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Global Geopolitics & Political Economy
By Ian Fletcher
Everyone's worried about China today on the trade front. And they should be.
But let's not forget that China is only the most brazen player of one-way free trade out there. We ran a $273 billion deficit with China in 2010, but we also ran an $80 billion deficit with the European Union and a $60 billion deficit with Japan.
These rich-country trade deficits are in some ways more alarming than our deficit with China, because they are emphatically not the result of cheap foreign labor. In fact, nearly a dozen European countries now pay their manufacturing workers better than we do.
So let's look at Japan for a minute.
In the 1980s, Japanese industrial policy was the object of intense American interest, which has since waned due to the deliberately cultivated misapprehension that Japan is in economic decline (This illusion has been exhaustively debunked by the Tokyo-based Irish journalist Eamonn Fingleton; Japan is playing sick to get us off their back.) There was a flurry of books on the subject and for a while it seemed that America might acquire a serious industrial policy of its own (which never happened). But Japan remains much more relevant to America's situation than China, simply because Japan has wages comparable to the U.S., while China competes largely on the basis of a low-wage policy that is impossible for a developed nation to emulate. China is following Japan's old playbook anyway, so it is well worth examining Japan's trade history.
Japan's protectionism runs very deep in its political and economic system. The Japanese themselves certainly believe their economic success has been due to protectionism. No one in Japan of any standing in business, government, or academe believes that Japan's success has been due to free trade. In the words of economic historian Kozo Yamamura:
Protection from foreign competition was probably the most important incentive to domestic development that the Japanese government provided. The stronger the home market cushion…the smaller the risk and the more likely the Japanese competitor was to increase capacity boldly in anticipation of demand growth. This can give the firm a strategic as well as a cost advantage over a foreign competitor operating in a different environment who must be more cautious.
The cultural roots of Japan's repudiation of free trade are extraordinarily deep–as deep, say, as the roots that make America a capitalist culture. This was, after all, a nation which literally sealed itself off from the outside world for two centuries (1635-1853). This act is regarded by most Westerners as merely odd, but it was, in fact, profoundly consistent with the enduring character of Japanese civilization.
Japan's forcible opening to the modern world in 1853, when U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry sailed his famous "black ships" into Tokyo Bay demanding trading rights, added a new element to Japan's existing authoritarian social order: the need for economic and technological sophistication sufficient to defend its existence as an independent nation. Japan promptly set about engaging the modern world on terms congenial to its own political priorities–not those of outsiders.
The key slogan of the day was fukoku kyohei, "rich country equals strong army." Thus private economic interests have never, except perhaps for a brief liberal moment in the 1920s, been allowed to be the primary drivers of its national economy. Instead, private interests have been subordinated to the national economic interest under a system most succinctly describable as state capitalism. And protectionism is an innate part of that system.
Japan in 1945 was economically crushed, its cities smoking ruins, its empire gone. It was poorer even than some African nations untouched by the B-29. It seemed so far behind the United States that there was no plausible way ever to catch up. It was widely expected that Japan would end up an economic also-ran like that neighboring island chain, the Philippines. And within the economic ideology America was promoting to Japan at the time, free trade according to comparative advantage, there seemed to be no way out, as Japan had comparative advantage only in low-value industries.
History records a fascinating exchange on this topic, which encapsulates the entire postwar free trade debate. In 1955, when the U.S. and Japan were negotiating their first post-occupation trade agreement, the head of the American delegation, C. Thayer White, told the Japanese to cut their tariff on imported cars because, in his words:
1. The United States industry is the largest and most efficient in the world.
2. The industry is strongly in favor of expanding the opportunities for world trade.
3. Its access to foreign markets in recent years has been limited by import controls.
4. Although the United States Government appreciates that it is necessary for some countries to impose import restrictions for balance of payments reasons…it would be in Japan's interest to import automobiles from the United States and ex-port items in which Japan could excel.
Upon Ricardian comparative-advantage principles, White was, of course, 100 percent correct. But the Japanese trade negotiator, Kenichi Otabe, replied that:
1. If the theory of international trade were pursued to its ultimate conclusion, the United States would specialize in the production of automobiles and Japan in the production of tuna.
2. Such a division of labor does not take place…because each government encourages and protects those industries which it believes important for reasons of national policy.
Needless to say, Japan did not choose to become a nation of fishing villages!
Instead, its rulers drew the same conclusion that Alexander Hamilton had drawn 150 years earlier and Henry VII 300 years before that, opting for protectionism and industrial policy. They closed Japan's markets to foreigners in industries they wished to enter, only welcoming foreign goods insofar as they helped build up Japan's own industries. They applied administrative guidance to key industries and rigged Japan's banking system and stock market to provide cheap capital to industry.
Tokyo instead protected its fledgling automobile industry in the 1950s, limiting imports to $500,000 per year. (In the 1960s, prohibitive tariffs replaced this quota.) Japan only allowed foreign investment insofar as this transferred technology to its own manufacturers. Today, it produces over two-and-a-half times as many cars as the U.S., mostly for export.
As Japan has historically been the economic leader for the whole of Confucian Asia (Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Singapore), its protectionist policies have been shared with nearby nations to a huge extent. The ultimate basis of these policies is an attitude towards economics that sees the economy not as an end in itself, but as an instrument of national power. As Harvard Asia specialists Roy Hofheinz and Kent Calder have written, "For more than a century, nationalist sentiments…have been a basic driving force underlying East Asian economic growth." Even today, Chinese industry is 30 percent owned by the state. Over a dozen strategic industries have been slated to remain under outright government ownership and control, including information technology, telecommunications, shipping, civil aviation and steel. Laissez faire this is not.
In relation to its neighbors, Japan has employed something called the "flying geese" strategy, christened thus by the Japanese economist Akamatsu Kaname in the 1930s. Japan breaks into an industry, wipes out existing Western competitors, then successively hands the industry down to less sophisticated neighboring economies such as Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam as they mature. This pattern has held for goods from garments to televisions for five decades. Japan's withdrawal from labor-intensive goods in the 1970s opened up space for Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong, and their ongoing withdrawal from these goods is opening up space for China.
Among other things, this nicely illustrates how rational protectionism is a dynamic, not a static, strategy, and does not consist in defending every job and every industry.
© Copyright 2011 Ian Fletcher. All rights reserved.
This article should not be republished or redistributed without the permission of the original author or copyright holder.
Ian Fletcher is Senior Economist of the Coalition for a Prosperous America, a nationwide grass-roots organization dedicated to fixing America's trade policies and comprising representatives from business, agriculture, and labor. He was previously Research Fellow at the U.S. Business and Industry Council, a Washington think tank, and before that, an economist in private practice serving mainly hedge funds and private equity firms. Educated at Columbia University and the University of Chicago, he lives in San Francisco. He is the author of Free Trade Doesn't Work: What Should Replace It and Why.


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I have some questions back to you.
1. Do you need to know where you closest shop/dealer is?2. Are you trying to fix this yourself. And if you are, you will need quite a few tools, some of which that you probably will not have and have to go out and buy. 3. Are you just looking for information on what we do in the shop to troubleshoot issues like yours, where we have all of the tools. That way you can try 1 or 2 of the easy things first before calling the shop. 4. Something else??Obviously I am not there to do this work for you, and I don't know what you have for tools or abilities. So how it is I can best help you here?
Also, what engine do you have? How old is the gas your trying to burn now? When was the last time the engine made full power as it should?
The engine is a 4.3 Mer Cruizer serial number OL010931. I am very new to boats. I am seeking your advice on the easy stuff. I have an appointment to bring it to a marina during the early part of next week...But I had a very bad experience with another Marina back in PA (basically, ripped me off!) so I want to make sure I am not being taken when they look into it (i.e. If it needed a spark plug...and they are trying to sell me on a new engine). I don't own the tools to do this myself. The boat was running fine (was on vacation at Lake Keuka NY) for the entire week after I replaced the starter. The day it happened (Sunday July 14th) it was working fine all day (was on the lake around 12 noon and the loss of top speed/rpm and hesitant crusing speed occured after our attempts to water ski--which was at 3pm). We are really strapped for cash...and I know my wife will not approve of a huge expediture if the repair is going to be extensive. I was hoping to have the boat back on the lake ASAP.
Now when you say sputtering, is it popping out of the carb, or backfiring at all?
at cruising speed (5mph or less)...it kind of slightly revs up and slows down on it's own (without me adjusting the throttle). Also...Since you mentioned backfire...It does not backfire..but for the last week it takes a while for the engine to shut off. It would just keep chugging along in neutra for about a min or so when I turn the boat off. This would not happen each time I turned the boat off...but more times than not. Sometimes this would be accompanied with some white smoke (checked my oil and it is fine) when it finally would turn off. Also would get some gas fumes when I turn the boat on.
Gotcha Jack,
All engines need 3 things to run properly. Compression, spark, and fuel. The problem with a lack of power situation is you have to do some troubleshooting to figure out which of the 3 the engine is missing, giving you that lack of power, as all 3 can do it. Just 1 or any combination of the 3. There is no rule that says there is only 1 thing wrong with the engine that you have to find.
I can also tell you from experience, about 75% of the time it is fuel related somehow. Wether it is bad gas, water in the gas, weak fuel pump, a clogged carb ect... 3/4's of the time it has something to do with fuel. However, you can't jump to that conclusion right off the bat, because if you do, things get missed.
If you brought this to me here is how I would go about troubleshooting it.
I would do some preliminary troubleshooting to figure out which system is causing the condition. And where I need to start with is engine compression and spark tests, and you will need these tools to accomplish this.
1. Compression test - Your results need to be 100 psi or better as a bare minimum. A like new engine would be 160+ psi across the board. Used but healthy engines are typically in the 120 to 140 psi range. And they all need to be reasonably close. If any cylinder comes in below that 100 psi magic number, or you have a huge difference between 2 cylinders. Then the engine is worn out, or has mechanical problems, or there is a bad head gasket. And you can stop your troubleshooting here, as there is nothing you can do to an engine with low compression to make it run better. And the compression issue has to be addressed.
2. Spark test. You have to check for spark. These are the testers we use in the industry.
But you can also get cheap spark checkers at most good autoparts stores.
You need to hook the spark tool up and set the gap to 7/16ths of an inch. The spark should easily jump that gap, be hot and blue in color, and be consistant with engine rpms. Weak looking yellow spark will not cut it. Weak yellow/orange looking spark can mean the cap and rotor are burnt out or the plug wires are bad. But it can also mean a weak ignition coil. What I do next is pop the distributor cap off and see if it looks pitted, corroded or burnt in there. And if it does, the engine gets a full tune up.
Also, we should check the quality of the fuel itself. Either pull a sample of it and put it in a clear jar overnight. In the morning, look for any kind of dirt/debris/water in the fuel, or any kind of seperation line. As contaminated or old fuel simply does not burn as it is supposed to. And people get bad gas all of the time.
Or, Get a small outboard tank (like a 3 to 5 gallon) complete with fuel line and primer bulb, fill it up with known new fresh gas and try it. This is the easy way to do it as it requires minimal tools. If the engine immediately runs better on the portable tank. You have bad gas.
If nlo change, pump the primer bulb over and over, if the engine picks up, the fuel pump is weak.
If you have gotten this far, and there is no fix yet. Then its safe at this point to pull the carb and open it up and see what it looks like in there. And then decide if you want to try the rebuild route, or just replace it. Not all carbs are rebuildable. They are made out of cheap cast pot metal, and over time will leakdown internally. What we say as a rule of thumb is any carb over 10 years old has a 50/50 chance of being rebuilt successfully.
That is the quick, easy and most efficient way to troubleshoot this. I don't know how much of this you can do on your own. And obviously I am not there to do this work for you, but I work for tips so I do want to make sure you are happy with me and the answers I give you here before doing the rating. If you have a further specific question on this, by all means feel free to fire away. If not, please let me know if the ratings box gives you any troubles.
Thanks in advance, and good luck!
Thank you Jason...Very helpful. Was hoping you could answer one last question (in very general terms). What would be (round about) the best case (lowest cost/time) price and the worst case scenario. If it is something like "bad spark plugs" my wife will not give me a hard time about fixing it...I paid 7k for the boat...If the carb etc.. is shot...am I looking at a total loss?
A tune up runs a couple of hundred bucks for parts and labor. Typically not to bad.
But, if you had water in the gas an you have to get it pumped out, that's typically by the hour + 5 bucks a gallon for disposal, and it makes a difference if you have 15 gallons or 50 gallons that's got to go.
Replacement carbs are 400 to 500
It's tough to say without troubleshooting it myself. And worst case scenario would be a fail on the compression test. That can mean the engine either needs a valve job, or is a total loss, but that's worse case scenario.
Sometimes it's just a 9 dollar fuel filter that's clogged up... because the previous owner never took care of the tune up items. But you have to go through the motions.

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Player InformationFlames Home > Women's Soccer Home > Women's Soccer Roster > Roster Detail
Megan WarnerClass: Junior
Position: M
Height: 5-6
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Hometown: Uniontown, Ohio
2011 (So.)
• Appeared in 16 contests, starting six
• Chipped in an assist in Liberty's season opener against No. 6 Virginia (Aug. 26)
• Posted a goal in a 3-1 victory over Valparaiso (Sept. 4) during the Liberty Invitational
2010 (Fr.)
• Appeared in 17 contests
• Received the start and recorded an assist in Liberty's 6-0 victory over Southern Virginia (9/15)
• Also started in the Lady Flames' 3-0 win over Gardner-Webb (10/11).
• Four-year letterwinner at Lake High
• Earned second team all-league and -county honors freshman and sophomore year
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Sleeps 11
Bedrooms 5
Bathrooms 3
Pets No
- Off road parking
- Smoke-free
- Garden / Patio
- Cot available
- Highchair available
- Pub/shop < 1 mile
- Washing machine
- Dishwasher
- Broadband / WiFi
The property
This outstanding semi-detached house, a complete re-build of a former farm building is situated in its own grounds, attached to the owners' home, on a working arable farm, in the small rural village of Arkendale, just four miles from Knaresborough.
Exceptionally well-presented, with superb attention to detail, this outstanding Arkendale cottage boasts first class accommodation and includes a Geo Thermal ground source heating system, a water re-cycling system and a solar panel system.
With lovely views from all floors, this cottage near Knaresborough has five spacious bedrooms, all with beautiful, modern en-suite facilities and all perfect for relaxing in after a day's walking and sightseeing in this wonderful area.
The sitting room exudes real quality and style and the adjoining kitchen with its modern fixtures and fittings is ideal for preparing tasty meals, plus the separate dining room is somewhere the whole family can get together.
Finished in a contemporary style throughout, with wonderful lighting systems, underfloor heating and delightful views of the spacious grounds, this is an ideal Arkendale cottage to get away from it all.
Arkendale village has a church, village hall and a pub, whilst nearby is Ferrensby, where guests can visit the General Tarleton and an old coaching inn, which is the biggest attraction in the village.
The inn has been in the village for around 250 years and is now a much-loved restaurant.
A bit further afield is the ancient market town of Knaresborough, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales.
The town is very popular with visitors to the area as it overlooks the River Nidd and is considered one of the prettiest towns in North Yorkshire.
There are many day trips on offer with some well worth a visit including,Mother Shipton's Cave, the House in the Rock, "Ye Oldest Chymist Shoppe in England", dating back to 1720 and the Courthouse Museum.
Guests to this Arkendale cottage can enjoy excellent walks by the river, cycling, climbing, fishing, boating or just taking in the tranquil atmosphere and beautiful scenery of this stunning area.
Over three floors. Five bedrooms with TV: 1 x king-size double with en-suite bath, basin and WC, 2 x king-size doubles with Jack and Jill shared access to en-suite shower, basin and WC, 1 x second floor king-size double with en-suite bath, basin and WC, 1 x second floor twin with additional pull-out stacker bed with basin and WC. Ground floor basin and WC. Fitted kitchen with breakfast bar. Utility. Dining room (seats 10). Sitting room (seats 10) with electric fire.
- Ground source underfloor heating on ground and first floors with electric fire in sitting room
- Electric oven and hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, additional fridge, washing machine, spin dryer, dishwasher, 6 x TVs with Freeview, DVD, iPod dock, WiFi, selection of books, games and DVDs
- Fuel and power inc. in rent
- Bed linen and towels inc. in rent
- Cot and highchair available
- Off road parking for 6 cars
- Spacious gardens and patio with furniture
- Sorry, no pets and no smoking
- Shop 4 miles, pub 10 mins walk
- Note: Solar panels supply part of the electric for heating and water
- Note: There is a disabled access ramp to the rear of cottage
- Note: Due to a large pond 200 yards from front of cottage, please ensure children are supervised at all times
- Note: There is an interconnecting door between the holiday accommodation and the owner's home, which will remain bolted shut
- Note: Check in time is after 4pm
- Note: No hen or stag parties.
About the location
Ferrensby 1 mile; Knaresborough 4 miles; Harrogate 8 miles; Leeds 17 miles; York 17.5 miles.
Arkendale is a tranquil village in North Yorkshire, set between Knaresborough and Boroughbridge, within driving distance to York, Harrogate, Ripon and Leeds. Stunning scenery surrounds the area with both the North Yorkshire Moors and the Pennines close by. Guests to the area will find a church, a village hall and a local pub, plus close by the rural village of Ferrensby offers the popular attractions of an old coaching inn and the General Tarleton, which serves excellent food. Further afield is the Spa town of Harrogate, which boasts wonderful shops, the famous Bettys tea room, open gardens and spa baths.


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I had to learn how to come up with headings like that during my first venture in book authoring a few years ago, before I joined Adobe. Doesn't look like I learned much, does it? Grammatical ineptitude aside, it's an unusual challenge to have to come up with interesting headings, especially when you need to write 125 of them in a matter of weeks. That was my challenge when I wrote said book, as it consisted of a few hundred different tips & tricks, each requiring a "clever-ish" heading. And that was besides the content of the tips & tricks themselves, which ranged from 1/3 page to 2 pages long. Definitely a challenging book to write, but the positive feedback I got from readers (largely due to the book's "easy-to-digest" format) made it worth the effort.
One of the great things about a tips & tricks book is that you can pick it up anytime and glean a couple of nuggets without having to get into anything heavy. I got e-mails from readers of my aforementioned book saying they enjoyed being able to pull it out on the train ride to work, during downtime in the edit room, and . . . well . . . in another room located down the hall from the edit room. While "deep dive" tutorials (such as my series from Total Training, oh yeah, it's plugs-o-rama today) are great when you're starting out, a tips & tricks book can help bring your skills to the next level once you've got some basic proficiency.
Behold, my friends, the first such book for Adobe Production Studio, which I found sitting on my desk this morning upon returning from the long holiday weekend. Adobe Digital Video How-To's, 100 Essential Techniques with Adobe Production Studio by
Jan Ozer offers up a wide variety of tips & techniques covering the individual apps within Production Studio as well as the workflows of using the apps together.
Jan covers many ways to work more efficiently, like creating custom project presets & UI workspaces, and using the various monitors & scopes in Premiere Pro to accurately color correct. He clearly explains technical issues like interlacing and encoding for the web, as well as craft-related topics like 3 and 4-point editing. It's a great collection of knowledge for anyone using Production Studio, in easily digestible bite-sized bits and pieces, written by one of the top authors in the field.
Having written this sort of book I understand what an endeavor it is to come up with such a large collection of tips in the first place — and then the work of writing them all in a consistent, easy-to-understand way (along with creating the screen captures – yep, we authors have to do that ourselves). So I'm really thankful to Jan for putting in the months of work that went into this book — a much-welcome addition to the wide variety of training resources available for Adobe tools.


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May 6. The Asam Sahitya Sabha will launch an agitation to put pressure on Gauhati University to publish books and question papers for its degree courses in Assamese.
Sabha general secretary Paramananda Rajbongshi today said the university stopped publishing books for its degree courses in Assamese six years ago — a move that went against the interest of both the student community and the language.
"For the past three years, the university has been publishing question papers of its degree courses only in English. We will not let this continue. If the university does not publish question papers both in English and Assamese from the next academic session, we will take up an agitation programme," Rajbongshi said.
He said the sabha has held discussions with the university on the matter and has already sent three memoranda to the authorities but has not received any response so far.
The sabha held discussions with the All Assam Students Union (AASU) yesterday on the issue.
"AASU was not aware of this till we informed them yesterday. When we told them about it, they promised to put pressure on university to publish books and set question papers for its degree courses in Assamese," said Rajbongshi.
He said staking cue from the Gauhati University, Dibrugarh University had also decided not to set question papers in Assamese about seven months.
Thanks to intervention of the sabha, the university was forced to withdraw its decision, he said.
Asam Sahitya Sabha, the apex literary organisation of the state, has been fighting for use of mother tongues in official and educational institutions.
Responding to a request of the organisation, singer Debojit Saha today decided to appeal the people not to neglect their mother tongue.
"Wherever I perform, I will appeal to the people of Assam to use their mother tongues," Saha said.
The organisation also held meetings with the Bodo Sahitya Sabha, AASU, the All-Assam College Teachers Association and the All Assam College Principals' Council yesterday to discuss various language-related issues.
The organisations agreed to put pressure on the state government on various demands raised by the sabha and launch democratic movements if their demands were not fulfilled.


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If You Ask Me . . . Journals & Love Letters
Posted by Kristen M. Ploetz in Navigations on March 24, 2016
If you ask me whether you should keep your journals and love letters,
I will tell you, unequivocally, yes.
We've spent the past four days cleaning out the basement. It's to the point where the neighbors are probably wondering whether we are getting ready to sell the house (we aren't). But we've been here eleven years now and neither of us has ever sat down with the stuff we've carried forward from our younger years and gone through it with intention. There has been a lot of letting go. Good letting go.
But there has also been a lot of holding on.
For me, some of that holding on has included a tenth grade journal I stumbled upon and all of the letters my high school boyfriend ever wrote me. I cannot part with either. The reasons are complex and tethered deep in my heart somewhere. As you get older, I will try to explain why I cannot let go of the musty paper where my first love said the things I will carry with me always, even if subconsciously, and even though he is not the one I married. Though, maybe I won't need to explain. Maybe you will come to understand it all on your own. You, at the sweet age of eight, already keep a journal yourself. It's where you sometimes allow your innermost thoughts to spill forth unfettered. Keep doing that. And when those pages are full, or a particular journal stalls out (as they sometimes do), tuck it away until a long time from now.
Here is one reason to keep them which maybe you can already understand: you can look back some day and see the ways you've changed. And, perhaps more importantly, the ways you haven't. You will see the strong, platinum strands of whom you've always been sparkling from the darkened corners of long ago.
An excerpt from mine, one I wrote on March 24, 1989, some 27 years ago, when I was fifteen:
There are a few things that often boggle my mind about life. One is that time is such a precious thing. Every second that passes will never come about again. Time is unrecyclable. We are constantly living in the future, in a sense. If you look at it from a short term sense, there is no present because time is always slipping away. It's an indescribable thing, but I understand it.
The passage of time is a theme that I still consistently contemplate, all these years later. Reading about it in my yellowed journal this weekend granted me a kind of solace I wasn't expecting. It reminded me of the importance of being true to myself and honoring the ways my heart and mind work, even amidst the noise of everything else. I wish the same for you, many, many years into the future. And so when you are ready, close those last pages for good and don't look back. At least not until you need to make some space and remove the unnecessary things that stand in your way, all while hopefully catching a glimpse of those still glimmering threads of yourself from the past.
In case you missed it yesterday, my essay "In Sickness" was featured on The Manifest-Station. I almost never write about my marriage, and so it is a somewhat vulnerable piece. I hope you will stop by there and read it. – K
Copyright (c) 2016 Kristen M. Ploetz
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I've heard of the Hanford Mills Museum, and knew they had an ice harvest, but haven't attended. Thanks so much for sharing. It is terrific that this is still practiced so that folks can learn about it.
A February Harvest…By: Josh and Brent
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When most of us think of harvesting, we envision fields of grain, or orchards of fruit, or rows of vegetables. We think of summer. And autumn. What we usually don't think of is "February."
But to farmers in upstate New York during the 19th and 20th centuries, January and February were sometimes their most lucrative months of the entire year. That's because New York City used more ice per capita than any other city in the world – 300,000 tons in fact. (That's a lot of Manhattans.) And much of that ice came from upstate farms and communities.
Each January & February, (weather permitting, of course,) every available frozen fresh water source became a revenue stream. (Pun very much intended.) Farm ponds. Lakes. You name it…people harvested the ice as it "grew." During bad growing seasons, farmers could make as much or more from their ice harvest than they did from their autumn harvests. And if the seasons temperatures were particularly brutal, one could even reap two harvests from the same pond. Small consolation for a bad winter.
Harvested ice was stored year-round, covered in sawdust, lodged in specially built ice houses. Sometimes the ice was stored locally until sent by horse-drawn cart to the city. And sometimes it was sent by rail-car down to giant ice houses just outside NYC. It was used in the meat industry; for hotels and restaurants; and, before the advent of electric refrigeration, it was used in the iceboxes of private homes.
After a particularly cold winter and a hefty harvest stored ice was available year-round – especially if the summer was cool. But after an "open winter," when temperatures didn't drop far enough or long enough to create harvestable ice, there would be an "ice famine" the following summer. This could cripple certain food industries, and impact the Amercian economy as negatively as a poor crop growing season.
Recently we visited the Hanford Mills Museum in nearby East Meredith, NY. During warm months, Hanford Mills operates as a historic water & steam powered lumber mill/museum. It's well worth visiting to witness the antique mill equipment in action. But they also open up one day each February to harvest the ice from their pond. Visitors can help with the harvest, and the ice is stored on site until the following July 4th when it's used to make homemade ice cream. (Pencilling in our calendars now.)
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That was very interesting. They must be having a banner year itbeen so cold !
By: Dr. Brent
the ice was 22 inches thick this year!
I may be only 67, but I remember a pond near my childhood home that was called The Ice Pond, where we swam, until polio made us all afraid to swim together (and then there were the leeches….). I also once bought an odd object that turned out to be an ice saw, which we sold at a yard sale to someone old enough to recognize what it was.
To think that in this day and age of refrigerators that regularly pour ice into containers for our quick use, we are not that far removed from ice ponds.
Thanks for sharing! Lovely pictures. I didnt know about ice harvesting!
By: Carol
Thx for all the winter scenes. Too warm here (75 today) – will always miss NY! Be well –
By: Jane
Where is Millers Mills New York?
By: Barbara
What a great experience. Who knew? Now I do!
Thank you for sharing this.
What a wonderful day@! G's store in South Philly has the last working Ridgeway Walk in Refrigerator in Philadelphia. The store used to be in the early 1900's a Kosher Butcher shop. There is the "Hatch" at the top, where ice was put in to keep the ice box cold. After more than half a century, a compressor was added, and ice was not needed anymore. G, used it for the entire time he had his deli, 23 years, and now our tenants use the space for their Coffee shop. You must have had a blast….
Today was the ice harvest in Millers Mills NY. You should check it out next year. It's not too far away. They haul the ice to the ice house on horse-drawn wagons, and you can ride along. It's a great day!
By: Sandy S.
I just saw "Frozen" last night (amazing in 3-D) and this reminded me of the opening scene.
By: Robin A
This reminds me so much of the descriptions in Laura Ingalls Wilder's books. Her husband Almanzo Wilder lived on a farm in New York State as a boy, and one of her books ("Farmer Boy")was about that. I hope you do go back for the ice cream on the 4th! I would love to see the ice then.
Unfortunately, I didn't get to the ice harvest this year, but enjoyed everyone I did get to in the past. Still haven't gotten to the July 4 festivities and I have lived in Delaware county most of my life. Maybe this year.
THAT IS SO COOL! Who knew! Thank you.
Thanks for the interesting class on Ice Harvesting. sue t
Thank you for sharing this. It was very interesting. I always wondered how ice houses pre electric refrigeration kept the ice from thawing. Also interesting the ice industries impact on the economy.
By: Linda
I like this!
By: Carolyn
I see two layers of ice blocks in the ice house but it looks like a work in progress. How many layers will it take to make the ice last until July? I live where it doesn't get that cold so I'm 'enjoying' the winter vicariously through you.
The ice will be stacked to the ceiling of the ice house…and miraculously, it will only lose about 10% of its volume.
That was very interesting. I didn't ever think about an ice business and what that meant to the economy in days before refrigeration. Thanks for sharing.
What a great story, and a reminder that we didn't always have all these modern conveniences. I knew that ice was harvested back in the day…how cool that some of it came from Sharon Springs!
By: Liz
Very cool! (Pun not initially intended) Thanks for going out in the cold for us and then sharing these great photos. It will be interesting to see how the ice looks in July.


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Plum Kudu Wooden Climbing Frame
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Children will love this fantastic Kudu playset which will provide hours of outdoor fun and exercise. The wooden framed play centre gives all year round fun and helps with their physical development and increases balance and strength. This great playset includes a play tower with a wooden roof, playden, 2 swings, a 2 seat glider, slide, ladder, sandpit and monkey ladder. Lots of space for friends to join in the fun!
The premium FSC approved timber is extremely strong and sturdy and the swings have 10mm soft feel ropes and heavy duty blow moulded seats for extra durability. Parents can have piece of mind that their children are playing on a high quality play centre. The natural look of the timber will also blend into any garden design.
- Wooden framed play centre
- Play tower with wooden apex roof
- Play den, 2 swings and 2 seat glider
- 8ft slide, ladder and sandpit
- Large monkey bridge and 7 rung monkey ladder
- Made from premium FSC approved timber
- Soft feel ropes
- Heavy duty blow moulded seats for extra strength
- For family domestic use only
- 10 year warranty against wood rot and insect damage
- All hardware supplied for installation
- Metal anchors for concreting into the ground
- Supplied flat packed with easy assembly instructions
- Max user weight each swing 50kg
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t all started some 5 years ago when I acquired 7 wild caught Brochis splendens, varying in size from 4cm to 6.5cm. After being quarantined, these fish were placed in a 6 foot long by 14 inch wide by 12 inch deep tank. Sand was used as a substrate and it was filtered by an outside power filter. The tank also contained many small characins and Corydoras plus a few pairs of dwarf cichlids. The whole tank was fed a very varied diet which included Tubifex, Daphnia, bloodworm, flake food and catfood, all of which were readily taken by the Brochis. All the Brochis continued to thrive but showed no signs of any spawning activity. A new discovery?
Six months later a supposedly new high-fin Cory appeared in the dealers. They had green and black speckled bodies with orange, white and black blotched dorsals. All were very small, about 2cm. On examination of the dorsal rays they were found to be a Brochis species. 1 bought 10 of these very young Brochis and placed them in quarantine. Three weeks later they were placed in the 6 foot tank alongside the other Brochis. By this time their colours had changed quite dramatically. They had lost all the orange, white and black and had become metallic green, just like my original stock of Brochis. All the fish continued to grow well and lived together with no problems. None of the Brochis showed any signs of spawning activity even though many of the Corydoras species 1 had in that tank spawned frequently. Over the next few years the fish continued to grow. I had lost 5 of the original 7 wild caught fish. The remaining 2 had been the smallest of the batch but had now grown on to just under 7cm and were obviously mature fish. Of the hi-fin types, 1 had lost 5 and the remaining 5 fish had grown to about 5cm and then stopped growing.
New tanks for old.
At about this time we had decided to build an extension onto the back of our existing house. This meant that the fishhouse had to be pulled down. Many of my fish were rehoused in tanks in a tiered system in our kitchen, whilst the building work, which took 8 months to complete, was in progress. During this time 1 lost a further 4 fish due, mainly, to too many fish being held in close confines. 1 was left with 3 fish - one of the original wild caught batch which 1 was convinced was a female and 2 of the hi-fin types whose sex was indeterminate. 1 had a feeling that they may be males mainly due to the fact that they had not grown on as well as the female and they were a lot slimmer. The fish were duly installed in the new fishroom with all the rest of my Corydoras and small characins in a 4 foot by 2 foot by 2 foot tank which had been set up and running for a week. Two days later I noticed the 3 Brochis chasing around the tank in very close formation, with the smaller fish continually nudging the larger. I decided to move them just in case they did spawn as the characins would soon have eaten the eggs. The only tank available at this time was a 5 foot by 15 inch by 15 inch which I had set up as a furnished tank and housed a pair of unidentified Rainbow Fish. And now 1 wait.
After the next 5 days the tank was checked morning and night for any spawning activity. On the morning of December 17th the smaller fish were again seen chasing and nudging the larger fish. When I returned home from work that night and looked in the tank, the female was noticeably thinner. On looking carefully through the tank, eggs could be seen stuck to the back glass, all were within 3 inches of the surface and very few had been placed on the plants. The temperature was 74'F and the pH 6.5. The eggs were carefully removed using a Stanley Knife blade and transferred to a smaller tank, 18 inches by 6 inches by 6 inches, to hatch. The eggs were light yellow in colour but changed to orange, then light brown and finally became darkly mottled just before hatching. At 74'F the eggs took 4 days to hatch. On hatching the fry measured approximately 7mm in length including the tail and had a very small yolk sac. Of the 150 eggs collected from the tank only just over 100 hatched. The fry were darkly mottled and accepted Brine Shrimp on the second day after hatching.
They grew well and on the, 5th day 1introduced microworms to their diet. By the 12th day they were eating chopped up Tubifex worms and had grown to 17mm. By now their fins had fully developed, the dorsals becoming very large and strikingly coloured with an intense white edge. The fish grew on well and at 30 days old were 23mm long and looked just like the hi-fin Corys 1 had bought several years earlier. Late to bed...
Fourteen days after the first spawning the Brochis spawned again. This time they spawned at night. I managed to witness and photograph much of the preliminary spawning activity. The colours on the males and female became more intense and black reticulated markings became visible on all the fish. At this time the colour pattern closely resembled that of Corydoras sodalis. Unfortunately, they still had not started to spawn at 1.30a.m. and, as 1 had to go to work the next day, 1 retired to bed....early to rise.
First thing that morning, at approximately 6.00a.m., 1 went into the fishroom just in time to take a slide of their last spawning run. All the eggs had been placed on the undersides of floating plants and none on the tank sides. Again, the eggs were removed to hatch in a tank on their own. Of approximately 120 eggs collected only 42 hatched. Four nights after the fry had emerged from the eggs we had quite a severe frost in our area and the temperature dropped quite suddenly by approximately 5 degrees in the fishroom and the following morning 26 of the 42 fry had died. In subsequent spawnings I placed a small heater and outside stat on the tank to alleviate this problem. To date, the trio of fish have spawned 12 times and every spawning since the first has taken place at night in total darkness. The number of eggs hatched has never been greater than 50 and more often than not has been around the 30 mark. Placing low wattage bulbs over the tank and leaving them on when the fish showed some spawning activity only resulted in the fish losing interest completely.
The fish spawned regularly from the 17th December until the end of May and have not spawned since. This, I believe, could be be the end of their spawning cycle. Many of the catfish that we keep have this in built spawning calendar that, out in their natural environment, allows them to produce large amounts of offspring when there is an abundance of food available for the young to grow on. It also gives the adults a rest period and a time to recuperate ready for the next
6th day: approximately 14mm; dorsal still growing, getting a white edge; body markings reduced.
day: approximately 15mm; dorsal still growing, black
and white stripes very prominent; fins fully formed;
body beginning
25th day: approximately 23mm; dorsal at full height, orange and black mottled with a few white patches remaining; body deep, metalic green with black speckles.
30th day: approximately 27mm; dorsal losing colour; body colour deepening and losing black speckles.
43rd day: approximately 32mm; dorsal almost clear; body colour metalic green with no black present.
Plants, rocks and wood allow Brochis to choose its preferred spawning site.
This article was originally in
the Catfish Association of Great Britain's magazine
no.66, 1990.


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For the first time this year, the Nucleus Clinic invited the public into its Coon Rapids building for a celebration.
The focus of the April 25 spring wine, salad and chocolate open house and benefit event was bringing in the community members to see the clinic and celebrate the partnerships Nucleus Clinic has with Allina, Anoka County, Health Partners and the Minnesota Department of Human Services, said Becky Fink, executive director.
No tickets were sold nor were donations required, but the event, which included treats, massages and Reiki healing for the nearly 80 people who came, raised $3,000-$4,000 for the clinic.
"Approximately $10,000 has come from our patients alone," Fink said.
"They appreciate the care that Nucleus gives them and how they are treated."
The patients have a real sense of commitment to keeping Nucleus running as it is the only clinic of its type from Princeton to St. Paul, Fink said.
All the donations Nucleus receives cover the cost of items the clinic does not have funds for, with the majority of it covering clinic visits, medications, testing and clinic operation costs.
While a grant from Anoka County pays for low income residents from this county, "25 percent of the clinic's clients are from outside the county," Fink said.
Nucleus also receives funding for some patient groups from the Minnesota Family Planning Program and the Minnesota Department of Health.
The donations will also help as the clinic moves forward with creating an electronic health record system, which has to be completed by 2014 to comply with the federal Affordable Care Act, Fink said.
This is a really big project how much it will the cost is not known yet, she said.
"We do only paper (files) right now," Fink said.
This will be a big structural change for the clinic, she said.
Nucleus will also use some of the money to update its website and its brochures.
The brochures will cover body mass index, tobacco use and being more active, Fink said.
These are new areas the clinic needs to cover with its patients under the Affordable Care Act, which is more wellness-oriented, she said.
Tammy Sakry is at [email protected]


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Pilots who have problems obtaining Jeppesen charts or believe Jeppesen holds a monopoly on the distribution of IFR approach and en route charts might be interested to know that there are alternatives. Jeppesen isn't the only game in town, although the company has made an art of crafting its own approach charts and not simply repurposing government charts. In many cases, pilots have no choice because they need charts for parts of the world that seem to be available only via Jeppesen.
The situation is simpler in the U.S. because the government gives its NACO charts away to anyone who cares to download them. Outside the U.S. that is not always the case, although European AIS Database charts are also free online.
One alternative that is almost ready for prime time is the new European chart service from Seattle Avionics. That company expects European Union IFR chart data to be available on its Voyager flight-planning software soon. Right now, owners of the Honeywell Bendix/King AV8OR Ace handheld GPS navigator/EFB can purchase EU chart data for $799 per year.
At last year's NBAA Convention Arinc Direct announced another alternative–a new electronic charting feature that is part of the company's online flight-planning service. Users can drill down through layers, from high en route charts through weather and TFRs all the way to NACO and EAD airfield charts. There is no additional charge to use the electronic charts, which are provided by SkyVector.
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Lufthansa Systems has long been the major alternative to Jeppesen for airlines and has approximately 60 customers using its Lido/RouteManual and Lido/eRouteManual products. Subscriptions are not done by geographic area but depend on the airports the customer selects, so the company wasn't able to provide any pricing information.
The Lido/RouteManual and Lido/eRouteManual navigation charts are currently available only for the air-transport sector, but the company is considering its market approach.
Canada-based Navtech serves primarily airlines but a company spokeswoman said that Navtech paper and electronic charts are available for corporate operators.
Navtech is working on an Apple iPad app called iCharts, which will make all of the company's worldwide charts available on the iPad. The price for iCharts is expected to be $250 per year, although Navtech was unable to specify what areas of coverage are included in that price.


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A Helmut Newton Exhibit Shows His Photos of Sexy Women Were More Empowering Than Titillating (NSFW)
Rue-Aubriot-Paris, by Helmut Newton, at the Annenberg Space for Photography
©Estate of Helmut Newton.
The notorious photographer Helmut Newton died almost ten years ago, crashing his car into a wall at Chateau Marmont while suffering a fatal heart attack in early 2004.
Time and a decade's worth of provocative images, many based on his work, may have taken some of the edge off Newton's photographs. Yet this may also mean it's time to reevaluate Newton, variously called a fashion photographer, a star photographer, an artist, exploitative, an erotic creator, "naughty" and, always, a provocateur.
A new show, "Helmut Newton: White Women • Sleepless Nights • Big Nudes" at The Annenberg Space For Photography in Century City lets you make up your own mind.
Saddle, by Helmut Newton
©Estate of Helmut Newton
While some dismiss Newton's work as just shock and "kink," the models quoted in the show disagree, saying that "he loved women."
Villa dEste, by Helmut Newton
© Estate of Helmut Newton.
Newton's fame came from his arresting female images, particularly fashion spreads for prestigious publications like British and French Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. Some would say he revolutionized the business of selling clothes in general and couture in particular by bringing voyeuristic and even fetishist elements to fashion photography. The exhibit features large prints of strong women in various poses, including paired shots of a group of supermodels on the steps in couture and in the same pose, sans culottes.
Here They Come by Helmut Newton
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Yet the women shown in this exhibit, as their comments in the accompanying videos reveal, did not feel objectified, but rather celebrated as dominant, attractive female (role) models. Indeed, many of the images in the show, from three collections of images -- White Women, Sleepless Nights and Big Nudes -- are of glamazons confronting the camera fearlessly. As my art-going partner noted, she liked the images because they celebrated the female body and mystique, showing women as strong and forthright, rather than objectifying them as cheesecake.
Newton's back story is almost as fascinating as the images he created. Born Helmut Neustädter in Berlin, he bought his first camera at 12 and apprenticed with famed fashion photographer Yva, later murdered by the Nazis. Hoping to avoid such a fate, Neustadter's parent took the family to South America. Young Helmut chose to go to Singapore, where the British interned him as an enemy alien and sent him to Australia. He joined the Australian Army and changed his name to Newton. After the war, he married Australian actress June Browne, who became his lifelong collaborator. He worked as a fashion and theater photographer in Melbourne until 1957, when his growing fame won him a contract with British Vogue. He later lived and worked in Paris, Monte Carlo and Los Angeles.
Helmut Newton Self Portrait
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The videos accompanying the exhibition are well worth watching, both for a look at Newton's pixieish charm and working process, and for the comments by participants. Wife June Browne, models like Daryl Hannah, Carla Bruni and Cindy Crawford, and photographers influenced by Newton all appear. Particularly memorable is the creepy appearance of famed Hollywood producer Robert Evans, 83, a long-time Newton friend. The seven-times-married Evans crows with unseemly glee about how his ability to introduce young models to the great Helmut Newton "worked every time."
The show, which runs through September 8, is free. Annenberg Space for Photography is at 2000 Avenue of the Stars in Century City. More info at annenbergspaceforphotography.org/. Self-parking in the underground garage is $3.50 for three hours with validation Wednesday through Friday before 4:30pm. After 4:30 p.m. and all day on Saturday and Sunday parking is $1 with validation.
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A wonderful freehold period house set on one of the most highly regarded residential roads in Earlsfield close to all amenities and Earlsfield station.
This charming house offers 1654 sq ft of accommodation already and has further potential to extend the kitchen subject to relevant permissions.
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K.L. Heong, International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines
Rice production in Asia may be exposed to risks such as price floods, droughts, climate change, price volatility, labor shortage, food safety, pest and disease outbreaks. World Bank has established a knowledge- and experience-sharing platform for managing risk in development, FARMD (Forum for agricultural risk management for development) to promote knowledge exchange in agricultural risk management by fostering dialogue access to information and partnerships. In addition FARMD also provide opportunities for learning, capacity building and advancements in agricultural risk management. The forum works as a network to stimulate dialogue between public and private sectors, to promote collaborations, to improve coordination and access to contacts and information on good practices. Membership is diverse, encompassing multilateral and bilateral organizations, NGOs, private entities, regional organizations, actors in agricultural supply chains, and government organization. The 2012 FARMD Conference in Sheraton Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City October 17-18, 2012 focused on Risks and Rice in Asia.
The Conference was opened by vice minister Dr Bui Ba Bong and in his address he spoke about how Vietnam had done well in helping farmers manage risks associated with rice production. The rice industry can be subjected to many factors such as weather (floods and drought), government policies (like Thailand's rice mortgage scheme and India's lifting of the export ban), pests and diseases. At the panel on production risks, K.L. Heong described how rice's worst pest problem today is the BPH and this problem is induced by excessive insecticide use which is driven by poor regulations in pesticides distribution and marketing. Report in Vietnam News.
In December 2011 IRRI called for stricter control on pesticide use and launched the "Action Plan". The threat of insecticide misuse induced planthopper outbreaks was presented at the 34 th ASEAN Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry in Laos and now again at the FARMD risk forum. In December 2011 at the International Conference in Hanoi, the panel endorsed the mitigation option to manage pesticide marketing regulations. Vietnam has been taking steps to curb insecticide misuse issuing administration orders and developing new pesticide distribution and marketing regulations. Thailand working with the pesticide industry sector (Thai Agro Business Association TABA) as an interim measure launched a campaign to stop the use of resurgence causing cypermethrin and abamectin in June 2011. Some farmers in Suphan Buri did refrain from using these insecticides and some shops had stopped stocking them.
In the long term, structural transformation of pesticide distribution and marketing is necessary. Vietnam is taking the lead towards this by developing Circular # 18, which is to be implemented in November 2012. Meanwhile Vietnam is also considering the banning of cypermethrin from rice before the end of this year.
The Conference agreed to consider establishing an ASEAN Chapter of FARMD to provide a platform for research, debates and exploring of ideas on mitigation options for risks in production, rice prices, poverty reduction and sustainability.


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Top Teachers: Samuel Turner
By Patty Kruszewski, Citizen Managing Editor 02/18/11
Growing up, Samuel Turner always assumed that he would follow the family military tradition and end up in a job in which he designed or built airplanes, tanks and helicopters, or perhaps joined the Military Corps of Engineers.
But a Saturday morning during his senior year of high school changed all that.
Spending time at the Nottoway County home of his English teacher, the late John B. Cyrus, completely changed his perspective, said Turner. It was Cyrus – along with other teachers and principals he admired – who gave him an appreciation of the opportunity teachers have to make a difference in young lives.
Looking back, Turner said, he always had people around him who provided advice and "taught me a different way to view things."
His sister and brother both challenged and nurtured him, and he noted that both have had successful military careers, in addition to becoming teachers in their respective fields.
As a teacher of pre-engineering, technology, and 21st-century learning, Turner (who taught at Short Pump Middle School before Holman opened) said that among his biggest challenges are the misperceptions that exist about gender in that curriculum. He has found it especially rewarding, as a result, to watch female students blossom.
He described one such student who began besting older students in competitions as a sixth-grader, delivered winning campaign speeches as a seventh-grader, moved on to leadership positions in TSA (Technology Student Association) and "almost single-handedly increased the female interest in engineering, technology and TSA." Recently, he said, he was honored to provide letters of reference as she applied to schools of higher education.
Another challenge of teaching technology, he said, is what he calls the "influences of the modern Information Age."
While modern electronic marvels save time and provide instant information and entertainment, he said, they also foster a perception that technology is the answer to everything, "and that success is just a keypunch away.
"I try to instill in the students," said Turner, "that no matter what electronic gadgets we have at our disposal, they are [simply] tools . . .The greatest computer or tool ever made sits squarely on their shoulders – and its potential is limitless."
He also strives to find special and unique things about what interests each student, and to teach "every student in every class like they are preparing to go to Harvard."
Seeing his students embrace new ideas and apply their classroom lessons in exciting ways at technology competitions, he says, is "marvelous to behold."
Turner succeeds at getting to know every student, according to parents, because his work day often lasts from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
"His door is always open," marveled one parent. "Kids will hang out in his classroom both before and after school, when they need a place to 'just be', or need a shoulder to lean on. . . He teaches so much more than just technology. He welcomes all children, and finds a way to connect with each one."
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A Different Kind of Exhaust
I tagged along with Capt. Bill Pike on the SC42 test, and one detail that turned our heads—actually helped to snap "em back during those WOT speed runs—is the somewhat ungainly named Integrated Exhaust Hull Structure (IEHS). By its nature IEHS almost disappears into the finished boat, but its effects are noticeable.
In the construction photo (right) you can see traditional round exhaust pipes about to be linked from the engine manifolds to decidedly nontraditional "dump boxes" (1), which are bonded both to the hull and to molded-in ducts that run back along the bilge to the aft "thrust slots" (2). As the big MAN 730s spool up, the many thousand cubic feet of exhaust not only exit those underwater slots quietly, and without a chance to splash or smudge the transom, but also help lift the SC42 onto plane. Then carefully calibrated wedges worked into the bottom just forward of the slots induce a suction that relieves the diesels of backpressure, accounting in part for the SC42's sporty acceleration. Plus, at idle speeds, water sitting in the dump boxes helps with muffling and also switches the exit to the bypass pipe (3), which is sized fairly small so that the gases being ejected at the waterline (4) are accelerated away from the boat. To top it all off, the rugged and essentially simple system occupies less than half the space of conventional pipes and mufflers, which on the SC42 creates the space for two deep fishbox/lockers molded into the cockpit sole.
It's a sign of Hinckley's pursuit of better boatbuilding technology that it is one of the early adopters of IEHS, but the engineering is not exclusive to it or any company. George VonWidmann (www.vonwidmanndesigns.com) has spent nearly 15 years developing IEHS, and he says that some major boatbuilder contracts, as well as a new level of exhaust/hull integration, are about to be made public. Look for the whole story in next month's PMY. —Ben Ellison
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Long Beach Playhouse Interviews EQUUS Director Robert Craig; Show to Run 9/7-10/5
Long Beach Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Andrew Vonderschmitt recently talked with director Robert Craig, about the play EQUUS, and his interpretation of the work for its upcoming production at The Playhouse, September 7 - October 5, 2013.
Andrew Vonderschmitt: Can you tell us a little about the play?
Robert Craig: Equus was written by Peter Shaffer and was first staged in 1973 by The National Theatre at The Old Vic Theatre in London, England.
Shaffer was inspired to write Equus when he heard of a crime involving a 17 year old who blinded six horses in a small town near Suffolk, England. He set out to construct a fictional account of what might have caused the incident without knowing any of the details of the crime.
AV: How did he manage to construct a story without knowing the details?
RC: The play takes on a sort of "who dunnit" tone, only in this case it's not "Who dunnit" it's the "Why he dunnit." Along with this detective story approach to the tale, Shaffer uses elements of Greek Theatre to explain to a modern audience how a 17 year old could create Gods out of horses.
AV: The horses play a central role in this play. You made some interesting decisions in how you approached the horses. Can you tell us a little about that?
RC: Traditionally the actors playing the horses are dressed in dark clothing covering them from head to foot, making them sort of androgynous characters on stage. To accentuate the sexuality inherent in the piece I have chosen to have the actors playing the horses dressed in a manner that celebrates the human form.
And I cast one female horse in order to prevent the attraction from being neither hetero nor homosexual in nature.
AV: I like that. Horses and sexuality gets us into fetish territory. Do you think that's what drives the teenager?
RC: I believe he is drawn to horses as Gods and whatever sexuality he feels toward them is just an expression of his intensity of feeling. It is not my intention here to promote either form of sexuality, but to focus on the play's intent and avoid any confusion that would distract from the play's message.
AV: What makes this a psychological drama rather than a discourse on sexual angst?
RC: Shaffer incorporated some Brechtian conventions in the structure of Equus. The most notable is the continual reminder that you are watching a play. By having the cast on stage as a "chorus" at all times during the show, the audience becomes even more deeply involved and invested in the outcome.
AV: Any final thoughts?
RC: My personal thanks to one of the most committed and talented casts I have ever worked with. And a heartfelt thanks to the designers and staff here at the Long Beach Playhouse for being so heavily invested in this production and providing the support we have needed to make it a success.
Pay what you can Thursday September 5 - community can see this production for whatever they can afford
Two for One Preview Friday September 6 - Tickets are $12.00
Opening Night Champagne Reception with cast on September 7 - Tickets are $27.00
Adults are $24.00, seniors $21.00, and Students $14.00. Tickets are available at www.lbplayhouse.org, or by calling 562-494-1014, option 1.
Long Beach Playhouse is located at 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach, CA, 90804, right across from the Long Beach Recreation golf course. The Playhouse is community-supported theatre with programs and events that cut across age, gender, ethnic, and cultural boundaries. Performances are 8 p.m. Friday, and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. The box office is openWednesday-Saturday from 3:00-8:00 pm and Sundays from 1:00-2:00 pm on scheduled matinees.
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..."With my thumb in its mouth, I just pushed its head down into the muck," Borch said. With the animal belly-up, she held its head under water. "It was still struggling and clawing at my arms. It wouldn't let go of my thumb," she said.
Borch said she held it there for what felt like an eternity until finally it stopped struggling and "its arms sort of of fell to the side, its chest still heaving really slowly."
After the raccoon stopped moving, Borch pulled her thumb from its mouth and ran the three-quarters of a mile the way home, where her mother drove her to the local medical center. Her father went back to retrieve the raccoon, who packaged it up in a "Taste of the Wild dog food bag" (which seems like a strangely specific detail to this story) and took it to Maine Warden Service. It later tested positive for rabies by the Maine Center for Disease Control....
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"FINE" is an Understatement!I love the play on words Benefit uses for its products. And, like most of their products, their new "Fine ONE-ONE" is a multi-tasking hit! I do use powder blushes, but they have to be ultra-soft and completely seamless so that the color doesn't drag me down and make me look old (I fancy Tarte's "Amazonian Clay" version, along with Estee Lauder's "Signature Silky Powder Blush" and Lancôme's "Blu...read moresh Subtil"). This is a very unique cream-to-powder formula. It comes in an oblong shape with three sheer colors--a pink-champagne colored highlighter on one side, a rosy watermelon hue in the middle, and a brightening coral at the other end. Benefit is famous for using products to "fake it" (think of "The Realness of Concealness" here, a totally wonderful blend of concealing products to both disguise imperfections and make your skin radiant at the same time). When you apply this lightweight trio of shades, hold the container so that the pink-champagne highlighter is at the top. Begin at the apples of the cheeks and sweep upward and outward. Then, blend in a gentle circular motion. You've not only added color to your face this way, but you've contoured it as well. Talk about clever! Coverage is so translucent that it is suggested that you layer it over or under other tints or powders. I don't find that necessary. If you desire additional "oomph," simply repeat the process. (Just a hint here: Since you are using the wand up against your skin, wipe with a clean tissue immediately afterward to keep the product clean and free of contamination. And, no, I am not OCD.) This color is so pliable, so workable that it would flatter those with the fairest skin to those with medium- and dark-toned complexions. Simply work with it. Once you're done with your cheeks, swipe across your lips (once again cleaning afterward). What I've noticed is a gentle pink glow which is very becoming! This blush stays in place a long time and would be a wonderful addition to your spring/summer makeup colors. — 4 years, 4 months agoGigiSD | 1102 reviews
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Love it!This is a great coral blush, highlighter and contour in cream form. It comes in a pretty copper container, and one turns a little wheel to use more product. You need to be careful about how you sweep this on your cheeks. You want to be sure the very light coral highlighter is on top and not the bottom. The person who sold this to me showed me how to use it properly. Sweep it across the apple...read more of the cheek and up onto the side of your face, kind of like making an "L" shaped swoop. (and a backward "L" on the right side.) Then, blend with your fingers by tapping...not rubbing. It's lightweight, and if you want more color, simply apply another layer. I was also told to use it as a base for powder blush. I used the Too Faced "Sweethearts" blush on top, and it gave me a very lovely glow. If you want a slight blush, use one or 2 applications. If you want more color, apply a powder blush over it. I am very pleased with this product. I tested it on several different trips to Sephora, and finally decided it was a good choice for a summer blush, and light enough to not look overly made up. I suggest the combo with the too Faced Sweethearts. — 4 years, 3 months agoCaroleVonAllten | 1401 reviews
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A fresh-faced Little Bit of Heaven star Kate Hudson, 32, was seen shopping for cosmetics with her 7-month-old son Bingham in London, England on Tuesday (March 20). Papa Matt Bellamy was not spotted with the pair.
The Academy Award-nominated actress, her hubby-to-be, 33, and their child have been staying in London, where the British rocker keeps a home. Bingham's older brother is Ryder, 8, Hudson's son with ex-husband Chris Robinson.
Engaged for over a year, the couple were the subject of rumor suggesting they were secretly married, thanks to grandma Goldie Hawn.
"When my daughter Kate married an English rock star it didn't worry me," Hawn, 63, was misquoted as saying.
Hawn set the record straight on Twitter Monday, writing: "Darling, once again twisted the truth. They aren't married. . . They never get it right."View Slideshow »»


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2. The health officials will check for cases of meningitis, polio, yellow fever and other diseases that are endemic to some countries. Arrangements have been made to vaccinate pilgrims if they have not taken it in their countries of origin," he said. (Arab News, 27-11-2007)
3. Lulwa Shalhoub, Arab News JEDDAH — A national weeklong campaign to vaccinate children under the age of five against polio kicked off yesterday in health care centers run by the Ministry of Health in Jeddah. (Arab News, 24-02-2008)
4. Meningitis survivors sometimes sustain brain damage or other complications from the disease. Authorities in Kano state are blaming the Pfizer controversy for widespread suspicion of government public health policies, particularly the global effort to vaccinate children against polio. (Washington Post, 20-07-2007)
5. The government had teams at the ready to vaccinate animals at farms around the infected area if the outbreak had got out of hand. Farmers have generally praised the government for responding quickly to the latest outbreak, in contrast with a devastating 2001 outbreak when more than 6 million farm animals were killed, costing the economy some 8.5 billion pounds. (Washington Post, 15-08-2007)
6. Asked about the hospitals' refusal to vaccinate children because of the scarcity of the vaccine, Seema Farhad, a mother of three, said: "I was told to call and check about the availability of the MMR vaccine at the hospital only after two weeks from now." "The case in other hospitals and clinics is the same," said a staff member of Thomairy National Clinic, when asked about the availability of the MMR vaccine. (Arab News, 25-12-2006)
7. "In recent weeks, the UN worked to vaccinate 4.7 million Iraqi children five years and under ... as part of a series of initiatives aimed at bolstering health among the population," the statement in the Jordanian capital, Amman, said on Sunday. (Aljazeera, 19-07-2005)
8. The government aims to vaccinate up to 20 million children against the dreaded malady. People with children lined up yesterday at camps around Dhaka as the government launched the first phase of a three-round campaign to vaccinate for free 18 million-20 million children against polio. (Arab News, 17-04-2006)
9. "Firstly, we can confirm it is actually possible to vaccinate humans against this bird flu virus using existing technology," said Terry Nolan, the principal investigator. (Aljazeera, 17-02-2006)
10. China intends to vaccinate its entire poultry population Scientists in the institute spent four years developing the vaccine. (Aljazeera, 26-12-2005)
11. The government announced last month it intended to vaccinate its entire poultry population against bird flu. China's poultry population is the world's biggest with 14 billion fowls produced each year. (Aljazeera, 26-12-2005)
12. Court also cited figures released last week showing that measles deaths fell by '1 percent in Africa between 2000 and 2006 due to an initiative to vaccinate children. (Washington Post, 10-12-2007)
13. The staff was forced to vaccinate the entire population in mid-July. (Washington Post, 13-05-2008)
14. Emergency immunisation The Angolan authorities undertook an emergency immunisation at the end of July to vaccinate an estimated five million children. (Aljazeera, 16-08-2005)
15. Bushra had earlier said that the fresh cases of bird flu in Egyptian poultry showed that there was still a risk for human cases, but a large outbreak was less likely to take hold or spread so long as Egypt continued to vaccinate poultry. (Arab News, 12-10-2006)
16. In Brussels, EU animal health experts considered requests from France and the Netherlands, Europe's biggest poultry producers, to be allowed to vaccinate millions of birds against avian influenza. (Aljazeera, 22-02-2006)
17. This could double, depending on the time it takes to vaccinate sufferers. It is estimated that some 3,500 hospital wards will be needed to treat patients so the plan calls for private clinics to give up any free space they have and for authorities to turn hotels into treatment areas. (Kathimerin, 14-11-2005)
18. Vaccinators, who had not yet dispersed, were sent back to vaccinate in those areas. More recently, surveyors in Africa have been using pocket computers loaded with an open-source program, EpiSurveyor, developed by a Washington-based nonprofit, DataDyne, to track coverage after supplemental measles vaccination campaigns. (Washington Post, 30-11-2007)
19. Usmani said authorities were investigating the new cases to see if the farm owners ignored instructions to vaccinate their birds. "We are keeping a close watch and there is no cause of concern," he said. (Arab News, 24-05-2007)
20. In another development, the United Nations yesterday said it plans to vaccinate more than seven million Afghan children during a three-day immunization campaign across the war-torn country. (Arab News, 28-02-2006)
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HOUSTON - Deputies are looking for a man and woman who have targeted at least four businesses in east Harris County in the past couple of weeks.
Harris County sheriff's deputies said the first robbery was Sept. 14 at a loan office in 13400 block of Woodforest. The two posed as customers before the man went behind the counter, pulled a knife and took all the money from the cash register, investigators said.
Detectives said they identified the man as 25-year-old Joseph Payton, who previously served a six-year sentence for armed robbery.
On Sept. 23, Payton and the woman hit a convenience store on Normandy Street, detectives said. This time, Payton had a gun, deputies said.
Payton apparently gave the gun to his lady friend, who used it a short time later to take down a cellphone store nearby, investigators said.
Deputies said on Sept. 27, the two robbed another loan office in the 12600 block of Woodforest. The woman held a gun on the clerk and forced her to clean out the safe and cash register, investigators said.
Detectives haven't found Payton yet, but he's charged with three counts of aggravated robbery.
The woman has not yet been identified.
Anyone with information regarding Payton's whereabouts and/or the woman's identity and her whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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