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Water Gardens & Features Q & A
Q: I have many different types of fish in my water garden. Most were given to me by my friends. I think they are koi but how can I tell the difference between a koi and goldfish? – Troy of Kansas
A: I remember when I first got into water gardening not only did I not know what the heck a water garden was, but pretty much every koi or goldfish I saw in a water garden was a goldfish to me. So how do you tell the difference? Is it by size? shape? Hopefully the following will be able to help you become a basic koi and
goldfish identifier!
Koi and Goldfish are related but not closely. Colors, patterns and body structure are the most distinctive differences between the two fish types.
Colors & Patterns: Did you know that koi varities are named by their color patterns?
Here are some of the most common koi varieties. See the pictures to the left to help identify them:
- Kohaku, white koi with red patterns;
- Sanke, white koi with red and small black "stepping stone" patterns;
- Showa White, red and black patterns fit together;
- Bekko Solid color koi with black spots;
- Ogon Solid color in with regular or metallic scales just to name a few.
Just like koi there are many varieties of goldfish. Common goldfish found in water gardens are:
- Sarassa, red and white patterns;
- Shubunkin, "Calico colored" bluish tint with red and black spots;
- Commons, Orange, yellow, red, brown, or black
Body Structure: A koi's body is tapered at each end with pointy noses, barbells/whiskers like a catfish and flat bellies. Koi fins can be well defined (called standard koi by retailers) or long fins (called butterfly koi) shown in the pictures on the left. Scale quantity and placement may vary on a koi as well. Some koi have scales on just a few parts of their body while some may have no true scales at all.
Goldfish tend to be more rounded with a blunt nose and do not have barbells. Goldfish may also have butterfly fins or fan tails. Fan tail fish have divided tail fins that form a triangle shape or fan shape when viewed from above. Scales on a goldfish are more evenly distributed and located all over the fish.
If you would like to know more information about these and other fish types check out the available Reference Books. It'll make you an expert in no time!
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ESPN reports that the Sox distributed a memo telling other teams that Jermaine Dye, Jim Thome, Scott Linebrink, are available. The trading deadline is 11 PM CT today.
You're only wasting ink with Linebrink's name.
UPDATE: Phil Rogers adds Paul Konerko, Octavio Dotel and Jose Contreras, among others in the list. Robothal adds Scott Podsednik.


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I don't know if this has been asked before. But so far nothing has come up with my search.
In some books, the figures are placed at the outer side of the page like in the picture below.
Is this achievable in TeX/LaTeX? That is how does one set up the page so that all text will appear in a 'text column' and the figures appear in a 'figures column' in every page?


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There are now three ratings associated with PvP: Team Rating, Personal Rating, and Matchmaker Rating.
Team Rating
- Visible.
- Required for rewards.
- Reset when a new team is created or at the beginning of a new season.
- Not used for matchmaking.
- Primarily represents the team's standing relative to other teams.
- Moves towards the Matchmaker Rating over time. The larger the discrepancy, the faster the Team Rating will move.
- Looks like a new team will start with a rating of 0 from now on, rather than starting at 1500. This makes Arena less depressing for a below-average team, and allows Blizzard to stratify gear even in the below-average zone. For example, if a piece of gear requires 1300 rating, a low-ranked team can work to achieve that rating, rather than simply restarting the team or playing very few games in order to minimize rating loss.
Personal Rating
- Visible.
- Required for rewards.
- Reset at the beginning of a new season.
- Not used for matchmaking.
- Is primarily a control on Team Rating, trying to prevent players from leeching off a high-ranked team.
Matchmaker Rating
- Hidden.
- Not required for rewards.
- Does not reset.
- Used to match teams against each other.
- Looks to use a system like Microsoft's Trueskill to rapidly determine your true rating.
A lot of the confusion with the new system occurs because the Matchmaker Rating is hidden, but determines the change in the visible Team Rating. Essentially, MMR is used to match teams, and the result of the match changes your MMR depending on what your opponent's MMR was. Then your Team Rating changes to be closer to your MMR. A visible Matchmaker Rating would allow people to understand the system faster.
It looks like a pretty good system in general, if it works as advertised. The Team Rating is important, because Arena is a team sport, and it is important to be able to compare teams against each other.
One change that I think Blizzard could make is to ditch Personal Rating, and simply replace it with the Matchmaker Rating. This would make the Matchmaker Rating visible and required for gear. The Matchmaker Rating can also serve the same control function, preventing low ranked players from just joining high-ranked teams for gear. This would simplify the system and make it more transparent.
Edit: Any comments about "gear > class > skill" or whatever will be deleted. That argument is uninteresting and irrelevant to this post.


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Bacon: the Other White Heat | Popular Science
What a wonderful, wonderful world we live in.
The trick is to use pure oxygen!
I recently committed myself to the goal, before the weekend was out, of creating a device entirely from bacon and using it to cut a steel pan in half. My initial attempts were failures, but I knew success was within reach when I was able to ignite and melt the pan using seven beef sticks and a cucumber.
What a wonderful, wonderful world we live in.


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Biden Greets Returning Federal Workers At EPA
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some federal workers back on the job Thursday morning were getting a personal welcome from Vice President Joe Biden.
Biden greeted employees returning to the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters. Just a few blocks away at the White House, a smiling chief of staff Denis McDonough stood at an entrance to shake hands with returning aides.
About three-quarters of White House workers and nearly all EPA employees were told to stay home during the 16-day federal government shutdown. They returned to the job Thursday after Congress reached a budget agreement.
The EPA workers also got a welcome back memo from newly confirmed EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. Among other things, it reminded them to remove "out of office" messages from email and voicemail.
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braingain necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 26 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
Looking to create a new site promoting creative industries in the State of Michigan, United States. Comp should be loosely based on the Ontario Media Development Corporation website (http://www.omdc.on.ca) - $600 for website + $200 for logo
A comp needed based on the Ontario Media Development Corporation website (http://www.omdc.on.ca). This website will promote news, job openings and companies in Michigan's creative economy. A major focus of the website will be to attract new business and new people to the State. While the Ontario Media site is a good starting point, we would like our website to have more of a blog post or news format feel to the home page. To see the other site we've developed see (http://www.milifemitimes.com). We are also loooking for a logo for CreateMichigan...use the MiLifeMiTimes logo (http://www.milifemitimes.com) as a starting point but it should NOT BE THE SAME!
Another nice site is the Greater Philadelphia Film Office - film.org
- Primary nav - Film & TV, Music, Media, Design, Communications
- Global nav - News, Events, Careers, Incentives
- Two tracks for User Nav - Creative Business, Creative Talent
- Color scheme should be similar to milifemitimes.com - black and white, minimalist with one accent color - preferably blue
- Web 2.0 style
- Red or Green color schemes
- Site to be too "salesy" trying to sell michigan - needs to be more informative
- A replica of the Ontario Media Corporation website


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recent posts
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Yaki Onigiri
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Rhea's Deli
A friend (Hi Galen!) recently posted a comment that made me realize a funny coincidence. I choose the blog name Samiwich because it's food-related and I like the way it sounds, but coincidentally the majority of my posts are actually about sandwiches (or at least things served between bread)! So here's another one to add to that growing list:
It was like the universe was pointing me in that direction. After seeing it mentioned in 3 different places in 2 days (here, here and one other place I can't seem to find now), I knew I had to try Rhea's (it's pronounced like "Ray's).
You've probably driven past it a million times. It's located inside an inconspicuous corner grocery/liquor store on Valencia & 19th in the Mission. And it's the place to go for a truly wonderful and unique sandwich that I haven't found anywhere else.
I'm talking about Rhea's Korean Steak Sandwich ($8.95). It starts off with Acme Bakery's fabulously light and crunchy organic roll. Then comes sliced rib eye that's been marinated in garlic, ginger, honey, spices and soy. Then house-pickled onions and jalapenos, grilled onions, lettuce, garlic aioli and your choice of cheese (sounds strange on an Asian-flavored sandwich, but somehow it works). Lastly, your choice/level of chili garlic sauce (medium is plenty hot for me). And that's it. Sweet. Spicy. Meaty. And just a little bit messy like a good sandwich should be.
Rhea's menu is pretty intriguing. There's your typical deli offerings, like roast beef, pastrami and grilled cheese. But you can order 4 different kinds of aioli (garlic, lemon, fresh grated horseradish and red pepper & garlic) and there's something called a Korean taco (with kim chi chutney) that I'm dying to try. Their deli case also features Cowgirl Creamery cheeses right alongside jars of homemade kim chi (which had kick but was a little too gingery, for my taste).
Other things to note? There's barely a dining area (like 4 seats) and it takes a good 15-20 minutes for your sandwiches to be ready, so call in your order ahead of time if you're in a hurry. And the deli closes long before (7pm/8pm) the store does (2am).
On subsequent visits I've also tried the Pork Katsu sandwich (fried pork cutlet with spicy coleslaw, house picked onions & jalapenos, spicy aioli and tangy katsu sauce) and the Van Ness (chicken katsu, bacon, melted pepper jack, spicy coleslaw, chili sauce, BBQ sauce and roasted pepper & garlic aioli.) Both were delicious, but the Korean Steak sandwich is still my favorite. It's the one that I keep dreaming about.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Chocolate Dulce de Leche Macarons
macaron recipe adapated from David Lebovitz
prep time: 35 min / cook time: 15-18 min
1 c powdered sugar
1/2 c almond powder/meal
3 tbsp unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
2 large egg whites, room temperature
5 tbsp granulated sugar
1 c dulce de leche
• Preheat oven to 350˚F.
• Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Have a pastry bag with a plain tip (about 1/2 inch) ready.
* I used Ateco Plain Tip #806.
• In a blender or food processor, grind together the powdered sugar, almond powder/meal and cocoa so there are no lumps.
• In the bowl of a standing electric mixer, beat the egg whites until they begin to rise and hold their shape.
• While whipping, beat in the granulated sugar until very stiff and firm, about 2 minutes.
• Carefully fold the dry ingredients, in two batches, into the beaten egg whites with a flexible rubber spatula.
• When the mixture is just smooth and there are no streaks of egg whites, stop folding and scrape the batter into the pastry bag.
* Standing the bag in a tall glass helps if you're alone.
• Pipe the batter on the parchment-lined baking sheets in 1 inch circles (about 1 tablespoon each of batter), evenly spaced 1 inch apart.
* I piped out my macarons into 1 1/2 inch circles.
• Dust cocoa on top of each macaron.
• Rap the baking sheet a few times firmly on the counter top to flatten the macarons.
• Bake for 15-18 minutes.
• Let cool completely then remove from baking sheet.
• Pair up macarons that are the same size.
• Spread dulce de leche on one side of the macaron and then sandwich them together.
* You can pipe out the filling if you prefer.
• This recipe did not use aged egg whites like most macaron recipes.
• I stacked two baking sheets when baking the macarons.
• If the macarons stick to the parchment paper after they have cooled, put a little bit of water between the baking sheet and parchment paper to help them come off more easily.
• Let macarons come to room temperature before serving. This doesn't take long, about 5 minutes.
Macarons can be stored up to 5 days in an airtight container.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
TrueBurger did the impossible. Somehow I felt like I had a delicious, high quality and healthy meal, even though my dinner consisted of a burger, shake and fries. And not just any fries. They were the covered in chili, cheese and sour cream kind of fries. It was kind of amazing.
It's all about good ingredients and tried and true techniques. Hand-spun milkshakes. House-ground Angus beef. Custom-made challah buns. Even their mayo is a housemade garlic aioli.Everything is made to feel like you're getting something truly special (but not fussy by any means.)
Located in downtown Oakland, I came here with some E. Bay folks, including one friend whose last name Gong made giving her a foodie name, Ms. GorGONGzola Cheese, super easy. We started with delicious hand-spun shakes ($4.75) made with creamy vanilla ice cream and your choice of .50 add-ins (I opted for banana and peanut butter - a great combo.) The aforementioned chili cheese fries (though on the thin side - I'm a steak fries fan myself) and the spiced dill pickle were great accompaniments to their burgers, which start at $4.95.
A few weeks ago I blogged about Sam's Chowdermobile. If that was the lobster roll of my dreams, then TrueBurger has created the burger of my dreams. It was sweet and simple: a thick juicy patty on a slightly eggy bun that was smeared with just the right amount of garlic aioli and backed up by crisp lettuce and tomato. I enjoyed it without cheese or tons of condiments so all the flavors came through the way they should. Fresh. Savory. Satisfying. No special sauce or pickles, which can sometimes totally take over your burger. Just the clean taste of quality beef, spot-on seasoning, fresh veggies and one of the best buns I've ever tasted.
The staff and service gets an A+ too. If anything I just wished they had a bigger dining space and more tables as we had to shuffle around a bit to accommodate our party of 6. Plus, Ms. G and I were wondering why onion rings weren't included in their offerings (it seems like such a likely choice.)
I left the restaurant feeling full but surprisingly light, not heavy or grease-laden like some burger joints will do to you. And happy. I can't wait for my next visit to TrueBurger.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Mango Mochi Muffins
Michelle is peachy-keen. Literally. When we ended up with two Michelle Lees in our circle of friends, this Michelle became known as Peachie (part of her email address) which is perfect since it also fits our foodie-naming convention for this blog. (Plus, it is so much nicer-sounding than Michelle #2). Thanks to her, we've gotten to try a number of her delicious dishes including her signature mango mochi muffins, a recipe she adapted from a friend's aunt and has shared with us here. The fresh, tropical taste of mangos coupled with the chewy sweetness of mochi is a total win. MMM. (which also stands for Mango Mochi Muffins).
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Spam Musubi
I'll admit it, I really like Spam. So much so that this very blog came awfully close to being Spamantha & Addiecakes. There's something gratifying, delicious, and a tad bit guilt-inducing about this salty, savory snack. And it's even better when it's wrapped in warm white rice and roasted seaweed, with just a smear of sweet teriyaki sauce.
I've never used an official recipe for Spam musubi, but MFM (aka Mark, who insisted on giving himself his own, unprintable foodie name which we've abbreviated to MFM here) and I recently made some for the high school dragon boat team he helps coach on race day. It's the perfect portable hand-held snack, that can easily withstand a long day of racing. Not that they last that long!
Are you a Spam fan? Or have any other tips/ingredients for musubi making? Please post any comments/recipes below or email us at email@example.com.
makes approximately 40 pieces
total cooking & assembly time: 2 1/2 hrs
Spam slicer (optional)
* both available online or at a Japanese cookware store
10 c uncooked short grain rice
4 cans Spam
2 c homemade or store-bought teriyaki sauce
16 sheets nori
water for sealing the Spam musubi
INSTRUCTIONS• Cook rice.
• Heat teriyaki sauce in small pan over medium heat.
• Cut Spam into approximately 1/4 inch slices using a Spam slicer or knife.
• Fry on both sides until lightly browned.
• Remove from frying pan and dip into warmed teriyaki sauce. Spam should be covered in sauce on both sides.
• Let rice cool so you're able to handle comfortably.
• Place nori smooth-side down on a work surface. Place mold on top of nori. Add about 1/2 cup of rice to bottom and tamp down the press so the first layer of rice is spread evenly.
• Add Spam on top of first layer, then top with more rice.
• Tamp down with press so everything is tight and compact.
• Remove press.
• Fold nori over musubi and seal with a little bit of water.
• Cut into pieces if desired.
• I've tried adding the teriyaki sauce to the Spam-frying stage but found that the sugar in the sauce burns, causing a big black mess. So dipping it in the sauce after frying works a lot better.
• I've also seen people use an empty Spam can as a "musubi maker" but I'd suggest buying a plastic one, as the rice doesn't stick.
• Use a double musubi press, so you don't have to cut the nori!
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Chocolate Nutella Turnovers
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
ad hoc's Blowtorch Prime Rib
I was totally intimidated by Keller's beautiful (but not for novices) French Laundry cookbook, but the ad hoc at Home cookbook is this groupie's dream come true. Mouth-watering pictures, witty stories, and great, accessible recipes for favorites like buttermilk fried chicken, braised short ribs and pineapple upside down cake. I can't wait to try the one for grilled cheese sandwiches.
Keller really delivered with this recipe, down to the carving/plating instructions that was a hit with our dinner guests, my mom & sisters, for its smaller pieces and family-style appeal. It was a success, and the first of many blowtorched meals to come, I'm sure.


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by Pete Mazzaccaro
Chestnut Hill's newest pharmacist, Carl Dean, turned himself in to Montgomery County authorities last Friday for allegedly bilking Independence Blue Cross out of $86,000 in fraudulent prescriptions.
Dean, who lives in Erdenheim, faces eight counts of insurance fraud and other related charges, including forgery, theft and deceptive business practices, according to a news release from the Montgomery County District Attorney's office.
The charges stem from a pharmacy Dean owned in Blue Bell, not in Chestnut Hill. The Chestnut Hill Pharmacy is owned by Mark Lawson, who employs Dean. The Blue Bell pharmacy was sold by Dean earlier this year
According to the District Attorney's news release, Dean collected reimbursements for 874 fraudulent prescriptions totaling $86,070.88, all of which were billed to Independence Blue Cross between 2007 and 2010.
Dean allegedly filled out the prescriptions in his name and the names of his wife and two daughters to collect the money, which went into the pharmacy business. Investigators tracked down the payments by interviewing 13 doctors whose names were used in the fake prescription orders.
Dean was released on $5,000 bail and will be formally arraigned in January.
Dean's attorney, William Winning told the Local that he was optimistic that Dean's charges would be settled "satisfactorily." Winning said Dean had already made full restitution of the money and was cooperating fully with Montgomery County authorities.
Winning told the Local that Dean would enter a not guilty plea despite the fact that making full restitution to Independence Blue Cross is tantamount to an admission of guilt.
Winning's statements were supported by the affidavit of Montgomery County detective Michael Gilbert, who reported that Dean asked to repay the amount taken when first confronted by Independence Blue Cross investigators in April. Dean also turned over to Gilbert in September a spreadsheet detailing the fraudulent prescriptions, according to the affidavit.
Lawson, owner of the Chestnut Hill Pharmacy and Dean's employer, told he Local by e-mail that he would keep Dean as his manager.
"I hope the community will continue to support Chestnut Hill Pharmacy as I have invested a lot in this community," he said.
The initial story of Dean's predicament published on chestnuthilllocal.com elicited support from at least one reader who criticized the Local for running the story, albeit behind the anonymity of first-name-only online comments.
One reader, "Emily," wrote: "The reputation of a very good man and a budding independent business are at stake here. Is this not counter to the moral thread of Chestnut Hill – supporting its residents and small businesses? I am disappointed. I stand in support of Mr. Dean and of Chestnut Hill Pharmacy."


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About Luci's Let Down
This is the answer to a question no one asked, because you think you know the story. But you don't, and I need to straighten some things out.
I've been working with Him for longer than anyone knows. I'm the designer and creator to His ambitious vision. I know that He's the boss, but the fact is... He's really bad at being the boss and I finally had enough. I had to call Him out.
It sucked for my career, but I guess that's how it goes. I have forever to fix it.
~Luci F.~
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Written by Marjee Chmiel | Drawn by Sandra Lanz
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Quinoa is my current habit. Well, that and beets, but we'll talk about beets in a future post. I've tried quinoa before, but struggled to find the culinary attraction in this strange looking grain with the little whilte curlycue tail. I'm happy to report that I've crossed over to the "gotta have it often" side of the ancient grains camp.
I've made it
three FOUR times this week and always serve it as a cool salad. It's quick and easy and oh so healthy and fits well into a weight loss program! The texture is tender while crunchy, satisfying that need for something to chew on.
People I know that struggle with diabetes find it's a grain they can process with little to no negative effects and I find it cures the carbohydrate cravings I have at mealtime. It's like rice, but with a satisfying crunch.
The inspiration for this dish came from a whole wheat couscous sample provided by Bob's Red Mill, at BlogHerFood this past weekend and liked how they served it — as a salad. I went back twice, although I prefer regular couscous to the whole wheat verison. With that inspiration I made my own version using quinoa. In my research to find a link to Bob's Red Mill I found a link for the Moroccan Whole Wheat Couscous recipe they used at the demo table, but it was for a quinoa recipe that looks great as well, although not quite what they sampled.
I had a package of red quinoa in the pantry and while I find it has a bit more earthy flavor than golden quinoa, I needed to use it. I love the color, especially with the contrast of cucumber and parsley.
No matter the recipe, quinoa is wonderfully versatile. Give Quinoa a try. I'll be surprised if you don't find you love it and I hope you let me know. I'd love to hear from you!
|Quinoa Salad
- 1/2 cup quinoa (red or golden)
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup diced cucumbers
- 1 small shallot, sliced thinly
- 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
- 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked sea salt (or regular sea salt if not available)
- a few grinds fresh black pepper
- 1 tablespoon roasted, salted peanuts
- Bring the water to a boil on high heat.
- When the water is boiling, stir in the quinoa and bring back to the boil.
- Cover and cook for 15 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and let rest, covered for 15 minutes.
- While the quinoa is resting, whisk the oil and vinegar in a small bowl.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper and stir unti combined.
- When quinoa has rested, let cool until it's just warm to the touch, or put in the refrigerator to chill. I like to stir the oil and vinegar into the quinoa when it's warm to the touch. The result is creamy quinoa.
- When cooled, add cucumber, shallot and dressing and stir to thoroughly combine.
- Sprinkle nuts on top and stir.
- Serve
This delicious side dish will cost a Weight Watchers Points Plus value of 7 points.
Feel free to add your favorite vegetables and herbs. I've made the dish with fresh, thinly sliced radishes and a tablespoon of fresh baby peas. Cilantro, cumin and minced jalapeño peppers give the dish a South of the Border flavor.
If you've got vegetable broth in the house, use it to boil the quinoa. If you've got the points to spend, chicken broth would be delicious. Take a chance, use your imagination, you really can't go wrong.


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Source: Letter from Helene LeMaster, 206 Bon Air Dr., Sidney, Ohio to Ord Weldon LeMaster, 214 West Monroe, Alexandria, Indiana, postmarked 26 October 1972.
October 25, '72
Dear Gloria and Ord:
It is high time that I am writing to you. I had filled in what little I knew about the LeMasters, in the material I had ready for you, on the history of the family you wrote about. I took a Shelby County book, recently published, and your material to the re-union in September, hoping you would be there. When I showed the history Art had compiled the relatives there wanted to copy it. I am wondering if they have sent it to you. Ora LeMaster, Garth's wife has it. She is to be sure that I have it returned to me.
The county book has some information on part of the LeMaster - Young family, from grand father Luman Walker's side. Several LeMaster names are mentioned in it. I'll enclose what little I have found. I do not know the family history as I should. Aunt Emma knew so much more than I do. She was in the family twelve years before I was. She passed away in Feb. 1956. I think I mentioned in my letter to you that there was a book printed by another LeMaster with the Luman W. LeMaster family in it but not much detail. No one seems to who got the book but Art had it. It had the LeMaster crest in it.
We just had a shock as my brother's son Jack passed away. He was our 'right hand' in all our affairs. He was in Bergen Norway touring when he had a heart attack and passed away. It took three weeks for the casket to reach Sidney. He was more a son than a nephew to me.
I am sorry not to be of more help. We just had a call last week from Jessie Whitacre that her brother, I think Clyde, passed away. He lived in Findlay Ohio. Whitacres are from Grandma LeMasters family.
The history Art & Maud Phillips compiled has more information & I hope you can get it some time.
Sorry we missed seeing you in September. We had a nice get together.
We are still at 206 Bon Air Dr so come to see us.
Aunt Helene
This letter, postmarked 26 October 1972, was written by my father's great grandaunt, Helene (GARMHAUSEN) LeMASTER, widow of Vernon Walker LeMASTER.
1. The Ora LeMaster is Ora Lee (BRADY) LeMASTER, wife of Garth Luman LeMASTER. Garth was a son of Clarence and Ferry May (BICKEL) LeMASTER.
2. Aunt Emma is Emma (GARMHAUSEN) LeMASTER, wife of Ord Otterbein LeMASTER. She was Helene's aunt, and married into they LeMaster family in 1907, while Helene married into it in 1917.
3. The Art LeMaster is Arthur Raymond LeMASTER, brother of Vernon and Ord LeMASTER. He had died December 16, 1971. He authored a family history circa 1960 along with his sister, Maud (LeMASTER) PHILLIPS.
4. The Jessie WHITACRE is the daughter of Frederic E. and Caroline Bishop (CHEW) WHITACRE. Caroline was a sister to Mary Keziah (CHEW) LeMASTER, wife of Luman Walker LeMASTER (and mother to Vernon, Ord & Arthur, et al.)
Amanuensis Monday is a daily blogging theme which encourages the family historian to transcribe family letters, journals, audiotapes, and other historical artifacts. Amanuensis Monday is a popular ongoing series created by John Newmark at Transylvanian Dutch.


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MICHAEL HASTINGS KNOWS the meaning of being swift-boated, as does Buzzfeed boss Ben Smith.
The swift boat headline is a winner, even if the usage and examples are incorrect, with the most important element of this story a buried lede that has nothing to do with swift-boating and could be a blockbuster if Pres. Obama's opponents pick it up.
Of course, for that to happen people would have to keep two opposing thoughts in their head simultaneously, something that is rarely accomplished in U.S. politics. Those thoughts are that Pres. Obama earned bragging rights for okaying the OBL raid that was superbly executed, but that there is legitimate criticism coming from SEAL Team Six about what happened afterward.
Hastings begins by unleashing a torrent of speculative assumptions from a reporter usually known for sourcing and unbiased stories, though he eventually gets to the juice. A snippet from Hastings today:
But as the stagey outrage over the politicization of foreign policy from Mitt Romney and his Republican allies gained momentum over this past weekend, White House officials started to have their doubts. Was spiking the football, again, and again, and again, in a public such a good idea? Was it necessary? Was the campaign in Chicago, White House officials wondered, going too far?
Like Kerry's war record, the vulnerability to the president's Bin Laden story isn't so much from the other side, as it from those who can claim the mantle of veteran. It wouldn't be surprising to see the website: navysealsagainstobama.com sprout up soon. Sure, military servicemen are accustomed to being exploited by both the left and the right. But that strategy can have its weaknesses, too. If the assault on the Bin Laden narrative continues, and if the anger expressed in private by the SEALs remains very public, the campaign might be forced to retreat.
One can only imagine who these unnamed "White House officials" are, but someone at 1600 better get a grip on these leaks, because in a tough election cycle they can be a politician's undoing, especially when it revolves a story so potentially explosive.
To "swift boat," a subject on which I'm an expert, entails, in part, fabricating a damaging fantasy for partisan reasons, that hits the politician where he's seen to be strongest. It is to associate a political opponent through a lie that attacks his or her credibility, wrapped in a smear campaign, that hits at the heart of an issue that makes his candidacy popular.
The reason the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth were calamitous for Kerry's campaign is that they took aim at his Silver Star in an offensive attack against a Democratic war hero that unpacked his bravery through misrepresentation and when that didn't work utter bullshit, with Kerry caught flat-footed out of disbelief anyone would buy it. This tactic was eventually replicated against three-limb amputee and hero vet Max Cleland as well. It wasn't the actions of either war hero in battle that were actually at issue, though swift-boating questioned their bravery and patriotism, but the fact that they were Democrats, with their opponents waging war on them because of it.
Swift-boating Obama would require vaunted heroes to lie, defame and concoct a narrative against the commander in chief, getting themselves dirty in the process, because swiftboating is never about truth. It's about opportunity, along with the actors willing to play their parts for partisan gain, at all cost.
The first problem with Hastings swift boat narrative begins here:
What was supposed to be an easy win""a victory lap on the anniversary of Bin Laden's death, trumping up the president's most militant moment""appeared to be slipping away.
According to whom? Republicans? SEAL Team Six members, current and former? Where's the evidence that this is true, beyond Hastings putting his reputation behind words that come out of nowhere with no proof, but do support the political narrative people attacking Pres. Obama want to push.
Next from Hastings is something that actually matters and has absolutely nothing to do with swift-boating.
The frustration""or, even anger""within the SEAL community is real, and has been brewing for months, particularly among a politically conservative core of operators. It started immediately after the raid, with questions among the Special Forces and intelligence community of whether the president should have waited to announce the kill to exploit the intelligence cache at Osama's compound. It simmered after a Chinook helicopter was shot down, killing 30 Americans, 22 of them Navy SEALs from Team Six.
Was it a coincidence, SEALs asked themselves, catastrophe hit Team Six so soon after being named as the team responsible for the killing?
Hastings is reporting a very substantive allegation here that's the opposite of swift-boating, saying that Navy SEALS in the Team Six unit have questioned whether Pres. Obama's naming them as OBL's assassins got members of their team killed.
Coming from Hastings, whose reporting has been golden since the career ending interview with Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, continuing in his book, which has been widely lauded, this should send shock waves through Obama reelect, with someone in the "war room" investigating it immediately, if only to be prepared.
John Kerry wasn't prepared.
May the gods help Obama reelect if the right-wing rabble of Rush and Sean decide to take hold of this one, because they'll never let go. Jerome Corsi is likely investigating it as you read this column. Having been burned on his birther book, he's got to be chomping at the bit to find another angle to try to take down Obama.
The allegation Hastings floats has nothing to do with being swift-boated, but is a serious issue that could be exploited, which is quite separate from the scurrilous partisan skullduggery that is at the heart of what it means to swift boat your opponent.
Everyone's still writing about the political gamesmanship going on, missing the potential news in Hastings' Buzzfeed piece.
It's dangerous for Pres. Obama, because if utilized through a coherent political strategy, it would bring the "naive" charge right back to Obama's door. Republicans could contend that Pres. Obama openly naming SEAL Team Six put them in danger and got them killed, an event that happened long before the commander in chief rightfully took credit for okaying the daring raid.
However, concocting the naive narrative without proof would indeed be swift-boating and it's something Rush, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter crowd, aided by wingnut bloggers, could easily manufacture and they wouldn't need anything but Michael Hastings' Buzzfeed piece to launch it.


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The summer of 1981 saw skateparks throughout California, and all over the states, closing one by one. At this time Lance Mountain and many others thought the golden age of skateboarding was over. It was during this time that due to the shrinking numbers of pros the upcoming Lakewood Pro contest at was turned into a Pro-Am event and Lance's then sponsor, Variflex, told him they were giving him a pro graphic.
This graphic has been brought back after 30-31 years (but who's counting?) as a very limited edition anniversary deck, made exclusively for SoCal Skateshop by Flip and is based one of the sketches and prototype graphics that Lance came up with and skated in his last Amateur contest at Lakewood.
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App Review: Baseball Superstars by GAMEVIL Inc.
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Baseball Superstars '09 by GAMEVIL Inc. is the best baseball game in the App Store. The game's controls are simple and work just like a game system controller. In the basic game mode, you play just like you are in a real game. You control each batter that comes up to bat and the way they run the bases. To advance to each base, select the arrow pointing towards the base you would like. You can return to bases and also steal them the same way. To swing you press the O button and to bunt you press the square button. You can change the location of the batter's swing by using the arrows on the right side of the screen to move him around in the batter's box. When you are pitching, you select the type of pitch you want using the arrows. Then, you can select the location of the pitch, and by pressing the O button release the pitch. To switch pitchers or batters you can press the time button at the top and select the replacement.
Another type of game play is called My League. You can play as either a batter or a pitcher. In this mode, you play only as your customized player. You can help your player train and buy items by getting popularity and G Points. The better you do, the higher your popularity will become.
You can also play in Season Mode. In this mode, you can pick a team and try to win the championship game after completing a season. You can see the league standings and look at your team's stats from the Season Mode menu. The next mode is called Homerun Mode. From here you try and hit as many homeruns as you can within the time limit using your customized player from the My League mode. The last mode is called Mission Mode. In Mission Mode, you select one of your customized players and try and complete the mission. If you successfully complete a mission, you will be rewarded a set amount of G Points.
The first time you play Baseball Superstars, the game play is super fast making it hard to control what you are doing. If you wish to slow the game play down, you can go to the options menu and slow it down.
In my opinion, Baseball Superstars has great controls and is the only good baseball game in the App Store.
Baseball Superstars is available in the iTunes App Store for $2.99.
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New cat themed gifts for cat lovers can be found at Mad About Cats, the UK's premier online cat gift shop. Within the online shop you will find great gift ideas for cat lovers and their cats - a few examples are shown below. There are 100's of cat gifts to choose from - so take a look!


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*Volkswagen owns Bentley
In 1998, British luxury car maker Rolls-Royce has been sold to BMW for $571 million – despite promises of a higher bid from rival Volkswagen. At the time, BMW said that they wanted to invest about $1.6 billion in Rolls-Royce over the next 10 years. Skipping forward 12 years, the Rolls-Royce acquisitions proved to be very successful, both for BMW and the UK high luxury automaker. The latest Rolls Royce Ghost model is being said to be sold even before it hits the market.
At the highest end of car luxury, Rolls-Royce has a significant opponent: another British automaker, the VW-owned Bentley. Both brands are highly respected.
Valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars, these ultra luxurious models lack of driving tests make it even harder to properly compare. Comparisons in this article are based on the heritage, design, road presence, value, quality and technology of these cars, and the photos below will help to pass on judgment.
Rolls-Royse VS Bentley
Rolls Royce Phantom Coupe
Prior to the Ghost unveiling, the Rolls Royce Phantom Coupe was the latest addition to the British automaker's line of vehicles. Featuring a driver-oriented interior, the large grand tourer is powered by a mammoth V12 6.8 liter engine that produces 453 horsepower and 531 lb-ft of torque — with nearly 400 lb-ft, or 75 percent, available at just 1,000 rpm. One interesting detail about the Phantom Coupe is that it features rear-hinged coach doors which add considerably to the ease of access to the rear seats as well as to the overall aesthetics. Base price is situated around the $400,000 mark.
Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe
Considered to be a direct competitor to the Bentley Azure and even Continental GTC, the $448,000 Drophead Coupe is powered by 6.8 liter 48-valve V12 engine producing 453 horsepower and 531 lb-ft of torque, and runs from 0 to 60 in 5.5 seconds. The Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe makes the ultimate statement when it comes to luxury and wealth.
Rolls Royce Ghost
Launched at the Geneva Motor Show in a concept form and carrying the name EX200, the Ghost is Rolls Royce's latest bet. With record sales in 2007 and 2008, RR hopes to return to high sales sometimes in 2010 and the Ghost can be the model that will pull them through.
The new Rolls which is built atop the most recent BMW 7 series platform, will be manufactured at the Goodwood plant and it will share some interior and exterior materials with the Phantom and Drophead Coupe, but fit into a shorter wheelbase. At the same time, RR Ghost has a very modern and round design giving the impression of a smaller and sportier luxury vehicle. RR Ghost has a very modern and round design giving the impression of a smaller and sportier luxury vehicle.
It use a twin-turbo V12 6.6-liter engine backed up by an eight-speed automatic gearbox. Maximum output is measured at 563 horsepower and 570lb ft of torque.
Base price: $310,000
Rolls Royce Phantom Black Edition
In July 2006, Rolls Royce produced a limited edition run of 25 cars called the "Phantom Black. A special metallic Diamond Black paint is used on the body, complemented by twin silver coach lines. Under the bonnet the 6.75 liter V12 engine has been treated to gloss black inlet manifolds, chrome plated top covers and new black Rolls-Royce badges. The near silent motor provides 453 horsepower, enough to propel the Phantom Black from 0-60mph in just 5.7 seconds and on to a limited top speed of 149mph.
The base price back in 2006 was set at $310,000.
Bentley Continental GT Speed
The Bentley Continental GT is a two-door 'two plus two' grand touring coupé released in 2003, replacing the previous Rolls-Royce-based Continental R and T. A few years later, Bentley released a more powerful GT, dubbed Speed. Power comes from Volkswagen's 6.0 liter W12 twin-turbo engine that outputs 602 horsepower, 553 lb-ft pf torque, with a top speed of 325 kilometres per hour (201.9 mph) and a 0-60 mph time of 4.3 seconds. Continental GT Speed uses an AWD drivetrain.
Base price: $182,000
Bentley Continental Flying Spur
The Flying Spur was introduced for the 2006 model year. A direct result of Bentley's new owners, the Volkswagen Auto Group, the sedan shares its basic underpinnings and some mechanical bits with VW's late Phaeton. In 2009, Bentley gave its Continental Flying Spur a slight facelift. It uses the same engine as in the GT Speed with the same power output: 602 horsepower and 553 lb-ft of torque at 1,750 rpm.
Base price: $177,000
Bentley Azure T
It is a higher performance version of Bentley Azure, the large four seater convertible introduced by Bentley in 1995. Under the bonnet, it features a twin turbocharged V8 6.8 liter engine, rated at 500 hp and 1,000 Nm (740 lb-ft) torque. It has 0-60 miles per hour time of 6.1 seconds (0-100 km/h at 5.5 seconds), 0-100 mph time in 12.1 seconds (0-160 km/h in 12.0 seconds) and a top speed of 179mph (288 km/h). The engine is mated to a smooth-shifting ZF 6-speed automatic transmission.
Base price: $370,000
Bentley Mulsanne
Back in August 2009, Bentley took the wraps off its latest model: Mulsanne, the flagship ultra-luxury sedan that replaces the Arnage model. Its direct competition comes from Rolls Royce's Phantom. It is set to arrive in showrooms in 2011 and it uses a revised version of the 6.75-liter V-8 engine, which has been updated with cam phasing and variable displacement technologies to help reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. It outputs 505 horsepower and a massive 752 pound-feet of torque, the latter delivered at just 1,800 rpm. Drive is sent to the rear wheels via a ZF 8-speed automatic transmission equipped with steering-wheel mounted paddle shifters.


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Law Firms to Keep the Upper Hand in Property Negotiations
Monday, November 26, 2012
Like many types of office tenants, law firms have been able to drive hard bargains with their landlords since 2008. And according to a recent national report by the brokerage firm Jones Lang LaSalle, that tenant-favored tilt is likely to continue for at least another 18 to 24 months in most major cities, including San Diego.
A key factor going forward, however, is how eager law firms will be to expand or relocate. So far in 2012, according to JLL, law firm leasing activity in San Diego has declined 22.2 percent from 2011, following a 46.9 percent drop last year. Just a few firms have been scouting for new local space this year, as law firms now comprise just 15 percent of active tenants in the market.
Meanwhile, notes JLL Senior Managing Director Bill Fleck, submarkets like downtown have large amounts of competitively priced space available, following a wave of office space downsizings. The inventory of desirable law firm space in suburban markets, including sublease space, could be growing in coming months thanks to lease rollovers and continued down-shifting in square-footage requirements.
"While employment levels have held steady lately, some firms continue to right-size their office space, and other firms may be able to backfill existing law firm space at a discount," said Misty Moore, a vice president in JLL's San Diego office.
Law firms currently occupy 20.9 percent of the local region's Class A office space, primarily in downtown, Del Mar Heights, University Towne Centre and Mission Valley.
In the San Diego market, law firms have seen Class A asking rents rise 2.6 percent in the past year, to an average $32.40 per square foot, and the premium for the top trophy space is 10 percent. However, the average discount for negotiated rent is 5 percent, and the discount for sublease space is 30 percent.
While smaller firms have ample location choices, JLL notes that larger users seeking Class A space must opt for build-to-suit development or otherwise work within the constraints of the available supply amid scarce new construction.
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Apartments Debut at Barrio Logan: The first piece of a long-discussed mixed-use development in San Diego's Barrio Logan neighborhood is now in place. Developer Chelsea Investment Corp. of Carlsbad recently opened its newly built 92-unit affordable housing complex, a $43 million project financed in part by the San Diego Housing Commission.
The Estrella del Mercado Apartments, located off Cesar E. Chavez Parkway between National Avenue and Main Street near Chicano Park, will provide much of the customer base for other elements of the larger Mercado del Barrio. The mixed-use project, being planned by the city and several developers, is set to include a Hispanic-themed Northgate Gonzalez Market, 48,000 square feet of additional space for stores and restaurants, and a community theater.
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Clyde "Skip" Lovitt, 76, passed away at his home in Ness City, KS on October 19.
Clyde was born on June 10, 1937 in Sabetha, KS to Charles and Frances Campfield Lovitt.
He was a horse trader for many years.
On November 7, 1958, he married Marion Christensen of Monticello, UT.
Clyde is survived by his wife Marion, sons Jay Clyde (Laura) Lovitt, of Columbia, SC; Corey (Tammy) Bradford, of Sun City, CA; Tracy (Sabenna) Leavitt, of Hemet, CA; daughter Diana Lovitt, of Linwood, WA; brothers Richard Charles Lovitt, of Bakersfield, CA; John Robert (Diane) Lovitt, of Pleasanton, CA; sisters Jo Lovitt, of Ness City, KS; Sue (Chuck) Schlottach, of Pueblo, CO; 11 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by a son, Charles Ray Lovitt, and a daughter, Melissa Jo Lovitt.
Graveside service was held October 23 at the Kansas Veterans Cemetery in WaKeeney.


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Sateen jumpsuit and bad eyeliner
Maggie Grace last night at the Global Green pre-Oscar party – what a f-cking mess. Sateen + Jumpsuit = HORROR Then the winged liquid liner, at least that's what it looks like. Should be illegal. This is something I am particularly sensitive about. Because as an Asian, so many old school makeup artists think this is what has to happen with our "exotic" eyes. Full Story


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"I'm Steve Barton." "I'm Steve Barton."
COLORADO SPRINGS – Senate candidate Ken Buck sounded like a contestant on To Tell the Truth Tuesday night at a candidate forum sponsored by several conservative organizations.
"I'm Steve Barton," Buck said, "and I'm running for the United States Senate."
The huge crowd roared with laughter.
Throughout the night, when it was Barton's turn to respond to a question, the patent attorney usually started with, "I'm Steve Barton and I'm running for the United States Senate."
People started looking at each other because all the candidates had been introduced, given their opening statements and often were called on by name when it was their turn to answer a question. People knew he was Steve Barton.
So, when it was Buck's turn to answer a question, he got up and did his I'm Steve Barton bit. Kitty Carlisle would be so proud.
Barton and Buck, Jane Norton, Tom Wiens and Cleve Tidwell are running for the GOP nomination for Senate.


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Am sure most of you have read this story yesterday or today, but i am fascinated by how well preserved the hot desert sun has kept this plane....R.I.P Dennis Copping =S=
A fighter plane from World War II that crashed in the Sahara 70 years ago has been unearthed, and holds clues to a missing pilot.
The Telegraph reports that the intact American-made Curtiss Kittyhawk P-40, which had remained untouched since its crash landing in 1942, was discovered by a Polish oil company worker, Jakub Perka, who was exploring a remote region of the Western Desert in Egypt, about 200 miles from the nearest town.
It is believed that the airman, Flight Sergeant Dennis Copping, 24, initially survived the crash, because a parachute found at the scene looks to have been used as a makeshift shelter. But no trace of the body was found, leaving experts to believe the pilot walked away from the flight, then walked to his death in a hopeless attempt to find civilization.
A military historian, noting that there would be no reason on earth to have found the plane in the middle of the desert, hailed the find as " a quite incredible time capsule, the aviation equivalent of Tutankhamun's Tomb."
The Canadian website Vintage Wings of Canada said the plane was in "incredible condition," but worried about looters to the site, which happens to be on a dangerous smuggling route between Sudan and Libya.
Vintage Wings also notes that the serial number appears to be ET574, a plane previously flown by Canadian pilot Stocky Edwards. The website adds, "To say we, at Vintage Wings, are excited by this find in an understatement."
A search is planned to locate the missing pilot's body, but officials don't believe that any remains will be found. Eventually, the aircraft will be moved to London's Royal Air Force Museum.


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High dynamic range (HDR) photography has been all the rage for the past year or so. There are many new tools available to the photographer to capture and process this type of image, but much of the subject still remains elusive to many who would like to take full advantage of what you can achieve with these techniques.
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In this hour-long, free webinar sponsored by Sekonic and hosted by Joe Brady, we'll cover many of the ways available to create HDR images. We'll also explore using a handheld light meter to make sure that the exposures we take deliver the best data for a successful image without filling up our memory cards and hard drives with many unnecessary exposures. Starting with the basics of exposure and metering, follow along as we take a look at some popular HDR processing software programs to create and enhance our images.
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Power Without Politics
ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA.—Living in a small Southern town, it's easy to forget that politics exists.
When I was working in Washington, D.C., as a journalist in the 1990s I would return here from time to time to visit my folks. It never failed to irritate me how disconnected everyone here was. Didn't they know there had been a Republican Revolution and Speaker Gingrich was going to set everything aright? I was on Capitol Hill watching it all go down—and nobody cared to ask me what it was like. What was wrong with them?
Now that I live in my hometown, I see this disconnect not as a vice but as a virtue. A limited virtue, and a risky one: living here, it's easy to believe politics doesn't matter much and to give oneself permission to disengage. When the only political talk you hear is the Hannity-Limbaugh line, it's tempting to turn away and focus on private life.
This suits my temperament. I tend to be a decline-and-fall pessimist. Perversely enough, little makes me happier than devouring a freshly baked Spenglerian meditation on how our civilization is staggering towards decrepitude. But then I think about a dinner I had a decade or so ago in my Brooklyn apartment. As usual, my guests and I were decrying the decline of Christianity. One of us, a Catholic priest, agreed that our gloom and doom was justified but accused us of lacking perspective.
"You only see the rot, and it is very real," he said. "But you don't see the possibilities. When I was a teenager in the '70s, the only option you had for catechism was the liberal priests and nuns in the parish. Nowadays, you can go online, tonight, and have Amazon.com send you in less than a week a theological library that Aquinas could only have dreamed of. Do you realize how fantastic that is?"
He went on, talking about how our contemporary age, for all its chaos and breakdown, also contained the seeds of renewal—if only we had the wit to see what was in front of us.
People who think small towns are a refuge from the crises of our civilization are deluded. You're probably better off here than living in a city, but you see the same patterns of social change, including the same dysfunction and pathologies. When I was a kid, out-of-wedlock childbirth, unemployability, and intergenerational poverty were almost wholly black problems. Not anymore. The barrier between healthy and diseased doesn't follow the color line.
To whom can we look for relief? The government? Please. Politics? The Republicans and the Democrats are, to paraphrase the poet, ignorant armies clashing by night.
Besides, the rot is not primarily a political problem. You can't pass laws to change the character of individuals or communities. Given the realities of our postmodern, post-Christian culture, the best we can hope is to create a legal and political framework in which people are free to make good choices.
But how to choose? This is the heart of our collective dilemma: we have come to value choice over what is chosen.
It's wrong to yield to fear and paralysis. As Gandalf counseled Frodo, we are not responsible for saving the world, but we are responsible for doing what we can in the time in which we are given. That's moral realism. And as the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre counseled the readers of After Virtue, the time may come when people of good will lose faith in a debased system and look elsewhere to construct "new forms of community within which the moral life could be sustained so that both morality and civility might survive the coming ages of barbarism and darkness."
This is what St. Benedict and his followers achieved in the ruins of the Roman Empire, even though—as MacIntyre concedes—they didn't realize what they were doing. All they wanted to do was pray together and live in peace.
That's not a political program, or if it is, it's what Czech dissident Vaclav Havel called "anti-political politics"— the success of which, Havel wrote, cannot be predicted in advance:
That effect, to be sure, is of a wholly different nature from what the West considers political success. It is hidden, indirect, long term and hard to measure; often it exists only in the invisible realm of social consciousness, conscience and subconsciousness … It is, however, becoming evident—and I think that is an experience of an essential and universal importance—that a single, seemingly powerless person who dares to cry out the word of truth and to stand behind it with all his person and all his life, ready to pay a high price, has, surprisingly, greater power, though formally disfranchised, than do thousands of anonymous voters.
Havel wrote that in 1984, as an outcast in communist Czechoslovakia. Five years later, he was president of the liberated country. What might his words mean for us today?
Over the past few months, some friends and I in our small town have been doing something that would have been unthinkable a generation ago. We have been planting an Orthodox Christian mission church in our little Southern town. Our congregation is tiny, and all of us are converts, like the priest who moved here from Washington state to serve us.
At 45, I am the oldest person in the mission. Somehow, each of us—all born and brought up Protestant—found our way to Orthodoxy, the ancient faith of the Christian East. One of us is a sheriff's deputy who works courthouse security. During slow times, he reads the Early Church Fathers on his Kindle. All of us have stories like that. We are an improbable bunch.
If we had not been raised in a time of turmoil, in which it was possible to conceive of changing churches so radically, and in which, thanks to the Internet, information about Orthodoxy was so easily obtained, there wouldn't be a mission church on a hill south of town, a congregation in a cypress-wood house under the Louisiana live oaks, chanting the fourth-century liturgy developed under John Chrysostom, patriarch of Constantinople.
And though few people in this conservative churchgoing community know what Orthodox Christianity is, our bearded, ponytailed, black-cassocked priest is not the standout he once would have been in this community, in part because the hippies—yes, the hippies—got here first in the '70s.
"Hey Father," an old farmer here good-naturedly asked our priest, "what you wearing under that black robe?"
"My Hank Williams Jr. Live in '95 concert shirt," he answered.
That priest is so in. This might work, our little hobbits-at-prayer venture. We don't want to change the world. We just want to pray together. Yet who knows what may come of it?
Rod Dreher blogs for TAC at www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher.


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If Tom Friedman Can Say It, You Can, Too
The most appalling aspect of the Obama administration's inept handling of the upcoming U.N. vote on Palestinian statehood is the reason for the administration's bumbling. Its moves are dictated by fear of offending Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, his lobby and, especially, the campaign donors who take direction from the lobby.
One can respond: So what else is new? But that is only if you get your information from some place other than the electronic or print mainstream media. There, due to a decades-long campaign of intimidation, the lobby's actions are rarely reported.
That is because the organizations that compose the lobby — including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League — have demonstrated that even mentioning the lobby's excessive power will lead to being smeared with the label of "anti-Israel" or "anti-Semitic."
No matter that the lobby's most powerful component, AIPAC, brags about its power over Washington policymakers in speeches, literature and at its annual conclave, which is attended by most of Congress and often the president and the secretary of state. No matter that AIPAC's eight-story headquarters overlooking the Capitol testifies to its wealth. No matter that members of Congress themselves — occasionally publicly and often privately — discuss the bluntness of AIPAC's threats.
No, those who dare cite its huge influence are accused of indulging in myth, much like the authors of the fantastical forgery, "The Protocols Of The Elders of Zion."
That may be changing after a bolt of illuminating lightning struck this week.
Writing in the New York Times, influential foreign policy columnist Thomas Friedman came right out and said that the lobby is the cause of America's seemingly incoherent policy toward Israel and Palestine and for the embarrassing and dangerous sucking up to Netanyahu.
The U.S. government, he explains, is "fed up with Israel's leadership but a hostage to its ineptitude, because the powerful pro-Israel lobby in an election season can force the administration to defend Israel at the U.N., even when it knows Israel is pursuing policies not in its own interest or America's."
In other words, policymakers are torn between doing what is in our national interest (and consistent with our democratic values) and pleasing a powerful lobby that threatens to withhold funding from any politician that deviates from the line.
There is nothing particularly new in what Friedman says about the lobby other than that it comes from a consistent friend of Israel, who says that his motivation in writing the column was that he has "never been more worried about Israel's future."
Although the lobby would like to smear Friedman, it can't lay a glove on him. What are they going to do? Call him an anti-Semite? Try to get him fired? For what? Because he cares about Israel too much to let a right-wing politician sacrifice its future?
Nonetheless, it is unlikely that Friedman's column will impress President Obama as much as it will infuriate Binyamin Netanyahu. This administration made its decision back when it repeatedly retreated on the matter of Israeli settlements. It will support Netanyahu no matter the cost to Israel, the Palestinians, or to the standing of the United States.
And Netanyahu knows it. In fact, Friedman writes that, contrary to the common view that Bibi is just a bumbler, he actually has a strategy not just for Palestine but for all the areas in which he has made such a colossal mess. And it is predicated on the power of the lobby:
O.K., Mr. Netanyahu has a strategy: Do nothing vis-à-vis the Palestinians or Turkey that will require him to go against his base, compromise his ideology or antagonize his key coalition partner, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, an extreme right-winger. Then, call on the U.S. to stop Iran's nuclear program and help Israel out of every pickle, but make sure that President Obama can't ask for anything in return — like halting Israeli settlements — by mobilizing Republicans in Congress to box in Obama and by encouraging Jewish leaders to suggest that Obama is hostile to Israel and is losing the Jewish vote. And meanwhile, get the Israel lobby to hammer anyone in the administration or Congress who says aloud that maybe Bibi has made some mistakes, not just Barack. There, who says Mr. Netanyahu doesn't have a strategy?
I don't know what this all means in terms of this week's vote at the U.N. except for this: The U.S. position, whatever it turns out to be, will be dictated by people whose sole goal is to defend Netanyahu and the status quo. I expect the president to do exactly what Netanyahu wants him to do. And, given Netanyahu's choices of late, the outcome will be disastrous.
I feel terrible about all this. And I'm not alone. Many people who care about Israel understand that it can only survive if it ends the occupation and supports the establishment of a viable Palestinian state. In fact, the people I know who are most happy about the course Netanyahu and Obama will likely adopt at the U.N. are either robotic supporters of the lobby ("if Netanyahu says it, it must be right") and those who would like to see Israel replaced by one state, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, dominated by the Palestinian majority.
Two things are terribly wrong here. Most significantly, our foreign policy is being dominated by a lobby that takes its orders from an inept leader of a country that is the largest recipient of U.S. aid, but that never does anything to make life easier for the United States. The other is that the lobby in question calls itself "pro-Israel" but repeatedly and consistently promotes policies that endanger the very survival of Israel. For the lobby, it's all a D.C. power game. Too bad that so many lives are at stake. Not to mention a 1,900-year-old dream.
Background: Here is an article on how AIPAC helped orchestrate the defeat of the late chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Charles Percy, for deviating from the AIPAC line.
Here is a letter from ADL Chairman Abe Foxman accusing the great Bill Moyers of "anti-Semitism" because he criticized the Gaza war. Foxman also organized pressure on PBS for hosting the progressive journalist.


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We plan on leaving the afternoon of May 11th and riding all the way to Yreka CA before stopping.
Next morning riding to Sacramento area to see my wifes brother for a couple of hours before heading to Escalon CA to meet some friends.
Leave the morning of the 12th for Fish Camp.
If there is anyone along the way we are looking forward to meeting you and riding along.
We live up in the Northwest (Vancouver WA) and are interested to find out if there is anyone else that will be traveling to the Yosemite Rally and would like some riding company in both directions.
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We just read an article in the Xconomy website on a drastic retroactive law change specific to the state of California that will possibly impact many taxpayers. Federal law has a rule under Section 1202 that allows you to deduct a certain percentage of your gain from investing in Qualified Small Businesses (QSB). We won't go into all of the details, but in general, this deduction is 50% (in some years 100%). The state of California decided many years ago to enact a law essentially similar to the federal law.
In the article the author explained how the state lost a Court case that challenged part of the law requiring QSB's to maintain a certain amount of the business in California. The Courts finally ruled that this part of the law was unconstitutional. When parts of income tax law are rule unconstitutional, etc. the state or federal government normally changes the laws to make it correct.
HOWEVER, the Franchise Tax Board in FTB Notice 2012-03 decided not to correct the issue, but rather, retroactively demand payment for any income tax refunds granted since January 1, 2008. This means that if someone deducted $1,000,000 of gain on their 2008 tax return and saved about $45,000 in tax, they will be required to pay this back to the state.
Here is their very convoluted reasoning for disallowing the deduction:
Federal income tax law provides for the exclusion or deferral of gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock (QSBS). Beginning in 1993, California adopted its own standalone QSBS provisions dealing with exclusions, which generally mirrored existing federal law. However, California law required that at least 80 percent of the company's payroll at the time the stock was purchased must be within California and 80 percent of assets and payroll must be within California during the taxpayer's holding period for the stock in order to qualify for a QSBS gain exclusion or deferral. In 1998, California adopted its own standalone QSBS provision dealing with deferrals.
The provisions in California law regarding the 80 percent asset and payroll requirements were found to be unconstitutional in August 2012 by the California Court of Appeal in Cutler v. Franchise Tax Board (FTB). The court's decision made California's entire QSBS statute invalid and unenforceable. As a result, all QSBS gain exclusions and deferrals previously allowed under California law became invalid. It is important to note that the court's decision in Cutler did not change the federal treatment of QSBS.
Because QSBS gain exclusions and deferrals are no longer valid for California purposes, taxpayers who previously took advantage of California's preferential treatment of QSBS in years still open for assessment under the four-year statute of limitations (generally 2008 and later) must now recompute their taxable income for each affected year without excluding or deferring gains from the disposition of QSBS. For 2007 (and prior) tax years still open under the statute of limitations, a QSBS gain exclusion or deferral will be allowed if the taxpayer meets all other requirements under California law, i.e., those other than the 80 percent asset and payroll requirements (See FTB Notice 2012-03).
This is probably one of the most egregious retroactive tax increases that we have seen in a long time. None of the taxpayers did anything wrong, rather the State decided they would lose too much money and simply took away the benefit granted to taxpayers over a 4 year period.
We think as states need more and more revenue, you may see more cases like this (especially in California).