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The official name is Woods Edge Wools Farm because the Walkers raise alpacas, llamas, yaks and sometimes sheep at this farm in Stockton, but in my mind, it's always Woods Edge Alpaca Farm. And I love Linda Berry Walker, who started the farm with her late husband decades ago. She's a long-time expert on fiber arts and has won many prizes with her animals. Today, she runs the farm with her son, Brent, and you can find their stuff in many farmers markets around the state.
On Oct. 14, Linda invited knitters and spinners (and a few crocheters) to come sit on the porch at her event barn and work their crafts all day. It was a lovely, sunny, warm day, perfect for the occasion. Linda has a two-room shop at the front of her barn where you can buy fibers, yarn, completely-made clothes and other farm products like beeswax candles, soaps and finger puppets. It's open every Saturday and Sunday.
I got to the knit-and-spin event late because I went to church and had lunch before I set out to Hunterdon County. When I got there, the porch was full of interesting women who were crocheting, knitting, weaving and spinning. I pulled up a chair and plopped down next to someone from Union County who volunteers at one of the historic sites. I think she said it was the Miller -Corey Museum in Westfield, but unfortunately, I can't remember for sure. It was fun hearing some of the stories about the place, though.
Across the steps from me sat Nancy Tully and Chris Anderson from Kennett Square, Pa. They wanted me to be sure to mention they were part of the Brandywine Fiber Arts Guild there. They were on a private yarn crawl through New Jersey that had taken them to The Spinnery in Frenchtown and the silk store in Patterson that is open just one Saturday per month, where they sell cones of silk to knitters and weavers. And they were spending their Sunday with the alpacas and llamas at Woods Edge. They were lovely people, and one of them was crocheting a circular baby blanket (I think it was) that was beautiful.
A mother-daughter team on the other side of the porch were busy spinning and weaving. Donna Lee Wood from Sumerdale was expertly spinning fibers, and Kate Wood was weaving on an table-top loom. I think there were other spinners earlier, but I went around collecting names and photos at the end of the day, so I missed some of them. They were all having fun, tho.
One of the spinners was my friend Joanne, whom I'd met a few years ago at another spin-and-knit event at Woods Edge. Since then, I've run into her at Woods Edge and at the Garden State Sheep and Fiber Festival several times. I always remember her as the woman who buys her SUV based on whether she can get her spinning wheel into the back of it. She's also a very good knitter.
And finally, I took a photo of Pat Dranchak of Mt. Laurel, who reads this blog (thanks, Pat). She made the sweater she's wearing.
While I was at the farm, I talked with Linda about organizing a retreat next spring where we bring in a couple of big-name designers to teach classes for a couple of days. People who want can spend the weekend there and stay in a nearby bed and breakfast or a motel in Flemington. Linda said it's a great idea and she has a big classroom upstairs and lots of info about places to stay. So I've been contacting designers. Mary Beth Temple is interested in doing it with us, but we need to get another designer or two on board.
Life is good, and sunny, warm autumn days that surround one with new friends and golden autumn leaves just prove it. That Sunday was one of those perfect days I'll cherish for a long time.


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First, there was the Lada Niva. Which was known as the Sport in Iceland, the Taiga in Western Europe and the Bushman in Australia. Then, the Russians renamed it simply to 4x4. Now, it's time for the Lada 4x4 Urban. Are you ready for so much excitement?
Unlike the Land Rover Defender, the Mercedes-Benz Geländewagen and the Lada Niva are here to stay. But since the Russians don't really have the sort of technology the Germans use to keep the G-Wagen fresh, AvtoVAZ had to make due with a very modest facelift.
Designed to be the shining star of the Moscow International Automobile Salon in August, the "new" 4x4 Urban comes with a different grill and bumpers, 17 inch alloys and air-conditioning as standard. Let's hope improved build quality is also on their list.
The 1.7-liter gas engine remains, of course, with all its 83 horsepower, but those who want a touch of freedom with their Niva have nothing to worry about as the Chevy version will stay in production, too.
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Google has reportedly removed 22 malicious applications from the Android Market after security vendors tipped off the company about apps attempting to trick users into accepting fraudulent charges via SMS.
Security firm Lookout Mobile Security says calls the phenomenon "SMS toll fraud," which involves applications that appear similar to well-known software tricking users into accepting charges via text message. Also known as "Android.Rufraud," Symantec says it's a "Trojan horse for Android devices that sends SMS messages to premium-rate phone numbers," but which poses very low risk and is easy to remove.
Lookout says European users have been targeted by SMS toll fraud over the past few months, and similar new threats appeared in the Android Market last week. North American users have not been affected by any of the malicious apps "as the fraudulent SMS code is gated on the user's country (as indicated by their SIM)."
"The initial batch appeared as horoscope apps with a fairly hidden ToS indicating charges," Lookout wrote. "The initial application activity presents the user with a single option to continue, which is presumed to be an agreement to premium charges that are buried within layers of less than clear links. The Premium Short Codes used could affect users in Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Czech Republic, Poland, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Estonia as well as Great Britain, Italy, Israel, France, and Germany."
Last week, Lookout notified Google of nine identical applications skinned to appear as downloaders for popular games like Angry Birds and Cut the Rope, or as wallpaper apps for popular movies like Twilight. These nine applications were downloaded by only a handful of users before Google pulled them from the market.
But that's not all! The fraudsters then "posted 13 new supposed downloaders to the Android Market, once again positioned as free versions of popular games." Lookout estimates that the apps were downloaded 14,000 times, but Google had pulled the apps from the Market as of the time Lookout posted its update on Sunday. Android Market rules do not block applications from using SMS, but it's possible the apps could have pulled for piracy reasons since they mimicked legitimate software.
We asked Google whether it remotely deleted the offending applications from users' phones, as it has in some cases in the past, but the company declined to comment on the specifics of this latest case. Google removed 21 applications from the Android Market earlier this year after it was discovered the apps were secretly installing malware. By comparison, Apple's relatively closed App Store has fended off many security problems, but the iPhone is not immune either—one security researcher proved this recently by putting a malicious application through Apple's approval process and onto the App Store.


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I spent yesterday afternoon shadowing some fellow from Dynorod, the boss had fucked off for the afternoon leaving me to make sure that he didn't do anything common, like drinking tea from a mug with a spoon in it, or eating an uncut sandwich with both hands… it's rather a wonderful English trait, the innate suspicion the middle classes have for the working classes, really, they'll steal your silver as soon as knees up muvver brahn. Having said that it cuts both ways, being a bit of both and all that, Squire.
It's absurdly cold today but again, quite stunning. I do like cold winter mornings when it's fucking sunny and frosty and shit… You see, I moaned about autumn but maintained that when I was actually in winter I didn't mind, I've just proved it right there. The light is Golden and I've not seen so much frost in a year, the whole world seems coated in icing sugar or cocaine depending on your predilections (or speed if you're working class).
The only pisser about today, apart from the office aspect to it, is that I'm wearing a fucking suit, a black suit with a white shirt, and deliberately obtuse black tie. I look like Mr. Pink off to a funeral, sort of cool but not quite. The reason for this fancy dressery is a drinks do at the BBC this evening to wave some poor fellow off, it sticks a bloody great nail in my evening and I'm anticipating being arseholed by 8, I'm on the fence as to how I feel about that.
Last night was pleasant. Myfwt came over in time to talk on the phone to her sister all the way through Russell Brand on BBC4 doing a sort of documentary about Kerouac's On the Road, from what I could glean, in between the sisterly guffawing and banter, was that it wasn't bad at all. Actually, Myfwt isn't a happy bunny at the mo, some woman at work has taken a dislike to her because she's essentially walked into a company and turned it round single handedly. Her bosses are ecstatic, her colleagues impressed, save this one jealous co-worker. She's such a nice person Myfwt, she doesn't deserve people being horrid to her… I've half a mind to go round to her office and kick the horrid lady in the cunt.
After Russell there was a very satisfactory documentary on Pink Floyd. I've been a fan from the off, at the same time my auntie gave me Dark Side of the Moon when I was 10 I bought Relics (assuming it would be in the same vain as Dsotm) from Woolies for 99p with my pocket money. Dsotm is relatively easy listening for a youngster over the more experimental early stuff, but I grew to love it dearly and my little brain 'got' psychedelia. I've no doubt it created a foundation for my adolescence; through it I knew who I was very early on. Even now I still take drugs.
So, in celebration of Pink Floyd, today and tomorrow a tune from both ends of their chronology. I heard this song last night and forgot how fucking good it is, brought a lump to my throat. Self indulgent, even cheesy, fuck it. Listen.


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Norfolk, Va. – Following a grueling two-week period of walk-on tryouts, ODU rowing coach Heather Weisel has released the Lady Monarchs initial roster as they prepare to begin competing as a varsity sport this fall. The walk-on tryout drew interest not only from experienced rowers, but also from several female athletes who were just being introduced to the sport.
The athletes spent the first week learning the stroke on the rowing machines, while also being introduced to a body circuit workout and several core exercises. Following the first cut at the end of week one, the tryouts moved to the water where many of the young ladies got their first practical experience in a shell.
"After two straight weeks of walk-on tryouts, I am so thrilled with our final roster," said Weisel. "Our walk-ons have blended so quickly with our freshmen recruits both athletically, and more importantly, in the spirit of starting this program. This is a special group of young women who have all demonstrated their competitiveness and their desire and ability to lay the foundation for a national caliber team here at ODU."
The final 29-person roster includes 14 scholarship athletes and 15 walk-ons, six of whom came over from the ODU club rowing team.
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Bond lowered for National Guardsman accused of murder
Anthony Baldonado's bond set at $300,000 cash surety
A National Guardsman accused of murdering his friend may be out on bond soon.
A judge lowered the bond for Anthony Baldonado Thursday. He will head to trial in September and is charged with shooting his friend with an AR-15 rifle.
Baldonado is accused of pulling the trigger 18 months ago.
Thursday, his attorney argued in front of a judge that Baldonado's bond should be lowered. Baldonado has been in jail since February 2012.
The prosecution argued Baldonado fired four to five rounds, that he is dangerous and that lowering the bond is not in the public's interest.
The state hasn't been able to locate the only eyewitness, despite the prosecution's protest. Judge Briana Zamora said she had no other option than to lower the bond from $1 million to $300,000 cash surety Thursday.
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Yasiel Puig, your reputation now precedes you, and that's trouble
It's a story old as the pharaohs, or at least Keith Richards. Build a reputation and it precedes you.
And just possibly right now, that's what is happening with Yasiel Puig.
Now, generally reputations are earned and there is absolutely no denying Puig has done his share to earn a certain renown for being something of a showboat. Not too many opponents are going to find those bat flips endearing.
Prima donnas are not typically welcome in this game, particularly when they reside in the opposing dugout. And even less, you would assume, when the dugout is home to your archrival.
So Puig absolutely launches a home run Friday out to dead center and the Giants, particularly the pitcher who gave it up — Madison Bumgarner — are not left happy.
Bumgarner approaches Puig as he trots down the third base line and lets him know his displeasure.
What exactly did Puig do?
Nothing all that dramatic, certainly by his standards, and, Dodgers Manager Don Mattingly argued, not much different from what many do throughout baseball.
This is not 1965, when players lived by an unwritten code and utmost respect was demanded of the game and opponents. Mattingly looks around and sees players with dramatic reactions to big plays all the time.
"It really always surprises me when they react to things, when their team does the same type stuff," Mattingly said. "It's always the double-standard. One team's mad because one team does it, and it's OK for them to do different things. It's always amazing to me."
This is what Puig did Friday night: He crushed his hit and knew it immediately, flipped his bat several feet (though far short of his personal record), came out of the box a little slowly and then proceeded to circle the bases at less than top speed.
I don't think any of it individually was egregious or would qualify as pimping it, but collectively it was enough for the Giants, particularly from someone already known for preening.
If Puig didn't walk into Dodger Stadium already with a brassy reputation, it probably gets overlooked. But those days are over for Puig and some are going to be more sensitive to his dramatics than others.
"Obviously, Yasiel is a little bit of a lightning rod for a lot of different things," Mattingly said. "But he plays hard. And when you really look at that, he hit it, he flipped it and he ran. I mean, I didn't think he did anything wrong."
That could be eyes-of-the-beholder material, but Puig needs to be careful. There was plenty of yelling between Bumgarner and Puig on Friday, but thankfully it did not escalate from there.
But if Matt Cain should buzz Puig on Saturday, or worse hit him and a melee breaks out, then someone could get hurt. And that becomes a very different matter.
There's playing with exuberance and playing with intelligence, and Puig is still sometimes finding his way to mesh the two. It would be nice for him if it happened sooner, making it an old story.
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text: Members Anderton 867 Posted May 31, 2012 Members Share Posted May 31, 2012 To say that this review is highly anticipated would be an understatement. As fellow HC editor Phil O'Keefe said, "probably half the page views will be mine, I'm really interested in this." And as Universal Audio said, "We're really curious to see what you think of it."So here we are, and I've hit the trifecta of pro reviews: The Casio XW-P1, Line 6 Dream Rig, and now, UA's Apollo. No wonder I'm not spending a lot of time in the other forums. Just think, it's my job to work with this stuff Now, things you need to know about Apollo and this pro review. UA has a page with basics and an FAQ. I've read it over, and it's excellent background for this pro review as it minimizes marketing blather and gives you lots of useful information about the intended functionality. The job of this pro review will be to determine the extent to which they've delivered on that functionality and also, workflow. Apollo comes with the equivalent of either a DUO or Quad DSP card for running UA's Powered Plug-Ins. We will not be covering individual plug-ins in this review, as there's already a pro review that covers the Satellite DSP farm but has mutated into a review of the Powered Plug-Ins line. That thread will continue to review additional plug-ins, so it's worth checking it out from time to time to check for updates. The Big Deal: You can use these plug-ins in real time with under 2ms quoted latency. I can imagine lots of live performance laptop jockeys finding this very useful, and is something we'll be covering in depth during the course of this review. Currently, Apollo is Mac-only. Windows 7 compatibility is slated for this summer, as is 64-bit compatibility for the Powered Plug-Ins. Apollo's drivers are already 64-bit compatible. Also, all my software for doing audio testing is Windows-specific, so you probably won't see my usual screen shots of dynamic range, noise, THD, frequency response, etc. until at least beta Windows drivers show up. However, I'm currently trying to figure out a workaround and hopefully I'll be successful at it. Meanwhile, I'll see if UA has any suitable graphs I could use. Apollo is designed as a FireWire 800 interface, but will run at half-bandwidth with FireWire 400 ports, or FireWire 800 ports that don't deliver the goods (which unfortunately is the case with my quad core Mac Pro). My computer's limitations won't affect the review, as it only relates how many simultaneous channels I can stream at once. At some point I'll likely get a FireWire 800 card, as recommended by UA, so I'm not dependent on the computer's internal port. Let's talk pricing and options before starting our traditional photo tour. Quote Link to post Share on other sites


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Many thanks to all those people who donated we couldn't have done it without you. Nor could we have done so well without a very generous discount from the good folk at Bushnell. Together they have enabled the CFZ to purchase four brand new trail cams for our upcoming expedition.
As you can see from the photo of Trevor the trail cam, he is glad to meet up with a couple of boys before they head off to the jungle.
However before the cameras head off to Sumatra with the aim of capturing the elusive orang pendek on film, they are out having a couple of days out in the British countryside being field tested. The results so far have been very promising.
It might not be a big cat but next doors feline who we shall call Blue, happily demonstrates the cameras in action.


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Thursday, April 29, 2010
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Rollins Women Weekend
The women of the Rollins family had a weekend getaway to Charleston, SC! I had never been to the city before and was just blown away by how beautiful it is! It reminded me a lot of Savannah, but it's much bigger and there is so much more to see. We arrived to our hotel, the Hampton Inn in the historic district, on Friday evening and left Sunday around lunch. We spent all day Saturday walking around, but I think we only made it down two or three streets. This is due largely due to our need to stop in every store we passed to do some shopping :) It was great to spend some time with just the ladies of the family!
Check out that packing job! We have two strollers and two pack & plays in there, along with the luggage for three women and two babies!
Our whole group... Me with Naomi, Mom, Arin with Asa (the only boy we allowed), Mel (adopted into the family whether she likes it or not), Megan, Whitney (another adoptee), and Amber. Megan pointed out that aside from the mommas with the babies, no one in our group was blood-related. (Picture stolen from Arin's blog).
The Rollins sisters-in-law (yet again, stolen from Arin's blog! Arin, how pale does Amber make us look?!)
Naomi and Asa, ready to hit the town
King Street, where we spent the first half of Saturday shopping
Farmer's Market on King Street
The Market, where we spent the second half of Saturday shopping
Gucci, where we did not do any shopping!
Asa was a little upset so Naomi lent him her thumb
Interesting fact: State Street used to be named Union Street. Sometime shortly before the Civil War (or the "War of Northern Aggression" as it is referred to here in the South), they changed the name for obvious reasons
As we rode past this house on our horse-drawn carriage tour we created our ideal Saturday... sitting on the porch sipping on lemonade and sweet tea, in rocking chairs, watching the children in their matching outfits play in the perfectly manicured lawn, with a nice breeze blowing in from the harbor through the oak trees. We call the children in to let them know it is time to take their naps and they politely reply, "Yes, ma'am!" The men come in from their day of fishing, proudly showing the dinner they've caught for the family :)
I'm looking forward to the Second Annual Rollins Women Weekend!
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Monday, April 19, 2010
Happy Easter (two weeks later)
We had a very nice, relaxing Easter (two weeks ago... better late than never, eh?). For the past few years we have spent Easter over in Keystone visiting family, but this year we stayed in Jax for the whole day. We had a great morning of worship with our church family, celebrating the resurrection of our Lord. My mom came to our church and to our house for lunch afterwards. We invited her to have lunch with us and somehow she ended up bringing the majority of the food. I'm not sure how that worked out, but I'm not complaining! Here are a few pictures from the rest of the day...
Naomi snuggled with her Grammy
We put Charlotte in an old t-shirt to dye eggs and she slipped on Jared's flip flops. Poor thing looked like a little orphan child!
Charlotte had a blast dying the eggs. Most of them ended up the same color because she liked to dip the eggs into every color. (By the way, how genius is the wisk idea?! I saw it on someone's blog and it made for a much less messy time of egg-dying than those little wire holders do.)
Charlotte hunted for the eggs
Charlotte dropped the eggs
And afterwards Charlotte was given her Easter basket: Veggie Tale's An Easter Carol, some stickers, a couple small board books, and some candy.
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Thursday, April 1, 2010
Cutie Patooties
We took Charlotte to the park near our house to ride her tricycle. There's just a little bit more room there than on our back porch :)
Charlotte let Naomi have a turn
Taking Naomi for a ride
"I got a rock." (Name that movie!)
The first time Naomi rolled over!
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Is the new payment method developed by Visa and MasterCard that enables secure purchases online and authenticates the purchaser as the legitimate holder of the card being used.
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When you choose the mode of payment by credit / debit card will redirect to secure page (with data encryption) from our bank (https://), which asks for the number and the expiration date of your card as to was being done now.
At this time a screen pass in which the bank will ask for your PIN secret used at ATMs or a special PIN (secret key) that requested your bank before. You will also be asked to enter an ID such as your ID or passport.
Finally, you´ll see a page that tells you the status of your payment, if the transaction has been approved by the bank, you will be given an authorization code. You can print this page. You must press the button "Close" to complete the purchase process. At this time back to our website where we will thank you for shopping with us.
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Today I'm flying.
Today I'm rising.
But not exactly in a way one might think. I mean I am high but not rising like rising from the ashes. My ashes aren't rising, but they are soaring in the sky today and I'm flying. I'm suspended in space but spiraling out of control at the same time.
I am ascending myself. There is something in the air. I mean what's happening?
Fuck. I. Am. Flying.
I ebb and flow between waves. I crash and stay. Fuck. I. Am. Falling.
Oh wait, I'm falling ! Am I falling?
Ah no, that was just a surge before sky rocketing!
I'm sitting on clouds sipping on some moonshine. Chilling!
Something's wrong. Wait what's wrong. Nothing's wrong. Everything's so right it feels wrong. My heart? Fuck. Oh now I know why I'm flying!
Today I'll just zip and whiz and whisk.
Shoot and sail and dive.
I flip and hop and hover.
Fuck. I. Am. Flying.
(This is by far the most fun thing I've ever written. Even I don't understand what it means. What do you guys think? 😀
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Marching On
On a spectacular day in June, sixty volunteer members of the University of Wisconsin Marching Band marched into McFarland's Lewis Park as some two thousand onlookers sang, danced and raised their glasses in a symbolic, collective toast.
The day before, nearly three thousand people had filled McFarland High School's halls, some waiting three hours, while at the end of the line in the crowded gymnasium, UW's iconic conductor Mike Leckrone led a spontaneous mini concert performed by 172 current and former high school band members.
Actor and singer Tom Wopat dropped everything to come from New York for the ceremonies. "I wouldn't have missed it," he says.
The crowds had gathered just a week before a divisive and angry recall election that split McFarland's neighborhoods and families over government workers and their right to organize. Yet the gathering drew everyone: union members sporting their "Recall Walker" buttons, local and highly vocal Tea Party supporters, bankers and business leaders, veterans, school administrators and students. With emotions running as high as anyone can remember, McFarland had a political out-of-body-experience as the community joined together to celebrate.
But it wasn't a party. It was a funeral. For a local public school teacher.
All told, nearly four thousand people honored the life of Bill Garvey, who for thirty-one years taught instrumental music and marching band to students from the sixth grade through graduation at McFarland High School. Garvey had also volunteered as a UW Marching Band field director for more than three decades; he volunteered to direct the McFarland community band. He was a union "thug," elected five times as his school union representative; he was a tireless supporter of school sports and other extra-curriculars as vehicles to help teachers reach students outside the classroom. And he used his music and his bands to assist veterans' groups and support events at his Christ the King Catholic Church.
He never stopped teaching or reaching out, his friends and fellow teachers say. As a result, Garvey had touched a lot of lives. And during the course of those remarkable two days, it seemed that just about everyone he touched returned to honor him.
"I will never forget the impact he had on my life," reflects former student Matthew Whiting. "I wasn't a good student. I tried to quit band every week. But Bill wouldn't let me. When I complained to my dad, he basically said, 'If Bill Garvey says you can't quit, then you're not quitting. I trust Bill Garvey.'"
Whiting graduated to become a member of the UW Marching Band and is now himself a UW field assistant. "He found a way to find the diamond in the rough of everyone—and work with it to help them develop," says Whiting, a Fed Ex ramp agent in Madison. "That's what he did with me. He changed my life. He changed a lot of lives. And a lot of those former students were at the funeral. They came from all over the country."
But the memorial last spring was more than a tribute to a great man. It was also a timely, communal recognition of the value of a good teacher. Statewide, school districts are struggling to measure, evaluate and develop good teachers. They struggle because it's hard to measure—and then develop—the qualities that made Garvey effective.
"I would defy any statistician to measure what makes a good teacher," says Garvey's longtime boss, principal Jim Hickey. "Great teachers like Bill have an enormous impact on students and on our community … We can do all of the student testing we want—and all the teacher evaluations we want. But the intangibles that excellent teachers offer are immeasurable, yet they're very, very real. Ask anyone in that crowd. That's why they're all here."
And they all had something to say.
"I don't think I'd ever seen anything like it in my life," says longtime colleague and friend Leckrone. "You think about the students you have in front of you. You don't think about all the lives you may have touched. It was very emotional.
"I'm also one of those people who thinks our public education system is pretty darned good. What you also saw at Bill's funeral was a community committed to its schools—and a school system committed to the arts. To me, it was quite a revelation."
"He didn't teach kids. He inspired them," says Wopat, the Broadway actor who was a Dukes of Hazzard TV star and Garvey's college roommate and close friend. "He was passionate about everything he did. He worked very hard to reach every student."
"Bill was using the band to help students fit in who felt they didn't quite belong," says McFarland associate principal Sherry Holly. "Students don't all learn the same way. He used music to help them get excited about learning. He helped a lot of kids succeed who might otherwise not have even tried."
"Bill would get to know kids personally, work with each of them, go to their sporting events and root for them, yell at them, hug them, call their parents at home. Whatever worked," says his widow, Michelle Garvey, a sixth-grade math teacher at Indian Mounds Middle School in McFarland.
Garvey's wake extended nearly ten hours as mourners crowded the high school's halls for the chance to hug and console Michelle and their children, Andrew and Jessica. The crowd sobbed openly when Wopat performed "The Lord's Prayer" at the packed funeral Mass, which had to be moved to Immaculate Heart Catholic Church in Monona to accommodate the crowd.
They laughed and danced when the UW Marching Band members and alums marched into Lewis Park, sousaphones swinging and umphing in unison. The "fifth quarter" funeral reception itself was a community event, organized by the schools' teachers, custodians and secretaries who worked with dozens of local businesses that donated tents, a thousand hamburgers and hotdogs, equipment and ten half-barrels of beer. (Over the beer was a sign to Garvey's current students: "No drinking. Mr. Garvey is watching!")
"Bill and I did not agree on politics, but that was okay," says David Doll, a self-described conservative activist. "I was going through a tough time as my employer was downsizing. Bill Garvey encouraged me to join the community band. I hadn't played the trumpet since high school, but he gave me exercises to strengthen my lip and encouraged me to stay. I never forgot that time in my life. I'm proud I got the chance to meet Bill Garvey. He was the perfect citizen. That's why everyone of every socioeconomic and political group is here today."
And the impact of Garvey's funeral won't soon be forgotten in this small community of 7,900 residents.
"What did I learn from all of this?" asks Michelle Garvey. "I saw firsthand how much difference a teacher can make on students and our town—and that people do value teachers. Despite people's politics, the whole town came together. I'm still blown away."
Michael Flaherty lives in McFarland, teaches journalism at UW–Madison's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and is president of a communications firm, Flaherty & Associates.


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At Equinox we visited a holy well on the eastern foothills of Slieve Anieran, or Iron Mountain here in Leitrim, Ireland. I arrived here in Ireland, after a fourteen hour journey involving changing three trains, boarding a ferry, and finally getting a lift in a car, twelve years ago at Mabon. I didn't know then that I would settle permanently in the shade of the Tuatha dé Danaan's own point of arrival in Erin.
If you are unfamiliar with the myth of the people who became Ireland's fairy race then here is the flash version. The People of the Goddess Danu left their four cities of Falias, Gorias, Finiias and Murias. They chose to land in their ships on Iron Mountain because for them to break ties with worlds they need iron; it's sort of their ultimate banishing tool. They are said to have burnt their boats creating such a thick mist that the sun was blotted out for three days.
These gods of light involved themselves in a sort of Star Wars struggle with the forces of darkness, the Formorians, whom they ultimately came to intermarry. The immortal Brigit is said to have married the mortal Formorian Bres. When the Milesians invaded Ireland they were vanquished and headed back to their Mother Mountain to go to ground and enter the sidhe, breaking their ties with this plane.
Slieve Anieran is 585 metres high. Not high by some standards but locally only Cuilcagh is is higher. It overlooks Lough Allen which is the epicentre of a glacial basin stretching from Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, through West Cavan, Leitrim, Sligo and Roscommon. Foreign companies have applied to use the controversial method of shale gas extraction, hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in this landscape.
Once again it feels as if the Tuatha dé are about to struggle with the forces of darkness since in other parts of the world fracking means air, water and noise pollution as well as negatively impacting agriculture and tourism, the two economic mainstays of not only these counties but the nation as a whole. With this limestone landscape, riddled with shake holes, pot holes, and caves I imagine the land as a granny who has osteoporosis.
The water that is so abundant in this landscape has worked to hollow out Her bones. I imagine the heavy equipment drilling down a mile, where we already know from test fracks they will meet groundwater, doing such a violence as to give Granny compression fractures and so she will crumble and quake. In other parts of the world earth quakes are not uncommon 'side effects' of this process.
But in a way, despite the wickedness of this industrial process and the nefarious financial mechanics behind it, I do feel rather sorry for them. Because you really, really do not want to frack with the fairies on their home ground.
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The columnist, Chang Ping, said he was forced out because his bosses were "under pressure" from government propaganda authorities.
The executive editor, Zhuang Shenzhi, said that the publisher had decided not to extend Mr. Chang's contract. "The paper thought some of his work was inappropriate," he explained said in a telephone interview late Thursday.
The authorities in China commonly dismiss reporters and editors who defy censors.
Mr. Chang, 42, has a reputation for writing about some of the most politically sensitive topics, including democracy, media censorship, the failures of government policy and Tibet. His commentaries appeared in Southern Weekend and Southern Metropolis Weekly, both of which are published by the Southern Daily Group.
Read more by and about Chang Ping and his recent troubles at the Southern News Group via CDT.
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Zhang has repeatedly been punished for tackling sensitive issues and was banned from writing columns for the Southern Weekend and Southern Metropolis Daily newspapers last July.
"Now I have 'been resigned'. It is not just because of one particular article, it is because I have always written critical articles," he told the Guardian today.
"Many times I have been told not to write and that if I agreed I would be able to get more benefits than now, but I refused. The reason the paper is giving is that 'pressure from above is too great'."
He added: "The whole media environment is changing. It has become tighter since the Nobel peace prize."


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Something bizarre, bigger than anyone could ever build, was protruding from the surface of Mercury. She was not sure whom to tell. She was not even sure she should tell anybody at all.
Title: Usurper of the Sun
Author: Housuke Nojiri
Year: 2002
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
VIZ Media's Haikasoru imprint has, for a while now, been publishing English translations of Japanese science fiction in order to bring it to a wider audience. Since I have no familiarity with Japanese sf, I thought it was time to dive in and have a closer look. My first taste of the Haikasoru library is Usurper of the Sun, a first contact story in a hard sf vein with a compelling premise.
Aki Shiraishi is a precocious member of her high school's astronomy club. While observing a Mercurial eclipse with the school's telescope, she discovers something unexpected: an apparent structure on the planet's surface. A huge structure. What is it? How did it get there? Maybe more importantly, who put it there? As Aki's observations are confirmed by the scientific community, these questions rage around the world as seven billion people debate the meaning of what may be the most important event in human history.
Soon, though, it becomes clear what the structure on Mercury is doing. The very material of the planet is being ejected, launched into space, and is slowly being assembled into a gigantic ring around the Sun. All the previous questions of who, what, and why are now transferred to the Ring, whose purpose is unknown. What is known is that the Ring has already begun blocking part of the Earth's share of sunlight, and things will only get worse as the object grows.
This is a wake-up call for humanity to grow up fast, to stop all its petty bickering and fighting, and to join together to address the common threat. Over the course of several years, a spacecraft is built and a mission planned to investigate the Ring at close range. During this time, Aki has become a world-famous figure. Her discovery sparked in her an unquenchable passion to uncover the truth, and after an intense college education in the sciences she has become the world's foremost "Ringologist." So it's no surprise when she is chosen for the mission.
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The book's cover blurb compares it to the work of Clarke, and I do get a vague sense of that, although I can't put my finger on exactly why. I was reminded more of Lem, actually, in that one of the main themes of Usurper is the unlikelihood of any truly meaningful communication with an alien species.
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The scandal around the alleged withdrawal of a state honour to Holocaust survivor George Brady has taken a new turn with news that an episode of the popular talk show Jan Kraus on commercial broadcaster Prima failed to be screened. The episode, recorded on Tuesday, was supposed to go out on Wednesday night. Prima said that was not possible because the copy of the recording arrived late. An earlier episode was repeated instead. The station's version was challenged by the show's producer, who said it was delivered as usual and in time. Other guests on the show, such as musician Anna K, have complained of media censorship. Brady, the uncle of culture minister Daniel Herman, has been in the spotlight the last week in a scandal focused on whether the president's office first offered him a state award and then warned it would be withdrawn if the minister met with Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. Prima later said the episode would be screened on Thursday. Jan Kraus, known for his outspoken comments and stand against corruption, said that screening of an edited version of the show by Prima broke its contract with him. He said the orignal version would be put out on the web. Jan Kraus is known for his outspoken comments and stand against corruption.
Czech made L-159 sub-sonic aircraft have been used in Iraq for the first time against Islamic State, according to the Iraqi Army. The Czech government cleared the sale of 15 excess to requirement aircraft being held by the company Aero Vodochody. The Iraqi Army said the Czech aircraft are now being used on the outskirts of Mosul, which the army and Kurdish forces are currently attempting to win back from IS. Czech training and aircraft advisors have been in Iraq since June to help train Iraqi's to use the planes.
The Czech Republic's biggest car maker Škoda Auto raised its operating profit in nine months of the year by 28.1 percent to 25.5 billion crowns (around 940 million euros) according to figures released by German parent company Volkswagen on Thursday. Škoda has been able to boost its sales and spread its costs over the period. To September, the carmaker has been able to produce 606,000 cars and is set for a record production figure for 2016.
Italian scholar, writer, and essayist Claudio Magris will be awarded this year's Franz Kafka prize in Prague on Thursday. Born in Trieste in 1939, Magris is known for his focus on Central Europe and German. His most famous book, Danube, followed the course of the river through the region. Magris' work first appeared in Czech in 1992. He will be the 16th winner of the Franz Kafka award, which seeks to give recognition to writers who have followed in the literary path of the celebrated Czech 20th century writer.
Judges in a pending Constitutional Court judgement which threatens to effectively close the archives of the communist-era police, the StB, to researchers and historians are unlikely to take such a dramatic step, the daily Hospodářské Noviny reports on Thursday. The government, archivists, and the Czech authority for protecting personal data are against the step, it reports. A decision from the 15-member court is needed after questions were raised whether current access to the files infringes personal privacy. Historians warn that a system giving the greatest protection to personal details would mean most of the files being blacked out before being handed over to researchers.
So-called Public Private Partnership Projects (PPP) could be used in the future to finance high speed rail connections in the Czech Republic, the director of the State Fund for Transport Infrastructure, Zbyněk Hořelica. He was speaking at a transport conference in Prague. The fund is current carrying out technical surveys on possible routes with planning permission for construction possible after 2030. The search for new sources of financing stems from the fact that most EU funding for transport initiatives will dry up after 2023. Priority routes for high speed routes are likely to be to Germany via Ústi nad Labem and Dresden, to Munich via Plzeň, and to Vienna and Bratislava from Brno. PPP projects, in which a private investor builds the infrastructure and then, often, charges for it, have often been mooted as a means for building transport infrastructure while deferring the up front costs.
The weather on Friday, a holiday in the Czech Republic to mark the anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia, will be overcast with the chance of some sunny spells. Maximum daytime temperatures across the country will range from 10 to 14 degrees Celsius.


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I just got word that Valdosta, GA has finished #1 on ESPN's search for titletown USA. It will be announced tonight on Sportscenter.
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The Valdosta High School Wildcats hold the record for the most wins in high school football with 838, have claimed 23 Georgia State Football Championships, and garner six National Championships. Lowndes High School in Valdosta has claimed its share of titles by winning the Georgia State Football Championships three of the last four years. Valdosta State University are the current Division II National Football Champions. This is the second national championship for the Blazers in a four year period.I feel that once a black fella has referred to white foks as "honky paleface devil white-trash cracker redneck Caspers," he's abdicated the right to get upset about the "N" word. But that's just me. -- Jim Goad
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Mileage is very low, But bike is very good for 3 members family.Low maintenance cost, Comfort.Side stand indicates.
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Writing this review After 1 Year of riding. I though it would be great to share my experience. 1. Mileage - 44 Km/Litre(This is guaranteed, I have atleast 50+ reading average data. If you ride on 50 to 60 Speed without changing speed too quickly. 2. PICK UP - Quick accelerator is not that good.Honda activa is better and Yamaha Fascino is even better. 3. Seat is larger, But weight capacity is not that great. 4. BATTERY - This is Important. TVS provide two kinds of battery for Jupiter. EXIDE and AMCO. I had AMCO battery and it given trouble within 8 months of use. then I changed it as it was on warranty. But Guys, It might be a manufacturing issue for my scooter battery, but You should demand for a EXIDE battery while purchasing a Jupiter, They will give it easily. EXIDE is a much better battery than any battery on earth. Amaron battery is No.2 in the race! If You are unlucky, then anything can give trouble, But if your luck favor, Then AMCO will give maximum 2.5 to 3 yrs while EXIDE will give upto 6 years of self life. 5. COLOR- Not many free color options, But in Classic range, there are quite lovely colors. But be informed that, in Both basic and Classic models, Engine is same, Only outer body look is different.
I bought TVS Jupiter standard yesterday for my father for daily commutation purpose for about 15-20km per day. So today I checked the mileage of TVS Jupiter in city as well as on highway at a maximum speed of 50km/hr . I drove in eco mode only . Average which I got is : 160 km in 3.07 litre ( With two person weighing 155kg ) Nearly 52 Km/litreAdvantages of buying Jupiter :1) 12inch wheels which provide good comfort for long drive as well as less shaking in potholes. 2) Suspension system is very good far better than activa. 3) Riding Position is also comfortable as handle is place near to your body. 4) Performance : Better Pickup. Good for highway ride Decent mileage 5) More under seat Storage 6) Good leg space Cons : 1) Look wise not so stylish. 2) Seat is small for two healthy person3) Seat cushion is too soft. 4) Pillion seating position is uncomfortable.
Bought zx model one month back from m/s shaw auto centre, Titagarg, Wb.They could not inform me about receipt of the numberplate though they promised at the time of purchase.On being called, They have informed that the same is lying with them and i may visit their office to get it fitted.In addition, They have also asked me to pay rs.100/- being fitting charge which i was told at the time of purchase to be not required as they have already charged rs.500/- for the number plate.The odometer is to be checked as it appears that the same is moving very fast.The sales employees were cooperative during purchase of the scooty.Further review will be given after a few service done.S.Guha.
Don"t know why people complain about Jupiter mileage. Maybe they can be right but for me, it is giving me exact 62kmpl mileage in mix conditions (1 year/ 3000 km). If I ride single. My experience with my old Jupiter is very bad (especially mileage) that was mostly used by my brother. My suggestions don"t let the belt loose. Use kick start, and let it warm for 1 min during the first start of each day. Use linear speed. Don"t accelerate too quickly. Don"t go over 55kmpl if not needed. Note: Sometimes it just stops and won"t start even though everything is fine. Actually, all Jupiter comes with a little manufacturing defect that is all the wires of break and other things come from the right side of the handle .So, when you turn handles they get chocked and self-start and other things won"t work. Just give a good twist to the handle left to right. Wait, and it will start again. And yes, if you want more performance then go for ntoque. Although, I don"t have one.
A true scooter where you can rely on. Good comfort, good head light, suspension, mileage and convenient features. Only drawback of this 2015 Jupiter model is it's brakes. They are not that good, but they are ok. Engine: whatever TVS makes is done with their racing experience n their DNA. Engine is so smooth n torque. It's a scooter of a Royal Enfield motor cycles torque class. I enjoy riding this scooter as if I m going for a race on mountains. No potholes or bad roads can stop you. Just glides over... N all metal body.
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Hundreds of miles from the nearest tree, the Tree of Ténéré was a vital navigational waypoint in the heart of the Sahara. It marked the route between Niger and Algeria until it was knocked down by a Libyan trucker in 1973.
A short while ago, my good friend Feri and I were looking at his set of beautiful Michelin road maps of Africa, and there it was, a lone but very much marked speck in the Ténéré region of the Sahara in Niger, the world's loneliest tree. Trees are not known to be features on small scale maps which show half a continent, but this one was. Or, at least, its memory was.
The Tree of Ténéré was an acacia, dating back to when northeast Niger was a wetter place, its companions long killed off by the advancing desert. With roots reaching down 110 feet to hit the water table, it was for decades the only landmark in the featureless waste of sand dunes, more than enough to warrant a place on the Michelin map.
The tree is gone now, dead since a collision with a drunk Libyan trucker in 1973, and it is on display at the national museum in Niamey, the capital of Niger. A remarkably ugly metal tree stands in its place, little more than a sad, brambled pole, with none of the rueful grace of the Tree of Ténéré.
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To celebrate the their 25th anniversary (holy shit, we're old!), the seminal riot grrrl band Bikini Kill has launched their own record label, Bikini Kill Records, in order to reissue physical copies of their albums. (Currently, they're only available digitally.)
The first release will be the band's 1992 self-titled EP this fall. But it doesn't stop there! From the band's site:
We also plan to re-release our original demo tape, which contains songs that were previously unavailable and/or hard to find on vinyl & CD. We are currently going through our archive, which include photographs, practice tapes, live recordings, unreleased songs, films, video, writing, interviews, zines and flyers that we intend to feature on future releases and document on our website.
We're hoping that this is a sign of an impending reunion tour!
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McDonald's sales fall again amid weakness in Asia
NEW YORK (AP) -- McDonald's says a key sales figure dropped again in January as the world's biggest hamburger chain struggled with ongoing weakness in Japan and supply chain issues in China.
The Oak Brook, Ill.-based company said global sales at restaurants open at least 13 months dropped 1.9 percent for the month. The figure is a key metric because it strips out the volatility of newly opened and closed locations.
After years of outperforming rivals, McDonald's has been struggling amid intensifying competition and challenging economic conditions around the world. Late last year, the company ousted the head of its U.S. business after the sales figure dropped for the first time in nearly a decade. CEO Don Thompson, who took the top spot this summer, has vowed to add business by focusing on value while planning a series of new limited-time offers to attract customers.
But Thompson also warned last month that sales were trending negative for January.
In the region encompassing Asia, the Middle East and Africa, McDonald's said its sales sank 9.5 percent in January. McDonald's has been struggling in Japan, where it says customers have been eating at home more often since the earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
In China, the company said the timing of Chinese New Year hurt results. But another factor was the ongoing wariness among diners after reports on Chinese television that chicken producers were ignoring regulators and giving the birds unapproved levels of antibiotics. Yum Brands, which owns KFC and is the biggest Western chain the country, has been slammed by the reports. Yum expects its sales in China to fall by 25 percent in the first quarter.
In Europe, McDonald's biggest market, sales fell 2.1 percent as Germany and France dragged down results. The company said it remains focused on enhanced value and keeping stores open longer in the region.
In the U.S., McDonald's said the figure edged up 0.9 percent. The addition of the Grilled Onion Cheddar burger to the Dollar Menu boosted results.
McDonald's shares were down 10 cents at $94.53 in premarket trading.


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Earlier this week, I downloaded Stretch9-RC2 ... see this link:
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I would like to report the following issues to the dev team:
1) First, installed on an Acer MBR-only motherboard and selected the MATE desktop. Once installation completed, I installed the Slimjet browser and had no issue with Flash and was able to play videos.
2) Secondly, since the CD is a NET install, I proceeded with the installation on an Asus UEFI-ready motherboard and selected the GNOME desktop. Once installation completed, I installed the Slimjet browser and could not play videos due to lack of Flash player. I launched the native Firefox browser and faced the same issue. Then, I installed Chromium and Vivaldi and had no luck with either browser.
3) Thirdly, thought I would test the MATE desktop on the Asus UEFI-ready mobo and dual-boot with the Gnome installation. Alas, Flash issues still persisted.
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BURLINGTON, Vt. — There was a McDonald's downtown in Vermont's largest city for years, but then Vermont's largest city decided it didn't want McDonald's anymore. So the McDonald's closed.
A McDonald's closing. Who's ever heard of such a thing?
In Vermont's largest city, these things happen.
Not only did the McDonald's on Bank Street disappear, it was replaced by The Farm House Tap & Grill, a casually comfortable spot that has the town abuzz with its commitment to sourcing its meat, vegetables and cheese from more than two dozen nearby farms. And there, in one building, you have Burlington, where a McDonald's doesn't last, farm-to-table dining and taps pouring local craft beer soar. Burlington likes it that way.
"There was definitely a feeling of 'We won,'" said Beth Montuori Rowles, 46, who moved to Burlington in her mid-20s. "Look, I worked at McDonald's when I was in high school. It was a great first job. But we've learned a lot since then about how to strengthen a community by buying food grown locally and supporting local business and how it's important to your personal health to know what you are eating and where it came from."
Welcome to Vermont's largest city — albeit one of 43,000 — which has brought us Phish and Ben and Jerry's. Sitting just 45 miles south of the Canadian border, Burlington exists in a friendly and progressive bubble that quickly can feel utopian to a visitor charmed by nothing more than a fresh, memorable meal, clean air and such gentleness that the honk of a car horn seems out of place.
Such commitment to quality living regularly wins Vermont and Burlington all sorts of high rankings when it comes to superlatives — healthiest, happiest, safest, even "most peaceful." While walking past the town's charmingly weathered homes of two- and three-digit addresses, it quickly becomes no surprise to see the front door of one of those houses, on Maple Street, near downtown, painted with a rainbow. It just fits.
"We say people here are earthier, but city people, they might just look at us like we're backward," said Brian Dalmer, who, with his wife, Olga, owns the city's only hostel — and it's one of the cleanest, most inviting hostels I've seen. "There are a lot of millionaires here, but you'd never know it. They drive pickup trucks like everyone else."
Burlington doesn't put on appearances. In fact, sometimes it doesn't put anything on.
City law doesn't prohibit public nudity, except in parks.
"I saw two of them standing in front of a bar once — two girls," Dalmer said.
Two completely naked women standing in front of a bar?
"No," he said. "They had hats on."
I saw no public nudity during three days in Burlington, but it wouldn't have been that surprising, especially when compared with, say, Cleveland. Until recent years, the University of Vermont not only sanctioned an end-of-school naked bike ride for students, it helped finance it.
No surprise, then, that a town embracing nakedness also would gravitate to life's other good things, such as farmers markets (so many farmers markets), live music and, while I was in town, a "Downton Abbey" dinner for fans of the PBS show to "travel back in time to the early 20th century and learn the proper way to serve and eat a formal meal." Name another town of 43,000 where that happens and you win one authentic Burlington-made hemp bracelet.
The commitment to good living has led to a remarkably strong food scene that's often fresh and tasty without being needlessly complex. It ranges from freshness of The Farm House to the classic white wine-and-garlic mussels at Bluebird. I didn't have a single disappointing meal in Burlington.
And to go with dinner, Vermont boasts three of the nation's most respected breweries — The Alchemist (in Waterbury), Hill Farmstead (North Greensboro) and Lawson's Finest Liquids (Warren) — all of which are distributed primarily in Vermont. All three can be found in many Burlington restaurants.
Perched along Lake Champlain, one of the largest freshwater lakes in the nation, Burlington is open for year-round recreation, which is evident in both the ample four-wheel drive vehicles and the equally ample stickers upon them that tout skiing, fishing, biking, climbing or whatever else gets a Burlingtonian moving.
Walking along Lake Champlain's shore on a chilly but bright and sunny winter afternoon, I met a precocious 9-year-old fisherman who was experimenting with a new pole, and, in a 10-minute soliloquy on the merits of fishing, lamented that he wasn't catching much.
"I'm not very good with it because it's my first time," he said.
"Yes, but imagine how good you'll be if you keep using it for the next year," I told him.
"Yeah, you're right!" he said.
And then it struck me: That's a pretty idyllic concern to have as a 9-year-old on a Thursday afternoon.
Back I went up toward town, passing an array of storefronts that are just what you'd expect: vintage clothes, outdoor gear, more vintage clothes, more outdoor gear, the crystals-and-incense store, two record stores (that actually sell vinyl), a head shop and, proving that the city has long been the way it is, Old Gold, a costume and vintage-clothes shop celebrating its 40th year.
The city's annual Mardi Gras celebration — held a few weeks after the proper date, when the Vermont weather is kinder — was approaching, so the mannequins were outfitted in extra sparkles and feathers.
On Church Street, the brick pedestrian walkway cutting through downtown, the offerings are more evenly split between local funkiness and the more vanilla — and not just the inevitable Ben and Jerry's. (The original Ben and Jerry's, at the corner of St. Paul and College streets, is now a parking lot.)
There, amid the pedestrians, sit several national chains the town doesn't always embrace. With one obvious exception.
Speaking of which, should you really need that McDonald's fix while visiting Burlington, you can find it on your way back to the airport — in the town of South Burlington.
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Getting there: Burlington gets direct flights from Atlanta (starting June 7); Chicago; Cleveland; Detroit; Newark, N.J.; New York; Philadelphia; Toronto; and Washington.
Eat: There are more worthy dining options than can be mentioned here, but these will get you started. American Flatbread (home of Zero Gravity brewery, 115 St. Paul St., 802-861-2999, americanflatbread.com); Farmhouse (a lot of buzz, 160 Bank St., 802-859-0888, farmhousetg.com); Bluebird (a Burlington classic, 86 St. Paul St. 802-540-1786, bluebirdtavern.com); Zabby & Elf's Stone Soup (a popular and vegetarian-friendly lunch spot, 211 College St., 802-862-7616, stonesoupvt.com); and Misery Loves Company (just outside Burlington owned and operated by former Bluebird folk, 46 Main St., Winooski, 802-497-3989, miserylovescovt.com).
Stay: The hotel landscape is as underdeveloped as the food scene is strong. Many of the major chains exist in downtown Burlington, but cozier and more locally accented stays can be had at Hotel Vermont, a boutique hotel set to open in June (41 Cherry St., 802-864-4700, hotelvt.com) and Willard Street Inn (349 S. Willard St., 800-577-8712, willardstreetinn.com), a Victorian-style bed and breakfast. For those on a budget, Burlington Hostel (53 Main St., 802-540-3043, theburlingtonhostel.com) is immaculate, peaceful, and its 48 beds top out at $40 per night.