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Radford University
Radford University serves the Commonwealth of Virginia and the nation through a wide range of academic cultural human service and research rograms. First and foremost the university emphasizes teaching and learning and the process of learning in its commitment to the development of ature responsible well-educated citizens. RU develops students' creative and critical thinking skills teaches students to analyze problems and implement solutions helps students discover their leadership styles and fosters their growth s leaders. Toward these ends the university is student-focused and promotes a sense of caring and of meaningful interaction among all members of the University community. Research is viewed as a vital corollary to the teaching and learning transaction as it sustains and enhances the ability to teach effectively. Radford University believes in the dynamics of change and has a strong commitment to continuous review evaluation and improvement in the curriculum and all aspects of the University so as to meet the changing needs of society.
School InformationEast Main Street
Radford, Virginia 24141-0672
Locale: Town: Distant
Open Admissions: Yes
Sector: Public, 4-year or above
Carnegie Basic: Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)
Religious Affiliation: Not applicable
Accrediting Agency: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Common name(s): RU
Students & Faculty
Total Tuition $31,067.00
SAT Scores:
25th-75th percentile
ACT Scores:
25th-75th percentile17-21
Note: 25th-75th percentile ranges show the range of scores achieved by the middle 50% of students who were admitted to the school.
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Volunteers make youth sports go. They get to the fields early. They set up. They make the schedules. They flip burgers. They stay late, then wake up and do it all again.
They do all of it with little fanfare, which is why it's nice when they get a little recognition. Three of Warwick's unsung heroes got their day in the sun earlier this year at Soccer Rhode Island's annual awards ceremony.
Longtime Warwick Fire Fighters Soccer president Doyle Byrd was inducted into Soccer RI's Hall of Fame, while Mark Laurie of Warwick Fire Fighters and Marc Comtois of the Warwick Soccer Association received special recognition awards.
For all three, the awards recognized years of hard work – and similar stories. All three got involved when their children signed up for soccer.
They never left.
"I stay on because I've got a lot of love and respect for the club," said Byrd, who has been involved with Fire Fighters Soccer for 15 years and has been the president for nine. "I enjoy doing it."
Byrd's children are now in college, but his dedication to the club never wavered. In addition to his administrative duties as president, he continues to coach. With soccer being a year-round sport, that means he's always on a field, whether it's indoors or outdoors.
He spent his winter coaching three separate indoor teams.
"The coaching is lots of fun," he said. "The administrative stuff takes a lot of time but it's worth it. It's always fun to go to the field and see the little kids smiling."
Under Byrd's watch, WFFSC has grown into the largest soccer club in the state, with more than 1,000 kids in the spring and fall programs. Indoor soccer has been booming as well, with more than 400 kids participating this winter. The club also sponsors pickup games in the summer and annually hands out scholarships to former players who are bound for college.
Byrd has also wrestled with airport expansion that threatened the fields his club played on, and has done everything he can to make sure the club is well-positioned for the future.
True to the unsung hero role, Byrd gives the credit for WFFSC's success to others, including Laurie, who was one of nine recipients of the Adult Special Recognition Awards.
Laurie's children grew up in the club and went on to star at Warwick Vets. Laurie stayed on as a jack-of-all-trades and he still does it all.
"He's a solid volunteer that people don't see or appreciate," Byrd said.
Laurie has been on the board for 20 years, and he serves as the referee coordinator, which might be the club's toughest job. He contacts officials and hands out 150 to 200 assignments every week.
Laurie also takes care of the fields and cuts the grass at Winslow Park, a task that takes about eight hours per week.
"It's a lot of work and effort," Byrd said. "He deserves a lot of praise."
Comtois also took home a special recognition award for his work with the Warwick Soccer Association. He's been involved since 2004, in a variety of roles. He's been president, vice president, board member, webmaster and scheduler for the recreation program.
"Like every volunteer, you start when your kids do and then you gradually start doing more and more," Comtois said.
Comtois played high school soccer in Maine. When his daughters Abby and Mary started playing soccer, he found himself volunteering to coach. Soon enough, he was hooked.
"I didn't have any coaching experience," Comtois said. "I didn't think it was anything I'd do, but I started to help and then it snowballed from there."
Abby and Mary still play soccer, and Comtois is still involved. While his term on the board ended in January, he isn't going anywhere.
"I'd like to stay with it," he said. "I really like coaching the kids, especially the younger ones. It's been a very positive experience. You stand on the shoulders of the people who came before you and we've had a lot of great people in the organization. I can't thank them enough."
It's said that every little kid in America plays soccer now. People like Byrd, Laurie and Comtois have made that possible for countless kids in Warwick.
We can't thank them enough, either.
William Geoghegan is the sports editor at the Warwick Beacon. He can be reached at 732-3100 and firstname.lastname@example.com.

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Every 30 seconds, a child in Africa dies from malaria. Each year, malaria infects 300-500 million people, killing between 1-3 million.
SageMilk current charity is Nothing But Nets. Nothing But Nets is dedicated to saving lives by preventing malaria, a leading killer of children in Africa.
In the poorest parts of the world, where effective window screens are lacking, insecticide-treated bed nets are arguably the most cost effective way to prevent malaria transmission. One bed net costs just $10 to buy and deliver to individulas in need. One bed net can safely last a family for about four years, thanks to a long lasting insecticide woven into the net fabric.


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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski Announces Commitment by Major U.S. Wireless Carriers & Public Safety Leaders to Accelerate Nationwide Text-to-911 Services
December 6, 2012
Source: Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Voluntary agreement responds to Chairman Genachowskis call for action to enable nationwide text-to-911 for all Americans as quickly as possible
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced today that the nations four largest wireless carriers AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile have agreed to accelerate the availability of text-to-911, with major deployments expected in 2013 and a commitment to nationwide availability by May 15, 2014. Building on text-to-911 deployments and trials that are already underway, this agreement will accelerate progress and ensure that over 90 percent of the nations wireless consumers, including millions of consumers with hearing or speech disabilities, will be able to access emergency services by sending a text message to 911, where local 911 call centers (known as a Public Safety Answering Points, or PSAPs) are also prepared to receive the texts.
Text-to-911 will provide consumers with enhanced access to emergency communications in situations where a voice call could endanger the caller, or a person with disabilities is unable to make a voice call. Text-to-911 will be a complement to, not a substitute for, voice calls to 911 services, and consumers should always make a voice call to 911 during an emergency if they can.
In addition, to help eliminate consumer confusion while text-to-911 capability is being phased-in, the carriers have committed to provide an automatic bounce back text message to notify consumers if their attempt to reach 911 via text message was unsuccessful because this service is not yet available in their area. Such a message would instruct the recipient to make a voice call to a 911 center. The four carriers will fully implement this bounce back capability across their networks by June 30, 2013.
The Commission will take additional action as necessary to ensure the publics ability to reach 911 using text messaging. Next week, the FCC will consider steps towards ensuring that text-to-911 is made available as soon as possible by all carriers, and over-the-top providers who offer Internet-based text services. The Commission will continue to work with all stakeholders including 911 authorities, PSAPs, the Emergency Access Advisory Committee, public safety organizations, disability organizations, consumer groups and industry on this issue.
Today, Chairman Genachowski said, Access to 911 must catch up with how consumers communicate in the 21st century and today, we are one step closer towards that vital goal. Last year I announced a comprehensive plan to accelerate the transition to Next Generation 911, including text-to-911, and the FCC has acted to advance this effort.
I also called on the communications industry and public safety entities to work together to enable nationwide text-to-911 as quickly as possible, and I am pleased that the nations four largest wireless carriers and leading public safety organizations have responded with todays commitment, which will save lives starting in 2013.
This is good progress, but our work is not done. Next week the FCC will consider further actions to advance text-to-911 for all consumers. We will also take additional steps in this area next year, including closely monitoring carriers compliance with the commitments they have made today and addressing other aspects of Next Generation 911 such as enabling transmission of photos and videos to 9-1-1 centers. We are also working to strengthen the resiliency and reliability of the existing 911 system, where significant deficiencies were revealed by this summers Derecho.
I would like to thank all those involved in developing todays important agreement.
The agreement was signed by APCO International, AT&T, NENA-The 9-1-1 Association, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile USA and Verizon.
In his 2011 address to the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) about Next Generation 911 (NG911) services, which includes but is not limited to text, Chairman Genachowski said, Getting NG911 up and running is going to take a lot of work on the part of a lot of people. Without a comprehensive and coordinated strategy, we'll see a patchwork deployment of NG911 over the next 5 to 10 years, with much of the United States still without any NG911 capability at the end of that period. That's not the right outcome. It's imperative that NG911 be deployed to all Americans as quickly as possible, and in the most effective and cost-efficient way.
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Singing legend Janis Joplin was honored Monday with a star on Hollywood's storied Walk of Fame more than four decades after her death from a drug overdose.
The raspy-voiced singing star was immortalized on the famous Hollywood walk at a ceremony attended by her brother Michael and sister Laura, while country music luminary Kris Kristofferson played her signature hit "Me and Bobby McGee."
"Janis Joplin is an iconic figure, and her songs will always be remembered by her fans around the world," said Ana Martinez of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which oversees the famous Tinseltown sidewalk.
The 1960s hard-partying rock singer would have been 70 years old this year. She died in October 1970, at the age of 27.
Joplin was given the 2,510th star on the Walk of Fame, where entertainment legends have long been enshrined on a stretch of pavement which attracts millions of tourists every year.
Her famous songs include "Down on Me," "Summertime," "Cry Baby" and "Mercedes Benz." But her biggest hit was "Me and Bobby McGee," written by Kristofferson.
Ironically, the song — part-ballad, part high-energy rock anthem — only topped the US charts in 1971, the year after Joplin died of a drug overdose.
Kristofferson played an acoustic version of the song on Monday outside the Musicians Institute, near the famous Hollywood and Highland intersection.
The raspy-voice Joplin, who produced four studio albums in her short career which included a legendary performance at the era-defining Woodstock festival in 1969, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
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Mini Android Defense is a fun implementation of a tower defense game for Android. The game features a map that is not pre-defined, so the player is free to create some almost diabolical traps for the creeps that are trying to get through the playing field to the opposing tower.
With a total of four tower droids, this game is downright addictive. Each weapon is upgradeable to allow for a near infinite range of game play.
Game Play
Game play is very easy. Deceptively easy, in fact. Simply place a few towers around the map, and release the creeps. When 20 creeps have made it through your towers, the game is over. Defeating the first few levels is easy, but the creeps get stronger and faster. They also change tactics. Sometimes they will curve around the maze you have created, but once in a while they will ignore the maze and make a bee line for the opposing tower. Recognizing this is key to designing mazes that can deal with both tactics.
Each creep killed deposits a certain amount of money in your bank. The higher the game level, the more money per creep deposited. In theory, this works to the player's advantage. In reality, a great deal of that money is spent buying new towers and upgrading existing towers.
The four types of towers are metaldroid, autodroid, laserdroid, and frozedroid. Metaldroid is the cheapest, and the cheapest to upgrade. Autodroid can be a devastating weapon, with upgrades being more expensive. Laserdroid will follow a particular creep and continue firing until it is dead. Frozedroid slows down any creep hit by its fire.
There are numerous different strategies for this game. One that seems to work best is to funnel the creeps between rows of towers. As they zig zag down the rows, they are more likely to be killed before reaching the other side of the screen. However, as the levels progress, this technique has some flaws. Level 36 seems to be about as far as this technique will get you.
Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon in front of them Volleyed and thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell, Rode the six hundred.Alfred Lord TennysonPoet Laureate
Truly Addictive & Highly Recommended
After playing Mini Android Defense for almost a week, it has proven to be one of the more addicting free games in the Android Market. I can wholeheartedly recommend this game as one of the better Android games. If anyone manages to get past level 36, please post a comment with your strategy.
Mini Android Defense for Android
Version: 1.0.4
Developed By: Bluecap Games Studio
Price: FREE
Filesize: 0.98MB


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Honeypot (computing)
In computer terminology, a honeypot is a computer security mechanism set to detect, deflect, or, in some manner, counteract attempts at unauthorized use of information systems. Generally, a honeypot consists of data (for example, in a network site) that appears to be a legitimate part of the site but is actually isolated and monitored, and that seems to contain information or a resource of value to attackers, which are then blocked. This is similar to the police baiting a criminal and then conducting undercover surveillance, and finally punishing the criminal.
Honeypots can be classified based on their deployment (use/action) and based on their level of involvement. Based on deployment, honeypots may be classified as:
- production honeypots
- research honeypots
Production honeypots are easy to use, capture only limited information, and are used primarily by companies or corporations. Production honeypots are placed inside the production network with other production servers by an organization to improve their overall state of security. Normally, production honeypots are low-interaction honeypots, which are easier to deploy. They give less information about the attacks or attackers than research honeypots.
Research honeypots are run to gather information about the motives and tactics of the Black hat community targeting different networks. These honeypots do not add direct value to a specific organization; instead, they are used to research the threats that organizations face and to learn how to better protect against those threats.[1] Research honeypots are complex to deploy and maintain, capture extensive information, and are used primarily by research, military, or government organizations.
Based on design criteria, honeypots can be classified as:
- pure honeypots
- high-interaction honeypots
- low-interaction honeypots
Pure honeypots are full-fledged production systems. The activities of the attacker are monitored by using a casual tap that has been installed on the honeypot's link to the network. No other software needs to be installed. Even though a pure honeypot is useful, stealthiness of the defense mechanisms can be ensured by a more controlled mechanism.
High-interaction honeypots imitate the activities of the production systems that host a variety of services and, therefore, an attacker may be allowed a lot of services to waste his time. By employing virtual machines, multiple honeypots can be hosted on a single physical machine. Therefore, even if the honeypot is compromised, it can be restored more quickly. In general, high-interaction honeypots provide more security by being difficult to detect, but they are expensive to maintain. If virtual machines are not available, one physical computer must be maintained for each honeypot, which can be exorbitantly expensive. Example: Honeynet.
Low-interaction honeypots simulate only the services frequently requested by attackers. Since they consume relatively few resources, multiple virtual machines can easily be hosted on one physical system, the virtual systems have a short response time, and less code is required, reducing the complexity of the virtual system's security. Example: Honeyd.
Malware honeypots
Malware honeypots are used to detect malware by exploiting the known replication and attack vectors of malware. Replication vectors such as USB flash drives can easily be verified for evidence of modifications, either through manual means or utilizing special-purpose honeypots that emulate drives. Malware increasingly is used to search for and steal cryptocurrencies,[2] which provides opportunities for services such as Bitcoin Vigil to create and monitor honeypots by using small amount of money to provide early warning alerts of malware infection.[3]
Spam versions
Spammers abuse vulnerable resources such as open mail relays and open proxies. Some system administrators have created honeypot programs that masquerade as these abusable resources to discover spammer activity. There are several capabilities such honeypots provide to these administrators and the existence of such fake abusable systems makes abuse more difficult or risky. Honeypots can be a powerful countermeasure to abuse from those who rely on very high volume abuse (e.g., spammers).
These honeypots can reveal the apparent IP address of the abuse and provide bulk spam capture (which enables operators to determine spammers' URLs and response mechanisms). For open relay honeypots, it is possible to determine the e-mail addresses ("dropboxes") spammers use as targets for their test messages, which are the tool they use to detect open relays. It is then simple to deceive the spammer: transmit any illicit relay e-mail received addressed to that dropbox e-mail address. That tells the spammer the honeypot is a genuine abusable open relay, and they often respond by sending large quantities of relay spam to that honeypot, which stops it.[4] The apparent source may be another abused system—spammers and other abusers may use a chain of abused systems to make detection of the original starting point of the abuse traffic difficult.
This in itself is indicative of the power of honeypots as anti-spam tools. In the early days of anti-spam honeypots, spammers, with little concern for hiding their location, felt safe testing for vulnerabilities and sending spam directly from their own systems. Honeypots made the abuse riskier and more difficult.
Spam still flows through open relays, but the volume is much smaller than in 2001 to 2002. While most spam originates in the U.S.,[5] spammers hop through open relays across political boundaries to mask their origin. Honeypot operators may use intercepted relay tests to recognize and thwart attempts to relay spam through their honeypots. "Thwart" may mean "accept the relay spam but decline to deliver it." Honeypot operators may discover other details concerning the spam and the spammer by examining the captured spam messages.
Open relay honeypots include Jackpot, written in Java by Jack Cleaver; smtpot.py, written in Python by Karl A. Krueger;[6] and spamhole (honeypot)|spamhole, written in C.[7] The Bubblegum Proxypot is an open source honeypot (or "proxypot").[8][9]
Email trap
An email address that is not used for any other purpose than to receive spam can also be considered a spam honeypot. Compared with the term "spamtrap", the term "honeypot" might be more suitable for systems and techniques that are used to detect or counterattacks and probes. With a spamtrap, spam arrives at its destination "legitimately"—exactly as non-spam email would arrive.
An amalgam of these techniques is Project Honey Pot, a distributed, open source project that uses honeypot pages installed on websites around the world. These honeypot pages disseminate uniquely tagged spamtrap email addresses and spammers can then be tracked—the corresponding spam mail is subsequently sent to these spamtrap e-mail addresses.
Database honeypot
Databases often get attacked by intruders using SQL Injection. As such activities are not recognized by basic firewalls, companies often use database firewalls for protection. Some of the available SQL database firewalls provide/support honeypot architectures so that the intruder runs against a trap database while the web application remains functional.[10]
Just as honeypots are weapons against spammers, honeypot detection systems are spammer-employed counter-weapons. As detection systems would likely use unique characteristics of specific honeypots to identify them, a great deal of honeypots in use makes the set of unique characteristics larger and more daunting to those seeking to detect and thereby identify them. This is an unusual circumstance in software: a situation in which "versionitis" (a large number of versions of the same software, all differing slightly from each other) can be beneficial. There's also an advantage in having some easy-to-detect honeypots deployed. Fred Cohen, the inventor of the Deception Toolkit, even argues that every system running his honeypot should have a deception port that adversaries can use to detect the honeypot.[11] Cohen believes that this might deter adversaries.
Two or more honeypots on a network form a honeynet. Typically, a honeynet is used for monitoring a larger and/or more diverse network in which one honeypot may not be sufficient. Honeynets and honeypots are usually implemented as parts of larger network intrusion detection systems. A honeyfarm is a centralized collection of honeypots and analysis tools.[12][13]
The concept of the honeynet first began in 1999 when Lance Spitzner, founder of the Honeynet Project, published the paper "To Build a Honeypot":[14]
"A honeynet is a network of high interaction honeypots that simulates a production network and configured such that all activity is monitored, recorded and in a degree, discreetly regulated."
The metaphor of a bear being attracted to and stealing honey is common in many traditions, including Germanic and Slavic. Bears were at one time called "honey eaters" instead of by their true name for fear of attracting the threatening animals. The tradition of bears stealing honey has been passed down through stories and folklore, including the well known Winnie the Pooh.[15]
See also
- Canary trap
- Client honeypot
- Honeytoken
- HoneyMonkey
- Network telescope
- Pseudoserver
- Tarpit
- Trust Operation
References and notes
- ↑ Lance Spitzner (2002). Honeypots tracking hackers. Addison-Wesley. pp. 68–70. ISBN 0-321-10895-7.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Cryptocurrency-Stealing Malware Landscape". Dell SecureWorks. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Bitcoin Vigil: Detecting Malware Through Bitcoin". cryptocoins news. May 5, 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Edwards, M. "Antispam Honeypots Give Spammers Headaches". Windows IT Pro. Retrieved 11 March 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Sophos reveals latest spam relaying countries". Help Net Security. Help Net Security. 24 July 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Honeypot Software, Honeypot Products, Deception Software". Intrusion Detection, Honeypots and Incident Handling Resources. Honeypots.net. 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ dustintrammell (27 February 2013). "spamhole – The Fake Open SMTP Relay Beta". SourceForge. Dice Holdings, Inc. Retrieved 14 June 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Ec-Council (5 July 2009). Certified Ethical Hacker: Securing Network Infrastructure in Certified Ethical Hacking. Cengage Learning. pp. 3–. ISBN 978-1-4354-8365-1. Retrieved 14 June 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Kaushik, Gaurav; Tyagi, Rashmi (2012). "Honeypot : Decoy Server or System Setup Together Information Regarding an Attacker" (PDF). VSRD International Journal of Computer Science & Information Technology. 2: 155–166.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Secure Your Database Using Honeypot Architecture". www.dbcoretech.com. August 13, 2010. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Deception Toolkit". All.net. All.net. 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Nicholas Weaver, Vern Paxson, Stuart Staniford (2003). "Wormholes and a Honeyfarm: Automatically Detecting Novel Worms" (PowerPoint). Wormholes and a Honeyfarm: Automatically Detecting Novel Worms. The ICSI Networking and Security Group. Retrieved 14 June 2013. <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Honeynets a Honeynet Definition (PDF) by Ryan Talabis from PhilippineHoneynet.org[dead link][dead link]
- ↑ "Know Your Enemy: GenII Honeynets Easier to deploy, harder to detect, safer to maintain". Honeynet Project. Honeynet Project. 12 May 2005. Retrieved 14 June 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "The word for "bear"". www.pitt.edu. Retrieved 12 Sep 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Further reading
- Lance Spitzner (2002). Honeypots tracking hackers. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-321-10895-7.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>


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Review Group Week 188 - BEASTS OF BURDEN #1
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by thefourthman » Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:39 am
wait what about tossed salads?
by thefourthman » Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:39 ammy sweet tooth review is up: http://www.theouthousers.com/forum/view ... 64#1378464
by thefourthman » Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:58 amBeasts of Burden #1
Paranormal investigative books are a dime a dozen these days, I blame Mike Mignola. So if one is to bring a new one to the table, it better be something special.
Dorkin and Thompson do just that. By taking a group of familiar housepets (mostly dogs) and putting them in the supernatural investigation business, having demonic frogs fly from the sky, and rumors of a society in the background, they may have found a new way to tell those same tales.
On its surface, Beasts of Burden isn't any different from Hellboy or Proof or any of those. Here we have the formation of the team and some solid dialogue and story progression. If it were that with plain people, it might has well be Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft. Instead, we have the doggies and the kitties. It would stink of syrupy saccherine if not for the dark edge of the story - while still maintaining a family friendly vibe.
Remarkably though, it is the way Thompson draws the book that makes it stand out. Instead of going the anthropomorphic route, she wisely draws beautiful dogs and cats and livens them up with water colors. If not for people eating frogs, this could be a classics illustrated version of The Incredible Journey.
In fact, it has that heart warming vibe to it, despite its tale of a town with a Buffy like nexus.
I am sure that dog lovers will like the book even more as the often playful nature of puppies literally jumps off the page.
While the story is just solid, the art is nothing short of spectacular and combined their is something special in the coming here.
Story - 7
Art - 10
Overall - 8.5
by Garofani Spruzzo » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:49 am
Not only don't I understand what you are getting at with the paper stock thing, your eagerness to try and be a prick might prove you have no aesthetic sensibility or may have Assburger's Syndrome.
But as regards to the paper stock, they didn't skimp on the cover or rape my wallet for an extra dollar or more, like Marvel would if this had been picked up by ICON. Which, as I'm sure the people not blessed with your autistic nature realized I was getting at, was my point--they didn't pack it with ads, short the page count, and price it at $3.99 like a lot of other publishers would have.
As regards to overall design and the designer I mentioned, if you can't perceive the quality work she did you should just hide your ignorance with silence, it will make you seem less stupid over time.
by thefourthman » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:53 amHe's just pissy cause he realized he even hates himself: http://www.theouthousers.com/forum/view ... hp?t=26659
by Garofani Spruzzo » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:57 am
Seriously, is the Xavier Institute accredited or anything at all?!
Worst education for your money, apparently.
by Punchy » Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:02 pm
This is all well and good, but once again it comes back to you reviewing something other than the story of the comic. You devote a whole paragraph to an advert!
I like you, but you seem to fixate on weird nitpicks, at the expense of the meat of an issue.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:11 pm
Vegetarian since before you were born, laddie.
I loved the story. It was one of the most enjoyable reads in a long time, in part because of how free of assumptions I'd bring with me it was. But like I said at the beginning, I'm a big fan of everything Evan's written from his earliest self-drawn, self-deprecating humor strips to his writing for television, and this is another side of his talent. He's a nice guy at cons, too. I loved reading it, so that about summed up what I had to say about the writing.
Jill Thompson, though, blew me away here. Very impressive work. I wonder how long it took to paint the issue?
by guitarsmashley » Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:14 pmI don't know if I'll be able to grab this. But I may end up getting it in trade just based on the reviews and subject.
by Mr_Batman » Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:53 pmReview possible tomorrow on this and The List thing too
by thefourthman » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:54 pm
There is back story? Really?
This felt like true exposition to me.
by thefourthman » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:57 pm
I should learn to read words without pictures, that inside cover shit completely went unnoticed by me
I guess since I started reading comics in the day and age before recap pages and defined story arcs, I never have a problem stepping into a story that feels like it is already in progress if it is told well and this one is.
by thefourthman » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:58 pmFYI, I will review the List some time this weekend. I hope.
by ****** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:06 am
Ugh. If I were you I'd be hoping my dog would eat my homework.
by Punchy » Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:23 am
It was good dammit!
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This requires a deep breath to mutter, but sometimes I wish I was a fan of cilantro. I wish I didn't have to dramatically avoid it. Why wouldn't I want to a) stop the name-calling and pitying eye rolling from its devotees and b) live as a fan of this vibrant green herb that's essential to Mexican, Indian, Korean, Thai cuisine and more? Alas, I'm a hater. Yeah, yeah, I can handle it meddled into jarred salsas and curries, I guess, but sprinkle on the fresh stuff and I can't eat my food. My mouth will not open and I will start gagging if it unknowingly comes remotely close to my nose or mouth.
To clarify: it doesn't taste like soap, it tastes like shit. I'll pick it off my food if I must, but I would prefer to pass, or run, in the opposite direction. I can quickly think of two recent "no cilantro, please" examples where, sure enough, my order came with cilantro and I was physically unable to continue with my meal. There's a certain food cart I've taken a leave of absence from. Very recently, I picked sporadic crisps of cilantro off a slice of pizza and it was a tough go. Generous doses of sriracha and hunger helped. My cilantro-loving dinner companions luck out. I clearly didn't eat much Mexican food (with the non-exception of boring bean, cheese and lettuce tacos from the bell) growing up, because I wasn't fully aware of this hatred until my move to Portland in 2004 and introduction to West Coast burritos. What's this new herb I'm trying? – Oh wait, I DESPISE IT.
In my own cooking, I substitute a whole lot of fresh basil – especially Thai basil in Southeast Asian dishes, shiso, mint and oregano leaves. And if I must (more freely in recent years of culinary sanity), dried coriander. I'm not going to put some crazy hope into the growth of my taste buds or building up a tolerance when I'm Thailand later this year or going to make up stories about my evolution as a so-called super-taster – who knows! What I do know is that it is possible to enjoy fresh tacos without the dreaded c herb – you simply need fresh ingredients and a little something special, like mango. Which yeah, would probably be even 'better' with cilantro, but that's (perhaps) you, and not me. Even when, ironically, there is a leftover bundle of said herb in my fridge, courtesy of my dear house guests. Little did my friend know that this plant was my enemy and by bringing it forth into my house, a look of fear would take over my normally smiling face. The things we learned at our reunion!
What I'm saying is, it's such an ON/OFF switch ingredient, and I wish it was labelled more often. I'm looking at you, cilantro pesto.
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Some people think it would enhance their recreational experience to see goats high in the crags, while others fear competition with other species for forage or that goats might be aggressive toward humans.
The issue prompted several people to attend an open house on the issue Tuesday evening, April 30, at the Grand Center. The session was sponsored by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR), which is considering a plan to put goats in the La Sals, possibly as soon as this fall.
"Most of it has been supportive," DWR wilderness biologist Guy Williams said of citizen reaction. "Some people wonder 'why now?' Others wonder if there is habitat for them there. Others asked if they would compete with other animals."
Introduction of goats, which the division has studied at length, would occur only if the DWR board of directors votes to approve the plan during its meeting later this spring.
The proposal calls for introducing 20 to 30 goats to begin with, according to the DWR. Officials said the agency would not add more animals until they saw the initial transplants successfully adapting to their new home.
Williams said studies of the La Sal habitat indicates the range could support a total of 180 to 220 goats, which would be five to six animals per square mile. There are 36 square miles of mountain goat habitat in the La Sals, primarily at an elevation of 10,000 feet or above, according to DWR research.
Len Sorensen, who keeps cattle in the La Sals, was among those attending the open house. He made his position clear.
"I'm dead against it," he said. "Are they going to tear my fences down?"
Sorensen said he's had trouble with elk destroying his fences and fears goats might do the same thing.
Williams replied to the concern, saying, "They're going to stay as high as they can unless they're forced down."
Byron Bateman, president of the nonprofit Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, said he supports the idea.
"We want to create more opportunity for sportsmen and others," he said of the Salt Lake City-based organization. "Look at all these other places in the state that have them. It creates a lot of excitement for people to see goats in the mountains."
The state's biggest population of Rocky Mountain goats is in the Uinta Mountains. Williams said that's probably where the transplant goats would be captured, if the plan goes ahead.
Other areas where goats are thriving include Provo Peak and Willard Peak. The latter site, the highest point in Weber County, has a total of 240 goats on 27 square miles of habitat for an average of 8.9 animals per square mile, according to the DWR.
In contrast, Olympic National Park in the state of Washington averages 37.5 goats per square mile because hunting is prohibited. The situation caused park managers to remove some of the animals in the past due to overgrazing.
Justin Shannon, a wildlife biologist with DWR, said that wouldn't happen in the La Sals because a hunting season would be established once a viable goat population was established.
"Otherwise you have no control over your goat density," he said.
Kelly McGettigan, another Moab resident at Tuesday's open house, took a cautious attitude.
"There are certain impacts you have to consider," she said, adding that additional trails and roads have already affected the mountain range. "It's a very small mountain system," she said. "There's already a lot of use up there – cattle, mountain biking and hunting."
Rocky Mountain goats are native to the Uinta Mountains, but there is no documented proof that they are native to the La Sal Mountains, according to the DWR.
Shannon said DWR representatives will examine the comments they heard during the open house and share the information with board members before a decision is made.


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Will Japan's Stock Rally Last?
Japan's stock market is staging its biggest rally in years. The WSJ's Daniel Inman talks about how the country's weakening currency has increased the competitiveness of Japan's exports, providing a respite for its industrial conglomerates.
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SNOW HILL � One of Greene County�s favorite daughters was laid to rest Monday. Jean Rouse Preston, a state legislator for 20 years, was buried at Fairview Cemetery in La Grange following a service at the chapel at Taylor-Tyson Funeral Service in Snow Hill.
SNOW HILL � One of Greene County�s favorite daughters was laid to rest Monday.
Jean Rouse Preston, a state legislator for 20 years, was buried at Fairview Cemetery in La Grange following a service at the chapel at Taylor-Tyson Funeral Service in Snow Hill. She died Thursday morning from complications from a fall she suffered while on vacation in Waterbury, Conn.
Before retiring and moving to Emerald Isle � starting a career in politics � Preston was an educator. She graduated from East Carolina University in 1957 with a degree in business education, and taught business classes in Wilson and Greene counties, as well as Lenoir Community College. She later returned to ECU to receive her Master�s degree in education in 1973.
Over the course of her career, she became Greene County director of reading for K-12 students and the program administrator for children with special needs.
�We knew that we could always have her ear,� said Dr. Patrick Miller, Greene County superintendent of schools. �She would always listen, and she was very responsive. We would always, certainly, have something to talk about � even if we didn�t agree on the issues we could talk about home. I would add that there were very few times we didn�t agree on the issues. She was a very generous person. She was always quick with a smile and made you feel right at home.�
Miller gave special thanks to the Rouse family foundation, of which Preston was a board member.
�The Rouse family has a foundation, and they were very generous with donating back to the Greene County community,� Miller said. �They were very instrumental and made large donations for the Greene County Parks and Recreation complex, for the new gym floor and for new bleachers in the gym at Greene Central High School.�
He added, �For that, we are more than grateful because there�s no way we could have funded those projects without their help.�
Before retiring, Preston served as the principal and director of education at the Barnes School at the Caswell Developmental Center.
But with retirement and the passing of husband Hugh Forbes Hardy, Preston moved to Carteret County, where she later remarried to retired U.S. Army Col. John Edward Preston. She made her first run for the N.C. House of Representatives in 1992, serving seven terms before being elected to three terms in the N.C. Senate.
She served Carteret, Jones and Onslow counties as a representative and Carteret, Craven and Pamlico counties as a senator. Preston announced in January 2012 she wouldn�t run for a fourth term in the Senate.
�She was helpful to me when I first got in the House,� said N.C. Sen. Louis Pate, who first won election to the House in 1994. �She had served a term or so when I first got there, and she was very friendly towards me and most helpful, helping get my bearings as to what I was supposed to do and how you went about having your influence felt, and that sort of thing. I was lucky enough to be able to follow her over to the Senate and served this most recent term with her.�
Pate said he admired her for her assistance to him and to his campaign, where Preston was �instrumental� to his efforts in Greene County in the 2010 Senate race.
In her six years in the Senate, Preston was the co-chair of the Senate Committee on Education/Higher Education and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education/Higher Education.
�Jean Preston was a pioneer in the field of special education who dedicated her life to ensuring our children have the brightest future possible,� Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, said in a statement. �As a legislator, Sen. Preston worked tirelessly on education reform and on achieving better results for our students. She was legendary in her district for an amazing work ethic and commitment to providing outstanding constituent service.
�Sen. Preston was a dear friend, and my colleagues and I will miss her greatly.�
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by Willy Vinton
I had another great trip to the Chickasha Pre-War Swap Meet last week. The weather was very nice-- in the mid 70s to 80s--with mostly overcast skies. Fortunately it didn't rain until Sunday night.
As usual, I managed to take a few side trips away from the swap meet grounds. These first two pictures are from the McPherson Resoration College in Kansas. The students were tasked to see how fast they could put a Model T together and make it run.
I checked my watch to time them, but got so wrapped up in the event that I forgot to check the finish time. The students worked as a team and each had a specific job to do. They performed very well, although I'm not sure I would jump in the car and drive it up the Alaska Highway without a few cotter pins, checks and such. They were a great bunch of young men having fun and I'm glad I got to visit the college.
Back at the swap meet I checked out this old number 5 Hudson race car. I'm not sure what year it was built or if it had any interesting history, but it did look very period correct and would have been fun to play with.
This is a picture of the number 3 building, which shows some of the swap-meet crowd. By late Friday afternoon the crowd had thinned out a lot. There was no shortage of Model T and Model A projects, parts and nicely restored cars and pickups for sale this year, but I did notice a few empty booth spaces. I would think that the price of fuel has a lot to do with that.
Sure wish I could have driven this DeSoto Airflow back to Fairbanks, as it is a nicely done car. It is similar to one that was in Alaska back in the 1930s, but a few years newer.
The Oklahoma tornadoes stayed away from us by at least a 100 miles, but our flight back to Seattle took an extra two hours because we had to skirt a few twisters. We made it home in one piece, although we also came home empty-handed. Still, we made some good contacts, showed folks our new book and invited them up to visit our museum this summer.
Next stop, Bakersfield Swap Meet!


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Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Pope Paul VI
Given at Rome, at St. Peter's, the third day of September, the Feast of Pope St. Pius
X, in the year 1965, the third year of our pontificate.
Venerable brothers, in this very matter which we are discussing, there are not lacking
reasons for serious pastoral concern and anxiety. The awareness of our apostolic duty does
not allow us to be silent in the face of these problems. Indeed, we are aware of the fact
that, among those who deal with this Most Holy Mystery in written or spoken word, there
are some who with reference either to Masses which are celebrated in private, or to the
dogma of transubstantiation, or to devotion to the Eucharist, spread abroad opinions which
disturb the faithful and fill their minds with no little confusion about matters of faith.
It is as if everyone were permitted to consign to oblivion doctrine already defined by the
Church, or else to interpret it in such a way as to weaken the genuine meaning of the
words or the recognized force of the concepts involved.
To confirm what we have said by examples, it is not allowable to emphasize what is
called the "communal" Mass to the disparagement of Masses celebrated in private,
or to exaggerate the element of sacramental sign as if the symbolism, which all certainly
admit in the Eucharist, expresses fully and exhausts completely the mode of Christ's
presence in this sacrament. Nor is it allowable to discuss the mystery of
transubstantiation without mentioning what the Council of Trent stated about the marvelous
conversion of the whole substance of the bread into the Body and of the whole substance of
the wine into the Blood of Christ, speaking rather only of what is called
"transignification" and "transfiguration," or finally to propose and
act upon the opinion according to which, in the Consecrated Hosts which remain after the
celebration of the sacrifice of the Mass, Christ Our Lord is no longer present.
Everyone can see that the spread of these and similar opinions does great harm to the
faith and devotion to the Divine Eucharist.
And therefore, so that the hope aroused by the council, that a flourishing of
eucharistic piety which is now pervading the whole Church, be not frustrated by this
spread of false opinions, we have with apostolic authority decided to address you,
venerable brothers, and to express our mind on this subject.
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All charter schools are not the same. Most charter schools were created for the purpose of implementing innovative educational ideas or serving special populations. These schools have been very careful to follow public record and open meeting laws.
Most of them have spent every penny serving the students entrusted to them and then held fundraisers and written grants to secure additional funds. These schools take very seriously the charge to educate all children, and provide whatever services are required to meet the needs of every student, including those with special needs.
However, some charter schools are different. They were created for the purpose of making a profit. These appear to be the schools that are opposed to financial transparency – and with good reason. Any school that is taking public money and using it to fill private pockets instead of to educate children should be wary of full financial disclosure.
Even if charter schools are not required by law to follow open government laws, it is the right thing for them to do. Charter schools that are operating for the right reasons have nothing to hide and no reason not to fully disclose their records.
Rene Lemons, Wilmington
The writer is a founding teacher at the Cape Fear Center for Inquiry, a charter school in Wilmington.
A recent local news program brought attention to the bail bonding situation in New Hanover County. As stated, bondsmen will now charge as little as 6 percent of the total bond amount. Bondsmen accept the liability of the remaining 94 percent and the defendant is released from custody.
Even a 6 percent fee can amount to a substantial amount of money. A few years ago the standard bond fee was 15 percent. Competition has steadily brought fees lower resulting in more defendants being released.
Bondsmen typically receive the total fee prior to release, with the defendant promising to pay the remaining 3 percent, usually on a payment plan. … Drug dealers and users are not going to get a job to pay the bondsman. But if they do not pay they will be returned to jail.
So what do they do? They make money the same way they did before their arrests, (by committing crimes).
The practice of allowing defendants to get out of jail at half price promotes continued criminal activity, for which we suffer.
Randall Rusch, Wilmington
Enough about the contraception debate. I support the Affordable Care Act, although I also think it needs tweaking. If the GOP would get its act together, serious debate with healthy compromises could make it a milestone achievement.
I do not understand why taxpayers should pay for protected sex. It has nothing to do with public health, treatment of illness and injury, or preventive health measures. Other than condoms, most forms of contraception do not prevent STDs.
It is a socioeconomic issue. People who want contraceptives but can't afford them need to find a different source of funding. We as a country pay more than any other western nation for health care. We have mediocre results to show for the investment.
Depending on corporate America to finance our health care is ridiculous. It adds a large cost to overhead and contributes to job outsourcing. Stop listening to the endless rhetoric demonizing taxes. If you want better roads, schools, public services, and yes health care; it will require revenue.
Thomas G. Wright, Hampstead


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Bill Abney is a retired Assistant Professor in the Fire and Safety Engineering Technology Program at Eastern Kentucky University. He has a B.S. in Industrial Technology and an M.S. in Industrial Technology, both from Eastern Kentucky University. With over 30 years in safety education, Mr. Abney specializes in safety management and research; fire, arson, and explosives investigation; OSHA compliance; ergonomics; and hazardous materials.
Jim Beck has thirty-six years of experience in the industrial and residential construction industry, with primary emphasis on safety and training. Mr. Beck has been teaching adult safety education since 1983. During his career, he has been employed by various companies with duties ranging from laborer to project superintendent. Mr. Beck has developed and presented adult education program with heavy emphasis on safety training for the construction industry as well as contract training for representatives of DOD, DOE and the EPA. As the Director of Safety and Health for a group of construction companies, Mr. Beck was responsible for OSHA, DOT and EPA compliance.
Gary Brown is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Health at Eastern Kentucky University. He has a B.A. in Liberal Science from the State University of New York, an M.S. in Environmental and Occupational Health from Hunter College, and a Dr.P.H. in Occupational Safety and Health from the University of Alabama. Dr. Brown is a Certified Industrial Hygienist and has many professional affiliations, including being past president of the Association of environmental health Academic Programs (AEHAP) and current Undergraduate Mentor for AEHAP. He has over 20 years consulting experience in the environmental, industrial hygiene, and safety arenas.
Tom Edwards has over thirty-two years safety and health experience and is the owner of Edwards & Associates, LLC, a safety and industrial hygiene consulting and training firm, which he started in 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Edwards practiced industrial hygiene for the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Program for over 26 years, serving as an Industrial Hygiene Compliance Officer, a Safety and Health Specialist, and ultimately as the Industrial Hygiene Program Manager for the Division of Education and Training. He previously served as a part-time Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Science at Eastern Kentucky University teaching industrial toxicology and industrial hygiene. Mr. Edwards holds a B.S. degree in chemistry from Eastern Kentucky University and a M.S. degree in industrial hygiene from the University of Central Missouri. He is certified in Comprehensive Practice by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene. Read more at this site: http://osha.eku.edu/osha-instructors


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Standing next to Rubio, Romney demurs on VP search
ASTON, Pa. – Mitt Romney declined Monday declined to endorse an immigration proposal from potential running mate Marco Rubio. Romney said he's considering the freshman Florida senator's plan to help some young people stay in the country legally, although without the opportunity to become citizens, if they attend college or serve in the military.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee also said he supports a temporary extension of lower student loan interest rates. Democratic President Barack Obama has been pushing Congress for that extension and planned a three-state swing this week to warn students of the potential financial catastrophe they will face if Congress fails to act.
"I think young voters in this country have to vote for me if they're really thinking of what's in the best interest of the country and what's in their personal best interest," Romney said as he stood next to Rubio and answered reporters' questions for the first time since effectively securing the GOP presidential nomination.
Romney refused to say if the Cuban-American senator is on his list of potential vice presidents.
Rubio said he was no longer discussing the vice presidential search process.
Romney tacked to the right on immigration during the GOP primaries. In recent days, he's been highlighting Hispanic concerns while leaving out much of the rhetoric he embraced earlier this year.
The former Massachusetts governor was not ready Monday to embrace Rubio's emerging proposal.
"It has many features to commend it. But it's something that we're studying," Romney said. Rubio has said his goal is to craft a Republican compromise on the so-called DREAM Act that Romney could support. That bill, which has languished on Capitol Hill, would provide a path to citizenship for some young illegal immigrants who attend college or serve in the military.
Romney's answers illustrated the careful line he has to walk as he transitions out of a brutal Republican primary and into the general election, where he'll have to tussle with Obama for support among the Hispanic, women and young voters who propelled the Democrat to victory in 2008.
Obama, meanwhile, has to hang on to those constituencies, too. His Tuesday-Wednesday tour through North Carolina, Colorado and Iowa is intended to rally the young supporters he needs again in November.


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Jack Sparks
Jack D. Sparks passed away at 6:25 p.m. Feb. 19, 2012 at Kennewick. He was surrounded by family and his longtime companion, Dorothy Rapinsky. He was born in Kettle Falls, WA on April 1, 1935 to Claude D. and Virginia Esther (Beach) Sparks. He married Marilyn Diann McWhorter in 1954 in Yakima before moving to Hawaii for military duty. Jack served in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1968, seeing duty in the Korean theater and in Thailand in support of the Vietnam operations. After leaving the Army, he served with the U.S. Forest Service for 20 years as a heavy equipment operator and mechanic. He did his work in many of the western forests from Washington to New Mexico and revered the awesome beauty of the land. After retiring, Jack worked a 3,000-acre cattle ranch with his third wife, Gladys (Griggs) near Republic, and later with a partner on some Montana gold mining claims. Jack is survived by his sister, Vada Rae Kohn (Harry), of Burbank; daughters Jacqueline D. Baker (Dave), Vancouver; and their children, Virginia M. Sparks, Sekiu, and Laura J. Uphoff (Mike), Vancouver; and their children, sons, Steve W. Sparks and Eric J. Sparks (Christina), Shelton; and their children, 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Jack spent the last two-and-a-half months of his life on earth where he best liked to be, on the road. Accompanied by his son, he left from Coeur d'Alene in December and traveled the Western states of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and Montana. Stopping often as we rolled along the less traveled routes in this vast territory, we sat for awhile to study all of the natural beauty and the animals that he loved so much. He said many times that people need to slow down, appreciate and show respect for all the animals and the beauty we have in this country. It is part of us and what happens to it--happens to us. Our journey with him ended in Kennewick, but his journey continues into other realms. Journey on Father, we hope there is more beauty where you are going.A Veteran's service will be held at the Coeur d'Alene Memorial Cemeteryat a later date.


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Posted by : Amitha Amarasinghe Saturday, February 20, 2010
Another election is coming up in the horizon in this part of the world where I live in. This time it's going to be a parliamentary election, which happens every six years according to the Sri Lanka constitution. Already the Colombo streets are cluttered with posters and hoardings featuring broadly smiling faces of politicians of all major parties, who are appealing for our attention. In a few days time, the commercial slots of prime time TV will also get cluttered by repeated boring messages from various politicians campaigning for the election. Beneath all these drama, there is completely a new dimension of political marketing budding in, which only a handful of them tried out during the 2004 general election. Politicians are beginning to discover the internet, and they are sensing the power of social media and online communities. Politicians in this part of the world, are increasingly trying to strengthen their presence on the internet and social networking sites, most definitely following the foot steps of Barack Obama, who's campaign was the best case study of effective use of social media for political campaigning.
In a country where everything is politicized to the maximum level that it could reach, we can not expect Facebook news feeds to be de-politicized, especially in an election environment. During recent weeks, we've seen many individuals expressing their political ideology more openly on Facebook, and fruitful conversations being happening here an there. The true "social part" of Facebook is beginning to activate among Sri Lankan users (whose primary motivation to be on Facebook was just be on the latest trend, or to be appear "cool").
The cultural attitude towards the concepts of "selling and marketing" historically remained negative among the Sri Lankans. Our people deemed anything, which involves spending huge amount of money to push forward, as "inferior" in quality. There was this cynic feeling all the time, among Sri Lankans "why do they spend this much of money to promote themselves, if they are really good?". This has been a real challenging barrier to break for marketers, and when it comes to marketing a political ideology, the things started to get even worse. If a political party decides to spend massive amounts of money on advertising and promotions, people started to believe that the money they are spending is coming from some "foreign invincible forces", with some hidden agendas. Parties with smaller advertising budgets utilized this "public fear" to gain momentum for their own campaigns, by publicly speaking about the "wastage" done by parties with bigger budgets. This was highly evident in the JVP's criticisms against the "Thaarunyata Hetak" campaign, during the recently concluded presidential election. A regular question asked was "what if these money be spent on something useful for the poor?"
The presidential election which was concluded few weeks ago marked phenomenal new developments in "political marketing" in this region. For the first time in history, we heard the words "Facebook" and "Internet" used repeatedly in some of the regular press conferences held by government and opposition politicians. More than during anytime in the history, "Word of Mouth" was used as a channel of communicating the political ideologies to the masses. When an opposition politician cite a comment made on a popular news website as evidence for government corruption, the governing party politicians responded by saying "you can't win elections by creating a buzz on Facebook or by spreading word of mouth rumors". All in all, these conversations signal us that Facebook and Internet has now become at least "talking points" in Sri Lankan politics, if not decisive factors.
With the development of technology, the way we do everything get changed. One could ask the question, how effectively a politician can get the advantage of popularity of social network sites and online communities, when carrying out their election campaign. Already we can see some prominent politicians from both parties are putting some weight on social media. Sarath Fonseka fans page on Facebook gathered more than 60,000 fans during the last election, while Mahinda Rajapakshe fans page too gathered over 50,000 supporters. Some political parties have already started their Facebook campaigning for the upcoming general election.
The problem in using social media as a channel of communication in political marketing in Sri Lanka is the low rate of internet penetration. Although internet penetration levels in Colombo and sub urban areas are relatively high; the IT literacy and access to internet remains extremely low in far away places, where the decisive votes of a national election resides. On the other hand, a vast majority of over 400,000 Sri Lankans hooked up with Facebook are from the expatriate community around the world. They can create a sizable "buzz" on the internet (Facebook in particular) about politically important topics, but their influence in the final decision remains low in impact. This is a one explanation for the rather surprising (for Facebook Sri Lankans) result in the last Presidential election. Opinion polls and online discussions on Facebook suggested a landslide victory for the opposition candidate, giving high expectations to the supporters of that candidate. In the outcome of the election, the governing party candidate won it with an 18% majority, mainly with the help of landslide wins in far away remote places like Anurapapura, Kurunegala, Matara and Monaragala districts. Opinion of people living in these remote places was not sufficiently represented on Facebook or other online communities. Therefore, the question remains 'if internet and social networks is an effective tool of political marketing in Sri Lanka?"
This question can be addressed by a strategic mix of both worlds; online and offline word of mouth. Without looking at Facebook and internet as stand-alone tools for conveying their political messages, politicians and parties can use such tools as "seeding grounds" for their offline word of mouth campaigns. Although low in quantities, Facebook still carries a considerable amount of "socially influential" Sri Lankans participating in conversations online. If a politician can project a favorable image to these socially influential characters on Facebook, they can be then used as "connecting nodes" in spreading the message into the offline communities.
Politicians can use options such as Facebook fan pages, Youtube channels, Twitter in creating a portfolio of social media presence. Regularly updating the FB fan page and Youtube channel with latest speeches they delivered in various events, photos of their development projects can create a "talking point" for the participants of those communities. Remember, when you ignite a "talking point" online; there is a high potential that the same point be repeated in offline conversations. For example a strong point someone make in favor of the development projects carried out by the government, may be repeated in offline conversations a several times more, by the people who read the online comment.
Always encouraging people to participate and express opinions on these Facebook fan pages is important. A dormant FB community with 50,000 supporters is as ineffective as another page with only 50 supporters. Therefore, the page admins must always try to ignite discussions, debates, and conversations. Allowing opposing party supporters to take part in the conversations is an effective way of igniting conversations.
A common question asked is "how do we attract more supporters to my FB page?". Easiest way is to targeting an FB ad to Sri Lankans over 18 years of age. Unfortunately, FB doesn't support targeting at users segmented by hometown . If that was possible, candidates would have reach the most relevant target audience at a lowest cost. Once you hit a critical mass of fans with FB ads (around 500); you can then encourage conversations among the existing members of the community. Throw in interesting "status updates" and controversial news, for them to debate. More vibrantly, the community engages on your page, more frequently the page will be suggested by Facebook to users with similar profiles. Therefore, an active FB page with 500 fans always has the potential of growing it to about 2000 within couple of days.If the "product" is really worth following; the page will spread like wildfire within no time.If it doesn't; check back if the "product" is really worth to be elected by people's vote :-)
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Last month I wrote about some houses for rent in France. This one house pictured above immediately struck me as being owned and decorated by an American, probably a southern one at that. I don't know why I felt that way – but I would have bet $100,000 on it (if I had the money that is!) The house, of course, looked authentically Provencal, but it was the furnishings that looked so familiar: the linen slipcovers, the silk pillows, a touch of leopard, the wonderful – just perfect antique French end tables, the lamps – with their great lampshades, the painting that just happened to match the pillows, the beautiful Italian chandelier that is so trendy in the US right, the fur tossed over the arm of the antique bergere, gilt angel wings on the mantel, design books stacked, and maybe the biggest clue of all – an orchid in a urn. Wow. Who wouldn't have guessed this was designed by an American? Maybe that's why I liked this house so much – it almost looked like home, but with a French backdrop.
The guest room in that rental is also perfectly furnished, with French toile quilts, wildly expensive wood cuttings above each bed, upholstered French headboards, a smattering of gilt around, the just-right French antique night stand, and a chair – with matching fabric.
One reader took the bait and called around to find out if indeed an American owned this house. The answer: of course! Like I said, it's not rocket science when it's this obvious. Makes me wonder….is this a one time happening? Is it THAT obvious when an American decorates overseas?
The best example of Americans designing in France is Atlanta interior designer Ginny Magher who rebuilt and decorated her gorgeous summer house, Mas de Baraquet, in Provence. The job was done by Bruno Lafourcade, one the premier restorers in France. Who can forget the gorgeous spread in Veranda 1998?
One of the guest room at Magher's Provencal house.
Over the years, Magher has designed other houses in France, including this one with its stone fireplace and skirted tabled dining room. In the decades since designing Magher's house, Bruno Lafourcade, his wife and son have reached stardom in France, designing major houses and gardens.
So let's see if we find another American designed house in France:
This road leads to a gorgeous mas in Provence. It got my attention because again, I'm convinced an American decorated it.
This beautiful Provencal house, 18th century, is for sale through Sotheby's. The grounds are fabulous with a lake, tennis court, swimming pool, and a private garden. Nine bedrooms and baths plus a 3 bedroom keeper's house. I love that gravel terrace at the front of the house. Most interesting is that this house and garden was completely redone by the Lafourcades, the same people who did Ginny Magher's house. No wonder this is so gorgeous.
Another gravel sitting area amid the box and roses.
Beautiful manicured beds off to the side of the mas.
Symmetrical urns lead to a secret garden.
I wonder if this is the keeper's house? Notice the tiny windows in the basement. And notice the poor tree to the left – what terrible topping! Whoever is pruning this tree has ruined it.
The front yard, leading to the door.
Entering the house, immediately you can tell – it's really, really special. The flag floors are gorgeous – as are the double front doors. Notice the carved doors leading into the living areas on the left and right – they resemble French armoire doors. Outside you can see the fountain on the front lawn.
Up the stairs with the beautiful iron bannister and tiled treads. Notice the entry hall below with the trendy lantern, large urn and framed prints. Seeing this picture made me think an American owed this house.
The living room is beautifully furnished, with chintz covered sofas. The mantel is so pretty. But, it's the rug that makes me think Americans own this house. The faded, antique rug is so similar to those seen in the more upscale houses here. Most interesting is that I don't think it's a southerner that owns it, rather an American from up north. And I'm guessing this was designed early in the 2000s – hence the lack of any Swedish or Belgian influence that is so popular this decade.
Across the main hall is the dining room, full of English styled furniture. Which, to me, is another clue – a Frenchman would never decorate with English furniture – he would use French pieces.
Eat-in kitchen with great table and, again, English chairs.
The master bedroom, with the skirted table, another American clue. I wonder where the stairs lead to?
The family room – I love this room! To me, it looks exactly how an American would decorate it, with a mix of old whicker, French chairs, sofas, lanterns, mirrors and wonderful murals on the walls – a very faint design, just barely visible. This house is so beautiful – very well done, perfectly decorated and landscaped.
An eating area that leads off the family room pictured before – notice the brick floor is the same here as in that room.
The swimming pool.
Another gravel eating terrace with fountain. I can only imagine the view!
The property is large – and extensively landscaped by the Lafourcades.
There is even a lake!
With a boat launch. Hard to imagine how wonderful it would be live on this property.
A tennis court comes with its own vine covered pergola that doubles as a spectator stand! So, American or French designed? I vote American.
This 17th century house in Provence has 11 bedrooms and 12 acres of land.
To the side of the main house is the old chapel, which can also be used for parties or weddings.
Behind the chapel are the remains of the original house on the property. Here, next to the ruins are the swimming pool and the tennis courts. Gorgeous!
The entrance hall. Very dressy and refined with antique French furniture, crystal chandeliers, and sconces.
The study is filled with antique French furniture and French fabrics.
The living room, with more antiques and chintz covered furniture. For reasons that are hard to explain, to me – it seems as if a French family lives here, not an American. The furniture appears to be a mix of pieces collected over a lifetime, as opposed to gathered quickly to furnish a summer getaway – as an American would do. Do you agree? Does this look French or American owned to you?
The old chapel – what a beautiful space with all the stone arches and paintings of the saints. Something tells an American would have tried to decorate this space – perhaps with light fixtures, new furniture, and a runner. Somehow, the authentic French version looks preferable.
So, American designed or French. I vote French!
Le Mas de Cezanne, outside of Aix de Provence. Beautiful, authentic stone mas with French blue shutters.
The grounds are gorgeous – here a box enclosed garden.
Some pictures are too small – I'm sorry! Here is the entry hall. To me, this picture gives it away immediately – French or American?
The living room with a skirted table, modern art, French antiques, great lamps – love love love this!
The living room, with its seagrass rug and skirted table leads out to a covered porch. Look at the beautiful French blue shutters and doors!
The living room above leads out to this covered pergola. So beautiful with its flower pots, wicker chairs, and iron furniture. Soooo romantic~!!
The kitchen looks like it was in a magazine. Whoa. Its fabulous – love the corner cabinet, the checked curtains, the farm sink, the huge cloche.
A red door leads into the yellow study with its antique furniture and brick floors. Wonderful windows.
The yellow study with the antique French bench and traditional checked fabrics. Sooo cute!!!!
The family room with more checked fabrics and an assortment of antique furniture.
The master bedroom with a quilt and canopy, antique furniture, wonderful lamp and shade, and more modern art.
The guest room has more wonderful lamps and antique furniture.
The grandkids room. Notice the different teddy bear picture above each bed! What a cute idea!!!! Love the rug.
The swimming pool with its flower covered island. How do you water those plants?
Traditional French pots and an allee of cypress trees. OK – French or American designed? My guess is American all the way!!! It's so perfect looking, so decorated, everything looks like it was purchased especially for this house alone and is just waiting for a photoshoot.
I think this is my favorite kind of house – a stone French mas with shutters and a collection of large and small windows with no landscape at the house, just gravel. One day….one day. I don't care if I have to build it in Galena Park to afford it, I'll do it one day!!! hahahah!!!! Galena Park. Google it. Notice another butchered topped tree. Why????
The same view – showing the wing on the left. This house is very pretty inside, but the outside is just so wonderful!
Located in the Luberon Valley, this is the view from the upstairs.
Iron and stone staircase, my favorite. Terra cotta tiles. The décor is a mix of antiques.
The living room is located in what was probably once the barn. The mantel is wonderful, the floor and doors are great. But people – slipcovers don't last forever! It's time for new ones – these have shrunk and don't fit well, plus they should be ironed. There are good slipcovers and bad slipcovers. Look at the back of this sofa – see how it doesn't fit properly?
The master bedroom with a wicker sectional and canopy bed.
The guest room. Hmm.
The pergola at the front of the mas, probably right off the kitchen.
And the swimming pool. OK, French or American? I vote French. A house like this would cost millions for an American – I just think an American who could afford this would spend more on the furnishings. It would be more of a staged looking house if American's owned it. To a Frenchman, this is their reality – they don't need to make it a cute stage, they live it.
God. Is there anything more gorgeous than this??????? Whoa. I love how the house curves around on the left, creating a natural terrace. All the blue shutters are so cute – and notice the arched gate. Cute dog. Cute BBQ pit. So American???
A view of the left side with its arched French doors and gravel terrace.
French lantern, stone fountain, birdcage – this reminds me of Velvet and Linen's remodeled canal house garden HERE.
OK, there is only one interior photograph from this house, but I just had to show the house anyway. So this is tough to decide from one picture: American or French?
The swimming pool. Did you decide yet? I vote French. The furnishings in the living room seem too disparate and unorganized for an American who would spend the millions on this house. Also, I don't recognize anything – the light fixture, the fabrics, the basket, etc. Nothing looks like it came from America.
Beautiful mas, but the grounds look somewhat unkempt.
Gorgeous windows and fireplace. Antique wood framed French furniture. Beautiful mirror. I'm voting French again. I'm thinking that maybe Americans decorate too perfectly – everything matches, it's all "done" just in case a magazine comes around to take photographs. Also, Americans tend to use elements we all recognize – furniture, accessories, chandeliers. All the trendy things that we see in all the stores and in the catalogues. Again, I don't recognize anything in this picture – not the fabrics, the accessories, the rug, the lights. The French houses seem more individualized.
I don't think an American would decorate a summer house in such dark colors as burgundy and forest green.
And the bedroom, with its odd shaped duvet – strikes me as non American owned. What do you think? French or American?
After the first post, when I showed the American owned Provence house, a nearby neighbor, aka reader, emailed to show me her French property which she rents out. We KNOW this house is American owned and designed.
The reader's vacation house, L'Etiole, lies between two charming villages – here is Gordes, just a 7 minutes drive away.
And, the village of Roussillon is just 4 minutes away from L'Etoile, the vacation rental.
The house has 4 bedrooms – and they all look over this incredible valley! Notice the hot air balloon in the sky!!!! Reminds me of the movie Bobby Deerfield. Or closer – the races in the summer at Del Mar, California.
L'Etoile: The charming stone house, and I do mean charming, is 3 stories. Does it get any cuter than this? Notice the French blue shutters and the little Juliet balconies. The property, located in the Luberon Valley, is over 2 acres of land. I can't believe that someone who lives so close to me owns this house in France!!!! They are sooo lucky!!! Must be wonderful.
The main living room has a linen upholstered French sofa and two slipcovered chairs. But it is the stairs that are the focal point here – how beautiful are they? So simple, yet so elegant! Before moving in the owners did extensive remodeling: the house was painted, a laundry room was added, and they replaced all the light fixtures – some of which were custom made. Also, the ceiling beams were lightened to their natural color.
Another view of the living room, with it's fireplace which the owner had built using old stone. In the mirror, you can see the dining area. The owner completely furnished the house while on a tight budget. Many pieces are antique, including the sofa, which was bought on Ebay from someone living in France. Antique hemp fabric covers it. The curtain fabrics are from France's Les Olivades. Originally the fabric was brought to Houston for their house here, but it was decided the fabric would work better in France, so, back it came, tailored to fit L'Etoile's windows.
I love all the windows!!! Most meals are eaten outside by the swimming pool and the summer kitchen. This room is good for when its too chilly to eat outside.
The fully furnished, newly rebuilt kitchen with its original vaulted ceiling. Again – such cute little windows!!!
The master bedroom with antique and Les Olivades linens. This is the bedroom I would want to stay in – I love the canopy and the duvet, the lamps and nightstands. According to the owner, all mattresses are new and are high quality. It's funny that I know for sure this was decorated by an American, but if I saw it without knowing, I might have thought it was French owned! I think it's all the curtain fabrics that might make me think that.
Off the master bedroom is this sitting room.
Another bedroom on the top floor.
All the bathrooms are totally new. I love the skirts made of feed bags! But, the feed bags give away it's American owned. I'm not sure that French people use feedbag fabrics like we do here.
This bedroom has twin beds and is located on the 2nd floor, next to the master bedroom. The house can sleep 8 comfortably.
And, the children's bedroom on the top floor.
And another bathroom – with an antique mirror. Cute light fixture.
Most activities center around the swimming pool.
The owner outfitted this antique bed for use around the pool – too cute!! Another hint it's American owned.
The summer kitchen is located off the swimming pool in an outbuilding. New doors and windows were added to make the the room more open to the outside.
The summer kitchen is fully stocked and furnished so that all meals can be prepared poolside without having to go back inside the house.
And finally, dinner outside at L'Etoile. This picture alone makes me want to book a month here! Soooo pretty. If you are looking for a house to rent in Provence, consider this one. To read all about L'Etoile, go HERE and book your vacation.
Thank you for playing along today – French or American????
Most properties today came from either Emile Garcin or Sotheby's.


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