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Catamount Trail Association Backcountry Day
Date: Feb 22 2015
Intermediate Overland Touring
Our Intermediate Overland Touring Course will take the form of a teaching tour where the group will explore easier backcountry trails in search of teachable moments. The emphasis during this track will be learning by doing. Topics similar to those in the intro course will be covered – layering strategies, what to pack, efficient travel, stopping, speed control, turning, downhill strategies, etc… – however you will be practicing these skills and putting them to use under slightly more challenging conditions. Once comfortable with the skills presented you will be ready to participate in one of Catamount Trail Association Introductory Day Tours.
Introduction to Mountain Touring
This track is intended for expert level skiers and riders who are new to exploring the backcountry. Maybe you just purchased your first set of AT equipment or splitboard and are looking for some guidance on using it and playing safely and responsibly in the woods. This course will take the form of an instructional tour and will cover layering strategies, what it means to be prepared, navigation, efficient touring and uphill techniques, etc… We will NOT be teaching downhill ski and snowboard technique. If you are considering registering for this course you should be comfortable navigating black diamond level gladed terrain at a resort. At end of the course you will be more comfortable using your equipment and making the transition from ski-to-hike, or hike-to-ski. You will also be more prepared to safely spend a full day in the backcountry.
9:15am – Check-In at Bolton Valley Nordic Center
9:45am – Introduction & Welcome
10:00am – Instruction Begins
2:00pm – Instruction Ends


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While eating locally may seem to be very trendy among certain elements of society, it's actually been pretty much de rigeur for beavers for a pretty long time. Here's Woody L. Ocavore, our latest judge.
Woody L. Ocavore, a true Durham native, would like to express his sincerest gratitude for being invited to judge the Beaver Pageant, as our local beaver community is near and dear to his heart. In fact, Woody is doing his best to improve lives for our local beavers by starting Beaver Central Market. Discerning beavers know that some of the finest wood grows in our area, but far too often beavers in our community have to settle for substandard trees and shrubs.
Beaver Central Market aims to bring the beaver community together to provide only the best local and sustainably raised wood and brush. In the spirit of Woodstick, Woody wants beavers to believe in their fellow kind, and work through cooperative principles to make sure that all have access to the finest local wood and the healthiest local brush.
Scurrilous rumors have reached Woody's ears that his judging can be influenced with bribes or suck-ups. Woody would like to make something very clear: "I will not be influenced by those who mention they are owners in Durham Central Market or prominently display DCM bags or shirts!" is something that a judge might say. Woody notes that some might try to sway him by promoting his favorite cause in creative ways, and will make every effort to notice these. Woody promises that among all the contestants in the pageant, after viewing their performances, he will pick one of them.
Woody closes by reminding all beavers that when it comes to wood and brush, "Eat Local, Y'all!"


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I've been going through a lot of reflection this past year and I often find myself thinking that I just wish things were easier. Now, if you follow my blog regularly you know that I clearly like "stuff" but sometimes I truly wish it would all just go away. And life could just be simple again. And then I stop and ponder exactly when it all got so complicated. And why.
I also want one of these. And I want to use it. I want to take the time to look up a number or even memorize one (gasp). And I want to take the time to dial it. And then I want to take the time to talk. Like we used to. Remember when?


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Last week's tragedy last in Newtown, Connecticut once again brought the so-called "assault weapons" to the forefront of the gun control battle. Gun control advocates use the assault rifle as a Trojan Horse to spearhead their ultimate goal to ban all guns.
Assault rifles are hyped by gun-control advocates as having some sort of special deadly capabilities. In fact, with the exception of large magazines, they are no more deadly than many handguns, shotguns or rifles. In addition, assault rifles are heavy and hard to conceal and as a result are used in a small fraction of murders in the United States.
The Washington Examiner published a graph indicating the type of weapons used in murders in the United States for 2010. As indicated, by a huge majority the greatest number of murders is carried out with handguns. This is not by accident. Assault rifles are hard to use and conceal, making them not the gun of choice for most people with bad intent.
It would be bad enough for the attack on assault rifles to be made merely a result to lack of knowledge. However, the motive is substantially more dangerous, the Progressives' desire to totally disarm American citizens.


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(Reuters) Dario Saric scored 27 points, and Ben Simmons made big plays in the fourth quarter to help Philadelphia hold off Phoenix for a 123-110 road win Sunday at Talking Stick Resort Arena.
Simmons scored nine straight points for Philadelphia during a stretch in the fourth quarter, and JJ Redick hit a 3-pointer off an assist from Simmons that gave the 76ers a 119-108 lead with 1:31 to play.
Simmons finished with 21 points, nine rebounds and six assists, and Joel Embiid added 22 points, nine rebounds and five assists for Philadelphia. Saric made 9 of 13 shots, including four of his five 3-point tries.
The 76ers (17-19) built a big first-half lead and withstood a second-half barrage from the Suns' Devin Booker and T.J. Warren to survive. The win caps a 3-2 road trip for the Sixers, who will return home for first time since Dec. 15 to host the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday.
Booker, in his second game back after missing three weeks with a strained left adductor, scored 32 points for the Suns (14-24). Warren finished with 28 points.
The 76ers separated themselves from the Suns in the second quarter. They led by 18, 53-35, after Jerryd Bayless' layup with six minutes left in the first half.
Redick hit a pull-up jumper, and Simmons had a dunk in the final two minutes, sending Philadelphia to halftime with a comfortable 63-49 lead.
Booker got hot in the third quarter, scoring 11 points in the first five minutes after halftime and getting the Suns back in the game. He had 16 in the quarter to fuel the Phoenix comeback.
Warren also got going in the third quarter. He completed a three-point play on a dunk and free throw that capped a 20-5 run and trimmed the 76ers' lead to 81-76.
Embiid converted a three-point play, and T.J. McConnell had a bucket in the final seconds of the period to give Philadelphia a 94-92 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
The Suns will look to bounce back against the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday.


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Market Basket: Sears Hometown Store closes
There's always retail and restaurant news developing in the area, and Market Basket columnist Lincoln Wright is back with more of those updates.
Sears Hometown Store closing
S. Michigan St., South Bend
June 20
New Walkerton store
Shannon's Attic
1100 Roosevelt Road.
Tues- Friday 10 to 6
Sat. 10 to 4
Changes happening at one of the Hacienda restaurants
100 Center, Margarita Garden
Opens first week July
Seats 50
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Wisconsin is a state in the Midwest in the United States of America.
Other destinations
Wisconsin is known for its natural beauty and has a large number of state parks to visit.
Get in
Get around
Greyhound busses provide travel throughout the state, along all major cities and towns along I-43, I-45, I-90, I-94, and more, servicing among others Appleton, Brookfield, Eau Claire, Fond du lac, Green Bay, Kenosha, La Crosse, Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Racine, Steven's Point, Waukesha, Wisconsin Dells, and more.
Milwaukee has one international airport (General Mitchel). Madison and Oshkosh both have regional hubs (Dane County and Wittman Regional Airports, respectively).
There is a fast Amtrack Metro line that travels between Milwaukee and Chicago, stopping at Kenosha and Racine. There is also a regular passenger Amtrak line that effectively parallels I-94.
Noah's Ark is "America's largest Waterpark" in Wisconsin Dells. Wisconsin Dells is full of waterparks, amusement parks, shopping and shows. It also includes Tommy Bartlett's Watershow, one of the world's greatest waterski shows. Wisconsin Dells is also famous for its ducks, truck-like vehicles that can travel on land and sea that travel from lake to lake and along the rivers of "the Dells" to demonstrate the sights and nature.
Sheboygan is the home of the bratwurst and the hamburger, both of which having been invented there. The Bratwurst is a state delicacy served during summer cookouts, preferally boiled in beer prior to being grilled.
The hamburger was said to have been first served as a meatball-like product when its creator realized they stayed on the bun better if flattened. It was first sold at a Sheboygan fair. I cannot remember the name of the fair or the inventor - but I figure someone from Sheboygan could tell you.
Frozen custard is also a Wisconsin delicacy not found often outside the midwest. Frozen custard is similar to ice cream (it is NOT yogurt!). It is unique in that there is far less air in it (making it less "fluffy" and far more smooth and creamy). It contains egg, making it richer and creamier. It has an inappropriate reputation as unhealthy relative to ice cream when in fact most frozen custards have less calories, less fat and less sugar, being "less healthy" only in that it has slightly more cholesterol than ice cream.
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It does not seem like more than 2 months had passed. I have been on the looms a bit this winter. Probably the most that I have woven in a long time. All 3 looms had warps on at one time or another.
There was the Bendigo Sheep and Wool Show - Kaz and I took our looms there and had 3 days of intense fun with lots of people weaving on the Saori looms. Many of them trying it for the first time.
There was the trip to Wangaratta and Beechworth - my mum and I went for a weekend and saw the exhibitions at the Wangaratta Art Gallery and the Old School House Gallery. It was great to see those red dots next to my pieces!
There was the Olympics and I signed up for one of the challenges on Ravelry. I wove a baby blanket for a friend. Her baby girl was born last week.
There was a commission.
There was a young convert who came to weave on my loom and made her own fabric.
There was a football scarf long overdue (finals are this month and Spring is here), and I tried to make it not look like a football scarf!
There was craft camp, but that is another story.
It seems like I packed a lot into the last couple of months. Maybe the latest project on the loom is a reflection of how I feel...... a bit fragmented.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Labels: Saori, show/exhibition, weaving
7 comments:
- Meg in Nelson said...
Busy!!! And that last piece looks fantastic! A new direction for you?
- September 4, 2012 at 6:40 AM
- Kate said...
I love your weaving - so beautiful.
- September 4, 2012 at 10:59 AM
- sooz said...
That looks amazing Amanada! Glad to have shared a few of these busy months events with you :-)
- September 5, 2012 at 8:45 AM
- neki desu said...
your fragmented weaving is wonderful, very inspirational.
and it's always good news to see the youngest generation taking to weaving. thanks for your part in that.
- September 6, 2012 at 10:04 PM
WOW, I am so inspired by your work!!!
- April 21, 2013 at 10:51 AM
- Jacklyn Saunders said...
That is an amazing last piece. How did you do that?
- August 3, 2016 at 8:31 AM
- sampling said...
It is just partial overshot.
- August 7, 2016 at 12:15 PM
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"Ambience applies to the atmosphere of the surroundings, their mood or tone, and can compromise the atmosphere or background against which something is seen" ( Reed, Sanderson, 1999, p.160).
So the way I see it, atmosphere, tone and mood have substantial effects on ambience. Would I want to participate in making a pinata if my flatmate was blasting dubstep, or if my daughter was nagging me to take her to the park, or if my lounge had a smashed window creating a draft throughout the house? I THINK NOT!!
When I participate in making my pinata, it is usually just me and my daughter at home, no negative vibes in the house, no distractions, and we are both keen to get crafting. This sets the mood and creates a positive ambience :)
According to Sunderland (2010) evidence of ambience is about action, participation, production, expression and subsistence. So as an Occupational Therapist it will be important to create positive ambience for clients so that all the above can be demonstrated with an end result of people having fun and enjoying themselves.
Reed, K.L., Sanderson, S.N. (1999). Concepts on occupational therapy. USA: Lippincott & Wilkins.


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Who doesn't love a good grilled cheese?
Classic Grilled Ham & Cheese featuring Vlasic Sandwich Stackers Dill Pickles
Grilled Ham & American Cheese with Dice Red Pepper and Onion. It looks burnt, but I swear it wasn't. Sure it was a little on the done side, but it wasn't time to get out the butter knife and scrape off the burnt layer. The onion and red pepper was a nice touch.


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Apparently there is a new Die Hard movie with Bruce Willis. The trailer for this film was an orgy of male violence and of course, the token helpless female who must be saved by the machine-like homicidal manic/hero. Score 1 for the patriarchy.
The next trailer was for some movie about a dude who has the magical ability to help women find their soul mates... by fucking them. So women just throw themselves at him in the hopes that their true loves will propose. Does that not just reek of male fantasy? Desperate, hot women seeking one night stands with some douche-bag so that they can become the sexual maidservants of some other man for the rest of their lives. Score 2 for the patriarchy.
The next trailer was for Ben Stiller's new gem The Heartbreak Kid. This fella is a commitment-phobe who finally takes the plunge with a hot blonde environmentalist, only to find his true love, a hot brunette, on their honeymoon. Beyond the totally ridiculous plot this film just adds to the miasma of male cultural domination.
All of the films advertised were presented from the male perspective, with women as the incidental characters they happen to act upon.
Twisty Faster in her infinite wisdom refers to Hollywood as the patriarchy's communications department. One night at the movies proves it.


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When it comes to sending and receiving international business post, paper-based documentation still retains more credibility and generates more trust than internet-based methods of communication, as a new study commissioned by Swiss Post proves.
Conducted in late 2015, the online survey questioned a group of more than 700 Germany-based private and business clients about their preferences for receiving correspondence from the foreign companies with which they have relationships. The enduring power of the letter comes across in almost every aspect of the research, with the majority of respondents consistently saying that they value its tangible nature, which makes it harder to overlook than newer forms of communication and gives it a personal appeal that is difficult to match.


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Mission: Improve the lives of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families.
Vision: An empowered generation of veterans who provide sustainable leadership for our country and their communities.
IAVA-Texas Mission:
Provide IAVA members in Texas the support needed to reach their potential as civic leaders and models of responsible American citizenship.
IAVA-Texas will achieve this objective by providing leadership in three key areas:
- Assistance
- Providing our members a community of peers.
- Local support through IAVA "Squads" dedicated to social, service, success, or sports tracks.
- Regular events
- Linking members with resources/programs to address ongoing transition needs.
- IAVA.org.
- local resources and partner veteran service organizations (VSO).
- Providing our members a community of peers.
- Awareness
- Support IAVA national awareness campaigns.
- Increase local awareness of veterans' issues.
- Promote civic responsibility based on military core values.
- Join with other-era veterans and civilian supporters to accomplish our goal.
- Advocacy
- Support IAVA national legislative priorities at the state and local level.
- Engage public and private sector stakeholders and enlist their support.
- In word and deed, promote ideals of equal opportunity, equal liberty, and shared sacrifice.
Our nation is increasingly polarized, fragmented and partisan.
Who better to reverse this trend and set a new standard of citizenship than those who have served in uniform?
Our nation looks to us for leadership.
We stand ready to lead again.


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Children's book parodies may just be the grilled cheese trucks of the book world these days. Easy, tasty, but sometimes a little lazy, these whimsical tomes have flooded the shelves since Adam Mansbach's wildly popular 2011 hit "Go the F — to Sleep." Fans of the genre can now choose between "The Very Hungry Zombie," "Are You My Boyfriend?" and "Bi-Curious George," to name a few.
Beyond simply updating a classic, such parodies tend to take aim at some absurd dimension of modern life, whether it's the proliferation of electronic devices skewered in "Goodnight iPad" ("Good night buzzing, good night beeps, good night everybody who should be asleep") or the spousal dissatisfaction outlined in "Pat the Husband" ("Judy does her best to remember who wears the pants in her house. Can you put the pants on Paul?").
"Ella," created by comedian Mallory Kasdan and illustrated by Marcos Chin, is the latest in a long line of such books.
Ella, 6, is the modern downtown version of Eloise, the popular children's book character created by Kay Thompson in 1955. Instead of hanging out at the Plaza Hotel, Ella lives in a hip urban lodge that's more like New York's Chelsea Hotel, featuring "crumbly old brick and recycled wood beams." Instead of saluting the doorman, Ella is friendly with Maverick, a bouncer from the rooftop bar ("I'm always like 'What's up Maverick?' And he's always like 'What's up girl how you feel?'"). Instead of a nanny, Ella has a Manny with tattoo sleeves who plays guitar and makes films and — appropriately enough — "might go in with some guys to buy a grilled cheese truck."
"Jojo the Night Maid folds down our sheets and leaves us extra dark chocolate caramels with sea salt," says Ella. "She's cool like that."
With "Ella," Kasdan takes aim at the colorful trappings of the urban hipster. Where Eloise played with her pet turtle, Ella travels by scooter, loves to text, and hula hoops on the roof deck. Ella is also into drum circles, rapping, mani-pedis, and pastries from Le Petit Bakery. She starts each day with "some energizing breathwork and yoga poses." Later, "Manny grabs his guitar and starts strumming and we figure out a vibe so we can get motivated."
Making fun of urban hipsters is nothing new, of course, as demonstrated by books like "Stuff White People Like" and "So You Think You're a Hipster." And hipster kids and their supernaturally liberal parents may be an even bigger, juicier target, if the popular Twitter feed of fictional ultra-progressive preschool "Los Feliz Day Care" is any indication. (Sample tweet: "Nugget referred to Tellulah's emotional support animal as a dog, but it doesn't identify as a dog, so that's problematic.")
Unfortunately, "Ella" is less often funny than cringe-inducing. Even though Eloise's enormous wealth and snooty naiveté were a big part of the joke of that series — Eloise's mother knew Coco Chanel, often flew to Paris and would send for Eloise if there was "some sun" – translating these old references into modern ones falls a little flat. Ella's privilege just comes off as irritating: "Judith is my tutor. She has a PhD from Harvard. My mother summers with the dean." Or how about: "Sometimes I walk the red carpet like my mom. She's in the Entertainment Industry. She knows Bono." Somehow knowing Coco Chanel feels a little more quaint and adorable than talk of red carpets and Bono.
"Ella" does capture the original angst at the heart of "Eloise." Who didn't wonder as a kid why Eloise wasn't snatched away from her neglectful parents by Child Protective Services? There was always a little shadow of loneliness to Eloise's free-range, rich-girl fantasy.
Likewise, even though a little kid might love to hang out at a rooftop bar with a gaggle of bartenders ("They give me a muddling tool to muddle mint. Muddle!"), there's still something depressing about it. And fist-bumping a bouncer or "chillaxing" with a Manny aren't just faintly sad, they also foreshadow the trust-fund DJ or endowed experimental filmmaker who lies at the end of this particular hothouse rainbow.
Maybe "Ella" is unnerving mostly because it captures our current cultural moment a little too well. Plenty of kids these days seem to lie in that nowhere land between overbearing parental expectations and device-enabled neglect. Or as Ella herself puts it, "Every morning I have to take my iPad to the Desk Clerk to see what's up with the Wifi." Then a few pages later: "My mother wants me to be well-rounded so I can go to an Ivy."
In the intersection between these two statements, a certain sadness sets in. At least Eloise was fictional. Ella, though? She's everywhere.
Havrilesky is author of the memoir "Disaster Preparedness."
Mallory Kasdan, illustrated by Marcos Chin
Viking: 56 pp., $17.99, ages 5 and up


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Hope everyone had a great National Scrapbooking Day! Thanks to the fab people at Big Picture Classes, I know I sure did. Taking part in their challenges, hosting my very first live chat, and visiting with scrapbookers from all over the world was a wonderful experience. Later that night, I even had a chance to pop into one of the chats that Studio Calico was hosting. Those girls are "cray-cray"! Love them!
Anyway, I completed three layouts during the day, and thought I'd share them with you all here.
I made this layout for Lisa Day's sketch challenge and, yes, I totally combined challenges and worked in some banners for Suzy and a bit of very, very simple doodling for Mou.
Loving My Small but Awesome Family recipe: Patterned paper: Kaisercraft and Sassafras; Stickers: Crate Paper and Sassafras; Buttons: Crate Paper; Rub-ons: Hambly Screen Prints; Ribbon: My Mind's Eye; Netting: Webster's Pages; Pen: American Crafts; Adhesive: Tombow; Other: Cardstock.
The next layout is one that I did for Cindy's woodgrain challenge. I've been wanting to scrapbook this for a long time, but I took the photos on my phone in a very dark room…. So, yeah, the pictures suck. Who cares, right?
A Night at Studio D recipe: Patterned paper: Crate Paper, Lily Bee Design, Sassafras, and Studio Calico; Stickers: American Crafts, Crate Paper, Sassafras, and Studio Calico; Ribbon: My Mind's Eye; Pen: American Crafts; Adhesive: Tombow.
And finally, I made this last layout for the "Think Outside the Box" challenge, which involved extending your layout's lines past the edge of the page. Love this! I used bright wavy lines to visually extend the ocean in my photo (matted on fabric and tissue paper from the challenge that I hosted). The photo is of my friend Christine during one of our many Florida business trips.
Florida in January recipe: Patterned paper: BasicGrey and Sassafras; Flashcard: Pink Paislee; Stickers: Cosmo Cricket and Sassafras; Buttons: Crate Paper; Tissue paper: Studio Calico; Pen: American Crafts; Adhesive: Tombow; Other: Fabric.
Happy Mother's Day to all of you out there with kids!


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Lodha PlaceMicrosoft Surface application for various real state properties of lodha group including the tallest residential towers- 'Worldone'.Ideation and Information architecture for the system flow as the application was more content driven.Concept development and visual designs for entire system flow.
Compositing content to generate videos for attract modes in application.
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Myoko Snow Report 8 January 2016
Current Conditions
Clear morning with very light wind. Cool overnight and with a bit of ice around on the roads this morning. It snowed into yesterday evening so there should be fresh up on the mountain. Temperature was -0.5 outside Red Warehouse in Akakura this morning. The small low pressure cell that was forecast to give us a temperature spike today looks like it may not develop as strongly as expected so fingers crossed it stays cold today ahead of more snow tonight and later in the weekend. It'll be a great morning out on the hill. Get out there.
24 Hour Recap
It started snowing before dawn in Myoko yesterday and it continued dumping all day. In all we probably got around 20-25cm. From all reports it was a fun day at Akakan and Madarao. Shiga Kogen also got some much-needed snow, and you'd assume the same for Nozawa. The snow cleared up in Myoko late evening but there's more on the way tonight.
Today's Picks
It should be a great morning on the mountain. Groomers will be good with some fresh snow. Still probably too early to hit the trees, but the snow should be in good condition. Get up there and have fun!
A couple of shots from this morning:
Weather Outlook
We're back in a northerly airflow and we've got some snow on the ground. These are good things. Even better is that the temperature looks like it'll stay reasonably low through today ahead of good snowfall tonight. Things should stay cold right through into next week. With another good dump expected Sunday night through Monday, next week is looking really good.
7 Day Outlook for Akakura Onsen Mountain Base, from meteoblue.
Mid-mountain forecast for the next few days:
Image: snow-forecast.com
Current snow and weather conditions in Myoko now:
24 Hr Snow Fall: 20cm
Current Snow Depth at Akakura Onsen base: 70cm.
Current Snow Conditions: A bit of fresh from late yesterday, groomers should be really good this morning.
Current temperature at base: -0.5 degrees @ 7am (Akakura)
Current Weather: Clear morning, may warm up through the day ahead of new snow tonight.
Current Visibility: Excellent.
Don't forget to keep up with the snow progress via our Myoko webcams.
Current Snow Depth at Base:
- Akakura Onsen – Open. Base 70cm
- Akakan – Open. Base 90cm
- Ikenotaira – Open. Base 50cm
- Suginohara – Open. Base 45cm
- Seki Onsen – Open. Base 130cm
- Tangram – Open. Base 70cm
- Madarao Kogen – Open. Base 70cm
Don't forget! Got a great Myoko ski video from this season that you'd like to share? Or would you like to show yourself off at The Daily Flake to the world by presenting a guest Myoko snow report? Upload your best efforts and then contact us with the details! Note: We are not a fan of 5 minutes of polecam face shots. Sorry, we prefer something a little more creative.
The Daily Myoko Kogen Snow Report is proudly presented by Myoko Snowsports, Red Warehouse Myoko and The Daily Flake
Myoko Snow Report 8 January 2016


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By MIKE HUFFMAN
Managing Editor
The city of Spokane Valley is getting close to inking a deal with SCRAPS for animal control – and is prepared to go forward with or without the city of Spokane.
Still, there are a few niggling details that must be worked out before a contract receives final approval by the City Council.
Spokane Valley has contracted with Spokane County Regional
Animal Control Service since incorporation in 2003.
At Tuesday night's study session, Morgan Koudelka, senior administrative analyst, walked council members through the proposed 20-year pact, which proposes that – if a new, much-needed animal shelter is purchased – that if the county terminates the agreement prior to the expiration of the useful life of the facility, the county would refund the city's unused portion of debt service costs and no depreciation or building use fees would be charged to the city.
Annual debt service costs will be $45,000 over the course of the contract. Operating cost in 2014 is set at $242,081, and subsequent costs would be determined by county commissioners based on the recommendation from a newly formed Regional Animal Control Advisory Board.
While county officials have yet to sign off on the deal, they have agreed to make sure Spokane Valley's costs remain the same whether the city of Spokane agrees or disagrees to join in a regional partnership for animal control.
Mayor Tom Towey was not present for Tuesday's meeting, but on Monday stated, "I think we've got a good contract that would benefit the citizens."
In September, the council agreed to pursue the long-term partnership with SCRAPS after looking at other options, including contracting with the city of Spokane's current animal-control provider, SpokAnimal.
Koudelka said that he believes Spokane is close to making a decision on animal control for future years, but Spokane Valley will be OK financially if its neighbor to the west sticks with its current contractor.
"We think it will work with or without Spokane," he said.
Council Member Arne Woodard asked whether services provided by SCRAPS would increase or decrease under the new contract.
Koudelka said hours would be expanded to seven days a week. He added that, if Spokane also joins the regional partnership, donations and added pet licenses could help drive future costs down.
"There are potential benefits," he said.
Council members agreed they are ready to sign a contract, if county officials agree.
"I think we need to move forward," said Council Member Dean Grafos.


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Sunday, March 18, 2012
More Nature Babies
The digi image is from Nature Babies 2 from Angel's Landing and the sentiment is from my MFT Essential Sentiments clear set. The main panel is up on foam tape and the punched sentiment is up on a second layer of foam. The animals were colored with Copics and I added the grass by hand. The Copics I used were G20, YG03, YG63, YG67, E31, E41, E42, E43, E51, W1, W3, W5, and W7. The layout is Sweet Sunday Sketch #154. Papers are On the Bright Side-Two by My Mind's Eye.
So how's your weekend? We went to see The Lorax (cuuuute!) yesterday and today Kara is having one of her friend's over for a play date. I plan to watch the race in the kitchen while I get some food prepped for the week (salads, hard boiled eggs, etc....we're starting a new diet this week so I just need to have stuff ready to grab and snack on).
Have a great Sunday!
26 comments:
- marilynwillauer said...
You are an artist, your coloring is absolutely beautiful. This is an adorable card. Love the layout, ribbons, cute, cute, cute!!
- March 18, 2012 at 11:51 AM
- Pet73 said...
Such a pretty card!
- March 18, 2012 at 11:55 AM
- Dawn Easton said...
Fabulous colouring my friend! Their faces are precious!!!!
Enjoy your day cooking and watching the race!
- March 18, 2012 at 12:04 PM
- Marisa said...
Spring babies are adorable and love the bit of lace and twine. Is it the "royal we" on the diet or just you ;) What you doing for it?
- March 18, 2012 at 2:39 PM
- Riet said...
What a beautiful card Denise.
Hugs Riet.xx
- March 18, 2012 at 3:27 PM
- Cathy A said...
Denise this is so cute, the colouring is fabulous
- March 18, 2012 at 3:29 PM
- Tosha Leyendekker said...
What a sweet card Denise! Your coloring is fabulous, and that image is just darling!!
- March 18, 2012 at 4:04 PM
- Anne-Marie said...
Love baby anythings...and these two are soooo sweet....love the way you coloured 'em up, and all the detail you put in there!
- March 18, 2012 at 4:12 PM
- Pauline said...
Denise, this is so adorable. Your colouring is fabulous! Papers are so pretty and love your layout!
- March 18, 2012 at 4:18 PM
- Joanne (jojot) said...
pure sweetness
- March 18, 2012 at 5:22 PM
- Carol Maynard said...
Oh another really CUTE card! Omgosh.... I just LOVE them!!!
- March 18, 2012 at 6:11 PM
- Carol L said...
These are the cutest little guys! Love this card!
Pssst.....check my St Patrick's day post and see the little gift you almost got :)
- March 18, 2012 at 7:22 PM
- JD said...
This is adorable! Beautiful Coloring.
- March 18, 2012 at 8:24 PM
- ~ Jo ~ said...
absolutey gorgeous! Love your coloring and if I may ask... how did you create the grass? Beautiful!
- March 19, 2012 at 4:20 AM
Oh, I agree with you - I love the raccoon! You did a fabulous job coloring as always! Love all the cards you've posted lately. I don't always comment, but I always look! TFS Hugs!!
- March 19, 2012 at 8:32 AM
- Jodi Collins aka Kharmagirl said...
Awww! So adorable Denise! LOVE these sweet little critters!!!
- March 19, 2012 at 12:42 PM
- Elizabeth Allan said...
Denise you captured the colors of Nature's critters with such exact precision!
- March 19, 2012 at 1:39 PM
- Tracie said...
I love these animals. I went and purchased these also. Can't wait to color them and make them in to cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
- March 19, 2012 at 6:02 PM
- Amy Johnson said...
This is such a sweet card! I love the images and papers you used!
- March 19, 2012 at 7:42 PM
This card is just gorgeous Denise - i love all your cards - your clean crisp style - is inspirational - i just love all of them - but adore this one - i too just love the racoon. Gorgeous.
- March 19, 2012 at 8:38 PM
- Sue from Oregon said...
Wow...what gorgeous coloring on this image! Love those critters!
- March 19, 2012 at 11:00 PM
- dpkennedy said...
Wow, that is some amazing coloring! This is absolutely adorable!
- March 21, 2012 at 7:11 PM
- Niki Estes said...
Oh my goodness, Denise, this is absolutely adorable! What a cute image and your coloring is beautiful!
- March 25, 2012 at 11:16 AM
- Shannon White said...
OMGoodness Miss Denise! This is Soo Adorable! Love your Darling image and your Coloring is Fabulous Lady!
- March 27, 2012 at 6:43 AM
- Marie B. said...
Hey, congrats on being selected as Karen Giron's Sunday Stamper! You deserve it! :)
- April 4, 2012 at 8:35 PM
- Andrea L - EnchantINK said...
Another beauty. Such a peaceful little scene .... with perfect colour choice! Hugs xxx
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This one gave me a lot of trouble around the face, especially the lips. The head also had a bald spot that I had to fix with a hair transplant :0
All in all I am quite happy with it :)
He is tanned and 'stuffed' with a clay and foam head, taxidermy glass eyes, teddy bear stuffing in the neck and legs and 'beans' for the body. He is slightly pose-able (I would say 'manipulable').
Also, here is the WIP head for the second commissioned stoat! I feel it's an improvement :D
No, the pins are not for some weird voodoo ritual. They keep the skin in place and such while the clay and skin dry :)
I also tried to mount some mice and moles, but the furslip on all of them was too bad but ONE mouse. He has a little behind his ear but hopefully it will look fine once dry. I have another 5 mice in the freezer so it's not the end of the world, but still :(


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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell On the Democrats' Refusal To Hold MoveOn.org Accountable.
HH: Now we turn to Capitol Hill, and we're pleased to welcome back the Republican leader in the United States Senate, Mitch McConnell. Senator McConnell, always a pleasure, thanks for joining us.
MM: Glad to be with you.
HH: The attack by MoveOn.org yesterday on General Petraeus represents sort of a new low in American politics, in my view. Are your Democratic colleagues ashamed by this?
MM: Well, they should be. I've been asking them all day, beginning this morning on the floor of the Senate, will anybody step forward and protect the reputation of the Democratic Party by denouncing this organization which claims to have so much sway with the Democrats. You know, they…one of their organizers a couple of years ago said, and this is a quote, "Now it's our party, we bought it, we own it, and we're going to take it back." And in a New York Times profile on MoveOn and the vast left wing conspiracy which you may well have been discussing today with your listeners, just two days ago in the Sunday New York Times magazine section, this guy Matzzie, who is the head of MoveOn, says that he meets with Reid and Pelosi once a month and talks to their staff on virtually a daily basis. You may recall, Hugh, that the last time we had our Iraq votes back in July, MoveOn.org was out here on the Capitol grounds, basically a rally. Look, the Democratic leadership is in cahoots with this group, and so far, at least, I'd have to say, I guess they condone, because nobody's been willing to denounce it so far, this outrageous ad basically accusing General Petraeus of being, I guess, a traitor, because it says General betray us, an outrageous attack on an outstanding general. It's astonishing the depths to which the Congressional Democrats seem to have fallen.
HH: This presents a unique problem for those members of the Senate who would be the commander-in-chief, because it's an attack on the American military in the form of the commander on the ground in Iraq. Has Senator Clinton or Senator Obama, both declared candidates for the presidency, who want to command General Petraeus, stepped up to say anything about this on the floor of the Senate, or in any hearing?
MM: If they've said anything today, I'm unaware of it. We're going to continue to call on them to denounce this ad. We will offer amendments on the floor seeking to try to get votes on a resolution condemning this ad. Look, you can have a civil discussions about policy differences on the Iraq war without condoning this kind of outrageous left wing attack on our leading general's patriotism, which is, I mean, it's absurd on its face, but it's really outrageous to think that even these crazy left wingers think that General Petraeus is not a patriot.
HH: It occurs to me as well that you've got…Senator Biden is the chairman of the committee, also wants to be president, and Senator Dodd. Have either of those two stepped up today to say anything?
MM: If they've said anything, I've not heard it.
HH: Now a number of Democrats are running for reelection, Mary Landrieu in Louisiana, Tim Johnson, South Dakota, glad to see that he's back and starting to carry out his duties in the Senate again, and wish him continued recovery. Have any of them up for reelection, who may be accepting money from MoveOn.org, said anything? Has anyone said anything today?
MM: Well, if they have, I haven't heard it, but it's not going to be a one day story, Hugh. I assure you, we're going to continue to press Democrats both collectively and individually to denounce this ad. I think this organization is ruining the reputation of the Democratic Party. They ought to want to protect their reputation rather than have an organization which claims it controls them, which claims its meeting with their leaders periodically, which claims its talking to their leadership staff every day, the assumption you get from all that is that this is quite coordinated. Do they or don't they?
HH: My co-blogger, Dean Barnett, said today that a Democratic Senator not named had hoped that attacks on Petraeus would come from the groups. Had you heard that report as well?
MM: Yeah, there was an article in the Politico, one of the Capitol Hill newspapers, quoting some nameless Democratic Senator saying no one wants to call Petraeus a liar on national TV. The expectation is that the outside groups will do this for us. Well, they just did yesterday.
HH: Well, let's turn then to the actual Petraeus testimony, and the testimony of Ambassador Crocker as well. Some in the media are speculating that some Republicans were ready to defect. What's your sense of your caucus that you lead as to whether or not there is still forty firm votes for defending the President's and the General's policy here?
MM: I'm optimistic. I think our members feel that the General has basically laid out a way forward here. They're pleased that the mission has been so successful that there can be some drawdown of troops, even this calendar year. Most of our members, I think, also are beginning to think beyond the current surge in Iraq to what our end game ought to be, and I can give you my view. I don't know whether it's the majority view yet, but my view is that we need a long term deployment in the Middle East at some level. If you're looking for an analogy, maybe similar to South Korea where you had a long term deployment in the area, and not necessarily involved in combat routinely, but in the neighborhood, and we need to be in the neighborhood for two reasons. Al Qaeda and Iran. And I think we need to be thinking beyond the surge to our long term interests in the Middle East. I think having an American presence in the area would be comforting to our Sunni Arab allies like the Egyptians, the Saudis and the Jordanians. We know it would be soothing to the Israelis. And also, it gives us the operational capability to go after Iraq, to go after al Qaeda where they are. And I think on the anniversary of 9/11, it's important to remember we haven't been attacked again here in six years. That's been the result of getting on offense. And I hope Americans remember that they were very much at war with us before we went to war with them. They tried to blow up the World Trade Centers in '93, tried to, they did blow up our Embassies in East Africa in the mid-90's, and blew a big hole out of the U.S.S. Cole in 2000 and killed 17 sailors, and then of course killed 3,000 Americans six years ago today. Since we've been at war with them, not a single successful attack on the homeland. I'd call that a big success.
HH: Senator McConnell, George W. Bush has now been President at war, a hot war, a shooting war with American lives being lost, and soldiers, sailors airmen and Marines being wounded, longer than any president in American history. Do you sense, when you meet with him, any lessening of his resolve to continue the policies he has set about the Bush doctrine from the beginning of this war on 9/11?
MM: No, I don't think so. I do think that the strategy in Iraq will evolve, as General Petraeus has laid out. But as the President said shortly after 9/11, we're not likely to have one single day where we can have a ticker tape parade down Broadway and say that the war on terror is over. This is a long term struggle, it's going to test our metal as a country, and I hope that people who believe that we'll be safer here at home by giving up and coming home are never in the position to implement that kind of policy, because I guarantee you, America will be substantially less safe here at home if we simply give up and come home, and discontinue the policy of taking it to the enemy.
HH: In the six years since 9/11, Senator McConnell, I watched yesterday these Congressmen ask really inane questions, and some of your colleagues did it again today of General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker. Do they read, do the people that you work with on both sides of the aisle, inform themselves about the nature of the enemy and the war? Do they work at this the way I thought they would?
MM: It makes you wonder, doesn't it? I mean, when you've got Osama bin Laden sending out tapes indicating that Iraq is important to him, how can they continue with a straight face to make the argument that terrorists are only in Afghanistan, or terrorists are only in Pakistan. That's nonsense. It's demonstrably false that terrorists are confined to one particular area. Remember, they used to be in East Africa. Maybe some are still in East Africa, before they moved to Afghanistan. And now, they're in Iraq. This is a mobile, international gang, loosely affiliated, that needs to be confronted, because there's nobody to negotiate with. I mean, there's no way to have a peace agreement with these people. They want to kill us.
HH: Your colleague, Senator Schumer, actually admitted that al Qaeda was in Iraq last week when he was slagging on the American military. But I mean in terms of do they convene experts? Do they sit down and try and figure out how to turn the tide in the world of Islam against the Salafist extreme?
MM: No, I think this is all about the next election, Hugh. I think they correctly concluded that the Iraq war was the principal reason they got elected to the majority last November. I think that is the case. And they want to have another election about the war. I think that trumps everything else with them. What we've seen this year is all politics, all the time. The election never stopped. It was last November, but it just continued. I think frankly, that's one of the principal reasons they're sitting on an 18% approval rating, the lowest Congressional approval rating since the House banking scandal twenty years ago, because they just never turned off the campaign. I mean, everything is about scoring points, minimal interest in having any kind of bipartisan solutions to the big problems that confront the country domestically, like Social Security. It's just all politics, all the time. I don't think it's going to work for them. I think they have foolishly thrown away whatever limited mandate they may have had in the wake of last November's election, and manage to really get themselves in the Guinness Book of Records for dropping farther faster than any new majority in American history.
HH: Hope you're right. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, thanks for joining us on 9/11.
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White Dome Geyser
6 comments:
- AK said...
All the best Leslie for your thesis. Requires a lot of energy to do simultaneous tasks and that too to do them well. This work is fabulous.
- July 19, 2013 at 3:57 AM
- Sadami said...
Hi, Leslie, I hope your thesis will go well. Writing requires huge energy. Go, Leslie!!
Best wishes, Sadami
- July 19, 2013 at 4:55 AM
- Leslie Redhead Watercolors said...
Thank you Asit and Sadami! Your encouraging words keep me going.
- July 19, 2013 at 6:59 AM
- Studio at the Farm said...
Hi Leslie! You really have captured the starkness of some of Yellowstone's landscape here. I hope "school" is going well. Good luck with your thesis!!!
- July 19, 2013 at 7:33 AM
- RH Carpenter said...
Having been lucky enough to see Yellowstone and the surrounding area, I am thrilled to see you capture the sights in watercolor (much better than I did at the time!). Good luck on your thesis!!
- July 21, 2013 at 7:02 AM
- Leslie Redhead Watercolors said...
Thank you Kathryn and Rhonda. It looks like my thesis will be published into a book with all the Yellowstone paintings.
- July 21, 2013 at 9:31 AM


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Not only did Arrivals, Departures and the Adventures In-between make me think critically about my third culture experience, but it also helped me understand the roots of my emotions and my reactions to change. As a TCK, I highly recommend this book to other third culture kids, as well as any parent, family member, or friend who desires to better understand and support TCKs.
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Hi this is Brian Wiklendt. I'm lead counsel at Garfinkel Schwartz. And I'm coming to you today from our Maitland Florida offices, we also have offices on the Space Coast of Florida which is in Cocoa Beach.
Today I'm going to talk to you about finding a First Choice Doctor if you are going overseas as a civilian contractors under government contracts, and are on the way there.
It's your right to choose your physician and is offered to you through a form called an LS-1 that you can download from the U.S. Department of Labor. Watch our video called, "Before You Leave Find First Choice Doctor" on the Garfinkel Schwartz YouTube channel.
What you might not know is that if you're injured overseas, your doctor is going to be covered by the Defense Base Act. Not many people even are told or know that.
However my advice to them is during the process of your checklist in terms of getting ready to go overseas whether that's Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Africa, wherever, just prepare that you may get injured there.
Your Right to Choose a Doctor
And when I say prepare I mean the first thing I would do is call me of course.
Just to make sure you have someone on call an attorney on call if you do get injured and your employer starts doing things that they probably shouldn't be doing it's always nice to have someone on call. It's free under the act.
So I have plenty of clients on call that I monitor just in case something bad happens to them.
First Choice Physician
Number two would be that it is under the defense base act you have a doctor of your own choosing it's called a First Choice Physician.
That's actually a form you would file with the Department of Labor it's called an LS-1 form and one it's probably being one of the first forms that would be filled out by you.
Of course most people don't know anything about this and when they get injured they get sent somewhere say like Germany or Dubai to a hospital.
And someone comes in or someone calls and talks to them and says I'm going to be your case manager or your caseworker or adjuster or whatever they call themselves and they send you to wherever they want.
They say where do you live? Let's try to get you treated here or there. Go to this doctor go to that doctor and just follow their advice. Well those are doctors that are chosen by the insurance company.
You have the right under this law which is relatively rare in terms federal laws that you don't have to say "OK, I'll just go to wherever you tell me to."
If You're Injured, YOU Choose Your Doctor
You can go to a doctor of your own choosing.
So what I would do if I were you and I was getting ready on my checklist to get my tennis shoes ready and all my gear ready I would also say, "hey why don't I call some doctors and some people in case I get hurt over there in my hometown or at least have my family do that so that if I do get injured I do get a choice."
And you can say to the hospital, the doctors, the insurance company if you are hurt: "hey wait a minute, I don't want to go to Landstihl Hospital in Germany because of my back injury. I want to go to my doctor in Houston that I have already pre-chosen. Just give me the form and I'm just going to put his name on there.
"And I want you to go and I want you to pay for the evaluation for the doctor of my own choosing."
Defense Base Act Law Protects You, Your Choices
The law allows you to do that but insurance companies don't want you to know that so it really would be good if you did have a plethora of doctors an orthopedic surgeon in mind.
I'm not saying think the worst good luck out there but if something does happen you should be prepared just as much as you're prepared to go out in the field.
And that's one thing that would really help out that you know your rights ahead of time if you get injured you already know where you're going to go.
You tell everyone I want a plane ticket to this place my hometown and I want an opening as soon as they have an appointment ready for me.
So 15 hours later, once you get back here you already know there are things in place you're going to a doctor that you're comfortable with that's comfortable with the insurance, that's comfortable with dealing with AIG, and CNA and all the other insurance companies that you know will be a neutral person that will be a treating person on your behalf that will tell you exactly what's wrong with you. And how long you're going to have to be out of work and then set a regimen for you as to what should happen next.
Instead of I'm not going to say that all doctors are like this I'm just saying that some that I've seen in my experiences tend to the ones that are on an insurance company list are going to try to get you back to work as fast as humanly possible without giving you expensive testing like TBI Traumatic Brain Injury type testing in case you hit your head or neurological testing if there's something really going on with your spine they try to minimize whatever they can do and they say, "OK, he's ready to go back to work when you may or may not be ready. So it's good to have a doctor of your own choosing.
It's called your First Choice Physician under the Defense Base Act.
So good luck, good luck in your endeavors. I hope you're all right, I hope you do well. I hope you get back safely and soon and thank you for serving our country.
So again Brian Wiklendt signing out from the Maitland office of Garfinkel Schwartz thank you very much for your time.


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Last week, for my Tuesday Ten and in honor of Father's Day, I posted a list of things I learned from my dad. However, I most certainly do not want to overlook my wonderful hubby who is a fantastic dad to our three girls. So it may be a couple days late, but for this week's Tuesday Ten, I enlisted the help of my girls.
READ MORE: Things Your Dad Wants For Father's Day
I asked them to tell me some things that makes their dad a great dad. Here's what they came up with:
Ten Things That Make Our Dad Great
from Rachel (10), Megan (8), & Emily (5)
1. He is silly and he makes us laugh. But, he knows when to be serious, too. (Rachel)
2. He disciplines us when we need it, but he's not mean. (Rachel)
3. He is easy to talk to because he is laid back about our problems. He helps us see which problems are big ones and which ones are not such a big deal. (Rachel)
4. He is good at math and helps us understand it. Science, too. (Rachel & Megan)
5. He is really smart. (Emily)
6. He helps us when we need help. (Emily)
7. He is cuddly like a big teddy bear and I like to snuggle with him. (Emily)
8. He is encouraging. He encourages us to try new things and to do our best. (Megan)
9. He is hardworking. He works really hard so we have plenty of money for food and the other stuff we need. (Megan)
10. He is awesome! (Megan) (Yep! I'd say that pretty much sums it up!)
READ MORE: Father's Day Memories From What The Flicka
Happy Father's Day!
Thanks for all you do! We love you!
This post was originally featured on Lisa's blog, The Golden Spoons. Photo via.


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BOSTON (CBS) – The New Jersey State Police have charged four people in connection with a fight that took place after the Patriots-Jets game at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
Police say 25-year-old Amanda McDowell of Marlborough, Mass. and 26-year-old Jaclyn Nugent of Boston were seen kicking and punching 38-year-old Kurt Paschke of New York.
Shortly after, Paschke punched Nugent in the face. Another Boston man, 28-year-old David James Sacco, then struck Paschke in the face.
The fight happened on the 100 concourse level of the stadium at about 4:30pm, shortly after the Jets beat the Patriots 30-27 in overtime. The fight was captured on video and quickly went viral.
MacDowell, Nugent, Sacco and Paschke were charged with Simple Assault and Disorderly Conduct. They will face a court appearance at East Rutherford Municipal Court.


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text: BOSTON, Jan. 3, 2006 – A Suffolk Superior Court judge today convicted a Mattapan man who tried to kill four Boston police officers on New Year's Day three years ago to more than three decades – and potentially more than four – in state prison.JERMAINE JABAR BERRY, 23, was sentenced to an aggregate of 31-43 years in prison. Judge Raymond J. Brassard this afternoon sentenced Berry to four consecutive state prison sentences for each count of assault with intent to kill for which he was convicted last month – once count for each officer whom Berry fired a .357 revolver at on the early morning of Jan. 1, 2003. Judge Brassard also added consecutive sentences for Berry's convictions for pointing the gun at a friend of his mother's inside his house – the incident that prompted the police response to the 76 Radcliffe St. home – and for illegal possession of a firearm. The series of consecutive sentences added up to the aggregate prison total, which was less than the 40-50 years recommended by the office of Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley but more than the 20 years requested by defense counsel. Additionally, Brassard ordered Berry to serve 15 years' probation upon completion of his prison term, a condition that was recommended by prosecutor David Meier. Jurors on Dec. 22 convicted Berry of shooting Sgt. Charles Byrne and Patrolman Robert Welby, and of shooting at Patrolmen Robert Cappucci and Dennis Cogavin, after they responded to his home at approximately 5:30 a.m. on New Year's Day 2003. Berry was convicted of 14 counts in all for the assaults on the officers and on two civilians whom he threatened with a gun because they were arguing in his house. Three of the officers – Byrne, Welby, and Cappucci – gave victim impact statements at today's hearing, as did the wives of Byrne and Welby. Byrne and Welby told about the suffering and anxiety their families endured as a result of the shootings, and said they both had to leave the jobs they wanted to do all their lives because of the injuries they sustained. They asked Brassard to give Berry a lengthy sentence, as did Cappucci, who urged the judge to send a message with a lengthy sentence that might hopefully deter other young people who commit acts of violence with guns in Boston.


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4P: Gil Hova's response to National Game Design Month (NaGaDeMon)
I suspect many people have heard of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) - a sort of challenge to get writers writing, with the goal of getting 5000 words written in the month of November. It's a pretty cool idea, and though I'm not a writer, I know a couple of people who seem to have benefitted from that challenge.
Since I'm a member of another creative community, it did not surprise me to see people making a similar challenge for game design with NaGaDeMon (National Game Design Month), which incidentally has a very apt abbreviation, as a Naga Demon is a snake-beast from fantasy role playing games :)
The stated purpose of NaGaDeMon is:
There are people who are interested in games and might like design, and NaGaDeMon is a pretty neat challenge to encourage those people to get their feet wet. I happen to do this all the time, so it's not very pressing for me to dedicate any particular month to it.
My friend Gil Hova had an issue with the whole idea though. In this post on his blog, Gil describes how the idea of focusing on components and rules and only playing a game once is not the correct focus. He says that ideas are a dime a dozen, and the real work of game design is in the iteration from playtest to playtest, honing a game from that initial draft to a final, full fledged game.
I agree with him 100%, and I recommend all amateur game designers check out his post about 4P, where Gil issues a different challenge - playtest the same game 4 times in the month of January, incorporating feedback between each playtest.
As I mentioned, I do this sort of thing all the time, but every designer could probably use more playtesting! As it happens, I have a brand new design that I have started working on. So when Gil started posting about his 2nd annual 4P challenge again, I figured I might as well participate.
I got started about a week early for the official 4P challenge, but so far I've had 3 full playtests of The Pony Express, making changes each time. So far I think the progress has been good. At this point the next major change I need to make is to redesign the board, which I think will fix several issues I see in the game.
I guess that gives me 4 more weeks to design a new board and test again!


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Technonatural - Gossamer Fog - London
30 July – 11 September 2016
Private View & Gallery Launch 29th July 6 - 9pm
Please join us for the launch of Gossamer Fog, a new gallery in the heart of Deptford, South East London. We launch with the inaugural show 'Technonatural' which will be opening to coincide with South London Art Map's Last Fridays.
Samuel Capps, Diane Edwards, James Irwin, Ben Skea, Robin Tarbet


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Fans from across the world will have unprecedented access to the 93rd Running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Brought to you by Gran Turismo thanks to a new partnership with automotive entertainment giant, GTChannel. The PPIHC and GTChannel will work together to provide and promote a collection of current and historic race footage from one of the most iconic and exciting races in the world.
GTChannel was formed in 2010 as a way for automotive enthusiasts from around the world to have access to the latest video content from all aspects of the automotive world. GTChannel is more than a YouTube channel; it is a meeting place and community for lovers of all things motorized. Since the launch of the GTChannel Multi-Channel Network (MCN), they have accumulated over 2,500,000 subscribers and 835,000,000 views.
With an online platform as well established as GTChannel, the PPIHC expects to greatly increase the exposure for the race, and competitors. GTChannel has an extensive and proven background in elevating the content of their partner channels, and the PPIHC is excited to expose our event to millions of fans across the globe interested in seeing footage from one of the most challenging events in existence.
"We have been fans of GTChannel for several years and are excited to work with them going forward," said Tom Osborne, PPIHC Chairman. "Pikes Peak provides one of the most beautiful backdrops for an automotive race in the world, and we are excited that GTChannel will help us deliver that content to the millions of fans who want to see more."
For the first time ever, 2015 competitor in-car footage will be available to the public minutes after each competitor cross the Finish Line through the Official PPIHC YouTube Channel. This format, along with promotion across the GTChannel network, will allow fans to follow the exciting race footage and their favorite competitors – free and on-demand.
"Pikes Peak is one the world's premiere and iconic race events." said Taro Koki, Founder and President of GTChannel, "It's a race that combines adrenaline rushing speeds, a one of kind local, and spawns the best and brightest motorsports minds to conquer the course. GTChannel is thrilled to join forces with PPIHC to introduce a new worldwide audience, and fulfill current fans and enthusiast who seek a more interactive and real-time experience."
The 93rd Running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Brought to you by Gran Turismo will take place on Sunday, June 28th, 2015. Registration for the 2015 event is already underway, and excitement is at an all-time high. Tickets will go on sale in December, and hotel rooms are already booking up fast! For more information on tickets and where to stay, please visit PPIHC.com.
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I was especially excited to see Marianne's quilt. This quilt is called "Bear Tracks" and it was a class I taught back in 2002.
It may have taken twelve years to get it done, but it sure is awesome! Don't you think? Woo hoo! Great job girlfriend!
Bonnie is such a fun lady. Here she is showing off her heart bargello quilt. Her shirt and her shoes even matched her quilt!
Lea wowed us all with this quilt by Crabapple Hill.
This is Lea. :) Check out the writing in the borders. Lea is a long armer and this quilt is beautifully quilted.
In addition, I was blown away by all the hand stitchery she did. Incredible!
Sandy brought these two quilts. They make me want to take a nap under them on my back porch!
Carolyn showed us her Peanuts quilt. I love it! Oh and her son is the Godzilla movie! How cool is that!
Barbara finishes us out with a quilt for kiddo's, a matching pillow and some fun trees!
I must also mention that Lori didn't have a quilt show and tell, but she did have "Puppy Cam!" Lori is just the sweetest lady! She adopted a dog from the pound and then found out it was pregnant!!! She and her husband decided to keep her and let her have the puppies. She shared "Puppy Cam" on her phone, of 6 adorable little ones. I thought I was going to pass out from all the cuteness. Light, love and giant hugs to Lori for being such beautiful human being. She is my kinda friend for sure!
I hope you enjoyed the show and tell from my guild meeting. Do you belong to a guild?
See you back here on Wednesday for the next project in the "Fellowship of the Flowers."
Michelle and the Bunnies


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Note: Though these topics are suggested by non-Catholic authors, they provide springboards of opportunity for Catholic preachers [within Eucharistic homilies or in other Catholic settings] to build and convey the fullness of our tradition while inviting individuals to initial stages of conversion, discipleship, or inspiring curiosity.
List of Topics, Idea Prompts, Suggestions, Etc.
From Paul Johns in The Future of Preaching (Geoffrey Stevenson, Editor)
Theology of institutional power: "governments and corporations—provide much of our news now. A theology 'the powers' understands them to be both spiritual and material" (p. 106)
Popular culture: "the need is not for a theology that stuffily dismisses popular culture as inherently opposed to Christ, nor for one that trendily embraces it, determined to find something of Christ in everything. The need is for a theology of critical engagement…This is one that acknowledges in cultural life a deep ambiguity (p. 107)
Dislocation: "the reality we thought we knew and within which we felt secure changes, and seems to leave us stranded. It may be sudden, like a natural disaster, or the crash of a bank, or the announcement of massive redundancy [layoffs]. It may be gradual like the process of global warming, or the slow but nonetheless troubling transformation of a monocultural neighborurhood into a multicultural one. It is the experience of familiar landmarks disappearing, reality as I have known it changing and pitching me into uncertainty" (p. 107-108)
From Larry Moyer's Show Me How to Preach Evangelistic Sermons (p. 69-73, 81-87)
- Book of John
- Passages that answers specific questions non-Christians are asking
- Passages that answer provocative questions of interest to non-Christians (i.e. How many of the 10 Commandments do we have to keep to get to heaven?)
- Select passages that deal with objections non-Christians have 87
- Family, money, loneliness, peace of mind, living after divorce/hurt, coping with pain disappointment, living a purposeful life, etc.
- Responses when confronted with a crisis or emergency that attracts local or national attention
- Response to a moral issue
- Aspects of popular understandings of Christianity (i.e. movies like The Passion of Christ or The Da Vinci Code)
From Ramesh Richard's Preparing Evangelistic Sermons: A Seven-Step Method for Preaching Salvation
Universal spiritual needs that lend themselves to audience-driven development: forgiveness, peace, stability, hope, afterlife, love, survival, wisdom, purpose, spiritual quest, demonic oppression and supernatural evil forces (p. 140-141)
Intellectual questions: What is the nature and existence of truth? Does God exist? What is the nature of God? What about the problem of evil? Is religion efficacious? Are miracles possible? How do you reconcile religion versus science debates? Why is Jesus God? Why is Jesus unique? Did Jesus rise from the dead? Is the Bible reliable? Do the Bible and science conflict? (p. 141)
Existential issues: anxiety, fear, inner conflict, happiness, freedom, satisfaction, significance, broken relationships, loneliness, restlessness, sense of loss, self-concept, victimization, inability to change, adventure, sense of limitations, direction in life (p. 142)
Have you had a positive experience preaching evangelistically (or pre-evangelistically) on any of these topics? What would you recommend adding to the list?


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The Denver Broncos entered the 2012 NFL playoffs on an 11-game winning streak — they weren't beaten after a Week 5 defeat in New England — and were the Super Bowl betting favorites at Bovada. One of those wins came in Week 16 at Baltimore, when Denver led 17-0 at the half and was never challenged again in a 34-17 victory.
When Denver and Baltimore met again in the playoffs, the Ravens were a 9 1/2-point underdog to the rested Broncos at home. We all know what happened: a stunning, 70-yard Joe Flacco-to-Jacoby Jones touchdown pass with 31 seconds left tied the game at 35-35, and Baltimore kicked the winning field goal at 13:18 of the second overtime shortly after a Peyton Manning interception.
Fast-forward to now. and the Broncos are again the AFC betting favorites at 10-13 (Patriots are 7-2) and the conference's top seed. They aren't quite as hot as last year, losing two of their final six games — Week 12 in Foxboro and a shocker at home to San Diego in Week 15. However, Manning is better than a season ago. He set NFL records with 5,477 yards passing and 55 touchdowns and is a lock to win a fifth MVP Award. The Broncos also set an NFL record with 606 points.
Could there be some trepidation after last year's failure and Manning's less-than-impressive playoff record? Denver opened as a 10-point favorite for Sunday's AFC divisional game against visiting San Diego, the third meeting of the season between the AFC West rivals.
The Chargers were the biggest upset winners on wild-card weekend, 27-10 in Cincinnati as 7-point underdogs. Cincinnati led 10-7 at the half before San Diego scored 20 straight after the intermission thanks in large part to three turnovers from Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton. San Diego quarterback Philip Rivers had just 128 yards passing but did not turn the ball over. It was the Bengals' first home loss of the season, and they still haven't won a playoff game since 1990, the longest drought in the league.
It was San Diego's first playoff win since beating Manning's Colts 23-17 in overtime on Jan. 3, 2009. Manning also is only 3-4 in career home games against San Diego. That includes that Week 15 27-20 loss to the Bolts, who were 10-point underdogs. The Chargers trailed that game 10-3 entering the second quarter before scoring 21 straight points. They have now won four of their past five road games against Manning-led teams. Rivers threw for 166 yards and two scores, and Ryan Mathews ran 29 times for 127 yards. Manning was 27 of 41 for 289 yards, two scores and a pick in Denver's only home loss this season. The Broncos rushed for a scant 18 yards.
In Week 10 at San Diego, the Broncos won 28-20. Manning was stellar in that one, passing for 330 yards and four touchdowns. Denver played without head coach John Fox after his heart surgery.
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Ghost Stripers Avoid Detection
by Frank Daignault, Surfcasting Editor
Stripers are a migratory and highly nomadic species. True, there is a certain predictability in their arrivals and departures at both ends of the season. But all the months in between they will show up at one part of or another of the coast, often where rarely found; or, they will bypass a famous host area where they have gone with regularity for generations. Some observers will tell you that it relates to the availability of baitfish. Simplistic notions which seek to explain with unattainable precision why this place has bass and that one does not causes otherwise intelligent people to quarrel over the reasons like school boys. Dare we to generalize, it seems those with the most answers are the ones who know least about striper behavior and those things which influence it.
Big stripers come after dark if time, tide and conditions are
right, but luck helps
Photo: FRANK DAIGNAULT
When there are no stripers it is said to be because there is no bait. When there is no bait, it is because the commercial boats -- the menhaden fleet -- took them all. When there are enough baitfish to walk the surface of the Atlantic upon their backs, there is too much bait which forces us to compete unfairly. Only rarely are there enough fish to suit the appetites of the sea's critics. Even then, most of the time when there are enough stripers to provide good fishing, few know it and those who do are not about to talk about it. People lament the relationship between bait and bass tirelessly when, in truth, they have not the foggiest notion about the availability of either. Thus, it becomes the greatest challenge to those who wish to competently observe to learn how little is known, how conjectural the whole thing is, how fraught with error are the observations of the so-called experts. If a lifetime of exposure to wildlife professionals on one hand, and wanabee tackle shop experts on the other has taught me anything, it is that there is a reverse correlation where those who know the most are prepared to say the least about why stripers are or are not in our fore.
Then there is the issue of exactly what is in our fore. Often the relationship between what is being said about the availability of stripers and one's true fishing opportunities frequently leave something to be desired. Many, but not all, local fishing reports, generated by an over-zealous outdoor reporter, paint a picture of suicidal linesides swimming through the first wave in great hordes. Sadly, many reporters, conscious of the exaggerations being foisted upon their readers, think that they are off the hook by wrapping quotes around the lies of bait and tackle shop proprietors. Apparently, they feel it is not their responsibility to rule upon what others say about the fishing even when they know it is not true. The shops want to keep the fishing enthusiasm pumped up and the reporters want copy for the "fishing report." Sadly, the result is a degradation in the value of the report and aspersions upon all other of the reporter's endeavors.
Even for the rest of us for some reason failure to know where the fish are, when only God really knows, carries some implied flaw in one's worth. Too often it is more important to lie than admit that you don't know where the striped bass are. But whatever the social considerations, the influence upon behavior proves that striped bass are important. What too many surfcasters seem to forget is that when a dream night happens -- great fish smashing through the side of a wave when no other person is in sight -- we are at last witnessing truth.


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Other recipes are meant to be shared with your close ones; to show them how much you care. By letting them taste your love.
Than you have those recipes which comfort you; they never fail, don't take too long, are no fuss and taste just like home.
This recipe is the perfect balance between all of warm memories and true love. This dish suits every occasion; an elegant gathering among friends, a simple family-meal, a fancy dinner party, a night on your one... You get it; the possibilities here are endless.
Warning: this recipe will get you hooked in no time! It already became a weekly thing around here.
Baked red onions stuffed with toasted and seriously spiced couscous
4 persons
Adapted from Vegetarian - Alice hart
4 (+1) large red onions, skins on
2 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
1 tbsp butter
½ tsp ground cinnamon
5 tbsp couscous, uncooked.
300ml vegetable stock (home made or store bought, whatever you fancy)
3 tbsp dried apricots, chopped
3 tbsp pine nuts, toasted in a dry pan
1 tbsp flat leaf parsley, chopped
one: preheat the oven to 200°C.
two: cut the tops off the 5 onions; but don't throw them away. Trim just enough from bottoms for onions to stand upright., but make sure the onions hold together; don't slice off to much.
three: place in a baking dish, pour in a wine glass of water and drizzle with olive oil. Cover tightly with foil and bake for approximately 1 hour.
four: take out of the oven and set aside. When cool enough to handle, scoop out the onion centres with a spoon and fork, leaving enough outside layers to form a thick shell. {There is one extra onion which you don't have to scoop out; this one is meant to be chopped up completely. Yumm.}
five: roughly chop the scooped-out flesh.
six: heat the olive oil and butter in a skillet. Add the chopped, scooped-out onion plus the cinnamon and couscous. Stir for a few minutes until the couscous turns golden.
seven: add 150ml stock, season generously with salt and pepper {to taste}, and remove from the heat. Set aside for a couple of minutes.
eight: Add the apricots, pine nuts and parsley and mix well.
nine: fill the hollowed-out onions with this mixture, place them back into the oven dish and pop the onion tops in the dish as well, along with the remaining stock.
ten: perch the tops back on the onions to serve if you want to really show off.
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Beer makes him young
A 75-year old man with a serious drink problem and who appears regularly at Naas District Court told Judge Desmond Zaidan that beer was what kept him looking so young.
Although he also claimed he had intended going off it the day before he appeared at his court appearance on September 7.
James Pender, whose is listed as having no fixed abode, was charged with threatening, abusive or insulting behavior and intoxication in a public place on September 6 last at Market Square, Kildare town.
Zaidan noted that the defendant looked "slightly better than he did the last time I saw him."
He was told that Pender had been in prison in Portlaoise and had been on temporary release. From there he had gone to the Sister Consilio rehab in Athy.
"I done me best. I was there seven days and I wasn't allowed out. But when I got out, I went to see the probation," he said. "I was going to quit yesterday morning."
"He's like an old warhorse. The waft of alcohol crosses his nostrils and off he goes to battle," his solicitor Conal Boyce told the court.
Noting that Pender looked much younger than his 75 years, Zaidan asked him, "What's the secret to a long life James?"
"I don't know," the defendant, who trembled as he stood before the court, said. "Maybe it's the beer!"
Gardai (police) told the court that there were a number of calls about the defendant urinating on the street between 4-5 p.m. on the day in question. He was extremely intoxicated at the time of his arrest.
"Sure I didn't know what I was doing. You don't be there. You do be off on the moon," he told the judge.
Some discussion took place as to what to do with Pender. While the judge wished to do something to help him, Pender had committed a crime while on temporary release and therefore was required to return to prison to serve the remainder of his original sentence.
"I haven't got the strength for prison," he told the court. "I just don't have it."
"I do believe he's not responsible for his own behavior," Boyce noted, although it was a view not shared by Inspector Patsy Glennon.
The defendant was returned to Portlaoise prison.
Leinster Leader
Thugs destroy house
A gang of young thugs destroyed a 87-year-old Limerick city woman's family home on the southside after she moved into a nursing home.
The pensioner, who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of repercussions, was planning to hand the home in Quinn's Cottages, Prospect, where she was born and raised, down to family.
But now the property is wrecked following the arson attack.
Councilor Joe Leddin, who sits on the housing committee, has said elderly residents in Quinn's Cottages, which is about to celebrate its centenary, are "living in fear" of these gangs of youths. He described them as "mindless young thugs."
There are 48 houses in Quinn's Cottages, which was built by Limerick City Council almost 100 years ago.
Until recently it was a quiet area. But gangs have begun to prey on the most vulnerable in society, including hurling water bombs and eggs at windows -- and even smashing them in -- it has been claimed.
"We have elderly people living here all their lives. There is a lady of 90 years of age, who has had her windows battered every night of the week. It is disgraceful," Leddin said.
"We are talking about mindless young thugs answerable to no one simply marauding around this city, hell bent on causing destruction, pain and misery."
He wants to see the Gardai given more power to stamp out this "serious criminality and anti-social behavior."
Limerick Leader
Bad medicine
A consultant gynecologist at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda is facing 38 allegations of professional misconduct following the death of a woman from a cancerous tumour.
Sharon McEneaney, from Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, died after waiting nine months to have cancer diagnosed, a medical inquiry has heard.
The young creche worker visited the Drogheda hospital in October 2007, complaining of severe pains on the left side of her abdomen.
However, nine months later the 29-year-old had still not received a diagnosis. She died from a malignant tumor in 2009.
The Medical Council has been hearing details during a fitness to practice inquiry into Dr. Etop Akpan. The Nigerian doctor has been charged with 38 counts of professional misconduct following McEneaney's.
Evidence was heard that the woman was "left in the dark" over her condition and only received a biopsy after her family sought help from local TD (member of Parliament) Dr. Rory O'Hanlon.
Despite pressure being put on the hospital by O'Hanlon and the woman's general practitioner, it was not until July 2008 that she received treatment.
The inquiry also heard that a registrar who worked with Akpan said he never told her to order a biopsy.
Dr. Rukhsana Majeed denied she had been instructed to follow up on the case of McEneaney.
It also emerged that McEneaney's chart waited in an in tray for three months.
Nora Landers, secretary to the McEneaney's GP, said she was "horrified" when the consultant's secretary at Our Lady of Lourdes told her the file waited for his attention for three months.
The hearing continues.
Drogheda Independent
Ancient skeletons
Two skeletons discovered in Knockvicar, with large stones wedged into their mouths, were buried in this way around 1,300 years ago to stop them rising from their graves to haunt the living. This is the fascinating story which is recounted in a new documentary featuring the work of archaeologists at IT Sligo.
Such "deviant burials" are associated with vampires and also with revenants or zombies who were believed to come back among the living, unless steps were taken to contain them in their graves.
This remarkable discovery was featured in the Revealed series in a British Channel 5 documentary, which will also be broadcast on the National Geographic channel early next year.
The skeletons, both male, were found side by side on land owned by John and Tina Burke from Kilteasheen, Knockvicar.
"This discovery suggests that the phenomena of vampires which comes from a much later medieval period could be based on a pre-existing idea of a zombie. The concept of a revenant or zombie was widespread in the eighth century. A stone was wedged into the mouth of the dead body as the mouth was seen as a passageway and the idea of taking one's last breath led to the belief that the soul could escape through the mouth. It was believed that by burying a body in this way you could stop the revenant or zombie coming back to life," said Chris Read, lecturer of applied archaeology at IT Sligo.
He said that this was the only such discovery of this kind in Ireland. Read, along with his colleague Dr. Thomas Finan from St. Louis University in the U.S., excavated 137 skeletons from a site at Kilteasheen during a series of digs from 2005 to 2009, in a project funded by the Royal Irish Academy. The archaeologists believe that there were close to 3,000 skeletons on the site spanning the centuries from 700 to 1400.
The two skeletons with stones in their mouths were not buried at the same time but both were males -- one elderly and the other a young adult.
The skeletons are currently being held in a special storage area in IT Sligo, and Read and his team will be continuing their analysis this year. It is hoped to return the skeletons to their final resting place in Knockvicar when all tests have been completed, but ultimately this decision will rest with the National Museum.
Roscommon Herald
No bilingual signs
The Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) has refused to fund signs in Newry and Mourne if they contain Irish. The revelation came to light when councilors asked that tourist signs slated for the area be bilingual, in line with council policy.
However NITB has said they will only fund signs that are in English. Sinn Fein councillor Brendan Curran said that if the signs are not bilingual they would rather not have them.
"The Tourist Board are refusing to fund any signs that are bilingual, plain and simple. This is an issue of equality," he said.
"It is council policy that all signs are to be bilingual, and Newry and Mourne are leading the way in ensuring that our culture, heritage and language is protected. The modern names of almost every village, town, mountain or place of interest in Ireland are merely Anglicizations of their Gaelic names
An NITB spokesperson said its policy on signs is for the good of visitors. "NITB is entirely focused on the experience of the visitor to Northern Ireland, and our policy is, likewise, to ensure that all tourist interpretation and signage is clear, does not confuse our visitors and assists them in understanding the importance of the destination," she said.
Newry Democrat