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My First August Goose Hunt
December 17, 2008 by Chris
When I first sat down to write this article I wanted to title it, "One Wedding and a Goose Hunt" because one of my best friends was getting married on August 16th. I was the first to inform him that the North Dakota Game and Fish had the opportunity to open the Early Goose Season just a day before the wedding. I chose to change the title because I feel it is important to highlight that the hunt took place in August.
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act states that per Federal regulation, no migratory bird-hunting season could open before September 1st. Unless the Feds approve a Conservation Order or CO, because of an over-population of a specific species of migratory bird. The Conservation Order allows migratory birds to be hunted as a way to control their numbers.
North Dakota has had a special spring season for snow geese for some time that is allowed because of a CO issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service. North Dakota has also allowed a special September Canada goose season for several years. But in 2008 North Dakota had the unique opportunity to be the first state to open a Canada goose season in August. The state opened the season on August 15th, 2008 and was allowed to do so because of a Conservation Order placed on the Greater Canada geese.
As a youth I hunted in the first ever September Canada goose season held in the Minnesota Metro goose zone. That's not bragging it's simply the truth. With my buddy and I already having to be in Fargo on Aug 16th for his wedding, we weren't going to miss the opportunity to participate in an August goose hunt. Scratch another month off the calendar as having hunted waterfowl in it, so to speak.
So August 15th, 2008 I was lying in a stubble field in North Dakota comfortable in my S.U.B layout blind. As the sun broke the horizon I let out a honk on my Foiles Showtime goose call. I could hear Canada geese honking on a roost in the distance.
"This is something we are going to tell our kids about." Whispered my buddy in a blind next to me. I nodded my head in reply as the first flock began to lift. Truly, it was show time.
It took my buddy, his uncle and I longer to clean the fifteen geese we harvested that morning then it did to hunt them. We shot into four large flocks of geese and one single. All of which were feet down and committed to our small spread for four-dozen decoys.
Before the hunt I was afraid that the geese would short stop the decoys or land in other parts of the field. When we scouted the field the previous evening the birds were spread throughout in the stubble. However this was not the case. It took little coaxing to bring the birds well with in shooting range.
The bugs were not as bad as I thought they were going to be as well. Plus there were plenty of harvested fields in the area we hunted. The first year I hunted hard during the Early Canada goose season in North Dakota, 2002. The mosquitoes were so bad you could hardly sit in the decoys before shooting time. I considered all of these factors when I first heard of the possible opportunity to hunt Canada geese in August.
We made it back to Fargo with plenty of time to pickup our tuxes from the mall but I wasn't able to take a nap before the wedding rehearsal. The Groom's dinner was great with lots of wild game provided and prepared by my buddy's father. One close friend had wild game for the first time and really enjoyed it. By the time the sun set that evening I had received several replies to a picture text message I sent some friends working booths at the Game Fair.
Saturday morning was gorgeous. We did not hunt, the weather was great and the wedding went off without a hitch. I was glad to have had the opportunity to be a part of a spectacular wedding and enjoy an early goose hunt with friends. Truly I am a fan of August goose hunting.


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Dave Hadfield: Welcome return of relegation in a reduced Super League
The League's bottom four teams will compete with the top four in the Championship for the other four places in the following year's competition
The League's bottom four teams will compete with the top four in the Championship for the other four places in the following year's competition
The Reds fall to the foot of the table
Warrington Wolves rout Salford City Reds 52-6 in the Challenge Cup fifth round
Brian Noble began life as Salford's new coach with a win to lift them off the foot of Super League, but, as a coach who prides himself on his teams' defence, he saw how much he has to do.
Today provided a positive feast of point-scoring in Super League, especially at Huddersfield, where the Giants went second with a 50-30 win over Hull Kingston Rovers.
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Alan Hunte's stint as Salford's interim coach – to borrow the term made infamous by Rafa Benitez recently – could start and finish with Sunday's match at Wakefield.
Salford's slump into bottom place in Super League has cost their coach, Phil Veivers, his job.
There is no more effective winger in Super League at the moment than Wakefield's Ben Cockayne.
Harlequins boss Conor O'Shea feels that Christmas has come early for his Aviva Premiership leaders after playmaker Nick Evans agreed a new three-year contract.
Danny Cipriani was Sale's hero as the Premiership strugglers overturned a 27-12 deficit to gain a dramatic, morale-boosting triumph over Cardiff on their return to the Heineken Cup.
Kevin Sinfield's late drop-goal completed an amazing comeback by Leeds at Hull KR yesterday.
Wigan yesterday completed the signing of the Salford scrum-half Matty Smith in time to give him his debut at Wakefieldtomorrow.
Bryan Redpath, the Gloucester head coach who has been heavily linked with an imminent move to Sale, will find his every move monitored when the two clubs meet at Kingsholm this weekend for a squabble over Heineken Cup qualification. He is not, however, the only name in the frame for the vacancy in the north-west. Two New Zealanders with rich World Cup experience, John Kirwan and Pat Lam, are on the interview list, as is Eddie O'Sullivan, the former Ireland coach who worked with the United States last year.
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(CNSNews.com) - In one of the nation's most bitter disputes over water rights, the Bush administration must now defend a decision that was intended to help farmers in Oregon's Klamath River Basin, but may also have been responsible for the deaths of thousands of chinook and steelhead salmon.
Indian tribes and fishermen say the Bush administration diverted water away from the Klamath Lake to farms for irrigation, but in doing so starved the Klamath River and the salmon swimming upstream.
Steve Williams, director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, confirmed that more than 20,000 fall run chinook and steelhead salmon died unexpectedly as they were running up the Klamath River during the past several weeks, but the die-off appears to be ending.
"Based on counts in the last couple of days, the die-offs are declining," he noted in a telephone press conference Wednesday. "We hope to have a final estimate available in the next few days."
More than 95 percent of the dead fish have been adult fall run chinook. Other affected fish include Klamath small-scale sucker, speckled dace, green sturgeon, sculpin, and coho salmon, the only affected species on the federal endangered list. Die-offs occurred between 11 and 16 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean.
Most salmon appeared to have suffocated due to bacterial and protozoan infections, which damage the fish's gills. These pathogens commonly occur throughout the Klamath River, but usually do not result in significant numbers of mortalities, Williams said.
The Klamath River is now the focus of intense interest from responsible U.S. agencies: The Fish and Wildlife Service for endangered fish; the U.S. Geological Service for the river water flow; the Bureau of Reclamation for the Klamath Basin Irrigation Project; the Bureau of Indian Affairs for tribal fishing rights; and the National Marine Fisheries Service for the monitoring of ocean fish, including salmonids which are born in rivers and grow up in oceans. Biologists for the tribes and the California Department of Fish and Game also are studying the die-off.
Environmentalists, biologists for Indian tribes and a small commercial fishing group believe farm use of water in the Klamath Basin Project, 200 miles from the river's mouth, is responsible for the low water flow and fish die-off, but Williams said biologists need more information before reaching a conclusion.
The Bureau of Reclamation doubled the rate of water released from the Iron Gate Dam below the Klamath Irrigation Project beginning Saturday, Sept. 28, but the rate of fish deaths had begun to decline several days before that water got to the mortality area.
"Given the limited data, we consider it premature to draw conclusions," Williams said. "We want to base any decision now and in the future on solid science."
Among possible causes are low water volume, warm water, and overcrowding due to large fish runs. Overcrowding is a distinct possibility, since the National Marine Fisheries Service forecast on the fall chinook run alone was for 132,600 adults to return to the river as spawners.
The reason for Williams' emphasis on careful study before identifying a cause of the die-off is clear.
The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) was embarrassed early this year when a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel found there was not enough scientific evidence to back up the FWS' biological opinions issued in 2001 that served as the basis for the Bureau of Reclamation cutting off all irrigation water for Klamath farmers.
Farmers protested vigorously throughout the summer, arguing that the opinions were seriously flawed, but got no relief until the NAS panel finding was released. Farmers have received nearly all of their traditional water allotment during this irrigation season, which ended in September.
Also sitting in on Wednesday's conference was Sue Ellen Wooldridge, deputy chief of staff at the U.S. Department of the Interior and the department's point person on the Klamath Basin project. She said the Bureau of Reclamation is in a Catch-22, since the bureau must keep a certain amount of water in the Upper Klamath Lake to protect sucker fish, while at the same time releasing enough water downstream to protect coho.


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Why would anyone believe Obama will focus on jobs in a second term?
posted at 11:06 am on October 18, 2012 by Howard Portnoy
The first questioner in the second presidential debate on Tuesday was a 20-year-old college student who noted the grim employment picture in the nation, then asked Mitt Romney, "What can you say to reassure me, but more importantly my parents, that I will be able to sufficiently support myself after I graduate?"
Romney's answer, which mentioned keeping student loan indebtedness down, was short on specifics. But President Obama answer's, when his turn came around, was short on facts. "What I want to do," he said, "is build on the five million jobs that we've created over the last 30 months in the private sector alone." Even if you accept Obama's absurdly fanciful job numbers, the net effect is an average 166,000 jobs a month, which is far short of the $254,000 jobs needed per month for 5 years just to reach pre-recession levels of unemployment.
Obama speaks in hushed, almost reverent terms of his desire to create "not just jobs" but "good paying jobs—ones that can support a family" during his second term. But addressing unemployment was not a priority when he took office four years ago, so why should anyone believe it will be if he is re-elected? Sure, he passed a record $825 billion stimulus plan that contained 40 years' worth of congressional earmarks as a gesture toward growing the economy. But then he immediately turned his back on job creation to devote the next year and a half to fighting for passage of a "universal healthcare bill." After that he expended another year of political capital trying to sell the unpopular law to an unwilling nation.
Yet his wish list of ideas for "fundamentally transforming the United States of America" contains many unchecked items that would become his focus in a second term, during which he would work on "his legacy." There is comprehensive immigration reform, which he promised to tackle in his first year. A solution for our broken immigration system has bipartisan support among lawmakers, but Obama's plan gives indifferent attention to stopping the flow of illegal immigrants across the Mexican border.
There is implementation of Obama's "civilian army." Should this term fail to ring a bell, here is what candidate Obama said in 2008:
We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded. [Emphasis added]
There is his as-yet unmet goal of doubling U.S. spending on foreign aid to $50 billion a year to "help the world's weakest states to build democratic institutions, foster healthy and educated communities, reduce poverty and generate wealth." Never mind that he has drastically increased the number of Americans living below the poverty line in his first four years.
There is Obama's unresolved yearning to pass cap-and-trade legislation, the "goal" of which would be "to make fossil fuels [aka "dirty energy"] more expensive, which will make new technologies competitive with them." Why should anyone debt that given a second bite at the apple, Obama—who has already squandered $50 in green stimulus—would jump back on this bandwagon?
There is the goal he articulated at the G20 summit in 2011 of leveling "the playing field" internationally by making sure that no country—including (especially?) the U.S.—has "an unfair advantage" in the global marketplace. The goal seems of a piece with Obama's view of American exceptionalism, which he summed up thus at NATO Summit in Strasbourg, France, in 2009:
I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.
One last promise floated recently is that given another term, Obama will continue "to campaign" to sell his ideas to the American people. That promise makes perfect sense considering he hasn't stopped campaigning since his election in 2008.
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Last week, we headed back home to NJ for a few days. The drive was uneventful (thank goodness); we drove through a downpour for about 20 minutes about halfway through our trip, but other than that, it was a peaceful seven-hour drive.
I could not wait to see my parents ... the kids were excited too. We arrived around 3pm; Rob headed off to see a friend and I went to the food store with mom and Becca. While at the store, I ran into a few people I knew, which was a nice surprise.
We did a lot of shopping with mom and the kids when in NJ. We had a barbeque on Friday and even lit off some fireworks for the kids to enjoy. We couldn't believe how cool the temperature was outside. We all needed a jacket (and pants if we had them) to stand outside to watch the fireworks display.
We had Jersey PIZZA for dinner one night. We were ALL looking forward to thin-crust pizza. You really can't find anything but pan pizza in Ohio.
I was able to spend a few hours visiting an old neighbor while enjoying an ice-cream sundae one evening. On the drive back to mom and dad's that night, I couldn't believe how many deer were crossing the roads I was driving on. That is another thing I rarely see in Ohio ... wildlife.
On Saturday evening, we met up with my best friend and her family for dinner. It was so nice to catch up for those few hours and enjoy their company.
Here are some pictures from our time in NJ.
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Feb. 7, 2011
Fri-Sat., Feb.11-12 -- at GVSU Big Meet (Allendale, Mich.), Noon/9:30 a.m.
Event Information
The University of Michigan men's track and field team returns to the its home state this weekend, competing at the two-day Grand Valley State Big Meet at Laker Turf Building in Allendale, Mich., beginning at noon on Friday (Feb. 11) and starting up again at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday (Feb. 12).
Track Talk with Frank Shotwell
He's back! Fifth-year senior decathlete Frank Shotwell (Medina, Ohio/Medina) will once again be blogging during the season for MGoBlue.com. Check back to the site towards the end of each week to see what goes on inside the Michigan men's track and field team from one of its most experienced competitors!
Big Ten Championships
The 2011 Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships are right around the corner, held Feb. 26-27 on the campus of the University of Illinois, in Champaign, Ill. [ Championship Information ]
Last Time Out
Michigan recorded numerous top-three finishes at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational last weekend (Fri-Sat., Feb. 4-5). Among them were freshman Cody Riffle (Toledo, Ohio/St. John's Jesuit) in the shot put, sophomore Aaron Taylor (Rochester Hills, Mich./Adams) in the unseeded 200-meter dash, freshman Erick Gavin (Chicago Heights, Ill./Marian Catholic) in the 60-meter hurdles, freshman Bradley James (East Lansing, Mich./Haslett) in the high jump and the 4x400-meter relay team.
James, Riffle, 4x400 Relay Stay in Top Three
Bradley James (high jump), Cody Riffle (shot put) and U-M's 4x400-meter relay team have each placed in third place or higher in all four events this season. After winning the high jump in the first three events, James placed third at the Meyo Invitational. Meanwhile, Riffle won his first-ever competition in the shot put at the EMU Invitational before placing second at both "The Dual" and the Simmons-Harvey Invitational and third at the Meyo invite.
The relay won at EMU and the Simmons-Harvey Invitational while placing runner-up at the Dual and third at Meyo.
New PR
In addition, senior/junior Robert Peddlar (Kingston, Jamaica/Wolmer's Boys), the reigning Big Ten Indoor champion in the long jump, recorded a new career high on Friday. He finished second in the competition with a top mark of 24-10 1/2 feet, breaking his old personal best of 24-1 1/2 feet, set at this year's Eastern Michigan Invitational (Jan. 8, 2011). He ranks second in the Big Ten and 20th nationally.
Recaps: MGoBlue | Michigan Daily
2011 Top Times/Marks
60-meter Dash: 6.83, Justin Clarke
200-meter Dash: #21.69, Nick Neuman
400-meter Dash: 48.30, David St. Amant
800-meter Run: #1:56.60, Dallas Bowden
Mile Run: #4:15.47, Dallas Bowden
3,000-meter Run: #8:14.92, Craig Forys
60-meter Hurdles: 7.90, Carl Buchanon
4x400-meter Relay: 3:12.15, Matthew Campbell, David St. Amant, Eric Oliver, Carl Buchanon
High Jump: 7-0 1/2 ft., Bradley James
Pole Vault: 16-8 3/4 ft., Jack Greenlee
Long Jump: 24-10 1/2 ft., Robert Peddlar
Triple Jump: 49-7 ft., Robert Peddlar
Shot Put: 59-0 3/4 ft., Cody Riffle
35-lb. Weight Throw: 65-7 3/4 ft., Ethan Dennis
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Among The Big Ten's Best
Several Michigan track and field athletes rank among the best in the Big Ten through the early season (# - Converted mark)
|Robert Peddlar (Sr.)
|Long Jump
|24-10 1/2 feet
|Triple Jump
|49-7 feet
|Carl Buchanon (Sr.)
|60m Hurdles
|Nick McCampbell (R-Sr.)
|60m Hurdles
|Bradley James (R-Fr.)
|High Jump
|7-0 1/2 feet
|Jack Greenlee (So.)
|Pole Vault
|16-8 3/4 feet
|Cody Riffle (Fr.)
|Shot Put
|59-0 3/4 feet
|Ethan Dennis (R-Fr.)
|35-lb. Weight Throw
|65-7 3/4 feet
Rookie Rewind
Three Michigan field athletes rank among all freshmen nationally. Ethan Dennis (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grandville) is tied for second in the 35-lb. weight throw, Bradley James is tied for third in the high jump and freshman Cody Riffle is fifth in the shot put.
Former Athletes Shine at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
Four former Wolverines ran at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix last Saturday (Feb. 5). 2008 Olympic silver medalist Nick Willis (U-M 2003-05) finished third in the mile (3:56.29), with Alan Webb (U-M 2002) coming in seventh (4:00.70). Adam Harris (U-M 2006-09), a 2008 Olympian, took sixth in the 60-meter dash (6.77), while Nate Brannen (U-M 2002-05) finished seventh in the 3,000-meter run (7:54.75).
Rotating the Leaders & Best
This year, instead of going with permanent team captains, the track and field team will name two captains for each competition week, except for the week of the Big Ten Championships. Sophomore distance runner Brendon Blacklaws (Wellington, New Zealand/Wellington College) and junior/sophomore heptathlete Kurt Reichenbach (Brighton, Mich./Pinckney Community) have been named captains for the Grand Valley State Big Meet this weekend.
2011 Indoor Captains
Jan. 8 -- David St. Amant, Erik Braun
Jan. 15 -- Robert Peddlar, Craig Forys
Jan. 22 -- Nick McCampbell, Taylor Voice
Feb. 5 -- Jack Greenlee, Matthew Campbell
Feb. 11 -- Brendon Blacklaws, Kurt Reichenbach
Wolverines of the Week
Each week, the coaching staff will select a few student-athletes who performed the best as "Wolverines of the Week":
Jan. 8 (Eastern Michigan Invitational): Erik Braun, Justin Clarke, Ed Hur, Bradley James, Cody Riffle
Jan. 15 ("The Dual" at Ohio State): Ethan Dennis, Jack Greenlee, Craig Forys, Carl Buchanon
Jan. 22 (Simmons-Harvey Invitational): Erik Braun, Justin Clarke
Feb. 4-5 (ND Meyo Invitational): Robert Peddlar, Ali Arastu, Erick Gavin
Young And Old
Michigan has an abundance of youth on the 2011 roster. Out of the 48 student-athletes on this year's track and field roster, 38 of them are three or more years of eligibility remaining, giving the Wolverines one of the youngest rosters in the country. Here's a look at the roster, broken down by class:
Freshmen: 24
Sophomores: 14
Juniors: 6
Seniors: 4
Qualifying Standards for NCAA Championships
For the first time, provisional standards are no longer part of the qualifying process. Championship fields will first be filled with those who declare for their events with automatic status. Then, the remainder of the field will be filled by the highest-remaining ranked performances.
[ Indoor Qualifying Standards ] [ TFRRS ]
Coaching Staff
Head coach Fred LaPlante is in his third season at the helm of the Wolverines and is joined by two new assistant coaches and three new volunteer assistants. Alex Gibby, the head coach of the men's cross country team, will oversee the distance runners. Gibby was hired this summer from William & Mary to replace former men's track and field head coach Ron Warhurst, who retired after an illustrious 36-year coaching career at Michigan. The other assistant is Mohamad Saatara, who will oversee the field events in his first year after being hired from Northern Arizona.
Volunteer assistants Christo Landry and Colin Leak, former distance runners under Gibby at William & Mary, will work under Gibby in the distance group. Shean Conlon (pole vault) is also new to the staff, while former volunteer assistant Tiberia Patterson re-joins the staff and will assist LaPlante with the sprints/hurdles group.
Social Media
Twitter: Simply log-on and search for "michigan_track" and follow us today.
Facebook: Search "Michigan Men's Track & Field" and click the "Like" button to instantly get connected with fellow fans, student-athletes and alumni.
Foursquare: Check in on Foursquare (smartphones only). For home events, fans can check into the Indoor Track Building or Ferry Field. The Wolverine fans can "check-in" to any U-M sports venue and become eligible for giveaways, unlock exclusive offers and learn exciting trivia while connecting with fellow fans.
1. On your smartphone, go to Foursquare.com to find the Foursquare application for your iPhone, Android or Blackberry.
2. Install the program and create a user account to get started.
3. To find special tips and offers for Michigan athletics, add "MichiganGoBlue" as a friend.
To add friends, go to the Me tab, then click "Friends" and select "Add Friends."
4. Start checking-in to Michigan athletic venues and join the fun!
Yearbook & Record Book
For the second year in a row, the University of Michigan athletics department will no longer print media guides. U-M fans and media can still obtain all the information they're used to, only now it's available online. If you're looking for in-depth historical information, statistics, records, archives, etc., the Record Book is what you'll need and it was just added to MGoBlue.com. For more of a general overview of a team, the staff and student-athletes, check out the Yearbook.
[ 2010-11 Men's Track & Field Yearbook ] [ Record Book ]
Up Next
Michigan has one final tune-up before the 2011 Big Ten Indoor Championships and it comes next weekend, as it hosts the Silverston Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 19, inside the Indoor Track Building. The action begins at 10 a.m.
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Little Caesar's Pizza Teams with PepsiCo and Columbia Pictures "The Karate Kid"
Little Caesars Pizza, PepsiCo, and Columbia Pictures today announced "Your Ticket to Kick It," a national scratch-off game promotion, in anticipation of the release of Columbia Pictures' The Karate Kid. This promotion includes national marketing components and offers Little Caesars customers across the country a chance to win a year of movie tickets, pizza, and Pepsi-Cola beverages, among other prizes. The film, starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan, will be released in theaters everywhere on June 11, 2010.
"Little Caesars pizza, Pepsi, and The Karate Kid make the perfect combination for family fun," said Linda "LJ" Jaworski, senior vice president of Marketing and Communications, Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. "Little Caesars Pizza is excited to bring this promotion to our customers for the chance to win great food and entertainment."
Little Caesars customers will receive a "Your Ticket to Kick It" scratch-off code card by visiting participating Little Caesars restaurants and purchasing a fresh HOT-N-READY® pizza with any Pepsi, Diet Pepsi or any available product in the portfolio. The promotion begins on April 26 and continues while cards last. Customers simply scratch off their card to determine if they have won the grand prize of a year's worth of movie tickets, Little Caesars pizza, and Pepsi-Cola beverages (awarded as 48 movie passes and 12 Little Caesars® gift cards each good for one HOT-N-READY® pizza, an order of Crazy Bread® and Crazy Sauce® & one two-liter Pepsi-Cola product), or other prizes including individual movie tickets, movie posters, The Karate Kid merchandise, or discount coupons for Little Caesars and Pepsi products.
Two varieties of collectible mini movie posters with a re-print of Jaden Smith's signature will be available at participating Little Caesars restaurants beginning May 18.
"We're proud to work with Little Caesars on this exciting program and pleased to deliver access to such a great property," said Margery Schelling, CMO PepsiCo Foodservice. "The chance to win prizes associated with 'The Karate Kid,' which promotes confidence and leading an active lifestyle, will delight the whole family."
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Last year I mentioned my obsession with E-Bay I cut short and haven't been back to E-Bay for a real auction in more than a year (I do occasionally buy some office stuff from a vendor who uses E-Bay to offer goods at a discount, but I'm strictly a "Buy It Now" guy).
Unfortunately, now my life has become dominated by virtual auctions within World of Warcraft. There's been quite a bit of press about virtual economies in these MMORPGs, especially when they spill over into the real world such as the people selling their uber WoW characters on Ebay for hundreds of dollars. And, of course, there are a number of services where I could go to buy gold or items for use in the game. Of course, if you get caught buying or selling items, Blizzard will ban your account, plus I prefer to find ways to tweak the game within the in-game parameters. Going outside to E-Bay or some other service is akin to using a trainer program — not something I've ever found interesting.
No, it is the in-game trade in items that is my current obsession. World of Warcraft has a fairly interesting economic model which attempts to balance things by setting a time limit on how quickly one can acquire money and items. So, as with most action-style RPGs, the better an item is the less likely it is to drop from a beast or monster, beasts and monsters don't drop very much money relative to how much time and additional resources it takes to kill them (you won't get rich farming monsters), and other methods of making money, such as mining for various metals, only respawn at given intervals, so you might find a vein of gold and mine it, but it disappears and then respawns later with the time it takes to respawn based on how valuable the resource is.
But WoW has an additional way of making money and procuring items — Auction Houses. There are three Auction Houses, one each in a Horde and Alliance town and one in a neutral town that both factions can use. The Auction House works like an Internet auction house. You take your item and set a minimum bid, a buyout price if you like, and the length of the auction (the minimum is 30 minutes, the longest is 24 hours). Players find items by searching for what they're looking for, and the search is pretty granular so I can look for swords that are only of a specific level range and only with a certain set of magical enhancements. I'm not sure how many individual items there are in WoW, but it is clearly in the thousands.
Because it is a simulated economy and not a real one, many (most?) players do not have a good idea of how much a given item is actually worth. If I someone says how much would you sell a brand new SUV for, I may not be a car salesman but I could give someone a decent range. How much should a Level 25 Sword of the Monkey go for? I have no idea, since there are so many items I have no intuitions or experiences with how much most items should go for. My knowledge about pricing is limited to an extremely small subset of items. As a result, the pricing of items is all over the place. You might look at the listings of people selling the same item, and the minimum price might range from 9 silver (very low price) to 2 gold (very high). There are clearly lots of opportunities for arbitrage in that situation, if a player can get a handle on what the market value of the item really is.
Enter Auctioneer. Auctioneer is an add-on to WoW produced by some enthusiasts. What Auctioneer does is add a "Scan" button to the Auction House interface that methodically goes through each auction posted and writes information about the item, the minimum bid, buyout, and current bid price to a database. Perform such scans frequently, and the result is a much higher level of information about the market for goods in WoW than most players have.
This is viewable in game through an enhanced tool tip. I can arrow over any item in my inventory and see, say, that in all of the scans I've performed there have been 300 auctions, the average minimum bid was 50 silver, the average buyout was 2 gold, the average bid was 60 silver, and the best estimate of the market value of the item is 1 gold, 80 silver. When I'm ready to sell an item, Auctioneer will suggest a price based on both historical data and the most recent scan that just undercuts the competition. The result is that I've gone from selling about 95 percent of my auctions compared to maybe 35-40 percent before using the add on.
If that's all Auctioneer did it would be indispensable, but it also has a feature that is almost unfair to those who do not install it. It has a number of command line parameters that make it trivial to identify arbitrate opportunities. Run a scan and then run Auctioneer's bidbroker command. It will then display all auctions in the most recent scan where the minimum bid of the item is 50 silver less than the market price for the item. Buy those items, sell them at market price and count the money.
I was doing pretty good at the auction house before using Auctioneer — after a day of questing and farming I'd make maybe 5-6 gold a day. This Saturday, I made 25 gold just in buying and reselling items at the auction house. As I joked to my wife, I decided to stop playing WoW and start playing Auctioneer. Auctioneer essentially turned the game from an RPG to a trade sim for me.
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The Normandie Theatre opened in 1948, and it later had the spelling of its name changed to Normandy Theatre. It was a mid-sized theatre that was located on Collins Avenue directly across from the Surf Theatre in Miami Beach.
At one time owned by Claughton (a small chain of theatres in Miami), it was later taken over by the Wometco chain. I remember little about this house except that it usually played first run films.
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My link didn't work. Boxoffice marquee photo should be here.
Does anyone know what happened to Bill Brewer who was the manager of this theater?
I worked at the Normandy as an usher in the 1950's. I remember putting up the marquee. as it happens the theater opened on my 5th birthday!
Bill Brewer married the other manager (Mrs Macintosh) who managed the Surf. Macintosh went on to manage another theater possibly in North Miami Beach. They were married for many years and Bill passed away several years back. Bob Northrop (or Northrup) took over from both Macintosh and Brewer for both theaters (Surf/Normandy) in the latter half of the 1980s until Wometco ultimately shuttered both theaters in the late 1980s. The property was purchased by Ranaan Katz (hence the RK logo)
Linkrot repair: The small photo showing part of the marquee of the Normandy Theatre in Boxoffice of March 8, 1976, is now here.
The NRHP registration form for the north Shore Historic District refers to this house as "(formerly the RKO Movie Theater, Albert Anis, 1947)" but I've been unable to find anything in the theater trade publications connecting the Normandy to RKO.
I don't think RKO ever operated theatres in Florida.
I suppose it's possible that RKO had some kind of deal with Wometco for exclusive early run rights to the studio's product in the region. RKO had quite a few prestigious theaters in major cities, but I don't think the circuit as a whole was ever very large. Certainly nothing like Fox or Loew's or Paramount, or even United Artists.
The Normandy, like the Surf, were not opened by Wometco.
Ah, I didn't notice the comment saying that Wometco didn't take over until 1961.
A shot of the Normandy toward the end in 1987.
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57-year old Billy Lee Parish of Kincheloe was bound over to Delta County Circuit Court this week on an amended felony count of larceny by conversion greater than $20,000.
According to the Escanaba Daily Press, Parish is suspected of scamming nearly $100,000 from about 45 customers from throughout the Upper Peninsula. He fled the area in late 2011 after police questioned him about the fraudulent sales complaints.
Parish was arrested at a Pennsylvania jail in December.
Police say Parish solicited homeowners to purchase electricity-generating windmills. He took a minimum $2,000 down payment then partially completed the work or, in some cases, took the money and never returned.
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As one of Florida State's best players, Mat Cloer helped rewrite the Seminole record books during his playing days. Now in his fourth season as an assistant, Cloer is now coaching FSU athletes to break those same records.
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Competing for the Seminoles from 2002-2005, Cloer finished his career just seven wins shy of becoming the all-time career singles leader in school history. He left Florida State with 85 singles wins and 69 doubles victories. Cloer was a two-time ACC Player of the Year and during the 2004-2005 season, he became the first player in school history to earn All-American honors in singles.
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After working the summer of 2007 as a teaching pro at a country club in Rye, N.Y., Cloer returns to Florida State as he looks to continue to bring Seminole tennis much success. Cloer hails from Brevard, N.C. and is married to the former Lauren Hoffert. The couple has one child together, a son Kaes.


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Almond plum galette: Whirl ¼ cup almond paste, 2 tbsp. packed light brown sugar, and ¼ cup sour cream in a food processor. Roll pie pastry for a single crust into a 13-in. round and lay on a baking sheet. Evenly spread almond mixture on dough, leaving a 2-in. border. Arrange sliced red-skinned plums on top and fold dough edge over plums. Brush edge with milk and sprinkle brown sugar on top of galette. Bake at 375° until crust is golden, about 35 minutes.
Hoisin pork and plum skewers: Skewer chunks of pork tenderloin and red-skinned plum wedges on metal or wooden skewers (if wooden, soak 30 minutes). Whisk together equal parts hoisin sauce and water, brush onto skewers, and grill over medium heat (350° to 450°) until cooked through, about 10 minutes. Top with chopped fresh basil.
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The Red Sox are in full spin mode following the fall out from the Yahoo! Sports article that basically claims Bobby Valentine is a reincarnated Billy Martin. Center in that story is Adrian Gonzalez, who reportedly sent texts to Sox ownership vocally criticizing Bobby V and leading the player's mutiny.
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The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that it has proposed a $348,000 fine against Chautauqua Airlines for allegedly operating regional jets during the past three years without performing required inspections.
Five FAA directives requiring inspections were not adhered to, the FAA alleges, and more than 27,700 flights were flown by 11 regional jets without the inspections from October 2007 through January 2009.
Another jet flew for 43 days with a navigation unit that should have been replaced, the FAA says.
Chautauqua is owned by Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings, which also owns Frontier, Republic and Midwest airlines. It operates 83 jets on flights for AmericanConnection, Continental Express, Delta Connection, Midwest Connection and US Airways Express.
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•Chautauqua flew a Canadair Regional Jet more than 17,600 flights from November 2007 through January 2009 before the planes' engines were inspected.
•The airline flew eight Canadair Regional Jets more than 9,900 flights from October 2007 through December 2008 before lower wing inspections were done.
•Chautauqua operated another Canadair Regional Jet on 231 flights in January 2009 without inspecting a section of a lower wing for cracks. During the same month, another Canadair Regional Jet flew for 61 hours without a required inspection of electrical relays.
•The airline flew an Embraer 145 jet for 43 days past the time one of its inertial navigation units should have been replaced.
"If true, these allegations indicate a significant problem with maintenance at Chautauqua and management of the airline's maintenance department," says John Goglia, a National Transportation Safety Board member from 1995 to 2004. "The severity of the alleged violations, the number of flights and the length of time they occurred indicates a disturbing compromise of aircraft integrity and passenger safety."
Goglia, a former airline mechanic, says it's also "troubling" that the alleged violations "continued undetected by the FAA for such a long period."
Carlo Bertolini, a spokesman for Chautauqua and Republic Airways Holdings, says the alleged maintenance violations were brought to the FAA's attention "through voluntary disclosures" by the airline. The airline "promptly took corrective actions, and passenger safety was never compromised," he says.
FAA spokesman Les Dorr says the agency won't respond to Goglia's concern about taking so long to detect the alleged problems because Chautauqua has the right to appeal and present additional information.
The FAA provided a written statement from Administrator Randy Babbitt about the alleged maintenance violations.
"An air carrier's maintenance program can't function without a good system to determine compliance with airworthiness directives," Babbitt says. "Problems with the (airworthiness-directives) system are inconsistent with an airline's continued safe operation."
Chautauqua flies to 71 airports and has an average of 526 scheduled flights each weekday this month, Bertolini says.
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Evergreen Conservancy will conduct a cleanup of the Hoodlebug Trail on April 13 at 9 a.m. Volunteers will meet at the Homer City ballfield parking lot.
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Need Help Identifying Metric Nut Type
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Hi all,
I teach engineering and in one of my labs we have an old diesel engine test rig with a de Prony brake for measuring torque-speed curves. The rig was built in Italy and all of the parts are metric. The company that made the unit has long since gone.
On the torque arm linkage to the force scale there is a nut missing, identical to the one shown in the photos. The inside thread of the through-hole is M8-1.25. The sleeve portion of the nut centers the nut. The exterior hex is needed to adjust the tension.
The closest thing I could find to this was a T nut, the sleeve part is about right but the wood tines are a no-go.
Can anyone help me find this nut? Please not that I am not looking for ways to jury-rig a replacement as I have already spent a lot of time and effort in that attempt and nothing really works right. I am looking to find *this* part. I don't even know what keywords to use to search for this, so a lead on that would be a huge help.
Looks like an OEM part to me.
For plan B, I would make one out of a metric threaded rod coupling.
Any machine shop could turn the OD and ID on a lathe.
If it has to be solid just insert a set screw.
i could make that exact piece on my lathe. if i can do it, a pro can to.
Is there a machine shop where you teach? Maybe you can get the shop teacher to make one for you. Might cost you a couple of beers.
It turns out that I lucked out big time - the lost part actually fell into another part of the apparatus. We were tinkering with that part and it fell out onto the floor.
A very lucky break; the hole it must have fallen through is just barely larger than the part and there was nothing to funnel it in. It was like a 3-point shot in basketball that didn't touch the sides.
We have a machine shop, but they aren't tooled for metric. I'd probably have to buy taps and such for them if we went that way.
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Aaron S. Watkins
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Aaron Sherman Watkins (1863–1941), born in Ohio, was president of Asbury College in Kentucky. Before his ordination as a Methodist minister, he practiced law with his brother. He was the grandfather of Prohibition candidate for Vice President of the United States, W. Dean Watkins.
Long dedicated to promoting the temperance movement, Watkins served as Prohibition Party candidate for various political offices. These included:
- Prohibition candidate for US Representative of Ohio 9th District, 1904
- Prohibition candidate for US Vice President, 1908 & 1912
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Watkins received honorary degrees of Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Doctor of Laws, Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Humane Letters and Doctor of Philosophy.
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Monthly Archives: June 2012
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Kingdom People is in good hands for the month of July. My hope is that you won't even miss me!
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Links for your weekend reading:
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On January 15, 2002, this man's car flipped 5 times, his wife died, & his skull cracked open… but he was rescued… Join Jason Mirikitani on his miraculous real-life journey that is both heart-wrenching and heart-warming… as he re-learned faith in a God that was present when He seemed most absent, hope in a God when He seemed most unreliable, and love for a God that seemed to leave him in the dark.
2. Serving Communion to Former Cannibals
3. Did Mark Fumble His Opening Quotation?
4. PCUSA Membership Dips Below 2 Million
5. Five Principles of Church Website Design
6. Jonah and the Mission of God: A Closer Look
From Word-Faith to the Church Fathers: A Conversation with Brian Zahnd
The journey of a mega-church pastor who left behind his Word of Faith teaching to embrace historic Christian orthodoxy.
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One of the founders of Southern Seminary, and the author of a textbook on preaching that is still in print today.
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The one qualification for eldership that stands out from the rest is the ability to teach. And herein lies the debate—what does it mean for an elder be "able to teach"? Well, it depends upon whom you ask.
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SAINT LOUIS – Pitt wrestlers Tyler Nauman and Matt Wilps both saw their chances at a national title this season come up short at the NCAA Division I National Championships on Friday night. Still, both are guaranteed be All-Americans thanks to three wins apiece in the winner's bracket.
For Nauman, it will be his second All-American honor in three years, as he will attempt to improve on his fifth-place finish in 2010. A win in the consolation semifinals against No. 4 Donnie Vinson (Binghamton) tomorrow would put him in the match for third place, but even with a loss he can do no worse than sixth.
Nauman cruised through his first three opponents, never trailing in any of the matches, but fell behind early to No. 7 Dylan Ness (Minnesota) in the semifinals. He came back to tie it 5-5 late in the match, but Ness had a point on the way for riding time and sealed it with a takedown in a 8-5 decision.
Wilps is in the same situation as Nauman after his overtime loss to No. 2 Chris Honeycutt (Edinboro) in the semifinals. It was the fourth match of the season between the two, with Honeycutt winning three. Wilps handed the Fighting Scot wrestler his only loss of the season in the finals of the Eastern Wrestling League Tournament.
It was the second overtime match of the tournament for Wilps. He pinned No. 6 Brent Haynes (Missouri) in the quarterfinals to ensure his first All-American status, but gave up the match-clinching takedown to Honeycutt in the semis.
Wilps will take on Wyoming's Alfonso Hernandez in the consolation semifinals tomorrow. He beat the Cowboy wrestler 5-3 in the consolation finals of the Cliff Keen Invitational earlier this season.
Aside from the individual accolades already coming their way, Nauman and Wilps can still help Pitt achieve its goal of finishing in the top-10 at the NCAA Tournament. Heading into the final day of competition, the Panthers are in 18th place with 30 points, but just 3.5 points separates them from 10th-place Michigan.
Anthony Zanetta, Shelton Mack and Ethan Headlee saw their hopes of becoming All-Americans come to an end with losses in the consolation bracket. Zanetta and Mack came up one win short, while Headlee finished 2-2 in the tournament.
Zanetta, who knocked off No. 3 Alan Waters (Missouri) earlier in the tournament, was eliminated by No. 12 Steve Bonanno (Hofstra). Zanetta jumped out to a quick 4-1 lead with two early takedowns, but eventually lost 10-4 in overtime.
Mack won his first two matches on Friday before falling to No. 10 Chris Dardanes (Minnesota). It was the first national tournament appearance for Mack, and the sophomore finished 3-2.
Headlee's career at Pitt came to a close with his overtime loss to No.11 Justin Zeerip (Michigan), but it was a solid five years with the Panthers. During that time, he qualified for four national tournaments and finished with 98 career wins, while also cracking the top-10 on the progam's all-time pins list.
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Friends of Morgan Park Thriftway Triangle Work Party on Sunday, May 18
WHAT: Friends of Morgan Park Thriftway Triangle Work Party
WHEN: Sunday, May 18, 12:00 – 3:00 pm
WHERE: Thriftway Triangle
Morgan Junction neighbors continue their work from last fall by jumping in and preparing the triangle of land next to Thriftway with clean up and trimming work. They have an interesting long range plan for the site that should give the neighborhood a visually pleasing piece of community property. It involves a lot of arborizing work, which is one of our main tasks for the 18th. The group will be supplying their own tools and gloves. Bring your pruners, some hand saws, and your designer's eye to help convert these bushes into trees. A lot of weeding and mulching needs to get done as well.
The group be joined by volunteers from Peace Lutheran Church around 12:30, a special thank you to that wonderful group! Of course, the more the merrier! You can join the Friends of Morgan Junction Park to get direct notification of work parties at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FMJP/
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Certain foods can promote good health for your heart and some can increase your risk for heart disease. Protect your heart by learning which foods to eat more of and which foods to limit.
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