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New York Times critic pans Tex-Mex restaurant in Manhattan
Excellent New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells used his most recent review to explore Manhattan restaurant Javelina's "authentic Tex-Mex."
Wells begins his review with a wink and nod to (and smirk at) Texas exceptionalism :
"I like Texans. I love their food and their music and their boots. I admire their ability to tame landscapes that are hostile to human life. I respect how quick they are to stick up for their state and its culture. In fact, I may be slightly afraid of Texans. I have no desire to mess with them. I can read the bumper stickers."
He goes on to say that the state pride had him a little worried about having to possibly say something critical about our national food. He closes his entry with a tongue-in-cheek sarcastic curtsy: "Lucky for me, I have only good things to say about Javelina."
After that misdirect, he spends the next several hundred words mocking what sounds like a pretty miserable restaurant experience. A few outtakes:
On the obnoxious noise (to which some Austin diners may be able to relate): "It always sounds as if somebody were telling a woman at the far end of the table that he had just found $1,000 under the menu, and the woman were shouting back that Ryan Gosling had just texted and he's coming to the restaurant in, like, five minutes!"
On the odd beauty (and apparent disaster at Javelina) that is queso: "One of Javelina's calling cards, queso, is usually suggested by the servers when taking orders. Occasionally this Tex-Mex cheese fondue is served hot, but more often it arrives lukewarm, which prevents trips to the emergency room. The cooler temperature offers the added benefit of allowing a latex-like film to congeal on top, which provides an interesting contrast in texture with the liquefied cheese below."
Wells notes that Javelina, opened earlier this year by Dallas native Matt Post, serves both a Bob Armstrong and a Mag Mud, obvious rips of the dishes from Matt's El Rancho and Magnolia Café. It is not clear whether Javelina asked either restaurant
On the gruff protocol and lack of hospitality: "The best news of all, for anybody who hates waiting around to settle the tab: There is no need to ask for the check. It is dropped without warning as soon as the last dirty plate has been cleared, and sometimes even earlier."
For Wells' complete critique of the restaurant, check out the full review here. And, while we're talking negative reviews from Wells, if you haven't read his 2012 review of Guy Fieri's Guy's American Kitchen & Bar in Manhattan, check that out here.


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Hello and Happy Monday friends! Today I have my monthly tutorial over at the Power Poppy Blog and this time it's Part 2 of my Photography Series, focussing on Photo Editing. Hope you can check it out because I'll be showing off how I edited this spring garden themed card.
Here's the Copics I used - as I didn't add it over there. Enjoy your day!

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I know I said that I was on a hiatus from life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, but this TYOH Healthy Lentil Soup recipe was amazing enough to change that–temporarily at least!;)
Now the only thing more daunting than an imminent final exam is looking around my apartment and realizing how much "stuff" (in lieu of a much more blunt and vulgar word that I would like to use) I have to box up to take home for the summer. Clothes, furniture, textbooks, and that random pile of lord knows what that's been sitting at the corner of my desk for the past 3 months! I hope I'm not alone on that last item…
So I mentioned in a previous post that I absolutely love grocery shopping, therefore it didn't surprise me today when I went to the kitchen cabinet and saw that I had a ton of pantry items still yet to be used. Beans, canned tomatoes, onions, garlic, tomato paste, rice, pasta, soup, etc. all that I've bought on a whim thinking, "Oh! I'll figure out a recipe to use this bag of beans and tomato paste tomorrow night for dinner!" Well, once that "tomorrow" came,exhaustion or schoolwork forces prevents me from cooking anything more difficult than veggies and a portion of frozen tilapia that I just pop in the microwave (I know, I know…I probably just killed my culinary image and credibility with that meal). But tonight I vowed to myself that I would open a bag of something that I bought and create some kitchen magic so that I wouldn't have as much food items to take home with my "stuff."
Now I don't want to toot my own horn, but let me toot my own horn (hence the name, Toot Your Own Horn Lentil Soup) 😉 my lentil soup became one of the BEST improv/pantry-clearing dishes I think I've ever created! Now I originally set off to make a lentil soup because I am obsessseeddd with the Fresh & Easy Market split pea and ham soup. At first I thought that I had bought a bag of split peas but it turned out that it was a bag of lentils=( Hmm well, I figured that lentils would still turn soft and break down like split peas, and if not, I could always puree the little suckers until they did resemble split pea soup! Now for my TYOH improv ingredient #2: Turkey Bacon = Ham Meat….I think so! I had half a package of Jennie-O Extra Lean Turkey Bacon left in the fridge–wait, let me first address this epic fail of mine that further proves why I am a horrible grocery shopper. I bought the pack thinking that I would make myself gourmet BLT's, turkey bacon omelettes, sauteed spinach w/bacon, etc.! How many of these culinary creations do you think that I ended up doing? BIG FAT ZERO! None! This is embarrassing, but I ended up just opening up the bag and eating strips straight out of it as quick protein boosts throughout my day. Haha at first I wondered if that was even safe to do!?? Well, I didn't get sick so College Survival Tip of the Day #1: If you ever find yourself one day trapped with only a package of Jennie-O Extra LeanTurkey Bacon, it is OKAY to eat it!
Back to my TYOT Healthy Lentil Soup. The Turkey Bacon provides the same salty, savory, meaty flavor that's so delicious in split pea and ham soup while being significantly healthier (only 20 cals, .5 g fat, 0 carbs, 3g protein per slice).
My ingredients:
- 3/4 cup lentils
- 1 medium onion on the verge of going bad (Just kidding about that one, that's just how mine was;) I'm tellin you, these pantry items are killing me!)
- 2-3 cloves of garlic
- 3 strips of turkey bacon chopped into bite sized pieces
- hearty handful of baby carrots chopped up into little disks (also a fridge leftover to be used up! yes!!)
- 1 large bayleaf or 2 small ones
- an arbitrary amount of water ranging between 1.5 cups – 2 cups
- salt (I used sea salt) and pepper to taste
- Give the lentils a rinse and pick out any dirt or stones, drain water out and set aside
- Pour a little cooking oil of your choice into a medium sized pot and begin by sautéing the onions and carrots, adding in the garlic after about 2 minutes, until slightly browned and softened
- Add in the slices of extra lean turkey bacon. Cook the bacon just enough so that it begins to release the rich, bacon flavor
- Pour in the lentils, followed by slightly more than 1.5 cups but slightly less than 2 cups of water (I apologize, but I made my first batch using 1.5 and had a great taste but had to add a smidge more water later in the cooking process, and I made a second batch with a little more than 2 cups and found it diluted some of the flavor)
- Have the flame on high until you see steam coming out from the lid and then turn down to simmer for about 23 minutes. Check for water levels and taste, adding in more seasonings or water if you would like until it reaches your desired consistency
Neither the process nor the product is really that attractive, but trust me when I say that the taste it there!!!
As you can see from the pictures there wasn't enough water for this to turn into a soup, per say, but I'm glad that it didn't! The flavor was so concentrated and the lentils+veggies were cooked enough so that they were soft and melty without being watery. This could easily become vegetarian if you take out the turkey bacon, maybe you can substitute it with another type of soymeat? Or, just add some braggs to give itAnd mm…the saltiness of the turkey bacon pieces with the soft, sweet goodness of lentils, carrots, and a different type of savory flavor. But the salty bite of the bacon with the softer ingredients is truly amazing….in a way it was like eating mashed potatoes and bacon? haha but in all seriousness this TYOH Healthy Lentil Soup recipe is extremely simple and quick. So try it the next time you have some random pantry items you need to get rid of and have fun with my arbitrary measurements. 🙂
Well I'm about to take off to a group project meeting and then recluse back into my cave. Bye world!


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Catalog » Comedy
Type : Comedy
Available in : English
Year : 2016
Origin : Côte d'Ivoire
Director : Armand Breh / Siam Marley
Volume : 50x3 Min
« Psych » tells the story of Hal Rosenthal, a psychologist working in a district of Abidjan in Ivory Coast. Many people come through his office to talk about their problems. These people not only embody different aspects of Ivorian society but also of African society.


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1 (16 oz.) can of peeled tomatoes, cut up
2 tablespoons minced parsley
1 clove of garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste
1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
1 lb. cooked shelled shrimp
grated Parmesan cheese
cooked spaghetti
In a crock pot, combine tomatoes with parsley, garlic, basil, salt, pepper, oregano, tomato paste and seasoned salt. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 7 hours.
Turn control to high, stir in shrimp, cover and cook on high for 10 to 15 minutes more.
Serve over cooked spaghetti. Top with Parmesan cheese.
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|@egwebster @LanceMadden I used Facebook to "boost" my blog posts. It's just another name for an ad. It is very inexpensive as you can set how much and how many days you want the to ad to run. You also create your customer profile.
I spoke with one of their marketing people twice who walked me through the entire process. It's free, of course, because they want you to use their system.
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The physical attendance was about what I expected - 0.1% signed in. $35 over a 12-day period to reach 2000 - 6000, 3 new clients signed in.
The increased membership and followers on 2 meetup pages and 1 facebook page - about 30.
That may not sound huge, but neither was the investment. Facebook has been around for years - this was my 1st attempt to take facebook seriously. For now, I will restrict using Facebook ads to workshops. I am encouraged to hold those more often!
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text: BenchmarkReviews.com: So far, it seems that the early summer of 2013 is destined to be full of Intel Haswell coverage. Rather than consigning themselves to the shadows, AMD is quietly releasing two new members of their APU family. The next generation of APUs is being represented at the top by the A10-6800K and the A10-6700 Accelerated Processing Units, codenamed Richland. It has been about eight months since AMD released the last generation, Trinity APUs. When that happened, AMD took back the performance lead from Ivy Bridge in the sub-$150 CPU price range. This has been AMD's bread and butter for a while now, especially with their ability to pair discrete level graphics with their CPUs that totally decimate the onboard capabilities of their opponent. Haswell may change things, but for now, we'll see where AMD is setting the bar for entry-level performance. In this article, Benchmark Reviews takes a hard look at the third generation of AMD APUs with the top end AMD A10-6800K Richland Processor.


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According to Artprice, the segment of the art market that has by far performed best from 1990-2005 is photography. Artprice has developed an index that tracks art market segments in much the same way that the Dow or the S&P 500 tracks stock performance. Although their index indicates that art in general has not performed well since 1990 (their index starts at the same time as the art market "crash" of the early 1990s...had they set their starting date at a different time... say 1980 or 1995, their index would tell a more positive story), photography weathered the downturn of the early 1990's better that most other segments and has enjoyed higher appreciation in the recent boom years.
Why? Photography's recent wide acceptance as an art form only partially explains its performance. In fact, its wide acceptance may be a result of its performance. Money talks you know. Why then, does photography appear to weather storms better in down times and outperform other genres in good times? The ever-increasing market data available to collectors coupled with the fact that the nature of the medium is to produce near-exact copies answers the question.
The ability to discern market values and selling prices of objects is a cornerstone of transparent, well-functioning markets, from diamonds to real estate. Real estate appraisers can determine values of properties with a high level of certainty because of the wealth of data available. Consider a certain neighborhood in a particular city. Two houses of similar size and condition and on similar sized lots will nearly always carry very similar values. They have enough highly comparable traits to allow an appraiser to research other houses in that neighborhood that have sold with similar traits and accurately determine a value based on past sales. Location and size matter so much more than the color of the carpet that the nuances between the two houses have little effect on the value...perhaps 10% at most. Now consider two identically-built condominium units on the same floor of a high rise and with the same exposure (i.e. they face the same direction). The certainty that these two homes will be valued identically is very high. At that point they become like commodities - nearly every trait of the two units are identical and thus their value will be identical. Real estate holds its value in a large part because of this reason. Buyers have a high level of confidence in the market because of this comparability. (By now I'm sure you see where I'm going with this.)
In the art market, comparability is much more difficult. Especially in the world of unique objects. Far too many subjective factors come in to play. For this reason, the NYU economists Jianping Mei and Michael Moses in developing their credible art index only use resales of the same work of art over time in evaluating price fluctuations. According to an article written by them in the Journal of Investment Consulting, their indexes are based on a total of just over 7500 cases of resales primarily sold over the last 100 years when market data is most available. This is a sufficient number of examples to develop an overall market index, but is less helpful in determining the predictive value of a particular painting. There are just too few common traits.
Photography tells a different story because for any particular work there are numerous nearly identical copies. Where a painting may sell only once in a century, a photograph (or one if its identical copies) will likely sell many more times. Photographs function more like condominium units in the same building where paintings funtion more like houses in the same city. It is my position, given the huge amount of market data now available and the ability to more accurately discern a photograph's value because of the existence of identical copies, that the photography market will perform more stably than other market segments and over time will perform better.
Further, I believe that the differences in quality between individual works by a photographer are less broad than differences in works by artists in other mediums due to the exacting nature of the medium. The fewer the differences, the more items become like commodities and the better their markets function. This is not to say that photographs are commodities but they function far more like a commodity than a painting.
An example that helps prove my point is Hiroshi Sugimoto's Seascapes. These works are among the best and most predictable performers on the auction market today. Aside from the quality and importance of the work, the works in the series have a high number of common traits with the differences being almost quantifiable much like the differences in the color of a diamond. This allows collectors to have much higher confidence that the piece will hold its value and will perform in sync with other pieces in the series. And this is exactly what makes a market robust.
You may ask why prints are not as good as photographs from a market standpoint. The reason is simple: where a photographer usually sticks to one medium - photography, prints are usually only part of an artist's overall body of work and are thus evaluated within the entire body. Here then, more subjective factors come in to play. Further, prints (with few exceptions) have notoriously been viewed as less desirable to collectors as compared to paintings. Really, if given the choice, would you rather have a great Picasso print or an average Picasso painting? On the other hand, with photographer Philip-Lorca Dicorcia for instance, that choice simply does not exist. When photography is only part of an artist's overall body of work, it tends to then behave more like a print. Jack Pierson is a good example here.
Increased market transparency is playing a large part in the current market boom. Because of photography's ability to generate better comparable values, it possesses a unique trait that allows its market to have greater transparency and predictability, two traits that will likely make it the perennial market leader.


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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Gina K--Sew Fun!
33 comments:
So gorgeous Deb! Love the little side bow and esp love how you cut out the sentiment!ReplyDelete
Awesome card. You definitely have mastered the sewing skills. I also love how you cut out the sentiment...looks fantastic.ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful card Deb - LOVE the vintage look you achieved here, yet keeping it modern...does that make sense?! Just love it!ReplyDelete
LOVE this card, Deb!! I really really like how you cut out the sentiment as well!!ReplyDelete
P.S. YEP!!! VERY legal to use more than two and mix up challenges!! LOLReplyDelete
What an awesome image, so vintage! I love the snaps in the corner...too cute! Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
I too love the snaps! this is such a cute card!ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous card!! I love your paper piecing!! Really lovely details & colours too. Beautiful!ReplyDelete
this is lovely!ReplyDelete
Such a gorgeous card. Love the stamp you use it ties in so well.ReplyDelete
A perfect card, Deb! Love the use of the snaps, instead of buttons!!!!ReplyDelete
Such a cute card with a vintage flair.ReplyDelete
Your card is sew fabulous!ReplyDelete
Very pretty card!ReplyDelete
sweet! Love that 50's look!ReplyDelete
I love your card. I wish I could have made a card like this for my mom when she was alive. She was a seamstress and loved to sew. Wish I had caught the bug but a sewing machine and I don't get along at all.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous card! Love your designing!ReplyDelete
Cute card Deb, that woman in the card so looks and reminds me of my Mom, great vintage feel to it.!!!ReplyDelete
Perfection! From the sewing themed image to the snaps in the corner, it all fits together so well and creates such a perfect card. I'm envious of the recipient!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 12, 2011 at 2:06 PM
Beautiful card.Love the use of the snaps.ReplyDelete
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You always rock whatever you do, Deb! Amazing card.ReplyDelete
Love it! I need to dust off those images!ReplyDelete
Love it!!! Reminds me of my Mom except she was a blond :)ReplyDelete
... your card is ** sewwww** great,, it looks really nice.. ty mitz_zee@yahoodotcomReplyDelete
Love the vintage stamp in the middle...that along with the 'snaps' bring back lots of fond memories of my mom sewing away:)ReplyDelete
Pretty card, Deb. Love the colors you chose, very pretty!ReplyDelete
That stamp looks just like my mom when she was younger! And she did indeed sew and look fabulous! TFS!ReplyDelete
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beautiful card and lovin your button (-:ReplyDelete
So glad you got your card back up Deb. It was one of my favourites. The snaps brought back so many fond memories of my mom and her sewing! Love it:)ReplyDelete
Very well done card!ReplyDelete
Love it!!!! tfs!!!ReplyDelete
very nice card love the vintage feelReplyDelete
Love the vintage look of your card. It looks like it would have been a magazine cover or pattern cover from Vogue.ReplyDelete


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Artist: XRS Land & Heliponto
Label: Tupy
Release date: 19 Aug 2009
Electronic, House
This single is special. It is the first of a series of collaborations between Tupy's founders Heliponto and XRS. There were many before us. And many more will come after. What will remain are the sounds recorded, ideas and feelings imprinted on them. Some ghosts from Black Gold Rich Village have whispered these melodies to us.
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2 Last Night Dream


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Engineering and technical roles aren't the only jobs in energy and utilities industries. Commercial roles are equally as important. In fact, a whole host of talented people are needed to keep businesses on track.
Sales, HR, Marketing, IT, Finance – for many employers, these commercial and support functions are just as critical to the sector as engineering. That means there's a whole host of non-technical roles available that offer fascinating challenges and long-term careers.
Sales and Marketing has a big influence on the profitability of the business. As part of this team, you could help the business set and hit sales targets; deal directly with customers; deliver its marketing and advertising campaigns; or help to devise the sales and marketing strategy.
For more information, take a look here: http://www.ismm.co.uk
Make an impact on the success of a business with a career in Sales
Working within HR, you could tackle a range of responsibilities. It's this part of the business that recruits suitable staff, ensures they are well trained, supports their welfare and creates a safe working environment. You could be involved in any or all of the above.
You'll find more information here: http://www.cipd.co.uk/
Specialise in areas such as recruitment and employee relations
As part of the finance team, you'll be responsible for providing financial management and support. This will enable the company to make informed business decisions. Your role, your day-to-day activities and the advice you offer are all critical to the success of departments throughout your employer's business. It's therefore important that you can analyse information large amounts of data accurately and meet deadlines. You should also be comfortable working under pressure and, of course, financially sharp.
Take a look here for more details: https://www.aat.org.uk/
Finance could be a good option if you have an analytical mind
Information technology has become a vital and integral part of the energy and utilities industry. The need for sophisticated, reliable and user-friendly systems is paramount, so IT is playing an increasingly central role. Within this area, you could create technological applications or systems; solve problems using technology; or support colleagues who use it. The ability to develop products and services is particularly prized, so higher level skills, including programming, are in demand. Overall, employers tend to look technical skills plus an understanding of broader business objectives, especially for consultancy roles.
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Humans have always sought to identify the primary elements of existence. Across cultural traditions the details vary but the pattern remains the same. At the macro level, what is life on earth made of?
eleMental is an exploration into the fundamental elements of existence – and in particular into harnessing said elements – from the perspective of a modern traveler, engineer, and mountain-sport warrior. elemental eb – that's me! So what's my take on the elements?:
earth the chalise for it all
- form, structure, mountains, roads, trails, rocks, sand, dirt
- hike, climb, build, create
wind the breath of life
- flow, blow, breeze, breath
- fly, sail,
fire the energy of combustion
- power, heat, flame, light
- travel, throttle, electricity
water the blood of the earth
- liquid, hydraulic, flow, current, rapid, river, lake, ocean
- kayak, surf, boat
ice liquid water frozen in to complex structure
- flake, crystal, icicle, snow
- ski, climb, slide, skate
space a culturally neutral word for mind and the energy of life
- prana, chi, spirit, universal energy
- meditation, thought, inspiration, travel, culture, humanity, science
Conventional enough. Earth and wind seem to explain themselves. Earth is the form for all of the physical world. Wind is the mixture of gasses that makes up the atmosphere, brought to life by the currents of rotation, heat and moisture to create what is referred to as weather.
Ice was split out from water mostly because it fulfills my personal needs – much of my life has been defined by snow activity; ie various forms of skiing; so it will certainly be a common topic. But the complexities of water in its frozen crystalline forms are sufficiently unique to deserve attention of their own.
Space is a word selected to avoid the dogmatic prejudice associated with various translations of the concept of subtle energy – it refers to the energy of life. Science has come to identify matter as consisting of elementary particles held in a particular orbit within their space, and given form through the energy of their alignment. Other traditions have long acknowledged the connection between matter and energy. The Chinese and Japanese philosophies often label the subtle energy as Chi. Indian and ayurvedic traditions refer to this as Prana. Western esoteric traditions call this Spirit, while the front-lines of Science continue to wrestle with the distinction between matter and energy through Quantum Mechanics.
But what about Fire? From the perspective of harnessing the elements to be an elemental warrior, what part does Fire play? I could spin Poi and call it the dance of fire, but is that really the way that the element of fire affects my existence? On a more practical level, fire is the energy of combustion that has been harnessed in to power and locomotion. I pour gasoline in my car and combust it to propel myself across the continent with ease. I purchase a ticket on an airplane, which funds the fuel and the aircraft with which to propel through 'wind' to arrive at destinations around the globe. From our current perspective within the 21st century, these processes can be completely taken for granted. But harnessing fire in to the power of combustion lies at the heart of our modern lifestyle.
earth, wind, fire, water, ice. elemental is an exploration into harnessing these basic elements together with the power of mind or 'space' to depict a wild ride through an exotic contemporary global landscape. Enjoy!


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The courtrooms do not account for the fact that WE KNOW THEY ARE CRIMINAL BODIES. Furthermore, criminals shouldn't be allowed to enforce the law.
Court Sets Ominous Precedent: Informing Jurors Of Their Rights Is Now ILLEGAL
Big Rapids, MI — As constitutional rights are steadily eroded in the U.S. through the burgeoning police/surveillance state, one case in Michigan provides an example of just how dire the situation has gotten. Keith Woods, a resident of Mecosta County, was charged and recently convicted for the "crime" of standing on a public sidewalk and handing out fliers about juror rights.
Woods was exercising his First Amendment rights and raising awareness about something the courts deliberately fail to tell jurors when beginning a trial – jury nullification, or the right to vote one's conscience. For this, Woods – a father of eight and former pastor – was charged with…
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As part of green initiatives, National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) is setting up a grid connected PV system on rooftop solar project of 160 kilowatts peak (kWp) for its corporate office building here.
The project setting up activity was formally launched by NALCO's CMD Ansuman Das yesterday, a company release said.
The project is expected to generate green renewable energy of about 2.10 lakh units per annum. 30 per cent subsidy of the capital cost would be provided by the central government through the Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd (SECI).
NALCO has already commissioned two wind power plants of capacities 50.4 MW and 47.6 MW at Gandikota in Andra Pradesh and Ludarva in Rajasthan respectively.
Besides, plans are also afoot to set up the third wind power plant in its own mined out area of Panchpatmali Bauxite deposit in Koraput, it said.
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UK trade fest in Kochi tomorrow
* As part of initiatives to strengthen its partnership with Kerala in new areas like startups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) Britain is organising a promotional event in Kochi tomorrow.
The event, organised by the British Deputy High Commission in Chennai in collaboration with UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), will see over 35 British companies participating to encourage innovations and partnership in Kerala, British Deputy High Commissioner Bharat Joshi said in Thiruvananthapuram.
The event,"the Great British festival", also assumes signfifiance as it comes close on the heels of the visit of Prince of Wales to Kerala in November last.
"The royal visit was evidence of how much the UK values the relationship with God's Own Country," Joshi said.
He said apart traditional areas of co-operation Britain is ready to explore co-operation in start-up ventures and SMEs. Primary healthcare is another sector where the Britain is keen to enter into collaboration with Kerala, he said.
About 30 British companies are already operating in Kerala and there was scope for broadening and deepening the co-operation in new areas.
He said the British visa facilitation centre in Kochi is to be strengthened considering imporatance of the city as the commercial hub of Kerala.
Source: http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/solar-power-for-nalco-corporate-office-114031301146_1.html


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By Tammy L. Hensel
Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved
The Old Rugged Cross has been called one of the most beloved hymns written in the 20th century. In fact I am writing this blog by special request from one of my faithful readers who wrote me of his love for it. I am so glad he asked me to review it, as I have been very blessed by my research on the song and its author. Both the lyrics and the music were written by Rev. George Bennard (1873-1958).
Here are the beloved lyrics:
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame;
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.
O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary.
In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For 'twas on that old cross
Jesus suffered and died,
To pardon and sanctify me.
To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He'll call me some day to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I'll share.
Bennard, who was born in Ohio and raised in Iowa, made a confession of faith in Christ at a Salvation Army meeting sometime before the age of sixteen. When he was that age, his father died and he had to help support his mother and sisters. This delayed, but did not derail, his ambition to become an evangelist. After he married, he and his wife became brigade leaders for the Salvation Army in Illinois, until he was ordained as a minister in the Episcopal Methodist Church. Finally, his dream came true, as he joined the revival circuit as a travelling evangelist in Michigan and New York.
While in preparation for a series of revivals in 1913, Bennard was overwhelmed by the incredible sacrifice of Christ on the cross. It helped him to see his own trials in a new perspective. "'I saw the Christ of the Cross as if I were seeing John 3:16 leave the printed page, take form and act out the meaning of redemption,' he said later." (http://www.christianhistorytimeline.com/DAILYF/2002/06/daily-06-07-2002.shtml)
John 3:16 says: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. KJV
Another related verse mentioned in a couple of my sources as inspiration for the hymn is 1 Peter 2:24: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. KJV
Bennard wrote the music on that day, but the only lyric that came out of his anguished soul was "I'll cherish the old rugged cross." He said later that he struggled for weeks for just the right words to express his deep spiritual experience. He wrote: "I composed the melody first The words that I first wrote were imperfect. The words of the finished hymn were put into my heart in answer to my own need." (101 Hymn Stories, p.255)
He sang his finished work for the first time at a revival meeting in the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Pokagon. Mich., with the church choir joining him from his penciled notes.
The old church is now on the National Historic Register known as The Original Old Rugged Cross Church. It was restored and is maintained by The Old Rugged Cross Foundation. It had served as a barn by a farmer who bought it from the church when they moved to a new location.
Below is a YouTube video from the Gaither Israel Homecoming DVD filmed on Golgotha hill. I only wish they had included more verses of this truly great hymn that will be cherished for many years to come.
101 Hymn Stories by Kenneth W. Osbeck (1982 Kregal Publications, Grand Rapids, Michigan, p. 254-256)


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First Pick Pressure
April 17 2002
By Bryan Hersh of 49ers Paradise
Every off-season there is constant debate over who the number one pick in the NFL draft should be. These players are supposed to be of the 'franchise' caliber. Players who teams can build around, players that will make a difference when the game is on the line. Unfortunately, the team that holds the number one pick in the the draft, rarely gets the return on their million dollar investment that they expected.
Only ten players who were picked first overall have been elected to the Pro Football Hall Of Fame - the benchmark for 'the best of the best'. Making the Hall of Fame distinguishes a player for eternity, as one of the best. Earl Campbell, Lee Roy Selmon, Terry Bradshaw, OJ Simpson, Ron Yary, Buck Buchanan, Paul Hornung, Chuck Bednarik, Charles Trippi and Bill Dudley are the select ten. These players were scouted as great and turned out to be great. It's surprising though, that such a situation does not arise more often.
It says a lot, or a little about the teams picking first overall. Is it that the team who holds the first pick generally is the worst team in the league -and thus often has a worse scouting department? Is it that until recently drafting was more of a 'crap shoot' than it a science? To be honest I'm not sure. It is however quite interesting that teams could miss out on so many future Hall of Famers when they have the entire draft crop in front of them.
Incidentally there are three schools that have had the most first picks overall selected from them. USC, Auburn and Notre Dame lead the pack. Certainly this says quite a bit about the football programs at these schools.


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Theater: Ragtime
Last night saw the restaging of Ragtime at the Kennedy Center.
The five-week production had amazing lighting effects. The other production values were also amazing, including a set of long and numerous steel railings creating the rampways that the cast of immigrants, African-Americans from Harlem and the Caucasians from New Rochelle paraded upon at various times throughout both acts.
Christiane Noll as Mother and Jennlee Shallow as Sarah had strong, beautiful voices that led a strong cast. As Sarah's friend Bryonha Parham sang the blazes out of 'Till We Reach That Day
Two in our group had trouble picking up various lyrics at times, due to an overmiking according to one of them.
Another thought that they were not so convinced about Coalhouse Walker Jr.'s character because they believed the actor was too old for the role.
I found the immigrant story trying. Tateh reminds me of a character from John Dos Passos' book USA, written in 1936.
Other thoughts include: from the Post
Baseball Family Owners
"I'm not quite mad as hell. And I can probably take it a little longer. However, my fuse is getting short when I think about the Lerners' poor stewardship of the Nationals." Washington Post sports columnist Tom Boswell's exasperation would be familiar to legions of Washington's baseball fans.
Most authors and scholars have placed the poor familial leadership of the baseball teams in Washington at the feet of Clark and Calvin Griffith, who owned the Washington Senators from the end of World War I until 1960. The pair are also the figures that the public remembers. However, the city has a long, rich experience with questionable family owners of their professional teams.
Robert C. Hewett assumed the presidency of a team in an upstart third league, the Union Association (UA) in 1884. A member of the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Red Men, Robert Hewett ran a feed business on Seventh Street, NW. He ran away at fourteen with "but three nights' schooling, on two of which the teacher was absent and the other the candle went out," under his belt. After making his fortune selling grain during the Civil War, Hewett bought real estate and became a landlord.
Hewett had previous involvement with baseball teams in the District. He served as president for one of the city's earliest professional teams. During that time he met the man who managed his UA team, Michael B. Scanlon. Irish-born, Scanlon settled in New York at age 11 and served with the union army for three years from 1863. He settled in Washington and began managing Washington's semi-pro club, the Nationals in 1868 and assembled one of the most famous teams in the country. He started a pool hall business during the off season.
The Union Association Nationals rented the area where the U.S. Senate Parking Garage exists today. The owners filled in the "Capital Grounds" and erected a grandstand along C Street, NE at New Jersey Avenue that sat 3,500 people. The UA organizer Henry Lucas stacked his team with the best players. Lucas also manipulated the schedule to ensure that his St. Louis team started the season with a long winning streak. Without a pennant race attendance for the UA lagged. Hewett withdrew the Nationals from the league after receiving far less that their share of the gate receipts after games in St. Louis and Cincinnati.
The next year Hewett found himself running a team again in the minor leagues. Hewett brought the only child from his first marriage, Walter, into team management. The team improved the stadium, adding covered seating. In addition, they reoriented home plate to increase the distance from the left field fence so balls hit over it became home runs rather than ground rule singles.
Midseason, the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company sold left field for $7,000. The purchaser, a Baltimore capitalist, planned to erect fine homes on these lots at First and B Streets, NE and the team was out of luck. Summing up the feelings of team leadership, Scanlon asserted, "The Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company should assist us by allowing us to remain at Capitol Park… In every other large city [a street railroad company] has fitted up grounds and encouraged their maintenance with the most substantial backing."
The team did not receive any help. The streetcar companies in other cities helped because the location of the team's stadium led to increased numbers of riders for them. The location did not serve that purpose in Washington. The park sat on the edge of the central part of the local city where the expansion of housing would occur next. Nearly all the powerful figures in the local city supported this growth. According to these officials, that a team had its stadium sold in the middle of the season was simply too bad for the team. However, it showed very graphically the limited cache and importance of sport at that time in U.S. culture.
After contemplating contraction, National League (NL) leadership invited Indianapolis and Washington to form teams and join the league. Hewett and Scanlon needed funds for the security deposit that the NL required, for the salaries for the players and for the cost of a stadium. The Nationals' officers issued 40 shares of stock at $500 each for capital and incorporated as the Washington National Base Ball Club "to develop and maintain a proper appreciation of athletic and other manly sports and amusements…"
The team executed a five-year lease on grounds bordering North Capitol Street, F and G streets, NE (across North Capitol Street from the Government Printing Office). Their recent experience prompted them to negotiate for an option to buy the property before the owners sold it to anyone else. Newspapers glowing described the new park and its 7,500 person capacity. "It is large enough to accommodate the biggest crowds… is easily reached by cars, herdics or on foot and is surrounded by interesting objects, such as the dome of the Capitol, the smoke-stack of a factory on the left, a row of elegant dwellings on the right and such magnificent structures as the Pension office and the District buildings looming up on the horizon."
Baseball's fan base consisted of men in the working and middle classes so Robert Hewett believed the location would enable the team to be a success. Hewett made the financial decisions. Michael Scanlon, like other managers of the day, made the personnel decisions and the traveling arrangements. Despite the beautiful surroundings, the team finished in last place in the National League.
Near the end of the first season, the National's management announced a loss of $10,000. Since this was their initial season, the team spent $18,000 on a series of one-time expenses, including $11,000 to purchase the release of players from other teams and $7,000 on grounds at Capital Park. Michael Scanlon informed the press that things appeared much rosier for the next season. They expected to spend $28,000 on salaries and $7,000 on travel and hotels for total of $35,000 in expenses for 1887 season. If the team earned the same amount as during the 1886 season, $45,000, they would make $10,000 profit.
As the photograph of the stadium showed, the team used the stadium itself to raise revenue. The team offered space on the fences around part of the outfield to local advertisers. These included a steam laundry on the western border of Swampoodle, a feed and hay store and a local food merchant. Other advertisers presumably appealed to the fan base included a local bottling company, and two sporting goods vendors. The most intriguing advertising sign featured an elixir named Mist. The sign carried their claim that Mist was good for the blood.7
The situation must have looked better in the near future. At season's end, the team Treasurer Charles White and two other Board members sued the Club for the one-fortieth share of stock they never received at the beginning of the season. Robert Hewett and Scanlon argued successfully in court that the club incorporated in 1886, being different from the 1885 club, did not recognize investment in the former organization. The new team ownership reelected Robert C. Hewett President and voted Walter F. Hewett the team's Secretary and Treasurer.
The players received similar questionable treatment from the elder Hewett. Outfielder Cliff Carroll refused to sign a contract for the 1887. He believed club management wronged him with a $100 fine for a slight offense. President Hewett agreed with Carroll and promised that he would remit the $100 if Carroll signed the contract. When Carroll went to the bank to cash the check, he discovered Hewett placed a stop payment on the check. The player took his case to the Base Ball Players Union and a committee went to the annual meeting to inquire into the matter. Several owners went to Hewett and told him he had acted wrongly and suggested that he settle this problem before the Union brought the case up at the League meeting. President Hewett did.
Before the start of the second season the elder Hewett maintained he was unfamiliar with all the details connected with the game which led to some ill-judged actions. He announced to potential local buyers that "[The club] can be obtained at any time by returning the plant to its promoters and assuming its liabilities." Whether the result of the recent treatment from his fellow owners or not, Hewett suddenly wanted out of baseball. "The club has made a hard struggle, but has been anything but a paying enterprise," he stated. The Hewetts retained control of the team.8
The Nationals moved up one spot to seventh place at season's end. One fan asserted that the team lost because their players were out-classed in the League. The reporter covering the team for the sports journal, Sporting Life agreed, noting "The club is resting upon its oars watching the great grab game that is going on for young players … I can not understand for no club in the League has demonstrated its weakness more forcibly that the Washington Club." Another reporter noted that the board of directors met but conducted no business. "If the press can arouse the directorate they will be doing a charitable act."
The reporters expressed a legitimate complaint. The team's best hitter, Paul Hines, announced he did not want to return to Washington. The management could not keep him. The Board did little regarding improving the team. The Board did vote Luther E. Burket the team's Secretary and Treasurer as Walter Hewett increasingly acted in his father's position.
Later that month team officials astonished the baseball world. A report leaked that the team management made an offer to the St. Louis team's management of $12,000 in exchange for the rights to first baseman and manager Charlie Comiskey. The correspondent for the Sporting News informed fans, "It is plain to see that President Hewett is fully determined to strengthen his team to the utmost and in doing so money will be no object. Every one who is acquainted with Mr. Hewett knows that if he makes up his mind to do anything, that he will do it."
The correspondent proved wrong. The only successful transaction during the off-season hurt the team. Management traded the .300 hitter Hines in exchange for an outfielder who would have only three at-bats with the team. Walter Hewett defended management's choices for the team in early 1888 in the Washington press. Whether he convinced them of anything was unclear. However, National League officials considered Washington an experimental combination whose future remains uncertain.
The team management did eventually meet again before the start of the 1888 season. Like many of today's teams they immediately moved to enhance their personal earnings from the team. Before the start of the season, the directors met at the Hewett's feed store and promptly voted to raise season ticket prices by 50% to $30 for grandstand seats. Despite not improving their product the team management felt emboldened to charge more to see the games. The fans responded as few purchased these tickets. They still had to pay more to see the games as the League's officials mandated that all teams boost bleacher ticket prices from 35 to 50 cents. Matters grew worse when the Sporting Life reporter wrote at the beginning of the season that the owners have not yet full confidence in the capacity of their team.9
The players might have felt similarly about the team's management. With Walter Hewett taking the reigns as field manager, the team won 10 and lost 29. When the Detroit team visited Grover Cleveland at the White House in late June of 1888, the President commented on the poor showing of the Washington team. The Hewetts hired Ted Sullivan as manager and the team improved slightly.
Events in team management turned for the worse. In mid-summer, the sixty-one year old Robert left with his wife and daughter Laura on a convalescence trip to Vermont. Rumors flew about the team's financial status and the possibility of a sale. Walter turned greater attention to the feed and flour stores. As the Nationals climbed to seventh place in late August, Walter Hewett assured the League that the team was comfortable financially. However, the rumors of a sale gained credence when Robert C. Hewett returned to Washington and died days later.
Robert Hewett left his eldest son in an excellent position from which to run the team. Walter held the majority of the stock and the premiere executive position, team president. He had the significant personal wealth from the $20,000 gift. Walter also had control of his regular income as the owner of the family's feed store. His position as one of the city's premiere grain dealers enabled Walter to be voted the Vice President of the Washington Grain Exchange in 1890. Walter expanded into the building supplies business but lost control of the business in 1895. A local member of Democratic Party organizations, Hewett would serve on one of the committees required to run the inaugural festivities for Grover Cleveland when he won the Presidency in the election of 1892.10
The Eldest Son Takes The Helm
The beat reporter for Sporting Life believed that the team's future hinged on Walter's actions. "[However] he prefers to devote his active attention to the flour and feed business. The life of a base ball magnate is not congenial to him." Did this attitude emerge before or after he managed the team? Walter Hewett demonstrated his limited baseball acumen when at season's end he did not act to secure any of the best players from the bankrupt Detroit team despite Washington's obvious weaknesses. He sold two pitchers and an infielder for $4,200 to the Columbus minor league team. Instead, Hewett sought a star and aimed at acquiring the New York Giants' shortstop John Ward. He offered the future Hall-of-Famer a contract for $5,000, the largest amount ever offered to a player. Ward asked for $6,000 and when Hewett refused Ward opted to stay in New York for less than the $5,000 salary.
The son's organizational infighting skills appeared sharper than his baseball sense. Installed as team President, Walter leaked to the press that the club owed his late father's estate $23,000. He promptly informed team stockholders that they owned $500 per share held. This heavy assessment created dissatisfaction among board members and caused several small shareholders to want out of the business. Several took Hewett's buyout offer but some wanted more money and their proportional share of the valuation of the Capital Park lease. Hewett refused his fellow Board members while continuing to put his stamp on the team.
The young magnate also alienated other owners. They accused him of trying to pry players from every major and most of the minor league teams. Perhaps the older owners used this against him because of the Nationals owner's poor choices. Walter spent $5,000 to acquire second baseman Sam Wise from the Phillies; his .250 batting average for his new team hardly warranted the purchase price.
Hewett purchased shortstop and new manager John Morrill from the Boston team for $6,000. The local sportswriters expressed pleasure with the deal, describing Morrill's handsome presence and the expectation that he will guide his fellow players well. In his fourteenth major league season, Morrill met no one's positive expectations, as he hit for a .185 average and led the team into last place with over twice the number of losses as wins. He became such a defensive liability that he transferred himself from third to first base.
Hewett gave up on Morrill in early June and purchased Arthur Irwin from the Philadelphia Quakers for $3,000 in early June and installed him as the manager. Irwin batted .233 for the Nationals but sparked the team to a 22-10 record, prompting the observation from the local press that "The Washingtons are playing great ball now."11
The team's turnaround in the dog days of summer went for naught. Walter Hewett sold the option and the lease which the Washington Baseball Club held on the 322,000 feet of ground that constituted Capitol Park. Chester A. Snow, a well-known patent attorney, purchased the lot at an estimated price of 70 cents a foot. Snow would not disclose what he intended to do with the grounds. The team management auctioned off the ground stands, fencing and other materials.
Hewett announced that he expected to secure grounds more convenient to the Nationals' downtown patrons. Washington fans and the newspaper reporters noted that Hewett would struggle to find a new location. Very few open lots of the necessary size for a stadium existed in the core of the local city. Those areas the federal government reserve for its use could not be used for a stadium. The remaining spaces contained residences that made the surrounding empty grounds too small to use for the ball park.
The team finished the season poorly after the sale of their home field. During the off season, Hewett met with three well-known Washingtonians and the trio and Walter forged a syndicate. The members each agreed to advance half of the cost necessary to build a ball park and to place the baseball team on a first-class basis. Hewett left the city to attend the NL's winter meetings and nothing more occurred with the syndicate.
The National League owners had tremendous worries as a new league emerged to create serious competition for attendance. Many baseball players left their teams in both the NL and AA to join the new eight team combine established by for the 1890 season, known as the Players' League. Hewett's Nationals had lost many of the best members to the Players' League teams in Philadelphia and Buffalo. League officials used legal threats to undercut their new competitors and considered eliminating the weaker teams in their own league to improve the financial circumstances.
In January, Walter Hewett developed his own response to the three baseball league crisis. He announced that the Baltimore ownership would purchase his franchise for $25,000. The newly-combined team would share home dates between the two cities. Two weeks later the deal vanished. National League officials expressed their concern about the team's status. President Nick Young worried about Walter's confusing, dilatory tactics and requested definite actions toward finding a stadium in Washington. By early March 1890, team management still failed to secure grounds.
The season loomed and the National League published a schedule for the new ten team league. With the rise of the Player's League, the owners in the National League wanted to contract the business. They believed that a streamlined League would help them defeat the Players League. The owners worked frantically in the backrooms of the League's offices to whittle membership down. Within a week, Washington and Indianapolis each accepted $20,000 to leave the League.
Through a focus on making money, ill consideration of the team fans, and public relations, and poor personnel management, the Hewetts sets a standard that other DC family team owners have continued for years.
Taxpayers, Stadiums and Political Privilege
Free tickets are to politicians as blood is to vampires. When not being used by the pols themselves, tickets are the means by which they reward, make up to, gain acceptance from and win favor with people they want or need politically. The recipient may be a donor, a voter or a voter's child. No matter. Tickets, suites, parking passes, etc., grease the passage to a target's heart — or wallet. Sucking up to constituents knows no bounds.
The Washington Post columnist Colbert King makes a key point about the food fight between Mayor Adrien Fenty and the Washington DC City Council over the baseball suite tickets.
What of the ironies here.
First, they are fighting over perks that the taxpayers footed the bill for! Nationals Park cost the city at least $650 million and who knows how much in sundry other expenses. Residents paid for that and the politicians that are representatives of those taxpayers are fighting over the expectation that they ought to have free tickets to a luxury suite without much consideration that most of their constituents will not be able to afford to see the inside of the stadium even from the less expansive bleacher seating.
Second, the fight over tickets is going on while the stadium remains no more than one-third filled most of the time. The cost of individual tickets certainly plays a major role in keeping residents and visitors to the nation's capital from going to the games.
The empty stadium phenomenon is becoming a major issue in Yankee Stadium and Citifield. The cost of the prime tickets results in rows of empty seats being broadcast along with the key action in the games. Meanwhile, the filled seats are in the outfield portions where ticket prices are somewhat accessible to the interested fans who used to fill up the better seating in the old Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium.
Politicians and Luxury Sports Boxes
First New York, now Washington, DC.
Both cities paid a millions of taxpayer dollars to construct stadiums. In the contracts, free suites for city politicians.
In New York, the uproar from the people and some politicians forced Mayor Bloomberg, after his administration zealously toiled to get the Yankess Stadium suite, to give it up for cash.
The Mayor and City Council each get a suite at the Nationals Stadium in DC. Mayor Adrian Fenty happened to keep both sets of tickets. The City Council complained and requested that the team reprint the tickets and send them directly to the CouncilChair.
One Council member chose a more honorable method to the ticket debacle. Sell them and put the money to the use of the less fortunate in the city. Kwame Brown's proposed legislation has the support of three other members, forming a formidable bloc of one-third of the votes.
Hearst Davies Home in Santa Monica
One of the adulterous couples in my Hollywood Bohemians book.
Well, the property, not the house, which is sadly long gone.
Website has images
The compound where magnate William Randolph Hearst lived in grand style with mistress Marion Davies is being reopened as the Annenberg Community Beach House. Oh, if only the sand and sea could talk.
By Martha Groves
April 19, 2009
With its stately colonnade and sweeping staircases, the three-story U-shaped beach mansion in Santa Monica exuded grandeur.
Newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst lived there in grand style with his mistress, silent-film star Marion Davies, and in the 1920s and '30s they entertained such bright lights as Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, Cary Grant and Gloria Swanson.
On Saturday, where entertainment royalty cavorted during Hollywood's Golden Age, commoners are expected to turn out in force for the opening of a new public beach facility featuring volleyball courts, rooms for community and private events, a playground and the same elaborately tiled swimming pool where Davies splashed with Charlie Chaplin.
Years in the planning, the Annenberg Community Beach House fulfills a dream to turn a historic but long-derelict property into a public showplace.
"I remember having great days as a girl at the beach when it was the Sand & Sea Club," said Wallis Annenberg, the TV Guide heiress and philanthropist whose Annenberg Foundation provided $27.5 million of the nearly $35-million cost to build and furnish the attraction. "I'm delighted that families from all walks of life will be able to enjoy our beautiful coast and make their own fond memories."
If only the sand and sea could talk.
In 1926, the married Hearst assembled 15 beach lots to create a compound for his beloved Davies, whom he had met 11 years earlier when she was a chorus girl on Broadway. With Hearst as cheerleader, she joined the Ziegfeld Follies and then began starring in silent movies.
In 1928, they moved into their Georgian Revival main house, designed by a Hollywood art director and production designer named William Flannery, at what is now 415 Pacific Coast Highway. It was the largest of the Gold Coast beach houses, with 18 Grecian columns stretching across the back. The interior featured huge Oriental rugs, Tiffany chandeliers, 37 fireplaces and separate bedroom suites, connected by a hidden door, for Davies and Hearst.
Four other houses were occupied by Davies' family, long-term guests and more than 30 full-time servants. All told, the complex included 110 bedrooms and 55 bathrooms.
In 1945, after 17 years of memorable merrymaking, Davies became embroiled in a property tax dispute and sold the compound to investors for $600,000.
Hearst died in 1951 and Davies a decade later. By then, the property had gone through many iterations. At one point, a hotelier added three buildings. In April 1957, pieces of the main house — shingles, columns, interior fixtures — were put up for sale. Soon after, the house was demolished.
The state bought the land in 1959 and leased it to the city of Santa Monica, which in turn leased it to the private Sand & Sea Club (where Annenberg was a member) from 1960 to 1990.
During the 1994 Northridge earthquake, a brick chimney crashed through the roof of the northernmost house, known as the Guest House, the sole remaining structure from the Davies era.
Restoring the heavily damaged pool tiles and rehabilitating that mothballed house, national landmarks designed by famed architect Julia Morgan, were just two of the tasks facing Frederick Fisher & Partners, the Los Angeles architects.
"A strong idea came to me early on, to create a ghost of a mansion," Fisher said. In front of the pool he placed a colonnade of 16 white concrete columns to stand in, as it were, for the house.
Behind them is the Pool House, with changing rooms, bathrooms and built-in cabana areas lined with wood stained in muted colors found in the pool tiles. On the second floor is a glass-enclosed event room (for yoga classes, among other activities) and an open terrace overlooking the pool. Next door is the Event House, with public meeting rooms and space for art exhibitions.
Midway along the existing boardwalk, a new walkway runs perpendicularly across the wide beach to near the water line. The Guest House, set within gardens and terraces, will offer interactive exhibits about Davies, Hearst and Hollywood, with a soundtrack of laughter and tinkling champagne glasses.
Fisher said the project was especially meaningful to him because he spent time at a community beach while growing up in Cleveland. When fire destroyed the wooden beach club, his father, an architect, designed the replacement.
At the public unveiling on Saturday, Cirque du Soleil performers will inaugurate the pool with a "First Splash." Families will be invited to fly kites, take volleyball lessons and watch sand sculptors. No parking will be allowed that day at the site, but a free shuttle will carry visitors from the Santa Monica Civic Center. A bicycle valet and bike rentals will be available.
Once the facility opens for business next Sunday, access to the beach and most of the facility will be free. Beginning in May, a pool day pass will cost $10 for adults, $4 for children and $5 for visitors 65 or older. A family pass for two adults and two children will be $24.
Davies would have been delighted to see the property put to such use, said Kay Pattison, a Santa Monica Conservancy member who has volunteered as a docent at the beach house.
"We're going to bring her out of the shadows," Pattison said, "and put her back in the sunshine on the beach where she belongs."
Columbia University at Nationals Park
The Columbia University Alumni Association toured Nationals Park this afternoon. The group watched batting practice, went to the media room, and indoor batting cages, and examined the high end dining areas.
All 150 or more gathered in a conference room and waited for fellow alumna Stan Kasten to arrive for his talk. After an introduction from Lou, Kasten told several highly entertaining stories about his first meeting with Ted Turner. He discussed his success with the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association and the years he had as President of the Atlanta Braves.
Kasten observed that he expected the same kind of success with the Nationals. He stated that he expected the success to arrive sooner than many people expected and explained that the rotation would be solidifying soon and that they have built a team for the long haul.
I presented Kasten with a copy of my book, Capital Sporting Grounds: A History of Stadium and Ballpark Construction in Washington, DC.
Television's Grey Gardens
A group of us saw the premiere of HBO's drama Grey Gardens last night. Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore were both excellent as Big Edie and Little Edie Bouvier Beale, the aunt and first cousin of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. The rest of the cast was very good as well.
Lange's voice was too weak for Big Edie according to one of our crew. Albert and David Maysles' documentary gave the impression that she had a more operatic voice. The Broadway musical and the production at Studio Theater in Washington, DC also gave that impression.
The drama and the musical featured widely different scenes. The romance with Joe Kennedy Jr. featured in the first act of the musical is dispelled in the drama. The drama adds an affair with a married man in New York that the musical elides. They both create differing impressions of secondary characters. The drama includes Big Edie's husband, a character not in the musical, while the musical features Big Edie's father, while the drama does not.
Three of us wondered whether we have had enough of these two characters. One wondered whether they learned anything new while another thought the characters were repeating lines that they had heard many times before.
City Planning
Here's a cautionary tale for Minneapolis, Oakland, San Francisco, Miami and all the other cities that believe that building a ball park will create a burgeoning, bustling new area on the urban landscape.
True, the recession does not help spur any development.
True, it takes time to allow for an area to grow.
However, the growth and development could have happened in many other parts of Washington, DC. The drive was to change the southeast Navy Yard area from a nightclub district to a family neighborhood and the stadium served as the leverage to make that happen.
Politicians Defy Team Owner
Here's a change, politicians vote no on spending for sports.
The Prince Georges' County Council voted against the legislation that would authorize the state to study construction of a professional soccer stadium.
One interpretation is that the politicians are getting wiser to the argument that stadiums and even developmental projects, like this one, can generate enough revenue to pay for themselves.
Public projects have generally not paid for themselves. RFK Stadium did not even make a down payment on the construction principle.
Both Virginia and Maryland have histories of citizens launching successful oppositions to stadiums. It appears that many people living in the area did not welcome the addition of a stadium to their neighborhood. The County Council might have noticed this opposition and did not want the battle.
What do you think is behind the vote?
What is the United ownership going to do?
Architecture African American Museum
The architecture critic for the Washington Post weighed in this morning on the models for the possible African American Museum in Washington, DC.
While he shares some of the opinions of the group of us that went two weeks ago, he advocates for the building of one version that pleased few of us.
he makes an interesting argument against the Norman Foster building for the style of the presentation of the museum, calling it too thematic.


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MONDAY – January 1
Welcome to a New Year and Ice Station Zebra! The center of the surface high that has been responsible for the arctic chill down will move deeper into the area Monday and Monday night. Therefore similar conditions are expected to what you all have become used to the last couple of days. Winds will thankfully become lighter, but with temps below zero it only takes a 3-5mph wind to send wind chills back to -10 or below.
TUESDAY – January 2
The Wind Chill Advisory runs through midday Tuesday. Several records for low temps are in jeopardy on this date. Other than that, it will be a pleasure for many who will be returning to work. Assuming it's an indoor job, that is!
Surface high moves south of the area Wednesday and winds will switch around to the southwest. (About time)! Temps will start to rebound for a short time, however another shot of cold air comes down Wednesday night into Thursday. This insult will be more of a glancing blow, mainly affecting the eastern half of the area with the coldest temps. Here in Taney County it will only be in the teens...
FRIDAY – January 5
By Friday, the southwest half of the forecast area should see temperatures climb above freezing for highs with areas in central Missouri in the mid to upper 20's. However, the upper pattern will be in transition as the upper trough shifts eastward and ridging begins to move into the plains. Our temperatures by Saturday should reach the mid 30's northeast to mid 40's southwest.
Precipitation should begin to move into the area Saturday night and continue through the remainder of the weekend as an upper level system shifts east through the area. Most of the time period looks like it would be in the form of rain, with some chances of snow thrown in with the colder nighttime temperatures.
of Highway 65 Sunday morning. As temperatures warm up above freezing, it will turn over to a cold rain. A light glaze of ice along with a coating of light sleet and light snow look increasing likely for areas along and east of Highway 65. The greatest potential for minor accumulations will be over the eastern Ozarks where temperatures stay coldest the longest. Some travel impacts look likely over the eastern areas.
Most of the area changes over to cold rain late Sunday afternoon. As temperatures drop back down Sunday night, some of the rain could change back over to a light wintry mix again before ending from west to east. Overall a general half an inch to three quarters of an inch of rainfall may be possible with this system.
A milder and drier weather pattern returns for early next week with above average temperatures. High temperatures in the 50s will return by the middle of next week. There will be another storm system to affect the area by Thursday with rainfall. Colder air will return on the back side of that system and change the rain to snow later in the week.


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Personal portfolio
Through june 13
Portfolio walks
Thursday & saturdays
An exhibition showcasing new work and personal projects with the opportunity to view entire portfolios of photographers' work.
On Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons artists will be in residence to walk you through their work in progress.
Thursday, June 4 6-8PM - Todd Danforth, Nasser K, Neal Rantoul
Saturday, June 6 2-5PM - Lucas James, Jeffrey Heyne, Jane Yudelman, Bob Avakian, Stefanie Klavens
Thursday, June 11 6-8PM - Nasser K, Gail Samuelson, Jeffrey Heyne


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my maine friend hannah weddle just did some awesome sound design for the Hairy Reel opening.
good luck in russia hannah!
ps. russian cocaine: a lemon half dipped in sugar, and half dipped in coffee. eat the whole thing.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
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Join us in beautiful Anza Borrego Desert State Park on March 9, 2019
50K, Marathon & Half Marathon!
7:00 a.m. 50K & Marathon Start
7:30 a.m. Half Marathon Start
The desert in spring displays its scenic wonders at their finest, and brings the most comfortable weather for running, camping, and other fun activities which are planned for you, your friends, and your family. All courses lead you through Anza Borrego Desert's most diverse and pristine lands. Temperatures range from the low 40's overnight, to daytime highs in the low 70's. The nearby heights of the Laguna and Cuyamaca mountains often stop spring rains from reaching the sheltered basin of our event. Mountain rain makes desert rainbows!
Your adventure includes sharing ancient trails with the ghosts of the Kumeyaay People, this region's earliest known residents. Travelers and adventurers of yesteryear also included: Spanish colonials, explorers & settlers from Mexico, Kearney's Army of the West (guided by the legendary old west scout, Kit Carson), and the Mormon Battalion. During the famous gold rush era, prospectors and settlers often chose this southern overland route to reach California and its fortunes! Many came via the Birch or Butterfield Stage lines, from St. Louis via Santa Fe, and El Paso! "Catch the Spirit", come run in their tracks and enjoy the lands which gave them all renewed hope and shelter.
Old West Trails Fest courses are welcoming and runner friendly. Many Old West runners achieve new personal records. Throughout the entire 50K and marathon courses, runners will experience only about 2500 feet of gain & loss! The 1/2 Marathon course is considerably less "daunting", with only 670 feet of elevation gain & loss. Generous time allowances are provided to encourage runners who are new to trails, and older geezers to come on down and join the fun! All participants will receive a tech t-shirt. Medals to all finishers.
Old West Trails event is brought to you by Pinnacle Endurance. We pledge a fun, exciting, and memorable experience for every runner! Our other races include the PCT 50 Mile Run, The Peak Marathon & Half Marathon, and the Oriflamme 50K.
Bring the entire family!
The race begins at STAGECOACH TRAILS RV RESORT & CAMPGROUND. Plenty of room for all runners, families, friends, and even your horses! Dogs are allowed in camp, but NOT permitted on state park trails. Make Old West Trails your fun, weekend long festival. Reserve a room at STAGECOACH INN, a modular western cabin, or campsite (all sites have FULL HOOKUPS). Numerous restrooms and hot showers are conveniently located throughout this spacious campground. Each site has a picnic table, fire ring, and free Wi-Fi access. The resort has over 200 campsites, but ROOMS & CABINS WILL SELL OUT QUICKLY! CALL Right Now TO RESERVE YOURS! Phone 760-765-2197 TO RESERVE YOUR ACCOMODATIONS & TELL THEM YOU ARE WITH OLD WEST. Visit their website at: www.stagecoachtrails.com However, reserve by phone!
Click here for trail photos.
Old West Trails Fest will receive its event permit approval from Anza Borrego Desert State Park! Our local supervising ranger continues to be enthusiastic and supportive of our offering to each of you. Click here for STATE PARK RULES.
Old West Trails is proudly brought to you by Pinnacle Endurance.
We pride ourselves on providing you with beautiful races in beautiful places--ones that you will enjoy, while challenging you to do your best.
We hope to see you at the fifth running of this great event. And if you can't run it this year, we hope you'll consider volunteering and helping out your fellow runners.
Hope to see you soon!
John & Vito


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Modifications récentes
SPECFEM for HPC on GPU and Cell BETraductions de l'article :
En Bref
The SPECFEM code is based on a spectral-element technique developed to solve the seismic wave equation ; started in 1999, it is now open source (GNU GPL v2).
It has run on many supercomputers, among which the Earth Simulator (Japan, Gordon Bell Award 2003), the MareNostrum (Barcelona, Spain), and the current biggest machine : Ranger (Austin, Texas), and was fine-tuned over the years. In order to follow the latest trends in high performance computing, we have ported the code on peculiar architectures : the Cell Broadband Engine as well as GPUs using the CUDA toolkit.
We will present a brief review of the porting of the computational kernel on both architectures, and in the case of GPGPU, how we interlaced it with MPI (message passing interface) communications to benefit from GPU clusters that are currently being built.
Authors : David Michéa, Dimitri Komatitsch, Gordon Erlebacher, Nicolas Le Goff, Roland Martin
Speakers : David Michéa, Nicolas Le Goff


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|Koinonia Devotional: Great Expectations
Great Expectations
"11 Indeed, I said to myself, 'He will surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leprosy.' 12 Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?" Could I not wash in them and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage." (2 Kings 5:11-12)
Have you ever had an expectation or an idea in your mind about how something was supposed to happen? Maybe you planned to have the perfect wedding day and you started the day with great expectations. However, it seemed like everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. Or maybe you expected to have a quiet day at work, but the moment you walked into the office, the phone was ringing with your valued customer angry about an order that wasn't filled properly. Well, Naaman had one of those kinds of days. It may not have been what he expected, but it was exactly what he needed.
Naaman was the captain of the army for the king of Aram (Syria). He was a great man of high social standing and prominence. He was highly regarded by the king of Syria and he was considered a valiant warrior. However, he suffered from the skin disease leprosy. Unfortunately for Naaman, there was no cure for leprosy in his day. His Israeli servant girl suggested that if Naaman could meet with the prophet Elisha, he would be healed. For his servant girl knew the miracles that God performed through Elisha.
Naaman traveled to meet with Elisha. When Naaman arrived at Elisha's house with all of his horses and chariots, Elisha sent his servant to meet Naaman at the doorway. Elisha's servant relayed the message for Naaman to go and wash in the Jordan seven times and he will be cleansed of his leprosy (2 Kings 5:10). Naaman was outraged!
First, Elisha didn't even greet him in person. Second, Naaman expected Elisha to call on the name of the Lord his God and wave his hand over Naaman to cure him (2 Kings 5:11). Third, he asked him to wash in the Jordan River! Naaman knew the Abanah and Pharpar rivers in Syria his homeland were clearer than muddy waters of the Jordan (2 Kings 5:12). Naaman indicated to his servant that if he wanted to be clean, he could bathe in one of these two rivers instead. However, his servants talked Naaman into listening to Elisha and Naaman went into the Jordan River and dipped seven times. After Naaman dipped seven times his skin was restored like the skin of a little child! How amazing!
We have to understand that God is infinitely better than anything we can imagine. It says in Isaiah 55:8-9 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts."
Be comforted knowing that our God has a plan and purpose for your life and His ways are higher and better than our ways. There are some things that happen in our life that we will never understand why they happen or how that is part of God's plan. There are going to be times when we encounter the unexpected but we need to know that it may be exactly what we need.
Even Jesus' disciples encountered the unexpected when they didn't understand that Jesus needed to go to the cross. In fact, Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke Him, saying "Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!" (Matt 16:22) Jesus turned to Peter and said "Get behind me Satan!" and told Peter that he was not mindful of the ways of God.
You see no one expected the Messiah to be crucified but that is the only thing that could bring us back to God. Let us not complain about the circumstances that we find ourselves in, but rather know that God is using that circumstance for His glory!
Fellow Bond Servant in Christ – Daryl Kas


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Mia Goth joined boyfriend and Shia LeBeouf tonight at the closing night European Premiere Gala for ' Cheap 2Mg Xanax Online Fury' during the 58th BFI London Film Festival at Odeon Leicester Square in London, England ..
Mia Goth was dressed by Vuitton for their show at Paris Fashion Week 2013. We have added some photos of her to the gallery, she sat front row with Odeya Rush and Selena Gomez.
We have added x375 screencaps from Nymphonaniac featuring Mia to the gallery …
A forest near the Co Antrim town is the location for a terrifying new post-Apocalyptic film set in Northern Ireland. Maureen Coleman joins stars Martin McCann and Mia Goth as they shoot the final scenes.
The ruthlessness of survival in a post-apocalyptic world is the main theme of a new thriller shooting in Northern Ireland. Written and directed by Enniskillen-based 2013 Screen Star of Tomorrow Stephen Fingleton, http://sonicedevelopment.com/editor/net/controller.ashx? The Survivalist is a story of one man living alone on a farm in a time of starvation.
His isolation is shattered with the arrival of two visitors, a mother and her teenage daughter, desperate for food. When the mother offers up her daughter, an uneasy arrangement ensues. The farm then comes under attack from outsiders, forcing the trio to work together to survive, developing loyalties which will be tested when food runs short.
The dystopian movie stars Belfast actor Martin McCann (The Pacific, Closing The Ring, Killing Bono) in the title role, with up-and-coming actress Mia Goth, girlfriend of Hollywood hellraiser Shia LaBeouf, playing his love interest, Milja. Award-winning stage actress Olwen Fouere plays her mother, Kathryn.
Filming of The Survivalist began early last month and was expected to wrap this week, with most of the scenes shot in a forest outside Ballymoney.
McCann's character, whose name is never revealed, has set up home in a makeshift cabin in the heart of the woods. He grows food on a small farm – protecting his land from thieves and foragers with man traps and a shotgun. The long years of living alone have taken a toll on him and he starts to lose his grip on reality. As his feelings for Milja grow, her mother schemes to take control of the farm.
It's a hugely different role from any 30-year-old McCann has taken on before. First of all, there are the sex scenes, which McCann has never tackled in the past, but says are almost obligatory for an actor. And he had to change his appearance as well, consulting the same nutritionist Michael Fassbender turned to for help when shedding several stone to play Bobby Sands in Hunger. McCann's weight loss was not as dramatic, but he had to look convincing as a man living off the fruits of the land.
The IFTA-winning actor first came to the attention of writer and director Fingleton when he was cast to play a forager in a short pilot called Magpie, which acted as a precursor to The Survivalist. Fingleton was impressed with McCann's performance and invited him back to play the title role in his first feature film.
Writer/director Stephen Fingleton, a 2013 Screen International Star of Tomorrow, has started principal photography on his debut feature, dystopian thriller http://diamondremovals.com/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron=1558135197.8416678905487060546875 The Survivalist.
The shoot for the Fyzz Facility production started on June 9.
Martin McCann, Olwen Fouere and Barry Ward star alongside a 2014 Screen Star of Tomorrow, Mia Goth.
Fingleton developed the script through Northern Ireland Screen's New Talent Focus scheme. The hot property appeared on the 2012 US Black List and topped the 2013 Brit List of unproduced screenplays.
The story is set in a world where the grid has gone down and humanity is starving. A loner in a forest meets a woman and her teenage daughter, who must work together to survive.
Producers of The Survivalist are Wayne Marc Godfrey, Robert Jones and David Gilbery.
The Fyzz Facility earlier this year produced the shortMagpie as an "introduction to the world of The Survivalist." That short, supported by Northern Ireland Screen and the BFI, can be viewed here: www.magpieshort.com
The London Evening Standard posted this article (mostly focusing on Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams) but with a little pic of Mia as "one of the stars of tomorrow!" …
The Fyzz Facility announced that Mia with star in http://flyingstartchallenge.co.uk/administrator/templates/bluestork/index.php Magpie a new short by writer/director Stephen Fingleton which is due to filmed this February in Northern Ireland. Written as a pre-cursor to The Survivalist, Fingleton's feature scheduled to shoot later this year, Magpie is an introduction to his harsh, post-apocalyptic world as well as a selection of the characters that inhabit The Survivalist.
Funded by the BFI, Northern Ireland Screen and The Fyzz Facility. Magpie has fantastic cast attached including Olivia Williams (Anna Karenina), Mia Goth (Nymphomaniac) and Martin McCann (Clash of the Titans)
Adult Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg), beaten and unconscious, is found in a snow-covered alley by Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård), an unassuming fellow with a gentle demeanor who takes her to his apartment. In his austere dwelling she recounts her adventures as a young nymphomaniac in a series of stories, each preceded by director Lars von Trier's requisite thematic chapter headings and cinematic asides. Young Joe's (Stacy Martin) exploits, from her debut sexual experience with Jerome (Shia LaBeouf), through her adventures on a train, to her very dramatic experience with a married man, his kids, and his wife (played by Uma Thurman in what might be the best 10 minutes of her career), are all captured in detail — including visual detail — which has been the talk of cinema.
Mia Goth is featured in ID Magazine and we have added x8 lovely HQ photos to the gallery. Mia took on the role as P in the drama-mystery Nymphomaniac. The 19-year-old actress skipped a shirt for the sultry Angelo Pennetta-shot spread while chatting about everything from getting into character for the film to her future. (Read More)
http://ambleandash.com/page/12/?replytocom=1114 On Nymphomaniac:
"My character had never known love, so she mistakes everything for sexual love. I was very deep into the character, so the sex scenes came very naturally to me. I knew I had to give myself to it, but I'm a rookie – I'd never done this before. I decided to be P. Any situation I was in, I'd imagine what would P do. Throughout the whole of 'Nymphomaniac,' and even now, P never died. I became her."
http://liomont.com.mx/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron=1558107990.7855489253997802734375 On her life growing up:
"I didn't have a typical upbringing. I had a very full childhood. It means I feel a lot. I see myself as a professional feeler. My first memories are of Brazil. There's so much music there. It's one of my favorite places in the world."
Buy Valium Western Union On her future self:
"I want to be a woman who has a little more figured out, who doesn't have so many doubts. And then I would like to have a whole list of directors I have worked with – Woody Allen, Paul Thomas Anderson. I just want to act. And I want to be good. And I want to be happy, and I think that's it."
We have added x2 HQ stills from Nymphomaniac (in cinemas March 14)


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Expectedly, I follow many blogs, websites, and forums dedicated to backpacking (and perhaps secondarily to hiking, camping, and the outdoors).
As an avid backpacker, I appreciate new gear reviews, skill tutorials, meal recipes, and information on destinations and routes. And as an outdoor blogger myself, other outlets help keep my finger on the pulse of the community; and, occasionally, they inspire me.
Recently, I searched for "backpacking blogs," in the hopes of discovering new ones worth reading. The results were generally disappointing, even though some of the lists purported to include "the best" and "top-ranked" sites, and even gave out awards.
Many of my favorite blogs were omitted. Personally, I appreciate high quality and insightful content; I value the credibility and first-hand experience of the blogger; and I find off-putting clickbait headlines and useless lists of gear full of affiliate links.
So I've decided to share my own top selections.
How to follow blogs
Rather than bookmarking each of these blogs and visiting them periodically, it's easier to use a blog reader (my pick: Feedly), which aggregates all new content.
Blogs that I read most regularly
Blogs with potential
A few blogs did not make the list above because they simply don't post often enough. I wish they did, but I understand the reasons they probably don't: other full-time work, family responsibilities, and a preference to play instead of writing about play. Here they are:
- Dan Durston (Into Cascadia)
- Derek Bartz (Mtn Miles)
- Don Wilson (Talusfield)
- Forrest McCarthy
- Justin Lichter
- Leor Pantilat
- Luc Mehl
- Max Neale (To the Max)
- Roman Dial (The Roaming Dials)
- Ryan Jordan
My complete feed
There are several popular, highly regarded, and quality blogs and websites that deserve mention but that I don't read regularly. In these cases, I do not typically find what they produce to be useful to me.
For example, Appalachian Trials focuses on the physiological challenges of thru-hiking, but that's no longer my gig. Midwest Basecamp, Missouri Howell, Modern Hiker, and SoCal Hiker have strong regional content, but we live in different parts of the country. And Lady on a Rock and Walking with Wired have updates on their thru-hikes, but I don't need an armchair adventure.
With quick searching, you should be able to find all of the websites in my feed, below.
Websites and forums
To compliment my blog reading, I keep tabs on a handful of websites and forums. Here, I get perspectives from more users, and I hear from knowledgeable community members who don't share their wisdom on a personal site (e.g., RoguePhotonic, Richard Nisley, and Lone Wolf).
The primary challenge of forums is the signal-to-noise ratio. It's difficult to find consistent information and credible contributors.
- Backpacking Light
- Backcountry Post
- HammockForums.net
- High Sierra Topix
- Reddit, specifically the subreddits
- r/Ultralight
- r/CampingandHiking
- r/Hammocks
- r/WildernessBackpacking
- WhiteBlaze
What have I missed? Leave a comment.
I'm sure that I have omitted worthy backpacking blogs and websites. I'd love to know about them — What are they?
I'm sure that we also rank blogs differently. Which ones do you love most?