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Glenda Farrell: Actress in 'Smart Blonde' & 'Mystery of the Wax Museum'
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Glenda Farrell.
Glenda Farrell: Actress has her 'Summer Under the Stars' day
Scene-stealer Glenda Farrell is Turner Classic Movies' "Summer Under the Stars" star today, August 29, 2013. A reliable – and very busy – Warner Bros. contract player in the '30s, the sharp, energetic, fast-talking blonde actress was featured in more than fifty films at the studio from 1931 to 1939. Note: This particular Glenda Farrell has nothing in common with the One Tree Hill character played by Amber Wallace in the television series. The Glenda Farrell / One Tree Hill name connection seems to have been a mere coincidence. (Image: Glenda Farrell as Torchy Blane in Smart Blonde.)
Back to Warners' Glenda Farrell: TCM is currently showing Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939), one of the seven B movies starring Farrell as intrepid reporter Torchy Blane. Major suspense: Will Torchy win the election? She should. No city would ever go bankrupt with Torchy at the helm.
Glenda Farrell: Key supporting roles in 'Mystery of the Wax Museum,' 'I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'
Next is another Torchy Blane movie, Smart Blonde (1936), followed by Michael Curtiz's unscary but fun 1933 horror classic Mystery of the Wax Museum, shot in the two-color Technicolor process. Long before Vincent Price and House of Wax there was Lionel Atwill as a (mad)man obsessed with the wax figures in his museum. A frequent occurrence in her movies of the '30s, Fay Wray screams, screams some more, and then faints. Few actresses could look that pretty with their mouths open that wide. In Mystery of the Wax Museum, Glenda Farrell has an entertaining supporting role as a Torchy Blane-esque reporter.
Next in line is another 1933 Warners' classic, one that reportedly led to changes in the law: Mervyn LeRoy's Best Picture Academy Award nominee I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1933). In this socially conscious drama, one of the many released by the studio in the early-to-mid-'30s, Best Actor nominee Paul Muni plays a World War I veteran who also happens to be, what else, a fugitive from a chain gang. The problem is that once in a chain gang, always in a chain gang unless you keep on running and hiding and living in the shadows.
The Good: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang doesn't offer a facile happy ending; it shows that societies eager to send young men to war don't give a damn once they return from the front. The Bad: I'm sorry, but Paul Muni deserved a long chain gang sentence for murdering the film's dialogue with his overacting. As for Glenda Farrell, she has a memorable supporting role as a scheming blackmailer. Screenplay by Brown Holmes and Howard J. Green.
More Glenda Farrell movies
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) provided Glenda Farrell with one of her most entertaining movie roles at Warners, as another scheming character, this time a hotel stenographer. Farrell steals the show from the film's nominal leads, crooner Dick Powell and pretty Gloria Stuart – decades before she (as Kate Winslet), in a very unladylike manner, allowed Leonardo DiCaprio to freeze to death so she could stay afloat and have a chance at survival in James Cameron's Titanic. Besides Glenda Farrell, the Gold Diggers of 1935 highlights are the Busby Berkeley musical numbers, especially the super-elaborate Oscar-winning classic "Lullaby of Broadway."
TCM wraps up Glenda Farrell Day with what may well be the best movie of her career: George Stevens' Best Picture Academy Award nominated mix of madcap comedy and serious drama, The Talk of the Town (1942). The film's trio of stars – political activist and escaped convict Cary Grant, prissy schoolteacher Jean Arthur, and goateed law professor Ronald Colman – is simply outstanding; and so is Farrell in a relatively small supporting role. Screenplay by Dale Van Every, Irwin Shaw, and Sidney Buchman from a story by Sidney Harmon. This Columbia Pictures release is not to be missed.
Glenda Farrell movies: TCM schedule (PT) on August 29
3:00 AM LITTLE CAESAR (1930). Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, Sidney Blackmer, William Collier Jr., Ralph Ince, Stanley Fields, George E. Stone, Thomas E. Jackson, Ernie Adams, Lucille La Verne, Noel Madison. Black and white. 78 min.
4:30 AM I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER (1934). Dir.: Ray Enright. Cast: Joan Blondell, Pat O'Brien, Allen Jenkins, Glenda Farrell. Black and white. 69 min.
6:00 AM THE PERSONALITY KID (1934). Dir.: Alan Crosland. Cast: Pat O'Brien, Glenda Farrell, Claire Dodd. Black and white. 68 min.
7:15 AM KANSAS CITY PRINCESS (1934). Dir.: William Keighley. Cast: Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Robert Armstrong. Black and white. 64 min.
8:30 AM SNOWED UNDER (1936). Dir.: Raymond Enright. Cast: George Brent, Genevieve Tobin, Glenda Farrell. Black and white. 64 min.
9:45 AM FLY AWAY BABY (1937). Dir.: Frank McDonald. Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Gordon Oliver. Black and white. 60 min.
11:00 AM ADVENTUROUS BLONDE (1937). Dir.: Frank MacDonald. Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Anne Nagel. Black and white. 61 min.
12:15 PM BLONDES AT WORK (1938). Dir.: Frank McDonald. Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy. Black and white. 64 min.
1:30 PM TORCHY GETS HER MAN (1938). Dir.: William Beaudine. Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy. Black and white. 63 min.
2:45 PM TORCHY BLANE IN CHINATOWN (1938). Dir.: William Beaudine. Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy. Black and white. 58 min.
3:45 PM TORCHY RUNS FOR MAYOR (1939). Dir.: Ray McCarey. Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy. Black and white. 60 min.
5:00 PM SMART BLONDE (1936). Dir.: Frank McDonald. Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Winifred Shaw. Black and white. 59 min.
6:15 PM MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM (1933). Dir.: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell. Color. 77 min.
7:45 PM I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (1932). Dir.: Mervyn Le Roy. Cast: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson. Black and white. 93 min.
9:30 PM GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935 (1935). Dir.: Busby Berkeley. Cast: Dick Powell, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Stuart, Glenda Farrell, Alice Brady, Hugh Herbert, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh, Joseph Cawthorn, Grant Mitchell, Dorothy Dare, Wini Shaw, Arthur Aylesworth, George Beranger, Walter Brennan, Dan Brodie, E.E. Clive, Franklyn Farnum, Virginia Grey, Dennis O'Keefe, John Quillan, Leo White. Black and white. 95 min.
11:15 PM GOLD DIGGERS OF 1937 (1936). Dir.: Lloyd Bacon. Cast: Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell. Black and white. 101 min.
1:00 AM THE TALK OF THE TOWN (1942). Dir.: George Stevens. Cast: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Glenda Farrell, Edgar Buchanan, Charles Dingle, Emma Dunn, Rex Ingram, Leonid Kinskey, Tom Tyler, Don Beddoe, Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Brooks, Gino Corrado, Clyde Fillmore, Edward Hearn, Clarence Muse, Lee Phelps, Dewey Robinson, Dan Seymour, Jack Shea. Black and white. 117 min.
Glenda Farrell movie schedule via the TCM website. Glenda Farrell Torchy Blane Smart Blonde photo via Doctor Macro.
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After arriving back in Kuala Lumpur that afternoon, we made our way via public transport to our hotel and explored the local night life. This was also Bianca's last night away, her flight was 10pm the next day, so we wanted to make the most of it. We wondered around for a few hours and I found an Indian shop that made the nicest Cheese Naan bread.
The next day Bianca left for the airport, whilst Laura and I set off to find our hostel for the next week. Originally, we were suppose to fly over to Brunei and travel around Borneo but we decided against it because of how much it would cost over there. Instead we now had two weeks in Kuala Lumpur and we planned on spending as little as possible. The hostel we stayed at for the next week was in an apartment, in a great location. We had night markets close, a shopping centre close and different forms of transport close. To get the train anywhere it only cost a dollar or two. Over the next week we honestly didn't do much. One day we went to the National Art Gallery, which we both loved. It was free entry and had a art exhibition on pollution, which I found really interesting. Most other days we either just stayed at the hostel, went to find somewhere nice to eat or went window shopping. I decided to do a challenge of only spending $10 a day, (not including accommodation) which was actually really easy to do. We were still able to sometimes eat at a nice restaurant, where the meal would cost around $4-$6 and then eat something cheap for dinner like 2-minute noodles or street food.


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Sharptailed Grouse Hunting Opener and Other News
Charity Upchurch Hunting Tales, Kennel Update, Upland Hunting Trips Bird Hunting, Dog Training, Duck Hunting, Ducks, Gun Dog, Korthals Griffon, Missouri Early Teal Season, Missouri River, Nebraska Sandhills, Puppies, Sharptail Grouse Hunting, Sharptailed Grouse Hunting, Teal, Water Retrieve, Wirehaired Pointing Griffon Leave a comment
Reservations and Breeding Plans
At this point, I have taken 10 reservations with deposits for my Spring 2014 litters and continue to get interest daily. Even though I am planning three litters (from Mae, BB and Velma), I won't even start breeding for another three months or so (which puts whelping 5+ months away and homegoing 7+ months away). I just want everyone to know that I am a bit hesitant about taking additional reservations right now. If everything goes as planned, I could have 12-20 puppies in 2014, but I just don't know right now. Feel free to call (402) 682-9802 or e-mail bluestemkennels@cox.net if you have any questions.
Sharptailed Grouse and Dove Opening Day: September 1, 2013
Charles had a great opening day of grouse in the Nebraska Sandhills on Sunday, September 1st. We set out into the northern dunefield of our usual opening day spot. Our "usual opening day spot" consists of two east-west running dunefields with about a mile wide valley in the middle. I let Charles, Sam and BB head deep into the dunes, while I waited behind at the truck with Mae. Once they were out of sight, I set off eastward into the rising sun. I was probably 100-300 yards south of Charles and clearly heard one shot about 15 minutes into our walk. I had a single bird get up to my left about 5 minutes later, but I missed the shot, which was the only one I had on a grouse all weekend. Not long after I heard another single shot. Charles and I met up at the eastern fenceline of the section about 45 minutes after we had started and talked about what we had seen. He had seen a few large flocks of grouse and had 2 in the bag, so we headed up into the northeastern corner of the section to make sure that we had covered everything, then turned back around to go west towards the truck. Once again, Charles was to the north of me in the higher dunes and I was working the southern edge. Sure enough, not 5 minutes after we parted ways, I heard another single shot. I went over to him and he had his limit of 3.
Sam, Charles and BB with their limit of sharptailed grouse on opening day 2013
We worked for another hour walking westward where he had seen the larger groups, but we didn't see a single grouse. We then set up our decoys at a windmill and sat for doves for an hour and a half or so, each taking one, but it was too hot to sit the whole day, so we headed back to town to spend time with the family.
Charles and Charity with the obligatory one dove each to start the season
The following day we set out into another spot that has been an annual producer for us. I walked for 3 hours and Charles walked for 4 and neither one of us saw a single sharptail, which is very odd. Some folks say it was last year's drought not leaving enough cover for nesting, others say they were killed in the massive summer hailstorm that hit the area, but all I know is that they have been in this spot for 15 years and they weren't there on Labor Day. We called it a hunt midday on Monday and headed out to the lake with friends and family.
Charles has spent the last two weekends working with BB on the duck search and retrieve for her second shot at the NAVHDA Utility Test in October. This coming weekend we will be heading down to Missouri to try our hand at the last weekend of their early teal duck season. Sam is usually our main duck dog, so he will have to hang back back at the truck while BB finally gets her chance to be the waterfowl star.
Pupdates
Got a message and photos from Bob in Minnesota about his pup Ed, from Sue and Sam's 2013 "E" litter. Sounds like he is doing great and has some fun adventures in store for this season:
Ed is a big boy and tipping the scales just shy of 60 pounds on his 6 month bday. He is loving our weekend camping trips to the lake and is a hard charger in his water work. In fact he gets close to the lake and will rip the leash out of your hands to go in while carrying his bumper. Last weekend he pointed 2 grouse sitting in the woods near the lake on one of our walks. Ed is looking real nice on his points but still is breaking so I have some more work to do. He is retrieving to hand and I am hoping that continues when hunting season begins here in MN. I have taken a break the past week on training as we have been having triple digit temps up here and it is just too hot. Ed will be heading out in mid September for official gun introduction and bird and gun association. Out pheasant season starts on October 12 here in MN and then we are headed out to North Dakota on November 6 for our first North Dakota adventure of the fall. Thinking trip number 2 will be in December but that will depend on the weather and how he does this fall on our other outings.
Ed at 6 months chillin' on the deck
Ed hanging out in the house
Ed and his toy pheasant
16 month old Chester from Sam and Mae's "C" Litter of 2012 lives out in New York and has been practicing hard for the upcoming season with his owner Sal and trainer Hoss. He's pictured here at a Hudson Valley NAVHDA Chapter training day.
Chester on point
Another shot of Chester on point
Chester retrieving
And handsome three year old Whiskey out in Nevada from Sue and Sam's "A" litter of 2010 has been caught by owner Deborah being very silly these days.
Whiskey thinks that crocs make great chew toys
Whiskey peeking out from his blanket
As always, thank you to the puppy owners for taking such fabulous photos and sharing them with us!!
I just talked to my eyes on the sky down in Missouri and he said that with this warm weather there aren't many teal flying, but this coming weekend is the last one of the season, so it is the only shot we're going to get on this particular season. Since we'll have our Missouri license anyway, I see us heading down there for some other waterfowl seasons this year too since it is only an hour and a half away. So wish us luck and we'll keep you posted!!
Pupdates and Hunting Season in 2 days!
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I'm supposed to be packing for the annual trip to the Sandhills for the September 1st dove and grouse opener since we're leaving tonight, but I just had to get these pictures out before I got too distracted by hunting season!
This is Zoey, she is 6 months old and is out of Sue and Sam's last litter that was born early this year. Jimmy has been doing great work with her down in Oklahoma and is shown here perfecting her water retrieve. Rumor has it that she's going off to waterfowl school, but she's definitely got the basics down!
Zoey water retrieve at 6 months
Another shot of Zoey retrieving a dummy
Zoey also looks cute just laying around the house…
Zoey chilling on the kitchen tiles
Zoey's sweet face!!
Thank you so much to Jimmy and Sandi for all of those great pictures!!
I swiped this picture off of Facebook, but I didn't think that Deborah would mind. Whiskey is from Sue and Sam's "A" Litter from 2010, so he is 3 years old now and lives out in Nevada. Here he is with his little Lab buddy Ruger who is holding him down and giving him a tongue bath. Too funny!!
Whiskey getting a bath from Ruger
Thanks Deborah for capturing such a hilarious moment!
Hunting Blog
For the last couple of years I've been posting our hunting stories on to versatilehunter.com, separate from this here kennel blog. I have to talk to Charles this weekend and see if we want to continue on that URL or if we want to consolidate our presence here on the kennel blog. I also used to be active on Twitter under @VersatileHunter, but just really hit a wall with trying to keep everything updated. Then to complicate things, I'm also going to start hunting blogging for Lion Country Supply. So I'll probably be writing my first draft either here or on versatilehunter.com ( there is also a button to up at the top that says "Hunting Blog"), then write a final draft for LCS. Plus I'd like to start really honing my writing to where I'm submitting articles to magazines. So please bear with me as I decide where I'm steering this whole writing ship. I'll let you know sometime next week where things are at so that you can keep up to date with my blathering.
So wish us luck up in the Sandhills, I will be wearing my GoPro, so hopefully I'll actually hit something to show you on YouTube:)
Mid-season Slowdown, Pupdates and Happy Holidays!!
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After the big hunting trip to North Dakota for Sam, BB and Charles, filling the game bag has taken a pause. It isn't that we haven't tried! Charles went out for deer the first two weekend in November on our friend's land on the Platte River and saw deer but didn't have any good shots. Our freezer is full of birds anyway, so I think he was really just getting out of the house. The latter part of November and the first part of December he's gone out for ducks, pheasants and quail, with very few sightings and no shots. There were two weekends where he drove 3 hours one way (in different directions), even going down into the Flint Hills of Kansas, but still no luck. We are hoping that when the snow finally comes (we're at a historical record for days without snow), that we might be able to come across a few roosters, but are really looking forward to our planned grouse hunt on the Sunday before Christmas up in my Nebraska Sandhills home. For the most part we've given up on Eastern Nebraska this year and are going to turn our attention to getting Sam and BB trained up to take a shot at some legs of the AKC Senior Hunter test over the course of 2013.
Looks like we're getting closer to breeding with Sue and I suspect that Mae won't be too far behind. I won't have an exact calendar of events until pro-estrous (bleeding) actually starts, but there are definitely changes going on and I just have to keep watching.
Yet despite our slow time here lately, things appear to be going well in other parts of the country with our puppy owners! Aaron of Ohio and "Pepper" from Sam and Sue's 2012 "D" litter (age 6 months now) posted an update on our Facebook page saying:
Pepper, aka Derry, from the D litter is doing very well. We worked her on quail in a call back pen all late summer and early fall until the quail "went native". On Monday we decided to shoot over her for the first time after a fair bit of work with a starter pistol. She pointed and retrieved two chukars with no concern for the gun fire. She trailed a wounded bird to a groundhog hole where it escaped. She is also doing great in the house.
It's so exciting to keep up with all of the pups and how they are doing, knowing how much joy a good dog brings to the home and field. Randy and "Roxy", from Sam and Sue's 2011 "B" litter, out of Utah are having an outstanding year. Randy wrote:
Man, has the light ever came on with Roxy. She did all that could ever be wanted while hunting Iowa, North Dakota, and Utah this year. Best all around dog I have ever had in the 50 years of hunting. I will attach a few pictures. Thanks you guys for making my hunting career come together.
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Randy, Roxy (18 month old Wirehaired Pointing Griffon female) and company after a great day in the field
Randy and Roxy (18 month old Wirehaired Pointing Griffon female) had a great time in North Dakota!
Another great day for Roxy (18 month old Wirehaired Pointing Griffon female)!
I really love the last photo of Randy and Roxy because aside from being absolutely gorgeous, it's a great shot showing that she looks exactly like Sue's head on Sam's body. Of course, having a hunter say that you've given him the best hunting dog that he's had in 50 years of hunting makes a person feel like a million bucks!! But that is our goal!!
Cliff down in Oklahoma and his pup "Belle" out of Sam and Mae's 2012 "C" litter, which is 9 months old now, are having a great time thus far in Kansas and Oklahoma:
Wanted to give you a quick update on Belle. We've been out every week since the season opened in OK & KS. I had to work the weekend of Nov 10th & 11th, but that was just as well because it was so warm and windy. Belle & I hunted the following Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning in KS. Saw very few pheasants (no quail) and bagged the only one I shot at. That was Belle's first pheasant. Attached is a picture of us with #1.
The following weekend in KS we got 2 more pheasants. The Saturday after Thanksgiving we hunted Kansas once again and got into a covey of quail and bagged 2 birds. Belle as having rock solid points and also found a bird that had been hit and flown a considerable distance to which we only knew a general location. With the quail, Belle made the connection that she was to bring them back to me, so she now brings the birds back to me in addition to fetching the paper daily. So far the hunting reports across the state of Kansas are what I have experienced. The bird population has been severely impacted.
Yesterday was opening day for pheasants in OK. When I got up it was 59 degrees and windy. The high got up to 76. I should have had my OK limit (3 roosters), but missed the easiest shot of the day . We saw a good number of birds, but with the weather most flushed far ahead.
Overall, I am very pleased with Belle's performance. Responds to commands, hunts close, has a great nose, does not flush birds wildly, and has learned to hold point and to find and retrieve downed birds. I just need to keep giving her the opportunity to hunt so that we can refine her skills. I have attached additional pictures.
Cliff and Belle (9 month old female Wirehaired Pointing Griffon) with her first pheasant
Belle (9 month old female Wirehaired Pointing Griffon) and the Oklahoma opener game bag
Awesome success, Cliff and Belle, so happy for you!! It gives us hope that there is still upland bird hunting to be had out there since honestly, we've been in a bit of a funk about how things have been going lately. I have pictures from the 1990's of Charles and our Brittany "Sheaf" going out every weekend and getting a limit of pheasant here in Eastern Nebraska. It really hurts my heart that those days are probably gone and we're going to be stuck with three options: 1) extended bird hunting safaris to the Nebraska Sandhills, North Dakota and other states with sustainable bird populations 2) joining a hunt club 3) buying and planting our own birds on the local dog training wildlife management area or on a friend's land.
Okay, back to something happy for the holidays!! Joel and Jenn from Kearney, Nebraska shared this picture of Roxy's brother, Mowgli, from Sam and Sue's 2011 "B" litter. He looks like he enjoyed the snow that they had out there! What a face!
Mowgli (18 month old male Wirehaired Pointing Griffon) chillin' in the snow
Keeping in the holiday spirit, Sal and family in New York were kind enough to mail us a Christmas card with a cute photo of Belle's brother, Chester, also from Sam and Mae's 2012 "C" litter (9 months old):
Merry Christmas from Chester (9 month old male Wirehaired Pointing Griffon)
Many thanks to all of my puppy owners for making this blog fun to put together and read! You really go out of your way to take the time to send us great photos and write-ups and it is appreciated more than I can ever express. We put a lot of time and love into our puppies, so it is a big warm fuzzy to see that loving spirit carried on in their lives in their forever homes.
Wishing all hunters and lovers of griffons, our puppy owners, friends and family the Merriest of Christmases, from Bluestem Kennels and the Upchurch family!
"Not a creature was stirring…" Clockwise from top left: BB, Mae, Sam and Sue.
First breeding of year complete!
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We are pleased to announce that our first breeding of the year is complete between our 3 year old male, Sam, and our new 5 year old female, Mae. Sue was anticipated to come into season first, but Mae surprised us. Mae and Sam bred from January 9-11, therefore pups are expected March 13-15. Hey game birds, "Beware of the Ides of March!", new hunting puppies will be here!
Hunting photos of Sam can be found on our "About Us" page (I have yet to load this season's, but they can be found on the individual blog posts containing the hunting tales on bluestemkennels.com [pre-10/01/2011] and versatilehunter.com [10/01/2011-present]). His pedigree is a link at the bottom of the "About Us" page.
Mae came into our home on December 3, 2011 from That's My Point Kennels in Wheatland, ND where she had successfully whelped and nursed 3 previous litters and was known as "Aspen" http://www.tmpkennels.com/ As you can see from the previous owner's website, she was raised with young children. At the age of one, she successfully scored a Prize II on her Natural Ability Test from the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association (NAVHDA).
Mae's Natural Ability Test Results
Her AKC/NAVHDA pedigrees also spoke of her potential for us. Her sire, Marquis Georgeous George hails from French import blood and the prestigious Herrenhausen kennel. Barbara Young of Herrenhausen is an AKC and International Conformation Judge, therefore she knows and breeds good dogs. The dam, Full of Grace, is out of the famed Fireside blood. Fireside's Spontaneous Combustion won 3rd place in the sporting group at Westminster last year and was the first Wirehaired Pointing Griffon ever to place at WKC.
Mae's AKC Pedigree
The hunt testing results and the strong conformation background in the pedigree drew me to "Aspen". She was the Butcher family's companion in the home and field, therefore even though I was nervous about bringing a new member into our pack, I thought that these things put together boded well for "Aspen" being a good match for us and our breeding program.
I made the following YouTube video this morning of all my dogs running in the yard, just as a visual reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSb7jdZXPz8
Mae has thrived in our home and in the field. Not even a week after bringing her home, we had her out on planted hen pheasants for training:
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Mae working the field on December 9, 2011
One of Mae's points 12/09/2011
Another point on 12/09/2011
Charles walks into Mae's point
Mae retrieves on 12/09/2011
After our first training day with planted birds in a controlled environment, we felt comfortable enough to use Mae to assist in guiding at Pheasant Haven right before Christmas.
Sam (front) and Mae (back) with the hunters on 12/22/2011
Sam, myself and Mae guided a hunt on 12/23/2011 also
The afternoon following the December 23rd preserve hunt, we were on the road for the Sandhills where we busted up some cattails with the whole gang, Mae included, on Christmas Eve:
Mae on the left, with the rest of the pack, Charles, and the Christmas Eve Sandhills pheasant
Charles and all four dogs on the dunes
We spent a couple of hours on Christmas Day chasing grouse with Mae and the rest of the pack, but didn't find any. We'll be back for them in September!
Our last outing was on January 2nd with some chukar and quail from a game farm that we had never used before and wanted to try out. It is important for newer dogs to get individual training attention when they are usually braced (in pairs) or ran as a pack.
One of Mae's points on 01/02/2012
Charles shoots one of the chukars over Mae on 01/02/2012
Charles walking into one of Mae's points 01/02/2012
Closeup of Mae's point that Charles was walking into
Double chukar flush over Mae and Charles 01/02/2012
Mae had more than one retrieve on 01/02/2012, but this was the only photo that turned out well
Even though we've only had Mae a limited time, we are confident in her ability to produce quality puppies for our kennel and contribute to our development of the breed.
I will close with a picture of the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon breed's founder Edward Korthals. This was taken in 1891 when he was presented the German Kaiser's award for breeding. I use this photograph as guide for the dogs that I will continue working to create. Mae fits into this perfectly.
Korthals and his prize specimens
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Charles and I started the week chasing Southeastern Nebraska prairie chicken. As the population in the area is somewhat sparse, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission limits the number of birds harvested to three the entire season, from September 1 to January 31, and a hunter must obtain special tags to harvest in this area.
We spent five hours of our Saturday walking in a drizzle and didn't spot a single game bird of any kind. Our intention was to return to the field on Sunday, either for prairie chicken or the last day of early teal, but we were rained out.
One of our puppies from this year's litter, Ben, was out in the South Central part of the state and had some great luck on sharptails out there. Ben is our top prospect for a mate for our 6 month old Canadian import girl, BB. Great job, Ben, and owner, Nate!
Ben, Nate and Nate's father with the grouse harvest
A visit was also paid to us by another puppy from this year's litter, Duke. He is growing big and there are plans in the works to get him out on some birds with our guidance before his November pheasant hunting trip to South Dakota.
The Duke at 6 months
On Monday, Charles guided another successful preserve pheasant, chukar and Hungarian partridge hunt. The hunting party consisted of two native Nebraska gentlemen along with a father and two sons from Long Island, NY. We had a wet start after an early morning rain, but by 9 AM the sun had emerged, so that the grass and our soaked clothes were completely dry by the time we wrapped up mid-afternoon.
Hunters walking the thick grass
The father shoots a chukar, while Sam points another bird on the ground
One of the sons shoots a gorgeous rooster pheasant
Sam retrieving a rooster pheasant
Sam does a water retrieve on a pheasant shot over the pond
The hunting party and birds
Family picture with the birds
An interesting aside about a native bird that we encountered on our hunt. In the wetness of the morning, we flushed a few sora rails in a densely vegetated, low, wet spot. As they are in season and we had a Nebraska licensed hunter on one of the guns, he harvested one of the sora rails.
The sora rail's flight is best described as "dumpy". They don't fly very fast or far when they flush and are easily recognized: fatter than most song birds, black body with a yellow, triangular bill and long, greenish legs that hang down when they fly. Sora rail hunting is most popular in the Northeastern Coastal areas, where they often use small boats to hunt them in seaside marshes.
The hunter didn't have any desire to take the sora home with him, so we brought the bird home to add some tasty bites to our meal for the evening.
Caleb, age 2 1/2, practices his hunter pose with the sora rail
Labor Day 2011: The new grouse opener in Nebraska
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If and when the chickens and grouse are forced to make a last stand, Lord forbid, the Sandhills of Nebraska will hold their monument.
– James B. Kellogg, American Field magazine, December 5, 1959
It was us versus the 19,000 square miles of the Nebraska Sandhills, with their wily prairie chickens and sharptail grouse Labor Day weekend. Charles and I arrived at base camp midday Friday, made some quick sandwiches from our cooler provisions, made sure the dogs were fed and watered after their long ride, then headed out into the dunes in search of birds.
It was probably around 80 degrees when we finally unloaded and geared up for the field. Then the march began. It never fails that around an hour and a half into the up and down, hot, heavy breathing, heart pumping afternoon that we get our first sight of them. It was two lone sharpies in front of me and on my worst shot, the "going away over the hill". Of course, I missed. We continued for what seemed like a long time, but it probably wasn't. The dogs were starting to feel the heat of the day, so we had turned our walk towards the truck, still looking for birds. There was a shadowy figure in the distance standing on top of a dune. It didn't move for a long time, but finally started to come our way. It was a fellow hunter, of the older generation.
"I flushed a group of about fifteen right up there and they must have landed just north of where you just walked through, I was surprised when you didn't come through them," he reported.
Thus began a big loop, starting straight towards the east, then circling north. As we completed the loop, heading south right in front of this old hunter, a lone sharpie jumped up and we both shot our two shells, with Charles making the hit. We were busy admiring Sam's retrieve and failed to reload…only to have six to eight more birds flush up around us, with their cackling "caw-caw-caw-caw-caw" heckling us. Charles was able to load some shells in time to get one more, but I stood there dumbfounded. I'm sure the old man was laughing to himself, but he never shared that with us. Sam had his mouth full of bird already, so Sue was finally able to get in on a retrieve. Once the two birds were in the bag, he asked if we could take our dogs through an area that he thought he had put a bird down earlier. There was not a bird to be found, but I was out of water and headed back to the truck. Charles and the old timer continued to walk the field for another hour or so before calling it a day around 6 PM.
Sue, BB, Sam and Charles with their two Friday sharptails
It was storming at base camp around daybreak Saturday morning, so we lingered longer than we usually would. Our old friend and fellow hunter, Ryan Tompkins, joined us that morning for a cool, but windy walk. We worked a valley, starting on the southern dunefield side of it. The north wind was very strong, so we pushed our way farther south into the dunes, expecting the birds to be sitting out of the wind. As we reached the far east end of the valley, we turned into the north wind to cross the valley's flat, when a sharptail jumped up in front of me, trying to fly away into the wind. The wind launched the airborne bird straight above my head and I took a shot, seeing the feathers fly. The bird went down and as soon as Sam got on top of it for the retrieve, it popped up again, catching the wind and floated to the south, over the hill. I mismarked the bird and headed to the next hill over, but lucky Charles and Sam headed to the right spot. Charles flagged me down from my fruitless search with my bird in his hand.
We continued our push across the flat of the valley, up into the northern dunefield, working our way into a break where Charles had taken birds a number of times before. There are often times 100-200 yards between hunters and the dogs typically stay with Charles, so it isn't unheard of for a hunter to bump into a flock that we have to chase down. As we worked our way back west into the northern dunefield, Ryan flushed up a group of six grouse. I was pretty confident that they had just popped over to the southern side of the hill, so we headed in that direction. Sure enough, we got into the flock again and Ryan nailed a bird. We called in the dogs to retrieve and were very proud when our six month old BB found and marked the bird. She's still a little wary of having big birds in her mouth, so it wasn't a retrieve, but finding the bird in the vastness of the Sandhills, before her field-hardened compatriots Sam and Sue, is an accomplishment in and of itself.
We again had pushed the flock westward and again we marched them down. It was only 200 yards away when we found them again and Charles took his bird, with Sam on retrieve. Our search continued westward: up, down and around the high chop of the dunes, seeing nothing additional, and we pushed through the yuccas to the truck for a midday break. After our long, well-deserved lunch, we pushed for an hour and a half through the sand bluestem, poison ivy and wild rose bushes with no luck. By 3 PM, we voted for a switch to dove hunting.
Charles sets up dove decoys on a windmill
Our favorite windmill was occupied by other hunters, but we moved on to another choice spot, which later seemed to be the better choice, considering that it had shade and our first choice did not. We keep the dogs boxed up during the shooting of the doves and only bring them out for retrieving assistance.
BB's first retrieve on a dove, just small enough for her little mouth
...to the hand!
Charles took the day on doves with a total of ten, combining sitting around the windmill with the decoys and pushing the weedy outer rim of the blowout for flushes. Ryan and I split the remaining four doves on the fourteen dove total, with me spending the majority of my time sitting over decoys and Ryan splitting his time between flushes and sitting. 7 PM rolled around quickly and the local steakhouse was calling our names, so we packed it in for the night.
Saturday's bird total from Ryan Tompkins, Charity and Charles Upchurch, Sue, BB and Sam
After a long day on Saturday, we rolled out of bed a little late once again and headed into some territory that we haven't normally worked. The dunes were very steep and rugged on our westward push, giving us a serious challenge even in a cool and still morning. When we stopped to take water an hour and a half into the hunt, I told the guys that the grouse were going to show up soon for sure, because I was getting angry. Lo and behold, not fifteen minutes later, Ryan bumps a flock of eight up and over the hill towards the north. We both thought for sure they had cut towards the west when they went over that hill. The complex that they had landed in had two sets of north-south running dunes, with a valley in between, so, we chose to push the valley and the western set of hills, spending a good hour or so finding nothing, first working our way north, then back south. The eastern dunefield was the only place left for them to be hiding and we swept it from the south going again back north. Dipping down into a low spot not much longer after our northward hike began, I pushed the flock over the hill, taking a shot at my dreaded "up and over the hill". I thought I had a decent enough aim on one particular bird that I should have put a few pellets in it, but it didn't go down. I saw Ryan hit one hard and sent the dogs after it, with Sam taking the retrieve once again. The three of us regrouped and continued north to where we thought the rest of the flock had headed.
Out of nowhere, Ryan shouts at me, "Hey, here's another one flapping!"
I whistled for dogs for a minute or two with no response, as Charles had marched west looking for some other stragglers of the flock. Sure enough, I had peppered the bird and we were just lucky enough that Ryan came up on it while it was still flapping. He bagged it and we continued on, unable to see Charles and the dogs working the singletons to the west. When we all met back up fifteen or so minutes later, he sure enough had his bird.
It was midday Sunday and once again we each had one bird in the bag. Both the dogs and people needed water and a rest, so a windmill was calling our name, but we just didn't know which one. We picked one at random, with a stock tank full of wayward toads and box turtles. I think Charles and Ryan spent twenty minutes pulling drowning toads and turtles out of the tank.
Toads in need of rescue hitch a ride on the box turtle's back in a stock tank
But daylight was burning and we wanted to get back to town in time to cook dinner, so we once again geared up for the field, expecting another long march, which would probably end fruitless with the limited time that we had given ourselves.
Sam puts on his "A" game
Yet this spot surprised us, with a family group busting up only a half-hour into the hunt. They were slow to rise, with Ryan taking a double and myself shooting one bird in the first flush of five or six. As Charles was busy taking retrieves from Sue and Sam, the remaining eight birds flushed as we all screamed profanity with unloaded guns and the distraction of retrieves. With so many birds in the field and being satisfied with two birds down (and being relatively close to the truck), I decided to switch my gun for the camera.
Ryan Tompkins hunts the open spaces of the Sandhills
Sue, Sam, BB and Charles covering terrain
We continued to move towards the direction where we saw the first group flush, thinking that we would find them broken up, only to have Ryan get into another tight group of thirteen. Ryan hit one to finish out his limit and everyone could tell that Charles was out of guiding mode, ready to turn on the juice.
Sam retrieving Ryan's last bird, with Sue backing him up
Charles taking Sam's retrieve to hand
Charles kicks it into gear in the high country
I followed along taking pictures for another half-hour, but struggled to maintain the ramped up pace after a long few days. I headed back to the truck while Ryan walked with Charles and the dogs as he finished out his limit, which only took forty-five minutes with as many birds as we had encountered within a relatively close area.
Hunters, dogs and Sunday's birds
Driving home, we discussed all of the different recipes we would be trying with our bird meats upon our return home, ranging from pastas to curries. The final nightly ritual of dinner and bird cleaning stretched later than it should have, with long drives ahead of us in the morning.
The Sunday sharptail grouse lineup in the dark, prior to cleaning
The older hunter that we spent time with on Friday was the only other grouse hunter we saw the whole weekend, which is part of the reason that the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has extended the season earlier to Labor Day weekend, from its prior September 15th-ish start date. There just aren't that many people willing to put in the hard-trodding hours that it takes to get grouse. It isn't easy anymore, not like when there were market hunters at the turn of the last century shooting 500+ birds a day to sell back east. Grouse in the Sandhills is the hardest, hottest hunting that we do all year, but despite the sweat and sunburns, we come back every year for the challenge and camaraderie.
Thank you to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission for giving us more time to have our fun!
If you want to know more about the history of grouse hunting in Nebraska, check out the following links:
A cool slideshow of old-time Sandhills grouse hunts: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ngpc/sets/72157627193902108/show/
The full "History of Grouse Hunting" article from Nebraskaland by Jon Farrar (which I credit with my opening quote and some of the facts in the conclusion):
http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/nebland/articles/hunting/GrouseHunting/index.asp
North Dakota: Day 1
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When I talked to Charles on the phone at 5 PM and he told me about his success in the field, I told him to take the picture before the sun went down. Somewhere in North Dakota, hanging from a tree in the dark are two gadwall ducks and a sharptail grouse.
A little too late for a good shot...
He called while I was cooking supper and he knew not to call back and interrupt the premiere of "Sherlock" on Masterpiece Mystery, so I don't have the details of the hunt. The full text of his e-mail about the birds was as follows:
"Not bad for a short afternoon hunt. 1 sharptail and 2 gadwalls. A double on the ducks. Skeet pays off again."
If you are not familiar with gadwalls, here's the page on the Ducks Unlimited website describing them: http://www.ducks.org/news/1069/duckofthemonthgadwal.html
We'll see what they come across tomorrow!
Sandhills Duck Opener 2010
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It was a very rainy Saturday morning in the Sandhills, with plenty of hunter activity due to antelope and duck season being open simultaneously. We started out heading into a normally productive grouse dunefield, but our efforts were thwarted by a large scattered herd of cattle. Essentially, we spent our first hour and a half of the day pushing cows around some high dunes. I have been doing lots of urban hiking these days, working on the 7th floor of a high rise, so I was feeling pretty good about keeping up with the crew.
We stopped at a couple of ponds on our way to a creek that we wanted to jump shoot, but didn't see anything except truck tracks on the road. With my new level of fitness, I was relegated to pushing the far sides of the ponds.
The rain continued to come down, so that by midday, most of our gear was pretty well soaked through. We walked this creek for a mile or so, when the dogs went on point. When we walked in to flush a bird, nothing came up. It was a skunk and I spotted it first. I raised my gun and asked Charles if I should shoot it, but he took the liberty. Of course, we shoot the skunk and 40 yards over, a group of four ducks gets up and flies away. So we continue our march down the creek and see nothing for a couple of miles but a green heron. The next single duck to get up was way out of range.
The creek petered out, so we turned back around to head for the truck for a break. We got a few good points from the dogs on some porcupines. We're checking in with our Native American friends to see if there is a viable market for porcupine quills, but the porcupines are safe for now. The dogs have had some valuable past lessons in the pain of porcupines, so they only pointed them and didn't mess with them this time.
Luckily, I had brought a change of pants, because I learned from our last rainy adventure in the Sandhills, wet brush-buster pants weigh a ton. Right as we get back to the truck, I spotted a pair of birds flying over my head and I really couldn't believe what I was seeing. I should have just taken the shots, but I had to turn and ask Charles first, "Is that a snipe and a dove?!?" Sure enough, it was a snipe and a dove, flying together right over my head. I shot at them and missed. It felt like a beginning of a joke, "There was a snipe and a dove flying together one day…"
I changed my pants, fed the dogs a funky old fried chicken thigh from the truck and we started back on what was starting to feel like a death march to me. We trudged a couple of more miles down the creek and saw nothing. Now, I have some pretty hardcore hunting boots, the kangaroo skin Cabela's kind, but even they were no match for rain, swamp and a few unwieldy creek crossings (also known as just walking through the creek).
Since we knew the creek was empty, we headed up into the dunes to try to find some grouse. We had one get up for us, way out of range. I was starting to feel pretty dizzy at this point and had fallen behind Charles and the dogs considerably. The winding creek in the valley, the wind in the grass, rosehips on the stem…it was all just becoming a pseudo-psychedelic blur of nature being high on my own endorphines. I was on my own (Charles knew that I was aware of the location of the truck) and began hearing voices.
I caught up to Charles and the dogs talking to two men on an ATV. The ATV guys reported that three other guys on individual ATV's had been through the valley earlier trying to hunt for antelope. Hence the lack of game.
Back to the truck we marched. Finally the rain had stopped, after six hours of hard hunting in the rain. After a few miles of driving along the trail, we split off to try a pond that we knew existed over in some trees a quarter mile or so away. What we didn't know was that in between the road and the known pond was another, smaller pond that we drove up on and blew a flock of about 7 ducks out. There were some curse words flying on that one.
I made one last attempt to jump shoot the pond, but by that time, my feet were raw, I was soaked, my muscles were sore and my hands were going numb when I was holding the gun. I was done. I went back to the truck and let Sam and Charles try for that pond. Still nothing.
Down went the gun and I grabbed my camera. These shots were taken while I was standing on the road barefoot about 50-75 yards away.
Charles and Sam sneak in for a jump
Too many eyes...the flock of ducks gets up out of range
Sam and Charles heading back in
Charles has a second visit with the ATV chaps
I really want to insert a diatribe here about how guys on ATV's ruin the good time of the foothunter, but I will save that for another day when it isn't hunting season. There are more hunting tales to tell.
Saturday we were skunked. Literally. All we shot was that damn skunk. What really impressed me was that the spirit of the dogs never wore down. The picture of Sam and Charles returning up above was after 8 hours of rainy hiking with the dogs quartering. Sam still wears a doggy smile on his face and is full of spirit. These hunting Wirehaired Pointing Griffons are truly amazing athletes.
We didn't drive six hours to go home with nothing, so Sunday morning I sent Charles and Sam out on their own. Sam and Charles stalked a creek through very thick cover, with Sam working the oxbows while Charles walked the straightaways. The stream was backed up with beaver dams in spots. The first group of six wood ducks got up and Charles shot a young drake. Sam didn't see the duck drop, so Charles gave him the "fetch" command so that he knew to search. He retreived the duck from the far side of the creek and swam back to Charles to deliver to hand.
They continued to work down the creek, avoiding the herd of deer. A drake and a hen got up out of range at the end of a narrow clearing. The stalk continued, working the bank and creek bottom close together. Another group of five wood ducks flushed from the creek and Charles picked the mature drake out of the flock to harvest. Once again, the duck landed on the far side of the creek where Sam had to search hard to retrieve. Sam did require some direction on the retrieve, but he worked hard to find the bird and once again delivered it to the hand.
Due to the dense vegetation and the lay of the land, they yet again came upon another flock of wood ducks by surprise. Charles shot a hen and again it landed on the far side of the creek, in heavy brush. The "fetch" command was repeated and Sam really got it at this point. He didn't require any location direction, retrieved the duck, and crossed a beaver dam to the hand.
I was very happy to see them return to the house with a full game bag after the comedy of errors we had on Saturday!
Sam, Charles and three wood ducks
This weekend I will be recovering from yet another hard hunting trip of getting skunked, while Charles and Sam head out for Eastern Nebraska prairie chicken.
Sandhills Grouse Opener 2010
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Charles and I were back in the Nebraska Sandhills for sharptailed grouse and prairie chicken opener on Saturday, September 18th. We arrived to our first special spot about 10:30 AM to a windy, chilly and misty morning. Due to the wind, the grouse were absent in the valleys and were only present in the high choppy dunes. Our first flush was only three grouse who popped up out of range, which told us the area had probably been worked over. Sure enough, we spotted the tracks of our most hated nemesis, the ATV, shortly thereafter. Yet we were undeterred and continued to work this high dunefield.
Charles and the dogs made it up and over the top of the ridge before I had a chance to witness the first grouse of the season being taken. According to Charles, both dogs locked on point, he flushed and shot the bird. Sam quickly retrieved.
Charles, Sam and the first grouse of the year
We continued working this dunefield for another couple of hours, but were only getting one or two birds up at 50-100 yard ranges before the dogs could even get a lock on them. Blasted ATV's. So we moved deeper into our zone where the truck tracks ended and we knew we had the place to ourselves.
The second dunefield we worked on was much more productive. We busted up a coyote. Charles has been reading up on the European version of the versatile hunting dog, where they hunt foxes with these dogs, so he wanted to see what would happen if he sicked Sam on the coyote. Luckily, we were at the peak of a high dune so we could watch Sam chase the thing for about a mile into the valley. Charles headed down into the valley with Sue to make sure Sam didn't get himself lost. As I was hollering and waving my blaze orange hat to get Sam off of the coyote, I heard the music of "blllrrr, bbblllrr, bbbllrr" as a flock of 10-15 grouse flushed about 30 yards behind me.
Once we were all back together, we headed towards where I thought I saw the flock land. I was walking alone and had a great shot at a 15 yard flush of a singleton, but my lack of practice came shining through and I totally missed it. We worked our way back towards the truck and came into another flock of 10-15 birds at 20 yards. Charles shot a double and once again I croaked. Each dog had a bird in their mouth…I probably should have had my camera instead of my gun!
Charles rounds out his limit of grouse for the day with Sam and Sue on retrieve
We were headed back to town by 3 PM, just in time for Charles to cook up some sweet and sour grouse over rice for supper!
I definitely have my grouse hunting homework cut out for me before next year: get into shape and get to the trap and skeet range!

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Loza Abera Geinore (em amárico: ሎዛ አበራ) é uma jogadora de futebol etíope que atualmente joga no Nigd Bank da Premier League Feminina da Etiópia e na Seleção Feminina de Futebol da Etiópia como atacante.

Vida pregressa
Ela era a terceira filha de sua família e a única jogadora do sexo feminino em seu bairro, costumava jogar futebol com times compostos principalmente por homens, tanto em jogos de futebol da escola quanto de bairro em sua cidade Durame, Loza começou a jogar futebol aos seis anos de idade. Em 2011, ela participou dos jogos All Ethiopian representando o estado regional do SNNP, torneio em que marcou sete gols. Esse tornou-se seu impulso inicial para ser notada pelos recrutadores da Seleção Feminina Etíope.

Carreira no clube

Etiópia
Loza Abera ingressou em seu primeiro clube profissional, o Hawassa City SC Women, em 2012. Passando dois anos no clube, ela ajudou o clube a conquistar dois terceiros lugares no campeonato, sendo a artilheira do time nas duas temporadas.

A convite do então treinador, Asrat Abate, Loza Abera ingressou no Dedebit FC Feminino (hoje extinto), onde passou quatro anos e ganhou o campeonato e o título de artilheira em todos os quatro anos. Ela terminou a temporada 2015-16 da EWPL com 47 gols durante a temporada e 10 gols na competição do playoff.

Apesar das ofertas lucrativas de várias equipes, ela prometeu a si mesma terminar o ensino médio. Ela o fez e foi para a Escola de Comércio da Universidade de Addis-Abeba, localizada na capital da Etiópia Addis Ababa, enquanto assinava contratos na área.

Loza Abera assinou com o Adama City Women no meio da temporada 2018-1919 da EWPL após uma breve passagem pela Suécia com o Kungsbaka DFF. Continuando seu sucesso em seu país natal, ela ajudou o Adama City a ganhar seu primeiro título EWPL.

Depois de seis temporadas jogando na EWPL, Loza Abera marcou mais de 200 gols e detém o recorde de mais gols na história da Liga. Em novembro de 2020, ela assinou contrato com o Nigd Bank da Premier League Feminina da Etiópia.

Fora do país
Loza Abera teve experiências com o Antalyaspor (Turquia) e o Kungsbaka DFF (Suécia). Durante sua estadia no Kungsbaka, ela ajudou o time a conquistar um título regional e a ser promovido à primeira divisão. Porém, sua permanência no clube acabou após a temporada por motivos financeiros.

Em setembro de 2019, ela assinou com o Birkirkara FC (feminino) Feminino da Malta Women's Premier League. Ela terminou sua primeira temporada como artilheira da liga maltesa, com 30 gols em 12 partidas.

Reconhecimento
Loza Abera foi incluída na lista das 100 Mulheres mais inspiradoras do ano, da BBC, anunciada em 23 de novembro de 2020.

Veja também

 100 Mulheres (BBC)
 Mulheres na categoria BBC 100 Mulheres

Nascidos em 1997
Pessoas vivas
Jogadoras da Seleção Etíope de Futebol Feminino
Pessoas na lista BBC 100 Mulheres de 2020

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Here's the latest case of historical desecration by the Vietnamese Communists with advice from foreigners. A new historical novel, supposedly based on the lives of Le Loi and Nguyen Trai, was recently published in Vietnam. The book aims to chronicle the events transpiring between the heroic duo as they take on the Ming invaders in the 15th century. Unfortunately, the accuracy of the novel's events are somewhat questionable. Actually, it's complete garbage, just to let you know.
The author of this novel, Nguyen Quang Than, completely disrespects the characters of Le Loi and Nguyen Trai, characterizing them as bandits, thugs, and gangsters. At the same time, he portrays the Ming army as heroic individuals, coming into the country to help and care for the Vietnamese people. The invaders are shown to be virtuous, honourable, civilized, and caring. So according to this "author," Le Loi and Nguyen Trai are the villains, while the Ming invaders are the heroes.
Signs of outrage have been visible within the Vietnamese literary community. Many writers and bloggers in Vietnam have criticized the author of this book, making their opinions known. What's the Vietnamese government response to all this? Unsurprisingly, they've decided to go against the writers in Vietnam in defence of the author of the book. They've issued a warning, threatening to punish anyone who further criticizes the author Nguyen Quang Than and the Vietnamese government.
Why would they do this? Why would any government ever allow anyone to damage the sacred historical protectors of their country? Let us recall a similar incident, only several months ago, recall the movie Ly Cong Uan: the Road to Thang Long Citadel. The Chinese government tried to distort the history of Emperor Ly Thai To, making him look like a Chinese man, an act permitted by the Vietnamese Communist Party, remember that? It's happening again, and guess what, they're letting it happen again.
Judging by the evidence, one can argue that the Chinese Communist Party has something to do with the creation of this book. Who else would come up with the idea of destroying the memory of two of Vietnam's proudest figures? The story of Ly Cong Uan was indisputably the plan of the CCP, and it is a fair bet they are involved with this as well. It's not hard to find traitors in the Vietnamese Communist system, almost everyone at the height of the Politburo is a corrupted sell-out anyway.
It is easy for the Chinese government to infiltrate the Vietnamese Party, all they have to do is show the money. The CCP has succeeded in finding traitors despicable enough to desecrate the memory of their own ancestors, and they are exploiting these mutinous dogs to the fullest extent. Vietnam's Communist government is full of cowards, traitors, and slaves, that is why they need to be punished by the true people of Vietnam. The title of the novel is Hoi The (The Gathering of Oaths). If you have the time, look it up.
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Dong Says:
The book was writen in a novel form based on completely fabricated historical events of the time, but with tru name of the Leaders Le Loi and Nguyen Trai. The book, even in a novel form but with malicous lies.
What are the purposes of the book? Some day, may be 200 years later, some body will use it to write hustory of Vietnam as the chinese believe, The purpose of this book was, even though in different form of writing, aims to eradicate history of the Viets as the Normandic Han had done for thousan of years. They destroyed any things symbolyzing the Viets, so that descendants of Viets do not know thier heritage. But this time, the Chinese gets a Viet doing for them. Shame on Communist Vietnamese.


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A: Some entity params in your controller refer each one to the other, which causes infinite recursive in swagger (such as the Set type property in entity when you use hibernate).
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A man watches a baseball game in the sports book at the South Point hotel-casino, Monday, May 14, 2018, in Las Vegas. The Supreme Court on Monday gave its go-ahead for states to allow gambling on sports across the nation, striking down a federal law that barred betting on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states. John Locher/AP Photo
The good news about Monday's Supreme Court ruling is your annual March Madness bracket pool may no longer be technically illegal. The bad news is that if you win, Uncle Sam will want a cut.
The ruling gives individual states the freedom to legalize sports betting (or not).
Here's the long and short of it: The Supreme Court overturned a 1992 law called the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) that made it illegal to bet on sports, with one or two exceptions. Most notably, Nevada was exempt from the law, which is why you could go to Vegas and bet on the outcome of a single game legally for the last 25 years.
The ruling resulted from a New Jersey challenge to the law that dates back to 2014. One could guess that Atlantic City wants in on some of that Vegas action, right?
What's the Big Deal About the Supreme Court's Ruling?
According to ESPN, as many as 32 states are expected to offer some form of sports betting within the next five years.
The argument against sports betting has long been centered on the integrity of the sporting events themselves. If sports betting is commonplace, what's to keep players, coaches and officials from betting and spinning the results in their own favor? (Shoutout to Pete Rose!)
How each league will address this issue is yet to be seen, but really, sports betting has been around. This new ruling is simply bringing it out into the open.
Wasn't I Already Betting with FanDuel and DraftKings?
Not really. If you're having some fun with daily fantasy sports (DFS), you're still considered to be playing fantasy sports and not gambling. Splitting hairs? Yeah, probably.
Part of the difference comes down to taxes. If you win big in a DFS league, you'd be taxed according to hobby rules. Essentially, if your winnings equal $600 or more when your fees are taken out, you'll owe taxes.
Sports gambling as a legal entity will be taxed according to gambling laws, which are a bit less forgiving. DraftKings and FanDuel are already preparing to get in on the action.
The new ruling opens the door for a lot more than just daily fantasy sports. You could be able to plop down a big bet on a single game if your state decides to allow it.
Just be ready to give Uncle Sam his cut when you rake it in from that big bet you made on the Browns beating the Patriots. (Hey, it could happen. Maybe. Probably not.)
Even if your state legalizes sports betting, be smart about it. Betting beyond your means is not Codetic way.
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Zidane, Pochettino high on list of potential Mourinho replacements
Few hours after the news of Jose Mourinho's sack wafted through the media space, Zinedane Zidane and Mauricio Pochettino are high on the list of coaches that can replace him at Manchester United.
According to Guardian, former World best player, Zinedine Zidane; Tottenham coach, Mauricio Pochettino and former Chelsea coach, Antonio Conte are possible contenders to be José Mourinho's long-term successor.
Below is an analysis of potential replacements:
The former France international is currently out of work after leaving Real Madrid last summer following the victory over Liverpool in the Champions League final. Remarkably, that was his third triumph in the competition in only two and a half years in charge. Is unlikely to join a club until next summer, which could suit United.
Mauricio Pochettino Pochettino is highly regarded at Old Trafford after his superb work at Southampton and Tottenham. The former Espanyol and Paris St-Germain defender joined Spurs in 2014 and has finished fifth, third, second and third in his four seasons in charge, bettering United's league position in two of those seasons despite operating on a much smaller budget.
Eddie Howe The 41-year-old has impressed in his two spells at Bournemouth, taking the club into the Premier League during the second one and establishing them in the top division. His attack-minded brand of football would suit United too with an emphasis on speed and high pressing.
Antonio Conte The Italian had a remarkable impact at Chelsea, winning the Premier League title in his first season in charge, having effectively replaced José Mourinho as the club's manager (Guus Hiddink took over as caretaker manager in 2015-16). Chelsea also reached the FA Cup final in 2017, but they lost to Arsenal and Conte's relationship with the players deteriorated during this second season in charge. He left the club last summer with one year left on his contract and is unlikely to take a new job until the summer.
Carlo Ancelotti The vastly experienced Italian is currently in charge of Napoli, having taken over from Maurizio Sarri last summer. He has proven European pedigree with three Champions League titles under his belt (two with Milan and one with Real Madrid) and has experience of English football after his spell at Chelsea. His time at Bayern, however, ended prematurely and he left early during his second season in charge.
Diego Simeone The Argentinian has been linked with many, many moves away from Atlético Madrid but he is still there, seven years after being appointed manager of the Spanish club in 2011. He has been outstandingly successful considering the fact that he has to battle against Real Madrid and Barcelona and their vastly superior finances year in and year out. He has won one La Liga, two Europa Leagues and reached two Champions League finals.
A former Manchester United defender, the Frenchman has been out of work since leaving Paris St-Germain in 2016. Had two years in charge of the France national team after being appointed in 2010 but stepped down after losing against Spain at the Euro 2012 quarter-final stage.
Michael Carrick
This opening has surely come too soon for the former United midfielder. He joined Mourinho's coaching staff this season and has expressed a desire to become a manager but has no experience and is not in the running for the interim role United want to fill until the end of this campaign.
Took England to the World Cup semi-finals in Russia last summer, having completely reinvigorated the national team. Has showed since taking over that he is able to get the best out young players and topped a tough Nations League group before Spain and Croatia to qualify for next year's finals.
Ryan Giggs
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The Wooden Floor Brings the Beat
June 14, 2011 Connie Ho
Martha Graham is the mother of modern dance. She broke with tradition, paving a way for dancers who may not necessarily have found a way to express themselves in either ballet or musical theater. Her movement has trickled to campus with modern dance performances by the Wooden Floor, a local non-profit dance studio.
Based in Santa Ana, the Wooden Floor provides a number of support services for low-income youth such as dance education and performance opportunities, academic support and college prep programs, and mentoring and enrichment programs.
From Thursday, June 2 to Saturday, June 4, the Wooden Floor, previously known as Saint Joseph Ballet, presented "TRUE," an annual concert of artistic collaborations that was held at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. This year's program featured work by a number of renowned modern dance choreographers and students of all ages.
The afternoon began with a piece called "Too," which focused on 23 individual solos. The piece was incredibly dramatic, draped in somber shades of gray at some moments and then livelier hues of orange, green and purple at other moments. The choreographer utilized partner work throughout the various points of the piece and the steady pace of the choreography was paired with the instrumental music. It was a bit of a slow beginning but started to become more engaging during the second piece.
The second piece, "True or False: I was born in the Nederlands," explored the different perceptions and identities of the dancers. The choreographer, Melanie Ríos Glaser, was able to talk to the dancers and create a piece that showed snippets of their daily lives, highlighted pop culture, and mimicked the way the dancers interacted with one another. It was interesting to watch the social commentary that Ríos Glaser was creating, pinpointing the stereotypes that many minorities face.
One of the statements that stood out was, "We are all Mexicans," directly addressing the issue of the fact that the company is largely made up of dancers of Latino heritage. Another statement, "People look at me like I can't afford the clothes," shows the anxiety young adults may feel when they walk into a store and are neglected due to ageism. This piece had a certain poignancy to it as well, drawing on emotional stories that pull on the heartstrings. One girl stated, "My mom had me when she was 16 and she regrets it." With statements like this, it's hard not to look at the dramatic side that the piece delves into.
Apart from the various emotional elements, I enjoyed seeing that the piece was a verbal piece, combining statements and songs together. The dancers created the music themselves, shouting statements of true and false throughout the piece while also humming some popular melodies from Lady Gaga and rappers from the past.
Apart from the verbal portions of the piece, another creative aspect was the use of props. To continue to promote the various messages of this piece, Ríos utilized signage to give a distinct image – some signs addressed issues like "Global Warning," while others were more humorous in nature like "Kids Should Vote Yes." This humor was seen in other props like a mustached guinea pig.
The last piece of the afternoon was titled "Pieces of Wood" and drew from the element of live music performed by the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet. The piece began with a group of dancers standing in front of the stage in a line and wearing blue Lycra clothing. They began clapping a beat and variations of the beat repeated. This clapping rhythm continued throughout the piece, and it was great to see the choreography flow with the beat.
The choreographer, John Heginbotham, really utilized the space well. His choreography spanned throughout the stage and the floor work was mixed in with simple movement.
There was a great use of transitions as well in addition to a sense of continuity from the beginning to the end of the piece. The lightning and costume design complimented the clapping beat with lively, bright hues like white and blue. It was truly entertaining to watch and incredibly captivating. This piece was by far my favorite and it was a great way to end the performance.
Overall, I would encourage other dance lovers to attend a performance by the Wooden Floor. The choreography is enlightening and thought-provoking. It may be difficult at first to grasp the concepts, as much of choreography is modern dance. However, the organization is so passionate about helping their students learn through the art of dance that the viewer can't help but enjoy the performance as well.


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One of my favorite moments from the session was when Tanja, Rickey, and I bonded over Bernie Sanders, because #bernieforever. She also made the flower crown she's wearing in her session, and I think it was the perfect compliment to all the wonderful nature around them. I mean, who doesn't love a good flower crown?
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Last Updated: Tuesday, 16 March, 2004, 15:38 GMT
Survivors mark 'The Great Escape'
The two veterans with mock-ups of some escape equipment
Two war veterans have been reunited to mark the 60th anniversary of the prison camp breakout immortalised in the film The Great Escape.
The pair are among only a handful of survivors of the escape from the Stalag Luft III camp in Germany.
Squadron Leader Bertram "Jimmy" James and Flight Lieutenant Sydney Dowse were among 76 Allied aircrew who tunnelled their way out of the camp.
Mr James said he never thought "I'd be here talking about it" 60 years on.
The men attended a reunion at London's Imperial War Museum on Tuesday.
They were joined by Flight Lieutenant Ken Rees, who was caught in the tunnel when it was discovered by a German guard.
I never had an inkling that 60 years on, I'd be here talking about it all
Bertram "Jimmy" James
He was captured after his plane was shot down in flames over Norway and he walked for several miles to a farmhouse despite his flying boots being torn off in the crash.
Only three of the escapees managed to reach England.
The other 73 were recaptured, and 50 of those were murdered by the Gestapo on Adolf Hitler's orders.
The 1963 film of the event, The Great Escape, starred Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and James Garner.
Mr Rees told BBC News Online that he never tired of speaking about his wartime experiences and said he was pleased that the museum was marking the 60th anniversary.
"We have all moved on but it is still very much part of my life."
The escape was mythologised in the film and game, The Great Escape
"Europe has changed very much, including Germany - I really think that the people there realise that they were very badly led and are determined never to allow that to happen again."
"Jimmy" James spends much of his time lecturing in schools and colleges.
"Inevitably, the questions I am asked most often are 'How deep were the tunnels?' and 'What was it like being all the way down there?'.
"I never had an inkling that 60 years on, I'd be here talking about it all."
Mr Dowse, a Spitfire pilot, was in charge of a digging team and was one of the first men to leave the tunnel.
After the war he became an equerry to King George VI and worked in the Colonial Service.
He is now 84 and lives in both London and Monte Carlo.
The anniversary will be marked at the Imperial War Museum
Mr James, 89, was flying a Wellington bomber when it was shot down in June 1940.
He was involved in a dozen escape attempts after being captured, and was awarded the Military Cross.
Only four other escapees are still alive today - Les Brodrick, now living in South Africa; Dick Churchill, from Devon; Paul Royle, from Western Australia; and Mike Shand, of New Zealand.
An escape committee was formed at the camp in spring 1943 and the escape plan hatched under the leadership of Squadron Leader Roger "Big X" Bushell.
Three tunnels, codenamed "Tom", "Dick" and "Harry", were started in April that year.
Original documents
The tunnels were dug to a depth of 30ft and shored up with wooden boards from the prisoners' beds.
Some guards co-operated in supplying railway timetables, maps, and official papers needed by the escapees.
One of the tunnels, Tom, was only 10ft from completion when it was discovered.
The prisoners then focused their efforts on Harry, depositing the sand in the partially excavated Dick.
Measuring over 300ft long, Harry was finally completed in March 1944.
A number of artefacts recently recovered from one of the tunnels will be on display at the museum, together with original documents.
The BBC's Paul Adams
"Only three got home, the others were captured"
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Battersea sites shortlisted for London's greatest infrastructure achievements awards
The top 10 projects shortlisted for London's greatest infrastructure achievement for this year have been revealed.
Awards are to be given next month for the best infrastructure project, innovation, and community benefit. Among the nominees, there are three Battersea-related infrastructure sites that contribute to the extraordinary transformation of Battersea including the improvement of the Battersea Power Station development itself.
Released by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), the shortlisted projects will be also up for The Greatest Contribution to London award.
Considered for the top accolades are:
Kirtling Street Temporary Marine Structures in Battersea Power Station, to aid the use of river transport for the Thames Tideway project
Nine Elms South Bank Cable Tunnel to upgrade critical power infrastructure for Battersea residents
Chelsea to Battersea Tunnel by Cadent Gas, a project to future-proof London's gas infrastructure.
The regeneration of Nines Elms and the redevelopment of the historic Battersea Power Station to a vibrant neighbourhood by the river is a well-thought project that will add to London's everlasting charm and beauty.
The shareholders of Battersea Power Station take their custodial duties of preserving and maintaining the renowned landmark for future generations very seriously. The completion of the Power Station chimney rebuild was marked by the illumination of the river-facing chimneys in late 2017.
Much attention has also been placed upon serving the community of Battersea, the surrounding areas and London to a greater extent.
It is estimated that Battersea Power Station has contributed over £200m to the funding solution for the Northern line extension, that will provide excellent transport links to the area. As a result, the three nominations for London's greatest infrastructure achievement is a testament of the importance of the Battersea Power Station regeneration to all Londoners.
Among the nominees is the £14.8bn Crossrail project, set to deliver the new Elizabeth line in December this year. The Crossrail is Europe's largest infrastructure project, significantly advancing London transport.
Here's the full list of the top 10 infrastructure projects
Crossrail – delivering the Elizabeth line; Europe's largest infrastructure project
Thames Estuary Asset Management 2100 – upgrading and monitoring London's tidal defences for the future
Victoria & Albert Museum, Exhibition Road Quarter – a new public cultural space for the museum
Kirtling Street Temporary Marine Structures – enabling work to aid the use of river transport for the Thames Tideway project
Enjoy Waltham Forest – place-making in Walthamstow and promoting healthier lifestyles
Nine Elms South Bank Cable Tunnel – upgrading critical power infrastructure in the Battersea area
Green Dragon Lane, London Borough of Enfield – London's first road to include recycled plastic
Chelsea to Battersea Tunnel by Cadent Gas – future-proofing London's gas infrastructure
Nereda Technology – technology in wastewater treatment for Thames Water
Southwark to City of London Cable Tunnel – new infrastructure to ensure reliable electricity supply.
"Our awards, in association with SNC-Lavalin and Atkins, showcase how new infrastructure can improve the lives of millions of the capital's residents and demonstrates the fantastic and exciting schemes that London-based engineering companies are delivering every day," said Jonathan Baggs, director of ICE London.
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