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KENNEBUNK, Maine — Skiers and snowmobilers are not the only ones feeling deprived by Mother Nature this winter. Surfers have been disappointed, too, but last week they finally got their wish. The season's first significant storm not only dumped several inches of snow on southern Maine, but also kicked up three days of overhead waves, attracting surfers from as far away as New Jersey.
Mark Spaulding didn't have to travel quite so far. He lives just five miles from Gooch's Beach, a popular surf spot in Kennebunk. The stand-up paddle board surfer made the most of the swells, riding waves in the 41-degree water until the streetlights illuminated.
"Until now [this season has] been terrible … flat as a pancake. But when it's good, you usually go till dark," he said.
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I SEE yet again someone has written in the Journal about restaurants taking over everywhere (Postbag, May 22).
How right they are - it's about time that the people of Salisbury had their say for once.
But – and this is a big but – will the councils of our city listen to us?
Everyone is fed up with mentioning that they want Primark, Wilkinsons, Peacocks, The Range – other towns have all these shops and what have we got?
None of these, because the council control too much of this.
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High Point, Winthrop Await Liberty Netters in Big Conference Weekend
First, the Lady Flames will tangle with High Point, who is 9-5 this season, on Friday. Liberty will then aim to snap Winthrop's streak of 55-straight victories against Big South opponents, Saturday afternoon at the Winthrop Coliseum.
This Week's Schedule
Friday, Sept. 28
Liberty (9-6, 1-0 Big South) at High Point (9-5, 0-1 Big South) – 7 p.m. – Millis Athletic Center
Saturday, Sept. 29
Liberty at Winthrop (5-9, 1-0 Big South) – 2 p.m. – Winthrop Coliseum
How to Follow the Lady Flames
Live stats and live streaming video will be available for both weekend matches. To access live statistical updates for Friday evening's match at High Point (courtesy of the High Point sports information office), click here or click "Live Stats" on the volleyball/schedule results page of LibertyFlames.com. Live stats for Saturday's contest at Winthrop (courtesy of the Winthrop sports information office) are available here or by clicking the "Live Stats" link on LibertyFlames.com.
Live video of both road conference matches will be streamed via the Big South EDGE. The cost is $4.95 per match, and there are also seasonal rates available. To find out more about the Big South EDGE, click here or click "Live Video" on the volleyball schedule/results page on LibertyFlames.com.
A Look at Liberty
Liberty, coached by Shane Pinder (41-65 in his fourth season), has triumphed in six of its last eight matches, claiming its best start to a season since 1997. The Lady Flames' conference-opening win at Radford last Saturday marked the team's 12th-straight victory over the Highlanders and was Liberty's ninth win in its last 10 Big South openers. Liberty is one of three teams (also Coastal Carolina and Winthrop) knotted atop the conference standings at 1-0.
For the second-straight week, a Liberty player claimed the Big South Choice Hotels Player of the Week award. The Lady Flames' most recent honoree was sophomore middle blocker Chelaine McCarty. McCarty set new career highs for kills in both Liberty matches a week ago, totaling 15 kills against James Madison and leading the team with 19 kills at Radford. Perhaps most impressive was McCarty's .448 attack percentage for the week.
Freshman Nicki Scripko also excelled last week, as she split time between right-side hitter and outside hitter. She filled the stat sheet with 11 kills, 11 digs and a career-best seven blocks versus James Madison. The newcomer then hit .379 with a career-high 14 kills and seven digs at Radford.
Senior libero/defensive specialist Lara Bartolomeo enjoyed a week of milestones. She appeared in her 100th career match on Sept. 18 versus James Madison. Bartolomeo then came up with a season-high 31 digs at Radford, moving into fifth place on Liberty's career digs list with 1,331.
Freshman outside hitter/defensive specialist Karyl Bacon returned to the front row for the first time in three weeks during the late stages of the Radford match. She did not skip a beat, tallying seven kills during the fourth and deciding game of Liberty's victory over its in-state rival. Bacon also tallied 25 digs on the week.
Triple Digits Three Times
Liberty placed five players in double figures in the dig category at Radford, paced by Bartolomeo's 31 digs. As a team, the Lady Flames summed 104 digs, marking the third time this season Liberty has exceeded 100 digs in a match. The Lady Flames had accomplished the feat only twice in the four preceding seasons combined.
Opening with a Bang
The Lady Flames are off to their best start to a season since the 1997 squad won 12 of its first 18 matches, including nine-straight contests at one point. The 1997 team went on to win Liberty's first Big South title in program history.
Road Warriors
The Lady Flames' 3-1 victory at Radford last Saturday was the second road triumph of the year for Liberty, in four matches. A split of this weekend's contests would enable the Lady Flames to equal their 2006 season total of three road wins.
Top 10 Team
Liberty is currently ranked No. 8 nationally with 19.27 digs per game. The Lady Flames are averaging over three more digs per game than they did a season ago. Chattanooga leads the nation, coming up with 23.22 digs per game.
Best in the Big South
Liberty leads the Big South Conference in five team statistical categories, entering the weekend. The Lady Flames top the conference in kills (14.90 kpg), assists (13.30 apg), digs (19.27 dpg), blocks (2.30 bpg) and opponent hitting percentage (.164).
Individually, McCarty is second among conference players in attack percentage (.296) and third in blocks per game (0.92).
Sophomore setter Kallie Corbin is also ranked in the top five of two different categories, as she is listed third in assists per game (11.20) and fifth in aces per game (0.37).
Junior middle blocker Ashley Webber sits second in the Big South in blocks, with 0.98 blocks per game. Meanwhile, Bartolomeo is now fifth in digs, at 4.32 digs per game.
Scouting Reports
High Point
The High Point Panthers, located in High Point, N.C., are coached by Chad Esposito, who is 60-90 in his fifth season at the helm. Esposito owns a 216-187 record in 11 years overall as a collegiate head coach.
High Point, picked to finish fifth in the Big South, is 9-5 overall and 0-1 in conference action. The Panthers have posted the best non-conference record of any Big South squad, but dropped their conference opener to Winthrop in four games, last Saturday.
The Panthers and Lady Flames have played a pair of common opponents so far. Both teams defeated Duquesne, with Liberty doing so in four games and High Point taking the full complement of five. Also, the squads have each dropped matches to James Madison. The Dukes lost one game to Liberty but swept High Point.
High Point is led by 5-11 senior outside hitter Jamie Kaufman. A year ago, Kaufman became the first Panther ever to receive first-team All-Big South distinction. This season, she ranks fourth in the conference with 3.55 kills per game and paces the conference with 0.55 service aces per game. She is one of eight players in Big South history with over 1,500 kills and 1,000 digs in her career.
Kristina Taylor, a 5-10 junior setter, sits second in the Big South with 11.32 assists per game. Meanwhile, Taylor's teammate at Seton Catholic High School in Arizona, Julie Hershkowitz, has been one of the conference's top newcomers this season. Hershkowitz leads all Big South freshmen in digs and ranks third overall, tallying 5.06 digs per game.
The Lady Flames have enjoyed more success against High Point than they have against any other current conference member, leading the head-to-head series, 19-3. The Panthers' three victories all came during the 2004 and 2005 campaigns, before Liberty responded for a pair of 3-0 sweeps versus High Point last season.
Liberty has only lost one match at High Point's Millis Athletic Center, dropping a 3-2 decision on Oct. 8, 2004.
The Winthrop Eagles, located in Rock Hill, S.C., are guided by first-year head coach Sally Polhamus. Polhamus, who came to Winthrop after spending five seasons as an assistant at Georgia Tech, is 5-9 with the Eagles.
The Eagles' 5-9 mark is a bit deceiving, because they opened the year by playing the toughest non-conference slate of any Big South team, facing teams like Duke, Purdue and Colorado.
Winthrop has won its last three matches, though, and appears well-prepared to chase its sixth-consecutive Big South title. The Eagles are 1-0 in the conference after posting their 55th-straight win against a Big South foe, a 3-1 home triumph over High Point last Saturday.
Shannon Sitzmann, a 6-3 junior middle hitter, was voted the Big South's Preseason Player of the Year. She is doing a nice job of living up to the distinction so far, leading the Big South in blocks (1.16 bpg), ranking second in kills (3.87 kpg) and sitting fourth in attack percentage (.284). She has already eclipsed the 1,000-career kill plateau.
Winthrop also boasts the conference digs leader, junior Pohai Nu'uhiwa, who notches 5.51 digs per stanza. Kelsey Hall, a freshman, has stepped in as the Eagles' starting setter and is listed fifth in the Big South with 9.63 assists per game.
Liberty is 18-14 all-time versus Winthrop, even though the Eagles have triumphed in seven-straight contests in the series. The last time the Lady Flames were victorious over Winthrop was a 3-0 sweep at the Winthrop Coliseum, on Oct. 31, 2003. Liberty hit .322 in the match and placed four players in double figures for kills, including current assistant coach Jennifer (Belk) Vaden, who ended with a dozen kills.


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White Salmon Welcomes Its Newest Postmaster
White Salmon Post Office's new postmaster, James Hamilton, was sworn in by Portland Post Office District officials on Thursday, Aug. 10.
Work moving along on NorthShore Medical Group clinic
After sitting idle and buried under snow throughout the winter months, activity has resumed again at the site of the new Northshore Medical Group building off State Route 14, east of the Hood River Bridge.
Bipartisan Erin's Law making its way through Legislature
First-term Washington State Representative Gina McCabe of Goldendale still has four of her sponsored bills alive in the 2015 legislative session. One of those bills — House Bill 2183 (Erin's Law) — was brought to her...
Icy roads lead to collision Tuesday
Slippery road conditions caused by snow and ice led to this early morning head-on collision on State Route 141 north of White Salmon, near milepost 3.5.
Happy Halloween from all of us at The Enterprise!
It's time once again to "Get Your Ghoul On" and join friends and neighbors for the 8th annual Community Halloween, Thursday evening from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm in downtown White Salmon.
Community Benefit Dinner: Photo
It takes a community to help its fellow residents, or in the case of the White Salmon Community Benefit, it takes a score of volunteers to prepare and serve the turkey or ham dinners with all the trimmings.
Photo: Celebrating 67 years with each other, White Salmon
Pat and Wilbur Marsh of White Salmon celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary at the White Salmon Community Benefit's annual Fall Festival Dinner on Sunday, Oct. 13.


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Virtual Veto Power in Immigration Debate
By Krissah Williams and Jonathan Weisman
When Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) declared last week that unnamed "stakeholders" would decide whether Congress overhauls immigration law this year, Latino organizations in Washington understood exactly what he meant.
After laboring in obscurity for decades, groups such as the National Council of La Raza, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and the National Immigration Forum are virtually being granted veto power over perhaps the biggest domestic issue coming before Congress this year. Organizations that represent what is now the nation's largest minority group are beginning to achieve power commensurate with their numbers.
And, of course, "The Race" and the rest want to increase the numbers of Latinos inside the borders that they putatively represent, since the vast Census figures for Latinos represent these lobbies main source of power. What's actually in the best interests of current Latino citizens is of far less interest to them since these organizations are less beholden to their supposed constituents than they are to outside organizations like the Ford Foundation. In reality, Latinos are ambivalent about illegal immigration, politically apathetic, and not very organized. But their vast numbers allow their self-appointed leaders to claim to be important.
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Ivory Soap + microwave + kids = unexpected fun
More than six months ago, I pinned this interesting pin on Pinterest, figuring I'd one day try it with my grandsons—crafting with Ivory soap that had been heated in the microwave. It may sound odd, but it looked like good, clean (plus cheap and easy) fun.
I decided we'd finally give it a shot during my recent stay with Bubby and Mac, so I packed several bars of Ivory Soap for the trip. I was right about it being good, cheap, easy fun. The clean? Well, surprising as it may seem, this was one of the messier projects I'd done with the boys. More on that later, though, after you see how much fun we had, regardless of the mess.
What you need:
• One bar of Ivory Soap
• A microwave
• A smidgen of water
• Cookie cutters (optional)
What you do:
Unwrap the bar of soap and place on as large a microwavable platter or paper plate as will fit in your microwave.
Put the plate with soap in the microwave, turn the timer to about 5 minutes (knowing you'll likely stop it before time's up), hit Start, then watch the magic!
The bar of soap will expand and puff up into a nearly basketball-sized chunk of fun. As it gets bigger and bigger, stop the microwave as the soap becomes large enough to soon touch the walls or top of the microwave interior. (This is about 3-5 minutes, depending on your microwave.)
Using hot pads, remove the soap from the microwave. It will be hot but cools quickly.
Allow the kids to marvel at it.
Once the soap has cooled completely (beware the center as unpuffed remains of the bar of soap will be hot), have the kids tear it into pieces and place in a large bowl.
Add a small amount of water—about 1/8 cup, a little at a time—then mix and mix and mix with a wooden spoon until the chunks are relatively smooth and about the consistency of Play-Doh.
Divide the mixture between the kids (I put it on paper plates in hopes of containing the mess). Let them have at it, enjoying the texture and shaping as desired.
Bubby loved the soapy surprise:
Mac loved it, too (though I did have to make sure he didn't taste it):
Pressing the mixture into cookie cutters is an option, too, one we opted for the second time we did this, when we just had to show Mommy and Daddy how cool it was.
Whether made free form or pressed into cookie cutters, let the shapes dry and harden for about a day. Once hard and dry, they provide another round of fun at bath time.
As I mentioned at the outset, you may think this would be a clean project, considering it's just soap. It is...until you start breaking the chunk of soap apart and it flakes and creates white soap specks everywhere.
The first time I did this with my grandsons, it was a pretty big mess. Washing up the soap flakes turned them into lathery streaks that took several washings. Plus, spots the boys touched were marked with hard chunks of soap—chair backs, their clothes, even Mac's ear that he had scratched mid-molding.
The second time we did this, though, I was more determined to contain the flakes and powder from the soap. It made for a cheap, easy, relatively clean, and unexpectedly good time.
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FOXBORO, Mass. — Patriots defensive lineman Ron Brace is hosting his first charity event Thursday to aid in the tornado relief efforts for his hometown of Springfield, Mass.
Brace's childhood home was slightly damaged during last week's tornadoes, but his family and friends were unharmed. Still, since the storms hit, he's been trying to draw up a plan to help the families who lost their homes.
On Monday, Brace's friend suggested running a fashion show, and he ran with it. Enlisting the help of his friends and connections in the area, Brace hooked up a "Beauty and the Beast" fashion show at 10 p.m. Thursday at Saint on Exeter Street in Boston. Tickets will cost $10, and Brace encouraged people to arrive early.
Brace, who will make a donation of his own, said he'll be walking in the show, and Patriots teammates Jermaine Cunningham and Brandon Tate have confirmed they'll also attend.
"I've been racking my brain ever since it happened literally to try to find something to do in order to try to make some money for [Springfield] and just try to help some of these people get their homes back, recuperate from the disaster that happened," Brace said. "I think it's going to be a good jump on trying to get it back to where it was, make it even better possibly. I really can't wait for it."
This won't be the only event Brace will host. He's also been thinking of some more family-oriented events that will take place in Springfield, maybe a cookout of some sort.
"That's where I was born and raised," Brace said. "That made me the person I am today. That's why I got it tattooed on my back. I can't forget where I came from. Everybody I love lives there. I can't look at it like it is now. I've got to have it back to the way I know it is and the way I know it could be."
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In the panoply of strong female characters in musical theater — Dolly Levi, Auntie Mame, Evita Peron, Little Orphan Annie, Eliza Doolittle, Charity Hope Valentine, to name a few — none is bolder and more adorable than Molly Tobin, the spunky tomboy with a show title that says it all: The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
Molly does survive it all — roughhousing brothers, backwoods poverty, riches-to-rags, social ostracism, even the sinking of the Titanic — with an indomitable spirit.
Her story opens Thursday at Richey Suncoast Theatre and continues weekends through May 29, with a cast of 42 singers, dancers and actors.
Set in the early 1900s in the Colorado mountains, the Meredith Willson musical begins as Molly (Megan Gillespie, Ariel in Footloose) tussles with her brothers Michael (Chris Cavalier, Tom in No, No, Nanette), Aloysius (Carl Unkle) and Patrick (Micah Laird, Willard in Footloose), then packs up to leave home, vowing I Ain't Down Yet.
She lands in Leadville, a mining town, where she meets and falls in love with miner J.J. "Leadville" Johnny Brown (Keith Surplus, Bill in Applause). They strike it rich, but are shunned by Denver society, so they set off for Europe.
There, they meet with princes and princesses who are intrigued by them. When Prince DeLong (Steve Ailing, Ugly in Honk!) seems to become too intrigued, Johnny takes off, leaving Molly on her own.
This leads to what could be tragedy, but for the bravery and determination that Molly has shown all her life.
Although some historians dispute parts of the story, Molly Brown is said to be based on the real life of Margaret Tobin, who was born in Missouri and moved to Denver to seek her fortune. She married a miner who struck it rich in the mines of Leadville, and the couple bought a 16-room house in Denver. That house is now a museum and popular tourist stop called the Molly Brown House.
While the story in the musical isn't a strict re-telling of Tobin's life, she was indeed listed as a passenger on the Titanic who was picked up in lifeboat No. 6 by the Carpathia, and many survivors say she rowed that lifeboat for more than seven hours to save the passengers and herself, earning the nickname "Unsinkable."
The 1960 stage play was made into a movie in 1964, starring Debbie Reynolds in the title role.


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Ranchi/New Delhi, Jan. 7: Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha today decided to withdraw support to the BJP-led state government, acting on a threat it had been holding out to pressure chief minister Arjun Munda into handing over the reins to a JMM leader.
If the 18-member JMM finally chooses to walk out, the Munda-led coalition — the AJSU is the third key partner — will be reduced to a minority with 29 legislators in the 82-member House.
BJP leaders in Delhi appeared unfazed and in no mood to replace Munda. They said the state party, which also has 18 MLAs, was ready to face a floor test in the House and, if it couldn't marshal the numbers, was prepared to see either an alternative formation or President's rule.
In Ranchi, political uncertainty returned after two years of relative stability when Soren's son, deputy chief minister Hemant Soren, said his father had been "asked by the party" to meet the governor tomorrow.
"Tomorrow, we will go to Raj Bhavan to hand over the letter withdrawing our support," Soren confirmed.
Hemant said some leaders in the BJP had been attacking the JMM chief unnecessarily. "We cannot compromise on the honour of our party chief when he is maligned by leaders of a coalition partner," Hemant said, emerging from a four-hour meeting of the JMM executive committee. "A coalition government cannot run like this. Therefore, we have decided to withdraw support."
The trigger for the crisis appeared to be the BJP's refusal to honour a "non-existent" agreement on chief minister by rotation. "We will not countenance undue pressure from anybody. The JMM is talking about an agreement that is non-existent. That agreement existed when we previously shared power with them. But in the second spell of the coalition, no such pact was signed," said a top BJP source privy to political developments in Jharkhand.
"Our leadership is not in the mood to change Munda even with another BJP nominee
. We don't mind foregoing power and going in for another election."
The Jharkhand crisis, nearly 28 months after Munda assumed the reins after a spell of President's rule, is the latest for the BJP since its disgruntled Karnataka stalwart B.S. Yeddyurappa broke away to float his own outfit.
The differences between the JMM and the BJP had begun to surface after Soren's party supported the Congress-led UPA in Parliament on retail FDI. While Soren abstained, JMM MP Kameshwar Baitha voted in favour of the UPA. On December 7, the day of the Rajya Sabha vote, the JMM abstained.
This morning, chief minister Munda, accompanied by state BJP chief Dineshanand Goswami and minister Baidyanath Ram, met Soren at his residence. But they couldn't placate the JMM leader whose party had put out a seven-point charter of demands.
On the top of the list, which included identification of local natives on the basis of 1932 land records to help them get jobs, was the demand to hand over the chief minister's chair for the remainder of the government's term till December 2014.
But a BJP source in Delhi said the party wouldn't give in to Soren's demands. "We are told that many of their (JMM) MLAs are against the decision (to withdraw support). So there is a hope that if there is a floor test, they might vote against the party whip. Or the JMM can split before that. The move by the Sorens is dictated by personal ego and not driven by the interest of the JMM."
Shortly after news of the JMM's decision came in from Ranchi, BJP general secretary Dharmendra Pradhan, who minds Jharkhand, met party chief Nitin Gadkari at his residence. Former BJP president Rajnath Singh, who was in Lucknow today, is expected to reach Delhi shortly. Rajnath had looked after Jharkhand in the past and was instrumental, along with Gadkari, in installing Munda as chief minister.
Sources claimed the leaders were "expecting" such a response from the JMM because the Sorens had been "blowing hot" for the past few days.
A source from the Jharkhand BJP, however, said despite Delhi's "bravado", party's MLAs and MPs were not happy with the prospect of losing power.
The state BJP held two rounds of meetings today in Ranchi. A core committee meeting is scheduled for tomorrow morning in the Jharkhand capital.


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Wall Street stocks plummet as budget fight fears loom
NEW YORK — Washington's budget fight jolted Wall Street yesterday (Sept 20), reminding it that the next few weeks could bring a lot of uncertainty.
Investors hate uncertainty, and stocks plunged in afternoon sell-off that wiped out all the gains from rally earlier this week, when the United States Federal Reserve kept its huge economic stimulus program intact.
Major indexes were mixed in morning trading, but turned lower around midday after the US House of Representatives voted to defund President Barack Obama's health care law.
The vote itself wasn't a surprise, but it reminded investors that the Republican-led House and the Democratic-controlled Senate are poised for a showdown over federal spending.
The debt ceiling must be raised by Oct 1 to avoid a government shutdown, and a potential default on payments, including debt, later in the month.
"What we've done is basically committed ourselves to two weeks of worry," said Mr Sam Stovall, chief equity strategist at S&P Capital IQ.
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 185.46 points, or 1.2 per cent, to close at 15,451.09 — 225 points below its all-time closing high reached Wednesday after the Fed's announcement.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 12.43 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 1,709.91. The Nasdaq composite fell 14.66 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 3,774.73.
All 10 industry groups in the S&P 500 fell, led lower by telecom companies and utilities. The S&P also fell on Thursday, making this its first two-day decline in almost three weeks.
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Imran Khan has worked with director Milan Luthria in "Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobara" and the actor says working with a big director is a huge benefit as he enhances your performance.
"This is the first time I am doing such a big, mainstream commercial film. I am working with such a big director for the first time and I found it to be a great benefit. The way they direct your performance and enhance it, it is such a great asset for an actor to have that support," the 30-year-old said here here Friday while promoting the film at a radio station.
Milan is known for his films "Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai" and "The Dirty Picture."
Meanwhile, Imran is scared about audience's response to the film as he believes a sequel leads to higher expectations.
"When you make a sequel, expectations are high. We are very scared because the audience loved the first movie, so we have to live upto that expectation. You are always afraid about whether people will like it or not, will we be able to live up to that or not," Imran said.
"Whether we have done that or not, honestly I cannot say but I like the film and hope people will also like it," he added.
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You can also use my simple web tool to enter your system specs and it will suggest for you optimal input parameters for your HPL file before running the benchmark on the cluster. The tool can be accessed via the URL below under sourceforge:
I hope you find it useful.
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Ithaca College and the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance are delighted to announce a new scholarship, made possible through the generous gift of one alumnus, Jack Dembow '77.
The Jack H. Dembow '77 Scholarship will be awarded beginning in academic year 2004-5 and will support a student with a strong academic record and demonstrated financial need who is entering Ithaca College with the intent of pursuing a career in health policy studies or health services administration. Jack tells us why he created this scholarship:
"I have been blessed with a wonderful life, in large part made possible by my Ithaca College degree in health services administration. That degree and the opportunities that followed, as well as the friendships I made on campus and the independence I gained while attending the London Center, have all contributed to my success. It's now time to help others achieve [equally fulfilling] results."
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Growing up in the 1970s, I remember watching FAR OUT SPACE NUTS, first
on CBS in the 1975-76 season and then in reruns on New York City-based
syndicated station WPIX later in the decade. Since I was a child, my
critical faculties were not fully developed. Since reaching maturity,
I've only seen three episodes- "Tower of Tagot," "Secrets of the
Hexagon," and "Birds of a Feather." My impression from these episodes
is that the television show was hardly remarkable, but it had its
amusing moments. In my opinion, FAR OUT SPACE NUTS holds up better than
other Saturday morning children's programs like SCOOBY DOO, WHERE ARE
YOU? and JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS.
Two assets are the stars. It's true that Bob Denver is basically reprising his famous "Gilligan" characterization as the bumbling Junior, but this personality perfectly suits him. He conveys the same sweet naiveté he did as Gilligan, thoroughly endearing himself to audiences despite his klutziness. As Denver's domineering partner Barney, Chuck McCann amusingly registers annoyance at Junior's bumbling. But like Denver, McCann's character lacks malice. Indeed, Barney loves Junior like a brother, giving Denver and McCann's partnership an underlying warmth.
The show's premise is that NASA janitors Barney and Junior accidentally launch themselves into space and they struggle to get back to earth every episode. The production values are astonishingly cheap, looking like the show was filmed in someone's backyard. From what I've seen, I feel the writers (including McCann) missed an opportunity to satirize the show's low budget. The characters could have addressed the television audience like those in ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS, reminding them that FAR OUT SPACE NUTS was just a TV show. The humor presented on the show is uneven, ranging from clever to infantile. Usually, however, Denver and McCann put the jokes over with their droll expressions and lively delivery. It's a pity they split up after this show.
Supporting performances are generally good. It seems to me that at least some of them acted with tongue in cheek, fully aware of the show's utter silliness. In particular, Robert Quarry playing a villain on "Tower of Tagot" came across as deliberately campy. In my opinion, this approach enhanced this episode.
For me, the greatest appeal of FAR OUT SPACE NUTS is its nostalgic value. The program's good-natured innocence and inoffensiveness not only convey the joys of childhood when one enjoyed this entertainment without any concerns of the world's problems, but also the golden age of comedy in the 1930s and 1940s where nothing off-color or cynical was suggested- just clean, slapstick comedy. I'm no prude, but I feel that today's entertainment is generally over-saturated with smut and mean-spiritedness. FAR OUT SPACE NUTS is no masterpiece but it comes across as wholesome escapist entertainment for the family.
Like cartoon producer Max Fleischer's star character Popeye the Sailor,
Swee'Pea first appeared in E.C. Segar's comic strip THIMBLE THEATRE. In
the baby's animated debut, LITTLE SWEE'PEA, he is an effective foil for
Popeye. Here, the sailor takes the baby to the zoo. However, Swee'pea
escapes from his carriage and wanders along the cages of various large
and dangerous animals. The bulk of the cartoon concerns Popeye's
efforts to rescue Swee'pea from these beasts while trying to avoid
being mauled himself.
As in most of the Max Fleischer Popeye cartoons I have seen, LITTLE SWEE'PEA has a lot of clever and enjoyable gags. One particularly inventive sequence has Popeye searching for Swee'pea in a hippo's cage only to find the baby right inside the hippo when the beast opens its mouth. One wonders why this particular zoo lacks any staff to prevent babies like Swee'pea from entering these cages. Then again, if anybody was around to stop Swee'pea we'd be denied the joy of seeing Popeye struggle with the animals, wouldn't we? For this cartoon, the Fleischer staff used live-action backgrounds. The results are impressive, creation a 3-D illusion. I've never seen the colorized version of LITTLE SWEE'PEA, nor do I desire to. From what I hear, the people who recolored this black-and-white cartoon obliterated these attractive backgrounds.
And there's always the joy of listening to Jack Mercer as Popeye. He provides an ideal voice characterization, a deep gravelly voice that nevertheless conveys a jovial warmth, revealing the sailor's golden heart beneath his rough exterior. One also gets to hear Mercer's muttered ad-libs, although in my opinion there aren't enough in this particular cartoon.
LITTLE SWEE'PEA, like most of the Max Fleischer Popeye cartoons I've seen, remains fresh and funny after over sixty years. Like all fine cartoons, this is essential family entertainment, testifying to the greatness of both the Max Fleischer studio and Jack Mercer.
Having been born and raised in the United States, I have only seen one
episode of IT'S MARTY at the Museum of Television and Radio in New York
City. From watching this one episode, I feel it's a shame that Marty
Feldman's show is currently unavailable to the American public. (I
understand segments from it were shown on American network television
in the early 1970's).
The one episode I've seen seems to precede Monty Python with its iconoclastic and surrealistic humor. In fact, individual members of the Python troupe wrote for this show. One delightfully bizarre sketch features Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor as flies discussing their relationship with humans. Another zany sketch is entirely silent- Feldman plays a tramp who joyously romps on a playground only to be arrested by a child in a policeman's hat because he is too mature to frolic there! This particular bit displays Feldman's pantomimic gifts. Indeed the whole episode is sufficient evidence that he was a marvelous comedian. Proving that there's much more to him than his grotesquely protruding eyes, Feldman conveys a droll nuttiness that is both humorous and endearing. With a wryly expressive mouth, a disheveled tuft of hair, and a twee English voice, Feldman suggests a human pixie who is quite at home in these zany sketches. But Feldman may have seemed too strange to American audiences accustomed to conventional comedians like Red Skelton and Jackie Gleason. This may explain why until he appeared in Mel Brooks's YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, Marty did not make much of an impression in the United States.
With America's DVD explosion unearthing previously unavailable British programs like the original BBC version of PENNIES FROM HEAVEN and BOTTOM, shouldn't the BBC provide Americans with all the episodes of IT'S MARTY? Of course, Feldman has been gone for a long time, but he left behind some significant work that most Americans haven't seen. Marty Feldman was such a notable talent. From watching one episode of his show, it seems to me that IT'S MARTY was an even better showcase for him than YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.
SAPS AT SEA is evidently a pun on a Gary Cooper film, SOULS AT SEA. The
title aptly describes the starring team, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
who go on an ocean voyage to soothe Ollie's nerves only to run into
escaped killer Nick Grainger. As played by Rychard Cramer, this
criminal is both amusing and chilling, making him a fine foil for the
Boys' comedic characters. Despite his powerful presence, Cramer never
upstages the Boys, a tribute to Stan and Ollie's beguiling charisma.
That is as it should be, since the Boys are supposed to be the
protagonists in this film.
Such is the charm of Laurel and Hardy's personas that they elevate average material. For SAPS AT SEA has its slow spots. For instance, as a previous commentator has noted, a bit where a doctor (the delightfully flustered James Finlayson) tries a balloon called "lung tester" on Ollie, lacks punch. The scenario is very episodic, with the first part, taking place in the Boys' apartment, almost completely unrelated to the second part where they go off to sea. But on the whole, the film is highly pleasant entertainment with a sufficiently brief running time so that it doesn't wear out it's welcome.
There's a certain poignancy viewing the final collaboration between Laurel and Hardy and producer Hal Roach. I haven't seen all of Laurel and Hardy's post-1940 films but those that I have seen don't measure up to even the weakest Hal Roach products. In these later movies, Laurel and Hardy seem to be in an alien environment, deprived of such colorful supporting players like Finlayson and Charlie Hall and Marvin Hately and LeRoy Shield's sprightly musical scores. They also aren't the well-meaning and optimistic bumblers we know and love but in the later films, are either exasperating blockheads or pathetic misfits.
It is a pity that many Hal Roach Laurel and Hardy films are now generally unavailable to the public. Even in a minor entry like SAPS AT SEA, one can see that Laurel and Hardy were great comedians. This was because Hal Roach, for the most part, allowed Stan Laurel, the guiding force behind the team, complete artistic freedom. Once Laurel lost his autonomy at other studios, the team lost much of its uniqueness.
In most of the Charley Chase shorts I have seen, Chase delightfully
played a likable everyman who innocently stumbled into trouble. In THE
HECKLER Chase abandons his usual persona to play an obnoxious
loudmouth. Although he projects his usual winning vulnerability when
his character gets into a jam, Chase's character is devoid of any
redeeming qualities. But due to his cheerfully enthusiastic
performance, Chase's character is a riot.
The scenario, in which Chase's heckling affects baseball games' outcomes and some shady characters hire him for their own advantage, is slight. This doesn't matter since THE HECKLER is a short subject. What makes the short work are the gags, adroitly presented through Del Lord's direction. One cannot help but laugh at all the things Chase's character does to inconvenience his fellow spectators at the ball game- using someone's entire tobacco and matches to smoke a pipe, tearing a bandage off a man to fix his leaky cushion, distracting everyone from the game in order to obtain a loudly demanded hot dog, among other offenses. The gags are not only enhanced by Chase's performances but by those of the supporting players as well. Particularly amusing are Vernon Dent and Monty Collins as two unlucky fellows who are forced to sit next to Chase.
The short slackens a bit at around mid point but it rebounds for an energetic climax. It ends on quite an offbeat note. The old cliché 'It has to been seen to be believed' perfectly applies to this finish.
As enjoyable as THE HECKLER is, one feels a tinge of sadness viewing it. This was one of Chase's last films before his early death. Although his performance is lively, he looks older than his forty-six years. One can wonder what Chase might have accomplished if he had lived longer. That he actually was able to do such wonderful work like THE HECKLER during his brief lifetime testifies to his greatness. Chase was a comedic genius who shouldn't be forgotten.
For a long time before Joe DeRita joined the Three Stooges and adopted
the moniker "Curly Joe," he worked solo. Between 1946 and 1948, while
the Three Stooges made shorts at Columbia, Joe had his own comedy
series at the same studio. SLAPPILY MARRIED was the first one.
It's fascinating to see DeRita in this short. Still a fairly young man in his thirties, he has a full head of hair which is often disheveled for humorous effect. Although stocky, Joe's considerably thinner than he was as "Curly Joe." Because of his youth and relative svelteness, DeRita engages in a lot more physical slapstick than he did as a Stooge, proving himself adept in this field. To his benefit, the slapstick, as directed by Edward Bernds, is smoothly executed and avoids the tasteless excesses that marred some of the other Columbia comedy shorts.
Nevertheless, Joe DeRita comes off as a unremarkable comedian. He's too colorless to project any pizazz. Joe's blandness is all the more evident when one realizes his character is reminiscent of Lou Costello, a bumbling, childlike patsy with a streak of brashness. The charm and vulnerability that made Costello so endearing is largely absent in DeRita.
Despite DeRita's lack of charisma, SLAPPILY MARRIED is an entertaining and amusing short. The scenario isn't much- Joe's wife thinks he's involved with another woman and he tries to win her back, but it effortlessly sails thanks to Bernds' adroit direction. It is also enhanced by a fine supporting cast, particularly Christine McIntyre, Dorothy Granger, and Dick Wessel. Talented casts seem to be a hallmark of Columbia shorts, bringing some spirit to these films even when the material was under par. This film is worth seeking out as an example of a good non-Stooge Columbia short even if in this case, the supporting cast outshines the star.
Anxious to become a formidable rival of the popular and influential
Walt Disney animation studio, the struggling Van Beuren studio acquired
the popular silent cartoon character Felix the Cat for his talking
Technicolor debut. Alas, their version of Felix the Cat in BOLD KING
COLE is just an insipidly cheerful character devoid of the spunk that,
from what I gather from seeing one silent cartoon, made the original
Felix memorable. The uncredited actress who provides Felix's voice
pleasingly carries a tune but the sweet singing doesn't provide
anything unique about the character.
However, the cartoon's interesting scenario, for the most part, compensates for the lackluster star. Caught in a thunderstorm, Felix seeks refuge in King Cole's castle. This King Cole is not only a merry old soul, but a boastful one as well. The castle's ghosts can't stand the king's bragging, so they strap him to a machine to suck the wind out of him. It happens to be the wind that makes him a windbag. It's quite bizarre watching the rotund king deflate like a balloon. Then the ghosts expose him to the gas which exudes all his boastings. The king learns it's not nearly as fun listening to his speech as it is making it. A fascinating sequence that has to be seen to be believed, it effectively exploits the essential unreality of animation.
BOLD KING COLE benefits from other vividly realized sequences including a harrowing thunderstorm. The energetic animation is enhanced by Winston Sharples's spirited musical score. Watching this cartoon makes one regret that when it was released, the Van Beuren cartoon studio was on its last legs. One can only wonder if the studio would've reached Disney's artistic heights had it been allowed to last longer.
Do you find Rodney Dangerfield amusing? Would you like to see an
entertaining Dangerfield film? Then avoid THE 4TH TENOR. It is a pitiful
vanity project where Rodney generally neglects his strengths and wallows in
sickening bathos.
As a prosperous Italian restaurant owner named Lupo, Dangerfield falls in love with a young luscious singer Gina (Annabelle Gurwitch). She doesn't return his affections, especially since Lupo can't sing opera. So he goes to Italy to take opera lessons. There, he meets a sweet local girl named Rosa (Anita De Simone) and learns the secret of great singing. Will Lupo find true love? Who really cares?
Part of the problem with THE 4TH TENOR is that Dangerfield is far less interested in generating laughs than in endearing himself to his audience. Rarely does he spew his customary one-liners. Instead he spends an awful lot of time acting lovelorn and wistful. But his strivings for sentimentality are so humorless and effortful, he becomes embarrassingly cloying. Even more disturbing is the concept of the geriatric, physically homely Dangerfield romancing women young enough to be his granddaughters. Part of the appeal in Dangerfield's stand-up act was that he acknowledged he was ugly and therefore unsuccessful with women. If he wanted to be a romantic lead in his dotage, why couldn't Rodney pursue women his own age?
The pedestrian supporting cast cannot enliven the dreary material. They are the type of bland performers you'd expect in a film deemed too poor for theatrical release.
THE 4TH TENOR is truly a morbid experience. One watches an embalmed looking man who, in attempting to touch our hearts, dies in the course of his performance, a once bright star whose career has been dying. If this is the best Rodney can offer, it's time for him to retire.
...which Wally Walrus learns the hard way in this madcap cartoon. Under
Shamus Culhane's direction, DIPPY DIPLOMAT attains the high comedic caliber
of Warner Brothers and MGM's contemporary product. Like Bob Clampett and
Tex Avery, Culhane understands that in such an action-oriented cartoon (in
this case, the action consisting of Woody Woodpecker's pursuit of food), the
gags must be administered at a frenetic, zippy pace to achieve the greatest
comic impact. The gags are further buoyed by lively animation and Darrell
Calker's sprightly score. Culhane builds up the situation to a rousing
climax in which the walrus, his face engulfed in smoke, turns into a
Culhane utilizes Woody Woodpecker as effectively as he does the gags. At this point, the woodpecker's personality was toned down. He's no longer the hyperactive lunatic he was at the beginning, but he's still gleefully obnoxious as he uses ingenious methods to devour Wally Walrus's barbecue. Yet he is beguilingly innocent. He comes off not as a bully or a delinquent, but merely a impish child. How can one dislike such a character?
DIPPY DIPLOMAT represents the Walter Lantz studio near its artistic apex. It's a pity the cartoons declined in the following decades but this particular one demonstrates that the studio could produce authentic classics. For that reason, neither Walter Lantz nor Woody Woodpecker deserve to be forgotten.
When Woody Woodpecker debuted as an antagonist for star Andy Panda in KNOCK
KNOCK in 1940, his zany antics immediately captivated audiences. Shrewdly
aware of the woodpecker's star potential, producer Walter Lantz cast him in
his first solo cartoon, WOODY WOODPECKER. Under Lantz's uncredited
direction, this cartoon discharges an authentically wacky and convulsive
energy that's reminiscent of the contemporary Warner Brothers cartoons.
Indeed one of the writers, Ben "Bugs" Hardaway had worked at Warner's before
Lantz hired him.
Most of the energy comes from Woody himself. He represents the uninhibited id as he darts all over the screen, pulls prankish stunts, sasses his antagonists, and employs his trademark laugh. And what an appropriately outrageous design for an outrageous character with his extremely long bill, buck teeth, goofy eyes, stumpy legs, and a garish mixture of blue, red, yellow and green all over his body. The brilliant Mel Blanc provides an appropriately loony voice that is as oddly endearing as it is funny. Thank to Blanc's work and the skillful animation, Woody Woodpecker never seems obnoxious; just a lovable nut. One senses his comic aggressiveness is not derived from malice but from a naturally manic temperament.
Undoubtedly the highlight is in the beginning when Woody sings "Everybody Thinks I'm Crazy." The lyrics aren't sensationally funny, but Darrel Calker's jaunty music, Blanc's hilarious singing, and the comical animation of Woody's strutting make this a showstopper. In fact, this song would be Woody's theme in his early cartoons. Some one ought to do a cover of this song.
Mel Blanc would've undoubtedly remained the voice of Woody Woodpecker until his death if Warner Brothers hadn't given him an exclusive contract. (However, he did later did Woody's voice on some children's records.) It's a pity because of all the actors I've heard do the woodpecker (I never heard Billy West's work on THE NEW WOODY WOODPECKER SHOW, Blanc was the most impressive. He conveyed a charismatic craziness that none of the other actors I've heard could capture. Although Lantz continued to produce fine Woody Woodpecker cartoons for some time, I feel the woodpecker lost a little pizazz when Blanc was replaced.
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While it's not uncommon for companies to offer incentives to clients to try out new products, Microsoft recently paid the University of Nebraska, $250,000 to move from its existing IBM Lotus notes to Microsoft's Office 365.
The University stated that they will use the money to convert a large number of the PCs currently using Lotus notes in addition to using the funds to pay for a Microsoft Premier Support agreement covering email and Microsoft Office applications for the University as a whole.
Interestingly enough, while most of the University makes the switch, the Medical Center will not, stating that it will create security issues with its cloud storage that does not meet current Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act standards.
So what did it take for Microsoft to have the winning bid against a previous offer to the University, from both Google and IBM? Well, the University noted that with Microsoft's offer, they will be saving $500,000 in e-mail operating costs.
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The NEC MultiSync takes a tough job and makes it look easy. It adapts itself to video signals from virtually any source up to 800 by 500 pixels, including some that haven't been invented yet. The NEC MultiSync combines TTL and analog monitors in one amazingly compact package. It even has a text-only mode in which you can assign the text any of 16 colors. The best thing we can say about the MultiSync is that you don't have to think about it. No matter what you plug it into, it works and it looks great. If producing a self-synchronizing monitor were easy, everyone would be doing it. Even NEC nderestimated this difficulty: it thought it had a 4-to-6 month lead on the market; it turned out to be closer to a year.
Mr. T. Nishimata is an Electrical Engineer for the MultiSync monitor development. He has been with NEC for 12 years. His personal goal of developing products that are both profitable and solve consumer needs has been realized with the introduction of the MultiSync monitor. Mr. Nishimata was one of the principal designers of the MultiSync product development and strategy. He graduated from the Kanazawa University in Japan and is 34 years old.
Mr. T. Inoue, also Electrical Engineer, is the other principal designer of the MultiSync monitor. He has been with the NEC for 9 years and was stationed in the U.S. for 1 year while he worked closely with the NEC Home Electronics Marketing and Product Planning team developing the MultiSync. Mr. Inoue graduated from Sasebo Technical College in Japan and is 29 years old.


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They then broke into Clicks and stole thousands of rands of expensive perfumes. The police, neighbourhood watch and security companies arrived on the scene within minutes but the robbers had already fled. One of the guards described the getaway vehicle as a silver or grey sedan. According to Remano van der Spuy of the Hartbeespoort Community Policing Forum it appears that this was the same gang that robbed the CNA and a cellphone shop four weeks ago, when goods to the value of R200 000 was stolen in a similar fashion.
Earlier this month four armed robbers held a manager of the Sediba Plaza at gunpoint, assaulted him and fired random shots into the air shortly before closing time. The robbers fled with an undisclosed amount of money.
In two other incidents an elderly lady was attacked in the parking lot of Village Mall in an apparent attempt to steal her handbag and a man was assaulted in the parking area of Sediba plaza and robbed of his golden chain and wedding ring.


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On New Year's Day the Coon Rapids American Legion Post 334 collected food for the ACBC Foodshelf in Anoka at its annual Tom and Jerry Appreciation Day.
It all started between 7 and 8 a.m., when approximately 17 Legion Post and Auxiliary members came to prepare the Tom and Jerrys and food for the event, which took place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Tom and Jerry Appreciation Day is an annual event to thank members and customers who attend and support the Legion throughout the year.
Monetary donations were also collected for the ACBC Foodshelf, along with donations for the fixing of the roof fund.
During the month of December, members collected food in the American Legion lounge and donated those food items to the ACBC Foodshelf.
The generosity of American Legion members did not stop there," said Diane Bohlman, Coon Rapids American Legion Auxiliary public relations chairperson.
"Toys were collected and brought to the Anoka Armory before Christmas to be distributed to needy families in the Anoka County area as part of the Toys for Joy drive. This is another annual event in which the Coon Rapids American Legion family support and participate.
This year, Children and Youth Co-Chairperson Shirley Mosher brought the many toys collected to the Anoka Armory donation/distribution site.
"The Coon Rapids American Legion thanks all volunteers and members who help to make this and all events a success," Bohlman said.


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In a match played in difficult conditions, Tim Sills came close to giving Torquay the lead with a header moments before Forster's first goal.
Forster's 63rd-minute header came from a long cross by Bas Savage which Dean Cox turned back into the area.
In injury-time, Forster put the match beyond doubt when he ran on to a fine pass from Cox and coolly converted.
Torquay: Rice, Robertson, Woods, Todd, Nicholson, Stevens (Bedeau 72), Mansell, Hargreaves, Phillips (Hill 88), Benyon (Welsh 72), Sills. Subs Not Used: Rayner, Hockley.
Booked: Mansell.
Brighton: Kuipers, Whing, Lynch, El-Abd, Richards, Robinson (Loft 68), Hammond, Fraser (Martot 81), Cox, Forster, Savage.Subs Not Used: Sullivan, Revell, Butters.
Booked: Fraser, Forster, Loft.
Goals: Forster 63, 90.
Att: 4,010
Ref: Iain Williamson (Berkshire).
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PC-12 flight planning seems to work out best at 260 kt, which means a 1,200-nm trip with IFR reserves will keep you in the cabin for 4.5 hr. But passengers who have flown the airlines will find that spending a long trip time in the Pilatus is a treat because of all the extra space and the working toilet. Since the potty is up front, the crew can use the facility without disturbing passengers.
The Pilatus cockpit is ergonomically designed and well thought out. There are no memory items on the checklist. All the light switches are housed in an overhead panel and controlled by large, easy-to-manipulate rocker switches. All circuit breakers are color coded for easy identification.
The control wheel itself has a number of buttons–intercom, autopilot disconnect, control wheel steering, stick-pusher interrupt for short field landings–that first seemed confusing but got easier with time, except the trim. The trim trigger is behind the wheel and out of sight. It requires the pilot to pull it while moving his thumb on the trim, which includes aileron trim too. Rudder trim is on the throttles. The avionics incorporate a standby power switch that allows the pilot to call for clearance and load a flight plan without turning on the master switch. The PC-12 also has automatic fuel balancing to reduce pilot workload. Once the 24-volt minimum battery voltage is verified, starting doesn't come any easier: hold the start button for three seconds and the pumps and ignition are automatically energized. Fuel is introduced at 13 percent and controlled with a single power control. On light off with an OAT of 22 deg C, the ITT peaked at 630 deg C. For some reason, the main generator would not immediately come on line. Cycling the switch a few times did bring it up and it remained on during the remainder of the flight. The flight began with 1,347 lb of fuel on board, or about the minimum landing fuel on most jets. Three people and no bags brought the aircraft to approximately 8,200 lb, or about 1,700 lb shy of mtow. The electronic engine instruments offer both aural and visual warnings. If you should approach an over-temp condition, the ITT gauge flashes red, and an aural warning of "engine, engine, engine" makes it tough to miss. On takeoff, the power lever is brought up to the firewall after the condition lever is moved to the takeoff range. The Pratt & Whitney Canada engine will keep a pilot used to flying jets a bit busy on the rudder at first, but the aircraft is still easy to keep headed straight down the runway. Pilatus demonstration pilot Peter Duncan and I rotated at about 80 kt. Once the gear was retracted, a 150-kt climb with the ITT set at 719 deg gave us about a 2,000-fpm rate. At 120 kt, the rate was about 2,500 fpm. By 12,000 ft, the climb rate had dropped to 1,500 fpm while holding 120 kt. The PC-12 is heavy on the ailerons and light on the elevators, mimicking the handling of a much larger aircraft. We held 118 kt through the rest of the climb to FL 260, where an ISA+8 temperature gave us 265 kt and a fuel flow of 351 pph. The climb from PWK's 646-ft elevation to FL 260 took 23 min. Once level, I tried some steep turns and again found the ailerons quite heavy, but not so much that the airplane was difficult to control. With the sun at our back and falling across the EFIS, the instruments were difficult to read at times. Steep turns with the gear down and full flaps were not tough at all once I got past that pesky trim button. During the clean-up, there were minimal pitch changes with the power adjustments. Duncan and I discussed the emergency gear extension in the PC-12, which is quite a simple affair. Slow to 110 kt, put the gear handle down and pump the emergency handle if you're short on time. If you're not rushed, the gear will freefall and lock into place in about 30 sec. The cockpit noise level was rather high, confirming the need for the David Clark headsets on board. But it was certainly no worse than that of some other turboprops I've flown (except for the Garrett-powered Dornier 228, which was loud even with the David Clarks on). But the dramatic reduction in noise once the pilot wanders back into the cabin makes it quieter than most rear-engine jet aircraft I've flown. Certainly the ride for a cabin full of passengers is quiet indeed. On the way back down from altitude for the first pattern–a VFR approach to Waukegan–I pulled the power back to idle, pushed the nose down and held 180 kt in the descent, which gave us about a 2,500-fpm rate. Even at this speed and rate, we were able to lower the gear to slow the aircraft. Now that I was used to the trim button, flaps 15 deg at 163 kt and 30 deg at 130 kt were easy to deal with. The approach, once the gear was down, was made at about 78 kt to check handling. Touchdown produced only a slight bounce that the trailing-link gear hid pretty well. With only a small amount of reverse thrust, I made the turnoff about 2,000 ft downfield. I made my approaches only with flaps 30, which got the aircraft down and stopped pretty quickly. The PC-12 incorporates an aileron-rudder interconnect that some operators told AIN make the aircraft a bit squirrely in a flaps-40 crosswind landing. But we could not verify that since the wind was calm. A reduction in winglet size is said to be part of the fix for the flaps-40 issue. Duncan tried a maximum-performance takeoff with flaps 30. He held the brakes and ran up the power first, and the PC-12 broke ground swiftly after an 1,100-ft ground roll and climbed at a deck angle that I estimated to be 15 to 20 deg. The climb rate was in excess of 2,500 fpm once the gear came up, so getting away from a ground obstacle would be easy with a light load. Duncan handled the final landing back at PWK since he wanted to demonstrate a maximum performance maneuver. Crossing the end at about 75 kt, even with flaps 40, the aircraft floated ever so slightly. Once down, full reverse had us stopped in about 1,200 ft, reminiscent of the old days of flying single-engine piston aircraft.


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The 12 Discs of Christmas 2011 #1
Ruby Wright - Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Xmas (Fraternity Records F-787; 1957)
After a lengthy hiatus away from the Gunslinger, it seemed there'd be no better way to get back in the saddle than with a dose of Christmas spirit, and what can I say, I'm a sucker for tradition. I figured I'd start this year's seasonal series with a song that had eluded me for years, although it just turns out I hadn't been looking very hard. Like many others I had heard Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Xmas a number of times via viewings of John Waters' 1974 juvenile delinquent rampage Female Trouble. The song is featured prominently when Divine's Dawn Davenport runs away from home, after ruining Christmas for her parents, who simply don't understand the importance of a stylish pair of cha-cha heels to a young woman on the verge of adulthood. This jaunty, jingley ditty is a bright counterpoint to the sight of Dawn's mother crushed by a fir tree only seconds before, and I figured the tune would show up eventually on a compilation of some sort. But even when Waters himself got around to crafting his own Christmas album, the song was mysteriously absent. Time to go digging.
It turns out the song I'd been searching for was written by Cincinnati TV pioneer Ruth Lyons who hosted the live 50/50 Club daily chat show from 1949 until her retirement from the screen in 1967. Lyons and her program's musical cast recorded two Christmas albums, 1957's Ten Tunes of Christmas and 1963's It's Christmastime Again, which were both regional hits wherever her show was broadcast. The Ruby Wright vocal on the record is the one used by Waters in Female Trouble, but the song and its B-side, Let's Light the Christmas Tree were also covered by the lovely Lennon Sisters of The Lawrence Welk Show fame. I still prefer the original version though, the Lennons make it sound just a little too smooth. (I'd love to have a copy of their single Outer Space Santa, though.)
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14 comments:
- Michel said...
Lovely. It's great to see you posting here again!
- December 14, 2011 2:21 AM
- swac said...
Thanks Michel, good to be back!
- December 14, 2011 2:36 AM
- swac said...
And if you want your own copy of Outer Space Santa, here's a quality mp3 of it from Archive.org.
- December 14, 2011 7:33 AM
- pcoristi said...
Outer Space Santa is out of this world! (Sorry, but it had to be said).
- December 14, 2011 9:35 AM
- mister muleboy said...
So glad to see you back.
but where were you running to?
There's no place to go.
So put on yer makeup,
and get thee to the show.
I can't listen to the track; a firewall with desires to limit . . sharing . . hinders me. But you make it interesting enough to get home and crank it up for some holiday cheer. Thanks.
- December 14, 2011 9:49 AM
- swac said...
Thanks, MM!
I've reuploaded the track to a different site so you don't have to bother with Megaupload, just right click on the post title and you'll go straight to the song, to open or save.
Meanwhile, if anyone has any tips on including an embedded mp3 player, I'd be most grateful. A wizard of html I am not.
- December 14, 2011 10:51 AM
- swac said...
Okay, I've sussed out the embedded mp3 player, and figured out how to make sure it doesn't come blaring out at you the second you open the page. Let me know if there are any problems!
If there is one, I imagine it could make loading the page will be slower than normal, and I'll stop using the player widget.
- December 14, 2011 10:58 AM
- swac said...
I hate to belabour this thread with technical stuff, but does the song start automatically for everyone else? I find sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't, and when I start posting successive entries, this page is going to become awfully cacophonous if I can't figure out to make it play only when you hit the play button.
- December 14, 2011 3:22 PM
- pcoristi said...
You should be able to select autoplay=off. It depends on the player you're using and the code.
I did notice that the title to this post goes straight to the music file instead of to the post itself (the permalink??). But I'm no expert...sorry!
- December 14, 2011 3:34 PM
- swac said...
Yes, I purposefully did that with the title of the post, so the link below the image is to Megaupload, while the title is a hotlink to the file itself, now that I've got a new place to put things (fileden.com). I think the problem I was having was that I tend to use the spacebar to make a page scroll downward, but that also makes the music player go from pause to play. When I opened the page in a new browser, the music didn't start automatically, so I hope that's now the case for everyone else. (Earlier today I did exactly what you suggested, and changed the autoplay from "true" to "false" and that seemed to do the trick.)
- December 14, 2011 8:53 PM
- pcoristi said...
- December 14, 2011 10:46 PM
- swac said...
Argh, while Fileden gives me a fair bit of room for storage, there's also a monthly bandwidth limit, which I am rapidly approaching. I've switched the links back to Megaupload for those who want to have a copy of the song. For those who just want to listen, I'm going to have to find another solution.
- December 15, 2011 8:58 AM
- David Gorsline said...
It's been 45 years since I heard that song. And I was OK with that. Thanks for sharing.
- December 15, 2011 10:12 PM
- swac said...
Always glad to provide those happy memories.
Except now I've run out of bandwidth. That didn't take long.
- December 16, 2011 5:29 PM


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There are many very well-written and useful texts on the subject of orbital mechanics.
Below is a list of references that have helped us greatly:
•Bates, R.R., Mueller, D.D., and White, J.E., Fundamentals of Astrodynamics, Dover Publications, 1971
•Battin, R.H., An Introduction to the Mathematics and Methods of Astrodynamics, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1999.
•Chobotov, V.A. Ed., Orbital Mechanics, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1991.
•Curtis, H., Orbital Mechanics: For Engineering Students, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005.
•Danby, J.M.A., Fundamentals of Celestial Mechanics, Willmann-Bell, 1992.
•Escobal, P.R., Methods of Orbit Determination, Krieger Publishing, 1965.
•Montenbruck, O., and Gill, E., Satellite Orbits: Models, Methods, Applications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2000.
•Moulton, F.R., An Introduction To Celestial Mechanics, Dover Publications, 1970.
•Prussing, J.E., and Conway, B.A., Orbital Mechanics, Oxford University Press, 1993.
•Vallado, D.A., Fundamentals of Astrodynamics and Applications, Microcosm Press, 2007
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New Orleans Style Stuffed Peppers
Recipe by Amanda Beth
They say necessity is the mother of invention. I can go with that, since this recipe came about to appease my hubby's cravings for stuffed peppers and his deep, abiding love of red beans and rice. The man loves the red beans and rice, possible more than me. :) There are a lot of steps listed in the recipe, but it is really quick getting the peppers to the oven. Cooking time is for the longest range of bake time.
Top Review by Heirloom Tomato
What a great idea! I had all the ingredients in the house. I make stuffed peppers at least once a year as a homage to my mom's cooking (I'm big on retro!) and this is an easy twist that is a good way to use up my package of red beans and rice mix. Thank you!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 4 large green peppers
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 1 (6 1/2 ounce) package red beans and rice mix (I use Knorr's)
- 2 cups water
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt (to taste)
Directions See How It's Made
- Remove tops from green pepper and clean insides. Try to level bottoms of peppers if needed, so they will stand flat. Chop tops of peppers and set aside. Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In large skillet, brown ground turkey, garlic powder, onion powder and pepper for about 5 minutes.
- When turkey is almost done, add rice and beans mix, green pepper tops, and water. Cover, and cook for about 7 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- When rice is tender, turn off heat. Stir in tomato sauce, and taste the mixture for seasoning. You may need to add more garlic and/or pepper to suit your family's taste.
- Spray an 8x13 glass pan with cooking spray. Carefully stuff peppers with turkey mixture. (It's hot!) and set peppers in greased pan. They will be slippy, but it makes for an easier clean up.
- Bake peppers for 20-40 minutes, depending on how soft you like your peppers.
- When peppers reach desired tenderness, top with shredded cheese. Remove peppers from oven when cheese reaches a nice, melty state.
- Be careful. Remember, you greased the pan, so the peppers may slide.
- Let rest 5 minutes, and enjoy!


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This last project for my "Sewing Frenzie Week" is a baby quilt that an old friend from high school asked me to make. She gave me free reign on the pattern and fabrics. Her only requests were "Blue and modern." So I grabbed up some of my favorite blue, green, and brown prints at Just Sew and whipped this up. The pattern I used is "Nest" from United Notions/Moda. They have a lot of free patterns, so you should check out their site! I had the quilter do an all-over circle design, but my heart is yearning for more of them so I am going to see if she'll add a few more...
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Scout Camp + Mom in Survival Mode = Sewing Frenzie (Day 7)
Posted by Amber Johnson at 1:33 PM
Labels: quilts/sewing projects
4 comments:
- Jeannie said...
LOVE the fabrics! What a FUN quilt & lucky friend! :)
- July 6, 2009 at 11:19 PM
- Amanda said...
Who is this for? Love it...
- July 7, 2009 at 10:24 PM
- Cassie said...
SO cute! I really love the fabrics and the pattern, too!
- July 8, 2009 at 10:14 AM
- Keri said...
Amber, you've been busy! I always love to looks at the cute projects you're doing. And I LOVE this last quilt. Very cute!
- July 8, 2009 at 3:11 PM
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Transforming Auckland: The Creation of Auckland Council
LexisNexis announces book release of Transforming Auckland: The Creation of Auckland Council written by Mai Chen
AUCKLAND, 1 May, 2014 –LexisNexis, a leading provider of content and technology solutions today launched Transforming Auckland: The Creation of Auckland Council by Mai Chen, author of Public Law Toolbox and founding partner of Chen Palmer.
This book offers a unique insight from those involved in the amalgamation process of how the former Auckland District Councils and Auckland Regional Council have been transformed into one combined Auckland Council.
Most importantly, for the professionals working with the Council, this insight and the behind the scenes account of the Council's creation, provides the necessary explanation as to how Auckland Council now works - in a way that cannot be found elsewhere.
"Mai provides invaluable knowledge to the reader on the why's and how's surrounding the transformation.
This is critical for anyone whose work relies on efficient and effective council interaction," said Rachel Travers, Executive Director of LexisNexis New Zealand.
Interviews were conducted with a wide range of people involved in the development of Auckland Council, from the Royal Commission into Auckland Governance, to Cabinet decision-making, the drafting the legislation, and the Auckland Transition Agency (ATA).
"What you will read here is a 'warts and all' review by the key people at the heart of this incredible change. Their honest reflections on the successes achieved and the work still to be done are both refreshing and sobering," said Doug McKay, Inaugural Chief Executive of the Auckland Council.
One of New Zealand's most powerful representative bodies, Auckland Council is now well into its second term and its success has ignited amalgamation discussions across the country, and has sparked interest internationally.
Mai Chen said, "It is hoped that as a result of reading this book, Aucklanders will be better able to participate in their local democracy and for the book to act as a guide for professional advisors and other local authorities considering reorganization in New Zealand and overseas".


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Seattle Costco has purchased an office building less than a mile from its Issaquah, Wash., headquarters for $20.3 million, according to The Seattle Times.
The company bought the building from Dayhu Investments of Vancouver, B.C., which had owned the building since it opened in 1992.
Costco has leased space in the three-story, 96,000-sq.-ft. building since 2001, when it also acquired an option to buy it.
Costco CEO Jim Sinegal said that while the company has no immediate expansion plans, it expects to need more office space in the next five to 10 years, and bought the building to accommodate that growth, the report said.


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Texas lawyers may like to think of themselves as big guns, but do they like to play with big guns? On April 2, the Dallas Bar Association will host its first-ever sporting clay shoot. According to the DBA's website, men, women and children, regardless of their shooting skills, should enjoy this event, priced at $150 a person. Participants can sign up with others to form a four-person team or be matched with other participants the day of the event. The price includes instructions, targets, ammunition, golf carts, eye and ear protection, snacks, lunch and the use of a range-provided shotgun but "you are welcome to bring your own," the DBA website notes. Check-in is at 8:30 a.m. and the competition starts at 9:30 a.m. Lawyers and guests are supposed to identify themselves as advanced, intermediate or novice shooters. The clay shoot idea came up because of DBA members' enthusiasm for the sport, says novice shooter Rhonda Thornton, the DBA's events coordinator. Thornton says so far about 25 people have signed up for the clay shoot, which will be held at the Elm Fork Shooting Park in Dallas.
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TEHRAN – Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards say its forces shot down an Israeli drone as it approached an Iranian nuclear site.
The Guards issued a statement on its website saying its forces fired a missile at the drone as it neared its uranium enrichment facility in Natanz, more than 300 km (185 miles) south of the capital, Tehran.
The statement did not say when it shot down the drone, nor did it elaborate on how the Guards knew the drone was from Israel. Israeli officials could not be immediately reached for comment.
This comes as world powers negotiate with the Islamic republic over its contested nuclear program. The West fears it could allow Iran to build a nuclear weapon. Tehran says its program is for peaceful purposes.


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Changing Thoughts on Turf Grass
Posted: October 13, 2011
Some of our native grasses have proven to make great, low maintenance "lawns". One of these grasses, Carex, is clump forming and arching in form. Recommended for mowing only twice per year, this group of native grasses gives texture to your yard and can replace traditional turf grass areas that may be low traffic areas. Although most Carex species can tolerate traffic, as a clump forming grass, it may not be as comfortable to walk on as the typical turf type grasses.
As a result of a broken lawn mower, I have determined that it's time to consider converting some of our unutilized lawn space into a grass that is low in height, low in maintenance, and high in texture and beauty while using native plants to achieve this purpose. Not only will it reduce time spent cutting grass, it will also reduce gas usage and air pollution.
Whenever starting a new project like this, I like to be sure I'm planting the right plant for the growing environment. I want to have as much success as possible. Many of the Carex species are great for shade, making my location more of a challenge, since I have a sunny spot that I would like to transition to this new grass area. However, after researching the native grasses, I have determined that the best species for my location is Carex pennsylvanica. This arching, low grass can tolerate dry shade to sun. It gets about 1 ½ feet tall at maturity. In a mass planting, as I plan to use it, it should form low mounds, giving an interesting texture to the yard.
Another grass that I could probably use is Carex eburnea, or bristleleaf sedge. This sedge looks very similar to Carex pennsylvanica; however, it seems to do better in shade than sun. I may try some of this species just as an experiment to see which does better in my environment.
When starting an area with this type of grass, seed typically doesn't work. It is difficult to germinate; therefore, very poor success will be achieved. The recommended way of starting this type of planting is by using plugs. These are small plants that are planted in the soil as you would plant annuals. For large areas, this can be expensive, but if you are testing a small area, like I am, it's worth a try and the investment. Bed preparation is the same as starting any vegetable or perennial garden. Till the soil, rack out stones and clumps of grass and weeds, mix in organic matter, plant and water!
In our side yard, where little happens, our turf grass – blue grass and rye grass mix - is the first to brown out. It is the eastern side of the house, but gets full sun where the turf is growing. Our soil in this area is rocky and shallow; which is why I'd like to try Indian grass, Sorghastrum nutans. This grass gets to be much taller than the Carex, reaching up to 5' high. It's very tolerant of many types soils, from loam to clay to gravel, as well as dry environments. The infloresents bloom in late summer-early fall and the fall color of this grass is beautiful, getting almost a coppery color in the leaves. This will give us a lovely fall color to the yard and be low maintenance: mowing is recommended only once a year in the early spring.
Unlike the Carex, the Indian grass is easily started from seed. This makes it much more affordable. Starting the planting for Indian grass is very much like starting a typical turf grass. Soil preparation should include tilling the area, raking clumps and stones/rocks from the area, adding organic matter, and sowing seed and watering it in.
The game plan is to work these areas this fall, planting the plugs as well as sowing the seed. I'm excited to see our results this coming spring and summer – I'll let you know how it goes!
Mary Ann Ryan is the Extension Consumer Horticulture Educator serving the southeast region. Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity, and the diversity of its workforce. Penn State Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County is located at 310 Allen Road, suite 601, Carlisle, PA 17013, phone 717-240-6500, Office e-mail email@example.com.