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When a whale announces its presence, it's a hard thing to ignore. There's usually a giant splash or two, a huge exhalation through the whale's blowhole, and excited shouts from anyone lucky enough to witness such a spectacle.
This was certainly the case on our last trip to Mexico, as a perfect day of snorkelling drew to a close just off the shores of Puerto Vallarta.
The seven-hour catamaran tour we'd taken had been flawless. Our Vallarta Adventures boat went to Las Marietas, a group of uninhabited islands home to dozens of bird species and types of marine life.
The Mexican government once used these islands for military testing and bombing, but international protest in the late 1960s - initiated by noted biologist Jacques Cousteau - eventually resulted in the area becoming a protected park.
The islands have also now been named a biosphere reserve by UNESCO, due to the myriad of coral, fish, bird and mammal species found here.
As we took in the islands' rocky beauty, thousands of birds could be seen. Blue-footed boobies, squawking seagulls and swift swallows filled the land and air.
The bird watching was followed by sea kayaking and snorkelling.
We jumped into the crystal clear water as colourful fish darted around us. The occasional sea turtle and giant manta ray also occasionally grace these waters.
The next stop came at a secluded little beach, with time for sunning, swimming and beachcombing.
The day had been ideal, we decided on the way back to the mainland, as dolphins popped up alongside the boat, much as they had throughout the day.
Our guide explained that if we were visiting a couple of weeks later, we might have spotted a humpback whale or two, as well.
The humpbacks arrive in the warm waters of Banderas Bay each December and stay until the end of March, largely to reproduce and give birth.
The guide was busily pointing out different types of dolphins when his tone changed. "Do you want to go see some whales?" he shouted, seemingly as surprised as we were.
In the distance, he'd spotted six of the behemoth mammals, each weighing about 36 tonnes. It was the first whale sighting of the season.
Our boat caught up with the whales (with the captain steering the boat a respectable distance away), and we saw five males showing off, trying to capture the attention of the lone female in the area.
They jumped, breached, splashed, slapped and bumped into each other. Everyone on the boat stood mesmerized by the spectacle.
Best of all, the whale sighting was a complete surprise - something that Puerto Vallarta still delivers.
For first-time and repeat visitors, the destination continues to serve up surprising delights.
I strolled through the heart of the old town on a recent visit, remembering some of my favourite things from a vacation years earlier, such as the cobblestone streets and the often-photographed cathedral.
A new display, however, quickly caught my attention. Dozens of chalk murals formed a temporary art show on the pavement, injecting a punch of colour into the classic beauty of the town.
Next up was the malecon, the well-known promenade along the beach.
A statue of a child on a sea horse still stands, as it has since 1976. But not far away, groupings of new statues also command attention, turning the 12-block malecon into an impressive art walk.
Artists have coaxed and shaped stone, steel and bronze into an amazing array of sculpture, including high-backed chairs that morph into creatures and the double helix of DNA, intertwined with frogs, a lizard and an octopus.
Another newer delight can be found north of Puerto Vallarta. Here, the Riviera Nayarit has blossomed to become one of Mexico's emerging hot spots, dotted with all-inclusive hotels, secluded hideaways and dozens of beaches. There's a resort for every taste, whether you're looking for the ultimate offerings in activities and sports (check out Paradise Village) or escape from reality (try Dreams.)
As we arrived at the Riu Palace Pacifico, we discovered a white jewel of a resort sparkling on a golden beach.
The food, the decor and the pool were remarkable. But even more delightful was the friendly service, with more than a dozen waiters learning our names while we were there.
A walk down to the beach led to a discovery of sand dollars, an assortment of other marine creatures and even a couple of baby sea turtles.
Pods of dolphins also swam by each day, usually around 10 a.m., often coinciding with the morning yoga and stretch class on the beach.
The nearby golf course, Flamingos, provides 18 holes of paradise for golfers. Mangroves, lagoons, lush tropical forest and unspoiled natural areas surround the fairways.
Course staff are professional and helpful, while the rates are reasonable, too, compared to other courses in the area.
Other activities in the Riviera Nayarit also provide welcome and surprising diversions. You can glide from tree to tree during a canopy tour; escape into the mountains with a Sierra Madre adventure; discover local flea markets; or explore colonial villages.
The country's tourism board was recently using the marketing slogan of "Mexico: The Place You Thought You Knew." After spending a week in Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit, it's easy to see why the phrase rings true.
Vacation packages to the area are available at westjetvacations.com. Visitor information on Mexico is at visitmexico.com.
Info on Riu Hotels and Resorts can be found at riu.com, while details on golfing at Flamingos are at flamingosgolf.com.mx.
The Wonders of Mazatlan A few years ago, a Mexican tourism organization and media outlet began a contest searching for the 13 man-made
wonders of Mexico. After 1.5 million votes were cast, Mazatlan won a coveted spot, largely for its development as a port city. After gold and silver were discovered here in the 1700s, Mazatlan developed one of the country's most important harbours to export the precious metals. Today, the destination offers a wealth of treasures for visitors:
Shrimp: They're fresh, juicy and abundant, and the star of dozens of gourmet dishes across the city.
Beaches: Mazatlan's beaches are some of the widest in the country. When surf's out, you can seemingly walk forever in gentle waves and tidal pools.
Pulmonias: Translated to pneumonia, these open-air golf-cart vehicles are tons more fun than the usual taxis found at most destinations.
Parasailing: This is the hot spot for the sport, which makes you think that perhaps man really can, or should, fly.
The Fountain of Eternal Youth: This
historic building was once the beststocked pharmacy of early times, with a chemist developing a potion called the "Goddess Venus." Wealthy people travelled here to buy it, since it was said to restore lost youth. Today, people come to see the historic architecture, museum, galleries and a restaurant.
Landmarks: Other "don't miss" landmarks include a historic lighthouse, a glorious malecon, art centre, theatre, cathedral and town market.


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This year, we're taking it one step further and focusing on accountability—in practice and principle throughout the publication. You'll see our usual overviews of the field projects supported by donors like you, along with breakdowns of where we directed our resources, how many patients were treated, in what context, and for what conditions. We also show that, for the seventeenth consecutive year, at least 85 percent of all money raised was spent on program activities (as opposed to fundraising or administrative costs). And, as in years past, we provide a financial case study of a single program, a very busy surgical hospital in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
What's different this year is an essay that further delves into the question of what accountability means to MSF and describes the steps we take to ensure our accountability to patients, local authorities, donors, our own medical and humanitarian principles, and our association of past and current MSF staff, which plays an active role in both our governance and our decision-making processes.
The essay features excerpts from evaluations carried out and shared publically in recent years—on the response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, for instance, or the nutritional crisis in Somalia and the greater Horn of Africa last year. It also includes information about books MSF produced last year to stimulate reflection on the negotiations we conduct in order to open and operate projects in a given country, and on the ways our work is seen by people, patients, and communities in those countries.
All of these—the books, the project evaluations, this annual report—were designed as critical examinations of our work undertaken with the aim of improving the care we deliver to patients, finding ways to better prepare for future crises, and being transparent about the choices we make. They also allow us to promote best practices for others working in the same field. Last year, for example, our Paris-based epidemiological branch, Epicentre, released the results of its evaluation of MSF's nutritional programs in Niger, showing that supplementary feeding programs using nutrient-rich supplementary food had cut child mortality in half—a remarkable outcome that can be replicated by others working on this often chronic and far too frequently fatal condition.
Looking ahead, we anticipate staying involved in places such as Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Democractic Republic of Congo, and many others, as well as in the shifting, tumultuous events evolving across the Arab world. In these and other contexts, we strive to bring high-quality medical care to our patients and to implement lessons learned over the years of our existence, while also preparing for the unexpected. To that end, we have developed an ambitious four-year international plan that includes improvements in human resources, logistics, medical data, and diagnostics—all designed to improve patient care.
It is thanks to the generosity of millions of private donors around the world that MSF was able to respond quickly and effectively to multiple crises in 2011, and to do so independently and impartially, in accordance with our medical and humanitarian principles. We hope this report illustrates our gratitude and our commitment to accountability, while also doing justice to the hard work of our medical teams and the courage and resilience of our patients.
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Facing your fears
But there is something I fear much more than all of those 'other' fears combined together. I suffer from mysophobia. The fear of germs. I'm not insane, although I do Purell a bit more than is even recommended. My children know the importance of hand-washing, and my oldest son, after he sneezes and sees my eyes growing as large as saucers, says to me:
"Don't worry, mommy, it's not H1!"
Well, I had to face this fear of mine in a huge way this weekend.
There is nothing like having to take your child to the bathroom for 'number 2' at a truck stop in the middle of nowhere to put you face-to-face with your biggest fear: germs, bacteria and of yeah - H1N1! I was in this situation yesterday, as we were driving back from a day trip to Montreal.
"I have to go to the bathroom!" my 4 year old exclaimed from the backseat.
Secretly, I was hoping there would be no rest-stop in sight, so that he would just have to hold it until we go home, but 'home' wasn't for another hour, so I knew we had to stop.
I contemplated letting my husband take Christos to the bathroom, but I had a feeling the state of the men's washroom - in the middle of nowhere, Canada - would be more... um, dirty than the ladies room.
With Purell and baby wipes in hand, I took my son into the rest-stop, and decided to go to the 'family bathroom', thinking it would the 'cleanest' of all our choices.
I covered the toilet seat in paper towels and toilet paper, and my son said:
"Well, where am I suppose to go to the bathroom?" I had covered the seat so much, the opening was almost not visible at all.
"Right here, sweetie", I said to him, and lifted him up.
I don't know about your children, but my oldest son prefers going to go the bathroom with his clothes off. Yet another challenge in a public restroom, that in my mind, was just swimming in all the germs I did not want to encounter. I took off his shoes, placed them on the counter, and held his pants and underwear.
"Christos, don't touch anything! There are so many germs in here... it's so icky!" I said to my boy.
I realized I was a little insane, as I was giving my son ridiculous fears, fears he didn't need, especially because he's only 4 years old. But I could not help myself... as I imagined little H1 bugs crawling all over the place. I begged him to hurry up, as this was not suppose to be an enjoyable experience, certainly not as relaxing as it is at home.
"Hurry up, darling... daddy and Dimitry are waiting in the car!"
We talked about why there was a shower in the bathroom, and we figured out that it was there for all the truckers to use. Great, I thought to myself, just thinking of all the people who had showered mere inches from us that day.
Luckily, this experience didn't last longer than 10 minutes, and after I dressed my son again, ever so carefully, we washed our hands well with soap and warm water. I then used paper towels to open the door, and told my son that since his hands were so clean, he should avoid touching anything until we got back to the car.
Phew... we made it back to the car in one piece. And we're both fine today.
Note: I have always been a clean person, as I am sure you all are, too, but this 'fear' didn't really enter my life until I became a mom. I can't even tell you how many things have changed since I've become a mom! I mean, I used to be the girl who would have no problem lying down in an airport terminal to wait for her flight! Hmm.
Anyway, so I faced my biggest fear. And we survived. However, it wasn't exactly something I look forward to doing again anytime soon!
27 comments:
- Tyne said...
Fear of germs. I hear you- and it is only magnified by all the hype about H1N1. God has blessed your kids with good immune systems- you will conquer the germs and your fear of them.
My fear? Birds. Yep. And I hardly think there are "immune systems" to combat that fear. Whenever we are around birds (with the kids) I put on my big girl panties and act perfectly normal. Thus far, none of them have inherited this phobia that I picked up from my mom.
- November 9, 2009 at 12:59 PM
- Pres. Kathy said...
My fear - dogs. I love dogs as long as their owners are with them. When I was in college, I went to a friend's house and she left me the front room alone with the dog. The dog tried to jump me and the only thing that saved me was my Kate Spade purse!! To this day my husband laughs and says that is why I have expensive taste in purses because they saved me. :-) We just moved to a new house and there are a lot of dogs in the neighborhood. I try to be so brave in front of my little guy so he does not have the same fear as me. I hope we never have a run in with any dog so he doesn't see my fea.
- November 9, 2009 at 1:10 PM
- Sarah said...
OMG - were you at Herb's Truck Stop on the 417?
I have a similar affliction. I actually don't use Purell 'cause I would get addicted to it. I really avoid it at all costs because I fear once I start, I'll never stop.
Hotels are my worst fear, but I am always conscious of who might have touched what (with what) and what they might have just touched with it! (Pin pads make me absolutely cringe). I refuse to use a public phone and avoid anything 'communal'
I am not afraid of getting sick, though. I just am not a fan of 'human dirt' 'cause I think it's gross.
Ironically, I've become more laid back since I've become a mom. I am not nearly as fanatical about it - mostly because I don't want to model my fears to my son. It's a concious effort.
Thankfully, he's still in diapers, so we don't have to deal with him using public washrooms, yet. (I recline his stroller and change him in it!)
- November 9, 2009 at 1:36 PM
- Loukia said...
Sarah - I think I might have been! :) And to be perfectly honest, this 'germ' fear of mine has increased since the whole craziness with H1N1... when my second baby was born, I was so much more laid-back than when my first-born was born... I was a totally different person, not as scared of everything!
- November 9, 2009 at 1:46 PM
- The Crazy Baby Mama said...
oh, i have found my kindred spirit!
- November 9, 2009 at 2:03 PM
- anya said...
I think I might have every one of those phobias. ;)
With you about germs. I'm not OCD but I definitely am careful, especiallly in washrooms. Yuck.
- November 9, 2009 at 2:09 PM
- Mommy Lisa said...
Because I have older step-children who play baseball and softball we have encountered many "Port-a-Potty's" or, germ carnivals, as I like to think of them.
I take my daughter in there, pull down her pants and set her on the potty with strict instructions NOT TO TOUCH ANYTHING BUT MOMMY!
I know I sound like a crazy person to the people out of the door, but EWWW. gross.
- November 9, 2009 at 2:11 PM
- LZ @ My Messy Paradise said...
I'm a germaphobe, too. Bathrooms are gross, h1n1 is scary. totally reasonable, in my opinion! Oh, and the flying thing. Not a big fan of that either...
- November 9, 2009 at 2:56 PM
- Elisa, The Unlikely Housewife said...
oh, you are definitely not alone. public bathrooms horrify me, even here in Switzerland, where they are actually really clean!
- November 9, 2009 at 2:58 PM
- Anna-b-bonkers said...
Ha, ha! This is me. Only I go into the bathroom saying, "don't touch a thing!" I then help them pull down their pants, and hold them above the toilet so not even their pants brush the side of the pot. It is a balance and aim game. Then I flush with my foot and then wash hands like crazy and use paper towel for he door.
Now i am wondering what will happen when I can no longer lift them. I guess it will be the paper towel covering that you do, agh.
Actually I used to be so bad that I wouldn't open a door in a public place and would sanitize till my hands were raw. I got that way from working in a lab and having to be so clean we even had to change shoes when we came in.
I am learning to let up a little but it is terrifying!
- November 9, 2009 at 3:02 PM
- Jessica said...
Oh man... I'm so with you on this one. I'm not quite to your level, but there are certain things I will not do, I don't care how badly it messes up my day to ensure I can avoid germs.
My other fear? Falling out of the sky in an airplane hahaha. But I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in that.
- November 9, 2009 at 3:49 PM
- Lady Mama said...
Public restrooms are gross - but that one did sound particularly yucky . Admittedly I'm not a huge germ phobe. I only just bought a pack of hand sanitizer wipes last week. Otherwise I prefer simple soap and water. Hopefully you won't have to encounter one of those again any time soon!
- November 9, 2009 at 4:37 PM
- Mom2Miles said...
Oh, ick!! My skin was crawling just reading about it! I don't consider myself irrationally scared of germs, but this year, all bets are off. And like you said, when you have kids... they're CLOSER to the germs, for one thing! And they can't exactly hover over the seat like we do. I had to take my son into a Portapotty once & I could barely stand it. thank GOD for Purell!!
- November 9, 2009 at 7:33 PM
- becca said...
I've only very recently become fearful of germs but realized that I was making my daughter totally paranoid so I've backed off some. My biggest fear is flying and it's a hard one to face! I do not allow ANYONE to speak to me during take off and landing (I think I'm channeling the pilot and helping him to fly the plane) and I "shush" everyone during turbulence. Not a fun way to be but we all deal in our own ways, right? Glad you got through the bathroom episode and hope there aren't many more like that!
- November 9, 2009 at 8:08 PM
- Jenn@ The Crazies said...
Yea... germs are yucky. My kids are pretty clean so luckily I dont have to stress much BUT I totally get ya!
- November 9, 2009 at 8:22 PM
- CaraBee said...
I'm not really a germphobe. In fact, while I try to maintain a level of cleanliness, I kind of see exposing my daughter to a certain amount of germs as being a good thing. Helps her develop a strong immune system. Don't get me wrong. I'm not letting her roll around on port-o-potty floors, but I don't get too upset about public places or bathrooms.
Good for you for conquering your fears!
- November 9, 2009 at 8:30 PM
- kys said...
Ugh! When my boys were potty training, it seemed like we used every public restroom that we passed. My oldest had a fascination with toilets and drains and would insist on going to all the restrooms. Disgusting.
- November 9, 2009 at 9:48 PM
- Lindsay said...
Lol! This had me cracking up! Especially the part about how your son likes to take his clothes off to use the bathroom!
When I first had my son I wasn't too worried about germs....and then he got sick. Now I'm a germaphobe too! I've even put off enrolling us in Mommy and Me classes because I'm worried that he'll get H1N1! Hmmmm, this is probably going to backfire when he doesn't have any friends because his Mom was too scared to let him play with other kids!
- November 9, 2009 at 10:33 PM
- blueviolet said...
I'm with you. I don't like touching anything in public restrooms. Sick!
- November 9, 2009 at 10:50 PM
- T Rex Mom said...
Thanks for stopping by T Rex Tales.
After this weekend, I can relate to this. We did our first public restroom break with my newly potty trained toddler. I have a folding potty seat because he's still too small to sit on a toilet without it. And he gets very upset if he has to leave his clothes on so there we are in the public restroom (it was decently clean but still germy I'm sure), stripping him naked and putting him on the folding toilet seat on the big toilet. Add to that I'm 7 months pregnant with a big belly and I'm sure it was a sight.
And then, to get him to relax, he insisted I sing "Twinkle Twinkle". I can only imagine what the other restroom users were thinking but I figured if they ever had kids, they would understand.
Wow! What a stressful trip to the restroom. My son, on the other hand, thought it was great! All you can use TP!
- November 9, 2009 at 11:01 PM
- ~Sandy~ said...
my son has to take off all his clothes when he uses the bathroom too! i can't stand it, but it's what he wants to do. that's so funny :) boys are strange..lol!
- November 9, 2009 at 11:25 PM
- Muthering Heights said...
GROSS! I don't blame you...I would have boiled everything when I got home if I had been in that position!
- November 10, 2009 at 12:28 AM
- ModernMom said...
I think H1N1 has taken us germ fearin mamas fears to a whole nother level! Purell and Lysol are my new best friends!
- November 10, 2009 at 8:21 PM
- Clueless_Mama said...
I love it. I am so glad to know I am not the only one that changed that way. I get made fun of all the time for being so worried about germs and my kids getting sick. I was laughing as I read about your horrid experience. heehee. We would definitely be friends.
- November 11, 2009 at 4:04 AM
- amotherworld said...
Believe it or not, my HUSBAND is the germaphobe in our family. He'll bring anti-bacterial wipes and gels wherever we go. He'll wipe down seats, tables, anything the kids touch.
I wipe down grocery carts before letting my kids sit in them. And washing your hands as soon as you enter the house is a must.
- November 11, 2009 at 7:38 AM
- Stesha said...
Public restrooms are my biggest fear! I just can't do it. No matter how hard I try. Even now as I think of the germs I feel all gross and disgusted.
Hugs and Mocha,
- November 11, 2009 at 3:49 PM
- Crystal D said...
I realized I was over doing it just a little when Amelia came to me and said "my hands really hurt." I looked at them and they were RAW from so much antibacterial. Oooops!!!
I must say "ugh don't touch that" a hundred times a day. They listen to me and then I look over and they have their mouth pressed up against a window or a railing. Bathrooms are the worst. I am sure I sound like a lunatic with all my ranting about germs. GROSS.
- November 14, 2009 at 6:20 PM


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Scherzer roughed up as Tigers drop matinee
CHICAGO -- Chris Sale and Max Scherzer eventually had their pitching duel on Saturday afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field. It just took some damage during the early innings to get them there. Difference was, the White Sox did more with their big inning off Scherzer than the Tigers did off Sale.
"I had great stuff. I got beat on a couple pitches," Scherzer said after Detroit's 6-3 loss started off Saturday's day-night doubleheader.View Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO -- Chris Sale and Max Scherzer eventually had their pitching duel on Saturday afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field. It just took some damage during the early innings to get them there. Difference was, the White Sox did more with their big inning off Scherzer than the Tigers did off Sale.
"I had great stuff. I got beat on a couple pitches," Scherzer said after Detroit's 6-3 loss started off Saturday's day-night doubleheader.View Full Game Coverage
"There was a little more offense than everyone expected," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said.
This was the matchup the Tigers tried to leverage. They set up Scherzer specifically to pitch opposite Sale -- even moving Scherzer from the night game to the day game once the White Sox did the same with Sale. Essentially, they went big to give themselves a chance for the sweep, rather than playing for a split.
When Ian Kinsler and Victor Martinez homered off Sale in the first inning, it looked like a ingenious move. The Tigers had a 3-0 lead after the first four batters, and they had opportunities during the next two innings to add to their advantage.
Then, as Ausmus put it, "He settled down and became Chris Sale again."
It's not that he wasn't himself at all. He did strike out six Tigers over those three innings, after all. Take away the strikeouts, though, and the Tigers were 6-for-8 when they put the ball in play.
Both outs in play were second-inning groundouts to short -- one to lead off the inning, the other for a double play to end it. He struck out the side in the first and the third innings, including a called third strike on Nick Castellanos to strand runners on second and third in the third inning.
A well-hit single would have given Detroit a 5-1 lead. Instead, a strikeout gave Sale his chance to recover.
"I get in that scenario a lot. I start overthrowing and start coming out of my shoes and things just compound after that," Sale said. "[Pitching coach Don Cooper] and I talked a lot this week about slowing things down, not gripping and ripping when bad things start happening, kind of slowing it down. And that's what I did today, just tried to slow it down and not try to overthrow and do too much."
They were huge missed opportunities, but they looked like luxury runs for Scherzer -- who hadn't allowed a hit since Adam Eaton's single to lead off the game.
Scherzer began the third by fanning Carlos Sanchez for his fifth strikeout of the game, and his fourth in five batters, protecting a 3-1 lead. By the time he recorded another out, he was trailing.
Four batters. Four hits. Four runs.
For real.
"The margin of error between success and failure, right now, when you're facing a team like this is razor thin," Scherzer said. "You have to be really be on top of your game to have success. Really, in my mind, I felt I had great stuff today. But it only takes a couple pitches to get beat."
The 0-2 curveball Scherzer threw to Eaton that began his demise wasn't one of those pitches. Eaton took back-to-back fastballs for strikes, and Scherzer put the breaking ball below the knees. Eaton got enough for a one-out, line-drive single into right field.
"He has the ability to fight some stuff off, put something in play and get on base," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said.
The ensuing at-bat with Alexei Ramirez was one where Scherzer came close to another big strikeout, spotting a 1-2 fastball around the outside corner at 96 mph. It was close enough that Scherzer, who doesn't normally give looks on calls, looked surprised when he didn't get it.
"I don't sit here and complain about umpires," Scherzer said. "They have a tough job back there. I put a ball in a perfect spot. I didn't get a call. I don't want to make excuses over there."
Ramirez ran the count full before getting a slider over the plate and sending it off the fence in left-center for an RBI double. Jose Abreu fouled off three straight pitches -- two of them with two strikes -- before reaching for a slider off the plate and sending a ground ball through the middle for a game-tying single.
Up came Adam Dunn, owner of 23 strikeouts in 47 at-bats against Scherzer up to that point. Scherzer fell behind him before leaving a 2-1 curveball up for Dunn to pull down the right-field line for his 20th home run of the year.
That was one of the pitches. Another hanging curveball to Tyler Flowers for a fourth-inning solo shot was the other.
"That's the frustrating part," Scherzer said. "I had great stuff today. Anytime you can strike out 11 and not walk any, you're doing things right. But I got beat on a couple pitches."
Scherzer (15-5) missed out on a chance to join Clayton Kershaw as baseball's only 16-game winners this season. He struck out 11 batters, but allowed six runs (five earned) on nine hits over 6 2/3 innings. Sale (11-3) looked more like himself, striking out six Tigers over a seven-batter span on his way to a season-high 13 strikeouts over seven innings.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason.


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The Minnesota Wild topped the Calgary Flames 2-1 in a shootout Monday night at the Saddledome in Calgary.
Kyle Brodziak scored for the Wild late in the second period after a nice feed from Devin Setoguchi to give Minnesota a 1-0 lead.
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The sudden overnight disappearance of the Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange, where the virtual currency collapsed to below $200 this week from a high above $1,200 just a few months ago, shows the risk behind the opportunity for investors.
With the cryptocurrency craze reaching critical proportions — as one U.S. regulator became the first to officially sound the alarm yesterday — MarketWatch is bringing together some of the top names in the virtual currency world for an invitation-only event March 4 to evaluate the future of bitcoin.
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MarketWatch Senior Columnist Robert Powell will moderate a panel discussion with Todd Harrison, founder and CEO of Minyanville Media; Mark T. Williams, a banking and risk management expert and a professor at the Boston University School of Management; and Barry Silbert, founder and CEO of SecondMarket and founder of Bitcoin Investment Trust.
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Always make certain you look at the entire document, even the edges. There may be small or faint words lurking in the corners that could be significant pieces of information.
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Good point! I have a baptismal record for my ancestor in Ireland. Probably because there were several other families named Callaghan, whoever wrote up the entry in the ledger added "of Chapel Road" in the margin. Because of that, I now know they lived on Chapel Rd, right next to the church!ReplyDelete
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Acts 2
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Teh HovrCat Has Got To Teh Pennycots
1 Wen teh dai of teh Pennycots cam, dey wer togedder in won plays.
2 Den, holy moos, a sawnd lyk many kittehs yellin "MIAO!" cam frum teh ceiling and filld teh hawse wher teh d00ds wuz chillin.
3 Dey sawd lickys of fyre dat cam ovr ther heds and omg it burnz! it burnz! Oh wait, no it dont!
4 All of them d00ds wuz feelin' teh Hover Cat,
an dey all talkd in stranj LOLspeek lik:
"I do say sir, what have we got here? I do believe there
are tongues of fire-like substance coming upon our heads.
and making us speak in quite the funniest way."
wtf iz wit dat? Cuz teh Hover Cat maed it happn, w00t!
5 Now teh d00ds wuz chillin in Jerooslum, Joos who feerd teh Ceiling Cat, frum evry nashun undur teh Ceiling, srsly.
6 Wen dey herd da sawnd, a litter caym and wer lyk, "No Wai!" cuz dey all talkd in weerd LOLspeeks.
7 Wow'd fer shur, dey axed,"Arnt deez teh d00ds who speekd Gallyleen bfor, watz happnin?
8 Den haw duz we heerz our naytiv LOLspeeks? Srsly!"
9 Angoras, an Manxs an Tabbies; an kittehs frum Persia an Abyssinia,
10 an Ejipt an teh partz of teh Burma neer Siam. Der were also kittehs frum resurch labz!
11 both teh Joos and da switchies two Joodyizm frum teh feilds an aleewaiz, herd dem,
"we heer dem myowin' teh 1ders ov teh Ceiling Cat in aur LOLspeeks!" WTF?
12 Wow'd and confoozd dey sez, "WAI DO THEY SPEEK DIS WAY?!?! WAI?"
13 And sum peepl LOL'd at dem and sed:
"Ya, rite. Dey nom too much gatorade, Srsly."
Don wurry, Ceiling Cat pwnz dem peepl l8r. Kthx.
14 Den Peter stowd up wit teh eleven an sed to teh cwowd: "Oh hai!
15 Weez not drunk sillee! It be nine ay em, DO NOT WANT!
16 U know wut Joel teh profitz sez? Wel I tell yu:
17 'In teh last daiz, Ceiling Cat sez,
Im in ur urthz, puurin teh spiritz on all kittehs,
Ur suns and doters can has profisies,
Ur yung kittehs can has fun time in teh eyez!
Ur old kittehs can has fun time in teh branez!
18 Yo!
I can has be puttin my spiritz on even teh servents! RLY!
And dey can has profisies.19 Iz gunna show u all ov teh fun stuffs up in teh Ceilin, srsly.
Oh! Yeh! Iz almos can has no memowies. Iz awso gunna show fun stuffz on teh urthz.
Oh wate, dos not fun! Urthz can has firez an smoke. Kawf! Kawf! DO NOT WANT!20 Teh big day staw, no moar!
An teh moon can has be all blud and stuffz. Yuk!
but den Happy Cat can has be back! Yayz!21 An evewywun who be like "Happy Cat!" can has cheezburger! Rly!'
22 Hey kittehs of teh Israel, lissen to dis: Happy Cat wuz of Ceiling Cat, srsly. He doed ALL teh cool stuffz an stuff.23 An den yu kill him, rly.24 But den Ceiling Cat browt him bac! He can has teh powah! Deths... wuz dat? lol.25 Dis iz wut David sed:
'Ceiling Cat alwayz be wit me, kinda creepy26 but oober asum!27 Cuz u no leev me 4 woomun,
Ceiling Cat, even if her chesticlz be hyoooooj!!28 You teechz me 2 not suck'
29 Kittehs,I can has wordz that teh David... he is ded.30 But he wuz profet, srsly. Ceiling Cat sed dat his kittehs one day be on teh thronez.31 Den Ceiling Cat wuz all sayin about Happy Cat raisen frum teh ded!32 Happy Cat wuz all bac from the ded, yu kno dis. Yu saweded!33 Nao hez sittin wif Ceiling Cat.34 Nao David, he can has no asenswion to teh Ceiling, but he sed,
Teh Lord sed to mai Lord:
Sit wit me.35 I pwnzor ur enimes! Srsly.'
36 "Yo! Lissen! Ceiling Cat madeded Happy Cat, whom yu makez ded (lols), like teh Ceiling Cat."
37 Den teh oddah kittehs mewed and beez lik, "omfg! Wut can has we be doin?"
38 Peter sed, "Go get a waterbath in teh name of Happy Cat, cuz yooz stinks, srsly! an yu can has no mor Invisible Errorz! Den yu can has HovrCat in yu!39 Even ur kittenz can has dis. Even dos dat ar all far awai and stufz."
40 Den Peter beez all mean and scoldeded dem for awhilz; den he wuz all, "Sav urself! You can no has corupts generyashun! DO NO WANT!"41 Ovah tree tousund kittehs can has waterbaths!
Teh Fewoship of teh Beweevaws
42 Den dey gotz cookiez an dey praid and lissen to teh oder kittehs43 Everywun wuz all happeh and teh apawsles didz a majic sho, srsly.44 An dey wer all frenz, lol.45 Dey sell stuffz like blanketz and oder stuffz, an dey giv stufz to poor kittehz.46 Evewy day dey met an went an had sleep ovahs and slumbah partayz an dey eated cookiez!47 Dey worshipz Ceiling Cat an den he wuz all happeh an teh apawsles can has moar saveded kittehs!
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Managing grasslands in a way that mimics natural grazing by wild animals improves water infiltration, reduces erosion, conserves nutrients, reduces costs, raises production and increases profits, writes Natasha Giddings. Why isn't everyone doing it?
Managing grasslands in a way that mimics natural grazing by wild animals improves water infiltration, reduces erosion, conserves nutrients, reduces costs, raises production and increases profits, writes Natasha Giddings. Why isn't everyone doing it?
Farmers are often scapegoated for the problems we face regarding soil erosion, pollution, and particularly this year, flooding.
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Holistic Management (HM) including Holistic Planned Grazing (HPG) can play a critical role in addressing these challenges.
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In agricultural terms, most of the UK is best suited to pastoral farming of one type or another. For instance, steep hillside fields are highly susceptible to erosion if ploughed up for annual crops.
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Allan Savory's insights on pasture management - which apply especially to semi-arid rangelands - have come to mainstream attention via his TED Talk. But many people are still unaware that the practices which benefit 'brittle climate' ecosystems are also relevant in temperate climes such as ours.
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There are a few words which you will hear often when staying in Ireland's capital; 'Cead mile Fáilte'. If you understand these words you will be smiling. It means 'one hundred thousand welcomes' which is quite a greeting for such a busy capital city.
Dublin's past is rich with seafaring tales and roaring trade and it's well-known for its role in education and as a forward thinking city. Today it is home to technology giants Google, Facebook and LinkedIn. Perhaps these social business enterprises chose Dublin because of its reputation for entertainment, creativity and friendly people.
Dublin lies on the River Liffey in the arms of the Wicklow Mountains and is sheltered from the rolling waves of the Irish Sea by Dublin Bay. The city has found a way of combining the historical with the contemporary with great success. One moment you can be enjoying Dublin's grand Norman castle, and then staring at the Spire of Dublin (the modern 'Monument of Light' which rises 400 ft. into the sky). Dublin has all the big names for shopping but it also has trendy independent stores hidden down tiny winding streets. You may stop to look around Trinity College and then stumble across the Science Gallery with its changing exhibitions on the latest discoveries, or become absorbed in the 800AD Book of Kells. You can join a cocktail master class or soak up the atmosphere in the bars in Grafton Street and Temple Bar. You can sit back and enjoy the café culture or comedy scene, or head to the city's largest open space, Phoenix Park, where the President of Ireland has his residence.
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21 September 2011
A Strange Little Story
We're going slowly, and as we get closer, we see that it's a cat. Alayna has to swing wide to go around it; that cat was not getting out of the way for a car, no sir.
We stop just past the cat. We're concerned. Maybe it's hurt. It was clearly alive, its head lifted and its luminous eyes staring at us as we drove past. I hop out to see what's going on.
I approach cautiously with my hand outstretched. The cat does not get up, but reaches its head out, sniffing. I pet it. It purrs. It's wearing a collar and seems well cared for. I pick it up to move it to the sidewalk.
"HEY. Please don't steal my cat."
A guy gets out of a car parked on the side of the road. Young-ish guy, no collar, but well kept, just like the cat.
"I'm not going to take your cat. I was just worried about it. It was laying in the street, and it didn't move when we drove by."
"Oh, he's like that. He likes to wander around. Swerve at him and he'll get out of the way."
I was totally unsure what to say about that. Who would suggest that you swerve at a live cat in the road? I put the cat down on the sidewalk.
"He seems like a nice cat." I guess that was a reasonable response. Noncommital, positive. Like I owe the guy something; he just suggested I aim a car at his cat. "Good night," I added.
I got back in the car, and we drove the last half block to Alayna's, my mind filled with unanswered questions.
6 comments:
- Christie said...
You know, you try to see things from the other guy's perspective sometimes but, um, how can you understand that guy? Weird. I like that he thought you were trying to steal his cat, though. You, cat burglar, you.
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- Tigger said...
My friends cat Sneezer is the same way. He'll just lay in the middle of the road, no concerns. Cars will slow down, honking, and eventually stop. Pick him up, put him on the sidewalk, and go on their merry way. Sneezer simply doesn't care!
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- Miche said...
Why was he just sitting there watching people try not to run over his cat?
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- Tiffanie said...
How is the piano going?
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- christine said...
You know, it would be one thing if the cat got out of the house and was lying in the street, but HE saw it there. Why wouldn't he take his cat out of the road? Why would he think you were going to steal it? Gah.
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- OTRgirl said...
What was he doing in the car? Does he follow his cat around?
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Current Colon Cancer Screening Guidelines?
I am a 40 year old woman with a family history of colon cancer (my father died of it at 83). My understanding of the current screening recommendations was that people from age 40 should be screened every 5 years, however my insurance won't pay until I turn 50. When I asked them about it, they said that the guidelines had been changed again, and now people in my situation have the same screening recommendations as the general population. What is the best source for screening information and what are the most current guidelines?
This is a good question without a simple answer. Guidelines for colorectal cancer screening are provided by a number of medical societies, resulting in variations in recommendations depending upon the source. Guidelines are typically updated periodically based on the most recent evidence. One of the most recent guidelines was released jointly in 2008 by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer, the American Cancer Society, and the American College of Radiology. According to these guidelines, someone with a single first-degree relative (i.e. parent or sibling) who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at age 60 or older should begin screening at age 40, but if that screening is negative, the interval until the next screening can be the same as someone who does not have a family history of colorectal cancer. If, for example, you were able to have a colonoscopy at age 40, assuming no polyps were found and the colon was relatively free of stool such that the examiner was able to get a good look at the colon lining, your next colonoscopy for screening would be in 10 years.
On the other hand, the American College of Gastroenterology (a gastroenterology society) published guidelines in 2009 recommending that individuals with a single first-degree relative diagnosed with colorectal cancer at age 60 or older should begin screening at the same age as individuals with no family history: age 50 unless you are African-American, in which case the ACG recommends screening at age 45. However, the other GI societies have not adopted the ACG's recommendation of beginning screening at age 45 for African-Americans.
In general, the guidelines for screening in individuals with a single first-degree relative diagnosed with colorectal cancer at an advanced age likely reflect the uncertain benefit of screening these individuals at an earlier age. These guidelines I mentioned do assume you have no additional family history of colorectal cancer or polyps. There are also cancer syndromes that run in some families that increase risk for colorectal cancer and affect screening recommendations. Finally, the guidelines apply to screening, which assumes that an individual has no symptoms such as weight loss, blood in the stool, abdominal pain, or diarrhea.
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After less than three years on the job, Rich Ross is out as chairman of Walt DisneyStudios.
Ross' departure, which was largely expected throughout Hollywood, follows a period of management upheaval at the Burbank-based studio and a pair of two high-profile box office flops: last year's"Mars Needs Moms"and the Martian adventure film"John Carter,"for which Disney acknowledged it would take a $200-million write-down -- one of the largest in movie history.
Ross, who had built the Disney Channel into a global powerhouse, was promoted in October 2009 as successor to studio veteran Dick Cook. Despite achieving success with Disney Channel shows such as "High School Musical," Ross lacked experience in the movie business.
Many inside and outside Disney were skeptical at the time that a TV executive with limited film experience could transition successfully to running a large movie studio.
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A pizza deliveryman was getting into his car following a delivery to a motel in West Melbourne, Fla. when a man armed with a knife confronted him and demanded cash. The delivery driver responded by retrieving a gun and firing at the criminal, killing him.
An investigation revealed that the deceased criminal had a criminal record that included aggravated battery, armed robbery, and false imprisonment. Following the incident, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivy noted, "Preliminary evidence in the case demonstrates that the intended victim of the robbery acted in self-defense while being robbed by a violent criminal who was armed with a knife." (Space Coast Daily, Brevard County, Fla. 08/24/13)


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Worthville Christian Church would like to thank the surrounding communities for the outpouring of donations for our yard sale we held May 29.
We would also like to thank everyone who came to support or just to visit our church.
We raised several hundred dollars that will go toward much needed repairs of our church including a heat pump and wiring.
We have enough items left over from our yard sale to have another one later in the year.
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A bizarre serial murder mystery. There's a serial killer close by. An explicit psycho thriller. The multi-sight system reveals a surprising truth! In this game there are two heroes, Kojiroh and Marina, who are each called upon to solve their own cases. This game allows you to switch characters at any time to solve the mysteries these heroes encounter. This "Multi-Sight Adventure" allows you to view what's happening behind-the-scenes from the other character's perspective, bump into each other, and sometimes even help each other out. Together, the pair come closer and closer to the shocking truth through their combined actions and deductive skills.
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President Barack Obama sought to reassure and inspire Bostonians reeling from the deadly marathon bombing, telling them that America stood with their grieving city and promised: "We'll keep going. We will finish the race."
With Holy Cross Cathedral packed with first responders, families of victims, political luminaries past and present, and members of the public, Obama called Thursday's interfaith service a chance to "mourn and measure our loss."
Standing at the podium, he said the bombing, being investigated as a terrorist act, was personal for millions of Americans who, in a myriad of ways, identify with the Hub.
"Every one of us stands with you," he said. "Boston may be your hometown -- but we claim it, too."
Injecting the experiences of he and his wife, Michelle, as law students just across the Charles River at Harvard and as a rising political figure at the 2004 Democratic convention, Obama said Boston's spirit remains "undaunted and the spirit of this country shall remain undimmed."
The moment is something Obama, like other presidents before him, has become familiar with in the wake of national tragedy.
Among disasters on Obama's watch: A tornado in Joplin, Missouri, and mass shootings at Fort Hood, Texas; Tucson, Arizona; Aurora, Colorado, and last December's school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
Consoler-in-chief is a role modern presidents have become accustomed to filling, said Julian Zelizer, a Princeton University historian and CNN contributor.
"It's an important role for presidents," Zelizer said. "Part of what the country wants is a figure who gets us through a particular crisis."
Obama's appearance at Boston's main Catholic church and visits with some of those injured at hospitals was an inflection point between the tragic chaos of three days ago and the intensifying investigation, which entered a new phase on Thursday with the release of a video by authorities showing two men they call suspects.
"We come together to pray and mourn and measure our loss," Obama said. "But we also come together today to reclaim that state of grace -- to reaffirm that the spirit of this city is undaunted and the spirit of this country shall remain undimmed."
The service was attended by Mitt Romney, Obama's Republican rival in last year's election and a former Massachusetts governor and a Boston-based business executive.
"I thought the president gave a superb address to the people of this city and the state and the nation," Romney said. "It was an inspiring day."
Obama's tone on Thursday was markedly different from the day before when he invoked the memory of mass shooting victims following a setback in the Senate for gun control priorities he supported.
He called that legislative outcome "a pretty shameful day in Washington."
Obama has been frustrated many times on the legislative front since taking office in 2009, but it has never hampered his ability to communicate to the public that he is in control, Zelizer said.
"There's a little bit of a preacher in him and that's something that has always drawn some people to him," Zelizer said. "It gets more powerful and poignant as the speech goes forward."
And as he has on previous occasions when tasked with rallying mourners, Obama vowed that the nation's spirit remains undaunted.
"Of that I have no doubt, you will run again," Obama said to applause in Boston as he projected optimism. "You will run again, because that's what the people of Boston are made of."
"We'll keep going. We will finish the race."


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|Marius Mauch <genone at genone.de>,
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There is currently no automatic way to check a Gentoo system for identified security holes or auto-apply security fixes. This GLEP proposes a way to deal with this issue
Preliminary implementation glsa-check in gentoolkit, final implementation pending set support in portage (GLEP 21).
Automatic checking for security updates is a often requested feature for Gentoo. Implementing it will enable users to fix security holes without reading every security announcement. It's also a feature that is often required in enterprise environments.
The coding part of this GLEP is a update tool that reads a GLSA, verifies its GPG signature, checks if the system is affected by it and executes one of the following actions, depending on user preferences:
Once this tool is implemented and well tested it can be integrated into portage. A prototype implementation for this tool exists.
The GLSA format needs to be specified, I suggest using XML for that to simplify parsing and later extensions. See implementation for a sample DTD. The format has to be compatible with the update tool of course. If necessary a converter tool or an editor could be written for people not comfortable with XML (update: a QT based editor for the GLSA format written by plasmaroo exists in the gentoo-projects repository). Every GLSA has to be GPG signed by the responsible developer, who has to be a member of the security herd.
Additional to sending the GLSA to the gentoo-announce mailing list it has to be stored on a HTTP/FTP server and in the portage tree. I'd suggest a script should be used to release a GLSA that will:
Until the update tool is integrated into portage there will be no code changes to portage. The update tool might require a few new configuration options, these could be placed in make.conf or another config file in /etc/portage.
The lack of automated security updates for Gentoo is one of the most often requested features for portage as it is one of the standard features of other distributions. As Gentoo already provides GLSAs for important security bugs it is only natural to use these to implement this feature.
To parse a GLSA in a program the format needs to be specified and a parser has to be written. I suggest the use of XML for future GLSAs for the following reasons:
Putting the GLSAs in the portage tree allows all users to check their systems for security updates without taking more actions and simplifies later integration of the update tool into portage. For security minded persons the GLSAs are available on a HTTP server to ease the load of the rsync servers.
To verify the signatures of the GLSAs the public keys of the developers should be available in the portage tree and on the HTTP server. The verification is necessary to prevent exploits by fake GLSAs.
A prototype implementation (including the update tool, a DTD and a sample XMLified GLSA) exists at http://gentoo.devel-net.org/glsa/ and in the gentoo-projects/gentoo-security/GLSA repository. This GLEP is based on that implementation, though it can be changed or rewritten if necessary.
The current GLSA release process needs to be replaced with this proposal. It would be nice if old GLSAs would be transformed into XML as well, but that is not a requirement for this GLEP.
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The "Bad Gateway" error you are getting from NginX is caused by concurrency setting mismatches between NginX and whatever you are running on the back-end (Apache with mod-php, or php-fpm?). NginX is reporting this error because the back end is busy and cannot accept any more incoming connections.
Make sure that the NginX config and whatever you are using for back-end PHP processing have the same concurrency settings.


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ELLIOTS - The Elliots were one of the most active, powerful and notorious of the Scottish Border Reiver families, prominent in Liddesdale and Teviotdale.
Their motto - Fortiter et Recte meaning with Strength and Right.
Two verses from a border ballad reflects the fear that the Elliots could invoke in their enemies on both sides of the Border.
Who daur [dare] meddle wi' me?
Who daur meddle wi' me?
My name is little Jock Elliot
And Who daur meddle wi' me?
I ride on my fleet footed grey
My sword hangind doon by my knee
My name is little Jock Elliot
And Who daur meddle wi' me?
There were many different branches of the Elliot family in the Borders and many different ways of spelling their name. Centuries later, one Elliot who made his mark was Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845-1914), who became Governor-General of Canada and in 1905 Viceroy of India.
Naval officer, Lieutenant Anthony Fasson (1913-1942) grew up near Bedrule in Roxburghshire. He was on board the destroyer HMS Petard in the Atlantic when it torpedoed a U-boat. Lieutenant Fasson, with two colleagus, dived into the sea, boarded the stricken vessel and recovered top secret codebooks and a German Enigma coding machine from the captain's cabin. He was lost when the submarine sank, but the papers were saved, and once deciphered provided crucial intelligence for the Allies on U-boat movements. For his actions he was awarded the posthumous George Cross.
This plaque in his memory in the peaceful countryside around Bedrule Church is so far removed from the theatres of war.
|The view from Bedrule Church, across to Ruberslaw Hill
I live in EARLSTON, in Berwickshire. The village, (population 1978) lies in the valley of the Leader Water, known as Lauderdale. A local poet wrote write:
On the Black Hills' lofty summit I stand this morn and gaze
On the Black Hills' lofty summit I stand this morn and gaze
On a scene so full of splendour and brave deeds of bygone days
So rich in nature's glory – woodland, hills and rivers grand,
With a veil of glamour o'er it, the dear old Borderland"
The Black Hill in Autumn
So rich in nature's glory – woodland, hills and rivers grand,
With a veil of glamour o'er it, the dear old Borderland"
The Black Hill in Autumn
Earlston is best known for medieval poet and prophet Thomas Learmonth, called Thomas of Ercildoune, Thomas the Rhymer, or True Thomas, so do look out for him when I come to letter T in this A-Z journey.
EYEMOUTH TART originated in the small fishing town on the Berwickshire coast and is a rich tart made with walnuts, currants cherries and coconut, covered or drizzled with water icing - sometimes known as Border Tart. Delicious!
EYEMOUTH lies at the mouth of the Eye Water where it joins the North Sea - 8 miles north of the Border and the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed A fishing port, it celebrates each year the Herring Queen Festival, where the chosen "queen" sails into the harbour by boat to be crowned and lead a week of community events.
The town was struck by the Eyemouth Disaster when in October 1881 when, in a devastating storm, most of the fishing fleet, some 20 baots and 129 men were lost, many within the sight of the shore. With victims from other coastal villages, a total of 189 men died. A monument in the town and a tapestry in the local museum commemorate this event.
Eyemouth Harbour with Gunsgreen House in the background.
The house was built in 1763 by a notorious smuggler.
Follow the next stage of this A-Z journey through the Scottish Borders
F is for:
Flodden, Fletcher and Flowers of the Forest
The Scottish Borders
The old counties of Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire & Selkirkshire
Do take a look at earlier posts in "My Scottish Borders
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A-Z Challenge A - Abbeys,Abbotsford and Armstrongs
A-Z Challenge B - Border Reivers, Border Ballads and Blackmail
A-Z Challenge A - Abbeys,Abbotsford and Armstrongs
A-Z Challenge B - Border Reivers, Border Ballads and Blackmail
A-Z Challenge C - Common Ridings and Carter Bar
A-Z Challenge D - Dryburgh Abbey, Duns Scotus and The Douglas Tragedy


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To recognize the 15th anniversary of the Gran Turismo franchise, Mercedes' AMG division crafted a "virtual" car in the form of the AMG Vision Gran Turismo. It makes perfect sense, because it's a car you're only ever going to be able to drive in Gran Turismo 6. So naturally, they've made a boat to go along with it. Enter the Cigarette Racing 50' Vision GT Concept.
In concert with the Cigarette Racing Team, AMG has stuck its logos on a 50-foot boat with two 1650 hp Mercury Racing engines which is set for a top speed of about 140 mph. That doesn't sound terrifying at all. And it's all being presented at the Miami International Boat Show this weekend!
Unlike the car, which belongs to Mercedes and no one else, you buy this "one-of-a-kind" boat. For $1.5 million. And that price includes the Gran Turismo decal on the back.
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A mayonnaise ad that shows two men kissing has been withdrawn from television after 200 viewers complained that it was offensive. Heinz, which makes the New York Deli Mayo featured in the commercial, pulled the advertisement less than a week into its expected five week run, in response to the criticism. Viewers told the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) that the ad was inappropriate and unsuitable for children to see. The ASA has not yet decided whether to launch an investigation. snip..... It is understood that the commercial was not shown during children's television programming, because of new rules from Ofcom...
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The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation's historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America's historic and archeological resources.
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|Grand Opera House, Watonwan County,
Built in 1891-1892, the St. James Opera House, historically known as the Grand Opera House, and the Opera House block, is significant as the building that served between 1892 and 1921 as St. James' principal performance hall. More..
|Weekly List for December 24, 2009
Detroit Financial District, Wayne
County, Michigan
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Orchard Beach State Park, Manistee
County, Michigan
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Attucks School, Craig County, Oklahoma
Constructed in 1916-17, the Attucks School served the black community of Vinita, Oklahoma as a combined elementary, junior, and high school. More..
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Olcott Avenue Historic District,
Somerset County, New Jersey
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Anderson Building, Douglas County,
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Indian Statue, Ogle County, Illinois
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Michael J. Kirwan Educational Television Center, Tutuila Island, Western, American Samoa
Completed in 1964, the Kirwan Center was part of a bold, post-war development program designed to modernize American Samoa's local educational system by, among other things, initiating an extensive educational television program. More..
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Peale's Barber Farm Mastodon Exhumation
Site, Orange County, New York
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ASM Headquarters and Geodesic Dome, Geauga County, Ohio
The dome and headquarters building, both constructed in 1959, represent a prominent example of Modern Architecture designed by architect, John Terence Kelly, and mathematician, R. Buckminster Fuller. Located in Materials Park, home to ASM International, formerly known as the American Society of Metals. More..
|Weekly List for October 23, 2009
Hill, R.J., Building, Matagorda County, Texas
Built in 1910, the R.J. Hill Building is one of the oldest commercial buildings in the town of Palacios. The two-story Richardsonian Romanesque building, constructed of cast concrete blocks, retains most of its original historic fabric and design features including the round-arched entries and window openings indicative of the style. The building reflects the economic growth of Palacios in the early 20th century, a time when the town was being promoted as a seaside resort. The Hill building has been a mainstay of Palacios's small downtown district, serving as a general store, a doctor's office, a beer parlor and other commercial uses. It is currently undergoing exterior restoration and interior renovation for use as a local museum. More..
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Pythian Home of Missouri, Greene County, Missouri
The Pythian Home is associated with the statewide charitable activities of the Knights of Pythias, a fraternal order which originated in 1864. It was also used to house German and Italian POWs. More..
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Casa Paoli, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Casa Paoli is nationally significant as the birthplace of Antonio Emilio Paoli y Marcano (1871-1946), recognized as the greatest tenor born in Puerto Rico and one of the most outstanding opera singers of all time. Paoli was introduced to art and opera at this house during his formative years. Casa Paoli is currently used as a museum to honor the great career of Antonio Paoli. More..
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University of Arkansas Campus Historic District,
Washington County, Arkansas
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Millersylvania State Park, Thurston County, Washington
Millersylvania State Park Historic District, a forested tract surrounding a small lake in the south Puget Sound region of Western Washington developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), reflects distinctly the contributions of Despression-era New Deal relief programs to our social history. More..
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Upper Sandy Guard Station Cabin, Clackamas County, Oregon
The Upper Sandy Guard Station Cabin, built in 1935, is an exceptional expression of a "rugged" Rustic style U.S. Forest Service building constructed by skilled local carpenters and laborers assisted by men employed under one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal work relief programs. More...
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Point of Rocks Historic Transportation
Corridor, Mineral County, Montana
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Yelverton, Dred and Ellen, House, Wayne County, North Carolina
The distinguished two-story transitional Queen Anne/Colonial Revival-style house of Dred and Ellen Yelverton is the largest and most stylish house in Wayne County outside of Goldsboro, the county seat. Wealthy farmer Dred Yelverton ordered the plans from the Knoxville, Tennessee architectural firm of Barber and Klutz, pioneers in mail-order design. Founder George F. Barber supplied fashionable Queen Anne and Colonial Revival style house plans for clients throughout the United States from 1887 to about 1908. The house, with its wraparound veranda, slate roof, bay windows, pedimented dormers, and intricately finished interiors has been lovingly maintained. Read the full file
|Weekly List for August 28, 2009
Surratt, Mary E., Boarding House, Washington, DC
The Mary Elizabeth Surratt Boarding House in Washington, DC, is an 1843 vernacular Greek Revival-style dwelling that Mary Surratt operated as a boarding house from September 1864 through April 1865. During this period, John Wilkes Booth visited the boarding house both socially and to meet with other members of the conspiracy while planning President Abraham Lincoln's assassination. After Mary Surratt's execution for her participation in the assassination conspiracy, subsequent owners continued to maintain the property as a boarding house. In 1925, then-owner Irvan Schwarztman converted the first floor of the dwelling into a commercial space and added show windows at the street level. The building remains in use as a Chinese restaurant. Read the full file.
Garst, Roswell and Elizabeth, Farmstead Historic District, Guthrie County, Iowa
By the time of his death, Roswell Garst (1898-1977) would witness, indeed prod and push forward, a revolution in American agriculture. Garst led conservative, disbelieving and reluctant American farmers away from traditional family farming to modern corporate agribusiness, with all its implications. Read the full file.
Fiddler's Reach Fog Signal , Sagadahoc County, Maine
This fog signal is one of many aids to navigation situated along the Kennebec River and functioned to enable safe river passage through the tricky "S" turn of Fiddler's Reach. The pyramidal tower of Fiddler's Reach Fog Signal has a footprint of 15 ½ feet square and is over 30 feet in height. It was one of the few Fog Bell Houses constructed independent of a larger light station. Read the full file.
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Harbor Lane- Eden Street Historic District, Hancock County, Maine
The Harbor Lane-Eden Street Historic District is a compact 20 acre neighborhood that contains one of the last concentrations of architect designed summer cottages in Bar Harbor, Maine. Between the end of the Civil War and the start of the Great Depression, Bar Harbor was one of the most popular seasonal destinations for elite society from the Mid-Atlantic through the Great Lakes. Read the full file.
|Weekly List for July 24, 2009
Lake Linden Historic District, Houghton County, Michigan This district encompasses the historic core of the former stamp mill community of Lake Linden, which sits in the center of the Keweenaw Peninsula. The District's buildings, many built following a disastrous fire in 1887 that destroyed much of the village, reflect the village's boom period in the late nineteenth and very early twentieth centuries when the copper-mining boom was at its height. Lake Linden's historic core is significant for containing church buildings, houses, and commercial buildings associated with ethnic communities important in the community's history, including the French Canadians, Germans, and Cornish. Read the full file.
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Naval Reserve Armory, King County, Washington Completed in 1942 using WPA funding, the Naval Reserve Armory was a community-based project that the federal government eventually designated as an official National Defense Project at the start of World War II. The Armory served as an Advanced Naval training School during the war. The building appears much as it did when it was completed and exemplifies aspects of pre-war Art Deco and Moderne- particularly WPA Moderne- styles of architecture. Read the full file.
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LaRoe Family Homestead Historic District, Lake County, Florida
The LaRoe Family Homestead is an example of the wartime homefront efforts of the 1940s. The property made the conversion from an agriculturally oriented family enterprise to a small industrial facility, doing piecework for an aviation supply operation. The LaRoe family, women and children included, threw themselves into war work as the men served overseas. Photographs of the LaRoe's small workshop appeared in national media as part of the Office of War Information publicity program. Read the full file.
|Weekly List for July 2, 2009
U.S.S. LST 325, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
The USS LST 325 is one of a few surviving U.S. vessels that actually went ashore on D-Day in 1944. During the Normandy invasion, the LST 325 made over 40 roundtrips from France to England, carrying troops, supplies and wounded. The LST was the only ship designed and built for the Navy with the capability to land on beaches, unload troops and supplies and then retract off the beach.The vessel retains an extraordinary degree of historic integrity and is fully operable. Read the full file.
|Weekly List for June 26, 2009
Sommers Ranch Headquarters Historic District, Sublette County, WY The 1908 Sommers Ranch Headquarters is an example of the modest ranches of the upper Green River Valley basin that were founded over one hundred years ago. Pioneering homesteaders, such as the Sommers family, created a ranch by a variety of means; land claims, family members' homesteads, or outright purchase of land. Today the Sommers Ranch Headquarters remain in operation. Read the full file.
|Weekly List for June 19, 2009
Hotel Randolph, Polk County, Iowa:
The 1912 Hotel Randolph in Des Moines employed reinforced concrete for its skeletal support system and pioneered the use of this construction technology in Des Moines. The hotel's management heavily touted the new building as Des Moines' only "absolutely fireproof hotel." This emphasis on safety set a mandate for any hotel of any pretension in Des Moines to follow. The immediate success of the Hotel Randolph called attention to the need in Des Moines for modern hotel accommodations. As series of new hotels subsequently followed in the city. Read the full file
|Weekly List for June 12, 2009
Alleghany Mennonite Meetinghouse, Berks County, Pennsylvania:
This one-story Pennsylvania German meetinghouse-style building was built in 1855 in Brecknock Township by volunteers of the Mennonite Society and their neighbors. Without any ornamentation, the simplicity of the Meetinghouse architecture is an important example of the quality of design and workmanship and the simple lifestyle of the Alleghany Mennonites in the mid-1800s. It is one of the oldest surviving, least-altered and originally-furnished Mennonite meetinghouses in the nation. Members of the Meetinghouse faithfully continued worship there for nearly a century. After regular services were discontinued in 1954, interest in the Meetinghouse declined, the condition of the building deteriorated, and the building suffered minor vandalism. In 1994 the Alleghany Mennonite Historical Association (AMHA) was formed to oversee and preserve the Meetinghouse property as well as develop educational events.
|Weekly List for June 5, 2009
Merced Theatre, Merced County, California This handsome Spanish Colonial Revival styled commercial complex was the work of prolific San Francisco Bay area architects James and Merritt Reid and represents a fine local example of Depression-era Period Revival-style commercial design. Read the full file.
|Weekly List for May 29, 2009
Woodlawn Quaker Meetinghouse, Fairfax County, Virginia
This meetinghouse was the center of a community of faith founded by settlers rooted in the Quaker traditions of the Delaware Valley and William Penn's Colony. Unlike other settlements, Virginia's early Quakers were met with persecution, causing many to flee or to be banished from the colony in the 17th century. The Alexandria Monthly Meeting continues to use the meetinghouse. Read the full file.
|Weekly List for May 22, 2009
Bonnie & Clyde Garage Apartment, Newton County, Missouri
This garage apartment in Joplin, Missouri is associated with Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow more than any another other Missouri building. The notorious lovers who became legends for their crime spree through the South and Midwest with the Barrow Gang lived in the rock-faced structure for a number of days prior to a shootout between them and Missouri lawmen on April 13, 1933. Read the full file.
|Weekly List for May 15, 2009
Neutra Studio and Residence, Los Angeles County, California
Commonly known as the VDL Research House II (VDLII), the property is a noteworthy example of twentieth century Modernism directly associated with one of the field's most noted practitioners- Richard J. Neutra. The property served as the home, studio, and social center for Netura and his family during the architect's most prolific period of activity. Read the full file.
|Weekly List for May 8, 2009
"Welcome to Fabulous
The sign that reads, "Welcome
|Weekly List for May 1, 2009
PV-2 Harpoon #37396,
This plane is an intact, operable, very rare
example of a special purpose WWII aircraft, the anti-submarine patrol
bomber. Built in 1945, #37396 was deployed to VPB-136, to Whidbey Island
Naval Air Station,
|Weekly List for April 24, 2009
House, Greenbrier County, West Virginia
|Weekly List for April 17, 2009
Consisting of two adjacent
landscaped parcels of land, the Lodi School Hillside Improvement Site
marked the culmination of a several decades-long struggle on the part of
the citizens of
|Weekly List for April 10, 2009
Neighborhood Historic District,
|Weekly List for April 3, 2009
The Waynesboro Historic District, established in
1783, is located in east central
|Weekly List for March 27, 2009
Billy Simpson's House
of Seafood and Steaks,
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Arthur J., Observatory,
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Built c. 1890, Rosemont, also
known as the Joseph W. and Ida Guest House, is located along the high
ground above the
|Weekly List for February 27, 2009
The century-old Wing Park Golf
Course stands as the oldest and best preserved nine-hole municipal course
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Paul Bunyan
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Block 35
Cobblestone Alley, Pulaski County, Arkansas
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and Mary Jane League House,
|Weekly List for January 9, 2009
Opera House,
This opera house in Boothbay Harbor, erected in 1894, is a substantial and architecturally impressive three-and-a half story structure designed as a multi-purpose building to serve governmental functions for the nascent town, offer a venue for cultural activities and host local Fraternal organizations. It was also an important public hall utilized by the community as a site for entertainment and recreation until the late 1980s. ..See full documentation.
|Weekly List for January 2, 2009
Quaker Sites in the West River Meeting, Southern Anne Arundel County, Maryland, c. 1650-1785, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Featured this week is a Multiple
Property Documentation Form used for a Multiple Property Submission, the
format through which historic properties related by theme, general
geographical area, and period of time may be documented as a group and
listed in the National Register. The Multiple Property Submission of archaeological sites
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A person or individual that acts as a facilitator and/or middleman between the programmer(s) and another 2nd party or 3rd party (ie: marketing dept. management, customer, company, etc...). A Programmer Liaison can help explain what is actually possible from a technical person(s) standpoint (the programmer) to a non-technical person(s) which can result in a better business environment for any company.
I think we will need to have the Programmer Liaison explain to the Marketing Department in common language what is actually possible when creating our company website from a technical standpoint.
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This offering has hands-on learning experiences to assist small business owners in their financial managment through the use of QuickBooks. This course is designed to jump-start anyone interested in using QuickBooks in a personal or business setting and to refresh the skills for those who may have recently upgraded. The program offers introductory sessions on the various aspects of QuickBooks including set up, creating accounts, and many other aspects needed to begin using QuickBooks for all your business needs.More information about this event
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This workshop has been developed by experts who will share hands-on experiences and knowledge on the features of QuickBooks accounting software. This course is designed to jump-start anyone interested in using QuickBooks for Business & refreshing skills.
For more information on registering for this course or future events, please visit www.ebdc.org or contact Diane Richardson at 660 263-5865 or at firstname.lastname@example.com more...
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$59.00$39 for Chamber of Commerce Members
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