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Law has decided streetcar issue
Updated 4:47 pm, Friday, June 20, 2014
SAN ANTONIO — Much has ensued regarding VIA Metropolitian Transit's funding of the streetcar project. As unique as San Antonio is as a city, I don't think this should be an area where we set ourselves apart from progress in the 21st century, when vehicle congestion will worsen as we continue to grow.
The plan will reduce bus traffic downtown by 60 percent, after all. Without going into the reasoning further, however, the debate is over, because the issue has already been decided under Texas law.
According to Texas transportation law, the VIA board is mandated to adopt a strategic plan that establishes the authority's mission and goals. The plan must set policies and service priorities to guide the authority in developing a budget and allocating resources.
The law also states that a transit authority exercises public and essential governmental functions and is a matter of public necessity. And an authority may acquire, construct, develop, own, operate and maintain a transit authority system and shall determine routes.
VIA held necessary public meetings, and public support for the streetcar project was overwhelming. But supporters have gone into hiding since the funding became approved. It's only now that outside special interests have funded an effort to revisit the topic. The streetcar system will be built using existing funds, and since no new tax is needed, a referendum isn't permitted under Texas law.
Since the Legislature has deferred transit authority to the VIA board, the decision is law. The appropriate vehicle for challenging any valid law or decision, in this instance, is with the Legislature.
Opponents want the public to think that if enough people sign the petition to amend the city charter, this could reverse the already-funded program by invalidating the authority of the VIA board. What the special-interest groups are not telling the public is that taxpayers would be responsible for the million-dollar bill, if this turns into an actual justiciable controversy fought in a courtroom among competing governmental entities.
The Koch brothers and their PACs support many varied causes, but they all have in common their self-interested assets in Koch Industries. These include oil, energy, chemicals and financial products. In the latter instance, they lobby against financial reform when their interests lie in the derivatives market — the investment vehicles that nearly collapsed the entire banking system.
So once again, why are they interested in a now irrelevant debate about an issue that has already been decided by a VIA board created under state law?
Whether you lean toward the adoration or vilification of Mayor Julián Castro and Judge Nelson Wolff, their accomplishments and accolades have been numerous throughout their public service here. Nevertheless, they are both Democrats, and the Koch brothers tend to disfavor Democratic candidates.
The trajectory of Castro is set for Washington, D.C. It's well-established there is no love lost between the Koch brothers and the Democratic Party. Castro, who gave the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention, on the other hand, is closely aligned with the president, members of the administration and the party at large.
The Koch brothers activities are an effort to perpetuate the streetcar debate, cloaked in, but not out of consideration for the hyper-local interests of our city and community as a whole. Therefore, it becomes incumbent upon the voting public to become informed and acknowledge the motivations of their efforts to meddle in the community affairs of San Antonio: to oust and discredit Democratic candidates.
Do we, as residents of San Antonio, want to allow outsiders to generate political chaos and steer our civic decisions? This isn't about the streetcar project. This is about whether we will succumb to the special interests of groups outside our city that are maliciously toying with our community as though it's their own personal political experiment.


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Edi Cruz (born December 17, 1986), known artistically as Cruzito, is a Reggaeton singer from Montreal, Canada. Cruzito is best known for his collaboration on R.K.M & Ken-Y's debut album "Masterpiece" with the songs "Dime Que Será", "Sueltáte" and "Si La Vez". He has also been part of numerous Reggaeton albums including "Gargolas 5: The Next Generation", DJ Memo's "La Revolucion" and Masterpiece: World Tour (Sold Out) where he performed in R.K.M & Ken-Y's major concert in Puerto Rico. Cruzito recently had a meeting with Raphy Pina, Pina Record's C. Read more about Cruzito on Last.fm.
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Students learn motor vehicle safety from former Backus patient
November 15, 2013
For many Backus staffers, the name Matthew Crowe evokes bittersweet memories.
Three years ago, Crowe, a 17-year-old from Griswold was a passenger in his friend's small pick-up truck. The driver was traveling too fast on a winding back road and hit a tree. Not wearing his seatbelt, Crowe suffered tremendous injuries.
When rescue crews arrived on the scene, Crowe was unresponsive and had a broken arm and leg, collapsed lungs, multiple facial injuries and trauma to the brain. Crowe was taken to Backus where he was stabilized and then transferred to Rhode Island Hospital for more extensive trauma care. Two months later, Crowe was transferred back to Backus for care on A-3.
With the valiant efforts of a large care team, Crowe continued his long road to recovery. Staff from Trauma, Patient Care Services, the Medical Staff, Rehabilitation Services, Environmental Services, the Center for Healthcare Integration, and others were involved in his care. Corporate Communications also followed Crowe to document his story. Crowe captured the hearts of all who cared for him.
The now 20-year-old has made remarkable progress and wants to share his experience with others. The first time speaking publically about his accident and injuries, Crowe visited with Plainfield High School students participating in Trauma's "Be Aware" program on Wednesday, Oct. 23.
By the time students circled back to the entry level conference rooms to listen to Crowe's story, they had already toured the hospital to learn what it's like to be a trauma patient as a result of a motor vehicle crash.
Their morning started in the ambulance bay where American Ambulance paramedics described the emergency procedures taken at a crash scene, and how this process can be delayed if victims have to be extricated from the vehicle. The tour then moved to the trauma area where registered nurse, Laurie Matylewicz, RN, explained the fast-paced and life-saving measures taken by Emergency Department staff to control bleeding and respiratory issues.
In the Critical Care Unit, students learned what is done to keep patients alive including breathing machines, tubes to expand the lungs, measuring urine and measuring the activity and pressure of the brain. Life-like mannequins were used in both areas to help bring to life the devastation caused by such an accident.
Along the way, students also visited the morgue and autopsy room. Gillian Mosier, RN, MSN, Trauma Program Manager, drew a stark comparison between today's hit forensic shows and the morbid reality of death. Students saw firsthand the exam table and tools used to perform an autopsy.
After their tour, Ms. Mosier accompanied the students to the main lobby conference rooms where they watched sobering videos of car crashes and were faced with the real consequences of drunken and distracted driving.
With a tremendous amount of information packed with emotion, Crowe then addressed the students and told them about his experience.
"I feel accomplished to have come this far," he said.
Crowe's mother, Dawn Majoria said that it's hard to see her son in this condition day in and day out. The realities of traumatic brain injury can be very difficult to deal with.
Majoria also explained how the family's home had to be remodeled to accommodate her son's new handicaps.
At the end of his talk, Crowe encouraged students to always wear their seatbelt and said, "I'll never give up."
Plainfield senior Lindsey Mckenna thanked Crowe for sharing his story. She said that this was the second Backus "Be Aware" program that she has participated in. Unfortunately however, the experience was more meaningful the second time around because she has lost friends to drunken and distracted driving.
James O'Dea, PhD, MBA, Vice President of Clinical Service Line Development, left the adolescents with a resonating message, asking them to take responsibility for themselves and make good choices. He asked them to go home that evening and sign a contract for life. As he made this request, he said, "It's about you, we want you to have a plan."
Crowe made his second appearance at the "Be Aware" program on Wednesday, Nov. 13. He shared his story with Norwich Tech students – hoping that he could help even one of them to make better choices.


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Illini score early but succumb to Bradley U.
I didn't make it out to Illinois Field tonight but had to be content with listening to the game on the radio. I picked it up when Illinois was up 4-0. Unfortuately, that was all the scoring they would do.
Brandon Wikoff's 3 hits and a solid start from Billy Barrett (2 ER in 5 plus innings) wasn't enough against the Bradley Braves. The Braves put together two successive 3-run innngs to defeat the Illini. The final score was 6-4.
Streaking Illini
Don't look now but Ryan Snowden still has his hit streak intact. He was 1 for 4 tonight extending his hit streak to 22 games going back to last season.
They're starting to talk about another hit streak now. Surprise, surprise, it involves slugger Lars Davis. Davis was 1 for 5 and now he has hit in 17 straight games. He is now hitting .452 and at last look, he is neck and neck with Minnesota Gopher Mike Mee for first in Big Ten in hitting. Kyle Hudson and Ryan Hastings are also in the top ten in hitting in the Big Ten.
Getting some press
I just want to say Kudos! to local paper News-Gazette's sports department for giving the Illinois baseball team front and center media coverage after their double header with Ohio State. Their huge photo of Shawn Roof and Kyle Hudson's body slam after Game 1's victory was awesome. So was their in-depth profile on Ryan Hastings.
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As of January 1, 2011 the suite meter provisions came into effect under the Residential Tenancies Act.
What is a suite meter?
A suite meter uses smart meter technology that measures and records the specific amount of electricity used within a rental unit. Landlords can install suite meters in each residential rental unit.
Why Suite Meters
According to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, tenants can:
- "…pay their own electricity based on actual consumption,
- …manage their energy consumption and
- better participate in Ontario's conservation efforts."
The Ministry further suggests that tenants can "reduce their energy consumption by 12 to 23 per cent."
Offset of Rent: If a tenant agrees to pay for a unit's electrical cost, then the landlord must reduce the rental cost by an offsetting amount.
The Catch: The landlord cannot terminate their obligation to supply heat if electricity is the primary heat source. The smart meter can only be used for the tenant to pay for electrical uses other than heat.
There are prescribed forms and a number of rules a landlord must follow for existing and prospective tenants.
Comment and Questions
The choice and cost to install suite meters in rental units belongs to the landlord. The choice of whether to take on the cost rests with the tenant, who may disagree, in spite of an equal reduction in rent and having an opportunity to control and reduce the cost.
Without the tenant's agreement, the goal of tenants further contributing to Ontario's efforts at conservation may be lost.
Conserving energy in cases where landlords pay the electricity cost in rental units may not be a primary goal for some tenants. Otherwise this plan would not have been devised. It applies, however, only to electricity uses other than heat, such as lighting and appliances.
So let's say a tenant agrees to the suite meter proposal and pays the electricity cost for alternate uses. A Landlord must continue to pay for heating the unit as mentioned. What happens if a tenant misses paying the bill and the supplier threatens to discontinue supply? Can the supplier only turn off the electrical portion delivered for uses other than heat? If not, won't the landlord have to pay and find another way of collecting from the tenant, more than likely through the Landlord and Tenant Board?


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So much for a quiet baseball trading deadline, eh? The Red Sox and Athletics dropped a genuine blockbuster today, with Boston sending Jon Lester and Jonny Gomes to the West Coast for Yoenis Cespedes. Earlier this month the A's added Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel (now 0-4 since the trade), so Billy Beane is clearly "going for it," which isn't exactly a measurable SABR analytic, but so be it.
Lester, a free agent to be, has a 2.35 ERA and 155 ERA+, putting together a great year before he hits the open market and gives the A's a proven postseason performer, even in a rental role.
Cespedes is definitely a big name type acquisition — given his ability to land on the highlight reel — for the Red Sox, although his numbers have dropped off since posting .292/.356/.505 as a rookie in 2012. This year the Cuban is down to .256/.303/.469, but he's only on the books through 2015 at a reasonable $10.5 million.
Don't overlook the value of the Athletics acquiring Jonny Gomes as a throw-in to the trade, as he proved his value in a part-time role in the playoffs last year.
Anyways, looks like with this trade baseball might get a little traction for a few minutes … at least until NFL training camps produce some sports news fodder.
Related: Yoenis Cespedes made one of the best throws this season
Related: Yoenis Cespedes Had Epic Bat Flip after Winning Home Run Derby
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As minimally invasive surgical procedures grow in number and complexity, the demand for more sophisticated surgical instruments from medical manufacturers has grown even faster. New CNC (computer numerical controlled) 2D bending and 3D bending systems, implemented by Marshall Manufacturing, which incorporate innovative medical manufacturing processes, are designed specifically to meet this need.
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Utilizing Marshall's Swiss machining capabilities, desired wire component features such as cross-holes, machined contours, slots, flats and trocar tips can be machined into the medical devices prior to the bending process, assuring the integrity of both the machined features and the bending process. Precut cannulas, hollow needles and tubes that require special laser cut windows, slots, contoured edges and 4 axis cuts can also be processed through our CNC bending machine.
During the design stage of a particular wire or tubular medical device (e.g., trocar, cannula, needle or medical introducer), it is often difficult for surgeons or OEM's to determine the bending requirements. The desired touch, feel and other tactile features of the instrument are often difficult to imagine, and even more difficult to quantify. Devices often require certain machined features of the part to be oriented to the bend features. Marshall's 2D & 3D bending expertise coupled with our Swiss machining experience, gives us the ability to provide quick design iterations, critical to the customer getting what they want.
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Telecommuting may not be a new idea—the term was first coined in 1973—but we've come a long way since the conference call. Avoid the travel expenses (and traveling time!) spent on conferences, professional development, and school meetings without giving up the benefits that come with these events.
Consider using Skype, one of many free video-conferencing softwares, to participate in district or regional meetings from your school or home office.
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Cinch 44-pin edge connector sockets wanted (Bounty offered)
I'm after some Cinch 44-pin edge connector sockets for a Mimeo Apple 1 reproduction.
The connectors are green in color, with 2 rows of 22 gold plated contacts with 0.156" spacing. I'd prefer the version with no mounting ears (as per the Apple 1) but failing that I would be interested in the eared version.
Cinch part numbers are:
50-44S-30-1 (no ears)
50-44S-30-2 (with ears)
I'm happy to offer $100 per connector for the non-eared version of a similar bounty if anyone can find them to sell in individual quantities for a reasonable (less than 3 digit) price.
Hi PhilPower
You don´t need to spend $ 100 only worth 5
You can buy it here (same color as the original, but with ears but can cut)
by the way, Can you tell me where I can get J1 and J2?
I don't think those are the same size. I think the pins are different spacing. You should check the data sheet. Card edge connector's from back in the 70's are getting very hard to find. Gold reclaimers have been grabbing all the ones they can. You may need to beat their price and buy a sizable lot as many of the suppliers who deal with them try to keep them happy and seem to prefer to sell to their regular "gold" guys and not the public because of the steady business.
My suggestion is that you try to go to surplus stores and poke around.... Maybe you can find one...
I can assure you that it is the same size, I have the mimeo 1.01 and the ACI adapter from Mike Willegal.
The ACI adapter is properly inserted in the connector, and the pins corresponds correctly.
It has only one defect, the connector pins (each row) I had to bend a bit (0.5 mm) so that they can insert into the board
It is not perfect but serves me right
So the pin spacing is off, but you made it work by bending the pins...
OK... good to know if I ever need one
Hi tachungo,
thanks for the reply. I was aware of those connectors. Element 14 have them as well. They aren't quite the same, but failing an alternative are probably usable for most people. Call me pedantic but I would like the correct connector if at all possible. I know of a couple of surplus dealers that have them but they want ridiculous amounts of money and won't sell in single or small quantities.


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Ahhhhh you see what I did there with the Twilight thing... I bet even non Twilighters would recognise the title as a "Twilight thing". These two words are so relevant to what I'm going to be talking about here, but it's got nothing to do with Twilight... honest!
A few weeks ago I started crying... and I quickly realised they were tears of relief and joy. The realisation had hit me - that I was finally truly free of the post-natal depression. I had thought I had been "over it" for years... but I really had not been at all. I think I just wanted myself to be free from it so much that I had just pushed it deep inside somewhere, denying it was still there.
I'm not going to try not and go into great depths with all of this... but here is the "jist" of it.
A few months after becoming pregnant my sons father received a posting to go to Afghanistan with the Army for 8 months or something like that - with about 3 months prior to that he'd be away training. Pretty much half way through my pregnancy he'd be leaving us, for a year. He is in the Territorial Army, and so I was pretty dumbfounded about the posting... I didn't want him to go, but he had to. That was the start of ante-natal depression. Yes, you can get that whilst pregnant. I didn't realise this was what it was at the time, but I just knew I was messed up. There's many reasons for me thinking this... I can't really go into on here. But it was bad.
The pregnancy was also not an easy one... the second half was troubled. D wasn't growing as he should, and I had to be observed closely. He had IUGR which meant he wasn't growing properly in accordance to his dates. I had constant growth scans and liqour volume scans, as well as having to go to the hospital for physiotherapy for pregnant mum classes and the ante-natal classes. I'd also get a midwife visit once a week at home - and I'd often end up at the hospital afterwards to be hooked up to the machines to trace his heartrate and movements.
D was not a happy bunny in there. He didn't move as much as he should... and as time past this got worse, and the growths slowed. I got taken in to be "started off" at 30 weeks after one such visit where he wasn't moving much at all. Luckilly in two days time D's dad was coming back home with the rest of the lads too, just for one day to drop off his Army "greens" as they'd now had "desert" kit given to them.
I got started off, it didn't work, the second time failed too. I was too early they said, and D was too small... just a couple of reasons why it never worked. So the next morning I was taken to the labour suite and had my waters manually broken and was hooked up to the drip of stuff that gives you contractions. I can't really remember now when D's dad arrived! I just remember he was exhausted cause he'd not really slept in 48 hours because he'd been on the field training. But I was glad he was there... even though he kept falling asleep in the chair beside me!
Anyhoo every time these went up to decent strength to give me proper contractions worth of doing anything "down there", D's heartrate would plummet... REALLY low... into the 50's. After the second time, they called for a doctor, and was told to try once more. By this time I'd already guessed D was gonna be a c-section baby! I could just tell myself, he wasn't having any of this labour nonsense! The third time, his heartrate plummeted into the 40's this time, and I was whipped very quickly onto my side with an oxygen mask forced into my face being told to "breatheeeee! long deep breaths... do it for your baby!".... the midwives were scared, I could hear it in their voices. I knew then for sure, we were off for a c-section. Luckilly D's heartrate increased once the drip was stopped, and therefore I managed a spinal to be awake whilst he was delivered. He was put straight into the incubator and I didn't see him. They had to work on him... he was so tiny, at only 4lbs 4oz. He went to the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) with his Daddy whilst I listened to the doctors talk about chinese meals whilst they sutured, the starving me, back up.
D spent his first night in intensive care section of SCBU, as he needed a glucose drip and extra care and warmth as he couldn't keep his warmth at all. D's dad had to leave the second day of D's life back to training - the Army wouldn't let him stay. He got a cuddle from D before he left. I never got cuddles with D til day 4. No-one offered me to there, and I was too scared to ask. I thought I wasn't allowed to, for his health etc. I thought maybe they'd broken the rules with D's dad because he was leaving. D stayed in SCBU for a week. Once he was back on the ward with me for a day I took him home, I couldn't hack it in there any longer, I was getting no support at all with breastfeeding - even though D was still only 4lbs 4oz, and I was struggling with the breastfeeding because in SCBU D had been tube fed my expressed breast milk and additional formula, then he'd been bottle fed in there by the nurses without my permission, and I had then been trying to breast feed him. The poor baby didn't know whether he was to lie there doing nothing to get his food (like with the tube) or which way to do things with his mouth to get it to "work".
I took him home, and a day or so later I gave up the breastfeeding as he just couldn't get enough out of me, as he was so confused what to do. The bottles were a godsend, he could work them just fine. Plus being so wee he ate a LOT.
D also had mentally bad colic. I mean it was AWFUL! My Dad, Mum and I had to take it in shifts to stay up during the night with him! He was that bad he never really slept, and just dozed on and off instead - because of the colic. I used to phone my Dad at work asking him how long he'd be til home for lunch, as he was - and still is with my neice - the expert baby burper!! I couldn't do it at all, I was useless at it. I used to also sit and watch my mum walk up the hill after her work and stand by the front door to pass D to her soon as she was through the door saying "burp please!".
Daniel wasn't an easy baby is what I'm trying to say here... and if it wasn't for my folks I'd probably have went properly insane instead of just having the post-natal depression...
A year after D was born he was diagnosed with having a form of Spina Bifida... which they misdiagnosed as something better than it actually is, and due to my friend Google, I managed to correctly diagnose him myself with a rare form called Occult Spinal Dysraphism - with a Tethered Spinal Cord. Two links here to it Here and Here (this one is written by a woman who has this sort of problems). There's a lot that may happen in D's life that I'll not know until it happens. He may need surgery on his spine, and his legs, and also may lose control over his bladder and bowel at any times. He will have to have regular MRI scans to check on him, especially as he hits his teens when the boys do that growth spurt thing... his tail bone is tethered (stuck) to the base of his body by a fatty lipoma (mass) that means it's not free in there meaning as he grows it could pull on his brain stem. There was a lot of stress and worry at this time.
The first couple of years of D's life were so hard! We were fighting to get a home of our own, and eventually I managed to get a mortgage for a home, and we moved in. A year later, D's Dad and I split up. The home was bought solely in my name and luckilly I was just able to afford staying here - despite the fact I was now training to be a nurse. By this time I thought I'd gotten over the PND and that I was just a negative person and that's the way I was!!
It's only this year, I've noticed it. There's definately a weight that's not there anymore... life is brighter, and I'm happy! I look at life differently, I see things differently, and I'm different with D... I see HIM differently. I'm a different person. I'm not negative anymore... and I look for the positives in things. It's like I've had black and white lenses over my eyes and suddenly, I can see in colour... that's about
It's strange when it hit me I wasn't consciously thinking about it at all. I was just sat at the computer, listening to music and tweeting when it hit me... this was my breaking dawn. I broke into tears, and smiled, and I laughed... and then I cried some more. Happy tears. It had been nearly 7 years of sadness lifted. I was so ready to see I'd finally reached the light at the end of the tunnel and stepped out of that tunnel INTO the light! The relief I felt was amazing.
I'd moved on... and I'd let go of all the sadness of my past. It was time for a new chapter in my life. I was happy and free.
Sorry this is so long!! I've tried to edit it down to as little as I could make it. There's TONS left out, but I've left in only what I thought I should keep!
L x
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Jennifer Daniel : Design Is Capitalism
A fantastic talk about being a designer & "changing the world".
The first step is getting over yourself, just try to be a good citizen, be a good helper, just do the basic things, and in that way, you're in the service of a good message.
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Do not underestimate the power of an edible necklace. These are especially useful to break up the monotony of a long plane or car ride. Help your children assemble a nosh-able necklace by stringing o-shaped cereals of all flavors onto licorice strings tied together (to make a longer necklace).
Who knew cereal could be a math tool? Use different shaped or colored cereal O's to help children get an early grasp on counting. Using a piece of construction paper, some school glue and cereal, help your child visualize what 1 through 10 looks like. Make a 1-10 chart with columns of cereals indicative of the number you write above.
As you paste the first O on the paper, say 'one' and write the number 1 above the one O. Next to that, paste two Os, one on top of the other, and write above it (and say aloud) the number 2. And so on until you reach the number 10.
Sushi for dessert? Yes, when it's made with cereal, licorice, gummy worms and fruit leather. Simply make a batch of crispy cereal-marshmallow treats. Spread the batch out into a thin layer on a cooking sheet versus packing into a baking pan. Let cool, then trim the edges off to make one even rectangle the length of your candy (use the licorice as a measuring stick). Reserve the trimmings (okay, you can eat a little).
Place one gummy worm and one licorice stick at one end of the crispy cereal rectangle, then roll one complete time so the cereal bar does not overlap itself. Trim this piece of "sushi" from the rest, then wrap an entire sheet of fruit leather (wrapper and all) around the cereal and gently squeeze. Remove the wrapper and slice into sushi-sized rolls. For Nigiri-style rolls, cut the leftover cereal bars into small rectangles, then top with a fish-shaped gummy candy and wrap with a thin piece of fruit leather.
While this craft is technically for the birds, kids have a lot of fun snacking as they are crafting this bird feeder! All you'll need for this simple edible bird feeder is colorful pipe cleaner straws and O-shaped cereal. Simply thread the cereal onto the pipe cleaner, then twist to secure into a circle to hang on a branch or get creative making all kinds of cereal-threaded shapes to adorn your trees with. Kids will love snacking as they create this edible treat… and they'll get a kick out of watching the birds come by for a peck.
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Lunch With Books: Wheeling Film Society, A Night at the Opera
January 28, 2014
Event starts at 12:00 PM.
Jan. 24 - Towngate at 7: Screening: A Night at the Opera (Sam Wood, 1935) - 96 mins.
Jan. 28 - Library at Noon: Conversation: A Night at the Opera
The Marx Brothers made one of their greatest comedies – about immigration and employment and class-consciousness – during the depths of the Great Depression. In one of their most deliriously absurd set-pieces, Groucho and Chico gleefully deconstruct the legalese of performance contracts. Harpo gleefully deconstructs just about everything else, using a large mallet (and other blunt instruments). Kitty Carlisle and Alan Jones play the talented young singers kept apart by the towering ego of a small-minded tenor. Naturally, all of them are upstaged by Chico's piano and Harpo's, well, harp. Somehow, opera is both trashed and celebrated in the same film, while baseball is purely celebrated. A sparkling time of music and comedy will be had by all.
All programs – screenings and conversations – are free of admission charge.
Attend as many or as few programs as your schedule allows.
All are welcome, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Parental Guidance is recommended for all screenings and conversations.
"Lunch With Books" is the library's flagship program for adult patrons. Bring a bag lunch and enjoy presentations by authors, poets, historians, musicians and a variety of other people. Complimentary beverages are provided. These free programs usually start at noon on Tuesdays in the auditorium on the lower level of the library.
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Michael Vick On His Critics: They're Ignorant, Don't Know Football
Michael Vick has had enough of his critics questioning his ability to play quarterback and read defenses, so he's firing back.
Vick was on 97.5 The Fanatic earlier this week, and was asked by Mike Missanelli, and was asked to address critics who have who say that he doesn't make quick enough reads and holds on to the football too long.
"I'm really tempted right now to just say no comment to that because like I said a second ago, you don't last 12 years in the NFL not being able to read the defense," Vick said. "Those people who are talking and saying that are just ignorant, and they know nothing about football. Unless they turn on the film and watch my game and see what goes on, then they'll replace those comments with the right comments."
When Missanelli reminded Michael that many of his critics have made those claims, Vick said, "But it's incorrect. Without getting sensitive about it, it's incorrect. So I'd rather not talk about it."
Vick tried to explain that a lot of his issues with turnovers and bad situations were due to the plays being called or the routes being run.
"We had a lot of deeper throws last year, which required more time," Vick said. "It's just a big difference. Not to say there was anything wrong with the west coast system, I loved it. I spent seven years in it, and it was cool. But I think the change of pace for me at this point in my career is good and the game is a lot easier now."
Vick also addressed his fumbling issue, and stated that Chip Kelly taught him a new way to carry the ball.
"Chip told me how to run with the football the other day," Vick said. "He taught me how to run with the football and how to carry the football, and I think it's something that you just have to work on."
"The other day, I broke out in the pocket, and the first thing Chip told me was to tuck the football," Vick said. "So I showed him how I was running with it, and he looked at it and he knocked the ball right out of my hands. And he was like, 'Hold it like this.' And what he told me felt comfortable. I had a tighter grip on the football. That should secure that problem as long as I work on it. Like I said, you're always a work in progress, and even when you think you know it all, sometimes you don't. The people who feel like they know everything, they don't."


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UnNews:"In God We Trust" removed from U.S. coins; new coins to say "Fuck God"
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"In God We Trust" removed from U.S. coins; new coins to say "Fuck God"
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In a landmark decision (Newdow v. Congress of the United States of America, No. CIV. S-05-2339(E.D.Cal. 06/06/2006)), the Eastern District Court of California ruled that the issuance of coins bearing the legend "In God We Trust" by the United States government constituted an unlawful establishment of religion, namely, belief in, and endorsement of a god or deity. The court issued an injunction, requiring the issuance of the coins every ten years with a different, opposite legend: "Fuck God."
"As America has matured as a nation, our political and judicial establishment has gradually, over the decades, been forced to acknowledge that once cherished traditions and beliefs were actually only popular because they reflected mainstream concepts of belief." and ''While removing the legend would appear to be the solution, this would amount to state endorsement of atheism, nihilism or perhaps agnosticism." wrote Justice Bazelon in his majority opinion.
"In order to truly be neutral on the question of whether there is or is not a god, and/or, assuming there is a god, whether he/she/it should be revered, it is necessary to include both legends that I have prescribed in this opinion, although not both on the same coin, since that would be very confusing. Rather, every few years, perhaps ten, the slogan will switch back and forth. Finally everyone will get equal time for their views on god and his/her/its existance, non existance, or whether he/she/it should get fucked, depending on your interpretation of the significance of the phrase "Fuck God" on our new currency, starting in 2010."
A short dissent by Justice Odelsohn noted that the majority did not go far enough, and that coins should be issued criticizing Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, and the other famous American leaders and political thinkers depicted on our currency.
"Idol worship of a deceased president or inventor of a new type of eyeglasses is no less a religion than worship of a presumed omnipotent god-type entity." noted Justice Odelsohn. "Therefore, every ten years, to avoid offense to the 'other america' that does not join in the thinking of the oppressive majority, we should issue coins commemorating the worst actions, thoughts and remarks of our ancient leaders. Only in this way can America truly fulfill its promise of being the 'land of the brave, and the home of the free.' Therefore, I respectfully dissent."
Reaction to the opinion is mixed, with atheists split on whether God really doesn't exist at all, or whether he/she/it does exist, but should be fucked rather than trusted.
Early reports indicate that talk of seceding again has cropped up in several Southern states, as well as Oregon, but that's just because they want to smoke the wacky tobaccy.


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People in Lonsdale have discussed having a community center for years—a place for seniors citizens to gather, organizations to hold meetings, and a library to hold books so the young people in the community have a place to go.
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The RCMP say an act of mischief could have turned deadly in Tracadie–Sheila on Monday night.
Four people were in a vehicle travelling north on Route 11 about 10 p.m. when a metal object smashed through the windshield.
The object was a piece of fire hydrant that was thrown off of the Chemin Dignard overpass, RCMP Cpl. Scott Myles stated in a news release.
The driver managed to keep control of the vehicle, which sustained extensive damage.
The passengers — including two children —were uninjured.
"This kind of mischief could have caused serious injuries or even a loss of life," Myles said.
The police believe this incident is connected to acts of vandalism in the Tracadie-Sheila Industrial Park earlier that evening.
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Energy industry's strength pushes overall Midland-Odessa economies into record territory
Published 3:46 pm, Tuesday, May 3, 2011
An extremely busy Permian Basin oil industry is pushing the Midland and Odessa overall economies into record territory.
"We've been at this a little over a year now," said Karr Ingham, the Amarillo economist who prepares the Midland-Odessa Regional Economic Index for the Midland Development Corp. and Security Bank. "It's yet another extraordinary time in terms of the growth rate and what the industry is doing there.
"You don't have to go far to figure out the region is in a period of strong growth that doesn't look to be ending any time soon," he said.
The index measuring the combined economies of Midland and Odessa in March was 10.2 percent above March 2010, which marked the end of the 18-month decline that began in September 2008. Ingham said the two cities comprise the fastest growth metro area in Texas and could rank among the fastest in the nation. The two cities also have the most favorable employment situation as derived by looking at combined employment growth and average unemployment rate. Year-over-year job growth in the combined metro area is 5.7 percent, ahead of the next closest metro area by nearly 3 percentage points, he said.
"Most other Texas metro areas are reflecting sluggish growth, with unemployment stubbornly high and just a tepid post-recession recovery," he said.
Crediting the influence of a strong regional oil and gas economy, Ingham observed, "We spend a lot of time talking about how the industry is faring and how it's affecting the overall economy there. ...The reason the industry is doing well is it is providing to the nation a commodity that is in demand.
"The people in the industry don't exist to serve the local economy," he added. "They don't exist for any reason other than to provide a commodity or service in demand and the reason the industry is flourishing, and thus the general economy, is that it provides a commodity consumers clearly want."
Ingham said the combined 133,000 jobs in March is the highest March monthly estimate ever, "so employment has moved into record territory."
Also reaching record territory is what Ingham considers the second key economic indicator -- along with jobs -- real spending by both households and businesses.
First quarter 2011 sales tax receipts were up 27.7 percent over the first quarter of 2010, he said.
"Again, the numbers in 2011 are not simply higher compared to the recession-impacted periods, they are higher than in any previous period of time and they are adjusted for inflation," Ingham said. "So this critical measure of local and regional economic activity is truly in record territory for 2011."
Not yet returning to its high levels seen in 2007 and 2008 is automotive spending, which is up 34.3 percent in the first quarter compared to the first three months of 2010. Though that figure is below 2007 and 2008, Ingham said, "the trends are certainly moving in the right direction and doing so rapidly."
Construction and real estate remain the least dynamic among the components of the index, with building permit valuations down 26 percent in the first quarter compared to a year ago. Permits for new homes was off a half-percent in the same time period. Ingham pointed out those totals are being compared to high first quarter 2010 totals, which were about 90 percent above the first quarter of 2009.
Midland and Odessa housing sales, he said, continue to be impacted by the same issues impacting other areas around the state and nation -- the end of the first-time home buyers tax credit and tighter mortgage lending. Real estate agents sold 566 homes in the first quarter, up 3.3 percent from 548 in 2010's first three months. However, the average sales price rose 10.9 percent to $191,653 from an average $172,798 in the first quarter of 2010.
"It looks like, to me, the shortage issue is beginning to emerge again," Ingham said. "Prices were supported during the downturn and beyond but continued 10 percent increases year-over-year says something else is going on."
Market solutions, he added, will take time to ease the shortage and a lack of available housing will continue to push prices higher.
The only threats to continued economic growth, Ingham concluded, is largely political in nature -- change to tax policies that would negatively impact the industry or other proposals that would list the sand dune lizard as an endangered species and possibly putting oil-rich areas of the Permian Basin off limits to production.
"For now, however," he said, "industry activity and its multipliers have moved the local and regional economies to the forefront in Texas and across the country and all available evidence suggests that will continue to be the case throughout 2011."
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For writers, the value of a compliment lies not in the effusion of words, but in the source of them. Even the most modest statement of encouragement for the most minor effort, from the right person, can make your day and sometimes your decade.
And that explains why I still treasure a letter I received on September 5, 2001, from Ray Bradbury.
"Dear Bill Newcott," it begins, "Thank you for your good letter."
Good letter. Good letter! One of the most celebrated writers of our age thought my little letter-proposing that he write a short piece about his well-known love of Disneyland for the magazine then known as Modern Maturity-was not just proficient, not merely adequate, but "good."
He went on:
"I can write that article with two hands tied behind me and typing with my nose! I'd be glad to tell you why Disneyland is important. I'll have the article back to you some time during the next two weeks.
Thank You,
Ray Bradbury"
Thank me? Was he kidding? Two of my favorite things, Ray Bradbury and Disneyland, were harmonizing right before my ears, and I was the unworthy conductor. By this time in my career I'd traveled the globe writing about amazing places, I'd won awards, I'd worked for three of the world's most famous publications, but none of that came close to the professional satisfaction that flowed through me at that moment.
I faxed the contract immediately, fearing Bradbury might change his mind.
He didn't, of course. There were few subjects Bradbury-who died in Los Angeles the other day at age 91- liked to hold forth on more than those of Disneyland and Walt Disney. True to his word, he got the piece to me in two weeks time, a charming story he called "Disney's Demon For Happiness." I didn't really understand the title, but I stuck with it. After all, I'll bet his first publisher wasn't too thrilled with Fahrenheit 451, either. Unfortunately, if you happened to take note of the date on which I received Bradbury's acceptance, you'll also know that six days after that, and before I received his article, the world changed.
Ray's Disneyland piece was to be part of a special March/April 2002 Modern Maturity issue focusing on the cultural, political, and aesthetic dominance of California. But after the World Trade Center came crashing down on September 11, 2001, that suddenly seemed like a rather frivolous conceit. At Modern Maturity we tore up the issue about to go to press and filled it with essays and articles that valiantly attempted to make sense of a world where, much to our surprise, some people really, really hated us.
And so Ray Bradbury's piece about Walt Disney and Disneyland drifted to the bottom of my to-do pile, with only a cursory edit and a few changes that I had the temerity to suggest-and he had the good grace to accept. I'd wanted him to add some more about his friendship with Walt, and he suggested that we just chat about it. "You can work it into the story," he told me. "I trust you." Ray Bradbury trusted me, and of course he had no reason on earth to do so. But I sensed that he, like the rest of us, had been emotionally exhausted by 9/11. It was as if those contracting towers were a great big reset button for our entire culture. Projects that were started before that day, well, they just didn't seem quite so relevant any more.
I didn't get a final edited version to him until November 2002. In my cover letter, I told him, "I know it seems like it's been forever. I apologize for the time lag. At least we paid you in a timely manner!" (And more than a decade later, I'm so glad to see that notation).
As it turned out, we didn't even run Bradbury's piece in the main part of the magazine, but on a "regional" page that appeared in only some of our editions. I always felt badly about that. I'd like nothing better than to reprint the thing here, but as I hold the original contract in my hand–with Bradburys signature, in felt-tip pen, bleeding through to the back of it–I see that if I did reprint it online I'd have to pay Bradbury $400, and I frankly don't know how to get the money to him now.
He tells of his great friendship with Disney, how they validated each other's more outlandish projects, and how Disney flatly refused to ever work directly with him on a Disneyland project ("It's no use," Walt told him. "You're a genius and I'm a genius. We'd kill each other the second week.").
But toward the end of the piece, Bradbury does bless us with what I think is as good an epitaph as any for a man whose genius helped the world first envision a future of space travel, robot labor, and institutionalized thought police. In that passage, he had a few choice words to say about the real-world value of fantasy and imagination.
"When I go to a play," he wrote, "and someone onstage turns on a faucet and water comes out, I leave. I want to see wine come out of the faucet.
"I hate reality. When I go into a theater, when we go into cinema, we're already full-up on reality. We know everything there is to know about cancer, about war, about failed relationships, about dead friends.
"We go into theater and a good movie so someone can help us make do with that reality. Not necessarily for a happy ending, but at least to kill the villain."
Actually, none of those words were in Bradbury's original written piece. He spoke them to me, during our phone conversation to fill in some details. They live somewhere on a misplaced cassette tape here in my office. And they echo forever in my memories of the briefest of brushes with a man who, more than perhaps anyone we've ever known, could not only see the future, but also helped shape it.


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Regular viewers of my cyberbook on expressive travel photography are well aware by now of two of my most essential galleries: Abstraction (Gallery One) and Light and the Landscape (Gallery Eighteen). In this, my sixty second gallery, I am combining the essential principles of both of those important galleries in order to demonstrate how to apply abstraction to express the beauty and meaning of the landscape.
I made these twenty abstracted landscapes on my recent trip along the Avenue of Volcanoes in the Cascade Mountains of Northern California and Central Oregon. I hope to gradually add images of more abstracted landscapes to this gallery on my future travels.
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Thrills & Thrills
I'm no super-blogger, but one of my 2013 goals is to maintain an inspiring real-life-according-to-Marilyn blog. With that said, real life according to me is pretty choppy–an ever-changing obstacle course of creative, political, spiritual, wanderlustful, advocacy-related phases. Are you ready?
Actually, am I ready?
The problem is, I cannot stick to one thing for too long. You might have noticed this if you have been following this blog for a while. My few and (very) far between updates are a product of my problem with the word "consistency," I just can't grasp it! In the last few years of college, I've noticed that I have a tendency to destroy a routine once I notice that I have one. Why do I do that? Even if the prior routine was a productive one, something inside me rejects it the moment it pokes its little nose out. It's embarrassing.
The one thing I want to get rid of in 2013 is my inconsistency in action. That's no easy task if you've known me for a while. Maintaining my actions is tough, I get distracted really easily, and sometimes even intense motivation can't break my fall. Unlike my phases of interest, I am ashamed of my inconsistency in action. I can't even keep up with a blog regularly, let alone a schedule or workout routine (which I'd really like to). I look back and imagine all the growth that could have happened if I had just stuck to something, be it a diet or reading plan, for the last year. Life would be really different!
I would like to write regularly this year, to create regularly, and to exercise regularly. If I can go six months simply sticking to doing these three things, I would be so impressed!
What I'd like to let alone in 2013 is the natural ebb and flow of my little infatuations, which can seem a little out of the ordinary to an outsider. I've stumbled into the lifestyle of someone who is inspired by the "Renaissance Man (or Woman)." Because of this, I'm into more hobbies, subjects, and niches than I can list. In the last year alone, I've gone through at least five or 6 major "phases of interest" as I like to call them–major shifts in my curiosities. It's a crazy ride. Some watch me and see a girl who doesn't know what she wants or likes at all, but really, I enjoy living this way. I like getting really into some new, beautiful thing for a while–absorbing a ton of information about that thing, and letting the appeal fade. What's left is a calm enjoyment and understanding of the subject that lasts.
C.S. Lewis, in Mere Christianity (I'm reading it right now) says something great about phases of interest, which he calls "thrills":
"It is simply no good trying to keep any thrill: that is the very worst thing you can do. Let the thrill go–let it die away–go on through that period of death into the quieter interest and happiness that follow–and you will find you are living in a world of new thrills all the time. But if you decide to make thrills your regular diet and try to prolong them artificially they will all get weaker and weaker, and fewer and fewer, and you will be a bored, disillusioned old man for the rest of your life."
Yes, Mr. Lewis, yes.
This totally made me feel better, less insecure, about how all over the place my interests are. Still, there are a lot of disadvantages that come with this lifestyle. For one, it's hard to become an expert at anything. They say it takes 10,000 hours of practice for one to become an "expert", and at this rate, I probably have a few hundred hours in 10,000 different things. Another problem is that priorities can pile on top of each other within a few days of discovering the next awesome activity. I'm a Christian, and try to maintain an ever-increasing closeness to God, but sometimes my relationship with Him can get confusing when I get caught up in other things. That's the major challenge.
Even though one day I'm into Korea, and the next, old newspapers, I'm still a pretty balanced person. I'm still myself. Luckily, I am pretty solid in my belief that my identity doesn't lie in anything like my blog or current interest–but instead something a lot more enduring.
I used to think people who are very stable in their interests hated watching me ride the roller coaster of awesome subjects and hobbies, but now I don't think about it at all. Well, okay, that's a lie, let's just say I think about it a lot less often. Now, I shrug and keep moving forward. I brush off whatever anonymous hate, or self-inflicted insecurity, that jumps on my shoulders and continue to be myself, excited for the next thrill–life is full of 'em, I don't wanna miss out.
It's been a year
Wow, a year.
Almost three hundred and sixty-five days have gone by since I last posted in this blog. The first thing I want to do is ask for forgiveness! My heart has been calling me back to this project for so long and I'm finally getting around to paying attention to it. Forgive me for not being around; this blog brings me so much joy, and through it, I meant to share that joy with you. But then life got in the way!
Well, good thing today is a new day and I can touch base with you who have so graciously continued to follow me. I've learned a lot in a year, and hope that I can share it all with you over the next few weeks.
The photography project that I had initially started (check the last post!) didn't really get much attention once I got back to school and had a whole new schedule to work with. I'll try to pick it back up soon!
So, how are you? And what's something you've learned in the last year? I'd like to connect with you all and hopefully return to regularly maintaining this blog with a fresh, new insight and purpose! Let's start the conversation!
Project 1/30
The first exercise from People Pictures by Chris Orwig is pretty simple. His purpose was to strip away the excess of photography–gear and settings–and go "back to basics". The exercise was called Pictures in 10 Minutes and there were 5 steps. The following is a paraphrase/summary of them:
- Choose a normal or slightly telephoto lens. Choose the f-stop with a shallow DOF like f/2.8 (the lowest my Nikon kit lens can go is 4.8, but my momma's getting me a 50mm f/1.4 lens soon!) Turn off automatic focus, so that you will have to manually focus the frame.
- Select a subject who is an acquaintance, family member, or friend. Choose someone who you think leads a quality life. Ask them if they are willing to participate in a 15 minute portrait shoot.
- Choose a location; consider a place where he/she works or lives. Or choose an inviting outdoor location.
- Arrive at the location a little early to pick a perfect spot. Be warm and friendly to your subject, express gratitude that he/she is giving you his/her time. Explain to your subject that your goal isn't to create a stylized photo but to capture something real. Encourage you subject to relax. Keep the shoot simple and natural. Use manual focus, and take things slow. Take 10 photos.
- After the shoot, select your favorite photo and create a print of it (I didn't do that) and ask for feedback from your friends.
On the side of ever exercise, there is a little box labeled "Learning Objectives," which is kind of cool. There are also Tips and at the bottom there is a little list of "Exercise Details" which basically simplifies those steps so they're easy to remember on the shoot.
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I chose my sister as the subject for this exercise. I was home for Thanksgiving break (I live away at college) and I think it would be nice to take a few honest and simple photos of her. She's a beautiful girl. She loves to "cute"-pose, so we had to sort of work our way down to relaxing her body to look simple and unmasked. Therefore, I took a little more photos than 10. It was a nice, bright day, so this setting worked great. I really enjoyed this shoot, it was short and simple. When I first started shooting, I would take like 34274356927865 photos and take FOREVER to finish. I've slowly worked my way down to about 100-300 photos a pop, which in my opinion is ideal. I think that this simple shoot really piqued my interest, and I think I may do more of them in the future! Tell me what you think of this portrait of my sister, I believed it was the best one. (I upped the exposure jussst a tad.)
(I have a non-glamorous Nikon D40 with the kit lens it came with. I'm still trying to figure out white balance, so it took me a minute to find the right setting. If you have any tips, or a good link that can help me understand how white balance works, that would be glorious! I'll make sure to include you in an "Teaching Myself by Teaching You" post.)
30 Projects.
Yesterday, I was sitting in B&N for what felt like hours digging through digital photography books, trying to absorb as much information about manual settings, f-stops and the like as I could. I even got in a cool conversation with another guy who needed some help with macro shooting (and I actually helped him!). When I spend time at B&N, I usually pick up 5 or more books on the same subject so I can compare and contrast their awesomeness. And this book won. People Pictures: 30 Exercises for Creating Authentic Photographs by Chris Orwig. This book contrasted greatly from the other textbook-like books I had in my pile. Instead of the usual objective approach, Chris uses one that is meant to touch the heart, to humble us as photographers, and to help us use our photography to enrich our souls and the souls of others.
This book is, as you may have realized by the title, a book of exercises that are meant to help photographers take great "people pictures". Chris Orwig's main focus is honesty, creating photos that capture the truth about a person. He writes this book in a humble and realistic style, far from that of your usual photography instruction books. I have the impression that he wants his readers to not only grow as photographers, but as people, and I really appreciate that.
There are five main sections of the book:
- " Section I – The Foundation begins with discussing the thoughs, ideas, and concepts that develop the groundwork and set the stage of your photography practice.
- Section II- Tell as Story focuses on how we can create pictures that have substance and are filled with a narrative arc.
- Section III- Connect explores the importance of makin ga personal connection with the subject of your frame.
- Section IV- Practice Makes Perfect is where you will put your shoulders to the grindstone to hone your skills and try out a variety of formats and techniques.
- Section V – Making it Your Own provides you with an opportunity to develop your photographic voice by working on more challenging and rewarding projects. "
I'm excited about starting this book, I do the first exercise, Three Chords and The Truth, today with my sister. It's a pretty simple exercise that is meant to go back to basics and use as little gear as possible. He puts a lot of emphasis on simplicity, which is probably another reason I'm really excited about this book–the other photography books were overwhelming.
So, I am going to try to blog about every exercise I finish as I go. Keep me accountable! I'll let you know how the first exercise went soon!


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If you're like minded, the German-American Club of Albany will welcome you to its annual "Schnitzelfest, "set for 6 p.m. this Saturday, although doors open at 5. Dinner choices are jaeger (pork) schnitzel or chicken schnitzel entrees with salad and dessert at $20 per person. Live music will be provided by Paul Slusar.
As is the case with all events at the club, located at 32 Cherry Street, the public is welcome. Walk-ins are welcome for music and dancing at $6 per person. Reservations: 489-0831 or 265-6102.
If German "fests" are your thing, the club will hold a "Bierfest" at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 19.
German Lagers, Pilsners, Bocks, and Hefeweizens will be available. Dinner, served at 6 p.m., will offer choices of German goulash or chicken cacciatore and vegetable, plus salad and dessert, at $20 per person. Live music from Herb Liebenhagen. And, again, walk-ins are welcome for live music and dancing at $6 per person.
Get upstate-wide restaurant news from the Upstate Restaurant Examiner.
And, get a mix of local food and drink news at Notes On Napkins.


text: [JURIST] US District Judge Sim Lake on Thursday sentenced former Dynegy [corporate website] executive Gene Shannon Foster to 15 months in jail, and former accountant Helen Sharkey received a 30-day sentence for helping co-defendant James Olis defraud investors of over $500 million. Olis, another former executive, received an unprecedented 24-year sentence [JURIST report] which was rejected [PDF opinion] by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Lake was also expected to resentence Olis Thursday, but instead said that he would wait until hearing testimony from prosecution and defense witnesses on whether Olis should be deemed to be responsible for any investor loss. Lake hinted that Olis will likely receive a minimum term of six years when resentenced. The three were indicted on conspiracy charges for attempting to disguise debt as incoming cash flow in statements to investors; Olis was the highest-ranked defendant and the only defendant to plead not guilty. AP has more. The Houston Chronicle has local coverage.


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You can't deny its popularity, but Call of Duty multiplayer is not for everyone. Many people buy the games for the short and sweet single-player campaigns, and would rather challenge their skills in Spec Ops challenges than suffer through the verbal lashings and ultra-quick trigger fingers that define the average COD multiplayer match. Activision recognizes the apprehension to jump online, and hopes to offer more replay value for these gamers with Modern Warfare 3's revamped Spec Ops mode. "There's such hardcore players out there in the online community and you hear all the stories about (youngsters) swearing and ruining the experience," Michael Condrey of Sledgehammer Games told the USA Today. "With Spec Ops, you can really get in there and hone your skills in a more confined environment. I think it's a little more of an easy entry. I don't have as much time as I did when I was 20 to be honing my twitch skills, but this certainly gives me a venue to experiment."According to the USA Today, co-developers Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games are beefing up the Spec Ops mode with online matchmaking, leaderboards, and a separate progression system from multiplayer. The centerpiece of the renovation, however, is a new Horde-like Survival mode that takes place on the multiplayer maps.As you would expect, players face off against unlimited waves of increasingly difficult enemies. The map USA Today played, called Dome, featured a "Cold War-era desert radar command bunker" and some creative new enemies like suicide bomber dogs that explode a few seconds after you put them down. When the waves become too much to suppress with your assault rifle, you can use in-game currency to purchase defensive enhancements like turrets.
To read more about Survival mode, head over to the USA Today preview.
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I like the idea of purchasing turrets for defense purposes. I was never really into the spec ops in MW2, but I feel like I could get behind this. We will see.
Looks pretty awesome! Keep it coming!
Zombies + Spec Ops = Marketing Ploy
With Infinity Ward making the game, but not really making the game, it should be interesting to see what happens here. I just can't shake my skepticism.
MW3 Spec Ops Survival Mode: Zombies Sledgehammer/Infinity Ward style
Suicide bomber dogs? *rolls eyes*
SWEET! Suicide bomber dogs? Hell's yeah!


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UPDATE as of 10:57 a.m. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory through Tuesday morning with gusts up to 45 mph predicted in Tacoma.
The advisory is in effect from 5 p.m. this evening to 5 a.m. Tuesday. Affected areas include Tacoma, Seattle, Olympia, Everett, Chehalis and Port Angeles.
Forecasters said southwest winds will pick up to 20-30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
Toppled trees and falling branches could cause power outages, the advisory warns.
INITIAL POST: The rain isn't done with us.
Forecasters say it will get very wet again after 11 a.m. with lights winds gusting up to 15 mph. Today's high will be 63.
The showers will likely last until Wednesday, and the weather should stay dry until Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Wednesday's high will drop into the high 50s.


text: Cosmopolitan Afternoon Round-Up 8/14/12 By Rose Krzton-Presson • Aug 14, 2012 Today on NPR: When Brown took the reins at Cosmopolitan magazine in 1965, it was a foundering monthly known for fiction. Without any editing experience, she turned it into the wildly popular, sexy, women-focused, hugely profitable glossy we know today. She died Monday in New York.


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by KARA VANDERBIJL
Just like that, it's time to bid adieu to Outlander — at least until April, when the Starz adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's beloved novel will return to screens with its first season's final eight episodes. Seriously, whoever created mid-season breaks needs to be taken out and flogged. While that's happening, let's take a look at a few things we've learned from the show over the past eight weeks:
Explaining this story to people who haven't heard of it never gets easier. Eventually the only solution is to dish up a healthy serving of black pudding, sit them in front of the telly, and make them watch it.
Or else pass them a copy of Gabaldon's book and watch them fall into spasms of delight when they realize there are SEVEN MORE IN THE SERIES.
Speaking of spasms, if a group of ancient stones starts whispering to you, your vacation is not going well and you need to leave.
Should you get sucked into the past via the aforementioned stones, don't fret: your life is about to get a whole lot more exciting.
People pay good money to have experiences like yours, Claire. Haven't you heard of living museums?
Just think: if you travel back to the past, you start a never-ending cycle wherein you never really cease to exist.
Don't trust Redcoats.
If the captain of the Redcoats, who looks suspiciously like the husband you left behind in the future, starts confessing his sadism to you, this is not your cue to let your guard down.
This isn't Fifty Shades of Grey.
But it is a romance, so look alive, Claire!
When you have a completely unexplained but intense attraction to a perfect redhead who calls you by a cute nickname and wears a kilt, you need to do what God intended and jump his bones immediately. Don't wait six episodes.
Then again, seven is the perfect number, isn't it?
The wedding is pivotal, and not just because of its consummation. Every decision thereafter involves another person. Claire cannot escape through the stones anymore without facing the consequences. There are consequences, there is loss, on both sides now.
Outlander as a portrait of female desire.
Then again…
If you are a woman in the 18th century, you will narrowly escape rape in pretty much every episode.
By the end I wouldn't have been surprised if Claire had just rolled her eyes and hiked up her skirts. "Let's just get this over with."
All in all, it has always been a drag to be a woman.
But that's okay, because Jamie exists.
Behind every good woman is a well-written male character.
There are few greater male characters than ones who are written into existence by women who are obviously in love with them.
If you don't believe me, read the books.
Scars are sexy.
Do NOT fuck with anybody whose last name is Randall.
If your name is Frank Randall, you're boring but we still feel sorry for you. We're sorry you're boring. Somehow, despite being boring, you manage to be important, which probably wasn't easy for Diana Gabaldon and certainly isn't for Tobias Menzies, who plays you. He's doing a great job, though.
Frank, your theme song is Fleetwood Mac's "Secondhand News."
Obviously casting Menzies as both Frank and his ancestor, Black Jack Randall, was a key move, if only because it gets us thinking about family resemblances, which aren't just skin deep. Violence, abandonment, detachment, psychopathy… couldn't they also be inherited?
The following things look comfortable: sheepskins, kilts, cloaks, Highland grass, those cozy knit caps all the guys seem to wear, not having to wear any panties under your skirts (!)
The following things do not look comfortable: corsets, any of the chairs, that weird roll thing Claire has to strap around her middle to make her ass look bigger underneath her skirts, saddles, putting a knife inside your boot, being flogged, wigs, those strips of cloth men had to tie around their necks for whatever reason, not having to wear any panties under your skirts
Everything else aside, ripping open a bodice seems pretty satisfying.
There are a lot of ancient euphemisms for sex and all of them are wonderful but they're used in such distasteful situations that it's hard to imagine asking anyone to grind your corn and have it sound even remotely inviting.
None of the food looks good.
Books aren't just for smarts; they're also for tickling the deep, abiding parts in all of us that want to fall in love. That want adventure, and risk, and a good, hot, long roll in the hay discarding 18th-century clothes. That want men who wear their kilts and scars with pride.
Romance is the only genre.
Kara VanderBijl is the managing editor of This Recording.


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White Pass plans to open for the season Saturday at 8:45 a.m. It will be the fifth of the six Cascade ski areas to open.
Stevens Pass opens its lifts for the season Thursday.
Crystal Mountain opened for the season Dec. 13. Mount Baker opened Dec. 14. And Mission Ridge, thanks to man-made snow, opened Dec. 6.
The Summit at Snoqualmie is the state's only major ski area not to announce an opening day. The Summit is the state's most popular ski area, but with a base area just 3,000 feet above sea level it is also the lowest.
– Bluewood plans to open Wednesday morning.
– Mount Spokane plans to open Friday morning.


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The Alaska Region Forest Service and the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station will begin a congressionally mandated, 10-year program to inventory and analyze Alaska's national forest wilderness areas this year. The program will entail monitoring up to 93 plots a year to gain baseline information on forest health. While 37 of these plots can be safely accessed on foot, up to 56 plots can only be accessed safely by helicopter. Helicopter landings are not normally allowed in these wilderness areas.
After serious consideration, and in accordance with the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act and the Forest Service Manual, I am allowing these survey crews to use helicopters where they are needed to conduct operations safely.
I know there may be opposition to any helicopter landings in wilderness areas, and my decision was not made lightly. I carefully considered minimum requirements, public comment and operational parameters, but the safety of these survey crews was paramount in my decision.
Helicopter use will be subjected to a continual review process to assess its impact on the public's forest experience, the impacts on the land and resources, and the safety of the survey crews. Helicopter use will be closely monitored. Strict mitigation measures will be used to reduce and limit any impacts this use may cause.
There are 7.5 million acres of wilderness areas in the Tongass and Chugach national forests, including 19 wilderness areas and a wilderness study area. The baseline information gathered from these plots will allow the Forest Service to monitor changes that are affecting these treasured resources over time.
Public support for the Forest Services' efforts to protect and manage our natural resources is important. My decision provides an appropriate balance between crew safety and the protection of our forests.
Dennis Bschor has been the regional forester for the Alaska Region of the Forest Service since early 2002. He is responsible for managing approximately 22 million acres of national forest land in Alaska.
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The hotel offers a restaurant and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. 2 meeting rooms are available. This Alcala de Henares hotel also offers a terrace, multilingual staff, and coffee/tea in a common area. Limited onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis (surcharge).
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