Greater Grater Woods geocache replaced

This evening Griffin, Trevor and I replaced the Greater Grater Woods (GC10QMW) geocache that some kids trashed. It was the one near the north part of the Grater Woods property near some very large rocks -- it turns out that it is about 500ft from Beebe Lane. Last winter that area seemed so far and remote, but it is very close to a number of homes.

We were going to replace the camera in the Lesser Grater Woods cache, but now that we can't just walk across the frozen water, you have to go east around the beaver pond or just approach it from the MMS side. Maybe tomorrow evening.

I brought along my camera and GPS and took a bunch of photos that you can see via Google Maps.

Either click here to see it on Google's maps.google.com site.

(Click on some of the photo icons)

Or if you have the Google Earth (free for Windows/Mac/Linux) application installed, click here and it should run on your PC (and faster, more features).

There is a free open source application, gpicsync, for Windows/Linux that takes the GPS track info and matches it up with the timestamp of the photos and generates a file for Google Earth to use.

Hillary Clinton @ Hampton, NH

Hillary Clinton in Hampton, NH



Senator Clinton and most of Nozell/Thomas family


Senator Clinton in Hampton, NH


US State Representative Carol Shea-Porter



NH State Senator Maggie Wood Hassan



Hillary Clinton in Hampton, NH photoset.

NH Gymnastics Team Meet

After missing the New England Regional Gymnastics meet at MIT because of illness, Trevor had a great meet last weekend.

2007 Boys' Team Meet (Level 5 & 4) at NEGTC (Hudson, NH)


Floor: 9.1
Pommel: 9.0
Rings: 9.5
Vault: 9.8
Pbars: 9.3
Hbars: 9.3
AA: 56.0


Both the Level 4 and Level 5 Boys' teams from Gymnastics Village won 1st place.

New Hampshire Gymnastics Championships (2006-07)

Yesterday was the NH State Championships for boys level 5-10 at Gymnastics At Brentwood Commons.

Trevor placed 2nd in the All Around and will be heading to the New England Regionals at MIT next weekend.

Floor: 9.4 — 2nd place
Pommel: 7.5
Rings: 9.2 — 2nd place
Vault: 9.6 — 1st place
PBars: 9.7 — 1st place
HBar: 9.1 — 2nd place

All Around — 2nd place with 54.5

I'll upload photos to flickr.com tomorrow.

Most exciting upgrade to Ubuntu/Edgy

This morning I had a free hour and this is how I upgraded my hp compaq nc6000 laptop from Ubuntu/Dapper to Ubuntu/Edgy. After updating /etc/apt/sources.list to point to the edgy repos...

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -dy dist-upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Well there was a conflict between x11-common and xinit which both wanted to provide the man page XSession.5.gz.

11:45am Wendy calls me and says the school just called and Griffin is in a ambulance on the way to the hospital and to meet her there. He accidentally ate something that contained pineapple -- to which he has a severe allergic reactions to.

11:49 I'm on the road approaching the hospital and get a call on my cell phone. The woman says she is the school nurse and starts saying my son is having an allergic reaction. I interrupt her and say 'Yes, I just talked to my wife and I'll meet the ambulance at the hospital'. She says 'Well, your son is sitting here with me in my office.' Then we realize she is the school nurse from a different chool and is talking about Trevor who is having an allergic reaction! Trevor had his bee/wasp allergy shot earlier this morning and is reacting to that. Since he too was having difficulty breathing, he too is sent via ambulance to the ER.

12:05 -- Wendy and I both arrive at the ER before either of the kids do. Explain to the ER admitting person that yes both boys are ours, they are coming from different schools, with the same problem (allergic reaction, breathing difficulty), but different reasons (food allergy vs reaction to allergy desensitizing injection).

Long story short, after evaluation, some benedril and alburterol breathing treatments, we were sent home.

Around 3pm I worked through a few iterations of apt-get update, apt-get dist-upgrade, apt-get -f install, aptitude dist-upgrade, I have a fully upgraded from Ubuntu/Dapper to Ubuntu/Edgy.

There are a bunch of new, interesting packages to take a look out. The list is here: EdgyConfiguration

Now that was a stressful upgrade.

Photos of Merrimack Public Library Cardboard Boat Festival

Yesterday at Wasserman Park, the annual
Merrimack Public Library Cardboard Boat Festival was held. Check out some of these photos.

Dragonfly walk in Ponemah Bog

Pitcher Plants

Originally uploaded by marcn.

Yesterday the Audubon Society/NH hosted a Dragonfly walking tour of Amherst's Ponemah Bog. There are a ton of dragonflies (which eat all the pest insects) as well as carnivorous plants like the pitcher and sundew plants.




Next weekend (22-Jul-2006) they are having another dragonfly walk (10am) and this time I'm going to drag some of the kids along. Be sure to wear shoes you don't mind getting soaked.

For directions to Ponemah Bog (amazingly close to 101A), see ASNH Ponemah Bog Sanctuary

Here is the complete photoset: Dragonfly Walk @ Ponemah Bog (Amherst, NH)

Walk New Hampshire Celebration!

Dr. Susan Lynch, NH First Lady

Originally uploaded by marcn.

Today at the State house Plaza, NH First Lady Susan Lynch lead the Walk NH celebration.

Other speakers included NH Ski Paralympian Tyler Walker and Governor John Lynch.






See the complete set of photos here.

Kids for Democracy/NH with Senator Evan Bayh

Kids for Democracy/NH with Senator Evan Bayh

Originally uploaded by marcn.

We attended a fundraiser this afternoon for Betsi DeVries of Manchester's Ward 8 who is running for State Senator. The featured speaker was Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana.

During the Q&A, Spencer asked "if we will be seeing more of you here in New Hampshire?" The answer was "Yes" ;-)

See the complete photo set here.

Griffin with Senator John Kerry

Griffin with Senator John Kerry

Originally uploaded by marcn.

Tonight the Kids for Democracy, NH Chapter was invited to lead the Pledge of Allegiance at a Hillsborough County dinner featuring a talk by Senator John Kerry.

See the complete set of photos on flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcn/sets/72057594080059326/

Walk New Hampshire

A few weeks ago a friend told us about the Governor's wife, Dr. Susan Lynch, and her involvement in Walk NH, a program to get children to execise more.

There is a limit of six people per team, so we have two teams, Wendy's "Team Wanna-Walk" and my "Team Nozell". As of today we are up to 36 and 43 miles respectively.

Only about another 150 miles to put in before June 1st. Gotta go walk another mile lap around the neighborhood...

Trevor on the Rings

Trevor on the Rings

Originally uploaded by marcn.

From the Gym-Ken Invitational 2006

All Around Level 5 (ages 10-11) -- 3rd place

Floor: 8.3 (2nd place)
Pommel: 7.5
Rings: 8.2 (3rd place)
Vault: 9.4 (2nd place)
PBars: 9.0
HBar: 9.2 (2nd place)

See the rest of the photos here:

Gym-Ken Invitational (11 Feb 2006)

Limited Time Only: Click here for a 17M movie of Trevor's high bar routine.

Kids for Democracy at NH 100 Club dinner with Mark Warner

hpim0135.jpg

Originally uploaded by marcn.

Tonight Spencer and Griffin with others from Kids for Democracy were greeters for the NH 100 Club dinner in Manchester. Before dinner they lead the Pledge of Allegiance and met with former VA governor Mark Warner and NH governor John Lynch.

See the complete set of photos from the event.

Winter Carnival Meet @ Brentwood

Trevor had a great meet yesterday at the annual Winter Carnival at Gymnastics at Brentwood in Brentwood, NH
In the All Around he placed 3th in Level 5 (Boys 10 & 11).

Floor: 8.5 (3rd place)
Horse: 7.9 (3rd place)
Rings: 8.8 (2nd place)
Vault: 9.4 (3rd place)
P. Bar: 8.5 (2nd place)
H. Bar: 8.7 (-)

Photos from Peter & Kayla's wedding last weekend

Peter & Kayla Corazao Wedding [18-Dec-2005]

Mandala of the Medicine Buddha

Watching the final creation stages of the Mandala of the Medicine Buddha

Originally uploaded by marcn.






Completed Mandala

Originally uploaded by marcn.






Gone

Originally uploaded by marcn.

Yesterday the Drepung Gomang Monastery monks completed the mandala and held
the deconstruction ceremony.

Visit the slideshow of my photo set

Mandala of the Medicine Buddha by the visiting monks of the Drepung Gomang Monastery [October 2005]

Monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery are in Nashua this week

Introduction to Buddhism w/ Khensur Rinpoche Tsultrim Phunstok

Originally uploaded by marcn.

Griffin and I just returned from this talk.

Here is the rest of the schedule of events from the handout:

Wednesday, Oct 12
9am Opening Ceremony of the Sand Mandala Construction
10am-3pm -- Sand Mandala Construction
9am-9pm -- Open Public Viewing of Mandala, Memorial Art Studio, Rivier College
7-9pm -- "History of the Drepung Gomang Monastery of Tibet" Slide Show Presentation, Unitarian Universalist Church, 58 Lowell St, Nashua
Suggested Donation: $15/person, $10/students and seniors, Sale of Handmade Tibetan Crafts

Thursday, Oct 13th
9am-3pm -- Sand Mandala Construction
9am-9pm -- Open Public Viewing of Mandala
4-6pm -- "History of the Drepung Gomang Monastery of Tibet" Slide Show Presentation, Dion Center, Reception Room, Rivier College

Friday, Oct 14th
9am-3pm -- Sand Mandala Construction
9am-9pm -- Open Public Viewing of Mandala

Saturday, Oct 15
9-1pm -- Completion of the Sand Mandala
1-2pm -- Dismantling Ceremony, Memorial Art Studio, Rivier College
2-3pm -- Disbursing of sand into local body of water

Sunday, Oct 16
10:15-11:45 -- Interfaith Service, UU Church
Peterborough, NH

2-3pm -- Overtone Chant, Dion Center, River College. Donation Suggested.
3-4pm -- Sald of Handmade Tibetan Crafts

7-9pm -- World Peace and Healing Puja, UU Church, Nashua. Suggested Donation.

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I'll be stopping by at lunchtimes to watch the progress. Expect some photos on flickr. My photos from their last visit in November 2003 are here: Sand Mandala of the visiting monks of Drepung Gomang Monastery

Merrimack's Community Theatre production this weekend

This weekend is MyAct's production of Shakespeare's "Scottish Play" (or as the hoi polloi call it "MacBeth")

September 10th at 7pm and September 11th at 3pm at the Wasserman Park Theater in Merrimack. Tickets are available at the door.

Spencer has a couple of rolls and Griffin is on stage crew. I'll post some photos tomorrow after the second performance.

Bunch of kids' art

winter-trees-by-griffin-2005

Originally uploaded by marcn.

We are weeding through some of the kids' artwork today and photographing a bunch of it. The originals are then off the the trash can...

Watch the slideshow

Wendy is writing a series for the Nashua Telegraph

How hard can decluttering a house be?

This is the first in a monthly series about decluttering.

First Article: Books, toys used to create chaos in space