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Nike Dunk 'Eric Haze' Limited Edition
The Nike Dunk Hi and Nike dDunk Low by Eric Haze , special edition Limited Edition 1,000 pairs only:
– 250 Pairs for the Undefeated store in LA
– 250 Pairs for Alife Revington Club in NYC
– ???? for the Haze store in japan
Who is Eric haze ?
Mr. Eric haze is a famous and legendary: NYC grafitti artist and graphic designer . Some of his work includes logos for Public Enemy, EPMD and MTV as well as album covers for the Beastie Boys and Tommy Boy records.
Also, very well known in Japan for his comic books grafitti (such as Marvel, from the fantastic Four etc…)
Nike Dunk by Eric Haze
– Production number : 306793 101
– Colour : Whitye / Black Medium grey
– Leather upper with sprayed grafitti detail.
– Limited Edition (3,000 pairs only)
Lately , Eric haze as contributed to : Eric Haze+Digs Special Art Event held on January 26th , the art event which was done with the Harajuku shop DIGS TOKYO : "Eric the Haze + Digs Special Art Event" A show where , grafitti fans and collectors of art were reunited…
The Nike Dunk series by Eric Haze , found it's birth with again and as usual a Special collaboration project with Nike and Eric Haze.
The Model was finally released around june 30th 2003 first in: Japan and The United Kingdom
As of today few pairs are available to the US sneaker market…
*Attention sneakers collector and maybe you can help me or guide me :
I have noticed different boxes and different tongue design for the haze model (nike eric haze low or hi) and also different serial number for the production… real production number : 306 793 101 :
we can sometimes read N° : 306 799 011 for the Dunk Low and HI
I beleive they are fake and the shoes doesn't look like the real ones, (grafitti sprayed not the same and too shiny too me!)
I have spoted quit few of them all from the US.
I need more info on the fact that : Has nike been releasing a different pair with a Nike swoosh tongue, different from the original Haze with the "Haze" graffiti tongue design ????
This is something very important…are the Nike dunk Haze with the Nike written on the tongue real ones or fake ???
To me all the model with a orange nike box , not the original graffiti haze box, and the nike written on the tongue , instead of the Haze graffiti, ARE SUSPICIOUS!!!!!!!
Now if i ask you where i found the fake serial numbers and weird boxes…you will answer me ???
Auctions 🙁
Keep your eyes open : Because as usual people will take picture online from other sites that sell original , will advertise them on auctions site and will deliver fakes!
Link: http://www.hoopsvibe.com/basketball-shoes-nike-air-force-ones–section-191.html


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Farmingdale, N.Y. - The indoor track team capped a successful season with strong showings at their first-ever New Jersey Athletic Conference Championship.
Junior Edward Brown IV (Bay Shore, N.Y.) set a NJAC record with a weight throw of 18.09m shattering the old mark of 16.92m set in 2003. Junior Mike Jang (Lynbrook, N.Y.) finished in second and freshman Ieshawn Johnson (Queens, N.Y.) placed third as Farmingdale State swept the weight throw event. Other highlights from the men included a second place finish in the distance medley relay team of Russell Darress, Daquan Grant, William Frederic and Sean Tiernan. Sophomore Alix Lamarre (North Bellmore, N.Y.) took fourth place in both the long jump and triple jump and junior Jelani Bledman finished fourth in the 60m hurdles.
The women were led by junior Kathleen Clermont (Uniondale, N.Y.) who placed second in the 200m and fifth in the 60m dash. Victoria Mandat placed second in the 60m hurdles, while junior Joanna Pavone (West Islip, N.Y.) tied her school-record mark in the pole vault, which earned her a sixth place finish.
Brown's winning throw at the NJAC Championship broke his own school-record which he bested four times this year including at the Metro Coaches Invitational, Long Island Championships and the Molloy Invitational.
Other highlights for the men included a third place finish at the CTC Championship. Donnell Jones finished second in the 60m and third in the long jump, while Lamarre captured the long jump championship.
Highlighting the women, were first place finishes by Pavone and Clermont at the Molloy Invitational as well as a first place finish by the 4x200m relay team. Pavone also took first place at the NYU DIII Challenge, breaking her own school record set at the Molloy Invitational.
The men's and women's team combined for 16 ECAC Championship qualifiers.

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Whither Warner Madrigal?
Warner Madrigal
The Newberg Report blog is reporting that the Texas Rangers have signed Warner Madrigal as a minor-league free agent. Jamey cites a press release on the Texas Rangers site which would seem to validate his report.
This is rather odd, since the Angels issued a press release on November 6 reporting that Madrigal had been added to the 40-man roster. And that came shortly after Baseball America reported on November 2 that Madrigal had been let go by the Angels as a six-year minor league free agent.
As of this writing, if you go to the Angels' official site at MLB.com and click on the 40-man roster, Madrigal is listed with the Angels. But if you click on his name, it shows him as a Texas Ranger.
UPDATE 12:15 PM PST — At the same link as above, Jamey Newberg now suggests the Angels lost Warner Madrigal because they failed to do their paperwork properly. Jamey believes the Angels' front office sent paperwork to MLB adding Madrigal to the 40-man roster on November 6, not realizing that Madrigal had already taken his six-year minor league free agency on October 28.
Jamey wrote, "I wouldn't be very happy about this if I were an Angels fan."
Well, I'm not happy, if his theory is true.
It would reflect poorly on the recently promoted Tony Reagins and Abe Flores if this did indeed fall through the cracks.
I just wrote yesterday Madrigal's review for the forthcoming FutureAngels.com Top 10 Prospects list. Madrigal was going to rank #9.
Since Warner has gone bye-bye, here's what I wrote. (If this was a TV show, it would be a deleted scene.)
9. Warner Madrigal RHP
Bats: Right Throws: Right 6'0" 200 lbs. DOB: 3/21/1984
Cedar Rapids (Low-A): 5-4 2.07 ERA, 75:23 K:BB,
Baseball America in their 2004 Prospect Handbook ranked outfielder Warner Madrigal as the Angels' #16 prospect. "He physically resembles Albert Belle," wrote analyst Josh Boyd, "and his swing has similar length and power." Madrigal hit .369 for Rookie-A Provo in 2003 with a .581 SLG, but any projections of future greatness were tempered by his overaggressiveness at the plate and a series of injuries that eventually put an end to his hitting career. He had surgery to remove the hook of his hamate bone below his left wrist after an injury in the first game of the 2004 season, and didn't return to Cedar Rapids until August.
Madrigal always had a power arm, so after he broke his right hand in May 2006 the Angels returned him to minor league camp and converted him into a relief pitcher. So far, that seems to have been the right move. He entered 2007 with a plus fastball in the upper 90s, a decent slider and changeup. MiLB.com analyst Jonathan Mayo wrote in October 2006 that Madrigal was also working on a splitter.
Kernels manager Ever Magallanes told me in a May 2007 interview that Warner sometimes got overexcited in certain situations, but his second-half numbers would seem to suggest he's made strides in pitching under pressure. Pre All-Star Game, Madrigal had a 3.64 ERA and .256 AVG. Post All-Star Game, those numbers dropped to 0.57 and .129. His SO:BB ratio improved from 31:17 (29.2 IP) to 44:6 (31.1 IP). And here's an even scarier split — his home ERA was 2.93, while on the road it was 1.19.
The next step will be High-A Rancho Cucamonga, in the hitter-friendly California League. If he's successful there, the temptation will be to move him quickly, but let's remember that he's only been pitching since mid-2006. He needs innings, and with those innings will come the opportunity to experiment and gain more confidence. Madrigal didn't go to the fall instructional league but did pitch for the second straight winter with Escogido in the Dominican Winter League. At higher levels, he'll start to see batters who've been in the big leagues and will be far more patient. How he adjusts will determine how soon, if ever, he arrives in Anaheim.
UPDATE 6:00 AM PST November 19, 2007 — Today's Dallas Morning News reports that the Angels missed a filing deadline to protect Warner Madrigal because the deadline changed:
The Rangers signed RHP Warner Madrigal, 23, and added him to the 40-man roster Sunday.
The Angels signed the Dominican as an outfielder in 2001. He started pitching late in 2006.
A story on the Angels' Web site this month reported Madrigal was placed on their 40-man roster. But he was declared a free agent in late October because the deadline regarding signing players changed this off-season.
Texas officials checked into Madrigal's status and got him signed. Daniels said Madrigal was someone the Rangers would have considered picking in the Rule 5 draft. But by signing him now, Madrigal still has options the Rangers can use to get him more experience in the minors.
"He throws his fastball in the mid 90s, has a hard slider and pounds the strike zone," Daniels said. "Our scouts really like him."
This article is copyright © 2007 Stephen C. Smith DBA FutureAngels.com. It may not be reprinted elsewhere without the prior expressed written permission of the author. To obtain permission, e-mail Stephen at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Better Late than NeverBy CIOinsight
How to Lie with Earned Value
Here's a mystery for you. Every week in a certain company, every project manager turns in a chart for each of his or her projects.
The first thing management looks at when they see the chart is the small color-coded box in the corner that illustrates the overall project status. Each project is rated green, yellow, or red, depending upon the health of the project.
Nobody wants a yellow or red project. We used to say that yellow earned you a trip to the doghouse, and red earned you a trip to the woodshed.
Our director liked that joke so much that he included a slide with a red woodshed in his weekly PowerPoint.
The color off the box is the result of an earned value analysis calculation based upon the rate of cost and schedule performance compared to the baseline project plan.
Late or incomplete tasks and/or higher costs will push your project into yellow or red territory.
Once you're there, completing other tasks more quickly and under budget will help return the project to a green status. (Here's a sample earned value calculator.)
And now the mystery. In this company, a certain software development and integration project was coded green the first week, and green every week after that for the entire life of the project, a period of four months.
Yet, the project was a complete failure. It was late, it blew the budget, and nothing useable was ever delivered to the customer.
How did this happen? How did this disaster stay green for so long? Artful manipulation of the system.
Earned Value Cheat Sheet
The project manager knew how to beat the system. Here's the playbook.
The earned value scorecard that management put in place was designed to be a reliable indicator of project health. Unfortunately, it was no match for a determined project manager who had the ability to structure work and measure task completion and was willing to take whatever steps were necessary to keep it green.
Next Page: Whodunit?
What really went wrong with the project? Here is the history, according to the technical lead:
"We pitched the client an economy car, and they came back and asked us to build a stealth fighter in the same time frame. I said it was impossible, but my manager said to try anyway. And now here we are, with about 10 percent of the stealth fighter completed instead of 100 percent of the economy car."
That eyewitness account is a lot more useful than a color code, right? Based on this, it looks like the project collapsed in the first month, during the design phase.
Yet, the project plan showed the design phase as successfully completed, and the earned value system had the project green for months afterward.
It sounds like the project manager should have called the design phase a failure and sent everyone back to the drawing board.
But before we point the finger, let's think about what would have happened.
The project would have turned red barely three weeks out of the gate. It would have been the quickest trip to the woodshed in project management history.
This raises a very interesting possibility. We've already established that the project manager cheated the earned value system to make his project look better.
But did the earned value system actually encourage the PM to make bad decisions?
Could a simple scoring system designed to track project performance actually contribute to a major project failure?
Speed vs. Quality
Let's say that we have two project managers, Jack and Jill. They are both experienced, but Jack has a tendency to cut corners on tasks and ignore potential problems, while Jill is extremely cautious and is very careful to check work quality and avoid risk. Who is the better project manager?
According to our earned value management scoring system, Jack is better.
He completes his tasks more quickly and at a lower cost. The system ignores the fact that Jill's team consistently delivers higher quality work.
It's not that earned value promotes poor qualityit is just blind to quality.
From the perspective of earned value, quality on all tasks and all projects is equal and absolute.
When a task is marked complete, the system assumes it will meet or exceed the required level of quality for the project.
This assumption is necessary in order for the earned value metrics to be used as common yardsticks.
However, it is obvious that there's a relationship between cost, schedule and quality. We've all seen co-workers rush through tasks and cut corners in order to meet a deadline.
As a rule, rushed work is sloppy work. The problem is that earned value rewards the rush.
As project managers start to understand the system, they soon realize that they don't get any points for "extra" quality.
They get credit for racing through tasks as quickly as possible, meeting only the minimum accepted level of quality. Any extra time spent on any single task threatens their earned-value metrics.
The conflict between our technical lead and the project manager now seems predictable.
The project manager's evaluation depended on speed, but the technical lead was evaluated on design quality.
And because the project manager was the one with the power to decide when the task was complete and to move on, speed won over quality.
How this conflict is resolved in other organizations that rely on earned value depends upon the quality control procedures the organization has in place.
In the above case, an independent design review could have saved the project by sending it back to the drawing board right away.
Next Page: Better late than never.
Better Late than Never
Better Late Than Never
There are many reasons why technology projects fail. Requirements aren't accurate, project scopes aren't managed well, design flaws emerge, vendors don't deliver, early estimates are poor, etc.
But all failed projects have one thing in common: At some point in the project, the team was spending time and money but not completing the tasks in front of them.
This lack of progress is exactly what an earned value calculation is designed to catch.
If progress indicators fall for two weeks in a row, it is likely that progress on the project has stalled.
At that point, management's fear isn't that the project is going to be delivered late.
Mathematically, it's already going to be late. Management is frightened that nothing will ever be delivered to the customer at all.
An earned value system isn't designed to punish people for being late. It's designed to help management prevent a late project from becoming a failed project.
Our director was misusing the system by punishing people whose projects turned red.
Instead, he should have used the metrics to focus his attention on the right projects and provide assistance.
Being a project manager is a tough enough. The role generally has much more responsibility than actual authority.
And training is often minimal or nonexistent, leaving most of us to learn on the job from our own mistakes.
Project managers don't need another reason to be punished; they need more support and mentorship.
Staving Off Disaster
About a month into the project, I called the project manager and actually suggested coding it yellow, as a warning to upper management.
I had discovered that a very similar project was having technical problems, and I had difficulty seeing how either project would be completed on time, given the obstacles.
"I'll take any help that you can give me, but this project has to stay green," he told me. "That's straight from the top. It can never go yellow. This thing stays green, no matter what."
I tried to argue the merits of turning it yellow, but he was adamant. "Tristan, this project will be green when they're walking me out the door."
And as the project progressed, I was actually proud of him. He was able to maintain his earned-value metrics for months, giving management exactly what they wanted. A green project.
In the end, he never got his trip to the woodshed. They just walked him out the door, as he had predicted. He had seen it coming of course, and had another job lined up.
In the absence of a final customer deliverable, he could have kept his project green for another year.
There was only way that management could have stopped this person from cheating was by removing the incentive to cheat.
The proper response by senior management to a project with deteriorating earned value metrics is assistance, not punishment.
Our director knew how to calculate the earned-value metric. He just didn't know what to do with it.
Yates (email@example.com)is an independent project management and project management office implementation consultant who works with commercial and government clients in the United States and Asia. He holds an PMP and MBA and has been a part of the industry for more than 15 years.


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Charity's Badger Vaccination Scheme Resumes in Shropshire
Shropshire Badger Group have recently kick-started their programme to inject badgers on farms around the county with the BCG vaccine against the threat of bovine tuberculosis (bTB). Volunteers from the Group, which is a registered charity, began their 4-year scheme late in 2014, and were able to vaccinate over forty Shropshire badgers during 2015. However, they were forced to suspend their initiative last year due to a worldwide shortage of the TB vaccine.
Photograph: T. Pearce
The resumption of vaccination this year has only been possible thanks to the lead taken by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, whose chairman Dr Sue Mayer, herself a veterinary surgeon, has managed to arrange the direct importation of stocks of the InterVax TB vaccine from Canada. This is the same vaccine that was used successfully to inject badgers in the Irish Republic in 2016. The government department DEFRA has announced that its own vaccination programme, in the so-called cattle TB 'edge areas' of England, will start again in 2018. However, Shropshire is classed as a 'high-risk area' for bTB and there has been neither any government funding nor any government-led initiative for badger vaccination here.
Shropshire Badger Group's scheme is being delivered free of charge by volunteer members comprising two teams of government-trained and licensed vaccinators and their helpers. The ten farmers who initially enrolled have since been joined by a further farmer who approached the Group with a request to join the scheme.
Although around 91 percent of cattle farms in Shropshire are bTB-free, there is huge alarm among wildlife groups, scientists and conservationists that present government disease control policy could mean an extension of badger culling to Shropshire as early as next year. Badgers are protected by law from persecution; it is a criminal offence to harm them or damage the setts where they live. An exception to the laws protecting badgers can only be granted under special government licence in very restricted and regulated zones, currently in certain small areas of south-west England.
Photograph: T Pearce
In 2017 the vaccination scheme will cost Shropshire Badger Group over £3000. In just the past few days the Group has managed to inject 12 badgers on two geographically and commercially separate cattle farms.
Anyone interested in learning more about the scheme is invited to check out our Facebook page, or Twitter account @shropsbadgers, or to contact Shropshire Badger Group via their helpline on 01743 271999.
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Despite its small size, Charlottesville has long held its well-deserved reputation as a music town. For its size and scope, the sheer amount of musical talent that resides (and stops through) town is unrivaled, and 2011 saw a rejuvenation of all that made Cville a haven for musicians and music fans, as fresh talent broke out onto the scene, while big names making waves across the world dropped in to enjoy Central Virginia audiences.
In these photographs and capsule reviews, we look back at an excellent year.
Wes Swing, 1/7 at the Jefferson Theater: This cello-and-guitar playing musician blew us away with the intimacy of his album, Through a Fogged Glass. Absolutely breathtaking to hear live.
Wild Nothing, 2/10 at Trinity: Virginia Tech graduate turned online music sensation, Jack Tatum brought his Pitchfork-approved, DIY indie-pop sound to the Corner.
Carl Anderson, 2/18 at The Southern: Local twenty-something singer songwriter broke out onto the local music scene with his first solo release. You might have seen him in the background of various other Cville groups– but seeing him on his own made us wonder "Why did it take so long?"
Carolina Chocolate Drops, 2/25 at the Jefferson Theater: A wildly popular group and a sold-out show– this Grammy-winning ensemble brought their old-timey folk music and carefree attitude to Charlottesville with overwhelming success.
Itzhak Perlman, 4/10 at the Paramount Theater: The Israeli violinist possesses such a mastery of his craft that to say anything about his performance would likely not do it enough justice. Breathtaking.
Joe Pug, 4/12 at The Southern: The poster boy for nice guys brought his straightforward and earnest indie-folk sound and emotional performing style to Charlottesville. And really– this singer-songwriter is the nicest guy on the planet.
Aimee Man, 4/15 at The Paramount: The Richmond native turned folk-pop darling brought her showstopping narrative lyrics (her songs have been used in more than one successful film) and alternative tendencies back to Central Virginia.
Lucinda Williams, 4/25 at The Paramount Theater: The prolific songwriter showcased one of her finest albums for Charlottesville in the gorgeous Paramount Theater– the perfect venue for her detailed style and luscious melodies.
Parachute, 6/4 at The Jefferson Theater: Hometown favorites Parachute, once known as Sparky's Flaw, returned to Charlottesville to take stage at one of the area's most iconic venues. Needless to say, this was a good night.
The Hold Steady, 9/2 at the Jefferson Theater: The indie-rock mainstays brought their latest album– which reignites the group's early recordings and their quasi-religious quandaries– to rock out the Jeff.
Pretty Lights, 9/21 at the nTelos Wireless Pavilion: Colorado-based electronic producer Derek Vincent Smith brought his samples and mixes to light up the Pavilion– literally (his performances include a LED light show).
Wavves & F*cked Up, 9/26 at the Jefferson Theater: Once a solo act, now an ensemble, Wavves is now the poster child for legit punk rock. Needless to say, this show rocked.
The Civil Wars, 12/7 at the Jefferson Theater: Dark and melancholy Americana. This show was a knock-out.
Man. Nothing about the Arcade Fire, Randy Newman, Neko Case, or Jayhawks shows?
DF... what did you expect, it's the hook?
Was at half of those shows. You missed the best one- My Morning Jacket.
And perhaps most criminal, the Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings show.
@lookbothways & @DF: When you look at this online version of the story, you might also wanna click through the photos because several of the shows you claim were overlooked were actually right here-- with pictures!---hawes spencer, editor


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#Brexit, #Gaiexit and the borders of our globe
by Shaun Chamberlin on June 22nd, 2016
On the eve of the #Brexit referendum, I have found myself struck by the juxtaposition of two exceptional pieces of writing which run somewhat deeper than the 'lowest common denominator' debate running in the mainstream media.
It wasn't immediately clear to me which way I would vote, but reading these nuanced pieces – which draw out sensible reasons for considering both sides of the argument – helped me to make a decision.
The first is this piece by Giles Fraser in The Guardian. I believe Fraser has declared that he will vote 'Out', yet unlike many 'Brexiteers' his piece makes a crucial argument in favour of free movement for people: Read more »


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Seek Knowledge, find Wisdom, live your Truth!
Monday, February 28, 2011
To Let Life Unfold....Naturally
Seek Knowledge, find Wisdom, live your Truth!
2 comments:
- oneperson said...
I read this entry earlier....and find myself back it tonight...to remind me...and now a gentle smile soothes my cheeks.
I really like the phrase you've(?) coined: "let go and let life." I know I left off the "unfold naturally." Hope you don't mind my adaptation.;-)
Thanks Susan!
~carol (@1person)
- February 28, 2011 at 11:12 PM
- Patricia Singleton said...
Susan, beautifully said. Saturday I had a conversation with a friend about another friend. I didn't try to fix the situation or defend or get drawn into the drama that wasn't mine to fix. I heard what my friend said and acknowledged that that is her viewpoint. It is not mine. Not wanting to control or fix either friend may seem small but for me it was once a really big thing---the controlling in order to feel safe. Today I am safe without controlling everything.
- February 28, 2011 at 11:36 PM


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In Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," a seaman shoots an albatross that has been following his ship. The act curses the crew and the voyage, and as punishment the mariner is made to wear the dead bird around his neck. The reference and metaphor have taken on new significance as the albatrosses on the famous Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean literally and figuratively embody many of the environmental problems humans face.
The birds, which normally feed on squid and other animals that swim near the surface of the water at night, have instead been accidentally swallowing pieces of floating plastic that now litter the world's oceans. The birds then return to the island, regurgitate the plastic and feed it to their young.
For three years, Seattle photographer Chris Jordan and a small crew of cinematographers have been filming the albatross living and breeding on the island for an upcoming documentary called Midway. Jordan says the albatross has been around for millions of years and for the majority of that time they didn't have to distinguish what they could and could not ingest.
"Today, instead of coming home with a stomach full of squid these birds are coming home with a stomach full of lighters and other plastic objects," he says.
John Klavitter, a wildlife biologist and the deputy refuge manager at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, says adult albatrosses have the ability to regurgitate objects in their stomachs but chicks don't develop that reflex until they are about four and a half months old. As a result the chicks' stomachs are filling up with more plastic than food.
Often times, he says, the plastic punctures the bird's stomachs, creating life-threatening injuries. Other times they die of dehydration, starvation or poisonous toxicity.
"The plastic often acts like a magnet for toxins and contaminants floating out in the ocean," he says.
To put it into perspective Klavitter says that in total, 20 tons of manmade debris ends up on Midway each year and five tons of that is the plastic fed to the chicks.
"I've stood over many of the birds as they died," says Jordan, who has traveled to the island several times and expects to complete the film next year. "One time we watched a bird thrash around and after it died we opened it up and discovered a fishing float inside its throat which had caused it to choke to death."
Jordan says the albatrosses on Midway already have a relatively high rates of chick mortality because the young ones often drown or die from environmental challenges, like high heat or rainstorms that bring on hypothermia.
Those that die naturally litter the island, but so too do the carcasses of thousands that died from ingesting plastic. Their feathers and bones rot away around neat piles of plastic that used to sit in their stomach, creating a morbid visual frame of the pollution's effects.
Those carcasses are actually the reason Jordan first came to Midway. He is a photographer by trade and shot a series of the dead albatross bodies that has gained notoriety on its own (displayed in the gallery above).
Klavitter says that in addition to the growth of plastic pollution the albatrosses actually face several other challenges. Thousands have died, he says, by getting caught on the hooks set out by fishing vessels. The birds already cover thousands of miles in search of food each year and might have to look farther afield as ocean temperatures rise enough to push their food sources farther north.
Because they travel so far they are an "incredible indicator species," he says. "And when you see large decline in the albatross population that is a huge wakeup call that something is happening to our planet."
But there is more to the story than just dying birds, says Jordan, which is why he decided to make the film. In addition to documenting the death of the birds he says he wanted to capture what he sees as the essential beauty of the bird when it's alive.
The albatrosses are known for their mating dance and have inspired many in the aviation industry with their enormous wing span. Using video, Jordan says he was able to capture the animal's grace and help create a more rounded story.
"I quickly realized that taking still photographs wasn't going to do it justice," he says.
Because many of the birds have never seen a human and have no other land predators they aren't afraid when Jordan or anyone in his crew approaches them with a camera. In making the film Jordan says he's literally been so close to a hatching baby that the mom's wing was resting on his head.
"The only thing they have to fear is sharks cruising around in the ocean and they learn that pretty quickly," says Klavitter.
Using high-definition cameras including the RED EPIC, Jordan says he's trying to craft a film that is less of a straight documentary and more of a lyrical tribute to the albatrosses, in the same vain as Winged Migration.
"There is a spoon fed approach to documentary film that just didn't feel right or this story," he says.
Through a successful Kickstarter campaign, Jordan and his team recently raised over $112,000, some of which will be used to pay for the editing services of editor Sabine Emiliani, who has a long resume that includes March of the Penguins.
Ultimately, Jordan says he doesn't see the project as an environmental outcry meant to just save the birds. He wants to protect the albatrosses on Midway, but more than that he hopes the film and photos help people realize their role in the potential disaster playing out across the oceans.
Jordan says he's thought a lot about the power of grief and hopes that if people can internalize the sense of sorrow and loss that pervades the project than they'll be motivated to make a real and lasting change, not only for the birds, but also for themselves and the future of the planet.
"The story of Midway is powerful medicine," he says. "And in the end I'm hoping this helps us move toward a fundamental shift in how we approach the world."
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Let me start with some personal disclosure closure here. I am not a "numbers" person. It's not that I can't do numbers — I can. I did well in my high school and college math classes. And I actually really liked algebra — but maybe that was because letters were involved.
Let me start with some personal disclosure closure here. I am not a "numbers" person. It's not that I can't do numbers — I can. I did well in my high school and college math classes. And I actually really liked algebra — but maybe that was because letters were involved.
It's just that I'd rather read or write. But while I didn't especially like dealing with numbers, they mattered to me.
I can remember spending hours in pursuit of the 2 cents I was off when balancing my checkbook. I had an epiphany years ago when I realized there was enough money in my checking account so that I could balance to just the whole dollars and not worry about the pennies. Hallelujah!
Then, a few years later, with online banking, I could log on, look at my balance and know whether I had enough money to buy that really cool necklace or pair of shoes. I haven't balanced a bank statement since. (And yes, na�ve as it might sound, I do trust the bank's accounting. In all those years of double-checking my statements, I found only one mistake. But the bank's correction was right under the error.)
So, with all that, why am I sitting at my desk on a perfectly lovely afternoon surrounded by pieces of paper full of numbers and working up a spreadsheet that covers two sheets of paper? There are two parts to the answer.
Part one is the ad I keep seeing in the newspaper from our state senator, Tom Apodaca, telling us, "The facts show that state spending on K-12 is higher this year than it was last year. " The ad continues, "I support the public schools — always have and always will." He shows a chart with the amounts of money allocated for education going up every year from 2010 to 2013. Well, golly, that sounds like pretty good stuff.
Here's part two: How do I reconcile the ad with the rhetoric I heard at the Rally for Education outside Sen. Apodaca's office last month? Speakers who were educators talked about less money for books and maintenance, cuts in public education funding, eliminating extra pay for teachers with advanced degrees, no salary raises, and the loss of teachers' aide positions.
So I've been thinking about numbers, and I realized that, to have any meaning, a number must be put in context. I could ask you if 100 is a large number. Compared to what? On a scale of one to 100, yes it is. But on a scale of one to 5,000, then not so big. It's all about context.
This being September, with the kids back in school and all that, it seemed like a good time to put Sen. Apodaca's number in a context.
So with a heavy, martyr-like sigh, and even my cat looking sorry for me, I went to the Web and started researching. I found what I was looking for at ncpublicschools.org. I want to be careful about citing my sources here so that no one thinks I'm presenting some distorted view. Under "Documents" are one-page summaries of a lot of statistics, by school year, issued by June Atkinson, state superintendent, Department of Public Education. Other numbers are taken from Associate Press stories published in the Times-News within the past month, and I cite other references as I go.
OK, let's do it. Take the number in Sen. Apodaca's ad and put it in some context. He shows the 2014 budget number for K-12 public education as roughly $7.867 billion. The governor puts that number at $23 million over last year's budget. But guess what? Had the education budget not been changed by this year's General Assembly, it was on track to go up by $140 million. The governor's own Office of Budget Management said $7.984 billion was needed just to keep up with student population growth and inflation (ncpolicywatch.org).
If you are the parent of a school-age child, you might have seen copier paper and basic cleaning supplies on the back-to-school shopping list. Say what? The 2014 maintenance budget is $44 million, half of what it was six years ago. What parents don't supply, teachers must do so out of their own pockets.
Per-pupil spending has decreased, in real numbers, from $8,663 to $8,436 (2009 to 2013), never mind adjusting for inflation. North Carolina is now 48th in this measurement.
Or look at textbook spending. In 2008-09, the state spent $79 million for new textbooks, and the amount has gone down every year since. The new budget allocates just $24 million, and that's statewide!
Shall we move on to teachers' salaries? The 2009-10 average salary was $48,648, with North Carolina ranked 25th in the nation. In 2012-13, the average salary was $45,938, and North Carolina ranked 46th.
So how did the recent General Assembly address this trend? It didn't. Gov. Pat McCrory said teachers might have gotten a 3 percent raise except for the $500 million Medicaid shortfall he had to cover.
But hang on a minute. Isn't this the same governor and General Assembly that rejected the fully funded expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act? And didn't that same team pass tax cuts costing the state $2 billion over the next two years? (Charlotte Observer, Sept. 3.)
The next time Sen. Apodaca cites some education numbers, I hope he puts them in context so that we can decide for ourselves how much he really supports public education.


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In 2009 we bought a night ambulance for Friendicoes Animal Shelter in Delhi India and we then became more involved with Friendicoes and their partner organisation Wildlife SOS. In 2010 we were invited to spend time with both organisations, working with them from Delhi to Agra, Pune, Mumbai, and Bangalore assisting all animals from dogs and cats to bears, snakes, horses, donkeys, birds and leopards! This is the trailer of the documentary we made of our time with their amazing rescue teams. We then held two (very successful) fundraisers in Melbourne and Sydney for Wildlife SOS. Thank you to everyone who came along, especially Kartick, Geeta and Tandrali (founders of Wildlife SOS and Friendicoes) who flew over from India to attend and especially 'icandy' Productions. Without them this wouldnt be possible.


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How was your weekend, everyone?
Mine was great… and then Sunday came along.
And then Todd Bowles inexplicably punted, down two scores, with seven minutes left, from right around mid-field and handed the ball and the game to the Pittsburgh Steelers and doomed the Jets to a 1-4 record.
Let's be honest, the Jets were going to lose anyway, BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT, TODD!
What else happened… hmm, let's see. Well, that Tom Brady guy came back and completely obliterated the Cleveland Browns and sent Patriots fans into a joyous frenzy that Jets fans like myself haven't experienced since, well, Brady's suspension was upheld.
Then, seemingly every team I picked fell apart and I wound up going 6-7-1 against the spread.
But, anyway, it's a new week and with it comes another opportunity to improve what's actually a pretty impressive record against the spread at this point of the year, if I do say so myself.
So with that being said, let's take our usual look back at the week before, then jump straight into Week 6's games.
ATS (Against The Spread) Record – 6-7-1 (Season Record – 41-35-1)
Straight Up – 9-5 (Season Record – 41-36)
Locks of the Week – 3-3-1 (Season Record – 18-9-1)
As always, I've categorized these games based on my level of confidence in the pick as follows:
No way we can lose – locks of the week: As you can guess, these will be the stone-cold locks of the week. The games that I'm so confident about that I'd put my life's savings on them if I had a life's savings to wager.
Feeling pretty… pretty good: Not quite willing to bet the farm on this batch, but as Mr. Larry David would say, I'm feeling pretty… pretty good about these games.
Heads or tails: These are your true toss ups: they can go one way or another and you should pick with caution even after heeding my expert advice.
All spreads courtesy of CBSSports.com, as of 10/13
(4-1) Denver Broncos @ (1-4) San Diego Chargers (+3) – Thursday, 8:25 p.m. ET
ATS/Straight Up – Denver Broncos
Level of Confidence – Feeling pretty… pretty good
The Chargers are walking a fine line between being really unlucky and really inept. One super bizarro defeat here and there is understandable and it happens to the best of the best from time to time. But four of the most head-scratching, incomprehensible losses in the first five weeks of a season to mostly mediocre opponents is something else.
It's a personality trait, not an anomaly.
You just can't trust the Chargers to win a ball game until they prove otherwise. That's why the Broncos are the play here.
I'm dropping the Broncos' loss to the Falcons last week like I'm a Chargers holder with the game on the line. (Too soon?). I'm not looking at the Broncos any differently, especially since they were without starting QB Trevor Siemian, who is suiting up on Thursday night.
I think Denver goes out and wins one for the Gipper, coach Gary Kubiak, who is hopefully well on his way to a full recovery and a return to the Broncos' sideline sooner than later.
No Way We Can Lose… Locks of the Week
(4-1) Pittsburgh Steelers @ (1-4) Miami Dolphins (+7.5) – Sunday, 1:00 p.m. ET
ATS/Straight Up – Steelers
After witnessing the destruction that the Steelers levied upon the Jets last weekend, I cannot in good faith pick the Dolphins here.
If anything, Miami's defense is a poor man's Jets defense and Ryan Tannehill is a young man's Ryan Fitzpatrick (look at that, same name too!).
If the Steelers come to play they'll manhandle the Dolphins. If they merely show up at the stadium, they'll probably win by 10.
Steelers win big yet again.
(1-4) San Francisco 49ers @ (3-2) Buffalo Bills (-8) – Sunday, 1:00 p.m. ET
ATS – 49ers (LOCK)
Straight Up – Bills
'Here lies Rex Ryan and the 2016 Buffalo Bills'
That's essentially what I wrote as the 0-2 Bills prepared to welcome the Arizona Cardinals to town three weeks ago in a game that seemed like it'd be a one-sided affair.
I thought the Bills were finished — a garbage team, full of hot air and ready to fold up like a cheap suit, but I was dead wrong.
The 49ers on the other hand, I've maintained might not be as bad as almost everyone thinks they are. That, I might have also gotten wrong upon further review.
So, can Colin Kaepernick save the day in his return to the starting role? Unlikely. He's been riding the bench all year for a reason and it's not because of his protests. It's because he ain't that good (and because of a now-remedied contract situation, but if he were good enough he'd be starting regardless of cash considerations. Plain and simple).
But hey, we'll see. Bills are on the upswing, 49ers are not, but the Bills don't strike me as a team that will blow out anybody. It's not their game. They'll win, but not by eight points.
(1-3) Jacksonville Jaguars @ (1-4) Chicago Bears (-2.5) – Sunday, 1:00 p.m. ET
ATS/Straight Up – Jaguars
I still think the Jaguars will get their ship righted and will be roughly a .500 team by the time the year ends. To make it happen and to avoid making me look like an idiot, they'll need to win convincingly against a dilapidated Bears squad on the road.
The Jaguars' offense has been pretty bad all year, ranking 26th in the league in yards per game and 19th in points per game. A lot of that falls on Blake Bortles, who many expected to take a big step forward this year with a solid wide receiving corps along with Chris Ivory and T.J. Yeldon in the backfield, but he hasn't held up his end of the bargain.
Bortles ranks 25th in the league in total QBR among qualified starters, according to ESPN, and he has just seven touchdowns compared to six interceptions this year.
BUT… John Fox's gang is ripe for the picking. They're ranked 19th against the pass and in total yards per game and give up close to 120 yards per game on the ground on average.
Thing is, the Blake Bortles/Jacksonville Jaguars hype train — you know, the one that was rolling along all offseason before they played, uh, actual meaningful football games — is still idling in the station. But it's revving its engine (do trains do that?) and I think it's ready to get rolling once again.
Get on board.
(4-1) Dallas Cowboys @ (3-1) Green Bay Packers (-4.5) – Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET
ATS/Straight Up – Packers
Cowboys fans who have followed my picks this season could — and would be well within their right mind to call me a hater for constantly picking against the 'Boys.
I've been waiting for Dak Prescott to have his first real rookie week in the NFL and it hasn't come. But, I think this will be the week. You know what a rookie week looks like for rookie quarterbacks… that game where they look completely clueless, are under duress for 60 minutes and go 13-29 passing for 167 yards and 2 INTs… kind of like the game Paxton Lynch had against the Falcons this past weekend.
Lambeau field has done it to many rookies, so don't feel bad when it happens to Dak this weekend, Cowboys fans.
Plus, his worst game of the year will come at the perfect time — right before the Cowboys' bye week, paving the way for TONY ROMO to come back in and lead the Cowboys to glory.
Hey, it's his team anyway, right, Dak?
(1-4) New York Jets @ (2-3) Arizona Cardinals (-7.5) – Monday, 8:30 p.m. ET
ATS/Straight Up – Cardinals
At one point early this year, after picking the Jets in Week 1 and Week 2 straight up and against the spread (note: they covered both times and lost to the Bengals by a point), I was called a "homer" for choosing Gang Green.
Since then, I've picked against them straight up every week of the season, and reluctantly I've been right. So I'm not sure what the opposite of a "homer" is — a realist maybe? — but we're certainly approaching that territory quicker than the Jets are hurtling back down to Earth after high expectations heading into 2016.
Anyway, that was the long-winded way of me telling you that the Jets are going to lose yet again on Monday night. Carson Palmer and the Cardinals offense have hardly been a juggernaut this season, but nothing cures what ails your passing game like going against the team that has allowed the highest completion percentage against them of anyone in the NFL.
Jets drop to 1-5 and the Cardinals improve to .500 and jump back into their divisional race.
Feeling pretty… pretty good:
(0-5) Cleveland Browns @ (2-3) Tennessee Titans (-7) – Sunday, 1:00 p.m. ET
ATS/Straight Up – Titans
The play just has to be the Titans here, right?
I mean, the Browns are winless, hapless and Charlie Whitehurst looked like a fourth-string qua… wait, what? He's ACTUALLY their fourth-string quarterback.
Good God.
Ok, ok, so Cody Kessler's going to play, but he's not going to be 100 percent.
Titans win and cover the spread at home and reach .500 (excluding 0-0, of course) for the second time in the Marcus Mariota era. Not exactly worthy of a ticker-tape parade, but hey, it's a start.
(2-3) Cincinnati Bengals @ (5-0) New England Patriots (-9) – Sunday, 1:00 p.m. ET
ATS – Bengals
Straight Up – Patriots
Hell hath no fury like Tom Brady scorned.
Look, the man is a beast. He's 39, hasn't played in a meaningful football game since he got the crap beaten out of him by the Denver Broncos nearly a year ago, but he comes out and just torches the poor Cleveland Browns in front of their home crowd.
That was impressive.
But there are two words in that sentence that make Brady's banner day just slightly less impressive. Did you find them?
Yup… they're "Cleveland" and "Browns."
The Bengals have not impressed early on this year, but c'mon guys, they're not the Browns. The Patriots were -10.5 against the Browns and you're telling me the Bengals are only a point and a half better than that (not counting the three-point home vs. road swing)?
Honestly, the Patriots deserve to have a Geico commercial dedicated to them: "When you're the Patriots, you just win… that's what you do." But laying nine points to the Bengals? I'll pass.
Pats win, Bengals keep it close.
(3-1) Philadelphia Eagles @ (3-2) Washington Redskins (+2.5) – Sunday, 1:00 p.m. ET
ATS/Straight Up = Eagles
I got a fair amount of flak from Eagles fans last week after picking against them against the Lions, BUT WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?!?
Just kidding. I genuinely like the Eagles and Carson Wentz as I've mentioned before, but coming off a bye and hitting the road with a rookie head coach and QB spelled disaster in my opinion.
Now, the question is, how do they respond in a critical road matchup against the division-rival Washington Redskins?
I think well.
The Redskins still haven't been that impressive in their wins this year and struggled against the Ravens more than I expected them too. It took a Jamison Crowder punt return for a touchdown get them the win against what I still believe to be a mediocre at best Ravens team (you can read more about that below).
The Eagles' defense is no joke. They'll make it a long day for Cousins and Co. en route to a 4-1 record.
(3-2) Baltimore Ravens @ (2-3) New York Giants (-3) – Sunday, 1:00 p.m. ET
ATS/Straight Up – Giants
The New York Giants' lack of a pass rush has graduated from being a slightly worrisome early-season issue that would hopeful resolve itself, into a full blown catastrophe with seemingly no end in sight.
The Giants have four sacks all year and rank dead last in the NFL in the category.
Joe Flacco has been sacked 11 times this year, which is tied for 11th-most in the league, so he can be gotten to. If the Giants can finally get Olivier Vernon and Jason Pierre-Paul going, which they'll have an opportunity to do here, they win this game.
In a study of the 2014 season by Pro Football Focus, Flacco ranked near the bottom of the league when facing pressure, so that's why it's even more important for the Giants to get that pass rush going.
Of course, Eli Manning ranked the absolute worst of anybody in the league when facing pressure, so there's that to consider as well.
All things considered, I like the Giants here. If you've read my prior picks pieces, you know I don't think the Ravens are a very good team. They've yet to beat a quality foe and the Giants on the road are just that.
G-men win and cover the spread.
(4-1) Atlanta Falcons @ (3-1) Seattle Seahawks (-6.5) – Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET
ATS/Straight Up – Falcons
The Falcons' offense is for real and Matt Ryan can once again be referred to as "Matty Ice." These are irrefutable facts. What's still to be determined is the legitimacy of the Falcons' defense.
Their defense ranks 26th in the league this year in points per game and yards allowed per game but seem to have a knack for doing just enough to allow their offense to win the game for them.
That's not exactly the hallmark trait of a Dan Quinn-led defense, but it's a start.
Now the Falcons take their act on the road to the toughest place to play in the league in Seattle, which also happens to be the former home of their current head coach. To get a win here they'll need more than just an offensive outburst and their defense will have to pull its weight and stop the Seahawks' offense.
Clearly Las Vegas doesn't think the Falcons can do it, as evidenced by that six-point spread, but I think Dan Quinn's unit comes up big here and gets a win for their head coach in his former stomping grounds. It won't be easy, but Falcons for the upset.
Heads or Tails
(3-2) Los Angeles Rams @ (2-3) Detroit Lions (-3) – Sunday, 1:00 p.m. ET
ATS/Straight Up – Rams
I've taken the Rams against the spread every week so far this year and there's no end in sight. Quite simply, I like them to keep most games close with their defense and oddsmakers have been consistently pitting them as underdogs and giving them points.
Obviously Week 1 was an outlier when they got trounced by the 49ers, but if you remove that game from the mix and consider that a Case Keenum pick-six this past week was the only reason the Rams weren't within a score yet again when the clock struck 0:00, you have a pretty sufficient body of evidence suggesting that the Rams will keep games tight.
On top of that, I think the Lions are beneficiaries of a gut reaction line here. That win over the Eagles apparently bought them a lot of goodwill from bookies but I'm not ready to jump on board just yet.
I think the Rams take one from Detroit here.
(1-4) Carolina Panthers @ (1-3) New Orleans Saints (+3) – Sunday, 1:00 p.m. ET
ATS/Straight Up – New Orleans Saints
I can't believe I'm posing this question about a team that went 15-1 and made the Super Bowl last year, but what's to like about this Carolina Panthers team right now?
Their defense looks lost at best and listless at worst, while Cam Newton has struggled throughout most of the year to live up to the massive hype of his MVP season.
Now, they hit the road in what's an absolutely must-win game against a high-flying Saints offense that managed to hang 38 points on the Panthers' D in a 41-38 loss at the Superdome last year when they were in peak form.
So why should this trip to the Superdome be any different?
I'm expecting a lot of points, but a different winner; Saints beat the Panthers with both teams in the 35-45 point range once again.
(2-2) Kansas City Chiefs @ (4-1) Oakland Raiders (+1) – Sunday, 4:00 p.m. ET
ATS/Straight Up – Kansas City Chiefs
I fully expect the Chiefs to come out of the gate on Sunday afternoon like rabid dogs, or, at least they should after having two full weeks to soak in that brutal 43-14 defeat at the hands of the Steelers.
As a result, I think the amped up Chiefs steal one in Oakland.
Last year the Chiefs beat the Raiders in both meetings — including a 34-20 victory over the Raiders in Oakland in December. These aren't last year's Raiders, but the Chiefs are out to prove something after their blowout loss in Week 4 and I think they'll do it against Oakland in what should be a wild game, as it always is between these two bitter rivals.
(2-3) Indianapolis Colts @ (3-2) Houston Texans (-3) – Sunday, 8:30 p.m. ET
ATS/Straight Up – Colts
The AFC South, as it has been since Peyton Manning left the division for the AFC West, is abysmal. The Texans are the class of the division and I don't think anybody is looking at them as serious title contenders, or, even as a threat to make a deep run through the playoffs.
The Colts, meanwhile, are probably the worst second place team in the NFL at the moment and haven't showed any glimpses of being a good football team.
So, who wins this battle of the AFC Suck… whoops, sorry, South?
While I'm inclined to pick the Texans at home, I have a feeling that a 7-9 or 8-8 winner out of this division isn't out of the question. So with that in mind, I say the Colts get the 'W' and knot things up with the Texans.
Let anarchy reign in the AFC South.
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New story: Oceanside cops seek leads in teens' deaths
Two teenagers were killed and two others were injured in shootings Wednesday night in Libby Lake Park in Oceanside, police said.
Police received multiple 911 calls of shots fired about 8:50 p.m., police Lt. Leonard Cosby said.
The victims were three males and one female. The injured victims were taken to a hospital and were expected to survive, Cosby said.
Police said a motive for the shootings was not yet known. The victims were found near a memorial to two teens who had been shot to death in 2011, the lieutenant said.
Officers were searching for a vehicle described as a gray or silver 2005 or 2006 gray Toyota Tacoma or Toyota Tundra with an extended cab with at least two people inside, he said. Witnesses described the suspects as Latino males wearing dark clothing.
It was not clear whether the shootings involved gangs.
Cosby said he felt for the residents of the area, who were left reeling when Fernando Solano, 16, and Sandra Salgado, 14, were shot to death in a remote area of the park May 3, 2011. Authorities have said those slayings were street gang-related, although the victims were not members of gangs.
"These are good people that live in this neighborhood ... the things that happen in this park startle me to death ... my heart goes out to these people, their kids, this community," Cosby said.
The Libby Lake neighborhood is part of a section of Oceanside known as the "Back Gate" because of its proximity to Camp Pendleton's entrance on Vandegrift Boulevard. The area also includes the adjacent Mesa Margarita neighborhood.
Filled with military families in the 1960s, it is now a working-class neighborhood with a mix of residents.
From 2004 to 2006, it was known as one of the city's most dangerous areas.
In 2006, Oceanside police officer Dan Bessant was shot to death during a traffic stop not far from the park. He was honored last week when the city renamed a bridge in his honor.
In January, an Oceanside gang member was sentenced to four years in prison in the shooting deaths of Solano and Salgado. Tyrone Blackmon, 30, pleaded guilty in December to being an accessory after the fact in the slayings.
Three others are charged with murder in the killings, including shooting suspect Al'c Bejaran. His trial is set for September.
During a court appearance in December 2011, a prosecutor said the defendants are from a gang primarily made up of black members, and that the park is the stronghold of a rival gang made up primarily of Hispanics.
Bessant was 25 when teenage gang members shot him to death sniper-style during a routine traffic stop in Mesa Margarita on Dec. 20, 2006.
Prosecutors said the attack by the gang members was an attempt to bolster their street status. Two shooters were sentenced to life in prison.


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Here's a smattering of this's and that's that caught my attention this week:
*I love a good shortbread and this one promises to deliver.
*Get high-on dirt!
*Locally grown (from heirloom, non-GMO corn!) & distilled moonshine.
*The 7 habits of highly happy people sound good to me!
*Ten backyard camp out activities for the littles.
*Organic management for 10 common garden pests.
*It's campfire cooking time!
*Canning tricks and tips for doing your jars up nice and proper.
*Alys Fowler epitomizes my particular variety of garden fashion (plus, she knows tons about how best to toil the soil-via Bell and Star).
We've got a fun weekend planned. Our beloved friends Jen, Jon and their daughter Awynn (aka "Sweet P" or just "P") are in town. They bought a yome and are putting it up this weekend down in the smaller of our two lower fields. It's their little "yome away from home", as they live in Atlanta where they both teach art at private schools.
Sunday, for Father's Day, we're making our annual pilgrimage to Mountain Farm's Lavender Festival. I LOVE that event, with its stunning mountain-top and waterfall views, baby goats, lavender-infused foods, and general pervasive fragrant goodness. To all you fathers out there, here's wishing you a wonderful day, filled with love, from your nearest and dearest. Thank you for all you do.
Wherever you go this weekend, whatever you do, and whomever you do it with, may it be grand!


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We must speak of Adrien Brody in these terms:
B.E.: before Elsa
D.E.: during Elsa
Elsa of course refers to Elsa Pataky, the love of his life, for whom he bought that fake castle in upstate New York and with whom he keeps posing for lame sh-t photos in Hello Magazine.
Gone was the image we had of him: chill, great actor, not a cheesedick.
But is the original Adrien coming back?
Elsa hasn't famewhored off him in a while. He was in Long Beach for a race last week - no Elsa. And, even more curious, last night he was at the Tribeca Chanel party - she'd probably cut her own dog to be on that carpet - but still no Elsa.
Where's Elsa?
Is there trouble at the faux castle?
I don't care enough to IMDB whether or not she's shooting a movie - if she is we know how and why. But these two were inseparable once.
Is this the age of A.E.: after Elsa?
Keep you posted.
Photos from Wenn.com
Where is your spanish cheese?
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Item #0288
50 days. This heirloom shelling pea, originally from England, debuted in America in the 1850s. The petite plants are easy to care for, produce a bountiful harvest, and are cold tolerant to 20°F. Perfectly sized for small spaces in the garden or containers, at 6"-8" tall. Sow peas in a large container on your patio or deck. An excellent variety to introduce the joy of gardening to children or to simply enjoy for yourself!
This packet sows one 5-foot row.
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When to sow outside: RECOMMENDED. 4 to 6 weeks before average last frost, or as soon as soil can be worked. Soil temperatures must be above 40°F. In USDA zones 5 or warmer, sow in fall or winter for winter harvest. Soil temperature should not exceed 85°F.
When to start inside: Not recommended.
Special germination instructions: To hasten germination, soak seed in water for 12 to 24 hours before sowing.
Harvesting: Shelling peas should be harvested when the pods are plump, about 3 weeks after flowering. Peas that are too mature are tough and will cause the plant to stop producing; therefore, harvest regularly when pods are at their peak. Use scissors to harvest or hold vine with one hand and pick the pods with the other, as the vines are brittle
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Spend money locally and everyone�s better off.
That�s the idea behind the Gaston Regional Chamber�s Cash Mob today at Jolie boutique in Belmont and Mount Holly.
It�s the latest such event sponsored by the chamber, part of its Loyal to Local campaign.
And while the idea is straightforward, the outcome can be astounding, say past participants.
A Cash MOB � the chamber likes to put it in all caps � is simply a group of people who agree to spend $15 at a given local business.
Today it�s at Jolie.
Last month, The Pink Elephant gift shop was the mob�s target.
Owner Andrea Farris says the event prompted her best week in the year she�s been open.
It gave men in suits license to come into a store called The Pink Elephant.
And it brought in plenty of other people the small business owner thinks would have been hard to reach from her fledgling gift store on Union Road, what with the chamber�s email blasts, Facebook posts and website mentions.
Farris also thinks the Cash Mob created repeat business, kind of the Holy Grail for companies as small as hers.
The chamber has a similar program, Let�s Do Lunch, which targets restaurants. Chamber Deals, a Groupon-like program with The Gazette and the Montcross Area Chamber, along with Member 2 Member Discounts, round out the Loyal to Local intitiative.
With it, chamber CEO John Kimbrell points out there are more ways even for businesses that don�t belong to the chamber to benefit.
He cites the boost to the local job market and your sales tax contribution for shopping locally.
The Facebook page with its 225 followers gives everyone a platform for spreading the word about small Gaston companies, from discounts to special events.
�This is an avenue for us to help out across the board,� Kimbrell says, �and say, �Let�s start here first.��


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We pray for civic leaders, that they may commit themselves to respecting every human life and ending the use of the death penalty in our land.
Compassionate Father, give us wisdom and hearts filled with your love. Guide us as we work to end the use of the death penalty and to build a society that truly chooses life in all situations.
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Sunday, January 1, 2012
Every challenge must come to its end
-50 people participated in this challenge, that's only counting those who actually submitted at least one book review.
-Even though the reading seemed to go pretty well, many of you had trouble getting around to writing the reviews and others did not always link to their reviews on this blog. So I can't say for certain how many books each of you read for this challenge, but I can say that (if I counted correctly) 7 of you posted more than 10 reviews this year, which I think is rather impressive. Well done!
-This blog has had around 25,000 page views, the most popular post being the overview pages of the 2011 and the 2010 reading challenge, followed by the guest post by Gloria Anzaldua and a guest post about GLBT Manga.
Unfortunately, not enough people indicated they wanted to continue the LGBT Reading Challenge for another year. Thus, this is the final post you will read on here.
Thanks so much to everyone who has taken part in this challenge or has participated in other ways. It's been a lot of fun hosting it! I'm sure I'll see many of you around on the internets, and I hope you'll all continue to be such avid readers.
9 comments:
- Michelle Stockard Miller said...
I read two books, which was my goal. I linked Promised Valley Rebellion when I reviewed it, but neglected to link up Eromenos when I read it this Fall. I added my Eromenos review to the December linky.
Happy New Year!
- January 3, 2012 at 2:43 AM
- Michelle Stockard Miller said...
Oops, just noticed the linky is closed. Here's the link to the Eromenos review: http://thetruebookaddict.blogspot.com/2011/09/book-tour-review-of-eromenos-by-melanie.html
- January 3, 2012 at 2:44 AM
- Sally Bibrary said...
Such a shame - this is the one challenge I managed to stick with all year. Unfortunately, I wasn't online much last month so I missed the chance to push for another year.
If anybody feels like taking part, I'm picking up the T and hosting my own Transcending Gender Reading Challenge for 2012. I'd love to have you!
- January 3, 2012 at 1:42 PM
- Bonnie @ Bookish Ardour said...
Thank you so much for hosting the challenge Natazzz!
I'm one of those people who wasn't around to put my hand up for a continued challenge, but I also know how much work can go into hosting them. Have you had anyone approach you about taking over?
For what it's worth, I will be challenging myself this year. I've read far more LGBT fiction in the last two years than I would have by myself. Part of me is ashamed to admit that, but for the most part I'm glad your challenge has motivated me to pick up more LGBT.
Thanks again Natazzz and Happy New Year!
- January 3, 2012 at 9:46 PM
- Buried In Print said...
Thanks so very much for hosting, for all the time, effort and enthusiasm that went into that: I hope you added lots of books to your own TBR stack, as I surely did, too. Good reading to you in 2012!
- January 5, 2012 at 9:00 PM
- Caroline said...
Oh no! I missed the post about signing up for 2012 and now it's over :(
I really enjoyed the challenge and I'm really sad it won't be going on!
I organised a Lesbian Teen Novels week on my blog and the articles are some of my most read posts and I've had positive feedback!
Thank you so much for hosting this challenge through the years (it was my second year participating!)
- January 23, 2012 at 7:40 AM
- Anja K. said...
Oh no! I am always a day late a dollar short. I think I might have forgotten to link my reviews, but if so, the post with all the reviews is here: http://reading2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/glbt-reading-challenge.html
I found some great books that I might not otherwise have read thanks to this challenge, so thank you so much for hosting it!
- January 25, 2012 at 12:08 PM
- Unknown said...
Since so many of us are sad that this challenge has ended I have taken up a challenge on my blog...http://newpaperadventures.blogspot.com/p/lgbt-reading-challenge-2012.html
- March 20, 2012 at 6:27 PM
- Piper said...
Thank you so much for hosting it. It's a shame it must come to an end. I came here to find 2013 :)
All the best.
- December 30, 2012 at 3:11 AM


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Steve Nash's Ex-Wife -- I Hired Ed Hochuli's Muscles to Kick Steve's Ass
Steve Nash's Ex-Wife I Hired Ed Hochuli's Muscles to Kick Steve's Ass
Funny little coincidence in Steve Nash's legal battle with his ex-wife ... TMZ Sports has learned, she had retained the legal power of the NFL's most buff referee, Ed Hochuli.
As you know, Steve and his ex-wife Alejandra had been battling it out over child custody and where their kids should live -- Phoenix or L.A. -- and back in 2011, Alejandra hired Hochuli's firm Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C. to help her.
If you didn't know, Hochuli -- one of the most recognizably jacked refs in the NFL -- is also a renowned attorney at the Phoenix law firm, where he's worked since the '80s.
We're told Hochuli didn't personally handle Alejandra's case -- just his cronies -- but it's still pretty funny.
Okay, maybe it's just us.
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Listing Date01/15/20
Year Built1980
AreaPotato Patch
Lot Size0.13 Acres (5,663 SqFt)
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Light, bright and open are the first impressions upon entering this spacious townhome. A private entrance and deck coupled with great location looking south to Vail Mountain over the manicured HOA grounds characterize the setting of this unique property. The generously sized master bedroom is located upstairs next to a study/4th sleeping area. Downstairs, the guest bedrooms with walkout patios and hot tub are joined by a bar area and hidden den, creating a fun and cozy place to entertain.
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Delegates Go Green and Get Some "Green" at the Expo
Delegates Win Big at the "Green Aisle" and the "Dash for Cash" Booth
July 01, 2011
By Cindy Long
Patrice Palmer, an educator from Clarke County, Nevada, made sure to stop by the Green Aisle in the 2011 Expo Hall to find information on climate change that she can use in lessons for her students.
"I used to work at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space in New York, which is where I first became interested in climate change," she said. "As a country, we've been slow on the uptake on global warming, and as an educator, I can help get it moving faster."
Palmer found useful materials on climate change, as well as books that explain solar power to children.
"Las Vegas and the entire southwest is the Saudi Arabia of solar energy in the U.S.," she says. "I think educating our children on renewable energy is the ethically and socially responsible thing to do."
Further down the aisle, delegates were able to learn more about solar energy at the Solar Decathlon booth. The Solar Decathlon is a competition that challenges college students from around the world to design, build and operate solar powered houses.
Byron Stafford of the US Department of Energy said a steady stream of delegates flowed through his exhibit, and asked questions about how to increase awareness of solar energy, how to engage their students with science, and how to place solar panels on their own homes.
"They hold a lot of hope for their students who are engaged in the new, green technology," he said. "They see that it's their future."
After learning about how to ensure the health of the planet, delegates walked over to the Hall of Health to find strategies to ensure the health of their students. There were exhibits on green, healthy cleaning products as well exhibits on preventing the childhood obesity epidemic and ending hunger among students.
"The Hall of Health showcases the partners and programs of NEA's Health Information Network (HIN)," said Annelise Cohon, HIN program assistant who helped staff the exhibit booths.
"There are exhibitors who've been part of the Hall of Health for a while, and there are some newcomers who delegates are learning about this year," Cohon said. "For example, this year we have the Healthy Schools Campaign exhibiting with us, as well as Nestle, who has created a curriculum for educators to talk to their students about nutrition and healthy eating."
One of the most popular exhibits wasn't on the green aisle, but it offered delegates a chance to grab some green. The NEA Foundation reminded educators at the Expo that they have grant money available by promoting a special booth that blew out bills for people to grab.
Gwendolyn Carter from Alabama learned how she could receive grants for her classroom, then stepped into the Dash for Cash booth. While you can't put a price tag on everything she learned at the Expo, she was able to grab about twelve bucks.


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I am trying to trace my father's family.This is very important to my
children and myself.If you have any information that you can share,it would be greatly appreciated.
My father: Robert Garland DAVIS Sr.
D.O.B. May 24,1920 in Lawrenceburg Tenn.
Died January 20,1973 in Auburndale,Florida
His father: George Wiley DAVIS - Died in Sheffield,Ala. in 1964 or 1965
His mother: Minnie Laura MAPLES-Born July 10,1888 in Sevierville Tenn.
Died January 1983 in Auburndale,Florida
Searching for my ancestors
My name is Karen Elizabeth DAVIS.I am trying to track my family line.
This is something I have always wanted to find out about.I would love to be able to pass along info on my heritage to my children and grand
I will start with my paternal grandparents: George Wiley DAVIS
died around 1965 in Sheffield Alabama.His father was James DAVIS.
George W.DAVIS was Married to Minnie MAPLES.She was born July 10,1888
in Sevierville Tenn.I am told that they had 14 children,one of which
was my father Robert Garland DAVIS Sr.I do not know all of their names
so I will list the ones that I can:
DAVIS Children
Laura Lou
Lola Maude?
I have been told that my family is Irish and Cherokee.I would really like to know for sure.
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The Bay Area and North and Central Coast AIDS Education and Training Center (BANCC AETC) is one of 8 local performance sites working under the umbrella of the Pacific AETC. Funding is provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau through the Ryan White Program, Part F. The Bay Area and North and Central Coast Area AETC serve providers from San Luis Obispo County to the Oregon border on the California coast. Our mission is to:
- Provide the health care workforce with the knowledge and skills necessary to deliver outstanding, accessible and culturally sensitive HIV care, especially for underserved populations
- Increase the numbers of trained health care professionals working with HIV-infected patients
- Respond to the needs of high-risk populations and the changing face of the epidemic