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At one of the seminal events of the fall fundraising season, the members of the Durango Friends of the Arts proved that even a 22-year-old event can be made fresh and fun.
DFAs Silent Auction, Luncheon and Fashion Show was held Sept. 28, at the DoubleTree Hotel, with 185 dressed up and happily schmoozing guests. Before anyone arrived, Co-chairwomen Cindy Cortese and Carol Bruno had marshalled the troops for the big day. And they were troops, with more than 75 people involved one way or another.
Myriam Palmer and Bruno fielded reservation calls.
The day began with a silent auction organized by Carol Treat and her committee Jacky Dziubek, Deb Rainey-Nelson, Diane Rabeno, Patti Baranowski, Mary Kay Steadman, Dana Wilson, Marjie Wilson, Karen Meyer, Nancy Bennett, Caroline Todd, Peggy Zemach, Susan Welty, Lexie Bauer, Nancy Fisher, Evelyn Gaylor and Cortese.
The auction was inventive and enormous, reflecting members love of the outdoors, the arts, fashion and this community, as well as items that could be used in peoples daily lives.
Need something for your home? Try elegant lamps and vases, ceramics by artists such as Nick Blaisdell, watercolors by Judy Morgan, a gift certificate from Artesanos Design Collection ... the list goes on.
Love jewelry? Ooh, la, la!
Is your favorite thing taking advantage of our beautiful outdoors? Glacier Club donated a game of golf for four and dinner, someone else donated a fly-fishing trip on the Pine River, a fly-fishing rod and hand-tied flies.
Into getting your nails done and facials? Some lucky bidders will be looking fine.
Youre getting the picture.
Chairwoman Pat Lorenzen, Pat Dworkin and Marilyn Garst planned the salad luncheon and made sure all was ready for the festivities.
On entering the ballroom, guests were greeted by exuberant, fun and thoughtful table decorations. Lorenzen judged the decorations, awarding Most Elaborate Table to Diane Welle, Most Humorous to Corteses entry, which Janice Martin and Buff Rogers decorated, and Best Table on the Happiness Is ... theme to Lorraine Sufficool, whose friends Sharon Hunter and Renee Waldeck created the joy portrayed. The latter group of ladies are all from Bayfield.
After a salad lunch followed by the DoubleTrees famous chocolate chip cookies, it was time for mistresses of ceremonies Deborah Uroda and Suzan Lane to take the stage.
The woman have both been active in Snowdown, including the Follies and the Dos and Donts Luncheon, so you have an idea of the flavor of the rest of the event. Funny, risqué and on point if a little punny on occasion.
One of the best lines was Urodas.
My mother spent my first two years teaching me to walk and talk, then the next 16 telling me to sit down and shut up, she said.
The hat awards are a perennial favorite at this event. Welle, Jackie DiSanto and Phyllis Max selected three winners. Penny Youngfleshs Gone Fishing hat was so alluring, as Lane dubbed it, she won Most Humorous. Corteses hat took Best on Theme for her pillbox, which sported photos of friends and family who make her happy. And Gaylors lovely fascinator-style chapeau won her the Most Elaborate honors.
The entertainment was a combination of performances by DFA grant recipients and members offerings. It was organized by Chairwoman Maggie Sauer, with Cortese as co-chairwoman, Welty as director and Penny Haney, Rogers, Uroda and Connie Voss chipping in.
First up was the Stillwater Foundations jazz combo Grand Central. DFA grants money to the foundation for scholarships so students whose families cant afford it can pursue their interest in music.
Jesse Ogle is the groups instructor and guitar accompanist. The rest of the combo is made up of Alicia Whitman on saxophone, Mady Brockway on violin (yes, a jazz combo with not one, but two violinists, and it worked), Zac Gasaway on bass, Tony Williams on piano and double threat Mallory Shanks, as both the second violinist and the vocalist.
I was sitting next to Jaime Marquez, who said Mallorys voice has a quality that cant be taught and was at a level far beyond her years. I would say ditto, adding that while she was great at jazz, Id love to hear her tackle the blues.
Between acts, the style show showed us how to make Durango casual striking. The show was organized by chairwoman Karren Little who also modeled Sonja Bayly Smith, who also modeled, Dworkin and Joanie Petersen Thomas, who also handled publicity and modeled.
Several stores put together outfits, including Appaloosa Trading Co. and Ladies Boutique, Blu Boutique, Boot Barn, Eureka!, Giddy-Up 409, Kellys Cowboy Co., La Plata Gifts at the DoubleTree, M. Moose and Co., from Farmington, and Overland Sheepskin Co.
The lovely models strolled the room with grace, looking far more at ease than they apparently felt, as most told me afterward. They were Geri Swingle, Roxanne Hamilton, Mary Chapel, Mary Orsini (who also handled the DFA merchandise table), Linda Mannix, Karen Meyer, Julie Brown, Sarah Sumner, Jana Goldstein, Nancy Ottman, Basia Daney, Susie Ammann and Judy Fairchild.
Three very special items were auctioned live. Two started with the garbage cans Waste Management gives its customers, which artists Amy Felker and Bethany Bachman had beautified, in homage to the Dumpster Beautification Project, which DFA also supports. Students at the Robert E. DeNier Youth Center were part of the project.
The garbage cans brought in more than $850, but the big ticket item was Tim Sullivan and Narrow Gauges donation of entertainment at a party for three or four hours. After much spirited bidding, the band brought in a whopping $3,500. Sullivan generously showed up at the event to help out and tout his donation.
Haney and Rogers were glowing in white as Angelic Yo Mamas; Suzy DiSantos students from her Take the Lead program for fifth-graders in Durango School District could take on Dancing with the Stars; Mona Wood Patterson and Chuck Ford from Merely Players brought their puppet Edith Ann, who is 5½ and loves art.
Its more fun to paint in unexpected places, Edith Ann said, like the bottoms of your daddys shoes and the wall behind the couch.
Lindy Simmons, representing the Cowboy Poetry Gathering, another grant recipient, didnt just recite a poem, she wrote one especially for the occasion. She focused on what happiness is for a cowboy working the herd, and it was lyrically beautiful.
And Durangos Irish songbird, Gemma Kavanagh, brought down the house with the grand finale. After arriving in her most divalicious pale blue glittering gown, and introducing her accompanist, Linda Mack, she began a parody of the song Memories from Cats.
Cortese found it on YouTube, and the only rendition I found was performed by Pam Peterson, so Ill give her the credit.
The lyrics had the crowd in stitches, because it was all about the loss of memory in senior moments. Heres a sample (hint: hum the end of Memories as you read):
What the heck is that guys name? He sings with me in choir. Did I turn both the burners off, or is my house on fire! Shoot me, put me out of my misery, or just leave me to wander through Walmarts parking lot.
Those who had only seen her on stage in her classical music performances may not have known how funny she is, but they do now.
The end result was DFA record-breakers on all levels highest totals ever for the silent auction and the luncheon overall, more than $17,000.
Cortese said the group, which has been holding fundraisers all year to fill up its Grant Fund, is prepped to give away the highest amount in its more than two-decade history more than $47,000.
The money will go to artists and arts organizations in the community, and we will all benefit from that.
Other grant fund recipients in 2012 included the Animas High School Digital Media Arts Program, the Docent Program at the Durango Arts Center, the Durango Childrens Chorale, the Durango Performing Arts Co., Music in the Mountains Goes to School and the San Juan Symphonys Youth Outreach and Education Program.
To join DFA, email Treat at firstname.lastname@example.com. To learn more about the grants process, contact Palmer at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Pulling out their jackets for their birthdays because the candles on the cake dont provide enough heat are Donna Arriza, Lucas Baken, Lynn Bell, Brett Englund, Elijah Ollier, Cheryl Bauer, Geri Campbell, Jan Millet, Lee Van Winkle, Keiran Murphy, Megan Cooksey, Martha Diehl, Oscar Johnson, Lawrence Nass, Shawn Slater, Karen Harris, Anna McCulloch, Carol Nokes, Molly Zink, Kendall Mimmack, Kathy Pierson, Evelyn Ramey, Marilyn Summers, Brad Cook, Roger Haney, Kerry Hill, Michelle Shramko, Mary (Crow) Dunlap, Marilyn Swanson, Richard Nobman, Jonah Michael Unterreiner (3!), Therese Teiber, Jackie Honold, Natasha Brown, Brian Honold, Rich Ajer, Ben Meyer, Karen Boots, Marie Maple, Jessica Widder, Mark Fleming, Robin Southworth, Sue Mages, Alexa Fleming, Caroline Munger, Bob Cox, Nancy Wiedeman, Preston Knight, Ashley Creyer, Chris Calwell, Linda Schwinghammer, Betsy Janeczek, Sharon Kusenberger and one of my favorite people, Penny Haney.
Walking hand-in-had through fallen leaves for their anniversaries are Doug and Lori Brouner, Don and Sandra Mapel, Zeke and Glenda Baumgardner, Larry and Kathy Phelps, Tim and Debbie Smith, Gordon and Wanda Greve, David Ottman and Jen Schoedler, Jon and Mary Shafer, Frank and Karen Anesi, Bob and Nancy Conrad, Jeremy and Kristen Dugan, Miles and Holly Newby, Art and Katie Cahill, Steve and Andrea Owen, Duane and Judy Danielson, Kevin and Tabitha Heckman, Jon and Etoile Hening, Rege and Nancy Leach, Chris and Linda Berger, Greg and Shirley Drover and Dave and Marty Schank.
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I'm 23 and DH is 26. We've been married since Oct of 2007 and this November we decided it was time to start trying for a family. After 2 months we got pregnant, which was a huge relief and surprise! I never thought it would happen so fast!
According to my LMP I was about 8 weeks when I went to the ER with cramping in my fallopian tubes. I expressed my fear of an ectopic with the ER doctor and nurses and they gave me an ultrasound. After waiting 8 hours in the ER the doctor came to me and said, "I'm sorry but you have a blighted ovum, the baby didn't develop and you did nothing wrong."
I remember asking him, "is there any hope?" and he replied, "no, sorry". He suggested I get a D&C because waiting to have a natural miscarriage can be heartbreaking and dangerous and he gave me a referal to a doctor who could do a D&C for me that week."
I went home and talked (more like cried) with my husband and we both thought it best to wait out a natural miscarriage. As the weeks went by nothing happened, no cramping bleeding, just increasing pregnancy symptoms. I thought nature was playing a mean trick on me at that point so I considered the D&C but knew I couldn't get one without a second opinion first.
Trying to get a second opinion was like pulling teeth. My doctors office was less than helpful in refering me to an OB. At one point the secratary told me that I should just go and get a D&C and she didn't understand why I needed a second opinion if the baby was already dead. My husband and I gave up hope with the doctors office and took matters into our own hands.
This Tuesday (3/9) we went to another hospital 30 minutes away from us and explained our need for a second opinion. While getting my ultrasound the technician said to me " I'm very happy you decided to get a second opinion because there's a heartbeat!" She showed me the baby and the heartbeat as well as got my husband and showed him too!
I measured 8w6d. This means I ovulated 5.5 weeks after my LMP. When I went for my first ultrasound where I was misdiagnosed I would have only been 5.5 weeks, too early to see anything in my tilted uterus. The doctor who misdiagnosed me never offered me a follow up and never told me that the sac was only measuring 5 weeks. His mistake could have cost me aborting my child.
Please please please, if you have been diagnosed with any type of miscarriage make sure you follow up and make sure, before you take any surgical measures. You could save a life! I did!

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I am sincerely sorry to everyone for all my lies.
Here's a little something to excite you:
What a clever play on words I made
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Long story short, I've had a good year. Great job, short commute, and dating again. I've become focused, but with great flexibility. I'm not sweating the big stuff, or the small stuff. The good stuff is in the middle.
May your holidays be commercial-free,
For instance, I suffer from a moderately rare eye condition. I will go blind for 3+ hours if I'm exposed to bright light for more than a few minutes. It's like a goths wet dream. When it first happened I was probably 12 or so, and the whole time I sepnt trying to think what blind people saw suddenly made sense.
My Theory of Evolution - Scenario #1: "Now"
By chance, one trait is introduced into the genome of a specific individual living thing. If the trait is immediately advantageous over those of the same species who do not possess the trait, then the trait will very likely be passed along to future generations. If the trait is immediately undesirable, then the individual will be rejected by its peers and will be unable to pass along the new trait. This is called evolution.
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Among reports recently taken by the Pope County Sheriff's Office (PCSO):
Oct. 20 - Vicious animal at Hornet Estate in London. The complainant said a dog came to his residence and chased his cat on top of his truck. The dog scratched all around the front of the truck, including on both front fenders and on the hood, the report stated. Somehow, the cat got into the engine of the truck, and the dog bit through an oil line and also chewed some electric wiring under the motor of the truck. The complainant's cat was also injured. The identity of the suspect dog is unknown.
Oct. 20 - Disturbing helicopters at Howell Road in London. The complainant said there were two small light weight helicopters flying around his property at a low altitude. One helicopter was yellow and the other was blue, the report stated. The complainant said some of his friends were hunting on the property, and the helicopters were spooking the deer. The airport personnel advised the complainant that two men had left the facility in their helicopters.
Oct. 22 - Dead animal at J.P. Lane in Dover. The complainant said his dog was found on the suspect's property dead from a gunshot wound to the neck. He said this happened twice before on October 2007 and November 2008. The complainant said the suspect has the collars from the dogs, and they are valued at $10 each. The complainant requested a report for future reference.
Oct. 23 - Domestic battery at Renfro Drive in Dover. The complainant said her husband struck her with a baseball bat after an argument escalated into a physical altercation. She said she was struck in the head and upper body with the bat before her husband left the residence. Afterward, she was at the residence without a way to leave, but eventually moved in with a family friend.
Oct. 25 - Dead animals at St. Joe Road in Atkins. The complainant said he found two dead cows that had been shot. He said he believes people are hunting on his property or hunters on neighboring property may have shot the animals by accident. An officer spoke with neighbors who told him they had not seen any suspicious persons in the area. The complainant said six cows had been shot this year.


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Nikon AF-D lens reviewsThursday February 02 2012 Lens Review
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D mounted on a Nikon D3x
With a DxOMark score of 26, the Nikkor AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D lens is perfectly able to compete with even the most recent lenses.
|Strong points
|Weak points
|Good sharpness
|Susceptible to vignetting
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Comparison: Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D vs Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G, both mounted on a Nikon D3x
With a DxOMark score of 30, the new generation (2010) Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G offers even better performance.
The advantages of the Nikon 85mm f/1.4G:
- Slightly superior resolution over the field at wide apertures, which explains the difference in DxOMark scores.
- Very slightly brighter (a gain of only 0.16EV in the center at full aperture).
- Negligeable distortion.
- Integrated autofocus motor (SWM).
- At f/2.0, a complete absence of vignetting over approximately 3/4 of the field — a remarkable difference.
The advantages of the Nikon 85mm f/1.8D:
- Half the weight of the f/1.4G.
- Less expensive by about 1740 USD.
- Negligeable distortion.
- Aperture control ring.
Just like its cousins (the 20mm, 28mm and 35mm), the 85 mm is a lens for adventurers — light-weight, inexpensive, and very satisfactory optical qualities.
We're looking forward to the test results for the new Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G that should arrive in our lab in mid-March!
Further readings for the Nikon AF-D lens reviews
To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
Here is a new series featuring the results of Pentax prime lenses mounted on the compatible camera with the best resolution thus far, the Pentax K5. (But as usual, you can consult DxOMark to see the results for these lenses when mounted on other compatible camera bodies, such as the Pentax K7 or Km.)
After looking at the Nikon AF-D series, DxOMark continues working its way through the history of photography by presenting the measurements for another "antique" lens, the Canon EF 20-35mm f/3.5-4.5 USM.


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At least, I think that's what I think I want to wrap my head around ;-)
Brief problem statement: How can I write a method signature in a base class that returns a different type depending on the base class? In other words, I want all subclasses to have this method and return something, but what they return might be an int, float, etc. depending on the subclass.
More detailed:
I am writing some classes to talk to a SQL database. I'm desperately trying to avoid "one class per table" because there are lots of tables. There's only four possible data types (int, float, datetime, string), so I thought I'd do this:
- Define a base class called DBType:
- String columnName
- setValue() that would be overloaded
- int maxLength (for Strings)
- toSql() function that would return the appropriate value for a Parameter.Add() binding statement. i.e., it'd return an int, float, DateTime, or String depending on the subclass
- functions like insert(), update(), and delete(), or perhaps Save() (upsert) and Remove() (delete) - you get the basic idea
- Write four classes that extend this (DBT_Integer, DBT_Float, etc.). They would have constructors that would take care of additional specific defaults (string can only be so long, validation of date ranges, etc.)
Here's the problem, though...how do I write toSql() in the base class? What I'd like it to do is say "I'm going to return a value, but it could be an int, float, DateTime, or String. You won't really care because you'll call it like this: Parameter.Add("id",something.toSql()).
Or perhaps I've gone into some OOP design rabbithole and need to rethink things...
BTW, using an object database (like db4o or something) is not really an option in this case.


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, October 19, 2012, 10:30 AM
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Change in 408 area code begins Saturday
Original post made on Oct 20, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, October 19, 2012, 10:30 AM
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a resident of Midtown
on Oct 20, 2012 at 9:15 am
I still don't understand the need for this. If your number is "tied" to your area code, then it shouldn't make a difference whether or not you include an area code.
However, it seems that many people might inadvertently dial a "long distance" number that they don't know is long distance (because it is nearby and under the same area code).
The phone companies will be happy about this extra source of "inadvertent" income.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Oct 21, 2012 at 9:06 am
prep for a new area code, 669, in November, iirc
same thing happened here a few decades ago, when 650 split off from 415
any one who doesn't use full area codes when they enter numbers in their cell is foolish, it won't function from another area code when u travel
or maybe its a vast liberal conspiracy
your choice.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Oct 22, 2012 at 6:06 am
The difference this time is that the new 669 area code is an overlay in the 408 area code. Whereas before the 650 code breakout was a discrete geographical split.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 22, 2012 at 7:33 am
Can't see why people are complaining. It would have been a much worse scenario if it had been a geographic split and half the area had to change their area code. Changing phone numbers is much harder as not only do people have to inform all contacts, but printing of all stationary, business cards, makes it an expensive change.
a resident of another community
on Oct 22, 2012 at 4:37 pm
yo, Nay Nay, now that some peeps have looked up the 411 for you, you think it's still a phone co vast conspiracy to get you on prices?
or yo just still "inadvertent"
thx to da peeps for the info
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Oct 22, 2012 at 7:08 pm
It isn't a big deal. I have been through it twice, once in the East Bay and once here. Neither time did any extra charges apply. It was explained then that it was simply a case of too many people and not enough numbers.
a resident of Stanford
on Oct 23, 2012 at 11:43 am
This is different Jan. Previously area codes were split by defined region--this an overlay. Even if you have a 408 code and wantto dial another 408 number you will have to dial the 11 digits, for example
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R. Kelly is being sued by his former manager after the singer allegedly failed to pay the first monthly payment of a $1.3 million settlement with the manager.
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The settlement sum apparently was agreed upon when the two split at the end of last year.
The suit, filed Monday, claims Kelly didn't deliver the first payment of $40,000 that was due Aug. 1 and notes Derrel McDavid "suffered significant harm" as a result of Kelly's breach of their agreement.
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Yes it is. It belongs to Indo-European Germanic languages.
Is Armenian a Germanic language??
Yes it is. It belongs to Indo-European Germanic languages.
Last edited by Harry Smith; 13-May-2007 at 19:09.
You're welcome.
Correction: similarities BETWEEN English and Armenian.
I'm not familiar with Armenian, but I would like to get to know it...
We can post a new thread...
Just a a little correction . Armenian belongs to the Indo-European branch and yet its situation is particular : There are two sub-groups two isoglosses within the ID branch : The satem languages an the centum languages. Tongues were categorised upon certain criteria such as consonantic mutations in their evolution.
Armenian belongs to the satem group just like Iranian or Slavonic subbranches.
However, As far as lexicon is concerned, the Indo-European and Altaïc ( largely understood) influences are obvious and the loanwords are many( Persian, Turkish, French , Latin ( in the Renaissance period !!) . No wonder that you can spot several ressemblances.
Finally, your comparative study is quite interesting. It would even be compelling to make comparisons with English or German in the field of tenses and aspects.


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Use Avatar Characters to Guide your Learners
Guest Blog by: Bryan Jones, author of the Assets eLearning Blog and President of eLearningArt.com, a stock photo site for the eLearning industry.
Introduction to Using Avatars
In my last post, I introduced the idea that characters can be used in a number of ways in your eLearning course. Now I'd like to start with the first example: eLearning avatars. An avatar is probably the most common use that I see in eLearning courses. Some common characteristics of an avatar in a course are that they:
- Are designed to guide a learner through the course
- Speak directly to the learner
Avatar images are easier to find than images for some of the other uses I outlined because poses of individuals facing the camera are more common. You'll still want the characters with multiple poses. And, like the characters included in CP6, it's really nice to already have the background removed, preferably in .png format (note: if you missed the link to some sample images last week, you can find some free eLearning images here).
Here are three examples of how you can use an avatar in your eLearning courses.
1. Introduce a Course with an Avatar
You've probably taken or built a course that uses an avatar to introduce the course. This avatar might only show up in the intro and the conclusion of the course, or you might see the character throughout the course.
If you want to spice it up a little bit, you can change the character expressions. For example, you might want to have multiple talking poses to add more of a video feel or a reaction shot to emphasize a character's expression. This is really easy to do within Captivate. Here are the quick steps:
- Insert the two character images you want. In CP6, (Insert->Characters).
- Align the Characters directly on top of each other
- On the timeline, line up the end of the first image with the start of the second
One other quick note is that when I use avatars, I like to keep the backgrounds simple so that the avatar and text stand out. You can learn more about creating eLearning background images in my blog post here.
2. Use an Avatar to Ask Quiz Questions
In addition to introducing a course, an avatar can also ask quiz questions. The question prompt is in the voice of the avatar, the choices are presented on screen, and the custom feedback will again be in the voice of the avatar.
3. Provide Tips Throughout a Course with an Avatar
Avatars are great for providing useful tips to learners throughout a course. When developing tips, you often don't need the full character. You could do something like what is pictured above where the character is combined with a graphic and text.
One of the things I like to do to add visual interest is to have the character's head overlap the shape. It makes it feel like the character is popping off of the screen. This is pretty easy to do in Photoshop.
Here's a video explaining how to crop a character to a shape in Photoshop.
You can also learn how to crop to a shape in PowerPoint by watching this two part video series.
Video 1: Crop to shape in PowerPoint
Video 2: Overlapping Crop to Shape in Powerpoint
I hope you found these tips useful. In the next post, I'll show another great use of characters in eLearning.


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New Democratic co-chair on stop-and-frisk: 'obviously a crime-fighting tool for a lazy police force'
The man Governor Andrew Cuomo selected to be the new co-chair of the New York State Democratic Party, Keith Wright, is a longtime fixture in Harlem politics, and a popular figure with his colleagues in the State Assembly.
He's also an outspoken critic of the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk tactic, which Mayor Michael Bloomberg and police commissioner Ray Kelly suggest has been indispensable in keeping New York's crime rates lower than those in other big cities.
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"Stop-and-frisks are demeaning," Wright told me in a recent interview, before his appointment as co-chair was announced. "They have a negative psychological as well as emotional effect on people and a community and I would like to say emphatically, we need to stop the arbitrary stop-and-frisk, right here and right now.
"It's obviously a crime-fighting tool for a lazy police force, because they just want to stop-and-frisk anybody. If you dredge the Hudson River you may be able to catch fish. It's a scattergun approach and I believe it's misguided."
For Wright, the issue is personal.
"I was stopped numerous times," Wright said during an April 18 debate in the Assembly, when he introduced legislation to eliminate racial and ethnic profiling by law-enforcement agencies in New York.
The most recent incident occurred around 148th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, around 10 a.m., Wright said. He did not recall the year.
He told me he was driving his burgundy Volvo with a friend, who was a State Senate employee at the time.
"We were on our way, driving up Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard. And cops were coming southbound in the northbound lane, and blocked me from going up."
Wright recalled he was was wearing a t-shirt and that his car had a license plates identifying it as belonging to a member of the New York State Assembly.
"Cops pulled me over, stopped me," he said. "Cops came in front me, came in back of me, pulled their guns on me, told me to get out of the car and lie down on he ground."
The officers, according to Wright, yelled "Get the hell out of the car."
The incident was resolved after Wright produced his driver's license, he said.
When Wright was a student attending the prestigious Fieldston school in the late 1960s, he said he was frequently stopped by the police traveling to and from the Riverdale campus. He said he learned over the years to control his temper in such situations.
"I feel like hitting them," he said. "But as I told you, my mother taught me don't get into fights with people who carry guns. And that stays in the back of my head."


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I loved GIL as Billy. He was so funny & had some of the best lines! And he definitely did a good job giving Edward the evil eye. Not exactly how I pictured him but he was still really good! Look forward to seeing him more in NM
The driving thing didn't bug me too much because they can modify cars for those in wheelchairs to drive. Just another minor thing they chose to change for the movie I guess.


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The state of Georgia is on the brink of failure when it comes to education. At least according to an educational advocacy group known as StudentsFirst.
The group, which is based in Washington D.C. and rated every state in the nation by its own rubric, gave the Peach State a "D+" on its report card released this week.
"Georgia has improved its ability to attract and identify excellent teachers, but it must do more to ensure these teachers are retained," the group said in a statement.
"The state now needs to take the next step in making effectiveness the primary driver for tenure, placement, and compensation decisions. Georgia must empower parents through greater access to high-quality public charter schools, including strengthening the requirements for authorizers to hold schools accountable."
StudentsFirst is headed by Michelle Rhee, a former school chancellor in Washington, D.C.
While a "D+" may sound like cause for worry, Georgia was actually ranked 15th in the nation. No state earned an "A" and the highest grade, was a "B-" earned by just two states, Louisiana and Florida.
Georgia is in the process of making its teacher evaluation system more comprehensive. StudentsFirst would also like to see state lawmakers pass a "parent trigger" law. Rebecca Sabilia, StudentsFirst's Chief Financial Officer, says that would allow parents at failing schools to vote on a change in leadership.
"Just knowing that parents may be able to veto or 'no confidence' vote the folks who are currently in power could be a really great democratic exercise," Sabilia said.
StudentsFirst went on to suggest that Georgia should also establish an opportunity scholarship program for low-income students and "free teachers locked into the existing pension system by providing a more attractive, portable retirement option."
Statistics including NAEP proficiency were used in the measurement as well as the number of charters in a state and the rank of fourth and eighth graders' reading and math scores in the state. For more information visit http://reportcard.studentsfirst.org/state-detail?state=Georgia


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How To Import: Super Famicom a.k.a SNES and Nintendo 64
Importing for the SNES or Super Famicom, and importing for the N64
Super Famicom is the Japanese name for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).
It's really easy to get Japanese Super Famicom (SF) games to play on your American console, but there is a bit of risk, and it isn't QUITE perfect.
For the vast majority of SNES/SF games only have a physical region lockout. As such, the only thing keeping you from playing these games is two little plastic pieces that block a Japanese cart from reaching the pins. Carefully break these pieces off with a pair of needle-nose pliers, and voila! You can play Japanese Super Famicom games on your American SNES!
For more detail plus pictures, try this site: Step-by-step Instructions for How to Mod your Super Nintendo to Play Super Famicom Games
The only catch is that a FEW games are locked out using a CIC check. Getting around this is seems to involve modifying the cart itself, and really isn't recommended, especially if you're a collector. Then again, if you're REALLY a collector, you'll want to buy a Japanese Super Famicom instead of breaking off anything in your American one, but that's all up to you.
If you own the SNES Jr. (the smaller remake of the console), here's a great way to mod it without actually breaking any part of the console:
Modifying a Nintendo 64 is very similar, but admittedly a bit more difficult. The plastic pieces don't break off nearly as easily, but the method is more or less the same. To do it safely, it takes a bit of work and a tool or two (most notable the Gamebit and Triwing screwdriver tools, special screwdrivers for opening Nintendo consoles and cartridges), as described here: N64 Import Mod. You could probably just use pliers to reach in and break them off like the SNES mod, but it is pretty easy to break more than what you meant to this way. Of course the SAFEST way is still to buy a Japanese N64, but that's also the most expensive method (assuming all goes well).
Buying options:
To buy a Super Famicom, try HERE
To buy a Japanese N64, try HERE
To buy a Gamebit or Triwing tool, try HERE
Gamebit Tools from Amazon
Triwing Tools from Amazon
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There's something strange about how a man attempts to show himself off for women. There are those that think the ultimate pickup line is key, some believe being kind will get you to the bedroom and others flash their wads of cash in an attempt to make the women around them melt.
If you fall into that last category, we have some good and bad news for you: women can see straight through your bullshit baller persona, but that's not to say they're not interested. One study has shown that women are more prone to go for the richer guy in the hopes that she can change his ways and turn their one-night stand into a long-term relationship.
But the study also revealed that what women look for in a man wasn't so black and white.
"When women considered Porsche man for a long-term relationship, owning the sports car held no advantage relative to owning an economy car," explained the study's coauthor Daniel Beal. "People may feel that owning flashy things makes them more attractive as a relationship partner, but in truth, many men might be sending women the wrong message."
So spend money, but not on sports cars…got it. It's obvious that some girls, especially our car-loving Playmate Pilar, would definitely disagree with this remark, but we can understand why others would see a sports car as a red flag for instability or, if the age is right, a midlife crisis.
Check out the video below to see what Pilar Lastra thought of the cars at the 2009 World Class Driving Festival!


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Before the chinese communist occupied Tibet,His Holiness Dudjom Jigdral Yeshi Dorjee built Rigzin Ghatseling monastery, at Buchcu, in Kongpo region of Tibet and established the first Lama Lingpa. These has been many accomplished masters and great ngakpa and gelong among His Holiness disciples. During that time, Dudjom Tersar flourished. After 1959, when we lost over freedom and had to seek refuge in India. During this wandering period, His Holiness found it utmost importance and necessity to established a monastery to avoid degeneration of Buddha doctrine. And to preserve the Nyingmapa lineage His Holinesss the XIV Dalai Lama requested Kyabje Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshi Dorjee to take charge
Keeping His Holiness Dalai Lama request in heart, Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche decided on building a monastery and choose Orissa [Oddiyana written in text] to build Duddul Raptenling.Kyabje Rinpoche choosed Orissa [Oddiyana] as being one of the 24 sacred place. Kyabje Rinpoche sent a letter to the community in Pemakoe[ a very sacred place in south Tibet] mentainig about Rinpoche's plan to build Nyingmapa monastery and colony at Orissa In 1961,Kyabje Rinpoche named the monastery build at Camp no.3, Orissa TibetanRrefuge settlement, Duddul Raptenling . Initially the monastery to be built was where approximately 100 sangha can be gathered. CHULUNGTRULSUM [Amitabha ,Avalokiteshvara, Guru Padmasambhava statue was erected inside. On the far left is TROMA and on the far left Dorjee Droeloe. As in Tibet, from this monastery also, these period, moet of the prectitioners stays in retreat as there were no monastery school and hostel[shedra].
At later stages,around 1969 under the supervision of Lama Sherpa and Lama Donam, a two storey tsugla khang [moanastry]was build. Due to lack of resource, it took another 10 years to complete. It is the same reason the monastery was not built according to Kyabje Rinpoche's design. Around 1978, with the help of Tibetan representative, Tulku Tsephel, Duddul Raptenling Monastery was completed, Febuary 3,1979,His Holiness the Dalai Lama Consecrated and inaurgarated the 2 storey Duddul Raptenling monastery
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Does anyone know if there's an equivalent in Windows to UNIX's fork() system call?
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In fragile times, it's often our most intimate and close relationships that suffer. Intimacy is the glue, the enhancer that gives us the drive to connect, and in many situations, also the factor that can be a passion killer for some and the straw that breaks the camel's back.
I have been reflecting a lot recently on what it means to be intimate with someone, what vulnerability is and how honesty plays a role in all of this. This of course in turn affects the way we can approach sex, but of course not all of our relationships are sexual or erotic, but that doesn't have to mean they lack intimacy. Intimacy has many faces which can be misunderstood or worse still, ignored when we only relate to intimacy as something sexual or erotic. Intimacy is the essence, the determining factor that decides how close someone gets to us and what we're prepared to do or share to maintain it.
Intimacy comes from sharing and bonding. People share and bond in hundreds of ways; from a drink at the pub, to a long, lazy dinner , to a friendship that has been cultivated over years, a cry on a shoulder, a rewarding hug, a sporting win or a love of the same activities, revealing a truth about yourself that you trust another person to take care of, asking for help , asking for attention or allowing yourself to be seen as you really are, flaws and all, in the hope that you won't be judged for it.
Whilst most of us have these requirements at different stages in our lives, very few are able to acknowledge this need within ourselves, let alone share it with others. It can often be the core of a nagging internal voice that manifests as only a hum or faint murmur rather than bolt of clarity. It can also be the trigger that releases aggressive outbursts, where words said, are later regretted because it's easier to cast the uncomfortable sensation / feeling out and onto another, than to claim it as our own. It's easier to blame others than to take a little agency, and while at times this is effective; what is the long-term cost? When this is the perpetual default setting, there is no recourse.Your default setting is powerlessness.
The rise of anxiety among not only Australians, but Westerners in general as a primary emotional default saddens me, but does not surprise me as we become less and less intimate, less and less able to acknowledge our own feelings and thus less able to share with others or learn how to listen to others without judging, being judged or feeling attacked.
While I generally tend to avoid binaries of any kind as a measure for looking at the world, it seems when it comes to emotions, we have only two options. We either allow them to be there, accept them, in all their discomfort and learn to work with them rather than against them; (thus having control over them or even better still, a relationship with them); or we can ignore them. (The latter in my experience can only last for so long before manifestations of ill health become apparent; excessive anxiety, delusion, sleeplessness, depression and a general corrosion of relationships as a result of any one or all of these things.) Shakespeare grasped the ultimate quandary: To Be or Not To Be, that IS in fact the ultimate question, the question that hundreds of years later we still philosophically ponder, but most of us avoid for the sheer terror of facing our internal truth, our shadow, that which makes us vulnerable.
So what is this vulnerability that can make even the most mighty a quivering wreck, or the mostfeeble a guilt-ridden avoider, keen to maintain the facade or status quo at any price, even their own well-being?
Vulnerability for many may be the shadow, the hidden that which dare not be revealed, OR it may also be the default, wherein manipulation and carelessness can take centre stage to avoid speaking a truth that is more confronting, potentially freeing but also downright terrifying to the inexperienced.
The vulnerability I am talking about here is the genuine kind, not the ''tantrum'' or ''drama'' kind where the protagonist is actually quite capable of helping themselves, but prefers instead to use manipulation or passive/ aggressive tactics to get their needs met consciously or unconsciously. True vulnerability here is acknowledging what is actually going on in the relationship in question, whether the relationship is with the Self or another. Vulnerability is a resource to actually achieve a mutually beneficial outcome rather than as a tool to wage messy, dirty conflict.
Vulnerability needn't equate to meekness Being vulnerable is actually one of the most assertive things I for one have ever done. Having the gumption to tell someone I love them, to tell them I miss them to tell them I am angry with them is absolutely fucking terrifying when I don't know whether or not I will be heard or acknowledged. (This of course requires that such statements are made as declarations rather than ultimatums or any kind of manipulation.) Acknowledgement of another person's feelings is a vital part of communication and creating intimacy through vulnerability. If / when you acknowledge that you are actually valuable in another person's life, you are then compelled to be responsible for your own responses and behaviour toward them. Acknowledging responsibility is an act of both vulnerability and power. Pretending it doesn't matter that someone you're close to just told you how they feel is not only inharmonious it's also a form of rejection and an inhibitor to intimacy. They wouldn't have been close to you in the first place if you didn't actually care about them.
For example, we can all think of situations where for one reason or another we have wanted, or even needed to be taken care of in some way, shape or form, to be soothed if you like, or just supported and appreciated for a day, a night, a month, a life time. Where a need to be understood was crucial, but where the ability to recognise that need was impossible because the mere thought of allowing such a realisation was too much to bear. It was only with hindsight that we realised what we needed, but were too fearful to acknowledge it; instead judging our own feeling for example as ''weak'' or ''inappropriate'', rather than seeing it for what it is, a basic human desire to be understood and acknowledged. Somehow to admit our humanness is weak, is animalistic, is dangerous. My belief is that not acknowledging our feelings is far, far, far more dangerous. As my dear friend Cath says: What you resist; persists! I can think of few cases where this is not a universal truth. When your strongest motivator is actually also your blind spot, communication can get very very messy.
So where do we go from here? The concept of acceptance has been around for ages, thousands of years in fact. Buddhists cottoned-on to it yonks ago, and have been its greatest advocates ever since. Recently psychologists have decided it's OK too, even beyond OK; downright effective! Good stuff! So we finally have science and spirit intersecting. (For the atheists who walk among us, substitute the word 'spirit 'for 'feeling' instead). So, what does this mean for us lay-people? It means two things that I can see so far. One is, we have one of the most powerful tools available to us to give ourselves the leverage to get a bit real with ourselves and stop pissing-about on the edges, and Two, it enables us to understand that being honest with ourselves first, and then with others (whilst being a bit scary at times), is actually a very assertive practice, and at times, a whole lot harder than running in on the defensive, but ultimately more fulfilling and anxiety reducing!
Are you more powerful when you act or re-act? Who is more powerful, the initiator or the reactor? When it comes to relationships (not just sexual ones, remember?) the most effective work can be achieved when we take action, rather than just re-action. When our default is thoughtful, emotive and inspired rather than an act of defence strategy and one-upping, we are operating from a place of creativity and agency.
Here's the thing; a wise teacher once asked me and I will ask you; Do you want to be right? OR Do you want to be close? Depending of your values, you may struggle with choosing between what may seem to be opposing alternatives. Sometimes (but not always) you can't be both. Sometimes you just have to accept what is there, without judging it. Your answer to that question may actually be a cause of vulnerability for you…………… and so the cycle starts again.
The old adage we teach what we most need to learn rings absolutely true. I have spent years working through issues of accepting and embracing my vulnerability. It's still a challenge for me, but I've been practicing for years and it gets better and easier. Believe me. I spent years feeling nervous, anxious and profoundly deranged trying to keep all the plates spinning, while trying to look cool as a cucumber. Will I ever have it totally mastered? Probably not! But then again, I don't know that mastering emotions is the kind of goal I am looking to achieve anyway. Emotions by their very nature are erratic and arousing. Some are pleasant, others are not. But emotions in their essence are a necessary part of life, as necessary and water, air, food and sleep, yet these things are not judged as invalid, in the way that emotions often are. Feelings add value, colour and texture to what would otherwise be rather rudimentary and cardboard lives. Why would anyone want to dominate the one thing that gives their life its authenticity, its spark and its vigour. Conversely, being a slave to one's emotions is also unsavoury and potentially deadly. Common Sense is calledcommonsense for a reason. It's everywhere and everyone has access to it………. in theory at least! Learning to allow access to feelings, process them and foster acceptance is where the magic lies. Find the edge, find the distance you're prepared to get to, wait and see. Don't judge it, don't push it. Just wait and see. …………………. What CAN you see? Let me know.
Cyndi Darnell: I have always been a pleasure enthusiast. For as far back as I can remember, my fascination with pleasure and sexuality has been part of my identity. Having travelled the world extensively in my 20s in the pursuit of self-knowledge and then my 30s exploring more introspective wonders and delights, I have come to embrace the understanding that sexuality and pleasure is not something separate from our lives, but part of our lives as a pathway to genuine wholeness, contentment and wellbeing.
My pursuit of quality sex-knowledge has led me down a variety of avenues to get the expert and diverse know-how I have today. From the dedicated hands on approach I took during the 1990s through workshops, seminars (including Sexological Bodywork and contemporary tantra) and good old fashioned trial and error; through to the academic and clinical studies I have completed in the 2000s in both general counselling and specialist clinical sex therapy, I am thrilled to be able to bridge the world of sexology from a variety of perspectives and approaches that embrace, understand and challenge the diversity of human sexuality.
I am also the founder and creator of Pleasure Forum Australia , a monthy adult to adult sex education program where the emphasis is on pleasure and practical education, not sleaze and clinical theory. More recently my educational and therapeutic skills have been heard on Australia's Triple J radio program The Hack for Sex Week, as well as working with Australia's most outspoken darling,Catherine Deveny, on a series of free-to-air educational podcasts about sex, pleasure and the human condition. I am a mentor for the Minus 18 Sex Gurus, a queer sex and health project for young queer identifying and gender questioning people. I work predominantly in Melbourne, but also offer my workshops and therapeutic sessions across Australia and globally via Skype.


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Hercules Hampers Branches and Call Centers
The first snowstorm of 2014 has forced dozens of credit unions, mainly in the Northeastern states, to delay the Friday opening of branches and call centers.
Although a few credit unions leagues have closed their offices, employees are working from home.
Despite the storm's high winds, credit unions have so far reported no power failures and said their ATMs and online banking services are working. However, the delays of branch and call center openings were necessary because the storm, named Hercules, made road conditions dangerous and some state officials asked people to stay home on Friday.
Depending on road conditions, some credit unions in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire have delayed opening their branches or call centers, said Robert B. Kimmett, said senior vice president of marketing for the Massachusetts Credit Union League.
Kimmett said the central and eastern Massachusetts, the coastal regions of Rhode Island and southern New Hampshire were hit hard by the snowstorm. Boston had more than a foot of snow while other areas of the state had nearly 18 to 23 inches of snow by Friday morning, reported the Weather Channel.
Kimmett said the league office in Marlborough, Mass., is closed today but employees are working from their homes.
The New Hampshire Credit Union League office in Manchester and Credit Union Association of Rhode Island office in Providence also are closed Friday, but employees are working from home.
The New Jersey Credit Union League office in Hightstown is operating in "business continuity mode," which means many league employees can be reached via mobile phones and emails to serve credit union members.
Candice Nigro, a spokesperson for NJCUL, said the league has received a handful of reports from credit unions that have decided to close or delay opening branches.
For example, the $326 million Credit Union of New Jersey in Ewing, N.J. closed three of its five branches and two branches were scheduled to open at 11 a.m.
So far, NJCUL has not received any reports of power failures or damages to branches.


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Matching the Scrappers and the Dragons in the division for 11- and 12-year-olds, the players put on a show, smashing countless impressive hits and even a home run.
By the time the game ended, the scoreboard favored the Scrappers 22-4, yet the final score was only a small piece of the story.
Perhaps more important than the game's final tally were the smiles on players' faces, the high-fives with teammates and the overall experience.
Long's home run highlights action
Although both teams banged out numerous hits over the course of the game, no single smash was more impressive than that by 11-year-old Scrappers shortstop McKayla Long.
After hammering a long fly ball just foul in her third trip to the plate, Long drilled a long home run over the left-center fence much to the delight of her teammates.
Sprinting around the bases with glee after her long bomb, Long slowed up near home and tagged the plate with her hand as teammates mobbed her.
"The pitch was high and down the middle, and I hit it hard," Long said about her home run.
Team spirit evident during contest
In addition to the game's on-field action, cheers between teammates and congratulations between fellow players highlighted the show.
Discussing his favorite parts of Little League Baseball, Scrappers second basemen Kevin Purkat was frank, stating that he plays because of his teammates.
"I like baseball because we have fun and win," Purkat said. "I like playing with my teammates."
Players cherish the overall experience
As is often the case with Little League Baseball, players on both teams departed the field with smiles on their faces.
"I think we can still work on our fielding and hitting, but so far, the season is going really good," Scrappers first baseman JJ Bruner said.
With plenty of games left in their season, Bruner and others still have plenty of time to improve.


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De Minimis Notice: Exemption for agreements of minor importance
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Notice defines, with the help of market share thresholds, what is not an appreciable restriction of competition under Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) (ex-Article 81(1) of the Treaty Establishing the European Community).
Commission Notice on agreements of minor importance which do not appreciably restrict competition under Article 81(1) of the Treaty establishing the European Community (de minimis) [Official Journal C 368 of 22.12.2001].
The Court of Justice has recognised that Article 81(1) of the Treaty establishing the European Community (TEC) (now Article 101(1) of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union (TFEU)), which prohibits agreements liable to affect competition, is not applicable where the impact of the agreement on intra-European Union (EU) trade or competition is not appreciable.
The De Minimis Notice defines, with the help of market share thresholds, what is not considered as an appreciable restriction of competition under Article 101 TFEU. This negative definition does not imply that agreements between firms which exceed the thresholds will appreciably restrict competition; the notice only creates a safe harbour. The notice helps to reduce compliance costs for (smaller) undertakings when engaged in agreements which are not covered by any of the block exemption regulations.
This notice does not deal with what is an appreciable effect on trade. This is covered by a separate Commission notice which establishes guidelines on the effect on trade concept contained in Articles 101 and 102 TFEU (ex-Articles 81 and 82 TEC).
The safe harbour created by the De Minimis Notice applies to agreements between actual or potential competitors (horizontal agreements) as long as their aggregate market share does not exceed 10%. For agreements between non-competitors (vertical agreements), the market share held by each of the parties should not exceed 15% to benefit from the notice. For markets where there is a cumulative effect of parallel networks of similar agreements, these market share thresholds are reduced to 5%.
This notice also excludes from its benefit agreements which contain one or more hardcore restrictions, as such restrictions are presumed to have negative effects. As stated in the Guidelines on the application of Article 101(3) TFEU (ex-Article 81(3) TEC), hardcore restrictions are restrictions of competition by object, which by their very nature have such a high potential of restricting competition that it is unnecessary for the purposes of applying Article 101(1) TFEU to demonstrate any actual or likely effects on the market.
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 11:27 AM
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Original post made on Aug 14, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 11:27 AM
a resident of Portola Valley: Portola Valley Ranch
on Aug 14, 2013 at 3:17 pm
A Great Big Thank You to the staff at the Equestrian facility for their unhesitating actions that no doubt save the bicyclists life.
With all the endless bickering commonly seen on the Almanac between outdoor recreational groups around here, this article showcases, to me, that were all in it together and helping each other out is where it's at.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Aug 14, 2013 at 3:47 pm
SteveC is a registered user.
Nice to know that people help people in need of help, even if they do not know them. Good that the person was taken to the hospital rather than home. A big thank you to Mr. Gimple for caring enough to help a stranger in need!
a resident of another community
on Aug 14, 2013 at 5:31 pm
I'm so happy to read that this story had a happy ending! It's wonderful to read that Mr. Berman is recovering now.
Years ago, I was near the Dish when I came across a man of similar age & in similar distress. I got him to my car & took him to the ER. Luckily, we arrived in time for the experts to help him survive his heart attack. After he recovered, I was treated to a lovely dinner at his house & also received a wonderful bottle of wine. But this is the kicker: If my dog hadn't barked a greeting, I may never have noticed him under a tree in the shade.
It's always better to assume the worst & head to the ER & be able to breathe a sigh of relief.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Aug 15, 2013 at 8:41 am
So glad to hear about a positive interaction between the horse park and passing bicyclists. We usually only hear about negative interactions with the horse trucks cutting off bicyclists and throwing gravel into the bike lanes.


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The trio is among the nearly 100,000 people on 12,000 farms in the U.S. who plant, nurture and provide green Christmas trees for those who prefer to deck their halls with living greenery each holiday season.
A standard 7- to 8-foot Virginia pine — the current tree of choice on farms in this region — requires at least four years of growth to reach optimum marketable size. The trees offered this year were planted in 2008-09.
Trees approaching maturity have had time to put down roots deep enough to escape the worst effects of triple-digit heat and arid conditions that cut into the production of annual crops.
Although they are bringing a crop to market, the tree growers did not escape damage. Each says many of the seedlings he put in the ground for a harvest several years down the road succumbed to the elements.
"I lost everything I planted this spring," said Geisler, owner of Holiday Forest Christmas Tree Farm near Jacksonville, who said he had planted heavily to make up for similar young tree losses from the year before.
Lollis said he lost nearly 3,000 trees on his 18-acre Lollis Christmas Tree Farm near Rudy, but still has "a good supply" of trees, about 9,000, to sell.
"We lost most of the little trees two years ago," said Eckart. This year, with irrigation he was able to cut the loss of seedlings on his Pine Grove Christmas Tree Farm outside Charleston to about 50 percent.
"Those are trees that would have been ready to sell in five years," he said, adding he is opening the season with an inventory of several thousand trees of salable size
Geisler said the mature trees benefited from favorable growing weather in the spring. When the rain ended, they stopped growing. While they have maintained their color and are otherwise healthy, he said a number of trees may be 8 inches shorter than buyers have seen in past years.
Growers say cultivation of Christmas trees as a small farm operation seems to be following the trend of other agricultural enterprises. Geisler, Eckart and Lollis are among tree growers who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They say a statewide organization, the Arkansas Christmas Tree Growers Association, was formed at that time with an initial membership topping 200. Today, that number has fallen to about 20.
The farmers acknowledge the work is labor intensive — requiring periodic spraying, pruning and individual care to 900 trees on each acre over a period of several years. The multi-season growth period also increases the risk a farmer faces, as a "crop" in which he has invested several years can be wiped out by disease, storm or some other natural disaster.
Lollis, who is 79, said he turned to Christmas tree farming as a part-time occupation upon his retirement from a career as a butcher. The part-time work has turned out to be a full-time, year-round undertaking.
"We spend about 13 months a year to get ready," his wife, Connie, said.
Still, he enjoys the work, and as long as he does, plans to continue. This is his 23rd year of operation.
"There's really not that much money in it. If I didn't enjoy it, it wouldn't be worthwhile," he said.
Eckart, too, said he finds growing trees therapeutic. His "day" job as a pharmacist at Sparks Regional Medical Center in Fort Smith affords him no chance to work outdoors. He gets plenty of that on his farm.
Geisler, an Extension Service forester in Arkansas and Kansas, was drawn to Christmas trees during his school days. A student organization to which he belonged operated a tree farm as a fundraising venture.
Each counts the opportunity to interact with the public as a plus. They say they have numerous repeat customers. Among those who return are adults who first visited their farms with their parents, now bringing their children to continue a family tradition and share the experience of selecting and bringing home their tree from the farms.
The youngsters seem to enjoy themselves most, they say. Aside from the task of searching, selecting and collecting a tree, the farms provide them with haystacks to climb, their first opportunity to see farm animals up close and ride on tractor-pulled hay wagons.
Geisler and Eckart say they will provide a hand saw to the few hardy customers who prefer to harvest their own tree. Lollis says his insurance coverage does not allow it. In either case, the farmers cut the tree and prepare it for the trip from farm to home. Each receives a good shaking, to dislodge loose needles - and whatever other creatures that may have set up housekeeping in the evergreen branches. They are then bagged in mesh net and loaded.
Information on some area Christmas tree farms can be found at www.arktreegrowers.com, the website of the Arkansas Christmas Tree Growers Association, or www.okchristmastrees.com, the Internet site of the Oklahoma Christmas Tree Association.
The choice of a live tree versus an artificial version is a personal one, and there are positive and negative aspects to each.
Artificial proponents argue against the economics of chopping down a tree every year versus reusing year after year. Many artificial trees look close to the real thing and can be purchased prelit, predecorated and even programmed to play music.
Those who favor live trees point to the oxygen production and carbon dioxide reduction resulting from the thousands of trees that are cultivated each year. They also cite as an environmental plus, "treecycling," programs that put used trees to other useful purposes, such as compost or creating habitat for aquatic life.


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DETROIT — Jarrod Parker certainly wasn't satisfied, but A's manager Bob Melvin thought his Game 1 rookie starter acquitted himself quite well Saturday night in his first-ever playoff start.
Parker just happened to be opposing Justin Verlander, one of the best pitchers in baseball at the top of his game in a 3-1 Detroit Tigers victory that presented the young Oakland right-hander very little margin for error.
Parker really only made three mistakes — a leadoff double to Austin Jackson in the first inning, a fielding misplay on an infield chunker that allowed a run to score in the third and a solo home run to Alex Avila in the fifth.
"Jarrod pitched well," Melvin said. "(The misplay) was one run. Another one scored on a double play, and then he got a pitch up and out over the plate to Alex, and those are the three runs."
The most costly mistake was Parker's desperate attempt to get out of the third inning unscathed with the score tied 1-1. Omar Infante had hit a one-out double, but Parker got Jackson on an infield pop-up for the second out.
Quintin Berry hit a dribbler between the mound and first base, and Parker tried to scoop the ball with his glove and get to the base before the speedy Berry. But in his haste, Parker flipped the ball out of his glove into foul territory behind first base for an error, and Infante scored on the miscue.
It appeared as if Parker might have been flipping the ball to first base hoping Brandon Moss was there covering, but both he and Moss said that wasn't the case.
"No, I was just trying to pick the ball up and go to the base," he said. "That's something we practice every day in spring, and I consider myself pretty athletic. It just came out of my glove."
Said Moss, "I stayed where I was, because if it gets by him, he has to cover first, and I have to field the ball. It was just an infield hit. … It was just one of those plays where everything has to go right, and it didn't."
Parker pitched 61/3 innings, allowing seven hits and one walk while striking out five. On most nights, that probably would have been good enough to get a win. But not on this night against Verlander.
"You have to try to get to Verlander early and nick him up," Parker said. "We ran his pitch count up pretty high, but he kept at it. After giving up that home run (Coco Crisp's leading off the game), he didn't give us any more chances."
Parker said he tried not to view the game as a head-to-head match against the Tigers' ace.
"I'm not pitching against Verlander," he said. "I'm focused on the guys in the box, not the guy on the other side on the mound."
Parker was happy with the way he handled the pressure of a Game 1 playoff start in the opponent's ballpark.
"I tried to stay within myself, remain composed and just battle," he said. "I was glad to get the first inning over with. Once I got the double play (against likely American League MVP Miguel Cabrera) to minimize damage, that was big to just kind of settle in and relax a little bit.
"Unfortunately, I didn't have my best stuff today."
The home run to No. 8 hitter Avila, he said, was simply a bad pitch.
"It was supposed to be a sinker down," he said, "and it didn't really sink."


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