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When we pulled up to Soleil, the only Canadian restaurant in the entire Zagat guide, and apparently all of Los Angeles, it was a rainy, dreary LA day, the sky was rumbling, and our stomachs were grumbling (that's as poetic as this post is getting).
A good mate of mine was in town from London, and he was in the mood for a 'proper lunch'…so why not take him for Canadian food, eh? I also secretly knew that there was Poutine at this fine establishment, a French Canadian treat that wars have been fought over (I'm being dramatic), and oodles of alcohol has been sopped up with following late-night bar sessions.
This establishment had been on my LA restaurant hit-list for some time, given I'd lived in Montreal for five years, and consider myself somewhat of a Poutine aficionado.
If you're not familiar with Poutine, my definition and the dictionary definition is quite different. First, the dictionary definition:
"Poutine (Quebec French pronunciation ) is a dish consisting of French fries topped with fresh cheese curd, covered with brown gravy and sometimes additional ingredients."
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"Really effing good."
My English mate has an affinity for alcoholic beverages from time to time. We were both thirsty, all that rain outside…so we remedied that situation by telling the not-quite-sure-about-us French Canadian waitress that we wanted every Canadian beer in the house, one after another. I think there were 10 on the list…consisting of the Unibroue family, Labatt, Molson, Moosehead and the regular Canadian suspects. The Unibroue beer is worth the trip alone!
We started with some type of Pate which was unreal. The bread hot and crusty out of the oven and the warm spinach salad with balsamic reduction was good, but not Spago good. Then we had a Poutine as an appetizer. The fries were a tad skinny for my liking, the gravy good, but the savior was the actual authentic cheese curds. It disappeared!
By the way, click here for their entire Poutine menu!
For our mains, I had chicken in a Marsala sauce over linguini, and my half-cut British mate had the beef Bourguignon. He was very impressed with his meal, even though the waiter decided to dump fries all over his lap. It was passing onto three o'clock by now…not sure how many diners come in and spend $175 on lunch at Soleil, but we managed it easily, over three courses, a bunch of wine, and more beer than the waitress cared to haul.
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The issue of gay marriage in Maine resurfaced again today during the Portland NAACP's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast, during which Portland Mayor Michael Brennan told attendees that one of the three things they should fight for in the coming year is marriage equality.
(The other two things were to battle proposed MaineCare cuts and make sure every high school student graduates.)
Brennan, a high profile voice by virtue of having recently become the first popularly elected mayor in Maine's largest city since 1923, said:
The title of this event is 'What does equity look like in Maine?' Equity in Maine looks like passing a law that allows marriage equality.
The issue may return to voters again this year, as gay marriage supporters have reportedly gathered enough signatures to put the question on the ballot.
While Brennan seemed to get a positive response at the Portland event for his marriage equality sentiment today, associating — even tenuously — the ongoing struggle of gays in America with the civil rights movement in which Dr. King became an icon has not been a universally embraced move nationwide.
Frank Bruni, a columnist for the New York Times, wrote in the fall about the complicated dynamics in race, religion and sexual orientation. In his column, Bruni wrote that the clear majority of black voters polled in New York and Maryland during same-sex marriage campaigns signaled opposition to allowing gay marriages.
Speaking in part about the situation in Maryland — where Pastor Emmett Burns, a Democrat in the House of Delegates, successfully helped defeat a bill legalizing same-sex marriages — former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond told Bruni religion compels many in the state's black community to speak against gay marriage. Bond, who has appeared in television advertisements advocating for same-sex marriages, said to Bruni: "This is a community composed of many Biblical literalists," adding that such opponents derive "wrong and wrong-headed" justifications for opposing homosexuality from the Bible.
There are many same-sex marriage opponents in Maine and elsewhere who might argue that their interpretation of the Bible is not "wrong-headed." Folks come out pretty passionately on both sides of this one.
Here's another couple of paragraphs excerpted from Bruni's column that are interesting:
Wade Henderson, the president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, noted the existence of phrases like "gay is the new black" and said that attempts to equate the persecution of gay and black Americans can be "deeply offensive."
African-Americans were enslaved. And during their brutal struggle for justice, they couldn't make a secret of what set them apart from others, said Henderson, who supports same-sex marriage, during a phone interview Friday.
When gay men and lesbians glide over such details, he said, it feels "inherently disrespectful to the black experience in this country."
It's important to say here that Brennan did not compare the 1960s civil rights movement with today's push to legalize gay marriage in Maine, outside of saying it falls under the general category of "equity in Maine." Still, as Bruni wrote, discussing gay marriage at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event can be a complicated step.


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I purchased a used Unisaw on CL for$ 500, from the S/N it is 1978. On the same day I purchased a Biesemeyer fence fro $200. So $700, not bad. I then put new bearings on the Arbor and motor, took it apart and painted it. I previously had a Delta 34-335 10" tilting arbor saw (Table Saw) and wonted to bolt them together so I could keep a dedicated Dado Blade in the 34-335 ( of course I had to rebuild that saw also). Well this was a challenge, because the 3 HP motor on the Unisaw stuck out so far I had to make an extension to fit between them. I used a length of 6" channel steel belt sanded and wet (oil) sanded. Made a dust chute internally and a very long mobile base. What a saw, no vibration and power to spare.
You can see the Air inlet holes on the motor cover and the draws I added for tools and zero clearance inserts, the air inlet holes keep the motor cool and keep saw dust moving to the dust collection port. On the far side of the saw is a door to the cabinet below the 34-335 saw. Someday my kids are going to have to figure out what to do with this behemoth. But until then its all mine !
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Mia Farrow's son, Thaddeus Wilk Farrow, committed suicide at the age of 27 on Wednesday (September 21).
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So far, it's looking like Gio was the one we should have held onto.
Gio's 1st season with Oakland at age 22(same as Hudson when he came up):
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Do you really think the Sox would have let Gio progress the way Oakland has had the luxury of doing?
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When you're in a pennant race, yeah.
Had we started the year with Hudson in our rotation, it would have been a different story. As it stood though, Hudson was brought into the rotation in the middle of a pennant race and really didn't show the team enough to make them confident that they could win the division with him in the rotation.
The irony, of course, is that after the Sox traded for Jackson, who arguably became our best pitcher after joining the team, we still couldn't win the division.
A rookie is a rookie, whether you bring him up in early July or at the start of the season. You are going to have some inconsistent starts and growing pains. Not every pitcher comes up and is Steven Strausburg or Linceum. As it turned out Hudson just needed more of an adjustment period to the majors....which you saw at almost every level he pitched at, a small adjustment period then domination.
I'm not saying I think Hudson will be what he showed last year with Arizona, I think that's too much to ask. But it looks like he be a good #2/3 starter for years to come and he did not get a chance with the Sox.
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Since I'm primarily a printmaker, I thought that I'd start off my Thursdays with a quick intro to printmaking. I primarily do relief printmaking in wood, with a few forays into linoleum and that wonderful white eraser rubber stuff. I've done etching, drypoint, monotype, screenprinting, and a couple other methods, not always successfully, but many of those methods require a much fancier setup than I have currently. Relief, on the other hand, does not require a huge amount of space, and can be printed by hand rather than needing a huge press setup or vats of acid or giant slabs of limestone. Screenprinting is also fairly easy to do in, say, a garage, but that's a subject for another day.
I posted up a scan of one of the final the Winter Bird prints yesterday, so today I've got a picture of it about a third of the way carved. You can see I started with the outside; the order that pieces are carved in doesn't really matter.
In this case I drew straight on the block, totally forgetting that the final would be reversed, and then swore a bit. After I'd decided that the image worked just as well reversed, I primed the surface with ordinary white Elmer's glue. Priming with glue isn't always necessary, but in this case the lines were so fine that I was afraid that the . The glue (a very light coat) helps hold the wood fibers together and also smooths the surface. That done, I inked the picture with a brush. Really only halfway- you can see that I didn't use a terribly organized process with this one. When more colors are involved, it takes a lot more planning and precision. I inked the surface mostly so that I could tell what lines I would be carving on.
Usually I prime a woodblock with a light wash of watercolor so that the carved surface and the surface that will print are more clearly differentiated — this one I didn't bother because it's such a tiny quick piece. The feathers were tricky, though. I mostly used a knife.
Whew, that's a lot of information in a short time. And carving is the easy part! Next Thursday: carving tools!
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Leeds United are to take the Football League to the High Court as the fight to win back their 15 points continues, reports the Yorkshire Evening Post.
United were docked 15 points for what the League perceived to be a failure to follow insolvency policy.
The penalty was upheld at a subsequent meeting of the other 71 clubs.
Chairman Ken Bates revealed in his programme notes for Saturday's game with Doncaster Rovers that the club are to serve a writ on the League.
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Clarkson University's undergraduate business and entrepreneurship curriculum received national recognition earlier this week when it was chosen as the first runner-up for the prestigious 2002 National Award in Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Education. The award is sponsored by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) and recognizes innovative and effective undergraduate entrepreneurship education.
"We were honored to be chosen as a finalist and have an opportunity to showcase the innovative programs we have developed in recent years to support undergraduate entrepreneurship education," said Timothy Sugrue, dean of the Clarkson School of Business and one of the presenters. "We received some terrific feedback from the judges' panel. They commended Clarkson's emphasis on experiential learning and our strong presentation, and expressed genuine interest in seeing additional evidence of our programs' successes down the road."
Clarkson was one of two finalists invited to make a presentation on its undergraduate entrepreneurship program before a panel of judges at the USASBE's Annual Conference in Reno, Nevada, last week. The other finalist was the University of Arizona.
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Here is a celebratory screenshot of my main character and her new companion from the very masculine game, World of Warcraft:
I'm wishing you all joy.
Hey there, internets, I have divined that you like talking about food. This is awesome, because so do I!
I plan to make the terrifying Schadenfreude Pie for Christmas dinner – if there were ever a better time for a pie composed entirely of sugar and fat, I don't know it – and of course ran into manifold difficulties acquiring the ingredients.
Graham crackers? Dark brown sugar? Dark corn syrup? Molasses? Not in evidence, and possibly unholy.
These things are probably all available somewhere in Melbourne, but they were not in my local supermarket, and I had privately resolved that, given the other stresses of preparing Christmas dinner (for the first time by myself, go me!) I would not make myself frantic trying to find arcane American ingredients, and would instead acquire reasonable substitutes.
I did manage to get my hands on clear corn syrup, which I walked past four times, on account of the label read GLUCOSE SYRUP and added underneath ~Derived from corn~.
Afterwards, discussing my difficulties with friends, I noted that at least my chocolate was likely to be better than that in the original pie, since they appear to be standard semi-sweet chunks, and I am super hardcore about my cooking chocolates.
BFF Robyn: I am not surprised.
ME: Hey, some people have a wine palate. And some people can recognise chocolate with fewer than 40% cocoa solids at twenty paces.
MIGGY (who is from Idaho): I have a potato palate. Sadly I am not kidding. Living the stereotype~
ME: Interesting! Come to think, I have friends with really high rice standards.
MIGGY: I mentioned this to [Another Friend] and his thing is milk.
Do you have a thing like this, internets? Are you an insufferable snob about potatoes, or milk, or mayonnaise, or tomato sauce (if you will, ketchup), or cheese?
I mean, I am kind of a snob about cheese in that I insist it should come from a cow and not be orange, but I can't really tell the difference between a superb cheddar and a mere rather nice one. But my chocolate taste is well-developed. I will happily chow down on a Snickers, but the difference between that and Green and Black's Dark is remarkable to my tongue.
BFF Robyn's superpower – well, in addition to being able to break bricks with her hands – is that she is a supertaster.
This is one of those mutant powers that embarrass the X-Men. It's all very well to have laser eyes or telekinesis, but some mutants have the power to heat their hands to something that approaches a bar heater! Or the power to grow scales!
Supertasting is one of those powers, in that BFF Robyn cannot eat a lot of things that taste just fine to me because to her they are horrendously bitter or taste of soap. It's hard to be a mutant in a world that hates and fears you!
ME: What was the thing at the restaurant? I remember you were super grossed out.
BFF Robyn: It was some kind of like goat cheese something? I can't recall, except that it was with a spoon and I put it in my mouth and almost spit it across the table.
BFF Robyn: For real, man. Usually I have some kind of spidey-sense or something, I think because of odour.
BFF Robyn: But this one I was all, ooh, that looks good OH GOD BETRAYED.
The next item on my to-do list is "write words of thanks for honour of being Morris finalist," but while I am both grateful and honoured, I am also exhausted. I spent five hours cooking today, for a party I am holding tomorrow after – note! – my signing at Melbourne Borders Central at 2pm.
I don't think I am in a fit state to compose a message that adequately conveys my sincere gratitude.
Instead I would like to have a serious discussion of pie.
In my part of the world, when one says, "I want a pie," one generally means something like this:
That is a steak and onion pie from venerable Australian chain store Brumby's bakeries. Om nom nom delicious gravyness.
In other parts of the world, by which I mean North America, when one asks for pie, one tends to mean this:
That is apparently pieces of pumpkin pie and lemon chess pie.
Internets, you are smart. You probably knew the pie/pie differential already. But you may not have known that the confusion does not stop with pie, but extends to foods in the pie family.
Once upon a time, I was eating at a very good Mexican restaurant in Tucson with BFF Robyn. Undefeated by the awesome chicken mole, we both ordered flan for dessert.
I was expecting something like this:
Instead, I got something like this:
It was yummy, I GUESS, but my expectations had been dashed, and I was very sad.
Of course, I think it can be generally agreed among people who are fond of both chocolate and coffee (eg, me) that the best pie of all is John Scalzi's Schadenfreude Pie.
Much like John himself, this pie appears to be composed of equal parts sweetness and high-grade evil.
I have not yet dared to make it, but when I do, I confidently expect the earth to tremble, ever so slightly, at its unholy inception.
The news that is not full of WIKILEAKS SCANDAL!!! is full of stories about Australian retailers worried about lower income this holiday season.
I feel sorry for small businesses who are being hit hard by the recession, but I'm not sure why I should feel worse for them than for their customers. Mortgage rates have gone up. People have much less to spend. So when I hear, "But people aren't spending enough on discretionary items!" I mentally translate it as, "But people are being financially responsible!"
We can't have that!*
Anyway, retailers of Australia, especially bookstores, I am doing my bit! In a burst of highly efficient shopping with the delightful Tessa Kum in tow, I finished all my own discretionary spending yesterday.
Particularly fun was selecting cards. I love buying cards, because you get to grab the perfect thing for a particular person, and also, you get to look at pretty things. I may have gone a tiny bit overboard but it was soooo much fun. Is this a thing you do, internets? Spend half an hour cooing over lovely art and snarky sayings? Or is that just me?
Of course I came home and spotted the pack of twenty gorgeous card designs I purchased from an art gallery a month ago sitting right there on my desk, but hey! Always good to have spares.
* P.S. Of course, you can always help the economy by buying my book. It's holidayriffic! With festive supernatural murder!
And if you buy it at Borders Melbourne Central this Saturday at 2pm, you can get it festively signed. A gift for the whole family, or that part of it that likes stories where people's eyes are torn out.
Internets, as you know, since I address you constantly as "internets", I occasionally like to get my geek on.
For "occasionally", let us read "all the time".
So the other day I went to the comics store (Comics R Us, Bourke St, they are awesome), picked up my holds, and spotted a trade paperback entitled The Guild.
"Oooh!" I said*. "A comic book based on the hit cult web series written by and starring the exceptionally smart and funny Felicia Day?"
"That's right!" he said. "The comic is actually written by Ms. Day and drawn by Jim Rugg, who illustrated The Plain Janes, one of your favourite YA comics. It is a prequel to the increasingly well-acted and always well-scripted web series that has awesome guest roles from Wil Wheaton and Teal Sherer, the latter of whom upon you have a giant girlcrush."
"Oh my gosh," I exclaimed. "A story explaining how the Knights of Good got together! You know, once someone told me I looked a bit like Felicia Day and I was totally thrilled. Although I have naturally wavy hair."
"Um," he said. "I can give you a small discount?"
Of course I bought the book and read it on the train home. Of course it is smart and funny and charming and beautifully drawn. And something I noticed, and found totally hilarious, is that the book highlights that the MMO Game that timid Cyd and her fellow Knights of Good play rewards normative feminine behaviours.
"And for killing stuff you get rewards, like clothing!" Codex enthuses. "Whose idea was that?! GENIUS!
It's an open secret that the Game is actually World of Warcraft. Which I also play! With my naturally wavy hair! In fact, the second I got home from the comic book store, I was loading up much-anticipated expansion pack Cataclysm and taking my werewolf-in-a-top-hat for a ride.
Okay, so World of Warcraft is a game where female characters almost universally get massive racks and sexy /dance sequences. Armour that is full coverage on a male avatar often exposes cleavage and stomach on a female build, and jokes about female players are stupidly common on many servers. (Not mine. Proudmoore for life, yo.)
But it's also a game where quests are rewarded with shiny new clothes and adorable animal companions. Where, to maximise your character's usefulness and earning potential, they must learn how to cook food and wrap bandages. Where they can create useful (and pretty!) objects by practising handcrafts, picking flowers, and making jewellery. Where you get a much valued achievement for running around the world and hugging small animals.
Also, you can buy a flying pony made out of twinkly stars.
World of Warcraft. Often sexist. Totally girly.
* This dialogue is made up entirely. But I can assure you the actual conversation was no less informative and charming.
Internets! Online SFF magazine Strange Horizons! Do you love it? Oh, me too!
I recently wrote a two-part article* on why vampires in young adult fiction are awesome, with a selection of some of my recent favourites.
I see you, Lili Wilkinson. I see you shaking your head!
You are mistaken, and here's why:
I adore many trends that are supposedly overplayed but actually classic favourites. And, much like Meat Loaf, bright red lipstick, and jelly shoes, vampires are awesome, and I hope they stick around forever. Haters to the left, where they may bite me.
Vampirism is a fabulous metaphor for a lot of things that often happen in adolescence: physical transformation; new temptations and cravings; intensity of emotion; uncontrollable desires. Also, vampires are sexy, sexy danger, and while in real life, dangerous people are not at all sexy and ought to be avoided if possible, they can be a lot of fun in fantasy. Fantasy is a safe way to play around with the notion of the redeemable monster, the terrible being that nevertheless loves and protects the right person.
"Teenagers with Bite": Part One. Part Two.
Of course the rest of the magazine is well worth your time, but may I particularly recommend "No Return Address", by Sigrid Ellis?
I was angry when we had that fight, too. Our last fight, though I didn't know that at the time. What did you expect me to say? You come in late and you're bloody and filthy, and you tell me some story about "the fey," and "faeries." About the fey and our family and a war. You said, "I have to go, Mom. The Unseelie Court has taken the Southern Provinces, and only our family's bloodline can save the High Ones." It makes no sense. Those are things out of stories, out of books. I just want to know, Amanda—in what universe did you think I would not ask you what drugs you were on?
As an enthusiastic YA reader, this is the other half of a story I have read many times in different guises, and I found it both beautifully written and fascinating.
And don't forget, you can visit me THIS SATURDAY at 2 p.m., at Borders Melbourne Central. I will be signing with the excellent Foz Meadows (See above! In the list!) and doubtless making up OUTRAGEOUS LIES about where my ideas come from.
* Why is it in two parts when both parts are quite short? Therein lies a stunning tale of my own incompetence! Always check files before you attach them to make sure you're not sending the first half of a draft, kids.
It was 9 a.m. on Friday morning for me, which is like 5 a.m. on Saturday morning for people who do not have my strange schedule and weird sleeping patterns.
The phone rang.
I woke up and stared at it.
It kept ringing. I kept staring.
Why was this happening to me?
"Answer the damn phone, Karen," my brain told me.
My mother, in her infinite wisdom and somewhat limited patience, had drilled me in the proper manner of answering the phone until I could literally do it in my sleep. This once, the training abandoned me. Instead of a polite, if less than perky, "Hello, Karen speaking," I picked up the receiver and growled, "Yes?" My brain gave a little sigh and threw up its cerebellum.
There was a pause. "Hello?"
"Yes." It seemed the only word my mouth was capable of making.
"… is this Karen?"
There was something familiar about the voice. If one of my friends was calling me at nine am… "Yes."
"This is [US editor] Alvina and I'm with [agent] Barry and [library services manager] Victoria and [publicist] Ames…"
KAREN'S BRAIN: Wake the hell up RIGHT NOW.
KAREN'S MOUTH: I'm trying, I'm TRYING!
"…and we are delighted to tell you Guardian of the Dead is a William C. Morris Award finalist."
My brain and my mouth both froze. I think I made some sort of noise, because everyone laughed, but it really felt as if time had paused while the news percolated through my awareness.
The William C. Morris Debut Award. No more than five young adult books by first time authors, selected by librarians from the American Library Association, are finalists every year.
And my debut novel was one of them.
KAREN'S BRAIN: Holy. Crap.
Everything after that is a blur. I think I managed to convey how excited I was – and yes, it was totally okay to wake me up with this news, thank you, oh my god, thank you – and it was impressed upon me with much seriousness that I could not say a word to anyone until the official announcement was made*, and then Barry was like, and now you can go back to sleep!
"Oh, I couldn't do that! I'm too excited!" I assured him, and fell into bed twenty minutes later.
I woke fuzzy-headed. I'd had some sort of dream, a good dream, about an award. How lovely! Okay, get on with the day, roll out of bed, check email, oh, something from Alvina…
Oh. Holy crap.
And then I spent the next five days walking around with a huge grin I couldn't explain to anyone, the end!
Except now I can explain, and I am so delighted, and so honoured. Congratulations to my fellow finalists, Eishes Chayil (Hush), Lish McBride (Hold Me Closer, Necromancer), Barbara Stuber (Crossing the Tracks) and Blythe Woolston (The Freak Observer). That is some excellent company right there!
Oh, librarians. I've always loved you. This is just another reason why.
* KAREN'S BRAIN: Wow, five days of not talking about exciting things and being patient.
KAREN'S MOUTH: Those are CLEARLY our strong points.
FIRSTLY: Internets, would you like to meet me? You may!
Guardian of the Dead signing
Melbourne Borders Central Station
18 December, 2pm.
With the excellent Foz Meadows, my buddy, and also author of Solace and Grief, one of my fave recent vampire novels.
I will be signing books, answering questions, and generally being my dorky self.
SECONDLY: If you cannot meet me in Melbourne – or even if you can – my favourite interview of the year has just gone live at New Zealand's very own Public Address, where Jolisa Gracewood of Busytown put her amazing skills at work to ferret out thoughts I didn't even know I had.
Jolisa is a terrific person, and I really enjoyed this interview, which dug into topics like location, location, location and why YA is awesome even when it gets no respect. Also, The Shattering tidbits. Also, also, and! There is a Booker Prize winner talking in the comments section. I feel all fancy.
THIRDLY: My December Lights Project story, "Queen of the Kitchen", has duly gone up. Happy Holidays to alla y'all!
What up, internets?
Oh, I know, I have neglected you shamefully. I have taken so much, but not given. How ungrateful I am.
Karen, what have you been doing, you ask, your eyes full of reproachment?
Oh, the usual. Dancing. Drinking martinis. Looking cute:
It is well and truly social season in Melbourne, where everyone I know emails each other and swears that we MUST catch up, really we MUST. On Tuesday I attended the Allen and Unwin end of year party, which, it has to be said, is pretty much the gold standard for Karen socialisation. Smart, creative people talking about books and publishing and how much we adore The Vampire Diaries for hours and hours? Yes, please!
(If I were to be strictly truthful*, I would have to admit that this last might have been mostly me. I adore TVD. More Elena! More Katherine! More Bonnie! More Liz! Stefan and Damon, fine, they are nice, but mostly I am into the MANY FINE AND AWESOME LADIES, my absolute favourite being Caroline. Caroline/Tyler, do you ship it? I ship it SO HARD.)
Anyway, I went to the party, I proposed to Kate Constable in Latin (cunningly hiding my proposal in a discussion of Dorothy L. Sayers), I wore a darling sundress, all was well!
I smugged about this to my friend
But really. Decembers ought to be warm and light. There ought to be sun and barbecues and swimming and squinting balefully at the light edging one's curtains at five am. None of this winter nonsense!
So when my fabulous fellow author
Once again, I landed in terrific company. Contributors include Leah Cypess, Sherwood Smith, Jaclyn Dolamore, Sarah Prineas, and Jenn Reese, so you know we're talking about a great time. No one's making any money off this – these stories are our gift to you.
Do check out the December Lights project! Stories will be released every couple of days during December. All the stories are fun, PG-rated loveliness. I submitted "Queen of the Kitchen", which y'all might recall from last year, and I've been delightedly reading the stories as they come out.
Now, I have to climb into another darling sundress and do something with my hair. Another social engagement, you know. When will the dizzy whirl stop, internets?
You know I hate so to leave you.
* As if.


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Friday, December 21, 2007
9:30 a.m.
County Administration Building
Call to Order
Chairman Paul Strauss called the County Commissioners meeting to order at 9:40 p.m. Commissioners Lenny Jason, Tristan Israel, Carlene Gatting, John Alley and Les Leland were present.
Also present were Acting County Manager Noreen Mavro-Flanders, Temporary Executive Assistant Erin Leighton, Register of Deeds and Courthouse Building Manager Dianne Powers, Health Council Members Tad Crawford, Cynthia Mitchell and, Sarah Kuh (also Access Program Director), Steve Myrick of MV Times and Julia Rappaport of the Vineyard Gazette.
Acting Manager's Report
Noreen Mavro Flanders reported:
-----The Youth Task Force applied for a grant from the Attorney General's Office and was approved in the amount of $90,000. They will be announcing the award in the upcoming week's papers. The Task Force will be using an office at the Administration Building along with a telephone line.
-----The COLA (3%) checks were processed and passed out to all non-union County employees this past week.
-----The Courthouse roof was affected by last week's storm. Water is dripping into electrical fixtures. Electricians and plumbers have come in to look at the damage. Dianne Powers, Building Manager, is soliciting estimates for the repairs to the roof. An application has been made to the Department of Capital Asset Management for an emergency waiver for bidding requirements so the matter can be fixed immediately along with a request for funding.
-----The engineering firm that the County uses, Baseline Engineering, Inc, Steve Berlucchi, owner, has given notice that they will not be available after January 4, 2008. He will work to finish projects all ready underway.
Ms. Flanders passed out a budget cover sheet marked #4. She stated that there had been 2 meetings of the FY09 Budget Subcommittee. When she met with Lenny Jason, Tristan Israel and Les Leland the first thought was to fund only mandatory services saving approximately $172,000. The non-mandatory services are Engineer, Health Care Access Program and Rodent Control.
What was reflected on the #4 cover sheet is the second thought of the subcommittee. This uses some of the Unreserved Fund Balance to keep these three programs in the budget with the County funding 40% and asking to the towns for the other 60%. It also includes an increase of $15,000 to the salary of the Count y Manager. This suggestion uses $87,000 of the unreserved balance.
When asking the towns to contribute there would be three separate articles presented to each town meeting for the Engineer, Health Access and Rodent Control programs. The towns would decide whether to keep these programs available to Dukes County residents. Ms. Flanders noted that each commissioner has a copy of draft articles to be presented to the towns as "placeholders" on the annual town meeting warrants.
Commissioner Gatting asked how the voting process would happen. Commissioner Israel answered that it is a weighted vote. He added that the Commissioners need to be very clear with their approach to the towns to adopt the article formula and hopes these services are picked up by each town. The towns not appropriating money towards these three programs would not have these services available to them.
Ms. Flanders stated that with the Engineering and Rodent Control programs it would be easy to refuse services to residents in towns not appropriating the money. The Health Care Access program will have a harder time to serve people from a town that has paid for the service as opposed to a town that has not appropriated the money for their town's residents.
Commissioner Gatting believes this is what long term the County government should be doing, going to each town to get money for non-mandated services. She would like to see these programs paid for by the towns with the hopes it succeeds and seeing the towns eventually fully funding these positions. Commissioner Israel adds he would also like to see the County Commission being clear in their position before approaching each town.
Chairman Strauss asked if any other possibilities were discussed at the budget subcommittee meetings. Commissioner Israel answered that the committee looked at keeping two programs, cutting one, or leaving the Health Access Program, employee issues, but these are not to be addressed in the short term. Discussion regarding the use of the Unreserved Fund Balance and how much can and should be used was continued as well as its use for the new roof for the Courthouse building.
Commissioner Alley would like to look at the wording of the Veterans' Agent Bill. He believes that the towns should be picking up the charges for the Agent. He stated that the commission should consider a general override. Commissioner Israel stated that the model of the Veterans' Agent approach was controversial; he believes a general override is a harder route to go to get the budget in good standing.
Commissioner Tristan Israel made a Motion to go forward with the three articles to the towns to incorporate 60% of the costs of the three services plus language with the intent to increase that commitment by 10% years following, Commissioner Les Leland seconded the motion.
Tad Crawford believes this is a failure of government. He urges the Commission not to commit the towns to more than this fiscal year. He believes there are other possibilities of income such as selling County-owned property to fund a trust to underwrite the services being discussed. Things needing to be looked into very seriously are the benefit package, the percentage being contributed by employees and government, comparable salaries. Mr. Crawford believes putting the burden on the Town's is a mistake when there are other options available.
Cynthia Mitchell, Chair of the Health Council, noted her personal observations. Ms. Mitchell would like to put a placeholder in and to keep options open. The public needs to be asked for more money to provide these services. Ms. Flanders asks if Ms. Mitchell believes an article should be prepared for a general override. Ms. Mitchell answered yes.
Commissioner Gatting asked Ms. Flanders about the difference between a general override on the town level versus the warrant for appropriation. Ms. Flanders answered that with a general override the amount voted is added to the assessment permanently with a 2-½% increase each year. She explained that with the warrant articles, the towns vote on the amount each year. . Commissioner Israel does not feel confident the general override would pass.
VOTED: Motion to go forward with the three articles to the towns to incorporate 60% of the costs of the three services plus language with the intent to increase that commitment by 10% years following. Vote passed unanimously. (5-0-0)
Commissioner Jason discussed a general override. He stated that "If we get an override, we get "X" amount of dollars and it then it is increased by 2 ½ %, unfortunately the County's expenses do not fall into 2 ½ % range, so we are right back where we are now. If we go to the towns and they buy into these programs we are going to, over time, accrue a reserve. " Commissioner Israel stated "If the override fails the County is back to cutting back again. Commissioner Alley stated that we are a regional government, and we are asking the town's to assume these services.
Commissioner John Alley makes a Motion to discontinue the engineering program; Commissioner Lenny Jason seconds the motion.
Register of Deeds and Courthouse Building Manager, Dianne Powers, said that there were major leaks in the courthouse roof after last week's storm. An application has been submitted to the Department of Capital Asset Management (DCAM) to waive advertising requirements for the work needing to be done on the roof. The answer should come in by next week. The roof was replaced in 1996; the manufacturer has since gone out of business, so there are no warranties. She was told that currently there is a thick sheet of ice between the membrane and the wood structure of the building and as that ice melts more seepage will happen. Commissioner Israel asked if the company that has gone out of business will to be contacted, Ms. Powers, they have tried to contact the company in the past and have not been successful. Ms. Flanders stated that if we do not get a favorable response for funding for DCAM there will be much more of an immediate situation to get our legislators to pass a bill for borrowing for more than 1 year before there is more damage to the building. Ms. Powers noted that if they do not approve the emergency waiver of requirements and funding, that she and Noreen will go forward with the process of bonding to have the roof replaced.
Commissioner Alley made a motion to eliminate the position of county engineer; Commissioner Jason seconds the motion,
Commissioner Israel believes if we do eliminate the position, the towns should have the opportunity to come to the County to keep this position available to them. Commissioner Gatting supports that, but if the towns don't want the position she would like to see them have the option. Commissioner Leland agrees that the towns should decide if they want the programs.
Commissioner Israel makes a motion to amend Commissioner Alley's motion to eliminate the county engineer and to increase the full funding of the engineer on the article,
Commissioner Jason seconds the motion. SO VOTED. (5-0-0)
VOTED: on the motion as amended.
Commissioner Israel asked how much money eliminating the County Engineer would save. . Ms. Flanders answered it will save approximately $12,500 for the FY09 budget. Commissioner Israel asked if the County/Town split could be changed to 50/50.
Commissioner Israel made a motion to take the money available with the elimination of engineering to change the articles to a 50% 50% (county/town) split. Commissioner Alley seconded the motion.
Commissioner Gatting left the meeting at 10:56 a.m.
Commissioner Leland would like to stay with 40% for the County and 60% from the Towns. Commissioner Israel believes an even split from each party is the better approach.
VOTED: on motion to take the money available with the elimination of engineering to change the articles to a 50% 50% split. Commissioners Strauss, Israel, and Leland – Aye, Commissioner Alley and Jason – No. Vote passed (3-2-0)
Commissioner Alley asked Ms. Flanders if the Commissioners could have a copy of the Veterans' Agent statute for the next meeting.
Commissioner Israel moved to approve that the draft budget be presented to the County Advisory Board. Commissioner Jason seconded. Commissioners Jason, Leland, Strauss and Israel – Aye. Commissioner Alley – Abstain. Vote passed. (4-0-1)
With no further business, the Commissioners adjourned the meeting at 11:04 a.m.
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Russia and Iran Moving to Corner the Mideast Oil Supply?
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In the Middle East, it is time to follow the money. To me, Steve Chambers makes all the sense in the world here. Russia is at best, a regional power, as we've discussed many times here. Jessica, with her usual common sense, reminded us in The Rules of the Great Game, that those rules have not been suspended.
In addition, as Jess mentioned, Europe is critically dependent on Russian oil. They literally can't afford to offend Putin overmuch. In large measure, North America can fix that, but we're not working on that either. Sadly, Europe will in large measure pay the price for our shortsightedness, unless we suddenly decide to export oil again. (that bill has passed the House, likely will pass the Senate, and as usual for something in the interest of Western Civilization, Obama says he'll veto it). Here's some of the article:
It looks like Vladimir Putin and the ayatollahs are preparing to corner the world's oil supply – literally.
Last May I wrote on this site that Iran was in the process of surrounding the Saudi/Wahhabi oil reserves, along with those of the other Sunni Gulf petro-states. I added that, "Iran's strategy to strangle Saudi/Wahhabi oil production also dovetails with Putin's interests. As the ruler of the second largest exporter of oil, he would be delighted to see the Kingdom's production eliminated or severely curtailed and global prices soar to unseen levels. No wonder he is so overtly supporting Iran."
We've now seen Putin take a major, menacing step in support of the Iranians by introducing combat forces into Syria. Many analysts argue that he's doing this both to protect his own naval base at Tartus and as some sort of favor to the Iranians. Are those really sufficient inducement for him to spend scarce resources and risk Russian lives, or does he have bigger ambitions in mind? Given the parlous state of Russia's economy, thanks in very large part to the recent halving of oil prices, he must relish the opportunity now presented to him, in an axis with Iran, to drive those prices back to prior levels.
The Iranians, for their part, must welcome this opportunity as well, for two huge reasons: first, when sanctions are finally lifted, thanks to their friend in the White House, Iran's oil production will only aggravate the current global excess oil supply, reducing their cash flow (although they will still repatriate the $150 billion released by the nuclear deal). They and the Russians must both be desperate to find a way to prevent further oil price declines. And second, Iran's mortal sectarian enemies and rivals for leadership of all of Islam are the Saudi/Wahhabi clan, so the prospect of simultaneously hurting them while strengthening themselves must seem tremendously tantalizing.
Source: Articles: Russia and Iran Moving to Corner the Mideast Oil Supply
OK, obviously disrupting the Arab oil supplies will trow a large spanner in the works of the world's economy, as it drives oil prices to record highs, China, the US, and Europe all have fragile, and perhaps brittle economies, and yes the 'refugees' (even if they are legitimate) already are threatening Europe.
But as so often, North America has the solution, here's a bit more from the article:
So, Putin and the ayatollahs have powerful motives to corner the world's oil market and therefore the US and the rest of the world are facing an enormous risk. The horrible pity of this is that the US could easily demonstrate the futility of the Russian-Iranian axis trying to take the world hostage with Mideast oil, simply by opening up our surface deposits of oil shales in the Rockies. As I showed in this analysis last March, these resources could make Mideast oil irrelevant.
The US' surface oil shales are completely different from the deep shales that are accessed through directional drilling and fracking and that grab all the headlines; the deep shales are a mere side show in terms of reserves. The surface shales hold up to 3 trillion barrels of oil versus about 50 billion barrels of tight oil accessed by fracking. The total global proven reserves of oil are 1.6 trillion barrels, and the Canadian tar sands have 1.6 to 2.5 trillion barrels (although they're officially listed at 175 billion barrels, which are incorporated in the global total). So, the US and Canada together essentially can triple the global supply of oil, and at prices in the $60-75/barrel range. Meanwhile, Mideast reserves are about 800 billion barrels – half of Canada's oil sands, perhaps less than a third of the US surface shales. The world no longer needs the Muslim oil.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of the Rockies surface shales sit on Federal land, and while George W. Bush opened up those lands for development, Obama rescinded that policy. These reserves now sit almost entirely idle.
As with any petroleum deposit, these surface shale reserves can't be turned on with the wave of a wand. But they can be opened for development with just a pen, and not even a phone. For the protection of this country, and the good of the world, our current president should immediately open these reserves for development, with great fanfare. If he will not use our military to protect our interests, he should at least use our economic weapons.
And so, once more, if the author is correct, as I think he may be, Russia is badly overextended, North America, the United States and Canada, hold the fate of the West, in our hands. But will we do what is necessary, as we always have, or will we play a violin concerto while Western Civilization burns.
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Youth Service Day was a blast! We had people young and old working together towards a common goal. There were some games, we made some progress on the new rock garden, and everyone had a great time.
One more reminder! Youth Service Day is TOMORROW. We will be working hard, but we also love to form community, goof off, and have a blast! So if this piques your interest, come join us in the garden from 8-10:30am.
Tonight, a few members of our team got to go and experience an end-of-summer celebration put on by Sarah Bush Lincoln's nutrition program. Everyone went to separate stations to help prepare the dinner, and some of the kids got to compete in games against the administrative team.
Today marked the last day of the summer that we will be spending with the kids from the Salvation Army day camp. We made the most of it, though! There was some rock-picking and some super fun games to wrap up our time together.
Youth Day is THIS SATURDAY!! The garden is wide open for youth and the young at heart all the time, but this Saturday is especially for kids looking for some weekend gardening fun! Come and join us from 8-10:30AM at the garden to garden, chat, and hang out with these hooligans -->
Today we had the opportunity to partner with Big Brothers Big Sisters in the garden. Today was the official kick off of the new rock garden and the kids were not only having a blast but also had the opportunity to learn about service. On another note, we have now harvested 600 pounds of produce, and it just keeps growing!
We picked and picked and picked and finally had enough produce to make it to the farmer's market! If you missed us today, don't worry; We will be back again next Friday.
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This week we were able to donate a bunch of our produce to a parent and child cooking class that was run by Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospital and hosted by the Fields Church. They taught the participants to cook healthy and easy meals that taste good too!
This past Saturday we had an abundance of volunteers and it was phenomenal! Please remember to come volunteer at any point during our Community Garden hours because we are always looking for helping hands and ready to make that next connection with you. All ages are welcome. All gardening skills (or lack thereof) are welcome. EVERYONE is welcome! We would love to see you!
We are having a blast seeing everyone at Bagelfest! We will still be there tomorrow so it's not too late to paint a rock animal, have your face painted, or participate in a Sink-or-Float activity. Come on down to see us starting bright and early to morning at 8 o'clock!
Molly performing her Sink-or-Float activity and wowing the crowd :D
Cayden and I showing off our face and "hand" paint
Today we were able to take some of the kids from the Salvation Army day camp to the water treatment plant to see the work that is put into providing clean water. They were also very helpful in pulling weeds and picking up rocks in the garden. The first picture shown is a couple of the student's reflecting on what they learned during the water tour, and the second is a couple of the kids standing next to all of the weeds they pulled today!
Today was full of fun and silliness. We started by going to Douglas Hart Nature Center and discussing the work they do to gain volunteers. It was reassuring to hear that we are doing the right things to move towards a great volunteer base! We also got a chance to hear a practice lesson from Molly Masulis which will be used for youth events in the future.
We made "Soil Sammy's" today with nylon socks that will have cute little faces with grass growing out the top posing as hair.
Fit-2-Serve will have a booth at Bagelfest this year!! There will be several activities such as rock animal making, a "Sink or Float" activity, and garden themed face painting. Pick out your face painting now and come on down Thursday, Friday, or Saturday to have it done!
We were fortunate enough today to see the raised-bed gardens behind Salvation Army. They are tended by several youth who attend the Salvation Army day camp. There are several plant varieties they are growing, and it is watched over by two ladies from the U of I extension office. We love to see what others in our community are doing in their gardens!
Today Fit-2-Serve had 23 youth volunteers from various organizations come together to work in the garden. The first picture shows youth from Broadway Christian Church and the second of a local boy scout troop working hard in the garden. Join us for the next youth service day on August 1st.
Yesterday we began planting pumpkins at Williams Elementary School. They will turn into a small pumpkin patch behind the school which will be used for lessons and hands-on experience.
Today our team was fortunate enough to have a tour of Mercy Gardens in Decatur, IL. They are an organization specializing in job training and urban gardening. We came home with lots of ideas and a new connection that will now be able to utilize in our future endeavors.
Today there were 21.5 pounds of harvested from the garden! This is such a massive amount and yet we strive to grow and to be able to harvest thousands of pounds per year. Have a fantastic Fourth of July everyone!
Recently we have had an influx of youngsters joining us at the garden. This week we were joined by the Salvation Army day camp as well as a group of kiddos from the local daycare.
Today, we were also very fortunate to see plans for a remodel of Lytle Park that will create an awesome place for kids and adults alike to play, exercise, and just be outside! One of their plans includes space for several raised beds that will create a community garden.
Yesterday, our team took a trip out to Lake Land College to see some of the sustainable resources they use on their campus. We were able to see how they run their community garden, and we were able to climb up onto the roof of one of their buildings which houses over 400 solar panels. It was great to see someone else accomplishing sustainable ideas so that we have a clearer idea of what we can strive for with Fit-2-Serve's project.
We are incredibly thankful to have had so many great volunteers lending a helping hand. A ton was accomplished in just one day, and we would love to have anyone come help for the weeks to come through the harvesting season!
Today, 20 volunteers from local churches came together to work in the community garden. Families worked side by side to form community and work towards the same goal of a flourishing garden. This weekend is SERVE weekend, so there are volunteers working all over Mattoon for a couple days to make our town a better place. However, volunteers are always welcome to make their way to the garden to work and form friendships. Our volunteer hours are Monday-Thursday from 4-6PM and Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 8-10:30AM.
As a result of this work, 100 strawberry plants were added to the land.
Today our team took a trip to a local day care to read stories and play with the kids. They are hoping to get out in the garden sometime soon, but because it has rained both times they had scheduled to come, we went to them. They got to here two stories and we had a blast playing games, eating pretend food, and enjoying a fashion show featuring a fireman, a police officer, a fairy, and a pirate. It is a great opportunity for us and for the kids to be connected through the garden.
Today our team delivered our first produce to sell at Mark's My Store. We were able to take a bunch of green onions, three packages of cut broccoli, and 3 orange zucchini. It's a small amount right now, but we will be taking much more in the coming months, so head over to My Store to snatch up our locally grown produce.
This picture shows Mark showing us where our produce will be stored when we take in a delivery.
This is the current corn at the garden! With all of the rain, it has had the opportunity to just shoot up. There has been so much growth in this area in the past week.
TJ was successful in replanting some of our pumpkins. We have had an abundance of pumpkins showing up recently, so now we have expanded their space.
Thanks to JJ for teaching us about planting "Three Sisters." A three sisters garden is a Native American tradition using squash, corn, and beans. According to Iroquois legend, corn, beans, and squash are three inseparable sisters who only grow and thrive together. For more information on this topic visit:
We have made it to social media! If you prefer Facebook, please come like our page. You will be able to see several events that we have planned for the week. If twitter is more your style, follow us: @_Fit2Serve_. We will be working towards daily tweets and plan on having an Instagram set up in the VERY NEAR future! You can like our Facebook and follow our tweets by looking in the top right hand corner of this webpage.
Today at Fit-2-Serve we were blessed with a big lunch from the Crossover church. It was an hour filled with fellowship and a very filling meal of pasta, salad, and cookies.
The second portion to our day was a book study of When Helping Hurts. We are able to come together as a group to learn each other's strengths and discuss how to better help the community without causing more hurt to those already affected by poverty.
A few days ago, a couple of us were able to go visit a local family's backyard garden. It was a great experience to be able to connect with local gardeners, see what they do differently, and talk about the work they may be able to do to help further development in the community garden.
We have had a fun-filled day! This morning we had a group of kids from the Salvation Army day camp come to Fit-2-Serve and learn how to wash, dry, weigh, and package newly harvested lettuce. They had a blast and were led in games by Gini and Lee. Each child was also sent home with a package of the lettuce that they prepared.
Right after them, a group from Big Brothers Big Sisters came by to have lunch and to learn how to make a vinaigrette dressing with fresh herbs grown right outside. Some of them weren't so sure if they wanted to eat salad but the dressing they were able to make may have sold them. They got to take home their dressing and a package of this morning's lettuce. If you want to make your own dressing, here's how we made ours:
3/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup rice vinegar
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon fresh herbs (we used sage, basil, cilantro, or thyme)
A pinch of salt and pepper
Combine all ingredients, seal the container, and shake it up!
We packaged our first produce yesterday! The starfish in the picture represents the unstoppable power of leaderless organizations as Fit-2-Serve simply seeks to equip people for works of service.
The picture above shows the extra half acre we have yet to plant. Even with the massive amount already accomplished, there is still a lot to go. It has taken 458 volunteer hours to become what it is today, but these hours will continue to add up and the garden will continue to grow and thrive.
This picture shows the rest of the land after it has been cultivated today by Ken Newby. He has used his tractor to cultivate the land three times this year. Ken has an auto body shop here in Mattoon (pictured below). A huge thanks to Ken for all of his hard work!
We want to give a HUGE thank you to deBuhr's Feed and Seed in Mattoon. They very graciously donated this pictured (above) truckload of plants for the community garden. The plants were relocated very quickly to their new home. Don't they look great?!
Another day in the garden and we got another slew of jobs finished. Although we were able to get a lot done, we are always looking for more volunteers to join us in our efforts!
Last night, a dinner was served including a course of salad made of only produce grown fresh in the garden. The garden is thriving! Today, the harvest consisted of 5.3 lbs of lettuce, 2 lbs of broccoli, 1.8 lbs of onions, and the plants just keep on growing!
This afternoon at Fit-2-Serve, there was quaint tea party complete with tea, cookies, and bingo. A big thanks to Becky Darling for organizing the event!


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To make a bow, select a strong piece of wood and allow it to dry then carve and debark the wood into a bended shape. Taper the wood and carve appropriate grooves for grips and string. Test the bow flexibility with a tiller tree before sanding, staining and sealing the wood to ensure long lasting durability. Finally stringing the bow and secure the string with glue or some other type of durable adhesive.
Weaker pieces of wood are more likely to splinter or crack due to their inflexibility so prioritize stronger woods like oak, hickory or maple. When working with a full tree log, cut the wood so the length is at least six inches longer than the intended length of the bow in case the wood cracks as it dries. Make sure the wood completely dries which typically takes about four weeks.
When fully dried, use a drawknife to debark the wood and carve the arched shape. Then taper the width of the bow so the center is narrower than the ends to fit the arrow. After refining the overall shape of the wood, use the drawknife and chain file to carve the gripped grooves within five inches of the central arrow groove.
Finish the shape then sand the wood smooth, looking for cracks in the wood. If the wood has been cracked in the process of shaping the bow, the entire piece will need to be scrapped and redone. Hunters may prefer a dark stain for their bow as it is easier to camouflage.


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Footballer offers Alzheimer's support
Newcastle United forward Peter Lovenkrands is giving his support to charities raising money for Alzheimer's disease.
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Newcastle United striker Peter Lovenkrands has raised more than 20 thousands pounds for the Alzheimer's Society through an online auction. The Danish forward lost his father Bent, to the illness two years ago.
He's been offering items from his Magpies' teammates via a fundraising page on the website JustGiving. They included Tim Kruhl's signed goal keeper gloves and a match worn number nine shirt from Papiss Cisse.
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Newcastle United star Peter Lovenkrands explains why raising money for and awareness of Alzheimers is so important to him. To donate you can visit his JustGiving page
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Here's some of the highlights of Peter Lovenkrands' career to date.
The Denmark international scored for Rangers against Villarreal in the Champions League knock-out phase in February 2006.
He also grabbed a hat trick in Newcastle United's 3-0 FA Cup win over Plymouth Argyle in January 2010.
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A number of Newcastle United stars have donated items to support Peter Lovenkrands with his fundraising for Alzheimer's disease.
Tim Krul, Steven Taylor, and Papiss Demba Cisse are among the players who've given items including signed shirts, pictures, and other memorabilia.
So far, Lovenkrands has raised more than £18,000 for charity.
People who make donations on his JustGiving page have the chance to win these items.
Magpies star supports Alzheimer's charities
Newcastle United forward Peter Lovenkrands is offering his support to people with Alzheimer's disease.
The Danish international has been personally affected by the illness after his late father, Bent, suffered from Alzheimer's before his death two years ago.
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White Harts
The most peaceful of all the People, the White Harts strive to stay out of conflicts. They truly feel that violence is not always the answer. This does not mean that they will not fight, they will and they are good at it. This is the only other tribe that you can join. When a warrior is tired of the violence they can move in with the White Harts to seek peace. A White Hart will not use a weapon that has the intention to kill intelligent creatures. They only use weapons that can be used for other purposes. Spears, bows, hammers, and daggers are the most common weapons that are used by this tribe. Further evidence of their willingness to avoid conflict is their decision to step out of the Council of Nines voting. They still moderate the meetings as they are the most neutral of the gathered groups. They are known among the other tribes as the keeper of the secret. However no one knows what that secret is. (Cause its a secret). All of the tribes respect their want for peace. Only one tribe has ever gone to war with them and only one other has tried. The one that went to war was known as the Pale Ones. They were utterly destroyed within a month by the White Harts. There is a level of fear that the other tribes have for the White Harts as well. The tribe that tried was stopped by the rest of the tribes and none speak of this. The White Harts are usually named after one tribe and then add the name Hart. Such as Blood Hart, or Star Hart, or Ghost Hart. Children of two White Harts are called Pure Hart. As peaceful as they are, you will incur their wrath if you kill a white stag for food or for sport. These animals are sacred to the White Harts.
The White Harts are recognized by their calm demeanor and peaceful ways. They can also be identified by their clothing. White is the only color that they wear.
They are currently led by High Chiefttess Caldara Pure Hart.


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As General Counsel, Daina leads IFAW's legal team and advises on all legal and governance matters, in support of IFAW's efforts to rescue and protect animals around the world. Daina works closely with the Boards of Directors, CEO and senior management on legal issues and risk management, collaborating with IFAW teams across all country offices and departments. Since joining IFAW in 2014, Daina has managed corporate governance for IFAW's offices in 16 countries, including establishing new entities to support IFAW's strategic vision. Daina advises on all legal aspects of IFAW's activities, including in relation to contracts, data protection, fundraising, insurance, intellectual property and animal law issues.
Prior to joining IFAW, Daina practiced litigation and international arbitration with private law firms for nine years. Daina received her JD from Stanford Law School, with pro bono distinction, and her BA in International Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead Scholar. Following college, Daina spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar in Kingston, Jamaica working on environmental education projects. Daina is Chair of the American Bar Association TIPS Animal Law Committee, and is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee, Louisiana (inactive) and North Carolina (inactive).
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The Workers' Compensation Commission held an open meeting to take final action on new regulations:COMAR 14.09.10 (Individual Employer Self-Insurer) on March 11, 2004. The new regulations were adopted and will be published in the April 2, 2004 issue of The Maryland Register. The regulations become effective April 12, 2004.
COMAR 14.09.01 (Procedural Regulations) to repeal Regulation .06 on March 11, 2004. The proposed repeal was adopted and will be published in the April 2, 2004 issue of the Maryland Register. The repeal becomes effective April 11, 2004.SEE:
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EXPLANATION OF 14.09.01.13 (.13 Subsequent Injury Fund-REQUEST FOR IMPLEADER)
On March 15, 2004, Commission rules will prohibit the practice of orally impleading the SIF on or near the date of a scheduled hearing. The new rule requires that the SIF be impleaded in writing, with a specific requirement that the impleading party identify the evidence which supports the claim that the SIF may be liable.
The new rule does not require that attorneys produce voluminous medical records when fulfilling this requirement and the Commission strongly discourages such a practice. The Commission carefully chose the word 'identify the evidence' when drafting the new rule to convey its desire that the impleading party critically assess the potential SIF liability in the case at the time of filing and be capable of reciting in a brief and concise manner why the SIF should be a party to the proceeding.
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Love in the age of the Internet, this certainly isn't the theme of Nell Freudenberger's book The Newlyweds, but that is where it begins. Amina is a smart, computer-literate girl in Bangladesh with an advanced knowledge of English. She dreams big, but not as big as her parents dream for her. She one day adds her profile up to an overseas dating site and begins an online relationship with George, a thirty-something engineer from upstate New York.
George travels to Bangladesh to meet Amina in person, and make her dreams come true, no not getting engaged (although they do that) but make it possible for her to live in America, by being his wife. There are some charming chapters about Amina trying to fit in an understand America – but then a sort of soap opera plot takes over, actually a few of them, and the book sort of lost me.
But, that being said I enjoyed Freudenberger's writing and characters – even if I thought the plot strayed a lot. I love books where I am exposed to new cultures, and find characters that try and make their way in a new culture. It is always insightful. And as an aside – while I ordered this book on my Kindle, what a beautiful cover for this book.
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We realize that you have a plethora of Christ-loving churches from which to choose as you seek the place of worship for your family, and because of this, we are delighted that you have stopped in to visit with us.
We are a Christ-loving, Biblically-based, ethnically-diverse, and mission-minded church that is growing in Christ. Should you desire to worship with a small congregation and to grow with us as we serve together, please consider visiting the church to worship and to fellowship with us.
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