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A southeast view of the proposed Williamstown public safety building by the architectural firm Black River Design.
WILLIAMSTOWN — Town officials and emergency personnel made their last-ditch pitch for a new public safety building over the weekend, and now it is up to voters to decide whether they want to pay for the $2.5 million complex.
Voting on the project is under way, and the results will be available after the polls close one week from today at 7 p.m.
More than two dozen people attended Saturday morning's final public hearing on the project. While most were already sold on the proposal, those who were still making up their minds were told the need is real, the price is right, and the time will probably never be better.
Hoping to take advantage of historically low interest rates and what he characterized as an extremely favorable bid price, Select Board Chairman Larry Hebert sought to undercut an argument that he claimed he's been hearing on the street.
"This is not a Taj Mahal," Hebert said. Officials say the building would bring the town's fire and ambulance departments under one energy-efficient roof, while creating a small office that would keep a deputy from the Orange County Sheriff's Department from routinely having to scoot over to Chelsea while being paid to patrol Williamstown.
Hebert said the board did agree to invest $11,000 in a brick façade for a two-story section of the facility that the town hopes to build next to its current ambulance building on Meadow Street. With the exception of that largely aesthetic upgrade, he said, the building will be a mix of concrete and metal siding — both durable, low-maintenance materials.
"There's nothing in this building that is way above normal construction," he said.
For the most part Hebert, Select Board member Rodney Graham and Keith Robinson, an architect with Black River Design, were preaching to the choir. The audience included members of the committee that has been working on the project since 2009 and all three of the three departments that would be using it.
Still, there were questions — some about cost and some about design — as some of those who crammed into the meeting room at the current fire station on Depot Street sought to develop a comfort level with the project. At least one, Becky Watson, said she'd heard all she needed to.
"I can't think of a reason to vote 'no,'" Watson said, after Graham fielded questions about financing and Robinson defended the design of what he predicted would be "a very stout structural building."
Graham, who has served as chairman of the committee that has been working on the project, said financing is still a moving target. "Worst case," he said, the town will be forced to exhaust a $200,000 contingency fund and be unable to qualify for a favorable loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that could save the community roughly $500,000 in interest.
If that happened, Graham said, the town would finance the project over 20 years through the Vermont Municipal Bond Bank. Under that scenario, he said, approval of the $2.5 million project that is on the town meeting ballot would add an estimated $90 to the annual tax bill of a home assessed at $150,000.
According to Graham, that projected tax increase would be closer to $80 if the town qualifies for the USDA loan. He said he is optimistic the community can secure that loan and doubts the contingency account will be seriously depleted.
Though the Select Board is asking for authorization to borrow just over $2.5 million, Graham said he doesn't expect that much will be needed.
"The goal is to (spend) no more than $2.4 million, and well under that if we don't use the contingency," he said.
Graham's estimates are based on a fixed bid of $2,070,500 that Summit Catamount Construction submitted for the building late last year, as well as a $56,400 bid received for a cost-saving wood pellet-fueled heating system. When you add in the contingency, as well as engineering, permit and insurance costs, costs of equipping the facility and the $30,000 the town plans to pay a clerk of the works to monitor the project, you hit $2.5 million.
Although Hebert said that is a lot of money, it is less than what the board expected when it solicited bids — a fact he attributed to a competitive construction market.
If voters refuse to finance a new building, Hebert predicted construction costs and interest rates would climb, repairs will be needed to the existing facilities, and the town wouldn't realize projected energy savings. One thing, he said, wouldn't change.
"The need for the building is never going to go away," he said.
The building, which includes modest second-floor living quarters that officials said would be used primarily by ambulance volunteers, would replace the converted automotive repair shop on Depot Street that has served as the local fire station since 1962. That building, Graham said, could be sold and the proceeds used to pay down the principal if the town obtains the USDA loan.
Meanwhile, officials said the current ambulance building would be demolished as part of the upgrade to a municipal campus that is home to the town garage and located across Meadow Street from Poulin Lumber.
The proposed building would include a five-bay apparatus area — four for the volunteer fire department and one for the ambulance service — with a mezzanine storage area. Offices for the fire and ambulance departments, as well as the sheriff's office, would be in an adjoining portion of the building that includes an 864-square-foot meeting room, and men's and women's restrooms and locker areas. A small section of that part of the building would include a second floor where living quarters would be located.
Hebert stressed the building is designed to meet the town's current needs, while providing some flexibility for growth.
"We're trying to look down the road with this building," he said.
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Elizabeth Lessner, co-founder of the Columbus Food League and operator of five other Columbus restaurants, broke the news to her staff yesterday, according to her blog elizabethlessner.com, explaining that "a number of factors," which she declined to discuss, led to her decision. She noted on Twitter last night that high rent and an inefficient building were contributing factors.
The restaurant will move to 340 E. Gay St. More details will be announced soon.
In August, Lessner announced plans to offer catering following requests from some of her customers that she had been unable to meet.
Lessner opened Betty's, her first restaurant, at 680 N. High St., five days before Sept. 11, 2001.
"I didn't have money or a college degree, but I had endless elbow grease, a mother who was good with power tools and an eye for good junk," she explained. She bounced ideas off friends, who " figured out how to squeeze pennies out of every leaf of lettuce to make rent each month."
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That's how the question goes.
"Not much, just a bit of Presbyterian, Methodist, & Baptist --- and a smattering of Pentecostal, ,you know," says I.
This was the conversation that brought a sense of puzzlement, and a tad bit of embarrassment to me as a child --- and even as an adult. At this stage of my life, I look back and see the beginning in the weird religious mix that made up the church in the community where I grew up. The image of that little white clapboard church with its ostentatious steeple and bell still comes to me every Easter. I know it was Easter because I had the new pink organza dress that my mother made and shiny patent leather Mary Janes. I know it was Easter because I was mortified because my Aunt Gail would not come into the church.
She plopped herself down on the uncut grass, crossed her arms and said, "I can hear the old curmudgeon quite well while sitting here. His yelling will hurt my ears if I get any closer."
I cringed because my Aunt Gail was just as loud as the Pastor. It seemed to me that the two of them were trying to outshout the other. He inside; she outside. I wanted to go in --- to show off my new Easter finery, but I knew everyone would turn to look at me, and snicker about my strange one-eyed aunt. As much as I wanted to go in and show off, I would not give them the satisfaction of whispering in their snide way about my Aunt Gail.
That fire and brimstone Baptist preacher gave way to a gaggle of new preachers; the strangely serious Presbyterian minister who always wore a very large black glove on his right hand. He was very serious, and he wore a black suit and black hat – to go with the black glove I thought to myself. He wasn't a loud as the Baptist preacher, but he was scarier. I only went a few times when he was the minister. Then there was the serious quiet old man, who I think was a Methodist, followed by the nephew of one of our neighbors who needed his first church. He may have been a Baptist, but he didn't stay around long. There was hushed grown-up talk about him having to leave.
About this time, this scattered rural community raised enough money to build a new church. That was a good thing too. The little pot bellied stove that was the old wooden church's only source of heat in the winter would turn bright red and had a most terrifying roar. I always wanted to sit in back so I could get out in case of fire, but the Sunday School teachers made all the kids sit up front. So we could be toasted, I suppose. The new boxy, dreary concrete-block church had one feature that intrigued me. When my best friend, and a regular church goer, showed me the structure, I was really excited. A swimming pool!
"I didn't know the church had a swimming pool!"
"No, silly, it's the immersion pool for when the Baptists get baptized"
"Have you ever seen them, you know, do it?"
"No, of course not, I'm a Presbyterian."
"But, but, this is your church, right?"
"Yeah, but Baptist and Presbyterians are different. We even have a few Methodist here too."
I was confused, and didn't think it was so interesting going to church if I couldn't use the new found swimming pool --- hidden behind the heavy blue drapes.
Not long after the swimming pool phase, my Aunt Wanda, who was a frenetic Pentecostal, manged to scare any real interest in churchgoing out of me. She told me stories of fire and brimstone, of little children who didn't believe (believe what, I dinna know) would roast in Hell. With all of that going on in church, I thought it best to keep as far away as possible. So my church going days tapered off, except for weddings and funerals.
Later on when I had children, the buzz was on. "The children needed some religious upbringing," came out of some deep recess of my mind. We were at the university at the time, and the college Presbyterian Church seemed quite mild and people were quite friendly. Sunday mornings became filled with the quiet, though rather restrained music. A nice counterpoint to my Aunt Wanda's vision of church. We became involved enough in that church, so we were each baptized in the Pullman University Presbyterian Church. Even though this was a very nice church with quiet educate folk, my church days of thundering Baptists, pious Presbyterians, and the whatever method of the Methodist, laced with Aunt Wanda's Pentecostals left me always questioning the basis of religious folk idea of who was saved and who was not. So those church going days too tapered off.
My next religious epiphany came one night while we were still at the university. I sat bolt upright in bed! I understood religions! (Of course, it helped that I was taking a class in comparative religions at the time. )
I shook Ric awake. "Honey, I understand --- God is the same."
"Ric, this important."
"Joannie, go back to sleep --- I have early morning rounds at the clinic tomorrow."
"Those dogs and cats can't be as important as this --- we are all the same."
" Joannie, for God's sake, go to sleep."
He rolled over and began to snore. I stayed awake and looked out the bedroom window in wonderment at the moon and stars. By morning, the earth shattering importance of my moonlight epiphany went unnoticed – but still I held that glimmering in the back of my mind.
Over the next couple of decades, church and religion gave way to self help books, 12 step programs, and gurus of varying ilk. Then I started my family historical research. Gad Zooks, I had a whole passel of Huguenots, Mennonites and Puritans peopling my past. German Pietists and Puritans morphed into Lutherans, Methodist , hard-rolled Baptist, and later into religious benign neglect. What remained to me of those staunch and stalwart pietists was a silent rigidity of my mother's people, the unspoken right vs wrong, good vs evil.
To complicate the matters, my family religious melting pot tossed in the Cherokee naturalism/mysticism, which many historians say easily mixed with the missionaries' Methodist, Presbyterians, and Baptist. I think not. From my mother, her mother, and her mother's mother and grandmother – back to when the moccasined ones talked to the shaman and the beloved woman, came and unstated but ingrained belief in the purity of nature – trees, water, animals; the belief that good was rewarded and evil punished; and of course, the Stomp Dance, actually more of a shuffle. My mother would, not often, but periodically lapse into a gutteral ugh,ugh type chant combined with a strange stompy-sort of shuffle. This did not seem unusual to me – I thought perhaps she saw it at a movie, or wild west show – I thought everyone's mother probably danced like this in the quiet of their homes. In later, years my Aunt Gail, mother's sister, told me of an instance where their mother did this same shuffle-type dance with the chant. She said that their mother learned it from their grandmother. When this dance is done for real and serious, the stomp and guttural chant come from deep within the person – connecting the inner self with the earth itself. I don't go to Pow-wows and do Indian dances, but I have experimented enough that I know the difference between just doing the steps, and actually stomping/shuffling/chanting to make the connection between the center of self to the earth.
My Scots-Irish forbearer's brought another facet to the mix, a different brand of Presbyterianism. They dinna care what anyone else believed so long as they kept it to themselves. Of course, in my family the Scots-Irish kept marrying the the German Pietists, Lutherans and their later incarnations, who were proselytizers. O, Lordy, what marriages are made in church – or not.
Over the last couple of decades, I made my peace with the religion-church dilemma of my childhood and of the multifarious religious background of my ancestors. I followed my Cherokee great-great-grandmother's lead towards a naturalism/vague mysticism---without the chanting and shuffling, combined with my college epiphany that all religions tend to ask the same thing of their followers; to lead a good and true life, do good works, and be compassionate to one's fellow beings. The path at times frightening, torturous, and funny, but now tantalizingly simple --- sometimes punctuated with a chant and a shuffle.


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ALBANY, NY — The gun control measures passed by the New York State Legislature and signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo on January 15 are supported by a majority of state residents, according to a poll by Siena College.
In the January 16 poll, banning assault weapons and magazine clips of more than seven bullets was supported by a margin of 73% to 26%. Support for an increase in penalties for purchasing illegal guns or using guns on school grounds was even higher, at 91% to 8%.
On the other side of the issue, the idea of placing armed guards in schools was opposed by 52% to 46%, and the arming and training of teachers in schools was opposed by 69% to 30%.
However, some owners of assault weapons—and there are estimated to be nearly a million in the state—are not pleased with the requirement that they must now register those weapons and some are vowing to ignore the law.
At a rally in Albany on January 19, a couple of thousand residents gathered to demonstrate against the new law, and speakers included several New York State Assembly members who also expressed sharp opposition.
Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, for instance, told the crowd, "They confiscate our guns, they confiscate our freedom." However, with the law now passed, it is unlikely to be undone in the near future.
The law will mean changes for the Sullivan County Clerk's Office, and clerks' offices around the state in the area of pistol permits.
County clerk Dan Briggs told the legislature, at a meeting on January 17, that the old law provided that once a resident obtained a pistol permit, the resident had it for life. Under the new gun law, pistol permits have to be renewed every five years. Briggs said the renewals are to begin in 2018 and there will not be a fee for that renewal, though Briggs said he will believe that aspect of the law when it actually happens.
While the renewals will mean more work for his office, on the bright side, Briggs said under the new law, "We will be able to purge our system; we have 17,000 or 18,000 permits out there, and we have no idea who died or who relocated."
Briggs said right now his office is swamped with applications for pistol permits; activity increased immediately when discussion of new gun control laws began at the state and federal level.
On another matter, Briggs said the county gets to keep a greater share of the fee when a resident applies in-person for a driver's license or other state licenses or registrations, and his campaign to pursue residents to renew licenses in-person is paying off. Revenue from fees has been steadily rising over the past four years from $569,697 in 2009 to $738,785 in 2012.


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Daniel Behle - Biography
Daniel Behle is one of the most versatile German tenors, having achieved success in concert, in opera and as a song recitalist. His repertoire ranges from masterworks of the Baroque via Classical and Romantic works through to 20th- and 21st-century compositions.
In April 2014 he made an acclaimed debut as Matteo in Richard Strauss's Arabella in Salzburg, with Christian Thielemann conducting. In the summer of 2014 he will sing Henry Morosus in Die schweigsame Frau at the Bayerische Staatsoper, and in 2015 he will appear as Oronte in Handel's Alcina at the Théâtre La Monnaie in Brussels, also returning to Aix-en-Provence as Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) and making his debut as Erik in Der fliegende Holländer at the Frankfurt Opera.
Daniel Behle has given concerts with orchestras and conductors such as the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden under Christian Thielemann, with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and Marek Janowski, with the Czech Philharmonic and Jiří Bělohlávek, with the Wiener Akademie and Martin Haselböck and with the Bachakademie Stuttgart under Hans-Christoph Rademann.
As a lieder singer he has captivated audiences at the Schubertiade, at the Prinzregententheater in Munich at the Philharmonie in Cologne, the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, the Beethovenhaus in Bonn, London's Wigmore Hall and at the Richard Strauss festival in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Behle has also made a name for himself as a composer: one of his major works is his arrangement of Schubert's Winterreise, which he premiered in the summer of 2013 with the Oliver Schnyder Trio. The work will appear on CD in the winter of 2014 and its first British performance will take place in 2015 at the Wigmore Hall.
Daniel Behle's portrayal of Artabano on the Grammy-nominated recording of Vinci's Artaserse met with the same critical acclaim as the six solo CDs he has released so far. His debut album for Decca will appear in July 2014.
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Hooray! The Kindle version of Slicing Heaven is available and you can order a copy of the paperback from me directly or from Amazon.com.
Either way, you'll get the best of the best of the "Slice of Heaven" blog posts.
But here's some more good news: You still can visit the old blog (broken links and all), simply by clicking here. There's so much more to the 24-Hour Pie Shop and Driving Range than tales, poety, and recipes.
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For an unusual first date, try a horror movie marathon. You may be able to find one in a nearby theater -- of course, that's a lot easier around Halloween than other times of the year -- or create your own at home with a stack of rental films.
There's nothing like being scared together to see if you are really compatible. Is one person a screamer and the other a comforter? That would work. If you're both screamers, though, you will just egg each other on. If you're both calm comforters, you'll be frustrated that there is no one to soothe.
Also pay attention to your date's popcorn-eating behavior. Try making just one bowl and see what happens. Does your date hog the bowl, making it hard for you to reach? Does your date drop kernels on the floor? If your date passes the bowl each time he or she takes a handful, you'll know you've got a winner.
No. 1: Try something new
For a unique date -- and a unique life experience -- do something that neither of you has ever done before.
It could be going to the opera, riding a hot-air balloon, having lunch in a nearby town you've never seen or anything else that is new for you.
The trick is to pick something that is way outside the norm for both of you, not only something you've never done before, but something you've never even thought of doing.
If your companion is a dud, at least you will have an adventure and a break from the routine, and you might even discover a whole new interest. If your companion seems promising, observe how he or she handles the unfamiliar situation.
Life has a way of throwing us curve balls, and someone who can take novelty in stride may be a good bet for the long term.
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Mettle in the mud
Tri-Valley's girls, who edged out Sullivan West for the right to represent Section 9 in the state Class C encounter, found the conditions trying, but the squad, which loses only one senior in Olivia Rehm, used the race as a great learning tool for future encounters. Eighth grader Autumn Bender (22:43.9) fared the best of the group, finishing 48th. Sophomore Sabrena Smith (23:04) was 57th. Rehm (23:46.4) was 74th, followed by sophomore Brooke Gillette (24:15.5) in 86th and junior Danielle Graham (24:02) in 93rd and Alex Brooks (27:00.7) in 121st. Tri-Valley's stellar season featured their 12th straight division title, a Section 9 crown and a first place at the Mt. Sac race in California, the world's largest high school invitational.
Proscia, Donnelly, Rehm and Bernstein were chosen to receive NYSPHSAA Sportsmanship Promotion Awards for 2011.
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Burying the truthMay 10,2014
Burying the truth
In December 2012, I submitted a letter to the editor of this paper warning of the dangers from large advocacy organizations secretly buying into journalism through financial support of purported 501(c)3 nonprofits such as the VTDigger online news site. The head of the Vermont Journalism Trust behind VTDigger, William Schubart, dedicated a full page editorial on his site to excoriating me for questioning his organizations finances, implying that I was an enemy of everything from a free press to sliced bread and canned beer. A year and a half later, I am disappointed to have been shown correct.
On May 1, VTDigger put online a feature it refers to as Legislator Lookup. It isnt unique, but it is a convenient way to search the donors to a particular local politician. VTDigger announced this new feature in a standalone release titled VTDigger Launches Legislator Lookup. In the comments section of that release I posted a comment highlighting the donations of the VTDigger/Vermont Journalism Trust board members to local politicians in violation of the trusts own policy statement. The editor of VTDigger, Anne Galloway, responded in the comments section that the policy did not apply to board members as they do not personally write news stories.
After several comments to that effect, I then raised the specific example of Ina Smith, a Peter Shumlin mega-donor and board member of the Vermont Journalism Trust. Ms. Smith is also on the board of the massive Johnson Family Foundation, which gave $15,000 to VTDigger in 2013 alone. Suddenly, all of the above comments were deleted from the VTDigger site. Comments on VTDigger are moderated, but this was the first time I had seen previous, already moderated comments tracked down and removed. The only possible conclusion is that they were removed because the content was disagreeable to those who fund the organization. Today, all that can be seen in the comments section of this particular release are positive comments helpful to VTDigger; any mention of the shady entanglements of its board or the looming presence of its massive donors has been scrubbed clean.
Those at VTDigger claim the aim of their business is open debate, but by scrubbing comments purely on the basis of content they prefer not to talk about, they have demonstrated they mean open debate about anything but themselves and their backers.
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Home List of Titles Direct identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from blood culture bottles by PCR-enzyme linked immunosorbent assay using oprI gene specific primers
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- Direct identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from blood culture bottles by PCR-enzyme linked immunosorbent assay using oprI gene specific primers
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- Kurupati, Prathiba; Kumarasinghe, Gamini; Poh, Chit Laa
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- A PCR-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (PCR-ELISA) was developed for direct identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from positive BACTEC blood culture bottles. PCR primers were designed to target a 249 bp sequence of the oprI gene in P. aeruginosa. Biotin-labeled probe (PA3) targeted to the species-specific motif were hybridized to the digoxigenin-labeled amplified products from P. aeruginosa and captured on streptavidin-coated microtiter plates. The specificity of the assay using the PA3 probe was investigated with a range of microorganisms, which are commonly isolated from blood culture bottles serving as negative controls. The PCR-ELISA assay was shown to be highly specific for the identification of P. aeruginosa and was 10-fold more sensitive than an agarose gel-based detection method using the same pair of primers, with a detection limit at 10 fg of template. The PCR-ELISA assay developed in this study is 100% sensitive and 100% specific as it correctly identified all 73 positive and 42 negative controls as well as 25 double blind clinical samples. It significantly reduces the time needed for the identification of P. aeruginosa from positive BACTEC blood cultures bottles from 2-3 days to 6-8 h.
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- Molecular and Cellular Probes, Vol. 19, no. 6 (Dec 2005), pp. 417-421
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- 2005
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- 0304 Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry; 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology
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- Blood culture bottles; OprI gene; PCR-ELISA; Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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- Elsevier
- 1096-1194
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|Map of Columbus' 1492 voyage. Image from Wikipedia
However, by his mistake and Spanish support, Columbus opened the New World. Besides proving St. Augustine's geography wrong he also helped give Nicolaus Copernicus the idea to rethink the universe. His opening of the age of exploration also added greatly to the geographic knowledge of the world. He also saved the world
First, he saved Europe. A few years ago I wrote in 1491 that Europe was slightly ahead of the Islamic world. Wrong. The authors of Nuremberg Chronicle thought the world was going to end soon because things were going so poorly. Italian Franciscan monks switched sides and became Islamic pirates, thousands upon thousands of people were captured into slavery in raids all along the Mediterranean by Islamic pirates, and the great Roman Empire fell in 1453 to the Ottomans.
The great book Admiral of the Ocean Sea : A Life of Christopher Columbus by Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison describes the situation pre and post-Columbus in Europe as so
At the end of 1492 most men in Western Europe felt exceedingly gloomy about the future. Christian civilization appeared to be shrinking in area and dividing into hostile units as its sphere contracted. For over a century there had been no important advance in natural science and registration in the universities dwindled as the instruction they offered became increasingly jejune and lifeless. Institutions were decaying, well-meaning people were growing cynical or desperate, and many intelligent men, for want of something better to do, were endeavoring to escape the present through studying the pagan past. . . .
Yet, even as the chroniclers of Nuremberg were correcting their proofs from Koberger's press, a Spanish caravel named Nina scudded before a winter gale into Lisbon with news of a discovery that was to give old Europe another chance. In a few years we find the mental picture completely changed. Strong monarchs are stamping out privy conspiracy and rebellion; the Church, purged and chastened by the Protestant Reformation, puts her house in order; new ideas flare up throughout Italy, France, Germany and the northern nations; faith in God revives and the human spirit is renewed. The change is complete and startling: "A new envisagement of the world has begun, and men are no longer sighing after the imaginary golden age that lay in the distant past, but speculating as to the golden age that might possibly lie in the oncoming future."
Christopher Columbus belonged to an age that was past, yet he became the sign and symbol of this new age of hope, glory and accomplishment. His medieval faith impelled him to a modern solution: Expansion.
Most importantly he ensured Western European ideals, specifically and ironically English-ideals, survived. Ideals of a separation between religion and State (the Catholic states had this compared to Islamic Caliphate and Sultanates where secular and religious offices were one in the same), the rights of individuals apart from being property of the state, and check-and-balances in governments were threatened by the Ottoman horde. Fortuantely, New World gold supplied the Hapsburg Empire with enough money to build an army and navy which could stop the Ottomans. Trade of New World goods destroyed the Ottoman's economy which was based on controlling the old trade routes. The stopping of the Ottomans and appeal of New World resources encouraged France, the English, and others to colonize. These colonies brought ideas of freedom to the New World.
Columbus' drive led to the opening of the New World. Western ideals of limited government and personal freedoms grew in the New World. While New World governments have not been perfect, sometimes failing miserably, in putting these ideals into practice, there is a constant drive to make a more perfect system. The New World also led the charge for the establishment of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Meanwhile, the former Ottoman world suffers somewhere between troubled democracy and dictatorship.
Columbus was not perfect. Spanish and other colonial rules had horrible defects. However, history has shown how the New World made the whole world better.


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Republic Airways to Host Recruiting Sessions in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as it Launches Plans to Hire More Than 350 Flight Attendants in Preparation for 2007 Growth
Indianapolis, Indiana: (November 9, 2006) – Republic Airways Holdings (NASDAQ/NM: RJET) announced today that it will be hosting a series of recruiting sessions in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as part of its announced plans to grow its flight attendant workforce by more than 350.
All three of Republic's carriers – Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America – expect to add Flight Attendants thanks to the company's strong partnerships with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, US Airways, and beginning in 2007, Continental Airlines. The company's existing flight attendant workforce of approximately 1,100 is expected to grow to 1400 by early 2007, and a series of flight attendant training classes are scheduled for the next four months to accommodate the expansion. Republic Airways recently held recruiting sessions in Greensboro, North Carolina, Louisville, Kentucky, Indianapolis, Indiana, Washington, D.C. and New York where over 800 flight attendant candidates have participated in the recruiting sessions.
Republic Airways has major operations at Pittsburgh International Airport where it operates an aircraft maintenance facility and its subsidiaries currently operate 17 daily departures as US Airways Express. The company currently employs more than 175 aviation professionals in the Pittsburgh area. Beginning in February 2007 Republic's Republic Airlines subsidiary will operate 86-passenger Embraer 175 aircraft out of Pittsburgh International Airport as US Airways Express.
"The regional airline industry continues to generate the bulk of the growth and jobs in aviation, and as we lead the sector in expanding and flying even larger jets, we are excited about the future of the airline and the opportunities for our employees," said Republic Airways CEO Bryan Bedford. "We have an outstanding group of employees and we want to tap the region's long affiliation with aviation and find new employees interested in joining our company and participate in our continued expansion."
Open house recruiting sessions will be held November 14th and 15th beginning promptly at 10:00 a.m, 2:00 pm and 6:00pm on Tuesday and 10:00 am and 2:00pm on Wednesday at The Embassy Suites Hotel located at 550 Cherrington Parkway just off Route 60 Business at the Thorn Run Rd exit. Please note the doors to all recruiting sessions will close promptly at the beginning of the session.
Candidates must be 19 years of age with a high school diploma/GED, customer service skills and good communication skills. Please complete an on-line application and bring two valid forms of ID to the Arlington Employment Center. The employment package includes paid training, generous health insurance and related benefits, as well as travel benefits. For more information and to complete an on-line application candidates should visit our employment website at http://jobs.rjet.com
The three Republic-owned airlines operate a series of flight attendant crew bases at Indianapolis, Louisville, Buffalo, Greensboro, St. Louis, New York LaGuardia, Columbus, Richmond, Chicago O`Hare, Washington Reagan National Airport, Pittsburgh, and Orlando. New hire flight attendants must be willing to relocate initially to any of these bases, but if eligible, can bid for openings at a preferred base. The company works with flight attendants to help them secure their preferred base as quickly as possible.
Republic Airways Holdings, based in Indianapolis, is the airline holding company for the three carriers, and offers scheduled passenger service on more than 1,000 flights daily to 92 cities in 37 states, Canada, Mexico and the Bahamas through airline services agreements with five major airline partners. The airlines currently employ more than 3,500 aviation professionals and operate 171 regional jets including 76 E170 aircraft.


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10 Best Family Cars of 2012
It doesn't have to take the kids to school, soccer practice, rehearsals or to relatives' houses for the holidays, but in many ways summer can be the most punishing season for the beloved family vehicle. The heat makes the interior feel twice as small while the road trips can get considerably longer. The comfort, fuel economy and reliability are tested every day a family's on vacation. One failure or slip-up and the family car is relegated to the mechanic while its charges drive off in a loaner or, worse, a rental.
Vehicle ratings services such as Edmunds and Kelley Blue Book know just how crucial the lazy days of summer can be for the family car, which is why both recently compiled lists of the vehicles they believe are the best available to American families today. We took a look at those lists and compiled the 10 best offerings from each. The following are the vehicles most likely to turn a chorus of "are we there yet" into a ride nobody's in any rush to end:
10. 2012 Toyota(TM) Prius v
The space of a wagon with the fuel efficiency of a subcompact? Yes, please. The Prius v's "V" stands for versatile and nowhere is that more evident than in its 67.3 cubic feet of cargo space. That's considerably larger than the original-recipe Prius' 39.6 cubic feet and is closer to that of compact SUVs such as Toyota's RAV4. Its combined 42 miles per gallon is impressive, but still is substantial step down from the regular Prius' 50. Still, that combination of space and fuel efficiency is a family shuttle driver's dream.
9. 2012 Chrysler 300
It's a full-sized sedan without the full-sized cost. Even the bare-bones rear-wheel-drive model comes with a 3.6-liter, 292-horsepower V6 engine, eight-speed automatic transmission, touchscreen communications and entertainment console and one year of Sirius-XM(SIRI) satellite radio. That's all great for the driver, but a cavernous interior, 16 cubic feet of trunk space and a 60/40 folding rear seat and mileage that tops out at 31 miles per gallon on the highway is great for the whole brood.
8. 2012 Honda(HMC) Civic
It's a bit snug for a family car, but the Civic's combined 33 miles per gallon and nearly 40 miles per gallon on the highway make it tempting for households on a tight budget. It seats five with a surprising amount of space left over, is coated in airbags to keep everyone safe and has a new display that shows fuel efficiency, music info and even family photos.
7. 2012 Chevrolet(GM) Suburban 1500


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Toy stress balls make great products for any business or organization that needs entertain kids of any age. In the healthcare industry? Try using these items in doctor's office waiting rooms. Give one to each new little patient to play with and squeeze while he waits for his appointment. Doctors' offices can be an enormous source of anxiety to kids both well and sick. From vaccines to radiation treatment, kids can be overcome with fear as they face scary intrusions upon their bodies. Help them understand doctors' offices and hospitals don't have to be so frightening. And hey -- adults probably wouldn't mind having a toy stress ball or two to play with either, for that matter. Imprint the items with your practice's logo and let patients take them home to be reminded of their positive experience for years to come.


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OMG-Tony mentoring young media students
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Role reversal: Stewart now interviewing the UofA students. These students have some unique and fresh insight. U'll see 'em after graduation.
Tony Stewart: Racecar driver, team owner, humanitarian and teacher...molding future generations of the media.
Media who follow this Twitter feed are wondering what's more frightening: the coming tornadoes or Stewart serving as a media mentor.
The UofA students are taking an advanced magazine writing class and Stewart is telling them of his dealings with the media...good and bad.


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Most people have probably had a shitty, disposable job at one point. Maybe you're in one now, reading this on your phone in a futile attempt to escape reality (IT GETS BETTER). Toiling in minimum wage bullshit can at least give us empathy for others in such jobs after we've moved on. Imagine the tipping culture we'd have if everyone was forced by law to work eight months as a server. In a mismanaged Hooters. Next to a football stadium. ("I don't need a menu, I JUST CAME IN TO LEAVE A TIP!!") But, in an attempt to bring some meaning to such hilariously underpaid toil, what else can we learn? Looking back on my own majestic run of underemployment, shitty jobs definitely offer a few noble truths ...
4People Have Shitty Jobs Because They Can't Get Good Ones
Why do people have shitty jobs to begin with? Because they can't get good jobs, and not always due to the economy.
Often it's just teenagers who'll take any job, but more often it's for other reasons. I worked at Burger King in the whitest damn neighborhood in Canada, and yet the staff was Planeteers-level multicultural, because it's no secret that we love to gaze upon a massive immigration wall of distance and money and sorrow and red tape and electric eels (probably) and then declare that anyone who climbs over it is somehow not in shape and thus only fit for jobs the locals are too goddamn special to do.
Non-racism reasons people can't get good jobs: they're mentally ill, they're incompetent (and those two are not related), or they're sketchy as fuck, with a 1981 haircut and a mustache and of course they're named Randy and only want a job in the first place because they need money to buy crystal meth from the Hell's Angels and I spent nine hours with that dude incorrectly rewaxing a floor in an overheated mall walkway and that was a shitty fucking job. Additionally, people can't get good jobs because they just don't have any connections. Think about how you got your job/apartment/romantic partner, if you have a good one. Was it because you knew someone?
I didn't know anyone, and that was either because of or the cause of my other problem, which was/is an absence of social skills and confidence. You're not gonna get a good job when you're too socially calamitous to go hand out resumes -- you're gonna get whatever dregs are left where they'll hire anyone and not care if they just stand off to the side murmuring worryingly. With people who've scaled the immigration wall, you at least get super overqualified employees. I was fuckin' GREAT at Burger King. But I and half the other people working there should have been doing great at something else.
3The Service Sucks Because People Aren't Paid Enough to Offer Service
Anyone who complains about the service anywhere has never had a shitty job. Anyone who has had a shitty job and is not a sociopath does not complain about the service (up to a point) because they know that people are not being paid enough to do the basic aspects of their job, let alone go above and beyond. Nobody with a shitty job is earning enough to survive, so if the cashier didn't smile at you, well maybe she's a Bosnian refugee being paid just enough to show up or to forget 1/16 of her troubles but not both, and if the waiter took too long, maybe he's the only one on tonight because the boss is too cheap to pay three people to do the work of three people, and if the cleaners didn't get the gum off the carpet, maybe we fucking tried for like 45 minutes and then had to move on and it was your gum to begin with and our list of duties is long and we had to train ourselves and offering nonexistent 1950s-style how-may-I-suck-your-dick-today-sir levels of customer service is not what you get for minimum wage, you get what you goddamn pay for, so get mad at the boss or the company, but not the person not being paid to not act like you're an entitled ass.


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Labels Unfair
This is in reference to the political and religious bantering we are hearing. As I listen and think, I am kind of offended. The labels of right wing evangelicals and left wing liberals and Democrats who are apparently not Christian etc. You see the categories?
I object to being cornered. How can the Catholics be offended by birth control when it seems acceptable to drink and smoke and have other vices which in turn cause death? How can the right wing conservatives get the market on Jesus and God? Do they too prescribe to drugs and alcohol and lust and greed and hatred to those unlike them?
I understand the moral code we are aspiring toward. But until all are ascending into the perfection realm we are all here learning about love. Isn't love the universal solvent? Yes, love the person, brotherly love, but not the sin.I am a Democrat who IS a Christian...


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#209708 - 02/22/13 02:08 AM mondegreen
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My favorite mondegreen is from the American Pledge of Allegiance to the flag:
'And one nation, for Richard Stans' (for which it stands) I kept asking my father 'who is Richard Stans?'
Another, from the hymn, 'Gladly, the Cross-Eyed Bear'.
#209709 - 02/22/13 04:03 AM Re: mondegreen [Re: bertzpoet]
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Your little piece on Ms.Wright, alludes to her not understanding her 'mistaken' use of the last line of the poem. When in fact, she was making light of this. The way in which this information has been drawn in your daily email, seems unfair to Ms.Wright.
( The final two lines had been heard as "they have slain the Earl O' Moray, and Lady Mondegreen."
The American writer Sylvia Wright coined the term "mondegreen" in an essay "The Death of Lady Mondegreen,"
which was published in Harper's Magazine in November 1954.In the essay,
Wright described how, as a young girl, she misheard the final line from the ballad.)
Edited by Barneytee (02/22/13 04:05 AM)
#209710 - 02/22/13 09:46 AM Re: mondegreen [Re: bertzpoet]
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My first introduction to Mondegreens was a William Safire column in the New York Times where one example he used was "Lead On, O Kinky Turtle" for the hymn "Lead On, O King Eternal". Mr Safire went on to credit Gregory Jaynes for using the phrase "lead on, o kinky turtle" as mantra for stress reduction. It seemed a profoundly appropriate use at the time in my own life and still serves me well in particularly trying moments.
#209711 - 02/22/13 09:55 AM Re: mondegreen [Re: bertzpoet]
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#209714 - 02/22/13 10:57 AM Re: mondegreen [Re: bertzpoet]
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My late father referred to a friend who had developed 'Old Timer's Disease' for Alzheimer's Disease.
Another mondegreen, in Portuguese, was heard by a female friend of mine after the 1974 revolution in Portugal in which the Communist party had become prominent. My friend was complimented at a dinner party for being very beautiful, like a 'protaganista' (a movie star) but which she heard as, and was accordingly insulted by, the phrase 'puta comunista' (a Communist whore).
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My favorite modegreen was "there's a bathroom on the right" in the Credence Clearwater Revival song, "Bad Moon Rising." The correct wording that I finally understood was "There's a bad moon on the rise."
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It took me almost 60 years to realize that the song I learned as a child was not just nonsense, but had words that could be understood. I've since learned that others shared this mondegreen. Perhaps others here remember, "Mairzie dotes and dozie dotes and lit'le lamzie divey. A kid'l de divey too, wouldn't you?" I still prefer my version to "Mares eat oats and does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy."
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My mother used that song, and it was the way you prefer.
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Mairzy Doats was a novelty song, published with that title/lyric - the joke was given away later, in the bridge:
If the words sound queer and funny to your ear, a little bit jumbled and jivey,
Sing "Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy."
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MINOX BN 7x50 DC: revolutionary nautical marine binoculars with innovative digital compass
Revolutionary, innovative, digital. The new MINOX BN 7x50 DC combines all the characteristics that navigators at sea and water sports enthusiasts need. A high level of functionality, perfect viewing, fast orientation as well as outstanding ergonomics. Thanks to the integrated digital compass the BN 7x50 DC is held safely and securely in your hand making it a reliable companion at sea that is extremely comfortable to use.
MINOX BN 7x50: the classic nautical marine binoculars
The new BN 7x50 from MINOX is the flagship and basic class in the NAUTIK LINE. Fitted with a high quality optical system these classic marine binoculars offer high light transmission and provide a brighter image right into twilight conditions. The innovative and ergonomic design comes with a robust and non-slip housing to enable fast and secure handling, making the BN 7x50 the perfect companion for water sports or navigation activities at sea.
The new MINOX DTC 600 with blackflash: Completely invisible to animals and people
Game cameras have been used for checking, recording and research purposes in nature oberservation and game parks for a long time now, and have become an essential tool in the field of hunting and gamekeeping. MINOX, the optics manufacturer from Wetzlar, is therefore expanding its current product range of game cameras with the new model DTC 600. Small and compact, this new MINOX DTC 600 also features a black filter in front of the IR flash, making it completely invisible to animals and people!
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German and optics. There are hardly two words in the outdoor product market that seem to fit better together than these two. When combined, they seem to symbolize quality, durability, and dependability. Minox sport optics products have come to stand for these enduring features as well.
Headquartered in the optics capitol of Europe, Wetzlar, Germany, Minox has been producing high quality and innovative optical products for 75 years, beginning with the world famous spy camera developed by company founder, Walter Zapp in 1936.
MINOX expands presence in Southeast Asia - Successful shop launch in Kuala Lumpur
MINOX, the Wetzlar-based company of tradition, continues to expand on the Asian market. By opening a further flagship store in Kuala Lumpur MINOX will now be offering its products Made in Germany on the Malaysian market.
On track for further expansion: MINOX launches MINOX Asia Ltd. and continues to strengthen its position
MINOX, the German company steeped in tradition, has taken the growing demand for products of German brand manufacturers as well as the constantly expanding and lucrative market environment in Asia as an opportunity to found a subsidiary, MINOX Asia Ltd., in the Far East.
Spy games - German gadget maker MINOX has rolled out its spy cameras and speciality binoculars in Singapore
Mention the spy camera and images of James Bond using this miniature device in his espionage pursuits come to mind. Such novelty is a reason the gadget is regarded as a collector's item, one which the company behind it hopes would find its way into the portfolio of hobbyists in Singapore.
Compact Spotting Scopes Compared: MINOX MD 50 Favored in Price to Performance
The MINOX MD50 is also comparatively new to the scene, although it takes up the price range previously occupied by Kowas 50mm spotter that appears to have been discontinued. Before these models from Vortex and Minox showed up, selecting a compact spotter was a pretty straightforward affair: if you wanted the best one available, you had to pony up the cash for Nikons smallest Fieldscope.
Walter Zapp Award: Coveted award for outstanding scientific achievements
The fourth presentation of the Walter Zapp Award took place at the Latvian Academy of Science in Riga, Latvia on the 5th of September 2011. The prestigious award is offered to scientists, researchers and developers who have achieved outstanding and innovative thechnological developments in their given field of research.
Automotive sector meets optics: Volkswagen Design creates MINOX binoculars with digital compass
With the model BN 7x50 DC of the new NAUTIK Line MINOX has set a new milestone in the development of innovative and revolutionary products: the MINOX BN 7x50 DC is fitted with the latest state-of-the-art technology and offers water-sports enthusiasts many important features such as a digital compass, barometer, stopwatch, tilt function altimeter and temperature display.
The biggest challenge in the design of the new BN 7x50 DC was the integration of the digital compass in the binocular body. A task that the competent Volkswagen Design Team took in their stride and created a binocular body that stands out with a superb ergonomic and functional design.
MINOX and Volkswagen Design can look back on a longstanding cooperation. The engineers and developers of the Wetzlar-based optics manufacturers MINOX, and the creative team at Volkswagen have been working together for fifteen years already. The presentation of many renowned design awards, including the Design Prize of the Federal Republic of Germany the most prominent award in Germany underscores the successful cooperation of these two Germany companies. Both Volkswagen and MINOX can boast a longstanding tradition and decades of experience. MINOX products offer highest quality standards, maximum precision, solidity and longevity.
The identity and tradition of the brand MINOX features a very strong design component. On this basis we develop a design concept that is geared to refine and provide new interpretations of these values. The result will naturally always coincide with the goals and the quality standards of Volkswagen Design, commented head designer Klaus Bischoff.
The new MINOX BN 7x50 DC also has a good chance of receiving one of the coveted German design awards.
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MINOX demonstrates presence in Hong Kong and Singapore
Successful launch of new shop in central location
MINOX BL 8x33 test on the outdoorlife.com website
Summary: Good contrast, color rendition and brightness. Well-designed eyecups and generous exit pupil.
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Night Vision Device in Pocket Format: MINOX NVD mini featuring innovative digital technology
MINOX has long made a name for itself as a manufacturer of innovative binoculars and opto-electronic equipment. The optics specialists from Wetzlar are now presenting another reliable and extremely compact companion for all outdoor activities the MINOX NVD mini one of the smallest night vision devices in the world. For orientation purposes in unfamiliar surroundings this very compact night vision device is an absolute must for your safety!
Night vision devices are needed when even the most powerful binoculars with high twilight factor reach their optical limits. Using digital infrared technology they amplify the available residual light, such as light frequencies from the brightness of stars or horizon radiation that are not perceived by the human eye. With the new MINOX NVD the infrared-sensitive CMOS sensor picks up the infrared radiation and reproduces the image on the monitor in the viewfinder. Contrary to conventional tube night vision devices it is not sensitive to bright light sources - thanks to its digital technology - and can also be used in daylight, if required. The optical system provides 2 times magnification and the 16 powerful infrared LEDs are suitable for use in total darkness at a range of 60 m. With this innovative digital technology the new MINOX NVD mini is shock and impact resistant.
Compact dimensions of just 14.2 x 4.9 cm mean that the MINOX NVD mini is suitable for use anywhere. The ergonomic design allows a straightforward, simple operation and makes this outstanding night-vision device the perfect companion for all outdoor activities.
The scope of delivery includes a case and a charging cable. The NVD mini is now available from stockists.
For modern-day explorers: The new MINOX BD 7x28 IF with individual eyepiece adjustment
MINOX is setting new standards with the ultra compact and ultra light BD 7x28 IF. These lightweight, inconspicuous pocket binoculars boast a modern, stylish design and are the perfect companion for all day trips and when traveling.
The main feature is the easy handling of the focus adjustment there are no readjustments to make when looking into the distance. Using the convenient individual focusing of the two eyepieces these are set to the users eyes just once. The focus range is from 20 meters to infinity.
The fully coated lenses of the MINOX BD 7x28 IF offer the user excellent high contrast and pin sharp definition right into the edges.
Rubber armoring of the body provides an extremely good grip and ruggedness making the BD 7x28 IF excellently suited for rough conditions at sea.
Besides this, the extremely lightweight and robust body with open bridge design makes these binoculars fast and convenient to use.
Miss Germany Pageant 2011: MINOX presents golden digital camera
MINOX DCC 5.1 Gold Edition for the freshly elected Miss Germany Anne-Kathrin Kosch.
MINOX presents the new NAUTIK LINE - Innovative top quality optics for water sports
Ever since the invention of the famous spy camera the name of MINOX has been a synonym for highest optical precision and innovation. Today MINOX is still famous for its exceptional innovative approach in the field of binoculars and spotting scopes. MINOX binoculars offer a high-tech experience for the eye, premium quality that fulfills the most sophisticated demands and a comprehensive range of accessories. Manufactured without compromise for maximum quality and fine mechanical precision. Highest quality standards, precision, durability and longevity these are the German engineering values that reflect the MINOX philosophy.MINOX has now implemented the essence of this competence in the field of binoculars and spotting scopes as well and is launching its NAUTIK LINE with two innovative and professional binoculars for water sports. MINOX optics are designed to meet the extreme requirements encountered at sea. They have been calculated and engineered to provide maximum precision and reliability, crisp clear viewing with the highest levels of brilliance, brightness, contrast and resolution down to the smallest detail, as well as natural color rendition. The new binoculars of the NAUTIK LINE boast innovative and trendsetting features for modern water sports activities! The new MINOX NAUTIK LINE includes the models:MINOX BN 7x50 DC with fully integrated digital compassMINOX BN 7x50 C with analog compass
MINOX DCC 5.1 - A small masterpiece with huge performance
Designed in fascinating detail and with a sophisticated stylish format the new Digital Classic Camera MINOX DCC 5.1 is a true example of first-class German engineering from the fifties. Devotees of timeless elegance and precision mechanics will find it hard to resist the amazing look and feel of the camera. This small ingenious masterpiece in a scale of 1:3 is no ordinary digital camera and quietly reflects its owners confidence in style.
MINOX BV 8x56 BR - Lightweight and powerful in twilight
The new MINOX BV 8x56 binoculars presented by the optical specialists in Wetzlar are another powerful tool for hunting or nature observation in moonlight and in twilight.
Red dot award: MINOX excels - Coveted design prize 2009 for the MINOX DSC
Once again the optics manufacturer MINOX from Wetzlar has been presented a renowned international design prize for one of its products. This is a very distinguished quality mark. In this years red dot award: product design 2009, one of the worlds largest design competitions, the MINOX DSC Digital SpyCam received the coveted red dot.


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My first GSMNP Grand Slam
The plan today was to check the area above Metcalf. Brownie and I were out scoping out the brown territory getting ready for the fall. We caught a few rainbows and I caught a small brown. After all the excitement at noon (check back for that report tomorrow when Brownie loads up the pictures) we decided to leave on a good note. I headed back to Townsend to grab something to eat and started thinking that all I needed for my Grand Slam was a brookie. A quick drive up to Tremont and a steady fast paced walk got me in Brookie waters. 2 casts in and I finally got my Slam.
First I got my rainbow. Not much of a surprise to get one of those.
Then I got a little brown. I've only caught 2 browns in the park so this alone for me was exciting.
Sorry for the blurry pictures but I was exhausted from my almost sprint to the second crossing of Sam's Creek and I didn't realize the focus was out of whack.
Today was amazing day in the park. The Grand Slam was only half the story.
Sweet... Next time go up and run up above elkmont and go for the single stream slam! Congrats
Congrats on the slam!
Tie those san wuan worms up like green weenies and I think you'll have better results I'm not sure of it's that added length of the san juan worm (where fish grab back of fly not hook), or if the fluttering tail of the weenie that is key (just can't resist some "good tail").
Nathan I could see you hiking 8+ miles starting in the afternoon, but I think it might just kill Joel. Less than 2 miles sure beats 8. I would just drive up 441 for some roadside action if 1 fish was all I was after.
And Brownie, you have gotten great advice and help from LRO members and even gotten to fish with several. If that's not enough of a reason to post us a trip report ASAP, I can think of 22 other reasons
Congrats on the slam Joel I am so happy for you and want to say thank you again for the great work with the net, one day I will be doing it for you.
Ducky the report is up I hope to get to fish with you one day
I wasn't really going for the slam but I had to finish it especially after the crazy amazing day we were already having. I knew there would be at least 1 brookie at Sam's that would take a fly so I was going for the sure thing. I found 5 brookies that were willing and I only fished about 50 feet of the stream. I bet a day at Sam's would have been amazing.
As for the san waun worm. I usually run a barbie bug. The could of rainbows and the small brown took that fly but I had one of Browies magic worms in my pack and thought I would try it out on brookies. They liked which is no surprise.
So it looks like now I have to get a single stream slam and according to Josh Pheiffer I need to get an ultimate slam and run down and bag a smallie too.
I said wrong about the barbie bug and the brown. I lost my last barbie bug to a rock or something under the water. I had a pink san waun in the pack and used it and caught the little brown. Back to the vise to tie more barbie bugs.
I just mean for the next challenge... For a first slam, I totally would have done the same thing...
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