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Join us for a night of celebration – Hawaiian Style! Friday, July 15, 2011 we come together for a night of Hawaiian music, culture and dance as we celebrate the release of Kawika Alfiche's newest CD – Kale'a. Kawika will be performing songs from the album as well as many other Hawaiian hits. Joining the celebration, Grammy award winning musician and legendary Hawaiian artist, Cyril Pahinui will be performing many hits of his own. Keeping the Hawaiian spirit alive, a hula performance by Kumu Kawika's local Utah halau! Truly a not-to-be missed event!
Cyril Pahinui is a legendary Hawaiian musician who specializes in playing the Hawaiian slack key guitar, or Kiho'alu. He has played Carnegie Hall twice, and contributed to three Grammy award winning albums. Cyril has also recorded over 35 Hawaiian musical releases. Currently, Cyril enjoys passing on his musical knowledge to others through his series of workshops titled: He Huaka'i e pana ai ke ea.
Kawika Alfiche is a Hawaiian musician and Kumu Hula who's second CD Kale'a was recently released, & which we will be celebrating at this event. Kumu Kāwika Keikiali'ihiwahiwa Alfiche has been teaching hula and other aspects of Hawaiian culture since 1994 and has been a student of the Hawaiian culture all of his life. Kāwika is the Kumu for Hālau Hula (dance group), Hālau o Keikiali'i, and Director for the Kaululehua Hawaiian Cultural Center. Kāwika spends his life teaching and sharing his culture through the hula.
Don't miss this once in a lifetime event! When will you ever have another opportunity to experience two widely acclaimed and highly honored Hawaiian musicians on the same night in Utah? My guess is probably never again! This will be one of those events that attendees will be talking about for a long time to come, don't miss this opportunity!
Friday, July 15th 2011
7pm – 10pm
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Midvale, UT 84047
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The Willis Family Lamb Ranch, Laketown, UT
October 23, 2012
There are many reasons why Niman Ranch meat is better than the rest- how we raise our animals is one of them. How our animals are raised directly impacts the quality and taste of Niman Ranch meat.
The chefs that serve Niman Ranch meats often like to see where and how the animal is raised. Bringing chefs to the farms and ranches to meet the farmers in person gives them the opportunity to see first hand how humane animal care and sustainable farming practices impact the meat that ends up their menus. Several times a year, we are able to make that happen.
A few weeks ago a small group visited the Willis Ranch in Laketown Utah, to see how Niman Ranch lamb is raised. We began the tour at the Willis' fall grazing ground located in the small corner between Utah's Bear Lake and the Idaho and Wyoming borders. Here we learned about the work Clark Willis spearheaded on rangeland restoration. His work opened up the grazing land, which positively impacted the endangered Sage Grouse by providing an optimum habitat for breeding.
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We ended the tour with a BBQ lunch of Niman Ranch lamb racks, sirloin and sliders served with grilled potatoes, carrots and onions from the Willis' garden, and a cheesecake from Patty Willis.
The Willis family represents the care and attention all of the 700 U.S. family farmers take in raising animals for Niman Ranch. We appreciate all they do.


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We've now got an itinerary… well sort of. As close as we'll get. I'll post individual reminders as and when but for those that would like a comprehensive list – here's the schedule of events:
01/11/1411:00am Stall and Leafleting Strood Market and then on to…
01/11/1412:30 ish Hoo
03/11/14Clive filming for Mark Norman BBC SE – not sure where this is and not public so is for your amusement only.
04/11/14Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett day
12:00 at Lodge Hill as we OPPOSE the crazy proposed destruction of a SSSI not to mention the ridiculously out of proportion development that's planned. Expect TV and radio press
15:00 approx in Rochester
17:00 approx outside Rochester Rail station to highlight need to bring Railways back under public ownership.
06/11/1418:30 Church Hustings – Corn Exchange in Rochester
08/11/1411.00 Rochester Stall with Green Party MEP Keith Taylor
08/11/1419:00 BBC SE TV hustings – Corn Exchange (To apply for tickets the
direct dial number is 01299 829299)
09/11/1412:00 Deputy Leader of Green Party Day
Stall and public meeting with Shahrar Ali and Amelia Womack
10/11/14TTBCMedway Messenger Hustings (Details to be announced)
17/11/1409:00-10:00 BBC Radio Kent hustings live (not public other than perhaps by phone in so far as we know)
18/11/1419:00 38º hustings Location TBC


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The taxpayer or agent should be notified that we are accepting the money as a payment on account and encashment should not be interpreted as acceptance of the offer (see EM1937).
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Thursday, October 22, 2015
Ever since his childhood, Maik Retz always felt at home in the forest. Growing up two hours west of Berlin in a rural farming and forestry area, he knew he wanted to make forestry his career. His father started a business producing firewood and fencing material more than 40 years ago, and Maik started working in the business in 1994. Maik now operates the business with his brother and one other employee.
When Maik took over the business, he primarily worked as a logger in the national forests, using a newly procured forwarder, as well as producing firewood when he was not logging. Gradually, the logging business grew and they were able to upgrade their equipment. Currently they are logging 40,000 cubic metres of timber annually.
In 2000, Maik bought a Wood-Mizer LT15 sawmill to cut the timbers he needed to remodel his house. After the remodelling project was completed, Maik realised that the sawmill would be a good tool to incorporate into their logging and firewood business. The LT15 formed the basis of again producing oak beams and fencing materials for local landowners and farmers.
"The look of rustic wood with bark left on the edges is quite popular right now," shares Maik. He focuses on producing fencing materials impossible to source from large timber yards and department stores, which creates a consistent local demand for his products.
Annually, Maik sells 7,000 oak fence posts, which keeps the LT15 sawmill busy every day. Maik estimates that when two people are working and using a forklift to assist with transporting logs and the finished beams, they can produce 2.5 metres of fencing materials per hour.
Customers include farmers, horse owners, and the Forestry department who protects new plantations of tree seedlings with stout oak fences. Homeowners near larger towns prefer to use fencing material with a finished, flat surface, instead of split rails and Maik's LT15 creates exactly the smooth finish needed.
Maik likes the flexibility his business offers him to either work at the workshop producing fencing material and firewood, but then also to work alone in the middle of the forest other days.
Having different final destinations for his logs in mind, Maik is able to maximise the value of the timber he harvests. While logging, he is already mentally classifying logs and sorting them in the trailer according to their intended use.
"Logs I need for the LT15 are sorted from logs intended to be sold or converted into firewood," shares Maik. "This largely eliminates having to evaluate and sort the logs later." High value logs are sold for good prices, others are sawn into fencing material, and the lower value logs are made into firewood. The company produces approximately 8,000 cubic metres of firewood annually.
Maik is looking forward to another step in optimising the business by installing a wood waste boiler to power the central heating for his homes and business. Once the system is installed, he will be able to maximise the sawdust and wood waste he produces by using it to fuel the heating system.
For other companies looking to grow in their timber production capabilities, Maik offers this advice. "Be patient and work like wood grows – slow and persistent."
Welcome to the stories and articles section of our website.
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Folsom points are the gold standard for finely crafted lithic projectile points and modern knappers find them very difficult to replicate. As a result, archaeologists, collectors, and knappers alike, have suggested over time that they were the product of a few craftsmen: people who made all the points for the band or possibly for several bands. I was a strong proponent of this craftsman theory in the early years of my archaeological studies. When I attended graduate school in the 1980s I wrote about the craftsman and continued to believe in the concept into the late 90s. See Art and the Folsom Point . By the turn of the century, my beliefs were changing and by the fall of 2000, I gave a paper at the Plains Conference in St. Paul, MN where I argued that the vast majority of the Folsom hunters were making their own points. 1
When I think back over these years, I realize I never had any hard facts or evidence for either position. I only had opinions. Today as I write this, I have some additional information from which I can form a more illuminated opinion. The purpose of this webpage is to share it with the reader. This new insight is in the form of probabilities and statistics, so if the reader is averse to these things one may not want to continue. On the other hand, I will point out that probabilities and statistics are the reasons one ultimately loses money in Las Vegas. Also, if the reader is not familiar with the process of creating a Folsom point, I suggest they read Folsom Point Manufacture or Folsom Tools and Technology at the Hanson Site, Wyoming (Frison and Bradley 1980).
Background (research prior to 1/1/2001)
In the 1990s and early 2100s I was using finite element analysis (mechanical engineering software) in an attempt to understand flake mechanics. Specifically, I was focusing on the fluting process of the Folsom point.
To be mathematically correct, I wanted to use measurements of preforms and channel flakes that matched the archaeological record. Fortunately, I had sufficient examples in the Baker Collection to obtain these measurements. However, I soon discovered that there was one measurement I couldn't obtain. This was the thickness of the channel flakes from the two opposing faces of the same point. I obviously could measure the thickness of the channel flakes, but I didn't know which ones came from Face A (first removal) and which came from Face B (second removal). In different words, how did the dimensions of channel flakes from Face A differ from those from Face B?
One day my luck changed. While looking at Folsom preforms with Bob Patten, we discovered the preparation work for fluting Face A differed from that of Face B. Figure 1 is a fragment of a preform abandoned during manufacture.2 Face A had been fluted and Face B was almost ready to be fluted. I know it was almost ready to be fluted because Face B has been prepared or shaped with dressing flakes (pressure flakes), which are perpendicular to the long axis of the preform. These dressing flakes create deep scars at the edge and have a feather termination at the center line. As a result, these dressing flake scars create a ridge along the longitudinal-centerline of the preform. Most everyone knows that flakes follow ridges (Whittaker 1994:105) and this longitudinal-centerline ridge is there for the channel flake to follow. Additionally, the dressing flakes regularize the face so that a straight edge can be laid on the face, parallel to the longitudinal axis, and there will be no high or low spots on the face. As a result, the channel flakes from the archaeological record are straight and uniform in thickness. The preparation of the face to be fluted with the dressing flakes is probably the most important factor in successful channel flake removal.
As I wrote in the previous paragraph, we discovered the dressing flakes scars on Face A were different from those on Face B. Basically, the dressing flake scars on Face A are wider (larger) than on Face B. This can be easily seen in Figure 2, which depicts three more Folsom preform fragments broken during manufacture. Unlike the one in Figure 1, which was broken before Face B was fluted; these were broken during the fluting of Face B.3 Notice that in each case the dressing scars (between the edge of the flute and the edge of the preform) are wider on Face A. And, this observation holds true for most of the preforms in the Baker Collection. So at that time, I proposed that the dressing scars on Face A were wider because the preform was wider when Face A was dressed. When it came time to dress Face B (after fluting Face A) the edges of the preform were "turned." "Turning the edge" naturally removes material from the edges and the preform becomes narrower.4
I chose 80 channel flakes from the Baker Collection that were intact enough to see the dressing scar pattern. I then visually forced ranked them by dressing scar width. After the forced ranking Channel Flake #1 had dressing scars that were narrower than the other 79 channel flakes. Additionally, Channel Flake #37 had scars that were wider than those numbered 1 to 36 and narrower than those numbered 38 to 80.
After the forced ranking, I measured the width and thickness of the 80 channel flakes. I knew the channel flakes numbered 1 to 40 should relate to Face B, and those number 41 to 80 should relate to Face A. And, I fully expected that there would be a difference in the average values of width and thickness between the two groups. To my surprise there was not. Based on t-tests, channel flakes from Face A and Face B have a 84% chance of being equivalent based on width and a 48% chance based on thickness. Table 1 presents the numeric results along with data from the literature for three other Folsom Sites (Tunnell and Johnson 1991). To further emphasize the statistical sameness of the two faces, I also prepared Figures 4 and 5. These present the actual values for width and thickness of each of the 80 channel flakes in their forced ranking order. Figures 4 and 5 make a convincing argument that the first 40 channel flakes (which I consider to be from Face B) are identical to the second 40 channel flakes (Face A).
The research presented up to this point was completed by the fall of 2000 and I presented it at the Plains Anthropological Conference that year in St. Paul, MN.1 In summary, Bob Patten and I had observed that the dressing flakes scars on Face A of the Folsom preforms were wider than those on Face B. I assumed this was due to the preforms being wider when Face A was being dressed. I used this information to separate channel flakes into a Face A group and a Face B group. From these two groups I then determined that the width and thickness of the channel flakes from Face A and Face B were virtually identical, (approximately 15.5 and 1.95 mm, respectively). These were the values I needed at the time for my other research, so this work was filed away.
Current Research (more than nine years later)
In January, 2010 I was discussing Folsom Point manufacture with John Garrett, a fellow engineer and amateur archaeologist. I showed him preforms and channel flakes including those in Figures 1, 2, & 3. I pointed out that the dressing flake scars on Face A were wider than those on Face B. I explained to him that this was because the preform was narrower when dressing Face B. I said it in a manner that sounded like it was fact. Yet, I didn't know this to be correct: it was only a theory and I had never tested it. These discussions with John compelled me to test the theory. Additionally, I wanted to quantify the difference in dressing scar widths from the two faces.
To accomplish these objectives, I needed preform fragments that were broken as a result of Face B fluting attempts. Only those would have remnants of the dressing scars on both faces. Additionally, the fragments needed to be large enough to be able to measure the width of at least two adjacent dressing scars on each edge on each face. I would have preferred to have had more than only two, but that would have reduced the number of preforms in the test population. With the requirement of only two adjacent scars I was able to find 16 preforms in the Baker Collection. Figure 6 depicts these preforms, and as the reader can see, the size and material type varies considerably within the sample. Additionally, 12 of these preforms were found within 22 mile radius of each other and 15 within a 50 mile radius. One (1) was found more than 300 miles from the rest.
Removing the effects of preform width (Figure 9) did not alter the fact that Face B scars are narrower than Face A scars on all 16 preforms. I wondered why this was the case. Nor, did it alter the trend that Face B scars increase in width as Face A scars do. So, a second question is why does this trend exist? Originally, I believed that preform width was dictating the dressing flake scar width. However, the statistical work strongly suggests this to be incorrect. Something else was going on and that something was common to both Face A and B. Therefore, I found myself asking what do Face A and B have in common? The only two things I could think of were the rock type and the knapper.
To test if different lithic material types might have some influence on flake scar width I returned to my data set of 80 channel flakes in Figures 4 and 5. Remember these had been ordered (ranked) by dressing scar width. In the 80 there were 71 that were represented by 10 material types with more than one channel flake in each type. The other nine were singletons representing nine different, additional materials, which I placed in a group I called singletons. Table 3 represents the results of the single factor analysis of variances (ANOVA in Excel) of the 80. As can be seen material type does not seem to be a factor in dressing scar width. Instead, it is far from being important with a p-value of 0.36. I made a second run without the singleton group and the p-value changed to 0.32.
The results of the ANOVA work in Table 3 is worthy of a few more comments. Ultimately it is saying that rock type does not influence the Folsom knapper's product. This realization then raises another question. Does this mean the physical properties, such as elasticity, hardness, brittleness, etc. do not vary from rock type to rock type? Most proficient modern knappers would strongly argue that these properties do vary. They could offer the example of heat treating and how it greatly alters these properties in some materials and I will agree that it does. Hypothetically then, would a Folsom knapper working heat treated stone still make a channel flake with the same width, thickness, and dressing scar widths as he does working untreated stone? I suggest that he would. I further suggest that the Folsom knappers, as do proficient modern knappers, obtain feedback from working the stone and this feedback permits them to adjust their application of force to produce the same product they produced the previous day with a different stone type. And, they probably are not conscious of the tiny adjustments they are making. They may say "this rock is different or harder", but their product remains the same.
I had eliminated rock type as a possible answer to my two questions, so the two still loomed large. Why were the dressing scars on Face B narrower than those on Face A? And, why was there a linear trend in the data for the 16 preforms in Figures 8 & 9? The answer had to be associated with the knapper. So I asked a knapper. Specifically, I asked Bob Patten who I mentioned earlier. Bob can replicate a Folsom point and he had a good answer to the first question. He suggested the knapper can be bolder when dressing Face A, because the preform is thicker and stiffer. Additionally, the knapper has little invested in the preform at this stage of the process, so in a sense he throws caution to the wind. After Face A has been successfully fluted, the preform is thinner and more fragile. So, the knapper is more cautious with his work and that caution results in narrower, less risky flake removals. Although I am not a knapper, I can relate to this and I believe it is correct. So, my first question was answered.
More than one knapper (?)
To test for multiple knappers, I performed some stochastic computer modeling. First, I made the following assumptions:
I then mathematically created 200 hypothetical preforms by randomly sampling the two normal distributions that represent the dressing flake scar widths of Face A and Face B. Figure 10 depicts how these 200 preforms distribute on a graph.
The 200 hypothetical preforms in Figure 10 cluster in a cloud around the intersection of the two averages of 5.3mm and 2.7mm. In statistics if one can't visually see a trend in the dots, there isn't one. And there isn't one in Figure 10. The mathematics bears this out as the linear regression line explains less that 1% of the variation. Therefore, with the assumption that the knapper tries to make the same product each time, it is not possible for a single knapper to have created the trend seen in Figures 8 and 9.
It occurred to me that my 16 preforms represent only a small sample of the archaeological record. Maybe it was possible that the trend was a result of the sampling and it did not exist in the larger population? So, I sampled the 200 hypothetical preforms, 1000 times, by randomly pulling 16 preforms at a time. As a result, I can state the odds of creating a linear trend with an r2-value of 0.50 or higher (Figure 9) is close to nil. Therefore, I must conclude that the 16 preforms in Figure 6, which are the subject of this paper, are not the product of a single knapper.
How many knappers?
Returning to Figure 9, I removed the regression line, and added a line from the center of the cluster (5.3 mm, 2.7 mm) to the most distance preform. This is shown in Figure 11. I reasoned that if there was a second knapper responsible for any of the preforms then the one furthest from the center would most likely be one of his. Using stochastic modeling again, I assumed the null hypothesis was that there was only one knapper. Then I returned to the 200 hypothetical preforms in Figure 10 and increased the number to 1000. I calculated the distance of all 1000 from the center of the cluster (5.3 mm, 2.7 mm) and determined how many were equal to or great than 3.7 mm, the distance to the furthest preform in Figure 11. Only three of the 1000 met this criterion, which is a p-value is 0.003. This p-value is quite small, so I rejected the null hypothesis and accepted the hypothesis that this most distant preform was made by a second knapper. At this point I had convinced myself that there were at least two knappers visible in the data, Knapper A who made 15 of the preforms, and Knapper B who made the most distant preform in Figure 11.
Is there still another knapper visible in Knappers A's 15 preforms? To answer this question, with the null hypothesis that Knapper A made the 15 remaining preforms, I calculated a new center for the 15 preforms and the distance to the most remote. I re-created the 1000 preforms with the new center. This time the odds of this most distant preform occurring increased to eight out of 1000 or p=0.008. This again is a small p-value, so I chose to reject the null hypothesis that Knapper A made the 15 preforms and accept the alternate hypothesis that there was a Knapper C who made the most distant of the fifteen. I continued this process and found that two more preforms that had very small p-values. However, the p-values rose rapidly after removing these first four. So, I am convinced there are five Knappers (A, B, C, D & E) visible in the 16 original preforms. Knapper A made 12 of them and Knappers B, C, D & E each made one. Figures 12 & 13 illustrates which preforms belong to which knappers.
Where were the knappers located?
After looking at Figure 14, the reader is probably thinking that the find locations of the various preforms influenced the assignment of the preforms to the various Knappers. I can tell you that they did not. In fact, the map in Figure 14 was an afterthought created out of curiosity. I was as surprised as I suspect the reader is, as Figure 14 is remarkable support for the discussion. What are the odds of finding evidence of only one knapper within a 22-mile radius? To put this question into better perspective, consider the fact that this area also produced 77 finished Folsom point fragments, 147 additional preform fragments, and 415 channel flake fragments. And this represents only the material that was found by my father and me. How much more material is still on the ground or in other collections? That said, what is the possibility that the 12 preforms of Knapper A, which were found in an area with a 22 mile radius, are the result of collection bias? Again, what are the chances my father and I were simply lucky enough to find the products of only one knapper in this area? To answer this question let's assume that there were only two knappers in the subject area and that they made an equal number of points over time. This hypothetical case is identical to flipping a coin where only heads or tails are possible outcomes. So what is the probability of flipping heads twelve (12) times in a row? This question has an easy answer, which is 0.512 or p=0.0002. As a result, I chose to reject the null hypothesis that there were two knappers in the area and accepted the fact that there was only one. For what it is worth, if there were more than two knappers, then the probability of finding 12 belonging to a single knapper becomes even less.
Suppose the Knapper A preforms were actually made by a number of different individuals, but the variation in the dressing scars between the different individuals is so large that they overlapped each other. Then, the statistics can't separate them. This would be a classic example of the variation within the group (the individual) being greater than between the groups (individuals). The only way I can see how this might be tested is with experimental archaeology and modern knappers. Unfortunately, I don't know of that many good Folsom point knappers. So, at this juncture, I will continue to believe that Knapper A is a single individual who is responsible for the 12 preforms in Figures 12, 13, & 14.
The other area of preform concentration in Figure 14 is the West Area, which is the location of Knappers B, C, & D. Although it is not apparent in the Figure, this West Area is similar in size to Knapper A's Area, or about 20+ miles in radius. However, the density of artifacts is less than 1/10 of that of Knapper A's Area based on finding only three finished Folsom point fragments, nine additional preform fragments, and 35 channel flake fragments. So, at first glance, the West Area and Knapper A's Area seem to be telling conflicting stories: the area with the most diagnostic Folsom stuff has only a single knapper, while the area with more knappers has the least Folsom stuff. The answer is that the amount of Folsom stuff is not related to the number of knappers in the area, but to the time the knappers spend in the area. In different words, the volume of stuff is related to knapper-years in the area. (See Pleistocene Bones and Stones in the New World.) Knapper A and his associated people (bands) were in their area 10 times longer than Knappers B, C, & D and their people were in the West Area. So while Knapper A and associated people remained in their area, Knappers B, C, & D and associated people came and went. Maybe B and people came first and left, then C and finally D. In any case, Folsom people occupied the West area about 1/10 of the time of that of Knappers A's Area. This is my story and I am sticking with it.
Concluding Remarks
If the reader hasn't figured it out by now then you probably are wondering why I titled the paper The Invisible Signature of the Folsom Point Knapper. The answer is the signature, which is the dressing flake scars on the preform, doesn't exist on the finished point. As a result any follow up to this work will require additional preforms. It is possible there exists a signature on finished Folsom points and I encourage the reader to look for it. However I have no idea what it might be.
The most important thing about the work presented here is the strong support for a single expert knapper who is making all the points for the various Folsom hunters in an given area. As I stated in the beginning of this paper, I used to believe that this was the case because the making of the point is so difficult for modern knappers. However, in the 1990s I began to change my opinion to a belief that each hunter made his own points. I began to believe that all the everyday Folsom hunters were just exceptional flint knappers. The research presented here has caused me to return to my earlier belief. Such is science.
|Frison, George C. and Bruce Bradley
|Folsom Tools and Technology at the Hanson Site, Wyoming. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
|Tunnell, C. and L. Johnson
|Comparing Dimensions for Folsom Points and Their Byproducts from the Adair-Steadman and Lindenmeier Sites, As Well As a Few Other Localities. Texas Historical Commission, Austin.
|Whittaker, John C.
|Flintknapping-Making & Understanding Stone Tools. University of Texas Press, Austin.
|Abstract of paper presented at 2000 Midwest Archaeological / Plains Anthropology Conference, St. Paul, MN.
|Figure 1 depicts a preform that is a very rare artifact. It is rare because unlike most Folsom preform failures, which occur during the high-risk steps of fluting Faces A or B, this failure occurred during the low-risk steps of preparing Face B for fluting. The fact that there are only seven (7) exhibiting this type failure of the 264 preforms in the Baker Collection is indicative of how low-risk preparing Face B really is.
|Distinguishing Face A from B on a Folsom preform can easily be demonstrated in Figure 2. The most obvious indication is the deep scoop on Face B immediately above the striking platform. This is the negative scar of the bulb of percussion that is on the channel flake. On Face A, the striking platform and this negative scar (scoop) have been removed in preparing for fluting Face B. They have been removed by shortening the preform and "turning the edge."4 If the negative scar is left on the preform, Face B could not be properly fluted because the Face B channel flake would not run past this thin section of the preform.
|"Turning the edge" is a term I picked up from the modern knapping community. I understood the process before I learn what the knappers called it. In 1998, I called it "reversing the bevel." See Stage 8--Channel Platform Preparation (Face B).
|The multiple regression equation is:
ScarWidthFaceB = (0.4463)*ScarWidthFaceA + (0.0435)*PreformWidth + 0.35
The Face B values plotted in Figure 9 come from:
Figure9valuesFaceB = ScarWidthFaceB - (0.0435)*PreformWidth
|Shortly after developing my stochastic method, I attended the 2010 Paleoanthropology/SAA meetings in St. Louis. At the meetings I heard a statistical paper presented by Erik Ot�rola-Castillo (Iowa State University) and I felt this was the person who could critique my methodology. So, I approached Erik and to my surprise he was a tremendous help. Plus, he was more gracious that I would have ever expected.
One of the issues Erik had with my methodology was that I was creating my stochastic preforms by randomly sampling from a normal distribution. Fundamentally however, flake scars widths cannot be normally distributed. Flake scar widths can never be equal to or less than zero mm. Yet, the normal distribution has the possibility of creating negative values all the way to negative infinity. Erick suggested I convert my scar width values to logarithmic values and then re-apply my stochastic method. When I did this it raised the p-values of the preforms of Knappers C, D, & E. For example Knapper E's p-values increased from 0.012 to 0.106. This increase in p-values did not alter their occurrence in the process nor the fact that they were different from the 12 preforms of Knapper A.
The other critique that Erik offered was focused on my strong adherence to rejecting the null hypothesis if the p-values were 0.05 or less. He reminded me that terms such as "statistically different" or "statistically significant" are not hard boundaries. We in the social sciences have arbitrarily and almost tacitly established this threshold so we can make decisions and answer questions with a forthright yes or no. But there really is a gray area here that we are ignoring. Erik further pointed out that statistical power is lost with small sample sizes, which degrades the power of the 0.05 p-value threshold. My 16 preforms is a small sample size. As a result of this critique, I rewrote the paper and removed words like "statistically significant". This philosophy also permitted me to present my stochastic method in good conscience.
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Monday, October 19, 2009
Scratches of time.
The Drivers, born on a cold winter's day in my home from some of the most dangerous minds of my wretched hometown. The Drivers and Paul Chain's Death SS were the only bands in town, The starting of the eighties was a time of confusion and great hopes, it really was another world. The times were exciting, punk had just left and the new-wave was coming in, we felt as everything was possible for us. When we strolled around downtown with our leather neckties and jackets people used to look at us as if we were aliens and somehow we really were. We didn't care, all we ever wanted was to follow our dreams and express ourselves having fun in the meanwhile. The band lasted for about 3 years, we played several gigs and concerts and even went on air on some of the first private televisions in Italy. When people started to recognize us the band broke up. Many people of my hometown still remember The Drivers.
A special thought goes to Aldo Polverari, one of my best friends and one of the best persons i've ever known. Those who met you and knew you still miss you Aldo.
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Meeting with Moira Stillwell MLA
by admin on Jun.15, 2014, under Projects, Writing and Editing
On Tuesday, I will meet with Moira Stillwell MLA who represents Marpole in the Provincial Legislature. We met previously at a Marpole Residents Meeting that was focussed on the re-zoning of our neighbourhood. Moira Stillwell is trained as a doctor and has held many responsible positions in the medical industry. I was impressed by her intelligence and approachable manner, so I can only hope that what I will say will make a difference. I still have some work to do to prepare my submission, but here is a preliminary look.
Five Issues
1. Oil and Gas
Our Premier, Christy Clark, is closely associated with the oil and gas industry and is heavily promoting the development of natural gas in the province using fracking. The LNG industry is the new gold rush — with the same level of sustainability. Have you seen ghost towns in BC? Source: http://shalebubble.org/ Northern Gateway pipeline referendum is now being supported by many BC residents because it is still being promoted by our Prime Minister as a "done deal" despite opposition. plus, Expanded pipelines through Vancouver (see more below)
2. The Agricultural Land Reserve
Agricultural Land protected under the land reserve is less than 5% of all land in the province of BC. Now changes to the Act have made it easier to use land in that reserve for other purposes.
Established in 1973, the ALR has successfully halted the conversion of, on average, 6000 hectares of agricultural land per year into residential, commercial and industrial uses – a transformation that is largely irreversible.
A quote from West Coast Environmental Law on a page that contains a great deal of information praising our former Agricultural Land Reserve Act. The changes to the Act have made it easier to do oil and gas exploration on agricultural land in Zone 2, that is central and northern BC.
But farmland advocates are concerned such changes will lead to more development because it will be easier for oil and gas companies to use Zone Two land for activities like drilling for oil and gas. Source: CBC News
The Site C Dam will flood some of the best farm land in the north of the province of BC. Who is paying to build the dam? BC taxpayers will pay an estimated $8 billion. Who will benefit? The oil and gas industry. BC Hydro reports tell us that BC can meet our on-going energy needs with conservation.
BC Hydro says it is because we need the energy, but we don't: Hydro's own reports say we can meet current demands through energy conservation. Site C is not about meeting the electricity demands of British Columbians; it is about subsidizing BC's oil and gas and mining industries. It's an $8 billion taxpayer subsidy to a dirty fossil fuel industry that needs cheap energy to expand. Source: Wilderness Committee
3. Water Sustainability Act
Tied in with the oil and gas industry needs is our new water act. We need an Act like this one in BC because water will become increasingly scarce as we loose our glaciers to global warming. Right now, we are lucky to have clean water in this province, but many of us are wondering where the water will come from for fracking and who will pay to clean it after it is contaminated with a cocktail of unknown chemicals?
In April, the government granted the energy industry regulator — the OGC — authority to issue long-term water licences to natural-gas companies, making the fossil fuel industry the only entity in B.C. with its own dedicated water regulator, a regulator established by the province to speed approvals of industry development applications. Source: David Hughes, Post Carbon Institute
Oil and gas exploration use huge amounts of water that is contaminated and half of the fracking chemical soup is left in the ground to contaminate water in future. Other industries also use huge amounts of water, but contribute very little to support the province or to clean the water after they are finished using it.
4. Development in Vancouver and Affordable Housing
Belacarra cottages — eviction of long term residents Provincial Social Housing in Vancouver
5. The Arts as an Industry for Full Employment
OIL and GAS IN British Columbia
Our Province is embroiled in a teachers strike that is affecting many student's education and the livelihood of our teachers. Although the government insists there is no more money in the budget to pay teachers, there is money to help the LNG industry bring northern students to an expensive industry conference.
The provincial government and companies working on developing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry spent approximately $60,000 taking nearly 60 Coast Mountains School District secondary school students, teachers and chaperones to a Vancouver LNG conference last week.
Funding was given to the school districts at $800 per student to attend an industry conference about natural gas from an industry point of view. The industry sponsored admission to the conference, priced at $1,680 for a full pass.
"The provincial government offered funding to all school districts from the north to attend this conference, and that was the impetus for industry to sign on and fund the rest," said Coast Mountains school board chair Art Erasmus . . ."
They were among 110 students, teachers and chaperones from the northwest at the May 21-23 provincial government-sponsored conference attended by 1,400 delegates. taken from http://www.terracestandard.com/news/260549231.html
Other individuals and groups also are suspicious about this "educational" opportunity . . .
But one local environmental group raised concerns that the students would not receive a balanced view of the LNG industry and its potential impacts. "Students are young minds and easily moulded and they're forming opinions, and when industry offers an all expenses paid trip to an industry conference when 90 per cent of the speakers are pushing industry, I don't think they're getting a very balanced view," said North West Watch representative Anne Hill. "I think it's much more than a field trip."
I agree that this is more than a field trip! As evidence mounts that fracking is an irresponsible practice, Christy Clark is making sure that the industry has an opportunity to make a huge impression on these students. Somehow, I am sure that no research on birth defects caused by fracking, methane leaks, groundwater contamination and other problems were presented. In fact, here is a review of the conference as an opportunity to sell investors on the projects, surely not a time to mention that fracking is BANNED IN FRANCE. Here is a list of other areas that have banned fracking as a potentially dangerous practice.
Clark is focussed on the LNG export business as being an economic saviour, but she is ignoring all the evidence that points to the exact opposite conclusion.
The massive push to frack our pristine wilderness and productive farmlands is creating anger and resentment in BC.
People are seeing the actual jobs they have in farming, tourism and other industries threatened by the mythical jobs that may or may not be created by natural gas. First Nations tribes see this development as further destruction of their ancestral rights. We all worry about contaminating our drinking water and pollution causing climate change. Although natural gas has always been considered a "clean" fossil fuel, studies show our emissions would be 2/3 that of the Alberta tar sands development. What is the royalty for natural gas that goes to the BC government? Only 7% on the PROFIT.
So, in 2012, Premier Clark amended BC's Clean Energy Act by order-in-council (no debate), to exempt LNG-conversion emissions from being reportable. Source: http://www.nomorepipelines.ca/Start.html
With leaks from fracked sites that contaminate ground water and cause health problems, how can we allow industry to go ahead with this destruction of our drinking water?
In a report to the Council of Canadians, Dr. Theo Colburn found that 94% of the fracking chemicals in her database are associated with skin, eye and respiratory harm, 93% with harm to the gastrointestinal system, and 83% with brain and nervous system effects (p.14). Only an average of 50% of frack water is recovered. The other water remains underground. The concern is when people come in direct contact with these fluids or when these chemicals get into freshwater supplies. The new fractures can connect with other geological conduits. http://www.bcwi.ca/hydraulic-fracturing-of-natural-gas/
Citizens of BC are so upset with decisions that favour the oil and gas industry that we are requesting a referendum to block Enbridge's Northern Gateway. Source: CBC News
People are protesting the expansion of pipelines through Burnaby and Vancouver and the increase of tanker traffic.
Recently, a law was passed in BC to allow oil and gas exploration and pipelines in our Provincial Parks! Yes, unbelievable, but true. The Park Amendment Act will open the last vestiges of wild areas to the destruction of our last wild spaces. Tourism as an industry? Not in BC. No thought is given to the impact of this industrial expansion into our last remaining protected areas.
It is time for BC to move away from the boom and bust resource based economy. Given the current climate change scenario on our planet, it would be best if the government of BC recognizes that the train has left the station. There will be no amazing revenue stream from exporting natural gas. China has signed an agreement with Russia to obtain natural gas, plus they have some of the world's largest reserves. Who are the clients? By the time we have the infrastructure in place to export fracked gas, the flow from the wells may have already declined as geologists have confirmed, initial wells provide much more gas than subsequent fracking. Please see Snake Oil: How Fracking's False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future by Richard Heinburg.
The actual cost of oil and gas production is not profitable unless the taxpayers of BC invest in this industry and support it with tax dollars. BC plans to invest in building a huge mega project dam to subsidize the oil and gas industry. Damage to roads and development of transportation systems to bring in equipment is a major expense. Further subsidies in the form of cheap access to water, pollution clean up and low royalties on our resources. In addition, the cost of water contamination, leakage and spills that may never be cleaned up, will be costs that BC residents will have to live with. With the pollution, loss of farmland and the cost to human health it is not worth supporting the oil and gas industry. We should use the billions to support the farmers of BC and changing to sustainable energy instead of building a dam. With climate change an undisputed reality and the retreat of our glaciers, we will need every drop of drinking water that we can get.
Where do you think our water comes from? With groundwater being contaminated, we will be dependent on rainfall — With less snowpack, summers will be very dry. Our rivers flow in summer from snow melt, with no snow — where will we get water to drink and water our crops?
How can we remove any land from the Agricultural Land Reserve when we have so little arable land and we are increasing the population of Vancouver so exponentially? We cannot depend on drought stricken California to feed us. We have to be self-sufficient, because it will no longer be economic to use fossil fuels to bring us food. We have a food system that is designed to rely on inexpensive fossil fuel, but this cannot continue.
Development in Vancouver is providing housing for many more people. A lot of people are expected to move to Vancouver over the next few years. Where will we get the water and food for this population increase? What kind of jobs will these people have? Job estimates from pipeline development are highly suspect. Economies will contract due to climate change and energy costs. How can we maintain a civil society and have meaningful lives without constant growth? In my opinion, the current grass roots movement to local food production, energy conservation and appreciation of nature should be supported. To create jobs, invest in the Arts. The Arts is an unlimited source of human employment that is very difficult to automate, outsource or replace.
Open letter — Constituent Disagrees Profoundly with Canadian Government Policy
by admin on Mar.11, 2014, under Writing and Editing
As a Canadian who is very upset with the current government policy, I am writing to my MP.
Update: After I posted this letter and sent a copy to my MP, I found that someone had hacked into my website. Please use the following shortlink when sharing this post because there is now a hidden code if you copy the URL. http://vix.ca/blog/?p=1239 I do not know how to remove this hidden text. You can only see it if you copy the URL and paste it.
Hello MP Wai Young,
The Fair Elections Act is the last straw.
Corrupting our electoral process in an attempt to maintain power reveals the dictatorial policies of Steven Harper.
I know that as an MP, you have very little say in policy. However, I see that you are allowed to stand up in Parliament — when it is permitted to be in session and not suspended from operation — and spout the party line with conviction.
How can you part of a government that is destroying the rights and freedoms of Canadians?
My mail contains many letters from your office, the latest one glorifying income splitting for wealthy pensioners while the government is delaying retirement pensions for two full years to the age of 67, for those who rely on them — but this fact is not mentioned. Tax savings initiatives are enumerated while poverty among our seniors is rising.
The Conservative government has consistently revealed their strategy of slashing taxes for the wealthy, especially corporations, while depriving Canadians of needed services that we depend on our Government to provide.
"Building a stronger future for Canada" has so far included a "fair trade deal" with China that gives Chinese companies the right to ignore our laws and to sue the government in a secret court if environmental regulations or other Canadian cultural values prevent them from profiting. Canadian taxpayers could be liable for millions of dollars in damages, but of course we will never know because the proceedings will be secret.
Now Harper is so eager to sign away more of Canada's future in a deal with S. Korea that opens our market to their cars, but does not include clauses that the US found essential to prevent non-tariff barriers. No provision for Canadian jobs, just more benefits for others.
Craig says the South Korean government has continued to protect its home market and subsidized its exports through non-tariff barriers and active intervention in its currency.
"No Canadian manufacturer can compete with a market controlled by non-tariff barriers and currency manipulation," she writes, adding the new agreement does not address these key issues.
Oil companies are in control of our environmental policy and the Northern Gateway ads on CBC radio are a national scandal!
Look at Norway's oil management policy.
Because the government [of Norway] is highly invested, (oil profits are taxed at 78 per cent, and in 2011 tax revenues were $36-billion), it is as interested as oil companies, which want to maximize their profits, in extracting the maximum amount of hydrocarbons from the reservoirs. This has inspired technological advances such as parallel drilling, Mr. Lindseth says.
Look at the revenue Norway gets from oil and tell me why Canadians are in debt.
Norway produces 40 per cent less petroleum than Canada and has one-seventh our population, but has saved more than $600 billion in oil revenue and counting. This is equivalent to about 140 per cent of Norwegian GDP, or about $120,000 for every man, woman and child in the country. In contrast, every Canadian is in the red about $16,000 due to our $566-billion national debt.
There will only be the very rich and the very poor if these policies continue!
However, Harper will not say what his staff are earning!
Andrews and Simms weren't the only MPs left with fundamentally unanswered written questions after the government tabled more than a dozen responses on Thursday afternoon.
In fact, the latest batch of answers reveals what would appear to be an ongoing effort to shut down one of the few remaining avenues of inquiry for parliamentarians hoping to pry loose the occasional morsel of information on the operation of government.
Secrecy and lack of accountability are firm policy in the Harper government.
Many Canadians are becoming more informed on these matters and I will do my part to try to let everyone know how the Conservative government is destroying our identity as Canadians.
Canadians who care for the less fortunate and expect health care and pensions to be paid for by our taxes and contributions.
Canadians who expect corporations to pay their fair share and governments to protect our land for future generations.
Canadians who support fair and democratic electoral process.
You are my representative in Parliament — tell them they have gone too far and the constituents are getting angry.
We will not stand aside and let Harper destroy our land and the future of our children.
How can you look at the faces of your children while allowing Canadian children to be poisoned by fracking and oil development?
These citations are taken from Canadian media outlets, like the cbc and the globe and mail. These stories are not fantasy, these stories are Canadian reality.
Enjoy your trips to China and the many perks you receive — just think about how other Canadians are struggling as this government gives to the rich and dismantles the middle class.
Please think about these issues and look at your conscience — I know Harper has none — however, I hope that all Conservatives are not only out to get as much as they can for themselves and their supporters.
If you send me another letter — I will send you one in return.
Victoria Gibson
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Writing a column or feminist blog Paradigm Shift
by admin on Apr.18, 2013, under Integrated Media, Writing and Editing
It always causes a pang of sadness and anger that women are still fighting the same battles that I thought we had won already.
Why are women still being forced to fight for control of our own bodies, reproductive rights, equal pay for equivalent work and other gender related issues.
In my opinion, these rights are so obvious, there should be no room for argument.
Now I am writing for a feminist blog based in NYC, you can read my first post here.
I wrote about the Femen protests as the political protest actions of young women, including Pussy Riot, have started to gain media attention.
I plan to write regularly in support of gender related issues.
International Womens' Day inspired me to write a song.


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Wowza. I just came back from the gym and I'm wishing I could spend the rest of the day napping. Too bad there are things to do!
I'm currently trying to do two things workout-wise: build a solid base in swimming, biking and running so when I start training for next year's triathlons I'll have a good foundation, and do more strength training.
Since I'm not really training right now I'm not following any sort of rigid plan but I'm trying to do at least 2 core workouts a week, 1-2 full body strength days, and 2-3 days each of swimming, biking and running. That means lots of days are either long workouts or two-a-days (which I not so secretly LOVE). This morning I opted for a swim followed by a total body strength class. My arms are tired!
Running-wise I'm in pretty good shape since my marathon just happened so I'm trying to maintain half marathon fitness. This seems pretty manageable as it's a significant cutback from what I was doing just a month ago.
The biggest challenge is fitting the strength training into leading indoor cycling classes now. I hadn't done indoor cycling classes in awhile (and now I'm doing 2-4 a week!) so my legs are adjusting to using the different muscles at the same time I'm trying to add in more lifting. I'm easing into the lifting…not so much the spinning as I'm trying to gain experience (each class has been a lot better) and sub as much as I can to make more money!
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Front Street Market Foods
Union Station got a serious upgrade with its food offerings and we couldn't be more pleased about it. Unveiled last week, the front plaza has been dramatically transformed into a bustling marketplace featuring a selection of tasty dishes from some of the city's best chefs and food vendors.
There are 16 participating establishments including Fresh off the Boat, Cava, Mad Mexican, Station Cold Brew, Fred's Bread, Holy Chuck Burgers, Little Fin, Bacon Nation, Hula Girl, and the ever-popular Uncle Tetsu. The market also features a patio with communal seating and a liquor bar.
With summer in full swing, there's no better time to drop by and grab a bite to eat here. It runs daily from July 6 through Aug. 30., until 9 p.m. every day except Sunday, when it closes at 6:30 p.m.
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The future in #Future Tarraxo is looking very bright. Many, including me, will point to the brilliant "Perfect Lullaby" mixtape by the awesome Nguzunguzu (who once told me some years back that they loved Generation Bass, I mean who doesn't lol) as the instigator for this whole new movement of sound.
Pioneers like Bison & Squareffekt have also taken the bull by the horns and pushed this sound further in the past 18 months. So much further that half of the recently entitled "Zouk Bass Volume 2" compilation released by Enchufada wasn't really Zouk Bass at all but rather leaning more towards #FutureTarraxo of the Bison & Squareffekt variety! Indeed, the first half of the compilation sounded like a Bison & Squareffekt EP!
I mean even Bjork's producer Arca got in on the #Future Tarraxo vibe recently with his exceptional "Thievery" track, the title perhaps denoting his theft from Angola 🙂 and given that he had been checking out some Angolan Tarraxo producers on his soundcloud prior to this release!
Following hot on the heels of the above 2 is French producer Photo Romance who, like Bison, has family roots going back to Angola! He takes the #FutureTarraxo sound and provides it with a really sensual underpinning.
I have loved his take on #Future Tarraxo from the beginning and was even a massive admirer of his booty-shaking material when he was known as Marv Da Pimp!
On his new EP, he creates a stunning and sensual soundtrack of an EP for broken hearts everywhere. It's a fantastic voyage and a heartbreaking one to boot. Every single track is KILLER!
It's an epic, widescreen cinematic space symphony of blissful African <3!
Here's what he says:
"Lagoa Roxa's six chapters give birth to sensual mysteries hidden deep in the jungle, beneath the mist of the purple lagoon. Photo Romance explores the realms of at 90 BPM with his silky and intricate melodies. This gem showcases some unique Future Tarraxo rhythms blending classic drums, drum machines, recorded percussions and more…. An ode to romance, erotic adventures, and mysticism. Enjoy this smooth, hypnotic ride!"


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Mizuho Bank, one of Japan's largest lenders, has became ensnared in North American legal fallout from Mt. Gox, once the world's biggest bitcoin exchange, which collapsed last month after losing nearly half a billion US dollars worth of customers' digital currency.
Lawsuits in the US and Canada represent a new legal front — and a deep-pocketed defendant — in the battle over Mt. Gox, which claims hackers stole huge amounts of its own and its customers' assets.
Mizuho, the core unit of Japan's second-biggest "megabank" by assets, Mizuho Financial Group Inc, was added as a defendant on Friday to an existing US lawsuit against Mt. Gox for allegedly aiding in a fraud by providing banking services to the exchange.
Also on Friday, Mizuho was named in a class-action lawsuit in Canada against Mt. Gox, alleging a lengthy security breach at Mt. Gox resulted in "the pilfering of millions of dollars' worth of its users' bitcoins."
Tokyo-based Mt. Gox closed its virtual doors on Feb. 25 and three days later filed for Chapter 11-style bankruptcy protection with a Japanese court.
The company said it had likely lost all 750,000 customer bitcoins it was holding, as well as 100,000 of its own and Y2.8 billion (US$27.6 million) in cash. That represents US$567 million of vanished assets at current market prices, and about 7 percent of the bitcoins in circulation.
Mt. Gox blames systematic attacks on what it acknowledges was lax computer security. Customers — more than 99 percent of whom are non-Japanese — suspect a massive fraud.
On Monday last week, Mt. Gox filed for a US Chapter 15 bankruptcy, which shields the company from lawsuits in US courts as the Tokyo case proceeds.
Mizuho held non-bitcoin currency on behalf of Tokyo-based Mt. Gox and its customers, according to the amended US complaint by Gregory Greene, an Illinois resident who has said he lost US$25,000 when Mt. Gox shut down.
The US suit accuses Mizuho of knowing of Mt. Gox's fraud, of not segregating funds that belong to Mt. Gox from those of its customers and of continuing to provide banking services that inflated losses for bitcoin customers.
"Mizuho profited from the fraud," the complaint said.
The Canadian plaintiffs allege that "all non-bitcoin currency received by the Mt. Gox defendants from its users was held in an account or accounts" at Mizuho.
Yet the bank by January was trying to close the exchange's account.
An unnamed Mizuho manager at Mizuho bank, in a recording leaked on the internet, asks Mark Karpeles, Mt. Gox's 28-year-old French CEO, to close his firm's account with the bank, citing compliance issues and moves by other banks to cut ties with the exchange.
The recording was confirmed as authentic by a person familiar with the situation.
If Mizuho had to close the account forcibly, the manager warned, it could damage Mt. Gox's business.
The Canadian suit was filed on behalf of "all persons in Canada who paid a fee to Mt. Gox to buy, sell or otherwise trade bitcoins" and all those who had bitcoins or currency stored with Mt. Gox on Feb. 7, the plaintiffs said.


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Welcome to the Sprinkle of Aloha Shop
Thank you for taking the time to stop by my little corner of the creative world. I am an acrylic painter who enjoys turning my paintings into whimsical textile products and signature decor pieces. Here you can buy my original paintings as well as a wide variety of printed options.
All of my original paintings are also available as pillows, bags and other textiles. If you don't see something you would like please let me know and I'd be happy to design something for you!


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For information please call us to discuss your requirements
The NSI have very recently introduced more in-depth guidelines on the installation and maintenance of automated gates and barriers and you can be confident in our experience to meet the required safety standards. We can provide full gate risk assessments and undertake force testing which will be combined with the correct safety precautions on gates and barriers. This will cover three areas, depending on the installation and incorporates safety edges, safety beams and safety loops.
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Wisconsin Students Planning School Walkout to Protest End of Collective Bargaining
Students are responding to Scott Walker's plan to end collective bargaining by planning a school walkout—and they want it to go national.
Thanks to a controversial legislative maneuver, Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker's plan to end collective bargaining for his public employees passed the state senate Wednesday night. Now, in a stunning show of solidarity with their teachers—who, as union members, now have no bargaining rights—Wisconsin's high school students are planning a grassroots school walkout, and they want to take their protest national.
Wisconsin Students in Solidarity is asking for the nationwide walkout to happen this Friday, March 11, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. local time. Less than 12 hours after being formed, the Facebook event, Nationwide Student Walkout, has almost 2,000 "attendees" from across the country and student-led copycat groups and events are springing up on the social media hub.
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The first Burscough Fibre Fest last Sunday was a huge success. Thanks to Colin and Carol from The Wool Boat for all their hard work and excellent organisation.
I saw Carol at about 8.30am and I have to be honest, she looked like she was going to have a little bit of a breakdown, at one point she shouted 'never again' but by 11.00am there was a huge smile on her face and I heard her say "yes, we're already planning next year......"
It was wonderful to meet spinners and knitters from all over the country, some who said that they have to spin alone because there are no groups for them to go to. If you spin alone, why not go to your nearest Knit'n'Natter? Knitters are always happy to meet spinners and usually will want to have a go at spinning on your wheel, before long you may have a few of you spinning together. I'm happy to come and visit a Knit'n'Natter, send me a message or a comment and if you're near enough, I'll pop over.
Joy and me spinning away. Joy, from the West Lancs Niddy Noddies brought along all manner of fibre, fleece and garments. There were many people who were interested in fleece preparation and a few men who would like to learn to spin, more because of the mechanics of the wheel rather than a love of fibre. Who cares what your motivation is?
Feltmaking was very popular too and Nic from Feltipedia brought along felted slippers and bootees, cobweb felt scarves, which are incredibly beautiful and pumpkins.
Nic and I will be exhibiting together at the Winter Arts Market at St Georges Hall in Liverpool on 7th/8th December. We're also planning a childrens craft club so if it's something you could be interested in, please let us know and we can tailor things according to the childs age.
So, all in all, a great day, looking forward to next year already.


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Rhinestone Jesus: Saying Yes to God When Sparkly, Safe Faith Is No Longer Enough by Kristen Welch is a WONDERFUL book. It is real. It is captivating. It gave me a lot to think about & wrestle with God over. Each chapter ends with self-reflection questions. I recommend this book.
"Rhinestone Jesus" by Kristen Welch is the very moving and inspirational story of a young pastor and his family as they struggle through the first ten years of marriage, family life, and pastoring to find it is not where they needed to be. A time of personal crisis in the marriage requires counseling and hard work. Then as they begin to be on a healthy status quo, Kristen, with her husband's encouragement, begins blogging for Mom's to begin fulfilling her desire to write. She gains some notoriety in the world of "Mom's" and is invited by Compassion International to join a blogging tour of some of their children's homes in Africa. She goes with a team from Compassion and has a life changing experience. As she sees the overwhelming poverty of people living in filth, surrounded by oceans of garbage, no clean water, very little food.....she sees her "rich" life in comparison and winds up on a whole new search for living life as Jesus would. How to reconcile their so little with her so much? Unanswerable questions. Then she meets such lovely children that though living in squalor have come to know Jesus and have a joy she has missed. The journey she begins when she returns from this visit is amazing. She learns to trust God and love Him and her Savior Jesus for real! After months of prayer and talking and blogging she and her husband partner with one young woman in Africa who overcame the poverty she grew up with and was looking to minister to her people. They looked to fulfill one of the needs in the slums of this area in Africa. A need for a home for unwed mothers who often looked to have abortions and ended up dying from them. It took months of planning and fundraising. They used their own personal finances and opened the ministry to the "Mom's" on her blog. They finally had the paperwork done, enough donations to begin and a piece of property with a good house on it to house Maureen, the African counterpart, with three pregnant teens. The true story unfolds of their triumphs, troubles, tragedies, and constant desire to say "yes" to trusting God to serve Him in this remarkable way. Touching the lives of only a few, but making a great difference one life at a time. At the end of each chapter she asks challenging questions and offers direction for the reader to also choose to say "yes" to God in their own lives. The home is called Mercy House. I can't tell you how moved I was so many, many times as I read the heartbreaking stories of lives that were turned around. Life at its richest sometimes in the poorest of circumstances. Indeed, looking at the world turned upside down with Jesus love. Her title "Rhinestone Jesus" is reference to a pin she wore as a teen that supposedly showed her devotion to Him. Her story is about putting away the clean, perfect facade of what we think the Christian life is about, and really getting in there to work and serve with true giving, true sacrifice, that costs us something. I do not think I will soon forget the lessons taught by this woman's story. Many have told her they want to do what she does, but she cautions not to "copycat" but to look genuinely to where you are personally and seek what is the best "yes" our Father has for you. Her family works together and "owns" the ministry as part of their daily lives. They all said "yes" together; a very beautiful picture of how ordinary folks have made an extraordinary difference.
A delightfully honest read for anyone who ever wondered if her small yes matters.


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UPLBAA president Sim Cuyson handing over the car keys to Dr. Fernando Fernandez of Dagupan City, winner of the Toyota Avanza, Looking on are, from left: Frank Cornejo, Otie Calibo, Yolly Hayag, Offie Castillo, Belle Costales, Jovy Movillon, Joe Cruz, Elpidio Rosario, and Francis Laurel.
The UPLB Alumni Association (UPLBAA) bared its list of winners to the UPLBAA Grand Centennial Raffle Draw held last Loyalty Day celebration on October 10, 2010 at E.B. Copeland Gymnasium, UP Los Baños.
Grand prize winners of Toyota Vios and Toyota Avanza were Mr. Macario Cantavieja of Pili, Camarines Sur and Dr. Fernando Fernandez of Dagupan City, respectively. Awarding of the two carts to the grand prize winners were held on October 28, 2010 at Alabang, Metro Manila.
Consolation prizes include giving away of 25 TV sets and 10 DVD players.
Winners of the 10 Sanyo TV 21' were Romeo Somera, Baliwag Marketing, Evelyn Delfin, Edilberto Buiser, Gabriella Villaflor, Liberata Capilos, Alan Roy Banco, Maria Cecilia Moldez, Ramon Paje, and Misael Sanoy while the winners of 15 Nova TV 17' were Cammington Trading Inc., Gerry Gorospe, Raul Pasoc, Jean Ingalbot, Eduardo Karlo Sombito, Imelda Siat-Cannon, Nonong Cayton, Fe Laysa, Neneng Tagle, Christine Monica Bata, Ramon Paje, Mega Manila Pest Mgt. Specialists, Inc.Raul Pasoc, Beatriz Garcia, and Alan Roy Bangco.
Meanwhile, the 10 DVD players winners were: Samson Hilomen, Michael Genoso, Vic Alpuerto, Phetsoula Phone, Emil Javier, Peter Nilo Tiangco, Grace Joy Reponte, Francis Laurel, Consuelo Aberasturi, and Ruth Nava. (Emy S. Mariveles)


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A letter to the Beardstown council
This is a copy of a letter I read to the City Council at the meeting on Sept. 19.
In September 2014, I heard the then-City Attorney for the City of Springfield, Todd Greenbert, give a presentation in which he spoke on Springfield being a home rule unit. He explained that a city must have a population of 25,000 to be a home rule unit, and only a home rule city can mandate services related to public safety or health, such as garbage service, on its residents. This is according to the Illinois Constitution, Article VII, Sections 6 and 7.
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