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This came in my house..........
And believe it or not there was a child inside. I was not able to see said child until the wet thing was peeled off and drowned in hot water in the washing machine. I thought the wet, dirty thing dripping on the bathroom floor might be a human but I was very cautious still.
Guess what I found when I put it in the shower and washed it? LINA!
I know. I know. Kinda stupid huh? She was covered from her face to her toes in mud and beauty bark. It was in places it should not have been. lol! I had to give her a shower before she could sit at the dinner table.
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She must have had a lot of fun! :))
Yep, that's a good sign she had fun!
by Bronze Member on Mar. 29, 2014 at 12:51 PM
Glad she had fun at least. Seeing our kids having fun, and so happy tends to make up for the huge mess you will inevitably have to clean up latter.
Can I ask what beauty bark is? I've never heard of it.
Can I ask what beauty bark is? I've never heard of it.
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Having fun always causes good messes:)
by Gold Member on Mar. 29, 2014 at 3:13 PM
I think you can tell a lot about how much fun was had by how big of a mess it creates. Looks like she had a great time!
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Video Game Reviews - The Ten-Point Scale And Inflated Scores
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One might argue endlessly where a well-produced and narratively effective game like Last of Us belongs on the 7-10 scale, but review score inflation in general is not a phenomena I believe in anymore than I believe in flying saucers or libertarian economics.
The reason reviewed games usually don't get below a 6 is that most truly bad games are simply never reviewed (let alone played by more than a handful of unfortunate consumers). There's just so much shovelware out there that rightfully doesn't get any attention at all, and the handful of new releases each month which are reviewed by all the major publications are bound to be relatively decent games. Also, standards in AAA game design have risen considerably over the years, as the development/production process has been streamlined and professionalized in ways that were simply unheard of in, say, the early 1990s. This obviously does not mean that your average developer is likely to create a ton of games which fit the preferences of RPGWatch regulars; that's a whole separate issue…
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It may seem strange to see a French climbing destination attached to the Südpfalz Group page, which is about a decidedly German region but mountains don't stop at a bordere and neither do the sandstone crags of the area. The closest spot of Fleckensteiner Felsen is located about 400m west of the French German border and nowhere on the mile long ridge is it farther than 600m apart. Moreover the regions on both sides of the border - Pfalz on the German side and Alsace on the French - in the course of history often changed ownership so that the current state of affairs confirms the area as a truly European one. The border is open and wherever you go you'll find hikers and climbers of both nationalities sharing the trails and the cliffs.
Fleckensteiner Felsen is a one mile long sandstone ridge, which runs from SW to NE between the castle ruins of Fleckenstein and Hohenbourg. On its western side the faces are short, some 20m high at best while on the eastern side you find massive and mostly vertical walls. All of these walls, even their tops, are hidden beneath the trees of the border forest so that the cliff is a perfect climbing destination on hot summer days. It was on such a day in June 2006 that we visited the area and we were astonished to find so many climbing parties along the way, even though the crags aren't really advertised anywhere. In fact the are is even more popular among hikers, mainly because of the good Alsatian food and the many castle ruins you find so very close to each other.
In fact you can find the ruins of four medevial castles on an area of barely 0.35 square km - all of which give testimony to the violent history of this border region. Farthest north and on German soil you find Wegelnburg castle, first mentioned in 1246. Further south, almost on the border but already on French soil there are Hohenbourg and Löwenstein, very close to each other and furthest south the largest of them all, Fleckenstein. All four castles were built in the 13th centuries but most of them were already destroyed less than 100 years later. Today only the foundations and some of the masonry are left standing, revealing the real foundation - the typical sandstone rock. And this makes all castles a very popular climbing destination as well. You will find climbing parties everywhere, often families teaching their kids how to climb.
Returning to the crags - there are two which have to be mentioned particularly. Some 100m east of Löwenstein castle you can find Krappenfels, which used to be a very popular climbing destination. However, it had to be closed due to rockfall and impeding instabilities. Even more popular, at the southern end of the long Fleckensteiner Felsen Ridge, there is Fleckensteiner Turm - named after the castle some 300m beyond. This is a fine tower, the end of the ridge, which offers all kinds of routes on sometimes nicely overhanging rock. Due to its proximity to the Fleckenstein parking lot the tower is the most popular and most crowded crag of them all.
Climbing in the border region
The following information is linked from the site of the Vereinigung Pfälzer Kletterer I link to their routes database directly with some summary info. Here is the link to the complete database.
|Routes link
|Wegelnburgfels Krötenstuhl
|4 routes 6 - 7-/
|Wegelnburgfels Krötenstuhl Westgipfel
|Krötenstuhl Westgipfel
|3 routes ranging 2 - 5+
|Kaiser Wilhelm Turm
|Kaiser Wilhelm Turm
|1 route rated 2
|3 routes 5 - 8-/
|6 routes ranging 2 - 6+
|Fleckensteiner Turm
|Fleckensteiner Turm
|7 routes with variations ranging from 4+ - 8-
|Fleckensteiner Felsen, Kleiner Grat
|Kleiner Grat
|several routes, no grades
|9 routes ranging 2 - 9
|Fleckensteiner Wand - Grande Face
|Grande Face
|10 routes with variations ranging from 2 - 9-
|Fleckensteiner Wand - Petite Face
|Petite Face
|9 routes ranging from 5 - 8
Getting ThereThough located on French soil Fleckensteiner Felsen can be reached from both sides of the border. The closest village on German ground is Hirschthal, the closest on the French side is Lembach. The following itineraries start at the nearest airports, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Strassbourg.ww
From FrankfurtThere are two possible routes which both take equally long
- Via Ludwigshafen
- From Frankfurt take motorway A5 southward to Darmstadt.
- There change to A67 south.
- At Viernheimer Dreieck turn onto A6 west. Leav
- e it at Frankenthaler Kreuz for A61 south.
- At Mutterstädter Kreuz take A65 south until you reach Landau.
- At Kandel turn onto B427 west.
- After Busenberg turn onto L489 to Bundenthal
- At Bundenthal torn onto L478 / L488 to Schönau and Hirschthal
- Via Kaiserslautern
- From Frankfurt take motorway A3 west
- At Mönchhofdreieck turn onto A67 south
- At Rüsselsheimer Dreieck take A60 west
- At Kreuz Mainz Süd take A63 south
- At Kreuz Kaiserslautern turn onto A6 west
- At Kreuz Landstuhl turn onto A62 south
- At Pirmasens turn onto B10 east
- At Hinterweidenthal turn onto B427 south
- Behind Reichenbach turn onto L489 to Bundenthal
- At Bundenthal torn onto L478 / L488 to Schönau and Hirschthal
From Stuttgart
- Take motorway A8 to Karlsruhe
- At Karlsruher Dreieck turn north onto A5
- Take the next exit to head for A65
- At Kandel take B9 south
- At Lauterburg take D3 through Wissembourg to Lembach and Hirschthal
From Strassbourg
- Take motorway A4 north
- At the Brumath Intersection take N340to Haguenau
- There take D27 north to Lembach and Hirschthal
Red TapeYes, there is red tape and lots of it. The sandstone of Südpfalz forms lots of caves and overhangs. Though this makes it most interesting for climbers, two species of birds of prey compete for this habitat: the peregrine falcons and the eagle owls. Both are endangered and wherever there is a eagle owl pair found nesting in the sandstone the crag will immediately be closed. Generally this closure lasts from the beginning of each year through Aug. 1st. If breeding is not successful the closures will be cancelled even before that date. For a list of closures see the Closure List of PK.
The use of magnesia is not allowed in the whole Südpfalz region. This is rather a directive or an arrangement than an outright law. Thus you probably will get away with using it but do so only when absolutely necessary. Magnesia closes the pores which you find in the sandstone and together they form a smooth surface which will get very slippery in wet conditions. The rule of thumb is to use magnesia in the highest difficulty sections and only extremely sparingly.
A list of guidelines can be found here (in German).
Accommodation and WeatherThe closest town of importance is Wissembourg / Weißenburg on the French German border. Here is the tourist information link on which also the current weather info can be found:
Maps & Books
As for maps there is a good overview map (1:50000) by Kompass Verlag but the best ones are the official topographic maps by the state government of Rheinland Pfalz, scaled 1:50000, 1:25000 and 1:5000. All official maps can be found on the web page of Landesvermessungsamt Rheinland Pfalz
- Naturpark Pfälzer Wald
Kompass Map WK766
- Bad Bergzabern
LVA RLP Map L6912
LVA RLP Map 6913
here are a number of climbing guidebooks on the region of Südpfalz. The best ones, however, have been published privately and are sold only in selected bookshops of the region.
- Hiking
- Pfälzerwald
B. & J.-Th. Titz
Rother Verlag
- Klettern im Buntsandstein
U. Daigger, H.-J. Cron
Published privately and out of print
- Pfalz ++, Klettern im Buntsandstein
R. Burkard, P. Weinrich
Published privately
- Klettern im Naturpark Pfälzerwald
Naturfreunde Lambrecht
Published privately
- Pfalz & Nordvogesen en bloc
A. Wenner, Y. Corby, I. Bald
Panico Verlag
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Apologies for the very sparce updates in the last few weeks. My PC has broken, and only works occasionally, and I've also been rather busy too – on Saturday I had my first (and only – never again!) wedding to photograph, which was good fun, but stressful. It's also meant that any time the PC has been working I've been concentrating on those photos.
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Well, we haven't heard a peep from Beyonce herself since Beyonce-gate Inauguration lipsyncing hoopla hit the media. But at her practice for SuperBowl 2013 Saturday, Mrs. Knowles Carter posted a pic of herself in a B Side by Wale sweatshirt that read, "Can I Live?"
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The executive vice president of Morris Publishing Group announced his retirement Monday.
James C. Currow, 67, will be replaced by Derek J. May, 42, on Friday. Currow has served as chief operating officer, overseeing the company's 13 daily newspapers, 27 nondaily publications and Skirt! magazine.
"Jim Currow's leadership and management of our newspapers have been remarkable," Chairman William S. Morris III said. "He has accomplished major results and improvement in our company. He has brought several outstanding executives into our company and has led with vision, purpose and success."
Currow said it has been a great 13 years: "I have loved my job and the people I have worked with, and I have thoroughly enjoyed working for the Morris family. I leave many outstanding executives that I have had a hand in recruiting or developing, including Derek May, and I'm pleased to be able to leave the company in good shape. I am excited about beginning the next chapter in my life."
Currow plans to resume his earlier business in executive recruitment, and he will continue in a consulting role with Morris.
May has been with the Morris group 22 years, serving in many line and management capacities including technology, circulation, advertising sales and news in a number of Morris markets.
He is former publisher of the St. Augustine Record and most recently has served as assistant to the president for MPG President William S. Morris IV.
"Derek is the right person for the job in this time of intense change," Will Morris said. "We face many challenges in today's economic environment. Our customers -- both consumers and businesses -- are moving to digital solutions, and Derek is especially well-equipped to lead our company's transitions in operations, advertising sales and audience development."
May said he is honored to have the opportunity.
"I look forward to working with the great people of Morris Publishing to build a bright future for the company," he said.
The company has a concentrated presence in the Southeast with four signature holdings: The Augusta Chronicle, the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, the Savannah Morning News and the Athens Banner-Herald.


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Georgia Bulldog freshman outside hitter Julia Petruschke was named the SEC Player of the Week on Monday by the conference office.
''She has been leading us all year in kills, but this was one of her better weekends,'' said UGA head coach Mary Buczek. ''Her play helped us win our tournament this weekend.''
Petruschke, a native of Dresden, Germany, is the first Bulldog to earn the Player of the Week award since Oct. 23, 2000, when Stacy Buerger averaged 4.43 kills and 2.71 digs per game in matches against Arkansas and LSU.
Last week, Petruschke finished with 24 kills and 10 digs in a 3-0 win over Rice, 17 kills and five digs in a 3-0 win over Liberty and 31 kills and 17 digs in a 3-2 win over Central Florida. Her 31 kills against Central Florida was the most by a Bulldog player since Buerger had 33 against Kentucky in 2000.
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TWO Winchester men have been jailed for drug dealing after local residents helped bring them to justice.
Paul Smedley, 34, and Matthew Finn, 24, both of Main Road, Otterbourne, were convicted of supplying crack cocaine and heroin.
Smedley was jailed for seven years following a trial at Winchester Crown Court and Finn, who pleaded guilty to the charges, was jailed for two years and six months.
Det Con Andy Spooner said: "I am extremely grateful to the local community for their help in bringing these two men to justice. We need members of the public to be our eyes and ears and report anything suspicious to us.
"The sentences given to these men should send out a clear message that drug dealers are not welcome in Winchester and those people involved will be dealt with appropriately, which could result in lengthy prison sentences."
Hampshire-wide campaign Operation Fortress is dedicated to reducing drugrelated violence in local communities by targeting drug suppliers.
Operation Fortress is a campaign involving police and other agencies to reduce the harm of drug-related violence. One of the aims is to restrict the supply of drugs and officers are keen to hear from anyone who is concerned about illegal drugs or drug-related crime in their neighbourhood.


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Jeffery Allen, the City of Miami's newest commissioner, has only been in office since October 1, when he was appointed to the seat by three of his colleagues amid a political circus. It's too early to tell what kind of advocate he will be for District 5, which encompasses the city's poorest areas, including Overtown, Model City, and Little Haiti. But already Allen has mastered an arrogant disdain for the fourth estate usually observed in politicians of much longer tenure. Allen apparently believes he should not deign to answer the more impertinent questions about his background, such as: "So who are you, anyway?"
Why, his staffers ask, are we rabid press hounds not satisfied with the brief bio the city distributed? Why do we want to question him closely about his background? Why do we trouble his relatives, neighbors, and students? Why can we not just accept that he's a great guy, an intelligent lawyer contemplating nothing but the best for his constituents? Does not this man, who so selflessly stepped into the public-servant breach left by Art Teele's suspension from office, have some right to privacy?
Well, no, actually he doesn't. Especially considering that Allen lobbied commissioners and the mayor for the job. Commissioner Johnny Winton, who otherwise says he's impressed by Allen, acknowledges his weakness with regard to the press. "He's terrible," Winton notes. "I tried coaching him, but he's resisting."
New Times spent the better part of last week attempting to interview Jeffery Allen. Several phone messages left at his commission office went unreturned. A visit to that Dinner Key office resulted in an engaging conversation with his guarded chief of staff, Milton Vickers, and Neil Shiver, his jovial policy adviser and a well-known Coconut Grove attorney. Allen was busy, they said, but he'd surely have a few minutes to spare the next day. "I want you to come in and spend the day with us," Shiver generously offered. "See how we work, and then you can interview Jeff."
The next morning, a Friday, Shiver informed New Times that Allen wasn't in the office, but he might be found at an event in Overtown, where the Black Archives was receiving a $500,000 grant to design a hotel. New Times dutifully waited through the speeches and the photo ops. Vickers announced that Allen didn't have time for a substantive interview right then, but he would be available later. New Times called later.
Vickers said Allen wasn't feeling well and wouldn't be up for an interview until Monday afternoon. New Times pointed out that a deadline was looming and the 48-year-old Allen had in fact looked fairly hale at the photo op. Vickers then explained that Allen didn't really want to be interviewed at all, so Monday afternoon was a big concession. "He was upset that the press went to his mother's house and intimidated her," he said. "They walked around the St. Thomas University campus [where Allen is an adjunct professor, teaching sports law] and asked students questions like he was a criminal." Two hours later Shiver called and said Monday probably wouldn't work either.
Shiver and Vickers indicated in various conversations that Allen's general attitude was he didn't need to cater to the media. Allen, they said, is not a politician type. He's not concerned with looking good, just doing the job well. His reticence isn't limited to New Times. Public records reveal that several other media outlets, including the Miami Herald, the SunPost, the Miami Times, and WTVJ-TV (Channel 6), have attempted to interview him. So far none has come away with more than a sound bite or two. "He refuses to answer any questions as it relates to his personal life," Shiver declared, "such as the homestead exemption or his relationship with his wife."
Vickers opined that District 5 doesn't need a commissioner who allows himself to be badgered and distracted by the media. "In our neighborhoods, we need people to be able to look up to people like Jeff," he intoned, dismissing the argument that people can't look up to someone they don't know.
It's understandable that Allen initially would be overwhelmed. The events surrounding his surprise appointment played like screwball Dinner Key theater. Although they weren't saying so publicly, city commissioners (except Tomas Regalado) and Mayor Manny Diaz (although he didn't have a vote) were prepared to appoint almost anyone to avoid a special election. Why? Because even though Teele had been suspended from office after his arrest on felony charges, he likely would have run in a special election -- and won. Teele supporters, union members, and unaffiliated community types loudly opposed an appointment. In more than a few cases this position was based on unadulterated self-interest. For example, the Rev. Richard Dunn, a previous commission appointee, lobbied for the job, but when he didn't get the nod, abruptly and vociferously converted to advocating for an election.
Commission and mayoral staffers spent days sifting through the pros and cons of various interested applicants, looking for someone they could agree on who wouldn't be quickly poisoned by the venomous politics of District 5. It's a dispiriting comment on both Miami's black leadership and the capricious gang at City Hall that the choice came down to a smooth-talking lawyer who just happened to be the last man standing at the bell.
Allen's credibility was attacked from the instant he was named, chiefly because he was unknown to almost everyone, including the men who appointed him. The city press release provided only the sketchiest of information -- that he grew up in Miami, is married with two grown children, obtained his bachelor's and his law degree from Southern University in Baton Rouge, teaches classes at St. Thomas's law school, and until his appointment, occasionally mediated code-enforcement cases for the city and the county.
Had New Times been able to sit down with Allen, the interview might have gone something like this:
New Times: So Mr. Allen, what are your plans for District 5? What skills and perspective do you bring to your role as commissioner in the city's most vulnerable neighborhoods? How do you answer critics who allege that, as an appointee, you will be beholden to fellow commissioners rather than your constituents?
Jeffery Allen: ?
Mr. Allen, why do you have a homestead exemption on a three-bedroom, three-bath home in Lake Worth, and yet live in and vote from your mother's house on NW 51st Street in Miami? Public records show that you and your wife, Lauren Young Allen, purchased the Palm Beach County home in 1998.
Jeffery Allen: ?
Mr. Allen, when you briefly ran for a local congressional seat in 1989, why did you lie about your age, your profession, your address, and your party affiliation? You and a dozen other candidates were vying for an open seat to replace the late Claude Pepper. On a résumé you furnished to the media, you said you were a 32-year-old lawyer living at your mother's home, and a Democrat. But when the Miami Herald checked, it turned out you were 33 years old, not a licensed attorney, actually lived in a North Miami Beach apartment, and were a registered Republican. The Herald reporter described your answers as swinging from "contorted confessions to downright denials." You then dropped out of the race. You did become a member of the Florida Bar, but not until 1995.
Jeffery Allen: ?
Mr. Allen, could you explain what happened in 1996, when the Florida Supreme Court granted the Florida Bar an injunction against you for improperly soliciting business from the families of victims of the ValuJet crash? Also, if you can, please explain why the Georgia Supreme Court denied you the right to take the Georgia Bar exam in 2002.
In 1996 the Florida Bar went after several lawyers, including former Miami City Commissioner Humberto Hernandez, for soliciting bereaved family members sequestered at a Miami Springs hotel. In Allen's case, the clincher was a deposition from Bruce Newbold, whose two cousins were killed in the plane crash. Newbold stated that Allen portrayed himself as an attorney who was representing "a large majority" of the black families at the hotel. Newbold told him that his family already had a lawyer, to which he said Allen replied, "Well, we are trying to get all the black families to go with one attorney. There's power in numbers." Newbold also disclosed, under questioning, that Allen intimated he could help with burial costs. Allen really only had one other ValuJet client at the time, according to records.
Allen was also caught on videotape at the hotel by WPLG-TV (Channel 10)'s Jennifer Snell, who was reporting on the brazen ambulance-chasing of lawyer sharks who'd descended on the families. In the broadcast, Snell speaks with Allen, who at first is happy for the free advertising. Then Snell pops the question about his lone client: "Now, did she contact you?"
Allen: "Listen, I don't want to get into that sort of comment. Let's just--"
Snell: "No, no, I'm just trying to figure out how you got in touch with her. Did you come here to the hotel?"
Allen: "No, I'm not commenting on that."
Snell: "Don't you think it is a very vulnerable time for these people? Shouldn't they contact you if they want representation?"
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Allen: "I'm afraid I have to end this conversation."
Snell: "Sir, I think this is a valid question."
Allen walked away without answering the question, which seems to be his first instinct. That disturbed the Georgia Board of Bar Examiners so much they refused to let him take the state's bar exam. His actions in the Florida case, they wrote, "demonstrated a lack of integrity and character." Allen showed "a lack of accountability and candor" in admitting to the facts before the Georgia board. The Georgia Supreme Court sided with the attorneys, stating, "Allen has failed to establish that he is fit to practice law in this state."
New Times: Commissioner Allen, anything to say?


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Housing association Affinity Sutton wants to know what activities its residents would like to see in Borehamwood.
Together with Community Learning Partnership, Affinity Sutton has invited its residents to attend a family fun day to give their opinions on what activities would interest them.
Refreshments will be provided throughout the day and residents who attend will be given a £15 voucher and a free lunch.
The event will be held at Windsor Hall, Blythe Road, Borehamwood on Thursday, May 22 from 9.30am to 2.45pm.
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J-15 Flying Shark (Jianjiji-15 Fighter aircraft 15) / F-15
The J-15 Flying Shark, China's first carrier-based fighter, said to be a Chinese copy of the Sukhoi Su-33, is comparable to the US F/A-18 Hornet. The Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) procured one of the first prototypes of the Soviet Su-33 carrier fighter T-10k-3 from Ukraine in 2001 (or by other reports, in 2005). The J-15 reportedly conducted its first test flight on August 31, 2009, powered by Chinese WS-10 turbofan engines. The first takeoff from a simulated ski jump was reportedly conducted on 06 May 2010. Presumably, China will take another few years to conduct flight tests J-15. It is also believed that the new aircraft will be launched after 2015, while the medium-aircraft carrier "Shi Lan" (ex-"Varyag") may begin running tests in 2011 and enter service in 2012.
On 26 April 2011, some Chinese media published a series of photos of the new J-15 carrier-based fighter (Jian-15) Flying Shark. These pictures are spyware style (as if the photographer was hiding the bushes), but the very fact of such photos in the press said that Beijing had no objection to their publication. The pictures J-15 were taken at the Factory No. 112, the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation factory in the North-East. The photos appeared on the Chinese military website cjdby.net and the forums fyjs.cn on 25 April 2011 and only the next day were they printed in official Chinese media. Presumably, the fighter had already passed a series of factory tests.
Many other technical details about J-15 is not yet known. Like the Su-33, the J-15 is designed to take off from a ski jump rather than a catapult. Judging from the photos, the J-15 has the same build airframe as the Su-33, built along the lines of integral triplane with front horizontal tail. Chinese media claim that despite the remarkable external similarities of the J-15 and Su-33, the J-15 is based on the J-11B fighter, which in turn is an evolved copy of Su-27sk. The changes relate primarily to wider use of stealthy coatings, the design of the front horizontal empennage [the J-15's canards are somewhat different from those on the Su-33] and more complex trailing-edge flaps. Other differences from the Su-33 included advanced Chinese avionics with an active phased array radar antenna. Missile launch rails and wide-angle holographic Head Up Display (HUD) clearly indicated that the fighter is equipped with domestic sensors, avionics and weapon systems, just like later models of the Shenyang J-11 fighter. The electronics, radar, and weapons systems seem to be all Chinese and far newer than the circa 1980's equipment of the Russian Su-33.
Presumably, the J-15 uses the Shenyang WS-10A engines, capable of thrust with afterburner of 132 kiloneutons. It is believed that the enhanced version of the WS-10g engines are used on the prototype of Chinese fifth-generation J-20 fighter bomber which made its first flight on 11 January 2011.
The Su-33 is capable of speeds of up to 2,300 kilometers per hour and fly for distances of up to three thousand kilometers. The fighter has Al-31F series 3 engines, capable of thrust in afterburner of 122.6 kiloneutons. The aircraft armed with 30 mm gun and had 12 points for both guided and un-guided missiles and bombs. The total mass of the fighter's payload can be up to 6.5 tons. China had begun negotiations with Russia for the purchase of up to 50 Su-33, subsequently the projected order was reduced to only two aircraft. Russia then halted the negotiations in March 2009, given a well founded fear that China would simply copy the design, as had been done with the J-11B, which was a copy of the Su-27, developed in violation of agreements on the protection of intellectual property.
China's J-15 carrier-based fighter will not be able to compete with Russia's Su-33 fighter on global markets because it is inferior to the Russian aircraft, according to one Russian military analyst. "The Chinese J-15 clone is unlikely to achieve the same performance characteristics of the Russian Su-33 carrier-based fighter, and I do not rule out the possibility that China could return to negotiations with Russia on the purchase of a substantial batch of Su-33s," said Col. (Ret.) Igor Korotchenko, a member of the Defense Ministry's Public Council. Korotchenko said China was unlikely to solve technical problems related to the design of the folding wings and to develop a reliable engine for the aircraft.
Sun Cong is chief designer of the J-15 carrier-borne fighter jet and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. When the piloted J-15 fighter landed on the Liaoning aircraft carrier for the first time and successfully took off, Sun was filled with excitement.
The J-15 carrier-borne fighter jet has filled the technological gap in the related fields. Compared with land-based aircraft, the carrier-borne aircraft raised more and higher requirements in technological aspects. In March 2013 Sun said the carrier-borne fighters must have the same combat capability as the land-based fighters in terms of bomb load, combat radius, and maneuverability; it must have good low-speed performance. It also raised higher requirements in terms of blocking landing in the sea and ski-jump takeoff.
"The engine is the key. If we can halve the fuel consumption, the combat radius will increase." Sun said that a J-15 equipped with domestic engines can have a combat radius of more than 1,000 kilometers. Considerable progresses have been made in fire control radar and guided missiles. "The indicators of J-15 are generally close to US F/A- 18 Hornet , reaching world-class standards."
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National League Standings, August 24, 1973
Bob P
August 20, 2004
This was Juan Marichal's final appearance against the Mets..and fittingly, he pitched nine scoreless innings.
Fortunately for the Mets, Jerry Koosman pitched ten scoreless innings, and in the bottom of the tenth, Ken Boswell led off with a single. Marichal's long-time teammate Willie Mays followed with a sac bunt (!), and then Felix Millan singled for the only run of the game and a Met victory.
Marichal won his first NINETEEN decisions against the Mets. They didn't beat him until July, 1967.
Hank M
December 19, 2004
One interesting sidenote to this game is that it was the Giants' first extra-inning loss of the season after 11 wins! Felix Millan's game- winning single was a shot to left-center field. It probably would have been for extra bases if it wasn't a "walk off" hit.
After Ken Boswell crossed the plate, Karl Earhardt held up a big yellow sign with a picture of Felix the Cat and RRRIIGHTEEEOOO! written across it.
Jerry Koosman pitched a great 10 innings! He even caught Bobby Bonds off first base with a great pick off move. Starting pitchers rarely go this far in games today with bullpens being so prevelent. But on this night, Yogi Berra let Kooz pitch the tenth inning and he got the win he deserved.
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I will never forget this game, as it was my first Mets game EVER! Whatta game to see as a 11 yr. old diehard fan.
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What's a country to do when its government has instituted one of the largest Internet blackouts in history? Simple: turn to older technologies. Protesters in Egypt are adopting a number of outdated pieces of tech, from dial-up modems to ham radio to fax machines.
The modems are actually being provided by a number of activist groups like We Re-Build and Telecomix, getting people online to voice complaints via sites like Twitter (the proper hastags, incidentally, are #egypt and #jan25). As the BBC points out, a number of ISPs in countries like the US, France, Spain, and Sweden are waiving fees and setting up the means for making calls to Egypt to help circumvent the informational blackout.
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Kano, Nigeria (AFP) Oct 5, 2010
Lead poisoning has killed more than 400 children under the age of five as a result of contamination from illegal gold extraction in northern Nigeria, an international aid agency said on Tuesday.
The children died over the last six months in several villages in Zamfara state, where lead-rich run-off from illegal gold mining has entered the soil and water supply, said Medecines Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders - MSF).
"Based on the record of fatalities from lead poisoning, more than 400 children have died in the last six months," said El-Shafii Muhammad Ahmad, MSF project director in Zamfara.
"But we in MSF believe the figure is much more than that," he told AFP by telephone.
Preliminary findings by UN experts on the contamination in Zamfara state, which were released on Tuesday, said that "growing amounts of children are dying from lead poisoning."
Elisabeth Byrs, a spokeswoman for the UN office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, told AFP in Geneva that more than 3,000 children lived in seven affected villages in an area of high-intensity wildcat gold mining.
Byrs said many parents were afraid to come forward when their children fell ill, or mistook symptoms including convulsions with malaria.
"The pollution is far from over in these areas, we have looked at five villages," Byrs told journalists following the release of a joint OCHA-United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) report into the poisoning.
Women and children often participated in the makeshift processing of lead-rich ore to extract the gold, and crushed rock often ended up being taken into homes, MSF said. Residue was discarded haphazardly in the open, exposing children to inhalation or ingestion of contaminants.
"The lead pollution and intoxication crisis in Zamfara State is far from over. In fact, we have only seen the tip of iceberg," the UN report said.
However, the Nigerian government's chief epidemiologist disputed the MSF figures.
"The MSF figure on the death toll is not true," said Henry Akpan, who declined to provide a government toll, adding that there had not been "any new deaths in the past weeks".
"We now have good treatment for children, pregnant women and those affected," he said.
But MSF's Ahmad said even the 400 deaths "is an under-estimation because many lead-related deaths are never reported and in many cases, these communities attribute them to other factors or deny them altogether."
Local communities mainly concealed or denied the fatalities and illnesses from lead poisoning for fear that authorities will ban their mining activities, he added.
Illicit gold mining is more lucrative than agriculture for the impoverished farming communities.
The UN report, which follows a fact-finding visit to the region, said lead poisoning was spreading in mining communities in northwestern Zamfara.
"The list of polluted villages continues to grow," it said, adding that there were signs of resumed mining activities in Dareta, one of two villages decontaminated by a US-based environmental firm.
The study focused on ground water pollution in the affected areas of the state and found "highly fluctuating" concentrations of lead in samples after a survey of five of the villages.
Contamination levels of up to 10 times above maximum standards were recorded in water wells in two villages.
"The concentrations of lead in ponds and rivers are often not meeting the drinking water standards for lead," the report added.
Symptoms of lead poisoning normally build up over long periods as the heavy metal accumulates in the human body, producing abdominal pain, nervous disorders affecting growth and ultimately leading to kidney failure.
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Stenotus binotatus?
I can't find a photo of that, but have found Calocoris sexguttatus, and that looks much the same (to me...)
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I'm disappointed with the way my niece's graduation went down....
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My niece graduated high school last night. My daughter was supposed to attend and go out to dinner last night night with the family, but she went to work instead. I told her weeks ago to request the night off, but she didn't. She did request time off for her graduation, prom, and prom weekend. She works at a local ice cream shop. I asked her to get coverage, but she said it didn't work. So, she was as going to call in sick, but my husband got angry, and yelled at her for not requesting time off ahead of time. She went to work.
I got in from work , after all this went down. I was upset that she wasn't going. My husband said it was her own fault. We went. My niece , brother in law, and sister in law were disappointed, she wasn't there and I felt terrible! The girls are so close and my daughter should have been there.
My niece was at her graduation and dinner last week! Should I have told her to pretend to be sick to get out of work and come with us? It's just a part time job and a graduation is once in a lifetime! Daughter said its her dad's fault for yelling at her.
I feel badly about the whole situation. Wish we had a do over! How would you feel? What would you do?
Your husband is teaching your daughter responsability. If she couldn't get the shift covered then it was her responsability to be there to cover the shift.
eh maybe b/c my kids are still so little i cant fathom graduation yet, but.... no biggie, i think everyone is overreacting. i graduated college and HS and i dont even remember who all attened and who didnt. in the grand scheme of life, this is small :)
This. It sucks but in the world things like this happen all the time. I've missed plenty of things I really wanted to go to or do because I couldn't find someone to cover my shift and didn't take the day off in time. Personally I think your husband was right. Pretending to be sick to get out of work is a really bad idea.
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Your husband is teaching your daughter responsability. If she couldn't get the shift covered then it was her responsability to be there to cover the shift.
How do you know she didn't request the time off ahead of time? Even if she had, if there wasn't anyone to cover, she has to go in.
Did your dd really want to go to her cousin's graduation? It doesn't sound like it. Also I hope you reminded your dd that its no one's fault but her's that she did not go.
She absolutely should have gone to work. I'm not sure why you feel bad? She is old enough to bare responsibility for her actions.
Also, calling in sick would have burdened the people she works with and the owner of the store. What kind of thing is that teaching her? Your own pleasure and someone's possible feelings are more important then your responsibilities and obligations?
I've missed family weddings, graduations, baby-showers... To work. Sometimes you can get off sometimes you can't. It's not the end of the world.
if your daughter couldn't get the shift covered then she was right to go to work and be responsible. calling in sick when you aren't is irresponsible. I think you are over reacting. it sucks she couldn't make it but she was responsible and showed up to work how is that a bad thing?


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LONG BEACH >> Votes cast by mail in Tuesday's runoff election are outpacing the April count, according to the City Clerk's Office.
By Friday, elections officials had received 20,024 vote-by-mail ballots, or 24 percent of ballots issued to voters.
At the same point before the April 8 primary, 21.9 percent of absentee voters had submitted their ballots, records showed.
The June 3 election has 256,735 registered voters, fewer than the 285,029 in April, when Lakewood voters chose in school board races.
City Clerk Larry Herrera said ballots have been mailed as far away as Sweden, Tibet and Taiwan. He expected more than half of the votes in the election to be cast by absentee ballot.
Friday was the last day to return ballots in the postage-paid envelope.
The City Clerk's Office recommends voters to drop off their ballot at their nearest polling place or at City Hall, 333 W. Ocean Blvd., before the close of polls at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Voters next week will cast two ballots in separate booths, one for city races and the other in the statewide primary, on what is known as "Two-vote Tuesday."
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The latest study to indicate healthy benefits from regular anti-inflammatory use shows that the risk of melanoma, a form of skin cancer that's on the rise, may be reduced by aspirin.
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine discovered that women who took the pain-reliever on a regular basis reduced their risk of developing the skin cancer. Results also showed that the longer women took aspirin, the lower their risk.
The data was drawn from the Women's Health Initiative, a large sample of postmenopausal women ages 50 to 79 who volunteered information about themselves — including diet, activity, history of sun exposure, and medication — for an average of 12 years in an effort to help researchers understand factors that may affect the development of cancer and other diseases. ?The Stanford study focused on the data of nearly 60,000 Caucasian women, who were selected because less skin pigment is a risk factor for melanoma.
The Stanford researchers found that those who took aspirin decreased their risk of developing melanoma by an average of 21 percent. Moreover, the protective effect increased over time: There was an 11 percent risk reduction at one year, a 22 percent risk reduction between one and four years, and as much as a 30 percent risk reduction at five years and beyond.
"There's a lot of excitement about this because aspirin has already been shown to have protective effects on cardiovascular disease and colorectal cancer in women," said Jean Tang, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of dermatology and senior author of the study. "This is one more piece of the prevention puzzle."
Clinical trials are needed to verify results and determine the amount of the analgesic that could lead to a protective effect. But these results seem to indicate that anti-inflammatory drugs, like aspirin, may reduce certain cancer risks.
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TALLINN - It was May 15 when President Toomas Hendrik Ilves opened his Twitter account and started tweeting. He said: "Help! I'm being followed (smiley face)." Within this short period of time he has already earned a place among Foreign Policy magazine's 'Twitterati 100' list. Ilves is the only highlighted member from the Baltic States, sharing a place in the list of such politicians as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and U.S. Senator John McCain.
He has grown his list of followers to almost 8,000 and has gained attention across the world, as well as raising many different opinions in Estonia about his method of using social media.
Ilves' overnight celebrity status in social media came during the late hours of June 6, when he severely criticized Nobel Prize-winner Paul Krugman's article, where the American economist noted his disapproval of Estonia's austerity measures, stating that they haven't been an economic triumph. Ilves re-tweeted his comments and referred to Krugman as being "smug, overbearing & patronizing."
Nevertheless, that was the end of his emotional comments on Twitter. He continued: "Guess a Nobel in trade means you can pontificate on fiscal matters & declare my country a 'wasteland.' Must be a Princeton vs. Columbia thing." He added, a few minutes later, "But yes, what do we know? We're just dumb & silly East Europeans. Un-enlightened. Someday we too will understand. Nostra culpa."
In his last tweet he even used a profane word to describe the situation of the East Europeans. At the beginning it was considered that Ilves' Twitter account was the victim of a cyber-attack. This was not true.
The boundaries of good taste
Ahto Lobjakas of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute believes that Ilves left behind the boundaries of good taste with the use of some words, and another issue is that Ilves as an politician attacked an expert. "I don't think that any publicity is good publicity," Lobjakas asserted.
However, the critics were outnumbered. Afterwards, various announcements started coming out of the government, other state figures and academics of supporting President Ilves. For example, Finance Minister Jurgen Ligi stated on the news portal Delfi that Ilves' reaction was reasonable. "I have not heard such one-sided arguments before. It was worthy of criticism and responding."
Estonian political analyst Tonis Saarts points to another problem with these statements. "In Estonian publicity there has lately been brought to [our] attention that politicians do not make arguments, just ridicule opponents." He says that it is an invective-culture (or insult-culture, in which people just make insults to others without giving any arguments or trying to justify their positions).
The analyst adds that with his comments, Ilves has shown that this kind of culture is completely acceptable. "Politicians and state leaders do not have to argue, produce facts or respect the opponent; the swearing and the ridiculing phrasing is OK."
Not the end of sharp-edged tweets
On Aug. 17 Ilves expressed his support for the Russian feminist punk-rock collective called Pussy Riot. "Witch-trials for blasphemy and visa-free travel defined a 'common European civilization'... in the 13th century," he tweeted. With this, Ilves showed what he thinks of their trial in Russia.
His latest comments came on Sept. 11 when he made fun of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Twitter. He referred to an article in The Moscow Times, which wrote that "live" cells of a mammoth were discovered in Siberia, which could be used for cloning those ancient mammals. Ilves sarcastically replied: "Meanwhile, after the tiger, the amphorae and the cranes, I have a queasy feeling I know what's next. Just sayin'..." This was a crystal-clear hint about Putin and his media tricks.
Some diplomatic sources stated that this tweet reached even Putin himself, and that he disliked the message.
This all caused resentment in the Center Party and among businesspeople. Former Estonian Prime Minister and businessman Tiit Vahi said to Estonian daily Eesti Paevaleht that Estonian politicians should have enough engagement in solving local problems. "And they should handle the problems that we have here, not intervene in Russia."
Saarts points out that Ilves was being sarcastic with Putin, but verbally is more reserved. "The Russian elite more or less consider Estonia to be quite a Russophobe country and I do not believe it raised an unpleasant surprise." He adds that after a year, nobody will remember it.
Goals of his tweet-policy
Still, Ilves' tweets raise the question of his goals. In his second and final term as president, he certainly can feel more freedom in his statements, because he does not have to worry about re-election. However, with his social media statements he has often been un-presidential and offensive. It is assumed that Ilves' goal is to introduce to the world what is this Eastern Europe country called Estonia.
Lobjakas believes that the president does not seem to realize that in his position, he has very limited possibilities in expressing his personal views. "Western politicians understand this. Everything that Ilves says goes on Estonia's account."
Certainly, Ilves, and Estonia, despite its size have gained a great deal of attention through these presidential tweets. If this was Ilves' goal, then so far the mission of introducing Estonia to the world has been successful. Just another question arises: is every kind of publicity good publicity?


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Illness onset dates suggest outbreak source gone
The Iowa Department of Public Health continues to receive reports of confirmed cases of Cyclospora infection, but officials think, because of the limited shelf life of fresh produce, the source of the outbreak has already been consumed or discarded.
The onset dates of the illness suggest ill people had eaten the contaminated food in mid-June, according to the IDPH.
"We know fresh produce [fruits and vegetables] has been implicated in previous Cyclospora outbreaks, and interviews with those who have been ill indicate vegetables were probably the source of this outbreak," said IDPH Medical Director Patricia Quinlisk.
"The illness onset dates, coupled with the shelf life of fresh produce, make it very likely the vegetable that was the source of the outbreak has already been eaten or thrown away and will not cause anyone else to become ill," Quinlisk continued.
Officials said at no time was an Iowa-grown fruit or vegetable suspected to be the cause of the outbreak, but the investigation is ongoing to ensure no continuing exposure to contaminated food and to try to understand how the food became contaminated in the first place.
IDPH encourages Iowans to make fruits and vegetables part of their daily diet and says it is always a good idea to wash all fresh fruits and vegetables thoroughly before eating.
Jefferson County Public Health Director Chris Estle said the IDPH's EPI manual "Guide to Surveillance, Investigation, and Reporting" does not include any information about cooking the produce or boiling water to kill the parasite.
"It just comes back to being healthy when working with foods, washing your hands and following food safety protocols," Estle said.
As of Tuesday, 81 cases of Cyclospora infections had been reported to IDPH, including one in Van Buren County and one in Keokuk County.
Linn County has reported the most cases, with 31, and Polk and Pottawattamie counties follow with five cases each and Black Hawk County has four. The remaining 19 reporting counties each have three or fewer cases.
Estle said no cases in Jefferson County had been reported to her as of this morning.
At least five people have been hospitalized. Many people report still being ill with diarrhea and some have had relapses.
Estle said many gastrointestinal tract infections have the same symptoms, and suggested if someone has had diarrhea for more than a couple of days, he or she visit their health care provider.
A specific laboratory test on a stool sample is used to identify the illness, and specific treatment, which is not typically used for more common diarrheal illnesses, is available, she said.
People become infected with Cyclospora by consuming food or water contaminated with the parasite, which causes a watery diarrhea that lasts an average of 57 days if untreated. Symptoms include: watery diarrhea, severe tiredness, loss of appetite, weight loss, bloating, increased gas, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, muscle aches and low-grade fever.
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Not bored yet – Revisiting respondent fatigue in stated choice experiments
Stated choice surveys are used extensively in the study of choice behaviour across many different areas of research, notably in transport. One of their main characteristics in comparison with most types of revealed preference (RP) surveys is the ability to capture behaviour by the same respondent under varying choice scenarios. While this ability to capture multiple choices is generally seen as an advantage, there is a certain amount of unease about survey length. The precise definition about what constitutes a large number of choice tasks however varies across disciplines, and it is not uncommon to see surveys with up to twenty tasks per respondent in some areas. The argument against this practice has always been one of reducing respondent engagement, which could be interpreted as a result of fatigue or boredom, with frequent reference to the findings of Bradley and Daly (1994) who showed a significant drop in utility scale, i.e. an increase in error, as a respondent moved from one choice experiment to the next, an effect they related to respondent fatigue. While the work by Bradley and Daly has become a standard reference in this context, it should be recognised that not only was the fatigue part of the work based on a single dataset, but the state-of-the-art and the state-of-practice in stated choice survey design and implementation has moved on significantly since their study. In this paper, we review other literature and present a more comprehensive study investigating evidence of respondent fatigue across a larger number of different surveys. Using a comprehensive testing framework employing both Logit and mixed Logit structures, we provide strong evidence that the concerns about fatigue in the literature are possibly overstated, with no clear decreasing trend in scale across choice tasks in any of our studies. For the data sets tested, we find that accommodating any scale heterogeneity has little or no impact on substantive model results, that the role of constants generally decreases as the survey progresses, and that there is evidence of significant attribute level (as opposed to scale) heterogeneity across choice tasks.
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Clinging tight to his freshly signed poster, Paine College student Ian Spencer glanced excitedly toward the celebrity table.
"I can't believe I just met Thelma," he said.
Best known for her five years on the 1970s sitcom Good Times, Bern Nadette Stanis joined fellow cast members Jimmie Walker (J.J.) and Ralph Carter (Michael) as guest speakers Wednesday evening at the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church's Sixth Episcopal District conference.
"Good Times is my all-time favorite show," said Spencer, 37. "Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd meet Thelma, Michael and J.J. face to face. These are great people, and I'm just so thankful for the opportunity."
The event – with a theme of experiencing God through faith, family, spirituality and love – took place at Paine College's Health Education Activities Learning Complex.
An estimated 1,200 people attended Wednesday's program, including representatives from more than 300 Georgia churches.
"It's our honor to be here," Carter said. "I grew up in a faith-filled home, and that helped make me who I am today. My mother was strong, but at the same time she was very loving and nurturing."
Stanis' message to those in attendance revolved around unity.
"Life's about family," she said. "It's about love. It's about everyone staying strong and staying connected."
Jetson Maness, a presiding elder, said he was a loyal Good Times viewer from 1974 to 1979 and was "beyond honored" to have the former cast members attend their annual conference.
"To be able to hear (Stanis, Walker and Carter) speak about their personal faith and spirituality is truly special for our conference," he said.
Although the Good Times series finale aired 35 years ago, Maness says lessons from the television series have remained with him.
"From struggles to happiness, we learned a great deal from watching Good Times," said Maness, who was James Brown's pastor for half a decade. "The teachings they shared during those years were tremendous."
Donnell Holt, of Augusta, echoed Maness' message.
"Having grown up in the inner-city, I definitely relate to the show," the 32-year-old said. "It's very comical, but at the same time it teaches you things. It shares great lessons."
The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church conference concludes Thursday with a 10 a.m. service led by Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, the pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, Ga.
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Told with the outsize zest of a tall tale, this vibrant, well-crafted novel starts strong and gets even better. Raised in the Opportunities School for Orphans, the plucky and resilient Jack gets a chance to prove himself as he turns 12, when he is outfitted with an apprenticeship (and his first pair of long pants). First, though, in this tale's characteristic balance of wit and poignancy, he trains the new scullery boy to avoid beatings from the cook ("The secret is to make Cook go sad.... He cries. Huge big tears.... Then he sits in his chair and goes to sleep"). But when Jack's job with a bookkeeper disappoints (he imagines he'll be "sitting at the door in a tidy uniform, keeping the books safe, dry and warm"), he decides to take his luck on the road, armed with little more than his ragged, incomplete dictionary ("A sunrise was better when you knew the word sublime," he believes). In a clever twist, Jack sets himself up at a town fair as a vendor of "thoughts, concepts, plans, opinions, impressions, notions and fancies," and bored villagers snap up his product. Ellis (Out of the Blue) sends a timeless message—about the values of believing in one's own visions, of a positive outlook and similar—and the details she uses are fresh and fun, her language supple and refined. Readers will want to tag along with Jack on his several adventures. Final artwork not seen by PW. Ages 7-10. (Sept.)
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