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Bristol board opens up; new planner keeps seat
BRISTOL — Katie Raycroft-Meyer's seat on the planning commission is safe for now.
The Bristol selectboard on Monday decided to keep Raycroft-Meyer on the commission following a vote two weeks earlier that put her seat in jeopardy. After speaking with her and a dozen citizens on Monday, Selectboard Chair Peeker Heffernan, selectwoman Carol Wells and selectman Joel Bouvier made this decision with just enough board members to hold a quorum.
At the selectboard's last meeting, on May 21, the board said it learned in executive session that Raycroft-Meyer was possibly a party to the contentious litigation over Jim Lathrop's proposed gravel extraction pit. The board voted unanimously to remove Raycroft-Meyer from the town's planning commission if court documentation supported the allegation, which Raycroft-Meyer has consistently and adamantly denied.
Under Vermont Statute Title 24, Section 4323, the selectboard has the power to remove any planning commissioner at any time and for any reason by a unanimous vote. No public hearings or processes are required.
According to Heffernan, the Bristol selectboard has long abided by an unwritten policy to not appoint individuals to board positions if they are in litigation involving the town. This rule holds especially true for the Lathrop case, said Town Administrator Bill Bryant at the Monday selectboard meeting, because the issue has divided the town of Bristol for almost a decade.
Bryant did unearth court documentation that showed Raycroft-Meyer was a litigant in the case, but the quality of that documentation became the subject of close scrutiny.
Raycroft-Meyer maintained that she was never involved in the case and never paid a lawyer despite the fact that Bristol attorney Andrew Jackson had submitted documentation to legal bodies on at least two occasions indicating that he was representing her.
According to accounts provided by Bryant, the selectboard, Raycroft-Meyer and court documents, this is what happened and this is how the situation has so far resolved itself:
On May 14, the selectboard held a public hearing on the town plan draft. Before the meeting began, Jodi Lathrop — Jim Lathrop's daughter-in-law — told Bryant that Jim was upset because Raycroft-Meyer was appointed to the planning commission. Raycroft-Meyer's name came up in the environmental court proceedings, which are currently under way, as a litigant opposing Lathrop's gravel extraction operation.
Jodi asked if Jim could be put on the agenda for the selectboard's next meeting on May 21. The agenda had already been prepared, but Bryant said that Jim could raise his concerns during public forum, as all citizens have this right. That same night, Bryant e-mailed the town's attorney, Joseph McLane, to find out if Raycroft-Meyer was involved in the case.
McLane asked attorneys Jim Dumont and Andy Jackson — who are representing the opposition to the extraction operation — if Raycroft-Meyer was involved in the case. Jackson, who is also representing himself in the case, didn't respond. But Dumont did, indicating that Raycroft-Meyer was listed as one of Jackson's clients.
After learning about this issue in executive session, the selectboard at its May 21 meeting unanimously resolved to remove Raycroft-Meyer upon the receipt of court documentation. Bryant received the necessary court documentation, which indicated Jackson was representing Raycroft-Meyer.
"The following day, I called Katie to make sure she knew about it before anybody else did," said Bryant at Monday's meeting.
The court documentation Bryant received traced back to Raycroft-Meyer's signature — along with those of 22 others, including current planner John Elder — on a manila envelope.
In early February of 2004, Raycroft-Meyer and the others signed the envelope at one of the first public hearings on the Lathrop proposal — before the ZBA first approved the project, before the project was then appealed and before the years of litigation began.
Raycroft-Meyer maintains that she signed the envelope, making her an "interested party," because she was simply interested in the issue.
"I signed the back of an envelope indicating that I wanted to stay involved and informed on this important planning issue," she told the selectboard on Monday. "This is the only time I signed anything pertaining to this issue. Since that time, I've stayed informed on the issue, but I have not been actively involved. I've never attended (litigation), received any correspondence regarding my involvement, or contributed any funds to any groups involved or paid an attorney."
Bryant said, "There's nothing on the envelope that says what they're signing up for. It's just an envelope with signatures on it and on the front it says 'Bristol Gravel Pit.'"
But inside was a piece of loose-leaf paper with a hand-written message scribbled across the top.
"We hereby petition under 24 V.S.A. § 4464 to be an interested party(ies) in the Lathrop pit matter," reads the message. Below the message are names, which include Raycroft-Meyer's, but no signatures. When Dumont and Jackson, representing different clients, appealed the ZBA's initial decision to permit the Lathrop pit, Jackson used this petition to signify his clients — thus indicating that he was representing Raycroft-Meyer.
Bryant explained the process.
"There's a part of this statute that allows any … citizens in the community … to become an interested party as a group without actually documenting a particular property interest in the litigation," he said. "Andrew Jackson submitted that list to the court in 2004."
In 2005, Raycroft-Meyer learned that Jackson was using her name in litigation without having consulted her. She was working on Bristol's downtown designation application when the town received a complaint that Raycroft-Meyer "was suing the town," as she put it.
"At that point, I discovered my name had been used in some capacity with the Lathrop hearings," she said. "I asked Andy Jackson to remove my name from that documentation. I assumed at that time that he had honored my request."
But, as court documents reveal, Jackson indicated in a December 2010 letter to the Vermont Environmental Court that he was still representing Raycroft-Meyer, which caused the Bristol selectboard further confusion.
To clear up the issue, Jackson wrote two letters to the Bristol selectboard: one dated May 22 and another May 31.
"Katie has had no input to any ongoing dispute regarding the Lathrop pit," he wrote in the May 22 letter.
And then on May 31, 2012, he wrote: "Katie did not become aware that she was still involved in this matter until a couple of years ago … Katie advised that she did not realize she was on the list and asked that she be removed from the list. Any listing of her on filings with the court is an inadvertence, and is incorrect."
After the selectboard discussed the incident in open meeting, Carol Wells made a motion to reconsider Raycroft-Meyer's legal activity, which effectively keeps her on the planning commission and requires a unanimous vote from the selectboard to remove her.
Raycroft-Meyer and planning commission member Willow Wheelock made it clear they were unhappy with the way the selectboard handled this incident.
"My initial reaction to this allegation was disbelief, not only because I have never been involved with this litigation, but that I was not consulted regarding the issue or given the opportunity to respond prior to your decision to remove me from the board," said Raycroft-Meyer at Monday's meeting.
Wheelock, who spoke at length, told the board that she was very disappointed in their handling of this incident.
"Perhaps you can acknowledge that if you could go back you'd do things differently," said Wheelock. "You carry a lot of power … and it comes with a lot of responsibility to set a tone. And to me, the way this process was handled very much carries a tone of divisiveness, and that certainly is not what we need to show as leaders of this town, especially when it comes to this issue."
Wheelock and John Moyers suggested to the board that they make clear policies for dealing with such issues and write them down.
"I think with leadership we need to set some really clear and consistent statements that make it so that folks in the town are not being hand picked and placed … or pulled based on something that's not really concrete and effective," added Wheelock.
The board didn't respond directly to these concerns and suggestions, but Heffernan did explain the way the board handled this issue was not meant to detract from Raycroft-Meyer's skill-set as a professional planner or her reputation as an ethical citizen.
"This was in no way a personal attack or an attack on your credibility," he said. "It was purely a move based on information that we received."
Reporter Andrew Stein is at [email protected].
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WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- At least 5 percent of American adults -- 12 million people -- are misdiagnosed in outpatient settings every year, and half of these errors could be harmful, a new study indicates.
The findings, from an analysis of data from several published studies, should lead to greater efforts to monitor and reduce the number of misdiagnoses that occur in primary care, said Dr. Hardeep Singh, at Baylor College of Medicine, and colleagues.
Primary care is given outside the hospital, such as in doctors' offices and outpatient clinics.
The researchers noted that most efforts to improve patient safety have focused on hospitalized patients and on issues such as medication errors, infections and falls. However, the researchers added, most diagnoses are made in outpatient facilities.
There have been no reliable estimates of how often misdiagnoses occur in outpatient settings, making it difficult to develop methods of reducing such errors, according to the authors of the study published online April 16 in the journal BMJ Quality & Safety.
The researchers' review of the published studies involving U.S. adults showed that outpatient facilities have a misdiagnosis rate of just over 5 percent, or about one in 20 patients. Applied to the U.S. population, that means that 12 million adults are misdiagnosed in outpatient settings each year, according to a journal news release.
The results should be used by patient advocates, health care organizations, policymaker and researchers to seek ways to reduce the number of such misdiagnoses, the study authors concluded.
More information
The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research offers tips to prevent medical errors.
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Alabama To Consider Sovereignty Under The 10th Amendment
Posted on 11 August 2009
by Michael Boldin
On August 10, 2009, Alabama State Representative Mac Gipson along with 22 other co-sponsors, introduced House Joint Resolution 10 (HJR10). The purpose of the resolution is to "affirm the rights of all states including Alabama, based on the provisions of the ninth and tenth amendments to the United States Constitution."
HJR10 was introduced on the first day of the Alabama Legislature's 2009 First Special Session. An Extraordinary (Special) Session can consist of no more than 12 Legislative (meeting) days, within a 30-day calendar period.
The resolution was read and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Rules. Two similar resolutions were previously introduced in the Alabama 2009 session, but neither were brought to a floor vote.
If HJR10 passes both houses of the legislature, Alabama would be the eighth state to pass a resolution affirming sovereignty under the 10th Amendment, joining Alaska, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Tennessee. Similar resolutions have been introduced in thirty-seven states in the past year.
While the resolution is not legally binding, supporters say it's an important first step to "serve notice" to the federal government that it's exercising powers not delegated to it by the People in the Constitution. They say that state-level nullification of federal laws is the next step, and efforts have already begun on this in a number of states.
Montana and Tennessee, for example, have passed laws exempting people of their state from certain federal firearms regulations. In 2010, Arizona voters will have the option of approving a state constitutional amendment that would effectively ban a future national health care plan in the state. Similar laws and amendments are being considered in states across the country.
Read the Full Text of House Joint Resolution 10 below:
WHEREAS, the Alabama Legislature declares that the people of this state have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent state, and shall exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right pertaining thereto, which is not expressly delegated by them to the United States of America in the Congress assembled; and
WHEREAS, some states when ratifying the Constitution for the United States of America recommended as a change, "that it be explicitly declared that all powers not expressly and particularly delegated by the aforesaid are reserved to the several states to be by them exercised"; and
WHEREAS, these recommended changes were incorporated as the Ninth Amendment, where the enumeration of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people, and as the Tenth Amendment, where the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people; and
WHEREAS, the several states of the United States of America, through the Constitution and the amendments thereto, constituted a general government for special purposes and delegated to that government certain definite powers, reserving each state to itself, the residuary right to their own self government; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, BOTH HOUSES THEREOF CONCURRING, That based on the above principles and provisions, we hereby declare by this resolution, that any act by the Congress of the United States, Executive Order of the President of the United States, or Judicial Order by the federal courts which assumes a power not delegated to the government of the United States of America by the Constitution and which serves to diminish the liberty of any of the several states or their citizens shall abridge the Constitution. We further declare that acts which would cause such an abridgement include, but are not limited to, each of the following:
(1) Establishing martial law or a state of emergency within one of the states comprising the United States of America without the consent of the legislature of that state.
(2) Requiring involuntary servitude, or governmental service other than a draft during a declared war, or pursuant to, or as an alternative to, incarceration after due process of law.
(3) Requiring involuntary servitude or governmental service of persons under the age of eighteen other than pursuant to, or as an alternative to, incarceration after due process of law.
(4) Surrendering any power delegated or not delegated to any corporation or foreign government.
(5) Any act regarding religion, further limitations on freedom of political speech, or further limitations on freedom of the press.
(6) Further infringements on the right to keep and bear arms including prohibitions of type or quantity of arms or ammunition.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution shall be forwarded to the United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, and each member of the Alabama Congressional Delegation.
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One of the more intelligent Pagan leaders today has correctly identified a link between polytheism, and open sexuality with multiple partners. Though the practice of polyamory (establishing loving sexual relationships with more than one person) is not necessarily tied to being a polytheist Isaac Bonewitz astutely connects his polytheism to his polyamorous lifestyle.
As spiritual beings our worship, and the actions of our bodies are intimately tied together. The false dichotomy established by religious leaders of various traditions through the ages which separates our common actions from our spirituality has been a factor in creating the false belief that our sexuality is not part of our spiritual endeavors.
For the worshiper of God (or gods and goddesses) sexuality has the potential to become a model of the character of the one(s) we worship. For the Christian this is an important part of our daily ritual experience. How we live sexually models the life of the One we worship, and creates the dynamic of making us living witnesses.
To Isaac Bonewits (who I have not met yet), and some of the polyamorous Pagan leaders I have met over the last 10 years there is a connection between serving and loving many gods and goddesses, and sexually loving multiple partners. Their behavior in bed models their beliefs. Many gods = many loves.
To myself as a Christian I similarly model my worship experience. I believe there is One God, and He alone is to be served and loved as the Creator of all things, and as the Lover of my soul. My single-minded love toward Beverly (yep that's her with me near the water in Nahant in the above photo - ain't she cute!?) models my single minded love toward my One and Only God. I live out my spirituality through my monogamy. It becomes a picture of the love my God has for me, and the love I should likewise have for Him Who is my Only.
This makes my sexual choice a ritual enactment modeling the God I serve, and witnessing the truths I hold dear.
It is for this reason that sexuality is defined in strict terms by the Prophets, and the Torah. Polytheistic worship was identified as a form of adultery, and the stories and writings of Jeremiah, and Hosea most particularly connect the intimacy of worship with the intimacy of sexuality.
If I was a Polytheistic Pagan I would understand people choosing a polyamorous lifestyle, though I have a deep seated sense of romantic love which necessitates giving all to One, and I don't think polyamory would sit well in my soul. As a Christian who sees the world through the eyes of One God I see monogamy as the best, the healthiest, and the most romantic form of sexual expression, and living in it provides an daily window into the worldview I profess.


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dinosaurs mating
The activity said to occur when yet another big iron merger or buy-out occurs; reflects a perception by hackers that these signal another stage in the long, slow dying of the mainframe industry. Also described as "elephants mating": lots of noise and action at a high level, with an eventual outcome in the somewhat distant future.In its glory days of the 1960s, it was "IBM and the Seven Dwarves": Burroughs, Control Data, General Electric, Honeywell, NCR, RCA, and Univac. Early on, RCA sold out to Univac and GE also sold out, and it was "IBM and the BUNCH" (an acronym for Burroughs, Univac, NCR, Control Data, and Honeywell) for a while. Honeywell was bought out by Bull. Univac in turn merged with Sperry to form Sperry/Univac, which was later merged (although the employees of Sperry called it a hostile takeover) with Burroughs to form Unisys in 1986 (this was when the phrase "dinosaurs mating" was coined). In 1991 AT&T absorbed NCR, only to spit it out again in 1996. Unisys bought Convergent Technologies in 1988 and later others. More such earth-shaking unions of doomed giants seem inevitable. [More dates?] [Jargon File]
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Aircraft Photos : Single Engine Aircraft
Welcome to our growing collection of Civilian Single Engine Aircraft photos. We have arranged
these groupings according to aircraft manufacturer.
Select the pages you want to see from the list below. All pages can be printed as a "Coloring Page" or make great
aircraft identification practice learning-aids.


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Hadoop Data Management with Hive, Pig, and SAS
In this course, you use processing methods to prepare structured and unstructured big data for analysis. You learn to organize this data into a variety of Hadoop distributed file system (HDFS) storage formats for processing efficiency using Apache Hive and Apache Pig. You also learn SAS software technologies that integrate with Hive and Pig and how to leverage these open source capabilities by programming with Base SAS and SAS/ACCESS Interface to Hadoop.Learn how to
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David Boreanaz -- The Marriage is Stable
Sources intimately familiar with the David Boreanaz situation tell us his marriage to actress Jaime Bergman (pictured right) is "stable" -- despite the ongoing legal drama involving one of David's mistresses.
We're told the "Bones" actor and his wife have no plans for divorce -- and today they even ran several errands together in L.A.
As for David's wife, we're told she's the one who pushed David to publicly confess his liaison with the mistress .. the mistress who was demanding 6 figures, via Gloria Allred.
We're also told Jaime is handling the drama with the mystery woman pretty well -- but she had a much tougher time when David told her about his relationship with Rachel Uchitel. David told his wife about Rachel just a month before the Tiger Woods scandal broke ... a day before Star Magazine broke the story.


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Travel: Enjoy living a life of luxury - just for the weekend - in Yorkshire Dales
The three-bedroom property is modernity personified – all reclaimed furniture, a soft grey colour palette and pops of personality, with more en suites and gleaming kitchen space than you'd expect in a glossy property TV show. What a life.
Well, not our life, exactly.
But this life was ours for the weekend at least at Long Ashes Park near Skipton in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
It's an unusual resort, with a fantastic pub with rooms, spa and leisure centre all rolled into one, plus properties including lodges, caravans and even log cabins for sale as part of the Thorpe View Lodges development.
It's certainly easier to stomach a long drive in traffic when you know there is some relaxation at the end of it.
We started our Friday with a stint in the spa – lazy laps of the pool, a gossip in the warm jacuzzi and time in the sauna and steam room. They also have swimming gear for sale, if you forget your bikini, like I did.
Our shoulders had definitely dropped a tad by the time we got to dinner at The Gamekeeper's Inn.
It's everything you hope for in a cosy country pub – welcoming, warm, with a packed schedule of activities and lots of food and drink to choose from.
The menu is a cut above what you'd expect from pub grub.
My salt and pepper squid was a fantastic plate to look at – slim pieces of dusted squid artfully arranged on a grey slate. The fish had been cooked to perfection and gave off an excellent heat.
The pan fried hake with mussels in white wine sauce, cavalo Nero and fondant potato was one of the finest mains my brother had sampled in a long time. And he was equally happy with a high quality black pudding starter, and hearty red wine with venison sausages.
Naughty sticky toffee pudding finished off the food, before sleeping it all off in one of the enormous beds in the pub rooms. Don't let the term pub room fool you, they're more like luxury hotel rooms, with waterfall showers and your own little patio.
It was great to wake up in the peaceful surroundings of the park. It really does feel like a haven away from the normal world.
After a full English, we headed to check out Malham Cove. Used in the filming for Harry Potter, this glorious limestone formation is now a hotspot for climbers and walkers.
It's a short, steep climb to see the outstanding views from the top.
The climb down – including a search for my hat, lost in one of the crevices created by glacier melting – was followed with an afternoon in nearby Skipton.
This charming market town – just a short train ride from Leeds – has a beautiful castle and plenty of tiny shops to explore, as well as endless choices for lunch.
We headed back for night two, this time staying in one of the holiday letting lodges, the new and decadent Thorpe View.
It really was a dream house. Huge squishy beds and gigantic hallway, heated floors and panoramic views from the floor to ceiling glass windows. It's easy to see why people choose to spend the majority of their year here when they buy a property.
Before dinner, the spa was calling again.
A therapist cleansed and cleansed again in my mini facial, adding lavender lotions and rose petal potions to rub away the leftovers of daily life. A head massage was the icing on the cake.
My brother – a burly mechanic – opted for the hot stone massage, and said it eased perfectly the tension in his too tight shoulders.
There was just time for another steam to clear out those toxins before another fantastic dinner in the lively pub.
Pinot noir and pork belly – with the necessary crackling, plus salted caramel gravy – made for a filling and decadent goodbye for me.
And his fine, whopping burger, was equally impressive.
It was sad to pack our bags and return to the reality of the daily grind. But the great thing about a holiday this close to home is you can always go back...
Travel facts:
- Rooms at the Gamekeeper's Inn start from £100 with breakfast. Visit http://www.gamekeeperinn.co.uk/pages/accommodation
- Thorpe View luxury lodges to buy start from around £325,000.
- Details at at the http://www.thorpeview.co.uk website.


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Project 1Xpression Carbon Classic
Project 1Xpression Carbon Classic Turntable, pickup, πλατό με βραχίονα 8,6»,DC κινητήρα σε ανάρτηση, κίνηση με ιμάντα, διαστάσεις WxHxD 415 x 130 x 335mm βάρος 5,5 kg,
• Belt drive system with synchronous motor
• Main platter bearing made from stainless steel runs in bronze bushing with Teflon bottom
• Heavy aluminium sandwich platter with TPE technology for superior resonance damping & felt mat
• 8,6" carbon tonearm with Evo Kardan rings
• Resonance damping counterweight design
• Advanced 2M silver cartridge with silver spools
• Gold-plated RCA interconnect cable
• Special turntable feet for effective decoupling for massively reduced risk of acoustical feedback
• 4 colour options: HG black piano, HG white, olive, mahogany
Classic turntable with superior tone-arm & advanced magnetic cartridge reaches magical performance levels!
1-Xpression Carbon Classic is the 6th generation of the hi-fi classic Pro-Ject 1, which was presented for the first time in 1991. No other entry-level turntable concept is more audiophile and the current version includes a totally new carbon tone-arm with spin-off "EVO"-technology. It`s new innovative gimbal design features a resonance damping counterweight, that allows best performance for any cartridge. The approved belt drive design offers low noise AC motor with effective motor decoupling, ultra precision frequency DC-driven AC generator (like Speed Box) for ultimate speed stability. The complex main platter construction cannot be found elsewhere in this price range and is similar to the Xtension models. Advanced thermo plastic elastomers (TPE) are used in a sandwich construction with aluminium alloy for optimised resonance behaviour. Platter bearing axle is made from low tolerance chrome plated stainless steel running on Teflon bottom in a bronze bearing housing. Turntable main plinth is from low resonance MDF, which effectivly is decoupled from structure-born noise by special absorber feet, that use TPE technology. As a special feature, this package comes with the outstanding 2M silver cartridge, which features silver spools for ultimate fidelity. Beside it`s class-leading sound quality, this turntable convinces with classic elegance and four first-class finish options.
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Pro-Ject 1Xpression Carbon Classic
speed 33, 45 (manual speed change)
principle belt drive
Speed variance 33: 0,2% 45: 0,18%
Wow & flutter 33: 0,14% 45: 0,13%
platter 300mm
main bearing stainless steel
tonearm 8,6" carbon Evo
effective arm length 218,5 mm
overhang 22,0 mm
effective tonearmmass 8,0g
tracking force range 0 – 30mn (2M 18mn recommended)
included accessories 15 volts DC /0,8A power supply, dust cover
Power consumption 4,0 watts max /< 1 watt standby
dimensions 415 x 130 x 335mm (WxHxD)
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Terminal a Breath of Fresh Air in Cinematic Summer Heat
- Annabelle Robertson Entertainment Critic
- 2004 17 Jun
Release Date: June 18, 2004
Rating: PG-13 (for brief language and drug references)
Genre: Drama/Romance
Run Time: 129 minutes
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride, Diego Luna, Barry Shabaka Henley, Zoe Saldana, Eddie Jones,
Finally, a message of hope from the summer stew of sequels and special effects!
When Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks) steps off the plane at JFK Airport in New York, he is detained at Immigration. While Viktor's plane flew to the U.S., insurgents staged a coup in his homeland, the fictitious Eastern European nation of Krakozhia. The U.S. does not recognize the rebel government, so Viktor's passport and currency are now illegitimate.
Unfortunately, the chief Customs and Immigration officer, Frank Dixon (Stanley Tucci), can't send Viktor home, because no flights are going to the war-torn Krakozhia. Hoping that Viktor will enter the U.S. illegally, Dixon tells him "wait in the international lounge." To his surprise, however, Viktor waits. As Dixon grows increasingly anxious and the fighting continues, nine months go by.
Meanwhile, the initially-skeptical staff of the international lounge warms up to Viktor, who wins their unanimous approval when he stands up to Dixon on behalf of another desperate passenger. Viktor also makes friends with Gupta (Kumar Pallana), an elderly Indian janitor who enjoys watching passengers slip on his wet floors after ignoring his yellow caution signs. Mulroy (Chi McBride), a baggage handler, invites Viktor to their nightly card games, where the men play for unclaimed luggage. Food service worker Enrique (Diego Luna) feeds Viktor, in exchange for him carrying romantic messages to an attractive immigration officer (Zoe Saldana), whom Viktor visits faithfully every day in the hopes that she will stamp his paperwork.
Somehow, Viktor manages to find ingenious sources of income (which Dixon systematically cuts off), as well as a deserted gate, which Viktor transforms into a room. He also conjures up some romance of his own, with a flighty flight attendant named Amelia Warren (Catherine Zeta-Jones). But time is passing, and Dixon is unyielding. With a huge promotion on the line, he needs Viktor out of the airport – at any cost.
Steven Spielberg is a master director, and though his films cross the spectrum of genres, remaining unpredictably unique, they are usually outstanding. "The Terminal" is no exception. Out of Spielberg's wide repertoire, it resembles most his recent "Catch Me If You Can," which also had airport scenes and fluctuated between comedy and drama. This film was also inspired by a real situation, that of Merhan Karimi Nasseri, an Iranian passenger who lost his documents in 1988 and slept on a red plastic bench at Charles de Gaulle Airport. Oddly enough, Nasseri, who has been the motivation for two other films (one French, one British), has been free to leave for years, but chooses not to. He is still at his airport in Paris.
In Spielberg's hands, this story is given new life, and though the film suffers from a few implausibilities, they are hardly remarkable in the microcosm of society that this accomplished director creates. Funny without being slapstick, heartwarming without being sentimental, inspiring without being preachy, it is the most uplifting film I've seen in a long time.
Viktor is a man who defies logic. Although at first, he seems to be a poor, bumbling foreigner – largely due to his clothing and inability to speak English – he is actually a very talented, compassionate man who wins the hearts of everyone (save Dixon) that he meets. Viktor inspires people to love – and, like him, to submit to authority, even when the consequences are negative. That a character does so is a credit to Viktor's modeling of higher standards. For, in addition to his honesty, Viktor refuses the easy route, which is often the way of the world. Even though he's given ample opportunity to escape when the guards aren't looking – with Dixon's benediction – he chooses not to. It is a choice that will confuse many. But Viktor, in an outstanding performance by Hanks that harks back to "Cast Away," is a foil to Dixon (an equally great performance by Tucci). Viktor follows the rules; Dixon lives by them. An administrator who wields his power with an iron fist, Dixon is a modern Pharisee who shows just how tyrannical man can be when he allows rules, instead of compassion, to dominate. Evil, this film seems to say, can be very subtle indeed.
Another important message that the film alludes to is the problem of homelessness. We are given a glimpse into their lives, and we are asked to sympathize. Like Viktor, many homeless people have stumbled upon unfortunate circumstances that have left them at the mercy of administrators and bureaucrats, and without food or clothing. How can we, like those who came to Viktor's aid, assist them in meaningful ways?
Parents will want to consider the subplot surrounding Amelia, who is having a long-term affair with a married man. The relationship is rightfully portrayed as disheartening and discouraging for Amelia, yet highly addictive – yet another good message. The language is mild and there is no nudity, although there are passing mentions of sex.
The excellent acting, directing, cinematography, set, story and strong moral overtones of this film work together to provide satisfying summer fare. "The Terminal" is a breath of fresh air which is greatly appreciated in the cinematic summer heat.
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Then they took the stitched length to the sink where they washed it. At this stage the Solvy became jelly like and then dissolved like magic. They helped it along a bit in the beginning with a paint brush but soon realised they didn't have to be so gentle. Then they squished and wrung the water onto every bit.
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Their scrappy space! (How to Solvy)
Then they took the stitched length to the sink where they washed it. At this stage the Solvy became jelly like and then dissolved like magic. They helped it along a bit in the beginning with a paint brush but soon realised they didn't have to be so gentle. Then they squished and wrung the water onto every bit.
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Bloody marvellous. This is why I love blogs. You learn about all that secret stuff in the sewing shops that you would normally just walk past! yay Kate.ReplyDelete
What a fabulous idea! Lovely scarf xReplyDelete
how clever!!!!ReplyDelete
Oh I love it!!!! You know i bet you could use Freezer paper too.ReplyDelete
Just arrange your scraps on the top of the freezer, pop some parchment paper over the top so you don't mess up your iron and iron away... in theory the freezer paper will melt to all the scrap holding it in place then you can sew through it ...... would be a real pain getting the freezer paper off afterwards but still worth a try!!!
Ok one of these days i'll give it a go with my scrap if i don't decoupage something with it before hand hahaha
that is so cool! what a fun activity for the girls.ReplyDelete
Wow - this is just beautiful!ReplyDelete
Seems so much fun and with such an excellent outcome...who can resist trying this?!!!ReplyDelete
such a fun way to use scraps - and to encourage a bit of self sufficiency - love it!ReplyDelete
I'm totally impressed! Great work girls!ReplyDelete
What a fantastic idea Kate! I might have to look up where to buy some of that solvy stuff as it would be great to make some of those scarves and would keep little people entertained. Your scarf looks great by the way!ReplyDelete
amazing. i love itReplyDelete
=D so brilliant.ReplyDelete
I have seen scraves made like that using yarn - but I didn't know what the water soluble stuff was called. Thanks for posting about it :)I think the scarf is way cool - way to go girls!ReplyDelete
Gosh how good is that? Looks fantastic...ReplyDelete
Cool what a great idea. I will have to find some solvy and try it. Good idea from a clever mother! Creative little girls too! No wonder they want to wear it all the time.ReplyDelete
Wow! how great is that.ReplyDelete
What a FANTASTIC idea! And just the thing for me to use up my bag of scraps for! Adding solvy to my crafty list!ReplyDelete
I bet the girls had a blast doing that. I love Solvy.ReplyDelete
I want one, please?! :)ReplyDelete
i LOVE that idea, its gorgeous!ReplyDelete
That is brilliant and soo beautiful too! Big YAY for the Foxs lane chicksxoReplyDelete
Looks like it was so much fun to make! Nice kid friendly and cute project KateReplyDelete
Gorgeous!! :)ReplyDelete
Wow! I loved making stuff like this as a kid using my Mum's scraps. Well, I think that if your girls can make these scarves they could probably make some little oven mitts with just a bit of guidance from their crafty Mum as well too! They are pretty quick and fun to make.ReplyDelete
Oh dear! My girls would LOVE to do this.ReplyDelete
thank you for the post Kate. Great idea. It has given me some inspiration for christmas presents.ReplyDelete
This is brilliant! What a gorgeous scarf & so much fun!!ReplyDelete
it looks amazing!! love the name Solvy too hehe.ReplyDelete
Wow what fun! I can see why you would have abandoned whatever you were working on to get in and have fun with the solvy!ReplyDelete
Great ideas, the kids could also make table runners.ReplyDelete
My friends and I did this with yarn. But now we're gonna have to use fabric!ReplyDelete
This is absolutely and totally fan-tab-ulous !! Love it so much it definitely requires a unique and handmade name to describe it :) Just wonderful Kate - thank you for this inspiration. KxReplyDelete
oh my non-religious god! this is really beautiful. i love it :)ReplyDelete
I've never really gotten how solvy is used...thanks for showing us...and what a beautiful creation.ReplyDelete
going to get some now!
I see stretched before me a long summer holiday filled with kid-distracting scarf crafting...ReplyDelete
Seriously Cool Kate!!! I love your style..ReplyDelete
Wow that looks like lots of fun, very cool.xoReplyDelete
wow - gorgy - looks like it floated in on a very colourful beach somewhere!ReplyDelete
E. made some toilet roll monsters using the scraps from my sewing bin the other day... he'd love this activity too. So ... what may I ask is solvy???
fabulous idea! As a hand stitcher I don't have many fabric scraps but this makes me want to buy fabric just to strip it :PReplyDelete
Love it, Love it, Love it!!!!ReplyDelete
oh my gosh...it is stunning.ReplyDelete
lol very impressed!!ReplyDelete
Solvy is fabulous. You can use yarns too and make the most wonderful scarves with it. A cheaper option from Solvy is the laundry bags they use in hospitals that dissolve in hot water. A friend of mine gave me one years ago.ReplyDelete
I've never heard of Solvy before - looks brilliant!ReplyDelete
I love this scarf - V V beautiful!!
That sounds like so much fun. I'll have to see if I can find some of this stuff (or something similar) in UK.ReplyDelete
Ha, this is so cool! I haven't heard of Solvy before, I wonder if it's available around here...ReplyDelete
Suck clever girls!ReplyDelete
Your kids have so much fun! Damn ... I wish I'd known about that sort of stuff when my girls were younger.ReplyDelete
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brilliant idea...I have little girlies who love to 'help' me as well. Will have to look into this stuff! xxxReplyDelete
Wow! I'm gonna have a go - I LOVE it, love it, love it.ReplyDelete
i just love love this idea to bit. well doneReplyDelete
What great fun!ReplyDelete
Hope all is well. x
Just looking through library books we got yesterday and found a project with this solvy in it! How coincidental!! Where can I buy some from???ReplyDelete
I'm going to be doing some craft classes/sewing classes for girls this holidays and that would make a perfect project!!! Wonderful! Do you know where to get the SOLVY from?? Well done girls you will be sewing like mama in no time :-)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 26, 2010 at 4:59 PM
Awesome! well done girls!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2010 at 4:28 AM
Gorgeous!!! I've never heard of solvy, sounds intriguingReplyDelete
I've always wanted to play with this as well. Wow, it looks like a lot of fun, I'm going to hunt some down now and have a play!ReplyDelete
wow - how fabulously interesting. thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Brilliant...this is the most unique idea I have seen...fabulous and so much fun!!ReplyDelete
Hope you are keeping dry...so sorry that you are experiencing so much wetness!! xOxO
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- AnonymousAugust 4, 2016 at 3:52 AM
Love, the scarf and hoping to make with a couple of girls. How long did you make the scarf?ReplyDelete
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I saw a brilliant method of doing this with Solvy - cut 2 pieces of Solvy, stitch all around on three sides. Then you just stuff the scraps into the Solvy 'pillowcase'. Much easier to sew after and no pinning needed :)ReplyDelete
That is so lovely.ReplyDelete
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FRIDAY, June 6, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- It goes without saying that being aggravated, criticized, annoyed or disappointed by friends or family members can be stressful.
But new research suggests that negative social interactions may actually harm the health of middle-aged women by triggering a long-term jump in blood pressure.
However, the dynamic was not seen among men or among women aged 65 and older in the study.
Study author Rodlescia Sneed, a doctoral candidate in psychology at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, said the conclusion that negative social interactions seem to affect some women but not men "is consistent with previous research showing that women are more sensitive to the quality of their relationships than men are."
But why not older women?
"The literature suggests that as people get older, they hone their social networks in order to focus on the relationships that are most important," Sneed said, limiting their exposure to just a few close friendships, while avoiding negative people and situations.
"They [also] generally don't have employment-related stress, are done raising their children and, if in good health, can spend their time engaged in activities that they enjoy," she added. "This may not be true for younger people."
The findings are published in the June issue of Health Psychology.
To explore this issue, the research team analyzed four years of blood pressure data collected from more than 1,500 men and women between the ages of 51 and 91, all of whom were enrolled in the Health and Retirement Study.
The vast majority (nearly 85 percent) of the participants were white, and none had high blood pressure when the study began in 2006. However, by the study's end in 2010, nearly 30 percent did.
In the interim, all the participants completed questionnaires regarding the degree to which they had experienced unpleasant and disappointing interactions with their partners, children, friends or other family members.
Respondents were asked how often people made too many demands on them; how often they were criticized; how often they were let down, and how often people got on their nerves.
After "scoring" the totality of each participant's negative interactions with the people in their life, the study authors stacked the tallies up against blood pressure trends.
The result: For every one-point rise in negative socializing scores, women between the ages of 51 and 64 saw their risk for developing high blood pressure jump by 38 percent.
Having a negative interaction with a spouse or a child did not, however, seem to have any impact on blood pressure. As well, no such affect was seen among any of the male counterparts or among older women.
While noting that her investigation did not include people under 51, Sneed theorized that younger adults might also prove vulnerable to the impact of negative relationships.
"The mid-30s, for example, can be difficult with respect to work stress, raising children and financial problems," she said. "Adding poor relationships to those difficulties can certainly increase one's risk for health problems."
Dr. Gregg Fonarow, a professor of cardiology at the University of California, Los Angeles, said the study shines a light on how relationships can have an enduring impact on blood pressure.
"Prior studies have suggested that negative social interactions can elevate blood pressure in the short term," he noted. "[But] this new study links negative social interactions to the development of overt hypertension, suggesting a more long-term alternation in blood pressure control."
That said, Fonarow stressed that "further studies are needed to confirm these findings and better understand the mechanism behind this link."
More information
Visit the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for more on high blood pressure.
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CC Licenses?
I haven't seen any of the CC licenses in any module so far and I have not seen this discussed on sword-devel. While these licenses make sense these cryptic strings do not. I think these should be openly discussed. -- DM Smith, 9/20/07
The CC license abbreviations are standard and each character pair represents a restriction placed on the text. The links go to the "deeds" associated with each license and explain the details more completely. Perseus licenses all of their stuff under the by-nc-sa license, which is itself a bit controversial since these are obviously public domain works, with few exceptions, and Perseus doesn't have any legal right to impose restrictions on use after they've done their distribution. Nevertheless, since we're not commercial, we intend to share our modifications, and giving source attribution is just being fair, I don't have a problem with complying with their license terms. Not to mention, I don't have any desire to pick a fight with Perseus since I think their work is great. -- Osk 2007-09-21
I think that we need to make the conditions of distribution clear. These cryptic strings would probably mean nothing to the majority of people seeing them. Perhaps these should be more explicit. For a possible example: "Covered by the Creative Commons License by-nc-nd." -- DM 2007-09-21
How do "Creative Commons: by-nc-nd" and similar strings sound? They give someone actually looking at our metadata enough info to know to look at CC. I don't see a need for any more since the license strings are really not intended to be presented to users. -- Osk 2007-09-22
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I added OSISLemma, which was clearly missing, and fixed UTF8HebrewPoints, which was clearly wrong.
The other three are essentially module-specific and I don't know their function well enough to write a description.
GBF Support
In one section we say "willing to accept ThML and GBF", and in another "GBF is deprecated". Seems a little inconsistent. -- Jmmorgan 06:47, 30 September 2008 (MDT)
- I think the former statement was very old. We will accept some ThML work (on the condition that it be content from CCEL). But ThML is certainly deprecated. And there's no reason for which I would accept a GBF submission. There's simply no good reason to still be using GBF. --Osk 21:05, 30 September 2008 (MDT)
re: Fontsize roll-back
Proposal and implementation in one front-end do not result in immediate inclusion of new attributes in our .conf format specification. BTW: This is exactly the kind of thing that concerns me about making the Wiki into the public face of CrossWire. --Osk 14:28, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
- I would think that absence of negative comment (including yours) on the mailing list for several days is something akin to approval. Particularly as the requirement is real. Refdoc 17:02, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
- Fontsize was only ever mentioned on the GnomeSword development list, never on sword-devel. And no argument has been given for why this is important or necessary. --Osk 20:04, 10 November 2008 (UTC)


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Because storytelling is a gift, on Thursday, December 6, the Uncalled For Trio will be back in Port Royal with their 2012 "A Not So Silent Night Christmas" storytelling tour. Storytellers Bil Lepp, Kim Weitkamp, and Andy Irwin will share new stories and songs, and all the ho-ho-ho hilarity you can stand. Bil Lepp is a nationally renowned storyteller, a five time champion of the West Virginia Liars' Contest, and the headliner at the 2013 BIG Story Fest & Liars Competition in Beaufort. Kim Weitkamp is a recipient of two Storytelling World Awards, and graces the stages of theaters and festivals throughout the continent. A recipient of numerous awards, Andy Offut has toured with the Kandinsky Trio and performed with the comedic troupe SAK Theatre at Walt Disney World. All is chuckles, all is bright, and all the tickets are at the door only: $8 for adults and $4 for student (to 21) and children. 7:30pm, at The Shed on Paris Avenue in Old Village Port Royal. This merriment is sponsored by the Town of Port Royal and produced by ARTworks,www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org, 843-379-2787, @artseensc.
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Isn't it funny how we always wait to start something? Diets can't start except on a Monday. We have to wait till New Year's for our resolutions.
And then what happens? We lazy, eat, whatever as hard as we can and then try to become whole new people overnight, all at once, on a new blank slate of promise.
Thing is, every day is a blank slate. Shoot, every hour can be a blank slate. I didn't wait until a Monday to start Couch to 5K. I just jumped up and did it on a Tuesday afternoon. I started Weight Watchers midweek, in early April. Both of these endeavors were far more successful than the Monday diets and workouts.
That said, it's still a good time to take stock (but notice that I'm doing so not on January 1st. Too much pressure!). If you feel like you've "blown" your resolution, whatever it is, just dust yourself off. Now's as good a time as any. In fact, now is the best time to do something.
So…on to the non-resolutions. Some pretty good ideas. They aren't all super measurable, but I figure I'll work on one at a time, building some positive habits (a la Flylady and every other program of any kind that works worth a damn).
1. Write more. I'm trying to carve out 15 minutes a day, whether for the blog, the magazine, or just to run my mouth, brain, and fingers outside work. I started this just after Christmas and I hope to keep it up.
2. Declutter. I've worked on it steadily this year, but there is so. much. crap. in. this. house. And the basement. And in storage…
3. Pay down dem bills. I want to work toward financial independence a lot harder this year. It's been on the list for awhile, and Your Money or Your Life has been helpful in putting this goal into perspective.
4. Unplug. I spend a lot more time online than I ever have, and I enjoy it. However, downtime is good for the brain, the shoulders, the wrists, and the soul.
5. Run 500 miles. If I get injured I'll amend this with walking/swimming.
6. Take on new cooking challenges. I'd like to try my hand at macaron (and buy a food scale!).
7. Take more shitty photos. I bought at tripod for the occasion!
8. Double Drawl's readership.
9. Travel the US again.
10. Get my damn passport.
11. Drag Mr. B to dance lessons.
12. Get out more.
13. See more people.
14. Send handwritten notes.
15. Meditate and relax.
16. Be less wasteful. I'm hoping the freezer that will arrive in the next few days will help with that.


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Jill Stuart: Stealing heart collection Christmas 2012
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ahhh packaging is to die for. The e/s shades are so pretty too. I just could never justify the price to purchase this on my own but this set isn't bad at all for all that. How's the pigmentation of the e/s palette?ReplyDelete
- lookitslindaDecember 19, 2012 at 8:30 PM
Ah! Everything in this set is so pretty :3ReplyDelete
Wow, everything is so beautiful and what a great buy for what you get!!ReplyDelete
OMGosh I this too cute and princessy!! WANT so bad :(ReplyDelete
beautiful eki, i just love the way the eyeshadow palette looks, so i'm kinda jelly, not gonna lie. my only jill stuart is currently a discounted lip jewel, but i still think it's a great. i hope they sell exclusive palettes in the nyc boutique; i went there oncee, and they did have some makeup on display, but i ended up high tailing it outta there b/c a) the cheapest non makeup item was $300, and b) my mom was waiting for me outside the store, with a watermelon smoothie from a nearby street fair, and she hates when i buy makeup, lol.ReplyDelete
SO glad you shared the stealing heart collection, it was one of my favorite things you posted about! Very cute and sweet, the extras are nice, what a princessy bag, I love it. ^_^ReplyDelete
I love how this set is so you! Feminine, cute and girly! Can't wait to see some FOTD's or tutorials from you with these products! ^___^bReplyDelete
Ohmygosh,I've seen this and wanted it but I always buy the Jill Stuart Gift sets and packs so I thought I'd give it a miss but clearly I'm missing out that blush is so pretty and the packaging is too nice! wah okay, I will buy nowReplyDelete
That's so pretty!!Love the packaging!!ReplyDelete
OMG OMG OMG!!! I'm dead... so cute!!! (>w<)ReplyDelete
- Nini BearDecember 20, 2012 at 12:40 AM
omo~~~that`s sooooo cute! loving the packaging, totally adorable&&.princessy ♥ReplyDelete
- Natalie OwDecember 20, 2012 at 3:16 AM
THAT'S LIKE SUPER BEAUTIFUL ><ReplyDelete
- JoanyaanDecember 20, 2012 at 4:39 AM
So lovely!!! <3ReplyDelete
- anyajangDecember 20, 2012 at 5:59 AM
waah, you are so lucky to get it!! *___*ReplyDelete
- x_noire_xDecember 20, 2012 at 6:10 AM
Aw this is so cute! JS sure makes beautiful packaging ^^ Enjoy it hun! xxReplyDelete
- blovetbeautyDecember 20, 2012 at 8:41 AM
gorgeous packaging!ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh... I wish I could afford this~! The packaging is just too beautiful. ;u;ReplyDelete
- Steph HaasDecember 20, 2012 at 9:05 AM
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so pretty and i'm loving the packaging !! i hate it that jill stuart is so expensive :( .. i saw it while i was in hong kong, but then i saw the prizes.. i was like.. ugh never mind =.=" too expensive.ReplyDelete
Everything looks so gorgeous!! Such a pity this brand is so expensive...ReplyDelete
so princess-y ^^. love it. I just wish I have someone that could gift this to me as well..will love them to bits, if they'd do that.. >.<ReplyDelete
They look stunning, I would buy them just for the pretty packaging.ReplyDelete
omg the packaging! SO CUTE! ahhh its so adorable i want it now!ReplyDelete
Jill Stuart Stuff is more than beautfil but far beyond my payable price.ReplyDelete
- AtomicNonyDecember 20, 2012 at 2:28 PM
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So beautiful!! Will you post swatches?ReplyDelete
The set is so princessy and pretty! *_* Shame that it is so expensive! D:ReplyDelete
Omg, that looks absolutely beautiful! It does look very "princess-like" like it's from a fairy tale book, lol.ReplyDelete
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- Alis KaiFebruary 11, 2013 at 11:45 AM
What a lovely collection!!! I don't know this brand, regrettably the asiatic cosmetics are very strange in Spain -______-ReplyDelete
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December 2011 Archives
This will be my last post of the year. Like the grapevines that surround me, I need to go into dormancy mode!
What a year it's been. When I look back on what we've accomplished this year, I'm amazed. First, let me explain the "we". It's a group of likeminded, fabulous folks with a passion for wine and a dedication to the success of Dry Creek Vineyard. Some are old timers like Abe and Gary, who are pushing 54 years of service between the two of them. Some are 'tweeners' like Dru and Sally, and Cheyanne and Ramiro. And, some are newcomers like Sara and Michael, and Tim and Joe. We even have some return groupies like Matt-who flew the coop to expand his wings elsewhere and have now come home to nest at Dry Creek.
Each one of these people, and many more, worked diligently to help support our vision for a better winery, a better wine, a better customer experience. Whether in the cellar, in the tasting room, or in the offices, they gave their best.
Our accomplishments in 2011 are impressive. We have a wonderful new banking partner--not insignificant in these times when financing for small businesses can be uncertain. We partnered with a new national sales company, V2 Wine Group, who not only took over the responsibility for the wholesale distribution of our wines in all 50 states, but also hired several of our longtime employees giving them exciting new career paths. We laid a new foundation for our consumer direct business, and restructured related marketing efforts. We completed the replant of our oldest vineyard, DCV3, and harvested our first crop off of an exciting new experimental Zinfandel vineyard located directly in front of the winery. We launched a new package for our flagship Fume Blanc and redesigned the Meritage label too. We remodeled our aging tasting room and continued to upgrade and improve the grounds and facility to better serve our visitors in the coming years. We proselytized, we preached, we powered along, all with an eye toward continuing our pursuit of making wines that over deliver on quality and knock your socks off in terms of value. The list goes on and on...
Along the way, we traveled relentlessly (The Husband alone racked in 77 days on the road!) and we spread the gospel of Dry Creek to legions of wine buyers, wine lovers and industry gatekeepers. In short, we survived another year during the worst economic period since the Great Depression. Am I proud? You bet. Am I exhausted? You bet! And am I grateful to the dozens of dedicated staff and loyal followers of our brand around the world who helped us steer the boat in the right direction, YOU BET!
To all of you who helped us accomplish these important milestones, THANK YOU! May you have a joyous and restful holiday season.
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Roger Persson's furniture is always beautiful and functional, with a special knack for fitting into all types of environments.
The same can be said about this product family with a look that's stylish, cosy, comfy… Or should we say happy?
A game with lines and curves. That's how Roger Persson defines his designs, and anyone who sees his furniture gets what he means. By adding soft surfaces and forms to an otherwise modern and aesthetic expression, he creates a long-lasting design idiom. Roger Persson is one of Swedese's best-selling designers. His furniture is beautiful and functional – comfortable, practical, and with a special knack of fitting into all types of environments. Like Happy – the smiling furniture family with an increasing number of members.
Roger Persson was born in 1967 in Karlskrona, trained as an industrial designer at HDK/University of Gothenburg and also studied furniture design at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He then opened a design studio with two colleagues. Since 2009 he has run his own studio, Roger Persson Design, designing furniture and other products – from lighting, switches and 3D-scanners to toys.
His furniture has been exhibited all over Europe, in Japan and the USA.
Swedese's ideals are the same today as they have been for the past seventy years. These are to create beautiful furniture for the future, which build on the foundations of Scandinavian modern traditions, designed by forward-looking designers who share in the timeless ideals of architecture.


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Here's the Bullitt chase scene from the show Alcatraz we told you about a couple of weeks ago. This time Steve McQueen's role is played by Detective Rebecca Madsen and there's a brand new 2013 Ford Mustang chasing down a new Dodge Charger.
Can you catch all the references to the original?
The Alcatraz remake is like most Bullitt homages (there are many of them) in that it gets some details right, but ultimately shortens the experience.
Predictably, the chase ends all too abruptly and with a massive flip and explosion that's underwhelming when compared to the original. It's TV. It's what you get.
In the show's favor, there's accurate car casting in terms of make/models, updated courtesy of Ford product placement. The chase has a little of the bump-and-grind many re-imaginings skip. There's even the vintage Volkswagen Beetle that keeps showing up, which is a nice wink at fans.
Also, that sound.
What do you think of the chase?
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A rush-hour subway train derailed Tuesday in Moscow, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 150, many with serious injuries, the Emergencies Ministry said.
Three cars derailed in the tunnel after a power surge triggered an alarm, which caused the train to stop abruptly.
Russian television described scenes of chaos and panic on the capital city's famed system, saying passengers fell like dominoes when the train braked.
Russia's investigative committee said it was looking into the causes of the accident. It said, however, there was no suspicion of a militant attack, the cause for scores of deaths in Moscow's underground in years past.
Injured passengers were carried on stretchers, bloodied and bandaged, out of metro stations and helicopters ferried the most seriously hurt to hospital.
Passengers looked stunned or were crying after being helped to the surface by emergency services.
Evacuation underway
The evacuation of people trapped underground was still under way, said deputy head of Moscow metro police Nikolai Savchenko.
"Our task at the moment is to complete evacuation of those suffered (in accident), to calm down passengers which are still near the station," Savchenko said.
More than 100 people had been hospitalized, and at least 50 of the injured are in grave condition, said Moscow health department chief Georgy Golukhov, according to the Itar-TASS news agency.
Rescuers have recovered seven bodies and are working to extract 12 more trapped in two wrecked train cars, Alexander Gavrilov, deputy chief of the Moscow emergency services, told reporters in a televised call.
Gavrilov, of the emergency situations ministry, said outside the Park Pobedy station in west Moscow that more than 1,100 people were evacuated from the train.
Passengers said that smoke quickly spread through the carriages and rescue workers treated them with oxygen.
A city transport services spokesman told news agency Interfax that all passengers had been evacuated from the affected stations by midday, dismissing reports that some passengers were still trapped in the underground tunnel.
President Vladimir Putin, who is currently on a trip to Brazil, was informed of the tragedy that put a huge strain on the city of some 12 million and snarled traffic on its notoriously clogged roads amid a heatwave, the French news agency AFP reported.
The Moscow metro is the world's busiest, with as many as 9 million people on weekdays riding a system that is widely recognized for its reliability.
The subway cars derailed between the Slaviansky Boulevard and Park Pobedy stations.
Difficult rescue
Park Pobedy is the deepest metro station in Moscow's subway system - 84 meters (275 feet) deep - which made the rescue particularly hard.
Traffic on between the stations is likely to be suspended for at least two days, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.
The station serves the vast Park Pobedy, where the World War II museum is located and which is close to Moscow's triumphal arch.
Famed for its high-vaulted halls adorned with Soviet socialist realist art, the underground network has expanded from 13 stations opened in 1935 to 194 stations across the megalopolis today.
Islamist militants have previously carried out deadly attacks in Moscow, including twin suicide bombings that killed 40 people on the subway in 2010.
The accident is believed to be the most serious in the eight-decade history of the city's metro system.
Some information for this report provided by Reuters, AFP and AP.


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Asterisk (or CallWeaver?) Server for Fedora Events
Project Sponsor
Name: Karsten Wade
Wiki Name: KarstenWade
Fedora Account Name: kwade
Group: Fedora Documentation
Infrastructure Sponsor: DennisGilmore
Secondary Contact info
Name: Jared Smith
Wiki Name: JaredSmith
Fedora Account Name: jsmith
Project Info
Project Name: Asterisk Server for Fedora Events
Target Audience: Attendees of online FUDCons and other conferences
Expiration Date (required): Current - 6 August; ongoing plans to keep the image for redeployment
Description/Summary: We'd like to offer Asterisk VoIP conferencing during the upcoming online FUDCon/hackfest. This would be a single, common codec that could be used by Fedora-based SIP clients (e.g., ekiga). In addition, the Asterisk image could be brought up for future Fedora events, Fedora Board meetings, etc.
Project plan (Detailed):
Goals: Improve resolution of conference discussions.
Specific resources needed
- Dedicated Xen guest
- Fedora 7 (EPEL probably doesn't have the necessary dependencies to build the complete Asterisk package).
- 10G disk space (unless we are going to record things)
- Firewall ports
- SIP - UDP and TCP ports 5060 (UDP will only be used for now - reserve TCP port for when Asterisk supports it)
- IAX2 - UDP port 4569
- RTP - UDP ports 10000:10500 (allows up to 250 simultaneous calls - 2 ports per call)
Additional Info (Optional)
- Use app_conference instead of MeetMe so that zaptel kernel modules don't have to be installed.


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Originally from China, Yishan Li is a manga artist living in Edinburgh, UK. She published her first manga story in Beijing Comics in 1991. She made her debut on the English market with 'Spirit Marked', published by Yaoki Press in 2005. This was followed by 'Aluria Chronicles' and 'Saihôshi the Guardian'. For the French publishing house Delcourt, she makes the series 'Les Contes du Boudoir Hante' and for Dargaud, she does 'Cutie B' with Richard Marazano. Also active for the US market, she has made 'Midnight Blue' for Demented Dragon.
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On Sunday, July 11, 2010, Buddha's Light International Association (BLIA) and the Humpty Dumpty Institute (HDI) coordinated a Landmine Education Presentation in Hsi Lai Temple, Hacienda Heights, CA. The presentation focused on the work being done in regards to landmine and unexploded ordinances (UXO) in Vietnam. Sunday's program held particular significance as it marked the 15th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam. The panel of speakers included Ambassador Bui the Giang, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Vietnam Mission to the United Nations, Ms. Jerilyn Brusseau, Co-founder of PeaceTrees Vietnam, and Mr. Ralph Cwerman, President of HDI. Devotees of the temple and other community members attended to make up an audience of over 150 people. Special guests included Vietnam War veterans and University of Southern California (USC) students working on school projects.
Mr. Cwerman began the program with an overview of HDI's past and present landmine programs in Southeast Asia and Africa, with an emphasis on HDI's holistic approach to landmine clearance. Ms. Brusseau followed with a presentation on the history and work of PeaceTrees Vietnam with a personal touch as the organization was founded shortly after the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Vietnam – a goal that was always in the back of Ms. Brusseau's mind after her brother perished in the Vietnam War in 1969.
Ambassador Giang concluded the program and reminded the audience that this year marks both the 15th anniversary of normalized diplomatic relations and the 35th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. The Ambassador described the course his country has taken since the end of the war, painting a picture of development, challenges and determination. Ambassador Giang also touched upon HDI's "Mushrooms with a Mission" project and hailed the program as "the right project at the right time."
The audience was engaged during the two and half hours presentation and raised a number of questions for each speaker. Ven. Hui Chi, Ven. Yi Kung and trustees from the University of the West also participated in this lecture and raised great interest in hosting this event in the campus in the near future.


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Jet lag is the disruption of sleep patterns which occurs when you travel between time zones on long-haul flights. Jet lag is most severe on daytime flights traveling from west to east.
Every cellular system in the body works on a 24-hour cycle and in accordance with signals sent from the brain. A change in time zones can disrupt this balance. Passengers traveling between time zones are likely to experience jet lag and a disruption to sleep patterns.
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The Dallas Cowboys' coaching situation gets stranger by the day. Defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin isn't going anywhere, but owner Jerry Jones has made an adjustment to the offensive staff.
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NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reports that former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Scott Linehan interviewed for a position on the Cowboys' offensive staff and was hired Monday to call plays, according to a source with knowledge of the Cowboys' thinking.
In fact, the Cowboys were so sure they were going to hire Linehan that he participated in team meetings Monday, in essence joining the staff on the fly, Rapoport reported.
A source close to Bill Callahan, who called the plays last season, said the offensive coordinator would be "annoyed" if Linehan was hired. Rapoport is told the Cowboys will not let Callahan out of his contract even though Linehan has been hired.
Linehan replacing Callahan as the team's primary play-caller makes this Dallas' third offensive play-caller in as many seasons. Linehan and coach Jason Garrett coached together in Miami in 2005.
Linehan has a better career track record as a play-caller than Callahan, but adding another cook into the Cowboys' kitchen sounds dysfunctional. Jones and Garrett tinker with their staff seemingly every season, and nothing seems to get them out of their 8-8 funk.
*We handed out awards for the 2014 coaching class and talked all the latest headlines in the latest "Around The League Podcast." *


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AUSTIN — A Texas lawmaker has introduced a bill that would make it more difficult to use unmanned aerial drones in Texas.
Terrill Republican Lance Gooden wants to make it illegal to use a drone to monitor private property without express permission or a search warrant.
Gooden's proposed law would restrict drone operators from collecting not only images, but also sounds and smells.
Drones are best known for their military application but federal law enforcement has begun using drones along the border with Mexico and the Texas Department Safety has started using drones.
Hobbyists have also begun mounting cameras on remote control aircraft, creating privacy concerns.
Those found guilty of using a drone illegally would be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor for every image they possess.


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Editor's note: The following article is reprinted from the Today @ PC World blog at PCWorld.com.
At a splashy press event here at CES in Las Vegas, Toshiba trotted out its latest and greatest HDTV, the Cell TV, with its companion media center set-top box.
The TV boasts a number of significant leaps forward in picture performance, driven by a new proprietary eight-core processor Toshiba calls its Broadband Engine.
Toshiba says that gives the Cell TV ten times the processing power as most personal computers, and 143 times faster than most LCD TVs on the market today.
So what does all that processing power mean to the person on the couch? The biggest thing, perhaps, is 2D to 3D conversion. The TV takes everything from 2D gaming and home video, processes it, fills in missing pixels, and turns it into video that looks like 3D.
In terms of resolution, the TV uses its processing power to up-convert all video to 1080p 3D. The TV also connects to the Internet to receive net video sources like VUDU and Netflix; it applies noise canceling technology to that content to clean up the noise and image distortion that can be present in net video.
Toshiba says the Cell TV cranks out far more brightness than any other TV, and feature 512 different zones that separately adjust black and white levels as you watch.
The Cell TV contains sensors that analyze the light in the room, and automatically sets the contrast, brightness and other levels. This isn't new, but the sensor can now detect the color of the room–the "color temperature" — and adjust the picture accordingly.
The Cell TV set-top box will include a 1 terabyte hard drive for video storage, and a build-in Blu-ray disc player. The device will organize all the video content on the home network and will communicate wirelessly with other devices in the home using 802.11n and DLNA.
Form factor-wise, the Cell TV will come in 46-, 55-, and 65-inch models, all of which feature a sound bar below the screen.
No pricing information is available yet, and the first Cell TVs should begin showing up in stores in the third or fourth quarter of 2010, according to a Toshiba rep.
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Inserting Jibbitz Instructions
Push in at a 45 degree angle in the desired hole of the shoe. The material of the Croc will open gently as the material is very flexible.
Push downwards so the black base of the Jibbitz snaps into place
Now turn your Jibbitz to the desired direction.
Removing Jibbitz Instructions
When removing the Jibbitz push from the inside of your shoe. Do NOT pull by the top by any means.
Preserving Your Tee
Preserving Your Tee
Turn garment inside out. Wash Cold. Dry Low. Iron inside out. No bleach. No fabric softener. Do not dry clean.
Using Wickless Candles
Using Wickless Candles
Drop one or two tarts into your warmer and enjoy. Each cube lasts approximately 10hrs. Replace when you can no longer smell them. Replace by melting down the wax by turning on your warmer. Drop in a few cotton balls to soak up the wax. Use a paper towel to clean the excess left in warmer.
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You might believe it's business as usual for the New England Patriots' high-octane offense this season, but the unit has undergone a subtle philosophical shift.
Maybe it's not that subtle. The Patriots are running the ball far more often, and with more success, then a season ago. The Pats are fifth in the NFL in rushing, averaging 146 yards per game on 34 attempts. By comparison, the Patriots were 20th in the league last year, averaging just 110 yards on 27 carries.
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NFL.com's Albert Breer spoke with quarterback Tom Brady ahead of the Patriots' Sunday matchup against the Indianapolis Colts. Brady cites the run game as a major improvement for the team.
"That's important -- we're running it efficiently; Steven (Ridley) had a great year, Shane (Vereen) made plays, Danny (Woodhead) made plays, Brandon (Bolden) made plays for the 10 minutes he's been in there," Brady said. "Running the ball has saved us in a lot of games."
Ever the perfectionist, Brady lamented only scoring 37 points against the Buffalo Bills last week. Brady thought the Patriots should've put up 52. Breer asked the quarterback if he believes the Pats can be a 50-points-a-game offense.
"Every time you take the field you're trying to score. I don't think you're taking the field, saying we're gonna take four minutes off the clock and punt it to the other team.
"There hasn't been too many times where I thought, 'Wow, they schemed us up on that one.' It's usually a mistake we made that leads to them to making a play."
With most teams, comments like this can be written off as too optimistic, or even absurd. But with the Patriots, it doesn't seem quite so far-fetched.


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As we cleaned up the remaining dishes from dinner — a conglomeration of wilted, end-of-the-road vegetables that somehow transformed into a delicious curry — Beat called one last time from the trail. He was about eight miles outside of town, he told me. "But still a long ways out," he added. It was just after 1 a.m. I suited up and left the warm comfort of Shana's home to greet a stiff Northeast wind, piercing the eerie silence of night in far western Alaska.
With the onset of darkness, I knew I'd have to stick to the trail to see Beat. I figured I'd only outpace him by a small margin, probably 5 mph versus 3, and I'd have to ride for about an hour to spot him. My legs felt heavy and a bit stiff after "riding" six hours earlier in the day. But then again, any effort compared to a Nome effort is not much of anything; so I shrugged it off and pedaled as hard as I could, which is the minimum such trail conditions demand. Temperatures had dropped to single digits under clear skies, but the wind made it feel much colder, and I shivered as I worked up an unavoidable sweat.
Just as I began to resent that I'd decided to come out here rather than snuggle up in my sleeping bag at Shana's house, I passed the final electric light at the edge of town and looked forward into unbending darkness. A sliver of moonlight framed the sharp edges of white mountains, and the northern horizon was filled with an undulating band of green light. I turned off my headlight and craned my necked sideways to stare at the Northern Lights, as slack-jawed and wonder-filled as I was the first time I watched them. The way they shimmer, the way they dance as though directed by some kind of cosmic choreographer. The bike swerved and pitched off the trail, and I didn't mind.
The wind moaned but everything else was quiet, almost unnervingly so. The flight from Anchorage to Nome spans hundreds of miles of pretty much nothing — no roads, very few visible lights, very few signs of any kind that modern humans could and have traversed that distance under their own power. I varied my gaze from the sky to the vast darkness in front of me and wondered at the world Beat had come to know over the past 17 days since he left me behind in McGrath. How magnificent the landscape must seem, and how tiny one must feel in comparison.
"How do you feel?" I asked.
He leaned against the wooden pillar and smiled. "Tired," he answered. "Pretty much just tired."
I didn't have the long perspective of the walk, and couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by the enormity of it all. "I'm so proud of you," I said, and hugged him again.
"I'm glad to be done," Beat said. But as he spoke I noticed him glancing west, as though looking for the trail's non-existent continuation.


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So far I've only received a few entries for the Destroying Angels art contest and they look like they were created in Photoshop in about 5 minutes or less. If I don't receive any more entries I will have no choice but to select a winner from these decidedly lukewarm efforts. GET BUSY, ARTISTS! The deadline is September 30th so you still have plenty of time to crank out a winning submission. GOOD LUCK!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
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Sunday, September 05, 2010
MF GALLERY has taken their group exhibition I WANT YOUR SKULL on the road! The successful skull-themed exhibit opens this month at their Genova, Italy location! This is exciting news for me because, not only is my drawing being displayed alongside some very talented artists, but this show marks my second international exhibit and first representation in Italy! If you live anywhere near Genova, I hope you'll turn out and SUPPORT THE SKULLS!
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Genova, Italy
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DESTROYING ANGELS #10 is now SOLD OUT! The response has been tremendous and I thank everyone who supported the new issue with an order. If you missed out, try the following allies who may still have copies available:
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May 20, 2012 - Annular Eclipse of the Sun from Albuquerque, New Mexico
The annular eclipse of the Sun on May 20, 2012 as seen from Sandia Crest. Sandia Crest is a 10,678 feet (3,255 m) East of Albuquerque, NM. It happened to be right on the path of the annular eclipse and quickly became my favorite observation spot for this eclipse. More information on this trip available here: http://surlarouteagain.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/may-20th-2012-annular-eclipse-of-the-sun-from-albuquerque-the-ring-of-fire/Read More