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Today's top stories: Opinions differ over Obama's speech at AIPAC Conference, reports of an Iranian nuclear test circulating, and journalists from Press TV charged with spying for having Israeli made medical supplies.
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The AIPAC Conference
• Obama's speech at the AIPAC Conference managed the tough trick of appealing to AIPAC officials and J-Street supporters.
Aipac leaders praised Mr. Obama for saying that he would not tolerate a nuclear Iran, and for explicitly ruling out a strategy of containment similar to the one used against the Soviet Union.
"The president said some welcome things today on Iran," said Josh Block, a former Aipac spokesman, "including making clear that he has a policy of prevention, not containment, explicitly pointing to a military option, delivering an extended explanation of why it is in America's interest to stop Iran, and in particular making explicitly clear that Israel has a sovereign right to defend themselves as they see fit."
There was a sharply different reaction at J Street, a prominent pro-Israel lobbying group that is less hawkish. Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiator, said Mr. Obama "gave the domestic and mainstream Israeli audiences what they wanted without giving Bibi what he wanted," referring to Mr. Netanyahu's nickname. "He refused to lie down for Bibi.
• Jennifer Rubin was less impressed.
Obama was largely defensive in tone throughout the speech, declaring at one point that he had been with Israel at every critical junction so anyone who says differently doesn't have the facts. He is hoping to get by with analysis of the problem (a nuclear-armed Iran would be very bad, he said), specifically rejecting containment as a strategy and leaving out large chunks of history (e.g., his failure to aid the Green Movement, his disastrous fetish with Israeli settlements that doomed the peace process).
But of course the real issues remain: 1) There is no evidence the Iran nuclear program has slowed because of sanctions (the reverse is true); 2) He actually seems to believe diplomacy is the only way to solve the Iranian threat; and 3) The timetable for sanctions and diplomacy to "work" will soon stretch beyond the time by which Israel must act in its own defense, leaving it dependent on U.S. action.
• Reuters says Netanyahu and Obama are "deeply at odds" over how much time is left to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power.
Even though Obama has offered assurances of stiffened U.S. resolve against Iran before the White House meeting, the two allies are still far apart on explicit nuclear "red lines" that Tehran must not be allowed to cross, and they have yet to agree on a time frame for when military action may be necessary.
• With the AIPAC Conference in full swing, it must be time for the annual Walt and Mearsheimer commentary. This year, the "Jewish Lobby" authors are vexed by the overemphasis on Iran when everyone knows the real issue of moment is the Palestinians.
• LA Times' Doyle McManus points out that Obama is taking a more hawkish position on Iran than any of his generals.
It's hard to find a high-ranking U.S. military officer who thinks war with Iran is a good idea. They point out that it is unclear that bombing Iran would succeed in stopping the Islamic Republic from developing nuclear technology, and that an attack would almost surely provoke Iranian retaliation and touch off a longer, wider war.
• Jane Eisen in Comment is Free says Obama deftly silenced critics at AIPAC but probably fell short of satisfying the "right wing campaign" against him.
Obama stepped lightly in this speech, asking nothing of Israel except to tone down the rhetoric on Iran, never mentioning the previously contentious issue of settlement activities as a legitimate obstacle to peace. Even so, that won't be enough for some American Jews, whose anxieties over Iran are being stoked by a well-funded, highly partisan rightwing campaign to discredit Obama more broadly.
• Avi Shlaim uses the occasion to unleash a torrent of hostility and outright hatred at Benjamin Netanyahu and, ultimately, the Jewish lobby. No single snippet would capture the misguided and revolting message here.


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In "Decision Time," Editor Brian Lovett will share a scenario from his 20-plus years hunting turkeys. Each hinges on a critical decision. Post what choice you would have made, and then see how things actually turned out.
Deja Voodoo
Remember the almost perfect hunt I enjoyed one May morning in Wisconsin? Have you ever experienced one of those? If so, have you tried to repeat it? That usually doesn't work, does it? Turkeys being turkeys, scenarios and reactions change drastically from day to day and hunt to hunt. And don't even talk to me about variables.
But there I was, exactly a week after my perfect hunt, standing on the same spot along a timbered ridge, listening to a turkey gobble in the same spot I'd struck the other longbeard.
"Right," I thought. "How will I manage to mess this up?"
Cynical and pessimistic, sure. But I've had enough hours on my butt pad to be wary of deja vu hunts. Still, common sense told me to approach this bird as I had approached the gobbler a week earlier, and the terrain called for an almost identical setup. But doggone it, my "perfect" bird had presented me with some challenges. That turkey hadn't climbed all over calling but instead reacted better to long periods of silence. And then I'd let him get too close, albeit mostly because of an unseen terrain depression.
That just increased my quandary. Did I try to learn from the previous hunt and switch things up? Or, assuming the turkey was buying the program, should I simply let the hunt unfold and, if possible, let history repeat itself?
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Help finalizing a 29 gallon setup
I am new to the hobby and setting up my first freshwater aquarium. have done lots of research on stocking, cycling, and more, and I am now selecting all the equipment for the aquarium.
As background: Based on what I have read so far, I will set up a 29 gallon community tank. I want to stock it with smaller schooling fish (still undecided on final stock as I am still trying to match fish to my tap water pH and hardness, but limiting myself to the hardier and smaller tetras, danios, rasboras and platies... i think). Based on everything I have read and some feedback from forum members here I decided to try a planted tank. I will only have "beginner" low light plants which don't grow too fast (such as Java Fern, Anubias, Crypt, and maybe crystalwort or java moss for the foreground... but still deciding on exact mix). I would prefer plants and a low-tech setup requiring no supplemental CO2, if possible. I am trying to keep the budget for the equipment below to around $200 so the wife doesn't complain too much
Tank: Petco is having their "$1 per gallon" sale, so i will get the 29 gallon there next week. I assume these are good tanks, reliable over the long term? $29, plus $15 for a glass canopy.
Filtration: Based on feedback from others in this forum I decided to go with canister filtration. The EHEIM filters look great. In some places I read that you need filtration capacity twice the volume of your tank, so i had selected the EHEIM classic 2213. However, I also read that in a planted aquarium too much current can be bad, as it depletes CO2, so I am concerned that the 2213 could be too much. Should i stick with the 2213 or, since I will have some plants in my tank, use the smaller 2211? 2213 is $80 (the 2211 is $63)
Heating: I like the newer non-glass heaters, and for now selected the Aqueon Pro. The room I am putting the tank can get cold at night (down to about 60 degrees) so for safety I am using a 150 watt heater. Is this overkill? I'm guessing having too few watts is a problem, but having too many is not... right? Are there any recommendations on other reliable non-glass heaters? The Aqueon Pro is $27
Lighting: This is the part I am least clear on. I know that for a planted tank I need light around 6400-6500 K. I am sticking with low-light plants, so to avoid algae I should choose a fixture with just enough light, and not overdo it. The tank will be in a room with good natural light but facing west (so no direct sunlight coming in). The tank will be far from any widows and not exposed to direct sunlight. I love the idea of LED lighting because of their low profile. I also know that the rules of "X watts per gallon" do not apply to LEDs, so I am having a hard time selecting a fixture with the right amount of light. I saw and loved Marineland's hidden LED system. It says it has 25 PAR at 12" (the tank is 18" high, minus 2-3 inches of substrate, and the light hangs just under the lip of the tank, so the distance to the plants will be just over 12"). I read that low light plants need around 20-30 par so, in theory, I should be able to use this light with no need for supplemental CO2... right? For comparison, I believe the Marineland double bright 24-36" is rated at 35 par at 12". Any thoughts? Are there any other "hidden" LED systems? The 21" hidden system is $45
Total with current selections is $196 If I go down to the Eheim 2211 and a less costly heater I could use those funds to upgrade the lighting.
Thanks in advance for all the help!
Ok.. I apologize for all the questions thrown in all at once in the post above... I'm trying to learn everything at once!
Here is a brief "update". On doing research for heating, I found the Hydor inline heaters. A bit more expensive, but I love the idea of reducing clutter in the tank (one of the many reasons I am planning to use canister filtration, BTW). Are these as reliable and effective as the traditional submersible heaters for a 29 gallon tank?
if you are willing to wait a little, check out kensfish.com, You can get the hydor heater and eheim filter plus other things you need for cheaper than petco
my thoughts would be:
eheim 2213
hydor heater (not sure the size needed)
bottle of prime
python water changer (or parts to build your own -not too hard)
glass lid
substrate - depends on the look you want, the "plant" stuff is a bit pricier but works ok. I have tried a few different things and all seem to work well
What sort of fish / plants are you thinking
Hardy85: thank you. I don't mind waiting at all. I want to take my time to make sure I get the correct equipment, and don't mind going online to save money! Hadn't thought of the water changer... i guess changing 20% of 29 gallons with a bucket can be painful! Thanks for the suggestion. My goal is to have the tank up, runnign and cycling by mid-august.
In terms of fish and plants: I would like a good number of small schooling fish, such as Danios, tetras, rasboras, etc. I know not all of these are compatible in terms of temperature preference, so i am still deciding on the final mix. I am browsing this forum for ideas. So far I have seen a few that I like, such as Harlequin, Esme and Glowlight rasboras (Harlequins probably for later after I have some experience, as they seem the least hardy of the three). In terms of tetras I seem to like the ones that are somewhat less well suited for beginners: glowlight, black and jewel. I have heard that danios and white cloud mountain minnows are good beginner fish, but they seem to prefer lower temperatures than the rasboras and tetras I like, so I will probably won't get those. I also know that some of these prefer water that is harder than what I have. So, I am still trying to decide! But in short, I would like a good number of smaller, colorful, schooling fish.
In terms of plants, nothing fancy. I want a low-tech tank, so probably will start with some Java ferns, Anubias, Java moss and Christmas moss. Most of these don't go into the substrate, so i am not too worried about substrate right now. One plant i'd love to have is something like the cabomba caroliniana (Green cabomba?) but I know it is delicate and requires high light, so not really a choice for me. I am trying to find a low light plant that looks similar -- ("needle" like leaves instead of broad ones, almost like a pine tree).
So, still a lot of decisions to make!
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Sounds like a good start! I too am in the process of piecing together a 55gallon. So many decisions...!A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into. ~Ansel Adams
Ok hears a few ideas/tips for you...
Go with a sand substrate, some driftwood and have the plants tied to the driftwood - sand is a cheap, good looking substrate since you can use pool filter sand for white looking, or black diamond for a black sand
Plants: Do a few java fern, 1 or 2 anubius, and a floater like hornwort
Lighting - get a stock light that uses the screw in bulbs and use cfl - will provide enough light for low / med light plants
Pick 1 or 2 types that you like and stick with them, some people try a bunch of random types and it has a few issues
1. Doesn't look as good, seems just tossed together
2. Many of the fish you list like schools, and they will only school with the same species
3. More types of fish = more complicated since that will mean many fish with higher chances of having problems
I'd say pick two schools, then add 1 bristle-nose pleco, and a pair of dwarf cichlids like kribs, rams or apistos
Thanks for the stocking suggestions! I haven't yet leaned much schooling plecos or cichlids, sop it sounds like I still have some reading to do!
schooling fish and a pleco, not schooling plecos
But take you time and make sure you have the right conditions, you may want to test you tap water to see what pH you are working with...
Many fish can adapt, but will do better in pH that is closer to their natural water conditions
Still, for now I am more focused on the equipment. You suggested the 2213 filter -- I have no idea what type of current these filters would generate in a 29, but you think it will not be excessive? the 2213 is rated for 65 gallons with a flow rate of 116 gph, and the 11 for 40 gallons with a flow of 60 gph. If the flow is no concern, I guess you can never have too much filtration, right?
i'd say the 2213, the spray bar will help make the current lighter, put it on the side of the tank (shorter length) and have the intake on the other end, should work great.
And using the in-line heater will give you a very clean look in the tank


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Guest Author: Susan Barnes, Assistant Director, NN/LM Outreach Evaluation Resource Center (OERC), Health Sciences Libraries and Information Center, University of Washington
The 2nd Edition of the Planning and Evaluating Health Information Outreach Projects series of 3 booklets http://nnlm.gov/evaluation/guides.html#A2 is now available online from the NN/LM Outreach Evaluation Resource Center (OERC).
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The following are notes applicable to the issue of multicast IPSec key management.
Approaches to Multicast Key Management Protocols
Shared Secret
secret is used as a key encrypting key (KEK), which is then used to distribute the shared group key to individual members.
each member retains knowledge of the shared secret with the key distributor, but the key distributor must retain knowledge of all keys it shares with the group members.
key acquisition latency is too high in large groups.
revoking/rekeying latency also remains high in the event that a member needs to be forcibly removed.
The addition of a Complimentary Variable to the shared key:
IOW, each member knows the complimentary variable of every other member but does not know his own.
For forcibly removing a member b, the group owner issues a message to all group members specifying the generation of a new key using the existing key and the complimentary variable for member b (possibly by hashing the two together). Being that member b does not have his own complimentary variable, he is unable to recompute the new key and is effectively out of the group.
limitations of cv: each time a new member joins the group, the members new complimentary variable needs to be redistributed to established group members. Also, for large groups, storing complimentary variables for every other member becomes cumbersome.
Hierarchical Tree
At the root of the tree is the main group key.
Each member is a leaf on the tree and is given the set of keys from the root, through all intermediate nodes, to the leaf that represents itself.
The root key and the keys of the leaf's parent nodes are transmitted to it encrypted with the KEK.
Addition of a new member requires only establishing of a KEK and then a single message containing all the keys of its parent nodes encrypted in that KEK. For a group of n members, the group owner must do 2 * log n key encryptions to rekey the group. For a tree of depth d, each user must store d + 1 keys while the group owner must keep all keys.
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The Uber effect continues to spread throughout the startup world.
Cover, a mobile payments startup focused on restaurants, is the latest newly funded startup touting itself as the Uber-for-something.
The company, which said Thursday it has raised $5.5 million in funding, aims to recreate the experience of taxi-hailing app Uber by allowing patrons to pay for their meals without ever seeing a check or swiping a credit card. Users simply alert the waiter they are using the Cover app to pay and then walk away at the end of the meal — even the tip is automated.
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Monday, January 4, 2010
Mary Connealy, New Releases, and Free Books!
Before we revisit with today's featured author, I want to announce that the winner of the drawing for A Prisoner of Versailles, by Golden Keyes Parsons, is:
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Congratulations! I'll contact you today for your snail mail address, and we'll get your book to you right away. I encourage readers to keep commenting and/or subscribe at right in order to participate in future book give-aways!
And now let's revisit novelist Mary Connealy, author of The Husband Tree (Barbour Publishing, January 2010).
Mary Connealy is the author of the "Lassoed in Texas" series: Petticoat Ranch, Calico Canyon and Gingham Mountain. She has a Christmas romance, Cowboy Christmas and has just released book #2 in her "Montana Marriages" series, The Husband Tree. Book #1 Montana Rose was released last summer and Book #3 Wildflower Bride is coming in May. She will be releasing historical romantic comedies for Barbour for the next two years.
Mary is married to her high school sweetheart. She is the mother of four beautiful daughters and has one beautiful granddaughter.
Please tell us a bit more about the plot of The Husband Tree.
Belle Tanner buries her third worthless husband and makes a vow over his shallow grave. She's learned her lesson. No more men.
Silas Harden just lost his second ranch because of a woman. The first deserted him when times got tough. Now he's had to quit the whole state of New Mexico to avoid a trumped-up shotgun wedding and the noose of matrimony. He's learned his lesson. No more women.
Belle needs hired hands to move a cattle herd late in the season and there's no one around but seemingly aimless Silas. She hires him reluctantly.
Silas signs on, glad for the work, though worried about a woman doing such a thing as hiring drovers, only to find out he's the lone man going with five woman, including a baby still in diapers. After the cattle drive is over, he might as well shoot himself to speed up the process of being embarrassed to death.
Which character in your novel most interested you while you wrote?
I adored Belle. She was so tough and yet, in her heart, she still couldn't help but hope for True Love. No matter how hard she tried to kill the impulse.
Why will readers enjoy your novel?
To anyone who's read Montana Rose, they'll be delighted when I start Book #2 of the "Montana Marriages" series with Belle Tanner burying her worthless husband. No one is going to be sorry to see Anthony has turned up his toes. But then to find a man who is right for Belle, hard to imagine. Romantic comedy with cowboys.
This month we're looking at character motivations. Let's say you're working on a new novel in which a minor character, an elderly woman, simply dislikes your protagonist. Your protag eventually learns why. What's the problem?
I usually give a lot of credit to elderly characters. So, if she dislikes the hero, she'll have a good reason. I'm going to make her the grandmother of the heroine and she sees the hero as charming her granddaughter into love, when he doesn't return those feelings. But there's at least a degree in selfishness to her resentment of the hero. If her granddaughter finds a man to love, she'll leave. And grandma will be alone.
What is the last book you read that moved you?
I just read the book Mischief, by Amanda Quick, and it may be the funniest thing I've ever read. The characters in this book are just so hilarious. It's secular so be aware, and a Regency romance which isn't usually my thing, but this couple, well, I love romantic suspense and I love comedy. If they're sassing each other and falling in love while they're running for their lives, then I'm happy. And this book has it all.
What are you working on now?
I'll be writing for Barbour Publishing for a while yet, more romantic westerns. The next book up is Wildflower Bride, Book #3 in the "Montana Marriages" series.
A white woman raised by the Flathead tribe, has never met a man she didn't want to pull a knife on, including the man who's determined to marry her.
Where else can readers find you or your writing online?
Find out more about my books at www.maryconnealy.com and check out my blogs: mconnealy.blogspot.com; petticoatsandpistols.com; and seekerville.blogspot.com
To purchase The Husband Tree: Amazon
Thanks, Mary, for visiting with us and telling us about The Husband Tree. Readers, Mary has offered to give a copy of her novel to the winner of our drawing on Monday, January 11. To enter, leave a comment for Mary, below. Leave your email address, in case you win, like so: trish[at]trishperry[dot]com.
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Finally, to start the New Year off right, I'd like to bring your attention to some of the fine inspirational fiction that's being released this month:
1. A Stray Drop of Blood, by Roseanna M. White from Whitefire Publishing. Born free, made a slave, married out of her bonds, Abigail never knows freedom until she feels the fire of a stray drop of blood from a Jewish carpenter.
2. A Deadly Wilderness, by Kelly Irvin from Five Star/Gale/Cengage. A family that will stop at nothing to protect its secrets and a drug cartel hit man are just two of the pieces to the puzzle Homicide Detective Ray Johnson must solve to find a murderer--and save his own life.
3. Becoming Lucy - The Winds Across the Prairie Series, by Martha Rogers from Realms Division of Strang Communications. An alleged murderer reclaims his life, but can he reclaim his beloved?
4. Burn, by Erin Healy and Ted Dekker from Thomas Nelson. A supernatural thriller about a woman who gets an unwanted chance to extinguish her fiery past.
5. First Impressions , by Michelle Sutton from Desert Breeze Publishing, Inc. Playing the role of a saloon girl taught her how to flirt, but it makes a lousy first impression on the man whose heart she longs to win.
6. Jenna's Cowboy- Callahans of Texas, 1, by Sharon Gillenwater from Baker/Revell. Will Jenna's love enable Nate to put the horrors of war behind him and become the man she deserves?
7. Never Far from Home- 2nd in the Miller Family Series, by Mary Ellis from Harvest House Publishers. Emma's rebellious Rumschpringe may lead to her banishment as friendship turns to love with the English sheepfarmer.
8. Plain Jane, by Hillary Manton Lodge from Harvest House Publishers. Girl reporter Jayne Tate finds more than she bargained for when she goes to Amish Country to research a story.
9. Sworn to Protect, by Diann Mills from Tyndale. Danika Morales has sworn to protect our nation's borders. But that oath has come with a price.
10. The Chic Shall Inherit the Earth - All About Us #6, by Shelley Adina from Hatchette FaithWords. At exclusive Spencer Academy, Lissa Mansfield gains popularity when she replaces her nemesis, Vanessa, on the senior Cotillion committee, but graduation and major decisions about the future loom.
11. The Choice - Lancaster County Secrets, Book 1, by Suzanne Woods Fisher from Revell. A tender story of love and forgiveness, "The Choice" uncovers the sweet simplicity of the Amish world--and shows it's never too late to find your way back to God.
12. The Husband Tree - Montana Marriages, by Mary Connealy from Barbour. A tough lady rancher drags a reluctant cowhand on a cattledrive, along with her four daughters.
Happy reading, and Happy New Year!
36 comments:
Enjoyed reading Mary Connealy interview. I have read her books and love them. Would love to enter the drawing of her most recent book! Thanks,
- January 4, 2010 at 9:39 AM
- Merry said...
Mary Connealy is a favorite with my daughters and me; we love to laugh and a good romance. Please include me for The Husband Tree. Thanks!
- January 4, 2010 at 9:53 AM
- Charity said...
Please enter me:) Thanks!!
- January 4, 2010 at 9:56 AM
- adge said...
I always enjoy Mary Connealy's books. I read the first book in this series and thought it was great so I'm sure this one will be good too. Please include me in the giveaway. Thank you.
- January 4, 2010 at 10:19 AM
- Mary Connealy said...
The Husband Tree is, to date, my favorite book. I think it's really funny. Belle is just such a stubborn woman and Silas is a prickly character. I about had to hog tie them both to get them to the altar.
- January 4, 2010 at 10:39 AM
I love the premise. Please enter me into the drawing.
- January 4, 2010 at 11:34 AM
- April said...
Great interviw. I love your books. I have this one on my list.Please enter me. Blessings.
- January 4, 2010 at 11:50 AM
- kynomi said...
The book sounds like it would be a good read. Hope I win.
- January 4, 2010 at 11:58 AM
- Edna said...
I have tried everywhere to win a copy of The Husband Tree, no luck so far, so please enter me.
May God bless
- January 4, 2010 at 12:14 PM
- Winter said...
I love Mary's books! And this new series is great. I'd love a chance to win this book, please enter me in the drawing.
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- January 4, 2010 at 12:58 PM
- Casey said...
I haven't yet read any of Mary's work, but I plan to. I have been reading her on Seekerville- what a riot! Thanks for the chance to win. This book looks great. :)
- January 4, 2010 at 1:39 PM
Sounds like a good one! Please enter me. Thanks!!!
- January 4, 2010 at 2:53 PM
- Mary Connealy said...
Anyone who doesn't win and doesn't feel like they can afford the book, go to the library for it. I LOVE libraries.
And the entire Lassoed in Texas series, Petticoat Ranch, Calico Canyon and Gingham Mountain are now available in large print. They're real costly on Amazon, but a lot of libraries will carry them. You have my permission to throw a hissy fit if they don't have them. Take pictures of yourself on the floor holding your breath, blue face, I'll post them on my blog. :)
You'd better include a notarized statement from the library, otherwise this is the kind of thing that could be staged at home.
- January 4, 2010 at 3:05 PM
Great interview. Thanks so much for sharing about your new book Mary. I look forward to reading it. Please enter me in the drawing.
Thanks, Sheryl
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- January 4, 2010 at 4:43 PM
- Abi said...
I'd love a chance to win this book. Thanks.
ABreading4fun [at] gmail [dot] com
- January 4, 2010 at 5:14 PM
- Denise said...
I loved Belle and her daughters in Montana Rose! I can't wait to read The Husband Tree!!!! I'm curious, though. Which actress, in your opinion, would portray Belle?
Please enter me in the drawing!
- January 4, 2010 at 5:48 PM
- Virginia C said...
Hi, Mary! Happy New Year to all : )
No one writes historical romantic comdies with the flair and wit of Mary Connealy! I have read Cowboy Christmas and Montana Rose and laughed out loud while I was enjoying the sweet love stories! I think that laughter is an essential part of love and life itself.
Please enter my name in the drawing. I am a subscriber.
gcwhiskas [at} aol [dot] com
- January 4, 2010 at 5:54 PM
- Trish Perry said...
Denise, we'll have to pressure Mary on this one. She's not a big fan of casting actors in her books' roles. But she has her readers' best interests in mind in that. She wants her readers to form their own image of the characters.
At least that's what she said when I threatened to call her a party pooper for refusing to cast the film version of one of her novels.
- January 4, 2010 at 5:57 PM
- Mary Connealy said...
Denise, I totally saw Belle as Jane Seymour as Dr. Quinn...only with a bull whip and a six gun.
- January 4, 2010 at 7:53 PM
- Mary Connealy said...
Thanks, Virginia. I appreciate the kind words.
- January 4, 2010 at 7:54 PM
a great post....thanks for the opportunity to read mary's latest masterpiece.
- January 4, 2010 at 9:57 PM
- squiresj said...
Now here is an author I know and love. Please enter me to win her book.
- January 4, 2010 at 10:33 PM
- Lori (sugarandgrits) said...
I know I typed in a comment early this morning (Monday), but don't see it anywhere...hmmm...let me try this again...
Montana Rose is my "new" Mary Connealy fave book. I absolutely adored the entire cast of characters! It has been a looong wait for Belle's story, but it's finally here. Woo-hoo! I'm the oldest of 4 girls, so I'm thinking that The Husband Tree is gonna be lots of fun.
Thanks for this wonderful opportunity!
~ Lori
sugarandgrits at hotmail dot com
- January 5, 2010 at 12:49 AM
- Anna W. said...
I'm a huge fan of Mary Connealy's books! Please enter me!
writer_weaver at yahoo dot com
- January 5, 2010 at 3:11 AM
- Momma Kat said...
I have loved reading your books, and always bug our church librarian anytime I see a new one coming out. You are one talented writer! Thanks so much for sharing.
- January 5, 2010 at 6:58 AM
- Mary Connealy said...
Momma Kat, good for you. I'm always glad to hear about librarian harrassment. It means the world to me.
- January 5, 2010 at 4:10 PM
- Carole said...
Sometimes I just need to laugh and Mary's books certainly do the job. Keep 'em coming, Mary!
I do some of my reading on Kindle and wanted to download Cowboy Christmas last December, but apparently Barbour hasn't released it in that format yet.
Thanks for the chance to win The Husband Tree. With a title like that, it's got to be great!
cjarvis [at] bellsouth [dot] net
- January 5, 2010 at 10:56 PM
- Caffey said...
Its a beautiful blog here! I've read a couple of Mary Connealy's books and gosh, what a beautiful comfort read they were for me, really lifted my spirits. I'm so excited about this new boo! Sounds perfect! I especially love the historical ones, just seem so beautiful to go into that setting to read.
Mary, I too enjoy Amanda Quick's historicals. I discovered hers when reading a recent one of hers and looking back to find more of hers to read. I love to find out that authors that I read enjoy reading some of the same that I do!
I'd love to be in the contest for this new book, thank you!
- January 5, 2010 at 10:58 PM
- destrella said...
Thank you for the opportunity. It must be awesome to hold that book that God gave you in your hands!
estrella8888 at roadrunner dot com
- January 6, 2010 at 7:38 PM
This was a fun interview to read. I haven't read one of Mary's books yet, but her covers all look interesting.
- January 6, 2010 at 9:12 PM
- April said...
What a wonderful interview. Please enter me. I have read all her books and would love to have this one. It's on my list to get. Blessings.
- January 7, 2010 at 8:15 AM
- Carman said...
I love Mary's books! Please enter me. :D
- January 7, 2010 at 10:49 PM
- Cherie J said...
Enjoyed the interview and would love to read this book. Thanks for the chance to win a copy.
- January 8, 2010 at 5:27 PM
- The Unsell Family said...
Please enter me.
~Jen Unsell
- January 8, 2010 at 6:42 PM
- G.R.I.T.S. said...
please enter me!
Thank you carman for having this on your blog!
- January 8, 2010 at 6:55 PM
I'd like to be entered into this giveaway! I'm reading the previous book and really enjoying it. I got here from Carman's blog.
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A new publishing company has taken over the magazine, and there will be 2 more issues per year than before. It used to come every 2 months for six issues, though now there will be 8!
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Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) (BRKB) had some choice things to say about high frequency trading this morning:
I think it is very stupid to allow a system to evolve where half the trading is a bunch of short-term people trying to get information one-millionth of a nano-second ahead of somebody else. It's legalized front-running; I think it's basically evil and it should never have been able to reach the size that it did…why should all of us pay a little group of people to engage in legalized front-running of our orders?
It should be noted that both Munger and his buddy Warren Buffett have often said that HFT doesn't really hurt investors like them, who hold for the long-term and are thus mostly immune to short-term ups and downs. That doesn't mean, of course, they don't have an opinion on the practice.
Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal had a great scoop about how high-frequency traders were exploiting the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's computer system to make money:
Using powerful computers, high-speed traders are trying to profit from their ability to detect when their own orders for certain commodities are executed a fraction of a second before the rest of the market sees that data, traders say.
The advantage often is just one to 10 milliseconds, according to people familiar with the matter and trading records reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. But that is plenty of time for computer-driven traders, who say they can structure their orders so that the confirmations tip which direction prices for crude oil, corn and other commodities are moving. A millisecond is one-thousandth of a second.
Munger wasn't content to just lambast traders, however. As my colleague Tiernan Ray reports, he seems to have a pretty low opinion of bankers:
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Yes, and their names are Wolverine and Sabretooth.
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From what I've read there's still another Australian and another one of another nationality.
If you ask me though I consider Mr. Frank Buckles to be the last since he's the last to serve on the front. I'm not taking ANYTHING from the 2 others but they were in training and didn't fight.
EDIT: Although many don't wanna admit it's a "reliable source", according to Wikipedia there are still two living survivors:
Claude Choules
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Loleatta Holloway died at 64. She was a disco singer who sang a lot of songs for the Salsoul label and contributed vocals to Dan Hartman's "Relight My Fire". She also sang the chestnut "Love Sensation". The vocals from that song were ripped and placed onto Black Box's "Ride on Time". The same song begat Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch's "Good Vibrations", using a vocal she rerecorded especially for that song.
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Geraldine Ferraro, age 75 passed away from blood cancer.
May the force be with you.
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The program includes two spirituals and two songs to the Virgin Mary, one featuring several soloists, cello and organ.
Three songs of praise from three different cultures will also be performed.
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Some scientists think that the Universe will end in a Big Crunch. A handy way of saying that it will contract until it doesn't exist anymore. That will be followed by a Big Bang and a new Universe will begin. This is the basis for the cyclic version of cosmology.
The majority of scientists agree that our Universe is flat based on readings from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe(WMAP). A few others disagree. Remember, everyone thought our planet was flat until explorers discovered differently. The question may never be answered beyond a shadow of a doubt.
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I think Reagan's Presidency offered a lot of good and a lot of bad. However, I also believe that the policies of his administration probably contributed more to the economic weakness of the US today than the policies of any other President with the possible exception of GWB. His was the Presidency that launched to belief that deficits were not a problem if done to reduce taxes or increase military spending. His policies led directly to bankrupting the Saving & Loan industry and undermining the financial stability of private pension plans that continue to be bailed out be taxpayers as a consequence. Linked to this, his administration's policies helped stimulate a wild west style of corporate management in which the long term future value of a company was sacrificed without thought to achieve short-term gains and the bonuses that went with them. These factors continue to haunt us today and are truly a core part of the Reagan legacy.
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They'd Rather Not even look or think or want to ever Do another Thing much less a Quilted Thing. Ooooooo!!!!! I'd Rather Not!!!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
They'd Rather Not even look or think or want to ever Do another Thing much less a Quilted Thing. Ooooooo!!!!! I'd Rather Not!!!
Actually, I have only been to a couple of small shows and I felt inspired to make a new pattern or one that I had been thinking of - I know I won't be one of those award winning nationally known quilters - but I love it and I want to keep on learning all the time.
Yeah, I usually walk away inspired as well. There is a place for all of us ;-)
I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health - Voltaire
I like going to the quilt shows, but sometimes I feel like such a hack. I don't imagine I will ever be as skilled as some of the people there, but I know the people I quilt for are happy with my work, so I just keep going. I love doing it and I think I get better, the more I do.
Is someone going to look at one of my quilts and see if my points match? I hope not. I just want them to wrap up in it and enjoy it.
Never regret growing older, its a privilege denied to many.
Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
I always feel motivated after a quilt show, even the top national ones. I want to try harder! Not being the best quilter does not bother me at all. I enter my quilts in shows knowing they are not awe inspiring but hoping someone will see it and think I can do that!
Got fabric?
I kind of understand where you are coming from. I see all the beautiful quilts that I could probably never do or would take me a long time to do and feel small in comparison. But, if I look at the quilts as someone working their butts off really hard to make those, I don't feel bad. I feel that if I wanted to put in the extra effort, I could do it too. I know I could. Well, not all of them, but a lot of them. Some of them are just to be admired...just beautiful works of art. I could never do that. But I could do a lot of the quilts at the show if I wanted to put in the time and effort. I usually don't want to put in that much time and effort.
I think there are a lot of A type personalities out there churning out those beauties. More power to them. Thanks to them, I get to see something magnificent! Now, back to my reality.
"Be yourself...everyone else is taken."
Strong people don't put others down...they build them up."
"Remember that your instincts are more important than rules"
Not me, gives me something to aspire to
Just the opposite. I get inspired about new techniques, patterns, colors ideas. I also get inspired to improve the skills that I already know.
May your stitches always be straight, your seams always lie flat, and your grain never be biased against you.
I love seeing "perfect" quilts, even though I know I'll never produce one. Doesn't bother me, as I have other talents.
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ShopRite Today …Families Serving Families
From a small, struggling cooperative with eight Members – all owners of their own grocery stores – Wakefern Food Corp., the merchandising and distribution arm for ShopRite, has grown into the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States and the largest employer in New Jersey . The cooperative is comprised of 45 members who individually own and operate supermarkets under the ShopRite banner. Today, Wakefern and ShopRite together employ more than 50,000 people throughout New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.
At ShopRite, generations of families have served generations of their customers' families. Although they have grown from the small "Mom and Pop" stores of the 1940's, most ShopRite stores are still family owned and operated businesses – many with second, third, or even fourth generations involved.
All ShopRite owners are members of Wakefern Food Corporation, which buys, warehouses and transports products while providing other support services to ensure customer satisfaction. "Volume" buying enables ShopRite stores to offer their consumers the lowest overall prices, and the greatest value, in the marketplace.
Headquartered in Keasbey, New Jersey, Wakefern operates over 2.5 million square feet of grocery and non-food warehousing. Its transportation fleet, one of the largest private fleets on the east coast, consists of 400 tractors and 2,000 trailers, and travels more than 35 million miles annually. For more information on Wakefern Food Corporation, please visit www.wakefern.com .
ShopRite is dedicated to supporting the communities in its trading areas. ShopRite has been a long time partner and supporter of the Community Food Bank of New Jersey, donating food, services, money and contributing hundreds of volunteer hours each year. An additional focus of community support is the education and training of special needs students to prepare them for meaningful careers in the supermarket industry. This innovative and groundbreaking program – Supermarket Careers – was created by ShopRite in 1989, and is now in place in 42 schools throughout the company's six state area. The program has received local, state and national awards, including the Secretary of Education's Award, the highest honor available to vocational programs. ShopRite is also an annual sponsor of the New Jersey and Connecticut Special Olympics Games, providing logistical, volunteer and food support for these annual events that attract more than 1,800 athletes and 20,000 attendees.
ShopRite Fresh Bake Shop
Make your entertaining easy with ShopRite Kitchens Catering!
Planning a party? Let our Fresh Bake Shop help you entertain and plan for your next party. We offer the biggest selection of fresh, made to order decorated cakes, party platters and dessert cakes. No special occasion is complete without a fabulous dessert. Whether it's a luscious chocolate cake for a festive birthday celebration, a bagel tray for a morning business meeting or an elegant fruit tart to give new neighbors a sweet welcome to the neighborhood, you'll find all your needs met at ShopRite's Fresh Bake Shop .
Specialty Cakes
ShopRite's specialty team is happy to create a one-of-a-kind custom cake to suit any occasion. Our master bakers can create the perfect cake in your choice of rich icings, fillings, and flavors. Just tell us how many guests you're expecting, and we'll take care of the rest!
Picture Perfect Cakes
Your photo, our cake – a perfect combination. We can duplicate your photograph or document for placement on your special order cake. (Photo cakes not available in all stores.)
Brownie Bites and Cookie Platters
When "just a bite" is just right: Try our chocolate- or vanilla-iced cupcakes, or our scrumptious chocolate brownies, which are available fudge iced, plain, or with walnuts, or our delicious gourmet cookies.
Cupcake Pull-A-Parts
24 individual cupcakes that are formed into shapes such as rainbows and baseballs. The icing on these cupcakes turns them into one delicious cake. Serves 24.
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At ShopRite we are taking nutrition to another level- HANDS ON. Our goal is so much more than to just fill your plate- we want to fill your plate with delicious, healthful ingredients and limitless dinner possibilities.
All of our Culinary Workshop Recipes meet our Dietitian Selection Recipe Criteria- so you can be confident that every delicious recipe we feature is easy to make and good for you. Click on our brochure to find a class near you. Program is offered in select stores.
At Season's Peak
One of the great pleasures of late summer/early fall is the abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables. But what to do with all the peak produce? Look no further because our culinary classes offer creative ways to enjoy your favorite fruits and vegetables. From burgers and burritos to salads and sangría,we've got lots of ideas to help you fully enjoy all the bounties of late summer.
We hope you'll join us to discover grilling favorites and weeknight dinner ideas. Stop by your neighborhood ShopRite® Courtesy Counter, and register for any of our workshops. (See the store schedule on pages 6 and 7.)
To learn additional food and cooking tips, register for one of our fun, interactive ShopRite's Culinary Workshops in select ShopRite stores. ShopRite's Culinary Workshop is a hands-on cooking class program taught by a select team of professional chefs from top restaurants, caterers and hotels. These friendly chef instructors share their professional skills and knowledge in a hands–on class offered most weeks in select stores.
These enjoyable and affordable classes (only $20-$35!) are offered in a number of ShopRite Supermarket locations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.... more
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Every few years, someone revisits the controversy over the big vagina on the wall. The topic was broached most recently by Geoff Meeker in his media blog at thetelegram.com.
I'm referring to the "Red Trench," Don Wright's oversized sculpture depicting a bloody-looking trench gouged into sand.
The work was commissioned by the provincial government in the 1980s, and went on display in a busy open stairwell at the Confederation Building.
Before long, the huge, labia-like depiction had become the talk of the town. Thousands of politicians and public servants passed by the sculpture every day, and the visual similarity was hard to ignore. Some were offended, others merely uncomfortable, and a few downright juvenile about it.
When it hit talk shows and the media, the government tried to defend it. Eventually, they decided it wasn't worth the grief. They took it down and, instead of finding a new home, put it in storage where it remained for five years.
There is an element to this story that still offends me today. I'm not offended by suggestive art, unless I feel it is cheap or gratuitous. Neither am I offended by the public's reaction to this work or its subsequent removal.
What I am offended by is the elitist scolding handed down from arts gurus such as former provincial curator and arts critic Peter Bell.
Bell was on a Telegram panel 12 years ago tasked to select the "Newfoundland artist of the millennium." It was part of expert- and reader-driven surveys in various categories to kick off the year 2000. The panellists picked Wright as top choice.
Wright founded St. Michael's Printshop in the 1970s, and was rightly touted for his instructive as well as artistic contributions.
But Bell took the opportunity, as he had at the time of the uproar, to sling more mud and invective at the unsophisticated brutes in government who dared remove the "Red Trench" from the wall. And in 2005, he resurrected the controversy again, in a letter to The Telegram:
"(Wright) was publicly humiliated by the government, which had ears only for a bunch of hysterical secretaries who couldn't recognize the artist's meditation on his approaching death."
This quote really gets at the heart of the matter.
First, there is a misconception that the vagina image only arose in the minds of the unwashed masses — that the artist had no such intention. I remember this quite distinctly. Arts advocates and critics were initially incensed with the lewd comparison, bashing those who dared voice it.
It's not unknown for artists to take advantage of a public commission to rattle a few cages. A piece installed outside Confederation Building was called "Garbage in the Wind" — a clever dig at the goings on inside the legislature.
In this case, however, we were assured the artist's intentions were pure and sacrosanct. The gaspers and snickerers were despicable cretins.
Wright himself remained coy and evasive throughout the uproar. But his priestly defenders remained stalwart: the citizenry must bow before the beauty of high art. (Not that they had a choice, as it was rammed down their throats each day at work.)
The ironic epilogue — ignored or overlooked by most — is that Wright finally admitted before his death in 1988 that, while the idea did spring from his penchant for carving lines in the sand, the genitalia resemblance was deliberate.
That still doesn't make it dirty or lewd, of course. Good art has meaning on many levels. But it certainly vindicated the parade of politicians and innocent office workers that saw it every day.
I think Wright deserves the accolades he gets. He earned a special place in the pantheon of local arts pioneers, and I am proud to say one of his limited edition prints dominates our living room wall.
But the "Red Trench" was a single case of the wrong idea for the wrong place at the wrong time. Nothing more.
Peter Jackson is The Telegram's
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About Jeff Masters
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 9:23 PM GMT on September 01, 2010
Hurricane Earl has regained Category 4 strength this afternoon, and continues on a steady northwest path towards the North Carolina coast. Recent satellite imagery shows that Earl has become more symmetrical, with improved upper-level outflow and no signs of dry air wrapping into the core. The improved appearance is probably due to lower wind shear. Latest wind shear tendency imagery from the University of Wisconsin CIMSS group shows that shear on the southwest side of Earl has fallen by about 10 knots over the past 24 hours.
Figure 1. Afternoon satellite image of Earl.
Forecast for Earl
The latest set of model runs from 8am EDT (12Z) this morning shows little change to Earl's track. Thus, my write-up of the possible impacts to North Carolina, New England, and Canada in this morning's post remain unchanged. The latest SHIPS model forecast shows wind shear will remain moderate, about 15 knots, through Friday afternoon. This should allow Earl to maintain major hurricane status as it passes North Carolina early Friday morning. By Friday night, as Earl gets caught in the jet stream and accelerates to the northeast, wind shear will rise to 20 - 30 knots and ocean temperatures will plunge to 20°C, resulting in considerable weakening. Earl will still probably be a Category 1 or 2 hurricane early Saturday morning, when it will make its closest approach to New England. Earl is more likely to be a strong tropical storm or weak Category 1 hurricane early Saturday afternoon, when it is expected to make landfall in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Earl is a large hurricane, which gives it a higher potential for storm surge damage than a smaller hurricane with the same top winds. One measure of a storm's power, useful for gauging storm surge threat, is to measure the speed of the winds and multiply by the area over which those winds blow. This total is called the Integrated Kinetic Energy (IKE). Based on the storm's IKE, one can come up with a scale from 0 - 6 rating the storm's destructive power from its storm surge. A separate rating can be given to the destructive potential of the storm's winds. The IKE value of 112 Terrajoules for Earl, at 3:30pm EDT today, gives its storm surge a destructive power of 5.0 on a scale of 0 - 6. Earl's winds have a lower destructive power, 3.4 on a scale of 0 - 6. Let's hope the right front quadrant of Earl, where the main storm surge would occur, stays offshore! For comparison, the small Category 5 Hurricane Camille of 1969 had an IKE of 80 Terrajoules, and the very large Category 2 Hurricane Ike of 2008 had an IKE of 116 Terrajoules--similar to Category 3 Earl's.
Tropical Storm Fiona is struggling due to high wind shear, courtesy of strong upper-level northerly winds from Hurricane Earl's outflow. The latest Hurricane Hunter center fix at 1:29pm EDT found Fiona had weakened some, with a central pressure of 999 mb. This is a rise of 1 mb from this morning. The wind shear analysis from the University of Wisconsin CIMSS group shows that shear has increased to a moderately high 15 - 20 knots this afternoon. Satellite loops show the classic signature of a tropical storm experiencing high wind shear--an exposed center of circulation, and all the heavy thunderstorms pushed to one side (the south side in this case). Martinique radar shows that the outer bands from Fiona are bringing heavy rain squalls to the same islands of the northern Lesser Antilles that were affected by Earl. Our wundermap for the northern Lesser Antilles shows no stations recorded winds over 20 mph this afternoon, though there was no reporting station on Barbuda, the island closest to Fiona.
Forecast for Fiona
Moderate wind shear and dry air should keep Fiona from attaining hurricane status over the next two days, as big brother Earl continues to bring high wind shear. The shear may be strong enough to destroy Fiona, as predicted by the NHC. However, by this weekend, Earl may pull far enough away for shear to drop and Fiona to survive. The 4 - 5 day track forecast is highly uncertain, as there is a large spread in the model solutions. It is possible Fiona may pose a threat to Bermuda on Saturday or Sunday, and the storm could wander for a week or more in the waters between Bermuda and the U.S. East Coast.
Figure 2. Afternoon satellite image of Fiona.
Tropical Storm Gaston forms
Tropical Storm Gaston developed enough heavy thunderstorms near its center this afternoon to get a name, and appears destined to become Hurricane Gaston by early next week. Water vapor satellite images show a large area of dry air to the north and west of Gaston, and this dry air will be the dominant inhibiting factor for development. The latest SHIPS model forecast predicts shear will remain moderate, 10 - 15 knots, for the next four days, and perhaps fall to the low range 4 - 5 days from now. Gaston is over warm 28°C waters, and should be able to steadily intensify into a hurricane by Saturday or Sunday, as predicted by the many of the intensity models. Gaston may threaten the northern Lesser Antilles Islands as early as Tuesday.
Next post
I'll have an update in the morning, and Dr. Rob Carver will have a late night update tonight.
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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I have been using Skullcandy FMJ with inline mic headphones for the last three years. I keep going back to them because I used to get a 50% discount as part of the ski club at my university. However, in three years I have been through 4 pairs of earbuds. I use them on a daily basis commuting and after several months I always have issues with the cord wearing out at the headphone jack. Skullcandy has always been good about replacing them under their warranty, but honestly I'm getting sick of having to replace them so frequently. Now that I have graduated and don't get the discount I'm not sure that I'm going to be spending my money on these anymore. Just my 2 cents for what its worth.
The newest generation of Titan shows that Skullcandy is declining - Last year, I bought a pair and they came standard with a plastic sheathed metal cable, much stronger buds, better sound, and more. I know this because my old ones got eaten by my dog and I bought the new ones. The newer ones are terrible compared to the old ones and I returned them and bought the old ones for the same cost from a different company.
I went through loads of different bud earphones and to me there's not much discernible difference between expensive ones and real cheap ones, thy all have the same issues, the cheapest ones I've bought have turned out to be the most impressive all round package and that was sennheiser cx400 for £11
the reason the volume spikes is due to the microphone. They fixed the issue with the Heavy Medal buds. But i had same problem with the FMJ's i have 3 pairs of them and all have the problem. If you dont use the mic then just put a piece of tape over it because the wind hitting the mic causes the spike.
i've bought almost every kind go Skull headphones for my little brother and they all fal apart WAY too easy, or a speaker quits working (hesh, inkd, lowriderz, etc). won't ever buy skullcandys again
I've ha a large assortment of headphones/ Bluetooth and I went large last pair and went with the monster solo HD headphones. Kinda bulky, outer ear headphones that sit flush against your ears, but wow. I've never in my life herd such amazing sound quality and bass out of anything I've ever seen before. 249$ in stores but I got a pair
On kijiji for 180 cash. Best money I've ever spent on headphones
I can't recommend the 50/50's enough. I have a pair and I think the sound quality is on par with the iBeats or Dre Tours for half the price. I picked up a white pair for $19 at Best Buy early Dec. I LOVE them! Very comfortable...the buds are very soft and mold well to the ear canal.
my last Skull Candy that like were the FMJ 2009 models. After 2009 quality went downhill. The control piece on the mic had the pause/play/answer call button plus the up and down volume button. They removed the up and down button and changed the mic/control module in the 2010-current with ugly ones. 2009 FMJ are hard to find but I'll pick up a older model over any of the current models.


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Disappointing news: Joe Biden buys a puppy
Vice president-elect Joe Biden bought a puppy from a Pennsylvania breeder of German shepherds yesterday. According to Biden spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander: [H]e's familiar with the breed and its personality. He's excited to bring it home when it gets a little older and has promised that his grandchildren can name it …


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Jean Louise Burdekin
SUN PRAIRIE – Jean Louise Burdekin, age 93, passed away at home on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 with her three daughters and grandson by her side.
She was born on Jan. 23, 1920 in Schenectady, NY. She was united in marriage to Harold Burdekin on May 20, 1948. Jean was a graduate of Parson's School of Design in New York City, where she studied fashion illustration. Her art career included oil portraits and landscapes. Jean had been a member of the Madison Art Guild since 1965 and helped plan the first Art Fair on the Square; she also helped plan the art show at University Hospital, and both have become yearly events. Jean also volunteered for over 10 years at University Hospital.
Jean is survived by her three loving daughters, Catherine Koepke of Marshall, Patricia Snell-Jackson (Dale Jackson) of Huntersville, NC and Holly Burdekin of Marshall. She is also survived by many wonderful grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Jean was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Harold and son Walter.
Funeral services will be held at GOOD SHEPHARD EPISCIPAL CHURCH, 3416 Swansee Ridge, Sun Prairie on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 at 11 a.m. with Father Mike Tess officiating. A visitation will be held at the church on Friday from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services. Burial will follow at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Sun Prairie.


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After starting to port my circular treemaps code to Java and realising that Java2D is just too slow for the task I've put together a snapshot of my Gtk+ version, which uses Freetype 2 for rendering. A few days ago I downloaded the Anti Grain Geometry graphics library and I'm very impressed so far. Used wisely it should be a good basis for an interactive circular treemap file system viewer. All in all the total confusion regarding hacking is gone, or at least i got a plan for my pebbles code...
Every once in a while I have big trouble with time management. In fact, it happens quite regularly.
In those moments I'm thinking of better ways to represent calendaring information and to integrate
timeline-based information visualization into user interfaces. Most of the time I end
up just printing out my old PostScript-based calendar, fill in the dates and put it on the wall.
I like those calendar year views very much where weeks line up neatly and the flow of time is easy to see. Last year I coded a little Java prototype (screenshot). The prototype has no function whatsoever, but I like the visual design. The main idea is to use this layout as a basis for visualizing stuff like mailing list threads, stock prices, server statistics, etc. Another good point is that it could be used for a zoomable user interface since a day view can easily use the long vertical space each day in the year view gets. Teaching myself a little PHP and CSS I made a PHP version of the same layout earlier this year. It's a good example for how different browsers realize CSS-support :-(
There was a lot of talk about file management on the old Linux Interface Project's mailing lists. One of the ideas which I still miss in contemporary packages is the ability to aggregate files of the same type to a single icon. You would select an entry from the context (or main) menu, saying something like "pile up JPG images" or similar and the files of the respective type would then be represented by a single "stack" or "group" icon, instead of beeing scattered around. A special option would be to collapse/expand "hidden files" which would IMHO be much more convenient then various ways to select "show hidden files" today. On the piled-up icons a menu entry would appear which allows to unpile the stack. See the mockup. Under the pile icons a file-type depending summary would be shown, such as "12 PNG images, 6083 KB" or "5 mp3 files, 24 min".


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Living Legacy 2017
Living Legacy 2017 : Robert Aiken
West Gallery
Living Legacy 2017 encompasses those living artists in our Legacy Collection from 2016. These are the top selling artists for all of our 2015 exhibits, invited to show in our Legacy Gallery last year. Work by these 22 artists has been moved to the East Gallery, and refreshed with new pieces for this exhibit. This may be your last chance to see these works by Joe McGurl, William Hoyt, Eric Tobin, Julie Y Baker Albright and many others.
Middle Room
In our Middle Room gallery we present the Legends of Legacy. Those artists that have since passed on who's work represents the best of New England Landscape painters. This includes not only Alden and Mary Bryan, but such notables as Don Stone, Bob Duffy, Aldro Hibbard, Emile Gruppe and many others. This year we will be featuring of the work of Thomas Curtin, with paintings never before shown at the Bryan Gallery.
East Gallery
The Cabin Fever Series returns! We are once again using our West Gallery space for a series of workshops, demonstrations and other events. Notable area artists will be performing demonstrations and conducting workshops throughout February and March. We will feature the work of the artists who are participating in this series on the available wall space. Come for the demonstrations, attend a workshop, or just visit the gallery to see the great work of these artists.


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Every time we go out into the woods for an outing with our scouts we should expect that some planning and preparation has occurred. In a Backpacking style troop this is an absolute must.
You are walking away from your cars and comfort items, you are sustaining on what you bring on your back, you are relying on map and compass or at least familiarity with the trail system you are trekking on, you need to have the skills to collect and treat water, build small fires, and pack your pack. You need to understand the usage of the items you take with you and try to make each item doe multiple tasks.
So planning and preparing yourself (and your Scouts) for a backpacking adventure is extremely important. As our troop prepares for a trip to Philmont next year, we are refining our skills now. It helps that each camp out we use the Backpacking style of camping and test those skills often.
So start with the basics, gear, physical conditioning, skills, and attitudes.
Gear is an important part of planning and preparing. What kind of gear to meet the conditions, terrain, weather, and skill level of the group. How big is group and what will be they be doing when they get to their destination.
Individual gear pretty much starts with the backpack. Proper fitting is important and the right style of pack based on skill level, body type, and load carried needs to be considered.
Stoves, cook kits, mess kits, and personal items need to be shaken down and evaluated based on the needs of the group and individual. We will go into those item in detail in a later post.
Shelter is another consideration that needs to be carefully thought out. Notice I did not say tent. I said shelter. Technology and design have met with the outdoors to provide lightweight alternatives to tenting. Hammock camping is quickly becoming popular in the backpacking community as well as tarp and bivy camping. Light weight tarps and bivy sacks provide excellent options for shelter. They are lighter, easier to set up, and allow the camper more options for set up configurations and places to camp. No longer are you restricted to 10×10 platform or level ground when using most tarps and hammocks. Philmont has still not got on board with the LNT aspects of Hammocks, but I am sure that in the future they will come around.
I will get into shelter more down the road also.
Physical conditioning is a major part of the backpacking experience. Each individual of the crew must be able to shoulder his load and when needed take a part of the groups gear. Good conditioning reduces the chance of minor injury and fatigue. Being in good shape also allows you to enjoy the trip a lot more. instead of walking with your head down and slugging your way to the camp site, you will be able to walk head up and see the trail. You will have a more enjoyable time in camp also. Being less tired when you arrive, you can spend more time hanging out and having fun instead of a quick trip to the sleeping bag.
Skills and attitudes are a topic for another post as they need some attention. Lets leave it here for now. Every backpacker must possess the skills needed to sustain in the wilderness. You can not rely on your fellow hikers for everything and at some point you will be counted on by the rest of the crew.
Ok.. look for more on this in future posts..
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Backpacking- Planning and preparing
Every time we go out into the woods for an outing with our scouts we should expect that some planning and preparation has occurred. In a Backpacking style troop this is an absolute must.


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I live in PA, but have a 12 year old nephew that lives in the Huntsville area of Alabama. For the past 2 years he has come to PA for Christmas and each year has shot a deer. He will spend all day in a stand waiting for a deer.
I have talked to him about the challenge and thrill of spring gobbler hunting, but he doesn't have someone in AL to take him and he can't make it to PA in the spring because of school. So I am thinking about travelling to AL this spring. Can anyone give me suggestions as to where in the Huntsville area we can hunt turkeys? I guess we will have to settle for public land since I can't effectively scout and ask permission all the way from PA, but if anyone can put me in touch with a landowner, that would be great.