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Chair rail wood molding can transform the appearance of your living room, dining room or hallway, and installation goes quickly when you prefinish the wood.
The original purpose of chair rail was to protect walls from being damaged by chair backs. Today, this molding is a fast way to stylishly define a dining room, living room or entry hall, especially when used to separate wallpaper from paint, or between two different colors of paint.
This article will show you how to install chair rail, with tips to make the job go faster and easier and with less wasted material. Chair rail is available in a variety of woods and styles, from inexpensive paint-grade pine to large, very expensive hardwood profiles. You can also make your own chair rail with standard trim or clear "1-by" material. The special-order cherry molding we used cost $5 per ft.
To cut the chair rail, you'll need a miter saw and a coping saw with extra blades (they break easily). A finish nailer isn't absolutely necessary but will give you faster, better results.
Sketch out the floor plan of the room, noting the exact length of each section of wall. Add a foot to each length for waste to get the minimum size you need for each wall. Once you decide on a style, you'll need to do some juggling to make the standard lengths that the lumberyard sells fit the lengths that you need. The best way to keep track of what piece goes where and avoid wasting expensive wood is to make notes on the sketch. Here are some shopping tips:
Also use your sketch to plan the location of coped cuts, so that you don't end up with pieces that have to be coped at both ends. If possible, locate coped pieces on walls where the non-coped end can be marked in place. That way you can shave the coped cut down, or even recut it if you have to, before you cut it to length. Even pros have to tweak their cuts, so leave yourself a little extra wood to work with.
Until the 1990s, air nailers were so expensive that many carpenters didn't use them. They're a whole lot cheaper now; even if you do only occasional carpentry, they're well worth the investment. Not only can you nail trim faster and easier, but you'll get better-looking results. The skinny nails are less likely to split wood, and they leave smaller holes that are easier to hide. Hammer dents and bent nails are no longer a concern.
Locate studs and mark them with masking tape. If new wallpaper or paint is part of the project, complete those jobs before you install chair rail.
Apply wallpaper or paint high enough (or low enough) for the chair rail to cover the edge. Chair rail is usually placed 36 in. above the floor but can be installed anywhere from 30 in. to 42 in. up, with wallpaper either above or below.
Lightly mark the bottom of the chair rail every 3 ft. around the perimeter of the room. Measure from the baseboard, the ceiling or the floor—whichever is most consistent. Find and mark all the studs (Photo 1).
In older houses, where level floors and ceilings may be only a distant memory, perfectly level chair rail can actually look crooked. The best solution is to ignore the level and follow a compromise line halfway between level and the closest visual reference point—usually the baseboard. If in doubt, tack up a test piece or a piece of tape, then stand back and see if it looks right.
Prefinish the chair rail for less mess and smoother results. Apply the final coat after installing the chair rail and filling nail holes.
For a job with sharp, crisp edges, stain and varnish (or paint) the chair rail before nailing it up (Photo 2). Before the first coat, sand all the chair rail lightly but thoroughly with 180-grit sandpaper. Test the finish on scrap pieces to make sure the color looks right. To match existing trim, you'll have to experiment on scraps of chair rail. Don't assume that stain colors will look the same on your chair rail as they do on store displays.
Cope inside corners by cutting along the profile left by a 45-degree miter cut. Hold the coping saw at an angle to "backcut" the chair rail.
Perfect the fit of coped ends with a file, rasp, utility knife or sandpaper. Don't try to shave off thin slices with a coping saw.
Close a gap with a shim. Slip the shim under the uncoped end to force it against the coped end. This only works if the gap is along the lower half of the joint.
Wall corners are almost never perfectly square, but coped joints cover this problem by fitting tightly against the adjoining piece even if the corner is a few degrees off.
Cut the piece for the first side of the corner at 90 degrees and nail it in place—but keep the nails a foot back from the corner for now. Cut the coped end of the next piece and tweak it until the joint is tight (Photos 3 and 4).
Here are some tips for making smooth, accurate cope cuts:
If the first wall isn't perfectly plumb, you may need to glue a thin shim under the bottom edge to tighten the joint (Photo 5). Don't cut off the shim in place—you may damage the wall. Instead, mark it, and then pull it out
to cut it.
Once the coped joint looks right, hold it in place and mark the cut at the other end. Only one end should be coped. The other end will always be either an outside corner or a 90-degree cut.
Find the miter cut angle on outside corners with an angle finder or just by cutting and recutting test pieces until they form a tight corner.
Outside corners often flare out slightly, so that the chair rail needs to be cut at more than 45 degrees. To get the exact angle, cut two scrap pieces at 46 degrees, then adjust the angle of the cut until the joint is tight (Photo 6). Both sides should be cut at the same angle.
Spread wood glue on one of the ends before nailing the pieces to the wall. Don't nail within 2 in. of the end unless you're using a brad nailer or predrilling, to avoid splitting the wood.
To end chair rail at an archway or corner, form a return an inch from the corner. When you cut the return, leave the saw blade down until the blade stops spinning to avoid nicking the return as it falls away from the blade.
First, cut a return piece the width of the chair rail. Clamp a 1x4 to the fence so the saw blade won't mangle the return.
Next, push the return into place with a little wood glue and hold it for a minute until the glue starts to set. Don't nail the return—it's too small.
Join sections of chair rail with a 30-degree "scarf" joint at a stud. For a strong joint, use glue in addition to nails.
If your wall is too long for a single piece of chair rail, you can inconspicuously join two pieces by cutting the ends at 30 degrees and gluing them together (Photo 7).
Select two pieces with similar grain. Measure and cut the two pieces so that the splice occurs on a stud. Position the top piece so that all the edges line up, then nail it to the wall. Wipe away glue drips and touch up with filler and additional finish if necessary.
Some types of chair rail are thicker than window and door casing. To solve this problem, bevel-cut the chair rail as shown in the photo with a shallow 45-degree bevel cut. Apply finish to the cut before you nail it up to avoid getting finish on the casing.
Fill nail holes with colored putty. Blend different colors of putty to perfectly match the color of the wood. Then apply the final coat of clear finish.
Before applying the final coat of finish, fill all nail holes. Use colored wood putty—either oil or water-based—to fill holes in natural woodwork (Photo 8). If you don't have the right shade, blend different colors with your fingers for a better match. Wipe away excess filler with a rag dipped in thinner for the oil-based putty, or water for the water-based product.
Use spackling paste for painted chair rail. Sand it flush, spot-prime the nail holes, then repaint.
The techniques used to install a chair rail can also be used to make a plate rail or a heavier, built-up chair rail. In addition to being visually interesting, a built up rail like this can be used to display photos, artwork and knickknacks. Plate rails are usually installed about five feet above the floor.
Have the necessary tools for this DIY project lined up before you start—you'll save time and frustration.
Avoid last-minute shopping trips by having all your materials ready ahead of time. Here's a list.


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The Chamber Music Workshop is a class for students who wish to perform the repertoire of Baroque, Classical, Romantic and 20th-21st century composers for small ensemble. Small "chamber jazz" groups are also potential projects for the workshop. The class is open by audition only; those students who are accepted are matched up with others of similar ability to perform duos, trios or quartets. The groups are coached by the instructor in separate rooms during class time, and perform in concert during the last weeks of the semester.
Auditions for new students are held just prior to and throughout the registration periods preceding the semester in which the class is offered. Students should be prepared to play at least one 3-5 minute piece. There will be no auditors.
In preparation for the final concert, there are also several masterclasses at which ensembles perform for each other with commentary from the instructor.
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#41 Tue 14 Jun 05 4:17am
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- Member since Mon 13 Jun 05
Re: COOKIES ANONYMOUS
I'm looking for some cookie recipes that have cookies that go well with tea. Homemade is great!
#42 Mon 25 Jul 05 5:20pm
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Re: COOKIES ANONYMOUS
*bump*.. again
#43 Tue 26 Jul 05 2:45pm
Re: COOKIES ANONYMOUS
Thank you Bob, for keeping this active!
#44 Mon 01 Aug 05 4:01am
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- From Canada
- Member since Mon 13 Jun 05
Re: COOKIES ANONYMOUS
I guess everyone is on vacation.
But I did try a lemon cake and it was delicious.
#45 Tue 09 Aug 05 9:19am
Re: COOKIES ANONYMOUS
Hello LunchExpress,
Why don't you post that lemon cake recipe for us?
Montana 8)
#46 Tue 09 Aug 05 10:57am
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Re: COOKIES ANONYMOUS
Woah Joanne,those candy bar cookies look soooo gooood!!!
Looks a little like Squillionaire's/Millionaire's Shortbread?
I'm so gonna try them out next week...
#47 Tue 09 Aug 05 2:35pm
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- From Boston, Massachusetts
- Member since Wed 30 Jun 04
Re: COOKIES ANONYMOUS
I like your description of the Candybar Cookies! I think they should be renamed Squillionare's Shortbread!
They are very easy, just multi-stepped. I hope you enjoy them. They never last long around here!
#48 Tue 09 Aug 05 2:51pm
- Member Occupation Preschool teacher, mom
- From Boston, Massachusetts
- Member since Wed 30 Jun 04
Re: COOKIES ANONYMOUS
While I'm here on the subject, two great recipes I have tried this summer:
Rasbberry Powder Puffs
4 egg whites
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup sour cream
1/3 cup raspberry preserves
Confectioners' sugar (for dusting)
Heat oven to 350° F. Using an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat the egg whites on high until stiff peaks form, about 1 1/2 minutes. With the mixer running, slowly add the granulated sugar. Continue beating until glossy, about 1 minute. Add the orange zest and vanilla. In a small bowl, combine the flour and baking powder. Gently fold the flour mixture into the egg mixture until no white streaks remain. Spoon the batter into a large resealable plastic bag. Using scissors, cut the end off a corner of the bag to create a circle about 1/2 inch in diameter. On a parchment-lined baking sheet, pipe the batter into 24 1 1/2-inch rounds (about the size of silver dollars). Bake until puffed and golden, about 12 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool completely. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the sour cream and preserves. Spread some of the raspberry mixture onto the bottom of half the cookies. Form sandwiches with the remaining cookies. Sprinkle with the confectioners' sugar just before serving.
Yield: Makes 24 puffs
Chocolate-Chip Apricot Bars
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 cups rolled oats
3/4 cup chocolate chips
3/4 cup chopped dried apricots
Heat oven to 350° F. Lightly coat a 9-inch square baking pan with vegetable cooking spray.Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and light brown sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon and blend until smooth. With a spoon, stir in the oats, chocolate chips, and apricots.
Press the batter into the pan and bake 25 to 30 minutes or until the top is golden and the pastry begins to pull away from the sides of the pan. The center should be slightly soft. Cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Cut into 18 bars when still warm, then let cool completely before removing from the pan.
Yield: Makes 18 bars
#49 Fri 02 Sep 05 9:41am
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those sound delicious!
#50 Fri 02 Sep 05 12:57pm
Mona Lisa
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- From Melbourne, Australia
- Member since Wed 11 Aug 04
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For those chocolate lovers out there - I just couldn't resist in sharing a few of my favourites.
Don't over mix or overcook these brownies or they'll become too cake like, and dry. They're supposed to be moist and gooey inside, so you can't test them for doneness with a toothpick. Instead, keep an eye on them while they're baking: they will swell up and then level off just before they're done.
Makes 12 large brownies
1 cup unsalted butter
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate roughly chopped
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup or golden syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 cup flour
1 cup chopped toasted pecans
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chunks
Vanilla ice cream
1 cup Chocolate Sauce (recipe follows)
Sliced strawberries
Caster sugar
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9 x 13-inch cake pan.
In double boiler or a small bowl set over simmering water, melt half the butter and the unsweetened chocolate. Set aside to cool slightly. In a mixing bowl, cream together the remaining butter and the sugar. Beat in the syrup, vanilla, and salt. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Stir in the melted chocolate mixture, and then the flour. Do not over mix. Stir in the pecans and chocolate chunks.
Spread the dough evenly in the prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. The brownies will swell up and then level off just before they are done. They should remain moist even when done: do not over bake.
Cool before cutting. To serve, place a scoop of vanilla ice cream in the center of the brownie, and drizzle with warm Chocolate Sauce. Garnish with berries and dust with powdered sugar.
**Chocolate Sauce**
8 ounces semisweet chocolate
1/2 cup unsalted butter
2 tablespoons brandy or cognac
1 tablespoon orange flavoured liqueur
3/4 cup light corn syrup (or golden syrup)
3/4 cup heavy cream
Cut the chocolate and butter into small pieces and place with the brandy, orange liqueur, and golden syrup in a double boiler and allow to soften. The butter will melt, but the chocolate chunks will hold their shape until pressed. Remove from the heat and whisk together. When the mixture is smooth. Stir in the cream.
This sauce keeps very well in the refrigerator. If you leave out the cream, it makes a great icing.


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When use mast strobe light?
I spoke too soon. There apparently -are- valid uses for the masthead strobe.
First, West Marine says it is approved for use as a distress light on inland waters; but illegal offshore.
Next, the rules for the ''Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race'' actually -requires- masthead stobe lights on participating vessels. (Page 5, 7.24) at:
The Port of Charleston mentions them (and white flares) as visibility tools -- but says the strobe is for ''distress only''.
Same is repeated for Chesapeake Bay at:
Seems to be prohibted in Austraila:
Basically same said at:
And the definatibve answer seems to be at:
Which references the -approved- use of strobe likes described by the USCG Navigation Center. I''l take their word for it (smile).
So there are approved uses of a masthead strobe, but mainly on inland waterways. How the Transpac avoids the clear international prohibition of the lights is confusing to me.
When use mast strobe light?
The only thing I could find in what Gordon quoted which might permit/justify a strobe was the line:
"(d) a signal made by radiotelegraphy or by any other signaling method consisting of the group . . .- - -. . . (SOS) in the Morse Code;"
Which hardly seems to make a strobe become ''valueable'' on the masthead; although I -did- come across a mention of one boat in distress which did exactly that (used the strobe to flash an SOS). Aside from that one mention and two hearing of strobe used by single-handers as a nighttime ''see me'', that''s all I''ve been able to find about it -- accept that Aqua Signal offers it as an option for their tri-colors.
Just for grins I will send Aqua Signal a message and ask them why they offer it and what its -approved- use would be (smile). I''ll report back when/if they reply.
When use mast strobe light?
I think we disagree on the Legal & Proper usage of White & Green Flares, and Strobe Lights. We seem to agree more on their effective use.
Speaking of White Flares, you indicated that they were ...covered by the col regs with no ambiguity ...
The COLREGS specify the use of Red Flares & Orange Smoke, but are silent on the subject of White Flares. I can find no internationally recognized standards on the use of White Flares. As I previously posted (but failed to attribute) Pains-Wessex states: ...there is no standard for white flares.
As I also posted previously, The COLREGS (Rule 36) specifically admonish against the use of Strobe Lights - ... the use of high intensity intermittent or revolving lights, such as strobe lights, shall be avoided.
It seems to me, that the use of either Strobes or White Flares is not legal, or (at least) not recognized by the treaties, & regulations.
Under certain circumstance we may not really care as much about conventions & treaties, as we do about effectiveness. A Strobe Light will be VERY visible over a distance of several miles (limited by DIP to horizon), whereas a Flare might be visible over many MORE miles. If our intent is to alert a relatively nearby vessel to our presence, a Strobe may be effective. If we want to alert the larger world to our presence, a Flare may be more effective.
We deploy either at our own hazard and liability for any unintended consequences.
Im using (wasting) up bandwidth arguing over semantics, in an effort to answer Jonathans original question regarding the PROPER use of a masthead Strobe (there is none).
Thanks for taking the time to intelligently engage the debate.
When use mast strobe light?
I do not understand where we disagree. I stated that the use of a white flare in a "I need to be seen right NOW, but this is not (yet) and emergency" situation was a good and acceptable thing.
You responded by saying that fares were for distress only and I would gt into trouble for setting one off when not in direct distress.
I pointed out that white flares are not the same as red ones and that they were an acceptable GOOD THING for becoming instantly visible without signaling distress. and would not confuse the usage.
I gave examples.
You gave examples of the exact same thing...
I am sorry, but I do not see where we disagree.
By the way. My base on this comes from the Yachtmaster course (in which I hold my coastal skipper and competet offshore crew certificate as well as a few other earlier courses). I have no experience with courses taught by the US coast gaurd (nor an interest in them, seeing as how I am in Australia). I do not have my colregs near to hand, so cannot quote chapter and verse on usage of green nd white flares. It is even possible that it comes form the big-blue-book-of-fun (International yacht racing rules) which has a section on emergency procedures.
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Sasha V:
Im not certain that I am wrong. Please direct me to your source of information regarding the use of White Flares 9etc).
White Handheld Signals:
These signals are intended to caution approaching vessels of your position, or to illuminate an area at night. They meet the same construction standards as the red flares, but are neither USCG nor SOLAS approved since there is no standard for white flares.
Most commonly used and recommended marine distress signals for meeting the Coast Guard visual distress signal requirements:
Red Parachute Flare - Accepted day or night use.
Approval Nos. 160.024 (1,2), 160.036, 160.066 (2,3)
Red Aerial Flare - Accepted day or night use.
Approval Nos. 160.066 (2,3)
Hand-Held Red Signal Flare - Accepted day or night use.
Approval Nos. 160.021 (2)
Hand-Held Orange Smoke Signal - Accepted day use only.
Approval Nos. 160.022 (2), 160.037, 160.057
3-Foot Square Orange Distress Flag - Accepted day use only.
Approval Nos. 160.072
1 These signals require use in combination with suitable launching device approved under 46 CFR 160.228
2 These signals meet U.S. Coast Guard day/night requirements for 42 months after date of manufacture. They must be replaced before expiration date printed in label/
3 These devices may be either self-contained or pistol launched and either aerial flare or parachute type. Some of these signals may require use in combination with a suitable launching device approved under 46 CFR 160.028.
1. The following signals, used or exhibited either together or separately, indicate distress and need of assistance:
(a) a gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute;
(b) a continuous sounding with any fog-signaling apparatus;
(c) rockets or shells, throwing red stars fired one at a time at short intervals;
(d) a signal made by radiotelegraphy or by any other signaling method consisting of the group . . .- - -. . . (SOS) in the Morse Code;
(e) a signal sent by radiotelephony consisting of the spoken word "Mayday";
(f) the International Code Signal of distress indicated by N.C.;
(g) a signal consisting of a square flag having above or below it a ball or anything resembling a ball;
(h) flames on the vessel (as from a burning tar barrel, oil barrel, etc.);
(i) a rocket parachute flare or a hand flare showing a red light;
(j) a smoke signal giving off orange-colored smoke;
(k) slowly and repeatedly raising and lowering arms outstretched to each side;
(I) the radiotelegraph alarm signal;
(m) the radiotelephone alarm signal;
(n) signals transmitted by emergency position-indicating radio beacons;
(o) approved signals transmitted by radiocommunication systems, including survival craft radar transponders.
2. The use or exhibition of any of the foregoing signals except for the purpose of indicating distress and need of assistance and the use of other signals which may be confused with any of the above signals is prohibited.
3. Attention is drawn to the relevant sections of the International Code of Signals, the Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual and the following signals:
(a) a piece of orange-colored canvas with either a black square and circle or other appropriate symbol (for identification from the air);
(b) a dye marker.
Note the conspicuous absence of WHITE Flares from either convention.
Ill admit that Im not expert on this subject, and would appreciate direction to any authority describing the proper & legal use of White (or Green) Signal Flares.
Ill also admit that in an emergency - yah gotta do what yah gotta do. White flares may be one more "good" thing in your kit, but I don''t think they''re "legal & proper" (as originally asked)...
When use mast strobe light?
You are incorrect. Read your colregs.
Red flares (both parachute and heand held) are distress.
Orange daylight smoke is distress.
white is a signalling/alert device used by yachts, shipping (including pilot boats).
Green flares are used by search and rescue craft (especially aircraft) to acknowledge that they have seen your distress signal and have relayed information to crews that are better placed to get to you. In daylight, an aircraft will usually waggle its wings instead.
White flares are also occassionaly used as a locater device by search and rescue services during inland searches. A white flare will be fired to signal that a rescuer is watching and the people that are in distress respond by firing one of their red flares, knowing that someone is actually looking out for it.
White flares are GOOD!
When use mast strobe light?
Not to put too fine a point on it - but flares are unambiguously DISTRESS signals (not "hey there, watch out"). You could definately get into trouble misusing flares as a "see me" signal.
When use mast strobe light?
I guess I have less boat to lose stuff in. I can always find it the strobe (The peronal strobes and the emergency strobe are all in clamps near the companionway). For the instant "oh dear" emergency wheer you want to be seen...there is a lot to be said for the white "see me" flares in the locker next to the helm. Way brighter then a strobe and covered by the col regs with no ambiguity. If I could afford white parachute flares for the emergency kit (in addition to the reds) I probably would have two of those as well.
When use mast strobe light?
Sorry Sasha, I can''t get this site to accept my updates & edit.
When use mast strobe light?
ASHA said (about portable strobes):"... It takes less then 30 seconds to activate and hoist up the mast on its stick in the practice run we have done..."
That would be 30 sec. after you locate it, and get it & yourself to the halyard. Not a bad "back-up" - but I prefer an instantaneous "See-Me" light.
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The Story of Freshwater
The first issue of Freshwater, published in May 2000, was open to submissions from the faculty, staff, and students from the twelve Connecticut community colleges. We published work by poets from Asnuntuck, Gateway, Manchester, Middlesex, Three Rivers, and Tunxis. The 2001 issue published work by poets from Asnuntuck, Gateway, Housatonic, Manchester, Quinebaug, and Tunxis Community Colleges, and Central, Eastern, and Western Connecticut State Universities. We opened the 2002 issue to submissions from the general public and received nine hundred poems from twenty-seven states and five different countries, and we published poets from twenty states. For our 2011 issue, we received over two thousand poems from almost every state in the union, as well as a submission or two from abroad! We are now approaching our thirteenth year of Asnuntuck Community College's internationally known poetry journal, and we continue to receive submissions from poets, known and unknown, around the country and the world.
Freshwater also sponsors the Asnuntuck Student Poetry Contest which is open to all Connecticut community college and state university students. A nationally known poet judges the contest, and next year's judge for the 20th Annual contest is Connecticut Poet Laureate Dick Allen. In addition to having their work featured in Freshwater, the winning students read their work at the Freshwater Poetry Festival in May of each year. The festival celebrates the publication of the magazine and features workshops and readings by Connecticut poets, such as Robert Cording, Margaret Gibson, Gray Jacobik, Bessy Reyna, Steve Straight, Ellen Dore Watson, Jon Andersen, Kate Rushin, and Lynn Hoffman.
Perhaps the most exciting aspect of the Freshwater story is our former President Irlen's innovative idea that students should receive credit for working to produce the magazine. This idea led to the creation of the Poetry Magazine Production Course, in which students hone their critical reading and writing skills, their publishing skills, and their creative writing ability, as well as learning to deal with the public. Students in the course read and select poems for the magazine; design and write posters and flyers; organize and complete a series of mailings; write acceptance and rejection letters, commenting on the poets' work; examine other magazines for layout and design ideas; read and discuss the work of possible workshop leaders for the festival; and explore sources of alternative funding. Students are also required to write a minimum of five poems, which are work-shopped in the class. In addition to these tasks, students in the second semester of the course make the final selection of poems, work on layout of the magazine, and plan the poetry festival.
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BIG STONE GAP, Va. - The re-dedication of a building constructed in 1984 to serve the educational needs of the mining community at Mountain Empire Community college gave the Virginia Tobacco Commission a chance to see where their money goes.
As we toured the facility with members of the commission, we saw first-hand the investment being made in education and the future of the region with tobacco money.
A tour through Dalton-Cantrell Hall on the campus of Mountain Empire Community College is visual evidence of the many changes the building and its dedication to technology has changed over the years.
Members of the Virginia Tobacco Commission were escorted through the facility by members of the college to let them know that grants and scholarships given were well used. "These pieces of equipment would be impossible for us to buy using funds from the college. Each of these units, as they sit, was about $10,000 apiece," welding instructor Paul Gilley said as he gestured towards two new welders.
It's much more than just the equipment and the technology -- it's the students that receive scholarship funds that maybe the commission's best investment. "Scholarships like the tobacco funds are very important. Pell grants cover only so much. A lot of people don't qualify for all the Pell grant money, especially if they're trying to go on more than the two semesters. Maybe two, three, four or five semesters, they come up short," welding instructor Tim Austin said.
"The Tobacco Commission money that supports the AIM scholarships program and also buys equipment and materials here, those are hands-on examples of how that money is going directly to students and families," college president Scott Hamilton added.
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A three day music camp for acoustic musicians teaching you how to play Mandolin, Bluegrass & Clawhammer Banjo, Flatpick Guitar, Bass, Fiddle, Dobro, Fingerstyle Guitar & Songwriting
Ensemble classes: During the afternoon structured jams interested students can join an instructor led ensemble to experience playing with others in a band environment. Learn how to arrange songs, band etiquette, and more.
Beginner Banjo Boot Camp: A special track for beginning banjoists. Concentrating on group exercises to improve speed, changing chords, playing rolls, and licks. Anyone can play a banjo with a little practice and repetition.
Wil Maring's songwriting class will include how to accompany yourself on guitar as a singer / songwriter.
Instructor Jams: Each day there will be instructor led jams and band ensembles. All instructors not presenting a special workshop will lead a Slow, Intermediate or Advanced jam or ensemble each day.
Topic Based Classes: The 3:20 pm workshops will be based on special topics, such as Developing Speed, Playing in Different Keys, Up the Neck Backup, Playing While Singing, and more.
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|Small class sizes with hands-on instruction and an emphasis on fun is what you can expect at Acoustic Music Camp 2017. Come join us this August in Dallas and learn to make better music in a friendly, supportive environment. Only 15 minutes away from DFW Airport and conveniently near major malls, Six Flags Over Texas, and water parks.
We chose our talented lineup of instructors because they are great pickers, great teachers, and great people.
Our music camp is geared to all kinds of acoustic music. We teach bluegrass, oldtime, swing, jazz, singer/songwriter, Americana, and other styles.
There will be special afternoon workshops on how to amplify acoustic music, music programs and apps for for your computer or iPad, banjo setup, and more.
Oldtime Music Jam each day! Clawhammer banjoist D. Lee Thomas and friends will host an Oldtime Music Jam each afternoon.
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This is a bluegrass camp, banjo camp, guitar camp, mandolin camp, fiddle camp and more all rolled into one.
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1. Colts - Andrew Luck, QB (Duh)
2. Redskins - RG3, QB (Duh)
3. Vikings - Matt Kalil, LT (Great player, fills huge need)
4. Browns - Trent Richardson, RB (Pass on Blackmon since WR class is deep)
5. Buccaneers - Morris Claiborne, CB (Barber is ancient and Talib is a dummy)
6. Rams - Justin Blackmon, WR (Similar to Nicks, now Bradford can have his own version of the 09 Giants WR corps)
7. Jaguars - Michael Floyd, WR (Robinson isn't a #1 and Lee Evans is ok at best. This pick gives Gabbert no excuses for failing)
8. Dolphins - Ryan Tannehill, QB (Raw but good physical traits. Too bad he's going to a crap franchise)
9. Panthers - Michael Brockers, DT (They really need help at stopping the run and he's the BPA to help with that)
10. Bills - Riley Reiff, OT (Just paid Fitzpatrick lots of money and no Bell, need to protect investment)
11. Chiefs - David DeCastro, OG (Just like with the Eric Berry pick, they get an elite player at a position not deemed valuable)
12. Seahawks - Quinton Coples, DL (Size and athleticism is hard to pass up at this point, need pass rush help)
13. Cardinals - Luke Kuechly, LB (Smart kid that is a surprising athlete as well, good to pair with Daryl Washington)
14. Cowboys - Mark Barron, S (Fills a huge need and gives them a future defensive leader)
15. Eagles - Fletcher Cox, DT (Eagles love their DT's and Cox is a huge plus for their wide 9)
16. Jets - Melvin Ingram, defense (Very versatile player that Ryan would love to use like a chess piece)
17. Bengals - Stephon Gilmore, CB (Investing some faith in the Bengals FO here. Maybe they learn to take guys who aren't tools like Kirkpatrick or Jenkins?)
18. Chargers - Courtney Upshaw, LB (Larry English is a failure)
19. Bears - Cordy Glenn, OL (Bears are pretty stacked now but still have an embarrassing O-line)
20. Titans - Dre Kirkpatrick, CB (If they don't get a decent CB in this draft, they might as well forfeit their two games against the Texans)
21. Bengals - Doug Martin, RB (Versatile Martin adds another dimension to a growing Bengals offense)
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23. Lions - Johnathan Martin, LT (Backus is ancient and the Lions know how important it is to protect Stafford)
24. Steelers - Dontari Poe, NT (Either him or Hightower but I think they take a chance and try to get their own Haloti Ngata)
25. Broncos - Jerel Worthy, DT (Fills a huge need up the middle in stopping the run)
26. Texans - Nick Perry, DE/OLB (Replaces Mario Williams and gives them a young and deep depth of pass rushers)
27. Colts (From Patriots) - Coby Fleener, TE (Colts would trade up and pay a fair price to take the best TE in the draft. He already has chemistry with Luck and since its a deep WR class, they can take one in the 3rd or 4th)
28. Packers - Peter Konz, C (Can play guard for a year or two while Saturday is still around)
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30. 49ers - Rueben Randle, WR (49ers continue to improve offense. Crabtree and MM aren't #1's while Moss is another ancient player. Randle could be a steal when we look back in a few years.)
31. Patriots - Whitney Mercilus, DE (Pats play enough 4-3 for Mercilus to make sense here. They really need a pass rush)
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Packers are seeking leading man at running back
Rushing game could benefit from more focused attack
Green Bay - Next season, the Green Bay Packers will have all kinds of options for a lead running back, but the guy who ultimately emerges as the top dog might not even be on the current roster.
After shuffling through five backs - six if you count fullback John Kuhn - each one different from the other, there's a feeling among some in the organization that they need to find one complete back and make him the focus of the running game.
It doesn't mean there isn't room for a change-of-pace back like DuJuan Harris or a physical option like Alex Green or James Starks, but the Packers need a back who defines their running game.
It would be against all odds that they would come up with a turbo booster like Arian Foster, Frank Gore, Marshawn Lynch or Trent Richardson, but it's not out of the realm of possibility that an Alfred Morris (Washington, sixth round), Stevan Ridley (New England, third round), Doug Martin (Tampa Bay, late first round), DeMarco Murray (Dallas, third round) or Andre Brown (New York Giants, fourth round) could be mined from the draft.
Among the unrestricted free agents the Packers could go after are St. Louis' Steven Jackson, Miami's Reggie Bush, Dallas' Felix Jones and the New York Jets' Shonn Greene. Jackson would be ideal, but the Packers would probably only be interested in him in the secondary market given he will be 30 in July.
Whatever the case, the Packers are looking for a go-to back.
During a season in which opponents dared them to run the ball against their Cover-2 schemes, the best the Packers could do was run Harris for an average of 43 yards per game the final six games. Throughout the season they were running different plays for five backs with five different skill sets and it affected their consistency.
"I thought the one thing we did as a staff was give the runner the best run for him," running backs coach Alex Van Pelt said. "(But) then you would lose some continuity maybe because it wasn't the same run you had the week before or the last three weeks. But we thought it gave our guys the best chance to be successful if they did what they did best."
In Harris, they had a scat back who excelled when he got the ball on a toss. In Starks, they had a physical one-cut runner who was best at outside zone plays. In Green, they had a big, fast back who was best at quick-hitting plays. Both Cedric Benson and Ryan Grant were capable of running anything, but at age 30 both of their best days were well behind them.
At various times, the Packers had running success, but only enough to occasionally draw an opponent's safety down in the box as an extra defender, the key to opening up the perimeter for passes.
"If you're running the ball and they're closing the middle of the field and bringing an extra guy down, it obviously plays to our strengths as a pass group," Van Pelt said. "There were times when I thought we forced their hand and they had to stop it, but we'd obviously like to be more consistent and more productive from start to finish."
In final rushing statistics, the Packers finished 16th in the league in attempts, 20th in yards, 22nd in yards per carry and 25th in touchdowns.
Even more damning were the Packers' postseason numbers. Among the 12 playoff qualifiers, they ranked 10th in attempts per game (23.5), 11th in yards per carry (3.8), and 12th in first downs per game (3.5).
Neither the San Francisco 49ers nor the Minnesota Vikings played the Packers any differently from the rest of the NFL. Unwilling to let quarterback Aaron Rodgers stretch the field with his array of receivers, they sat back in zone defenses.
"A lot of teams played us in a defend mode, played a lot of two-shell and consequently we were throwing some shorter passes and we didn't get the number of big, explosive gains that we got the year before," offensive coordinator Tom Clements said. "We had a number of 60-, 70-, 80-yard touchdown passes the year before and we didn't get as many this year."
The off-season will be spent sorting out the personnel at running back.
Harris showed a lot of potential, but the Packers aren't blind to the fact he's 5-7 and 208 pounds. He held up well averaging 10 carries a game, but that's a far cry from the 250 to 300 carries he'd get as a lead back.
"You'd have to see a body of work over an entire season, whether he wore down later in the season," Van Pelt said. "He was great for us when we had him. He was fresh. Quite a change from what we had in the room."
It's doubtful the Packers will take another chance on Benson, who signed during training camp and played in just five games before being put on injured reserve with a Lisfranc fracture in his foot. Grant was a short-term addition who deserved a ton of credit for the job he did both on the field and in the locker room, but he is not the future.
Starks has been as unreliable as a back could be despite possessing tremendous talent. He has missed 26 of 48 regular-season games because of injury and was no help down the stretch. His salary, assuming he has met playing time qualifiers, will jump to $1.323 million, which is equal to the lowest restricted free agent tender in 2013.
The Packers may not be willing to pay that given his health history.
"It's so frustrating to him.," Van Pelt said. "It's a fate thing, bad luck, but if he keeps working hard, stays persistent and puts the work in in the off-season, it has to turn for him at some point. He did some impressive things when he was in there. He was our starting running back when we went into the San Diego game in the preseason, so we thought highly enough of him to have him be the guy there."
Green fought hard to come back from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his knee in 2011 and became the starter after Benson went down. Probably his best game was at Chicago even though his numbers weren't very good (13 carries for 35 yards). He forced the Bears to account for him but suffered a concussion that in a roundabout way ended his season.
He did not carry the ball after that.
"During the bye week when he had some time off, it (the knee) scarred up a little bit from the week off and that took a little while to get off," Van Pelt said. "Then he had a concussion. That took a week there; it scarred some more. He was still battling the rehab of that ACL.
"I'm hoping in the second year of post-surgery he's back to normal, feeling good for the entire season. But it wasn't anything he did, his running ability or style. It's just the knee flared up late in the season and we felt we needed fresh legs out there."
Fresh legs were in abundance, but what the Packers must decide is whether they need to add another pair for next season. Over the next couple of months, much evaluation will be done, but one has to believe they know now that standing pat probably isn't good enough.


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text: In a pass heavy league we gambled on TT. We actually let a seasoned Aaron Ross walk and made no effort to replace him. Sure, Cruz had drops, the refs missed calls, but what happened here was that we have no pass defense. Also not having an offensive line will be a huge problem this year. Both completely ignored in the offseason. We won the super bowl last year and it was awesome. We will win another with JPP but it will likely be in a couple of years after we realize the NFL is all about Passing. How can we play the Packers like this? They would have abused us tonight. I am level setting. This will be a long year.


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I got into Nick Drake's music the way most people did. A friend gave me a tape and said "you've got to check this guy out." The friend was the other guitarist in my band at school and it was the late 80s in North-West London. Nick's music grabbed me instantly. It was timeless, beautiful and melancholy.


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UTSA to host panel on economy meltdown
By Wendy Frost
Director of Communications, College of Business
(April 8, 2009)--The UTSA College of Business will host a panel presentation "The State of the Economy Following the Meltdown" at 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 14 in the Business Building Richard S. Liu Auditorium (2.01.02) on the Main Campus. The presentation is free and open to the public.
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The panel will address the current stimulus plan, assess the state of financial markets, and provide a regional and international economic overview.
Lynda de la Viña, dean of the UTSA College of Business, will moderate the discussion. Panelists will include Julie Dahlquist, UTSA senior lecturer in finance; Keith Phillips, senior economist and policy adviser for the San Antonio branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas; Yiuman Tse, U.S. Global Investors Inc. Fellow in Finance; and Ken Weiher, UTSA associate professor and chair of the Department of Economics.
"Our goal is not only to educate our students about the state of the economy during these critical times, but also to provide a service to the greater community in light of the recent economic crisis," said de la Viña.
Nationally ranked and recognized, the UTSA College of Business is accredited by AACSB International, The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. It is one of the 40 largest business schools in the nation with 6,000 students and 37 graduate and undergraduate programs. The college is dedicated to raising its academic profile to become one of the best business schools recognized for developing "Knowledge for a New World."
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Paminggir people
Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia
Woman's ceremonial skirt
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19th century
cotton, silk, natural dyes
130.0 (h) x 120.0 (w) cm
Acquired through gift and purchase from the Collection of Robert J Holmgren and Anita E Spertus, New York 2000
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Throughout Lampung many textile designs display enigmatic anthropomorphic figures with radiating headdresses. Strange figures appear in the silk embroidered bands on noblewomen's skirts, some with hourglass torsos, others dissolving into fluid squid-like forms. Often in pairs, and sometimes with exposed genitalia, they suggest ancestral imagery on textiles worn at rites and celebrations associated with fertility and abundance.
While large palepai hangings usually display boats, potent symbols of transition, another striking design shows rows of seated figures with curling limbs and elaborate head ornaments. Displayed at feasts of rank and given to the eldest son of local clan or district leaders as a mark of hereditary leadership, the figures may symbolise the genealogical ancestors of the local ruling families.


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There's gotta be a FA PG out there that can come here as a backup and actually hit an open man.
This still should not give people any sense that this is a playoff team.
Last night was my first game in 2 years, and my first opportunity to see the new Hornets. They aren't a playoff team w a healthy and productive Gordon. I see the potential for the future, but this year no way.
They aren't a playoff team w a healthy and productive Gordon.
If you watched the way James Harden opened the floor when we played the hornets, that's exactly what Gordon will do. He has talent around him and we could add another piece next year. This team will good in 2 years if everyone is healthy. :Gordon:
Even with a healthy Gordon, the Hornets are the worst team in their division this year. If y'all believe they can be 5th in the division and still get the 48+ wins to reach the playoffs, more power to you.
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Rihanna turned the big 2-2 this weekend, but she didn't celebrate alone! SPORTSbyBROOKS got a hold of this outrageous photo of Rihanna at a house party near Phoenix, Ariz., reportedly organized by former fling Matt Kemp! And the 25-year-old LA Dodger didn't just get her a cake and some balloons — he got her a stripper! And by the looks of the photo, Rihanna enjoyed her leather-clad friend's company quite a bit. It was a crazy gift for sure, but does this mean things are back on with RiRi and the center fielder? Matt, we thought she was too much of a "distraction" for you!
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[quote user="Breezely"]Is flipping a Giant prerequisite?????
I like the pick. Marc Ross stated that they were holding their breaths that D Wilson would fall to them. That tells me that he is a Giant. This tells me that they thoroughly vetted the guy and decided that this is their man. The Giant personnel talk as though he was in their bullseye all night long.[/quote]
Yea, seems like he was their guy all along.
As for the flipping thing, we're developing the first football-by-day, ninjas-by-night, team in the NFL.


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Professor of Economics
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Deborah DeGraff
An introduction to the data and statistical methods used in economics. A review of the systems that generate economic data and the accuracy of such data is followed by an examination of the statistical methods used in testing the hypotheses of economic theory, both micro- and macro-. Probability, random variables and their distributions, methods of estimating parameters, hypothesis testing, regression, and correlation are covered. The application of multiple regression to economic problems is stressed. Students who have taken Mathematics 2606 are encouraged to take Economics 3516 instead of this course.
Deb DeGraff received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan in 1989. Before coming to Bowdoin in 1991 she spent two years at the International Labour Office in Geneva, Switzerland working with a program on population and development issues in Africa, and held a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Carolina Population Center, the University of North Carolina.
DeGraff's primary research interests are in the areas of applied demographic and labor economics in the context of developing countries. Much of her work focuses on the application of microeconomics to household decisions regarding children's work and schooling, women's labor force participation, fertility and the use of contraception. She has conducted research on these issues in Bangladesh, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Brazil and Ecuador. More recently, she has developed additional research interests focusing on issues pertaining to women's employment in the United States. Her current work focuses on child labor in Brazil, the economic position of the elderly in Mexico, and the effects of changing economic structures on families in China.
Recent publications of her research include "Children's Work and Mothers' Work -- What is the Connection?" (with Deborah Levison) in World Development, "Old-Age Wealth in Mexico: The Role of Reproductive, Human Capital, and Employment Decisions" (with Rebeca Wong) in Research on Aging, "Tackling the Endogeneity of Fertility in the Study of Women's Employment in Developing Countries: Alternative Estimation Strategies Using Data from Brazil" (with Rachel Connelly, Deborah Levison and Brian McCall) in Feminist Economics, "Young Women's Employment in Sri Lanka: The Role of Marriage and Socioeconomic Status" (with Anju Malhotra) in Sri Lankan Journal of Population Studies, "Children's School Enrollment and Time at Work in the Philippines" (with Richard Bilsborrow) in Journal of Developing Areas, "The Future of Jobs in the Hosiery Industry" (with Rachel Connelly and Rachel Willis) in Low-Wage America: How Employers are Reshaping Opportunity in the Workplace, "If you build it, they will come: parental use of on-site child care centers" (with Rachel Connelly and Rachel Willis) in Population Research and Policy Review (abstract »), "Women's Employment Status and Hours Employed in Urban Brazil: Does Husbands' Presence Matter?" (with Rachel Connelly and Deborah Levison) (abstract ») in Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, and Kids at Work: The Value of Employer-Sponsored On-Site Child Care (with Rachel Connelly and Rachel Willis) (read the first chapter here »).
Her research has been supported by grants from the International Labour Office, the National Institute on Aging, the National Science Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development, and the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
In addition to courses on economic theory and statistics, DeGraff teaches courses on the economics of population issues and development economics. DeGraff was awarded Bowdoin's Karofsky prize for teaching excellence among untenured faculty in 1993/94 and served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2000/01 through 2003/04.


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• Baula Turtle National Park and Palo Verde National Park. These places are amazingly beautiful and are worth to visit and see their beauty and charm that entice tourists for a visit.
• Rincón de la Vieja Volcano, located 52 kms away from Tamarindo Beach is an enigmatic experience that any tourists will love to treasure the experience and cherish forever.
Also you can enjoy daily activities and sports while in Tamarindo:
• Golf, 18 golf course offering a beautiful beach ocean view
• Surfing
• Kayaking
• Sport fishing
• Diving
• Snorkeling
• Sailing
• Dancing
• Nightlife
• Spa and beauty service at Coco Beauty Spa
Visiting these wonderful places will truly be an experience that you will love to treasure and relish in the moments spent here throughout lifetime.
Just next to our Restaurant, our adults and children swimming pools are located in the middle of the tropical garden.
Amenities in the swimming pool:
• Open-Air deck
• Wet Bar
• Sun Chairs
• Restrooms
• Hammocks
• Outdoor ambiance
• Jacuzzi
At the lobby of Jardin del Eden, there is a special place where the Spa Service refreshes the sense and spirit. Undress the stress and get that special massage your body need.
• Massages
• Body Treatments
• Facial Treatments
• Beauty Services
• Wedding Packages
- From San Jose Airport. Aprox. driving time 4hours.30 minutes
o If you are landing at San Jose Airport before noon, you can catch the Shared Van Service departing at 2:00pm from the Airport. A booking in advance is required.
o If you are landing after 2pm the best way to come to Tamarindo Beach is by renting a car or hiring private transportation. Often the Car Rentals have special rates for last minute bookings. From the Airport you can take a cab to go to the car rental mall, located only 3 minutes from the airport, where you will find, Economy Rent a Car, Thrfty Car Rental, Toyota Rent a Car, Solid Car Rental, Poas Rent a Car and PuraVida Car Rental. As soon as you get to this place is easy to check rates and get your rental car.
SUGGESTION: A 4x4 car is very good option, not only because the roads in Tamarindo but also for the rest of the country.
If you want more peace of mind and worry-free you can hire a private van for $180 approximately and it is for a maximum of 8 people with luggage. We do recommend hiring this type of services before arrival. Please contact us if you need our staff arranges it for you.
- From Liberia Airport. Landing at Liberia Airport. Aprox. Driving time 60 minutes.
o At the arrivals gate you can find taxi services with Vans or Sedan Cars. The Van Service is about $100 and the small car is $75.00
o Private Transportation, it works as taxi service with the same price but they do have bilingual drivers.
o Car Rentals, they are located surrounded the airport and as in San Jose Airport, you can show up at the counter and ask for rates. You can deal the best rate.
1- Stays will have 35% discounts.
2- Weekly Stay USD $675.00 including taxes and breakfast.
|Map Legend
|Jardin del Eden hotel
Playa El Tamarindo, El Tamarindo, El Salvador
|Palo Verde National Park
|52 km
|Baula Marina Park
|15 km
|Rancho Humo Private Reserve
|64 km
|Rincon de la Vieja Volcano
|88 km
|Sept 1 1 Dec 15 2012
|Standard Double Room, breakfast and taxes included
|Dec 16 to March 23
|Standard Double Room, breakfast and taxes included
|Sept 1 - Dec 15th
|Standard Double Room, breakfast and taxes included


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Then down to meet the bus for the float ride. We're using 2 rafts for our group. Somehow we luck out and get the first row on the second raft. But we're quickly slathering on Deet, cause the mosquitos are BITING. No make that attacking. This is a slow float. There are flowering plants that have washed away from their anchors and are floating down this pristine river. The best way to discribe the feeling is the same level you are in at the end of a massage. Liquid. Seems most of the two rafts are filled with avid bird watchers and can spot all the varieties. Egrets and herons I'm ok with. The rest I'm just clicking my camera and taking the shots. We do get a few little bumps of white water, not enough to rock the boat, but it did add a little excitement to the float. It's about two hours of serenity. No worries, not problems, just relaxation. When I go back, I'll do it again, but will study up on the birds, just so I can spot them.
Next, it's a quick drive back to the hotel where we grab our swim suits and sunscreen. We're off to the Sea of Cortez! The bus is just about full, as most wanted to get in some beach time, and staying at the hotel was just not an option with the humidity. Even lazing in the pool didn't sound like fun. I had originally signed up for an Indian village, but there weren't enough participants. This was a small dissapointment, since I wanted to go to the Petrogylphs - there is a huge Eagle petrogylph up from the river, but it's the darn snake season, and rattlers do inhabit the area. So for once, I am taking someones advice and staying safe.
It's a long bus ride down. We do a quick stop in Los Mochis, which is a town I'd like to explore. Then on to the beach restaurant on the Topolobampo bay for lunch. On the way to the bay I am staring at a pelican. I'ts not like I've not seen one before, but never sitting on a power line. Then another, and more. I'm so amazed that I forget to get my camera. Then we pass caves on the right side, where bats fly enmass out at dusk. Our tummies, and the bus driver knows that it's chow time.
This area has a lot of beachfront restaurants. We're stopping at one. And the chosen one is close to perfect. Beach views from every table and a killer menu. We're sitting with the California couple who we find out have a son who lives in Sitka Alaska. This is one of our favorite places and our daughter spent the summer before heading to Virgina Tech in Sitka getting her bird handling liscense. Their son is working in environmental and knows a lot of the people Kary stayed with when she was in Sitka. Small world!
The menus are in English and still hard, since there are SO many choices. I am sure I have the best meal - freshly caught shrimp stuffed in large chillies and fried. Everyone is convinced theirs are the best. Too much food for me, so I share my stuffed chillies.
This area has a lot of beachfront restaurants. It's relaxing to eat and have views to the water. Some of the group is already in swimsuits and wading. We decided to wait till after lunch to change, then back on the bus to the pier.
We pass the same scenery as we did coming in. But Cesar caught our murmors of powerline pelicans and tells the driver to slow down. We start clicking away. Can I submit this to "believe it or not?"
It's not far from the restaurant to the Topolobampo harbor. Everyone's anxious to get off the bus and on the two deck small boat. Gary grabs the "back seat" on the first deck. I'm in the half sitting half standing routine as I wander around taking photos. We're cruising slowly up the coast. Oh my gosh - is that, could that be blue footed boobies? Yep it is!! I knew they were in this area but never thought I would see them. Well, they are on rocks, many rocks. And many birds. I'm just snapping away.
Then someone says "dolphins." Two off the left side. Then more, at least four spotted on the right side, then more. There's a group of eight. Then six. Everyone is moving around trying to get the perfect photos. The dolphins are swimming under the boat and resurface on the other side. Thru the air in perfect arches. We spend a lot of time positioning the boat in search of the pods.
Finally, when no more are spotted we head a little further down the bay and drop anchor. It's swimming time. Most stay on the boat, but Gary and I are anxious to get in the water. It's so warm and so salty that you don't have to put any effort into floating. I swear I feel a few large bumps against my legs, but without my glasses, which are on the boat, I am nearly blind. Could it have been a dolphin or two?
The "order" comes to return to the boat. A few of us are slagging as much as possible. Getting up is much harder then getting down. The ladder isn't long enough, so you have to hoist yourself up at least three feet. Easy for those over five feet high. I'm pushing, but I make it. My back feels the effort unfortunatly. But I do have my Biofreeze with me, and when I get back, it will be slathered on immediately.
We pass the La Paz ferry, which is larger than I expected. Ferry funs from La Paz and Topolobampo Bay. Takes 8 hours. La Paz- Topo 3pm -11pm and back same times. One way tours $105 per person. One way with a cabin $165 per person. Once back at the dock, we head for the dressing rooms. There are showers, but due to time, we give those a skip.
Back on the bus and headed north, the scenery is the same. Cesar points out the large amount of used car lots. Katrina cars he calls them. Brought in from New Orleans after the hurricane. Most of them were underwater. The prices are cheap, but you get what you pay for.
It's about an hour and forty five minutes from the pier to the hotel. We are given thirty five minutes to shower and change. Then we meet up with the group outside the hotel to tour the Municipal Palace (city hall). There is a new exhibit that is just being put in place. Along the lower level of the courtyard are huge balls each painted in a different theme. Some sponsored by companies. The city hall is two story Spanish colonial. Beautiful building, but many of the buildings in El Furete are. This is a well preserved colonial town.
After the tour we walk down the block to the restaurant, passing the plaza. We have decided to check that out on the way back to the hotel. Dinner is typical Mexican fish and rice. Good. Better yet is the ice cream desert. Then over to the Plaza. Lots of palm trees and wrought-iron light fixtures, but the crowning jewel is the gazebo/bandstand. The railings are designed with wrought-iron musical symbols. The first "band stand" that I have seen with these. A stroll thru the small plaza, passing by lots of families and couples, then the walk "uphill" to the hotel.
Still too early for bed, we take a walk up to the hotels' mini-museum to look at the old photographs, then spot a carved wooden floral sculputre, with a realistic lizard on the wall. Very unique. I need a photo. Then the lizard moves. Still a unique display.
We're too late for El Zorro happy hour -5:30 ot 6:30 at the Palapa bar by the pool. Zoro in full costume is the host, and the drink are 2 for 1. We're also too late for the spa appointments at the hotel 1 hour is $50 us. A native Amreican Hot Stone is $75 for 1 1/2 hour. Reflexology is $50 for 45 minutes. Darn. Outside of the museum, but still within the hotels tiled floor areas are old trees. The roots are growing on top of the tiles. It's an unusual concept, but a watch your step.
We spot Donna and Bill across the courtyard. Donna is trying to get into her room, but the key isn't working. We stroll over to offer any assistance. Seems the housekeeper is the only one with a secondary key, but she takes them home with her in the evening. Gary tries the lock and finds the tumbler has fallen. A new key won't open it. Donna is sizing up the huge double shutters that lead into her room. She's tried to open the catch between the shutters, but it won't budge. Gary tries, no luck. Among many of her past positions and activities,
Donna knows judo. She says a kick to the left shutter and it will open. I'm sticking around to see it happen. Darn is she good, the shutter flies open. She jumps across the small wall and she's in the room. The locked door can be unlocked from inside. Donna would have waited for assistance from the hotel, but one man in our group was ill for the last two days, and she just found out about his illness. She has some type of medicine that will help him, but wanted to get it to him as soon as possible. Well, the show is over for the night, so it's adios to everyone, we're headed down to our room. Hopefully we can get in, but if there's a problem, I'm just going up to Donnas room for help.


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Anybody out there that celebrates New Years Day by feasting on hog jowl and black-eyed peas? If there are I would like to hear from you. Ill show you mine if youll show me yours recipe that is.
Hopping John:
2lb smoked sausage or red-hots sliced ¼ inch thick.
1lb smoked hog jowl diced
1lb dried black-eyed peas
1 lb long grain brown rice
3 medium onions diced
3-5 cloves garlic minced or crushed
1 green pimento (bell) pepper finely chopped
Small hand full of fresh parsley chopped
¼ to ½ teaspoon cyanine pepper, or more if you dare
Salt and black pepper to suite your taste
4 to 6 cups chicken broth or prepared bullion
2 or 3 bunches of chopped and crisped green onions (soaked in ice water) or 5 or 6 bunches of wild onions (traditional) for a garnish
Cut the sausages into ¼-inch thin slices sauté drain and set aside
Dice hog jowl into about ½-inch chunks
Pick through the black-eyed peas and remove all stones
Place peas and hog jowl in a saucepan and bring to a slow boil with the hog jowl for 5 to 12 minutes or until the peas are about like raw (green) black-eyed peas drain and retain the peas and jowl
Or dump the peas and jowl into a pot of boiling water the night before immediately set off the heat and allow to stand overnight (drain and retain as in above)
In a heavy Dutch oven with a tight fitting lid (tight fitting lid is important) sauté the onions, garlic, green pimento, parsley, and add salt and pepper to taste.
Add the sautéed sausages, and reconstituted black-eyed peas and 4 cups plus a dab of chicken broth to the Dutch oven. Stir in the rice and bring to a low boil, cook there for 5 minutes. Cover the Dutch oven tightly and reduce the heat to a slow simmer. Dont look now, keep that cover on for at least 45 minutes.
(If you only soak your black-eyed peas use all 6 cups of broth.)
After 45 minutes remove the lid from the Dutch oven and check to make sure the rice is tender. It aint? I told you to keep that lid on tight! Stir the pot to recombine ingredients and serve garnished with the green onions and a bottle of Tabasco sauce on the side.
A fresh hot pone of white corn bread and a cold glass of home clabbered buttermilk goes mighty well with a Hoppin John too.
Eat, enjoy, and have good luck and money the rest of the new year.


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You can only have one food for the rest of your life, what is it?
Larry David....
Pick one: Dance naked, middle of the field, for 15 mins during this years SB half time show.....or......You cannot watch or listen to any Giants games for the rest of this season.
Okay, so you own an army of 10,000 troops and need to take control of an icy mountain region. Scouts report that there is possibly up to 25,000 troops there but they are all scattered. You have a choice between two military commanders: Robert E. Lee or Napolean Bonaparte?


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A bowl of cereal that is consumed immediately after a trouncing of one's opponents at a game, for the purposes of both celebration and "rubbing it in." Victory Cereal is most effectively eaten with loud chewing and obnoxious slurping noises.
After destroying an inept preschooler at Risk, the Game of World Domination, Rob partook of a large bowl of Victory Cereal, consisting of wholesome 2% milk and delicious Apple Jacks.
by Master of Katan July 11, 2009