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New sketchbook here!
Hello, happy people of conceptart.org
I'm, umm, new here. My name's Hannes, 19 years old, male, from Germany. I've been lurking around this place for quite some time and finally found the courage to join
While i always did a bit of sketching in and for school, the common stuff like doodling on your books, and a bit of manga-style crap, it wasn't until July of 2007 that I started taking art seriously. Around that time, someone showed me the world of Digital Painting, and i was off the hook, beholding the vast mass of inspiration.
So i spent the last five months learning to paint, and working with light and color.
Well, I found out that all of this is completely useless without basics, and I saw that anatomy is what I have to learn. So today i put my tablet aside, said to myself "Dude, you need to get better, start over", took my pencils and started studying some serious stuff.
That's why i came here, I'm sure that conceptart is the place to go to when you want to evolve as an artist. I really want to improve my skills and will be thankful for every hint and critique i can get. I'd also love to participate in some activities.
I won't post anything that's older than 24 hours. (Edit: Or maybe I will D: )
So here's the stuff I did today. I started with 60 poses from posemaniacs, 60 seconds each. I have a lot of trouble seeing the important forms and the essence of the pose, but i will keep practising that.
The next thing is some Bammes studies, i apologize for the crappyness of my lines and the bad scan, but please bear with me, as I'm freaking motivated right now.
Last are a life drawing of my cat and some non-reffed faces, also with a lot of issues regarding anatomy but ah well, I'll practise, I promise.
I hope I'll be able to update daily with at least as much stuff as today, I'm highly inspired by all the great artists here, I hope I did the attachment stuff right, and thanks in advance.


text: The NEW GolfLogix app now reads your putt breaks, shows you where to land the ball on approach shots, and gives you precise GPS distances! Millions of golfers around the world trust GolfLogix for free GPS distances, full-color 3D course maps, 4-player scoring, and pro-level stats and handicap tracking. And now, GolfLogix is the only app with thousands of highly-accurate Putt Break Maps that show you where to place your approach shots and how your putts will break. It's like having a professional caddy with you at all times to help you manage your game and shave strokes off your score! Below are descriptions and terms of the OPTIONAL in-app upgrades: 1. GolfLogix Plus Membership with advanced GPS features, Approach View, Putt Breaks and an ad-free experience on the course can be purchased for $9.99/mo, 39.99/6 months or $49.99/12 months. 2. GolfLogix Premium Membership with advanced GPS features and an ad-free experience on the course can be purchased for $4.99/mo or $29.99/yr. 3. GolfLogix Putt Break Membership with Approach View, Putt Breaks and an ad-free experience on the course can be purchased for $4.99/mo or $29.99/yr. 4. MyGolfDigest gives you unlimited lessons after every round and can be purchased for $0.99/mo Payment for in-app upgrades will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, at the original subscription amount. Subscriptions may be managed by you and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use are located at: http://golflogix.com/Terms_of_Use.aspx

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2strong needed a new t-shirt design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 114 designs submitted by 29 freelance designers.
LOOKING FOR AN EYE CATHING LOGO that is geard for sports wear.
2 strong athletic
i want a nice looking shirt for the athletic world that is not geared towards any specific sport but a universal one that once you see it you know what it is. of course most of that will come with marketing but anyways. i will consider all even if it is not what i descibed. you guys are the designers here.i really like simple though like underamours logo but like i said im open and cant wait to see what you guys come up with.
- Item 1... personally i would like to incorparate the number 2 in the design but that is still up in the air. i like royal blue but color will not determine the final decision it can alway be changed. i will be printing these my self so try to keep it with spot colors.
- Item 1...i do not want any sports equipment in it. im open to everything else.


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If you look here, here, and here, you could easily conclude that I am a lover of all things banana bread. And you would be right. I do love this humble loaf and am always up for trying yet another banana bread recipe. I cannot resist the perfume-y moistness the bananas give the cake. It's also a fantastic way to use bananas that have been sitting on the dining room table, fast moving past their prime. If you are part of a small household, and bananas come in big bunches, you will know what I mean. With a new member on board though, perhaps I can look forward to the day when we won't always end up with a few rotten bananas. Which is not to say that I will ever stop letting some go "bad" for my bread 🙂
Now, you may not be up for reading yet another banana bread recipe over here but the fact of the matter is, and I might as well admit it now and get it out of the way, I will most likely continue trying all manners of banana bread recipes, and posting them in this space (unless of course it was totally heinous then you can be sure nobody would hear of it). I hope you don't mind 🙂
This recipe is from Tessa Kiros' book Apples for Jam, one of my very favorite cookbooks just because it is such a beautiful book written in such a lovely way. It's a book I tucked into bed with me many times when I was pregnant. More than any pregnancy or baby book, Apples for Jam, with Tessa's lyrical snippets from her childhood and that of her two (adorable!) daughters, would keep my pre-delivery jitters at bay much more than any account of "what to expect". I still look over its pages and dream of the good things I want to make for (and with!) Little C someday.
This banana bread is one of them.
Banana Bread with Chocolate Chip Streusel
(Banana bread from Apples for Jam by Tessa Kiros, streusel adapted from Ramblings From a Gypsy Soul)
For the banana bread:
- 125 grams butter
- 180 grams dark brown sugar
- 350 grams ripe bananas, mashed
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 250 grams all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 tablespoons warm milk
For the chocolate chip streusel:
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons butter, cold
- 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips
– Make your streusel: Mix sugar and flour together. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or rub with your fingers until it resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in walnuts and chocolate chips. Set aside in a cool place where the butter will not melt while you get on with your batter (I stick mine in the fridge).
– Cream the butter and sugar until smooth. Mix in the mashed bananas.
– Add the eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, and a pinch of salt to the mixture and stir until everything is mixed well. Sift in the flour and baking powder and mix until just incorporated and smooth.
– Mix baking soda into the warm milk and mix this into the batter.
– Scrape the batter into a loaf tin that's been buttered and bake for about 50 minutes in an 180C oven, or until a skewer poked into the middle comes out clean. Turn out onto a rack to cool.
Tessa's recipe is for just the cake. I added the same streusel topping I used here, adding chocolate chips to the mix just because I had them around…although who really needs a reason to add chocolate to cake? I certainly don't 🙂


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Need recs for rehearsal dinner - 45ppl, $60/head
Howdy - I'm trying to help my future in-laws find a place in lower Manhattan or Brooklyn to host our rehearsal dinner. They don't want to spend more than $60 pp including tip, tax & booze - so I'm thinking more fun than fancy is the ticket. Private room is preferable since the dinner will be on a Saturday night and we can't pay to cover regular dining space during prime time. I'd also like to offer a classic 'NYC' dining experience - so I'm thinking a big Chinese banquet hall, red sauce Italian, Greek or... ?? Sadly, we can't go too esoteric w/ cuisine. Any personal recs are very appreciated - there's only so much info I can find online that I trust. Thanks!


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IKEA airbrushes out women from its Saudi catalog
The Swedish home furnishings store IKEA has airbrushed women from photos in the Saudi version of next year's furniture catalog, the Swedish newspaper Metro reports today.
Metro compares the deletions to Soviet censors who used to airbrush out "state enemies."
In Saudi Arabia, where women must be covered in public and are not allowed to drive, it is not forbidden to depict women in advertising, but strict guidelines are followed, particularly regarding the depiction of very much skin.
In one page of IKEA's standard catalog, a mother is shown brushing her teeth in the bathroom beside a young son. Behind them, in a typically warm IKEA scene, a husband is drying a second child with a towel.
In the Saudi catalog with the identical photo, the mother's image has been deleted.
On another page, women having dinner with a man in the Swedish catalog vanish in the Saudi version, with their images replaced by an empty table.
Metro notes that even a company's female designer is deleted on a page with three male colleagues.
IKEA released a statement expressing regret, saying, "We should have reacted and realized that excluding women from the Saudi Arabian version of the catalog is in conflict with the IKEA Group values," the Associated Press reports.


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According to the Elections Act, Lederer's decision rendered Opitz's election "null and void," which means he has lived in a legal grey zone, serving his constituents in limbo while the top court considered his appeal.
Justice Lederer ruled that the election should be tossed because the Liberal incumbent, Borys Wrzesnewskyj managed to prove that at least 79 votes in the riding were irregular, and should not have been counted, or at least did not have the appropriate paperwork to show they should have been counted.
Wrzesnewskyj, a determined man, has spent about $350,000 on his court challenge. He has alleged in the media that there were shady doings on election day, but he did not assert that in court, and Lederer noted that "there was no suggestion of any wrongdoing on the part of either the applicant or the respondent."
In court, Wrzesnewskyj's lawyers agreed to consider just 10 of 130 polls in the riding, and managed to show that 79 ballots were in boxes without proper paperwork. It appears that at least five people voted twice.
None of this suggests wrongdoing on the part of Opitz, who spent 33 years in the Canadian Forces, retiring as a lieutenant-colonel.
When the justices release their decision Thursday morning, one of the two men is going to have a terrible day.
The justices will either rule that Lederer erred in law, in which case Opitz is likely to serve until the next election, or they will uphold Lederer, which means the prime minister has six months to set a date for a byelection, and Opitz and Wrzesnewskyj will likely have a rematch.
Court watchers can't guess which way the court will go.
The act requires the court to "hear the appeal without delay and in a summary manner." Opitz's legal team, playing for time, sought to have the case heard in October, but the court agreed to sit in July, which is unusual, and they have produced a decision in what is, for them, short order.
To overturn an election, the Elections Act puts up a two-part test, requiring an applicant to first show that there were irregularities, and second that those irregularities "affected the result of the election."
Opitz beat Wrzesnewskyj by just 26 votes, which makes that the "magic number," a number easily surpassed by the 79 votes.
The "magic number" test has been the established standard in Canadian courts for decades, but the top court has never ruled on it.
In his appeal, Opitz's lawyer, Tom Barlow, argued that that test is wrong, since there is no way of knowing how many of those 79 votes were cast for each candidate.
He also argued that Lederer erred in ruling some of the votes invalid, and warned that interpreting the law to make it too easy to overturn the result opens the door to mischief makers who could game the system by improperly voting and then launching an appeal.
Some observers are nervous that if the court rules for Wrzesnewskyj, it will set the bar too low, and allow all sorts of election results to be challenged. Others worry that if the court rules for Opitz, it will set the bar too high, and allow elections to be stolen.
Everyone, including the people who run Elections Canada, think the organization needs to work harder at training and directing their huge army of one-day election workers, which is easier said than done.
The court faces, as Lederer wrote, "a conundrum."
"At its core, this case concerns the confidence that Canadians must have in our electoral process. If that confidence is diminished, it follows that our interest in, and respect for, government will be similarly diminished. It surely follows that if people who are not qualified to vote were permitted to do so, or if there is a concern that people may have been permitted to vote more than once, confidence in our electoral process will fade."
Thursday morning, we will see how the Supremes cope with that conundrum.
Veteran election lawyer Jack Siegel, who is a Liberal, and is pulling for Wrzesnewskyj, said Wednesday that the ruling will be good news, whichever way it goes.
"The plus side is, after 145 years of confederation, we're finally going to have word from on high as to how these disputes are actually supposed to work."


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DENTS RUN - Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and local treasure hunters were digging in Elk County Tuesday.
The agencies were set up off Route 555 in the community of Dents Run in Benezette Township.
Public Affairs Specialist for the FBI Carrie Adamowski could only confirm that FBI agents were conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity.
6 News cameras also caught Dennis and Kem Parada on site, owners of Finders Keepers.
Finders Keepers is a lost treasure locate and recovery service.
In 2008, Finders Keepers told 6 News the gold in Dents Run is from the Civil War era.
Parada said Abraham Lincoln ordered a gold shipment to help pay union soldiers. He said the wagon left West Virginia with 50 pounds of gold, and came right through Elk County.
In 2012, Finders Keepers claimed they found the gold, but federal law prevented them from digging it up.
The FBI did not allow Finders Keepers to speak with 6 News Tuesday, but residents who live in the area said they believe officials are searching for the lost gold.


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Source: National Bureau of Economic Research
Release: NBER Macrohistory Database
Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1872-1914 (2)--Original Data, 1919-1935. From December 1880 To March 1910, Data Were Obtained From Cumulative Annual Totals. The Increase In July 1903 Is Due To A Change In The Tax Rate. Another Slight Change Was Made The Following Month. Actual Figures From April 1910 On. Source: Reichsamt Des Innern (Later Called Reichsministerium Des Innern), Reichsministerialblatt-Central Blatt Fur Das Deutsche Reich
This NBER data series m15010a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 15 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter15.html.
NBER Indicator: m15010a
National Bureau of Economic Research, Receipts from Bills of Exchange Tax for Germany [M1510ADEM553NNBR], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M1510ADEM553NNBR, March 22, 2019.


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Viewing the sun at different wavelengths and temperatures can reveal different information about what's going on at the sun and it's structure.
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Suggested by De Broglie in about 1913, the path to the wavelength expression for a particle is by analogy to the momentum of a photon.
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The frequency and wavelength of visible light is a very narrow band in the electromagnetic spectrum. Its wavelength lies between 400 and 750 nm
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Good revision for waves covering amplitude, wavelength and frequency.
See the universe in range of wavelengths from gamma rays to radio waves.
Light waves, visible and invisible
A short TED-Ed video about the electromagnetic spectrum including the wavelengths that you can and can't see.
Sky View is a virtual observatory on the net generating images of any part of the sky at wavelengths in all regimes from radio to gamma ray.
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Though today's NPOCP is taken right from the web pages of the Rover Classics dealership in Staten Island, New York, the rest of the inventory itself seems to be a jalop's dream.
Even though it is ostensibly a Range Rover dealership, it seems the only criteria to end up on their lot is "interesting." Featured on their website is this lovely 1971 Saab 96 V4, with only 11,904 miles on the clock! Too bad it's already been sold to someone in the Golfing State of Connecticut.
Also featured on the site is a 1995 Alfa Romeo 164 LS (one of the last sold in the United States!), a 1985 Volvo 740 diesel wagon, a 1986 Subaru GL, tastefully lifted Jeep Cherokees, a 1991 Porsche 911 Targa 2... the list goes on and on. Head over to the site of Rover Classics, and try not to lust too hard.


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Finding Service Area 6
November 30, 2012
Summit County is in budget distress, and looking at some unpleasant cuts to make things balance. That's never easy, and the reality is that cuts in personnel translate into a direct reduction of services the county can deliver. When you lay off the dogcatcher, dogs will go uncaught. If you have fewer snowplow drivers, fewer snowplows will be driven, not that plowing snow appears to be an issue this year. The connection between taxes paid and services delivered is not a difficult concept.
The biggest problem in the county budget is Service Area 6. Here's where things get complicated. Everybody who lives in Summit County, whether in a city or unincorporated area, pays taxes to the county general fund. That covers stuff the state requires county governments to provide like the courts, jail, clerk, recorder, elections, and so on. The county has some countywide services like garbage pickup that everybody pays for. But there are places in the county where county government is providing direct services that are the same kind of services the municipalities provide. The county does not provide them within the municipalities, or in sparsely populated areas of the county. If you live in a city, you pay taxes to the city for snow removal, street repair, planning, and a bunch of other stuff ranging from cops to public art.
When the county is providing identical services to unincorporated areas, there needs to be a way to pay for them. If they pay out of the general fund, the result is that city residents are subsidizing the cost of plowing county streets. To avoid that, the state requires the county to set up a separate tax on urbanized areas in unincorporated parts of the county. That way, those residents pay for their own municipal-type services instead of sponging off the general fund. Somehow, the snowplow knows whether the street being plowed is a municipal-type street or a county arterial street, and sips diesel from the tank filled from the appropriate budget. That's why all the snowplows have two fuel tanks. (Well, maybe not.)
In Summit County, the mechanism for funding these municipal-type services to our patches of unincorporated suburban bliss is Service Area 6. The tax rate for Area 6 has not kept up with the actual costs, so it is operating in the red. The residents of Area 6 are sponging off the rest of us, part of Mitt Romney's 47% who depend on government handouts and don't take personal responsibility.
The county proposed a tax increase to eliminate the subsidy. Then some Tea Party lady, who ironically doesn't live within No. 6 (and whose taxes might actually go down if residents of Area 6 paid their own way), organized a petition drive to force an election over the tax increase. So it's on hold, and Service Area 6 is broke. It's living on snowplow stamps and other handouts.
It sounds awful, and I got thinking I wanted to see this Area 6, with all its freeloading residents, for myself. Where is it? I've never seen a sign anywhere that says, "Welcome to Service Area 6." I could be there and not even know it. The cuts proposed are pretty drastic. Area 6 could devolve into an arctic version of a "Mad Max" world of lawlessness, un-landscaped roundabouts, and slippery roads. So I went in search of Service Area 6.
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It turns out there are a lot of Area 6s out there. About 15 different, non-contiguous neighborhoods make up Area 6. It's Summit Park and Pinebrook, but nothing in between. Neighborhoods with private roads are excluded, since this tax primarily pays for road maintenance. Silver Springs is included, but the commercial areas at Kimball Junction are not, even though there are county roads there. There are odd little colonies of Area 6 scattered around Kamas valley — relatively recent subdivisions — while their equally suburban neighbors in Marion are excluded. Wanship is out; Silver Summit is in. Home Depot out. Silver Creek is so special it has its own service area. Highland Estates in; Old Ranch Road out. Parkwest Village in; Canyons mostly not. County roads snake in and out of Area 6, all plowed by county trucks driven by county employees burning county diesel fuel.
Area 6 is a kind of Twilight Zone. Just because a neighborhood feels like suburbia doesn't necessarily mean it is officially within Area 6. It's like some kind of harmonic convergence, or the mysterious Santa Fe hum that only some people can hear. If you are in Area 6, you feel it even if you can't see it. It's a vast, soul-less place, defined by the way the wind blows and a line-item on your property tax bill. You could live in Area 6 and not even know it until you notice that the snowplow doesn't come down your street any more.
Tom Clyde practiced law in Park City for many years. He lives on a working ranch in Woodland and has been writing this column since 1986.


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When people talk about wrestling movies, I Like To Hurt People is usually mentioned near the top. The mix of documentary and hokey acting has built a cult
following in and out of the wrestling world, but it is admired by longtime wrestling fans.
Bryan Greenberg, who worked as Producer and Director of Photography, remembers the making of the film like it was yesterday.
The original idea was to film a horror movie called Ringside in Hell. When the horror aspect was dropped, it would become Ringside. Stories were built around real life wrestling matches. Greenberg has obtained most of the original footage, shot in the mid-'70s, and hopes within the next few years to release the movie close to the original concept.
"When we realized we couldn't film the wrestlers for days and weeks at a time, the idea went from a movie to more of a documentary," Greenberg told SLAM! Wrestling. "Hair colors would change, new scars would appear, and so it was easier to shoot it as a documentary."
Funding was lacking and the movie was put on the backburner. It was to Greenberg's surprise when the movie was released on video and laserdisc in 1985 under the title I Like To Hurt People.
Donald G. Jackson, director and producer of the film, had struck a deal with New World Video to sell movies he produced for New World's new laserdisc line. New World funded Jackson to shoot additional footage in 1984, which is when "Stop the Sheik" footage was shot (for those who have seen the movie, no explanation is needed).
So within the documentary interlaced a plotline about stopping The Sheik, a legendary villain featured throughout the movie. New World believed a movie would sell better than a documentary.
"He was very open to the idea," Greenberg recalled. "He just wanted to make sure nothing about the insides of the business was exposed. He gave us free reign, and helped organize the wrestlers who were in the movie to work with us."
Footage of Andre the Giant lifting a man onto the top of a car was shot the day before the matches, Greenberg recalled. "The Sheik would tell the wrestler to come with us, and we would direct them on what to do. Andre the Giant was still new to the U.S. (he was born in France) and had trouble speaking English, but was extremely nice to work with."
Greenberg could not recall the exact amount, but knew it took numerous takes for Andre to say the line, "Are you talking to Andre?"
In an interview with Trash Times Magazine (reprinted here) before his passing in 2003, Jackson talked about the movie. "Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant were both Superstar wrestlers and you just couldn't touch them. They were both under very strict contacts -- every time they were photographed or filmed, those images had to be approved by their managers and the wrestling federation. What I loved about The Sheik is that though he was a well known wrestler, he was his own man. I went up to him at a match one day, told him what I wanted to do. And, he was the nicest guy. He gave me full access. He also introduced me to many of the other wrestlers, who allowed me to film them, as well."
Although conceived as a documentary, a lot of movie aspects were visible in the original footage. The camera was inside the ring after matches, which was unheard of at the time in wrestling. Insert shots of wrestlers entering the ring or close-ups of referees would be shot hours before the matches took place inside an empty arena.
A scene shot with female wrestler Heather Feather in her first match with a male opponent was shot with a camera dolly circling the ring, something that probably has never been reproduced in wrestling still to this day. "Heather Feather tells a story in the film about wrestling a bear, but a regret I have is that we did not shoot that match," he said.
Farhat would keep the crew up to date on what matches were taking place each week, and the crew would decide what to film. Footage would be shot not only in Detroit but also Indianapolis, Toledo and Flint, as Greenberg recalled.
Was there anyone who was opposed to the film? "No one I can recall," Greenberg said. "But I remember Bobo Brazil mentioned he was 'signing his life away' when signing his release for the film."
Greenberg is still obtaining the additional footage shot for the film, but hopes to make something close to the original concept of the film in the future. "Pretty much people stayed in character when the cameras were on, but there is footage of guys drinking, laughing and things shot outside the ring I hope to release."
One moment that Greenberg remembers was what happened after a scene featuring Eddie "The Brain" Creatchman and Abdullah Farouk (Ernie Roth, later The Grand Wizard). "The two were yelling at each other, the director called for a cut, and the two started laughing loudly. It's one scene I hope I can find and add back into the film."
Friedman helped finance the film but never received any compensation in return when the film was released years later. A request for an interview with Friedman was turned down.
Bryan Greenberg would have his own success in California during the birth of music videos in the early 1980s working on videos for Michael Jackson, Prince and Billy Joel. He still makes a career today as a cinematographer.
When Donald G. Jackson passed away in 2003, Greenberg acquired the rights to I Like to Hurt People, and has been able to obtain much, but not all, of the original footage.
"It's a pet project I hope to finish soon," Greenberg spoke about re-cutting the movie. "It is always good to know people when people mention and like the film.


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The KOMA Beef Cattle Conference begins at 4 p.m., January 16, 2018, at the Springfield Livestock Marketing Center in Springfield, Mo.
The KOMA (4 – State) Beef Cattle Conference is a joint effort by the Extension Services in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas. It is designed to provide the latest information on beef cattle production, marketing, economics, nutrition and forage utilization.
Presenters and presentations at the meeting include:
Dr. David Lalman, Professor – Harrington Chair Extension Beef Cattle Specialist Oklahoma State University, will be discussing "matching genetic potential to forage resources"; Dr. Jared Decker, Assistant Professor of Beef Cattle Genetics Extension and Computational Genomics at the University of Missouri – Columbia, will be discussing "genetics for cow efficiency and profit"; Dr. Craig Payne, University of Missouri – Columbia Associate Extension Professor Veterinary Medicine, will be discussing "current thinking on parasite control in cattle"
The evening meal will be catered by Mingles in Springfield, Mo.
"That same evening, agriculture businesses that have supported the event will have booths set up. Attendees can visit and learn how their products can help improve your beef cattle operation," said Dr. Patrick Davis, county program director for Cedar County Extension.
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$20.00The cost of the event for those who pre-register and pay prior to January 12, 2018, is $20 per person. No refunds if cancellation after the registration deadline. Mail payments to the Cedar County MU Extension Center at 113 South Street, Stockton, Mo. 65785. Payment at the door will cost $30 per person.
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In the run-up to a high-profile update on the nation's economic growth Wednesday, President Bush and Congress clashed over who is to blame for delays in responding to top concerns of American families: soaring gas and food prices, a housing crisis, and the student loan crunch.
"I've repeatedly submitted proposals to help address these problems. Yet time after time Congress chose to block them," the president said at a Rose Garden press conference on Tuesday.
The solution for high gas prices is expanding production here at home, including opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to exploration and drilling – a move that would produce about a million additional barrels of oil a day, he said. He also called for building more refinery capacity and expanding the use of nuclear power.
In response, Democrats charged that the president and a Republican majority had six years to improve the nation's economic condition, including a looming energy crisis, and fell short. "Now, with less than a year remaining in his administration, the president is demanding immediate action," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a statement.
On Tuesday, a widely watched consumer confidence index fell to 62.3 percent this month, according to The Conference Board, the lowest it has been in five years.
The new clash with the White House comes as Democrats are scrambling to move housing legislation, a controversial farm bill, and the president's $108 billion war-funding request for this fiscal year. Last week, Senate majority leader Harry Reid called on committee chairmen to give him concrete suggestions for easing high prices at the pump this summer.
After recent successes blocking the White House on domestic-surveillance legislation and a trade deal with Colombia, House Democrats claimed that they had gained momentum in fighting for their own priorities.
After blocking a vote on a trade deal with Colombia this month, Speaker Pelosi told reporters that "the president has finally realized that the leverage has changed."
"That is the question: Who has the leverage? I think the president realizes now that we do," she said.
If so, Bush gave little indication of it in his press conference Tuesday. In response to a question, he restated opposition to any additional spending on the war-funding request. "I will not accept a supplemental over $108 billion or a supplemental that micromanages the war [and] ties the hands of our commanders," he said.
To relieve the subprime mortgage crisis, he called on Congress to pass long-delayed legislation to modernize the Federal Housing Administration and allow state housing agencies to issue tax-free bonds to refinance subprime loans. To help students seeking financing for college, he called on Congress to temporarily give the federal government greater authority to buy federal student loans. To reduce food prices, he said that Congress should reduce unnecessary subsidies for wealthy farmers.
"Americans are concerned about rising food prices. Unfortunately, Congress is considering a massive, bloated farm bill that would do little to solve the problem," he said.
While the president's approval ratings are low, the ratings for Congress are lower still. At press time, Senate Democratic leaders, who typically brief the press after caucus lunches, did not have a formal response to the president's charges.
Democrats charge that Senate Republicans have used obstructionist tactics to block legislation that would have helped relieve the energy crisis and other concerns of American voters.
"I suppose by delay, the president was referring to [Senate] Republicans Filibuster No. 78," said Sen. Carl Levin (D) of Michigan, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee.
"Under George Bush's tenure, median household income has declined $1,100, energy costs nearly doubled, college costs are up 60 percent. Pointing fingers doesn't solve these problems for American families or answer his own record on these issues," says House Democratic caucus chairman Rahm Emanuel.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D) of New Mexico, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, rejected claims that drilling in ANWR would be a fix for high gas prices. "It's well known on both sides that it will take eight to 10 years before any oil could be produced in ANWR," he says.
In recent weeks, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called on the president to stop filling the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve. On Monday, 14 Republicans joined Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) of Texas in calling for an immediate halt of deposits of domestic crude oil into the SPR.
"As we enter the busiest driving season of the year, the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude oil hovers around a record $120," said Senator Hutchison, who chairs the Republican Policy Committee, in her letter to the White House.
In his press briefing, Bush declined to move on this front.
Purchases for the SPR account for only 0.1 percent of global demand. "I don't think that's going to affect price when you affect 0.1 percent," he said. "And I do believe it is in our national interest to get the [reserve] filled, in case there is a major disruption of crude oil around the world."


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Approximately 96% of criminal cases are dealt with summarily at a magistrates' court. The case may be tried either by at least two but usually three lay magistrates or by a District Judge, who will usually sit alone.
Magistrates cannot normally order sentences of imprisonment which exceed 6 months (or 12 months for consecutive sentences) or fines exceeding £5,000. In triable-either-way cases the offender may be committed by the magistrates to the Crown Court if a more severe sentence is thought necessary.
Lay magistrates are appointed by the Crown (retiring at the age of 70). They are not paid but may claim expenses and an allowance for loss of earnings. They come from all walks of life and do not usually have any legal qualifications. They are advised on the law by qualified clerks.
Certain magistrates' courts are designated as Youth Courts. Such a court is composed of specially trained justices and deals only with charges against and applications relating to children and young persons aged under 18. It sits apart from other courts and, unlike other courts, is not open to the public. It consists of not more than three justices, including at least one man and one woman. Further information is available about our Youth Justice Service.
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Fogarty has a verbal commitment to play at the University of Notre Dame and will play there after a year with the Penticton Vees.
They say that the Rangers preferred Fogarty to play in the WHL with Edmonton, but suggested that he play in the BCHL next season if he wanted to play with ND in 2012-13. They say that the Rangers didn't want him going back to the USHL.
Fogarty was selected with the 72nd pick in June's draft.
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Notre Dame is a pretty good program, and while the WHL may be a quicker way for him to develop, it is up to Fogarty to decide where he wants to play. He is very raw and it's still very early to project anything out for him, but the Rangers did do pretty well the last time they took a center from Minnesota who went to play NCAA hockey.


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Journalists like me have never been particularly comfortable using anonymous sources. When you don't name names, someone inevitably questions if your source is real or imagined.
But after dealing with some addictions in recent years, I feel differently about it.
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There are some important distinctions to be made from the outset: I've written opinion pieces in my day job as a security journalist that have been critical of the hacker group Anonymous for hiding their identities while doing damage to others.
Going behind a mask so you can launch protests is fine with me, because honesty can be difficult when you fear the FBI agents at the door. I've been specifically critical of cases where I thought their actions had harmed innocent bystanders. In cases where innocents are hurt, hiding behind a mask makes you a coward, in my opinion.
That aside, we do live in a world where speaking your mind will get you blackballed, investigated or unfriended and unfollowed — if the latter two matter to you.
In one example where we were covering a data breach, a former employee wanted to tell us what really went on in the lead-up to the breach. But the person didn't want their name used for fear that the company would try to sue them or hurt their chances of landing future employment. I agreed. A few days later, the person decided not to tell their story because people still in the company were snooping around the LinkedIn profiles of former employees. I can't say I blame the person.
Indeed, covering security has made me understand the importance of anonymity compared to my experiences in community journalism.
But my experiences with addiction are what truly brought the importance of anonymity home for me.
Though I chose to tell everyone about my dependence on binge eating and, to a lesser extent, pain pills and alcohol, I've met a lot of people in OA and AA who never, ever would have started dealing with their demons if they had to do so publicly — in front of friends, family and workmates. The prospect of being blackballed, fired or worse would have kept them on the same path to self destruction.
But because they can go somewhere where everyone is going through the same ugliness and not have their names exposed, they can be brutally honest about themselves and take those few extra steps to get help.
It would be nice if we lived in a world where everyone honored naked honesty. But as Ice-T once rapped in a Body Count song: "Shit ain't like that. It's real fucked up."
I was lucky. I was able to out myself and my demons without getting blackballed. It's been an immensely positive experience. But you can't always depend on the loving, respectful response I got.
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It certainly seems like an unenjoyable way to spend a Saturday morning, but nearly every college requires some form of standardized test. It all boils down to a single number: your child's SAT or ACT score.
A pressure cooker that causes untold worry among our nation's high school students, the SAT Reasoning Test (its official name) and its rival standardized exam, the ACT, are important measures of a student's ability to do college-level school work under pressure. In a culture obsessed with measurable performance, as ours surely is, they can be overemphasized, however. In their book, Less Stress, More Success: A New Approach to Guiding Your Teen Through College Admissions and Beyond, Marilee Jones, dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Kenneth R. Ginsburg, MD, MS Ed, FAAP, argue that it is overemphasized.
"Although they are very helpful to admissions officers as indicators of a student's ability to perform well under stress and to code and decode, SAT scores do not define your intelligence, your talent, or your worth as a person," Jones and Ginsburg write. In fact, while admissions officers consider the tests useful, these standardized scores are not the only factor considered in accepting students for enrollment. "This culture is obsessed with numbers and quantifying performance and, as a result, many people believe that SAT scores actually mean much more than they really do."
Jones and Ginsburg point out that while SAT scores tend to correlate with college success, they don't predict it. "Lower scores can correlate with good performance, too," they write. "So if you're one of those students who feels ashamed by your SAT or ACT results, you must not let them define your self-worth." One key to remember, according to the authors, is that many successful people fared poorly on the standardized tests. "I know that some MIT faculty members had SAT scores in their youth that are considered low by today's standards," Jones and Ginsburg write. "Yet they are among the most brilliant and successful humans on the planet."
Why is that so? "When the topic of 'success in life' is studied, it turns out that standardized test scores do not correlate with anything once the student graduates from college. Character traits such as resilience, optimism, and enthusiasm seem to guarantee success no matter what the person's SAT scores were."
No question, it's worth the prospective college student's time to prepare for the standardized test he or she will be taking. But the results should be kept in perspective, write Jones and Ginsburg. "Remember, there are many colleges that will accept you exactly as you are, no matter what scores you have."
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Luke Bryan Brings 'Drunk on You' to No. 1 on Country Singles Chart
Luke Bryan has done it again! The singer has topped the Country Singles chart this week with his latest release, 'Drunk on You.' The tune is Bryan's second consecutive No. 1 song, following a previous hit that he co-wrote with the Peach Pickers, 'I Don't Want This Night to End.'
'Drunk on You' marks Bryan's fifth career chart-topper and the first one he didn't have a hand in writing. The song was penned by Nashville heavy-weight writers Rodney Clawson and Chris Tompkins.
"It was a really fun song to write because it was just painting a scene of a bunch of kids sitting in a circle," Clawson told Taste of Country around the time the song first impacted country radio.
'Drunk on You' is not only burning up the country singles chart, but also the digital downloads. Just a few weeks ago, the catchy hit was certified platinum for sales exceeding one million copies sold. The album that contains thid No. 1 single, as well as 'I Don't Want This Night to End' and the project's debut hit, 'Country Girl (Shake It for Me),' is also a platinum-selling album for Bryan, whose name continues to get hotter and hotter with every passing day.
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Bone marrow is the body's primary manufacturing plant for red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. It is a soft fatty tissue found inside the hollow shafts of bones such as the middle of the chest (sternum), hip bone (pelvis), and thigh bone (femur). In the marrow, fibrous tissue forms a sponge-like network that supports "primitive" cells called hematopoietic stem cells. Stem cells are essentially "blanks" that can be used by the body to produce any type of blood cell. As needed, stem cells in the marrow differentiate and then go through a maturation process to become one of five different types of white blood cell, or a red blood cell, or a platelet. These processes take place in a series of steps, and bone marrow will typically contain not only fully mature cells but cells at each stage of development – immature precursors. Normally, only fully mature cells are released from the bone marrow into the bloodstream.
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White Blood Cells (WBCs)
There are five different types of white blood cells: lymphocytes, neutrophils (also called granulocytes), eosinophils, basophils, and monocytes. Each plays a different role in protecting the body from infection. Neutrophils, basophils, and eosinophils kill and digest bacteria. Monocytes, which live much longer than neutrophils, also ingest and digest bacteria.
Lymphocytes exist in the blood and lymphatic system. There are two main types of lymphocytes, T cells and B cells. T cells finish maturing in the thymus gland. They help the body distinguish between self and foreign agents. B cells circulate in the blood and produce antibodies, immune proteins that target and attach to specific antigens.
Red Blood Cells (RBCs)
Shaped like donuts with depressions instead of holes in the middle, red blood cells (RBCs) transport oxygen in a continuous cycle of pickup and delivery. Hemoglobin inside RBCs binds to oxygen in the lungs. The RBCs are then carried throughout the body in the bloodstream and hemoglobin releases oxygen to the tissues. Hemoglobin molecules consist of iron-containing heme pigment and globin proteins. There must be a sufficient amount of iron available in the bone marrow for normal hemoglobin and RBC production.
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Platelets, also called thrombocytes, are cytoplasm fragments of very big cells seen in bone marrow called megakaryocytes and are essential for normal blood clotting. They are produced by the bone marrow and released to circulate in the blood. When there is an injury to a blood vessel or tissue and bleeding begins, platelets help to stop bleeding by adhering to the injury site, clumping together (aggregation), and releasing chemical compounds that stimulate further aggregation. These steps result in the formation of a loose platelet plug at the site of the injury. At the same time, platelets support the coagulation cascade, a series of steps that involves the sequential activation of proteins called clotting factors. These processes result in the formation of a clot that remains in place until the injury has healed.


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Please go to MichaelShieldsforJudge2009.com for more information on the candidate. Michael Shields is running for Judge of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas. He is "Highly Recommended" by the Montgomery Bar Association, endorsed by the Montgomery County Democratic Committee, and has practiced law in this Philadelphia suburb for 30 years. There are more than 10 additional candidates who will clutter the field this fall. We are looking for a memorable way to distinguish him.
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Monday, April 26, 2010
UPDATED: Nature Valley Bans Time Trial Bikes - WTF?
According to the Vino-haters at VeloNews, the Nature Valley Grand Prix's executive director David LaPorte announced the decision to disallow TT bikes Sunday after conferring with team managers planning to be at the start on June 16.
"The decision was made partly to simplify logistics for the teams and partly out of fairness," LaPorte said. "We have a time cut in the time trial to ensure that no one loafs to stay fresh for the criterium that night. But in the past, we have had some strong riders cut primarily because they did not have time trial bikes. We have also had some riders in the past who haven't competed because of the expense of bringing two bikes, particularly with the outrageous charges the airlines are imposing."
Furthering Pappillon's belief that it's not what you know, but rather, who you know that decides backroom success in pro cycling in this country, Danny van Haute - who was only too happy to show-off his team's new Focus TT bikes to VeloNews in February - offered this gem in support of LaPorte's decision to go-back-in-time:
"Not everyone can buy time trial equipment and if the pro teams have this equipment, it's not fair to the riders who don't."
Ummm, right. It's also not fair when pros use EPO that amateurs (or other pros, for that matter) can't get their hands on. But that hasn't stopped some US riders from saucing-up in preparation for the domestic season. And shouldn't Jelly Belly be encouraging its competitors to buy Focus TT bikes so that they're competitive in...time trials? And so that Focus makes money, of course, enabling them to sponsor teams like - Jelly Belly.
1) Will Van Haute be boxing-up those Focus TT bikes and sending them back to Germany to ensure his riders don't have any unfair advantages over the competition?
2) Is Focus Bicycles USA CEO Scott Rittschof regretting sponsoring a team run by a director who is not willing to fight for a) his riders and b) his suppliers? (optional additional question: and c) Common Sense?)
Rittschof was quoted by VeloNews, gushing, "For us being a new brand in the U.S. it was really important that we made a relationship with a team that could help us build the credibility that we have in the European market. Jelly Belly, being the longest standing sponsor in the U.S. made it the obvious choice."
So much for building credibility. But Focus didn't really want to sell any TT frames in the USA anyway, did they? Pappillon posed this question to Derby Cycle Werke GmbH (the Focus-brand's parent company) and is awaiting a response.
UPDATED: Thanks to Focus Bicycles USA CEO Scott Rittschof for the kindness of his response, which is in keeping with the theme of the article and can be found as a comment to this post.
+ 1 to UnitedHealthcare's team director Mike Tamayo for being a voice of reason. Regarding LaPorte's decision, Tamayo was quoted by CyclingNews saying:
"I think it's absurd. It's a time trial and therefore you should be allowed to use time trial bikes. It's another opposing of rules that is not needed. Teams have always had time trial bikes there."
Tamayo continued to stew, fuming, "If your concern is that having time trial bikes puts a big gap in the race and doesn't make it exciting, last year's race was won in the last three laps of the final stage between Tom Zirbel and Rory Sutherland, both of whom had time trial bikes. So, if you are looking for nail-biting situations, how much more nail-biting can you get than that?"
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Two other questions that should be posed to Focus:ReplyDelete
1) How does your company and its shareholder (whether public or private) benefit when a brand representative supports decisions that inhibit the full and proper marketing of your most advanced designs and technology?
2) Will you request the return of the Focus TT equipment provided to Van Haute, in light of his admission that he believes such equipment provides an unfair advantage to his riders?
- Anonymous26 April, 2010 20:02
Can't disagree with you more.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous26 April, 2010 20:35
I agree with anon, too, at least for non-pro/elite categories, but especially juniors and cat4/5.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous26 April, 2010 20:58
Due to the carefully-layered sarcasm here, I can't decide if I can't disagree with you at all. I did chuckle, but it wasn't disapprovingly. Maybe I should read it again. Mike Tamayo is a card, isn't he? Won't the placings be pretty much the same and the riders still be on their sponsor's bikes? Maybe Nature Valley don't have one of those funny jigs that khaki-pant-denim-shirt people make from Erector sets. OK - I'll read it again. Danny van Haute is rad.ReplyDelete
Anon's 1, 2 and 3: ;-)ReplyDelete
PS. Anon. 3: do you want an unpaid internship developing content for this blog? Your insights and perspective on the workings of pro cycling in the USA make you an ideal candidate to take over the Editor's responsibilities...ReplyDelete
- Anonymous26 April, 2010 21:16
Jelly Belly have been racing in Thailand and Korea, where, suspiciously, TT bikes are not "allowed." Is Nature Valley favoring them and Kelly Benefit Strategies? Is AEG, as we speak, taking bids from the "allow" and the "don't allow" factions for their Tour of California? How deep does this conspiracy go? Will I get the reference in Toto? I love posting anonymously - hope i can decipher the squigly letters faster this time. I'm going on Yelp to smack my HOA down!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous26 April, 2010 21:31
Imagine if dropped $2900 on a Cervélo P3 from Competitive Cyclist, instead of paying your taxes, and then found out that USA Cycling supported banning such bikes in the interest of "fairness." That's fucked-up! You could be like, "Shit, I should have just spent $1,000 on EPO and pockeded the other $2k or spent it on massages!"ReplyDelete
word verification (aka squiggly lines): vinosuxballz
Vinosuxballz, nice. lolReplyDelete
- Anonymous26 April, 2010 23:04
There's an editor? With responsibilities? Unpaid? Will my unpaid role as khaki-pant-denim-shirt Erector give me time off? Oh cuss - here come the squiggly letters... Anon 3 (where do I type my name?)ReplyDelete
Anon 3 - contact our HR dept. (email@example.com) to learn more about the roles and responsibilities of the position. I can say here though that you are allotted a certain amount of vacation time (in some cases you can earn up to 2 years off, depending on the results of your work-related drug test), and that we have an excellent incentive program related to compensation (the lack of which incentivizes you to get a new position elsewhere)!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous27 April, 2010 07:30
And there's always getting The Flandrian to make a deadline or even start a project after an exciting and empassioned proposal.ReplyDelete
- Jancouver28 April, 2010 00:20
Perhaps the new sponsor of this race is the 3T Zafiro :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous28 April, 2010 17:33
Dear Joe,ReplyDelete
Danny van Haut, director of Jelly Belly Cycling p/b Kenda, may go down in history for many things, especially in the world of US pro cycling. Probably, "Killer of the TT Bike Market in the US" won't be one of them. Not based on his comments, regarding Mr. LaPorte's decision to effectively disallow TT bikes in the Nature Valley Grand Prix 9.6 km St. Paul Riverfront time trial on June 16, anyway. We'll try to make do with the exposure Jelly Belly p/b Kenda get at the Tour of California. TT bikes have not been banned there yet, as far as we know.
In all seriousness, we're not crazy about Mr. Laporte's decision, but we love what his race represents for bike racing. Danny spoke regarding Mr. Laporte's point on the costs racers face getting bikes to the event. The point is legit at some levels of racing. We all know it. Its not legit at others. I'm not qualified to comment as to its legitimacy in this case. However, more than anything, we need good races to continue. Mr. Laporte must make that call regarding his race, and he seems to be taking the decision carefully.
Scott Rittschof, CEO
Focus Bicycles USA
Scott Rittschof, thanks for taking the time to reply. Your sense of humor and perceptiveness are well-appreciated.ReplyDelete
Jancouver, that certainly is a nice bar set and would look great on the start-line of the Nature Valley GP, en lieu of a time trial rig.ReplyDelete
Pappillon welcomes your comments and encourages your participation. However, in commenting, you agree that you will not:1) Post material that infringes on the rights of any third party, including intellectual property, privacy or publicity rights. 2) Post material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, slanderous, hateful, or embarrassing to any other person or entity as determined by Pappillon in its sole discretion. 3) Impersonate another person.


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The Smyrna Farmer's Market, which popped up every Saturday in downtown Smyrna over the summer is making one last appearance before Christmas. Shop for fresh greenery, local cuts of meat and crafts made by area artisans.
Last year, organizers of the Smyrna Farmers Market decided to start a new December tradition by hosting a holiday market.
"Many buildings were decorated and the event set the mood for Christmas," said Volunteer Market Manager Robin Bruner. "The weather was beautiful and people loved it."
The event is actually an extension of the seasonal farmers market, which occupies Market Plaza on summer Saturdays. Local artisans, bakers, gardeners, crafters and farmers set up shop for a few hours, selling their wares while residents peruse the items and socialize.
Many of the vendors at the holiday market will be similar to the summer roster but Bruner is hoping that people will stop by to shop for small Christmas gifts, adding that "there are so many unique items." Earlier in the week, 12 vendors had been confirmed but more last minute additions are expected.
For homegrown goodies, people can stop by and peruse the selection of Fickners, T.A. Farms, Two Acres Farm and Powers Farm.
Two Acre Farm, a small personal farm in Dover, just began with the Smyrna Farmers Market this year. Owned by Richard Spangler and his family, he said that the farm-to-table concept that they try to introduce to customers is not so much a marketing tagline as it is a way of life.
"We started out just growing products for our family so we would know what we were eating. We want to know what the animals are eating," Spangler explained, adding that everything they sell was either grown or made-from-scratch by them.
But, the holiday market is for gifts not stocking the fridge, right? Spangler said that more and more people seem to appreciate the gift of all-natural, locally produced food these days. And, with the farm's new on-site kitchen permit, they're now able to make all sorts of homemade pies, cakes, muffins and jams.
"We're going to be making up some jam baskets that will include three jams each," Spangler said. "We have an apple pie jam that tastes just like the apple pie filling we put in our pies."
Men might appreciate the pork products, which includes every kind of cut imaginable for products like bacon, scrapple, sausages, ribs and ham.
"We almost sold out of everything pork-related we have this summer at the market," he said, recalling the people who have turned into year-around customers.
Pork products can be bought by the pound (prices available at one the company website) while fresh eggs are $3 per dozen and jams are $5 each for eight-ounce jars. Pecan, cherry, apple and pumpkin pies are also available.
Traditional gifts like picture frames and hand-made jewelry will also be available. Bruner said that she is personally looking forward to seeing the freshly cut greenery that Duck Creek Horticulture Society is bringing to the market.
"I'm putting off my decorating until the greens get here," she said.
DCHS President Kathryn Augustine confirmed that the society will be selling 12-inch and 14-inch wreaths for $12 to $20 and fresh 25-foot "roping" for about $15. "The roping is plain so you can decorate it how you need to," Augustine said. "But, the wreaths have bows in a variety of colors. The ladies actually make these large, wonderful bows. They're not run-of-the-mill Walmart bows."
Augustine also said that customers are welcome to mine DCSH members for decorating advice.
"We're happy to share what we know with people," she said. "This year, we're decorating the front of Town Hall for the first time. But, we've decorated the museum and we've also helped with Belmont Hall. We just try to work hand-in-hand to get the town spruced up for the holidays."
She said that it was important for people to know that the money made at the market goes toward their decorating efforts around town as well as a yearly $500 horticulture/agriculture scholarship. They're also always looking for new members, even at the market.
"For the most part, it's just eight or 10 of us but it's great fun and good socializing," Augustine said. "And, you don't have to know anything about horticulture. You just have to like flowers."
Freshly cut décor is likely not at the top of the every kid's must-see list, though. Bruner said that the Smyrna Renaissance Association will once again have activities for children and Santa will make his grand appearance at 2 p.m.
"He'll arrive by sleigh on the Plaza first," Bruner said. "He'll talk to a few people and then get back in his sleigh and head over to Plank House to have his photo taken and hear what children want this year."