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Thursday, February 5, 2015
Excerpt from 'THE CLOCK OF TIME" by Gertrude Ruston. (pp 70-75) (*I have added pictures to help illustrate the story.)
"Flood and Fire
Christmas in Australia always seemed topsyturvy as it occurred in summer instead of winter and although we mostly celebrated it to the best of our ability, it has never really seemed to same. Having our own chickens and ducks we mostly had poultry for Christmas dinner, often accompanied with a piece of our own pork or bacon.
We also had a Christmas pudding, the nearest approach to a traditional Christmas cake, mince pies and other home made goodies.
Somehow we managed to scrape up a few presents, but they were mostly essential items of clothing of which we were sadly in need, and which we could buy on credit from the store, and pay for when the crop came out. Every farmer depended on his storekeeper for credit.
Country districts mostly hold picnics on Boxing Day and they are very happy affairs, each family taking along a share of the food. We all started off one hot day dressed for summer and looking forward to a jolly time.
All the local neighbours and friends came along, and we were busily engaged organising races and games when one family arrived loaded up with umbrellas and raincoats. They said it had been predicted by a reliable weather forecaster, whose name I think was Wragg, that there would be very heavy rain later in the day and they had always found him accurate. Nobody took them seriously as it was such a glorious day without a sign of a cloud. However, towards the end of the afternoon it gradually clouded over and by 5p.m. we certainly were not laughing. It rained in torrents for hours and we all realised that, unless it stopped, our crops would all be under water in the swamps.
There was to be a fancy dress that evening in the little local hall and we all went along despite the rain, hoping it would stop and that the crops could be saved. Harry didn't want to dress up but I wore a white suit of his and blackened myself as a darkie, taking care to put some grease on my skin first so that it would wash off easily. Mrs Levitzke went as a native gin and we paired up. We tried to enjoy ourselves but the sound of the continual rain on the roof was frightening, and the only ones who really had fun were the youngsters. Len went as a peirrot, and I remember making his hat with white paper decorated with black paper blobs.
It was still raining when we went home and kept on all night, so next day the crops were under water and a total loss, It was our last crop on Carty's place and would have been a bumper. This meant we had no money, bills to meet, and no prospects.
We still had the small place at Chorkerup which had a small swamp on it which was not waterlogged, so we decided to try to plant a quick crop on it in an effort to save something from the tragedy. There was no building on it, but I put some bags over a framework that had been used for passion vines, and Harry and I slept under that while we started the planting.
While we were away we left Len in charge of the home at Redmond, so that he could take care of the animals which were running on Carty's block, particularly a very nice young foal from my mare Betty.
On the following Sunday morning Len got up and made himself some breakfast and then went out to play cricket. In the evening when he returned home he found the house burnt to the ground. It must have been a great shock to him. There was nothing he could do so he had to come along and tell us the bad news. It was about the last straw and we wondered how much more we could take. We were both quite stunned but I don't think we put the blame on Len at all. The place was near a road and a lighted cigarette end, thrown carelessly, could have done the damage on such a day with the temperature in the vicinity of 105ºF and high wind blowing.
There was not a thing we could do in the dark so we all camped down after giving Len some tea and decided to go over in the morning. I think Harry felt responsible for having left the boy in charge." (it must have been heartbreaking arriving home to find a scene similar to this one. There would have been no walls standing as the house was made of timber)
"Although we knew what had happened, it was still a terrible shock. The only things left standing were the kitchen stove, the framework of an open fireplace, the burnt iron from the roof and the water tank; even the tank stand had gone. It seemed impossible to believe that we had lost all our personal treasures, and we scraped about amongst the ashes in the hope that something had survived, but the only thing we found was Harry's M.B.E. medal. The ribbon and clasp had gone, but the medal itself must contain an allow that does not melt. (Later the ribbon and clasp were replaced)" (The medal in its box would probably have looked a lot like this. This is an MBE from 1918)
Sadly for Harry he lost many medals and a file of newspaper cuttings acquired when he was leading soccer player in England. He had had his County Cap and had also played for England. " (Dad played as goalie for Tottenham Hotspurs)
"In addition I lost medals for elocution, singing certificates and a collection of precious photographs. The frame of a valuable canteen of cutlery, which had been a wedding present, fell to pieces when we touched it. Being a jarrah dwelling lined with matchboarding it as easy to imagine how quickly it had been consumed.
For the time time in our lives we were almost completely penniless. The only clothes we had were those we were wearing for work at the time, and we had a meagre supply of camping utensils and food at Chorkerup. It was very hard to keep a stiff upper lip after this double catastrophe in two weeks and without a roof over our heads.
As far as we were concerned that would have been the end of the matter but neighbours, who were deeply concerned for us, thought the fire could have been deliberately lit, as the owners of the house had a fire some years previously for which they had claimed insurance.
Thinking they were being helpful they advised the police of the fire without our knowledge. Enquiries revealed that the place was insured and the trackers were called in. There is no doubt about the ability of native trackers, It was found that Len had lighted a fire with wood chips to make his breakfast and forgot to close the door of the stove - it was still open. Without thinking it seemed he had left a container of wood chips in front of the stove and, being a very hot windy day it was assumed that a spark must have blown from the stove, caught the chips alight and the wind did the rest.
When the police found how the accident had happened they asked Harry to go to see them in Albany. Fortunately we had a little money with us for his fare and to buy a little food.
While Harry was away I walked down to Redmond to collect our mail and to post a letter to my mother, telling her of the fire, ad asking her to send me any surplus things she and my sister Amy may have about the place, explaining that we had nothing and would welcome anything at all they could spare.
Poor Len!! He was, of course, the only one of us who knew what had happened and must have been very worried and felt very guilty. When I left to go to Redmond, instead of doing a small job on the farm that Harry had asked him to do, Len took his pony and cleared out while we were both absent and didn't even leave note.
When I returned to the camp and discovered that Len had gone I decided to walk to Chorkerup siding to meet Harry at the train, because I wanted to tell him, while other people were present, that Len had
taken his pony and gone before either of us knew the tracker's findings, or had spoken to Len about what they had told us.
Harry had managed to get a very small amount of credit in Albany with which to buy a few necessities, including some clothes for Len. After a few days we were told he was working a few miles away for a farmer we knew and Harry sent the clothes on to him. Len did not acknowledge them and we did not see him again for some years.
The last blow, and really a heartbreak to e was the loss of my foal The poor creature was caught in the fence at Carty's place and had died there. I sometimes wondered how much more we could really take.
Only a person who has been burnt out can realise that nothing remains - not so much as a duster. I heard later that the local farmers, badly hit themselves through the flood, had offered us some help but Harry was too proud to accept it. Once again we had to pass on bad news to the owner of the house, but as he was insured he made no claim against us. Our association with him regarding the vegetables and the house had been disastrous and we were glad that he had been covered by insurance.
We had to provide ourselves with some decent shelter and there was no money with which to buy anything. While Harry was working on the crop I went into the bush and cut down straight saplings and put them into the ground in a square to provide a temporary home. It had to be a lean-to and I cut the necessary lengths for a roof, which Harry put on.
The burnt out iron from the fire was of no value to anybody and we were allowed to take it to keep out the weather. It had numerous holes in it, of course, some of which we were able to fill with solder. For the rest I put up an inside system of gutters to take care of any leaks. The old burnt out fireplace was used, and the stove from the burnt house became the kitchen stove, and stood in what we made the kitchen/living room.
Fertiliser bags, of which we had a good supply, were sewn together to make outer and dividing walls, and also to act as carpets which we changed weekly, hanging the dirty one on the fence for the sand to be beaten out. The bags on the walls were whitewashed and, if very rough, looked clean and respectable. I gathered together kerosene tins and boxes of all kinds and made furniture from them. Even quite comfortable armchairs were made from boxes and bags. Necessity is certainly the other of invention!
We managed to get a secondhand double bed and a cheap kitchen table while we gradually gathered a few cups, plates, and cutlery, the minimum for our needs. Annie Dakin got down to basics, bless her, and sent me a few essential personal things including a pair of scissors, pins, needles and some cotton.
Without my family in England things would have been much more difficult. They sent out surplus clothing, linen, and so many essential and useful items, and being secondhand we did not have to pay duty on them.
Mother was very upset about our misfortunes but I tried to portray things in a humerous light rather than making it sound too tragic. After all, I said, we were pioneering and were still young enough to make it.
When there is a calamity now (1980) caused by such things as flood, fire and cyclone, help is available from a special fund set up for the purpose, but there was no such assistance in our day and it was simply a case of sink or swim.
Harry was President of the local Farmers' Association, and we had meetings in our bush humpy. Everybody enjoyed our simple hospitality and applauded what we had done. They were especially impressed with my indoor guttering system, also whitewashed, which, if not ornamental, certainly worked.
We had a mixed crowd of visitors, some curious, some concerned with farming, others with railway transport, education and so on. There were enough children living close to Chorkerup siding to warrant a small bush school, and the Education Department had been asked to consider the matter. The Inspector of Schools who came down happened to be a distant cousin of my father's, of whom I had heard and, even had I not known his name I could not have missed the family likeness.
P.R. had told me there was a William Rockliff in W.A. who had been over in England during the 1914/18 war and calling on my father, had expected to be treated as a V.I.P. and to have the local band and red carpet put out for him. When this did not happen, because they were all too busy with the war, he more or less refused to have anything more to do with the family in England.
He lacked manner and was certainly quite rude to me, and I gathered that our humble abode was beneath his social status, Perhaps I was paid out for the family's apparent neglect of him in England. I have since learned that he was most unpopular in the Education Department here.
That is a good place to leave our intrepid pair. In our next episode we will see if there is any more disaster awaiting them.
*All photos shown so far (except the one of dad using the milk separator) have been obtained free from the internet. Up to this point I had not arrived on the scene and, of course, all photographs mum and dad had were destroyed in the fire.
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Oh this brought tears what a terrible thing to happen. I cannot imagine what that would have been like for you. I DO know tough times while growing up and farming but have never had to deal with anything like that. You are so strong. HUG BReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Buttons. Actually while all this disaster was happening I'd not yet arrived on the scene. Len was nearly 21 when I was born and I come along later in the story.Delete
Whenever I see or hear of people losing their home to fire it always makes me think of what mum and dad went through. xx
- AnonymousFebruary 5, 2015 at 10:05 PM
It's hard to absorb just how difficult life was for pioneering families.ReplyDelete
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Oh my word - I cannot begin to imagine how that all was for young Len, never mind your parents. They were built of stern stuff... YAM xxReplies
Hi Yam...my comment disappeared so here I go again.Delete
I think it was dreadfully difficult for all three of them and I wish the trackers had not been called in by the neighbours. Len, however, would still have known what had happened through his negligence.
He and dad were reconciled some years later thanks to mum acting as a go-between.
Stern stuff is definitely the way to describe their attitude to life and all it could throw at them. xx
First flood, then fire. She's a harsh country, this land of ours, even now. Back then with so much reliance on wood fires and not much in the way of goods available (no supermarkets and hardware stores) it must have been so hard, yet they just kept on going. That's true pioneer spirit!! Shame about Len though, to have the guilt drive him away.ReplyDeleteReplies
I feel dad should have sought out Len and told him he forgave him for what had happened to the house. Unfortunately I think dad was a stubborn man and found it hard to forgive. If only the neighbours had minded their own business although, of course, Len still would have known in his own mind what he had done through his own negligence.Delete
I often wish dad's health hadn't been so bad as I feel if they had stayed in England their life would have been much different and happier for them. Then of course I wouldn't fit into the picture as I have.


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I have a cold and I'm having trouble keeping my thoughts coherent. So.....instead of entertaining with my cold medicine rambling, I'm just going to post a picture of the fabulously tasty bento I had for lunch today (or I guess I should say Tuesday since it is after midnight now and technically Wednesday morning.). That is all. Enjoy. :)
top: fried rice and shredded barbecue chicken
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Producer: Original Pappas Pizza, Stamford, CT
Obtained At: Original Pappas Pizza, Stamford, CT
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Ingredients: Carbonated water, pure cane sugar, caramel color, natural & artificial flavor, citric acid, sodium benzoate
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Another root beer from the pizza place that I walked by for several months without noticing (see first review here). I always like it when I find a new root beer and there is also a diet root beer or a sarsaparilla. The label here is basically the same as their regular root beer. The taste is alright. It starts out like a good diet root beer but somehow the taste disappears. It has absolutely no lasting root beer flavor. It's not bad, but overall it is pretty weak.


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Heidelberg North America Logs Strong Sales Success at drupa 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
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Heidelberg North America made an especially strong showing across all product categories at drupa 2012, further expanding its majority share of the domestic print media market. Printers' keen interest in the huge range of efficient, productive solutions offered by Heidelberg gave a clear signal that investment confidence is returning to the North American market. Products accounting for more than 40% of orders taken were among the roughly 60 technology innovations launched by Heidelberg at the international trade show.
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'Alice' bows atop home video sales charts
Unusually high percentage of discs sold were Blu-rayWalt Disney Studios' live-action "Alice in Wonderland" easily captured the top spot on the national home video sales charts its first week in stores, sending the competition down the rabbit hole.
The theatrical blockbuster, with a domestic gross of $333.2 million, came to video less than three months after it opened at the boxoffice.
"Alice" sold more than four times as many discs as its closest competitor, Universal Studios' "The Wolfman," according to Nielsen VideoScan research. The Tim Burton-helmed retelling of the beloved Lewis Carroll fantasy bowed at No. 1 on both the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart, where it trumped second-ranked "Wolfman" by an even greater 5-1 margin.
In a further sign that Blu-ray Disc is going mainstream, 37% of first-week sales of "Alice" came from the high-definition disc version, an unusually high percentage for a family title.
"The Wolfman," a horror remake with $61.9 million in U.S. theatrical receipts, did sneak past "Alice" to debut at No. 1 on Home Media Magazine's rental chart for the week ending June 6.
"Alice" bowed at No. 2, with 87% as much rental action as "Wolfman."
Nearly two months after its release, 20th Century Fox's "Avatar" still is holding strong. The film ended the week at No. 3 on both the overall and the Blu-ray Disc sales charts, while on the rental chart "Avatar" was at No. 10.


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From the defiantly pro-Lisbon) Irish Times
Early Dublin tallies lean toward No vote
Counting of votes in the Lisbon Treaty referendum began at 9am today, and early Dublin tallies show the vote leaning toward the No side.
In Dublin South-West, there is a report 60-40 split in favour of the No side, and this 60-40 tally is repeated in Dublin North-West, Dublin Central, and Dublin North-East.
In Dublin South-East, early tallies indicate a 70-30 split in favour of the No vote. Elsewhere in the country, tallies from Limerick West indicated a 59-41 No vote,
Tipperary South tallies show 50.3 Yes and 49.7 No vote, while Tipperary North tallies indicate a 50-50 split.
I myself won't believe anything until the results are in, although I do know a 'NO' vote will be ignored by the Euro extremists. Their new nationalism doesn't care for public opinion.
And regardless of the vote, I still haven't had my say, and I demand one.


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Yet intellectual property is very different from real property, because it is useless if you keep it to yourself, and an abstract concept can be infinitely shared. These features create an apparent dilemma for those who would encourage inventors. People get rich by selling each other things (and services), not ideas. Manufacture the best bicycles, and you profit handsomely; come up with the idea of the bicycle, and you get nothing because it is soon copied. If innovators are people who make ideas, rather than things, how can they profit from them? Does society need to invent a special mechanism to surround new ideas with fences, to make them more like houses and fields?So what is it that leads to innovation? Well, it's the sharing of ideas and building upon them -- again, a point raised here time and time again. Ridley describes it as "ideas having sex." This isn't a new idea (though it's "newish"). In the past thirty years, a growing number of economists have recognized that economic growth comes from the collision of information and new ideas, shared openly. As Ridley notes: "Innovators are in the business of sharing." While he doesn't bring this up, there's actually a tremendous amount of research that show that communities that more widely and openly share ideas tend to have greater innovation (and, no, that doesn't mean through such false disclosure systems like a patent system -- which teaches little, and doesn't let anyone really make use of the knowledge shared). But the key point that Ridley makes is that innovation happens when people keep building on what's been done before:
There is little evidence that patents really drive inventors to invent. In the second half of the 19th century, neither Holland nor Switzerland had a patent system, yet both countries flourished and attracted inventors. The list of significant 20th-century inventions that were never patented includes the automatic transmission, Bakelite, ballpoint pens, cellophane, cyclotrons, gyrocompasses, jet engines, magnetic recording, power steering, safety razors, and zippers. By contrast, the Wright brothers effectively grounded the nascent aircraft industry in the United States by enthusiastically defending their 1906 patent on powered flying machines.
The secret of the modern world is its gigantic interconnectedness. Ideas are having sex with other ideas from all over the planet with ever-increasing promiscuity. The telephone had sex with the computer and spawned the Internet.It's a great read that really highlights and ties together many of the points I've written about here for years.
Technologies emerge from the coming together of existing technologies into wholes that are greater than the sum of their parts. Henry Ford once candidly admitted that he had invented nothing new: He had "simply assembled into a car the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work." Inventors like to deny their ancestors, exaggerating the unfathered nature of their breakthroughs, the better to claim the full glory (and sometimes the patents) for themselves. Thus, Americans learn that Edison invented the incandescent light bulb out of thin air, when his less commercially-slick forerunners, Joseph Swan in Britain and Alexander Lodygin in Russia, deserve at least to share the credit.


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SARAJEVO, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The IMF said on Tuesday it had cut Bosnia's 2018 economic growth forecast to 3.2 percent from 3.5 percent previously, citing downside risks from domestic politics even as macroeconomic conditions remained stable.
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The latest in the TED series: a quirky exploration of the mysteries behind human motivation, in business and relationships.
Ariely (Psychology and Behavioral Economics/Duke Univ.; The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone—Especially Ourselves, 2012, etc.) was always fascinated with why we pursue goals, whether for financial remuneration or personal satisfaction. "We are the CEOs of our own lives….Whatever our official job descriptions, we are all part-time motivators," writes the author, whose interest in such issues stems from tragedy: badly burned in an accident when he was young, he's since wondered why some are more driven to rise above such circumstances. He recalls that "the devastating role that helplessness played in my own experience…made me more deeply appreciate the challenges of being badly injured, the complexity of recovery, and the ways that my experience had deeply changed me." Today, Ariely documents psychological experiments performed at tech companies and universities, convincing him that humans incentivize themselves and others in consistent yet enigmatic ways. He argues that workplace initiatives—e.g., restrictions regarding employee cubicles—"crush our natural motivation." Yet financial compensation is far from an automatic cure-all; though "almost all companies use some kind of bonus…little is known about how effective bonuses really are." At a semiconductor factory, Ariely found a promised voucher for a pizza or praise from a supervisor provoked productivity more reliably than extra money. In nonoccupational contexts, he notes, we have a "deep attachment to our own ideas," explaining the satisfaction found in creative pursuits. We are even motivated to control our destinies after death—see: the mummified nobility of China or Egypt. Ariely writes in an approachable, chipper style, but some readers may find his ambiguous findings unsatisfying, as when he writes, "it is impossible to come up with one simple set of motivational rules."
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35-Year-Old Errol Catchings Dies After Being Struck By Two-Vehicles While Crossing Roosevelt Boulevard in Olney
Olney, Philadelphia (July 4, 2017) – A 35-year-old Sharon Hill man died early Wednesday morning last week after he was struck by two vehicles in Olney, Philadelphia, according to a police report.
The deadly crash took place at about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 28, in the northbound lanes of Roosevelt Boulevard near Wyoming Avenue.
According to the report, Errol Catchings was trying to cross Roosevelt Boulevard when a minivan struck him. Catchings was then struck by another vehicle.
The drivers of both vehicles remained at the scene and were question by investigators, according to the report.
Initial reports indicated that Catchings was not in a crosswalk at the time of the crash.
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I put this blog to bed at the end of last year, but now I have decided to give it a prod with a sharp stick and bring it out of hibernation. But rather than each post focus on a different film, I am about to shine a spotlight onto a cinematic series. Some inspiration for this comes from my blogging friend Graeme, who runs the hugely popular Carry on Blogging site – I urge you to visit it here: http://carryonfan.blogspot.co.uk/
Classic British cinema has long been the inspiration for my writing. Two of my short story collections have focussed on the audience for a specific film ('A Canterbury Tale' and 'I Know Where I'm Going'). Another collection was peopled by a range of characters all affected in some way by the work of Joyce Grenfell.
My intention is that my next short story collection will be connected to Launder and Gilliat's earlier St Trinians films. These are much loved and also, I think, quite important in their own little way. This time, I also hope to take a step closer to the films in the stories that I write. Rather than focussing on the audience, I'd like the films and their stars to take a bow in some way. How I will do this, I'm not quite sure yet. This proposal is more challenging to me as a writer and involves research into the making of the films, those involved in this and the contemporary scene.
So from this point onwards, The History Usherette will shine her torch on four films in a series of posts, perhaps lasting for a year. I'll share all my discoveries on here and hopefully bring us all a bit of classic film joy along the way.
The Films:
· The Belles of St Trinians (1954)
· Blue Murder at St Trinians (1957)
· The Pure Hell of St Trinians (1960)
· The Great St Trinians Train Robbery (1966)
There will probably be less emphasis on the fourth one. A further Launder and Gilliat St Trinians film was made in 1980, but this falls out of the Usherette's time frame. And as is the case with the Train Robbery film, many original cast members were missing and it just isn't the same. It is generally agreed that as the series progressed, the quality dropped. Star ratings for the Train Robbery film are never generous.
As anyone who knows the Usherette is aware…if Ruby Gates isn't in it, then, well…what's the point?


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Battle for the Punchbowl: The U. S. 1st Marine Division 1951 Fall Offensive of the Korean War Page: 137
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Besides the mines, Hill 749 was one tough defensive network. It was part of one of
the "T' shaped ridges, and the enemy had taken maximum advantage of the terrain in
his defense. The right-angle ridges were murderously effective defensive bulwarks
providing a strength similar to that of inland defenses on Iwo Jima, Peleliu, and
Okinawa. "Attackers fighting their way up the leg of the 'T' came under deadly crossfire
from the head of the imaginary letter-a transverse ridgeline bristling with mortars and
machine guns positioned in bunkers."58
Even in the hell of this battle, some Marines still had a sense of humor. Navy
Corpsman Joe Havens with 2/1 remembered: "The first North Korean I saw was a dead
one. Left so we newcomers would see him, he was propped up in a sitting position in a
bend on one of the trails on Hill 749. He held in one hand a dead man's poker hand of
aces and eights."59
Some reports from other elements of the division deemed support from both air
and artillery adequate that day, but past a certain geographic point, 2/1 could not utilize
either freely lest they inadvertently hit 2/7's remaining men. The "cannon cockers" of the
11th Marines (and X Corps artillery like the 780th FAB, Battery "C") expended 2,133
rounds of artillery. Marines used 4.2 inch mortars abundantly that day as well. These
fired 261 HE (High Explosive) and 28 WP (White Phosphorous "Willie Pete") rounds in
the day's fighting. Engineers helped the advance by clearing mine fields. Charlie
Company 1st Tank Battalion, fired 720 rounds, which resulted in the destruction of six
NKPA bunkers.60
s8 Lynn Montross, et al., The East-Central Front, 192; 1st Mar Div, "Historical Diary," September 1951, 18.
59 Oral account of Hospitalman Joe Havens of Dog Company, 2/1 in: Knox, Uncertain Victory, 300.
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I'm planning a birthday lunch for my father-in-law on Friday. After all the holiday eating I want to get away from turkey/ham and don't want something too heavy. I'm in Australia and it's in the 90's here right now and also the oven here is not working, so only have a stovetop and grill. Any menu suggestions?
This Salmon with Red Curry sauce on a bed of basmati rice with a shower of Asian slaw on top is one of my favorite elegant company dishes. It is pretty easy to make and plates up restaurant quality appearance. I have access to a milder prepared red Thai curry paste that I use when I don't know if people can take a little heat, but this sauce overall is fairly mild.
I like to put toasted sesame seeds in the cabbage salad.
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I'd say definitely some grilled seafood. How about tuna? Just sear it very, very rare on a hot-hot grill and pick sides according to your family's tastes. I'd probably opt for a Salad Nicoise, myself....
One thing that can and should be cooked on the grill is paella http://www.food52.com/recipes... You should have no problem finding suitable bivalves in Australia. This is my recipe but there must be about a dozen posted to food52.
Can you get your hands on some cedar or hickory (or other) planks? Plank grilled fish is also a great party dish ... if you want to mix it up you could do a combo of seafood and maybe some beef or pork kabobs. Pierino's paella suggestion is also a good one - there is a tailgate paella on this site specifically designed for the grill ...
A super-easy crowd-pleaser is Frogmore Stew, which does not have frogs and isn't a stew but more of a shrimp boil. It makes a spectacular table presentation and it's just fun food. Here's a recipe I've used/adapted many times to great acclaim: http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/frogmore-stew.html?cm_src=RECIPESEARCH. One catch is that you need Old Bay seasoning. If it's not available in Australia, here's a recipe: http://busycooks.about.com/od/homemademixes/r/oldbaymix.htm.
How about a grilled steak salad? And ice cream for dessert, with all the toppings. :)
In the summer here, we often do a cold seafood plate - cooked lobster, shrimp, crabmeat, etc. - with several sauces, a nice green salad, good bread and ice cream for dessert...easy and refreshing in the hot weather...
I think the big question is 'what does your father-in-law like? After all, it's his birthday. Maybe some nice steaks or his favorite fish on the grill.
Thanks for all your suggestions - was great inspiration. I ended up making an 'assemble your own' Nicoise salad, using grilled salmon, and potatoes tossed with verjuice, olive oil, parsley and capers. Then rhubarb soup by fiveandspice. Was delicious! The kids enjoyed quesadillas and frozen yogurt and mango pops that they helped prepare. Everyone enjoyed the lunch, especially my father-in-law - who loves salmon and rhubarb.


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Cream of Mushroom and Celery soup
5 servings
10 medium cremini mushrooms ( Costco pack)
1 medium onion
2 tsp
mince garlic
2 tsp seasoning salt
1 small pack celery chopped
2 cups of chicken stock
1 cup of fat free Greek yogurt
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celery soft but not mushy. If you need to cook longer go ahead. Next add all seasonings and mix ** I
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There ya go homemade cream of mushroom and celery soup. You can add more yogurt to make it creamier
if you like. What's awesome about this soup besides the flavor, simplicity, and
serving of veggies is it really is not too high in fat or calories. According
to myfitness pal it's about 90 calories. There are about 5 servings and that is
large servings. So there you go it's a perfect
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Renyi Promoted to VP of Corporate Sales
With his continued development to go along with a solid background of motorsports sponsorship sales and industry relationships, Tim Renyi has been promoted to vice president of corporate sales for New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Jerry Gappens, executive vice president and general manager of New Hampshire Motor Speedway, officially announced the promotion today.
Renyi, 35, who joined the speedway in June of 2010 as a senior account executive in the sales department, will now oversee all of the day-to-day details of the corporate and group sales departments, as well as heading the hospitality and sponsorship sales for the multi-purpose facility, which hosts two NASCAR Sprint Cup race weekends each year.
It's the second promotion in eight months for Renyi, who was elevated to corporate sales manager back in February.
"Tim has done an exceptional job since joining us here at 'The Magic Mile,' " said Gappens. "In a very short period of time, Tim has evolved into an effective leader for our corporate sales department. He is well-respected by our corporate partners and staff here at the speedway. Under his leadership, we had a significant increase in revenue and the number of new corporate partners this year."
Prior to joining New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Renyi spent three years at Auto Club Speedway in California, selling sponsorships for NASCAR's top three racing series.
Before joining the motorsports world, Renyi worked as the director of business development for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, an affiliate of Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Although he has previous experience outside of New England, Renyi is hardly new to the East Coast. A native of Maine, Renyi spent time in Nashua, N.H., working with the Nashua Pride of the Atlantic League and at Sports and Entertainment Matters in Boston, Mass.
Renyi earned a degree in Sports Marketing and Administration from the University of Connecticut's Neag School. He currently resides in Maine with his wife Hannah and their daughter.
In addition to the two NASCAR weekends, New Hampshire Motor Speedway hosts a variety of motorsports events, including the Vintage Racing Celebration; the oldest motorcycle event in the country, the Loudon Classic; and a variety of sports car, club racing, and numerous driving/rider schools.


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Upcoming: #oo activism
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In October, Dr. Tim Highfield and I will be presenting some of our Occupy Oakland research at the Internet Research 13.0 Conference. We've started putting together the paper over the last few weeks (which means that my Tumblr is currently full of useful quotations I've found along the way), and have been enjoying the process tremendously. In coming weeks I'll be sending drafts to interviewees who said they were interested in seeing the project develop to get their feedback, and hopefully within a few months Tim and I will have the full article to share. The abstract for the presentation (co-written with Tim) is here:
#oo activism: Uses of Twitter within the Occupy Oakland movement
Social media have become crucial tools for political activists and protest movements, providing another channel for promoting messages and garnering support. Twitter, in particular, has been identified as a noteworthy medium for protests in countries including Iran and Egypt to receive global attention (Gaffney, 2010; Lotan, Ananny, Gaffney, & boyd, 2011). The Occupy movement, originating with protests in, and the physical occupation of, Wall Street and inspiring similar demonstrations in other U.S. cities and around the world, has been intrinsically linked with social media through location-specific hashtags: #ows for Occupy Wall Street, #occupysf for San Francisco, and so on. While the individual protests have a specific geographical focus – highlighted by the physical occupation of parks, buildings, and other urban areas – Twitter provides a means for these different movements to be linked and promoted through tweets containing multiple hashtags. It also serves as a channel for tactical communications during actions and as a space in which movement debates take place.
In this paper, we undertake a preliminary study of Twitter's use within the Occupy Oakland movement. We analyse a dataset of public tweets published between 29 January and 15 February 2012 containing the #oo hashtag to identify the ways in which social media are employed within the movement, from promoting events to broadcasting live from marches and meetings. This timeframe is particularly noteworthy because it covers the aftermath of the Move In Day action, an attempt to take over a disused building and turn it into a social centre. The failure of this action in the face of police repression led to intense debate within the movement about strategies and tactics, as well as between participants and observers in Oakland and elsewhere. There were also a number of follow-up actions organised, including solidarity actions for the 409 people arrested at Move In Day. Much of this debate and organising took place on Twitter and was tagged with the #oo hashtag. While this is not the only hashtag used for this specific movement (#occupyoakland is also featured in tweets), #oo's length makes it a popular choice for protesters faced with only 140 characters with which to write their tweets.
Our analysis of the content of #oo tweets examines how Twitter is used within the movement; as, variably, a means of organisation, communication, broadcasting, or debate, for example. As part of this study, we evaluate how Twitter activity corresponds with events such as rallies, arrests, and meetings, and determine the presence of any sub-groups of Twitter users within the movement focused on particular activities, such as livestreaming and the controversial weekly anti-police rallies. Using methods developed specifically for processing Twitter datasets (Bruns, 2011), we also examine the hashtags, @replies and mentions, and retweets included in the gathered tweets to identify any links with other #occupy movements and movements around the world (including those in Egypt and Syria), and the relationship between Occupy Oakland and local institutions and places. This step allows us to study the connections between a geographically-focused movement such as Occupy Oakland and related, but physically distant, protests taking place concurrently in other cities.
This preliminary study forms part of a wider project exploring the politics of place, investigating how social movements are composed and sustained. In addition to movement-specific data collected from sites such as Twitter, the project also draws on ethnographic research through interviews with activists, and participant observation of the movements' activities. This research methodology allows us to develop a more accurate and nuanced understanding of how movement activists use Twitter by cross-checking trends in the online data with observations and activists' own reported use of Twitter.
Bruns, A. (2011). How Long Is a Tweet? Mapping Dynamic Conversation Networks on Twitter Using Gawk and Gephi. Information, Communication & Society, (January 2012), 1-29. doi:10.1080/1369118X.2011.635214
Gaffney, D. (2010). # iranElection : Quantifying Online Activism. Paper presented at WebSci10. 26 April 2010, Raleigh, NC. Retrieved from http://journal.webscience.org/295
Lotan, G., Ananny, M., Gaffney, D., & boyd, d. (2011). The Revolutions Were Tweeted: Information Flows During the 2011 Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions. International Journal of Communication, 5, 1375-1405.
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Sittings of three TCG's subgroups on Donbas taking place in Minsk
Sittings of three subgroups of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) to settle the situation in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, have begun in Minsk.
The Foreign Ministry of Belarus wrote this on Twitter.
"Sittings of the working groups on security, political, humanitarian issues of the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine are taking place in Minsk," reads a report.
As Ukrinform earlier reported, the Trilateral Contact Group and its three subgroups at their meeting on February 1 managed to agree on some positions regarding the release of illegally detained persons.


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The cover art for Death Race 3: Inferno has been released. Starring Luke Goss, Danny Trejo and Ving Rhames, the film streets on January 22, 2013.
Repentant convict Carl Lucas (Luke Goss) — aka Frankenstein — is a legendary driver in the brutal prison blood sport known as Death Race. Only one victory away from winning freedom, Lucas is plunged into his most vicious competition yet: the first-ever desert Death Race. Through South Africa's infernal Kalahari Desert, Lucas is pitted against ruthless adversaries and powerful forces at work behind the scenes to ensure his defeat. Also starring Danny Trejo and Ving Rhames, Death Race 3: Inferno is an insane, action-packed thrill ride.
While I didn't see Death Race 2, I did enjoy both the original and the remake. I'll check this one out because of Ving Rhames and Danny Trejo. Pretty sure the latter will come over and kick my ass if I don't.
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Track & Field Travels To Los Angeles for Pac-10 Championships
May 13, 2003
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Up Next: The University of Arizona's men's and women's track and field teams travel to Los Angeles, Calif. for the 2003 Pac-10 Championships, to be held May 17-18. The meet will take place at USC's Cromwell Field at Loker Stadium. Competition is scheduled to get underway at 10 a.m. PT on Saturday and at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday.
The Competition: The Wildcats head into the Pac-10 Championships as one of the top ranking teams in the conference. They will face some fierce competition on both the men's and women's sides. Arizona looks to knock off defending champions Stanford (men) and UCLA (women). In the latest USTCA power rankings, the UCLA men and women hold the top spot in the nation. Following the No. 1 Bruins on the men's side are the No. 10 Arizona Wildcats, No. 15 Washington State Cougars, No 21 California Golden Bears and No 24 Washington Huskies. In women's action, the Bruins are followed by the No. 7 Washington State Cougars, No. 11 Arizona Wildcats and the No. 15 Washington Huskies.
Fast Forward: With the close of the Pac-10 season, the Wildcats will gear up for a run at the national title in the final month of the season. Arizona will begin that run by playing host to the Tucson Elite Classic, a last chance meet for athletes to qualify for NCAA regional action. The meet will take place on May 24, with action set to begin at 6 p.m. at Arizona's Roy P. Drachman Stadium.
Arizona will compete in the NCAA West Regional at Stanford University on May 30-31. The top five athletes in each event will automatically qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the middle of June. Competition will be strong, with athletes hailing from schools in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Arizona.
Scouting the Wildcats:
Men's Sprints: The Wildcat sprinters are a strong group of runners with a lot of potential. Thus far in the season, the men's sprinting squad has been led by Jevon Mason and Jeff Hunter. Mason has earned a NCAA regional qualifier in the 400 meters (46.36), along with a Pac-10 qualifier in the 200 meters (21.34i). He's also been an integral part of the relay squads. Hunter has been pouring on the speed in recent weeks, most notably is his time of 13.86 at the Drake Relays in the 110 meter hurdles. He also has a NCAA regional qualifier in the 400 meter hurdles (51.63) and plays an important role for the relay teams. The men's 4x400 meter relay squad earned a NCAA regional qualifying time of 3:08.11 at the Sun Angel Classic. Other Wildcats to keep an eye on as the season inches towards the postseason are Bruce Bridges (100 meters) and Matt Lea (400 meters).
Women's Sprints: Senior Seynabou Ndiaye continues to lead the women's sprinters. She holds a NCAA regional qualifying time in the 100 meters (11.66), as well as a Pac-10 qualifier in the 200 meters (24.23). Ndiaye also is an important part of the 4x100 meter relay team. Angel Perkins has made an impact for the Wildcats in her freshman season. She holds postseason qualifying times in the 200 meters (23.95) and 400 meters (53.83), as well as playing a strong role on both relay teams, which have qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships. Sharifa Jones, a transfer from Michigan, has also made her name known in her first year as a Wildcat with postseason qualifiers in the 100 meter hurdles (13.56) and the 400 meter hurdles (60.26). Chelsea Powell also joins Jones as one of Arizona's strong hurdlers. Powell broke the one-minute barrier in the 400 meters at the Drake Relays, finishing in a time of 59.73 seconds. Freshman Marquita Taylor and sophomore Lindsay Scarborough are other Wildcats to watch for as the season progresses.
Men's Distance: Among the men's distance runners is a very talented group of runners. The 2003 distance squad have been strong motivators for each other. Newcomer Robert Cheseret has had a breakout freshman season for the Wildcats. He set the UA freshman record in the 5,000 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays with a time of 13:45.88, en route to qualifying for the Pac-10 and NCAA Regional Championships. He also qualified in the 800 meters with a time of 1:50.87. Josh Ludwig and Mark Anderson are coming on strong in the 3,000 meter steeplechase. Ludwig has a season's best time of 9:00.24, while Anderson holds a personal best time on the season of 9:04.85. Both are Pac-10 and NCAA Regional qualifiers. Kyle Goklish's time of 29:31.36 in the 10,000 meters is a NCAA provisional qualifier. As the season continues, Aaron Powell (800 meters) and Jin Daikoku (1,500 meters) are ones to keep an eye on.
Women's Distance: The women's distance runners are a very young squad with a lot of talent. Junior Beth Hoge is a strong team leader for the women. Hoge has Pac-10 and NCAA Regional qualifying times in the 1,500 meters (4:25.16) and 5,000 meters (16:21.86). The core group of freshman continues to grow and improve as the season continues. Adrienne Goeller (5,000 meters and 10,000 meters) and Robin Tierney (800 meters and 1,500 meters) look to make some strides for some qualifying times in the last couple of meets of the outdoor season.
Men's Field: The outdoor season has been a strong one for the Arizona throwers. The men have multiple postseason qualifiers in three out of four events. Sean Shields has been a strong team leader for the Wildcats with a mark of 63-0 in the shot put and 187-7 in the discus, to earn a bid to both the Pac-10 and NCAA Regional meets. Rich Legarra is also coming on strong with qualifying throws of 58-5 3/4 (shot put), 188-10 (discus) and 199-8 (hammer). Scott Sharpe completes the trio of multiple qualifiers with marks of 55-5 (shot put) and 187-9 (hammer). Mark Ramos earned a spot in the postseason with a leap of 24-3 1/2 in the long jump. Mike Mortensen is the lone qualifier in the pole vault with a leap of 16-4 3/4 at the Willie Williams Classic.
Women's Field: As with any other season, the women's field events are a strong point for the Wildcats. Pole vaulter Amy Linnen was sidelined for most of the outdoor season with a nagging foot injury. She rejoined the squad at the Drake Relays, where she vaulted 12-10 1/4. Newcomer Connie Jerz has been a nice addition to the pole vaulting squad. In her first year with the team, she earned a NCAA qualifying vault of 13-7 1/4. Amber Varner and Rachel Varner are part of a strong UA women's throws squad. The sisters have both earned qualifying marks in the shot put and discus, while Amber adds one more in the hammer. Ilona Rutjes has been a strong discus thrower for the Wildcats all season, with a best mark of 167-4 to lead the team. In the javelin, Julie DeMarni continues to have a strong season with a season's best mark of 159-9, which qualifies her for both the Pac-10 and NCAA Regional meets.
2003 Season Outlook: The 2003 track and field season brings about a lot of changes for the University of Arizona. Former associate head coach Fred Harvey has moved up to Director of Track & Field and Cross Country. For the first time in 35 years, the Wildcats have a new cross country/distance coach in James Li for the first time in 35 years, and the team is loaded with a lot of young, freshman talent. But not everything is new for the Wildcats as the team also returns some of its top performers from the 2002 season, including Amy Linnen, Beth Hoge, Chelsea Powell, Julie DeMarni, Matt Lea, Mark Anderson, J.R. Harrison, Mike Mortensen and Sean Shields.
The final standings at the 2002 NCAA Outdoor Championships may not have had Arizona where they expected to finish, but the outlook for the coming season couldn't be better.
On the men's side, the future looks very bright. The Wildcats will return seven NCAA qualifiers, one All-American, ten All-Pac-10 performers and three out of four members of both relay teams, which were runners-up at the Pac-10 Championships. The Wildcat men return All-Pac-10 and NCAA performers in every event area.
The Arizona women head into the 2003 season with a fresh, new look. They return a good number of core athletes, including five NCAA qualifiers, one All-American and three All-Pac-10 performers. The squad will feature some of last year's top performers in every event area.
The talent of the freshman recruiting class is another thing to take note of when the 2003 version of the track and field team heads to competition in early January. 'All in all, I feel we had, for the second consecutive year, one of our top recruiting classes,' commented head coach Fred Harvey. In the past two years, the Wildcats have recruited several of the top athletes out of California and Texas, along with some of the top track and field athletes in state of Arizona history. 'Recruiting is the core of our success, and I feel that we have a great core at this time,' Harvey explained.
The 2003 season is expected to be another successful one for the Wildcats. With the returnees from last year's teams and the incoming recruiting class, the tradition of success in the Arizona track and field program is sure to continue under the new leadership of Harvey. The new and fresh look for this year's squads is sure to improve on the already-great reputation of what is known as Arizona track and field.
2002 In Review: The University of Arizona's men's and women's track and field teams continued the tradition of excellence as they ended the 2002 season at the NCAA Championships in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The meet was highlighted by some of the team's top contributors from the season.
Senior Brianna Glenn once again had a busy NCAA meet and proved to be one of the most talented and versatile athletes in the nation. Glenn placed in three events at the national meet, earning All-America honors in the long jump, 100 meters and 200 meters. She placed third in the long jump, fourth in the 100 meters and sixth in the 200 meters.
Senior Angela Foster earned her second All-America honor in the hammer throw. She placed eighth in the hammer with a throw of 200 feet, 3 inches. Foster played an integral part in the team's recent success at the national level and will be missed greatly.
In her first year as a Wildcat, junior Julie DeMarni qualified for the NCAA Championships and placed 16th overall in the javelin. She is also the new school record-holder in the javelin. After another year under her belt, DeMarni should contribute greatly at the national level.
Sophomore Beth Hoge made her debut at the NCAA Championships this past spring. Hoge finished 13th in the 5,000 meters. She is the team's top returning distance runner and will contribute greatly over the next to years to the Wildcat cross country and track and field teams.
Sophomore Amy Linnen currently holds the collegiate record in the indoor pole vault at 14 feet, 10-� inches, as well as the World Junior record at the same mark. She placed 13th at the USAT&F meet. Linnen has established herself as truly one of the finest vaulters in the nation. She is an up and coming athlete on the world level.
Senior Mike Kenyon competed in both the 200 meters and the 400 meters at the NCAA Championships, bringing home All-American honors in both events. He placed 11th in the 200 meters and seventh in the 400 meters. He then went on to compete at the USAT&F meet where he placed fifth in the 400m, qualifying him for the relay pool at the World Cup.
Sophomore Mike Mortensen made his debut at the NCAA Championships in the pole vault. He vaulted 16 feet, 10-3 � inches to claim 14th place. His highest vault of the year was 17 feet, 7 inches, which is almost a foot higher than his previous best. Mortensen is anticipated to be very successful over the next two years.
Freshman Sean Shields was a huge addition to the team this past season. He placed ninth at the NCAA Championships, earning his second All-American honors as a freshman. He earned his first honor at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Shields then went on to compete in the USA Junior National meet, where he placed first in the shot put, setting a new World Junior record and American Junior record with a throw of 67 feet, 9 inches. He was also second in the discus. He then went on the World Junior meet where he placed second in the shot put and eighth in the discus. In the next three years, he could develop into one of the finest athletes ever to compete at the University of Arizona.
The 2001-2002 cross country and track and field seasons were a time for the Wildcats to say good bye to one of the namesakes of the program. Dave Murray retired as the Director of Track and Field and Cross Country after 35 years of coaching at the University of Arizona. His shoes will be filled by former Associate Head Coach Fred Harvey. Harvey is entering his 16th season with the Wildcats and enters his new position ready to lead the Wildcats to more successful ventures. He has coached many All-Americans, several national champions, and several Olympians. He has recently been selected to be the head coach of Team USA's men's team at the 2003 Pan American Games.
The 2001-2002 season ended successfully for the Wildcats. The teams look forward to beginning a new era of Wildcat track and field in 2003 under a new head coach and with many exciting possibilities with the talent of the athletes.
The Coaches: Head coach Fred Harvey (16th year, Cal Poly-SLO, '82) begins his first year as the Wildcats' leader. Harvey has coached several world-class athletes, such as Patrick Nduwimana, a 2000 Olympic semifinalist and Arizona track and field veteran. Assistant coach Tom Hays (6th year, Kansas, '89) is one of the top pole vault coaches in the nation and will direct the Wildcat jumpers this season. Assistant coach John Frazier (3rd year, UCLA, '86) was an addition to last year's coaching staff. The Wildcat throwers will be led by coach Frazier. Assistant coach Dawn Mortensen (6th year, Arizona, '96) was a standout sprinter for the Wildcats in the 1990s and works with the Arizona sprinters and hurdlers. Assistant coach James Li (1st year, Beijing Institute of Physical Education) joins the Wildcat coaching staff to coach the distance runners. Li also heads up the Wildcat cross country teams.
Note: In the Willie Williams Classic (March 21-22), Matt Wagner competed unattached and was not a competitor for the University of Arizona.
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Old World Beauty: Victorian-Style Bridal Shoot by Jessica Janae Photography
Happy Friday, ladies and gents! If you like classic, polished style and traditional home decor, then you're going to love today's feature: a romantic, Victorian-esque bridal shoot by Jessica Janae Photography.
When I first saw these images of bride-to-be Noelle (her fiance Tim joined her for some of the photos, too), my first thought was, "Kate Middleton." From her regal lace dress, complete with a high collar and elbow-length sleeves (purchased at The Perfect Dress) to her perfectly coiffed updo (courtesy of Biz Lalli from Lunatic Fringe Salon), Noelle is every bit as elegant and polished as Princess Catherine. I'm completely enamored.
Photographer Jessica Janae shares some details about the inspiration and style of Noelle's bridal shoot:
Noelle wanted a really classy, old-school, vintage style for her bridals. Her parents live on Haxton Place in downtown Salt Lake City, a beautiful little street where all the houses look like beautiful English homes. We decided to shoot on that street, in her parent's house, and in neighbors' homes. The setting turned out to be amazing with the style of Noelle's dress and hair/makeup. She had such a classic, Old World kind of beauty–I loved it.
I used all film and natural light so that everything looked really raw and beautiful. All the photos are really grainy and have a lot of emotion. They almost look antique.
I couldn't agree more–the quality of the film makes the images seem as though they could have been found in a dusty, antique wedding album from the turn of the century, and Noelle's style and poise certainly recall an earlier era.
Thank you Jessica for sharing this bridal/groomal shoot with us today! Congratulations Noelle and Tim!
Have a fantastic weekend everyone!


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I was happy to read your article of Jan. 5 ( "A Long Way From Home" ) and to learn that you have known very well the situation of the Vietnamese community's political activities. I am amazed to know that there is a group of Vietnamese headed by Tran Khanh Van, who is looking to deal with the younger generation in Vietnam. . . . In my opinion, that is not only the realistic way but also the most patriotic way to save Vietnam.
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Why, then, a "Jeffersonian" New Urbanism? (Part One.)
A few years have passed since I last read any of the Anti-Federalist Papers; lately, slowly, I've been getting back to that, starting with introductory material from editor Ralph Ketcham and some of the important Constitutional debates. To me, one of the greatest failings of the Anti-Federalists (excluding the eventual ratification of the Constitution) is that, though they succeeded in adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution, thereby, theoretically, providing protections of individual liberties, lost in the shuffle was any notion of community rights. As I've stressed elsewhere,
Gone is Aristotle's zoon politikon, and the Philosopher's fundamental precept, "every community is established for the sake of some GOOD", specifically the common good, replaced by the Every-man-a-king doctrine of liberalism. Without the State, its origins in necessary contractarianism, mankind, by the liberal creed, exists in a perpetual state of war. Contra liberalism (and, thus, libertarianism), conservatism, rightly conceived, follows Aristotle, appreciating the importance of the individual but recognizing that outside of community, man enters into what Berry calls "vast meaninglessness, […] the freedom of our vices."
"Community rights" is a dangerously imprecise term, just the sort of concept that, improperly understood, could lead to collectivism. Nonetheless, the idea that communities possess rights, to which individual rights should be subordinated, or at least by which individual rights should be crafted, guided, and restrained is, I think, essential to conservatism. (I'm channeling Wendell Berry here, for sure.) Though the successes of the the Anti-Federalists manifested themselves primarily in the form of defenses of the individual (and the states), these decentralists were not merely libertarians, something that Larison has noted.
One particular line from Ketcham's introduction, referring to Anti-Federalist "John DeWitt," echoes ceaselessly in my mind, reaffirming the very communitarian nature of anti-federalism:
"Each 'district,' furthermore, would be a town or ward or region conscious of its own, particular identity rather than being some amorphous, arbitrary geographic entity."
[My emphasis. – NPO]
Then, to return to the task at hand, to wit, replying to E.D. Kain's post, I submit that we conservatives must embrace a New Urbanism that not only "believes in community," but specifically one that recognizes that our "districts" must be "conscious of [their] own, particular ident[ies]", rather than being mere political divisions. Again, this goes back to my point in Part I about the problems inherent in the coerced integration espoused by some planners. We need to embrace a variant of New Urbanism that not only seeks to define each community, but to empower it — to bring as much political power to the lowest level possible, in addition to the (moderate) cultural control (A bogeyman term? C'est la vie!) of the community. (See, in Patrick J. Ford's "Edmund Burke, Anarcho-Conservative," Burke's admiration for the anarcho-conservative Massachusetts colony.) It's not just about community, but about a community's control over its own fate.
Along with the decentralization of power and the community-facilitating traditional urban design and architecture (contextually appropriate, of course!) of Anti-Federalist New Urbanism, we must espouse Distributist(-esque) economics, Jeffersonian economic democracy.
One of my most serious complaints with New Urbanism in practice is that, for reasons of "necessity," the otherwise localist bent of New Urbanism is all too often sacrificed on the economic front. Instead of Neighborhood Grocery Mart, we have a New Urbanist-friendly Safeway or, given the upper-middle-class predilection for New Urbanism, a "green" "neighborhood" Whole Foods or Trader Joe's. Instead of Nathan's Nocturnal Nook, we have Starbucks and a "neo-traditional" Borders. One cannot sincerely deny what benefits this has, but to substitute, for economic or other reasons, the national chain for the local and independent is to succumb to the short-term, unsustainable temptations of liberalism.
We replace natural cultural and economic diversity with the banality of ubiquity, thereby relegating local culture — and a truly vibrant economic market — to quaint nostalgia in the community museum and a few hole-in-the-wall establishments. We lose the material benefits of having the proprietors of the businesses that we patronize living amongst us — both the benefits of having income that stays in the community and having businesses that, their owners having real knowledge of the community, are responsive to the wants and needs of community members, as they members actually describe them, rather than as they "define" them with their wallets. When we support farmers' markets and local grocers that contact directly with local farmers, we know that not only are we near the sources of our food (something that, sometimes, we can know even at the chain stores), but we know that the people who make the decisions about what local food we can buy have direct contact with that food for the duration of the journey from field to plate.
When our neighbors are our pharmacists, lumber guys, mechanics, and tailors, we can address concerns we have with their establishments, employees, or products without much of the redtape we may face when dealing with a corporation "owned" by thousands of shareholders and run by a suit-wearing MBA in Bentonville who knows nothing about a lube job, let alone the name of the mechanic who forget to put new oil into your engine after he drained the old lubricant.
Finally, we need this Distributism-infused New Urbanism because private property is, to quote Prof. Wilson, in his reply to Prof. Shiffman, "bound up with the activities of man's pursuit of the good; consequently it can only be understood properly in terms of that end." Without the widespread distribution of property championed by Belloc, et al., and Jefferson, we risk both political dominance by those in greatest possession of real property and the diminishing of many men who, deprived of property, become less able to pursue the good. No society, at the community level, the national level, or anywhere between, can survive, in the long-term, when plagued by these two serious ailments.
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Well it finally came together... This card was one that just didn't want to work for me... I had so many bits of cards and different centre images it was getting crazy!!! Anyway, this is what I came up with for Makeesha's Sketch Challenge #34
And this was the sketch I was using:
In the end, I'm happy with the result - now to work out what to do with all the leftovers... Can I take the easy option and just pop them into my daughters's craft box? hehhehhe
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Journal of Applied Mathematics and Stochastic Analysis
Volume 2009, Article ID 308025, 14 pages
Interloss Time in Loss System
Occupational Medicine Department (DML), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Prevention (ISPESL), Via Alessandria 220/E, 00198 Rome, Italy
Received 29 March 2009; Accepted 24 May 2009
Academic Editor: Ho Lee
Copyright © 2009 Pierpaolo Ferrante. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
We consider the interloss times in the Erlang Loss System. Here we present the explicit form of the probability density function of the time spent between two consecutive losses in the model. This density function solves a Cauchy problem for the second-order differential equations, which was used to evaluate the corresponding laplace transform. Finally the connection between the Erlang's loss rate and the evaluated probability density function is showed.


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ATI announced/launched their latest update to the Theater line of tuner cards, the ATI Theater 650 PRO
More scoop from: TG Daily:
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Compared to the 550 Pro, the 650 version adds a new 3D comb filter, noise reduction features, a modified MPEG encoder and support for digital TV standards around the globe. Users in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and South Korea will see Theater chips with integrated ATSC capability, while European buyers will get chips with DVB-T support."


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Guests have access to the entire property excluding the host's private living area. At Riverbend guests can enjoy a stunning pool surrounded by an expansive deck that includes a cabana / entertainment area with elevated spectacular river and rainforest views. There are landscaped sub-tropical gardens and approximately 20 acres of lush rainforest. Just below the pool area starts a relaxing kilometre walking trail through palms and rainforest to Laverty's Weir. Car parking is available on the property. Clothes dryer and washing machine available for a small fee.
Services for Guests
For any of the following services / activities at the prescribed operator's terms and charges, arrangements can be made for your convenience – just ask your hosts:-
- Remedial Massage for guests with a Remedial Therapist in the area
- Diving at Byron Bay
Interaction with Guests
Your hosts Peter and Philip's aim is to ensure guests have a great stay at Riverbend. They will interact with guests as required, your privacy is respected at all times. They are very happy to ensure guests are well informed about the property and area. Peter and Philip can be contacted at any time to ensure your needs are met and questions answered.
Your Hosts
Peter and Philip moved to Wilsons Creek from Adelaide nearly 3 years ago. Gardening and the outdoors is their passion particularly here in the sub-tropics. They pride themselves in their home and the accommodation that they have built. This is their paradise, a truly beautiful place and now they are living their dream that they wish to share with others. They enjoy good food, wine and music. Peter is a singer having sung with State Opera of SA for many years and now sings solo at events in the local area from Baroque, German Lieder to Jazz and Blues. Philip is the project manager and is always planning to make Riverbend greater and better for guests to enjoy. His vision has created Riverbend Accommodation at Wilsons Creek. Sharing a laugh with good friends is their energy. They have travelled the world extensively and have met many people who have stayed lifelong friends.
Peter and Philip always encourage guests to provide feedback about their stay at Riverbend – its the best way for them to improve the total experience!