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The paint that binds
By Patty Kruszewski, Citizen Managing Editor 08/09/12
If your last artistic endeavor was a childhood paint-by-number or a high school art class, a new Henrico business provides the opportunity to uncork your inner artist and fuel your creative spirit – with 30 or 40 friends if you so desire.
Open since November, Spirited Art is located in West Broad Village, adjacent to The Wine Loft. That's where the "spirit" comes in.
Individuals and groups who attend painting sessions or classes during Wine Loft hours can order from a menu of flatbreads, sliders, cheese boards and beverages to enjoy while they create.
And the creations? Depending on the night, participants paint may anything from flowers and trees to animals to (the most popular) the Richmond skyline.
No artistic experience is needed; as promotional literature emphasizes, all that painters need to know are their shapes, letters and colors. And it helps to bring a friend and a sense of humor.
On a recent evening, Spirited Art hosted a record crowd of about 65 primarily-amateur artists gathered to paint blue crabs while they raised funds for the non-profit organization Boaz & Ruth, which has transformed the Highland Park community of Richmond by creating jobs, renovating buildings and starting businesses.
Before buckling down to their masterpieces, the painters heard from a Boaz & Ruth spokesperson, who described the organization's job training sessions, conflict resolution classes and coaching and counseling programs and their empowering effects for participants who had struggled with homelessness, prison and addiction.
"We rebuild [not just] stores and houses," said the spokesperson, who like most graduates of Boaz and Ruth programs was once incarcerated. "We rebuild lives."
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After a brief explanation of the process from a Spirited Art guide, and turns with the crab template to outline paintings, 65 heads bent over their canvases and the color-mixing began in earnest. Among the varied groups tackling the task were several residents of Wellesley, members of Christ Church Episcopal (a supporter of Boaz & Ruth), and employees of Free Agents Marketing. Many were encouraged to come by Marilyn Wayland of Free Agents, who organized the fundraising event.
But others who attended independently included the team of Stephanie Evans and her 12-year-old daughter Sarah, who decided to share one canvas and paint their crustacean as a collaborative effort. Their cousin and friend, Tracey Papas, was on her fourth trip to Spirited Art and had invited the Evans to join her for some family bonding.
"It's a good summer outing," said Stephanie Evans, as she and Sarah fine-tuned the shade of pink that would form the crab's background.
"And nice mother-daughter time."
On another recent afternoon, a group of 30 employees from Capital One gathered in the Spirited Art studio to paint one of the most popular subjects – the Richmond skyline – while doing some corporate team-building.
The atmosphere at the studio lends itself easily to team-building activities, say the owners, because it gets colleagues outside the comfort zone of their offices, breaks down workplace barriers and puts everyone on a more-or-less equal footing -- not to mention building camaraderie and injecting fun and humor into the mix.
In addition, participants finish the session with a memento to take home or back to the office – typically the skyline painting, but sometimes a corporate symbol or abstract piece of art. A group of 40 employees from University of Richmond, for example, all contributed to the same masterpiece: a multiple-paneled portrayal of the UR gazebo.
And after a visit by the Bon Secours Memorial School of Nursing, faculty member Trina Gardner told the Spirited Art staff, "We had no idea what to expect of this adventure, but we ended up with some excellent paintings – and insight into our true personalities!"
Among other Henrico groups and corporations that have visited Spirited Art for team-building events, said co-owner Dami Snyder, are Snagajob, Henrico County Schools, AmeriFinancial and CapTech. And although the Capital One group decided to focus on the social aspects for their experience, groups can also choose to add a challenging exercise or two. In one such exercise, explained Snyder, colleagues reach the halfway point of the session and take their communal break – only to hear the announcement that after the break, everyone will
move three seats over and resume painting on someone else's canvas.
"It's a good lesson," said Snyder, pointing out that the exercise highlights surprises and setbacks that can occur in the typical workplace. "You don't always get the project you want," she noted as one example. "You may get a project better than you thought you'd get. And you may walk into a hot mess!"
'I missed art in my life'
Although Spirited Art is new to the Richmond area, the concept is based on similar successful programs in Huntsville, Little Rock and Knoxville. Lauren McCormick, who is Snyder's sister and one of four co-owners of the Richmond site, said that once she visited the Alabama location, she could hardly wait to open a similar spot back home in Richmond. When she had become a mother, said McCormick, her artistic pursuits had fallen by the wayside. "I missed art in my
life," she said.
Despite the obstacles posed by restrictive Virginia ABC laws, which forbade the BYOB format of other Spirited Art sites, the owners persevered. Learning that the space next door to The Wine Loft was available, she approached Jeff Ottaviano of The Wine Loft about a partnership. By Thanksgiving 2011, Spirited Art Richmond was off and running, with little more than word-of-mouth advertising.
As the Boaz and Ruth event wound to a close July 24 – at $1,120 in proceeds, Spirited Art's biggest fundraiser to date – it was clear that the session had not only made a substantial sum for charity, but had also made a substantial number of memories.
Tracey Papas, in fact, made a point of flipping her canvas over and telling the Evanses that she had recorded their names for posterity. "I always write on the back of it," Papas told them, "about who I was with."
Across the room, 90-year-old Irma Rich beamed for the camera held by her daughter-in-law Adrienne Rich of Free Agents, while noisy groups of co-workers and neighbors posed proudly with their paintings for photos for the Spirited Art Facebook page. And next to the Evanses, a professional artist from Chesterfield wrapped up her fourth crab painting and speculated on which charity might be the recipient of her latest effort.
A frequent studio visitor, Sally Valentine has already painted a half dozen projects for the purpose of donating them to silent auctions at charity events. The last time she painted a crab, it raised $85 for a fundraiser for the Cape Charles Museum; another Spirited Art painting made $185 at a separate silent auction.
But generating money for charity, said Valentine, is not the only thing she enjoys about her visits to Spirited Art. The evening sessions allow her a chance to get out and meet interesting people, while also freeing her from distractions and enforcing a built-in time limit.
"It's great," said Valentine, "that you can come here and and sit down and paint – and it forces you to finish it!"
For details about Spirited Art, call 360-5909 or visit http://www.myspiritedart.com/locations/richmond-va.
New conservation easement creates wooded buffer for Bryan Park
Citizen Staff Reports 04/21/2017 Features
Five years ago, members of the Friends of Bryan Park were facing the apparently inevitable development of the Shirley subdivision in Henrico, adjacent to the forested section of the park near the Nature Center and Environmental Education Area.
As part of the Shirley subdivision, the land had been divided into 14 lots in 1924, but had remained mostly undisturbed through the decades. In 2012, however, developers proposed building 40 modular houses on roughly 6.5 acres, clear-cutting the forest there and creating a highly dense neighborhood tucked into a dead end. > Read more.
As part of the Shirley subdivision, the land had been divided into 14 lots in 1924, but had remained mostly undisturbed through the decades. In 2012, however, developers proposed building 40 modular houses on roughly 6.5 acres, clear-cutting the forest there and creating a highly dense neighborhood tucked into a dead end. > Read more.
Meet the men running for governor
By Megan Schiffres, Capital News Service 04/21/2017 Government
Virginia will elect a new governor this year.
The governor's position is one of great power and influence, as the current officeholder, Terry McAuliffe, has demonstrated by breaking the record for most vetoes in Virginia history.
However, during the last gubernatorial race in 2014, the voter turnout was less than 42 percent, compared with 72 percent during last year's presidential election. > Read more.
RISC to address reading, childhood trauma, job training at assembly
Citizen Staff Reports 04/21/2017 Features
On May 1, more than 1,700 community members representing Richmonders Involved to Strengthen our Communities will gather at St. Paul's Baptist Church (4247 Creighton Road) at 7 p.m. to address elementary reading, childhood trauma and job training in the greater Richmond region. Community members will speak about each issue and proposed solution.
For three years, the organization has sought implementation of a specific literacy program in Henrico County that it believes would help children who struggle with reading. > Read more.
For three years, the organization has sought implementation of a specific literacy program in Henrico County that it believes would help children who struggle with reading. > Read more.
Henrico to begin update of zoning, subdivision ordinances April 26
Citizen Staff Reports 04/21/2017 Government
Henrico County is beginning a comprehensive update of its zoning and subdivision ordinances — the first such effort in six decades — and will introduce the project as part of the April 26 meeting of the Henrico County Planning Commission.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. in the Board Room of the Henrico Government Center, 4301 E. Parham Road. The ordinance update project will be featured as the final item on the agenda. Project consultant Clarion Associates will give a presentation, and meeting participants will be able to ask questions and provide comments. > Read more.
HCPS to present three-day ARTS Festival, beginning April 21
Citizen Staff Reports 04/21/2017 Education
Henrico County Public Schools' annual spring arts festival will celebrate its fourth year with a weekend of music and fine art. ARTS Festival events – the acronym stands for Artists, Residents, Teachers and Students – will kick off with a musical performance Friday night, April 21 and events will run through Sunday, April 23. This year's festival will be held at Henrico High School, 302 Azalea Avenue.
Friday night at 7:30 p.m. the Center for the Arts at Henrico High School will hold the first of two weekend performances of its Musical Theatre Showcase, a selection of musical numbers performed by Center for the Arts students. > Read more.
Villa's Flagler Housing wins national NAEH award
St. Joseph's Villa's Flagler Housing & Homeless Services was one of three entities to earn the National Alliance to End Homelessness' Champion of Change Award. The awards were presented Nov. 17 during a ceremony at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
NAEH annually recognizes proven programs and significant achievements in ending child and family homelessness.
Flagler completed its transition from an on-campus shelter to the community-based model of rapid rehousing in 2013, and it was one of the nation's first rapid re-housing service providers to be certified by NAEH. > Read more.
RIR's Christmas tree lighting rescheduled for Dec. 12
Richmond International Raceway's 13th annual Community Christmas tree lighting has been rescheduled from Dec. 6 to Monday, Dec. 12, at 6:30 p.m., due to inclement weather expected on the original date.
Entertainment Dec. 12 will be provided by the Laburnum Elementary School choir and the Henrico High School Mighty Marching Warriors band. Tree decorations crafted by students from Laburnum Elementary School and L. Douglas Wilder Middle School will be on display. Hot chocolate and cookies will be supplied by the Henrico High School football boosters. > Read more.
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Florida Preservation Fund
The Florida Preservation Fund is launching a pilot program in Orange, Palm Beach, and Pasco counties. Banks operating in any of these counties are invited to invest in the preservation fund. Additionally, the Florida Community Loan Fund can tailor investments to fit the CRA needs of individual banks.
The program will combine $4.8 million in support from the Florida Housing Finance Corporation with $20 million in debt from private investors to deploy up to $24.8 million in financing across the three counties.
The preservation fund will provide developers with access to lower-rate, short-term bridge loans for acquisition, stabilization rehabilitation, or limited predevelopment costs. The maximum loan size is $5 million with a fixed rate for a three-year term. All the work of the preservation fund must preserve long-term affordability.
To date, the preservation fund has secured $14.3 million in investments and commitments. The Florida Community Loan Fund is working closely with Florida banking institutions as well as other types of investors, including trade associations, religious institutions, and foundations to assemble the remaining balance needed to capitalize the preservation fund.
The Florida Community Loan Fund is a statewide community development financial institution, using financial capital and human creativity to transform lives and communities.
For more information, call Ignacio Esteban, Executive Director, or Rich Rollason, Development Officer, at (407) 246-0846.
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Supporting Affordable Housing through Tax Credit Syndication
As a tax credit syndicator, CAHEC structures equity funds using investors' capital. CAHEC's most recent fund is the South Carolina Preservation Fund II LP (SCPF II). SCPF II is a $32 million equity fund designed to preserve and renovate a portfolio of older, multifamily housing properties in South Carolina. The targeted portfolio includes 41 properties with a total of 1,548 units. Although all investments in SCPF II were fully subscribed in 2008, banks can invest in other CAHEC equity funds as they are developed. To learn more, visit their Web site or e-mail Dana Boole or call (919) 788-1803.
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Headquartered in Milwaukee, WtW makes its loans from 43 offices in 21 states: California, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
WtW offices are located in social service agencies affiliated with the Alliance of Children and Families (ACF). ACF agencies screen and provide financial education to borrowers and service the loans. WtW local offices provide financial education to more than three persons for every individual who receives a loan. Investors in WtW include several national foundations, the Community Development Financial Institution Fund of the U.S. Treasury Department, local United Way offices, and financial institutions. Banks can be involved by investing in the national WtW loan fund, by referring to local WtW offices prospective borrowers who do not meet conventional credit criteria, by participating in local WtW loan committees, and by providing grants and in-kind donations to WtW.
For more information, contact President Jeff Faulkner at (414) 359-1448 ext. 2, e-mail him, or visit his Web site.
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The TBBBIC provides technical assistance to small businesses including advice on the business and marketing plan, preparation of loan packages, business and personal financial statement analysis and small business courses and seminars. TBBBIC offers direct loans for equipment, working capital, accounts receivable, contract financing, and loan guarantees up to the lesser of 50 percent of the loan or $75,000. Currently, TBBBIC has 18 contributing members. Since inception, the TBBBIC has made nearly $7 million in loans; which has produced 460 jobs.
For more information, contact Frances Wimberly at (813) 274-7925, or view the Web site at www.tampabaybbic.com.
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'Jacques Maritain and America' to be discussed, Oct. 17-19
Posted October 17, 2002; 10:32 a.m.
"Jacques Maritain and America" is the program theme for the 26th annual meeting of the American Maritain Association to be held at Princeton Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 17-19.
Maritain (1882-1973) was a French Thomixt philosopher who wrote on a broad range of areas including metaphysics, aesthetics and theology. He is best known for developing theories of human rights and democracy that became the political philosophies of the postwar Christian Democratic parties in Europe and Latin America. Maritain taught at Princeton from 1941 to 1942 and again from 1948 to 1952, remaining in the area in emeritus status until 1960.
Sponsored by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, the plenary sessions will feature papers by: Richard Neuhaus, editor of First Things, at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Room B; Jeffrey Stout, professor of religion, at 3:30 p.m. Friday in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall; and a debate on the legacy of Maritain between Paul Sigmund, professor of politics, and Michael Novak, a fellow of the American Enterprise Institute, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Frist Multipurpose Room B.
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World-renowned chef to showcase flavors of Southeast Asia at Binghamton University
BINGHAMTON, NY – Mai Pham, a world-renowned Thai and Vietnamese Chef, restaurant owner and author, will present a cooking demonstration and book signing from 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Thursday, May 6, at Binghamton University's Hinman Dining Hall. This event is open to the public.
Pham, chef and owner of the nationally acclaimed Lemon Grass restaurant in California, has authored cookbooks such as Pleasures of the Vietnamese Table and The Best of Vietnamese and Thai Cooking. She is also a guest instructor for the Culinary Institute of America, and has led culinary tours to Vietnam to study its cuisine with the help of local village cooks, wok chefs, and spice merchants. Pham's work has been featured on NPR and CNN.
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By Avi Salzman
Retailers generally posted better than expected same-store sales reports in October, adding to conviction that consumer confidence is indeed increasing in the U.S. Excluding drug stores, same-store sales rose 4,7%, ahead of expectations for 4.3% compiled by Thomson Reuters. Among the big winners was Macy's (M), whose same-store sales rose 4.1%, versus expectations for 3.1% growth. Macy's shares rose 4.9% in midday trading. Hurricane Sandy created substantial disruptions.
"More than 200 Macy's and Bloomingdale's stores were closed for some period of time (ranging from a few hours to multiple days) as a result of Hurricane Sandy. The company is confident that it can make up some or most of the lost sales through the remainder of the quarter," the company said in a statement. And yet, Macy's still boosted sales guidance.
"We are feeling confident about our prospects for the upcoming holiday season and have increased our sales guidance for the fall season, despite the interruption caused by Hurricane Sandy in the first few days of the fourth quarter," said CEO Terry Lundgren.
TJX (TJX) said same-store sales grew 7%, against expectations for a 4.3% rise. The company raised its third quarter and full-year guidance. More surprising: much of that strength came in Europe.
"We were particularly pleased with TJX Europe's 11% comp sales increase, achieved over a 5% increase last year, as we continue to see increasingly strong trends in this important growth vehicle," said CEO Carol Meyrowitz.
Shares are up 2.2.
Kohl's (KSS) shares rose 2.7% after the company also beat expectations, with 3.3% growth, versus estimates of 1.1%. Kohl's said it will no longer report sales on a monthly basis.
Ross Stores (ROST), however, fell 7% after the company posted 4% growth, below expectations for 4.5% growth. Ross Stores also raised EPS expectations by a penny.


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Student art from fall semester on view
Posted February 2, 2009; 10:11 p.m.
The Program in Visual Arts will present "Work From the Fall Semester," a group show featuring ceramics, drawings, paintings, photography and sculpture, Feb. 3-19 in the Lucas Gallery at the Lewis Center for the Arts, 185 Nassau St.
An opening reception is planned for 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, in the gallery. A film and video screening will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on the same day in the Stewart Film Theater. The screening will highlight the work of the fall semester courses in video and film production.
At the conclusion of every semester, the Lewis Center for the Arts presents an exhibition of student work selected from each of the visual arts courses. According to Brian Jermusyk, who teaches drawing and painting in the Program in Visual Arts, "The student art exhibition marks the end of the semester's courses, 'the finish line' so to speak. And the metaphor is apt, for it is the culmination of months of tremendous efforts, focused energies and creative risks taken with matter, materials and ideas ... all now resting on breathless view in the Lucas Gallery. As the exhibitions often mark the start of another semester, they equally offer the gifts and make invitations to the new experiences and challenges that reside in the Lewis Center for the Arts."
Among the many works of art in the exhibition are large-scale figure drawings, large paintings based on historic masterpieces, ceramic vessels and sculptures, photographs and more.
"It's always amazing to see how all these different classes and different mediums can come together in a group show like this," said Tommy White, a lecturer in the Program in Visual Arts who teaches painting. "Despite the fact that the classes range from introductory through advanced, the show as a whole works quite well -- each piece engaging in its own right, but also informing the way you view the other work in the show. I believe the level of quality artwork in this show speaks directly to the quality of the students who choose to work in the Lewis Center."
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By Tiernan Ray
CNBC's Herb Greenberg a short while ago led a discussion with Raymond James analyst Pavel Molchanov, who has a Hold rating on shares of solar energy technology provider Solar City (SCTY), and who today issued some negative remarks about the stock to clients.
Molchanov had nice things to say about the company, whose board is chaired by Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, but he thinks the stock is way overvalued:
I talk to people in the [solar] industry all the time. There is such a stark contrast between how the stocks have acted and what the underlying fundamentals look like. JA Solar (JASO) ran up 76% in one day because gross margin came in at 6%. That is the very definition of a bubble. Some companies have beaten estimates after jumping over a very low bar. "
When Greenberg put to Molchanov the contention of bulls that "This one's different" from other solar names, that "it's a disruptive company," Molchanov responded,
I like the story, and I think Elon musk is a great executive, but Solar City does not deserve a $3.5 billion market cap. They generated cash from operations of $60M last year, and they'll do maybe $100 million or $120 million this year. At 30 times cash flow, that is not a rational multiple.
Actually, Solar City had revenue of $128.7 million in 2012, and is projected to have $140 million this year, according to FactSet.
Solar City shares are currently up 39 cents, or 0.9%, at $44.91.
Update: It turns out Molchanov meant not Solar City's revenue, but rather its operating cash flow.
Contrary to what was said on CNBC this afternoon, the report by Molchanov that was referred to was not published this morning, but rather last Friday.
Here's an excerpt from the original report:
At the risk of sounding like a certain former Fed chairman, we are starting to think that the recent gains in SolarCity have morphed into "irrational exuberance" mode and are arguably starting to exhibit bubble-like characteristics. This is not a criticism of the company's business model or management, both of which we continue to like, but we simply do not think that the current trading action is healthy. Since the end of last week, the stock is up 47% – despite reporting 1Q results on Monday afternoon that we generally viewed as mixed and giving 2Q guidance that was definitely on the soft side, leading us to cut estimates for the second time this year. Yesterday's press release about a $500 million financing commitment from Goldman Sachs understandably generated positive headlines, but it's worth underscoring that this is not "new" money because the relationship dates back to last year, and the full commitment was already included in the "dry powder" statistics released on Monday. And today, the stock is up 18% on absolutely no news (on a day when even Tesla's stock is taking a breather). It is true, of course, that for a textbook story stock like this, valuation does not always matter – at least not in the context of a broader market that is setting new highs virtually every day. But SolarCity now carries a market cap that we think will be very difficult to sustain in a more rational market environment. This is a $3.1 billion company that generated cash flow from operations of $60 million in 2012. While we project cash flow ramping up to $87 million in 2013 and $133 million in 2014, even the latter equates to a cash flow multiple of 23x. Again, we find it difficult to look at these price movements as rational.


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Universities function in a world that is increasingly integrated on many dimensions. Economic globalization continues in regard to international trade, short-term capital flows, multinationals which constitute equity investments, cross-border flows of humanity, and transfer and sale of technology. Cultural globalization occurs through internet, television, and movies. Both forms of globalization are intensifying on a scale hitherto unimaginable.
Evidently, universities cannot ignore these dramatic changes. Our curricula have already been affected. In economics, my primary field, the effect is seen dramatically in the fact that the old division between closed-economy and open-economy models has given way to open-economy models in whatever courses we give. We also are witness to the fact that far greater importance now attaches to courses on international macroeconomics and on international trade.
There are also added courses now being given regarding several aspects of globalization. I myself have been giving a very popular, and now more salient, course for many years to economics and School of International and Public Affairs students on trade, aid, foreign investment, migration and other elements of globalization, and their implications for developmental policies.


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If you set them both to English does it become readable? If not then maybe someone who knows more about Java and the IDE can suggest something.
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I started work on this post a month ago yesterday. It's been languishing in draft status, as my posts sometimes do, while I have been working on other things. This morning, an interesting turn of events has made it today's top priority. Here's what happened.
The Carnival of Genealogy, 88th Edition, was published yesterday at Creative Gene. I happened upon it early this morning, and clicked through to enjoy some posts with my morning coffee. The subject for this carnival was Volunteerism. At The Educated Genealogist, Sheri Fenley's post, Volunteerism or What I Do With My Free Time, included mention of several genealogy projects she's worked on. The last one listed was the San Francisco Mortuary Indexing Project. She provided a link to the Halsted Mortuary Records 1923-1974, which has been completed.
Knowing that my great-aunt Emma had died in San Francisco, where she was being treated for breast cancer, I clicked through to the Halsted records, and in less than a minute I had a new document in hand.
During their time in San Francisco, Emma's husband Peter stayed at the Carlton Hotel (Room 702) on Sutter Street. Emma passed away at St. Francis Hospital on 11 April 1930. Peter purchased a casket from Halsted Mortuary and had Emma's body taken home to Baker, Montana the next morning by rail (Pacific Limited).
From The San Francisco Chronicle, Saturday, 12 April 1930 (p. 12, col. 7):
"McArthur. In this city, April 11, 1930, Emma E. McArthur, beloved wife of Peter McArthur, (Baker, Mont., papers please copy). Remains will be forwarded from the mortuary of Halsted & Co., 1123 Sutter st. near Polk, to Baker, Mont., for funeral services and interment."


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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney outlines his strategy toward Iran in this Washington Post piece.
Beginning Nov. 4, 1979, dozens of U.S. diplomats were held hostage by Iranian Islamic revolutionaries for 444 dayswhile America's feckless president, Jimmy Carter, fretted in the White House. Running for the presidency against Carter the next year, Ronald Reagan made it crystal clear that the Iranians would pay a very stiff price for continuing their criminal behavior. On Jan. 20, 1981,in the hour that Reagan was sworn into office, Iran released the hostages. The Iranians well understood that Reagan was serious about turning words into action in a way that Jimmy Carter never was.
America and the world face a strikingly similar situation today; only even more is at stake. The same Islamic fanatics who took our diplomats hostage are racing to build anuclear bomb. Barack Obama, America's most feckless president since Carter, has declared such an outcome unacceptable, buthis rhetorichas not been matched by an effective policy. While Obama frets in the White House, the Iranians are making rapid progress toward obtaining the most destructive weapons in the history of the world.


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Badger men's hockey gets tie at North Dakota
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GRAND FORKS, ND - The Wisconsin and North Dakota men's hockey teams battled to a 1-1 tie in Grand Forks Friday night.
The teams combined for 28 penalties and 99 penalty minutes.
All of the scoring came within 13 seconds of the second period.
North Dakota's Danny Kristo had a shot trickle thorugh the Pads of Badger goaltender, Landon Peterson just 25 seconds into the second period.
But just seconds after that, Wisconsin's Michael Mersch scored on a wraparound shot for his 16th goal of the season. Mersch is now tied for the lead in goal scoring in the WCHA.
Mark Zengerle got an assists for his 100th point as a Badger
Wisconsin outshot North Dakota 30 to 22 in the game.
Wisconsin is now 11-8-6 overall and 8-5-6 WCHA and are 8-0-3 in their last 11 WCHA games. North Dakota is 13-8-6 overall, 8-5-6 in the WCHA.
Saturday night's game will mark the final time Wisconsin and North Dakota will meet as members of the WCHA.
The Badgers will play in the Big Ten Hockey Conference next season, North Dakota in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.


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Dear Hasbro, yes it's me again. The right royal pain in the backside
Would it be possible do you think, to create a Chewbacca figure that has a removable bandolier and satchel? Of all the eight or so Chewbacca figures since POTF2, there hasn't been a single solitary plain Chewbacca figure that is customisable. I don't expect you to start throwing out Wookiees left right and center but just one Chewbacca that can be customised into senator Yarua or whoever would be very nice thank you. It's just that you can't really customise the wookiee figures very well with all that molded onto their body. Most people aren't very skilled as sculptors and couldn't tell one end of a dremel from the other. So it would be really sweet of you to just put out one properly scaled Chewbacca that can be seperated from that bloody bandolier and satchel, so that something interesting can be created from him.
Love the sculpts on the last few BTW especially the 25th anniversary one with all that hair hanging down off his arms, really nicely done. Pity he's the best sculpt and posed so permanently.......................
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Can't comment on the game... at work but the game was tivo'ed for my viewing pleasures tomorrow. For now this'll have to do...
76ers 83, Heat 106
Can't comment on the game... at work but the game was tivo'ed for my viewing pleasures tomorrow. For now this'll have to do...
76ers 83, Heat 106
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I've never seen such ball insecurity ever. But judging by the way this season has gone, we will blow out the Magic tomorrow night, we're as inconsistent as well, umm, my beloved Dolphins Iguodala has been missing all year long. And I think it is now safe to say, Thaddeous Young is the best player on the team. Only his 2nd year and he's already a beast. And he had developed one hell of a jumper during the offseason. Iguodala could be gone if he keeps up his crazy, horrible, careless play any longer. We would be alot better with Lou Williams out there. Then we could spread it out a bit with Lou and Young both having a nice jumper. Miller is just not starting material anymore, I've never seen a point guard with as bad a jumper as Miller.
I do think we will get our act together eventually though, and will make the playoffs. I cannot believe I was buying into the hype of Philly being the 3rd best team in the East behind Boston and Cleveland. Top 8 no doubt we have the talent, but too inconsistent for top 3.
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Andre Miller had another horrific game last night, i really don't know what is going on with him. I never really considered him to be such a scoring threat, and why he's taking 24 shots a game like last night is completely beyond me. But he's just not playing well in any aspect, he's turning the ball over (so is the rest of the team) and it's pretty clear the Sixers march to the beat of their PG. He's going to have to get right for this team to be a contender.
And he will.....
"I told the team 7-9 is mediocre, and mediocrity is not going to be accepted here" - Tony Sparano
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And the fields are full of dancin' Full of singin' and romancin'
The music never stopped." - Bob Weir
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Looks like this team is finally coming together. Brand is still a beast. I was a little worried when we 1st got him, I was hoping it wouldn't turn into the Chris Webber nightmare, thank god it hasn't. Dalembert is owning the post. Thaddeus Young is a beast. He is just too good. Looks to be taking over Iggy's spot as the star on this team and becoming my favorite player. Iguodala has finally shown up. 3 double-doubles in the last 4 games. Andre Miller has finally started hitting those mid range jumpers. Willie Green will be in contention for the 6th man award this year. This guy is a stud off the bench. God I'm so happy to see Philly start playing like the team I thought they would be.
We fired Mo Cheeks today, thank god.
50 wins here we come!
A GM constructs a fatally flawed team.....the team doesn't win. Who's to blame? The coach of course.
This isn't the only move the Sixers need to make if they want to contend this year. Maybe they could trade some of their young talent for a shooter like Redd.
As for Brand, the guy simply isn't healthy and the move looks terrible, ala Grant Hill and Orlando. Brand isn't himself physically and now he is losing confidence.
All us Sixer fans are disappointed and to me this year is basically done. We may eke into the playoffs, but then we'll get waxed. Hopefully next year Brand will be healthy and we'll have a guy who can actually shoot the ball from twenty feet out.
Sad to see Cheeks go but it needed to happen. Too much talent on this team to be playing this poorly. But as stated above, Sixers will not contend until somebody can hit some jump shots. Brand has been playing pretty good for the chances he's gotten. Kind of hard to do too much when Brand gets double teamed everytime he touches the ball due the inability to shoot the ball. I've said it before, I'll say it again, Lou Williams needs to start over Miller. Iggy needs to stay, and hopefully work on that jumper real hard in the offseason, if not, trade him for a dangerous shooter. Thad Young is the best player on the team imo. Speights is a beast and needs more Playing Time. Dalembert needs to be dealt somewhere else. I actually think theres still a little hope for this team this season. If not, well then at least we know what our problem is, we can't shoot the ball for **** outside of 10 feet.
Wow. Not a bad debut for the new coach. Brand drops 27 points. Dalembert with 17 rebounds. Miller dishes 12 assists. Hopefully we can play complete games like this consistently. Not to mention Dalembert and Tony DiLeo have a very good relationship. I'm glad to hear this because Sammy has the potential to be one of the best Centers in the NBA and he's certainly one of my favorite players on the team.


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Keep in mind that we only have a VOTE on the stewardship of what's in the lakes and streams. The rest of the sportsmen ALSO have a vote. I hate to pee on your parade, but I am afraid that we are sadly undergunned for this one. Most fishermen have "stocking of ________" (you name the favored species)" on their minds, and since they are license buyers, sportsmen, taxpayers, citizens and voters, the majority rules. By the way, the swimmers, boaters and jet skiers, etc. also have a vote, too. That's the way it's set up - and why the nation has lasted this long. Try dictating your principles, and you are doomed!
This country was founded on "the greatest good for the greatest number", even though some people are trying to dictate otherwise. So, face it. We won't always get our way.
Just my thoughts on the subject. I don't say whether it's right or wrong - that's the way it is, and it's worked for 225 years now. This is not a perfect world.
It seems we've always been a little short on stewardship for the GL fisheries even when population was a non-issue...
Being nearly a 5 billion dollar sport industry today, I can't help but think it's more about the stock options for the board than the wood in my house.
I'm not quite sure I understand the relationship between population rise and exotic species(?)
I'm with BobK on this one. With human population growth on a J shaped curve, it can't help but crash if current trends are followed.
To answer Juro's question: I don't think that sport should have priority over stewardship.
Just an opinion.
I have experienced the displacement of native fish on a smaller scale than the Great Lakes, many years ago. In fact, this ecological manipulation was one of the reasons I chose to attend school in pursuit of a degree in Marine Science.
Being in the aquarium industry as a profession, I may be more in touch with the issue of invasive exotic species than most people as a result. For instance, the incidental and designed release of cichlids such as tilapia, an aquarium fish from South America, into Florida waters many years ago displaced a great number of indigenous species, many of which could easily be considered game fish. The aquarium industry has been blamed to large extent or releasing these exotic species into the waters of the US; most recently, there was a huge issue in Maryland when some locals caught a snakehead (considered an ornamental aquarium fish), which is a fish originating in Southeastern Asia (kind of a cross between a largemouth and a pike), in a farm pond. The media and wildlife service freaked out, worried that these fish would invade other lakes and ponds and would quickly outcompete resident species such as largemouth for available resources... they're probably right, a snakehead is one tough sucker with the appetite of half a dozen largemouth of the same size. Still, whether released into the wild by accident or design, the issue now is how to keep it from happening again, and how to remedy the problem.
My own case was the lake I grew up on: at one time, it was full of nothing but hefty chain pickerel and bluegills. Then a "well-meaning" resident on the lake started dropping largemouth bass and bullhead catfish that he had caught in a nearby lake into our lake. Within three years, I went from catching nothing but pickerel to one pickerel every ten or twelve fish; pathetic. I'll take a pickerel, which actively stalks prey, over a bass, which sits around waiting for prey to swim by most of the time, anyday.
Biologists, wildlife officials, and miscellaneous people 50 years ago tried introducing foreign species into water systems plagued with some nuisance organism such as vegetation, crustaceans, mollusks, etc. The organisms flourished because they had the proper conditions in which to thrive, no natural predators present, and hence no population checks so long as the food kept coming. These people didn't understand that what they were doing would totally upset the balance of that ecosystem. Now, 50 years later, we're all trying to help clean up the mess left to us.
How do you control the problem? Culling. Cull the invasive species out of the systems. This includes, for example, rainbows and browns that have been moved to habitats that were otherwise populated by nothing more than brookies and cutt-throats, so far as displaced species are concerned. Re-introduce the original species if they are in need. Monitor populations. Quit trying to take care of a problem by creating another one; I'm quite certain that Mother Nature and evolution had things where they needed to be before we started messing around with them.
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From what I hear, it's good fishing. As far as getting a Seneca Permit, I have heard that there is an (Indian run?) gas station on Rte. 20 nearby. (These permits just went up - they are $40 or $50 for the year.) I have heard that it's crowded near roads, but if you don't mind a little walking, good fishing awaits. Depending on the weather, I just may take a drive down and "explore" its potential. It's supposed to be real scenic, as well. Probably a good 2 1/2 hr. drive for me, and I'll have to grit my teeth passing over good streams, but why not.
Your and Juro's logic makes perfect sense. We are pretty spoiled in the GL's with this after market fishery.
I do not think they can bring back the native fish due to silting which covered up the Lakers deep water beds or over harvest (walleye and bass). Just speaking for Lake Michigan. We do have a great perch fishery. If you never have had a mess of fresh fried Lake Perch you are missing something.
Best eating fish next to a walleye.
Very Sad!
I love to fish, and appreciate the sentiment of those who share this love.
But my own bias is that preservation of the rivers, streams, and oceans and the natural species that inhabit them is far more important than the next fish I catch out of their waters.
It doesn't really matter (to me) if the fish being displaced are a better sports fish or not. I'd almost rather flyfish for bass (or carp) if they're what live naturally in the lake than sterilize it and fish for planted Atlantic Salmon.
Mankind's mucking around with stocking has IMHO done far more harm than good. The PNW Steelhead runs are a good example of this. Yes the hatchery fish have often provided increased sporting and harvest opportunities, but their presence has also contributed to the decline of the wild/native steelhead populations in many of those same rivers.
Mankind may be headed toward ever-increasing populations and an eventual extinguishing of all our "natural" fishing opportunities --- and then again maybe not.
Either way, I don't want to be part of the group of anglers that simply accept this as an inevitable outcome and continue demanding our maximum sporting opportunities until that day finally comes.
If that means I sacrifice some fishing opportunities then so be it.
My .02,
It's held by the Seneca tribe.
Been thinking about a trip out there for a while, looks like a good sized river, which would allow for the use of the smaller Spey rods. Probaly a 12' 8w would would rather well.
Lake Erie....
PA has a very small strech of border with Lake Erie, but really stocks a disproportionate number of steelies, regardless. They only have a few small tribs, and they are mobbed, from what I have heard.
Don't know about Ohio, I have heard that they do have some stocking.
NY does some stocking, particularly in the Cattaraugus, in the western end of the sate. From fisheries people, they have one of the best natural reproduction of any of the finger lakes - lots of small feeders, in the headwaters, too. Maybe I'll take a trip down this spring. I understand you have to buy a "reservation permit", as most of the land is Indian reservation.
|They don't have the massive Salmon plants that we do. So it probably evens out.
Lake Erie should take heed on what Michigan has done with Lake Michigan steelhead and salmon stockings. Although I would say the jury is still out on the success of the strategy in Lake Michigan.
I could not beleive the stockings that were going into Lake Erie the last time I looked, they were bigger than Lake Michigan and Erie is much smaller.
Faith in humanity????
Well, not much faith. Right now, Rochester "political and commercial" interests and Toronto similar interests have come up with a new venture - a "fast ferry" between the two destinations. Now they are commercializing the Rochester "waterfront" area (called Charlotte) and trying to get business and commercial interests interested in that "slum" area along the Genesee "waterfront" for "renovation"(where the river enters into the lake.) Fortunately, the bridge reconstruction of the past year and a half had minimum effect that I could see. Fast Ferry is scheduled to start service this year, unless delayed. This is their idea of "creating job opportunity" and raising the tax base in this "urban renewal" project.
Using taxpayer's money, and state grants, too. I don't know of any legitimate businessmen interested in losing money in this Politicians' Delight, but I am sure no good will come of it, and no one has even talked about "environmental impact" to the prime fishery of the lower Genesee, a great salmon/steelie fishery. By the way, this has major Democratic backing! And the Republicans are aiding and abetting them!
In addition, the Great Lakes are under feasibility study by the Corps of Engineers for "enhancements" to allow use of 1,000 foot ocean-going vessels. (This started under the Clinton Administration) Who knows who will be in charge when the study is completed?) DON'T TRUST ANY POLITICIANS - BOTH PARTIES ARE NOT HELPING US! And don't believe anything they say, either.
So, I think maybe "Divine Intervention" may be the only out!
Just my opinion, as that is what I am observing from the sidelines.
And you wonder why I have "little faith"?
Interesting point, logic dictates that you think of the natural preservation of things but, want of the hunt calls for continued stocking.
It would be a tough choice, I have caught a few Lakers in my day, trust me they are no Steelhead.
I have only one choice, plead the 5th ammendment and continue to enjoy our fishery.
Dear Bob K, this debate is becoming spiritual in matter now. Where's our faith in humanity or even Divine intervention?
I hope we don't have to become extinct before we can actually help our environment.
Sorry ,it's really none of my business how you feel..I posted the report because I found it so upsetting! I wondered what others felt. Will science offer a solution eventually or will nature just run her course?
What I'm trying to point out...
Juro, what I'm trying to say is that every new person that comes into the world wants food, water, clothes and shelter. The population is growing. We can just protect resources so long before the masses will push us out of the way to get what they want, and fish and trees will go by the wayside.
Best thing for the world will be when our species goes extinct - and based on history and archaeology, we will, eventually!
Sorry for the confusion.
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Family: Arecaceae, Palm view all from this family
Description Large imposing, solitary palm, 10-40 m. tall. Leaves pinnate, 4–6 m. long, with 80-100 leaflets on each side of the central rachis. Genus unique among members of the subfamily Coryphoideae, being the only one with pinnate, rather than palmate leaves. Dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants; pollination is by both wind and insect. Flowers inconspicuous yellowish-brown and about 1 cm. wide, grouped on conspicuous large multi-branched panicles 30–90 cm. long. Inflorescence emerges from a usually boat-shaped, leathery bract, forming large, pendent clusters. Fruit develops from one carpel as a drupe, 1–7 cm. long, yellow to red-brown or dark purple when mature, with one elongate, deeply-grooved seed; fruit pulp edible but too thin to be worth eating.
Dimensions Height: 15 m. (50 ft.)
Diameter: 0.6-0.9 m. (2-3 ft.).
Habitat Cities, suburbs & towns.
Range Florida, Texas, Southwest, California.
Discussion Native to the Canary Islands; a relative of Phoenix dactylifera, the true date palm. Widely known as the Pineapple Palm. Recognized through its crown of leaves and trunk characteristics. When pruned properly, the bottom of the crown, also called the nut, appears to have a pineapple shape. It's not uncommon to see Canary Island Date palms, pruned and trimmed to enhance the appearance.


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Australia 1927 – Australia 1982
England 1951-56
You Yang pond
oil on composition board
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116.3 (h) x 132.8 (w) cm
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Gift of Godfrey Phillips International Pty Ltd 1968
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In a number of the You Yangs paintings Williams introduced the motif of a small dark pond; a feature that was to be further developed just a few years later in his Water pondseries. In You Yang pond, thin vertical trunks are reflected in the small dark pond and linear aspects have given way to a more fluid flow of elements. The rich tonalities of dark and light recall Williams's interest in a tonalist approach and his admiration for the sensuous paintings of Rembrandt.
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The wingspan is 2-2 1/2" (51-64 mm).
In Texas, the larvae feed on Celtis lindheimeri.
Dimensions 2-2 1/2" (51-64 mm).
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It has been a long time since the last diary entry, here...
Well, there isn't much to say since the last time. NYE was just another day, listening music and having fun on IRC.
Current job is boring ... <insert spiffy ad "hire me">
Still haven't decided to take over the development of the bobot++, but since there isn't any bug in the BTS of Debian, there is no big need for this *g*. Well, in fact, since i have a few nice features ready, that would be nice. We'll see ...
Decided recently that i will try to switch the web server for the LUG, going to thttpd, which seems nice and will probably do everything i want him to do for the moment. 'cause, i still don't understand _why_ apache-common depends on libmysqlclient6. Not that i don't like mysql (i'm still using it most of the time), but do they really have to depend on such a old version (lib...10 is the current one in sid).
I will probably keep Apache for the fun (having `n' different modules and programming possibilities is fun, even when php4 is still b0rken). Tomcat is installed, and i'll try to add Cocoon by hand (i have been told that the version currently in Debian is quite old, so ...). Once it works, i'll try to write a few pages in XML. And then i'll have to make an offline version in order to publish it with thttpd (and if Cocoon can't do it, i'll try to remember how Python and XML work together :-).
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Money was a little tighter for me this year. Thank goodness for the Hallmark coupons. I used the last one I had to pick up Indy Jones.
Carlton Cards does ornaments, too, and I've collected the I Love Lucy ornaments for several years. This year's ornament was $33, and I only found it at the Carlton store. In the past, I've found it at Meijer or Kohl's and was able to pick it up on sale, but not this year. I had real reservations about paying $33 for a single ornament.


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The targeting of Russian blogger Aleksei Navalny
The trial of Aleksei Navalny is coming to an end at the Leninsky District Court in the river city of Kirov, 500 miles northeast of Moscow. Navalny, a charismatic 37-year-old lawyer, was propelled to fame through his activities as an anti-corruption blogger, activist, and a leader of Russia's opposition movement. Most recently, he pledged to compete in future presidential elections, and sought registration to run in the Moscow mayoral election. Both his activities as a blogger and his budding presidential ambitions have earned him the attention of Russian authorities eager to eliminate any opposition that would shake the political status quo.


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8.2: States of Water
H - two - O. Why is something so simple so important?
Water is the most important substance on Earth. Think about all the things you use water for? If your water access were restricted what would you miss about it?
The Water Molecule
Water is simply two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen bonded together. The hydrogen ions are on one side of the oxygen ion, making water a polar molecule. This means that one side, the side with the hydrogen ions, has a slightly positive electrical charge. The other side, the side without the hydrogen ions, has a slightly negative positive charge.
A water molecule. The side with the hydrogen atoms has a slightly positive charge, and the side with the oxygen atom has a slightly negative charge.
Despite its simplicity, water has remarkable properties. Water expands when it freezes, has high surface tension (because of the polar nature of the molecules, they tend to stick together), and others. Without water, life might not be able to exist on Earth and it certainly would not have the tremendous complexity and diversity that we see.
Three States of Matter
Water is the only substance on Earth that is present in all three states of matter – as a solid, liquid or gas. (And Earth is the only planet where water is present in all three states.) Because of the ranges in temperature in specific locations around the planet, all three phases may be present in a single location or in a region. The three phases are solid (ice or snow), liquid (water), and gas (water vapor). See ice, water, and clouds (Figure below).
(a) Ice floating in the sea. Can you find all three phases of water in this image? (b) Liquid water. (c) Water vapor is invisible, but clouds that form when water vapor condenses are not.
- polar molecule: A molecule with an unevenly distributed electrical charge.
- water vapor: Water in the form of a gas. Water vapor is invisible to humans; when we see clouds, we actually are seeing liquid water in the clouds.
- Water is a polar molecule with a more positive charge on one side and a more negative charge on the other side.
- Water is the only substance on Earth that is stable in all three states.
- Earth is the only planet in the Solar System that has water in all three states.
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The Itinerary Of Dooooooom!
Okay, I think I've got it together enough to post. Here's where I'll be in Spain, France, and the UK between July 24th and October 8th. If you're in any of these places and would like to catch up for a beer/coffee/meal/tourist adventure, let me know. If you've travelled in any of these areas and have tips, let me know.
(Exceptions to request for tips: yes, I already have a Eurail pass; yes, I know about booking British tickets well in advance via thetrainline.com; yes, I know the Olympics are on at that time and know about getaheadofthegames.com.)
July 24th-August 7th: Spain, including Madrid, A Coruña, Cordoba, Barcelona.
August 7th-21st: France, including Avignon, a friend's place nearish to Lyon, Strasbourg, Paris.
August 21st-September 30th: England and Scotland, including the south coast from Dover to Portsmouth, London, York, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Bristol, and Cornwall, with shorter side-trips along the way to various stuff.
October 1st-8th: Back through France and Spain to Madrid, and fly home.
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July 24th: Arrive Madrid by plane. Stay one night, then take a train to A Coruña for GUADEC.
July 25th-August 1st: A Coruña for GUADEC. I'm speaking on the 28th. Hoping to get in a bit of sightseeing, including a side trip to Santiago de Compostela if I can manage it. I gather it's pretty close by bus.
August 1st: Train back to Madrid (overnight) then on to Cordoba, arriving on August 2nd. Two days there, which isn't much, but I'm interested in Al Andalus and would like to see some of the historical stuff. Staying with with locals who are part of the flamenco/arts/music scene. Expecting to more or less roast; the climate averages for August are about 5C hotter than the hottest month we have in Melbourne.
August 4th-7th: Barcelona, by train again of course. Expecting it to be full of tourists and I have a feeling I'm not going to think it's as great as it's cracked up to be. Most websites suggest that 3 days is barely enough to even get a taste of the city, but at the peak of the tourist season that might be all I want/could handle.
August 7th-9th: Avignon and Provence. Actually booked a place on a bus tour of Provence including a bunch of Roman ruins and medieval villages and wineries and stuff, because unlike most of the cities I'll be visiting, it seems like an area that's hard to manage without a car.
August 9th-14th: Staying with a friend in a little village in the general area of Lyon. Expecting to spend a lot of time sitting around knitting and talking and eating. Apparently there are some local ruins and a museum and stuff, but it'll be pretty low key.
August 14th-17th: on to Strasbourg, or to be exact a smaller village just outside it, where I found a nice-looking AirBNB room. Planning to just wander around and take in the local sights in a general way; I was interested in seeing this part of France because the region seems so different from the other areas I'll be in.
August 17th-21st: Paris! Hoping to mostly avoid the major tourist death-traps though I gather the Louvre is actually open til quite late on certain nights so I might try to see some of the Arts Décoratifs (which I'm more into than paintings and sculpture) while everyone else is having dinner. Better than queuing up to look at the Mona Lisa, I think, will be the Musée de Cluny (medieval museum). I'm also thinking of a day trip to Chartres, which should be a little less packed than Versailles, though I'm not totally writing off Versailles if the mood strikes me and I wake up early one morning. And of course some wandering around Montmartre, the Latin Quarter, those sorts of places.
August 21st: I'm crossing the channel by ferry because, I don't know, I'm a traditionalist I guess. Or a history nerd. Or into boats. Or all of the above. Arriving at Dover, in any case, late afternoon.
August 21st-29th: south coast, spending 2 nights each in Dover, Bristol, and Portsmouth. At Dover I hope to look at cliffs and castles, at Brighton I'm aiming for the Pavilion and Georgian stuff and hipsters, and in Portsmouth it's all about the dockyards and HMS Victory. Then I spend a couple of nights with a friend in Woking, and I'm thinking of taking a day-trip to a couple of National Trust properties near Guildford: Hatchlands Park and Clandon Park.
August 29th-September 10th: London! Staying with friends, trying to avoid the Olympics. I want to do a handful of touristy things but it will depend on how disrupted public transport is and how crowded the tourist things are. I'm going to play it by ear, but some of the things on my list include: the V&A, the Museum of London, side trip to Hampton Court Palace, the Geffrye Museum (a "museum of the home" which sounds so much like my cup of tea it's not funny), the Phoenician ship currently moored at St Katharine's Dock, and Camden Markets. I've got 12 days so I think I can do all my touristy stuff at a fairly leisurely pace and still have plenty of time to catch up with friends. I know I've spoken to a lot of locals about meeting up, and I'm pretty sure there'll be at least one fannish gathering and one geeky/bofh/perl/etc one while I'm there, so if you're interested in any of that let me know.
September 10th-12th: York. History nerding and walking round the walls. I've heard very mixed reports of the Jorvik viking stuff, so I suppose I'll have to check it out and form my own opinion. (History nerds: any opinions?)
September 12th-17th: Edinburgh and various side trips, including Glasgow and a bus tour of the highlands. There seem to be dozens of near-indistinguishable bus tours of lochs, castles, and the like, so I'm whittling the list down by excluding anything that mentions the Loch Ness Monster or any reference to Hollywood movies. Would love to catch up with people for drinks/food/whatever in Edinburgh if you're in the area.
September 17th-21st: Liverpool, with side-trips to the Peaks (where I intend to take a train to Castleton or somewhere and just wander around for a day) and to Manchester to see the People's History Museum. In Liverpool I'm planning on hitting the maritime and slavery museums in particular, and mostly avoiding anything Beatles-related.
September 21st-25th: Bristol, with side-trip to Bath. History nerding it up as usual. Definitely going to spend a good chunk of time in the costume museum at Bath.
September 25th-29th: Cornwall, staying with a friend in a tiny village on the Lizard. Planning to spend a couple of days just rambling around that village and the nearby countryside and coast, and one day getting a lift to Illogan, where my family are from (they were miners who came to Australia during the gold rush) and wandering around there a bit for the day. On the 29th, hitting the maritime museum in Falmouth, before heading on to Plymouth in Devon.
September 29th-30th: Plymouth, where I'll meander around and look at things a little bit before getting on a ferry over to France again.
October 1st-8th: This section is the least well planned at present, but the ferry comes in at Roscoff, near Brest, and I'm planning on spending a couple of days in Brittany before heading south, stopping off at Bordeaux for a look around, and then on to somewhere in Basque country (Vitoria-Gasteiz seems likely, since the train goes that way) for a little stop before I get back to Madrid and onto a plane for home.
So, that's about it as it currently stands. Suggestions? Propositions?


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Smothered in a thick sauce and topped with buttery cracker crumbs, this entree is a hit whenever Stephanie Bell serves it. "Everyone requests the recipe," she writes from Kaysville, Utah. "I've tried to lighten it up, but I can't replicate the flavor. Any help would be appreciated." To see how we trimmed down Stephanie's dish, pick up the Dec/Jan 2006 issue of Light & Tasty magazine.
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- 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (4 ounces each)
- 1 tablespoon dried minced onion
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 4 slices (1 ounce each) Swiss cheese
- 2 cans (10-3/4 ounces each) condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 cups crushed butter-flavored crackers (about 50 crackers)
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- Place the chicken in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with minced onion, salt, garlic powder and pepper. Top each with a slice of cheese.
- In a large bowl, combine the soup, sour cream and water; pour over chicken. Toss the cracker crumbs and butter; sprinkle over chicken. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-40 minutes or until chicken juices run clear and crumbs are golden. Yield: 4 servings.
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"I thought this recipe was very good, I love swiss cheese. It was pretty easy. I would probably cut back a little on the sauce, it was a bit too much, but very good."
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With the resolution of the Death Match between the Skiff, ATST, and Droid Tank, we're moving well past our half-way point for the Quaterfinals in SSG's Battle of the Machines!
Tonight's is a light-weight match between two hardened contestants.
The Aratech 74-Z Military Speeder Bike was featured in Return of the Jedi. This vehicle has been packed with every known movie pilot which today includes its standard pilot, the Imperial Scout Trooper, as well as Princess Leia of the Rebel Alliance (shown), Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker, and Ewok Scout Paploo (most recently released). All of the pack-in figures are available in other venues (save for Paploo) be it a carded figure, or a Millennium Minted Coin box figure. Meanwhile, the speeder bike features a pivoting blaster cannon, braking flaps that operate remotely when the foot pedals are moved, and an explosive battle damage feature that causes the craft to blow apart when the camouflage jacket is pressed down on the rear of the craft.
The Speederbike defeated the Swoopbike 82-23 carrying 78% of the vote to its victory.
It now faces The Single Trooper Ariel Platform or STAP that sits on a clear plastic stand to simulate flight. The stand also activates a remote control that can move the pack-in Battle Droid into action, and fire the crafts twin laser cannons. They simulate fire with two launching projectiles that can easily knock over most action figures - even the ones with lightsabers, if the Force is not with them! The STAP was first offered as a Special Sneak Preview figure for The Phantom Menace, and was later released in Episode One Packaging. To date there have been at least 11 versions of some kind of battledroid. The STAP's pack-in may have been slightly longer legged and loser jointed. The STAP defeated Darth Maul's Sith Speeder 51-32 with almost a halfpoint over 61% of the vote.
Which vehicle should go on to rank amongst Hasbro's best ships and crafts for the modern era?
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Music video: Grandma got indefinitely detained now (a very TSA Christmas)
posted at 2:45 pm on December 20, 2011 by Tina Korbe
Ahhh … Christmas and politics. Is there any better combination? Actually, Christmas might be the one time of year we'd all prefer to forget our political convictions — at least where extended family is concerned — but these videos make it irresistibly fun to remember them. So, as an early Christmas present, I present to you Remy's "Grandma got indefinitely detained now" and Steven Crowder's "Quebec Corner's Politically Correct Christmas." Enjoy!
Incidentally, the range these videos demonstrate … Did you see how many characters Remy portrays? And Crowder! That accent! I am in awe.
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