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Welcome to our Rustic Garden... Launching my own business left my dream Adirondack Garden looking more like a deserted Ghost Town. Visit with me while I get my Garden back and feel free to pull a Weed!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
The Beauty of the First Spring Flower
11 comments:
- Nancy J. Bond said...
And smell them you should. :) They're gorgeous!
- April 9, 2008 at 4:29 PM
- Marie said...
Beautiful :)
- April 9, 2008 at 6:05 PM
- GardenJoy4Me said...
You are ahead ofme there CJ .. I have leaves but no flowers opened yet .. can't wait !
Very pretty soul soothing ? : )
- April 9, 2008 at 6:23 PM
- Dee/reddirtramblings said...
Just lovely. Never tire of seeing them, so bring them on.~~Dee
- April 9, 2008 at 7:57 PM
- chey said...
How exciting! They are so pretty! You're ahead of us too. Spring is just around the corner:).
- April 9, 2008 at 8:33 PM
they're so pretty!
Bainbridge Island florist
- April 10, 2008 at 3:14 AM
- CJ said...
Yesterday more white ones opened and now it really looks lovely. Unfortunately, I'm on the road again today so no time to actually enjoy them.
According to my mom's records we are about a week later than we should be. We just can't figure out why...
- April 10, 2008 at 6:20 AM
- Apple said...
I keep running to the window to look at mine! Finally some color in my white and brown world.
They may be a week later than they should be but mine are a week earlier than last year so I'm not complaining!
- April 10, 2008 at 11:27 AM
- Robin's Nesting Place said...
I hope things settle down for you soon so you can enjoy your spring blooms.
- April 10, 2008 at 12:33 PM
- Barbee' said...
Never too many crocuses! There just isn't such a thing as too many of them.
- April 10, 2008 at 8:48 PM
- WiseAcre said...
You won't be the last to post photos of crocuses. After a long winter nobody can resist showing theirs. Those first flowers are the outward sign of someone's soul blooming and who can't help but to share the elation they feel.
- April 14, 2008 at 7:14 AM

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On February 18, 1952, four men risked their lives in perilous seas to attempt to rescue an unknown number of men. The Coast Guard web sight has this to say, "During a violent winter gale the tanker SS Pendleton broke in two in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cape Cod, MA. Shortly thereafter, Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat No. CG-36500 with BM1 Bernard C. Webber as officer-in-charge and EN2 (P) Andrew J. Fitzgerald, SN Richard P. Livesey and SN Ervin E. Maske as crew members departed the Lifeboat Station to render assistance. The seas were extremely high and rough, with northwest winds between forty and fifty miles per hour. Visibility was poor due to darkness and intermittent snow squalls."
When these brave men departed on their journey they did not know if they would find any survivors. They did not even know if they would survive this rescue attempt. What they did know is there were people in danger and they were going to do their best to save them.
We hear stories like these and part of us want to be able to be that heroic. So what stops us from doing it? Today there are millions at risk of facing eternal judgment yet we sit safely in our pews doing nothing. On that day Webber and his crew gave 32 souls another chance to live. How many souls will you give the chance at eternal life? Christians, it is time to get off the pews and into the streets!


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Through abstract collages, English artist, Fiona Curran, explores how colour, composition and space affect us. Accustomed to working with paint and cut paper, for the first time Curran makes use of the exceptional quality of handmade rugs and tapestry with her collection for The Rug Company. Fiona Curran's rug designs invite us to experience bright and plentiful colour through something soft and tactile, rather than from looking at a computer screen.


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Chaiwalahs or tea sellers of Benares seem to have joined an unofficial race to join the 'Kashi Naresh' for accompanying BJP's Prime Ministerial
candidate Narendra Modi for his nomination.
Speculation is rife a paanwala and 'Kashi Naresh' (Benares king) Anant Narayan Singh may propose Modi's name for nomination after Modi took along a tea seller and a royal family member as proposers for his nomination to Vadodara Lok Sabha contest in Gujarat.
Among others, there is also buzz of a boatman or a Muslim weaver accompanying Modi for his nomination.
While BJP leaders say nothing has been finalised officially for nomination, including the date, tea sellers are already engaging in heated discussions about whether one of them should join Modi for his nomination.
"It's like a race even before bugle has been sounded," a local BJP leader said, while adding that Modi was likely to file his nomination here towards the end only, depending on his campaign schedule for the entire country. Nominations would begin on April 17 and continue till April 24.
When asked whether a tea seller and a royal would join Modi for nomination filing, senior BJP leader Nalin Kohli, who is camping here for polls, said that the party would announce the nomination details at an opportune time.
Anant Narayan Singh, whose ancestors had ruled the city of Kashi (the old name of Varanasi) and who is still known as Kashi Naresh, could not be contacted for his comments.
This seat will go to polls on May 12.


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baby's first birthday: winter wonderland Russian tea party
planning my baby's first birthday was so fun! her birthday theme was a winter wonderland Russian tea party, because i'm half Russian, and she was born in the winter. so yes, she is a snow princess, but luckily still unaware of Frozen, so i could keep it Disney-free, albeit the color scheme was very much Frozen, with an abundance of cream, teal, and blue, amidst pops of color. [read more]


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Monday, April 20, 2015
Cheesy Smoked Sausage and Veggie Bake
First off let me say that my absence from the blog was due to some minor hand surgery that I had done. I couldn't cook or clean for over a week! It was torture! I also couldn't do dishes.....that was NOT torture! But I'm back and I've got a delicious recipe made with Hillshire Farms Smoked Sausage.
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My husband would eat it 5 times a week! I love all the different ways it can be used. It's not just for supper. Smoked Sausage for breakfast is also a great idea. If you need more inspiration, head on over to Hillshire Farms for more delicious recipes.
Hillshire Farm smoked sausage is crafted to be better. The experts have perfected the pre-seasoning of the smoked sausage over the last 75 years and let me tell you, it's a winner! Plus it's so much cleaner and easier to work with than chicken. I love me some chicken but there are nights when I'd much rather just slice or dice up some smoked sausage and be done with it!
Hillshire Farms asked me to create an original recipe from them so I came up with this Cheesy Smoked Sausage and Veggie Bake.
It's loaded with veggies (and some cheesy goodness too). So easy to throw together and pop in the oven. You can even make it the night before and just heat it up when you get home!
Cheesy Smoked Sausage & Veggie Bake
recipe from Lisa@The Cutting Edge of Ordinary
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 small onion (or 1 large leek, light green and white parts only) finely chopped
8oz baby bella mushrooms, sliced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 pound Hillshire Farms Smoked Sausage, diced
1 - 16oz package frozen cauliflower, thawed
1- 16oz package frozen chopped broccoli, thawed
Cheese Sauce
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1 ½ cups milk
1 ½ cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
½ cup mozzarella cheese, shredded.
Salt and pepper to taste
Paprika for sprinkling on top
Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking pan. Set aside.
In a large skillet heat oil and add the chopped onion or leeks and sliced mushrooms. Cook for approximately 5 minutes or until the onions and mushrooms becomes softened. Add in the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add in the diced smoked sausage. Toss to combine. Transfer to a large bowl so it can cool for a bit while you make the cheese sauce.
To make the sauce
In a medium saucepan melt the butter. Once the butter has melted, whisk in the flour. Once the flour hits the melted butter it is going to clump so it is important to keep whisking so that you make a nice smooth paste or roux. Cook the paste for about a minute to eliminate the raw flour taste but don't let it start to brown. Add the milk in a little at a time and stir until slightly thickened. Remove from heat, add salt and pepper and stir until well blended. Pour over the smoked sausage and veggie mixture, folding in gently making sure the sauce covers all the mixture. Add in the cheddar cheese and place into baking dish. Sprinkle the top with the mozzarella cheese and top with paprika if you'd like. Bake for 40 minutes or until golden brown.
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Dog Marking in House
Is your neutered, male dog marking in the house? Find out why, and learn how to get rid of this unpleasant behavior.
While male dogs may be cute and have many endearing qualities, they do come with one annoying little habit: marking their territory. Dogs in general are known for their loyalty. But male dogs can display this through bodily functions. When a male dog marks its territory, it releases a small amount of urine. Thought the dog does not fully release its bladder, even that small amount that will leave behind the smell. The thought behind this action, for dogs, is that it shows their territory and what belongs to them.
It is important to know that a male dog marking its territory is not done out of spite, or because it wants to purposely be naughty. Rather, he does it out of insecurity. The insecurity most likely stems from your pet feeling that its space is being invaded by others.
While getting your pooch neutered at an early age can reduce the risk of marking, it does not always stop the behavior. Listed below are some tips to help make your pet feel more secure in the home.
- Allow your dog to meet your friends and family, on his terms. When you have a visitor in your home, allow your pet to meet the new friend in a way that seems safe to him. The visitor might need to keep his distance at first, for example, and let your pooch approach in his own time. This will hopefully put your pooch at ease.
- Another option: establish yourself as the "pack leader." Dogs are pack animals by nature, and while your dog is your companion, you also need to set boundaries. This means that if marking occurs, your pet should know that that is not an appropriate behavior. You send that message by reprimanding your dog, and quickly getting the smell off of whatever was marked on.
I hope this is a good start. For other tips or suggestions, speak with your veterinarian.
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So here I am.
Back in Japan.
In Tokyo to be precise.
I am reclining in a leather lounge chair in a suite at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Roppongi Hills to be even more precise.
I have been here many times before - Japan, Tokyo, the Grand Hyatt hotel and Roppongi Hills - however I have only ever been here for work.
Such is life.
Well my life at least.
I flew out from Singapore very early this morning and arrived in Tokyo in a little over seven hours
We must have had a strong tail wind.
It usually takes about eight.
Hours that is.
In the week prior to my departure I had some email correspondence with my Japanese friend Myoki San – who I met on a plane from Singapore to Tokyo last year. Myoki is an assistant of some sorts to an elderly and I think very powerful Oyabun.
An Oyabun is a Godfather in the Japanese mafia.
I am unable and unwilling to name the Godfather as I promised him I would not and I tend to keep my word about such things.
I took an oath.
On that particular flight the Oyabun was accompanied by two very large and immaculately dressed bodyguards – and of course Myoki San. I knew the Oyabun was an Oyabun because his be-suited companions each had the pinky finger removed from one hand - and I could see up their sleeves and I saw that they were heavily tattooed.
I was sitting in the aisle seat next to the Oyabun-who-I-will-not-name and I ended up chatting a bit to him through Myoki – who had to interpret for the both of us. I know very little Japanese and the Oyabun spoke little English. For most of the flight though I chatted with Myoki.
She was seated on the aisle seat opposite me – and the bodyguards were seated behind me.
I found Myoki San to be both charming and gorgeous and we got on very well.
I am pretty sure I fell in love with her within an hour.
Perhaps it was a little less.
I will not harp on about the plane trip and the relaxed and easy conversation between the Japanese angel and myself. Nor will I recant how the Oyabun and his entourage took me by helicopter to my hotel. I will not elaborate on the afternoon I had tea with the Godfather at his house in Shinjuku – and where I saw his glorious Zen garden and his impressive Samurai sword collection – nor indeed the evening I spent with Myoki San at one of the Godfather's high class nightclubs.
For I have written about all of this before.
Read it for yourself.
Or don't.
I don't care either way
The emails I exchanged with Myoki were to initially inform her that I was coming to Tokyo for a few days of business and I would be honoured and delighted if I could see both her and the Oyabun again.
She didn't reply for a few days but when she did she apologised for the delay and referred to me as "My dearest most Honourable Peter San" in her opening line.
I liked that a lot.
She enquired as to the dates I was in Tokyo and what flights I was arriving and departing on and I gave them to her.
I replied with the opening line "My dearest and most gorgeous and wonderful Myoki San" and I gave her the dates.
Two days ago she wrote back and she wrote that she was again sorry but she was not yet sure of the Oyabun's busy work schedule but she would be in touch to let me know.
I wrote back and said I was aware he was a very busy and important man – and she was a very busy and important woman and I fully understood if they had no room in their schedules to see me. I added that I was going to be a bit busy myself – as I was in town for work and only for a few days.
I love the etiquette and the manners of the Japanese. The reverence with which they communicate is as endearing as it is delightful.
It really is.
I was not particularly surprised when the plane landed at Narita airport and I alighted the plane to see Myoki San waiting. Two hulking dudes dressed in very nice black suits accompanied her.
When one of them grabbed my carry on bag and the other my laptop bag I took a peak at their hands and yes – they were nine fingered.
Myoki was dressed in Western attire however her hair was pulled up and held together in a delicate bun by what appeared to be chopsticks. Her beautiful white neck was exposed and I swear I saw bluebirds and butterflies dancing around her head.
When she smiled and bowed at me my heart skipped several beats.
I am in love for sure.
The yakuza dudes bowed deeply and I bowed back.
I will be doing a hell of a lot of bowing in the next few days.
It is the Japanese way.
I also embraced Myoki and I basked momentarily in the scent of frangipani, which suited her well. She asked if my flight was OK and whether I had any other luggage.
I told her I did not.
She then asked for my passport – which I gave her – and she barked some Japanese at a little ten-fingered guy who bowed to me and took my travel documents. He whisked away before I could bow back.
With Myoki on my arm we strolled away from the immigration area through some corridors and exited a door to a helicopter pad.
I had been there before.
The same American pilot Buzz was in the front and as we approached he jumped out and bowed to Myoki and me grinned a big hello.
"How are you doing Buzz?" I asked
"Like a pig in shit Peter San" he drawled.
This I assume was a good thing.
As we sat in the chopper and Buzz turned on the rotors the ten fingered little fellow ran up and handed Myoki my passport.
That was quick.
The Oyabun is a powerful dude indeed to bypass customs and immigration.
Buzz spoke some Japanese into his headset and within a couple of minutes we had taken off and were high above Tokyo.
It is a very big city.
After about ten minutes we had passed the city and my hotel – and I asked Miyoki where we were going.
"There Peter San" she pointed.
Ahead of us was the splendor of Mount Fuji.
"Nice one" I grinned.
It took us only 20 minutes or so to reach Mount Fuji and Buzz took us once around the edifice. I have been there before – but I had never seen it from the air.
It was beautiful
We landed on the west side of the mountain – not actually on the mountain itself – but in what I initially thought was a park of some sort.
It was not.
It was the garden of one of the Godfather's houses.
When we alighted the chopper I was overcome by the fragrance of flowers and the pollen that hung thick in the air. Or is it that hanged thick in the air? Irrespective - I sneezed a couple of times.
Myoki San expressed her immediate concern and I told her I was OK.
I told her that I had never before smelled air so sweet.
She smiled and took my arm and guided me to a cobbled path that led between what seemed to be a forest of pink cherry blossom.
"It is Spring now Peter San. It is the time for new life and celebration and the Master always comes to this house for the beginning of the season"
I have only ever heard Myoki refer to the Oyabun as "Master" of "Senpai" and I am still unsure of what her relationship is with the man. It would be very impolite of me to ask such a thing.
She could well be his mistress or just his assistant or possibly even be his daughter.
I may never know.
It doesn't really matter.
Before too long the forest of blossoms ran out and we were walking between two small lakes upon which floated lilies of every shape and size and hue – all in full bloom.
Beyond the lake was a traditional Japanese house made of wood and stone.
It was stunning.
From a large double door the Oyabun emerged. He was dressed in traditional Japanese garb and he beamed a very warm hello at me.
I returned the smile and we shook hands warmly and then hugged.
I feel very close to this dear old fellow even though I have only met with him on a few occasions and even though I know he runs a large and illegal empire likely to do with drugs and murders and mayhem and prostitution.
I don't know why.
He took my arm and with Myoki now trailing us we walked around the patio to where tea was laid out on a table.
It was beautiful.
With Myoki translating we traded polite niceties for a while before the Godfather asked about my health and my family and he enquired whether my son was still doing his bonsai.
I told him that he was and I showed him some photos from my I-Phone.
He seemed genuinely interested.
I wont disclose too much more of our conversation as it is personal and some of it secretive and I have already declared that I have taken an oath.
The Oyabun was very insightful though and whilst he was not a man of many words – the words he seemed to carefully and thoughtfully impart conveyed great meaning and depth.
When I commented how beautiful his gardens were the Godfather smiled and said, "Kachou Fuugetsu"
I looked at Myoki San and she too smiled and said, "Peter San there is no literal translation of this saying but it more or less means that if you experience the beauty of nature then you will surely learn much about yourself"
"Nice" I said
"Very nice"
The Godfather seemed particularly interested in my boy Tom as we had discussed him at length during my last visit. I had told the Oyabun that Tom was basically a good kid – but he often did silly things and he was on a b it of a journey growing up. The Godfather seemed to understand this and he implied without directly saying – that his own son was similar.
When he enquired how Tom was behaving and I shrugged my shoulders and sighed – Sempai said "Saru mo ki kara ochiru" and Myoki San giggled.
"Sempai says that even monkeys fall from trees sometimes Peter San – and that everyone makes mistakes"
I laughed myself.
"Kaeru nook wa kaeru Peter San" the Godfather added and my Japanese angel giggled once more.
"This is a saying that means that a child of a frog is also a frog Peter San – and I think you Westerners say like father like son" she smiled at me.
"Wise words indeed Myoki San" I agreed.
Time flew.
It was very pleasant.
When it was time to go the Oyabun told me through Miyoki that he had a gift for me. A little butler type dude appeared and to my great surprise he was holding a Samurai sword in a very ornate sheath.
Myoki explained that it was more than 400 years old and had once belonged to one of the Senpai's ancestors. She told me that it had been used in battle and was forged by a great maker.
I could hardly believe the kindness and generosity and I bowed as deep as I could to show my appreciation.
I then asked Myoki where my bag was for I had a gift for the Oyabun and for her as well. She said something to the little butler fellow who scurried off somewhere. While we were waiting I said that I was a little embarrassed as my gift to them both was nowhere near as beautiful or as generous.
The Godfather said something that Myoki said was difficult to directly translate into English – but was something along the lines of the act of giving being more precious than the gift itself.
When my bag arrived I pulled out two leather bound copies of my new book and a couple of hardcover versions of my first book. The first one is not very good and is called "Alphabet Soup" and I explained that in it was the story of my first encounter with the two of them. Oyabun looked a little worried and I assured him there was nothing with his name in it or anything else that would identify him.
I told him that in fact one of the stories was called "Oath" – and it was about the promises of secrecy I had made to him.
I informed both Myoki and the Sempai that I was much happier with the second book - and it had only just been released. I had arranged for only a few special embossed copies for my dearest friends and I had written a personal note to both the Godfather and to Myoki San inside.
The Oyabun asked Myoki to ask me what the title of the book meant and I told them both that "With a rainbow coloured flower and a khadak in my hand" was something that a little girl in Nepal had written to me in a thank you note for being her friend and helping her get an education.
The Godfather smiled in a wise sort of a way and so too did Myoki.
I hugged the Oyabun-who-I-shall-never-name again - and as Myoki and I walked back over the lake and into the cherry blossom forest I turned and we waved to each other.
The helicopter ride to the Grand Hyatt hotel didn't take very long and I felt quite auspicious being greeted by the hotel staff on the rooftop helipad. I let the porters take my bags but I insisted on carrying the Samurai sword myself.
I am looking at it now as I write this down.
It is very beautiful.
I am pretty sleepy after such a long day but I wanted to write all this down while it was fresh in my mind.
I just got a text from Miyoki San bidding me sweet dreams and asking if I was all right.
I am about to reply that that I am.
I will tell her that I am quite all right.


text: American artist Christian Faur continues his crayon portrait series with a new set of unique and expertly crafted images. Using strategically placed upright crayons, Faur fabricates the appearance of pixels to create these works, resulting in a distinct mash up of pointillism and photography which blurs the lines between various artistic mediums. On this idea, Faur states that he views art like a game, in which breaking rules can open up what can be 'said' through a specific medium, but also where rules can help contain thoughts in unique ways so that "the medium can become the message."


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Queens Market lies on Green Street, home away from home for all West Ham United fans.
The market itself, based on the site since the Victorian times, sells a mix of fabric rolls, exotic foods and home ware goods with nail shops scattered in between. Venturing out to Upton Park on a sunny Saturday seems like the most obvious way to spend the afternoon.
After parking down one of the side roads that connect Katharine Road and Green Street, I made my way up towards the station. Passing Paan shops and window displays filled with colourful clothes. I stopped just before the station at an off-licence, one of few in this area. I noticed that the shop was awash with a collage of post-it notes in its window. Each note stated the same thing "Bedroom for rent" in a hand written scrawl.
Is this the result of the 'bedroom tax' from the newly implemented Welfare Reform Act 2012? The tax means that housing benefit claimants will receive a reduction in their claim if they have a spare bedroom. This can be partially subverted by taking in a lodger. Although housing benefit payments may still be cut, homeowners will be able to keep all of their rental income from the lodger.


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McLeod County Historical Society uses Past Perfect Museum Software on its network computer system, like many small historical museums. In the last three years we have been adding a tremendous amount of digital media, i.e. photos and recordings, to the system. This has created some storage and backup problems for us. My board would like to explore the option of […]
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Counting Web Users
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The Over Under
In the world of betting, the over-under is a wager that an actual score in a game will be over or under a number set by a sportsbook manager. In the nonprofit world, the over-under refers to over-organization and undercapitalization. A lot of ink has been used to detail how little needed another museum – […]
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From the smash movie remake, Geek Shack bring you the IT Beverly Marsh Pop Vinyl figure!
If you've been living under a rock, you will of missed the fact that the IT Pennywise Funko POP figure was one of the biggest selling lines for Funko in 2017. Now Funko have relented and released the full range of POP Vinyl from the film. Look for Bill Denbrough, Ben Haniscom, Beverly Marsh, Richie Tozier, Eddie Kaspbrak, Georgie Denbrough, Mike Hanlon, Stanley Uris & a new version of Pennywise the Clown. Grab your IT Pennywise with spider legs Pop Vinyl Figure today!
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text: An anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is no laughing matter, but sadly, it's a pretty common injury that often requires reconstructive surgery. Once you're out of surgery, you want to get your life back as fast as possible. To do that, you need the best possible rehabilitation program. In the past, lumpy, inconvenient ice packs were the only cold treatment available post-operatively to help you deal with the pain and swelling. Happily, there's a now better solution for managing your ACL surgery recovery. It combines cryotherapy (i.e. cold therapy) with intermittent compression in a NASA-inspired spacesuit design to deliver intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) and adjustable cold therapy. It's a convenient, portable and easy-to-use system used by many professional athletes to help them get back to work faster. Use it and you'll discover that it accelerates your ACL surgery recovery in five key ways:


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We kicked off the #landscapejuly blogs with a guide to all the type of kit many landscape photographer pack into their bags, and explained how it helps to achieve technically better images. Over the next few weeks we've gathered three more blogs covering how to maximise your shots, location pointers and shooting tips and tricks. Hopefully, these will help you hone your landscape photography, and have you shooting like a pro.
Location tips
Scout your locations
Having a walk around your chosen location will allow you to work out the best places to position yourself to get the shots you want. It's important to do this groundwork early, as you won't want to waste your time when out shooting.
Shot by Diego Garín Martín with an Olympus E-M5 + M.9-18mm F4.0-5.6
Golden hour
Golden hour is the time before sunrise or sunset. Shooting at this time will often give you the best light to take shots of a landscape scene. Type your location and sunrise or sunset into Google and it'll tell you the exact times for both, allowing you to plan your perfect landscape shooting trip.
Shot by Chris Thomson with an Olympus E-M10 + M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
Finding photo locations
When travelling to a location I know I'm likely to get a good day's shooting, I like to go onto Google Maps and search the local area for good places to shoot. I also head over to Flickr and do the same there, although I do try to avoid the areas that are commonly shot by photographers. Another great tactic is to check the Ordnance Survey Landranger maps site:
This is packed with great areas you can shoot, and showcases some amazing photography too.
Shot by Paul Gardener with an Olympus E-M1 + M.14-150mm F4.0-5.6 II
Check the weather forecast
It sounds obvious, but if you know what the weather is going to be like you can adapt and change your location to suit your shooting. If it's going to be scattered cloud with a fantastic sunrise and no wind it may be worth shooting a scene over water that'll reflect the light and bring amazing colours to your image. If however it's windy with dense cloud, then it's possible a long exposure over a large hill or mountain will look best. By knowing how the day will turn out, you can better choose your settings


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Suddenly Supernatural: School Spirit
By Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Little Brown and Company
Ages 8-12
On shelves June 1, 2008
So I'm on a plane ride from Seattle to New York and wouldn't you know it but I don't bring enough books to read. Under normal circumstances I have a problem with overstocking my purse with reading material. This time the opposite is true. So I pull out anything I happen to have on hand, and most of it is simply terrible. I'm alternating between bad crazy books and bad depressing books in an effort to simply make the time go faster when I remember that a literary agent I know, who happens to be taking the same flight as me, gave me Suddenly Supernatural not a day before. She had assured me that it was great, which I took with a grain of salt or two. Of course the book's agent is going to think it's the best single thing since sliced bread. No surprises there. But the pickings are slim and my flight has been delayed another hour and a half (thank YOU, Delta). I decide to give the book a go. As a children's librarian I've trained myself to look for certain qualities in my fiction for kids. Is it interesting? Is it good? Does it fall into the usual trips, traps, and snares common to the genre? But to my amazement this book sucks me in instantly. With a rare combination of readability and genuine middle school trials and tribulations, author Elizabeth Cody Kimmel gives a well-placed kick to a genre that deserves a little rejiggering here and a little remastering there. A book I can honestly recommend to any kid looking for some great ghostly fare.
Seventh grader Kat has a situation on her hands. First of all, her mother's a medium. "And I don't mean the kind that fits in between small and large." Rather she's the kind of person who contacts ghosts and spirits for a living. Kat's never really had a problem with this job in the past, though certainly it would be more restful if her mom sought employment in another occupation. No, it's not until Kat realizes that she herself is beginning to see ghosts everywhere that she starts freaking out. It's not as if she's the most popular girl at school to begin with, and now she has to keep from talking or even noticing the dead people floating all around her? Thank you, but no. Fortunately Kat's just made a new friend at school with secrets of her own and the two of them are getting wrapped up in a mystery involving a dead student, a music program, and an old woman who has carried a blanket of shame with her for over forty years. This middle school medium may not want to bring her powers to class, but it's clear that there's a reason they're there, and nothing's going to change that.
There are plenty of books out there that use supernatural metaphors to describe middle school and puberty. Buffy the Vampire Slayer did it on television with vampires. Dusssie by Nancy Springer gave menstruation a medusa-inspired twist. Even Perry Moore's Hero was able to equate superpowers with coming out of the closet. The Suddenly Supernatural books are, in a sense, quieter fare than any of these. Kat hits puberty and suddenly she can see and hear ghosts. And like any teen or tween faced with the unnatural or weird, her instinct is to ignore her powers or do whatever it is that she can to cover them up and seem to be like everyone else. As she herself says, "I'm just not sure how to deal with it. I don't know what's expected of me. I'm in seventh grade, remember. Where you're supposed to spend every waking hour trying to be normal." The narrative is told entirely in the first person and you grow very fond of Kat and her inner struggle. Subplots involving conniving popular girls and the like keep the story moving, but really it's Kat's relationship with her new friend Jac that maintains the reader's interest. When it all comes down to it, I really felt that the book held together well. It certainly works in different plot points and subplots to a satisfying conclusion. Some rote middle school elements are there, sure, but what Kimmel chooses to do with them is solid and original.
At heart, the story has a lot in common with M. Night Shymalan's Sixth Sense. Yet one difference between the two is the fact that Kat's mother is a medium and it's not as if she is without support and help along the way. Again, it's the relationships that really shine through in this tale. Kat's mom is warm and lovely. One of those rare not dead/not villainous mothers you encounter in children's literature once in a bright blue moon. Now with its subtitle firmly in place, I was pretty sure that this book was the first in a series. This feeling was later reinforced when Kat encounters a malevolent force that neither explains itself nor, for that matter, does much of anything except look threatening in the book. Clearly Kimmel has more adventures of her mini medium in store for her fans.
Of course, the book series is going to be hampered if Kimmel continues to include an overabundance of pop culture references like the ones found in this book. About the time I got to the mention of "the latest marriage of Tori Spelling" is started to cringe. A title like this, marketed correctly and creating a strong audience, could easily go through several reprints and reissues as long as it remains timeless. The pop culture tidbits don't really gel with the rest of the book anyway. I don't see Kat as just another consumer, so it feels weird to see mentions of this sort scattered throughout the text (though I'd admit to enjoying one boy's performance of a "monologue" slash vomitfest from the documentary Super Size Me).
I know the audience for this book because I once was the audience. Back in the 80s I was one of those girls that couldn't get enough ghost stories in my diet. I think that I personally sustained the careers of authors like Willo Davis Roberts and Mary Downing Hahn through a steady purchase of Apple paperbacks (via Scholastic book fairs, of course). Often I get girls at my reference desk desperate for a new ghost story. And while Hahn still corners the market on fabulous scare fare, Kimmel is clearly going to carve out a niche for herself. With its sympathetic heroine, great characters, and cool concept, Kimmel takes an idea that could have been very rote and familiar and breathes new life into it. This is ghostly fare for girls who love books like Shug and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. A rare genre to plumb, but a genre just the same.
On shelves June 1st.
Misc. Note That Doesn't Really Fit With the Rest of This Review: For the record, the name "Kat" was also the character name of Christina Ricci in the movie Casper. Apparently it has ghostly connotations.
Other Blog Reviews: Practically Paradise and Mr. Thatcher's Class (aw)


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I am getting excited about going home to Australia. I have not been back for about six months - so it has been a while. The first thing that strikes me when I go back is the number of bogans that are there. They are everywhere.
The spell check on my Mac doesn't recognize the word bogan. It first tried to change it to 'brogan'. I don't know what that is. The second time it endeavored to auto correct to 'began'. It is now trying to change it to 'organ'.
A bogan is an Australian slob type person. This is probably a bit too harsh. They are friendly and simple folk. They are a bit nasal in their speech. I can speak bogan if I choose to.
"Too fuckin right I can".
All Australians can if they want to.
Bogans are fairly casual and laid back people but they are generally fairly ignorant about the world. The Bogan will likely argue against this alleged lack of worldly wisdom. Many will declare with great pride that they have been to Indonesia. They will say that they have been to Kuta in Bali.
The bogan may also announce triumphantly that they go back annually. The bogan will also likely go to Thailand. They will go to the village of Patong in Phuket. The Bogans get package tours to 3 star hotels and they love it there. They really do.
Enough said.
The bogan always returns to their roost after a week in exotic Asia for home is where they like the best. The bogan's home is in their local pub. When returning from their trips to Bali or Phuket the bogan's hair will likely be braided and beaded. Be they male or female. Their skin will be burnt fire-truck red and it will also be peeling. They are happy though. The bogans are mostly quite content.
Bogans are not particularly bright nor are they gender specific. The great majority of bogans will be tattooed. They like ink. Dental hygiene is not a priority amongst the bogan clan and they may have a few teeth missing. The bogan's dress code is basic. Tracksuit pants are preferred. There is often a big gut on the bogan. They love beer.
When I was last back in June I recall pulling my car into a petrol station to fill up. We call it petrol in Australia. The Americans and Singaporeans refer to it as gas. All petrol stations in Australia are self-service. We pump our own and then we pay inside. We Australians also have drive-through bottle shops. The English with whom I work often talk about these drive-throughs with amazement and admiration. They love them. At the drive-throughs you stay in your car and the attendant loads up your car with slabs of beer, wine or spirits and smokes too. Whatever you want. We Australians take these drive-through's for granted. They are everywhere.
Like the bogans.
So when I arrived back in Australia in June and was filling my car with petrol a bogan pulled up at the pump opposite me. He was driving a ute. This is the bogan's car of choice. As he commenced pumping he started a conversation. I like this aspect of home. Stranger talks to stranger. We mostly chat about nothing of any significance but it is what we do. From what I recall the conversation went something like this:
"Owzitgoin mate" he initiated.
The bogan was wearing baggy tracksuit pants and a tattered T shirt. I think it had an ACDC picture on it although it could have been Guns'N'Roses. He was wearing a beanie on his head. For you non-Australians types this is a woolen hat. It was pulled down over his ears. He was scratching his balls with one hand and pumping gas with the other.
"Good mate" I replied.
"Owzitgoin with you?"
I slip easily into the bogan dialect when I return home. It is natural and instinctive. The "Owzitgoin" is a pretty much a standard reply when dealing with the bogans. Keep it friendly. They can be dangerous.
"Yeah alright". he responded.
"Strewth it's a fuckin cold one en it?"
He was referring to the weather. It was a bit nippy out.
"Fucking oath" I said.
"Freezin the nuts off of me".
I gave my own balls a bit of a scratch when I said this. It was an almost instinctive and sympathetic physical response. It is the way bogans relate to each other for bogans are a brotherhood.
"Didja watch the pies game last night? the Bogan enquired.
The Pies are the Collingwood football club. Australian Rules Football. You either love or hate the Pies. My team is Geelong and I hate the Pies.
"Shit yeah" I replied.
"Fuckin umpires" moaned the Bogan.
"We woz fuckin robbed".
The Collingwood supporter is not a good loser. They always blame the referees when they lose.
"Cunts" I sympathised.
I didn't actually care and I hadn't watched the game. I was just enjoying the conversation.
"Fuckin petrol prices" the bogan complained.
Like myself, the bogan was watching the dollars flow into his ute. Petrol is expensive in Australia. This is despite the fact that we have enormous natural reserves of petroleum in Australia. We export most of it and our Fucker politicians heavily tax the little that we are allowed to consume ourselves. We pay way more than we should and the government is doing the wrong thing by us.
"Bastard fuckin government is trying to rob us" the Bogan added
The Bogan doesn't like Authority. They always vote for the Labour Party. The Labour Party are currently in Government in Australia and they are bastards. Our Prime Minister Julia Gillard is a bogan herself. She is an uber bogan in fact. The Labour Party is full of bogans.
Bogans complain about everything. It is the bogan way.
"Fuckers" I agreed.
I finished pumping my petrol and went inside to pay.
"Avagood one mate" said the bogan when I returned and got back into my car.
"You too mate" I nodded.
If I mentioned to a Bogan in a pub situation that I lived in Singapore they would ask me if it was a part of China. This has happened before. Many times in fact. They would also ask me if there is McDonalds in Singapore. The bogans love their Big Macs - with fries. They also upsized. Every time.
The bogans will enquire whether I am able to watch the footy over in Singapore. I tell them I can and I do. I tell the bogans that the football is telecast live on the Australian TV Channel. This seems to delight them. It certainly delights me. I love my footy and I watch it every week.
I will often ask the Bogans I encounter at my local pub if they know what Chinese food is called in China. They never know and ask me 'what'? I tell them it is just called 'food'. They think this is hysterical. The Bogans are easily amused. I think that I entertain them as much as they entertain me.
Bogans are the salt of the earth. Fair dinkum. They are Australians through and through and I love them.
I really do.


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Plot Summary:A world-weary killer-for-hire going by the name Puritan (Richard Conant) takes his last job: a pair of corporationsDivision 8 and The Plagueare at war over a devious piece of sophisticated software dubbed Devour. It seems that Devour will give the user the ability to rewrite any code
including DNA. Now, the jaded operative is stuck in the middle of a situation he cant possibly comprehend
and if he isnt careful, hell be contributing to the end of the human race as we know it!


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Here I am again with another little update! Cody's little sister has been helping us as you can see by the pictures. We got the floor down and one wall up, this is the back wall it will have no windows. This was about two days worth of working and we only get maybe two hours worth of working light each day. Our cabin is in kind of a little valley with a creek that runs next to it, it is literally mountains all around us so light goes quick. And with no electricity its scary in the dark!
This is me and Red Rose, Hannah's horse. I have loved horses I think my whole life, such beautiful, strong animals, another reason I love Codys farm. Cody has a horse too, her name is bailey, I showed you a picture of her in one of my earlier posts.
Hope your keeping along with our Mini Cabin, I seriously can't believe its still happening.
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A group of African bell-ringers are set to ring the changes with a right old ding-dong in Derbyshire later this month.
For the group will visit a church bell ringing training centre in Eckington to brush up on their skills from a team of local campanologists.
For more than twelve years there has been a church bell ringing training centre in the village at the St Peter and St Paul Anglican church on Mill Road - one of a small number of active bell ringing training centres in the UK.
Ringers from Derbyshire and South Yorkshire regularly benefit from the facilities offered along with others from further afield - but so far all those who have undergone training have predominantly been British.
However, all that will change at the end of June and in early July when a group of ringers from the smalltown of Kilifi in eastern Kenya arrive for training.
There are just 13 sets of bells in the whole of Africa rung in the English style - ten in South Africa, two in Zimbabwe and those at Kilifi.
Spokesman Don Jones said: "This initiative to train the African ringers is unique and represents a significant event in these ringers' lives. The whole event is being funded by English bell ringers."
The visit was initiated by ringer Rod Lebon from Kent and the four strong group - John Malala, Betty Ngetsa, Deborah Shichei and Lennox Charo - will start their visit to England there, followed by two days in Cambridgeshire before arriving in Eckington. Added Mr Jones: "Whilst in Derbyshire it is hoped there will be opportunities for our visitors to explore the Peak District and ring at some of the churches there."


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What Can't You Do?
I was thinking today about my great grandmother and the story my mother used to tell about her. In her later years she'd complain "I used to be able to lift my arm to here but now I can only lift it to here." The funny part was she would lift her arm up over her head to show how far she "used to" be able to lift it, and then she'd lower it to about shoulder level which was as far as she could lift it now. Never mind trying to call her out on it for having just lifted her arm beyond the "now" limit, she'd just show you that she couldn't lift it above shoulder level any more. Unless, of course, she was showing you how far she used to be able to lift it.
It was always a running joke in our family but today it really got me thinking, how many things are we telling ourselves we "can't" do just because we believe we can't? It's like the story of the sixty-something year old grandma who lifted a car off her grandson when he got pinned under it. I'm sure before that day she'd insist she could never lift a car, but lift it she did! Yes, that's an extreme case and she was pumped with adrenaline, but still, what are we not doing because we think we can't?
As I said, this got me thinking. What have I been believing about myself and what I "can't" do that's holding me back? Maybe I can hike that volcano in Hawaii. Or maybe I can start that business I've always dreamed of. Maybe I really could write a book. Or maybe, just maybe, I could find my willpower and finally get in shape. Once you start thinking about it, the possibilities really are endless!
So the next time I decide I "can't" do something, I'm going to picture my great grandmother showing us how far she "used to" be able to lift her arm and ask myself, "Who says I can't?"


text: hi Uwe thanks for the reply. I suspected that perhaps i would not be taking the most well trodden path. I suppose HDMI will need some form of special init but as yet I havent looked into it in any great detail. I want to build my own media center which is why I want the HDMI feature and there aint a lot of choice. I also want my media box to behave more like an appliance (to keep the wife happy ;-) ) which is how i came to stumble on the LinuxBios project and it looks pretty cool. Amongst other things I am a c/c++ programmer and I would be very interested in dabble in Linux Bios however I have almost no free time these days. In your opinion how much work is needed. Consider I know pretty much zero about LinuxBios but rate highly as a c programmer, I am also a fast learner, and that I could perhaps give the effort about 10-15hrs a week. How many weeks do you think its going to take? mike ---------------------------------------- From: Uwe Hermann <uwe at hermann-uwe.de> Sent: 03 June 2007 12:56 To: Mike Dilworth <mjd at e-nspect.com> Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] which motherboard would be the better choice Hi Mike, On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 05:19:24AM -0700, Mike Dilworth wrote: > as you can tell I need the HDMI feature. Hm, I don't know much about HDMI. Would that need some special init in the BIOS? Do we have support for such things in LinuxBIOS? > On both I will use the AMD Athlon X2 3800+ AM2 CPU > > MS-7327 > > uses AMI BIOS > AMD 690G Northbridge and SB600 Southbridge > integrated ATi Radeon X1250 videocard > Realtek High Definition Audio Driver > ATI System Drivers for RS480/RS482/RC410/SB600 > AMD HDMI Audio Drivers > Realtek 10/100 LAN Drivers > ATI SB600 IDE RAID Driver > Realtek Gigabit Ethernet Drivers > from the photos it looks like this uses ??? its nt clear DIP BIOS??? > > Abit AN-M2HD > NVIDIA® GeForce®7050PV/nForce 630a > from the pictures i think this uses a PLCC: Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier Both mainbaords are not yet supported, sorry. Neither are the chipsets they use, so it'd be pretty much work to support them. If you are willing to buy some other mainboard, one of the supported ones (http://linuxbios.org/Supported_Motherboards) would be a good choice, or have a look at the ones listed here: http://linuxbios.org/Desktops These mainboards are _not_ yet supported, but making them work would be a lot easier as they use already-supported chipsets. Uwe. -- http://www.hermann-uwe.de | http://www.holsham-traders.de http://www.crazy-hacks.org | http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios at linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/attachments/20070603/fa92c6b5/attachment.html>


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Are you ready for some football? I know I am! It's officially my favorite time of the year. I've already had my first pumpkin spice latte and I have pumpkin spice scentsy burning. I am seriously ready for fall! I am also ready to start cooking up football food. You can't watch a football game without having great food. In the next several weeks I'll be posting all sorts of goodies to eat while you watch your favorite teams.
Here is a link that will take you my previous Football Food Roundup.
And here are a few new added recipes that will be perfect for the game.


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Verizon is applying network functions virtualization (NFV) to its enterprise customers, letting them call up functions such as routers and firewalls in an on-demand fashion.
Virtual Network Services, launched today, bears some resemblance to Network Functions on Demand, the NFV-related service that AT&T announced at the beginning of the week.
In both cases, the idea is to apply NFV to customers' networks — specifically, the WAN and customer edge networks. Virtualized functions that an enterprise can call up will include routers, firewalls, and WAN optimization devices.
Verizon will provide the associated compute and storage for these functions. In other words, it's turning certain devices into managed services, taking the associated networking work out of the enterprise's hands.
"We find that the enterprise CIO wants to worry a lot less about the network. They want to worry about the customer experience," says Victoria Lonker, Verizon's director of products and new business.
The customer premises equipment (CPE) associated with Virtual Network Services can be a traditional on-premises appliance or a virtualized, cloud-based entity that Verizon plans to introduce in the fall. Lonker expects many customers to apply a mix of the two.
The service will start out with virtualized network functions (VNFs) from vendors including Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks, Riverbed, and Viptela. Others will be added later — but Verizon is finding, at this early stage in NFV's life, that its choices are limited.
In its first go-around, Verizon found that VNFs weren't "as mature as advertised," she said. In many cases, Verizon would still have needed extra scripting or new YANG models. These aren't insurmountable tasks, but Lonker wanted more confidence that the functions would be able to scale to meet enterprise demands.
The software stack being used for Virtual Network Services is the same one Verizon used for the telco cloud announced in March. Big Switch Networks and Red Hat were its partners there.
Last year, Verizon introduced a software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) service. Today's announcement, around the virtualization of individual network functions, is an extension of that idea, Lonker says.


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Any fifth grader could tell you what the food pyramid is, but would his version be the same as yours? From the "Basic Seven" to the "Basic Four," the USDA has revised its recommendations several times since its inception in 1917. Find out if your version is up to snuff.
You may be familiar with the food groups or the food pyramid you learned about in school. In 2011, however, the food pyramid as everyone knew it changed. It's no longer the classic triangle with foods to minimize at the top and foods to maximize on the bottom or the pyramid with the stick man walking up the side steps. The new food pyramid is round and is called "My Plate," a colorful representation of what your plate should look like at every meal.
You may be wondering, why the change? After all, the food pyramid has been around for decades. Doesn't suddenly changing the guidelines and its shape confuse everyone? Actually, the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) nutritional guide has changed several times since its debut nearly 100 years ago. Each change reflected not only current nutritional research, but also the nation's social and economic trends.
A History of Nutritional Guides
The USDA's original nutrition guide, established in 1916, was based on five food groups. During the Depression, however, the number of food groups increased to 12. This doesn't mean more foods were created. Instead, fruits and vegetables were broken down into multiple categories, each with its own daily recommendation, to serve as a buying guide for a poorer nation. In the '40's, the food groups were consolidated, first to seven, then to four. Baby Boomers may remember the "Basic Four"--milk, proteins, grains, and fruits/vegetables--which was the guideline from the mid-'50's until the late '70's. Generation X and Y will be most familiar with the "Food Pyramid," which separated fruits from vegetables and also included fats and oils. The "Food Pyramid" had been the standard recommendation for nearly 30 years before "My Plate" recently came onto the scene.
At first glance, these nutritional guides seem drastically different from one another. Despite appearances, however, each has included the same general foods and all of the USDA's guides to date have emphasized choosing a variety of foods to maximize nutrients in your diet. Each update reflects current health research as it relates to diet. For example, two recent trends include increasing fruit and vegetable intake and changing from refined to whole grains. Both of these recommendations are based on research that shows that diet may influence risk factors for many chronic diseases, such as heart disease and diabetes.
Introducing My Plate
When you look at the USDA's "My Plate," you get a visual of your daily recommended intake in a familiar setup: a plate. Half of the plate contains fruits and vegetables, a quarter comes from grains, and another quarter from proteins. A small circle to the side of the plate, where a glass of milk might be, represents dairy products. Getting the right amount of nutrition is simple: make your own plate look like "My Plate."
In addition, the USDA's new model offers some general guidelines aimed at improving dietary health, including:
- Eating less overall
- Getting half of your grains from whole grain sources
- Changing your dairy selections to skim/one percent or non-fat
- Cutting out excess sodium, fats, and sugars
Will this be the last food guideline issued by the FDA? Probably not. It does, however, give the current population an easy guideline to follow for preparing a healthy meal.


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City of San Diego employees may soon see their retiree health benefits cut significantly, according to a study by ElderBranch, an online information portal dealing with healthcare issues.
Cities are underfunding employees' healthcare plans, and more than half won't be able to close the gap through tax boosts and spending cuts alone. San Diego is one of the troubled cities, says ElderBranch.
Last year, only 44 percent of the annual required contribution to healthcare was funded in San Diego, according to the study. Indianapolis was worst, with 9 percent.
San Diego taxes would have to go up 2.12 percent and spending cut 2.1 percent to close the funding gap. (Detroit spending would have to be cut 17.4 percent.) ElderBranch figures that an additional 19.1 percent of San Diego employees' salaries would have to be taken to close the funding gap. (Again, Detroit is worst, with an estimated 32.2 percent.)
More from SDReader
- More stories by Don Bauder
- San Diego's pension fund expects to earn 7.75 percent a year — Oct. 13, 2010
- Broke cities (including San Diego) — April 7, 2010
- This Is a City Teetering on the Edge — Aug. 19, 2004
- Baseball for the Rich, Potholes for the Poor — May 20, 2004
- City Pension Funds in Red — Sept. 25, 2003
This is an interesting post considering the City's 30+ year history on retiree health care. More specifically in (I believe) 2010 the City negotiated with all of its employee groups this exact issue. The agreement reached offered four options, one only available to employees with substantial years over service. The other options included one with substantial NEW contributions by the employee. Another option designed a new 401k styled medical for retiree where the risk is shifted from the City to the employee. Like the pension system, retiree health care costs will diminish because of the negotiated changes. However, the new wildcard in the health care deck is Obamacare...if the projections and promises made by the President don't materialize, all bets are off!
JustWondering: The Obamacare fiasco certainly adds a new variable. Best, Don Bauder
Fiasco? Whatever attempt it is, why is it Americans have less benefits that most (all) other advanced nations? Why have we become a nation where only the rich and employed can have healthcare and those who are between jobs are uninsured? Why is it in Britain they consider health care a birth-right and here the people who "have" do not want to help those in their society that "have not" for whatever reasons. The society that built the ecosystem that made it possible for the 1%, rich, whatever label of people to build their businesses or accumulate their wealth, no want to deny the members of the society that supported their ascent to wealth? Do these business schools that spit out these self-absorbed individuals ever measure the contribution that the rank-in-file make to their success? Is there any empathy to those who build these companies hoping for a middle class life? I hope they cut their pensions. Because if they are not fighting for those benefits and the benefits of future workers, they deserve to have their benefits cuts.
I thought that's what Medicare and Medicaid were for. BTW have you seen the tax rates in those so called advanced nations or the quality of medical care in places such as Cuba where the government makes all the decisions ...on everything. Too many people think they are entitled...too few are willing to bare the costs. Can improvements be made? You bet they can and should be. But the current plan, the Obamacare Tax Act, inappropriately named Affordable Care Act is NOT affordable and NOT the answer.
JustWondering: I am not prepared to say Obamacare is the wrong answer, but I certainly will concede that too many spoons were permitted to stir the pot. Best, Don Bauder
Ponzi: You make excellent points. Even some conservatives I know prefer a single-payer system. Our attempts at healthcare reform have bowed to the power and money of the insurance industry, creating a hodgepodge system. Best, Don Bauder
Nobody who believes in "single payer" is a conservative.
Because all of these other "advanced countries" have piled up more debt per capita or as a percentage of GDP than we have.
If the city is underfunding retiree healthcare I wonder where the funds that should be going to healthcare are going? Petco Park, the new Library????
Dennis: Those would be two good suppositions. Best, Don Bauder
But, but, I thought the library was fully funded with private funds (except, of course, the state grant, the redevelopment monies, the school bond money...). And Petco Park--that is being paid for by using TOT revenue--no general fund money is needed. Well, ok, just a little bit. Well, ok, maybe around $11 mil per year out of the general fund.
aardvark: I would say it's more than $11 million a year going to Petco from the general fund. In all, I would say it's costing the city $17 million a year, but there can be arguments. In any case, it shows how much leaders were lying when they said it would pay for itself after the initial $300 million gift.
Bureaucrats have told the grand jury that they were instructed by the Golding administration to make it look like TOT revenues would service the ballpark debt...rig the numbers, and never mind how. Best, Don Bauder
Don: I used some older numbers--the ones used by CCDC when they took over bond payments (which is really the same as using taxpayer money to pay down the bonds--just taking it from a different pot), but I believe your numbers are more accurate.
aardvark: There is controversy on how much Petco costs the taxpayers each year. There is no controversy about this: it's a lot. Best, Don Bauder
'Not as bad as Detroit". Sounds like a great new city motto.
CaptainObvious: Why don't you manufacture some bumper stickers, sell them for a dollar each, and see how rich you get? Best, Don bauder
I can't restrain myself: San Detroitus?
Duhbya: At the U-T, a couple of times, when San Diego's wine consumption per capita was announced as one of the nation's highest, I tried to put in my lead that the city should be renamed San Di Wino. Both times I got shot down by the copy desk. Best, Don Bauder
viewer: The homeless enjoy better weather in San Diego than Detroit, too. Best, Don Bauder
viewer: Homeless don't pay property taxes anywhere. Best, Don Bauder
I'm shocked, I tell you. Shocked!
Duhbya: Somebody stick you with a cattle prod? Best, Don Bauder
Duhbya: I can never outdo you. Congratulations. Best, Don Bauder
Thanks. I drive my enduring and endearing bride nuts, however.
Duhbya: You mean you didn't marry a punster? Best, Don Bauder
No, I went with a youngster. I should probably clarify that potentially perverse statement to reveal that she's just 6 years younger than I. But I look my age, She does not.
Duhbya: It's a good thing you capitalized the word "She." That may have gotten you out of the doghouse. Best, Don Bauder
Wait a minute. We're always being told that the only reason USPS is hemorrhaging red ink is because of the "unfair" requirement that they fully fund their pensions and retiree health care funds. If adequately funding i bad and wrong and evil, then therefore partially funding is a good thing, right? After all, the less we fund it today means more money can be spent today, and we can worry about tomorrow tomorrow. Right?
jnojr: There are a couple of ways employers keep going financially. One is to overstate the expected return of the pension fund -- say 8.5% a year. Another is to underfund the pension. Best, Don Bauder


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Thursday, 27 May 2010
I'm not often in Manchester during the day, well not in the centre anyway, but yesterday I had to nip into Piccadilly Station to enable some rail vouchers to be used. Having queued for 20 minutes the idea of a pint seemed an attractive one, though not in the station. That could be dismissed out of hand, as not only is there no cask to be had, but the sheer bland, characterless crappiness and soul destroying emptiness of the places, would make the idea of throwing yourself under the nearest Pendolino an attractive one. Not feeling suicidal, I went elsewhere.
It had started to rain as I walked back and a quick decision had to be made. The City Arms it was. This is a little hidden gem just behind the Town Hall (an inadequate name for a magnificent Victorian edifice by the way) and a welcome oasis after the suits have gone back to work. Small, cosy, old fashioned, with a small front room, a magnificently tiled corridor and a bigger back room with bench seating, it was just what I needed and the type of pub that used to be in every city centre, but nowadays is all too rare. The beer range here isn't that adventurous - think mainly regionals and family brewers - but it's always well kept. I settled on a bench in the back room with a pint of Bateman's Spring Goddess which was a very decent drink. The Bateman's house style was evident, but it's a taste I like, so all was well. There wasn't many in, but I people watched for a bit. A voluble Northern Irish businessman and his colleague. A couple of middle aged female shoppers gossiping over a glass of Pinot Grigio, a few at the bar putting the world to rights and just by the door, a racing type, quietly studying the form as he sipped his pint of Tetley. One other inmate chatted conspiratorially with the landlord, whose eyes constantly flicked around, checking all was well. No background music, just people calmly enjoying a respite from whatever.
There is a newspaper rack too and I wandered over to pick up the Guardian. I like its Berliner size, and though I used to buy it daily and haven't really read it for over a decade, somehow it seemed just right. The clock ticked on and my pint slowly diminished as I adjusted to the pace of things and enjoyed a moment that seemed fixed in time. When my pint was eventually emptied, I put the paper back and left.
In this rare case, one pint was just right.
The City Arms is at 46-48 Kennedy Street Manchester M2 4BQ
17 comments:
- RedNev said...
The City Arms is one of the best Manchester city centre pubs I've come across, although my experience isn't extensive. I last drank in there some time last year and it was very much as you described it. It's probably tucked just a little too much out of the way to have been knocked into a soulless, one-roomed city centre bar in the 60s or 70s.
- 27 May 2010 at 12:00
- Dubbel said...
Nice post.
You get a completely unique feel for a pub when you're on your own. Lots of people I speak to would never ever consider going into a pub on their todd. Almost a fear-like reaction to being seen as a sad, lonely git.
I take no issue with it whatsoever, although I'm unlikely to hang around for more than a pint or two.
- 27 May 2010 at 12:45
- Tandleman said...
When you are my age, you don't care whether people think you are a sad git or not, though I agree a pint or two is about right.
- 27 May 2010 at 12:49
- Tyson said...
A pub very much improved by the smoking ban. It could be quite grim in there.
- 27 May 2010 at 18:13
As someone who disapproves of the smoking ban (but who nevertheless supports the right of landlords to ban people lighting up in THEIR premises 100%), I wholehearedly agree with Tyson's point. The CA would be a worse place for allowing smoking.
As for drinking alone...who cares? If every time I found myself in a new or different city I had to be preoccupied by what a bunch of know-nothings or insecure pri*cks thought about me ordering one pint at a time I (and the pubs i've frequented) would be much the worse for it!
- 27 May 2010 at 21:20
- Paul Garrard said...
"When you are my age, you don't care whether people think you are a sad git or not, though I agree a pint or two is about right." - ditto.
I do like a pub that has newspapers particularly when there is papers I favour. A pint and something to read and I'm happy in a pub on my own for however long I desire.
- 27 May 2010 at 22:21
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- 28 May 2010 at 01:00
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- 28 May 2010 at 01:02
- RedNev said...
"As someone who disapproves of the smoking ban (but who nevertheless supports the right of landlords to ban people lighting up in THEIR premises 100%)..."
An utterly meaningless statement. Although most people don't smoke, licensees generally didn't ban smoking. The nearest pre-ban smoke-free pub to me was more than 50 miles away, so licensees were catering for the minority of the population. And PLEASE don't quote pub closures; here are the findings of a recent survey of drinkers, who blamed pub closures on:
40.14% Cheap supermarket booze
26.16% Beer Tax
16.85% Beer Tie
9.32% Recession
5.38% Smoking Ban
2.15% Anti-alcohol health campaigners
- 28 May 2010 at 01:08
- Erlangernick said...
It is very American to fear being seen in public alone. Now I know where the poor Yanks have inherited this trait from--it ain't from the continental emigrants.
I've been to the City Arms thrice now ...heh heh... never alone. Twice under the guidance of der Tandelmann to steer me in the right direction --towards the pub, as well as away from improper beer selections-- and then once with the little woman, to show her how great the place is.
It's a great place.
- 28 May 2010 at 07:53
Not interested in hijacking this comments page with a debate on the smoking ban, Rednev.
All I will say is that despite being an ex-smoker, and one who enjoys eating and drinking in smoke-free establishments, I fail to see why my wishes and preferences in this respect should be enshrined in law.
- 28 May 2010 at 07:55
- Cooking Lager said...
40% blame Tesco, RedNev? With all the money I save on cheap supermarket lout, I can afford to go into a pub this weekend. The style of the Foster's glass has changed so I need a new one.
- 28 May 2010 at 10:32
- RedNev said...
"Not interested in hijacking this comments page with a debate on the smoking ban, Rednev."
Pious words, marred only by the fact that I was merely responding to your prior comments on the smoking ban. And I seriously doubt the government had your wishes and preferences in mind when they passed the law.
- 28 May 2010 at 12:19
Whether you consider my words pious or 'marred' is of little concern to me.
I am however in complete agreement with your last sentence!
- 28 May 2010 at 13:37
- Curmudgeon said...
Well, maybe we could have had the City Arms as a pub that allowed smoking, and the next-door Vine as a non-smoking pub, and see which did best. My money would be on the City Arms.
- 29 May 2010 at 02:14
- Tandleman said...
If it was the other way round my money would still be on the City Arms!
- 29 May 2010 at 08:30
- Leigh said...
To get back to the beer, I too tried a pint of Batemans Spring Goddess this week, and found it perfect beer garden material.
- 29 May 2010 at 13:41


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Bouches-du-Rhône (13160) Population: 15,934 Altitude: 43 m
Gallery of 12 photos for Chateaurenard
Châteaurenard is a small town just south of Avignon, with a feudal castle standing guard above. The town center has some cobblestone streets, wide sidewalks, terrace café-restaurants and shady plane trees. Market day Sun.
The older part of Châteaurenard has narrow old streets between tall buildings, a large old church and a railway station now used for a summer-time steam train.
The town is big enough for a good selection of dining and shopping, but it's primarily a residential town and a commercial market-town for the rich Durance valley. Beyond found it a nice enough place for a visit and some exploring, but wouldn't make it a special destination.
There are a fair number of terrace cafés, always a good sign, but none really stood out. We weren't really impressed with the selection of shops in the town center either, and think that you probably have to get to know Châteaurenard a little better to appreciate it more.
A walk up to the castle at the top of the hill (see below) gives you a great view out across the wide, flat countryside of the Durance valley, with Mont Ventoux clearly visible out to the northeast. There's a playground at the top of the hill, and a "buvette" café.
Feudal Castle
The remains of the castle of Châteaurenard include two tall towers marking the location of the town from a distance. Dated from the 13th and 15th centuries, its final ruin came at the end of the 18th century with the Revolution.
A walk from the town up to the chateau takes about 15 minutes. The most direct route has a lot of steps [Photo-07], but these can be avoided by following a more zig-zag path streets that will take you on a stepless route to the top.
Steam Train Val de Provence
The Chemin de Fer du Val de Provence runs a period steam train between the towns of Barbentane, Châteaurenard and Noves, between the Rhône and the Durance, just south of Avignon. The line was opened in 1884 by the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer des Bouches du Rhône. The current service runs at reduced speed. Note: the service now runs from April to Nov (Easter to All Saints day), but the steam locomotive might only be in the summer months.
April-May (from Easter): Sunday
June: Sun, Wed
July: Sun, Wed, 14th, last two Fridays
Sept: Sun, first two Wednesdays
Oct: Sun
Nov: All Saints day
Cost: 6 euros
Tel: 0698 165 533
History of Châteaurenard
First record, 10th century Castellum Rainardi
Prehistoric: The site of Châteaurenard was occupied in 2000 - 1800 BC. The discovery of a copper arrowhead points to habitation during the Chalcolithic Period, an era of grain farming and raising sheep.
Gallo-Roman: The Rhône and the Durance were both routes follThe Rhône and the Durance were both routes followed by the Romans penetrating inland from the Mediterranean at Marseille. Most of the Roman artifacts of Châteaurenard have been found in the Vigneret area. Remains have included Roman funeral inscriptons.
Medieval: Barbarian invasions of the 5th century sacked the region thouroughly enough that no important vestiges of the previous period remain.
The town was ruled by the lords of Châteaurenard (a family name) until the 12th century. It passed into the control of the Counts of Provence from 1218 to 1348, then by mariage to the Pontevès. the Beauvau took control in the 15th c, and the Almar in the 17th.
The castle was sacked by La Valette's troups in 1589, and "dismantled" by Heny IV in 1596. It carried on for another 300 years and was finally destroyed in 1792 during the French Revolution; two of the four towers remain.
(See the Châteaurenard Castle page for more history.)
Market day: Sun.
June (Last weekend) - Medieval festival in the castle
July (14th) - Ancient market and old trades (vieux métiers)
July (1st weekend) - Fete Saint Eloi (4 days), with Charrette of draft horses in galloping procession
Aug - Fete de la Madeleine (4 days)
Sep (Mid) - Fete de la St Omer (4 days)
Nov (1st) - Foire - Autumn Fair
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Agrarian Tools Museum - Musée des Outils agraires
Location: 31 bis Rue Jentelin - in the old town
Open: 1 May - 30 Sept, Tue=Sat, 10-12h, 14h30-18h30.
Closed: Sun, Mon
Entry: 2 euros; 5 euros for Benoit XIII and Agrairen Tools museums. (2007)
Tel: 0490 901 159
Benoit XIII Museum
This museum is about the history of the castle, including its most famous resident: Benedict (Benoît) XIII, the last Pope of Avignon.
Location: In the castle above Châteaurenard.
Open: 1 May - 30 Sept, Tue=Sat, 10-12h, 14h30-18h30.
Entry: 4 euros; 5 euros for Benoit XIII and Agrairen Tools museums. (2007)
Transportation Châteaurenard
Line 57A runs daily between Saint Rémy-de-Provence and Avignon, with stops in Eyragues, Chateaurenard and Rognonas.
Avignon, St-Remy-de-Provence Bus
- Line 57 (of the Bouches-du-Rhône bus company LePilot) connects Avignon with St-Rémy-de-Provence, via Rognonas, Châteaurenard and Eyragues. There are a dozen buses a day between Avignon and St-Rémy. The trip takes about 46 minutes.
Bus line schedules for the Bouches-du-Rhone department are available from the www.lepilot.com website, section Les Réseau - CARTREIZE, subsection Infos/Téléchargement. Click on Fiches-horaires du réseau CARREIZE for a linked list of the bus lines (http://www.lepilote.com/presentation/?rub_code=1010&thm_id=11705&gpl_id=&part_id=10)
- click on Line 57 for the schedule (PDF file). [http://www.lepilote.com/ftp/FR_documents/FH0057.pdf]
Department 13, Bouches-du-Rhône Buses
- See Beyond's Bouches-du-Rhone (13) Bus Schedules for downloading Bouches-du-Rhone bus-lines map and bus-line schedules [pdf for each line] (link for PDF files).


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New York--The Direct Marketing Association Wednesday filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of the telemarketing industry to block the proposed federal "do-not-call" list.
The DMA alleges in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City, Okla., that the Federal Trade Commission's plan violates marketers' free-speech protections under the First Amendment. Four telemarketing companies joined the DMA in the lawsuit: U.S. Security, Chartered Benefit Services Inc., Global Contact Services and Infocision Management Corp.
DMA President-CEO H. Robert Wientzen said the FTC, which is considering the government-run do-not-call list to stop unwanted telemarketing calls, has "clearly overreached and acted prematurely" in singling out telemarketing from other advertising media.
The DMA manages an existing national do-not-call list, called the Telephone Preference Service. The Federal Communications Commission is simultaneously working on its own do-not-call proposal.
Companies sold $275 billion in products and services through telemarketing in 2001.
If Congress approves funding for the do-not-call registry, it will be implemented about seven months later, according to the FTC.
--Carol Krol


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↳ one of Iggy Pop's post Stooges best
The mid 90s might seem like a strange place to look when it comes to Iggy Pop. It's a rather late period in his career in terms of his output and you'd think there would not be much to find. You'll keep thinking that way until you hear American Caeser. The album came on the heels of the star-studded Brick By Brick but took a completely different approach. Pop worked with a relatively unknown producer and recorded with his touring band. It was his effort to "make [an] album as good as I could, with no imitations of other people and no formula sh*t." And he succeeded beyond anyone's expectations. American Caeser is an overlooked masterpiece that is well deserving of a second look. Songs like the hard rocking "Wild America," and "Plastic And Concrete," and the more subdued "Mixing The Colors," "Jealousy," and "It's Our Love" will show you why. And don't forget to checkout Pop's take on "Louie Louie" either.
- 180 gram pressing
- music label: Virgin 1993 / Plain Recordings 2014
reviewed by Hank Ohs 06/2015
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Shawnee Wake Up!
Every Morning, Shawnee TV produces a live 8-10 minute news show for the entire Shawnee student body. Each episode covers the latest school announcements, promotes upcoming events, and aims to entertain with various skits and special show openings.
Now in its 13th season, the crew produces a live broadcast Monday through Thursday called "Shawnee Wake Up" and produces "The Renegade Morning Show" Fridays.
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Try outs will be held 2 days this year to qualify for being on camera for our shows. You will be videotaped while reading the teleprompter on our Wake Up! set. Judges will critique your performance and passing scores will put you into the rotation for Shawnee TV shows!
|This I Believe Music Video
Today's show was hosted by the fabulous Andy Kirkwood and Tanner Fuimaono. Chris Biehn interviewed Alexis Martin for his new segment Shawnee Superstars. A new senior is chosen every two weeks for their incredible accomplishments all throughout high school. The Communication Technology 3 Class along with Mr. Steve Nemeth produced a music video titled, "This I Believe." The inspiration was taken from Shawnee High School's "One Book, One School" Program and the book by Nation Public Radio Producer, Dan Gediman. Featured in the trio is Connor Heine on piano and Mr. Brian Pistone on drums. We ran a Blue Crew promo for Blue Fest and also started up a new segment, fact of the week.
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Brandon Harris, Colin White, and Braden Yoncack produced today's sick shots segment. Who would've known that our tech guys had awesome basketball skills! The show was hosted by Ali Ried and Gabe Gullob.The opening of the show time lapse was produced by Chris Giuseppini. Shawnee Tv goes global with our world traveler, Chris Biehn, when he takes us to the old capitol of the vikings in Scandinavia and St. Petersburg in Russia. Shawnee Tv had a chance to speak with Peter Root, the director of the last X-men movie, about his job. He certainly inspired many Tv Tech students to keep producing and working hard. Finally Lauren Carr asks Shawnee High School who their favorite teacher is this year.
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Welcome back to a new season of Shawnee Tv! In the first show ever of Season 11, Kara Tabor and Andy Kirkwood hosted. The show opened up with a segment produced by Connor Heine and Brody Miller that gave an inside view of what happens behind the scenes on the show after the mics shut off. Then came The Shawnee Tv Big Bang produced by Lauren Mathis. Mr. Pistone produced a touching segment based on Shawnee's summer reading book, This I Believe. This I Believe will be a daily segment produced at Shawnee stating what Shawnee teachers and students believe. If you want to state what you believe, text or email us at email@example.com. We also had a segment on what the Freshman were most excited about for this year. It was a great show and a great start to the 2011-2012 school year.
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|Senior Show for the Class of 2011!
Even though it may be a Thursday, the Morning Show still had a hit show! Besides. us seniors need to sleep in tomorrow for graduation practice! Lauren Mathis and Melissa Storm opened the show with an awesome recreation of "The Big Bang Theory" intro, spanning all of the Morning Show's history! Afterwards, Ryan Fitzgerald and Brett Yoncak produced a third episode of the Ryan + Brett Show! After that segment, the TV Tech Seniors came onto the set and gave some honest advice to the underclassmen! Finally, Ryan Snowden closed the show with some funny credits! Thanks for a great year guys, and enjoy the future after Shawnee!
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