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The Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union enters into a new phase with the launch of the Russian space station Mir. With the failure of the 1970s American space station Skylab, the Soviet space programme seemed to outpace its US rival.
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Infographic: The Cost of Education
This is an advertisement for an online college…but I thought it was interesting. Again, the least likely people to find a job are those who studied Clinical Psychology.
I'd like to discuss a few points brought up in this info graphic. Firstly, I suspect that there are more bartenders and waitresses than engineers, physicists, chemists and mathematicians because we're not graduating enough people in those fields – not because there's a lack of jobs for technically skilled people.
And then the last line – "It's a tough world out there.You might as well stay at home" – Yeah…it's a tough world alright. So, choose your career path wisely, gain marketable skills either through school (and not necessarily an online school…) or work and stay out of debt. You'll be way ahead of most and I even bet you'd be able move out of your parents home.
For the Love of the Maslins
I want to apologize for not writing in over a month. I've been overseeing a massive website redesign project at work. Between that and the twins, I've hardly drifted to the surface of life outside my insular bubble.
But, life has a funny way of reminding you to stay in the moment and be grateful for all that you have.
An old gradschool classmate, Abby Sullivan Maslin, a Dance Movement Therapist who is now working as a teacher in Washington D.C. experienced the unthinkable. About 2 weeks ago her husband was brutally attacked while walking home after a boys night out in his D.C neighborhood in Capital Hill. He wasn't found for 8 hours and sustained major brain and bodily injouries that were exasterbated by the time that passed between the beating and the arrival of an emergency response team. Abby is struggling to cope, as she also tries to care for her young son Jack, who is just shy of 2 years old.
With no witnesses, Abby reached out to the media in a attempt to find somehow who may have knowledge of what happened that night.
As she processes all that has happened, Abby has been posting updates on her Facebook page, but recently just started a blog, which I want to share with you: For the Love of the Maslins. Your support and prayers are needed. Friends started a fundraising website so that money will hopefully not be a concern as this family struggles to survive.
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The Fake Child Artists of Gaza?
A blogger who calls himself Elder of Ziyon alleges that a traveling exhibition of children's artwork depicting "A Child's View of Gaza" made during art therapy sessions, are in fact not drawn by children at all. He lays out his case:
- The quality of the artwork does not correspond to the age of the child who drew the picture.
- But no age was listed in the displayed photos.
- But the names of those experts are not included in the post.
- But no art therapist(s) are named as the facilitator.
- Maybe. But, there maybe a cultural reason for this, or another reason – ie: the art therapist asked that they not sign their artwork for confidentiality purposes. After all, this exhibit is a traveling one.
Does anyone have any information on the art therapist(s) involved in this exhibit? I wrote an email to CJPME, the organization hosting this event, asking for more information.
To Elder of Ziyon: Your claims maybe true. But, you need to post your sources when making such claims to add credibility to what you're saying. Who are the experts you consulted? Why not consult an art therapist? How did you find out the age of the child who created the artwork?
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Check out another art as therapy related project that needs a helping hand. Ayesha, an artist, and her husband Zach have entered into a contest to win $30K to jump start their project – a mobile art making van.
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Interesting Art Therapy Related Project on Kickstarter
Gabrielle Wenonah Wriborg is hoping to get funding for her self-illustration project on Kickstarter.
So you can make an informed decision about her project, Zenobia and the Seven Curses, I asked her to explain how this project came about and how she thinks this tool would be helpful within an art therapy session.
When I first walked into my therapist's office, I was drowning in a sea of depression so vast I could no longer see the shoreline. That day she became a lighthouse far off in the distance; thus began my swim to a shore that did not yet exist. She soon determined that I had post-traumatic stress disorder due to the numerous trauma inducing events I had experienced during my lifetime. We tried a variety of therapeutic methods, but in my opinion, the most helpful was art therapy, because it uncovered thoughts, feelings, and memories that did not surface through dialoguing and journaling. The use of art as a therapeutic tool made my thoughts, feelings, and memories visible which in turn made them tangible. This tangibility made it possible for me to explore, accept, and eventually cope with these concepts. I fondly remember kneeling on my kitchen floor over long sheets of craft paper and pots of paints documenting my childhood traumas in vibrant colors or sitting in therapy sessions creating
intricate mandalas representing my inner emotions of the moment. I still uncover these artifacts of my healing from time to time and marvel at their intense emotional symbolism and remember how each of these made that metaphorical shoreline slowly come into view.
After many years of therapy, I started working on my Bachelor's degree. It was during my junior year that I wrote an autobiographical fairy tale for my Women's Studies class as a final project titled "Gabrielle and the Seven Curses: A Suburban Fairy Tale." It tells the fantastical story of how I was cursed, the traumatic events I endured due to the curses, and how I found my happily ever after through therapy. Part of the final grade was to present the project to the class. That was the first time I told my
story to a stranger, let alone a room full of them. I was terrified, but afterwards, I felt a sense of relief, accomplishment, and most importantly, a sense of closure. For years, I wanted to do something more with the story, because I knew it was a powerful tale of survival. In 2010, I started turning the fairy tale
into a comic book. I changed the title to "Zenobia and the Seven Curses" and began to rewrite the story. I kept the basic framework, but I changed the names of the innocent and the not so innocent and added more colorful descriptions and created illustrations. This version remains unfinished, but it was one step closer to the present incarnation of the fairy tale.
Last summer I started working on my M.Ed. in Mathematics education. At that time I was also creating a bi-weekly digital comic strip and working on a series of self-portraits using photography as my medium. Then one day, I could not create. I had an artist's block, and this loss of creativity lasted for months on end. As I suffered creatively, Zenobia came back into my thoughts as she often does when I feel sad. Around the same time, I became enamored with Kickstarter, an internet based crowd-funding platform for creative projects. The two thoughts became enmeshed. I realized instead of illustrating the story, I should allow the reader to illustrate the story, and I could raise the money to publish the "illustrate-it" book through Kickstarter. It originally occurred to me that this would be an excellent tool for artists who were suffering creative blocks like I was, because it is a guided sketchbook. Then I realized, due to the subject matter, it would be extremely beneficial in an art therapy setting with PTSD patients like myself or any variety of survivors.
While I am not an art therapist and my only real experience with art therapy is as a patient, I really think that other patients would benefit from "Zenobia and the Seven Curses" because they would be able to relate to the subject matter. The seven curses that Zenobia suffers and ultimately survives are seven types of traumatic events with which many patients would be able to connect. Furthermore, I feel "Zenobia and the Seven Curses" could help a patient feel some form of companionship through the therapeutic process. Besides occasionally being in a group therapy setting, I often felt alone in my therapy because no matter how hard they tried, my friends and family had no clue what I was really going through. It would have been nice to have had the reassurance of a peer like Zenobia, even if she was fictional. Since much of my trauma was based in my childhood, I think the fact that this story is written in the style of a fairy tale, it speaks to my inner child, Little Gabi, as my therapist often referred
to her. Therefore, I truly feel "Zenobia and the Seven Curses" could really help art therapy patients as they traverse the often murky process of healing.
"Zenobia and the Seven Curses" follows Zenobia DeHaven-Reynard from birth through her early adulthood. Shortly after her birth, Zenobia is bestowed six blessings by the Fair Matriarchs and seven curses by the Not-So-Fair Matriarchs of her family. Zenobia begins her suffering at the tender age of three with the curse of innocence lost due to an unknown early childhood trauma understood to be of a sexual nature. A year later she suffers the curse of a witch which represents separation of parents, specifically due to infidelity on the part of her father. At the age of five she suffers the curse of fire where she narrowly escapes a house fire which destroys everything inside the home. She then enters her early teenage years and suffers the curse of silence which is invoked by being sexually abused by a trusted family friend. Around the same time period, she suffers the curse of poison which symbolizes drug addiction. She also suffers the curse of failing health due to a congenital heart defect which leads to open-heart surgery. Finally she enters early adulthood and suffers the curse of a loveless union where she finds herself living in a physically and emotionally abusive relationship which is steeped in drug and alcohol abuse. She eventually finds her way into therapy, learns how to cope with her curses, and ultimately finds her version of happily ever after.
I launched the "Zenobia and the Seven Curses" project on Kickstarter on June 11. The project is running for 42 days, ending on July 23. Kickstarter is an all or nothing funding platform. My goal is to raise $3500 in order to print 500 copies of the finished book. There are donation levels ranging from $1 to $1000. Every donation is rewarded with items related to the book. If the project is successful, I am donating 50 books to the organization through which I received therapy services, SAFE Homes Rape Crisis Coalition of Spartanburg, SC. They will be using these copies in their therapy program with current and future patients. There are donation levels which allow project backers to donate extra copies to this same organization. I have already started laying out the book. Every odd page is blank yet framed for the purposes of illustration. It looks like the final product will be a paperback book about 50 pages in length with the dimensions of 8 x 10 inches. You can find more information on my website or on the project page.
Art Therapy and Its Symbols
We have a tendency to think that Art Therapy uses "symbols" rather than "words", as in "Talk Therapy." I want to remind us that words are symbols too—really language is a staggeringly complex system of spoken and written metaphors that we can no longer recognize as metaphors.
What an excellent point that Jim Nolan makes about the shortcut description many art therapists use to describe what we do. It makes me want to rethink my elevator speech to be more accurate. Wittgenstein would be overjoyed about this discussion!
Southwestern College Embraces Photo Therapy
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We are trying to find a way to produce a BMP/PNG/ tiff file Heightmap (Hillshade?), I was able to produce something, but it isnt good enough quality (attached). What is the best workflow to achieve a good quality image?
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Should we expect ISO 8601 support via date/time comparison functions in the future? Or should I start converting all of my string formatted dates in JSON documents to timestamps?
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Thank you for the input. I've opened a ticket to add numeric datetime functions:
Wouldn't it be more efficient to store dates/times as integer timestamps, in particular when using a start_key and/or end_key when querying a view? Seems like a lot of overhead to have to parse a string for each row.
Your string-formatted dates are fine. We intend to add standard datetime representations, and ISO 8601 is certainly a candidate. But we would also add functions for parsing your existing strings into datetimes using custom formats. There's no ETA on datetime support yet, but it's part of the pipeline.


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Even if nothing else had happened yesterday, there was little chance President Obama's fourth State of the Union would be memorable in any way. More than 48 million Americans watched his first SOTU in 2010. Just 42 million watched in 2011. And only 37 million bothered with the 2012 address. Considering that SOTUs rarely move American opinion in any direction, last night was pretty much destined to be a non-event.
Then Chris Dorner happened.
Just hours before Obama was supposed to command the national stage, all of the cable news nets were focused on Big Bear, California, where alleged-cop killer Dorner was reportedly "pinned down" in a remote mountain cabin. As the scheduled time for Obama's speech approached, only MSNBC switched over to SOTU preview coverage. Fox went with a split screen while CNN was all-Dorner-all-the-time. Then the cabin Dorner was supposedly in, caught fire. All the cable news nets went back to all Dorner. CNN promised to switch over to Obama coverage at 8:30. Then 8:45. Finally at 8:55 they went to Washington. When the television ratings are released later today we'll find out how many Americans stayed in Big Bear.
Obama's speech itself was predictable and boring. The only decent moment came when Obama invoked the names of gun violence victims in support of his gun control agenda. And even that legislation will be watered down and carved up with loopholes. To add insult to injury, news broke half way through Obama's speech that Dorner was dead.
Sen. Marco Rubio's, R-Fla., response didn't go much better. He spent a little more time on his own biography,although for Rubio, the messenger is a big part of the message. Unfortunately, at about 11 minutes in, Rubio got a little thirsty and was forced to awkwardly reach of camera for a drink of water. At that point Rubio's actual message was lost. His Poland Spring water break became the defining moment of his response.
On the bright side, hardly anybody was watching.
From The Washington Examiner
Phil Klein: Obama lays groundwork to bypass Congress in second term
Byron York: Republicans in key 2016 states praise Rubio response
Michael Barone: Obama's gangster government operates above the law
Other SOTU Reactions
Ezra Klein: "In some ways, what was most noticeable about the speech was what wasn't in it: Nothing. It was difficult to come up with a single policy favored by Obama's party but left out of this speech."
Chris Cillizza: Obama's decision to save his remarks on guns until the end of the State of the Union, and to aggressively urge a vote on all of his gun proposals were, by far, the boldest portion of his speech. … Obama's comments on guns will be the lasting legacy of this speech."
Jonathan Chait: The vast majority of the speech was given over to Obama laying out his vision of the ideal. He laid out scads of new policy ideas, mostly appealing ones – a higher minimum wage, repairing infrastructure, commissions to reform voting, and so on. … I am setting the over/under on the number of these blue-sky proposals that will be passed into law during Obama's second term at 0.5.
Brian Beutler: The sequester is the largest single threat to the rest of Obama's agenda, which is premised on the idea that the government can spend the next year fostering a growing economy rather than struggling to prevent a self-inflicted recession.
The Wall Street Journal: The big question of President Obama's second term is whether he wants to forge bipartisan compromises in the next two years, or whether he wants to spend these years campaigning against Republicans to regain Democratic control of the House in 2014 and then finish his Presidency with another liberal crescendo. Judging by his inaugural address and Tuesday night's State of the Union, we're guessing he's going for Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Douglas Holtz-Eakin: "At a juncture when our country needs real entitlement reform, there was nothing more than vague promises. At a juncture when it needs real tax reform, he can't even find the definition. And at a time when those reforms are the indispensable foundation of more rapid growth, he remains stuck in central-planning mode."
James Capretta: The president's State of the Union address was predictable on a number of levels. … As usual for a State of the Union address, this speech was such a disconnected assortment of ideas that nothing in it really stood out. So the good news is that what the president proposed — a tired and unoriginal call for even more liberal governance — will be long forgotten in a few short weeks.
Fred Barnes: Did I miss something? Or was the State of the Union Address delivered by President Obama last night unusually pedestrian, packed to the gills with clichés, promises, gimmicks, and endless talk of partnerships, goals, challenges, and commissions for which Washington is famous?
In Other News
The New York Times, Bitterly Divided Senate Panel Backs Hagel for Defense: After a combative two-hour debate that tested the bounds of Senate collegiality, the Armed Services Committee on Tuesday approved the nomination of former Senator Chuck Hagel as defense secretary on a sharply partisan vote.
McClatchy Newspapers, Cayman account dogs Jacob Lew: President Barack Obama's pick to head the Treasury Department faces a tough grilling Wednesday from Republicans looking to spotlight his time at Citigroup, the troubled financial institution rescued by taxpayers.
Lefty Playbook
David Dayen explains why Your New Landlord Works on Wall Street.
Think Progress posts Three Charts That Show America Doesn't Have A Spending Problem.
Jamelle Bouie on why Marco Rubio Can't Save the GOP.
Righty Playbook
Joel Kotkin says Blue States are Doubling Down On Suicide Strategy
John McCormack on Obama's Dubious Claim that Global Warming Caused Superstorm Sandy.
James Pethokoukis on GOP efforts to finally shrink Wall Street's Too Big To Fail megabanks.


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The continuing scandal regarding National Security Agency monitoring of domestic electronic communications makes one thing perfectly clear: If anyone is going to protect the public from unwanted snooping, it won't be the government.
On June 5, 2013, a trove of documents from the NSA was released by NSA contractor Edward Snowden to Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and Bart Gellman and later published in part by The Guardian and the Washington Post.
The response was immediate. Many people were shocked but appreciated the information. Others were shocked but felt Snowden was a traitor and must be prosecuted for treason.
Among the punishment camp are the White House and the Department of Justice. In addition, the NSA itself is worried about the files not yet released by Snowden. Rick Ledgett, who heads the NSA's task force on the Snowden leaks, recently told the CBS show "60 Minutes" he would consider amnesty for Snowden if he would stop any additional leaks. An editorial by the New York Times endorsed the idea.
Also among those endorsing clemency was Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.
An interesting implication of this difference of opinion is that the political gain from threatening prosecution of Snowden outweighs any potential damage resulting from the publication of the yet unleaked NSA documents. But Snowden no longer has the documents. They are in the hands of the reporters and under their exclusive control. So there is nothing for him to yield in exchange for clemency.
There is a basic question of how effective the NSA program has been in terms of improving national security.
One need go no further for the answer than security and cryptography expert Bruce Schneier: "We have no evidence that any of this surveillance makes us safer. NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander responded to these stories in June by claiming that he disrupted 54 terrorist plots. In October, he revised that number downward to 13, and then to one or two.' At this point, the only plot' prevented was that of a San Diego man sending $8,500 to support a Somali militant group. We have been repeatedly told that these surveillance programs would have been able to stop 9/11, yet the NSA didn't detect the Boston bombings -- even though one of the two terrorists was on the watch list and the other had a sloppy social media trail. Bulk collection of data and metadata is an ineffective counterterrorism tool."
When President Obama finally addressed the issue of Snowden's disclosures, there's one important thing he didn't say in his speech or the accompanying executive order, according to the Washington Post: "The NSA has not been ordered, as many had wanted, to avoid building backdoors' into software, a practice that critics say weakens encryption standards, or to stop exploiting flaws in software to conduct cyberattacks."
Thus we have an environment where the NSA has discovered or created backdoors to the data of many large businesses and institutions. The mere existence of this program tells foreign and domestic hackers it might be easy for them to make their own assaults on private businesses.
Where will protection come from, then? The government? I doubt it.
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BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) - An Arizona man is facing possible child abuse charges after Bullhead City police say he left his 2-year-old great-granddaughter in a scorching vehicle when he went inside an IHOP restaurant.
The Mohave Valley Daily News reports that 70-year-old Billy Joe Moore told police he forgot that the child was in the car Tuesday who was left inside for around 30 minutes.
Bullhead City Police Department Emily Fromelt says a witness called police after spotting the girl crying and "sweating profusely with an extremely red face." She says a thermometer registered the temperature around 130 degrees inside the car.
Medical personnel examine the child and she was declared OK.
The Mohave County Attorney's Office is reviewing the case.
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The Shambhala Sadhana was written by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche just prior to the conclusion of a year long retreat. The Sakyong composed this practice to deepen our personal and social connection with basic goodness. The Shambhala Sadhana is simple and quite powerful in its direct approach to basic goodness.
The Third Wednesdays practice, initially led by Joanne Martin Braun, will begin at 5:45 PM sharp and be held to just under an hour in order to facilitate the Wednesday dharma night.
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She became famous in 1955 for sitting down on a city bus in Alabama, refusing to give up her seat to a white man.
Today, a statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks now stands in the US Capitol.
This morning, President Obama and congressional leaders unveiled the statue, making parks the first black woman to be honored with a full-length statue in the capitol's statuary hall.
Mister Obama says her presence in the capitol serves to remind us "what it is that leadership requires"... "no matter how humble or lofty our positions" may be.
"Rosa Parks held no elected office. She possessed no fortune; lived her life far from the formal suits of power. Yet today, she takes her rightful place among those who've shaped this nation's course. I thank all those persons, in particular, the members of the congressional black caucus, both past and present, for making this moment possible." said President Obama.
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NEW ORLEANS, July 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- GenoVive, a company with a revolutionary gene-based approach to weight management, announced a new partnership with Deoxi Biotecnologia of Brazil to offer its personalized health program in South America. GenoVive is the first in its field to design diet and fitness regiments for individuals based on the unique genetic information found in their DNA. With this new partnership, GenoVive has a presence in six countries, including Brazil, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Poland, Saudi Arabia, and the United States.
Deoxi is a reference company in the field of genomic technologies in Brazil. It provides services in the field of molecular biology, especially in the identification of DNA markers.
"Recent scientific advances in genomics are changing how people manage their health; the use of genetic information to assist in health is a reality," said Dr. Rodrigo Alonso (Deoxi Executive Director). "Our partnership with GenoVive will allow us to expand our offerings and position our company at the forefront of this new era of personalized healthcare."
GenoVive's program starts simply enough with an at home DNA kit; the client simply swabs the inside of his or her mouth. The DNA sample is sent to GenoVive's CLIA certified lab where it is analyzed. GenoVive then creates a genetically optimized diet and exercise program that lays out the best combination of macronutrients and exercise intensity level for the individual. The client is given a report with specific recommendations for an ideal diet and exercise program best suited to his or her individual physiology and metabolism.
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The holiday season is full of good times with friends and family, with lots of food, treats, gifts, decorations, and more. But, have you ever thought about how much trash gets thrown away and how much energy is used during this time of year? What happens to the wrappers on all of the candy you get, the food scraps from your turkey dinner, the bows and gift wrapping from presents, the used up tape dispensers, the dried up wreaths and Christmas trees? Most of it gets thrown away and there's no getting around it, it's a lot of waste.
You can help the environment this holiday season by using less stuff, less energy, and turning trash into treasures for your friends, family, others in need and yourself. This is also a good way to save some money if you're looking for simple and inexpensive gift ideas. Use this list to help you reduce waste, conserve energy, save money, and get rid of some of your unwanted stuff.
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Turner will be in New York City this week making the media rounds. Tomorrow (Wednesday) he will appear on ABC Televisions The Chew; Fox News Channels FOX & Friends and GACs Headline Country on Thursday, May 1st. He will also appear on the Christian Broadcasting Networks 700 Club, currently scheduled to air on May 5th, in a segment taped earlier this month at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.


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A comedy moustache is a guaranteed way to get your friends giggling. These Moustache Straws are a fun way of experimenting with outlandish facial fuzz, without the commitment of growing your own. You get to slurp your favourite drink whilst trying out the five different moustache styles - bonus!
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Jace's return to Kansas is an instant reminder that there really is no place like home. The tavern is still brimming with losers, practical jokers, and motorcycle chicks. Even the town's only Goth is still wearing eyeliner. But just as Jace is about to click her heels and hightail out of there, she's roped into a brand-new case. Somebody is possessed. And the bodies are piling up…
They call him the Gallowsman. According to legend, he was sentenced to hang—though his crimes still have not been specified. When he was strung up to die, his spirit stuck around waiting for people to hang themselves…so he could steal their bodies. Now, with the undead rising up and going on a rampage, Jace must put her own neck on the line. Can she get the Gallowsman to give up the ghost?
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Starring in his first-ever movie, Begin Again , presented a new challenge for Adam Levine . While he plays a musician -- not much of a stretch for him -- he admits that he was quite intimated by the whole process.
In a new featurette for Begin Again , the Maroon 5 frontman says, "The first thing I did, of course, was scour the earth, asking everyone I possibly could for advice on how to act. It is a pretty daunting thing going into this whole new world with celebrated, incredible actors. And it's one of those things where I think to myself, 'What am I doing here?'"
However, he adds, his co-stars -- including Oscar nominees Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo -- put him at ease. He says, "Feeling that way allows me to do my best."
In the film, Adam's character, Dave, dumps his songwriter-girlfriend, Knightley's Gretta, after he hits the big time. Gretta goes on to find success after meeting a washed-up record executive, played by Ruffalo.
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Gordon Price, a planning professor at University of British
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residents last week at the Blaine Senior Citizens Center.
The event was organized by local realtor Dennis Hill and
sponsored by the First American Title Group, Revitalize
Blaine Now and West Blaine Business Association.
Hill said he became familiar with Price at a builder's conference in Bellingham and said he was impressed with Price's ideas.
"He has a unique perspective," he said. "His whole philosophy is do what the town wants, not what the developers or the realtors want. Maybe we can use some of his ideas."
Hill, who has been corresponding with Price about Blaine, asked Price to offer suggestions for Blaine based on what has worked well in other, similar cities.
Price said while he couldn't offer specific recommendations, he said Vancouver has become a livable city because developers are required to provide public amenities that citizens like, such as public parks, walkways or waterfront views, while they are still allowed to build enough condos to make a profit.
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Price, who recently finished his sixth term as a city councilor in Vancouver, said, that if given an option, most cities will tend to sprawl out but a number of natural boundaries forced the city of Vancouver to build up.
Asked if such building strategies would have been politically-feasible if Vancouver did not have those natural boundaries, Price said, "Absolutely not."
"Vancouver's never had a choice," he said. "We've been bounded by the natural borders, mountains, the water, and the Fraser River. If you go very far in any direction, you're going to run into some sort of body of water. There aren't very many cities like that."
That, however, does not mean that Price advocates forcing density on unwilling communities or historical districts, such as the one near A Street in Blaine.
For that, Price suggests concentrating development in other areas to preserve those neighborhoods.
"There are some neighborhoods that you just don't want to change," he said. "It's perfectly reasonable to plan a development in one area to preserve another. What does not work, however, is when a community says it's not interested in change at all."
He cited San Francisco as an example of which the end result was unaffordable housing.
"It's not a question of being pro or con on growth," he said. "It's about accommodating growth in such a way that you get the benefits.
"There are currently 50 acres of water front property with public access in Vancouver that wasn't paid for by taxpayer dollars."
Price said part of the problem is that people tend to think higher buildings are denser than lower ones.
"People in high rises aren't much different than single family homes, they also want more and more space," he said.
Hill agreed.
Hill said he would like to see more housing alternatives downtown combined with density of business that would sustain a vibrant downtown economy but is skeptical such ideas will gain popular support.
"There's a fear people have that we just can't do that," Hill said, adding that his timing for bringing up the subject was bad, considering his recent anti-airport campaign. "I think we need to take a good look at this."
'New Urbanism'
Price said in order to understand where we are now, we need to understand the thinking that got us here. He added that the underlying concept behind current development practices is based on the idea of an endless supply of petroleum and money to build new roads in addition to maintaining the old ones.
This concept began with the advent of the electric rail car in 1887, a date that Price calls "the most significant breakthrough for the average human being." Price said this was because this was the first time the average human being was freed from animal power and it allowed people to get to where land was cheap enough to live outside the city, he said.
"Traditionally, it's been drive until you qualify," he said. "It's not necessarily a negative thing, the problem has just been since the second world war, we pretty much designed everything around the car. We have reached the outer limits of designing everything based on the assumption that people drive everywhere."
Price said this has become a particular problem in recent years with respect to rising energy costs and obesity rates in North America.
"There's a connection between obesity and urban sprawl," he said.
He said densification in certain areas could allow for lower cost of infrastructure, transportation and public services as well as increase the walkability of those neighborhoods, reducing the need for driving or parking allocations and increasingly the livability at the same time.
"The automobile is becoming more expensive," he added. "If people don't have to have a second car, that's maybe a $5,000 to $10,000 in savings per year, which might be put toward a higher-end condominium. People are beginning to make those calculations. The problem has been that there hasn't been enough choices in the housing stock."
Prior to World War II, Price said cities were built around the streetcar lines that extended from the center of the city. Homeowners built shops in front of their homes to provide residents with day-to-day items. This helped to create a lot of commercial units tightly around the streetcar lines with the residential density to sustain those businesses. Price said the planning style he calls 'New Urbanism,' calls for rebuilding the streetcar neighborhood in a contemporary way.
"People love this stuff," he
said. "The
problem is we've made it impossible to build
it doesn't accommodate the car. The challenge
is to
figure out a way to keep the character of these neighborhoods and do it in
a way that makes it work today."
He used Bellingham's Fairhaven district as an example.
"It was built next to a shipping terminal and rail lines," he said. "As a result, commercial opportunities were clustered pretty tightly with residential areas nearby. Whenever you go to a place that is fun and interesting and safe and easy to walk though, you can bet there were rail lines close by."
residents and
city planners
to keeping alternative
in mind as Blaine grows
up. He said this could
be especially important
in the future considering
the rising cost of oil
and made mention of the
Burlington Northern Railroad
that runs through downtown.
"You can't use something that doesn't work any more but you can think about where the future is going to lead you," he said. "You've got pretty nice fabric there, it's got real possibilities. But that's for Blaine to decide. All I'm saying, is that it worked for Vancouver because we didn't build freeways through downtown."
Price, however, cautioned city planners to make sure a win-win situation is created for both developers and citizens.
a 2004 article in the Seattle Daily Journal, Price said
that, in the 1950s, planners rezoned downtown Vancouver
rather sloppily, and developers blindly demolished the
heritage of previous generations.
As a result, public reaction was so negative that it overturned the political establishments, stopped the freeways and basically stunted revitalization efforts for the next two decades.
Price said the market, left to itself, will maximize the individual value, but may not maximize the community value. The irony, however, is by forcing developers to create those public amenities, it often raises the value of the individual development as well.
"It's sure a lot easier to sell a development overlooking a park," he said. "That's what people move to places for. Growth pays for growth. What we tell the developer, you're going to make provision for non-market (affordable) housing. In return they get to build a lot of condos. But more importantly, what they pay for, that's what they're selling. They are selling an amenity and that's really what people want. Quality justifies the density and the density generates dollars that can fund public benefits."
To accomplish that in Vancouver, Price said the city council allowed mixed-use compact urban zoning which kept historical storefronts in tact, while allowing taller, newer buildings in the back.
"I wouldn't start talking about height limits right away," he said. "I think that's a distraction. What you really want to talk about is how this is going to feel? How are people interfacing with the street and what views do you want to preserve as well. What do the buildings allow you to see?"
Price said the council also kept lot sizes the same, kept alleyways in tact, and offered amenities that people have traditionally moved to the suburbs for.
Those amenities include greenways, open spaces and safety. He theorized that when this begins to occur, the number of people opting to live in urban areas will increase.
"You create places that people want to live," he said. "This is not forcing anybody into high density. In fact, the only thing that does seem to work is to give people opportunities that will help them make better choices."
When asked by Blaine resident Mary Lee Hill what he thinks of the turn of the century theme Blaine has adopted, Price was hesitant to offer his support.
"It has worked for some towns such as Leavenworth and Winthop," he said. "But my feeling is that it's not 'genuine,'" he said. "The thing with those towns is would I visit them once and then never come back because I've 'done it.'
"So, unless you've got a large enough market to create a Disneyland effect to keep people coming back, you're likely to only get those first-timers."
Gary Tomsic attended
the event and
said he thought
many of Price's ideas were consistent with
the vision of city planners.
"There has been a lot of discussion about how and what the vision is for the commercial district and the harbor and it seems to be consistent in many ways with what I've heard Gordon say tonight," he said.
Realtor Mike Kent, however, also attended the event and said Blaine citizens need to come to more of a consensus about growth if they want to secure the amenities Blaine currently offers.
"There's thousands of cities throughout the country that would give an eye and a tooth to get the waterfront that Blaine has," he said. "If we don't keep going forward, people will come in and do what they want with this community. And they will have enough money where we won't have control over it anymore."
Price agreed.
"You just cannot go wrong with waterfront," he said. "You gotta really try to screw that up – particularly when you live in one of the most beautiful places on this whole planet.
"I suspect it's only a matter of time before you're dealing with the problems of your own success.
"Sweet, eh?"


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References:Have you ever thought about the unique gift you have in a memory? What does God what us to do with it? That's the question Ravi Zacharias will answer this week in his message God and Remembrance on Let My People Think.
Ravi Zacharias believes that over the past forty years movements like New Age spirituality and society's obsession with human potential have combined like a "perfect storm" to redefine for popular culture what has been for centuries the classic biblical definition of the person, work, and teaching of Jesus Christ. In Why Jesus?, Ravi Zacharias looks at the impact of this "storm" by discussing the 60s-70s "Age of Aquarius," actor Shirley MacLaine's book and TV series Out on a Limb, author James Redfield (The Celestine Prophecy), Rhonda Byrne (The Secret), Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code), and other books by Eckart Tolle, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, the Dali Lama, and Marianne Williamson.
Special attention will be given to the influence of Oprah Winfrey's media platform in reshaping society by introducing and promoting certain books and authors. Major New Age and human potential tenets will be discussed like: the belief that we are all gods and have to discover our divinity; Jesus was only a good teacher; Christianity is but one among many ways to eternal life; reincarnation is real; Jesus was married; truth is relative; there is no sin; and perfection is possible.
The truth of and the arguments for the bodily resurrection of Jesus will be presented as the most important argument for the exclusive claims about Jesus and Christianity.


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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes an unforgettable love story that explores the deepest mysteries of all those of the heart. As a science journalist with a regular column in Scientific American, Jeremy Marsh specializes in debunking the supernatural. A born skeptic, he travels to the small town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, determined to find the real cause behind the ghostly apparitions that appear in the town cemetery. What he doesn't plan on however, is meeting and falling hopelessly in love with Lexie Darnell, granddaughter of the town psychic. Now, if the young lovers are to have any kind of future at all, Jeremy must make a difficult choice: return to the life he knows, or do something he's never done before take a giant leap of faith. But his choice is only the beginning, for their story takes the most unlikely twist of all, one that will finally make Jeremy a TRUE BELIEVER.
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Space Invaders Decals in Real Life!
...and it doesn't look half bad! We've blogged about these decals before, but always with the suggestion that a shrine to your love of the retro video game might be hard to pull off (and it would definitely be too much if you also got the cutting board and keyboard to match). So where did we spot these guys looking so stylish in white-on-blue? The answer after the jump...
In the offices of Spanish Web development company, Pixelinglife. It just goes to show you that with a sophisticated color palette, you can bring in all the geek you want and still have a pretty awesome space worthy of an AT house tour.
Photos from Pixelinglife's Flickr stream.
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looks great. i have wanted these forever. We can't paint where we live though, so it will have to wait until i can make it all look good. I want the donkey kong graphics so bad too, but i showed them to my wife, and she didn't like the idea so much, too bad we share the office... I'll just keep hanging posters.
Want those for my car. Yes.


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Salt Lake County officials are advised by boards with titles from A to Z.
Mayor Ben McAdams wants the membership of those boards to be as broad as their alphabetical span. He put out a call Tuesday for residents to fill openings on boards dealing with everything from Administrative Control to Zoo, Arts and Parks funding.
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"I'm looking for quite a few good men and women," McAdams said. "Utah is the number one state per capita in volunteerism. I need to harness some of that energy.
"What the job lacks in salary," he added, "it more than makes up for in lively interaction with members of the community."
Salt Lake County has more than 100 boards. They deal with old and young people, canyons and foothills and rivers and lakes, physical health and mental well-being, housing, bicycles and government records, sister cities, drinking water and open space, just about all aspects of life.
To address those diverse issues, McAdams is looking for individuals of all ages, skills, genders, geographical location and ethnicity. Application forms are available at boards.slco.org.
Of the 1,600 seats on the various boards, about 15 percent are empty at any given time, said Sheryl Ivey, who oversees advisory boards and volunteers for the county.
While McAdams encouraged people of all political persuasions to apply, Ivey noted that only two boards — the Deputy Sheriff's Merit Board and the Career Service Board — require members to divulge their party affiliations. That's because the county ordinance mandates representation for people in different parties.
Otherwise, Ivey said, "I don't know [board members'] political affiliation. I don't ask, I don't care. We just want the right person for the job."
Charles Henderson said he has felt great satisfaction in volunteering on several boards, most recently representing the unincorporated county on the Utah Transit Authority board.
"I feel I have a responsibility to contribute," he said, for both the African-American community he comes from and county residents as a whole. "I've helped make this a better place to live."
Added Rebecca Sanchez, county diversity director: "Bring together people of diverse backgrounds and you get new and innovative ideas."
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Central MN AHEC is hosting Camps to Careers, Focus on Health Care, a program for students in grades 9 to 12 with interest in health care.
Camps to Careers, Focus on Health Care(C2C) is an exciting opportunity for students to explore and prepare for exciting, high-wage, high-demand careers in the health care field.
Students can 'try on' careers through interactive, hands-on projects. Participants will also receive resources and guidance to take the next steps in their career development.
CCH will be held on the University of Minnesota Morris campus and will feature a variety of experts from the health care field.
In addition, students will stay on campus for the two nights of camp, and get the experience of living on a university campus.
Registration forms are now being accepted.
The priority registration deadline is May 15, 2011.
Cost: $50 per participant which includes dorm room, meals, and activities.
When: June 15, 16, 17, 2011
Questions? Contact Central MN AHEC Regional Specialist Lori Larson at 218-736-1690.
The cost for this camp is subsidized by Minnesota's Pathways to Employment Initiative.


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Teen Sailing Programs aboard Brilliant
Experience the adventure and challenge of sailing while visiting New England harbors and towns aboard schooner Brilliant. Nine teenage participants, on either five- or ten-day voyages, work together under the guidance of the professional crew to safely sail hundreds of miles and learn traditional seamanship skills.
The Brilliant program focuses on educating participants about sail handling and theory, teamwork, being a good shipmate, stewardship, navigation, and proper seamanship. All teens are expected to fully participate in all aspects of daily vessel operations from hauling on lines and steering to helping in the galley.
Participants must be physically fit and agile as well as competent swimmers to take part in the sailing program. Once you reserve a berth aboard Brilliant, you will be sent a health form, letter of agreement, and a booklet of information outlining what to bring, arrival information, as well as many other details. No previous sailing experience is necessary.
2014 Dates
Five-Day Programs for Teens (ages 15-18)
All voyages begin at 9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. Program costs: $920/member and $970/non-member
- June 16-20 — SOLD OUT!
- June 23-27 – SOLD OUT!
- June 30-July 4 – SOLD OUT!
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- July 28-August 1 — SOLD OUT!
Ten-Day Programs for Teens (ages 15-18)
All voyages begin at 9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. Program costs: $1,870/member and $1,920/non-member
- July 7-16 – SOLD OUT!
- August 4-13 – SOLD OUT!
Brilliant is also available for charters to schools, scout groups and other organizations. Please visit our charter page for details.


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1 tablespoon
1/2 pound
beef shoulder steak, cubed
1 small
sweet potato, diced
carrots, sliced
red potatoes, diced
yellow onion, diced
1/2 teaspoon
garlic powder
ground black pepper to taste
1 cup
Irish stout beer (such as Guinness®)
1 (.75 ounce) packet
dry brown gravy mix
1/4 teaspoon
dried thyme
1/2 (17.5 ounce) package
frozen puff pastry, thawed
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 562
Calories from Fat: 299
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