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All weapons listed on this site are grouped into one of about 20 groupings. These groups are of my own devising, and while as accurate as I can make them, are not precisely picked up from the factory. I could be wrong. I have been in the past.
Below is a simple list of all the classes. Most are self-explanatory, but if you have trouble, go to the next tab on finding your model number. Or, just peruse the long list of weapons by caliber, which has some more information, but is broken out by every variant so is very long.
|Vest-Pocket & Target
Pre-1920 models
Model 1920
Model 1921
A Series
C Series
E Series
H Series and Lancer
I Series
|Sub-Machine Gun
Models 28, 30 & 31, Starfire
Sporting Rifles
A lot of the time I spend answering questions — I mean good questions, by people who at least try to read the site — is communicating some basics about how Star made or sold pistols,
I am not going to cover information detailed other places, like how to find your model number, how to find the date of manufacture, and other stuff. Look at the tabs across the top for these. Parts, spares and accessory dealers are in the Information tab.
The Star factory considers most guns to be in one of two categories, either "commercial" or "military." Military means government issue, really, and includes the Guardia, and all domestic police forces as well as the conventional armed forces. Domestic is the critical word here. Firearms built for issue to a government outside of Spain are still generally considered to be "commercial" models. This is why the "Miliary" Model 1921 and the "Commercial" Model B can both have been issued to government troops.
To keep things simple, for myself mostly, I use these terms in the Star manner, so don't be confused.
Almost all "classic" era Star pistols, basically 1911-looking guns, were made in both original and Super variants. The original series employs a Colt/Browning swinging link, while the Super series use a Sig/Petter closed cam path system. The super models were almost always sold alongside the original style pistols, and did not supplant them. They are easily identifiable, aside from markings, from the takedown lever on the right side; conventional pistols will require removing the slide lock pin entirely.
The Star factory continued the traditions of Spanish arms makers in their love of the custom arm as well. There are many examples of finely engraved Star pistols, especially smaller guns as presentation pieces. The degree of customization and intricacy varies a great deal. The factory entertained true custom orders, but the best of these rarely pop up on the secondary market, and do generally command a significant price premium. Many, many guns were also made with semi-custom features, such as plated controls, special finishes or minor engraving. As Stars are not collectable, these generally bring no premium at all. If you want to start a collection, look for really nice Spanish handguns.
As a general rule, "pretty" customization, such as plating, anodizing and engraving can be assumed to come from the Eibar factory. Functional modifications (enlarged slide stops, magazine floorplates) will be aftermarket.
Okay, this one is covered other places, but I'll touch on it here. If a firearm was not built in your country, it was imported. In the US at least, and aside from special cases like war trophies, this was done by an importer. Importers have to stamp the gun with their identifying information. This should not be confused with the manufacturer info. Also, importers are usually very large dealers. Sometimes, special packages are made up for these dealers, of custom guns that are not necessarily cataloged otherwise. This adds a lot of confusion; a weird variant will suddenly become very common as a stockpile of some special order will appear.
There are numerous methods by which a locked- or delayed-breech pistol may operate. The most common are short-recoil systems, and the most common of those are the tilting-barrel systems.
Stars employed two of the three most useful and common systems of tilting the barrel. In each of the diagrams below the red dot is the stripping pin, locked to the frame, which acts as the barrel cam pivot point. The green area is the path the it takes during travel. All diagrams are shown in battery.
Colt-Browning Swinging LinkThe barrel is tied to the operating pin with a link, pivoting at the barrel end as well. Rearward movement of the slide on firing moves the barrel which causes the link to pull the barrel down and out of engagement with the slide. The barrel stops at the loading position, while the slide continues to eject the casing and absorb remaining recoil. This is the earliest really functional system, but limits how the designer can adjust the mechanism as the path is always an arc.
Best known from the Colt 1911, and therefore used on Star Models 1920 and '21, and all Classic series Star pistols.
Browning RampThe general method of operation is identical, with the barrel tied to the slide and slowly pulled out of engagement. However, the camming mechanism is integral with the barrel (or barrel extension). A a slot is cut at an angle into the bottom of the barrel extension, which engages with surfaces machined into the side of the frame, the end of the spring guide rod, or other parts. This allows the designer some control over the speed of unlocking, without changing the height of the barrel, as is the case for the swinging link.
The High Power, Smith & Wesson automatics, and most modern designs (Sig, Glock, HK) have settled on this pattern due mostly to simplicity of manufacturing, requiring only flat surfaces be cut and finished.
Petter Closed Cam PathThis merges the one-piece concepts of the ramp with the smooth cam action of the swinging link, and machines a cam path into the lower barrel extension. The stripping pin is inserted through the cam path, and acts as the guide pin as on the swinging link, but the path can be designed to unlock the gun at different speeds at different portions of the slide travel; this theoretically allows for a smoother action, tuned to the firearm, slide weight and caliber much more so than any other system.
Devised by Charles Petter and first offered in the SACM, this is best known in the Sig 210, CZ-75 and it's ancestors, and the modern Star pistols.
To see this in action, check out this animation I have created of an M30 pistol.
Other variations, such as whether the lockup with the slide is via barrel rings or the barrel hood and ejector port, are fairly minor and not expressly mentioned.


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"I'd never given much though to how I would die. But dying in place of someone I love, seems like a good way to go. I can't bring myself to regret the decisions that brought me face to face with death. They also brought me to Edward." — Bella (Kristen Stewart)
Jessica (Anna Kendrick): "Hey you're from Arizona right?" Bella: "Yeah." Jessica: "Aren't people from Arizona supposed to be like, really tan?" Bella: "Yeah, maybe, that's why they kicked me out."
Bella: "Are you going to tell me how you stopped the van?" Edward (Robert Pattinson): "Yeah. Um... I had an adrenaline rush. It's very common. You can Google it."
Bella: "Will you tell me the truth?" Edward: "No, probably not. [Bella turns away slighly angry] I'd rather hear your theories." Bella: "I have considered radiocative spiders and kryptonite." Edward: "All superhero stuff right? But what if I'm not the hero? What if I am the bad guy?" Bella: "You're not."
Bella: "You're impossibly fast. And strong. Your skin is... pale white, and ice cold. Your eyes change color... and sometimes you speak like-like you're from a different time. You never eat or drink anything; you don't go into the sunlight. [pauses] How old are you?" Edward: "Seventeen." Bella: "How long have you been 17?" Edward: "...a while." Bella: "I know what you are." Edward: "Say it... out loud. Say it." Bella: "Vampire." Edward: "Are you afraid?" Isabella Swan: [turns to face him] "No." Edward: "Then ask me the most basic question: What do we eat?"
Edward: "And so the lion fell in love with the lamb."Bella: "What a stupid lamb." Edward: "What a sick, masochistic lion."
"About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him, and I didn't know how dominate that part might be, that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him." —Bella
Waylon Ned Bellamy): "Well hello." James (Cam Gigandet): "Nice jacket." Waylon: "Who are you?" James: "Always the same inane questions... 'Who are you?'" Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre): "'What do you want?'" James: "'Why are you doing this?'" Laurent (Edi Gathegi): "James... let's not play with our food."
Esme Cullen (Elizabeth Reaser): "I hope you're hungry." Bella: "Yeah, absolutely!" Edward: "She already ate."Rosalie Hale (Nikki Reed): [crushes the salad bowl she's holding] "Perfect!" Bella: "Yeah. It's just that I know... I know you guys don't eat." Esme: "Of course. That's very considerate of you."Edward: "Just ignore Rosalie. I do." Rosalie: "Yeah! Let's just keep pretending like this isn't dangerous for all of us." Bella: "I would never tell anybody anything." Dr. Carlisle Cullen (Peter Facinelli): "She knows that." Emmett Cullen (Kellan Lutz): "Yeah, well the problem is... you two have gone public now so..." Esme: "Emmett!" Rosalie: "No, she should know. The entire family will be implicated if this ends badly." Bella: "Badly as in... I become the meal."
"You are my life now." — Edward
'New Moon'
"Please don't make me choose. Because it will be him, every time. It's always been him." — Bella
'New Moon'
"It's my birthday, can I ask for something? Kiss me." — Bella
'New Moon'
Bella: "I'm coming with you!" Edward: "Bella, I don't want you to come with me." Bella: "You... You don't want me?" Edward: "No." Bella: "Well, that changes things. A lot. What happened with Jasper was nothing." Edward: "Nothing compared to what could've happened. I promise never to put you through anything like this ever again. This is the last time you'll ever see me."
'New Moon'
"Alice. You've disappeared. Like everything else. Now who else can I talk to? I'm lost. When you left, and he left, you took everything with you. But the absence of him is everywhere I look. It's like a huge hole has been punched through my chest. But In a way, I'm glad. The pain is the only reminder that he was real. That you all were." — Bella
'New Moon'
Bella: "Woah, you're buff. What are you, like 16?" Jacob (Taylor Lautner): "Age is just a number, baby. What are you now, 40?"
'New Moon'
Jacob: "Tell me something... You like me, right? [Bella nods] And you think I'm sorta beautiful?" Bella: "Jake, please don't do this." Jacob: "Why?" Bella: "Because you're about to ruin everything. And I need you." Jacob: "Well, I've got loads of time. I'm not going to give up." Bella: "I don't want you to. But that's just because I don't want you to go anywhere. It's really selfish. You know, I'm not like a car that you can fix up. I'm never going to run right." Jacob: "It's because of him, isn't it? Look, I know what he did to you. But Bella, I would never, ever do that. I won't ever hurt you. I promise. I won't let you down. You can count on me."
'New Moon'
Bella: "So, you're a werewolf?"Jacob: "Yeah, last time I checked."
'New Moon'
Jared (Bronson Pelletier): "These are trade secrets! She runs with vampires!" Bella: "You can't really run with vampires. They're very fast." Jared: "Well, we're faster. Freaked out yet?" Bella: "You're not the first monsters I've met." Sam Uley (Chaske Spencer): "Jake's right, you're good with weird."
'New Moon'
Alice Cullen (Ashley Greene): "Bella it's Edward, he thinks you're dead!"Bella: "What?" Alice: "He's going to the Volturi. He wants to die, too."
'New Moon'
Edward: "Heaven." Bella: [Bella runs into Edward in attempt to get in back in the shadows] "You have to move! Open your eyes, look at me. I'm alive. You have to move!" [Edward grabs Bella and goes into the shadows] Edward: "You're here!" Bella: "I'm here." Edward: "You're alive!" Bella: "Yes... I needed you to see me once. You had to know that I was alive. You didn't need to feel guilty about it. I can let you go now." Edward: "I could never let go of you. I just couldn't live in a world where you didn't exist." Bella: "[puzzled] But you said... " Edward: "I lied. I had to lie, and you believed me so easily." Bella: "Because it doesn't make sense for you to love me. I'm nothing... Human. Nothing." Edward: "Bella, you're everything to me. Everything."
'New Moon'
Edward: "The Volturi are the closest thing my world has to royalty... they enforce the law." Bella: "Vampires have laws?"
'New Moon'
Aro (Michael Sheen): "What a happy surprise! So Bella is alive after all. Isn't that wonderful? I love a happy ending... they are so rare."
'New Moon'
Edward: "I just have one condition if you want me to do it myself." Bella: "What's the condition?" Edward: "And then forever." Bella: "That's what I'm asking." Edward: [dramatic pause] "Marry me, Bella."
"When we were 5, they asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up. Our answers were things like, astronauts, president... or in my case, a princess. When we were ten, they asked again. We answered, a rock star, cowboy, or in my case, a gold medalist. But now that we're grown up, they want a serious answer. Well, how about this. Who the hell knows? This isn't the time to make hard and fast decisions; this is a time to make mistakes. Take the wrong train and get stuck somewhere. Fall in love... a lot. Major in philosophy, because there's no way to make a career out of that. Change your mind, and change it again, because nothing's permanent. So, make as many mistakes as you can. That way, someday, when they ask what we want to be, we won't have to guess... we'll know." — Jessica
"You'll always be my Bella... [pauses] My Bella just less fragile." —Edward
Charlie Swan (Billy Burke): "What's going on?" Jacob: "I kissed Bella. [pause] And she broke her hand punching my face. It was a complete misunderstanding."
Bella: [about her kissing Jacob] "You saw?" Edward: "No. But Jacob's thoughts are pretty loud." Bella: "I don't know what happened." Edward: "You love him." Bella: "I love you more." Edward: "I know."
Edward: [about Jacob] "Doesn't he own a shirt?"
Jasper Hale (Jackson Rathbone): "The two most important things to remember are first, never let them get their arms around you, they'll crush you instantly. And second, never go for the obvious kill. They'll be expecting that. And you will lose."
Bree (Jodelle Ferland): "What did you do to me? I, I'm so...[clutches throat] Riley (Xavier Samuel): "I know. We'll get you someone to drink. Just try not to get killed. I'm gonna need numbers."
Jacob: "Imprinting on someone is like... Like when you see her... Everything changes. All of a sudden, its not gravity holding you to the planet. It's her... Nothing else matters."
Edward: [with Jake in the tent,as Bella sleeps between them] "This might sound odd, but I'm glad you're here." Jacob: "Meaning, as much as I'd love to kill you, I'm glad she's warm. Let's face it, I am hotter than you." Edward: "If we weren't natural enemies, and you weren't trying to steal my reason for existing, I might actually like you." Jacob: "Well, if you weren't planning on sucking the life out of the girl I love, I might... [laughs] No. Not even then."
Charlie Swan: "Well, his sister I like." Bella: "Alice? Yeah, she's great. Hey Dad, I was wondering, why didn't you get re-married, after mom?" Charlie Swan: "Uh, I don't know... uh I guess I haven't met the right gal. Why?" Bella: "I don't know. I thought you just maybe gave up on the whole institution of it, of marriage... But do you think there's any value in it?" Charlie Swan: "Yep. Yeah, marriage has value... when your older, much older. Like your mother, uh, seemed to work out fine for her the second time around, later in life." Bella: "Yeah I guess." Charlie Swan: "I mean, you definitely don't want to have to get married cause your not... um careful." Bella: "What?" Charlie Swan: "You know what I'm talking about. There's... things that you need to think about if your going to be... physically intimate..." Bella: "Okay, don't have 'the talk,'please." Charlie Swan: "It's just as embarrassing for me as it is for you." Bella: "I doubt that. And don't bother, cause Mom bet you to it like 10 years ago." Charlie Swan: "Well, you didn't have a boyfriend 10 years ago." Bella: "I'm sure things work the same way." Charlie Swan: "Alright, so, you guys are taking precaution?" Bella: "Dad, please just don't worry about... that. Edward is... old school." Charlie Swan: "Old school, great. What's that, like a code for something?Bella: "Oh my God, dad, I'm a virgin!" Charlie Swan: "Ah, okay... glad we covered that." Bella Swan: [runs up stairs] "Me too!" Charlie Swan: "Virgin... I'm liking Edward a little more now."
Edward: "I'm from a different era, things were a lot less complicated. And if I'd met you back then, I would've courted you, would've taken you on chaperoned strolls, ice tea on the porch. I may have stolen a kiss or two, but only after asking your father's permission — and I would've got down on knee. [kneels] And I would've presented you with a ring. [opens box with the ring and places it in her hand] This is my mother's. Isabella Swan, I promise to love you every moment of forever. Would you do me the extraordinary honor of marrying me?" Bella: "Yes."
Bella: "This wasn't a choice between you and Jacob. It was between who I should be and who I am. I've always felt out of step. Like literally stumbling through my life. I've never felt normal, because I'm not normal, and I don't wanna be. I've had to face death and loss and pain in your world, but I've also never felt stronger, like more real, more myself, because it's my world too. It's where I belong."Edward: "So it's not just about me?" Bella: "No. [pause] Sorry."

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I haven't updated in a while. The good news: That's because we were so busy. The bad news: That's because we were so busy. :)
In the week or so since our last update, we've had 2 football games, several practices, a Bowl-A-Thon, a Scouts meeting and "Belt Loop Frenzy," the fair and Grandma's surprise birthday party.
Javi and Bella both enjoyed the fair, though Javi made much more of his time there than Bella did. He got the all-night pass and we got every nickel of our money's worth. Like last year, he rode every ride multiple times. Unlike last year, he refused to ride anything was completely tall enough for.
Rather, he only wanted to ride the things required him to stand on his tiptoes to get on. And he refused to let us ride anything with him. This includes the Super Shot, the Himalaya, the Pirate Ship and the Dragon, as well as miscellaneous fun houses, slides, jumping booths and games. It was the Dragon that did him in. He got off the ride, looked at Billy and said, "Okay, Dad. I did not like that one at all."
Bella just hung out in the stroller while Billy and I shared a funnel cake and butterfly fries. I slipped some cider vinegar in with the ketchup so they were just tangy enough to suit both our tastes. You can tell the fries were the highlight for me. :)
Belt Loop Frenzy was an all-day affair that took place in a pasture in Harnett County. I'd like to see it was fun and exciting, but that'd be a lie. It was hot and grassy and not well organized - but Javi had a blast and walked away with belt loops for football, baseball, basketball, fishing, maps and compasses, geology and soccer. Some scouts camped out, but we made our way home about 5 pm. Needless to say, we aren't looking forward to doing that again any time soon!
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Sarah and I went to BJs today. We had a free trial card, and some extra time on our Philly carshare car we'd rented, so we went. It was pretty lame. We were both very unimpressed. However, I did score a 3 pound bag of cranberries for $5. I love cranberries, if you hadn't noticed. Seriously, I love them. When we got home, I decided to get a head start on Thanksgiving (which I'm so excited about) and make cranberry relish. You know, the kind that's just made with an orange, cranberries, and sugar that we all used to make in kindergarten? At least in New England we did. This recipe is my entry for the Heart of the Matter Holiday Food event. Cranberries are one of the "superfruits", and are really good for you. Check out the Cranberry Institute. Everyone knows you drink cranberry juice when you have a urinary tract infection, but did you know cranberries are also good for your heart and have tons of antioxidants? Yum. Oranges have tons of vitamin C, and are good for your heart. While this recipe does have some sugar, it can be cut down a lot, or replaces with honey or agave nectar or some other healthy sugar substitute.
Cranberry Orange Relish
1 orange
3 cups of cranberries
1/2-1 c of sugar (white or brown)
Remove zest from orange in wide strips, leaving most of the bitter white pith behind. Cut zest up into little pieces. Peel the orange, scrape the pulp from the membranes. Combine both in the food processor, discard pith and membranes. Add cranberries to orange parts in food processor, pulse until pretty well chopped. Add sugar, pulse quickly, then pour into a jar. Let sit in the fridge a few days to let the flavors meld. Enjoy on meat, toast, as a spread on sandwiches, or anything you can think of. I even eat it right out of the jar.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Heart of the Matter: Holiday Food: Cranberry Orange Relish
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I loved participating in this event!! Cranberries are my favorite thing this time of year! That relish looks lovely!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1:02 AM
An hour ago I was wondering what to do with my leftover bag and a half of cranberries, then I stumbled onto your blog from Kate's Thanksgiving compilation. (I got a few bags on sale after thanksgiving; I just made chocolate-cranberry muffins, which took less than I expected them too) This looks perfect! I'm looking forward to trying this! :) Thanks!ReplyDelete
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Seattle has a new web portal which promotes walking – in and around Seattle. For those of you whose New Year's resolution includes more physical activity, www.seattle.gov/walking is your ticket to walk!
Aging and Disability Services, a division of the Seattle Human Services Department, collaborated with the city's Department of Information Technology to promote walking organizations, events, and resources for older adults. The page includes links to local walks and hikes, neighborhood walking maps, and volunteer opportunities like shelter dog walking as well as a selection of 5Ks and 10Ks by month.
"As part of Encore, Seattle's Web portal for people age 50+, the walking campaign is meant to encourage older people to get moving and stay connected," said Rosemary Cunningham, interim Aging and Disability Services director. "But all ages can use this site. The sooner someone gets into a walking habit, the healthier they'll be when they get older."
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 33.8 percent of U.S. adults and 17 percent of children and youth are obese, a growing trend. In King County, 54 percent of adults are overweight or obese, 20 percent are obese, and 5.4 percent have been diagnosed with diabetes.
"The benefits of physical activity are well-documented," said Cunningham. "You can control your weight, strengthen your bones and muscles, reduce your risk of chronic disease and some cancers, improve your mental health, prevent falls, and increase your chances of living longer. And walking is a level playing field—people can walk regardless of income and any extra walking is beneficial."
Aging and Disability Services and the Seattle Department of Information Technology created Encore three years ago to give boomers 24/7 access to information about programs and services that interest them, both within city departments and the community at large. The portal provides older adults with access to thousands of resources, under broad headings such as Work & Money, Arts & Recreation, and Health & Fitness. For more information, visit www.seattle.gov/encore.
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With the unseasonably warm temperatures urging me to get outside yesterday, I used my day off to explore yet another gem of the Portland Trails system with my two Labs. A few of my customers have told me that they enjoy romping with their dogs at Riverton Trolley Park in Portland and now I can totally understand why! What a nice place to relax, poke around and exercise the mutts!
This park is well-maintained by the Portland Trails folks and is part of the Sebago To Sea trail system as well. Located off Route 302 as you head toward Westbrook, parking is located at the trailhead adjacent to a ball field on your left just after you take a right off 302 onto Riverside Drive at the traffic light just past Tortilla Flat and Riverton Housing Complex. My dogs are obedient to voice commands off-leash, but I carried their leashes in case we encountered walkers who don't love dogs. The first half-mile or so of the trail is pretty flat and meanders along the edge of the Presumscot River, with a couple of nice old bridges to cross and a few granite and wooden staircases to ease your access to scenic vistas. There are a couple of good hills to climb and then the trail heads around the back side of Riverside Recycling Facility - i.e. the city dump. For a gal like me who's always looking for cool stuff to photograph, I have to admit that I tripped continually over freshly cut stumps in the newly-cleared path...but for the most part, if you look where you're going, you'll have an easy time negotiating the terrain and following the ample trail markers. Sneakers, hiking boots or Keen sandals are adequate footwear, but if it's wet or has been rainy, I'd recommend wearing your Bogs or rain boots as it'll likely be a muddy walk. A little more than a mile out, you'll be passing between Riverside Golf Course on your left and the city dump on your right. I found lots of curiosities to photograph on this section of the trail, including an old enameled sink with cool metal findings and a vintage snowmobile. So much fun!
My two adult Labs had great fun exploring the forest on either side of the trail and Casco unearthed a vertebrae bone which my vet identified as coming from a dog skeleton! There is opportunity for water-loving dogs to have a swim in the river, but be forewarned - there is a current and the banks are steep. It was quite an adventure coaching my dogs as I ran along the shore watching the current moving them along, finding a safe place to pluck them out (those leashes I was carrying came in handy!) and boosting them back up the high banks to the safety of the trail. Ah, Labs! They are nothing if not fearless adventurers!!
The Riverton Trolley Park has a rich history dating back to the 1800's, when the area boasted a 2500-person outdoor theater along the banks of the river. We will be returning there to explore again, and hope you will visit and enjoy the park with your own dogs soon! The foliage is still stunning....and the weather is just perfect!
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One cannot not notice once in a while a giant among us. A giant, that is the same height, same stature like everyone of us – only his mind and his prolific resume make him a giant. Meet Tony Gragg. An unbelievably prolific sculptor – in a class of his own.
Tony Cragg was born in Liverpool, England in 1949. Internationally recognized as one of the leading abstract sculptors of his generation, Cragg has produced a highly influential body of work centered on the manipulation of shapes and surfaces as they relate to the human environment. Using such diverse materials as bronze, glass, and found objects, Cragg has created enigmatic works that meld bio-morphic shapes with otherworldly textures. In 1988, Tony Cragg was awarded the Turner Prize from the Tate Gallery, London, England. Tony Cragg has exhibited in museums throughout the world including The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; The Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas; the Tate Gallery, London, England; Musee National d'Art Moderne – Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria; and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain.
London Art Award nomination Tony Cragg: 'I'm not a religious person—I'm an absolute materialist—and for me material is exciting and ultimately sublime. When I'm involved in making sculpture, I'm looking for a system of belief or ethics in the material. I want that material to have a dynamic, to push and move and grow.'
The Telegraph: "His move away from assemblage towards a material freighted with art-historical baggage could well have made Cragg look antediluvian. But as a show at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art reveals, over the last 20 years Cragg not only faced the challenge but revelled in it, making bronzes that weigh many tons, and yet look as though they'd been freed from the laws of gravity and inertia, zigzagging giddily upwards, as vertiginous in their verticality as Brancusi's Endless Column. In these amazing sculptures Cragg appears at times to be engaging in a private conversation with the great masters of early 20th-century sculpture."
Cragg: "There is this idea that sculpture is static, or maybe even dead, but I feel absolutely contrary to that. I'm not a religious person—I'm an absolute materialist—and for me material is exciting and ultimately sublime. When I'm involved in making sculpture, I'm looking for a system of belief or ethics in the material. I want that material to have a dynamic, to push and move and grow.
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The Liverpool-born visual artist is currently the director of Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, and has lived in Germany since 1977. He won the Turner prize in 1988, and for his services to art received a CBE in 2002. He also opened a sculpture park in Wuppertal, Germany. All his sculptures are handmade, and he is well-known for scorn of factory-made art; likening non-handmade works to relatives that one has never met.
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Multiway ligation problems: pBS + 3 fragments: bad pattern - (Nov/10/2012 )
Hi everybody,
I write to ask some help.
I was fightting with horrible 3 ways ligation for 6 months.
I amplified by PCR 3 fragments (1.800 + 2.400 + 2.000 pb= Lux Operon) with differents and complementaries sticky ends. The ER are NotI , XbaI, BamHI and SmaI (blunt).
(I know that XbaI has methylation sensitivity). I run the amplification in a gel and all the fragments have the right size. I digested them (6 NTD's to end to allow ER's cut).
All ensymes are new (FastDigest Fermentas)
The pBS is digested by SmaI- NotI and dephosphorylated, and has good size and pattern. Ratios 1:1:1:1 (I tried differents and are worst)
I tried a lot of different conditions:
1.- Quick ligation (BAD)
2.- Normal T4 + fresh buffer 4ºC o/n
3.- Normal T4 + fresh buffer 16ºC o/n
4.- 65ºC 5 mins + Normal T4 +16ºC o/n
5.- Sequencial ligation : first fragments and then add pBS
6.- I tried to clone it one by one. I obtain pBS + the 2n fragment (middle of the insert, but it had the XbaI site and my cells are DH5alpha, dam +). I use it to ligation (65ºC 5 mins + Normal T4 +16ºC o/n) and I obtain a lot of transformants. I selected it by the expression of the insert (Luciferase +). Few good clones.
Then, when I made plasmid extraction, digest (SmaI -NotI) and run gel all the positives had two fragments: one the insert (about 6 Kb) BUT the pBS had about 5 Kb!!
I was thinking two options:
1.- the vector is pBS+ Middle insert + Lux operon
2.- Two pBS + Lux operon (But when I digested I should see good bands, right). In fact, I think that is not possible with ColE1 ori, right?
What's wrong?
Please I need help to create my vector. My advisor isn't molecular biologist and he can't help me.
Thanks in advance.
(Hopefully you will excuse my level of English)
This is a very difficult ligation since you have a blunt RE too. I think you need to use more digested PCR product in your ligation reaction. In order to get higher concentration of PCR product we usually clone them into TOPO or pJET , and use the digested fragments in the next ligation. this is for two reasons, first, you are sure the ends of your fragments are completely digested, and second you get a higher concentration of pure digested product.


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Rise of the Machines: Why Demand Media Is Worth More Than the New York Times
The New York Times's model for content creation, which revolves around well-paid professionals who rely on their experience and judgment, looks increasingly threatened. What does a new model look like? Perhaps one where a computer spits out assignments to day laborers who work furiously for low pay.
That's the worrisome conclusion you can draw from Dan Roth's excellent profile of Demand Media in the new issue of Wired. The piece is well-worth reading, but here's the very short version: Demand has figured out how to generate a massive stream of low-cost stories designed to extract the maximum dollars from Google's (GOOG) advertisers.
The company has plenty of competitors that do similar stuff–Associated Content, Mahalo, and About.com, owned by the New York Times (NYT)–but Demand's secret sauce is an algorithm that helps it figure out the most valuable stories to assign, based on search terms and keyword prices. Which leads to stories like "Where can I donate a car in Dallas?"
Demand currently produces about 4,000 new stories a month, paying the freelancers who create them between $15 and $20 a piece. But CEO Richard Rosenblatt wants to up that to a million per year. At that point, Roth notes, "the payouts could easily hit $200 million a year, less than a third of what The New York Times shells out in wages and benefits to produce its roughly 5,000 articles a month."
Which is why Demand is constantly floated as a potential acquisition candidate for the likes of Yahoo (YHOO), at price tags of $1.5 billion or more. Investors, who bid up Times stock a bit after the company announced plans to cut its newsroom headcount by eight percent, currently value the publisher at $1.3 billion.
All of that make you queasy? Then you're going to hate reading paragraphs like this:
Here is the thing that Rosenblatt has since discovered: Online content is not worth very much. This may be a truism, but Rosenblatt has the hard, mathematical proof. It's right there in black and white, in the Demand Media database–the lifetime value of every story, algorithmically derived, and very, very small. Most media companies are trying hard to increase those numbers, to boost the value of their online content until it matches the amount of money it costs to produce. But Rosenblatt thinks they have it exactly backward. Instead of trying to raise the market value of online content to match the cost of producing it–perhaps an impossible proposition–the secret is to cut costs until they match the market value.
I think there's an equally worrisome story–worrisome, that is, from the admittedly self-interested perspective of content creators like me–about the pressure from advertisers, armed with their own technology, to push the value of online content down even further. But we'll save that for later. One downer a day is plenty.
Want to know what the face of new media looks like? Here's a 2008 interview Kara Swisher conducted with the preternaturally peppy Rosenblatt:


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Lindenwood University has announced that Dan Korte, president of the Rolls-Royce Defense business, will be the keynote speaker at its 2012 Undergraduate Commencement ceremony. He is joined by fellow Lindenwood alumna Rev. N. Deliza Spangler, dean and rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral in Buffalo, N.Y., who will speak at Baccalaureate and Graduate Commencement the night before.
Undergraduate Commencement will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 12, while Baccalaureate and Graduate Commencement will be at 7 p.m., Friday, May 11. Both ceremonies will be at the Family Arena, at 2002 Arena Parkway in St. Charles, and are open to the public.
Korte, who joined Rolls Royce Defense in 2009, has 20 years of experience in design and systems engineering, integrated product team leadership, and supplier, procurement and program management at the company; he is based at Rolls-Royce's headquarters in Reston, Va. Prior to that, he was vice president and general manager for Global Strike Systems, a division of Boeing Military Aircraft, where he began work in 1985 as an electronics engineer and held a series of increasingly senior positions, including V-22 program manager and vice president of supplier management and procurement.
In addition to a bachelor of science degree in engineering from Southern Illinois University, he has an MBA from Lindenwood University and is a graduate of the Strategic Thinking and Management for Competitive Advantage Program at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.
Spangler graduated from Lindenwood in 1975, after which she studied at Princeton Theological Seminary for a year, later transferring to the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in New York City, from which she graduated in 1978. The church began ordaining women in 1977, making her one of the first women priests ordained in the United States. She served in a variety of posts before taking her current position, in addition to which she serves on the Diocesan Commission on Ministry and Ecclesiastical Court. She is also the chair of the Transition Committee for the election of the new bishop for her diocese.
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The Five Years of Firefox in Manila event was held yesterday and it wasĀ a great launchpad for the Mozilla Philippines Community.
I, along with Community coordinators Ren-Ren Gabas, Allan Caeg, and Mozilla Campus Reps from Colegio San Juan de Letran Calamba led by Joell Lapitan, came at 12 noon to make the necessary preparations at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) in Makati City. Since the event was scheduled at 3:15, we had enough time to iron out the logistics and event flow. Also, we had great support from the AIM folks in the event management.
People started trickling in at 2:15 and the heart snacks were served. In line with the Philippine community theme, we had Filipino delicacies for the food. (Yum!) We started a but late at 3:30 with around 70 people in attendance.
The program proper was kicked off by Allan Caeg, who had a short welcome message and showed the "Light the World with Firefox" video:
Ren-Ren Gabas then had a short talk about the Mozilla Campus Reps initiative and I then followed up with the Five Years of Firefox in Manila talk and introduced the official Mozilla Philippines Community website and invited the people join.
Globe Telecom also showcased the Web2Mobile add-one where Globe subscribers can send SMS and MMS via the Firefox, with a very intuitive interface. This demo drew a lot of "ooooh"'s from the audience. On a side note, the app will be launched soon and this was a project by a couple of Computer Science students from the University of the Philippines – Diliman.
Then came the most awaited portion: the raffle. I think most of the Firefox fans who came to the event really wanted the special edition Firefox shirts we gave away, but we could only give out five shirts. ¤Öü Maybe we can have more in the future. ¤śē But nonetheless, no one went home empty handed as we gave everyone little Firefox goodies.
If you ask me, the event was able to introduce the Mozilla Philippines Community in a nice way and it was able to make people look forward to the next set of events. ¤śĆ
A huge thanks to everyone who came and those who helped, I hope you will be a part of the Mozilla Philippines Community moving forward. ¤śĆ
Here are some photos of the event, courtesy of Aja Lapus and Joell Lapitan:
One final thing: props to my fellow bloggers/Firefox fans who were there:


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Eclipse hunting, part II
Well, I've finally arrived in Gansu province, in a small town called Pingliang after around 21 hours on trains. I'll be doing the same in reverse shortly. Sadly, weather forecasts for the region tomorrow are not looking good so I think my chances of seeing anything are remote, perhaps even more so than I am. Tomorrow at around 6 am I'll make my way to Kong Tong mountain, make the four hour walk to the summit, and see what I can see from there. Fingers are firmly crossed, but I'll just have to take what I get.
In the mean time it's been a fairly strange, interesting experience all around. I spent a day in Baoji, a city of around 4 million, walking around for a while, firstly panicking that nobody would sell me a ticket back to Beijing (you can never buy a ticket more than 5 days in advance here and pre-Olympics that has been scaled back to 3 days!) and than being amused by the stares of the many many locals who would follow me around, wondering what on Earth I could be up to in their little neck of the woods. I have a few photos of the People's park, including the most depressing fair ground I've ever come across.
This morning's ride to Pingliang has also been pretty strange, with non-stop stares from many people. Not, apparently amused, or moved, simply puzzled, with a look letting on little of what they were thinking.
Pingliang is in the East of Gansu province, and it's my first time in this region of China. My first impression is that the people are quieter than any Chinese I've ever met, not that they don't say much, but that they are soft-spoken, and after the hurricane of voices from Beijing to Baoji, this is no bad thing! Needless to say that these few days have been a great chance to speak Chinese.
So, after tomorrow morning, I head back down the mountain, photos captured, or not, get a train back to Baoji, spend a night back in the hotel, then in the afternoon I take another 16 hours on the train to Beijing. In Beijing I will have around 24 hours before I head to Korea where I'll be working for a couple of weeks. I'm really very much looking forward to this and am interested in seeing the contrasts to the Chinese departments I've been spending time in recently.
Anyway, with e-mails to check and various things to sort out, I'll have to leave it at that for now. I expect to next write from Korea...


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|The capital of Spain since 1561, Madrid today is a strikingly modern city, the showcase of a country resolutely turned towards the future. Your Local Guide takes you to the Puerta del Sol, Plaza de Espana with its monument to Cervantes, the Parliament, Cibeles Fountain, elegant Calle Alcala, and Paseo de Castellana. Then, the highlight: a visit to the palatial PRADO MUSEUM, founded in 1819, and considered to have one of the finest collections of European art of the last eight centuries. (B)
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|A day in beautiful Castile. Cross the rugged Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range on the way to Segovia, famous for the 2,000-year-old Roman aqueduct. Enjoy a walk through the walled town of Avila, where St. Theresa founded the Order of Carmelites. Arrive in Salamanca, and follow your Tour Director for a pleasant walk to beautiful Plaza Mayor. A highlight is [LF] your overnight stay at Hacienda Zorita, which once hosted Christopher Columbus, where a WINE TASTING and dinner await.Today's Distance: 180 mi / 290 km (B,D)
|Day 4
|The majestic scenery of the Serra da Estrela mountain range forms the backdrop of your drive into Portugal. Follow in the steps of pilgrims from all over the world as you visit the SANCTUARY OF OUR LADY OF THE HOLY ROSARY in Fatima. Tonight, an optional dinner with Fado-style entertainment is the perfect introduction to Portugal's capital, Lisbon.Today's Distance: 329 mi / 530 km (B)
|Day 5
|Lisbon was the center of Europe's longest-lived overseas empire. Morning sightseeing with a Local Guide features a drive through the Baixa quarter's main squares and a walk through the cobblestone alleys of quaint ALFAMA, the popular quarter of the seamen and Fado singers. Drive along the grand Avenida da Liberdade up to Pombal Square. Stop for pictures of Belem Tower, guarding the mouth of the Tagus, and the Monument to the Discoveries. Next, visit JERONIMOS MONASTERY with the tomb of Vasco da Gama. An optional excursion is available to the royal palace of Queluz. (B)
|Day 6
|Stop in Azaruja to visit [LF] a CORK FACTORY and learn how this material can be used. Back in Spain, continue to Seville in Andalusia.Today's Distance: 273 mi / 440 km (B,D)
|Day 7
|During your sightseeing tour with a Local Guide, hear about the city's role in Roman times, its conquest by the Moors in 712 AD, and its contribution to the discovery of the New World. Admire Maria Luisa Park, the Golden Tower on the Guadalquivir River, and the university that was once the tobacco factory of Carmen fame. Also visit the magnificent CASA DE PILATOS, a mixture of Moorish and Roman architecture with a splendid collection of Roman sculptures. Then, stroll through the narrow lanes of the charming SANTA CRUZ QUARTER. For those interested, an optional extended guided visit to the cathedral is available, and tonight, for a truly Andalusian night out, reserve a seat at our optional Flamenco show. (B)
|Day 8
|Travel through the sherry wine region of Jerez to Algeciras. Board your FERRY and sail across the Strait of Gibraltar to Africa. Continue to Tangier, jumping-off point for the Moorish conquest of Spain. Sightseeing with a Local Guide includes a [LF] spectacular panoramic drive to CAP SPARTEL. Marvel at the views and quench your thirst Bedouin-style with a glass of hot mint tea, accompanied by local biscuits. This evening, enjoy Moroccan entertainment during dinner at your hotel.Today's Distance: 155 mi / 250 km (B,D)
|Day 9
|Costa del Sol
|Visit the colorful GRAND SOCCO square, located next to the Mendoubia Gardens. Explore the narrow streets of the kasbah before returning by FERRY across the Strait. Arrive in Torremolinos on the Costa del Sol.Today's Distance: 81 mi / 130 km (B)
|Day 10
|Costa del Sol
|Today is your chance to join an optional excursion to the Rock of Gibraltar, in British hands since 1704. Time to enjoy the sandy beaches, browse through the trendy boutiques or to just relax. (B)
|Day 11
|Venture into the mountains to history-steeped Granada. A guided walking tour features the ALHAMBRA COMPLEX. A fantasy of 'lace in stone' surrounded by arabesque gardens and fountains, it affords superb views of the Old Quarter and Sacromonte, a mountain occupied by Gypsy cave dwellers. Also admire the magnificent WATER GARDENS OF THE GENERALIFE, the royal summer residence. This evening, dinner with local specialties has been prepared at one of Granada's fine restaurants.Today's Distance: 121 mi / 195 km (B,D)
|Day 12
|The Andalusian hills and the landscapes of Don Quixote's La Mancha unfold before your eyes on the way to Toledo, spectacularly situated on a granite hill surrounded by a loop of the Tagus River. Your guided walking tour features the Moorish bridge and visits to an early SYNAGOGUE, the 13th-century gothic CATHEDRAL, and the CHURCH OF SANTO TOME with one of El Greco's most famous paintings. Visit a DAMASCENE STEEL WORKSHOP before returning to Madrid. Tonight, enjoy a farewell dinner at your hotel.Today's Distance: 292 mi / 470 km (B,D)
|Day 13
|Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning. (B)
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Dumbarton Oaks is pleased to begin the 2013 Spring Term by welcoming six new fellows to the academic community.
Ricardo Agurcia, Asociación Copán
Pre-Columbian Studies
"Art, Architecture, and Archaeology at Temple 16, Copán, Honduras"
Julian Baker, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Byzantine Studies
"Money in Constantinople, the Sea of Marmara, and the Northeast Aegean during the Fourteenth Century"
Finola O'Kane Crimmins, University College Dublin
Garden and Landscape Studies
"Revolutionary Landscapes: Ireland, France, and America from 1700–1810"
Jeff Kowalski, Northern Illinois University
Pre-Columbian Studies
"The Nunnery Quadrangle at Uxmal: Kingship, Court, and Cosmos in a Puuc Palace Complex"
Ralph-Johannes Lilie, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Byzantine Studies
"Byzantine Historiography: Caught Between Literary Ambition and the Demands of Scholarship?"
Nicholas Marinides, Princeton University
Byzantine Studies
"Byzantine Lay Piety, ca. 600–850"


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September 27, 2016
Keeping Up with the Joneses: The Great Paint Debate
Posted in Living by Tyler Davis Jones
The vinyl siding of the 1942 Seattle Cape Cod fixer we purchased nine months ago had been sun bleached to the point of resembling a kind of soft lemon chiffon yellow you'd see on a cake your grandmother baked. Great for dessert, bad for today's exterior home color. We wanted a charming, warm and inviting new exterior home color but were fearful about what it would cost to have a professional do it
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September 26, 2016
Selling Your Home? Go Through This Safety Checklist With Your Real Estate Agent
Posted in Windermere by Tara Sharp
Selling your home can be stressful for many reasons. One thing you can be sure of when selling your home is that there will be strangers entering your space, so it's important for you and your agent to take certain safety precautions.
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September 23, 2016
#YourStoryIsOurStory: Kicking off the School Year Right
Posted in #YourStoryIsOurStory, Community, and Windermere Foundation by Tara Sharp
Starting the school year can be nerve wracking; new friends, new classroom, and for some, a new school all together. Imagine starting the new year already behind, with shoes that don't fit, clothes that are stained or too small, and inadequate school supplies. Many Windermere offices work very hard at the start of the school year to ensure this doesn't happen for kids in our communities...
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September 19, 2016
U.S. Government $10,000 Short Sale Incentive Expires December 30, 2016
Posted in Short Sales by Richard Eastern
The federal government's Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives (HAFA) Program is set to expire December 30, 2016. The program pays homeowners $10,000 to complete a short sale rather than go through the foreclosure process. Since the application deadline for HAFA is only a few months away, it is important for homeowners to apply as soon as possible.
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September 16, 2016
Here's Your Fall Home Maintenance Checklist:
Posted in Living by Tara Sharp
Fall is an ideal time to tackle maintenance projects both inside and outside. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
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September 09, 2016
Windermere and the Seahawks partner to #TackleHomelessness
Posted in Seahawks, Community, Windermere Foundation, and Perspectives by Jill Jacobi Wood, OB Jacobi & Geoff Wood
Our partnership with the Seahawks and YouthCare fits perfectly with the mission of the Windermere Foundation which is to support low-income and homeless families in the communities where we have offices. Through the #tacklehomelessness campaign, we hope to be able to do even more.
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September 08, 2016
Do You Have 'Average' Credit? If so, Getting a Mortgage May Be Tough
Posted in Inman News and Market News by Matthew Gardner, Chief Economist, Windermere Real Estate
Today, lenders require nothing short of pristine credit to obtain a mortgage. We can never return to the reckless lending policies of the past, but I believe they've gone too far, and it concerns me.
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September 07, 2016
Investing in Rental Property: The Risks, Rewards, and Benefits of Owning Rental Property
Posted in Buying by Tara Sharp
One area of the real estate market that is thriving right now is rental property. All indications suggest that the rental market will continue to improve because of low vacancy rates and rising rents. In fact, the demand for rentals is predicted to far exceed supply through 2016, with 4.5 million new renters expected to enter the market in the next five years.
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September 02, 2016
Raising money for those in need—one putt at a time.
Posted in Community and Windermere Foundation by Marilou Ubungen
Thanks to fundraisers like these golf tournaments, as well as a variety of other fundraisers held by our offices throughout the year, the Windermere Foundation is able to continue to support non-profit organizations that provide services to low-income and homeless families throughout the Western U.S.
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When you see a mid '90s BMW E36, what do you think of? Maybe your nice friend's mom's car, painted in standard dark green? Maybe you think of a bright yellow M3 coupe hammering through an autocross. What about a snowbound rally car?
This is Forest Duplessis (brother of Chris Duplessis, the first American to race in Rally Finland in 40 years) and this is his missile car on studded snows last winter. His E36 M3 likes dirt roads, it likes being sideways, and I think we all like it in return.


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Jaguars rookie QB Blake Bortles already showing quick progress
JACKSONVILLE — Blake Bortles is finally letting it fly.
The Jacksonville Jaguars rookie is now showing why he was the first quarterback picked in this year's draft, displaying impressive progress since a June minicamp when his sometimes wobbly ducks raised eyebrows.
But the pads have come on. And so has Bortles, who has exceeded offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch's expectations with his growth spurt through the first week of training camp. Extra throwing sessions with fellow quarterbacks Ricky Stanzi and undrafted rookie Stephen Morris during the Jags' summer break are paying off.
Not that Bortles is a legitimate threat yet to unseat veteran starter Chad Henne, whose experience and knowledge of Fisch's system give him a sizable advantage.
But Bortles' grasp of the playbook and the pinpoint spirals he's now spinning turned heads during a flawless two-minute drive Thursday capped off with a perfectly thrown 30-yard touchdown to rookie receiver Allen Hurns on an improvised go route.
"That was a drive that was unscripted, and Blake just played ball, audibling to that touchdown, which was pretty cool," Fisch told USA TODAY Sports.
"That's what I've seen with his growth. He would have just done whatever I called for him in the spring. But now he's audibling and threw that touchdown against man coverage. ... The ball is coming off his hand better.
"Sometimes when you're overthinking, you grip the ball tighter. He's gotten rid of the mind clutter."
Bortles, who was drafted third overall in May out of Central Florida, looked especially natural throwing on the move while hitting receiver Kerry Taylor with a perfect strike off a play-action bootleg.
In that sense, Bortles is the antithesis of Blaine Gabbert, the former Jaguars first-round bust who felt phantom pressure after getting thrown to the wolves as a rookie in 2011 before he was ready to play.
"It's starting to slow down," Bortles said. "There's still a ton of things I need to do better and continue to work on.
"As far as the offense is concerned, it (his comfort level) has definitely been better going through it for the second time. ... It just comes with taking more repetitions."
Bortles conceded some of those woudned-duck passes launched during the spring were the result of thinking too much about where to go with the ball instead of freeing his mind to play fast and loose. His mechanics are smoother, and his footwork is in noticeably better sync with his release point.
"Jedd always likes to say, 'It's like the driving range — just test your clubs out,' " Bortles said. "I guess I was doing some of that in OTAs. And it wasn't going well.
"I'm trying to find the clubs that I can hit well."
Fisch said there is currently no plan to give Bortles a preseason start, though he would seem the natural candidate to get the nod Aug. 28 against the Atlanta Falcons in the final exhibition game. To date, Bortles hasn't had any first-team repetitions.
That figures to change the more he advances.
"Chad has certainly showed he has command of this offense right now, and he's playing at a high level with great confidence," said Fisch. "But the thing with Blake is the better he plays, the more challenging it becomes for us as coaches.
"We just want to just make sure he stays in his own world, and it doesn't get bigger than it has to."
Jacksonville general manager Dave Caldwell is encouraged by his rookie quarterback's work ethic and maturity.
"Blake is doing a nice job," Caldwell said. "He's doing everything within his power to be as productive as he can be. ... He came here on his own during the break. And I know he studied a lot from home."
And now he looks at home in Fisch's up-tempo system.
"The preseason is an opportunity to show what you know, what you can do and what you've been doing for the past couple of months," Bortles said.
"All of us are looking forward to it."
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Bloomington aldermen viote 5-4 to reject a liquor license for a movie theater expected to open in December despite efforts to reach a compromise.
The City Council on Monday denied Weherenberg theaters a liquor license for a movie theater expected to open this winter.
Wehrenberg's Bloomington Galaxy Cine 14, 1111 Wylie Drive, is under construction and is expected to open in December.
Council members voted down two motions to approve restrictions before voting 5-4 to deny the theater a license to serve beer seven days a week.
Alderman Jim Finnegan proposed a license that would limit the size of a beer served before ultimately voting against granting a license. The theater had planned to serve 32-ounce beers.
"I tried to guide the council to agree on no more than a 24-ounce bottle, but nobody else would go for that, so I figured let's vote it all out and be done with it," Finnegan said.
The council also discussed limiting beer drinking to a food court area and not allowing beer into the movie theaters.
Alderman John Hanson said he would have considered that compromise if it had been altered a bit.
"If their concept was to have an independent sit-down type restaurant within the facility rather than to have a food court-type atmosphere, I probably would not have had a problem with it."
Alderman Karen Schmidt voted for both compromises and against denying the license.
"I don't have a problem with beer being served in a movie theater," Schmidt said.
Wehrenberg Theaters President Ronald Krueger II could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
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Breathtaking scenery, boat trips and 15 kilometres of sandy beaches offer a tempting invitation to explore this island and the Wadden Sea around it. A dream destination in the North Sea.
The island of Spiekeroog, an 18.25km² strip of emerald green lying between the islands of Langeoog and Wangerooge, is surprisingly lush for an East Frisian island. Unusually high numbers of oaks and black pine trees are a feature of this island located in the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park. Floral highlights during the summer months include the bright purple sea lavender and wild roses blossoming in the dunes, which in autumn give way to the vivid orange of the sea buckthorn. The Ostplatte, a semi-wilderness stretching from the Wittbülten national park centre to the eastern tip of the island, is of particular botanical interest. Here, the wind and the tides are constantly shifting and reshaping the dune-filled landscape.
Lush scenery, a car-free environment and fresh, sea air are not the only features that make Spiekeroog a popular island for health and wellness. There is also a spa centre offering hot stones, thalassotherapy and other treatments both modern and traditional as a way of boosting the body's natural defences. And for those in search of an authentic experience after all that relaxation, the island runs special boat tours out to the seal banks as well as trips on the Gorch Fock cutter, which include a fishing demonstration using a small bottom trawl net.
After a proper trip out to sea, what could be better than freshly caught fish in one of the island's charming restaurants – or maybe a hot drink in one of the many cosy tea rooms? Observe a local custom by drinking a cup of East Frisian tea with candy sugar.
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COMMERCE CITY CO (May 21 2008) – The Colorado Rapids acquired veteran goalkeeper Preston Burpo and a 2009 fourth round SuperDraft pick in a trade today with the San Jose Earthquakes. In exchange the Rapids sent Jovan Kirovski and Kelly Gray to the Bay Area.
"With the expected absence of Bouna Coundoul and unexpected duration of the injury to Justin Hughes we needed to address our goalkeeping situation said head coach Fernando Clavijo.
"Preston is an experienced 'keeper in MLS and will help solidify that position for us."
Burpo has a career goals-against average of 1.18 in 22 games all with Chivas USA in 2006 and 2007. The Maryland native was traded from Chivas to San Jose in the off season but has been limited to reserve division action this year behind Joe Cannon. Burpo spent time on the Rapids roster in the early 2000's but never saw any game action.
Kirovski joined the Rapids in 2005 in a late season trade with the Los Angeles Galaxy and had scored 12 goals in 61 games. Kirovski had yet to see the field this season.
Gray returns to the Earthquakes after playing 20 games for them in 2005 and played 100 minutes in two games for the Rapids this season.


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