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Volume 17 Issue 10 / July 30 - August 05, 2004
Civics, humor and a little jury romance
By Maria Ma
Walter Schretzman working at the 111 Centre St. courthouse, his temporary assignment while the jury room he runs at 100 Centre is being renovated. He met his girlfriend while she was on jury duty.
But still they come Wall Street titans, deli workers, scruffy-haired hipsters because the penalty for skipping jury duty is a stiff fine and a judicial hearing.
They have to do their bit, says Schretzman, 50, a clerk at the New York County Court Houses Jury Division at 100 Centre St., where most weekday mornings, up to 125 prospective jurors from Manhattan and Roosevelt Island report for service.
He does his bit too: after collecting jury summonses from these new initiates one recent morning, many stony-faced and armed with coffee and reading material, Schretzman exhorts everyone to at least pretend to pay attention for the next few minutes, then launches into a 20-minute spiel on civic participation, the American judicial system and restroom locations.
The assembled jurors are treated to such tips as dont argue with the judge; dont take six-hour breaks; its okay to eat in the jury room no matter what the sign says; and dont come to the back office and wake everybody up to tell us you cant serve because of your occupation.
The monologue is equal parts lecture and plea, but thanks to Schretzmans booming voice, wit and sense of comic timing, the mood in the jury room has lightened somewhat. There are fewer sighs, and even some tentative smiles and a few grins.
I try to make them chuckle, but I also try to remind them that were here to get justice through reasoning together, to preserve civilization against anarchic impulses, Schretzman says, though he also admits, I dont know if theyre really won over or not.
And yet, these people are the ones obeying the law, and theyre in the minority. Up to 65 percent of city residents summoned for jury duty ignore their notices, though its a marked improvement over the statistics of a decade ago, when roughly 85 percent were scofflaws.
Reforms passed in 1998 have contributed to the increased response rate. These include summoning residents for service once every four years instead of two; establishing more stringent punitive measures against those who flout their jury service; raising juror pay from $15 to $40 per day; and eliminating automatic exemptions for occupations such as lawyers, nurses and podiatrists.
For those who do show up to perform their civic duty, Schretzman, a tall, silver-haired ex-court officer with the rangy build of a long-distance runner, tries to minimize their pain and suffering, even for the ones with an attitude. He says that even now, in his eleventh year on the job, he still enjoys meeting people. In fact, he met his girlfriend, a classical musician, while she was serving on a jury.
He recalled seeing her outside by a lunch stand. She smiled, I smiled, and Ive been smiling ever since, Schretzman says.
The dozens of autographed headshot photographs hanging in his office some depicting the truly famous, others of unknowns with lofty aspirations are testament to the egalitarian nature of the citys jury selection process. Gwyneth Paltrow, Tricia Nixon and Philip Glass have all performed their civic duty here.
Everyone gets equal treatment, Schretzman says. Im a democrat, so Im excited to meet everyone.
But why does he have a signed photo of the Muppets?
Schretzman shrugs. They showed up, but they were disqualified from serving due to being non-human, he deadpans.
Though Schretzman believes that jury duty is each citizens sacred responsibility, this view is not always shared in the jury room, where requests for postponements and exemptions are common. Although the city allows each resident one automatic postponement, subsequent ones and exemptions are rarely granted, except on the grounds of medical infirmity or severe financial hardship.
Schretzman, who has heard it all, claims that, New Yorkers arent that creative with their excuses. Its usually something like, a close relative is about to enter the next world, or Im losing $1000 a day just by being here.
For them, he has a ready reply.
I say, youre an American. Its not always easy.
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Most Offensive Swear Words Revealed - & You May Be Surprised
The brave folks over at Ofcom, the TV regulator in the UK, have rolled their sleeves up to compile a list of the most offensive swear words.
And maybe it's because so many of them are used fondly - as a sort of term of endearment - here in Australia, but we can't help feeling like a couple of these aren't exactly wash-your-mouth-out awful.
The survey gave 200 people a list of naughty phrases and asked them to drop them into four different categories: Mild, Medium, Strong or Strongest.
Unsurprisingly, THAT word fell overwhelmingly into the Strongest column, but the words keeping it company?
Well, we'll let you judge that for yourself.
Mild: Arse, bloody, bugger, cow, crap, damn, ginger (what?!), God, goddamn, Jesus Christ, minger, sod-off, tart;
Medium: Arsehole, balls, b*tch, bollocks, bullsh*t, feck, munter, pissed off, sh*t, son of a b*tch, t*ts;
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Friday, June 5, 2009
The Coalition? It Was All About Bloc MP's Pensions Stupid
So it turns out the Bloc signing on to the coalition agreement really had nothing to do with the Conservative government led by Stephen Harper as PM, and had everything to do with Gilles Duceppe ensuring 16 of his seperatist MP's would be able to suck off the Canadian taxpayer's teat. I've known for sometime that there are a number of Bloc MP's who are closing in on the required 6 years of service needed to guarantee a lucrative federal pension plan mere mortals can only dream about. Bec's comment at Alberta Ardvark's fantastic blog made my brain finally put 2+2 together.
First, pay attention to this, from when the coalition was first signed:
"OTTAWA–NDP Leader Jack Layton and Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion have signed an historic accord to form a coalition government to replace Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives.In an extraordinary scene on Parliament Hill late this afternoon, Dion and Layton signed a formal deal to work together through to June, 2011.And they signed an agreement with Bloc Quebecois Gilles Duceppe that commits the separatist party to support the coalition through to June, 2010."
Now check out this quote from L. Ian McDonald's editorial in the National Post today:
" There are 16 reasons why there won't be an election this summer, and probably won't be one before next summer. Sixteen is the number of Bloc Quebecois MPs first elected with the class of 2004, who will qualify for their parliamentary pensions six years to the day later. On June 28, 2010."
So months after the birth and death of the coalition, we continue to see just how disgusting the coalition deal really was. You had a Liberal party that wanted to take power through the back door, after their worst electoral showing since Confederation. You had the NDP who were willing to sell their souls for the chance at six cabinet minister's position's. And you had the Bloc, who it now appears, were only looking out for themselves, not the people of Quebec who's cause they insist they champion.
But what makes this even worse than most Canadians had realized, is that both the Liberal and NDP parties were willing to allow seperatist MP's a chance to live high on the hog on the backs of average Canadian's like you and I, for their own personal gains. There is no doubt both parties are aware of that June 2010 qualifying date for Bloc MP's.
And they had the nerve to state it was all about taking care of Canadian's. And they wonder why people are turned off of politics.
36 comments:
- ian said...
Maybe have to call me stupid because this one does not make sense to me.
Most Bloc MPs are pretty secure seats and would probably still make it to the 6 year threshold anyway.
What am I missing?
- June 5, 2009 at 4:01:00 PM PDT
- paulsstuff said...
Liberal's and Bloc are basically tied in Quebec polling. Liberal's are projected to pick up 15-20 seats in Quebec, some of those currently held by Bloc members needing another year of service.
- June 5, 2009 at 4:11:00 PM PDT
- Éric said...
Pretty flimsy case, Paul. June is usually when Parliament lifts, so it makes sense to make it the date that the agreement runs out.
By my count, only 12 Bloc MPs were elected for the first time in 2004 and are still sitting in Parliament. Of them, maybe - MAYBE - four or five of them could potentially be threatened.
I seriously doubt that is enough. The Bloc caucus is made up of 49 MPs, do you really think Duceppe would make such a big decision based on the pensions of four or five of his MPs?
Give us a break.
- June 5, 2009 at 4:34:00 PM PDT
- paulsstuff said...
"Pretty flimsy case, Paul. June is usually when Parliament lifts, so it makes sense to make it the date that the agreement runs out."
Except for the fact summer elections are not the norm, with most MP's wanting the time to spend in their own ridings and spending time with friends.
Of course Duceppe is going to do what's in the best interet of his MP's, this is politic's. The Bloc could lose upwards of 20 seats.
By the way, that seat projection site you run is very well done. My compliments.
- June 5, 2009 at 4:48:00 PM PDT
- Bec said...
I guess we will know soon kids.
Election or not? Hmmm
Thanks bud, this was fun to be a 'headliner'! Now I will shrink back into the shadows...ha
- June 5, 2009 at 4:49:00 PM PDT
- paulsstuff said...
LOL Bec:0)
Eric, one thing I was wondering is how you get the hyphen above the letter "E" in your name. I'm not very computer savvy. When replying to you or others I would like to be able to address you or them in the way you prefer your name spelled.
- June 5, 2009 at 4:57:00 PM PDT
There will be no summer election.
Ignatieff has gone back to what he has done best over the years - does best - flogging his book on Isaiah Berlin at United Kingdom university campuses.
This is booked for July 8 - tickets already on sale.
He is charging 120 pounds per seat and is now marketing himself as "the HONOURABLE Michael Ignatieff".
If you google he made a living flogging this book on a lecture tour and then he could put on his resume that he was a "visiting professor" at Yale, Oxford, etc.
Funny he is not doing a lecture on his latest "True Patriot Love" mea culpa written to woo us simpleton Canadians. Guess nobody would pay him 120 pounds to gush about smelling horse manure in a barn in Quebec.
Also, I guess his work is done in Canada for now after he can't showboat on Question Period and he's off to England. TaTa Mikey.
- June 5, 2009 at 5:05:00 PM PDT
- paulsstuff said...
Wow. That is very interesting. Much appreciated.
- June 5, 2009 at 5:08:00 PM PDT
Here is the link for Ignatieff's excellent summer vacation plans in jolly old England returning to his former job - selling books and talking about them.
I wonder who is paying for his hotel, airfare and expences. Not sure the taxpayer should or even the Liberal party.
Not too many constituents to serve in the UK or votes to be had methinks.
- June 5, 2009 at 5:08:00 PM PDT
- maryT said...
Did Iggy or the backroom boys want his travel plans out there for us all to read. Does his caucus know about this. Might be a great time to pull the plug. I know, the wind is blowing him across the sea.
Is the money raised his or the partys.
So, there will be no election called in June, or a vote of no confidence.
One could defeat Iggy in his riding and save us loads of pension funds. When does IRuby qualify.
- June 5, 2009 at 5:20:00 PM PDT
- Éric said...
-- "By the way, that seat projection site you run is very well done. My compliments."
Thanks. I have trouble seeing the Bloc losing 20 seats, though. They might lose ten or so but will likely gain almost as many from the Conservatives.
In retrospect, sorry for the tone of my last comment. The comments on the Aardvark blog today set me off.
-- "Eric, one thing I was wondering is how you get the hyphen above the letter "E" in your name. I'm not very computer savvy. When replying to you or others I would like to be able to address you or them in the way you prefer your name spelled."
While holding ALT, 0201 on the number pad.
Michael Ignatieff would be able to cancel speaking engagements in the case of an election. Ignatieff won't be deciding whether we go to an election anyway. Jack Layton already said he won't bring down the Tories, and the Liberals and Bloc can't out-vote the government without the NDP.
- June 5, 2009 at 5:38:00 PM PDT
- paulsstuff said...
Éric. Hey, cool, it works.
Layton said he won't put forth a non-confidence motion, but would support one if Ignatieff brought one to a vote. Should be a very interesting few weeks.
In regards to your seat projection site, it's results differ from others but to me appears more realistic with it's projections. Perhaps there is something you put into the equation others don't.
- June 5, 2009 at 5:50:00 PM PDT
- Éric said...
Has Layton positioned himself that strongly? I haven't gotten that impression.
Layton has the most to lose (aside from the Tories), his caucus could be cut in half. The Liberals might be able to get into government and the Bloc could return to the Quebec City region with the disappearance of the Conservatives.
It would be a bad idea for Layton to support a Liberal non-confidence motion.
As to the projections, I take into account past voting behaviour back to 2004. I don't think other projectors do the same thing.
- June 5, 2009 at 5:57:00 PM PDT
- paulsstuff said...
I'll look for the link but everyone who read the story thought Layton meant he would support the government. There was one line in the article where Layton stated if Ignatieff put forth a non-confidence motion he would go along with it.
I think right now there is a lot of posturing going on. Ignatieff would love to break the trend of Liberal's supporting the Conservative's, and force either the Bloc or NDP to assume that role.
Political chicken if you will.
- June 5, 2009 at 6:18:00 PM PDT
- paulsstuff said...
Éric, new poll numbers out if you want to adjust your projections blog.
- June 5, 2009 at 6:23:00 PM PDT
- Bec said...
"Political chicken if you will."
I concur.
Gotta try this,Éric YOU ROCK!! I love it. Thank you because it has always concerned me to insult! Woohoo!
Can yo do that with any name?
- June 5, 2009 at 6:29:00 PM PDT
' This is booked for July 8 - tickets already on sale.
He is charging 120 pounds per seat and is now marketing himself as "the HONOURABLE Michael Ignatieff". '
Would this be a conflict of intÉrÉst using his office to peddle his pamplets?
(ps how do u make the 'double o' umlets over the letter 'o'?)
- June 5, 2009 at 6:50:00 PM PDT
Exposed! For those of you that have posted that this is not the reason, are you pretending that the BLOC agreed to the Coalition for the love of Canada? More like their entitlements from Canada. Politics are volatile in that great soup of Canada - Quebec politics. Look at the recent polling that the Liberals are surging in Quebec. Too bad the residents of that province are so selfserving - no such thing as the greater good, its all about leverage and how do we make this work to our advantage. Cheers Fern StAlbert
- June 5, 2009 at 6:53:00 PM PDT
- Bec said...
FernStAlbert@ 6:53pm
WE LET IGNATIEFF, self destruct.
He is causing such RoC issues, that he is the gift that keeps on giving.
I think that under the circumstances, the PM, IS playing this right and this country could be the NEXT economic, super power!
ps we should all invest....
- June 5, 2009 at 7:11:00 PM PDT
- paulsstuff said...
"ps we should all invest...."
I agree fully Bec. And people will call me crazy but I will be buying some GM and Chrysler stock when it becomes available.
- June 5, 2009 at 7:17:00 PM PDT
- Éric said...
-- "Éric, new poll numbers out if you want to adjust your projections blog."
Thanks, I'll wait until morning before doing any updating.
- June 5, 2009 at 8:02:00 PM PDT
- wilson said...
If Jack wants to play political chicken with the Libs,
he's got the first opp day.
Dippers could table a motion about EI that includes 'permanent' changes.
Libs vote against.
Then dippers can vote against Lib opp day motion.
Looking back, seems like I only missed one faux scandal RaittGate...
The Iffy lead Libs have been a disappointment, I thought PMSH would have a tougher fight on his hands,
which brings the best out in him.
Looks like all the opps gave the auto bailout a pass.
Tho Gilles will use the 'you love Ontario more than us' card, later.
I can't wait to see Iffy juggle that one! lol
Maybe it's because I was gone for a few days,
but to me the Libs and Bloc are so predictable, they are boring.
Funny the Bloc brought out truth ads, using Iffy's own words...that's the first time the Bloc copied rather than put out original ads, strange eh.
Waiting to hear msm rant about how mean and nasty Duceppe is to attack King Iffy and insult immigrants...crickets.
- June 5, 2009 at 8:04:00 PM PDT
- Joanne (True Blue) said...
I'm a little late to the party here, but nice catch Bec, and great post Paul!
- June 6, 2009 at 10:17:00 AM PDT
OT again paul...but further to Layton's 'six-minute wait time stupidity' just do a search on Brian Sinclair! For those of you not aware,this is a man that DIED after spending 34 HRS IN EMERG WITHOUT BEING SEEN! He had a bladder infection that would have been fixed up with some antibiotics,yet he sat..alone.. in a wheelchair in Health Sciences Center in Wpg..and died alone!Yeah Jacko,all's good in public healthcare!
- June 6, 2009 at 2:33:00 PM PDT
could we do a graphic listing all of the Coalition MPs who are in line for those pensions Paul...it's would be news worthy.
- June 6, 2009 at 2:54:00 PM PDT
- paulsstuff said...
"could we do a graphic listing all of the Coalition MPs who are in line for those pensions Paul...it's would be news worthy."
Hey, that.s a fantastic idea. I'll do that later tonight.
- June 6, 2009 at 3:34:00 PM PDT
Ignatieff is one. He was just elected in 2004 so he will need 6 years to collect an MP's pension.
At that time he can retire in comfort to his villa in the south of France and hand the leadership reins over to Bob Rae without the nuisance of a leadership election.
Rae already double dips pensions - one from the province of Ontario as an MPP and one from his time as an MP prior. Probaboly topped off nicely by a Premier's pension.
The old boys stick together you know.
PowerCorp has both horses in their pocket.
- June 6, 2009 at 3:55:00 PM PDT
- paulsstuff said...
No problem Sammy. I remember that incident. Imagine the struggle his family and friends went through knowing he died for no reason.
In my case, I've had two sinus surgeries in the last 10 years becuase the ER doctor never thought I needed x-rays after getting 12 stiches across the bridge of my nose in hockey. My septum had been crushed and if taken care of at the time it would have saved me a lot of misery over the years.
- June 6, 2009 at 3:55:00 PM PDT
- Möbius said...
I don't think so. The Bloc signed on because, at the time, two parties (the Libs and NDP) agreed to give them some power in government, which would allow them to plant the seeds of dissent in Canada, which is their natural mandate.
To show that Canada doesn't work is their raison d'etre. I question the motives more of the Liberals and NDP, signing deals with them. I haven't forgotten that Ignatieff's signature is on that deal.
- June 6, 2009 at 4:57:00 PM PDT
- Ardvark said...
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- June 6, 2009 at 5:50:00 PM PDT
- Ardvark said...
Ignatieff was elected in 2004? I was not aware that Boston/Cambridge had their own MP.
I don't think the pensions were their only reason, but I do think that the pension issue played a part.
- June 6, 2009 at 6:14:00 PM PDT
- biff said...
Iggy selling books in England while Rome supposedly burns?
That'll be good for an ad or two.
Good catch anon, and great post Paul. BTW flattered about the blogroll.
- June 6, 2009 at 9:06:00 PM PDT
- biff said...
I've got a post up about Iggy's London gig.
It's titled "Canada Was so Last Week" and the first line is "you can take Iggy out of London but you can't take the London out of Iggy".
- June 6, 2009 at 9:19:00 PM PDT
- FoxtrotBravo said...
Creating É, Ö, ö and other extended characters (in reference to some of the comments above).
- June 7, 2009 at 8:03:00 AM PDT
- paulsstuff said...
Thanks for that FoxtrotBravo, great handle by the way.
I'm not really computer savvy so all this info helps. I always like to refer to someone as they way they refer to themselves.
- June 7, 2009 at 8:07:00 AM PDT
- Éric said...
You know, I just thought of a big hole with this theory. There wasn't going to be an election at the time of the coalition talks, and the NDP and Liberals were unable to bring down the Conservatives without the support of the Bloc.
Jumping on board with the coalition and keeping his hands tied to them until the pensions kicked in would have been far riskier than simply not voting down the Tories and letting Parliament continue to function, if the pensions were indeed the priority of the Bloc.
Supporting a coalition and signing an agreement that would severely limit Gilles Duceppe's range of manoeuvre to save the pensions of a half-dozen MPs sounds a bit rich, when instead Duceppe could have just bided his time and see where things went without committing his party to anything.
I imagine this whole line of thought was spurred by that Ian MacDonald article a few days ago. Did he cover this aspect?
- June 9, 2009 at 8:54:00 PM PDT


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Brandy's All In One Home Office, Craft Space, and Guest Room
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In an ideal world we all live in homes or apartments with enough separate spaces for all of our daily activities. But the reality is more often than not one we have to compromise and combine uses into a single room. Brandy sent us her glowing example of shared utility, a guest room which also works as a home office and crafting space. It's impressively organized in a pretty small space...
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When we had our home built, we made sure to add an extra bedroom on the main floor with a full bathroom for our guest room and home office. I also wanted to somehow incorporate my crafting supplies into the space, but didn't want to overwhelm the room. Three functions is a bit much for a small space and so we got creative. Since we only have guests use the room several times a year, we made sure that the furniture was lined up against the walls with enough room to easily bring in a queen sized Aerobed for our guests and still have enough room to comfortable walk around the room and use the closet. Then we added a CraftBox for all of my crafting needs and IKEA shelving for my fabric. That left the office space.
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nuts with the 19mm socket or vehicle supplied lug wrench, then remove the
wheels. Optional procedure: loosen all lug nuts only one turn prior to raising
vehicle and drive around the block turning abruptly and using the brakes.
Doing this may help loosen the rotors by breaking them free from the rust on
the hubs. Drive slowly but make quick stops and turns while braking. Stay
close to the garage and don't drive fast. Also, since you are likely to draw
the attention of your neighbors to yourself, please don't do this while wearing
your old high school wrestling uniform. No one wants to see that.
Using the 12mm socket, remove the two upper and lower
caliper bolts.
Pull the caliper off the pads by moving it towards the rear.
That's what she said.
Hang the caliper on the lower wishbone suspension. Be
careful not of kink any of the connections and don't let the caliper hang from
the brake line.
Making sure that no one is watching you, pull the old pads
out of the bracket.
Using the 18mm socket remove the two bracket bolts.
Carefully remove the two retention washers on the lug
threads with a screwdriver. Take your time and don't bend the washers too
much, they will come off and you can reuse them. Now, remove the old rotor.
Lower your cost of this brake job by $20 and sell the old rotors on Ebay or
Craiglslist, or use them as a paper weight during the next hurricane. If the
rotor is difficult to remove try penetrating oil or a big hammer and a piece of
wood to protect the rotor. Hit away. If you don't care about the rotor,
then by all means forgo the wood and whack the heck out of it.
You are half way done. Better have the beer on ice.
Carefully pull out the two caliper pins on the bracket, clean them, and smear
them with the Permalex caliper lube. The pins are just slightly different, so
to avoid mixing them up, do one at a time and reinstall.
I put a little of the left over lube on the hub that
contacts the rotor. Hopefully, this will help prevent rust and should make
removal of the rotor easier in the future. If not, you, like me, just wasted 2
minutes doing something that makes no difference at all. If you do this, be
careful not to get any lube on the lug threads.
Use a Quick Grip brand wood clamp with pads and slowly
squeeze and finesse each caliper piston closed. That hammer you used to remove
the rusted on rotors will work too. However, if you do it this way make sure
you have another vehicle handy as you will need to run to the auto parts store
for a new caliper. Watch the level in the master cylinder and make sure that
you do not back fill too much brake fluid and overfill the reservoir. You may
also want to consider replacing and flushing the fluid (not covered in this
Slide on the new shiny fangled rotor and the two retainer
washers. Can you feel the excitement? Fantastic, now get back to work and reinstall
the caliper bracket.
Put the CRC Disc Brake Quiet on the back of the pads. I
hope it is obvious why you want to be careful not to get any on the business
side of the pads. Let the CRC set for 10 minutes or so. Good time to check
the score of the game. What? No old TV in the garage! Good grief, do I have
to spell out everything? Go inside and check the score. I'll wait here.
Place the new pads in the bracket. Yes, the sides with the
CRC goop on it go on the outside. The pads will work much better installed
this way. In all seriousness, make sure you install the pads correctly and
double check everything.
Reinstall the caliper on the bracket. Always replace rotors
and pads in pairs, so now would be a good time to do the other side. Just
about brings tears to your eyes just looking at it doesn't it? If not, then
something is seriously wrong. Seek psychological help immediately.
I probably shouldn't need to mention this but just in case
you snuck a few sips of the adult beverages while you were waiting for the CRC
to get tacky, be sure and replace the wheels and lower the vehicle prior to
attempting to brake in the new rotors and pads. It is a whole lot easier if
you do. For maximum safety and performance, it is very important to brake in
the new rotors and pads according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Congrats, you just saved yourself several hundred dollars in
labor charges. Of course, I charged everything to my neighbor's American
Express. Want the number?


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Bobby Sollis has done the math. With fertilizer prices the highest he's ever seen, pushing for higher wheat and corn yield makes little sense for 2006.
"The extra bushels I might get will not pay for what it costs to make them," Sollis says. "I don't think I will lose as much by cutting back on fertilization a little."
It's a decision he's not made lightly. He figures he's built up a little reserve in his Grayson County, Texas, soils.
"I've fertilized a long time to raise a good corn crop, and the cost of fertilizer and fuel will kill us this year if we don't economize."
He also plans to reduce tillage in corn and save some diesel fuel.
"I'll switch to a minimum-till system and may cut out one or two trips," he says. "I'll eliminate one disking or a trip with a chisel plow. In the past, I've plowed in front of my corn planter. I quit that last year. I'll just leave the land through the winter and plant on an undisturbed seedbed."
He says his Northeast Texas fields are too heavy for true no-till.
He's also planting more wheat this year. He normally puts half his acreage in wheat and half in corn. Last year, his wheat crop didn't make a stand so he killed it and planted corn instead. And he had been moving to more corn anyway.
Rotational balance
"I'll plant two-thirds in wheat this year," he says. "With no wheat last year, I have some fields that had been in corn for four years straight. I need to bring my rotation back in balance."
He's seeing more rootworm problems in fields with continuous corn crops. "Fields in corn for four years show the worst rootworm problems," he says.
And he's committed to using a higher rate seed treatment, Poncho 1250 instead of Poncho 250. "I didn't use 1250 on all my acreage last year," he says. "I should have used it across the board."
He says rootworm damage was significant but he believes injury was worse because of prolonged drought. "We had no rain and I think we would have seen less insect damage if we had gotten a little rainfall. In some fields, we had normal size stalks but no ears. We had a lot of stalks with nothing but nubbins and some just fell over."
"This is the first time I've seen rootworm infestation this widespread," says Jim Swart, Texas Extension integrated pest management specialist at the Texas A&M-Commerce campus.
"We needed to spray for beetles in-season," Sollis says. He intends to in 2006. "We will watch closely and if we see beetles, we'll spray them."
Sollis says a normal yield goal for his dryland corn is 100 bushels per acre. Until 2005, that had been a reasonable target. "We made about half a crop this year," he says. "For the last few years, until this year, we had done quite well with corn. I've seen 140-bushel-per-acre yields."
He cut back on wheat fertility as well. "I typically use 10 gallons of 10-34, drilled in the row," he says. "I cut back to seven. I will not apply nitrogen until I see what the crop is doing later. As high as fertilizer is it doesn't pay to put on more than we need to. It might pay to test for residual nitrogen in wheat land."
More certified wheat
Sollis planted more certified wheat this year than usual because he made no seed to save in 2005. "I dropped seeding rate to 75 pounds per acre with certified seed," he says.
He's kept up with replacing equipment the past few years. "We try to keep relatively new equipment because we can't afford down time," he says. "We do most of our own repairs and the key is keeping things in good condition."
Sollis also owns cattle, just under 100 commercial brood cows. "Cattle prices have been good," he says, "but it will be a tough winter. We are short of hay; we didn't get enough rain to make hay or to establish winter pastures. We may have to graze some wheat to make it through the winter."
He says a lot of cattlemen will be looking for hay this winter.
Sollis is also looking at his marketing strategies. "We have to get a better price for what we grow," he says. "That's the only way we can come out. We've been trying to out-bushel ourselves for the past few years."
He says with higher input costs and lower prices, making a living is becoming almost impossible. "It's hard to pencil in a profit."
He's looking at hedging and other marketing alternatives. "We don't pay as much attention to marketing as we need to and we will have to do a better job. We have a tendency to spend more time on our tractors than we do with marketing. I'd rather do the manual work.
"I've used a market advisor before and think the service helped some. I also store a lot of corn and move it in the winter. I've done well with that."
Corn had potential
Sollis says the 2005 corn crop had the potential to be very good. "If we had gotten just two more rains, we would have made some good corn," he says. "It's a crop we'll remember, but not fondly."
He expects a bad year occasionally, but says farmers need a reasonable price for their crops.
"All we can do is the best we can," he says. "We can't control the weather."
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Part of the Why Abstinence Education? It's Right — and It Works Series
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Focus on the Family supports abstinence-until-marriage education in the public schools because it is God's expected standard as communicated in Scripture. God's perfect plan for sexuality unfolds as an exclusive blessing for husband and wife in marriage and also ensures protection for the unmarried. Sexuality is a glorious gift from God meant to honor Him either in marriage or in celibacy.
It is the hope of this ministry to support children and families to live as fully as God intended for His purposes and His glory. Supporting behaviors that may result in threatening life-long consequences contradicts God's plan for life, marriage and family.
Because we support God's perfect plan, Focus on the Family does not support the teaching of risk-reduction (contraceptives) of sexual behaviors in schools. Rather, we recognize youth must understand that contraceptive devices and drugs provide very limited protection; therefore, abstinence programs must teach medically and factually accurate information about what contraceptives can and can not do.
Abstinence education provides one tool to defend God's design for marriage and sexual intimacy in the face of teenage sexual activity. As previously stated, abstinence-until-marriage education supports Christian orthodoxy but is not taught in a Christian context in the public school system.
We recognize that parents are the primary sex educators of their children. Topics that parents teach in their home are their personal prerogative. They may choose to add or clarify information taught to their children in school programs. Parents have the privilege and responsibility of being life-long sexuality educators to their children, a task that begins as soon as they hold their child for the first time and continues until the time of their natural death.


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anyone have a good method for creating this?
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Chicken Parmesan
Ok... this one is DEFINITELY some work... not hard.... just a lot of prep and clean up..... but you WILL thank me later!
Four Large Chicken Breast halves pounded fairly flat (about 1/4")
Four Thick slices of PROVOLONE Cheese (about 1/8" or so)
1/2 cup Seasoned Flour (add parsley, basil, salt, pepper)
1 cup or so Italian Bread Crumbs (add parsley, basil, salt, pepper)
2 Eggs beaten with 1/4 tsp. water
1 cup Grated Romano Cheese
1 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
Fresh Chopped Parsley
Fresh Ground Black Pepper
1 Jar of your favorite RED pasta sauce (I use Prego Traditional and add sugar to taste)
Olive Oil
***NOTE... on the Jar of pasta sauce.... be sure it is a MARINARA type red sauce NOT one with meat added... ***
NOTE: Once breaded, the chicken breasts will need time to rest and dry out a bit.... plan on an hour at least.
In separate bowls have ready your egg wash, your seasoned flour, and your bread crumbs. By the way..... you know the Parmesan and Romano cheese you have "sitting there?"... Throw a hand full into the egg wash and the seasoned bread crumbs and mix well.
Rinse flattened chicken breasts and dredge in seasoned flour and lay on a bakers rack.
Dip floured breast into egg wash and cheese mixture.... coat thoroughly.
Immediately transfer breast to bread crumb/cheese mixture... turn and pat until well coated and lay breast on bakers rack.
Repeat until all breasts are coated and resting on racks to dry out.
When ready to cook...
Put your red Sauce in a sauce pan and begin to warm it up...
Turn oven on low.....
Heat a large saute pan on medium high and add Olive oil to cover bottom of pan.... when the oil is fragrant, saute one or two breasts at a time.... do NOT over crowd. You will only need about three or four minutes per side (if that) to get a nice golden brown. Be careful not to over cook! When done.... transfer breast to serving platter and place in a warm oven. Repeat until all breast are cooked.
Spoon some of the sauce over the breasts and add sliced provolone cheese over the top of the sauce.... sprinkle with your Parmesan/Romano cheese mixture and place under the broiler.
Take the remaining sauce and spread on plates where the Chicken Parmesan will rest.... pull the breasts out from under the broiler just as the provolone melts and the parmesan/romano starts to brown. With a Metal spatula transfer each breast and lay on top of the sauce you have already placed on the plate.
Sprinkle with FRESH chopped Parsley and VOILA!
I usually serve with spaghetti tossed with leftover sauce.
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I usually serve the above recipe with this great recipe:
Italian Sugar Snap Peas
I love this veggies' simplicity, ease of preperation and it's downright tasty to boot!
I usually use the frozen sugar snap peas since they are rarely in season. Doing them this way.... you will hardly notice.
1 Bag (12oz.?) Sugar Snap Peas
2Tbs. water
2Tbs. Unsalted (sweet cream) butter
1Tbs. Granulated Sugar
1Tbs. Dried Sweet Basil
1Tbs. FRESH chopped Parsley
Over very low heat melt butter.... add all other ingredients and toss to mix. Cover and turn off heat. When starting to cook the Chicken Parmesan, turn on heat to medium low and leave covered. When you plate the Chicken, the snap peas will be ready... toss a couple of times to coat evenly and serve.
It's just THAT simple..... and yummy?..... YOU BETCHA!!!
(These recipes originated from another discussion group I post on at av123forum.com. The forum is not cooking related, but it has a large thread about cooking and great recipes.)
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The last two months have been busy, busy, busy, so this Neighbors is all about catching up.
Leading off is the Durango Discovery Museums Robot Rumpus, which, in its second outing Saturday night, inspired robot costumes in every iteration, from the big cardboard boxes painted silver like we used to make when I was a kid after watching Lost in Space, to a number of female robots in sparkling metallic silver dresses and a couple of homages to the cartoon character Bender.
Because Ashley Hein organized the events just moments before heading out for maternity leave, she wasnt sure if partygoers would like the version of a Tesla Tonic she chose to serve at the event (the recipe changes depending on the season and party theme). For this Robot Rumpus, she picked a pear-cranberry-rosemary cocktail that turned out to appeal even to people who werent getting ready to give birth. The nonvodkad version is dubbed the Curie Cooler.
Because the museum used glowing straws, the drinks glowed, too.
Stan Crapo of Star Liquors provided the oomph for the drink as well as the wine, and Carver Brewing Co., one of the museums strongest supporters, donated the beer.
Strater Catering continued its successful partnership with the Discovery folks as well, serving steamed rice paper vegetarian spring rolls; duck confit in phyllo cups; lamb meatballs with tzatziki; tomato, basil and mozzarella bruschetta, a selection of vegetable crudités and a cheese display.
I can safely say the entertainment was over the top for the 130 guests. Jessica Perino and Joan Grant put a whole new spin on dancing, taking it off the floor and into the air. The aerial dancers arrived early to install their rigging, using pulleys and harnesses for their acrobatics.
The fun started before guests even walked in the door, as From the Ashes Fire Tribe came this close to being flambéed. The fire dancers rehearse on the plaza at the Discovery Museum every Wednesday, and so they returned the favor by performing at the rumpus.
Because every party the museum throws is a bit like a three-ring circus, Ryan Finnigan was reprising his role as Benny the Boozer. Hein said the act should be called Finnigan and Company, because he and his friends had made an elaborate contraption Finnigan called a beer orchestra.
As partygoers took a sip a of beer, it made a sound, so the guests were essentially making their own music. If youre having a difficult time visualizing it, I guess youll just have to attend the event next year to check it out.
Rick Feeney of Feeney Architects/Builders was one of the sponsors. (Feeney once told me designing the museum to create a place alive with excitement from a disintegrating hulk was the most rewarding project of his career.)
Other sponsors included the Geoffrey Craig and the Craig Law Firm, Chinook Medical Gear and Tafoya, Barrett and Associates.
Hein called this a cocktail party that happened to raise money. All the fun raised about $4,500 to support the science center for all ages.
To learn more about the museum and how you can support it (and enjoy it), visit www.durangodiscovery.org.
Enjoying birthdays spiced up with hot apple cider are Rochelle Mann, Bob Morris, Geoff Overington, Marcie Bray, Bill Hermesman, Jim Mulkey, Natalie Bulen, Lexi Hartman, Will Lacey, Alfredo Ontiveros, Chantel Campbell, Chris Goold, Mark Prouty, Marty Prouty, Deb Seglund, Kobe Szura, Jean Reid, Rap Fairley, Ben Nye and Peter Olson.
On Sept. 15, Durangoans filled the gym at St. Columba School to support Manna Soup Kitchen at its 10th annual Soup Supper.
The soups, as usual, were delicious, courtesy of chefs Gary Broad from the Durango Diner vegetarian green chili; Scott Arbaugh of St. Columba School turkey corn chowder; Dave Cuntz of Carver Brewing Co. green chili with chicken curry; John Sheehan of the Red Snapper seafood bisque; Max Schön from the Strater Hotel posole; Roan Sutton of the DoubleTree Hotel Irish stew; El Dorado Cattle Co. beef-barley-vegetable soup; and from the soup kitchen itself, Warren Smith nuclear chili and New England clam chowder and his colleague Darcy Cole Tom Kha Gai.
Smith, who recently won Durangos 2012 Iron Horse Chef honors, made the best New England clam chowder I have ever had.
The volunteers come with such good will to this event. The decorations bring fall colors inside, folks of all ages bus tables, serve soup and help however they can. And the gym is abustle with friends catching up with each other, families breaking bread with each other and musicians or auctioneers on the stage.
Brian Pennington of Treasure Auction led the auctioning of a number of fine items, and the room was lined with cool silent auction items. By the end of the evening, the 230-plus attendees had helped raise more than $12,700.
The musicians were Tom Raider on the keyboard, Linda Baker on flute, Ryan Baker playing the saxophone and sound provided by Bandwagon Music. Jeremy Dupree and Kevin Frazier, from the group Trio, chimed in on at least one song on vocals.
Kudos to organizers Kathy Tonnessen, Janine Bluen, who along with staff member Audrey Werner and new Executive Director Sara Wakefield, put in a ton of hours.
There is some bad news. Manna continues to be busy, having served 57,000 meals in the last 12 months. The kitchen expects to serve more than 60,000 in 2013. The 62,326 stomachs filled in 2011 was a 20 percent increase over 2009, so the need is still high.
This summer, the soup kitchens Summer Food Backpack Program provided more than 4,000 meals to children and young people who are fed when school is in session, and may well go hungry during vacations.
People need to eat three times a day, 365 days a year. If you havent yet made a donation to Manna this year, you can send your tax-deductible contribution to P.O. Box 1196, Durango, CO 81302.
Backcountry Experience is in a giving mode this week.
Starting today and running through Oct. 17, the outdoor sporting goods merchant will donate all profits from the sales of Osprey packs and Saucony shoes to the Durango High School cross country team to help cover travel expenses to attend the Stanford Invitational at Stanford University. Its a great honor for them to be invited to compete, and its not an expense covered in any school budget.
This is a great opportunity to give twice get an early start on holiday shopping and support some dedicated young people.
And on Saturday, its time for the second annual Chili Chase 5K, starting at 10 a.m. Advance registration is $13.50 at ACTIVE.com, with day-of-race registration running $15 at the store. Immediately after the run, it will be time for chili.
Tickets are $5, and theyre expecting 12 to 14 competitors. Do a little judging and noshing while supporting San Juan Mountains Association, wilderness education program Frosty Pines, the Shanta Foundation and Manna Soup Kitchen.
Backcountry Experience is located at 1205 Camino del Rio.
Thanks to Ken Fagerlin for giving me the heads up.
The Durango Autumn Arts Festival, which took place during the weekend of Sept. 22 and 23, could not have been more perfect. The weather was great, the 80 juried artists booths offered something for everyone including a lot of covet-worthy pieces, and half of Durango was there, making it the perfect place to catch up.
At least it seemed as though half of Durango was there. Maureen May, who served as the board liaison for the festival, tells me it was probably 5,000 to 6,000 people in attendance, which is close enough.
Street fairs are tough on crutch girl, so May and event chairwoman Deb Anderson borrowed Connie Matthews electric cart to help me visit the two-block-long event.
I wrote tons of notes love this, how cool is that? and so on but the bottom line is that the Durango Arts Center, which benefited from the event to the tune of more than $17,000, really knows how to put on a quality event. There was live music on the main stage and a food court the orange-blueberry muffins from the Sinfully Decadent food truck were, well, both sinful and decadent.
If the arts festival reflects the economy, the recovery is well under way. Linda Geer already had sold more than twice as many of her hand- knitted scarves and hats as at all of the event in 2011 by 2 p.m. the first day, and another artist sold two $3,000 pieces in the first half hour.
The festival is a tradition of more than two decades now, and organizers run it with panache.
The camaraderie among the artists also is high, as some of them have been juried in for several years. So what could have been disastrous for Mel Mendez, when a patron driving away from the Red Snapper hit forward instead of reverse and badly damaged his trailer, became a heartwarming story instead.
Mendez usually travels with his wife, but was solo that weekend. He would have lost one whole day of sales were it not for artist Maggie Beyeler and her husband, David Yard, from New Mexico.
Yard is good with mechanical things and spent all day Sept. 23 getting the parts and repairing the damage to tail lights and bumper to get Mendez on the road to home.
We like to think of Durango as outstanding when it comes to generosity of spirit, but this is just proof that the world is full of folks who help in a time of need.
If its October, it must be time for the Durango Adaptive Sports Harvest Gala Dinner. It will be held Oct. 18 at the Mahogany Grille at the Strater Hotel.
I said in my last column that the Durango Friends of the Art Luncheon and Fashion Show is one of the seminal fall fundraising events, and the gala dinner is another.
In its 12th outing, the event will feature a lively social hour with wine and beer, a specially designed menu for the evening by chef Max Schön and both silent and live auctions featuring gourmet dinners, golf outings, music and theater events and tons more.
Because Adaptive Sports mission is to provide outdoor recreation opportunities for people with cognitive and physical disabilities, there is usually a lot of recreational gear as well.
ASAs volunteers, supporters and clients all find what they do is incredibly joyful and rewarding, and the funds raised at this event are key to a successful year.
Office manager Lee Hagar tells me a group just had to cancel, so there are actually still tickets available, which is rare for this event. They are $95 per person, and $700 for a table of eight.
Give Hagar a call at 259-0374 or email her at firstname.lastname@example.com to book your tickets today.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Marias Bookshop is honoring it by hosting a book donation drive for Alternative Horizons until Oct. 28.
The goal is to continue building a therapeutic book library for children, teens and adults where they can safely explore issues of abuse, violence, depression and feelings. Its called bibliotherapy now thats my kind of therapy and reading can open discussions between parents and children, help children realize they are not alone and offer healthy coping skills and hope.
Not only will there be suggestions for books to add to the library, Marias will donate 20 percent of the total cost of books sold to Alternative Horizons as store credit to add even more books to its library.
Marias is located at 960 Main Ave., and more information is available at www.mariasbookshop.com.
Chuck and Melissa Mosley are celebrating another year of connubial bliss. Have a good one.
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Registrations continue to be accepted for Moberly students entering grades 9-12 to participate in the Spartans Football Camps being offered July 16-20 and July 23-27.
Tthe Camp hours will be held from 8 a.m. until noon each day of both sessions.
There will be a Little Spartans Camp held for athletes in grades 3-6 on July 17-18. Camp hours are from 1-3 p.m. each day.
Meanwhile a middle school camp for students entering grades 7-8 will also be held July 17-18 during the hours of 3-5 p.m.
Registration forms can be picked up at the district administration office or by contacting Spartans varsity coach Jason Ambroson at 263-6302.
There is a participation fee for all camps.
Camp fees and registration forms will be received until the first day of camp, about 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the session reported coach Ambroson.


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md-import needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 149 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
GroundStyle.com is an online clothing retailer, in need of a new fresh killer design for the onlineshop http://www.groundstyle.com.
page width must be designed in 955 pixels width.
We have three categories, mens, womens and accessories.
Furthermore, e.g. mens can be divded into two categories, being fashion clothing and streetwear/hip-hop clothing. We like the product navigation to be in top of page, with fold-down/mouse over menu.
The shop is and will be based on oscommerce. In the current live store you can see the elements we currently have, which will also need to be included in the new design. You can of course re-design and rearrange as you like. (please do)
We need the following page redesigned initially
index page/front page:
further in the process we need the basic pages as described in brief..
Our logo can be downloaded here:
thanks so much for the work you have done so far.
Contest extended and now GUARENTEED!
We are entering the last days of the competition, and have the following inputs to the designers who have shown us interesting work/ideas so far, as well as any new designers willing to participate..
For your design, please consider making your layout suggestion using pictures already found on our website http://www.groundstyle.com
We like to have category navigation in the header. Navigation should be very simple/Easy and intuitive.
We prefer not to have top-pro model pictures (Stock photos) used, as we will not be able to renew this so often, as we will with actual product pictures from our shop
Remember the focus of the design must be to SELL PRODUCTS.. please think this into the design..
We like if possible, to have newsletter signup in top of page.. (not absolute requirement)
Search field should be in top of page..easy to find for customers...
For inspiration you can also take a look at these html pages we have designed at a earlier stage..(mostly created to test new top navigation...)
Furthermore, if you look at http://www.shakk.dk to product listings and product info, we consider to use this kind of picture sizes to improove focus on the products..
Based on a PM from a designer, here is the meaning of the RATINGS we give designs:
Ratings System:
1 star - Wrong direction, start over again with something completely different. Please also read the summary, probably the design does not quite meet the requirements in the sumary/brief.
2 star - some elements I like
3 star - getting closer but need revisions or a different take on your design
4 star - design is being considered
5 star - made the final cut! Amoungst the top of the class.
If we rate the design 1 star, please read the summary and brief again, and then submit your design.
Hi all designers..
we are close to contest running out.. so.. here some info if you want to submit product listings/product info page directly here on 99designs..
please look at http://www.groundstyle.com/html/showProduct.html for instpiration for product info..
We need in this page to have a focus on getting customer to trust us and add the item to cart..
we need furhter sell of mathicng products.. / upselling..
We need nice image preview/design and it must be real easy for customer to find the information he/She looks for
Add to cart/purhcase button must be clearly easy to find..
Furtermore we want to give customer ability to share with friends etc.. on facebook etc.. using the add-this function.. check here
Also, please consider in design, if we can intregrate blogging function..
In product listings.. big nice images mus tpresent the products well.. use your imagination.. design is good and must be consistent.. but focus again must be on selling products.. Hope to see your design ideas soon.
much regards
We need a fully integrated new desgin for our webshop.
Keywords: serious, reliable/authentic, fashion, deisigner, clean neat look, trustworthy, streetwear.
Target group of the webpage is young people, age 17-30 years.
aprox. 60% men, 40% women.
We sell three different product categories.
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Take a time (usually 1900's) when steam was the power source for so much (trains, etc), add a lot of scientific funky inventions, and a whole lot of fiction – and you've got "steampunk". It's not a new genre, but it is one that continues to gain steam in first books, and now crafting as well. It's a trend I've noticed more and more as I cruise the isles of my local bookstore. Recently with vintage inspired crafting products being on the rise, I've also noticed steampunk showing up in crafting stores as well. From jewelry to mixed media arts and everything in between – this funky vintage sub-genre isn't limited to works of fiction anymore! It's officially crossed over into crafting.
Doing a search on amazon.com for steampunk crafting books turned up some interesting options:
Steampunk Style Jewelry, by Jean Campbell:
Steampunkery: Polymer Clay and Mixed Media Projects, by Christi Friesen:
What I find really interesting, is that a number of books are available only for pre-order, meaning they haven't been published yet. In other words, I think that this steampunk stuff is going to keep growing in crafting as a trend for awhile, thanks to titles like these –
1,000 Steampunk Creations: Neo-Victorian Fashion, Gear, and Art (1000 Series):
Steampunk Softies: 8 Scientifically-Minded Dolls from a Past That Never Was, by Nicola Teadman and Sarah Skeate:
While the books coming out are very cool, they are all over the craft spectrum. What about paper crafting?
I have found there are a number of products available that can lend themselves to a steampunk look, as well as a whole collection devoted to the genre. I'm talking about Graphic 45, who is leading this trend's charge into paper crafting with their Steampunk Debutante line. I love the funky designs and the choice of color palette in this line, and I can't stop playing with all the bits and pieces!
While this line has a feminine feel to it, the steampunk look can be equally masculine. Traditionally, the genre seems to lean towards the Victorian style and era. However, there really aren't rules here. You could go for a high-tech wild west cowboy look (see Will Smith's Wild Wild West movie for inspiration), focus heavily on trains and the mechanical aspects, or do your own thing entirely.
What elements in craft supplies work for a steampunk-inspired look? Mixing a vintage look with clocks, time pieces, gears, steam engine/train inspired pieces, cogs, wings, and other aged metals and funky stuff works great. Add some grunge with paints and inks, distress with sand paper, and have a ball. Once I started looking into this trend I realized that a lot of the products Tim Holtz designs would work incredibly well.
Above: Gadget Gears die cuts by Tim Holtz Alterations from Sizzix and sprocket gears from Tim Holtz Idea-ology.
Below: Timeworks masks and game spinners from Tim Holtz Idea-ology.
7 Gypsies has a line of Steampunk rub-ons, each filled with small images that could be used any number of ways.
There are many other products out there that could work great too. Just look for the elements and general feel that you're aiming for.
What kind of projects could you apply this style to? I think just about anything! I could see some really great masculine pages taking advantage of the gears and such, but it works just as well for themes like travel, memories/time, girls, or anything else you're scrapping about! I chose to use the gears as inspiration to do a page about my mysterious three year old (aren't they all a mystery at this age?!).
My layout shown above features both Graphic 45 papers and Tim Holtz elements. I had so much fun with this! I used the sprockets with flowers and other embellishments, and often in place of where I'd normally lean towards buttons or flowers. This is such an easy style to try. I love it!
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Graphic 45 Steampunk Debutante Paper Pad
Tim Holtz Idea-ology sprocket gears, game spinners, brads, Locket Key, and metal charm
Girls' Paperie letter stickers from Toil & Trouble and Tinsel & Twig sticker sets
Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous flourish stamp
Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Brushed Corduroy
Tim Holtz Distress Stickles in Antique Bronze
Making Memories Paper Reverie rose brad and letter stickers
Prima white flower
Tim Holtz Tissue Tape (Traveler)
Tattered Angels Chalkboard Glimmer Mist in Peacock
Why not add a bit of steampunk to your next project? The Graphic 45 line of papers is so lovely – I could see it working well for a number of subjects and also for cards, tags, and altered or mixed media projects too. Some of the designs are simply too pretty to cover up!
Or just try your hand at mixing more metal and punk into your vintage papers and see what turns out. I love the possibilities this trend has for all kinds of paper crafting – especially since it's more masculine and boy friendly than many trends we see.
Now I'm off to watch the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, or perhaps read a good novel, and get some fresh ideas for my {steampunk} crafting!
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Jonathan de Guzman has recently received a call-up to the Netherlands squad, while Ashley Williams has been installed as Wales captain, which the former Rayo Vallecano man believes is testament to the work done at the Liberty Stadium.
He told Swansea's official website: "When we see a lot of our players being called up for their national team that is a very good thing for Swansea.
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"I think the club can be very proud of that, because I don't think it had many players in the national teams before this time.
"Already we have Ash and Michel [Vorm] who are always in their national teams, but this season you see De Guzman earning his place in the Dutch squad, and that is a compliment to both him and the club."
The 26-year-old has impressed many this season by scoring 19 goals in all competitions, however he was quick to admit that it will be difficult for him to break his way into Vicente del Bosque's Spain squad.
He added: "Of course, I would love to play for my country, but it's not so easy when your country is the best in the world.
"All I can do is just try my best and play as well as I can for Swansea, and then see what happens."


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When AMD announced they were coming out with a triple-core processor in the Phenom family of processors in Q1 2008, it caught many in the industry off guard. It turns out that AMD changed course a bit at the eleventh hour and managed to come up with an interesting gameplan to keep competitive with Intel in the months ahead. After the past few quarters its clear that AMD needs to get the momentum back in the desktop market and triple-core Phenom processors might just do the trick.
AMD has come out with the industries first native quad-core processor with Barcelona, but AMD has not been able to get the clock frequencies high enough on these quad-core processors to compete with Intel's 45nm quad-core Yorkfield processors on a clock for clock basis. From our understanding, some engineers inside AMD noticed that during die testing at the FAB, that there was an occational frequency mis-match among cores. When AMD does see a "problem core" or when the frequency mis-match among cores, they now have the triple core option to keep from scrapping or down-grading that die. Let's take a step backwards here: AMD tests each processor and when they do they test each of the four cores individually. By doing so, AMD has the ability to make sure that each core is working correctly and at what clock frequency. If AMD is trying to produce say, 2.6GHz Phenom processors, this is what happens. The processor is tested and, for example, it was found to have three cores running fine at 2.6GHz and one core that can do just 2.0GHz. AMD has the choice to fuse the processor at the silicon level (well before the integrated heat spreader is put on) as a 2.0GHz quad-core Phenom, or they could fuse it as a 2.6GHz triple-core Phenom if they wanted to lose the use of a core. AMD believed that a triple-core processor is a smart move for AMD as they can offer them at a competitive price point, while at the same time offering a processor with higher clock speeds than otherwise possible. Since the processors are 'fused' at the silicon level during production, our sources inside AMD say that attempts to 'unlock' the turned off core will be impossible from the outside by simply connecting pins or something like that.
According to Mercury Research, quad-core processors represented less than two percent of desktop shipments in Q2 2007. So, with the slow move to quad-cores combined with the fact very few mainstream software applications use four cores, AMD took the bold step to go for higher frequency and disabling the fourth core. To be honest, triple-core processors are not unheard of as the Microsoft Xbox 360 has triple-core architecture and as a result, the games are being designed for this hardware structure. By shutting down one core, all the dynamic L3 cache is still available, but it will be available to three cores and not four. In reality, this means each core has access to 8.33% more cache if each core has instruction sets that place them under full load. This might actually help performance in cases where more cache is beneficial to performance.
Since AMD hasn't shown any benchmark numbers to the media, nor released what clock frequencies the triple-core Phenoms will be set to operate, a lot is up in the air. One thing is for certain though, AMD will be releasing these triple core processors and has them on the roadmap for Socket AM3 in 2009. Since AMD was so tight lipped about this launch it's sure to have been a bit of a curve ball for Intel. For months everyone was reporting on lackluster clock frequencies on Barcelona and Phenom, but all of a sudden AMD can pull off higher clocks, cut prices and has a triple-core offering. You, of course, lose a core, but do you really need four cores today? That's the point AMD is trying to drive home and if the price is right the marketing drive might win some people over. Which makes you think, if triple-core takes off and AMD's customers orders a ton of them, will AMD be able to keep up with the orders? AMD has said that Barcelona and Phenom yields are good, so if that isn't a lie they might have an issue with producing these in mass quantities. AMD would then be forced to either turn down sales or disable good quad-cores to fill orders. For some reason, I don't see AMD scavenging good quad-cores to sell less expensive parts to save sales. I guess we will find out what happens in 2008!
Legit Bottom Line: AMD's Phenom Triple-Core processors are quad-core Barcelona processors with one core 'fused' not to work. The end result is higher clock speeds and better performance on applications that aren't threaded for 4+ cores.
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The $20,695 Hybrid Fire Grill
Kalamazoo's K1000 Hybrid Fire Grill is billed as a seriously powerful, professional-grade gas grill that also cooks with charcoal and wood. Is it worth $20,695? Charles Passy has the verdict on Lunch Break. Photo: Kalamazoo.
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Each class will challenge students with intermediate to advance level footwork technique and drills.
Traditionally Rain Crew's closed training sessions, these classes will focus on fitness and conditioning, as well as drills, techniques and battle stratergy. This is a session for experienced dancers wishing to maintain and/or push their level while learning and developing something new each session.
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Beverly R. (Knight) Bestwick, 87, of Scenic Drive, died peacefully surrounded by her family December 10, 2011 in St. Elizabeth Home, East Greenwich. She was the widow of Frederick K. Bestwick, who jointly owned and operated with his wife the Beverly Lace Co. in Coventry.
She was born in Coventry, a daughter of the late Albert and Grayce (Richmond) Knight and had been a resident of West Warwick for the past 13 years, previously living most of her life in Coventry. She enjoyed the winters in Seminole, Fla. for over 30 years. Mrs. Bestwick had been a saleslady in the Providence Outlet, Shepard and Gladdings stores for many years until her retirement.
Mrs. Bestwick is survived by a daughter, Elizabeth A. Bestwick of West Warwick; a son, Frederick R. Bestwick and his wife, Barbara, of Chichester, N.H.; two granddaughters who will sadly miss their grandmother, Maryann Tomasso and Beverly Lyn Duffy, both of West Warwick, and four great-grandchildren. She was the sister of the late Grayce Pellett.
A funeral service will be held Dec. 14 at 10 a.m. in Carpenter-Jenks Funeral Home & Crematory, 659 East Greenwich Ave., West Warwick. Calling hours are Dec. 13 from 5-8 p.m. Interment will be in Rathbun Cemetery, Coventry.
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Microsoft in talks to Help Finance Dell Buyout
Microsoft is in discussions about helping to finance a buyout of computer maker Dell, David Benoit reports on digits. Photo: Getty Images.
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I was just reading through the RS write up of Hasbro stuff from Toy Fair, and I noticed this line:"In 2006, new twists and innovations, combined with a soon-to-be announced fall initiative from Lucasfilm that will thrill fans of all ages, prove that Star Wars toys are a Force to be reckoned with."Anyone know what the "soon to be announced fall initiative from Lucasfilm" is? Might be nothing big, but it just made me curious.
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