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A very beautiful and impressive opal� it has an almost etheral quality to it. Unlike most opals with a white base or background color, this pear-shaped, double cabochon (polished on BOTH top and bottom so it can be displayed from either side) has a gorgeous yellow color and a stunning watery look that is dominated by a stupendous flash of colors across the entire face of the gem. It is riveting in person, characteristic of the very best quality of this new material from a small find in Ethiopia. Recently the material has been picked up by major worldwide gemstone companies and incorporated into very high-end masterpiece works. This is a museum class stone that is both wearable and collectible, and I think an investment as stones from this locality gain traction in the market. Also, nobody knows the size of the deposit - it cannot last forever, and then we are back to the more expensive Aussie opals of standard fashion. .Welo Opal is the only true stable opal that is mined in Ethiopia, according to many people who have handled it for the last 2 years as it trickled out. This opal has amazing fire play of all different colors. The Welo Opal is a very hard opal and thus very wearable.
Opal is one of the most diverse gems out there. It's one of the few stones that looks just as attractive when it's crystal clear as it does when the stones are opaque. Despite its rather simplistic chemistry, Opals show a great range of color in many varieties. This cabochon cut gem is what is often called "Crystal Opal", with a white background hosting flashes of greens, golds, oranges, blues, purples and reds. The stone shows a beautiful jelly-like appearance when backlit. In reflected light, it shows great color flash and this stone is a solid Opal, not a doublet or a triplet, which makes a difference in value.
Some of the most well known Fire Opal in the world is from Mexico. These stones are among some of the biggest, brightest and most intense color Fire Opals from North America. There has been a surge in the price of fine quality Fire Opal from Mexico in the last few years, as the material seems to be more and more difficult to obtain, especially in such striking stones like this one. This gem has a beautiful, FIERY orange color, with the typical �jelly-like� appearance, but the most impressive aspect of the stone is the fact there is a milky zone that shows the highly desirable and seldom seen COLOR FLASH which is called �Contra Luz� ! When you maneuver stone in reflected light, you can see an array of bright greens, reds and yellows. These flashes of color are only seen in about 1% of all Mexican Fire Opals ! It is also a bigger stone for the material, and would make a great piece of jewelry, or would stand on its own as a beautiful representation of these classic gems.
Opal is one of the most diverse gems out there. It's one of the few stones that looks just as attractive when it's crystal clear as it does when the stones are opaque. Despite its rather simplistic chemistry, Opals show a great range of color in many varieties. This cabochon cut gem is what is often called "Crystal Opal", with a white background hosting flashes of greens, golds, purples and oranges. When this stone is strongly lit, it shows great color flash and the stone is a solid Opal, not a doublet or a triplet, which makes a difference when it comes to value.
Opal comes in a wide variety of colors and "styles". It is one of those gems that looks just as beautiful when its opaque as when it's completely transparent. In Peru there is an area that produces some of the best true blue Opal in the world. The color in these stones is caused by Copper content. The finest stones from this area are truly some of the most attractive Opals I've ever seen. This particular stone is a translucent light blue color gem with an "Oval" cut. Rarely do you see precious blue Opal on the market, so don't pass this one up.
ex. Irv Brown
A very rare TIJUANA OPAL from a limited find that was found during construction and roadbuilding for this dam, over 30 years ago.
ex. Irv Brown
A very rare TIJUANA OPAL from a limited find that was found during construction and roadbuilding for this dam, over 30 years ago. This is one of the best specimens, and has excellent deep gemminess to some of the veins - BETTER IN PERSON!
ex. Skip Colflesh
Here we have a large display-quality specimen, with a thin sheet of brilliantly colored opal overlaying the matrix. I cannot recall seeing for sale any true boulder opal like this from Brazil, and when I bought the piece from an older collection I was admittedly skeptical. But now I see there are photos on MINDAT, and an Aussie friend confirmed that yes, some of these really did come out in this quality from Brazil - though not many, and few in quality.
ex. Charlie Key
This specimen is notable both for the doubly-terminated goshenite and also for the richness of the hyalite opal, which glows intensely in ultraviolet light and is quite rare from here.
A rich, representative sample with many crystals enmeshed in pockets of the matrix, capped with a snowy, bright white layer of hyalite opal like frosting on a cake
A spectacular and rather large specimen of high-quality opal found here in the 1970s according to Charlie, and part of a stash he made of the material at that time. This is the largest and best of the lot he saved, because of its obvious preservation of the shape of the original petrified limb. A thick rind of gem/carving-quality "precious opal" surrounds a more opaque center of opal. The colors are INTENSE, with hues of fiery blues and greens wihtin best quality black silica like a nebula in space. THIS IS A SUPERB display specimen, overall. Notably, not all Virgin Valley opals are stable without the need to keep them in water: this one survived 30 years in Maine in an apartment, so I think we have proof it will last. I have seen MANY of these over the years, but few of such riveting quality - and it IS much more impressive in person, too. 7.6 x 5.3 x 4.9 cm
5.2 x 5.1 x 2.9 cm. A SPECTACULAR specimen of a Mexican fire opal nodule in rhyolite matrix. The vivid play of colors, particularly the greens, makes for a beautiful specimen. SELDOM do you see this material, in this quality, preserved in matrix. The value as cutting rough is too great!! The opal nodule is visible on three sides. Mexican fire opal gets its name from the reddish-orange tint to the opal, like fire. From an uncommon Mexican locality.
5.2 x 5.0 x 3.5 cm. An INCREDIBLY COLORFUL rind of multi-colored jelly opal covers nearly all sides of matrix on this SUPER piece from the famous Virgin Valley of Nevada. The purples and greens are truly beautiful. Ex. Scott Williams and George Elling Collections.
16 x 13 x 3.5 cm. Very large plate of Hyalite Opal from the Erongo Mountains in Namibia. Superb classic fluorescence, as one would expect.
9.2 x 7.8 x 5.4 cm. This is a large specimen of petrified wood, a good portion of which has been replaced with OPAL! Opal has been known to replace other organic materials, including shells. The opal here would be classified as "common opal," but it does show some color rather than being merely milky-translucent.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Summer is coming, and that means time for swimming.
Over the past few years not all of the city-owned pools have been open, drained with the budget.
But now a new proposal is looking to change that.
The Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department is currently working on an agreement with the YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region to have the organization operate six of the city's pools.
They would include Cottonwood Creek Recreation Center, Portal Pool, Wilson Ranch Pool, the Aquatics and Fitness Center at Memorial Park, Monument Valley Pool and Prospect Lake Beach.
The operating cost for the project is estimated at $425,000.
"We are going to be going in front of city council to present the new partnership next week," Laura Neumann, Chief of Staff, Chief Administrative Officer with the city, said.
Last summer the city was only able to open and operate four pools, many of which were packed on hot days.
"It is a safe place for children and families to swim, and certainly people wanted them open in certain areas of the city," Neumann said.
In the proposal Colorado Springs would still own the pools, but the YMCA would manage and operate them.
"That is something we are a national leader in, and locally were operate more pools than anyone else," Dan Dummermuth, President and CEO of the YMCA, said.
Dummermuth said the YMCA feels a social responsibility to help get the pools up and running and added they build community.
"When most of us were kids we walked or rode our bikes to the pool, we went as families, and that is not taking place right now," Dummermuth said.
If you are wondering how memberships would work, the city and the YMCA have an idea in mind.
"We are looking at a reciprocal type membership as far as if you belong to the recreation centers you can utilize our YMCAs that we have right now, and vice versa," Dummermuth said.
The YMCA does provide financial assistance to those who qualify.
If approved, the agreement would also bring around 80-90 new jobs to the area.
City council is scheduled to vote on the funding to support the proposal at their formal meeting next week.

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The fact that Palin has been two months since the deadly school shooting in Newtown Connecticut.
The school district there recently voted to put armed guards in elementary schools that measure is now awaiting final budgetary approval.
New town is the only school district that's considering such a measure the head of the National Rifle Association Wayne Lapierre -- said.
We should do this nationwide.
And look at Israel as a model saying quotes.
Israel had a whole lot of school shootings until they did one thing they said we're gonna stop it and they put armed security at every school and they have not had a problem since then.
Well that's not exactly true Israel did not have a whole lot of school shootings and suddenly decide to put armed guards at schools.
But they do have armed guards in schools now and they don't have a problem with school shootings.
I recently was in Israel and since we've been talking so much about this I want to see what he's armed guards look like and show this to you as well.
In fact -- met a family whose children have gone to school both in the United States and Israel.
And here's her story.
We move through it below five months ago.
I -- -- shocked.
So you know I don't hear it and I saw that -- You know that.
It's okay what still because he figures -- kids in public school in Los Angeles you've seen the difference between.
School security.
In America and school security here how would you describe the difference.
He's you know even in you and you know.
What does that CPI.
-- -- and think and it wasn't.
That get open.
Nothing if you don't think that.
It's fun so as a mother do you feel safer -- -- and -- your -- -- I don't feel safer.
-- -- -- -- -- I didn't get yeah.
Safe and except -- might look at defense and our feelings -- -- and you feel like it isn't -- to -- offense -- this and say -- it looks like.
Like school and that's not where I want my children at school it's better than the -- that have safety field.
In schools here Bruce is tight.
Since it's out here I have thank you a lot of secret because I know that there's two -- one on each side of the -- one I'm not excited again and went in the back.
And I know that I can count on him like to keep -- feed and -- want anybody backhand.
Yes that guy and then he.
He he attacks everybody that -- they can't name.
Some people feel -- that.
Having an armed guard in school can make students feel more nervous.
Especially when you're not use them.
Do you feel ever feel nervous around.
The guard because he hasn't had.
But it kind of just going to that -- -- -- -- that -- that I can visit any of the media Kerry and seemingly feel a lot safer.
And it is one family's perspective I spoke to a few families and they told mean the same thing Israel put armed guards and schools in 1995.
Not as a response to school shootings but to protect against terrorism and -- armed guards went into schools in Israel.
Israel Police tell us there had been zero public school shootings.
That said.
Israel is very strict about gun laws there is no second amend that you are not allowed to own a weapon unless you fit in very specific.
So why -- a country that has set strict gun laws allow children to be around guns at school.
I asked one of the country's top safety officials about this take a listen.
Israel it's almost the -- it.
Because we don't that not only that you don't have the Second Amendment.
And the basic -- of having your weapon.
In -- -- really low it's quite the opposite.
-- or holding.
A -- -- -- to begin with -- will be.
And it's okay all leave for very specific population.
He went on to say that really the armed guards are just part -- school security he said that even as a father.
It was good to know that there was an instant response if needed at the school but it was part of a bigger plan as well.
Should we have armed guards.
In US schools seeing what Israel's done is that a model for -- Joining us now and Hayes president of investigative management group that advises schools on security she's also former special agent with the department of justice and Afghanistan and Pakistan.
And Randi Weingarten is the president of the American Federation of Teachers welcome to you both this is a hot topic of conversation we want to keep our kids safe -- and you say.
You know it.
That armed guards are something we should consider in public school.
Why yes I don't think we have to make our schools.
Appear like armed -- but I do think you're.
-- in the schools would be bit very beneficiary -- on -- reactionary level as well as prevention.
We've almost made our schools soft targets for either -- guns money and are terrorists.
-- cause they know that there is no one there that has a gun that can't stop them and now only way.
To stop someone with a guy and they come thing to do damage is -- the guys.
Video with scissors.
Randy he worked really closely teachers you've been very frank about saying that teacher and not be armed.
But right but went out -- -- and you know I'm glad that you know you also showed that in Israel there is really strict gun laws.
40% of the people who -- for firearms don't get them and teachers are not armed in Israel.
I think this is a community by community.
Decision and we have in our schools right now a third of our schools -- actually have armed police officers.
And there are places like new town and others who want them because of deterrent value and prevention value.
But there's a lot of other things that we need to do as well and I think that there should be a community by community decision.
What I'm concerned about is that we don't make schools into -- fortresses with our.
What really did get out what you guys just I'm just curious about what you saw on Israel they had that -- what -- they have.
I gate that's locked they had armed security guard and what actually talked a cab driver in Israel on ice and will sometimes their schools don't actually have fences.
They let it be like I was crazy like these are so I basic things should we be considering some of these minor changes.
Absolutely we should we should have school safety audits for every school.
And we should have those kind of protocols like -- bar.
-- kind of locked procedures.
Having some fences around schools are really important.
Because -- the schools and rural areas so I think that we have to have that kind of safety protocol.
But the bottom line is also.
Yes in situation of limited resources there will be some schools that say let's get.
Social worker lets have a guidance counselor.
Let's find a way to really connect with kids it's a different situation in -- -- -- Israeli schools I agree with you that there are very very very safe.
But I think what the you heard the security people in Israel say is that it is a whole protocol based upon what's happening in a stroke you know that's what we should do -- You may bring that -- been and I'd like your thoughts in this as well in Israel and the conversation about gun control and school security it is very clear.
That they are two different topics -- -- what we talk about school security we're not talking about gun control you know in this -- this this conversation we're having as a nation.
We're talking about comprehensive reform.
Yeah but I wonder if we are.
Hurting our children.
By talking about comprehensive reform and gun control wasn't a big picture and not focusing on.
Had a light heat a five year old from getting murdered in her classroom are we hurting ourselves right by taking that comfort -- -- are up.
Let me follow up on something -- said about having counselors I -- think that that's a very important point the first parameter for security is intelligent.
And many of these schools have intelligence to be their former students.
Maybe spouses of it teachers.
People that have mental problems that -- -- have made threats.
And that is something that we need to focus on also.
That would that would help a lot in in securing the schools but I think if sleep I have 22 boys and they would make a gun out of a peanut butter sandwich so.
To punish five year olds for playing cowboys and Indians -- the in the playground is not -- they don't understand what.
An excellent dividend and a separate topic -- let your residents as well because again -- -- -- -- so big but how do we make sure it's a children's children safe and the teachers are safe in the bank -- debate maybe it's a separate line.
-- -- -- I think there's three things that are going outlook -- shocked the conscience of our nation.
And I think that as a result there is a renewed conversation.
Not on.
Whether or not we -- the Second Amendment we have to find ways to harmonize the Second Amendment.
And legitimate.
You know efforts to reduce gun violence but we have had over a thousand.
People killed since new town because of gun violence so I think.
You have three things going on one is a focus on school safety second is a focus on gun violence and third is a focus on -- -- health.
Because we also have to.
In order to ensure that if we see kids who are really.
You know you are lost and things like that we could be happy to find a way to deal with -- if I could and to.


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If you're anti-AM, like me, the nighthawks of Cannes will make you green with nightlife envy. We saw the glam life of Cannes by day, now it's partytime. Frequent ragers were Marion Cotillard, Hayden Panettiere, Kerry Washington, and the always-fun Kylie Minogue, who performed at various events. So wish I was there . . .
Caption It: Which Caption Should Win?
Thanks for participating in Fab's first ever Caption It!. I had to slap this fun pic of Diane Kruger on Fab and was dying to know what witty remarks you would make. Here are my top five, it's up to you to choose the best for Diane. Vote, baby, vote!
The Best of Cannes — Daytrippers
If I could attend any fabulous celeb-infused event it would be the Cannes Film Festival. Hands down. Did you follow our coverage? Every day just seemed so fun, glamorous, and fabulously Euro! I'm still flipping through the days of pictures, there was so much I missed. You saw some gowns via my fashion polls, but there was so much more. Photocalls, yachts, and, of course, red-carpet galore. I divided the Fab times into two slideshows — day and night. Wakey wakey eggs and bakey, or should I say croissants and parfait?
>> THE MODELIZER —Lily Cole wasn't the only model who had a film debut at Cannes — Laetitia Casta, who is currently pregnant with her third child, her second by boyfriend Stefano Accorsi, had a movie in competition — Face (trailer here) — which screened Saturday. She wore Givenchy. The film apparently flopped, with half the audience walking out, but Casta already has her next role, playing Brigitte Bardot, carved out — she dyed her hair blonde for it. [AFP]
Dolce & Gabbana Host Annual "Fabulous in Cannes" Bash, Face Tax Evasion Charges
>> As this year's Cannes Film Festival wound down Friday, fashion fixtures were still going strong that afternoon — Carine Roitfeld pulled out her favorite floppy hat and pair of flats for the Amend Charity Luncheon at Hotel du Cap, Stefano Gabbana hosted Claudia Schiffer and Eva Herzigova on his yacht, and then they all convened that night for Dolce & Gabbana's annual "Fabulous in Cannes" bash at Le Baoli.
The party's guest list was reduced significantly from previous years, and the VIP room completely abolished, but sunglasses were handed out to guests because, Gabbana explained, "All the movie stars wore sunglasses in the Fifties, and at the end of the night when you're drunk, it's always better to have a pair."
Carine, her son Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld, Anna Dello Russo, Vogue Russia's editor Aliona Doletskaya, Eva, Claudia and a smattering of British it girls all hit the mirrored dance floor, while Natasha Poly reflected on her festival experience: "I'm having so much fun here in Cannes, I already forgot about the stresses of the campaign season. That felt like ages ago."
Host Domenico, too, was elated: "This has truly become our favorite little party of the year. We come here and spend time on Stefano's yacht, see friends, and really leave happy and relaxed." Unfortunately the relaxation didn't last long — as of Monday, the duo could be liable for more than a billion dollars in unpaid taxes, an Italian police spokeswoman confirmed.
The designers have already released a statement denying any wrongdoing — "It's a paradox! Since when does one have to pay taxes on money one never actually collected? It's an absurd demand based on a completely abstract calculation. This higher taxable sum . . . is a virtual figure we have never received, the result of a theoretical accounting exercise" — and vow to "strenuously defend ourselves to avoid being unjustly forced to pay for something that never existed in the first place."
German Drama The White Ribbon Takes Top Cannes Prize
At the end of this year's Cannes Film Festival, the competition's top prize, the Palme d'Or, was handed to Austrian director Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon, a black-and-white drama set in northern Germany during the years before World War I. One viewer describes the film as "[i]mpeccably made with hypnotic skill and control," with a story that is "as disturbing underneath as it is seemingly placid on the surface."
For his well-received drama A Prophet, which follows "a young Arab man's coming of age and into power during six years inside a corrupt, brutal prison," French director Jacques Audiard accepted the Grand Prix prize. The only win for an American film was the best actor prize given to Christoph Waltz, who plays a Nazi colonel in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. In his speech, "Waltz thanked Tarantino, saying 'with your passion and conviction, you gave me my vocation back.'"
All the Hottest Moments From the Cannes Film Festival
It took about a week for things at the Cannes Film Festival to really heat up, but once Brad, Angelina and Robert arrived it was clear the party had officially started. From the premiere of Inglourious Basterds to star-studded nights out and bikini time on yachts, check out the highlights from this year's celebration.
Lily Cole Debuts First Major Movie Role in Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus at Cannes
>> Lily Cole's first film on the major stage, Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which also happens to have been Heath Ledger's last film due to his untimely death, premiered today at the Cannes Film Festival. So far, the critical reaction has been less than flattering — the Guardian called the film "an awful mess," and Entertainmently Weekly agreed: "The plot's a mess of disconnected episodes, and the circus-y visual style adds to a feeling of . . . quiet desperation."
Some were more hopeful — Variety wrote that Gilliam "made a pretty good thing out of a very bad situation" and the Hollywood Reporter pointed out that "the combined star power involved [Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell] will generate a plentiful box office return but the film is not intelligent enough nor silly or grotesque enough to become a lasting favorite."
As for Cole's performance as 16-year-old love interest Valentina, Variety was positive — "Cole nicely hold necessarily caricatured work in check" and the Times UK effulgent: "The revelation is Lily Cole, who is mesmerising as the teenage siren, Valentina. It's her tangos with the various [men] that keep us focused on the romance."
At a press conference this morning, Lily described working with Depp, Law, and Farrell as replacement actors for Ledger as "weird and difficult. You're mourning somebody but at the same time you're immediately going back to work. It's such an unusual environment where you're presented with actors who are playing reminders of that character and that person."
Natasha Poly and Noemie Lenoir joined Lily at the premiere; The film does not yet have a US release date, but is scheduled to open in European theaters this Fall.
This Week's Fab Favorite: Paz de la Huerta
Sometimes all it takes is a killer pair of shoes. You know this. A rockin' bod and an unexpected slit help, too. It's all in the details with this one . . . After a week of seeing enviable gowns and glamour at the Cannes Film Festival, there's something fresh and perfect about actress Paz de la Huerta's (not so) minimal look. Earth tones never looked so sexy, and little flesh is exposed here. But you can still see Paz's curves and slender stems. But let's talk about those exquisite black tribal sandals! No info on the genius who designed them yet (anyone know?), but they are little pieces of art. With shoes like that, paring everything else down is key. Paz was promoting her film Enter the Void and she has my undivided attention. P.S. Honorable mention of the week is Brad Pitt in pink Tom Ford — totally pulls it off.
For more of hot Paz, read more
Hayden Panettiere Is in the Driver's Seat
Hayden Panettiere continued to live it up in Cannes earlier today, getting even more mileage out of her bikini collection. Last night she cozied up to Justin Long at the amfAR gala, but she seems to have her sights set on a different older man. Today was all about the girls though, as Hayden showed off her jet skiing skills with one of her friends hanging on for dear life.


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As you approach Provence there's a magical moment when you finally leave the north behind: cypresses and red-tile roofs appear; you hear the screech of cicadas and breathe the scent of wild thyme and lavender. Along the highway, oleanders bloom against a backdrop of austere, sun-filled landscapes, the very same that inspired the Postimpressionists. Yes, you have entered Provence, a totally enchanting place where café-sitting, people-watching, and boutique shopping are a way of life.
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Oracle State Park is closed for the season. Starting in the fall of 2013 the park will be open from October 5, 2013 through April 27, 2014 on Saturdays and Sundays. Hours will be 8 am - 5 pm.
PBS Interview with Friends of Oracle State Park
Both a wildlife refuge and environmental learning center, Oracle State Park offers groups a chance to learn more about human's impact on nature.
Oracle State Park is a 4,000 acre wildlife refuge in the northern foothills of the Catalina Mountains. Once part of the Kannally family cattle ranch, the unique Mediterranean style ranch house in the park is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Ranging from 3,700 to 4,600 feet in elevation, the surrounding landscape transitions from oak woodland to desert grassland, with sweeping views of the Catalinas and granite boulder outcrops to the south; and San Pedro River Valley and Galiuro Mountains to the north-east. The diverse vegetation, slope and elevation within the park provide habitat for a variety of animals. Oracle State Park offers day-use picnic sites and over 15 miles of trail for use by hikers, bicyclists and equestrians. A four mile section of the Arizona Trail passes through the park, connecting Mexico to Utah.
The purpose of Oracle State Park is to protect the designated wildlife refuge and act as an environmental learning center. Educational trail programs emphasize participatory outdoor learning experiences for all ages. Students learn about habitat and interrelationships between plants, animals and people. Guided walks, workshops, presentations and special events are planned throughout the year to expand awareness and deepen appreciation of natural and cultural resources. An important focus of educational programming at the park is to understand people as part of nature and to clarify options for environmentally appropriate lifestyles
Area History
Tour the historic Kannally Ranch House at 10 am and 2 pm, on Saturdays, until April 28.
Although the land has been a park for just a short while, the area has been visited and used by man since prehistoric times. This interaction between man and the park environment has played an important role in shaping the landscape we see today.
Clovis Man occupied areas along the San Pedro River 10,000 to 11,000 years ago and quite possibly visited the current park site during these early times. It is also believed that the Hohokam resided in the relatively flat, grassy areas of the park and used the adjacent woodlands for hunting and food gathering some 600-800 years ago.
In the middle 1880s the Apache Wars had ceased in central and southern Arizona. This opened up large areas to mining, ranching, farming and the settlement of small towns.
In 1902 Neil Kannally arrived in Oracle from Illinois. After moving to the area, he homesteaded the land that would later become the park. Later, other members of the Kannally family joined him. The ranch grew substantially over the next several years and eventually 1100 Hereford cattle grazed the land.
In 1976, Lucile Kannally, the last surviving family member, donated the land to Defenders of Wildlife who later transferred the property to the State Parks Board
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The Oracle Adventure offers an environmental awareness program specifically designed for sensory learning. This participatory and interactive field trip focuses on developing an awareness of nature through the senses. Appreciation of the natural world and our relationship to it is emphasized during a series of hands-on activities along a trail in the 4000 acre park. Park rangers and trained docents will guide the students during the 90 minute program, as they explore the oak-grassland and learn to use all of their senses in this exploration. Teachers receive a packet with pre-visit and post-visit classroom activity suggestions to further enhance the on-site experience.
The Catalina Adventure Program, based on the Oracle Adventure, is also offered seasonally at Catalina State Park. Call (520) 628-5798.
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The Odyssey sparks curiosity, challenges students to think about the environment in new ways, and encourages students to consider simple positive actions that contribute to healthy environment. The Oracle Odyssey focuses on habitat and interrelationships and includes the study of humans as an integral part of the natural community.
Teachers receive a packet with complete pre-visit and post-visit lesson plans. The materials contain specific key concepts, teacher background information, and student activity sheets. During their field studies, students are guided by park rangers in a series of activities along a trail in the 4,000 acre park. This 2 1/2 hour program of hands-on activities brings ecological concepts learned in the classroom into a real world context.
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Updated: July 10, 2012
Tuesday morning the parks and recreation board approved a holding area for the giraffes, which would also be available to hold any animal with hooves.
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5000! |
We WON
Well THAT was fast.
For those following the side bar, get the song here!
Daniel Ingram's Facebook Page
5000! |
You know, I never noticed how much of a sexy bitch Daniel is. Wow. I'd hit that. Just sayin.
Saw it 19 seconds after it was posted. Get us a new song everypony!
I was wondering how long it would take for this to go up.
In the immortal words of Fluttershy
Thus my awesome abilities to spread info fast prevails again! >:D
Damn, I can't help cos I'd already liked him.
Comon everypony! We can't only be 3000 strong!
When was this posted? And he's already got 3000 likes?
...this shouldn't take long...
Now I feel a bit sorry I'm not on Facebook...
Is liking him in reality a viable alternative?
This will happen in like... an hour knowing bronies. It's already almost 3200
Everypony report in damn it .... NEW MUSIC IS WITHIN OUR GRASP!
also: he has gone up over 300 likes since he posted this status. Everyone in the facebook comments was waiting on the EQD post for the big push.
Wow you read my mail!! I feel special? XD hahaah
gogogogog!! We need to get 500 moar likes!! ¬¬
Minutes after this is posted, the number of likes on Daniel's page increases at near 1 to 2 per second. Holy crap.
@AnonymousHe already had ~2800 when he posted that message. Of course, that's 200 likes in about half an hour...
Lol, I saw this at the 152nd Drawfriend and immediately thought; Oh, Seth probably already got it covered xD
This is what pushed me to finally make a facebook account.
Past 3,200 now...
Like I said, this shouldn't take long...
Man... You know he's gonna have like 35,000 by the end of the day lmao...
Like it! D:<
And lol my names in the screencap! XD lololol that makes me FAMOUS! :O lol jk jk :P
I feel so accomplished knowing I was able to contribute a Like for this cause.
He should have aimed way higher. We're going to get there around 15 minutes after this was posted.
Mission Accepted! *loads shotgun* Whatever it takes, we WILL get those last few hundred likes....
I registered just for that, I was like #2900... You guys are awesome!
Holy shit! I might just have to finally cave after all these years, and actually make a Facebook account!
NAH, you guys will put it over 3600 for me in a few minutes. Fuck Zuckerberg.
I hit at 3407 less than 10 secs later the clock hit 3525! WE DID IT!
*Puts on hipster glasses
I liked Daniel Ingram before he posted this.
Man i thought i would have to get a facebook because it would be like 3499 likes xD
@Cereal Velocity
My thoughts exactly, but then again, I haven't found a single person who's developing this show who isn't attractive in one way or another.
I came here expecting the target number of likes to have been reached.
I was right. :)
It was at 3200...I went to the bathroom and came back...it was at 3644.
Never underestimate our numbers of the heard. We can get 1,000 like that. *whips tail*
Behold the power of this fully armed and operational fandom!
Really glad I told Seth this. I can't wait for the song...
He could have said 10,000 likes and I'd think we'd break that number within the hour.
first, this Rainbow dash line needs to be posted:
Second, I want to say some of the people posting on his face book annoy me. Some even seem to be attacking the man because it's a second after it hit 3500 likes... >_>
Uh.. did we crash his page? It wont load for me anymore.
He *had* to know how quickly that would happen, right?
Daniel: Let's test the periphery demographic. Gimmie over 3500 likes, kids, and I'll give you a new song, unreleased-
*reaches 3500 in half an hour*
Daniel: ...okay
Victory! Oraa!!! Banzai! SIE- Alright that's enough but....
*Breaths in*
Yeah...no. It's going to take a hell of a lot more than that to get me to sign my soul over to Zuckerberg. He can keep his unreleased song.
It just struck me... What if this is a properly sung version of the Crusader Theme Song? That would be so awesome...
Shoot, that was fast! Each time I refresh the page, it jumps! Now It's around the 3800 point... eh, that will change in 38 seconds...
He's probably sitting around staring at the computer, wondering what in the world is going on. :D
He's probably just leaning back right now, waiting for 5,000.
Possibilities for song:
Fix'd CMC theme
Extended Title Theme
Longer Evil Enchantress
Anyone think Ingram looks like he's Keanu Reeves baby bro?
I'm just sitting on his page refreshing and reading all the comments. Comedy gold
wait, it's already well over 3,500...
are we being trolled right now
Wow, something like 4,000 overexcited bronies are now milling around his wall waiting for the song and discovering Facebook's image posting feature. It's turning into 4chan out there!
It's tempting to get a Facebook account just for this.
However, I won't. I can't support that company and its privacy-violating ways. I suppose I could use a fake name and such but I feel I shouldn't have to.
inb4 its the full opening theme that twilight sparkle toy sings, tons of bronies dissapointed
He HAD to see this coming... I'll bet he's watching that counter go up, laughing maniacally... that's what I'd be doing, anyhow lol...
Seriously, you rock Daniel!
>implying extended opening theme released to public would make us DISAPPOINTED
@Cereal Velocity
Lauren Faust is still the hottest person working on the show.
Yeah, its going to keep going up for a little I bet.
And now everyone is spamming him a ton. lol Poor Dan.
3500 likes in ten seconds flat.
The music in the brony fan remix community is about to get 20% cooler.
I didn't notice it before, but Danial Ingram is a smexy man.
Man i dont want to make a facebook account :(
ah well.. looks like we are going to make it anyways..
My gosh things are getting heated up over-there. Rage and trolls going all out.
So, do we get a prize for overachieving and giving 500+ likes?
80 fan photos have been posted on his page since he announced this
He's laughing at us all right now...such trolls these MLP guys. Making us all nerd rage over they're amazing creations of love and tolerance and EPIC!
I was on a game when some guy gave me the link, it was at 2000. I got out of the game 10 minutes later, and it was at 2500. My nigga, I thought it would be going to take a few days.
getting pretty hyped up over here...the great pony drought of summer 2011 has affected me more than I thought
oh lets go look at the new song never mind there is just porn!
5000 is our new goal?
Come back in 5 minutes.
10k would be a goal.
I have a feeling he stepped away and didn't expect this kind of explosion - that, or this is the most brilliant marketing ploy known to ponydom.
Is there no way to report the Trolls over there? These guys are bloody repulsive and an insult to Human Intelligence.
Holy cow, brony power ftw!
I feel truly sorry for Dan's page, though. He's going to have to wash out his eyes.
Finally get song turns out to be:
You know, this was a comment on his wall, and it properly says how I feel at this moment. It was something like, "This is the best game of 'refresh the page' I've ever played!"
how come when I just want ponies there's always gotta be trolls in the wake? It's like "oh no, something wonderful and pure. I must now post porn." :(
Wow, we a slobber, drolling fans of MLP:FIM just looking at the likes just scream by.
Personally, I think he hasn't noticed and is going to get a shock when he logs back in.
3.5k took exactly 38 minutes.
While not 10 seconds flat, I'll still give that a "pretty damn good"
I liked it with my real FB account... I wonder if anypony notices @_@
Am I the only one who was hoping for a rick roll with anon's youtube link?
Seth, was that REALLY you posting "My little Trixie: Trixie is magic"? (By time of post, it's probably buried under everything else.)
@Desktop1030: I don't see a 'report' button or anything. But Daniel can (and likely will) go through and delete a lot of the spam.
Oh wow.. I was wondering if we were going to break the number before I got home from work (in an hour) and was going to show my support. Looks like that won't really be necessary. I hope the spammers won't ruin it for us.
It stopped for me for a few minutes, but its working again now.
Heheh, I saw that.
ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh... I wonder if it's the extended cut of the opening theme he mentioned that the Target Twilight Sparkle sings.
@Cereal Velocity
Is there no limit to your sexual perversion cereal? Stop defiling all that we love. If anything you'd be the bottom. Bitch
Actually, there is a report button. I went through and reported them.
It was actually "My great And Powerful Trixie: Trixie is Magic."
discussion thread!
@Cereal Velocity"Is there no limit to your sexual perversion cereal? Stop defiling all that we love. If anything you'd be the bottom. Bitch"
Do you need some ice for that burn?
I only saw it briefly. I refreshed the page and then, EXPLOSION! So that's what it said...
Poor Daniel having to deal with all that spam. Still, I guess he underestimated how many of us there are and how fast this would spread.
Amazing how many likes he has gotten in such a short time though! He only had 2800 or so this morning when I checked his page.
What is WRONG with you motherfuckers, posting porn on the guy's page?
I hope every last one of you responsible for this fucking travesty gets banned, solely because this is a disgusting way to repay someone who has offered you something you might like.
Fuck you.
@Cereal Velocity
Same, yay for bisexuality! ^_^ *Cough*... *Ahem*... I'm going back to his page now...
@Anon 7:37
Yeah, that was just... Ugh... Mean? Despicable? And I had been avoiding Rule 34 ever since I became a brony too... T_T
I guess Anonymous' planned hack attack on the 5th Nov got bumped up to today!
I guess Anonymous' planned hack attack on the 5th Nov got bumped up to today!
people like this"
Wow you guys work fast xD
4,416 as of my last F5. Need to replace the key now. Tis melted.
I think this was posted on reddit, ponychan, and /co/.
/b/ is too busy to acknowledge my posts on the matter.
But it was already over 4400 anyways, but who cares...
Ooooh Danny boy, the herd, the herd is caaaaalllllllling
From field to field, and up to Canterlooooooot.
Your song is new, and all the Bronies are waaaaiting...
If I were Ingram at this point, I'd hold out for another few hours just for the lulz. Because there are still a many to be had at this rate.
Who wants to bet he gave us an hour, walked away, and comes back to 6000 likes?
Gaiz, chill out. He obviously typoed and meant 10,000. The video happen within an hour or 2
From what I can tell it was just one guy.
Also, the page has now become a brony-chatroom of a sort at the moment. So everyone get in and enjoy the most active page on Facebook!
You know what? I'm gonna forget the game I'm playing just to watch that counter go up. Gee, 4,500 already? I'm having more fun staring at numbers than playing "The Elder Scrolls".
I'm loving all these comments SO MUCH.
Love being part of this madness, ponies!


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Mr. Schoenbaum said this was part of the continuing realization of American Jewry and other friends of Israel that Israel was America's one hope for peace in the Middle East and to keep her strong was to keep hopes for democracy in that part of the world intact. Support for Israel has been universal and not fra'c- tionalized into support of Israel Bonds or support for UJA to the exclusion of the other. One of the finest examples of this was the purchase of a $100,000 Israel Bond by the United Jewish Council through the Colttmbus United Je)vish • Welfare ^' Foundation!.. This " slil&tahtial purchase coming right before the High Holy Days sparked a tremendous response from those congregations holding High Holy Day appeals for Israel Bonds. Israel's needs continue at an all time high and it is only through the continued participation / of Jews throughout, the' free world that Israel will prevail through her current crisis, Mr. Schoenbaum said. The .purchase of Israel Bonds by the UJFC was more than an immediate response ^o Israel's needs, it also symbolized the closing of ranks of all Columbus Jewry to work together to help Israel. NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (JTA)- -Even as Jewish and non - Jewish political and com¬ munity leaders throughout the- world expressed-' gratification at the com¬ mutation of death sentences given two Jews in the Leningrad ll|pal and hailed the reduction of the sen¬ tences of three other ' defendants as a voice of conscience, the Soviet Union was beginning 'the" trfdl of nine more Jews Jan. 6 in Leningrad. In addition. Wolf Zaitnansoit, who was arrested together with the other 11 persons on June I& at Smolny Airport in Lenihgrad for allegedly plotting to hijack a Soviet ¦airliner, is scheduled this week to face a court martial. Zaimanson is a lieutenant on active army duty. A third group bf 11 or 12 Jews also fape trial in Kishinev and' .. Riga.'While the exact dat^ of ' their trial is still riot known, it is believed it will begin within the next two weeks. According to information released this weekend by the American Jewish Com¬ mittee in the form of an extract from an interview conducted by Steven^ Wind- mueller with a 2&-year-old Russian Jew whose identity ' was not revealed because his family and friends still reside in the Soviet Union, the Leningrad nine have been charged with knowing about the alleged hijacking and not reporting it. The Kishinev - Riga defendants have been charged with anti - Soviet activities, namely, ilpreading Zionist propaganda. Jewish travelers arriving in Israel from -the Soviet Union during the past few days said it was likely that the nine Jews facing trial this week will "confess" in court to anti - Soviet ac- ttvitTes..'Unlike the secret trial of the Leningrad 11, this trial is expected to be open to the public and press.. The travelers also reported that some 40 Jewish youths have been arrested recently in Leningrad by secret police. According to informed sources, the Leningrad Nine were charged under articles 70 and 72 of the Russian Federation Criminal Code. These cover anti - Soviet propaganda and agitation and "organizational activity directed to commission of especially ,dangerous crimes against the state and-also participation in anti - Soviet organizations." Under ar¬ ticle 73, the maximum sentence is death or 15 years imprisonment if the sentence is connected with treason or flight abroad. Eight of the nine accused are reported to be' engineers. The death sentences handed down against Mark Dymshits, 43, and Edward Kuznetsov, 31, was commuted to 15 years (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4) Rabbis Pass Resolution For 100% Support of UJFC Camp. ^¦¥- Visits Russian Embassy IICTSh Atjierstein (yminiillee UJFC community relations BC and Harold SchottensteinJBoai;^, Member IMFC representing Columbu^ aL,;thp; National Rally against Soviet treatment in Washington D.C. last wct'k Adlerstein is showing Mr. Schottenstein the iH'lii Ions which were signed at our local rally last week and thai they were taking to the Soviet Embassy which Ls'shown In thO background. Mr. Adlerstein is one of only two local representatives to receive audience at llM'.S<»vk'l Kmbassy that day. LATE FLASH At press time we were informed that the Boards of iTemple". ^..Israej,." -, and«. Con^regatfort Tifereth Israel had approved in principal the Rabbi's Resolution. At a meeting of the ^Oolumbus Board of Babbis- held on Thursday, Dec. 17, unanimous approval was given ^ to the following Resolution: We, the spiritual > leadership of Columbus, 0., having reviewed the crisis with which the State of Israel and the Jewish people is con¬ fronted, in 1971 do af¬ firm: 1. That our destiny as American Jews is inextricably lifjked to the fate'of World .^ewry; ' 2. That our attachment to the ~ synagogue em¬ phasizes our loyalty to all of the Jewish People; 3. That membership in the synagogue is' a privilege which bears with it a heightened sense of responsibility toward oi|r people and our community. THEN BE IT RESOLVED for 1971 that all members of temples and Synagogues of Columbus, 0., MUST contribute to^.the Wl Campaign' of the "United Jewish Fund and Council. This Resolution was en¬ dorsed by the Columbus Board of Rabbis, which includes the spiritual leadership of the Columbus Synagogues and Temples, Rabbi Julius Baker, Ahavas Sholem Congregation; Itabbi Jerome D. Folkman, Temple Israel; Rabbi Edward Kiner, Temple Israel, Rabbi Alan Ponn, Beth Tikveh; Rabbi Sami^el W. Rubenstein, (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4) Trades & Professions Leadership To Begin 1971 Campaign Monday Zvi Kolitz, Producer, author and film - maker, will be the guest speaker at the Leadership Buffet Supper of the Trades & Professions - Dvision, 1971 Campaign, on Monday ^evening, Jan, 11, at , th6 Esther C. Melton '. Communtty''"'"$lirvVices' Building *" ^..'rvu According' 'to' Martiri-r Hoffman,<<;hiiWigft«Af ^the'' Dvision, ^kf^t^HA Supper.^ will begin 2li^3:30 p.m. and ' will include all Section Chairman and Co-Chairman in the Division. The"fl|^n^~' sions of the 1971 J^^'pflie^. for which a goal of ip,OOP^Qqo has< been set,;;,wil|' be'ex¬ plained to those pi*esent, and. ' the necessity of 'maximum gifts to both the Regular and . the Israel Emergency Fund drives 'will be emphasized. "With tho exception of the Traveling Salesmen Sec¬ tion," stated Mr. Hoffman, "which met in December, .every ptheivSection in the T. '&P. Division will be meeting during the remainder of ¦ January and February. We. want to impress upon the leadership thie men who will be i'esponsible for solicituig gifts from the largeiit ; - ' ZVIKOLir/ Division in the Campaign organization, the importance of the needs which must ,be wet in 1971 This is why we are bringing Zvi Kolitz to the meeting as our speaker. Mr. Kolitz is a man of great versatility and talent, and he is also an outstanding expert on the situation which now exists in the Middle East." Mr. Kolitz' most recent book, "Survival for What?" is a book about the deeper meaning of Judaism, ahd was .described by the Jerusalem Post as "written with prophetic vision," Both Mr. Jloffman and his (CONTINUED ON PAGE 41 - , Call For Angel Luneheon ..Phones will be ringing on Sun. Jan. 10, for reser¬ vations for the 13th Anmial Angel Luncheon to be held on Feb. 2,-at Winding Hollow Country Club. Miss MarlCne Sanders, a news correspondent for the ADdKirican Broadcasting Company will be the guest VltJffeChairman, Mrs. Stanley Katz, and Mrs. Donald SifllOlisky have announced that the following women will senye on the Steering Committee for this affair. L. to R. staiiding: Mrs. Hirsch Goldberg, Mrs. Donald Shlonsl^y (Chairman of the Day,) Mrs. Stanley Katz ((Vchairman^) Mrs. George Ornstein (Advisor,) Mrs. Terry Meyer (physical arrangenients,) Mrs. Robert Garek (decorations,) Mrs. Ted Stone (Pledgie Chair^ man,) Mrs. Eugene Goldberg (Pledge .Vice- chairman.) Mrs. Stephen Nacht (registrationi) Mrs. Maurice Zox (Angel of the Day, large gifts,), and Mrs. Robert Masser (program booklet.) Not pictured are the following women; Mrs. Irving Rossinan (bulletin, Mrs. Wiiiiam Boorsteih (Hostesses,) Mrs. Barry Zacks (invitations^) Mrs. Allan Meyer, (large.gifts,) Mrs. Edward Nygren (Pledge Chairman,) Mrs. A.C. Strip (program,) Mrs. Stanley Maybruck (Treasurer & reservations,) Mrs. Leon Friedman (seating arrangements,) and Mrs. Gerald Friedman (tran¬ sportation.) ;: Si" ) -It .-»¦- ,>¦'' ¦<i " :*'.'. .>.v iii
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SOHO Beyond
Hard-driving entrepreneurs hit the road in their high-tech mobile offices
The view from Russ Abney's office window changes constantly: bald eagles, pristine lakes, aspens, pines, and mile after mile of asphalt, gravel, and dirt.
Abney's office is the front seat of a white 1999 Chevy van. Though the van lacks a coffee machine and other trappings of corporate life, Abney wouldn't dream of trading in his aftermarket Recaro driver's seat with lumbar support for a swiveling leather desk chair. Abney runs a three-year-old, $400,000 forklift-sales-and-service business called Western Industrial Equipment, in Moorestown, Mich. His V8-powered office adds an extra dimension to his working life, he says. "It's that much more freedom and that much more excitement" over and above the sense of independence most entrepreneurs enjoy, he says.
CEOs in the trades and services have always spent a lot of time in their vehicles, dashing from supplier to customer to job site. Abney himself has 30 years of experience at working out of his truck — enough to know how to make a tuna sandwich while barreling down an expressway, and enough to know better.
But today technology is changing the way Abney and others like him manage their time. "Cell phones, laptops, wireless — in the last five years these have taken off," says George Phirippidis, CEO of the Mobile Office Outfitter, a manufacturer and retailer of car- and truck-office organizers in Pleasanton, Calif. "A lot of people don't have to have an office. They can do everything right out of their vehicles. The efficiency, time savings, and reduced overhead make it the right formula for entrepreneurs." Entrepreneurs like Abney, who need the flexibility of a home office with the added benefit of near-infinite mobility. Call it SOHO on wheels.
It works for Abney. One of his favorite on-the-road gizmos is a global positioning system device called the Garmin StreetPilot. To use it, Abney punches in a customer's address, and the StreetPilot's color screen displays a map, directions to the address, and a tiny cartoon car indicating his van's location. "Previous to owning this, I'd go to obscure, out-of-the way places, and I couldn't find my way around," he says. "I've been late several times, and I got very tense. This relieves a lot of stress."
Besides navigating boreal Michigan, Abney's biggest challenge is staying in touch with his customers and his vendors. A few years ago Abney bought a wireless phone that doubled as a portable fax. But in the remote areas where he services forklifts — at farms, warehouses, and forestry and fishing outfits — his connection often conked out. He also tried using an alphanumeric pager but found that only people with the same setup could return his text messages. His inelegant solution: ditch the useless fancy stuff and make do with two Nokia cell phones, a Motorola pager, and a Casio handheld computer that sits in a cradle mounted on the dashboard. Abney is "impatiently waiting" for the all-in-one smart phone his service provider has promised.
Until that sleek machine arrives, Abney knows that his communication kludge is key to his ability to make a living in the wilderness that he loves. "Last summer I was salmon fishing on Lake Michigan, and I handled a sale from the boat," he says, adding that the deal was worth $5,000. "It would be very difficult to do what I'm doing without help from technology," he concludes.
The view from steve fogel's office is different from Abney's — Fogel sees dogwoods rather than aspens, and a lot more houses — but it's just as dynamic. Fogel owns one-year-old Platinum Exteriors Inc., a $1.2-million roofing company in Oakton, Va. He does all his own selling and manages every job himself. His office is the cab of a charcoal gray 2000 Chevy Silverado with heated seats and leather trim. "It's like sitting in your living room," he says. "I bought a really nice truck, because driving is such an integral part of what I do."
Fogel spends 70% of his working day calling on prospects and shuttling between jobs. A Hitachi notebook computer, on which Fogel estimates jobs and manages accounts, rests on the front seat. A Palm III handheld computer, in which he stores contacts and a daily to-do list, sits on the nonskid armrest. "Just like in a good office, you have everything at your fingertips," he says.
Of all his tech tools, however, Fogel reckons his Motorola digital phone with Nextel Communications' two-way radio service is the most important. His $170 monthly phone bill includes membership in Nextel's Builders' Network, a nationwide circle of vendors and contractors. Fogel can summon a contractor — a carpenter framing a new building, for example — to find out whether a job site is ready for his roofers. Then he can order supplies and dispatch a crew with the same radio. "It's a major, major time-saver," he says. Fogel estimates that his electronic toolbox has boosted his productivity by 40% to 50%. Now he has his eye on a BlackBerry wireless E-mail device that he could use to correspond with the tech-savvy homeowners who make up his customer base in northern Virginia.
Like Abney, Fogel isn't envious of the watercooler crowd. "I thought of merging with a larger company that wanted me to come in," Fogel says. "But in the end, being in control and flexible with my time, being able to see my kids and do things on my own without answering to anybody, won." Still, it's lonely out there. DJs talk, but they don't listen. So Fogel and three fellow moving targets — a carpenter, a remodeler, and a mason — meet two to three times a week for lunch or happy hour at Fat Tuesday's, a local watering hole. "We call it 'the boardroom," Fogel says.
Automakers started catering heavily to the truck-cab CEO in 1994, when Dodge introduced its new Ram pickup. "They had studied customers and found that lots of them were using their vehicles as mobile offices," says Dale Jewett, industry editor at Automotive News magazine. "One of the significant features was a very large center console that folded down from the bench seat that could hold laptops and cell phones." The 2002 Ram has no fewer than 17 cargo compartments inside the cab.
Other car companies are competing by offering special storage areas for everything from briefcases to blueprints. GMC's Sierra Professional, a truck that's targeted specifically at contractors, will roll off the assembly line this fall featuring a "vocational center console" with power and storage stations for cell phones and handheld computers — not to mention a removable lunch cooler. "People were working out of their trucks anyway. Why wouldn't we want to make it easier for them?" says Rick Asher, assistant director of communications at Pontiac-GMC.
The mobile office, it seems, is growing up. The Mobile Office Outfitter's Phirippidis says that sales of his front-seat gadget organizers are outstripping sales of the traditional trunk-based filing systems he started selling to traveling salespeople 10 years ago. And features like OnStar, an onboard safety and security system, are evolving into mobile Internet services for cars, or "telematics" — a $1.3-billion industry, estimates Rob Hegblom, a senior analyst with market researcher Strategis Group, in Washington, D.C. You can even have a computer installed directly into the dash, like the Q-PC (starting at $2,895).
Unfortunately, there's one thing that no technology company can provide, something that Steve Fogel says he would like to have more than any computerized toy: a driver.
Fogel's SOHO Essentials
- Office: 2000 Chevy Silverado pickup with interior-upgrade option package, $34,000. Hitachi America notebook, $2,400.
- Mobile: Palm III handheld computer, $300. Motorola digital phone, $225. Nextel Communications' two-way- radio service, $170 a month.
- Background noise: Sports radio.
Abney's SOHO Essentials
- Office: 1999 Chevy van, $21,000. Recaro lumbar-support driver's seat, $800. Casio Cassiopeia handheld computer, $500.
- Mobile: Garmin StreetPilot GPS, $800. Nokia cell phones, $209 apiece, plus $60 a month in service charges. Motorola pager, $59 plus $15 a month in service charges.
- Background noise: Anything from blues to motivational books on tape.
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References and projects
Here, you will find information about working projects, as well as feedback from people who have attended courses or bought kayaks here.
A new apprentice!
This is the blog of my new apprentice: Here:
A video clip from last summers great baidarka adventure:here
Baidarka building
A video from a kayak building class this winter:here
Courses 2013!
The course calendar has been updated. Check out this year's kayak building classes:here
New pages!
New, and well illustrated presentation of our beautiful new paddle types! More.
New movie clips!
Kayak building, rolling, paddling and more!Kayak building, Paddling and Old movie clips.


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Five Reasons to Vote in Patch's 'Deck the House' Contest
Help us bring $100,000 to a St. Louis area school district by voting in our holiday lights contest.
Patch is holding a national contest to find the best "decked" house, and a St. Louis area home has made the finals. The Dolans, a family in Affton-Shrewsbury Patch, are in the Top 25 of the Deck the House contest, fighting for votes to win the $100,000 grand prize for the Affton School District! VOTE HERE! To win, they'll need your vote! Here are the top five reasons why you should vote right now and every day for the Dolan's dazzling holiday light display: 5. The Dolans won 5th place in the Deck the House contest last year. Being so close to victory has only pushed this family to work harder! 4. The Dolans use so much electricity to power their holiday lights that they added a second electrical service to the house. Otherwise, they couldn…
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