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Archive for December, 2015
Volunteer Spotlight: Deborah Lieder
Tell us a little about yourself.
My name is Deborah. I have been cooking in the field for 10 years now. I come from a family with lots of women and my grandma was the one who allowed me to spend the most time with her in the kitchen. As I got older, I had the opportunity to nanny for a Greek family, where the wife showed me various traditional dishes and even complied a recipe book for me. Upon leaving high school, I chose to go into the Culinary program though Schoolcraft. I also did a supplementary training in Boulder, CO that was focused on using whole foods and cooking without, i.e. dietary restrictions such as gluten-free, vegan, raw, sugar-free etc. I have worked in every facet of the culinary field, from restaurants to catering and even school lunch programs. I am now in a place where I am developing and growing my own business; I have personal clients that I cater weekly meals to as well as parties. It is very exciting to watch it unfold.
When did you first become interested in cooking?
As far as I can remember, I always loved being in the kitchen. I would throw dinner parties for my friends throughout high school so I could test my skills. I have always loved the idea of good food, good people, good conversation and good drink. I love the community that comes from sitting around the table to a good meal. And I have the ability to recreate that every time I cater a party.
What ingredient do you use most?
The one staple in my kitchen is organic Chicken Stock. I make my own, over a period of about 14-16 hours. It adds such richness and depth to dishes.
What is your fondest food memory?
Last year, I was able to attend something called Outstanding in the Field. It was a beautiful experience. A group of individuals tour the country, find various farms, have a guest chef come in and prepare a meal based upon ingredients the farm provides. They, then, set up a huge 100 person table, with white linens, in the middle of the farm, and everyone sits to eat what the chef has prepared. It totally encompasses my idea of communing at the table.
How did you end up volunteering for Cooking Matters?
I am a firm believer in that what we receive in life, so must we give back. Because I have experience in the culinary field, and love to teach that which I have learned, Cooking Matters seemed prefect. And it is. J I completely love and feel blessed for the opportunity to be apart of.
Do you have a favorite recipe that you would like to share?
One dish I am completely loving right now is this:
1 ea. Turkey Breast
1 T. Oregano, dried
1 t. Fennel Seed
1 T. Salt, divided
½ T. Pepper divided
4 T. Olive Oil, divided
1 ea. Celery Root
2 c. Chicken Stock or Water
1 ea. Fennel bulb
Method: Heat oven to 425
Season Turkey Breast. In large sauté pan, heat 1 T. olive oil. Sear Turkey Breast until golden brown. Finish cooking in the oven.
For celery root, peel outer layer. Cut into large chunks and place into medium saucepan. Fill with chicken stock, if using, or simply water. Once celery root is soft, remove from heat and drain liquid. Place into mixing bowl. Mash with paddle or whisk attachment, adding in 1-2 T. olive oil and seasoning with salt and pepper.
For the fennel, de-core, and slice in to half inch slices. Toss with 1 T. olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast in oven at 425 for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown.
On a plate, place celery root mash, then turkey breast, and top with fennel. Enjoy!!
Volunteer Spotlight: Omega Headen
Tell us about yourself.
I am a single parent and have a teenage son. I took an early retirement from the post office a few years ago. I spend most of my time volunteering because it's what I like to do. I'm a professional volunteer now. I grew up in Detroit and have lived here my whole life.
How did you find out about Cooking Matters?
It was at my son's school. They did a phone blast to recruit parents who wanted to take a cooking class on healthy eating on a budget. I was a participant, and I really enjoyed it. After class I was so enthused. It thought this was something I could learn to do. I talked to Julie, the chef from Henry Ford, and she gave me Rebecca's business card. I've been volunteering for a little over a year now.
Why do you think it's important to eat well?
It can help you live longer, for one thing. When you know better, you do better. I never used to think of food as something that was important for health. I always thought of it as more of a hunger pill – something to fill you up. It can be easy to reach of a bag of chips instead of an apple, but you just have to do it. A lot of healthy living is doing.
Do you have any tips for shopping smart on a budget?
I do a lot of my shopping at Honey Bee Market. I go to the reduced shelf at the grocery store and look for fruits and vegetables that have been marked down to a great price. Just because something has been reduced doesn't mean that you can't use within the next few days or chop it up and freeze it for later. Sometimes items that are on sale are things I don't usually use, so I try to buy only what I need. I purchase my meat from Eastern Market. I keep a list of what I need and prices and get it fresh at the counter.
You've just begun a term on the Volunteer Advisory Committee. What are you looking forward to about serving on the committee?
I'm looking forward to finding ways to expand Cooking Matters classes so that more people can learn about the it and have the experience that I did. We have a very diverse community in Detroit, and I would like to help reach everyone with this program.


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From a century‐old Baga heritage, enters this 100% baga concoction from Sidonio de Sousa. Fruit galore on the nose with a hint of green pepper and resin leads the way to a supreme baga mouth, complete with tannins, some dirtier, tar‐like notes and freshness, mostly due to its youth.
Applying the Dujac‐style in its fermentation (whole cluster pressed), the often fierce baga grape lends way to a wonderful sweet middle fruit, smooth, earthy and ripe with a superb future.

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Nubian Skin are excited to reveal that House of Fraser are their latest lingerie retailer online! The strapless and lace bras as well as matching panties are all now available online and can be purchased in the UK using the 'Buy & Collect' service meaning that you can get your hands on Nubian Skin lingerie in store the very next day. They also deliver to 150 countries worldwide making it easier for women to get their hands on their own 'nude'.
House of Fraser has previously taken on the Matt 10 denier hosiery line that includes Nubian Skin's tights and hold-ups, both online and in store. Nubian Skin are pleased that their offering can now reach more women, and that ladies can now walk into their local department store and pick up a pair of tights in their own nude – or collect their perfect nude bra the very next day!
Nubian Skin aims to empower and inspire women by filling a much-needed niche in the market, and alleviating the struggle women of colour face trying to find natural tone garments. Founder Ade Hassan notes, "launching our hosiery in House of Fraser was a major milestone for us, so it's absolutely fantastic we're now selling our lingerie on the website."


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The Bedminster group Supports Urban Search and Rescue
This past week Urban Search and Rescue deployed to Florida to help search for a missing child. Our coffers had been exhuasted by recent searches in North Carolia. In order to deploy, we needed funding. I got on the phone and started making calls in an attempt to raise funding to cover gas and hotels for our searchers. In this tough economic times I was not expecting much luck. I was pleasently surprised. Everyone I called, not only stepped up, but called others and solicted funds for us.
We who live here are quick to cite the beauty of the Lowcountry, our beaches and such as reasons we all chose to live in this place that we all love. Lets not forget our people. They are also one of the things that make this such a great place to live.
We would like to thank Steve Weber of The Bedminster Group, Micheal and Annette Hausman of Bluffton, Charlotte Wamser of Bluffton, Abby Bird of Alpha Dog, Jennifer of Artworks on HHI, and last but not least The Carolina Dreamers Car Club for their donations that made this trip possible.
We opted to sleep in our trucks to save spending on hotels and were able to return with some of the funds left over, which will be used towards exspenses for further searches in North Carolina for the many missing women up there.
Thank you to all for helping us to help others. Its folks like these that truly make the Lowcountry the fantastic place it is.
Daniel Fuller
Director Urban Search and Rescue


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Talking About Israel: A Plea for Humility and Love
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Rosh Hashanah Day 2 - 2016 / 5777
Should a rabbi, or should a rabbi not, speak about….fill in the blank - the elections, Israel, race in America, "that is the question." So often, I lean towards "no" - First, because I am not a political pundit and second, because there must be some places and times in our lives that are saved from the toxicity of today's political discourse. And yet, a Judaism that totally cocoons itself from the world is unworthy of our attention.
As a matter of principle, the Conservative movement takes seriously both fidelity to the tradition we have inherited from our ancestors and the necessity - in fact the desirability - for the world we live in to impact and change our practice of Judaism. For example, as American and western society more fully recognized women's equality in the public sphere, the liturgy of the Conservative movement began to reflect that change by including the foremothers – Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah – in our prayers as a reflection of the significance of women's roles in Judaism. The mention of our foremothers makes visible the presence of women as part of our historical covenant with God. For Conservative Judaism, our participation in the world is not a weakness but a blessing.
Judaism must not only evolve by incorporating moral progress, but must also speak to the world in which we live. Of all days on the Jewish calendar, Rosh Hashanah is a day when we turn outward, when we celebrate the birthday of the world, when we remind ourselves of one of Judaism's most important messages: Adonai our God is not god of a particular place nor just the god of Israel, but God is One, Creator of the World.
To believe God is the Creator of the world is to inherit an obligation beyond ourselves, beyond our own tribe, to care for the world we've been given. And yet, I am not a prophet. I do not believe myself to have some special insight into the newspapers that you do not. What to say?
What I'd like to ask, beg, for this Rosh Hashanah in myself and in others is: humility in our public discourse, specifically about Israel. When engaged in conversations about things as weighty and complex as the issues that confront America and Israel and the world, the more someone tells me that they have all the answers, the less I trust them. For me, the conversation must begin and continue with a deep sense of: I might be wrong. I don't know.
In the book of Ezekiel (29:3), we read: Thus said the Lord God: "I am going to deal with you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, Mighty monster, sprawling in its channels, who said, 'My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.'"
Pharoah's deep character flaw is a belief that he created the Nile, that he created the world that surrounds him. The Midrash says you can also read that last phrase as, "I created myself," I am responsible for myself and all that surrounds me.
Today we affirm: God created the world. My friend and teacher, Rabbi Shai Held, Rosh Yeshiva of Mechon Hadar in New York teaches that the human correlate of affirming that God created the world is: I did NOT create the world. No human being has all the answers.
It is a painful irony that the pages of Israeli newspapers are far more tolerant of deep disagreement than the discourse of our own Jewish community. Good people can - and should - ask pointed questions. Judaism has long trusted that wisdom comes from mahloket / shakla v'tarya - the back and forth question and answer between people who hold two conflicting ideas in their hands at once. When we engage in those conversations we should hold in one hand the conviction: "I am right," and in the other, "tell me why I am wrong!"
The Talmud (Baba Mezia 84a) tells the following story:
After Resh Laqish died, Rabbi Yohanan grieved for him greatly. The rabbis said, "What can we do to restore his peace of mind? Let us get R. Eleazar b. Pedat and place him before him [R. Yohanan], for his traditions are ready." The brought him and seated him before him. For every issue that R. Yohanan mentioned he said, "There is a teaching that supports you." He [R. Yohanan] said to him, "Do I need this? When I made a statement, the son of Laqish would object with twenty-four objections and I would solve them with twenty-four solutions, and thus our traditions expanded. But you say, 'There is a teaching that supports you.' Do I not know that my statements are accurate?" He tore his clothes and went crying at the gates, "Where are you, son of Laqish?" He could not be consoled.
Rabbi Yochanan yearned for someone to challenge, not confirm his own views! He longed for someone to raise objections, and from that process - the Torah grew. Wisdom comes into the world when people are humble and say, "tell me how I might be wrong."
Here in our own community, when my friend, and colleague, Rabbi Eric Solomon proposed a trip that included a visit to Yasser Arafat's grave on the itinerary. I want you to know that there were good people who wrote and met with him privately and with the respect befitting a teacher and leader of Torah in our community. They urged him to reconsider and asked him to explain his thinking. Reasonable people can and did ask about what is to be gained by standing before Arafat's grave. In the end, Rabbi Solomon decided to cancel the trip. I want to share with you part of what he wrote to his congregation:
"While my intentions were pure, my heart broke as I listened to the pain my actions had caused some congregants. I listened carefully to this feedback and discussed what I heard with Rabbi Jenny and synagogue leaders. After deep reflection and soul-searching, I have decided to cancel the trip. To anyone who feels confused, hurt or upset on account of my actions, I sincerely apologize and ask your forgiveness….
I deeply love Beth Meyer and what we, as a family, have built these past 11+ years. And I want to emphasize that my love embraces each and every one of you, regardless of where you land on the spiritual, social or political spectra. I am touched that so many congregants pleaded with me to move forward as planned, but I cannot - and will not - do anything that jeopardizes the integrity of the Beth Meyer family."
I know Rabbi Solomon and his convictions. I know canceling was deeply painful. I publicly commend him - first, second and third for his love - of the Jewish people, of Israel, and for his community. We need more such love to be put front and center.
Friends - Israel used to be something that united the Jewish community. I fear it threatens to tear us apart. None of us has all the answers. In what we do, and what we say, I pray we can express ourselves with love for one another, and with humility.
Let me end with a story shared with me by my colleague, Rabbi Jack Reimer.
When the Baal Shem Tov - the founder of Hasidism - was young, he was bored in class. The study of the Talmud, with all its legal fine points, did not attract him. Sometimes he spent the hours of class staring out the window, entranced by one beautiful rosebush that grew just outside his classroom. He was fascinated by the beauty of this rose, and he felt that this rose embodied all the holiness in the world. Even though the Ethics of the Fathers clearly states that one who breaks his learning to stare at nature risks his spiritual life, nevertheless, the Baal Shem was entranced by that rose bush and could not take his eyes off it. And so he was thrown out of school that day.
What did he do? He ran off into the forest. And when he got there, he went from one tree to the next, hugging each one, and contemplating the wonders of creation that it revealed.
And then, something wondrous occurred. He felt a hand on his shoulder, and so he turned around, and there was a kindly old man standing there. The Baal Shem had no idea who this man was, even though he lived in a small town, and thought that he knew everyone who lived there. This man he had never seen before. The old man patted Rabbi Yisrael Shem Tov gently on the shoulder, and said to him: "May I give you a blessing?"
The Baal Shem said: "Of course". The old man put his hands over the eyes of the child, and said to him: "May you always have 'heilege oigen". May you always have holy eyes. And then he disappeared.
Who was that man? We do not know. It may have been Elijah the prophet. It may have been a messenger of God. We don't know. But we do know that the Baal Shem said that this was the greatest blessing that he ever received.
Can we look at each other, can we look at Israel with holy eyes? I want you to know I was given a gift. I had been to Israel more than fifteen times since I first went there in 1993, but I'd never taken a group from my synagogue. It had really been a long time since I'd led a group filled with people most of whom had never been there before. They were able to see it with holy eyes. The nature. The people. My friend, Babi, who tirelessly does security for 19 different communities along the Lebanaon border. To swim in the waters of Sachne. To cry as we arrived to Jerusalem. And we did not paper things over. Rabbi Solomon and I shared a vigorous debate on the way up to Jerusalem about the challenges that Israel faces and the dilemmas that it puts to us. But I was given the gift of seeing Israel again with holy eyes. Not only tsuris, not only issues, but people and history and love and richness.
I pray we can see that in each other when we have these conversations. I pray we can This new year—for you, for me, and for all those whom we love, may we be able to look at Israel with holy eyes. I pray we can struggle together with love about how we can help Israel to protect herself and best embody Jewish ethical imperatives to lift up Jew and Palestinian alike.
And this year, may we too see each other with holy eyes. Beth El is holy not because this room or even the ark or the eternal light: what makes a synagogue a holy place is that people gather here to pray and to be with each other. This place is holy because it is an assembly of holy people, who have come here to reach out to God in prayer and to be with each other in community. We can only know that community if we speak and act with humility, that none of us has all the answers, that God's image is present in each and every person, and in Israel as well. May we be blessed to see with holy eyes. Kein Yehi Ratzon. May it be so. Amen.


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15 Minute Cleanup Check Lists
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
Telling a child to clean a room is overwhelming. These check lists are broken down into easy doable one to three minute chores. Assign a child a room or a few steps.
Explain to your children if you complete the list every day each can be done in about 15 minutes!
Click on list to get 8.5 x11 sheet for printing. Laminate list and hang in appropriate room. Use dry erase markers to check off or assign chores. (If you don't have a laminate consider getting one, we use ours all the time).
Here is a blank list to make your own
A 15 Minute Cleanup time is a great way to stay ahead of clutter. To really keep a home clean you should add weekly to do lists too (clean out fridge, clean under beds, closets, etc).


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Traveling Light
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When Alissa bids on an abandoned storage unit, its contents take her on a life-altering roadtrip.By Lynne Branard Read by Cassandra Campbell Contemporary / Family Life / Romance / Women's Fiction`strong> English, Unabridged 9h 8m Sell Sheet
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Driving from cross country with her three-legged dog, a stranger's ashes, and a waitress named Blossom isn't exactly something Alissa Wells had planned. It all starts when Alissa impulsively bids on an abandoned storage unit, soon becoming the proud new owner of Roger Hart's remains. Two weeks later, she jumps in her car and heads west; will returning the ashes of a dead man be the first step to her new life? Then Blossom, recent high school graduate, hitches a ride to Texas, and Alissa has to get used to letting someone else take the wheel. Posting about their road trip on Facebook, complete with photos of Roger at every stop, Blossom opens Alissa's eyes to the road in front of her.
"A a lovely novel about finding oneself with a little help from your friends...a heartfelt and enjoyable read." - RT Book Reviews
"Veteran narrator Campbell's expert narration matches Al's unsure, tentative thoughts and dialogue. She voices Blossom as sweet, funny, and at times wiser and more decisive than her older friend. Campbell easily shifts among regional accents from North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. Her pacing is just right for this tale of Al's journey of self-discovery, which ends in positive new directions for her and other characters." - Booklist


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Staring at the Sun
On the early morning of March 19, 2014, my father, Brent Fisher, passed away. Dad was a very unique man. He was a thoughtful, deeply spiritual man who was totally devoted to God and those in need.
Dad was not a wealthy man as many define wealth. But the gifts he gave each of us are far more valuable than any stack of gold.
Dad gave one of his greatest gifts to us, his children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, wife, and ex-wife on his 80th birthday, in March of 2012. He stood at the head of a very long table, with cancer spreading through his body, knowing his remaining life on earth is numbered by months, not years, and delivered this wonderful message. It was his greatest gift he could give us all at that moment in time.
Today I am passing this treasured gift on to you...my dear reader.
As all things written by Dad, you will be compelled to read this over a few times to fully understand his deeper meaning. Take it to heart, as he is unlocking for each of us the mystery of how to live great, wonderful lives no matter your circumstances.
This work is titled "Staring at the Sun".
Staring at the Sun - By Brent Fisher
Today I have brought with me two cigar boxes. Always a favorite for me to store necessities away for future use. The first box holds a wrench and pair of pliers. Basic tools for survival in our mechanistic world.
The second box holds enough silver coins for each of you to have one. Do not be misled. Their true value in my mind does not lie in their being particular coins. I am told by an expert they have little value. Monetarily their value lies in the claim of being pure silver. However, that is not their purpose as a gift from me to you.. .it lies in the engraving. But more of that later.
A Higher Purpose
I acknowledge my age 80 propels me into those older souls who characterize their lives as staring into the sun. We face our own demise as it grows closer. The sun that has for so long blessed us with numerous sunrises now draws closer to the moment when it will extinguish and with that moment consume us.
What is left?
Not much, just rivulets pouring forth from a life lived in a small office constrained by time and space listening to the confessions and struggles of men, women and children.
How could anyone bear up under such a self imprisonment?
Only if the imprisonment serves a higher purpose-- to discover the soul which dwells in each of us and thereby unleash its power for transcendence and transformation.
I confess that I have traveled very little on this earth in these 80 years, but vicariously through the memories of those who came to my office, have been virtually everywhere and seen much that otherwise would appear foreign to me... all through the eyes and ears of others.
Sources of Meaning to Life.....Doing for Others
At my father's funeral in Pampa, Texas, when I was 9 years old, my mother took me to the back of the church into the overflow room to see a simple window....one word "OTHERS" appeared there. No names were attached to this particular window, unlike all of the other windows that had been donated by a church member with their names inscribed on the window sill; but mother said, "Your father had that window placed in the church." This became for me a personal imprimatur stamped on my forehead, a missional calling lasting to this very day.
So then how do you find meaning and survive and serve under limited circumstance? Viktor Franklin his book from Death Camp to Existentialism offered a way. It has served me well. A way to keep meaning alive when boredom, failure, repetition threatened to overwhelm. First after observing the Nazi prisoners, he came to this conclusion. One thing that helped people survive was to Do Something for Others. Easy requirement, and wrapped as it was in my marching orders, it supplied me with an endless resource of meaning.
Find Value in the Simple Things
The second source of meaning was to experience a value. My tiny office has three paintings I happen to like.., my books of poems especially loved and my tiny radio tuned to NPR...to say nothing of favored books on psychotherapy and related subjects.
Learning from Your Pain
The third source of meaning lay in letting pain be your teacher. Early in my work, my training, I learned about psychic pain. Learning and experiencing physical pain came later. But each form taught it's own lessons of endurance, patience, sorrow, hopelessness and the searing nature of isolation and torment. Each time pain visited me it deepened me, sensitized me to persons sitting across from me and opened gates of understanding to admire close up the courage they had to continue on despite the wound to body, mind, and soul.
I challenge you to use these three sources of meaning to see you through the difficult times of life. If you are bored then, look to yourself, not others for rescue.
Channel the Eagle's Spirit
Now look at the coin. There you will find an eagle in full flight. Soaring above all, higher in flight than the sparrow, the pigeon, or the wild turkey, is the eagle with an eyesight that seeks out every detail and is prepared to dive to the ground to grasp its food or build its nest in the area of mountain vastness.
My challenge to you is to take to heart the eagle spirit and reach beyond in whatever your choice of work.
Then, most of all, note the sunrise over which the eagle is emblazoned. This brilliant sun that marks our time. It is for me the sunrise of the resurrection.
Those two burned into the silver coin hold for me the great resource of life lived in service to others...the soaring spirit and the resurrection sunrise always fulfilling and refueling the heart of the journey.
Now go make the journey, and let the rivulet of this speech go with you from one who now "stares into the sun."
-Brent Fisher
"One with God"
My sisters, Debbie, Lynn, Laurie and I have learned so much from our Dad. With his passing, we lose his wisdom and guidance on all issues regarding matters of the heart and spirit, but we know that imbedded deep within each of us is his permanent impression upon our souls.
Carol and I thank each of you for your kind words and thoughtfulness during this trying time. We have lost someone dear to us and rejoice that he is now "One with God", which is the culmination of a lifetime on earth of service to God and to "Others".


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Jurisdictions Administering the MPT
Select a jurisdiction for a summary of bar admission information specific to that jurisdiction and contact information for its bar admission agency.
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The Multistate Performance Test (MPT) is developed by NCBE and consists of two 90-minute items. It is administered by user jurisdictions as part of the bar examination on the Tuesday before the last Wednesday in February and July of each year. User jurisdictions may select one or both MPT items to include as part of their bar examinations. Jurisdictions that administer the Uniform Bar Examination use both MPT items.
The MPT is only one of a number of measures that a board of bar examiners may use in determining competence to practice. Each jurisdiction grades the MPT and determines its own policy with regard to the relative weight given to the MPT and other components. Jurisdictions that administer the UBE weight the MPT component 20%.
The MPT is designed to test an examinee's ability to use fundamental lawyering skills in a realistic situation and complete a task that a beginning lawyer should be able to accomplish. The MPT is not a test of substantive knowledge. Rather, it is designed to evaluate certain fundamental skills lawyers are expected to demonstrate regardless of the area of law in which the skills are applied.


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River Picnics
By: Terri Hill
Palominas, Arizona. 1964. I was twelve years old, that uncomfortable age between who I had been, and who I would be. My mother had gone off in search of the feminine mystique, leaving my father a "single dad" at a time when single parents were rare. In his attempt to fill the gap, he would invite me to ride with him down to the San Pedro River on Sunday afternoons. Looking back now, I realize there were probably a hundred other things he'd rather be doing than spending Sunday afternoon with a surly and depressed pre-teen, but those Sunday picnics by the river are some of my fondest memories.
It was always just me and Dad. He'd saddle the horses and pack a picnic into the saddle bags. The menu was consistent: a package of hot dogs, buns, two cans of grape or orange soda, and a packet of Hostess Snowballs, those chocolate cream-filled cupcakes wrapped in marshmallow and rolled in pink coconut. He rode Rawhide, the big raw-boned buckskin, and I rode Tequila, the dainty, blaze-faced sorrel. I would follow as we loped or galloped, and where the road was wide we'd ride side by side. He'd sing his old cowboy ballads: " I Ride Old Paint," "The Streets of Laredo," or "The Strawberry Roan." Sometimes we'd talk. Not about important stuff, like why my mom left, or growing up. My Dad wasn't that kind of guy. Instead we would talk about infinity, energy, atoms, and nature. He'd tell me about natural law, the importance of balance, and how we humans were a part of a vast universe hurtling through space on a tiny planet. We'd ponder potential and possibility.
When we got to the river we'd scratch a hole in the sandy bank and gather dry sticks and twigs to make a fire. Dad cut and whittled willow sticks, and while the horses grazed nearby, we'd sit in the sand and roast wienies. We could have as many as we wanted: there was a whole package. I can still taste that slightly burned hot dog on a smooshed bun, garnished with the fine sand of the riverbed. I can feel the sizzle and pop of the soda on my dry throat. The cupcakes were the grand finale. Gooey and warm from being in the saddle bag next to the warmth of the horse, we'd scrape the marshmallow off the cellophane wrapper and then eat the cream and chocolate mixture that had once been in cupcake form. We'd wash down the final bite with the last swig of warm soda pop. No meal was ever finer, or more delicious.
After we sated our appetites we'd cover the fire with sand and explore the river. Treasures abounded. A smooth shiny rock. A colorful bird feather. An old coin. There was no end to the small pleasures that could be discovered along the river. Then we'd mount up and ride home, usually arriving about twilight.
My Father is gone now, and picnics today usually consist of comfy picnic benches and tables, ice-cold sodas, and fresh, perfect, unsmooshed sandwiches from the ice chest. But oh, to have one more picnic with my dad. To hear the thud of the horse's hooves and the squeak of saddle leather; to smell the wood smoke and willows; to revel in the exhilaration of galloping along with the wind in my hair and the sun on my skin; to taste the gritty sand on a burned hot dog washed down with warm soda; to savor a special moment shared between a father and daughter. What I wouldn't give for just one more picnic.


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Group Invitational
August 23rd- September 26th, 2008
Rachael McCampbell - Rachael recently relocated to Nashville from LA. Prominent in the LA gallery scene, Rachael brings a beautifully mastered pallet of color and imagery to her work while captivating the viewer's interest through delicate narrative.
Donte' Hayes - Donte' comes to TCC from Atlanta GA. This young yet proficient artist has established himself in the visual arts in his use of poignant, thought provoking imagery while maintaining a visually creative composition with strong use of color and design.
Martica Griffin - Martica lives and paints in Nashville. Her postgraduate studies at the School of Visual Arts, NY moved her non-objective abstractions into a close personal narrative of fond childhood memories. Her brilliant use of color and active paint surfaces tell of fleeting moments and recollections of her youth.
Carl Linstrum - Carl is an artist living in Atlanta whose seductive work is inspired by simple beauty. Drawn in by the stimulating visual, the color, the light, there is interest beyond the surface. Beauty is found in both subject and technique, but the choices that he makes are motivated by a desire for deeper meaning and communication through visual means.


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For over ten years, Midland Community Theatre's professional staff has worked with technical interns in construction, rigging, welding, painting, properties, design, lighting and sound. Most interns are recent college graduates looking to expand their professional experience and develop new skills. Interns work in all areas, rotating their time between the Scenic Designer and Lighting and Sound Designer. Interns are also given the opportunity to expand their portfolio by designing an element of a show or stage managing a production.
Three years ago, Midland Community Theatre's costume department added a costume internship to the overall program. This intern works with the Costume Designer on building, construction, sewing, draping, cleaning and organizing costumes for all Midland Community Theatre productions. Costume Interns are also given an opportunity to expand their portfolio by designing a show.
Midland Community Theatre is one of the largest community theatres in the United States, producing fourteen productions per year in three performance spaces. Each year, Midland Community Theatre produces musicals, comedies, dramas, mysteries, melodramas and children's theatre. In the Cole Theatre, we operate a 515 seat proscenium arch theatre (Davis Theatre I) and a 155 seat Black Box theatre (Mabee Theatre II). We have a fully equipped scenic shop and costume shop on site where we construct all scenery, props and costumes. In addition to the Cole Theatre, we also own the Yucca Theatre in downtown Midland. This 1930s movie house was converted by our volunteers for our summer fundraiser – Summer Mummers – and is also used throughout the year for rentals and other productions and event. These three diverse spaces create different design challenges and opportunities to learn more about theatre.
Our program begins in the fall – interns have started as early as the first week of August to as late as mid-September depending upon your summer employment. The program continues through the spring – interns can depart as soon as the final main stage production opens (usually late May) or stay on through July 1st. Interns are paid a weekly stipend, and most past interns have been able to break even for the year. Midland Community Theatre will assist the intern in finding housing, and most years the interns share an apartment to save expenses. Our volunteer auxiliary has received donations of furniture that can be used in this apartment.
To apply for this program or to learn more, please send a cover letter, resume and references to:
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The capital and cultural centre of Sweden, Stockholm is an elegant city where cutting-edge fashion and high-profile nightclubs jostle with cosy cafes and historical towns. The best time to visit is during the summer when temperatures are at their highest. Spend your afternoons wandering the cobbled streets of the old town, explore the city's cultural history at the many museums and galleries, or prepare for a night of velvet ropes in the glamorous Stureplan district.
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Mr. Joyce was first elected a Trustee on June 1, 2004 and was appointed our non-executive Chairman of the Board on February 16, 2017. From 1995 until his retirement from Deloitte in May 2004, Mr. Joyce served as New England Managing Partner of Deloitte, an international accounting firm. Prior to that, he was, for ten years, Philadelphia Managing Partner of Deloitte. Mr. Joyce served on the board of Allegheny Technologies Inc until the expiration of his term in May 2014. In addition, Mr. Joyce served on the board of A.C. Moore Arts and Crafts, Inc. until the company was sold in 2011.


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KELO TV Signs On as Signature Partner
The City of Sioux Falls has reached an agreement with KELOLAND TV to be an official Signature Partner sponsor for the new Denny Sanford PREMIER Center, Sioux Falls Convention Center, and Sioux Falls Arena. KELOLAND TV will be the exclusive marketing partner within the broadcast and digital media category.
"KELOLAND TV is pleased to join with other community leaders to support this exciting new venue," said Jay Huizenga, Vice President and General Manager for KELOLAND TV. "We've built a legacy of leadership in our community, and this is yet another example of our commitment to growth and improving our area's quality of life."
The Signature Partner sponsorship agreement includes naming rights to the southeast entrance of the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center, which also incorporates the box office and four-story main lobby. KELOLAND TV will also have significant presence in the seating bowl via the center-hung scoreboard and permanent signage on the east partner wall, as well as on advertising rotations on the televisions throughout the events center. Additionally, KELOLAND TV intends to utilize the partnership to provide fans news updates during various events, including weather forecasts. The sponsorship agreement is for ten years and has a total package value of more than $800,000.
"We are so pleased to be able to announce KELOLAND TV as a Signature Partner sponsor," stated Darrin Smith, Director of Community Development at the City of Sioux Falls. "KELOLAND TV has been a staple in this region for decades; it is a name that people here are very familiar and very comfortable with, and this name will now be a welcome greeting for patrons at the new events center."
Sponsorships at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center, Sioux Falls Convention Center, and Sioux Falls Arena will deliver quality exposure to hundreds of thousands of people annually and on a year-round basis. Sponsorship revenue, along with revenue from premium seating sales, will help fund operations in the three facilities.
For more information regarding sponsorship opportunities, please contact Ryan Querry with Legends Global Sales at (605) 367-4102.
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Opened in 1950, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital is a state-of-the-art, 338-bed acute care hospital providing a wide range of specialty services including critical care, cardiovascular care, stroke care, womens and childrens services, cancer care and orthopedics. The hospital is home to the region's Level II Trauma Center serving the entire Coastal Valleys area, including Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino and Lake counties, as well as coastal Marin County.
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Santa Rosa, population 180,000, sits 55 miles north of San Francisco in the heart of wine country. With its cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers, the city has the perfect Mediterranean climate for its famous vineyards. Home to The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, a great attraction for Peanuts fans, Santa Rosa is also known for its redwood groves and stunning ocean vistas. Nearby state parks, historic homes and gardens provide year-round beauty.
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Syon House garden all lit up uh huh huh
It isn't quite Lumiere 2011 in Durham - reviewed so positively in today's Observer - or even Vivid 2010 in Sydney (which I've blogged about) but Syon Park's Enchanted Wood is in a garden setting and it's just across the other side of the River Thames. (And five URL links in the one sentence! You have to be either annoyed or impressed with that.)
You can see Syon House across the Thames from Kew Gardens, at the end, appropriately, of Syon Vista - although technically a clump of Capability Brown trees are at the end of the view with the house off to one side.
Syon House is home to the Duke of Northumberland and has been so for over 400 years, although not to the same Duke. It sits on a 200 acre park, some of which was lit up (uh huh huh) last night. Before the Duke's time, a medieval abbey was sited there, named Syon after Mount Zion. The house itself if worth a visit, as is the garden in daylight hours (of which are increasingly less at the moment).
The text of the foggy window is from the inside of Syon's 'Great Observatory', and the next installation is inside. If you sing, or as I found, yell, loudly you get red bars of colour rising up the tubes. Lynda is of course too polite to speak loudly in a glasshouse so the tubes are still entirely white, or bluish.
The Great Observatory is was built by Charles Fowler between 1826 and 1830, commissioned by the 3rd Duke of Northumberland (the current Duke, the 12th, has just begun extensive restoration works on the house). The Great Observatory is said to be the first conservatory built of gunmetal, Bath stone and glass. It apparently inspired the Crystal Palace in London and perhaps parts of the Palm House at Kew Gardens.
Outside there are formal gardens around a pond, and this illuminated statue.
The Enchanted Wood walk ends in the Conservatory, or more correctly, in the shop after the Conservatory, but before that you wander through variously lit trees and landscapes.These made me think of very short Ku Klux Klanners, but besides that they were very beautiful.
Most of my pictures of lit-up trees were all shook up (uh huh huh) but this one was almost sharp and certainly attractive.
And of course there were fairies and other strange creatures, including, so the sign said, a dragon. I'll finish with this picture of a young lad watching tentatively to see what the dragon would do next. We moved on, just in case...


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General Election is Tuesday
Early voting closes on Saturday, Nov. 5. On Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 8, polls will be open from 6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
As of 9:15 a.m. on Wednesday morning, Swain County voters cast 2,702 ballots during one-stop. There are 10,516 registered voters in the county.
Voters can check their registration status and polling location by visiting ncsbe.gov.
Early voting locations in Swain County are Board of Elections Office and Birdtown Community Center. The following times apply for early voting:
Thursday, Nov. 3-Friday, Nov. 4 from 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 5 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
Same-day registration is available during one stop voting but will not be available on election day. Also, voters do not have to show ID during this election.
At the local level, voters will vote for two county commissioners. On the ballot are Democratic incumbents Steve Moon and David Monteith, with challenges from Republicans Carolyn Sue Bair and Kenneth Leonard Parton.
Swain will also select three school board members among incumbents Mellie Burns (Republican), Jerry McKinney (Democrat) and Lambert G. Wilson (Democrat) and challenger Maurice Biggs (Democrat).
In addition to voting for candidates, Swain County voters will be casting a 'for' or 'against' vote for a Swain County local sales and use tax of one-quarter (0.25%) increase. If approved, it would increase the sales tax rate to 7 percent.
Swain County commissioners approved the referendum to help pay for education.
For questions, contact Swain County Board of Elections Office. Call 488-6177, or visit the office at 1422 US Hwy 19 S in Bryson City.
Results of the election will be tallied and announced at the Board of Elections Office following the closure of polls on election night. Follow Smoky Mountain Times on social media and visit www.thesmokymountaintimes.com for local results.


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Jump Around!
My wonderful clients have inspired me yet again. I had this beautiful conversation with a dear client and friend about running. She feels pressure to become a 'runner,' but in all honesty, well....she hates running. This got me thinking about that and just how often I hear, "I'm training for a half marathon. I hate it." Or "I really hate spin class, but I'm going because it kicks my butt."
NOOOO!!!!! I know I'm showing no mercy to that dead horse just how often I beat it. (I actually hate that saying. I love horses. What the hell.) But seriously, there are just too many darn ways to move to shove yourself into some 'supposed to' bracket of exercise. Explore! Try a million different ones until you find ones you like!
I've been in a big jump roping kick lately. Not only is it more effective than most cardio (click HERE to see why), it takes me back to a more simple, good time when I used to jump rope as a little girl with friends. Jumping for joy....ring a bell? Jumping is fun, child-like and it builds muscle, coordination, and uses all the major muscle groups. That's right, even better than running in a TON of ways.
Jump Rope Workout for Beginners
Move 1: Basic Jump
Swing the rope over your head and jump as it passes your feet. You don't have to jump high, just enough to clear the rope. Land evenly on both feet.
Do this for one minute, then rest for one minute.
Move 2: Alternate-Foot Jump
Swing the rope over your head and jump as it passes your feet. Land on your right foot. On the next rotation, land on your left. Continue this, as if you were running in place.
Do this for 1 minute. Rest for one minute.
Move 3: Combo Jump
Repeat the alternate-foot jump for eight turns of the rope. Next, do eight basic jumps.
Do this for one minute, rest for one minute. Repeat for one more minute. Rest one minute.
Move 4: High Step
Repeat the alternate-foot jump, but this time raise each knee to a 90-degree angle while jumping.
Do this for one minute, then rest for one minute.
Move 5: Endurance Jump
Do either the basic jump or the alternate-foot jump for 5 minutes. If you can't keep it up that long, start by jumping for one minute, resting for one minute, and repeating for 5 sets. Aim to complete at least 600 jumps total.
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For some fun, cardio/weight circuits including jump roping click HERE and HERE
It's always rough at the start. Don't get discouraged. Remember to keep it playful and be o.k. with being bad at something when you're just starting. It took me a couple of weeks to really feel comfortable with jump roping when I decided to give it a whirl again .....basically hadn't touched one since 4th grade.


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The FoodSaver V2840, Best-Rated Sealer
The FoodSaver V2840 is one of the best rated vacuum sealers. This is a new model that has a simple and new design. For someone who does a lot of vacuum sealing, it's great because you don't need to constantly pull it out and put away.
Design Features
Unlike other counter-top sealers, you can flip this one up when you're not using it, saving you counter space if you're the type of person who leaves things out or don't have storage space.
It has a stainless steel lid, so it'll match any modern kitchen that's outfitted with other stainless appliances.
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The V2840 Advanced Design Sealer is a heavy-duty sealer built for regular use. It has one-touch operation, which means it's easy to use and you only need to push one button to make it work. It vacuums, seals, and turns off automatically. Depending on the food you're storing, you can choose one of two speeds. There is a canister mode, which allows for the ultimate vacuum packaging when you're storing things in canisters and crush-proof containers. Then when you want to seal in a bag, you can use the CrushFree Instant Seal, which senses when to stop vacuuming so you don't crush the storage food items.
This unit works with the FoodSaver bags, which are safe to boil, microwave, and freeze. They've been proven to prevent freezer burn, so you don't need to worry about long term freezer storage. This vacuum sealer has an extra-wide sealer strip and a built-in roll holder and cutter, so you can easily make custom-sized bags. The antibacterial drip tray is detached simply and is dishwasher-safe.
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Customers commented that this is the best vacuum sealer they've tried. They liked that it's easy to use and clean. Others mentioned how quiet it is compared to other units.
The unique design of the flip-up feature was a big hit, as it allowed users to keep it on the counter even when not being used, which made it easy to use frequently.
Some would cook in bulk, and without even waiting to let it cool, they'd seal the extra food immediately and freeze. Future meals would be a simple thaw and heat, and the quality and taste wouldn't suffer.
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This particular model comes with the following items: starter kit of bag material, accessory hose, quick start guide, and DVD. The FoodSaver V2840 Advanced Design Sealer is 16-3/4 x 9-3/4 x 14-1/2 inches.
It retails for $400, which makes it among the more expensive home sealers. However, the price reflects the very positive ratings and reviews.
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A Malaysian startup Printcious, which relies on personalised products, has used Epson's specialised print solutions to diversify into new markets. Entrepreneur, founder and managing director of gift printing startup Printcious, Vincent Tong said his personalisation printing business has been boosted with digital imaging and print solutions by Epson dye-Sublimation and direct-to-garment printers.
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Redskins hire Mike Shanahan, but will anything really change?
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Forgive me if I don't break open a bottle of champagne over this latest Redskins coaching announcement. We've been down this road a time or two before . . . five times, to be exact, in the past nine years. Marty Schottenheimer, Steve Spurrier, Joe Gibbs, Jim Zorn and now Mike Shanahan.
With each hire, things were supposed to different. Things were going to function better. The owner was going to be less involved. The offense was going to be more efficient. . . . Under each new coach, the Redskins were going to sit on top of the world.
Except they haven't gotten anywhere close, and seeing Mike Shanahan and Daniel Snyder at another introductory news conference doesn't guarantee anything.
Hey, I don't want to come off as Mr. Gloom and Doom on the hiring of Shanahan. The man owns two Super Bowl rings. He has put together great lines, gotten prolific rushing attacks from backs nobody ever heard of, developed receivers, tutored quarterbacks. Shanahan has forgotten more about offensive football on a given morning than a great many coaches will learn in their lifetimes. I won't use the G-word; let's just say he has one of the best minds out there.
Still, the Washington Redskins have been losers too much over the past 15 years, too dysfunctional in too many ways, too repeatedly stubborn to receive anything close to benefit of the doubt.
Shanahan could be exactly what the doctor ordered to heal the Redskins. It's certainly in him. But I've got to see it first. I need to see the Redskins stop grossly overpaying players. I've got to see them become a stable organization. I've got to see them stop squandering draft picks in stupid trades. I've got to see them trust the players they already have, like Ryan Clark, and stop coveting ones they don't need, like Adam Archuleta. I've got to see owner's pets, such as Clinton Portis, stop undermining real professionals, such as Jason Campbell. (Again, if I was advising Campbell, I'd tell him to sign somewhere else, anywhere else, to get away from the continuing dysfunction of Redskins Park.)
In other words, the Redskins can choose whomever they want to coach, but it doesn't matter at all if the management style doesn't change dramatically, immediately. Celebrity football, whether it's Spurrier or Shanahan coaching, doesn't work. Apparently, they haven't learned all that much at Redskins Park.
The whisper of a famous name alone means nothing here. The questions aren't even about Shanahan, the coach. They're about who's running the joint, who is calling the shots as they relate to personnel. It almost never works, being coach and making all the football decisions. It's a structure doomed to fail, oh, 95 percent of the time.
And it's not like we don't have a book on Shanahan the talent evaluator: He's bad at it. Like Joe Gibbs, Shanahan is one helluva coach but not particularly insightful as a talent evaluator. In fact, the record already shows Shanahan drafted bust after bust after bust in an effort to fix the defense when he was coach in Denver. Even Elvis Dumervil was drafted to play the wrong position and became an all-pro after Shanahan departed. Shanahan the personnel man undermined Shanahan the coach so badly, he was fired after twice not making the playoffs. So, moving from Denver to Washington is going to change all that?
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me five times, shame on me for believing without evidence to the contrary that a new hire is going to change everything.
A bigger optimist would tell you that Shanahan can fix the offense, which we know he can do. Only the Lions and Browns have been worse than the Redskins offensively in recent years. Shanahan can reverse that. And the defense is already darned good. But do we know who will coordinate the defense? Will Shanahan want Greg Blache or Jerry Gray to stay or want to (as is his privilege) bring in his own guy? If so, they'll start over on that side of the ball after some continuity in the Gregg Williams-Greg Blache style.
But what convinced me that this could be business as usual was looking at the video of Snyder and Shanahan coming out of a meeting or dinner or whatever it was late at night, after what presumably was one of those marathon talks where they went over everything imaginable. Those video clips were pretty much the same with Spurrier and Schottenheimer and Gibbs. And it struck me that this, once again, is Snyder seducing a famous coach to come and work for him for a ton of money.
Even if we erase the two years under Zorn, who doesn't fit the pattern, we've seen celebrity football over and over and over again. If a man experienced in running a football team had been hired and then selected a coach, the feeling here might be different. But when it appears the Redskins have engaged in the same old, same old, the reaction is a yawn.


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Hi guys! For those of you who didn't manage to get the album online, FRET NOT! Albums will be sold starting at 6.30pm during the event on 5th July (Sunday) at Bentley Auditorium on a first come first serve basis! (limited quantities are available)
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- Each purchase of the Us The Duo No Matter Where You Are album comes with two (2) entry passes only to their showcase on 5th July 2015, 8.30pm at Bentley Music Auditorium.
- You will receive a QR code upon the confirmation of your purchase from Peatix. This QR code will be needed in order to enter the venue and redeem your album.
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- The Autograph Session after the showcase is only for attendees with the Us The Duo No Matter Where You Are album.
- One (1) album only entitles one (1) person on stage to personally get his/her album autographed by Us The Duo.
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The most photographed waterfall in Iceland is the Gullfoss. The Gullfoss is one of the 3 major natural attractions in Icelands Golden Circle [the other 2 being the Great Geyser and Þingvellir National Park]
The Hvítá River, which flows underneath the Langjökull glacier, is fed by Langjökulls melting ice. Gullfoss, which spans the width of the Hvítá River, falls 32 meters in two stages and it's water flows 133 kilometers into the Atlantic.
The Gullfoss is so powerful that you may wonder how its possible that it still stands as a natural beauty, as opposed to having corporate interests try to use it for power.
At one time there was thought to using Gullfoss for hydroelectricity, but due to lack of funds and some other issues, the falls were purchased by the government of Iceland and eventually conserved.
There is a second story about the conservation of the falls. It's said that a landowner was going to sell the property, and his daughter Sigríður Tómasdottir threatened to throw herself into the falls if the land was sold. This prompted her father to back out of the deal and make the falls a reserve. True story or not, while at the falls you can see a memorial commemorating Sigríður Tómasdottir. [I like this story better!!].
[For some perspective on how large the falls are, check out the second photograph and see the guys on the rock formation tonthe left].
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"Fabulous" is how Alvise and Noalene Brazzale described their first Australian Mango conference.
"We attended the 10th Australian Mango Conference in Darwin in May. It was very well organised with good speakers who touched on areas that we were concerned about in regards to exports, retail and consumer expectations and Resin Canal Discolouration.
The discussions that took place about exports were fantastic especially with representatives from the companies who imported Australian mangoes to the US. They were really excited about the program and enthusiastic about getting our mangoes into the USA.
I was eager to be a part of the US export program during last season to promote our beautiful Australian mangoes to US consumers and it was a great opportunity. AMIA, the Department of Agriculture and Steritech were all very helpful and provided us with the information we needed to proceed with the US export program.
We are really proud to be involved with the first shipment of Australian mangoes to the US. It certainly met our expectations and our mangoes were really well received, which is what we were hoping for.
To get involved with the program, I applied for export approval through the Department of Agriculture. The US authorities require a full tractability system and segregation of fruit to pass inspection.
I have an integrated pest management program in place on my orchard, a pest consultant to monitor pests and disease and keep a good record of my spray program so I did not need to put in too much additional work other than providing an allocated block for the US program. We were audited by the Department of Agriculture and the USA department APHIS and our systems were verified. I am looking to expand the block dedicated to US exports for this season if negotiations between our exporters and mango importers continues the positive relationship.
Exporting is not new to us. We have been exporting for 21 years. In the early days 60% of our fruit, mostly Kensington Pride and Keitt, went to the Middle East, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. Now I mostly export R2E2 to Hong Kong.
There has been a lot of interest in the Australian mango industry about exporting to the USA and my advice for people wanting to get involved tis to make sure that you supply good quality, mature fruit. We believe this program will increase the profitability of our business because if we can lift the pressure off our domestic market when it is flooded it will lift the whole industry."


text: Steeped in tradition and history, the European sport of foxhunting finds its North American center in the state of Virginia. Mounted riders in scarlet and navy coats are led by a pack of hounds through wooded trails, over jumps, and across pastoral countryside in pursuit of their quarry. For these hunters, the appeal is in the thrill of the chase; the hounds are called off before there is bloodshed. My intentional exclusion of the fox from these photographs emphasizes the significance of ride and ritual over the actual quarry. Though unquestionably a real sport for experienced riders, the images in this body of work present a romanticized view of foxhunting culture. By photographing these hunts, I am portraying a time when formality was common, ritual was respected, and elegant sporting and socialization were one and the same.


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Ana Mari Cauce
RESUME: President, University of Washington
WHY DID YOU WANT TO BE ON THE BOARD? The USA SOG represents the very best of what athletics has to offer. Sports teaches people so much, about themselves, facing challenges, resilience, and achieving excellence. As an educator, I know there are many ways for people to learn and develop leadership skills, compassion, and a sense of fair play. We see it every day at the University of Washington in the work of our student athletes. The participants in USA SOG are gaining all those things on and off the field. The Games also do wonderful work to support greater inclusion and awareness of the contributions of people with intellectual disabilities. For all these reasons, I'm proud to serve on the USA SOG Board.
WHAT SPORTS DID YOU OR DO YOU COMPETE IN? I took ballet classes for about 10 years, with very little improvement, and played lots of sports as a kid. I played basketball and a little softball for my high school team.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM SPORTS THAT YOU'VE APPLIED TO YOUR CAREER? I worked hard and I learned how enjoyment and discipline, even if they never result in conventional "success," can add value and meaning to life. Sports also teaches you a lot about failure, that it's not something to be afraid of, instead it's something to learn from.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE GAMES WILL MEAN TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE? As a global, diverse city with a thriving sports scene, not to mention really excellent sports fans, Seattle is a fantastic venue for the 2018 Games. It promises to be a proud moment for our city and a powerful demonstration of the values that Seattle shares with the USA SOG, values like inclusion, joy in competition and celebrating extraordinary achievement.
WHAT SHOULD ATHLETES SEE AND DO WHILE THEY ARE IN SEATTLE? One of my favorite things to do on a day off is get out into nature and hike, and there are a lot of breathtaking hikes for people of ALL abilities right in Seattle and around the Puget Sound.


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"there are immaturities, but there are immensities" - Bright Star (dir. Jane Campion)>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "the fear of being wrong can keep you from being anything at all" - Nayland Blake >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "It may be foolish to be foolish, but, somehow, even more so, to not be" - Airport Through The Trees
Monday, September 8, 2008
Totentanz and other electronic works 1958-1973
(Melon Expander)
director's cut, The Wire, September 2008
by Simon Reynolds
Music obsession is a bottomless pit: the deeper you climb in, the more you lose perspective. The genre might be Sixties garage punk or Seventies Afro-pop, peak-era dub & roots or cassette only second-wave industrial, but the syndrome is the same: a mania for completism takes over. Like the prisoner in solitary confinement entranced by the differing grain of bricks in the cell wall, you start to perceive and cherish minute differences between iterations that seem utterly generic to the non-enthusiast's ear. All this is a preamble to an admission: I don't honestly know how crucial Warner Jepson's work is in "the grand scheme of things". All I can say is that it rocks my world, a world bent out of shape by an ever-expanding passion for post-WW2 musique concrete/analog electronic , further slanted towards the maverick, marginal, and minor.
It's tempting to file Jepson under "Outsider Electronics". But he wasn't a lone nutjob cobbling together edition-of-one sound-contraptions in an Iowa basement. For much of the period covered by this double-CD, Jepson was attached to various institutions, namely the San Francisco Tape Center (both before and after its move to Mills College, Oakland) and a short-lived American body called the National Center for Experiments in Television. Through these organizations, Jepson had almost unlimited access to formidable state-of-the-art synthesizers. Yet it's also true that, despite a prodigious work-rate, Jepson only ever got to release one record, Totentanz. And that was a private press run of approximately 300, mostly sold at performances of the ballet it was written to score. So Jepson falls somewhere between more established Mills peers with extensive discographies such as Pauline Oliveros and lone rangers like Tod Dockstader, never part of the academic music culture and only able to release music sporadically.
Like Dockstader, Jepson was as interested in the visual arts (specifically painting and photography, examples of which decorate the CD booklet) as music. Some of the pieces he made using the Tape Center's Buchla 100 series synth were commissioned for openings at the SF Art Institute and the city's Museum of Modern Art. All through the Sixties, Jepson was in demand to provide background sounds for parties and fashion shows, and to score environmental sculptures like David William's Tulium and experimental movies like James Broughton's The Bed. But his biggest "hit" was the score for Carlos Carvajal's dance piece Totentanz ('Dance of Death'), first performed by the San Francisco Ballet Company in 1967, subsequently taken on a national tour, and then revived in the early Seventies by Carvajal's new dance troupe Dance Spectrum, with performances at Frisco's Grace Cathedral. Drawing on musique concrete techniques as well as the Buchla's hair-raisingly alien timbres and capacity for "incredible syncopations," this 35 minute score is brilliant, if surprisingly non-kinesthetic (indeed, in his engaging sleevenotes Jepson notes that some patrons walked out of the premiere during the "not very rhythmic", sine-wave oriented third section). Totentanz starts with tubular sound-smears twining around each other like Pompidou Center pipework, passes through eldritch groves of mangled high-pitch voices and upper-treble tinglings, enters a phase where chirruping meander-melody alternates with low-end frequencies like the earth's crust fissuring, and climaxes with see-sawing hypno-patterns not far off Terry Riley. There's a fair few generic Sixties electronic noises (eruptions of computer-gone-mad gabble) of the kind that us hardcore fans can never get enough of, but plenty more that feel jamais rather than déjà entendu.
Totentanz was rereleased unofficially a few years ago by Creel Pone, a CD-R label that reissues out-of-print electronic music lovingly packaged with miniaturized versions of the original LP cover, inserts, etc. Permission is not exactly sought, but the item is withdrawn if the composer objects or an official reissue is announced, and this is exactly what happened with Totentanz. As Jepson's most well-known work, it remains the centerpiece of this anthology, but 1968's The Awakening, Jepson's second score for Carvajal , is even better. The original piece, as heard at performances, was quadraphonic, a Herculean undertaking on Jepson's part given that Tape Center only had two-tape decks; here it's been adapted for stereo. The initial impression is of a supremely inclement environment--a planet whose atmosphere blends methane and cyanide and 200 m.p.h. sandstorms whittle mountains into grotesquely deformed shapes. This audio-hell gives way to a quirky section that suggests a squaddy regiment who've been ordered to beat down a field of bracken armed only with egg whisks. Another near-comical sequence--the dawn chorus of cyborg tree frogs?--accumulates gradually into a propulsive mesh of harsh, angular riffs that, boosted by 80 beats-per-minute, would be freakily close to the more abstract kinds of gabber techno. Suddenly we've drifted to a different corner of the late Nineties, the dark minimal pulsations of Panasonic. The music then comes to a kind of frigid boil, a dense lattice of high, whinnying arpeggios that ascends to audible-only-by-dogs pitches, before dropping down to gnarly low end frequencies with what sounds like the gnashing and gnawing of close-miked termites. This hitherto unreleased 20 minute piece surpasses in invention and entertainment value quite a few late Sixties works by American composers that did get put out by labels like Nonesuch and, while doubtless more conceptually grounded than The Awakening, are frankly dreary listening experiences in comparison.
The anthology's third substantial piece comes from Jepson's early Seventies tenure as composer-in-residence at the National Center for Experiments In Television (that name alone ought to trigger a massive boner for everyone from hauntologists like Mordant Music and Ghost Box to avant-garde archivists UbuWeb). Jepson's job was to soundtrack strange little programmes like the murkily abstract "See Is Never All the Way Up" by the artist William Roarty. Here the composer spends 25 minutes in pursuit of "a sound that shimmered and barely moved," beginning with hissy crinkles like ice cracking on a frozen lake, then settling into a placid yet ominous thrum, like stoned and slightly paranoid bees whose hives are next door to a field of top-grade marijuana that the DEA has set fire to.
Of course, if you're a true nutter for post-WW2 mavericktronics,you prize the fragmentary as much as the fully-realised: the kind of shards, sketches and stumbles that made up last year's marvellous Oramics anthology, and that often have more of the electric thrill of discovery and the joy of messing about than the would-be Grand Opuses. This collection's goodly portion of jottings and jingles includes early stabs at concrete (1958's "Jail Gate Crazy" sounds like a typist, rolling down an endless flight of stairs while still pounding away at her machine) and short electronic studies like 1967's "Good Humor Man" (a losing-my-wits synth sequence underpinned by a creepy bass pulse that seeps and sag with every lurching forward step) and "Splace" (a threnody from the coldest, remotest region of interstellar space, solar wind whistling through the cosmic string, you know the score). Less impressive are "Rirlwa" and "The Dog", stumpy little items from 1970 made using prepared piano and a Farfisa borrowed from underground film-maker Bruce Conner.
This double-CD constitutes just a tiny fraction of the 100 hours of music Jepson laid down during his time with the Tape Center. Like the larger genre to which he made a small but significant contribution, Jepson's oeuvre is clearly a bottomless pit in its own right. If they keep on digging it up, I'll keep on digging it.
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Tucked inside the coastal mountains of Santa Barbara County, lies the bucolic Folded Hills. Less wind-exposed than Santa Rita Hills and not as warm as Ballard Canyon, this site grows in its own unique microclimate. Together with local viticultural legend, Ruben Solorzano, Folded Hills has chosen the ideal sites to grow their wines.
Carefully preserving the natural beauty and health of the property, this winery has tucked their vineyard between a stand of oak trees and the natural forest. Each block is established in its own perfect aspect to the sun, the Grenache with a bit more warmth, the Syrah a bit less, to usher in just the right amount of ripeness for each variety. A daily cooling breeze from the Pacific Ocean comes through the canyon to the south bringing with it freshness and mouthwatering acidity.
Throughout the Hillside Vineyard, the soils are a combination of well-draining, sandy loam mixed through with limestone rocks and gravel. The result is the site retains just enough water and mineral complexity for the health of the vines while making sure their roots don't stay wet.
Ruben farms these vineyards organically. He works with the ranch manager and farming team to ensure thoughtful, patient response to the vines' own needs. Additionally, vines are pruned, planted and harvested according to the lunar calendar to respect the natural rhythms of the vines. In winter, the fields enjoy a vibrant cover crop of mixed legumes.
All together the goal of Folded Hills is quality, born from respect for the land and its history.