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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Norman Kent on the "Meticulous" Tom Lovell
"There is an explanation for [Lovell's] mature direction: the happy combination of an engaging personality, a thorough grounding in his craft, a dedication to his chosen profession, and workmanlike method of execution."
"When I interviewed him in his handsome studio near Westport, Connecticut, some months ago, I saw many things that added up. Surrounding a job on the easel (and not exposed for my special benefit) were rough sketches, reference books, detailed drawings, and a much-marked manuscript."
"These little evidences, this concern for thoroughness of research is no pose. For Tom Lovell limits the number of commissions he accepts each year to allow time for his study of the particular problem; time to sit and think; time for numerous roughs, often so abstract only he can decipher them; and time for making a half-scale charcoal drawing in which, as readers can see from the one we have reproduced, all the values are worked out and the final design organized."
"This is the monochrome drawing he submits to the art director, though occasionally he offers two or more. In any event Tom seldom has to make revises, so completely has he projected the idea, the form, and even the illusion of color."
"While developing this charcoal drawing Lovell told me that he constantly thinks in terms of color - its overall temperature and the mood. By using a flexible medium, such as charcoal in which values can be adjusted so easily, the illustrator can anticipate problems of subtlety and contrast before projecting the composition on canvas."
"In Tom Lovell's case this accounts, in large measure, for the freshness and directness his original paintings present which, in turn, is retained in the process engraving and in the printed image."
* My Tom Lovell Flickr set.
*ALSO* A new CAWS is now posted on Charlie Allen's blog.
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One of my all time favorite illustrators. Thanks for your thorough approach to such a gifted artist.ReplyDelete
It sure must have been nice to have that kind of time to work on a piece.ReplyDelete
Frank; You're most welcome!ReplyDelete
Larry; Now that we have a general idea of what artists like Lovell were getting for a f/c dps in the mainstream mags back around 1950 (likely $1k-$2k) its easier to appreciate how Lovell could choose the luxury of taking his time. Being fairly prolific during those days, I would guess he was making 4 or 5 thousand dollars a month. What would be the modern equivalent? 10 to 20 Grand a month? I'd be willing to take my time and enjoy each painting as well if I were pulling in those kinds of bucks! ;^)
Leif, an interesting observation on how much illustrators made in those days. During the 60's, Bob Peak was making over $200,000. a year, which was told to me by a reliable source. That was still pretty huge in the 60's, even though photography was taking away a lot of illustration business. However, I was also told that he often did 2 and if the job really paid well, 3 finished version for one assignment, rather than going back and forth with changes on pencils and color roughs, etc. In his case, the A.D.'s seemed to like choosing from the finishes. I'm not surprise that he might have eventually sold the other version(s) later.ReplyDelete
A friend of mine in S.F., was called the "storboard machine", because he could crank out more frames in a shorter amount of time than anybody in S.F. and maybe the whole country. They were always good enough, but not really great. But, he was the go to guy for speedy storyboards. Many A.D.'s were looking for volume and consistency to pull them out of a jam, when they had to make a presentation and WOW their client or potential client with tons of concepts. Bottom line, my friend made big bucks, had plenty of work, and seemed to be satisfied as primarily a storyboard illustrator. Like most of us illustrators, he worked a lot of all nighters and weekenders. He died of a heart attack, in his prime, around his late 40's or very early 50's.
But, I think it's more about each illustrator's personality. The money was the prime motivator for some illustrators, seeing their work reproduced nationally was more important for others, but the ones I didn't really understand, were those that were busy, made good money, got their share of national exposure and awards, yet bitched and complained about being unappreciated as an illustrator.. considered themselves "prostitute". Maybe they weren't informed about the reality of the role of the Illustrator. (?) ;-)
Frankly, I respect Lovell for not trying to make even more money, which he probably could have made, by cranking out more illos faster... or maybe his work wouldn't have been nearly as well done and sought after, had he stepped up the pace. (?)
Tom Watson
Thanks for that, Tom; You raise many excellent points about the nature of this business. The most enviable illustrators are those who have unwaveringly followed their personal vision, had both critical and financial success, and do not end up being just the flavour of the month, but actually enjoy long, enduring careers. Needless to say, out of the thousands and thousands of professional illustrators who plied their trade over the last hundred years, perhaps... a hundred? have achieved that status.ReplyDelete
For the rest of us, the name of the game is scaring up enough work to keep the wolf from the door. I'm with you when it comes to that last group of illustrators, the ones I have in the past described as 'artistes'. I admire their determination to create only what their muse inspires them to create, but I always figure they must be hiding a wealthy spouse in the closet. Either that or they're immune to cold weather and have an passion for cabbage and brown rice!
Small world.....ReplyDelete
Bob Peak's son Matthew lives by me a few miles away. He contacted me the other day " glad" that there was another pro in our sleepy back woods. His style is so different than his dad's. When I see him, I'l ask him...so how much did your old man make?
Also, I was friends with Stan Fleming who was a story board wizard around the SF bay area. He was making at one point ( cuz he told me ) $30,000 a month. While I was at ILM, he was storyboarding Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom... He died of a heart attack putting out a fire at his home. Really nice guy who was always busy and put work first...often times above friendship sad to say.


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I mentioned last week that from the moment I laid my eyes on the Bobbi Brown Chrome collection, I was a goner. I did a killing on the counter (pieces will be reviewed this week!) but I suggest you all go down to take a look if you love smoky, greys, silvers and chic-party sparkle.
I bought two of the new Metallic Lip Colours in Chrome and Plum Pearl (£15 each):
Remember the visual I fell in love with? Well the goal was her lip colour:
The problem is, depending on who you ask, what was used on her lips changes. On Bobbi's video with the making of this look, she clearly uses some silvery gloss on the model.
Anyway I was told the Plum Pearl with the Chrome on the top would give the same effect. Mmmm, okay, I said, I'm sold…
Bobbi Brown packaging, as always, is simple and quite chic. The lipsticks normally have a gold band around the middle, but its silver with the metallic lip colour:
Now, with the Chrome lipstick. Its silvery sheer shade – not too metallic – urgh, it would be hideous if it was too tin-man-like. It has glittery particles:
My lips are pretty pigmented so it lightened them just a bit:
The Pearl Plum:
Plums are my least favourite lip colours – I just don't like how draining they are on me so I did have to be convinced to buy this one. The colour is sheer though – with subtle sparkle:
Layered on top of each other:
Its sort of close to what the model has, and is far more flattering that I expected. The model's lips are more white-silver I think, so I could probably use a lip concealer with the chrome on top, or add a silver gloss if I really want to pale my lips out.
But for a wearable everyday alternative, I think these lipsticks work well.
They also have a really nice texture – very soft and moisturising to wear, and the shimmer is very subtle – good for those who don't like and obvious glitter look.
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Being a follower of the trend in the 80s, and with vacant land that drained really well, the Amazing Ardleigh Car Boot sale opened its gates to buyers and sellers 27 years ago and is still going strong. Sellers number in the hundreds with buyers in the thousands.
Particularly busy on Bank Holiday weekends, and when the sun is shining, there have been occasions when the field has been nearly full of sellers.
Having been open for so many years the Ardleigh Car Boot Sale is on good terms with the local authorities and even appear on their recycling page, although trouble was on the horizon when they advertised their website with daffodils (for which they made the national dailies!).
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In honor of the Chinese Lunar New Year (which lands on February 18th this year), I wanted to bake something, well, Chinese. But we Chinese are not widely known for baked sweets except, maybe, for egg custard tarts (dahn taht in Cantonese). Other known baked goods would be fortune cookies and almond cookies. The origin of both cookies is unclear and might be American not Chinese creations. In any case, I decided to modify a recipe I found in a local newspaper for Chinese almond cookies.
The cream of tartar adds a sort of old-fashioned crispness to the cookie and the nutty, spicy brown sugar topping is a departure from the typical whole almond fossilized on top. You can use any spices in the topping, but I used cinnamon, ginger, star anise and clove. These cookies turned out to be more like snickerdoodles than Chinese almond cookies, but my family and friends really liked them. So celebrate the Year of the Boar with something sweet!
Spicy Almond Sugar Cookies
(4 dozen cookies)
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened at room temp.
1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/3 cup blanched almonds, toasted lightly and chopped
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground star anise
1/8 tsp ground cloves
Egg wash:
1 egg, beaten
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line cookies sheets with parchment paper.
Sift together the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and almond extract. Mix in the dry ingredients. The dough will be crumbly but moist. Gather the mixture together using your hands or a spatula into a cohesive mass.
To make the topping, mix together the almonds, brown sugar, and spices in a small bowl.
Roll dough into 1 1/2-inch diameter balls. Place 2 inches apart on your prepared cookie sheets and flatten to about 1/2-inch thickness. Then lightly brush top with the egg wash and generously sprinkle with the topping. Bake for 11-12 minutes.


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|Every imaginable kind of squash, pumpkin and melon.
|Mountains of squash and pumpkins in the demonstration hall.
|There was tomato tastings, rare fruit displays, contests, workshops and demonstrations.
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We offered an ethics course for the students receiving Ph.D.s in medical science for the first time in the spring of 1993. It has 14 sessions and is team-taught with members of the basic science faculty. The objectives of the course are to:
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WAKE FOREST, N.C. — A man kidnapped from his North Carolina home may have been targeted because of his daughter's work as a prosecutor on drug and gang cases, a federal law enforcement official said Thursday.
Frank Arthur Janssen of Wake Forest, N.C., was missing for days before an FBI team rescued him late Wednesday at an Atlanta apartment complex.
A federal law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation, tells The Associated Press that Janssen's daughter is an assistant district attorney in North Carolina. The official says authorities are investigating the kidnapping as an act of retaliation after discovering ransom communications that suggested those involved were linked to the gang the Bloods.
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An investigation by the FBI, Wake Forest police and other law enforcement agencies determined that Janssen had been the victim of a kidnapping and was being held in the apartment complex in Atlanta's southeast section, the FBI said.
The FBI statement said Janssen's family was notified of the rescue after the team freed the man about 11:55 p.m. Wednesday. The FBI said the family looked forward to being reunited with him but that no further details were being released early Thursday. A news conference was planned later Thursday in Wake Forest.
The FBI describes its Hostage Rescue Team on the agency website as a national level counterterrorist unit, offering a tactical option for any extraordinary hostage crisis or other law enforcement situation in the U.S. The FBI says the unit, established in 1983, responds to the most urgent and complex FBI cases.
Janssen's neighbors in Wake Forest praised the work of the law enforcement officers.
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This blog discusses current weather, weather prediction, climate issues, and other topics
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Finally Summer!
mid-seventies over central Puget Sound and even warmer (80s!) east of the Cascades and in the Willamette Valley. Finally, a summer-like day that will get those strawberries and raspberries going and give our tomatoes a needed boost.
Tomorrow will not be as nice...but it may be good enough for many activities. A weak front will be moving through the region Sunday AM, bring clouds and a few sprinkles on the coast and NW WA. The afternoon should be dry over the lowlands with partly cloudy conditions. Temps should drop about 10F to the mid-sixties on Sunday.
In the wake of the front marine air will move it...an onshore push...and Monday will be relatively cool and cloudy over the western side of the state, with temps only getting into the lower 60s. Typical June weather. Nothing exciting next week...just June weather with mixed clouds, high in the 60s, and relatively dry. No big storms.
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- Keith Moore said...
Is this our first official day above 75?
- June 12, 2010 at 9:59 AM
- JP said...
I have an unrelated question.
I read this on msnbc
I thought the rain shadow was on the north side of the Olympics and Whidbey Island?
- June 12, 2010 at 2:42 PM
- Justin Sweet said...
I don't think we hit 75 today. Sea-tac and Boeing Field both look like they got to 74. UW ATMOS shows a high there of only 73.
Did we fail to break the record?
- June 12, 2010 at 8:55 PM
The max temp recorded at SeaTac was 73.9. Missed it by *that* much.
- June 12, 2010 at 9:36 PM
- Mark said...
On an unrelated note...the iPhone app for Cliff's weather blog is outstanding. It works great and is free. Nice job Cliff...
- June 13, 2010 at 4:20 PM
- Cetern1091 said...
The record is still going to be broken - just don't know what day yet. It was still the latest day on record at SeaTac to reach 73 or 74.
- June 13, 2010 at 9:45 PM
- smokejumper said...
I'm not a fan of records that are some regular integer that maximizes the minimum amount.
Dunno if that makes sense.
- June 13, 2010 at 11:40 PM
- Justin Sweet said...
Regarding the iPhone app: yes, it's wonderful. I use it all the time. Has anyone else noticed that the dates of the posts are all screwy though? It says the posts are happening in 700AD or some other crazy year and the date/month isn't correct either.
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Survey: Homeowners' Biggest Regret? Didn't Buy Bigger
With the worst of the housing bust still fresh in homeowners' minds, it's a small wonder what some owners are saying they most regret: not buying bigger. It's just one finding from a new survey by real-estate website Trulia. The survey, which is scheduled to be released in full on Wednesday, also highlights the changing tide for home sellers, who now have the upper hand in markets amid rising prices and low inventory. Jed Kolko, chief economist at Trulia, sat down with the WSJ's "Lunch Break" to discuss some of the findings.
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May 10, 2011
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - UC Santa Barbara sophomore Glen Scher has been named Second Team All-Big West just one day after he was selected to play in the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Golf San Diego Regional on May 19-21, it was announced Monday.
Scher, who led the Gauchos in shots per round average at 73.79, became the first UCSB player in nearly 10 years to win a spring tournament and the first in four years to win any tournament. The Thousand Oaks, Calif., native was victorious at the Barona Collegiate Cup in March, recording a 7-under par 209. The Barona field included more than 100 golfers.
Last week, Scher was UCSB's highest finisher at the Big West Conference Tournament where he ended the tournament tied for 19th.
"This is a great accomplishment for Glen," said Santa Barbara head coach Steve Lass. "He's worked hard on his game and this is the payoff. Going to the regional is really a testament to his hard work. I'm also happy for the program because, overall, it's a step in the right direction for us."
The San Diego Regional will be hosted by the University of San Diego and the San Diego Sports Commission at The Farms Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
The Farms Golf Club, originally built in 1988 by Pete Dye, was later remodeled in 2000 by the team of John Fought and Tom Lehman. The private facility is located in the ruggedly beautiful terrain of Rancho Santa Fe, one of San Diego's most prestigious north coastal communities. At just under 7,000 yards (par 72; 6,947 yards), the golf course offers a layout that is both challenging and enjoyable to play. The club's practice facility includes a double-ended grass only range, two putting greens, and one of San Diego's best short game facilities.


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Scott Johnson, ADA attorney, makes surprise stop at Auburn businesses
When prominent attorney Scott Johnson parked his van outside Studio Fifty5 hair salon, it took owner Donna Brooks by surprise. Brooks feared he might be seeking to find more infractions for an Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit.
Instead, she received some good news from her attorney.
The court-ordered inspection Friday by Johnson and his consultants found that the salon's previously non-compliant restroom had been brought up to code, calming Brooks' fears that she would have to pay thousands in a settlement, she said.
"I'm very grateful that this is over," Brooks said. "It has been a little thing – no, a big thing – that has been hanging over my head for awhile and I didn't have the money to pay him. … Very possibly, we would have to close the salon."
Her salon, along with Pistol Pete's Brew & Cue and the Liquor Outlet in the plaza at the corner of Lincoln Way and Harrison Avenue in Auburn, has been embroiled in an ADA lawsuit filed by the Carmichael attorney a couple years ago.
Johnson arrived around noon with two consultants, and he watched as measurements and photographs were taken – evaluating slopes, counter height, handicap parking and more at the three businesses. Michael Welch, the attorney representing the businesses in the case, said it's a routine part of discovery in a lawsuit.
When Johnson personally shows up – which is atypical – it draws added attention, Welch said. Johnson has long been in the spotlight for filing hundreds of ADA lawsuits, including dozens in the Auburn area, but in October he became the subject of a lawsuit himself.
He is being sued by four former employees of his Disabled Access Prevents Injury office for allegations including sexual harassment and fraud. Johnson declined to comment on that when it was initially reported.
Johnson's former workers allege in the lawsuit that he never entered a majority of the businesses that his firm has sued for ADA non-compliance, despite his claims to the contrary, and that he instead had his employees enter the businesses "under a ruse," according to court documents.
"Everyone wants to talk to Scott Johnson now, because there's a lot of people really pissed off and some people went out of business in order to avoid paying him, or to pay him they really went into deep (trouble)," Welch said. "And a lot of them want to get their money back if they were defrauded."
Some of the claims in the lawsuit against Johnson align with accounts from Brooks and plaza owner Pete Aroz Sr., who say Johnson never entered the businesses there that he is suing. Aroz, who owns and operates Pistol Pete's and the Liquor Outlet, said he has filed a counter-lawsuit against Johnson that is set to go to court in April 2014.
"My attorney seemed to think they delayed it as long as they could because the judges want to find out what his outcome is going to be in his employees' suit against him," he said. "We intend to sue him for a large amount of money if it gets to that far."
He told Brooks he would cover any costs related to Johnson's lawsuit against businesses in the plaza. Aroz said Johnson was seeking a total settlement of about $7,000.
"He's probably trying to take care of as much as he can before this all happens, because I really think he's going to go out of business," Aroz said. "And there are some laws enacted that are going to alleviate the situation, but it's not going to end it. … What he and all these other attorneys are doing is fraud, conspiracy and embezzlement, and I mean it's just not right.
"And he's picking on the small business owners that typically can't afford to hire the $10,000 attorney, they'll just say, 'We'll give him the four or five thousand dollars and get him off our back.'"
Johnson said Friday he personally attended to "oversee the inspection," and said the inspection evaluated the salon's entrance and counter height at the cash register, as well as some aspects of Pistol Pete's, but declined to comment further.
A message left by the Journal requesting further comment and response at the phone number listed on Johnson's state bar association page was not returned Friday.
Aroz said Welch told him that the inspection had gone positively for the plaza businesses.
Brooks said before Johnson's lawsuit, she had been letting customers use the salon's bathroom, and she suspects Johnson sent an able-bodied associate to enter it and take photographs to use in the case against her.
"That would be the only way," said Brooks, who described the salon's clientele as "working women" and seniors. "I mean, a quadriplegic in a wheel chair, I would remember that that person came in and used the bathroom. He had never come in here and used the restroom."
Aroz said the picture of the salon bathroom was taken at an angle that would have been impossible from a wheelchair.
"From what I understand one of these gals came in … and pleaded they needed to use the bathroom for an emergency, and out of just respect they let this person who was not in a wheelchair go in," he said. "And they took a picture of it."
To remedy the infraction, the salon posted a sign in the window that says "Sorry, no public restrooms." Several of the plaza businesses have similar signs posted, and Liquor Outlet has a notice displayed on its storefront citing ongoing ADA compliance work.
Johnson's complaints also encompassed accessibility to bathrooms at Pistol Pete's and the party store, Aroz said. He said there is an ADA compliant restroom available to Pistol Pete's customers, but it is located in an adjacent building.
Work on the Pistol Pete's bathrooms is ongoing, and Liquor Outlet was redesigned to be more accessible, Aroz said. Handicap parking spaces also were brought up to code, he said.
Much of the plaza had been built well before the 1990s when many of the current ADA standards started to take effect, Aroz said.
He estimates he spent about $3,000 to address entrance and signage issues stemming from the lawsuit, and that's not including the $250-an-hour compliance consultant he had to hire.
"I don't like his practices if he's deceiving and not doing them according to the law," Brooks said of Johnson. "But I am in total respect of people that have disabilities. We have a lot of disabled clients that we take very good care of, and I mean I had some of them that said they would go to court for me."
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Canine coach keeps dieters on a leash
03 September 2005
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A ROBOT dog that monitors your daily food intake and exercise levels and warns you not to eat that cheesecake could encourage people to stick to their diets.
The health-conscious pooch connects wirelessly to the dieter's pedometer and an electronic diary of their eating habits, to calculate their daily calorie intake and expenditure.
While it may sound frivolous, its US developers hope the robot, a souped-up version of Sony's dog Aibo, could ultimately help in the fight against the western world's obesity epidemic.
The system is being designed by Cynthia Breazeal at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who is famed for creating the emotional robot Kismet. It would use a pedometer, bathroom scales and a PDA connected by Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to gather information about weight, activity and eating habits that people generally have trouble calculating, remembering and reporting.
A computer will then accurately analyse the data and present the results to the person through the friendly face of a robot, says Breazeal's student Cory Kidd, who is working with her to develop the system, which is still at an early stage.
Past studies have shown that people who accurately record what they eat and how much they exercise are more likely to keep their weight down, and that a real 3D robot is more convincing than an on-screen character. A robot could also offer support that humans don't have the time, patience or desire to provide.
Aibo does not talk. Instead he has been programmed to exhibit four different behaviours, representing lethargy, energy and two stages in between, in response to a verbal cue such as "How am I?"
Aibo will choose his response to mirror how the person should be feeling. If you have stuck to your daily calories, he will jump up and down, wag his tail, play vibrant music and flash the brightly coloured LEDs that pepper his 50 centimetre-tall plastic body. But if you have already had too many, he will move slowly and lethargically and play low-energy music.
"It's promising to look at mobile robots for defining behavioural change," says Tim Bickmore, a computer scientist at the Boston University School of Medicine, who showed recently that an animated computer companion could encourage people to exercise more.
Kidd will present the idea at the UbiComp conference on 11 September in Tokyo, Japan, and will begin a study on 30 overweight Bostonians next spring.


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A drink-driver who was reported to police by a member of the public is likely to be demoted in his job after he was disqualified from driving.
Chesterfield magistrates' court heard on May 23 how Kieron Gollings, 25, of Shakespeare Street, Holmewood, Chesterfield, was tracked down by police after receiving a report from a witness and he was found to have exceeded the alcohol drink-drive limit.
Prosecuting solicitor Sarah Haslam said: "A member of the public phoned the police after seeing the car and police traced the address and found him.
"He said he had watched a match at his mum's address and had driven and lost control of the vehicle and ended up in a field. He said he panicked and ran back to a public house."
Gollings pleaded guilty to driving a vehicle after exceeding the alcohol drink-drive limit following the incident in April.
Defence solicitor Denny Lau said: "It's a shame one mistake can have a big impression on people because Mr Gollings keeps on the right side of the law and doesn't drink-drive.
"His intention was to leave the vehicle at a Miners' Welfare but he decided to drive it home.
"He has been working as a grounds worker. In the company he works for people are split into groups and he normally drives a team to work. He told his employer what happened straight away. The outcome is unclear but he will not be able to be a supervisor and will be demoted to a normal groundsman. He lives with his partner and they have a child together. He's the only earner in the family with his partner on child benefit."
Magistrates sentenced Gollings to a £238 fine and ordered him to pay a £24 victim surcharge and £85 costs. He was also disqualified from driving for 18 months.


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LA JOLLA — As one millionaire golfer considers leaving San Diego in order to make financial ends meet, Brandt Snedeker might consider the opposite and seek full-time residency in the Lodge at Torrey Pines.
On a day when local-citizen-for-now Phil Mickelson shot an even-par 72 (a whopping 10 over his estimated income tax burden percentage of 62), Snedeker continued his dominance here Thursday by shooting a sea-breezy, seven-under 65.
A bogey-free day allowed Snedeker to share the first-round Farmers Insurance Open lead with veteran K.J. Choi.
Snedeker is from Nashville but probably can't fathom what anyone wouldn't like about California's money-making opportunities.
Torrey Pines is becoming Music City to his ears.
Snedeker picked up seamlessly from a year ago, when he won in a playoff over Kyle Stanley. Snedeker's round Thursday now puts him, for his career, at 52 under par at Torrey Pines.
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We all know temptation is something we should avoid, but many of us don't know much more than that. Temptation is often talked about, but seldom fully understood. Understanding the nuts and bolts of temptation and techniques for spotting and resisting it can help us to not only avoid sin, but also grow spiritually.
"Temptation is an invitation to sin," said Legionary of Christ Father John Bartunek, a well-known author and retreat master. "The invitation can be attractive because it distorts reality; it highlights one good aspect of something, covering up the whole picture. So in temptation, there is always a bit of truth mixed with a lie."
Father Bartunek gave the example of drinking alcohol to excess. "Certainly it is true that if I get drunk, I will, for a few hours maybe, be able to forget my troubles. But I will also do damage to myself, expose myself to further dangers, give scandal and very likely cause damage — maybe even mortal damage — to others. The temptation tries to present the partial good and hide the whole story."
Some might naively think of temptation as a matter of a "good angel" and a "bad angel" trying to tell us what to do. It's much more than that.
In his writings, Father Joseph Kentenich (1885-1968), the founder of The Apostolic Movement of Schoenstatt, an international Catholic lay movement, lists three stages of temptation. The first stage, he writes, is exterior enticement, or when we're first invited to sin. At this point, we may not even be aware we're being tempted. That leads to the second step, which is becoming aware of the enticement. The third stage is the response of the will, in which we make a concrete decision whether and how to react to the temptation.
"The value of the awareness of the three stages of temptation lies on knowing when the temptation moves into something sinful," said Schoenstatt Father Francisco Rojas. "On the third stage we decide for good or bad."
Father Bartunek specifies that temptation itself is not a sin. "Even Jesus was tempted," he said. "The devil invited him to sin."
The difficulty lies in that we don't always immediately identify the invitation as temptation. That depends on how healthy our consciences are and also depends on our level of virtue. It can sometimes be hard to spot temptation, but once we do, we're free to choose how we react.
Father Dwight Longenecker, popular blogger and author of "The Gargoyle Code" (Stauffer Books, $12.95), explains that part of identifying temptation is discovering its source. He talks about two means of temptation. The first is what he calls natural temptation, which is the ordinary level of being attracted to a false good.
"This happens to us simply because of our human nature and the continued existence of concupiscence," he said. "Concupiscence is the inclination toward evil rather than toward the good."
The other means of temptation is supernatural temptation, when Satan or demons are involved.
"There's usually an extreme or irrational dimension to this kind of temptation," he said. "We seem overwhelmed by the temptation and find it very hard to resist. Natural and supernatural temptation can be mixed together — one leading to the other. We might be able to resist natural temptation by our own willpower. To resist supernatural temptation we need to renounce Satan and call on divine assistance."
Choosing how to react depends on our level of spiritual progress and the type of temptation we're facing.
"We can reject it, or kind of play with it," Father Bartunek said. "When we start playing with it, we are already taking a step down the path toward sin. When we play with fire, it's natural to get burned. If we reject temptation out of love for God and neighbor, out of a desire to grow in holiness and fulfill the real purpose of our lives, we grow spiritually. This is important to keep in mind. God permits temptation because he knows that, with his grace at work within us, by resisting temptation we can grow in love."
Jean M. Heimann, a Catholic wife and mother from Wichita, Kan., who blogs at catholicfire.blogspot.com, believes temptation can help us grow spiritually.
"I believe that temptations are opportunities for us to grow in virtue," she said. "One of the best ways to defeat the devil is to perform the virtue which is the exact opposite of the sin proposed. For example, if we are tempted to be greedy, we can develop the virtue of charity by sharing our time and money with others."
Having a well-developed conscience is essential to identifying, resisting and growing from temptation. Conscience is a voice that echoes the loving voice of God, directing us to what is good and away from what is not good.
"This is one of the reasons it is so important to cultivate a healthy capacity for self-reflection," Father Bartunek said. "The post-modern world is so noisy — in so many different ways, including visual noise — that it has robbed even many well-meaning Christians of their capacity to listen to the heart, to the conscience. This gets us into trouble. Cultivating a real life of prayer is key for developing this capacity for self-reflection."
Heather Wargo, wife and mother of eight from Coudersport, Pa., can testify to that. She finds that the times she's most vulnerable to temptation are those during which she's tired or trying to do something efficacious like praying, doing spiritual reading or taking in spiritually edifying programming on television or radio.
"The temptation I find most difficult to resist is the one to complain to myself about not being able to do what I want that is good and pleasing to God," she said. "It sounds ridiculous, but it's true."
Pride, said Father Longenecker, is the sin to which we are most blinded.
"By its very nature, when we are proud we think we are right, and therefore we are unable to assess our condition as sinners," he said. "It is possible to be a nice, clean-living and respectable person who was full of pride and that pride can be our downfall."
Another less noticeable kind of temptation is that which deters us from fulfilling our God-willed obligations. Distraction, procrastination and our own inhibitions can get in the way of our doing God's will.
This is the kind of temptation with which Helen Russo, a Catholic wife and mother from Salinas, Calif., most often struggles.
"Generally, the temptation is to put something before a task or need, for example — something pleasurable before a boring job," she said. "Sometimes it's 'a few more chips,' or 'a bit more wine.' Also, it can be distracting thoughts about situations or wants and needs [that have nothing to do with the present moment]."
While temptation is inevitable, succumbing to it is not.
There are a number of things we can do to strengthen our resistance. The most helpful is to anticipate and prepare for it.
"I tend to be most vulnerable to temptation when I am struggling with setbacks in my life — trials that I'm having difficulty understanding and accepting," Heimann said. "I also struggle with temptations when I am in a weakened physical and emotional state — tired, hungry, rundown and feeling sad or angry. Conversely, when things are going great for me, the devil attempts to deceive me by telling me that I can do things on my own, [that I] don't really need to spend as much time in prayer as I do or to frequent the sacraments as often as I do."
Russo depends on prayer and confession to bolster her fight against temptation.
"Prayer helps with temptations, along with confession," she said. "Sometimes the thought of having to confess stops me. It's humiliating to admit it. As well, it's the knowledge that I am to continue working toward the goals that have been set before me by God. I fall and must pick myself up again and again through the tools he has given me."
Marge Fenelon writes from Wisconsin.
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Not too sure if it was the locks fault or mine. I had my bicycle stolen from a parking structure attached to my friends apartment in SFV. The garage is under 24 hour surveillance but that didn't stop some jerk from stealing my bike. Either way, it was, apparently, easy to cut through this lock as my bike was stolen from a heavily trafficked parking garage between 9 am and 5 pm on a weekday. Don't lose your bike because of a cheap lock, buy a good solid U-Lock. Trust me, the cheap price of a cable lock pales in comparison to what you will spend on a whole new bike AND lock.


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The Chicago Board of Trade's new South American futures contract had a respectable showing for its first day of trading May 20. Soybeans for July delivery traded at $6.41 on opening day, compared to $6.32 for the U.S. contract for July delivery. Several hundred contracts were traded.
"It did fairly well for a first day trading," said Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing and Management. "Certainly it wasn't as thin as other first day trading I've seen. But you want to see it build from here. As a speculator, I wouldn't touch it right now. There is not enough liquidity there yet."
The South American soybean future is the exchange's first agricultural contract with international physical delivery points. The new contract was created to meet the risk management needs of producers and consumers worldwide of soybeans grown in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.
CBOT Chairman Charles P. Carey said, "the exchange was pleased with the launch."
Brazil and Argentina supply more than 50 percent of the world's soybeans and export to Europe and Asia. The contract is expected to provide increased trading opportunities for market participants around the world.
Brugler noted that there is a soybean exchange in Brazil currently. "But there are some difficulties if the South American farmers use the U.S. contract to hedge with, which many of the larger farmers do.
"The two main problems are the currency translation and the basis risk. The price at the Port of Paranagua doesn't track exactly with prices in Chicago, which is deliverable along the Illinois River. So the CBOT is trying to address those problems by having a contract deliverable at the Port of Santos or Paranagua."
When asked what impact the South American contract may have on the U.S. soybean market, Brugler noted, "The first question is whether there is a buy-in into the contract? When the South American producers start to use it is key. If there is no volume, no liquidity, it's no good to anybody.
"The second question is if they start hedging the CBOT South American contract, do they quit hedging in the U.S. contract? That could potentially change the volume and open interest during certain times of the year, particularly when their new crop comes out of the field."
From a producer standpoint, there could be some opportunities to capitalize on price differences between the U.S. and South American contracts, according to Brugler. "You would look at the difference, then adjust for the freight and other differentials. If that spread gets out of line, you buy the Brazil, sell the U.S. or sell the Brazil, buy the U.S. In my conversations with pit traders, there's already a nickname for one of these spreads. They call it a "BUS spread" for Brazil-U.S. spread."
For the time being, the South American soybean contract "is more of a background factor for the U.S. marketer," according to Brugler. "If it starts to get a lot of volume and liquidity, it has more potential as a hedging vehicle or a spread trading vehicle. But it's going to be more of a commercial contract, rather that something a lot of individual producers are going to be using.
"The exception to that would be producers who have farms in Brazil. It makes it very convenient for them to hedge using the U.S. market and not have to worry about a lot of government restrictions on moving money internationally."
If the contract gains enough volume and liquidity to attract the funds, "that's another angle," Brugler said. "To have a successful contract, you have to have speculative participation. They won't do it until they see they can get in and out without taking a major loss."
Regular trading hours for CBOT South American soybean futures in the open auction market are from 9:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., Central Time, Monday through Friday. On the CBOT's electronic platform, trading hours are from 7:31 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., Central Time, Sunday through Thursday.
The CBOT South American soybean futures contract will be physically settled, with delivery points located in the ports of Paranagua and Santos, Brazil.
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Legs fold under feeder for use with young poultry. Raise legs once birds grow. Open top allows waterfowl to feed. Top snaps into place.
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SnackTools needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 670 designs submitted by 196 freelance designers.
SnackTools - http://www.snacktools.com
SnackTools is a suite of "freemium" web-based applications designed to simplify the way to create, host and manage rich media content online (widgets).
SnackTools online apps (and slogan/description) are:
- SnackTools (the suite name) - Premium rich media widgets
- BannerSnack - High-quality Flash banner maker, http://www.bannersnack.com
- PhotoSnack - Professional photo slideshows, http://www.photosnack.com
- PodSnack - Custom Flash audio players, http://www.podsnack.com
- QuizSnack - The survey maker, http://www.quizsnack.com (to be launched)
- TubeSnack - Custom YouTube video players, http://www.tubesnack.com (to be launched)
Our target is made up of bloggers, web/cms editors/authors, web designers, web developers, social networking users and anyone who wants to create rich content for the web. We already have almost 200,000 users.
We are looking for talented web designers to create and unify the identity designs for our SnackTools family products.
What we need:
- a visual new brand identity (logo) for all SnackTools websites: SnackTools, BannerSnack, PhotoSnack, PodSnack, QuizSnack, TubeSnack.
- design must be creative, clean, simple, web 2.0 (in the style of other web 2.0 apps)
- please, try not to convey the idea of food (snacks) in the logo design
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If you're looking for a fast and tasty lunch to warm up little tummies in the cold winter months, here's a healthy recipe that's tried and true in our household:
2 cups rice pasta
6 cups water
1 vegetable bouillon cube (or prepared vegetable stock)
125g of firm organic tofu, diced
1/2 cup of organic broccoli/ peas/ edamame
1 tbsp of sesame oil
Optional: Add 1 tbsp of tamari sauce, dried seaweed, and/ or sliced ginger to taste for more adventurous eaters!
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to a pot of water and bring to a boil. Turn down heat to medium and add in the rest of the ingredients for approximately 5-8 minutes.
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Getting a chip-in eagle on the final hole and a pair of birdies from another player late in the round, the Catamounts overcame first-round leader ETSU, making up a three-stroke deficit and eventually finishing one shot ahead of the Bucs Sunday at the Waynesville Country Club. ETSU fired a team score of 289-298=587 to finished eight strokes ahead of third place
"We felt confident all day," said ETSU head coach Stefanie Reynolds, whose team shot a school record for first round score with a 289 Saturday and led by three entering Sunday's play. "We were playing well and Western wasn't doing anything special. But then one of their girls chipped in for eagle on the last hole and another had a pair of birdie putts late in the round. That flurry allowed them to catch us.
"We were all solid, but we just didn't have anyone go really low. They beat us today, and you have to give credit to
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