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Stephanie in the water
Midway through the 2014 ASP World Championship campaign, Stephanie Gilmore is ranked third in the world and in the hunt for her sixth surfing world title. We caught up with Gilmore, 26, in Los Angeles during a rare break in her summer schedule. You can see some of that conversation in the "World Of X Games: Women Of Action" show, airing Saturday at 3 p.m. ET on ABC. Below, we talk with Gilmore about her upcoming film, "Stephanie in the Water," which will be available for download Aug. 5.
XGames.com: You've had a tumultuous few years. How are you feeling today?
Stephanie Gilmore: I'm good. I'm feeling great. I'm injury-free. And I'm traveling the world. I pretty much have the best job in the world. You'd be happy, too, if you had my job.
You refer to last year as a year that didn't exist, a breather. How do you feel the 2014 season has gone for you so far?
The 2014 season started with a bang. I'm on the attack. I'm not defending the world title this year, so I'm in a different position. I started out really hungry. I came out strong and won the first event at my home break at Snapper Rocks, and that took the pressure off. The next three events, I was a little too relaxed and probably still excited for my first win. I let my guard down. The last event in Fiji, I felt that was my moment to really shine and get another win. I ended up coming in second, but it was a good moment for my confidence. Halfway through the season, I feel great.
Of all the changes to the ASP this season, what are you most excited about?
We haven't had events in waves that have really challenged us for a few years. All of us girls, we're so talented and we want to push ourselves, and we just haven't had that platform as of late. I think the biggest change for us, especially, is having these events back on tour that really challenge us, where we're forced to ride bigger boards and your adrenaline is running like crazy. You're sitting out in the lineup going, "Oh my gosh, am I about to drown? Am I about to get smashed on the reef?"
Aside from competing, you've been filming a movie for the past few years. It's a very personal portrait of your life. What was that experience like?
It's pretty nerve-racking because it's a very intimate documentary. I started filming with Ava Warbrick [daughter of Rip Curl founder Claw Warbrick], who is now a really good friend of mine. We met through surfing, but she lives in New York and has an art and film background and knowledge of surfing. At first, we were like, let's just make some webisodes and do something fun about surfing and traveling.
How did the film blossom into what it is now?
As our friendship grew, we continued to travel, and I was very comfortable with the camera following me around. Ava took me out of my world of surfing and said, "Let's go run around Paris. Let's go run around New York. Let's see what else you're interested in and capture it on film." Athletes don't usually do that. They don't want to break the routine. That is what's special about surfing. We're able to cross into different worlds.
For how many years did you film?
We started filming back in 2009, and as the years went on, the story kept unfolding and getting better and juicier. There was drama and world titles and Ava and I started to realize this is going to be something bigger and better. We finished filming in 2012 and the story was incredible. So we said, let's make it a really beautiful portrait documentary and something that the surfing world hasn't seen. It's unique and it's true to myself. It's a glimpse into the lifestyle I live, which is very special.
What message, if any, do you hope people take from the film?
It's a film about a young girl figuring herself out. I was questioning myself, like, why am I doing this? Why do I want to keep winning? Nothing physically happens when you win a trophy. You don't gain a superpower. You just get a trophy. This movie is about me feeling and figuring out my motivation. It's about a young girl seeing what she wants to achieve and how far she can go to be the best person she can be and live her dream.
"Stephanie In The Water" will be available for download on Aug. 5, and U.S. screening dates will follow.
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1 September 2017
In September 2017, Harcourts staff, family, friends, and supporters across Australia will once again walk down a different path and joining forces with White Ribbon Australia to take a stand against violence.
"Walk a Mile in Their Shoes" is an education and fundraising campaign led by the Harcourts Foundation in conjunction with Harcourts Real Estate to increase public awareness of the impact of violence against women in Australia. The event will take place in Campbelltown (and across Australia) on Friday 1st September, and all participants are encouraged to wear heels and "walk a mile" (actually, around a kilometre) along a designated public route, to show solidarity and draw attention to the cause, whilst working towards our goal of raising $100,000 for White Ribbon nationally.
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This year, the STM takes root at MUTEK's headquarters with its Funambus. Situated opposite the Monument-National, at Place de la Paix, the bus will host a free surprise performance by an international artist, from 4:30pm - 6pm from Wednesday June 2 through Friday June 4, 2010, in collaboration with Bande à Part. Details will be revealed through social media, our website, as well as through an information booth and listening stations at the Funambus, the day of the performance. These presentations are free to the public.
- Date
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Operators safely shut down Limerick Generating Station Unit 2 for a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage shortly after midnight EDT Monday, March 23.
POTTSTOWN, PA (March 23, 2009) - Operators safely shut down Limerick Generating Station Unit 2 for a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage shortly after midnight EDT Monday, March 23.
This shutdown completes a successful run of 402 days for Unit 2 and sets a new record at Limerick for a dual unit continuous run of 363 days.
"Both Unit 1 and Unit 2 have been online for a year, which represents the station's high degree of reliability for the region's electricity supply," said Chris Mudrick, Limerick site vice president. "The team has been preparing for this outage for more than a year and we are now ready to execute our plan safely and efficiently. A successful refueling outage will enable us to safely and reliably operate the unit during the next two years."
During the outage, workers will perform approximately 19,000 activities on a variety of plant components and systems. This includes replacing approximately a third of the reactor's fuel and performing a series of extensive inspections. Many of the activities performed during the shutdown cannot be performed while the plant is running, and all are designed to ensure the safe and reliable production of electricity through the 24-month operating cycle.
To support this effort, the station will utilize the talents and expertise of close to 2,000 additional workers. These men and women are skilled workers from other Exelon sites, local union halls, travelers from outside the area and specialized vendors. They all provide a temporary benefit for the local economy.
Limerick Unit 1 will continue to generate electricity during the Unit 2 shutdown. Limerick Generating Station is located approximately 21 miles northwest of Philadelphia. With both units at full power, the site can produce enough electricity for 2 million homes.


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2 pro-union protestors arrested near Michigan Capitol
Thousands rally in Lansing for, against right-to-work legislation
LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State Police say pepper spray has been used to subdue a protestor outside the state Capitol who had his hands on a trooper.
Capt. Harold Love says the female trooper was being pulled into a crowd Tuesday. Love says a male trooper standing nearby gave two short bursts of pepper spray to end the incident. There was no arrest.
Thousands of union supporters are at the Capitol protesting legislation that would make financial support of unions voluntary. The bills are expected to become law when they hit Gov. Rick Snyder's desk.
Love says two people were arrested when they tried to get into the George Romney Building, a state office building that was closed.
On the Capitol grounds, a big white tent erected for supporters of the legislation collapsed. There were no injuries.
- RAW VIDEO: Protestors tear down Tea Party's tent outside state Capitol
- RAW: Protestors camp out in front of Gov. Snyder's office
Hundreds of demonstrators earlier packed all four levels of the rotunda, chanting "Union!" and" What's disgusting? Union-busting!" They stomped their feet and banged together hard hats.
A block-and-a-half mass including autoworkers, sheet metal workers, machinists, and electrical workers chanting "We are the union, the mighty, might union" left the Lansing Center Tuesday morning , en route to City hall, across from the Capitol.
Spectators lined up in the dark Tuesday morning before the building opened, shouting and stomping their feet in below-freezing temperatures.
Four large inflatable toy rats were set up on the Capitol lawn. They bore the names of Snyder, House Speaker Jase Bolger, Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville and Dick DeVos, a Grand Rapids businessman whom union leaders believe is pushing the right-to-work bills.
What the people have to say
Fifty-seven-year-old Valerie Constance is a Wayne County Community College District developmental reading instructor and member or the American Federation of Teachers. She sat on the Capitol steps with a sign shaped like a tombstone. It read: "Here lies democracy."
Fifty-year-old carpenter Edward DeRocher of Walled Lake held a sign that said, "One Tough Turd," a commentary on Snyder's 2010 election slogan, "One Tough Nerd."
Sue Brown is a 50-year-old pipefitter from Midland. She said she's not in a union, but she's convinced that right-to-work legislation weakens unions' powers, leading to lower wages for everyone. She says unions including the United Auto Workers "created the middle class."
Wes Nakagiri of Livingston County's Hartland Township is an engineer with an auto parts supplier in Troy and says he turned out to see the "historical significance" of the day. He says he supports the legislation but "can see both sides."
Sixty-one-year-old Lindsey Curtis of Flint says she is inspired by the gathering after fearing "unions had just rolled over." The retired police identification technician and water department meter reader says she hopes the governor "hears the message."
Safety at the Capitol
Early in the morning, Local 4 was there and found police already out patrolling the grounds.
"The biggest challenge will be just controlling the flow of people in and out of the Capitol. Everybody's going to want to be inside," Michigan State Police Capt. Harold Love said. "But as you know, there's a capacity to the building. So, once we have people trying to get inside and getting people to comply and understand that we have to keep a certain number of people in different areas of the building."
Love said police have riot gear on hand and will be monitoring all entrances to the building -- even windows.
He said there was an incident last week when a group of protestors climbed into the Capitol through a building.
"Once we detected that, it was just a matter of getting some troopers over there to care of it. When you say it's a wake up call, you just didn't think people would go to that level to try to defy what we were trying to get them to do," he said. "We took some corrective measures and that won't happen again."
Read more: State police prepare for right-to-work protest at Capitol
AFSCME union representative Robyn Price says it is obvious what's going on here.
"The long-term effect is this is union-busting at its best. And you don't go in and say, 'I don't want a union, but I take all your revenue away.' So how can you survive?" said Price.
Rainbow PUSH chief Pastor D. Alexander Bullock gathered fellow pastors at his Bethany Baptist church in Detroit to figure out a future game plan.
Read: Warren, Taylor schools close as teachers head to Lansing
"Indeed, we think that we can still convince (Gov. Rick Snyder) to veto," Bullock said. "But this is an issue for the greater community."
There is no veto coming as Snyder likely is to sign the right-to-work law either Wednesday or Thursday. It may take that long for the legislation to reach his desk.
"Unfortunately, because of Proposal 2 and that whole process, it got highlighted enough. Now, let's just try to treat each other with respect and get through this difficult time," said Snyder.
More: Snyder talks to Local 4 about controversial right-to-work
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"When a team beats you, as Georgetown did earlier this season, you want to come back and beat them," said head coach Steve Lavin. "I think the bigger picture here is that the team is continuing to make strides in a positive direction."
The Red Storm scored the first 15 points of the game and led wire-to-wire on the way to an 82-60 victory over Georgetown on Sunday night. The win was St. John's eighth in nine chances and fifth-straight in Big East play, as the Red Storm moved into a tie for fifth-place in the conference after its well-chronicled 0-5 league start.
Not lost on D'Angelo Harrison, who dropped 24 points on the night, or his teammates, was the fact that Georgetown had beaten the Red Storm in each of their last six meetings.
"This group, we've never beaten Georgetown," the junior guard said. "We're going to celebrate it for the next hour, but we got to get ready for Butler."
St. John's (17-9, 7-6) was led by conference Rookie of the Year candidate Rysheed Jordan, who also had 24 points. The mark was a career-high for Jordan, who was an efficient 8-for-11 shooting on the night with a career-best three 3-pointers to go along with three assists.
The Hoyas (15-10, 6-7) didn't get on the board until the 13:47 mark, when Jabril Trawick made a pair of free throws. The Hoyas were able to stay in it much of the rest of the way, even withstanding a 10-2 St. John's run to close out the first half, to get as close as seven.
Georgetown coach John Thompson III said that his club, which turned the ball over 14 times, simply made too many mistakes to win.
"We have a very small margin of error," Thompson III said. "Once we crawled out of the hole a little bit, we had a couple of breakdowns, which allows good teams to pull away again."
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After a very wet winter and a batch of chicken mixture (pellets, corn, grit) that had gone mouldy at the end of last month, our 6 year old pekin (but not our other 6 bantams) has had runny poos on and off for most of October. She's been in isolation for a fortnight now. Otherwise still happy eating and drinking if not a little pekin fussy, although today she has lost some tail feathers and has a mysterious bloody comb (although these two things might be unrelated to the diarrhea). Have fed her lots of yoghurt and put her exclusively on pellets. Diarrhea came back after offering some greens (spinach). The poos are normal chicken colour just in tiny little pieces and watery and not holding together.
Looking for some advice/encouragement as she is a lovely lady. We are leaning towards bacterial as the cause (mouldy food, comes and goes) but are being suggested towards parasites. Suggestions of vets in Auckland worth giving a call would be welcomed. It may all be in the normal bounds of chickenness, but we'd like her to be comfortable and happy like the rest of us after such a miserable winter! Will start tracking her weight from today.


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The Oscars are boring when they're predictable and a lot of fun when they're not. Most years, it's a mixed bag of categories for which the winners are easy to pick along with some not even Carnac the Magnificent could see coming, and this year is no different. Of the big six major categories covered here, three are virtual locks, two are a bit shaky and one is anyone's guess. If nothing else, at least we have host Seth MacFarlane of "Ted" (up for Best Song for his "Everybody Needs a Best Friend") and "Family Guy" to entertain us.
Best Picture
"Argo" has won all the major awards, the story makes Hollywood a hero, which Academy voters will love, and I think I still have a lump in my throat from watching the last half hour. Except for "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Silver Linings Playbook" and "Lincoln" (I respected those last two, but didn't necessarily like them), the other nominees were superb: "Amour" made me cry, which never happens at movies; "Django Unchained" was terrific film art with a strong message; "Les Miserables" had a sweeping emotional resonance that's difficult to achieve; "Life of Pi" is the most beautiful movie I've ever seen; and "Zero Dark Thirty" is a strong drama with a stirring finale.
Will win: "Argo."
Should win: "Argo."
Best Actor
Speaking of former Oscar winners, with a win for "Lincoln," Daniel Day-Lewis will join Katharine Hepburn as the only actors with three lead actor Oscars. And who will be presenting Day-Lewis with the award? The woman largely considered the greatest actress of her generation, Meryl Streep. Even those, like me, who didn't love "Lincoln" as a movie certainly appreciated Day-Lewis' incredible, lived-in performance as the 16th president of the United States. In another year, any of the other nominees would be strong contenders to win, as all of the actors in this category were fabulous — Hugh Jackman in "Les Miserables," Denzel Washington in "Flight," Joaquin Phoenix in "The Master" and Bradley Cooper in "Silver Linings Playbook."
Will win: Day-Lewis.
Should win: Day-Lewis.
Best Actress
This category is a bit more up for grabs. Most speculate it's between favorite Jennifer Lawrence for "Silver Linings Playbook" and Jessica Chastain for "Zero Dark Thirty," but don't count out Emmanuelle Riva from "Amour," a film that tugged at the heartstrings more than any other this year. Also nominated are Quvenzhane Wallis from "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and Naomi Watts, who was phenomenal as a mother wanting to reunite her family after being in a devastating tsunami in "The Impossible."
Will win: Lawrence.
Should win: Watts.
Best Supporting Actor
Tommy Lee Jones ("Lincoln") is the favorite, but any of the five nominees — all of whom have won in the past — could emerge victorious. Christoph Waltz proves he was born to speak Quentin Tarantino's words in his great performance in "Django Unchained," Robert De Niro actually acted again (for a change) in "Silver Linings Playbook," Philip Seymour Hoffman was one of the highlights of "The Master," and Alan Arkin provided perfect comic relief in "Argo." That said, Jones' bombastic grandstanding should be enough to get him his second statue.
Will win: Jones.
Should win: Waltz.
Best Supporting Actress
For as much as Day-Lewis is a lock for lead actor, you can count on Anne Hathaway as even more of a lock as best supporting actress for "Les Miserables." Her performance was, in a word, heartbreaking, and her stunning rendition of "I Dreamed A Dream" gave even the most hardened, unfeeling cynics goosebumps. We also see her get a real, live haircut in the film, which is not a reason for her to win, but it does show a gutsiness other Hollywood-types will respect. Other nominees are two-time Oscar-winner Sally Field for "Lincoln," Helen Hunt for "The Sessions," Amy Adams for "The Master" and Jacki Weaver for "Silver Linings Playbook."
Will win: Hathaway.
Should win: Hathaway.
Best Director
Ordinarily the winner of the Director's Guild of America award is the frontrunner but, inexplicably, the DGA winner for "Argo," Ben Affleck, isn't even nominated. Pundits are guessing it will be either Steven Spielberg ("Lincoln") winning his third Oscar or Ang Lee ("Life of Pi") his second, but don't count out Michael Haneke for "Amour," an emotional, unflinching story that's a notable highlight of Haneke's considerable career. Also nominated are Benh Zeitlin for "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and David O. Russell for "Silver Linings Playbook," which is the first movie since "Reds" in 1981 to have a nominee in all four acting categories.
Will win: Haneke.
Should win: Affleck. I don't care that he's not nominated, this award should be his.


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Who says that craft tools can't be beautiful? When Mollie from Wild Olive came across this lovely antique spool of thread, she couldn't help bringing it home. But, instead of displaying it on a shelf or hiding it away in a drawer, she used her lovely vintage find to create a unique necklace that she could wear anywhere!
Are your vintage spools collecting dust? Head over to her blog to see the complete tutorial, and make a necklace of your own!
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Booking dates
All the booking dates below open at 10am.
- Premium 2 Friends: 9 September
- Premium 1 Friends: 10 September
- Supporting Friends: 12 September
- Friends+: 19 September
- Friends of Covent Garden – Ballet: 23 September
- Friends of Covent Garden – Opera: 24 September
- Advance Booking Packages (Friends Booking): 18 September
- Advance Booking Packages (General Booking): 14 October
- Group Booking: 7 October
- ROH Students: 20 October
- General Booking: 21 October
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Ballet and Dance
Don Quixote
25 November–22 January
By Carlos Acosta after Marius Petipa
Carlos Acosta's exuberant production of this classic tale of friendship, love and loyalty is bursting with joie de vivre.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
6 December 2014–16 January 2015; Live cinema relay on 16 December
Welcome Performance for Families 6 December
By Christopher Wheeldon
Follow Alice down the rabbit hole in Christopher Wheeldon's thrillingly entertaining ballet.
The Mad Hatter's Tea Party NEW (Linbury Studio Theatre)
6 December 2014–3 January 2015
ZooNation burst onto the stage with their family Christmas show, a wonderfully wacky take on the madcap characters of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
24 January–27 February
By John Cranko
Music: Kurt-Heinz Stolze after Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
John Cranko's interpretation of Pushkin's verse-novel contains some of ballet's most emotionally charged moments, set to stirring music by Tchaikovsky.
Swan Lake
10 February–9 April; Live cinema relay on 17 March
By Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Anthony Dowell's production of the greatest romantic ballet draws upon the opulence of 1890s Russia.
London International Mime Festival (Linbury Studio Theatre)
The acclaimed annual festival returns to the Linbury Studio Theatre.
Murmur / Inked (Linbury Studio Theatre)
23–4 January
By Aakash Odedra
Aakash Odedra dances an exhilarating mixed programme, created in collaboration with choreographers Lewis Major and Damien Jalet.
Draft Works (Linbury Studio Theatre)
24–26 February
By The Royal Ballet
Dancers from within the ranks of The Royal Ballet create and perform experimental new works.
Ballet Black (Linbury Studio Theatre)
10–14 February
The award-winning company presents a dynamic mixed programme from leading choreographers.
Opera and Music
Tristan und Isolde
5–21 December
Richard Wagner
Dir: Christof Loy
Cond: Antonio Pappano
Christof Loy brings intense insight to Wagner's story of illicit love, told through music of thrilling power.
Un ballo in maschera NEW
18 December 2014–17 January 2015
Giuseppe Verdi
Dir: Katharina Thoma
Cond: Daniel Oren
Katharina Thoma directs a new production of Verdi's tragedy of illicit love, loyalty and betrayal.
Orfeo NEW (Roundhouse, Camden)
13–24 January 2015
Claudio Monteverdi
Dir: Michael Boyd / Trans: Don Paterson
Cond: Christian Curnyn
Listen to the Silence – A Journey with John Cage NEW (Linbury Studio Theatre)
30 January–1 February
John Cage
Dir: Wouter Van Looy / Letizia Renzini
Explore the mind-bending world of philosopher composer John Cage in Zonzo Compagnie's award-winning interactive family show.
L'Ormindo (Sam Wanamaker Theatre)
3 February-5 March 2015
Francesco Cavalli
Dir: Kasper Holten
Cond: Christian Curnyn
Experience Baroque music by candlelight in Kasper Holten's innovative production of Cavalli's comic opera L'Ormindo, in collaboration with Shakespeare's Globe.
Andrea Chénier NEW
20 January–6 February; Live cinema relay on 29 January
Umberto Giordano
Dir: David McVicar
Cond: Antonio Pappano
David McVicar directs a new production of Umberto Giordano's passionate drama of liberty and love in the French Revolution.
Der fliegende Holländer
5 –24 February; Live cinema relay on 24 February
Richard Wagner
Dir: Tim Albery
Cond: Andris Nelsons
Tim Albery's acclaimed production is a darkly insightful account of Wagner's early masterpiece, The Flying Dutchman.
Die Zauberflöte
23 February–11 March
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Dir: David McVicar
Cond: Cornelius Meister
Comedy and philosophy unite in Mozart's glorious The Magic Flute, brought enchantingly to life by David McVicar.


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One time I was more or less forced by my friends to go to Disneyland with them and oh, man, that hurt my wallet. It was pretty fun, actually, but to save money I ended up ordering 5 hamburgers with no french fries because this was the cheapest possible meal I could find in the whole park. You've really got to buckle down to stay frugal in these places.
Have an Amusement Park & TV Free Summer (and if you can't, find a way to make it cheaper)
• If you haven't begun to plan summer vacation for your kids—lest they spend the majority of it in front of the idiot box (as my mother called it) watching bad re-runs of bad sitcoms–now is the time to begin thinking about it. The more occupied the kids are outside of the house , the better. But left to their own devices kids will always find the most expensive diversions possible, but with a little planning and networking, summer vacation doesn't have to be expensive and their minds don't have to turn to mush. First my take on the amusement park issue and then, my suggestions for free or nearly free summer activities to keep the kids away from the TV and the video games.
• When my kids hear the word summer nowadays, even at the ages of 3 and 5 , they think two things: they are going to be in a wedding (three so far) and they are going to Disneyland (thanks to one of the weddings being next door to Disneyland, thank you cousin Briana). This is problematic for me. Disneyland costs something like $70 for my three year old to get in and the only thing they don't seem to charge for is breathing and going to the restroom. And technically you could use the picnic tables outside the gate and bring your own food, but socially you do so and you scar your children (I can see the therapy couch now). If one must be dragged to Disneyland, befriend an employee to help you out with tickets. Seriously, I haven't paid full price for Disneyland since they started making "Passports" and we could no longer just bring the Buster Brown shoebox full of E—through A tickets saved up and stored above the microwave in Grandma's kitchen.
• Disney employees tend to be geeky and take their employment as a brush with fame and greatness. They like to show off they work for the Mouse. Exploit this factor. They love feeling a little bit special and different from the rest of us. Use it and save $400. Of course the easiest way to get a family of four in is probably on a rainy Tuesday afternoon in February but you can try a week day in June as well.
• Other amusement parks have the same sort of employee and friends and families discounts but even if there are block out dates, the next best exploitation is to saddle relatives with a wonderful day out with your children at said amusement park. This works well because if they take them , you don't have to go! What works in my family is cultivating relationships with my twentysomething childfree but in a relationship cousins and sister with my two kids. Of course it helps that my kids are well behaved, independent with an uncanny savvy streak when it comes to well placed hugs and I love yous for their aunts and cousins. This summer, I don't even have to go to Disneyland. A cousin and her husband want the challenge of faux parenthood for a day, bless their silly souls.
• But still, amusement parks set a dangerous precedent of summer expectations so in reserve, I keep a good deal of other activities handy that hopefully will become routine enough that they'll never notice they were suckered into free and intellectually stimulating activities.
• Museums and libraries. Often both of these have summer programs for kids that either cost nothing or next to nothing. Library summer programs usually come with free t-shirts and crafts and pizza parties at the end. I schedule kids museum visits for the one free day a month. For example, when I do this in San Francisco, I can get about three free museum trips in if I plan ahead and hit the right museum on the right day (first Tuesday of the month for one, first Wednesday of the month for another). Most museums have 'family activities' on Sundays that are free or low cost.
• Little kids are entertained by empty boxes and playgrounds and wading pools. I drive the extra mile to take them to bigger or better playgrounds and parks with more stuff in them because it entertains them longer and wears them out (key). These things might seem boring to you but can give you lots of mileage. We've also mastered the art of having a really cool picnic basket and blanket that we cart everywhere so we don't have to stop for food. It helps that we've seldom gone to fast food so they don't really know it exists as a temptation and money sucker.
• My son's preschool teacher has started giving the kids the task of creating 'trash art sculptures' when they get bored. They clean up the neighborhood, make art out of found free objects (some of the last couple were pretty darn cool). They can clean up the neighborhood AND make art at the same time.
• We've been collecting old puppets from thriftstores all year and have created a 'puppet theatre' in the backyard. I've told each of my kids to think up the characteristics for each of their puppets. For preschoolers and kindergartners they've got some pretty elaborate storylines developing. Puppet theatre in the backyard can eat up whole afternoons and you only need to bring out some snacks and keep them hydrated.
• Good old swimming lessons. Many communities offer scholarships for swimming lessons at local community centers since swimming is something all children need to know how to do. You are sure to qualify if you live in a high cost of living area with more than one child.
• My husband uses the summertime to teach our son more computer skills. The fun type. The old delayed reaction digital camera is now the kids' camera and the old eMac with iLife '06 is now the kids learning and creating vehicle for them to learn on.
• There's always farming the kids out and getting them to take on jobs. We've told our five year old if he wants any more Star Wars Lego he has to start his own blog and get his own Google Adsense account. Of course he just barely started learning to read and write so , he might need a bit of help on this one. But older kids can always be forced into labor with enough shame and guilt. My mom forced my butt off of the summer couch with a summer hire job at the age of fourteen. My clothing options were much better in the fall that year—that works too.
• With a little creativity and advanced planning the coming summer doesn't have to be expensive or lethargic. Who knows? Cultivating their creative side could always work out in your favor. And perhaps any residuals from their fifteen minutes of creative fame they might share with you. And if that doesn't work, there is always Disneyland.
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How sad that "guest" thinks the only way to please kids is to buybuybuy. Can't wait to see the outcome of *that* (okay I'll turn off my sarcasm now!)
My family plans trips to a regional amusement park for once a month during the summer. We live way too far to consider trips to DIsney and it is way beyond consideration in our budget at this point. Besides- our youngest two kids are 1 and 3 respectively- does it make sense to spend thousands on airfare and hotels for them on something they will not remember? NO.
We instead go to Knoebel's Grove AMusement Park in Elysburg, PA. And yes- I am advertising-- the park is amazing at the low costs/high value they offer! A bit of a drive for us- but no cost to get in the park. Most amusement parks charge you to park and even get in the park at all- not Knoebel's. They have all day wristbands you can buy- or packs of tickets. We usually buy wrist bands for the kids (but not the one year old!) and ticket packs for adults- since we know we won't be riding that much anyways. We stop at Mickey D's for lunch on the way in and maybe Wendy's on the way home for dinner. Kids ride as much as they want and often ride their favorites several times. We find we don't end up needing to consider going to field days or carnivals-- just once an month to Knoebel's is enough. After dinner, kids get in pajamas and sleep all the way home. We have introduced many other families to Knoebels and they have all been pleased- and go again. It is also a half way point between us and other family- we have met my sister and her family for kids to have a day with their cousin.
Otherwise, my kids have swimming lessons free from the city every week day- with free swim afterwards for fun. We live across the street from a playground; we give liberal permission for friends to come over and play in the backyard. The sprinkler is frequently on for cooling off. We make popsicles for snacks everyday. My eldest is going away to summer camp for 3 weeks- we will pay for one week of church camp, she got a grant from our church for the second week of church camp (she has gone before and really loved it)-- and one week of girl scout camp was earned by her high volume cookie sales. Next eldest is not quite ready for sleep away camp, but he wants to go to day camp- we will pay for 2 weeks of this-- very inexpensive thru city school program available to us.
Mom bought a state parks pass every year when I was young. We would go to the beach almost every day, it was great. And yes - definitely enroll the kids in swimming lessons!
My sister worked at a food stand at Sea World last summer, so we took advantage of it and my sister got my daughter, my wife and I and 6 of her siblings in for a day with food and parking for a grand total of $5. That was money well spent!
By the way, Sea World and Busch Gardens have free admission for military personnel.
I think that we forget what fun can be had in the backyard or in neighborhood parks. Kids should be able to run and make their own fun. When I was little we were let lose to run around the neighborhood.
Trips to Disney are not in our kid's future. Thee are way better ways to have fun and travel without paying homage to Mickey and Minnie. Sounds like torture to me.
I'm facing a summer full of nothing for my elementary school aged kids. Normally, they would have a long road trip to see their cousins and two weeks of day camp. This isn't in the budget this year. My kids tend to fight if parked in front of "the idiot box" and that drives me crazy since I telecommute. I can't plan enough play dates.
Splash pools are useful even for older small kids - just to get wet. I have a friend that has a larger temporary pool with a pump that she uses every year. An 8 YO can get some swimming in that. The cost was maybe $200 in initial investment and this is her third year.
I am planning a library day each week because my kids do well with schedules. Libraries do have good free programs for kids in the summer. They also have air conditioning. There will be a grocery day. There's air conditioning at the store too. I'll probably drag those visits out a little (math games? scavenger hunts?). Also, I will have to invest energy in finding the free museum days, though I have difficulty in crowds.
This past Saturday was National Parks Day and we visited one about an hour from our house and it was SPECTACULAR! I love National Parks and their junior ranger programs are fun and informative. Also, they are pretty much everywhere. Even when they require a fee, you can bring a lunch and carpool with friends and it's still affordable.
I'm also thinking of getting my kids in the garden. Their teachers have set them up for that real well and even though we live in the desert there's lots of stuff to tend. Plus we can watch the lizards scurry. This is only good early mornings and evenings.
All this requires a lot of time and energy that, frankly, I'm not sure I have. So, coming to my original statement, I would love to see more posts (and comments) on just this sort of thing. Thanks!
I was raised by very frugal parents. They took me to Disneyland twice (when I was 4 and when I was 16.) My only souvenirs were ears and lots of pictures. I know that going to Disneyland was a major splurge for my parents.
I don't feel like I had a deprived childhood at all. In fact it's the other trips we took that I remember. One of my favorites was when we would take day trips to Carmel, hit the white sand beaches to fly kites and then browse through the art galleries.
I think sometimes the best thing for kids is to allow them creative freedom (supervised though.) I remember making up all sorts of fun activities with the neighborhood "gang". We'd have parades or pretend we were in Hawaii (put on our swimsuits and use a towel as a "boat".) We'd also make a "Bedouin" tent in the living room using chairs and a blanket and pretend we were Nomads. Camping in the backyard was fun too. I think lack of video games and no cable helped with this, but I'm sure todays kids still have imaginations.
I don't believe that you'll scar your children by limiting or forgoing the amusement park vacations.
I love some of the constructive ideas here. We live in a national forest near horse camps and such so we tend to go urban for vacations (hence, Disneyland). I was also raised close enough to Disneyland to hear the fireworks at night! (9 PM) LOL
The highlight of my kids' summer last year was the library's summer program. A few hours every wednesday, they got to read, play games, interact with other kids, and make crafts. All for free.
I agree that many things are time consuming! That's what I like about puppet theater. I set it up on the side of the house and let them go crazy with them. Works best if a few other kids get to come over too.
We're hoping California will be able to keep a few state parks open this year. We'll see.
Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Come on, Guest, I'd say Margaret's kids have been to Disneyland a lot more than most other kids. They must not live that far away. I only went once, when I was really too old for it, and I'm not planning on taking my kids at all. Yet all my friends are telling me that I'm the "fun" mom because of the (cheap) 4th birthday party I just threw for my daughter.
Our big fun summer project? We're getting compost worms! Does that make me a curmudgeon?
But now live a blissful 14 hour drive away....the compost project sounds fun! We garden as well but the wildlife usually breaks , enters, and eats...
Margaret Garcia-Couoh
When you think about it, it IS pretty odd to take children on a big, expensive trip (for us- half a continent away!) to what? See adults in mice costumes. And ride on a few rides that can take hours to wait for (don't start on the "fast pass" and all that insider gobbledy gook- I don't want to go there!).
Lots of movie theatres offer free G and PG rated films in the summer. Movies are a big bonding experience for our family and are also air conditioned! Eat before the movie to avoid buying snacks.
From one guest to another -
That's right. We have a theater that shows free movies every wed at 10 a.m. during the summer. Daycare centers will often pack the house, but it is available. Also, toward the end of the summer, we had a free international children's film festival. They said it was the first annual, so I guess I'll get to add that to my national parks, library, gardening plans. Oh, I've also been instructed to make my 2nd grader read aloud to help with reading and writing issues involved with a speech impairment. We'll probably have a quiet hour after lunch where we do shared reading.
Regarding Disney, the first time I ever went I was 35 YO and it was with my kids. It was fantastic, but not something I can do much and not something I fault my parents for not doing.
When the kids were little I was a stay at home mom and we would go to the park with kool-aid and some snacks. They would run and run and have a good time. When they were older we would go for long bike rides together to another park that had a pond in it and then come home to have a movie marathon. We had library days that we would get the movies from and also books. There are a lot of good places to go to that do not cost money.
We did go on vacations. We went to Las Vegas and stayed at Circus Circus and saw lots of acts. We also went to San Diego and did not go to Sea World but went to the beach a lot. My husband had to go there on business and I flew with the kids and we stayed in his room.


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Request: What have you learned as an editor of a literary journal?
I've had a couple requests for blog topics asking to discuss the behind-the-scenes aspects of being an editor of a print literary journal. Crab Creek Review (Seattle's 28 year old print literary journal)
As a poet understanding what happens behind the scenes of a journal makes me understand rejections and acceptances much better. It also makes me have a compassion for the editors and staff who are keeping our print literary journals alive as well as the editors of independent presses.
So for this next week or so, I'll be blogging about being an editor and trying my best to answer the questions you asked.
Here is today's question--
What have you learned as an editor of a literary journal?
Of course, I choose the big question to begin with, but what a question to explore.
There is a part of me that wants to say, "What haven't I learned?"
as that would be a shorter list. But by being an editor, I have learned quite a bit
that I didn't quite realize as a poet.
Maybe I'll make a list to share what I've learned.
1.) I now understand why it takes SO LONG from submitting your poem to getting a rejection or an acceptance.
The fine folks who run literary journals are usually volunteers, unpaid volunteers, who do this because it's a labor of love. Many times they are not in the same city. Most have other jobs, families, incomes, their own writing projects, teaching, etc. to also do.
At some point we have to find a date that works for all of us to meet up and choose your work. Sometimes we have to schedule these dates 6 weeks out. Sometimes those dates get rescheduled.
In another post I'll explain what happens to your submission when you send it in and you can see why we aren't always the fastest in getting back to you.
But realizing all the steps and processes that come into play on choosing and rejecting poems makes me understand why when I submit I may not hear back for 3 or 4 months. I am amazed how quickly 3 or 4 months passes. We try to be prompt in getting in touch with you, but to be honest, it's hard work!
2) How many incredible poets are writing today.
I am amazed at the quality of work we get sometimes. And many times, it's from poets we have never heard of. They are writing in fresh ways that take language to another level. I love finding a new poet or beginning a relationship with a poet we love to read.
And I am so happy when they submit again. I understand why certain journals publish many of the same poets again and again, because they are in love with their poems.
3) The absolute challenges of publishing a literary journal.
From a shoestring budget to long lines in poems that don't fit on our pages. From making sure there are no errors to making sure nothing gets left out. From Russian translations to ordering the book (Thanks, Lana!) From proofing the same page 10 times and STILL missing something. From making sure a poet's stanza breaks, indents and spaces are correct to the alphabetized bios. There is so much to remember and consider.
I will tell you honestly, we have not yet made one of our internal deadlines because it seems: everything takes longer than we think. (See #1)
However, we have always produced our book before our "drop-dead deadline." Nice term as that's how I felt after this last issue. ;-)
4) How many writers do not understand how to use a semi-colon properly.
Let me give you this quick lesson and change your life-- You should only use a semi-colon if what you are separating are two complete thoughts.
If both parts of the sentence can be two separate & complete sentences, then you can use a semi-colon. If the first or second part cannot be a sentence on its own, then you should not use a semi-colon there.
That's it. That's the easy lesson.
Correct use of a semi-colon--
My cat is a war with the local birds; the waxwings create a plan that involves cherries.
(see how both parts of those sentences can exist on their own as their own separate sentence.
My cat is a war with the local birds.
The waxwings create a plan that involves cherries.
INCORRECT use of a semi-colon--
My cat is in a war with the local birds; waxwings and cherries.
My cat, the general; waxwings pick cherries to use as bombs.
5) The amount of time and work it takes to run a literary journal.
Truly, I completely underestimated this.
I promised myself I would not allow myself to be an editor first and a writer second. But there has been times where I have felt that way. I have to constantly make sure I am keeping my own projects in front.
It is amazing how much time it takes to run a journal and all the things that need to get done-- taxes, taxes, taxes, business licenses, non-profit licenses, choosing work, rejecting work, keeping a database of subscribers and submissions, balancing the checkbook, making sure we have money, mail, blogs, correspondence, orders, promotion, publicity, selling books in bookstores, oh baby the list goes on...
BUT... there is something incredibly satisfying by being able to publish a writer or a poet and share their work with a larger audience.
There is something amazing about creating something from nothing.
There is something beyond wonderful about publishing someone for the very very first time.
There is something so positive about keeping a print journal alive and getting poems and stories into the world that makes it all worth while.
I am so not ready to leave my life as an editor. I keep learning and get better at balancing. (okay, not always). But to be able to create a beautiful journal that brings others words into the world, that makes me forget all the craziness, the chaos, the deadline-after-deadline-after-deadline and yes, makes it all worthwhile.
Peter Pereira
Peggy Shumaker


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by 2012-2013 Fund Drive Co-Chairs Bob Fles & Laura Lucas
One of the great things about this area is having an active base of caring community members. Thank you to all who made donations large and small in our recent fund drive. Thanks to your generosity, many worthwhile organizations and Chestnut Hill Community Association programs will be able to fulfill their missions for improving the quality of life in Chestnut Hill and its environs.
This year's fund drive netted $84,600 from 519 donors. While it fell short of its $100,000 goal, there were a number of positive trends. Sixty-four new friends of Chestnut Hill made donations. Twenty-six made donations of $500 or more. We'd love to hear from both of these groups as we look to make our fund drive even more successful.
As for next year, we hope that everyone sees that every donation counts. There are many dedicated groups that will see their funding cut partially or entirely. Getting invested in these groups' visions for our community has been one of the hardest parts of leading this year's fund drive. We spent many hours this year with worthy groups seeking funding. We heard from:
• Neighbors who have worked to upgrade train stations' landscaping into crown jewels with local muscle and oversight
• Neighbors who maintain the Water Tower grounds to keep the baseball fields green and lighted for young and old ball players learning life's lessons
• Organizations who fill the financial gap and contribute valuable time and resources that support our aging populations
• CHCA volunteers and the business district who work to provide old and new programming for families, new folks to the neighborhood, and other friends of Chestnut Hill
• Artists who create music in our churches that inspires the soul, art that warms our heart and, overall, cultivates the vision of Chestnut Hill at its cultural best
We're in the process of finalizing our recommendations and informing our grant requesters that the fund drive results are down. Results should be announced at the May CHCA Board meeting.
So what can you do? While this year's fund drive is over, there's never an expiration on giving. We hope that many consider making a donation throughout the year. To make an "any time" donation, please visit the CHCA website at chestnuthill.org or visit the CHCA Town Hall.
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If you've decided that you really don't like Apple's iTunes 11 software, and would much rather go back to Apple iTunes 10 it is possible (albeit a bit complicated). This step-by-step guide to downgrading iTunes 11 to iTunes 10 has everything you need to know.
This article is for Mac OS X users only, PC-users should take a look at How to go back to iTunes 10 in Windows.
Note: Please backup Mac OS X first. This is a fairly complex procedure and alters a lot of Mac OS X files.
The process of taking iTunes 11 to iTunes 10 isn't as simple as you'd imagine. iTunes is baked pretty deep into Mac OS X, and you can't just re-install the old version. You have to remove iTunes 11 completely and do a fresh re-install using a custom process.
Step 1: Download iTunes 10.7, Pacifist and App Zapper
There are two programs you'll need to download for this installation and the original file.
Download iTunes 10.7 DMG
The first thing you need to do is to get hold of a copy of iTunes 10.7. Apple still has iTunes 10.7 available for download from Apple Support. Click here to access iTunes 10.7 (and click on the blue download button). If Apple removes this file then please let us know (Twitter: @macworlduk).
Download Pacifist
Pacifist is a Shareware program that is used to inspect DMG files. It can also be used to do a custom installation, which can replace all files (which is what we will be using it for). Click here to download Pacifist for Mac OS X.
Download App Zapper
App Zapper is a paid-for application that wipes a program and any associated files. We will use this to remove iTunes 11. Click here to download App Zapper for Mac OS X.
Step 2: Back up The iTunes Media Folder
We're assuming that you want to keep your iTunes Media (music, videos, and so on). There are two options here:
Time Machine. Oh you backed up your computer using Time Machine (or another backup program). Well done, have a gold star. You can use this to return the iTunes folder to a previous state (the one where it is was working with iTunes 10).
Manual backup. If you don't have a back-up then you'll need to move your iTunes Media files and re-insert them into iTunes (you may lose some iTunes Library information, album artwork, and suchlike).
Locate the Music > iTunes > iTunes Media folder and Control-drag it to another location on your computer. This will copy the whole folder.
Note: If you don't have enough space on your hard drive to duplicate the iTunes Media folder then you can just move the Media Folder to the desktop just before deleting the iTunes Folder in Step 4.
Step 3: Remove iTunes 11
The easiest way to uninstall an App with all its associated files is to use the program App Zapper (www.appzapper.com).
App Zapper protects Apple products by default, so choose App Zapper > Preferences and untick the checkbox next to 'Keep Apple applications safe'.
Close iTunes and open the Applications folder. Now drag the iTunes 11 icon to App Zapper and click Zap. You will need to enter your password. App Zapper will show you all the files it is going to remove.
Note: The App Zapper application demonstration allows you five free 'App Zaps' so it'll probably be okay for this procedure, but it's a great program and we advise Mac tinkerers to purchase a copy.
Step 4: Delete the iTunes folder
Open a New Finder window and click Music in the sidebar (or Choose Go > Go To Folder in the Mac OS X Menu and enter '~/Music' and click OK). If you made a backup of your iTunes Media folder in Step 2 then drag the whole iTunes folder to the Trash. (If you don't have space to backup iTunes Media then drag the iTunes Media folder to the Desktop then movie iTunes to the Trash).
Step 5: Install iTunes 10.7
Open Pacifist and drag the iTunes 10.7 DMG file to the main Pacifist Application Window. Now click the Install icon in the Menu bar. Check the Use Administrator Privileges box and click Install. Now enter your administrator password and click OK.
As Pacifist installs the application it will ask you if you want to overwrite any current files spread around Mac OS X. Click Replace to all dialog boxes. There are many dialog boxes, so tick the check box marked 'Don't ask again for this installation' and click Replace on all dialog boxes that Pacifist brings up.
This performs a more thorough installation of iTunes 10.7 that replaces all the files that iTunes 11 has scattered around Mac OS X.
Note: If you do not use Pacifist to install iTunes 10.7 then you will get an error message each time you try to launch iTunes.
Step 6: Restore the iTunes Media
Congratulations you now (hopefully) have a working copy of iTunes 10.7 running on your Mac. You'll want to get your music back though. There are two ways to do this:
Use your Time Machine Backup. Now you need to replace the iTunes folder in your User folder with the original. If you have a Time Machine backup you can replace the whole iTunes folder with the one used at an earlier point in time (ideally the first available time before you upgraded to iTunes 11).
Drag and drop music. First go to iTunes > Preferences and click Advanced. Ensure that there is a checkbox next to 'Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to the Library' Now choose File > Add To Library and choose the iTunes Media folder, and click Open. (Or just drag the iTunes Media folder to the iTunes sidebar.)
Step 6: Use iTunes 10.7
That's it. You should now be able to run and use iTunes 10.7 as before. Igore Software Update when it asks you to install iTunes 11 and carry on enjoying your software, you old-fashioned Luddite.
In the meantime perhaps you could read our iTunes 11 review and iTunes 11 Guide to tips, tricks, and secrets to see what you're missing out on.


text: LibraryReads list October 2017 Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps October 09, 2017 Announcing the October 2017 LibraryReads list! You voted, we counted, and October's LibraryReads Favorite is: Seven Days of Us A Novel by Francesca Hornak (Berkley) "The Birch family will be spending the Christmas holiday in quarantine, thanks to eldest daughter Olivia's recent relief work in a disease-infested Liberia. She has returned to England but must be in quarantine for seven days. This family has not ever spent this much time in each other's company. Each person has secrets that are slowly revealed over the course of the seven days. It is particularly interesting to watch them become the family they should have been all along: supportive and loving. An enjoyable read." Cheryl Braud, Iberia Public Library, New Iberia, LA Like this list? Download the handouts on our website to start planning displays and driving holds. And now, the rest of the LibraryReads October Top 10: The Last Mrs. Parrish A Novel by Liv Constantine (Harper) "Daphne seems to have hit the jackpot by marrying Jackson Parrish. They live in a lovely Connecticut mansion and travel around the world, all the while raising two beautiful daughters. When Mrs. Parrish meets Amber, a kindred spirit, Daphne instantly feels a connection, perhaps someone to fill the endless void of sorrow that has plagued her since her sister's death. We learn that nothing is what it appears to be. The author sets an atmospheric pace for this story, leading up to its dramatic conclusion." KC Davis, Fairfield Woods Branch Library, Fairfield, CT The Last Ballad A Novel by Wiley Cash (William Morrow) "The story of little-known union hero Ella May Wiggins is central to this look at unionization during the late 1920s. Once she sings her first song at a union rally, she becomes a beacon for others. 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I've played Morrowind using OpenMW a lot. From where I am, OpenMW really does seem fully playable. It's easy to go hunting for bugs in OpenMW because I'm really just having fun playing the game when i spot something.
OpenCS is trickier. I found out that you can't change faction ranks because I had an idea to do something and couldn't do it. But the number of hours I spend making a mod is very small compared to the number of hours I spend playing the game and besides that, i won't have every different idea for how to use CS. So that makes bug hunting sort of difficult and I bet a lot of people who play OpenMW don't bother with CS much if at all.
So how can we hunt for bugs to find problems? Opening mods in ESP format and saving them as a native OpenMW format doesn't qualify because we aren't really engaging with the editor in this way. Therefore, I want to use a different idea which might not be very fun at first but hopefully it will teach us all a lot about how both the TES3CS works and OpenCS works.
I plan to take a mod in ESP format and open it with TES3CS running under Wine. Then I'll look at what was edited and try to find every edit possible. Then I will attempt to recreate that mod with OpenCS from scratch. Since I don't know how to make new assets, I'll have to just use whatever new assets the mod provides. I think doing it this way will eventually expose what I can and can not fully edit and recreate with the new editor and how much of a hassle doing certain things are. Maybe I'll even get good with the editor and will be able to make all kinds of interesting mods in the future.
I plan to post here a running list of each mod that I have either successfully recreated or not recreated. I don't plan to actually release the new mod as It would be better for everyone to just get the original and acknowledge the work of the original mod creator. I just want to post success or failure and what I learned in the process.
Admittedly this might be a slow and tedious process with a learning curve but I think it's worth it right now. Maybe with better bug reports for the editor more developers will turn their attention to making it better.
Also, if anyone else would like to do the same thing or have already recreated any mods from scratch I invite you all to post those results here so we can all share what we found out.
A way to look for bugs in CS
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Re: A way to look for bugs in CS
It's a good idea and you have my thanks for committing that time to testing. This will also allow you to post valuable feedback for design decisions as a user of the program, write tutorials etc. Thumbs up.
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Testers for the editor are certainly needed! The only way bugs will be found is if we have people using the editor. Thank you for starting this.
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Thanks for the positive feedback. Currently I'm looking through nexus to find some small mods to try out first. If anyone has any suggested mods you want me or anyone else to start with, please list it here. I hope to have the first couple of mods to report on maybe by Morndas ... Ahem ... I mean, Monday.
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Cooks & Martelons in DC (9/18/2011)
Coming into this season, one of my goals was to get Kellan to seven stadiums in 2011: Safeco Field, Camden Yards, Nationals Park, Citizens Bank Park, Citi Field, Yankee Stadium and PNC Park. We were set to end the season at Safeco Field, and he'd already been to games at Camden Yards, Citizens Bank Park, Citi Field, and Yankee Stadium. As we hit mid-September he had visited all of them but PNC Park and Nationals Park. While PNC Park was a lot cause, there was still an option for Nationals Park.
I pitched a family trip down to Colleen's sister's house in Virginia for the weekend of September 17-18 with an extended-family ballgame on the 18th in DC. It all fell into place perfectly.
On the morning of September 18, 2011, Tim, Kellan and I hopped into our car and drove north to Nationals Park for BP. The plan was for Colleen, Kimberly (my sister-in-law), Kevin (brother-in-law), Gill (nephew) and Kate (niece) would join us at game time.
It turned out to be a very special time before the game started. Although there was no BP to speak of, I soaked up 2.5 great hours in the ballpark with my boys – the first time Tim, Kellan and I had been to a ballpark alone, just us three guys. Despite there being no BP, we kept busy and found a lot of ways to have fun.
By far the worst part of the day was right when we walked into the ballpark and I tried to take a picture of Tim and Kellan with one of the statues by the CF entrance. I knew I had forgotten to charge my camera battery, but I was hoping it would have enough juice to last the day. Not quite. It was dead and was good for a grand total of zero pictures. Aye, aye, aye! I had to rely on my cellphone for pre-game pictures.
We started out in the LF corner. There were a bunch of Marlins playing catch along the LF foul line. We made our way down into the first row:
[Note: there wer probably 6 Marlins along the foul line in the picture above and to the left, but they are all hidden behind Kellan's noggin]. There were a couple other fans there just sitting and watching. The ballpark was completely silent. I only recognized one Marlin down on the field – Brian Sanches. So when he finished warming up and ran toward the foul line to return his baseball to the bag, I broke the silence. "Hey, Brian!" was all it took for Sanches to send his warm up baseball our way.
Thanks, Brian!
When the ball smacked into my glove, the 8-10 other fans in the section were whipped into a minor frenzy. Despite the fact that they were all at the ballpark 2.5 hours early (which would make you assume they know what goes on during BP), it was as if they never even considered that a player might toss you his baseball if you asked him. The section was silent no more. And as Tim, Kellan and I headed back up to the concourse; several more baseballs were sailing into the stands to the happy fans we left behind.
After a quick stop in the red seats in deep LCF (where there was truly nothing happening), we headed to the second deck in RF. Section 237 to be exact. Several Nationals pitchers
were warming up down below:
We kept an eye on Stephen Strasburg. We'd never seen him before and I wanted to check out what all the hype was about, even if just during pre-game throwing. Next to Strasburg was his Nationals teammate Tom Gorzelanny. When Tom finished up throwing, I called his name and I flashed him my glove when he looked up. I could tell he was going to throw us the baseball, but it was also clear that he was concerned about Kellan…who I was holding. There were absolutely no other fans in our section or the next one over (in foul territory). Gorzelanny decided to throw the ball into the next section so we could just go pick it up. But his plan back fired. The ball hit a seat and took a big ricochet and bounced back down onto the warning track.
Gorzelanny moseyed over and retrieved the ball. On his second attempt, he decided to throw it over us. It landed about five rows behind us and bounded right back to me. I caught it with my glove as I held Kellan in my right arm. I always think it is particularly awesome getting a toss up to an upper-deck. This was only our second ever. Very cool.
Thanks, Tom!
Before heading off to the play area, we decided to watch Strasburg a bit more. Tim and I sat a couple seats apart from each other so Kellan could run back and forth between us. While we hung out, Tim took a panorama with my cellphone:
I thought I should document the three guys being at the ballpark alone, so I took this really horrible picture…
…where we completely block out the view of the ballpark.
On our way to the play area, Tim stopped us at the top of the stair way down to the field level so he could get his picture with the Mariners logo on the side of the CF parking garage:
Kellan is way too small for the play area. So while Tim played like a mad man, Kellan and I hung out in a little screened in room under the play area. Kellan and I played a little catch…
…and, between throws, I wrote down notes about our first two baseballs of the day.
After spending some time in the play area, we decided to get a bite to eat. We walked from the play area in the deep CF concourse area all the way around the RL foul pole, around home plate, and to a concession stand behind 3B. We grabbed some peanuts and hot dogs and then went and sat in the corner spot down the LF line:
Four Marlins were playing catch along the foul line. I only recognized one of the players, Anibal Sanchez, who was the closest Marlin to us.
As we nibbled our food and watched the Marlins warm up, Abe Lincoln moseyed on by us. I told Tim to stay put, and then I ran a section over toward 3B, handed Kellan over to our 16th President, and snapped this picture (on the left)…
…after Kellan and I returned to the corner spot, Abe headed toward the LF foul pole and Tim announced he wanted his picture with Abe too. So we ran after him once again and got the picture above on the right. Note that Tim is still holding his hot dog.
Shortly after we returned to the corner spot once again, Anibal Sanchez and his partner finished playing catch. Tim was sitting in the second seat and I was standing next to him holding Kellan. Sanchez turned around and saw us. He walked over and held the ball out to Kellan. Kellan gave Anibal as inquisitive look and then reached out and grabbed the baseball. Kellan then immediately cocked his arm back and threw the ball back in Sanchez's direction. Anibal grabbed the ball and handed it to Kellan again. Again, Kellan cocked his arm back, which prompted Sanchez to jump into an athletic ready position, and tossed the ball back again. After two more back-and-forths, Anibal grabbed the baseball, handed it to Kellan, and very sweetly said, "You keep it this time," and then he turned and jogged off toward the dugout. It was an awesome little interaction.
A few minutes later, some more Marlins started playing catch in the grass just behind 3B. We slid around there and were soon rewarded with a toss-up from Ricky Nolasco.
Hey, thanks, Anibal and Ricky!
We decided to head back to the play area. On the way, a kind usher took our picture:
And then Tim requested that I take a picture of this silly face:
As we passed by the statues in LCF, the Presidents were out there. But after reflecting upon his Abe Lincoln interaction, Kellan decided that the Presidents were way too scary for his liking. But he did let us get close enough to get this picture of Tim and Teddy:
After Tim hit some whiffleballs….
…Kellan and I played some more catch in the screened in area below the play area, and Tim played like crazy again.
It was getting really close to game time now. Colleen called and let me know that they were getting really close to the stadium. We planned to meet them in our seats. But first, we watched Mike Stanton…
…warm up behind 3B and Marlins starting pitcher, Brad "Aloha, Mr." Hand…
…warm up in the visitors' bullpen.
As game time rolled around, we reported to our seats. Soon enough, Colleen arrived…
…along with Kimberly, Kevin, Gill and Kate. (Collectively, we'll call them the "Martelons").
We had some great seats in section 108:
The best thing about September is that you can get really cheap tickets on stubhub for teams who are long out of the playoff races. These seats were normally $36/ticket, but I picked them up for $10/ticket (plus all of the ridiculous online fees).
Tim and Kellan had a great time in the seats with their cousins:
The Nationals got on the board first. In the bottom of the second, Chris Marrero hit a sacrifice fly plating Jonny Gomes for the first run of the game.
Colleen brought her very good, but bulky, camera so our picture quality improved once she arrived. But her camera is not nearly as convenient as mine. I didn't end up taking any action shots until the bottom of the third inning, when I captured Jason Werth as he hit a couple foul balls and then took a called strike three (on this pitch):
A few minutes later, Colleen was standing in the stairway when Kellan decided to get really comfortable with the glass partition separating the stands from the LF foul warning track:
In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Nationals extended their lead to 4-0 on an 2-RBI single by Danny Espinosa followed by an RBI ground rule double by Marrero.
In the top of the fifth, Gaby Sanchez hit a solo homerun to make the score 4-1 Nats.
After the kids watched Thomas Jefferson win his 28th Presidents' race of the season…
…we took to our feet…
…and made our way back to the kids' play area:
Actually, everyone else but Kellan and I went to the play area. I had another idea. Kellan and I zoomed over to the RF foul pole. It was an inning break and the Nationals outfielders were playing catch. We were at the foul pole about 2 minutes total and after Jim Lett tossed us our final baseball of the day (Thanks, Jim!), we made our way back to the play area:
The Martelons had never been to Nationals Park before. So after we left the play area, we took a little walk around the stadium.
First, we headed up to the second deck in RF where Colleen took this cute picture with me and the kids:
What I think is so funny about that picture is the combination of Kate leaning her head on Tim's shoulder while Tim is looking up at me and Kellan. Funny. Meanwhile, Kellan was trying to rip up a Steven Strasburg baseball card that was inserted into that little magazine he is holding.
When Mike Stanton stepped to the plate, I asked Colleen to take a picture of him hitting a homerun. Stanton didn't cooperate. So Colleen had to settle with taking this awesome picture of Stanton hitting a single:
After we circled around toward first base, an usher took a hilariously disorganized picture of all of us:
We had no real plan. We were just walking around looking at stuff and taking pictures. When we passed behind home plate, I got this panorama from the concourse behind section 314:
Kimberly took the kids (minus Kellan) up into the 400 level seats for another picture:
All of this walking around (in my arms) really tuckered out Kellan. So he took a little nap…
…that lasted for the rest of our walking tour and for a while when we were back in our seats.
When I returned to our seats with Kellan, Colleen and Kimberly took the other kids to get ice cream helmets…or so I thought. I was shocked when Tim came back with this non-collectible ice cream receptacle:
Yikes! Oh, well. Tim still enjoyed his tasty ice cream.
In the top of the seventh, Brett Hayes hit a 2-Run homerun. That made the score 4-3 Nationals. But that was as close as the Marlins would get to the Nationals.
There was a comical moment in the top of the eighth inning. Mike Stanton was at the plate and it looked like he was hit by a pitch. He ran to first, but the umpires called him back. I personally had no clue what was going on. But Jack McKeon came out and went crazy arguing his point. The McKeon argument was humorous on its own. But the really hilarious part was Nationals left fielder (and former Mariner) Michael Morse:
Morse was cracking up over McKeon's antics. And several times he interrupted his stream of giggling to do an exaggerated "yeeeerrrrrrr outtta here!" hand motion (like he was ejecting McKeon from the game. Morse was still laughing about McKeon's antics after Stanton returned to home plate and struck out to end the inning.
Not much else happened in the game. At the end of the day, the final was a 4-3 win for the Nationals
But, hold up, our day was not over quite yet. It was KIDS RUN THE BASES DAY!!!
We hopped into the long line outside the stadium, where Tim entertained us with some harmonica:
(FYI, Tim loves to play his harmonica, but has no clue how to actually play the harmonica).
I was super excited for Kellan's first Kids Run the Bases. He'd never circled Major League bases before, and I couldn't wait for it. Colleen took this shot of me and Kellan in foul territory along the first base line:
Sadly, the Nationals have a policy against allowing parents to chaperon their kids around the bases. That killed the dream. Kellan is way too young to run around the bases on his own. He would have ended up in CF with a throng of Nationals employees chasing him. I was pretty bummed out over this turn of events, but what can you do?
While Kellan watched from the warning track, Kate…
…, Tim…
…, and Gill…
…had a lot of fun on the base paths.
Ah, it was another great day at the ballpark. It has been an amazing season getting Tim and Kellan's cousins out to the ballpark with us at both Camden Yards and Nationals Park. Next year, I'll figure out a way to get them up to Citizens Bank Park!
As we walked back to our car, Colleen asked Kimberly to take a family picture of us in front of this "The Yards" sign:
I have no clue why she wanted a picture with this "The Yards" sign, but hey, she did, so I'm including it here.
Only three more games for us in the 2011 season and, HOORAY HOORAY, they would all be at Safeco Field!
|2011 C&S Fan Stats
|30/6 Games (Tim/Kellan)
|21/10 Teams [Tim – Mariners, Orioles, Rangers, Brewers, Nationals, Phillies, Mets, Rays, Braves, Diamondbacks, Astros, Royals, Cubs, Angels, Indians, Reds, Giants, Tigers, Yankees, Marlins, Pirates; Kellan – Mariners, Orioles, Angels, Mets, Indians, Yankees, Phillies, Braves, Marlins, Nationals]
|23 Ice Cream Helmet(s) (Orioles (3), Nationals, Phillies (2), Rangers (2), Mets (1), Reds (1), Tigers (1), Marlins (2), Braves (2), Rays (3), Pirates (1)).
|96 Baseballs (16 Mariners, 7 Rangers, 8 Orioles, 5 Umpires, 4 Nationals, 2 Brewers, 6 Phillies, 2 Mets, 6 Rays, 8 Braves, 2 Diamondbacks, 1 MLB Authenticator, 2 Easter Egg, 1 Glove
Trick, 2 Royals, 2 Cubs, 5 Angels, 4 Indians, 2 Giants, 1 Tigers, 9 Marlins, 1 Pirates)
|13/5 Stadiums [Tim – Camden Yards, Nationals Park, Citizens Bank Park, Minute Maid Park, Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Citi Field, Great American Ball Park, Comerica Park, Yankee
Stadium, Sun Life Stadium, Turner Field, Tropicana Field, PNC Park; Kellan – Camden Yards, Citi Field, Yankee Stadium, Citizens Bank Park, Nationals Park]
|18/9 Player Photos* [Tim – Felix Hernandez***, Adam Moore, Garrett Olson, Chris Seddon, David Aarsdma, Michael Pineda, Miguel Olivo, Ryan Langerhans, Greg Zuan, Mark Lowe, Michael Saunders, Chad Durbin, Russell Branyan, Brandon League***, Brendan Ryan, Mike Cameron, Brandon Guyer, Russ Canzler; Kellan – Luke French, Milton Bradley, Franklin
Gutierrez, Justin Smoak, Matt Tuiasosopo, Ryan Langerhans, Michael Saunders, Tony Sipp, Chad Durbin]
|3/1 Management Photos* [Tim – Howard Lincoln, Jack Zduriencik, Eric Wedge; Kellan – Jack Zduriencik]
|21 Autograph(s) (Michael Pineda, Michael Saunders, Mark Lowe, Felipe Paulino, Aroldis Chapman, Jack McKeon, Brandon League, Jaime Navarro, Brendan Ryan, Dan Cortes, Josh Lueke,
Blake Beavan, Jamey Wright, Jack Zduriecik, Carl Willis, Tom Wilhelmsen, Casper Wells, Mike Cameron, Brandon Guyer, Russ Canzler, Scott McGregor)
|1 Bat* (Milton Bradley)
|10/3 Mascot Photos* [Tim – Mariner Moose, Teddy Roosevelt, The O's Bird, Mr. Redlegs, Gapper, Slider, Sebastian (U. of Miami), Homer, Raymond, Abe Lincoln; Kellan – Mariner Moose, The O's Bird, Abe Lincoln]
|3/0 Divisions Closed Out** [Tim – A.L. West (Safeco Field, Oakland Coliseum, Angel Stadium & Rangers Ballpark in Arlington), N.L. East (Citizens Bank Park, Shea Stadium, Citi Field,
Nationals Park, Sun Life Stadium, & Turner Field), A.L. East (Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Yankee Stadium (1923), Yankee Stadium (2009), Fenway Park, Rogers Centre, Tropicana Field); Kellan – N/A]
|2 Line-up Cards (Royals vs. Rangers; Indians vs. Orioles)
|*includes Spring Training**divisions where we have seen each team play a home game.***2011 All-Star


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Posted by Henry on October 10, 2003
In Reply to: Jump the gun posted by ESC on October 10, 2003
: : Where does this come from?
: JUMP THE GUN -- ".an expression about 50 years old that derives from both foot racing and hunting. An anxious runner often jumps the gun, that is, starts before the starter fires his pistol in a track event, and a startled pheasant will frequently take flight before a hunter can fire his gun, both situations responsible for our figurative use of the phrase -- to begin something before preparations for it are complete." From "The Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson, Page 285, (Facts on File, New York, 1997).
: When I posted before, someone said: Although the venerable Mr. Hendrickson is usually right on with his explanations, the second half of his explanation of the subject expression is WRONG! No ethical hunter would shoot a pheasant before it took flight, nor would that usually be possible, since a concealed bird is difficult to see. The whole idea of pheasant hunting is to flush the birds into flight so that they become visible and thus are available targets.
Have you read Brigadier Gerard by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? Gerard found it easier to shoot birds as they roosted at night!
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- Brigadier Gerard michel 11/October/03