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'Massive Snowflake' at Trillium
Miss Massive Snowflake is returning to Hood River on Friday, June 13, to play at the Trillium Cafe. On the band's fourth album "So Sweet," Shane de Leon weaves stories of heartbreak, loss of trust, family, and social media into eight songs that take us through an exploration of how love can sometimes walk a fine line of pain. Trillium Cafe, 207 Oak St., Hood River, 541-308-0800.
Moe Dixon at The Pines
"Moe Dixon is best known for his ability to create an energy that brings people together through song. His magical performances are highlighted by masterful guitar playing and powerful vocals." Catch him at The Pines on Friday, June 6, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. The Pines Tasting Room, 202 Cascade Ave., Hood River; 541-993-8301.
Norris at White Buffalo
Polly Norris will bring a soulful bouquet of country, blues and reggae to the White Buffalo on Thursday, June 5, starting at 5:30 p.m., with complimentary tastings from Cabernet Creek of Parkdale. White Buffalo Wines, 4040 Westcliff Drive, Hood River; 541-386-5534.
TL Arts Fest at new location
Trout Lake Festival of the Arts is scheduled for July 12-13, in its new location at Trout Lake School, 2310 Highway 141, Trout Lake, Wash. Featuring 55 juried artists displaying fine art, live music, live glass blowing, children's art activities, literary corner, local food and drink. Free parking and admission. For more information visit troutlakefestivalofthearts.com or call 509-395-2294.
Elks potluck and dance June 12
The Hood River Elks Club invites you to a potluck dinner and dance on Thursday, June 12, at 6 p.m. There will be a sound system available to play your favorite dance CDs, so bring the music you like and bring a friend. Donations accepted for the Elks building fund ($3 suggested). Elks Lodge, 304 Cascade Ave., Hood River. For more information call 541-386-1507.
Junebug Boys play June 7
"The Junebug Boys pick, stomp and shout their way through the old-timey songbook, with bluegrass, hokum, fiddle tunes and country blues. Based in Hood River, this all-star band brings a fresh traditional sound to the Columbia River Gorge. Their wide variety of acoustic instruments and voices make for a fun and unique listening experience." Catch them live on Saturday, June 7, 7 p.m. at the house concert series at 401 Montello, Hood River; 541-387-4011.
'Landslide' plays Maupin
Singer-songwriters James Konopasek from Mosier and Mark Malefyt, from Maupin, have joined forces in a newly formed duo — Rockslide. Catch them on Saturday, June 7, at 3 p.m. at Imperial River Company, 304 Bakeoven Road, Maupin, for an after-party show for the Poker Run & Bike Rally. Enjoy an eclectic mix of folk, soft rock, blues and country, plus, a few tunes from Konopasek's debut CD release "Twisted Country People." No cover charge.
'Water' is the theme for 'Gorge Artists Create' show
"Gorge Artists Create" is The Dalles Art Center's open juried show held each August. This year, the theme is "Water." Our lives, occupations, entertainment, and recreation are all dependent on, or intimately linked with, water. Think "outside the pond!" This popular show is open to residents of the Mid-Columbia area. Cash prizes for first, second and third place will be awarded as well as People's Choice. Submissions will be accepted July 15-26, Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. A non-refundable $10 entry fee is requested per submitted piece. There is a maximum of three submissions per artist.
Brothers Gow at River City
Based out of San Diego, Brothers Gow is an eclectic mix of rock, funk, and reggae: expect original music and covers of Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Adele and Stevie Wonder tunes. "Combine the bands energetic stage presence with powerful vocal harmonies, complex arrangements, ripping guitar solos and the band's awe-inspiring light show, and you get the recipe for a truly memorable concert experience." Catch the show on Tuesday, June 3, at the River City Saloon. River City Saloon, 207 Cascade Ave., Hood River; 541-387-2583.
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By Dave Waugh
Here is a commission piece I did for fellow tattooer named Chris Smith. He was interested in purchasing a piece of artwork from me that had a similar format and he let me pick the subject matter…
Across the top is a man named Konstantin Tsiolkovsky… He was a Soviet rocket scientist and he was considered the pioneer of astronautic theory. The lettering in the banner is Russian for the word "pioneer."
To his left is Sputnik 1, the first satellite in outer space. To his right is Sputnik 2, the first spacecraft to carry a living creature into outer space. Below that are his original sketches for rockets and propulsion, and they are dated 1903,1914,1915. The little figures are his sketches of what people would look like in outer-space as well.
This is the first man in space, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. He is considered a national hero in Russia still to this day and the word in his banner reads "hero."
And this sweet little pooch is named Laika. She was the first living creature shot into outer space, and who's sacrifice allowed us to travel to the stars. The writing in her banner reads "martyr."
The coins that are in the small scroll are dated back to the old Soviet Republic, and they have CCCP and have the classic hammer and sickle on them. The two small copper coins at the bottom are dated 2012 and one is Russian and one is American. All the banners, filagree etc. etc. was taken from a 1947 one ruble bill, and along with all the translations, were supplied by Dmitry and Greg from XK Tattoo in Moscow
Dave Waugh is a tattooer and blogger for Tattoo Artist Magazine. Dave can be found at Jinx Proof Tattoo in Washington D.C. and his blog http://davewaugh.wordpress.com/.
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If your house were on fire and you had mere seconds to evacuate, what items would you take?
That's the question posed by Foster Huntington in "The Burning House: What Would You Take?" (It Books: $16.99). Huntington selected 200 images from his blog of the same name that reveal what is nearest and dearest to people faced with disaster. Submissions from around the world showcase carefully presented selections of people's most prized possessions.
Huntington's idea originated at a dinner party, with friends discussing questions given on online dating sites and how they reflect a person's values, character and priorities.
The most common items, according to an unscientific survey in the book, are cameras and photos, followed by clothes and books. Items range from the obvious (themselves, children and pets); the sentimental (letters, homemade drawings); irreplaceable (a father's Bronze Star from World War II); valuable instruments; a Stan Lee signed copy of Amazing Fantasy #15 (the first appearance of Spider-Man); and survivalist (pocket knives, shoes, flashlights).
Stuffed animals are also popular: One image simply features "Sesame Street's" Grover, a well-worn survivor of a house fire.
Although there are those unusual items, a Blu-ray copy of "The Princess Bride," perfume and a typewriter, all make for an entertaining study of human nature. What would you take?
In a real situation, most people don't have the luxury of time. That was the case with Kim McCann, a 43-year-old writer from Indianapolis who was pondering what items she'd submit for the blog when someone pounded on her apartment door, yelling that the building was on fire. That settled it. She grabbed her keys—and her cat—and rushed to safety.
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Mykonos Climate and Weather
The Mykonos climate is characterised by hot, dry summer weather and mild winters. Temperatures in July and August range from 86ºF (30ºC) during the day to 72ºF (22ºC) at night. Rainfall is almost non-existent in summer but showers can be expected between October and April. The weather on the island is typical of all the islands in the region, which means that it is largely Mediterranean with the odd influence from North African climes. The temperate weather is fantastic for visitors and although the heat can be oppressive and quite overwhelming for those who aren't used to it summer remains the most popular time to visit Mykonos by a landslide. If you visit in the idyllic summer season - the hottest months are July and August - then expect the island to be extremely busy and the beaches packed. If you can bear to miss out on the fashionable season then the best times to visit the island are late spring and early autumn. May is a very pleasant month and by this time the water should have warmed up sufficiently for swimming. September is another gem and in early autumn the seas are almost as warm as in summer. Not many people choose to visit Mykonos in winter but if you do it will be wonderfully empty and much cheaper, although many shops and restaurants will be closed.
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The Orwellian-named "National Organization for Marriage", who are campaigning big-time against marriage except for heterosexual couples, earlier attempted to influence Starbucks at their shareholders meeting, to take back Starbuck's support for marriage equality. So NOM called for a boycott of Starbucks. At that time, about 25,000 people signed on (how many of them non-coffee drinking Mormons? How many others drank Starbucks?) while a pro-starbucks effort garnered 280,000 signatures. And Starbucks stock increased in value.
NOM's response: internationalize their "dump starbucks" campaign into Arab and Muslim areas, as well as some other countries. I'm not sure, but I think they have to have been owners of Starbucks stock in order to speak at the Shareholder's' meeting - so they bought stock to influence the company and are now trying to degrade the value of the stock - but if they sell it, they will profit. Regardless - NOM is attempting to undermine the success of an American company, both in the US and internationally, because the company would not cave to their religious agenda.
"DumpStarbucks.com online ads will also start running in Egypt, Beijing, Hong Kong, the Yunnan region of China, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait." Aggressive, aren't they?
Not sure why they focused on Yunnan - a highly religiously and ethnically diverse region of China - I found the following info on Yunnan (sorry can't link to the PDF): "Family structure: Marriage rules vary tremendously among nationalities. In addition to the norm of monogamy (one man being married to one woman), other traditions have also prevailed, including polygamy (the marriage of one man to two or more women), polyandry (the marriage of one woman to two or more men), and even "group" marriage (with no marriage form but people would live in a state of promiscuity, i.e., having sexual relationship with many people). Ever since the 1950s, due essentially to the increasing influences of Han Chinese and governmental policies, however, monogamy has gradually been adopted as the norm." NOM can hardly promote "one man:one woman" as the eons-old norm in a place that basically adopted the mode in modern times.
NOM can't declare war on Microsoft, who also supported marriage equality in WA, because they are dependent on Microsoft products. So they are concentrating on Starbucks. But it's amazing - attacking a US company internationally to force their christian agenda.
NOM also attempted to manipulate Black and Hispanic leaders / communities against the LGBT community in hopes of causing strife between those communities.
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*sips her tall hot chocolate* What? I can't hear them over the sound of all the customers in Starbucks. I was considering dropping my daily 'bucks run before work but with this I think I'll just spend a few extra minutes working out instead. ;)
Cool! I usually get my coffee in bulk but definitely headed for Starbucks tomorrow for some Sumatra. And maybe a tall hot chocolate.
This is interesting… and the response is equally, interesting.
What's next? oh, …lookee here!
They're endorsing the Romney campaign, oh well …after all, he did give them $10,000 in '08.
…it's like I phased somehow and landed in some alternate universe where Spock has a beard or something. When did batshit crazy become anything other than the extreme fringe of surreal?
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Welland Canal navigation season ends Dec. 26
The Welland Canal's navigation season will close at the end of Dec. 26, the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. announced. The canal opened for the season on March 22.
Through Oct. 31, total cargo shipped this year on the canal, measured in metric tons, was down 1.5 percent from the same 10-month period a year ago, according to the SLSMC. Combined cargo shipments on the entire St. Lawrence Seaway were up 1.4 percent from a year ago.


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Evergreen/Olympia Tutoring Collaboration
We are recruiting tutors to work through the end of Spring Quarter. Check out our job announcement for more information.
The Evergreen/Olympia Tutoring Collaboration is a community service project that recruits, trains and supports college students to provide effective tutoring and educational assistance to students at high risk of failure in Olympia Public Schools and after-school programs in low-income communities in Olympia . College students participating in the project gain valuable exposure to education as a career path by working with special education and Title I eligible students. At the same time, the tutoring collaboration supplements educational resources in the Olympia School District that have been eroded due to budget constraints.
The project is a collaboration of the Evergreen Center for Community-Based Learning and Action, the Evergreen Student Employment Office, the Olympia School District, and Together!, an agency providing prevention services to youth. The partners have established a program in which Evergreen students receive initial and ongoing training and support in tutoring skills. They concurrently provide tutoring and educational support in four Title I eligible schools (Hansen, Garfield, Madison and Roosevelt), and in Together! after-school programs for low-income communities.
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Tutors attend monthly training workshops and periodically meet with the Program Coordinator and Project Directors.
Tutors collaborate with school personnel to assist in a variety of ways. Recently, tutors have tutored math and reading for individual students and small groups, and tutored science. Many tutors support ELL classrooms and special education students. A lot of program work focuses on assisting after-school programs. Tutors work with the school contact person to determine how they can best meet the school's needs.
- Learn teaching and tutoring skills
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Your gift, no matter how large or small, can do much more than you think it can! By making a donation to Howard College / SWCID today, you are having an effect on the future through our students and programs. As a donor, we pledge to you that we will manage and invest your funds in a way that will have the biggest impact possible.


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Breakdowns are never welcome, but our Regional Roadside Assistance Program will make requesting and receiving Roadside Assistance a breeze. No matter where you're driving in [country] Chevrolet Regional Roadside Assistance lets you travel with complete peace of mind. As part of our commitment of care to our Chevrolet family, the Chevrolet Regional Roadside Assistance program offers 24/7 emergency assistance.
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Serum herpes simplex antibodies is a blood test that looks for
Alternative Names
Herpes serology; HSV blood test
How the test is performed
A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see:
The sample is taken to the laboratory and tested for the presence and amount of
How to prepare for the test
No special preparation is needed for this test.
How the test will feel
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain, while others feel only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
Why the test is performed
The test is done to find out whether a person has ever been infected with oral or
Normal Values
A negative (normal) test usually means you have not been infected with HSV-1 or HSV-2.
If the infection occurred very recently (within a few weeks to 3 months), the test may be negative, but you may still be infected. This is called a false negative.
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or test different samples. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
What abnormal results mean
A positive test means you have been infected with HSV recently or at some point in the past.
Tests can be done to help determine if you have a recent infection.
Approximately 70% of adults have been infected by HSV-1 and have antibodies against the virus. About 20% of adults will have antibodies against the HSV-2 virus, which causes genital herpes.
HSV stays in your system once you have been infected. It may be "asleep" (dormant), and cause no symptoms, or may flare up and cause symptoms. This test cannot tell whether you are having a flare-up.
What the risks are
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
- Excessive bleeding
- Fainting or feeling light-headed
- Hematoma (blood accumulating under the skin)
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)
Special considerations
While HSV-1 and HSV-2 are usually only active from time to time, once they are in your system, the virus stays in your body for the rest of your life.
Ask your health care provider what steps you need to take if you develop symptoms. Ask how to decrease your risk of spreading the virus to other people.
For sexually transmitted herpes, abstaining from sexualactivity is the only absolute way to prevent a sexually transmitted infection.
The proper use of condoms, either the male or female type, greatly decreases the risk of catching a sexually transmitted infection. You need to wear the condom from the beginning to the end of each sexual activity.
Whitley RJ. Herpes simplex virus infections. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 382.
Workowski KA, Berman S; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2010 Dec 17;59(RR-12):1-110.
Schiffer JT, Corey L. Herpes simplex virus. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 136.
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Ideal for the professional player needing a horn to play outdoors.
Fox 450 Professional Series Oboe
Fox oboes are quickly gaining the same stellar reputation as Fox bassoons. Outstanding craftsmanship and meticulous care make Fox oboes the choice of students, teachers, and professionals alike.
Select Grenadilla lower joint and bell, high quality plastic resin upper joint. Metal lined tenon sockets and silver plated posts, bands, and bell rings. Stainless steel arbors and wire springs. Nickel silver keys with 18% nickel silver hinge tubing and heavy silver plating.
Handmade full conservatory mechanism including split ring Eb-E trill key, F# key tab, third octave key, and low Bb vent key. Cork pads on low C and above. Teflon tipped stainless steel adjusting screws. Accessories include a French-style professional instrument case, reed and reed case, screwdriver, silk swab and cork grease. Individually hand tuned to A-440 pitch at 72 degrees Fahrenheit, with maximum resonance and projection.
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Sara's Weeknight Meals "Mi Famiglia: Italian Family Style with Giuseppe Fanelli" Guiseppe Fanelli is the chef of one of Sara's favorite Italian restaurants, Tre Dici, and today he shares home-style Italian recipes like Bruschetta al Tonno - a simple and delicious tuna bruschetta. His Agnello Scottadito with Heirloom Tomato Salad mixes tender lamb with the freshness of a homegrown tomato salad. And of course, there's pasta. D
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Although the exact length of the deal was not revealed, it has been widely reported to be a 10-year contract worth £78million if McIlroy, previously with Titleist, goes on winning majors.
McIlroy will use Nike's full range of clubs, balls, clothing and accessories, with the clubs used competitively for the first time in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship later this week against a field including the other leading golf name in Nike colours, 14-major winner and world number two Tiger Woods.
"I chose Nike for a number of reasons," McIlroy said. "It's a company and a brand that really resonates with me. It's young. It's athletic. It's innovative. They are committed to being the best, as am I.
"Signing with Nike is another step towards living out my dream."
Cindy Davis, president of Nike Golf, added: "Rory is an extraordinary athlete who creates enormous excitement with his on-course performance while, at the same time, connecting with fans everywhere.
"He is the epitome of a Nike athlete and he is joining our team during the most exciting time in Nike Golf's history. We are looking forward to partnering with him to take his remarkable career to the next level."
McIlroy, a boy wonder who was the world under-10 champion in 1998, turned professional in 2007, two months after finishing as the leading amateur in The Open at Carnoustie.
Only 18 at the time, he finished third in the Dunhill Links at St Andrews on only his second start in the paid ranks, but had to wait until the 2009 Dubai Desert Classic for his first victory.
Perhaps amazingly, he has still to win on European soil, all his successes since coming in America (five, including two majors), Asia (two) or back in the Middle East - he finished last season with five birdies in a row to lift the DP World Tour title in Dubai.
It was the 2011 US Masters that put him on a new level in terms of fame and popularity.
McIlroy led by four with a round to play and was still out in front at the turn, but in an horrific back-nine meltdown he crashed to an 80 and ended up in only 15th place, 10 shots behind winner Charl Schwartzel.
The sporting world waited to see how long the mental scars would last, and got their answer two months later when he won the US Open by eight shots.
At just 22 he was the youngest winner of the title since Bobby Jones in 1923. A superstar was born.
"If you are going to talk about someone challenging the record of Jack Nicklaus there's your man," said Padraig Harrington, referring to the Golden Bear's 18 majors.
"At his age he's probably got 100 more majors where he could be competitive. It would give him a great chance."
Told of the Dubliner's comment and aware of the expectation it would lead to, McIlroy sighed: "Oh, Paddy, Paddy, Paddy."
But he has a second major already and it was again achieved by a runaway eight-shot margin at the USPGA Championship last August.
It took him back to the world number one spot he had been fighting Luke Donald for most of the year, but with three more tournament victories since then he is now way out at the top of the rankings.
With Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniacki his partner for the past 18 months, McIlroy's celebrity status has grown even more.
Having changed girlfriends, McIlroy then changed managers 14 months ago, leaving the same stable as Lee Westwood and Darren Clarke to join Dublin-based Horizon Sports.
His close friend Graeme McDowell had been the leading client on their books, but now, of course, McIlroy is in a league of his own.
In demand the world over, he has had to learn the art of saying "No" at times, but was unlikely to do that when Nike made their approach.
Although Nick Faldo has questioned the decision to switch from Titleist, McIlroy said in November: "I think all the manufacturers make great equipment nowadays and it's all very similar.
"A lot of them get their clubs made at the same factories. I don't think it will make any difference.
"I've started the process of trying a few new things. I've tinkered about a little bit with the new ones, enough to feel comfortable going into next season."
That season is now here and for McIlroy it starts in the desert on Thursday.


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Date : June 11 2011 till March 4 2012
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Module 1: Entering the Mandala
Venue : San Francisco at Acupuncture and Integrated Medicine College
Date : June 11-13
Module 1 is a comprehensive entry leading towards mastery of the art of Chöd, suitable for beginners or those from any and all traditions who want all the missing pieces put together. Module 1 is also the requisite for the advanced trainings and teachings in Module 1-6 and beyond.Tsewong Sitar Rinpoche will bestow all empowerments and transmissions, aided by Lama Pema Tenzin, with precise and vibrant teachings by Lama Jinpa. The weekend involves over 200 slides and copious handouts, learning five essential Chöd practices and a full day performing Chöd together in power spots around Los Angeles.Acupuncture and Integrated Medicine College Situated right in downtown Berkeley, there is ample parking and eateries. And a good jumping off point for our Wild Chod adventures on Monday at some of the best cemetery locations in the country. http://www.aimc.edu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. Contact us for admission application, logistics, directions and the rest!
Venue : Los Angeles at Temescal Gateway Park
Module 1: Entering the Mandala
Date : July 9-11
Module 1 will take place in LA for the second time, providing a comprehensive basis to practice Chod intelligently and confidently.
Temescal Gateway Park is Located off Sunset Boulevard and close to the Pacific Ocean, this beautiful forest land is the perfect place for studying thethe art, spiritual science and blessing stream of Chöd.
Event : Teaching on Bardo After Death Healing:
Date : July 15-17
Venue : Los Angeles at Narayan Mandir
The very rare training in NyeDren guiding others safely through the after-death journey. PeGyal Lingpa's ShiTro practices rely on Red Vajrasattva and are extremely concise and elegant. There will be a Friday empowerment, with training on Saturday and Sunday. Sunday afternoon, the larger public will be bring photos and mementos of their departed ones, giving participants a chance to put their training into immediate action.
Narayan Mandir
The Los Angeles Bardo training under open air canopies in a peaceful private setting above Hollywood Hills. Sunday afternoon will open to guests who wish to bring tokens of their departed loved ones, to participate in the after death guidance process.
Venue : New York City at Tibet House
Event : Module 1 : Entering the Mandala
Date : Aug 13-15
Event : Bardo The After Death Healing:
Date : Aug 19-21
The School of Tibetan Chö finally comes East! This will be the beginning of a continuing training schedule in New York City, which will occur twice a year, mirroring the West Coast schedule. Two days of comprehensive training will be followed by a day of Wild Chö around New York City and environs.PeGyal Lingpa's ShiTro practices of leading the deceased towards a positive rebirth or liberation altogether.
Tibet House
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Date : March 2-4, 2012
Open Module: The Healing Practices
Due to extraordinary circumstances, we are temporarily skipping over Modules 2-4 and opening up Module 5, the Chöd Healing Practices, to all qualified practitioners.The four rituals we will learn are the core healing rituals used universally by Chödpas of all lineages: Kagyu, Nyingtik, Dudjom, Do Khyentse and so on. They are addendum that are added on to any Chöd feast or daily practice. An ideal method of healing others, these methods are also excellent for one's own practice or retreat. Cutting to the roots of illness, these practices address a broad spectrum of disease causation: karma, demonic influences, elemental imbalance and so on.
Prerequisite for taking this 3-day training is Module 1, or long term involvement in any Chod lineage (Kagyu, Nyingma, Gelugpa, Bön), to be individually assessed on application to the school. We will use a brief daily Chod (PeGyal Lingpa's Concise Chöd or Kusali Tsok of Jigmé Lingpa as the "envelope" for learning these rituals. Tsewong Rinpoche will offer explanation, aided by Lama Jinpa's clear translations, slides and diagrams. The first ever translation of these texts will be available as a hard bound book.
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(Oct. 25, 2004) - The East Tennessee State University men's basketball team will highlight the Homecoming 2004 weekend when they play their annual Blue-Gold Scrimmage game on Saturday, Oct. 30 at 3 p.m. in Brooks Gym. Tickets for the scrimmage are $2 with proceeds benefiting the Children's Hospital at
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In addition to the scrimmage, Mountain States Health Alliance will be providing several door prizes for fans, there will be a Mascot game at halftime, schedule posters for the 2004-05 season will be handed out, members of the 1988 to 1992 men's basketball teams will be in attendance and welcomed at halftime, there will be announcements for winners of various Homecoming competitions, and fans will be able to get autographs at the end of the scrimmage.
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Matsuzaka Watch: Episode 21I'll cut right to the chase. Complete game. 14 strikeouts. 140 pitches thrown.
Do you think the Lions remember that they have a closer? At any rate, what's done is done and our hero racked up his 14th victory of the season against 4 losses with a solid 5-3 victory over the Orix Buffaloes. Everything was working for Daisuke tonight as he shredded the Orix hitters to the tune of 13 out of 14 strikeouts of the swinging variety. At several points he was hitting 95 on the radar gun. It helped that he was able to work from ahead for almost the duration of the ballgame thanks to the Lions hit parade in the 2nd and 3rd innings that netted 4 runs and put the club up for good.
The Buffaloes were game, however, and did their best to keep things close with 2 runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning and another run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 7th. Matsuzaka was rarely in real trouble as he went 1-2-3 in 5 out of the 9 innings he pitched, and would have finished 1-2-3 in the 9th as well, were it not for an error by shortstop Yasayuki Kataoka. The ace was at his dominant best, striking out the numbers 2, 3, and 4 batters in the 8th including former Yankee Karim Garcia, and 39 year old former slugger Kazuhiro Kiyohara.
The 14 strikeouts marked the 44th time in his young career that he's fanned double digit batters, putting him 5th all-time in that accomplishment. Here's what he's done to date this season, and a little video to enjoy (click stats to enlarge):


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For more information on lead and drinking water, please visit Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change website www.ene.gov.on.ca
Locate your water meter, typically found in the basement, and look at the pipe coming up through the basement floor into the bottom of the water meter. Lead is grey, does not echo if you gently strike it, scratches easily and leaves metallic marks when you rub the scratched area against paper.
Markham has a long standing practice (since the 1980s) to replace aging watermains and water service lines. To this date, all known lead service lines, from the municipal watermain up to the property line, have been replaced. However, there may still be private service lines from the property line to the house that are made of lead or contain lead. Similarly, the internal plumbing of the building may also still contain lead pipes and solder containing lead. Residents are encouraged to replace lead service lines and plumbing on their property. Markham is only responsible for service lines up to the property line.
The Ontario Ministry of Environment (MOE) has amended the existing regulations that govern the way in which municipalities test and monitor the quality of drinking water (Ontario Water Quality Standards O. Re. 169/03, and the Drinking-Water Systems Regulation O. Reg. 170/03). The Ontario drinking water quality standard for lead is 10 micrograms per litre of water (10 parts per billion). The MOE has also mandated a Community Lead Testing Program for all municipalities.
Most systems do not have lead leaching into the drinking water. However it is a good practice, after water has been standing in plumbing for a long time, overnight or during the day when home occupants are away, to run your taps before drinking water from them. Allow the water to run until it is noticeably cooler and then continue running the water for about five minutes. Save the water you run during this process for plant watering or washing the dishes. If you flush the toilet or have a shower first thing in the morning, this will reduce the amount of time that you'll need to run the taps. Always use the cold water tap for making beverages and food preparation. Clean the faucet aerators (small screens) regularly.


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Prosperity Initiative in Kosovo (PIKS) is implementing its flagship project Lokalizo which is a youth digital mapping project supported by UNICEF Innovations Lab Kosovo and Voices of Youth Mapping Initiative.
The Lokalizo project will gradually empower groups of young
people, to contribute and become agents of positive change in
their communities. This activism of young people will result in
amplifying their voices and in getting them to proactively engage
in the decision-making processes in their
but how did Lokalizo come about?
The idea for for this project was presented to one of the Lokalizo team-members as an opportunity for testing the Urgency Ranking component of the Voices of Youth (VOY) Maps platform back in October, 2013 where UNICEF was screening for people from all over the world to try out this innovation. Following the testing phase, the interest to provide this technology to our peers in Kosovo remained very high. Simultaneously, we heard about the a call for submitting ideas for improving communities through youth empowerment. The third edition of the Social Innovations Camp Kosovo was the place where our team developed the prototype to verify how the platform works. So, over a long weekend we developed a mock-up of the VOY Maps platform as based on the notion of the minimum viable product, showcased before judges how the platform works, proposed the benefits that this innovation has to offer and how we plan to grow this project. For a detailed description of our experience during this event check out: http://unicefstories.org/2014/04/14/reflections-on-social-innovation-camp-kosovo-3-lokalizo-net/
Following the last three months, our team in Prishtina has
invested hundreds of hours in establishing the voices of youth
mapping initiative with a strong foundation. Our team engaged in
a quest to produce everything based on quality, for this each
design used for Lokalizo engaged the work of our creative team
members which turned each production stage into art pieces in
order to make lokalizo unique and authentic and thus more
interesting for our target audience.
We have also created the website for Lokalizo, which will serve as the bridge for accessing the platform provided to us by VOY MAPS. The reason for this extra website is utilizing this junction for reaching more young people from local communities through translating the global initiative in all working languages in Kosovo. Currently we have translated the platform in Albanian, and we kindly welcome people from other communities in Kosovo to join us to translate the platform in other languages. Our project also develops the linguistic abilities of our participants by providing them the opportunity to become young reporters and sharing their testimonies in a variety of ways. In doing that they acquire skills on a number of vital areas such as: research, documentation, storytelling, advocacy, blogging, technology literate, which will come in handy for their future goals.
Last week, on Thursday, May 19th, the Lokalizo project opened its
doors to a group of incoming participants who joined the project
following our call for mapping communities in Prishtina. We have
received 37 applications while we invited approximately twenty to
the first workshop - which, for the volunteers, served as the
first occasion to get introduced with the rest of our team and to
learn the insights about Lokalizo. In the event, which was held
in the premises of the Innovations Lab Kosovo where the prototype
of Lokalizo was developed several months ago, overall 18 people
participated and jointly created a fun and productive
environment. We anticipate to organize a new round of recruiting
next month for the next cycle of mapping.
The aim of this workshop was leading a conceptual discussion about Lokalizo, youth digital mapping, what it means to live in a community, and digital reporting. The ending part served as the basis for officially welcoming the new volunteers and informing them about the upcoming activities of our project.
Here is what some of our youth coordinators had to say about the
A five month work was being shown to the first group of
volunteers for youth mappers attracted by the idea of Lokalizo.
This was one of those occasions where you see how every moment of
stress and hard work spent on something was worth it. Our team is
very enthusiastic about Lokalizo and it was rewarding to find out
that our volunteers shared the same feeling. This workshop was
only the start of a remarkable journey that aims to empower the
youth by enabling them to make their communities better. Mapping
and reporting, here we come!
Personally, I had a great experience during the workshop held on May 15th, 2014. Everything was perfectly organized, and the presentation of the project was done in an excellent way. Our team put their best efforts into making the new volunteers feel welcome and feel like they are among friends; in order to make it as easy as possible for them to ask questions and share their opinions freely. The only disadvantage of this workshop was the fact that not all of the selected volunteers, for the project Lokalizo, participated in the event.
Being a part of the first workshop as member of "Lokalizo" team, was a very special feeling for me. That is because meeting other people which believe in our idea and are ready to contribute towards trying to achieve the best out of the project, provides us as team another great push to work harder for the upcoming phases of the project.
In the meantime, our team is following the weather forecast, since bad weather has disabled us to go out and start mapping the streets of Prishtina over this weekend. Once we have the date set we will return to share with you more about our mapping plan for that day.
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Rated 4 out of 5 by Leeta from It's alright for me. I ordered a size XS. I'm 4'11" and 102lbs. I wasn't sure what size I should get because some Bebe dress I'm a medium! Especially the skin tight ones. Haha. Well. I choose an XS because the dress look baggy on the model! Sure enough when I received mine it was loose in the back and there's no adjust to the halter top portion because it was to long and just didn't look like it fit me. I guess I could have gone with an xxs but the elastic waist might be to tight. Since I got the item on sale and there's no return ill just keep it and get a little alteration done to it. I would not pay full price. The dress was alright. Material was okay as well. I do like the design of the dress but wish it would fit better.
Date published: 2013-05-16
Rated 5 out of 5 by Xtrememom from Phenomenal! A million times better than the pic! All hand embellished! I didn't even realize it had gold beads on it. Super sexy, extremely light and perfect for a summer little black dress! A must have at this price!
Date published: 2013-04-30
Rated 5 out of 5 by SDGIRL from So flattering! This dress is sooo cute! I wear it to the office with a little black sweater. If I'm going out, I'll pile on the gold jewelry and wear higher heels. So versatile and sexy. Too bad I didn't get the sale price! =-( Still worth every cent. True to size......I'm 5'3 110-115 and have a small.
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2013 Volvo XC60: New Car Review
Many vehicles these days promise to be all things to all people, but the 2013 Volvo XC60 is the rare ride that actually delivers. Look at what this luxury crossover brings to the table. Safety? Hey, it's a Volvo: The crash-test results are just about perfect. Comfort? Four adults can lounge all day in the XC60's roomy cabin. Performance? The optional turbocharged 3.0-liter inline 6-cylinder has you covered with its healthy 300-horsepower output. Styling? Thanks to a sleek exterior and Volvo's distinctive interior design, the XC60 is one of the coolest crossovers around.
What more could you want? Well, maybe something a little more inspiring than the base 3.2-liter inline 6-cylinder, which sorely lacks a sense of urgency. Better fuel economy would be welcome, too. And ... we're struggling here. Put it this way: If you're looking for a well-rounded luxury crossover, you'll be hard pressed to do better than an XC60.
What's New for 2013?
Although the XC60 is largely unchanged for 2013, the premium crossover adds a few new features. Headlamp washers and rain-sensing wipers are now standard, for instance. There's a new gear lever -- and it now includes a Sport mode in T6 and T6 R-Design models. And Volvo's Tunnel Mode turns on the XC60's headlights as it enters a tunnel. Option packages are also revised, with the Technology Package adding Volvo's new Road Sign technology, which can read important road signs and alert the driver.
What We Like
Excellent crash-test scores; strong optional turbocharged engine; accommodating back seat; easy on the eyes; plenty of cargo space
What We Don't
Mediocre base engine; subpar fuel economy with the turbo
How Much?
Fuel Economy
The XC60 3.2 model is powered by a 3.2-liter 6-cylinder engine that's rated at 240 hp and 236 lb-ft of torque. The all-wheel-drive T6 fixes all of this with its smooth turbocharged 3.0-liter inline 6-cylinder, which is good for 300 hp and 325 lb-ft of torque. The R-Design shares the T6's fundamentals but turns up the boost to 325 hp and 354 lb-ft. We didn't really notice a difference, but the R-Design is one quick crossover, no doubt about it.
Every XC60 comes with a 6-speed automatic transmission, which may not be the best device for maximizing fuel economy. The 3.2 gets a so-so 19 miles per gallon city/25 mpg hwy (18 mpg city/24 mpg hwy with all-wheel drive), but the turbocharged XC60 models drop to 17 mpg city/23 mpg hwy, which is a little behind the curve for a modest-sized crossover.
Options & Standard Features
The 2013 Volvo XC60 is offered in three trim levels. Base-level models are called the 3.2 and start around $35,000. They feature standard 18-inch wheels, a power driver's seat, remote keyless entry, Bluetooth, dual-zone automatic climate control and the 3.2-liter 6-cylinder engine. They also come with Volvo's City Safety system, which can bring the XC60 to a full stop at speeds under 15 miles per hour.
It's a big jump to the T6 ($41,500), but shoppers get a lot of bang for their buck. Not only does the T6 model add 60 hp to the 3.2, it also includes standard all-wheel drive, a power sunroof, leather upholstery and a power passenger seat.
Topping the XC60's range is the T6 R-Design ($45,800), which offers a sporty take on the T6. In addition to 25 hp more, it adds several appearance features inside and out to give the XC60 a performance-oriented feel.
Three option packages are available. The Premier Package is offered on the 3.2 only and adds enough features to equal the T6's equipment level. All models offer the Premier Plus Package, which includes a power lift gate, power-folding rear headrests, and front and rear obstacle detection. Topping the range is the Platinum Package, which includes navigation and a rearview camera.
Volvo also offers a Climate Package, which boasts heated windshield washer nozzles and heated front and rear seats, and the Technology Package, which includes adaptive cruise control, the Road Sign Information System, a lane departure warning system and a more advanced version of City Safety.
The 2013 XC60 features standard stability control, six airbags and Volvo's City Safety system, which can bring the car to a full stop at speeds under 15 mph. The XC60 also boasts a long list of optional accident avoidance technology, including the new Road Sign Information System, lane departure warning and adaptive cruise control.
Six airbags may not seem like many, but remember that it's the crash tests that count, and the XC60 aced them. In government crash testing, the XC60 scored a perfect five stars in all areas except rollover resistance, where it received four stars -- a function of its high center of gravity. The independent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the XC60 its top rating of Good in every category.
Behind the Wheel
The XC60 has the quiet, smooth ride that luxury shoppers expect, and the view from the driver's seat is appropriately commanding. What's unexpected is the XC60's handling prowess, which blows up the stereotype of the stodgy, conservative Volvo family vehicle. There's real athleticism in the way the XC60 moves, though it never compromises the car's primary mission as a practical people hauler. Discerning drivers might still prefer a BMW X3, but the XC60 is right up there among the most satisfying crossovers to drive.
The XC60's front seats aren't quite as stellar as those in the S60 sedan, but they're close. Volvo's trademark combination of simplicity and long-distance support is certainly present in these chairs. From the driver's perspective, the dashboard is brilliant, too, featuring premium materials with distinctive graining, crisp gauges that employ Volvo's unique font and the "floating" slim-line center panel, which looks like something out of an avant-garde design magazine. Ergonomics are satisfactory, with extra points awarded for Volvo's neat airflow controls.
The XC60's back seat is more adult-friendly than many in this class. The integrated 2-stage child booster seats are a notable option, though they can't be ordered with the optional heated rear seats, so you'll have to choose. Fold the XC60's versatile 40/20/40 split rear seat back down and you'll enjoy 67.4 cu ft of cargo space -- a robust figure for a vehicle of this type. Even with the seat back fully in place, there's still 30.8 cu ft of room behind it.
Other Cars to Consider
Audi Q5 -- Smaller inside than the XC60, the Q5 nonetheless matches the Volvo's styling panache, and it's fun to drive, too.
BMW X3 -- The recently designed X3 boasts excellent power in turbocharged xDrive35i form, yet it still gets incrementally better fuel economy (19 mpg city/26 mpg hwy) than the sluggish XC60 3.2.
Cadillac SRX -- Rejuvenated for 2012 with a standard 308-hp V6, the SRX is a distinctive luxury crossover that finally has some real substance to go with its style.
AutoTrader's Advice
Get the T6 and avoid the 3.2-liter engine. You don't need the R-Design unless you're sold on its sporty style, since the T6 can be loaded with features to your heart's content.


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GRUNDY CENTER Grundy County Memorial Hospital (GCMH) will host the Grundy Area Cardiac Support Group on Monday, March 2, 2015 from 5:00 6:30 p.m. in the Education Room. Please use Entrance #3 on the west side of the hospital.
GCMH Pharmacist Matt Markert will give the program on "Cardiac Medications".
Join us for a time to share information and experiences with others who are also on this journey. The Grundy Area Cardiac Support Group meets quarterly on the first Monday of the month (March, June, September and December) in the Education Room of the Grundy County Memorial Hospital, 201 East J Avenue, Grundy Center.
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Brandy Tripp, RN, BSN, Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehabilitation Coordinator, at (319) 824-5097. Visit www.GrundyCountyHospital.org for more information on GCMH Services.


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1. What is the Pioneer 5K Off-Road Challenge?
It is a fun race, mostly off-road, on the trails behind the high school and includes some of the obstacles on the JROTC trail.
There is also a 1-mile fun run for those who don't want to run that far.
2. This is a fundraiser for the Leavenworth High School wrestling team.
When is it?
Nov. 16 at 9 a.m., at Leavenworth High School. Our slogan for the race is come get messy with us.
We have a special raffle for our veteran and active duty runners.
3. Why is this run different from other races?
Runners will jump over logs, run up two steep hills, navigate Army-style obstacles, run on trails, gravel and concrete and no one should finish clean.
We anticipate that mud will also be part of the fun.
4. How hard is it and can everyone do it?
Yes, this race is not about your time on the clock, but about your fun time on the course. So take it as fast or slow as you like.
There will be wrestlers and JROTC Raiders along to route to help runners. The steep hills have ropes to assist you up and the obstacles are relatively simple.
5. How do people sign up for this run?
Either go to enter2run.com and sign up, or come to the high school between 7:30 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. for race day registration.
The cost is $30 for the 5K (students are $20, couples are $50) and $10 for the 1-mile run.


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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Ride To Santa Monica's Bronze Awarding For "Bicycle Friendliness", This Friday
As I've already made pretty clear in my posts since the announcement that Santa Monica had earned a bronze award from the League of American Bicyclists, I do not believe the city deserves the distinction. However, since it is getting this shiny prize, I would like to be in attendance. If for no other reason, the off chance of getting to talk to city officials about cycling outside the confines of a 2 minute monologue. Or at the very least a chance to rant with other like minded bicycle activist types while politicians pontificate about how awesome they are.
The ride to this little ceremony at City Hall is being put on by the LACBC as part of their Car Free Fridays, and Santa Monica Spoke, a group that has been brewing over the past couple weeks with the intent of becoming a local chapter of the LACBC. Although my general busyness with my real job and being sick lately has gotten in the way of being more directly involved so far, I'm in this new group and will be following it's development. Some cross posting between here and the Santa Monica Spoke blog is likely in the near future.
The ride meets tomorrow, Friday morning, at 8:00am on Pearl St. by the Santa Monica Community College library, across from Sustainable Works, and leaves at 8:10am. Apparently it's leaving at 8:10 sharp, so don't presume this is rolling on bike time. Hope to see you there, and maybe with some nudging and pressure from us in the months and years ahead, Santa Monica may one day actually be worthy of recognition for it's commitment to cycling.
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- Dominic Dougherty said...
How odd that the League is not listening to its LCIs when awarding Bike-Friendly status.
The 3 LCIs that reviewed Long Beach suggested an honorable mention... but Long Beach got Bronze.
I heard similar reports for Santa Monica.
The League is really missing an opportunity to introduce cities to their local advocacy groups and get their LCIs involved in planning and developing bicycling culture.
I feel that this recent round of awards really cheapens the whole program.
- May 28, 2009 at 2:32 PM
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Libs 37 (plus 7%)
Bloc 31 (minus 4%)
Cons 15 (minus 3%)
Those numbers are almost too good, in the sense that the Bloc will look to avoid an election (more on that dynamic later). Another poll that shows the Conservatives on life support, a real danger now of perceived irrelevance, all current seats in play.
The Liberals are now in a virtual tie for francophone support, which would have been a laughable want just a few months ago:
Bloc 37% (minus 4%)
Libs 34% (plus 7%)
Cons 13% (minus 4%)
I'll defer to those more intimate with Quebec seat distribution, but it's fair to say this movement with francophones puts many ridings into play for the Liberals.
On the best PM measure, Ignatieff enjoys a massive edge:
Ignatieff 45%
Layton 20%
Harper 17%
Quebec is a wasteland for Harper.
Right on cue, Gilles Duceppe is putting out signals that his party is ready to work with the government, much like the NDP pivot last week. We also hear talk that the Conservatives are going to do everything in their power to avoid a confidence vote prior to the 2010 Olympics. The strategy will also delay release of next year's budget, so that the government rule through the feel good Olympics. As far as that tidbit goes, with the economic situation, a general consensus that no rebound will really take hold until later in 2010, one has to think the Liberals can capitalize on any perceived budget delay for partisan advantage. That dynamic brings me to the new coalition of socialists, seperatists and sell out federalists.
From the Liberal perspective, if the other opposition parties want to make backroom deals with the government, prop up Harper, it puts us in a strong position. There does seem to be some strategic consideration in trying to force a fall election, the reasonings for the Liberals are obvious. However, it is a serious error for anyone to conclude that postponing any election "thwarts" the Liberal ambitions. The biggest danger for the Liberals moving forward, is a sense developing, wherein Canadians start to see the party as Conservative enablers, diminishing their stature, as well as arming the other parties. If the new dynamic gives the Liberals free reign to push an agenda, knowing full well the other parties are afraid of an election, it's hard to see how that hurts us in the polls. The key word here is "afraid", and that's exactly why the Bloc and NDP, as well as the Cons, are starting to play footsie under the table. No amount of spin detracts from a simple concept that denotes weakness. Liberals know the perils of perceived weakness, if others want to do the propping, one can think of a myriad of ways to be aggressive and capitalize on the wide berth.
In addition, time is the Liberals friend here, when you consider building organization, fundraising, candidates, etc. It's not like Liberals are DYING to have a vote, if one of the main concerns within the calculus is eliminated, I think people might be quite comfortable with watching others scurry while we build. I don't see how the Liberals fall considerably in the polls, especially when we will look a strong and aggressive opposition. If other parties are content to hide from the Liberal juggernaut, I am left with the clear impression that things have changed DRASTICALLY. Harper working with the Bloc, too delicious for words. The NDP propping up the government, tasty as well. Factor in the Liberal freedom as a results, works for me.


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The beauty of the typical
Last winter, I read It's Not the End of the Earth, But You Can See It from Here: Tales of the Great Plains, a book of stories about small town life in central Nebraska. What a good book! I enjoyed it immensely because I grew up in rural Nebraska, because the stories are entertaining, and because they contain truths, wisdoms, and observations about life that resonate with me.
The author is Roger Welsch of Dannebrog, Nebraska, whom you may remember from the series, "Postcards from Nebraska" on the CBS News Sunday Morning television show. He is a native of Nebraska, born, raised, and educated in Lincoln. His primary area of study, teaching and writing is folklore. He's the author of about two dozen books, many of them about rural life in Nebraska. I intend to read more of them.
The following passage from the introduction to It's Not the End of the Earth, But You Can See It from Here: Tales of the Great Plains has returned to my mind many times since I read it. I decided to look it up and share it with you.
My academic training and most of my teaching experience was in folklore, so I learned quite early in my intellectual history to appreciate, to appreciate profoundly the importance, the charm, the beauty, and the value of the typical. That's what folklore is. While the university art departments dwell on the exceptional and unique, the history departments focus on the significant and singular, the English departments examine the best, we in folklore are interested in what represents the typical, the ordinary, the everyday.
The ballet is not typical; the small-town wedding dance is. The events of a Harlequin romance or a soap opera are anything but everyday; the gossip and anecdotes told over the breakfast table in the cafe in Centralia are precisely everyday; they are indeed the very definition of "everyday." Is the everyday of less value or attraction than the exceptional? That has most certainly not been my experience. Nor, probably yours. Virtually every homemade quilt you have ever seen, for example, is superior by many times to 90 percent of the art that currently insults the walls of the galleries. We have all at one time or another, perhaps on a regular basis, eaten roast beef, mash potatoes, and gravy in a humble kitchen that put to shame the finest gourmet meal we have ever enjoyed. Medical science still sorts through folk medicine for the truths it may yet have in its pharmacopoeia.
Source: Welsch, Roger. It's Not The End of the Earth, But You Can See It From Here: Tales of the Great Plains. New York: Villard Books, 1990. (See pp. xiv-xv).
Here, Welsch is describing the focus of folklore studies, but that's not what I remembered. What stuck with me was the truth that many great masterpieces never become famous. They're created by ordinary people in the course of their ordinary lives. We should recognize and treasure these common works of art for the precious jewels that they are.
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And I wish to add that some of the best music is made on the back porches and in the living rooms of very ordinary people -- and in rural and small-town churches, too. I remember with pleasure many examples of fine, homemade music.


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"Samsung made comments early Friday about going on the offensive with its ongoing patent dispute with Apple, and it appears to be putting its money (and its lawyers) where its mouth is. The Korean company just filed a complaint with The Hague, seeking a ban on all sales of Apple's smartphones and tablets due to alleged infringement of four of its wireless mobile technology patents. Dutch site Webwereld.nl has the details of the new complaint filed with The Hague, which relates specifically to 3G mobile networking technologies, as well as technologies governing the transfer rate of data to mobile devices over a cellular network. Samsung's complaint covers Apple itself, as well as five other private companies that manage Apple's sales and distribution channels in the Netherlands." I'll be following the Twitter feeds from The Hague closely coming Monday when the meeting about possible FRAND licensing takes place. Let's hope Samsung manages to pull an injunction out of all this.


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NEW YORK -- On Tuesday afternoon at the Metropolitan Museum in New York the architecture world, or what felt like a pretty substantial cross-section of it, gathered to remember the pioneering New York Times and Wall Street Journal architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable, who died in January at age 91.
I was among the half-dozen speakers, who also included architect Frank Gehry, Getty Trust President and Chief Executive James Cuno and critic Paul Goldberger.
Garrison Keillor sent taped remarks and the program ended with a series of clips from Huxtable's appearances over the years on "The Charlie Rose Show." The audience included architects Richard Meier, Robert A. M. Stern, Elizabeth Diller and Tod Williams, among many others.
"Her writing was a very apt portrait of her," Gehry said. "It had strength, charisma, intelligence, passion."
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When they served together as jurors for the Pritzker Prize and in other conversations, Gehry added, he and Huxtable disagreed on a regular basis. "But I took something, always, from the discussion."
These are the remarks I prepared for the memorial:
Like many others on the program today, I'm here to talk about Ada Louise Huxtable's singular career and the fierce authority of her work. But I'm also here to do something slightly different. I'm here to speak about the Ada Louise Huxtable of the future -- about what she has meant and will continue to mean to me and the other architecture critics of my generation, and what it means that her archive now has a home clear on the other side of the country, at the Getty in Los Angeles.
Before I do that let me briefly make one separate comment. You've probably noticed that the speakers today have one thing in common: we are all male. I wonder what Ada Louise would have made of that. By a strict definition, at least, she was not a feminist. But I do want to acknowledge the female architecture critics and editors, to say nothing of the female architects, who are doing strong and important work today. Those critics and editors, heirs of Ada Louise as I am, include Cathleen McGuigan, Inga Saffron, Karrie Jacobs, Julie Iovine and Alexandra Lange, among many others. Many of them are here today.
For my part, I didn't meet Ada Louise in person until seven years ago, in February of 2006, when she was in her 80s and well into what turned out to be a 15-year stint as the architecture critic at the Wall Street Journal, following of course nearly 20 years at the New York Times and as many as an independent critic and scholar. We met at the preview of a Museum of Modern Art exhibition on new architecture in Spain. Boom-time Spain. Post-Franco, pre-austerity Spain.
It may have been Terry Riley, who curated that show, who handled the introduction. Ada Louise was shorter than some of the architectural models on their podiums by several inches, and yet there was a kind of force field of energy she carried through the new starched and bleached Yoshio Taniguchi galleries, trailed by looks and whispers of recognition.
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I remember feeling tall and ungainly, unseasoned, in her compact and serious presence. She became a semi-regular email correspondent, and her comments on my writing continued to mean more than those of anyone else. But many others here -- among my colleagues at the podium today, and among the audience -- can speak more eloquently about Ada Louise the person and Ada Louise the New Yorker.
Influence, collegiality, reputation, professional and personal kinship: These are tricky issues among the competing members of any profession. Sometimes it takes an age gap, a generational remove, to smooth the way. For me and for many architecture critics around my age -- and I want to give special mention to Mark Lamster, newly installed as the architecture critic of the Dallas Morning News, though he is as much a New Yorker as Ada Louise, and Alexandra Lange, whom I've already named -- for us, now mostly in our early 40s, the personal example Ada Louise set, or the support she gave, was generous, straightforward, in certain ways remarkably free of psychological complication.
A bigger influence for us has simply been the path she laid down, the work itself.
It has become common, even fashionable, to use Ada Louise's name as a shorthand for criticism that is tough, savvy, politically minded, concerned with real-estate power plays and the life of the street and the city, rather than with the formal achievements or failures of individual buildings by well-known architects. And of course her writing did confront, head-on, those topics and those themes.
But what has struck me time and again in going back to her criticism, more than that toughness or fearlessness, is its breadth and variety -- and in fact how often she did write about single buildings, either reviewing them once they were complete or assessing proposed designs years away from opening. And how often she wrote about aesthetics or engineering, or carefully dissected the body of work of one architect or firm.
Architecture criticism has shifted dramatically in the last few years toward a focus on urbanism and planning and the public's role in shaping cities. I applaud the shift in general. I hope that I have been one of the critics to help bring it about. But we are in danger, I think, of letting the pendulum swing too far. Speaking simply as a reader, I miss strong, eloquent reviews of individual buildings, especially those reviews that see buildings as vessels carrying larger aesthetic, social or political meaning. Luckily Ada Louise's archive is full of pieces like that.
In 1973, for example, when she was arguably at the very height of her powers, 10 years into her tenure at the New York Times, three years removed from her Pulitzer Prize, her output included pieces on zoning and preservation and evolving plans for Battery Park City, what she called "this totally new piece of Manhattan."
She reviewed a show on housing at MOMA, covered a planning controversy at Picadilly Circus in London and in several pieces grappled with the meaning of the nascent environmental movement. She assessed Louis Kahn's design for a planned FDR memorial on what was then called Welfare Island; in a foreshadowing of the current debate over the Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, she wrote that by objecting to earlier plans the Roosevelt family had revealed its taste for the "cautiously traditional."
She offered a tart critique that year of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's recent -- and in her view highly uneven -- work.
"Something has gone wrong at SOM," she wrote, "and saying so is a little like attacking the Pope."
But she also reviewed a reconstruction of the 1871 Ladies Pavilion in Central Park; the new wing of the Boston Public Library, by Philip Johnson and John Burgee, and Minoru Yamasaki's new World Trade Center towers.
She wrote about the imminent restoration of Cooper Union's 114-year-old Foundation building, and the rolled-iron beams that made the building a structural marvel when it opened.
"That was no lady in hoopskirts at the corner of Third Avenue and 8th Street," she wrote. "It was a building in which progress became history, and style became art, and it is finally getting its due."
And she analyzed John Portman's proposal, championed by Mayor John Lindsay, for a new 54-story hotel tower in Times Square, calling it "a design peculiarly appropriate" to its site.
Seen from a contemporary point of view, 1973 stands for more than a few architectural historians as something of a dead zone, transitional at best. Seen through Ada Louise's eyes it was something else entirely -- a year of intrigue and meaning and architectural forward motion, a year of vivid importance to the life and future of New York City.
And that was just one year out of the more than 50 she spent writing about architecture -- a thin slice of a remarkably rich archive that we ought to remember was as much about design and architecture as it was about planning or power.
And now that archive is at the Getty Research Institute, dozens of boxes being arranged, even as we speak, deep in the recesses of a hilltop campus. I have spent a bit of time already in the archive, getting a sense of what it covers, and I look forward to many, many more hours there.
I know that some New Yorkers are distressed that her papers are not in the city or close by. I can understand that feeling. But her influence, already so strong and meaningful for so many people in New York and in this room, is now poised to spread dramatically, over space as well as time, as her work and legacy attract new readers and scholars and essentially gain a second base of operations on the West Coast.
Maybe this is one advantage, finally, that we architecture critics have over the buildings we write about: that we and our work are mobile, that our influence can radiate out into the world from many places at once.
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The Cleveland Indians have picked up Ubaldo Jimenez's $5.75
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The Indians, who collapsed from contention in August, also
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and a $6 million option on right-hander Roberto Hernandez.
Jimenez went 9-17 with a 5.40 ERA in 31 starts last season. The
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in 2011 from Colorado for top pitching prospects Alex White and
Drew Pomeranz.
Hafner had another injury-shortened season. He batted .228 with
12 homers and 34 RBIs in 66 games.
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in the Dominican Republic. Formerly known as Fausto Carmona, he
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Friday, December 10, 2010
Elves, Gnomes, Wizards, Trolls, Santa + Leo Tolstoy - A New FREE Pattern for Holiday Knitting from Kristin to YOU!
Another Christmas Gift from me to you!
Grab your No. 10 needles, your odds and ends of Julia (or any feltable worsted weight wool) and go! Knit in the round, the little guys begin with i-cord and then are worked completely in the round. I felted them in my washing machine and then embroidered the eyes and noses. For the beards, I used raw washed wool from our sheep. If you don't have any handy, use a thick single ply (like Lopi) and unspin the yarn to turn it back into fluffy fiber.
Now these might look like Christmas ornaments (which is what they started as) but after living with them and photographing them, I decided that they have all-season appeal. Perfect little finger puppets for Harry Potter and wizard fans. They make awesome toppers for a wine bottle that you are bringing along to a dinner date, don't you think?
Call them what you may - elves, trolls, gnomes, Santas.... But while I was making them, I watched the movie The Last Station with Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer. Do you know what? The little guys started looking just like Leo Tolstoy to me.
Here's Christopher as Leo.... You see? Don't they look just like him?
So there you have it - Little Leo Tolstoys, Santas, elves, or whatever for you and yours! You've still got time before the holidays to whip up a few! From me to you. Have fun! And Happy Holidays to YOU ALL!
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- Elizabeth D said...
These. Are. Wonderful.
- Friday, December 10, 2010 at 7:57:00 PM EST
- eight feet said...
I guess that answers the question of what to do during the impending blizzard tomorrow--these are awesome and will make great gifts. Thanks so much, Kristin!
- Friday, December 10, 2010 at 9:55:00 PM EST
- Karen said...
So so cute! Yes, I see the resemblance to Tolstoy too...
- Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 12:11:00 AM EST
- Kathy said...
Totally charming and remarkable! Thanks for the free pattern. I think they are a must make! Now, to find the time...
- Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 12:12:00 AM EST
- Auntie Shan said...
Oooooo! WICKED! :-D
But don't you mean VODKA Toppers..? Da?
- Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 2:04:00 AM EST
hi Kristin ~
Merci Boucoup !
These are fantastic FUN little characters. I work at a Waldorf school & wanted to give the children some kind of Holiday gift, these are perfect !
We may have 10 inches of snow tomorrow, so staying home and knitting these sounds grand !
Thanks for your generosity.
Happy Holidays ~
Shell ~
- Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 7:17:00 AM EST
- Heather said...
I absolutly love them!!
- Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 9:47:00 AM EST
- Wooly Knits n Bits said...
Those are so wonderful Kristin. I will take advantage of next few days off I have to knit a few for gifts we will be giving away to good neighbors. Thanks so much!
- Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 10:20:00 AM EST
- Dianne@sheepdreams said...
You have perfect timing! These are the perfect, fun little handmade item to add to packages this year. I've had "The Last Station" for ages. These cute things and our impending snowstorm will motivate me to finally watch it! Thanks for sharing.
- Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 4:48:00 PM EST
- Sarah said...
Love them!
- Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 7:44:00 AM EST
- grammynan said...
Kristen, Thank you.
- Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 9:40:00 AM EST
Make a little guitar, and they're ZZTop!
- Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 10:46:00 PM EST
- ellen said...
I ran across this picture of Lev many years ago and have been looking for it ever since - Leo Tolstoy in a Lawn Chair seems as odd, and for the same reasons as Christ in a Bowling Alley! I hope you don't mind that I shared this picture over on Facebook so I would not lose track of it again!
- Friday, December 31, 2010 at 8:51:00 PM EST
- Sheeps and Peeps Farm said...
Thank you... these look like so much fun!
- Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 12:07:00 PM EST
Thank you for the great creatures. They will make great projects. Perhaps I will put a few on my Kristin postcards hanging in my craft room. You know how we groupies are, its Kristin, Kristin. Not to scary you ha ha
I did see The Last Station and I agree with your observation. Good movie.
Happy Holidays to your and your family.
- Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 4:15:00 AM EST