Herman Paul Starrette (born November 20, 1938, at Statesville, North Carolina) is a retired relief pitcher, pitching and bullpen coach, and farm system official in Major League Baseball. Starrette attended Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina. During his playing days, he threw and batted right-handed, stood 6'1" (185 cm) tall, and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).

Starrette played his nine-year (1958–66) pitching career in the Baltimore Orioles organization, and spent parts of three seasons (1963–65) at the Major League level. Appearing in 27 MLB games, he pitched in 46 innings and split two decisions with an earned run average of 2.54.

His coaching career began with the Orioles' AAA farm club, the Rochester Red Wings, in 1967, and the following season he succeeded George Bamberger as Baltimore's roving minor league pitching instructor. The Orioles' system of the time was celebrated for developing young pitching, and after six seasons in that job, Starrette became a Major League pitching coach for the 1974 Atlanta Braves. He would spend the next 28 years as a pitching coach, bullpen coach, minor league instructor, coordinator of instruction, and farm system director with the Braves, Orioles, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox. He was the pitching coach of the 1980 world champion Phillies.

Starrette was a trusted associate of Dan Duquette, working with him in Milwaukee, Montreal and Boston as a farm system official and minor and Major League coach. After Duquette's ouster as general manager in Boston in February 2002, Starrette retired.

References[link]

• Boston Red Sox 2001 media guide.
• Marcin, Joe, and Byers, Dick, eds., The Baseball Register, 1977 edition. St. Louis: The Sporting News.

External links[link]

• Baseball Reference

Herm Haerme
Flag
Motto: none
Anthem: Sarnia Cherie (Guernsey)
Official language(s)		English, French
Government		Dependency of Guernsey
-	Chief of state	Elizabeth II, Duke of Normandy
-	Lieutenant Governor	Peter Walker
-	Tenants	John and Julia Singer
Area
-	Total	2 km2  0.77 sq mi
-	Water (%)	negligible
Population
-	2002 census	60
-	Density	30/km2  77.7/sq mi
HDI (n/a)		n/a (n/a) (n/a)
Currency		Pound sterling1 (GBP)
Time zone		GMT (UTC+0)
-	Summer (DST)	WEST (UTC+1)
Internet TLD		.gg (Guernsey)
1	The States of Guernsey, of which Herm is a dependency, issue their own sterling coins and banknotes (see Guernsey pound).

Herm (Guernésiais: Haerme) is the smallest of the Channel Islands that is open to the public and is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Cars are banned from the small island just like its Channel Island neighbour, Sark. Unlike Sark, bicycles are also banned. However, Herm does allow quad bikes and tractors for the locals.

Herm won the 2002 and 2008 Britain in Bloom competition in the 'Small Coastal Resort' category.

History[link]

The common in the north of the island. Standing stones can be seen on the grass, and Sark is in the background.

Ancient history[link]

Herm was occupied in prehistoric times; the remains of Neolithic chamber tombs have been found on the island.

Middle Ages[link]

The first records of Herm's inhabitants in historic times are from the 6th century, when the island became a centre of monastic activity; the name 'Herm' supposedly derives from hermits who settled there (although an alternative interpretation derives Herm from Norse erm referring to an arm-like appearance of the island). However, the monks suffered from the inclement Atlantic; in 709, a storm washed away the strip of land which connected the island with the small uninhabited island of Jethou.

The most important moment in Herm's political history was 933, when the Channel Islands were annexed to the Duchy of Normandy (they remain a British Crown Dependency since the division of Normandy in 1204). After the annexation, Herm gradually lost its monastic inhabitants, and between 1570 and 1737 it was used as a hunting ground by the governors of Guernsey.

19th century to 1940[link]

An aerial shot showing Herm in the centre with Jethou next to it, Sark in the background and Guernsey in the foreground.

In the 19th century, industry arrived in Herm with the establishment of granite quarries to serve the large scale military fortifications undertaken in the islands. The island was let to tenants by the Crown and was generally off-limits to visitors. When Prince Blücher leased the island from the British government during the First World War, he introduced a colony of wallabies to the island.^[1] None now survive.

Between 1920 and 1923, the noted Scottish writer and founder of the Scottish National Party Compton Mackenzie was tenant of the island; among his best known works are The Monarch of the Glen and Whisky Galore.

World War II[link]

Fisherman's cottage on Herm

On 25 July 1940, a few weeks after the arrival of German troops in Guernsey and Jersey, nine German soldiers landed on the island in a commandeered motor boat to shoot a propaganda film. They went back to Guernsey the same day. Herm's sandy beaches were soon used for practising landings from barges, in preparation for the invasion of England, but otherwise the island saw little of the Germans beyond officers making trips to shoot rabbits. Herm was spared the huge concrete blockhouses, anti-tank walls and observation towers that were built on the larger islands.

Operation Huckaback

This British military operation was originally planned for the night of 9/10 February 1943 as a simultaneous raid on Herm, Jethou and Brecqhou to take prisoners and gain general information about the situation in the occupied Channel Islands. It was to be carried out by 42 men from the Small Scale Raiding Force and No. 4 Commando, but was cancelled because of bad weather.

Huckaback was reinvented as a raid on Herm alone on the night of 27/28 February 1943. Ten men of the Small Scale Raiding Force under Captain P. A. Porteous (VC) landed 200 yards to the north-west of Selle Rocque on a shingle beach and made three unsuccessful attempts to climb the cliff in front of them. Porteous finally managed to climb up the bed of a stream and pulled the others up with a rope.

On reaching Belvoir House, they found it broken into and abandoned. The Old Tower of Herm and the Chateau were also deserted. They later reported that they had found no sign of any Islanders or Germans (who were supposed to be billeted near the harbour).

Since 1945[link]

After the war, the States of Guernsey bought Herm from the Crown so that its pleasant atmosphere could be enjoyed by Guernsey residents. The States now lease the island to a tenant, who is expected to maintain the island for the benefit of its visitors.

The most influential tenant has been Major Peter Wood, who looked after the island from 1949 to 1980, after which Adrian and Pennie Wood Heyworth took over. Major Wood died in 1998.

It was reported by BBC News and ITV Channel Television on 17 May 2008 that the tenants had put the remaining 40 years of their lease up for sale, with an asking price of £15,000,000. In September 2008 it was announced that Starboard Settlement, a trust, had acquired the remainder of the lease for considerably less than the asking price.^[2] The trust formed a Guernsey company, Herm Island Ltd, to manage the island for the trustees.

Language[link]

Like the rest of the Channel Islands, Herm was formerly officially administered solely in the French language. It is presumed that, as in neighbouring islands, the population would have spoken a variety of Norman language, but no documentary evidence exists as to any distinctive dialectal features particular to the vernacular of Herm. The Norman language is extinct in Herm now. It was eroded mainly by neglect, and also settlers from England. However, a number of French/Norman placenames remain.

Western coast path on Herm

Placenames[link]

The Herm Island map, published by the tenant of Herm says -

"The origins of many of the place names in the island are obscure, as indeed is the name 'Herm' itself"

Over the years, there has been a steady Anglicisation of the island's nomenclature, and this erosion still occurs to a minor extent, in the replacement of authentic names, with new ones e.g. the northern tip of the island is properly called "La Pointe du gentilhomme" but is often referred to as "Alderney Point".

Fieldnames are generally in English, with the following exceptions - "Monku", "Belvoir", and "Bon Jour".

Remnants of Old Norse are scanty, but examples would be the second element of Pointe Sauzebourge on the south west tip of the island, while the rock of "Le Plat Houmet" contains the Houmet (holmr) with a Norman diminutive.

"Hermetier", a tidal islet just offshore, may be a corruption of the Norman for "Land of Herm".

Politics[link]

Herm is a dependency of Guernsey, and is in fact owned by the States of Guernsey, being rented out to various tenants (see List of tenants of Herm). Unlike the largely autonomous islands of Sark and Alderney within the Bailiwick, Herm is administered entirely by the States of Guernsey,^[3] and elects members to the States of Deliberation as part of the St. Peter Port South electoral district.^[4]

Map of the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

Geography and geology[link]

Herm is only 1½ miles long and less than half a mile wide. It is oriented so that its greatest length runs north-south. The northern half of the coastline is surrounded by sandy beaches, the southern half is rocky.

Shell Beach and Belvoir Bay are two of the major tourist attractions.

The isle of Jethou is just to the south. It is said that in 709 AD a storm washed away the strip of land which connected the island with Herm.^[5]

To the west is the channel Little Roussel (Petit Ruau) between it and Guernsey, and the Big Roussel (Grand Ruau) to the east, between it and Sark.

Much of Herm's bedrock is granite.

Economy and buildings[link]

St Tugual's Chapel

Tourism is Herm's main source of income, with the majority of tourists arriving on one of the Trident catamaran ferries (Herm Trident V and Herm Trident VI) operated by the Trident Charter Company. On some busy days, the Herm Clipper is also called into service. Herm contains the historic White House hotel.

Money is also made from vegetable growing, livestock and occasionally issuing its own stamps.^[6]

See also[link]

• List of car-free places

References[link]

1. ^ Blücher, Evelyn. An English Wife in Berlin. E. P. Dutton & Company, 1920, p. vii.
2. ^ New Herm tenants vow to keep it open to all >> Herm >> News >> This Is Guernsey
3. ^ http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/docs/ICESCR-report-part1.pdf
4. ^ http://www.gov.gg/ccm/navigation/government/general-election---23-4-2008/
5. ^ Herm Home Page
6. ^ Modern British Locals CD Catalogue, 2009 edition

External links[link]

• Official website of Herm
• Herm, Channel Island website
• Major Peter Wood – The Independent 'obit'
• Blue Islands – Airline servicing the Bailiwick of Guernsey
• Ralph Phillips. Modern British Locals Catalogue. Part I [CD-ROM] (title from CD-ROM label). [S.l.]: British Locals Philatelic Agency, 2009.

Coordinates: 49°28′N 2°27′W / 49.467°N 2.45°W / 49.467; -2.45

Natalie Grant
Background information
Born	(1971-12-21) December 21, 1971 (age 40) Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Genres	Contemporary Christian
Occupations	Singer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Curb
Website	http://www.nataliegrant.com/

Natalie Grant (born December 21, 1971 in Seattle, Washington) is a singer-songwriter of contemporary Christian music. She has received the Gospel Music Association's Dove Award for Female Vocalist of the Year four consecutive years (2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009), and again in 2012.^[1] Her signature song is Held.

Career[link]

Grant toured with award winning, multi-platinum selling Billboard magazine's Artist of The Decade MercyMe in April 2011.

She recently toured on the Speaking Louder Than Before tour with Bebo Norman and Jeremy Camp.^[2] She also contributed the song "Breathe On Me" to Crystal Aikin's self-titled debut album.

Grant's eighth album, Love Revolution, was released on August 24, 2010.^[3]

She was a speaker and performer on the Revolve Tour, a conference for teen girls from Women of Faith.

Personal life[link]

In an interview with The 700 Club, Natalie revealed that she suffered from bulimia.^[4] She says God helped her get over her eating disorder. She later wrote a book titled The Real Me: Being the Girl God Sees, about her struggle and how she overcame it.

Grant lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her Canadian producer husband, Bernie Herms, and their three daughters, which includes a set of fraternal twin girls Grace Ana and Isabella Noelle (born February 16, 2007).^[5] On December 17, 2010, Grant gave birth to their third child, Sadie Rose.

She has a passion to see an end to human trafficking. She was affected by an episode of Law & Order that dealt with the topic and began researching. Her studies led her and her husband to travel to India to witness the red-light districts and what is being done to stop them. That experience, coming in the middle of a restless, stressed-out season for her, completely changed the trajectory of Natalie's life, awakening her out of complacency and passivity and into a life driven by compassion and passion. And it has forever changed the way she approaches her music.^[6]

After realizing the need for quality aftercare for victims, in 2005 Natalie founded The Home Foundation. The Home Foundation has since evolved into Abolition International, an international leader in the fight to eradicate sex trafficking through aftercare accreditation, advocacy and education initiatives, and dedication to opening restoration homes for those already victimized by sex trafficking.^[7]

Discography[link]

• 1999: Natalie Grant
• 2001: Stronger
• 2003: Deeper Life
• 2005: Awaken
• 2005: Believe
• 2008: Relentless
• 2010: Love Revolution

Bibliography[link]

• The Real Me: Being the Girl God Sees ISBN 0-8499-0882-5

Awards and nominations[link]

GMA Dove Awards[link]

Grammy Awards[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Web site
• Natalie's videos on YouTube
• Natalie's videos on GodTube