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Official: No drugs, alcohol found in Conn. gunman
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Toxicology tests on the body of the Newtown school shooter did not turn up any alcohol, illegal drugs or prescription medications, an official close to the investigation said Tuesday.
Adam Lanza, 20, fatally shot 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14 before killing himself as police arrived. He also killed his mother at their Newtown home before going to the school.
The official said the toxicology tests were completed about five weeks ago and the results were turned over to Danbury State's Attorney Stephen Sedensky III, who is leading the investigation. The official, who was not authorized to publicly disclose the information and spoke on condition of anonymity, also said at least some victims' relatives were notified of the test results.
Toxicology tests check for a wide variety of over-the-counter medicines, prescription medications and illegal drugs. In Lanza's case, a separate test was performed for marijuana, which usually isn't part of toxicological reviews, and came back negative, the official said.
The test results, which were first reported by The Hartford Courant last week, leave many questions unanswered. Search warrants revealed that Lanza lived in a home surrounded by an arsenal of weapons, but authorities haven't revealed whether Lanza had been prescribed medications or whether he was diagnosed with any disorder that could help explain the massacre.
Illegal drugs and prescription medications were not on the lists of items found at Lanza's home, according to the warrants. Authorities said they did find medical, psychiatric and prescription records in the home, but didn't disclose the contents of those documents.
A state investigation report on the killings is expected to be publicly released this summer.
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CldWtrSrf wrote...We betterDecember 14, 2012 7:02 amBan and outlaw school, movie theaters and malls because people are always seeming to get killed their. Oh, don't forget bars, my friend was murdered at a bar a couple of weeks ago by a crazy person with a knife. It's not the crazy person's fault though right? It's gotta be the knife's fault.512352{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }0
CH wrote...Bibles for Guns . . . .December 14, 2012 8:26 amturn or burn.512391{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }0
Rick W7PSK wrote...Gun ban comingDecember 14, 2012 8:55 amThis one will cause it.512410{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512391
CldWtrSrf wrote...Yup, it's coming for sure....December 14, 2012 9:10 amIt sure makes you wonder doesn't it. Mass shootings happening all over. Political HACKS will use this to further their cause for sure. Like bottom feeders they will scoop up an absolute tragedy and bend it to their will. Disarming citizens so that they utopian dream of a Fascist Totalitarian State can come to fruition. Sickening. Question...Why do these things always seem to happen in "No Weapon Zones"? The crazies are always going to go where they know their intended victims are disarmed. I don't step out of my house or car without a firearm for protection, and I believe you would be insane not to protect yourself. You just never know. More prozac and other SSRI and this kind of thing will keep happening more and more. Blame Big Pharma and the disgusting culture we live in today, not an inanimate object for these things. Can't wait till we see an "Executive Order" from Emperor Barry. He's already alluded to the fact that he want's to ban semi-automatic pistols and rifles/shotguns. There are NO COINCIDENCES in this world. Timing is everything.512416{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512410
Ron_Spins wrote...Bans(feel good)Liberal solution to everything.December 14, 2012 7:12 pmFunny thing about "bans" is that the banned just does not go away , it is just a sales cap.Bans change nothing. It's the mentally ill.512670{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512410
WAmovesRight wrote...For Consideration...December 16, 2012 2:44 pm... before you all start clamoring to outlaw guns I would ask you to consider the following
• A 1997 high school shooting in Pearl, Miss., was halted by the school's vice principal after he retrieved the Colt .45 he kept in his truck.
• A 1998 middle school shooting ended when a man living next door heard gunfire and apprehended the shooter with his shotgun.
• A 2002 terrorist attack at an Israeli school was quickly stopped by an armed teacher and a school guard.
• A 2002 law school shooting in Grundy, Va., came to an abrupt conclusion when students carrying firearms confronted the shooter.
• A 2007 mall shooting in Ogden, Utah, ended when an armed off-duty police officer intervened.
• A 2009 workplace shooting in Houston, Texas, was halted by two coworkers who carried concealed handguns.
• A 2012 church shooting in Aurora, Colo., was stopped by a member of the congregation carrying a gun.
• At the recent mall shooting in Portland, Ore., the gunman took his own life minutes after being confronted by a shopper carrying a concealed weapon.
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logical open mind wrote...as a gun owner my guns are always locked in a steel case.December 15, 2012 9:49 amDid the killer's mom have her guns locked up? I would be for a law that keeps personal guns locked up. A common sense person does this anyway.512783{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512391
messiah101 wrote...logicalDecember 15, 2012 11:22 amAnd how is that law enforced?512808{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512783
RonJ wrote...It is enforced only afterDecember 16, 2012 10:54 amthe fact, as most laws are.512941{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512808
Hayduke wrote...What was it John Curley and his ilk were saying just yesterday about the Portland Mall shooting? Some nonsense about how more guns would deter shootings?December 14, 2012 9:02 amJust wait. The RWNJ's will suggest that if only a few of these kindergartners had a concealed weapons permit and were adequately trained, well, they would have taken him down!512411{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }0
Rick W7PSK wrote...20 kids were killed in China todayDecember 14, 2012 9:07 amBy a knife
A lot were killed in Oklahoma by Fertilizer
thousands are killed every year by cars
Where is your outrage and call for a Ban for these items.
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Rick W7PSK wrote...Not killed injuredDecember 14, 2012 9:09 amit was 2010 that 20 were killed and 50 injured in China.512415{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512413
Ron_Spins wrote...Gasoline is another tool that they use.December 14, 2012 7:18 pm.512671{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512413
Big Zipper wrote...point exactly....December 16, 2012 5:35 pm20 injured... not blown away512999{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512413
CupofJoe wrote...HaydukeDecember 14, 2012 8:58 pmthose with a different point of view would only suggest that you grow up. No need to get hissy and fly off the deep end every time a legitimate point is made.512692{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512411
logical open mind wrote...hayduke-not kindergardners, a few teachers. Idiot!December 15, 2012 9:47 amIf you can get the guns from crinimals, tell me how.512781{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512411
RonJ wrote...I am sure they meant ADULTSDecember 16, 2012 10:55 amyou friggin dolt.512942{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512411
bigdogina4x4 wrote...Hayduke.....You're an idiot.January 14, 2013 11:46 amNamer one conservative that has said arming kindergartners is an idea? You can't, because it never happen loser. You are part of the problem.521578{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512411
Oly80 wrote...SHUT UP.December 14, 2012 9:38 amto those of you making this political. SHUT. UP.
kids were murdered today.
classless jerks.
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SledgeHammer wrote...FTW!December 14, 2012 4:59 pmOly80, suck it friend. We know kids died... we need to talk about it. if you dont, st*u mate512624{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512428
cigarfan wrote...@Oly80December 14, 2012 5:55 pmPolitics is how we change things in the USA, so you can keep your censorship!512641{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512428
CupofJoe wrote...Chairman O,December 14, 2012 8:48 pmsadly, was the first to make it political with his "meaningful" comments.512690{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512428
Hayduke wrote...Rick W7PSK: You ever hear the saying, "Never bring a knife to a gun fight?"December 14, 2012 10:11 amThere's a reason for that. Only an idiot would believe a knife can kill just as fast and as many as an automatic weapon. And any unskilled fool can pull a trigger.
As for it being turned into a political issue: If not now, WHEN? Whenever these tragedies happen, the gun nuts always want others not to keep quiet about it. Apparently it's just too inconvenient to their POV. You would prefer that if it's discussed at all, it's not done right after a shooting. In other words, when no one's thinking about it, and they couldn't care less.
Meanwhile, whenever a homeowner shoots an intruder in his home, they capitalize on that, don't they? I mean, RWNJ's would NEVER try capitalize on a tragedy, would they? (Bengazi, anyone?)
These shootings are becoming more and more frequent; why shouldn't we have a rational debate about it?
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Chrisfrommv wrote...more Knee jerksDecember 14, 2012 5:03 pmHayduk- and the leftist media will rarely tell the numbers of stories were people have used arms in legitimate self defense acts and lives saved there of... Your point? This needs to be talked about but not today. you could wait till we have all the facts. What I do know so far is is that this kid was mentally disabled (strike one) under 21 and in possession of hand guns (strike two) and on school property (strike three). This was not a person who killed while paying attention to any gun law and probably would have killed despite any gun laws you propose512628{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512451
Big Zipper wrote...hang tight...December 16, 2012 5:39 pmhe had a bushmaster ar15...designed in every way for one purpose. Mass killing of human beings. You can buy a similar gun now at your local wal-mart for around $500. This is a terrible home defense gun as the rounds put your neighbors in danger if used. We have the right to bear arms and that should never go away as a way to protect our homes. But.... had this killer used a shotgun we might have been able to stop him before he took so many innocent lives.513000{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512628
Rick (4) wrote...@HaydukeDecember 15, 2012 7:29 amHow has making drugs illegal stopped people who want to use drugs from getting illegal drugs. The same would be true if guns were made illegal.
I will never support removing the 2nd amendment as it is is there for protecting our freedoms and to defend our freedom from evil people and government tyranny.
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NWGUY wrote...banning guns at schoolsDecember 15, 2012 6:30 pmWhen will the genious that first banned guns at school step up and claim responsibility for this? in the past, many teachers carried, or had guns in class. They can't today, and so to make some safe, they (them and the children) are unprotected?... seems they got the opposite of what they intended with the ban in the first place. Since it didnt work, maybe they should lift that ban first?512877{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512451
RonJ wrote...This is going to happenDecember 16, 2012 11:03 amtime and time again, mark the words. Gun bans in schools don't work, the ground in full of freshly dug graves to prove the point. Why didn't the mass murderers go to a sportsman club or police station or gun store?512944{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512877
Rikki Doxx wrote...BloomieDecember 14, 2012 5:01 pmNYC mayor Bloomberg is demanding Obama do something. Hey Bloomie, get rid of guns in NYC first. Oh, they're already not allowed. My bad.512626{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }0
WT wrote...Sad but not surprised!December 14, 2012 5:45 pmSaddened But Not Surprised I was saddened to hear of the lost of life at Sandy Hook but I am not surprised. Why this should be thought of as Progress. I was not surprised because for years now children have been taught a world view that says that they are the product of mindless mutation and nothing more than advanced animals - descendant of monkeys. They have been taught that there are no moral absolutes and no God that determines moral absolutes. I don't understand why then when some emotionally distraught individual acts out this world-view, devalues life and determining that there is no God to which he his ultimately responsible takes life from other and then himself that folks are surprised? Surely people are not thinking far enough in advance to see where this world-view leads or they would not be surprised. This young shooter was simply acting on his convictions—what he no doubt learned in school. I was not surprised because women are allowed to kill their unborn children why… why… why should we be surprised when a born child wants to kill his mother! Is it somehow less evil to kill your child that for your child to kill you? And, for the life of me I do not understand our president's tearful presentation! I mean he voted twice for partial birth abortion where the baby is partially born and then with its head out of the birth canal has a pair of scissors inserted into the base of the skull and its brains sucked out. Heck, he even supported depriving life support for babies that survive an abortion because it was the intent of the mother that the child should die. I don't understand his flip-flopping and why a shooting is a worse way for a person to die than having their brains sucked out. Why he should just send some Planned Parenthood employees over to counsel the moms and dads who have lost children to explain to them why they should not feel so badly. I am surprised and confused as to why Progressive who love this world view are surprised or even saddened. Is it now what they were shooting for? They may as well have pulled the trigger!512638{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }0
messiah101 wrote...WTDecember 15, 2012 1:22 pmIf I felt as you supposedly do on abortions I would actually be doing something to STOP the MURDERS and I mean even physically attempting to stop the MURDERS. You guys are all talk and thats why I feel its just political to you and the LIVEs mean nothing to you. Your side is 99.9% talk and very little action.The Right as well as the Left use this issue as a Fund raiser and your one of the Dummies who fall for the scam512829{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512638
NWGUY wrote...He (Obama- as paid for democrat) hates blacksDecember 15, 2012 6:38 pmThus he supports the dems effort to allow moms to continue killing as many off as possible. (FYI, abortions have killed many million black babies)512879{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512638
RonJ wrote...The mother of the abortion machine,December 16, 2012 11:01 amMargaret Sanger, was a proponent of eugenics,the killing of the "unfit", including blacks. We can see he result of her handiwork today.512945{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512879
Drool wrote...WTDecember 16, 2012 10:57 amPlenty of evil has been done in the name of your god.512943{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512638
daveismenotyou wrote...As soon as I picked my kids up from school today,December 14, 2012 5:54 pmI hugged them so hard. I could not imagine the horror of getting that call. I wish I could take the pain away from those affected by this ahole. But for those using this as a gun grab device, would outlawing murder help you feel safer?512640{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }0
Hectic wrote...Shut upDecember 14, 2012 5:55 pmIf I hear one more person say, "Guns are not the problem", I'm going to steal one of the 200 million privately owned firearms in the United States, and shoot them in the foot.
Everyone needs to google "Australian gun laws". They changed their laws after a mass shooting 20 years ago, and it worked. It can be done, Australia is proof. Anyone who says guns are not the problem is a fool.
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daveismenotyou wrote...Already illegalDecember 14, 2012 6:09 pmGuns are not allowed to be carried outside the home in CT by anyone under 21. What proof?512646{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512642
Big Zipper wrote...but...December 16, 2012 5:47 pmthey are cheap and prevalent. Like the assualt rifle used in the clackamas shootings. It was one of the kids friends guns....513001{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512646
daveismenotyou wrote...GunsDecember 14, 2012 6:12 pmare not the problem512644{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512642
Chrisfrommv wrote...Hectic-December 14, 2012 6:56 pmdo a little more research before you speak... Homicides went up 3.9% and armed robberies 44% in the next year. Stalin and Hitler killed millions AFTER disarming them. (though I urge you not to take this comment too far with it's meaning. I am not implying anything other then the right to defend themselves was removed) Guns are not the problem... That's right I said it; i'll give you my address if you'd like.512662{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512642
Hectic wrote...Why lie?December 15, 2012 5:04 amOh please, the fact is, that since Australia's gun ban, violent crime has dropped exponentially, and they haven't had a mass murder in 20 years. It's pretty simple really, but ignorant people like you are willing to sacrifice innocent children in order to have your little guns, that you will NEVER use in self defense. btw, have you ever notice how all gun advocates are short, and have little members? Why is that?512724{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512662
Rick W7PSK wrote...I see hectic ran out of argumentDecember 15, 2012 6:00 amwent to insults512734{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512724
Rick (4) wrote...@HecticDecember 15, 2012 6:47 amIf if feel safer, you are free to move to Australia. Here in America, we carry guns and will continue to do so.512743{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512724
daveismenotyou wrote...Australia finally outlawed murder?December 15, 2012 6:50 amAbout time. If only the US would do the same...512742{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512724
bullyforyou wrote...well, mr limpdickDecember 15, 2012 11:57 amif you would do a little research you'd see that the crime rates in AUS are level from the buyback to now. and aussies didn't own guns on average anyways. fools like you who blame the gun are enabling the societal defects that produce these monsters. it's actually YOU who is the problem512825{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512724
maplefish wrote...@Rick W7December 15, 2012 2:55 pmTypical liberal. Lose the argument and start calling names. BTW - Hectic, we are not Australia, nor do any of us give a ratsass about what they do in other countries. This is America. We have plenty of gun laws. Unfortunately, The problem is, you can't legislate whack jobs. We need better MENTAL HEATH CARE & Oversight. Maybe OBAMACARE will provide better avenues for those who are walking on the edge? Although, I seriously doubt it.512848{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512724
NWGUY wrote...Did Australia ban guns 20 years ago?December 15, 2012 6:41 pmnope, just like their violent crime rate is up. (perhaps you got it confused with the safety rating for crooks, because it's safer for them, as they usually don't get shot by their victims these days)512881{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512724
Cigarillo wrote...@HecticDecember 16, 2012 10:48 amProperly presented/twisted, the Australian situation may add a bit of weight to your justification for eliminating those icky guns, but you sort of ruined your standing as a contributor to the debate by lowering yourself to the tiny wiener thing. Hopefully, you give the same regard to the civic duty of voting as you do to informing yourself on the issue at hand.512939{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512724
Cigarillo wrote...@ChrisDecember 16, 2012 11:18 amAllow me to preface this by stating that I'm dead set against new gun laws as they are indeed the path to disarming us, but your Australian example is not good ammo for the cause. Although your mentioned overall numbers did go up, because of Australia's growing population, the per capita number has remained pretty much the same. Using it as example for our case by either side is pretty much apples and oranges.512954{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512662
RonJ wrote...Hectic.....December 15, 2012 10:19 amthey're not the problem :)512789{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512642
bullyforyou wrote...idiot,,,,December 15, 2012 11:59 amdo your research. Avg aussies didn't own guns even before the buyback. they had no constitutional right to own one, unlike me. when you can show me that a gun kills by itself, i'll agree they are the problem. the problem is the person holding the gun, you idiot....512823{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512642
NWGUY wrote...violent crimeDecember 15, 2012 6:35 pmyou know violent crime is up in Australia now don't you, it's not as safe as it was before, there are no guns in the lawful peoples possesion to scare the badguys...512880{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512642
RonJ wrote...I know I am, whatDecember 16, 2012 11:01 amr you?512946{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512642
Rick (4) wrote...Making guns illegal will not stop this senseless killing!December 14, 2012 7:03 pmYes, I am sad today for these lost lives.
But making guns illegal will not stop bad people from having guns anymore than making drugs illegal stopped people from using drugs. All banning guns would do is take guns away from the good people as the bad people will always find a way to get a gun just as drug users always find a way to get illegal drugs.IMO people have the right to own guns to defend themselves from the bad people that will always have guns. Ban guns and deadly home invasions will go up as the good people will no longer beable to defend themselves from the bad people who will have illegal guns.
I pray for those lost and their families/friends.
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dspuy wrote...I agreeDecember 15, 2012 5:52 amI agree. prayer for people of Newtown to have experienced this tragedy512731{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512669
maplefish wrote...dspuyDecember 15, 2012 2:59 pmagreed. I cannot fathom the grief of the parents of those little children - or the other loved ones....my heart breaks for the entire community.512849{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }512731


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Silicon Valley Nation: Jim Williams' engineering bench comes home
Brian Fuller
The shock eventually wore off, although few days pass here at Linear Technology, Williams' employer, without some invocation of his spirit. The more time passed, the more the spirit picked up around Williams' memory and, in fairly short order, his legendary engineering bench had a temporary home in the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.
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That installation ran its course and then the question became, what to do with that famous bench and everything that goes with it? John Hamburger, Linear spokesman, said some folks kicked around the idea of donating it to a university. That idea didn't last.
"Suddenly, I got a lot of phone calls from longtime Linear engineers who said in no uncertain terms 'That bench belongs here!'" Hamburger said.
Where to now?
The question then became, where? Linear has a modest corporate HQ lobby with a large display case of industry and customer awards. There isn't a lot of room, but that would be one obvious and public place for the bench. Instead, a few weeks ago, the bench found its permanent home in Eric Soule's lab, where it sits as a testament to one engineer's life and an inspiration to all the analog engineers who pass by every day.
Says Linear CTO Bob Dobkin, a close friend and decades-long partner of Williams, "We miss him, sure. If someone needed an oscillator with 1 ppm distortion, you can't go out and buy that. He built it."
What follows are some photos I took on a recent visit that hopefully capture the spirit of one of history's most unique analog designers.
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One thing I like about Jim Williams is that if anyone tells me my workbench is a mess, I can tell them I'm in good company! It is right that it has become a shrine of sorts. I wonder what happened to Bob Pease's bench? Brian....???
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I hope the Jaguar model has a spot in the display. Jim was a brilliant man, for sure.
'scope with Schweber's number attached being Tektronics Type 575 Transistor Curve Tracer. Jim was avid user of Tek instruments from the 60s and 70s
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David, excellent question, and you've prompted the TI folks to dig into that. It turns out Bob's workspace at National was a big of, um, a hazard shall we say. But we'll work to solve this mystery.
Alan Martin cleaned bobs desk. It stayed pretty the same for about 6 months after he passed away. Some of his stuff was packed up.
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@Simonb, I heard on Monday that whatever was left was packed up and deposited with Bob's widow. I can imagine she was overwhelmed.


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Jonathan Palmer is a third-generation golf course operator; he and his father built Mallard Creek Golf Club in Columbia Station 20 years ago, and before that owned Sweetbriar before Kopf Builders took it over. Previously, his grandfather has built courses.
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I had written a state-of-the-golf-industry-in-Northeast-Ohio story in Monday's print edition of Crain's, and it featured some of the main issues facing golf course owners these days: not rounds played, but dollars per round and plenty more. It also included some comments from the aforementioned Jimmy Hanlin, director of golf at Little Mountain Country Club, among other places, and one of the best-known golf men in town. Those comments included:"The business is changing, especially on the public side. It's like buying a hotel room now. People shop it, and the dollar per round is significantly less. But the bank payment didn't go down, and taxes didn't go down. You can only shave expenses so far." In our phone call, Palmer had some strong things to say about that issue:"Everyone has the same excuses: Golf's overbuilt. But most of the time, operators are lazy marketers. All these industries that (are fighting to stay in the black) really have to fight to maintain their price integrity. Palmer said selling tee times to third-party sellers is a problem. Third-party sellers include Golfnow.com, a website that lists many courses' tee times in one place, typically at a major discount. Many courses are charging less than they did 10 years ago. Many places also are overinvesting in their product, while the customers aren't there to support it."Overpopulation of golf courses is part of the problem, but I don't think it's the biggest," Palmer said. "Discounting rates and selling to third parties is the death of public golf. It trains your customer to look for the lowest rate."I mentioned Blue Heron Golf Club in Medina, which now is closed, as an example of courses fading away, and Palmer cited that as an example of overbuilding. He said at Mallard Creek, there's been a slow reinvestment process, such as a $100,000 project to redo the club's irrigation system. "We can stomach that kind of stuff," he said. "We couldn't stomach doubling our mortgage."Palmer also said Mallard Creek — like others this year — are up in rounds played, but since it doesn't discount its greens fees, it's in good shape. Mallard Creek does do membership- or rewards-type programs that give customers a discount for buying, say, 10 rounds or 20 rounds. But it doesn't discount based on time of day or even sell to third parties its slowest tee times.
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Last month I was browsing the MVI library stacks and came across a curious children's book with wacky illustrations (see cover of the attached). I knew my compatriot Jocelyn would appreciate these whimsical sketches so I ran to show her and, in a flurry of inspiration, we hatched the idea to create a hodge podge (maga)zine encompassing the Living Routes crew and harnessing our pent-up craftiness. We went to work furiously drawing, cutting, and pasting and birthed the first volume of ZINE CARNE two days later. Now, I've attached a PDF of this zine for you lovely folks to view, print out, and assemble DIY style. With proper folding and cutting, you may parent your very own copy of Zine Carne Vol. 1 Danger Dave Steps Out.
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Thanks to David Fernandez for lending his face to the cover and to everyone else that made this zine possible.
As my time here in Monteverde comes to a close, and I can't help but to focus on the endings and the goodbyes that wait for me in just a few days time, the air is ripe with new beginnings, new possibilities, new adventures, and new ideas. With this dichotomy of what I must bid farewell and say "hello" to, my body charged with a tumultuous energy of polarity, I am choosing now to focus on the future and what has been born of my time here.
All of us have gone through a series of change and growth in this semester and we are walking away with a wealth of knowledge and awareness we didn't have before. Emily quite beautifully outlined her thoughts on all of this is one of her previous blog posts, and since she can more eloquently express these thoughts more than I could ever hope to, I will leave the sentiment I wish to express in her hands. Instead, I'll change the subject matter to what some of us will be doing with the new found knowledge we've acquired.
Binta will be heading to Puerto Viejo to intern at a wildlife sanctuary when our program here in Monteverde ends.
Rebecca will be leaving for Hawaii in June to WWOOF on an organic farm.
Dave will be working for the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps for the summer.
Olivia will be staying here in Monteverde, living with our Spanish professor Ana, and helping her on her farm.
Emily will be working with her advisor at Smith measuring the growth rate of plants growing outside their native range to see how climate change has affected them.
Anna will be working for the Dickinson Center for Sustainability Education, working on their climate action program and other outreach programs.
Josie will be interning in a veterinary clinic as a vet tech, covering the emergency, graveyard shift.
I'll be going to Granada, Nicaragua and volunteering by teaching dance at the Escuela de Comedia y el Mimo.
(Sarah, Alex, and Kelsey are also going to do great things with what they've learned here!)
While some of us may have ended up in these positions despite our semester here in Costa Rica, we all share a new perspective with which we will undertake our new ventures.
In less than week all eleven of us will face the challenge of leaving our host families, who, in three and half months time have become less and less like the strangers we first met at the community center on move in day by playing par y nones, and more and more like madres, padres, hermanos, and hermanas. But, as our time with our family ends, our families have new adventures of their own to embark on.
On April 11th Logan Badilla Leiton became a new citizen of the world, welcomed by two very loving parents and a very excited big brother (and a very excited host sister as well!)
As the weeks progressed, Gaudy's stomach grew, and more and more preparations commenced, each day was met with the question of "when will the baby come?," but as Gaudy liked to say "El no quiere salir. Es muy comodo a dentro!" Finally, and very rapidly, Logan made his way into the world.
On April 20th, Kelsey's host parents Paolo and Kathia, celebrated their wedding with the entire community in the church in San Luis abajo. Even though Paolo always has a huge smile plastered on his face, his smiled had never seemed so big as when he was looking at his bride.
After the wedding we all celebrated in the salon near the church with food and dancing. For the new bride and groom's first dance it's traditional that they first start on their own, and after a few minutes anyone may cut in- as long as they pin some colones to you first!
So, even as we leave our families behind, their lives continue to grow and change without us- but we all hope we've left some impact on them, just as they have on us.
Hello; friends, family, future Living Routs students, curious observers.
I have a habit of writing poetry whenever I feel extremely strongly in a given situation. This semester has provided hundreds of experiences like that; so I have written a great deal of poetry. I am sharing six of the poems that I think show that emotion.
Hope they provide some insight into the semester.
(P.S.- It changed my life; if that's not apparent here.)
What it Was / Is
April 15, 2013
Ninety-eight days under different skies
Ninety-eight days living different lives
Pretending we're fine, or enjoying the fight
All looking forward to the home-going flight
Boundaries broken, comfort long gone
Pulling together to sing these four songs
And it rocked us, baby like the wind and the rain
Since the fateful day we all got on that plane
And whether in the wind we did stand or fall
It's beauty in the moonlight overdrew us all
And now we have a home here, down the mountain steep
We have the bond now of community, promises to keep
We've seen the children in the one room school with no class,
We've seen the free dogs and kind men as we passed,
We've tried new things and we swam under the stars,
Debated how to take care of this world that we call ours;
We've seen life in such abundance on which all the world depends,
And suffered through the other side, as life must always end,
And when we go back home, it won't be easy to return
To the soft calm hum of ignorance, the fossil fuels we burn
And I'm sure as we are climbing into bed that night
It won't feel quite as comfortable or quite as right
For now we know the truth behind the luxuries we lead
Now we know when we eat the fruit, the world, she has to bleed
And was it worth the three long months, the legs so sore?
Was it worth the weeks of sickness, the access so poor?
Was it worth the thousand gallons of jet-fuel and exhaust?
Was it worth our tiny lives?
Will these messages be lost?
Or maybe in the darkness of the present and today
These things we've seen, these words we've heard, will lead a different way,
And maybe this experience will change the world of man.
I know at least
It changed the beat of our hearts
And the power of our hands.
I Wish I Could Give You More (for Laura, my homestay sister)
April 5, 2013 & April 18, 2013
This room is purple.
I call it home right now.
The roof is metal.
(To hear the rain fall down).
My bed is comfy.
No less than five warm sheets.
My window lets in light,
Through lace pink curtains that it meets.
I've learned to love the spiders,
In the corner by my bed.
These walls are art and paper snowflakes,
And the shelves are books half-read.
And I know that even though
I cried the first day I was here
For I didn't know the language
Anxiety and silly fear,
In 3 weeks ill cry again
When I must leave and travel on
And I never will forget
The way we played out on the lawn.
The imagination games
And all the drawings that we drew.
The stories wild
And all your dreams I hope come true.
How you saw me as your friend
And the way you took my hand
I, a stranger in all ways,
From some distant far off land.
And I wish that I could help
And give you something more than love
More than fairy houses, time, and bubbles
More than smiles from up above
More than homemade cake and old face paints
And more than just a wish
For life down here is hard for folks
The cost of school, prohibitive
Good luck, my little Laura
My best friend in this land
I hope you find your way in life
That someone holds your hand
I hope you find your dreams here
And I hope you know I do.
I hope the same joy you've given me
I have given some to you.
The Looming Question Upon our Return
April 3, 2013
Can you tell me how it was?
Can you put it in a pill?
Can you take all of the rolling oceans
Convince them to stand still;
Can you pulverize the feelings
Can you make the mountains small
And then put them in a pill that we can eat to know it all;
We only want the sparknotes version.
No, we really don't have time.
You know how you generally tell stories;
You know you get so out of line,
With the color of the sky,
And the feeling of the leaves,
And the way the babies cried,
And how much each word did mean…
Just tell us how it was,
Tell us in the time it takes
For us to lose interest in your tales,
Let us tell you that that's great!
And well think we know it well,
And well think we'd rather stay,
And we'll never hear the voices of the rivers and the day.
And we'll never see the rainbows and the children as they play.
And we won't get our hands dirty and we won't get sick and tired,
And we won't walk up a mountain
Or sing songs around a fire,
And we'll turn on the lights at night,
We'll climb back into our shells,
And we'll reap the fruits of ignorance
And somehow still sleep well.
March 14, 2013
We ride back home
To the world we've called our own
For the month before.
We ride back down
To the lovely dusty town
Where we'll live once more.
The sun will rise
And set with tired eyes
On our moments here.
The rains will come
When our time is done
There is no need to fear.
But the smile in the eyes of the sister,
And the hug from a mother who cares,
The sweet breath at the top of la Trocha,
The mountains that always will be there…
It makes you wonder,
If it could be.
It makes you wonder,
If just maybe
Through the dark and windy nights
Past all the lefts and all the rights
This place has changed inside our hearts to be a place we call our own-
It makes you wonder if we could start to call it home.
March 8, 2013
It all seems trivial.
The world seems so bright.
My comfort in the depth of darkness
Is that you are in the light.
You're the sweater that will always keep me warm.
You're the mother that I wish all children knew.
You're the most amazing woman that I've ever met.
And knowing you has made all the skies so brilliant and blue…
My pain, till now, was nothing.
My heart feels about to explode.
Your voice is forever etched inside my heart,
And I know that I will follow your road.
You've touched so many children and adults
You've shown so many people how to care,
And now I am sure; more than I've ever been before,
You're not gone-
You're everywhere.
You're in the fast flowing river and the rainbow in the sky
You're in the bees and birds and minnows and every damselfly
You're rising with the whales as they calf in waters warm
And you're with every tree and creature as they whether through the storm,
You're everywhere.
March 2, 2013
Green, orange, red, gold
The sun dictates 8 billion lives
Tan, black, sweat, grease
The light reflects in tired eyes
Mangito slices in metal bowls
Longing faces, adobe, stone
Children merchants, hungry dogs
Horses, blood and skin and bone.
Markets flood with changing coins
Bags and glasses, dough and meat
Cars blare horns and bodies weave
To the clack of millions of feet
To the clack of hearts that thrive in heat
To the sound of lives- repeat, repeat.
A week and a half ago we went on our last group trip to the beach town of Manuel Antonio. I, being the great procrastinator that I am, have only gotten around to writing out this wondrous story now. Oops!
On Friday morning we gathered at the entrance to Finca la Bella one more time, bags packed and ready to go….sit in a car for several hours. I think Josie even might been on time. Go figure. We hopped on the bus, the motion-sickness inclined members of our party eating dramamine like candy, and off we went! We stopped along the way to refresh and surprisingly, to see the most alligators I have ever seen. There must have been fifteen or twenty in the water right in front of us. We stopped next to a bridge overlooking the gator-infested waters. Fran told us the reason there are so many gators is because the river is highly polluted from sewage and run off. More pollution=more algae=more fish=more gators, I guess. I think the trip was around four hours, but then again, I have thought every trip was around four hours…regardless, after a while in the car, and multiple bags of snacks eaten, we arrived at…the supermarket!
We split into the groups assigned to each meal, and perused the shelves looking for our desires. No rice and beans for these kids this weekend, that was for sure. The checkout was an affair in itself, running an assembly line to bag and get on the bus. It seemed like a lot at first, but in lieu of the fact that we fed 13 people for 4 days, the amount we spent was admirable I think.
Just a bit farther, and we arrived at our hotel. We checked in, to discover the most luxurious rooms we have stayed in so far. Truly, an actual vacation. A couple of the group were sharing an apartment-like complex, termed The Tower, which would serve as our common area and cooking space. A little unpacking, and we were off to the beach.
The ocean! I can only speak for myself, but I assume everyone else felt much the same about how needed this trip was. In the midst of winding down the semester and cracking down on our projects, this was a perfectly timed break. And the ocean, always what I need to relax and rejuvenate. Even if the waves were ominously large and I was a bit worried about getting dragged out to sea. After the beach, we cooked our first dinner, and had a wonderful night together. Anna spent several hours trying to learn guitar, seated in the same position. Wagon wheel….wagon wheel….practice makes perfect.
We went to the park the next day, and as we had been forewarned, the lack of fear of humans on the part of the wildlife was a bit disconcerting. Manuel Antonio is a small park, isolated and without biological corridors. It is also a huge tourist destination, and if theres one thing tourists love to do, its feed monkeys. The beach however, was unbelievable. Clear, calm waters, with amazing rock formations and tidal pools. I even got to do a little climbing around some boulders near the tidal pool (I swear not over 6 ft Fran!). That night we hung in the Tower again, and out came the bananagrams. Never had I ever played bananagrams, but it is an addicting game for sure.
The next day, we went to volunteer at a monkey rehabilitation center, run by an organization called Kids Saving the Rainforest. Had we had more time, a full day, we surely could have done some good work there. But as it was, we only had a half day, and so we got to see the different species of monkeys they have there, tromp through the woods for a bit, and then we were off. We almost lost Binta to the monkeys siren song, but we managed to scoop her up and back to the hotel we went. Another afternoon at the beach, another night of bananagrams, and the final day began.
A swim in the pool, and off on the bus we went! While I am a bit saddened that this was our last trip together, it was truly a great one. We got to just relax and hang out, something I feel we have not had very much time to do this semester. Its been an amazing time over all, with so many amazing trips spent with great people. Buenos suerte amigos
Over the past three months, I think I have eaten multiple times my weight in rice and beans. They are the staples that have carried us up and down la trocha, through full days of classes, and long days of travel. No matter what, we could all pretty much count on the fact that our tazas would behold rice at lunch time. Now, with only a week left in San Luis, we decided it was time to learn the secrets behind the rice and beans, so when we are missing Costa Rican food, we can try to recreate it ourselves. So yesterday we had cooking 101 tica style with Christina, Emily's host mother. Below are the recipes- just as we learned them.
Gallo Pinto (Serves 15)
Begin by cooking the rice. Rinse the rice in a strainer. Then put the rice in a pot and pour water over it. The water should be about 2 cm above the rice. Cover and let cook. When rice is cooked, add a good deal of oil, some salt, and a lot of salsa Lizano maybe two or three or four tablespoons (when you run out of the reserve you bring home- perhaps try Worcestershire sauce).
While the rice is cooking, peel 1 1/3 heads of garlic and smash them with a garlic press. Chop two small sweet peppers into bien pequeno pieces (mas o menos minced). Chop one medium onion to the same size. Chop ½ cup of fresh cilantro. Set vegetable aside.
Heat a large pot on the stove. When it is very hot, add either three teaspoons of oil or butter (Christina says it is much better with butter, but we used oil). Then, add all of the vegetables and fry 'em up for about 5 to 7 minutes. Then, add the bean (you can use whatever beans you have around and if they are dry you should cook them first, if they are canned you can just add them). Let that cook for another few minutes. Then, add the rice. Fry this all together for a little while and enjoy!
Salad Dressing (enough to dress a large salad)
Mince a little bit of sweet pepper, a good deal of garlic, a lot of onion and 1/3 cup-ish of cilantro and put in a bowl. Squeeze an entire lime-ish fruit over the minced vegetables. Add a lot of salt, perhaps 1-3 tablespoons. Then put in black pepper- however much you want. Then add 4 tablespoons of balsamic and 2-3 tablespoon-ish of oil. Mix and dress your salad.
Pasta with Basil (feeds as many people as you want- just adjust the amount of spaghetti you use)
Cook the pasta, strain it, and set it aside.
While the pasta is cooking, mince garlic and chop fresh basil from a permaculture farm.
When the past is in the strainer, put a bit of oil and the garlic in the bottom of the pot and fry the garlic. Then add the basil and continue frying. Then add the pasta. As you are adding the pasta, shake in "all seasoning" seasoning. Stir. Enjoy.
Donas (makes about 80)
In a medium size bowl, put one spoon of sugar in some warm water, then add two spoons of yeast. Let this mixture sit for two minutes with a towel over the bowl.
Then add three spoons of sugar, a teaspoon (or maybe a little less) of baking powder, a ½ teaspoon of orange extract, three tablespoons of melted butter (add it a little bit at a time). Then add flour until the mixture is a nice dough texture- perhaps three cups would do the trick. Knead the dough in the bowl for a few minutes. Then put the bowl somewhere warm and let the dough rise, give it 10 minutes or so.
Then knead the dough again and add a little hot water and a little oil. Let sit for two more minutes.
Dump a lot of flour on a clean table (maybe 4-5 cups), make a crater in the middle of the flour volcano and then pour in the liquid-y dough. Mix it together adding more and more flour if you need to (she used all of her flour).
When it is looking like dough, put a tsp. of oil on your hands and massage the dough until there are no air bubbles. You can fold it onto itself a few times. You will know it is done when it doesn't stick to your hands anymore.
Then, clean the table and cover it with a bit of oil. Break off ping pong ball size pieces of dough and make doughnut shapes. At this point you can let them sit or you can start the frying portion right away.
To cook the doughnuts, put a lot of oil in a frying pan (enough so that the doughnut can be immersed). Heat the oil. When hot, put the doughnuts in the oil. They only need to cook for a minute or so and then you remove them from the oil.
The glaze: In a pot, heat sweetened condensed milk mixed with water. Let boil for a while and you are good to go. If you want it to be chocolate, at hot cocoa mix.
Eat 'em while they are warm!
Suerte with the tica measurement all! Shout out to Binta for helping me take notes as we were cooking.
"Well we would visit other Costa Rican cities, but we really didn't want to go through the hassle of getting on an off a plane every two days. We're finding everything we need in Manuel Antonio."
This is a statement that was said to me on one of the beaches of Manuel Antonio this past weekend by three tourists from New Jersey. Educated women and graduates of environmental policy from Stanford and Columbia, their statement simply floored me.
Problems with this statement include:
Number 4 elaborated: When I see tourists today, I see an unsettling evolution that has occurred throughout the history of tourism. As Fran discussed in Wednesday's class, many tourists no longer care to meet a country's people, learn a country's culture or even speak a country's language, With a beach, some "wild" animals and a good place to go shopping, you've got everything you need. Consequentially, many tourist towns have changed irreparable to cater to said needs. Under the money-driven influence of incoming tourists, towns are changing in a way that is causing them to lose their culture, their uniqueness, their distinguishing characteristics. It has gotten to the point where two 'beach towns' on opposite sides of the world can no longer be distinguished, all original culture, history and peace overridden by these changes. Yet modern tourists don't seem to care, for they've got everything they need. Astonishing, for they have no idea what they're missing.
Manuel Antonio is a prime example of this forgotten culture and rapid growth to accommodate tourism. With most of the town's population working in tourism, you could spend weeks there without ever having to speak a word of Spanish – in fact most people are so adverse to it, you're better off not even trying. The wildlife is astonishing and widespread, yet they have been so humanized by tourists, it's almost wrong to continue referring to them as "wild". Monkeys will approach you and take food straight from your had. We saw a raccoon almost climb up onto a couple in order to steal their loaf of bread. Every shop sells the same things, and you can forget about anything of cultural merit within the town. Even traditional Costa Rican food is challenging to find.
This past weekend's trip has taught me above all else the importance of being a responsible tourist, and the many forms tourism can take. Although Manuel Antonio has nice beaches and English-speaking locals, every tourist the town receives drives them further from its original identity, and straight into the homogeneous mass of pre-existing beach towns. With few to no hotels and stores focused on the environment, fare wages, social justice or even local ownership, choosing where to distribute your money is a losing battle.
As tourists, we control a significant portion of the economy, shaping the growth of a region. Although it is nice to have fun, this should be accompanied by some degree of social responsibility. In order to preserve a country's identity, we must assume the task of knowing about the places we are visiting, attempting to speak the language, and researching the values of companies in which we are funding. In situations like these, it is important to understand that tourists are the ones holding power, and one should never forget that with great power comes great responsibility.
I'm very good at finding side projects to procrastinate with during crunch time of finals. I've been known, for example, to re-read the entire Harry Potter series during the last week of classes. To that end, this semester the diversion I chose was checking the Green Phoenix out of the MVI library. While this may have not been the most responsible choice work-wise, it was at least a well chosen diversion- this book is a great read.
I'm not very far into it yet, but so far it is speaking beautifully to a struggle that has demanded a fair amount of my attention as of late, that I was introduced to upon entering college. In high school I had no particular favorite subject and claimed to love them all equally, my favor more often dependent on the teacher. But, for whatever reason, when I entered college I drew a line in the sand between the 'hard' sciences and everything else and retreated into the world of biology. Where English had always been one of my favorite classes just a year before, I now dreaded the idea of taking a literature class, complaining about having to read articles and stories that were not concise and exact and having to write essays in the same style.
So I immersed myself in the world of science for two years, mostly ignoring other classes, or complaining about them when I took them. That is until I took the environmental communication class required of every environmental major at Smith College. Because our major is a combination of science and policy we had representatives of most every leaning in that class, and interests were heavily weighted to the social science side. Almost every class we wound up discussing the gap between the general public and scientists, and almost without fail this misunderstanding was blamed on scientists.
I was incensed. I know that scientists can be stuffy and hard to understand and too concerned with being precise to produce an exciting presentation. But, I had been taught the nature of scientific inquiry demanded such behavior. Perhaps some scientists could hone their public relations skills a bit more, but it seemed to me that the general public had the same responsibility to meet them in the middle. Scientists could learn to loosen up a bit and engage the general public more on their level, but a broader understanding of basic science concepts and vocabulary was surely called for as well. I felt personally attacked and vastly outnumbered and I dug my heels in, as I am often wont to do.
It's been about a year since that class, and I still stick to my opinion that scientists do not hold all the blame for the rampant misunderstanding around most scientific topics in the popular media. We certainly can be a particular, socially awkward bunch and submitting us all to improv classes, as my professor suggested, seems rather cruel to me. All scientists do not have to be great public speakers. But I've also come around more the idea of having middle-men – public speakers or journalists with a particular interest in science and nature or scientists particularly gifted in public relations –start the process of bridging the gap. In order to facilitate this we need to invest more in teaching both public speaking skills and ecological concepts. And, as I've come to learn especially in this semester, we should invest more in alternative teaching methods to include different learning styles.
The quote from the Green Phoenix that spurred all of this was actually a quote from Aldo Leopold. It read, "one of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds." This quote hit home pretty hard after a semester here of learning about the beauty and fragility of the ecosystems around us and then traveling to see where they have been destroyed by obliviousness and excessive tourism. It spoke to my trepidation of leaving this bubble of incredibly conscious and dedicated people who see the scars and gaping wounds and returning home where attempting to discuss such things mostly earns me strange looks or rolled eyes.
I'm tired of living in a world where every single thing on this planet is measured by it's worth to humans. I don't understand that. I never have. I'm certainly guilty of enjoying the spoils of this mindset, as we all are almost without exception, at least to some degree. But I can't help but think that maybe if more people saw these wounds it would be easier to avoid inflicting them. If people learned to stop considering the world in such an anthropocentric way and start considering the delicate balance of other species in their decisions that would make such a huge difference. The question remains how to instill this new value set in humanity. And, much like none of our classes this semester were taught in just one style, I don't think there can be just one answer. Every person has to teach what they know in a way that makes sense to them, and maybe it will make sense to someone else too.
This semester has inspired me in so many different ways. I've learned from so many people, but most potently from Pati, that science doesn't need to be parceled off in its ivory tower. That type of science has its place, but it's no more or less worthy than an educational song about orchid bees or a field trip to a butterfly garden where the kids run through the garden rather than sitting though an informative lecture for an hour. I've watched the incorporation of multiple learning styles, which has often been discussed in my other classes, actually be implemented. And I saw the power of that, especially for people who's learning styles don't mesh well with the dominant method in the US. I've built and dismantled countless plans for my future as I learned about agriculture and permaculture and ecology and education and activism from some of the most enthusiastic people I've ever met. And, maybe most importantly, I've seen so many people in love with what they're doing, and the unique passion and dedication this brings to the workplace.
I've always felt caught between two worlds. I loved to read and write, but I also loved to solve math problems and design experiments. And in all of my very highly regarded education up to this point I was never taught how to integrate those two interests. They existed in separate realms and it was my responsibility to figure out how to divide my time between them. Now, more than ever, after a semester of integrated lessons and meeting individuals who embody the delicate and beautiful mixture between science an art, I am inspired to incorporate this into my life, somehow, at some point. For my own enjoyment and, if I'm lucky, to inspire others who aren't excited by staring at plants or who don't naturally see the patterns implicit in the world around us and how the smallest actions can through it out of balance. If everyone who sees the wounds does their part to pass the word on, in whatever form makes most sense to them, we will begin to amass a message in countless languages and manners. And with this multi-lingual, multi-style bank of knowledge perhaps we can begin to heal the wounds.
In a recent conversation with some of the people in the group about our homestay families, some of us found that our families have been discussing a common topic amongst one another: how much we all walk. Or rather, how much we all LOVE to walk. While it is true that we do walk a lot, and it is enjoyable at times, most of our walking comes out of necessity rather than want. However, it is a bit comical how quickly a conversation can be created with someone in the community simply by talking about how much we walk everyday.
Since the beginning of the semester, we have learned that an easy topic to talk about is the dreaded La Trocha. All in San Luis know it, some of walked it and nearly everyone has to plan their day around it. In our case, it means leaving our houses at least an hour before class begins. Sometimes, a kind soul that feels sorry for our sweaty, fatigued selves will stop and give us a ride, which can be very good on a sunny day with no wind.
Now that there is only a week left, we are all thinking about the enormous adjustment we will have to endure upon returning home. One of the biggest questions going around our group is "How will I be able to stay in the shape I am now when I go back home?" None of us will be forced to walk an hour to school, or really anywhere for that matter. We will now have more access to cars and buses and most of the places we will need to go to are close by anyway. So how will we all be able to keep the sweet buns and thighs we've all sculpted this semester? I had been pondering this question and decided to do a little Youtube search, in part to see if there are any good hill workouts and in part to see who else is crazy enough to want to do them. Additionally, after experiencing how much stronger we have all become from walking La Trocha everyday, I would like my soccer team to incorporate more hill workouts in our training (though I may not be exactly their favorite captain after suggesting it!). And so, my fellow Routes Livingians, I do believe I have found our solution to staying in tip-top La Trocha shape that does not take an hour out of your day. All that is required is a hill and good running shoes. As the guy says in the video, it's a "Hill of a workout!"- cheesy, I know. But I challenge all 10 of you to try it at least once when you get home! Good luck and bring lots of water!
The workout:
I will definitely miss La Trocha sunsets.
Upon arriving at the door of my new home stay family, Lorena and Marcos, I was promptly whisked away from la casa to view the family's property. After being thoroughly amazed at the diversity of plants that Marcos carefully cultivates and introduced to the ducks, chickens, and perros (dogs), I was led around the back of the house to view something totally unexpected, the newly installed solar shower. Now I'm sure a lot of you have heard about these wonderful contraptions, but for those who have not, I'll briefly explain how they function and their many benefits.
So the one Marcos constructed is a passive solar design which means that it functions without the use of solar panels. As you can see in the image below, an insulated water storage tank sits atop the roof of the house for maximum solar exposure. During the day, the sun's warmth permeates into the tank to heat the water which is kept warm at night by the cozy insulation. A rubber hose connected to the water supply feeds directly into the tank to make refills muy facile (very easy). Below the hose is a pipe that feeds right into a spigot in the shower room where the hot water can be drained into a bucket by simply turning on the faucet. Now I have been known to be adverse to showering on occasion but having access to such a cool contraption has made my showering experience "¡muy rico!" The water from the solar shower tank is perfectly heated and ideal to relax aching muscles. Just thinking about it now makes me wanna trudge down La Trocha and hop right in.
Besides being a great alternative to cold showers, other benefits include the fact that zero electricity or fossil fuels are required to heat the water. After the small initial investment in materials that can all be acquired at a local hardware store or found secondhand, no more $pending is required because sunshine is as free to you and me as it shall forever be (unless Mon$anto somehow finagles a patent on it).
When I asked Marcos if he knew anyone else in the area with a solar shower, he said no and that he actually prefers cold showers. So why in the world would he decide to install one of these things? you might wonder. Well, I asked him why and he was quick to answer but all I could catch was something about dinero (money). It looks like I might need to brush up on my Spanish a little more before I can find out his motive.
Stay tuned for the next installment of Showering in Paradisimo.
I actually made this into a cake for David's birthday, and it was gluten free with my unfortunate GF flour mixture, so it was more like a brownie/pudding situation, but it is impossible to make this recipe taste bad. It is originally from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, an amazing cookbook and the inspiration for the name of this series of blog posts, but it does tend to have ingredients that are hard to find/expensive even in the US, so I have tweaked it over the years. Here's my version. This recipe makes 12 cupcakes.
1 cup coconut milk
1 tablespoon ground flaxseeds (linaza en español)
¾ cup and 2 tbsp all-purpose flour*
¼ cup corn flour*
½ cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
¾ tsp salt
1 heaping tsp cinnamon (I really like cinnamon)
1/8 – ¼ tsp cayenne (leave out if you don't want the little kick, but it gives it a nice depth)
1 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup canola oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
Combine coconut milk and flaxseeds in a medium bowl and whisk for a moment, then allow to sit fro about 10 minutes. In the meantime, heat the oven to 350°F (or 180°C or flame) and line a muffin tin with cupcake liners. In a larger bowl sift together the dry ingredients (flour-cayenne) together. Combine the sugar, oil and vanilla into the coconut milk and mix to combine. Add the wet ingredients to the dry gently, being careful not to over mix. Fill the cupcake liners ¾ of the way and bake for 22-25 minutes, until a toothpick or knife comes out clean. Top with some powdered sugar, cocoa and cinnamon sifted as artfully as your skill level allows.
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'The Nutcracker' ballet to be performed at Marcus
By Heather M. Goodwin, firstname.lastname@example.com
For the first time in its history, the LakeCities Ballet Theatre (LBT) will perform its version of "The Nutcracker" ballet outside Lewisville.
During Monday's city council meeting, the LBT requested arts support grant money for its performance to be held at Marcus High School. Normally, grant money may only be used for exhibits or performances conducted within Lewisville. However, Lewisville High School's Stuver Auditorium was recently torn down. The reconstructed auditorium is expected to be completed by December 2013.
The Lewisville City Council unanimously approved the LBT request.
The city council also approved a bid award to RKM Utility Services Inc. for the Old Orchard drainage improvements project for $308,017. The contract consists of the installation of storm drains in Old Orchard Drive from Kingston Drive south about 700 feet, including pavement repair.
The city council also approved the 2010 State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) Grant and a supplemental appropriation for $20,472 to the 2012-13 grant fund. The Lewisville Fire Department received a sub-recipient grant from the Texas Department of Public Safety for personal protective equipment for the city's S.W.A.T. team. The money was unused in the original awarded jurisdiction and re-allocated to the city of Lewisville.
The city council approved a Texas Criminal Justice Grant award of $21,504 for the sex offender adherence program. The Lewisville Police Department (LPD) applied for funding to conduct quarterly compliance inspections to ensure that all sex offenders are living at the designated location required by their registration.
The city council also approved a Texas Criminal Justice Division Prevention of Violence Against Women grant award for $62,443. The LPD applied for the funding of one investigator in accordance with the prevention of Violence Against Women Act Grant program. The primary duties of the investigator are to "aggressively and thoroughly investigate domestic violence offenses and provide referral services to victims." The grant will pay 65 percent of the costs. The city's portion is projected to be $33,623 for the grant period.
Finally, the city council approved a resolution authorizing agreements between Lewisville and Community Development Block Grant sub-recipients, between the city and city social service agency fund recipients and between the economic development and planning department and public services department. Lewisville is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) entitlement city. It submitted its 2012 annual action plan as required by HUD to receive Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. A contract is coming soon from HUD and funds will be appropriated for 2012-13.
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