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January 14, 2003, 08:32:24 AM »
There was an article some issues ago (was just looking for it but havent found it yet) about Afghanistan and was completely shot in digital.
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January 14, 2003, 09:51:15 PM »
So what's the difference between the different manipulations? Why is adding or subtracting an element to a photograph for esthetic reasons any worse than increasing saturation by using Velvia to make a reasonably drab scene seem more vibrant? Or using a split neutral density filter to reduce contrast versus digital blending? In all cases you are portraying something in your photo that is not true to the original scene.
Heck, you're snapping a very selective portion of the environment when you shoot a photograph, so there is every chance that your photo is not going to be representive of the environment you're shooting. And while we're at it, don't forget some people alter the environment. Have you ever moved a branch out of the way of the perfect flower? Why is this different than cloning it out (other than the obvious that it is a lot easier just to move the branch).
I don't see the problem in doing this type of manipulation for photography as art. Digital manipulation happens, manipulation happens in the "wet" darkroom, manipulation happens in the field before the shutter button is pressed. Anyone who thinks otherwise is deluding themselves, or shoots very boring photos.
One could make different arguments when the goal of the photograph is to accurately record or report an event, but this is far from solely an issue with digital. I highly recommend the ethics in photojournalism display at the Newseum (Arlington, VA, if it hasn't moved to DC yet). One of their most memorable cases is a civil war photographer using ferrotypes (perhaps his D60 was on indefinite backorder due to discontinuation ) who very accurately recorded scenes of dead soldiers (whose bodies he moved to put in more dramatic locations and poses to, in his opinion, better convey the tragedy of the war).
Must be my day to wax (rant?) philosophical. A long day...
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January 15, 2003, 10:24:01 AM »
Photography rides two horses: art and documentation. One has to be careful not to mix up art photography with documentary photography when discussing digital editing. We all realize that there is a whole issue of evidence faking etc. that is very valid in documentary photography.
But this site is focused on the fine art or art-for-art's-sake aspect of photography. If you do art photography and wish to hobble yourself with the technical restrictions that are appropriate for documentary photography, be my guest. This is certainly a valid use of the camera. But my training (and that of many other photographers) in the visual arts goes back to the world of paintbrush and canvas. If I had argued with any of my art teachers that I had included that particular composition-destroying branch in my latest painting because it was really there, he would neither have laughed nor scolded - he would simply have stared at me uncomprehendingly. My job and my obligation as an artist is to express
vision, not Mother Nature's vision.
Take a look at
painting by Gauguin. Do we really expect that the swineherder's shoes were bigger than his hat? Or
painting by Robert Bateman. Do you really believe Robert set up his easel at this location and painted exactly what he saw before his eyes? Does the probability that this was not the case in any way lessen your appreciation of the picture?
The Gauguin painting also illustrates another aspect of the matter: the camera
tell the truth, even without artifice. Not only is the swineherder's shoe bigger than his hat, he himself is bigger than the church steeple to his left or the houses to his right.
The Bateman painting was most likely done from a combination of personal experience and photographs. To the modern representational artist photography is neither an enemy nor an object of distain, but a very useful ally. Much of modern art is done in a genre called
realism. If painters are comfortable working hand-in-hand with photography, why should photographers be uncomfortable doing the equivalent in Photoshop? To me
this picture
by Robert Ganz is simply good art. If the thought police were to ban it on grounds of digital manipulation I would be very sad.
When I print and frame an image then hang it on a wall, my purpose is not to inform the viewer of what the world looked like on such-and-such a date at such-and-such a place. My purpose is to bring her joy.
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January 17, 2003, 07:40:05 PM »
It all comes down to context: how your work relates to the context you place it in. Are you trying to record a moment in time, or interpret an event or scene? If you claim a photo is an accurate document, and it's not, then the quality and meaning of your work is diminished. Unless of course (in this post-modern world) your art is that very act of deception. (Has anyone done that: photojournalistic-style photos of non-real events? It'd be cool.)
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January 19, 2003, 04:23:00 AM »
Unless of course (in this post-modern world) your art is that very act of deception. (Has anyone done that: photojournalistic-style photos of non-real events? It'd be cool.)
National Enquirer, Weekly World News, etc. Unless you actually believe that Elvis, Bill Clinton, aliens, Newt Gingrich, and the Bat-boy have power lunches together on the mother ship...
Somebody's making big bucks off of this stuff.
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January 14, 2003, 07:53:37 AM »
Reading the last post about National geographic refusing to accept digital images I had a few thoughts.
There are still a few prominant publications that IMO have an excessive paranoia about digital maniuplation and didigtal photography in general.There is just as muc oppporunity for maniuplation in analog film as there is in the digital medium. Granted it is easier for the layman to manipulate digital images but that is another story.
There are no 'real' photographs to begin with. A photograph is a 2 dimensional metaphor of a 3 dimensional world. National Geographic and other hard core film purists will argue about the 'fake digitally enhanced color schemes' of digital imaging etc....IMO the same applies to the use of filters and certain films with analog. A look at some of the shots in the NG images of the year shows some landsacape shots that are overly saturated and exagherated colors. Sorry but I don't think their overly saturated digital Velvia prints taken with warming filters and a polarizer really captures the 'true' colors any more than doing a saturation adjustment in Photoshop with a digital image. Get real. That sunset shot in the last NG issue is just as 'fake' as anything done with digital.
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January 14, 2003, 01:45:49 PM »
This is a subject i've been struggling with for some time. I am not concerned with the arguments regarding color correction, saturation, etc. We all know film and digital does not see a scene the way we do. Ones artistic vision of a scene will probably not match the original scene. This has been accepted.
What does concern me is the quantity of purely fictional scenes created today. Anyone here that frequents Photo.net submissions has certainly seen the rate of digital manipulations skyrocket. I am referring to images that have been altered in a way that removes or adds major elements. Many of these images are not labeled as ficticious or "content" altered. This bothers me. This is digital art and has little to do, in my opinion, with photography.
Concerning the National Geographic article posted in another thread they were talking specifically about an amateur submission contest. The whole article was not posted but I seriously doubt they would imply basic color adjustments, film saturation, etc was the problem here. The term "Digital Alteration" is certainly a broad brush. If anyone has a link to the entire article I would like to read it. I should hold off on futher comment until I have more information.
When I scan 4x5's I attempt to match the digital version to the original as closely as possible. For those chromes that were not exposed correctly I generally attempt to correct this in Photoshop. I don't consider these types of alterations a problem. Nor do I see conversion to black and white, duo-tone, etc. a problem.
I personally love using digital as a means to produce great prints without having the need for a darkroom. It has been a rocky road for sure but I think it has been good for photography in general.
I look to the future with some trepidation. I wonder if one day I will be asked if my prints are fake... Even today some people question the authenticity and validity of a print produced at home digitally. (Not me though ) Perhaps one day the line between reality and fiction will become so blurred as to have even the most ardent collector of art question whether that scene in his print even exists.
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January 15, 2003, 02:07:57 AM »
Actually in some ways it is a little more complex than any of these notes. Your brain "sees" - not your eyes. The image on your eyball is upside down, backwards, on the inside of a 1.2 inch ball. Your brain learns to see this what we think of as a correct representation. All flat images - digital or film based - are interpretations of reality. Now, a red zebra in a pack of black and white zebras is one thing, but Velvia is another. I suspect we are just going to have to accept an image as just that - an image, not a representation of reality. If the photographer wants it accepted a certain way, he should say - taken with Velvia, normal development, etc etc. willie408
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January 17, 2003, 01:15:55 PM »
To me this picture by Robert Ganz is simply good art. If the thought police were to ban it on grounds of digital manipulation I would be very sad.
No one wants to ban it. That's a straw man argument. There's nothing wrong with manipulation OR straight photography. What's wrong is pretending the categories should be blurred, or should I start sending Michael Richmann e-mails, asking him if he 'really' took those photos of wildlife or were they inserted after that fact? I don't think he'd appreciate the query.
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January 17, 2003, 08:36:01 PM »
It's been done on film (uh, read here "movies"). The "mockumentaries" Bob Roberts and Best of Show come to mind. Don't know that I've seen it for still photos, though.
That would be a great project. Hey - we could do a fake documentary about National Geographic faking all their photos with digital!
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January 18, 2003, 09:46:20 PM »
You mean Spinal Tap is... fake???
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January 19, 2003, 08:55:48 PM »
So are you saying that the National Enquirer, et al, are really just big art projects? They aren't freaks, they are postmodern, cutting-edge artistes who make Warhol and the rest look like amateurs? I love it!
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Yesterday, PAN joined United Farm Workers (UFW) for part of their 13-day, 200-mile pilgrimage to Sacramento, demanding fair policies for farmworkers.
About 20 people affliliated with PAN, including Co-Director Kathryn Gilje, joined the march for workers' rights yesterday morning on a stretch of highway between Lodi and Galt. "Peak fumigation season in California's strawberry fields is just a few weeks away," she said. "Governor Brown should follow the science, ensure fair treatment for farmworkers and take immediate steps to pull methyl iodide off the shelves."
"Puzzled by some of the numbers...not scientifically credible...apparent 'mix and match' approach." These are some of the phrases found in a pair of memos authored by California officials looking into the state's controversial decision to approve methyl iodide.
The documents were unearthed by attorneys at Earthjustice earlier this week, working on behalf of PAN and the United Farm Workers, among others. They substantiate what independent scientists had been saying all along: state officials caved to pressure from pesticide manufacturer Arysta LifeScience and approved the use of cancer-causing methyl iodide in California.
With peak fumigation season in California just weeks away, efforts to prohibit the use of cancer-causing methyl iodide in the state's strawberry fields have taken on a new level of urgency.
PAN joins partners today in Sacramento in staging a mock "fumigation" on the Capitol's west steps at 12:30pm to underscore the dangers posed by methyl iodide, and to keep the heat on Governor Jerry Brown. Dressed in "moon suits" and wearing gas masks, participants will simulate the process for fumigating strawberry fields: injecting the liquid pesticide into the ground – where it volatizes and becomes a gas – and sealing it into the soil with black tarps.
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I have in my .bashrc
export TERM=xterm-256color
but this cause blinking all colored text (ls --color, in vim etc.) in real console (CTRL + ALT + F1) .
So is there any possibility to recognize in which console I am (real or virtual) so I can export TERM variable with valid value?
I found alternative solution only:
for vim user (in .vimrc)
set t_Co=256
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I am repairing a 2010 F-350 rear differential housing that lost the pinion and the pinion wedged its self between the ring gear and the bottom of the housing. The crack is 1" long and 1/8" wide. I am trying to figure out what the best procedure(clean, grind, preheat, weld, anneal, post heat) is to complete the task. I was provided with All Stated super 275 rod, but I want to be positive and only do it once.
I will be using a syncrowave 300 with a stinger in DC mode to weld. The material is about 1/8" thick where the damage is too the housing. it is bottom center of the housing.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank You
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10-24-2013, 11:26 AM #1Junior Member
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Welding 2010 differential housing
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I don't mean to doubt your welding skills, but if you have a differential case with an open crack in it, getting it welded shut is the least of your worries. The case is now distorted. Welding it up won't undo the distortion. The chances that you'd ever be able to put that thing back together and get the gear mesh and bearing preloads correct and get them to stay that way are very, very small.
Welding might be good practice but I think you should be looking for a new axle!
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What the said. Scrap it and get another one
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As with the others that Axle is screwed. Personally I'd just stop drill it, heat it and mig weld it. No good can come from tigging it. And its not that the axle will fail on you, its the crap that will be thrown from it killing and maiming others behind you once it does fail.
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Most center sections these days are nodular iron I believe, I've seen people weld them with about everything, mig, tig, stick (7018, super missle, stainless, Ni55 & Ni99).
I've welded a few including one with about a 1 1/2" chunk blown out of it.
I'm no super expert but I've had success (after a big time degreasing) with this: 500 degree preheat, bevel as needed (well past the end of the crack), Ni99 rod making short (3/4"-1 1/2" beads) on the inside, grind anytime you think you need too, Keep the heat up all thru the welding, grind the reinforcement flush, flip it over and grind to sound weld metal and weld the outside the same way, post heat and wrap it up in fire blanket then wrap that with cheap house insulation.
Dye pen test the next day. I trussed the worst one just to give it a better chance at a long life. Last I heard it was still ok after several years.
I'll assume you'll check it for straigtness before installing the internals.
Like you said it's your decision but I'd check salvage yards for a good housing. But I don't even know what you're going to use it for.
I've shelled out a Dana 70 at highway speed and contrary to some posts the earth is still rotating on it's axis and no busloads of kindergardeners were slaughtered. Many small pieces were scattered about tho and the stench of overheated 90 weight forced some small children to run away screaming. Your experience may be much more deadly : )
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Is that a sterling 10.25 rear end? I think you are on the right track. Did you check to see how straight it still is? I'd weld it up either way. Worst case you are just improving your skills. Pre- and post-heat seem to be the most important things. I've welded them up with mig er70 and n99 stick rod and had good results. Don't skimp on the cleaning, that will really help. Good luck. And post up your resultsMillerMatic 251
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JTMcC, Thank you for your response. It is a small crack just enough to drip oil. The issue with this project it all the suspension brackets that are aftermarket. I spoke to the customer about the concern of integrity and he decided to fix this housing.
Elvis, Thank you for your response. It is a sterling 10.25 beefy everywhere except the bottom where it cracked.
Thank you.
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Clean repeat. ... cover anything that would have problems with a spot of splatter. Keep it hot before during and after. Skip the tig and reach for 7018
It was not made by God. But don't haul a trailer @ 75mph if it runs the least bit warmer/louder than the original or GOD may have to help fix your neck. Here in the land of rust: locked up diffs usually seize once you stop, but make for dirty shorts when they don't.
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Welding 2010 differential housing
Good advise JTMcC. Fixed Dana's and also used a mobile company that specialized in axle repair. Seen them cut off complete spindle on Dana, weld new one on ck & Straighten also guaranty the work. Can't remember name ?
Also hv a good friend that has a heavy frame shop (over 35 years) he straightens axles all the time. Even seen him fine tune new ones. There repairable.


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Link: Comic 29
Title: GUEST STRIP! By KC Green
Date: December 6, 2004
Summary: It's a GUEST COMIC! By KC Green! WHEEE!
Onomatopoeias used: "PLACE!"
Number of panels: 18
Panel 1
A title "BEAVER & STEVE in BEST FRIENDS FOREVER!"
Beaver and Steve enjoy a nice cup of tea in faux British fashion.
Panel 2
Beaver is in a hole. A deep dark hole.
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A light appears.
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There is a basket. It is hanging by a flashlight illuminating the hole.
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We see a silouhette of Steve, dangling the basket.
Steve: "It puts the lotion on its skin..."
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Steve: "... or else it get the hose again."
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Beaver complies.
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A silouhetted Steve still dangles the basket's rope.
Steve: "Now put the lotion in the basket."
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Beaver: "S..Steve...can't you jus--"
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Steve: "PUT THE LOTION IN THE F***ING BASKET!!"
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Beaver contemplates in silhouette.
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Beaver contemplates sans silouhette.
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Beaver PLACE!'s the lotion in the basket.
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The basket ascends out of the hole, taking the light source with it.
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Beaver is near tears.
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JOHNSONBURG – The Ramettes (2-3) held a 6-point lead late in the third quarter Monday against Cameron County (4-1) but inconsistent rebounding and foul lead to their demise, 46-42, against the visiting Lady Red Raiders.
Johnsonburg had built a 6-point lead with 2:45 on the clock as junior Brittany Watts, who paced all scorers with 15 points, scored a layup for the Ramettes' largest lead of the night.
Ridgway girls basketball lost 52-10 to Smethport in action Monday night at Ridgway Area High School.
The Lady Elkers were off to a slow start as Smethport scored the first 16 points of the game in the first quarter, the run capped by a Shannon Hughes 3-pointer with just more than two minutes left in the first half.
Ridgway broke the offensive drought with one minute left in the first quarter as Katie Oknefski hit a 2-point jump shot. Smethport led 18-2 at the end of the first quarter.
At the Summit Lodge and Grill on Monday, a packed house of about 200 hunters and enthusiasts gathered for the conclusion of the 7th annual Big Buck contest.
Food and drink were served and those in attendance took the opportunity to get reacquainted with old friends and perhaps make a few new ones. Many talked shop, recounted memorable hunts from this season and ones past and debated the finer points of rifle and bow hunting.
Ridgway Borough Council on Monday unanimously adopted a $5 million budget for 2012 that keeps taxes the same.
The 2012 budget which includes a general fund of $1,514,332 will keep the tax rate at 14.92 mills.
Council member Ralph Dussia made the motion to adopt the budget.
In other business, borough manager Martin Schuller said restorations of the Pennsy Railroad Station should be completed by May.
"We finally got the train station problem resolved," Schuller said. "The contractor is in the process of repairing the roof."
Monica Lynn Presley, 45, of Morrisville, died Friday, Dec. 16, 2011 as a result of an automobile accident.
Born in Bristol, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Gregory L. Presley and Kathryn (Stevens) Grenz, who survives.
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JAMESTOWN, N.Y. – Ridgway wrestling took second at the annual Jamestown Holiday Classic on Friday and Saturday.
Ridgway finished with a total of 163 team points and finished as the top team among Pennsylvania participants. Spencerport (N.Y.) was the overall winner with 216 points, the 14th time that school has won the event.
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The restoration of the building has been nearly 20 years in the making.
BROCKPORT – Brockway Borough Municipal Authority [BBMA] president Mike Arnold discussed the possibility of raising rates to cover the costs for three delinquent accounts in the Elbon area during Wednesday night's Horton Township Supervisors meeting.
After one quarter, Ridgway had the game in hand.
Curwensville was still searching for a basket.
Ridgway opened with a 29-0 lead after the first quarter and was not challenged in a 60-21 win over the Golden Tide Friday night in an AML South game at Ridgway Area High School.
"It's like going out and pitching a perfect game for one quarter," Allegretto said. "They did some good things defensively. I really challenged them. I wasn't real happy with our defense in the Smethport game with our starting five. They went out and tried to fix some things, I was real happy with it."


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A champion is a person who takes on a cause with passion, and fights for that cause.
Thursday night, at the Caldwell Chamber of Commerce's 94th Annual Dinner, "A Celebration of Champions," members of the Caldwell County community who have done that were honored. Members of Caldwell County governments, businesses, schools, hospitals and more gathered for the dinner and to hear the legacies of three individuals who have given themselves and their works to Caldwell.
The keynote address was given by Penn Dameron, executive director of the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, who spoke of the relationship between the mountain and surrounding attractions and the help that his foundation has received from Caldwell County, such as the bicycling race now called the Bridge Incredible Challenge that has connected the two for 25 years.
One of the starkest examples, he said, was when Grandfather Mountain needed a new eagle sanctuary. The Caldwell chamber was instrumental in a "penny war" fundraiser in local schools that ended up raising $9,400 for the foundation.
But the highlights of the night were the awards.
The chamber awarded the L.A. Dysart Awards, named for a bank executive from the Bank of Lenoir many years ago who was renowned for his outstanding citizenship, and given each year to a man and woman who embody that spirit of selfless citizenship.
The L.A. Dysart Woman of the Year was Trilla Annas, who spent nearly 45 years with the Caldwell County Department of Social Services so valuable to the organization that upon her 30th year with the organization, the county officially held "Trilla Annas Day." A conference room at DSS bears her name.
She has been involved in the community since graduating from Hudson High School in 1951, starting with DSS the next June. Among other roles in the community, she also was president of the Caldwell County Heart Association and was a charter member of the Granite Falls Business and Professional Women's Club.
"When I retired, I felt I needed to give back to the community or I felt my life would be a waste," Annas said. As she became involved, it snowballed and she became more and more involved, she said, "And I've enjoyed all of it."
The L.A. Dysart Man of the Year was Larry Taylor, a Caldwell County native and graduate of Lenoir High School, a successful business owner and volunteer. Taylor owns LW Taylor Development and Construction Co., volunteers as Hibriten High School's golf coach, and has served as Caldwell County commissioner, chairman of the Economic Development Commission, with the Caldwell Democratic Party and the Shelter Home and more.
The measure of a person is if the have made a difference to someone, said Ken Boham, president of Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute, who introduced Taylor. "And Larry Wilson Taylor has made a difference and continues to make a difference, and he's the quintessential embodiment of this award."
Taylor thanked the audience, the chamber and his "associates," saying, "Associates is a big word – remember, you are who you associate with."
The last award given wasn't an annual one. It was the Visionary Leadership Award, which hasn't been given in years.
Deborah Murray, executive director of the Caldwell County Economic Development Commission, introduced the recipient, Doug Johnson, the CEO of Blue Ridge Energies LLC, calling him a "visionary," a "legendary leader" and a "captain of industry." Johnson has led Blue Ridge into becoming one of the most successful energy cooperatives in the nation, as well as being heavily involved in Caldwell County, directing and founding a number of organizations, she said.
After accepting the award, Johnson spoke of the progress Caldwell County has made in recent years, helping Caldwell County citizens get an education and halving the unemployment rate, but said, "couldn't we get it under 6 percent in the next five years, get more citizens out of poverty?"
He ended his speech, and the dinner, with a challenge: "Let's not stop until everyone in Caldwell County has a chance to have a great life."


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Following his game-winning goal and helping pitch a shutout in a 1-0 win over the Philadelphia Union on Saturday, midfielder Ricardo Clark earned MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week honors for Week 29.
Clark's header was his second against Philadelphia this season, both resulting in 1-0 Dynamo wins. It was Clark's third goal of the year, matching a career high.
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One game changes everything. A week ago, the Dynamo were sitting just outside the playoff picture. After a 1-0 in Philadelphia over the Union, they're now alone in fourth place with 40 points. Of course, there's no time to relax with six games left, as everything can get jumbled up again just as fast. With that, let's look around the conference to see how the rest of the playoff contenders ended up.
Columbus Crew 2, Montreal Impact 1
Just when you're ready to write the Crew off, they go and do something like this. Go on the road and get a comeback win over one of the top three teams in the East. Their playoff hopes still look to be dependent on other results, but they do have games three games remaining against two teams—Chicago and New England—that are also fighting for one of those final playoff spots. Columbus has played 29 games though, whereas most of their competition have only played 28.
Montreal, on the other hand, stays put with 45 points and in second place. They hold two games in hand over first-place New York and thus have a small edge in terms of points per game.
New York Red Bulls 2, Toronto FC 0
New York broke the three-way tie at the top of the table with a road win over Toronto FC, leaving Montreal and Sporting Kansas City behind for the moment. New York is one of three teams in the top eight of the conference that have played 29 games, while Montreal and Kansas City have only played 27 and 28, respectively. Expect plenty more jostling in those spots as teams make up those games.
Chicago Fire 3, New England Revolution 2
New England and Philadelphia started the weekend in playoff spots, but flipped positions with their opponents after Saturday night. Chicago took all three points after an 86th minute game-winner from Alex, and jumped into the fifth playoff spot, just one point behind the Dynamo. New England is now two points outside of playoff group. Chicago is tied on points with Philadelphia (with a game in hand), but is rated ahead by virtue of having more wins than the Union.
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- Home Goal Differential
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The Dynamo currently have 11 wins; one more than Philadelphia, New England and Columbus, equal with Chicago, two less than Kansas City and Montreal, and three less than New York. Houston has scored the least amount of goals out of the top eight, however.
Now that the Dynamo are in playoff position, it's time to create some separation and possibly make a move into the top three spots—which would avoid a one-game playoff to start the postseason. The mission starts this Saturday against Chivas USA at BBVA Compass Stadium, get your tickets here to catch the action!
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Nymphomaniac SynopsisNymphomaniac: Part One is the story of Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg), a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac who is discovered badly beaten in an alley by an older bachelor, Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård), who takes her into his home. As he tends to her wounds, she recounts the erotic story of her adolescence and young-adulthood (portrayed in flashback by Stacy Martin). PART ONE also stars Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Connie Nielsen and Udo Kier.
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Nymphomaniac: Part One and Nymphomaniac: Part Two mark Lars von Triers follow-up to his critically acclaimed film, Melancholia (released by Magnolia in 2011), and is his third consecutive collaboration with Charlotte Gainsbourg. A groundbreaking filmmaker for more than two decades, von Triers other films credits include Antichrist, Dogville, Dancer in the Dark, and Breaking the Waves. Nymphomaniac is produced by Louise Vesth for Zentropa Entertainments.
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Friday, May 09, 2003JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (May 9, 2003) -- East Tennessee State baseball fans will be able to follow all of this weekend's action on the internet, as the Buccaneers get set to face Furman in a three-game series at Greenville, S.C. Click here for a direct link to Furman's live stats page or visit www.furmanpaladins.com for updated box scores, statistics, and scoring summaries. The two teams will begin play Friday night at 7 p.m. Tonight's probable starting pitchers are Tim Turner for ETSU and Furman's Jon Stallsmith. Stallsmith is a senior right-hander with a 3-4 record this season to go along with a 3.39 ERA. Turner, a 6-foot-2 southpaw, is 2-5 on the hill with a 5.69 ERA. ETSU enters the series with an overall record of 14-29 and is 9-14 in Southern Conference games. The Paladins are 25-21 overall with a 14-13 mark in the SoCon.
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At Pax River, some of the service contractors who cut the grass or clean buildings, Duval said, have been doing that work for years, even decades in some cases. And, they're proud of what they've accomplished, he said. People often drive on base and comment on how beautiful the lawns and foliage are. Now, union workers say, grass isn't scheduled to be cut weekly and could be allowed to grow for two or three weeks at a time.
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"If you like the natural sweet flavor of butternut squash, you'll love this risotto! It is so creamy and full of flavor! Great as a side dish or main course."
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2 tablespoons
onion, minced
1 cup
Arborio rice
1/3 cup
dry white wine
5 cups
hot chicken stock
1/4 cup
grated Parmesan cheese
salt and ground black pepper to taste
Loved this! So delicious and flavorful, especially once the parmesan has been added. Peeling and chopping butternut squash is a pain. Here's my suggestion - simply cut the squash in half and remove the seeds with a spoon. Then, place (peel down) on a baking sheet and bake at 400 for 40-45 min, or until the squash is tender. Then, just scoop out the squash and voila! easy puree!
My kids & hubby LOVED this recipe, but for me I am a fan of more savory risotto recipes. So I tried to add things to make it more to my taste buds - I amended the recipe as per other feedback and doubled the squash & rice amount, but I also added garlic with the onions, and placed about 2/3 cup chopped brown mushrooms with the 4th cup of broth and then added a pinch of cinnamon & allspice and parsley for some more flavor. I would also recommend that you wait until the VERY end to add the squash (not half up front as per recipes directions). My experience with risotto is that you must let the liquid absorption happen before adding the flavoring ingredients. In this case, the thickness of the squash interfered with the broth absorption and made it more difficult to stir and it would sometimes stick to the bottom...
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This was delicious! I will be making this over and over again.
A tip if you are short on time or don't want to spend the time cooking/cuting/mashing a fresh butternut squash: you can substitute a 10 oz. box from the freezer section with the same results. It is alread pureed, just pop it in the microwave to have it at a hot temperature and then add it in two batches (half in the beginning, half toward the end).
This was soooo good. Thanks Ms. Chef!
Wow, I really loved this risotto! I do have to say that I chopped my squash and cooked it before peeling as someone recommended and completely regretted it. I was chopping off squash skins for like 30 minutes. Fortunately, this is the most delicious thing I've eaten in quite some time. Taking another reviewer's advice, I only used 3 cups of chicken broth and it was perfect. Thanks for the recipe!
I love butternut squash and have made this recipe several times now, tweaking a bit differently each time. My favorite version uses a package of pre-cubed/peeled squash dusted with cinnamon and nutmeg from Whole Foods. I roast it for 20 minutes instead of steaming. I use 3 cups of veggie stock and 1 cup of Pacific butternut squash soup. I've added chopped crimini mushrooms once as well, this is a fabulous risotto!
This was my first try at a squash risotto after having become a risotto cook with the mushroom-gorgonzola variety. Using tips I saw from other recipes I opted for putting in only half the squash with the first 3rd of the stock, and added the rest when the recipe was near completion. That helped me control the consistency. I made a 1-1/2 recipe, and I ended up with a lot of leftover stock. I also roasted my squash rather than steamed it. It seemed to me an easier way to prepare the squash since you don't have to peel and chop or own a steamer basket.
I've made basic risotto bunches of times - everyone here is right - the proportions are off. If you double the rice and the squash it turns into a great vegetarian main dish.
Risotto is a staple in our house, and I make it often. I found this version to be pretty bland, and, as others have pointed out, it uses way too much stock. Next time I would add a tbsp of brown and some cinnamon to try and add flavor. I would also roast the squash instead of steaming it.
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