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Cascadia (independence movement)
Cascadia |
Boundaries of the bioregion in respect to current political territorial entities (Washington, Oregon and British Columbia).
Capital | undecided |
Largest city | Seattle |
National language | Pacific Northwest English, Spanish, Cantonese, Chinook Wawa, multiple First Nations languages |
Demonym | Cascadian |
Area | |
• Total
1,384,588 km2 (534,592 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 2014 estimate
15,638,140 |
• 2010 census
15,105,870 |
GDP (PPP) | 2014 estimate |
• Total
US$825 billion estimate [1][2][3] |
• Per capita
$53,600 estimate |
GDP (nominal) | 2013 estimate |
• Per capita
$40,217 (2006)[4] (8th) |
HDI | 0.914 very high |
Drives on the | right |
^ a. *Statistics are compiled from US and Canadian census records by combining information from the states of Washington, Oregon and the province of British Columbia. If the entire Cascadian bioregion was taken into account, GDP and population would be much higher. Many values use exchange rates, which may vary
Cascadia is a bioregion and possible proposed country located within the western region of North America. Potential boundaries differ, with some drawn along existing political state and provincial lines, and others drawn along larger ecological, cultural, political, and economic boundaries.
The country might consist of Washington, Oregon, portions of other U.S. states and British Columbia, Canada. At its maximum extent, Cascadia would stretch from coastal Southeast Alaska in the north into Northern California in the south, and inland to include parts of Idaho, Western Montana, Wyoming, and Yukon. More conservative proposed borders include the land west of the crest of Cascade Range, and the western side of British Columbia.
As measured only by the combination of present Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia statistics, Cascadia would be home to slightly more than 15 million people (15,105,870), and would have an economy generating more than US$675 billion worth of goods and services annually.[5][6][7] This number would increase if portions of Northern California, Idaho, and Southern Alaska were also included. By land area Cascadia would be the 20th largest country in the world, with a land area of 534,572 sq mi (1,384,588 km2), placing it behind Mongolia.[8] Its population would be similar in size to that of Ecuador, Guatemala, or Zambia.
Description of the movement[edit]
There are several reasons why the Cascadia movement aims to foster connections and a sense of place within the Pacific Northwest region and strive towards independence. The main reasons stated by the movement include environmentalism, bioregionalism, privacy, civil liberties and freedom,[9] increased regional integration, and local food networks and economies.[10]
The designer of the Doug flag, Alexander Baretich, claims that Cascadia is not necessarily about secession but is rather about survival of peak oil, global warming, and other pending environmental and socioeconomic problems.[11]
Colonial background[edit]
19th century[edit]
Oregon Country and Columbia District[edit]
The Oregon Country and the Columbia District are precursors to Cascadia.
An 1813 letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Jacob Astor congratulated Astor on the establishment of Fort Astoria (the coastal fur trade post of Astor's Pacific Fur Company) and described Fort Astoria as "the germ of a great, free, and independent empire on that side of our continent, and that liberty and self-government spreading from that as well as from this side, will insure their complete establishment over the whole." He went on to criticize the British, who were also establishing fur trade networks in the region: "It would be an afflicting thing, indeed, should the English be able to break up the settlement. Their bigotry to the bastard liberty of their own country, and habitual hostility to every degree of freedom in any other, will induce the attempt."[12][13] The same year of Jefferson's letter, Fort Astoria was sold to the British North West Company, based in Montreal.
John Quincy Adams agreed with Jefferson's views about Fort Astoria, and labeled the entire Northwest as "the empire of Astoria",[14] although he also saw the whole continent as "destined by Divine Providence to be peopled by one nation."[15] As late as the 1820s James Monroe and Thomas Hart Benton thought the region west of the Rockies would be an independent nation.[15]
Elements among the region's colonist population starting in the 1840s sought to form their own country, despite their small number. Oregon pioneer John McLoughlin was employed as the "Chief Factor" (regional administrator) by the Hudson's Bay Company for the Columbia District, administered from Fort Vancouver. McLoughlin was a significant force in the early history of the Oregon Country, and argued for its independence.[16] In 1842 McLoughlin (through his lawyer) advocated an independent nation that would be free of the United States during debates at the Oregon Lyceum.[16] This view won support at first and a resolution was adopted. When the first settlers of the Willamette Valley held a series of politically foundational meetings in 1843, called the "Wolf Meetings," a majority voted to establish an independent republic.[17] Action was postponed by George Abernethy of the Methodist Mission to wait on forming an independent country.[16]
In May 1843, the settlers in the Oregon Country created their first "western style" government as a Provisional Government. Several months later the Organic Laws of Oregon were drawn up to create a legislature, an executive committee, a judicial system, and a system of subscriptions to defray expenses. Members of the ultra-American party insisted that the final lines of the Organic Act would be "until such time as the USA extend their jurisdiction over us" to try to end the Oregon Territorial independence movement. George Abernethy was elected its first and only Provisional Governor, with an opposing faction led by Osborne Russell favoring independence. Russell proposed that the Oregon Territory not join the United States, but instead become a Pacific Republic that stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the Continental Divide.
British claims north of the Columbia River were ceded to the United States by the contentious Oregon Treaty of 1846. In 1860, there were three different statements from separate influential individuals on the creation of a "Pacific Republic".[18]
Civil War[edit]
When the Southern states of the U.S. seceded to form the Confederate States of America, some Oregon Territory settlers reacted to the instability of the union as another opportunity to seek independence.
Californians unsympathetic to the Union also pushed for the reestablishment of the Republic of California as an independent entity.[citation needed] The leader of California's federal forces at the outset of the Civil War was himself a supporter of the Confederate cause, but that movement proved weaker than its opposition. For his role in convincing Californians to remain in the Union, Thomas Starr King was honored as one of the two "heroes of California" in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection[19] until 2009, when his statue was replaced by one of Ronald Reagan.[20]
While independence movements during this time failed to take root, the Pacific Northwest continued to foment a radical and aggressive form of regionalism. This is exemplified by Adell M. Parker, president of the University of Washington Alumni Association, in his speech at the groundbreaking of the Seattle campus:
"That the West should un-falteringly follow the East in fashions and ideals would be as false and fatal as that America should obey the standards of Europe. Let the West, daring and unprejudiced, discover its own ideals and follow them. The American standard in literature and philosophy has long been fixed by the remote East. Something wild and free, something robust and full will come out of the West and be recognized in the final American type. Under the shadow of those great mountains a distinct personality shall arise, it shall adopt other fashions, create new ideals, and generations shall justify them" ("With Due Formality," 1894).[21]
20th century[edit]
State of Jefferson[edit]
After attempts in the mid 19th century at forming a State of Jefferson prior to becoming Oregon and then again in the 1930s, citizens attempted the best known of such movements in the region. During 1940 and 1941, organizers attracted media attention by arming themselves and blockading Highway 99 to the south of Yreka, California, where they collected tolls from motorists and passed out proclamations of independence. When a California Highway Patrolman turned up on the scene, he was told to "get down the road back to California." The movement was created to draw attention to the area by proposing that Southern Oregon and Northern California secede from their respective state governments to form a separate state within the United States.[22] A perceived lack of attention and resources from their state governments led to the adoption of a flag design bearing a gold pan and two X's, a "double cross."[23] The movement quickly ended, however, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.
Stanton Delaplane's coverage of the State of Jefferson won the 1942 Pulitzer Prize for Reporting.
In 1956, groups from Cave Junction, Oregon and Dunsmuir, California threatened to tear Southern Oregon and Northern California from their respective state rulers to form the State of Jefferson.[23]
Ernest Callenbach's environmental Utopian novel Ecotopia (1975) follows an American reporter, William Weston, on his tour through a secretive republic (the former Washington, Oregon, and northern California) 20 years after their secession from the U.S. At first wary and uncomfortable, Weston is shown a society that has been centrally planned, scaled down, and readapted to fit within the constraints of environmental sustainability.
Regional identity[edit]
The idea of Cascadia as an economic cross-border region has been embraced by a wide diversity of civic leaders and organizations. The "Main Street Cascadia" transportation corridor concept was formed by former mayor of Seattle Paul Schell during 1991 and 1992.[24] Schell later defended his cross-border efforts during the 1999 American Planning Association convention, saying "that Cascadia represents better than states, countries and cities the cultural and geographical realities of the corridor from Eugene to Vancouver, B.C."[25] Schell also formed the Cascadia Mayors Council, bringing together mayors from cities along the corridor from Whistler, British Columbia, to Medford, Oregon. The council last met in May 2004.[26] Other cross-border groups were set up in the 1990s, such as the Cascadia Economic Council and the Cascadia Corridor Commission.[27] These groups were established to focus on transportation issues, and have not advocated secession or independence.
The region is served by several cooperative organizations and interstate or international agencies, especially since 2008 with the signing of the Pacific Coast Collaborative which places new emphasis on bio-regionally coordinated policies on the environmental, forestry and fishery management, emergency preparedness and critical infrastructure, regional high-speed rail and road transportation as well as tourism[28]
Under some definitions, Cascadia is energy sufficient, due to the high propensity for renewable energy resources (mostly hydroelectric and geothermal) and supplies many other western states such as California and Idaho with some electricity.
The area from Vancouver B.C. down to Portland[29] has been termed an emerging megaregion by the National Committee for America 2050, a coalition of regional planners, scholars, and policy-makers. This group defines a megaregion as an area where "boundaries [between metropolitan regions] begin to blur, creating a new scale of geography".[30] These areas have interlocking economic systems, shared natural resources and ecosystems, and common transportation systems link these population centers together. This area contains 17% of Cascadian land mass, but more than 80% of the Cascadian population. Programs such as the enhanced drivers license program can be used to more easily cross the border between Washington and British Columbia.[31]
Public support for secession[edit]
A research study by the Western Standard in 2005 found that support for exploring secession from Canada was at 35.7% in British Columbia, and 42% in Alberta.[32] While difficult to gauge support specifically in Washington and Oregon, because no research has been done for those states, a nationwide poll by Zogby International in 2008 found that 22% of Americans now support a state's or region's right to peacefully secede from the United States, the highest rate since the American Civil War.[33] However, none of these studies are specifically about forming an independent Cascadia. The movement saw much discussion in the 1990s,[24] and while the increase in security and American nationalism after 9/11 set back the movement's momentum for some time, the concept has continued to become more ingrained into society and the public consciousness.[24] In January 2011, Time magazine included Cascadia number eight on a list of "Top 10 Aspiring Nations", noting it "has little chance of ever becoming a reality".[34]
Secessionist activism[edit]
Cascadian secessionist movements generally state that their political motivations deal mostly with political, economic, cultural and ecological ties, as well as the beliefs that the eastern federal governments are out of touch, slow to respond, and hinder state and provincial attempts at further bioregional integration.[35] These connections go back to the Oregon Territory, and further back to the Oregon Country, the land most commonly associated with Cascadia, and the last time the region was treated as a single political unit, though administered by two countries.[35] Some have asserted that political protest in the wake of the 2004 presidential election appears to be the primary reason for renewed separatist movements throughout states with substantial Democratic majorities, such as Washington and Oregon.[36]
On 9 September 2001, the Cascadian National Party website was launched on Angelfire, with the goal of launching a political party dedicated to the independence of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, but faltered quickly.[36]
Active since 2006, the largest group promoting the idea of Cascadia is CascadiaNow! with more than 9,000 readers on the Cascadia Subreddit[37] 17,976 on Facebook,[38] 3,853 on Twitter,[39] and dozens of members actively working within chapters throughout the Northwest.[40] As a non-profit social movement organization, CascadiaNow! does not actively support secession or any form of political organizing, but instead focuses on Cascadia as a positive, inclusive social and cultural movement. Its goal is to raise awareness about Cascadia, help make a positive impact in the Pacific Northwest, and to build a vibrant and inclusive bioregional community. The organization has been featured in The New York Times, Seattle Times, Crosscut Magazine, The Oregonian, The Portland Monthly and Time Magazine.
One of the few active groups calling for independence is the Cascadian Independence Party.[41] Active since 2013, the majority of organizing is done through online platforms such as Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter, embracing a non-traditional horizontal organizing model.
Other groups discussing the Cascadia concept, such as the Sightline Institute, Crosscut.com, and Cascadia Prospectus, see the concept as one of a transnational cooperative identity, not secession.[citation needed] Still others, such as the Republic of Cascadia, are whimsical expressions of political protest.
Cascadian independence has seen a resurgence in popularity following the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States on 8 November 2016, with a secession referendum proposed in Oregon.[42] The individuals who put forward the proposal have since withdrawn their petition.[43]
In popular culture[edit]
- The Doug flag showing a Douglas fir tree appears to be the most commonly adopted flag of the Cascadian movement.[44] Designed in 1994 by Portland, Oregon native and Cascadian independence activist Alexander Baretich,[45] its blue represents sky and the Pacific Ocean, the white represents clouds and snow, and the green represents the forest.[46] As of 2010, the "Doug" has also been adopted by the Portland Timbers Timbers Army, sometimes of giant size.[47] In 2010, Hopworks Urban Brewery in Portland introduced Secession Black IPA with the Doug flag as part of its label.[48] Hopworks has since dropped the "Black India Pale Ale" idiom in favor of the more etymologically correct moniker Secession Cascadian Dark Ale.[49]
- The documentary Occupied Cascadia is focused on bioregionalism and environmentalism, and explores concepts of decolonization, and the growth of the Cascadia independence movement.[50]
- The 2005 North American Science Fiction Convention (or NASFiC), Cascadia Con, presented itself as a Cascadian convention, using material from the Republic of Cascadia website, and other sources.[51]
- In 2016, the book Towards Cascadia was published in paperback. It explores the societal identity of the Pacific Northwest, the concepts of bioregionalism and freedom, pressing civic issues, and the possibility of Cascadian independence achieved both peacefully and constitutionally.[52]
See also[edit]
- Cascadia (bioregion)
- Cascadia Cup, a trophy which is awarded each season to the best Major League Soccer team in the Pacific Northwest.
- Laurentia (bioregion), another bioregional and cultural region shared by the United States and Canada
- Lincoln (proposed Northwestern state)
- Oregon boundary dispute
- Republic of Jamtland, a rural area in Scandinavia that shares similarities with Cascadia on ways of existence and border areas and outside influences cutting into it, and its flag.
- Secession in the United States
- Secessionist movements of Canada
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- ^ "Interview with Alexander Baretich on the topic of Cascadia". The Portland Radicle.
- ^ a b Jefferson, Thomas (1900). John P. Foley, ed. The Jeffersonian cyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 61. ISBN 0-8462-0887-3. OCLC 2339771. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
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- ^ Ronda, James P. (1993). Astoria and Empire. University of Nebraska Press. p. xii. ISBN 978-0-8032-8942-0. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ a b Horsman, Reginald (1981). Race and Manifest Destiny: The Origins of American Racial Anglo-Saxonism. Harvard University Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-674-94805-1. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ a b c Hines, Joseph Wilkinson. "CHAPTER VIII. The Provisional Government". Touching incidents in the life and labors of a pioneer on the Pacific coast since 1853. Library of Congress. Retrieved 11 February 2007.
- ^ "Oregon History Project". Ohs.org. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ p. 310 Ellison, William Henry. A Self-Governing Dominion, California, 1849–1860. University of California Press, 1978
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- ^ a b c Will, Gudrun (2006). "Cascadia Calling". Vancouver Review. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ Planners ponder the future of 'Cascadia', Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- ^ Cascadia Corridor, Discovery Institute
- ^ Blatter, Joachim (2000). "Emerging Cross-Border Regions as a Step Toward Sustainable Development?". International Journal of Economic Development. 2 (3): 402–439. ISSN 1523-9748. OCLC 40894567. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
- ^ "Pacific Coast leaders build regional collaboration". Governor.wa.gov. 30 June 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ The Emerging Megaregions, map from National Committee for America 2050
- ^ Schned, Dan. "Megaregions". America 2050. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ "WA State Licensing: Projects and priorities – Enhanced Driver License Program". Dol.wa.gov. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
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- ^ "Top 10 Aspiring Nations". Time. 10 January 2011.
- ^ a b Vancouver, The (7 May 2008). "Cascadians: Shared Cultural Traits, Values". Canada.com. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ a b Washington, The (9 November 2004). "Blue states buzz over secession". The Washington Times. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ "Cascadia subreddit". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "CascadiaNow! Facebook page". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "CascadiaNow! Twitter page". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "CascadiaNow! the Cascadian Independence Project". Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ "The Cascadian Independence Party". Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Lehman, Chris. "Should Oregon Secede? Initiative Seeks To Ask Oregon Voters That Question". opb.org. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ Group withdraws Oregon secession petition
- ^ "Cascadia: the Elusive Utopia", Douglas Todd, captions within color photo section
- ^ Patail, Martin. "Cascadia Rising". PortlandMonthlymag.com. Portland Monthly. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ "Cascadia Flag". cascadianmycelium. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ "Kings of Cascadia | Pitch Invasion – A Blog Exploring Soccer Around The World". Pitch Invasion. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ "Hopworks Secession Black IPA arrives", article at beernews.org
- ^ "HopWorks–Secession Cascadian Dark Ale NEW Packaging", MyBeerBuzz.com 22 December 2010.
- ^ "Cascadia Matters".
- ^ FaxCascadia, Newsletter of CascadiaCon, the 2005 NASFiC, 2005.
- ^ M, Ryan (2016-07-26). "Towards Cascadia Now Available in Paperback". Towards Cascadia. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
Further reading[edit]
- Todd, Douglas. "Cascadians: Shared Cultural Traits, Values." The Vancouver Sun. 7 May 2008.
- Abraham, Kera. "A Free Cascadia." Eugene Weekly. 9 September 2006.
- Fleming, Thomas. "America's Crackup." National Review, 28 June 1997, Vol. 49, Issue 14
- Gauk, Matthew. "Welcome to the Evergreen Revolution." The Martlet, 9 November 2006.
- Henkel, William B. "Cascadia: A state of (various) mind(s)." Chicago Review, 1993, Vol. 39, Issue 3/4
- Jannsson, David. Divided we Stand, United We Fall (2006) – CounterPunch, 20 December 2006
- Ketcham, Christopher. "Most Likely to Secede – Interviews with a few prominent figures who actively promote self governance." Good Magazine, January 2008.
- Moothart, Ryan C. Towards Cascadia. Minneapolis, MN: Mill City Press. ISBN 978-1-63505-158-2.
- Nussbaum, Paul. "Coming together to Ponder Pulling Apart." Philadelphia Inquirer, November 2006.
- Overby, Peter. "We're outta here." Common Cause Magazine, Win92, Vol. 18, Issue 4
- Crane, David, Paul Fraser, and James D. Phillips. "Western Regionalism: Views on Cascadia." Canada-United States Law Journal, 2004, Vol. 30, p321-347, 22p
- Powell, Mark W. "The Americas: British Columbia's future may not lie with 'Old Canada'." Wall Street Journal. 9 Jun 1995. pg. A11
- Todd, Douglas (2008). Cascadia, The Elusive Utopia: Exploring the Spirit of the Pacific Northwest. Vancouver, B.C., Canada: Ronsdale Press. ISBN 978-1-55380-060-6.
- Will, Gudrun. "Cascadia Rising." Vancouver Review, 2006.
- Woodward, Steve. "Welcome to Cascadia" The Oregonian, 14 November 2004.
- "Welcome to Cascadia." The Economist, 5/21/94, Vol. 331, Issue 7864
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cascadia. |
- Free Cascadia.org, the website belonging to Alexander Baretich, designer of the Cascadian flag, and advocate of Bioregionalism.
- Cascadian Independence Project
- Towards Cascadia
- Cascadia Wiki
- Cascadian English Cascadians discuss their own regional dialect, and Chinook Jargon, Cascadia's original trade language
- Cascadia Related Links A list of websites related, both directly and indirectly, to Cascadia


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How can I find out more about ROTC? Stop by the Army ROTC office, which is located in Suite 210 of the Smith University Center, call one of the ROTC Officers at (843)661-1835 or 661-1836, or email CPT Lynds


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An allergy to cow's milk can occur at any age, but is most commonly found in babies. It's estimated that approximately 2- 3% of babies have a cow's milk allergy, which is usually outgrown as they mature. It is the protein in cow's milk that triggers an allergic reaction is some babies, which can cause them to be uncomfortable, unhappy or unwell.
A cow's milk allergy and lactose intolerance - the inability to digest the sugar lactose - are two different conditions. Lactose intolerance is actually quite rare in babies and tends to develop in older children and adults.
If your baby is allergic to the protein in cow's milk, you will begin to see symptoms appear within a few months of birth.
Some symptoms can appear rapidly. These can include:
Some symptoms don't appear for 7-10 days. They can include:
Most children suffering from these symptoms as a result of a cow's milk allergy are likely to outgrow the allergy by the
time they are 2 years.
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The latest set of visuals off Nas and Damian Marley's Distant Relatives album aren't quite as slick as those for "Patience," but they're still pretty solid. The video for "Land of Promise" blends performance footage of the duo during their recent trip to Kingston, Jamaica's neighborhood of Trench Town. It's an appropriate setting for the reggae-heavy track considering the players involved. That goes especially for posthumous guest Dennis Brown, whose track "Promised Land," was sampled here.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — In his first public comments since being banned for life from the NBA, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling apologized for racist comments captured on tape, saying they were a "terrible mistake."
In the interview taped Sunday and set to air Monday with CNN's Anderson Cooper, Sterling says he's "not a racist," he loves the league, his partners and believes he's "entitled to one mistake" after more than three decades as an owner.
The interview came nearly two weeks after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling for his comments, fined him $2.5 million and urged the other league owners to force him to sell the team.
Sterling said he waited to make a public apology because he was "emotionally distraught" and he didn't know how to correct his mistake.


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The Ottawa Senators have reportedly laid off employees and requested reduced work weeks for all office staff in the wake of the NHL lockout.
The Ottawa Senators' Cyril Leeder. (Photo by Joël Côté-Cright)
Senators president Cyril Leeder said "a significant number" of the company's 170 staff have received layoff notices, but declined to give specific numbers except to say it was more than 10 people, according to media reports.
Remaining full-time staff have been asked to take a reduced work week to save costs. The hockey club will give season ticket holders the choice of cancelling their purchases, or allowing the organization to keep the money at a five-per-cent interest rate.
Additionally, the Senators cancelled the 2012 Bell Sens Charity Golf Classic.
A collective bargaining agreement between NHL owners and players expired Saturday. NHL owners have since locked out the players.
The regular season was scheduled to start Oct. 11, but the start date for training camps has already been pushed back indefinitely from the scheduled opening date of Sept. 21.
The Senators hockey club is just one part of Senators Sports & Entertainment, which has four business units and a charitable portion all told. However, hockey figures prominently into the revenues for the other portions of the company.
Scotiabank Place's revenues come from hockey games, concerts and other events, while Capital Tickets provides services for Senators games, the Ottawa 67's, Bluesfest and Centrepointe Theatre.
The Senators also are part of a private-public partnership with the city, called Capital Sports Management, that handles the Bell Sensplex in Kanata and Cavanagh Sensplex in West Carleton.
On Monday, Mr. Leeder pledged the Sens Foundation, which is the charitable portion of the Senators, would be affected as little as possible by the lockout.


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I bought this small digital TV to replace a 2 inch TV that's not digital. I live in a suburb outside Chicago (25 miles) and found out that I can't get the local channels for CBS, NBC, WLS, WGN, PBS, etc. I was told by ABT and the company that makes this TV that the digital signals are now not strong enough to receive the transmission. I was able to get other cities for some of the basic channels, but even these break up at times and get the 'no signal' mesage. There were some other features that appeared nice (radio, voice recorder, but don't waste your money if you want to get the local channels with watching this TV. You'll just get the 'no signal', with even using the outside antenna provided.
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although i purchased this product from my amex points its a solid player....the screen is very clear even in the sun...the sound is very loud which is good when there's road noise in the car....the only short coming is the tv reception....i know it depends where you live but even in the new york city area it was difficult to get stations to come in clearly if at all...also, the straps for the bag only allow it to hand behind a single seat for one person to view the screen...the bag straps should be longer or configurable to hang it in between the front seats so more people can view the dvd player
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7 March 2013 Last updated at 07:34 GMT
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) group has apologised to customers who faced disruption to their banking services on Wednesday night.
Customers at RBS, Ulster Bank and NatWest reported problems with online and phone banking, cash withdrawals and debit card payments.
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More importantly than their value as a foodstuff, Pringles come in a fantastic piece of packaging. A cardboard tube around a foot long, lined with substantial foil, one end of the container is metal and at the other is a removable plastic cap. It is specially designed to have a diameter large enough to allow entry for the hands of children and female adults, but too narrow for an adult male to penetrate. This forced us to tip the contents into a dish and eat them from there. However, it seemed a real shame to simply discard the packaging.
Another use had to be found.
Fortune was on our side as we both knew of another feature of that household that went unused. It was time to combine the two items so they could finally realise their full potential. We approached the gas cooker, experimented for an hour or two and came up with this.
Equipment: 1 box of matches, one Pringles tube, 1 gas cooker. 1 fire extinguisher recommended.
Note: This is easiest with two people.
Step 1: Assess the value of your life and the lives of those around you. Make an informed decision as to how much you are willing to risk them. This could be dangerous.
Step 2: Make a small hole through the side of the Pringles tube around an inch from the metal base. This should have a similar diameter to a biro.
Step 3: Prop open all doors between you and the outside world so you can get out of the building quickly.
Step 4: Remove the plastic lid from the Pringles tube.
Step 5: Invert the tube so that the open end covers one of the hobs on your gas cooker.
Step 6: Place your thumb over the hole by the other end of the tube and keep it there.
Step 7: Turn on the gas supply to the covered hob. Do not light it.
Step 8: Wait for around five seconds for the tube to fill with gas and then turn off the supply.
Step 9: Quickly replace the plastic lid, keeping the tube inverted until it is secured.
Step 10: Recommended, though not essential: Take the gas filled tube outside.
Step 11: Hold the tube horizontally at arm's length with the small hole pointing down and with the plastic lid pointing away from people, animals and fragile objects.
Step 12: Remove thumb from hole.
Step 13: Strike a match and hold it to the hole.
That's all there is to it, really. We had a lot of fun experimenting with the size of the hole. We found that if you made the hole too small the gas could not burn fast enough and you'd get a poor effect. It would not create enough force to blow the lid off the tube, but would just burn outwards through the small hole. When we made the hole too large we got a similar effect and a large flame out of the small hole. At one specific size, which we failed to recreate, it actually whistled and threw sparks out.
However, when you get it right you can expect to get a small explosion that blows the plastic lid off the end of the tube and produces a flame up to two feet long.
We never hurt ourselves or broke anything doing this, even when we started off indoors, but I would advise you take care if you decide to try it yourself.
Ingredients! Dried potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn oil, cottonseed oil, and/or sunflower oil), malodextrin (from corn), and dextrose (from corn)
Hmn. The Latin prefix 'mal' means 'bad', right? So 'mal'dextrin...hmn...must be some bad corn. This contents of the happy little can leave the consumer with an extra 290 calories, 180 from fat. Altogether there are twenty grams of fat (remember, the 'net weight' is only 50 grams), five of these saturated. No cholesterol! Yippee! 330 mg of sodium - not bad compared to Ramen. 26g carbs. 2 grams protein and 'dietary fiber', 8% vitamin C (?), and 2% iron. And all of this based on a 2,000 calorie diet.... So let's see. 20+26+2+2 = 50. Very well. In other words, 40% of my Pringles are fat. Yum. Now don't get me wrong - I love Pringles. I think Pringles are great. And to all you people at Procter & Gamble, in Cincinnati Ohio, good job. Thank you for making your cans out of recycled material. I really appreciate it. I couldn't justify eating them otherwise. "Quiet, dieticians! They're recyclable!" To eat or not to eat? Thoughts of a salty mind in a greasy season.
The shape of a Pringle is the surface of a hyperboloid (or maybe a paraboloid, I dunno) of two sheets bounded by an elliptical cylinder. This shape gives the Pringle strength to survive shipment and uniformity to stack a lot of them into a little can. If someone would like to take some measurements and derive some equations, you can put them here. If you'd rather build stuff with them, please read on.
One day, I constructed what I christened simply The Pringle Thing. I took a bunch of Pringles and started stacking them up, overlapping them for support, until they formed a freestanding hollow tube. This required no adhesive or external support of any kind. I have photographic evidence, honest!
The Pringle's two axes have different curvatures; the short axis has a more pronounced curvature than the long axis. So far, I've only used the short axis to build the Thing, making a longer but squatter tube, but it seems possible (and I encourage this!) to construct a taller one on the long axis, also with no external support.
I wonder what other constructions are possible with this versatile snack?
Pringles contain (In descending order of significance in the composition):
So why are you Mr. Pringles' bitch? Because you are evolved to want foods that give you energy. Now. Don't wait - it might be gone later! All of the ingredients above are prime sources of energy. Fat is pretty much the best taste ever for humans, and sugar is pretty top too. You also need those more complex carbohydrates, the starches, for longer-term energy. Salt is nature's flavour enhancer, and a vital component in your diet. Hard to come by when you don't live near the sea. Those of you who have a "no protein with carbohydrate" diet can rest assured that with less than 0.3% protein, Pringles won't ruin your child's stuntedness!
With pringles giving you all the kinds of energy-bearing food you need, your instincts are telling you that you want them, as when winter sets in, who can tell where the next Big Mac is going to come from?
The year was 1968. Vince Lombardi had led the Green Bay Packers to their 2nd Super Bowl appearance. "Just hit, just run, just block, and just tackle," he told his team before Super Bowl II. They went on to rout the American Football League champion Oakland Raiders 33-14. James Anderson, Jr. became the first black Marine awarded a Medal of Honor. He died cradling a grenade like it was a child to shield the rest of his platoon from the blast. "His personal heroism, extraordinary valor, and inspirational supreme self-sacrifice reflected great credit upon himself and the Marine Corps," Lyndon B. Johnson said. That December, Elvis Presley made his triumphant return to the concert stage with the televised '68 Comeback Special. Steve Binder, the director of the special, said that Elvis "had the attitude of, this is our little window of opportunity to do something that he'd been yearning to do for a long time," and gave it all he could - practically living on the set! - and the results were spectacular. The debut was the highest rated show in 1968, and the show become an essential part of the Presley legacy, putting his career back on track.
1968 was a year of personal triumphs and a true testament to the human spirit. We'll probably never see a year like that again, and nowhere did the indomitable energy of that year make its mark more powerfully than in the potato chip industry. This was when all the major food, drink, and toiletry producers were expanding their empires. They bought up every minor producer they could, turning the "fast moving consumer goods" sector into an oligarchy. Procter & Gamble (P&G), already the inventor and owners of lucrative brands like Ivory soap, Tide detergent, Crest toothpaste, Downy fabric softener, and Pampers diapers, was looking for a way to it expand its presence in the potato chip industry, which was dominated by Frito-Lay (a division of PepsiCo). One of P&G's scientific researchers, Alexander Liepa, uncovered the dusty, decade-old efforts of chemist Fredric Baur, and was inspired.
Back in the late 1950s, Baur had been asked by P&G to ditch his lab coat for an apron and to create the perfect potato chip in their kitchen laboratory, which was a sterile, white-walled room with cold tiles and all the latest in stainless steel appliances. His final design for the chip was a double-saddle shaped fried crisp made from a rice, potato and wheat-based dough. Making the chips from dough rather than potato slices not only made the chips less greasy, it allowed the shape of all the chips to be uniform. And that was important, because the whole purpose of the double-saddle shape was to make the chips stackable so that they could be sold in the airtight tube-shaped containers Baur had designed to prevent the chips from breaking when they were transported.
There was only one problem with Baur's new chips. They tasted too plain. Ultimately, after a year of unsuccessful efforts to fix the problem, P&G stopped all work on Baur's chips and reassigned Baur to other, less important projects. However, Baur's experiments fascinated Liepa, and Liepa decided it was worth seeing if there could still be a way to make the chips taste good. On August 6, 1968, Liepa came up with a recipe that made the durable chips flavorful, too. Human ingenuity had won the day again, triumphing over the odds. The chips were named Pringles, and Baur's red, tube-shaped container, which was his monumentum aere perennius ("a monument more lasting than bronze"), showed up in selected stores across the country later that year.
I'd like to say that Pringles was an immediate success, but that isn't entirely true. The texture and taste of Pringles confused consumers at first, who were used to traditional potato chips. Then the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, won over by a lawyers hired by competing potato chip manufacturers, determined that P&G couldn't legally call Pringles potato chips because they weren't made from potato slices. They had to be called "potato chips made from dried potatoes", and it was determined that "the last four words must appear on the can in type at least half as large as the words potato chip" (to quote an old Time magazine article on the subject).
But those were all just speed bumps for the mighty Pringles potato chip. By 1975, Pringles had captured a remarkable 1/6 of the potato chip market, and their popularity has never really let up since. It's like a revolution that never ends. Today, more than a billion dollars worth of Pringles are sold yearly. Like the slogan says, "once you pop, you just can't stop." The hyperbolic paraboloid shape of the chips was refined for production and aesthetic purposes in the 1990s using IBM supercomputers, making the chip just that much more irresistible.
There's one last thing worth discussing. There are some who say that the face of the mustachioed mascot on the Pringles can reminds them of Big Brother from 1984, whom George Orwell described as looking like "the face of a man of about forty-five, with a heavy black mustache and ruggedly handsome features." I don't buy the connection or even understand what it could mean, but to each their own, I guess. All I know is that I love Pringles. Pringles are great. Baur's ashes were put in a Pringles can (a 100% fact). I dream of Pringles. And if there came a day when I couldn't eat Pringles, I'd be very, very depressed. And angry. Very angry. I need Pringles.
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Anyone ever seen brass cased, berdan primed .223 brass that has a head-stamp of "223 Remington" and "(something in arabic)" ??
I was just running some of this stuff through the press and, needless to say, I had to call Dillon to replace my newly-snapped de-capping pin(s). After reloading many many many thousands of .223 this is the first time I've yet to see anything with a brass case and a berdan primer. Have I just had blind luck so far or is this an unusual thing? Edit to add: I tried to take a picture of some of it, but couldn't get it to come out clearly. Google images has nothing on it either. |
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Check the owner's manual for your camera to see if it has a "macro" feature.
This will allow you to take close in, clear photographs.
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The Macro setting is generally a little flower on the mode selector.
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My first guess is that it's from Egypt or some other Arab country that buys a lot of US weaponry.
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Same here (thankfully it wasnt my die )
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Sorry for the delay, finally got a picture of the stuff clear enough to identify.
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Pageant contestants volunteer with missionaries
ON Saturday, November 10, contestants in the Miss Jamaica High School Queen Pageant showed the heart of volunteerism as they visited the Bethlehem House in downtown, Kingston — one of the many children's homes operated by Missionaries of the Poor headed by Father Richard HoLung.
The contestants, who are from high schools across Jamaica, were greeted and briefed by Brother Jimmy, who is in charge of Bethlehem House. He explained that the kids at Bethlehem House are disabled and have been abandoned by their parents.
The ladies spent two hours playing, feeding and interacting with the boys and girls at the home. The experience was a life-changing one for most of the contestants who expressed how more blessed and thankful they have become for life.
The Miss Jamaica High School Queen Pageant is the first of its kind geared towards high school girls 13-17. The revolutionary pageant emphasises volunteerism, social development, decorum, talent and empowerment much more the beauty factor. The finals are scheduled for Saturday, December 1 at the Courtleigh Auditorium in Kingston.


text: Steinbrenner's, Miller's Rejections Mean It's Time To Disband The Veterans CommitteeBarry Petchesky12/06/10 2:45pmFiled to: MlbHall of FameGeorge SteinbrennerMarvin MillerVeterans committee70EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink George Steinbrenner and Marvin Miller had perhaps the biggest impact on the modern era of baseball. Their failing to make the Hall of Fame just shows that the Veterans Committee is full of old farts who don't get/don't like the game today. Advertisement First off, congratulations to Pat Gillick. He took the Blue Jays, Orioles and Mariners to new heights, and none have made the playoffs since he left. He built the Phillies into a championship team. He's the epitome of a baseball guy, and his induction is well-deserved.Also baseball guys, insomuch as the game as we know it doesn't exist without them: Steinbrenner and Miller. They midwifed baseball through its free agency labor pains, on either side. When someone like Jayson Werth feels justified in asking for $126 million, he can thank Marvin Miller. When an owner actually gives him that money, Werth can thank George Steinbrenner. When a fanbase lands a coveted free agent, they can thank both. Advertisement If baseball is a reflection of America, it never heard of the free-market aspect until the 70s. A lot of people don't like the huge dollar amounts flying around, and the large/small market divide, but it's nothing unique to baseball. It was coming sooner or later, and Steinbrenner and Miller made it happen.You can probably count much of the Veterans Committee among those who don't like the changes. Here are the 16 men who voted:Players: Johnny Bench, Whitey Herzog, Eddie Murray, Jim Palmer, Tony Perez, Frank Robinson, Ryne Sandberg, Ozzie Smith; Owners: Bill Giles, David Glass, Andy MacPhail and Jerry Reinsdorf; Media members: Bob Elliott, Tim Kurkjian, Ross Newhan and Tom Verducci. Sponsored Of those players, only a handful played recently enough to benefit from the big money of free agency, and arguably only Eddie Murray took full advantage of it. None of the owners could be expected to appreciate or honor the careers of two men who forced them to pay full market value for their labor. I'd suspect Steinbrenner and Miller received their greatest support from the media members, but they aren't enough to get close to the requisite 12 votes.The Veterans Committee's selections have always raised eyebrows. The time has come to reduce their roles to electing only umpires and players who didn't make the cut on the BBWAA ballot. I think the writers can handle voting for manager and executives, and they'll do it with more knowledge and more objectivity. Advertisement It's better than a group of grumpy old men voting for their friends.Reply70 repliesLeave a reply


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Chateau de Maule, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, not too far from Paris. A 15th-Century Chàteau with 17th-Century additions. The circular tower is a giant dovecote that housed hundreds of homing pigeons that carried messages.
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Red S. Guiness 10/13/2007 4:57:44 PM
I love this.. excellect! Bella is a very smart girl!! #760923Katrina Thorsen 10/13/2007 5:00:40 PM
Lovely image! What a wonderful friendship! #4921636Donna LaMattino Pagakis 10/13/2007 5:15:42 PM
Super colors, tones and lighting. Fantastic silhouettes!! #4921669Deb Koskovich 10/13/2007 5:22:53 PM
Bella stole the show! What a great self portrait this is, and because of Bella you will cherish it all the more. #4921687Robin R. 10/13/2007 5:55:41 PM
Beautiful silhouette. #4921751Janine Russell 10/13/2007 6:23:24 PM
Sam, excellent tones, clarity, composition and silhouettes. #4921822Heather L. Haderly 10/13/2007 6:31:24 PM
Absolute Perfection Sam!!! Love this!!! #4921840cheryl m. phillips 10/13/2007 6:41:42 PM
Sam,Lee Anne French 10/13/2007 7:23:56 PM
This is priceless - so striking. Good for Bella for insisting on being in the picture. If you'd have wanted her to pose this way, you probably couldn't have convinced her! #4921921Regina L. Rickert 10/13/2007 8:18:11 PM
Oh wow! Beautiful job on the silhouettes. The color in the background is perfect for setting them off. Nice work. #4922061Sam Tallman 10/14/2007 5:40:42 PM
Thanks all for the comments. I do appreciate them!Sam #4925640
Red S. Guiness 10/18/2007 3:28:13 PM
HOW DID YOU DO THIS?? WITH A REMOTE ON THE SECOND CAMERA?? pLEASE SHARE HOW YOU DID IT!! #4945653Ellen Devenny 10/21/2007 6:46:05 PM
This shot should make finals!!! Awesome piece of work, Sam. #4958590Sam Tallman 10/22/2007 6:02:04 PM
Red, two cameras and two tripods, one with a timer. Thanks for asking.Hey thanks Ellen! I appreciate it!
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Sam Tallman 11/17/2007 12:28:58 AM
I love this!!! Wonderful work! #5085366Lynne Morris 11/17/2007 12:36:24 AM
Congratulations on your POTD Sam, this is a fantastic image! #5085403Wilson Low 11/17/2007 12:42:55 AM
Very very very beautiful shot! Sam!Bill Houghton 11/17/2007 1:46:14 AM
Great shot Sam. Congratulations on your POTD. BillCheck out some of my photos at:
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Avril Young 11/17/2007 1:46:59 AM
wow, what a fantastic shot...really love it...congrats on the POTD...Michelle Alton 11/17/2007 2:23:43 AM
Wow...THIS is as good as they get! Love the subject, love the composition, love the color. Congratulations on POTD!Just beautiful.
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Julie Christiansen 11/17/2007 4:03:35 AM
It's a favorite of mine. Bella posed perfectly and its awesome. #5085757Josselyne Klecanda 11/17/2007 4:33:37 AM
This is great, I love it! #5085789Joy Rector 11/17/2007 4:40:42 AM
congrats on the POTD #5085801Joe McBroom 11/17/2007 4:40:48 AM
Congrats my friend!!!!! This is one of my personal favorites from you.Laura Clay-Ballard 11/17/2007 4:44:45 AM
beautiful! congrats! #5085813Ellen Devenny 11/17/2007 4:52:46 AM
A big CONGRATULATIONS on this perfect POTD!!! I'm telling you, this shot will go far............. Ellen :) #5085848Jeff Robinson 11/17/2007 4:57:32 AM
Outstanding - Congrats Sam on your Well Deserved POTD! Jeff #5085870Terri L. Scribner 11/17/2007 5:13:31 AM
Stunning POTD!! Great job! #5085915RC Fritz 11/17/2007 5:15:23 AM
Beautiful! Congratulations, Sam!! #5085919Lisa J. Boulden 11/17/2007 5:41:10 AM
Fabulous and uplifting!Jim Britt 11/17/2007 6:13:46 AM
Priceless shot. Nicely done. Looks like you have a great partner there. Congratulations to you and Bella on this great POTD self portrait. #5086095Vicki L. Filippin 11/17/2007 6:27:36 AM
Fabulous POTD, Sam. You and Bella should be very proud. #5086139Gretchen J. Gilkey 11/17/2007 6:35:46 AM
Sam - This is simiply BEAUTIFUL!!! What settings were you using for this shot?Casey A. Hanson 11/17/2007 6:36:48 AM
Congrats on this very cool POTD, Sam! I love it! :0) #5086177Shelly A. Van Camp 11/17/2007 6:58:35 AM
Beautiful image and POTD! #5086260Joni Earley 11/17/2007 7:18:06 AM
The personality of your dog comes out in this pic! Well done! #5086346Cheryl Meisel 11/17/2007 7:20:34 AM
Wow this is just FANTASTIC!!!! I love everything about this wonderful shot. BIG CONGRATS on your well deserved wins with this one. SOOOOOOOOOOO COOL!Paula Showen 11/17/2007 7:23:25 AM
Fantastic! Congratulations on your POTD! #5086359Patricia A. Casey 11/17/2007 7:25:25 AM
Oh my...what a lovely capture....congratulations to you & Bella for a wonderful submittal & P.O.T.D.!Denise Denomy 11/17/2007 7:28:54 AM
Congratulations on yur POTD, Sam & Bella! What a great capture! #5086372Susana Ms Heide 11/17/2007 7:56:03 AM
What an INCREDIBLE SP!!!! One of the best I've seen!! WOW!!! Love the poses! The grass at the bottom of the image is a beautiful detail! A+ all the way around! CONGRATS on your POTD Sam!! #5086484Francine Savoie-Jansson 11/17/2007 8:06:42 AM
Absolutely spectacular, love everything about it & congratulations on your POTD!Francine #5086535
Susan M. Hembree 11/17/2007 8:12:15 AM
Wow! Just an awesome shot! Congratulations on the POTD! #5086559Donna LaMattino Pagakis 11/17/2007 8:30:15 AM
A creative and beautiful potd Sam, congratulations! #5086639Sam Tallman 11/17/2007 8:43:07 AM
WOW! Are we blown away by this! What an honor for Bella and I! Thanks everyone for your kind comments, I appreciate every one of them!
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Larry Citra 11/17/2007 8:46:33 AM
Great Shot! My dog 'Robyn' accompanies my on most of my photographic outings,and although she is not a photographer herself, she sits patiently, waiting for me to finish. When I open my tripod she sits or lies down and when I close it up she gets up ready to continue. Great friends!!! #5086706Erica Murphy 11/17/2007 9:00:05 AM
Beautiful photo Sam!! Congratulations on your POTD!Erica #5086770
Suzanne R 11/17/2007 9:11:32 AM
Wonderful! Bella knows what's up! Great shot! #5086818Songbird Cline 11/17/2007 9:11:54 AM
This photo really deserved to make POTD! It's awesome! It really evokes such a happy feeling. #5086820Philippe Vieux-Jeanton 11/17/2007 9:20:12 AM
Excellent work, great image!! Congratulations on your POTD! #5086849Tim G. Stout 11/17/2007 9:44:52 AM
Absolutely stunning image. #5086932Lindley Johnson 11/17/2007 9:46:50 AM
This is a terrific silhouette, Sam. The lighting is great and the composition as well - Bella is a wonderful addition to the scene. Congratulations on your POTD! #5086940Elisabeth A. Gay 11/17/2007 10:01:07 AM
I would absolutely cherish a shot like this - it says so much about the relationship between you and your dog - and as a dog owner, it really touches me deeply. Congratulations on your well deserved POTD... #5086993Janine Russell 11/17/2007 10:01:58 AM
Sam, excellent tones, clarity and silhouettes; congratulations on your POTD. #5086994Colleen Farrell 11/17/2007 10:03:07 AM
Terrific! Congratulations on your POTD! #5086998Mary Clarke 11/17/2007 1:03:10 PM
Congratulations on POTD Sam, great image #5087473Patricia Ronan 11/17/2007 1:45:31 PM
Great self portrait, congrats on your POTD:) #5087586Sam Tallman 11/17/2007 3:46:23 PM
Again, thanks all for the very nice comments. Elisabeth, this is one of my favorites. We love Bella very much, and everytime I see this, I smile (-:Sam #5087960
Shirley Pearce 11/17/2007 3:59:36 PM
Priceless! You are right....she stole the shot!! #5087997Gregory Hughes 11/17/2007 5:59:52 PM
This is lovely Sam! What a treasured memory - both of Bella and your talent! #5088307Evy Johansen 11/17/2007 6:50:28 PM
Wonderful image, Sam! Congratulations on your POTD!! #5088475Lorri Shank 11/17/2007 9:14:58 PM
Wow--I sure like this. It's superb! #5088834Deborah C. Lewinson 11/18/2007 3:31:21 AM
Congratulations on this terrific POTD, Sam!ronda chatelle 11/18/2007 12:38:20 PM
AWESOME SHOT Sam! Congratulations on your POTD recognition! Well Deserved! Straight into my favorites!!! #5091827Emily E. Bem 11/19/2007 3:11:30 PM
Congrats on your POTD!!!! What a fantastic image.....WELL DONE! #5097831Laurie Daily 11/19/2007 3:26:17 PM
Bella knew this was the one...what a good girl. I am not sure if my JessieSusan M. Smith 11/20/2007 6:24:22 AM
lol, Bella stole the show! Sam this is a superb SP and your capture of Bella's personality is spot on and just way cool :) Definately a favorite and a winner! #5101399Jean-Pierre Ducondi 11/24/2007 7:28:44 AM
This is a wonderful capture - Bravo - JP #5116961Kay E. Mahoney 11/26/2007 7:00:17 PM
Congratulations on your finalist, Sam. #5130851Philippe Vieux-Jeanton 11/26/2007 7:18:51 PM
WTG Sam! Congratulations!! #5131119Melissa McCabe 11/26/2007 7:27:48 PM
Congrats!! I love this one!! : ) -mm #5131254Jean-Pierre Ducondi 11/26/2007 7:48:35 PM
Congrats Steve and Bella - Well deserved.Susan M. Smith 11/27/2007 6:17:37 AM
This one was a no-brainer! Congrats Sam and Bella on your finalist! #5134520Joe McBroom 11/27/2007 10:08:24 AM
I knew we would see this here....Congrats Sam and Bella deserves a treat!!Great job, Joe #5136024Dennis Flanagan 11/27/2007 12:07:36 PM
I love this shot. I hope to see it adorned with gold. #5136563Robert Baer 11/27/2007 2:19:10 PM
very special image. congratulations on your finalist! #5137318Laurie Daily 11/27/2007 4:28:34 PM
Congratulations on this great finalist, Sam! I loved this when I saw it for the first time just a few days ago! #5138002Ellen Devenny 11/28/2007 2:56:34 AM
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Enjoy being in the clouds today! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #5140788Autum Rhoades 11/28/2007 5:19:18 AM
Superb image, Sam!!! Congrats on your win! #5141443Laurie Daily 11/28/2007 2:26:40 PM
I do not think I can ever get tired of looking at this image, Sam....Congratulations on this beautiful winner! #5143939Cliff & Patti Smith 11/28/2007 2:41:02 PM
Awesome! Congratulations on this well deserved win! #5143994Sam Tallman 11/28/2007 5:45:03 PM
Thanks all for the comments! Bella and I are pretty stoked about this! We appreciate the comments.Sam and Bella #5144572
Sherrye Nozaki 11/29/2007 12:05:11 AM
Just perfect...in every way...what a superb photo!!! Bella is awesome:) #5145596Linda Blair 11/29/2007 4:05:31 PM
Congrats on your win!!!!! ☺ #5148773Amanda Chapman 5/24/2008 6:37:41 AM
Well this certainly looks familiar!Inge Linden 11/28/2011 2:24:55 AM
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Amazing Sam, congrats on your triple gold win! #11470175While trying to take a self portrait against a golden sunset, my golden retiever, Bella, insisted to be not only a part of the shot, but THE shot.
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ABOUT THE SHOW / WORKS FOR SALE / VIEWS OF THE SHOW / LINKS / ARTIST''S C.V.ABOUT THE SHOWThe gallery Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain is proud to present a series of works by Kent Monkman concurrently to his participation at the exhibition Cracking the Sky of the Montreal Biennale. These works include studies for the large-scale painting Trappers of Men (2006) recently acquired by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, notably a drawing referencing the Crepuscule painting of Bouguereau. Kent Monkman's history paintings are revisionist investigations of early European, British and American reportage on First Nation cultures. They take they visual cues from a controversial image of savage yet noble indigenous cultures. As the nineteenth century began, the vast area west of the Mississipppi and Red River systems was a mysterious void to most North Americans. However, from 1803, more than three million square miles revealed their secrets to an army of naturalists, adventurers and invaders.In the 1850 the "wild land" was depicted, with misleading embellishments, through the eyes of a few bold painters, most of European descent. Albert Bierstadt's romanticized landscapes of mid-west America developed from plein air sketches after which waterfalls, aboriginal figures and distortions of geography were added. The visual art of Bierstadt became a starting point for Monkman's own reportage of landscapes and indigenous portraits. (source: Montreal Biennale 2007 catalogue, p. 112). The exhibition at Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain also includes photographs and the monoband version of his video Group of Seven Inches in which Monkmans's performative two-spirited alter ego, Miss Chief Share Eagle Testicle, wearing loincloth and headdress satirizes and re-visions the early ethnographic profiles from a sexualized and authoritative indegenous perspective. We invite you to consult www.urbannation.com for more information on the artist's film work. Born in 1965, Kent Monkman is an artist of Cree ancestry who works with a variety of mediums, including painting, film/video, performance and installation. He has had solo exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Walter Phillips Gallery, and the Indian Art Centre, and has participated in various international group exhibitions including: "We come in peace…" Histories of the Americas, at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montreal, and The American West, at Compton Verney, in Warwickshire, England. Monkman has created site specific performances at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, and at Compton Verney, and has also made super 8 versions of these performances that he calls "Colonial Art Space Interventions." His award-winning short film and video works have been screened at various national and international festivals, including the 2006 Berlinale. His work is represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, Musée des Beaux Arts, Museum London, The Mackenzie Art Gallery the Woodland Cultural Centre, the Indian Art Centre, and the Canada Council Art Bank. A solo exhibition of his work opens at the Art Gallery of Hamilton in June 2007 and will tour to museums across Canada including Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, and the Winnipeg Art Gallery. WORKS FOR SALE(click on images below for larger view, please ensure browser pop-up blockers are disabled) br />DRAWINGS
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I'm just a TV watcher like you guys, trying to make sense of it all. TV's not going away, that's for sure, but it's going to look different. Unfortunately, right now, nobody knows how fast that's going to happen or what it's all going to look like when we're done.
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Cute as a bug's ear. Your ferret loves to be the center of attention. Dressed in this darling suit your ferret will no doubt melt every bodies heart. Perfect for Christmas photographs. I wish I had thought of this a while back, would have been perfect for Christmas cards. At least I am ready for next year!
I bought the Marshall Ferret Santa Suite a few years ago from Amazon. I promptly lost it. Maybe I packed it in some obscure Christmas tub. Someday it will show up in a Christmas village item or one of my nativity sets. I promptly reordered it since it is impossible for me to bend over to look for things after four spine surgeries, the last operation seven weeks ago. No bending or twisting for six more weeks. Which means I don't get to decorate again this year so I will pacify myself with ferret clothing!
The quality is pretty good considering it was only $7.50. If you have a really large ferret do make sure it isn't constrictive around the neck. I haven't ran into the problem but it could be a potential problem. To help you out here is the product dimensions according to Amazon (8 x 5 x 0.2 inches). The outfit is made from cotton.
I did wash it one time so far. My ferret Quinn got her vitamin oil on the outfit. It did wash out nicely. The advertisement states that it is washable but you just never know until you try it. So far, every single clothing item I have bought from Amazon has held up amazingly well considering the miles a ferret can put on a clothing item in just ten minutes!
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text: In this low-budget horror film from director Thom Eberhardt, a beautiful advertising executive Denise Watson (Anita Skinner) is the sole survivor of an airplane crash in a remote wilderness area. As her haunting journey continues, Denise is attacked by cannibalistic zombies, and even her friends at home are affected. Eberhardt's film echoes the Australian thriller Anita Skinner in its set-up, but its tone is closer to Herk Harvey's classic Herk Harvey without being nearly as interesting. Cult favorite Brinke Stevens appears briefly in a party scene. Eberhardt followed this uninvolving effort with the intriguing Brinke Stevens before making the leap to mainstream films. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi


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For many people it's the highlight of the sporting year – the moment when the public gets to anoint its No 1, and the BBC reasserts itself as the historic home of sport in spite of having lost the rights to so many of the big events. It's a special evening, no doubt. The signature tune on its own is enough to bring a lump to the throat. The occasion gathers together a Who's Who of British sport, all in their finery, and there's no thrill like waiting for one of Gary Lineker's jokes to fall flat.
But is it THAT special? Not so much that Andy Murray feels he has to be there when it takes place in Leeds this Sunday. Instead, our first Wimbledon men's singles champion for 77 years will be in Florida, training hard ahead of his return to action in the New Year.
It was the same last year when Murray finished third. There was a satellite link-up and Lennox Lewis comically missed his cue to hand Murray the award. But in 2012 Murray had little chance of beating Bradley Wiggins to top spot. This year is different. The Scot we've all grown to love is the hottest favourite in living memory. So is he being complacent? Is he guilty of dissing TV sport's most august occasion – and on its 60th anniversary as well? How big an effort would it be to jump on a plane and pop home for a couple of days? Would his training really suffer?
Or has he grasped a fundamental truth – that the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award really doesn't mean that much. Not compared with winning Wimbledon anyway. And that by staying in Florida he is showing the true dedication to his profession that lifted him to tennis's ultimate heights in the first place. Murray's always been his own man. He's never played the media's game. And that's all part of the respect he has earned. Then again it IS the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.
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By Lauren Bashaw, Senior Manager of Customer Adoption
One of the best qualities about a full membership management software solution like WebLink is its ability to handle it all – your membership data, your event registrations, your aging reports, your website content – it's a one-stop shop. Unfortunately, this can cause some fun features and helpful tools to get overlooked in the day-to-day of managing your database. As a trainer, I see several of these rise to the top as the most underused and underestimated things that could help you manage your association better:
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Every single time you have a one-on-one conversation of any kind with a member or prospect, you should be recording that in WebLink. Notes fields aren't good enough – by entering a "Contact," you are logging trackable dates, contact person, staff person, and category of communication to refer to later. You can use this as a retention tool for difficult members, a communication tool between staff, and most importantly, view trends in types of contacts and find members who have not been personally contacted in a given period of time.
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Most associations like to show their members how they are providing value through referrals to their businesses – primarily through promotion on your website. While many types of referrals are recorded automatically, you do more to promote your members than just put them on your website. Do you order lunch from member restaurants/caterers? Use members as locations for your events? Place member brochures in your front lobby? All of these things should be recorded as referrals to demonstrate your commitment to your members in a tangible, quantitative way.
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Most of our clients know that a quick and easy way to look up a member or individual is using our Profile Quick Search. But what if you need to look up an invoice number, an event, or a web page to edit? In the Quick Actions section on the left side of your screen, you can click on 5 different searches other than just profiles (at the bottom of the section) to quickly find what you are looking for. Web Content is my favorite – just type in the name of a web page and click on it to edit the content on that page.
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Think you need a custom report? You might… but then again, maybe you just need a more flexible way to pull your data. The Data Export/Reporting Tool allows you to choose from a variety of "data groups" we have pre-populated for you, then pick your own fields/columns to display, filter the data (find all members, or all event attendees, or all profiles with open invoices, etc.), set the sort order, and then export directly into Excel for you to use as you wish. This tool works especially great for event exports, when you only want a spreadsheet with a very specific list of fields for your registration table or a name badge mail merge.
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WALLA WALLA — Gary Pearce learned Nov. 12 he's a father again. But late nights and baby bottles aren't in this 70-year-old's future. His new daughter, Tanya Kauwe, turned 50 last September.
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Are you booking for a group of people? If you are making a booking for a group of people and require over 10 rooms, you may prefer to speak to the Group Booking Department for Sofitel London Gatwick bookings. Special deals can be arranged for groups, including discounts and arrangements for adjacent and inter connecting rooms if required. Call the Groups Reservations Department on 0207 292 2307. The best way to book a group deal is to complete the online form for group reservations at Sofitel London Gatwick .
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