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Anxiety, also called generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), is a mental disorder characterized by persistent excessive or unrealistic fears or worries. The term "anxiety" is commonly used to refer to a general state of unease or apprehension about future events; this is a common feeling experienced by everyone at some point in their lives. GAD describes the condition in which those feelings of fear and worry are persistent¿ -- ¿lasting for weeks or months at a time¿ -- ¿and exaggerated out of proportion to the actual risk or threat, often well beyond what is appropriate for the situation. People with GAD may be overly concerned about their health, finances, family problems, or work and the feelings of nervousness or dread disrupt their everyday lives. These feelings are accompanied by physical symptoms including headaches, fatigue, sleep disturbances, and muscle tension.
GAD affects about7 million American adults, and two thirds of these are women. It can affect people at any age but occurs most frequently between childhood and middle age. Several treatments are available for GAD including medications and psychotherapy as well as coping skills that can help those with anxiety deal with their feelings of dread.
In addition to GAD there are several other anxiety disorders that have anxiety as an integral part of the disorder, including:
-- Panic disorder: in which people experience sudden attacks of terror, usually accompanied by a pounding heart and sweatiness, that give them a sense of unreality, a fear of impending doom, or a fear of losing control.
-- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): in which people are obsessed with certain fears (e.g. cleanliness, safety) which compels them to perform certain rituals (e.g. cleaning, counting, checking) to relieve the anxiety that these fears produce.
-- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a disease that can develop in people who have taken-part in or witnessed a terrifying event that involved physical harm or the threat of physical harm (such as war, rape, or kidnapping) and may cause the person reliving the stressful event over and over.
-- Social anxiety disorder: those with with social anxiety disorder experience overwhelming anxiety in everyday social situations and the fear of that anxiety may pervade their lives.
-- Specific phobias: irrational fears about specific things that pose little or no actual danger, such as heights, water, flying, or spiders.
The main feature of GAD is persistent, excessive, and unrealistic worry about everyday things. These feelings occur on most days for at least six months. People with GAD can't relax and worry constantly and so may have difficulty concentrating. They may also have trouble falling asleep or sleeping through the night. Some of the other physical symptoms that may accompany anxiety include:
-- Fatigue
-- Headaches
-- Muscle tension
-- Muscle aches
-- Difficulty swallowing
-- Trembling or twitching
-- Sweating
-- Nausea
-- Lightheadedness
-- Having to go to the bathroom frequently
-- Feeling out of breath
-- Hot flashes
-- Restlessness
-- Irritability
-- Gastrointestinal discomfort or diarrhea
The anxiety that occurs with GAD can range from mild to severe. Mild anxiety may allow sufferers to maintain a job and function normally in social situations, while severe anxiety can make work and social interaction unbearable and make even simple daily activities very difficult.
The cause of anxiety disorders, including GAD, is unknown. However, there is evidence that anxiety disorders tend to run in families, suggesting that either genes or family environment (or both) may play a role in their development. There is some evidence to indicate that genes may play a modest role in GAD specifically. However, it is unlikely that anyone inherits an "anxiety" gene; instead, inheriting certain genes makes the development of GAD more likely to occur. Thus, you can inherit a predisposition to developing GAD, but if the right combination of environmental stresses does not occur in your life, you may never experience GAD.
Researchers are also investigating differences in brain function between people who have GAD and those who do not. Some evidence suggests that there may be differences in areas of the brain that control fear responses among the two groups. Researchers also believe that there may be differences in the brain chemistry of people with GAD. The levels of serotonin and norepinephrine, two chemical signals used in the brain (neurotransmitters), are different in people with anxiety disorders than in people without such disorders. While this research provides evidence that the brains of people with GAD may be working differently than the brains of other people, it does not tell us what causes this difference in the first place. It is most likely a combination of factors including genes and the stresses encountered in the environment.
Factors that may increase your risk of developing generalized anxiety disorder include:
-- Female sex: Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from GAD.
-- Childhood trauma: People who experience traumatic events as children are at higher risk for GAD.
-- Serious illness: Having an illness such as cancer can make you feel anxious about the future, treatments, etc.
-- Life stress: Stressful situations in your life, especially when they occur in bunches, can make you feel overwhelmed and lead to anxiety and, potentially, GAD.
-- Personality traits: People with certain personality traits including those with unmet psychological needs or chronic insecurity, and those with some personality disorders, such as borderline personality disorder, may be at increased risk of GAD.
-- Heredity: Some evidence suggests that GAD has a genetic component that causes it to run in families.
GAD tends to occur in tandem with several other disorders. In fact, it rarely occurs on its own. Common co-morbidities or dual-diagnoses include other anxiety disorders, depression, and/or substance abuse. It is important to treat these other disorders as well as the anxiety; otherwise the anxiety symptoms may keep coming back.
If you have anxieties about everyday things and these feelings are affecting your daily life and the feelings seem to go on for months, you may have GAD or another anxiety disorder. If you suspect that you or someone close to you may be dealing with the symptoms of an anxiety disorder, make an appointment with a doctor or therapist. The first step in getting better is seeing a professional who can help.
The first step in diagnosing GAD is usually talking about your symptoms. The doctor may ask detailed questions about your worries and fears or he or she may administer a screening questionnaire to help determine if you have the symptoms of GAD. You may also be given a physical exam to check if some physical condition may be causing your symptoms. In order to be diagnosed with GAD, you must meet the criteria set forth in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) which include:
-- Excessive anxiety and worry about a number of events or activities on most days for at least six months.
-- Difficulty controlling the feelings of worry.
-- Anxiety that is associated with three or more of the following symptoms: restlessness or feeling keyed-up, being easily fatigued, irritability, difficulty concentrating, muscle tension, and sleep disturbances.
-- Anxiety that causes significant distress or impairment in your daily life.
-- Anxiety that isn't related to another disorder, such as panic attacks or substance abuse.
One type of drug used to treat anxiety is the anti-anxiety medications (anxiolytics). These drugs provide relief from the symptoms of anxiety but do not really address the cause. The majority of these fall under the category of sedatives, fast acting drugs that tend to sedate people and make them less aware of their anxieties. They also tend to make people less aware of everything else as well and they are frequently habit-forming. As a result, these drugs are best used for short-term relief when symptoms are at their worst. The benzodiazepines include alprazolam (Xanax), chlordiazepoxide (Librium), clonazepam (Klonopin), and diazepam (Valium) among others. These medications often cause drowsiness and problems with balance and coordination so you should not drive or operate heavy machinery while taking them.
A newer anti-anxiety medication is buspirone (Buspar). This non-sedating medication takes several weeks to begin working but does not cause dependence and so it can be taken for long periods.
Another class of drugs used to treat anxiety is the anti-depressants. Although originally designed to treat symptoms of depression, some anti-depressant drugs can be helpful in treating anxiety symptoms as well. These medications affect the levels of certain brain neurotransmitters including serotonin and norepinephrine. Examples of antidepressants used to treat GAD include fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Paxil), imipramine (Tofranil), venlafaxine (Effexor), escitalopram (Lexapro), and duloxetine (Cymbalta). Interestingly, anti-depressant drugs that predominantly affect levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine (such as bupropion [Wellbutrin]) are not usually effective at treating anxiety. Like buspirone, these drugs may take several weeks to work.
Psychotherapy, also called "talk therapy" or counseling, can also help improve anxiety symptoms. Psychotherapy involves talking with a trained mental health professional, such as a psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, or counselor to discover what caused an anxiety disorder and how to deal with its symptoms. Unlike medication, it addresses the root causes of the anxiety and also may help provide coping mechanisms for how to deal with anxiety symptoms when they occur. One type of therapy shown to help with GAD is called cognitive behavior therapy or CBT. CBT helps you recognize when your thoughts and behaviors are unhealthy and provides methods for replacing them with healthy ones. A lot of the feelings of helplessness that accompany mental disorders such as GAD stem from a perceived loss of control. CBT can help you learn to change the way you think and feel even when situations occur that are beyond your control.
There is no reliable way to prevent anxiety. However, you may be able to reduce your risk of GAD by limiting the one risk factor that is under your control: life stress. It is likely that differences in genetics and personal history determine whether a particular stressful event will cause a given person to experience anxiety. Taking steps to reduce your sources of daily stress may help you better cope with major life events when they do occur.
If you are having problems dealing with your fears and worries about everyday things, even when you are giving your best effort to relax or unwind, you may be experiencing GAD. If this anxiety continues for months and interferes with your ability to carry out and enjoy your daily life, you should seek professional help. These symptoms may not go away on their own and the longer you wait before seeking help, the greater the chances that your anxiety symptoms will become severe and affect your ability to work and interact socially.
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As someone on Twitter commented after a day spent slogging through BookExpo, the book industry won't be dying anytime soon. However, BEA management wasn't on the ball, because many people were unaware that the show was down to 2 days (Wed & Thurs) from its usual 3. Thus they were miffed--to put it mildly--when they stayed at hotels Monday night and arrived for Tuesday appointments to find the show floor closed. That happened to 2 people I'd arranged to meet on Tues., who had missed the post-9am email "reminder" that the exhibition hall wasn't open till Wed. Due to popular demand (aka "complaints"), next year the show will go back to 3 days: May 24-26.
On Tues., after viewing Philippe Halsman's wonderful "Jump" photographs at the Laurence Miller Gallery, lunching with a literary agent and poking through fabric shops, I arrived at the Javits for a 3pm confab about the Virginia Festival of the Book with a Crown publicist. Fifteen lonely minutes later, I discovered that I was 24 hours early. Oops.
To console myself, I grabbed an ARC of Jennifer Donnelly's new YA novel, REVOLUTION, which entranced me until the 4:30 Editors Buzz Panel--and for the next 3 nights. It comes out in October. Don't miss it! I reviewed her first YA novel, A NORTHERN LIGHT, which deserved every prize it received, and then some.
As for the Editors Buzz, which unlike last year was SRO, I tweeted: "I see white people. They're all around me. And they're klutzy with microphones." Once again, most of the 6 panelists apparently hadn't practised their speeches beforehand, and droned/babbled on till I wanted to scream. Moderator John Freeman asked questions to help them out, but some were beyond saving. One notable exception was Cary Goldstein of Twelve, who--surprise!--started out as a publicist. He made a great case for THE EVOLUTION OF BRUNO LITTLEMORE by Benjamin Hale, a novel narrated by a talking chimpanzee who has an affair with a woman and commits murder. (I know: ICK! Goldstein says the book's fantastic, but I passed on picking up an ARC.)
After that I met Kevin Smokler, chief evangelizer for BookTour.com, for drinks & nosh at Hudson Yards Cafe. (Decent food! Reasonable prices!) Whether you're an author or a reader--but especially an author--you MUST check out BookTour.com. It's already good, but from what Kevin told me, it's going to get even better in the next few months.
On Wed. morning I attended an excellent program: "Designing & Executing an e-Strategy for Authors: A Publisher & Agency Perspective." No danger of being put to sleep by moderator Charlotte Abbott or panelists Kathleen Schmidt (Director of Publicity & Digital Media, Shreve Williams Public Relations), Ron Hogan (now ex-Director of E-Strategy, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and Jason Ashlock (principal, Moveable Type Literary Agency). They said a lot of the same things about online publicity that I've been telling my clients, only better, plus offered much information and thoughtful analysis. See highlights on Twitter: #eauthor.
Enterprising salesman (possibly a paid shill) just before a show manager escorted him from the hall.
For the rest of Wed. and all of Thurs. I snaked through the show floor, giving inhouse publicists--most of whom were new to me--info about VaBook. They were way friendlier than when I started representing the festival 8 years ago. Evidently publishers have realized that book festivals are a) good events that b) sell books.
Book bloggers were treated like gold. HarperCollins threw a (sweltering) party for them at the Algonquin on Tues., where I reconnected with old friends, and met authors as well as bloggers. There was an equally packed (slightly cooler) reception downstairs at the Javits on Thurs afternoon. Quite a contrast to the party Unbridled Books hosted at BEA 6 or 7 years ago, where lit bloggers Ron Hogan (Beatrice), Mark Sarvas (The Elegant Variation) and Dan Wickett (Emerging Writers Network) were regarded as an exotic species.
(right) Matilda holds court on a baggage cart in the lobby of the Algonquin Hotel.
From the Thurs. bloggers reception I went to the Radisson Martinique. There Ron Hogan and I gave a 90-minute "Polish Your Pitch" workshop for nearly 30 enthusiastic attendees of the Backspace Writers Conference & Agent-Author Seminar.
After that (still with me?), Darling Husband and I went to a party way downtown for The Faster Times, "a new type of newspaper for a new type of world," which officially launches in July. We soon left because I was starving and we had to pick up our bags at the hotel before catching the train at Grand Central Terminal. We just missed the 10:12pm, so got some dessert at Zaro's and moseyed over to the 11:12. And sat. And sat. Then we heard this: "Attention! The 11:12 to Poughkeepsie will be delayed indefinitely." Oyyyy... The train finally left nearly TWO HOURS later. We pulled into Our Gracious Home at 3:15am and fell into bed, aching all over, at 3:45. The birds were starting to tweet as I fell asleep over the denouement of REVOLUTION.
My BEA 2010 Stats
103 business cards
10 books
12 lbs of catalogs
Given away:
100 VaBook postcards
98 Book Promotion 101 business cards
2 Bella Terra Maps catalogs
2 Bella Terra lighthouse maps
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Baalzamon wrote:mmmm Titanium and for not much more than the Surly Moonlander
That one is a perth local and pimped up with a red rohloff and red rotors. Full rack points and water bottle points on the fork.
Muru Finke - Ran into this guy a couple of weekends ago at the Mundaring Weir Hotel Carpark , Brendan. Rather a nice bike to say the least, dgood geometry, nice finish, plenty of mounting options. A few of my mates and I are looking at buying them after seeing this bike - no association, just really impressed with the bike and the feedback on service.
http://www.murucycles.com/ Wayne is pricing me up a build kit now, for the Wirtjana V2 with XT, 65mm Marge Lite rims, Thomson Post/Stem and a Suspension Fork. Will eat up sand and gravel for brekky
Wont be going the rack route though, frame bags are a smarter way to go, and these guy are a couple of fatbike owners who make em to suit. Once Again no association, but the way I will be going - save the Ortliebs for the on-road stuff.
No chance it will be ready for our Munda Biddi run in a week and a half though.


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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Prince Johan Friso, who has been in a coma ever since he was buried in an avalanche while skiing earlier this year, has shown occasional signs of minimal consciousness, the Dutch government said on Monday.
Queen Beatrix's 44-year-old middle son, who gave up his right to the throne a decade ago, was skiing off-piste near Lech in the Austrian Alps in February, when he was caught in an avalanche.
The accident attracted considerable media attention at the time. Prince Friso was trapped under the snow for 25 minutes before he was pulled out unconscious. His doctors said his brain was starved of oxygen while he was under the snow which resulted in a cardiac arrest that lasted 50 minutes.
He was later flown to London, where he remains, for treatment but doctors said he had suffered severe brain damage and might never come out of a coma.
He has recently shown "occasional signs of minimal consciousness", the royal family and the prince's wife said in a statement released by the government, although they did not give any details and added that the prognosis remains very uncertain.
Prince Friso, whose older brother is Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, gave up his right to the Dutch throne when he married a commoner whose past was considered too racy for her to become a member of the Dutch royal house.
When he asked for permission in 2003 to marry Mabel Wisse Smit, Dutch media published details of her relationship with mobster Klaas Bruinsma, who was shot and killed in 1991 in front of the Amsterdam Hilton hotel.
Following the revelations, the couple decided not to get official permission for their marriage.
(Reporting by Sara Webb, editing by Paul Casciato)


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Event Calendar
January 2012
Performances and Films/Videos
Lectures and Conferences
Tours and Talks
Family Activities
Courses and Demonstrations
Food Events
Free Hours at L.A. Museums (PDF, 269 KB)
Autry National Center
Craft and Folk Art Museum
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Hammer Museum
Huntington Library
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles Public Library
MAK Center for Art & Architecture
Museum of Latin American Art
Natural History Museum
Norton Simon Museum
Orange County Museum of Art
Pacific Asia Museum
Pasadena Museum of California Art
Santa Monica Museum of Art
Skirball Cultural Center
January 20, 2012
Performances and Films
From Start to Finish: The Story of
Gray Column
Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through March 11, 2012
1 pm
Museum Lecture Hall, Getty Center
This 30-minute documentary video recounts the remarkable story behind the making of "Gray Column"—a monumental sculpture cast in polyresin—from its original concept to its display at the Getty. Through interviews with Valentine, his contemporaries, conservators, curators, and scientists, this video illustrates the extraordinary lengths Valentine undertook to create his colossal works.
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Friday January 20, 2012
7 pm
Arrival Plaza, Getty Center
This major new site-specific commission by Hirokazu Kosaka transforms the Getty Center's Arrival Plaza into a sculptural and performative installation. In this event, Kosaka builds a symbolic parallel between
—a Sanskrit work that means "a long period of time"—and how it inevitably transforms our lives, histories, and memories. Also performing, the LAFMS Shoe ensemble, comprised of many of the core members of the Los Angeles Free Music Society, play a series of duets that seamlessly morph from musician to musician exposing a constantly evolving palette of musical voices.
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Tours and Gallery Talks
Garden Tour
11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Getty Center
This is a 45-minute tour of the Getty gardens, including Robert Irwin's Central Garden. Meet the docent outside at the bench under the sycamore trees near the front entrance of the Museum.
Focus Tour: The Era of Impressionism
Fridays through December 15, 2015
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Explore the work of artists such as Monet, Degas and Van Gogh in this one-hour tour of the Museum's 19th-century collection. The tour may include sculpture, photographs, or drawings. Meet the educator at the Museum Information Desk.
Architecture Tour
10:15 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm
Museum Entrance Hall, Getty Center
Discover more about Richard Meier's architecture and the design of the Getty Center site in this 45-minute tour. Meet the docent outside at the bench under the sycamore trees near the front entrance to the Museum.
Collection Highlights Tour
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Meet the educator at the Museum Information Desk.
Exhibition Tour:
Pacific Standard Time
Tuesdays - Fridays through February 5, 2012
1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Set your watch to Pacific Standard Time and celebrate the art of Southern California. In this one-hour tour, survey exhibitions at the Getty Center that are part of the Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945–1980 initiative. Meet the educator at the Museum Information Desk.
Masterpiece of the Week Talk
Daily through January 22, 2012
4 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
Come spend 15 minutes in the presence of fame, face to face with Andy Warhol. Join Museum educator in this 15 minute talk exploring Warhol's self portrait. Meet the educator at the Museum Information Desk.
New Galleries for Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture and Decorative Arts
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
A newly designed installation of medieval and Renaissance European sculpture and decorative arts is now on view in the J. Paul Getty Museum's North Pavilion at the Getty Center. Displayed with paintings, drawings, and illuminated manuscripts that enrich their context, the works of art are arranged by period and theme. The installation features innovative technologies, including interactive touch screens, that enhance the visitor's experience.
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Greetings from L.A.: Artists and Publics, 1950–1980
Daily through February 5, 2012
Research Institute Exhibition Gallery, Getty Center
Beginning in the 1950s, Southern California saw the emergence of newly diverse audiences for art. While gallerists cultivated collectors, Beat artists Wallace Berman and George Herms distributed handcrafted works among friends. Others, including Chris Burden, exploited the mass media to circulate their work. Art schools became innovative forums for artists such as Judy Chicago and John Baldessari. Social and political movements that championed peace and feminism mobilized artists to take their messages to the streets. Drawn from the Getty Research Institute's archives of Los Angeles art, this exhibition features photographs, ephemera, correspondence, and artwork—many on view for the first time—that reveal how these artists disseminated their works to a broader public.
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From Start to Finish: De Wain Valentine's
Gray Column
Daily through March 11, 2012
West Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
Gray Column
was one of the largest sculptures De Wain Valentine ever cast with polyester resin—the material with which he worked throughout the 1960s and 1970s to create his dazzling circles and columns. This monumental, free-standing slab, measuring twelve feet high and eight feet wide, was abandoned in 1975 and only completed for this exhibition. Curated by the Getty Conservation Institute and on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum,
From Start to Finish
tells the story of how this extraordinary piece was made and features preparatory drawings and maquettes, videos documenting the fabrication process, interviews with the artist, and a discussion of the conservation of this sculpture. This Getty Center exhibition is part of the region-wide Pacific Standard Time initiative.
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Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950–1970
Daily through February 5, 2012
Exhibitions Pavilion, Getty Center
Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950–1970
charts the abundant artistic innovation in postÐWorld War II Los Angeles. During this period, Los Angeles artists looked for new approaches, subjects, and techniques for art making, including experimenting with the materials and processes of the pioneering industries in the region and the local surf and car cultures. The exhibition leads viewers on a dynamic tour from the emergence of an indigenous strain of modernism evident in the hard-edge paintings, assemblage sculpture, and large-scale ceramics of the 1950s, to the subsequent development of iconic Pop images of the city in the 1960s, and the conceptual and material contributions of Light and Space art and process painting that fostered the advanced art of the 1970s. This Getty Center exhibition is part of the region-wide Pacific Standard Time initiative.
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Lyonel Feininger: Photographs, 1928–1939
Daily through March 11, 2012
West Pavilion, Terrace Level, Getty Center
A highly regarded painter, printmaker, and draftsman, Lyonel Feininger (American, 1871–1956) was the first master appointed to the newly established Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany, in 1919. Like many other figures at the innovative art school, Feininger turned to photography as a tool for visual exploration. Beginning in 1928 and for the next decade, he used the camera to explore transparency, reflection, night imagery, and the effects of light and shadow. Organized by the Harvard Art Museum/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in cooperation with the J. Paul Getty Museum, this exhibition presents the first comprehensive overview of little-known photographs by one of the most important artists of the twentieth century. The presentation at the Getty is accompanied by a selection of Bauhaus photographs from the Museum's permanent collection. The exhibition, tour, and catalogue were funded in part through the generosity of the German Friends of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Dedalus Foundation, Inc., and the Emily Rauh Pulitzer and Joseph Pulitzer Jr. Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums.
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Narrative Interventions in Photography
Daily through March 11, 2012
West Pavilion, Terrace Level, Getty Center
Featuring contemporary artists Eileen Cowin (American, born 1947), Carrie Mae Weems (American, born 1953), and Simryn Gill (Singaporean, born 1959), this exhibition explores the concept of storytelling through three distinct bodies of photographic works. Cowin's images present a philosophical questioning of narrative and what is fact or fiction; Weems's art attempts to rewrite a profound aspect of human history; while photographs by Gill reflect a more personal interaction with stories through deconstructed books. Although each artist has a different approach, all are concerned with photography and the notion of narrative: implied, real, or revised.
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Images of the Artist
Daily through February 12, 2012
West Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
Images of the Artist
investigates some of the ways in which artists have represented themselves, their fellow artists, or their trade over the past five centuries. Raising compelling issues about identity and image-making, this rich theme is explored through a selection of over 40 objects—mostly drawings but also prints, photographs, paintings, and sculpture—from the permanent holdings of the J. Paul Getty Museum, complemented by loans from local collections. Works range from portraits and self-portraits to depictions of the artist's life and space as well as allegorical images.
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In Focus: Los Angeles, 1945–1980
Daily through May 6, 2012
West Pavilion, Terrace Level, Getty Center
This exhibition presents approximately twenty-five photographs from the Museum's permanent collection made in Los Angeles between 1945 and 1980. Both iconic and relatively unknown works are featured by artists whose careers are defined by their association with the city, who may have lived in Los Angeles for a few brief but influential years, or whose visit inspired them to create memorable images. Works by Robert Cumming, Joe Deal, Judy Fiskin, Anthony Friedkin, Robert Heinecken, Anthony Hernandez, Man Ray, Edmund Teske, William Wegman, Garry Winogrand, Max Yavno and others are loosely grouped around the themes of experimentation, street photography, architectural depictions, and the film and entertainment industries.

 This Getty Center exhibition is part of the region-wide Pacific Standard Time initiative.
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Gothic Grandeur: Manuscript Illumination, 1200–1350
Daily through May 13, 2012
North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
The word "Gothic" evokes visions of soaring spires, graceful flying buttresses, and sparkling stained glass. The term is also applied to the style of manuscript illumination that reigned in Europe from around 1200 to 1350. The Gothic illuminated manuscripts in this exhibition, drawn from the Getty Museum's collections, are characterized by whimsical marginal decorations, vivid narratives, and a naturalistic style of painting. The period also saw an explosion in the variety of illustrated books being produced, ranging from scholastic university treatises to entertaining romances. On February 27, the pages of the manuscripts will be turned to allow visitors to see additional treasures.
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January 20, 2012
Tours and Gallery Talks
Garden Tour
10:30 am, 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Getty Villa
Discover the rich mythological and cultural connections of ancient gardens in this 40-minute tour of the Getty Villa's four Roman gardens. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance.
Architecture Tour
10:30 am, 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Museum, Getty Villa
Explore the architecture of the Getty Villa and learn more about daily life in the ancient world in this 40-minute tour. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance.
Spotlight Talk: Storage Jar with the Judgement of Paris
Daily through January 29, 2012
1 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Learn how to look at ancient art in this 20-minute gallery talk examining in depth one work in the Museum's collection. The featured object this month is the Storage Jar with the Judgment of Paris from about 360 B.C. Sign-up begins 15 minutes before the talk at the Tour Meeting Place.
Collection Highlights Tour
2 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the tour.
Focus Tour: Seeing the Modern in the Ancient
Friday January 20, 2012
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Why do some ancient works in the Museum's collection remind us of modern art? How does our experience with modern art color our interpretation of antiquities? Join this hour-long tour to discuss these questions and to consider how modern artists were inspired by the classical past. Tour topic is subject to change. Sign-up begins 15 minutes before the tour at the Tour Meeting Place.
Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
In 2003, the J. Paul Getty Museum acquired a collection of over 350 pieces of ancient glass, formerly owned by Erwin Oppenländer. The works on view in
Molten Color
are remarkable for their high quality, their chronological breadth, and the glassmaking techniques illustrated by their manufacture. The vessels are accompanied by text and videos illustrating ancient glassmaking techniques.
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Roman Ephebe from Naples
Getty Villa
Youth as a Lamp Bearer
, a long-term loan from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples, is on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa.
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A group of teens in Maryland accused of credit card theft have been identified thanks to incriminating photo booth pics they took of themselves holding the card. Oh well. No one ever said you had to be smart to commit fraud.


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The Story Behind Sesame Street's Latest Spoof: The Beatles!
By Graydon Gordian
At Sesame Street we love spoofing cultural touchstones. It's a great way to bring smiles to the faces of parents, and humoring parents along with children has been a goal of the show since its beginning. Recently, to help promote a new series of home videos, we've been spoofing classic posters and pop art. Our playful versions of iconic propaganda posters such as Rosie the Riveter and Uncle Sam for our "Bye Bye Pacifier" home video were very popular, but our art department's most recent creation may be my favorite so far.
To celebrate the release of our "Singing with the Stars" DVD, Sesame Workshop artist Diana Leto created a parody of the cover of the Beatles iconic album, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Diana and Art Director Mark Magner pulled from Sesame Street's vast library of characters to create an intricate reimagining of the album's cover art.


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IF YOU Google the words "process server", you may find at the top an advertisement inviting you to "Call Gotcha We 'Get-em' ".
The traditional notion of the process server conjures up images of a private investigator waiting to pounce on an unsuspecting scallywag.
Once the scallywag leaves his house, the server springs out from behind a tree, confronts the scallywag with an invitation to court and says, "You're served!"
It must have been with high indignation then that the venerable directors of ANZ Banking Group were personally served with subpoenas at the bank's Gothic Queen Street headquarters and around the leafier suburbs of Melbourne the other day.
The subpoenas compel them to produce documents in a court case that is being brought by Indian millionaires Pankaj and Radhika Oswal.
The Oswals are the entrepreneurs behind the $3 billion Burrup fertiliser business in Western Australia, which went into receivership in December 2010 amid claims that Pankaj had made improper payments to himself.
Burrup was Pankaj's creation, though he was not the sole shareholder. He owned 30 per cent, his wife Radhika 35 per cent and Norwegian ammonia group Yara International had 35 per cent too.
When ANZ pulled the pin, it unleashed one of the biggest and fastest fee-grabs in Australian history. Fourteen months later, and the lawyers, receivers and other cuff-linked bounty hunters had cleaned out a cool $56 million.
PPB and Freehills were paid almost $19 million and $13.8 million apiece. No fewer than nine law firms, a slather of consultants and the ubiquitous "assurance" firms feasted hungrily on the steaming Burrup carcass.
A maelstrom of lawsuits has ensued and the bank has a spot of explaining to do. Not that it was keen to do much explaining when approached with a list of questions by Fairfax Media last week – or, for that matter, when the bank took its annual meeting to the Oswals' old stomping ground, Perth, last December.
It was there that ANZ chairman John Morschel flatly refused to answer questions about the status of the Oswals' debt to the bank and whether appropriate provisioning had been made.
The answers to these and a host of other questions may be being kept from the public, but they are surely being discussed with some vigour around the ANZ board table.
Morschel and chief executive Mike Smith may opt to settle. If not, expect some juicy revelations to materialise over the conduct of the receivership.
Why is it, for instance, that Flagstaff Partners, a boutique Melbourne advisory firm, was appointed to advise the receivers on the sale of one of the world's largest ammonia production plants? Flagstaff managed to charge $6.8 million for its advice. How was Flagstaff appointed? Did the bank dispense with the usual "beauty parade" of investment banks with ammonia industry experience?
Lawyers for the Oswals have been anxiously awaiting the decision of the Federal Court's Justice Antony Siopis, who is yet to decide the question of whether an inquiry into the appointment by ANZ of receivers to Burrup should be ordered.
Meanwhile, the Oswals have continued to cry foul over the sale of their shares in Burrup. Pankaj Oswal reckons that the share sale was bungled by Flagstaff Partners. He maintains they were forced to sell to Burrup's gas supplier, Apache, on the cheap because of the negligent disclosure of the gas supply agreement – this low-priced gas contract was Burrup's best asset – during the sale process.
He claims ANZ and its advisers were exposed to a huge claim from Apache and effectively bought out this risk through the sale of the Oswals' shares for a song.
These claims will be tested in Pankaj and Radhika's separate actions for damages in the Supreme Court of Victoria.
It is believed that ANZ's lawyers also acting for Flagstaff produced just three documents from Flagstaff's files – one being a curriculum vitae.
ANZ got its money back quickly. Nonetheless, the bank has kept $20 million from the sale of the shares in Burrup over and above the debt it is owed. The bank declined to respond to the question of whether it is ethical to hold back $20 million and deploy that money to defend litigation brought against it by that very borrower.
Could ANZ and PPB have achieved a better price for Burrup? The Oswals' shares were sold for just $580 million – a sum that equates to the principal owed to ANZ plus interest and costs.
In view of this $580 million price for the Oswals' 65 per cent stake in January 2012, Burrup's other shareholder Yara acquired an additional 5 per cent in September 2008 for $141 million.
You do the maths.
At the height of the global financial crisis, a global competitor was willing to buy shares which priced the ammonia plant at $2.8 billion.
Adding to the mystery – if that is the right word, Pankaj Oswal claims he received two approaches for his shares in December 2010 at prices that valued Burrup at $1.5 billion.
One was from Wesfarmers, he claims, the other from Incitec Pivot.


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Saturday, 05 January 2013 08:50 AM
Republicans in Congress who took the politically risky step of voting this week to raise taxes now find themselves trying to fend off potential primary challenges next year from angry conservatives.
These lawmakers wasted little time in attempting to deliver an explanation that would be acceptable to the tea party and the GOP's right flank, and, perhaps, insulate themselves from a re-election battle against a fellow Republican. They've started defending the vote as one that preserves tax cuts for most Americans, while promising to fight for spending cuts in upcoming legislative debates over raising the nation's borrowing limit.
"In the end, he ensured that over 99 percent of Kentuckians will not pay higher income taxes," Mitch McConnell's campaign wrote in an email message to Kentucky voters the day after the Senate Republican leader supported the measure.
It was the first time in two decades that a significant number of Republicans voted for a tax increase; 33 Senate Republicans did so and 85 House members who broke with their GOP majority to support the bill that avoided the nation going over the so-called fiscal cliff but that also raises taxes on upper incomes.
"The ones that voted for it, I think they will rue the day," Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby proclaimed after opposing the bill. And Amy Kremer, chairman of the Tea Party Express, put it this way: "It's not too early to be looking at 2014. I think there are going to be a lot of primary challenges. People are fed up."
Most if not all of these Republicans who voted to raise taxes are likely mindful of their party's recent history of nasty primary battles that have pitted incumbents against tea party-backed insurgents. And none of them is likely to be immune to the scrutiny — rising stars, powerful committee chairmen and Republicans in reliably Republican seats — expected to confront them when they return to their districts to stand for re-election in November 2014.
The vote was a dilemma for Republicans, who have pledged for decades not to raise taxes, but faced being blamed with raising taxes on all Americans, had Congress and the White House not reached a deal on legislative to avert the scheduled increases on most Americans. The party got some cover from Grover Norquist, a leading anti-tax figure who described the bill, which preserved a series of tax cuts for most incomes, as "clearly a tax cut."
Even so, the tea party wasn't on board. Neither were many of the party's most conservative lawmakers in Washington.
"It's a really tough vote. And it's a really tough vote to explain to Republicans," Michigan Republican consultant Stu Sandler said.
Lawmakers who could be vulnerable to a challenge include Michigan Rep. Dan Benishek and South Dakota Rep. Kristi Noem, who bucked her tea party base and backed the bill, calling it "damage control."
"This makes her vulnerable and there will be discussion that she should have a primary challenge," former South Dakota Republican chairman Joel Rosenthal said. "Whether it materializes depends on votes down the road."
Some Democrats who opposed the deal also might be called to account by their own liberal bases for voting for spurning President Barack Obama and refusing to go along with his election-year pledge to raise taxes on America's top earners.
Among those who voted "nay," were liberals like Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin. He sharply criticized the bill as overly generous to wealthy Americans, and had supported Obama's original proposal to raise taxes on people earning at least $250,000 a year.
Harkin has not ruled out seeking a sixth term in 2014. And while his vote would likely prevent a primary challenge, it could be tricky for him in a general election.
Republicans — and specifically in the House, where tea party fervor is strong — seem more vulnerable.
While House Republican delegations, such as New York's and Pennsylvania's voted for the bill, they did so likely with impunity because the GOP bases in their states aren't nearly as ideologically conservative as those in other parts of the country.
Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee, also voted for the measure. It won't likely be an obstacle to his re-election in his swing-voting district, but it could cause him trouble with conservative primary voters, should he run for president in 2016.
Rep. Steve Womack, in just his second term representing heavily conservative northwest Arkansas, could be forced to answer to tea party concerns over his yes vote if he seeks a third term. And he will almost certainly face questions about it should he run for U.S. Senate or governor, the subject of GOP speculation on which Womack has been silent.
Michigan Rep. Fred Upton's backing of the measure might rile up conservatives enough in his right-leaning district in the western part of the state that he could face a challenger. But his stature may be enough to prevent a serious one: he has easily fought off recent primary opponents and, as chairman of the Energy and Commerce commission, would likely have the fundraising edge.
Upton's Michigan colleague, Benishek, also voted for the bill and could have a bigger concern. He eked out re-election to a second term in November, carrying less than 50 percent of the vote in his northern district, and spurning tea party activists there could invite a threat from an opponent.
Among Senate Republicans, Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia backed the measure and may have further agitated conservatives who were already cranky with him over his participation last year in the so-called "Gang of Six," a bipartisan group that discussed fiscal plans including tax increases and changes to entitlement programs.
After the vote, Chambliss pointed quickly to the next phase of the fiscal fight as the place for redemption for what he called a flawed but necessary measure.
Chambliss and others say they will press for tying dramatically lower spending to support for raising the nation's debt limit.
"This is just the first step in a major, major fight," Chambliss' senior adviser Tom Perdue said.
The swift defense from those who backed the increases is a response to GOP primary challenges from conservatives last year that proved costly to Republican members seen as dealmakers. Six-term Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar lost his primary to tea party favorite Richard Mourdock, and House Republicans Jeanne Schmidt of Ohio and John Sullivan of Oklahoma lost in primaries last year, attacked in part for voting to raise the debt ceiling.
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TERRANIA Creek musician Terri Nicholson has landed at no.1 on the Amazon contemporary folk charts after one day of sales.
The album, Falling Into Feeling, currently sits at no.51 on the overall chart.
Both friends and fans have shown their support and bought the album to help it soar to the top of the folk chart above Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Leonard Cohen and Rod Stewart.
Nicholson who is thrilled with the result is keen to thank everyone who has bought a copy.
"It has been a community effort to make it happen," she said. "So thank you!"
The one-day offer of $5,000 worth of digital downloads with the purchase of the album has certainly helped encourage sales.
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Tornado and thunderstorm damage, Trigg and Christian Counties, KY\
WKDZ radio station in Cadiz has posted several dozen photographs of damage in Trigg and Christian Counties that occurred during the tornadoes and thunderstorms on February 5, 2008. The areas where damage was photographed include:
Dawson Springs
Dawson Springs Road
Palestine Road
Highway 800
Pools Mill Road, Crofton
Bainbridge Road
South Road, Cadiz
Highway 139 North
Tanyard Road, Cadiz
S. Tanyard Road, Cadiz
Another WKDZ storm damage report states that one injury was reported from the storm in Christian County.
In Muhlenberg County, just northeast of Christian County, three people were killed and 20,000 people still had no electricity as of the following afternoon, according to a WKDZ report on tornado and storm damage in Muhlenberg County.
The Kentucky New Era reports that more than 20 homes were damaged or destroyed in northern Christian County. The article includes a slide show of some of the property damage -- in some cases, terrible losses. UPDATE: By February 7, 2008, the second morning after the tornado, the estimated number of damaged or destroyed homes was changed to over 40 homes.
Some local comments on the night's weather were posted on the Hoptown Hall Forum.
I was in Crofton today, and I can report that everything appeared intact in the downtown area. I also didn't note any damage to the homes and businesses along Highway 41 south of the 41/800 intersection within Crofton. However, along Highway 41 between Crofton and Hopkinsville, we saw damage to a barn roof and some uprooted and broken trees.
On Feb. 7, 2008, the Kentucky New Era reported that a National Weather Service investigator had visited the storm-damaged area in northern Christian County. The storm was declared an F-2 tornado with winds in excess of 130 mph.
In addition, the National Weather Service released a statement regarding two F-1 tornadoes in Trigg County. One hit a few miles south of Canton in the Barkeley Shores community. It went about a tenth of a mile with a width of 25 to 50 feet maximum, and its winds were up to 87 mph. Most of the damage was uprooted and broken trees.
The second tornado touchdown occurred from 2.5 miles north of Maple Grove to 1.8 miles southeast of Cadiz. The tornado traveled on the ground for 5.1 miles and its maximum width was 150 yards wide. A barn was shifted on its foundation, several houses suffered roof damage, and trees were uprooted and broken.
Some photographs of the tornado damage in Muhlenberg County and other vicinities have been posted by the National Weather Service (Paducah, KY.) The tornado that hit near Greenville and Central City was an F-3 that ran for 10 miles with an average width of 325 yards. Three people lost their lives and there was extensive property damage.
A radar animation on the National Weather Service (Paducah, KY) website shows severe weather hitting Christian County simultaneously with the tornado that hit Jackson, Tennessee, and destroyed Union University.
Related post: "Tornado Damage at Crofton, KY, Tonight."


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Lady Bisons endure chilly night at Kennesaw State
Oct. 20, 2006
Goalkeeper Katie Shelton continued to add to her NCAA lead in saves, stopping 13 shots in a 5-0 loss by the Lady Bisons at Kennesaw State Friday night.
The Lady Bisons offense could not heat up the chilly evening. Sara Green made the only shot on goal. There were two other shots by the Lady Bisons _ one by Cally Warren and one by Sarah Foster.
Kennesaw State made 38 shots overall with 18 shots on goal. Kennesaw State recorded 15 shots in the first half and 23 in the second.
The Lady Bisons are 1-16 overall, 0-8 in the A-Sun. Kennesaw State is 11-1-2, 7-0-1 in the conference.


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Here are some samples from a recent dive showing the halo/banding effect that has been mentioned. This was shooting without a filter. I manually white balanced on a grey slate as I was descending at around 25 feet. I don't recall the temperature that popped up, but it looked good at that depth. I then descended to about 50 feet without touching the white balance. I've used this method with other sony cameras (EX1R and Z1) and while it's not ideal (images are fairly blue), the results are usually acceptable and can easily be corrected in post. This was shot with a 1080/60p PS setting, 0 db Gain, and everything on manual. The effect seems worst in darker areas at F stops of 16 to 13. You can see them come and go in the video clip as the image becomes more exposed and then darker again. You'll notice me adjust the iris manually from F16 to F13 aat around 15 seconds int0 the video clip.
I originally thought the banding was some sort of reflection inside the dome port, as I have had issues with that as well. Silver is a bad color choice for a lens. It's interesting to hear that the effect has been seen topside, as mentioned on this thread about the FS700.
Under what conditions are you recreating the halo/banding effect topside Simon? Seems like it would be easier to experiment on the dry side if that's possible.


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A startup says it can give subway riders wireless Internet access that's faster than most home broadband in the US.
Tests at stations and on a special stretch of track in the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system around San Francisco showed that Wi-Fi Rail's patent-pending technology delivered more than 15M bps (bits per second) of wireless throughput to riders and people waiting for trains, the company said. Wi-Fi Rail hopes to roll out such networks on rail systems around the world and charge commuters for access.
Commuter rail, with thousands of daily riders, could represent a rich opportunity for public wireless Internet access. Wi-Fi hotspots in airports and coffee shops have drawn some paying users, but the hotspots are useful more for occasional than for regular use. And citywide public Wi-Fi networks, often planned out with local governments, have run into political and business problems.
Wi-Fi Rail, founded in 2006 and based near Sacramento, would build two kinds of Wi-Fi networks: one in the cars and one around the tracks, said Michael Cromar, Wi-Fi Rail's chief financial officer. Passengers would log in to access points on each car, and each car's network would lock on to one access point after another along the rail system. The trackside access points, in turn, would feed traffic onto fiber-optic lines. Roaming would be handled by the in-car network and be transparent to users, Cromar said.
Even better than typical home broadband, the network can deliver its average 15M bps speed both upstream and downstream, according to Wi-Fi Rail. Passengers would share that link, but in tests, there was no noticeable slowdown between one passenger and eight passengers using the network, Cromar said. The system worked with the trains moving at speeds as high as 65 miles per hour.
The company tested its technology in both underground and above-ground parts of the BART system. Above ground, Wi-Fi Rail used standard outdoor access points with line-of-sight antennas to form a link from trains as they went by. In an underground test, the company used "leaky" coaxial cable, a technology some rail systems already use for exchanging operational data with cars, according to Cromar. The leaky cable is deliberately unshielded so signals traveling along it can be picked up all through a tunnel.
In-car tests took place on a 2.6-mile BART test track last month, as well as on a stretch of tunnel in San Francisco. Another part of the test proved such a service can draw customers, Cromar said. Wi-Fi Rail set up regular access points in four underground stations in downtown San Francisco and let people waiting for trains register and use the network for free. Without any publicity, more than 6,400 people signed up in less than six months, he said.
Although BART hosted the tests, it hasn't made a deal to have such a network deployed, Cromar said. But Wi-Fi Rail has talked with one interested transit system in the U.S. and is working with a partner to approach a rail system in another country, he said. The company said its technology is ready to go and could be used for anything that follows a predetermined path, including highways.


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A blog by one of the volunteer reviewers for Geocaching.com. It's about geocaching and the review process -- what it takes to get your new caches listed on the world's most popular geocaching web site. ©Copyright 2012 by K.Braband. All rights reserved
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
More discussion about electric box geocaches
asked me to clarify and discuss further why her geocache that is made out of a former electric utility box (but is no longer hooked up) could not be approved. In my response, I sent her this link to a forum post by a geocacher who works for a power utility. It's expert advice from someone who knows firsthand the dangers of conditioning geocachers to look inside or around electric equipment. Quoting from his post:
I am asking in behalf as a Safety Professional and Geocacher please not to hide caches on or around electrical equipment and not to even look for a cache that may be on or around any electrical equipment. If you believe that it is in a hazardous zone please contact the person who placed the geocache. If that is not a successful route please contact the person who approved it. Most of the time the approver of a geocache is not aware that it is in a dangerous zone. Let's look out for each other.
For these reasons and others mentioned previously in this blog, these types of caches are not a good idea. I know some have been approved in other states, but I don't know why because it's doubtful that the business or utility company that owns the electrical equipment granted permission for the cache to be there.
Here's the reply from the geocacher with whom I was having the email discussion:
Thanks for the reply. I understand completely. It is good to get an explanation sometimes.
6 comments:
- John said...
Ah, phooey. One of my favorite local caches is a fake electrical box on a telephone pole! It took me a while to figure out that was the cache and even longer to figure out the hints at the combination lock on it, but it was a great hide. I understand the reason for the warning, but a general denial for those types of caches I think might be a little extreme. Plus, what next? Are the fake electrical cover plates with the tiny logbook attached to metal street signs going to be banned? Fake sprinklers (in case someone might drown)?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to pick at you or anything, I just think caching should be more "Caveat Emptor" and a little less regulated.
From a legal standpoint, (I'm not a lawyer, but do work at a Law school) as groundspeak assumes more and more responsibility for controlling the way people hide and seek caches, they more likely they are to appear to a court as controlling the activity of cachers themselves. So if someone does get hurt, they might actually be more liable than if they had always stuck by the more hands-off, cachers do whatever cachers do, approach to geocaching.
Just my 2 cents...
- 5:03 PM, August 09, 2006
- IowaAdmin said...
Thanks for sharing your opinion. I agree with none of it, but thanks for sharing in a courteous manner. Drowning from a lawn sprinker? That's a type of false logic known as reductio ad absurdum. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum ) On the other hand, electrocution from an electrical utility box? Yes, it happens.
- 10:04 PM, August 09, 2006
- John said...
Isn't the Internet great! :)
- 10:00 AM, August 12, 2006
- cydriver said...
Iowa is a lot different from Texas. :)
- 9:00 PM, August 14, 2006
- Johnnygeo said...
IowaAdmin, Thank you for sharing this information. I really appreciate it.
Here's an example of a young boy who died... Not from a sprinkler.
There's too many of these sad stories out there.
- 11:31 PM, September 13, 2006
- Harris Anderson said...
great post, thanks for sharing.
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Summary: When it all began, you simply took a blind dive into the unknown. But would have you offered your love to the one you worship, had you known the price he would have to pay for loving you back? Would you trust yourself to know between right and wrong? If you could see the hopeless end of your journey, would you still take the road? And when all was over, would you be blind to see a new road lying at your feet? Would you dare follow it? Would you, Faramir?
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ronda chatelle 11/30/2004 11:59:51 PMCora, I love This! Beautiful capture. It takes you a million miles away. #192959
Cora Miller 12/1/2004 8:50:29 AMThanks so much, Ronda. I'm glad it helped you 'escape'. :) #948645
Darren K. Fisher 12/15/2004 10:10:07 PMLet me be the first to say congrats on your Finalist. So very well deserved. #974271
Nobu Nagase 12/15/2004 10:27:41 PMCONGRATULATIONS, Cora!!!
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Donna W. Neal 12/16/2004 5:22:16 AMWell deserved finalist, congratulations
Jill Battaglia 12/16/2004 6:02:17 AMBeautiful! Congrats Cora! #975889
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Ellen Peach 12/16/2004 12:04:24 PMOutstanding, Cora....congrats! #977662
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The Best Handmade Decor from Our Tours
Throughout the year, people let us into their homes and allow us to showcase their inspirational and droolworthy spaces. Not only do we get to peek into these creative homes, but we also get a glimpse into the owners' creative minds. A lot of tours are decorated with handmade pieces created by their inhabitants. Let's take a look at some of the best handmade homes we've seen this year.
1. Branch Curtain Rods and Re-Upholstered Couch from Elizabeth's Urban Artist Retreat
2. DIY Pulley and Mason Jar Chandelier from A Peek Into Sibylle's DIY "Funkytime" Home
3. DIY Fabric Curtain Roll-Ups from Shelley & Reed's Creative Cottage
4. DIY Architecture Art from Scott's Modern Heritage in Ottawa
5. Hand Built Colorful Console from Matt & Betsy's Color-Inspired Coach House
6. Laser-cut Credenza from Eve & Skylar's Everything Handmade Apartment
7. DIY Plank Walls from Two Architects Create Their Own Home in a 1909 House
8. Hand Built Butcher Block Table from Chris's Sunny & Small Student Apartment in Ann Arbor
9. DIY Wood Slice Wall Art from Liv, Jeff and the Friendly Yeti Sharing a Home
10. DIY Pixelated Painting from Kevin & Dop's Playful Uptown Loft
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Geil Black Dragon PC3 12800 CAS 9 6GB Review
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The Geil Black Dragon PC3 12800 CAS 9 kit of memory has a very unique looking package. A print of a dragon is on the packaging to the right side with the print "The Ultimate Gaming Experience Triple Channel Kit" printed inside of the dragon's head. In the bottom right hand corner, you see the Geil logo and the Black Dragon logo is printed in the top left corner. When we take a look at the back of the package, we see a few cut outs in the packaging that show you a first glimpse at the sticks themselves. There also is a sticker that gives you the information about the kit, such as that every stick is 2GB for a 3 x 2GB setup, and the timings are set at 9-9-9-28 and will operate at 1600MHz. When you pull the sticks out of the package, you are going to see that they are all placed in a clear plastic holder to keep them in place while they are in the package.
When we get the sticks pulled out of the plastic holder, we can see exactly what they look like. On the front of the sticks, we see the same sticker that was on the back of the packaging, but here we are going to see one extra piece of information about the kit, the recommended voltage setting of 1.6V. All three of the sticks are "naked" meaning that they do not have any heatspreaders on them to help keep the sticks from overheating during normal operation. The backside of the sticks shows a gold design on the PCB - it is a pair of golden dragon eyes.
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FAIRFIELD, CT (April 7, 2013) – The Sacred Heart track & field teams competed at the second annual American International College Invitational on Saturday with the men finishing second and women finishing seventh at the event. On Friday night, SHU sent some of their distance runners to compete at the Sam Howell Memorial Invitational at Princeton University.
The SHU men's throwers had an impressive Saturday, winning the winning the discus and hammer throw events while also scoring in the shot put and javelin. R-Junior Marc Troiani (Valhalla, NY) won the discus with an IC4A qualifying throw of 154'08". Troiani was second in the shot put with a distance of 51'11.00", his top-throw in the event this outdoor season.
Senior Matt Wagner (Brookhaven, NY) and junior Daniel Pepitone (Oakhurst, NJ) finished one-two in the hammer throw. Wagner registered a throw of 173'10" to best the field. Pepitone was second with a toss of 151'09". Wagner finished third in the discus with a throw of 139'00". In the javelin, sophomore Scott Sheehan (Beverly, MA) was sixth overall with a season-best distance of 168'07".
On the track, freshman sprinter Daniel Graw (Nesconset, NY) took second in the 100 meter dash and third in the 200 meters, running his top-times of the outdoor season. Graw clocked in at 11.01 seconds in the 100 and finished ahead of teammate Warner Cooley III (Central Islip, NY) in the 200 with a time of 22.30 seconds. Cooley ran in third with a time of 22.37 seconds. Cooley took fifth in the 400 meters with a clocking of 50.96 seconds. Senior Matthew Lyhne (Wethersfield, CT) finished sixth in 51.12 seconds.
In the field events, sophomore Gregory Hazzell (Airmont, NY) was fifth in the high jump, clearing the bar at 6'00" even, his top-height of the season. Junior Brandon Hutchinson (Bay Shore, NY) finished sixth in the long jump with a season-best distance of 21'4.00".
For the women on the track, junior Katelyn Racanelli (Riverside, CT) won the 400 meter dash with a time of 59.94 seconds, her top time of the outdoor season. Sophomore Nicolette Sands (West Hempstead, NY) was in third at 59.45 seconds.
Sophomore sprinter Ashia Wright (Cheshire, CT) was fourth in the 100 meter dash and sixth in the 200 meter dash. Wright clocked in at 12.81 seconds in the 100 and 26.36 seconds in the 200.
In the field events, junior thrower Lindsay Aponte (West Islip, NY) won the shot put with a throw of 48'4.75". It was an ECAC qualifying toss and has her ranked atop the NEC performance list. Freshman teammate Adaora Nwodili (Coram, NY) took fourth in the shot and was seventh in the discus. Nwodili had a throw of 40'7.50" in the shot put, a season-best toss, and a heave of 107'09" in the discus. In the hammer throw, senior Patricia Deutsch (Somerset, NJ) was sixth in the hammer throw with a toss of 124'07".
In the long jump, sophomore Dylan Baker (Petersham, MA) took fifth with a distance of 16'11.25". In the pole vault, sophomore Emily Kiss (Kenvil, NJ) cleared a height of 8'6.25" for seventh place.
At the Sam Howell Invitational, junior Brianna Castrogivanni (Commack, NY) set a new SHU outdoor track school record in the 5,000 meters. Castrogivanni finished in fifth place with a clocking of 16:44.05 to set the new school outdoor mark in the event. She continues to sit atop the NEC rankings in the event and once again met the ECAC Championship qualifying standard.
Senior Alyssa Selmquist (Northford, CT) finished 11th in the event, running a season-best time of 17:05.28 to also meet the ECAC standard. Senior Michelle Navarro (Piscataway, NJ) ran a season best time in the event at 17:40.59.
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Posted on 05/08/2006 4:56:13 PM PDT by Conservative Coulter Fan
One issue posed by the normalization of homosexuality, which Lawrence largely accomplishesthe only step remains is the creation of a constitutional right to homosexual marriageis whether as a society we want a significant increase in the number of homosexuals. Other arguments are largely beside the point. Homosexuals argue that allowing them all the rights of heterosexuals, including the right to marry, is simply a question of justice, of the equal protection of the laws. That argument leaves out of the account the effects of normalization on individuals and on society. It would have force only if there were no serious adverse effects from homosexual behavior. There are such effects, however, and we are entitled to consider them.
We may begin at the personal level. How many fathers and mothers are pleased or even indifferent to whether their sons and daughters grow up to spend their lives as practicing homosexuals? Very few, if any. They may love their child regardless, but they are not happy about the direction taken by the childs sexuality. There are excellent reasons for the unhappiness. Perhaps there is revulsion at the nature of homosexual acts, perhaps sadness that there will be no grandchildren, perhaps a well-founded fear of the dangers of a homosexual lifestyle, or perhaps the reasons for unhappiness about the childs homosexuality are never fully articulated in the minds of parents. Still, there is, as Leon Kass said in opposition to human cloning, the wisdom of repugnance.
The issues to be confronted, then, are whether complete acceptance of the normality of homosexual behavior would lead to an increase in the number of homosexuals and whether there are good reasons to resist any policy that leads to unqualified approval of homosexual behavior. I think the answer to both of these questions is yes. The subject for discussion is not the degree of tolerance, which seems to me appropriate and humane, but full acceptance, which is neither.
To address the first issue, if homosexual marriage completes the normalization of homosexuality that is now racing forward, there will be more homosexuals in the population, probably very significantly more. There is not a gay gene, but there are very probably genetic factors, along with environmental influences in the womb or in early life, that create greater or less predispositions toward homosexual behavior. Like other predispositions, toward alcoholism, for example, the urge to homosexual conduct can often be resisted, and a significant number of homosexuals respond to therapy that enables them to live contentedly as heterosexuals. The willingness to resist or seek therapy will certainly be affected by the degree of stigma attached to the behavior in question. If all traces of taint are removed, if homosexuality is made to seem completely normal, a matter of indifference to anyone else or to society, young men and women uncertain of their sexuality will be that much more likely to be drawn into a homosexual life. There will surely be some young men and women who will not be deterred from homosexuality by any degree of stigma, just as there will be some deflected by quite mild degrees of social disapproval. There could hardly be a stronger signal from society that homosexuality is perfectly normal and acceptable than the creation of a right to homosexual marriage.
The next question, therefore, is what would be so calamitous about removing all restraints on homosexual behavior? The answer is, a great many extremely unhappy consequences would follow.
The first of these is the severe distress inflicted upon many individuals who choose, or are led into, the homosexual way of life. Though many homosexuals would deny it, homosexual males are much more likely to lead unhappy lives than are heterosexuals. Homosexual males engage in substances abuse and suffer mood and anxiety disorders, and major depression, as well as considering and actually attempting suicide, at rates far greater than do heterosexual males. Homosexual apologists attempt to explain these facts by citing the pressures of discrimination. But the rates are similarly high in the Netherlands and New Zealand, two countries known as homosexual-friendly. Thus, in the Netherlands the prevalence of mood disorders among homosexuals was 39 percent and among nonhomosexuals 13.3 percent, a ratio of about three to one. For anxiety disorders, the numbers were 31.7 percent as opposed to 13.2 percent; and major depression, 39.3 and 10.9 percent. A study in New Zealand found the number for homosexual and nonhomosexual thoughts of suicide to be 67.9 percent and 28 percent, while those for suicide attempts were 32.1 percent and 7.1 percent.
Psychiatrist Jeffrey Satinover reports, In spite of its superficial appeal and the activists repeated claims, no studies support the hypothesis that social disapproval of homosexuality is the prime cause of the high levels of internal distress evident in homosexual populations, even long before AIDS. Richard Fitzgibbons, a clinical psychologist specializing in anger management, notes that a childs anger felt betrayal by his peers or father is one of the major reasons a notable element of sadomasochism is found in homosexual practices. When the extreme sadomasochistic behaviors engaged in by the homosexual men are reported, most people are shocked. . . . If the same type of behavior took place among heterosexuals, the identical acts would be considered forms of abuse and evidence of a disorder, yet they are considered normal among homosexual men.
Homosexuality, moreover, is an addictive disorder. As Dr. Fitzgibbons notes, The first men diagnosed with AIDS reported an average of one thousand partners during their lives. Those who have researched the HIV-AIDS epidemic have noted that some homosexual males actually have five to ten sexual encounters in a single night. The person has often attempted to fill the emptiness experienced in childhood or adolescence with numerous sexual encounters but it is an emptiness that is never satisfied sexually. It is no wonder that he says, Involvement in a homosexual lifestyle starts many young men down a clear path of self-destruction.
These manifestations of psychological distress that seem frequently accompany homosexual conduct make use of the word gay absurdly inappropriate. Psychiatrist Joseph Nicolosi calls it a self-deceptive identity that has been brilliantly marketed and bought without question by the most influential institutionsprofessional psychology and psychiatry, churches, educators, and the mediaof American society. The term gay makes homosexuality sound innocuous, if not appealing, but it hides the terrible reality that so many homosexuals experience.
The misunderstood 11th commandment: Thou shall not judge
Has Homosexuality Always Been Incompatible With Military Service?
Did Jesus Bless Homosexuality?
Homosexuality: A public health disaster
The Statistics on Homosexuality and its Effects
Patriarch Alexis II: Homosexuality a "Vicious Deviation From God-Given Human Nature"
This is the Way God Made Me - A Scientific Examination of Homosexuality and the Gay Gene
As I understand it, it's becoming more and more realized that the majority of gays were "made" ie. molested in childhood, rather than born that way. That would also go a long way in explaining why they tend to be so dysfunctional.
You want to reduce the problem, keep molesters behind bars.
We're already seeing this phenomenon among the group most affected by the incessant push to "celebrate diversity"--including, above all, the kind of diversity formerly regarded as perversity. Just look at the very large numbers of teens who now characterize their sexual orientation as "uncertain" or "bi." Don't believe it? Check out MySpace (an eye-opener in many, many respects).
So purely from a public health standpoint, and even excluding HIV, there are legitimate reasons to discourage the behavior.
It is part of the plan to "soften up" America so we become more accepting and tolerant of their agenda.
Brokeback Mountain was meant to soften us up for more of the same. The next homosexual movie that comes out, the reaction may be, well, what else is new?
BTTT and gotta read it.
Got this one in your sights?
LOL - a target rich environment...
No one is "gay" -let me factually reword your statement:
just because someone suffers a disorder and chooses to engage in homosexual activity doesn't mean that they can't be normal in other areas of thier lives
Agreed. Example: it is not that Rosie O'Donnell likes women, it is that she really hates men.
She didn't have a good relationship with her father.
Being "bi" is not the same as being homosexual, in several ways. In some senses, homosexuality is a twisted parallel to heterosexuality, especially in the relatively rare monogomous homosexual relationships. Being "Bi" is simply being indescriminate.
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Craftwerk is a new recurring feature on Stereogum, in which we'll unearth some of the oddest, most unlikely indie-rock-related fan-created crafts on the web. The first installment of this franchise was published last November, in a story listing the 10 Weirdest Radiohead Items On Etsy. Today, the the series kicks off in earnest, with 10 bizarre homemade tributes to the great Joy Division, all available for purchase on Etsy.
Etsy, you bring us such wondrous gifts. Unlicensed merchandise for classic bands? Check. Creations of such unfathomable weirdness they must be seen and shared to be believed? Oh yeah.
I wonder what the ghost of Ian Curtis would think, if ghosts were real, and if he could see the incredibly weird arts and crafts some creative fans have crafted in his image. Would he beat his incorporeal fists against the walls of his spectral prison? Would he pause to admire the devotion and hard work inspired by the art he created in his short, troubled life? Hard to say, but I like to think our pre-goth poet laureate had a healthy sense of humor. I pray you do as well, as you proceed into the depths of the indescribably odd merchandise that will appear on this list: These are the 10 weirdest Joy Division items I could find on Etsy.


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