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ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI)- Over the last month, a ceasefire has come into effect in the country of Colombia between the government and the FARC rebel group, ending one of the world's longest armed conflicts. As decades of war come to an end, a new exhibition by a Colombian artist is on view at Saint Louis University's Museum of Contemporary Religious Art.
"Sudarios," which means shrouds in Spanish, is the poignant exhibition by Colombian artist-anthropologist Erika Diettes. It shows the faces of 20 women who witnessed the torture and deaths of those they loved in the course of Colombia's long civil war. The black and white portraits were taken as they described the dramatic experiences of the murders of their loved ones.
For more on "Sudarios," read St. Louis Post-Dispatch Fine Arts critic Sarah Bryan Miller's full article in Sunday's A&E section.
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San Diego: Building and Environment that Encourages Health
San Diego County has a reputation as a sand and sun sort of place, peopled by slim surfers catching waves and trim Navy sailors walking the beach. But the county is much more diverse than that. It encompasses more than 4,000 square miles, stretching from the Pacific to the fertile avocado and strawberry farms further inland.
It has a population of more than three million, spread over 18 cities, suburbs and unincorporated rural areas.
And, like the rest of the country, San Diego County has its share of fast food restaurants, televisions, Xboxes and cars — and its share of excess weight. More than 21 percent of the area's population is obese and another 37 percent are overweight.
Increasingly, public officials in the county, as well as business leaders, are realizing that this problem is more than a health issue. County supervisor Ron Roberts has been concerned about the issue for a decade. He worries that chronic illnesses such as diabetes will slow economic development.
"Looking ahead to our future workforce, these people's performance will be severely hampered," he said. "You end up paying for that. It is almost like a monster movie. There's something lurking out there."
Research backs up Roberts' concern. A study released two years ago by the California Center for Public Health Advocacy calculated that obesity and physical inactivity cost San Diego County more than $3 billion a year in health care expenses and lost productivity.
"Obesity is a massive drain on our country's economic productivity," said Dr. Harold Goldstein, executive director of the group. "We need to recognize that it is not only a huge health risk, but a huge fiscal risk too."
California state officials have also recognized the issue. "The economic cost to California of adults who are obese, overweight and physically inactive is equivalent to more than a third of the state's total budget," California State Controller John Chiang has said. "Think of the programs we could protect, the children we could educate and the families we could help if we could recapture those dollars by investing in prevention."
An Ambitious Effort to Make Healthy Living Easier
Over the past five years, San Diego County has begun a major effort to reduce and prevent obesity. Last year, the county began a $16 million project to develop policies that encourage exercise and better eating. The project, known as "Healthy Works," is part of the county's 10-year strategic plan for improving residents overall health and reducing rates of chronic disease.
The plan lays out a broad strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes and respiratory conditions. Because excess weight contributes to many of these problems, the plan emphasizes the need to reduce obesity.
Healthy Works, which is overseen by the county health department, focuses on making longterm environmental and policy changes to encourage physical activity and healthy eating.
For example, county health officials are working with the regional planning agency on its 40-year transportation plan to ensure that the plan includes bike trails, walking paths and other means that promote physical activity.137
As part of the initiative, the health department has focused on increasing the number of community produce gardens. These gardens increase fruit and vegetable consumption, and also help the gardeners burn calories. The department has also created five regional garden training centers to teach garden managers, school staff and volunteers about the best ways to set up a garden and grow produce. In addition, the department is working with the county government to remove barriers that have blocked people from starting gardens. For example, until recently, groups that wanted to start a garden were required to pay a $40,000 start up fee.
In addition, Healthy Works is trying to make local fruits and vegetables more accessible to members of the community. San Diego has more than 6,000 farms, more than any other county in the country. They grow a variety of fruits and vegetables, including broccoli, avocados, strawberries and oranges. But very little of this produce goes directly to San Diego stores or tables. Instead, it is trucked to processing centers 120 miles north in Los Angeles. (Some then travels south again, and ends up in San Diego stores – but it is more expensive and not as fresh.)
To increase the local availability of this produce, Healthy Works is examining several alternatives: creating a processing center in the county; starting farmers' markets to sell produce bought directly from county farmers; and linking county farmers to schools and other institutions that want fresh, lower-cost produce.
Healthy Works is also setting up a system that allows residents who receive food stamps to redeem them at some of the county's 50 farmers' markets.
Those who enroll receive $20 in matching funds, allowing them to buy more fresh produce.
And, to counteract the effects of billion-dollar marketing campaigns for unhealthy foods and sedentary activities such as video games, the county is rolling out its own TV, radio and web campaign, encouraging residents to be more active and to eat more fresh local produce.
Other groups are joining in too. The San Diego Childhood Obesity Initiative, a non-profit collaboration of several local organizations, is revamping four corner stores by providing them with coolers and refrigeration units so they can store and sell fresh fruits and vegetables. In exchange, the stores, which are in neighborhoods that have little access to fresh fruit and vegetables, must promise to continue selling produce after they receive the equipment.148
The Private Sector Responds
Area companies are also realizing that improving workers' health can reduce costs.
In 2003, the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, which oversees the San Diego International airport, launched a wellness program for its 360 employees. The Authority built an onsite 24-hour gym (airport employees work three shifts), and added incentives, such as gift certificates and extra days off, for workers who exercise.
"People say it's changed their lives," said Marci Fredericksen, who directs the Authority's wellness program. "You can see people shedding pounds."
From 2008 to 2009, the percentage of employees with a normal BMI increased by five percent. By 2010, 10 percent of workers had reduced their BMI. The Authority calculates that the program likely saved $1 million in health insurance costs between 2009 and this year.
Software maker Intuit has also developed a vigorous wellness program. The company has about 1,400 employees in the San Diego area (its headquarters are in Mountain View, California, near San Jose).
Part of the motivation is economic, says Intuit's Sarah Lecuna, who helps run the program.
"We're looking to lower health care costs," she said. "If we take preventive measures up front, we hope to see cost reductions in the future."
The program, which is available to all of Intuit's 7,200 American workers, offers a range of approaches to encourage healthy living. The company offers a free screening program that checks cholesterol levels, blood pressure, triglycerides and blood sugar. Employees who take part receive a $650 reduction in their health insurance premiums; 93 percent of all Intuit workers take part. The screening is also open to spouses and domestic partners.
Lecuna sees this group as a crucial part of the wellness program. "If you don't have a support system at home, this doesn't go very far," she said. "It's got to be a lifestyle change."
In addition, workers who pledge to stay tobacco-free for the year receive another $650 discount on premiums. In addition, Intuit provides employees with free pedometers. Depending on the number of steps they take, participants are eligible for up to $300 in cash and prizes. Intuit cafeterias offer a range of healthy choices at significant discounts, and the company also offers free exercise classes, in San Diego and at several other locations.
Lecuna said that because the screening program has been so successful, Intuit's health insurance costs have gone up slightly, because so many people see doctors after getting screened. However, she expects that over the long term, the program will lower health costs.
"Down the road," she said, "we expect we won't be paying as many huge claims, because people are taking better care of themselves."
Targeting Childhood Obesity
The county is also focusing on childhood obesity, which is a costly problem. According to research published this year in Academic Pediatrics, the average obese child costs the health care system nearly $300 a year more than a healthy-weight child. Reducing the childhood obesity rate by just a single percentage point would save at least $1.4 billion a year. In addition, obese children have a significantly higher risk of growing up to be obese, and obese adults spend, on average, $1,400 more per year on health care than healthy-weight adults.
As part of Healthy Works, the county is awarding $50,000 grants to five county schools to develop Safe Routes to School programs, which encourage children to walk or bike to school.
Research shows that few contemporary students expend calories getting to and from school. In 2001, one in ten students walked or biked to school; by comparison, in 1969, the rate was four times higher. The county is also giving out several smaller grants to educate parents, students and teachers on walking and bicycle safety.
The school district is also changing its approach to food. It published new guidelines that encourage administrators, teachers and parents to have healthy food at school events and meetings.
And it is expanding its breakfast program, offering it to more students and making the food healthier. Previously, only 25 to 30 percent of eligible students ate breakfast at school and only three percent of eligible students participated in the summer breakfast program.
Roberts, the county supervisor, is optimistic about his community's prospects. "We're moving in an aggressive way," he said. "I think it's going to bring positive results. We still have a long way to go. But we're going in the right direction."
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The Charity Auction on Saturday night at Newlands raised a whopping £4,000 for SRTT fund. Yet again people have been so generous: by giving, by buying and by being there It was a fab' evening with everyone entering into the spirit of it all. (By the way, I am now the very proud owner of a unique and rather wonderful yellow bicycle).
Our heartfelt thanks to Jackie and Rex along with the Newlands Team for making us feel all so welcome, to Jim Rowe for his ardent and commanding auctioneering skills, for everyone who contributed the wealth of gifts and of course everyone who spent so lavishly and then danced the night away. Thank you all – we are lucky to have such lovely friends.


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Just a few minutes from downtown Denver, the Santa Fe Art District is a vibrating assortment of galleries, restaurants and boutiques. Spanning on six blocks between the 5th and 11th Avenues, on the Santa Fe Drive, the district is a classic example of urban gentrification. Long time a rundown neighborhood in urgent need of some care and attention, the area has got a new life with the arrival of dozens of galleries and other creative industries outlets, starting from 2003. Since then the Santa Fe Art District has rose to preeminence as the hub of Denver's cultural life, with more than 40 galleries opening their business in the neighborhood.
The dozens of small galleries, music studios, and bookshops in the District make it the area with the highest cultural venues concentration in the entire state of Colorado. This effervescence has also brought a national attention to the young cultural district, being compared with the world famous Soho district, by influential commentators such as the New York Times.
The historic neighborhood that today forms the heart of Denver's artistic life has a century long existence. Even before the renaissance, the Santa Fe Drive was home to a number of small yet active galleries, such as the Spark Gallery opened in 1979. Yet, the district only took off at the end of the 90s, when the Sandy Carson Galleries relocated here their activity from their previous location downtown. By 2003, dozens of cultural venues saw the opportunity of opening in the burgeoning cultural district, prompted by the rising costs of rental in the more established areas of the city. A number of venues have decided to join a non-profit organization that would promote the efforts to beautify area, as well as to draw attention to the cultural activities hosted in the Santa Fe district. The Art District on Santa Fe has joined forces with NEWSED and other community organizations that activate in West Denver to successfully promote the neighborhood.
The galleries of the District attract art lover of all kinds, with a generous assortment of collections, including contemporary and traditional painting, sculpture, photography and textiles. Many of them are dedicated to the promotion of the Hispanic traditions and cultural values, since West Denver is home to a large community of Mexican Americans. The Museo de las Americas, exhibiting art from Central and South America and the Chicano Humanities and Art Center are among the most preeminent institutions that promote the Hispanic culture.
To better make known the cultural offerings of the Santa Fe Art District, galleries here have joined a nation-wide art walking program. Every first Friday of the month, thousands of art lovers flock the district, to admire the collections and socialize. The restaurants and cafes in the area are crowded, and the atmosphere is friendly and joyful. For the more serious art collectors, a similar event is held once a month, when galleries open their doors for them until late night.
The Art District of Santa Fe is a beautiful example of the power of art as a mean of sharing and cooperation. At the same time, is a must see destination for anyone who is passionate about art in all its forms.


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Review: A Little Wanting Song by Cath Crowley
CHARLIE DUSKIN loves music, and she knows she's good at it. But she only sings when she's alone, on the moonlit porch or in the back room at Old Gus's Secondhand Record and CD Store. Charlie's mom and grandmother have both died, and this summer she's visiting her grandpa in the country, surrounded by ghosts and grieving family, and serving burgers to the local kids at the milk bar. She's got her iPod, her guitar, and all her recording equipment, but she wants more: A friend. A dad who notices her. The chance to show Dave Robbie that she's not entirely unspectacular.
ROSE BUTLER lives next door to Charlie's grandfather and spends her days watching cars pass on the freeway and hanging out with her troublemaker boyfriend. She loves Luke but can't wait to leave their small country town. And she's figured out a way: she's won a scholarship to a science school in the city, and now she has to convince her parents to let her go. This is where Charlie comes in. Charlie, who lives in the city, and whom Rose has ignored for years. Charlie, who just might be Rose's ticket out.
Told in alternating voices and filled with music, friendship, and romance, Charlie and Rose's "little wanting song" is about the kind of longing that begins as a heavy ache but ultimately makes us feel hopeful and wonderfully alive. From Amazon US
I have absolutely no idea how I could possibly do this book justice with a review. It's beautiful, it's sad, it leaves you aching. It's absolutely wonderful.
I'm having trouble knowing where to start. Both Rose and Charlie want something. Rose, to get out of the town she's lived all her life and learn more. Science is her favourite subject, and has such wonder over learning. She can't see any future in her little town, and knows if she doesn't get out now, she never will. Charlie, to be noticed by her Dad, mostly, but also by people in general and to have someone who gets her. Although she's a brilliant musician, song writer, and singer, she's terribly shy and so hardly anyone knows. With the death of her grandmother seven months ago, Charlie knows Christmas won't be the same this year, not with both her Grandpa and her Dad mourning their wives - even though Charlie's Mum died seven years ago - and not coping too well. Even Charlie has "ghosts" of both her Gran and her Mum with her, who she talks to.
It's hard to read A Little Wanting Song when the characters desperately want, so much. Their hearts reach out so far, dying to grab hold of what it is they want, but slipping through their fingers everytime. You end up wanting right along with them, and it's depressing, but in a really good way. There's no way you can read this book without being affected by it. It's complete and utter yearning at it's very rawest.
The language! God, I couldn't get enough of the language! It was like chocolate. You know when you eat chocolate slowly and it melts in your mouth, you could just die because that has to be what heaven tastes like? That's what the language of A Little Wanting Song is like. It's beautiful, it's poetic, it's just gorgeous. You almost want to read it outloud, just so you can hear it. Like music to your ears.
Talking of music, this book is full of music. Charlie has a unique way of seeing the world. Music is her life, and so everything is described with musical metaphors; sounds, playing instruments, she sees music in everything - literally, even sun rises have "sound". It just goes back to what I said about the language. It's just amazing.
As I've read this book for Death and Bereavement in Teen Lit Week, I should cover the bereavement in more detail. What's interesting in this book is it's not just Charlie who is grieving, so is her father and her grandfather over two deaths, and nor is she the one who's coping the worst. Her Grandpa doesn't want to get up most days, and her Dad goes out at night and doesn't come back til late, and barely acknowledges Charlie's existance. Not only is she having to cope with her own grief, but also feeling like she's practically orphaned. It's extremely sad, and Crowley writes Charlie's own and the others' turmoil so well. As I said before, you can't read this book without being effected by it.
An extremely good book. I will definitely be on the look out for other books by Crowley. You can't miss this book.
Thank you to Luisa from Chicklish for lending me her copy.
Published: 8th June 2010
Publisher: Knopf
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Other Reviews of A Little Wanting Song:
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Yeah, you're right about that. I loved this book too! (btw: it's "affected" not "effected") ^_^ Great review!ReplyDelete
Fabulous review! Oh, how I loved this book! I still haven't managed to review it because I just don't know what to say except 'wow'...ReplyDelete
I'm so glad you loved it too!
Kirthi - Thank you! It's such a beautiful book, isn't it! Thanks for letting me know about the error, I'm always getting those two confused, lol.ReplyDelete
Luisa - Thank you! :) And thanks again for letting me borrow your copy. It is such a wonderful story!
Aww, what a lovely review. There's another book added to my wishlist.ReplyDelete
Oh, awesome! It really was so good! I relly hope you enjoy it when you read it! :)ReplyDelete
So I could add this to both the D&B list and the music book lists yes??? If you could let me know via twitterthat would be awesome as I don't have time to revisit the post THANK YOUReplyDelete
I've let you know, it can be added :)ReplyDelete


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What: Celebration of Basketry and Native Foods Festival
When: Symposium – Thursday and Friday, November 12-13, 2015, 10:00am to 4:00pm
Weekend Festival – Saturday and Sunday, November 14-15, 2015, 9:00am – 4:00 pm.
Where: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
2021 N Kinney Rd, Tucson, AZ 85743
Thursday, November 12 through Sunday, November 15, join a gathering of indigenous cooks, chefs, farmers, scholars, artists, nutritionists, historians, seed savers and basket weavers to celebrate the vitality of indigenous people, land and food.
Open to the public for the first time, the native foods and basketry symposium offers an insiders perspective to the indigenous food and craft traditions of this region. The two-day agenda includes hands-on basket weaving workshops, chef demos and tastings, presentations about traditional foods and health, discussions of food sovereignty and traditional agricultural practices, and a tasting lunch featuring indigenous foods prepared by a number of guest chefs.
During Saturday and Sunday's Weekend Festival, attendees are invited to explore the museum grounds and join indigenous basket weavers, traditional cooks and chefs, and dancers for a dynamic celebration of indigenous food, fiber and cultural traditions. The two day festival will feature chef cooking demonstrations and tastings, traditional Hopi Piki bread and Yurok roasted salmon demonstrations, and presentations by award-winning cookbook authors. Guests will also have the opportunity to visit the Basketry Marketplace, attend basket-weaving presentations, learn how basketry weaves together Native communities, and shop for artisan crafts.
⦾ Poet and University of Arizona Regent's Professor Ofelia Zepeda will join O'odham language educator Andrea Ramon in presenting "Native Language Revitalization, Food, & Eating."
⦾ Renowned basket weaver Terrol Dew Johnson will lead discussions about contemporary basketry and how the challenge of climate change impacts the legacy of native foods and basket weaving.
⦾ Executive Chef Nephi Craig, founder of the Native American Culinary Association will prepare a lunch for Symposium attendees featuring indigenous foods.
Tickets for the Symposium run $85/day for museum members, and $100/day for non-members, and symposium attendees receive free admission to the Weekend Celebration and Basketry Marketplace with their purchase of both days of the seminar.
Admission to the Weekend Festival for those not attending the symposium is free to museum members, and included with the cost of Museum Admission to non-members (regular rates apply).
Learn more on the Sonoran Desert Museum website.
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By Brecht Decaluwé in Montceau-les-Mines
As reported previously on Cyclingnews, Eddy Merckx had a particular interest in Floyd Landis' success in stage 19, vis à vis getting the maillot jaune back in advance of the Tour finish in Paris on Sunday. His son Axel rides for the team, he is very good friends with manger John Lelangue [and his father, who was a colleague of his both during his racing career and afterwards], and he also stood to gain a bit of cash due to a cheeky little bet he made.
Cyclingnews spoke to the legendary five-time winner of the Tour at the finish line, asking him firstly how he followed the stage today. "I was in the car together with Bernard Hinault, driving behind Fränk Schleck," he said. "First we were serene but once the stage unfolded, it became a bit more lively."
"It's fantastic what Landis has done. He deserves to win the Tour de France, if you look at the way he did it. He's the deserved winner of the race." Merckx was also happy for Lelangue and his own son. "It's great for John [Lelangue] but also for Axel. He always wanted to take part in a team which won the Tour de France," he said.
Lots of people have been speculating as to what Eddy Merckx said to Landis when he had his major setback on La Toussuire. We asked him to fill us in. "I just told the guys that the battle was lost, but that the war isn't over until the peloton arrives in Paris," he explained. "It was great to see how Landis reacted."
So, looking back to this Tour de France, how high would Eddy Merckx rate the performance of his son? "Landis will be grateful for the work Axel did," he responded. "He performed really well, just like everybody in the team."
Finally, we asked Eddy Merckx if we could expect him to be celebrating along with team Phonak in Paris: "No, no, now I'm just the father. The party in Paris is there for the riders and their wives!" Merckx laughed.


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Gym Werx! is comprised of two 1 hour sessions for ten weeks. Have fun, get fit and improve your energy levels for work and study. Sessions are held twice per week – on both Wednesday and Friday mornings.
You can:
- learn to map health goals for fitness
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- develop a training plan with PCYC Personal Trainers
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Cost: $4.00 per week (two days), $40 in total, plus materials fee but you can pay week by week.
NOTE: Before you can attend the Gym Werx sessions, you must attend the briefing session held at the beginning of the term.
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- contact Karen McKnight, Training & Education Coordinator, on T: 9692 9500
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Poetry workshop encourages teen creativity
May 02, 2017 05:05PM ● Published by Kelly Cannon
Florin Nielsen teaches his poetry workshop at the Holladay Library. (Kelly Cannon/City Journals)
Florin Nielsen has been writing poetry since he was in the third grade, but didn't start embracing the title of poet until he retired from teaching high school. He now spends his time teaching how to write poetry to people of all ages. Nielsen held a special poetry workshop for adolescents on April 10 at the Holladay Library.
"I've done this now at three different middle schools. I had decided on something and it worked so I've tried to stay with it," Nielsen said. "I talk to them about what they know about poetry, what it is and what it isn't. I then immediately have them write it themselves."
Nielsen developed a five-line constructivist poetry format. He talks the participants through the poem and then has them write one of their own. They usually accomplish this in 10–12 minutes.
"That's how I get them to do it. I have them write immediately. I have them share them, listen to one another. We talk about them and I talk about how this is the gist of poetry," Nielsen said. "Rhythm and rhyme isn't. Your subject matter, your imagery, your metaphors and your entering the piece yourself, those are the most important things about poetry."
At the end of the workshop, Nielsen said he hoped the teens felt they could write poetry.
"If they can do this and go along with this, they get the feeling they can do it," Nielsen said.
Nielsen was first introduced to poetry by his mother, who would read poetry to him every night.
"She'd read me so many poems when I was a child. And I liked them. I didn't know how to do them but I liked them," Nielsen said.
Nielsen didn't do much with poetry until he was in college and took a poetry appreciation class. He then began to write his own poems.
"I had no training, but I decided to start writing them," Nielsen said.
When he started teaching school, he'd teach poetry. It was then he got a passion for it. He found he could get his students to write poetry if he showed he was willing to write some as well.
"I would do it with them and when they would have their sharing groups, I would sit in a sharing group and put mine on the table with theirs and they really grew from that," Nielsen said.
After retiring from teaching at East High School for 25 years, Nielsen began to write more in earnest. He has taught poetry at Mount Olympus Senior Center for the past 15 years.
Nielsen's poetry focuses on his family and his hometown, Hyde Park. He has a collection of poetry called "Hyde Park Sonnets." He is also in a poetry club that focuses on the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi.
"I've been highly influenced by Rumi," Nielsen said. "Lately, my poetry is more mystical as I age."


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Practice Areas
Foreign Trade Barriers are Topic of Annual USTR Inquiry
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is seeking input by Oct. 22 for its annual national trade estimate report on foreign trade barriers. Comments may be submitted with respect to one or more of the following categories of trade barriers.
- import policies (e.g., tariffs and other import charges, quotas, import licensing and customs barriers)
- government procurement restrictions (e.g., "buy national" policies and closed bidding)
- export subsidies (e.g., export financing on preferential terms and agricultural export subsidies that displace U.S. exports in third country markets)
- lack of intellectual property rights protection (e.g., inadequate patent, copyright and trademark regimes or enforcement issues)
- services barriers (e.g., limits on the range of financial services offered by foreign financial institutions, regulation of international data flows, restrictions on the use of data processing, quotas on imports of foreign films, and barriers to the provision of services by professionals)
- investment barriers (e.g., limitations on foreign equity participation and on access to foreign government-funded research and development consortia; local content, technology transfer and export performance requirements; and restrictions on repatriation of earnings, capital, fees and royalties)
- anticompetitive conduct of state-owned or private firms tolerated by foreign governments that restricts the sale or purchase of U.S. goods or services in the foreign country's markets
- trade restrictions affecting e-commerce (e.g., tariff and non-tariff measures, burdensome and discriminatory regulations and standards, and discriminatory taxation)
- other barriers, including barriers that encompass more than one category, such as bribery and corruption, or that affect a single sector
The USTR is particularly interested in practices that may violate U.S. trade agreements as well as information on new barriers and new or updated information pertaining to the barriers covered in its 2013 NTE report. Commenters are also invited to identify those barriers that may operate as "localization barriers to trade;" i.e., measures designed to protect, favor or stimulate domestic industries, services providers and/or intellectual property at the expense of goods, services or intellectual property from other countries.
The USTR adds that in 2014 it will once again release in conjunction with the NTE report two reports dealing with additional trade barriers, one on sanitary and phytosanitary measures and the other on standards-related measures. Public input on issues related to these two reports will be requested through a separate Federal Register notice, and information regarding such measures should therefore not be submitted at this time.


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Artistic Image Director/Editor Ken Soons' Collaboration With Turner Studios Productions and TNT Latin America For TNT Movie(July 13, 2010) Artistic Image co-founder Ken Soons recently directed and edited two shoots containing packaging of more than 250 promos, bumps, opens and How-Did-They-Do-That segments for TNT Latin America's new wrap around show, TNT Movie Club. The campaign, which was created for South America, recently garners a Bronze Award in the Entertainment category at the 2010 Telly's.
"Each shoot contains an enormous amount of material, with packaging for 12 movies with 15 to 20 promos, bumps and informational features for each film, which were shot twice - once for the program's Spanish broadcast and then again for the Portuguese market," says Soons. "The level of collaboration with producer/senior writer Jennifer Day at TNTLA and producer Lauren Thomas at Turner Studios Productions was key to every stage of the process. Working in tandem with Jenni and Lauren allowed us to maximize the efficiency and creativity of this mega-size package, and create a final product that exceeded everyone's expectations."
"Our Senior Director of Operations, Karen Grill, and I had been looking to do a hosted show that would be ideal not only for product placement and sponsorship, but also to give the audience something more in-depth about films," says Day. "In South America, TNT is predominantly a movie network, so this type of hosted show highlights our strengths as being in-the-know about movies."
TNT Movie Club features a male and female host watching the show together as they banter about different aspects of the film. Sometimes the segments are set in the kitchen as they chat about interesting aspects of the evening's film. Other segments take place in living room and office settings, where the pair comment on their favorite scenes, discuss the movie's special effects and offer up fun behind-the-scene facts.
For instance, the Michael Bay feature THE ISLAND has a chase-action scene in which giant metal spools fly off of a truck and catapult directly into the camera lens. "I always wondered how the director did that," says Soons. "During the How-Did-The-Do-That segment the hosts give viewers behind-the-scenes insights into how these effects were achieved."
"Jenni did an amazing job researching the movies and writing engaging scripts that both entertain and inform, while maintaining a natural, conversational tone - and the personalities of the hosts brought them to life," notes Soons. "We encouraged the talent to adlib, which created some of the best moments - and working with two cameras ensured that we caught them."
Each scene was shot with two Sony EX3 cameras - one wide and one tight. The file based cameras facilitated tapeless and seamless digital workflow, which allowed for editing and color correction without any generation loss. Soons edited and color corrected the entire package on Artistic Image's Final Cut Pro Suite. This also made it easy to deliver both HD and SD masters of the show and streamlined the workflow to meet a strict deadline schedule.
Soons, who has directed a long roster of international promos and spots, including other campaigns for TNTLA, is skilled at directing for the global arena, and enjoys the opportunity to work on live-action projects for a mix of markets. The award-winning director brings the eye of an editor to each shoot, enabling him to maximize the efficiency of a project and work with tight deadlines. At the same time the seamless workflow maximizes production value, both during the production phase and in the cutting room.
"Whether I'm working on a project for the international or US market, working together with clients and having an open creative exchange always elevates the work. The collaboration between Artistic Image, TNT Latin America and Turner Studios Productions was seamless and easy. It was a director's dream."
"The lion's share of projects that call upon Artist Image take advantage of our company's ability to integrate live-action production and visual effects and animation to create high-end design driven spots," adds Soons. "So it's always refreshing to shoot a live-action project that doesn't involve special effects and solely relies on my skills as a director and editor to tell a story."
Artistic Image (Atlanta) is a world-class creative resource where a passionate collective of innovative A-list live-action directors, producers, designers, animators, CGI artists, illustrators, editors, compositors, modelers and finishers take each job from concept to fruition as a collaborative team. Dedicated to the advertising arena, this hybrid company takes a design-driven approach to crafting high-end TV commercials, virals and broadcast design in a nimble, open-architecture creative environment that provides seamless workflow and premiere client services. For additional information please visit: www.artisticimage.com, or contact Michael Zarrillo at 404.815.1550.
PROJECT: TNT Movie Club (Turner Broadcasting/TNT Latin America)
CATEGORY: Promos, Bumps / Show Packaging
CLIENT: Turner Broadcasting
Senior Director of Operations: Karen Grill, TNT Latin America
Senior Writer/producer: Jennifer Day, TNT Latin America
Producer: Lauren Thomas, Turner Studios
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Artistic Image/Atlanta
Director: Ken Soons
EDITORIAL COMPANY: Artistic Image/Atlanta
Editor: Ken Soons
AUDIO HOUSE: Soapbox Studios/Atlanta
Engineer: Nikos Mavrommatis
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Related Keywords:Artistic Image Director/Editor Ken Soons' Collaboration With Turner Studios Productions and TNT Latin America For TNT Movie Club/Latin America Scores A TELLY
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Jocelyne here in the very first installment of LCOM'S Product Shuffle. How exciting! Every week, we will give a new twist to a popular scrapbooking product by using it in an unconventional way. The product we will be featuring in this week's shuffle is the very popular alpha sticker!
I simply love alpha stickers. I love how easy they are to use, just stick them on the page for a personalized title that gives color and dimension to a page. But they are also very versatile too. By simply thinking a little outside of the box, you can use alphas in more than just your titles.
Here is what I came up with using the very yummy Cosmo Cricket Sweet Disposition collection
Can you scope out the alphas I used? First, you can see the conventional way I used the word Chill. One of the downfalls in using alpha stickers, is running out of a certain letter. In my case, for this layout I had ran out of the letter L. Time to change title? No way! There is always a way to alter existing letters to make it work. For this layout, I was able to cut a P to make an L. I also used O's in this American Crafts Thickers to make the scallop border on the bottom of the page. I simply cut the O's in half and placed them one next to the other.
Now take a look at the word Selfie. I actually embossed the foam letter! Very easy! I simply placed the title letters on a piece of backing paper, placed them in the embossing folder and passed it through a Cuttlebug. Be sure to use the backing paper (like the one you peeled the sticker off in the original packaging) because once you pass it through the embossing machine, they will be virtually impossible to peel off if you use regular paper. I love the texture it gave my letter, almost mimicking the background paper.
Finally, I added some CTMH ribbon, some prima flowers, wood button and tag, layered some Cosmo Cricket Sweet Disposition stickers, some Simple Stories mini alphas and words, a few My mind's eye enamel dots and a few bows made with twine. And just to show how versatile those alphas are, I underlined the word chill and added dashes on top of my banner in the upper left hand side of the page. I even added an asterix in one the flowers and hid another under a paper flower to make a hint of a leaf. Go check out all the alphas you can find in the store and I challenge you to be creative with them.
Join us again on Saturday for a new Sketch it out! Have an awesome day!
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Product Shuffle: Alphas!
7 comments:
- Michelle said...
This is awesome Jocelyne! I love the embossed letters!
- February 6, 2014 at 9:50 AM
- Aurelie said...
Woo!Hoo! Love the use of alphas, Jocelyne! Makes me look at my alphas in a totally new way!! Merci!
- February 6, 2014 at 3:31 PM
- Marci Bensing said...
Very creative use and technique to those letter!...excellent LO!
- February 6, 2014 at 4:05 PM
- Auntie Em said...
Those are all very creative and fun ideas Jocelyn! I like the embossed letters and the scallop is too cute.
Thanks for sharing! :)
- February 6, 2014 at 6:39 PM
- elisa delora said...
Wow! such a fun way to use alphas!!! Thanks for the tip!!
- February 6, 2014 at 8:01 PM
- StaZ said...
Great ideas!!
- February 6, 2014 at 11:25 PM
- Gisèle said...
Love the idea of embossing and your border, must remember that 😘 great job!!!
- February 14, 2014 at 6:32 PM
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Recently I visited yet another Florida location that was a first for me. The oldest town in the United States of America, St. Augustine Fl. The historic district is now quite a tourist attraction and is geared to maximize the popular culture appeal of stuff like ghosts and pirates but there are many unusual rabbit holes to explore. Everything we passed as we walked from our hotel room on the first day had the word "old" in it- oldest town store, oldest school house, and the old jail.
In front of the old jail is a sculpture of a chain gang which is amazing in how well it reads considering the crudeness of the plaster it is made from.
At sunset we arrived at the Castillo de San Marcos. This was one of the major sites in St. Augustine that I was interested in because of the construction materials and history. It was not a disappointment!
The castle is the oldest masonry building in the continental US- construction was started in 1672.
The actual town or settlement was established 107 years prior to the beginning of the fort's construction.
The structure is amazing. The fort is built with local shell infused limestone that, by it's nature, became one of the greatest engineering triumphs of it's time. By chance, the materials available were the exact prescription for an impenetrable fortress.
|View of exterior mote wall
|Detail of the Coquina "rock" used in the fort's construction.
I noticed an abundance of architectural phalluses at the site and all over St. Augustine in the older buildings. Each corner of the fort has a dick-like rampart tower. Around town there are numerous free standing structures like this that seem to serve no purpose or are connected to walls.
The only structure in the fort that was made of cast concrete is an addition by the United States military when it controlled the fort. It is an oven for heating canon balls till they are red hot so that when fired they would start fires on the wooden vessels they struck. It is a very interesting structure resembling a kiln with a chimney and open end at both front and back.


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3rd RecSys:NL Meetup – Wrapup
The 3rd RecSys meetup was a great success with around 50 participants from all over the Netherlands and from both academia and industry. It was held on December 8th at SDL, Amsterdam - a great venue with drinks and nice foods. Thanks to Julian Ortega and SDL.
There was an interesting mix of four talks:
Jakub Zavrel (from TextKernel) and Fabian Abel (from Xing) spoke about recommending jobs to people. While Jakub's talk focused more on semantic search and matching, Fabian's talk revealed Big data technologies behind the recommender engine in Xing. Fabian's slides are available here.
The third speaker -Rahim Delaviz (from Coolblue)- talked about building a recommender system for an online retailer and the challenges behind such development.
Finally, Anne Schuth (from UvA, CLEF Living Labs) spoke about the importance of online experimentation and he introduced and discussed several online evaluation approaches. The slides of his talks are available here.
The RecSysNL meetups have been quite successful so far – thanks to its initiators: Alan Said and Alejandro Bellogin. This indeed shows how much recommender systems are in great demand in all domains.


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There is a rather popular argument among cannabis advocates that the term 'marijuana' is problematic and should be abandoned altogether, and while it comes with the best of intentions, it is not necessarily the best idea.
The arguments against the word marijuana do in fact contain a legitimate insight, which is that the word marijuana was disseminated by prohibitionist propaganda in order to give cannabis racial connotations that played off racism to gain support for criminalizing that plant. The word marijuana was meant to invoke thoughts of Mexicans as well as other minorities in order to demonize it. It was a successful gambit, as history shows.
What is wrong if we associate cannabis with Mexicans and minorities now? If you are not racist, the connotation need not be negative. You can use it to celebrate the Mexicans who popularized the plants use in America. You can use it to celebrate the black jazz innovators whose use of the plant helped pave the way for modern American art. In this view, the word marijuana can be seen as celebrating the history of marijuana despite the machinations of prohibitionists.
It would also be a shame to succumb to enforced language, as does the mainstream media whose newspeak has helped keep cannabis down. Giving into political correctness is a disempowering process in which we surrender to the madness of our opponents.
Gay men and women were called "queers", "faggots" and "dykes" in order to demonize them. But they co-opted those terms and made them their own in order to take that power away from homophobes.
Similarly many blacks have taken the derogatory term "nigger" and made it a regular part of their lexicon, which robs racists of the power the word once had.
Why not do the same with marijuana? Why not co-opt it from the history of oppression and make it a proud sign of our heritage? An expression of North America's proud history of cannabis use!
Another reason I will not stop using it is technical. If you have never ran a website and promotional social media campaigns, these are things you are probably not familiar with. On the internet, words matter. More popular words, the ones most likely to be typed into a search box, will provide the best results. If my goal is to spread more information in the fight for cannabis, then I cannot ignore the things that get results.
The fact is, because of its history, the term marijuana is the one people are most familiar with. And those looking for information are probably going to use it to make searches. Do I want weaken the chances that they will find the articles I have written? What purpose would that serve? I don't write these just to send virtue signals, or secondary political statements. I am trying to be effective as an advocate. Can an argument be made that effectiveness doesn't matter?
The final reason I will not stop using the term is simply because I like it. It was marijuana when I was a little kid watching my parents hurriedly stash it when I entered the room. It was marijuana when I started smoking it. It is a nice word, is it not? Say it aloud right now.
Now say it faster.
Roll your tongue.
Yell it.
Turn yourself around.
Yeah…that's what it's all about.
This getting high thing is suppose to be fun, never forget that. If stoners start taking themselves too seriously then we will have destroyed cannabis culture and become politicized authoritarians who nobody wants to hang out with. Do we really want to sound like vegans, cross-fitters and Prius owners? Is it really a good idea to sabotage our good nature with self-righteousness? What exactly does the coinage of pedantic reactionary behavior buy us?


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Hello, everyone! Welcome back for another post! A few weeks ago I showed a bit of my crafty side by sharing my latest crochet piece in Cozy Home - Handmade Crochet Blanket. Many of you enjoyed it, so I wanted to show our first quilt blanket that was custom made in Michigan. This has been a long time in the making and it's finally completed!
Last November, my boyfriend Paul surprised me by taking my into a local quilt shop. We were on a mini vacation for hunting season and we wanted to check out the downtown area. There we found Backstreet Quilt Shop, this charming store managed by a mother and daughter team that offer classes, quilting supplies and specialize in custom order quilts.
We worked with Beckie--one of the owners--and chose a pattern along with all the fabric. There were so many to chose from! We took ages to narrow down our favorites and kept staking them together until we were content. From there, we needed to decide on the quilting pattern, which holds all the layers of the blanket together. We loved the leaf design and went with that. Now that's one of our favorite parts!
|Closeup of our beautiful quilt. I love the leaf inspired quilt stitching!
It's amazing to support a small local business and incredible artists. The quality and craftsmanship in our blanket speaks for itself! Everything about this piece is so well done and the stitching it perfect. We're all in love with the quilt, especially Nala! She loves to cuddle up in it every chance she gets!
Paul and I had an amazing experience working with Backstreet Quilt Shop. It was so much fun deciding on a pattern, playing with fabric combinations and wandering the shop. I loved seeing all the quilted creations that covered the walls and hallways inside. We would love to work with them again in the future---maybe for a custom quilted bedspread? Fingers crossed!
Thanks for joining me for today's post! If you enjoyed, please google+, comment and join this site (follow) for more. You can also now follow me on Bloglovin' with the button that is on the upper right panel of this page. You have an amazing rest of your day!
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In the NEWS…
Shaping the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast made it onto Amazon's best seller list in its main genre, "Coastal" — which of course means it's competing with books from all over. This is a new feature on Amazon and book sales rankings are updated hourly. As you'll see here in this screenshot, it first it made it into the TOP 25…and then during a spate of back-to-back events with Thomas Cochrane, it jumped into the TOP 5!!
This achievement is all the more noteworthy as our promotional efforts for this new title have been geared exclusively to supporting the local retailers carrying this new title (which is indeed flying off the shelf in a variety of stores regionally!).
Shaping the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast was also named the #1 bestselling book for 2017 at Four Eyed Frog Books in Gualala, a beloved indie bookstore which has been a community cornerstone on the coast for 15 years. As you can see, this list includes books of local interest but also New York Times bestsellers as well.
Click here to view their bestseller's list.
The North Bay Bohemian (the cultural voice of Sonoma, Napa & Marin counties) interviewed Thomas Cochrane for their COVER story on Shaping the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast. This weekly publication is distributed to 1500 newsstands in the three counties — he also took this photo they selected for the cover (the book contains nearly 50 color photos, diagrams & maps).
And here's how the print edition appeared on newsstands.
KSRO news/talk radio's morning anchor, Pat Kerrigan, interviewed Thomas Cochrane regarding this past weekend's once-in-a-century 8.1 earthquake located off the coast of Mexico. The segment aired during her show on Wednesday, September 13.
KSRO interview w/ Pat Kerrigan -- topic: earthquakes
Thomas Cochrane penned a feature article for the September issue of Sonoma County Gazette entitled "The Renewed Threat of Offshore Drilling – a local geologist weighs in." This is the 2nd highest-circulation monthly publication in the county (link displays their ginormous roster of distribution locations for the print edition).
Shaping the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast was glowingly reviewed as one of their June 2017 picks by Northbay Biz which serves Sonoma, Napa & Marin Counties and is the top-rated monthly publication regionally. Their June issue is also a special one as it announces "The Best of Northbay Biz" and their annual readers poll results.
READ the article (link will open in new tab, requires Adobe Reader) and here's how it appeared in their print issue.
Thomas Cochrane was interviewed (taped) on "The Ecology Hour" on KZYX-FM (Mendocinco County's Public Radio station), air date was Tuesday, September 12th @ 7:00 p.m. For information on the interview click here.
Hosts for the hour-long show are Dr. Robert Spies, a marine biologist, and Tim Bray, a geologist — the show aims to bring listeners the latest in ecological science, especially relating to Mendocino County.
Thomas Cochrane wrote a [ginormous!] feature article for the Press Democrat which was the lead story in the newspaper's Outdoors section plus highlighted on the PD's homepage, "Daytripping to some of the coolest rock formations along the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast."
READ the article and see the gallery of 10 color photos (most of which were taken by him)…
And here's how the print issue appeared, including the teaser headline on the Sunday edition's front page.
Shaping the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast is featured in the roster of "Top 5 Things to Do in Mendocino."
Read the Mendocino Visitors Guide blog post (.pdf, new browser window will open).
An article entitled, "Geology guide 'Shaping the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast' decodes its puzzles" appeared in the Ukiah Daily Journal's (regional newspaper, Mendocino County) Lifestyle section recently.
Shaping the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast was reviewed by Jeane Slone in the May issue of the Sonoma County Gazette, the 2nd highest-circulation monthly publication in the county (link displays their ginormous roster of distribution locations for the print edition).
Thomas Cochrane was interviewed by Suzanne Lang for KRCB's "A Novel Idea" radio show (which features both nonfiction as well as fiction authors). The 30-minute segment aired on KRCB-FM on Sunday, April 30th @ 4:00 p.m.
Listen to the interview…
Suzanne Lang's interview with Thomas Cochrane will also air Sunday May 14th at 7 p.m. on KOWS-FM (streaming at www.kows.fm).
Brent Farris reviewed Shaping the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast and said "It's great!" and did a giveaway of 5 copies on-air during March.
Shaping the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast is featured on The Sea Ranch page of VisitSonomaCoast.com (scroll down page).
Thomas Cochrane was interviewed on "Peggy's Place" again on Tuesday, Feb. 21 following an earthquake earlier that morning which alarmed local residents.
Listen now (56 minutes) to this discussion of earthquakes from a geologist's vantage point.
Thomas Cochrane was interviewed on "Peggy's Place" on Tuesday, Feb. 14th (for the entire hour), the official launch date for Shaping the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast — Exploring the Coastal Geology of Northern California.
Listen now (47 minutes)
Newspaper article: "Author to unveil coastal geology guide."
Click here to read the article.
Open Space article (guest column) 2/9/2017: "The threat of offshore drilling" by Thomas Cochrane.
Click here to read the article (low resolution for on-screen viewing only).
Thomas Cochrane is available for print & broadcast interviews.
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Thomas Cochrane will be interviewed on BloomerBoomer.com on Wednesday, August 15th @ 11 a.m. to discuss the launch of his newest book, Tornados, Rattlesnakes & Oil. BloomerBoomer bills itself as "The Huffington Post for Boomers."
Thomas Cochrane will be interviewed on KGUA's morning show, "Peggy's Place," on Wednesday, August 22nd @ 9 a.m. to discuss the launch of his newest book, Tornados, Rattlesnakes & Oil, his second appearance on the show (scroll down on this page, left-hand side, for his earlier interview, link to audio recording available).
Previous Events:
Point Arena Lighthouse invited Thomas Cochrane to be a guest for their popular Lighthouse Lecture Series held on June 16th. He discussed the geology around Point Arena Lighthouse including past and present threats to the area: erosion, sea level rise, offshore and onshore oil drilling, as well as the history of the proposed nuclear power plant, and also autographed copies of his book.
The Rotary Club of Sebastopol invited Thomas Cochrane to address their organization at their lunch meeting March 9th during which he discussed the coastal geology of Sonoma County, answered questions about plate tectonics (earthquakes), and autographed copies of his book.
The Rotary Club of Mendocino County invited Thomas Cochrane to address their organization's February 15th meeting during which he discussed the coastal geology of Mendocino, answered questions about plate tectonics (earthquakes), and autographed copies of his book.
On December 17th, Mendocino County's Coast Community Library hosted Thomas Cochrane for their monthly "Sunday @ the Library" event. He gave a talk about the geology around Point Arena including the oil sands in Arena Cove as well as the new trail at Pelican Beach.
Sonoma Land Trust invited Thomas Cochrane to help lead the coastal portion of their annual Geology Transect of Sonoma County this year — he gave an introductory presentation on Thursday, September 7th @ 7:00 p.m., and the coastal hike occurred on Friday, September 8th.
On September 9th, Copperfield's Books (Santa Rosa store) hosted an in-store author event & geo talk by Thomas Cochrane entitled "Exploring the Geology Along Our Coastal Trails" after which he autographed copies of Shaping the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast.
On Sunday, September 10th Sugarloaf Ridge State Park hosted a geo talk by Thomas Cochrane in the park's Observatory entitled "Exploring Sonoma County's Geology" after which he autographed copies of Shaping the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast.
Gallery Bookshop in downtown Mendocino hosted an in-store author event & geo talk by Thomas Cochrane on Sunday, August 6th entitled, "Exploring the Geology Along Our Coastal Trails" after which he autographed copies of Shaping the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast.
Copperfield's Books (Sebastopol store) hosted an in-store meet 'n greet event on Saturday, June 17th featuring Thomas Cochrane during which he autographed copies of Shaping the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast.
Sonoma Outfitters (Montgomery Village) hosted an in-store event on Saturday, June 10 with Thomas Cochrane during which he answered questions on local coastal geology and signed copies of Shaping the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast.
Friends of Point Arena – Stornetta Lands, the Bureau of Land Management and the Point Arena Light Keepers hosted "Discover Our Lands" on Saturday, June 3 and Thomas Cochrane led one of four 1-hour hikes from the Point Arena Lighthouse to the mouth of the Garcia River, discussing the local geology en route. The other three hike topics that afternoon were led by others and focused on birds, native plants, and cultural resources.
Friends of Point Arena Stornetta Lands & Moat Creek Managing Agency hosted a hike led by Thomas Cochrane on Saturday, May 20th to tour the unique geology of Moat Creek with an additional 1/2 mile hike offered to famous Bowling Ball Beach. This event was also a fundraiser for the Mendocino Women's Political Coalition.
Action Network hosted a free event for the public at Gualala Point Regional Park (42401 Highway 1) on Saturday, April 15th from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Thomas Cochrane led a walk out onto the sand bar and discussed the local coastal terrain.
Thomas Cochrane was a featured speaker at the Dine With Local Authors event on Monday, March 13, at Gaia's Garden (1899 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa).
In this salon setting, the public is invited to learn more about a specific writer and his or her process and become inspired by the cumulative creativity of the group.
An author event was hosted by Four-Eyed Frog (Gualala) for Thomas Cochrane on Saturday, February 18th @ 4:00 p.m. for the launch of his new book Shaping the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast — Exploring the Coastal Geology of Northern California.
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LONDON (AP) — After being stunned by a late equalizer, Chelsea was left bewildered and infuriated over the experimental video referees.
And as frustration grew over the lack of winner against Norwich in the FA Cup, so did the number of dives by Chelsea players.
Chelsea finished Wednesday's third-round replay with nine men after Pedro Rodriguez and Alvaro Morata saw red in the frenzied conclusion with the teams locked at 1-1. Chelsea did eventually prevail on penalties against the second-tier visitors, winning 5-3 to advance to the fourth round in the rain at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte was relieved but also seeking answers about the role of video assistant referees and how on-field official Graham Scott was consulting them. Scott certainly didn't go over to a monitor to assess decisions himself.
"If we want to improve," Conte said, "we have to wait to check with the person who is watching the game and then (see) if this person is sure 100 percent that it is simulation."
Chelsea had looked all set for the fourth round thanks to Michy Batshuayi's strike 10 minutes into the second half that ended the west London team's goal drought of more than 5½ hours.
But Norwich produced an equalizer with almost the last kick of regulation time. Timm Klose crossed from the left flank and Jamal Lewis evaded Davide Zappacosta to guide a header into the roof of the net.
There was confusion at the start of extra time when Chelsea midfielder Willian was booked for diving rather than being awarded a penalty after being clipped by Klose. Was the decision by referees across west London at the match control center? It's unclear.
"The Willian penalty was a big, big mistake," Conte said. "To avoid a big mistake you have to call the referee and to say, 'Oh look, maybe this situation this is a doubt. It's better if you go to watch.'
"Otherwise we cut the power to the referee on the pitch, and that is not right."
The red cards were shown in the final four minutes.
Pedro received a second yellow card for fouling Wes Hoolahan after already receiving a caution for diving. Then Morata was booked for simulation and again for remonstrating.
"If there is diving, it's right to take a yellow card. I don't want an advantage," Conte said. "I'm not happy for the second yellow card to Morata. The second yellow card was for dissent and you must pay attention, to stay calm and make the best decision."
Conte berated the match officials as the teams prepared for the shootout, when the hosts converted all their kicks but Nelson Oliveira's miss for Norwich proved costly. Eden Hazard took the penalty that sealed a fourth-round meeting with Newcastle.
In northern England, there was a success Wednesday for lower-league opposition as third-tier Wigan beat Premier League side Bournemouth 3-0 with goals from Sam Morsy, Dan Burn and Callum Elder.
It is five years since Wigan became the first team to win the FA Cup and be relegated from the Premier League in the same season. Wigan will play West Ham in the fourth round.
Swansea eliminated second-tier leader Wolverhampton with a 2-1 victory to set up a trip to Notts County.
The opening goal from Jordan Ayew evoked memories of Ricky Villa's acclaimed 1981 FA Cup final goal for Tottenham with the Swansea forward evading six challenges before slotting into the Wolves net. In the second half, Diogo Jota equalized but Wilfried Bony secured Swansea's passage into the fourth round.
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Caitlyn Jenner: Why She Chose Sexy Satin Corset for Vanity Fair Cover – Interview
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As HollywoodLife.com previously reported, Caitlyn will be given the prestigious Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2015 ESPY's.
"In the past few months, the overwhelming outpouring of support from all over the world for my journey has been incredible. However, being honored with this award, which is named after one of my heroes, is truly special. For the first time this July, I will be able to stand as my true self in front of my peers," Caitlyn said in a statement upon learning of the honor.
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Exploration of Cape Mountain lode-tin deposits, Seward Peninsula, Alaska / by Harold E. Heide, Wilford S. Wright, and Robert S. Sanford.
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- Physical Description: 1 online resource (16 pages) : illustrations.
- Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1946.
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