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By Mike Norton
Each year, hundreds of birdwatchers migrate to the dunelands of Northwestern Michigan with their binoculars and notebooks to enjoy the region's many birding opportunities.
Many come for the annual spring migration, between mid-April and the middle of May, when a diverse population of migratory birds congregate on the triangular Leelanau Peninsula west of Traverse City. Others wait until the end of May for nesting season – and for the annual Leelanau Peninsula Birding Festival, a three-day cornucopia of field trips, talks and socializing designed with birders in mind.
Now they'll also have a new Internet tool to help them find prime birding sites: the Sleeping Bear Birding Trail, a web-based "road map" to over 120 miles of shoreline. The trail includes almost 40 birding sites within a short distance of state highway M-22 from the Traverse City limits to Manistee.
The Trail is anchored by the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, which has over 71,000 acres of public land and 35 miles of beaches, including vital habitat for the Piping Plover, an endangered shorebird that needs vast stretches of undisturbed beach. It also encompasses the homes of the Wings of Wonder raptor rehabilitation center and Saving Birds Through Habitat, a non-profit organization devoted to the protection and restoration of critical bird habitat.
Electronic birding trails have been launched successfully in Texas, Montana and Alabama's Gulf Coast. Birding Festival organizer Dave Barrons, one of the minds behind the new trail, says the Sleeping Bear area's distinct seasons, diverse topography, extensive shoreline and large number of natural areas with public access make it a naturalist's paradise.
"This is not just a single trail where you get out and hike around looking for birds," he says. "It's a travel route, a way of connecting a number of birding sites in a way that allows you to include them in your itinerary."
One key feature of the 123-mile trail is what Barrons and fellow birder Mick Seymour call "citizen science." Over time, individual birders who use the website will report their sightings and observations into a large electronic database that can be used by researchers.
"We now have the ability to meticulously record what we see and hear," says Seymour. "Birders all over the world are recording where, when, and how many and this data is enormously valuable to the science and understanding of species distribution and abundance."
Barrons says the Birding Trail will be up and running by April 1 – well in advance of the Leelanau Peninsula Birding Festival, which is scheduled May 29 to June 2.
The 2013 festival will include several new features – including an excursion to the nesting grounds of the rare Kirtland's warbler, a songbird that lives only in the dense foliage of young jackpine trees. Nine other field trips include visits to the beach habitat of the piping plover and a popular "Birding By Tall Ship" voyage on the schooner Inland Seas.
The Birding Festival will operate out of Fountain Point, a classic "Up North" resort near the village of Lake Leelanau, where participants will gather each evening after their excursions to listen to presentations and talks from birding leaders.
The keynote speaker for this year's festival is Brian Allen, one of one of Michigan's best-known birders, who spent most of 2012 working on a Michigan "Big Year" – a competition to identify as many bird species as possible in a single year. His talk will explore the ways in which life can get in the way of such an effort, how many species he ended up with, and about the importance of conservation to the future of birding.
Birding is now the country's number-one outdoor activity. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that there are currently 51.3 million birders, and 16 million Americans say they look for birds when they travel. Several Traverse City area resorts and lodges list nearby birding areas in their promotional literature, and a few even arrange guided outings on request.
For help with lodging and dining options, and to learn about other adventures, activities and attractions in the Traverse City area, contact the Traverse City Convention & Visitors Bureau at 1-800-TRAVERSE or on line at www.TraverseCity.com
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What Tops the Agenda for Wireless and Mobility in IT Departments?
Five topics shot to the top of IT agendas last year, and are still top priority in IT departments everywhere. Here they are, plus two new ones that are already generating plenty of buzz...
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Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change
Research Highlights
May 2012
Pollution + Storm Clouds = Warmer Atmosphere
Computer modeling reveals new insights on interactions between pollution particles and storms
An anvil cloud looms over the Southern Great Plains site location of the U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurements (ARM) Climate Research Facility. Enlarge Image
Results: For the first time, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have shown that pollution increases warming in the atmosphere through enlarging thunderstorm clouds. The scientists conducted a computational study with resolutions high enough to allow the team to see the clouds develop. They found that for warm summer thunderstorms, pollution particles lead to stronger storms with larger, anvil-shaped clouds, which also last longer. The warming effect dominated by trapping more heat, especially at night, even though these larger clouds also reflected more daytime sunlight warmth back into space.
Why it Matters: Clouds are one of the most poorly understood components of the Earth's climate system. Getting a better understanding of clouds, and how atmospheric particles affect them, is important to better predict the future of climate change.
"Global climate models don't see this effect because thunderstorm clouds simulated in those models do not include enough detail," said Dr. Jiwen Fan, lead author and a scientist at PNNL. "The large amount of heat trapped by the pollution-enhanced clouds could potentially impact regional circulation and modify weather systems."
For more information, see the PNNL News Center, "Pollution teams with thunderclouds to warm atmosphere."
Acknowledgments: This study was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science and Biological and Environmental Research (BER) Regional & Global Climate Modeling (RGCM) Program as part of a bilateral agreement with the China Ministry of Sciences and Technology on regional climate research and the U.S. DOE BER's Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Program . The work was performed by Drs. Jiwen Fan and L. Ruby Leung of PNNL; Dr. Daniel Rosenfeld of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Dr. Zhanqing Li and Yanni Ding of the University of Maryland.
Reference: Fan J, D Rosenfeld, Y Ding, LR Leung, and Z Li. 2012. "Potential Aerosol Indirect Effects on Atmospheric Circulation and Radiative Forcing through Deep Convection." Geophysical Research Letters 39:L09806. DOI:10.1029/2012GL051851.


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A Long-Term HIV Survivor on the Premier of The Normal Heart
On Monday, May 12, I had the honor of attending the premier screening of The Normal Heart as the guest of my sister Nancy. It was a star-studded event held at the Ziegfeld Theater in NYC.
The last movie I saw at the Ziegfeld was Longtime Companion in 1990. After that screening, I got completely drunk and told my best friend Alan my deep dark secret: I was HIV+. We both cried and cried and drank some more, because that's how I handled the crisis that was decimating the gay community in NYC.
Twenty-four years later, I'm 22 years sober. And unlike most of my gay friends from the '80s and '90s, I'm still alive and healthy and well aware of how truly blessed I am!
First, I have to set the scene at the Ziegfeld Monday night. We had the most amazing seats -- in the same row as Julia Roberts (who was by far the most stunning woman there) and her super-hot husband Danny Moder. Behind us sat Kelly Ripa and her handsome husband Mark, as well as adorable Andy Cohen. Brad and Angelina had seats down front, but the real star of the show was Larry Kramer. He deserved every moment of the standing ovation he got, for it was his play and his life that was about to unfold on the big screen.
The movie opened at a scene in The Pines that was so authentic, I was transformed back to 1981 and those wild and carefree times. I had moved to NYC with my boyfriend Frank in 1981. Although most of our weekends were spent in the Hamptons, we always spent one week in The Pines with the owners and staff of the Club Pierre (a restaurant we both worked in on weekends), most of whom were gay and almost all of whom have since died of AIDS. (I mentioned Pierre and his partner Jay in my last blog, as well as my belief that my hospital visit in early 1981 with shigella was probably because I was already infected.)
The next scene took us to NYC, exactly as it was back in the '80s: filthy streets, graffiti everywhere, subways with lights that flickered on and off and shook like mad. The scenes in St. Vincent's Hospital brought me to tears as I recalled one of my many visits to a dying friend; I can't even remember which friend, but I vividly recall going into the bathroom and washing my hands over and over and looking at myself in the mirror and praying, "Please don't let me get this, please, God, please!"
But unlike Larry Kramer, I chose to ignore what was happening to gay men in NYC in the '80s. My willful disregard for myself and my community ended in 1987, when I finally relented and allowed my boyfriend Jeff to talk me into getting tested for Valentine's Day. After my positive test result, I did nothing but drink and drug until I got sober in 1992.
As I watched Ned Weeks, the character based on Larry Kramer and brilliantly played by Mark Ruffalo, I'm both racked with guilt at how little I did and in awe of how much he did. His crusade in the fight against AIDS was tireless, relentless and fierce, as was the doctor played by Julia Roberts in one of her finest performances. Julia plays Emma Brookner, a doctor confined to a wheelchair because of polio. ("A virus that almost nobody gets any more," she says.)
I also couldn't help but recall the date I had with Larry Kramer on September 8, 1991. I didn't keep a diary back then, I only know the date because I looked up the day Brad Davis died. Labor Day weekend of 1991, I was out in the Hamptons and went to the gay disco, The Swamp. Larry Kramer was there that night and through mutual friends contacted me at work the next week to ask me to dinner. I thought, "Well, he's not my type but he is Larry Kramer." I don't remember the restaurant he took me to in the Village but I do recall going back to his house where he gave me a signed copy of his book Faggots. I was thinking of a reason to leave when his phone rang. It was Brad Davis's wife, calling to tell Larry that Brad had died of AIDS. Brad had starred as Ned Weeks in the 1985 Public Theater production of The Normal Heart. Sadly, it gave me my opportunity to leave and go out to drink some more!
Happily, the after party at The Four Seasons not only gave me the opportunity to remind Larry of our date, but also to tell him that he is one of my heroes and to thank him personally for keeping me alive. The movie ends with Larry getting kicked off the board of GMHC; it doesn't cover the next chapter of his fight against AIDS when he started ACT UP. Because of the work he did, I am alive today to tell my story in The AIDS Generation: Stories of Survival and Resilience. And to live long enough to see this important time in history come to life in this movie and in the Broadway play Mothers and Sons. It seems there is a long overdue resurgence of the attention this period deserves.
This week, I watched the media cover the opening of the 9/11 Memorial to commemorate the 2,752 lives lost on that awful day and I can't help but wonder where is the memorial to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to AIDS in New York City alone? Maybe when Larry Kramer finally loses his most important battle there will be an NYC memorial honoring him? In the meantime, we have this "must-see" movie that honors this largely unsung hero. So, thank you Larry Kramer for fighting the fight I was unable to fight and for keeping me alive so that I could one day marry another long-term survivor, my husband Brian Mott.
The Normal Heart premiers on HBO on Sunday. May 25, 2014.
From Jimmy: This blog is dedicated to my best friend Mark Weins, a.k.a. Marcus. He died in a car accident on Wednesday, May 22, in Florida, and was the last remaining HIV+ friend of mine from the '80s. We met in 1976 and since then we spoke nearly every day. Marcus and I went to see The Normal Heart together back in 1985 so he was the first person I called when I found out I was going. I spoke of him in my blog about losing my "gay family." His partner, Eric, 12-stepped me just before dying of AIDS in Sept. 1992.


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Final defendant in mortgage scheme that involved IU basketball standout sentenced in Allen County
Indiana Secretary of State's office helped investigate nearly $3 million scam that caused victims to default on loans
INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 24, 2011) – An investigation that involved the Indiana Secretary of State's Securities Division has resulted in the sentencing Thursday of the final defendant in an Allen County mortgage fraud scheme.
Robin Hunt, a former mortgage broker in Ft. Wayne, was given a 1-year sentence, with one year of probation, after pleading guilty in January to two counts of loan broker fraud, a class D felony.
Hunt, who was sentenced by Allen County Superior Court 5 Judge Fran Gull, also was ordered to pay $25,000 in restitution to Flagstar Bank as a result of a fraudulent loan causing default.
Co-defendant Joseph Garretson spearheaded the scheme that involved co-defendant Lane Miller and Hunt. Garretson admitted to using Hunt and Miller's mortgage company – Freedom Financial Mortgage Corp. – to arrange mortgage refinancing loans for clients. Garretson then acknowledged using the money for personal gain.
The scheme caused the victims, many of whom were acquaintances of Garretson's, to default on their mortgages and lose a total of nearly $3 million.
"Today's sentencing is the culmination of a very successful partnership between the Secretary of State and the Allen County prosecutor," Indiana Securities Commissioner Chris Naylor said. "Our offices worked closely in this case to combat mortgage fraud and to hold these unscrupulous individuals accountable for their crimes."
Former Indiana University basketball standout and radio announcer Todd Leary also played a role in the scam by conspiring with Garretson to divert borrowers' money for the purpose of receiving ill-gotten gains.
Hunt submitted unlawful mortgage loan applications to various banks using his own name, knowing that Garretson and Miller had actually completed the paperwork on behalf of borrowers despite not being licensed to do so.
In June 2010, Garretson pleaded guilty to three felony counts, including unlawful loan organization activities, misappropriation of mortgage title escrow funds and corrupt business influence. He is currently serving an 11 ½-year prison sentence in the Indiana Department of Corrections.
Miller pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit loan broker fraud and was sentenced to one year of probation and one year of community service in early January 2011.
In October 2010, Leary pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit conversion or misappropriation of title escrow funds in connection with the scheme. He was sentenced to two years of home detention, two years of probation and ordered to pay $294,000 in restitution.
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Winnipeg's Next Mayor
Of late, I have been paying attention to the embryonic stages of Winnipeg's mayoralty campaign as prospective candidates and candidateettes jockey for your vote in the hopes of succeeding Slippery Sam Katz at City Hall.
I think many Winnipeggers share my opinion that Katz has more than overstayed his welcome in the mayor's chair and needs to go. His recent decision not to stand for re-election was perhaps the smartest move he's made in several years.
The question now remains as who will succeed him. Thus far, the four most prominent contenders don't look impressive.
For starters, there's Judy Wasylycia-Leis. Only a dead-red socialist like her could inspire a run to the ballot box to support Sam Katz and it was likely only her candidacy that earned Katz another term. I've listened as she's promised to magically fix all the roads and sewers with her Midas-like touch and put a critter in every pot, all while keeping tax increases modest and predictable.
If you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you.
I used the line in the last civic election that Sam Katz is like a wart on your finger. Voting for Judy is the moral equivalent of cutting off your arm at the shoulder to get rid of it.
I was intrigued by Brian Bowman's candidacy until I heard him speak at Socialism Illustrated's so-called "News Café." He calls himself a conservative, but he sounded every bit like a member of the NDP. I was shocked when he almost seemed to support the recent PST increase and he even had the nerve to suggest that if the province had held a referendum on the PST increase, as was required by law, it would pass. To quote a former friend of mine, "What's he been smoking?" If he is a member of either the Manitoba PC Party or the federal Conservative Party, I hope he has enough honor to turn in his membership card. I don't agree with Judy's leftist leanings, but I at least respect her for being honest and straightforward about them.
Bowman may be new to the political arena, but he is one smooth operator. Too smooth, in fact. Reported connections between him and the Chipman family make me even less inclined to support him. I don't want Sam Katz, Jr. as the next mayor any more than I want Judy Wasylycia-Leis.
Paula Havixbeck seemed to make the most sense to me and I would probably lean towards supporting her. She'll probably garner some sympathy votes for being a single mother, but otherwise, I don't think she has enough name recognition to win the election. She might also be getting in over her head.
When I heard Gord Steeves speak, he reminded me of the line in one of the Peanuts episodes when Lucy was talking about Charlie Brown. Wishy one day, washy the next. I would rather see him in office than either of Judy or Brian Bowman, but I certainly didn't get much of a positive impression from him. He would probably qualify as the "do nothing, mind the store" candidate, attributes that could potentially make him appealing. Many past mayors and councillors have won elections as the least undesirable option, but I'm not sure he has a high enough profile to pull it off.
I think many in Winnipeg are thrilled that Sam Katz will be gone after this coming election. Who will succeed him, however, may be no better and could very well be worse, perhaps even much worse. Don't be surprised if Katz's legacy begins to look much better as the years go by.


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Sunday, 6 March 2011
How Often Dost Thou with thy Case, thy Habit, Wrench Awe from Fools?
The ego may then be lived along the lines of row, row, row your boat. Life is but a dream, and the dreamer is no more; there is just the dream, manifesting. The story can then unfold in a stream of arisings, unlived by a dominant persona, unvalued by a needy identity. Life is everything, everything is life, there is no judgement, nothing truly matters, yet everything does by virtue of its apparent existence. But is that all there is? Is all there is, all there is? The ego will never be satisfied and that is its job. Questing, striving, improving, giving up, sinking, triumphing, seeking, finding; it will never be done, life will never be settled - but life not seeming settled is fulfillment disguised. If the illusion of reality is recognised, this striving, straining, project-building, happiness-confirming, comfort-saving unfolding of the human story can, at last, be fully stepped into and lived. The ego may arise, but its validation is no longer the tale being told. So roll up your sleeves and dig into it - with the ego, or egoless, whatever it seems like - even if it all seems black and full of despair, it's a miracle there is anything to do or feel or think or be at all.
I wasn't able to dig up the specific, small clip I wanted from The Return of the Jedi. In its favour, this longer clip takes place before the nauseatingly cute Ewoks show up. The bit I wanted was a brilliant exchange between Han and Luke, full of irony, and in a series lambasted for weak character development, illustrative of the timbre of their relationship in a 30-second snippet of dialogue. Also in its favour is the first glimpse of Princess Leia in her Jabba-slave getup, the launch of a million boys' fantasies...those that were teenagers in the mid-80's especially. I can imagine Carrie Fisher looks at this, notes her perfect stomach, and thinks, "I looked fabulous and it's recorded for all time in an iconic film." It's also fun to laugh at the state-of-the-art puppets, and stop-motion monster; kids today have little patience for these effects, built by the boys in the backroom with latex. In fact, my children are even discerning about the quality of CGI; if it's not top-notch, they're likely to inquire "CGI much?" of the screen. Touchingly, the monster's keeper puts in the best small role performance of the Star Wars hexad as the sole mourner of the beast's demise. I wanted the exchange between Luke and Han because it captures the attitude arising for me, the character Suzanne, or whatever it's OK to call the ol' identity today. Have fun watching.
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"even if it all seems black and full of despair, it's a miracle there is anything to do or feel or think or be at all."
Either you see the miraculous and wonder of this regardless of circumstances(I'm not denigrating or belittling extreme challenging situations or personal crisis) or you don't.
Peace and Love to you - Suki
PS - Carrie Fisher is 'HOT' in ROTJ
- 6 March 2011 at 23:28
- No One In Particular said...
I think you see even if you don't think you do...and yes, Carrie Fisher is Top of the Hot Film Babes in ROTJ!
- 7 March 2011 at 13:36
The seeing is always on,just not realized by most.Though,it seems more and more are coming round to this 'seeing'.That difference makes all the difference in the world so to speak.Problems and situations are the same and may improve or get worse,but mental suffering and identification is not there to the same degree or intensity.Seeing that there is no self to actually suffer is grace,liberation or whatever you want to call it.
Peace - Suki
- 7 March 2011 at 17:26
- CVB said...
Hi, thank you for your recent comments... Quote: "I'd like to link to you", yes go ahead, I'm flattered... I like your blog also...
- 29 March 2011 at 20:04
- No One In Particular said...
Hey CVB, you're linked! In "Stuff I Like". And I like a lot.
- 30 March 2011 at 06:19
- muman said...
I love coincidences today my nephew said his Mom... my sister looks like Jabba the Hut on Mothering Sunday too lol....that's 14 year olds. Just watched you on tv...nice :-) Will i be picking my mala up again tomorrow to 'purify myself'... who knows.... who cares lol :-)
- 3 April 2011 at 22:18
- muman said...
Hi Suzanne,
I'm getting from your tv interview with Renate that there is no self and everything is coming up in the now...........what i seem to be getting is that there is no actual thing as memory only a present thought can you comment on this ;-)tried to email you from your blogg but no luck could you email me via my muman profile email. Cheers bud.
- 4 April 2011 at 10:20


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I have a goal of riding every named Rail-Trail in New York State. There are many more railbeds not used for trains anymore which are also ridable. They are usually unnamed, unsigned, and unpublished. I speculate that this is because the owner is either indifferent or away. I've ridden some of these but I'm more interested in getting the named trails ridden first. I'm uploading them to OpenStreetMap as I go.
Here are the trails I rode this summer: Stillwater Rail Trail on a chilly end-of-March day. The El Camino Rail Trail, the Heritage Park Rail Trail, the Lehigh Memory Trail, and the Pittsford Rail Trail as part of the Erie Canalwail Trail ride. I hit the Kennedy Rail Trail, NYO&W Liberty and Parksville Rail Trails, the South Cazenovia Rail Trail, the Tarrytown Lakes extension, and walked the White Plains Greenway. Re-rode the Hudson Valley Rail Trail / Walkway Over the Hudson / Dutchess County Trail system (end to end this time), re-rode the Orange Heritage Trailway and the Gorge Trail, and rode a bit on the Walkill Valley Rail Trail.
Trails I've ridden:
- Albany County Rail Trail (Elsemere west to Slingerlands),
- Albany County Rail Trail (Elsemere east to Normanskill),
- Auburn Fleming Trail,
- Ballston Bike Trail,
- Black River Recreational Trail,
- Bog Meadow Brook,
- Canalway Trail (Rochester/Greece),
- Cycling The Canalway Trail 2012, a supported ride sponsored by Parks and Trails NY.
- Sunday, Buffalo to Medina
- Monday, to Pittsford
- Tuesday, to Seneca Falls
- Wednesday, to Syracuse
- Thursday, to Rome
- Friday, to Canajoharie
- Saturday, to Schenectady
- Sunday, to Albany
- Cycling The Canalway Trail 2013
- Saturday, Buffalo
- Sunday, Buffalo to Medina
- Monday, to Pittsford
- Tuesday, to Seneca Falls
- Wednesday, to Syracuse
- Thursday, to Rome
- Friday, to Canajoharie
- Saturday, to Schenectady
- Sunday, to Albany
- Cato Fair Haven Trail, (again, partially)
- Catskill Scenic Trail (west of Stamford),
- Catskill Scenic Trail (east of Stamford),
- Cayuga Hojack Trail,
- Clarence Akron Pathway (SW of Clarence),
- Corning Bike Path,
- D&H Canal Heritage Corridor North,
- D&H Canal Heritage Corridor South, (partially)
- D&H Trail (to the VT state line, and south into VT),
- Dutchess Rail Trail,
- El Camino Rail Trail,
- Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Rail Trail,
- Genesee Valley Greenway 1 (partial),
- Genesee Valley Greenway 2 (still partial, but more),
- Gorge Trail, (again),
- Harlem Valley Rail Trail,
- Heritage ParkRail Trail,
- Hoosic Greenway Trail,
- Hudson Valley Rail Trail,
- Jim Schug Trail,
- Jim Tedisco Fitness Trail,
- Kennedy Rail Trail,
- Joseph B. Clarke Railtrail,
- Lehigh Memory Trail (Williamsville),
- Lehigh Valley Rail Trail (Naples),
- Lehigh Valley Trail North (Rush),
- Lehigh Valley Trail North (Crittenden),
- Lehigh Valley Trail (Rochester/Rush/Mendon - but not all the way into Victor),
- Maple City Trail,
- Mohawk-Hudson Bike Trail (which is also the Erie Canalway Trail),
- North County Trailway,
- NYO&W Liberty Rail Trail,
- NYO&W Parksville Rail Trail
- NYO&W Hurleyville Rail Trail
- NYO&W Woodridge Rail Trail
- Ontario Pathways Rail Trail,
- Orange Heritage Trailway (the unimproved eastern end),
- Orange Heritage Trailway (the official paved section),
- Oswego Recreational Trail,
- Philip A. Rayhill Memorial Recreational Trail,
- Pittsford Railroad Loop Trail,
- Pittsford Rail Trail,
- Putnam County Trailway,
- Railroad Run,
- Rivergate Trail,
- Rochester, Syracuse & Eastern Trolley Trail,
- The Rutland Trail (many many times. Also see the Rutland Trail website),
- South Cazenovia Rail Trail
- South County Trailway (southern portion)
- South County Trailway (northern portion)
- South Hill Recreation Way,
- Spring Run Trail,
- Stillwater Rail Trail,
- Tannersville Bike Path (Huckleberry Multi-Use Trail),
- Tarrytown Lakes extension,
- The Uncle Sam Bikeway,
- Town of Edwards Nature Trail,
- Vestal Rail Trail,
- Wallkill Valley Rail Trail,
- Walkway Over The Hudson (and the new part of the Hudson Valley Trail and more parts of the Dutchess Rail Trail which I hadn't ridden earlier), and again, only end-to-end this time, 40 miles in total.
- Walden-Walkill Rail Trail (which I had called the Shawangunk Rail Trail),
- Warren County Bikeway (first rode it many years ago, before I had my GPS),
- White Plains Greenway (bicycles prohibited, so I walked this),
- Zim Smith Trail (and again),
Trails I haven't (yet) ridden:
Allegheny River Valley Trail,
Chautauqua Alison Wells Ney,
Chautauqua Brockton Area Recreational Trail,
Chautauqua Brocton Area Recreational Trail,
Chautauqua Laurie A. Baer Trail,
Chautauqua Nadine and Paul Webb Trail,
Chautauqua Nancy B. Diggs Trail,
Chautauqua Ralph C. Sheldon Jr. Trail,
Chautauqua Village of Mayville Trail,
Cheektowaga Trail,
Clarence Akron Pathway (still need to ride it north of Clarence),
Genesee Valley Greenway (still need to ride it end-to-end),
Groveland Secondary Trail
Newstead trail (connects to the Clarence Akron Pathway),
Lancaster Heritage Trail,
Portage Trail,
Sodus Point to Wallington Trail (doesn't really exist yet),
Wallkill Valley Rail Trail north of the Rondout Bridge (newly extended).


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Rob Zombie To Record 'Dark, Heavy, Weird' Album
With his revamped lineup of John 5 on guitar, Piggy D on bass and new drummer Ginger Fish, Rob Zombie is sure of one thing – his new album will be a heavy one.
That decision is not one of chance, but one Zombie and his creepy crew have set their sights on. In a new interview with Artist Direct, Zombie talks about the concerted effort, saying, "This time, we sort of made a pact that we're going to make a heavy record on purpose and stick to that goal. We have been."
While a heavy record isn't exactly unprecedented territory for Zombie, he explained the process further, explaining, "We just want to make a dark, heavy, weird record and stick to that idea." So any songs that start turning down a path that doesn't fit that mold, won't be heard on this record.
When it comes to the lyrics this time around, Zombie hasn't even started, as with past discs, that's not something he gets into until much further along in the process. "I don't really get into the lyrical part of the record until the songs are fairly far along," admits Zombie, "I never have. It's always the way I've done it for some reason."
When it comes to new drummer Ginger Fish and what he brings to the fold, Zombie was not short on compliments, saying, "He's a phenomenal drummer. I didn't know how f---ing good he was. He doesn't get the credit he deserves." He continued to rave about Ginger Fish, and how he fits into the lineup, "There are certain songs we've played for years that have never quite sounded right," stated Zombie. "A song like 'More Human Than Human' has a repetitive groove. If you don't really get the groove down, the song can be really monotonous to listen to and he nailed it. That's a really great feature."
Still no release date etched in stone for the new Zombie disc, but it's expected to be out later this year.
Rob Zombie and his band are gearing up for a co-headlining tour with Megadeth that kicks off at the beginning of May, check out all the dates here.


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Like a detective at a crime scene, chief language inspector Antons Kursitis scans the lobby of a hotel in downtown Riga. He spots a brochure that lists hotel services in Russian only, a flagrant violation of Latvia's language laws.
"Protecting the Latvian language — that is, safeguarding its supremacy over Russian — has been a priority here since the Soviet occupation ended two decades ago. Those efforts face their biggest test yet on Saturday, in a referendum on whether to make Russian the country's second official language." What historical, political and demographic factors shape this cultural issue of language? Why is language often seen as so crucial to cultural identity?
The Latvian voters have spoken: in a massive voter turn-out, they struck down the referendum that sought to make Russian an official language. "Latvia is the only place throughout the world where Latvian is spoken, so we have to protect it," said Martins Dzerve, 37, in Riga, Latvia's capital. "But Russian is everywhere." For more on the vote, see: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17083397


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Queen's guard 'filmed snorting powder' Off Ceremonial Sword
An investigation has been launched after one of the Queen's guards was allegedly filmed snorting a line of powder off a ceremonial sword while on duty at St James's Palace.
The 30-second mobile phone clip was mistakenly posted on a messaging service for troops, The Sun reports.
The officer appears to snort the substance after another man is heard asking: "How much? Two inches? You want two inches of that? If you get rid of that I'll be mightily impressed."
A woman can also be heard saying: "No, don't do it, for the love of God!"
The Sun reported that the officer still had 13 hours left on duty.
An MoD spokesman said: "The Army expects all personnel to stick to its high standards and any found to fall short are disciplined robustly.
"An investigation is under way."
The Princess Royal and Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice live at St James's Palace but none of them are believed to have been there at the time.


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It's been twelve years since the Toyota Prius first came on to the American stage. Thought of as a science experiment then, and in many ways it was, now in it's third generation the Prius Liftback IS the face of Toyota.
While the hybrid and plugin electric market may only be 2.5% of all vehicle sales in the U.S., the Prius accounts for more than 50% of those sales. The most shocking statistic is that 96% of all Prius' sold, are still on the road today. Looking to expand the sales of the Prius, Toyota have expanded the sub-brand of Prius into four models, with the goal of the Prius family of vehicles surpassing Camry in sales
The first expansion of the Prius family was the Prius v, not quite a crossover, yet more than a wagon, it was Toyota's move to get growing and active families more space to fit their lifestyle without compromising fuel economy or the integrity of the Prius name. The Plugin Prius will be the current Liftback model that will have the ability to drive 15 miles on pure electric, then revert back to a standard Prius Hybrid once the charge has been depleted. The last component is the source of our review, and that is the Prius c. It is a B-segment car, which will be competing against the likes of Toyota's own Yaris and iQ, along with the Mazda2, Ford Fiesta, Chevy Spark, Honda Fit, Nissan Versa, Kia Rio and Hyundai Accent.
Powering the Prius c is an updated version of the venerable 1.5 liter inline four cylinder engine. It has been updated to improve efficiency with lighter weight valve springs, lighter tension weight piston rings along with a few other items like the elimination of an accessory belt so now that the power steering, air conditioning and water pump are all driven via electric motors to reduce drag and friction and improve fuel economy. This is paired with a Ni-MH battery pack that is about 2/3rds the size of the one found in the Liftback, which provides an additional 25.9 horsepower to the 73 horsepower engine. The transaxle in the Prius c is an all electric unit that has no belts.
Fuel economy is the raison d'etre in the Prius family and the Prius c will deliver that in spades. Rated by the EPA 53 city, 46 highway and 50 combined. We had the opportunity to drive for a short 25 mile loop that was an equal mix of surface roads and highway. On the surface roads we pulled down 63.5 mpg without really making an effort to maximize fuel economy, and at the end of the loop we had a combined 54.7 mpg, and that was while driving highway speeds of 70-75 mph. Keeping with the rest if the Prius family, the c also has start/stop technology, so that the car is running only when it needs to when stopped in traffic. If you are in stop and go driving, this is an excellent way to save a few extras drops of fuel.
Lest you think this B-segment car is cramped inside, it is not. Front seat passengers have plenty of room, no fear of rubbing shoulders with your passenger. For back seat passengers, two normal sized adults will be able to ride comfortably. We had the drivers seat set for us at 5'11", then jumped in the back seat behind and were able to get in and out with no problem, and our knees were not touching the back of the driver seat either.
The rear seats do fold in a 60/40 arrangement allowing for good load flexibility, bicycles and snowboards will have no problem fitting inside. With the seats up there is 17.1 cubic feet of space in the hatch area, which should be more than enough room for day to day items, or runs to the grocery store.
In the upper trim levels Toyota have made Softex synthetic leather an option. Listening to their consumers, Toyota have eliminated the use of natural leather in the Prius family of cars. The Softext in our test car, was comfortable, had a quality feel to it, and was grippy so that we did not slide around in the seat.
There will be four trim levels to the Prius c, One, Two, Three and Four. Stepping up to trim level's Three and Four will net you a smart key, which offers the ability to not have to take the key out of your pocket to get in the car, or need it for starting. The upper two levels also get you the top end audio system with navigation. It has a 6.1 in touch screen with AM/FM/SirusXM/HD Radio and also will play CD's along with MP3 and WMA files through a six speaker system.
All trim levels have bluetooth as standard but trim levels Three and Four allow for advanced voice recognition. The top end audio system also includes Entune. Entune is a system that Toyota have developed that works with the data connection on your smart phone to supply Pandora, iHeart Radio, OpenTable, MovieTickets.com along with real time traffic, weather, fuel prices, sports scores and weather to you.
You register on a specific Toyota website with your cars VIN number, and then you can assign up to four different phones to the system so that everyone can taylor the system to themselves, if multiple people in a household share the car.
The Prius c also contains a 3.5 inch TFT display to the right of the offset digital speedometer. There are multiple levels of menus to explore within. Items like energy monitors, drive information, scoring the last 100 drives and how economical the current one is, 5 minute consumption. There is an ECO Savings level where you can program the current cost of gas in, and also the mpg of another vehicle to see how much you are saving with the Prius c. It also calculates the current cost of your current trip, and past trips, and brake it down into a cost per mile. It will also grade you on how economically you are driving and braking on a scale of 1-5 and display it in a bar graph.
Many people worry about safety in cars that are as small as the Prius c. To address this Toyota is including nine standard airbags along with items like ABS, traction control, vehicle stability control, brake assist, brake force distribution and smart stop.
Smart stop is a system that intervenes when both the brake and gas peddles are pressed at the same time. In a panic situation one might press down hard on both peddles without meaning to. The system senses this, and disengages the gas, it also incorporates a hill assist into the system so that if you are on a hill and stopped, you do not roll backwards when transferring from the brake peddle to the gas peddle.
Pricing for the Prius c in trim level One starts at $19,710, Level Two is $20,760, Level Three is $22,395 and Level Four is $23,990, all prices include the $760 destination fee. While this is certainly on the higher end of the B-Segment price structure, cars like Ford's Fiesta can quickly top $20,000 as well once they are optioned up. The base price of the Prius c is about a $2,000 premium over the Yaris to give some context.
Out on the road the Prius c drives very well. While the handling can't be called sporty, it is very competent. It is very agile, has a better ride quality than the Prius Liftback or v, and also transmits less road noise through the tires than the Liftback or v as well. The Prius c engineers took extra time to mitigate as much NVH from the car as possible and their work shows.
Acceleration in city traffic from 0-40 miles an hour is good, though not quick. Merging onto the highway the power can be best described as adequate. It is able to get on to freeways and merge without drama, and while you may feel you need to be going faster or accelerating quicker, once you look at the speedometer, you will see you've already gotten up to the speed of surrounding traffic. The car can engage an EV mode where it can run up to a mile with a max speed of 25 miles an hour.
The Prius c was able to run 75 miles an hour on the highway with no issues, it was not moved around by semi's going past, it felt very stable, and the interior is quiet enough to hold a conversation in a normal tone of voice.
While the other versions of the Prius have never excited us all that much, we feel that the c is the first Prius that we can get behind. It truly was a fun and satisfying car to drive. In a time when gas is again approaching $4/gallon in the U.S., having a car that can pull down 50 mpg is an attractive proposition. And when that proposition asks very few compromises from you, it's even more so. No the car is not a sports car, or a sporty car, what it is, is a small car that gets the job done, can be well equipped, and you don't mind driving. While in the past, and even now with the Liftback and the v, the Prius' could be described as automotive appliances, the c does not have that vibe, it feels like a car first, a hybrid second.


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"Red-headed Woodpecker" Oil painting on stretched canvas 6"x6" For my mini landscape series I've started with a blank, black canvas and build up my image from there. The black lines you see around the objects, such as individual hills, mountains, flowers, trees, and clouds, are the void of intentionally unpainted areas. Oil paints, unlike acrylics, take a long time to dry and therefore test my patience and skills when it comes to keeping the colors from turning to mud. The 1.5" thick sides have been painted with black acrylic paint and hanging hardware has been attached to the back for quick installation.
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A Tennessee church welcomes its Muslim neighbors.
Christians and Muslims in the post-9/11 world.
A conservative Republican member of Congress talks about his journey of repentance for supporting the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Seminary graduates share what they learned about God's call to social justice.
Good presidents and administrators influence not just schools, but the broader church.
'Silent' raids that drive workers into the underground economy are worse than useless.
ROTC is back on campuses -- but military thinking still conflicts with the life of the mind.
Will we control high U.S. health-care costs, or just shift them to seniors?
This may be the largest use of civil disobedience yet around global warming.
America should be a safe place for people of all faiths.
Starting in 2013, every pack of cigarettes sold in the U.S. will include graphic images portraying the physical effects of smoking, although looking really cool when you're a teenager won't be one of them.
Culture Watch
Springsteen has always understood that the rock-and-roll story is about freedom.
The round-up on late-summer cinema, including: Solaris, The Tree of Life, and Super 8.
Why, despite mutual suspicions, Christianity and comics go together like paper and ink.
The Tree of Life, directed by Terrence Malick. Fox Searchlight Pictures.
The Dream is Freedom: Pauli Murray and American Democratic Faith, by Sarah Azaransky.
Life Stories
Eschewing perfection, they knotted in a flaw, the human signature and kink that made the carpet whole -- not less perfect, but more for the fraying edge, the bleeding dyes that cloak their treasure in disguise, an act of indirection modeled from on high:
Reflections on the Common Lectionary.
Re: Elizabeth Palmberg's "The Safety Net Frays" (July 2011): I don't believe that we, as citizens, have any voice in these issues any more.
Reflections on the Common Lectionary.
"The Safety Net Frays" is a nice piece, but we've seen this movie before. The American chattering classes chatter marvelously, but stopped believing in anything of value some 40 years ago.
Please continue to address the importance of promoting and building peace ("The Things that Make for Peace," by Jim Wallis, July 2011), whether in Afghanistan, Palestine-Israel, Libya, or right here at home, rather than simply opposing our nation's current wars.
Loving our neighbors is usually easier in the abstract. The members of Heartsong Church, just outside of Memphis, Tennessee, made that love very real last year in a concrete act of welcome.
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Graduates reflect on how their seminary education impacts their work of social justice today.


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- Monrovia
Introducing Liberia
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One of the poorest nations in Africa, Liberia emerged in 2005 from a bloody civil war in which 300,000 died. It is a land boasting 350 miles (563km) of tropical beaches, with swathes of pristine wilderness and verdant rainforests. It may be on the mend but sadly, travel to Liberia is not generally recommended due to the political situation and lack of infrastructure. Travel experts like the UK Foreign Office currently advise against all travel to certain areas of the country.
Originally founded as a refuge for liberated American slaves, this struggling country is located just north of the equator on the western bulge of Africa, and there is still much evidence of its onetime link to the US. The capital of Monrovia is named after the fifth President of the United States, James Monroe, and the country's flag closely resembles its American counterpart.
There are several worthwhile attractions outside of the dilapidated capital. The city of Buchanan offers fine beaches, a modest selection of restaurants and a handful of guesthouses. A day trip to Robertsport is a must. Here, visitors can take a peek into the cultural history of Liberia and relax on some of the cleanest and most beautiful beaches in the country.
Liberia's key attraction is the Sapo National Park, the largest untouched tract of rainforest in Western Africa, incorporating the Nimba Mountains, which are home to abundant wildlife such as elephants, leopards, buffalo, pygmy hippos and monkeys. It is also popular to go game viewing by boat along the Sinoe River.
Foreigners are advised to travel only in an organised tour and never venture out alone. Gangs of former combatants are known to walk around the poorer areas of Monrovia causing trouble, and women should prepare themselves for plenty of unwanted attention. Health care facilities are limited and diseases such as typhoid and malaria are common. Travellers are advised to take care with their personal hygiene, as there are many health risks involved in everyday situations.
Although it is not a popular tourist destination right now, when the political turmoil clears, Liberia is sure to be near the top of the list of West African destinations to visit due to its natural splendour and off-the-beaten-track allure.
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DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co (GM.N) and Ford Motor Co (F.N) this week ramped up deep discounts on many of their U.S. models, extending those offers through March in an effort to lure customers back into winter-ravaged showrooms.
Some of the heaviest discounts are being offered by Ford and Chevrolet dealers on full-size pickups - $8,000 and more on the 2014 Ford F-150 and $9,000 and more on the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado, according to Internet listings posted Thursday.
But U.S. dealers also are sweetening deals on a wider range of vehicles, from low-priced economy cars such as the Chevrolet Sonic to popular crossovers such as the Ford Escape, fueling fears of an escalating "discount war" among the bigger manufacturers.
The latest offers come as the Detroit automakers and a number of their competitors appear to have been slammed by a third straight month of extreme weather in many parts of the United States, causing inventories of unsold vehicles to remain at unseasonably high levels.
"We believe short-term pent-up demand is building, but it's difficult to know when it will be released," said analyst Joseph Spak of RBC Capital Markets. "It could be March or spread out over a few months (and) is also likely dependent on the weather."
Analysts polled by Reuters estimated U.S. vehicle sales in February will be relatively flat from a year ago, at around 1,196,000, representing an annualized rate of 15.4 million. After dismal sales in January, analysts had predicted an uptick in February.
The challenge for GM and Ford has been to maintain a delicate balance between pricing and discounts, one of the key incentives offered by the industry. This task is made a bit easier with big pickups, high-margin vehicles that traditionally provide the lion's share of pretax profit in Detroit.
Automakers were able to maintain record transaction prices in February, with the industry average topping $29,000, according to research firm J.D. Power.
GM, which introduced its redesigned Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups last summer, has seen the biggest gain - around $5,000 per vehicle - in truck prices from a year ago, according to research firm Kelley Blue Book.
Because it has been spending relatively less on incentives this year than Ford, GM's share of full-size truck sales has dropped several points to less than 35 percent.
GM spent an estimated $3,204 per vehicle in incentives in February, compared with $3,305 for Ford, according to research firm TrueCar.
That could change as GM phases out heavy-duty versions of the Silverado and Sierra this spring while building up production of redesigned editions.
Analyst Brian Johnson of Barclays Capital said U.S. vehicle inventories are down slightly from January, but so far the automakers have maintained relatively strong first-quarter production schedules.
"Should inventory levels remain elevated through April, we could see the issue addressed" via higher incentives or production cuts, Johnson said.
At the retail level, discounting continues at a furious pace, judging from dealer websites reviewed Thursday by Reuters.
Chevrolet dealers were offering promotional deals on a wide range of models as the GM brand wrapped up a nationwide Presidents Day sale and prepared for two new March promotions.
The new promotions are dubbed Chevy Truck Month and Chevy Open House, according to trade publication Automotive News. The March incentive programs are expected to provide discounts of up to $7,000 or more per vehicle, according to a GM source who declined to be named because the programs have not been formally announced.
A number of Chevrolet dealers in the meantime are offering even better deals, many of them over the Internet.
On Thursday, David Stanley Chevrolet in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, advertised a 2014 Silverado for $27,900, or $9,260 off the sticker price.
In Chandler, Arizona, Thoroughbred Chevrolet advertised a 2014 Malibu sedan at $17,395, or $5,860 off sticker, and a 2014 Sonic hatchback for $10,495, or $4,500 off.
Ford has boosted and extended discounts on many of its U.S. models through March 31. The company now is offering rebates of up to $4,000 on the full-size 2014 F-150 pickup and as much as $6,000 on selected models such as the 2014 Focus Electric.
But Ford dealers across the United States continue to advertise even steeper discounts on the Web.
Hall Ford Lincoln in Newport News, Virginia, on Thursday was offering a 2014 Ford Taurus Limited sedan for $34,000, a discount of $6,090 off the suggested retail price, and a 2014 Escape SEL crossover for $29,000, a discount of $5,600.
Brandon Ford in Tampa, Florida offered deep discounts of up to $7,200 on the 2014 F-150 pickup and $8,360 on the heavy-duty F-150.
Will the discount wars continue beyond March? That depends on the weather and on whether a "bounceback" in demand materializes, analysts said. As RBC analyst Spak noted: "Incentives, once introduced, can be hard to pull back."
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Today, we'll learn how to play music by ear intrinsically.
Hi, it's Ron Greene here,
awhile ago we discussed how music theory, and how you might discover some insightful ways to play better on your musical instrument. Also, I provided you with a blurb about my development experiences with the Music Dial.
Within this posting I'd love to discuss some thoughts with you, regarding your ability and feelings about… playing music by ear.
Here's my take on playing music by ear or "play by ear" if you will. It might reference a typical means of playing music without wanting or needing to read notes on a music staff or on a tablature. The ability to play by ear, no doubt, means a lot of different things to a lot of people. To me it seems that on many occasions, playing music by ear would be a practical thing to learn and do. Continue reading Play by Ear


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The first Stephen King book I ever read was "Different Seasons," a set of four novellas published in 1982. It's a hell of a collection, featuring " Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption," "Apt Pupil" and "The Body," the last of which inspired the 1986 movie "Stand by Me." The book remains, along with "Misery" and "The Shining," among the best writing King has done.
The secret pleasure, however, of "Different Seasons" is its afterword, in which King characterizes the novella as "an anarchy-ridden literary banana republic," with no clear borders — or marketability. Not long enough for a stand-alone novel, too long for a story. How do you publish work of this length? "I've got to tell you," King writes: "25,000 to 35,000 words are numbers apt to make even the most stout-hearted writer of fiction shake and shiver in his boots."
"Different Seasons" offered a strategy King has used on occasion over the course of his career, gathering four loosely connected novellas. His new book, "Full Dark, No Stars," is the latest instance. As its title suggests, the work is bleak, with an Old Testament-like sense of affliction and retribution, an assurance that every sin must be repaid.
The one exception comes in the shortest effort, "Fair Extension," in which a cancer patient named Dave Streeter cuts a deal with the winkingly named George Elvid — "Streeter, who had played his share of Scrabble in his time, had already imagined the letters of Elvid's name on tiles and rearranged them," King writes — to offload his misery onto the best friend he has secretly hated since grade school. In the process, Streeter grows ever more gleeful, as if his life had been redeemed.
Although "Fair Extension" lacks the other pieces' sense of consequence, it does portray a close relationship weighted with hidden issues and resentments and fraught by an unbridgeable divide.
This theme of intimacy gone wrong runs throughout the collection. In "Big Driver," an author of cozy mysteries is forced to reckon with a mother-son dyad straight out of "Psycho." In "1922," a Nebraska farmer seduces his teenage son into a murderous conspiracy against the boy's mother. Then, there's the relentlessly horrific "A Good Marriage," in which a woman discovers a hiding place in her husband's garage workshop, and, in the aftermath of what is revealed there, watches as the entire fabric of her life unravels.
It's no coincidence that King bookends the collection with "1922" and "A Good Marriage," both of which involve a husband's betrayal of his wife. Not just betrayal but outright annihilation, in the first case of the body and in the second of the soul.
"1922" is more ambitious; constructed as a confession by the farmer, Wilf James, it uses a Depression-era vernacular that is oddly formal, dusty even, although the story it tells is hot.
Most searing are Wilf's justifications: "I believe that there is another man inside of every man, a stranger, a Conniving Man. And I believe that by March of 1922, when the Hemingford County skies were white and every field was a snow-scrimmed mudsuck, the Conniving Man inside Farmer Wilfred James had already passed judgment on my wife and decided her fate."
This is classic King, with its evocation of possession, although, as in "The Body," this possession is not otherworldly but representative of a more terrifying darkness within. For all King's interest in the supernatural, he is at his most acute when he deals with human evil, the depravity of which we are capable and the lengths to which we will go to convince ourselves that we are good.
That depravity resides at the heart of "A Good Marriage," which is far and away the best story in the collection, on par with King's most relentless works. Narrated by Darcy Anderson, a middle-aged suburban housewife with a lovely home, a doting accountant husband, two adult children making their way in the world — it asks us to consider how well, if at all, we know the people with whom we choose to spend our lives.
I don't want to give away the plot because its power comes in revelation, but let's just say that Darcy's husband, Bob, is not what he seems. For King, this raises compelling questions: What should Darcy do about it? How does one man's corruption ripple out and stain everyone around him, leaving no one innocent? Though these issues have always been a part of King's worldview, here he frames them in the most unforgiving terms.
For Darcy, the conundrum she faces as an adult has its roots in childhood, when she fantasized that mirrors were not reflective surfaces but "doorways to another world, and what she saw reflected in the glass wasn't their living room or bathroom, but the living room or bathroom of some other family.… The little girl wasn't the same, either. Darcy was sure they were related — sisters of the mirror? — but no, not the same. Instead of Darcellen Madsen that little girl might be named Jane or Sandra or even Eleanor Rigby, who for some reason (some scary reason) picked up the rice at churches where a wedding had been."
Such a double vision marks many of King's novels, from "The Shining" to "Desperation" to "Bag of Bones." For Darcy, "it wasn't the girl that interested her, it had never been the girl. What interested her was the idea that there was a whole other world behind the mirrors, and if you could walk through the other house (the Darker House) and out the door, the rest of that world would be waiting."
Of course, as her marriage shifts, she, like the other characters in this collection, finds herself in just such a landscape: full dark, no stars.
The first Stephen King book I ever read was "Different Seasons," a set of four novellas published in 1982. It's a hell of a collection, featuring " Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption," "Apt Pupil" and "The Body," the last of which inspired the 1986 movie "Stand by Me." The book remains, along with "Misery" and "The Shining," among the best writing King has done.


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Livestock Farmer Says Drought Spiking Feed Prices
GAYVILLE, S.D. (AP) - A Gayville livestock farmer says his farm has gone from probably the wettest 18-month stretch to the 18-month stretch on record.
Jim Petrik raises pigs and cows and sells breeder hogs to other pork producers.
Petrik tells KMEG television that the dry conditions have caused feed prices to spike and how that's making a difference on the pigs to come. He says his Gayvlle farm is below 10 inches of precipitation in the last 16 months, which is drier than it was in the 1930s.
Petrik just got a group of piglets a few weeks ago, and because of the summer's heat, they'll probably be more expensive to produce.
He says inventories are going to be tight this spring.
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High-Yield Hunger Fattens Bank Profits
The seemingly unstoppable appetite for Asian high-yield bonds is proving to be big business for banks.
In just the opening weeks of 2013, banks in Asia, excluding Japan, have earned $200 million arranging sales of this risky debt, almost as much as the $251 million they made during all of last year. Selling debt now brings in more money than selling equities, traditionally a bigger source of income.
The boom is driven by investors who are hungry for the higher yields offered on these so-called junk bonds, which carry low credit ratings or sometimes none at all. That investor appetite is spurring companies from Chinese property developers to Indonesian energy firms to rush to market with debt issues. In recent weeks, a Macau casino operator and a Philippine conglomerate have also tapped the market.


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As the title says, we have organised another Fancy Dress dance with proceeds going to the 2012 MAC 4x4 fund. The theme this year is Heroes and Villians!!! There will of course be a raffle, any donations would be much appreciated.
It is being held at the 'West End Working Mens Club' in Wolverhampton.
Tickets are only £5 each and they are selling fast. Send me pm or text on 07908 691014.
Please support our event.
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How fun are these table sketches by Edward Kinsella III? I love how each one tells its own little story. Makes me want to grab a friend, a cup of coffee, and my sketchbook!
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I'm sure other photo-sleuths will attest to the peculiar mixture of a sense of accomplishment and gratification, that one receives from the process of trying to extract as much information as one can from a photograph, inevitably accompanied by a modicum of frustration in the knowledge that one almost certainly hasn't discovered everything there is to find. A typical example for me was the war-time photograph of my grandfather which I featured in a previous Photo-Sleuth article, "His lordship taking his rum ration."
As I delve further into the background story relating to such photographs, which capture but a brief moment in the general narrative of the subject's life story, I suppose that what I'm hoping to do is build up in my mind a character portrait of the subject. Conventionally posed Victorian and Edwardian studio photographs certainly provide fewer circumstantial and peripheral clues to a subject's character than the less formal snaps which became commonplace after the turn of the century. Nevertheless, in spite of the stiff, arranged postures and the photographer's presumed instructions not to let a smile pass across their subject's lips, I believe that such a portrait can offer a valuable window into their lives, particularly when presented as part of a narrative, and with the support of other material. On a more practical note, a portrait may also be used as a convenient focusing point on which to base one's initial research of an individual in a family tree.
Recently I've been trying to sort scanned images of a collection of old family portraits belonging to my aunt. Amongst these are a number which ostensibly include the three sisters of my great-grandfather Charles Vincent Payne (1868-1941). Some of the identifications were inscribed on the reverse in recent decades by my aunt and, by her own admission, may not be entirely reliable, since the last of the daughters died over forty years ago. Henry & Henrietta Christina Payne of New Normanton, Derby, who featured in a previous article, had seven children altogether, including three girls.
Their eldest daughter Lucy Mary was born on 29 November 1876 at 38 St James' Road, Normanton, the house that Henry had built for them the previous year, and from which he was licensed to sell beer in September 1877. Maggie, as she was known in the family, grew up in Normanton, her mother running the grocery shop and off-license while Henry was building houses in St James' Road and nearby Crewe Street. Although I haven't had an opportunity to check the actual records, I assume that she attended St James' Road Board School in the 1880s, following her three older brothers and being followed in turn by another brother, two sisters and eventually by my grandfather - her nephew - in the late 1890s.
Lucy Mary Payne (1876-1953), aged about 14
Taken c. 1890-1891
Carte de visite by Chas. S. Swift of 106, Normanton Rd. Derby
Photograph collection of Barbara Ellison
This carte de visite portrait by Charles S. Swift of 105 Normanton Road, Derby (Studio Location) was probably taken in 1890 or 1891, and shows Lucy Mary Payne when she was about fourteen years old. It's the earliest image that I have of her, although there are a further nine portraits and portrait groups (Collection: The Daughters of Henry Payne) taken at irregular intervals throughout the rest of her life.
Although I can't be certain of the exact date, Charles Swift had certainly opened his Normanton Road studio by the time of the compilation of the 1891 edition of Kelly's trade directory - perhaps in late 1890 - having previously worked for his brother William E. Swift in the latter's studio at 30 St. Peter's Street, Derby. William sold his studio to R.K. Peacock and moved to Skegness some time after 1887. The rather crudely painted canvas backdrop used is the same one that can be seen in another of Swift's photographs (Image), and likewise the photographer has inadvertently included some of the rucked up right-hand edge in the photo. His later photographs showed a little more skill, a reason to suspect that the portrait of Lucy Mary was taken early on during his professional career.
1891 Census: 38 St James Rd, New Normanton DBY
NA Ref. RG12/2739/99/18/106
Image © The National Archives and courtesy of Ancestry
In the 1891 Census, shown in the enumerator's sheet above, Lucy Mary is fourteen, and it seems likely that she visited Swift's studio at around this time. Her father described himself as Vaccination Officer (a position to which he had been appointed by the Derby Board of Guardians in 1885), Rent Collector (presumably for the houses which he had been building, but perhaps on behalf of other property owners too) and "Off Beer Licence Holder." His eldest son Charles Vincent (my grandfather), by then aged 23 and working as a joiner/carriage finisher at the Midland Railway works, had moved out and was boarding with a family nearby in Pear Tree Street. The second son Charles Hallam had also left home by then, but had moved significantly further afield. He too had entered the building trade, but had travelled to the United States in late 1890 and was successful in finding employment as a carpenter at the Pullman Car Company railway carriage works in Chicago (Illinois).
Envelope addressed to C.H. Payne, Box 165, Roseland, Chicago, America
Stamped & Postmarked Normanton & Derby 12 Jan '91
and Roseland & Chicago ?26 Jan 1891 on front and reverse
Collection of Brett Payne
In my collection of family papers is an envelope addressed to Hallam in Chicago, stamped and franked at Normanton and Derby Post Offices with the date 12 January 1891. Inside the envelope are letters to Hallam from his father and from his three sisters Maggie, Lily and Helen.
Letter from Henry Payne to his son Charles Hallam in Chicago,
dated 12 January 1891 at Derby
Collection of Brett Payne
In his letter, Henry thanks Hallam for his recent letter accompanied by a "book of Pulman," a large format bound collection of mounted prints depicting Pullman's developments in southern suburbs of Chicago, which has fortunately survived in the family archives. He describes the effects of the severe winter on employment in Derby and relates a couple of anecdotes which provides some insight into the family's day-to-day life in Derby.
We are having awfully cold weather here now for the last six weeks. Many are out of employ. I saw your old friend Smith otherwise Carbo, to day. He, with others had been discharged from [Midland Railway] Signal dept. at Christmas, and is now walking about. Out door work is completely at a standstill on account of the severe weather ... The youngsters are giving you a history of their Switchback slide running across the green from top corner of Crewe St. to half way down St. James's Rd. The lads have had splendid up & down sliding or as they call it Switchback ... Your mother desires me to tell you to be sure and be a good lad & save your money. She occasionally fills a plate at meal times forgetting there is one short at table, but Fred says it don't matter he can manage it ...The letters from Hallam's sisters are charming, although pretty much what you would expect from a fourteen, eight and seven year-old, respectively, with those of the two younger characterised by rounded, shaky handwriting and a few spelling mistakes.
Letter from Lucy Mary Payne to her brother Charles Hallam in Chicago,
dated 23 December 1890 at Derby
Collection of Brett Payne
Maggie writes:
Dear HallamHow exciting to find in there the reference, "I send you my Photo." Could she be referring to the photograph of her featured above, now in my aunt's collection? I think it very likely. Hallam was, according to my father, an inveterate hoarder and almost certainly would have brought back to England such letters and photographs when he returned home in November 1892. My grandfather inherited all of Uncle Hallam's family photos when he died in 1960, and they were subsequently passed on to my aunt a decade and a half later. Even if this is not the exact portrait, I think we can safely say that this is more or less how she would have looked at the time she wrote the letter.
I wish you manny [sic] happy returns of your Birthday, all of us do if they had not time to say so in their letters. We are going to have a little entertainment. We have all sent a few cards to you. I send you my Photo. Ma says when you have half an hour to spare pop across & put hinge on Table door. It wont take long. We often look at the time & think what time it is with you. The snow is coming down fast. Ma & Pa went to our entertainment last Friday & left Frank to serve beer, just fancy. I played a duet. With love from Maggie.
Charles Hallam Payne (1870-1960), aged about 20
Possibly taken c. 1890-1892 in Chicago
Tintype by an unknown photographer
Photograph collection of Barbara Ellison
I don't have any portraits of Charles Hallam Payne that I can categorically state were taken during his brief stay in Chicago, from late 1890 until November 1892, but I believe this tintype to be a very likely candidate. Unfortunately it is slightly out of focus, roughly trimmed, has experienced some darkening and loss of contrast, and the lacquer used to coat the image now has a honeycomb of fine cracks, but it still gives a good impression of Hallam as a young man. As referred to in Maggie's latter, Hallam turned twenty on Boxing Day 1890, and he looks to be about that age in this photograph. In the last decade of the nineteenth century tintypes of this size were far more commonly used in the United States than in England. In fact, of only two other tintypes of similar vintage in our family collection, one is of my grandfather Charles Leslie Lionel Payne in a baby carriage, which I am fairly certain was taken in late 1892, also in Chicago.
While this investigation is by no means complete - I expect to continue finding more snippets relating to Lucy Mary's childhood in the years to come - I am starting to build a mental picture, not only of her but of the family and their life at that time.
I can envisage Henrietta getting the four youngest children ready for school each day, and them heading off on the journey which would only have taken them a couple of minutes, as the school was situated diagonally opposite their house, and the gates were just a few yards up Hastings Street. I can imagine the enormous amount of fun that she and her brothers would have had playing in the snow after school had finished for the day, making tracks to slide on when it all turned to ice, not to mention the pile of dripping and muddy clothes that Henrietta would have had to deal with when they got home.
I can easily see her sitting down reluctantly with her two younger sisters, each clutching identical single pieces of notepaper, two days before Christmas, after having been nagged by their mother. Then I imagine them wondering aloud what they could write that might be of the remotest interest to their older brother, who had set off a few months earlier on an exciting adventure across the seas. They were perhaps sitting at the same kitchen table in the St James' Road house where, a few minutes earlier, Henrietta had distractedly served an extra plate of food for an her absent son, which was then wolfed down eagerly by an ever hungry eleven year-old boy. Since my own pre-teenage daughter is learning to play the piano and also performs at concerts two or three times a year, the entertainment referred to by Maggie is another facet of their lives that I have no difficulty in bringing to mind.
To me, the photograph is what brings it all to life, and the family photo collection therefore is the most important part of the material heritage I have received and which I will pass on to the next family historian in due course.