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WATERBURY Madelyn Brenda (Stewart) Morgan, 86, of Kneeland Flats, Waterbury, Vt., passed away May 22, 2013, peacefully at the Berlin Health and Rehabilitation Center after a short illness.
She was born in Berlin, Vt., on June 4, 1926, to the late Leon and Maude (Thurber) Stewart.
A 1945 graduate of Montpelier High School, she married Maurice N. Morgan (deceased) on Dec. 23, 1945, in Montpelier, Vt. They had nine children. She was predeceased by one sister, Brenda, in 1923.
She previously worked as a waitress for several well-known Barre, Vt., restaurants, for the food service at National Life Insurance Co., and as a custodial supervisor for the Joyal Vocational School at the Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury.
Madelyn was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother.
Survivors include her nine children and their spouses: Thelma Carrino and her husband, Michael, of Plattsburgh, N.Y.; Norman Morgan, of Waterbury, Vt.; Larry and Caroline Morgan, of Waterbury, Vt.; Brian and Sally Morgan, of Nerang, Australia; Paul and Deborah Morgan, of Williston, Vt.; Keith and Carmen Morgan, of Waterbury, Vt.; Marc and Tina Morgan, of Waterbury, Vt.; David and Sheila Morgan, of Northfield, Vt.; and Randall Morgan, of Waterbury, Vt. She is also survived by 14 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild, as well as one niece, three nephews and several great-nieces and -nephews.
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A former inmate at the Waiwa prison is in line to get more than $25,000 as part of a tentative settlement. He sued the state after being injured by a feral pig.
The Waiawa Correctional Center sits on 194 acres in central Oahu.
It is a minimum security facility that houses more than 300 inmates who are nearing the end of their sentences. The prison traps have been empty for some time. But the wild pigs are still out there.
KITV's cameras caught two young pigs sneaking away into the brush.
Warden Scott Harrington helped to build and set the pig traps around the prison when the problem was at its peak some years ago. His traps have caught more than 200 feral swine over a two-year period.
"The probem is not that bad now. It's been on and off throughout the years. The pigs get tame, and they get big, and they get a little aggressive," Harrington said. "Up in the hills the pigs venture into the area in search of food and water, and they sometimes come through the front gate."
"There's no big fences or walls we are out here in the environment and its really easy for them to come out from the valleys and come on in," said Harrington.
The most recent lawsuit involved an inmate who was in line for lunch and who was injured when a pig went after a sandwich in the inmate's hand,
Harrington believes the inmate tried to feed the pig, a practice officials have tried to discourage.
Prison officials said prior to that lawsuit, another inmate tried to rescue a pig that was caught in a fence. The inmate sued after he was attacked. Harrington believes in that case the inmate broke his leg.
Metal stakes are placed where pigs have tried to root and get under the fence around the prison dining hall.
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Fresh pig racks were evident along the road across from the administration building.
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But the pigs are attracted to the produce growing in the prison farm where some ten thousand pounds of vegetables and fruits are grown each week.
Access to the free food is a problem.
Across from the fields are the prison's sewage treatment ponds which are an attractive nuisance to hot and hungry hogs.
"They like the water. They like the water hyacinths. They like to eat the the roots and tender so its another attraction and then come up here and get tamer and tamer and then they actually come inside," Harington said.
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"I've been racking my brain trying to think what if, maybe this, or maybe that. This is killing me inside," said Harris' close friend Jillian Gidibes.
Nearly a week after Ivy Harris disappeared, and still not a word, said Gidibes.
Police had plenty of questions after the body of a naked woman was found last night more than an hour away at Yokohama Bay in Waianae.
"It's been very tough. We're all just trying to hold it together," said another friend Chelsea Harris.
"We know something's wrong and I just think it's a matter of time," Gidibes said to strangers as she handed out flyers in Waikiki on Sunday.
Wednesday night was the last time they saw Harris outside Kelly O'Neils on Lewers Street.
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"She was my world. She was my world. She was my best friend and we did everything together," said her boyfriend Mike Miles on Sunday.
Friends were here vacationing from Portland, Ore. to celebrate Ivy's birthday.
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A passerby found Harris' body at around 6 p.m. Monday in some brush at Yokohama Bay.
"She was a wonderful beautiful girl, very sweet, very full of life, I mean she was lovable," said Chelsea Harris.
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I've been fly-fishing in the smokies since 2005 on trips to visit my in-laws after my father in law got me hooked on it. We had the good fortune to be able to move here after I finished grad school in Feb 2009. I have been a daily lurker on this forum and the fishing reports ever since. While in Texas, I did some warmwater fishing with fellow grad schooler and forum member JayB, who really got me back into fishing in general.
Last year being my first year as a TN resident, i didn't get to do nearly as much fishing as I would have liked, it seemed that every day I planned to go, it would rain all day and the night the day before and the water would be too high! But up until this year, all of my fishing experience had been on the Little River, primarily Tremont with a couple of trips to the areas in and around Metcalf Bottoms, and a couple of trips to the section through town mixed in with an odd trip or two down to the Hiwassee. Now that I have gotten a lot more comfortable with my rods, I have started fishing smaller and tighter water, which I am still getting used to the tight conditions, but having a great time, - even if I do spend more time untangling my line than I would like. Anyway, I thought I would formally introduce myself, and would like to say that I have already learned a bunch from the rest of the members here in the past 18 months or some that I have been religiously reading absorbing as much information as I possible could!
Welcome aboard Texas! I am a Halfback myself, although I have been called much worse. Look forward to your contributions to the forum.
NDuncan--Welcome, and one thought right up front. You'll be better served, catch more fish, and learn faster if you get on some of the medium-sized streams or more open ones away from crowds. Glad to have you on board, and you'll find this a largely civil, invariably interesting, and quite active forum.
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Welcome NDuncan! I spent two years in Houston in the early 80's but managed to escape back to east TN. before the recession hit town. Where in Texas do you hale from?
You will find lots of great information here as well as a few tall tales every now and then. It's a great place to come to if you can't get to water as often as you'd like. I always check here before a day of fishing to get an idea of conditions of the rivers/streams and what is working for those catching fish.
I'm sure you miss all that flatland of Texas but hopefully the TN hills will grow on you over time. I'm biased of course, being a native east Tennessean, but I think it is one of the most beautiful places in the world.
Jim- Thanks for the kind words and advice. Focus on smaller streams has been a current goal for me ever since I read your book. I very much enjoyed meeting you and getting my book signed at Troutfest. I think the main problem I had last year was simply not have a resource to know where and how to explore some of the watersheds that aren't traced by road. Your book really for me opened up a lot of possibilities, because the information provided really paints an accurate description of the streams and the waypoints/elevation charts really have helped in that I have a good idea about what kind of water I can expect to fish when I go to an area that I haven't been to before. Add to that the reports and pictures that other members have posted here, and I feel like I can enter a new stream with more confidence and more realistic expectations about what the experience will be like. All that to say, because of these factors, I have been catching more fish, improving my technique, and exploring new areas of the park, that I might otherwise not have done. And I have you and many others here to thank for that.
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I have lived in many parts of Texas, but I grew up in the sweaty armpit known as Houston. I spent almost 9 years in college/grad school in Waco, which is more hilly than the Houston area, but not exactly the hill country. All that to say, after visiting my inlaws, who moved here in 2003, many times we knew that we love it here. My wife and I both love the mountains and really the only things we miss about Texas are the people (friends and family still there) and occasionally the food (you can't find Tex-Mex like it here).
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Once again the faith communities of Northwest Philadelphia proudly sponsor this interfaith community event featuring music, dance and poetry by Abdul Azizz and Roberto Rashid (Masjidullah), Germantown Jewish Centre Choir, Second Baptist Youth Choir, St. Michael's Lutheran Church Youth Liturgical Dance Team.
The program will also include reflections on interfaith cooperation by Rabbi Linda Holtzman (Mishkan Shalom), Rev. Cheryl Pyrch (Summit Presbyterian Church), Imam Mikal Shabazz (Masjidullah), and Eric Wilden (My Way).
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Starting off at the Aperture Academy gallery, we introduced ourselves and shared our photographic backgrounds and goals for portrait photography. After a quick overview on the camera and the importance of each setting involved with portraiture, we ventured outside with our very own cover models, Hannah and Sarah, to practice and capture the beautiful day!
In every workshop, instructors try to encourage the students to get multiple shots of the same subject. In the Natural Light workshop, it is easy to have the model change her pose, and the students change their positions, to ensure they are practicing settings and subject positioning, all the while getting different looking images on their LCD screens.
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#139222 - 02/13/05 01:47 AM deconstructing Hamlet
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okay, enough frippery. let's get down to the hard stuff.In reply to:
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.
so, what the heck is a fardel??
#139223 - 02/13/05 01:52 AM moments later
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bundle; burden
"who would burdens bear"
well that's much clearer, and adds a touch of overburdening, which is what he was driving at wasn't it?!
#139224 - 02/13/05 02:05 AM I'm as confused as anyone
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Hamlet: So why do I use the.. line: there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so? What's that all about?
Thursday: You mean you don't know?
Hamlet: Listen, I'm as confused as anyone.
excerpt from Something Rotten, by Jasper Fforde
#139225 - 02/13/05 05:59 AM Re: I'm as confused as anyone
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Cool, tsuwm. I think fardels are bumpkins.
And the nothing's good or bad, but thinking makes it so is kinda like beauty's in the eye of the beholder. Or choose your philosophy. Or Emerson's evil is good becoming. Or perspective. Or Bing Crosby's everybody's got an angle.
But I really don't know about fardels. Maybe one of Max's Shakespeare sites will explain that.
#139226 - 02/13/05 10:08 AM Re: I'm as confused as anyone
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David and Ben Crystal in their wonderful Shakespeares Words: a Glossary & Language Companion* confirm your lookup of fardel as burden, load, bundle.
Billy also used the word in Winters Tale:
[Autolycus to Shepherd] The fardel there, whats ith fardel?
* http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1176741
> but thinking makes it so
Many read this whole speech as an exposition of a profoundly existential exploration of his predicament.
#139227 - 02/14/05 05:07 PM Reduplicating Hamlet
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well this was to be expected, right?! : )
..the people muddied,
Thick and and unwholesome in their thoughts and whispers
For good Polonius' death, and we have done but greenly
In hugger-mugger to inter him..
Samuel Johnson complained that texts of his day rendered " in hugger-mugger" as "in private" (maybe it had better be "in secret"). he went on to write:In reply to:
That the words now replaced are better, I do not undertake to prove; it is sufficient that they are Shakespeare's: If phraseology is to be changed as words grow uncouth by disuse, or gross by vulgarity, the history of every language will be lost; we shall no longer have the words of any authour; and as these alterations will be often unskilfully made, we shall in time have very little of his meaning.
all of the online (public domain) versions read hugger-mugger, as does my Complete Works hardcopy; and there is lots of exegesis to be found.
is there any reason, at this far remove, to be publishing "translated" versions of Shakespeare?
#139228 - 02/14/05 07:32 PM Re: Reduplicating Hamlet
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> is there any reason, at this far remove, to be publishing "translated" versions of Shakespeare?
I would say emphatically not (as you expected, right?!) The occasional struggle with unfamiliarity can be a boon to enrich our understanding of modern usage and abusage. It also allows us to let the meaning go and just hear the sheer poetry of his soundscape (especially when rendered in the flesh rather than internalised by our reading). For any reading this who didn't bother to click through the link to the good little review/article in The Economist, let me provide their closing words here:
Of course there's an argument for clarity; but accessible Shakespeare in modern translation may bury as much as 16th-century Shakespeare does. So, when foxed and flummoxed, there's nothing for it but this excellent glossary. A question for readers: does knowing your onions refer to C.T.? If so, the modern gloss will have to be knowing your Crystals. ibid
#139229 - 02/14/05 11:16 PM Re: Reduplicating Hamlet
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>knowing your onions refer to CT?
: )
>especially when rendered in the flesh rather than internalised by our reading
okay, here's my big confession: I just can't get into reading WS all that much. but I'll go to a performance of Shakespeare in the Park at the drop of a fardel!
#139230 - 02/15/05 05:45 AM Re: Reduplicating Hamlet
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publishing "translated" versions of Shakespeare
emphatically not
My friend Sergei Ilyich says it's definitely better in the original Russian.
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Junior forward Jasmine Webb led three RiverHawks players in double figures with 15 points, hitting 6-of-8 shots from the field. She went 3-of-4 from 3-point range for Northeastern State (11-4), which shot 55 percent from the floor overall (31-of-56) and 12-of-21 from beyond the arc.
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ENMU exchanged the lead with the RiverHawks through the first four minutes, but Northeastern went in front for good at 7-6 on a jumper by Megan Fraley at the 15:36 mark.
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I don't think I've ever really dedicated a blog entry to this man. Which is really strange, considering that he's my favorite Padre all-time. Now, all of you know that I am a huge fan of Trevor Hoffman, and he is one of my favorite players. But notice that he's ONE of my faves. Yes, there is another player who holds a place in my heart. That man is Kevin Kouzmanoff.
I love that picture🙂
Anyways, this guy is like my celebrity crush. Well, not really. But sort of. The main reason I love Kouz is because of his performance on the field. But I also like him because he's a great guy off the field. I think we need a story.
It was Friday, September 21, 2007. I went down to the game with three of my friends to celebrate my birthday. We got to the game early, before the gates opened. As we were walking toward the left field gate, we stopped by this place under the Western Metal Supply Building where you can look through a tunnel out onto the field. The Padres were already on the field, so I was trying to check them out. But there was this guy coming towards us and he was blocking our view. Now, you have to understand that there was a glare coming through, so I couldn't see the guy's face. But then he rolled a ball under the gate.
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I instantly thought, "It's Marcus Giles!" When I was at another game earlier that year, I had seen a different player walking on the field and I thought he was Marcus too. I though a lot of guys were Marcus that year.
Anyways, this guy was not Marcus Giles. It was Kevin Kouzmanoff. My friends and I were awestruck. We seriously didn't say a thing to him. We just breathlessly pulled out pens and paper and he signed autographs for us.
It was so amazing. I became his biggest fan right after that. During BP that day we also got balls from the groundskeeper and got Trevor Hoffman's autograph, so it was a pretty amazing night. The game went 14 innings, but the Padres lost 2-1. It was a sad game, but my guy had a few hits, a couple walks, and a hit-by-pitch. It was a lot of fun!
So, that act of kindness to some Padres fans made me a huge fan of him. He's a really great guy. I love listening to interviews of him, reading articles about him, and watching interviews on him. But most of all, I love watching him play baseball. He's a stellar third baseman, he's got a great glove. And he's been growing in his hitting too. But he does have a chronic back problem, so he has to work really hard to keep himself healthy and able to play. He did have to miss time in the last two seasons because of it, but he takes great care of himself. He's kind of a quiet guy, he doesn't talk to the media as much as some guys. I love watching him flash that leather at third. He's good.
I love "Kooz-ing" when I'm at the ballpark. Similar to the Red Sox's player Kevin YOOOOOUKalis, we "Kooz" whenever Kouz comes to the plate or makes a great play. It's a lot of fun. It's kind of sounds like we're booing him or mooing like cows. But no. We're "Koooooz-ing"!! Another thing, I never call him Kevin. That's just weird. It's just doesn't sound right. I mean, Kevin? No, KOOOOOOOOZ!!
Last year, I had the opportunity to go to an autograph session that Kouz was signing at. It was outdoors, probably over 100 degrees outside. It was hot!! After that encounter at the game, I was very frustrated with myself because I didn't say anything to him. This time, I wanted to actually say something useful to him. I had no idea what, but I wanted to say something besides "hi" and "thank you". You know, it really helps if the player is funny and outgoing. When I met AC Green last week, it was really easy to talk to him because he was really funny, and he got a conversation going. But Kouz is not outgoing enough!!! So it's hard to talk to him. He needs to work on that. Anyways, I got his autograph without saying anything useful to him. Oh well. Maybe I was just too hot to think clearly. Hopefully I will have other chances to really talk to him.
There has been a teeny bit of talk that Kouz could get traded this offseason. Our rookie and highest-rated prospect, Chase Headley, is a natural third baseman, but because Kouz has that covered, Chase moved to left field last season. The Padres might eventually want their prized rookie to play his natural position. I would be devastated if they traded my dude, but I think I'm getting used to losing players. That doesn't make it any easier. But I think Kouz will be sticking around for a while. He doesn't get that much notice, but he's a good player. Did you know that he hit a grand slam on the first pitch he ever saw in the major leagues, first AB and first game? Pretty incredible. He's a great player, and great guy, and I really really like him. I hope he has a wonderful season, and hopefully his shoulder and back will be good all year. Go Kooooooooooz!!!
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kooz is very promising. I saw him play once he went 3-4 with a home run and a great play at third base.
That's such a great story!! I have no doubt that I would be awestruck if something like that happened to me. I hope that your KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZ stays!
Kaybee – how great it is to hear of players being gracious to their fans! Sorry the Padres didn't win on your birthday but it sounds like it was a great game anyway!
Isn't it amazing how players can win our lifelong devotion just by being friendly and outgoing? (It doesn't hurt if they're cute.)
He is just amazing. No doubt about that. You're lucky that he signed an autograph for you! How nice of him to do that. I want to talk to that guy soo bad. Yelling "KOOOOOOOOZ" at PETCO is our thing. I mean, everybody enjoys that! When I went to a game last June, it was against the Mets. I yelled "Koooz" like really LOUD when he was up. I literally stood up too! These two Mets fans next to me just stared at me🙂 Well, I didn't feel embarassed at all. I was PROUD to yell his name!
BOB, Kouz is VERY promising. He's just gotten better every year. I can't wait to see what he can do this year!!
ELIZABETH, it was pretty amazing🙂
JULIA, it was a blast! But of course it would have been so much better if the Padres had won🙂
JANE, oh, yes, it helps a lot that they are cute🙂 But of course he was very nice to us, too.
HYUN YOUNG, that's a great story! I really don't care what people think of me at the ballpark. I'm just going crazy for my team! He's so amazing!! I love watching him play!!
I had a similar experience the first time I met Dan Marino…had NO clue what to say. I was totally in shock. Then, I saw him again like an hour later, and after scolding myself repeatedly for NOT talking earlier, I spewed forth an unbelievably embarrassing rant of how much I loved him and how he was my hero, etc… It was so insane, he actually cracked up laughing…so hard in fact, I thought he may pass out. Then he pat me on the shoulder and said "It's ok…" Like, you poor, silly retarded girl…bless you and your warped little mind. Ha!!! Very nice man…he will never forget me.
I hope Koooooooooooooooooooz has a good year….. Just not against my Giants! lol
~King of Cali
I personally have no luck with getting autographs. I get a player to pose in a picture with me from to time though. I like that better. Kooz might have a good year next year, I'm keeping him in mind for my fantasy league.
Hey Kaybee I interviewed the new Padres announcer, Mark Neely, my godmother's husband, this morning! Check it out!


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#156038 - 02/22/06 02:38 PM Double Dactyl
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At the suggestion of another user, here is a thread for double dactyls.
I found a nice, concise list of the rules for double dactyls at thie web page:
Here's a detailed list of rules for constructing a double dactyl:
(1) The entire poem is a single sentence.
(2) There are two stanzas of four lines each.
(3) All lines except lines four and eight are two dactylic metrical feet in length.
(4) The first line is usually a rhyming nonsense phrase. For example, "Higgledy piggledy."
(5) The second line often, but not always, introduces the topic of the poem. If you are writing about a person, it helps if the name of the person you are writing about is naturally in the form of a double dactyl. For example, "Hans Christian Andersen."
(6) One line within the second stanza (often the sixth line) is a six-syllable, double-dactylic word, usually an adverb or adjective. For example, "Parthenogenesis."
(7) The fourth and eighth lines are not double dactyls. Instead, these lines consist of one dactyl plus a stressed syllable.
(8) The fourth and eighth lines rhyme with one another. Given the special form of the fourth and eight lines as mentioned in the preceding rule, it follows that the final, rhyming syllable of these lines must be a stressed syllable.
Here's my first-ever attempt (now edited upon further [and by further I mean initial] reading of the rules myself):
Antique Roadshow
Cheerio dearie-o
Leslie and Leigh Keno
Praising the furniture
Said as they grinned:
Its neither Empire nor
Neoclassical but
Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired!
See how its pinned?
Generic Double Dactyl
Oracle boracle
Person Historical
Tales allegorical
If they will fit
Thusly redacted rhe-
-torical wit
Edited by Alex Williams (02/25/06 08:11 AM)
#156039 - 02/22/06 09:35 PM Re: Double Dactyl
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And the two single word lines in the second make up for the lack of any in the first?
Wouldn't want necomers to the art getting the wrong idea now.
#156040 - 02/22/06 10:11 PM The naughty, naughty schoolboy
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Skittable knitable
Laid down the rule
Alex, admittedly
Went back to school
#156041 - 02/22/06 10:45 PM Re: The naughty, naughty schoolboy
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Alex, maybe you should find the double-dactyl rulz, and post a link to them in your signature.
#156042 - 02/22/06 11:09 PM Curses
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from the LINK (click here where the letters are a different color, yes the left button on the mouse) already posted in the first entry in this thread...
A dactyl, as you may know, is a poetic foot of the form >-- (ON-off-off). For example, interstate, realize, microphone, cereal, limerick, etc. etc. A double dactyl, naturally enough, is two dactyls in a row.
A double dactyl is also a poem, a form invented by Anthony Hecht and Paul Pascal. Quite like a limerick, it has a rigid (if peculiar) structure. Two stanzas, each comprising three lines of dactylic dimeter followed by a line with a dactyl and a single accent. The two stanzas have to rhyme on their last line. The first line of the first stanza is repetitive nonsense. The second line of the first stanza is somebody's name -- strictly speaking, a proper noun. Note that this name must itself be double-dactylic. E.g. Gloria Vanderbilt, Jesus of Nazareth, Gilbert and Sullivan, Archangel Gabriel. In the second stanza, one entire line must be a double-dactylic word. E.g. biopsychology
Albatross Balbatross
Baron von Richthofen
Chased a Canadian
Down to the deck
There at such altitudes
Double-A gunners soon
Blew him to heck
#156043 - 02/23/06 05:35 AM Re: Curses
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looking intensely for
the <bow emoticon>,
Alex, er, Will-i-ams
d'serves one, indeed.
seemingly, effortless-
ly, he produces, a
formerly known as etaoin...
#156044 - 02/23/06 10:02 AM Yeah!
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Alex the Hogmeister
Deftly deals dactlys
Like so many cards,
Hearts, spades, clubs, diamonds
Fly from his fingers --
He's one of our bards.
#156045 - 02/23/06 10:54 AM I plead the fifth
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Higglepod snogglepod
Susan B Anthony
Honored on dollar coins
By U.S. mint
Fighting for suffrage so
(Dollars, like voting rights,
Largely unspent)
Higgity hoggity
Ludwig van Beethoven
Lost all his hearing from
years of abuse
From his mean father so
Yet brilliant Ludwig van
Retained his muse
--from Alex who likes a bit of the ultraviolence
Edited by Alex Williams (02/23/06 12:21 PM)
#156046 - 02/23/06 12:51 PM Re: I plead the fifth
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ultraviolence Purple proses?
#156047 - 02/23/06 02:03 PM Alex
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Rizzo didn't make it to Opening Day, got traded to Cubs
Anthony Rizzo was traded to the Cubs today for pitcher Andrew Cashner and Minor League outfielder Kyung-Min Na.
#RizzoMania was obviously very short-lived.
I'm sure a lot of us knew that Rizzo was headed out the door, especially when the rumors were flying right after Mat Latos' trade. I really didn't expect him to be on the Padres' Opening Day roster, and what do you know, he's not going to be. Oh well.
I did get really excited when he got called up earlier in the year. I was actually bordering on Kevin Kouzmanoff-like excitement about him, but when he didn't do that well, it wore off. He's really young, really cute, but I think he got called up too early. He wasn't ready for it. But we don't have to worry about him anymore, I guess.
But something that is interesting about this trade is the fact that Rizzo is going to Chicago, where Jed Hoyer and Jed McLeod are now. McLeod was the one who drafted Rizzo to the Red Sox. Hoyer then traded Adrian Gonzalez for him last year, and now he's bringing him to the Cubs. Hoyer obviously wants Rizzo wherever he is.
This Cashner guy is a pitcher who has started, but the Padres seem to want him as a reliever at the start. He was injured for most of last season. The Padres always seem to get a lot of those.
Hopefully this trade will work out well for the Padres, though I don't think we got the better side of the deal.
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Take it from someone who lives in Cincy and follows the Reds quite closely: I think you will be pleasantly surprised with Yonder Alonso. (I assume that's why the Padres traded their prospect Rizzo: to give Alonso the playing time). He's a great young hitter who I think will turn out to be a really good player. He can hit for power and he can now play at his regular position, first base. I was a little disappointed to see him go, but the Reds did him a favor by trading him since they have Joey Votto at first base. The chance to play everyday will only help Alonso get better.


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Thank you MLBlogs, and Happy Thanksgiving
It's that time of year again, time to get together with family, eat, and be thankful for what we have. For those of you who live anywhere but Florida, the leaves are changing, and the weather is getting colder. Down here in Florida, although various cold fronts come through, it's nothing spectacular. I have a lot to be thankful for, and I hope that you guys do too.
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Elizabeth – a worthy list of things to be thankful for! Congrats on the front page – keep on blogging!
Congratulations on your blog being featured! As for your thanks to the readers, it is truly my pleasure, even if it is a Red Sox blog.
Elizabeth…Happy Thanksgiving to you, too.
I love your passion for our great game. Keep up the good work!
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Boulder Chamber backs CDOT on U.S. 36
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Boulder Chamber president and chief executive John Tayer and Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Kelly Brough wrote that failing to invest in improved transportation infrastructure hurts the economy and quality of life alike.
"The long-term strength of our economy depends on improving this main artery that links two employment and education centers that are critical to Colorado," Tayer and Brough wrote. "Transportation is a critical factor in our ability to attract and retain companies. Businesses want assurance that their workforce can easily get to and from work and goods can efficiently reach customers. Right now, that's often not the case across our region.
"After review, we are confident that this pubic-private investment in U.S. 36 will provide significant positive returns for our communities and the rest of the Northwest region."
The Colorado Department of Transportation's Express Lanes Project adds a new toll lane to U.S. 36 in each direction between Boulder and Denver. The lane will also be used for bus rapid transit and carpool vehicles carrying three or more people. The project also refurbishes the existing general-purpose lanes and adds a commuter bike lane.
Plenary Roads Denver was chosen in April through a bid process to manage the highway and collect tolls on the new express lanes. But the contract with CDOT defining the public-private partnership has come under fire recently by lawmakers and citizens who say there was too much secrecy surrounding the deal.
Specifically, people have been upset about aspects of the contract that raise the definition of a high occupancy vehicle from two to three people as it relates to being able to use the toll lanes for free, as well as the fact that tolls for a round trip from Boulder to Denver could rise to as much as $28.
The letter from Tayer and Brough lauded CDOT for its acknowledgement of transparency concerns and for releasing the full contract with Plenary amid the public outcry. The letter also stated that public polling has indicated that increased transportation funding is unlikely to come from taxpayers.
"With that in mind, the Colorado Department of Transportation responded with a timely and smart solution for the gridlock on U.S. 36 that's proven to work in other communities," the letter stated. "As a matter of fact, they did just what so many citizens have asked them to do: they pursued an innovative and cost-effective approach to help mitigate traffic congestion."
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Last week, in "The Real Price of Chocolate," I wrote about the labor challenges associated with the expanded cocoa supply chain. This week, I want to focus specifically on child labor. To shed additional light on the topic, Quartz outlines the complex issues associated with child labor in emerging markets in "What Happens When Apple Finds a Child Making Your iPhone."
"There could be as many as a dozen different suppliers between raw materials and the finished iPhone, iPad, or MacBook you hold in your hand," Fernholz writes. "The most responsible companies look perhaps two or three steps down."
Apple faced a public relations disaster in 2010, when a wave of worker suicides brought to light bad working conditions at Foxconn factories in China. Foxconn built products for Apple, but also for HP, Dell, and others. Because of its success, however, Apple's reputation suffered the most. That same year, Apple found 91 underage workers in factories making its products. It was forced to closely examine how to improve its supply chain monitoring.
Stopping business with the supplier wasn't enough, because the problem would reemerge elsewhere. Going further, Apple adopted a program that makes the supplier pay for the education of any child laborers it is found using, plus pay the child wages until he or she graduates.
"The idea is to deter suppliers from hiring children, while making sure any they do hire end up back in school," Fernholz writes. The program was developed by Impactt, a social responsibility consultancy that works in China, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Turkey. Impactt staff people visit the factories to identify underage workers, meet with workers' families, and convince underage workers to return to school.
Sadly, Impactt reports that in 2011 only 34 percent of underage workers offered the package agreed to take part in the program. Why? Quartz reports that although workers might be hired when they are children, they often are discovered when they are of legal working age. Also, sometimes, underage workers prefer work to school. Lastly, and adding to the complication of this issue, is the desire to earn more money.
"In China, as the economy grows with more and more foreign production, the cost of living has in the last decade started rising faster than wages," Fernholz writes. Additionally, "rising wages have put pressure on manufacturers to move inland, automate, or even get out of the country altogether. But for second-and third-tier suppliers who don't have those options, cheaper labor may be all that's left."
Last year, Jeff Williams, Apple's senior vice president of operations, spoke to Bloomberg Businessweek about the issue of child labor. "Most companies, they either don't report on it at all, or they say they look for it and found none, or they obscure the data in some way. If they're not finding it, they're not looking hard enough."
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Police: Driver was drunk with kids
BARRE Police say a drunken grandfather almost drove into a school bus and told a police officer he had a gun while taking his grandchildren to school Thursday.
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Bill would set up Vt. permits for hemp farmers
MONTPELIER Members of the state House Agriculture Committee appeared Wednesday to support allowing Vermonts farmers to grow hemp which could put any who plant it on a collision course with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
The committee heard testimony on a measure that already passed the Senate in March that would give farmers the option of growing the same plant that produces marijuana.
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I Miss Him Already
I'm going to miss Our Ozzie.
I'll miss his bewildering stream of conciousness, his fall-down-laughing humor, his solid managing and his debunking of the Cubs and Wrigley Field. Most of all, though, I'll miss that we had "one of us" at the helm of the White Sox who no longer will be the face of the franchise.
Having said all that as a fan of Ozzie since he put on the Sox uniform in 1985 and one who saw him guide the Sox to a World Series title, it's time for the skipper, and for us, to move on. Nothing lasts forever and it became obvious when Ozzie began campaigning for a contract extension. Sorry, Oz, but that was bad timing if you really wanted to stay in Chicago. A contract extension after presiding over one of the most disappointing seasons in the teams's history? There was no way that was going to fly with the Chairman.
So, what now? I think it would be an exercise in futility to try and find someone as colorful and fits as perfectly as Ozzie did in the context of his Sox bloodline. That person doesn't exist. That's not to say we won't hire an outstanding manager with the potential of getting better results–even someone with a high profile who will help bring the fans back into the fold. But there's only one Ozzie and we shouldn't look for a clone.
The names of candidates are out there, though Kenny Williams hasn't tipped his hand. Tony LaRussa is a longshot at best. There's Dave Martinez, Sandy Alomar, Jr., up and coming AAA manager Joe McEwing, former manager and Sox player development director Buddy Bell, among them. Williams has said that because of Ozzie's "warning" the Sox already have been focusing on a possible replacement and the decision could come sooner than later.
Last offseason, the Sox were "All In" for 2011. This offseason there undoubtedly will be substantial changes. A new manager, certainly new coaches and a belt-tightening that might see more familiar names–like Mark Buehrle, John Danks, Gavin Floyd, Matt Thornton and Carlos Quentin–leaving as well.
It's a time of change on the South Side. While I'll miss Ozzie and some of the others, an overhaul is the right thing to do. We need to move on.
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Great post, Art
So Ozzie doesn't get the extension because the players KW gave him to field blow? Jerry himself is at the end of his days, maybe that's playing in to the decision making process at the top… how else can you explain keeping Kenny. I so wanted to see what Rick Hahn (a metrics guy) and Ozzie would be able to do. I know this is just my opinion but that 05 team was all Ozzie, it's not KW's MO to bring in scrappy players and definitely not like him to let go of power. Plus the track record AFTER that WS… it was as if Kenny was saying ok ozzie you had your chance now it's MY turn, with that shit eating grin on his face.


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