoryTiffany Briggs and Kayla Jackson eyed each other across the table, clasped hands, and then it was... Full StoryMARLBORO Police are investigating a burglary on Higley Hill Road. Full Story
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This website provides the documentation for XMDS2 (an all-new version of XMDS), a software package that allows the fast and easy solution of sets of ordinary, partial and stochastic differential equations, using a variety of efficient numerical algorithms.
If you publish work that has involved XMDS2, please cite it as Comput. Phys. Commun. 184, 201-208 (2013).
To get a flavour of what XMDS2 can do, take a look at our Quickstart Tutorial, then take a look at our comprehensive documentation. Automated installers are available for Linux and Mac OS X, refer to our installation instructions for details.
XMDS 2.2.1 contains minor bugfixes and updates. This includes documentation improvements, superior handling of external packages and more informative errors.
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Patriots announce re-signing of WR Julian Edelman
ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, MARCH 8-9 - FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2013 file photo, New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman (11) runs against the Carolina Panthers during the second half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C. NFL free agency begins Tuesday, March 11, 2014, with each team having another $10 million or so to spend thanks to the increased salary cap. Such standouts as receivers Eric Decker and Julian Edelman, defensive end Michael Bennett and cornerback Alterraun Verner figure to draw quick attention. (AP Photo/Bob Leverone, File)
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Julian Edelman is back with the Patriots and Tom Brady doesnt have to worry about losing his favorite wide receiver again.
Edelman, who caught a career-high 105 passes with six touchdowns after Wes Welker left for the Denver Broncos before last season, re-signed with New England on Tuesday after testing the free-agent market.
The announcement came three days after a post on Edelmans Twitter account said, Foxboro is home. Excited to be back.
The Patriots did not disclose details of the contract, reportedly worth $17 million over four years.
His signing is the second in two days of a wide receiver by the Patriots. On Monday, they added Brandon LaFell, who became a free agent after catching 49 passes in his fourth NFL season, all with the Carolina Panthers.
New England also has Danny Amendola, who caught 54 passes in a disappointing, injury-plagued first season with the team. Two rookies also contributed, Aaron Dobson with 37 catches and Kenbrell Thompkins with 32. Dobson is expected to be sidelined at least two months after surgery for a stress fracture in his foot.
Edelman had just 69 receptions in his first four seasons after being drafted in the seventh round out of Kent State, where he played quarterback.
He also had another strong season as a punt returner. His average of 12.3 yards per return over the past five seasons is second best in the NFL, behind Devin Hesters 12.5.
Since free agency began March 11, the Patriots have added LaFell and cornerbacks Darrelle Revis and Brandon Browner while retaining Edelman and tight end Michael Hoomanawanui.
They lost cornerback Aqib Talib to Denver and linebackers Brandon Spikes to Buffalo and Dane Fletcher to Tampa Bay. Running back LeGarrette Blount, who rushed for 772 yards and seven touchdowns, remains unsigned.MORE IN Sports WireOXON HILL, Md. Wade Davis already had closed out a World Series. Full StoryBOSTON New Boston Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale said he isnt worried that he might not be the ace... Full StoryNORMAN, Okla. Full Story
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American Authors
5 authors who set their novels in their own stomping grounds
Some writers tend to hover in certain areas, states, locales, towns, etc. We think Faulkner, and there is Mississippi; John Updike means New England; Cormac McCarthy always writes about, well…America in general, I guess; and, Pete Hamill is New York. So this time, the FC Bookworm recommends authors' series ambulating in American nooks, and not individual books. To the stacks!
Janet Evanovich
Set in New Jersey, Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series is…how do I say it? Well, this is some irresistible fictive junk food. These novels, each with a numbered hook, like Sue Grafton's lettered crime series, are funny, unbelievable, and unbelievably funny. Her latest is Takedown Twenty, just out in hardcover! (PS: Try the audiobook series; those are great.)
Wallace Stegner
In our arrogance, we East Coasters always forget that something lies between the shores, out there, in the (Mid)west. Whatever that particular thing is, and however you define it, Wallace Stegner seems to give it voice. Angle of Repose and Crossing To Safety are justly celebrated works of Americana, and our collective condition as Americans. Angle of Repose itself is a kind of history of history; if you haven't read it, give it a go.
Julie Smith
Like New Orleans? You probably have already read Anne Rice, so check out Smith's Skip Langdon series—it's just what you need. A fine mystery writer, Smith won the Edgar Award in 1991 for New Orleans Mourning (considered her best novel). She's written nearly 20 books, with many other series works, apart from her jaunts with her most courageous, popular policewoman.
Saul Bellow
I put the great Saul Bellow on here for personal reasons—I need to revisit his works. He spent time in New York (much of Humboldt's Gift, my fave, is set there), but he is so closely associated with Chicago that the city assumes an architecture, of a sort, in his prose. I hope that, in returning to his books, they don't seem dated to me, as I read them decades ago.
Flannery O'Connor
O'Connor's short stories conjure up the South vividly, and also, nightmarishly. Sometimes they offer caricatures; other times, they are true, minutely realized pieces of crystalline short fiction. Her collected short works, The Complete Stories, will keep you reading for an enjoyably long time, so dig right in.


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Because in my mind, if a metal album has to be commercial or accessible, this is what it should sound like.
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I certianly can't see how overproducting can be declared an argument. So it's well produced... Nothing wrong with that. What? Does it neccessarily have to be recorded with a cell phone in somebodies garage?


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We are Korean Moms in training dedicated to psycho-analyzing our moms, reliving horrible memories of embarrassment and dread for the benefit of the public...all the while laughing like a wheezy grandpa. Someone needs to pay for our therapy...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
#21 Seaweed Soup or Mee-yuk-gook on your birthday
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Oh, so true.
How about New Year soup? Sal-nal duk-gook?
- July 10, 2008 at 6:50 PM
haha i don't think we've missed mee yuk gook on any of my family's birthdays since i was born...
- July 14, 2008 at 10:20 PM
hahah this is so true, and u know this is very traditional. My mom also always gave me meeyuk guk and alwyas told me "its good for you" w hen i say i dont wanna eat this. She also tells me to eat every drop of it. LOL!!!!!
- July 21, 2008 at 10:01 PM
- santoki said...
It gives me the dry heaves. I believe the saying is, "gooood pour youuu"
- August 4, 2008 at 1:33 AM
LOL! Wait til you give birth - mother brings the mee-yuk-gook to the HOSPITAL ROOM! And apparently, tradition dictates that new mother eat mee-yuk-gook every day (every meal?) for about a month!
- August 5, 2008 at 2:37 PM
I actually love miyuk gook and even after having it at every meal for a month after giving birth, I still didn't get sick of it. Something's wrong with you all who don't like miyuk gook. :) Btw, if your mom told you miyuk gook makes you turn a year older, she lied. Koreans consider you 1 years old at birth and you turn a year older every lunar new years with a bow of dduk gook.
- August 6, 2008 at 2:29 AM
- parksalot said...
my mother has spent hundreds of dollars sending me korean food stuffs to make sure (1) i'm eating "healthy" food and (2) probably to make sure i don't somehow, magically turn into a while guy because i'm not getting enough keem, noo-rung-gee, and good ole ramen in my diet. little does she know, that transformation happened a long, long time ago.
she also sends me fresh produce in the mail that is bruised and sometimes a little smelly. i'm pretty sure she's convinced the white devil i married isn't feeding me well, although i'm a professional cool that attended culinary school... which means i'm a failure.
- August 10, 2008 at 2:23 AM
- parksalot said...
while = white
cool = cook
it's late...
- August 10, 2008 at 2:24 AM
- parksalot said...
oh, just one more thing... i made it up to them by getting a degree in accounting a few years later. i absolutely abhor the accounting profession.
- August 10, 2008 at 2:37 AM
Boyfriend's birthday is on Friday, so we're preparing for the influx of meeyuk guk...oh the joy!
- August 25, 2008 at 4:34 PM
- Heather *IsaBella and Harrison's Mommy* said...
Bring on the meeyukgook! I love it! I actually made my sister very sick by my pure enjoyment of slurping it up after I had my babies. She says she is forever traumatized by the amount of meeyukgook consumption by one person and will never be in the same room with it again! Supposedly, it's supposed to "clean your blood" and "so healthy for you" so my mom made me eat it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and everytime the baby snacked on my boobies, she would be feeding me meeyukgood. I told her to keep that hot soup away while I'm feeding the baby, but she responds with "you feed your baby, I feed mine!" Hahaha! I love my Korean Mom!
Love always,
- October 10, 2008 at 2:44 AM
parksalot = lulz
- December 20, 2008 at 1:11 PM
Meeyukgook is actually for moms. Since meeyuk contains lots of iron, it helps moms recover quickly after giving birth.
- February 22, 2009 at 11:04 PM
- pamela said...
My Korean Mom didn't make a big deal out of this soup for our birthdays, but she did make it and encourage me to eat it after the births of my daughters, talking about how it's so good for post-partum mothers. Fortunately for me, Mee-Yuk-Gook is one of my favorite Korean foods.
- March 1, 2009 at 12:44 AM
*gasp*! i LOVE miyukgook!! it tastes so good! especially when it has the lil pieces of ggoh gee in it! XD
- April 13, 2009 at 11:57 PM
I also LOVE Miyukgook! Mmmmmm my favorite! My mom also never missed a b-day. This is my "comfort food". Did you ever eat it with rice mixed in with the soup? I found out later, when I was in high school that this was something that 'babies' did. I don't care- that is still my favorite way of eating it!
- September 4, 2009 at 3:58 PM
This is probably why my kid and nephew and niece call it the "me-yucky-gook".
- June 16, 2010 at 11:23 PM
I, too, am sooooo sick of Miyukgook. Not only did I eat it every birthday, but also once a week till I moved out of my parent's.
- August 29, 2010 at 8:30 AM
- Shaina said...
I LOVE the Harry Potter references. Don't know if your mom ever did this, but my mom tried to take my HP books away because she thought it was "work of devil". Your blog is awesome.
- September 16, 2010 at 11:46 AM
- unchienne said...
Never liked seaweed soup as a child. I don't think my mother does either, which is why I always had clam soup on my birthdays. However, as an adult, I sort of like mee-yuk gook. Even made it myself a few times.
- March 28, 2011 at 1:35 PM
Lol....seaweed soup is actually one of my favorite things to cook, mostly because mine tastes damn close to my mom's version. Love this site by the way. I used to feel like sometimes I wasn't "asian enough" but a lot of these posts make me remember things i grew up with.
- May 19, 2011 at 7:45 PM
lol i guess i u used up all the mee-yuk cause we killed osama...
- November 11, 2011 at 9:15 PM


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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The man accused of torching three school buses a year ago had a history of playing with fire and threatening to burn things down, witnesses told police.
Robert Duprey, 26, of White River Junction was held for lack of $50,000 bail Monday after he pleaded innocent to felony charges of third-degree arson and unlawful mischief.
The Aug. 26, 2012, fire caused $200,000 in damage as it spread between the tightly parked buses in downtown White River Junction, police said.
A year ago Duprey was living in The Haven homeless shelter just up the hill from Pine Street and the Butler Bus Service maintenance building where the fire occurred. He would walk to West Lebanon, N.H., to his job in the mailroom of the Valley News newspaper.
Police said a co-worker there told investigators, "Robert is known for threatening to burn things" and "he would get mad and threaten to burn the Valley News to the ground."
Hartford Police Detective Christopher Aher, who responded to the fire, said the only person in the area was Duprey watching the flames from a nearby parking lot.
Another witness to the fire told police Duprey had flagged her down as she was driving past and asked her to use her cellphone to call the fire department.
Aher said Duprey told him he'd been walking home from work when he "heard coughing," saw a spark or glow inside a bus, and then heard someone run away. Duprey admitted to having a lighter with him that night but denied any involvement, the detective said.
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A dog was loose on Cross Street.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Wall Street may believe SAC Capital Advisors faced a tsunami of bad news Thursday when the Department of Justice levied five criminal charges against the hedge fund, however, the firm and its billionaire head Steven A. Cohen remain exposed to other catastrophic events, including earthquakes, tornadoes, floods and hurricanes.
SAC Capital, as an investment manager for S.A.C. Re, is responsible for an unknown amount of reinsurance that could come back to bite the hedge fund, given its current state of distress.
A giant natural disaster and any prospective reinsurance claims against S.A.C Re could put the hedge fund at risk of having to cover losses. Meanwhile, SAC Capital may be challenged to make investments that cover the reinsurance S.A.C. Re has already underwritten, given criminal charges against the hedge fund, outflows of investor money and the prospect Wall Street trading counterparts cut ties with Cohen & Co.
The plight of SAC Capital could also bring to light long-held concerns about a rush of hedge funds into Bermuda's reinsurance market.
In addition to S.A.C. Re, David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital has controlled a reinsurance subsidiary called Greenlight Re
Are hedge funds plowing billions of dollars of hot money into the reinsurance market that is susceptible to large trading losses, investor redemptions or the criminal probes that often ensnare Wall Street hedge funds? The DoJ's charges against SAC Capital could be a major test.
In 2012, SAC Capital and private equity firm Capital Z Partners opened S.A.C. Re with $500 million of capital. The goal was to have S.A.C Re underwrite low-risk property and casualty reinsurance and have SAC Capital's hedge fund wizards profitably invest the reinsurance float.
So far, $500 million of S.A.C Re assets have been invested back in SAC Capital and it is unclear how much reinsurance the venture has underwritten.
A.M. Best currently gives S.A.C Re a solid financial strength rating of (A-), however, it highlights a convergence of underwriting risk and investment risk in the hedge fund industry as the firm's most significant challenge. The rating firm is assessing whether S.A.C. Re will be impacted by the DoJ's charges against SAC Capital.
Bloomberg reported earlier in 2013 that Paulson's PaCRe had only underwritten a minimal amount of reinsurance, while investing about $500 million into Paulson & Co. funds. It characterized hedge funds' reinsurance operations as a tax dodge and calculated that a combined $1.7 billion has been reinvested in Third Point, SAC Capital and Paulson & Co funds.
Greenlight Re does appear to have underwritten a significant amount of reinsurance. It reported net premium and investment income of $171 million and $60 million in operating income in the first quarter of 2013.
Warren Buffett of insurance and investment conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway sees hedge funds' entrance into the reinsurance industry as a perfectly legal way to defer taxes on their investment gains. However, Buffett said at Berkshire's May 4 shareholder meeting hedge funds have increased competition for premiums and made reinsurance pricing too low.
"Hedge funds have entered the reinsurance business quite aggressively in the last few years," Buffett said. He said Berkshire Hathaway wasn't going to push heavily into certain reinsurance markets given prevailing prices.