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Thursday, October 25, 2007
Book Piracy: Overrated Problem?
Just An Online Minute... Book Piracy: Overrated Problem?
by Wendy Davis
WHILE THE MUSIC and movie industries have long been concerned that Web piracy cuts into their profits, file-sharing hasn't appeared to present as significant a problem for book publishers. After all, the general public hasn't yet taken to e-book readers the way it has to iPods or digital music.
But that reality has done little to assuage the fears of the book publishing world. Witness the lawsuit against Google for its library project, in which publishers are complaining about Google's move to digitize books in public libraries.
In the latest example, reported this morning in The New York Times, Penguin Audio has pulled out of an eMusic initiative to sell audiobooks because eMusic, unlike Apple's iTunes, sells digital content without the restrictions that limit consumers' ability to make copies.
While anxiety about Web piracy isn't totally irrational, it seems misplaced here. Consider, people who purchase books, or audiobooks, have long had the option to take them out of libraries instead. In fact, many libraries now offer digital downloads of audiobooks.
Yet pirated audiobooks have never emerged as a big problem. In fact, a monitoring firm used by Random House Audio hasn't yet found any unauthorized copies of the company's audiobooks on file-sharing sites, according to the Times.
What's more, sales were robust at 500 audiobooks a day, even though eMusic doesn't plan to advertise the offering until December, the Times reports.
The music industry appears to be figuring out that consumers want to download tracks free of digital rights management restrictions, if for no other reason than to freely make copies for their own use. Book publishers, who don't appear to face the same threat from file-sharing, also need to realize that consumers will be more likely to purchase their product, not less, when it comes in a format they want.
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text: In todays lesson we learnt how to use a new program called 'iWeb'. This the program we will use to create our preliminary website and then our main website. We began to experiment with the different tools on 'iWeb' for example the inspector tool. This gave us an quick insight to the work that we will be completing in the weeks ahead.

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I think what bothers me most is the absolute lack of control you have when traveling. First is the degrading barefoot march after disrobing for the TSA. That itself is on the verge of humiliating for some folks. It's also the first step for losing control. From that moment on, your day, and your life, is squarely in the hands of other people. Nothing you do is going to bring a delayed plane in any faster. No amount of angry venting is going to un-overbook the flight. No prayer known is going to decrease the weight of the fleshy flier in the seat next to you.
I suspect this is the same feeling for most folks. When you travel by air, you're in the hands of aviation professionals who, sometimes, aren't very professional. They are entirely human however, you may want to remember that, Mr. Seat 18b. You should not have called that lady that name. Granted, she is the visible source of your frustration, but she is also just a drone who knows how to do very few things. One thing she does besides call of boarding rows is RE-BOOK FLIGHTS. So, if you're really wondering why I got on the next flight out, with a please and a "thank you ma'am", and you're still stuck at O'Hare... Go figger.
So, I guess my anxiety and frustration usually just stems from that helpless feeling you get when you become a faceless number in a crowd of "passenger 57s". Whenever you surrender that elusive feeling of control to someone else, or a bunch of someone elses, this is what happens. Maybe this is why drunks and druggies don't hate airports? They never feel "in control" anyhow.
Then there are the seats. Airplane seats are designed to dehumanize you, of this I am sure. Now, I am not a small person by any stretch, but I am also not the fleshy flier either. My arse fits quite comfortably into the seat. Alas, like most humans I was born also with shoulders. The shoulders and arms are what simply do not fit on aircraft. I usually try to have a window seat, but I still don't know what to do with that other hand. It always hangs over the seat divider. So sorry, guy who came after me, this is MY armrest, go find your own. You actually end up flying the whole time holding your arms in, and god are they sore after a 5 hour flight.
Today was a good day, all my flights were on time, the seat next to me was empty and the weather was just fine. What happens at the car rental, who knows....
And that was American airlines. Today, the far end of my trip, I fly Delta. I have a new theory. Delta sux donkey arse. I guess thats a statement and not a theory so much. On American airlines, I felt like the people listened to me and my concerns. They didn't do anything about them (drones can't make substantive changes), but they listened. On Delta it's just, shove your arse on board and let's go. Flying through their major hub in Atlanta is a guarantee of at least a one hour delay.
I love flying. I hate airlines and airports
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When you let a little kid express how they give love to someone, they simply give you heart melting hugs and kisses.
I don't exactly know what it means to them or if they really know the meaning of love but it's the sweetest love for me (much sweeter than a husband's love * just kidding).
I keep uttering "I love you" to my little girl but every time I do that, I don't get any response at all, so that made me think that she still can't understand the word "I love you" but when I say to her just the word "love", she hugs me so tightly (ohhh, that is so sweet).
For now, I am happy that she's still very young and she's still with me. We can still spend so many years of sharing hugs and kisses and love love love. I know she'll grow up and sooner... for her, love will get complicated.
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The fine line between temptation and provocation
South Korea prepared Wednesday for a major live-fire drill involving fighter jets and tanks near the tense North Korean border, as Seoul and Washington reacted warily to overtures from Pyongyang.
South Korea's military said Thursday's ground and air firing exercise 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of the mainland border would also involve self-propelled guns and 800 soldiers.
Similar drills have been held at the same firing range at Pocheon many times before
South Korea's navy meanwhile began a four-day firing drill Wednesday off the east coast, a relatively distant 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of the border with the North, mobilising six warships plus helicopters.
The military said it would practise responses to intrusions by North Korean submarines and patrol boats.
And South Korean marines were posted to guard a Christmas tree that was lit up Tuesday near the land border, reflecting fears that the North might fire on the display as a propaganda symbol.
Per CNN:
South Korea will hold its largest-ever winter live-fire drills Thursday in an area adjacent to North Korea, the South Korean Army said on Wednesday.
Prior post on this: North Korea's shell game
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OK so this really is a quick post on the fly as I have gotta dash out, but if I don't make a start on it I wont get round it! I will flesh it out with some words tomorrow. The long and short of it is as I reported a while back that I got invited to shoot for Kendal Calling festival off the back of the organisers seeing some of my generic festival photos from last years event.
Well I went, I saw I shot! There were definitely some great bands on show and the festival overall was a massive improvement on last year, with many more and certainly cleaner toliets to boot! I have a feeling that it will grow in to something special over the next few years and if the organisers can hang on to the current site, Lowther Deer Park, although not strictly in Kendal I think I shall look forward to this event for many more years to come. Having a press pass this year and standard photo policy of first three songs and no flash definitelty made me concentrate my effort and I am pleased with the images I captured.
Highlights for me this year would have to be The Streets, Skinner and co turned in a top performance and were a delight to shoot, unlike a lot of dull rock bands he was keen to come to the front of the stage and throw some shapes. The same could be said for Ash, who have aged well andand turned a great headline set on the Sunday evening, like Skinner they worked the stage and got the crowed amped up during an an energetic set, most notably the bassist, who having few lines to sing worked the amp and his portion of the stage like a true rock legend!
Essential festival wear, even I sprung for wellies this year not wanting to get caught and a I was glad I did, after heavy rain on the Friday evening and further showers on the following morning the lush green grass of Lowther Deer Park quickly turned to red clay mud!
Last years stand out performance by far for me was DJ Yoda's genre defying mash up mix, throwing together the likes of the Antiques Roadshow theme, The Simpsons, assorted drum and bass and quite ironically at the time Jay Z and Wonderwall back to back, it all sounds wrong but it worked, believe me. Well this years cool crown definitely went Mr. Beardy Man, this guy is a beat boxing legend. Accompanied by a guitarist he managed to pull of Misirlou (from the Pulp Fiction soundtrack), Outta Space (Prodigy), Superstylin (Groove Armada) and Feeling Good (Nina Simone) amongst countless other amazing feats of lip, breathing and vocal control.
Craig Charles rounded stuff off late on the Sunday evening / Monday morning with a pounding funk and soul DJ set, I was a bit bemused to see him on the line up but apparently he has a radioshow on 6 music and boy he didnt disappoint a rammed tent of tired and muddy festival folk.
Special mention should go to Andy and Kevin who we met up with on more than one occaision in the photo-pit. Often when you meet other photographers, of a certain standard at events like this there is the potential, lets face for them to be completely stuck up their own A**ES! But these guys were two of the nicest pro togs I have met to date, check out their work if you get a second.
To see more pictures from the festival simply click on any of the shots and that will take you to the whole set on Flickr, featuring Ash, The Streets, The Zoutons, Idlewild, Goldie Looking Chain, Nine Black Alps, Sunshine Underground, Beardy Man, Cornershop, The Rumble Strips, The Kabeedies, Craig Charles (DJ Set),
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- I don't spend nearly enough time reading and writing
- I don't spend nearly enough time with my wine geek friends
A means to reach that end is to spend more time with my wine geek friends. It's becoming all too apparent that hanging out with such winophiles enriches my life and the lives of others around me. It opens discussions, though heated at times, can only lead to the greater advancement of what's on the shelves at your local store. That's not to say my non-wineophile friends can't join in the fun. We're more than happy to increase the party. Come on over. Just don't call us "elitists" when we start geeking out on the virtues of new wood versus used and whether or not Michel Rolland was a good thing for the industry and wine in general. Instead, ask us questions and if we don't know the answer, let's find out together so that we all better ourselves, our palates and our souls.
For the last three years of my life I have let the retailer in me run the show. And while successes have been had, he's buried the passionate wine lover, the guy who could spend countless hours talking to customers about Joseph Pedicini and how he makes wine the way his grandmother would have. I have some people to blame for that. Of course, that's not to say I lost my passion for the juice. But, I've grown tired of the everyday rig-amoral. I just recently realized the retailer in me morphed my job, my being, my soul, into sales. I never wanted to sell. I never intended to sell. And to those that I sold to, my apologies. I wanted to teach and learn, bottle by bottle. And if you wanted a case, GREAT! My job is not a sales job. Leave that to the discounters, the guys on the phone pushing Silverado to one guy for a chance to sell DRC to another. I'm leaving that game and moving on. My job, as it always has been, is to enrich others lives through the development of their palates. I can't do that with flashy labels. I can't do that with a bloated inventory. I can't do it with shelf talkers. But I can do it by bringing the passionate wine lover back to the front. I can do it with careful selection. I can do it with knowledge. I can do it if the customer will let me. I challenge others to do the same. I know some have already taken the charge. The revolution will start soon. And maybe, just maybe, I've saved my soul. I have some people to thank for that.


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Democrat Congressmen promise amnesty to millions of illegals
Legislation legalizing millions of immigrants will pass Congress this year, Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) promised more than 1,500 illegals at a rally in Chicago. 'The Democratic leadership is committed to this,' Emanuel said. 'This will be the year we get this done.'
Emmanuel referred to a House bill filed by Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) that would allow illegals to stay in the country. Gutierrez also attended the rally. Emanuel is chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, and said he planned to court votes from Republicans. 'My goal is 218 votes, and not just Democrats,' Emanuel said. 'We've got to make this a big tent.'
Gutierrez is traveling across the country trying to drum up support for the bill, which would allow immigrants who arrived before June of last year to stay in the country if they pay a $500 fine, pass background checks and prove employment. After six years, immigrants could become permanent residents if they pay $1,500, learn English and have not committed a crime. The bill also would allow as many as 400,000 guest workers to enter the job market annually.
However,in the Gutierrez bill, those who receive amnesty will be able to bring in their entire families. In exchange for the fee to become permanent residents, they would receive a treasure trove of government benefits. Gutierrez has eliminated virtually all the checks and balances designed to keep criminals, drug smugglers, child predators, rapists and terrorists out of our country, and under his bill, the most questionable forms of identification would be accepted.
Conservatives continue to push for stricter border enforcement, while liberals insist on a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens.
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■ According to BoydsWorld.com, Texas A&M has dropped from 9th to 16th in the RPI standings this weekend, and Mizzou has risen from 122nd to 111th. In spite of MU's success this weekend, Boyd's RPI Needs Report has actually dropped Missouri off the chart as being statistically viable for an at-large bid. This report does not factor in potential additional opportunities to make up ground in the post-season conference tournament. It still hold true, though, that the Tigers would need to finish out the regular season 9-0 and then do well in the Big 12 Tourney in order to have any shot at an at-large bid.
■ Freshman baseball player C.J. Jarvis bolsters Missouri lineup (Columbia Missourian)
■ Mizzou baseball downs No. 6 Texas A&M for second straight day (KBIA Sports Extra)
"We put him out there to see what would happen, and he's taken full advantage of it," Jamieson said. "I don't know whether it's directly related or not, but we've certainly been playing better since we put him in there."
"I have nothing to lose," Jarvis said. "I'm taking it for what it is and playing with a sort of reckless abandon. The worst thing that can happen is ending up back on the bench."
And that's a much better place than he was in this fall, when he ended up at Missouri unexpectedly. He struggled with the University of Oklahoma's rejection of him and moving farther away from his family.
In addition to the big offense, the Tigers got very effective pitching from starter Matt Stites who, making his 11th appearance of the season threw eight innings, giving up just six hits and surrendering only one run, a homer by Texas A&M catcher Kevin Gonzalez in the fifth. Stites struck out eight and ran his season record to 3-3 on the season. Dusty Ross pitched the ninth for MU, retiring the Aggies in order, although Stites said he wanted to keep going. "I tried to convince (assistant coach Matt) Hobbs to let me throw the ninth. They wouldn't have it," said Stites.■ Stites' gem helps Tigers claim series (Columbia Tribune)
Missouri controls its own destiny for a berth in the Big 12 Tournament, as the Wildcats, the Red Raiders and the Cornhuskers remain on the Tigers' schedule.
"We're not looking past Game 3 against A&M," Stites said. "We want the sweep in our hometown, and we just want everybody in the Big 12 to know that we're here."
■ Yea though I drive through the valley of death, I fear no evil (College Baseball Today)
Once again the Aggies must be letting somebody else wear their uniforms this weekend, dropping a second straight game to Missouri. But this time it was by a stunning 9-1 slapdown. A&M pitching has taken another black eye with Michael Wacha going 5.2 innings, giving up eight hits, nine runs (just four earned), three walks and one hit batsmen in what must be his worst effort of the season. The Aggie defense committed three errors, helping to explain the five unearned runs. Yuck!


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Community and Voluntary Support Conwy (CVSC) are holding two events to celebrate Trustees' Week in 2013. The workshops will both take place on the 5th of November 2013 at CVSC's office in Colwyn Bay. The two sessions will be delivered by Simon Boex, Manager of the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) in Wales. Light refreshments will be provided.
Date: Tuesday 5th November 2013
Venue: CVSC, 8 Riviere's Avenue, Colwyn Bay, Conwy, LL29 7DP.
Morning Session (09:30 - 12:30)
Topic: Being a better Trustee by using the free advice and guidance that is available
The morning workshop will examine some of the useful support, guidance and information available to Trustees from a variety of sources as well as introduce the new WCVA Governance Health Check. In this interactive workshop, participants will gain an understanding of the benefits to the health check and look at how they and their Trustees can better fulfil their role in regard to the organisation's reputation and accountability.
Afternoon Session (13:30 – 16:30)
Topic: Self-regulation of fundraising: Getting the most out of the FRSB Tick
Following on from this theme, the afternoon session will focus on the self-regulation of funding and compliance with the Code of Fundraising Practice. Using interactive exercises, participants will explore the importance of fundraising self-regulation as part of an organisation's quest for resources, and the significance of ensuring high standards to enable supporters to give with confidence.
The workshops are available for £10 each. If your organisation is a member of the FRSB, then you may attend the afternoon workshop free of charge, but you must still complete a booking form.
To request a booking form, please email email@example.com or call 01492 534091.


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Nye Watershed Partnership
Surfrider members are partnering with City of Newport, Oregon Coast Aquarium and other partners to monitor, source, and reduce bacterial contamination of Newport, Oregon beaches. On Nov 6, the Newport City Council unanimously passed a motion supporting the city's participation in this unique collaborative effort with Newport Chapter. Volunteers are researching options for DNA analysis of pollution sources, as well as education initatives and best management practices (BMPs) for addressing non-point sources. Blue Water Task Force testing by Newport Chapter has indicated significant levels of bacterial contamination of Nye Creek and Nye Beach. Thanks to Charlie P and Newport City Council/Staff for their leadership on this important effort.
Partnership for Monitoring, Sourcing, and Reducing Non-Point Source Bacterial Contamination of Newport Beaches
Task 1 Implement enhanced monitoring program for bacteria in Nye Creek (# sites, frequency, etc)
Task 2 Conduct DNA Analysis to determine source(s) of bacterial contamination
Task 3 Develop public education and outreach initiatives
Task 4 Implement Best Management Practices (BMPs) to address pollution sources


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by: SHEILA STOGSDILL World Correspondent
Friday, January 01, 2010
MIAMI, Okla. — A former Wyandotte band teacher charged with molesting two former students was held over for trial, court records show.
Brian Matthew Rash, 38, of Joplin, Mo., is charged in Ottawa County District Court in Miami with first-degree rape, first-degree attempted rape, four counts of rape by instrumentation and two counts of lewd and indecent proposal to a child. His preliminary hearing was held Monday, according to court records.
One victim, a now 21-year-old former band student, told authorities around 200 molestations occurred at Rash's residence, the Wyandotte School band room, Rash's van and hot tub, according to a probable cause affidavit. The first molestation occurred on out-of-town band trip where Rash supplied the 11-year-old victim with alcohol, the affidavit states.
Another victim, a now 22-year-old former band student, reported to authorities sexual misconduct activities with Rash when he was between ages 10 and 13, the affidavit states.
Rash was employed by Joplin Catholic School District from 1995 to 1997; Wyandotte Public School District from 1997 to 2000 and Neosho (Missouri) Public School District from 2000 to 2007.
He is being held on $650,000 bail and is set to return to court Jan. 15 for arraignment.
Police: Coach accused of sex abuse likely skipped out of U.S.
By: Scott McCabe
Examiner Staff Writer
December 31, 2009
A Little League baseball coach accused of molesting at least three of his players has fled the country and Fairfax police are asking for the public's help in bringing him to justice.
John E. Hamilton, 38, of Centreville, was scheduled to plead guilty in October to charges that would have put him behind bars for a long time. Instead, he failed to show up. Police believe Hamilton may have fled the country, and is hiding out in Denmark or Frankfurt, Germany.
His story was featured earlier this month on the television show "America's Most Wanted."
"We're hoping that anybody with knowledge about his whereabouts will come forward," said Fairfax County police officer Tawny Wright.
The investigation began earlier this year, when a 24-year-old man told police that he had been molested by his coach when he was 12, including in the parking lot of Carl Sandburg Middle School and at Hamilton's home.
The victim said seeing Hamilton with a young boy motivated him to come forward. Hamilton was arrested in May and at least two more young men have told authorities they had been abused by him, too.
Hamilton, who worked at his family's business, Wick's Sports Lettering in Alexandria, is listed as 6-foot-3, 285 pounds with hazel eyes and brown hair.
Readers of The Washington Examiner have helped authorities captured two fugitives this month and police are hoping they can come through again this week.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Solvers by phone at 866-411-TIPS (8477) or Detective Jeremy Hinson at 703-246-7523.
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More than ten months after the September 11 terrorists attacks, New Yorkers Monday ended the search for the remains of victims who lost their lives in the World Trade Center.
After the attack, rescue workers began sifting through a massive heap of debris from the demolished World Trade Center, in a desperate search for survivors. One day later, on September 12, the Fresh Kills landfill, the nation's largest garbage dump, which had been shut down earlier in the year, was reopened as a final stop for the rubble.
Equipped with special respirators, the recovery workers began examining the debris by hand with simple rakes. Later, a large conveyor was installed for the chilling task of spotting bone shards of victims.
Now, almost one year later, their effort has officially concluded. Recovery workers, victims' families and city officials marked the end of the search of remains in a ceremony at the Fresh Kills Landfill.
Speaking in front of a large hill of garbage, New York Governor George Pataki honored the workers who faced the foul odor daily to search for body parts, victims' possessions and criminal evidence. "First to the emergency service workers who have been here since September 11," he said, "we have to thank you for the courage you have shown and the sacrifices you have made under very difficult circumstances. You will never appreciate how much finding a wedding ring or a photo of a lost father means to those families."
By the end of the effort, workers had sifted through 1.6 million tons of debris from the World Trade Center. About 1,200 of the more than 2,800 victims of the attacks have been identified, many through DNA testing of body parts. One worker, Police Inspector James Luongo spoke of the seriousness of the task.
"We knew we were the last shot," Mr. Luongo said. "The work that was being done at the Trade Center site was being done very well. They were very dedicated. We knew that when we got it, it was the last chance to come up with whatever had to be come up with, and we have approached that task with that outlook from the very beginning."
Although the recovery period at the Fresh Kill landfill has formally drawn to a close, the city's medical examiner continues to try to identify victims from the nearly 20,000 body parts hauled away from the site.


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How To Make Own Ginger Beer That Treats Arthritis And Prevent Cancer
Ginger is very important ingredient for the holistic medicine and it is used to deal with some stomach issues, treat arthritis, reduce blood sugar levels or lowers the bad cholesterol. If you consume it regularly you will improve your overall health.
With ginger as main ingredient you can make ginger beer at home as a remedy that will reduce pain, fight against inflammation and even prevent cancer.
Many people claim that ginger helped them to remove the pain from the muscles, back and to relieve the chronic pain at patients who suffer from rheumatoid or degenerative arthritis. It also has great calming characteristics.
What do you need to prepare this ginger beer
- 200 gr. ginger
- 20 gr. sugar
- 1 slice from a lemon1 table spoon of natural honey
- couple of lime drops
- 450 ml. still water
- 120 ml. mineral water
How to prepare it:
Boil the still water in a large pot. Meanwhile, chop the ginger and add it into the boiling water. Cook it on low heat for five minutes and leave it rest for half an hour. Then strain the water. After this prepare the syrup.
In a cup of still water dissolve the sugar and boil it for 2 minutes. At the end serve yourself with the ginger beer. Put half cup of ginger water, one third of cup syrup and half cup mineral sparkling water.Season it with several lime juice drops and a tablespoon of organic honey. Lemon slice is for decoration.
You will be amazed by the health benefits of this ginger beer. It will relieve your stomach issues and improve the digestive system. It is also a good remedy when you have flu or cold. It will lower the high blood pressure and reduce the cholesterol levels. Ginger beer boosts the blood circulation and prevents cancer too.


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My life has changed "a lot" due to my spinal surgery. I've had to give up so much I have loved. I had to close my martial art school and quit teaching fitness. I will never be able to do the things I use to. That's the bad news.
They both add so much to my life.
Finding those things that make you happy is important. Sometimes you have to reach really deep to find what makes you happy but it's time well spent. I'm 61 and doing GREAT! You can do it too. Go find your bliss!!!
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Tenet vs. Tenant
Tenant /´te-nәnt/, n., is sometimes confused with tenet /´te-nәt/, n., though the difference in meaning between the two words is substantial and clear. Tenet is derived from the last name of the former director of the CIA, George Tenet, who famously and mistakenly said that finding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq would be a "slam dunk"; the word now refers to any similar gaffe involving inaccurate advice or unjustified confidence. A tenant is a renter of an apartment or house, not the mice or roaches that occupy the domicile, though the renter's furtive movements and preference for the dark may mimic the behaviors of his or her rodential and insectile cohabitants.


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New New Project
Thanks for the suggestions for modifying the bobble sweater, but I've had to scrap it for now. I was getting the right gauge with the yarn I was using, but the fabric was too loose. So, this yarn is destined to be another sweater, and the bobble sweater returns to the future project pile, awaiting a more suitable yarn.
The new new project is an aran cardigan from Sirdar's "Relax in Aran." It's more traditional than trendy, and I can't wait to wear it. I'm knitting it in a light dusty blue colour, and am about halfway up the back. Haven't yet decided whether to use blue buttons (navy would be nice!) or wood buttons. I'm trying to do one pattern repeat a day, but will probably slow down next week since I do have two more exams.
Yarn Store Anecdotes
I went to my LYS on Friday after the dreaded economics exam to find a pattern that my yarn liked better, and while browsing around overheard a horrible exchange between some hideous woman and the polite but harassed employee. The woman had, like me, already purchased yarn, and wanted a simple vest pattern to knit for her granddaughter. She wanted the employee to whip up a pattern on the spot based on her yarn and to fit her (not present) granddaughter. When the employee explained that wouldn't be possible, the woman got huffy and said that the yarn store she used to shop at did this for her all the time. The employee then spent about ten minutes looking through the extensive pattern collection for a suitable vest, at which point the Evil Woman explained she was actually looking for a sleeveless top, not a vest. To her credit, the employee switched gears and started looking for a sleeveless top, and actually found one. However, it was in a booklet of several patterns, and since Evil Woman didn't want to knit the rest of the patterns in the booklet and didn't want to pay for the booklet (which was like $6, btw), she left empty-handed.
I approached the employee, promising to be less obnoxious than the previous customer. She laughed, saying "Oh, then it wasn't just me!" and cheerfully helped me with my request. We chatted about knitting designers, she raved to me about Viking Knits, gave me a discount, suggested I take her finishing class, and when I left the store we were both smiling. I am SO GLAD I have never worked in retail!
I almost forgot the best part. I was outside the store on my rollerblades, taking my flip-flops out of my bag, when this tiny little boy walked out of the store with his mom. "Mom, why is she taking out her sandals?" he asked, staring at me. "Because I can't go in the store with wheels on," I replied, though the question had not been addressed to me. "Why does she want to go into the store?" he continued. "Because I want to make a sweater," I said. "But there's just YARN in the there," he answered, confused. At this point, his mom jumped in. "You knit a sweater out of yarn," she explained. "You know how to KNIT?!" he asked, incredulously. I answered in the affirmative. "Mommy, why is she taking her socks off?" "Because you don't wear socks with flip-flops, honey." "Those are flip-flops? Flip flops! Flip flops!" he repeated to himself as she dragged him away. So cute. But at this stage of my life, I'd rather have a dog. A German Long-Haired Pointer like Rufus, who sadly lives 2 provinces away with my parents.
Not Rufus, but looks a lot like him*
*Sorry 'bout the non-knitting content, but I have to counteract all these silly cat posts I keep seeing -laugh-.


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Well, I have...
Figure 1.0: Taking Something Horrible and Making It Worse
Don't worry - At the moment this is nothing more than a stupid picture and a hunk of protoboard jammed into the top of an unsuspecting Arduino. Implementing a floppy drive controller in software would be a bit of a challenge, however there is no reason it couldn't be done; though some(most) would argue it shouldn't.
For some reason floppy drives make me smile whenever I see them. I'm not sure whether it's their uselessly small data storage capacity or that satisfying "ka-chunck" sound when loading a diskette into a drive, but there's something there that you just can't get with USB flash drives.


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Here are three facts about Dolce and Gabbana:
1. The duo met in 1980 when they were working as assistants in an atelier in Milan. They decided to join forces sometime in 1983 and the Dolce & Gabbana label was born.
2. The duo is business partners as well as romantic partners in real life. They broke up in February 2005 but eventually got back together in 2008.
3. Their fondness for black in their designs is inspired by the dress of the peasants and gangsters of Sicily. However, they also mix contradictory collection of fabrics and influences.
Nothing beats black. It's the color of elegance.
It's requires creativity to be able to wear undergarments as outer garments. Or should undergarments remain as such?
These are great alternatives in wearing suit.
Beige is the color of the rich.
The best way to wear polka dots? I never thought breaking the rule would work as best. Animal print and polka dots are perfect together.
The best way to wear shade of green.
G&B might be fond with black and gray but once they play with bright colors, they just bring perfection.
And they can work with flowers too.


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I'm not going to explain where I've been or what I've been doing. It's boring. I lead a boring life.
Nope. Tonight it's all about veggies. I'm a member of a CSA. Each Tuesday I briefly leave work to go pick up my weeks worth of veggies. After work, I take my veggies home, put them in the fridge and do nothing with them until I have to throw them away because they've gone bad, spoiled, wilted, whatever. I really do like vegetables. However, I work until 7:30pm and by the time I get home, I don't feel like cooking.
At least that's what I tell myself.
Throwing away beautiful, locally grown veggies is neither fit nor frugal.
So, for the past two weeks, I've been trying to be a good girl and eat all my veggies. Actually, I've been trying to at least clean the vegetable to eliminate one excuse for not using them. I'm doing better, but it's a lot of food for just one person.
Today's haul was huge! Turnips, green beans, wax beans, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, broccoli and a small bunch of basil.
There was also a bunch of onions but I despise onions so those went to a coworker.
Oh and there's also blueberries and raspberries but those are never, ever, around long enough to go bad. Ever.
I got a little carried away with my food prep plans tonight. My dinner ended up being an odd assortment of very good veggies.
First up...tomatoes....basil....this screams caprese salad! Yum!
Next came three bean salad. It needs to chill a bit but it was still very good.
Finally, roasted turnip fries with Parmesan cheese. I've never cooked with turnips before so I checked out some recipes. I decided to start with the recipe that included cheese for my first attempt at turnips because it had cheese. These were good. They didn't get crisp, except for the cheese, but they were tasty. They have a little bite. Nothing too strong, but definitely there.
Overall it was a very tasty dinner.
Weird but tasty.
Hopefully my body won't reject the overload of veggies. It's already craving something familiar, something comforting. I believe it's time for some peanut butter. I'll call it dessert.


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Hey Peeps! Here I am Last Minute Lucy.... lol I wanted to play along again this week at The Paper Loft. Sketch Challenge #2 is a doozie!!! :)
I used some of my paper from The "Scattered Pine" collection: Scrub Oak Valley and "Gentler Times" collection: Party Line.
A Bit of Burlap frayed ribbon and some new Embossing Folders from Stampin' Up called Chevron and Clouds and the GORGEOUS stamp called Swallow Tail. I colored it sporadically,wanting to keep with the rustic look of the papers, with Tim Holtz Rusty Hinge Distress Ink and my waterpen. The Swallow Tail was fussy cut and then the wings were "distressed" with my bone folder giving them flight!
Paper Loft Sketch Challenge #2
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Being employed at a retailer of books, any given customer enters our store from out of the winter's cold with a title scribbled on a piece of paper or pulled up on their smartphone. I am shown these titles or provided clues for their discovery, often out of reach of the customer's own memory. The numerous tables in the store that we must navigate through as we head off are full of newer books with covers designed so successfully that one may judge and be in the right to have judged its content by the affixed label. Tote bags and novelties are grabbed on the way to or back from the title we find, and brought to the registers. I have little doubt that sidelined merchandise sales are just at or greater than what we sell in paper.
A little more than half the time, their book lies on one of these tables of - a "best of","recently arrived" or "featured in." We have a table for nearly every section in the bookstore. And yet, there is a corner with little of this effulgence, a number of shelves left to leather-bound tomes with gilted edges and dusty mass market paperbacks, Library of America hardbacks and the unassuming Modern Library & Everyman's Library editions. It is a corner I look toward when my eyes have been all abuzz and ablaze with the maddening colors, graphics and blurb-ridden outsides of the books that may, or may not, make the cut this season for gift-able "readers." I print out a gift receipt if there is any hesitancy that they (or the gifted) will not.
I would direct every customer to that "Classics Corner" if each one were so inclined to choose something overlooked in their elementary, high school, or college days. Perhaps even discarding their bias over Silas Marner or their old, sick feeling looking at the size of Moby Dick - they'd discover the lasting joy and critical interest of a previous century of reading. If I am asked what I'd recommend, it's usually something that has been out for a decade or several decades - that's my own bias. Whether a bookstore employee has personally reviewed the book themselves at times holds little empirical importance over whether or not it is placed in hand and kept there, warm, until the checkout line. Rather, it needs to be available now, so being desired by a loved one; or it's a prize winner, perhaps being just been heard about "on the wind," i.e. The New York Times. What shines of a newer veneer sells better than what age has deemed of a stronger, lasting quality.
So why not repackage and redesign? In fact, the NYRB is doing a good job of bringing us back to the sense of a book as having some value in itself, or a value that outlasts its current praise or past praise with a minimum of dressing. Even their editions could reign in design choices, keeping closer to solid colors, a welfare of detail, and few to no words of recommend. This bookseller-by-day handles hundreds of transactions and harbors just as many experiences of customer service to prove a hypothesis like the above to the most seasoned distributor, editor, or author. You learn to recognize the difference in selling a book and having sold someone a product.
In prefacing the discussion of my third book in hand, Jane Langton's The Diamond in the Window, with this experience of holiday book selling (with more than a little undertone of frustration) I wanted to highlight the difference between books as objects to be read or admired and books that provide reading experiences. The reading experience is central to Langton's novel for the young-in-spirit, and half-way through this novel there is enough indication that the immediate desire to have an item of worth is not half as valuable as the experience of searching for value in itself.
Set in Concord, Massachusetts, a hundred or so years after Thoreau, Emerson and Alcott's days, two young persons of Walden Street begin an adventure. Eleanor and Edward live with their Uncle Freddy and Aunt Lily. The former is an eccentric home dweller who speaks to his busts of the ancients Henry and Waldo, while the latter is a spinster who cannot make enough in piano lessons for her family to pay back taxes on their house. The children find this out without their guardians knowing so, and a small fear that their unsightly home will be torn down is born in their minds and hearts. Soon after, as they play across from their dank home, they notice that their attic must support an even higher room, when they spy a window they've never looked through. They discover the former room of their Aunt Lily's brother and sister Ned & Nora (psycho-spiritual doubles), who vanished along with a childhood friend from the East, Prince Krishna. Already, we find references to the 19th century Transcendentalists and their literary/religious sources.
As the search for treasure consumes their thoughts and guides their hands to turn over everything in the attic room, they decide to sleep there in the light of the diamond-shaped window. The window, which holds a poem whose stanzas are clues, gathers a different light each evening. Their dreams take on a different form, each night existing within and without the former belongings of their forgotten aunt, uncle, and family friend. Langton does an amazing job of creating a universe of connection over space and time that links the adventures of the dreaming children with the disappearance of the 3 persons dear to the Hall family. It is this compass of proportions as a guide and the dichotomy of dream/waking, past/present, west/east, that creates an inviting tension that the reader can't help but see through to resolve - especially with the impending date of their eviction from their own home.
The most interesting character in the novel is Uncle Freddy, the eccentric who is later re-instated as Professor Frederick T. Hall - after nearly being sent to the madhouse. He transitions from quotation to realization, from an obliviousness to the reality of their town to playing a key role in the celebration of Concord's historic past in the Revolutionary War. The thin line between what is sane and insane is tipped in the affirming direction, not because that's how he is able to fit into the society that would deny him, but because his mind is in-firmed by the teachings of men that would be his freedom. Even the Transcendentalists are transcended. Penultimately, a school is founded and a book to be written collaborated on between Professor Hall and Prince Krishna is begun (title unknown: perhaps something on the Bhagavad Gita's concept of liberation and its place in American thought after Thoreau?). Knowledge is pursued, not money, and what was lost, retrieved.
This book was cherished by both myself and to whom I read it aloud. Her mother loaned us the book and now that it is finished, I have an obligation to return it. But as we finished it and knew we had to send it back through the mail, I had this horrible feeling of anger at not having been gifted the book. It was acute and sharp, directed at her mother, and I thought about how I couldn't keep the object. Not until I could step back and observe my feelings did it occur how little I was able to take into my consciousness the teachings of The Diamond in the Window, every innocent, wise and loving word. Thinking myself no better experiencing this than anyone feeling an inclination towards one text or another at the bookstore, whatever the condition, I felt a deeper remorse-of-conscience for our kind in general. I caught my selfish attitude only upon self-reflection, though this brought me to the central teaching of Langton's book, which occurs in the chapter titled "The Chambered Nautilus." Seek out this book from your library, your local bookstore or a loved one, to find this jewel of Truth.


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ROOT AMERICANA / APPALACHIAN Today I went a wandering high atop Mount Vernon. On my walk, I crossed a little plant peeking from the grasses. Unremarkable by any modern standard of beauty, it stood nestled quietly amongst the vast flora and fauna of central Ohio. "Who are you little plant?" I said, to no answer. "Who … Continue reading 2018 Summer CSA – July
The 2018 Finished Product Herb CSA is Here!
Interested in joining our informative, incorrigible, and indubitably interesting monthly finished product herb CSA? The herb share from Bailiwick Farm provides a supply of five handcrafted herbal products, picked up or shipped to you once a month for four months. These items can be paired together or used individually to add spice throughout the month. … Continue reading The 2018 Finished Product Herb CSA is Here!
Elderberry Lore…
As we're at the height of cold and flu season, I've lately been pondering elderberry and the etymology of the name. etymonline.com gives us this definition: "type of berry tree, c. 1400, from earlier ellen, from Old English ellæn, ellærn "elderberry tree," origin unknown, perhaps related to alder, which at any rate might be the … Continue reading Elderberry Lore…
curiouser and curiouser…
Apparently, we have wild mushrooms cropping up everywhere! The weather has been just perfect for their propagation; i.e. wet, damp, and cold. No complaints, though, not when I am greeted by these fantastic fungi on my walk with Puck. Out front by the mulch pile, these itty bitty little guys stretch across a solid 30-foot … Continue reading curiouser and curiouser…
Happy Ending
February 2016 Winter CSA: _____________________________________________________________________ Hello Herb Folk! The final month of the Winter CSA is here. Josh & I sincerely hope you enjoyed being part of our first Winter CSA project! Please let us know how we did. Was there anything you did or did not absolutely enjoy? Was there anything we could … Continue reading Happy Ending
Food is Thy Medicine
January 2016 Winter CSA Newsletter: Once again we find ourselves in a new year. We find ourselves in the year 2016. We find ourselves in the future. With all the hustle and bustle of the modern world, computerized pings and dings, whirling ghizzmometers and technological tomfoolery, we avail ourselves to all manner of viruses. This … Continue reading Food is Thy Medicine
December Fog Newsletter
If you are anything like the Wentworth-Kuhn family, the Holidays begin with a wee drop of the creature, and end in a blur. This month's contribution is dedicated to the cause of, and solution to all life's problems. Included in your parcel: Low Down Bitters Oatmeal Lavender Soap with Deck Bloody Mary Soup Mix Angelica … Continue reading December Fog Newsletter
December Fog
Hi Herb Folks! Hope you enjoyed the December's parcel! In December we included, from left to right: Oatmeal Lavender Soap w/ Soap Deck, Bloody Mary Soup Mix, Lavender Cocktail Syrup, Low Down Bitters, Angelica Sugar and of course, the newsletter. Keep your eyes on the post, for your January parcel is on it's way!
November 2015 Winter CSA
Hi Folks! Just wanted to share a quick pic of last month's CSA parcel. Josh & I like the secrecy of not posting what's in the box until after everyone has had a chance to receive it! Here's November: Included in this parcel: Holy Basil Tea Blend, Arnica Rub, Elderberry Sauce, Bwok & Buzz Soap, two … Continue reading November 2015 Winter CSA
Where the Sidewalk Ends – Week 8 of the 2015 Herb CSA
ALICE She drank from a bottle called DRINK ME And she grew so tall, She ate from a plate called TASTE ME And down she shrank so small. And so she changed, while other folks Never tried nothin' at all. Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein In this … Continue reading Where the Sidewalk Ends – Week 8 of the 2015 Herb CSA


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This Corn, Avocado, and Tomato Salad is a fresh and light side dish perfect for summer. Grill the corn for a little extra something special.
We try to teach our kids the value of money. They earn an allowance by doing chores throughout the week.
Today, I looked out the kitchen window to see my son spraying sunblock in the air like tropical air freshener.
All I saw was a mist of dollar bills – that stuff is liquid gold. Lesson fail.
Speaking of wasting money, I'm pretty sure the ice cream truck guy is stalking us.
I swear he pulls his van up to our house and turns up his carnival music. It puts me in an awkward position.
I look like the grumpy mom if I deny my kids, who are jumping up and down in front of the truck, ice cream in this blasted heat.
Even though my kids use their own money they've earned, the prices are ridiculously high.
I give in every once in a while…immediately followed by a lecture about how you can buy a whole carton of ice cream for the same price that the ice cream truck charges for one.
We have a freezer full of said ice cream but the allure of a colorfully painted truck driven by a creepy guy is for some reason much more appealing to them.
This salad can be summed up in one word. FRESH.
Fresh off-the-ear corn, fragrant tomatoes, and perfectly ripe avocados – firm but creamy.
You could use frozen corn here but why not take advantage of the fresh corn available right now.
It's all tossed in a lime and cilantro dressing for a bright and summer infused side dish.
I had this Corn, Avocado, and Tomato Salad recipe at a friend's house this week for a BBQ and I knew that I would be making it as soon as I could get the chance.
It's best to let the flavors blend in the fridge for a little bit for the most flavor.
- 2 cups cooked corn , fresh or frozen (see Note)
- 1-2 avocados , cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes , halved
- 1/2 cup finely diced red onion
- Dressing:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon grated lime zest
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Combine the corn, avocado, tomatoes and onion in a large glass bowl. Mix together the dressing ingredients in another bowl, pour over the salad, and gently toss to mix. Chill salad for an hour or two to let flavors blend.
Fresh corn is really best to use here. Cut it off the ear and boil it for 3-4 minutes to cook it and for even more flavor grill it and get those nice toasty kernels!
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A bunch of Banana, 15-18 May 2014
Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre at Naul, Co. Dublin, and to Paul Lee of Musiclee.ie for reminders of the brief tour of Ireland by Lowell 'Banana' Levinger (USA; photo, right), beginning tonight. The full dates in the tour are:
Thurs. 15th: Colfer's, Carrig-on-Bannow, Co. Wexford
Fri. 16th: Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre, Naul, Co. Dublin, 8.30 p.m.
Sat. 17th: Highway Inn, Crusheen (near Ennis), Co. Clare, with special guest Ron Kavana; €12
Sun. 18th: DC Music Club (Dublin Conservative Club premises), 20 Camden Row, Dublin 2 (Musiclee.ie show)
'Banana' has an impressive CV in several genres of Americana music, including a part in two albums by the premier California traditional bluegrass band High Country, and playing with such artists as David Grisman and Ry Cooder. More details, including performance videos (one of them a fine version of 'The cuckoo', with clawhammer banjo), are on the Clare Gigs website. He was a featured guest performer at the European World of Bluegrass (EWOB) Festival in the Netherlands a couple of years ago.
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Time and again, the Taunton product has entered his name in the school's record book.
Taunton's Steve Smith has made his mark at Bridgewater State College.
His Bridgewater State College baseball career began on March 11, 2005 with a 2-for-4 performance against Washington College.
That is how Steve Smith of Taunton got one of the best four-year offensive runs in the history of the BSC program going.
More than 140 games after that successful debut in Cocoa, Fla., Smith is the owner of six of the Bears' career records — hits, doubles, extra-base hits, total bases, RBI and at-bats.
He enters the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference tournament this week with a .415 career average and has started all 145 games BSC has played in four seasons.
"I would put him right there with Kevin O'Leary and Ed Grueter as the top hitters we've had since I've been here," said Bears coach Rick Smith, who has been with the program since 1990. "He has been a very, very good hitter."
The left fielder had at least 48 hits in each of his four seasons, and his average was below .400 only once (.380 in 2006).
With 225 hits, Smith has broken the record of 215, established by Grueter from 1988-91, accomplishing the feat in a game against the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth last week.
Smith has 54 doubles, 21 more than the record that had been set by Grueter, and his 76 extra-base hits are 22 more than Jay Doherty had from 1989-92.
The total bases record that was Grueter's (293) also now belongs to Smith (337), and he smashed the RBI record held by Kyle Kupiec (125 from 1990-93), getting 160. Smith has 542 at-bats, breaking the record set from 1994-97 by Brian Desantes (506).
"It's a good feeling," said Smith of being in the record book so many times. "I never really thought about it until last year when I got a couple of records and I knew I had a chance to get some more.
"The individual accomplishments are great, but I just want to win. This is my last year and I haven't been to the NCAA tournament. I'd much rather have an NCAA championship than any of those records."
The Bears (22-13) open the MASCAC tourney at top-seeded Westfield State Thursday afternoon, needing the conference title to get a berth in the NCAAs.
For Smith, playing in the national tournament would be the capper to a career that has been remarkable.
The 2003 Taunton High School graduate transferred to BSC prior to the '05 season after spending a year-and-a-half at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers.
Smith was redshirted at the Div. 2 school during the 2004 season, then left the program and returned home, making a connection with BSC.
"I wanted to go down south and get out of the cold and play in the warm weather," said Smith. "I figured if I went down there, I could better myself, but it didn't work out.
"I'm a little disappointed that it didn't work out, but not because of baseball, because of the friends I made, and I still stay in touch with them. My baseball career up here has been great. I can't complain about that at all.
"I'm happy here. The coaching staff has been great to me. I couldn't ask for anything better. It's been a great four years here."
Smith instantly made a name for himself as a freshman at BSC by getting at least one hit in all 39 games while batting .445, going 69-for-155 with a .697 slugging percentage. That earned Smith a spot on the Div. 3 All-America third team and he was the MASCAC rookie of the year.
The three-time All-MASCAC selection had a hit in the first game of his sophomore year, and the 40-game hitting streak is the longest ever by a college player in all divisions at the start of a career.
"He set the benchmark for himself right away with that hitting streak," said Rick Smith. "We had seen him play in high school and knew he was a very good player. When he came back from Florida to play here, it was like, 'This is fantastic to get him for four years.' "
After sitting out the 2004 season as a redshirt, Smith was eager to play again, and his hot start to the '05 season never ended.
"I wanted to definitely prove something after going to Florida and expecting to do something there," said Smith. "I came back here and I wanted to prove I could play at the college level.
"It was pretty exciting to start my career like that. I didn't expect that to happen. I think what helped was when I went to Florida, the competition was better than I had been used to. I was going against pitching in batting practice that was something I'd never seen before.
"They showed me a lot of different techniques that I wasn't aware of and I brought it back with me and the coaches here helped me stay on track.
"Going against Div. 2 pitching every day, then coming back here, it was really a help for me. Everything fell into place for me that year. I had a good swing, I was seeing the ball and we had a lot of good hitters that year."
Smith didn't get as many good pitches to hit as a sophomore when he batted .380, though he had 54 hits in 40 games. He climbed to .425 as a junior and enters the MASCAC tourney this week hitting .409 with 54 hits, including 16 doubles, and 38 RBI.
After striking out 16 times as a freshman, Smith has fanned only 19 times in 387 at-bats since.
"He struck out five times this year, and when he did, he looked horrendous because he had gotten fooled," said Rick Smith. "He was looking for one pitch and got another. That doesn't happen often.
"He adjusts, and that's what makes him a good hitter. You can fool him once with a pitch, but he'll come back and adjust."
The proof can be found in the BSC record book, where Steve Smith has left his name.


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Molecular Future
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Tim Gallagher shared an article from Pocket: Pharmaceutical Scouts Seek New Star Drugs for Cancer, Diabetes
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Here's a view inside drug partnering, with the main point being that Big Pharma is much more open to collaboration. That isn't news to most, but still good personal insights in the article. I'm surprised, though at one of the stats in the article: 33% of all Big Pharma leads are in-licensed. Put another way, 2/3rds of all Big Pharma programs are still internally sourced. That doesn't seem right - internal discovery in Big Pharma seems to me to have shrunken to a minority activity - maybe 25% of all big Pharma R&D. What's your impression?
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Back from JAOO
I have just attended the jaoo conference in Århus. It's always great fun to hear clever people talk about things they think is cool.
What seems to be the thing is MDA (Model Driven Architecture) or DSL (Domain Specific Languages), which in many ways are the same thing. Even MS have considered these in their comming version of Visual Studio .Net. The DSL Tools of VS.Net is certainly something I have to give a closer look.
Another technology that fascinated me was JXTA, which is an open protocol for p2p. It was related to enterprise architecture as a way of maintaining nodes of your own application cluster. I must try this in some petproject. The reference implementation is in Java.
AJAX.Net enables you to meta-tag your .Net methods to be exposed to your javscript running in the browser. Although we have been using AJAX for almost 5 years now, this approach would remove some of the complexity for the programmer.
My mind is exploding with ideas, but it is probably going to take a while before I am allowed to use workhours and real projects to realise them.


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Pets at Home, Poundland Float
Latest Retailers to Float in London
LONDON—Pets at Home Group PLC and Poundland Group PLC floated on the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday, becoming the latest U.K. retailers to take advantage of investors' strong appetite for initial public offerings.
Pets at Home, which sells pet supplies, priced its IPO at 245 pence ($4.07) a share—in the middle of its range—giving it a market capitalization of £1.23 billion ($2.04 billion). Its shares fell slightly to 241 pence a share in early trading....


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Friday, July 30, 2010
Dangerous Heat This Weekend !!!
A large and very hot high pressure system is building into the deep south and will create dangerously high temps for the weekend ! Highs are forecast to reach the low 100's and lows in the upper 70s. Rain chances are slim and any showers that do form will only provide a little relief from the heat. Please remember to check on folks that may not have ways to stay cooler and remember to drink plenty of fluids and avoid the outdoors especially during the afternoon hours. The tropics are still slowly trying to come alive and we will continue to monitor a few tropical waves in the Atlantic and the Caribbean for any signs of intensification. Have a great weekend and stay cool !! Rex
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|Fr. Jozo Zovko
Father Jozo is going to serve in Zagreb
by Jakob Marschner on Nov 30, 2011
World-famous Medjugorje priest Fr. Jozo Zovko relocates from Austria to Croatia. From December or early next year he will live in the Franciscan monastery in Zagreb. Fr. Jozo has all the usual rights of a priest but has accepted not to talk about Medjugorje in public until the Vatican Commission has finished its work.
Before long Fr. Jozo Zovko will again be able to greet his Franciscan brothers in Croatian when he meets them in his home monastery....More http://www.medjugorjetoday.tv/3753/father-jozo-is-going-to-serve-in-zagreb/


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Muir Island is a small island off of the northern coast of Scotland. Muir Island's significance stems from the fact that it is the home of Earth's largest and most comprehensive mutant research complex, the Mutant Research Center, founded by Dr. Moira MacTaggert.[1]
Originally, she created the facility to help her son, Kevin (a.k.a. Proteus), an extremely powerful and destructive mutant.
Muir Island's facility holds a wealth of knowledge on various mutants, their abilities, and other mutant-related issues and concerns (such as the Legacy Virus). It was also once the home base of the X-Men spin-off superhero team Excalibur.
Mutant research facility partially sponsored by Professor X, held mutant criminals as needed.
The island and its research center have come under attack by many villains, including Magneto, the Acolytes, the Shadow King, Galactus, and Proteus. The island's facilities were destroyed during the Muir Island Saga. Although rebuilt, the Muir Island Genetic Research Center was destroyed again in an attack by Mystique and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
Alternate Realities
X-Men Films (Earth-10005)
In the second X-Men movie, X2, Stryker's computer displays a desktop folder labeled "Muir Island". In a scene of the third X-Men movie, X-Men: The Last Stand, Professor X shows a video of Moira MacTaggert on Muir Island.
X-Men: The Animated Series (Earth-92131)
Muir Island has made appearances in several episodes of X-Men: The Animated Series.
X-Men Legends (Earth-7964)
Muir Island appears in the X-Men Legends role playing game as a level map.
House of M (Earth-58163)
Muir Island was destroyed after Moira MacTaggert began developing a cure for the Mutant Gene to help her son Kevin.
See Also
- Appearances of Muir Island
- Minor Appearances of Muir Island
- Media Muir Island was Mentioned in
- Location Gallery: Muir Island
- Images related to Muir Island
- Marvel Staff members who were born in Muir Island


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Yesterday I was delighted to get some time for art day! It was great that the lesson we're workign on simply started with doodles. I've been really surprised by so much of what's going on with me creatively right now - and I'll share more on stART!
Art Day! It was really interesting to do this art day ness, I'm still settling on which face to use or if I want to keep making more potato heads, but so far this one it quite in the lead for the running.
I ended up deleting the Damn the Man blog but I just haven't had the heart to write on my suzieridler blog. It's just too associated with the past. So much change is coming for me and I want to really embrace it and document it. All of it starting off with the move and then my life out west. I am hoping to continue crafting and getting involved in the geek culture out there. Fingers crossed. So I created my latest blog Crafter Geek & Freak.


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I am averaging 2 posts a month on this blog... I really thought I would have more time to maintain it but it has been a busy summer! July came and went in a flash, with VBS for 2 weeks, Kai Kai at Aqua camp for one week and some family time in between there. The kids are having a great summer. We have been in the pool almost every afternoon... their swimming and comfort level in the water has improved drastically from the beginning of the summer. I decided that August would be a chill out month.. nothing planned, a loose schedule. I still try and structure the day somewhat, more for me and my sanity than anything else.
Our curricula is slowly arriving..we had our first 2 boxes from Sonlight.. I wanted to start reading all the books with the kids immediately...but I showed restraint. The are now labled and place back in the box.. out of sight/ out of mind for now! The next shipment will be CBD and I am really excited to get that. That will be all of the Horizons stuff... LiLi's preschool program & Kai Kia's math and language books. Once they arrive I will start putting together a daily schedule but we probably wont start until the middle of September.. I want to enjoy every last drop of summer!!
Other than the kids and homeschool prep, I am busy preparing for our church's relocation of the Sunday service.. we currently, due to space restraints have 3 services on a Sunday but on September 6th we will be moving to a new location and have one joint service... for me that means relocating the church nursery. At first the task seemed overwhelming (and still does when I start trying to do it in my own strength) but God continues to lead and guide me... I came across these verses this morning:
2 Chr 16:7-9
7 At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him: "Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand. 8 Were not the Cushites and Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen ? Yet when you relied on the LORD, he delivered them into your hand. 9 For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war."
Who am I relying on? If I am not relying on God then he cannot help me. Am I fully committed to God? My prayer is that I will continue to rely on the LORD and thus avoid foolish decisions. I pray that my commitment to Him will be evident in all that I do, so that He recieves the honour and glory due Him!


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Here are some of my favourite quotes from my recent read
#3: Body & Soul By Stacey Kade. Click here to read my review.
#3: Body & Soul By Stacey Kade. Click here to read my review.
Please note that some of the quotes may lead your mine to wander and stumble upon some spoilers.
1. "At least Madame Selena had her own building…about sixteen inches from the edge of the highway, but still. And she had a turban. Say what you will, but it certainly added an air of mystery to her, like what, exactly, she was hiding under it."
2. "I know who you are, no matter what you look like," he said quietly, surprising me.
3. "It's called a near-death experience. You should try it sometime," I said sweetly. "Maybe without the 'near'."
4. My mouth fell open, and I swear, I got chills. He'd actually done it. He'd told his mom no. Somewhere along the line, Will Killian had grown a mother-proof spine.
5. "My shirt is gray," I pointed out. "You've expanded my fashion horizons dramatically. I wear three colours now."
6. "Just thinking." "Why start now?"


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Darn you Jorg!
Well, talk about the invasion of the 'friggen slingshots.. They're everywhere..
So thanks to Jorg (and Boyntonstu to an extent) I'd set out on building myself a new slingshot.
I have every piece machined (just finished at 10:20 PM..) and I'll MIG weld it together tomorrow morning. I could have got it done a bit quicker but I decided to take my time with hardened SS to make it last.
On the draw strength..no clue. It's rubber for hand spears (skinfishing), and has a nice pull strength to it. It's braced ('aint I naughty?) so I don't end up with wrist problems before 20.. I'll post build pictures tomorrow.
Anyone else been bitten by the slingshot bug? Any thoughts on ammo? Lead for density or steel for hardness?
I was bitten by this bug about 6 or so years ago. Except, I just bought one. I used it to shoot sqwerrels* and rabbits with. I used steel ball bearings or marbles. I even played an outlaw paintball game with it.
*Hotwired's favourite deliberate mis-spelling of the then
I never thought about building one though. Good luck with yours.
i used 30 cal steel balls they make them for slingshot ammo i use them to take down iqunas how ever u spell it the big green lizerds they are every where in florida no nautral preadters so there million on high ways and back yard we are supposed to kill them it the law
I actually read that entire sentence in one breath.
Hey me too!
I'm surprised he's made it to 287 posts without being flamed for lack of punctuation. Congratulations twizi!
I believe I have caught the bug as well. Jorg has made some interesting sling shots and I am especially interested in what boyntonstu is experimenting with. The idea of mechanical acceleration using pulleys, rubber, string, and levers is very cool. It makes me want to try different techniques out. Also It'd be cool to see Brian the brain's crossbow contraption come to life.
Haha, Yeah I gave up trying to get through to people like twizi. It's like trying to yell through a steel blast door, not happening...
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ive got a barnett cobra and they are very nice slingshots but i need a new band.
I visit occasionally to make unrelated posts.
Why is there a spear on the front of that slingshot?
Nope. It is a stabilzer, meant to reduce the shaking of the hand, steadying the weapon for better accuracy.
Makes no sense, helps very little and turns a slingshot into a boat anchor.
It looks like a stabilizer!
Google it and see.
That made me laugh.
I've been bitten by the bug as well. A few days ago after I watched one of Joerg's videos I was motivated to fix the broken band on my slingshot. I braided a few strips of bike tire inner tube and it worked out fairly well, but it's just a temporary replacement so I don't go crazy waiting for some surgical tubing.
It's hard to soar with eagles when you're working with turkeys.
To stab people with duhh!
I visit occasionally to make unrelated posts.
But isn't that why they put a wrist wrap on it?
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Iraq - where we have too much to lose if we leave,
and too much to lose if we stay.
Better Late Than... Ten mayors and 17 other high-ranking officials, including an aide to the governor of Michoacan, have been arrested on drug-trafficking charges. President Calderon was shocked. Shocked.
Credit Where It's Overdue: JP Morgan claims credit card losses at subsidiary WaMu may reach 24%. But is someone playing games with the numbers?
Economists Say Recovery Sighted... Just think how high the Dow would go if the US lost only 500,000 jobs a month. Or if houses lost only 12% y/y in value, instead of 18.7%. Or if home-owner's equity melted away at only $250 billion a month instead of $400 billion. What a wonderful world it would be...
Downer: US Army Chief of Staff General George Casey (to give credit where credit is due), says the Pentagon is prepared to occupy Iraq for another ten years. A SOFA is something to sit on.
Fraternal Twins: The US economy and the US stock market are two entirely different creatures living more or less under the same roof. Stocks are looking up, the economy is not.
Hide In Plain Sight: Banks are keeping 70% of REO houses - perhaps half a million - off the market. In addition, some 15+ million homeowners would like to sell their houses "if the market improves." These inventories should keep housing prices depressed for years.
Interesting: The ongoing rise in Treasury yields threatens both the stock market and whatever stirring of recovery are abroad in the land. The tightrope walk begins.
Skinny Dipping: If the melt-rate of Greenland's ice sheet keeps increasing at 7% a year - as it has for the last decade - sea levels along North America's Atlantic coast will raise by 12 to 20 inches more than the overall increase in sea levels worldwide.
Either/Or: A new report claims a new oil price shock is inevitable and could come as early as 2010 or as late as 2013. Others see it differently.
Rinse Cycle: The US may be 'surging' troops into Afghanistan, but they'll be playing catch-up. The Taliban has become the effective government in much of northern Afghanistan. Among other signs of their control is the disbandment of schools for girls - at least 10 have shut down in the Kunduz area alone. The Taliban are certainly despicable to civilized eyes, but they are winning.
Well, Duh? Some are just now realizing that people with underwater mortgages on unsaleable homes that are losing value aren't out shopping for a bigger, more expensive place. Soon they'll begin to suspect that "moving-up" has moved out.
Matchbox Collection: When I was a kid I collected matchbox replicas of famous cars. Now, as a taxpayer, I'm collecting the companies that made those classic cars.
Shocking Stockings: Those elasticized stockings they make you wear in the hospital, the ones that are supposed to prevent blood clots - don't. At least not when given to stroke patients to prevent clot formation.
If/Then : In a shocking turn of events, the IRS acknowledged that tax revenue has fallen right along with taxpayer income. Revenue is down 34% in April, y/y. You can work out the rest.
Spin Cycle: NAR reports that existing single family home sales were down 2.8% y/y and median sales price dropped 15% y/y. Their spin: "Existing-home sales rose in April with strong buyer activity in lower price ranges..."
Plug-Ins: Tesla only builds electric cars and builds the only true "highway" electric. They go for $140,000 a copy. The future is not what it used to be.
Whitewash: Energy Secretary Chu says that if we paint the roof and driveway white, we can keep on polluting the skies with CO2. Or something like that. This will work best if - along with the whitewash - we become vegetarians, have fewer kids, consume less, use mass transit and walk to work.


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I've been thinking.....
What if....the next time I catch a glimpse of my face in the mirror.....
I say something kind to my reflection?
What if....when I see my familiar image, I look for something positive
instead of zero-ing in on the blemish, the wrinkle, the negative?
What if....when I finish brushing my teeth or
washing my face or
fixing my hair.....................what if instead of travelling down
the old familiar
"oh my good gosh, what has happened
to me (sob)?" road
What if.......................I just SMILED instead?
Wouldn't my reflection just SMILE right back at me?
And what if I said to myself---------- "Self, you are beautiful."
I'm just wondering. How would that change my day?
How would that affect my interaction with others?
How much more confident would I be to go out into the
world and BE?
I once heard a wise woman (my pastor's wife Cindy) say
"Don't ever say anything about yourself that God Himself wouldn't agree with."
That has stuck with me for a long time now. I haven't lived that way always (at all).
But ---- I know she was totally on the mark with her words.
So.....what if.....
we ALL said to ourselves ONLY what the LORD says about us.
He thinks we are beautiful.
He says we are fearfully and wonderfully made.
He Himself put us together just exactly as He wanted --- beautifully.
What if.....we believed it? and then ----
What if.....we live like we believe it? and then----
What would change in each of our worlds? and then---
What would change in the great BIG world?????
I sooooo want to find out! Do you?
Think about it ----
Gwynie Pie


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An Open Letter to people who think that the fact that I have a large dog means I want to hear their idiotic opinions when I'm walking him (and believe me, I don't).
Dear Morons:
I thought today would be a great time to address all of your asinine questions and comments at one time. Here you go.
- No, Boomer is not a horse. No, I don't ride him. No, he doesn't have a saddle.
- It most certainly does *not* look like Boomer is walking me. He's very gentle and walks on a loose leash, which in the dog world means he doesn't pull.
- Are you really asking me about his poop? I can save you some if you'd like. I'll leave it on your front porch later tonight.
- No, he doesn't bite. Do you think we'd be standing this close to you if he did?
- No, he doesn't participate in dog fights (seriously!?!?).
- I bathe him with the hose, like I would any other dog.
- No, you may not borrow him for the weekend to impregnate your dog. First of all, he's neutered. Secondly, what the hell is wrong with you?
- He eats dog food. Because he's a dog.
- Again with the poop? Why the interest?
- He sleeps in a dog bed. You know he's a dog, right?
- No, I don't "fold him up" to put him in the car. He fits in the car the same way a 135-pound person would. He puts his butt on the seat and his feet on the floorboard.
- Thank you for pointing out that both my dogs appear to be "full breed" and that I should have rescued a dog instead of getting them from a breeder. You are a judgmental jackass. Both dogs came from rescue groups. Any breed of dog can end up homeless, even Dalmatians and Great Danes.
- Yes I am aware the Great Danes can have health issues. They can also live well over 10 years if given proper care. Thanks for telling me that death is imminent for my dog. You are a delightful person. I bet you're all kinds of fun at a party.
Love ya, Boomer Boy! Good Dog!


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We took a marathon walk on our Second day too. We walked to the Hemingway House, then to the Southernmost Point in the USA, and back across Key West to the Audubon House. The weather was overcast - thank goodness - because it was hot with the humidity over 80%! Walking all over the key was tiring, but I'd much rather move under my own power than sit in the expensive tour guided electric trams that roam the key.
The Hemingway House was busy, the tour guide knowledgeable, and cats were everywhere. It is obvious the six-toed creatures are well cared for with weekly vet visits, toys, and no odor or mess about the house or grounds. The cats are very docile; one black kitty asleep on his master's bed, another asleep in front of a photograph of Hemmingway with his fishing buddy – the guy "The Old Man and the Sea" is based on. To this cat lover the cats were actually the best part of the house, and that isn't to belittle the house in any way. The tour was well worth it. I had always wondered why a robust male, a brilliant and prolific writer like Hemingway would commit suicide. The tour guide told us that Hemingway was given electric shock therapy as treatment for manic/depression. The therapy accidentally damaged part of his brain, and he was no longer able to write. As a visual artist, I thought to myself, "How would I feel if I were no longer able to draw and paint my waterscapes? What would it feel like not to be able to put together my mixed media and digital photographic montages?
On that sobering note, we left the Hemingway compound and walked past the lighthouse and through an interesting neighborhood whose residents were mixed - people of color and white - to the southernmost point in the United States. That neighborhood had the most authentic feel to it with Catholic shrines in front of some of the shotgun bungalows, and mom and pop stores on street corners. We found a line of folks waiting to have their pictures taken at the Southernmost Point Marker. For the most part people were orderly, waiting their turn based on the order of their arrival at the marker. The marker reminds you that Cuba is 90 miles to the south.
Joe and I made another long trek across the Key to the Audubon House and gardens, perhaps the best part of the day for me because of the artwork, the original Audubon etchings, and wonderful antique furniture in a museum-like environment. It was obvious that no expense has been spared to protect the art and furniture. The small but carefully labeled tropical garden was the most informative I've encountered in South Florida, and we spent a full hour looking at the orchids, plants and trees there.
After all the walking Joe insisted we needed a libation so we took a quick walk over to Duval Street and the Tree Bar at Rick's for a Rum and Coke, and a delightful conversation with the very informative bartender.


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These poems are works in progress and may be updated without notice. Nevertheless copyright applies to all writings here and all photos (which are either my own or used with permission). Thank you for your comments. I read and appreciate them all, and reply here to specific points that seem to need it — or as I have the leisure. Otherwise I reciprocate by reading and commenting on your blog posts as much as possible.
14 October 2012
Garden Sitting
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Has a contented air to it!ReplyDelete
It's so wonderful to be with nature even if alone! It would be fun if someone dear is also at hand. Nicely Rosemary!ReplyDelete
Thanks, guys, for the kind words.ReplyDelete
Dear Rosemary,ReplyDelete
This captures so much, using more senses than seeing, and more than only the senses. Beautiful.
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Thank you for stopping by to read. :)ReplyDelete


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I just needed to update you...
The Heroic Mom contest? WE DID IT! But...there's a catch that I wasn't aware of until late in the game. The voting was to determine 5 finalists, from which a panel of judges will choose the winner.
GAH! So...now we wait. And pray. And hope. That those judges will see things OUR way and award my Hero Mom that prize!
Thank you all so much for your support of my sister-in-law in this contest!
I'll keep you posted on who they declare the winner!
Oh...and did you turn your clocks back? ;)


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October 15, 2013
Board recognizes Dr. Henry Boehm Jr.'s 33 years of service to the College
Blinn College has named a member of its Hall of Honor and the chair of the Blinn College Foundation Board to be the newest member of its Board of Trustees.
Teddy Boehm, a member of Blinn's first Hall of Honor class in 2003, was appointed to fill the Precinct 3 seat after Dr. Henry Boehm Jr., her husband, announced his resignation at the College's September board meeting. She will serve until the next general election in May 2015.
"We are thrilled to welcome Teddy Boehm to our board," said Board President Douglas Borchardt. "Her unique perspectives and experiences will enrich our College and help us continue to provide the highest caliber of affordable education in the state."
Teddy Boehm attended Blinn in the late 1950s before earning her bachelor's degree from the University of Texas in 1959 and her master's degree from Texas A&M in 2001. She is chair of the Blinn College Foundation Board of Directors and a member of the Ex-Students Association. Additionally, she has served on the boards of Trinity Medical Center; the Lower Colorado River Authority; the Brenham Economic Development Foundation, where she was the first female member; and the Washington County Women's Leadership Forum.
She has been involved in the Texas Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, Washington-Burleson County Medical Auxiliary, Washington County Goodfellows, Washington County Historical Commission, German-Texan Heritage Society, Heritage Society of Washington County, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Burton Cotton Gin Museum, Independence Historical Society, Brenham Fortnightly Club, University of Texas Ex-Students Association, Washington County Council and Washington County Genealogical Society. She is also an active member of Grace Lutheran Church.
"It is an honor to be appointed to the Blinn College board and I look forward to helping Blinn continue to meet the challenge of providing the community affordable, top-quality education," Teddy Boehm said.
The board also passed a resolution in honor of Henry Boehm Jr.'s service to Blinn College, which included 33 years on the board and terms as the board's secretary/treasurer, vice president and president. During Boehm's tenure on the board, Blinn opened campuses in Bryan, Schulenburg and Sealy and has seen enrollment leap from 2,502 to 18,443 this Fall.
Founded in 1883, Blinn's tuition and fees average about one-third the cost of the same classes at most four-year public universities in the state. In addition to its four campuses in Brenham, Bryan, Schulenburg and Sealy, the College teaches online courses, dual credit for high school and prepares students for quick employment through its workforce education, technical training and vocational education programs. For enrollment information and to learn about financial aid opportunities, visit: www.blinn.edu.