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The time is drawing near for the sixth Annual Mammoth Gravel Classic - a celebration of Bicycle Adventures, Gravel Cycling, and the amazing St. Croix River Valley!
WHERE: Sign your waiver and purchase your State Trail Pass at Cyclova XC in downtown St. Croix Falls, WI. Ride to roll out at the Scenic Overlook, 100 yards north of Cyclova XC for the very casual ride roll outs.
WHEN: Saturday, April 14, 2018. Registration opens at 7AM inside Cyclova XC with the 100 mile riders rolling at 8AM, and the 70 / 35 mile riders rolling ride out at 9AM sharp.
|Roughly 200 hearty cyclists partook in the 2012 Mammoth Gravel Classic. Plan on being a part of the 2014 edition!
|Michael Phernetton & Roger Parenteau lead the 2013 MGC 100 event! Photo Credit: John Schletty
7:00AM / REGISTRATION: Cyclova XC bike shop in downtown St. Croix Falls opens. Here, riders doing the 100, 70, or 35 mile rides will sign the ride waiver, as well as purchase their $5 Gandy Dancer Trail day pass. Complimentary printed que sheets will be available at registration for these unsupported adventure rides.
8:00AM / 100 MILE RIDE ROLLOUT: The 100 mile ride will roll out at 8AM sharp from the Scenic Overlook in downtown St. Croix Falls - 1/2 block north of Cyclova XC. Click HERE for info on all courses.
9:00AM / 70 MILE RIDE ROLLOUT: The 70 mile ride will roll out at 9:00AM from the Scenic Overlook in downtown St. Croix Falls - 1/2 block north of Cyclova XC. Click HERE for info on all courses.
9:05AM / 35 MILE RIDE ROLLOUT: The 35 mile ride will roll out at 9:05AM from the Scenic Overlook in downtown St. Croix Falls - 1/2 block north of Cyclova XC. Click HERE for info on all courses.Lunch/Dinner: Great dining options are available in St. Croix Falls for Mammoth Gravel Classic riders - including options within 1 block of Cyclova XC. Highlights of food options available include: The Bistro On St. Croix, The Vegetarian Indian Cusine, Dalles House Coffee Shop & Bakery, Dalles House Restaraunt & Bar, and other food options available within a stone's throw of Cyclova XC and the event finish.
4:30PM: Door prize drawing for a wide variety of fabulous swag for Mammoth Gravel Classic participants. Free swag at a free event! You must be present to win!
|LOTS of great SWAG is given out after riders finish! Must be present to WIN!
|Celebrate your day of gravel riding by camping and enjoying a bonfire at one of our local campgrounds - or pamper yourself at a hotel!
Evening: We encourage you to spend the weekend in beautiful St. Croix Falls!
- Hotel options
- Wisconsin Interstate Park: Wisconsin Interstate Park's beautiful North Campground is literally within a 5 - 10 minute walk of downtown St. Croix Falls. Just think - one of the globe's greatest rivers, nature, fine dining, world class entertainment, and a bicycle festival all wrapped up into one! Beautiful sights on the ridge overlooking the river! Note that showers will not be open yet for the season in Wisconsin Interstate Park.
- Minnesota Interstate Park: Minnesota's Interstate Park is located just across the river, with the campground being a 10 minute bike ride or 5 minute drive from downtown St. Croix Falls. Beautiful sites right on the river! Note that showers WILL be open for the season in Minnesota Interstate Park.
|Cyclists massing and registering for the 2012 event in front of Cyclova XC. Photo Credit: Gary Simon
|2013 MGC 100 Riders getting a caffeine boost at ~mile 75. Photo Credit: Kristen Velaski
|Tom Krenz & Bob Schwartz lead the charge in the 2013 MGC 70. Photo taken at ~mile 30. Photo Credit: Kristen Velaski
|Sections of sand can be SOFT! Leave your skinny tires at home. We recommend 700 x 40 tires or wider for most riders in the 70 or 100 events. Photo Credit: Ben Mullin
|100 Mile 2013 MGC Riders Mark Fisk & Dallas Wynne show off the Woolly colors on an endless gravel road. Photo Credit: Kristen Velaski


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The Los Angeles Lakers certainly have no shortage of celebrity fans with the likes of Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Denzel Washington, among many others, filling up their courtside seats. That's why it's so amazing that they all put up with "actor" David Arquette sitting courtside, too. Arquette has spent the past six months or so in the midst of a clingy battle with his pop culture relevance, and it all came to a head when the F-list star showed up to Ron Artest's birthday party at the Conga Room in L.A. and put on a dancing show for the guests. For the first time ever, Artest was not the craziest person in his zip code.
But the fun didn't start for Arquette at Artest's party, as the obnoxious and newly single 39-year old first brought his new look and oh-so-hilarious routine to the Lakers game against the Phoenix Suns at the Staples Center. Arquette pranced around the courtside area for all the fans to see, and while I'm not one to put too much stock into superstition, the Lakers lost 121-116. It's clearly Arquette's fault.
Tell us about the cause of this bizarre behavior from such a typically lovable guy, Daily Mail:
He's also bizarrely blamed the break-up of their 11 year marriage on Courtney's close friendship with her former Friends co-star Jennifer Aniston.
At the screening of new movie The Legend of Hallow Dega last week, a source said: 'David quipped, "The film was shot in Courteney's home state of Alabama. Actually, while I was there I came across a town called Anniston [sic]… I should have known that was an omen".
Haha, oh snap, he showed that heartless ice queen Aniston, who is currently buying a vacation home in Mexico with Cox, so use your imagination. But if you're worried about Arquette, don't be. His plate is way too full to keep popping up and acting like this. According to his IMDB, he's got two whole movies coming out next year. He'll also be making an appearance on his sister Patricia's show Medium. Wow, slow down, Dave! Let's take a tour of Arquette's classic doucher persona, shall we?
This video actually shows how truly devoted to the craft of acting Arquette is. He clearly doesn't know the words to the song he's dancing like an a-hole to, but every so often he moves his mouth like he does. That provides some intensity so you know he's not just some goofy F-lister who is only relevant because he has some sisters with big cans and he married way out of his league.
Arquette got into a bit of a fight with other Lakers fans during the NBA Finals this year because he claimed he was trying to help security stop them from storming the court. He's just a legitimate Hollywood angel, even though he got his ass kicked. But he also reveals that he gets his courtside seats by mooching off a friend. That's just shocking behavior from a guy who has earned everything throughout his career. Do yourself a favor – go rent Never Been Kissed right now. Talent defined.
Arquette! Lopez! It's a comedy bonanza! When he talks about Pao Gasol doing the Lambada I seriously pissed my pants with laughter. It helps that he follows all of his jokes up with his infectious laugh, too. How does this guy not have his own show on Comedy Central? He could spend a half hour each week telling us about how people thought See Spot Run was worth making.
And from that moment on, World Championship Wrestling took over the world of sports entertainment and never looked back.

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Lately, I am very care about healthy living. I always do yoga every week. I have undergone yoga about one year ago. As a human, we must care about our relation with God, with the other people, and with the nature. I believe when we always think to be positive, the nature will gives us the positive energy and positive ways too. And now, I want to share about healthy life. My mom always told me that we are what we ate and she thoughts that every people will never get long life when they always ate junk-food or maybe some like fat and actually like un-control nutrient.
To be honest, many people says you are not enjoying your life when you not eating junk-food or some delicious foods. I'm not goody. Until now, I still eat some junk-food and much fat foods but I tried to said no with that. My mom and my sister do detoxing lately and you know so many difference with them. They only eat some smoothies, juice, fruits and vegetables for three days a week. Because I still going to the uni and do learn, my mom do not allow me to do detox. But, every morning I always drink some smoothies and I really love smoothies.
My action to healthy living is not only didn't eat junk-food and drink smoothies every morning but I do yoga or zumba and jog three times a week. Zumba is very popular lately and I do that with my sister. Zumba is very helping us to sweat, as you know what you eat and there must be you spend. And the ways you spend is pee or sweat. Then now, I invited you to be health and make healthy life being part of your obligations.


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Sam Bradford (right) and other St. Louis Rams players visit Tiffanae Litaker at Children's Hospital at Christmastime.
Litaker, the 13-year-old granddaughter of Randy and Marie Siebert, is undergoing treatment for rabdomyosarcoma in St. Louis. To learn Tiffanae's story and follow her on her journey, go online to www.caringbridge.org and sign in as a visitor to her website.
February is American Heart Month, and unfortunately, most people know someone who has had heart disease or stroke.
A Fayette County man who pleaded guilty in federal court to firearms charges has been sentenced to a little less than three years in federal prison.
Timothy Shellenbarger, 22, of St. Elmo, was given a 35-month prison sentence on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis, according to U.S. Attorney Stephen R. Wigginton.
Shellenbarger, who has been in custody since Dec. 17, 2010, will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence. He was fined $375 and ordered to pay a $200 special assessment.
A Shobonier man who pleaded guilty last month to a sex crime was sentenced last week to seven years in prison, three years less than the cap agreed to by prosecutors.
Associate Judge Allan F. Lolie Jr. of Shelbyville handed down the sentence for Jarvis R. Denning at the completion of the hearing last Wednesday in Fayette County Circuit Court.
Denning, who is required to serve at least 85 percent of the seven-year sentence, was given 115 days credit for time he has served in the Fayette County Jail since his arrest.
Two men, each with a long history of involvement in community activities, were presented Abe Awards at last Thursday's annual banquet of the Vandalia Chamber of Commerce.
While Fayette County residents have been enjoying the spring-like weather in recent days, no one likely appreciates the warmer temperatures than Lynn McDowell.
Thursday, February 2
✔ TOPS IL 2490 will meet from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Ramsey. Weigh-in is from 9-9:30 a.m. For more information, contact Dovie Heaton-Bergin at 283-1729.
✔ TOPS IL 1872, Ramsey, will meet at the Christian Church in Ramsey. Weigh-in is at 6:20 p.m., and the meeting is at 7 p.m.
Saturday, February 4
A Texas man was killed in an accident early Monday morning on Interstate 70 in eastern Fayette County.
Fayette County Coroner Bruce Bowen said that James Tinsley II of El Paso sustained fatal injuries when struck by a tractor-trailer shortly before daylight.
According to the Illinois State Police, a tractor-trailer driven by Tinsley was involved in a crash, which Bowen said resulted in his lights being disabled.
Abe Clymer and John Ashdown are the latest residents to be honored by the Vandalia Chamber of Commerce for their service to the community.
Clymer was honored for his years of serving as Vandalia's Abraham Lincoln. Clymer, a member of the Lincoln Presenters, successfully lobbied the organization to hold its annual convention in Vandalia several years ago.
Ashdown was honored for his leadership in the construction of a new Family YMCA facility.
Abe Clymer and John Ashdown were presented with Abe Awards at the Vandalia Chamber of Commerce banquet on Thursday night.
Clymer was chosen to receive an Abe for the years that he has served as Vandalia's Abraham Lincoln. A Lincoln presenter, Clymer successfully lobbied to have the national presenters group hold its convention in Vandalia.
Ashdown was honored for his leadership in the campaign for a new Family YMCA facility.
Coverage of the chamber banquet will be in Thursday's issue of The Leader-Union.
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Edge-to-Edge Mitral Repair: From a Surgical to a Percutaneous Approach
Springer | Medicine | September 29, 2015 | ISBN-10: 3319198920 | 166 pages | pdf | 9 mb
by Ottavio Alfieri (Editor), Michele De Bonis (Editor), Giovanni La Canna (Editor)
Provides detailed information on all aspects of the edge-to-edge technique for mitral repair
Traces its evolution from a surgical to a percutaneous approach
Describes the state of the art in Mitra Clip therapy
Co-written by the inventor of the technique
From the Back Cover
This is the first comprehensive review of the edge-to-edge technique for mitral repair, which was introduced into the surgical armamentarium in 1991 by one of the authors, Ottavio Alfieri. The surgical technique employed in edge-to-edge repair today provides the basis for the only reliable method of percutaneous correction of degenerative mitral regurgitation. The book traces the evolution of the edge-to-edge technique from a surgical to a percutaneous approach, documenting indications, contraindications, technical aspects, controversies, and clinical outcomes. Detailed attention is devoted to the MitraClip procedure, which reproduces the Alfieri stitch percutaneously and has to date been used in more than 20,000 patients worldwide. The state of the art in MitraClip therapy is described, with clear explanation of when and how to use the MitraClip system. The reader will learn all aspects of percutaneous edge-to-edge repair, which is recommended for use in carefully selected patients in the new ESC/EACTS guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease and in the ESC guidelines on heart failure. The group at San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, has accumulated by far the largest experience in the world with the technique and over the years has been very active in its promotion and scientific evaluation. This book reflects that depth of knowledge and will be of great interest to cardiac surgeons and interventional and clinical cardiologists.
Number of Illustrations and Tables
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A Q Khan will not be handed over to another country: PakFebruary 6th, 2008 - 2:17 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb.6 (ANI): The Pakistan embassy in Washington has said that nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan will not be handed over to a foreign country for investigative purposes.
Embassy spokesman Akram Shaheedi said in an article for the Washington Post that no government in Pakistan could afford to take this step.
He was reacting to a critical article by Selig Harrison that criticised the soft approach taken on Khan by the Musharraf regime.
Pakistan, Shaheedi claimed has investigated the nuclear proliferation matter thoroughly and had shared its findings with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
It is unfair and offensive to malign Pakistans leadership on such a sensitive issue as nuclear proliferation. This analysis was built on hearsay rather than substance and the facts, the Daily Times quotes Shaheedi, as saying.
He also argued that there is no link between the AQ Khan issue and the war on terrorism, and added that the United States and the international community are fully aware of Pakistans role in the war on terrorism.
Khan, is widely regarded as the founder of Pakistans nuclear program.
In January 2004, Khan confessed to having been involved in a clandestine international network of nuclear weapons technology proliferation from Pakistan to Libya, Iran and North Korea. On February 5, 2004, President General Pervez Musharraf, announced that he had pardoned Dr. Khan as he was a national hero.
In an August 23, 2005 interview with Kyodo News, Musharraf confirmed that Khan had supplied gas centrifuges and gas centrifuge parts to North Korea and, possibly, an amount of uranium hexafluoride gas.
Khan came under scrutiny following the September 11, 2001 attacks in the U.S. and the subsequent US invasion of Afghanistan to oust the fundamentalist Taliban regime in Afghanistan. It emerged that al-Qaeda had made repeated efforts to obtain nuclear weapons materials to build either a radiological bomb or a crude nuclear bomb. In late October 2001, the Pakistani government arrested three Pakistani nuclear scientists, all with close ties to Khan, for their suspected connections with the Taliban.
The Bush administration continued to investigate Pakistani nuclear weapons proliferation, ratcheting up the pressure on the Pakistani government in 2001 and 2002 and focusing on Khan's personal role. He has been under house arrest since February 2004. (ANI)
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PLEASANTON — Students attended classes as usual at Foothill High School on Thursday following the appearance of a graffiti shooting threat discovered two days ago in a girl's bathroom.
Scrawled in marker on the wall of a bathroom stall, the writer said they hated everyone at the school and warned "Watch me shoot everyone on March 14th!"
With the exception of a heightened police presence Thursday, it was business as usual at the school. Students appeared unperturbed and the school had a 92 percent attendance rate, with 110 of the 2,200 registered students absent from morning classes, said Nicole Steward, spokeswoman for the Pleasanton school district. Many of the absent students are members of the cheerleading and lacrosse teams away at competition.
A meeting was held Wednesday between representatives of the school, district and police department, Principal John Dwyer said. An email was distributed to students' families to inform them of plans that included added campus supervisors and custodians to "maintain a high level of vigilance and security."
Teachers also reviewed lockdown procedures and spoke with students about the importance of disclosing anything that might present a safety or security risk.
"As a community we are working to maintain as normal a day as possible," Dwyer said. "We are very pleased and reassured by the response of staff and students to this situation and know that the resources the school district and police department have brought to bear are making a positive difference in our school safety and security."
Pleasanton police sent in additional officers as a precaution, sending four patrol officers to the school when there is usually only one, Steward said.
Foothill was one of four East Bay schools targeted over the past week in a series of unrelated bomb and graffiti threats.
On Wednesday about 2 p.m., the Fremont school district put Thornton Jr. High School on lockdown for roughly 30 minutes after district officials received a phone call about a bomb threat there, police said.
In Tracy, extra police and security were added at Kimball High School on Wednesday and will possibly be kept until the end of the week, after two students last week found threatening graffiti in a girls bathroom.
Also, Tracy High was evacuated Wednesday afternoon after two threatening notes, including one about a bomb, were found in two boys bathrooms. School officials were reviewing security camera footage and police dogs were called in to help officers search the school.


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I haven't bothered to comment previously on the "exposure" of the relationship between two lawyers involved in the Leveson inquiry.
The stories and commentaries in The Sun, Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph have implied that the liaison between the inquiry's junior counsel, Carine Patry Hoskins, and the barrister who represented several press "victims", David Sherborne, somehow influenced Lord Justice Leveson's final report.
Anyone with the slightest knowledge of the subject would understand that such a claim is ridiculous. That said, it's obvious the love affair between two lawyers has presented editors who have always been opposed to Leveson and all its works, especially its outcome, with some juicy propaganda.
Dubbed "The Loverson Inquiry" in Saturday's Sun, papers have been building conspiracy theories ever since.
And they are not letting the subject drop, as The Sun shows again today. It is clearly determined to embarrass Patry Hoskins and Sherborne (and, by extension, Leveson) by poking fun at the couple.
Evidently, they took a trip together to the Greek island of Santorini, which happened, to quote the Mail, "days after the [Leveson] public hearings concluded and months before the inquiry ended."
So The Sun is running a spoof contest, "Win a romantic holiday for two in Santorini like the Leveson lovebirds." The copy begins:
"Been flirting like mad with each other at work but still unsure whether to cross that line of love and start a full-blown affair? The Sun has the perfect solution.
We are giving away a FREE holiday for two romantic readers to the beautiful Greek island of Santorini.
And — just like Leveson lovebird lawyers David Sherborne and Carine Patry Hoskins — you don't have to be in a relationship before you step on the plane to paradise…"
And there is more facile innuendo after that before readers who wish to take part are asked the absurdly easy multiple choice question: Is Santorini: a) a song in Mamma Mia; b) a centre-forward for Panathinaikos; c) a romantic island.
First one selected gets the holiday. The Sun says: "We're sure to be inundated with inquiries." But I don't think the number of entries will show that their readers have any interest in the lawyers and, by implication, the story itself.
It will simply reflect the fact that people have a chance to win a free Mediterranean holiday regardless of the reason.
Incidentally, as The Guardian reported yesterday, Sir Brian Leveson has rejected claims that Patry Hoskins's affair had compromised his inquiry's impartiality.
In reply to a call by Conservative MP Rob Wilson for an inquiry, Leveson said: "There was simply no room for a 'breach of confidence or other conspiracy' as a result of personal relations between her and Mr Sherborne."
Fair enough. But the judge (and Patry Hoskins) must be aware that the inquiry is a press target. Once he was told of the couple's relationship - on 18 March, evidently - he should have realised the likelihood of it becoming public knowledge.
He should have issued a statement at that point (with Patry Hoskins's agreement of course). Has he learned nothing about popular press behaviour from the evidence given to his own inquiry? Perception, rather than truth, is hugely important.


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The League: Weekend football podcast
West Ham United will meet Blackpool in the Championship play-off final this weekend and Lee Phelps is alongside Pete Farries to go through the betting ahead of the match.
Pete puts up a shed load of possible bets and the guys also take a bit of time to preview the league one play-off final.
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Glass artist Rebecca Hellman will show her works in jewelry and fused glass at Leapin' Frog Gallery in Waynesville on Nov. 11-12.
Hellman has come to produce glass items after many years of working in other mediums such as painting, pottery and stained glass.
"I have combined my past art experience and incorporated them into my designs to give me what I feel is a unique style," she said. Her creations include tabletop designs, wall art, furniture and freestanding sculpture as well as jewelry. Pearls, precious and semi-precious gemstones are the focal points of her jewelry pieces.
Hellman will be on hand from 6-9 p.m. on Nov. 11 and from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Nov. 12. The public is invited. 828.456.8441.


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The list of finalists for Seattle police chief is down to three, with Seattle Mayor Ed Murray set to do the interviewing and assess the comfort level factor in the most important appointment Murray will make for his newly minted administration.
They are:
- Kathleen O'Toole, from an old Boston police family, Boston police commissioner from 2004 to 2006, and later inspector general of the Garda Inspectorate, who took charge of reforming Ireland's scandal-riddled national police force.
- Robert Lehner, chief of the police department in Elk Grove, Calif.,, a former Eugene, Ore., police chief — who took over the force at a time of scandal — and onetime assistant police chief in Tucson, Ariz.
- Frank Milstead, police chief of Mesa, Ariz. — known to Seattle baseball fans as where the Cubs play spring training — and formerly a 25-year veteran with the Phoenix Police Department, where he headed the Phoenix Homeland Security Bureau. He has also done stand-up comedy.
Ex-King County Executive Ron Sims, co-chair of the mayor's search committee, said Seattle will get an "exceptional" chief whoever Murray chooses.
But Sims listed a daunting set of necessary attributes. "We know that the next chief needs to bring a proven record of reform, effective management experience, strong communications skills and an unwavering commitment to community engagement and the ability to articulate vision and expectations to which the force will be held accountable," he said.
The person selected by Murray, if approved by the Seattle City Council, will be the Emerald City's fourth police chief in less than a year. The Seattle Police Department is operating under a U.S. Justice Dept. consent decree requiring that it revamp policies and training on use of force.
Chief John Diaz, appointed by then-Mayor Mike McGinn, retired last spring. McGinn picked a reform-minded interim chief in Jim Pugel, who had directed the SPD's acclaimed program to steer small-time drug dealers and offenders into treatment.
In turn, just a few days on the job, Murray replaced Puget with retired assistant chief Harry Bailey. Bailey is a former vice president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild.
Murray has promised to unveil his choice during the week of May 19.


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Spiritual Bridges
- Artist: Katriel & Bodhise
- Genre: New Age
- Release Date: 7/1/2003
Katriel & Bodhise Katriel- Stephen Wise - musician extrordinaire (for bio info see 'Transformation' CD info) Bodhise (Dr Paul Brown Bodhise) - is a holistic chiropractor, naturopath, published alternative healer and ordained minister with a backround as a teacher on the treatise 'A Course in Miracles'. Bodhise has also become a sought after lecturer for his scientific knowledge and compassionate approach to health and healing. He was an initiate of guru Bawa Muhaiyadin from Sri Lanka. Bodhise upon publishing his book 'Reach for the Healing Light' survival kit for the new millennium for the urban sage, teamed up with Katriel to take excerpts from the book and put music to it. Together they came up with some magical moments which neither of them takes credit for. 'It came and passed right through us as though we had nothing to do with it, yet was one of the most memorable projects either of us has worked on. Truly a divine experience simply because our intentions were to create a piece of work to serve others and activate healing and higher consciousness.'
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Puck Neck is the off-beat story of a beer league hockey goalie attempting to makes his comeback after a devastating injury had kept him off the ice for months.
'Puck Neck' is a film made for the 48 Hour Film Project Denver 2012. What does this mean? It means we pulled our genre, Comedy, out of a hat on Friday evening and had to write, shoot & edit this film in 48 hours, turning it in on Sunday at 7pm. We had to use 3 elements to prove it was made within the 48 hours as well. A prop - A Straw. A character - Russell Powers, Coach. A Line of dialogue - "Let's keep it in the group."
Shot entirely on the Sony F3 and edited on Avid Media Composer.
Puck Neck - Cougar Littlefield
Russell Powers - Andrew Canjar
Puck Neck's Brother-In-Law - Chris Grundy
Puck Neck's Sister - Amie MacKenzie
Ivan - Jeff Kosloski
Igor - Jordan Leigh
Vladi - Kirk Anderson
Ms. Powers - Leanne Jewell
Brad Stabio - Director/Producer/Editor
Kirk Anderson - Producer/Writer/Actor
Jeff Kosloski - Writer/Actor/Producer
Brook Aitken - Director of Photography
Music - Michael Garner
Adam Bearly - Assistant Camera
Deb Hultgren - Production Manager
Brandon Stiller - Assistant Director
Brad Dunn - Location Sound
Todd Debreceni - Makup Special Effects
Nicole Lonero - Grip/Slate
Joey Gasiorek - Makeup Assistant
Kristine "Tini" Madonna - Makeup Assistant
Erin Mills - Makeup Assistant
Brinna Sales - Production Assistant & Costume
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Welcome! Come on in the BunkHouse. Most of the talk around here is about sewing and quilty things; but, from time to time, I'll throw in a few little details of life here in Ohio!
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Snowman Quilt is Done!
4 comments:
- Tired Teacher said...
Fantastic finish! The pantograph you used is perfect for this quilt.
Chilly, snowy, and downright dreary here today, so your snowman quilt is definitely NOT out of season. As a matter of fact, I have a snowman lap quilt wrapped around my legs as I type this comment. Springtime in the Rockies usually includes a May snowstorm.
- May 18, 2017 at 11:53 PM
- Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...
I remember those fabrics. I think I have a few in my stash.
- May 19, 2017 at 10:03 AM
- Diane E W said...
I love this Ann. Especially the colors and the snowmen in the borders. I'll have to find that panto, it could be used on so many quilts. I see a flannel quilt in my future using this panto.
- May 19, 2017 at 11:09 AM
- Tu-Na Quilts said...
Nice finish! It feels so good to finally finish that project that's been hiding.
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Bullitt Fiscal Court agreed to have the detention center bond issue refinanced, which is projected to save the county over $900,000 through the maturing of the bond in 2028.
Michael George, representing Civic Finance Advisors, which works with the Kentucky Association of Counties, told court members that due to the change in the interest rates, now was the time to refinance.
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Horses, that's why. Police horses, that is.
JHP poo, tourists, the Embarcadero, and Ferry Building. Welcome to San Francisco!
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Perhaps the super-whiny whiners in the the area, such as Boston Properties* and whoever, will start writing sneaky letters to SFGov about how they're going to sue, sue, sue over horse poo now?
So, now that OccupySF is over, area property owners are happy? Really? Mmmm.
And who was it, was it Hawaiian Airlines or Disney what was demanding the end of OccupySF? Maybe I'll look into that and see how they feel about Occupy. [Cough, boycott, cough.]
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*Owner of Embarcadero Center or someplace. (Now isn't that a great name for a San Francisco company?)
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Lagunitas Fun
You must "like" the KC Beer Blog Facebook page in order to post pics, so get on it. You don't care about a Lagunitas Mason Jar? Well I have a couple different prizes to give away in the coming weeks that will only be announced on the Facebook page so go ahead and "like" it if you haven't already.
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- BillyJoeTheBrainMay 19, 2011 at 6:23 PM
Yup, you definitely get paid by Lagunitas in mercy and crappy tasting beerReplyDelete
- BillyJoeTheBrainMay 19, 2011 at 6:23 PM
I'd love to live in a world where a brewery would care enough about what I write that they would be willing to pay me in merch enough to buy my credibility.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 19, 2011 at 10:47 PM
LMAO... Not sure but I really do not care. What part of being passionate about a beer does Billy Joe not get... To me you seem to be passionate about Lagunitas but rarely do you have enough to talk about as it relates to the brand. Perhaps the distributor is not that good but I can attest to the beer being that good. Good for you, in sharing and keep it up. If one out of 20 - 40 posts is about this brand it will be 15-30 too few! I want the dam Jars!ReplyDelete
- BillyJoetheBrainMay 20, 2011 at 8:28 AM
I understand being passionate about a beer, it's the shameless plugs that are constantly on this blog that get to me. Bull writes all the time that Lagunitas needs our help, but yet they are in the top 30 craft breweries in the nation, ahead of better breweries like Odells. They don't need our help. Their beers are mediocre at best and the only reason they do so well is they have a lower price point then everyone else. And anonymous, if you want the jar so bad, head over to Lukas Liqour or Royal Liquors, they've got them for $2 a piece.ReplyDelete
Billy, I get your complaint and I understand that you don't like Lagunitas. That doesn't matter to me, I do like it and I disagree that it's a mediocre brewery. But, we'll have to agree to disagree.ReplyDelete
Let me tell you a little story about how this "Lagunitas Needs Us" came about. I had a conversation with a guy at a liquor store one day about Lagunitas Little Sumpin' Sumpin' which just went year round and we didn't have it in the market yet. I love that beer, it's my unapologetic favorite everyday beer. The liquor store guy wove me a tale about how the distributor never knew anything about Lagunitas and the liquor store basically had to beg them to sell Lagunitas to them.
I relayed this story to the distributor. He gave me a little bit of salesman speak but I took away from that conversation that the distributor wasn't behind the product. At the time Lagunitas wasn't available in the majority of liquor stores in town.
I then called Lagunitas using the phone number on the bottles. I had a long conversation about Sumpin' Sumpin' and how I wanted it in town. Lagunitas basically said they had it available, the distributor just needs to buy it.
So I wrote that post "Lagunitas Needs Us" to put a fire under the ass of the distributor. In the time since, the distributor has really done a good job getting Lagunitas into more stores and putting in Lagunitas displays and basically representing the brand much better than they did before.
I still stand behind Lagunitas. But, more importantly, my post brought attention to Lagunitas to the distributor. What kind of an asshole would I be if I didn't continue to publicize it when the distributor does exactly what I wanted them to do six months ago?
So when you see me pimping Lagunitas, it's because I believe in it and because KC Beer Blog played a small part in bringing in more of their beers.
If I can give away a couple of $2 jars to thank our readers for all they did, then I will.
Thanks for reading and the brewery's name is Odell not Odells.
In the words of Samuel Jackson "you might just fight a person or two".ReplyDelete


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Machelle if you are still out there, I live just across a sreek from where Christipher and Parthenia are buried in a neighbors yard. I am almost sure it is the home place tthough some fell there was once also a church there. I have only side line KIRKSEY connections. I do have some information.


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The BEST Seahawks Mock DraftApril 22, 2010
Ok.... down to business.
First things first.... this team has problems. I mean problems at every position not named linebacker. I know that its not possible to fix everything in one year.... obviously. I am going to put a best case scenario up first (defensive oriented) and then put a second option for each pick.
I will make the assumption that we get our best case scenario....
#6 overall - S Eric Berry / OT Russel Okung
#14 overall - TRADE THIS PICK / QB Jimmy Clausen
I'd like to trade this pick (the #14 overall) and Leroy Hill to the Patriots. In return we would acquire the #44 #53 and #190 with a fifth next year)
I'm going to assume (see above) that the trade goes through....
#44 overall - NT Linval Joseph / OT Roger Saffold
#53 overall - CB Brandon Ghee / S Morgan Burnett
#60 overall - CB Akwasi Owusu-Ansah / S Chris Cook
#104 overall - OT Tony Washington
#127 overall - OT Marshall Newhouse
#133 overall - OT Sam Young
#139 overall - WR Jordan Shipley
#176 overall - K Leigh Tiffin
#190 overall - CB Bryan McCann
#245 overall - DE Chris McCoy
It may seem crazy... but I think this is the best draft we could possibly have. The offense will continue to suck.... but its important to worry about the OL before we worry about playmakers. It is not necessary to draft OL high when Alex Gibbs can work miracles with guys like Tony Washington, Marshall Newhouse, and Sam Young.
It makes sense to upgrade the DL and DB's because they are adjacent to our best unit (the LB's).
It makes sense to trade at least one of them (Tatupu, Hill, Hawthorne, Curry). Trading Hill opens room for the best players to take the field (Hawthorne) and gives us the best chance to win. It fits the system too... as Curry is a great fit at the Under LB in a 4-3 Under system and Hawthorne / Tatupu are fantastic.
It allows us to upgrade our DB's in a serious way. It is so important to do that in a pass driven league... and gives us some serious talent in the defensive backfield while allowing (with the drafting of Linval Joseph) us to upgrade the DL too.
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Jazz history was made in Philadelphia. It's the city where such legendary musicians as John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Philly Joe Jones, Shirley Scott, Billie Holiday, Jimmy McGriff, Bill Doggett, Stan Getz, Benny Golson, Lee Morgan, Grover Washington Jr., Trudy Pitts and Jimmy Smith made major contributions to jazz.
Lenora Early, founder of the John Coltrane House, observed:
Philadelphia is the most important focus of John Coltrane's development as a virtuoso musician. Philadelphia's rich black jazz milieu in the 1940s nurtured the novice teen reed player just up from the South. The house on North 33rd Street was special to Coltrane. In this house, he wrote "Giant Steps," a title that foreshadowed his future musical stature. In this space, in 1957, Coltrane experienced a life-altering epiphany when he freed himself from heroin addiction cold turkey.
All That Philly Jazz, a digital history project, is mapping Philadelphia's jazz heritage, including historic landmarks and events, legacy clubs and other points of interest. Sadly, much of Philly's jazz legacy has disappeared. As a result, the history largely resides in the memories of those who were there.
So we have launched a mobile platform to crowdsource collection of stories, photos and videos. All That Philly Jazz's free app is available on Google Play and iTunes (search term "icihere").
Homer Jackson, project director of the Philadelphia Jazz Project, said:
Philadelphia's jazz legacy is like that family secret that everyone knows about you and your family, yet you have no idea about it. Our city's musical status in the world is rich and valued. Our story is well-known in places like London, Paris, Osaka, Berlin and Rio de Janeiro while at home we have yet to explore, appreciate and celebrate the greatness that emerged from these very streets. It's time for us to look into the Philadelphia family album of jazz and understand just how wealthy we truly are and can continue to be.
Jazz enthusiasts anywhere in the world can go to http://ph.ly/MyPhillyJazz and share their memories of Philly's jazz scene back in the day. If you were there, that would be awesome. If someone shared a story, photo, etc., with you, please share it with us. After all, if we don't tell our story, who will?
With our app, residents and visitors can, say, stand on the corner of Broad and Lombard Streets, and reimagine Billie Holiday leaving the Showboat, which was in the basement of the Douglass Hotel.
If Billie walked south on Broad, she would have arrived at Pep's in less than five minutes. Along the way, she would have passed the Dunbar (Lincoln) Theatre.
Although we've barely scratched the surface, the first iteration of the map is telling the story. Broad and South Streets, and Columbia Avenue (now Cecil B. Moore Avenue) were chock-a-block with jazz spots.
But All That Philly Jazz is not just about the past. It's about building new audiences for jazz musicians by exposing Millennials and others to a unique American art form.
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Soundpost measurement tool with magnets
If you need a new Soundpost for a double bass, you usually take the already existing Soundpost for reference, and make the new one slightly longer or shorter, whatever you need in particular. While the proper length is not that … Continue reading
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Scordatura Pedals for the Double Bass: a project at Kickstarter
Double Bassist Carter Callison likes to work with different tunings on the double bass. He has developed a Double Bass Retuning Pedal, which allows him to change the tuning of his bass while he plays: Double Bass Retuning Pedals (a.k.a. … Continue reading
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Double Bass photography and books
Pim van der Zwaan is a dutch double bassist and photographer who extensively works with the double bass. At his website and Flickr, he shows some of his photos which mostly have been taken at the workshop of luthier Harry … Continue reading
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Franz Moser's new version bridge adjusters
At the Frankfurt Musikmesse, Franz Moser has launched his new version of his MPM bridge height adjuster screws. Like the old version, a ball bearing joint allows the bridge feet to follow the top's movement. The new version screws now … Continue reading
Violin Society of America/Oberlin Bass Workshop
At the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, June 10–16 This year's faculty includes David Gage, Arnold Schnitzer, and Jay VandeKopple. Some experience is preferred, and a passion for the string bass is a must. Learn from luthiers with years of experience making, … Continue reading
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At the bowmaker's workshop
This video shows Jean-Jacques Augagneur from Lyon (France) making a violin bow. From wood selection, carving, hairing and final adjustments, Augagneur shows and explains all steps of bow making.
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Violin Making live stream
As part of the RNCM's prestigious Manchester International Violin Competition, the four violin makers William Castle, Helen Michetschläger, Kai-Thomas Roth, and Marc Soubeyran will work together to make a copy of a Guadagnini violin. The making process is broadcasted as live … Continue reading
New materials in instrument making
Nathan Sawaya is a Brick Artist. He builts things with Lego bricks, and he has recently made a Lego cello: YouTube


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From The Frontline - Myke Heath Blog - December 2015
Merry Christmas to whoever is reading this and the good people at www.mikedolbear.com. This month has consisted of the usual kind of Christmas wind down (or wind up) where everyones mind moves to credit card spending and the tough decision of which family members will be least offended by you not spending Christmas day with them.
Its not been without some live playing though and The Wounded Kings have just started to rehearse the new songs in preparation for our new album, which hopefully will be out on 25th March 2016. Everybody in the band likes the new songs so much that weve decided that we will play the album live in full. This is partly to help promote it and partly to try and keep things fresh for us, and to play a better show for the punters who pay their hard earned cash in some obscure venues in some far away places. Drumming wise its also great for me, as it requires a little more dynamics than previous albums and the average BPM has picked up above 60 too.
I talked in the last blog about our lack of communication with our record label but there has been some positive correspondence and theyve promised we will have the album to sell at the shows were playing in Europe in early March (before the album comes out), which will be great for the fans and us alike. Hopefully an opportunity for fans to but the album three weeks before the release date and hear it played start to finish in front of their very eyes will bulk numbers at shows a little bit too. Live music has taken hit after hit in recent years and Im sure after recent events in Paris people may still be a little spooked for a while yet. Coincidentally we have been offered a show in Paris but as of yet nothing has been confirmed, but Im totally up for it and I think the more the merrier.
My recent dabble with retro flat based hardware has proven to be exactly just that. It looked amazing on the kit and nobody would complain about the hardware bag being lighter but during recent rehearsals it was very clear that they are not the right tools for the job sadly. I think there was at least two inches of side-to-side movement each time I hit a cymbal and it was freaking some of the guys in the band out and to be quite honest it was freaking me out a little bit too. Ill just have to bite the bullet and accept that I need to keep things a bit more heavy duty.
I do quite a bit of gear sharing when we tour with the support bands who play before us and a lot of the rest of the shows I end up using hired gear so its fifty/fifty on how much hammering it takes anyway but its got to be reliable. On the last show we played the kit was shared with six other bands and my heads took a real beating to the point of needing replacement but that subsequently led me to do some extensive research here and there and I think I now have plans to change my heads up a bit anyway.
We played a great show in Birmingham as a fundraiser for a musician in another band we have played live shows with who sadly died very suddenly. All proceeds went to his four year old daughter as part of a university fund. In total I think over £3,000 was raised which I thought was a surprising amount but it was great to be involved and we played a really good set too. Being that it was a special occasion with a bigger purpose I think that it pushed everyone to play just that little bit harder than normal and especially being so soon after the Bataclan Theatre incident in Paris people were in a reflective but forthright mood. The atmosphere in the van on the way home was of accomplishment and dare I say it but there was even an air of pride in ourselves for what we had done that evening too.
So the forthcoming festive period will be largely consisting of me helping my wife to finish the never ending decorating I started in our bathroom and room changes to our flat to be finished in time for the 25th. I probably wont pick up a pair of sticks until the New Year now and Im actually really pleased about that for a change. Itll be nice to chill out, catch up with friends and family and to focus on normal life for a bit. I will get grumpy (if I dont play for a week or so it makes me really crabby for some reason) but Ill be all fired up and ready to go once things pick up again in January. Ive thrown together a list of new gadgets and noisemakers I want to add to the kit and I feel confident that I now have a strong idea of exactly the right heads I need to put on my beloved Gretsch and Ludwig drums all in time for a fresh new start in 2016. I totally cant wait and I have no idea whats to come really but Im super excited.
In the mean time take good care of yourselves and each other and I hope you all have a happy Christmas and a good New Year. May it be filled with the sound of drums and good humour!


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Thanks Allah because I have fulfilled all of commitment and promises to all of my client. And I am terribly sorry if there's any of my design which did not meet any of the requirements . I am only human.
But hey , cut the story short , here's the testimonial for 2011!! =D
"Kak Zana , cantik la"_Yanie +Eddiey
"tq kak , cantik sangat "_Nida
"Zana , tq for the hantaran , minimalist but elegant ! " _Puan Noraida
"Tq Zana , hantaran tu cantik"_ Dr Fatimah
"Cantik la kak Zana buat hantaran ni ! " Aiza+Naza
"Tq Zana , sweet"_Hanida
"Everybody said it was beautiful, thank you" _Afiq+Athirah
"Gorgeous!" _Mazlyn
"Preety!!"_Nadiah Azmi
"Kami tak sangka cantik camni" _ Mazlyn+Azhari
"Hand bouquet sangat cantik , terima kasih"_ Mazlyn
" kak Zana!! Cantik sangat ! "_Ayu+Razif
"kak Zana , ramai yang puji cantik , thanks ye"_Remy+Suraya
"Sweet ! Cantik ! "_Remy's mom
"Zana !! Hantaran kami cantik sangat !! puas hati ! "_Shikin+Zainal
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- 3 Quarks Daily: In Praise of Yamato Spirit(s) : Passing By in Tokyo Part II
- 3 Quarks Daily: Joothan: A Dalit's Life
- 3 Quarks Daily: New York's Empire State of Mind: The Colonization of 'Up' Part I
- 3 Quarks Daily: Shadow Catchers: Camera-less Photography
- 3 Quarks Daily: Tokyo, Almost-Encounters, and "Passing By"
- 3 Quarks Daily: What We Talk About When We Talk About the Weather
- Abbas Zaidi Writes, Innovates & Educates: Perspective Enrichment For A Better World
- Accidental Blogger: The Leopard _ Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
- Amardeep Singh: The Demand's of Honesty: On Amitava Kumar's "Nobody Does the Right Thing"
- AngelSpeak: If I Wasn't Scared Before… Writing Memoir in Genzlinger's Age
- Belonging to a Different Macro-Quantum State of Mind: Time, talk to me!
- Bibliographing: Let us keep each other's secrets
- Bookslut: In Search of Spiraling Time
- Book Snob: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
- Busy Being Born: If Facebook Didn't Exist, It Would Be Necessary to Invent It
- Butcheredswitch: Subway Writing
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- Chapati Mystery: The Stay-at-Home Man
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- Fernham: Pearls and Power
- Ground Views: We Regret To Inform You That Your Condolences Cannot Be Accepted At This Time
- Guernica: The Un-Victim
- Hundred Mountain: Thinking of Turtles
- I Have Become Accustomed To Rejection: I Wonder How Long I Could Sit There
- Jadaliyya: The Poetry of Revolt
- Kuzhali Manickavel: Conversations--The Gee Oh
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- Literal Life: Freedom ~ Jonathan Franzen
- M. A. Peel: Oh Frabjous Day: Woolverton's FanFic Love for Alice
- Mark Athitakis' American Fiction Notes: Adam Haslett, Lionel Shriver, and the Bygone Age of Order
- Millicent and Carla Fran: On The Face That Launched a Thousand Clicks, Or What The Social Network Isn't About
- Millicent and Carla Fran: Why Don't Women Submit?
Novel Readings: Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Leaving Brooklyn
Open Letters Monthly: Second Glance: The Daringly Sensible Majorie Hillis
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- Tales from the Reading Room: The Precious Things
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- Tang Dynasty Times: Shipwrecked
- The Awl: If You Have Only One Week in L.A.
- The Millions: Beyond Harry, Oz, and Narnia: Lev Grossman's The Magicians
- The Millions: Brideshead Revisited
- The Millions: Chasing the Whale: Banksy, Obsession, and the Sea
- The Millions: Dispatch from the Borders-Land
- The Millions: Every Day I Open A Book
- The Millions: Her Story Next to His: Beloved and The Odyssey
- The Millions: In Search of Iago
- The Millions: In the Room: Against a Cultural Boycott of the Galle Literary Festival
- The Millions: On Bad Reviews
- The Millions: Reading and Race: On Slavery in Fiction
- The Millions: The Sorry State of the Rejection Letter
- The Morning News: A Song for Aretha
- The Nervous Breakdown: Authors and Tattoos, Part I of II
- The Nervous Breakdown: Authors and Tattoos, Part II of II
- The Platform: which is to say: time bends like a weak knee, or so fresh and so clean, clean
- This Space: The Shadow Cast by Writing
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As former formal night advocates, not formal night (if you want to) formal night (if you do not want to) formal night with blazer, formal night with no jacket but a long large tie. It has all become ridiculous. Oceania had the right idea ions ago… if the customers say they do not want it, don't schedule it!!!!
It was nice while it lasted… so was the Titanic!!!. For heaven's sake get rid of formal nights and we will all be much happier. Those who want to wear formal wear do so at your country club, do so at your daughter's wedding, but let's get use to the idea that there are no more REAL formal nights on the high sea. There can now only be those under false pretence where most passengers do not adhere to the code and the host company could care less in enforcing it.
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Indiana Supreme Court
This project involved a chandelier manufactured by Archer & Pancoast of NYC, in 1886. The chandelier measures 24 ft. tall, 6 ft. wide and weighs 500 lbs. Our task was to restore and modify the chandelier, with an eye toward preservation. In addition to re-wiring and a general re-finishing, we were to convert existing gas burners to electricity, add an up-light component to highlight the ornately painted ceiling and add a ring with adjustable MR16 lamps for task lighting in the courtroom.
The multiple tasks of restoration, modification and preservation are conflicting goals and the best we could hope to achieve would be a delicate balance between the three. We developed our plan of attack after a site visit to examine the chandelier and meeting with the design professionals and the owners representatives. Our goal became to make the fixture look new and add the required lighting elements without making any permanent changes to the fixture. All of our modifications are easily reversible (with one exception of drilling out original gas valves for wire passage) and mount to existing elements of the chandelier.
The original finish on most of the chandelier had been compromised and/or replaced in the not too distant past during an attempt to polish the fixture on site so we chose to restore the original polish and clear lacquer finish. During removal of the existing lacquer we discovered that the recesses in the hand-hammered center bowls had been inlaid with red lacquer. Polish residue from the abortive polishing attempt concealed the red highlights. An investigation revealed the extent of the inlay and we duplicated the finish prior to lacquer top-coat.
The sockets had been replaced a while back but the wiring in the fixture was circa 1886 and needed replacing. Some metal-work required repairs. There was a giant hang-straight swivel inside of the ceiling canopy which required rehabilitation.
The spot lamp ring is a polished brass ring in six segments. Each segment mounts to brass plates sandwiched between the six main arm sections. The entire assembly is a bolt-together design using existing elements for mounting and is completely removable. The six segments hold eighteen (18) brass MR-16 housings containing 37 watt narrow floods to illuminate the bench, podium and opposing councils' tables. The transformer was mounted above the ceiling.
An up-light component was added to an existing pan to highlight the center portion of the ceiling. The balance of the ceiling will be illuminated by other fixtures in the space. We added an additional spun brass pan to add the required depth and diameter to install four (4) asymmetric reflectors, each housing a 100-watt ED-17 metal halide lamp and electronic ballast.
There were thirty (30) gas candles which still had the original gas elements in place. Our directive was to electrify these elements. The modifications required enlarging passages through the gas valves and modifying the valves so that they were fixed in place to prevent cutting of the wires, the addition of sockets, building new arm hubs to replace the gas bodies, which prevented wire distribution and modification of the main gas manifold in the center of the fixture.
The final product brought back the original magnificence of the chandelier while greatly improving functionality. We feel justice was done.


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Updated 5:47 pm, Thursday, June 19, 2014
Martha Turner, founder and co-president of Martha Turner Sotheby's International Realty, shared her expertise in the luxury home market at the National Association of Real Estate Editors Conference held June 11-14 in Houston. The 48th NAREE Conference took place at the Westin Galleria and was attended by real estate editors, writers, economists and industry professionals from all over the United States.
Turner was part of a panel discussion entitled, "The Latest in Luxury Housing," and shared the podium with Nick Segal from Partners Trust in Los Angeles and Frank Malpica from ERA in New York. The discussion was moderated by Mark Moffa, managing editor of Unique Homes magazine.
Following the adage that all real estate is local, Turner, Segal and Malpica agreed the price point and amenities that constitute a luxury home differ from market to market. Segal placed the price point for the luxury market in Los Angeles at $4 million and up. In contrast, Turner stated the Houston luxury market begins at $1 million "but we may soon pass that." Malpica noted outside of metropolitan areas, the luxury price point starts at $500,000.
According to Segal, popular amenities in Los Angeles' luxury market include media rooms but interest in fireplaces and home elevators has waned. Turner said media rooms are no longer a hot item in Houston but home elevators, particularly in multistory structures, remain popular. All agreed generators are popular across the country. Malpica said as Millenials enter the luxury market, enhancers such as waterfront or country-club properties are more in demand.
"This was an extremely productive conference for all of us," said Turner. "Outstanding information was exchanged by all the panels, and I was amazed at the number of real estate editors who attended from all over the country. It's nice to have Houston in the spotlight."


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A central element of the course is the study of Victorian London; students will explore a variety of texts from a range of perspectives, from Dickens to the phenomenon of the department store; from the painters of fashionable life to the panic surrounding the Whitechapel murders. Students will also complete 3 other courses covering specialist areas of this rich period of literature and art, and towards the end of the course will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in a subject of their choice when completing the dissertation.
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UK upper 2nd Class Honours degree (2.1) or equivalent. Professional qualifications and work experience in an associated area will be considered. Applicants are invited to submit a sample of recent written work, such as 2 short essays or an extract from a dissertation, in support of their application. Applicants whose 1st language is not English require IELTS 7 with 7 in writing, TOEFL (iBT) 100 with 26 in writing, or equivalent.
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Upgrading PHP 5.2 to 5.3 – Bad Move
September 5, 2010 Posted by KP
Update: please see my new post: PHP 5.3 Isn't That Bad
MediaWiki doesn't like PHP 5.2.8, I had to upgrade PHP to install MediaWiki. PortUpgrade upgraded PHP to 5.3.3 successfully, but it got problems while upgrading PHP modules, it's mainly caused by the change of PCRE package which became part of PHP on FreeBSD since 5.3. If you need to upgrade to PHP 5.3.x, make sure you read /usr/ports/UPDATING and this thread.
Basically, PCRE needs to be included explicitly when compile PHP, otherwise other packages can't be compiled due to the missing /usr/local/include/php/ext/pcre/pcre.h. Add the following line to /etc/make.conf if you use 'make install', or to /etc/pkgtools.conf if you use portupgrade.
Although I made it work finally, I really don't like the result. PHP5.3.3 is quite different from its predecessors, I got huge amount of log errors – it's a pain if you are running all kinds of third party scripts on your server. So far, I think the latest version of PHP 5.2 is a much better solution unless you only run home-made scripts, or all your third-party scripts have been tailored for PHP5.3.
I have all kinds of very old scripts on my server and have no plan to upgrade some of them in the foreseeable future.
The odd thing is that error_reporting didn't seem to suppress any PHP warnings or deprecated errors regardless of any options, the error logs are so crazy that I had to turn off log_errors, obviously this can only be a temporary solution, I may downgrade PHP soon.
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David Cameron has sought to engage with the democratic reform agenda in a way that no Conservative leader has done before. Early in his leadership, he spoke at the Power Inquiry conference, hailing the Power Report as "one of the most important initiatives we've seen in British politics for many years". Last year, in a chapter for Unlocking Democracy: 20 Years of Charter 88 he wrote that "the Conservative party's ambition is to restore engagement and promote accountability so that we can build trust in the political system. The changes required cannot be effected by political gimmicks or constitutional tinkering. We need to understand the depth of erosion in trust and the sea-change required to rebuild it. Old politics cannot be repaired. A new politics is needed." While his position on the Human Rights Act can be described, at best, as "confused", he has supported civil libertarian causes in a way that repudiates his predecessor Michael Howard's legacy.
The Conservatives are most convincing when it comes to their call to devolve power to local government and communities. Nick Hurd, Oliver Letwin and Cameron himself deserve enormous credit for their leadership in ensuring the Sustainable Communities Act became law in the face of initial resistance from the government. This has resulted in more than 300 proposals being submitted by councils for the Department of Communities and Local Government and the Local Government Association to consider. Informed by the Conservatives' strength in local government, this is one area where we can confidently expect to see real progress under a Cameron government.
We can also afford to hope that Cameron's rhetoric about transparency will be matched by reality in power – it cannot have escaped his attention how Labour's failure to embrace a culture of openness has repeatedly undermined it. Setting information free goes to the heart of what Cameron refers to as the "post-bureaucratic age".
In recent months, however, there has been an alarming lapse into shrill populism to obscure a plea to continue business as usual. Cameron's response to the expenses crisis has been disappointing, amounting to little more than playing the anti-politics card by suggesting that the main solution is fewer MPs paid less and singling out some of his least on-message backbenchers.
The Conservatives are playing the traditional opposition game of calling for a cull of quangos. But while they are vague when it comes to which ones they would scrap, they have been quietly announcing new ones for months. Cameron's speech earlier this year on reforming quangos contained little to suggest how accountability might be increased, or how parliament might play a scrutinising role.
How can a party that champions choice and competition, bemoans how our current electoral system disadvantages them, calls for a more powerful parliament and wants to see more accountable and independent-minded MPs not support electoral reform? Caucuses are great for reviving political parties, but not especially good for giving the public a greater say and the enormous cost involved makes it unlikely that the Totnes primary will be more than a one-off. Stricter rules to ensure that parliamentary constituencies are the same size will only mitigate the fact that the electoral system gives Labour an unfair advantage. There are lots of electoral systems to choose from; almost all of them would meet the Conservatives' stated aims better than first-past-the-post.
What will Cameron do over the next few months to ensure that his claim to embody change amounts to more than mere rhetoric? Having welcomed the Power Inquiry, for example, will he now engage constructively with Power2010? If he doesn't, he may well find that like Tony Blair, his words in opposition will come back to haunt him. The public may yet come to regard Cameron's claim that he is "committed to turning Britain's pyramid of power on its head" as little more than, to paraphrase Boris Johnson, "an inverted pyramid of piffle".