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Andres, Johannes "Hans" (1912-2005) & Eleonore "Lore" (Bartels) Andres (1918-2007)
Johannes "Hans" Andres: agriculturalist and farmer; born 6 September 1912 in Schroop near Danzig, Germany the eldest of three children of Jakob Andres (1885-1955) and Anna (Bartel) Andres (1890-1969). Hans married Eleonore "Lore" Bartels (born 16 December 1918 in Heiligenbeil) in Germany on 29 September 1942. They had four children: Hermann, Peter, Gerd and Anne. Hans died 5 February 2005 in Chilliwack, British Columbia and was buried in Agassiz. Lore died 20 April 2007, and was also buried in Agassiz.
Hans was baptized and attended the Mennonitengemeinde Heubuden-Marienburg. Hans trained as an Agriculturalist and was a manager of an experimental farm. During the early 1940s it was recommended by an influential civic leader that Hans voluntarily join the army. This would allow him to choose the type of service he could perform, which was to work with horses in the cavalry. Finding out that he could work with horses made this difficult decision easier to bare. Accordingly, he enlisted in the German army in 1943. He was given his certificate of discharge on 5 February 1946. Following World War II he had various professional agricultural jobs in West Germany.
Lore Bartels was confirmed in the Lutheran church in Germany. She was trained and worked as a hospital dietician before World War II. The Andres family immigrated to Canada in December 1951 with the Mennonite Central Committee chartered ship called the Beaverbrae. They were sponsored by a family from the Yarrow Mennonite Brethren Church in Yarrow, British Columbia.
After several months of working on a number of dairy farms, Hans Andres and family moved to Agassiz from Yarrow on 22 April 1952. Together with Siegfried and Walter Bartel, the three cousins purchased what was known at that time as The Hopyard, a one hundred seventy-five acre farm which had ceased growing hops (an early industry in Agassiz) after the destruction from the 1948 Fraser River Flood.
On 1 January 1956 Hans started operating his own dairy farm on Mountain View Road. In September 1956, Hans was crowned Corn King, the first recent European immigrant to have that honor in Agassiz. Mountain View Farm received many distinguished awards for high milk production. Because of health reasons, the dairy operation was discontinued in April 1964. In 1964, Hans established and continued a cherry and raspberry farm on Lougheed Highway until 1976, before retiring in 1991.
Hans was active in community affairs with the local Agricultural Association, the citizens' advisory group from Kent/Mountain Institutions and at Dogwood Manor in Agassiz. From 1964 to 1980 Lore worked at Glenwood Care Centre for three years and then later as a library assistant at Agassiz Secondary School for thirteen years. She was active in the local school Parent Teachers Association, Agassiz Arts Council and the local Historical Society.
The family worshiped at Eden Mennonite Church in Chilliwack and from the early 1970s until their deaths, Hans and Lore were active members of the Harrison Gospel Chapel. Lore enjoyed volunteering as church librarian and the Food and Fellowship Committee. After farm retirement Hans assisted others in farm real estate and pension consulting, worked on the Andres family genealogy and enjoyed reading about world history and politics.
Agassiz-Harrison Historical Society. Memories: Agassiz, Harrison Hot Springs & Harrison Mills, vol. 8. Agassiz, BC: Agassiz-Harrison Historical Society, 2001: 395-398.
Andres, Eleonore. My Life: Life on Two Continents. [1997]. An Unpublished Personal Memoir.
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Nothing is more important at the end of a game than the final score. That's as obvious as the Kardashians' lack of talent. The Patriots came out ahead in that regard for a third straight game and the fifth time in the last six with a 37-31 victory over the Buffalo Bills yesterday at Gillette Stadium.
Nothing is more important at the end of a game than the final score. That's as obvious as the Kardashians' lack of talent.
The Patriots came out ahead in that regard for a third straight game and the fifth time in the last six with a 37-31 victory over the Buffalo Bills yesterday at Gillette Stadium.
That raised their record to 6-3 and pushed their lead in the AFC East to two games, which might as well be 20 with the way the rest of the division is performing.
"It was good to win," coach Bill Belichick said, repeating himself for emphasis.
No debate there. But the discussion over the merits of his defense is a topic that's hotter than a habanero.
The Bills ran on the Patriots. They passed on the Patriots. They scored on the Patriots.
These being the Bills, the only thing they didn't do was beat the Patriots. Not that they didn't have their chances.
The last one came when quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick zipped a perfect pass into the end zone on second and 10 from the New England 15 with 28 seconds to play. Only one problem.
He targeted Devin McCourty, who happens to play safety for the Patriots. McCourty came up with the interception, sealing the outcome and allowing the 68,756 patrons on hand to simultaneously exhale.
The Bills, like the Jets three weeks ago, were positioned to KO the Patriots in the waning minutes. Like their fellow New Yorkers they departed kicking themselves in the you-know-what and slapping themselves up on the side of their helmets.
"That was one of those right-place, right-time moments right there," McCourty said.
That was one of three turnovers produced by the defense, which is pretty much the only right thing they did.
The Bills had 481 yards, 35 first downs and a 75 percent conversation rate on third/fourth down. Fitzpatrick threw for 337 yards, two touchdowns and five completions of 20-plus yards, adding to the Patriots' league-leading total.
Aqib Talib can't get here soon enough.
But the New Englanders' perpetually anemic play against the pass was alarmingly contagious yesterday. The heretofore stellar run defense suddenly melted like the Polar icecaps.
The Patriots came in allowing 3.5 yards a carry. They had surrendered 11 runs of 10-plus yards and seen one runner, Ray Rice, gain more than 55 yards on them.
The Bills averaged 5.8 yards a tote and had seven runs of at least 10 yards as Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller had 80 and 70 yards, respectively.
"They're not easy to get on the ground, even if you play halfway decently," Belichick said. "They make a lot of yards on their own."
The Patriots generously aided the cause with poor tackling from start to finish. Two, three, four players sometimes whiffed on one play.
Their inability to execute fundamentally isn't what you'd expect out of a Belichick-coached team at this point in the season, especially one coming off its bye week. So what was up?
"I think they have a real good group of skill players that are hard to tackle," Belichick said. "Part of that is a credit to them, but we've got to do a better job. I don't know how else to answer the question."
Nine games have been played and problems persist for a defense that, even were it average, would make the Patriots overwhelming Super Bowl favorites.
From the outside it looks like more of the same old, same old.
Vince Wilfork thinks otherwise. He sees improvement and points to the fact the Patriots were able to hold off the Jets and the Bills, something that didn't occur earlier in the season when they lost at Baltimore in Week 3 and at Seattle in Week 6.
"Situational football," the big defensive lineman said. "You saw games earlier in the year where we lost in this situation and you've seen two division games that we won in good situations. I mean, trust me when I say we are actually getting better.
"And I know we can get (even) better because everything isn't figured out yet. We have to continue to move on and get better and we will."
This defense is moving on after another win, but it's hard to see any progress being made.


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The custom-built expanded ranch house at 935 James Farm Road in Stratford may have its address on a main road, but you would never know it.
The house is set back from the road and is hidden from view by shrubs that line the front perimeter of the private, two-acre property, and the parklike grounds border Roosevelt Forest, the only municipally owned forest in the state. That's like having a 252-acre backyard.
There is a long, paved driveway on a slight decline to the two-car attached, under-house garage and a parking area that can accommodate about a half-dozen vehicles. A concrete and slate path travels from the lower driveway to a brick patio that sits under a canopy of trees and the covered front porch.
A second path, this one of fieldstone and brick, goes from the upper portion of the driveway to the front of the house, which has a fieldstone façade in the front and the rest of the exterior is red brick. In the section that comprises stone there is a row of red bricks under each window.
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Built in 1943, the house has 3,039 square feet of living space, most of which is on one level, as is typical of ranches. However, this house has a walk-up attic that has two spacious rooms that can be used as bedrooms or lots of storage.
A heavy wood front door opens into a small vestibule with a coat closet and a French door that separates it from the living room. There are hardwood floors and plaster walls throughout most of the house. It also features picture crown molding; that is molding that does not go quite to the ceiling but leaves a bit of room from which to hang pictures and photographs without having to put nails into the walls.
The living room also has a fieldstone fireplace with a slate mantle and cement hearth. It was converted from wood-burning to gas-operated, making it not only decorative, but functional, because the gas helps to heat the room. Also found in this room is a sizable closet with deep shelving that could be converted into a wet bar.
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This porch overlooks the peaceful, beautiful backyard, which has a mix of open lawn and then a thick border of trees.
On the side of the dining room opposite the porch is a long hallway that runs from the front to the back of the house. At the front end is one bedroom and just outside of it in the hallway is a full bath with a light and medium pink mosaic tile floor, four-by-four-inch white ceramic tiles on the lower walls and wallpaper on the rest, white fixtures, a wood vanity and a combination tub and shower.
At the back end there are two more bedrooms and another full bath. The bedrooms were originally one large room that was split in half. This area could serve either as two separate bedrooms or as a guest suite. Its bath has medium and light blue mosaic tiles on the floor, four-by-four-inch light blue tiles on the lower walls, a long white vanity with two sinks, white fixtures and a combination tub and shower.
In the middle of that hallway, near the dining room, is the entrance into the kitchen. It has a beige mottled 12-by-12-inch linoleum tile floor, wainscoting on the lower walls and wallpaper on the rest, and an L-shaped counter topped in Formica that has an unusual Douglas Crestlyn lifetime stainless sink unit with a stainless backsplash and two stainless "wings" on either side of the sink. The "wings" are used for culinary preparation.
Whoever designed and installed the oak cabinets must have been visionary because they anticipated that refrigerators of the future would be larger. The cabinets are made in such a way that the two that are currently above the refrigerator can be removed and a portion of the counter can be cut down to accommodate a larger refrigerator without compromising the rest of the cabinets.
Appliances include a GE Potscrubber dishwasher, Kenmore refrigerator and Kenmore Elite range with five burners and double ovens. A deep pantry closet sits just outside the kitchen in the hallway.
There is a door in this kitchen that serves as a side entrance, leading to the driveway and garage. The kitchen also provides access to the walk-up attic, which has a chair lift. This is a large attic with two rooms, wood paneling on the walls, numerous closets -- two of which are walk-in closets, and other under eaves storage areas. There is also a full bath with a floor of off-white mosaic tiles interspersed with colorful mosaic inserts, walls painted yellow, wallpaper on the ceiling, yellow fixtures and a combination tub and shower. Both rooms on this level have wall-to-wall carpeting.
For more information, or to set up a private appointment to see the house, call Joanne Begg of William Pitt Sotheby Real Estate at 203-261-7488 (office), 203-257-5065 (cell) or 203-375-6266 or e-mail her at email@example.com.
TYPE OF HOUSE: Brick ranch
ADDRESS: 935 James Farm Road
AMENITIES: two-acre park-like grounds, abuts Roosevelt Forest, fireplace, hardwood floors throughout most of house, large three-season sun porch, new asphalt roof, central air conditioning, chair lift to second floor, storm windows, recessed lighting
OTHER INFORMATION: five bedrooms, 3 full baths, two-car attached under-house garage, full unfinished basement, hot air oil and propane heat, walk-up attic, septic system, well water, patio, shed, lots of storage
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Music Publishers Keep Lashing Out At Consumer Groups; Those Who Respect Individuals' Rights
from the you're-not-doing-yourselves-any-favors deptIt appears that music songwriters and publishers don't yet recognize that going on the attack against groups representing public interests and consumers' rights is a strategy destined to backfire. They just keep doing it, and it's really making them look both petty and petulant, with no desire to actually understand these issues. Instead, they just think the world owes them their business model, and anyone looking out for larger interests is, quite literally, "the enemy." We've already covered ASCAP's (long planned) attack on Creative Commons, EFF and Public Knowledge. These attacks are so distasteful that even many ASCAP supporters are upset about them.
Now, it appears that the National Association of Music Publishers is getting in on the misplaced anger. In a recent speech, its CEO, David Israelite lashed out at these groups, and lumped CEA and CCIA into the bunch. CEA and CCIA, of course, have both been pretty strong supporters of making sure that copyright law is not harming innovation or the economy. These are important issues if you believe that a stronger economy is important for everyone -- including musicians and songwriters -- but it appears that Israelite and the NAMP take a very narrow, zero-sum view of the world, which is that, if the gov't isn't handing over greater and greater protectionist policies, something's wrong -- and anyone who supports looking at the actual evidence should be shouted down as an enemy. It's not a position that can be supported by logic, so it's pure emotion:
But there is a growing enemy that does not have respect for copyright at all. And this is a very different enemy.Yup. They call these groups "enemies" twice. Very subtle there. What's really glaring, however, is that Israelite doesn't even respond to the actual study at all. I mean, you would think that the actual evidence presented by one of the few parts of the government that is widely respected for its objectivity in doing research, would be worth commenting on. Nope. He skips right over the actual evidence and blames these four groups for actually highlighting what the evidence says. And then he claims that they're "suggesting the ridiculous"? In other words, Israelite has taken such a faith-based position, that when actual evidence is presented that goes against his faith, he doesn't just shoot the messenger, he shoots anyone who repeats the message. Convincing.
When the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a study in April on the economic impact of intellectual property piracy, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Public Knowledge, the Consumer Electronics Assn. and the Computer and Communications Industry Assn. took out a full-page ad in newspapers around Washington, D.C. "Content industry piracy claims are bogus," the ad read. "For years, claims of huge losses from digital piracy have been used to justify harsh restrictions on innovators and consumers . . . They have harmed our competitiveness, hampered legitimate businesses and impeded innovation."
Who are these four groups and why would they take out full-page ads to suggest the ridiculous--that theft of intellectual property isn't really bad? The answer is, this is the new face of our enemy.
These four groups have an extremist, radical anti-copyright agenda. They all have an economic interest in the theft of our music or paying little to nothing for it. [And] they are intellectually dishonest in how they approach these fights.Radical extremists, huh? Isn't that what the Canadian politicians behind the new copyright law, James Moore, just called critics of his bill? Sounds like the talking points on anyone actually interested in consumer rights is making the rounds, and "radical extremists" is the key phrase in trying to tar and feather anyone who suggests consumers have rights.
I have put together a top 10 list of the positions taken by these groups that I will define as their extremist, radical anti-copyright agenda.Oh, do tell. This is going to be a great list, I'm sure. Please make sure that it's in Letterman-style countdown format too...
No. 10: They support changing the law to reduce damages for copyright infringement.That's radical extremism? Wow. Of course, when the damages for copyright infringement are so far out of line with the actual harm of copyright infringement -- such that someone sharing a single album's worth of music for non-commercial purposes can be fined $2 million -- it seems like it's actually kind of a pretty good question why the damages are so high. Even judges in these cases appear to find the damages results laughable. When the damages are entirely out of line with actual harm, it seems perfectly reasonable to suggest they be brought more in line. How is that radical or extremist?
No. 9: They support the elimination of statutory damages for secondary copyright infringement.Again, how is it either radical or extremist to suggest that liability for breaking the law should fall on those who actually break the law, rather than some 3rd party with deeper pockets? Personally, it seems a lot more radical to blame one party just because it's easier and they have more money, rather than those who actually break the law.
No. 8: They favor rolling back copyright extension; in some cases, radically.Again, I'm at a loss as to how this is either radical or extremist. Actual evidence (again, the stuff Israelite would apparently prefer to avoid at all costs) has shown the net loss to society and culture from copyright extension. Our original copyright law lasted for, at most, 28 years. The entire point of copyright law was supposed to enrich the public domain, but we haven't had anything enter the public domain in years, and it's unlikely we'll see much enter the public domain in our lifetime. That seems radical.
No. 7: They favor the elimination of the songwriter and publisher rights for server, cache and buffer copies.Again, this is not at all radical. Nor is it about "eliminating" rights. It's about accurately applying the law so that ridiculous results don't emerge -- such as cases where cache or buffer copies of songs require additional royalties and licenses, when they're clearly in transit. It was about not outlawing technology based on how long the wire is (i.e., the Cablevision case, where Israelite apparently supported the blatantly ridiculous position that a DVR hosted by Cablevision is illegal, because it hosts cached versions in transit, while the DVR in your home is legal).
No. 6: They oppose efforts to obtain the identities of individuals engaged in massive copyright infringement.Not quite. They oppose efforts that expose individuals' privacy without fair and due process. Who knew it was "radical extremism" to insist on privacy rights and due process. These groups have no problem with exposing the identities of those who break the law when there is due process involved. It's hard to believe that Israelite is really suggesting that music publishers don't believe in due process or privacy rights.
No. 5: They support extreme versions of orphan works legislation.Misleading again. Orphan works legislation is a red herring -- only brought about because of the ridiculous overreach in copyright law that wiped out the public domain. The sort of overreach that Israelite's group supported. So now when these groups try to fix one of the massive problems that this overreach created, it's dubbed "radical extremism." Yikes.
No. 4: They have filed legal briefs supporting anti-copyright positions of Grokster, Napster, LimeWire, Cablevision, Google, YouTube and Verizon.Misleading in the extreme. None of those lawsuits involved "anti-copyright" positions, no matter how much the entertainment industry likes to spin these cases that way. The first three -- Grokster, Napster and LimeWire -- were never "anti-copyright" positions, they were questions about third party liability. Again these are just questions about who it's fair to blame: the user or the toolmaker. The entertainment industry wants to blame the toolmakers. Common sense says you blame the actual user. Claiming that a debate over properly applying liability is an "anti-copyright" position is deliberately dishonest. The Google/YouTube case is the same story. It's a case about liability. Not anti-copyright. The Cablevision case we described above. It was about whether or not the industry could veto technology based on the length of a wire. That's not anti-copyright at all.
Finally, it's pretty shocking that he includes Verizon in this list. I'm guessing he's referring to the RIAA's fight with Verizon way back when. To suggest that Verizon is "anti-copyright" is ridiculous. That was, yet again, a case about due process -- which I guess Israelite is admitting he doesn't believe in. This Verizon case involved the question of whether or not the RIAA could just demand Verizon hand over details of Verizon customers without a court-reviewed subpoena. The issue covered basic due process, which had nothing, whatsoever, to do with copyright.
It's really stunning how blatantly Israelite is basically admitting that due process is meaningless if you interfere with "his" business model.
No. 3: They oppose graduated-response protection for copyright owners.Yes, it's "radical extremism" to support the view held overwhelmingly by consumers that kicking people off the internet is punishment that does not come remotely close to fitting the "crime" of sharing, distributing and promoting music you love for free.
And, again, of course, most of the arguments against graduated-response efforts are due the clearly unconstitutional lack of due process involved: cutting people off the internet based on accusations rather than convictions is pretty radical and extremist. Actually fighting for due process? Not so much.
No. 2: They oppose treaties that support copyright enforcement like the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.Heh. This one is amusing, because he conveniently ignores the serious problems with ACTA. They're not "opposed" to these treaties just for the hell of it, or because of some "radical extremist anti-copyright" position. They're opposed to it because it has all sorts of ridiculous language that will do serious harm. But, I guess for Israelite to realize that he'd have to look at the evidence, and he's less a fan of that than he is of supporting due process.
No. 1: They actually argue that illegal peer-to-peer file-sharing traffic helps the economy and doesn't hurt songwriters.I'm actually not aware of any of those four groups actually saying that, but I will say it. What's hurting songwriters is their inability to adapt to a changing market. The songwriters who are adapting seem to be doing just fine. We write about them all the time, but Israelite won't read this blog, I'm sure, because it's filled with "evidence." Yes, if you don't adapt to market changes, it can "hurt" your business. But that's what most of us here in capitalist America think is a good thing. Otherwise we'd all be riding around in horse buggies. So, sure, automobiles "hurt" the horse buggy market. And the printing press "hurt" the monks-writing-books business. But what happened? Much greater opportunities came about as a result, and the smart horse buggy makers who jumped ship to join automobile makers did just fine. We're seeing successful songwriters adapting all the time. It's just that they're doing it without kowtowing to Israelite and NAMP.
I don't see how any of that represents "radical extremism." I see plenty of attempts to falsely demonize those who believe in due process, privacy rights, consumer rights, innovation, correctly applying liability and (*gasp*) actual factual evidence. But, that's not radical extremism. It's called reality.
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Look: Greta is going to be in Minneapolis and St. Cloud this weekend, and she'll also be on Atheist Talk radio on Sunday morning.
I'm hoping to make it to her Sunday talk, but I have a conflict: on Sunday, 18 September, before her talk, I have to appear on a panel over the internet to speak at the Tech Museum in San Jose, California. Thanks to the wonders of science, I don't have to be in San Jose…I just have to have a quiet place with a stable internet connection. If I can arrange that, I'll drive in to the Twin Cities.
The topic of the panel is "Religion and Science: Beliefs and the Brain," and it's associated with the opening of an exhibit on Islamic science. I get to be the poopyhead arguing that science and religion are incompatible, in case you couldn't guess.


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Next week, you can turn your body into a canvas for some of the nation's top tattoo artists. Or, you can simply show up, explore the vendor booths and hear live music. Chicago band Disturbed will bring its "Music as a Weapon" tour to the Civic Center on Wednesday.
Next week, you can turn your body into a canvas for some of the nation's top tattoo artists. Or, you can simply show up, explore the vendor booths and hear live music.
Chicago band Disturbed will bring its "Music as a Weapon" tour to the Civic Center on Wednesday. It starts at 2 p.m. with an outdoor festival.
Heather Vantress, operations manager of the festival, describes it as "a mini Warped Tour" and says there will be vendor booths, a place to design your own tattoo and print it out, live music from Suicide Silence, Spineshank, Bury Your Dead and Crooked X, and "enough to keep you busy for the four hours that the tattoo fest is going on." It's free to attend the festival, but tickets for a 7 p.m. concert by Disturbed, Killswitch Engage, Lacuna Coil and Chimaira are $39.75, on sale at the Civic Center box office, Ticketmaster outlets and by phone at (309) 676-8700.
Ahead of the event, we spoke with Oliver Peck, a renowned tattoo artist who has been featured on TLC's "Miami Ink" and MTV's "Bam's Unholy Union."
"If you're interested in getting a tattoo at all, it's worth coming out to the show, to see the artists work," said Peck, who will be showing off his skills at the event. "Even if you don't have any but you're thinking of getting them, you can see how people deal with it and get insight into it before you take the plunge yourself."
Peoria Journal Star: What kinds of artwork are your customers looking for?
OLIVER PECK: Some people have a specific idea and some people just want a certain style. So I'll look at what else they have and see what will go well with what they have. Pretty much what I do is considered traditional Americana stuff - turn-of-the-century sailors, and military and folk art. A lot of patriotic tattoos, a lot of eagles and skulls and hearts and anchors, stuff like that. Or banners that have words - family names, or military slogans.
PJS: What is the first step? If I showed up wanting a tattoo, how would you guide me?
PECK: First of all, you want to find out how big of a tattoo you want and what types of stuff you like already. Usually if someone has no tattoos and they don't really know what they want, then we generally try to get them to think about it and make a decision. Because the removal process is not really 100 percent, and it's more expensive and painful than getting a tattoo.
PJS: What was your first tattoo? How old were you?
PECK: I was 17, and I did it on myself. I did a moon and star on my ankle from a skateboard graphic in the late '80s. It's still there today. My body suit - my tattoos - are complete; no cover-ups and no removals. Some tattoos, I have stuff in my mom's name, stuff from certain artists that were my favorite and I said, "Do whatever." It's my favorite art medium. There are a lot of artist that I really like, and a lot of them are also painters so I've picked images out of their paintings.
PJS: For a tattoo artist, is it the ultimate compliment to get a customer who says 'Do whatever'?
PECK: It's pretty cool. When you start out, for the first so many years, you do stuff off what we call flash - the designs on the wall. People come in and want names and little tattoos. You do that for a few years, but definitely your aspiration is to do your own art.
PJS: What's the longest you've ever worked on a tattoo?
PECK: Nine hours. And that's a pretty intense gig to sit through. I've been tattooed for eight hours. I hardly have (any spots on my body) bigger than a silver dollar left. But I'm really happy with my choices so far. It's really painful - I love having them, but I hate getting them.
If you're getting a little tattoo on an easy spot, that's not that bad - it takes 15 minutes to an hour. When you're getting a whole side panel of your body done - down your ribs or back - you have to sit for a long time. It gets pretty excruciating. I've been in motorcycle wrecks, skateboarding accidents, I've broken bones, and getting a tattoo is the most painful thing I've ever done. But if it's worth having there's going to be some sort of payout to get it.
PJS: What's it cost?
PECK: Most tattoo shops have a minimum, and it's usually between $40 and $60 - that's something very small that would take 30 minutes or less. Most of the more experienced tattoo artists will charge between $100 and $200 an hour.
PJS: Any advice for people ahead of getting a tattoo?
PECK: I would say the most important thing is to research the tattoo you're getting, because certain images have certain meanings. Certain symbols - a skull with wings - is a very prominent insignia of a very large motorcycle gang. So people could get in a bad situation over having it visible on their arm.
And research the person who is doing the tattoo; look at all their work. I usually tell people, you should get an artist recommendation. See what you like on other people and find out who did it. Make sure you're satisfied with their work. There are a lot of tattoo artists out there that misrepresent themselves. Just because there's a sign out front that says "Tattoo" doesn't mean you'll get a good one.
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What: Grammy-nominated hard rock band Disturbed's "Music as a Weapon IV Tour," featuring vendors, tattoo artists, an extreme sports complex with motocross, BMX and skate teams, a technology and gaming zone.
When: 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Where: Peoria Civic Center.
Cost: Free to attend the festival. A 7 p.m. concert in the Civic Center arena will feature Disturbed, Killswitch Engage, Lacuna Coil and Chimaira. Tickets for the show are $39.75 at the Civic Center box office, all Ticketmaster outlets and online at Ticketmaster.com, or by calling (800) 745-3000.


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Chrysler will unveil the new Euro-spec Jeep Grand Cherokee with a 3.0-liter Common Rail Diesel (CRD) engine at this year's Geneva Motor Show. They'll likely also show off the new Chrysler 300. Sadly, we're only getting the latter.
Originally debuting in the 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the 3.0-liter CRD engine brought 218 HP and 376 lb-ft of torque to European buyers of the off-road-ready unibody SUV. Now there's a new Jeep Grand Cherokee — and although it's getting a new engine lineup here in the United States, it's getting the same ol' CRD for Europe.


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In 1995, while visiting the Public Library in Nappanee, Elkhart County, Indiana I "discovered" a collection of old letters that were on display. Somehow they had been overlooked on previous visits. These letters just happened to be from "my" family! Most of them were written to Elizabeth "Lizzie" Berlin Coppes, sister of my Great-Great Grandmother, Lovina (Berlin) Yarian.
There were thirty-five letters written, starting in 1862 and going through 1871, then there is a twenty-year gap with one letter from each of the years 1892 and 1895. The letters were donated to the Heritage Room of the Nappanee Public Library by Elizabeth's granddaughter, Helen Mutschler Chapman (1902-1990).
The Library allowed xeroxcopies of the letters to be made, and after a considerable amount of time spent in deciphering them, they were transcribed and posted on my (now defunct) website. I'm posting the transcriptions here on the blog so that they remain available to descendants as well as to other researchers. Images of the letters will not be included here due to the fact that many of the copies were of poor quality. And, also, although I did obtain permission to publish transcriptions of the letters, I never received permission to use images of them.
Every attempt was made to present the letters as they were written, including "errors" in spelling and grammar. However, some punctuation and many paragraphs breaks have been added to help improve readability. Many of the letters were one continuous sentence with little or no punctuation to separate thoughts, hopefully I've made the "breaks" at the right spot! The writers also often wrote in the margins in an attempt to use as much of the paper as possible. Some of the letters were very difficult to decipher.
There are several letters written by soldiers on the front lines during the civil war that describe the war as well as the tedium and boredom of waiting for something to happen.
The letters from one sibling to another are much like those you would write today to a family member (that is, if you still write letters, lol). They tell of deaths and births of family, friends, and neighbors; of the general day-to-day events of life, of joy and of grief. They provide a brief glimpse into the hardships of life in the mid-1800s yet they remind us that those things that are important to us were just as important to them.
What struck me was that "home" was where their parents were! For example, Sarah (Berlin) Greene remained in Portage County, Ohio when her parents and several siblings moved to Elkhart County, Indiana and several times she addresses letters to "Friends at Home" and other times says she would like to "visit family at home".
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A list of the people mentioned in the letters as well as some information about each of them can be found in The Cast of Characters.
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Britney Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline has been discharged from hospital after he sought medical treatment for chest pains while shooting a fitness TV show in Australia.
The former dancer, father of the "Toxic" hit maker's two sons, is currently trying to lose weight on fitness reality series "Excess Baggage," and he was hospitalized after completing a training session with an Australian Football League (AFL) team in Sydney on Monday.
Medics initially feared Federline had suffered a heart attack, but doctors at the Mount Druitt Hospital later found this wasn't the case and kept him in for further tests.
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Surprisingly to many, there are no regulations of any kind governing the display of flags in Roman Catholic Churches. Neither the Code of Canon law, nor the liturgical books of the Roman rite comment on this practice. As a result, the question of whether and how to display the American flag in a Catholic Church is left up to the judgment of the diocesan bishop, who in turn often delegates this to the discretion of the pastor.
The origin of the display of the American flag in many parishes in the United States appears have its origins in the offering of prayers for those who served during the Second World War (1941-1945). At that time, many bishops and pastors provided a book of remembrance near the American flag, requesting prayers for loved ones – especially those serving their country in the armed forces – as a way of keeping before the attention of the faithful the needs of military families. This practice has since been confirmed in many places during the Korean, Viet Nam and Iraqi conflicts.
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's highest court has reprimanded state prosecutors for overzealous actions to bring to court suspects accused of insulting longtime ruler President Robert Mugabe.
The Constitutional Court, in a ruling issued late Wednesday, said the panel of nine judges "admonished" prosecutors for pursuing cases where remarks allegedly insulting Mugabe were made "in drinking halls and other social places."
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Tokyo (CNN) -- A 63-year-old man wanted in connection with the murder of five people in a remote Japanese hamlet has been captured after a manhunt involving more than 400 police.
Three bodies were found on Sunday after two houses in Mitake, a tiny community in western Japan's Yamaguchi prefecture, were gutted by a "suspicious" fire, Yamaguchi police spokesman Katsumi Harada told CNN on Wednesday.
The following morning, two more corpses were found a few hundred meters away in the same neighborhood in the victims' respective homes.
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The wanted man -- who lived next to the burned out houses -- disappeared, prompting a huge manhunt.
Police found the man in the mountains barely 1 km from the village. He was barefoot, wearing only his underwear when he was discovered, police spokesman Kazutaka Umemoto told CNN.
The man was then taken to the nearest police station at Shunan for questioning.
The case attracted significant media attention after a note, apparently written in the form of a "haiku" poem -- a short form of Japanese verse -- was left hanging in the window of the fugitive man's home.
According to the authorities, the poem translated as: "Setting on fire, smoke gives delight, to country fellows." They have refused to draw a link between the poem and the killings.
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U2 Manager Blames 'Free' And Anonymous Internet Bloggers For Industry Troubles
from the hey,-is-that-us? deptHypebot kindly alerts us to an unintentionally hilarious GQ column by U2 manager Paul McGuinness, supposedly on "how to save the music industry." Of course, that's not what it's actually about -- because the music industry doesn't need saving. Last we checked, it's doing great. As, by the way, are McGuinness and U2. McGuinness has been making similarly wrong arguments for quite some time, and we try to debunk them each time. It seems that we bloggers have finally gotten under McGuinness' skin, as he lashes out at internet bloggers in this piece, specifically for the criticism they gave of his Midem speech in 2008 (criticism such as mine).
Then there is the backlash from the bloggers -- those anonymous gremlins who wait to send off their next salvo of bilious four-letter abuse whenever a well-known artist sticks their head above the parapet.Hi Paul. My name is Mike Masnick. Nice to meet you. I may be a blogger, but I'm not anonymous. Not only that, I've also attended the past few Midem's, as well -- and have even presented a few times off the same stage as you -- and, oddly, it didn't end in anonymous gremlins and backlash. Perhaps you're doing something wrong.
When Lily Allen recently posted some thoughtful comments about how illegal file-sharing is hurting new developing acts, she was ravaged by the online mob and withdrew from the debate.Well, since that story actually involves me, in part, I have to suggest that your version of it is a creative myth that has little to do with reality. While there were some childish attacks on Ms. Allen, that's true of pretty much any online debate. Check the comments here. I'm regularly called all sorts of horrible names. But that's not why Allen withdrew from the debate -- and pretending that the only reason was that she was "ravaged by the online mob" for her "thoughtful comments" is really a work of fiction. First of all, not all that much attention was paid to Allen's not-very-well-thought-out screed until after it was shown that she didn't even live up to the virtues she preached. First, she blatantly copied an entire blog post of mine, without credit or a link. Now, I'm fine with that, but doing so on a blog about how copying is "bad" seemed amusing.
After that, it was discovered that Allen was distributing a ton of copyrighted music in an unauthorized manner off her own website in the form of "mix tapes," that she had used to popularize her own works. That resulted in a lot more unwanted attention. Rather than attack Ms. Allen, we used it as a teachable moment, to suggest where she may have been overreacting. Right after that is when she "withdrew from the debate," and shut down her blog. During that time, I was monitoring the comments on her blog as well, and the vast majority of them were quite polite, simply asking her to defend her actions. Yes, there were a few nasty retorts, but they were very much a minority, were hardly representative, and were no different than you'd find in any online forum.
So, to spin all of that into claiming she withdrew because of being "ravaged by the online mob" is a work of fiction, I'm afraid. Perhaps you should try copyrighting it.
Nevertheless, Bono has stepped into the argument. Quite unprompted by me, he wrote an op-ed piece in the New York Times in January and he pulled no punches. "A decade's worth of music file sharing and swiping has made clear the people it hurts are the creators... and the people this reverse Robin-Hooding benefits are rich service providers, whose swollen profits perfectly mirror the lost receipts of the music business." Bono is a guy who, when he decides to support a cause, does so with enormous passion. But even he was amazed by the backlash when he was mauled by the online crowd.Not quite fiction this time, but McGuinness conveniently leaves out some of the details -- such as the fact that Bono suggested that China's internet censorship methods are a good model for the record labels to fight file sharing online. That's a statement that deserves backlash, because it's encouraging censorship (while not realizing how ineffective China's censorship really is). The backlash wasn't just because Bono spoke out against file sharing -- but because he said some things that many people pointed out were completely out of touch with reality.
You have to ask how these inchoate, abusive voices are helping shape the debate about the future of music. I rarely do news interviews but when I spoke to the influential technology news site CNET last autumn I was set on by a horde of bloggers. One of them was called "Anonymous Coward." I'm not worried about criticism from Anonymous Coward. But I am worried about how many politicians may be influenced by his rantings. The level of abuse and sheer nastiness of it was extraordinary. Without Anonymous Coward and his blogosphere friends, I think many artists and musicians would be more upfront about the industry's current predicament. They might tell the world what they really feel about people who steal their music. But it's understandable why they don't - and that is partly why I don't mind filling the vacuum.Once again, it appears that McGuinness is playing fast and loose with the facts, and is a bit confused. First of all, his interview with CNET was not last autumn, but in the spring of 2009. I know. The days blend together for me too, so this is certainly forgivable. Second, however, is the claim that this "horde of bloggers," including one named "Anonymous Coward" "set on" McGuinness. I've gone through the comments on the CNET piece, and don't see any by anyone named Anonymous Coward. Separately, it's worth noting that while many people critique the factual mistakes in McGuinness' claims, I don't see many that really are so outrageous as to be referred to as being "set on by a horde."
Now, I also responded to that interview, but once again, I am not named Anonymous Coward -- but Mike Masnick (again, nice to meet you). Now, the commenters on Techdirt who choose not to include their names are automatically labeled Anonymous Coward, a convention that we copied (I guess McGuinness would say "stole") from Slashdot when we first launched with Slashcode over a decade ago. So, some of our commenters (not the same as bloggers) did show up under that moniker. Reading through the comments from AC's on our post also leaves me scratching my head. There really aren't that many AC posts, and while some are critical of McGuinness, I still don't see how you could turn that into "a horde of bloggers" who then "set on" McGuinness. Perhaps this AC was on another site? Entirely possible, but the McGuinness article is devoid of links, so unless he stops by to comment (not blog), we'll never know.
Finally, despite this inability to find this crazed AC that McGuinness insists is out there, he seems to think that politicians will be influenced by his rantings. Tip: politicians generally are not influenced by the rantings of people who comment on websites under the "Anonymous Coward" banner. In fact, considering the vast number of detailed and fact-based responses to McGuinness' fact-challenged comments on this topic, you would think that he should be a bit more concerned about those people having influence. But, of course, that's silly. As we've seen time and time and time again, politicians have only adjusted copyright law in one direction: in favor of the recording industry after believing false statements from the likes of McGuinness.
What other factual errors does he make? Well, they're all over the place:
It is two years on from my Cannes speech. Some things are better in the music world, but unfortunately the main problem is still just as bad as it ever was. Artists cannot get record deals. Revenues are plummeting. Efforts to provide legal and viable ways of making money from music are being stymied by piracy.Except almost none of that is actually true. We're seeing artists get record deals all the time -- usually with smarter indie labels. Revenues are not plummeting. Recent reports show the opposite. Efforts to provide legal and viable ways of making money are not at all being stymied by "piracy." In fact, time and time again we see that artists who are embracing these new ways of making money are also embracing "piracy." It's what my last two Midem talks were about. Perhaps you should have attended them, Paul. In fact, the only thing that we hear over and over and over again is stymying legal music business models is... the record labels themselves, combined with outdated copyright law. We see innovative new businesses in the music space all the time, but instead of embracing them, we see the record labels sue them and try to bankrupt their founders. One after another these businesses fail. It's not because of piracy, but because the record labels demand all sorts of cash upfront, a huge equity stake, and then put ridiculous anti-consumer restrictions on the services like, "no streaming music unless people pay."
So beyond anonymous bloggers like myself, what's to blame? Not the record labels -- despite all the evidence that it very much has been them. According to McGuinness, Occam's Razor is broken:
It is facile to blame record companies. Whoever those old Canutes were, the executives who wanted to defend an old business model rather than embrace a new one, they left the business long ago. Last year, more than a quarter of all the music purchased globally was sold via the internet and mobile phones. The record companies know they have to monetise the internet or they will not survive.Except they're not "monetizing" the internet. They're trying to monetize an infinitely available good, and that's just a bad business proposition.
So, instead, let's blame basic economics:
If you had to encapsulate the crisis of the music industry in the past decade, it would be in one momentous word: "free." The digital revolution essentially made music free. It is now doing the same with films and books. For years we (and by "we" I mean the music business, musicians, creative industries, governments and regulators) have grappled with this new concept of "free." One minute we have fought it like a monster, the next we have embraced it like a friend. As consumers, we have come to love "free" - but as creators, seeking reward for our work, it has become our worst nightmare. In recent years the music business has tried to "fight free with free," seeking revenues from advertising, merchandising, sponsorship - anything, in fact, other than the consumer's wallet. These efforts have achieved little success. Today, "free" is still the creative industries' biggest problem.Yes, and the makers of horse carriages and buggy whips' biggest problem was the automobile. Time to adapt. I'd say that the $300 plus million that U2 makes touring in a year suggests that you already have, despite your worries.
In America there are no more Tower Records or Virgin records stores and many independent stores are just about hanging on. Consumers now buy CDs in a bookstore such as Barnes & Noble or Borders.There are no more five-and-dimes or soda jerks either, but you know, times change, and the businesses that rely on outmoded products that people no longer want die out. That's how it works.
Based on so many factually incorrect statements, it should come as no surprise at all that his conclusions and recommendations are also entirely wrong. It's the same old "tax ISPs" and "tax ISP users" and simply hand all that money of to McGuinness and friends. This is an idea that won't work for a whole variety of reasons we've discussed before. Thankfully, at least some in the press are calling McGuinness out on his factually wrong statements and bad suggestions. And these aren't "hordes of anonymous bloggers," out to attack him. These are people with legitimate points and legitimate concerns that McGuinness has totally failed to address for nearly three years now.
Paul, the people responding to your speeches and interviews and columns with these concerns are not some bogeymen from the dark with no name reaching out to "attack" you. We're people who love music and worry about an industry that is making many misguided and dangerous decisions that do more to harm the music world than the new services and technologies you apparently haven't taken the time to understand. We're not attacking you. We're pointing out the very big flaws in your ideas. Rather than repeating the same flawed plans -- with gratuitous and incorrect claims of some anonymous mob that's out to get you -- perhaps you could respond to the actual points that we've raised? Or is asking for that just a form of an attack?
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Jessica Chastain attended Sacramento City College
Northern California native Jessica Chastain is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in "Zero Dark Thirty".
Chastain, 35, recently took home a Golden Globe for her performance in the film.
Before going to Julliard and becoming a Hollywood star, Chastain attended Sacramento City College.
"I'm so proud of her, so proud of her. She was a stunning girl, and she's a stunning woman," said retired Sacramento City College Professor Kim McCann Lawson.
Lawson recalled what it was like to work with Chastain.
"She had drive, she knew what she wanted from the very beginning, and she was going to work to get it," said McCann Lawson.
And she did.
"She was somebody that was on time, knew her lines, knew her blocking, worked well with others," McCann Lawson said. "You name it, she did it."
It's hard work that's paying off for the once little girl with great aspirations.
"It was the only thing she ever wanted. There was no fall-back plan, this was it," said McCann Lawson.
Before attending Sacramento City College, Chastain graduated from El Camino High School in 1995.
In June 1997, Chastain performed at William Land Park in the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival.


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Remote exploitation of an input validation vulnerability in the authentication component of Oracle Corp.'s Secure Backup Administration Server could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands in the context of the running server.
The vulnerability is in a function of common.php which is called from the login.php page. The script fails to sanitize the input when verifying the user has permission to use the service.
Successful exploitation allows an attacker to gain complete control over an affected system. Because the the Administration Server runs as an unprivileged user, commands will be executed as that user. Under the Linux (and possibly other) installations many files are installed world writable. These include the configuration file for the Apache web-server that the Administration Server is built on. This server starts as the root user and changes to a user specified by the configuration files. Since these files are writable by the user it may be possible for them to gain access to the root user account. Other configuration and executable files are also able to be changed.
Oracle Corp.'s Secure Backup version 10.1.0.3 for Linux has been confirmed vulnerable. Other versions and other platforms may also be affected.
Block access to the httpd interface of vulnerable servers Remove write access for 'other' users to all files. The following command will recursively change the permissions to remove write permission to 'other'.
chmod -R o-w directory/
This may prevent some aspects of the system from functioning correctly.
Oracle has released a patch which addresses this issue. For more information, consult their advisory at the following URL.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name CVE-2008-5449 to this issue. This is a candidate for inclusion in the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org/), which standardizes names for security problems.
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Experts are urging baby boomers to become familiar with their parents' belongings long before they have to settle an estate and clean out the house. Here's why you should be prepared, take your time and save the valuables.
Anne Biesemeyer Bailey describes cleaning out the family home, the Mountain House and what she learned about her parents' lives. Click center button to turn on and off.
It's probably possible to clean out a parent's home in 10 days or less, as one expert suggests. My advice: "Take your time."
That way, you can say your goodbyes, make your peace and give more thought to what you toss and what you keep.
You might hold onto something you really would have missed if you had thrown it out. You may make the extra effort to donate clothing, furniture, china (or 20 bottles of 30-year-old whiskey) to a good cause.
In "The Boomer Burden: Dealing with Your Parents' Lifetime Accumulation of Stuff," Julie Hall lightens up an overwhelming task with catchy chapter titles like "The Hearse Doesn't Have a Trailer Hitch."
Another resource is "Putting Things in Order" by Ellen Baumritter and David Finkle, a self-help journal to help boomers organize their lives for the next generation. Both decided to write the book when they experienced "the sad and confusing" task of sorting through their late parents' estates.
I recently spent one final week sorting through more than 70 years of "stuff" in the apartment where my parents moved in 1983. They'd brought tons of things with them from our family home, and my late mother had carefully packed boxes and boxes full of items wrapped in newspaper. She passed away in 1990, and when my father died in March, it was all still there.
I kept coming across mementos – "common household objects" as Groucho Marx used to say on "You Bet Your Life" – that underscored what those early years were like, the friendships and the social scene.
About 25 square, white cards, with my parents' wedding invitations from 1940, announced the reception at my aunt and uncle's house. I'm using them to send notes and make lists.
A spool with small-gauge wire in my father's old metal tool box. A paint brush, used and cleaned, the bristles soft and pliable. An old saw, double-edged and rusty. Each reminds me of how good he was at fixing things. My mother's aprons, from the 1950s, copious notes on recipes, Toby mugs and nail brushes with wooden backs and stiff bristles.
I found my first inclination was not always the best. Three boxes were filled with a full set of Royal Doulton English bone china, each piece wrapped in yellowed newspaper. My parents had gone to Toronto in 1940 to select the china for their wedding, and my father had made sure in recent years I knew where the china set was packed away.
My impulse was to sell or donate it, until I unwrapped a few pieces. It is lovely, reminding me of my mother's good taste, and is safe in my storage room.
One chore did have a deadline: cleaning out the assisted-living apartment where my father lived for his last eight months. I donated the maple bedroom furniture to the nonprofit church organization that runs the home. A new recliner went to the blind elderly woman who moved into his apartment. The dining room table, with two big leaves, was perfect for the staff's weekly staff meetings.
And those 20 bottles of ancient whiskey? The activities director was delighted to get them for the residents' monthly happy hours. One, a gift, says, "Made especially for Al Scheible." They can open it and toast him.
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Rest in peace, grampa. I love you.
|Edward John Lanctot
(30 Jul 1921 - 8 Jul 2011)
The chronicle of this woman's perpetual game of hide-and-seek with her ancestors
I'm so sorry for your loss, Jenny. Blessings to you and your family.
Prayers to you and your entire family, so sorry for your loss.
Jenny, I am so sorry. You, your grandfather and all your family are in my thoughts and prayers as you move through these next days and weeks.
I am so sorry for the loss of your granddad. Please know you and your family are in my thoughts.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Jenny, I am very sorry for the loss of your grandfather. May the love of your family and friends and your memories of him bring you peace.


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FREE Book Look :: The Book of Doing
What a fun book to kick off our "Book Look" reviews and FREE giveaways here on DIYStyle! At first glance I thought "The Book of Doing" was a book for kids (see what I know!), but written by Advertising Age publisher Allison Arden–hence it is mostly for us grown ups. Subtitled–Everyday activities to unlock your creativity and joy….this is a book that gives all of us the permission to get messy, experience something new, and ultimately get your creative juices flowing.
Allison is one who experienced the lack of "doing" firsthand as she works in a fast paced, tech field, publishing the 80 year old powerhouse of a magazine that professionals in the Ad and Marketing areas look to. So these days, with 2 children in tow, she learned how getting crafty and giving yourself permission to try new things REALLY enriched her life (most of us sewers and crafters already know how this works right??—-actually wrong!!).
Filled with ideas of things to try out, this book is a kind of kick-start workbook rather than a high level read-and-digest manual. Starting off the adventure into creativity are the 18 "Laws of Doing". Kind of a mantra for the whole book's direction, these simple but profound words to live your creative life by are certainly worth repeating to yourself on a regualr basis. I think we all sometimes forget how the little things turn into BIG things, no matter what the direction and journey.
This workbook for creativity includes exercises like Imitate a Cocktail or Mocktail, and Spend an Hour Looking at the Stars and Learning the Constellations. As connected as we are to the tech world thru our tv, computers, phones, facebook, and tons of social media; Allison proposes for us to stash the "red bouncing ball" that is always vying for our attention and just DO. A simple message, a really cute book, and a creative movement we should all be involved in!
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Jul 12, 2007
What were you doing 10 years ago?
Living in Carlsbad with Faezer and preparing to move in with Ang and Lesley. I'd just finished sleeping through my freshman year at UVSC and needed a little break. You know...to sleep some more.
What were you doing 1 year ago?
I was in New York City with Doug and boys while he did his orientation. I'm sure I was sweating and wishing I didn't have to wear a bra. Kinda like right now.
Five snacks you enjoy:
(I'm going to assume this means the unhealthy kind.)
1) Ice cream (multi-weekly)
2) Chug chocolate milk (I enjoy this almost every time I grocery shop.)
3) Wendy's Frosty (fort-nightly)
4) Chili Cheese Fritos (road trips)
5) Plain M&M's (rarely)
Five songs that you know all the lyrics to:
Woah. Where to start...a good chunk of my life has been devoted to this important pursuit.
1) "Somebody" by Depeche Mode (but really...who doesn't?)
2) "Head Over Feet" by Alanis (plus all the other songs on Jagged Little Pill)
3) "Oh L'amour" by Erasure (plus all the other songs on Pop)
4) "Mysterious Ways" by U2 (plus all the other...well, you get the idea.)
This decade?
5) "These Words" by Natasha Beddingfield
Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
1) Hire someone to snip all the yucky stuff off the chicken breasts before I cook them.
2-5) Buy some stuff.
Five Bad Habits:
1) Some might say I'm "cluttery" or "messy" but I say "artistic"!
2) I sleep as long as possible whenever possible.
3) I'm a sugar addict.
4) Evidently I squeeze the middle of the toothpaste tube.
5) Using multiple colors in my blog posts.
Five Things you Like doing:
1) Reading
2) Sleeping
3) Throwing pots (not at all the same as smoking pot.)
4) Sleeping
5) Traveling
Five things you would never wear again:
2) tank tops (unless it's over a swimsuit, duh.)
3) Thrift store polyester shirts with someone elses name stiched on.
4) the 58 bikini's I used to own
5) pegged pants (As if anyone needs their butt and feet to look bigger.)
Five favorite toys:
1) iPod
2) cell phone
3) laptop
4) creme brulee torch
5) ice cream maker
Now for Diane's Meme:
4 places I've worked:
1. KFC (age 15-16) The grease has just recently been completely purged from my skin cells.
2. UVSC Testing Center
3. Adams Design Group in Carlsbad
4 Movies I can watch over and over:
1. Better Off Dead
2. Sneakers
3. Say Anything (Ahh, John...*sigh*)
4. Room With a View
4 Places I have been on vacation:
1. England and Scotland
2. France
3. Hawaii
4. Mexico
4 TV shows I enjoy:
1. Arrested Development
2. The Office
3. Veronica Mars (Curse you to HECK for cancelling this show, CW!!!)
4 Places I have lived:
1. Salt Lake City, Mapleton, Riverton, and Provo, UT
2. Carlsbad, CA
3. San Francisco, CA
4. Warwick, RI
4 Places I'd rather be right now:
1. Vinaka Cafe, Carlsbad
2. Cheesecake Factory, San Francisco
3. Iceberg Drive Inn, Utah
4. Serendipity, New York
(or sleeping in any of the above locations.)
I tag: All of you. Yes, that's right. Every single person reading this boring post. I defy you to out bore me! Now go blog!!!
That was exhausting...I need a nap!
8 comments:
- Jessi said...
I'm so glad you admitted to liking to sleep!! I'm right there with you.
- whitty-acres said...
Hey! Nice update to your page! (i do bloglines so I don't come here much.)
Anyway, I just came here to say: NO i did not make that RUDE comment on Debbie's blog! he he. Shame on you for thinking I did! Just kidding. But not as in just kidding, I really did make that comment.
OK next, you are funny. I love that so many of your favorite songs are from the 80's and 90's. I miss you. Do come to visit soon. I looked at flights out there and WOW. Not cheap. If you find me a cheap one (two, I'd have to pay for Isaac) then I'll come and force Dug to fix my teeth.
This is a pathetic novel. I apologize to everyone.
- Bartimaeus said...
The Torch is mine!!!
- whitty-acres said...
Bartimeus is weird.
- Linz said...
True - but we love him anyway...
Fun! I'll do mine soon!!
- Shelly said...
you are too cute! <3
we are going CRAZZY with the ice cream maker and creme brulee torch over the next couple weeks!!! and you can blog multiple times a day and make adriane really happy because i'm basically not letting your kids et ri of me - not even in primary!!! MUHAHAHA. srsly though, you need some emytime.
Hey Emily! Your new baby is so so cute. All your babies are so so cute. Anyway, I love reading your blog so that is why I am adding you as a link. I can't believe I didn't think to do this years ago.
When are you coming this way? Make sure you let us know so we can hangout. Tell Doug we say "Hi".
Oh, I love your little book reviews. It's helpful.
- Girls Galore said...
I can attest to Em's sleeping habits. When she stays with relatives, she has this cool little technique to increase the amount of sleep she can fit in. When her kids wake up, she kicks them out of her room and locks her door. Then her relavtives get to be woken up by the sound of her kids opening and closing cupboard doors looking for things to eat. We go down there, feed her kids, and generally take care of them until Em wakes up a few hours later. This is why we love her so much.


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It's a good thing the Seattle Post-Intelligencer didn't completely shutter its operations when it stopped the presses, or else there would be only one story about the construction of a strip club by Safeco Field. And who said newspapers weren't egalitarian?
On Friday, a judge approved the opening of a strip club "within a home run's distance" of Seattle's baseball stadium, an asset that might have kept Alex Rodriguez from bolting to Texas all those years ago. The plan is to construct — no, not erect, a word that is shockingly absent from both stories— a 5,000 square-foot facility, complete with a juice bar to compensate for the lack of alcohol or food. There will be a "main floor and two mezzanine levels" with "women dancing nude on stages, as well as lap dances in which nudity is not allowed."
So that's sort of fun — but not as enjoyable as the ledes of the two news stories. The Seattle Times' opening was a demure play on words: "'Ripping the cover off' might apply to something other than a baseball in the area of Safeco Field." Not bad.
But the Seattle P-I, now an online-only establishment, went where its print counterpart would not.
Ah, baseball.
America's pastime. Cracker Jack. Cold beer. Hot dogs.
And body glitter?
That's the upshot of a decision issued Friday by a King County Superior Court judge, who cleared the way for a proposed Déjà Vu strip club — adult cabaret in the court's parlance — near Safeco Field.
Stripper's pole meets foul pole.
Long live freedom of the press.
Judge OKs plan to open up strip club near Safeco Field [Seattle Times]
Take me out to the strip club? Judge says play ball [Seattle P-I]


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Sal Albanese back for another mayoral run
He left the New York City Council more than 15 years ago -- and has drawn little of the public spotlight since.
But those who may have forgotten him are learning, perhaps slowly, that Sal Albanese, 63, of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, is once again aiming for the top spot at City Hall, just as he did a long time ago.
When he first ran for mayor in 1997, New York magazine headlined Albanese as "Sal Quijote."
He went on to lose the Democratic primary, finishing with about 22 percent behind Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger and the Rev. Al Sharpton. In 2000, Albanese began another run, but raised too little cash to stay in the hunt and dropped out.
Albanese, who emigrated from Calabria, Italy, at age 8, taught and coached at John Jay High School after graduating from the City University of New York. Following his time on the council, he has been a financial services professional, first as a marketing director for Invesco and later a managing director for Mesirow Financial. His populist pitch sounds similar to what it was in the pre-9/11 city.
"I think the city needs a mayor who's in touch with most New Yorkers and is not handcuffed to the special interests," Albanese said yesterday, terming himself the only "noncareer-politician" in the primary scrum.
Polls that show him barely on the radar so far mean nothing this early, he insists.
On the council, Albanese built a reputation as a principled renegade. Then-Speaker Peter Vallone Sr. kept Albanese out of committee chairmanships. Still, Albanese succeeded in his 15 years in office in pushing some high-profile legislation, including the law that requires certain types of city contractors to pay what was defined as a "living wage" to their employees. Mayor Rudy Giuliani vetoed the measure, but the council overrode the veto.
These days, Albanese cites his support for gay rights and term limits. That was during the 1980s and 1990s, when doing so provoked more controversy than nowadays.
"At the end of the day, New Yorkers need a mayor who understands the problems they face, brings a smart plan and good people to the table, and, more than anything, has the independence, courage and conviction to do the right thing," Albanese said in announcing his candidacy last month.
"Special interests" are, of course, in the eye of the political beholder. Asked to flesh out his own view of who they are, Albanese gets quite specific, citing soda executives who have been donating thousands of dollars to one rival, Council Speaker Christine Quinn of Manhattan, and the yellow taxi industry, which has sent checks to another rival, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.
Albanese said, "The job is not worth having if you're handcuffed by special interests." He noted that last week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned against special-interest influence during his State of the City address.
Not that you'll find Albanese and Bloomberg in agreement on the definition of "special interests." After striking school-bus drivers returned to work, Albanese applauded their efforts.
"Five weeks ago, they made a tough decision to stand up to a bully of a mayor," he said. "I firmly believe that we can protect taxpayer dollars, bus drivers' jobs, and the safety of our students. We just need a mayor who actually cares about all three."


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Students who are new to the Bona family will begin arriving at St. Bonaventure University Aug. 24 for Welcome Days 2017, a four-day program hosted the weekend before classes begin.
Thursday, Aug. 24, serves as "A Day of Gathering." New students will move into their residence halls during the day and then will officially be inducted into the Bonaventure family at the Candlelight Ceremony Thursday evening. The 9 p.m. program will be held on the steps of Plassmann Hall.
"My favorite part of Welcome Days was moving in and going to the candlelight program with my roommate," said Charity Hammond, a sophomore sport studies major. "That's when my roommate and I started to get to know each other and when I really felt like I made the right choice for my college career."
On Friday, Aug. 25, students will participate in "A Day of Classes." Presentations and activities will help students prepare for the transition into college and outline opportunities and expectations for the Bonaventure students throughout their academic career.
On Saturday, Aug 26, and Sunday, Aug 27, students will participate in "A Day of Service" and "A Day of Involvement." The freshman class will learn about the university's Franciscan mission and participate in workshops on respecting diversity, preventing sexual violence and responsible alcohol use. They will also attend workshops hosted by clubs and organizations on campus.
"One program that stood out is the alcohol awareness program," said Mary Frac, a senior psychology major. "The presenter is downright blunt about the experiences a college student can encounter and doesn't sugar coat it. He is also hilarious, which makes his message memorable and enjoyable."
Freshmen have been asked to bring a donation of school supplies when they come to campus in order to create school packs for refugee children being served by Saint's Place in Rochester. St. Bonaventure has partnered for many years with Saint's Place, which assists refugees from war-torn countries seeking asylum in the United States.
These legal immigrants arrive in Rochester through the Refugee and Immigration Department of the Catholic Family Center. Last year, new students at St. Bonaventure provided enough donations to stock school supplies at Saint's Place for nine months.
St. Bonaventure's upperclassmen will begin arriving Aug. 27, and Transfer Student Orientation is planned for Aug. 26-27. Fall semester classes begin Monday, Aug. 28.
About the University: The nation's first Franciscan university, we believe in the goodness of every person and in the ability of every person to do extraordinary things. St. Bonaventure University cultivates graduates who are confident and creative communicators, collaborative leaders and team members, and innovative problem solvers who are respectful of themselves, others, and the diverse world around them. Named the #6 best college value in the North by U.S. News and World Report, we are establishing pathways to internships, graduate schools and careers in the context of our renowned liberal arts tradition.
St. Bonaventure has chosen "Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond" by Marc Lamont Hill as its common read for 2017-2018.
"Nobody" considers a string of high-profile deaths in America and incidents of gross negligence by the government.
To make his case, Hill recounts the details of tragedies like the death of Michael Brown and draws upon first-hand reporting and careful historical analysis to show how the "Nobody" class has emerged over time and how forces in America have worked to preserve and exploit this group in ways that are both humiliating and harmful.
First-year students will receive copies of "Nobody" during orientation in July and are asked to read the book prior to the start of the fall semester. Students are engaged in conversations about the book's themes in their SBU101 course and various campuswide events during the upcoming academic year.
The university will welcome Hill to campus Monday, Sept. 25, for the ABR 2017 Keynote Address.
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