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May and Eric are such a sweet couple and we were instantly charmed via our Skype meeting long ago when they described their upcoming wedding. They had us at pastel colours and bow ties. Also, you've got to love a couple who are down with having their engagement shoot at a carnival. May and Eric totally rocked it and you can view their engagement shoot here. Style Me Pretty featured this super fun engagement shoot which you can view here .
Their wedding day was equally fun, starting off with door games. If you are unfamiliar with Chinese door games, you are in for a crazy fun treat! Basically the groom and his entourage (wedding party) arrive at the bride's location and has to win his bride by performing hilarious and often super gross challenges. The bride is hid away in another room while her bridal party makes sure the groom and his party meets the challenges set. Oh and the groom also has to pay the bridal party to even get through the door. We literally were laughing the entire time we photographed this madness of fun.
Before heading to Summerhill Winery for their vineyard ceremony, May changed into her second gown, an elegant lace number which totally complimented their vintage & pretty décor and florals (by the incredibly talented Christina from Classic Creations). Thank you May & Eric for having us be part of your beautiful day – congratulations!!!
Let the Games begin!!!
OK, Eric has bartered his way in, but now he must carry each of his party through the doorway.
Next challenge – Eric's party now must make him a wedding dress. Out of toilet paper.
Next on the menu is white chocolate covered insects. Delightful.
And for dessert, fermented shark meat from Iceland and a shot of Brennivin (an herbal infused hard alcohol also from Iceland).
Probably the most outrageous challenge – Eric having to peel bananas held between his groomsmen legs. This was by far the most hilarious 'test'.
And finally, the last challenge, writing out words with his body for his party to guess.
Yay – he did it and now has been granted his beautiful bride! What a trooper!
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Ceremony & Reception Venue: Summerhill Winery
Décor: Handmade and styled by May, the bride! & Stage Right etc.
Florals: Classic Creations Floral Design
Ceremony Officiant: Khay See
Ceremony Music: String quartet: JP Productions
Reception Music: DJ Dave Fong
Videographer: Limelight Studios
Makeup/Hair Artist: Emily Cheng
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Elk; Understaning the Basics
Elk are popular animals sought after mainly due to their large size. They are 6 to 9 feet in length with a tail that can be anywhere from 4 1/2 to 7 inches. Their shoulder height is generally 4 to 5 feet high and they weigh between 400 to 1000 pounds. There antlers may span up to 5 feet and weigh up to 30 pounds. They grow a new set of antlers each year. These antlers may grow at a rate of .98 inches per day. Bull elk may have up to eight or more tines on each antler.
Elk are primarily nocturnal, but are especially active in the dawn and the dusk. They are now found in only 12 out of the fifty states. A male elk is called a bull, a female is called a cow, and a baby is called a calf. Fun fact: Elk are known as red deer in Europe, and moose are known as elk.
In Washington and Oregon there are two kind of Elk: Rocky Mountain Elk, who dwell on the eastern slopes of the Cascades, and Roosevelt or Olympic Elk, who dwell on the western slopes. Elk are typically found in upland forests and grasslands, ranging into coniferous forests and alpine tundra. They are found at higher elevations in the spring and lower elevations in the fall.
Elk are members of the deer family, as are moose. They are grazers who eat mainly grass but are adaptable to other plant food, such as bark and leaves, as well as ruminants who chew cud to get the most nutrients possible out of the tough, hard to digest plant material, such as grass. Elk consume about twenty pounds of food a day. They have a tendency to feed in the early morning and in the evening, seeking shelter while digesting their food.
They are herd animals as well. Young males stay in the herd with their mothers for the first year. Older males form small "bachelor herds" with the other males until the rut in which they become solitary. The cow's stay in smaller groups with the young and typically one bull elk. Each cow will typically have one calf. A newborn calf can weigh up to thirty five pounds. Calves are usually born in late May to early June. When the cow is with her calf they are very dangerous and should be avoided.
The elk's coat varies in color from a light tan to a deep brown. Their legs and neck are usually darker than their body. A calf is typically born spotted. During the fall, elk grow a thicker coat to help insulate for winter. They are known to rub against trees and other objects to remove their extra winter coating from their bodies in the early summer.
During the rut, or mating season bulls expose these mating behaviors: bugling, which is a loud series of vocalizations and grunts, posturing, and antler wrestling (also known as sparring). These behaviors are exposed to show dominance over the other males and to lure the cows into their haven.
When alarmed elk will raise their head high, open eyes wide, move stiffly while rotating their ears to listen. As excellent runners these animals can run at speed up to 35 miles per hour, which helps them to out run their predators.
Elk are also known as wapiti. The name Wapiti is from the Shawnee & Cree word Waapti, meaning white rump. Wapiti is as common a name to identify this animal, as elk. In some cultures the elk is revered as a spiritual force. Elk are very magnificent animals and are a pleasure to watch, hunt, and to learn about.
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James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children
Riley Hospital for Children is the first and only comprehensive hospital dedicated exclusively to the care of children in Indiana. Founded in 1924, Riley Hospital is among the nation's 15 largest children's hospitals and is considered the leader for pediatric care in the state and region. The hospital receives more than 177,000 outpatient visits and over 11,000 inpatient stays annually. Nearly 90% of all Hoosier children diagnosed with cancer are treated at Riley Hospital for Children, which also offers Indiana's only pediatric centers for burns, kidney dialysis, cystic fibrosis, spina bifida, craniofacial abnormalities and sleep abnormalities. Riley Hospital has been ranked in the top 25 children's hospitals in the United States using a variety of benchmarks, including NIH research funding and magazine surveys.
Riley Hospital for Children consolidated with Methodist Hospital and University Hospital in a partnership as Clarian Health in 1997. The merger of the three hospitals provides the largest healthcare network in Indiana.
Riley Hospital physicians are all faculty of the Indiana University School of Medicine. The School of Medicine, one of the nation's largest, was founded in 1903. As the only medical school in Indiana, the School of Medicine not only educates most of the state's physicians, it also spearheads innovative, quality improvements in medication education and research. Indiana University School of Medicine houses the state's only psychiatry residency program and only child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship program. Riley Hospital is involved in training over 70% of Indiana pediatricians.
Riley Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic
Riley Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic (RCAPC) is located in the Outpatient Center of Riley Hospital for Children. The Riley Outpatient Center is the third largest outpatient pediatric facility in the United States. RCAPC is the largest and busiest outpatient specialty clinic at Riley Hospital and is the largest clinic specializing in child and adolescent psychiatric care in the state of Indiana. RCAPC offers outstanding clinical facilities including a fully-equipped examination room, three playrooms, four therapy rooms, and a living skills area. All individual offices and patient rooms have the capacity for audiovisual interaction and monitoring.
RCAPC includes the following specialty clinics: ADHD/Disruptive Behaviors Disorder Clinic, Mood Disorders Clinic, Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Hypnosis Clinic, a Psychological Testing Clinic, and the Christian Sarkine Autism Treatment Center. The clinic offers an inter-disciplinary approach with professional staff including eleven psychiatrists, six psychologists, eight social workers, and three nurses.
Clinical Care
RCAPC received over 1700 requests for services and faculty and staff completed over 11,000 visits during 2003. The clinic provides evaluation and intervention services to children within the context of their family and school environments. RCAPC is the only clinic in the state that brings together psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, and nurses to provide a full range of services that include psychotherapy, testing, medication treatment, groups, educational workshops, and on-site consultation-liaison services for pediatric inpatients.
RCAPC is the largest child and adolescent psychiatry research center in the state. Approximately $2,000,000 in industry-sponsored grant payments were received in 2003 and nearly $3,000,000 in NIH-NIMH funding has been awarded over the past five years. The clinic faculty and research staff has extensive experience in the development and implementation of NIH, investigator-initiated, and industry-sponsored research protocols. The research staff includes five full-time coordinators, two research nurses, and five research technicians on site. RCAPC faculty have collectively authored over 350 publications in major journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Pediatrics, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Journal of Pediatric Psychology.
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We schedule appointments directly with the patient or the patient's caregiver (if under age 18). All additional information from current mental health and primary care physicians are welcome.
To improve the quality of care for patients, as well as communication between the provider and our clinic, we now require a Provider Information Form from a physician, psychologist, or other mental health provider for all new patients at the Riley Hospital Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic and the Christian Sarkine Autism Treatment Center.
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Large restored village house. Ca 360qm, consisting of a main house and guest house. In the patio surrounding the pool with sun loungers and umbrellas, a covered dining area with barbecue of vines, two old wells and an old stone oven. In addition, it has a covered terrace.
Both houses are high-quality and are inhabited by the owner several weeks each year.
Main house:
The 3 bedrooms in the main house have air conditioning and are equipped with a double bed. There are two large bathrooms. The main house is habitable 12 months since a new oil-fired central heating system was installed and two open fireplaces are also available.
The kitchen is fully equipped (gas stove, dishwasher, oven, microwave, 2 fridges). Besides lying pantry and laundry room with washer, dryer, ironing board, iron and clothes horse.
In the upper living room is the satellite TV.
Cot available!
Guest house:
In the guest house there are two bedrooms each with a double bed plus another bed in the larger rooms such as a bathroom and billiard room ..
The nearest supermarket is 200 meters away, the bakers about 100 meters.
Due to the central location of the resort destinations such as Palma, the airport and the nearest beach can be reached in 20 minutes.
Sorry, no pets or smoking are allowed inside the house. For small children, the house is not necessarily suitable for safety reasons.
In low season, only the main house for up to 6 people can be rented. For the entire complex for up to 10 people, the prices of the price list.
The small town with its quiet streets is a true haven, seemingly infinitely far away from the bustling city and the hotel is full of tourist destinations. Coming from Palma or from one of the places on the east coast, you might think to have landed in another world, or at least on another island, and yet all this is just 20 km away.
During a walk through the village to learn the original, the 'other' Mallorca know, of whose beauty many of the tourists unfortunately still have no idea.
Every Tuesday will be held in the center of the market, which is surrounded by several cafés with beautiful terraces and restaurants, not to mention the newsagent with reading selections in different languages.
Porreres is known for its wine and sweet juicy apricots. Wine tasting can be carried out in the bodega.
When visiting the place you should visit the parish church of Nuestra Senyora de la Consolació. The mighty edifice, before its rather plain facade numerous tall palm trees provide shade, dates in its present form from the 18th century. Century. The history of the building is, however, already back to the time shortly after the re-conquest of the island by the Christians in 1229.
The museum 'Museu de Porreres i Fons Artístic' at City Hall shows among his 200 works two paintings by Dali.
In the south of the town, the 245 m high Sanctuary of Monti-Sion, from there one can enjoy a fantastic view over the plains, it Plá. This is ideal for hiking, walking and cycling to excellent. Fields, vineyards and apricot orchards form a beautiful and tranquil setting for it.
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Die Preise gelten in der Vor- u Hochsaison für das gesamte Objekt. Es kann jedoch unter Abzug von 200.-€ nur das Haupthaus gemietet werden. In der Nachsaison ist nur das Haupthaus zu mieten.
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A modern short-story collection featuring the great detective. Stories included:
"A Sherlockiana Primer", © 2009 by Christopher Roden"The Horror of the Many Faces", © 2003 by Tim Lebbon"The Case of the Bloodless Sock", © 2001 by Anne Perry"The Adventure of the Other Detective", © 2003 by Bradley H. Sinor "A Scandal in Montreal", © 2008 by Edward D. Hoch "The Adventure of the Field Theorems"; © 1995 Vonda N. McIntyre "The Adventure of the Death-Fetch", © 1994 by Darrell Schweitzer"The Shocking Affair of the Dutch Steamship Friesland", © 2005 by Mary Robinette Kowal "The Adventure of the Mummy's Curse", © 2006 by H. Paul Jeffers "The Things That Shall Come Upon Them", © 2008 by Barbara Roden"Murder to Music", © 1989 by Anthony Burgess"The Adventure of the Inertial Adjustor", © 1997 Stephen Baxter "Mrs. Hudson's Case", © 1997 Laurie R. King"The Singular Habits of Wasps", © 1994 by Geoffrey A. Landis "The Affair of the 46th Birthday"; © 2009 by Amy Myers"The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey", © 2001 by Peter Tremayne"The Vale of the White Horse"; © 2003 by Sharyn McCrumb"The Adventure of the Dorset Street Lodger", © 1993 by Michael Moorcock "The Adventure of the Lost World", © 2004 by Dominic Green"The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece"; © 2003 by Barbara Hambly"Dynamics of a Hanging", © 2005 by Tony Pi"Merridew of Abominable Memory" © 2008 by Monkeybrain, Inc. "Commonplaces" © 2008-2009 by Naomi Novik"The Adventure of the Pirates of Devil's Cape", © 2009 by Rob Rogers "The Adventure of the Green Skull", © 2008 by Mark Valentine"The Human Mystery", © 1999 by Tanith Lee"A Study in Emerald", © 2003 by Neil Gaiman"You See But You Do Not Observe", © 1995 by Robert J. Sawyer.
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The second time I ran into him was at a camping and backpacking gear show that was held, as I recall, on the grounds of a Ventura County junior high school. There were displays of tent construction using 2 mil plastic as the shelter material. One tent was configured in such a way as to allow it to close up against wet weather; I thought it looked like a great idea and better than rigging the military surplus coated cotton canvas tarps I used for shelter. Snake (the only name I knew for him at that time) looked agitated by the thing and he called over the person managing the display. I remember what came next very clearly: "Do you realize that closed down like this under plastic condensation will form and then if it gets below freezing the edges of the tent will freeze to the ground and the flaps will freeze shut and everyone inside will suffocate? It would be like putting a plastic bag over your head and sealing it shut." I was impressed; this guy was not only observant but could also process details into an important conclusion. I immediately thought of the Sherlock Holmes stories I avidly consumed.
We talked for a while about Sespe Hot Springs and Alder and Agua Blanca Creeks. Before he headed off he said "be at the McDonald's parking lot 6:00 AM Saturday if you want to go backpacking in the Los Padres. There is room for one more guy." There was only one McDonald's in town and I could walk to it from where I lived. Hamburgers were fifteen cents and they did not serve breakfast. I asked where we would be going. He replied, "Does it matter?" I showed up as instructed and heaved my Camp Trails Cruiser frame fitted with a pack bag the origin of which I do not remember into the back of an early 1960s Willys CJ5 (I did not have enough money to buy the Cruiser frame, the padded hip belt and the Camp Trails Camper pack bag so I had to forgo the Camper pack bag). The two vehicle caravan included a pickup truck but I don't remember the model. Off we went, ultimately following the Sespe Road to Sycamore car camp.
By the time we arrived at Sycamore I learned the program was to take the Red Reef trail to Ladybug camp then take the trail over the ridge to Last Chance with a side trip up Hines Peak. The last day would be a hike from Last Chance to Ferndale. That plan went to hell when a heavy marine layer overtook us at Ladybug. It started to rain late that night but Snake was an expert tarp rigger so we stayed dry. I had to pitch my tarps multiple times before they met Snake's exacting standards. But let me repeat: we stayed dry. The rain persisted the next day; ultimately we bailed out via Sisar Canyon to Highway 150 and somehow made a call for a ride. That was the first time I hiked the Red Reef trail and Sisar Canyon road. I have no recollection of how the vehicles up the Sespe road were retrieved; I assume there was some sort of plan in place.
Snake had self-declared metaphysical capabilities but I was never sure if he was serious or just amused himself by messing with us. He assigned each of us an animal according to some special revelation he received from his shadow world. According to Snake, any time someone saw his or her personal creature, that person would have a good day. For some reason, I was a Red-tailed hawk. That led to an interaction I recall in exact detail. He clearly sensed my skepticism about the animal thing and asked me pointedly if I would recognize a Red-tailed hawk if I saw one. I replied that I couldn't tell one hawk from another and that I didn't believe him anyway. I am not sure to what extent the exasperation he expressed to this was feigned, although I suspect the exasperation about the hawk recognition part was real. Snake knew all the creatures, trees and plants in the forest; he was a living dichotomous key, the unknown Linnaeus of the Los Padres. He said, "You can't tell one hawk from another; can you at least tell a hawk from an owl or an eagle?" I indicated I could do that. "Any hawk will do, then" he replied. Evidently there was some flexibility in the shadow world of Snake.
It was early spring of 1990, many years after the events described above. I was living in west Los Angeles but preparing to leave California. A colleague with whom I shared an office on the fourth floor of the UCLA Health Sciences Center called me to the office phone. That was curious to me as very few people had that number. It was Snake, who I had not seen in quite a few years, sometime before 1980. "I'm in town, eh, I got this number from your Dad." I was somewhat stunned; Snake was a mentor but he was about fifteen years older and I would not have imagined he would seek me out. I don't remember most of the conversation but I did indicate that I was doing a farewell tour of hikes before I left the state and that I would be heading up Sisar Canyon that Saturday.
I arrived at the locked gate at the Sisar Canyon trail head and parked my Mitsubishi Mighty Max next to a beautifully maintained, old step-side pickup truck. Snake had a Coleman stove running on the bed of the pickup. "My wife remembered how much you liked these tamales so she made some. They're warm." Tamales for breakfast; the day was off to a good start. We hiked up Sisar Canyon road and picked up the Red Reef trail through White Ledge camp up to the Nordhoff fire road.
Mostly we talked about back country friends from the 1970s. We ended up by the trail sign for Ladybug camp on the shoulder of Hines Peak. Snake brought up the Red-tailed hawk conversation we had at Ladybug years before. I told him I still couldn't tell one hawk from another. He asked if I had retained the ability to distinguish among a hawk, an eagle and an owl. I was amazed he remembered that exchange. "You never believed any of that stuff I told you anyway, did you?" he asked. I said, "No I didn't, not the alternative reality stuff, although anything you said about the physical reality of the back country I took as authoritative." "You should look inside yourself more and you should look beyond the obvious around you to see what is there; you always had that problem," Snake said. I replied, "You should have written all that stuff down; you would have sold more books than Carlos Castaneda." Snake laughed and we left it there. I was hardly a kid anymore by 1990 yet the context between Snake and I had not changed; I was still the young, impatient skeptic and he was the wise, contemplative elder.
We conversed by the vehicles a while before I headed back to LA and he headed back to wherever he was staying in Ojai while he was in town. "So, you're leaving the area?" he asked. I replied that I was. He asked, "Are you driving your life or are circumstances driving." "Circumstances are driving," I conceded. "It's OK as long as you know" was his judgement. Finally this: "Did you hear what happened to the Flash?" I guessed what was coming next. "OD up north; he's gone. I talked to his mom. Sad, very sad." I had heard this before, too often in my estimation. And I heard it again no less than three weeks before I sit here now writing this piece. I had hoped that part of my life was in the past but I guess not.
November 18, 2011 I found myself in a rented Jeep Liberty driving up Sisar Canyon Road to the trail head. I had not been there since that day in 1990 when I hiked with Snake; I have not seen or heard from him since that day. I haven't been the length of the Red Reef trail since Jon B. and I backpacked from Sisar Canyon in April, 1983. This was the first hike I did with Jon and was the start of a very productive nine year series of adventures.
This day I planned to hike up to the Nordhoff fire road and onto Topatopa Bluff via the Don Borad route that branches from the fire road. That route did not exist (at least not in the form of an established footbed) when I was hiking here regularly; I had discovered its existence reading Los Padres-centric blogs. I had seen the high point of the route referred to as Topatopa Peak which confused me. Was someone hiking to the long-closed Topatopa Peak fire tower site? Upon detailed reading of the blog entries it was clear the route described most certainly did not end on Topatopa Peak. A complete explanation was provided by the author of the newly released master work "Hiking and Backpacking Santa Barbara and Ventura" on his equally outstanding blog craigrcarey.net.
As I hiked up the Sisar Canyon fire road it soon became clear I was being pursued by a marine layer. Well, it was not the first (or second or third) time that had happened to me along this route. And there was the potential for dramatic vistas for the photographic portion of the hike; there was also the potential for zero visibility and drizzle, if not outright rain, but those are the vagaries of hiking. And always worth the risk.
A car came down the road as I approached Howell place. In a Twilight Zone moment it looked like the same car driven by the same person I used to see on this road in the 1980s. My imagination, I am sure.
I arrived at the hairpin turn where the trail leaves the road to go to White Ledge camp and immediately tilted into cognitive dissonance.The old trail sign was gone and one of those uninspiring stakes with the word "Trail" and an arrow inscribed had replaced it. I was very fond of that sign.
The trail above White Ledge was familiar with one change. The tall brush flanking the foot bed used to impinge aggressively on either side such that one was essentially squeezing through while the branches tried to grab the pack frame or eat a sleeping pad strapped on horizontally. The corridor was comfortably wide now with signs of profound recent pruning of the brush.
I completed the familiar climb from White Ledge camp and reached the junction with the fire road in reasonably short order. The sign at the trail / fire road junction was the same with some obvious signs of wear and tear. The trail had been re-routed somewhat at the junction or the sign moved a bit or both.
I proceeded a short distance along the road east and arrived at Elder camp which sits in a wide turnout. This was new to me and seemed on first consideration an odd place for a camp. But I think, upon further reflection, I get it as a remote, isolated car camp .
The Don Borad route off the fire road was signed, to my surprise, "Last Chance Trail." To me the Last Chance trail was the route off the west shoulder of Hines Peak. It occurred to me that if this trail did go to Last Chance it would curve through or near the site of the old Topatopa Lodge camp. Once again, I required enlightenment from the proprietor of craigrcarey.net. The route lateral to Hines Peak down to Last Chance camp that I knew in years past is properly termed the "Last Chance connector" (via personal communication). The late Don Borad had led the construction of the trail I was hiking this day onto the Topatopa bluff and it had, at least informally, been named in his honor. Very well deserved I would say given what I know of his history of Los Padres advocacy; the work done on this trail was outstanding.
I hiked quickly up to the rock bench at the high point of the trail on Topatopa Bluff. I had the perfect marine layer: it lay below a dramatic mountain vista and enhanced rather than obscured the view. I also had high winds.
The conditions for panorama photograpry were difficult. I used every trick I know to steady my tripod, panoramic head and camera assembly and hoped I could get a vibration-blur free series of frames to stitch a panorama. The results exceeded my expections. I attribute that to a quality Italian made tripod from Gitzo.
After the frames were shot I removed a layer of fleece and headed back down. About halfway down to the road along the Don Borad route I crossed paths with two young women carrying impressively large backpacks. They asked me if this route went to their destination, Last Chance Camp and told me they were doing something (I didn't catch what) for the Forest Service. They appeared to have been dropped off by a large SUV I could see on the fire road below. I found myself expounding on my history in the area and the changes I had seen. About the time I mentioned Topatopa Lodge camp I noticed their eyes were glazing over. "Dude," my inner voice warned me, "consider what you are doing here." I stopped myself short, wondered yet again why my inner voice always calls me "dude," and told them I realized they were too busy to listen to my ramblings and admitted I did not know if this trail would take them all the way to Last Chance Camp with the kind of clear footbed upon which we were now standing. I couldn't help but mention that their water situation should be carefully considered; I guess my paternal instincts are stronger than I realized. I wished them luck; I hope they made it wherever they needed to go and fullfilled whatever mission they had undertaken.
The short conversation on the trail did cause me to think about what I knew about this area where I had hiked so often. I realized that the larger part of my impressions where based on the 1969 Los Padres National Forest Visitor's map. I had no copies of this map left, only the 1984 version. I was fortunate to receive a heads up about the availability of the 1969 and 1974 maps on Ebay (thanks CRC) and I aggressively pursued and obtained them. Below is a fragment of the 1969 map covering the area in this posting. There is much that is not clear to me. Perhaps the Dungeons of Maptitude will come to the rescue and provide clarity at some point. I should point out as I have elsewhere in this Web log that the rediscovery of Topatopa Lodge was one of the bellwether events that drove my "Los Padres Expatriate" idea to implementation after years of unrealized good intentions.
The hike from the water tower just short of the Sisar Canyon trail head proper to the high point on the Don Borad trail according to my GPS is 7.7 miles and gains 4800 feet of elevation. This qualifies as a significant constitutional. I parked at that spot as I had read the road beyond was in very poor shape. It was, in fact, no worse than I remember it and would have been easy to drive to the gate. The grade over which the 4800 feet of climbing is distributed is generally steady but is steep enough in places to raise a dissociative state of meditative hiking to a slightly higher level of awareness. In fact, I did not consider the hike particularly difficult, just a steady expenditure of wattage. In the 1980s I remember often speed hiking from the trail head through White Ledge to the fire road as a training routine. But that was not my method this day.
I did not see a Red-tailed hawk on November 18, 2011. I did not see a hawk at all. I still can't tell one hawk from another. But I had a very good day.


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Police Chief Jeff Jaran's behavior was "over the top" at The Squealing Pig on May 7, according to bartender Eric Roberts.
Police Chief Jeff Jaran's behavior was "over the top" at The Squealing Pig on May 7, according to bartender Eric Roberts.
Jaran pointed, used threatening gestures, and yelled at the bartenders and the two other patrons when an NWA rap song started playing, he said. Jaran's behavior was so outlandish that Roberts would have called for assistance, he said — if he could have.
"If it wasn't a police officer, I would have had to call the police, because there'd be no other option," he said Sunday.
Roberts said that he's telling his story because people keep asking him about it and it's not going away.
It all began, he said, following a busy dinner service and newly elected selectman Tom Donegan's post-election party. The restaurant-bar had finally quieted down and a couple, later identified as Jaran and his girlfriend, Kim Hurd, sat down at the bar and were having their own conversation with a third person, later found to be Stephen McGovern. Roberts said that while he recognized the three from around town, he had no idea that one of them was the chief of police.
"The couple had been drinking for awhile, going back and fourth, buying each other rounds," Roberts said.
The only other people in the place were a couple of local restaurant workers who had just gotten off duty and Nate Mayo, whom Roberts was training at the bar. Because dinner had ended, Roberts decided to put on some late-night music and found an '80s hip hop soundtrack on one of the bar's iPods. He hit play, and songs by the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy and other rap groups came through the speakers. The restaurant workers began fondly recalling the songs from their youth, and Roberts brought Mayo back to the service area to show him what needed to be done at closing.
"Everyone was enjoying it to that point," Roberts said.
Then the classic gangster rap tune "F**k Tha Police" began playing, louder than the other songs, Roberts figures, because it was an old recording. The song played for about 25 or 30 seconds, he said, and the restaurant workers were enjoying it.
"I decided to let it play because people didn't seem to mind at first," he said.
But then Hurd spoke out against the song.
"I didn't understand what she was talking about at first," Roberts said. "I was a little confused at that point and you could tell [Jaran] was starting to get upset."
Roberts and Mayo believed that the couple thought the music was playing loudly to encourage them to leave early so that they could close the place up.
"[Jaran] never stated, 'Could you please change the song? Could you turn it off?'" Roberts said, rather, it was more like, "Are you trying to send a message? Do you think we're fools?'"
When he realized the song was the issue, Mayo, who recognized Jaran as the police chief, pulled the cord from the iPod, killing the song, Roberts said. Still, Jaran wasn't satisfied.
"The yelling probably went on for a good eight to 10 minutes. It went back and forth. [Hurd] would say something and [Jaran] would say something, it was mostly him," he said. "I forget what he said. Things just went on and he started yelling and getting upset. He said our apologies were no good, they were unacceptable, how could we do this after the bombings in Boston. He called us unpatriotic and un-American."
Roberts said that through the yelling and finger-pointing he and Mayo just stood there apologizing with their hands in the pockets. Nothing they could say improved the situation.
"Plus, how do you argue with a police officer?" he said.
The windows and the doors of The Squealing Pig were open, he said, and anyone walking by or sitting outside could hear the exchange.
Jaran then pointed at the restaurant workers and accused them of conspiring with bartenders to play the song purposefully, Roberts said, "and they stood there with a look of shock."
Several other witnesses said the police chief then ID'd the restaurant workers.
Roberts said Jaran followed the workers outside, where more words were exchanged. Jaran dared them to step off the curb to see what would happen, Roberts said. The workers didn't move and he and Hurd headed home.
Roberts said that he would not describe the couple as drunk. However, if he had had the same amount of alcohol as Jaran and Hurd, he said he would not be able to drive, but he could walk home.
After the couple left, a police cruiser slowly rolled by The Pig, followed by two or three more. One police car turned at Freeman Street and directed its headlights into the window of the bar for 10 or 15 minutes, Roberts said. Then another police car came by and an officer walked into the place. Roberts asked if he was there because of the incident with the chief, but the unidentified officer said it was about a noise complaint. Roberts said that when he and Mayo told him what had happened, the officer looked surprised and left.
"Honestly I didn't even know who [Jaran] was until that day," Roberts said. "I know a few police officers who come in and I don't have anything personal against the guys except this one incident. … I have to tell you definitely that I do not hate the cops. A lot of my family is in some type of law enforcement so I would never disrespect the police in any way. … I guess I never thought [any incident] would come from a song that was played, never would it have crossed my mind."
Roberts briefly spoke to Sharon Lynn, the town manager, about the incident, but left the meeting before telling her the whole story because he was angry that she accused him of purposefully playing the song. Last week, Lynn recanted that assertion and admitted that she didn't believe the song was intentionally played, though she said there was no corroborating evidence to support the allegation that Jaran acted inappropriately. She said that without more information, nothing more would be done. She was on vacation this week and thus was unable to comment on Roberts' story. Calls made to Jaran for comment also were not returned.
Roberts has penned half a letter about the incident, and isn't sure yet whether he'll send it to the board of selectmen and the town manager once it's finished.
"I don't want to see the guy's life get ruined. It just happened. I wish it hadn't, but it did," Roberts said.


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Animation &Animation Artifacts &Disney 22 Feb 2012 07:19 am
Roger's Song – Part 2
- Here I complete Seq. 02 Sc. 15, animated by Milt Kahl for 101 Dalmatians. This is the song Roger has just completed and playfully sings as Cruella de Vil exits. I have several more scenes from this sequence and will probably continue on with them next week.
They've all been animated, for the most part, on twos by Kahl, and it shows that not every drawing has to be on ones, which is the current fashion. Kahl knew what he was doing mechanically.
We start with the last drawing from Part 1.
The following QT includes all the drawings from the scene.
Including Part 1.
The registration is a bit loose. Sorry but, these are copies of
copies and there's plenty of shrinkage.
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You can find the drafts for this film on Hans Perk's invaluable site, A Film LA. You'll find this particular scene on page 30.
Mark Mayerson has also devised a helpful mosaic for this film and written some extraordinary commentary about the scenes. You'll find this mosaic page here.
5 Responses to "Roger's Song – Part 2"
on 22 Feb 2012 at 2:31 pm 1.joe c said …
Why Cruella never sued him for defamation I'll never know.
on 22 Feb 2012 at 2:55 pm 2.Ray Kosarin said …
A perfect example of Kahl's genius. His tight control of form and extraordinary draughtsmanship make him able to take knowledge from life (and in this case, if I remember right, live-action reference) and understand it so thoroughly as to highlight and caricature its most expressive accents and quirks as only an animator might.
Caricatured drawing allows lesser animators to hide the weakness of their work behind the broadness of the design, but also trivialize it: we see it as competent "cartoon" and nothing more. Kahl, on the other hand, has such command that he can coax and emphasize the most expressive nuances from a performance and leave out he noise of any irregularity that contributes nothing to character.
In Kahl's hands, caricature doesn't trivialize a character but purifies it: it's reducing a delicious sauce versus just adding salt. This makes for a performance that justifies its being animated.
on 23 Feb 2012 at 6:16 pm 3.Julian Carter said …
I don't agree with you that contemporary hand-drawn animation is done on solely ones. Most of the modern Disney animated features (post-Oliver & Company) seem to be animated predominantly on twos. The only animated feature I've ever seen that was animated solely on ones is Richard Williams' The Thief and the Cobbler.
I do prefer animation on ones rather than on twos, though I do realise that while more laborious, animation on ones is not necessarily superior to animation on twos. I would term it a luxury. Also, I've been watching some early Tom and Jerries, and couldn't help noticing the fluidity of such early cartoons as Puss Gets the Boot and The Night Before Christmas. They are animated mostly on ones. Somewhat disappointingly, by the time I got to Tee for Two on my DVD set, the increased fluidity was mostly absent, indicating that the MGM animators were apparently no longer animating at 24fps.
Do you have a preference for animation on ones or twos?
on 23 Feb 2012 at 7:00 pm 4.Michael said …
My preference is for animation to be done at the frame rate required to make the scene work at its best. Ham Luske points to a sequence he did on tne Tortoise & the Hare wherein a crowd scene was done on fours. It not only worked; it worked well.
Because you like things on ones, that isn't necessarily the best frame rate. If you want it even smoother, work at 60fps on ones. What's stopping you – other than practical measures?
on 24 Feb 2012 at 7:32 pm 5.Julian Carter said …
I wonder if some CG animators have experimented with other frame rates (other than 24fps). I may be wrong, but I seem to remember that special effect shots in Don Bluth's Anastasia and Titan A.E. – which combined CG backgrounds and animation with hand-drawn elements – seemed to have the CG material moving at a slower frame-rate … perhaps 12fps. Could this have been to avoid strobing?


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Those attracted to the precious metals markets are often curious about the various ratios existing between gold and silver, as well as what these ratios might reveal about the relative fair values of these key investment metals.
The following bullet points provide some facts you can use in your silver/gold ratio analysis.
• Investment grade: The ratio of investment grade gold existing in bullion form is as much as five times that available for silver.
• Everything else: All the gold ever mined has been estimated at 160,000- 170,000 tons of gold or roughly 5 billion Troy Ounces. A reasonable estimate for the total amount of silver mined is 56 billion Troy Ounces. This makes the "ever mined" ratio roughly 11.2 to 1.
• Potential: The below ground ratio of silver to gold has been estimated at 17 to 1.
• Actually Mined: Typically, 10 ounces of silver are actually mined for every 1 ounce of gold mined. On an annual basis, roughly 900 million ounces of silver are mined overall compared with just 90 million ounces of gold.
• The ratio of the price of silver to gold as recently determined by the paper futures market is roughly 53 ounces of silver to one ounce of gold.
• As of today, spot silver is trading at $32.65 per ounce, while spot gold is priced at $1724.00 per ounce, making the price ratio a remarkably high 52.80.
• Sequestration: Both precious metals are highly sequestered and accumulated by individuals for strong psychological reasons, and so they are typically held by strong hands.
• Industrial Demand: Silver is typically consumed by its industrial applications, such as in medicines, photography and solar cells. Gold is used much more sparingly by industry and is more likely to be used in readily recyclable applications like jewelry.
• Coin Investment Demand: According to the U.S. Mint, roughly 50 times as much silver is being bought compared to gold for coin investment purposes.
Given the various ratios mentioned in the previous section, which are typically much lower than those observed in the paper markets, one must be left wondering just how such a high silver to gold price ratio can be sustained over time in the commodity markets and on The Street.
Although peak silver may never come in our lifetimes, this supply and demand situation indicates that silver's price is very likely to rise relative to gold over the longer term, thereby reducing the silver/gold ratio substantially.
Need some more reasons that the price of silver will soon be playing catch up to gold's price?
Although gold may be easier to hide or carry than silver due to it being more valuable per ounce, and both silver and gold can be purchased in investment grade forms, consider the following benefits of owning silver:
1. You get more physical silver for the fiat money you spend.2. Silver investors stand to gain more as the silver/gold ratio falls.3. Silver is more suitable for people with smaller amounts to invest.4. The average person buying silver has a store of value and a backup hard currency in smaller denominations that are more easily spent for necessities.
Of course, you can always easily trade your silver for gold, and vice versa, while other commodities are not nearly as easy to barter with.
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Earlier today, Samsung posted a product page for the Galaxy Camera connected with Verizon 4G LTE, but it pulled the page within the past couple of hours. However, a spec sheet with Verizon 4G LTE Connected is still live on the web for your viewing pleasure. Based on this evidence, I would say there's a strong possibility that Verizon will launch the Galaxy Camera within the next couple of weeks.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Talk about [[IncrediblyLamePun double vision]].]]
A [[{{Shojo}} shoujo]] manga based on the [[OlderThanFeudalism age-old tale]] of [[ReincarnationRomance reincarnated lovers]]... with a twist.
Keidai Saeki, average Japanese high school student, remembers living an entirely different life as Sirix, a gladiator in ancient Pompeii; this means he has a hard time existing in the ''present'', especially when no-one else seems to have memories of their own. Keidai exists in two worlds, one of which is long dead: His little sister in his past life is married to his former rival and they're now his parents, his male best friend is a cute girl with a crush on him, and his beloved wife Serena has been reborn as the short-tempered boy next door who's crushing on said best friend! And of course, Keidai is literally incapable of seeing them as anything ''but'' their past-life selves.
Life for Keidai is essentially a twenty-four-hour {{Mind Screw}}.
''NG Life'' is a nine-volume romantic dramedy by Mizuho Kusanagi, the mangaka responsible for ''Mugen Spiral'', ''Manga/YonaOfTheDawn'', and ''Manga/GameXRush''. Licensed for North America and published in English by Creator/{{TOKYOPOP}}, all nine volumes have been released as of July 8 2011.
!!This manga provides examples of:
* AllMenArePerverts: Serizawa's dad certainly thinks so; it becomes HypocriticalHumor when we discover that he draws ecchi manga as part of his job, and Keidai earns his respect by proving that 'girls in wet clothes are sexier than naked girls!'
* AloofBigBrother: Though they're not related - ''yet'' - Raoul acts this way towards Sirix, particularly during the Pompeii arc.
* AlwaysWithYou: Loleus' dying words to Sirix.
* BodyguardBetrayal: Delos turned out to be targeting Aglaia, whom he nonetheless looks out for, due to his working for a rival house.
* ChivalrousPervert: Shinogu. He's happy to have a harem of [[{{Joshikousei}} high school girls]], but he doesn't take advantage of them, as some clearly want him to. Almost definitely a result of a) still remembering having been a woman and b) because he hated, and still hates, men like that.
* CrashIntoHello: This is how Loleus and Sirix meet.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Delos forgoes escaping and dies in Pompeii, having remained behind to wipe out his family in revenge for their plot against Aglaia's house.
* DeclarationOfProtection: Loleus had decided that he'd live for three people: Sirix, Serena, and Lady Aglaia.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Both Smyrna/Shinogu and Reina begin to defrost after their interactions with Sirix/Keidai, and [[spoiler: it's implied that both have [[UnrequitedLoveTropes one-sided feelings for him]], not that they'd ever admit it. ''Especially not Smyrna/Shinogu.'']]
* DespairEventHorizon: Keidai, unable to reconcile his feelings for Serizawa with his disappearing memories of Pompeii; Loleus, lying beaten and alone by the roadside.
* TheDeterminator: When motivated by those he loves, nothing can stand in Sirix/Keidai's way.
* DoesNotLikeMen: Smyrna big time, even when she gets reincarnated ''as'' a guy. [[spoiler: The one man that she... ''perhaps'' didn't hate quite as much as the others happened to be Sirix.]]
* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: A standard part of Keidai's life; he even ''day''dreams of times gone by.
* FirstGirlWins: In the long run, though [[spoiler: technically when they first met Mii was Loleus, not a girl. Then again, aside from his parents, Mii was the first of Keidai's reincarnated friends/acquaintances to meet him in their new life, so it counts either way]].
* ForegoneConclusion: We all know [[ChekhovsVolcano what happened to Pompeii]].
* FriendlessBackground: Though he was befriended by Serena and appreciated her kindness, Loleus - as a [[DarkAndTroubledPast slave]] - felt as if no-one would care if he died, until he met Sirix.
* GladiatorGames: Everyone's past lives practically revolved around them: They were either gladiators themselves, worked as part of the games, or were part of families involved with the games.
* GenkiGirl: Serizawa.
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Aglaia]] dies like this.
* GothicLolita: Reina dresses this way and affects a sarcastic demeanor more mature than her age.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Aglaia]] pushes Sirix, who's carrying a wounded Loleus, to safety just before the tunnel collapses.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Loleus had a double dose of this, as he carried feelings for both Sirix and Serena. This was basically why Loleus encouraged Sirix to pursue a relationship with Serena in the first place. Later, he says it almost word-for-word, no less.
-->'''Loleus:''' "Sirix.... I want you to be happy. I want you and Serena... to be happy"
* InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath: When Sirix and Loleus face off in the arena. It gets averted, though.
* {{Irony}}: Serena was reborn a boy because [[spoiler: on her last day, she wished that she were a man, so she could accompany Sirix through crumbling Pompeii. At the time, Sirix smilingly replied that if that were to happen it would cause him problems; in their next life Serena ''is'' reborn as a guy, which does in fact cause Keidai problems.]]
** Smyrna hated men but was reborn as a man. Her reincarnation Shinogu turns out to actually be glad about this as it means he can skillfully woo pretty girls, but he still continues to hate all other men except for himself and Yuuma. [[spoiler:[[{{Tsundere}} (And secretly, Keidai.)]]]]
* JumpingTheGenderBarrier: Hey, guess what? Your best guy friend who'd do anything for you is now a cute girl with a crush on you! Too bad you're still hung up on your past-life wife, who's jumped the gender barrier ''in reverse''.
* LoveConfession: [[spoiler: Once he realizes his feelings for Serizawa, Keidai has to do this about three or four times before she finally believes him.]]
* LoveTriangle: Complicated in both past and present!
** In the past, Sirix and Serena loved each other, and Loleus was Sirix's best friend who harbored feelings for Sirix deeper than mere friendship, but Loleus also was friends with and loved Serena (though he completely disregarded the idea of pursuing her because he was a slave), and it's implied that it wasn't entirely unrequited either; In fact it was because of Loleus's feelings for both of them that caused him to pair them up!
** In the present, Keidai's stubbornly hung up on his memories of Serena, but the fact she's been reincarnated into the very male body of Yuuma is a serious barrier for him. Serizawa on the other hand, has feelings for Keidai, but he's oblivious to both them ''and'' the fact that he's coming to have feelings for her too, because he can't stop seeing her as her past self, Loleus. And in the meantime, Yuuma develops a crush on Serizawa.
* MagneticHero: Sirix. Nearly everyone at least respected him, and Keidai has a similar effect on people, despite being [[{{Buttmonkey}} somewhat less impressive]] on the surface.
* MeaningfulEcho: "We'll meet again." You know, because... {{Reincarnation}}.
** After meeting Loleus, Sirix pretends to have 'forgotten' why Loleus treasures that scrap of cloth; in a similar fashion, Keidai pretends to have 'missed' Serizawa's reply to his final confession.
** The current lives of a number of characters turn out to be "meaningful echos" to wishes made by their past lives.
*** Serena was [[spoiler: reborn a boy because she felt that if she were a man, she would've been strong enough to remain by Sirix's side when he went off to rescue Aglaia in the midst of Vesuvius's eruption]]
*** Loleus was [[spoiler: reborn as the girl who would become Keidai's best friend, confidant, and ultimately love interest, because as Loleus was dying he told a grieving Sirix that even if he died, he'd be a "light who'd fly to his side" no matter where Sirix was.]]
*** Later we find out Reina is [[spoiler: the reincarnation of Tina, a former slave girl who had a disfigured face and after being abandoned, was eventually rescued and cared for by Serena. She was reborn looking identical to Serena because she envied, admired, and wanted to be like her.]]
* MeaningfulName: The series itself: NG Life = [Keidai's] No Good Life. After everything's sorted out, an epilogue chapter changes it to Nice Going Life.
* MementoMacGuffin: Loleus treasures the strip of cloth Sirix used to bind his hand when they first met; his second-most treasured item is a gold headband Aglaia gave him after she saved him from the gladiator games.
** Perhaps more accurately, Smyrna's ring in the past-life side-story.
* MistakenForGay: Keidai's goodbye message during Shinogu's stint as a substitute teacher apparently sounds like a LoveConfession.
* TheNotLoveInterest: Loleus to Sirix. Loleus was Sirix and Serena's matchmaker, but Loleus and Sirix were mighty close friends who went through a lot together and cared deeply for one another. While confronting Delos, Loleus basically admits that Sirix is his most important person; Now in their reincarnated forms, Serizawa still puts Keidai before even her own feelings. [[spoiler: Subverted in that their bond in their past life was what paved the way for Loleus to be reincarnated as Serizawa in the first place, and ultimately ''become'' Keidai's love-interest.]]
* OneOfTheBoys: How Keidai treats Serizawa for most of their friendship, mostly because he can't stop seeing her as his male best friend.
* PairTheSpares: While this may be one reason behind the popularity of the Yuuma x Reina [[{{Shipping}} ship]], many fans simply seem to really like the way [[{{Tsundere}} they]] interact with each other.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Sirix says it almost word-for-word as he [[DiedInYourArmsTonight cradles a dying Loleus]].
* RapeAsDrama: Almost happens to Smyrna in a side-story; leads to [[spoiler: a one-sided (and ''extremely'' well-hidden) RescueRomance on her part when Sirix interferes.]]
* {{Reincarnation}}: The centerpiece of the story, of course!
** ReincarnationRomance: For Aglaia/Shuna and Delos/Souichi as well as Raoul, Aria, and their incarnations as Keidai's parents. Also for Keidai, eventually, though not the way he thought it would be.
* ShoutOut: Keidai and Yuuma pose for manga-artists working on 'a romance between an assassin and a female bodyguard,' a reference to the mangaka's previous series ''Manga/GameXRush'', in which the male bodyguard was originally meant to be female.
* SurvivorGuilt: A large chunk of Keidai's unwillingness to move on is guilt; he blames himself for failing to save anyone and believes that his penance is to remember everything that happened, despite the fact that no-one could have predicted or prevented Vesuvius' explosion and that Sirix just died last.
* TakeAThirdOption: When Raoul tells him that he can "only protect one thing" - go to Serena or rescue Loleus and Aglaia - Sirix refuses to choose. [[FromBadToWorse It... doesn't go so well]] and results in a form of crosslife HeroicBSOD.
* ThoseTwoGuys: The group of slackers that Keidai teams up with for volleyball become recurring extras. Lampshaded often with asides next to them indicating who they are (i.e. "I'm ______!").
* {{Tsundere}}: Yuuma and Shinogu are ''extreme'' Type A's towards Keidai... particularly Shinogu, who exhibited identical behavior towards Sirix as Lady Smyrna. It's all but stated that bullying him with the DoesNotLikeMen persona is how Smyrna/Shinogu covers for actually caring about Sirix/Keidai.


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Endeavors of the Heart
RUFF'n It
By Lee Winocur Field and Marion Jacobs
Times in Laguna have been rough lately, even for animals.
On Dec. 23, hotline coordinator Sandra Truelove-Silverman received a call from a distraught 15-year-old girl. During Laguna's recent deluge, a mudslide at the foot of their deck had swept the family's pet kitten Mitzi down the hill. The family's veterinarian, who diagnosed the kitten's leg as broken in three places, said the surgical bill to save her would be $1,600, or else they would have to put her down. Overhearing his daughter's anguish, the teen's father took the phone, sounding curt at first as he stated that he had just been laid off and only had $422 for his family's Christmas, but his other kids had voted to forfeit their gifts to save their sister's pet. Then the dad's voice began to crack as he vowed to find a way to get the money. He just couldn't let that little cat die. Luckily for this family, his daughter had found a flier about RUFF (Rescuing Unwanted Furry Friends) in the vet's office, and Truelove-Silverman was able to rescue the situation with funds to cover the entire medical bill.
For 22 years, this small Laguna group of eight local volunteers has been providing emergency financial aid to pet owners in desperate need of assistance. Truelove-Silverman estimates that every year RUFF helps more than 1,000 sick, injured and abandoned animals and rescues many more from "kill" shelters. Unfortunately, due to poor economic conditions and increasingly costly veterinary care, more and more pet owners and rescuers are finding it financially impossible to provide required medication and surgical care. As a result, the number of calls to RUFF has increased dramatically.
RUFF volunteer efforts are supported by two annual fundraising events. Their Easter Brunch, offering champagne and live entertainment, and their Thanksgiving Day Dinner, with all the trimmings, which welcome both donors and their sociable pets. Thanks to the support of June Neptune, who each year generously provides venues at Tivoli Too and Tivoli Terrace, these unique and festive sit-down holiday meals are sold-out events every year.
RUFF volunteers are also kept busy with two other projects. Once a month, RUFF sponsors a pet food giveaway for unemployed people and seniors. Last year they distributed more than five tons of pet food to people in need and an additional 1,000 pounds to rescue groups. The food is donated by local area schools, organizations, pet stores and pet food makers. Your donations to RUFF would be most welcome, and a food pick-up can be arranged by calling 949-722-1511.
Finally, working with four other agencies in nearby towns, RUFF offers a Seniors 4 Seniors program in which senior pets (over five years) are found for senior citizens (over 55). In addition, RUFF volunteers have negotiated substantial discounts with more than 60 veterinarians, pet stores, pet boarding and grooming salons, pet sitting and pet walking services, and dog trainers. A list of these services has been compiled into a booklet, which is given to each new senior pet owner.
Thanks to RUFF, little Mitzi and many pets like her, together with their owners, are enjoying a happy and healthy new year.
For further information, contact RUFF at 949-580-1092 or visit http://www.RUFFRescue.org.
Dr. Lee Winocur Field is an adjunct professor for National University and Woman's Club coordinator for the Laguna Beach Community Alliance program. Dr. Marion Jacobs is a practicing psychologist in Laguna Beach.
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One of the things I have been looking at doing for a while now is making my writing important. It has always been my dream to write books. It is something that I have always wanted to do. Why, haven't I done it? I never made my writing important enough. There have been times where I have made my writing important and the results have been amazing.
When I wrote my book on suicide it was the most important thing to me at the time. The results were clear to see. My book was successful and I felt amazing. I made my writing important at that time. I held interviews with local newspapers. I spent time and energy on marketing. I made my writing important. I know I have repeated that sentence a few times now but, I really can't stress it enough. I was dedicated. I was focused. I was motivated. I was also determined to write. This made all the difference.
Is Your Writing Important?
In my normal, everyday, life I write for clients. Their articles, blog posts, and books are important. They pay my bills. They are where my focus lies. My own writing sits on my laptop unopened. My own writing doesn't pay my bills. It brings me great joy when I find the time to do it, but it doesn't pay my bills.
Working with a life coach has made me realise that I am not making my writing important. I am not devoting time to it. I am treating it like a hobby and something that I have to find time to do. 9 times out of 10, I don't find the time to do it. My life coach suggested a challenge. I was to challenge myself to write every day but, it had to be my own writing and not client work. It didn't matter if it was just two sentences once I wrote something every day. I decided that my challenge would be to post on my blog each day. So far I have been doing well. I did miss two days last week because it was the end of the month and client work and invoicing took preference. I know that I shouldn't have allowed this to happen and that even a small blog post would have kept me on target. Unfortunately for me, I did let it happen. I do realise my mistake though.
It is only a simple challenge but, it is also a great eye opener. It has made me see how much I love writing and how much I have missed it. I love allowing my own words to take over. I love just sitting here and writing about what I want to write about. I don't have to follow any guidelines. I don't have to worry about keyword placement. I don't have to spend hours researching my subject. All I have to do is sit here and write. It really is so refreshing and if I inspire or help anyone along the way, that is a bonus. I have really enjoyed the comments and shares that my posts are receiving too.
What I have learned is that when I make my writing important, I really enjoy it. I experience pride in my work. I love just sitting and letting the words flow. I love sharing any information that I might have. Most of all, I love just being able to be me and write what I want to write.
Making Your Writing Important
What this blogging challenge has thought me, is that when I make my writing important I get results. I guess it is like most things in life, if we want to be good at something we devote time to it. We practice. We learn as much as we can, and we do. For me, it has been the complete opposite. I have given flashes of time to my writing. Starting things but never finishing them. I have put work commitments first. I haven't practiced or devoted the resources that I need to for success.
No matter what skill we are born with, we need to practice and hone it to perfection. Writing is no different. Just as you would study to become an architect, you have to study writing too. You have to be the best that you can be. I wasn't doing this. Yes I did do a college course on freelance journalism, but I didn't do anything with it. I didn't utilise the skills I learned to further my career. Now is a time for change. Now it is time to make my writing important.
I made a decision over the weekend to fight for my dream. I made a decision to write. To help with this I joined a new writing program. It's called Story PenPal. It is founded by Dr. John Yeoman, a British writer. It is a brand new program and it does cost money. John also runs Writer's Village which is another very successful writers group. I decided to pay for a writers group because I wanted to make my writing important. I know that if I am paying for something I will value it more. I have signed up with free writing groups before and never took them seriously. Now that I am paying for something, I know that I will take it seriously. I also know that only those who take their writing seriously will be part of the group.
I am hoping that by joining the group I will be telling myself that my writing is important and I will also get the opportunity to learn from some amazing writers too. Like everyone else, I can improve my writing skills and learn more, and this is what I want to do. I want to succeed. I want to become a best-selling author, and in order to do this I have to make my writing important.
What about you? How do you make your writing important?
Please do share any advice or ideas that you have. I love reading your feedback.
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Dan Connolly wrote: > Ron writes... > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-dawg-comments/2005Jun/0045.html > >>There is a difference between extending the protocol in a compatible >>way, and extending it in a conflicting manner. > > > yeah... I'm trying to figure out which you're asking for. I wonder > if a test case clarifies. > > I gather the relevant text is... > > [[ > Blank nodes in queries are distinct from all blank nodes in the data. A > blank node in a graph pattern does not match a blank node in the data by blank > node label. A blank node in a query pattern may match any RDF term. > ]] > -- 2.7 Blank Nodes > http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/rq23/#BlankNodes The text in 2.7 includes: """ A blank node .. does not match a blank node ... by blank node label. """ It's the "by blank node label" that matters most. I didn't think that labels were preserved (or not preserved for that matter) so for compatiblity across all systems, and getting the same answers, matching by label can't be done. > > cwm has a mode where it makes up blank nodes based on line/column > numbers so you can see where they came from and so they're repeatable. > So we might have data a la... > > _:l23c14 foaf:mbox <mailto:email@example.com>. > > and we might make a query like... > > SELECT ?MBOX > WHERE { _:l23c14 foaf:mbox ?MBOX. }. > > Now in fact, the bnode in the query *does* match the bnode > in the data in that case. So it's pretty clear that > > "A blank node in a graph pattern does not match a blank node in the > data by blank node label." > > is misleading. In fact, I think > > "A blank node in a query pattern may match any RDF term." > > should just be > > "A blank node in a query pattern matches every RDF term." > > but every is sorta confusing in a way... so maybe > > "In a query pattern, a blank node is parsed as a variable > that is distinct from all other variables in the query." > > so that in the abstract form, query patterns never > have bnodes at all. Andy, how does that strike you? Another test here is: SELECT ?MBOX WHERE { [] foaf:mbox ?MBOX . } where a bnode where the label is not mentioned. This was one of the inputs to the design from F2F-BOS (as was list forms like "(1 2 3)") If there are not blank nodes in queries at all, I'm not sure how it helps Ron other than by making bNodes in a query pattern an extension. The syntax can't speak it, so the the abstract query pattern can't be sent over the wire compatibly. RDF/XML says: http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/ """ In this case, a blank node identifier can be given to the blank node for identifying it in the document. Blank node identifiers in RDF/XML are scoped to the containing XML Information Set document information item. """ I would also note that the XML Results Format says: """ Note: The blank node label I is scoped to the result set XML document and does not have any association to the the blank node label for that RDF Term in the query graph. """ so the second area of text in 2.7: """ The presence of blank nodes can be indicated by labels in the serialization of query results. An application or client receiving the results of a query can tell that two solutions or two variable bindings differ in blank nodes but this information is only scoped to the results as defined in "SPARQL Variable Binding Results XML Format" or the CONSTRUCT result form. """ is following this pattern. Being scoped to the XML document does not preclude a wider scoping (i.e. uniquer identifiers) but it can't be relied on in all implementations. Andy > > > Meanwhile, if you really mean to use bnodes in > some session context, I'm not sure you can do that > in a compatible way. If you use different bnode > identifiers, they still have to match. i.e. > > SELECT ?MBOX > WHERE { _:l55c33 foaf:mbox ?MBOX. }. > > still has (?MBOX, <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>) as a solution, > even thought the bnode identifiers are different. > Any piece of software that says that's not a solution > is not implementing the semantics of SPARQL. >Received on Friday, 1 July 2005 16:51:56 UTC
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