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Thursday, January 3, 2013
Why Evergreens are Green in Winter – Winter Photosynthesis
When you look off the back patio at the arboretum during the winter months it's such a different scene then during the spring, summer or fall because most of the leaves are off the trees. Not only can you see farther down into the property from the same vantage point but what really stands out to me are the highlights of green trees scattered throughout the property. We all know that when the seasons change and it starts to get cold and the days get shorter deciduous trees automatically cut off connections to their leaves and stop performing photosynthesis in order to save energy for the upcoming winter months. But some plants and trees keep their leaves all winter and they stay green.Trees like evergreens and conifers continue to stay green all winter because they have evolved special adaptions to survive the cold climate where they grow.
First, these trees have needles rather than leaves. The needles are a way of protecting their foliage all year round. Snow easily falls off them. The shape of the needle and its waxy coating is also designed to conserve water and minimize evaporation. These trees feed themselves all winter by keeping chlorophyll in their needles by using smaller amounts of energy it produces during the winter. The chlorophyll is the chemical that makes photosynthesis possible and what causes the needles to look green. Plants that perform winter photosynthesis spend time during the spring and summer storing energy. In simple terms, during the coldest months, evergreens convert these starch cells back to simple sugars that can be used to produce energy and food for the plant system, or to provide energy for new growth in the spring.
Also, evergreens are able to conduct photosynthesis in winter because the cells in the needles are protected by a type of self-made antifreeze that is carried in the tree sap. The cold temperatures and lack of sunlight cause the photosynthesis process to occur more slowly and it is not as efficient as warm weather photosynthesis which is why some needles end of falling off the tree but many do not.
If you want to see some winter photosynthesis in action visit the arboretum and see what nature has to offer. The arboretum grounds are open all year round. Happy New Year!
--- Sue Abbuhl
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Myth-buster here, you DO NOT need to know much of anything about the subject you choose to write about. All you need to know is enough about it that you can judge whether its good information worth writing about. This is something I do as a copy writer all the time.
All manner of websites need stuff written for them, and not all the websites are about things I know a lot about.
So, I research. I bring up notepad and take notes as I search Google on my subject, simply glancing through places with info on my topic, quickly cutting out anything that might be relevant and pasting it into notepad.
I think about what the beginning, middle and end will be about and try to find plenty of notes to take on all three.
I go back and write about it, using my notes.
I tie together things from many different places and put it in my own words.
I manage to take many short, rather uninformative blurbs of info, or even long, uninformative essays on a subject, and turn it into a readable, informative article on a subject I had no clue about yesterday.
I add my own insights as I write, things I realize must also be true from the facts I have discovered about the topic, or maybe ways I feel about the topic, or other ways to apply the topic of which I have just thought up. I make it my own work by gathering the facts, turning them into a single unique, valuable text, and adding at least one idea or thought that is not found anywhere else on the web.
Its kinda fun actually.
For example, one time I needed to write about wedding dresses, as the keywords were wedding dress, wedding gown, bridal gown,… you get the picture. All I knew about wedding dresses was this : They are supposed to be pretty. They are usually white. They can be expensive.
After about 5 minutes of browsing about wedding dresses, seeing what sort of info was out there on them, I chose topics for the beginning, middle and end of my content "article" I was writing, with topics including how to choose a dress by where the wedding will be, what your body shape is, and by your personality. I decided on the first two topics while looking up wedding gowns, and I made up the last one.
I made it up because I saw there are wedding gowns that only a certain unique person might wear, and such things like wearing a red dress or a white with black trim, those things depend on your personality and if you are up to being less than traditional. And nobody else was talking about it.
The main topic of the article was How to Choose a Wedding Dress, obviously, and then I wrote about three things people need to consider about it. You know what? I'm sure I could find ten more things under that topic but I didn't need to; the word count of the article I was writing could be filled with three.
How do you feel about your ability to do this same thing with any other subject out there? Here are some topics to practice on, if you like. I have used the Keyword Popularity to Search Ratio system on them so they are ready for you to write articles for revenue sharing sites.
"how to cure pre diabetes naturally"
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"how to find a better girlfriend"
These are all niche keywords which people are searching for and there are little to NONE exact match search results. (remember, this doesn't mean there aren't results from it. It just means that anything you write that says exactly that key phrase as the title and a couple times in the text will come up first in Google results)
FYI: in a short time, I will be making this site into a paid membership site, because of the intensely valuable information I am giving away, and to keep the number of people who can use the information to an exclusive minimum, to give us all a better chance of keeping the niches we discover to ourselves!
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Writing in the always engrossing Gastronomica (article not available online), Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft meditates on Adolf Hitler's (in)famous vegetarian diet. Jewish vegetarians have fought to debunk the dictator's meat-free diet; Wurgaft argues that it shouldn't matter either way:
"Hitler's 'vegetarianism' would have no power to make us anxious if we simply thought clearly about dietary choices. Though they can become markers of political affiliation, they don't start out that way."


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Itchingham Lofte has recovered from the radiation poisoning brought on by element 126. The rocks in question, which contain enough radioactive power to solve the energy crisis or create powerful nuclear weapons, are safely hidden. With an MI5 team protecting Itch, and the information he keeps secret, it isn't long until enemies old and new come calling, looking for the world-changing new element.
The best way to bring the first part of a series to an end is to leave your audience wanting more without resorting to cheap cliff-hangers. That's exactly what Simon Mayo managed with Itch, his debut novel which made something brilliantly exciting out of an unlikely subject. To recap, the teenage protagonist, Itch, an element hunter and chemistry geek, came into the possession of several rocks that turned out to be examples of a new highly radioactive element. To prevent them falling into the wrong hands, and at great personal risk, he managed to hide them very effectively. One loose end; Itch would have died of radiation poisoning if not for the mystery individual who rescued him. Now with everyone from governments to gangsters and former science teachers willing to stop at nothing to learn what he knows, Itch needs round the clock protection.
Itch Rocks hits many of the same beats as the first book; it's all about the radioactive rocks and the attempts of various parties to gain possession of them. After some enjoyable and engaging early chapters describing how Itch's life has changed since his recovery, the old routine of likeable teens struggling against unscrupulous adults kicks into gear and once again it's a breeze. Joining the returning Dr Nathaniel Flowerdew among the villains is his former colleague, the ruthless Shivvi Tan Fook. Working as a free agent, her attempts to infiltrate Itch's confidence and efforts to recover the rocks drive the plot forwards for most of the book and she proves every bit as interesting and hissable as Flowerdew.
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Here are the Flatland tricks. They are listed in alphabetical order. Email me with any other tricks you want to see on this page.
Begin with your handlebars turned around. Put yourself at the front of the bike, facing the seat. Hold the seat with one hand. One foot should be on a front peg, the other is used to push off. Use that leg to get yourself rolling. Steer with the handlebars and lift the back wheel off of the ground by pulling up on the seat. Then just roll around!
BACKWARDS TIME MACHINE Roll forward with medium speed, and have both of your feet on the back pegs. Do an endo, then when the back tire sets down, tap the back brake and pull up the front of the bike so that you can do a backwards manual from the pegs. Jump around the front of the bike so that your right foot is on the back left peg, and your left foot is just in the air. Grab the front left peg with your left hand, and pull the bike into a vertical position. Then jump back around so your left foot is again on the left back peg.
BACKYARD Begin by facing backward on your bike. Apply the back brake, and lift up the front of the bike. With either foot on the back peg, push off and use the other foot to scuff the tire. Take one hand off of the handlebars to help balance.
BOOMERANG Roll slowly forward, and put your right foot on your left back peg. Swing your left foot forward, jump off the back peg, apply the front brake, and spin around the head tube on the handlebars. Just before you are halfway around, let go of the brake. Just after you are halfway around, put it on again. Land and ride away.
CABOOSE Put your right foot on the back left peg, or vice versa. Pull up on the handlebars to lift the front of the bike off of the ground. Scuff the back tire, using the back brake for help. That's a caboose.
CHERRY PICKERS Roll forward slowly. Put both of your feet on the back pegs. Do a small endo, and when your back tire hits the ground again, take your right foot and jam it in the space on the left side of the bike where the tire and the seatpost meet. The object is to get the bike straight up and down, balancing on the back wheel. Take your left foot and put it over the head tube and onto the seatpost. Grab the right side of the fork with your left hand an start hopping up and down as if you were doing a pogo. Pull up on the bike so that it will stay under your feet when you jump up. To ride out, just set the front tire down and pedal away.
DECADE Start with your left foot on the left back peg and your right foot on the top tube. Do a tiny endo, then apply your back brake. Throw your weight onto the back wheel and bring the front wheel high in the air. Jump around the head tube, then land back on the pedals.
DUMP TRUCK Start by rolling slowly, with your handlebars turned around and your feet on the back pegs. Pull up on the handlebars so that only your back wheel is on the ground. Grab the right side of the fork with your right hand (make sure the wheel has stopped spinning!). Now take your left hand off of the handlebars, and they should turn 90 degrees. Take your right leg and scuff the back tire with it. To ride out, just set the bike down and return to a normal riding position.
ELBOW GLIDE Roll forward at medium speed with your left foot on the left front peg and your right foot on the left back peg. Turn slightly to the left, shove your weight forward, then pull the front tire underneath your body and lift the back tire off the ground. Push the frame around to the right like you would do in a tailwhip. When the frame comes around, hook your left elbow over the seat. Roll like this as long as you can, and keep your right foot in the air for balance. When you are done, remove your arm from the seat, spin the frame back the way it came, set it down and ride out.
ELEPHANT GLIDE Begin by doing something like a bar-hop, so you are sitting on the front of the handlebars. Grab the seat with your right hand, and use the front brake to get the rear wheel off of the ground. Use the hand on the seat to pull the back of the bike around to the right side of your body, and scuff the front tire. When done, move the back of the bike around behind you, get back on the seat, and ride out.
FLINKY-SUNDER Roll forward slowly, and put both feet on the front pegs. Pull the front brake hard so the back of the bike goes up. At the same time as that, take your feet off the pegs and spin the back of the bike around 180 degrees. While the frame is spinning around to the front, jump over and sit on the handlebars. Catch the bike with your feet, land, and ride off.
FIREHYDRANT Start rolling, and have your right foot on the back left peg and your left foot on the front left peg. Lightly squeeze the front brake for a second and turn the handlebars around, swinging your body to the front of the bike, facing the seat. Squeeze the front brake for a second again, and use your weight to lift up the back of the bike and swing it around.
FOOT PLANT Ride up to a bench or wall, and bunnyhop towards it. When you reach it, take a foot off the pedal and slam it onto the bench or wall, pushing yourself up and away from the object so that you can land.
FREAK SQUEAK Roll forward slowly with both feet on the pedals. Swing your right leg over the handlebars and put it against the front tire. Put your weight on your hands and move your left foot to the left front peg. When it gets there, use your right foot to jam the front tire to a stop and bring the back of the bike off of the ground. Use a hand for balance (it�s coolest if you use both) in the air and scuff your tire with your right foot. The weight of the bike should be pressing against your left leg. To ride out, get your hands back on the handlebars, let the back tire fall to the ground, return your left foot to its pedal, then the same with the right foot, and ride away.
FRONT POGO The same as a regular pogo, except you will bounce on your front pegs. Put one foot on a peg to start out, then hit the front brake. When the back comes up, put your other foot on the other front peg and bounce.
FRONTYARD Put your right foot over the handlebars, then do a small endo, bringing your left foot onto the front left peg. Scuff the front tire with your right foot, balancing on just the front wheel. A hand can be off the bars to use for balance.
FUNKY CHICKEN The same as a front yard, only the bike is in front of you, and you hold it by the seat with one of your hands.
HANG FIVE Roll forward and have your left foot on the left front peg. Throw your weight forward on to the peg, and use your right leg for balance. The seat should come up to your butt. Put your arms straight out in front of you and your head up. That's a hang five.
INFINITY ROLL Put one foot on a back peg (on the same side as the foot). Use the other foot to scuff the tire backwards in a circle. (Scuffing is pushing on a tire with your foot and making it roll in either direction). Go as long as you can. I find it easier to have my foot on my peg on the outside of the circle-that way the tire won't hit your leg.
LARDYARD Do a backyard, only hold the handlebars with one hand, and use the other hand to hold the bike on an angle to the ground. You will be traveling in circles.
LAWN MOWER Roll forward slowly and stand with both feet on the back pegs. Do a small endo, and when the back wheel hits the ground, put your right foot on the back tire and push the bike out to the right while you pull your body to the left. Balance on the front tire now. Twist the handlebars 180 degrees with your right hand-clockwise. In this balancing position, push the bike out away from you, and keep the back tire low to the ground. When you bring the bike back towards you, twist the handlebars back to a normal position and ride out.
NOURIE STAND Ride forward slowly with your left foot on the left front peg and your right foot on the left pedal. Apply the front brake gently and twist the handlebars 90 degrees. Use your right hand to hold the seat and the grip on the bars at the same time. Use your right foot for balance by sticking it in the air now. Note: you are just balancing now, not riding. At this point, put both feet on top of the front tire, on either side of the fork. Trap the left grip between your legs. Now sit on the handlebars and grab the seat and right grip with your left hand. With your feet still on the tire, lean your hips as far over the handlebars as possible. Stick the end of the left grip into your gut. Grab the front tire with your right hand and take your feet off of it. All of your weight will be on your stomach. Now put your feet over your head, as high as they will go. Cool, eh?
OXFORD SPHERE Start off by doing a wheelie. Hold the wheelie position, and do a double barspin. After that, bunnyhop onto the front tire and do a tailwhip. Sound like fun?
POGO Put both of your feet on the back pegs, and ride forward slowly. Take either foot and jam it in the fork to stop the bike, then push down hard on the wheel to get rolling backwards. When your foot is back on the peg, hit the back brake and pull up on the handlebars hard. The bike should be in a vertical position. From there, keep the back brake on and use the bike as if it were a pogo stick-jump up and down, pulling the bike along with you. To ride out, release the brake and set the front down.
PINKY SQUEAKS Begin with your right foot on the left pedal and your left foot on the left front peg. Roll slowly and do a small endo, kicking the frame counter-clockwise with your right foot. Use that foot then to move the front tire backwards while you are jumping over the frame.
RIDING BACKWARDS Roll forward at medium speed. Take your right foot and put it facing backwards on the left pedal. Then put your left foot on the right pedal backwards. Lean your body against the handlebars and switch hands when you are comfortable. You should be facing towards the back of your bike, with your left hand on the right grip and your right hand on the left grip. Don't rest your weight on the handlebars when you ride backwards-it just makes balancing and steering more difficult. To ride out, switch your hands first, then your feet back to their original position.
ROCKWALK Ride in a circular direction, then pull your front brake and swing the back of the bike around 180 degrees. When you land, pull up the front tire and do another 180 degree turn on the back wheel.
SQUEAKER Place your left foot on the left front peg. Do a small endo, and use your right foot to scuff the front tire backwards. Use your brake to stay balanced.
STANDER Get speed and stand with both feet on the standing platform, if your bike has one. Hold the seat by squeezing it between your legs. Stand up all the way as you are riding along, and use your arms to balance.
TAILWHIP Riding along, take your right foot and move it over the top tube to the left side of your bike. Stick your foot into the area where the front tire meets the fork. In an endo-like position, swing the back of the bike around, moving your left foot off of the pedal. When the bike has done a 360 degree rotation, put your left foot on the top tube, return your right foot to the pedal, then put your left foot back on its pedal, and ride out.
TRACK STAND Roll forward slowly with your right foot on the left pedal and your left foot just out to the side in the air. Use your front brakes to stop the bike, and turn the handlebars 90 degrees to the right. Use your right hand to grab the end of the right grip and the seat. Make sure your palm is facing up. As you turn the handlebars, put your left foot on the left front peg. Then put all of your weight on your left foot, and stick your right foot out in the air for balance. Ride out by straightening the handlebars and getting your feet back to the pedals.
UNDERTAKER Roll forward slowly with both feet on the back pegs. Apply both brakes and do a small endo. When the wheel hits the ground, pull the front of the bike up so that the whole thing is vertical. Take your right foot off of the peg and jump around so that it is where your left foot was. It should also be in the opposite direction the left foot was (facing backwards). Just keep your left foot in the air for now, and the bike should still be vertical. Put your left hand on the front tire. You should be facing the back of the bike. Use your left hand to push the tire under your right arm. Also put your left foot on the right peg at this point, and take your right foot off of the left peg. Put your left hand back on the handlebars, untwist them, set the bike down and pedal away.
WHIPLASH While riding, put your left foot on the left front peg, and put your right foot on the left pedal. Throw your weight forward and swing the back of the bike around. Then put your right foot on the right front peg. Use your left foot to catch the bike, put it on the top of the tube, and get your feet back to the pedals.


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... Opens 17th Forum Office
The Acting Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr Anthony Akah, mni has decried the worrisome safety records of accidents in the Enugu Electricity Distribution Network (EEDC) . There has been a record of 14 deaths and 5 injuries in 2016 alone.
He also frowned at EEDC's violation of its performance agreements, noting its flagrant violation/ disregard of Commission's directives on mass disconnection of communities as well as high incidences of high estimated billing resulting from inadequate electricity metering of its customers. Amongst these violation was EEDC's failure to submit inventory data for 2016 to the Commission; hence it was slammed with a fine to the tune of 13 million naira this year.
Commenting further on other service failures by the utility company, Akah said, '' It is on record that within the period of January to September, 2016, Enugu Electricity Distribution Company recorded over 2,466 unresolved electricity complaints from electricity customers who were dissatisfied with services rendered''.
However, the Commission in ensuring electricity customers within EEDC's network would henceforth have a fast track resolution of their electricity complaints has opened the Owerri Electricity Customer Complaints Forum Office. This makes it the 17th Forum office to be opened. Forum Offices are the second stage in the Commission's redress making procedures. It handles unresolved complaints from the customers care unit of electricity distribution companies.
Meanwhile the Forum members are appointed among representatives of all customers' classes including industrial, commercial and residential customers.
Justifying the Commission's decision to establish more of such forum offices, Akah said, '' This Forum Office is no respecter of class, rights are equal'' Akah said. He called on electricity customers across the country to desist from taking electricity complaints to court; advising those with electricity issues to approach the Forum when dissatisfied with a Disco's action.
According to him, a situation where the Forum Office is by-passed by consumers for the court, the court will not allow the Commission to do its duties in that regard, even as he explained that Discos can also bring complaints against customers.
Akah concluded that the growth and development of the electricity sector remains a joint responsibility of both operators and electricity customers as such, the establishment of Owerri electricity Customer Complaints Forum Offce, as well as other Forum Offices across the country is part NERC's drive at quick resolution of electricity complaints.
Meanwhile electricity customers within the EEDC distribution network have expressed their concern regarding the time frame taken by the company to resolve electricity issue, declaring it as dissatisfactory, and urged the Commission to ensure the Discos do the right thing always and to ensure that the distribution company respond urgently to customers' complaints.
The customers also reacted to an announcement by the EEDC's on its planned meter roll-out that would see to the injection of about 100,000 meters into its network on an annual basis for the next 5 years, declaring that they were going to monitor the company in the regard to ensure that they keep their promise to consumers.
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Costa employs technology in latest outdoor campaign
High street coffee chain Costa has launched an outdoor advertising campaign on public telephone boxes using a printing technique that creates the illusion of movement.
This lenticular technology has launched across StreetTalk sites and encourages consumers to enjoy their favourite coffee shaken over ice. People passing by the creative will see a cup of ice-cold coffee being shaken in order to tempt them to #ShakeUpSummer with the new over-ice offering.
Costa is the first to integrate the technology into 500 StreetTalk sites, which appeared close by Costa stores, through working with outdoor advertising company JCDecaux.
Kirstey Elston, head of marketing at Costa, said: "We chose lenticular technology as it uniquely brings to life our shaken over ice product innovation to customers. We hope the distinct, moving creative really does turns heads in the lead-up to summer."
Steven Dennison, head of creative solutions at JCDecaux, said: "We are delighted to launch the first-ever lenticular StreetTalk campaign with Costa. By injecting a unique idea into this strategic campaign, Costa is reaching targeted audiences tactically, in a visually engaging way."
StreetTalk, which features on phone boxes at key leisure and retail locations across the UK, targets a young urban audience while they are in a relaxed, positive and social mindset.
The campaign forms part of Costa's wider integrated summer campaign which includes print, in-store, digital and PR.
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I"m just and old member who was lost, I mean "away" from this site for a long time... Almost 2 years O_o. Well... I'm back and but with something new... Learning PHP language to start programming and help someone in mods or in a game (one of my dreams). This is taking me a bit of my time, because I'm in the final High School year and doing the University test to get a place to study at my 18 years, so in other words, busy.
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As more fires are brought under control, emergency management officials are getting a clearer picture of the widespread damage caused by the series of wildfires that began in the state over the weekend. Governor Sam Brownback declared a state of disaster emergency March 5 for this event.
The estimated total number of acres burned in the state is approximately 626,000 acres, although that figure may rise if new fires flare up. Clark and Comanche Counties account for approximately 502,000 of those acres, setting a record for the most widespread single fire in the state. The previous record was 312,427 acres burned in Barber and Comanche Counties during the Anderson Creek fire of 2016.
Fire crews continue to contain fires in Clark, Comanche, Reno, and Rooks Counties. Since March 4, fires have been reported in 23 Kansas counties.
Officials with the Kansas Division of Emergency Management caution Kansans that fire danger still exists in part of Kansas due to low humidity and a low dew point.
Airspace remains restricted in a 16-mile radius over Ashland in Clark County to allow Kansas National Guard, Army Reserve, and U.S. Forestry Service air crews to safely conduct water drop operations. Two Kansas National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters with collapsible 660-gallon water buckets and one Army Reserve CH-47 Chinook, capable of dropping 2,000 gallons of water per run, conducted aerial fire suppression operations in Clark County Wednesday. Two fixed-wing aircraft from the U.S. Forestry Service also flew water drop missions in the county. Two additional Army Reserve Chinook helicopters arrived at Dodge City last night and will begin operations this morning.
The Kansas Highway Patrol is providing aerial reconnaissance support to survey burned areas.
The fires killed an unknown number of livestock in several counties. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Waste Management is providing guidance to livestock owners for the disposal of dead animals. For information, go to the KDHE website (kdheks.gov/waste/p_techguides.html) or call Ken Powell (785) 296-1121.
The Kansas Livestock Association is working with private donors to provide hay for cattle in counties that suffered extensive loss of grazing lands and baled hay.
KDEM advises anyone wishing to contribute to ongoing disaster relief efforts to donate cash to disaster relief organizations rather than donating goods. Officials recommends Kansans donating to reputable disaster relief organizations of their choice or local organizations within the affected communities.
The State Emergency Operations Center in Topeka will remain staffed 24/7 until further notice. Live updates from the State Emergency Operations Center will be broadcast on Facebook Live (Facebook.com/kansasemergency) throughout the day.
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We brought in an order of Opal self patterning sock yarn for the Joybilee Farm studio gift shop -- 10 balls of vibrant colour. It was too tempting to just roll them into the brass display bucket, untouched. I stroked one ball and somehow it ended up in my hands, casting itself on to some dpns. How did that happen?
It must be the fever. Its going around town. Its an epidemic so bad that they are threatening to close the elementary school -- 40% of the students are off sick and most of the teachers and subs are sick as well. So its natural that I would be feeling a little nauseated, achy and feverish at the same time that the box came from the post office. In my weakened state you couldn't expect me to resist the bold colours and simplicity of a self patterning sock. And the stitches just jumped on the needles while I was adjusting the blankets around myself, while lying on the couch, by the fire.
|One sock done and the second sock on the needles.
One pattern repeat was enough for the cuff, and I began the heel flap when the second pattern repeat began, and then closed off the toe when the third pattern repeat was looming on the ball. The sock fits a woman's medium, so one ball of opal sock yarn would make a pair of socks in any normal foot size.
One draw back in using Opal Sock yarn has always been the lack of patterns in English. The label has a sock pattern for a sock knit flat from side to side. (right angles to the normal way a sock is knit in the round). But the pattern is in German so one must be bilingual to use the pattern. I am not. So this necessitates designing a sock on the fly and a new pattern.
That new pattern will be coming in a few days, so stay tuned...


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An obligation to report
Laura PoitrasPosted 30 January 2015 by Alkibiades
Laura Poitras talks about "Citizenfour", her documentary about Edward Snowden, the NSA, and surveillance that won the `Academy Award´. Yes, this is what professionals also call the Oscar - it is now official that the arts have, after many years of activists risking their sanity, freedom and their families, joined the new clash of cultures on the sensitive and progressive side. During a Q&A at the 52nd New York Film Festival, she recalls her transformation from a documentary journalist into an activist during the production of the film that narrates her stay with Glenn Greenwald and Snowden in a hotel in Hong Kong.
Citizenfour won the 2014 Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary and the International Documentary Association award for best documentary feature. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for 2015. (our first update from February, 2015: "It has won the Oscar in this category.)
- Date of recording: Fri, 2014-10-10
- Language(s) spoken: English
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0:00:04 Acknowledgements
Moderator: Please welcome Laura Poitras! Thank's Laura.
LP: Thank's for being here. It's really such an honor to show this home at this festival. Actually, before you dive in, there are people who are in the film that I would like to acknowledge and thank, so: I believe Glenn Greenwald is here… where's Glenn? William Binney … Ian[?] MacAskill, I believe, is here. David Miranda … and I think, I think that if I'm … if I'm missing … I think that's who is here.
And I wanted to do one other thing, that we couldn't do last night after the Premiere, it is to … and it's actually also somehow relating to the film: it's to thank the funders who supported this film.
And they came on board in the most unusual circumstances, because when we approached each of them, we asked them to … to be incredibly discrete about the film and about the contents of the film. They - all of them made trips to Berlin to watch the cut. They, in some cases, didn't actually know what the final film would be until the end.
We had redaction scenes that we showed, because … for source protection reasons, until we were ready to release it, and I know for the New York Film Festival. For we did a screening for the festival committee when we scheduled it here, but then moved to another location and we had to be… and some other things. so everybody has been - everyone who supported this film has taken an enormous leap of faith and has kept the confidence that we've asked them to keep, for the purpose that we could do our work as securely as possible until we were ready to release it.
So, I'm grateful to all the people who supported this film, not just for their support but for their sensitivity to the demands of this film.
So, I'm going to have to name them. First and foremost Radius, who is distributing the film. Tom Crean [Quinn?] came to Berlin in February, and he said he'd heard about the film and that we're working on it, and said that he wanted to be involved, and we showed him some footage.
They've been extraordinary in their support and in not, you know, … I think their instinct as distributors that it shouldn't be announced that we were involved, and they, you know, totally listened to what we needed, which was to remain as discrete as possible for as long as possible.
Participant Media and … Diane Wireman is a dear friend, and we've known each other for years, and she was one of the biggest supporters in the film that I made in Iraq. I worked with her when she was at Sundance, right after I came back from Baghdad, and I was in, you know, still shell-shocked from the experience, and she supported that film. And we have always wanted to work together and never really knew how we would make it happen. And she made a trip to Berlin, I think in the festival, and we talked and she said, "You know, this is something I think we could do. You know, this is a film about journalism." And she went to the people she works with, and said "You're gonna find a film but you're not going to know anything about it, you are not going to know the title and have any details". And they came on board, and so I'm incredibly grateful to Participant for their trust.
HBO documentary films - I don't know if Sheila is here? Anyone from HBO? Ok, this was extraordinary that that they've come on board.
I mean they … Sheila saw the film and loved it, and she's, you know, she's a champion of liberty [?] filmmaking and I think it spoke to her. But she's also been so extraordinary and supporting our desire to have theatrical effect.
And Bertha foundation and Brit doc have been among the first supporters, and Jess has been tireless in her support for this film and getting it into the world.
Channel 4 is also one of our broadcast supporters in the UK. David Minton final projects… David is executive producer and has been supporting some of the most progressive documentary films.
And I have only three more, so: NDR and BR, which is our broadcaster in Germany, and they've approached us immediately. Much of the reporting that I've done has been based in Berlin. And they've been tireless in their support. And Cineoreach [?] so I'd like to thank them, and Sundance.
So thank you so much. Okay.
0:06:03 The balance between reporting and filmmaking
Moderator: there's a lot to talk about but I'll start with a big multi-faceted question: I was hoping you could talk a little bit about this balancing the needs between reporting and breaking a new story and being part of the story and also making a film.
LP: You mean it like in terms of what's in the film or working both reporting and making the film at the same time?
Moderator: Because: you were in the hotel room, and obviously you did release video and were part of that, you were part of that story breaking well over a year ago, but at the same time, you had this longer-term film in mind.
LP: I mean it's been a complicated sort of navigating roles while making this film. In the months when I was receiving the emails from Snowden, I was also in the process of making a film about surveillance and I had an idea that, of course, this would find its way into that film and I was very much in that relationship of, you know, source-journalist relationship, and he was claiming to have evidence of NSA surveillance and…
But when it soon became clear that I would meet him - and I should contextualize it: For a long time, I thought that I was in dialogue with somebody who's an anonymous source that I would never meet, never know who they are, that I would receive documents in and that we … that I would, you know, team up with people who would report.
I think it was in April where he communicated to me that, in fact, his identity would be revealed. That he didn't intend to remain anonymous and that his identity would be revealed, and both because it would be, you know, discovered, and because he didn't want to remain in the shadows.
And when he told me, that is when I sort of said, okay well, as a filmmaker, then I said, then really we need to meet, and I want to be able to film you. And his first response was: No. He said that the story isn't about him, it's about the issues and that he wanted that to be what people focused on. And I responded by saying that, well, the fact that, you know, he's putting his life on the line to release information was very important for the public to know, and that only he can answer that question and that the documents won't speak to that.
And he also had a serious concern that if, you know, he'd taken this enormous risks to make this information available, and he was concerned about us being in the same place at the same time because there is a risk that if we got shut down that the information maybe wouldn't, you know, reach the public. So that was another security concern about actually physically meeting.
0:08:37 Turning from an observer into a participant
But I was able to convince him of the importance that only he could speak to the motivations of coming forward and that even if he chose not to be part of the story, he would be, because the press would report on him. So then he agreed to meet and so when I went to Hong Kong with Glenn and you … I was very clear that my job was as a documentarian, like as a visual journalist, that I wasn't there to, you know, look at the … you know, to study the archive or to report on it. At that moment I was there to document this moment of journalism, really, and what and how Glen and Hugh (?)worked with him and in receiving this information and reporting on it. And I felt that if there's anything I could contribute to understanding, that's sort of what my whatever unique skill sets were, where they, you know, are … Writing and reporting would break the news. Where I would sort of document this historic event that was happening in Hong Kong.
And so is very clear, that's what my role was, I wasn't looking at their archive or reporting. But then, when he went underground and I returned to Berlin, it was very clear that I had an obligation to report.
I mean that he had put, you know, risked so much, and that I had to, then, sort of shift my focus and look at the archiving and report. And that's when I started teaming up with their Spiegel and other news organizations to report. But there has been a strange you know push-pull like, we, you know, you see, we were reporting on the Merkel story, and I'm also filming.
I mean there … everything about this film is kind of, you know, looped in on itself. I mean that's very much why it was necessary that the film have a subjective voice, you know, in it, so that the audience knows that I'm not an outsider, that I'm also participating in the events that are unfolding.
0:10:37 The post-9/11 trilogy
Moderator: Can you talk about that a bit, actually, because this is the third film in your post 9/11 trilogy, and I think it differs from the other two in several significant ways: the most obvious one being that you are a, you know, a participant in the story, and you are not present in the other two films.
Can you talk about the thought process and how you arrived at…
LP: I mean, not unlike Snowden, I actually didn't want to be in this film, and my editor Mathilda [?] would testify to that. But it was clear that I had to be, that I had to be present in the film, because the audience had a right to know that I was a participant in the events.
But the question of how to be sort of subjective, it's a complicated one for these three films.
I made the film in Iraq I was filming with the Iraqi civilians, and it was a very dangerous time to be working in Iraq, but I didn't want to be the focus to be on the western journalist, you know, in a dangerous conflict zone, because then serve on the and empathetic energy could have moved towards me rather than the people that I actually wanted to be the focus of the story.
So in Iraq, it was - I absolutely didn't want to draw any attention to the circumstances of how I was working, or any risks that I might face, because it was about having people understand what the occupation is like from the perspective of Iraqis and the US military. So I'm very invisible in that film, I mean I always think that you know, obviously there's a camera there, so I'm sort of part of it. You know I've been invited, I'm present.
With "The Oath", it was actually a complicated one: I approached it in the same way, I observed, with a wearable camera, you know, watching scenes unfold, but Jonathan Oppenheim who edited it … At some point, he was to be doing test screenings before we finished, and he was aware there was an uneasiness amongst the audience that we didn't acknowledge a presence of a camera because the axis was sort of so unusual. And it was like a outside camera here, so we realize that we were taking the view outside of the story by not acknowledging the presence - my presence. So he then changed it, and put my voice in a few things.
And so … this one, you know, it begins with … I think this film begins with "I", you know "I was placed on a watch list". It's certainly the first film that I've done from first-person.
0:13:00 First plans for a documentary on surveillance
Moderator: Can you maybe backtrack a little bit and talk about how this project emerged and what was going on before Snowden arrived, you know, before that first email? I know that the idea was to make a film about surveillance, which obviously is a large, abstract, invisible subject.
What were you doing in the, you know, in the … I know you've been working on this since "The Oath" and … What were you doing in the years before, and obviously some of the figures you are following, some are in this film, obviously.
LP: Yeah, this film actually began in the spring of 2011, and I was interested, like, a few months around … it was also when WikiLeaks was coming out, and I was interested in the work that they were doing, which also related to journalism. So I was interested in these themes, and I was working on trying to figure out what access …
I mean, oftentimes my work it's about … there's some themes I'm interested in, and then it's like trying to figure out how … how I can, you know, follow, or what will take me on a journey that will help me understand those things, and so.
But, actually, in the spring of 2011, I didn't quite know, but I was really interested in this, you know, this guy who's blogging for Salon.com. And he was down in Rio, you know, I was reading him all the time and he was just doing this really fierce journalism, totally outside of the mainstream, and I loved his work. And I didn't quite know what the film … and how it would come together, but I said "Well, okay, let's try to get a plane, and spend some time with him." And that's when I first filmed with Glenn.
And then I was with Jones, the cinematographer, and it's the opening. It has turned out to be the opening of the film, and he's at that very moment blogging, writing about Jane Mayer's article about Thomas Drake as an essay whistleblower who was at that point facing espionage charges. So, it's, ironically, that has turned out shoot per shoot. And then, for the film expanded, I actually reached out to Bill Binney, at exactly that time, right after the New Yorker piece broke. So I actually called Bill from Rio, so the sort of origins happened there.
But then I started expanding, and I did a lot of filming with Julian Assange and WikiLeaks and also Jacob Appelbaum, who you see in the film, the TOR project, and I was very interested in, yeah, surveillance, people with resistance movements, people who are working as activists.
I mean this was sort of in the aftershock of the Arab Spring, so if I was filming in Tunisia where Jake was working and also Egypt and then… So we were actually, Mathilda (?) and I were editing, you know, that film, and then Snowden started to email, and what happened was - in the end we realized, in the editing room, we realize we achieved two films.
You know, there is … because the material that I shot around Snowden and the way to Hong Kong, we knew it would occupy a large piece of the film, and it kind of dictated what this film would be like. For a while, we had a lot more material before we arrived in Hong Kong and then, it just was very hard to shift gears, it was like you opened a different story in a midway through.
And so we realized that there were two films, and that this one was going to focus on Snowden. But it was, you know, this is a decision that we made in the editing room, that there's material for two films.
0:16:36 On the structure of the film
Moderator: can you talk a little bit about shaping the material in the hotel room which, I think, it's a full hour of the film.
It's sequenced chronologically, but it's … I think it's amazing how it's shaped, you know, in terms of like how you allow for humor to come into it as well. And this is the sense of suspense as the sequence plays out.
How much did you shoot?
LP: I mean, in terms of the structure, I mean, you know Mathilda is here, my extraordinary artistic collaborator on this film, who is, you know, …
And I actually would say that she should come down and actually address … I mean I would love to invite you down, to answer your question.
I mean, I can say, as she's walking down: After I came back, I mean I was a bit … it was a kind of a dramatic shoot in the sense that the stakes were really high in the room and not knowing … and so she was the one who sort of took the footage and was the first one to watch it before, then I started to see what she selects.
[brief recapitulation of question for collaborator on stage]
Mathilda [?]: Yeah, I think we had some - I didn't really count the hours, but I think we have something like twenty hours of footage for Hong Kong. Maybe that's a bit exaggerated, maybe, but that's around the time we had. And what was particularly difficult about it was that it was all extraordinary, all of it was completely extraordinary. We could have taken anything, more or less. And it would have been shocking and beautiful.
So, the difficulty was to make choices, knowing that we left out passages that would be also mind-blowing. That's one of the aspects of it, but of course, very soon, we also noticed that we needed follow a very clear narrative line which was that of a story unfolding in that style which is almost like a fiction film. We follow things as they happen, and the more we did that, the more we started to understand that we could not go into certain directions.
For example, we had to steer clear from opinions, statements that Snowden made, that were very beautiful, and that was very compelling also, because of course you notice he's extremely articulate and a very thoughtful person. And so humid, extraordinary statements that we were very tempted to use, but then after a while we noticed that we could not use them because it was taking us out of this narrative form that we were finding. So that was one of the main discoveries we made and, right, and then of course after a while we had to streamline.
Moderator: I would love to take some questions from the in-circuit, many hands… You do? OK. Great. So is somebody going to call in the audience or should I? I will, okay. Let's start: there, yes.
0:20:22 Snowden's decisions and the drone program
Q1:First of all, thank you very much for this movie, for this documentary.
I was wondering if you could speak a little bit… On two occasions, Snowden talks about the drone program and its effect on his decision making. Could you say something more about it or how he articulated the reasons for his reaching out to you?
LP: I mean, you know, I think the reference that we included, where he says that you know one of the motivations is, you know, being in the NSA, seeing into the escalation of the drone program as …
And also, you know how he articulates that, you know, hope, like that some of these policies will be reined in, and there weren't this kind of escalations in certain policies, and so - it's actually really what, you know, we show you. But what he says on that, which is that it's one of the things that brought him forward, this was about the drones. And I would say, obviously it's occurred at the end, you know, when its brought up when somebody else also comes forward to expose this.
0:21:38 Snowden in Russia
Q2: Hi. Thank you for your bold filmmaking. I'm just curious: how does Edward Snowden feel about living now in Russia?
LP: I mean in general I avoid speaking on his behalf.
I mean, I think though, but I think you can say that he … I think he's grateful to have political asylum. I think he is not aligned with all, you know, you know the political reality there, but I think that he made the choice that he, you know, didn't feel that staying, you know, in the US was an option for him.
So I think he's now … but a he's also … I think he's keeping options open, if there are other possible countries for him to seek asylum.
0:22:27 Why the hurry?
Q3: Yes, am I on now? So, my question is: I didn't understand the urgency to really put stories out while you were in the hotel room. Because none of the stories were in my perception time-sensitive. So my question is: why wasn't more care given to the plan for what would happen to ensure Snowden's safety rather than … I mean, of a sudden, there was this crazy environment created, and I don't understand the reason for that.
Does my question make sense? And then, related to that is: was there really, really no plan beyond what we see in the film for what Snowden would do to ensure his safety?
LP: I mean, I think that the interns have a timeline.
I mean, I can step back and say that I didn't know that he was leaving the country, until he had actually already left. You know, we were in dialogue, I come back to New York to set up a time to meet him, thinking I was going to suburban Maryland or something, and then he left the country.
And I think that that's actually when the time started ticking, in terms of his … You don't leave the country and, you know, work for the NSA without it being noticed and so there was a bit of an … whatever … urgency in terms of am a publishing because his absence would be noticed.
And then, in terms of his, like, what we knew over … what I knew of his … you know what he was gonna do next. In my experience, working with him as a source, he would tell me something which would then tell me what I needed to know, you know, like he said: "I'm gonna have information" and then he said "Well, here's where you can download it" and etc. Then I actually thought that maybe I just didn't know what the next step was.
This is part of the answer, and yeah, what you see, and then I realized, we realized, in Hong Kong, is that all his planning did actually … and there, you know, but that actually was… and that's an.., and that when the lawyers came in, that, you know, they then helped him, you know, go underground. So…
But in terms of the time, I mean, I think that, and [inaudible] can speak to this: I think that was a need like that, that it was important that we publish, and quickly, because … to get the story out, and to have the public awareness of it happen, unfold.
And I can say one other thing: since he had decided that he would reveal his identity, we actually wanted to do that before it was announced by the government and it's clear that as soon as Glenn's rise in story … it's when they come to Lindsey's and his home, so we knew that the government was aware that he was missing. And so we wanted to … we wanted him to have the first chance to say why he did what he did.
0:25:41 Return to the USA
Q4: Yes, Laura, I'm wondering if you - did you encounter any problems going back into the US? This time, for the screening, have you had any kind of bounce-back, personally, from Big Brother on all of this?
LP: you know, I've had years of being stopped at the border and actually that did … that stopped, being interrogated at the borders, in 2012 actually, after Glenn wrote a piece about it, and they did stop doing that. And in terms of coming back: I didn't have any problems, and I haven't been contacted by the US government regarding this reporting.
Moderator: i think this is maybe the last question, but this reminder that we have a talk with laura at 4 o'clock as well.
0:26:33 Civilian victims of drone strikes
Q5: Hi Laura. I and my organization represents a number of civilian victims of drone attacks, people at the sharp end of that chain that you show at the end of your program. And there's something about the movie I have a hard time sort of reconciling, which is that you guys have exposed a system that is unbelievable in its sophistication and its power.
I mean that kind of short version is that we all live in the panopticon, right? But the civilian victims of drone attacks are an example of the limits of that system and the way that notwithstanding how powerful metadata collection is, the mistakes are made. And what I can't understand, and what I can't reconcile, is: How does that happen? Does, to you, does it speak more to the indifference of the United States government to the lives of people in Yemen and Pakistan who die, or to the limits of the technology, or, some make sure, both?
LP: I mean, I mean, the mistakes, I mean, let's just say… I mean I would say that the drone program, whether or not they … yeah I mean it's atrocious (?) that we have a drone program there, where we are, you know, targeting people, and killing them. Whether or not that is based on metadata or anything.
You know, we think of democracies as having something called the rule of law and that's … the drone program will never align itself with that. But in terms of … yeah, I mean, I think there actually … you know, there is indifference to civilians, and we know that from, you know, I spent time in Iraq.
And there's indifference to civilian casualties and I know and hopefully that changes. And hopefully we continue to do reporting that will hopefully have some impact in … and raise awareness for the civilian consequences, particularly of the drone program.
Moderator: That's all the time we have. Laura, thank you very much.
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Pretzel-Crusted Chicken and Apples
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Ok, tonight's your last chance to see us playing Vivaldi's Four Seasons in 2019. It's @stgeorgesbris and we're join… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In Part 3 of our guide to female opera characters, we're looking into the life of famous queen Dido…and tonight at the Royal Festival Hall, Anna Caterina Antonacci will be portraying the lady herself in an aria from Berlioz's grand opera Les Troyens.
Who was she?
Dido was founder and queen of Carthage. She fled her home of Tyre when her brother murdered her husband and she settled with her followers in North Africa.
The new city of Carthage was flourishing when the Trojan hero Aeneas arrived on his way to Italy to found what would eventually be Rome. However, when he stopped in Carthage the goddess Venus made Dido fall in love with him and for a while Aeneas postponed his quest. When he eventually left, Dido was heartbroken and committed suicide, cursing Aeneas and his descendants. Aeneas later met Dido in the underworld but she refused to forgive him even in death.
What was she famous for?
Dido is most famous for the Roman poet Virgil's account of her romance Aeneas in The Aeneid. The story of their doomed romance was used by Christopher Marlowe, Henry Purcell and Sasha Waltz.
Dido has a popstar, a computer game character, a mathematical problem and an asteroid named after her.
Was she a queen, heroine or ladykiller?
Dido was a queen first and foremost. Before Aeneas arrived on the scene, she was an accomplished leader known for her wisdom. When she originally asked for land to build Carthage she was told she could have only the amount of land an ox hide could cover – to get round this she had the hide cut into one long strip which meant she had enough land to build a whole city!
Who will be singing Dido and when?
Anna Caterina Antonacci will sing Je vais mourir…Adieu, fière cité from Berlioz's Les Troyens at Three eras of divas on 30 September 2012. You can listen to it here
Sarah Connolly will be singing When I am laid in earth from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas in French Exchange on Thursday 8 November 2012.
Just sat through the rehearsal for tonight's RFH concert. OAE, Sir Roger and feisty soloist all on great form! This is some of the most characterful and colourful playing I've heard from a period group for a while. Really excellent stuff.


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…When I Needed It.
The internet gave me a gift today, for all it's faults it houses some real gems and today it was this quote. I've been writing a lot about change and transformation over the last few months because it has been so very prevalent in my life this year. I have been going through, what I described to my friend the other day as, a life overhaul.
Now don't get me wrong, it's awesome. It didn't feel awesome for ages, it felt terrible while I was going through the changes and uncertainty itself but like the butterfly that emerges from it's cocoon, I've finally emerged from the other side feeling more able, strong, balanced and beautiful in and of myself.
My friend told me that she felt that was a huge sign of my growth during this period and I think she's right about that. I'm still me but a lot has changed about me at the same time. I have a whole new perspective on my life and what I want and need in it to the point that it has, at times, become clear that it's something that hasn't been welcomed by some of the people around me. I think that when you grow and change and begin getting things in order it can be scary and unsettling for the people around you if they're not ready for change to happen to them as well. It's a personal thing, it happens on our own timeline when it's necessary for us and our lives individually.
I catch myself when I'm talking to people to remind myself to be honest and not play down my situation to fulfil everyone's thoughts of where in life they think I should be and frankly, it's hurtful when a friend asks me why I'm not in a relationship with someone as if I should be aiming for that or why I have chosen to live and work creatively as an artist as though it's never going to get me anywhere and never going to bring me success. I don't believe that and most of all it does bring me success. Success to me is making it through the day happy and grateful for what I have and what I do. Having spent so long struggling with depression and being so close to giving up on life completely, doing something I love and that brings me so much happiness is a far greater success than trying to force myself to live a way that's not right for me.
People may not like the changes in my life, they might think that they have the right to look down on me for them or consider me an oddity for my choices but you know what? I've embraced them, accepted them and made them my own. I've made it through a difficult time and found my wings after the stifling stress, darkness and uncertainty of change in my very own cocoon. Be happy for me, now I can fly.


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This past Fall, while we were traveling around northern New Mexico and Colorado, we spent a day driving the Enchanted Circle scenic byway. The Enchanted Circle is an 84 mile loop that runs through national forest, ski resorts, historic towns and Taos. It encircles Wheeler Peak, the highest mountain in New Mexico, part of the Sangre de Cristo range. I promised in my last blog post to post some pictures from that drive so here goes.
We started our drive in Questa and within a few miles we came upon a herd of bighorn sheep.
Our next stop was in Red River. We walked around town a bit and took some pictures. Red River is a ski resort that gets crowded during ski season but it was quiet on this beautiful fall day.
|Between Red River and Eagle Nest
We've been wanting to check out Eagle Nest Lake State Park so we stopped there awhile. It was a really nice park but we'd need to figure out a better route to take the motorhome there.
The next town along the circle is Angel Fire where we stopped to visit the Vietnam Memorial State Park. Here is some information from their website about this memorial. https://www.vietnamveteransmemorial.org/about-the-memorial/2/MemorialHistory/
Following the death of their son, U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant Victor David Westphall III, Jeanne and Dr. Victor Westphall began construction of the Vietnam Veterans Peace and Brotherhood Chapel to honor the memory of their son and the fifteen men that died with him near Con Thien, South Vietnam on May 22, 1968.
The Chapel was dedicated on May 22, 1971, the 3rd anniversary of the death of 1st Lt. David Westphall. It was the first major memorial created to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War, and inspired the establishment of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., which was completed over ten years later, in 1982.Victor "Doc" Westphall dedicated his life to the Memorial. He lived in an apartment on site, and his entire purpose was honoring his son and the more than 58,000 others who died in Vietnam. He reached out to the families that had lost their loved ones, and welcomed home the "maimed in body and spirit". In his own words, "We who must will do what we can to encourage humankind to preserve rather than to destroy."
|View of Angel Fire from the memorial
Our last stop before returning to Questa was at the Plaza in Taos. I love the plazas in the different New Mexico towns and the one in Taos was really nice. There was live music playing and just a really nice vibe to the place.


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Lucas is on the path to vengeance, but if he wants to live, he'll have to play it smart. For example, infiltrating an enemy pack as is will get him killed, but with an impressive amount of restraint, major focus, and a stubborn personality, he manages to conceal his Alpha wolf and appear as a weak, docile Omega looking for a place to belong.
It's a hard journey for a boy with a broken heart, but when you have nothing to lose, is it really all that hard to risk it all?


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YORK'S miserable season ended on a positive note as they secured their biggest win of the season against relegated Farnborough.
The Minstermen had not scored in their previous five games, but took just nine minutes to break the deadlock.
Kevin Donovan supplied the cross and striker Andy Bishop headed home for his 11th goal of the season.
City midfielder Bryan Stewart scored his first goal for the club in the 53rd minute when he fired into the top corner of the net.
York defender Steve Davis made a crucial block to deny Michael Charles just after the restart, but within a minute Lev Yalcin latched on to Bishop's through-ball to score.
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Iration Plays Boulder's Fox Theatre Tonight
Z2 Entertainment presents Iration at the Fox Theatre tonight, February 1st, 2013.
In an effort to begin promoting new music, this winter 2013 Iration will embark on a western US regional headline tour with support from east coast Friends Passafire and So Cal's Pacific Dub. These Hawaiian-raised musicians look forward to continuing to spread their original sound and aloha spirit. The alternative/reggae group recently released a new single entitled "Porcupine ft. Lincoln Parish" from Cage The Elephant - the single is the first off their upcoming full length record Automatic, due out in 2013. Since it's release the single has been in rotation at multiple radio stations including San Diego's 91X, Colorado Springs' KRXP, and Santa Barbara's KJEE to name a few; as well as receiving spins on several stations from Los Angeles KROQ to Philadelphia's Radio 104.5. The track is available to stream here: www.irationmusic.com.
1/25 Ventura CA Ventura's Majestic Theater
1/26 Tucson AZ The Rock
1/27 El Paso TX Tricky Falls
1/30 Albuquerque NM Launch Pad
1/31 Colorado Springs CO The Black Sheep
2/1 Boulder CO Fox Theatre
2/2 Fort Collins CO Aggie Theatre
2/5 Jackson WY Pink Garter Theatre
2/6 Billings MT Manny's Sports & Entertainment
2/7 Missoula MT The Palace
2/8 Spokane WA Knitting Factory
2/9 Bellingham WA Wild Buffalo House of Music
2/12 Eugene OR Wow Hall
2/13 Bend OR Domino Room
2/14 Boise ID Knitting Factory
2/15 Stateline NV Montbleu Resort Casino & Spa*
2/16 Petaluma CA Phoenix Theater*
2/17 Modesto CA Fat Cat
2/20 Fresno CA Fulton 55
2/21 Bakersfield CA B Ryder's
2/22 Santa Cruz CA The Catalyst
2/23 Anaheim CA House of Blues
3/1 San Diego CA House of Blues**
3/2 San Diego CA House Of Blues ***
*w/The Green as direct support
**w/Through The Roots as direct support - no Passafire
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Tomorrow, Sunday 17 February, I'll be appearing at the National Space Centre in Leicester as one of John Jarrold's authors, with Chris Beckett and Philip Palmer. I've put together a talk – with slides – on the lack of realistic space travel in science fiction, and I'll also be reading from Adrift on the Sea of Rains and The Eye With Which The Universe Beholds Itself. My talk is the last of three and takes place at 14:15.
Afterwards, at 15:00, there'll be an opportunity to buy copies if the book and get them signed.


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10 U.S. Code § 5589 - Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps: officers designated for limited duty
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
34 U.S.C. 211c ((a) (less statement of appointing authority), and less (e)–(h)).
Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, § 404 ((a) (less statement of appointing authority), and less (e)–(h)), 61 Stat. 870; Aug. 5, 1949, ch. 402, § 1(f), 63 Stat. 568.
In subsections (a) and (b) the authority to make appointments under this section is confined to appointments in the grades of ensign and second lieutenant, since the authority in the source statute to make appointments in higher grades was limited and has been completely executed. The words "commissioned warrant officers" are omitted as surplusage, since the term "warrant officers" includes commissioned warrant officers.
The word "male" is inserted to limit the application of the section to men. Authority to appoint women is covered in § 5590 of this title.
1994—Subsecs. (c) to (g). Pub. L. 103–337 added subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsecs. (c) to (f) as (d) to (g), respectively.
1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–433 substituted "section 5150(b)" for "section 5155(b)".
1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–513, § 325(1), substituted "as regular officers of the Navy in a grade below lieutenant commander in the line and in staff corps established by the Secretary of the Navy under section 5155(b) of this title and designated by the Secretary for the purposes of this section may be made from" for "to the active list of the Navy in the grade of ensign in the line, in the Supply Corps, and in the Civil Engineer Corps may be made from male".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–513, § 325(2), substituted "as regular officers of the Marine Corps in a grade below major may be made from" for "to the active list of the Marine Corps in the grade of second lieutenant may be made from male".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–513, § 325(3), inserted "the qualifications specified in section 532(a) of this title and have".
1961—Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 87–123 struck out "be designated for supply duty or" before "be assigned to".
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Sept. 15, 1981, but the authority to prescribe regulations under the amendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective on Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
For provisions relating to Regular Navy or RegularMarine Corps officers designated as limited-duty officers under this section prior to September 15, 1981, see section 616 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 611 of this title.
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Nope, your eyes are not deceiving you. This trash receptacle is really puffing on a cigarette while being four months pregnant!
Ex-Real Housewives of Atlanta's Kim Zolciak is expecting her third child with husband Kroy Biermann and paparazzi caught her sucking on a cig just like how she used to suck on Big Papa's -, never mind. Moving on...
This pathetic sack of flesh needs to be slapped with a trash bag full of boiling hot nicotine. The fact that she would smoke while knowing she is pregnant just disgusts me to no end. I guess this heffa doesn't care about her baby's life being in danger. Smh, some people shouldn't be allowed to reproduce and this old bologna smelling looking heaux is one of them. Kroy deserves to be clowned in the locker room for marrying this woman.
What do you think about Kim getting her smoke on while being pregnant?
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Based upon the increasing level of interest and participation, the Utah Governor's Energy Development Summit, has proven to be one of the most critical energy forums in the Intermountain West.
With representation from Utah's Congressional delegation, the Western Governors Association and a plethora of state leaders, the summit drove home the message that the western states have become leaders in energy production and they are willing to develop their resources responsibly.
"As the western states act and think like energy producing states, that message will become stronger and stronger," says Samantha Mary Julian, director of the Office of Energy Development (OED). "The summit is helping to position Utah for an exciting energy future that embraces a diversity of resources within a dual focus on responsible practices and economic growth," says Julian.
In Utah, the energy industry accounts for 20,000 jobs -- about 1.5 percent of the working population -- but pays 180 percent of the state's average wage. To say the state's energy industry is booming is an understatement. Perhaps that is why interest in this year's summit was profound, not only from the significant increase in attendees over last year but also from the support of 70 sponsors and the involvement of well over 100 expert speakers from around the country.
To be sure, the summit afforded some 1,400 attendees, representing 22 states and six foreign countries, the opportunity to examine the key issues in the ever-changing energy sector and to understand the significant value energy adds to Utah's world-class economy. It also provided a forum to discuss a wide breadth of energy issues, ranging from energy policy and environmental regulation, to technological developments, job creation, energy security and many other timely topics.
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