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Oak Wilt
Oak wilt is a lethal fungal disease that plugs the water conducting system in an oak tree. It can occur in all species of oak, but will very quickly kill red oaks.
Prompt diagnosis is crucial. The primary symptom is wilting of the leaves and early defoliation. In the red oak group wilting generally progresses from the top of the canopy downward. In white & bur oaks, wilting may occur on branches scattered throughout the tree. These symptoms may also be cause by anthracnose, bur oak blight or two-lined chestnut borer. Laboratory testing may be needed to confirm oak wilt.
The disease may be spread by picnic beetles attracted to fresh wounds, but occurs primarily through root grafts between trees.
Do not prune oaks during the growing season. Quickly repair storm damage and paint any wounds that occur during the growing season to avoid insect transmission.
Control includes these important aspects:
1. Trenching 5ft deep to severe root grafts between infected and healthy trees
2. Fungicide injections of asymptomatic trees within transmission distance
3. Sanitation -Remove infected trees after trenching and before the next growing season
Do not leave wood on site w/o de-barking or completely sealing
If you suspect you or a neighboring property has oak wilt, contact your Certified Arborist at Wachtel Tree Science for diagnosis and management plans.
Wachtel Volunteers:
Ron Gumz, Dan Barwinski & Tim Bull represented Wachtel Tree Science at a Day of Service in Kenosha sponsored by the Wisconsin Arborist Association. The work was done at the Shalom Center, their mission is to serve the community by providing emergency food, housing and support in ways that meet needs and respect human dignity. There were several large trees that had a lot of deadwood causing the playground to be closed. After a day of work by WAA volunteers, the playground was reopened to the children's delight!
New Faces at Wachtel Tree Science By: Ellen Filley
The University of Stevens Point has proven to be a great resource for hiring enthusiastic, knowledgeable arborists to care for our client's trees and this year's new hires are no exception!
Matthew Kornely graduated in May of 2012 with a BS in Science in Urban Forestry. There is where he fell in love. Both he and his fiancé are from Manitowoc and attended grade school there. Little did they know the magic of love would begin once they met in college!
Chris Frankulin graduated in May of 2012 with a BS in Urban Forestry and Forestry Recreation. Chris has amazing energy and endurance. He rides his bicycle to work everyday. I suspect this will change with our cold and blustery Wisconsin winters.
Tony Seidl is currently in his junior year at UWSP and plans to graduate in December of 2013. Tony sporting a paint brush has worked part time painting homes, but is far more comfortable and capable with his arborist tools in hand. We are pleased he decided to join us this summer as an intern.
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Nice fish! What is it?
I thought you might want to see these...........
Both of those fish are red drum,,,like these. Some people call them redfish....
I fish almost every day there is no ice. I love fishing!
nice fish in the pics. I have never caught a redfish but hear they can give you a bit of a tug back.
Yes Sir,,,,the big ones pull pretty hard on 30lb tackle!
Nice catch there, Capt...the fish ain't bad, either.
The fishing is great here captain. Birds working, lots of bait herded up and getting smashed!!!
I'm hoping to get back on them this weekend...
,,,,,you a captain down there in LA?

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It's human nature: We huddle together in densely packed communities and then complain, Yogi Berra–style, that it's too crowded here. The vast rural-to-urban migration of the past two centuries has left much of the countryside all but vacant. And yet people have also been fleeing the central cities; places such as Buffalo and Cleveland have lost almost half their population. The majority of Americans now live neither in the country nor the city but in the suburban areas of metropolitan counties. It's a slightly puzzling pattern: If we all choose to live near a big city but not in it, who will make the city big?
The waves of population sloshing back and forth between farm and city also wash over the smaller towns and villages of the rural landscape—and perhaps threaten to wash them away. The market towns of the agricultural Midwest and Great Plains are considered especially vulnerable to these demographic tides. A recent series of articles in The New York Times discussed the fate of four such towns under the heading "Vanishing Point: The Empty Heartland." Those articles were hardly the first to note the plight of rural towns; indeed, an essay by Henry J. Fletcher was already predicting "The Doom of the Small Town" in 1895. It's another puzzle: If the towns were doomed 100-plus years ago, how is it they are still in the process of vanishing today?
Some quantitative insight comes from American Agriculture in the Twentieth Century: How It Flourished and What It Cost, a 2002 book by Bruce L. Gardner of the University of Maryland. Gardner summarizes data from several studies of incorporated communities with a population of 1,000 or less. (Only incorporated towns are included because that's what the Census Bureau counts.) It turns out the number of such towns was roughly the same in 1990 as it was in 1910—about 9,500. Of course they are not all the same towns; many have come and gone, and the total number has fluctuated to some extent over the decades. Another study gives a more detailed view for the years from 1940 to 1960, which was the era of steepest decline in farm population. Of 10,099 towns in the under-1,000 category at the start of this period, 8,363 were still on the list at the end, for a loss of 1,736. But only 303 of those missing towns dwindled away to nonexistence; the rest departed the data set not by shrinking but by growing beyond the 1,000-person cutoff. Meanwhile, another 271 towns crossed the boundary in the opposite direction, declining from a larger population to under 1,000. And 1,236 towns in this size class were newly incorporated during the period. The net change resulting from all of these events was a loss of 229 towns, or about 2 percent. These numbers don't seem to support the notion that the small town as a social institution is about to dry up and blow away. If anything, what needs explaining is the remarkable stability and resilience of these communities. In the aggregate they seem to have survived almost unchanged through an unprecedented demographic upheaval.
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Cold intolerance is an abnormal sensitivity to a cold environment or cold temperatures.
Sensitivity to the cold; Intolerance to cold
Cold intolerance can be a symptom of a metabolic problem.
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text: So I tried the cloake board for the first time. Grafted my very first 12 cells and had only 3 accepted. OK for the first time I guess. Once capped I removed the board and made the hive queenrite again. I also put cell protectors on them, thinking it would help especially if the hive knew they had a queen again. I waited until today, which was one day before the new queens should have emerged. My plan was to put each cell into a new nuc and allow the queen to emerge, mate and begin laying, then requeen with her. When I went out today all of the cells were gone completely, even through the cell protectors! What happened?? Part of me thinks I should have not put the protectors on and maybe that is what made them tear down the cells. Although I thought the protectors would "protect" the cells. Another part of me says I needed to move those cells to a nuc when they were capped and not let them "ripen" in that hive....any knowledge you folks can pass along would be great.


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WaPo columnist: That insane pilot sounds kind of like a tea partier, huh?
posted at 5:27 pm on February 18, 2010 by Allahpundit
Dedicated to my pal Michael Roston, who thought it was silly of me to cite examples at dKos and DU of people blaming this on tea partiers. Those are mere partisan echo chambers, after all, and such nonsense is to be expected.
Fair enough. Should we also expect it of WaPo contributor Jonathan Capehart?
Joseph Stack was angry at the Internal Revenue Service, and he took his rage out on it by slamming his single-engine plane into the Echelon Building in Austin, Texas. We now know this thanks to the rather clear (as rants go) suicide note Stack left behind. There's no information yet on whether he was involved in any anti-government groups or whether he was a lone wolf. But after reading his 34-paragraph screed, I am struck by how his alienation is similar to that we're hearing from the extreme elements of the Tea Party movement.
Follow the link and note the parts of the manifesto quoted by Capehart. Yes, of course the anti-Bush rhetoric and screeching about health care is omitted, but something even more revealing is omitted too. Here's how Stack's manifesto actually ended:
Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let's try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well.
The communist creed: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
The capitalist creed: From each according to his gullibility, to each according to his greed.
Joe Stack (1956-2010)
And here's how Capehart quotes the ending:
Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let's try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well.
Joe Stack (1956-2010)
What's missing?
Capehart's not the only offender. Reader Craig S. is e-mailing me new examples every 20 minutes or so. New York magazine's Daily Intel feature slides this into a post on Stack just ahead of another long quote from the manifesto omitting the less narrative-serving parts:
5. He was mad at the IRS, and left what CNN reports was a suicide note on a local website, detailing his trials with the agency. In fact, a lot of his rhetoric could have been taken directly from a handwritten sign at a tea party rally.
Yeah, it could, although I confess to not having noticed a strong "capitalism is for suckers" vibe at rallies that are, let's face it, driven mainly by laissez faire libertarian impulses. Meanwhile, Time magazine, while mentioning the anti-Bush passage, slipped the following hyperlink into its story on Stack:
According to news reports, 199 IRS employees work in the building, and all are accounted for. Toward the end of what appears to be his final note, Stack wrote, "Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let's try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well." (See the making of the Tea Party movement.)
The irony of all this is that violent IRS-hating cranks have been around for decades, long before tea parties were a twinkle in Rick Santelli's eye. The NYT, to its credit, puts today's attack in context by highlighting a few examples from over the years — while also taking care to note that a firebomb set in 1990 came packed with a tea bag. (Wink wink.) And a bonus irony: Taxes have actually been a surprisingly minor issue for tea partiers thus far, due in part to the fact that Obama and the Dems haven't made any aggressive moves on that front yet. The tea party, in my experience, has focused much more heavily on cutting spending, ending bailouts, and auditing the Fed than dismantling the IRS, let alone flying planes into it.
Exit question: Isn't part of the problem here that tea partiers haven't decided yet precisely what they stand for in concrete terms, making it extra easy to associate them with disaffected nuts of all political stripes? Revisit this WaPo piece from a few weeks ago. Quote: "I am coming to realize at this convention that we are very, very different in terms of our beliefs."
Update: PoliPundit supplies a lengthy, yet perhaps not complete, list of everyone Joe Stack was mad at. It wasn't just the IRS.
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More than 100 fathers and other guests gathered on June 14, 2014 for the annual Dads Expo, a celebration of the vital contribution that fathers make to their children's lives.
The attendees were a diverse group, including white, African American and Latino men. They chose from a wide variety of workshops on issues that matter to fathers and their children, such as reading, social media, drug and alcohol abuse, gangs, custodial parenting and child support.
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The goal from previous Expos to facilitate collaboration beyond the event itself has been achieved with the establishment of the Indiana Coalition on Fatherhood (ICOF). ICOF is dedicated to the advancement of all fathers in Indiana. ICOF plans to achieve serving fathers by providing resources, best practices and identifying funding or grant opportunities to benefit dads.
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Barry McKinney, age 8
Testimonial by Barry McKinney: St. Jude hospital makes little boy's story a happy one
By Barry McKinney
UTSA Director of Student Activities
Editor's Note: This story ran during last year's SECC, but because it is very moving, we decided it was important to post it again.
(Oct. 17, 2007)--This is a story of a three-year-old boy.
One Halloween, the little boy's grandma noticed a lump on his side. The following day, the boy was examined at a doctor's office, but no one was sure what caused the lump. After several months, doctors determined that the boy had Wilms' Tumor -- a malignant tumor of the kidney and other organs that strikes young children.
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An operation removed the tumor along with the boy's left kidney. After radiation and chemotherapy, the cancer was thought to be gone, and the boy returned home. The boy's loving parents used every dime they had to pay for his treatments.
This is a story of an eight-year-old boy who had been diagnosed with cancer at age three. After hiding blackouts from his parents for weeks, he began to have flu-like symptoms. He was given penicillin, which made him feel better. However, while walking down the stairs at his house, the boy had another blackout, which he also hid from his parents -- you see, he didn't want to miss the spelling test he had that afternoon.
But after being at school for just a short time, he became sick. Instead of going to the doctor, he went straight to the hospital. Only this time, he went to the Midwest affiliate of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Again, the boy had Wilms' tumor.
The boy underwent 15 thoracentesis procedures (a needle is inserted into the chest to extract fluid) and was determined to need surgery. During surgery, St. Jude doctors removed a tumor that would fill a measuring cup from the chest cavity of the little boy. Again, the radiation and chemotherapy would start -- treatment that made the boy so sick he would vomit for up to 18 hours at a time.
At the time, there was only one other person in the world known to have survived a recurrent Wilms' tumor.
But, this time the boy's parents never had to worry about the cost of treatment. After a 30-day stay in a children's hospital where he received the most advanced cancer treatment, this family didn't have to pay one cent. At St. Jude all medical expenses are covered. Even the tutor who helped the boy catch up in school was funded. Not once during his hospital stay did the boy's family have to worry about putting food on the table or keeping the lights on. The boy's cancer was cured.
This is a story of a high school senior who at ages eight and three had fought a battle with a vicious cancer and won. After graduating third in his class, he went on to earn bachelor's and master's degrees. Currently, the boy is a doctoral candidate. Not once has he or his family had to pay a dime for his life-saving cancer treatments. Not once was anything expected of the boy and his family for this amazing medical attention.
This is a story of a man who will be a father in just a few months. This baby's father may not have been alive today were it not for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. This is a story of a professional working at UTSA -- a professional who touches students' lives on a daily basis. His goal is to make a difference in the life of a student every day.
This is a story about me.
I know my colleagues across campus will do their part to ensure other success stories by donating to a favorite charity through the SECC. There are other families facing the same struggles as the boy in this story. Despite all the advances St. Jude has made in curing childhood cancers, the fact is that Wilms' tumor still kills 10 to 15 percent of its victims.
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The explosion was deafening. The big truck heaved forward and to the right. As Hal wrestled the wheel to keep us from fishtailing out of control, he cheerfully yelled, "Uh oh, May Day. May Day!" I glanced in the rear view and seeing sparks, smoke and debris flying from the rear wheel, said something like, "Blue to Base, we've been hit -we're going in." A horrible whapping and banging noise was echoing through the truck as Hal managed to wrangle it across three lanes of traffic for a forced landing on the shoulder. Drivers behind were on their brakes and swerving to other lanes to avoid collateral damage from flying bondo, dirt and miscellaneous loose parts.
Once out, we saw what had happened. The new-looking tire Hal had bought just 20 minutes before at the used tire store, had completely disintegrated on the rim at 60mph. "Look at that", Hal said calmly. The whapping noise had been caused by the 4-foot long steel belted tread tangled on the spinning rim and wrapped around the axle. It beat the daylights out of everything in and about the wheel well; the exhaust pipe, the gas tank filler tube, side panel supports and rear brake lines--all bent, twisted and leaking.
Hal Friddle keeps a low profile around this town. He has a nice wife, Anne, who works for the Performing Arts department of Coronado High, a daughter, Meagan, who's a college teacher, and a wire-haired terrier named Chloe, who's currently unemployed. Hal takes care of all the maintenance needs of the Shores buildings and seems almost normal. But the truck he drives belies his past risky undertakings south of the border.
Big Blue is a twenty-five foot behemoth that is as long as a legal lot is wide in the beach town of Coronado. It is perhaps the ugliest blunt force truck made west of the Eastern Block countries. The shape that failed the wind tunnel test is muscular but not well proportioned--lanky, like a giant chunk of beef jerky.
The 1979 Chevy Custom Deluxe 1-ton 4x4 with crew cab has absolutely no design or aerodynamic reason for being. It proudly proclaims itself a `Work Truck' in steel-toed boots, sweat socks and paint-splattered Dickies low enough to show plenty of butt crack.
Its `70s kidney-busting suspension sporting added overloads cradles a big dumb in-line 6 cylinder motor that is low-geared for dead-weight-hauling. Hal and my cousin, Ken Shortt, bought the truck as military surplus from the Air Force at a Vandenberg Base auction in 1984. Ever since they've been exploring parts of the Baja that aren't written up in the travel brochures. "What happens in Mexico stays in Mexico." is the stolen credo that stays with Big Blue.
Now Blue wasn't always blue. It's true that while in the Air Force he wore a sophisticated blue uniform with stenciled lettering describing his nomenclature and military affiliation. But once retired from active duty, just before the auction, Blue was painted a shabby metallic silver right over the dirt, rust and numbers. And over the next thirteen years, that's the way he looked as he lived on the streets of Coronado, provoking many midnight Police searches for vagrants living in his back seat.
As far as I know Blue never won a medal for Valor or had any other fancy awards festooned upon him. He was the kind of truck that did his job and kept his mouth shut. But once Ken sold out his share to Hal in 1997, the veteran was taken to Tijuana for the finest civilian two-tone sky blue go-to-hell paint job a peso could buy.
The added touch of red wheels and an aftermarket "Silverado" emblem glued to the dash pulled the whole fashion statement together. It should be noted that the trucks' age and cheaply renovated appearance allows Blue to blend with typical well-used Mexican trucks and therefore stand out when surrounded by tricked-out expensive chase trucks of the elite race crews.
Blue also has an appropriate high-mileage and patched-together camper that just squeezes in the extended 8' bed and flexes the overloads to their max. When it's loaded for a trip, the truck appears ready to spring into a back flip. The upside down broom attached to the camper's backside is never used for sweeping, only as a permanent signal that an emergency is in the making.
Hal himself has a reputation based on past deeds under the influence of Mexico. And when his friends relive the scrapes, booze and felony company, he just smiles and claims "That wasn't me, I was at the library at the time." But photographs document most of the exploits of the Boys without Borders.
There's Hal and Ken stuck in Guadalupe Canyon during a flash flood runoff. They tried to help another truck out of the sudden rain charged creek and found themselves in peril. They had stretched a safety line bumper to bumper between the two trucks and proceeded to dig a new path for the runoff around the other truck. But when Ken ventured across the rampage, holding the line, he was swept off his feet; his motorcycle boots filled with water, stretching him like plastic man horizontally down river. He was rescued by others in the party, but not before nearly drowning and gaining two inches in height.
The trek across Laguna Hanson is legend. Once again it was Hal and Ken bumming around Baja when they decided to see if they could make it across the quicksand area above Ensenada. Hours later they were digging out every twenty feet, because that was the combined length of the scrap 2x6 lumber they happened to have in the back. They completed the equivalent of the famous 1930s Plank Road, before reaching firm ground.
But it was on a visit to Hussong's bar where they left an impression that's still being talked about to this day. I'm not saying too much sarsaparilla impaired the driver--Let's just say it wasn't the first bar he had visited that day. And there could have been a pilot error while gauging the distance between the bumper and the wall as they pulled into the parking lot. After all, the spare tire is mounted above the front bumper adding a forward extension of about two feet. Hal and Ken will tell you in unison, "It's really a safety feature that acts as a cow-catcher during awkward moments."
When Blue bulled the wall, it sent patrons, tables and beer inside flying. The band was in full crescendo, winding up a rousing version of "Guadalajara" when all the casement windows along that wall that were propped open with sticks, fell as one, with a resounding slam coinciding with the last musical note. The windows were immediately reopened with folks yelling, "Well, c'mon in and have a beer!" After management inspected the impact point for damage and Hal bought a round for the house, no charges were filed. In fact the party was decidedly better and louder after the incident then before. Hal was allegedly at the wheel. But he would say, "I'm pretty sure I was on the way to Bible Study that morning. But the important thing to note is, that no beer inside the truck was spilled."
Over the years, Blue has been tested many times and always gotten home, sometimes dragging broken parts and desert souvenirs along, but always under its own power.
The Baja Races offered new challenges for the Blue. Another friend, Jon Sanford is a Pit Captain for Mag 7, a loose-knit group that provides services and gasoline to the racers every 50 miles along the course.
Jon handpicks the volunteers from a motley collection of Mexican adventurers and life-long friends. The tools and supplies are kept in a questionably overbuilt garage in a seedy neighborhood of Logan Heights. Jon takes care of the paperwork and runs the pit.
Pit responsibilities are taken seriously, but after the pit closes things happen. One or two Cervezas and the crew reverts to high school pranks and good-natured jokes. Hal is famous for hidden fireworks that explode in the campfire when you least expect. Or hand-lit rockets that screech into the night like errant scud missiles looking for targets of opportunity.
Last year for the 1,000 Race, the so-called "Crew" volunteered to work a pit at race-mile 625. Turned out our pit was a mere fourteen-hour drive from San Diego. The last four hours were on a worn-out dirt hump that used to be a road across the desert to a now-deserted town. Our crew traveled in a two-truck, one camper convoy. I was riding with Hal in Big Blue. And because it was our largest truck, it carried the bulk of the equipment--1,500 lbs of tents, spares for racers, tools, jacks and fill cans plus five fifty-gallon barrels of race gas (an additional 2,500 lbs.), not to mention the base truck weight of 5,500 lbs of rolling dead weight for a total of 9,500 pounds--enough to sink an aircraft carrier.
There was no doubt it could haul the load but we hadn't planned on the road being as rough as the course. As we were making our way though one of the worst washouts on the raised road, we began listing heavily to the left and suddenly experienced the slosh factor.
The weight shifted in the barrels, the sand gave way and we went into a slide off the road. Sensing an impending rollover, Hal turned left with the slope and we plowed down into a deep sand wash. When the dust cleared we found ourselves stuck up to our hubs in a place that probably had swallowed dinosaurs millions of years before.
We celebrated the fact that we hadn't rolled and then tested old Blues resolve to the limit. By jamming it into four-wheel we were able to wallow down the wash parallel to the raised road. It was a rough half-mile later when the slope flattened enough for Hal to floor it so the truck could haul it's own fat butt back on the so-called road. In the process we broke a motor mount and ripped the radiator fan shroud loose which came back to haunt us later.
The sun settled below the horizon before we made the town, leaving us to figure a way after dark through the empty gaggle of falling-down houses and a crazy quilt combination of paths and streets headed in all directions
In the process, we came across an Army Base. Surprisingly, the soldiers were actually on guard, after a long day of painting rocks white. The directions we received to the racecourse were sketchy at best, but when the troops finally got all their flashlights pointing in the same direction, we took a chance and followed a rough path out of town, into the night.
Thirty minutes later we arrived at the race path, but 15 miles up-course from our pit location. Noting the cow skeleton lying there and knowing the so-called course would destroy our trucks and camper over 15 miles of rocks and ruts, we decided to camp there and find our pit location in the daylight. It was a wise move. In the morning we could actually see where we were going.
We hurried to set the pit, because we knew racers were already headed our way at blistering speeds. Over the next fifty-three hours we serviced sixty-eight vehicles--a new record. It was a long night and day highlighted by three close calls as one hundred mile an hour trophy trucks roared through, sirens and horns blasting, overtaking slower vehicles right in front of our pit. What a show. "Look, it's going to eat the motorcycle..."
After our pit had closed, Hal and another Pit crew member, Bill took off for a few days of Baja exploration. A few hours later, they encountered an off-road opportunity meant for a much shorter wheel based truck. They stopped on the edge to size up the situation.
The gully was steep going in and even steeper going out. If they didn't play this right, Blue could end up as a permanent footbridge with front and rear bumpers stuck in the opposite banks and the wheels dangling uselessly in mid air. Hal figured the key was momentum. Bill wisely got out of the truck and stood where he thought it might be safe as Hal and Blue prepared for the gully run.
Hal muscled Blue into 4wheel, turned up `The Grateful Dead' and stuffed the foot feed. The big 6 cylinder roared, the load nearly jumped out of the bed as gravity helped them free-fall down the embankment. But auguring into the gully wasn't the worst part--that came when Blue leapt for the other bank through the rocks of the dry wash and came up a little short, barging the front mounted spare into the dirt embankment. The colossal explosion of dirt and dust obscured the windshield, but Hal knew if he let off the gas he would be there forever.
Blue scrabbled for traction and found enough to plow the spare clear of the dirt and begin a charge up the other side. Hal felt a tremendous shudder passing through Blue's chassis, but the nose bounced skyward and he kept going. He bulled his way up the hill, fighting the steering wheel with both hands as it jerked back and forth over the rocks.
When he cleared the top, Hal let out a whoop and kept it rolling to the flat where he stopped for an inspection of the chassis. As Blue idled proudly, catching its breath, Hal peered under. The whole front clip was tweaked an inch or more to the right. The Spare tire and rack had taken the brunt of the blow in the dirt and was at a jaunty new angle, the idler arm for the steering was twisted; bumper supports were bent but not too bad. The raised letters on the front plate were no longer raised. But overall, with just some corrective steering techniques, Blue was drivable until repairs could be made back home.
This year, we went back for the Baja 500. But because of all the recent disturbing headlines (Mob murders, kidnappings and robberies) many entrants, spectators and sponsors stayed away. Ensenada was dead. Still, there was a noisy fiesta-style party in the central fairgrounds. And many familiar hairy faces and random tattoos were there as motor-head volunteers. Blue took a parking place in the back row trying hard not to stand out from the high dollar trucks and high tech equipment.
The forty-foot tall blow-ups of Coca Cola and Tecate Beer cans dominated the skyline. Monster.com and Red Bull signs and just about every car product made shouted from the edges around the park. Live, loud music from high-rise stages rocked the park trying to fill in for the skimpy crowd. Hopeful food vendors, and hawkers peddling shirts, posters, hats, serapes, sunglasses and race equipment, all pushed their wares to the occasional clumps of people wandering by. The racecars, trophy trucks, and motorcycles caused a commotion as they were pushed by crewmembers to a staging area. But the guys went slack jawed when a dozen drop-dead gorgeous trophy girls, sauntered in partially dressed in identical midriff-baring, tiny muti-strap tops, hip-hugging black pants and race-appropriate high heels. They danced with the throng, posed for pictures and generally stirred things up. As the party heated up, the beer and wine flowed freely and I noted that passing women paused to take a second look at Blue, whether it was out of disgust or adoration is not clear.
Meanwhile, the actual race teams, who had already been there a week, pre-running the course and plotting strategies, were all business, getting their game face on for the monstrous challenge ahead. Even Hal was inspired to check the oil on Blue before we moved down the course to await the racers at our pit.
The course begins right in town under a balloon-festooned Starting Line. It then follows a rough river bottom before climbing a sandy bank into the surrounding mountains and over to the Baja coastal plain. Over the years Hal and Blue have explored most of the course, making full use of 4 wheel drive and a bumper mounted winch to get them through the toughest, nearly impassable parts.
A couple of years ago, after the racers were already home and all the hoopla had died down, Hal and Ken followed the rugged course south, just for the heck of it.
In retelling the story, they said, "It's amazing what you find in the wake of all the action; mirrors, banks of road lights, spare tires, roll bars, exhaust systems, filters and once; a complete racecar hidden from view back in the brush, under a tree."
They checked out the $80,000 racecar, found paperwork identifying the driver and noted the race number for the officials. You know what they did next? Yep. And it started right up. When they tried to move it, they found the clutch was burned out, explaining why it was left behind.
Turns out, the car had been abandoned by its driver when he suffered dehydration and had to be Medivaced home. But no one marked the cars location on a map. Back in San Diego, Hal and Ken were able to tell both the race officials and the grateful driver where the car was hidden on the course. After four months of being lost, the found car was recovered within a few days.
Baja off-road is racing at it's best, or worst, depending on your perspective. Crowds line the first leg of the course, surging dangerously close to the racers who slide around turns and fly over rises on their way out of town at eighty or ninety miles an hour. Touching a passing racer is as good as petting a bull on the run in Pamplona.
None of the established safety rules apply. There are stretches of the race that actually run over Baja's only two-lane highway to get around impassable rocks and canyons. But local traffic control is spotty at best, making unwitting participants out of locals on a Sunday drive.
Some well-heeled competitors have helicopters shadow them on the course. The flying service stations carry everything from tires and transmissions to engines, and they can turn any flat surface into an instant repair shop. But most teams depend on the more normal race pits that are set up about every fifty miles. The pre-paid pits are stocked with fuel, water, communications, and enough energy bars to get you to the moon.
At our pit Blue played a central role as a rolling Gas station. The fifty gallon fuel barrels stayed onboard with hand-crank pumps at the ready. As each fill can was emptied into the tanks of the waiting racecars, the containers were refilled as fast as possible. Anyone manning the crank handles had a very large right arm by the end of the day.
The course has many pinch-points called narrows. Drivers blinded by the dust and amped up by adrenaline sometimes run over each other when the first guy hits the brakes. When everybody finally gets untangled the field is no longer spread out--cars swarm into the next pit like killer bees on steroids.
Normally there are about ten guys in a pit with maybe fifteen to twenty vehicles signed up for service. But last year, there were only five of us manning the pit with forty-three cars, trucks and motorcycles scheduled to drop in during the long day and night the racers are allotted to finish the course. Somebody yelled, "Gird your loins, boys" As three or four vehicles bore down on us all at once, sliding to a stop in clouds of dust. We clambered all over each vehicle hastily inspecting critical parts to make sure nothing would fall off or blow up during the next leg of the race. The engines are too loud for yelling, so we used a lot of hand signals you'd never see in a baseball game.
While we cleaned their goggles and running lights, the drivers, still strapped in their seats, would yell and point to anything they think might be wrong. Water was fed to the driver through a straw while a twelve-gallon dump can was rammed into the car's tank.
Now, the worst thing you can do as you rush from racer to racer is spill gas all over a motorcyclist's lap during a sloppy speed fill. (Well, maybe the worst thing would be to light him up.) But we did okay for a bunch of amateurs.
No wet drivers. No fire in the hole. And most vehicles were out of there in less than two minutes, spinning tires and throwing dirt in our faces as thanks while we jumped to the next racer in line. We even did a couple of quick-fix bailing-wire and weld repairs in that time. After it was over, we swaggered around and gave ourselves kudos and high fives for not killing anyone.
Even when the race cars come into the pit one by one, you can only hope the wind is blowing the other way, Coming and going, they kick up a dust storm so thick, blinded drivers sometimes literally run over each other. And at the end of the race, when you clean up, you find pounds of dirt in nooks and crannies you didn't know you had.High on a mountaintop sits the Weatherman. Like Moses, he passes down race commandments to the hordes below. Every pit and every chase crew is tuned in, listening to his updates and satellite positing reports of individual racers. The GPS even tells how fast they were going as they passed, "Race number 186x passed check point 3 doing 57 miles per hour at 1600 hours." it's easy to patch together a picture of the entire race; who's in the lead, who broke down, what obstructions to watch out for, who's lost, who's hurt, how to get an emergency helicopter... all are broadcast by the guy in the sky.
Speeds on the course vary anywhere from zero to a hundred mph, which considering the nearly impassable rough and rocky terrain through the mountains, seems impossible. But, the racers are so jacked up on energy bars and adrenalin they could probably do the course just as fast without their cars.
Last year my son Mike and three of his buddies built a raced-up SUV for the 1,000 Run. They were still working on the truck at the Start Line. But, much to their surprise, they were forth in their class two hours after leaving Ensenada. Only ten miles later they rolled the truck. Fans along the course helped them get it back on its wheels and they sped on to race mile 210 without a windshield, top lights and other assorted parts.
At three the next morning they rounded a soft turn on top of a mountain, hooked a wheel in the sand, rolled over an abandoned truck that was teetering on the edge and fell into the abyss. About fifteen or twenty end over end flips later, they came to rest some eight hundred feet down in the bottom of a ravine. According to Mike, "It was the best E Ticket ride I've ever been on." He wasn't scratched, but the driver suffered bruised ribs, a mild concussion and was Medivaced home at first light. The SUV could not be recovered and was left for the local vultures to fight over.
This year, our pit for the 500 was just sixty miles from the start line along the coast on a scenic point of land just opposite Bird Shit Rock near the town of Erendira. We were fully exposed to the gale force winds off the ocean that were enough to take the food off your plate and blow you across the camp yard. Every once in a while, I would take cover in Blue's crew cab, but even lead-butt Blue was rocked by the gusts.
As usual, the kids in every town asked for Race Stickers as souvenirs, but vandals went further, stealing Race Markers from the course, sending many drivers in circles trying to find their way. Wise guys up the course took our arrows and signs that pointed down the course and switched them to a hard right "Short Cut" up and over a hill, causing drivers to miss their fuel stop at our Pit. Some driver's ran out of gas a few miles farther along or were forced to beg for it at the next pit.
At the end of the race, we had gallons of fuel left over and had I known gas would hit four bucks, I would have snuck some back across the border. I know Hal filled Blues' extra tanks with some racing 110 leaded and he ran like a rocket fired from Vandenberg.
Every year there are serious injuries. And it's not just people who get hurt. As tough as Blue is, he suffers too. You remember the broken motor mount and ripped fan shroud? Well eventually they conspired to unleash an errant bolt, which somehow bounced into the fan blade and then was shot through the radiator. Luckily it happened in downtown Ensenada. Unluckily, it was on Sunday.
But things have a way of sorting themselves out. We broke down in front of a restaurant. The owner had a friend with a radiator shop. The guy lived above his shop and was home when we called. It didn't matter that his floors were dirt and he smelled of coolant, burritos and burned grease. He had a great old-school nudie calendar to keep us entertained while he and his even dirtier assistant made the necessary repairs. We were back on the road in less than two hours.
Considering the thousands of racers and spectators that are in harm's way, it's amazing that most folks return home from Mexico unscratched with only a touch of Montezuma's revenge and some mighty tales to tell.
Big Blue has witnessed it all. He is a Baja proven sexy beast--solid as Sears and a testament to brawn over beauty. Between trips, he waits patiently around Coronado, trying to blend with the clean-living hybrids and careful not to run afoul of the twenty-five foot vehicle parking restrictions.
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First things first: Yes, there is an actual fiddler on (or in) Lamb's Players Theatre's "Roof."
Not only is the Coronado company putting up a sprawling staging of the durable musical — with 30 people onstage, including six band members — but it's bringing in a young actor-violinist from Texas (Ernest Sauceda) to personify the nonspeaking but deeply symbolic title character.
But that's only the start of the story when it comes to the musical approach for this "Fiddler," Lamb's first crack at the piece since 1985.
Co-director Deborah Gilmour Smyth says the show will be driven by klezmer — the expressive musical form born among Eastern European Jews in the late 19th century.
That was about the time the author known as Sholem Aleichem was writing the tales upon which "Fiddler" eventually would be based. And Smyth (a Lamb's associate artistic chief who is staging the show with her husband, producing artistic director Robert) says Aleichem's soulful storytelling fits right in with the grassroots emotion of klezmer.
"He's got a remarkable ability to stick you right in the middle of horrific, hard things and still be funny," Smyth says of the writer. "It really goes way back into the Yiddish tradition.
"And the klezmer is so much a part of that. One thing that's beautiful about the style of the music is that if you listen to the clarinet (played by Stephanie Schmitz), listen to the horn (Melissa Mejia), listen to the fiddle, it almost sounds like a human voice. That's what you're looking for, is this kind of wail — but also this sense of joy, all at once."
'Fiddler' factoid
The Israeli-born actor Topol (who starred as Tevye in the 1971 film version of "Fiddler on the Roof") played the role in various live productions and tours over the course of an astounding 42 years.
Bandleader/accordionist Mark Danisovszky's ensemble also includes Diana Elledge on cello and Chuck Elledge on piano. And the cast takes in a wide swath of longtime Lamb's favorites (Jesse Abeel, Caitie Grady), distinguished actors from the wider San Diego theater world (Jason Heil, Sandy Campbell, Brandon Joel Maier) and young up-and-comers (Megan Carmitchel, Charlene Koepf), to name a few.
The frequently revived 1964 musical by writer Joseph Stein, composer Jerry Bock and lyricist Sheldon Harnick tells the by-now familiar story of Tevye the milkman and his five daughters, who are living in a Russian shetl during the Czarist period.
Indelible songs such as "Tradition", "If I Were A Rich Man" and "Sunrise, Sunset" help document Tevye's struggles to reconcile the old ways with the rapid changes affecting his daughter's lives (and eventually roiling the whole community).
For Smyth, who also plays the role of Tevye's wife, Golde (opposite Sam Zeller), this story with a father at its center has a particular poignance. She was appearing in that 1985 Lamb's production when her own dad passed away; Smyth left the show temporarily to sing at his funeral back East.
So "it feels very, very personal to me," she says (though she notes her father was nothing like the demanding Tevye). "It's a sweet memory, though."
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London may have put on a cheerful face during the Olympics but tourists have still rated the city poorly in terms of friendliness, cleanliness and value for money, a survey has shown.
Of 40 cities worldwide, London this year ranked second to last for the friendliness of its locals, according to a poll by travel website TripAdvisor.
Only Moscow fared worse, while Mexico's Cancun ranked first.
Britain's capital barely performed better in the nine other categories of the poll, ranking 28th for safety, 26th for cleanliness and 35th for best value for money.
On the upside, London was rated fourth best city for shopping - behind New York City, Bangkok and Dubai - and fifth for the quality of taxi services.
The study was based on responses from 75,000 TripAdvisor users surveyed last month.
"While London hasn't ranked particularly highly by those that have reviewed the city this year, it's important to remember that many of the respondents may have experienced London before major changes were made or post the events of the summer," said Emma Shaw, a spokeswoman for TripAdvisor.
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Friendliest taxi drivers Tokyo, Cancun, Singapore
Best taxi services Tokyo, Singapore, Dubai
Cleanest streets Tokyo, Singapore, Zurich
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Best public transport Tokyo, Zurich, Munich
Best value for money Lisbon, Budapest, Bangkok
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Friendliest taxi drivers Moscow, Beijing, Brussels
Best taxi services Moscow, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur
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Ease of getting around Mumbai, Punta Cana, Moscow
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Spent the morning inspecting hives.
Installed five 3# packages on March 17 in 8-frame medium hives. Have two strong hives from last year for a total of seven hives.
One on the new hives is struggling and upon inspection I see that there's not much drawn comb, a small bee count, most of which are drones. A very small section of capped brood and no queen.
The other new hives are thriving...one is up to three supers already.
Last year's hives came through the winter well and are expanding rapidly. One had several swarm cells that I cut out. Not sure if that hive had swarmed already but there were plenty of bees, stores, and brood remaining.
Anyway...Back to the queenless drone bachelor hive. One of the queen cells I cut out was active as she was chewing through the cap and I could see her moving around in the cell. She was maybe 25% through.
I scooped the cell up and grabbed a frame of brood from that hive and dropped them both in the 2011 queenless hive.
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Although January 26, 2013 is still quite some time away, it doesn't mean we can't get anticipated for Yokkao Extreme 2013, which takes place on that date in Milan. With the main event featuring Andy Souwer taking on Dzhabar Askerov, it's a stacked card, and that's not even mentioning that the likes of Saenchai, Aikpracha, Sudsakorn and Kem will be on the card. Yokkao released a promo video today to get everyone hyped for the event. As per usual with Yokkao, the video is very well done so check it out.


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The Tom Landry years. It was ugly.
'Nuff said.
Considering Landry was a Giant, they conduct themselves completely opposite to the way the Giants do. Braggadocios, flashy, boastful, all sizzle no steak. Showboating. Cheerleaders. Theatrics. Carnival atmosphere. Granted it is worse in the Jerry Jones era but it was that way even in Landry's days. They stand for the opposite of everything Wellington Mara did. I am tempted to believe Landry kept his focus on coaching the team and the owners (Schram?) did their own thing.
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I disagree. I didn't hate the Cowboys back then because they were so good and we were so bad. It wasn't a real rivalry in my opinion.
I've always believed that this team was the most annoying in all of sports history.
It was a ridiculously good team that received a ton of attention. They were the best and then they would make moves like, signing Deion Sanders. It was unfair and they rubbed it in your face.
I still don't get the cowboys hate... it's a division rivalry, yes, but most cowboys fans I meet in real life are people more like ntegrase, fans of their franchise, but respectful human beings first.
Philly has a lot more to hate... their ****hole of a city, soulless fanbase that will cut you just for wearing the color blue on sunday, and al davis style of management that thought getting Michael Vick was a good idea. Not to mention, anyone remember the "dream team"?
Oh and I would totally punch Desean Jackson in his ****ty face if that wasn't considered a felony...
I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite team in the NFL.
Not living down in DFW area, dallas fans like Grase are few and far between, 90% of them are complete idiots that tell you they are going to win the superbowl becasue they are americas team. No other facts to support their argument but that, and if you try and have an intellectual debate about why they are better the response it WE ARE AMERICAS TEAM. I can't tell you how happy I am when i find a Dallas fan that i can actually just talk football with and not have my IQ drop just being in the same room.
I became a Giants fan in 1993. That was the peak of the Cowboys era and I loathed that team. Irvin, Smith, and Aikman would beat us in close games or humiliate the Gmen 35-0. One of the most satisfying wins I ever saw was in 1997 when the Danny Kanell Giants blew out Dallas and Irvin was crying on the sidelines. The hate is not as intense anymore as Dallas has become more comical than anything during the Romo years.
My only hatred toward the Cowboys is because of Jerry Jones and nothing else.
You'd think everyone would learn a thing or two about football growing up around the whole 'Friday Night Lights' culture.
Yeah, they love football, but they don't understand it. And it's usually going to be the people that only have a surface level understanding that boast and have the loudest opinions.
Overall, I think there are far more casual fans in the area than there are anywhere else because it's the "cool thing to do"/norm to like football at any level here.
Dallas is a team u either love or hate...and believe it or not i dont 'hate' the giants or lil eli. I just like pickin on him cuz of division rivalry. I dislike the eagles more than the g's......i dont like jerry though


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2007-2008 Nonprofit Management Program participants
UTSA summer institute trains nonprofit leaders
By Francesca Rattray
Senior Program Coordinator, Nonprofit Management Program
(July 9, 2008)--UTSA's Nonprofit Management Program (UNP) will host the Summer Institute on Leadership and Stewardship (SILS) on Aug. 7 and 9 to help future nonprofit organization leaders expand their skills. The two-day workshop will cover trends and issues in the nonprofit sector, focusing on leadership skills.
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Following SILS, nonprofit management certificate classes meet one day per month, September through April, covering specific competencies each day. Participants in the program earn continuing education units (CEUs) toward certification.
Suzanne Reily attests to the value of the program. She had worked for the Children's Association for Maximum Potential (CAMP), a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving children with special needs and their families, for three years and loved her job. As a CAMP community relations manager, she had developed expertise on the job and from personal knowledge as the mother of a son with autism. With on-the job training and life experiences, she was ready to take her knowledge to the next level.
"I knew that to grow within my organization and in my understanding of my job, I needed an educational foundation," said Reily. "As a mother of two children working full-time, a formal graduate program would not fit into my busy life." Then she learned about UTSA's UNP from her CAMP colleagues, several of whom had graduated from the program. When she realized the course helped increase the expertise of nonprofit professionals, she asked CAMP Executive Director Paul Furikawa if she could be next in line to take the course.
"I had no idea how much I would actually enjoy being in the classroom again, learning about a subject I love," said Reily. "With each week, I was amazed every subject pertained to my job from IT to strategic planning. I use this knowledge weekly, sometimes daily in my position at CAMP."
Reily's experience mirrors that of the more than 200 alumni of UTSA's continuing education nonprofit management certification program, which has developed nonprofit leaders in South Texas for more than 10 years. Working professionals from regional nonprofits have completed the program including participants from CAMP, Catholic Charities, American Red Cross and others from the for-profit sector who serve on boards and as volunteers. The program helps develop expertise in strategic planning, fundraising, financial management, human resources and program evaluation.
"This year's one-day-per month program marks a change over previous years and was designed to draw participants from outside San Antonio, where similar certificate programs are lacking," noted Goutham Menon, director of the UTSA Center for Policy Studies, who oversees the program.
Additionally, the one-day sessions help accommodate demanding schedules of the nonprofit professionals by offering a program that requires only a seven day commitment to complete certification.
The new program format has drawn presenters from the community that bring years of expertise from the field including Palmer Moe, executive director of the Kronkosky Foundation, who will lead a panel discussion on board governance in September. CAMP's Furikawa also will provide presentations on ethics and accountability.
For more information, visit the NMP Web site or contact Francesca Rattray at (210) 458-2691.


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We have probably become significantly worse on D since then though.
So, our stellar defense of last year is going downhill? I'm wondering if we all watched the same team actually play basketball more than 3 times..... SUCK IT UP FAN'S.. You might actually enjoy the game from the middle seats.......
Here is the progression of our defense (points allowed per 100 possessions): 2004- 96 2005- 101 2006- 103 2007- 104 2008- 103 2009- 108 We were amazing in '04. Really good in '05. Top 3 in '06-'08. And we fell off the cliff last year. Even 2004 Ben isn't enough to make us a good defensive team this coming season. 2010 Ben is probably not enough to make much of a dent at all. But he can't possibly make us worse and he provides leadership, which is needed on a team with so many new guys thrown together (who have never cared about D).
That statement is borderline fallacious IMO. As a professional basketball player you play within the system your coach implements. I find it laughable when fans claim to understand plays while simultaneously failing to realize that depending on the player, the same play that would get Tim Duncan a dunk would net Rasheed Wallace a fadeaway three. Meanwhile the opposing offense has to deal with a long rebound fast break opportunity or taking it out of bounds, regardless of what the defenders "care about".
Ben Gordon played for (and butted heads with) Scott Skiles.
So did Ben Wallace....
Lot of the older less deep teams are going to get worn out chasing our guys around all game. I also think the rebounding will improve. Kind of a waste playing D when you miss the rebound.
Skiles was frustrated with Ben Gordon because of his poor shot selection and lack of defense. He felt that he couldn't leave Gordon in the game when they needed a stop. My point is that Ben Gordon has been in situations where he was expected to play defense and where very good defensive systems were in place. He was the weak link. So, if he really cared about defense and tried his best, then we are in trouble. Guess who else played for Skiles and didn't get along wit him. Charlie V. So, yeah, we are building an entire team of Skiles' discards. I wouldn't really care, but it isn't a good sign when a coach who loves defense gets fed up with players. They see them every day in practice and they know what the players are supposed to be doing in the defensive schemes. Maybe it is just ability and not attitude.
I understand your point, but I still wouldn't use getting along with Scott Skiles as an indicator of anything. Scott Skiles skews the analysis. (Say that 5 times fast)
It's not really the getting along with him part. I don't care that he and Ben Wallace clashed over a headband. It's the fact that he's a coach that cares about defense as much as any coach in the league and came to the conclusion that BG and CV are lacking in that area. Can they change their stripes? If they do, it will be through personal improvement and hard work, not a change of scenery. Kuester's defensive system probably will not be as strong as Skiles'. The Ben Wallace that will be playing beside Ben Gordon now will not be as strong as he was back in Chicago. Of course, we could just outscore the opposition. Maybe our offense will be that good.
Glad you liked the post. I was at a party once that was dominated by educated types. It was an interesting mixture, but mostly dominated by administrative credentials, with some aggressive women representing the HS levels that were extremely frustrated on not being able to connect with their male students. I mentioned to this group, that perhaps what was needed, was to understand the rights of passage (of which there are none): to reach out for an associated occurrence that might substitute for this absence. The book I suggested they introduce was Zen and let us not forget that the title composition ended: An Inquiry Into Values. It is a journey about people, roles, life directions and understanding your placement: it is a cultural bearing book. I told the teachers to introduce it as a work, from their personal perspective (that as a announcement to the class) would be puzzling (in the beginning ) from a women's perspective. This of course, is using reverse psychology: which means that the uninvolved have a peaked interest and those left out...wonder why. Never met any of them again.
I smiled. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was a big influence in my early 20s.
As correctly noted by you: usually they can not. In a world of reversing orders, it might be appropriate to ask: under what circumstances, and with what regard, are roles turned-over, accepted and built upon? Individual commandments are made with a great deal of ice-breaking softness. Complexity enters into everything. The more players commit up-front, the more delicate the situation from the coach's perspective. Coaches need victories for their atonement (immediacy=administrative points). Players need reinforcement of progress toward a career (longevity=succeeding contracts). Atonement is a hyper-reality that must use a whole spectrum of wants. These wants need to be flexible and very devious. The players are able to grow and expose their angel wings. The coaches need to evoke Faust's Redemption (Goethe) and make an understanding that, "from one man out of the two of them" (Act 3, scene 2).
He's BACK! and I'm back as well, lol! Was away for a short holiday the last few days. So, I was actually trying my luck to jump to the moon but I was on a airplane, not a NASA plane.... But I tried...
Hey, hope you are not affected by the typhoon too. Understand that Taiwan and China were affected and millions have evacuated. But I'm ok the South East Asia. Take care my brother...
I think we just need to hit more shots.
Ben has played on some solid defensive squads. He can provide leadership and guidance during this learning time. He could also get frustrated by the skill sets and attitudes of the players, and a coach not living up to his expectations. I know everybody is happy to see Ben back. For that reason, I too like the decision. I just hope that it lives up to its billing...and not another Michael Curry decision...fiasco.
I have been away from the forum for a few days so this thread has been a delight to read, I have been hooting at my computer so much my neighbors now know for sure I am crazy. WELCOME BACK BEN !!! Coincidently I just re-read Zen a couple of weeks ago and was reminded how much this book influenced my view of the world. Pirsig is truly a deep thinker.
I couldn't agree more. I know Kuester is a big fan of that as well. Hitting more shots that originate behind the painted arc counts for more points, so it would be really nice if we hit more of those.
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Boone County Sheriff's Department searching for "armed and dangerous" suspects who escaped after car chase
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Local law enforcement is searching for the two suspects who escaped after Tuesday's car chase in Boone County.
The Sheriff's Department is searching for 21-year-old Sheldon O. Grayson and 26-year-old Autumn D. Kee. Officials say the two suspects should be considered armed and dangerous.
Grayson is described as a light-skinned black male, 6'3" tall, and weighing 230 pounds. He is currently on parole and has outstanding felony warrants for his arrest.
Kee is a light-skinned black female, about 5'6" tall and weighs 135 pounds. She also has an outstanding felony warrant for her arrest.
The two suspects escaped after a chase on Route J in Boone County Tuesday night. Deputies originally responded for shots fired and chased the car to Roby Farm Road.
Once on Roby Farm Road, the wanted suspects and two others, 22-year-old Marland Lane and 21-year-old Jamil Edwards, tried to escape on foot, but Lane and Edwards were arrested immediately.
Deputies found a "large amount" of stolen property in the suspects' vehicle.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Grayson or Kee is asked to call 911 immediately or call CrimeStoppers anonymously at 573-875-TIPS.


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Thank you for the tutorial. Do you have your batting in place when you start to unroll?
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Thank you for the tutorial. Do you have your batting in place when you start to unroll?
Great tutorial, thank you!
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now am found, was blind, but now I see. [John Newton (1725-1807)]
Excellent tutorial. Thanks for taking the time to post it. I have several large quilts to prepare for FMQ, and will certainly try this method.
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I am a longarmer....but would definitely do this on a small quilt that I might do on my Bernina. I use the Elmer's glue method for applying binding, (Sharon Schamber's youtube video is great for learning the method). I tell everyone Elmer's school glue is my new best quilting friend. I have used it to tack applique pieces also. Thanks for the tut...brilliant!
Thanks for the tute.
Life...you muddle your way through it and then you die!
This is fantastic! How do you attach it to the board at the beginning?
Interesting method - layering is the biggest challenge for me. May have to try this.
Thank you for the tute! I've sent my last couple of quilts to a long-armer, but this will owrk great for me for smaller quilts.
When someone mentions quilting, I go to pieces!
I purchased trim boards which are 1/2" x 3 1/2" x 8 feet long. No sanding needed. I am going to use the hint to cover them with flannel. I use Sharon Schambers method for basting my quilts but have used quilter's safety pins instead of needle and thread. Have glue will baste, LOL. Now!
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Breaking Bad - Season 5 Episodes
Breaking Bad - Season 5
Season Four's explosive finale concluded with Walt (Bryan Cranston) defeating Gus (Giancarlo Esposito) in their season-long battle of wits, taking down the ice-cold kingpin once and for all. With Jesse (Aaron Paul) back on his side, now Walt is faced with the prospect of moving on in a world without his enemy. As the pressure of a criminal life starts to build, Skyler (Anna Gunn) struggles to keep Walt's terrible secrets.
"Live Free or Die"
As Walt deals with the aftermath of the Casa Tranquila explosion, Hank works to wrap up his investigation of Gus' empire.
Walt and Jesse seek out an unlikely partner for a new business venture. The DEA follows up new leads in its investigation.
"Hazard Pay"
Posing as a paralegal, Mike visits Dennis, the manager of Gus' industrial laundry, in jail. During the meeting, Dennis's lawyer, Dan, tunes out and listens to music: he doesn't want to hear what Mike has to say to Dennis about their ongoing collusion. Mike reassures Dennis that the deal he had with Gus is still in place and he should stay quiet.
Walt celebrates another birthday. Skyler considers her options. An associate complicates Walt and Jesse's plan.
"Dead Freight"
Walt's team must get creative to obtain the materials they need to continue their operation.
Walt, Jesse, and Mike struggle over the future of their business, occupational hazards weigh on Jesse.
"Say My Name (aka Everybody Wins)"
Walt takes control of business matters as Mike grapples with the consequences of his actions.
"Gliding Over All"
Walt ties up loose ends. Seeing the evidence of his success, he makes a startling and dangerous decision.
"Blood Money"
As Walt and Jesse adjust to life out of the business, Hank grapples with a troubling lead.
While Skyler's past catches up with her, Walt covers his tracks. Jesse continues to struggle with his guilt.
Jesse decides to make a change, while Walt and Skyler try to deal with an unexpected demand.
"Rabid Dog"
An unusual strategy starts to bear fruit, while plans are set in motion that could change everything.
Things heat up for Walt in unexpected ways.
Everyone copes with radically changed circumstances.
"Granite State"
Events set in motion long ago move toward a conclusion.
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Now days it is commonly believed by most parents that it is quite essential to give some quality time to their kids. It is a general idea that if an hour has been spent by the parents with their kids, it is enough. This one hour of quality time usually includes eating outside with their children, watching television, watching movies and activities like that.
It is very important for the parents to be present as a witness to the lives of their children. It basically means creating some memories that can never be forgotten and always act as a support to their kids when the going gets tough. Let us take for instance a dyslexic kid, it becomes the responsibility of the parents to advice and guide him in sorting out his letters. It is also the duty of the parents to help a troubled teen or a kid and make a sincere attempt at correcting his maladaptive behaviours.


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Luxury 4* Annandale Apartment
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The apatment can accomodate 3 guests (2 adults 1 child). It consists of one bedroom, a nice living room where you can use the WiFi, a fully equipped kitchen and a bathroom.
Walking distance into the City Centre takes only ten minutes. Shops, restaurants, supermarkets, local transport, take-away etc. all on your doorstep. Many attractions, theatre, cinema, museums all within minutes walk.
Car parking is private and secure, parking permit is provided on arrival.
House rulesCheck in time is 4pm - check out time is 10am. However, if you require an earlier or later time, luggage may be stored for a limited time. Every effort possible will be made to accommodate this.
Once booking is confirmed, I will email you with arrival details etc. I will meet you at the apartment on arrival, however if your arrival time is after 8pm, keys can be collected from the key lock box provided close to the apartment.
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We enjoyed staying in Elizabeth's apartment. It is very nice cosy and clean apartment. Well equiped, nice location. And the host Liz is a very nice and helpful person. I would highly recommend this apartment.
and thanks to Liz, we hope to come and stay more in future in your lovely apartment.
Really great apartment! Situated nicely at the edge of the old city centre of Edinburgh, so you can just step out the door and start enjoying the beautiful streets of the New Town. The apartment was in very good condition, with nice rooms and well-equiped kitchen. Indeed, it has everything one could wish for and, if needed, you can always call the landlady (Liz) who is very kind and always willing to help. Highly recommended!!
Ideally situated for the New Town, Princess Street and the main galleries and museums. This spotlessly clean apartment is equipped with every thing you could need for a short or longer stay. Food shops and good restaurants nearby..
We enjoyed in all time that we had in Edinburgh and Liz's apartment. The apartment had all amenities that we can need. Many thanks to Liz and Wimdu family….
We have spent 3 days in Edimburgh. Everything was perfect with Liz.
She gave us all the eases. We arrived late and she gave us the keys, and everything was perfect in the appartment. You have everything that you need and it is near to the city center.
If we go to Edimburgh again, we will repeat.
Thanks for everything Liz.
We spent lovely holidays in Edinburgh. Liz is a very kind host and her apartment is very pleasant and comfortable and not far from the city centre.
The apartment is very comfortable, tidy and quiet. As we went inside, we were absolutely delighted. Liz is a very friendly host, who will welcome you in her warm way.
It is only a 10-minute walk to the city centre, but bus stops are also close if you are too lazy. There´s a supermarket around the corner, which we found very useful, as we didn´t want to eat out every evening.
I´ll make it short: don´t hesitate, this is the place you want to stay in Edinburgh.
A very nice setting: the location is perfect (near to the centre, yet very quiet), a secure car park at the back of the building, the kitchen is well equipped, and everything is very clean and confortable.
Elizabeth has a huge, beautiful and very thoughtfully equipped apartment in a wonderful location. I was able to walk everywhere! I especially enjoyed her little electric fireplace in the living room. It made the room very cozy on cold winter nights.The living room is actually comfortable enough with the sleeper bed that it would make the apartment work as a two bedroom as well. Elizabeth is very kind and hospitable but also very respectful of her guests privacy. She is very willing to work with you if you have any problems, you just have to let you know!
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Marina Erakovic has suffered her second first round exit at the Australian Open in three days after losing her opening doubles match with partner Heather Watson today.
The New Zealander and the Brit fell in straight sets to ninth seeds Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany and Kveta Peschke of the Czech Republic 6-4 6-0.
The defeat means Erakovic has gone five straight years of being knocked out in the first round of the doubles in Melbourne.
The Kiwi number one was ousted in the singles on Monday after going down to French opponent Alize Cornet 7-5 6-7(3) 10-8.
Meanwhile in the singles, defending champion Victoria Azarenka sent out a powerful warning to her rivals after blasting her way into the third round.
The world No.1 said she was back in competitive mode following a near whitewash of Greek player Eleni Daniilidou.
Azarenka skipped through with a 6-1 6-0 victory which took her just 55 minutes to complete.
She is set to move further forward in her next encounter when she meets the winner of the match between American Jamie Hampton and Thai Luksika Kumkhum.
"Today was much better,'' Azarenka said after her match.
"I felt like I am back in the competitive mode in the tournament and more focused and that was the best part for me.''
She tore through the opening set in only 24 minutes but was helped when Daniilidou double-faulted twice while facing break points.
Azarenka broke serve at will in the second set as she shut out her opponent, who had beaten her in their only previous encounter, five years ago in Paris.
Following her win in last year's Open, Azarenka went on to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals and the US Open final.
However, she admitted a repeat season would not be easy.
"It would be pretty difficult to duplicate something like that,'' she said. "All I can do is try.''
Sixteenth-seeded Italian Roberta Vinci also made light work of her second-round match.
Vinci reached the third round with a 6-3 6-2 win over Uzbekistan's Akgul Amanmuradova.
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