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3 Days in Austin: Suggested Itineraries
By Viator, July 2016
Like travelers to Rome and Greece, those who visit Austin aren?t necessarily coming to see any one thing in-particular; they?re coming to absorb Austin?s essence, to live as the Austinians do, to ... Read more
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Did you know that Austin, Texas is considered one of the greenest cities in the United States? It may come as no surprise that the bike culture in this eco-friendly city is booming. While Austin is ... Read more
Where to See Live Music in Austin
By Viator, September 2012
They say that the heart of a place lies in the music it produces, and if that?s the case then Austin?s got a rough-and-tumble, honky-tonk, country rock of a good heart. As you may have heard, ... Read more
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Dalai Lama taps American to bridge East and West at Tibetan monastery
NEW YORK (RNS) The Dalai Lama has given Nicholas Vreeland, director of The Tibet Center in New York, a daunting new assignment. On July 6, Vreeland will be enthroned as the new abbot of Rato Monastery in Southern India, one of the most important monasteries in Tibetan Buddhism. He will be the first Westerner to hold such a position. By Kim Lawton.

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Heli-Charter Buys First UK-Operated Bell 429 Air Ambulance
Bell Helicopter has opened a new maintenance center in Kent, England with the signing of a purchase agreement by Heli-Charter to acquire the first Bell 429 configured for helicopter air ambulance operations in the UK.
Bell's new customer service facility. Photo courtesy of Bell Helicopter
Heli-Charter has also been appointed as an authorized Bell Helicopter Customer Support Facility (CSF). The company holds EASA maintenance approval for the Bell 206, and will look to work with UK Air Ambulance Trusts and medical service operators to provide air patient medical transport with its new EMS-configured Bell 429.
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NRA in self-defense mode
Between President Barack Obama laying out his plan to fight gun violence and New York state enacting the state's toughest gun restrictions, it's been a tough week for the National Rifle Association.
Don't cry for them.
We're all for the NRA standing up for the people's constitutional right to bear arms, but we're at a time in our society where some drastic measures need to be taken when it comes to getting assault rifles off our streets, and for the NRA to go after Obama before he even puts his plan out is troubling. Predictable, but troubling.
First, we doubt our fore fathers imagined military assault weapons being stashed in people's homes when they drafted the Constitution and, more specifically, the Second Amendment that protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms. That amendment, whichever version you read, ties weapons, or arms, to a well regulated militia – and that's where assault weapons belong.
We're not saying people shouldn't be allowed to carry a handgun or own a shotgun for personal reasons (home safety, hunting) – our own gun laws permit it, and every state has its own regulations – but when it comes to assault weapons that are designed to mow down scores of enemies on the battlefield not kids in a school, not even the NRA should argue that something has to change.
The issue of school safety has many layers and many potential solutions. One of them is to restrict ownership of assault weapons.
The NRA has proven it has plenty of muscle in Washington, but it's paranoid more now than it has ever been in light of the Sandy Hook tragedy. NRA big shots don't think banning assault weapons will help. They're wrong.
We like what New York state has put out there. Some of the highlights of its gun control bill include, making the unsafe storage of assault weapons a misdemeanor; mandating a police registry of assault weapons; requiring a therapist who believes a mental health patient made a credible threat to use a gun illegally to report the threat to a mental health director who would then have to report serious threats to the state Department of Criminal Justice Services; banning the Internet sale of assault weapons; requiring stores that sell ammunition to register with the state, run background checks on buyers of bullets and keep an electronic database of bullet sales; and increasing sentences for gun crimes including for taking a gun on school property.
Nowhere does the New York state legislation say anything about taking people's guns away from them.
If reinstatement of an all-out ban on assault weapons becomes a reality in this country, you can bet this will turn into a drawn-out, highly-publicized war between the White House and the NRA; in some respects it already has, and it wouldn't be the first time.
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The top four American women at Sunday's race will qualify for the U.S. Mountain Running Team and a spot at the World Mountain Running Championship in Italy this September.
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When the elite field lines up at the Women's U.S. Mountain Running Championship Sunday at New Hampshire's Loon Mountain Race, seven veterans of the U.S. Mountain Running Team (USMRT) will look to add another trip to the World Championships to their resumes.
The problem? Only four women will get to go—and there will be plenty of competition from non-USMRT veterans as well.
"I honestly feel like this is the strongest, fastest group of American female mountain runners that has ever been assembled in one place," says Ellen Miller, manager of the Women's USMRT.
Leading that field will be defending U.S. and World Mountain Running Champion Kasie Enman of Huntington, Vermont (read our Q&A with Enman on her preparation for Loon Mountain here: http://trailrunnermag.com/people/q-and-a/393-kasie-enman-gets-ready-for-us-mountain-running-team-qualifiers).
That does not mean she is a lock to make the team, though. One variable is that both Loon Mountain and the World Championships are uphill climbs, whereas last year's qualifying race and the World Championship race were both on up-and-down courses. The World Championship alternates between uphill and up-and-down each year, and the USMRT qualifying race is designed to match that.
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Michael Saltzman
November 20, 2007
WHITE PLAINS—The New York State Economic
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A meeting of the Governance Committee was held via videoconference at the Authority's offices at the St. Lawrence/FDR Power Project, 830 Barnhart Island, Massena, New York, the Niagara Power Project, 5777 Lewiston Road, Lewiston, New York; the Clarence D. Rappleyea Building, 123 Main Street, White Plains, New York and 30 South Pearl Street, Albany, New York at approximately 10:00 a.m.
The following Members of the Governance Committee were present:
Gil Quiniones Chief Operating Officer
Terryl Brown Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Joseph Del Sindaco Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Joan Tursi Senior
Vice President –
Patricia Leto Vice President - Procurement
Lesly Pardo Vice President – Internal Audit
Karen Delince Corporate Secretary
Angela Graves Deputy Corporate Secretary
Mark O'Connor Director – Real Estate
James Ondishin Manager – Fuel Operations
Mary Jean Frank Associate Corporate Secretary
Lorna Johnson Assistant Corporate Secretary
Louise Nestler Assistant Ethics Officer
Shannon Galloway Senior
Treasury Analyst
1. Minutes of the Regular Meeting of July 27, 2009
The minutes of the Committee's meeting of July 27, 2009 were adopted.
2. Procurement and Real Estate Division Report
Overviews were presented as follows:
Procurement Contract Activity through September 30, 2009 (Ms. Patricia Leto)
· 1,833 contracts (excluding fossil fuel) greater than $5,000 in value were active.
· The overall value of these contracts is more than $1.27 billion, with more than $222 million in contract expenditures for the first three quarters of the year.
· More than 43% of the contracts are for the purchase of equipment and commodities.
· Services such as technician work and contracted personnel accounted for 33% of the contracts.
· More than 15% of the contracts are for consulting services (e.g., engineering, design, and specialized analysis).
· Approximately 9% of the contracts are for construction work.
· Based on the total value of the contracts included in the summary, approximately 94% of the total dollars expended (excluding fuels and corporate finances) were for contracts that were competitively bid
· In terms of the number of contracts processed, 69% of the contracts were competitively bid, while 31% were sole-source awards, including the purchase of highly specialized spare parts and services from original equipment manufacturers and procurement of services on an emergency basis and from proprietary sources.
In response to a question from Chairman Nicandri, Ms. Leto said that contracts under
$5,000 were procured on a vendor-of-choice basis, which is a more conservative approach than that of the State of New York, which allows vendor of choice for contracts up to $15,000 in value. She said that generally three to five bids were solicited for Authority contracts between $5,000 and $15,000. Responding to another question from Chairman Nicandri, Ms. Leto said that the Authority can choose to "piggyback" on contracts procured by the New York State Office of General Services ("OGS"), rather than go through a competitive procurement process. She said that the Authority will often ask OGS contract vehicle vendors to bid against each other.
Fuel Purchases (Mr. James Ondishin)
· From July 1 through September 30, 2009, a total of $60 million was spent on fuel purchases, all but $2,000 for natural gas and related costs. These fuel purchases were carried out through 47 contracts for natural gas and fuel oil, as well as pipeline transportation and related services.
The price of natural gas for the
· Current oil prices on a per-barrel basis are as follows:
- Crude - $79
- #6 residual (Poletti) - $77
- #2 (Flynn) - $87
- Jet/kero (500 MW) - $94
· Staff expects continued softness in natural gas prices through January due to the weak economy, declining demand and increased inventories, with prices increasing early in 2010 on a seasonal basis. Oil prices have been relatively flat for the past month or so.
· During the third quarter, the Authority spent $1.5 million on natural gas sold by Allied, a New York State Certified Minority/Women-Owned Business; year-to-date expenditures with Allied are $2.8 million. Staff is committee to further developing the Authority's M/WBE program for fuel purchases.
Corporate Finance Activity (Ms. Shannon Galloway)
In the first three quarters of 2009, $1.8 million was paid for non-procurement financial services requiring a broad depth of knowledge and expertise that are provided by a limited group of firms. The non-procurement items include trustees and paying agent services, commercial paper remarketing services, escrow agent services and fees paid for revolving credit agreements supporting the Authority's Commercial Paper and Adjustable Rate Tender Notes Programs. Of the year-to-date amount spent, approximately $1.4 million is associated with the Authority's revolving credit agreements. Staff expects to finish the year at approximately $2.5 million, which would be consistent with year-end 2008 spending. In response to a question from Chairman Nicandri, Ms. Galloway said that when Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, Barclay's Capital acquired certain segments of Lehman Brothers' North American operations, including the remarketing of municipal commercial paper notes.
Supplier Diversity Program (Ms. Joan Tursi)
· During the third quarter of 2009, the Authority awarded $12.4 million (or 16.7% of its Reportable Expenditures) on contracts with New York State Certified Minority/Women-Owned Businesses ("M/WBEs"), representing both direct contracts and subcontracts and including construction-related work.
· The Authority's annual goal for the use of M/WBEs is 6% of its non-specialty procurements. The Authority does not include specialty procurements such as turbine runners, transformers, circuit breakers, other large electrical equipment, natural gas and other specialized goods and services since there are no M/WBEs available to provide these goods and services. Excluding such items, the Authority has attained 19.6% of its Reportable Expenditures as M/WBE expenditures through the third quarter of the year.
The Authority continues an active outreach program with
various M/WBE organizations and trade associations. In support of the Authority's Environmental
Justice initiatives and in continued support of the Supplier Diversity Program,
the Authority, in conjunction with National Grid and the Empire State
Development Corporation, hosted an Upstate Purchasing Exchange in
· Ms. Debra White, the Authority's Manager of Supplier Diversity was named the "2009 Champion for Diversity in the September/October issue of Diversity magazine.
Chairman Nicandri said that Ms. White and the other Authority staff working on this effort are to be commended for the outstanding job they've done. Trustee Cusack seconded Chairman Nicandri's sentiments and said that the Authority's Supplier Diversity accomplishments are something to be proud of.
Disposal of Personal Property (Joan Tursi)
Through the third quarter of 2009, the Authority received approximately $227,643 for all reportable personal property disposed of that had a value of more than $5,000, including approximately $156,532 from four sales of scrap material at the Niagara Power Project and $71,111 from the sale of the fourth Generator Step-Up transformer at the Blenheim-Gilboa Project. Also during this period, 41 disposals conducted on behalf of the Authority's Fleet Operations resulted in net income of $359,247. The year-to-date total amount received by the Authority for all personal property with a value in excess of $5,000 that was disposed of in 2009 is approximately $586,890. In response to a question from Chairman Nicandri, Ms. Tursi said that the fleet vehicles and equipment disposals were conducted in open auctions run by JJ Kane Auctioneers, which has a significant business in utility disposals.
Acquisition and Disposal of Real Property (Mr. Mark O'Connor)
The Real Estate group finalized a
four-year search by closing on July 16, 2009 on a 10/3-acre parcel in
The Authority's
The St. Lawrence Lands Program
continues to progress, with 487 of 599 acres of former Project land conveyed to
adjoining landowners to date in 332 separate parcels. A total of 27 additional parcels remain to be
conveyed. The Authority has sent out
approximately 96 letters to landowners in the Towns of Waddington and
Inventory (Ms. Tursi)
As of September 30, 2009, overall inventory levels at all of the Authority's operating facilities totaled approximately $86.29 million, compared to a year-end total in 2008 of $88.17 million (which included $9 million in capital spare parts added into inventory at the 500 MW project). The current inventory level includes $1.7 million for field poles issued to the Niagara Rotor Poles Replacement project in February.
A Request for Quotes for construction of the new Niagara Warehouse was issued on July 27th and proposals were received on October 6, 2009. The bids are currently being evaluated and staff's recommendation for the construction contract will be presented to the Trustees for approval at their December meeting.
3. Recent Developments and Status of Authority's Ethics Programs
Ms. Louise Nestler provided an overview of the Ethics Office's key initiatives, saying that the principal substantive issues arising under the Ethics Law and/or the Authority's Code of Conduct since the last report to the Governance Committee on July 27, 2009, included the following:
Allegations 2
Appearance of impropriety 4
Company policy 2
Conflicts of interest 2
Gifts 7
Outside activities 2
Outside employment 6
Unwarranted privilege 1
She said that the number of cases handled through the third quarter of 2009 has exceeded the total caseload for 2008 and that it is projected that the number of ethics cases for 2009 will total more than 100, a 20% increase over last year.
One case involved an anonymous allegation that a salaried site employee was selling "pirated" movies to fellow employees during working hours. The Ethics Office consulted with the New York State Office of the Inspector General ("NYS OIG"), which recommended that the Authority investigate the allegation and report back to NYS OIG on the findings and any needed corrective actions taken. The allegations were substantiated after an investigation that included interviews with various Authority employees. Discipline was administered by site management.
In another case, an Energy Services and Technology employee involved with the formulation of Requests for Proposals and the selection of contractors inquired whether it would be a conflict of interest for him to hire past, present or future Authority contractors to install photovoltaic ("PV") panels at his home. The employee was only interested in pursuing the PV installation if he could apply for grants offered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority ("NYSERDA"). The Authority partners with NYSERDA on many energy projects, including those where work is performed by NYSERDA-approved contractors. The Ethics Office advised the employee that since there are a limited number of qualified contractors who receive NYSERDA incentives and the employee and his staff do not control who may bid on Authority Energy Services and Technology contracts, he should not be precluded from hiring a NYSERDA-qualified contractor. Any appearance of a conflict of interest or receipt of unwarranted privileges could be addressed with full disclosure and a reallocation of work responsibilities related to particular contractors.
A question also arose about the business need for
employees to attend legislative receptions in
Ms. Nestler said that training on the newly approved Authority Code of Conduct would be rolled out soon for all Authority employees and Trustees, with the goal of having all such training completed by the end of the year.
4. Motion to Conduct an Executive Session
"Mr. Chairman, I move that the Governance Committee conduct an executive session pursuant to Section 105 of the Public Officers Law of the State of New York to discuss matters leading to the appointment, employment, promotion, discipline, suspension, dismissal or removal of a particular person or corporation." Upon motion made and seconded, an Executive Session was held.
5. Motion to Resume Meeting in Open Session
"Mr. Chairman, I move to resume the meeting in Open Session." Upon motion made and seconded, the meeting resumed in Open Session.
6. Amendments to Charter
It was agreed that a revised version of the Governance Committee charter would be presented to the Trustees for their approval at the December meeting.
7. Next Meeting
The next regular meeting of the Governance Committee will be held on February 23, 2010 at a location to be determined.


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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Wesley Bowen, 60-Year Aircraft Mechanic
According to FAA records, Wesley R. Bowen received his engine rating in May 1946 and airframe rating in March 1947. He was granted inspection authorization (IA) in Oct. 1957. Bowen is a recipient of FAA's Charles Taylor Master Mechanic award for more than 50 years of service. He started his career with the U.S. Naval Air Transport Command before working at Pan American Airways and Lockheed Missiles and Space. He now works on general aviation aircraft from a hangar at Red Bluff Municipal Airport (RBL) in California.
AM: Why did you initially decide to become a mechanic?
Bowen: I got into it during the latter part of the war [World War II] and was fortunate enough to work in the era of the clipper ships, or seaplanes. I just love aviation. Every person I've met in the industry over all the years, with possibly one or two exceptions, has just been great. They'll help you, talk to you and do what they can for you. There's something about the camaraderie that is wonderful and I have enjoyed every minute of it. That's what got me into aviation and why I'm still in it. I could work on an airplane all day long and be happy as a clam at high tide. But to go out and work on my car? Forget it, I'll take it down to a mechanic and have him do it.
AM: What types of aircraft have you worked on? Any favorites?
Bowen: I liked working on those old seaplanes. There are so many things I could tell you about those. The first is the Martin M-130, which was the true clipper ship for Pan Am. From there, it was the Boeing 314. Those are the two big ones that I really enjoyed working on because of the many features they had. But I also worked on other seaplanes before moving to DC-4s and DC-3s, and then the Boeing 337. So I worked on a little bit of everything as far as commercial. For general aviation, of course, I've worked on all the common ones, the Cessnas, the Pipers, a whole bunch of them.
AM: Is it easier or harder to maintain older aircraft than those of today?
Bowen: It's kind of nice working on the newer ones. But some manufacturers, and many of them do it, don't seem to learn from past mistakes. You would think they'd learn from the original block or two of aircraft that they manufactured and not make the same mistake twice. But they do. After looking at the list of ADs for a particular aircraft, you notice that a whole bunch of things have to be taken care of because of something that was not engineered properly, or not done properly when the airplane was manufactured, before it was turned loose to the general public. So for my part, I'd rather work on the older ones. That's where I'm more knowledgeable.
AM: What differences have you noticed in working on military versus GA aircraft?
Bowen: The military has its own set of regulations. They have to answer to a base commander. Generally when you get to the GA planes, you're more on your own. You've got more responsibility to do the job properly, record the work that is done, get the information to the proper parties — it involves a lot of paperwork. One thing that's nice about GA is the owners will sometimes say "Hey, we're all through, would you go flying with me in that airplane?" And I say sure, let's go. "You mean to tell me that you'll go flying in the airplane that you worked on?" And I reply yeah, what do you think I worked on it for? You can get that reward, if you will, from working on GA airplanes.
AM: How have computers and the Internet changed your profession?
Bowen: I don't think it's changed the way that maintenance is done, per se, but it's certainly opened up a lot more the ways that you can get information. It's great. I wish I knew more about computers, but I manage to get by and get what I want, such as new ADs, type certificates, or engine documents. I have quite a library of older paper copy ADs, but searching though them can get a bit cumbersome. With the computer, you just sit down, punch them out and get what you want without having to fill up two cabinets of books, and that is a big help.
AM: What advice do you have for young students pursuing a career in aviation maintenance?
Bowen: I think the difference today is that most of the mechanics are shooting for the jets, the small business operations, or where a business has their own private plane. They aren't exposed to the general service and maintenance of an airplane as much. A number of years back I got a call that they needed a fabric consultant at the San Jose office because I had experience with it and they wanted a reliable mechanic around, for at least the fabric work. Stuff like that the new mechanics are not exposed to because they don't have the need for it anymore. But they should be exposed to it because every once in a while, something pops up.
AM: What opportunities have you been given because of your career?
Bowen: Way back I knew Amelia Earhart's mother and she had it set up that I could have the job of maintenance manager for Peruvian Airlines. I didn't go, and I'm glad I didn't because of all the political upheavals and all that. I had other opportunities to go around with Pan Am, spending three years out in Honolulu, and in another case I kind of lived on a DC-4 for a couple years as part of an emergency crew that flew around to various stations. It was kind of crazy because you would work your tail feathers off and then get back on the airplane and conk out on your bunk. When you woke up you'd be in the air and have to ask the skipper, where is the next stop? And he would say Guam or whatever, to fix a rock through an aileron or engine problems, or whatever. It was a weird way to live. I also had some opportunities when I was with Lockheed.
AM: What's the most difficult part of your current job?
Bowen: I think the most difficult thing about working in GA is having to tell the owner that he needs a cylinder change, or he needs something else, when he thought he was going along with no problems when bringing it in for an annual. I find that kind of difficult, but I know I have to do it. So I level with them and tell them exactly what I find. Unlike some other mechanics that I know, I don't jump in there and jack the price up to where nobody can reach it. I like to charge a reasonable amount for my fee so that there's some money left over to put in the gas tank and go flying.
AM: What are some of the more memorable moments in your career?
Bowen: The Boeing 314 had what they called a "sponson" or a sea wing and it was down toward the bottom of the fuselage. So when you wanted to get aboard you had to get onto the sponson and then step into the aircraft cabin. But between the aircraft and the dock there was a ramp, and a space of about maybe four feet or so where there was no railing or anything. So somebody had to stand in that spot so the passengers didn't fall in.
Anyway, I just happened to be on the detail standing in that particular area, and as Admiral [Chester W.] Nimitz stepped off onto the sponson sea wing, the captain fired up the number three engine and the admiral's hat blew off. Just as a quick reaction I reached out and grabbed the hat, then shoved the admiral through the door and into the airplane, threw his hat in after him, closed the door and got the heck off the sea wing. After things calmed down a bit I saw my boss, the maintenance manager, who was a retired Navy chief. And I thought, oh man, I'm going to have to go looking for another job. He said: "Hey Wes, do you know what the heck you just did?" Yes sir. "You know that's the admiral that you threw into the airplane?" Yes sir. "Do you realize that you could get in trouble?" Yes sir. "You know what? I've waited for years to do that. How come you get to throw the admiral? I wanted to do that." So not only did I get a pat on the back, I got the rest of the day off to celebrate.
In another instance, on the big seaplanes there used to be these latches, and there was a work ramp alongside an engine with the plane tied up to a dock. It would be a nice day, with beautiful sunshine, and all the sudden there would be a big splash. What do you know? One or more of us dropped off into the water just to go swimming a little bit. Then the boss would come over and raise hell, saying to get back up on that platform and get the engine work done, and stop swimming. Its stuff like that I remember. We'd just have a good time with one another and after everything was done, we'd pull up our stuff, go back to the hangar and grab a cup of coffee.
AM: What drives your dedication to the job? Why do you still work?
Bowen: I'm 85 years old, and as I've said, I just thoroughly enjoy my chosen profession of working on airplanes. At times I wish I had my private pilot's license activated again, but there's a feeling of reward when someone comes in with a broken airplane, if you will, and you fix it up. And then you stand there and watch it take off and climb out and that thing performs beautifully. There's a reward to it. Besides, I'd go nuts if I didn't have something to do. I'm physically and mentally able to stay with it, and that's why I'm still here I guess. There's an old saying, if you like what you're doing, you'll never work a day of your life.


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Handles "Negotiate" type authentication. Geared towards authenticating with a proxy server over HTTP
NTLM tokens start with this header always. Encoding alone adds "==" and newline, so remove those
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# File dl/win32/lib/win32/sspi.rb, line 237 def initialize(user = nil, domain = nil) if user.nil? && domain.nil? && ENV["USERNAME"].nil? && ENV["USERDOMAIN"].nil? raise "A username or domain must be supplied since they cannot be retrieved from the environment" end @user = user || ENV["USERNAME"] @domain = domain || ENV["USERDOMAIN"] end
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Takes a token and gets the next token in the Negotiate authentication chain. Token can be Base64 encoded or not. The token can include the "Negotiate" header and it will be stripped. Does not indicate if SEC_I_CONTINUE or SEC_E_OK was returned. Token returned is Base64 encoded w/ all new lines removed.
# File dl/win32/lib/win32/sspi.rb, line 270 def complete_authentication(token) raise "This object is no longer usable because its resources have been freed." if @cleaned_up # Nil token OK, just set it to empty string token = "" if token.nil? if token.include? "Negotiate" # If the Negotiate prefix is passed in, assume we are seeing "Negotiate <token>" and get the token. token = token.split(" ").last end if token.include? B64_TOKEN_PREFIX # indicates base64 encoded token token = token.strip.unpack("m")[0] end outputBuffer = SecurityBuffer.new result = SSPIResult.new(API::InitializeSecurityContext.call(@credentials.to_p, @context.to_p, nil, REQUEST_FLAGS, 0, SECURITY_NETWORK_DREP, SecurityBuffer.new(token).to_p, 0, @context.to_p, outputBuffer.to_p, @contextAttributes, TimeStamp.new.to_p)) if result.ok? then return encode_token(outputBuffer.token) else raise "Error: #{result.to_s}" end ensure # need to make sure we don't clean up if we've already cleaned up. clean_up unless @cleaned_up end
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Beagle, Peter S.
Peter S. Beagle 1939–
(Full name Peter Soyer Beagle) American novelist, novella writer, short story writer, essayist, and screenwriter.
The following entry presents criticism of Beagle's work through 1997. For further information on his life and career, see CLC, Volume 7.
Beagle is praised for his ability to develop characters, his use of incongruous humor, and his marriage of traditional fables with modern culture and settings. His novel The Last Unicorn (1968) is consistently cited by critics as a masterpiece in the fantasy genre.
Biographical Information
Beagle was born April 20, 1939, in New York City to Simon and Rebecca (Soyer) Beagle, both public school teachers. He grew up in a literary family; his grandfather wrote fantasy stories in Hebrew. Beagle published his first story in Seventeen magazine at the age of seventeen. He attended the University of Pittsburgh where he studied creative writing, receiving a B.A. in 1959. In 1960, at the age of twenty-one, he published his first novel, A Fine and Private Place. The work earned him critical praise and a Wallace Stegner Creative Writing Fellowship for study at Stanford. In 1964 Beagle married Enid Nordeen and adopted her three children. He described his journey via a motorscooter from New York City to his new home in California in the nonfiction book I See by My Outfit (1965). After his 1968 novel The Last Unicorn, which garnered great critical attention, Beagle produced no full-length fiction until 1987, when he published The Folk of the Air. During this period he published nonfiction articles, reviews, and books as well as a novella, Lila the Werewolf (1974). In 1980 he divorced his first wife, and in 1988 he married Padma Hejmadi.
Major Works
While Beagle's nonfiction work has varied in form and subject, his short stories and novels are centered in the fantasy genre. Beagle is particularly known for his placement of fables in contemporary settings, sophisticated character development, and witty dialogue. In A Fine and Private Place Beagle explores the issue of consciousness in life and death. The fantasy is about the relationship between a man who, though alive, has given up in life, and two ghosts who re-gret their deaths. Beagle further develops the theme that true death is accepting the futility of life in his 1963 short story "Come, Lady Death." His novella Lila the Werewolf is a gothic fantasy set in New York City. His best known work, The Last Unicorn, is a mythopoeic fantasy, a heroic quest romance. The last female unicorn, who few people can recognize, represents imagination in the cynical world. She sets out to free the captive unicorns, falls in love with a prince, and has to kill the Red Bull in order to free the others and regain immortality. The work is both a new style of fantasy and a parody of the old quest romances. Beagle's Folk of the Air, a tale of witches and Californians pretending to be medievalists, resurrects the character Farrell from Lila the Werewolf. Beagle returns to his earlier theme of the nebulous relationship between life and death in The Innkeeper's Song (1993). His most noted works of nonfiction are The California Feeling (1969), American Denim (1975), and The Garden of Earthly Delights (1981). He also wrote the screenplay for the movie The Dove (1974) as well as screenplays for various television programs. Beagle received the Mythopoetic Fantasy Award in 1987 and the Locus Award in 1993.
Critical Reception
Critics agree that Beagle is a fantasy writer of distinction. He has been compared to such writers as Lewis Carroll, J. R. R. Tolkien, Hans Christian Andersen, James Branch Cabell, and Robert Nathan. Critics note his preoccupation with the human condition and his optimistic conclusions. David Van Becker, writing about A Fine and Private Place, states that numerous "passages illustrate Beagle's concern with the problems of human existence that give his fantasy worlds force and coherence." Raymond M. Olderman points out that The Last Unicorn focuses on the wonder and magic of life, in contrast to the works of other writers who focus on the bleaker aspects of existence. In addition, Beagle has been praised for his use of incongruity and humor, particularly within his witty dialogue. David Stevens, for instance, discusses the freshness and skill Beagle demonstrates in the dialogue of the butterfly in The Last Unicorn. Critics have noted as well Beagle's ability to merge new fantasy with old fables. Jean Tobin writes: "Beagle manages to give his readers fresh, contemporary versions of both the unicorn myth and the werewolf legend while retaining all the traditional and satisfying familiar elements of each."
Principal Works
A Fine and Private Place (novel) 1960
I See by My Outfit (travel) 1965
The Last Unicorn (novel) 1968
The California Feeling: A Personal View [with Michael Bry] (essays) 1969
The Dove (screenplay) 1974
Lila the Werewolf (novella) 1974; revised edition, 1976
American Denim: A New Folk Art [with Baron Wolman] (nonfiction) 1975
∗The Fantasy Worlds of Peter S. Beagle (collection) 1978
The Lord of the Rings, Part One (screenplay) 1978
The Garden of Earthly Delights (nonfiction) 1981
The Last Unicorn (screenplay) 1982
The Folk of the Air (novel) 1987
The Innkeeper's Song (novel) 1993
The Unicorn Sonata (novel) 1996
The Magician of Karakosk, and Others (short stories) 1997
∗This collection contains A Fine and Private Place, The Last Unicorn, Lila the Werewolf, and "Come, Lady Death."
Edmund Fuller (review date 5 June 1962)
SOURCE: "Unique Recluse," in New York Times Book Review, June 5, 1962.
[In the review below, Fuller describes A Fine and Private Place as imaginative and witty.]
Peter S. Beagle makes a striking debut on several counts. With the first two paragraphs of A Fine and Private Place a style is established, a personality registered. We meet at once a talking raven, who is taking food (baloney) not to the prophet Elijah but to a retiring man named Jonathan Rebeck. This unique recluse had withdrawn in discouragement from a clamorous world some twenty years ago. He has lived ever since in an unattended mausoleum in a corner of Yorkchester, a vast interfaith cemetery in the upper Bronx. The raven has fed him all this while, as it explains, because "Ravens don't feel right without somebody to bring things to."
With the funeral of young Michael Morgan we discover that the dead haunt the cemetery for a time and that Mr. Rebeck has been sensitized by his strange life to the point where he can see and talk with them. Michael had been a disgruntled young history teacher and claims his wife poisoned him: later (through news fetched by the raven) we are able to follow her trial. Added to the cast are Laura, a faintly bitter ghost from a barren life, and Mrs. Klapper, a salty-tongued Bronx widow who, visiting her husband's mausoleum, discovers Mr. Rebeck and becomes a disturbing link to a...
(The entire section is 562 words.)
Benedict Riely (review date 24 March 1968)
SOURCE: "The Dragon Has Gout," in New York Times Book Review, March 24, 1968, pp. 4, 8.
[Below, Riely remarks on Beagle's skillful personification of animals in The Last Unicorn.]
It is nothing to be surprised at that a man whose first novel [A Fine and Private Place] began with a raven stealing a sausage and bringing it to a dirty old man (Elijah?) who had lived for 19 years in a cemetery, should now write a novel about the last of the unicorns. The only rope that can hold a unicorn (one of his odd people tells me) is made of fish breath, bird spittle, a woman's beard, the miaowing of a cat, the sinews of a bear and—one thing more—mountain roots. Peter S....
(The entire section is 877 words.)
Granville Hicks (review date 30 March 1968)
SOURCE: "Of Wasteland, Fun Land and War," in Saturday Review, March 30, 1968, pp. 21-2.
[In the following excerpt, Hicks argues that The Last Unicorn is a fable about imagination and the artist.]
Peter Beagle's The Last Unicorn is frankly a fantasy, as was his first novel, A Fine and Private Place, which was published in the year he became twenty-one. (In the interval he brought out an unusual and amusing account of a transcontinental trip by motorscooter, I See By My Outfit.)
In the new novel the unicorn, learning from the talk of hunters that she may be the last of her species, sets out to discover what has happened to...
(The entire section is 629 words.)
David Van Becker (essay date February 1975)
SOURCE: "Time, Space & Consciousness in the Fantasy of Peter S. Beagle," in San Jose Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, February 1975, pp. 52-61.
[In the following essay, Becker explores Beagle's manipulation of time and space.]
In Peter Beagle's first novel, A Fine and Private Place, Jonathan Rebeck, the hero, has lived surreptitiously in a New York cemetery for nineteen years, aided by a talking raven who steals food for him from local stores. Rebeck would rather be dead, like the ghosts he talks with until they forget and fade from life. The kind and sociable Rebeck has become a reluctant teacher of the newly dead; he tells the ghosts Michael and Laura: "You'll...
(The entire section is 5094 words.)
Don Parry Norford (essay date 1977)
SOURCE: "Reality and Illusion in Peter Beagle's The Last Unicorn," in Critique, Vol. XIX, No. 2, 1977, pp. 93-104.
[In the following essay, Norford discusses the symbolism of the characters in The Last Unicorn.]
A cheeky and didactic squirrel in Peter S. Beagle's A Fine and Private Place (1960) tells the cynical raven that "there is poetry in the meanest of lives, and if we leave it unsought we leave ourselves unrealized. A life without food, without shelter, without love, a life lived in the rain—this is nothing beside a life without poetry." He is so preachy that one sympathizes with the weary raven: "If I was a hawk, I'd eat you in two bites." Beagle...
(The entire section is 5129 words.)
David Stevens (essay date Fall 1979)
SOURCE: "Incongruity in a World of Illusion: Patterns of Humor in Peter Beagle's The Last Unicorn," in Extrapolation, Vol. 20, No. 3, Fall, 1979, pp. 230-37.
[In the essay below, Stevens argues that Beagle uses humor to manipulate the tone of The Last Unicorn.]
While humor is peripheral to much fantasy, it is central to Peter Beagle's The Last Unicorn. Beagle creates a quasimedieval universe with built-in anachronisms to serve as the setting for his fairy tale that is at once high romance and self-parody. He presents a serious theme, that we are what people think us and we become what we pretend to be, with a comic technique, and much of the success of...
(The entire section is 3717 words.)
Jean Tobin (essay date 1986)
SOURCE: "Werewolves and Unicorns: Fabulous Beasts in Peter Beagle's Fiction," in Forms of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Third International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film, edited by Jan Hokenson and Howard Pearce, Greenwood Press, 1986, pp. 181-89.
[In the following essay, Tobin examines Beagle's use of myths about unicorns and werewolves in such works as The Last Unicorn and Lila the Werewolf.]
"Would you call this age a good one for unicorns?" asks the elder of two hunters riding through the first pages of Peter Beagle's Last Unicorn; "Times change," the other mutters. By the end of a brief conversation, the elder has made...
(The entire section is 4095 words.)
Gerald Jonas (review date 18 January 1987)
SOURCE: A review of The Folk of the Air, in New York Times Book Review, January 18, 1987, p. 33.
[In the review below, Jonas praises The Folk of the Air as a dazzling work that demands a sequel.]
The Folk of the Air by Peter S. Beagle, a fantasy novel set in contemporary California, mixes science and the supernatural so seamlessly that the bedazzled reader soon ceases to care which is which. Certainly none of the characters in this book stay up nights worrying about such distinctions.
The woman known as Sia is a psychotherapist of sorts who lives in a house with an indeterminate number of windows; describing her chents as "the...
(The entire section is 377 words.)
Suzy McKee Charnas (review date 1 February 1987)
SOURCE: A review of The Folk of the Air, in Los Angeles Times Book Review, February 1, 1987, pp. 1, 9.
[In the review below, Charnas argues that despite minor problems with its structure and plot, The Folk of the Air is well written and superior to Beagle's earlier novels.]
Like the hero of this book, who returns to friends from his wanderings, Peter Beagle returns, with The Folk of the Air, to the company of publishing novelists. Beagle's first two novels, A Fine and Private Place and The Last Unicorn, were fantasies that won great popular response in the '60s No further books have come from this author for 18 years.
(The entire section is 782 words.)
Charles de Lint (review date April 1987)
SOURCE: "Well Worth the Wait," in Fantasy Review, Vol. 10, No. 3, April, 1987, p. 33.
[In the review below, de Lint remarks favorably on The Folk of the Air.]
For some twenty-seven years, Peter S. Beagle has been a voice to be reckoned with in the fantasy field, a reputation based solely upon two novels, A Fine and Private Place and The Last Unicorn, and two short stories, Lila the Werewolf and "Come, Lady Death." It's been almost nineteen years since we've had a novel from him. The Folk of the Air, which apparently took fourteen years to write, now rectifies that dearth. And it's well worth the wait.
Joe Farrell, the...
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Colin Greenland (review date 20 November 1987)
SOURCE: A Review of The Folk of the Air, in New Statesman, Vol. 114, No. 29,561, November 20, 1987, p. 31.
[Below, Greenland argues that The Folk of the Air "lacks the mordant Jewish irony" that was present in A Fine and Private Place.]
In (and out of) progress since 1971, and featuring Farrell, hero of a story from 1969, Peter S. Beagle's comeback novel The Folk of the Air is also somewhat concerned with old hippies. The protraction has not been good for it. Though this book has much of Beagle's former lyrical expansiveness and wry, lugubrious caricature in sidelights, it mostly lacks the mordant Jewish irony that, in A Fine and Private...
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John Pennington (essay date Summer 1989)
SOURCE: "Innocence and Experience and the Imagination in the World of Peter Beagle," in Mythlore, Vol. 15, No. 4, Summer, 1989, pp. 10-16.
[In the following essay, Pennington applies William Blake's philosophy of contraries to understand Beagle's work and its critical reception.]
"Without Contraries is no progression. Attraction and Repulsion, Reason and Energy, Love and Hate, are necessary to Human existence," writes William Blake in his radical and paradoxical The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, a marriage that prompted C.S. Lewis to annul in The Great Divorce. In Blake's universe opposites attract and repel and inform one another. As Martin Nurmi...
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Gary K. Wolfe (review date September 1993)
SOURCE: A review of The Innkeeper's Song, in Locus, September, 1993, pp. 23-4.
[In the review below, Wolfe compares The Innkeeper's Song to Beagle's earlier works and concludes that The Last Unicorn is Beagle's best fantasy but that The Innkeeper's Song is his best novel.]
A couple of months ago, Peter Beagle said in a Locus interview that The Last Unicorn might well go on dominating his work, and he's probably right: it became an instant classic for its grace, wit, complexity, and accessibility. It's not surprising that many readers, including myself, found 1987's The Folk of the Air a little thin by comparison with...
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Gerald Jonas (review date 14 November 1993)
SOURCE: A review of The Innkeeper's Song, in New York Times Book Review, November 14, 1993, p. 74.
[In the following favorable review, Jonas discusses The Innkeeper's Song, asserting that in Beagle's hands "even the most timeworn material shines again."]
As Webster's Third New International Dictionary confirms, the word "fantasy" has a long and honorable lineage. Its ancestry can be traced back to the Greek phantazein, "to make visible, present to the mind," which is derived from phaos, the Greek word for light, and akin to the Sanskrit bhati, "it shines." Sadly, most books marketed today under the label of fantasy do a disservice to...
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Tom Easton (review date April 1994)
SOURCE: A review of The Innkeeper's Song, in Analog, Vol. CXIV, No. 5, April, 1994, pp. 166-68.
[In the review below, Easton remarks favorably on The Innkeeper's Song.]
Peter S. Beagle is well known for beautifully crafted fantasies—think of The Last Unicorn and The Folk of the Air—that offer rather different takes on familiar themes. It is thus a great pleasure to find that he has produced a new novel, The Innkeeper's Song.
Beagle's numerous fans undoubtedly grabbed the book as soon as they saw it on the bookstore shelf. For those of you who resisted temptation but have been wondering whether those who succumbed got...
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Further Reading
Gutcheon, Beth. Review of American Denim: A New Folk Art, by Peter S. Beagle and Baron Wolman. New York Times Book Review (18 January 1976): 6.
Describes Beagle's text that accompanies the photographs as entertaining, pertinent, and well-crafted.
Hicks, Granville. "Visit to a Happy Haunting Ground." Saturday Review XLIII, No. 22 (28 May 1960): 18.
Argues that while A Fine and Private Place is not a first rate work, it is well-written and engaging.
Miller, Faren. Review of The Innkeeper's Song, by Peter S....
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Logan Tom is a three-time Olympian who is regarded as one of the best indoor volleyball players in the world. The London 2012 Olympic Games would be her fourth. Tom became an Olympian at age 19, between her freshman and sophomore years at Stanford, and at the time, was the youngest women's Olympic volleyball player in U.S. history.
Totaling 96 kills and 64 digs in a fourth-place effort at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, and scoring three of the last five points in a five-set, quarterfinal-round victory over South Korea, Tom established a strong international career that has included a silver medal in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, a fifth-place finish at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, and gold medals at the 2011 and 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix. At Stanford, she was named American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National Player of the Year twice and was one of just three players in NCAA history to be named an AVCA First Team All-American four times.
Bet you didn't know this: Logan's dad, Melvyn, was a defensive end in the National Football League who played nine seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears. A native of Hawaii, Mel taught Logan how to surf on the islands' beaches.
Claim to fame: In her third Olympic Games at Beijing in 2008, Tom scored 124 points, the most of any 2008 Olympian, and started all 33 sets in leading Team USA to a silver medal.
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Sorry guys, I didn't realize my inbox was full. I have 2 roster spots left. The league should let you join with the ID and Password I provided earlier, if you still have problems, resend me the PM (I cleared my inbox) and I'll need your email. I'll send you an invite with a link.
I played in the Mt. Mama league last year and just registered for this year. CAme in 4th place, I think. Would have done better if Adrian Peterson and Javid Best didn't get injured....
Ready to start it up again.
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is Mt Mama league full? Dag Jimmet, I tried to get in but Jooser wouldnt empty his inbox! Now last years 5th place finisher will be out and the league will suffer
I think there's one spot left. It wouldn't let me in with the league number/password given here. I kept getting an error message. But when I logged in the the fantasy league page, I had an invite and accepted it. That's how I got in.
I haven't been able to get in. Let me know if you need another. I'm cool either way. Thanks.


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When I went from 36 hours bulk + 12 hours balls to 24 + 24, my pies (SD) got much better. Same amount of total time, but it sure seems like it made a difference.
Hi Craig, how would you describe the difference in flavor and texture? I imagine handling of the dough (they were delicate when opening) was similar?
Scott in no way shape of form am I advocating a short ferment and if it sounded like that I apologize.
I took that as meaning that drastically short ferments can be superior.
"Chau's Same-Day Dough Challenge" is such a fantastic and diabolical idea!
Thanks Chau. How much IDY? When it the timeframe did you ball the dough?


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- For a particular type of traveler, "shark infested" is exactly how water should be
- The global shark tourism industry makes an estimated $500 million a year
- Options include viewing inside a cage and feeding sharks
(CNN)Megalodon may be extinct, but other sharks have been making headlines lately.
There's the viral photo of a man who climbed inside the shark he killed; there have been stories on attacks on swimmers; and, of course, much has been said about our favorite D-List movie we haven't seen yet.
But in spite of the extreme news and gory pop culture references, swimming with sharks continues to be a large and growing activity.
The global shark tourism industry makes an estimated $500 million a year, says Patric Douglas, founder of Shark Divers and a shark dive specialist based in California.
Many tout swimming with sharks as one of the greatest diving experiences to be had.
Depending on the diver's comfort level, options range from observing sharks from underwater cages to participating in feedings.
Here's where to do it.
Bimini Bull Run
There are around 40 species of sharks in the protected Bahamas waters.
It's one of the few places where shark sightings are a daily occurrence, due to the marine park's shark-friendly habitat.
Targeted at non-certified divers, Bimini Bull Run shark dives start in a floating cage attached to the end of the dock at the Bimini marina.
The area, which has been home to bull sharks for 60 years, is strictly closed to swimmers. The only shark encounters are from inside the cage.
Bimini Bull Run, Bimini Big Game Club Dock, Bimini, Bahamas; +242 347 3391; +1 800 867 4764; packages from $120 per person
The Underwater Explorers Society leads shark tours 12 meters underwater.
With bait that can attract up to 20 reef sharks at once, the program's staff feed sharks while visitors watch.
Divers are encouraged to touch the animals once the shark handler has put them into a state of tonic immobility -- a motionless state that occurs while the animal is inverted.
UNEXSO also offers a shark feeder course for those who want feed the beast.
UNEXSO, Royal Palm Way, Freeport, Bahamas; +242 373 8956/+1 800 992 3483; dives from $109 per person
Also on CNN: Where to watch whales around the world
Aqua Trek Beqa Dive Center
Local Fijian villages that traditionally relied on fishing for their livelihood placed a ban on fishing in the name of conservation.
That means many of these areas are beautifully unspoiled.
Fittingly, marine park fees now to go the villagers.
Sharks are attracted to the shallow lagoons and steep drop-offs in the area.
Species include bull, nurse and reef sharks, as well as lemon and tiger sharks.
On Aqua Trek Beqa dives, guests stay on a perimeter around the reef where the dive master starts the feed, 15 meters underwater.
"Divers will see at least seven shark species each time," says Mary-Ann Hines, a representative of the program.
Bull shark and tiger shark encounters are the most common.
Aqua Trek Beqa Dive Center, Pacific Harbor, Fiji Islands; +679 345 0324; two-tank Ultimate Shark Encounter dive from $160 per person
Cocos Island, Costa Rica
Undersea Hunter
In 1994, Jacques Cousteau described the volcanic Cocos Island Marine Park as "the most beautiful island in the world."
Located 300 miles off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, the island is home to hammerheads and many other types of sharks.
Live-aboard boats are the only way to dive around Cocos, as visitors are banned from overnight stays and the continental coast is too far to commute.
"Diving on a live-aboard allows you to sit back, relax and focus on one thing, being awed by the incredible beauty above and below water," says Shira Katsir of Undersea Hunter.
Undersea Hunter's dive trips include everything from entertainment to diving and camera equipment.
A 10-day trip includes ground transfer from San Jose and all meals.
Undersea Hunter, +506 2228 6613; packages from $5,145 per person
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Protea Banks, South Africa
Divers may encounter up to eight different species of sharks in one dive at Protea Banks. During high season, hammerheads and sand tiger sharks can be seen in schools of several hundred.
AfriDive is an advanced dive site and a prime location to see bull and tiger sharks.
"It is an adrenaline-loaded thrill," says Afridive owner Roland Mauz. "Banks is what I call the Himalayas of scuba diving," he says.
AfriDive, Albert Meyer Drive, Shelley Beach, South Africa; 0824 567 885; dives from $135 per person
False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
African-Shark Eco-charter
It's a mystery why shark breaches at False Bay are more frequent and intense than anywhere else in the world.
"White sharks from around the world will breach here, but may not anywhere else," says Karen Lawrence from African Shark Eco-charter. "The intense predator-prey interaction is majestic to watch."
Rob Lawrence, owner of African Shark Eco-charter, is one of the first people to have used a decoy to entice a shark breach.
The Air-Jaws tour takes off at dawn, when shark breaching is the most common.
The charter also offers cage diving with great whites.
African-Shark Eco-charter, Boardwalk Centre, St. George's Street, South Africa; +27 082 838 2309; contact email@example.com for package rates
Shark Cage Diving KZN
Kwazulu-Natal's unspoiled waters offer sightings of reef sharks, ragged-tooth sharks and giant guitar sharks.
Each guest spends 30 minutes in the cage during the two-and-a-half-hour trip.
Divers may encounter up to 20 sharks.
Shark Cage Diving KZN, 4182 Old Main Road, South Africa; +27 039 976 0336; dives from $100 per person
Red Sea, Egypt
PURE Diving
"The Red Sea has some of the clearest waters in the world, offering unparalleled conditions for shark diving," says Christian Heylen, general manager of PURE Diving.
According to Heylen, the Red Sea is one of the best places to observe curious oceanic white tips, and also one of the few places to see snaggletooth sharks.
Feeding and baiting are prohibited in Egypt, so all shark sightings are "natural" and not man-induced.
PURE exclusively uses closed-circuit re-breathers, allowing divers to be silent and discreet.
"Sharks here are not affected by tourist habits, they don't associate people with food," says Heylen, adding that sharks behaving naturally in their natural habitat create unforgettable close encounters.
PURE Diving, Sultana Building, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt; +20 10 733 49 50; contact email@example.com for rates
Bali Sharks
Indonesia's Raja Ampat government recently said 4 million hectares of coastal and marine waters will be conserved as a marine sanctuary for sharks.
Indonesia is a huge market for shark catching according to Paul Friese, founder of Bali Sharks, a nursery for young sharks.
Indonesia was the biggest shark catching country in the world in 2011, exporting 316 tons of shark fin.
Now, concerted efforts are being made to rescue sharks from the shark fin trade.
Fishermen who had previously depended on shark-finning for their livelihoods now bring the sharks they catch to Friese's nursery, where visitors can dive with sharks and get to watch as sharks are rescued, tagged and released.
"Guests have told me they will never touch a bowl of shark fin soup again," says Paul Friese. "These reactions push me to see how far the shark conservation nursery can grow."
Bali Sharks, Agus Bar and Restaurant, Jl. Tikad Punggawa, Serangan, Bali; +62 361 996 5101; tours are $100 per adult, $90 per child, free for children under five
Malapascua, Philippines
Thresher Shark Divers
Malapascua's Monad Shoal was recently made into a marine park to protect thresher sharks.
"This is the only place threshers can be seen every day," says Andrea Agarwal, owner of Thresher Shark Divers.
Threshers' tails can make up half their length, and they can grow up to six meters long.
"If you are here for a few days you will almost certainly get a good sighting," says Agarwal.
Divers will need to be open water certified as threshers are usually found in deep waters.
The best time to see the shy sharks is in the early morning.
Thresher Shark Divers, Bounty Beach, Malapascua, Philippines; +63 917 795 9433; contact firstname.lastname@example.com for rates
Guadalupe; Mexico
Shark Divers
Guadalupe's large population of great whites makes the island an important site for shark researchers.
The clear waters are great for cage-diving.
This six-day live-aboard takes divers from San Diego across the border to Isla Guadalupe.
The tour provides meals, accommodation and beer and wine after the shark encounters.
Both divers and non-divers can participate.
Shark Divers, +1 855 987 4275/+1 619 887 4275; inclusive packages start at $3,100 per person
Also on CNN: World's 50 best dive spots
Oahu, Hawaii
Hawaii Shark Encounter
Hawaii is home to more than 40 species of sharks ranging from small deep-water pygmy sharks to bus-sized whale sharks.
Common sightings include reef sharks, sandbar sharks and hammerheads.
At Hawaii Shark Encounter off the shore of Oahu, divers can observe sharks from the safety of a cage.
Guests use a snorkel, so no diving experience is necessary.
The polyglass pane on the sides allows divers to safely rub noses with sharks that bump the cage.
Hawaii Shark Encounter, Haleiwa Small Boat Harbor 66-105 Haleiwa Road, Haleiwa, Hawaii; +1 808 351 9373; dives are $105 per adult, $75 per child under 12


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September 10, 2007 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: WIC Customer Satisfaction Survey
SUBJECT 2: August Caseload Update
SUBJECT 3: WIC Funding
SUBJECT 4: Participant-Centered Goal Setting
- WIC Customer Satisfaction Survey: The Missouri WIC Program wants to find out how well we meet the needs of our customers, the WIC families. In October and November 2007, twenty-one (21) local WIC agencies have been selected to conduct the WIC Customer Satisfaction Survey. These agencies were selected due to the diverse population they served. The selected agencies are: Barry Co. HD, Columbia-Boone Co. HD, Crescent Clinic, Dunklin Co. HD, Family Care Health Center, Grace Hill Health Center, Howell Co. HD, Human Development Corporation, Joplin City HD, McDonald Co. HD, Newton Co. HD, Pettis Co. HD, Platte Co. HD, Saline Co. HD, Samuel Rodgers Health Center, Springfield-Greene Co. HD, St. Charles Co. HD, St. Joseph/Buchanan Co. HD, St. Luke's Hospital, Taney Co. HD, and Truman Medical Center. In order to improve services for all of our customers, the English version of the survey has been translated into Spanish, Somali, Bosnian, Vietnamese, Arabic, and Russian. The selected agencies will receive instructions and printed copies of the survey in English and other languages next week. Attached is the English version of the WIC Customer Satisfaction survey. Agencies that are not part of this project can make copy of the attached survey for your use. If you want copy of the survey in other languages, the data base to collect the data, or have questions related to the project, please contact Annie Siu-Norman by e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call her at (573) 522-9149.
- August Caseload Update: We have received the caseload report for the month of August. Participation count did not drop as a result of staff being out at the WIC Conference. Instead, August 2007 set a new one-month record for services to 139,578 participants, surpassing the previous record set in August 2006 by 2,585 participants. See the caseload graph provided. Thank you for your dedicated efforts to reach out to potential WIC participants and provide needed services. If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Lyn Konstant at firstname.lastname@example.com or Jim Schindler at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- WIC Funding: Several questions came up during the WIC conference on WIC funding and how it is used. Two pie charts were developed that illustrate WIC funding and allocations (see pdf document). These were shown during the Missouri WIC Town Hall meeting at the WIC conference. The first shows the total amount of funds received in FY 2007. Funding is broken down into food funds, funds received from the infant formula rebate contract and the nutrition services funds. Food and formula rebate funds can be spent only for food. Nutrition services funds are used for contracts with local agencies and other supportive services. Nutrition services funds can be used for food if necessary and available.
The second pie chart shows how the nutrition services funds are allocated. The majority of funds (74%) are dedicated to local WIC provider contracts. The rest of the funds are divided into the following categories along with some examples of what these funds support.
Education support (2%) - local WIC staff training, printed materials and forms, educational materials for LWPs, technical assistance;
Computer equipment (1%) - computers and printers for local agencies and state staff;
IT support (4%) - set-up of new computers, HANDS maintenance and upgrades, WIC help desk, ITSD help desk;
Medical supplies (1%) - microcuvettes;
Enhancement projects (3%) - special project funds that USDA allocates 3 or 4 months after the start of the fiscal year;
Indirect (4%) - funds business costs, overhead, legal and contract/payment support for the WIC grant;
State (11%) - state WIC staff, monitoring, travel associated with running the state agency portion of the WIC program.
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Lyn Konstant at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 537-751-6086.
- Participant-Centered Goal Setting: A specific participant-centered goal has proven beneficial for both WIC participants and individuals who provide nutrition education and counseling. SMART is an acronym for the five characteristics of a well-designed goal (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely.) Attached is a reference sheet created to assist the CPA when designing a participant-centered nutrition and/or health goal. This process is recommended when writing participant-centered goals. If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact your district nutritionist.
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Missouri WIC Caseload Analysis 04-AUG 07
2007 WIC Funding
2007 Nutrition Services Allocation
Goal Setting - SMART