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Solar Energy Firms Leave Waste Behind in China
When exposed to humid air, silicon tetrachloride transforms into acids and poisonous hydrogen chloride gas, which can make people who breathe the air dizzy and can make their chests contract.
While it typically takes companies two years to get a polysilicon factory up and running properly, many Chinese companies are trying to do it in half that time or less, said Richard Winegarner, president of Sage Concepts, a California-based consulting firm.
As a result, Ren of Hebei Industrial University said, some Chinese plants are stockpiling the hazardous substances in the hopes that they can figure out a way to dispose of it later: "I know these factories began to store silicon tetrachloride in drums two years ago."
Pro-EnerTech's Shi says other companies -- including Luoyang Zhonggui -- are just dumping wherever they can.
"Theoretically, companies should collect it all, process it to get rid of the poisonous stuff, then release it or recycle. Zhonggui currently doesn't have the technology. Now they are just releasing it directly into the air," said Shi, who recently visited the factory.
Shi estimates that Chinese companies are saving millions of dollars by not installing pollution recovery.
He said that if environmental protection technology is used, the cost to produce one ton is approximately $84,500. But Chinese companies are making it at $21,000 to $56,000a ton.
In sharp contrast to the gleaming white buildings in Zhonggui's new gated complex in Gaolong, the situation in the villages surrounding it is bleak.
About nine months ago, residents of Li's village, which begins about 50 yards from the plant, noticed that their crops were wilting under a dusting of white powder. Sometimes, there was a hazy cloud up to three feet high near the dumping site; one person tending crops there fainted, several villagers said. Small rocks began to accumulate in kettles used for boiling faucet water.
Each night, villagers said, the factory's chimneys released a loud whoosh of acrid air that stung their eyes and made it hard to breath. "It's poison air. Sometimes it gets so bad you can't sit outside. You have to close all the doors and windows," said Qiao Shi Peng, 28, a truck driver who said he worries about his 1-year-old son's health.
The villagers said most obvious evidence of the pollution is the dumping, up to 10 times a day, of the liquid waste into what was formerly a grassy field. Eventually, the whole area turned white, like snow.
The worst part, said Li, 53, who lives with his son and granddaughter in the village, is that "they go outside the gates of their own compound to dump waste."
"We didn't know how bad it was until the August harvest, until things started dying," he said.
Early this year, one of the villagers put some of the contaminated soil in a plastic bag and went to the local environmental bureau. They never got back to him.
Zhang Zhenguo, 45, a farmer and small businessman, said he has a theory as to why: "They didn't test it because the government supports the plant."
Researchers Wu Meng and Crissie Ding contributed to this report.


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Billionaires' Surtax Would Affect Just 1% of Small Businesses
As it now stands, payroll taxes are set to go up at the end of the year. This impending hike would cost the typical American family almost $1000 next year, and would certainly impede the economy's path to recovery.
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This is a ridiculous debate and it is shameful that no media has done enough research to know it is ridiculous. The 3.25% surcharge on millionaires will raise $16 billion, the cost of the payroll extension is $160 billion. The D.C. lunatic math can not continue. Take the $16 billion but another $150 billion is still needed. The GAO has a report with $250-300 billion of waste listed, but nothing is done. After arguing for a year over the deficit, spending increased $125 billion. It will increase again next year. I do not know how any politician can live with his/herself. It is a disgrace that the super committee did not reform the tax code, did not reduce spending one dime and continues to lie about taxing the "rich" as a solution. The 234,415 who earned over $1 million can not support the other 308,000,000 and it's time to stop arguing about it. Let the Bush tax cuts expire for those earning over $250,000, reform the tax code to eliminate most deductions, means test both Social Security and Medicare and raise the age to 67, end all wars and let the economy recover.
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text: We had a baby shower over the weekend. It was so good thanks to my Mum who organised the whole thing and Michael's Mum who organised all the food. I have been overwhelmed lately with how generous people are when giving gifts for the baby. The Lord is providing in amazing ways and our baby room is all set up and ready to go. Actually the toiletries shelf looks like an ad for Johnsons. I'm just really grateful to people for caring so much and being so generous to us.


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Madonna interrupts a musical concert to exact some verbal revenge on her former personal trainer, Nicole Winhoffer, for sleeping with her boyfriend because every man should prefer a manipulative narcissist who thinks her audience has nothing better to worry about than a famous woman's well-worn, abandoned vagina and her need to avenge it. The inappropriately named, corrupt, traffic stopping, Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie endorses former NBC star and current 'White Supremacist darling' and Neo-Nazi Mascot, Donald Trump for President of the United States of America. The tit of a young heiress fell out of her top on the runway during fashion week. Bo Derek regrets being a home wrecker 40 years too late. The People Vs. OJ Simpson tried to re-write Kris Jenner with a soul while her ex-husband Caitlyn Jenner twirled in a wedding dress and met with super predator Hillary Clinton for ratings. Katy Perry might be Jon Benet Ramsey according to some lunatics with computers and internet access. Kanye West keeps verbally attacking the incredibly talented, generous and hardworking superstar Taylor Swift in public with the full and loving, barely literate, emoji-studded, social media support of his kalculated and kompetitive porn star wife Kim because 'being decent human beings' is not on their to-do list. Mark Zuckerberg deeply regrets hiring some persistent racists and is determined to do something about it. Apple CEO, super patriot and privacy defender, Tim Cook reveals he has the biggest, most beautiful set of brass balls in the world! Steve Jobs. Hero. Savior. Genius. Visionary. Rest In Peace. I miss your soul. Admitted CIA agent Gloria Steinem doesn't understand young women or young women's issues and Lands' End pays the price. Governor Snyder of Flint, Michigan thinks kicking himself every single day is a suitable enough punishment for poisoning thousands of people. GOP Senator Lindsey Graham admits, "My party has gone bat shit crazy." Another mass shooting forces President Barack Obama to continue ruling over a nation of depressed and defeated people who apparently don't want to fix their society at all and are perfectly content to kill each other when they could be living the American Dream and taking selfies with wax statues of Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan. Civilization is crumbling down around you as you read this. JLO will not let the endless and horrific ethnic slaughtering of Palestinians stop her from shaking her curvaceous money maker over in Israel for money. The former pop-star playmate of P.Diddy performed for dictators before, like Turkmenistan, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow and it's no different than performing for the less violent idiots who like her crappy music. Sir Elton John came for Janet Jackson with his claws out because the famous sister of superfreak Michael Jackson was lip synching and that offends people who really sing for a living. Chris Rock is busy getting ready to help the Oscars not look racist.
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The Shaming Of The Shrew - Why Hillary Clinton's Yelling Is Annoying
When we got to Los Angeles the welcoming party was comprised of my friend's sister's friends, some of who my friend already knew, most were men, former New Yorkers who switched coasts for the show biz jobs and full-time sun and fun. Poker was their favorite pastime. They played it every free minute they had. I never played before. They would convince me and my friend to sit down and play Texas Hold 'Em one night. The game lasted until dawn. I won.
Now, I need to preface this by saying, I do think people have psychic tendencies. I have personally experienced freaky shit I cannot explain without the distinct possibility of supernatural forces, or at least telepathy, so when me and my friend, who never played poker before started to destroy these veteran players I was wondering why kicking their ass was so easy.
Just then a friend of the New York boys arrived. His face was bashed almost beyond recognition. He'd been closing up their production office in a seedy side of West Hollywood when he was robbed and beaten. That was the story, but their production office had been robbed of a massive 50 inch TV that had been bolted to the wall and other hard-to-steal shit went along with it. The New York boys suspected that their buddy was in deep debt with bookies and gave the bookies access to the office where they collected their goods, as partial payment of his debts, and he collected a beat down to cover the balance he still owed them. Whatever happened this Bashed up mutherfucker arrived at the party looking very newly savaged and sipping a giant 'Big Gulp' sized jug of some pink medicine that had a giant prescription label on the side, whispering through swollen lips, "I want to play poker."
His ass belonged on a table in a morgue. But the game beckoned him from death.
As we played the Bashed Boy looked at me and my friend as we continued to dominate the game. Then my friend dropped out and I continued to beat the New York boys badly. They were getting more and more upset about being beaten by a girl and a girl that never played before. The Beaten Boy's face was a mess but suddenly I saw a look in his eye, a look that I read in a flash, and you could barely see this poor bastard's eyes, they were practically swollen shut, but I saw the gleam, it shot straight out of from between his crusty, bloody, bruised, eyelids, Bashed Boy liked me. He liked me because he was considering using me as a white-man-can't-jump type decoy in a high stakes game! It was obvious. I saw the look. And then I realized how I was winning. I was like Neo in the Matrix. I could see all of their tells as clear as day. I kept having to re-ask the rules almost every hand because I could not remember the fucking rules, but I still won every hand because I was reading their body language and analyzing the tones of their voices and I just played my hands accordingly.
Last night during the Dem Debate I found myself having an unusual reaction to Hillary Clinton's voice. I found it unbelievably physically painful when she would start yelling. As a loud woman myself I cringed because I found it hard to believe the woman running for President is more annoying than me, surely this voice of hers will launch a war if we let her into the White House. I want to push the button right now to stop her from using that tone of voice. Someone! Please stop her!
Why did Hillary's voice hurt me physically? It hurt me because I was really listening to her with my whole heart open trying to give her a chance to convince me that she was telling me the truth. I was listening so closely for the truth and instead I was getting hit at full volume with a lie-filled frequency that was totally clashing and causing tremendously cacophonous spiritual feedback and sending pure audio-torture into both my ears and straight into my soul via my finely-tuned, truth-seeking antenna.
And then I remembered the all-night poker game in L.A. and I realized that is why so many people like me found Hillary's tone disturbing last night. Her tone is Hillary's tell. We can all tell she is losing the poker game but she acts like she's winning and keeps reaching for the pot and it disturbs us deep in our justice seeking core. And some of us are sexists who just hate annoying women. That could be it too.
After last night I totally understand why I, personally, can't listen to a read-by-Hillary-Clinton Audio book without laughing like Robert DeNiro in Cape Fear the whole way through. She is such a calculated con-woman, a politically programmed robot that I can always tell when she is lying and I can tell when she is nervous, and I can tell when she is confident that she is getting away with her lies, and I can tell when she is relieved that she is getting away with her lies. And I can tell when she is telling the truth and it is very rare but I know when it happens because that is the only time I enjoy the sound of her voice. I can tell what a skunk she is just by listening to her, and I can hear her switching gears in her mind because her big fat mouth is like a rusty clutch and I laugh and I laugh and I laugh because it is so obvious that she is a dangerous sociopath who will say anything for power and I can't believe that she is still on the campaign trail after all these years and not in jail for disturbing the peace.
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Monday, February 1, 2016
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Step #1: ADD FAT WITH YOUR PROTEIN
Why: Vitamins A, D and K are found in animal fat, because you need fats to absorb these vitamins. And these vitamins are in turn needed to assimilate protein. Fats also help muscle meats stay moist. In most cases, you do not have to add fat to your protein, the fat usually already comes attached.
How: Let's retire the idea that a baked skinless chicken breast with no added fat is a good idea. Try the fattier and usually cheaper cuts like chicken thighs, chuck roast and pork shoulder. If you are using a lean cut, cook it with butter or coconut oil or add a sauce. You may find you enjoy meats more with a little added fat.
[TIP] Stretch lean cuts of meat by slicing them very thin, saute in a healthy fat and add lots of vegetables. Adding a cream sauce is another alternative.
Step #2: GIVE UP CAFO MEATS
Why: One of the biggest tragedies of our food supply is the way animals are raised in deplorable conditions, being fed GMO corn and soy plus waste products like bakery waste and pesticide laden citrus peel cakes. (CAFO stands for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation.) Animals are supposed to live outside eating their appropriate diet. For cows that is grass. Chickens can supplement by scratching up grubs and seeds. When this happens, the omega -3 content of their fat goes up, their organs (nutritional powerhouses) are safe to eat and their manure is a fertilizer, not a waste management issue.
How: Buy the best quality you can afford. This may mean eating less meat overall but your nutrient density will be high. Organ meats are very nutrient dense and are reasonably priced. Same with eggs from pastured chickens fed organic soy-free feed. For local sources, check out our Resources page.
[TRADE] Do you have a source for good quality meat but you must buy at least a half an animal and you don't have a freezer? Find a friend with room in her freezer and trade some of your meat for storage space.
Step #3: LEARN TO MAKE BONE BROTH
Why: Homemade bone broth is a easy-to-digest nutrient dense staple for every home. It is inexpensive since you use bones you would normally throw away. Because you add vinegar and cook for a long time, the bones release their mineral content into the broth. Being easy to digest, bone broth is excellent for someone who is sick or cannot stomach anything else. If you are new to cooking, this is a good place to start.
How: First you need a supply of bones. The cheapest way is to collect bones from your meals and store them in a container in the freezer until you have enough for a batch of broth. You can also buy bones from your meat farmer or grocer. For beef and lamb stock, make sure to include some marrow bones. Ask your butcher to split them for you. Next, find a large stockpot or crockpot. There are several recipes available. I recommend Sally Fallon's recipe in her Nourishing Traditions cookbook. The recipe can also be found here at Broth is Beautiful.
[TRICK] To increase the amount of gelatin in your chicken broth, add chicken feet. If you buy your chicken directly from a local farmer, he or she may sell feet.
Ready for more?
Book: "Make It Paleo" by Bill Staley and Hayley Mason (available in Whatcom County Library System)
Online article: Why Animal Fats Are Good for You — My Low-Carb Cruise 2012 Lecture by Chris Masterjohn
Website: GrassfedCooking.com (great place for tips on cooking grass fed beef)
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — They will probably look for scorch marks and melted plastic, examine equipment for signs of a short-circuit, establish whether the methane detectors were working and take air samples to check for highly combustible coal dust.
They will also take notice of where the bodies lay, track the victims' footprints and perhaps look for farewell notes in the miners' lunch pails.
Sometime in the next few days, once the toxic gases in the Sago Mine have cleared, federal and state investigators will go in and begin gathering forensic clues in an effort to establish exactly what touched off the deadly explosion and how the victims spent their final hours.
At the same time, investigators on the outside will pore through safety records and interview just about everyone connected with the mine — inspectors, managers and coal miners alike.
The blast Jan. 2 killed one miner and spread carbon monoxide that slowly asphyxiated 11 other men 260 feet below ground as they waited in the farthest reaches of the mine to be rescued. Establishing how the tragedy unfolded will be something akin to the way highway patrol officers try to reconstruct a car accident.
"It's the same approach, in that every bit of evidence is very crucial," said Richard Begley, a former mine boss, now an engineering professor at Marshall University.
Investigators already have some clues, including a sort of timeline written by one of the trapped miners, and a place to start: Rescue workers discovered that all of the seals on a closed-off section of the mine had been blown toward the surface, indicating that was where the explosion took place.
"With an explosion you want to know where and how it was initiated," said Terry Farley, a member of the state investigative team. "We want to know how the fuel came to be, the buildup of gases, how that came about. That's not uncommon in a sealed area."
To pinpoint the cause, the investigation team — which typically includes engineers, mine safety supervisors and mine ventilation experts — will most likely look for charring and other burn patterns, said Chris Hamilton, a former mine foreman and mine rescue instructor who is now the senior vice president of the West Virginia Coal Association. And they will want to ask miners who escaped to describe conditions in the mine just before the explosion, he said.
Little evidence of fire
Tests conducted during the rescue detected high levels of carbon monoxide, and rescue workers found little evidence of fire. That suggests the explosion was probably caused by methane alone, and not, say, coal dust stirred up by the miners, Begley said.
Past investigations by the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration looked at whether methane detectors were working, and studied barometric pressure readings around the time of the accident, said Ellen Smith, editor of the newsletter Mine Safety and Health News. Such changes in pressure can release the odorless, colorless gas from the earth.
Another possible fuel source is coal dust, which can build up in the air if the walls are not coated properly. Also, loose coal that spills off the mine's conveyor belt can work its way into the rollers and catch fire from the heat and friction.
"Coal dust will blow out supports, buckle steel supports," said Tony Szwilski, a professor of environmental engineering and science at Marshall University. "Coal dust is the most powerful explosion."
MSHA had cited the Sago Mine for the accumulation of such "combustible materials," but International Coal Group chief executive Ben Hatfield said Wednesday he has heard nothing to suggest those violations had anything to do with the blast.
Whatever the fuel, there had to be a spark. Early reports from the mine suggested lightning — there were thunderstorms in the area as the men entered the mine — might have triggered the blast. One possibility is that the metal housing of a natural gas well nearby was hit by lightning and conducted an electrical charge into the ground.
But that is just one possible source of ignition.
"Methane can be ignited from electrical fault sparking, even falling rock, a rock that hits another rock or hits a rail and creates a spark," Szwilski said.
Some ignition sources leave a trail, but nailing down the cause can also come down to a process of elimination, he said, especially if it is something like a rock falling.
The autopsies and toxicology reports could help investigators establish how long the miners were alive. Investigators will also probably try to reconstruct what the miners did as the tragedy unfolded, said Max Houck, a former FBI scientist who is director of West Virginia University's Forensic Science Initiative.
"They're going to be leaving behind traces, clues if you will," Houck said.
Clues include footprints
One such clue: footprints inside the mine, which the mine's owners have said indicate the trapped men tried to escape before hunkering down to wait for a rescue.
As detectives might at a murder scene, investigators can also study the positions of the bodies for information. Some officials have speculated that one reason the sole survivor, Randal McCloy Jr., made it out alive is that he might have been in a spot where the air was less poisonous.
McCloy is perhaps the person investigators most want to interview. He remains in critical condition. But if he recovers without significant brain damage, he might be able to tell investigators what happened during the more than 40-hour ordeal.
For now, the only firsthand account comes from a note left by miner Jim Bennett. His daughter said Bennett kept a log of what was happening, noting the time in a series of entries, with the last entry written about 10 hours after the explosion. She said that with each entry, it was clear his condition was getting worse.
That such a piece of evidence even exists is a boon for investigators.
"I've been here for 20 years," Farley said. "I have been involved in fatal accidents for 12 or 13 years. I have never been involved in a situation where we had notes. I've never been in a situation where we had 12 people killed in one event, either."
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Hvalreki is an installation piece, which explores and interrogates human relationships to whales through their residual bones. The work is the outcome of a residency in Northern Iceland and collaboration with whale researcher Dr. Marianne H. Rasmussen at the Húsavík Research Centre on Cetaceans and the Húsavík Whale Museum.
The installation consists of a series of porcelain works made from the moulding and casting of actual skeletal remains of a fin whale that stranded on a beach in North Iceland, together with whale songs recorded in Icelandic waters by Dr Rasmussen. The whale 'chants' are played from within the hollowed porcelain, out into the exhibition space. It also includes fragments of real whale bones that I have charred in order to create a pigment for a series of works on paper (see Bone Black project in the drop-down menu for more infos).
In Icelandic Hvalreki translates to "drifted-ashore whale", and has become an expression for good fortune, like a windfall; something unexpected and positive coming your way.
This project is part of an ongoing art research I've initiated in 2013 looking at different aspects of humans and whales in the controversial territory of the Arctic. For more informations you can visit my blog: http://theseaaround.tumblr.com/
The images present some of the processes as well as a selection of the finished pieces.
Installation view
Skeletal remains of a fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
Skeletal remains of a fin whale
Fin whale forearm bone
Fin whale vertebrae
Plaster mould of a fin whale vertebrae
Plaster mould of a fin whale rib
Plaster mould of a fin whale rib
Porcelain cast of a fin whale forearm bone
Installation view
Porcelain fin whale vertebrae
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Installation view
Detail of porcelain whale bone
Information Table, part of the research and methods described
Information Table, part of the research and methods described
Installation view
Narwhal at Tungufjöru, 1898
Archival Image from Húsavík's Culture House(Safnahúsið á Húsavík)
Extract of the song of the Icelandic Humpback Whale


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Trinity "Old Swedes" Church Historic Preservation Foundation, Inc. was established in 1992 shortly after roof truss failure was discovered at Trinity Church. The purpose of the Foundation is to have a corporation, independent from the church, with non-profit IRS status for the restoration and maintenance of the historic site. The Foundation is a separate 501 © (3), eligible for matching funds by contributing corporations such as Exxon Mobil, DuPont, Boeing and many others. The By-Laws of the Foundation require 12 members: 6 from the church and 6 from the community.
The By-Laws also state that the Foundation is responsible for raising and managing funds to preserve and maintain the building and log cabin as a state and National Historic site. It is also charged with increasing public utilization of the site through development of an interpretive park known as Trinity Square and various educational programs and tours of the site.
Presently the Annual Golf Tournament is the major fund raiser for the Foundation, bringing in an average of $15,000 annually. Donations and matching funds provide an additional $10,000. Expenses of repairs and maintenance of the building costs are approximately $20,000 each year.


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By Jim Linderman
Not seen in over 50 years, and certainly not identified as Bettie Page at the time of publication, these photographs were in such questionable taste even the "notorious" pin-up model has to hide her face. This should give some Bettie fans pause. Miss Page's dead celebrity brand has weathered her being hung from a rack and ball-gagged while bound. I am sure it will survive this revelation too. Still, let's see if this turns out to be scandalous at all. The model was "acting" after all. Bettie Page was a working woman and model of sorts. Now she is a brand.
Celebrity branding is fraught with controversy and peril. For both the branding organization and the dead celeb. I didn't really want to see Fred Astaire repurposed into a vacuum cleaner advertisement, but I remember when it came along. The ghost of Fred Astaire, shilling a Dirt Devil as though it were his lover. No one asked Fred if he wanted to be seen in a colorized, bastardized pitch for product. It was beyond offensive, but nothing is sacred when it comes to commerce. The misuse resulted in the passage of California Senate Bill 209 in 2001 which was designed to protect dead celebrities, I guess. Figure out the law if you can. I've seen plenty more apparitions selling things they never heard about since… and whether they lived or died in California or New York matters, as each state has their own law.
A recent article in The Atlantic by Tori Rodriguez under the banner "Male Fans Made Bettie Page a Star, but Female Fans Made Her an Icon" claims "Page's liberated sexuality and unflinching body positivity are what still resonate today." Apparently based on an interview with director Mark Mori, whose recent bio-pic is making the rounds of theaters now, it also reported, "One of the biggest surprises Mori discovered in making the movie, however, was the changing nature of Page's fan base. Once comprised mostly of men, the bulk of her fan base is now young women—so much so that now, they're the film's target audience. Heterosexual men tend to love Page for obvious reasons, but for many women, Page symbolizes self-confidence, unapologetic sexuality, and bold authenticity." Another critic calls Ms. Page a "sex-positive feminist…" Well, no wonder the film was authorized.
The Atlantic article reflects the now standard revisionist view of Bettie Page, yet few, if any of the writers fully grasp the model's work. Neither do many of the consumers who admire the model. Are these the photographs of a feminist role model? Posed in lingerie and mask while a cross is burned behind her in a lurid Ku Klux Klan ceremony? A "Hooded Honey of Horror?" They are unmistakably Ms. Page. The photos ran in Robert Harrison's Whisper Magazine in 1953. Harrison was a publisher of numerous girlie magazines, and Whisper was the most graphic of the lot. The model appeared in Harrison magazines frequently, but they are certainly not the best known examples of her modeling sessions. Most were fairly goofy, harmless underwear layouts which men masturbated to. As she is masked and unidentified in this offensive and logic defying spread, scholars and collectors have missed it for decades. Author Henry E. Scott, who documented Robert Harrison's scandal magazine Confidential knew of the shoot… but apparently had no idea it was Bettie. In his book Shocking True Story Scott writes "…he had his first brushes with the law, ranging from a relatively minor arrest for photographing half-naked models posing as Ku Klux Klan members on a New Jersey golf course…" You see the results here. I need not document the Klan, nor elaborate on whether the layout was bad judgment. The photos speak for themselves, from the past, just like a dead celebrity. Bettie Page, Southern girl, posing as a Klan victim for the delight of the male consumers of Whisper Magazine.
I guess there is some justice in scandal mogul Robert Harrison having a little scandal of his own after death, but the real scandal here is certainly the sex-positive feminist with remarkably bad career choices.
Bettie Page was, by far, the most beautiful and interesting pin-up model of all time. She isn't "tied with Einstein at No. 8 on Forbes' 2013 list of top earning dead celebrities" for nothing. The informal New York nude "camera clubs" she emerged from were a good thing. Safe, positive, ground-breaking outings for camera (and nude women) enthusiasts. Glamour photography can be traced to the events, and the names of shutterbugs who took advantage of the surreptitiously arranged group shots are legendary. They were the fun, interracial predecessor of modern-day risqué fashion photography. Then came Irving Klaw's dirty couch. The later photographs Bunny Yeager took of Ms. Page in Florida further reveal Page's astounding appeal in far less dingy locations…but still both are a far cry from posing nude to posing in a phony Klan rally.
You will not see the striking sadomasochistic photographs from Irving Klaw's studio at the Mall of America Bettie Page clothing branch. You MIGHT at their Manhattan location on the Bowery, several gentrified steps from the old location of CBGBs, but I doubt it. You generally won't see them at all, as the most dramatic are seldom seen, even to this day. Many of them, if hung in the window of a shop would literally and unquestionably bring the police. Not too many kids search them out before heading to the mall fully armed with debit cards. A "rockabilly" tattoo here, some sparkling f-me pumps, a billowing dress and we are ready for the weekend.
Bettie Page had remarkable and unmatched photographic beauty. No one looks better in a still photograph than Bettie Page. It is fine to appreciate the ground-breaking photographs which have influenced popular culture more than most can even imagine. There are not enough superlatives to describe the results of her modeling work, or their impact today. Even the ones which were hidden for decades. They have been published legitimately, as in the high-quality Belier Press editions unfortunately now out of print, but also stolen wholesale by bootleggers who turn them into cheap novelties and even as bogus "vintage" images aged with tea leaves on eBay. Fifty years on, her image is still being traded on the black and grey market by criminal pariah, and on a far greater scale than Klaw could have imagined. Ms. Page survives them all.
On the other hand, she couldn't act her way out of a pulp magazine. She aspired to the stage, but got nowhere. There was a single brief appearance on a Jackie Gleason show. She couldn't dance a step, though she is commonly, widely and mistakenly thought of as a burlesque dancer. She never danced on stage that I know of, except several times in horrible, clumsy approximations of seduction for Irving Klaw's static stag films and the real stinker Stripoarama. On the big screen, she carries out a placard like the women between rounds in a boxing match and winks. Other than feigning a few fairly inept strip poses, her acting in total consists of repeated eye winks at the camera. She couldn't speak without her drawl. Didn't sing. And yes, the S & M photographs taken by "Pin-Up King" and pornographer Irving Klaw and his sister were problematic then and now. After being hounded out of business by the government and censorship, Irving Klaw's inventory of bondage material including Ms. Page was valuable enough to be passed along to a member of organized crime who continued to market the photographs across the river in New Jersey. He knew the value, but whether he appreciated her beauty is questionable. To this day, while Bettie Page continues to generate profit for someone, the vast majority of those who love her have never seen the most, shall we say, "active lifestyle" photographs. Klaw got in trouble and Ms. Page retired early.
Apparently, her lifestyle choice was for work only, but I judge not regardless. Fortunately, we are approaching a time when consensual lifestyle choices are acceptable in all shape, size and form… but a good many of the bondage photographs I have seen would certainly raise eyebrows still. I need not mention (or show) the full open crotch shots which apparently Ms. Page once dismissed as a drunken mistake (though it was a mistake which happened more than once) and I'm not quite sure what feminists think of those. She was raped young. She married often. She suffered personality disorders. She was arrested. Rather than emerging victorious with a positive body image… she unfortunately retreated into obscurity, having been taken advantage of and tossed away by those who used her. Legal representation from those who wished to control her image for licensing purposes later helped her pay some bills. Hugh Hefner made her a centerfold, but it was certainly no leap to a reality show.
The shallow appreciation of Bettie Page seems based on a massive myth perpetuated to make money. Her life was no more glamorous (and it increasingly seems far less) than any of ours. It is based on looking no deeper into the surface of the story than much of what passes for news and entertainment today. She has become no less than a beacon of corporate hypocrisy and shameless product marketing. Truthfully? An example of how women are abused. Unquestionably the most strikingly beautiful model of the 1950s, but if I had a daughter, I might encourage her to look for a feminist role model elsewhere.
NOTES: The story of Robert Harrison and his misanthropic pin-up periodicals is HERE… sorta. While there were hundreds of issues under numerous titles, the contents were never indexed and virtually no library holds copies. Harrison published Wink, Eyeful, Flirt, Titter and Whisper along with Confidential. They were magazine rack staples for many years. The best anthology to date was published by Taschen Books in 1997. It is over 700 pages, and while they print numerous Bettie Page photos from the magazines, they missed those here. The Atlantic Magazine article referenced above is HERE. The new Bettie Page film is HERE. CMG Worldwide, Inc. is the exclusive agent for Bettie Page LLC. You can stay informed of how her career is going HERE. CMG also represents the estates of dead James Dean, presumably dead Amelia Earhart, dead Jackie Robinson and well over one hundred other dead people. Oh… and both "Spanky" and "Buckwheat," believe it or not. Also Chris Farley… who I guess they have put "down by the river in a van" for now. Essentially they represent the gamut from national treasures who should belong to us to buffoons who could hardly sell an autograph at a fan convention. You can read the list HERE and see the company headquarters HERE. They seem proud of the business, and the windows of their gauche and ghoulish headquarters are proudly filled with photographs of the dead. The story of "The Astaire Bill" protecting dead celebrities is HERE in Backstage Magazine. The CBS News Magazine 60 Minutes exposed CMG a few years ago, see HERE. The highly entertaining Shocking True Story by Henry E. Scott which documents the foibles of Robert Harrrison is HERE. Much of the original Irving Klaw material, including model release forms and original negatives were sold by Guernsey's Auction House HERE. The Bunny Yeager site is HERE and the recent book by Petra Mason which collects stunning examples of her photographs is HERE. Ms. Yeager was an artist who put Ms. Page into the sunshine.
Jim Linderman is a Grammy-nominated collector, popular culture historian and author. His network of blogs is approaching 4 million page views, and his VINTAGE SLEAZE BLOG which tells a true story from the golden age of smut every day has over 500,000 Facebook followers. For several years he has been working on TIMES SQUARE SMUT which will tell the story of several long forgotten writers, illustrators and mob-connected publishers from the 1950s who ultimately influenced contemporary culture.


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That's the narrative terrain of the movie, and TRON Legacy explores it about as deeply and as meaningfully as one would desire from a high-tech, 3-D, action entertainment. Niggling complaints aside, this is a genre film featuring just about the right alchemical equation of thrills and heart.
The identical order of events -- and deliberately re-use of trademark franchise moments such as the disc battle, light-cycle race and beam-rider interlude -- suggest that this "Grid test," as it were, is actually symbolic. It's a rite of passage. First the Dad had to survive it, and now it is the son's turn to run the same gauntlet.
Since so much of TRON Legacy concerns the the son growing up, and (hopefully) avoiding the mistakes of his father, this narrative structure does not feel like a re-hash of the earlier film, but rather an important point of context. This is life, the broaching of adulthood and responsibility, the movie seems to intimate. And by putting our new hero, Sam through the same events his father endured -- and in the same order, no less --the film gets that point across rather nicely, and without forcing the issue.
The prime difference between original and sequel arises not in the order which the the action-packed events occur, but rather in the perspective in which how they are viewed. In the first film, Flynn attempted to survive in someone else's system.


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This 29th collection is as follows:
Billy Joel-I go to extremes
Cheap Trick-Ghost town
Cure-Why can't I be you
Dave Edmunds-Information
Devo-Whip it
Don Johnson-Heartbeat
ELO-Last train to London
Fine Young Cannibals-Good thing Icehouse-Hey little girl
In Tua Nua-All I wanted
Joan Jett-Everyday people
John Parr-Blame it on the radio
Pretty Poison-Catch me I'm falling
Motels-Take the L
New Order-Round & round
Pat Benatar-One love
Patty Smythe-Downtown train
Pet shop boys-It's alright
Peter Goodwin-Images of heaven
Phil Collins-Missed again
Police-Every little thing she does is magic
Psychedelic Furs-Heartbreak beat
Spandeau Ballet-Communication
Starship-Tomorrow doesn't matter tonight
Talk Talk-Talk talk(alternate version) Vanity Six-He's so dull
Wendy & Lisa-Waterfall
What is this-I'll be around
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By Dustin Rowles | Books | September 9, 2008 |
Hear ye! Here ye! Hearken you noble Pajibblets to our mighty quest! A duel to shock the mighty cosmos. Like Zeus armwrestling with Godzilla, or Jesus and Jeff Speakman duking it out in the Octagon. Bear witness to our furor!
For those of you who've been keeping track, a challenge has been called out. 100 books in one year. Not so much thunderdome as marathon, but still, asses will be kicked, threats will be made, and awesomeness will be for good. I declared my intent to complete this herculean task, and my battle cry was met across the nation by none other than everyone's hospital-bound heroine, Alabamapink.
That's right. I'm fighting a chick with cancer.
There are rules. No books smaller than 200 pages. Short story collections only count if they are at least 6 stories long. No graphic novels. No hitting below the belt: my genitals are tiny and worthless and Pink tucks her cock. And an extra caveat I have added for myself: I will take all recommendations. To an extent. The details are available at my blog, The Gospel According to Prisco. We will cross-post our reviews here and on our own blogs when we see fit. They aren't going to be full-on reviews necessarily, more or less our own personal feelings about the book. Insults and slander are welcome and accepted.
Why would we undertake such a brutal mission? Frankly, because we're both disgusted by people who say, "I don't read." You are buffoons, who should be taken out back of a woodshed and brutally mauled by a sexually frustrated simpleton armed with leather tanning equipment. Everyone should find time to read a book. Just once or twice a year even. There are lots of them. Some of them are even good.
Our battle has begun, and we're already off to a dynamic start. I'm 4 books in, and Pink is standing strong at 2. I'm glad, because I was pretty sure she'd be pulling that whole "Oh, I'm dying, they're shooting me full of chemicals" crap. Which is crap. I fill myself with toxic chemicals every day. They're called Gas Station Hot Dogs, and they make you just as weak and lethargic. Plus, as she viciously pointed out, she's got a lot of doctor visits, which is nothing but waiting. Waiting and reading. Mwhwhahahaah. (That's right. She laughs with w's and h's. Fear her!) While I have to toil away at my meaningless grocery cart job.
We're already off to the races, but there's no reason other people can't take up the cause. If you'd like to join in, please feel free. It's not like there's an official website or anything. We were going to try to raise money for cancer research or neat dirtbikes or something, but we decided you people can pay us in love and support.
As the contest progresses, we're going to come up with clever ways for you people to totally derail my progress while pumping Pink full of happy juices of success (now available in Citrus Circus and Raspberry Regret). So visit our sites, and read up on our progress, and if you care to, start up your own blog charting your progress. It's free! And the best way to get people to read it is to write hateful things about overly sensitive people! Like vegetarians and single, unwed teenage moms!
Viva los Cannonball!
Brian Prisco is a warrior-poet from the valley of North Hollywood, by way of Philadelphia. He wastes most of his life in desk jobs, biding his time until he finally becomes an actor, a writer, or cannon fodder in the inevitable zombie invasion. He can be found shaking his fist and angrily shouting at clouds on his blog, The Gospel According to Prisco.
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The Jacksonville Humane Society (JHS) held its 20th annual A Toast to the Animals on Saturday, Sept. 22, at TIAA Bank Field to raise funds for the JHS Medical Fund, which serves homeless dogs and cats in need of extra veterinary care.
JHS, which has operated a no-kill shelter since 2014, serves more than 6,000 dogs and cats per year. According to the JHS, the average annual costs per pet is $1,580 per dog and $715 per cat, making fundraisers such as A Toast to the Animals and Mutt March vital to their success.
The annual fundraiser boasted a wide array of food, beer and wine and a silent and live auction. For the fifth year in a row, the event was chaired by Jacksonville Jaguars general manager Dave Caldwell and his wife, Joelle. During the event, it was announced the new shelter medical center would be named in honor of the Caldwells.
Other football-related items also brought in money for the medical fund during the live auction, with a Pro Bowl helmet signed by six Jaguars players going for $3,000 and two tickets for Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta going for $10,000. One of the biggest money-making items was a professional pet photo shoot that was auctioned off for $7,500, along with a matching donation by the Caldwells for a $15,000 total. The live auction raised $43,300.
For more information on the Jacksonville Humane Society, visit www.jaxhumane.org.


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Thursday, January 21, 2016
PR Masterclass: Old Street station
Some temporary shops are opening at Old Street station. Here's how to make that sound exciting.
TfL launches pop-up festivals at Old Street Tube StationThat's right, it's our old friends 'pop-up' and 'festival', combined here to devastating effect. Admit it, you're intrigued already.
Old Street Tube station will be home to a series of festivals as part of the station's pop-up revolution that has brought unique retail experiences to the thousands of people who use it each day.That's not just one festival but, wow, a series of festivals. This isn't just your average collection of temporary retail installations, this is a 'pop-up revolution' - something pioneering, radical, and unique. You'll not be seeing anything like Old Street station anywhere else, for sure.
The new line-up will see a roster of 'secret events', new retail concepts and a whole host of experiences for customers to discover at the station each quarter...Most promoters baulk at organising 'secret events', because nobody turns up. Not so at Old Street. Their watchwords are novelty, discovery and variety, which are high level concepts you'd not normally expect of a row of shops.
...beginning this month with a Health and Wellbeing Festival.Well, it is January isn't it? And at least it's not a Wellness Festival. Imagine.
The space is being curated by Appear Here, the largest online marketplace for short-term retail space who TfL has appointed to introduce pop-up shops across its retail estate.Shops are no longer hired out, they are 'curated', specifically to create the perfect brand mix to induce customer delight. Thank heavens for Appear Here, and their mission to seamlessly connect landlords' vacant spaces to people with great ideas to create a global network of spaces so people can make their idea travel. Their words, not mine.
The transformation of the retail offer at Old Street station is part of TfL's Commercial Development plans to generate £3.4bn in non-fares revenue over the next decade to reinvest into maintaining and modernising the transport network.Cuts to funding mean that TfL is looking to raise a million pounds a day from commercial enterprise over the next ten years. These Old Street pop-ups could contribute 0.2% of that amount, the equivalent of cutting every tube fare by 0.05p, which is not to be sniffed at.
Justin Brand, Director of Commercial Asset Management at TfL, said: `Since we launched Old Street Tube station as our pop-up retail destination, over 200 retailers have set up shop there, bringing some fantastic services and products to the 23 million people who use the station each year.'I don't know about you, but Old Street's definitely been on my shopping radar since the outer arcades relaunched in April 2014. And that makes the subway complex not only a true 'retail destination', but also 'the world's first underground station dedicated to ephemeral retail', according to the brochure.
`The new line up of retailers at the station will showcase some of the best brands around. The revenue that we generate from the retailers is reinvested into our transport network to deliver improved services for customers.'Before TfL came up with this overarching concept of a themed festival, previous incarnations of 'the best brands around' included American Eagle, Microsoft and Jamie Oliver. I bet you can't wait to hear who's turning up for the inaugural Health and Wellbeing Festival.
<brand name 1> (Unit 3, 11 Jan - 7 Feb)It's not every curated space which allows you to fuel and be mindful, whilst simultaneously avoiding detox-ification. I'm sure we'll all be dropping in.
<brand name 1>'s mission is to ensure keeping fit is never a chore. Launching in Unit 3, they will be hosting a range of classes and events each day, enabling customers to move, fuel, shop and be mindful - without being too detox-y! They will also be bringing to life the station tunnels with experiential artwork.
<brand name 2> (Unit 2, 4-31 Jan)I've thought long and hard and I genuinely can't remember ever experiencing an egg-white-based pop-up before. I hope they sell meringues.
Founded by Anna Richey & Alla Ouvarova,<brand name 2> is the champion of egg-white based products. Appearing in Unit 2, the <brand name 1> Kitchen will be serving up delicious protein pancakes, porridge and egg white omelettes daily.
<brand name 3> (Unit 8, 18-24 Jan)That's not a spelling mistake, this lot do genuinely serve up something called mylk, which is a mixture of coconut water and date nectar, and which is apparently (somehow) nut-free. If you're following a vegan or paleo diet, make tracks.
Serving their delicious dairy-free mylks, the <brand name 3> team will also be hosting breakfast clubs, 'Keep It Real Talks' and agony aunt drop in sessions with industry experts to help with New Year's resolutions.
<brand name 4> (Unit 8, 25 Jan - 1 Feb)That is a spelling mistake. Either that or 'heathy' foods are a genuine thing, perhaps clumps of moss suspended in pondwater, or fern-frond nibbles.
Delicious, hand-prepared, heathy food delivered straight to your door. <brand name 4> will be serving up superfood breakfasts, bright lunches and dinners, alongside a wide array of events from morning yoga to supper clubs inside their pop-up.
<brand name 5> (Market Stalls, 4 Jan - 28 Feb)If you're tempted by pulped kale with a hint of a ginger, be sure you to head to Old Street in person, because this lot normally only courier sixpacks in chillboxes at £17.70 a shot.
<brand name 5> make some of the healthiest and tastiest juices available. Their juices are packed with vegetables and fruit, and never heat pasteurised which mean they are a quick and convenient way to get the nutrients your body needs.
<brand name 6> (Market Stalls, 18-24 Jan)There was a time when TfL press releases told you about station closures, infrastructure investment and vital roadworks. And they still do that, but now they also tell you about meat soup you can buy on the way into the station, because this bears down on fares, and because that's the future.
Slow foods for a fast world! <brand name 6> will be serving up delicious bowls of beef, chicken and vegetable broth from their stall.
TfL also has pop-up shops available at other stations including St. James's Park, Piccadilly Circus and Baker Street, providing exciting retail opportunities for London commuters.Exciting retail opportunities for London commuters, from the organisation that brought you buses and trains.
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Love the Beatles marathon but love when their songs are played by a new artist. The fourth annual complete Beatles On Ukulele Concert is here again. Every Beatle song (185) will be performed by some of New York's top players.
When: Saturday. January 14 from 3–11 pm (doors open at 2 pm)
Ages: All ages until 6pm, after 6 pm 21 years and older.
Where: Brooklyn Bowl • 61 Wythe Ave. between N. 11th and N. 12th streets • (718) 963-3369
How much: $10 a ticket unless Bring a Ukulele 2-3 pm and get in free. Children under 12 get in free before 6 pm.
Contact; brooklynbowl.com


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Notable Events:
- Arrival of the McCoy Family (1831)
- First General Store Established (1833)
- Platted as Westport (1834)
- Battle of Westport, to the South of Brush Creek (October 23, 1864)
- Annexed by Kansas City (1899)
Westport traces its history back to December 28, 1831, when the Baptist missionary Isaac McCoy arrived to work with the Shawnee Indians who had been displaced by the Indian Removal Act of 1830. In 1833, Isaac's son, John Calvin McCoy, established a general store along the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails, and named the area "Westport" to reflect its position as the jumping-off point for westward travel and trade. Eventually, in 1838, McCoy was one of 14 investors who founded the "Town of Kansas" at a landing along the Missouri River, just three miles north of Westport. The landing had been used as a site for riverboats to unload their wares and travelers instead of at Independence, a four-day journey away. Eventually, development occurred at the landing site itself, and it grew into the City of Kansas in 1853. By the time of the Civil War, it was commonly referred to as "Kansas City." Like many cities on the Western Border, Westport suffered its share of chaos during the war, most notably in the Battle of Westport, which is often described as the "Gettysburg of the West." That battle marked the end of major Confederate incursions into Missouri, and the end of the war itself soon followed. Eventually, Kansas City gained railroads and access to a burgeoning cattle trade, while Westport stagnated and was officially annexed by Kansas City in 1899. Today, Westport remains a distinctive neighborhood several miles to the south of modern downtown Kansas City.


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Timeline of NEVA
- 2006 – Premiered with Chile's Teatro en el Blanco
- 2006 - Best Play of the year by the Art Critics Circle of Chile
- 2007 – Altazor Awards for Best Director and Best Playwright.
- 2008 – Jose Nuez Martin Award given by Catholic University of Chile
- 2011 – Premiered in the United States, Neva premiered at the inaugural RADAR L.A. Festival.
- March 2013 – Premiere of a new English translation of Neva premieres at The Public Theater in New York.
- June 2013 – The new English translation of Neva embarks on a rolling West Coast premiere at three of Southern California's leading theatre companies: Center Theatre Group, South Coast Repertory and La Jolla Playhouse.
- June 11-16, 2013 – Los Angeles, Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre.
- June 19-23, 2013 – Orange County, South Coast Repertory.
- June 26-30, 2013 – San Diego County, La Jolla Playhouse
"After seeing the play we decided on the spot to work together," says South Coast Repertory's Artistic Director Marc Masterson.
Calderón's Neva tells the story of Anton Chekhov's widow, Olga Knipper, and two fellow actors, huddled in a dimly lit rehearsal room while a revolution happens in the streets outside. Inside, the actors rehearse and recreate scenes from their own lives and try to find the meaning of art in turbulent times.
"Neva is bold, theatrical, funny and fierce—a unique evening of theatre," says Masterson. "By joining forces we are able to bring this exciting new work to audiences throughout Southern California."
Anton Chekhov is considered among the greatest writers in history, known for his short stories and his classic plays like The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard. A strong actress captured not only his art but his heart: in 1901 Chekhov and Olga Knipper married and she became a champion of his works for her lifetime.
Neva follows Knipper, newly widowed from Chekhov, in a rehearsal for The Cherry Orchard. Knipper was an original member of the Moscow Art Theatre. Originally of German origin, her family moved to Moscow when she was two years old and began claiming Russian as their family heritage. Growing up in Moscow with her mother, father, and two brothers, she lived a pampered lifestyle.
Knipper was fluent in French, German and English and showed promise as a painter and musician. However, due to social conventions of the time, it was intended that she be a house wife and not an artist. After her father's death and against her mother's approval, Knipper pursued and found success as a stage actress. She studied acting with Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko and through him was introduced to Konstantin Stanislavski. When Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko founded the Moscow Art Theatre, Knipper was invited to join.
She met her future husband, Anton Chekhov, when she played Chaika in Chekhov's The Seagull on the opening of the first season of Moscow Art Theatre. They married in 1901 remained together until Chekhov's death in 1904; she never remarried. She also appeared in Chekhov's plays The Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. She performed with the Moscow Art Theatre throughout her entire acting career and was bestowed with the title of the People's Artist of the Russian Federation. At the time of her death, at age 90, she was the last living original member of Moscow Art Theatre.


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Imagine if everyone who belonged to our co-op made one small change. Now, stop imagining. Flip a switch. Seal some cracks. Screw in an LED. Install a programmable thermostat and actually program it. Doesn't take a lot of energy to save energy. But it sure pays off.
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It's been a jam-packed morning here in the Big Tent, as we wait for Take Back America to kickoff in the afternoon.
Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.) talked to me about how attitudes towards active government are changing in Colorado and the West.
MSNBC's Willie Geist told us how Rachel Maddow is turning the network into a flaming left-wing propaganda machine.
Pam Spaulding of Pam's House Blend gave us an inside view of the Democratic LGBT Caucus.
Dusti Gurule, Director of the Latina Initiative Project, and Paul Sandoval, Former Colorado State Senator discussed what issues the Latino community needs to be addressed, and how little political leaders are doing to respond to their concerns.
And David Goldstein of HA Seattle gave us his impressions from Day 1 of his first convention.


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California Forum
Another View: Bans on dog breeds do not work
The Sacramento Bee's editorial board proposed that state legislation be introduced to authorize local governments in California to ban pit-bull-type dogs as an effort to reduce the incidence and severity of dog bites. While the board must believe that breed alone accurately and fairly signals a dog's propensity to harm humans, it doesn't ("A Dangerous Dogs Act of 2015?"; editorials, Nov. 8).
California has local and state laws to regulate dogs that are proven to be dangerous, but breed bans have proven to be costly and impossible to enforce while negatively affecting families and communities. The state prohibited breed-specific approaches in 1989 and the Legislature revisited the policy in 2005, both times concluding it is ineffective and problematic to try to legislate a breed of dogs out of existence. Most compelling of the reasons not to enact a breed ban is that it doesn't solve the very problem it pursues: The public is no safer.
Breed bans waste scarce animal services resources by separating good dogs from their families for no defensible reason. Battles erupt in the field and in the courts when overburdened officers attempt to identify pit bulls, leaving issues with truly dangerous dogs unaddressed.
Breed-specific policies spring from misinformation, not scientific evidence. Recent peer-reviewed science published in the Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association concluded: "Most (dog-bite-related fatalities) were characterized by coincident, preventable factors; breed was not one of these. Study results supported previous recommendations for multi-factorial approaches, instead of single-factor solutions such as breed-specific legislation, for dog bite prevention."
Any "Dangerous Dog Act of 2015" should leverage these approaches. We would not oppose a state requirement that local dangerous-dog determination processes and penalties ensure due process and are geared to be effective, humane and enforceable. The bill should require all dogs declared "dangerous" or "potentially dangerous" to be sterilized and receive training.
Such legislation would also require the analysis of data collected at the time of all reported dog bites to help the state identify steps communities can take to prevent them, including: vaccination and reproductive status, training history and details about the dog's living conditions and bite-incident scenario. State funding to support local agencies in these endeavors would be imperative.
The Humane Society of the United States devotes resources to programs like our Boyle Heights-based Pets for Life initiative, providing meaningful support for families living in "pet care deserts." Our outreach in this community and others like it helps pet owners get the training, veterinary care and tools they want and need to keep their dogs and families safe. This is what support for healthy human-animal bonds looks like, not indiscriminate bans.
Jennifer Fearing is the deputy director for policy and programs, and Eric Sakach is the senior law enforcement specialist for The Humane Society of the United States, the nation's largest animal protection organization.


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The virtuous life, charitable works and prayerful activity of holy Pope Clement converted many to Christ. Thus, on the day of Pascha once he baptised 424 people. And among the baptised were people of all social classes: slaves, officials, members of he imperial family.
The pagans, seeing the success of his apostolic preaching, made denunciations against Saint Clement to the emperor Trajan (98-117), accusing the saint of insulting the pagan gods. The emperor banished Saint Clement from the capital, sending him off to the faraway Crimea, for work at the Inkerman stone quarry not far from the city of Kherson. Many of the disciples of the saint followed after him, voluntarily preferring exile rather than separation from their spiritual father. Having arrived at the place of exile, Saint Clement found there many Christian believers, sentenced to toil under harsh conditions, and amidst a scarcity of water. He prayed together with the condemned, and the Lord in the image of the Lamb revealed to him the place of a spring of water, from which gushed forth a veritable river of water. This miracle attracted to Saint Clement a multitude of people. Hearing the zealous preacher, hundreds of pagans were converted to Christ. Each day 500 or more men were baptised. And there, in the stone quarry, was made a church, in which he served as priest.
The apostolic activity of the saint aroused the wrath of the emperor Trajan, and he gave orders to drown Saint Clement. They threw the martyr into the sea with an anchor about his neck. This occurred in the year 101.
Through the prayers of the saint's faithful disciples, Cornelius and Fibius together with all the people, the sea receded, and the people found a not-wrought-by-hand temple ("Angelic Church") the undecayed body of their pastor. After this, yearly on the day of the martyr's death of Saint Clement the sea fell back and in its wake for seven days Christians were able to venerate his holy relics. Only in the IX Century during the reign of the Constantinople emperor Nicephoros (802-811), by Divine sufferance, the relics of Saint Clement for 50 years became inaccessible for veneration. During the time of the emperor Michael and his mother Theodora (855-867), Kherson was visited by holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius. Having learned about the concealed relics of Saint Clement, they induced the Kherson bishop George to make a collective service of prayer to the Lord for the revealing of the relics of the priestmartyr. After the service of prayer of Saints Cyril and Methodius and the clergy having come with them from Tsargrad and the fervent prayer of everyone gathered, on the surface of the sea at midnight there miraculously appeared the holy relics of Saint Clement. These they solemnly conveyed to the church of the Holy Apostles [at Constantinople]. A portion of the relics were then transported by Saints Cyril and Methodius to Rome, but a large portion of the relics was later brought to Kiev by the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Vladimir (+ 1015) and placed in the Desyatin-Tithe church, together with the relics of Saint Fibius, where a chapel in the name of Saint Clement had been constructed. The memory of the PriestMartyr Clement [in Russian Kliment] is sacredly venerated in Russia. From ancient times many a church has been dedicated to him.
Saint Clement, who belongs to the Apostolic Fathers, has left to us a spiritual legacy -- two epistles to the Corinthians -- the first such written memorials of Christian teaching after the writings of the holy Apostles. They have been published in Russian translation [and of course also in English]. [trans. note: The significance of the small group of the generation of the Apostolic Fathers, which includes Saint Clement Pope of Rome, is in this: they learned the teaching of Christ directly from the Holy Apostles, who in turn learned directly whilst sitting at the feet of our Lord. The mark of the "Apostolicity of the Church" refers not only to the unbroken chain of priestly ordination stretching back to Christ Himself, but also to our fidelity in the Holy Spirit to the Holy Tradition of the Church stretching back directly through the Apostles to our Lord Jesus Christ, -- wherein our faith truly is one with "the Church of Christ and His Holy Apostles"].
The Holy PriestMartyr Peter, Archbishop of Alexandria, was born and raised at Alexandria. He was a man highly educated, and occupied the position of head of the Alexandria school. In the year 300 he entered upon the guiding of the Alexandria Church, succeeding his teacher and spiritual guide, Blessed Bishop Theonas. Banished from the city during the time of the persecutions against Christians under the emperors Diocletian and Maximian, Saint Peter, being awhile in many imperial districts, again returned to his native city, in order to personally head the Alexandrian Church in this dangerous period. The saint secretly visited the Christians locked up in prison, encouraging steadfastness of faith in them, assisting the widows and orphans, preaching the Word of God, constantly praying and making Divine-services. And the Lord kept him safe out of the hands of the persecutors. During this time of unrest to further unsettle the Church of Church there arose the impious teaching of the heretic Arius, who denied the Divinity of Jesus Christ. Saint Peter came out against him, he condemned the heretic and excommunicated him from the Church. And even then, when Arius through the students of Saint Peter besought the saint to lift the excommunication from him, asserting that he had repented and given up on his false teachings, Saint Peter, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, saw through the falsity and deceit of the renunciation of Arius, and so he instructed his flock not to believe Arius nor to accept him into churchly communion.
Under the wise nurturing of Saint Peter the Alexandria Church strengthened and grew, in spite of the persecutions. But finally, on orders from the emperor Maximian (305-311), the saint as arrested and sentenced to death. A multitude of people gathered at the entrance of the prison, expressing their outrage. Wanting to avoid bloodshed and a riot by the people, the saint sent a message to the authorities, in which he offered to cooperate with them in knocking down a back wall of the prison, so that he might be taken away secretly from the people, to execution. In the dark of the night Saint Peter went forward to the executioners, who took him beyond the city walls and beheaded him at the selfsame spot, where formerly the holy Disciple Mark had been executed, and there was heard a Voice from the heavens, heard by a certain pious virgin that night, exclaiming: "Peter -- first of the Apostles, Peter -- last of the Alexandrian Martyrs". This occurred in the year 311. In the morning, having learned of the death of their bishop, a throng of people gathered at the place of execution, they took up the body and head of the martyr went off to the church, putting on him his bishop's vestments, they put him in the altar at the high place during the time of the funeral service. During his life Saint Peter sat only beneathe it, since in the words of the saint, he beheld a Divine light, encircling the high place, and dared not through humility to enter it.
Saint Peter, a great champion of Orthodoxy, is known also as a profound theologian. Passages from his book, "On the Divinity (of Jesus Christ)", were taken into account at the Ephesus and Chalcedon Councils. From his works the most widely known and highly esteemed by the Church are the "Penitential Canons".
The Monk Peter the Silent, of Galatia: The account about him is located under 1 February.


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Virtual shops can expect real returns on their green investments according to a new study that found that having a green-powered website may be a deciding factor when selecting which retailer to purchase from.
While the success of brick-and-mortar retailers with various environmental goals such as the Body Shop and Whole Foods Market is indisputable, 78 percent of consumers say that the environmental practices of online shops are also important to them, according to web host 1&1 Internet's (www.1and1.com) "SMB Green Study," released this week in association with Wired Magazine and Vision Critical.
The study polled 543 US adults finding that more than 60 percent of people admit to being swayed to purchase from an online shop if the website identifies itself as using green energy, reflecting consumer demand for companies to take their green efforts to use greener service providers, whether by choosing to run their websites from a green data center or by powering their servers on renewable energy. Over 70 percent of consumers surveyed believed that using a green service provider is an acceptable way to put forth a 'green' image.
"Committing to minimizing their impact on the environment has a clear commercial advantage for all types of retailers," 1&1 chief executive officer Oliver Mauss said in a statement. "By offering green web hosting at no extra cost, 1&1 offers an easy way for any website to run on green power." 1&1's green hosting efforts save carbon emissions of more than 30,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year.
The research also showed that two-thirds (more accurately, 67 percent) of US consumers are frequent online shoppers, making web purchases more than twice a month, presenting a lucrative opportunity for many people setting up shop on the Internet, whose opportunities could increase if they choose a green web host.
While many web hosting providers have also become aware of this trend, there are still many roadblocks to implementing green data centers. For instance, when 1&1 built its first data center in the US, due to state power regulation, it was unable to directly plug into renewable energy. To remain environmentally responsible, however, the company decided to offset all of its power usage by purchasing REC's from the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (www.b-e-f.org), which will go toward renewable energy projects and watershed ecosystem restoration.
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NEW SALARY RANGE!The Indianapolis Airport Authority is seeking a Project Manager II who will be responsible for providing the professional planning architecture, engineering, support and construction services that business needs demand. This is a mid-level professional and management position responsible for implementing projects chosen to meet the business needs of the functional and business unit managers of the Indianapolis Airport Authority.
The successful candidate will be a graduate from an accredited college or university with an undergraduate degree in engineering or a related discipline. Must have a minimum of five years of relevant airport experience in the engineering, planning, and/or construction field. Considerable knowledge of the principles and practices applied in the planning, location, design and construction of airport engineering and architectural projects, including thorough knowledge of FAA criteria.
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IND is the first new international airport in America designed and built after 9/11. The airport averages 143 daily flights to 42 nonstop destinations on seven major airlines. In 2015, enplanements were 4,008,256. IND is also the eighth largest cargo center in the U.S. and home of the second-largest FedEx Express operation in the world. Established as a municipal corporation by the General Assembly in 1962, the Indianapolis Airport Authority (IAA) owns, develops, and operates six airports in the Indianapolis metropolitan area governed by a board of nine voting members.
There are approximately 400 employees at IND and the airport has an Operating Revenue Budget for the current fiscal year of $148 million and an Operating Expense Budget of $62.4 million, excluding debt service and depreciation. No state or local taxes are used to operate or manage IND.


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I'm considering entering a no-strings-attached relationship with strangers. I'm not talking about sexual promiscuity. I'm talking about charity. For all of my adult life I've had a rule against giving money directly to the poor, because I feared they would use it buy drugs, alcohol, or other unhealthy things. I'd rather give to my church or an established charity such as the local food pantry, which hands out groceries, not cash. However, over the years I've become frustrated by the amount of money most charities spend on infrastructure, staff salaries, and even investments and cash reserves. Because of overhead costs only a portion of what one gives goes directly to the poor. I'm also realizing that it's arrogant, judgmental, and paternalistic of me to assume that the poor would squander the money, and therefore, I must create safeguards to prevent my donations from being misused.
Recently I read about an innovative charity called GiveDirectly. It's the first charity dedicated exclusively to cash transfers. They identify people in extreme poverty in the African countries of Kenya and Uganda, then transfer money to them via mobile phone. Crazy, huh? Maybe not.
This radical method of charitable giving not only preserves the dignity of the recipient, but there's also good evidence that it's working. According to a January 2014 article published by The Independent, "An evaluation by Innovations for Poverty Action found that a group of the charity's recipients in Kenya – who received about $500 over up to 12 months – increased their asset holdings by almost 60 per cent, compared with those without. Recipients saw a 42 per cent reduction in the number of days their children went without food and lower stress levels, among other things." In this case a handout is actually a hand up.
Some may object to cash transfers on the grounds that they discourage individual initiative and encourage laziness. However, given in the right amounts and over a limited period of time they do neither. The money simply raises recipients above starvation levels of poverty, so they can begin to focus on more than getting enough calories to eat.
Unconditional cash transfers aren't a panacea for the poor. People also need health, safety, education, justice, and economic opportunity to break the cycle of extreme poverty. But it's one tool that seems to be helping raise the standard of living for some very disadvantaged people in Africa.
The idea also makes me think that with a little creativity and courage we could accomplish the goals of our local charities in the US more efficiently and effectively. Traditional brick-and-mortar approaches are expensive and labor intensive. We need creative solutions using available, lower-cost means. For example, instead of staffing and operating food pantries, we could give grocery store gift cards to those who need food. Rather than maintaining soup kitchens we might provide restaurant gift certificates to the hungry. We could pay rent to provide housing for the homeless rather than spending wads of money building and staffing shelters. Following the GiveDirectly model, we could even use cash transfers to get money to the needy quickly and inexpensively. What would lose? In a word, control.
One reason we hang onto labor-intensive and expensive-to-run models is that we want to control the means of our charity and feel good about ourselves in the process. Handing a bag of groceries to a poor person brings a sense of satisfaction while giving us power over the recipient of our generosity. I remember volunteering at a faith-based food pantry where patrons were subjected to a DMV-like waiting room experience, then when their number was finally called, they were required to listen to an evangelistic appeal before they could receive their food. Families in homeless shelters often live under rules we wouldn't put up with. Unconditional giving might make us uncomfortable, but it restores the dignity and freedom of those we're seeking to help.
The idea of giving with no strings attached sounds radical, I know. But it's not nearly as radical as what Jesus said to the rich man: "Go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven."


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Beck - Morning Phase/
By Jake Ebdale
Released February 21st, 2014 - UMusic
Everyone has their favourite version of Beck Hansen. Throughout his career, I've learnt to reset my expectations when it comes to a new album. Since, like, 1990, every release has been different, challenging, eccentric, and in some cases (Guero) a step backward to go forward. Some think he's the same loser getting crazy with the cheez whiz, choking on a pigeon wing and so on. But he's so much more.
Beck can pepper songs with references to the past but filter them through contemporary sounds. Beck can strip something back or throw the kitchen sink at it, if that particular Beck feels like it. A chameleon, one year he's a Princey character doing the splits, the next year donning a harp clip like Neil, or down the line, aping Herbie Hancock's 'Chameleon' for a song about a dead cellphone. He also gained his fame as part of a MTV slacker crew that hung with grunge and the Beasties.
His catalogue is an aural magic carpet ride. Try explaining the Beck sound. Just try.
His first studio album in 6 years, Morning Phase, introduces itself with a grand orchestral swell. It's beautiful. Ever since 2002's revered Opus Sea Change, beauty has nested itself snugly within the 'Beck lexicon'. It's no surprise that Hansen's been quoted stating the two are companion pieces of the same ilk.
But another full release of mopey, acoustic stuff? Some hate this side of him. Again, choose wisely. You've got Beck in singer songwriter mode here.
Luckily, he sounds confident, and like Daft Punk's RAM, the instrumentation is organic, classy and human sounding. The mellow 'Morning' presents an instant aural kinship with Sea Change's 'The Golden Age', and moving forward, there is enough variety on Morning Phase to stay intrigued. Flourishes of vocal harmony and violin, used to greatest effect on the gorgeous triumvirate of 'Cycle', 'Wave' and 'Phase', present a new chapter to the Beck novel.
Most of the album is instrumentally rooted in drugged up 70's remiss. Velvets glockenspiel, acoustic guitar and piano all awash with reverb - it's a glorious, yet sad mix. The very prominent string section defines Morning Phase's sound, as do bellowing choruses from Beck that have their place atop a mountain. The singing would sound at home on a Fleet Foxes record, which ain't a bad thing. Instead, it's a spin on a style many thought he couldn't pull off the first time.
In the case of 'Blue Moon', he sounds better anything on Sea Change, even when it opens with a lament: 'I'm so tired of being alone, this penitent waltz is all I've known'. One of his greatest singles, the production is crisp and his voice front and centre. Around 2008, Beck nearly broke his back, forcing his vocals down to a whisper. He's healed now, and 'Blue Moon' sounds like liberation.
There are other highlights. 'Say Goodbye' takes the bounce of Odelay's 'Readymade' and lays it gently under the harvest moon, 'Turn Away' is a haunting, lonely ballad and 'Waking Light', in what could be his best album closer yet, marries Brian Wilson with quaint Stones balladry. While there may be the casual dip in greatness through these 13 tracks, the overall quality rings true. You can hear the confidence, the eagerness in the finished product. To think another album's on the way this year is a testament to Beck's quietly innovative start to the decade (Song Reader, anyone?)
Morning Phase works on many levels - and in many ways too, an album just as pleasant as its 12-year-old forbearer.
The Beck you knew a few years ago no longer exists. There are no losers or devils haircuts or sex laws defied here. But the beauty is to be heard everywhere.
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Microsoft has announced the release of the preliminary version of Azure Service Fabric for Linux which is scheduled for September 26, 2016. The service was first launched for Microsoft in March and the company says a Linux flavor of the service will be released at Microsoft's Ignite Conference this year.
The company claims that the Service Fabric allows businesses to deploy scalable and reliable applications on public and private clouds without needing to worry about the underlying operating system. It is said to have the capability of managing multiple instances of the same application and providing load reporting services.
Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich said in a blog post that there was a need for a consistent microservices application platform and management experience across enterprise IT infrastructure, regardless of what operating system or programming language is used.
Russinovich said that most enterprises today host a mixture of Windows Server and Linux servers and by not delivering products for that platform the company would be depriving itself of opportunities.


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Apple sold a blockbuster number of iPhones in Q1 2012, and these extraordinary sales trickled down to its carrier partners. In the US, the biggest beneficiary of this explosion is AT&T which announced it activated 7.6 million iPhones in the just-ending quarter. This number is about 20 percent of Apple's total iPhone sales for the quarter.
AT&T had its best quarter ever for iPhone and smartphone sales. The carrier sold 9.4 million smartphones, 50 percent more than its previous quarterly record and almost double its Q3 2011 sales. iPhones were the dominant smartphone for the carrier and accounted for 80 percent of its smartphone sales.
The carrier said it had its best-ever quarter for Android sales and doubled what it sold in the same quarter last year. Though strong, Android doesn't compare to the iPhone on AT&T. We can calculate that the carrier sold 1.8 million or less Android devices, which is a drop in the bucket compared to iPhone sales.
AT&T also thoroughly trounced Verizon which sold 4.3 million iPhones. This lower number may be due, in part, to AT&T's portfolio, which includes three iPhones- the iPhone 4S, the iPhone 4 and the highly discounted iPhone 3GS. Verizon only carries the iPhone 4 and 4S. Those who bought the iPhone 4 when it launched in early 2011 were under contract and would have to break a contract to buy the 4S when it debuted.


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A 90-day connection experience to reboot, recalibrate and reinvent your life using everything you've already built, bought, created and gathered… implementing a better way to be alive.
Profiles and Pastels' with Jane 'Danger' Davenport presents an inspirational, fun and achievable way to start not only drawing faces but add a little soft shading too. Jane demonstrated with colour pencil and soft Pastels as a forgiving foray into whimsical drawing.
Jane's specialty is taking the complex and breaking it down into a easy steps that will have you happily creating along with her!
Welcome to Be Still My Heart ~ a series of lessons on watercolor and words, focusing on the image of the indelible heart.
We often believe that love and friendship are two different things. That our love relationships and our family relationships are different from our dear friendships. What if we infused friendship into ALL of our relationships, and especially our love and family relationships? Join us in this mini course full of ideas for infusing friendship into EVERY relationship.
Let's use paperclay to make little treasure rocks...even heart shaped ones...stamped with words to make them into special gifts or reminders of true things.
The Walk is an extensive journey with your soul. Through journaling and collage...we will create maps that show us where we have been and help us determine where we want to go. We will travel through "The Carnival"...learn about "The Campfire" and prepare ourselves for "The Climb".
The Walk....some journeys we have to take alone.
Create something special for your holiday mantel! Using supplies gathered from your local craft store, you will transform simple items into a magical snowscape under glass... serene and beautiful.
Fashion a lovely, heirloom topiary perfect for Holiday decorating. This fun and simple technique will result in a stunning, romantic addition to your seasonal home décor.
Have you always wanted to learn to keep a sketchbook but were afraid you couldn't draw? Well now you can learn and easy and fun way to express yourself through sketching and watercolor.
This project is designed to guide you through the process of crafting your own gratitudes vessel. Both the symbology of the acorn and the gratitude notes you can fill this vessel with will help you notice all the ways in which the world is on your side. Your creative genius lives in that space.
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~5th Annual Cedar Run Hunter Pace Scheduled for September 29th ~
Online PR News – 26-September-2012 – Blue Mountains, Ontario – Town of the Blue Mountains, ON (September 25, 2012) – The pace is set for another great adventure at Cedar Run Horse Park. More than 100 riders are expected at the 5th Annual Cedar Run Hunter Pace, the park's season finale scheduled for Saturday, September 29, and there's still time to be part of the action, says co-ordinator Elizabeth McCowan.
"We'll be accepting registrations up to and including the day of the event," said McCowan, encouraging riders and spectators alike to come out for the ride. "This is the perfect way to end another spectacular season at the park."
What makes the event so special is that normal competition rules don't apply. Instead, a pace rider establishes a respectable course pace at the start of the event which is then kept secret. Riders are grouped together and each group tries to guess – and then match – the secret pace, knowing they will be penalized for being either too fast or too slow.
Riders can choose between Western or English riding styles, jumps are optional and virtually any group has a chance to win, with prizes and ribbons awarded in several different divisions including a first place trophy. Prize sponsors include Dapple Gray, Bridges, Furbelows, Ashanti Coffee, Bluewater Feed Company and The Dam Pub.
"This is considered the social event of the season," said McCowan, noting it's the best times of year to enjoy the park's beautiful trails with their fields, streams and wooded areas.
Members of the public are invited to come on out and cheer Hunter Pace participants on, free of charge. The cost per rider (waived for Cedar Run members) is $75 for adults, $45 for juniors, and $220 for a family of four, including lunch. Extra luncheon tickets are available for $15 per person. Registration forms are available on-line at www.cedarrun.ca. For more information, e-mail email@example.com or call 519-599-3196.
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The Fat One has an unusual LITTLE show today because we listen in on what's happening at Toppie Smellie's chick coop apartment. But there's also the coupon, reading and nattering. Happy National Homemade Bread Day.


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After evaluating current people, processes and tools, SQA identified opportunities for improvement and developed a road map designed to transform the organization. Using an Agile/SCRUM model, the team implemented the plan working alongside employees, leaving them self-sufficient after the transformation.
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